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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS (BEEP)

Here are some of the people who have helped me:

Roger Mitton, Birkbeck and Michael Wilson, EPSRC for their work in preparing the CUVOLAD and MRC texts available from the Oxford Text Archive and other useful background information.

Jon Foote, Dave James and Rob Donovan from Cambridge University with whom I kicked this project off.

Russell Collingham and Paul Callaghan of Durham University for over 2,000 of the hardest pronunciations.

The following who helped in the phone set: Alistair Conkie, David Hill, Linda Shockey, Bruce Mardle, Jason Grauman, Michael Cohen, Charles Hemphill, Paul Taylor, Michael Witbrock, Steve Isard, Briony Williams, Mark Ellis and Steve Young

Dave Pye, Cambridge University, for his work in the final stages of polishing and shipping.

Tony Robinson
Tue 9 Aug 1994

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P.S. Recently James Christie has contibuted much to the automatic generation of pronunciations.

Tony Robinson
Tue 16 Jul 1996

Denotations

n. - Noun.

v. - Verb.

a. - Adjective.

r. - Adverb.

Statistics
Words in WordNet dictionary: 147306;
Definitions in WordNet dictionary: 206941;

'hood
n1
(slang) a neighborhood;

's Gravenhage
n1
the site of the royal residence and the de facto capital in the western part of the Netherlands;

- seat of the International Court of Justice;

- syn. Den Haag, The Hague;

'tween / t w i n /
r1
in between;

- "two houses with a tree between";

- syn. between;

'tween decks
r1
in the space between decks, on a ship;

- syn. between decks;

.22
n1
a .22 caliber firearm (pistol or rifle);

- syn. twenty-two;

.22-caliber
a1
of or relating to the bore of a gun (or its ammunition) that measures twenty-two hundredths of an inch in diameter;

- "a .22 caliber pistol";

- syn. .22-calibre, .22 caliber, .22 calibre;

.22-calibre
a1
of or relating to the bore of a gun (or its ammunition) that measures twenty-two hundredths of an inch in diameter;

- "a .22 caliber pistol";

- syn. .22-caliber, .22 caliber, .22 calibre;

.22 caliber
a1
of or relating to the bore of a gun (or its ammunition) that measures twenty-two hundredths of an inch in diameter;

- "a .22 caliber pistol";

- syn. .22-caliber, .22-calibre, .22 calibre;

.22 calibre
a1
of or relating to the bore of a gun (or its ammunition) that measures twenty-two hundredths of an inch in diameter;

- "a .22 caliber pistol";

- syn. .22-caliber, .22-calibre, .22 caliber;

.38-caliber
a1
of or relating to the bore of a gun (or its ammunition) that measures thirty-eight hundredths of an inch in diameter;

- "a .38 caliber shell";

- syn. .38-calibre, .38 caliber, .38 calibre;

.38-calibre
a1
of or relating to the bore of a gun (or its ammunition) that measures thirty-eight hundredths of an inch in diameter;

- "a .38 caliber shell";

- syn. .38-caliber, .38 caliber, .38 calibre;

.38 caliber
a1
of or relating to the bore of a gun (or its ammunition) that measures thirty-eight hundredths of an inch in diameter;

- "a .38 caliber shell";

- syn. .38-caliber, .38-calibre, .38 calibre;

.38 calibre
a1
of or relating to the bore of a gun (or its ammunition) that measures thirty-eight hundredths of an inch in diameter;

- "a .38 caliber shell";

- syn. .38-caliber, .38-calibre, .38 caliber;

.45-caliber
a1
of or relating to the bore of a gun (or its ammunition) that measures forty-five hundredths of an inch in diameter;

- syn. .45-calibre, .45 caliber, .45 calibre;

.45-calibre
a1
of or relating to the bore of a gun (or its ammunition) that measures forty-five hundredths of an inch in diameter;

- syn. .45-caliber, .45 caliber, .45 calibre;

.45 caliber
a1
of or relating to the bore of a gun (or its ammunition) that measures forty-five hundredths of an inch in diameter;

- syn. .45-caliber, .45-calibre, .45 calibre;

.45 calibre
a1
of or relating to the bore of a gun (or its ammunition) that measures forty-five hundredths of an inch in diameter;

- syn. .45-caliber, .45-calibre, .45 caliber;

0
n1
a mathematical element that when added to another number yields the same number;

- syn. cipher, cypher, nought, zero;

a1
indicating the absence of any or all units under consideration;

- "a zero score";

- syn. zero;

- sim. cardinal;

1
n1
the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number;

- "he has the one but will need a two and three to go with it";

- "they had lunch at one";

- syn. I, ace, one, single, unity;

a1
used of a single unit or thing;

- not two or more;

- "`ane' is Scottish";

- syn. ane, i, one;

- sim. cardinal;

1-dodecanol
n1
a colorless insoluble solid alcohol used to make detergents and pharmaceuticals;

- syn. lauryl alcohol;

1-hitter
n1
a game in which a pitcher allows the opposing team only one hit;

- syn. one-hitter;

10
n1
the cardinal number that is the sum of nine and one;

- the base of the decimal system;

- syn. X, decade, ten, tenner;

a1
being one more than nine;

- syn. ten, x;

- sim. cardinal;

10-membered
a1
of a chemical compound having a ring with ten members;

- syn. ten-membered;

- sim. membered;

100
n1
ten 10s;

- syn. C, century, hundred, one C;

a1
being ten more than ninety;

- syn. c, hundred, one hundred;

- sim. cardinal;

1000
n1
the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100;

- syn. G, K, M, chiliad, grand, one thousand, thou, thousand, yard;

a1
denoting a quantity consisting of 1,000 items or units;

- syn. k, m, one thousand, thousand;

- sim. cardinal;

10000
n1
the cardinal number that is the product of ten and one thousand;

- syn. myriad, ten thousand;

100000
n1
the cardinal number that is the fifth power of ten;

- syn. hundred thousand, lakh;

1000000
n1
the number that is represented as a one followed by 6 zeros;

- syn. meg, million, one thousand thousand;

1000000000
n1
the number that is represented as a one followed by 9 zeros;

- syn. billion, one thousand million;

1000000000000
n1
the number that is represented as a one followed by 12 zeros;

- "in England they call a trillion a billion";

- syn. one million million, trillion;

n2
the number that is represented as a one followed by 12 zeros;

- in the United Kingdom the usage followed in the United States is frequently seen;

- syn. billion, one million million;

1000th
a1
the ordinal number of one thousand in counting order;

- syn. thousandth;

- sim. ordinal;

100th
a1
the ordinal number of one hundred in counting order;

- syn. centesimal, hundredth;

- sim. ordinal;

101
a1
being one more than one hundred;

- syn. ci, hundred and one, one hundred one;

- sim. cardinal;

101st
a1
the ordinal number of one hundred one in counting order;

- syn. hundred-and-first;

- sim. ordinal;

105
a1
being five more than one hundred;

- syn. cv, one hundred five;

- sim. cardinal;

105th
a1
the ordinal number of one hundred five in counting order;

- syn. hundred-and-fifth;

- sim. ordinal;

10th
a1
coming next after the ninth and just before the eleventh in position;

- syn. tenth;

- sim. ordinal;

11
n1
the cardinal number that is the sum of ten and one;

- syn. XI, eleven;

a1
being one more than ten;

- syn. eleven, xi;

- sim. cardinal;

11-plus
n1
(formerly in Britain) an examination taken by 11 and 12 year old students to select suitable candidates for grammar school;

- syn. eleven-plus;

110
a1
being ten more than one hundred;

- syn. cx, one hundred ten;

- sim. cardinal;

110th
a1
the ordinal number of one hundred ten in counting order;

- syn. hundred-and-tenth;

- sim. ordinal;

115
a1
being five more than one hundred ten;

- syn. cxv, one hundred fifteen;

- sim. cardinal;

115th
a1
the ordinal number of one hundred fifteen in counting order;

- syn. hundred-and-fifteenth;

- sim. ordinal;

11 November
n1
the feast of Saint Martin;

- a quarter day in Scotland;

- syn. Martinmas, St Martin's Day;

11th
a1
coming next after the tenth and just before the twelfth in position;

- syn. eleventh;

- sim. ordinal;

12
n1
the cardinal number that is the sum of eleven and one;

- syn. XII, dozen, twelve;

a1
denoting a quantity consisting of 12 items or units;

- syn. dozen, twelve, xii;

- sim. cardinal;

12-tone music
n1
a type of serial music introduced by Arnold Schoenberg;

- uses a tone row formed by the twelve semitones of the chromatic scale (and inverted or backward versions of the row);

- syn. 12-tone system, twelve-tone music, twelve-tone system;

12-tone system
n1
a type of serial music introduced by Arnold Schoenberg;

- uses a tone row formed by the twelve semitones of the chromatic scale (and inverted or backward versions of the row);

- syn. 12-tone music, twelve-tone music, twelve-tone system;

120
n1
the cardinal number that is the product of ten and twelve;

- syn. great hundred, long hundred;

a1
being ten more than one hundred ten;

- syn. cxx, one hundred twenty;

- sim. cardinal;

120th
a1
the ordinal number of one hundred twenty in counting order;

- syn. hundred-and-twentieth;

- sim. ordinal;

125
a1
being five more than one hundred twenty;

- syn. cxxv, one hundred twenty-five;

- sim. cardinal;

125th
a1
the ordinal number of one hundred twenty-five in counting order;

- syn. hundred-and-twenty-fifth;

- sim. ordinal;

12th
a1
coming next after the eleventh and just before the thirteenth in position;

- syn. twelfth;

- sim. ordinal;

13
n1
the cardinal number that is the sum of twelve and one;

- syn. XIII, baker's dozen, long dozen, thirteen;

a1
being one more than twelve;

- syn. thirteen, xiii;

- sim. cardinal;

130
a1
being ten more than one hundred twenty;

- syn. cxxx, one hundred thirty;

- sim. cardinal;

130th
a1
the ordinal number of one hundred thirty in counting order;

- syn. hundred-and-thirtieth;

- sim. ordinal;

135
a1
being five more than one hundred thirty;

- syn. cxxxv, one hundred thirty-five;

- sim. cardinal;

135th
a1
the ordinal number of one hundred thirty-five in counting order;

- syn. hundred-and-thirty-fifth;

- sim. ordinal;

13th
a1
coming next after the twelfth in position;

- syn. thirteenth;

- sim. ordinal;

14
n1
the cardinal number that is the sum of thirteen and one;

- syn. XIV, fourteen;

a1
being one more than thirteen;

- syn. fourteen, xiv;

- sim. cardinal;

140
a1
being ten more than one hundred thirty;

- syn. cxl, one hundred forty;

- sim. cardinal;

140th
a1
the ordinal number of one hundred forty in counting order;

- syn. hundred-and-fortieth;

- sim. ordinal;

144
n1
twelve dozen;

- syn. gross;

145
a1
being five more than one hundred forty;

- syn. cxlv, one hundred forty-five;

- sim. cardinal;

145th
a1
the ordinal number of one hundred forty-five in counting order;

- syn. hundred-and-forty-fifth;

- sim. ordinal;

14 July
n1
a legal holiday in France celebrating the storming of the Paris bastille in 1789;

- syn. Bastille Day;

14th
a1
coming next after the thirteenth in position;

- syn. fourteenth;

- sim. ordinal;

15
n1
the cardinal number that is the sum of fourteen and one;

- syn. XV, fifteen;

a1
being one more than fourteen;

- syn. fifteen, xv;

- sim. cardinal;

150
a1
being ten more than one hundred forty;

- syn. cl, one hundred fifty;

- sim. cardinal;

150th
a1
the ordinal number of one hundred fifty in counting order;

- syn. hundred-and-fiftieth;

- sim. ordinal;

1530s
n1
the decade from 1530 to 1539;

155
a1
being five more than one hundred fifty;

- syn. clv, one hundred fifty-five;

- sim. cardinal;

155th
a1
the ordinal number of one hundred fifty-five in counting order;

- syn. hundred-and-fifty-fifth;

- sim. ordinal;

15 August 1945
n1
the date of Allied victory over Japan, World War II;

- syn. V-J Day;

15 May Organization
n1
a terrorist organization formed in 1979 by a faction of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine but disbanded in the 1980s when key members left to join a faction of al-Fatah;

15 minutes
n1
a quarter of an hour;

- syn. quarter-hour;

15th
a1
coming next after the fourteenth and just before the sixteenth in position;

- syn. fifteenth;

- sim. ordinal;

16
n1
the cardinal number that is the sum of fifteen and one;

- syn. XVI, sixteen;

a1
being one more than fifteen;

- syn. sixteen, xvi;

- sim. cardinal;

160
a1
being ten more than one hundred fifty;

- syn. clx, one hundred sixty;

- sim. cardinal;

160th
a1
the ordinal number of one hundred sixty in counting order;

- syn. hundred-and-sixtieth;

- sim. ordinal;

165
a1
being five more than one hundred sixty;

- syn. clxv, one hundred sixty-five;

- sim. cardinal;

165th
a1
the ordinal number of one hundred sixty-five in counting order;

- syn. hundred-and-sixty-fifth;

- sim. ordinal;

16 PF
n1
a self-report personality inventory developed by Raymond B. Cattell to measure the 16 personality dimensions that emerged from his factor analysis of a wide range of traits;

- syn. Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire;

16th
a1
coming next after the fifteenth in position;

- syn. sixteenth;

- sim. ordinal;

17
n1
the cardinal number that is the sum of sixteen and one;

- syn. XVII, seventeen;

a1
being one more than sixteen;

- syn. seventeen, xvii;

- sim. cardinal;

170
a1
being ten more than one hundred sixty;

- syn. clxx, one hundred seventy;

- sim. cardinal;

170th
a1
the ordinal number of one hundred seventy in counting order;

- syn. hundred-and-seventieth;

- sim. ordinal;

1728
n1
a cardinal number equal to one dozen gross;

- syn. great gross;

175
a1
being five more than one hundred seventy;

- syn. clxxv, one hundred seventy-five;

- sim. cardinal;

1750s
n1
the decade from 1750 to 1759;

175th
a1
the ordinal number of one hundred seventy-five in counting order;

- syn. hundred-and-seventy-fifth;

- sim. ordinal;

1760s
n1
the decade from 1760 to 1769;

1770s
n1
the decade from 1770 to 1779;

1780s
n1
the decade from 1780 to 1789;

1790s
n1
the decade from 1790 to 1799;

17 November
n1
a Marxist-Leninist terrorist organization in Greece that is violently opposed to imperialism and capitalism and NATO and the United States;

- an active terrorist group during the 1980s;

- syn. Revolutionary Organization 17 November;

17th
a1
coming next after the sixteenth in position;

- syn. seventeenth;

- sim. ordinal;

18
n1
the cardinal number that is the sum of seventeen and one;

- syn. XVIII, eighteen;

a1
being one more than seventeen;

- syn. eighteen, xviii;

- sim. cardinal;

18-karat gold
n1
an alloy that contains 75 per cent gold;

180
a1
being ten more than one hundred seventy;

- syn. clxxx, one hundred eighty;

- sim. cardinal;

180th
a1
the ordinal number of one hundred eighty in counting order;

- syn. hundred-and-eightieth;

- sim. ordinal;

1820s
n1
the decade from 1820 to 1829;

1830s
n1
the decade from 1830 to 1839;

1840s
n1
the decade from 1840 to 1849;

1850s
n1
the decade from 1850 to 1859;

1860s
n1
the decade from 1860 to 1869;

1870s
n1
the decade from 1870 to 1879;

1880s
n1
the decade from 1880 to 1889;

- syn. eighties;

1890s
n1
the decade from 1890 to 1899;

- syn. nineties;

18th
a1
coming next after the seventeenth in position;

- syn. eighteenth;

- sim. ordinal;

19
n1
the cardinal number that is the sum of eighteen and one;

- syn. XIX, nineteen;

a1
being one more than eighteen;

- syn. nineteen, xix;

- sim. cardinal;

190
a1
being ten more than one hundred eighty;

- syn. one hundred ninety, xcl;

- sim. cardinal;

1900s
n1
the decade from 1900 to 1909;

190th
a1
the ordinal number of one hundred eighty-five in counting order;

- syn. hundred-and-ninetieth;

- sim. ordinal;

1920s
n1
the decade from 1920 to 1929;

- syn. twenties;

1930s
n1
the decade from 1930 to 1939;

- syn. thirties;

1940s
n1
the decade from 1940 to 1949;

- syn. forties;

1950s
n1
the decade from 1950 to 1959;

- syn. fifties;

1960s
n1
the decade from 1960 to 1969;

- syn. sixties;

1970s
n1
the decade from 1970 to 1979;

- syn. seventies;

1980s
n1
the decade from 1980 to 1989;

- syn. eighties;

1990s
n1
the decade from 1990 to 1999;

- syn. nineties;

19th
a1
coming next after the eighteenth in position;

- syn. nineteenth;

- sim. ordinal;

1 Chronicles
n1
the first of two Old Testament books telling the history of Judah and Israel until the return from the Babylonian Captivity in 536 BC;

- syn. I Chronicles;

1 Esdras
n1
an Apocryphal book consisting of a compilation from I Chronicles and II Chronicles and Ezra and Nehemiah;

- syn. I Esdra;

1 Kings
n1
the first of two Old Testament books telling the histories of the kings of Judah and Israel;

- syn. I Kings;

1 Maccabees
n1
an Apocryphal book describing the life of Judas Maccabaeus;

- syn. I Maccabees;

1 Samuel
n1
the first of two books in the Old Testament that tell of Saul and David;

- syn. I Samuel;

1st
a1
indicating the beginning unit in a series;

- syn. first;

- sim. ordinal;

1st-class mail
n1
mail that includes letters and postcards and packages sealed against inspection;

- syn. 1st class, first-class mail, first class;

1st Baron Beaverbrook
n1
British newspaper publisher and politician (born in Canada);

- confidant of Winston Churchill (1879-1964);

- syn. Beaverbrook, William Maxwell Aitken;

1st Baron Verulam
n1
English statesman and philosopher;

- precursor of British empiricism;

- advocated inductive reasoning (1561-1626);

- syn. Bacon, Baron Verulam, Francis Bacon, Sir Francis Bacon, Viscount St. Albans;

1st class
n1
mail that includes letters and postcards and packages sealed against inspection;

- syn. 1st-class mail, first-class mail, first class;

1st Earl Attlee
n1
British statesman and leader of the Labour Party who instituted the welfare state in Britain (1883-1967);

- syn. Attlee, Clement Attlee, Clement Richard Attlee;

1st Earl Baldwin of Bewdley
n1
English statesman;

- member of the Conservative Party (1867-1947);

- syn. Baldwin, Stanley Baldwin;

1st Earl of Balfour
n1
English statesman;

- member of the Conservative Party (1848-1930);

- syn. Arthur James Balfour, Balfour;

1st lieutenant
n1
a commissioned officer in the Army or Air Force or Marines ranking above a 2nd lieutenant and below a captain;

- syn. first lieutenant;

1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein
n1
English general during World War II;

- won victories over Rommel in North Africa and led British ground forces in the invasion of Normandy (1887-1976);

- syn. Bernard Law Montgomery, Montgomery, Sir Bernard Law Montgomery;

2
n1
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number;

- syn. II, deuce, two;

a1
being one more than one;

- "he received two messages";

- syn. ii, two;

- sim. cardinal;

2-dimensional
a1
lacking the expected range or depth;

- not designed to give an illusion or depth;

- "a film with two-dimensional characters";

- "a flat two-dimensional painting";

- syn. flat, two-dimensional;

- sim. multidimensional;

2-hitter
n1
a game in which a pitcher allows the opposing team only 2 hits;

- syn. two-hitter;

2-hydroxybenzoic acid
n1
a white crystalline substance with a bitter aftertaste;

- used as a fungicide or in making aspirin or dyes or perfumes;

- syn. salicylic acid;

2-methylpropenoic acid
n1
an unsaturated acid (C4H6O2) used to make resins and plastics;

- syn. methacrylic acid;

20
n1
the cardinal number that is the sum of nineteen and one;

- syn. XX, twenty;

a1
denoting a quantity consisting of 20 items or units;

- syn. twenty, xx;

- sim. cardinal;

20/20
n1
normal visual acuity, as measured by the ability to read charts at a distance of 20 feet;

- syn. twenty-twenty;

200
a1
being ten more than one hundred ninety;

- syn. cc, two hundred;

- sim. cardinal;

200th
a1
the ordinal number of two hundred in counting order;

- syn. two-hundredth;

- sim. ordinal;

20th
a1
coming next after the nineteenth in position;

- syn. twentieth;

- sim. ordinal;

21
n1
the cardinal number that is the sum of twenty and one;

- syn. XXI, twenty-one;

a1
being one more than twenty;

- syn. twenty-one, xxi;

- sim. cardinal;

21st
a1
coming next after the twentieth in position;

- syn. twenty-first;

- sim. ordinal;

22
n1
the cardinal number that is the sum of twenty-one and one;

- syn. XXII, twenty-two;

a1
being two more than twenty;

- syn. twenty-two, xxii;

- sim. cardinal;

22-karat gold
n1
an alloy that contains 87 per cent gold;

22nd
a1
coming next after the twenty-first in position;

- syn. twenty-second;

- sim. ordinal;

23
n1
the cardinal number that is the sum of twenty-two and one;

- syn. XXIII, twenty-three;

a1
being three more than twenty;

- syn. twenty-three, xxiii;

- sim. cardinal;

23rd
a1
coming next after the twenty-second in position;

- syn. twenty-third;

- sim. ordinal;

24
n1
the cardinal number that is the sum of twenty-three and one;

- syn. XXIV, twenty-four, two dozen;

a1
being four more than twenty;

- syn. twenty-four, xxiv;

- sim. cardinal;

24-hour interval
n1
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis;

- "two days later they left";

- "they put on two performances every day";

- "there are 30,000 passengers per day";

- syn. day, mean solar day, solar day, twenty-four hour period, twenty-four hours;

24-karat gold
n1
100 per cent gold;

- syn. pure gold;

24/7
n1
uptime is 24 hours a day 7 days a week;

24th
a1
coming next after the twenty-third in position;

- syn. twenty-fourth;

- sim. ordinal;

25
n1
the cardinal number that is the sum of twenty-four and one;

- syn. XXV, twenty-five;

a1
being five more than twenty;

- syn. twenty-five, xxv;

- sim. cardinal;

25th
a1
coming next after the twenty-fourth in position;

- syn. twenty-fifth;

- sim. ordinal;

26
n1
the cardinal number that is the sum of twenty-five and one;

- syn. XXVI, twenty-six;

a1
being six more than twenty;

- syn. twenty-six, xxvi;

- sim. cardinal;

26th
a1
coming next after the twenty-fifth in position;

- syn. twenty-sixth;

- sim. ordinal;

27
n1
the cardinal number that is the sum of twenty-six and one;

- syn. XXVII, twenty-seven;

a1
being seven more than twenty;

- syn. twenty-seven, xxvii;

- sim. cardinal;

27th
a1
coming next after the twenty-sixth in position;

- syn. twenty-seventh;

- sim. ordinal;

28
n1
the cardinal number that is the sum of twenty-seven and one;

- syn. XXVIII, twenty-eight;

a1
being eight more than twenty;

- syn. twenty-eight, xxviii;

- sim. cardinal;

28th
a1
coming next after the twenty-seventh in position;

- syn. twenty-eighth;

- sim. ordinal;

29
n1
the cardinal number that is the sum of twenty-eight and one;

- syn. XXIX, twenty-nine;

a1
being nine more than twenty;

- syn. twenty-nine, xxix;

- sim. cardinal;

29th
a1
coming next after the twenty-eighth in position;

- syn. twenty-ninth;

- sim. ordinal;

2 Chronicles
n1
the second of two Old Testament books telling the history of Judah and Israel until the return from the Babylonian Captivity in 536 BC;

- syn. II Chronicles;

2 Esdras
n1
an Apocryphal book of angelic revelations;

- syn. II Esdras;

2 Kings
n1
the second of two Old Testament books telling the histories of the kings of Judah and Israel;

- syn. II Kings;

2 Maccabees
n1
an Apocryphal book describing the life of Judas Maccabaeus;

- syn. II Maccabees;

2 Samuel
n1
the second of two books of the Old Testament that tell of Saul and David;

- syn. II Samuel;

2d
a1
coming next after the first in position in space or time or degree or magnitude;

- syn. 2nd, second;

- sim. ordinal;

2nd
a1
coming next after the first in position in space or time or degree or magnitude;

- syn. 2d, second;

- sim. ordinal;

2nd lieutenant
n1
a commissioned officer in the Army or Air Force or Marine Corps holding the lowest rank;

- syn. second lieutenant;

3
n1
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one;

- syn. III, deuce-ace, leash, tercet, ternary, ternion, terzetto, three, threesome, tierce, trey, triad, trine, trinity, trio, triplet, troika;

a1
being one more than two;

- syn. iii, three;

- sim. cardinal;

3-D
n1
a movie with images having three dimensional form or appearance;

- syn. 3D, three-D;

n2
having a three-dimensional form or appearance;

- "aren't dreams always in 3-D?";

- syn. 3D, three-D;

3-dimensional
a1
involving or relating to three dimensions or aspects;

- giving the illusion of depth;

- "lifelike three-dimensional characters";

- "a three-dimensional account of conditions under the new government";

- "they shot the movie in three-D";

- syn. third-dimensional, three-d, three-dimensional;

- sim. multidimensional;

3-hitter
n1
a game in which a pitcher allows the opposing team only 3 hits;

- syn. three-hitter;

3-membered
a1
of a chemical compound having a ring with three members;

- syn. three-membered;

- sim. membered;

30
n1
the cardinal number that is the product of ten and three;

- syn. XXX, thirty;

a1
being ten more than twenty;

- syn. thirty, xxx;

- sim. cardinal;

300
a1
being one hundred more than two hundred;

- syn. ccc, three hundred;

- sim. cardinal;

300th
a1
the ordinal number of three hundred in counting order;

- syn. three-hundredth;

- sim. ordinal;

30 minutes
n1
a half of an hour;

- syn. half-hour;

30th
a1
coming next after the twenty-ninth in position;

- syn. thirtieth;

- sim. ordinal;

31
a1
being one more than thirty;

- syn. thirty-one, xxxi;

- sim. cardinal;

31st
a1
coming next after the thirtieth in position;

- syn. thirty-first;

- sim. ordinal;

32
a1
being two more than thirty;

- syn. thirty-two, xxxii;

- sim. cardinal;

32nd
a1
the ordinal number of thirty-two in counting order;

- syn. thirty-second;

- sim. ordinal;

33
a1
being three more than thirty;

- syn. thirty-three, xxxiii;

- sim. cardinal;

33rd
a1
the ordinal number of thirty-three in counting order;

- syn. thirty-third;

- sim. ordinal;

34
a1
being four more than thirty;

- syn. thirty-four, xxxiv;

- sim. cardinal;

34th
a1
the ordinal number of thirty-four in counting order;

- syn. thirty-fourth;

- sim. ordinal;

35
a1
being five more than thirty;

- syn. thirty-five, xxxv;

- sim. cardinal;

35th
a1
the ordinal number of thirty-five in counting order;

- syn. thirty-fifth;

- sim. ordinal;

36
a1
being six more than thirty;

- syn. thirty-six, xxxvi;

- sim. cardinal;

365 days
n1
a year that is not a leap year;

- syn. common year;

366 days
n1
a calendar year with an extra day added in February;

- syn. bissextile year, intercalary year, leap year;

36th
a1
the ordinal number of thirty-six in counting order;

- syn. thirty-sixth;

- sim. ordinal;

37
a1
being seven more than thirty;

- syn. thirty-seven, xxxvii;

- sim. cardinal;

37th
a1
the ordinal number of thirty-seven in counting order;

- syn. thirty-seventh;

- sim. ordinal;

38
a1
being eight more than thirty;

- syn. thirty-eight, xxxviii;

- sim. cardinal;

38th
a1
the ordinal number of thirty-eight in counting order;

- syn. thirty-eighth;

- sim. ordinal;

39
a1
being nine more than thirty;

- syn. ixl, thirty-nine;

- sim. cardinal;

39th
a1
the ordinal number of thirty-nine in counting order;

- syn. thirty-ninth;

- sim. ordinal;

3D
n1
a movie with images having three dimensional form or appearance;

- syn. 3-D, three-D;

n2
having a three-dimensional form or appearance;

- "aren't dreams always in 3-D?";

- syn. 3-D, three-D;

3d radar
n1
radar that will report altitude as well as azimuth and distance of a target;

- syn. three-dimensional radar;

3rd
a1
coming next after the second and just before the fourth in position;

- syn. tertiary, third;

- sim. ordinal;

3rd October Organization
n1
a militant Marxist-Leninist terrorist organization formed in 1975 to force Turkey to acknowledge killing more than a million Armenians and forcibly removing them from border areas in 1915;

- wants Turkey to pay reparations and cede territory to Armenia;

- "ASALA bombing at Orly Airport in Paris in 1983 killed 8 and wounded 55 people";

- syn. ASALA, Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia, Orly Group;

3TC
n1
a nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor that is very effective in combination with zidovudine in treating AIDS and HIV;

- syn. lamivudine;

4
n1
the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one;

- syn. IV, Little Joe, four, foursome, quadruplet, quartet, quatern, quaternary, quaternion, quaternity, tetrad;

a1
being one more than three;

- syn. four, iv;

- sim. cardinal;

4-dimensional
a1
involving or relating to the fourth dimension or time;

- syn. four-dimensional;

- sim. multidimensional;

4-hitter
n1
a game in which a pitcher allows the opposing team 4 hits;

- syn. four-hitter;

4-membered
a1
of a chemical compound having a ring with four members;

- syn. four-membered;

- sim. membered;

40
n1
the cardinal number that is the product of ten and four;

- syn. XL, forty;

a1
being ten more than thirty;

- syn. forty, twoscore, xl;

- sim. cardinal;

400
a1
being one hundred more than three hundred;

- syn. cd, four hundred;

- sim. cardinal;

400th
a1
the ordinal number of four hundred in counting order;

- syn. four-hundredth;

- sim. ordinal;

401-k
n1
a retirement savings plan that is funded by employee contributions and (often) matching contributions from the employer;

- contributions are made from your salary before taxes and the funds grow tax-free until they are withdrawn, at which point they can be converted into an IRA;

- funds can be transferred if you change employers and you can (to some extent) manage the investments yourself;

- syn. 401-k plan;

401-k plan
n1
a retirement savings plan that is funded by employee contributions and (often) matching contributions from the employer;

- contributions are made from your salary before taxes and the funds grow tax-free until they are withdrawn, at which point they can be converted into an IRA;

- funds can be transferred if you change employers and you can (to some extent) manage the investments yourself;

- syn. 401-k;

40th
a1
the ordinal number of forty in counting order;

- syn. fortieth;

- sim. ordinal;

41
a1
being one more than forty;

- syn. forty-one, xli;

- sim. cardinal;

41st
a1
the ordinal number of forty-one in counting order;

- syn. forty-first;

- sim. ordinal;

42
a1
being two more than forty;

- syn. forty-two, xlii;

- sim. cardinal;

42nd
a1
the ordinal number of forty-two in counting order;

- syn. forty-second;

- sim. ordinal;

43
a1
being three more than forty;

- syn. forty-three, xliii;

- sim. cardinal;

43rd
a1
the ordinal number of forty-three in counting order;

- syn. forty-third;

- sim. ordinal;

44
a1
being four more than forty;

- syn. forty-four, xliv;

- sim. cardinal;

440 yards
n1
a unit of length equal to a quarter of 1 mile;

- syn. quarter mile;

44th
a1
the ordinal number of forty-four in counting order;

- syn. forty-fourth;

- sim. ordinal;

45
a1
being five more than forty;

- syn. forty-five, xlv;

- sim. cardinal;

45th
a1
the ordinal number of forty-five in counting order;

- syn. forty-fifth;

- sim. ordinal;

46
a1
being six more than forty;

- syn. forty-six, xlvi;

- sim. cardinal;

46th
a1
the ordinal number of forty-six in counting order;

- syn. forty-sixth;

- sim. ordinal;

47
a1
being seven more than forty;

- syn. forty-seven, xlvii;

- sim. cardinal;

47th
a1
the ordinal number of forty-seven in counting order;

- syn. forty-seventh;

- sim. ordinal;

48
a1
being eight more than forty;

- syn. forty-eight, xlviii;

- sim. cardinal;

48th
a1
the ordinal number of forty-eight in counting order;

- syn. forty-eighth;

- sim. ordinal;

49
a1
being nine more than forty;

- syn. forty-nine, il;

- sim. cardinal;

49th
a1
the ordinal number of forty-nine in counting order;

- syn. forty-ninth;

- sim. ordinal;

4th
a1
coming next after the third and just before the fifth in position or time or degree or magnitude;

- "the quaternary period of geologic time extends from the end of the tertiary period to the present";

- syn. fourth, quaternary;

- sim. ordinal;

4to
n1
the size of a book whose pages are made by folding a sheet of paper twice to form four leaves;

- syn. quarto;

4WD
n1
a motor vehicle with a four-wheel drive transmission system;

- syn. four-wheel drive;

n2
a transmission that provides power directly to all four wheels of a motor vehicle;

- syn. four-wheel drive;

5
n1
the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one;

- syn. Little Phoebe, Phoebe, V, cinque, fin, five, fivesome, pentad, quint, quintet, quintuplet;

a1
being one more than four;

- syn. five, v;

- sim. cardinal;

5-hitter
n1
a game in which a pitcher allows the opposing team 5 hits;

- syn. five-hitter;

5-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme A reductase
n1
a liver enzyme that is responsible for producing cholesterol;

- syn. HMG-CoA reductase;

5-hydroxytryptamine
n1
a neurotransmitter involved in e.g. sleep and depression and memory;

- syn. serotonin;

5-membered
a1
of a chemical compound having a ring with five members;

- syn. five-membered;

- sim. membered;

50
n1
the cardinal number that is the product of ten and five;

- syn. L, fifty;

a1
being ten more than forty;

- syn. fifty, l;

- sim. cardinal;

500
n1
the cardinal number that is the product of one hundred and five;

- syn. D, five hundred;

a1
denoting a quantity consisting of 500 items or units;

- syn. d, five hundred;

- sim. cardinal;

500th
a1
the ordinal number of five hundred in counting order;

- syn. five-hundredth;

- sim. ordinal;

50th
a1
the ordinal number of fifty in counting order;

- syn. fiftieth;

- sim. ordinal;

51
a1
being one more than fifty;

- syn. fifty-one, li;

- sim. cardinal;

52
a1
being two more than fifty;

- syn. fifty-two, lii;

- sim. cardinal;

53
a1
being three more than fifty;

- syn. fifty-three, liii;

- sim. cardinal;

54
a1
being four more than fifty;

- syn. fifty-four, liv;

- sim. cardinal;

55
a1
being five more than fifty;

- syn. fifty-five, lv;

- sim. cardinal;

55th
a1
the ordinal number of fifty-five in counting order;

- syn. fifty-fifth;

- sim. ordinal;

56
a1
being six more than fifty;

- syn. fifty-six, lvi;

- sim. cardinal;

57
a1
being seven more than fifty;

- syn. fifty-seven, lvii;

- sim. cardinal;

58
a1
being eight more than fifty;

- syn. fifty-eight, lviii;

- sim. cardinal;

59
a1
being nine more than fifty;

- syn. fifty-nine, ilx;

- sim. cardinal;

5th
a1
coming next after the fourth and just before the sixth in position;

- syn. fifth;

- sim. ordinal;

6
n1
the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one;

- syn. Captain Hicks, VI, half a dozen, hexad, sestet, sextet, sextuplet, sise, six, sixer;

a1
denoting a quantity consisting of six items or units;

- syn. half-dozen, half dozen, six, vi;

- sim. cardinal;

6-membered
a1
of a chemical compound having a ring with six members;

- "having three carbon and three nitrogen atoms in a six-membered ring";

- syn. six-membered;

- sim. membered;

60
n1
the cardinal number that is the product of ten and six;

- syn. LX, sixty;

a1
being ten more than fifty;

- syn. lx, sixty, threescore;

- sim. cardinal;

60 minutes
n1
a period of time equal to 1/24th of a day;

- "the job will take more than an hour";

- syn. hour, hr;

60th
a1
the ordinal number of sixty in counting order;

- syn. sixtieth;

- sim. ordinal;

61
a1
being one more than sixty;

- syn. lxi, sixty-one;

- sim. cardinal;

62
a1
being two more than sixty;

- syn. lxii, sixty-two;

- sim. cardinal;

63
a1
being three more than sixty;

- syn. lxiii, sixty-three;

- sim. cardinal;

64
a1
being four more than sixty;

- syn. lxiv, sixty-four;

- sim. cardinal;

64th
a1
the ordinal number of sixty-four in counting order;

- syn. sixty-fourth;

- sim. ordinal;

65
a1
being five more than sixty;

- syn. lxv, sixty-five;

- sim. cardinal;

65th
a1
the ordinal number of sixty-five in counting order;

- syn. sixty-fifth;

- sim. ordinal;

66
a1
being six more than sixty;

- syn. lxvi, sixty-six;

- sim. cardinal;

67
a1
being seven more than sixty;

- syn. lxvii, sixty-seven;

- sim. cardinal;

68
a1
being eight more than sixty;

- syn. lxviii, sixty-eight;

- sim. cardinal;

69
a1
being nine more than sixty;

- syn. ilxx, sixty-nine;

- sim. cardinal;

6 June 1944
n1
date of the Allied landing in France, World War II;

- syn. D-day;

6th
a1
coming next after the fifth and just before the seventh in position;

- syn. sixth;

- sim. ordinal;

7
n1
the cardinal number that is the sum of six and one;

- syn. VII, heptad, septenary, septet, seven, sevener;

a1
being one more than six;

- syn. seven, vii;

- sim. cardinal;

7-membered
a1
of a chemical compound having a ring with seven members;

- syn. seven-membered;

- sim. membered;

70
n1
the cardinal number that is the product of ten and seven;

- syn. LXX, seventy;

a1
being ten more than sixty;

- syn. lxx, seventy;

- sim. cardinal;

70th
a1
the ordinal number of seventy in counting order;

- syn. seventieth;

- sim. ordinal;

71
a1
being one more than seventy;

- syn. lxxi, seventy-one;

- sim. cardinal;

72
a1
being two more than seventy;

- syn. lxxii, seventy-two;

- sim. cardinal;

73
a1
being three more than seventy;

- syn. lxxiii, seventy-three;

- sim. cardinal;

74
a1
being four more than seventy;

- syn. lxxiv, seventy-four;

- sim. cardinal;

75
a1
being five more than seventy;

- syn. lxxv, seventy-five;

- sim. cardinal;

75th
a1
the ordinal number of seventy-five in counting order;

- syn. seventy-fifth;

- sim. ordinal;

76
a1
being six more than seventy;

- syn. lxxvi, seventy-six;

- sim. cardinal;

77
a1
being seven more than seventy;

- syn. lxxvii, seventy-seven;

- sim. cardinal;

78
n1
the cardinal number that is the sum of seventy and eight;

- syn. LXXVIII, seventy-eight;

n2
a shellac based phonograph record that played at 78 revolutions per minute;

- syn. seventy-eight;

a1
being eight more than seventy;

- syn. lxxviii, seventy-eight;

- sim. cardinal;

79
a1
being nine more than seventy;

- syn. ilxxx, seventy-nine;

- sim. cardinal;

7th
a1
coming next after the sixth and just before the eighth in position;

- syn. seventh;

- sim. ordinal;

8
n1
the cardinal number that is the sum of seven and one;

- syn. VIII, eight, eighter, eighter from Decatur, octad, octet, octonary, ogdoad;

a1
being one more than seven;

- syn. eight, viii;

- sim. cardinal;

8-membered
a1
of a chemical compound having a ring with eight members;

- syn. eight-membered;

- sim. membered;

80
n1
the cardinal number that is the product of ten and eight;

- syn. LXXX, eighty, fourscore;

a1
being ten more than seventy;

- syn. eighty, fourscore, lxxx;

- sim. cardinal;

80th
a1
the ordinal number of eighty in counting order;

- syn. eightieth;

- sim. ordinal;

81
a1
being one more than eighty;

- syn. eighty-one, lxxxi;

- sim. cardinal;

82
a1
being two more than eighty;

- syn. eighty-two, lxxxii;

- sim. cardinal;

83
a1
being three more than eighty;

- syn. eighty-three, lxxxiii;

- sim. cardinal;

84
a1
being four more than eighty;

- syn. eighty-four, lxxxiv;

- sim. cardinal;

85
a1
being five more than eighty;

- syn. eighty-five, lxxxv;

- sim. cardinal;

85th
a1
the ordinal number of eighty-five in counting order;

- syn. eighty-fifth;

- sim. ordinal;

86
a1
being six more than eighty;

- syn. eighty-six, lxxxvi;

- sim. cardinal;

87
a1
being seven more than eighty;

- syn. eighty-seven, lxxxvii;

- sim. cardinal;

88
a1
being eight more than eighty;

- syn. eighty-eight, lxxxviii;

- sim. cardinal;

880 yards
n1
a unit of length equal to half of 1 mile;

- syn. half mile;

89
a1
being nine more than eighty;

- syn. eighty-nine, ixc;

- sim. cardinal;

8 May 1945
n1
the date of Allied victory in Europe, World War II;

- syn. V-E Day;

8th
a1
coming next after the seventh and just before the ninth in position;

- syn. eighth;

- sim. ordinal;

8vo
n1
the size of a book whose pages are made by folding a sheet of paper three times to form eight leaves;

- syn. eightvo, octavo;

9
n1
the cardinal number that is the sum of eight and one;

- syn. IX, Nina from Carolina, ennead, nine, niner;

a1
denoting a quantity consisting of one more than eight and one less than ten;

- syn. ix, nine;

- sim. cardinal;

9-11
n1
the day in 2001 when Arab suicide bombers hijacked United States airliners and used them as bombs;

- syn. 9/11, Sep 11, Sept. 11, September 11;

9-membered
a1
of a chemical compound having a ring with nine members;

- syn. nine-membered;

- sim. membered;

9/11
n1
the day in 2001 when Arab suicide bombers hijacked United States airliners and used them as bombs;

- syn. 9-11, Sep 11, Sept. 11, September 11;

90
n1
the cardinal number that is the product of ten and nine;

- syn. XC, ninety;

a1
being ten more than eighty;

- syn. ninety, xc;

- sim. cardinal;

90th
a1
the ordinal number of ninety in counting order;

- syn. ninetieth;

- sim. ordinal;

91
a1
being one more than ninety;

- syn. ninety-one, xci;

- sim. cardinal;

92
a1
being two more than ninety;

- syn. ninety-two, xcii;

- sim. cardinal;

93
a1
being three more than ninety;

- syn. ninety-three, xciii;

- sim. cardinal;

94
a1
being four more than ninety;

- syn. ninety-four, xciv;

- sim. cardinal;

95
a1
being five more than ninety;

- syn. ninety-five, xcv;

- sim. cardinal;

95th
a1
the ordinal number of ninety-five in counting order;

- syn. ninety-fifth;

- sim. ordinal;

96
a1
being six more than ninety;

- syn. ninety-six, xcvi;

- sim. cardinal;

97
a1
being seven more than ninety;

- syn. ninety-seven, xcvii;

- sim. cardinal;

98
a1
being eight more than ninety;

- syn. ninety-eight, xcviii;

- sim. cardinal;

99
a1
being one less than one hundred and nine more than ninety;

- syn. ic, ninety-nine;

- sim. cardinal;

9th
a1
coming next after the eighth and just before the tenth in position;

- syn. ninth;

- sim. ordinal;

A / ʌ , ə , eɪ /
n1
a metric unit of length equal to one ten billionth of a meter (or 0.0001 micron);

- used to specify wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation;

- syn. angstrom, angstrom unit;

n2
any of several fat-soluble vitamins essential for normal vision;

- prevents night blindness or inflammation or dryness of the eyes;

- syn. antiophthalmic factor, axerophthol, vitamin A;

n3
one of the four nucleotides used in building DNA;

- all four nucleotides have a common phosphate group and a sugar (ribose);

- syn. deoxyadenosine monophosphate;

n4
(biochemistry) purine base found in DNA and RNA;

- pairs with thymine in DNA and with uracil in RNA;

- syn. adenine;

n5
the basic unit of electric current adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites;

- "a typical household circuit carries 15 to 50 amps";

- syn. amp, ampere;

n6
the 1st letter of the Roman alphabet;

n7
the blood group whose red cells carry the A antigen;

- syn. group A, type A;

A'man
n1
the Israeli military intelligence which produces comprehensive national intelligence briefings for the prime minister and the cabinet;

A-bomb / eɪ b ɒ m /
n1
a nuclear weapon in which enormous energy is released by nuclear fission (splitting the nuclei of a heavy element like uranium 235 or plutonium 239);

- syn. atom bomb, atomic bomb, fission bomb, plutonium bomb;

A-horizon
n1
the top layer of a soil profile;

- usually contains humus;

- syn. A horizon;

A-line
n1
women's clothing that has a fitted top and a flared skirt that is widest at the hemline;

- "it is called the A-line because the effect resembles the capital letter A";

A-list
n1
a list of names of specially favored people;

- "the boss gave me his A-list of people we should try to recruit";

a-ok
a1
in perfect condition or order;

- syn. a-okay;

- sim. go;

a-okay
a1
in perfect condition or order;

- syn. a-ok;

- sim. go;

A-one
a1
of the highest quality;

- "an ace reporter";

- "a crack shot";

- "a first-rate golfer";

- "a super party";

- "played top-notch tennis";

- "an athlete in tiptop condition";

- "she is absolutely tops";

- syn. ace, crack, first-rate, super, tiptop, top-notch, topnotch, tops;

- sim. superior;

A-scan ultrasonography
n1
the use of ultrasonography to measure the length of the eyeball;

A-team
n1
a group of elite soldiers or a leadership group of advisors or workers in an organization;

A. A. Michelson
n1
United States physicist (born in Germany) who collaborated with Morley in the Michelson-Morley experiment (1852-1931);

- syn. Albert Abraham Michelson, Albert Michelson, Michelson;

A. A. Milne
n1
English writer of stories for children (1882-1956);

- syn. Alan Alexander Milne, Milne;

A. Conan Doyle
n1
British author who created Sherlock Holmes (1859-1930);

- syn. Arthur Conan Doyle, Conan Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle;

A. E. Burnside
n1
United States general in the American Civil War who was defeated by Robert E. Lee at the Battle of Fredericksburg (1824-1881);

- syn. Ambrose Everett Burnside, Burnside;

A. E. Housman
n1
English poet (1859-1936);

- syn. Alfred Edward Housman, Housman;

A. E. Kennelly
n1
United States electrical engineer noted for his work on the theory of alternating currents;

- independently of Oliver Heaviside he discovered the existence of an atmospheric layer that reflects radio waves back to earth (1861-1939);

- syn. Arthur Edwin Kennelly, Kennelly;

A. E. W. Mason
n1
English writer (1865-1948);

- syn. Alfred Edward Woodley Mason, Mason;

A. Noam Chomsky
n1
United States linguist whose theory of generative grammar redefined the field of linguistics (born 1928);

- syn. Chomsky, Noam Chomsky;

A. testudineus
n1
a small perch of India whose gills are modified to allow it to breathe air;

- has spiny pectoral fins that enable it to travel on land;

- syn. Anabas testudineus, climbing perch;

A.D.
r1
in the Christian era;

- used before dates after the supposed year Christ was born;

- "in AD 200";

- syn. AD, anno Domini;

A.E.
n1
Irish writer whose pen name was A.E. (1867-1935);

- syn. George William Russell, Russell;

a.k.a.
r1
as known or named at another time or place;

- "Mr. Smith, alias Mr. Lafayette";

- syn. alias, also known as;

A.M.
a1
before noon;

- syn. ante meridiem;

- sim. antemeridian;

r1
before noon;

- "let's meet at 11 A.M.";

- syn. ante meridiem;

A/C
n1
an appliance designed to extract humidity from the air and thereby cool it;

- "we rarely turn on the air-conditioner";

- syn. air-conditioner, air conditioner;

A battery
n1
the battery used to heat the filaments of a vacuum tube;

a bit
r1
to a small degree;

- somewhat;

- "it's a bit warm";

- "felt a little better";

- "a trifle smaller";

- syn. a little, a trifle;

a capella
a1
sung without instrumental accompaniment;

- "they sang an a cappella Mass";

- syn. a cappella;

- sim. unaccompanied;

r1
without musical accompaniment;

- "they performed a cappella";

- syn. a cappella;

a capella singing
n1
singing without instrumental accompaniment;

- syn. a cappella singing;

a cappella
a1
sung without instrumental accompaniment;

- "they sang an a cappella Mass";

- syn. a capella;

- sim. unaccompanied;

r1
without musical accompaniment;

- "they performed a cappella";

- syn. a capella;

a cappella singing
n1
singing without instrumental accompaniment;

- syn. a capella singing;

a couple of
a1
more than one but indefinitely small in number;

- "a few roses";

- "a couple of roses";

- syn. a few;

- sim. few;

a few
a1
more than one but indefinitely small in number;

- "a few roses";

- "a couple of roses";

- syn. a couple of;

- sim. few;

a fortiori / eɪ f ɔ t ɪ ɔ ɹ aɪ /
r1
with greater reason;

- for a still stronger, more certain reason;

- "if you are wrong then, a fortiori, so am I";

a good deal
r1
to a very great degree or extent;

- "I feel a lot better";

- "we enjoyed ourselves very much";

- "she was very much interested";

- "this would help a great deal";

- syn. a great deal, a lot, lots, much, very much;

a great deal
r1
to a very great degree or extent;

- "I feel a lot better";

- "we enjoyed ourselves very much";

- "she was very much interested";

- "this would help a great deal";

- syn. a good deal, a lot, lots, much, very much;

r2
frequently or in great quantities;

- "I don't drink much";

- "I don't travel much";

- syn. much, often;

A horizon
n1
the top layer of a soil profile;

- usually contains humus;

- syn. A-horizon;

a hundred times
r1
by a factor of one hundred;

- "they money increased a hundredfold";

- syn. hundredfold;

a Kempis
n1
German ecclesiastic (1380-1471);

- syn. Thomas a Kempis;

a la carte
n1
a menu having individual dishes listed with separate prices;

a1
(of a restaurant meal) having unlimited choices with a separate price for each item;

r1
by ordering items listed individually on a menu;

- "we ate a la carte";

a la mode
a1
in the current fashion or style;

- syn. in style, in vogue, latest, modish;

- sim. fashionable;

r1
with ice cream on top or on the side;

- "we served the apple pie a la mode";

A level
n1
the advanced level of a subject taken in school (usually two years after O level);

a little
r1
to a small degree;

- somewhat;

- "it's a bit warm";

- "felt a little better";

- "a trifle smaller";

- syn. a bit, a trifle;

a lot
r1
to a very great degree or extent;

- "I feel a lot better";

- "we enjoyed ourselves very much";

- "she was very much interested";

- "this would help a great deal";

- syn. a good deal, a great deal, lots, much, very much;

a million times
r1
by a factor of a million;

- "it increased a millionfold";

- syn. millionfold;

a posteriori / eɪ p ɒ s t ɛr ɪ ɔ ɹ aɪ /
a1
involving reasoning from facts or particulars to general principles or from effects to causes;

- "a posteriori demonstration";

- also inductive, synthetic, synthetical;

a2
requiring evidence for validation or support;

- sim. empirical;

r1
derived from observed facts;

a priori / eɪ p ɹ aɪ ɔ ɹ aɪ /
a1
involving deductive reasoning from a general principle to a necessary effect;

- not supported by fact;

- "an a priori judgment";

- also analytic, analytical, deductive;

a2
based on hypothesis or theory rather than experiment;

- sim. theoretical;

r1
derived by logic, without observed facts;

a trifle
r1
to a small degree;

- somewhat;

- "it's a bit warm";

- "felt a little better";

- "a trifle smaller";

- syn. a bit, a little;

aa
n1
a dry form of lava resembling clinkers;

n2
an international organization that provides a support group for persons trying to overcome alcoholism;

- syn. Alcoholics Anonymous;

n3
an associate degree in arts;

- syn. Associate in Arts;

AAA
n1
an aneurysm of the abdominal aorta associated with old age and hypertension;

- syn. abdominal aortic aneurysm;

Aachen / ɑ k ə n /
n1
a city in western Germany near the Dutch and Belgian borders;

- formerly it was Charlemagne's northern capital;

- syn. Aix-la-Chapelle, Aken;

aah
v1
express admiration and pleasure by uttering `ooh' or `aah';

- "They oohed and aahed when they unwrapped the presents";

- syn. ooh;

Aaland islands
n1
an archipelago of some 6,000 islands in the Gulf of Bothnia under Finnish control;

- syn. Ahvenanmaa, Aland islands;

Aalborg
n1
a city and port in northern Jutland;

- syn. Alborg;

aalii
n1
a small Hawaiian tree with hard dark wood;

Aalst
n1
a town in central Belgium;

Aalto
n1
Finnish architect and designer of furniture (1898-1976);

- syn. Alvar Aalto, Hugo Alvar Henrik Aalto;

Aar
n1
a river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine;

- syn. Aare, Aare River;

aardvark / ɑ d v ɑ k /
n1
nocturnal burrowing mammal of the grasslands of Africa that feeds on termites;

- sole extant representative of the order Tubulidentata;

- syn. Orycteropus afer, ant bear, anteater;

aardwolf
n1
striped hyena of southeast Africa that feeds chiefly on insects;

- syn. Proteles cristata;

Aare
n1
a river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine;

- syn. Aar, Aare River;

Aare River
n1
a river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine;

- syn. Aar, Aare;

Aarhus / ɑ h u s /
n1
port city of Denmark in eastern Jutland;

- syn. Arhus;

Aaron
n1
United States professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934);

- syn. Hank Aaron, Henry Louis Aaron;

n2
(Old Testament) elder brother of Moses and first high priest of the Israelites;

- created the golden calf;

Aaron's rod
n1
tall-stalked very woolly mullein with densely packed yellow flowers;

- ancient Greeks and Romans dipped the stalks in tallow for funeral torches;

- syn. Verbascum thapsus, common mullein, flannel mullein, great mullein, torch, woolly mullein;

Aaron Burr
n1
United States politician who served as vice president under Jefferson;

- he mortally wounded his political rival Alexander Hamilton in a duel and fled south (1756-1836);

- syn. Burr;

Aaron Copland
n1
United States composer who developed a distinctly American music (1900-1990);

- syn. Copland;

Aaron Montgomery Ward
n1
United States businessman who in 1872 established a successful mail-order business (1843-1913);

- syn. Montgomery Ward, Ward;

AARP
n1
an association of people to promote the welfare of senior citizens;

- syn. Association for the Advancement of Retired Persons;

AAS
n1
an associate degree in applied science;

- syn. Associate in Applied Science;

AAVE
n1
a nonstandard form of American English characteristically spoken by African Americans in the United States;

- syn. African American English, African American Vernacular English, Black English, Black English Vernacular, Black Vernacular, Black Vernacular English, Ebonics;

AB / æ b /
n1
a bachelor's degree in arts and sciences;

- syn. Artium Baccalaurens, BA, Bachelor of Arts;

n2
the eleventh month of the civil year;

- the fifth month of the ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar (in July and August);

- syn. Av;

n3
the muscles of the abdomen;

- syn. abdominal, abdominal muscle;

n4
the blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens;

- syn. group AB, type AB;

ab initio / æ b ɪ n ɪ ʃ i oʊ /
r1
at the beginning;

- "at first he didn't notice anything strange";

- syn. initially;

aba
n1
a loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth;

- worn by Arabs;

n2
a fabric woven from goat hair and camel hair;

ABA transit number
n1
an identification number consisting of a two-part code assigned to banks and savings associations;

- the first part shows the location and the second identifies the bank itself;

- syn. BIN, bank identification number;

abaca
n1
a kind of hemp obtained from the abaca plant in the Philippines;

- syn. Manila hemp, Manilla hemp;

n2
Philippine banana tree having leafstalks that yield Manila hemp used for rope and paper etc;

- syn. Manila hemp, Musa textilis;

abacinate
v1
blind by holding a red-hot metal plate before someone's eyes;

- "The prisoners were abacinated by their captors";

aback / ə b æ k /
r1
having the wind against the forward side of the sails;

- "the ship came up into the wind with all yards aback";

r2
by surprise;

- "taken aback by the caustic remarks";

abactinal
a1
(of radiate animals) located on the surface or end opposite to that on which the mouth is situated;

abacus / æ b ə k ə s /
n1
a tablet placed horizontally on top of the capital of a column as an aid in supporting the architrave;

n2
a calculator that performs arithmetic functions by manually sliding counters on rods or in grooves;

Abadan
n1
a port city in southwestern Iran;

abaft / ə b ɑ f t /
r1
at or near or toward the stern of a ship or tail of an airplane;

- "stow the luggage aft";

- "ships with square sails sail fairly efficiently with the wind abaft";

- "the captain looked astern to see what the fuss was about";

- syn. aft, astern;

abalone
n1
any of various large edible marine gastropods of the genus Haliotis having an ear-shaped shell with pearly interior;

- syn. ear-shell;

abamp
n1
a unit of current equal to 10 amperes;

- syn. abampere;

abampere
n1
a unit of current equal to 10 amperes;

- syn. abamp;

abandon / ə b æ n d ə n /
n1
the trait of lacking restraint or control;

- reckless freedom from inhibition or worry;

- "she danced with abandon";

- syn. unconstraint, wantonness;

n2
a feeling of extreme emotional intensity;

- "the wildness of his anger";

- syn. wildness;

v1
forsake, leave behind;

- "We abandoned the old car in the empty parking lot";

v2
give up with the intent of never claiming again;

- "Abandon your life to God";

- "She gave up her children to her ex-husband when she moved to Tahiti";

- "We gave the drowning victim up for dead";

- syn. give up;

v3
leave behind empty;

- move out of;

- "You must vacate your office by tonight";

- syn. empty, vacate;

v4
stop maintaining or insisting on;

- of ideas or claims;

- "He abandoned the thought of asking for her hand in marriage";

- "Both sides have to give up some claims in these negotiations";

- syn. give up;

v5
leave someone who needs or counts on you;

- leave in the lurch;

- "The mother deserted her children";

- syn. desert, desolate, forsake;

abandoned / ə b æ n d ə n d /
a1
forsaken by owner or inhabitants;

- "weed-grown yard of an abandoned farmhouse";

- syn. derelict, deserted;

- sim. uninhabited;

a2
unrestrained and uninhibited;

- "an abandoned sadness born of grief"- Liam O'Flaherty;

- sim. uninhibited;

abandoned infant
n1
a child who has been abandoned and whose parents are unknown;

- syn. foundling;

abandoned person
n1
someone for whom hope has been abandoned;

abandoned ship
n1
a ship abandoned on the high seas;

- syn. derelict;

abandonment / ə b æ n d ə n m ə n t /
n1
the act of giving something up;

- syn. desertion, forsaking;

n2
withdrawing support or help despite allegiance or responsibility;

- "his abandonment of his wife and children left them penniless";

- syn. defection, desertion;

n3
the voluntary surrender of property (or a right to property) without attempting to reclaim it or give it away;

abarticulation
n1
dislocation of a joint;

abase / ə b eɪ s /
v1
cause to feel shame;

- hurt the pride of;

- "He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss";

- syn. chagrin, humble, humiliate, mortify;

abasement / ə b eɪ s m ə n t /
n1
a low or downcast state;

- "each confession brought her into an attitude of abasement"- H.L.Menchken;

- syn. abjection, degradation;

n2
depriving one of self-esteem;

- syn. humiliation;

abash / ə b æ ʃ /
v1
cause to be embarrassed;

- cause to feel self-conscious;

- syn. embarrass;

abashed / ə b æ ʃ t /
a1
feeling or caused to feel ill at ease or self-conscious or ashamed;

- "felt abashed at the extravagant praise";

- "chagrined at the poor sales of his book";

- "was embarrassed by her child's tantrums";

- syn. chagrined, embarrassed;

- sim. discomposed;

abashment
n1
feeling embarrassed due to modesty;

- syn. bashfulness;

abasia
n1
inability to walk;

abasia trepidans
n1
abasia due to trembling of the legs;

abasic / ə b eɪ s ɪ k /
a1
of or relating to abasia (inability to walk);

- syn. abatic;

abatable / ə b eɪ t ə b ɫ /
a1
capable of being abated;

- sim. stoppable;

abatable nuisance
n1
a nuisance that can remedied (suppressed or extinguished or rendered harmless);

- "the continued existence of an abatable nuisance is not authorized under the law";

abate / ə b eɪ t /
v1
make less active or intense;

- syn. slack, slake;

v2
become less in amount or intensity;

- "The storm abated";

- "The rain let up after a few hours";

- syn. die away, let up, slack, slack off;

abatement / ə b eɪ t m ə n t /
n1
an interruption in the intensity or amount of something;

- syn. hiatus, reprieve, respite, suspension;

n2
the act of abating;

- "laws enforcing noise abatement";

abatement of a nuisance
n1
(law) the removal or termination or destruction of something that has been found to be a nuisance;

- syn. nuisance abatement;

abatic
a1
of or relating to abasia (inability to walk);

- syn. abasic;

abatis / æ b ə t ɪ s , æ b ə t i z /
n1
a line of defense consisting of a barrier of felled or live trees with branches (sharpened or with barbed wire entwined) pointed toward the enemy;

- syn. abattis;

abator / ə b eɪ t ə /
n1
a person who abates a nuisance;

abattis / ə b æ t ɪ s /
n1
a line of defense consisting of a barrier of felled or live trees with branches (sharpened or with barbed wire entwined) pointed toward the enemy;

- syn. abatis;

abattoir / æ b ə t w ɑ , æ b ə t w ɑr /
n1
a building where animals are butchered;

- syn. butchery, shambles, slaughterhouse;

abaxial
a1
facing away from the axis of an organ or organism;

- "the abaxial surface of a leaf is the underside or side facing away from the stem";

- syn. dorsal;

abaxially
r1
in an abaxial manner;

abaya
n1
(Arabic) a loose black robe from head to toe;

- traditionally worn by Muslim women;

ABB
n1
an urban hit squad and guerrilla group of the Communist Party in the Philippines;

- formed in the 1980s;

- syn. Alex Boncayao Brigade, RPA-ABB, Revolutionary Proletarian Army;

abbacy / æ b ə s i /
n1
the jurisdiction or office of an abbot;

abbatial
a1
of or having to do with or belonging to an abbey or abbot, or abbess;

abbe / æ b eɪ /
n1
a French abbot;

Abbe condenser
n1
a condenser having 2 or 3 lenses with wide aperture for use in microscopes;

abbess / æ b ɛ s /
n1
the superior of a group of nuns;

- syn. mother superior, prioress;

abbey / æ b i /
n1
a church associated with a monastery or convent;

n2
a convent ruled by an abbess;

n3
a monastery ruled by an abbot;

abbot / æ b ə t /
n1
the superior of an abbey of monks;

- syn. archimandrite;

Abbott Lawrence Lowell
n1
United States educator and president of Harvard University (1856-1943);

- syn. Lowell;

abbreviate / ə b ɹ i v ɪ eɪ t /
v1
reduce in scope while retaining essential elements;

- "The manuscript must be shortened";

- syn. abridge, contract, cut, foreshorten, reduce, shorten;

v2
shorten;

- "Abbreviate `New York' and write `NY'";

abbreviated / ə b ɹ i v ɪ eɪ t ɪ d /
a1
(of clothing) very short;

- "an abbreviated swimsuit";

- "a brief bikini";

- syn. brief;

- sim. short;

a2
cut short in duration;

- "the abbreviated speech";

- "her shortened life was clearly the result of smoking";

- "an unsatisfactory truncated conversation";

- syn. shortened, truncated;

- sim. short;

abbreviation / ə b ɹ i v ɪ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
a shortened form of a word or phrase;

n2
shortening something by omitting parts of it;

abbreviator / ə b ɹ i v ɪ eɪ t ə /
n1
one who shortens or abridges or condenses a written work;

- syn. abridger;

ABC / eɪ b ɪ s i , eɪ b i s i /
n1
the elementary stages of any subject (usually plural);

- "he mastered only the rudiments of geometry";

- syn. ABC's, ABCs, alphabet, first principles, rudiments;

ABC's
n1
the elementary stages of any subject (usually plural);

- "he mastered only the rudiments of geometry";

- syn. ABC, ABCs, alphabet, first principles, rudiments;

abcoulomb
n1
a unit of electrical charge equal to 10 coulombs;

ABCs / eɪ b ɪ s i z , eɪ b i s i z /
n1
the elementary stages of any subject (usually plural);

- "he mastered only the rudiments of geometry";

- syn. ABC, ABC's, alphabet, first principles, rudiments;

Abdias
n1
a Hebrew minor prophet;

- syn. Obadiah;

n2
an Old Testament book telling Obadiah's prophecies;

- the shortest book in the Christian Bible;

- syn. Book of Obadiah, Obadiah;

abdicable / æ b d ɪ k ə b ɫ /
a1
capable of being discarded or renounced or relinquished;

- "abdicable responsibilites";

- sim. unwanted;

abdicate / æ b d ɪ k eɪ t /
v1
give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations;

- "The King abdicated when he married a divorcee";

- syn. renounce;

abdication / æ b d ɪ k eɪ ʃ n /
n1
a formal resignation and renunciation of powers;

- syn. stepping down;

n2
the act of abdicating;

- syn. stepping down;

abdicator / æ b d ɪ k eɪ t ə /
n1
one who formally relinquishes an office or responsibility;

abdomen / æ b d ə m ə n /
n1
the region of the body of a vertebrate between the thorax and the pelvis;

- syn. belly, stomach, venter;

n2
the cavity containing the major viscera;

- in mammals it is separated from the thorax by the diaphragm;

- syn. abdominal cavity;

abdominal / æ b d ɒ m ɪ n ɫ /
n1
the muscles of the abdomen;

- syn. ab, abdominal muscle;

a1
of or relating to or near the abdomen;

- "abdominal muscles";

abdominal actinomycosis
n1
a serious form of actinomycosis that affects the abdomen;

abdominal aorta
n1
a branch of the descending aorta;

abdominal aortic aneurysm
n1
an aneurysm of the abdominal aorta associated with old age and hypertension;

- syn. AAA;

abdominal breathing
n1
breathing in which most of the respiratory effort is done by the abdominal muscles;

- "abdominal breathing is practiced by singers";

abdominal cavity
n1
the cavity containing the major viscera;

- in mammals it is separated from the thorax by the diaphragm;

- syn. abdomen;

abdominal delivery
n1
the delivery of a fetus by surgical incision through the abdominal wall and uterus (from the belief that Julius Caesar was born that way);

- syn. C-section, caesarean, caesarean delivery, caesarean section, caesarian, caesarian delivery, caesarian section, cesarean, cesarean delivery, cesarean section, cesarian, cesarian section;

abdominal external oblique muscle
n1
a diagonally arranged abdominal muscle on either side of the torso;

- syn. external oblique muscle, musculus obliquus externus abdominis, oblique;

abdominal muscle
n1
the muscles of the abdomen;

- syn. ab, abdominal;

abdominal nerve plexus
n1
a large plexus of sympathetic nerves in the abdomen behind the stomach;

- syn. coeliac plexus, plexus celiacus, solar plexus;

abdominal pregnancy
n1
ectopic pregnancy in the abdominal cavity;

abdominal wall
n1
a wall of the abdomen;

abdominocentesis
n1
centesis of the belly to remove fluid for diagnosis;

- syn. paracentesis;

abdominoplasty
n1
cosmetic surgery of the abdomen to remove wrinkles and tighten the skin over the stomach;

- syn. tummy tuck;

abdominous / æ b d ɒ m ɪ n ə s /
a1
having a large belly;

- syn. paunchy, potbellied;

- sim. fat;

abdominousness
n1
the bodily property of a protruding belly;

- syn. paunchiness;

abdominovesical
a1
of or relating to the abdomen and the urinary bladder;

abduce
v1
advance evidence for;

- syn. adduce, cite;

abducens
n1
a small motor nerve supplying the lateral rectus muscle of the eye;

- syn. abducens nerve, abducent, abducent nerve, nervus abducens, sixth cranial nerve;

abducens muscle
n1
the ocular muscle whose contraction turns the eyeball outward;

- syn. lateral rectus, lateral rectus muscle, rectus lateralis;

abducens nerve
n1
a small motor nerve supplying the lateral rectus muscle of the eye;

- syn. abducens, abducent, abducent nerve, nervus abducens, sixth cranial nerve;

abducent
n1
a small motor nerve supplying the lateral rectus muscle of the eye;

- syn. abducens, abducens nerve, abducent nerve, nervus abducens, sixth cranial nerve;

a1
especially of muscles;

- drawing away from the midline of the body or from an adjacent part;

- syn. abducting;

abducent nerve
n1
a small motor nerve supplying the lateral rectus muscle of the eye;

- syn. abducens, abducens nerve, abducent, nervus abducens, sixth cranial nerve;

abduct / æ b d ʌ k t /
v1
take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom;

- "The industrialist's son was kidnapped";

- syn. kidnap, nobble, snatch;

v2
pull away from the body;

- "this muscle abducts";

abducting / æ b d ʌ k t ɪ ŋ /
a1
especially of muscles;

- drawing away from the midline of the body or from an adjacent part;

- syn. abducent;

abduction / æ b d ʌ k ʃ n /
n1
the criminal act of capturing and carrying away by force a family member;

- if a man's wife is abducted it is a crime against the family relationship and against the wife;

n2
(physiology) moving of a body part away from the central axis of the body;

abductor / æ b d ʌ k t ə /
n1
someone who unlawfully seizes and detains a victim (usually for ransom);

- syn. kidnaper, kidnapper, snatcher;

n2
a muscle that draws a body part away from the median line;

- syn. abductor muscle;

abductor muscle
n1
a muscle that draws a body part away from the median line;

- syn. abductor;

abeam / ə b i m /
r1
at right angles to the length of a ship or airplane;

abecedarian / eɪ b i s i d eə ɹ ɪə n /
n1
a novice learning the rudiments of some subject;

n2
a 16th century sect of Anabaptists centered in Germany who had an absolute disdain for human knowledge;

a1
alphabetically arranged (as for beginning readers);

- sim. alphabetic;

abecedarius
n1
a poem having lines beginning with letters of the alphabet in regular order;

abed / ə b ɛ d /
r1
in bed;

Abel
n1
Norwegian mathematician (1802-1829);

- syn. Niels Abel, Niels Henrik Abel;

n2
(Old Testament) Cain and Abel were the first children of Adam and Eve born after the Fall of Man;

- Abel was killed by Cain;

Abel Janszoon Tasman
n1
Dutch navigator who was the first European to discover Tasmania and New Zealand (1603-1659);

- syn. Abel Tasman, Tasman;

Abel Tasman
n1
Dutch navigator who was the first European to discover Tasmania and New Zealand (1603-1659);

- syn. Abel Janszoon Tasman, Tasman;

Abelard / eɪ b ɫ ɑ d /
n1
French philosopher and theologian;

- lover of Heloise (1079-1142);

- syn. Peter Abelard, Pierre Abelard;

abele
n1
a poplar that is widely cultivated in the United States;

- has white bark and leaves with whitish undersurfaces;

- syn. Populus alba, aspen poplar, silver-leaved poplar, white aspen, white poplar;

abelia
n1
any of various deciduous or evergreen ornamental shrubs of the genus Abelia having opposite simple leaves and cymes of small white or pink or purplish flowers;

- Asia and Mexico;

Abelian group
n1
a group that satisfies the commutative law;

- syn. commutative group;

Abelmoschus
n1
genus of tropical coarse herbs having large lobed leaves and often yellow flowers;

- syn. genus Abelmoschus;

Abelmoschus esculentus
n1
tall coarse annual of Old World tropics widely cultivated in southern United States and West Indies for its long mucilaginous green pods used as basis for soups and stews;

- sometimes placed in genus Hibiscus;

- syn. Hibiscus esculentus, gumbo, lady's-finger, okra, okra plant;

Abelmoschus moschatus
n1
bushy herb of tropical Asia grown for its yellow or pink to scarlet blooms that resemble the hibiscus;

- syn. Hibiscus moschatus, abelmosk, musk mallow;

abelmosk
n1
bushy herb of tropical Asia grown for its yellow or pink to scarlet blooms that resemble the hibiscus;

- syn. Abelmoschus moschatus, Hibiscus moschatus, musk mallow;

Abenaki
n1
a member of the Algonquian people of Maine and southern Quebec;

- syn. Abnaki;

Aberdare / æ b ə d eə , æ b ə d eə ɹ /
n1
a mining town in southern Wales;

Aberdeen / æ b ə d i n /
n1
a town in western Washington;

n2
a town in northeastern South Dakota;

n3
a town in northeastern Maryland;

n4
a city in northeastern Scotland on the North Sea;

Aberdeen Angus
n1
black hornless breed from Scotland;

- syn. Angus, black Angus;

Aberdonian / æ b ə d oʊ n j ə n /
a1
of or relating to Aberdeen;

aberrance / æ b ɛr ə n s /
n1
a state or condition markedly different from the norm;

- syn. aberrancy, aberration, deviance;

aberrancy / æ b ɛr ə n s i /
n1
a state or condition markedly different from the norm;

- syn. aberrance, aberration, deviance;

aberrant / æ b ɛr ə n t /
n1
one whose behavior departs substantially from the norm of a group;

a1
markedly different from an accepted norm;

- "aberrant behavior";

- "deviant ideas";

- syn. deviant, deviate;

- sim. abnormal;

aberrate / æ b ə ɹ eɪ t /
v1
diverge from the expected;

- "The President aberrated from being a perfect gentleman";

v2
diverge or deviate from the straight path;

- produce aberration;

- "The surfaces of the concave lens may be proportioned so as to aberrate exactly equal to the convex lens";

aberration / æ b ə ɹ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
a state or condition markedly different from the norm;

- syn. aberrance, aberrancy, deviance;

n2
a disorder in one's mental state;

n3
an optical phenomenon resulting from the failure of a lens or mirror to produce a good image;

- syn. distortion, optical aberration;

abet / ə b ɛ t /
v1
assist or encourage, usually in some wrongdoing;

abetalipoproteinemia
n1
a rare inherited disorder of fat metabolism;

- characterized by severe deficiency of beta-lipoproteins and abnormal red blood cells (acanthocytes) and abnormally low cholesterol levels;

abetment / ə b ɛ t m ə n t /
n1
the verbal act of urging on;

- syn. abettal, instigation;

abettal
n1
the verbal act of urging on;

- syn. abetment, instigation;

abetter / ə b ɛ t ə ɹ /
n1
one who helps or encourages or incites another;

- syn. abettor;

abettor / ə b ɛ t ə /
n1
one who helps or encourages or incites another;

- syn. abetter;

abeyance / ə b eɪ ə n s /
n1
temporary cessation or suspension;

- syn. suspension;

abeyant
a1
inactive but capable of becoming active;

- "her feelings of affection are dormant but easily awakened";

- syn. dormant;

- sim. inactive;

abfarad
n1
a capacitance unit equal to one billion farads;

abhenry
n1
a unit of inductance equal to one billionth of a henry;

abhor / ə b h ɔ , ə b h ɔ ɹ /
v1
find repugnant;

- "I loathe that man";

- "She abhors cats";

- syn. abominate, execrate, loathe;

abhorrence / ə b h ɒ ɹ ə n s /
n1
hate coupled with disgust;

- syn. abomination, detestation, execration, loathing, odium;

abhorrent / ə b h ɒ ɹ ə n t /
a1
offensive to the mind;

- "an abhorrent deed";

- "the obscene massacre at Wounded Knee";

- "morally repugnant customs";

- "repulsive behavior";

- "the most repulsive character in recent novels";

- syn. detestable, obscene, repugnant, repulsive;

- sim. offensive;

abhorrer / ə b h ɔ ɹ ə /
n1
a signer of a 1679 address to Charles II in which those who petitioned for the reconvening of parliament were condemned and abhorred;

abidance
n1
acting according to certain accepted standards;

- "their financial statements are in conformity with generally accepted accounting practices";

- syn. compliance, conformation, conformity;

n2
the act of dwelling in a place;

- syn. residence, residency;

n3
the act of abiding (enduring without yielding);

abide / ə b aɪ d /
v1
dwell;

- "You can stay with me while you are in town";

- "stay a bit longer--the day is still young";

- syn. bide, stay;

v2
put up with something or somebody unpleasant;

- "I cannot bear his constant criticism";

- "The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks";

- "he learned to tolerate the heat";

- "She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage";

- syn. bear, brook, digest, endure, put up, stand, stick out, stomach, suffer, support, tolerate;

abide by
v1
act in accordance with someone's rules, commands, or wishes;

- "He complied with my instructions";

- "You must comply or else!";

- "Follow these simple rules";

- "abide by the rules";

- syn. comply, follow;

v2
show respect towards;

- "honor your parents!";

- syn. honor, honour, observe, respect;

abiding / ə b aɪ d ɪ ŋ /
a1
lasting a long time;

- "an abiding belief";

- "imperishable truths";

- syn. enduring, imperishable;

- sim. permanent;

Abidjan
n1
city recognized by the United States as the capital of the Ivory Coast;

- largest city of the Ivory Coast;

abience
n1
(psychology) an urge to withdraw or avoid a situation or an object;

abient
a1
characterized by avoidance or withdrawal;

Abies / æ b ɪ i z /
n1
true firs;

- syn. genus Abies;

Abies alba
n1
tall timber tree of central and southern Europe having a regular crown and grey bark;

- syn. Christmas tree, European silver fir;

Abies amabilis
n1
medium to tall fir of western North America having a conic crown and branches in tiers;

- leaves smell of orange when crushed;

- syn. Christmas tree, Pacific silver fir, amabilis fir, red silver fir, white fir;

Abies balsamea
n1
medium-sized fir of northeastern North America;

- leaves smell of balsam when crushed;

- much used for pulpwood and Christmas trees;

- syn. Canada balsam, balm of Gilead, balsam fir;

Abies bracteata
n1
a pyramidal fir of southwestern California having spiny pointed leaves and cone scales with long spines;

- syn. Abies venusta, Santa Lucia fir, bristlecone fir;

Abies concolor
n1
medium to tall fir of central to western United States having a narrow erect crown and soft wood;

- syn. Abies lowiana, California white fir, Colorado fir, white fir;

Abies fraseri
n1
small fast-growing but short-lived fir of southern Alleghenies similar to balsam fir but with very short leaves;

- syn. Fraser fir;

Abies grandis
n1
lofty fir of the Pacific coast of northwestern America having long curving branches and deep green leaves;

- syn. giant fir, grand fir, lowland fir, lowland white fir;

Abies lasiocarpa
n1
medium-tall timber tree of the Rocky Mountains having a narrowly conic to columnar crown;

- syn. Alpine fir, subalpine fir;

Abies lowiana
n1
medium to tall fir of central to western United States having a narrow erect crown and soft wood;

- syn. Abies concolor, California white fir, Colorado fir, white fir;

Abies venusta
n1
a pyramidal fir of southwestern California having spiny pointed leaves and cone scales with long spines;

- syn. Abies bracteata, Santa Lucia fir, bristlecone fir;

Abila
n1
a promontory in northern Morocco opposite the Rock of Gibraltar;

- one of the Pillars of Hercules;

- syn. Abyla, Jebel Musa;

Abilene
n1
a city in central Texas;

n2
a town in central Kansas to the west of Topeka;

- home of Dwight D. Eisenhower;

ability / ə b ɪ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
the quality of being able to perform;

- a quality that permits or facilitates achievement or accomplishment;

n2
possession of the qualities (especially mental qualities) required to do something or get something done;

- "danger heightened his powers of discrimination";

- syn. power;

abiogenesis / eɪ b aɪ oʊ dʒ ɛ n ɪ s ɪ s /
n1
a hypothetical organic phenomenon by which living organisms are created from nonliving matter;

- syn. autogenesis, autogeny, spontaneous generation;

abiogenetic
a1
originating by abiogenesis;

abiogenist
n1
a believer in abiogenesis;

abiotrophy
n1
a loss of vitality and a degeneration of cells and tissues not due to any apparent injury;

abject / æ b dʒ ɛ k t /
a1
of the most contemptible kind;

- "abject cowardice";

- "a low stunt to pull";

- "a low-down sneak";

- "his miserable treatment of his family";

- "You miserable skunk!";

- "a scummy rabble";

- "a scurvy trick";

- syn. low, low-down, miserable, scummy, scurvy;

- sim. contemptible;

a2
most unfortunate or miserable;

- "the most abject slaves joined in the revolt";

- "abject poverty";

- sim. unfortunate;

a3
showing utter resignation or hopelessness;

- "abject surrender";

- syn. unhopeful;

- sim. hopeless;

a4
showing humiliation or submissiveness;

- "an abject apology";

- sim. submissive;

abjection / æ b dʒ ɛ k ʃ n /
n1
a low or downcast state;

- "each confession brought her into an attitude of abasement"- H.L.Menchken;

- syn. abasement, degradation;

abjectly / æ b dʒ ɛ k t ɫ i /
r1
in a hopeless resigned manner;

- "she shrugged her shoulders abjectly";

- syn. resignedly;

abjuration / æ b dʒ ʊə ɹ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
a disavowal or taking back of a previous assertion;

- syn. recantation, retraction;

abjure / ə b dʒ ʊə , ə b dʒ ʊə ɹ /
v1
formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure;

- "He retracted his earlier statements about his religion";

- "She abjured her beliefs";

- syn. forswear, recant, resile, retract;

abjurer / ə b dʒ ʊə ɹ ə /
n1
a person who abjures;

Abkhas
n1
a member of the Circassian people who live to the east of the Black Sea;

- syn. Abkhasian, Abkhaz, Abkhazian;

n2
Circassian people living east of the Black Sea;

- syn. Abkhaz;

Abkhasian
n1
a member of the Circassian people who live to the east of the Black Sea;

- syn. Abkhas, Abkhaz, Abkhazian;

n2
a Circassian language spoken by the Abkhaz;

- syn. Abkhazian;

Abkhaz
n1
a member of the Circassian people who live to the east of the Black Sea;

- syn. Abkhas, Abkhasian, Abkhazian;

n2
an autonomous province of Georgia on the Black Sea;

- a strong independence movement has resulted in much instability;

- syn. Abkhazia;

n3
Circassian people living east of the Black Sea;

- syn. Abkhas;

a1
of or relating to Abkazia or its people or their language;

- syn. Abkhazian;

Abkhazia
n1
an autonomous province of Georgia on the Black Sea;

- a strong independence movement has resulted in much instability;

- syn. Abkhaz;

Abkhazian
n1
a member of the Circassian people who live to the east of the Black Sea;

- syn. Abkhas, Abkhasian, Abkhaz;

n2
a Circassian language spoken by the Abkhaz;

- syn. Abkhasian;

a1
of or relating to Abkazia or its people or their language;

- syn. Abkhaz;

ablactate / æ b ɫ æ k t eɪ t /
v1
gradually deprive (infants and young mammals) of mother's milk;

- "she weaned her baby when he was 3 months old and started him on powdered milk";

- "The kitten was weaned and fed by its owner with a bottle";

- syn. wean;

ablactation / æ b ɫ æ k t eɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
the cessation of lactation;

n2
the act of substituting other food for the mother's milk in the diet of a child or young mammal;

- syn. weaning;

ablate / æ b ɫ eɪ t /
v1
wear away through erosion or vaporization;

v2
remove an organ or bodily structure;

ablated / æ b ɫ eɪ t ɪ d /
a1
made smaller or less by melting or erosion or vaporization;

- "the rocket's ablated head shield";

- sim. decreased;

ablation / æ b ɫ eɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
surgical removal of a body part or tissue;

- syn. cutting out, excision, extirpation;

n2
the erosive process that reduces the size of glaciers;

ablative / æ b ɫ ə t ɪ v /
n1
the case indicating the agent in passive sentences or the instrument or manner or place of the action described by the verb;

- syn. ablative case;

a1
relating to the ablative case;

a2
tending to ablate;

- i.e. to be removed or vaporized at very high temperature;

- "ablative material on a rocket cone";

- sim. subtractive;

ablative absolute
n1
a constituent in Latin grammar;

- a noun and its modifier can function as a sentence modifier;

ablative case
n1
the case indicating the agent in passive sentences or the instrument or manner or place of the action described by the verb;

- syn. ablative;

ablaut / æ b ɫ aʊ t /
n1
a vowel whose quality or length is changed to indicate linguistic distinctions (such as sing sang sung song);

ablaze / ə b ɫ eɪ z /
a1
keenly excited (especially sexually) or indicating excitement;

- "his face all ablaze with excitement"- Bram Stoker;

- "he was aflame with desire";

- syn. aflame, aroused;

- sim. passionate;

a2
lighted up by or as by fire or flame;

- "forests set ablaze (or afire) by lightning";

- "even the car's tires were aflame";

- "a night aflare with fireworks";

- "candles alight on the tables";

- "houses on fire";

- syn. afire, aflame, aflare, alight, on fire;

- sim. lighted;

a3
resembling flame in brilliance or color;

- "maple trees ablaze in autumn";

- sim. colorful;

a4
lighted with red light as if with flames;

- "streets ablaze with lighted Christmas trees";

- "the inflamed clouds at sunset";

- "reddened faces around the campfire";

- syn. inflamed, reddened;

- sim. light;

able / eɪ b ɫ /
a1
(usually followed by `to') having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something;

- "able to swim";

- "she was able to program her computer";

- "we were at last able to buy a car";

- "able to get a grant for the project";

a2
have the skills and qualifications to do things well;

- "able teachers";

- "a capable administrator";

- "children as young as 14 can be extremely capable and dependable";

- syn. capable;

- sim. competent;

a3
having inherent physical or mental ability or capacity;

- "able to learn";

- "human beings are able to walk on two feet";

- "Superman is able to leap tall buildings";

- sim. capable;

a4
having a strong healthy body;

- "an able seaman";

- "every able-bodied young man served in the army";

- syn. able-bodied;

- sim. fit;

able-bodied / eɪ b ə ɫ b ɒ d ɪ d /
a1
having a strong healthy body;

- "an able seaman";

- "every able-bodied young man served in the army";

- syn. able;

- sim. fit;

able-bodied seaman
n1
a seaman in the merchant marine;

- trained in special skills;

- syn. able seaman;

able-bodiedism
n1
discrimination in favor of the able-bodied;

- syn. able-bodism, ableism, ablism;

able-bodism
n1
discrimination in favor of the able-bodied;

- syn. able-bodiedism, ableism, ablism;

able seaman
n1
a seaman in the merchant marine;

- trained in special skills;

- syn. able-bodied seaman;

ableism
n1
discrimination in favor of the able-bodied;

- syn. able-bodiedism, able-bodism, ablism;

ablepharia
n1
a congenital absence of eyelids (partial or complete);

ablism
n1
discrimination in favor of the able-bodied;

- syn. able-bodiedism, able-bodism, ableism;

abloom
a1
bursting into flower;

- "flowering spring trees";

- syn. efflorescent;

- sim. mature;

ABLS
n1
a bachelor's degree in library science;

- syn. Bachelor of Arts in Library Science;

ablution / ə b ɫ u ʃ n /
n1
the ritual washing of a priest's hands or of sacred vessels;

ablutionary / ə b ɫ u ʃ n ɹ i /
a1
cleansing the body by washing;

- especially ritual washing of e.g. hands;

- "ablutionary rituals";

- syn. cleansing;

- sim. purifying;

ably / eɪ b ɫ i /
r1
with competence;

- in a competent capable manner;

- "they worked competently";

- syn. aptly, capably, competently;

ABM
n1
a defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles;

- "the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks placed limits on the deployment of ABMs";

- syn. antiballistic missile;

Abnaki
n1
a member of the Algonquian people of Maine and southern Quebec;

- syn. Abenaki;

n2
the Algonquian language spoken by the Abnaki and Penobscot;

a1
of or relating to the Abnakis or their language;

abnegate / æ b n ɪ ɡ eɪ t /
v1
deny oneself (something);

- restrain, especially from indulging in some pleasure;

- "She denied herself wine and spirits";

- syn. deny;

v2
surrender (power or a position);

- "The King abnegated his power to the ministers";

v3
deny or renounce;

- "They abnegated their gods";

abnegation / æ b n ɪ ɡ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the denial and rejection of a doctrine or belief;

- "abnegation of the Holy Trinity";

n2
renunciation of your own interests in favor of the interests of others;

- syn. denial, self-abnegation, self-denial, self-renunciation;

abnegator / æ b n ɪ ɡ eɪ t ə /
n1
one who gives up or relinquishes or renounces something;

Abney level
n1
a surveying instrument consisting of a spirit level and a sighting tube;

- used to measure the angle of inclination of a line from the observer to the target;

abnormal / æ b n ɔ m ɫ /
a1
not normal;

- not typical or usual or regular or conforming to a norm;

- "abnormal powers of concentration";

- "abnormal amounts of rain";

- "abnormal circumstances";

- "an abnormal interest in food";

- syn. unnatural;

- also insane;

- sim. aberrant, anomalous, antidromic, atypical, brachydactylic, defective, freakish, kinky, subnormal, supernormal, vicarious;

a2
departing from the normal in e.g. intelligence and development;

- "they were heartbroken when they learned their child was abnormal";

- "an abnormal personality";

- sim. exceptional;

a3
much greater than the normal;

- "abnormal profits";

- "abnormal ambition";

- sim. immoderate;

abnormal psychology
n1
the branch of psychology concerned with abnormal behavior;

- syn. psychopathology;

abnormalcy
n1
an abnormal physical condition resulting from defective genes or developmental deficiencies;

- syn. abnormality;

abnormality / æ b n ɔ m æ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
an abnormal physical condition resulting from defective genes or developmental deficiencies;

- syn. abnormalcy;

n2
retardation sufficient to fall outside the normal range of intelligence;

- syn. mental defectiveness;

n3
marked strangeness as a consequence of being abnormal;

- syn. freakishness;

n4
behavior that breaches the rule or etiquette or custom or morality;

- syn. irregularity;

abnormally / æ b n ɔ m ə ɫ i /
r1
in an abnormal manner;

- "they were behaving abnormally";

- "his blood pressure was abnormally low";

ABO antibodies
n1
blood type antibodies;

ABO blood group system
n1
a classification system for the antigens of human blood;

- used in blood transfusion therapy;

- four groups are A and B and AB and O;

- syn. ABO group, ABO system;

ABO group
n1
a classification system for the antigens of human blood;

- used in blood transfusion therapy;

- four groups are A and B and AB and O;

- syn. ABO blood group system, ABO system;

ABO system
n1
a classification system for the antigens of human blood;

- used in blood transfusion therapy;

- four groups are A and B and AB and O;

- syn. ABO blood group system, ABO group;

aboard / ə b ɔ d /
r1
on a ship, train, plane or other vehicle;

- syn. on board;

r2
on first or second or third base;

- "Their second homer with Bob Allison aboard";

r3
side by side;

- "anchored close aboard another ship";

- syn. alongside;

r4
part of a group;

- "Bill's been aboard for three years now";

abocclusion
n1
the condition in which the upper teeth do not touch the lower teeth when biting;

abode / ə b oʊ d /
n1
any address at which you dwell more than temporarily;

- "a person can have several residences";

- syn. residence;

n2
housing that someone is living in;

- "he built a modest dwelling near the pond";

- "they raise money to provide homes for the homeless";

- syn. domicile, dwelling, dwelling house, habitation, home;

abohm
n1
a unit of resistance equal to a billionth of an ohm;

abolish / ə b ɒ ɫ ɪ ʃ /
v1
do away with;

- "Slavery was abolished in the mid-19th century in America and in Russia";

- syn. get rid of;

abolishable / ə b ɒ ɫ ɪ ʃ eɪ b ɫ /
a1
capable of being abolished;

- sim. destructible;

abolishment / ə b ɒ ɫ ɪ ʃ m ə n t /
n1
the act of abolishing a system or practice or institution (especially abolishing slavery);

- "the abolition of capital punishment";

- syn. abolition;

abolition / æ b ə ɫ ɪ ʃ n /
n1
the act of abolishing a system or practice or institution (especially abolishing slavery);

- "the abolition of capital punishment";

- syn. abolishment;

abolitionary
a1
relating to or favoring abolition, especially abolition of slavery;

abolitionism / æ b ə ɫ ɪ ʃ ə n ɪ z ə m /
n1
the doctrine that calls for the abolition of slavery;

abolitionist / æ b ə ɫ ɪ ʃ ə n ɪ s t /
n1
a reformer who favors abolishing slavery;

- syn. emancipationist;

abomasal
a1
relating to the abomasum (the fourth compartment of the stomach of ruminants);

abomasum
n1
the fourth compartment of the stomach of a ruminant;

- the one where digestion takes place;

- syn. fourth stomach;

abominable / ə b ɒ m ɪ n ə b ɫ /
a1
unequivocally detestable;

- "abominable treatment of prisoners";

- "detestable vices";

- "execrable crimes";

- "consequences odious to those you govern"- Edmund Burke;

- syn. detestable, execrable, odious;

- sim. hateful;

a2
exceptionally bad or displeasing;

- "atrocious taste";

- "abominable workmanship";

- "an awful voice";

- "dreadful manners";

- "a painful performance";

- "terrible handwriting";

- "an unspeakable odor came sweeping into the room";

- syn. atrocious, awful, dreadful, painful, terrible, unspeakable;

- sim. bad;

abominable snowman
n1
a large hairy humanoid creature said to live in the Himalayas;

- syn. yeti;

abominably / ə b ɒ m ɪ n ə b ɫ i /
r1
in an offensive and hateful manner;

- "I don't know anyone who could have behaved so abominably";

- syn. detestably, odiously, repulsively;

r2
in a terrible manner;

- "she sings terribly";

- syn. abysmally, atrociously, awfully, rottenly, terribly;

abominate / ə b ɒ m ɪ n eɪ t /
v1
find repugnant;

- "I loathe that man";

- "She abhors cats";

- syn. abhor, execrate, loathe;

abomination / ə b ɒ m ɪ n eɪ ʃ n /
n1
a person who is loathsome or disgusting;

n2
hate coupled with disgust;

- syn. abhorrence, detestation, execration, loathing, odium;

n3
an action that is vicious or vile;

- an action that arouses disgust or abhorrence;

- "his treatment of the children is an abomination";

abominator / ə b ɒ m ɪ n eɪ t ə /
n1
one who hates or loathes;

- syn. loather;

Abor
n1
little known Kamarupan languages;

- syn. Dafla, Miri, Mirish;

aborad
r1
away from the mouth or oral region;

aboral
a1
opposite to or away from the mouth;

- "the aboral surface of a starfish";

aboriginal / æ b ə ɹ ɪ dʒ ə n ɫ /
n1
an indigenous person who was born in a particular place;

- "the art of the natives of the northwest coast";

- "the Canadian government scrapped plans to tax the grants to aboriginal college students";

- syn. aborigine, indigen, indigene, native;

a1
characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from the beginning;

- "native Americans";

- "the aboriginal peoples of Australia";

- syn. native;

a2
having existed from the beginning;

- in an earliest or original stage or state;

- "aboriginal forests";

- "primal eras before the appearance of life on earth";

- "the forest primeval";

- "primordial matter";

- "primordial forms of life";

- syn. primaeval, primal, primeval, primordial;

- sim. early;

Aboriginal Australian
n1
the Austronesian languages spoken by Australian aborigines;

- syn. Australian;

aborigine / æ b ə ɹ ɪ dʒ ə n i /
n1
an indigenous person who was born in a particular place;

- "the art of the natives of the northwest coast";

- "the Canadian government scrapped plans to tax the grants to aboriginal college students";

- syn. aboriginal, indigen, indigene, native;

n2
a member of the people living in Australia when Europeans arrived;

- syn. Australian Aborigine, native Australian;

abort / ə b ɔ t /
n1
the act of terminating a project or procedure before it is completed;

- "I wasted a year of my life working on an abort";

- "he sent a short message requesting an abort due to extreme winds in the area";

v1
terminate before completion;

- "abort the mission";

- "abort the process running on my computer";

v2
cease development, die, and be aborted;

- "an aborting fetus";

v3
terminate a pregnancy by undergoing an abortion;

aborticide
n1
a drug (or other chemical agent) that causes abortion;

- syn. abortifacient, abortion-inducing drug;

n2
the act of destroying a fetus;

- syn. feticide;

abortifacient
n1
a drug (or other chemical agent) that causes abortion;

- syn. aborticide, abortion-inducing drug;

a1
causing abortion;

- sim. causative;

abortion / ə b ɔ ʃ n /
n1
termination of pregnancy;

n2
failure of a plan;

- syn. miscarriage;

abortion-inducing drug
n1
a drug (or other chemical agent) that causes abortion;

- syn. aborticide, abortifacient;

abortion pill
n1
an abortion-inducing drug (trade name RU 486) developed in France;

- when taken during the first five weeks of pregnancy it blocks the action of progesterone so that the uterus sloughs off the embryo;

- syn. RU 486, mifepristone;

abortionist / ə b ɔ ʃ ə n ɪ s t /
n1
a person (who should be a doctor) who terminates pregnancies;

abortive / ə b ɔ t ɪ v /
a1
failing to accomplish an intended result;

- "an abortive revolt";

- "a stillborn plot to assassinate the President";

- syn. stillborn, unsuccessful;

- sim. unfruitful;

abortively / ə b ɔ t ɪ v ɫ i /
r1
in an unfruitful manner;

abortus
n1
a human fetus whose weight is less than 0.5 kilogram when removed or expelled from the mother's body;

aboulia
n1
a loss of will power;

- syn. abulia;

aboulic
a1
suffering from abulia;

- showing abnormal inability to act or make decisions;

- syn. abulic;

- sim. neurotic;

abound / ə b aʊ n d /
v1
be abundant or plentiful;

- exist in large quantities;

- also abound in;

v2
be in a state of movement or action;

- "The room abounded with screaming children";

- "The garden bristled with toddlers";

- syn. bristle, burst;

abound in
v1
exist in large quantity;

- syn. pullulate with, teem in;

abounding / ə b aʊ n d ɪ ŋ /
a1
existing in abundance;

- "abounding confidence";

- "whiskey galore";

- syn. galore;

- sim. abundant;

about / ə b aʊ t /
a1
on the move;

- "up and about";

- "the whole town was astir over the incident";

- syn. astir;

- sim. active;

r1
(of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct;

- "lasted approximately an hour";

- "in just about a minute";

- "he's about 30 years old";

- "I've had about all I can stand";

- "we meet about once a month";

- "some forty people came";

- "weighs around a hundred pounds";

- "roughly $3,000";

- "holds 3 gallons, more or less";

- "20 or so people were at the party";

- syn. approximately, around, close to, just about, more or less, or so, roughly, some;

r2
all around or on all sides;

- "dirty clothes lying around (or about)";

- "let's look about for help";

- "There were trees growing all around";

- "she looked around her";

- syn. around;

r3
in the area or vicinity;

- "a few spectators standing about";

- "hanging around";

- "waited around for the next flight";

- syn. around;

r4
used of movement to or among many different places or in no particular direction;

- "wandering about with no place to go";

- "people were rushing about";

- "news gets around (or about)";

- "traveled around in Asia";

- "he needs advice from someone who's been around";

- "she sleeps around";

- syn. around;

r5
in or to a reversed position or direction;

- "about face";

- "suddenly she turned around";

- syn. around;

r6
in rotation or succession;

- "turn about is fair play";

r7
(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished;

- all but;

- "the job is (just) about done";

- "the baby was almost asleep when the alarm sounded";

- "we're almost finished";

- "the car all but ran her down";

- "he nearly fainted";

- "talked for nigh onto 2 hours";

- "the recording is well-nigh perfect";

- "virtually all the parties signed the contract";

- "I was near exhausted by the run";

- "most everyone agrees";

- syn. almost, most, near, nearly, nigh, virtually, well-nigh;

about-face / ə b aʊ t f eɪ s /
n1
act of pivoting 180 degrees, especially in a military formation;

- syn. about turn;

n2
a major change in attitude or principle or point of view;

- "an about-face on foreign policy";

- syn. policy change, reversal, volte-face;

v1
turn, usually 180 degrees;

v2
change one's mind and assume the opposite viewpoint;

about turn
n1
act of pivoting 180 degrees, especially in a military formation;

- syn. about-face;

above / ə b ʌ v /
n1
an earlier section of a written text;

- "for instructions refer to the above";

a1
appearing earlier in the same text;

- "flaws in the above interpretation";

- sim. preceding;

r1
(in writing) at an earlier place;

- "see above";

- syn. supra;

r2
in or to a place that is higher;

- syn. higher up, in a higher place, to a higher place;

above-mentioned / ə b ʌ v m ɛ n ʃ ə n d /
a1
mentioned or named earlier in the same text;

- syn. above-named;

- sim. preceding;

above-named / ə b ʌ v n eɪ m d /
a1
mentioned or named earlier in the same text;

- syn. above-mentioned;

- sim. preceding;

above all
r1
above and beyond all other consideration;

- "above all, you must be independent";

- syn. most especially, most importantly;

r2
taking everything together;

- "she was first and last a scientist";

- syn. first and last;

aboveboard / ə b ʌ v b ɔ d /
a1
without concealment or deception;

- honest;

- "their business was open and aboveboard";

- "straightforward in all his business affairs";

- syn. straightforward;

- sim. straight;

r1
in an honest manner;

- "in he can't get it honestly, he is willing to steal it";

- "was known for dealing aboveboard in everything";

- syn. honestly;

aboveground / ə b ʌ v ɡ ɹ aʊ n d /
a1
on or above the surface of the ground;

- "aboveground nuclear testing";

- "surface instruments for detecting oil deposits";

- "surface transportation";

- sim. surface;

abracadabra / æ b ɹ ə k ə d æ b ɹ ə /
n1
gibberish and nonsense;

abrachia
n1
the condition of having no arms;

abradant
n1
a substance that abrades or wears down;

- syn. abrasive, abrasive material;

n2
a tool or machine used for wearing down or smoothing or polishing;

- syn. abrader;

abrade / ə b ɹ eɪ d /
v1
wear away;

- syn. abrase, corrade, rub down, rub off;

v2
rub hard or scrub;

- "scour the counter tops";

- syn. scour;

abrader / ə b ɹ eɪ d ə , ə b ɹ eɪ d ə ɹ /
n1
a tool or machine used for wearing down or smoothing or polishing;

- syn. abradant;

abrading stone
n1
a primitive stone artifact (usually made of sandstone) used as an abrader;

Abraham / eɪ b ɹ ə h æ m /
n1
the first of the Old Testament patriarchs and the father of Isaac;

- according to Genesis, God promised to give Abraham's family (the Hebrews) the land of Canaan (the Promised Land);

- God tested Abraham by asking him to sacrifice his son;

- "Judaism, Christianity, and Islam each has a special claim on Abraham";

- syn. Ibrahim;

Abraham's bosom
n1
the place where the just enjoy the peace of heaven after death;

- syn. bosom of Abraham;

Abraham Lincoln
n1
16th President of the United States;

- saved the Union during the American Civil War and emancipated the slaves;

- was assassinated by Booth (1809-1865);

- syn. Lincoln, President Abraham Lincoln, President Lincoln;

Abraham Stoker
n1
Irish writer of the horror novel about Dracula (1847-1912);

- syn. Bram Stoker, Stoker;

Abramis
n1
European fishes;

- syn. genus Abramis;

Abramis brama
n1
European freshwater fish having a flattened body and silvery scales;

- of little value as food;

- syn. European bream;

abranchial
a1
having no gills;

- syn. abranchiate, abranchious, gill-less;

abranchiate
a1
having no gills;

- syn. abranchial, abranchious, gill-less;

abranchious
a1
having no gills;

- syn. abranchial, abranchiate, gill-less;

abrase
v1
wear away;

- syn. abrade, corrade, rub down, rub off;

abrasion / ə b ɹ eɪ ʒ n /
n1
an abraded area where the skin is torn or worn off;

- syn. excoriation, scrape, scratch;

n2
erosion by friction;

- syn. attrition, corrasion, detrition;

n3
the wearing down of rock particles by friction due to water or wind or ice;

- syn. attrition, detrition, grinding;

abrasive / ə b ɹ eɪ s ɪ v /
n1
a substance that abrades or wears down;

- syn. abradant, abrasive material;

a1
causing abrasion;

- syn. scratchy;

- sim. rough;

a2
sharply disagreeable;

- rigorous;

- "the harsh facts of court delays";

- "an abrasive character";

- syn. harsh;

- sim. disagreeable;

abrasive material
n1
a substance that abrades or wears down;

- syn. abradant, abrasive;

abrasiveness / ə b ɹ eɪ s ɪ v n ə s /
n1
the roughness of a substance that causes abrasions;

- syn. harshness, scratchiness;

n2
the quality of being sharply disagreeable;

abreact
v1
discharge bad feelings or tension through verbalization;

abreaction
n1
(psychoanalysis) purging of emotional tensions;

- syn. catharsis, katharsis;

abreast / ə b ɹ ɛ s t /
a1
being up to particular standard or level especially in being up to date in knowledge;

- "kept abreast of the latest developments";

- "constant revision keeps the book au courant";

- "always au fait on the latest events";

- "up on the news";

- syn. au courant, au fait, up on;

- sim. informed;

r1
alongside each other, facing in the same direction;

abridge / ə b ɹ ɪ dʒ /
v1
reduce in scope while retaining essential elements;

- "The manuscript must be shortened";

- syn. abbreviate, contract, cut, foreshorten, reduce, shorten;

v2
lessen, diminish, or curtail;

- "the new law might abridge our freedom of expression";

abridged / ə b ɹ ɪ dʒ d /
a1
(used of texts) shortened by condensing or rewriting;

- "an abridged version";

- also short;

- sim. cut, half-length, potted;

abridgement / ə b ɹ ɪ dʒ m ə n t /
n1
a shortened version of a written work;

- syn. abridgment, capsule, condensation;

abridger / ə b ɹ ɪ dʒ ə , ə b ɹ ɪ dʒ ə ɹ /
n1
one who shortens or abridges or condenses a written work;

- syn. abbreviator;

abridgment / ə b ɹ ɪ dʒ m ə n t /
n1
a shortened version of a written work;

- syn. abridgement, capsule, condensation;

abroach
a1
of a cask or barrel;

- "the cask was set abroach";

- syn. broached;

- sim. tapped;

abroad / ə b ɹ ɔ d /
a1
in a foreign country;

- "markets abroad";

- "overseas markets";

- syn. overseas;

- sim. foreign;

r1
to or in a foreign country;

- "they had never travelled abroad";

r2
far away from home or one's usual surroundings;

- "looking afield for new lands to conquer"- R.A.Hall;

- syn. afield;

r3
in a place across an ocean;

- syn. overseas;

Abrocoma
n1
abrocomes;

- syn. genus Abrocoma;

abrocome
n1
ratlike rodent with soft fur and large ears of the Andes;

- syn. chinchilla rat, rat chinchilla;

abrogate / æ b ɹ ə ɡ eɪ t /
v1
revoke formally;

abrogation / æ b ɹ ə ɡ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the act of abrogating;

- an official or legal cancellation;

- syn. annulment, repeal;

abrogator / æ b ɹ ə ɡ eɪ t ə ɹ /
n1
an authority or official empowered to abolish or annul or repeal;

Abronia
n1
genus of western North American herbs having showy flowers;

- syn. genus Abronia;

Abronia elliptica
n1
plant having heads of fragrant white trumpet-shaped flowers;

- grows in sandy arid regions;

- syn. snowball, sweet sand verbena;

Abronia fragrans
n1
taller than Abronia elliptica and having night-blooming flowers;

- syn. sweet sand verbena;

Abronia latifolia
n1
plant having hemispherical heads of yellow trumpet-shaped flowers;

- found in coastal dunes from California to British Columbia;

- syn. yellow sand verbena;

Abronia maritima
n1
plant having hemispherical heads of wine-red flowers;

- found in coastal dunes from California to Mexico;

- syn. beach pancake;

Abronia umbellata
n1
prostrate herb having heads of deep pink to white flowers;

- found in coastal dunes from British Columbia to Baja California;

- syn. beach sand verbena, pink sand verbena;

Abronia villosa
n1
soft-haired sticky plant with heads of bright pink trumpet-shaped flowers;

- found in sandy desert soil;

- after ample rains may carpet miles of desert with pink from the southwestern United States to northern Mexico;

- syn. desert sand verbena;

abrupt / ə b ɹ ʌ p t /
a1
marked by sudden changes in subject and sharp transitions;

- "abrupt prose";

- syn. disconnected;

- sim. staccato;

a2
exceedingly sudden and unexpected;

- "came to an abrupt stop";

- "an abrupt change in the weather";

- sim. sudden;

a3
extremely steep;

- "an abrupt canyon";

- "the precipitous rapids of the upper river";

- "the precipitous hills of Chinese paintings";

- "a sharp drop";

- syn. precipitous, sharp;

- sim. steep;

a4
surprisingly and unceremoniously brusque in manner;

- "an abrupt reply";

- sim. discourteous;

abruptio placentae
n1
a disorder of pregnancy in which the placenta prematurely separates from the wall of the uterus;

abruption / ə b ɹ ʌ p ʃ n /
n1
an instance of sudden interruption;

- syn. breaking off;

abruptly / ə b ɹ ʌ p t ɫ i /
r1
quickly and without warning;

- "he stopped suddenly";

- syn. dead, short, suddenly;

abruptly-pinnate
a1
(of a leaf shape) pinnate with a pair of leaflets at the apex;

- syn. even-pinnate, paripinnate;

- sim. compound;

abruptly-pinnate leaf
n1
a pinnate leaf with a pair of leaflets at the apex;

- syn. even-pinnate leaf;

abruptness / ə b ɹ ʌ p t n ə s /
n1
an abrupt discourteous manner;

- syn. brusqueness, curtness, gruffness, shortness;

n2
the property possessed by a slope that is very steep;

- syn. precipitousness, steepness;

n3
the quality of happening with headlong haste or without warning;

- syn. precipitance, precipitancy, precipitateness, precipitousness, suddenness;

Abruzzi
n1
a mountainous region of central Italy on the Adriatic;

- syn. Abruzzi e Molise;

Abruzzi e Molise
n1
a mountainous region of central Italy on the Adriatic;

- syn. Abruzzi;

ABS
n1
any of a class of composite plastics used to make car bodies and cases for computers and other appliances;

- syn. acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene;

abscess / æ b s ɛ s /
n1
symptom consisting of a localized collection of pus surrounded by inflamed tissue;

abscessed / æ b s ɛ s t /
a1
infected and filled with pus;

- "an abscessed tooth";

- sim. septic;

abscessed tooth
n1
an abscess of a common kind in the tissue around a tooth;

abscise
v1
shed flowers and leaves and fruit following formation of a scar tissue;

v2
remove or separate by abscission;

abscissa / æ b s ɪ s ə /
n1
the value of a coordinate on the horizontal axis;

abscission / æ b s ɪ ʒ ə n /
n1
shedding of flowers and leaves and fruit following formation of scar tissue in a plant;

n2
the act of cutting something off;

- syn. cutting off;

abscond / ə b s k ɒ n d /
v1
run away;

- usually includes taking something or somebody along;

- "The thief made off with our silver";

- "the accountant absconded with the cash from the safe";

- syn. absquatulate, bolt, decamp, go off, make off, run off;

absconder / ə b s k ɒ n d ə , ə b s k ɒ n d ə ɹ /
n1
a fugitive who runs away and hides to avoid arrest or prosecution;

abscondment
n1
the act of running away secretly (as to avoid arrest);

- syn. decampment;

abseil
n1
(mountaineering) a descent of a vertical cliff or wall made by using a doubled rope that is fixed to a higher point and wrapped around the body;

- syn. rappel;

v1
descend by means of a rappel;

- "The ascent was easy--roping down the mountain would be much more difficult and dangerous";

- "You have to learn how to abseil when you want to do technical climbing";

- syn. rappel, rope down;

abseiler
n1
a person who descends down a nearly vertical face by using a doubled rope that is wrapped around the body and attached to some high point;

- syn. rappeller;

absence / æ b s ə n s /
n1
the state of being absent;

- "he was surprised by the absence of any explanation";

n2
failure to be present;

n3
the time interval during which something or somebody is away;

- "he visited during my absence";

n4
the occurrence of an abrupt, transient loss or impairment of consciousness (which is not subsequently remembered), sometimes with light twitching, fluttering eyelids, etc.;

- common in petit mal epilepsy;

- syn. absence seizure;

absence seizure
n1
the occurrence of an abrupt, transient loss or impairment of consciousness (which is not subsequently remembered), sometimes with light twitching, fluttering eyelids, etc.;

- common in petit mal epilepsy;

- syn. absence;

absence without leave
n1
unauthorized military absence;

- syn. unauthorized absence;

absent / æ b s ə n t , ə b s ɛ n t /
v1
go away or leave;

- "He absented himself";

- syn. remove;

a1
not being in a specified place;

- sim. away, introuvable, truant;

a2
nonexistent;

- "the thumb is absent";

- "her appetite was lacking";

- syn. lacking, missing, wanting;

- sim. nonexistent;

a3
lost in thought;

- showing preoccupation;

- "an absent stare";

- "an absentminded professor";

- "the scatty glancing quality of a hyperactive but unfocused intelligence";

- syn. absentminded, abstracted, scatty;

- sim. inattentive;

absentee / æ b s ə n t i /
n1
one that is absent or not in residence;

absentee ballot
n1
(election) a ballot that is cast while absent (usually mailed in prior to election day);

absentee rate
n1
the percentage of workers who do not report to work;

absenteeism / æ b s ə n t i ɪ z ə m /
n1
habitual absence from work;

absently / æ b s ə n t ɫ i /
r1
in an absentminded or preoccupied manner;

- "he read the letter absently";

- syn. absentmindedly, abstractedly, inattentively;

absentminded / ə b s ɛ n t m aɪ n d ɪ d /
a1
lost in thought;

- showing preoccupation;

- "an absent stare";

- "an absentminded professor";

- "the scatty glancing quality of a hyperactive but unfocused intelligence";

- syn. absent, abstracted, scatty;

- sim. inattentive;

absentmindedly / ə b s ɛ n t m aɪ n d ɪ d ɫ i /
r1
in an absentminded or preoccupied manner;

- "he read the letter absently";

- syn. absently, abstractedly, inattentively;

absentmindedness / ə b s ɛ n t m aɪ n d ɪ d n ɪ s /
n1
preoccupation so great that the ordinary demands on attention are ignored;

absinth / æ b s ɪ n θ /
n1
strong green liqueur flavored with wormwood and anise;

- syn. absinthe;

absinthe / æ b s ɪ n θ /
n1
aromatic herb of temperate Eurasia and North Africa having a bitter taste used in making the liqueur absinthe;

- syn. Artemisia absinthium, common wormwood, lad's love, old man;

n2
strong green liqueur flavored with wormwood and anise;

- syn. absinth;

absinthe oil
n1
a dark bitter oil obtained from wormwood leaves;

- flavors absinthe liqueurs;

- syn. wormwood oil;

absolute / æ b s ə ɫ u t /
n1
something that is conceived or that exists independently and not in relation to other things;

- something that does not depend on anything else and is beyond human control;

- something that is not relative;

- "no mortal being can influence the absolute";

a1
perfect or complete or pure;

- "absolute loyalty";

- "absolute silence";

- "absolute truth";

- "absolute alcohol";

- sim. direct, implicit, infinite, living;

a2
complete and without restriction or qualification;

- sometimes used informally as intensifiers;

- "absolute freedom";

- "an absolute dimwit";

- "a downright lie";

- "out-and-out mayhem";

- "an out-and-out lie";

- "a rank outsider";

- "many right-down vices";

- "got the job through sheer persistence";

- "sheer stupidity";

- syn. downright, out-and-out, rank, right-down, sheer;

- sim. complete;

a3
not limited by law;

- "an absolute monarch";

- sim. arbitrary;

a4
expressing finality with no implication of possible change;

- "an absolute guarantee to respect the nation's authority";

- sim. unequivocal;

a5
not capable of being violated or infringed;

- "infrangible human rights";

- syn. infrangible, inviolable;

- sim. inalienable;

absolute alcohol
n1
pure ethyl alcohol (containing no more than 1% water);

absolute ceiling
n1
the maximum altitude at which an airplane can maintain horizontal flight;

absolute frequency
n1
the number of observations in a given statistical category;

- syn. frequency;

absolute magnitude
n1
(astronomy) the magnitude that a star would have if it were viewed from a distance of 10 parsecs (32.62 light years) from the earth;

absolute majority
n1
(elections) more than half of the votes;

- syn. majority;

absolute pitch
n1
the ability to identify the pitch of a tone;

- syn. perfect pitch;

absolute scale
n1
a temperature scale that defines absolute zero as 0 degrees;

- water freezes at 273.16 degrees and boils at 373.16 degrees;

- syn. Kelvin scale;

absolute space
n1
physical space independent of what occupies it;

absolute temperature
n1
temperature measured on the absolute scale;

absolute threshold
n1
the lowest level of stimulation that a person can detect;

absolute value
n1
a real number regardless of its sign;

- syn. numerical value;

absolute viscosity
n1
a measure of the resistance to flow of a fluid under an applied force;

- syn. coefficient of viscosity, dynamic viscosity;

absolute zero
n1
(cryogenics) the lowest temperature theoretically attainable (at which the kinetic energy of atoms and molecules is minimal);

- 0 Kelvin or -273.15 centigrade or -459.67 Fahrenheit;

absolutely / æ b s ə ɫ u t ɫ i /
r1
completely and without qualification;

- used informally as intensifiers;

- "an absolutely magnificent painting";

- "a perfectly idiotic idea";

- "you're perfectly right";

- "utterly miserable";

- "you can be dead sure of my innocence";

- "was dead tired";

- "dead right";

- syn. dead, perfectly, utterly;

r2
totally and definitely;

- without question;

- "we are absolutely opposed to the idea";

- "he forced himself to lie absolutely still";

- "iron is absolutely necessary";

absoluteness / æ b s ə ɫ u t n ə s /
n1
the quality of being complete or utter or extreme;

- "the starkness of his contrast between justice and fairness was open to many objections";

- syn. starkness, utterness;

n2
the quality of being absolute;

- "the absoluteness of the pope's decree could not be challenged";

absolution / æ b s ə ɫ u ʃ n /
n1
the condition of being formally forgiven by a priest in the sacrament of penance;

n2
the act of absolving or remitting;

- formal redemption as pronounced by a priest in the sacrament of penance;

- syn. remission, remission of sin, remittal;

absolutism / æ b s ə ɫ u t ɪ z ə m /
n1
dominance through threat of punishment and violence;

- syn. despotism, tyranny;

n2
a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.);

- syn. Caesarism, Stalinism, authoritarianism, despotism, dictatorship, monocracy, one-man rule, shogunate, totalitarianism, tyranny;

n3
the principle of complete and unrestricted power in government;

- syn. totalism, totalitarianism;

n4
the doctrine of an absolute being;

absolutist / æ b s ə ɫ u t ɪ s t /
n1
one who advocates absolutism;

a1
pertaining to the principle of totalitarianism;

- syn. absolutistic;

absolutistic / æ b s ə ɫ u t ɪ s t ɪ k /
a1
pertaining to the principle of totalitarianism;

- syn. absolutist;

absolve / ə b z ɒ ɫ v /
v1
grant remission of a sin to;

- "The priest absolved him and told him to say ten Hail Marys";

- syn. shrive;

v2
let off the hook;

- "I absolve you from this responsibility";

- syn. free;

absolved / ə b z ɒ ɫ v d /
a1
freed from any question of guilt;

- "is absolved from all blame";

- "was now clear of the charge of cowardice";

- "his official honor is vindicated";

- syn. clear, cleared, exculpated, exonerated, vindicated;

- sim. innocent;

absolver / ə b z ɒ ɫ v ə /
n1
someone who grants absolution;

absolvitory
a1
providing absolution;

- syn. exonerative, forgiving;

- sim. exculpatory;

absorb / ə b s ɔ b /
v1
become imbued;

- "The liquids, light, and gases absorb";

v2
take up mentally;

- "he absorbed the knowledge or beliefs of his tribe";

- syn. assimilate, ingest, take in;

v3
take up, as of debts or payments;

- "absorb the costs for something";

- syn. take over;

v4
take in, also metaphorically;

- "The sponge absorbs water well";

- "She drew strength from the minister's words";

- syn. draw, imbibe, soak up, sop up, suck, suck up, take in, take up;

v5
cause to become one with;

- "The sales tax is absorbed into the state income tax";

v6
suck or take up or in;

- "A black star absorbs all matter";

- syn. take in;

v7
devote (oneself) fully to;

- "He immersed himself into his studies";

- syn. engross, engulf, immerse, plunge, soak up, steep;

v8
assimilate or take in;

- "The immigrants were quickly absorbed into society";

v9
consume all of one's attention or time;

- "Her interest in butterflies absorbs her completely";

- syn. engage, engross, occupy;

absorbable / ə b s ɔ b ə b ɫ /
a1
capable of being absorbed or taken in through the pores of a surface;

absorbance
n1
(physics) a measure of the extent to which a substance transmits light or other electromagnetic radiation;

- syn. optical density, photographic density, transmission density;

absorbate
n1
a material that has been or is capable of being absorbed;

absorbed / ə b s ɔ b d /
a1
giving or marked by complete attention to;

- "that engrossed look or rapt delight";

- "enwrapped in dreams";

- "so intent on this fantastic...narrative that she hardly stirred"- Walter de la Mare;

- "rapt with wonder";

- "wrapped in thought";

- syn. captive, engrossed, enwrapped, intent, wrapped;

- sim. attentive;

a2
retained without reflection;

- "the absorbed light intensity";

- sim. unreflected;

absorbefacient
a1
inducing or promoting absorption;

- syn. sorbefacient;

- sim. absorbent;

absorbency / ə b s ɔ b ə n s i /
n1
the property of being absorbent;

absorbent / ə b s ɔ b ə n t /
n1
a material having capacity or tendency to absorb another substance;

- syn. absorbent material;

a1
having power or capacity or tendency to absorb or soak up something (liquids or energy etc.);

- "as absorbent as a sponge";

- syn. absorptive;

- sim. absorbefacient, assimilating, hygroscopic, receptive, shock-absorbent, spongy, thirsty;

absorbent cotton
n1
cotton made absorbent by removal of the natural wax;

absorbent material
n1
a material having capacity or tendency to absorb another substance;

- syn. absorbent;

absorber / ə b s ɔ b ə , ə b s ɔ b ə ɹ /
n1
(physics) material in a nuclear reactor that absorbs radiation;

absorbing / ə b s ɔ b ɪ ŋ /
a1
capable of arousing and holding the attention;

- "a fascinating story";

- syn. engrossing, fascinating, gripping, riveting;

- sim. interesting;

absorptance
n1
a measure of the rate of decrease in the intensity of electromagnetic radiation (as light) as it passes through a given substance;

- the fraction of incident radiant energy absorbed per unit mass or thickness of an absorber;

- "absorptance equals 1 minus transmittance";

- syn. absorption coefficient, coefficient of absorption;

absorption / ə b s ɔ p ʃ n /
n1
(chemistry) a process in which one substance permeates another;

- a fluid permeates or is dissolved by a liquid or solid;

- syn. soaking up;

n2
(physics) the process in which incident radiated energy is retained without reflection or transmission on passing through a medium;

- "the absorption of photons by atoms or molecules";

n3
the social process of absorbing one cultural group into harmony with another;

- syn. assimilation;

n4
the process of absorbing nutrients into the body after digestion;

- syn. assimilation;

n5
complete attention;

- intense mental effort;

- syn. concentration, engrossment, immersion;

n6
the mental state of being preoccupied by something;

- syn. engrossment, preoccupancy, preoccupation;

absorption band
n1
a dark band in the spectrum of white light that has been transmitted through a substance that exhibits absorption at selective wavelengths;

absorption coefficient
n1
a measure of the rate of decrease in the intensity of electromagnetic radiation (as light) as it passes through a given substance;

- the fraction of incident radiant energy absorbed per unit mass or thickness of an absorber;

- "absorptance equals 1 minus transmittance";

- syn. absorptance, coefficient of absorption;

absorption factor
n1
(physics) the property of a body that determines the fraction of the incident radiation or sound flux absorbed or absorbable by the body;

- syn. absorptivity;

absorption indicator
n1
an indicator used in reactions that involve precipitation;

absorption spectrum
n1
the spectrum of electromagnetic radiation that has passed through a medium that absorbed radiation of certain wavelengths;

absorption unit
n1
a unit for measuring absorption;

absorptive / ə b s ɔ p t ɪ v /
a1
having power or capacity or tendency to absorb or soak up something (liquids or energy etc.);

- "as absorbent as a sponge";

- syn. absorbent;

- sim. absorbefacient, assimilating, hygroscopic, receptive, shock-absorbent, spongy, thirsty;

absorptivity / ə b s ɔ p t ɪ v ɪ t i /
n1
(physics) the property of a body that determines the fraction of the incident radiation or sound flux absorbed or absorbable by the body;

- syn. absorption factor;

absquatulate
v1
run away;

- usually includes taking something or somebody along;

- "The thief made off with our silver";

- "the accountant absconded with the cash from the safe";

- syn. abscond, bolt, decamp, go off, make off, run off;

abstain / ə b s t eɪ n /
v1
refrain from voting;

v2
choose not to consume;

- "I abstain from alcohol";

- syn. desist, refrain;

abstainer / ə b s t eɪ n ə , ə b s t eɪ n ə ɹ /
n1
someone who practices self denial as a spiritual discipline;

- syn. ascetic;

n2
a person who refrains from drinking intoxicating beverages;

- syn. abstinent, nondrinker;

abstemious / ə b s t i m ɪə s /
a1
sparing in consumption of especially food and drink;

- "the pleasures of the table, never of much consequence to one naturally abstemious"- John Galsworthy;

- also nonindulgent, strict;

- sim. abstinent, ascetic;

a2
marked by temperance in indulgence;

- "abstemious with the use of adverbs";

- "a light eater";

- "a light smoker";

- "ate a light supper";

- syn. light;

- sim. temperate;

abstemiously / ə b s t i m ɪə s ɫ i /
r1
in a sparing manner;

- without overindulgence;

- "he ate and drank abstemiously";

- "indulged temperately in cocktails";

- syn. temperately;

abstemiousness / ə b s t i m ɪə s n ə s /
n1
restricted to bare necessities;

n2
moderation in eating and drinking;

abstention / ə b s t ɛ n ʃ n /
n1
the trait of abstaining (especially from alcohol);

- syn. abstinence;

abstentious / ə b s t ɛ n ʃ ə s /
a1
self-restraining;

- not indulging an appetite especially for food or drink;

- "not totally abstinent but abstemious";

- syn. abstinent;

- sim. abstemious;

abstinence / æ b s t ɪ n ə n s /
n1
the trait of abstaining (especially from alcohol);

- syn. abstention;

n2
act or practice of refraining from indulging an appetite;

abstinent / æ b s t ɪ n ə n t /
n1
a person who refrains from drinking intoxicating beverages;

- syn. abstainer, nondrinker;

a1
self-restraining;

- not indulging an appetite especially for food or drink;

- "not totally abstinent but abstemious";

- syn. abstentious;

- sim. abstemious;

abstract / æ b s t ɹ æ k t , ə b s t ɹ æ k t /
n1
a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance;

- "he loved her only in the abstract--not in person";

- syn. abstraction;

n2
a sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or theory;

- syn. outline, precis, synopsis;

v1
consider a concept without thinking of a specific example;

- consider abstractly or theoretically;

v2
make off with belongings of others;

- syn. cabbage, filch, hook, lift, nobble, pilfer, pinch, purloin, snarf, sneak, swipe;

v3
consider apart from a particular case or instance;

- "Let's abstract away from this particular example";

v4
give an abstract (of);

a1
existing only in the mind;

- separated from embodiment;

- "abstract words like `truth' and `justice'";

- also impalpable, intangible, nonrepresentational;

- sim. conceptional, conceptual, ideal, ideological;

a2
not representing or imitating external reality or the objects of nature;

- "a large abstract painting";

- syn. abstractionist, nonfigurative, nonobjective;

- sim. nonrepresentational;

a3
dealing with a subject in the abstract without practical purpose or intention;

- "abstract reasoning";

- "abstract science";

- sim. theoretical;

abstract art
n1
an abstract genre of art;

- artistic content depends on internal form rather than pictorial representation;

- syn. abstractionism;

abstract artist
n1
a painter of abstract pictures;

- syn. abstractionist;

abstract entity
n1
a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples;

- syn. abstraction;

Abstract Expressionism
n1
a New York school of painting characterized by freely created abstractions;

- the first important school of American painting to develop independently of European styles;

- syn. action painting;

abstract thought
n1
thinking that is coherent and logical;

- syn. logical thinking, reasoning;

abstracted / ə b s t ɹ æ k t ɪ d /
a1
lost in thought;

- showing preoccupation;

- "an absent stare";

- "an absentminded professor";

- "the scatty glancing quality of a hyperactive but unfocused intelligence";

- syn. absent, absentminded, scatty;

- sim. inattentive;

abstractedly / ə b s t ɹ æ k t ɪ d ɫ i /
r1
in an absentminded or preoccupied manner;

- "he read the letter absently";

- syn. absently, absentmindedly, inattentively;

abstractedness / ə b s t ɹ æ k t ɪ d n ɪ s /
n1
preoccupation with something to the exclusion of all else;

- syn. abstraction;

abstracter / æ b s t ɹ æ k t ə , æ b s t ɹ æ k t ə ɹ , ə b s t ɹ æ k t ə , ə b s t ɹ æ k t ə ɹ /
n1
one who makes abstracts or summarizes information;

- syn. abstractor;

abstraction / ə b s t ɹ æ k ʃ n /
n1
a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance;

- "he loved her only in the abstract--not in person";

- syn. abstract;

n2
the act of withdrawing or removing something;

n3
the process of formulating general concepts by abstracting common properties of instances;

- syn. generalisation, generalization;

n4
an abstract painting;

n5
preoccupation with something to the exclusion of all else;

- syn. abstractedness;

n6
a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples;

- syn. abstract entity;

abstractionism / ə b s t ɹ æ k ʃ n ɪ z ə m /
n1
an abstract genre of art;

- artistic content depends on internal form rather than pictorial representation;

- syn. abstract art;

n2
a representation having no reference to concrete objects or specific examples;

- syn. unrealism;

abstractionist
n1
a painter of abstract pictures;

- syn. abstract artist;

a1
not representing or imitating external reality or the objects of nature;

- "a large abstract painting";

- syn. abstract, nonfigurative, nonobjective;

- sim. nonrepresentational;

abstractive / ə b s t ɹ æ k t ɪ v /
a1
of an abstracting nature or having the power of abstracting;

- "abstractive analysis";

- sim. theoretical;

abstractly / æ b s t ɹ æ k t ɫ i /
r1
in abstract terms;

abstractness / æ b s t ɹ æ k t n ɪ s /
n1
the quality of being considered apart from a specific instance or object;

abstractor / æ b s t ɹ æ k t ə ɹ /
n1
one who makes abstracts or summarizes information;

- syn. abstracter;

abstruse / ə b s t ɹ u s /
a1
difficult to penetrate;

- incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge;

- "the professor's lectures were so abstruse that students tended to avoid them";

- "a deep metaphysical theory";

- "some recondite problem in historiography";

- syn. deep, recondite;

- sim. esoteric;

abstrusely / ə b s t ɹ u s ɫ i /
r1
in a manner difficult to understand;

- "the professor's abstrusely reasoned theories were wasted on his students";

abstruseness / ə b s t ɹ u s n ə s /
n1
the quality of being unclear or abstruse and hard to understand;

- syn. obscureness, obscurity, reconditeness;

n2
wisdom that is recondite and abstruse and profound;

- "the anthropologist was impressed by the reconditeness of the native proverbs";

- syn. abstrusity, profoundness, profundity, reconditeness;

abstrusity
n1
wisdom that is recondite and abstruse and profound;

- "the anthropologist was impressed by the reconditeness of the native proverbs";

- syn. abstruseness, profoundness, profundity, reconditeness;

absurd / ə b s ɝ d /
n1
a situation in which life seems irrational and meaningless;

- "The absurd is the essential concept and the first truth"--Albert Camus;

- syn. the absurd;

a1
inconsistent with reason or logic or common sense;

- "the absurd predicament of seeming to argue that virtue is highly desirable but intensely unpleasant"- Walter Lippman;

- sim. illogical;

a2
so unreasonable as to invite derision;

- "the absurd excuse that the dog ate his homework";

- "that's a cockeyed idea";

- "ask a nonsensical question and get a nonsensical answer";

- "a contribution so small as to be laughable";

- "it is ludicrous to call a cottage a mansion";

- "a preposterous attempt to turn back the pages of history";

- "her conceited assumption of universal interest in her rather dull children was ridiculous";

- syn. cockeyed, derisory, idiotic, laughable, ludicrous, nonsensical, preposterous, ridiculous;

- sim. foolish;

absurdity / ə b s ɝ d ɪ t i /
n1
a message whose content is at variance with reason;

- syn. absurdness, ridiculousness;

n2
a ludicrous folly;

- "the crowd laughed at the absurdity of the clown's behavior";

- syn. fatuity, fatuousness, silliness;

absurdly / ə b s ɝ d ɫ i /
r1
in an absurd manner or to an absurd degree;

- "an absurdly rich young woman";

absurdness / ə b s ɝ d n ɛ s /
n1
a message whose content is at variance with reason;

- syn. absurdity, ridiculousness;

Abu Ali al-Husain ibn Abdallah ibn Sina
n1
Persian physician and influential philosopher;

- his interpretation of Aristotle influenced St. Thomas Aquinas;

- writings on medicine were important for almost 500 years (980-1037);

- syn. Avicenna, ibn-Sina;

Abu Dhabi
n1
a sheikhdom of eastern Arabia and capital of the United Arab Emirates;

- syn. United Arab Emirates's capital;

Abu Hafs al-Masri Brigades
n1
a terrorist group that has worked with Al Qaeda;

- claimed responsibility for attacks in Iraq and Turkey;

Abu Nidal Organization
n1
a Palestinian international terrorist organization that split from the PLO in 1974;

- has conducted terrorist attacks in 20 countries;

- "in the 1980s the Fatah-RC was considered the most dangerous and murderous Palestinian terror group";

- syn. ANO, Arab Revolutionary Brigades, Black September, Fatah-RC, Fatah Revolutionary Council, Revolutionary Organization of Socialist Muslims;

Abu Sayyaf
n1
a small gang of terrorist thugs claiming to seek a separate Islamic state for the Muslim minority in the Philippines;

- uses bombing and assassination and extortion and kidnapping;

- "In 2001 Abu Sayyaf kidnapped twenty people and beheaded one of the American captives";

- syn. Bearer of the Sword;

Abudefduf
n1
damsel fishes;

- syn. genus Abudefduf;

Abudefduf saxatilis
n1
large blue-grey black-striped damselfish;

- nearly worldwide;

- syn. sergeant major;

Abuja
n1
capital of Nigeria in the center of the country;

- syn. Nigerian capital, capital of Nigeria;

Abukir
n1
a bay on the Mediterranean Sea in northern Egypt;

- syn. Abukir Bay;

Abukir Bay
n1
a bay on the Mediterranean Sea in northern Egypt;

- syn. Abukir;

Abul-Walid Mohammed ibn-Ahmad Ibn-Mohammed ibn-Roshd
n1
Arabian philosopher born in Spain;

- wrote detailed commentaries on Aristotle that were admired by the Schoolmen (1126-1198);

- syn. Averroes, ibn-Roshd;

abulia
n1
a loss of will power;

- syn. aboulia;

abulic
a1
suffering from abulia;

- showing abnormal inability to act or make decisions;

- syn. aboulic;

- sim. neurotic;

abundance / ə b ʌ n d ə n s /
n1
the property of a more than adequate quantity or supply;

- "an age of abundance";

- syn. copiousness, teemingness;

n2
(physics) the ratio of the number of atoms of a specific isotope of an element to the total number of isotopes present;

n3
(chemistry) the ratio of the total mass of an element in the earth's crust to the total mass of the earth's crust;

- expressed as a percentage or in parts per million;

abundant / ə b ʌ n d ə n t /
a1
present in great quantity;

- "an abundant supply of water";

- also ample, rich;

- sim. abounding, ample, copious, easy, exuberant, long, overabundant, plentiful, rampant, rank, superabundant, teeming, thick, torrential, verdant;

abundantly / ə b ʌ n d ə n t ɫ i /
r1
in an abundant manner;

- "they were abundantly supplied with food";

- "he thanked her profusely";

- syn. copiously, extravagantly, profusely;

abuse / ə b j u s , ə b j u z /
n1
cruel or inhumane treatment;

- "the child showed signs of physical abuse";

- syn. ill-treatment, ill-usage, maltreatment;

n2
a rude expression intended to offend or hurt;

- "when a student made a stupid mistake he spared them no abuse";

- "they yelled insults at the visiting team";

- syn. contumely, insult, revilement, vilification;

n3
improper or excessive use;

- "alcohol abuse";

- "the abuse of public funds";

- syn. misuse;

v1
treat badly;

- "This boss abuses his workers";

- "She is always stepping on others to get ahead";

- syn. ill-treat, ill-use, maltreat, mistreat, step;

v2
change the inherent purpose or function of something;

- "Don't abuse the system";

- "The director of the factory misused the funds intended for the health care of his workers";

- syn. misuse, pervert;

v3
use foul or abusive language towards;

- "The actress abused the policeman who gave her a parking ticket";

- "The angry mother shouted at the teacher";

- syn. blackguard, clapperclaw, shout;

v4
use wrongly or improperly or excessively;

- "Her husband often abuses alcohol";

- "while she was pregnant, she abused drugs";

abused / ə b j u z d /
a1
used improperly or excessively especially drugs;

- "an abused substance";

- sim. misused;

a2
subjected to cruel treatment;

- "an abused wife";

- syn. ill-treated, maltreated, mistreated;

- sim. battered;

abuser / ə b j u z ə /
n1
someone who abuses;

- syn. maltreater;

abusive / ə b j u s ɪ v /
a1
expressing offensive reproach;

- syn. opprobrious, scurrilous;

- sim. offensive;

a2
characterized by physical or psychological maltreatment;

- "abusive punishment";

- "argued...that foster homes are abusive";

- sim. harmful;

abusively / ə b j u s ɪ v ɫ i /
r1
in an abusive manner;

- "he behaved abusively toward his children";

abut / ə b ʌ t /
v1
lie adjacent to another or share a boundary;

- "Canada adjoins the U.S.";

- "England marches with Scotland";

- syn. adjoin, border, butt, butt against, butt on, edge, march;

Abutilon / ə b j u t ɪ ɫ ə n /
n1
herbs or shrubs or small trees: flowering maple;

- Indian mallow;

- syn. genus Abutilon;

Abutilon theophrasti
n1
tall annual herb or subshrub of tropical Asia having velvety leaves and yellow flowers and yielding a strong fiber;

- naturalized in southeastern Europe and United States;

- syn. China jute, Indian mallow, butter-print, velvet-leaf, velvetleaf, velvetweed;

abutment / ə b ʌ t m ə n t /
n1
point of contact between two objects or parts;

n2
a masonry support that touches and directly receives thrust or pressure of an arch or bridge;

abutment arch
n1
an arch supported by an abutment;

abutter / ə b ʌ t ə ɹ /
n1
the owner of contiguous property;

abuzz
a1
noisy like the sound of a bee;

- "the room was abuzz over the latest scandal";

- syn. buzzing;

- sim. noisy;

abvolt
n1
a unit of potential equal to one-hundred-millionth of a volt;

abwatt
n1
a power unit equal to the power dissipated when 1 abampere flows across a potential difference of 1 abvolt (one ten-thousandth of a milliwatt);

aby
v1
make amends for;

- "expiate one's sins";

- syn. abye, atone, expiate;

Aby Moritz Warburg
n1
German art historian (1866-1929);

- syn. Aby Warburg, Warburg;

Aby Warburg
n1
German art historian (1866-1929);

- syn. Aby Moritz Warburg, Warburg;

Abydos
n1
an ancient Greek colony on the Asiatic side of the Dardanelles;

- scene of the legend of Hero and Leander;

abye
v1
make amends for;

- "expiate one's sins";

- syn. aby, atone, expiate;

Abyla
n1
a promontory in northern Morocco opposite the Rock of Gibraltar;

- one of the Pillars of Hercules;

- syn. Abila, Jebel Musa;

abysm / ə b ɪ z ə m /
n1
a bottomless gulf or pit;

- any unfathomable (or apparently unfathomable) cavity or chasm or void extending below (often used figuratively);

- syn. abyss;

abysmal / ə b ɪ z m ɫ /
a1
very great;

- limitless;

- "abysmal misery";

- "abysmal stupidity";

- sim. immeasurable;

a2
resembling an abyss in depth;

- so deep as to be unmeasurable;

- "the abyssal depths of the ocean";

- syn. abyssal, unfathomable;

- sim. deep;

abysmally / ə b ɪ z m ə ɫ i /
r1
in a terrible manner;

- "she sings terribly";

- syn. abominably, atrociously, awfully, rottenly, terribly;

abyss / ə b ɪ s /
n1
a bottomless gulf or pit;

- any unfathomable (or apparently unfathomable) cavity or chasm or void extending below (often used figuratively);

- syn. abysm;

abyssal
a1
relating to ocean depths from 2000 to 5000 meters;

a2
resembling an abyss in depth;

- so deep as to be unmeasurable;

- "the abyssal depths of the ocean";

- syn. abysmal, unfathomable;

- sim. deep;

abyssal zone
n1
the deep sea (2000 meters or more) where there is no light;

Abyssinia / æ b ɪ s ɪ n ɪə /
n1
Ethiopia is a republic in northeastern Africa on the Red Sea;

- formerly called Abyssinia;

- syn. Ethiopia, Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, Yaltopya;

Abyssinian / æ b ɪ s ɪ n j ə n /
n1
a small slender short-haired breed of African origin having brownish fur with a reddish undercoat;

- syn. Abyssinian cat;

Abyssinian banana
n1
large evergreen arborescent herb having huge paddle-shaped leaves and bearing inedible fruit that resemble bananas but edible young flower shoots;

- sometimes placed in genus Musa;

- syn. Ensete ventricosum, Ethiopian banana, Musa ensete;

Abyssinian cat
n1
a small slender short-haired breed of African origin having brownish fur with a reddish undercoat;

- syn. Abyssinian;

Ac / eɪ s i /
n1
a radioactive element of the actinide series;

- found in uranium ores;

- syn. actinium, atomic number 89;

n2
an electric current that reverses direction sinusoidally;

- "In the US most household current is AC at 60 cycles per second";

- syn. alternating current, alternating electric current;

acacia / ə k eɪ ʃ ə /
n1
any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia;

Acacia auriculiformis
n1
Australian tree that yields tanning materials;

- syn. black wattle;

Acacia cambegei
n1
scrubby Australian acacia having extremely foul-smelling blossoms;

- syn. gidgee, stinking wattle;

Acacia catechu
n1
East Indian spiny tree having twice-pinnate leaves and yellow flowers followed by flat pods;

- source of black catechu;

- syn. Jerusalem thorn, catechu;

Acacia dealbata
n1
evergreen Australasian tree having white or silvery bark and young leaves and yellow flowers;

- syn. mimosa, silver wattle;

Acacia farnesiana
n1
tropical American thorny shrub or small tree;

- fragrant yellow flowers used in making perfumery;

- syn. cassie, flame tree, huisache, mimosa bush, scented wattle, sweet acacia, sweet wattle;

Acacia melanoxylon
n1
tall Australian acacia yielding highly valued black timber;

- syn. lightwood;

Acacia pycnantha
n1
shrubby Australian tree having clusters of fragrant golden yellow flowers;

- widely cultivated as an ornamental;

- syn. golden wattle;

Acacia xanthophloea
n1
African tree supposed to mark healthful regions;

- syn. fever tree;

academe
n1
the academic world;

- syn. academia;

academia
n1
the academic world;

- syn. academe;

academic / æ k ə d ɛ m ɪ k /
n1
an educator who works at a college or university;

- syn. academician, faculty member;

a1
associated with academia or an academy;

- "the academic curriculum";

- "academic gowns";

a2
hypothetical or theoretical and not expected to produce an immediate or practical result;

- "an academic discussion";

- "an academic question";

- sim. theoretical;

a3
marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning especially its trivial aspects;

- syn. donnish, pedantic;

- sim. scholarly;

academic administrator
n1
an administrator in a college or university;

academic costume
n1
a costume worn on formal occasions by the faculty or students of a university or college;

academic degree
n1
an award conferred by a college or university signifying that the recipient has satisfactorily completed a course of study;

- "he earned his degree at Princeton summa cum laude";

- syn. degree;

academic department
n1
a division of a school that is responsible for a given subject;

academic freedom
n1
the freedom of teachers and students to express their ideas in school without religious or political or institutional restrictions;

academic gown
n1
a gown worn by academics or judges;

- syn. academic robe, judge's robe;

academic program
n1
(education) a program of education in liberal arts and sciences (usually in preparation for higher education);

academic relation
n1
a professional relation between instructors and those they instruct;

academic requirement
n1
a requirement for admission to or completion of an academic program;

academic robe
n1
a gown worn by academics or judges;

- syn. academic gown, judge's robe;

academic session
n1
the time during which a school holds classes;

- "they had to shorten the school term";

- syn. academic term, school term, session;

academic term
n1
the time during which a school holds classes;

- "they had to shorten the school term";

- syn. academic session, school term, session;

academic year
n1
the period of time each year when the school is open and people are studying;

- syn. school year;

academically / æ k ə d ɛ m ɪ k ɫ i /
r1
in regard to academic matters;

- "academically, this is a good school";

academician / ə k æ d ə m ɪ ʃ n /
n1
someone elected to honorary membership in an academy;

n2
a scholar who is skilled in academic disputation;

- syn. schoolman;

n3
an educator who works at a college or university;

- syn. academic, faculty member;

academicianship / ə k æ d ə m ɪ ʃ n ʃ ɪ p /
n1
the position of member of an honorary academy;

academicism / æ k ə d ɛ m ɪ k ɪ z ə m /
n1
orthodoxy of a scholastic variety;

- syn. academism, scholasticism;

academism
n1
orthodoxy of a scholastic variety;

- syn. academicism, scholasticism;

academy / ə k æ d ə m i /
n1
a secondary school (usually private);

n2
an institution for the advancement of art or science or literature;

- syn. honorary society;

n3
a school for special training;

n4
a learned establishment for the advancement of knowledge;

Academy Award
n1
an annual award by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for achievements in motion picture production and performance;

- syn. Oscar;

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
n1
an academy that gives annual awards for achievements in motion picture production and performance;

Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
n1
an academy that gives annual awards for outstanding achievements in television;

Acadia
n1
the French-speaking part of the Canadian Maritime Provinces;

Acadia National Park
n1
a national park in Maine showing marine erosion and glaciation;

- includes seashore and also the highest point on the Atlantic coast;

Acadian / ə k eɪ d j ə n /
n1
an early French settler in the Maritimes;

Acalypha
n1
a genus of herbs and shrubs belonging to the family Euphorbiaceae;

- syn. genus Acalypha;

Acalypha virginica
n1
weedy herb of eastern North America;

- syn. three-seeded mercury;

acantha / ə k æ n θ ə /
n1
any sharply pointed projection;

- syn. spine, spur;

Acanthaceae
n1
widely distributed herbs and shrubs and trees;

- sometimes placed in the order Scrophulariales;

- syn. acanthus family, family Acanthaceae;

acanthion
n1
the craniometric point at the anterior extremity of the intermaxillary suture;

Acanthisitta
n1
a genus of Xenicidae;

- syn. genus Acanthisitta;

Acanthisitta chloris
n1
small green-and-bronze bird;

- syn. rifleman bird;

Acanthisittidae
n1
alternative names for the family comprising the New Zealand wrens;

- syn. Xenicidae, family Acanthisittidae, family Xenicidae;

Acanthocephala
n1
phylum or class of elongated wormlike parasites that live in the intestines of vertebrates: spiny-headed worms;

- syn. phylum Acanthocephala;

acanthocephalan
n1
any of various worms living parasitically in intestines of vertebrates having a retractile proboscis covered with many hooked spines;

- syn. spiny-headed worm;

Acanthocereus
n1
mostly trailing cacti having nocturnal white flowers;

- tropical America and Caribbean region;

- syn. genus Acanthocereus;

Acanthocereus pentagonus
n1
cactus of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico having edible juicy fruit;

- syn. Acanthocereus tetragonus, pitahaya, pitahaya cactus;

Acanthocereus tetragonus
n1
cactus of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico having edible juicy fruit;

- syn. Acanthocereus pentagonus, pitahaya, pitahaya cactus;

Acanthocybium
n1
wahoos;

- syn. genus Acanthocybium;

Acanthocybium solandri
n1
large fast-moving predacious food and game fish;

- found worldwide;

- syn. wahoo;

acanthocyte
n1
an abnormal red blood cell that has thorny projections of protoplasm;

acanthocytosis
n1
the presence of acanthocytes in the blood stream (as in abetalipoproteinemia);

acanthoid
a1
shaped like a spine or thorn;

- syn. acanthous, spinous;

- sim. pointed;

acantholysis
n1
a breakdown of a cell layer in the epidermis (as in pemphigus);

acanthoma
n1
a neoplasm originating in the epidermis;

- syn. skin tumor;

Acanthophis
n1
Australian elapid snakes;

- syn. genus Acanthophis;

Acanthophis antarcticus
n1
venomous Australian snake resembling an adder;

- syn. death adder;

acanthopterygian
n1
a teleost fish with fins that are supported by sharp inflexible rays;

- syn. spiny-finned fish;

Acanthopterygii
n1
teleost fishes having fins with sharp bony rays;

- syn. superorder Acanthopterygii;

Acanthoscelides
n1
a genus of Bruchidae;

- syn. genus Acanthoscelides;

Acanthoscelides obtectus
n1
larvae live in and feed on growing or stored beans;

- syn. bean weevil;

acanthosis
n1
an abnormal but benign thickening of the prickle-cell layer of the skin (as in psoriasis);

acanthosis nigricans
n1
a skin disease characterized by dark wartlike patches in the body folds;

- can be benign or malignant;

- syn. keratosis nigricans;

acanthotic
a1
of or relating to or having acanthosis;

acanthous
a1
shaped like a spine or thorn;

- syn. acanthoid, spinous;

- sim. pointed;

Acanthuridae
n1
surgeonfishes;

- syn. family Acanthuridae;

Acanthurus
n1
type genus of the Acanthuridae: doctorfishes;

- syn. genus Acanthurus;

Acanthurus chirurgus
n1
surgeon fish of the West Indies;

- syn. doctor-fish, doctorfish;

acanthus / ə k æ n θ ə s /
n1
any plant of the genus Acanthus having large spiny leaves and spikes or white or purplish flowers;

- native to Mediterranean region but widely cultivated;

acanthus family
n1
widely distributed herbs and shrubs and trees;

- sometimes placed in the order Scrophulariales;

- syn. Acanthaceae, family Acanthaceae;

Acanthus mollis
n1
widely cultivated southern European acanthus with whitish purple-veined flowers;

- syn. bear's breech, bear's breeches, sea holly;

acapnia
n1
a state in which the level of carbon dioxide in the blood is lower than normal;

- can result from deep or rapid breathing;

- syn. hypocapnia;

acapnial
a1
relating to or demonstrating acapnia;

- syn. acapnic, acapnotic;

acapnic
a1
relating to or demonstrating acapnia;

- syn. acapnial, acapnotic;

acapnotic
a1
relating to or demonstrating acapnia;

- syn. acapnial, acapnic;

Acapulco
n1
a port and fashionable resort city on the Pacific coast of southern Mexico;

- known for beaches and water sports (including cliff diving);

- syn. Acapulco de Juarez;

Acapulco de Juarez
n1
a port and fashionable resort city on the Pacific coast of southern Mexico;

- known for beaches and water sports (including cliff diving);

- syn. Acapulco;

Acapulco gold
n1
a particularly potent variety of marijuana;

- syn. Mexican green;

acaracide
n1
a chemical agent used to kill mites;

- syn. acaricide;

acardia
n1
congenital absence of the heart (as in the development of some monsters);

acariasis
n1
infestation with itch mites;

- syn. acaridiasis, acariosis;

acaricide
n1
a chemical agent used to kill mites;

- syn. acaracide;

acarid
n1
very small free-living arachnid that is parasitic on animals or plants;

- related to ticks;

Acaridae
n1
mites;

- syn. family Acaridae;

acaridiasis
n1
infestation with itch mites;

- syn. acariasis, acariosis;

Acarina
n1
mites and ticks;

- syn. order Acarina;

acarine
n1
mite or tick;

acariosis
n1
infestation with itch mites;

- syn. acariasis, acaridiasis;

acaroid resin
n1
an alcohol-soluble resin from Australian trees;

- used in varnishes and in manufacturing paper;

- syn. accaroid resin, accroides, accroides gum, accroides resin, gum accroides;

acarophobia
n1
a morbid fear of small insects and mites and worms;

acarpellous
a1
having no carpels;

- syn. acarpelous;

acarpelous
a1
having no carpels;

- syn. acarpellous;

acarpous
a1
producing no fruit;

- sim. unfruitful;

acarus
n1
any of several mites of the order Acarina;

- syn. genus Acarus;

acaryote
n1
a cell without a nucleus (as an erythrocyte);

- syn. akaryocyte, akaryote;

acatalectic / æ k æ t ə ɫ ɛ k t ɪ k /
n1
(prosody) a line of verse that has the full number of syllables;

a1
(verse) metrically complete;

- especially having the full number of syllables in the final metrical foot;

acataphasia
n1
a disorder in which a lesion to the central nervous system leaves you unable to formulate a statement or to express yourself in an organized manner;

acathexia
n1
an inability to retain bodily secretions;

acathexis
n1
(psychoanalysis) a lack of cathexis;

- a condition in which significant objects or memories arouse no emotion in an individual;

acaudal
a1
lacking a tail or taillike appendage;

- syn. acaudate;

- sim. anurous;

acaudate
a1
lacking a tail or taillike appendage;

- syn. acaudal;

- sim. anurous;

acaulescent
a1
(of plants) having no apparent stem above ground;

- syn. stemless;

ACC
n1
a command that is the primary provider of air combat weapon systems to the United States Air Force;

- operates fighter, bomber, reconnaissance, battle-management, and rescue aircraft;

- syn. Air Combat Command;

accaroid resin
n1
an alcohol-soluble resin from Australian trees;

- used in varnishes and in manufacturing paper;

- syn. acaroid resin, accroides, accroides gum, accroides resin, gum accroides;

accede / ə k s i d /
v1
yield to another's wish or opinion;

- "The government bowed to the military pressure";

- syn. bow, defer, give in, submit;

v2
take on duties or office;

- "accede to the throne";

- syn. enter;

v3
to agree or express agreement;

- "The Maestro assented to the request for an encore";

- syn. acquiesce, assent;

accelerando / æ k s ɛ ɫ ə ɹ æ n d oʊ /
n1
a gradually increasing tempo of music;

- "my ear will not accept such violent accelerandos";

a1
(music) gradually increasing in tempo;

- sim. increasing;

r1
with increasing speed;

- "here you must play accelerando";

accelerate / ə k s ɛ ɫ ə ɹ eɪ t /
v1
move faster;

- "The car accelerated";

- syn. quicken, speed, speed up;

v2
cause to move faster;

- "He accelerated the car";

- syn. speed, speed up;

accelerated / ə k s ɛ ɫ ə ɹ eɪ t ɪ d /
a1
speeded up, as of an academic course;

- "in an accelerated program in school";

- sim. fast;

acceleration / ə k s ɛ ɫ ə ɹ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
an increase in rate of change;

- "modern science caused an acceleration of cultural change";

n2
the act of accelerating;

- increasing the speed;

- syn. quickening, speedup;

n3
(physics) a rate of increase of velocity;

acceleration unit
n1
a unit for measuring acceleration;

accelerative / æ k s ɛ ɫ ə ɹ ə t ɪ v /
a1
tending to increase velocity;

- syn. acceleratory;

- sim. increasing;

accelerator / ə k s ɛ ɫ ə ɹ eɪ t ə , ə k s ɛ ɫ ə ɹ eɪ t ə ɹ /
n1
a pedal that controls the throttle valve;

- "he stepped on the gas";

- syn. accelerator pedal, gas, gas pedal, gun, throttle;

n2
a valve that regulates the supply of fuel to the engine;

- syn. throttle, throttle valve;

n3
(chemistry) a substance that initiates or accelerates a chemical reaction without itself being affected;

- syn. catalyst;

n4
a scientific instrument that increases the kinetic energy of charged particles;

- syn. atom smasher, particle accelerator;

accelerator factor
n1
a coagulation factor;

- syn. factor V, proaccelerin, prothrombin accelerator;

accelerator pedal
n1
a pedal that controls the throttle valve;

- "he stepped on the gas";

- syn. accelerator, gas, gas pedal, gun, throttle;

acceleratory
a1
tending to increase velocity;

- syn. accelerative;

- sim. increasing;

accelerometer
n1
an instrument for measuring the acceleration of aircraft or rockets;

accent / æ k s ə n t , æ k s ɛ n t /
n1
distinctive manner of oral expression;

- "he couldn't suppress his contemptuous accent";

- "she had a very clear speech pattern";

- syn. speech pattern;

n2
special importance or significance;

- "the red light gave the central figure increased emphasis";

- "the room was decorated in shades of grey with distinctive red accents";

- syn. emphasis;

n3
the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people;

- "the immigrants spoke an odd dialect of English";

- "he has a strong German accent";

- "it has been said that a language is a dialect with an army and navy";

- syn. dialect, idiom;

n4
the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch);

- "he put the stress on the wrong syllable";

- syn. emphasis, stress;

n5
a diacritical mark used to indicate stress or placed above a vowel to indicate a special pronunciation;

- syn. accent mark;

v1
to stress, single out as important;

- "Dr. Jones emphasizes exercise in addition to a change in diet";

- syn. accentuate, emphasise, emphasize, punctuate, stress;

v2
put stress on;

- utter with an accent;

- "In Farsi, you accent the last syllable of each word";

- syn. accentuate, stress;

accent mark
n1
a diacritical mark used to indicate stress or placed above a vowel to indicate a special pronunciation;

- syn. accent;

accented / æ k s ɛ n t ɪ d /
a1
(used of syllables) bearing the principle stress, usually accompanied by a change in pitch;

- "a tonic syllables carries the main stress in a word";

- syn. tonic;

a2
bearing a stress or accent;

- "an iambic foot consists of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable as in `delay'";

- syn. stressed;

- sim. emphatic, masculine;

accenting / æ k s ɛ n t ɪ ŋ /
n1
the act of giving special importance or significance to something;

- syn. accentuation, emphasizing;

accentor
n1
small sparrow-like songbird of mountainous regions of Eurasia;

accentual / æ k s ɛ n t j ʊə ɫ /
a1
of or pertaining to accent or stress;

a2
(of verse) having a metric system based on stress rather than syllables or quantity;

- "accentual poetry is based on the number of stresses in a line";

- "accentual rhythm";

accentual system
n1
the system of accentuation used in a particular language;

- syn. prosodic system;

accentuate / ə k s ɛ n tʃ ʊ eɪ t /
v1
to stress, single out as important;

- "Dr. Jones emphasizes exercise in addition to a change in diet";

- syn. accent, emphasise, emphasize, punctuate, stress;

v2
put stress on;

- utter with an accent;

- "In Farsi, you accent the last syllable of each word";

- syn. accent, stress;

accentuation / ə k s ɛ n tʃ ʊ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the use or application of an accent;

- the relative prominence of syllables in a phrase or utterance;

n2
the act of giving special importance or significance to something;

- syn. accenting, emphasizing;

accept / ə k s ɛ p t /
v1
consider or hold as true;

- "I cannot accept the dogma of this church";

- "accept an argument";

v2
receive willingly something given or offered;

- "The only girl who would have him was the miller's daughter";

- "I won't have this dog in my house!";

- "Please accept my present";

- syn. have, take;

v3
give an affirmative reply to;

- respond favorably to;

- "I cannot accept your invitation";

- "I go for this resolution";

- syn. consent, go for;

v4
react favorably to;

- consider right and proper;

- "People did not accept atonal music at that time";

- "We accept the idea of universal health care";

v5
admit into a group or community;

- "accept students for graduate study";

- "We'll have to vote on whether or not to admit a new member";

- syn. admit, take, take on;

v6
take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person;

- "I'll accept the charges";

- "She agreed to bear the responsibility";

- syn. assume, bear, take over;

v7
tolerate or accommodate oneself to;

- "I shall have to accept these unpleasant working conditions";

- "I swallowed the insult";

- "She has learned to live with her husband's little idiosyncrasies";

- syn. live with, swallow;

v8
be designed to hold or take;

- "This surface will not take the dye";

- syn. take;

v9
receive (a report) officially, as from a committee;

v10
make use of or accept for some purpose;

- "take a risk";

- "take an opportunity";

- syn. take;

v11
be sexually responsive to, used of a female domesticated mammal;

- "The cow accepted the bull";

acceptability / ə k s ɛ p t ə b ɪ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
satisfactoriness by virtue of conforming to approved standards;

- syn. acceptableness;

acceptable / ə k s ɛ p t ə b ɫ /
a1
worthy of acceptance or satisfactory;

- "acceptable levels of radiation";

- "performances varied from acceptable to excellent";

- also satisfactory;

- sim. bankable, unexceptionable, unobjectionable;

a2
judged to be in conformity with approved usage;

- "acceptable English usage";

- sim. standard;

a3
meeting requirements;

- "the step makes a satisfactory seat";

- "I would kill for a decent cup of coffee";

- "a decent wage";

- syn. decent, satisfactory;

- sim. good;

a4
adequate for the purpose;

- "the water was acceptable for drinking";

- sim. fit;

acceptableness / ə k s ɛ p t ə b ɫ n ɪ s /
n1
satisfactoriness by virtue of conforming to approved standards;

- syn. acceptability;

acceptably / ə k s ɛ p t ə b ɫ i /
r1
in an acceptable (but not outstanding) manner;

- "she plays tennis tolerably";

- syn. so-so, tolerably;

acceptance / ə k s ɛ p t ə n s /
n1
the mental attitude that something is believable and should be accepted as true;

- "he gave credence to the gossip";

- "acceptance of Newtonian mechanics was unquestioned for 200 years";

- syn. credence;

n2
the act of accepting with approval;

- favorable reception;

- "its adoption by society";

- "the proposal found wide acceptance";

- syn. acceptation, adoption, espousal;

n3
the state of being acceptable and accepted;

- "torn jeans received no acceptance at the country club";

n4
(contract law) words signifying consent to the terms of an offer (thereby creating a contract);

n5
banking: a time draft drawn on and accepted by a bank;

- syn. banker's acceptance;

n6
a disposition to tolerate or accept people or situations;

- "all people should practice toleration and live together in peace";

- syn. sufferance, toleration;

n7
the act of taking something that is offered;

- "her acceptance of the gift encouraged him";

- "he anticipated their acceptance of his offer";

acceptance sampling
n1
a statistical procedure for accepting or rejecting a batch of merchandise or documents;

- involves determining the maximum number of defects discovered in a sample before the entire batch is rejected;

acceptant / ə k s ɛ p t ə n t /
a1
accepting willingly;

- "acceptive of every new idea";

- "an acceptant type of mind";

- syn. acceptive;

- sim. receptive;

acceptation / æ k s ɛ p t eɪ ʃ n /
n1
acceptance as true or valid;

n2
the accepted meaning of a word;

- syn. word meaning, word sense;

n3
the act of accepting with approval;

- favorable reception;

- "its adoption by society";

- "the proposal found wide acceptance";

- syn. acceptance, adoption, espousal;

accepted / ə k s ɛ p t ɪ d /
a1
generally approved or compelling recognition;

- "several accepted techniques for treating the condition";

- "his recognized superiority in this kind of work";

- syn. recognised, recognized;

- sim. acknowledged;

accepting / ə k s ɛ p t ɪ ŋ /
a1
tolerating without protest;

- "always more accepting of coaching suggestion than her teammates";

- "the atmosphere was judged to be more supporting and accepting";

- sim. acceptive;

acceptive / ə k s ɛ p t ɪ v /
a1
inclined to accept rather than reject;

- "she was seldom acceptive of my suggestions";

- sim. accepting;

a2
accepting willingly;

- "acceptive of every new idea";

- "an acceptant type of mind";

- syn. acceptant;

- sim. receptive;

acceptor / ə k s ɛ p t ə /
n1
(chemistry) in the formation of a coordinate bond it is the compound to which electrons are donated;

n2
the person (or institution) who accepts a check or draft and becomes responsible for paying the party named in the draft when it matures;

acceptor RNA
n1
RNA molecules present in the cell (in at least 20 varieties, each variety capable of combining with a specific amino acid) that attach the correct amino acid to the protein chain that is being synthesized at the ribosome of the cell (according to directions coded in the mRNA);

- syn. soluble RNA, tRNA, transfer RNA;

access / æ k s ɛ s /
n1
the right to enter;

- syn. accession, admission, admittance, entree;

n2
the right to obtain or make use of or take advantage of something (as services or membership);

n3
a way of entering or leaving;

- "he took a wrong turn on the access to the bridge";

- syn. approach;

n4
a code (a series of characters or digits) that must be entered in some way (typed or dialed or spoken) to get the use of something (a telephone line or a computer or a local area network etc.);

- syn. access code;

n5
(computer science) the operation of reading or writing stored information;

- syn. memory access;

n6
the act of approaching or entering;

- "he gained access to the building";

v1
obtain or retrieve from a storage device;

- as of information on a computer;

v2
reach or gain access to;

- "How does one access the attic in this house?";

- "I cannot get to the T.V. antenna, even if I climb on the roof";

- syn. get at;

access code
n1
a code (a series of characters or digits) that must be entered in some way (typed or dialed or spoken) to get the use of something (a telephone line or a computer or a local area network etc.);

- syn. access;

access road
n1
a short road giving access to an expressway;

- "in Britain they call an access road a slip road";

- syn. slip road;

access time
n1
(computer science) the interval between the time data is requested by the system and the time the data is provided by the drive;

- "access time is the sum of seek time and rotational latency and command processing overhead";

accessary / ə k s ɛ s ə ɹ i /
n1
someone who helps another person commit a crime;

- syn. accessory;

a1
aiding and abetting in a crime;

- "he was charged with being accessory to the crime";

- syn. accessory;

- sim. supportive;

accessibility / ə k s ɛ s ə b ɪ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
the quality of being at hand when needed;

- syn. availability, availableness, handiness;

n2
the attribute of being easy to meet or deal with;

- syn. approachability;

accessible / ə k s ɛ s ə b ɫ /
a1
capable of being reached;

- "a town accessible by rail";

- also convenient;

- sim. approachable, come-at-able, handy;

a2
capable of being read with comprehension;

- "readily accessible to the nonprofessional reader";

- "the tales seem more approachable than his more difficult novels";

- syn. approachable;

- sim. comprehensible;

a3
easily obtained;

- "most students now have computers accessible";

- "accessible money";

- sim. available;

a4
easy to get along with or talk to;

- friendly;

- "an accessible and genial man";

- sim. approachable;

accession / æ k s ɛ ʃ n /
n1
a process of increasing by addition (as to a collection or group);

- "the art collection grew through accession";

n2
(civil law) the right to all of that which your property produces whether by growth or improvement;

n3
something added to what you already have;

- "the librarian shelved the new accessions";

- "he was a new addition to the staff";

- syn. addition;

n4
agreeing with or consenting to (often unwillingly);

- "accession to such demands would set a dangerous precedent";

- "assenting to the Congressional determination";

- syn. assenting;

n5
the right to enter;

- syn. access, admission, admittance, entree;

n6
the act of attaining or gaining access to a new office or right or position (especially the throne);

- "Elizabeth's accession in 1558";

- syn. rise to power;

v1
make a record of additions to a collection, such as a library;

accessional / æ k s ɛ ʃ ə n ɫ /
a1
of or constituting an accession;

accessorial
a1
nonessential but helpful;

- "accessorial services included sorting and packing";

- sim. inessential;

accessory / æ k s ɛ s ə ɹ i , ə k s ɛ s ə ɹ i /
n1
clothing that is worn or carried, but not part of your main clothing;

- syn. accouterment, accoutrement;

n2
a supplementary component that improves capability;

- syn. add-on, appurtenance, supplement;

n3
someone who helps another person commit a crime;

- syn. accessary;

a1
aiding and abetting in a crime;

- "he was charged with being accessory to the crime";

- syn. accessary;

- sim. supportive;

a2
furnishing added support;

- "an ancillary pump";

- "an adjuvant discipline to forms of mysticism";

- "The mind and emotions are auxiliary to each other";

- syn. adjunct, adjuvant, ancillary, appurtenant, auxiliary;

- sim. supportive;

accessory after the fact
n1
a person who gives assistance or comfort to someone known to be a felon or known to be sought in connection with the commission of a felony;

accessory before the fact
n1
a person who procures or advises or commands the commission of a felony but who is not present at its perpetration;

accessory cephalic vein
n1
a vein that passes along the radial edge of the forearm and joins the cephalic vein near the elbow;

- syn. vena cephalica accessoria;

accessory during the fact
n1
a person who witnesses a crime but does not try to prevent it;

accessory fruit
n1
fruit containing much fleshy tissue besides that of the ripened ovary;

- as apple or strawberry;

- syn. pseudocarp;

accessory hemiazygos vein
n1
a vein formed by the union of the 4th to 7th posterior intercostal veins;

- empties into the azygos vein;

- syn. accessory hemiazygous vein, vena hemiazygos accessoria;

accessory hemiazygous vein
n1
a vein formed by the union of the 4th to 7th posterior intercostal veins;

- empties into the azygos vein;

- syn. accessory hemiazygos vein, vena hemiazygos accessoria;

accessory nerve
n1
arises from two sets of roots (cranial and spinal) that unite to form the nerve;

- syn. eleventh cranial nerve, nervus accessorius, spinal accessory;

accessory vertebral vein
n1
a vein that accompanies the vertebral vein but passes through the foramen of the transverse process of the 7th cervical vertebra and empties into the brachiocephalic vein;

- syn. vena vertebralis accessoria;

Accho
n1
a town and port in northwestern Israel in the eastern Mediterranean;

- syn. Acre, Akka, Akko;

acciaccatura
n1
an embellishing note usually written in smaller size;

- syn. appoggiatura, grace note;

accidence / æ k s ɪ d ə n s /
n1
the part of grammar that deals with the inflections of words;

- syn. inflectional morphology;

accident / æ k s ɪ d ə n t /
n1
an unfortunate mishap;

- especially one causing damage or injury;

n2
anything that happens suddenly or by chance without an apparent cause;

- "winning the lottery was a happy accident";

- "the pregnancy was a stroke of bad luck";

- "it was due to an accident or fortuity";

- syn. chance event, fortuity, stroke;

accident-prone / æ k s ɪ d ə n t p ɹ oʊ n /
a1
having more than the average number of accidents;

- sim. inclined;

accident surgery
n1
the branch of medicine that deals with the surgical repair of injuries and wounds arising from accidents;

- syn. traumatology;

accidental / æ k s ɪ d ɛ n t ɫ /
n1
a musical notation that makes a note sharp or flat or natural although that is not part of the key signature;

a1
happening by chance or unexpectedly or unintentionally;

- "with an inadvertent gesture she swept the vase off the table";

- "accidental poisoning";

- "an accidental shooting";

- syn. inadvertent;

- sim. unintended;

a2
not of prime or central importance;

- "nonessential to the integral meanings of poetry"- Pubs.MLA;

- "the character's motives remain accidental to the plot";

- syn. incidental, nonessential;

- sim. inessential;

accidental injury
n1
an accident that results in physical damage or hurt;

- syn. injury;

accidentally / æ k s ɪ d ɛ n t ə ɫ i /
r1
without advance planning;

- "they met accidentally";

- syn. by chance, circumstantially, unexpectedly;

r2
of a minor or subordinate nature;

- "these magnificent achievements were only incidentally influenced by Oriental models";

- syn. incidentally;

r3
without intention;

- in an unintentional manner;

- "she hit him unintentionally";

- syn. unintentionally;

Accipiter
n1
type genus of the family Accipitridae;

- syn. genus Accipiter;

Accipiter cooperii
n1
bluish-grey North American hawk having a darting flight;

- syn. Cooper's hawk, blue darter;

Accipiter gentilis
n1
large hawk of Eurasia and North America used in falconry;

- syn. goshawk;

Accipiter nisus
n1
small hawk of Eurasia and northern Africa;

- syn. sparrow hawk;

Accipitridae
n1
hawks;

- Old World vultures;

- kites;

- harriers;

- eagles;

- syn. family Accipitridae;

Accipitriformes
n1
in some classifications an alternative name for the Falconiformes;

- syn. order Accipitriformes;

accipitrine
a1
of or relating to or belonging to the genus Accipiter (or to typical hawks);

acclaim / ə k ɫ eɪ m /
n1
enthusiastic approval;

- "the book met with modest acclaim";

- "he acknowledged the plaudits of the crowd";

- "they gave him more eclat than he really deserved";

- syn. acclamation, eclat, plaudit, plaudits;

v1
praise vociferously;

- "The critics hailed the young pianist as a new Rubinstein";

- syn. hail, herald;

v2
clap one's hands or shout after performances to indicate approval;

- syn. applaud, clap, spat;

acclamation / æ k ɫ ə m eɪ ʃ n /
n1
enthusiastic approval;

- "the book met with modest acclaim";

- "he acknowledged the plaudits of the crowd";

- "they gave him more eclat than he really deserved";

- syn. acclaim, eclat, plaudit, plaudits;

acclimate / æ k ɫ ɪ m eɪ t /
v1
get used to a certain climate;

- "They never acclimatized in Egypt";

- syn. acclimatise, acclimatize;

acclimation / æ k ɫ aɪ m eɪ ʃ n /
n1
adaptation to a new climate (a new temperature or altitude or environment);

- syn. acclimatisation, acclimatization;

acclimatisation
n1
adaptation to a new climate (a new temperature or altitude or environment);

- syn. acclimation, acclimatization;

acclimatise
v1
get used to a certain climate;

- "They never acclimatized in Egypt";

- syn. acclimate, acclimatize;

acclimatization / ə k ɫ aɪ m ə t aɪ z eɪ ʃ n /
n1
adaptation to a new climate (a new temperature or altitude or environment);

- syn. acclimation, acclimatisation;

acclimatize / ə k ɫ aɪ m ə t aɪ z /
v1
get used to a certain climate;

- "They never acclimatized in Egypt";

- syn. acclimate, acclimatise;

acclivitous / ə k ɫ ɪ v ɪ t ə s /
a1
sloping upward;

- syn. rising, uphill;

- sim. ascending;

acclivity / ə k ɫ ɪ v ɪ t i /
n1
an upward slope or grade (as in a road);

- "the car couldn't make it up the rise";

- syn. ascent, climb, raise, rise, upgrade;

accolade / æ k ə ɫ eɪ d /
n1
a tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction;

- "an award for bravery";

- syn. award, honor, honour, laurels;

accommodate / ə k ɒ m ə d eɪ t /
v1
be agreeable or acceptable to;

- "This suits my needs";

- syn. fit, suit;

v2
make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose;

- "Adapt our native cuisine to the available food resources of the new country";

- syn. adapt;

v3
provide with something desired or needed;

- "Can you accommodate me with a rental car?";

v4
have room for;

- hold without crowding;

- "This hotel can accommodate 250 guests";

- "The theater admits 300 people";

- "The auditorium can't hold more than 500 people";

- syn. admit, hold;

v5
provide housing for;

- "We are lodging three foreign students this semester";

- syn. lodge;

v6
provide a service or favor for someone;

- "We had to oblige him";

- syn. oblige;

v7
make (one thing) compatible with (another);

- "The scientists had to accommodate the new results with the existing theories";

- syn. conciliate, reconcile;

accommodating / ə k ɒ m ə d eɪ t ɪ ŋ /
a1
helpful in bringing about a harmonious adaptation;

- "the warden was always accommodating in allowing visitors in";

- "made a special effort to be accommodating";

- syn. accommodative;

- also good-natured, helpful, kind;

- sim. complaisant;

a2
obliging;

- willing to do favors;

- "made a special effort to be accommodating";

- sim. helpful;

accommodating IOL
n1
a lens implant containing a hinge that allows for both near and far vision (thus mimicking the natural lens of a young person);

- syn. accommodating lens implant;

accommodating lens implant
n1
a lens implant containing a hinge that allows for both near and far vision (thus mimicking the natural lens of a young person);

- syn. accommodating IOL;

accommodatingly / ə k ɒ m ə d eɪ t ɪ ŋ ɫ i /
r1
in accommodation;

- "obligingly, he lowered his voice";

- syn. obligingly;

accommodation / ə k ɒ m ə d eɪ ʃ n /
n1
making or becoming suitable;

- adjusting to circumstances;

- syn. adjustment, fitting;

n2
a settlement of differences;

- "they reached an accommodation with Japan";

n3
in the theories of Jean Piaget: the modification of internal representations in order to accommodate a changing knowledge of reality;

n4
living quarters provided for public convenience;

- "overnight accommodations are available";

n5
the act of providing something (lodging or seat or food) to meet a need;

n6
(physiology) the automatic adjustment in focal length of the natural lens of the eye;

accommodation endorser
n1
a person who endorses a promissory note without compensation or benefit but simply as a favor to the borrower;

accommodation ladder
n1
(nautical) a portable ladder hung over the side of a vessel to give access to small boats alongside;

accommodation reflex
n1
reflex changes in the eyes that enable an object to be focused on the retina;

accommodational / ə k ɒ m ə d eɪ ʃ ə n ə ɫ /
a1
of or relating to the accommodation of the lens of the eye;

- "accommodational strain";

accommodative / ə k ɒ m ə d eɪ t ɪ v /
a1
helpful in bringing about a harmonious adaptation;

- "the warden was always accommodating in allowing visitors in";

- "made a special effort to be accommodating";

- syn. accommodating;

- also good-natured, helpful, kind;

- sim. complaisant;

a2
willing to adjust to differences in order to obtain agreement;

- syn. cooperative;

- sim. noncompetitive;

a3
tending to reconcile or accommodate;

- bringing into harmony;

- syn. reconciling;

- sim. adaptive;

accommodator / ə k ɒ m ə d eɪ t ə /
n1
someone who performs a service or does a favor;

- syn. obliger;

accompanied / ə k ʌ m p ə n ɪ d /
a1
having companions or an escort;

- "there were lone gentlemen and gentlemen accompanied by their wives";

a2
playing or singing with instrumental or vocal accompaniment;

- syn. attended;

accompaniment / ə k ʌ m p ə n ɪ m ə n t /
n1
an event or situation that happens at the same time as or in connection with another;

- syn. attendant, co-occurrence, concomitant;

n2
a musical part (vocal or instrumental) that supports or provides background for other musical parts;

- syn. backup, musical accompaniment, support;

n3
something added to complete or embellish or make perfect;

- "a fine wine is a perfect complement to the dinner";

- "wild rice was served as an accompaniment to the main dish";

- syn. complement;

n4
the act of accompanying someone or something in order to protect them;

- syn. escort;

accompanist / ə k ʌ m p ə n ɪ s t /
n1
a person who provides musical accompaniment (usually on a piano);

- syn. accompanyist;

accompany / ə k ʌ m p ə n i /
v1
be present or associated with an event or entity;

- "French fries come with the hamburger";

- "heart attacks are accompanied by distruction of heart tissue";

- "fish usually goes with white wine";

- "this kind of vein accompanies certain arteries";

- syn. attach to, come with, go with;

v2
go or travel along with;

- "The nurse accompanied the old lady everywhere";

v3
perform an accompaniment to;

- "The orchestra could barely follow the frequent pitch changes of the soprano";

- syn. follow, play along;

v4
be a companion to somebody;

- syn. companion, company, keep company;

accompanying / ə k ʌ m p ə n ɪ ih ŋ /
a1
occurring with or following as a consequence;

- "an excessive growth of bureaucracy, with attendant problems";

- "snags incidental to the changeover in management";

- "attendant circumstances";

- "the period of tension and consequent need for military preparedness";

- "the ensuant response to his appeal";

- "the resultant savings were considerable";

- "collateral target damage from a bombing run";

- syn. attendant, collateral, concomitant, consequent, ensuant, incidental, resultant, sequent;

- sim. subsequent;

accompanying vein
n1
a vein accompanying another structure;

- a vein may accompany an artery in such a way that the arterial pulses aid venous return;

- syn. vena comitans;

accompanyist / ə k ʌ m p ə n ɪ ih s t /
n1
a person who provides musical accompaniment (usually on a piano);

- syn. accompanist;

accomplice / ə k ʌ m p ɫ ɪ s /
n1
a person who joins with another in carrying out some plan (especially an unethical or illegal plan);

- syn. confederate;

accomplish / ə k ʌ m p ɫ ɪ ʃ /
v1
put in effect;

- "carry out a task";

- "execute the decision of the people";

- "He actioned the operation";

- syn. action, carry out, carry through, execute, fulfil, fulfill;

v2
to gain with effort;

- "she achieved her goal despite setbacks";

- syn. achieve, attain, reach;

accomplishable / ə k ʌ m p ɫ ɪ ʃ eɪ b ɫ /
a1
capable of existing or taking place or proving true;

- possible to do;

- syn. achievable, doable, manageable, realizable;

- sim. possible;

accomplished / ə k ʌ m p ɫ ɪ ʃ t /
a1
highly skilled;

- "an accomplished pianist";

- "a complete musician";

- syn. complete;

- sim. skilled;

a2
successfully completed or brought to an end;

- "his mission accomplished he took a vacation";

- "the completed project";

- "the joy of a realized ambition overcame him";

- syn. completed, realised, realized;

- sim. complete;

a3
settled securely and unconditionally;

- "that smoking causes health problems is an accomplished fact";

- syn. effected, established;

- sim. settled;

accomplished fact
n1
an irreversible accomplishment;

- syn. fait accompli;

accomplishment / ə k ʌ m p ɫ ɪ ʃ m ə n t /
n1
the action of accomplishing something;

- syn. achievement;

n2
an ability that has been acquired by training;

- syn. acquirement, acquisition, attainment, skill;

accord / ə k ɔ d /
n1
harmony of people's opinions or actions or characters;

- "the two parties were in agreement";

- syn. agreement;

n2
concurrence of opinion;

- "we are in accord with your proposal";

- syn. accordance, conformity;

n3
a written agreement between two states or sovereigns;

- syn. pact, treaty;

n4
sympathetic compatibility;

v1
go together;

- "The colors don't harmonize";

- "Their ideas concorded";

- syn. agree, concord, consort, fit in, harmonise, harmonize;

v2
allow to have;

- "grant a privilege";

- syn. allot, grant;

accord and satisfaction
n1
the settlement of a debt by paying less than the amount demanded in exchange for extinguishing the debt;

accordance / ə k ɔ d ə n s /
n1
concurrence of opinion;

- "we are in accord with your proposal";

- syn. accord, conformity;

n2
the act of granting rights;

- "the accordance to Canada of rights of access";

- syn. accordance of rights;

accordance of rights
n1
the act of granting rights;

- "the accordance to Canada of rights of access";

- syn. accordance;

accordant / ə k ɔ d ə n t /
a1
being in agreement or harmony;

- often followed by `with';

- "a place perfectly accordant with man's nature"-Thomas Hardy;

- sim. according, agreeable, concordant, consensual, consentaneous;

a2
in keeping;

- "salaries agreeable with current trends";

- "plans conformable with your wishes";

- "expressed views concordant with his background";

- syn. agreeable, concordant, conformable, consonant;

- sim. consistent;

according / ə k ɔ d ɪ ŋ /
a1
(followed by `to') in agreement with or accordant with;

- "according to instructions";

- sim. accordant;

a2
(followed by `to') as reported or stated by;

- "according to historians";

- sim. reported;

accordingly / ə k ɔ d ɪ ŋ ɫ i /
r1
(sentence connectors) because of the reason given;

- "consequently, he didn't do it";

- "continued to have severe headaches and accordingly returned to the doctor";

- syn. consequently;

r2
in accordance with;

- "she acted accordingly";

accordion / ə k ɔ d ɪə n /
n1
a portable box-shaped free-reed instrument;

- the reeds are made to vibrate by air from the bellows controlled by the player;

- syn. squeeze box;

accordion door
n1
an interior door that opens by folding back in sections (rather than by swinging on hinges);

- syn. folding door;

accordionist
n1
a musician who plays the accordion;

accost / ə k ɒ s t /
v1
speak to someone;

- syn. address, come up to;

v2
approach with an offer of sexual favors;

- "he was solicited by a prostitute";

- "The young man was caught soliciting in the park";

- syn. hook, solicit;

accouchement / ə k u ʃ m ɒ ŋ /
n1
the parturition process in human beings;

- having a baby;

- the process of giving birth to a child;

- syn. childbearing, childbirth, vaginal birth;

accoucheur / æ k u ʃ ɝ /
n1
a physician specializing in obstetrics;

- syn. obstetrician;

accoucheuse / æ k u ʃ ɝ z /
n1
a woman skilled in aiding the delivery of babies;

- syn. midwife;

account / ə k aʊ n t /
n1
a record or narrative description of past events;

- "a history of France";

- "he gave an inaccurate account of the plot to kill the president";

- "the story of exposure to lead";

- syn. chronicle, history, story;

n2
a short account of the news;

- "the report of his speech";

- "the story was on the 11 o'clock news";

- "the account of his speech that was given on the evening news made the governor furious";

- syn. news report, report, story, write up;

n3
a formal contractual relationship established to provide for regular banking or brokerage or business services;

- "he asked to see the executive who handled his account";

- syn. business relationship;

n4
a statement that makes something comprehensible by describing the relevant structure or operation or circumstances etc.;

- "the explanation was very simple";

- "I expected a brief account";

- syn. explanation;

n5
grounds;

- "don't do it on my account";

- "the paper was rejected on account of its length";

- "he tried to blame the victim but his success on that score was doubtful";

- syn. score;

n6
importance or value;

- "a person of considerable account";

- "he predicted that although it is of small account now it will rapidly increase in importance";

n7
a statement of recent transactions and the resulting balance;

- "they send me an accounting every month";

- syn. account statement, accounting;

n8
the act of informing by verbal report;

- "he heard reports that they were causing trouble";

- "by all accounts they were a happy couple";

- syn. report;

n9
an itemized statement of money owed for goods shipped or services rendered;

- "he paid his bill and left";

- "send me an account of what I owe";

- syn. bill, invoice;

n10
the quality of taking advantage;

- "she turned her writing skills to good account";

v1
be the sole or primary factor in the existence, acquisition, supply, or disposal of something;

- "Passing grades account for half of the grades given in this exam";

v2
keep an account of;

- syn. calculate;

v3
to give an account or representation of in words;

- "Discreet Italian police described it in a manner typically continental";

- syn. describe, report;

v4
furnish a justifying analysis or explanation;

- "I can't account for the missing money";

- syn. answer for;

account book
n1
a record in which commercial accounts are recorded;

- "they got a subpoena to examine our books";

- syn. book, book of account, ledger, leger;

account executive
n1
someone in charge of a client's account for an advertising agency or brokerage or other service business;

- syn. account representative, customer's broker, customer's man, registered representative;

account for
v1
be the reason or explanation for;

- "The recession accounts for the slow retail business";

v2
give reasons for;

- "Can you account for all these absences?";

account payable
n1
a liability account showing how much is owed for goods and services purchased on credit;

- "the problem was to match receivables and payables in the same currency";

- syn. payable;

account representative
n1
someone in charge of a client's account for an advertising agency or brokerage or other service business;

- syn. account executive, customer's broker, customer's man, registered representative;

account statement
n1
a statement of recent transactions and the resulting balance;

- "they send me an accounting every month";

- syn. account, accounting;

accountability / ə k aʊ n t ə b ɪ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
responsibility to someone or for some activity;

- syn. answerability, answerableness;

accountable / ə k oʊ n t ə b ɫ /
a1
liable to account for one's actions;

- "governments must be accountable to someone beside themselves";

- "fully accountable for what they did";

- "the court held the parents answerable for their minor child's acts of vandalism";

- "he was answerable to no one";

- sim. responsible;

accountancy / ə k aʊ n t ə n s i /
n1
the occupation of maintaining and auditing records and preparing financial reports for a business;

- syn. accounting;

accountant / ə k aʊ n t ə n t /
n1
someone who maintains and audits business accounts;

- syn. comptroller, controller;

accountantship / ə k aʊ n t ə n t ʃ ɪ p /
n1
the position of accountant;

accounting / ə k aʊ n t ɪ ŋ /
n1
a convincing explanation that reveals basic causes;

- "he was unable to give a clear accounting for his actions";

n2
a system that provides quantitative information about finances;

n3
the occupation of maintaining and auditing records and preparing financial reports for a business;

- syn. accountancy;

n4
a bookkeeper's chronological list of related debits and credits of a business;

- forms part of a ledger of accounts;

- syn. accounting system, method of accounting;

n5
a statement of recent transactions and the resulting balance;

- "they send me an accounting every month";

- syn. account, account statement;

accounting data
n1
all the data (ledgers and journals and spreadsheets) that support a financial statement;

- can be hard copy or machine readable;

accounting entry
n1
a written record of a commercial transaction;

- syn. entry, ledger entry;

accounting firm
n1
a firm of accountants who provide accounting and auditing services for a fee;

accounting principle
n1
a principle that governs current accounting practice and that is used as a reference to determine the appropriate treatment of complex transactions;

- syn. accounting standard;

accounting standard
n1
a principle that governs current accounting practice and that is used as a reference to determine the appropriate treatment of complex transactions;

- syn. accounting principle;

accounting system
n1
a bookkeeper's chronological list of related debits and credits of a business;

- forms part of a ledger of accounts;

- syn. accounting, method of accounting;

accounts payable
n1
a debtor's accounts of money he owes;

- normally arise from the purchase of products or services;

accounts receivable
n1
a creditor's accounts of money owed to him;

- normally arise from the sale of products or services;

accouter
v1
provide with military equipment;

- syn. accoutre;

accoutered
a1
provided with necessary articles of equipment for a specialized purpose (especially military);

- "troops accoutered for battle";

- "properly accoutered for the trip";

- syn. accoutred;

- sim. equipped;

accouterment
n1
clothing that is worn or carried, but not part of your main clothing;

- syn. accessory, accoutrement;

accoutre / ə k u t ə /
v1
provide with military equipment;

- syn. accouter;

accoutred / ə k u t ə d /
a1
provided with necessary articles of equipment for a specialized purpose (especially military);

- "troops accoutered for battle";

- "properly accoutered for the trip";

- syn. accoutered;

- sim. equipped;

accoutrement / ə k u t ə m ə n t /
n1
clothing that is worn or carried, but not part of your main clothing;

- syn. accessory, accouterment;

Accra / ə k ɹ ɑ /
n1
the capital and largest city of Ghana with a deep-water port;

- syn. capital of Ghana;

accredit / ə k ɹ ɛ d ɪ t /
v1
grant credentials to;

- "The Regents officially recognized the new educational institution";

- "recognize an academic degree";

- syn. recognise, recognize;

v2
provide or send (envoys or embassadors) with official credentials;

v3
ascribe an achievement to;

- "She was not properly credited in the program";

- syn. credit;

accreditation / ə k ɹ ɛ d ɪ t eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the act of granting credit or recognition (especially with respect to educational institution that maintains suitable standards);

- "a commission is responsible for the accreditation of medical schools";

accredited / ə k ɹ ɛ d ɪ t ɪ d /
a1
given official approval to act;

- "an accredited college";

- "commissioned broker";

- "licensed pharmacist";

- "authorized representative";

- syn. commissioned, licenced, licensed;

- sim. authorized;

accrete / ə k ɹ i t /
v1
grow together (of plants and organs);

- "After many years the rose bushes grew together";

v2
grow or become attached by accretion;

- "The story accreted emotion";

accretion / ə k ɹ i ʃ n /
n1
an increase by natural growth or addition;

- syn. accumulation;

n2
something contributing to growth or increase;

- "he scraped away the accretions of paint";

- "the central city surrounded by recent accretions";

n3
(astronomy) the formation of a celestial object by the effect of gravity pulling together surrounding objects and gases;

n4
(biology) growth by addition as by the adhesion of parts or particles;

n5
(geology) an increase in land resulting from alluvial deposits or waterborne sediment;

n6
(law) an increase in a beneficiary's share in an estate (as when a co-beneficiary dies or fails to meet some condition or rejects the inheritance);

accretionary
a1
marked or produced by accretion;

- sim. increasing;

accretive / æ k ɹ i t ɪ v /
a1
growing by accretion;

- sim. increasing;

accroides
n1
an alcohol-soluble resin from Australian trees;

- used in varnishes and in manufacturing paper;

- syn. acaroid resin, accaroid resin, accroides gum, accroides resin, gum accroides;

accroides gum
n1
an alcohol-soluble resin from Australian trees;

- used in varnishes and in manufacturing paper;

- syn. acaroid resin, accaroid resin, accroides, accroides resin, gum accroides;

accroides resin
n1
an alcohol-soluble resin from Australian trees;

- used in varnishes and in manufacturing paper;

- syn. acaroid resin, accaroid resin, accroides, accroides gum, gum accroides;

accrual
n1
the act of accumulating;

- syn. accruement, accumulation;

accrual basis
n1
a method of accounting in which each item is entered as it is earned or incurred regardless of when actual payments are received or made;

accrue / ə k ɹ u /
v1
grow by addition;

- "The interest accrues";

v2
come into the possession of;

- "The house accrued to the oldest son";

- syn. fall;

accrued / ə k ɹ u d /
a1
periodically accumulated over time;

- "accrued interest";

- "accrued leave";

- syn. accumulated;

- sim. increased;

accruement
n1
the act of accumulating;

- syn. accrual, accumulation;

acculturate
v1
assimilate culturally;

acculturation
n1
the adoption of the behavior patterns of the surrounding culture;

- "the socialization of children to the norms of their culture";

- syn. enculturation, socialisation, socialization;

n2
all the knowledge and values shared by a society;

- syn. culture;

n3
the process of assimilating new ideas into an existing cognitive structure;

- syn. assimilation;

acculturational
a1
of or relating to acculturation;

- syn. acculturative;

acculturative
a1
of or relating to acculturation;

- syn. acculturational;

accumbent
a1
lying down;

- in a position of comfort or rest;

- syn. decumbent, recumbent;

- sim. unerect;

accumulate / ə k j u m j ʊ ɫ eɪ t /
v1
get or gather together;

- "I am accumulating evidence for the man's unfaithfulness to his wife";

- "She is amassing a lot of data for her thesis";

- "She rolled up a small fortune";

- syn. amass, collect, compile, hoard, pile up, roll up;

v2
collect or gather;

- "Journals are accumulating in my office";

- "The work keeps piling up";

- syn. amass, conglomerate, cumulate, gather, pile up;

accumulated / ə k j u m j ʊ ɫ eɪ t ɪ d /
a1
periodically accumulated over time;

- "accrued interest";

- "accrued leave";

- syn. accrued;

- sim. increased;

accumulation / ə k j u m j ʊ ɫ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
an increase by natural growth or addition;

- syn. accretion;

n2
several things grouped together or considered as a whole;

- syn. aggregation, assemblage, collection;

n3
the act of accumulating;

- syn. accrual, accruement;

n4
(finance) profits that are not paid out as dividends but are added to the capital base of the corporation;

accumulative / ə k j u m j ʊ ɫ ə t ɪ v /
a1
increasing by successive addition;

- "the benefits are cumulative";

- "the eventual accumulative effect of these substances";

- syn. cumulative;

- sim. additive;

a2
marked by acquiring or amassing;

- "we live in an accumulative society";

- sim. acquisitive;

accumulator / ə k j u m j ʊ ɫ eɪ t ə , ə k j u m j ʊ ɫ eɪ t ə ɹ /
n1
a person who is employed to collect payments (as for rent or taxes);

- syn. collector, gatherer;

n2
a voltaic battery that stores electric charge;

- syn. storage battery;

n3
(computer science) a register that has a built-in adder that adds an input number to the contents of the register;

- syn. accumulator register;

accumulator register
n1
(computer science) a register that has a built-in adder that adds an input number to the contents of the register;

- syn. accumulator;

accuracy / æ k j ə ɹ ə s i /
n1
the quality of being near to the true value;

- "he was beginning to doubt the accuracy of his compass";

- "the lawyer questioned the truth of my account";

- syn. truth;

n2
(mathematics) the number of significant figures given in a number;

- "the atomic clock enabled scientists to measure time with much greater accuracy";

accurate / æ k j ə ɹ ə t /
a1
conforming exactly or almost exactly to fact or to a standard or performing with total accuracy;

- "an accurate reproduction";

- "the accounting was accurate";

- "accurate measurements";

- "an accurate scale";

- also correct, exact, precise, right;

- sim. close, dead-on, high-fidelity, straight, surgical, true, veracious;

a2
(of ideas, images, representations, expressions) characterized by perfect conformity to fact or truth;

- strictly correct;

- "a precise image";

- "a precise measurement";

- syn. exact, precise;

- sim. correct;

accurately / æ k j ə ɹ ə t ɫ i /
r1
with few mistakes;

- "he works very accurately";

r2
strictly correctly;

- "repeated the order accurately";

accurse / ə k ɝ s /
v1
curse or declare to be evil or anathema or threaten with divine punishment;

- syn. anathematise, anathematize, anathemise, anathemize, comminate, execrate;

accursed / ə k ɝ s ɪ d /
a1
under a curse;

- syn. accurst, maledict;

- sim. cursed;

accurst / ə k ɝ s t /
a1
under a curse;

- syn. accursed, maledict;

- sim. cursed;

accusal / ə k j u z ə ɫ /
n1
a formal charge of wrongdoing brought against a person;

- the act of imputing blame or guilt;

- syn. accusation;

accusation / æ k j u z eɪ ʃ n /
n1
a formal charge of wrongdoing brought against a person;

- the act of imputing blame or guilt;

- syn. accusal;

n2
an assertion that someone is guilty of a fault or offence;

- "the newspaper published charges that Jones was guilty of drunken driving";

- syn. charge;

accusative / ə k j u z ə t ɪ v /
n1
the case of nouns serving as the direct object of a verb;

- syn. accusative case, objective case;

a1
containing or expressing accusation;

- "an accusative forefinger";

- "black accusatory looks";

- "accusive shoes and telltale trousers"- O.Henry;

- "his accusing glare";

- syn. accusatory, accusing, accusive;

- sim. inculpatory;

a2
serving as or indicating the object of a verb or of certain prepositions and used for certain other purposes;

- "objective case";

- "accusative endings";

- syn. objective;

accusative case
n1
the case of nouns serving as the direct object of a verb;

- syn. accusative, objective case;

accusatorial
a1
specifically indicating a form of prosecution in which one is publicly accused of and tried for a crime and in which the judge is not also the prosecutor;

accusatory / ə k j u z ə t ə ɹ i /
a1
containing or expressing accusation;

- "an accusative forefinger";

- "black accusatory looks";

- "accusive shoes and telltale trousers"- O.Henry;

- "his accusing glare";

- syn. accusative, accusing, accusive;

- sim. inculpatory;

accuse / ə k j u z /
v1
bring an accusation against;

- level a charge against;

- "The neighbors accused the man of spousal abuse";

- syn. criminate, impeach, incriminate;

v2
blame for, make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior against;

- "he charged the director with indifference";

- syn. charge;

accused / ə k j u z d /
n1
a defendant in a criminal proceeding;

accuser / ə k j u z ə , ə k j u z ə ɹ /
n1
someone who imputes guilt or blame;

accusing / ə k j u z ɪ ŋ /
a1
containing or expressing accusation;

- "an accusative forefinger";

- "black accusatory looks";

- "accusive shoes and telltale trousers"- O.Henry;

- "his accusing glare";

- syn. accusative, accusatory, accusive;

- sim. inculpatory;

accusingly / ə k j u z ɪ ŋ ɫ i /
r1
in an accusing manner;

- "he looked at her accusingly";

accusive
a1
containing or expressing accusation;

- "an accusative forefinger";

- "black accusatory looks";

- "accusive shoes and telltale trousers"- O.Henry;

- "his accusing glare";

- syn. accusative, accusatory, accusing;

- sim. inculpatory;

accustom / ə k ʌ s t ə m /
v1
make psychologically or physically used (to something);

- "She became habituated to the background music";

- syn. habituate;

accustomed / ə k ʌ s t ə m d /
a1
commonly used or practiced;

- usual;

- "his accustomed thoroughness";

- "took his customary morning walk";

- "his habitual comment";

- "with her wonted candor";

- syn. customary, habitual, wonted;

- sim. usual;

accustomed to
a1
in the habit of or adapted to;

- "accustomed to doing her own work";

- "I've grown accustomed to her face";

- "we are used to better service in this restaurant";

- syn. used to;

- sim. used to;

ace / eɪ s /
n1
the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number;

- "he has the one but will need a two and three to go with it";

- "they had lunch at one";

- syn. 1, I, one, single, unity;

n2
one of four playing cards in a deck having a single pip on its face;

n3
someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field;

- syn. adept, champion, genius, hotshot, maven, mavin, sensation, star, superstar, virtuoso, whiz, whizz, wiz, wizard;

n4
proteolytic enzyme that converts angiotensin I into angiotensin II;

- syn. angiotensin-converting enzyme, angiotensin converting enzyme;

n5
a major strategic headquarters of NATO;

- safeguards an area extending from Norway to Turkey;

- syn. Allied Command Europe;

n6
a serve that the receiver is unable to reach;

v1
succeed at easily;

- "She sailed through her exams";

- "You will pass with flying colors";

- "She nailed her astrophysics course";

- syn. breeze through, nail, pass with flying colors, sail through, sweep through;

v2
score an ace against;

- "He aced his opponents";

v3
play (a hole) in one stroke;

v4
serve an ace against (someone);

a1
of the highest quality;

- "an ace reporter";

- "a crack shot";

- "a first-rate golfer";

- "a super party";

- "played top-notch tennis";

- "an athlete in tiptop condition";

- "she is absolutely tops";

- syn. A-one, crack, first-rate, super, tiptop, top-notch, topnotch, tops;

- sim. superior;

ACE inhibitor
n1
an antihypertensive drug that blocks the formation of angiotensin II in the kidney, leading to relaxation of the arteries;

- promotes the excretion of salt and water by inhibiting the activity of the angiotensin converting enzyme;

- also used to treat congestive heart failure;

- syn. angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor;

ace of clubs
n1
the ace in the club suit;

ace of diamonds
n1
the ace in the diamond suit;

ace of hearts
n1
the ace in the heart suit;

ace of spades
n1
the ace in the spade suit;

- sometimes taken as a portent of death;

acebutolol
n1
an oral beta blocker (trade name Sectral) used in treating hypertension;

- syn. Sectral;

acedia
n1
apathy and inactivity in the practice of virtue (personified as one of the deadly sins);

- syn. laziness, sloth;

acellular
a1
not made up of or divided into cells;

- syn. noncellular;

- sim. cell-free, single-celled;

acellular slime mold
n1
a slime mold of the class Myxomycetes;

- syn. myxomycete, plasmodial slime mold, true slime mold;

acentric
a1
lacking a centromere;

- "an acentric chromosome fragment";

a2
not centered or having no center;

- sim. eccentric;

acentric chromosome
n1
a chromosome lacking a centromere;

acephalia
n1
absence of the head (as in the development of some monsters);

- syn. acephalism, acephaly;

acephalism
n1
absence of the head (as in the development of some monsters);

- syn. acephalia, acephaly;

acephalous
a1
lacking a head or a clearly defined head;

- "acephalous worms";

- sim. headless;

acephaly
n1
absence of the head (as in the development of some monsters);

- syn. acephalia, acephalism;

Acer
n1
type genus of the Aceraceae;

- trees or shrubs having winged fruit;

- syn. genus Acer;

Acer argutum
n1
small shrubby Japanese plant with leaves having 5 to 7 acuminate lobes;

- yellow in autumn;

- syn. pointed-leaf maple;

Acer campestre
n1
shrubby Eurasian maple often used as a hedge;

- syn. field maple, hedge maple;

Acer circinatum
n1
small maple of northwestern North America having prostrate stems that root freely and form dense thickets;

- syn. vine maple;

Acer glabrum
n1
small maple of northwestern North America;

- syn. Rocky-mountain maple, dwarf maple;

Acer japonicum
n1
leaves deeply incised and bright red in autumn;

- Japan;

- syn. Japanese maple, full moon maple;

Acer macrophyllum
n1
maple of western North America having large 5-lobed leaves orange in autumn;

- syn. Oregon maple, big-leaf maple;

Acer negundo
n1
common shade tree of eastern and central United States;

- syn. ash-leaved maple, box elder;

Acer negundo Californicum
n1
maple of the Pacific coast of the United States;

- fruits are white when mature;

- syn. California box elder;

Acer palmatum
n1
ornamental shrub or small tree of Japan and Korea with deeply incised leaves;

- cultivated in many varieties;

- syn. Japanese maple;

Acer pennsylvanicum
n1
maple of eastern North America with striped bark and large two-lobed leaves clear yellow in autumn;

- syn. goosefoot maple, moose-wood, moosewood, striped dogwood, striped maple;

Acer platanoides
n1
a large Eurasian maple tree naturalized in North America;

- five-lobed leaves yellow in autumn;

- cultivated in many varieties;

- syn. Norway maple;

Acer pseudoplatanus
n1
Eurasian maple tree with pale grey bark that peels in flakes like that of a sycamore tree;

- leaves with five ovate lobes yellow in autumn;

- syn. great maple, scottish maple, sycamore;

Acer rubrum
n1
maple of eastern and central America;

- five-lobed leaves turn scarlet and yellow in autumn;

- syn. red maple, scarlet maple, swamp maple;

Acer saccharinum
n1
a common North American maple tree;

- five-lobed leaves are light green above and silvery white beneath;

- source of hard close-grained but brittle light-brown wood;

- syn. silver maple;

Acer saccharum
n1
maple of eastern and central North America having three-lobed to five-lobed leaves and hard close-grained wood much used for cabinet work especially the curly-grained form;

- sap is chief source of maple syrup and maple sugar;

- many subspecies;

- syn. rock maple, sugar maple;

Acer spicatum
n1
small shrubby maple of eastern North America;

- scarlet in autumn;

- syn. mountain alder, mountain maple;

Aceraceae
n1
a family of trees and shrubs of order Sapindales including the maples;

- syn. family Aceraceae, maple family;

acerate
a1
narrow and long and pointed;

- as pine leaves;

- syn. acerose, acicular, needle-shaped;

- sim. simple;

acerate leaf
n1
the leaf of a conifer;

- syn. needle;

acerb
a1
sour or bitter in taste;

- syn. acerbic, astringent;

- sim. sour;

a2
harsh or corrosive in tone;

- "an acerbic tone piercing otherwise flowery prose";

- "a barrage of acid comments";

- "her acrid remarks make her many enemies";

- "bitter words";

- "blistering criticism";

- "caustic jokes about political assassination, talk-show hosts and medical ethics";

- "a sulfurous denunciation";

- "a vitriolic critique";

- syn. acerbic, acid, acrid, bitter, blistering, caustic, sulfurous, sulphurous, virulent, vitriolic;

- sim. unpleasant;

acerbate
v1
cause to be bitter or resentful;

- "These injustices embittered her even more";

- syn. embitter, envenom;

v2
make sour or bitter;

acerbic
a1
sour or bitter in taste;

- syn. acerb, astringent;

- sim. sour;

a2
harsh or corrosive in tone;

- "an acerbic tone piercing otherwise flowery prose";

- "a barrage of acid comments";

- "her acrid remarks make her many enemies";

- "bitter words";

- "blistering criticism";

- "caustic jokes about political assassination, talk-show hosts and medical ethics";

- "a sulfurous denunciation";

- "a vitriolic critique";

- syn. acerb, acid, acrid, bitter, blistering, caustic, sulfurous, sulphurous, virulent, vitriolic;

- sim. unpleasant;

acerbity / ə s ɝ b ɪ t i /
n1
a sharp bitterness;

n2
a sharp sour taste;

- syn. tartness;

n3
a rough and bitter manner;

- syn. acrimony, bitterness, jaundice, tartness, thorniness;

acerola
n1
tropical American shrub bearing edible acid red fruit resembling cherries;

- syn. Malpighia glabra, Surinam cherry, West Indian cherry, barbados cherry;

n2
acid red or yellow cherry-like fruit of a tropical American shrub very rich in vitamin C;

- syn. West Indian cherry, barbados cherry, surinam cherry;

acerose / eɪ s ɹ oʊ z /
a1
narrow and long and pointed;

- as pine leaves;

- syn. acerate, acicular, needle-shaped;

- sim. simple;

acervate
a1
pertaining to a growth of fungi that forms a heaped-up mass;

- "acervate fungous sporophores";

acervulus
n1
small asexual fruiting body resembling a cushion or blister consisting of a mat of hyphae that is produced on a host by some fungi;

acetabular
a1
of the cup-shaped socket that receives the head of the thigh bone;

- syn. cotyloid, cotyloidal;

- sim. concave;

acetabulum
n1
the cup-shaped hollow in the hipbone into which the head of the femur fits to form a ball-and-socket joint;

- syn. cotyloid cavity;

acetal
n1
any organic compound formed by adding alcohol molecules to aldehyde molecules;

acetaldehyde
n1
a colorless volatile water-soluble liquid aldehyde used chiefly in the manufacture of acetic acid and perfumes and drugs;

- syn. ethanal;

acetaldol
n1
unsaturated aldol;

acetamide
n1
a colorless solid amide of acetic acid used as a solvent and in the synthesis of organic compounds;

- syn. ethanamide;

acetaminophen
n1
an analgesic for mild pain but not for inflammation;

- also used as an antipyretic;

- (Datril, Tylenol, Panadol, Phenaphen, Tempra, and Anacin III are trademarks of brands of acetaminophen tablets);

- syn. Anacin III, Datril, Panadol, Phenaphen, Tempra, Tylenol;

acetanilid
n1
a white crystalline compound used as an analgesic and also as an antipyretic;

- syn. acetanilide, phenylacetamide;

acetanilide
n1
a white crystalline compound used as an analgesic and also as an antipyretic;

- syn. acetanilid, phenylacetamide;

acetate / æ s ɪ t eɪ t /
n1
a salt or ester of acetic acid;

- syn. ethanoate;

n2
a fabric made from fibers of cellulose acetate;

- syn. acetate rayon;

acetate disk
n1
a disk coated with cellulose acetate;

- syn. phonograph recording disk;

acetate rayon
n1
a fabric made from fibers of cellulose acetate;

- syn. acetate;

acetic / ə s i t ɪ k /
a1
relating to or containing acetic acid;

acetic acid
n1
a colorless pungent liquid widely used in manufacturing plastics and pharmaceuticals;

- syn. ethanoic acid;

acetic anhydride
n1
a compound that is needed in order to refine opium into heroin;

acetify / ə s ɛ t ɪ f aɪ /
v1
make sour or more sour;

- syn. acidify, acidulate, sour;

v2
turn acidic;

- "the solution acetified";

- syn. acidify;

acetin
n1
any of three liquid acetates that are formed when acetic acid and glycerin are heated together;

acetoacetic acid
n1
unstable acid found in abnormal amounts in the blood and urine in some cases of impaired metabolism (as diabetes mellitus or starvation);

acetone / æ s ɪ t oʊ n /
n1
the simplest ketone;

- a highly flammable liquid widely used as an organic solvent and as material for making plastics;

- syn. dimethyl ketone, propanone;

acetone body
n1
a ketone that is an intermediate product of the breakdown of fats in the body;

- any of three compounds (acetoacetic acid, acetone, and/or beta-hydroxybutyric acid) found in excess in blood and urine of persons with metabolic disorders;

- syn. ketone body;

acetonemia
n1
an abnormal increase of ketone bodies in the blood as in diabetes mellitus;

- syn. ketonemia, ketosis;

acetonic / eɪ s t ɒ n ɪ k /
a1
of or relating to acetone;

acetonuria
n1
excessive amounts of ketone bodies in the urine as in diabetes mellitus or starvation;

- syn. ketoaciduria, ketonuria;

acetophenetidin
n1
a white crystalline compound used as an analgesic and also as an antipyretic;

- syn. acetphenetidin, phenacetin;

acetose / æ s ɪ t oʊ s /
a1
tasting or smelling like vinegar;

- syn. acetous, vinegarish, vinegary;

- sim. sour;

acetous / æ s ɪ t ə s /
a1
tasting or smelling like vinegar;

- syn. acetose, vinegarish, vinegary;

- sim. sour;

acetphenetidin
n1
a white crystalline compound used as an analgesic and also as an antipyretic;

- syn. acetophenetidin, phenacetin;

acetum
n1
a dilute solution of acetic acid that is used as a solvent (e.g. for a drug);

n2
sour-tasting liquid produced usually by oxidation of the alcohol in wine or cider and used as a condiment or food preservative;

- syn. vinegar;

acetyl / æ s ɪ t ɪ ɫ /
n1
the organic group of acetic acid (CH3CO-);

- syn. acetyl group, acetyl radical, ethanoyl group, ethanoyl radical;

acetyl chloride
n1
colorless liquid acyl chloride (CH3COCl) that has a pungent odor;

- syn. ethanoyl chloride;

acetyl group
n1
the organic group of acetic acid (CH3CO-);

- syn. acetyl, acetyl radical, ethanoyl group, ethanoyl radical;

acetyl radical
n1
the organic group of acetic acid (CH3CO-);

- syn. acetyl, acetyl group, ethanoyl group, ethanoyl radical;

acetylate
v1
receive substitution of an acetyl group;

- "the compounds acetylated";

- syn. acetylise, acetylize;

v2
introduce an acetyl group into (a chemical compound);

- syn. acetylise, acetylize;

acetylation
n1
the process of introducing an acetyl group into a compound;

- "the acetylation of cyclooxygenase-2 by aspirin";

acetylcholine
n1
a neurotransmitter that is a derivative of choline;

- released at the ends of nerve fibers in the somatic and parasympathetic nervous systems;

acetylene / ə s ɛ t ɪ ɫ i n /
n1
a colorless flammable gas used chiefly in welding and in organic synthesis;

- syn. alkyne, ethyne;

acetylenic / ə s ɛ t ɪ ɫ i n ɪ k /
a1
of or related to acetylene;

acetylic / æ s ɪ t ɪ ɫ ɪ k /
a1
of or related to acetic acid;

acetylise
v1
receive substitution of an acetyl group;

- "the compounds acetylated";

- syn. acetylate, acetylize;

v2
introduce an acetyl group into (a chemical compound);

- syn. acetylate, acetylize;

acetylize
v1
receive substitution of an acetyl group;

- "the compounds acetylated";

- syn. acetylate, acetylise;

v2
introduce an acetyl group into (a chemical compound);

- syn. acetylate, acetylise;

acetylsalicylic acid
n1
the acetylated derivative of salicylic acid;

- used as an analgesic anti-inflammatory drug (trade names Bayer, Empirin, and St. Joseph) usually taken in tablet form;

- used as an antipyretic;

- slows clotting of the blood by poisoning platelets;

- syn. Bayer, Empirin, St. Joseph, aspirin;

Achaea
n1
a region of ancient Greece on the north coast of the Peloponnese;

Achaean / ə k i ə n /
n1
a member of one of four linguistic divisions of the prehistoric Greeks;

- syn. Achaian;

n2
the ancient Greek inhabitants of Achaea;

- syn. Arcado-Cyprians;

a1
of or relating to Achaea or its ancient Greek people;

Achaian
n1
a member of one of four linguistic divisions of the prehistoric Greeks;

- syn. Achaean;

ache / eɪ tʃ , eɪ k /
n1
a dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain;

- syn. aching;

v1
feel physical pain;

- "Were you hurting after the accident?";

- syn. hurt, suffer;

v2
have a desire for something or someone who is not present;

- "She ached for a cigarette";

- "I am pining for my lover";

- syn. languish, pine, yearn, yen;

v3
be the source of pain;

- syn. hurt, smart;

achene
n1
small dry indehiscent fruit with the seed distinct from the fruit wall;

achenial
a1
pertaining to dry one-seeded indehiscent fruit;

Acheron
n1
(Greek mythology) a river in Hades across which the souls of the dead were carried by Charon;

- syn. River Acheron;

Acheronian
a1
dark and dismal as of the rivers Acheron and Styx in Hades;

- "in the depths of an Acheronian forest";

- "upon those roseate lips a Stygian hue"-Wordsworth;

- syn. Acherontic, Stygian;

- sim. dark;

Acherontia
n1
death's-head moth;

- syn. genus Acherontia;

Acherontia atropos
n1
European hawkmoth with markings on the back resembling a human skull;

- syn. death's-head moth;

Acherontic
a1
dark and dismal as of the rivers Acheron and Styx in Hades;

- "in the depths of an Acheronian forest";

- "upon those roseate lips a Stygian hue"-Wordsworth;

- syn. Acheronian, Stygian;

- sim. dark;

Acheson / eɪ tʃ s ʌ n /
n1
United States statesman who promoted the Marshall Plan and helped establish NATO (1893-1971);

- syn. Dean Acheson, Dean Gooderham Acheson;

Acheson process
n1
an industrial process for making graphite by heating a mixture of coke and clay;

Acheta
n1
common house and field crickets;

- syn. genus Acheta;

Acheta assimilis
n1
common American black cricket;

- attacks crops and also enters dwellings;

- syn. field cricket;

Acheta domestica
n1
lives in human dwellings;

- naturalized in parts of America;

- syn. European house cricket;

achievability / ə tʃ i v ə b ɪ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
the state of being achievable;

- syn. attainability, attainableness;

achievable / ə tʃ i v ə b ɫ /
a1
capable of existing or taking place or proving true;

- possible to do;

- syn. accomplishable, doable, manageable, realizable;

- sim. possible;

achieve / ə tʃ i v /
v1
to gain with effort;

- "she achieved her goal despite setbacks";

- syn. accomplish, attain, reach;

achievement / ə tʃ i v m ə n t /
n1
the action of accomplishing something;

- syn. accomplishment;

achiever / ə tʃ i v ə , ə tʃ i v ə ɹ /
n1
a person with a record of successes;

- "his son would never be the achiever that his father was";

- "only winners need apply";

- "if you want to be a success you have to dress like a success";

- syn. succeeder, success, winner;

Achille Ratti
n1
pope who signed a treaty with Mussolini recognizing the Vatican City as an independent state (1857-1939);

- syn. Ambrogio Damiano Achille Ratti, Pius XI;

achillea
n1
any of several plants of the genus Achillea native to Europe and having small white flowers in flat-topped flower heads;

Achillea millefolium
n1
ubiquitous strong-scented mat-forming Eurasian herb of wasteland, hedgerow or pasture having narrow serrate leaves and small usually white florets;

- widely naturalized in North America;

- syn. milfoil, yarrow;

Achillea ptarmica
n1
Eurasian herb having loose heads of button-shaped white flowers and long grey-green leaves that cause sneezing when powdered;

- syn. sneezeweed yarrow, sneezewort;

Achilles / ə k ɪ ɫ i z /
n1
a mythical Greek hero of the Iliad;

- a foremost Greek warrior at the siege of Troy;

- when he was a baby his mother tried to make him immortal by bathing him in a magical river but the heel by which she held him remained vulnerable--his `Achilles' heel';

Achilles' heel
n1
a seemingly small but actual mortal weakness;

Achilles tendon
n1
a large tendon that runs from the heel to the calf;

- syn. tendon of Achilles;

achimenes
n1
any plant of the genus Achimenes having showy bell-shaped flowers that resemble gloxinias;

- syn. hot water plant;

aching / eɪ k ɪ ŋ /
n1
a dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain;

- syn. ache;

a1
causing a dull and steady pain;

- "my aching head";

- "her old achy joints";

- syn. achy;

- sim. painful;

achira
n1
canna grown especially for its edible rootstock from which arrowroot starch is obtained;

- syn. Canna edulis, Canna indica, arrowroot, indian shot;

achlamydeous
a1
not having a floral envelope or perianth;

achlorhydria
n1
an abnormal deficiency or absence of free hydrochloric acid in the gastric juice;

- often associated with severe anemias and cancer of the stomach;

achlorhydric
a1
lacking hydrochloric acid;

Achmad Sukarno
n1
Indonesian statesman who obtained the independence of Indonesia from the Netherlands in 1949 and served as president until ousted by Suharto in a coup d'etat (1901-1970);

- syn. Sukarno;

Achoerodus
n1
a genus of Labridae;

- syn. genus Achoerodus;

Achoerodus gouldii
n1
found around the Great Barrier Reef;

- syn. giant pigfish, pigfish;

acholia
n1
a condition in which little or no bile is secreted or the flow of bile into the digestive tract is obstructed;

- syn. cholestasis;

Achomawi
n1
a member of the Achomawi community of northeastern California;

n2
a community of Native Americans who speak a Hokan language and live in northeastern California;

n3
the Shastan language spoken by the Achomawi;

achondrite
n1
a stony meteor lacking chondrules;

achondritic
a1
of or related to an achondrite;

a2
not having a granular structure;

achondroplasia
n1
an inherited skeletal disorder beginning before birth;

- cartilage is converted to bone resulting in dwarfism;

- syn. achondroplasty, chondrodystrophy, osteosclerosis congenita;

achondroplastic
a1
of or relating to achondroplasia;

achondroplasty
n1
an inherited skeletal disorder beginning before birth;

- cartilage is converted to bone resulting in dwarfism;

- syn. achondroplasia, chondrodystrophy, osteosclerosis congenita;

Achras
n1
tropical trees having papery leaves and large fruit;

- syn. genus Achras;

Achras zapota
n1
large tropical American evergreen yielding chicle gum and edible fruit;

- sometimes placed in genus Achras;

- syn. Manilkara zapota, sapodilla, sapodilla tree;

achromasia
n1
unnatural lack of color in the skin (as from bruising or sickness or emotional distress);

- syn. lividity, lividness, luridness, paleness, pallidness, pallor, wanness;

achromatic / æ k ɹ oʊ m æ t ɪ k /
a1
having no hue;

- "neutral colors like black or white";

- syn. neutral;

- also colorless;

- sim. argent, ash-grey, black-grey, blackish, blue-black, blue-grey, blue-white, brown-black, brown-grey, canescent, chalky, charcoal, coal-black, cottony-white, dull-white, ebon, green-white, greenish-grey, grey, grey-black, grey-white, hueless, ink-black, iron-grey, lily-white, milk-white, olive-grey, oxford-grey, pearl grey, pearly, pinkish-white, purple-black, purple-white, red-grey, sable, silver-grey, silver-white, slate-black, slate-grey, snow-white, soot-black, violet-black, white-flowered, whitish, yellow-grey, yellow-white;

achromatic color
n1
a color lacking hue;

- white or grey or black;

- syn. achromatic colour;

achromatic colour
n1
a color lacking hue;

- white or grey or black;

- syn. achromatic color;

achromatic lens
n1
a compound lens system that forms an image free from chromatic aberration;

achromatic vision
n1
vision using the rods;

achromaticity
n1
the visual property of being without chromatic color;

- syn. achromatism, colorlessness, colourlessness;

achromatin
n1
the part of a cell nucleus that is relatively uncolored by stains or dyes;

achromatinic
a1
(of substance of a cell nucleus) not readily colored by stains;

achromatise / ə k ɹ oʊ m ə t ɪ s /
v1
remove color from;

- "achromatize the lenses";

- syn. achromatize;

achromatism / ə k ɹ oʊ m ə t ɪ z ə m /
n1
the visual property of being without chromatic color;

- syn. achromaticity, colorlessness, colourlessness;

achromatize / ə k ɹ oʊ m ə t aɪ z /
v1
remove color from;

- "achromatize the lenses";

- syn. achromatise;

achromatous / æ k ɹ oʊ m ə t ə s /
a1
having little or inadequate color;

- sim. uncolored;

achromia
n1
an absence of normal pigmentation especially in the skin (as in albinism) or in red blood cells;

achromic / æ k ɹ oʊ m ɪ k /
a1
having no color;

- syn. achromous;

- sim. uncolored;

achromous
a1
having no color;

- syn. achromic;

- sim. uncolored;

Achromycin
n1
an antibiotic (trade name Achromycin) derived from microorganisms of the genus Streptomyces and used broadly to treat infections;

- syn. tetracycline;

achy
a1
causing a dull and steady pain;

- "my aching head";

- "her old achy joints";

- syn. aching;

- sim. painful;

achylia
n1
absence of gastric juices (partial or complete);

- syn. achylia gastrica;

achylia gastrica
n1
absence of gastric juices (partial or complete);

- syn. achylia;

acicula
n1
a needlelike part or structure of a plant or animal or crystal;

- as a spine or bristle or crystal;

acicular
a1
narrow and long and pointed;

- as pine leaves;

- syn. acerate, acerose, needle-shaped;

- sim. simple;

aciculate
a1
related to plants or animals or crystals having aciculae or needlelike parts;

acid / æ s ɪ d /
n1
any of various water-soluble compounds having a sour taste and capable of turning litmus red and reacting with a base to form a salt;

n2
street name for lysergic acid diethylamide;

- syn. Elvis, Lucy in the sky with diamonds, Zen, back breaker, battery-acid, dose, dot, loony toons, pane, superman, window pane;

a1
harsh or corrosive in tone;

- "an acerbic tone piercing otherwise flowery prose";

- "a barrage of acid comments";

- "her acrid remarks make her many enemies";

- "bitter words";

- "blistering criticism";

- "caustic jokes about political assassination, talk-show hosts and medical ethics";

- "a sulfurous denunciation";

- "a vitriolic critique";

- syn. acerb, acerbic, acrid, bitter, blistering, caustic, sulfurous, sulphurous, virulent, vitriolic;

- sim. unpleasant;

a2
being sour to the taste;

- syn. acidic, acidulent, acidulous;

- sim. sour;

a3
having the characteristics of an acid;

- "an acid reaction";

- sim. acidic;

acid-base balance
n1
(physiology) the normal equilibrium between acids and alkalis in the body;

- "with a normal acid-base balance in the body the blood is slightly alkaline";

- syn. acid-base equilibrium;

acid-base equilibrium
n1
(physiology) the normal equilibrium between acids and alkalis in the body;

- "with a normal acid-base balance in the body the blood is slightly alkaline";

- syn. acid-base balance;

acid-base indicator
n1
an indicator that changes color on going from acidic to basic solutions;

acid-fast
a1
not easily decolorized by acid solutions;

- pertains to micro-organisms (especially the tubercle bacillus that causes tuberculosis);

- sim. impervious;

acid-forming
a1
yielding an acid in aqueous solution;

- sim. acidic;

acid-loving
a1
thriving in a relatively acidic environment (especially of plants requiring a pH well below 7);

- sim. acidophilic;

acid-tasting
a1
having a sour acidic taste;

- syn. sour-tasting;

- sim. tasty;

acid-wash
v1
wash with acid so as to achieve a bleached look;

- "acid-wash blue jeans";

acid anhydrides
n1
organic compounds that react with water to form an acid;

- syn. acyl anhydrides;

acid dye
n1
dye in which the chromophore is part of a negative ion;

acid halide
n1
organic compounds containing the group -COX where X is a halogen atom;

- syn. acyl halide;

acid head
n1
someone who takes LSD;

acid hydrogen
n1
a hydrogen atom in an acid that forms a positive ion when the acid dissociates;

- syn. acidic hydrogen;

acid precipitation
n1
rain containing acids that form in the atmosphere when industrial gas emissions (especially sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides) combine with water;

- syn. acid rain;

acid rain
n1
rain containing acids that form in the atmosphere when industrial gas emissions (especially sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides) combine with water;

- syn. acid precipitation;

acid rock
n1
a musical style that emerged in the 1960s;

- rock music inspired by or related to drug-induced experience;

- syn. psychedelic rock;

acid test
n1
a rigorous or crucial appraisal;

acid value
n1
(chemistry) the amount of free acid present in fat as measured by the milligrams of potassium hydroxide needed to neutralize it;

- "as the glycerides in fat slowly decompose the acid value increases";

acidemia
n1
a blood disorder characterized by an increased concentration of hydrogen ions in the blood (which falls below 7 on the pH scale);

acidic / ə s ɪ d ɪ k /
a1
being or containing an acid;

- of a solution having an excess of hydrogen atoms (having a pH of less than 7);

- sim. acid, acid-forming;

a2
being sour to the taste;

- syn. acid, acidulent, acidulous;

- sim. sour;

acidic hydrogen
n1
a hydrogen atom in an acid that forms a positive ion when the acid dissociates;

- syn. acid hydrogen;

acidification / ə s ɪ d ɪ f ɪ k eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the process of becoming acid or being converted into an acid;

acidify / ə s ɪ d ɪ f aɪ /
v1
make sour or more sour;

- syn. acetify, acidulate, sour;

v2
turn acidic;

- "the solution acetified";

- syn. acetify;

acidimetric
a1
involving or related to acidimetry;

acidimetry
n1
volumetric analysis using standard solutions of acids to measure the amount of a base present;

acidity / ə s ɪ d ɪ t i /
n1
the property of being acidic;

- syn. sour, sourness;

n2
the taste experience when something acidic is taken into the mouth;

- syn. acidulousness;

n3
pH values below 7;

acidophil
n1
an organism that thrives in a relatively acid environment;

- syn. acidophile;

acidophile
n1
an organism that thrives in a relatively acid environment;

- syn. acidophil;

acidophilic
a1
especially of some bacteria;

- growing well in an acid medium;

- syn. acidophilous, aciduric;

- sim. acid-loving;

acidophilous
a1
especially of some bacteria;

- growing well in an acid medium;

- syn. acidophilic, aciduric;

- sim. acid-loving;

acidophilus
n1
a bacterium that is used to make yogurt and to supplement probiotics;

- syn. Lactobacillus acidophilus;

acidophilus milk
n1
milk fermented by bacteria;

- used to treat gastrointestinal disorders;

acidosis / æ s ɪ d oʊ s ɪ s /
n1
abnormally high acidity (excess hydrogen-ion concentration) of the blood and other body tissues;

acidotic
a1
having or being characterized by acidosis;

acidulate / ə s ɪ d j ʊ ɫ eɪ t /
v1
make sour or more sour;

- syn. acetify, acidify, sour;

acidulent / ə s ɪ d j ʊ ɫ ə n t /
a1
being sour to the taste;

- syn. acid, acidic, acidulous;

- sim. sour;

acidulous / ə s ɪ d j ʊ ɫ ə s /
a1
being sour to the taste;

- syn. acid, acidic, acidulent;

- sim. sour;

acidulousness / ə s ɪ d j ʊ ɫ ə s n ɪ s /
n1
the taste experience when something acidic is taken into the mouth;

- syn. acidity;

aciduric
a1
especially of some bacteria;

- growing well in an acid medium;

- syn. acidophilic, acidophilous;

- sim. acid-loving;

acinar
a1
pertaining to one of the small sacs (as in a compound gland);

- syn. acinic, acinose, acinous;

a2
pertaining to the individual parts making up an aggregate fruit like a blackberry;

acinic
a1
pertaining to one of the small sacs (as in a compound gland);

- syn. acinar, acinose, acinous;

Acinonyx
n1
cheetahs;

- syn. genus Acinonyx;

Acinonyx jubatus
n1
long-legged spotted cat of Africa and southwestern Asia having nonretractile claws;

- the swiftest mammal;

- can be trained to run down game;

- syn. cheetah, chetah;

Acinos
n1
plants closely allied to the genera Satureja and Calamintha;

- syn. genus Acinos;

Acinos arvensis
n1
fragrant European mint having clusters of small violet-and-white flowers;

- naturalized especially in eastern North America;

- syn. Satureja acinos, basil balm, basil thyme, mother of thyme;

acinose
a1
pertaining to one of the small sacs (as in a compound gland);

- syn. acinar, acinic, acinous;

acinous
a1
pertaining to one of the small sacs (as in a compound gland);

- syn. acinar, acinic, acinose;

acinus
n1
one of the small drupes making up an aggregate or multiple fruit like a blackberry;

n2
one of the small sacs or saclike dilations in a compound gland;

Acipenser
n1
type genus of the Acipenseridae: sturgeons;

- syn. genus Acipenser;

Acipenser huso
n1
valuable source of caviar and isinglass;

- found in Black and Caspian seas;

- syn. beluga, hausen, white sturgeon;

Acipenser transmontanus
n1
food and game fish of marine and fresh waters of northwestern coast of North America;

- syn. Pacific sturgeon, Sacramento sturgeon, white sturgeon;

Acipenseridae
n1
sturgeons;

- syn. family Acipenseridae;

ack-ack / æ k æ k /
n1
artillery designed to shoot upward at airplanes;

- syn. ack-ack gun, antiaircraft, antiaircraft gun, flack, flak, pom-pom;

ack-ack gun
n1
artillery designed to shoot upward at airplanes;

- syn. ack-ack, antiaircraft, antiaircraft gun, flack, flak, pom-pom;

ackee
n1
red pear-shaped tropical fruit with poisonous seeds;

- flesh is poisonous when unripe or overripe;

- syn. akee;

acknowledge / ə k n ɒ ɫ ɪ dʒ /
v1
declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of;

- "He admitted his errors";

- "She acknowledged that she might have forgotten";

- syn. admit;

v2
report the receipt of;

- "The program committee acknowledged the submission of the authors of the paper";

- syn. receipt;

v3
express recognition of the presence or existence of, or acquaintance with;

- "He never acknowledges his colleagues when they run into him in the hallway";

- "She acknowledged his complement with a smile";

- "it is important to acknowledge the work of others in one's own writing";

- syn. notice;

v4
express obligation, thanks, or gratitude for;

- "We must acknowledge the kindness she showed towards us";

- syn. recognise, recognize;

v5
accept as legally binding and valid;

- "acknowledge the deed";

v6
accept (someone) to be what is claimed or accept his power and authority;

- "The Crown Prince was acknowledged as the true heir to the throne";

- "We do not recognize your gods";

- syn. know, recognise, recognize;

acknowledgeable / ə k n ɒ ɫ ɪ dʒ ə b ɫ /
a1
capable of being acknowledged;

- sim. identifiable;

acknowledged / ə k n ɒ ɫ ɪ dʒ d /
a1
recognized or made known or admitted;

- "the acknowledged leader of the community";

- "a woman of acknowledged accomplishments";

- "his acknowledged error";

- also known;

- sim. accepted, assumptive, declarable, given, putative, self-confessed;

a2
generally accepted;

- sim. unquestionable;

acknowledgement / ə k n ɒ ɫ ɪ dʒ m ə n t /
n1
the state or quality of being recognized or acknowledged;

- "the partners were delighted with the recognition of their work";

- "she seems to avoid much in the way of recognition or acknowledgement of feminist work prior to her own";

- syn. acknowledgment, recognition;

n2
a statement acknowledging something or someone;

- "she must have seen him but she gave no sign of acknowledgment";

- "the preface contained an acknowledgment of those who had helped her";

- syn. acknowledgment;

acknowledgment / ə k n ɒ ɫ ɪ dʒ m ə n t /
n1
the state or quality of being recognized or acknowledged;

- "the partners were delighted with the recognition of their work";

- "she seems to avoid much in the way of recognition or acknowledgement of feminist work prior to her own";

- syn. acknowledgement, recognition;

n2
a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage;

- "the student's essay failed to list several important citations";

- "the acknowledgments are usually printed at the front of a book";

- "the article includes mention of similar clinical cases";

- syn. citation, cite, credit, mention, quotation, reference;

n3
a statement acknowledging something or someone;

- "she must have seen him but she gave no sign of acknowledgment";

- "the preface contained an acknowledgment of those who had helped her";

- syn. acknowledgement;

ACLANT
n1
a major strategic headquarters of NATO located in the United States;

- is under the authority of the North Atlantic Council;

- syn. Allied Command Atlantic;

aclinic line
n1
an imaginary line paralleling the equator where a magnetic needle has no dip;

- syn. magnetic equator;

acme / æ k m i /
n1
the highest level or degree attainable;

- the highest stage of development;

- "his landscapes were deemed the acme of beauty";

- "the artist's gifts are at their acme";

- "at the height of her career";

- "the peak of perfection";

- "summer was at its peak";

- "...catapulted Einstein to the pinnacle of fame";

- "the summit of his ambition";

- "so many highest superlatives achieved by man";

- "at the top of his profession";

- syn. elevation, height, meridian, peak, pinnacle, summit, superlative, tiptop, top;

n2
the highest point (of something);

- "at the peak of the pyramid";

- syn. apex, peak, vertex;

acne / æ k n i /
n1
an inflammatory disease involving the sebaceous glands of the skin;

- characterized by papules or pustules or comedones;

acne rosacea
n1
a skin disease of adults (more often women) in which blood vessels of the face enlarge resulting in a flushed appearance;

- syn. rosacea;

acne vulgaris
n1
the most common form of acne;

- usually affects people from puberty to young adulthood;

acned / æ k n i d /
a1
(of complexion) blemished by imperfections of the skin;

- syn. pimpled, pimply, pustulate;

- sim. blemished;

acneiform
a1
resembling acne;

Acnidosporidia
n1
a subclass of Sporozoa;

- syn. subclass Acnidosporidia;

Acocanthera
n1
small genus of trees and shrubs containing strongly toxic cardiac glycosides;

- Arabia to Africa;

- syn. Acokanthera, genus Acocanthera, genus Acokanthera;

Acocanthera oblongifolia
n1
medium-sized shrubby tree of South Africa having thick leathery evergreen leaves and white or pink flowers and globose usually two-seeded purplish black fruits;

- syn. Acocanthera spectabilis, poison arrow plant, winter sweet;

Acocanthera oppositifolia
n1
evergreen shrub or tree of South Africa;

- syn. Acocanthera venenata, bushman's poison, ordeal tree;

Acocanthera spectabilis
n1
medium-sized shrubby tree of South Africa having thick leathery evergreen leaves and white or pink flowers and globose usually two-seeded purplish black fruits;

- syn. Acocanthera oblongifolia, poison arrow plant, winter sweet;

Acocanthera venenata
n1
evergreen shrub or tree of South Africa;

- syn. Acocanthera oppositifolia, bushman's poison, ordeal tree;

Acokanthera
n1
small genus of trees and shrubs containing strongly toxic cardiac glycosides;

- Arabia to Africa;

- syn. Acocanthera, genus Acocanthera, genus Acokanthera;

acold
a1
of persons;

- feeling cold;

- "Poor Tom's acold"- Shakespeare;

- sim. cold;

acolyte / æ k ə ɫ aɪ t /
n1
someone who assists a priest or minister in a liturgical service;

- a cleric ordained in the highest of the minor orders in the Roman Catholic Church but not in the Anglican Church or the Eastern Orthodox Churches;

Aconcagua
n1
the highest mountain in the western hemisphere;

- located in the Andes in western Argentina (22,834 feet high);

aconite / æ k ə n aɪ t /
n1
any of various usually poisonous plants of the genus Aconitum having tuberous roots and palmately lobed leaves and blue or white flowers;

Aconitum / æ k ə n aɪ t ə m /
n1
genus of poisonous plants of temperate regions of northern hemisphere with a vaulted and enlarged petal;

- syn. genus Aconitum;

Aconitum lycoctonum
n1
poisonous Eurasian perennial herb with broad rounded leaves and yellow flowers and fibrous rootstock;

- syn. wolf's bane, wolfbane, wolfsbane;

Aconitum napellus
n1
a poisonous herb native to northern Europe having hooded blue-purple flowers;

- the dried leaves and roots yield aconite;

- syn. helmet flower, helmetflower, monkshood;

Acoraceae
n1
used in some classifications for the genus Acorus which is usually assigned to Araceae;

- syn. subfamily Acoraceae;

acorea
n1
absence of the pupil in an eye;

Acores
n1
islands in the Atlantic Ocean belonging to Portugal;

- "the Azores are strategically located on transatlantic air and shipping routes";

- syn. Azores;

acorn / eɪ k ɔ n /
n1
fruit of the oak tree: a smooth thin-walled nut in a woody cup-shaped base;

acorn-shaped
a1
shaped like an acorn;

- sim. formed;

acorn barnacle
n1
barnacle that attaches to rocks especially in intertidal zones;

- syn. Balanus balanoides, rock barnacle;

acorn cup
n1
cup-shaped structure of hardened bracts at the base of an acorn;

- syn. cupule;

acorn squash
n1
squash plant bearing small acorn-shaped fruits having yellow flesh and dark green or yellow rind with longitudinal ridges;

n2
small dark green or yellow ribbed squash with yellow to orange flesh;

acorn tube
n1
a small vacuum tube;

- used at high frequencies;

Acorus
n1
sweet flags;

- sometimes placed in subfamily Acoraceae;

- syn. genus Acorus;

Acorus calamus
n1
perennial marsh plant having swordlike leaves and aromatic roots;

- syn. calamus, flagroot, myrtle flag, sweet calamus, sweet flag;

acousma
n1
illusory auditory perception of strange nonverbal sounds;

- syn. auditory hallucination;

acoustic / ə k u s t ɪ k /
n1
a remedy for hearing loss or deafness;

a1
of or relating to the science of acoustics;

- "acoustic properties of a hall";

- syn. acoustical;

acoustic aphasia
n1
an impairment in understanding spoken language that is not attributable to hearing loss;

- syn. auditory aphasia, word deafness;

acoustic buoy
n1
a buoy that can be heard (at night);

acoustic delay line
n1
a delay line based on the time of propagation of sound waves;

- syn. sonic delay line;

acoustic device
n1
a device for amplifying or transmitting sound;

acoustic gramophone
n1
an antique record player;

- the sound of the vibrating needle is amplified acoustically;

- syn. gramophone;

acoustic guitar
n1
sound is not amplified by electrical means;

acoustic impedance
n1
opposition to the flow of sound through a surface;

- acoustic resistance is the real component of acoustic impedance and acoustic reactance is the imaginary component;

- syn. acoustic reactance, acoustic resistance;

acoustic meatus
n1
either of the passages in the outer ear from the auricle to the tympanic membrane;

- syn. auditory canal, auditory meatus, ear canal, external auditory canal;

acoustic modem
n1
a modem that converts electrical signals to telephone tones and back again;

acoustic nerve
n1
a composite sensory nerve supplying the hair cells of the vestibular organ and the hair cells of the cochlea;

- syn. auditory nerve, eighth cranial nerve, nervus vestibulocochlearis, vestibulocochlear nerve;

acoustic phenomenon
n1
a physical phenomenon associated with the production or transmission of sound;

acoustic power
n1
the physical intensity of sound;

- syn. sound pressure level;

acoustic projection
n1
the acoustic phenomenon that gives sound a penetrating quality;

- "our ukuleles have been designed to have superior sound and projection";

- "a prime ingredient of public speaking is projection of the voice";

- syn. projection, sound projection;

acoustic radiation pressure
n1
(acoustics) the pressure exerted on a surface normal to the direction of propagation of a sound wave;

acoustic reactance
n1
opposition to the flow of sound through a surface;

- acoustic resistance is the real component of acoustic impedance and acoustic reactance is the imaginary component;

- syn. acoustic impedance, acoustic resistance;

acoustic resistance
n1
opposition to the flow of sound through a surface;

- acoustic resistance is the real component of acoustic impedance and acoustic reactance is the imaginary component;

- syn. acoustic impedance, acoustic reactance;

acoustic spectrum
n1
the distribution of energy as a function of frequency for a particular sound source;

- syn. sound spectrum;

acoustic storage
n1
a storage device consisting of acoustic delay lines;

acoustic wave
n1
(acoustics) a wave that transmits sound;

- syn. sound wave;

acoustical / ə k u s t ɪ k ə ɫ /
a1
of or relating to the science of acoustics;

- "acoustic properties of a hall";

- syn. acoustic;

acoustically / ə k u s t ɪ k ɫ i /
r1
with respect to acoustics;

- "acoustically ill-equipped studios";

acoustician / ə k u s t ɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
a physicist who specializes in acoustics;

acousticophobia
n1
a morbid fear of sounds including your own voice;

- syn. phonophobia;

acoustics / ə k u s t ɪ k s /
n1
the study of the physical properties of sound;

acquaint / ə k w eɪ n t /
v1
cause to come to know personally;

- "permit me to acquaint you with my son";

- "introduce the new neighbors to the community";

- syn. introduce, present;

v2
make familiar or conversant with;

- "you should acquaint yourself with your new computer";

- "We familiarized ourselves with the new surroundings";

- syn. familiarise, familiarize;

v3
inform;

- "Please acquaint your colleagues of your plans to move";

acquaintance / ə k w eɪ n t ə n s /
n1
personal knowledge or information about someone or something;

- syn. conversance, conversancy, familiarity;

n2
a relationship less intimate than friendship;

- syn. acquaintanceship;

n3
a person with whom you are acquainted;

- "I have trouble remembering the names of all my acquaintances";

- "we are friends of the family";

- syn. friend;

acquaintanceship / ə k w eɪ n t ə n ʃ ɪ p /
n1
a relationship less intimate than friendship;

- syn. acquaintance;

acquainted / ə k w eɪ n t ɪ d /
a1
having fair knowledge of;

- "they were acquainted";

- "fully acquainted with the facts";

- sim. familiar;

acquiesce / æ k w ɪ ɛ s /
v1
to agree or express agreement;

- "The Maestro assented to the request for an encore";

- syn. accede, assent;

acquiescence / æ k w ɪ ɛ s n s /
n1
acceptance without protest;

n2
agreement with a statement or proposal to do something;

- "he gave his assent eagerly";

- "a murmur of acquiescence from the assembly";

- syn. assent;

acquiescent / æ k w ɪ ɛ s n t /
a1
willing to carry out the orders or wishes of another without protest;

- "too acquiescent to challenge authority";

- "a gentle, biddable soul";

- syn. biddable;

- sim. obedient;

acquirable / ə k w aɪ ə ɹ ə b ɫ /
a1
capable of being acquired;

- sim. available;

acquire / ə k w aɪ ə , ə k w aɪ ə ɹ /
v1
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract;

- "She got a lot of paintings from her uncle";

- "They acquired a new pet";

- "Get your results the next day";

- "Get permission to take a few days off from work";

- syn. get;

v2
take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect;

- "His voice took on a sad tone";

- "The story took a new turn";

- "he adopted an air of superiority";

- "She assumed strange manners";

- "The gods assume human or animal form in these fables";

- syn. adopt, assume, take, take on;

v3
come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes);

- "He grew a beard";

- "The patient developed abdominal pains";

- "I got funny spots all over my body";

- "Well-developed breasts";

- syn. develop, get, grow, produce;

v4
locate (a moving entity) by means of a tracking system such as radar;

v5
win something through one's efforts;

- "I acquired a passing knowledge of Chinese";

- "Gain an understanding of international finance";

- "win someone's confidence and friendship";

- syn. gain, win;

v6
gain knowledge or skills;

- "She learned dancing from her sister";

- "I learned Sanskrit";

- "Children acquire language at an amazing rate";

- syn. larn, learn;

v7
gain through experience;

- "I acquired a strong aversion to television";

- "Children must develop a sense of right and wrong";

- "Dave developed leadership qualities in his new position";

- "develop a passion for painting";

- syn. develop, evolve;

acquired / ə k w aɪ ə d /
a1
gotten through environmental forces;

- "acquired characteristics (such as a suntan or a broken nose) cannot be passed on";

- sim. noninheritable;

acquired hemochromatosis
n1
hemochromatosis resulting from repeated transfusions or from excessive intake of foods containing iron;

acquired immune deficiency syndrome
n1
a serious (often fatal) disease of the immune system transmitted through blood products especially by sexual contact or contaminated needles;

- syn. AIDS;

acquired immunity
n1
immunity to a particular disease that is not innate but has been acquired during life;

- immunity can be acquired by the development of antibodies after an attack of an infectious disease or by a pregnant mother passing antibodies through the placenta to a fetus or by vaccination;

acquired reflex
n1
an acquired response that is under the control of (conditional on the occurrence of) a stimulus;

- syn. conditional reaction, conditional reflex, conditional response, conditioned reaction, conditioned reflex, conditioned response;

acquired taste
n1
a preference that is only acquired after considerable experience;

- "martinis are an acquired taste";

acquirement / ə k w aɪ ə m ə n t /
n1
an ability that has been acquired by training;

- syn. accomplishment, acquisition, attainment, skill;

acquirer / ə k w aɪ ə ax , ə k w aɪ ə ax ɹ , ə k w aɪ ə ɹ ə , ə k w aɪ ə ɹ ə ɹ /
n1
a person who acquires something (usually permanently);

n2
a corporation gaining financial control over another corporation or financial institution through a payment in cash or an exchange of stock;

n3
the financial institution that dispenses cash in automated teller machines and collects a fee from the bank that issued the credit card;

n4
a credit card processing bank;

- merchants receive credit for credit card receipts less a processing fee;

- syn. merchant bank;

acquiring / ə k w aɪ ə ɹ ɪ ŋ /
n1
the act of acquiring something;

- "I envied his talent for acquiring";

- "he's much more interested in the getting than in the giving";

- syn. getting;

acquisition / æ k w ɪ z ɪ ʃ n /
n1
the act of contracting or assuming or acquiring possession of something;

- "the acquisition of wealth";

- "the acquisition of one company by another";

n2
something acquired;

- "a recent acquisition by the museum";

n3
the cognitive process of acquiring skill or knowledge;

- "the child's acquisition of language";

- syn. learning;

n4
an ability that has been acquired by training;

- syn. accomplishment, acquirement, attainment, skill;

acquisition agreement
n1
contract governing the merger of two or more companies;

- syn. merger agreement;

acquisitive / ə k w ɪ z ə t ɪ v /
a1
eager to acquire and possess things especially material possessions or ideas;

- "an acquisitive mind";

- "an acquisitive society in which the craving for material things seems never satisfied";

- sim. accumulative, avaricious, plundering, possessive, predaceous, rapacious, sordid;

acquisitiveness / ə k w ɪ z ə t ɪ v n ə s /
n1
strong desire to acquire and possess;

acquit / ə k w ɪ t /
v1
pronounce not guilty of criminal charges;

- "The suspect was cleared of the murder charges";

- syn. assoil, clear, discharge, exculpate, exonerate;

v2
behave in a certain manner;

- "She carried herself well";

- "he bore himself with dignity";

- "They conducted themselves well during these difficult times";

- syn. bear, behave, carry, comport, conduct, deport;

acquittal / ə k w ɪ t ɫ /
n1
a judgment of not guilty;

acquittance / ə k w ɪ t n s /
n1
a legal document evidencing the discharge of a debt or obligation;

- syn. release;

acquitted / ə k w ɪ t ɪ d /
a1
declared not guilty of a specific offense or crime;

- legally blameless;

- "he stands acquitted on all charges";

- "the jury found him not guilty by reason of insanity";

- syn. not guilty;

- sim. innocent;

Acragas
n1
a town in Italy in southwestern Sicily near the coast;

- the site of six Greek temples;

- syn. Agrigento;

Acrasiomycetes
n1
cellular slime molds;

- in some classifications placed in kingdom Protoctista;

- syn. class Acrasiomycetes;

acre / eɪ k ə , eɪ k ə ɹ /
n1
a unit of area (4840 square yards) used in English-speaking countries;

n2
a territory of western Brazil bordering on Bolivia and Peru;

n3
a town and port in northwestern Israel in the eastern Mediterranean;

- syn. Accho, Akka, Akko;

acre-foot
n1
the volume of water that would cover 1 acre to a depth of 1 foot;

- 43,560 cubic feet or 1233.5 cubic meters;

acre inch
n1
one twelfth of an acre-foot;

acreage / eɪ k ə ɹ ɪ dʒ /
n1
an area of ground used for some particular purpose (such as building or farming);

- "he wanted some acreage to build on";

- syn. land area;

acres / eɪ k ə z /
n1
extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use;

- "the family owned a large estate on Long Island";

- syn. demesne, estate, land, landed estate;

acrid / æ k ɹ ɪ d /
a1
strong and sharp;

- "the pungent taste of radishes";

- "the acrid smell of burning rubber";

- syn. pungent;

- sim. tasty;

a2
harsh or corrosive in tone;

- "an acerbic tone piercing otherwise flowery prose";

- "a barrage of acid comments";

- "her acrid remarks make her many enemies";

- "bitter words";

- "blistering criticism";

- "caustic jokes about political assassination, talk-show hosts and medical ethics";

- "a sulfurous denunciation";

- "a vitriolic critique";

- syn. acerb, acerbic, acid, bitter, blistering, caustic, sulfurous, sulphurous, virulent, vitriolic;

- sim. unpleasant;

acridid
n1
grasshopper with short antennae;

- syn. short-horned grasshopper;

Acrididae
n1
short-horned grasshoppers;

- true locusts;

- syn. Locustidae, family Acrididae, family Locustidae;

acridity / æ k ɹ ɪ d ɪ t i /
n1
having an acrid smell;

n2
extreme bitterness;

- "the acridity of alkali";

- syn. acridness;

n3
the quality of being sharply disagreeable in language or tone;

- syn. acridness;

acridness / æ k ɹ ɪ d n ə s /
n1
extreme bitterness;

- "the acridity of alkali";

- syn. acridity;

n2
the quality of being sharply disagreeable in language or tone;

- syn. acridity;

Acridotheres
n1
mynas;

- syn. genus Acridotheres;

Acridotheres tristis
n1
dark brown crested bird of southeastern Asia;

- syn. crested myna;

Acrilan
n1
acrylic resin used to make a strong soft crease-resistant fabric (trade name Acrilan);

- syn. polypropenonitrile;

acrimonious / æ k ɹ ɪ m oʊ n ɪə s /
a1
marked by strong resentment or cynicism;

- "an acrimonious dispute";

- "bitter about the divorce";

- syn. bitter;

- sim. resentful;

acrimony / æ k ɹ ɪ m ə n i /
n1
a rough and bitter manner;

- syn. acerbity, bitterness, jaundice, tartness, thorniness;

Acris
n1
cricket frogs;

- syn. genus Acris;

Acris crepitans
n1
a cricket frog of eastern and central United States;

- syn. northern cricket frog;

Acris gryllus
n1
a cricket frog of eastern United States;

- syn. eastern cricket frog;

acritical / æ k ɹ ɪ t ɪ k ə ɫ /
a1
without a crisis (as of some diseases);

- sim. noncritical;

acroanaesthesia
n1
loss of sensation in the extremities;

- syn. acroanesthesia;

acroanesthesia
n1
loss of sensation in the extremities;

- syn. acroanaesthesia;

acrobat / æ k ɹ ə b æ t /
n1
an athlete who performs acts requiring skill and agility and coordination;

Acrobates / æ k ɹ ə b æ t s /
n1
a genus of Phalangeridae;

- syn. genus Acrobates;

acrobatic / æ k ɹ ə b æ t ɪ k /
a1
vigorously active;

- "an acrobatic dance";

- "an athletic child";

- "athletic playing";

- "gymnastic exercises";

- syn. athletic, gymnastic;

- sim. active;

acrobatic feat
n1
a stunt performed by an acrobat;

- syn. acrobatic stunt;

acrobatic stunt
n1
a stunt performed by an acrobat;

- syn. acrobatic feat;

acrobatics / æ k ɹ ə b æ t ɪ k s /
n1
the gymnastic moves of an acrobat;

- syn. tumbling;

n2
the performance of stunts while in flight in an aircraft;

- syn. aerobatics, stunt flying, stunting;

acrocarp
n1
a moss in which the main axis is terminated by the archegonium (and hence the capsule);

- syn. acrocarpous moss;

acrocarpous
a1
(of mosses) having the archegonia at the top of the stem;

acrocarpous moss
n1
a moss in which the main axis is terminated by the archegonium (and hence the capsule);

- syn. acrocarp;

Acrocarpus
n1
small genus of trees of Indonesia and Malaysia;

- syn. genus Acrocarpus;

Acrocarpus fraxinifolius
n1
East Indian timber tree with hard durable wood used especially for tea boxes;

- syn. shingle tree;

acrocentric
a1
having a subterminal centromere;

- "an acrocentric chromosome";

acrocentric chromosome
n1
a chromosome with the centromere near one end so that one chromosomal arm is short and one is long;

Acrocephalus
n1
a genus of Sylviidae;

- syn. genus Acrocephalus;

Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
n1
small European warbler that breeds among reeds and wedges and winters in Africa;

- syn. reedbird, sedge bird, sedge warbler, sedge wren;

acrocephaly
n1
a congenital abnormality of the skull;

- the top of the skull assumes a cone shape;

- syn. oxycephaly;

Acroclinium
n1
genus of herbs and shrubs of Australia and South Africa: everlasting flower;

- most species usually placed in genus Helipterum;

- syn. genus Acroclinium;

Acroclinium roseum
n1
flower of southwestern Australia having bright pink daisylike papery flowers;

- grown for drying;

- syn. pink-and-white everlasting, pink paper daisy;

Acrocomia
n1
Central and South American feather palms;

- syn. genus Acrocomia;

Acrocomia aculeata
n1
tropical American feather palm having a swollen spiny trunk and edible nuts;

- syn. gri-gri, grugru, grugru palm, macamba;

Acrocomia vinifera
n1
tropical American palm having edible nuts and yielding a useful fiber;

- syn. coyol, coyol palm;

acrocyanosis
n1
cyanosis of the extremities;

- can occur when a spasm of the blood vessels is caused by exposure to cold or by strong emotion;

- syn. Raynaud's sign;

acrodont
n1
an animal having teeth consolidated with the summit of the alveolar ridge without sockets;

acrogen
n1
any flowerless plant such as a fern (pteridophyte) or moss (bryophyte) in which growth occurs only at the tip of the main stem;

acrogenic
a1
pertaining to flowerless plants (ferns or mosses) in which growth occurs only at the tip of the main stem;

- syn. acrogenous;

acrogenous
a1
pertaining to flowerless plants (ferns or mosses) in which growth occurs only at the tip of the main stem;

- syn. acrogenic;

acrolein
n1
a pungent colorless unsaturated liquid aldehyde made from propene;

- syn. propenal;

acromegalia
n1
enlargement of bones of hands and feet and face;

- often accompanied by headache and muscle pain and emotional disturbances;

- caused by overproduction of growth hormone by the anterior pituitary gland (due to a tumor);

- syn. acromegaly;

acromegalic
a1
marked or affected by enlargement or hypertrophy of the extremities or the face;

- "a protruding acromegalic jaw";

- sim. unshapely;

acromegaly
n1
enlargement of bones of hands and feet and face;

- often accompanied by headache and muscle pain and emotional disturbances;

- caused by overproduction of growth hormone by the anterior pituitary gland (due to a tumor);

- syn. acromegalia;

acromial process
n1
the outermost point of the spine of the shoulder blade;

- syn. acromion;

acromicria
n1
abnormally small extremities (underdeveloped fingers and toes);

- syn. acromikria;

acromikria
n1
abnormally small extremities (underdeveloped fingers and toes);

- syn. acromicria;

acromion
n1
the outermost point of the spine of the shoulder blade;

- syn. acromial process;

acromphalus
n1
abnormal protrusion of the navel;

- sometimes the start of umbilical hernia;

acromyotonia
n1
myotonia of the extremities only;

- causes spastic deformity of the hand or foot;

acronym / æ k ɹ ə n ɪ m /
n1
a word formed from the initial letters of the several words in the name and pronounced as one word;

- "`NATO' is an initialism for North Atlantic Treaty Organization";

- "the word `scuba' is an acronym for s(elf)-c(ontained) u(nderwater) b(reathing) a(pparatus)";

- syn. initialism;

acronymic / æ k ɹ ə n ɪ m ɪ k /
a1
characterized by the use of acronyms;

- syn. acronymous;

acronymous / æ k ɹ ə n ɪ m ə s /
a1
characterized by the use of acronyms;

- syn. acronymic;

acropetal
a1
of leaves or flowers;

- developing or opening in succession from base to apex;

acrophobia
n1
a morbid fear of great heights;

acrophobic
a1
suffering from acrophobia;

- abnormally afraid of high places;

- sim. afraid;

acrophony
n1
naming a letter of the alphabet by using a word whose initial sound is the sound represented by that letter;

acropolis / ə k ɹ ɒ p ə ɫ ɪ s /
n1
the citadel in ancient Greek towns;

Acropora
n1
coelenterate genus of order Madreporaria, including staghorn corals;

- syn. genus Acropora;

acroscopic
a1
facing or on the side toward the apex;

acrosome
n1
a process at the anterior end of a sperm cell that produces enzymes to facilitate penetration of the egg;

across / ə k ɹ ɒ s /
r1
to the opposite side;

- "the football field was 300 feet across";

r2
transversely;

- "the marble slabs were cut across";

- syn. crossways, crosswise;

across-the-board
a1
broad in scope or content;

- "across-the-board pay increases";

- "an all-embracing definition";

- "blanket sanctions against human-rights violators";

- "an invention with broad applications";

- "a panoptic study of Soviet nationality"- T.G.Winner;

- "granted him wide powers";

- syn. all-embracing, all-encompassing, all-inclusive, blanket, broad, encompassing, extensive, panoptic, wide;

- sim. comprehensive;

across the board
r1
including all;

- "we got a pay raise across the board";

across the country
r1
extending throughout an entire nation;

- "nationally advertised";

- "it was broadcast nationwide";

- syn. across the nation, nationally, nationwide;

across the nation
r1
extending throughout an entire nation;

- "nationally advertised";

- "it was broadcast nationwide";

- syn. across the country, nationally, nationwide;

acrostic / ə k ɹ ɒ s t ɪ k /
n1
a puzzle where you fill a square grid with words reading the same down as across;

- syn. word square;

n2
verse in which certain letters such as the first in each line form a word or message;

Acrostichum
n1
in some classification systems placed in family Polypodiaceae;

- syn. genus Acrostichum;

Acrostichum aureum
n1
stout tropical swamp fern (especially tropical America) having large fronds with golden yellow sporangia covering the undersides;

- syn. golden fern, leather fern;

acrylamide
n1
a white crystalline amide of propenoic acid can damage the nervous system and is carcinogenic in laboratory animals;

- "they claimed that acrylamide is produced when certain carbohydrates are baked or fried at high temperatures";

acrylate
n1
a salt or ester of propenoic acid;

- syn. propenoate;

acrylate resin
n1
a glassy thermoplastic;

- can be cast and molded or used in coatings and adhesives;

- syn. acrylic, acrylic resin;

acrylic / ə k ɹ ɪ ɫ ɪ k /
n1
polymerized from acrylonitrile;

- syn. acrylic fiber;

n2
a glassy thermoplastic;

- can be cast and molded or used in coatings and adhesives;

- syn. acrylate resin, acrylic resin;

n3
used especially by artists;

- syn. acrylic paint;

n4
a synthetic fabric;

acrylic acid
n1
an unsaturated liquid carboxylic acid used in the manufacture of acrylic resins;

- syn. propenoic acid;

acrylic fiber
n1
polymerized from acrylonitrile;

- syn. acrylic;

acrylic paint
n1
used especially by artists;

- syn. acrylic;

acrylic resin
n1
a glassy thermoplastic;

- can be cast and molded or used in coatings and adhesives;

- syn. acrylate resin, acrylic;

acrylonitrile
n1
a colorless liquid unsaturated nitrile made from propene;

- syn. propenonitrile, vinyl cyanide;

acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene
n1
any of a class of composite plastics used to make car bodies and cases for computers and other appliances;

- syn. ABS;

act / æ k t /
n1
a legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body;

- syn. enactment;

n2
something that people do or cause to happen;

- syn. deed, human action, human activity;

n3
a subdivision of a play or opera or ballet;

n4
a short performance that is part of a longer program;

- "he did his act three times every evening";

- "she had a catchy little routine";

- "it was one of the best numbers he ever did";

- syn. bit, number, routine, turn;

n5
a manifestation of insincerity;

- "he put on quite an act for her benefit";

v1
perform an action, or work out or perform (an action);

- "think before you act";

- "We must move quickly";

- "The governor should act on the new energy bill";

- "The nanny acted quickly by grabbing the toddler and covering him with a wet towel";

- syn. move;

- also act on, act up, act upon;

v2
behave in a certain manner;

- show a certain behavior;

- conduct or comport oneself;

- "You should act like an adult";

- "Don't behave like a fool";

- "What makes her do this way?";

- "The dog acts ferocious, but he is really afraid of people";

- syn. behave, do;

- also act up;

v3
play a role or part;

- "Gielgud played Hamlet";

- "She wants to act Lady Macbeth, but she is too young for the role";

- "She played the servant to her husband's master";

- syn. play, represent;

v4
discharge one's duties;

- "She acts as the chair";

- "In what capacity are you acting?";

v5
pretend to have certain qualities or state of mind;

- "He acted the idiot";

- "She plays deaf when the news are bad";

- syn. act as, play;

v6
be suitable for theatrical performance;

- "This scene acts well";

v7
have an effect or outcome;

- often the one desired or expected;

- "The voting process doesn't work as well as people thought";

- "How does your idea work in practice?";

- "This method doesn't work";

- "The breaks of my new car act quickly";

- "The medicine works only if you take it with a lot of water";

- syn. work;

v8
be engaged in an activity, often for no particular purpose other than pleasure;

v9
behave unnaturally or affectedly;

- "She's just acting";

- syn. dissemble, pretend;

v10
perform on a stage or theater;

- "She acts in this play";

- "He acted in `Julius Caesar'";

- "I played in `A Christmas Carol'";

- syn. play, playact, roleplay;

act as
v1
function as or act like;

- "This heap of stones will act as a barrier";

v2
pretend to have certain qualities or state of mind;

- "He acted the idiot";

- "She plays deaf when the news are bad";

- syn. act, play;

act involuntarily
v1
act in an uncontrolled manner;

- syn. act reflexively;

act of God
n1
a natural and unavoidable catastrophe that interrupts the expected course of events;

- "he discovered that his house was not insured against acts of God";

- syn. force majeure, inevitable accident, unavoidable casualty, vis major;

act of terrorism
n1
the calculated use of violence (or the threat of violence) against civilians in order to attain goals that are political or religious or ideological in nature;

- this is done through intimidation or coercion or instilling fear;

- syn. terrorism, terrorist act;

act on
v1
carry further or advance;

- "Can you act on this matter soon?";

- syn. follow up on, pursue;

v2
regulate one's behavior in accordance with certain information, ideas, or advice;

- "The Founding Fathers acted on certain moral principles";

act out
v1
represent an incident, state, or emotion by action, especially on stage;

- "She could act neurotic anxiety";

v2
act out;

- represent or perform as if in a play;

- "She reenacted what had happened earlier that day";

- syn. enact, reenact;

act reflexively
v1
act in an uncontrolled manner;

- syn. act involuntarily;

act superior
v1
act like the master of;

- "He is lording it over the students";

- syn. lord it over, put on airs, queen it over;

act up
v1
misbehave badly;

- act in a silly or improper way;

- "The children acted up when they were not bored";

- syn. carry on;

v2
make itself felt as a recurring pain;

- "My arthritis is acting up again";

act upon
v1
have and exert influence or effect;

- "The artist's work influenced the young painter";

- "She worked on her friends to support the political candidate";

- syn. influence, work;

actable / æ k t ə b ɫ /
a1
capable of being acted;

- suitable for the stage;

- "an actable scene";

Actaea
n1
baneberry;

- syn. genus Actaea;

Actaea alba
n1
North American herb with white poisonous berries;

- syn. doll's eyes, white baneberry, white bead, white cohosh;

Actaea rubra
n1
North American perennial herb with alternately compound leaves and racemes of small white flowers followed by bright red oval poisonous berries;

- syn. red-berry, red baneberry, redberry, snakeberry;

ACTH
n1
a hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland that stimulates the adrenal cortex;

- syn. adrenocorticotrophic hormone, adrenocorticotrophin, adrenocorticotropic hormone, adrenocorticotropin, corticotrophin, corticotropin;

Actias
n1
luna moths;

- syn. genus Actias;

Actias luna
n1
large pale-green American moth with long-tailed hind wings and a yellow crescent-shaped mark on each forewing;

- syn. luna moth;

Actifed
n1
trade name for a drug containing an antihistamine and a decongestant;

- used to treat upper respiratory conditions and minor allergies;

actin / æ k t ɪ n /
n1
one of the proteins into which actomyosin can be split;

- can exist in either a globular or a fibrous form;

actinal / æ k t ɪ n ə ɫ /
a1
(of radiate organisms) located on the surface or end on which the mouth is situated;

Actinaria
n1
sea anemones;

- syn. Actiniaria, order Actinaria, order Actiniaria;

acting / æ k t ɪ ŋ /
n1
the performance of a part or role in a drama;

- syn. performing, playacting, playing;

a1
serving temporarily especially as a substitute;

- "the acting president";

- sim. impermanent;

acting out
n1
a (usually irritating) impulsive and uncontrollable outburst by a problem child or a neurotic adult;

n2
(psychiatry) the display of previously inhibited emotions (often in actions rather than words);

- considered to be healthy and therapeutic;

Actinia / æ k t ɪ n ɪə /
n1
a genus of sea anemone common in rock pools;

- syn. genus Actinia;

n2
any sea anemone or related animal;

- syn. actinian, actiniarian;

actinian / æ k t ɪ n i ə n /
n1
any sea anemone or related animal;

- syn. actinia, actiniarian;

Actiniaria
n1
sea anemones;

- syn. Actinaria, order Actinaria, order Actiniaria;

actiniarian
n1
any sea anemone or related animal;

- syn. actinia, actinian;

actinic / æ k t ɪ n ɪ k /
a1
relating to or exhibiting actinism;

actinic dermatitis
n1
dermatitis caused exposure to sunlight;

actinic keratosis
n1
an overgrowth of skin layers resulting from extended exposure to the sun;

actinic radiation
n1
electromagnetic radiation that can produce photochemical reactions;

- syn. actinic ray;

actinic ray
n1
electromagnetic radiation that can produce photochemical reactions;

- syn. actinic radiation;

actinide / æ k t ɪ n aɪ d /
n1
any of a series of radioactive elements with atomic numbers 89 through 103;

- syn. actinoid, actinon;

actinide series
n1
(chemistry) a series of 15 radioactive elements with increasing atomic numbers from actinium to lawrencium;

Actinidia
n1
small Asiatic woody vine bearing many-seeded fruit;

- syn. genus Actinidia;

Actinidia arguta
n1
climbing Asiatic vine having long finely serrate leaves and racemes of white flowers followed by greenish-yellow edible fruit;

- syn. bower actinidia, tara vine;

Actinidia chinensis
n1
climbing vine native to China;

- cultivated in New Zealand for its fuzzy edible fruit with green meat;

- syn. Actinidia deliciosa, Chinese gooseberry, kiwi, kiwi vine;

Actinidia deliciosa
n1
climbing vine native to China;

- cultivated in New Zealand for its fuzzy edible fruit with green meat;

- syn. Actinidia chinensis, Chinese gooseberry, kiwi, kiwi vine;

Actinidia polygama
n1
ornamental vine of eastern Asia having yellow edible fruit and leaves with silver-white markings;

- syn. silver vine, silvervine;

Actinidiaceae
n1
tropical trees or shrubs or woody vines;

- syn. family Actinidiaceae;

Actiniopteris
n1
terrestrial ferns of tropical Asia and Africa;

- syn. genus Actiniopteris;

actinism / æ k t ɪ n ɪ z ə m /
n1
the property of radiation that enables it to produce photochemical effects;

actinium / æ k t ɪ n ɪə m /
n1
a radioactive element of the actinide series;

- found in uranium ores;

- syn. Ac, atomic number 89;

actinoid
n1
any of a series of radioactive elements with atomic numbers 89 through 103;

- syn. actinide, actinon;

a1
having a radial form;

- "starfish are actinoid--that is, they are radially symmetrical";

- sim. actinomorphic;

actinolite
n1
a green mineral of the amphibole group;

- calcium magnesium iron silicate;

Actinomeris
n1
used in some classification systems for plants now included in genus Verbesina;

- syn. genus Actinomeris;

Actinomeris alternifolia
n1
perennial herb with showy yellow flowers;

- the eastern United States;

- syn. Verbesina alternifolia, golden honey plant, golden ironweed, wingstem, yellow ironweed;

actinometer
n1
an instrument for measuring the intensity of electromagnetic radiation (usually by the photochemical effect);

actinometric
a1
of or related to actinometry;

- syn. actinometrical;

actinometrical
a1
of or related to actinometry;

- syn. actinometric;

actinometry
n1
measuring the intensity of electromagnetic radiation (especially of the sun's rays);

actinomorphic
a1
capable of division into symmetrical halves by any longitudinal plane passing through the axis;

- syn. actinomorphous;

- sim. actinoid;

actinomorphous
a1
capable of division into symmetrical halves by any longitudinal plane passing through the axis;

- syn. actinomorphic;

- sim. actinoid;

actinomyces
n1
soil-inhabiting saprophytes and disease-producing plant and animal parasites;

Actinomycetaceae
n1
filamentous anaerobic bacteria;

- syn. family Actinomycetaceae;

actinomycetal
a1
of or belonging to the actinomycetes;

- syn. actinomycetous;

Actinomycetales
n1
filamentous or rod-shaped bacteria;

- syn. order Actinomycetales;

actinomycete
n1
any bacteria (some of which are pathogenic for humans and animals) belonging to the order Actinomycetales;

actinomycetous
a1
of or belonging to the actinomycetes;

- syn. actinomycetal;

actinomycin
n1
any of various red antibiotics isolated from soil bacteria;

actinomycosis
n1
disease of cattle that can be transmitted to humans;

- results from infection with actinomycetes;

- characterized by hard swellings that exude pus through long sinuses;

actinomycotic
a1
of or related to actinomycosis infection;

Actinomyxidia
n1
parasites of worms;

- syn. order Actinomyxidia;

actinomyxidian
n1
parasites of worms;

actinon
n1
any of a series of radioactive elements with atomic numbers 89 through 103;

- syn. actinide, actinoid;

actinopod
n1
protozoa having stiff rodlike radiating pseudopods;

Actinopoda
n1
heliozoans;

- radiolarians;

- syn. subclass Actinopoda;

actinotherapy
n1
(medicine) the treatment of disease (especially cancer) by exposure to a radioactive substance;

- syn. irradiation, radiation, radiation therapy, radiotherapy;

Actinozoa
n1
a large class of sedentary marine coelenterates that includes sea anemones and corals;

- the medusoid phase is entirely suppressed;

- syn. Anthozoa, class Actinozoa, class Anthozoa;

actinozoan
n1
sessile marine coelenterates including solitary and colonial polyps;

- the medusoid phase is entirely suppressed;

- syn. anthozoan;

action / æ k ʃ n /
n1
something done (usually as opposed to something said);

- "there were stories of murders and other unnatural actions";

n2
the state of being active;

- "his sphere of activity";

- "he is out of action";

- syn. activeness, activity;

n3
a military engagement;

- "he saw action in Korea";

- syn. military action;

n4
a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings);

- "the action of natural forces";

- "volcanic activity";

- syn. activity, natural action, natural process;

n5
the series of events that form a plot;

- "his novels always have a lot of action";

n6
the trait of being active and energetic and forceful;

- "a man of action";

n7
the operating part that transmits power to a mechanism;

- "the piano had a very stiff action";

- syn. action mechanism;

n8
a judicial proceeding brought by one party against another;

- one party prosecutes another for a wrong done or for protection of a right or for prevention of a wrong;

- syn. action at law, legal action;

n9
an act by a government body or supranational organization;

- "recent federal action undermined the segregationist position";

- "the United Nations must have the power to propose and organize action without being hobbled by irrelevant issues";

- "the Union action of emancipating Southern slaves";

n10
the most important or interesting work or activity in a specific area or field;

- "the action is no longer in technology stocks but in municipal bonds";

- "gawkers always try to get as close to the action as possible";

v1
institute legal proceedings against;

- file a suit against;

- "He was warned that the district attorney would process him";

- "She actioned the company for discrimination";

- syn. litigate, process, sue;

v2
put in effect;

- "carry out a task";

- "execute the decision of the people";

- "He actioned the operation";

- syn. accomplish, carry out, carry through, execute, fulfil, fulfill;

action at law
n1
a judicial proceeding brought by one party against another;

- one party prosecutes another for a wrong done or for protection of a right or for prevention of a wrong;

- syn. action, legal action;

action mechanism
n1
the operating part that transmits power to a mechanism;

- "the piano had a very stiff action";

- syn. action;

action officer
n1
the case officer designated to perform an act during a clandestine operation (especially in a hostile area);

action painting
n1
a New York school of painting characterized by freely created abstractions;

- the first important school of American painting to develop independently of European styles;

- syn. Abstract Expressionism;

action plant
n1
prostrate or semi-erect subshrub of tropical America, and Australia;

- heavily armed with recurved thorns and having sensitive soft grey-green leaflets that fold and droop at night or when touched or cooled;

- syn. Mimosa pudica, humble plant, live-and-die, sensitive plant, shame plant, touch-me-not;

action potential
n1
the local voltage change across the cell wall as a nerve impulse is transmitted;

action replay
n1
the immediate rebroadcast of some action (especially sports action) that has been recorded on videotape;

- syn. instant replay, replay;

action spectrum
n1
the efficiency with which electromagnetic radiation produces a photochemical reaction plotted as a function of the wavelength of the radiation;

actionable / æ k ʃ ə n ə b ɫ /
a1
affording grounds for legal action;

- "slander is an actionable offense";

- sim. unjust;

Actitis
n1
a genus of Scolopacidae;

- syn. genus Actitis;

Actitis hypoleucos
n1
a variety of sandpiper;

- syn. European sandpiper;

Actitis macularia
n1
common North American sandpiper;

- syn. spotted sandpiper;

Actium
n1
an ancient town on a promontory in western Greece;

n2
the naval battle in which Antony and Cleopatra were defeated by Octavian's fleet under Agrippa in 31 BC;

Activase
n1
a thrombolytic agent (trade name Activase) that causes fibrinolysis at the site of a blood clot;

- used in treating acute myocardial infarction;

- syn. tissue plasminogen activator;

activate / æ k t ɪ v eɪ t /
v1
put in motion or move to act;

- "trigger a reaction";

- "actuate the circuits";

- syn. actuate, set off, spark, spark off, touch off, trigger, trigger off, trip;

v2
make active or more active;

- "activate an old file";

v3
make more adsorptive;

- "activate a metal";

v4
aerate (sewage) so as to favor the growth of organisms that decompose organic matter;

- syn. aerate;

v5
make (substances) radioactive;

activated / æ k t ɪ v eɪ t ɪ d /
a1
(of sewage) treated with aeration and bacteria to aid decomposition;

- sim. treated;

a2
(of e.g. a molecule) made reactive or more reactive;

- syn. excited;

- sim. reactive;

a3
rendered active;

- e.g. rendered radioactive or luminescent or photosensitive or conductive;

- sim. active;

a4
(military) set up and placed on active assignment;

- "a newly activated unit";

- sim. active;

activated carbon
n1
powdered or granular carbon used for purifying by adsorption;

- given orally (as a slurry) it is an antidote for some kinds of poisons;

- syn. activated charcoal;

activated charcoal
n1
powdered or granular carbon used for purifying by adsorption;

- given orally (as a slurry) it is an antidote for some kinds of poisons;

- syn. activated carbon;

activating / æ k t ɪ v eɪ t ɪ ŋ /
n1
the activity of causing to have energy and be active;

- syn. activation, energizing;

a1
causing motion or action or change;

- syn. actuating;

- sim. causative;

activating agent
n1
(mineral extraction) a surface-active chemical used in flotation process to increase the attraction to a specific mineral;

activation / æ k t ɪ v eɪ ʃ n /
n1
stimulation of activity in an organism or chemical;

n2
the activity of causing to have energy and be active;

- syn. activating, energizing;

n3
making active and effective (as a bomb);

activation energy
n1
the energy that an atomic system must acquire before a process (such as an emission or reaction) can occur;

- "catalysts are said to reduce the energy of activation during the transition phase of a reaction";

- syn. energy of activation;

activator / æ k t ɪ v eɪ t ə /
n1
(biology) any agency bringing about activation;

- a molecule that increases the activity of an enzyme or a protein that increases the production of a gene product in DNA transcription;

active / æ k t ɪ v /
n1
chemical agent capable of activity;

- syn. active agent;

n2
the voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is performing the action or causing the happening denoted by the verb;

- "`The boy threw the ball' uses the active voice";

- syn. active voice;

n3
a person who is a participating member of an organization;

- "the club issues a list of members, both the actives and the retirees";

a1
tending to become more severe or wider in scope;

- "active tuberculosis";

- sim. progressive;

a2
engaged in or ready for military or naval operations;

- "on active duty";

- "the platoon is combat-ready";

- "review the fighting forces";

- syn. combat-ready, fighting;

- sim. operational;

a3
disposed to take action or effectuate change;

- "a director who takes an active interest in corporate operations";

- "an active antagonism";

- "he was active in drawing attention to their grievances";

- sim. activist, hands-on, proactive;

a4
taking part in an activity;

- "an active member of the club";

- "he was politically active";

- "the participating organizations";

- syn. participating;

- sim. involved;

a5
characterized by energetic activity;

- "an active toddler";

- "active as a gazelle";

- "an active man is a man of action";

- also energetic, lively;

- sim. about, acrobatic, agile, hot, hyperactive, on the go, sporty;

a6
exerting influence or producing a change or effect;

- "an active ingredient";

- sim. activated, counteractive, surface-active;

a7
full of activity or engaged in continuous activity;

- "an active seaport";

- "an active bond market";

- "an active account";

- sim. brisk, bustling, busy, going, open, springy;

a8
in operation;

- "keep hope alive";

- "the tradition was still alive";

- "an active tradition";

- syn. alive;

- sim. existent;

a9
(of the sun) characterized by an increased occurrence of sunspots and flares and radio emissions;

a10
expressing that the subject of the sentence has the semantic function of actor: "Hemingway favors active constructions";

a11
(used of verbs (e.g. `to run') and participial adjectives (e.g. `running' in `running water')) expressing action rather than a state of being;

- syn. dynamic;

a12
(of e.g. volcanos) capable of erupting;

- also live;

- sim. alive;

a13
(of e.g. volcanos) erupting or liable to erupt;

- "active volcanos";

- sim. eruptive;

a14
engaged in full-time work;

- "active duty";

- "though past retirement age he is still active in his profession";

- sim. activated;

active agent
n1
chemical agent capable of activity;

- syn. active;

active air defense
n1
air defense by the use aircraft or missiles or artillery or electronic countermeasures;

active application
n1
an application that is currently running and in the foreground;

active birth
n1
childbirth during which the mother is encouraged to be an active participant;

active citizen
n1
a citizen who takes an active role in the community (as in crime prevention and neighborhood watch);

active immunity
n1
a form of acquired immunity in which the body produces its own antibodies against disease-causing antigens;

active matrix screen
n1
a type of LCD screen used for some portable computers;

- there is a separate circuit for each pixel;

active placebo
n1
a placebo used in experimental tests of a drug that has noticeable side effects;

- "an active placebo mimics the side effects of the experimental drug";

active site
n1
the part of an enzyme or antibody where the chemical reaction occurs;

active transport
n1
transport of a substance (as a protein or drug) across a cell membrane against the concentration gradient;

- requires an expenditure of energy;

active trust
n1
a trust in which the trustee must perform certain duties;

active voice
n1
the voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is performing the action or causing the happening denoted by the verb;

- "`The boy threw the ball' uses the active voice";

- syn. active;

actively / æ k t ɪ v ɫ i /
r1
in an active manner;

- "he participated actively in the war";

activeness / æ k t ɪ v n ə s /
n1
the state of being active;

- "his sphere of activity";

- "he is out of action";

- syn. action, activity;

n2
the trait of being active;

- moving or acting rapidly and energetically;

- "the level of activity declines with age";

- syn. activity;

activewear
n1
attire worn for sport or for casual wear;

- syn. athletic wear, sportswear;

activism / æ k t ɪ v ɪ z ə m /
n1
a policy of taking direct action to achieve a political or social goal;

activist / æ k t ɪ v ɪ s t /
n1
a militant reformer;

- syn. militant;

a1
advocating or engaged in activism;

- syn. activistic;

- sim. active;

activistic / æ k t ɪ v ɪ s t ɪ k /
a1
advocating or engaged in activism;

- syn. activist;

- sim. active;

activity / æ k t ɪ v ɪ t i /
n1
any specific behavior;

- "they avoided all recreational activity";

n2
the state of being active;

- "his sphere of activity";

- "he is out of action";

- syn. action, activeness;

n3
an organic process that takes place in the body;

- "respiratory activity";

- syn. bodily function, bodily process, body process;

n4
(chemistry) the capacity of a substance to take part in a chemical reaction;

- "catalytic activity";

n5
a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings);

- "the action of natural forces";

- "volcanic activity";

- syn. action, natural action, natural process;

n6
the trait of being active;

- moving or acting rapidly and energetically;

- "the level of activity declines with age";

- syn. activeness;

actomyosin
n1
a protein complex in muscle fibers;

- composed of myosin and actin;

- shortens when stimulated and causes muscle contractions;

actor / æ k t ə , æ k t ə ɹ /
n1
a theatrical performer;

- syn. histrion, player, role player, thespian;

n2
a person who acts and gets things done;

- "he's a principal actor in this affair";

- "when you want something done get a doer";

- "he's a miracle worker";

- syn. doer, worker;

actor's agent
n1
a business agent for an actor;

- syn. theatrical agent;

actor's assistant
n1
a wardrobe assistant for an actor;

- syn. dresser;

actor's line
n1
words making up the dialogue of a play;

- "the actor forgot his speech";

- syn. speech, words;

actress / æ k t ɹ ɪ s /
n1
a female actor;

Acts / æ k t s /
n1
a New Testament book describing the development of the early church from Christ's Ascension to Paul's sojourn at Rome;

- syn. Acts of the Apostles;

Acts of the Apostles
n1
a New Testament book describing the development of the early church from Christ's Ascension to Paul's sojourn at Rome;

- syn. Acts;

actual / æ k tʃ ʊə ɫ /
a1
presently existing in fact and not merely potential or possible;

- "the predicted temperature and the actual temperature were markedly different";

- "actual and imagined conditions";

- syn. existent;

- sim. effective;

a2
taking place in reality;

- not pretended or imitated;

- "we saw the actual wedding on television";

- "filmed the actual beating";

- sim. real;

a3
being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something;

- "her actual motive";

- "a literal solitude like a desert"- G.K.Chesterton;

- "a genuine dilemma";

- syn. genuine, literal, real;

- sim. true;

a4
existing in act or fact;

- "rocks and trees...the actual world";

- "actual heroism";

- "the actual things that produced the emotion you experienced";

- syn. factual;

- sim. real;

a5
being or existing at the present moment;

- "the ship's actual position is 22 miles due south of Key West";

- sim. current;

actual damages
n1
(law) compensation for losses that can readily be proven to have occurred and for which the injured party has the right to be compensated;

- syn. compensatory damages, general damages;

actual eviction
n1
the physical ouster of a tenant from the leased premises;

- the tenant is relieved of any further duty to pay rent;

actual possession
n1
(law) immediate and direct physical control over property;

actual sin
n1
a sin committed of your own free will (as contrasted with original sin);

actualisation
n1
making real or giving the appearance of reality;

- syn. actualization, realisation, realization;

actualise
v1
make real or concrete;

- give reality or substance to;

- "our ideas must be substantiated into actions";

- syn. actualize, realise, realize, substantiate;

v2
represent or describe realistically;

- syn. actualize;

actuality / æ k tʃ ʊ æ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
the state of actually existing objectively;

- "a hope that progressed from possibility to actuality";

actualization / æ k t j ʊə ɫ aɪ z eɪ ʃ n /
n1
making real or giving the appearance of reality;

- syn. actualisation, realisation, realization;

actualize / æ k t j ʊə ɫ aɪ z /
v1
make real or concrete;

- give reality or substance to;

- "our ideas must be substantiated into actions";

- syn. actualise, realise, realize, substantiate;

v2
represent or describe realistically;

- syn. actualise;

actually / æ k tʃ ʊ ɫ i /
r1
in actual fact;

- "to be nominally but not actually independent";

- "no one actually saw the shark";

- "large meteorites actually come from the asteroid belt";

- syn. really;

r2
used to imply that one would expect the fact to be the opposite of that stated;

- surprisingly;

- "you may actually be doing the right thing by walking out";

- "she actually spoke Latin";

- "they thought they made the rules but in reality they were only puppets";

- "people who seem stand-offish are in reality often simply nervous";

- syn. in reality;

r3
at the present moment;

- "the transmission screen shows the picture that is actually on the air";

r4
as a sentence modifier to add slight emphasis;

- "actually, we all help clear up after a meal";

- "actually, I haven't seen the film";

- "I'm not all that surprised actually";

- "she hasn't proved to be too satisfactory, actually";

actuarial / æ k tʃ ʊ eə ɹ ɪə ɫ /
a1
of or relating to the work of an actuary;

actuarial table
n1
a table of statistical data;

- syn. statistical table;

actuary / æ k tʃ ʊə ɹ i /
n1
someone versed in the collection and interpretation of numerical data (especially someone who uses statistics to calculate insurance premiums);

- syn. statistician;

actuate / æ k tʃ ʊ eɪ t /
v1
put in motion or move to act;

- "trigger a reaction";

- "actuate the circuits";

- syn. activate, set off, spark, spark off, touch off, trigger, trigger off, trip;

v2
give an incentive for action;

- "This moved me to sacrifice my career";

- syn. incite, motivate, move, prompt, propel;

actuated / æ k tʃ ʊ eɪ t ɪ d /
a1
moved to action;

- "a man actuated by unworthy desired";

- sim. motivated;

actuating / æ k tʃ ʊ eɪ t ɪ ŋ /
a1
causing motion or action or change;

- syn. activating;

- sim. causative;

actuation / æ k t j ʊ eɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
the act of propelling;

- syn. propulsion;

actuator / æ k tʃ ʊ eɪ t ə /
n1
a mechanism that puts something into automatic action;

actus reus
n1
activity that transgresses moral or civil law;

- "he denied any wrongdoing";

- syn. misconduct, wrongdoing, wrongful conduct;

acuate
a1
ending in a sharp point;

- syn. acute, needlelike, sharp;

- sim. pointed;

acuity / ə k j u ɪ t i /
n1
sharpness of vision;

- the visual ability to resolve fine detail (usually measured by a Snellen chart);

- syn. sharp-sightedness, visual acuity;

n2
a quick and penetrating intelligence;

- "he argued with great acuteness";

- "I admired the keenness of his mind";

- syn. acuteness, keenness, sharpness;

Acular
n1
nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade names Acular and Toradol) that is administered only intramuscularly;

- syn. Toradol, ketorolac tromethamine;

aculea
n1
small spiny outgrowth on the wings of certain insects;

aculeate
a1
having or resembling a stinger or barb;

- "aculeate insects such as bees and wasps";

- syn. aculeated;

aculeated
a1
having or resembling a stinger or barb;

- "aculeate insects such as bees and wasps";

- syn. aculeate;

aculeus
n1
a stiff sharp-pointed plant process;

n2
a sharp-pointed process especially a sting of a hymenopterous insect;

acumen / æ k j ʊ m ə n /
n1
a tapering point;

n2
shrewdness shown by keen insight;

- syn. insightfulness;

acuminate / æ k j u m ɪ n eɪ t /
v1
make sharp or acute;

- taper;

- make (something) come to a point;

a1
(of a leaf shape) narrowing to a slender point;

- sim. simple;

acuminate leaf
n1
a leaf narrowing to a slender point;

acupressure
n1
treatment of symptoms by applying pressure with the fingers to specific pressure points on the body;

- syn. G-Jo, shiatsu;

acupuncture / æ k j ʊ p ʌ ŋ k tʃ ə , æ k j ʊ p ʌ ŋ k tʃ ə ɹ /
n1
treatment of pain or disease by inserting the tips of needles at specific points on the skin;

- syn. stylostixis;

acute / ə k j u t /
n1
a mark placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation;

- syn. acute accent, ague;

a1
having or experiencing a rapid onset and short but severe course;

- "acute appendicitis";

- "the acute phase of the illness";

- "acute patients";

- sim. subacute;

a2
extremely sharp or severe;

- "acute pain";

- "felt acute annoyance";

- "intense itching and burning";

- syn. intense;

- sim. sharp;

a3
having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions;

- "an acute observer of politics and politicians";

- "incisive comments";

- "icy knifelike reasoning";

- "as sharp and incisive as the stroke of a fang";

- "penetrating insight";

- "frequent penetrative observations";

- syn. discriminating, incisive, keen, knifelike, penetrating, penetrative, piercing, sharp;

- sim. perceptive;

a4
of an angle;

- less than 90 degrees;

a5
ending in a sharp point;

- syn. acuate, needlelike, sharp;

- sim. pointed;

a6
of critical importance and consequence;

- "an acute (or critical) lack of research funds";

- sim. critical;

acute-angled triangle
n1
a triangle whose interior angles are all acute;

- syn. acute triangle;

acute accent
n1
a mark placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation;

- syn. acute, ague;

acute angle
n1
an angle less than 90 degrees but more than 0 degrees;

acute anterior poliomyelitis
n1
an acute viral disease marked by inflammation of nerve cells of the brain stem and spinal cord;

- syn. infantile paralysis, polio, poliomyelitis;

acute brain disorder
n1
any disorder (as sudden confusion or disorientation) in an otherwise normal person that is due to reversible (temporary) impairment of brain tissues (as by head injuries or drugs or infection);

- syn. acute organic brain syndrome;

acute gastritis
n1
gastritis caused by ingesting an irritant (as too much aspirin);

acute glaucoma
n1
glaucoma in which the iris blocks the outflow of aqueous humor;

- "closed-angle glaucoma can cause a rapid buildup of high intraocular pressure that results in permanent visual damage in a couple of days";

- syn. angle-closure glaucoma, closed-angle glaucoma;

acute glossitis
n1
glossitis resulting from injury or infection and characterized by swelling and pain;

acute hemorrhagic encephalitis
n1
encephalitis that resembles apoplexy due to blood extravasation;

acute inclusion body encephalitis
n1
common form of acute encephalitis caused by herpes simplex 1;

- usually affects the temporal and frontal lobes;

- syn. herpes encephalitis, herpes simplex encephalitis;

acute kidney failure
n1
renal failure associated with burns or other trauma or with acute infection or obstruction of the urinary tract;

- syn. acute renal failure;

acute leukemia
n1
rapidly progressing leukemia;

acute lymphoblastic leukemia
n1
acute leukemia characterized by proliferation of immature lymphoblast-like cells in bone marrow, lymph nodes, spleen, and blood;

- most common in children;

- syn. acute lymphocytic leukemia;

acute lymphocytic leukemia
n1
acute leukemia characterized by proliferation of immature lymphoblast-like cells in bone marrow, lymph nodes, spleen, and blood;

- most common in children;

- syn. acute lymphoblastic leukemia;

acute myelocytic leukemia
n1
acute leukemia characterized by proliferation of granular leukocytes;

- most common in adolescents and young adults;

- syn. acute myeloid leukemia;

acute myeloid leukemia
n1
acute leukemia characterized by proliferation of granular leukocytes;

- most common in adolescents and young adults;

- syn. acute myelocytic leukemia;

acute organic brain syndrome
n1
any disorder (as sudden confusion or disorientation) in an otherwise normal person that is due to reversible (temporary) impairment of brain tissues (as by head injuries or drugs or infection);

- syn. acute brain disorder;

acute pyelonephritis
n1
pyelonephritis resulting from the spread of a bladder infection;

acute renal failure
n1
renal failure associated with burns or other trauma or with acute infection or obstruction of the urinary tract;

- syn. acute kidney failure;

acute schizophrenic episode
n1
schizophrenia of abrupt onset and relatively short duration (a few weeks or months);

- syn. reactive schizophrenia;

acute triangle
n1
a triangle whose interior angles are all acute;

- syn. acute-angled triangle;

acutely / ə k j u t ɫ i /
r1
in a keen or penetrating way;

- "he was keenly aware of his own shortcomings";

- "she pitied her sister acutely";

- "acutely aware";

- syn. keenly;

r2
having a rapid onset;

- "an acutely debilitating virus";

r3
changing suddenly in direction and degree;

- "the road twists sharply after the light";

- "turn sharp left here";

- "the visor was acutely peaked";

- "her shoes had acutely pointed toes";

- syn. sharp, sharply;

r4
in a shrewd manner;

- "he invested his fortune astutely";

- "he was acutely insightful";

- syn. astutely, sagaciously, sapiently, shrewdly;

acuteness / ə k j u t n ə s /
n1
a sensitivity that is keen and highly developed;

- "dogs have a remarkable acuteness of smell";

n2
a quick and penetrating intelligence;

- "he argued with great acuteness";

- "I admired the keenness of his mind";

- syn. acuity, keenness, sharpness;

n3
the quality of having a sharp edge or point;

acyclic
a1
not cyclic;

- especially having parts arranged in spirals rather than whorls;

a2
having an open chain structure;

- syn. open-chain;

- sim. aliphatic;

acyclovir
n1
an oral antiviral drug (trade name Zovirax) used to treat genital herpes;

- does not cure the disease but relieves the symptoms;

- syn. Zovirax;

acyl
n1
any group or radical of the form RCO- where R is an organic group;

- "an example of the acyl group is the acetyl group";

- syn. acyl group;

acyl anhydrides
n1
organic compounds that react with water to form an acid;

- syn. acid anhydrides;

acyl group
n1
any group or radical of the form RCO- where R is an organic group;

- "an example of the acyl group is the acetyl group";

- syn. acyl;

acyl halide
n1
organic compounds containing the group -COX where X is a halogen atom;

- syn. acid halide;

acylation
n1
the process of introducing an acyl group into a compound;

acylglycerol
n1
an ester of glycerol and fatty acids that occurs naturally as fats and fatty oils;

- "fresh fats contain glycerides of fatty acids and very little free acid";

- syn. glyceride;

ad / eɪ d i , æ d /
n1
a public promotion of some product or service;

- syn. advert, advertisement, advertising, advertizement, advertizing;

r1
in the Christian era;

- used before dates after the supposed year Christ was born;

- "in AD 200";

- syn. A.D., anno Domini;

ad-lib / æ d ɫ ɪ b /
n1
remark made spontaneously without prior preparation;

- "his ad-libs got him in trouble with the politicians";

v1
perform without preparation;

- "he extemporized a speech at the wedding";

- syn. extemporise, extemporize, improvise, improvize;

a1
with little or no preparation or forethought;

- "his ad-lib comments showed poor judgment";

- "an extemporaneous piano recital";

- "an extemporary lecture";

- "an extempore skit";

- "an impromptu speech";

- "offhand excuses";

- "trying to sound offhanded and reassuring";

- "an off-the-cuff toast";

- "a few unrehearsed comments";

- syn. extemporaneous, extemporary, extempore, impromptu, off-the-cuff, offhand, offhanded, unrehearsed;

- sim. unprepared;

a2
said or done without having been planned or written in advance;

- "he made a few ad-lib remarks";

- syn. spontaneous, unwritten;

- sim. unscripted;

ad agency
n1
an agency that designs advertisement to call public attention to its clients;

- syn. advertising agency;

ad blitz
n1
an organized program of advertisements;

- syn. ad campaign, advertising campaign;

ad campaign
n1
an organized program of advertisements;

- syn. ad blitz, advertising campaign;

ad hoc / æ d h ɒ k /
a1
often improvised or impromptu;

- "an ad hoc committee meeting";

- sim. unplanned;

a2
for or concerned with one specific purpose;

- "a coordinated policy instead of ad hoc decisions";

- sim. specific;

r1
for one specific case;

- "they were appointed ad hoc";

ad hominem
a1
appealing to personal considerations (rather than to fact or reason);

- "ad hominem arguments";

- sim. personal;

ad infinitum / æ d ɪ n f ɪ n aɪ t ə m /
r1
to infinity;

- without or seemingly without limit;

- "talked on and on ad infinitum";

ad interim / æ d ɪ n t ə ɹ ɪ m /
r1
for an intervening time;

- temporarily;

- "elected to serve ad interim";

ad lib / æ d ɫ ɪ b /
r1
without advance preparation;

- "he spoke ad lib";

- syn. ad libitum, impromptu, spontaneously;

ad libitum / æ d ɫ ɪ b ɪ t ə m /
r1
without advance preparation;

- "he spoke ad lib";

- syn. ad lib, impromptu, spontaneously;

ad nauseam / æ d n ɔ z ɪ æ m /
r1
to a sickening extent;

- "he played the song ad nauseam";

ad val
r1
in proportion to the estimated value of the goods taxed;

- "the goods were taxed ad valorem";

- syn. ad valorem;

ad valorem / æ d v ə ɫ ɔ ɹ ə m /
r1
in proportion to the estimated value of the goods taxed;

- "the goods were taxed ad valorem";

- syn. ad val;

ad valorem tax
n1
a tax levied on the difference between a commodity's price before taxes and its cost of production;

- syn. VAT, value-added tax;

ADA / eɪ d ə /
n1
an enzyme found in mammals that can catalyze the deamination of adenosine into inosine and ammonia;

- "ADA deficiency can lead to one form of severe combined immunodeficiency disease";

- "the gene encoding ADA was one of the earlier human genes to be isolated and cloned for study";

- syn. adenosine deaminase;

ADA-SCID
n1
SCID resulting from mutation of a gene that codes for adenosine deaminase;

adactylia
n1
congenital absence of fingers and/or toes;

- syn. adactylism, adactyly;

adactylism
n1
congenital absence of fingers and/or toes;

- syn. adactylia, adactyly;

adactylous
a1
without fingers and/or toes;

adactyly
n1
congenital absence of fingers and/or toes;

- syn. adactylia, adactylism;

Adad
n1
Babylonian god of storms and wind;

adage / æ d ɪ dʒ /
n1
a condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people;

- syn. byword, proverb, saw;

adagio / ə d ɑ dʒ i oʊ /
n1
(music) a composition played in adagio tempo (slowly and gracefully);

- "they played the adagio too quickly";

n2
a slow section of a pas de deux requiring great skill and strength by the dancers;

a1
(of tempo) leisurely;

- sim. slow;

r1
slowly;

- "here you must play adagio";

Adalia
n1
a port city in southwestern Turkey on the Gulf of Antalya;

- syn. Antalya;

n2
genus of ladybugs;

- syn. genus Adalia;

Adalia bipunctata
n1
red ladybug with a black spot on each wing;

- syn. two-spotted ladybug;

Adam / æ d ə m /
n1
(Old Testament) in Judeo-Christian mythology;

- the first man and the husband of Eve and the progenitor of the human race;

n2
Scottish architect who designed many public buildings in England and Scotland (1728-1792);

- syn. Robert Adam;

n3
street names for methylenedioxymethamphetamine;

- syn. X, XTC, cristal, disco biscuit, ecstasy, go, hug drug;

Adam's apple
n1
tropical shrub having glossy foliage and fragrant nocturnal flowers with crimped or wavy corollas;

- northern India to Thailand;

- syn. East Indian rosebay, Nero's crown, Tabernaemontana divaricate, coffee rose, crape jasmine, crepe gardenia, crepe jasmine, pinwheel flower;

n2
the largest cartilage of the larynx;

- syn. thyroid cartilage;

Adam's needle
n1
yucca with long stiff leaves having filamentlike appendages;

- syn. Adam's needle-and-thread, Yucca filamentosa, needle palm, spoonleaf yucca;

Adam's needle-and-thread
n1
yucca with long stiff leaves having filamentlike appendages;

- syn. Adam's needle, Yucca filamentosa, needle palm, spoonleaf yucca;

Adam's Peak
n1
a mountain peak in south central Sri Lanka (7,360 feet high);

- syn. Samanala;

adam-and-eve
n1
North American orchid bearing a single leaf and yellowish-brown flowers;

- syn. Aplectrum hyemale, puttyroot;

Adam Smith
n1
Scottish economist who advocated private enterprise and free trade (1723-1790);

- syn. Smith;

adamance / eɪ d ə m æ n s /
n1
resoluteness by virtue of being unyielding and inflexible;

- syn. obduracy, unyieldingness;

adamant / æ d ə m ə n t /
n1
very hard native crystalline carbon valued as a gem;

- syn. diamond;

a1
impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, reason;

- "he is adamant in his refusal to change his mind";

- "Cynthia was inexorable;

- she would have none of him"- W.Churchill;

- "an intransigent conservative opposed to every liberal tendency";

- syn. adamantine, inexorable, intransigent;

- sim. inflexible;

adamantine / æ d ə m æ n t aɪ n /
a1
consisting of or having the hardness of adamant;

a2
having the hardness of a diamond;

- sim. hard;

a3
impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, reason;

- "he is adamant in his refusal to change his mind";

- "Cynthia was inexorable;

- she would have none of him"- W.Churchill;

- "an intransigent conservative opposed to every liberal tendency";

- syn. adamant, inexorable, intransigent;

- sim. inflexible;

adamantly / æ d ə m ə n t ɫ i /
r1
inflexibly;

- unshakably;

- "adamantly opposed to the marriage";

Adams / æ d ə m z /
n1
American Revolutionary leader and patriot;

- an organizer of the Boston Tea Party and signer of the Declaration of Independence (1722-1803);

- syn. Sam Adams, Samuel Adams;

n2
6th President of the United States;

- son of John Adams (1767-1848);

- syn. John Quincy Adams, President Adams, President John Quincy Adams;

n3
2nd President of the United States (1735-1826);

- syn. John Adams, President Adams, President John Adams;

n4
a mountain peak in southwestern Washington in the Cascade Range (12,307 feet high);

- syn. Mount Adams;

Adams-Stokes syndrome
n1
recurrent sudden attacks of unconsciousness caused by impaired conduction of the impulse that regulates the heartbeat;

- syn. Stokes-Adams syndrome, atrioventricular block, heart block;

Adana
n1
a city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River;

- syn. Seyhan;

Adansonia
n1
baobab;

- cream-of-tartar tree;

- syn. genus Adansonia;

Adansonia digitata
n1
African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread;

- syn. baobab, monkey-bread tree;

Adansonia gregorii
n1
Australian tree having an agreeably acid fruit that resembles a gourd;

- syn. cream-of-tartar tree, sour gourd;

Adapa
n1
a Babylonian demigod or first man (sometimes identified with Adam);

Adapid
n1
extinct small mostly diurnal lower primates that fed on leaves and fruit;

- abundant in North America and Europe 30 to 50 million years ago;

- their descendents probably include the lemurs;

- some authorities consider them ancestral to anthropoids but others consider them only cousins;

- syn. Adapid group;

Adapid group
n1
extinct small mostly diurnal lower primates that fed on leaves and fruit;

- abundant in North America and Europe 30 to 50 million years ago;

- their descendents probably include the lemurs;

- some authorities consider them ancestral to anthropoids but others consider them only cousins;

- syn. Adapid;

Adapin
n1
a tricyclic antidepressant (trade names Adapin and Sinequan) with numerous side effects (dry mouth and sedation and gastrointestinal disturbances);

- syn. Sinequan, doxepin, doxepin hydrochloride;

adapt / ə d æ p t /
v1
make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose;

- "Adapt our native cuisine to the available food resources of the new country";

- syn. accommodate;

v2
adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions;

- "We must adjust to the bad economic situation";

- syn. adjust, conform;

adaptability / ə d æ p t ə b ɪ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
the ability to change (or be changed) to fit changed circumstances;

adaptable / ə d æ p t ə b ɫ /
a1
capable of adapting (of becoming or being made suitable) to a particular situation or use;

- "to succeed one must be adaptable";

- "the frame was adaptable to cloth bolts of different widths";

- sim. adjustable, all-mains, convertible, elastic, filmable, universal, variable;

adaptation / æ d æ p t eɪ ʃ n /
n1
a written work (as a novel) that has been recast in a new form;

- "the play is an adaptation of a short novel";

- syn. version;

n2
the process of adapting to something (such as environmental conditions);

- syn. adaption, adjustment;

n3
(physiology) the responsive adjustment of a sense organ (as the eye) to varying conditions (as of light);

adaptational / æ d æ p t eɪ ʃ ə n ɫ /
a1
of or relating to adaptation;

- sim. adaptive;

adaptative
a1
having a capacity for adaptation;

- "the adaptive coloring of a chameleon";

- syn. adaptive;

- sim. accommodative, adaptational, adjustive;

adapted / ə d æ p t ɪ d /
a1
changed in order to improve or made more fit for a particular purpose;

- "seeds precisely adapted to the area";

- "instructions altered to suit the children's different ages";

- syn. altered;

- sim. modified;

adapter / ə d æ p t ə , ə d æ p t ə ɹ /
n1
a musician who adapts a composition for particular voices or instruments or for another style of performance;

- syn. arranger, transcriber;

n2
device that enables something to be used in a way different from that for which it was intended or makes different pieces of apparatus compatible;

- syn. adaptor;

adaption / ə d æ p t aɪ ə n /
n1
the process of adapting to something (such as environmental conditions);

- syn. adaptation, adjustment;

adaptive / ə d æ p t ɪ v /
a1
having a capacity for adaptation;

- "the adaptive coloring of a chameleon";

- syn. adaptative;

- sim. accommodative, adaptational, adjustive;

adaptive radiation
n1
the development of many different forms from an originally homogeneous group of organisms as they fill different ecological niches;

adaptor / ə d æ p t ə , ə d æ p t ə ɹ /
n1
device that enables something to be used in a way different from that for which it was intended or makes different pieces of apparatus compatible;

- syn. adapter;

Adar
n1
the sixth month of the civil year;

- the twelfth month of the ecclesiastic year in the Jewish calendar (in February and March);

Adar Sheni
n1
included seven times in every 19 years;

- syn. Veadar;

adaxial
a1
nearest to or facing toward the axis of an organ or organism;

- "the upper side of a leaf is known as the adaxial surface";

- syn. ventral;

adaxially
r1
in an adaxial manner;

ADD / æ d /
n1
a condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders;

- syn. ADHD, MBD, attention deficit disorder, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, hyperkinetic syndrome, minimal brain damage, minimal brain dysfunction;

v1
make an addition (to);

- join or combine or unite with others;

- increase the quality, quantity, size or scope of;

- "We added two students to that dorm room";

- "She added a personal note to her letter";

- "Add insult to injury";

- "Add some extra plates to the dinner table";

v2
state or say further;

- "`It doesn't matter,' he supplied";

- syn. append, supply;

v3
bestow a quality on;

- "Her presence lends a certain cachet to the company";

- "The music added a lot to the play";

- "She brings a special atmosphere to our meetings";

- "This adds a light note to the program";

- syn. bestow, bring, contribute, impart, lend;

v4
make an addition by combining numbers;

- "Add 27 and 49, please!";

- syn. add together;

- also add up;

v5
determine the sum of;

- "Add all the people in this town to those of the neighboring town";

- syn. add together, add up, sum, sum up, summate, tally, tot, tot up, total, tote up;

v6
constitute an addition;

- "This paper will add to her reputation";

add-in
n1
a printed circuit that can be inserted into expansion slots in a computer to increase the computer's capabilities;

- syn. board, card, circuit board, circuit card, plug-in;

add-on
n1
a software module that extends or enhances the capabilities of an existing application;

- syn. plug-in;

n2
a component that is added to something to improve it;

- "the addition of a bathroom was a major improvement";

- "the addition of cinnamon improved the flavor";

- syn. addition, improver;

n3
a supplementary component that improves capability;

- syn. accessory, appurtenance, supplement;

add on
v1
make an addition;

- "Let's add on to this";

v2
add to the very end;

- "He appended a glossary to his novel where he used an invented language";

- syn. affix, append, supplement;

add to
v1
have an increased effect;

- "This adds to my worries";

add together
v1
determine the sum of;

- "Add all the people in this town to those of the neighboring town";

- syn. add, add up, sum, sum up, summate, tally, tot, tot up, total, tote up;

v2
make an addition by combining numbers;

- "Add 27 and 49, please!";

- syn. add;

add up
v1
develop into;

- "This idea will never amount to anything";

- "nothing came of his grandiose plans";

- syn. amount, come;

v2
determine the sum of;

- "Add all the people in this town to those of the neighboring town";

- syn. add, add together, sum, sum up, summate, tally, tot, tot up, total, tote up;

v3
add up in number or quantity;

- "The bills amounted to $2,000";

- "The bill came to $2,000";

- syn. amount, come, number, total;

v4
be reasonable or logical or comprehensible;

- syn. make sense;

addable / æ d eɪ b ɫ /
a1
capable of being added or added to;

- syn. addible;

- sim. additive;

addax
n1
large antelope with lightly spiraled horns of desert regions of northern Africa;

- syn. Addax nasomaculatus;

Addax nasomaculatus
n1
large antelope with lightly spiraled horns of desert regions of northern Africa;

- syn. addax;

addend / æ d ɛ n d /
n1
a number that is added to another number (the augend);

addendum / ə d ɛ n d ə m /
n1
textual matter that is added onto a publication;

- usually at the end;

- syn. postscript, supplement;

adder / æ d ə , æ d ə ɹ /
n1
a person who adds numbers;

n2
a machine that adds numbers;

n3
small terrestrial viper common in northern Eurasia;

- syn. Vipera berus, common viper;

adder's fern
n1
mat-forming lithophytic or terrestrial fern with creeping rootstocks and large pinnatifid fronds found throughout North America and Europe and Africa and east Asia;

- syn. Polypodium vulgare, common polypody, golden maidenhair, golden polypody, sweet fern, wall fern;

adder's tongue
n1
ferns with fertile spikes shaped like a snake's tongue;

- syn. adder's tongue fern;

adder's tongue fern
n1
ferns with fertile spikes shaped like a snake's tongue;

- syn. adder's tongue;

addible
a1
capable of being added or added to;

- syn. addable;

- sim. additive;

addict / æ d ɪ k t , ə d ɪ k t /
n1
someone who is so ardently devoted to something that it resembles an addiction;

- "a golf addict";

- "a car nut";

- "a bodybuilding freak";

- "a news junkie";

- syn. freak, junkie, junky, nut;

n2
someone who is physiologically dependent on a substance;

- abrupt deprivation of the substance produces withdrawal symptoms;

v1
to cause (someone or oneself) to become dependent (on something, especially a narcotic drug);

- syn. hook;

addicted / ə d ɪ k t ɪ d /
a1
compulsively or physiologically dependent on something habit-forming;

- "she is addicted to chocolate";

- "addicted to cocaine";

- sim. alcoholic, dependent;

addiction / ə d ɪ k ʃ n /
n1
being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic drugs);

- syn. dependance, dependence, dependency, habituation;

n2
an abnormally strong craving;

n3
(Roman law) a formal award by a magistrate of a thing or person to another person (as the award of a debtor to his creditor);

- a surrender to a master;

- "under Roman law addiction was the justification for slavery";

addictive / ə d ɪ k t ɪ v /
a1
causing or characterized by addiction;

- "addictive drugs";

- "addictive behavior";

- syn. habit-forming;

adding machine
n1
a calculator that performs simple arithmetic functions;

- syn. totaliser, totalizer;

Addis Ababa / æ d ɪ s æ b ə b ə /
n1
the capital of Ethiopia and the country's largest city;

- located in central Ethiopia;

- syn. New Flower, capital of Ethiopia;

Addison's disease
n1
a glandular disorder caused by failure of function of the cortex of the adrenal gland and marked by anemia and prostration with brownish skin;

- syn. Addison's syndrome, hypoadrenalism, hypoadrenocorticism;

Addison's syndrome
n1
a glandular disorder caused by failure of function of the cortex of the adrenal gland and marked by anemia and prostration with brownish skin;

- syn. Addison's disease, hypoadrenalism, hypoadrenocorticism;

addition / ə d ɪ ʃ n /
n1
a component that is added to something to improve it;

- "the addition of a bathroom was a major improvement";

- "the addition of cinnamon improved the flavor";

- syn. add-on, improver;

n2
the act of adding one thing to another;

- "the addition of flowers created a pleasing effect";

- "the addition of a leap day every four years";

n3
a quantity that is added;

- "there was an addition to property taxes this year";

- "they recorded the cattle's gain in weight over a period of weeks";

- syn. gain, increase;

n4
something added to what you already have;

- "the librarian shelved the new accessions";

- "he was a new addition to the staff";

- syn. accession;

n5
a suburban area laid out in streets and lots for a future residential area;

n6
the arithmetic operation of summing;

- calculating the sum of two or more numbers;

- "the summation of four and three gives seven";

- "four plus three equals seven";

- syn. plus, summation;

addition reaction
n1
a chemical reaction in which one molecule is added to another;

additional / ə d ɪ ʃ ə n ɫ /
a1
further or added;

- "called for additional troops";

- "need extra help";

- "an extra pair of shoes";

- syn. extra;

- sim. additive;

additionally / ə d ɪ ʃ ə n ə ɫ i /
r1
in addition, by way of addition;

- furthermore;

- "he serves additionally as the CEO";

- syn. to boot;

Additions to Esther
n1
an Apocryphal book consisting of text added to the Book of Esther;

additive / æ d ɪ t ɪ v /
n1
something added to enhance food or gasoline or paint or medicine;

a1
designating or involving an equation whose terms are of the first degree;

- syn. linear;

- sim. bilinear;

a2
characterized or produced by addition;

- "an additive process";

- sim. accumulative, addable, complemental, extra, incremental, intercalary, summational, supplementary;

additive inverse
n1
(mathematics) one of a pair of numbers whose sum is zero;

- the additive inverse of -5 is +5;

addle / æ d ɫ /
v1
mix up or confuse;

- "He muddled the issues";

- syn. muddle, puddle;

v2
become rotten;

- "addled eggs";

addle-head / æ d ɫ h ɛ d /
n1
a person with confused ideas;

- incapable of serious thought;

- syn. addlehead, birdbrain, loon;

addlebrained
a1
stupid and confused;

- "blathering like the addlepated nincompoop that you are";

- "a confused puddingheaded, muddleheaded fellow"- Isaac Sterne;

- syn. addlepated, muddleheaded, puddingheaded;

- sim. confused;

addled / æ d ɫ d /
a1
(of eggs) no longer edible;

- "an addled egg";

- sim. stale;

a2
confused and vague;

- used especially of thinking;

- "muddleheaded ideas";

- "your addled little brain";

- "woolly thinking";

- "woolly-headed ideas";

- syn. befuddled, muddled, muzzy, woolly, woolly-headed, wooly, wooly-minded;

- sim. confused;

addlehead / æ d ɫ h ɛ d /
n1
a person with confused ideas;

- incapable of serious thought;

- syn. addle-head, birdbrain, loon;

addlepated
a1
stupid and confused;

- "blathering like the addlepated nincompoop that you are";

- "a confused puddingheaded, muddleheaded fellow"- Isaac Sterne;

- syn. addlebrained, muddleheaded, puddingheaded;

- sim. confused;

address / ə d ɹ ɛ s /
n1
(computer science) the code that identifies where a piece of information is stored;

- syn. computer address, reference;

n2
the place where a person or organization can be found or communicated with;

n3
the act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an audience;

- "he listened to an address on minor Roman poets";

- syn. speech;

n4
the manner of speaking to another individual;

- "he failed in his manner of address to the captain";

n5
a sign in front of a house or business carrying the conventional form by which its location is described;

n6
written directions for finding some location;

- written on letters or packages that are to be delivered to that location;

- syn. destination, name and address;

n7
the stance assumed by a golfer in preparation for hitting a golf ball;

n8
social skill;

- syn. savoir-faire;

v1
speak to;

- "He addressed the crowd outside the window";

- syn. turn to;

v2
give a speech to;

- "The chairman addressed the board of trustees";

- syn. speak;

v3
put an address on (an envelope);

- syn. direct;

v4
direct a question at someone;

v5
address or apply oneself to something, direct one's efforts towards something, such as a question;

v6
greet, as with a prescribed form, title, or name;

- "He always addresses me with `Sir'";

- "Call me Mister";

- "She calls him by first name";

- syn. call;

v7
access or locate by address;

v8
act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression;

- "This book deals with incest";

- "The course covered all of Western Civilization";

- "The new book treats the history of China";

- syn. cover, deal, handle, plow, treat;

v9
speak to someone;

- syn. accost, come up to;

v10
adjust and aim (a golf ball) at in preparation of hitting;

addressable / ə d ɹ ɛ s eɪ b ɫ /
a1
capable of being addressed;

- "addressable memory";

- sim. available;

addressed / ə d ɹ ɛ s t /
a1
(of mail) marked with a destination;

- "I throw away all mail addressed to `resident'";

- sim. self-addressed;

addressee / æ d ɹ ɛ s i /
n1
one to whom something is addressed;

addressing machine
n1
a printer that automatically prints addresses on letters for mailing;

- syn. Addressograph;

Addressograph / ə d ɹ ɛ s oʊ ɡ ɹ ɑ f /
n1
a printer that automatically prints addresses on letters for mailing;

- syn. addressing machine;

adduce / ə d j u s /
v1
advance evidence for;

- syn. abduce, cite;

adducent
a1
especially of muscles;

- bringing together or drawing toward the midline of the body or toward an adjacent part;

- syn. adducting, adductive;

adducer / ə d j u s ə /
n1
a discussant who offers an example or a reason or a proof;

adducing / ə d j u s ɪ ŋ /
n1
citing as evidence or proof;

adduct
n1
a compound formed by an addition reaction;

v1
draw a limb towards the body;

- "adduct the thigh muscle";

adducting
a1
especially of muscles;

- bringing together or drawing toward the midline of the body or toward an adjacent part;

- syn. adducent, adductive;

adduction
n1
(physiology) moving of a body part toward the central axis of the body;

adductive
a1
especially of muscles;

- bringing together or drawing toward the midline of the body or toward an adjacent part;

- syn. adducent, adducting;

adductor
n1
a muscle that draws a body part toward the median line;

- syn. adductor muscle;

adductor muscle
n1
a muscle that draws a body part toward the median line;

- syn. adductor;

ade
n1
a sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice;

- syn. fruit drink;

Adelaide / æ d ə ɫ eɪ d /
n1
the state capital of South Australia;

Adelges
n1
type genus of the Adelgidae: plant lice;

- syn. genus Adelges;

Adelges abietis
n1
a variety of adelgid;

- syn. spruce gall aphid;

Adelges piceae
n1
a variety of adelgid;

- syn. balsam woolly aphid;

adelgid
n1
any of various insects that feed and form galls on conifers;

Adelgidae
n1
plant lice;

- syn. family Adelgidae;

Adelie
n1
medium-sized penguins occurring in large colonies on the Adelie Coast of Antarctica;

- syn. Adelie penguin, Pygoscelis adeliae;

Adelie Coast
n1
a costal region of Antarctica to the south of Australia;

- noted for its large colonies of penguins;

- syn. Adelie Land, Terre Adelie;

Adelie Land
n1
a costal region of Antarctica to the south of Australia;

- noted for its large colonies of penguins;

- syn. Adelie Coast, Terre Adelie;

Adelie penguin
n1
medium-sized penguins occurring in large colonies on the Adelie Coast of Antarctica;

- syn. Adelie, Pygoscelis adeliae;

Adeline Virginia Stephen Woolf
n1
English author whose work used such techniques as stream of consciousness and the interior monologue;

- prominent member of the Bloomsbury Group (1882-1941);

- syn. Virginia Woolf, Woolf;

Aden
n1
an important port of Yemen;

- located on the Gulf of Aden;

- its strategic location has made it a major trading center of southern Arabia since ancient times;

Aden-Abyan Islamic Army
n1
Yemen-based terrorist group that supports al-Qaeda's goals;

- seeks to overthrow the Yemeni government and eliminate United States interests;

- responsible for bombings and kidnappings and killing western tourists in Yemen;

- syn. IAA, Islamic Army of Aden, Islamic Army of Aden-Abyan;

Adenanthera
n1
small genus of trees of tropical Asia and Pacific areas;

- syn. genus Adenanthera;

Adenanthera pavonina
n1
East Indian tree with racemes of yellow-white flowers;

- cultivated as an ornamental;

- syn. Barbados pride, coral-wood, coralwood, peacock flower fence, red sandalwood;

Adenauer
n1
German statesman;

- chancellor of West Germany (1876-1967);

- syn. Konrad Adenauer;

adenine
n1
(biochemistry) purine base found in DNA and RNA;

- pairs with thymine in DNA and with uracil in RNA;

- syn. A;

adenitis
n1
inflammation of a gland or lymph node;

Adenium
n1
one species: succulent shrub or tree of tropical Africa and Arabia;

- syn. genus Adenium;

Adenium multiflorum
n1
South African shrub having a swollen succulent stem and bearing showy pink and white flowers after the leaves fall;

- popular as an ornamental in tropics;

- syn. Adenium obesum, desert rose, impala lily, kudu lily, mock azalia;

Adenium obesum
n1
South African shrub having a swollen succulent stem and bearing showy pink and white flowers after the leaves fall;

- popular as an ornamental in tropics;

- syn. Adenium multiflorum, desert rose, impala lily, kudu lily, mock azalia;

adenocarcinoma
n1
malignant tumor originating in glandular epithelium;

- syn. glandular cancer, glandular carcinoma;

adenocarcinomatous
a1
of or pertaining to adenocarcinoma;

adenohypophysis
n1
the anterior lobe of the pituitary body;

- primarily glandular in nature;

- syn. anterior pituitary, anterior pituitary gland;

adenoid / æ d ɪ n ɔɪ d /
n1
a collection of lymphatic tissue in the throat behind the uvula (on the posterior wall and roof of the nasopharynx);

- "hypertrophy of the pharyngeal tonsils is called adenoids";

- "enlarged adenoids may restrict the breathing of children";

- syn. Luschka's tonsil, pharyngeal tonsil, third tonsil, tonsilla adenoidea, tonsilla pharyngealis;

a1
relating to or resembling lymphatic glands or lymphoid tissue;

adenoidal / æ d ɪ n ɔɪ d ɫ /
a1
of or pertaining to the adenoids;

a2
sounding as if the nose were pinched;

- "a whining nasal voice";

- syn. nasal, pinched;

- sim. high;

adenoidectomy / æ d ɪ n ɔɪ d ɛ k t ə m i /
n1
surgical removal of the adenoids;

- commonly performed along with tonsillectomy;

adenoma
n1
a benign epithelial tumor of glandular origin;

adenomatous polyp
n1
a polyp that consists of benign neoplastic tissue derived from glandular epithelium;

- "adenomatous polyps are visible protrusions that can develop on the mucosal surface of the colon or rectum";

adenomegaly
n1
gland enlargement;

adenomyosarcoma
n1
malignant renal tumor of young children characterized by hypertension and blood in the urine and the presence of a palpable mass;

- syn. Wilms' tumor, Wilms tumour, embryoma of the kidney, nephroblastoma;

adenomyosis
n1
the presence of endometrium elsewhere than in the lining of the uterus;

- causes premenstrual pain and dysmenorrhea;

- syn. endometriosis;

adenopathy
n1
a glandular disease or enlargement of glandular tissue (especially of the lymph glands);

adenosine
n1
(biochemistry) a nucleoside that is a structural component of nucleic acids;

- it is present in all living cells in a combined form as a constituent of DNA and RNA and ADP and ATP and AMP;

adenosine deaminase
n1
an enzyme found in mammals that can catalyze the deamination of adenosine into inosine and ammonia;

- "ADA deficiency can lead to one form of severe combined immunodeficiency disease";

- "the gene encoding ADA was one of the earlier human genes to be isolated and cloned for study";

- syn. ADA;

adenosine diphosphate
n1
an ester of adenosine that is converted to ATP for energy storage;

- syn. ADP;

adenosine monophosphate
n1
a nucleotide found in muscle cells and important in metabolism;

- reversibly convertible to ADP and ATP;

- syn. AMP, adenylic acid;

adenosine triphosphate
n1
a nucleotide derived from adenosine that occurs in muscle tissue;

- the major source of energy for cellular reactions;

- syn. ATP;

adenosis
n1
a disorder of the glands of the body;

- syn. gland disease, glandular disease, glandular disorder;

Adenota
n1
African antelopes: puku;

- syn. genus Adenota;

Adenota vardoni
n1
an African antelope closely related to the waterbuck;

- syn. puku;

adenovirus
n1
any of a group of viruses including those that in humans cause upper respiratory infections or infectious pinkeye;

adenylic acid
n1
a nucleotide found in muscle cells and important in metabolism;

- reversibly convertible to ADP and ATP;

- syn. AMP, adenosine monophosphate;

adept / æ d ɛ p t /
n1
someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field;

- syn. ace, champion, genius, hotshot, maven, mavin, sensation, star, superstar, virtuoso, whiz, whizz, wiz, wizard;

a1
having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude;

- "adept in handicrafts";

- "an adept juggler";

- "an expert job";

- "a good mechanic";

- "a practiced marksman";

- "a proficient engineer";

- "a lesser-known but no less skillful composer";

- "the effect was achieved by skillful retouching";

- syn. expert, good, practiced, proficient, skilful, skillful;

- sim. skilled;

adeptness / æ d ɛ p t n ɛ s /
n1
skillful performance or ability without difficulty;

- "his quick adeptness was a product of good design";

- "he was famous for his facility as an archer";

- syn. adroitness, deftness, facility, quickness;

adequacy / æ d ɪ k w ə s i /
n1
the quality of being able to meet a need satisfactorily: "he questioned the adequacy of the usual sentimental interpretation of the Golden Rule";

- syn. adequateness;

n2
the quality of being sufficient for the end in view;

- "he questioned the sufficiency of human intelligence";

- syn. sufficiency;

adequate / æ d ɪ k w ə t /
a1
having the requisite qualities or resources to meet a task;

- "she had adequate training";

- "her training was adequate";

- "she was adequate to the job";

- "he was equal to the task";

- syn. equal;

- also satisfactory;

- sim. adequate to, competent;

a2
sufficient for the purpose;

- "an adequate income";

- "the food was adequate";

- "enough food";

- "food enough";

- syn. enough;

- sim. sufficient;

a3
about average;

- acceptable;

- "more than adequate as a secretary";

- syn. fair to middling, passable, tolerable;

- sim. satisfactory;

adequate to
a1
having the requisite qualities for;

- "equal to the task";

- "the work isn't up to the standard I require";

- syn. capable, equal to, up to;

- sim. adequate;

adequately / æ d ɪ k w ə t ɫ i /
r1
in an adequate manner or to an adequate degree;

- "he was adequately prepared";

adequateness / æ d ɪ k w ə t n ɛ s /
n1
the quality of being able to meet a need satisfactorily: "he questioned the adequacy of the usual sentimental interpretation of the Golden Rule";

- syn. adequacy;

ader wax
n1
a waxy mineral that is a mixture of hydrocarbons and occurs in association with petroleum;

- some varieties are used in making ceresin and candles;

- syn. earth wax, mineral wax, ozocerite, ozokerite;

adermin
n1
a B vitamin that is essential for metabolism of amino acids and starch;

- syn. pyridoxal, pyridoxamine, pyridoxine, vitamin B6;

adesite
n1
dark greyish extrusive rock;

ADH
n1
hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus;

- affects blood pressure by stimulating capillary muscles and reduces urine flow by affecting reabsorption of water by kidney tubules;

- syn. Pitressin, antidiuretic hormone, vasopressin;

ADHD
n1
a condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders;

- syn. ADD, MBD, attention deficit disorder, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, hyperkinetic syndrome, minimal brain damage, minimal brain dysfunction;

adhere / ə d h ɪə , ə d h ɪə ɹ /
v1
be compatible or in accordance with;

- "You must adhere to the rules";

v2
follow through or carry out a plan without deviation;

- "They adhered to their plan";

v3
come or be in close contact with;

- stick or hold together and resist separation;

- "The dress clings to her body";

- "The label stuck to the box";

- "The sushi rice grains cohere";

- syn. cleave, cling, cohere, stick;

v4
be a devoted follower or supporter;

- "The residents of this village adhered to Catholicism";

- "She sticks to her principles";

- syn. stick;

v5
be loyal to;

- "She stood by her husband in times of trouble";

- "The friends stuck together through the war";

- syn. stand by, stick, stick by;

v6
stick to firmly;

- "Will this wallpaper adhere to the wall?";

- syn. bind, bond, hold fast, stick, stick to;

adherence / ə d h ɪə ɹ ə n s /
n1
faithful support for a cause or political party or religion;

- "attachment to a formal agenda";

- "adherence to a fat-free diet";

- "the adhesion of Seville was decisive";

- syn. adhesion, attachment;

n2
the property of sticking together (as of glue and wood) or the joining of surfaces of different composition;

- "the mutual adhesiveness of cells";

- "a heated hydraulic press was required for adhesion";

- syn. adhesion, adhesiveness, bond;

adherent / ə d h ɪə ɹ ə n t /
n1
someone who believes and helps to spread the doctrine of another;

- syn. disciple;

a1
sticking fast;

- sim. adhesive;

adhesion / ə d h i ʒ n /
n1
abnormal union of bodily tissues;

- most common in the abdomen;

n2
a fibrous band of scar tissue that binds together normally separate anatomical structures;

n3
the property of sticking together (as of glue and wood) or the joining of surfaces of different composition;

- "the mutual adhesiveness of cells";

- "a heated hydraulic press was required for adhesion";

- syn. adherence, adhesiveness, bond;

n4
faithful support for a cause or political party or religion;

- "attachment to a formal agenda";

- "adherence to a fat-free diet";

- "the adhesion of Seville was decisive";

- syn. adherence, attachment;

adhesion contract
n1
a contract that heavily restricts one party while leaving the other free (as some standard form printed contracts);

- implies inequality in bargaining power;

- syn. contract of adhesion;

adhesive / ə d h i s ɪ v /
n1
a substance that unites or bonds surfaces together;

- syn. adhesive agent, adhesive material;

a1
tending to adhere;

- sim. adherent, agglutinate, bondable, coherent, cohesive, gluey, gooey, gum-like, gummed, pitchy, self-sealing, stick-on, sticky;

adhesive agent
n1
a substance that unites or bonds surfaces together;

- syn. adhesive, adhesive material;

adhesive bandage
n1
bandage consisting of a medical dressing of plain absorbent gauze held in place by a plastic or fabric tape coated with adhesive;

adhesive friction
n1
the friction between a body and the surface on which it moves (as between an automobile tire and the road);

- syn. grip, traction;

adhesive material
n1
a substance that unites or bonds surfaces together;

- syn. adhesive, adhesive agent;

adhesive plaster
n1
adhesive tape used in dressing wounds;

- syn. plaster, sticking plaster;

adhesive tape
n1
tape coated with adhesive;

adhesiveness / ə d h i s ɪ v n ə s /
n1
the property of sticking together (as of glue and wood) or the joining of surfaces of different composition;

- "the mutual adhesiveness of cells";

- "a heated hydraulic press was required for adhesion";

- syn. adherence, adhesion, bond;

adhocracy
n1
an organization with little or no structure;

- "the choice between bureaucracy and adhocracy represents a common dilemma";

- "the need for informational flexibility can lead to adhocracy";

Adi Granth
n1
the principal sacred text of Sikhism contains hymns and poetry as well as the teachings of the first five gurus;

- syn. Granth, Granth Sahib;

adiabatic
a1
occurring without loss or gain of heat;

- "adiabatic expansion";

adiabatic process
n1
(thermodynamics) any process that occurs without gain or loss of heat;

Adiantaceae
n1
used in some classification systems for some genera of the family Polypodiaceae (or Pteridaceae);

- syn. family Adiantaceae;

Adiantum
n1
cosmopolitan genus of ferns: maidenhair ferns;

- in some classification systems placed in family Polypodiaceae or Adiantaceae;

- syn. genus Adiantum;

Adiantum bellum
n1
delicate endemic Bermudian fern with creeping rootstock;

- syn. Bermuda maidenhair, Bermuda maidenhair fern;

Adiantum capillus-veneris
n1
delicate maidenhair fern with slender shining black leaf stalks;

- cosmopolitan;

- syn. Venus'-hair fern, Venus maidenhair, Venushair, common maidenhair, southern maidenhair;

Adiantum pedatum
n1
hardy palmately branched North American fern with divergent recurved branches borne on lustrous dark reddish stipes;

- syn. American maidenhair fern, five-fingered maidenhair fern;

Adiantum tenerum
n1
tropical American fern with broad pinnae;

- widely cultivated;

- syn. brittle maidenhair, brittle maidenhair fern;

Adiantum tenerum farleyense
n1
named for a country house in Barbados where it was discovered;

- syn. Barbados maidenhair, Farley maidenhair, Farley maidenhair fern, glory fern;

adience
n1
(psychology) an urge to accept or approach a situation or an object;

adient
a1
characterized by acceptance or approach;

adieu / ə d j u /
n1
a farewell remark;

- "they said their good-byes";

- syn. adios, arrivederci, au revoir, auf wiedersehen, bye, bye-bye, cheerio, good-by, good-bye, good day, goodby, goodbye, sayonara, so long;

Adige
n1
a river in northern Italy that flows southeast into the Adriatic Sea;

- "Verona is on the Adige";

- syn. River Adige;

adios
n1
a farewell remark;

- "they said their good-byes";

- syn. adieu, arrivederci, au revoir, auf wiedersehen, bye, bye-bye, cheerio, good-by, good-bye, good day, goodby, goodbye, sayonara, so long;

adipic acid
n1
a carboxylic acid used in the manufacture of nylon;

- syn. hexanedioic acid;

adipose / æ d ɪ p oʊ s /
a1
composed of animal fat;

- "adipose tissue constitutes the fat of meat";

- sim. fatty;

adipose cell
n1
cells composed of fat;

- syn. fat cell;

adipose tissue
n1
a kind of body tissue containing stored fat that serves as a source of energy;

- it also cushions and insulates vital organs;

- "fatty tissue protected them from the severe cold";

- syn. fat, fatty tissue;

adipose tumor
n1
a tumor consisting of fatty tissue;

- syn. lipoma;

adiposeness / æ d ɪ p oʊ s n ɛ s /
n1
having the property of containing fat;

- "he recommended exercise to reduce my adiposity";

- syn. adiposity, fattiness;

adiposis
n1
the property of excessive fatness;

- syn. corpulence, overweight, stoutness;

adiposity
n1
having the property of containing fat;

- "he recommended exercise to reduce my adiposity";

- syn. adiposeness, fattiness;

Adirondack Mountains
n1
a mountain range in northeastern New York State;

- a popular resort area;

- syn. Adirondacks;

Adirondacks
n1
a mountain range in northeastern New York State;

- a popular resort area;

- syn. Adirondack Mountains;

adit / æ d ɪ t /
n1
a nearly horizontal passage from the surface into a mine;

Aditi
n1
a Hindu goddess who releases from sin or disease;

- mother of the Adityas;

Aditya
n1
one of 7 to 12 sons of Aditi;

- Hindu gods of celestial light;

adjacency / ə dʒ eɪ s ə n s i /
n1
the attribute of being so near as to be touching;

- syn. contiguity, contiguousness;

adjacent / ə dʒ eɪ s n t /
a1
nearest in space or position;

- immediately adjoining without intervening space;

- "had adjacent rooms";

- "in the next room";

- "the person sitting next to me";

- "our rooms were side by side";

- syn. next, side by side;

- sim. close;

a2
having a common boundary or edge;

- abutting;

- touching;

- "Rhode Island has two bordering states;

- Massachusetts and Connecticut";

- "the side of Germany conterminous with France";

- "Utah and the contiguous state of Idaho";

- "neighboring cities";

- syn. conterminous, contiguous, neighboring;

- sim. connected;

a3
near or close to but not necessarily touching;

- "lands adjacent to the mountains";

- "New York and adjacent cities";

- sim. near;

adjectival / æ dʒ ɪ k t aɪ v ɫ /
a1
of or relating to or functioning as an adjective;

- "adjectival syntax";

- "an adjective clause";

- syn. adjective;

adjectivally
r1
as an adjective;

- in an adjectival manner;

adjective / æ dʒ ɪ k t ɪ v /
n1
a word that expresses an attribute of something;

n2
the word class that qualifies nouns;

a1
of or relating to or functioning as an adjective;

- "adjectival syntax";

- "an adjective clause";

- syn. adjectival;

a2
relating to court practice and procedure as opposed to the principles of law;

- "adjective law";

- syn. procedural;

adjectively / æ dʒ ɪ k t ɪ v ɫ i /
r1
as an adjective;

- "nouns are frequently used adjectively";

adjoin / ə dʒ ɔɪ n /
v1
lie adjacent to another or share a boundary;

- "Canada adjoins the U.S.";

- "England marches with Scotland";

- syn. abut, border, butt, butt against, butt on, edge, march;

v2
be in direct physical contact with;

- make contact;

- "The two buildings touch";

- "Their hands touched";

- "The wire must not contact the metal cover";

- "The surfaces contact at this point";

- syn. contact, meet, touch;

v3
attach or add;

- "I adjoin a copy of your my lawyer's letter";

adjoining room
n1
a hotel room that shares a wall with another hotel room;

adjourn / ə dʒ ɝ n /
v1
close at the end of a session;

- "The court adjourned";

- syn. break up, recess;

v2
break from a meeting or gathering;

- "We adjourned for lunch";

- "The men retired to the library";

- syn. retire, withdraw;

adjournment / ə dʒ ɝ n m ə n t /
n1
the termination of a meeting;

- syn. dissolution;

n2
the act of postponing to another time or place;

adjudge / ə dʒ ʌ dʒ /
v1
declare to be;

- "She was declared incompetent";

- "judge held that the defendant was innocent";

- syn. declare, hold;

adjudicate / ə dʒ u d ɪ k eɪ t /
v1
put on trial or hear a case and sit as the judge at the trial of;

- "The football star was tried for the murder of his wife";

- "The judge tried both father and son in separate trials";

- syn. judge, try;

v2
bring to an end;

- settle conclusively;

- "The case was decided";

- "The judge decided the case in favor of the plaintiff";

- "The father adjudicated when the sons were quarreling over their inheritance";

- syn. decide, resolve, settle;

adjudication / ə dʒ u d ɪ k eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the final judgment in a legal proceeding;

- the act of pronouncing judgment based on the evidence presented;

adjudicative / ə dʒ u d ɪ k ə t ɪ v /
a1
concerned with adjudicating;

- syn. adjudicatory;

adjudicator / ə dʒ u d ɪ k eɪ t ə , ə dʒ u d ɪ k eɪ t ə ɹ /
n1
a person who studies and settles conflicts and disputes;

adjudicatory / ə dʒ u d ɪ k ə t ə ɹ i /
a1
concerned with adjudicating;

- syn. adjudicative;

adjunct / æ dʒ ʌ ŋ k t /
n1
something added to another thing but not an essential part of it;

n2
a person who is an assistant or subordinate to another;

n3
a construction that can be used to extend the meaning of a word or phrase but is not one of the main constituents of a sentence;

a1
furnishing added support;

- "an ancillary pump";

- "an adjuvant discipline to forms of mysticism";

- "The mind and emotions are auxiliary to each other";

- syn. accessory, adjuvant, ancillary, appurtenant, auxiliary;

- sim. supportive;

a2
of or relating to a person who is subordinate to another;

- syn. assistant;

- sim. subordinate;

adjunction / æ dʒ ʌ ŋ k t aɪ ə n /
n1
an act of joining or adjoining things;

- syn. junction;

adjunctive / æ dʒ ʌ ŋ k t ɪ v /
a1
joining;

- forming an adjunct;

- sim. connected;

adjuration / æ dʒ ʊə ɹ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
a solemn and earnest appeal to someone to do something;

adjuratory / ə dʒ ʊə ɹ ə t ə ɹ i /
a1
earnestly or solemnly entreating;

- "in adjuratory terms";

- sim. beseeching;

a2
containing a solemn charge or command;

- sim. imperative;

adjure / ə dʒ ʊə , ə dʒ ʊə ɹ /
v1
ask for or request earnestly;

- "The prophet bid all people to become good persons";

- syn. beseech, bid, conjure, entreat, press;

v2
command solemnly;

adjust / ə dʒ ʌ s t /
v1
alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard;

- "Adjust the clock, please";

- "correct the alignment of the front wheels";

- syn. correct, set;

v2
place in a line or arrange so as to be parallel or straight;

- "align the car with the curb";

- "align the sheets of paper on the table";

- syn. align, aline, line up;

v3
adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions;

- "We must adjust to the bad economic situation";

- syn. adapt, conform;

v4
make correspondent or conformable;

- "Adjust your eyes to the darkness";

v5
decide how much is to be paid on an insurance claim;

adjustable / ə dʒ ʌ s t ə b ɫ /
a1
capable of being changed so as to match or fit;

- "adjustable seat belts";

- sim. adaptable;

a2
capable of being regulated;

- "adjustable interest rates";

- sim. changeable;

adjustable spanner
n1
can be changed to different settings;

- syn. adjustable wrench;

adjustable wrench
n1
can be changed to different settings;

- syn. adjustable spanner;

adjusted / ə dʒ ʌ s t ɪ d /
a1
altered to accommodate to certain requirements or bring into a proper relation;

- "an adjusted insurance claim";

- "the car runs more smoothly with the timing adjusted";

- sim. focused, weighted;

a2
adjusted to demands of daily living;

- showing emotional stability;

- sim. well-adjusted;

a3
having achieved a comfortable relation with your environment;

- syn. familiarised, familiarized;

- sim. oriented;

a4
(especially of garments) having the fit or style adjusted;

- "for my wedding I had my mother's wedding dress altered to fit me";

- sim. altered;

adjuster / ə dʒ ʌ s t ə , ə dʒ ʌ s t ə ɹ /
n1
one who investigates insurance claims or claims for damages and recommends an effective settlement;

- syn. adjustor, claim agent, claims adjuster, claims adjustor;

adjusting entry
n1
an accounting entry made at the end of an accounting period to allocate items between accounting periods;

adjustive / ə dʒ ʌ s t ɪ v /
a1
conducive to adjustment;

- sim. adaptive;

adjustment / ə dʒ ʌ s t m ə n t /
n1
making or becoming suitable;

- adjusting to circumstances;

- syn. accommodation, fitting;

n2
the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment);

- syn. alteration, modification;

n3
the act of adjusting something to match a standard;

- syn. readjustment, registration;

n4
the process of adapting to something (such as environmental conditions);

- syn. adaptation, adaption;

n5
an amount added or deducted on the basis of qualifying circumstances;

- "an allowance for profit";

- syn. allowance;

adjustor / ə dʒ ʌ s t oʊ ə , ə dʒ ʌ s t oʊ ə ɹ /
n1
one who investigates insurance claims or claims for damages and recommends an effective settlement;

- syn. adjuster, claim agent, claims adjuster, claims adjustor;

adjutant / æ dʒ ʊ t ə n t /
n1
an officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer;

- syn. aide, aide-de-camp;

n2
large Indian stork with a military gait;

- syn. Leptoptilus dubius, adjutant bird, adjutant stork;

adjutant bird
n1
large Indian stork with a military gait;

- syn. Leptoptilus dubius, adjutant, adjutant stork;

adjutant general
n1
a general's adjutant;

- chief administrative officer;

adjutant stork
n1
large Indian stork with a military gait;

- syn. Leptoptilus dubius, adjutant, adjutant bird;

adjuvant
n1
an additive that enhances the effectiveness of medical treatment;

a1
furnishing added support;

- "an ancillary pump";

- "an adjuvant discipline to forms of mysticism";

- "The mind and emotions are auxiliary to each other";

- syn. accessory, adjunct, ancillary, appurtenant, auxiliary;

- sim. supportive;

a2
enhancing the action of a medical treatment;

- "the adjuvant action of certain bacteria";

- sim. helpful;

Adlai Ewing Stevenson
n1
United States politician and diplomat (1900-1968);

- syn. Adlai Stevenson, Stevenson;

Adlai Stevenson
n1
United States politician and diplomat (1900-1968);

- syn. Adlai Ewing Stevenson, Stevenson;

Adlumia
n1
one species: climbing fumitory;

- syn. genus Adlumia;

Adlumia fungosa
n1
vine with feathery leaves and white or pinkish flowers;

- sometimes placed in genus Fumaria;

- syn. Allegheny vine, Fumaria fungosa, climbing fumitory;

adman / æ d m æ n /
n1
someone whose business is advertising;

- syn. advertiser, advertizer;

admass / æ d m æ s /
n1
the segment of the public that is easily influenced by mass media (chiefly British);

admeasure / æ d m ɛ ʒ ə /
v1
determine the quantity of someone's share;

administer / ə d m ɪ n ɪ s t ə , ə d m ɪ n ɪ s t ə ɹ /
v1
work in an administrative capacity;

- supervise or be in charge of;

- "administer a program";

- "she administers the funds";

- syn. administrate;

v2
perform (a church sacrament) ritually;

- "administer the last unction";

v3
administer or bestow, as in small portions;

- "administer critical remarks to everyone present";

- "dole out some money";

- "shell out pocket money for the children";

- "deal a blow to someone";

- "the machine dispenses soft drinks";

- syn. allot, deal, deal out, dish out, dispense, distribute, dole out, lot, mete out, parcel out, shell out;

v4
give or apply (medications);

- syn. dispense;

v5
direct the taking of;

- "administer an exam";

- "administer an oath";

administrable / ə d m ɪ n ɪ s t ɹ ə b ɫ /
a1
capable of being administered or managed;

- sim. manageable;

administrate / ə d m ɪ n ɪ s t ɹ eɪ t /
v1
work in an administrative capacity;

- supervise or be in charge of;

- "administer a program";

- "she administers the funds";

- syn. administer;

administration / ə d m ɪ n ɪ s t ɹ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
a method of tending to or managing the affairs of a some group of people (especially the group's business affairs);

- syn. disposal;

n2
the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something;

- "he claims that the present administration is corrupt";

- "the governance of an association is responsible to its members";

- "he quickly became recognized as a member of the establishment";

- syn. brass, establishment, governance, governing body, organisation, organization;

n3
the act of administering medication;

- syn. giving medication;

n4
the tenure of a president;

- "things were quiet during the Eisenhower administration";

- syn. presidency, presidential term;

n5
the act of governing;

- exercising authority;

- "regulations for the governing of state prisons";

- "he had considerable experience of government";

- syn. governance, governing, government, government activity;

n6
the act of meting out justice according to the law;

- syn. judicature;

administrative / ə d m ɪ n ɪ s t ɹ ə t ɪ v /
a1
of or relating to or responsible for administration;

administrative body
n1
a unit with administrative responsibilities;

- syn. administrative unit;

administrative data processing
n1
data processing in accounting or business management;

- syn. business data processing;

administrative district
n1
a district defined for administrative purposes;

- syn. administrative division, territorial division;

administrative division
n1
a district defined for administrative purposes;

- syn. administrative district, territorial division;

administrative hearing
n1
a hearing that takes place outside the judicial process before hearing examiners who have been granted judicial authority specifically for the purpose of conducting such hearings;

administrative law
n1
the body of rules and regulations and orders and decisions created by administrative agencies of government;

administrative official
n1
an official of a bureaucracy;

- syn. bureaucrat;

administrative unit
n1
a unit with administrative responsibilities;

- syn. administrative body;

administratively / ə d m ɪ n ɪ s t ɹ ə t ɪ v ɫ i /
r1
by or for an administrator;

- "this decision was made administratively";

administrator / ə d m ɪ n ɪ s t ɹ eɪ t ə , ə d m ɪ n ɪ s t ɹ eɪ t ə ɹ /
n1
someone who administers a business;

- syn. decision maker;

n2
the party appointed by a probate court to distribute the estate of someone who dies without a will or without naming an executor;

n3
someone who manages a government agency or department;

- syn. executive;

administrivia
n1
the tiresome but essential details that must be taken care of and tasks that must be performed in running an organization;

- "he sets policy and leaves all the administrivia to his assistant";

admirability / æ d m ə ɹ ə b ɪ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
admirable excellence;

- syn. admirableness, wonderfulness;

admirable / æ d m ə ɹ ə b ɫ /
a1
deserving of the highest esteem or admiration;

- "an estimable young professor";

- "trains ran with admirable precision";

- "his taste was impeccable, his health admirable";

- sim. estimable;

a2
inspiring admiration or approval;

- "among her many admirable qualities are generosity and graciousness";

- sim. pleasing;

admirableness / æ d m ə ɹ ə b ɫ n ɪ s /
n1
admirable excellence;

- syn. admirability, wonderfulness;

admirably / æ d m ɪr ə b ɫ i /
r1
in an admirable manner;

- "the children's responses were admirably normal";

- syn. commendable, laudably, praiseworthily;

admiral / æ d m ə ɹ ə ɫ /
n1
the supreme commander of a fleet;

- ranks above a vice admiral and below a fleet admiral;

- syn. full admiral;

n2
any of several brightly colored butterflies;

Admiral Byrd
n1
explorer and United States naval officer;

- led expeditions to explore Antarctica (1888-1957);

- syn. Byrd, Richard E. Byrd, Richard Evelyn Byrd;

Admiral Dewey
n1
a United States naval officer remembered for his victory at Manila Bay in the Spanish-American War;

- syn. Dewey, George Dewey;

Admiral Nelson
n1
English admiral who defeated the French fleets of Napoleon but was mortally wounded at Trafalgar (1758-1805);

- syn. Horatio Nelson, Lord Nelson, Nelson, Viscount Nelson;

Admiral Nimitz
n1
United States admiral of the Pacific fleet during World War II who used aircraft carriers to destroy the Japanese navy (1885-1966);

- syn. Chester Nimitz, Chester William Nimitz, Nimitz;

admiralty / æ d m ə ɹ ə ɫ t i /
n1
the department in charge of the navy (as in Great Britain);

n2
the office of admiral;

Admiralty brass
n1
alpha-beta brass containing tin;

- resistant to sea water;

- Admiralty Metal is a trademark;

- syn. Admiralty Metal, Tobin bronze, naval brass;

Admiralty Island
n1
an Alaskan island in the Alexander Archipelago near Juneau;

Admiralty Islands
n1
a group of islands in the Bismarck Archipelago;

admiralty law
n1
the branch of international law that deals with territorial and international waters or with shipping or with ocean fishery etc.;

- syn. marine law, maritime law;

Admiralty Metal
n1
alpha-beta brass containing tin;

- resistant to sea water;

- Admiralty Metal is a trademark;

- syn. Admiralty brass, Tobin bronze, naval brass;

Admiralty mile
n1
a former British unit of length equivalent to 6,080 feet (1,853.184 meters);

- 800 feet longer than a statute mile;

- syn. geographical mile, mi, mile, naut mi, nautical mile;

Admiralty Range
n1
mountains in Antarctica to the north of Victoria Land;

admiration / æ d m ə ɹ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
a feeling of delighted approval and liking;

- syn. esteem;

n2
the feeling aroused by something strange and surprising;

- syn. wonder, wonderment;

n3
a favorable judgment;

- "a small token in admiration of your works";

- syn. appreciation;

admire / ə d m aɪ ə , ə d m aɪ ə ɹ /
v1
feel admiration for;

- syn. look up to;

v2
look at with admiration;

admired / ə d m aɪ ə d /
a1
regarded with admiration;

- sim. loved;

admirer / ə d m aɪ ɹ ə , ə d m aɪ ɹ ə ɹ /
n1
a person who backs a politician or a team etc.;

- "all their supporters came out for the game";

- "they are friends of the library";

- syn. booster, champion, friend, protagonist, supporter;

n2
a person who admires;

- someone who esteems or respects or approves;

n3
someone who admires a young woman;

- "she had many admirers";

- syn. adorer;

admiringly / ə d m aɪ ə ɹ ɪ ŋ ɫ i /
r1
with admiration;

- "he looked at his wife admiringly";

admissibility / ə d m ɪ s ə b ɪ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
acceptability by virtue of being admissible;

admissible / ə d m ɪ s ə b ɫ /
a1
deserving to be admitted;

- "admissible evidence";

- sim. admittable, allowable, permissible;

admission / ə d m ɪ ʃ n /
n1
the act of admitting someone to enter;

- "the surgery was performed on his second admission to the clinic";

- syn. admittance;

n2
an acknowledgment of the truth of something;

n3
the fee charged for admission;

- syn. admission charge, admission fee, admission price, entrance fee, entrance money, price of admission;

n4
the right to enter;

- syn. access, accession, admittance, entree;

admission charge
n1
the fee charged for admission;

- syn. admission, admission fee, admission price, entrance fee, entrance money, price of admission;

Admission Day
n1
in some states of the United States: a legal holiday commemorating the day the state was admitted to the Union;

admission fee
n1
the fee charged for admission;

- syn. admission, admission charge, admission price, entrance fee, entrance money, price of admission;

admission price
n1
the fee charged for admission;

- syn. admission, admission charge, admission fee, entrance fee, entrance money, price of admission;

admissive / ə d m ɪ s ɪ v /
a1
characterized by or allowing admission;

- "an Elizabethan tragedy admissive of comic scenes";

- sim. receptive;

admit / ə d m ɪ t /
v1
declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of;

- "He admitted his errors";

- "She acknowledged that she might have forgotten";

- syn. acknowledge;

v2
allow to enter;

- grant entry to;

- "We cannot admit non-members into our club building";

- "This pipe admits air";

- syn. allow in, intromit, let in;

v3
allow participation in or the right to be part of;

- permit to exercise the rights, functions, and responsibilities of;

- "admit someone to the profession";

- "She was admitted to the New Jersey Bar";

- syn. include, let in;

v4
admit into a group or community;

- "accept students for graduate study";

- "We'll have to vote on whether or not to admit a new member";

- syn. accept, take, take on;

v5
afford possibility;

- "This problem admits of no solution";

- "This short story allows of several different interpretations";

- syn. allow;

v6
give access or entrance to;

- "The French doors admit onto the yard";

v7
have room for;

- hold without crowding;

- "This hotel can accommodate 250 guests";

- "The theater admits 300 people";

- "The auditorium can't hold more than 500 people";

- syn. accommodate, hold;

v8
serve as a means of entrance;

- "This ticket will admit one adult to the show";

admittable / ə d m ɪ t t eɪ b ɫ /
a1
deserving to be allowed to enter;

- syn. admittible;

- sim. admissible;

admittance / ə d m ɪ t n s /
n1
the right to enter;

- syn. access, accession, admission, entree;

n2
the act of admitting someone to enter;

- "the surgery was performed on his second admission to the clinic";

- syn. admission;

admittedly / ə d m ɪ t ɪ d ɫ i /
r1
as acknowledged;

- "true, she is the smartest in her class";

- syn. avowedly, confessedly, true;

admittible
a1
deserving to be allowed to enter;

- syn. admittable;

- sim. admissible;

admix / æ d m ɪ k s /
v1
mix or blend;

- "Hyaline casts were admixed with neutrophils";

admixture / æ d m ɪ k s tʃ ə , æ d m ɪ k s tʃ ə ɹ /
n1
the state of impairing the quality or reducing the value of something;

- syn. alloy;

n2
an additional ingredient that is added by mixing with the base;

- "the growing medium should be equal parts of sand and loam with an admixture of peat moss and cow manure";

- "a large intermixture of sand";

- syn. intermixture;

n3
the act of mixing together;

- "paste made by a mix of flour and water";

- "the mixing of sound channels in the recording studio";

- syn. commixture, intermixture, mix, mixing, mixture;

admonish / ə d m ɒ n ɪ ʃ /
v1
advise or counsel in terms of someone's behavior;

- "I warned him not to go too far";

- "I warn you against false assumptions";

- "She warned him to be quiet";

- syn. discourage, monish, warn;

v2
warn strongly;

- put on guard;

- syn. caution, monish;

v3
take to task;

- "He admonished the child for his bad behavior";

- syn. reproof, reprove;

admonisher / ə d m ɒ n ɪ ʃ ə , ə d m ɒ n ɪ ʃ ə ɹ /
n1
someone who gives a warning so that a mistake can be avoided;

- syn. monitor, reminder;

admonishing / ə d m ɒ n ɪ ʃ ɪ ŋ /
a1
expressing reproof or reproach especially as a corrective;

- syn. admonitory, reproachful, reproving;

- sim. unfavorable;

admonishment / ə d m ɒ n ɪ ʃ m ə n t /
n1
a firm rebuke;

- syn. admonition, monition;

admonition / æ d m ə n ɪ ʃ n /
n1
cautionary advice about something imminent (especially imminent danger or other unpleasantness);

- "a letter of admonition about the dangers of immorality";

- "the warning was to beware of surprises";

- "his final word of advice was not to play with matches";

- syn. monition, warning, word of advice;

n2
a firm rebuke;

- syn. admonishment, monition;

admonitory / ə d m ɒ n ɪ t ɹ i /
a1
serving to warn;

- "shook a monitory finger at him";

- "an exemplary jail sentence";

- syn. cautionary, exemplary, monitory, warning;

- sim. dissuasive;

a2
expressing reproof or reproach especially as a corrective;

- syn. admonishing, reproachful, reproving;

- sim. unfavorable;

adnate
a1
of unlike parts or organs;

- growing closely attached;

- "a calyx adnate to the ovary";

adnexa
n1
accessory or adjoining anatomical parts or appendages to an organ (especially of the embryo);

- "Fallopian tubes and ovaries are adnexa of the uterus";

- syn. annexa;

adnexal
a1
of or pertaining to adnexa;

- syn. annexal;

adnoun
n1
an adjective used as a noun;

- "`meek' in `blessed are the meek' is an adnoun";

ado / ə d u /
n1
a rapid active commotion;

- syn. bustle, flurry, fuss, hustle, stir;

adobe / ə d oʊ b i /
n1
the clay from which adobe bricks are made;

n2
sun-dried brick;

- used in hot dry climates;

- syn. adobe brick;

adobe brick
n1
sun-dried brick;

- used in hot dry climates;

- syn. adobe;

adobe house
n1
a house built of sod or adobe laid in horizontal courses;

- syn. sod house, soddy;

adobe lily
n1
California herb with pinkish purple flowers;

- syn. Fritillaria pluriflora, pink fritillary;

adobo
n1
a dish of marinated vegetables and meat or fish;

- served with rice;

adolesce / æ d ə ɫ ɛ s /
v1
become adolescent;

- pass through adolescence;

- "The children are beginning to adolesce around the age of 12";

adolescence / æ d ə ɫ ɛ s n s /
n1
the time period between the beginning of puberty and adulthood;

n2
in the state that someone is in between puberty and adulthood;

adolescent / æ d ə ɫ ɛ s n t /
n1
a juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity;

- syn. stripling, teen, teenager;

a1
relating to or peculiar to or suggestive of an adolescent;

- "adolescent problems";

a2
being of the age 13 through 19;

- "teenage mothers";

- "the teen years";

- syn. teen, teenage, teenaged;

- sim. young;

a3
displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity;

- "adolescent insecurity";

- "jejune responses to our problems";

- "their behavior was juvenile";

- "puerile jokes";

- syn. jejune, juvenile, puerile;

- sim. immature;

a4
in the state of development between puberty and maturity;

- "adolescent boys and girls";

- sim. immature;

Adolf Eichmann
n1
Austrian who became the Nazi official who administered the concentration camps where millions of Jews were murdered during World War II (1906-1962);

- syn. Eichmann, Karl Adolf Eichmann;

Adolf Hitler
n1
German Nazi dictator during World War II (1889-1945);

- syn. Der Fuhrer, Hitler;

Adolf Loos
n1
Austrian architect (1870-1933);

- syn. Loos;

Adolf Windaus
n1
German chemist who studied steroids and cholesterol and discovered histamine (1876-1959);

- syn. Windaus;

Adolph Simon Ochs
n1
United States newspaper publisher (1858-1935);

- syn. Ochs;

Adolphe Sax
n1
a Belgian maker of musical instruments who invented the saxophone (1814-1894);

- syn. Sax;

Adonic
n1
a verse line with a dactyl followed by a spondee or trochee;

- supposedly used in laments by Adonis;

- syn. Adonic line;

a1
or relating to or like Adonis;

a2
having a rhythm consisting of a dactyl followed by a spondee or a trochee;

- "the verse of the laments is Adonic";

- sim. rhythmical;

Adonic line
n1
a verse line with a dactyl followed by a spondee or trochee;

- supposedly used in laments by Adonis;

- syn. Adonic;

adonis
n1
any handsome young man;

n2
annual or perennial herbs;

- syn. genus Adonis;

n3
(Greek mythology) a handsome youth loved by both Aphrodite and Persephone;

- "when Adonis died Zeus decreed that he should spend winters in the underworld with Persephone and spend summers with Aphrodite";

Adonis annua
n1
Eurasian herb cultivated for its deep red flowers with dark centers;

- syn. pheasant's-eye;

adopt / ə d ɒ p t /
v1
choose and follow;

- as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans;

- "She followed the feminist movement";

- "The candidate espouses Republican ideals";

- syn. espouse, follow;

v2
take up and practice as one's own;

- syn. borrow, take over, take up;

v3
take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities;

- "When will the new President assume office?";

- syn. assume, take on, take over;

v4
take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect;

- "His voice took on a sad tone";

- "The story took a new turn";

- "he adopted an air of superiority";

- "She assumed strange manners";

- "The gods assume human or animal form in these fables";

- syn. acquire, assume, take, take on;

v5
take into one's family;

- "They adopted two children from Nicaragua";

- syn. take in;

v6
put into dramatic form;

- "adopt a book for a screenplay";

- syn. dramatise, dramatize;

v7
take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own;

- "She embraced Catholicism";

- "They adopted the Jewish faith";

- syn. embrace, espouse, sweep up;

adoptable / ə d ɒ p t eɪ b ɫ /
a1
suitable or eligible for adoption;

- "a shortage of adoptable babies";

adopted / ə d ɒ p t ɪ d /
a1
acquired as your own by free choice;

- "my adopted state";

- "an adoptive country";

- syn. adoptive;

adoptee
n1
someone (such as a child) who has been adopted;

adopter / ə d ɒ p t ə , ə d ɒ p t ə ɹ /
n1
a person who adopts a child of other parents as his or her own child;

- syn. adoptive parent;

adoption / ə d ɒ p ʃ n /
n1
the act of accepting with approval;

- favorable reception;

- "its adoption by society";

- "the proposal found wide acceptance";

- syn. acceptance, acceptation, espousal;

n2
a legal proceeding that creates a parent-child relation between persons not related by blood;

- the adopted child is entitled to all privileges belonging to a natural child of the adoptive parents (including the right to inherit);

n3
the appropriation (of ideas or words etc) from another source;

- "the borrowing of ancient motifs was very apparent";

- syn. borrowing;

adoptive / ə d ɒ p t ɪ v /
a1
of parents and children;

- related by adoption;

- "adoptive parents";

- sim. foster;

a2
acquired as your own by free choice;

- "my adopted state";

- "an adoptive country";

- syn. adopted;

adoptive parent
n1
a person who adopts a child of other parents as his or her own child;

- syn. adopter;

adorability / ə d ɔ ɹ ə b ɪ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
extreme attractiveness;

- syn. adorableness;

adorable / ə d ɔ ɹ ə b ɫ /
a1
lovable especially in a childlike or naive way;

- syn. endearing, lovely;

- sim. lovable;

adorableness / ə d ɔ ɹ ə b ɫ n ɪ s /
n1
extreme attractiveness;

- syn. adorability;

adorably / ə d ɔ ɹ ə b ɫ i /
r1
in an adorable manner;

- "the toddler behaved adorably";

- syn. endearingly;

adoration / æ d ə ɹ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
a feeling of profound love and admiration;

- syn. worship;

n2
the act of admiring strongly;

- syn. idolisation, idolization;

n3
the worship given to God alone;

- syn. latria;

adore / ə d ɔ , ə d ɔ ɹ /
v1
love intensely;

- "he just adored his wife";

adored / ə d ɔ d /
a1
regarded with deep or rapturous love (especially as if for a god);

- "adored grandchildren";

- "an idolized wife";

- syn. idolised, idolized, worshipped;

- sim. loved;

adorer / ə d ɔ ɹ ə , ə d ɔ ɹ ə ɹ /
n1
someone who admires a young woman;

- "she had many admirers";

- syn. admirer;

adoring / ə d ɔ ɹ ɪ ŋ /
a1
showing adoration;

- syn. worshipful;

- sim. reverent;

a2
extravagantly or foolishly loving and indulgent;

- "adoring grandparents";

- "deceiving her preoccupied and doting husband with a young captain";

- "hopelessly spoiled by a fond mother";

- syn. doting, fond;

- sim. loving;

adoringly / ə d ɔ ɹ ɪ ŋ ɫ i /
r1
with adoration;

- "he looked at his wife adoringly";

adorn / ə d ɔ n /
v1
make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.;

- "Decorate the room for the party";

- "beautify yourself for the special day";

- syn. beautify, decorate, embellish, grace, ornament;

v2
be beautiful to look at;

- "Flowers adorned the tables everywhere";

- syn. beautify, deck, decorate, embellish, grace;

v3
furnish with power or authority;

- of kings or emperors;

- syn. clothe, invest;

adorned / ə d ɔ n d /
a1
provided with something intended to increase its beauty or distinction;

- syn. decorated;

- also clothed, fancy;

- sim. beady, bedaubed, bespectacled, brocaded, buttony, carbuncled, champleve, clinquant, crested, crested, crested, crocketed, feathery, frilled, fringed, gilt-edged, inflamed, inlaid, inwrought, mounted, paneled, studded, tapestried, tasseled, tessellated, tricked-out, tufted;

adornment / ə d ɔ n m ə n t /
n1
a decoration of color or interest that is added to relieve plainness;

n2
the action of decorating yourself with something colorful and interesting;

adoxography
n1
fine writing in praise of trivial or base subjects;

- "Elizabethan schoolboys were taught adoxography, the art of eruditely praising worthless things";

- "adoxography is particularly useful to lawyers";

ADP
n1
an ester of adenosine that is converted to ATP for energy storage;

- syn. adenosine diphosphate;

n2
data processing by a computer;

- syn. automatic data processing;

ADP system
n1
a system of one or more computers and associated software with common storage;

- syn. ADPS, automatic data processing system, computer system, computing system;

adpressed
a1
pressed close to or lying flat against something;

- "adpressed hairs along the plant's stem";

- "igneous rocks...closely appressed by this force"-L.V.Pirsson;

- syn. appressed;

- sim. close;

ADPS
n1
a system of one or more computers and associated software with common storage;

- syn. ADP system, automatic data processing system, computer system, computing system;

adrenal / ə d ɹ i n ɫ /
n1
either of a pair of complex endocrine glands situated near the kidney;

- syn. adrenal gland, suprarenal gland;

a1
of or pertaining to the adrenal glands or their secretions;

a2
near the kidneys;

adrenal cortex
n1
the cortex of the adrenal gland;

- secretes corticosterone and sex hormones;

adrenal cortical steroid
n1
a steroid hormone produced by the adrenal cortex or synthesized;

- administered as drugs they reduce swelling and decrease the body's immune response;

- "adrenal cortical steroids are used to treat many different conditions";

- syn. corticoid, corticosteroid;

adrenal gland
n1
either of a pair of complex endocrine glands situated near the kidney;

- syn. adrenal, suprarenal gland;

adrenal medulla
n1
the medulla of the adrenal gland;

- secretes epinephrine;

adrenalectomy
n1
surgical removal of one or both adrenal glands;

- syn. suprarenalectomy;

Adrenalin / ə d ɹ ɛ n ə ɫ ɪ n /
n1
a catecholamine secreted by the adrenal medulla in response to stress (trade name Adrenalin);

- stimulates autonomic nerve action;

- syn. adrenaline, epinephrin, epinephrine;

adrenaline / ə d ɹ ɛ n ə ɫ aɪ n /
n1
a catecholamine secreted by the adrenal medulla in response to stress (trade name Adrenalin);

- stimulates autonomic nerve action;

- syn. Adrenalin, epinephrin, epinephrine;

adrenarche
n1
the increase in activity of the adrenal glands just before puberty;

adrenergic
n1
drug that has the effects of epinephrine;

- syn. adrenergic drug;

a1
relating to epinephrine (its release or action);

- syn. sympathomimetic;

adrenergic agonist eyedrop
n1
a treatment for glaucoma;

- the eyedrops reduce intraocular pressure by decreasing the production of aqueous humor and increasing its drainage through the uveoscleral pathway;

adrenergic drug
n1
drug that has the effects of epinephrine;

- syn. adrenergic;

adrenocortical
a1
of or derived from the cortex of the adrenal glands;

adrenocorticotrophic
a1
stimulating or acting on the adrenal cortex;

- syn. adrenocorticotropic;

- sim. stimulative;

adrenocorticotrophic hormone
n1
a hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland that stimulates the adrenal cortex;

- syn. ACTH, adrenocorticotrophin, adrenocorticotropic hormone, adrenocorticotropin, corticotrophin, corticotropin;

adrenocorticotrophin
n1
a hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland that stimulates the adrenal cortex;

- syn. ACTH, adrenocorticotrophic hormone, adrenocorticotropic hormone, adrenocorticotropin, corticotrophin, corticotropin;

adrenocorticotropic
a1
stimulating or acting on the adrenal cortex;

- syn. adrenocorticotrophic;

- sim. stimulative;

adrenocorticotropic hormone
n1
a hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland that stimulates the adrenal cortex;

- syn. ACTH, adrenocorticotrophic hormone, adrenocorticotrophin, adrenocorticotropin, corticotrophin, corticotropin;

adrenocorticotropin
n1
a hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland that stimulates the adrenal cortex;

- syn. ACTH, adrenocorticotrophic hormone, adrenocorticotrophin, adrenocorticotropic hormone, corticotrophin, corticotropin;

adrenosterone
n1
a steroid having androgenic activity;

- obtained from the cortex of the adrenal gland;

Adrian / eɪ d ɹ ɪə n /
n1
Roman Emperor who was the adoptive son of Trajan;

- travelled throughout his empire to strengthen its frontiers and encourage learning and architecture;

- on a visit to Britain in 122 he ordered the construction of Hadrian's Wall (76-138);

- syn. Hadrian, Publius Aelius Hadrianus;

n2
English physiologist who conducted research into the function of neurons;

- 1st baron of Cambridge (1889-1997);

- syn. Baron Adrian, Edgar Douglas Adrian;

Adrianople
n1
a city in northwestern Turkey;

- a Thracian town that was rebuilt and renamed by the Roman Emperor Hadrian;

- syn. Adrianopolis, Edirne;

Adrianopolis
n1
a city in northwestern Turkey;

- a Thracian town that was rebuilt and renamed by the Roman Emperor Hadrian;

- syn. Adrianople, Edirne;

Adriatic / eɪ d ɹ ɪ æ t ɪ k /
n1
an arm of the Mediterranean between Slovenia and Croatia and Montenegro and Albania on the east and Italy on the west;

- syn. Adriatic Sea;

Adriatic Sea
n1
an arm of the Mediterranean between Slovenia and Croatia and Montenegro and Albania on the east and Italy on the west;

- syn. Adriatic;

adrift / ə d ɹ ɪ f t /
a1
aimlessly drifting;

- syn. afloat, aimless, directionless, planless, rudderless, undirected;

- sim. purposeless;

a2
afloat on the surface of a body of water;

- "after the storm the boats were adrift";

- sim. afloat;

r1
floating freely;

- not anchored;

- "the boat was set adrift";

r2
off course, wandering aimlessly;

- "there was a search for beauty that had somehow gone adrift";

adroit / ə d ɹ ɔɪ t /
a1
quick or skillful or adept in action or thought;

- "an exceptionally adroit pianist";

- "an adroit technician";

- "his adroit replies to hecklers won him many followers";

- "an adroit negotiator";

- also artful;

- sim. clean, clever, coordinated, deft, handy, light-fingered, quick-witted;

adroitly / ə d ɹ ɔɪ t ɫ i /
r1
with adroitness;

- in an adroit manner;

- "he handled the situation adroitly";

adroitness / ə d ɹ ɔɪ t n ə s /
n1
skillful performance or ability without difficulty;

- "his quick adeptness was a product of good design";

- "he was famous for his facility as an archer";

- syn. adeptness, deftness, facility, quickness;

adscititious
a1
added or derived from something outside;

- not inherent;

- "an adscititious habit rather than an inherent taste";

- sim. extrinsic;

a2
supplemental;

- not part of the real or essential nature of a thing;

- "adscititious vowels";

- sim. inessential;

adscript
a1
written or printed immediately following another character and aligned with it;

a2
(used of persons) bound to a tract of land;

- hence their service is transferable from owner to owner;

- "an adscript serf";

- syn. adscripted;

- sim. unfree;

adscripted
a1
(used of persons) bound to a tract of land;

- hence their service is transferable from owner to owner;

- "an adscript serf";

- syn. adscript;

- sim. unfree;

adsorb / æ d s ɔ b /
v1
accumulate (liquids or gases) on the surface;

adsorbable / æ d s ɔ b ə b ɫ /
a1
capable of being adsorbed or accumulated on a surface of a solid;

- syn. adsorbate;

adsorbate / æ d s ɔ b ɛ t /
n1
a material that has been or is capable of being adsorbed;

a1
capable of being adsorbed or accumulated on a surface of a solid;

- syn. adsorbable;

adsorbent / æ d s ɔ b ə n t /
n1
a material having capacity or tendency to adsorb another substance;

- syn. adsorbent material;

a1
having capacity or tendency to adsorb or cause to accumulate on a surface;

- syn. adsorptive, surface-assimilative;

- sim. chemisorptive;

adsorbent material
n1
a material having capacity or tendency to adsorb another substance;

- syn. adsorbent;

adsorption
n1
the accumulation of molecules of a gas to form a thin film on the surface of a solid;

- syn. surface assimilation;

adsorptive
a1
having capacity or tendency to adsorb or cause to accumulate on a surface;

- syn. adsorbent, surface-assimilative;

- sim. chemisorptive;

adsuki bean
n1
bushy annual widely grown in China and Japan for the flour made from its seeds;

- syn. Phaseolus angularis, Vigna angularis, adzuki bean;

adulate / æ d j ʊ ɫ eɪ t /
v1
flatter in an obsequious manner;

adulation / æ d j ʊ ɫ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
servile flattery;

- exaggerated and hypocritical praise;

adulator / æ d j ʊ ɫ eɪ t ə /
n1
a person who uses flattery;

- syn. flatterer;

adulatory / æ d j ʊ ɫ eɪ t ə ɹ i /
a1
obsequiously complimentary;

- "they listened with flattering interest";

- sim. flattering;

adult / æ d ʌ ɫ t /
n1
a fully developed person from maturity onward;

- syn. grownup;

n2
any mature animal;

a1
(of animals) fully developed;

- "an adult animal";

- "a grown woman";

- syn. big, full-grown, fully grown, grown, grownup;

- sim. mature;

a2
designed to arouse lust;

- "pornographic films and magazines";

- "adult movies";

- syn. pornographic;

- sim. sexy;

adult-onset diabetes
n1
mild form of diabetes mellitus that develops gradually in adults;

- can be precipitated by obesity or severe stress or menopause or other factors;

- can usually be controlled by diet and hypoglycemic agents without injections of insulin;

- syn. NIDDM, adult-onset diabetes mellitus, ketoacidosis-resistant diabetes, ketoacidosis-resistant diabetes mellitus, ketosis-resistant diabetes, ketosis-resistant diabetes mellitus, mature-onset diabetes, maturity-onset diabetes, maturity-onset diabetes mellitus, non-insulin-dependent diabetes, non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, type II diabetes;

adult-onset diabetes mellitus
n1
mild form of diabetes mellitus that develops gradually in adults;

- can be precipitated by obesity or severe stress or menopause or other factors;

- can usually be controlled by diet and hypoglycemic agents without injections of insulin;

- syn. NIDDM, adult-onset diabetes, ketoacidosis-resistant diabetes, ketoacidosis-resistant diabetes mellitus, ketosis-resistant diabetes, ketosis-resistant diabetes mellitus, mature-onset diabetes, maturity-onset diabetes, maturity-onset diabetes mellitus, non-insulin-dependent diabetes, non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, type II diabetes;

adult body
n1
the body of an adult human being;

adult education
n1
a course (via lectures or correspondence) for adults who are not otherwise engaged in formal study;

adult female
n1
an adult female person (as opposed to a man);

- "the woman kept house while the man hunted";

- syn. woman;

adult female body
n1
the body of an adult woman;

- syn. woman's body;

adult intelligence
n1
the average IQ of the adults in a given population;

adult male
n1
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman);

- "there were two women and six men on the bus";

- syn. man;

adult male body
n1
the body of an adult man;

- syn. man's body;

adult respiratory distress syndrome
n1
acute lung injury characterized by coughing and rales;

- inflammation of the lungs which become stiff and fibrous and cannot exchange oxygen;

- occurs among persons exposed to irritants such as corrosive chemical vapors or ammonia or chlorine etc.;

- syn. ARDS, wet lung, white lung;

adult tooth
n1
any of the 32 teeth that replace the deciduous teeth of early childhood and (with luck) can last until old age;

- syn. permanent tooth;

adulterant / ə d ʌ ɫ t ə ɹ ə n t /
n1
any substance that lessens the purity or effectiveness of a substance;

- "it is necessary to remove the adulterants before use";

- syn. adulterator;

a1
making impure or corrupt by adding extraneous materials;

- "the adulterating effect of extraneous materials";

- syn. adulterating;

- sim. extraneous;

adulterate / ə d ʌ ɫ t ə ɹ eɪ t /
v1
corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance;

- often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones;

- "adulterate liquor";

- syn. debase, dilute, load, stretch;

a1
mixed with impurities;

- syn. adulterated, debased;

- sim. impure;

adulterated / ə d ʌ ɫ t ə ɹ eɪ t ɪ d /
a1
mixed with impurities;

- syn. adulterate, debased;

- sim. impure;

adulterating / ə d ʌ ɫ t ə ɹ eɪ t ɪ ŋ /
a1
making impure or corrupt by adding extraneous materials;

- "the adulterating effect of extraneous materials";

- syn. adulterant;

- sim. extraneous;

adulteration / ə d ʌ ɫ t ə ɹ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
being mixed with extraneous material;

- the product of adulterating;

- syn. debasement;

n2
the act of adulterating (especially the illicit substitution of one substance for another);

adulterator / ə d ʌ ɫ t ə ɹ eɪ t ə /
n1
any substance that lessens the purity or effectiveness of a substance;

- "it is necessary to remove the adulterants before use";

- syn. adulterant;

n2
a changer who lessens the purity or effectiveness of a substance;

adulterer / ə d ʌ ɫ t ə ɹ ə , ə d ʌ ɫ t ə ɹ ə ɹ /
n1
someone who commits adultery or fornication;

- syn. fornicator;

adulteress / ə d ʌ ɫ t ə ɹ ɪ s /
n1
a woman adulterer;

- syn. fornicatress, hussy, jade, loose woman, slut, strumpet, trollop;

adulterine / ə d ʌ ɫ t ə ɹ i n /
a1
conceived in adultery;

- sim. illegitimate;

adulterous / ə d ʌ ɫ t ə ɹ ə s /
a1
characterized by adultery;

- "an adulterous relationship";

- "extramarital affairs";

- "the extracurricular activities of a philandering husband";

- syn. extracurricular, extramarital;

- sim. illicit;

a2
not faithful to a spouse or lover;

- "adulterous husbands and wives";

- "a two-timing boyfriend";

- syn. cheating, two-timing;

- sim. unfaithful;

adulterously / ə d ʌ ɫ t ə ɹ ə s ɫ i /
r1
in an adulterous manner;

- "he behaved adulterously";

adultery / ə d ʌ ɫ t ə ɹ i /
n1
extramarital sex that willfully and maliciously interferes with marriage relations;

- "adultery is often cited as grounds for divorce";

- syn. criminal conversation, fornication;

adulthood / æ d ə ɫ t h ʊ d /
n1
the period of time in your life after your physical growth has stopped and you are fully developed;

- syn. maturity;

n2
the state (and responsibilities) of a person who has attained maturity;

adumbrate / æ d ʌ m b ɹ eɪ t /
v1
describe roughly or briefly or give the main points or summary of;

- "sketch the outline of the book";

- "outline his ideas";

- syn. outline, sketch;

v2
give to understand;

- "I insinuated that I did not like his wife";

- syn. insinuate, intimate;

adumbration / æ d ʌ m b ɹ eɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
the act of providing vague advance indications;

- representing beforehand;

- syn. foreshadowing, prefiguration;

n2
a sketchy or imperfect or faint representation;

adumbrative / æ d ʌ m b ɹ eɪ t ɪ v /
a1
indistinctly prophetic;

- syn. foreshadowing, prefigurative;

- sim. prophetic;

adust
a1
dried out by heat or excessive exposure to sunlight;

- "a vast desert all adust";

- "land lying baked in the heat";

- "parched soil";

- "the earth was scorched and bare";

- "sunbaked salt flats";

- syn. baked, parched, scorched, sunbaked;

- sim. dry;

a2
burned brown by the sun;

- "of an adust complexion"- Sir Walter Scott;

- sim. brunet;

advance / ə d v ɑ n s /
n1
a movement forward;

- "he listened for the progress of the troops";

- syn. progress, progression;

n2
a change for the better;

- progress in development;

- syn. betterment, improvement;

n3
a tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others;

- "she rejected his advances";

- syn. approach, feeler, overture;

n4
the act of moving forward (as toward a goal);

- syn. advancement, forward motion, onward motion, procession, progress, progression;

n5
an amount paid before it is earned;

- syn. cash advance;

n6
increase in price or value;

- "the news caused a general advance on the stock market";

- syn. rise;

v1
move forward, also in the metaphorical sense;

- "Time marches on";

- syn. go on, march on, move on, pass on, progress;

v2
bring forward for consideration or acceptance;

- "advance an argument";

- syn. throw out;

v3
increase or raise;

- "boost the voltage in an electrical circuit";

- syn. boost, supercharge;

v4
contribute to the progress or growth of;

- "I am promoting the use of computers in the classroom";

- syn. boost, encourage, further, promote;

v5
cause to move forward;

- "Can you move the car seat forward?";

- syn. bring forward;

v6
obtain advantages, such as points, etc.;

- "The home team was gaining ground";

- "After defeating the Knicks, the Blazers pulled ahead of the Lakers in the battle for the number-one playoff berth in the Western Conference";

- "win points";

- syn. gain, gain ground, get ahead, make headway, pull ahead, win;

v7
develop in a positive way;

- "He progressed well in school";

- "My plants are coming along";

- "Plans are shaping up";

- syn. come along, come on, get along, get on, progress, shape up;

v8
develop further;

- "We are advancing technology every day";

v9
give a promotion to or assign to a higher position;

- "John was kicked upstairs when a replacement was hired";

- "Women tend not to advance in the major law firms";

- "I got promoted after many years of hard work";

- syn. elevate, kick upstairs, promote, raise, upgrade;

v10
pay in advance;

- "Can you advance me some money?";

v11
move forward;

- "we have to advance clocks and watches when we travel eastward";

- syn. set ahead;

v12
rise in rate or price;

- "The stock market gained 24 points today";

- syn. gain;

a1
being ahead of time or need;

- "gave advance warning";

- "was beforehand with her report";

- syn. beforehand;

- sim. early;

a2
situated ahead or going before;

- "an advance party";

- "at that time the most advanced outpost was still east of the Rockies";

- syn. advanced, in advance;

- sim. front;

advance death benefit
n1
a percentage of death benefits paid directly to policy holders having a short life expectancy (usually 6 months);

advanced / ə d v ɑ n s t /
a1
farther along in physical or mental development;

- "the child's skeletal age was classified as `advanced'";

- "children in the advanced classes in elementary school read far above grade average";

- sim. precocious;

a2
comparatively late in a course of development;

- "the illness had reached an advanced stage";

- "an advanced state of exhaustion";

- sim. late;

a3
ahead of the times;

- "the advanced teaching methods";

- "had advanced views on the subject";

- "a forward-looking corporation";

- "is British industry innovative enough?";

- syn. forward-looking, innovative, modern;

- sim. progressive;

a4
at a higher level in training or knowledge or skill;

- "an advanced degree";

- "an advanced text in physics";

- "special seminars for small groups of advanced students at the University";

- sim. high;

a5
ahead in development;

- complex or intricate;

- "advanced technology";

- "a sophisticated electronic control system";

- syn. sophisticated;

- sim. high-tech;

a6
far along in time;

- "a man of advanced age";

- "advanced in years";

- "a ripe old age";

- "the ripe age of 90";

- syn. ripe;

- sim. late;

a7
(of societies) highly developed especially in technology or industry;

- "advanced societies";

- "an advanced country technologically";

- sim. civilized;

a8
situated ahead or going before;

- "an advance party";

- "at that time the most advanced outpost was still east of the Rockies";

- syn. advance, in advance;

- sim. front;

Advanced Research and Development Activity
n1
an agency of the Intelligence Community that conducts advanced research and development related to information technology;

- syn. ARDA;

advancement / ə d v ɑ n s m ə n t /
n1
encouragement of the progress or growth or acceptance of something;

- syn. furtherance, promotion;

n2
the act of moving forward (as toward a goal);

- syn. advance, forward motion, onward motion, procession, progress, progression;

n3
gradual improvement or growth or development;

- "advancement of knowledge";

- "great progress in the arts";

- syn. progress;

advancer / ə d v ɑ n s ə , ə d v ɑ n s ə ɹ /
n1
someone who advances;

advancing / ə d v ɑ n s ɪ ŋ /
a1
moving forward;

- syn. forward, forward-moving;

- sim. progressive;

advantage / ə d v ɑ n t ɪ dʒ /
n1
the quality of having a superior or more favorable position;

- "the experience gave him the advantage over me";

- syn. vantage;

n2
(tennis) first point scored after deuce;

n3
benefit resulting from some event or action;

- "it turned out to my advantage";

- "reaping the rewards of generosity";

- syn. reward;

v1
give an advantage to;

- "This system advantages the rich";

advantageous / æ d v ə n t eɪ dʒ ə s /
a1
giving an advantage;

- "a contract advantageous to our country";

- "socially advantageous to entertain often";

- syn. favorable, favourable;

- also expedient, opportune, profitable;

- sim. beneficial, discriminatory, plus;

a2
appropriate for achieving a particular end;

- implies a lack of concern for fairness;

- sim. expedient;

advantageously / æ d v ə n t eɪ dʒ ə s ɫ i /
r1
in a manner affording benefit or advantage;

- "she married well";

- "The children were settled advantageously in Seattle";

- syn. well;

advantageousness / æ d v ə n t eɪ dʒ ə s n ɛ s /
n1
the quality of being encouraging or promising of a successful outcome;

- syn. favorableness, favourableness, positiveness, positivity, profitableness;

advect
v1
convey by horizontal mass movement of a fluid;

- "energy advected from the environment";

advection
n1
(meteorology) the horizontal transfer of heat or other atmospheric properties;

advective
a1
of or relating to advection;

advent / æ d v ə n t /
n1
arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous);

- "the advent of the computer";

- syn. coming;

n2
the season including the four Sundays preceding Christmas;

n3
(Christian theology) the reappearance of Jesus as judge for the Last Judgment;

- syn. Parousia, Second Advent, Second Coming, Second Coming of Christ;

Advent Sunday
n1
the first of the four Sundays during Advent;

Adventism / æ d v ə n t ɪ z ə m /
n1
any Christian religion that believes the second coming of Christ is imminent;

- syn. Second Adventism;

Adventist / æ d v ə n t ɪ s t /
n1
a member of Christian denomination that expects the imminent advent of Christ;

- syn. Second Adventist;

adventitia / æ d v ɛ n t ɪ ʃ ə /
n1
an enveloping or covering membrane or layer of body tissue;

- syn. tunic, tunica;

adventitial
a1
of or pertaining to the adventitia;

adventitious / æ d v ɛ n t ɪ ʃ ə s /
a1
associated by chance and not an integral part;

- "poetry is something to which words are the accidental, not by any means the essential form"- Frederick W. Robertson;

- "they had to decide whether his misconduct was adventitious or the result of a flaw in his character";

- sim. extrinsic;

adventitious root
n1
root growing in an unusual location e.g. from a stem;

adventive / æ d v ə n t ɪ v /
a1
not native and not fully established;

- locally or temporarily naturalized;

- "an adventive weed";

- sim. foreign;

adventure / ə d v ɛ n tʃ ə , ə d v ɛ n tʃ ə ɹ /
n1
a wild and exciting undertaking (not necessarily lawful);

- syn. dangerous undertaking, escapade, risky venture;

v1
take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome;

- "When you buy these stocks you are gambling";

- syn. chance, gamble, hazard, risk, run a risk, take a chance, take chances;

v2
put at risk;

- "I will stake my good reputation for this";

- syn. hazard, jeopardize, stake, venture;

adventure story
n1
a story of an adventure;

- syn. heroic tale;

adventurer / ə d v ɛ n tʃ ə ɹ ə , ə d v ɛ n tʃ ə ɹ ə ɹ /
n1
a person who enjoys taking risks;

- syn. venturer;

n2
someone who travels into little known regions (especially for some scientific purpose);

- syn. explorer;

adventuresome / ə d v ɛ n tʃ ə s ə m /
a1
willing to undertake or seeking out new and daring enterprises;

- "adventurous pioneers";

- "the risks and gains of an adventuresome economy";

- syn. adventurous;

- also bold, brave, courageous, incautious;

- sim. audacious, sporting, swaggering;

adventuress / ə d v ɛ n tʃ ə ɹ ɪ s /
n1
a woman adventurer;

adventurism / ə d v ɛ n tʃ ə ɹ ɪ z ə m /
n1
recklessness in politics or foreign affairs;

adventuristic / ə d v ɛ n tʃ ə ɹ ɪ s t ɪ k /
a1
of or pertaining to adventurism;

adventurous / ə d v ɛ n tʃ ə ɹ ə s /
a1
willing to undertake or seeking out new and daring enterprises;

- "adventurous pioneers";

- "the risks and gains of an adventuresome economy";

- syn. adventuresome;

- also bold, brave, incautious;

- sim. audacious, sporting, swaggering;

adventurousness / ə d v ɛ n tʃ ə ɹ ə s n ə s /
n1
the trait of being adventurous;

- syn. venturesomeness;

adverb / æ d v ɝ b /
n1
the word class that qualifies verbs or clauses;

n2
a word that modifies something other than a noun;

adverbial / æ d v ɝ b ɪə ɫ /
n1
a word or group of words function as an adverb;

a1
of or relating to or functioning as an adverb;

- "adverbial syntax";

adverbially / æ d v ɝ b ɪə ɫ i /
r1
as an adverb;

- "the prepositional phrase here is used adverbially";

adversary / æ d v ə s ə ɹ i /
n1
someone who offers opposition;

- syn. antagonist, opponent, opposer, resister;

adversative / ə d v ɝ s ə t ɪ v /
a1
expressing antithesis or opposition;

- "the adversative conjunction `but' in `poor but happy'";

- syn. oppositive;

- sim. disjunctive;

adversative conjunction
n1
the conjunctive relation of units that expresses the opposition of their meanings;

adverse / æ d v ɝ s /
a1
contrary to your interests or welfare;

- "adverse circumstances";

- "made a place for themselves under the most untoward conditions";

- syn. inauspicious, untoward;

- sim. unfavorable;

a2
in an opposing direction;

- "adverse currents";

- "a contrary wind";

- syn. contrary;

- sim. unfavorable;

adverse opinion
n1
an opinion concerning financial statements (usually based on an audit by a CPA) that the statements as a whole do not present results fairly or are not in conformity with the generally accepted accounting practices of the United States;

adverse witness
n1
a witness whose relationship to the opposing party is such that his or her testimony may be prejudiced against the opposing party;

- "a hostile witness can be asked leading questions and cross-examined";

- syn. hostile witness;

adversely / æ d v ɝ s ɫ i /
r1
in an adverse manner;

- "she was adversely affected by the new regulations";

adversity / ə d v ɝ s ɪ t i /
n1
a state of misfortune or affliction;

- "debt-ridden farmers struggling with adversity";

- "a life of hardship";

- syn. hard knocks, hardship;

n2
a stroke of ill fortune;

- a calamitous event;

- "a period marked by adversities";

advert / æ d v ɝ t , ə d v ɝ t /
n1
a public promotion of some product or service;

- syn. ad, advertisement, advertising, advertizement, advertizing;

v1
give heed (to);

- "The children in the audience attended the recital quietly";

- "She hung on his every word";

- "They attended to everything he said";

- syn. attend, give ear, hang, pay heed;

v2
make a more or less disguised reference to;

- "He alluded to the problem but did not mention it";

- syn. allude, touch;

v3
make reference to;

- "His name was mentioned in connection with the invention";

- syn. bring up, cite, mention, name, refer;

advertence / ə d v ɝ t ə n s /
n1
the process of being heedful;

- syn. advertency;

advertency / ə d v ɝ t ə n s i /
n1
the process of being heedful;

- syn. advertence;

advertent / ə d v ɝ t ə n t /
a1
giving attention;

- syn. heedful;

- sim. attentive;

advertently / ə d v ɝ t ə n t ɫ i /
r1
in a careful deliberate manner;

- syn. heedfully, mindfully;

advertise / æ d v ə t aɪ z /
v1
call attention to;

- "Please don't advertise the fact that he has AIDS";

- syn. advertize, publicise, publicize;

v2
make publicity for;

- try to sell (a product);

- "The salesman is aggressively pushing the new computer model";

- "The company is heavily advertizing their new laptops";

- syn. advertize, promote, push;

advertised / æ d v ə t aɪ z d /
a1
called to public attention;

- "these advertised products";

- sim. publicized;

advertisement / ə d v ɝ t ɪ s m ə n t /
n1
a public promotion of some product or service;

- syn. ad, advert, advertising, advertizement, advertizing;

advertiser / æ d v ə t aɪ z ə , æ d v ə t aɪ z ə ɹ /
n1
someone whose business is advertising;

- syn. adman, advertizer;

advertising / æ d v ə t aɪ z ɪ ŋ /
n1
a public promotion of some product or service;

- syn. ad, advert, advertisement, advertizement, advertizing;

n2
the business of drawing public attention to goods and services;

- syn. publicizing;

advertising agency
n1
an agency that designs advertisement to call public attention to its clients;

- syn. ad agency;

advertising campaign
n1
an organized program of advertisements;

- syn. ad blitz, ad campaign;

advertising department
n1
the division of a business that is responsible for advertising;

- syn. advertising division;

advertising division
n1
the division of a business that is responsible for advertising;

- syn. advertising department;

advertize
v1
make publicity for;

- try to sell (a product);

- "The salesman is aggressively pushing the new computer model";

- "The company is heavily advertizing their new laptops";

- syn. advertise, promote, push;

v2
call attention to;

- "Please don't advertise the fact that he has AIDS";

- syn. advertise, publicise, publicize;

advertizement
n1
a public promotion of some product or service;

- syn. ad, advert, advertisement, advertising, advertizing;

advertizer
n1
someone whose business is advertising;

- syn. adman, advertiser;

advertizing
n1
a public promotion of some product or service;

- syn. ad, advert, advertisement, advertising, advertizement;

advertorial
n1
an advertisement that is written and presented in the style of an editorial or journalistic report;

advice / ə d v aɪ s /
n1
a proposal for an appropriate course of action;

advice and consent
n1
a legal expression in the United States Constitution that allows the Senate to constrain the President's powers of appointment and treaty-making;

Advil
n1
a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory and analgesic medicine (trade names Advil and Motrin and Nuprin) used to relieve the pain of arthritis and as an antipyretic;

- "daily use of ibuprofen can irritate the stomach";

- syn. Motrin, Nuprin, ibuprofen, isobutylphenyl propionic acid;

advisability / ə d v aɪ z ə b ɪ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
the quality of being advisable;

- "they questioned the advisability of our policy";

advisable / ə d v aɪ z ə b ɫ /
a1
worthy of being recommended or suggested;

- prudent or wise;

- "such action is neither necessary nor advisable";

- "extreme caution is advisable";

- "it is advisable to telephone first";

- also prudent, wise;

- sim. better, well;

advise / ə d v aɪ z /
v1
give advice to;

- "The teacher counsels troubled students";

- "The lawyer counselled me when I was accused of tax fraud";

- syn. counsel, rede;

v2
inform (somebody) of something;

- "I advised him that the rent was due";

- syn. apprise, apprize, give notice, notify, send word;

v3
make a proposal, declare a plan for something;

- "the senator proposed to abolish the sales tax";

- syn. propose, suggest;

advised / ə d v aɪ z d /
a1
having the benefit of careful prior consideration or counsel;

- "a well-advised delay in carrying out the plan";

- syn. well-advised;

- also wise;

- sim. considered;

a2
having received information;

- "be kept advised";

- sim. informed;

advisedly / ə d v aɪ z ɪ d ɫ i /
r1
with intention;

- in an intentional manner;

- "he used that word intentionally";

- "I did this by choice";

- syn. by choice, by design, deliberately, designedly, intentionally, on purpose, purposely;

advisee
n1
someone who receives advice;

advisement
n1
careful consideration;

- "a little deliberation would have deterred them";

- syn. deliberation, weighing;

adviser / ə d v aɪ z ə , ə d v aɪ z ə ɹ /
n1
an expert who gives advice;

- "an adviser helped students select their courses";

- "the United States sent military advisors to Guatemala";

- syn. advisor, consultant;

advisor / ə d v aɪ z ə /
n1
an expert who gives advice;

- "an adviser helped students select their courses";

- "the United States sent military advisors to Guatemala";

- syn. adviser, consultant;

advisory / ə d v aɪ z ə ɹ i /
n1
an announcement that usually advises or warns the public of some threat;

- "a frost advisory";

a1
giving advice;

- "an advisory memorandum";

- "his function was purely consultative";

- syn. consultative, consultatory, consultive;

- sim. informative;

advisory board
n1
a board appointed to advise the chief administrator;

- syn. planning board;

advisory service
n1
a consulting service in which a CPA develops findings and conclusions and recommendations that are presented to the client for consideration and decision making;

advocacy / æ d v ə k ə s i /
n1
active support of an idea or cause etc.;

- especially the act of pleading or arguing for something;

- syn. protagonism;

advocacy group
n1
an interest group that tries to influence legislators or bureaucrats to act in their favor, typically through lobbying;

- syn. lobby, lobby group, pressure group, special-interest group, special interest, special interest group, third house;

advocate / æ d v ə k ə t , æ d v ə k eɪ t /
n1
a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea;

- syn. advocator, exponent, proponent;

n2
a lawyer who pleads cases in court;

- syn. counsel, counsellor, counselor, counselor-at-law, pleader;

v1
push for something;

- "The travel agent recommended strongly that we not travel on Thanksgiving Day";

- syn. recommend, urge;

v2
speak, plead, or argue in favor of;

- "The doctor advocated a smoking ban in the entire house";

- syn. preach;

advocator / æ d v ə k eɪ t ə /
n1
a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea;

- syn. advocate, exponent, proponent;

advowson / æ d v aʊ z n /
n1
the right in English law of presenting a nominee to a vacant ecclesiastical benefice;

adynamia
n1
lack of strength or vigor (especially from illness);

adynamic / æ d aɪ n æ m ɪ k /
a1
characterized by an absence of force or forcefulness;

- syn. undynamic;

- sim. backward, stagnant;

a2
lacking energy or vitality;

- syn. asthenic, debilitated, enervated;

- sim. weak;

adz / æ d z /
n1
an edge tool used to cut and shape wood;

- syn. adze;

adze / æ d z /
n1
an edge tool used to cut and shape wood;

- syn. adz;

Adzhar
n1
an autonomous province of Georgia on the Black Sea;

- syn. Adzharia;

Adzharia
n1
an autonomous province of Georgia on the Black Sea;

- syn. Adzhar;

adzuki bean
n1
bushy annual widely grown in China and Japan for the flour made from its seeds;

- syn. Phaseolus angularis, Vigna angularis, adsuki bean;

AEC
n1
a former executive agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States;

- syn. Atomic Energy Commission;

aecial
a1
of or belonging to an aecium;

aeciospore
n1
spore of a rust fungus formed in an aecium;

aecium
n1
fruiting body of some rust fungi bearing chains of aeciospores;

Aedes
n1
yellow-fever mosquitos;

- syn. genus Aedes;

Aedes aegypti
n1
mosquito that transmits yellow fever and dengue;

- syn. yellow-fever mosquito;

Aedes albopictus
n1
striped native of Japan thriving in southwestern and midwestern United States and spreading to the Caribbean;

- potential carrier of serious diseases;

- syn. Asian tiger mosquito;

Aegadean Islands
n1
a group of islands off the west coast of Sicily in the Mediterranean;

- syn. Aegadean Isles, Aegates, Egadi Islands, Isole Egadi;

Aegadean Isles
n1
a group of islands off the west coast of Sicily in the Mediterranean;

- syn. Aegadean Islands, Aegates, Egadi Islands, Isole Egadi;

n2
islands west of Sicily (now known as the Egadi Islands) where the Romans won a naval victory over the Carthaginians that ended the first Punic War in 241 BC;

- syn. Aegates Isles;

Aegates
n1
a group of islands off the west coast of Sicily in the Mediterranean;

- syn. Aegadean Islands, Aegadean Isles, Egadi Islands, Isole Egadi;

Aegates Isles
n1
islands west of Sicily (now known as the Egadi Islands) where the Romans won a naval victory over the Carthaginians that ended the first Punic War in 241 BC;

- syn. Aegadean Isles;

Aegean / i dʒ i ə n /
n1
an arm of the Mediterranean between Greece and Turkey;

- a main trade route for the ancient civilizations of Crete and Greece and Rome and Persia;

- syn. Aegean Sea;

a1
of or relating to or characteristic of the prehistoric Aegean civilization;

a2
of or relating to or bordering the Aegean Sea;

- "Aegean islands";

Aegean civilisation
n1
the prehistoric civilization on the islands in the Aegean sea and the surrounding countries;

- "by 800 BC the entire Aegean had adopted this style of pottery";

- syn. Aegean civilization, Aegean culture;

Aegean civilization
n1
the prehistoric civilization on the islands in the Aegean sea and the surrounding countries;

- "by 800 BC the entire Aegean had adopted this style of pottery";

- syn. Aegean civilisation, Aegean culture;

Aegean culture
n1
the prehistoric civilization on the islands in the Aegean sea and the surrounding countries;

- "by 800 BC the entire Aegean had adopted this style of pottery";

- syn. Aegean civilisation, Aegean civilization;

Aegean island
n1
an island in the Aegean Sea;

Aegean Sea
n1
an arm of the Mediterranean between Greece and Turkey;

- a main trade route for the ancient civilizations of Crete and Greece and Rome and Persia;

- syn. Aegean;

Aegiceras
n1
a genus of herbs of the family Verbenaceae;

- syn. genus Aegiceras;

Aegiceras majus
n1
an Australian tree resembling the black mangrove of the West Indies and Florida;

- syn. black mangrove;

Aegilops
n1
goat grass;

- syn. genus Aegilops;

Aegilops triuncalis
n1
European grass naturalized as a weed in North America;

- sharp-pointed seeds cause injury when eaten by livestock;

- syn. goat grass;

Aegina
n1
an island in the Aegean Sea in the Saronic Gulf;

- syn. Aigina;

n2
small medusa;

aegir
n1
a high wave (often dangerous) caused by tidal flow (as by colliding tidal currents or in a narrow estuary);

- syn. bore, eager, eagre, tidal bore;

aegis / i dʒ ɪ s /
n1
kindly endorsement and guidance;

- "the tournament was held under the auspices of the city council";

- syn. auspices, protection;

n2
armor plate that protects the chest;

- the front part of a cuirass;

- syn. breastplate, egis;

Aegisthus
n1
(Greek mythology) the seducer of Clytemnestra and murderer of Agamemnon who usurped the throne of Mycenae until Agamemnon's son Orestes returned home and killed him;

Aegospotami
n1
a creek emptying into the Hellespont in present-day Turkey;

- at its mouth in 405 BC the Spartan fleet under Lysander defeated the Athenians and ended the Peloponnesian War;

- syn. Aegospotamos;

n2
a river in ancient Thrace (now Turkey);

- in the mouth of this river the Spartan fleet under Lysander destroyed the Athenian fleet in the final battle of the Peloponnesian War (404 BC);

- syn. Aegospotamos;

Aegospotamos
n1
a creek emptying into the Hellespont in present-day Turkey;

- at its mouth in 405 BC the Spartan fleet under Lysander defeated the Athenians and ended the Peloponnesian War;

- syn. Aegospotami;

n2
a river in ancient Thrace (now Turkey);

- in the mouth of this river the Spartan fleet under Lysander destroyed the Athenian fleet in the final battle of the Peloponnesian War (404 BC);

- syn. Aegospotami;

Aegypiidae
n1
in some classifications considered the family comprising the Old World vultures which are more often included in the family Accipitridae;

- syn. family Aegypiidae;

Aegypius
n1
a genus of Accipitridae;

- syn. genus Aegypius;

Aegypius monachus
n1
of southern Eurasia and northern Africa;

- syn. black vulture;

Aegyptopithecus
n1
extinct primate of about 38 million years ago;

- fossils found in Egypt;

Aelius Donatus
n1
Roman grammarian whose textbook on Latin grammar was used throughout the Middle Ages (fourth century);

- syn. Donatus;

Aeneas
n1
a mythical Greek warrior who was a leader on the Trojan side of the Trojan War;

- hero of the Aeneid;

Aeneas Silvius
n1
Italian pope from 1458 to 1464 who is remembered for his unsuccessful attempt to lead a crusade against the Turks (1405-1464);

- syn. Enea Silvio Piccolomini, Pius II;

Aeneid
n1
an epic in Latin by Virgil;

- tells the adventures of Aeneas after the Trojan War;

- provides an illustrious historical background for the Roman Empire;

Aengus
n1
Celtic god of love and beauty;

- patron deity of young men and women;

- syn. Angus, Angus Og, Oengus;

Aeolia
n1
an ancient coastal region of northwestern Asia Minor (including Lesbos) where the Aeolians founded several cities around 1100 BC;

- syn. Aeolis;

Aeolian / i oʊ ɫ j ə n /
n1
a member of one of four linguistic divisions of the prehistoric Greeks;

- syn. Eolian;

n2
the ancient Greek inhabitants of Aeolia;

a1
of or pertaining to Aeolus, the Greek god of the winds;

- relating to or caused by the wind;

a2
of or relating to Aeolis or its ancient Greek people;

aeolian harp
n1
a harp having strings tuned in unison;

- they sound when wind passes over them;

- syn. aeolian lyre, wind harp;

aeolian lyre
n1
a harp having strings tuned in unison;

- they sound when wind passes over them;

- syn. aeolian harp, wind harp;

Aeolic
n1
the dialect of Ancient Greek spoken in Thessaly and Boeotia and Aeolis;

- syn. Aeolic dialect, Eolic;

Aeolic dialect
n1
the dialect of Ancient Greek spoken in Thessaly and Boeotia and Aeolis;

- syn. Aeolic, Eolic;

Aeolis
n1
an ancient coastal region of northwestern Asia Minor (including Lesbos) where the Aeolians founded several cities around 1100 BC;

- syn. Aeolia;

aeolotropic
a1
having properties with different values along different axes;

- syn. eolotropic;

- sim. anisotropic;

Aeolus
n1
god of the winds in ancient mythology;

aeon / i ə n /
n1
(Gnosticism) a divine power or nature emanating from the Supreme Being and playing various roles in the operation of the universe;

- syn. eon;

n2
the longest division of geological time;

- syn. eon;

n3
an immeasurably long period of time;

- "oh, that happened eons ago";

- syn. eon;

aeonian / i ə n i ə n /
a1
of or relating to a geological eon (longer than an era);

- syn. eonian;

a2
continuing forever or indefinitely;

- "the ageless themes of love and revenge";

- "eternal truths";

- "life everlasting";

- "hell's perpetual fires";

- "the unending bliss of heaven";

- syn. ageless, eonian, eternal, everlasting, perpetual, unceasing, unending;

- sim. permanent;

Aeonium
n1
a genus of plants of the family Crassulaceae;

- syn. genus Aeonium;

Aeonium haworthii
n1
perennial subshrub of Tenerife having leaves in rosettes resembling pinwheels;

- syn. pinwheel;

Aepyceros
n1
African antelopes: impalas;

- syn. genus Aepyceros;

Aepyceros melampus
n1
African antelope with ridged curved horns;

- moves with enormous leaps;

- syn. impala;

Aepyornidae
n1
coextensive with the order Aepyorniformes;

- syn. family Aepyornidae;

Aepyorniformes
n1
huge extinct flightless birds: elephant birds;

- syn. order Aepyorniformes;

aepyornis
n1
huge (to 9 ft.) extinct flightless bird of Madagascar;

- syn. elephant bird;

aerate / eə ɹ eɪ t /
v1
expose to fresh air;

- "aerate your old sneakers";

- syn. air, air out;

v2
aerate (sewage) so as to favor the growth of organisms that decompose organic matter;

- syn. activate;

v3
impregnate, combine, or supply with oxygen;

- "oxygenate blood";

- syn. oxygenate, oxygenise, oxygenize;

aerated / eə ɹ eɪ t ɪ d /
a1
(of a liquid) treated by having air passed or bubbled through it for purification;

- sim. treated;

a2
supplied with carbon dioxide;

- syn. charged;

- sim. effervescent;

aeration / eə ɹ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the process of exposing to air (so as to purify);

- "the aeration of the soil";

n2
the act of charging a liquid with a gas making it effervescent;

aerator / eə ɹ eɪ t ə /
n1
an apparatus for exposing something to the air (as sewage);

aerial / eə ɹ ɪə ɫ /
n1
a pass to a receiver downfield from the passer;

- syn. forward pass;

n2
an electrical device that sends or receives radio or television signals;

- syn. antenna, transmitting aerial;

a1
existing or living or growing or operating in the air;

- "aerial roots of a philodendron";

- "aerial particles";

- "small aerial creatures such as butterflies";

- "aerial warfare";

- "aerial photography";

- "aerial cable cars";

- sim. free-flying;

a2
characterized by lightness and insubstantiality;

- as impalpable or intangible as air;

- "figures light and aeriform come unlooked for and melt away"- Thomas Carlyle;

- "aerial fancies";

- "an airy apparition";

- "physical rather than ethereal forms";

- syn. aeriform, aery, airy, ethereal;

- sim. insubstantial;

aerial ladder
n1
mechanically extendible ladder;

- used on a fire truck;

aerial ladder truck
n1
a fire engine carrying ladders;

- syn. ladder truck;

aerial torpedo
n1
a torpedo designed to be launched from an airplane;

aerial tramway
n1
a conveyance that transports passengers or freight in carriers suspended from cables and supported by a series of towers;

- syn. cable tramway, ropeway, tram, tramway;

aerialist / eə ɹ ɪə ɫ ɪ s t /
n1
an acrobat who performs in the air (as on a rope or trapeze);

aerially / eə ɹ ɪə ɫ i /
r1
by means of aircraft;

- "the survey was carried out aerially";

aerides
n1
any orchid of the genus Aerides;

aerie / eə ɹ i /
n1
the lofty nest of a bird of prey (such as a hawk or eagle);

- syn. aery, eyrie, eyry;

n2
any habitation at a high altitude;

- syn. aery, eyrie, eyry;

aeriferous / eə ɹ ɪ f ə ɹ ə s /
a1
conveying air;

- as the bronchial tubes;

aeriform / eə ɹ ɪ f ɔ m /
a1
resembling air or having the form of air;

- syn. airlike;

- sim. gaseous;

a2
characterized by lightness and insubstantiality;

- as impalpable or intangible as air;

- "figures light and aeriform come unlooked for and melt away"- Thomas Carlyle;

- "aerial fancies";

- "an airy apparition";

- "physical rather than ethereal forms";

- syn. aerial, aery, airy, ethereal;

- sim. insubstantial;

aerify / eə ɹ ɪ f aɪ /
v1
turn into gas;

- "The substance gasified";

- syn. gasify, vaporise, vaporize;

Aerobacter
n1
aerobic bacteria widely distributed in nature;

- syn. genus Aerobacter;

Aerobacter aerogenes
n1
a species of Gram-negative aerobic bacteria that produce gas and acid from sugars and are sometimes involved in the souring of milk;

aerobatics / eə ɹ ə b æ t ɪ k s /
n1
the performance of stunts while in flight in an aircraft;

- syn. acrobatics, stunt flying, stunting;

aerobe / eə ɹ oʊ b /
n1
an organism (especially a bacterium) that requires air or free oxygen for life;

aerobic / eə ɹ oʊ b ɪ k /
a1
depending on free oxygen or air;

- "aerobic fermentation";

- syn. aerophilic, aerophilous;

- sim. aerobiotic, oxidative;

a2
based on or using the principles of aerobics;

- enhancing respiratory and circulatory efficiency;

- "aerobic dance";

- "running is very aerobic";

aerobic exercise
n1
exercise that increases the need for oxygen;

- syn. aerobics;

aerobics / eə ɹ oʊ b ɪ k s /
n1
exercise that increases the need for oxygen;

- syn. aerobic exercise;

aerobiosis
n1
life sustained in the presence of air or oxygen;

aerobiotic / eə ɹ ə b æ t ɪ k /
a1
living or active only in the presence of oxygen;

- "aerobiotic bacteria";

- sim. aerobic;

aerodontalgia
n1
pain in the teeth that results from a change in air pressure (as in flying or mountain climbing);

aerodrome / eə ɹ ə d ɹ oʊ m /
n1
an airfield equipped with control tower and hangars as well as accommodations for passengers and cargo;

- syn. airdrome, airport, drome;

aerodynamic / eə ɹ oʊ d aɪ n æ m ɪ k /
a1
of or relating to aerodynamics;

a2
designed or arranged to offer the least resistant to fluid flow;

- "a streamlined convertible";

- syn. flowing, sleek, streamlined;

- sim. smooth;

aerodynamic force
n1
forces acting on airfoils in motion relative to the air (or other gaseous fluids);

aerodynamic lift
n1
the component of the aerodynamic forces acting on an airfoil that opposes gravity;

- syn. lift;

aerodynamics / eə ɹ oʊ d aɪ n æ m ɪ k s /
n1
the branch of mechanics that deals with the motion of gases (especially air) and their effects on bodies in the flow;

- syn. aeromechanics;

aeroembolism
n1
obstruction of the circulatory system caused by an air bubble as, e.g., accidentally during surgery or hypodermic injection or as a complication from scuba diving;

- syn. air embolism, gas embolism;

n2
pain resulting from rapid change in pressure;

- syn. air embolism, bends, caisson disease, decompression sickness, gas embolism;

aerofoil / eə ɹ oʊ f ɔɪ ɫ /
n1
a device that provides reactive force when in motion relative to the surrounding air;

- can lift or control a plane in flight;

- syn. airfoil, control surface, surface;

aerogenerator
n1
generator that extracts usable energy from winds;

- syn. wind generator, windmill;

aerogram / eə ɹ oʊ ɡ ɹ æ m /
n1
a letter sent by air mail;

- syn. aerogramme, air letter, airmail letter;

aerogramme
n1
a letter sent by air mail;

- syn. aerogram, air letter, airmail letter;

aerolite / eə ɹ ə ɫ aɪ t /
n1
a stony meteorite consisting of silicate minerals;

aerolitic
a1
of or pertaining to certain stony meteorites;

aerological / eə ɹ ə ɫ ɒ dʒ ɪ k ə ɫ /
a1
of or pertaining to aerology;

aerology / eə ɹ ɒ ɫ ə dʒ i /
n1
meteorology of the total extent of the atmosphere;

- especially the upper layers;

aeromechanic
a1
of or pertaining to aerodynamics;

aeromechanics / eə ɹ oʊ m ɪ k æ n ɪ k s /
n1
the branch of mechanics that deals with the motion of gases (especially air) and their effects on bodies in the flow;

- syn. aerodynamics;

aeromedical / eə ɹ oʊ m ɛ d ɪ k ɫ /
a1
of or relating to aviation medicine;

aeromedicine / eə ɹ oʊ m ɛ d s n /
n1
the study and treatment of disorders associated with flight (especially with space flight);

- syn. aerospace medicine, aviation medicine;

aeronaut / eə ɹ ə n ɔ t /
n1
someone who operates an aircraft;

- syn. airman, aviator, flier, flyer;

aeronautic / eə ɹ ə n ɔ t ɪ k /
a1
of or pertaining to aeronautics;

- syn. aeronautical;

aeronautical / eə ɹ ə n ɔ t ɪ k ə ɫ /
a1
of or pertaining to aeronautics;

- syn. aeronautic;

aeronautical engineer
n1
an engineer concerned with the design and construction of aircraft;

aeronautical engineering
n1
the branch of engineering science concerned with the design and construction of aircraft;

n2
the activity of designing and constructing aircraft;

aeronautics / eə ɹ ə n ɔ t ɪ k s /
n1
the theory and practice of navigation through air or space;

- syn. astronautics;

aerophagia
n1
swallowing air (usually followed by belching and discomfort and flatulence);

aerophilatelic
a1
of or relating to airmail stamps;

aerophilately
n1
the collection and study of airmail stamps;

aerophile
n1
a lover of aviation;

aerophilic
a1
depending on free oxygen or air;

- "aerobic fermentation";

- syn. aerobic, aerophilous;

- sim. aerobiotic, oxidative;

aerophilous
a1
depending on free oxygen or air;

- "aerobic fermentation";

- syn. aerobic, aerophilic;

- sim. aerobiotic, oxidative;

aerophyte
n1
plant that derives moisture and nutrients from the air and rain;

- usually grows on another plant but not parasitic on it;

- syn. air plant, epiphyte, epiphytic plant;

aeroplane / eə ɹ ə p ɫ eɪ n /
n1
an aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets;

- "the flight was delayed due to trouble with the airplane";

- syn. airplane, plane;

aerosol / eə ɹ ə s ɒ ɫ /
n1
a cloud of solid or liquid particles in a gas;

n2
a dispenser that holds a substance under pressure and that can release it as a fine spray (usually by means of a propellant gas);

- syn. aerosol bomb, aerosol can, aerosol container, spray can;

aerosol bomb
n1
a bomb that uses a fuel-air explosive;

- "a thermobaric bomb can create overpressures equal to an atomic bomb";

- syn. fuel-air bomb, thermobaric bomb, vacuum bomb, volume-detonation bomb;

n2
a dispenser that holds a substance under pressure and that can release it as a fine spray (usually by means of a propellant gas);

- syn. aerosol, aerosol can, aerosol container, spray can;

aerosol can
n1
a dispenser that holds a substance under pressure and that can release it as a fine spray (usually by means of a propellant gas);

- syn. aerosol, aerosol bomb, aerosol container, spray can;

aerosol container
n1
a dispenser that holds a substance under pressure and that can release it as a fine spray (usually by means of a propellant gas);

- syn. aerosol, aerosol bomb, aerosol can, spray can;

aerosolise
v1
become dispersed as an aerosol;

- "the bacteria quickly aerosolised";

- syn. aerosolize;

v2
disperse as an aerosol;

- "The bacteria suspension was aerosolized";

- syn. aerosolize;

aerosolised
a1
in the form of ultramicroscopic solid or liquid particles dispersed or suspended in air or gas;

- syn. aerosolized;

- sim. gaseous;

aerosolize
v1
disperse as an aerosol;

- "The bacteria suspension was aerosolized";

- syn. aerosolise;

v2
become dispersed as an aerosol;

- "the bacteria quickly aerosolised";

- syn. aerosolise;

aerosolized
a1
in the form of ultramicroscopic solid or liquid particles dispersed or suspended in air or gas;

- syn. aerosolised;

- sim. gaseous;

aerospace / eə ɹ oʊ s p eɪ s /
n1
the atmosphere and outer space considered as a whole;

aerospace engineer
n1
an engineer of aircraft and space vehicles;

aerospace medicine
n1
the study and treatment of disorders associated with flight (especially with space flight);

- syn. aeromedicine, aviation medicine;

Aertex / eə t ɛ k s /
n1
a trademark for a loosely woven cotton fabric that is used to make shirts and underwear;

aery / eə ɹ i , eɪ ə ɹ i /
n1
the lofty nest of a bird of prey (such as a hawk or eagle);

- syn. aerie, eyrie, eyry;

n2
any habitation at a high altitude;

- syn. aerie, eyrie, eyry;

a1
characterized by lightness and insubstantiality;

- as impalpable or intangible as air;

- "figures light and aeriform come unlooked for and melt away"- Thomas Carlyle;

- "aerial fancies";

- "an airy apparition";

- "physical rather than ethereal forms";

- syn. aerial, aeriform, airy, ethereal;

- sim. insubstantial;

Aeschylean
a1
of or relating to or in the manner of Aeschylus;

Aeschylus
n1
Greek tragedian;

- the father of Greek tragic drama (525-456 BC);

aeschynanthus
n1
a plant of the genus Aeschynanthus having somewhat red or orange flowers and seeds having distinctive hairs at base and apex;

Aeschynanthus radicans
n1
epiphyte or creeping on rocks;

- Malaysian plant having somewhat fleshy leaves and bright red flowers;

- syn. lipstick plant;

aesculapian
a1
of or belonging to Aesculapius or the healing art;

- syn. medical;

Aesculapius
n1
son of Apollo;

- a hero and the Roman god of medicine and healing;

- his daughters were Hygeia and Panacea;

- syn. Asclepius, Asklepios;

Aesculus
n1
deciduous trees or some shrubs of North America;

- southeastern Europe;

- eastern Asia;

- syn. genus Aesculus;

Aesculus hippocastanum
n1
tree having palmate leaves and large clusters of white to red flowers followed by brown shiny inedible seeds;

- syn. buckeye, horse chestnut;

Aesir
n1
(Norse mythology) the chief of gods living at Asgard;

Aesop
n1
Greek author of fables (circa 620-560 BC);

Aesop's fables
n1
a collection of fables believed to have been written by the Greek storyteller Aesop;

aesthesia / i s θ i z ɪə /
n1
mental responsiveness and awareness;

- syn. esthesia, sensibility;

aesthesis
n1
an unelaborated elementary awareness of stimulation;

- "a sensation of touch";

- syn. esthesis, sensation, sense datum, sense experience, sense impression;

aesthete / i s θ i t /
n1
one who professes great sensitivity to the beauty of art and nature;

- syn. esthete;

aesthetic / i s θ ɛ t ɪ k /
n1
(philosophy) a philosophical theory as to what is beautiful;

- "he despised the esthetic of minimalism";

- syn. esthetic;

a1
relating to or dealing with the subject of aesthetics;

- "aesthetic values";

- syn. esthetic;

a2
concerning or characterized by an appreciation of beauty or good taste;

- "the aesthetic faculties";

- "an aesthetic person";

- "aesthetic feeling";

- "the illustrations made the book an aesthetic success";

- syn. aesthetical, esthetic, esthetical;

- sim. artistic, cosmetic, painterly, sensuous;

a3
aesthetically pleasing;

- "an artistic flower arrangement";

- syn. artistic, esthetic;

- sim. tasteful;

aesthetical / i s θ ɛ t ɪ k ɫ /
a1
concerning or characterized by an appreciation of beauty or good taste;

- "the aesthetic faculties";

- "an aesthetic person";

- "aesthetic feeling";

- "the illustrations made the book an aesthetic success";

- syn. aesthetic, esthetic, esthetical;

- sim. artistic, cosmetic, painterly, sensuous;

aesthetically / i s θ ɛ t ɪ k ɫ i /
r1
in a tasteful way;

- "this building is aesthetically very pleasing";

- syn. esthetically;

aesthetician
n1
a worker skilled in giving beauty treatments (manicures and facials etc.);

- syn. esthetician;

n2
a philosopher who specializes in the nature of beauty;

- syn. esthetician;

aesthetics / i s θ ɛ t ɪ k s /
n1
(art) the branch of philosophy dealing with beauty and taste (emphasizing the evaluative criteria that are applied to art);

- "traditional aesthetics assumed the existence of universal and timeless criteria of artistic value";

- syn. esthetics;

aestival / i s t aɪ v ə ɫ /
a1
(rare) of or occurring in summer;

- "the sky was a burnished aestival blue";

- "estival winds";

- syn. estival;

- sim. summery;

aestivate
v1
sleep during summer;

- "certain animals estivate";

- syn. estivate;

aestivation
n1
(zoology) cessation or slowing of activity during the summer;

- especially slowing of metabolism in some animals during a hot or dry period;

- syn. estivation;

n2
(botany) the arrangement of sepals and petals in a flower bud before it opens;

- syn. estivation;

Aether / i θ ə , i θ ə ɹ /
n1
personification of the sky or upper air breathed by the Olympians;

- son of Erebus and night or of Chaos and darkness;

n2
a medium that was once supposed to fill all space and to support the propagation of electromagnetic waves;

- syn. ether;

Aethionema
n1
Old World genus of the family Cruciferae;

- syn. genus Aethionema;

Aethusa
n1
fool's parsley;

- syn. genus Aethusa;

Aethusa cynapium
n1
European weed naturalized in America that resembles parsley but causes nausea and poisoning when eaten;

- syn. fool's parsley, lesser hemlock;

aetiologic
a1
of or relating to the philosophical study of causation;

- syn. aetiological, etiologic, etiological;

a2
relating to the etiology of a disease;

- "etiological agent";

- syn. aetiological, etiologic, etiological;

aetiological
a1
of or relating to the philosophical study of causation;

- syn. aetiologic, etiologic, etiological;

a2
relating to the etiology of a disease;

- "etiological agent";

- syn. aetiologic, etiologic, etiological;

aetiologist
n1
a specialist in the etiology of diseases;

- syn. etiologist;

aetiology / i t ɪ ɒ ɫ ə dʒ i /
n1
the cause of a disease;

- syn. etiology;

n2
the philosophical study of causation;

- syn. etiology;

Aetobatus
n1
a genus of Myliobatidae;

- syn. genus Aetobatus;

Aetobatus narinari
n1
ray with back covered with white or yellow spots;

- widely distributed in warm seas;

- syn. spotted eagle ray, spotted ray;

afar / ə f ɑ , ə f ɑr /
r1
(old-fashioned) at or from or to a great distance;

- far;

- "we traveled afar";

- "we could see the ship afar off";

- "the Magi came from afar";

Afars and Issas
n1
a country in northeastern Africa on the Somali peninsula;

- formerly under French control but became independent in 1997;

- syn. Djibouti, Republic of Djibouti;

afeard / ə f ɪə d /
a1
a pronunciation of afraid;

- syn. afeared;

- sim. afraid;

afeared / ə f ɪə d /
a1
a pronunciation of afraid;

- syn. afeard;

- sim. afraid;

afebrile
a1
having no fever;

affability / æ f ə b ɪ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
a disposition to be friendly and approachable (easy to talk to);

- syn. affableness, amiability, amiableness, bonhomie, geniality;

affable / æ f ə b ɫ /
a1
diffusing warmth and friendliness;

- "an affable smile";

- "an amiable gathering";

- "cordial relations";

- "a cordial greeting";

- "a genial host";

- syn. amiable, cordial, genial;

- sim. friendly;

affableness / æ f ə b ɫ n ə s /
n1
a disposition to be friendly and approachable (easy to talk to);

- syn. affability, amiability, amiableness, bonhomie, geniality;

affably / æ f ə b ɫ i /
r1
in an affable manner;

- "`Come and visit me,' he said amiably";

- syn. amiably, genially;

affair / ə f eə , ə f eə ɹ /
n1
a vaguely specified concern;

- "several matters to attend to";

- "it is none of your affair";

- "things are going well";

- syn. matter, thing;

n2
a usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship;

- syn. affaire, amour, intimacy, involvement, liaison;

n3
a vaguely specified social event;

- "the party was quite an affair";

- "an occasion arranged to honor the president";

- "a seemingly endless round of social functions";

- syn. function, occasion, social function, social occasion;

affaire / ə f eə ɹ /
n1
a usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship;

- syn. affair, amour, intimacy, involvement, liaison;

affaire d'honneur
n1
a prearranged fight with deadly weapons by two people (accompanied by seconds) in order to settle a quarrel over a point of honor;

- syn. duel;

affairs / ə f eə z /
n1
matters of personal concern;

- "get his affairs in order";

- syn. personal business, personal matters;

n2
transactions of professional or public interest;

- "news of current affairs";

- "great affairs of state";

affect / ə f ɛ k t /
n1
the conscious subjective aspect of feeling or emotion;

v1
have an effect upon;

- "Will the new rules affect me?";

- syn. bear on, bear upon, impact, touch, touch on;

v2
act physically on;

- have an effect upon;

- "the medicine affects my heart rate";

v3
connect closely and often incriminatingly;

- "This new ruling affects your business";

- syn. involve, regard;

v4
make believe with the intent to deceive;

- "He feigned that he was ill";

- "He shammed a headache";

- syn. dissemble, feign, pretend, sham;

v5
have an emotional or cognitive impact upon;

- "This child impressed me as unusually mature";

- "This behavior struck me as odd";

- "he was dumb-struck by the news";

- "her comments struck a sour note";

- syn. impress, move, strike;

affectation / æ f ɛ k t eɪ ʃ n /
n1
a deliberate pretense or exaggerated display;

- syn. affectedness, mannerism, pose;

affected / ə f ɛ k t ɪ d /
a1
acted upon;

- influenced;

- also moved, touched;

- sim. impressed, smitten, stage-struck, subject, taken, wonder-struck;

a2
speaking or behaving in an artificial way to make an impression;

- syn. unnatural;

- also studied;

- sim. agonistic, artificial, constrained, elocutionary, mannered, plummy;

a3
being excited or provoked to the expression of an emotion;

- "too moved to speak";

- "very touched by the stranger's kindness";

- syn. moved, stirred, touched;

- also affected, emotional;

- sim. sick;

affected role
n1
the semantic role of an entity that is not the agent but is directly involved in or affected by the happening denoted by the verb in the clause;

- syn. patient, patient role;

affectedly / ə f ɛ k t ɪ d ɫ i /
r1
in an affected manner;

affectedness / ə f ɛ k t ɪ d n ɪ s /
n1
the quality of being false or artificial (as to impress others);

n2
a deliberate pretense or exaggerated display;

- syn. affectation, mannerism, pose;

affecting / ə f ɛ k t ɪ ŋ /
a1
arousing affect;

- "the homecoming of the released hostages was an affecting scene";

- "poignant grief cannot endure forever";

- "his gratitude was simple and touching";

- syn. poignant, touching;

- sim. moving;

affectingly / ə f ɛ k t ɪ ŋ ɫ i /
r1
in a poignant or touching manner;

- "she spoke poignantly";

- syn. poignantly, touchingly;

affection / ə f ɛ k ʃ n /
n1
a positive feeling of liking;

- "he had trouble expressing the affection he felt";

- "the child won everyone's heart";

- "the warmness of his welcome made us feel right at home";

- syn. affectionateness, fondness, heart, philia, tenderness, warmheartedness, warmness;

affectional / ə f ɛ k ʃ ə n ə ɫ /
a1
characterized by emotion;

- syn. affective, emotive;

- sim. emotional;

affectionate / ə f ɛ k ʃ ə n ə t /
a1
having or displaying warmth or affection;

- "affectionate children";

- "a fond embrace";

- "fond of his nephew";

- "a tender glance";

- syn. fond, lovesome, tender;

- sim. loving;

affectionately / ə f ɛ k ʃ ə n ə t ɫ i /
r1
with affection;

- "she loved him dearly";

- "he treats her affectionately";

- syn. dear, dearly;

affectionateness / ə f ɛ k ʃ ə n ə t n ə s /
n1
a positive feeling of liking;

- "he had trouble expressing the affection he felt";

- "the child won everyone's heart";

- "the warmness of his welcome made us feel right at home";

- syn. affection, fondness, heart, philia, tenderness, warmheartedness, warmness;

n2
a quality proceeding from feelings of affection or love;

- syn. fondness, lovingness, warmth;

affective / ə f ɛ k t ɪ v /
a1
characterized by emotion;

- syn. affectional, emotive;

- sim. emotional;

affective disorder
n1
any mental disorder not caused by detectable organic abnormalities of the brain and in which a major disturbance of emotions is predominant;

- syn. emotional disorder, emotional disturbance, major affective disorder;

affenpinscher
n1
European breed of small dog resembling a terrier with dark wiry hair and a tufted muzzle;

- syn. monkey dog, monkey pinscher;

afferent / æ f ə ɹ ə n t /
n1
a nerve that passes impulses from receptors toward or to the central nervous system;

- syn. afferent nerve, sensory nerve;

a1
of nerves and nerve impulses;

- conveying sensory information from the sense organs to the CNS;

- "afferent nerves";

- "afferent impulses";

- sim. centripetal, corticoafferent;

afferent fiber
n1
a nerve fiber that carries impulses toward the central nervous system;

- syn. sensory fiber;

afferent nerve
n1
a nerve that passes impulses from receptors toward or to the central nervous system;

- syn. afferent, sensory nerve;

afferent neuron
n1
a neuron conducting impulses inwards to the brain or spinal cord;

- syn. sensory neuron;

affiance / ə f aɪ ə n s /
v1
give to in marriage;

- syn. betroth, engage, plight;

affiant / ə f aɪ ə n t /
n1
a person who makes an affidavit;

affidavit / æ f ɪ d eɪ v ɪ t /
n1
written declaration made under oath;

- a written statement sworn to be true before someone legally authorized to administer an oath;

affiliate / ə f ɪ ɫ ɪ eɪ t /
n1
a subordinate or subsidiary associate;

- a person who is affiliated with another or with an organization;

n2
a subsidiary or subordinate organization that is affiliated with another organization;

- "network affiliates";

v1
keep company with;

- hang out with;

- "He associates with strange people";

- "She affiliates with her colleagues";

- syn. associate, assort, consort;

v2
join in an affiliation;

- "The two colleges affiliated";

- "They affiliated with a national group";

affiliated / ə f ɪ ɫ ɪ eɪ t ɪ d /
a1
being joined in close association;

- "affiliated clubs";

- "all art schools whether independent or attached to universities";

- syn. attached, connected;

- sim. related;

affiliation / ə f ɪ ɫ ɪ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
a social or business relationship;

- "a valuable financial affiliation";

- "he was sorry he had to sever his ties with other members of the team";

- "many close associations with England";

- syn. association, tie, tie-up;

n2
the act of becoming formally connected or joined;

- "welcomed the affiliation of the research center with the university";

affinal
a1
(anthropology) related by marriage;

- syn. affine;

- sim. related;

affine
n1
(anthropology) kin by marriage;

a1
(mathematics) of or pertaining to the geometry of affine transformations;

a2
(anthropology) related by marriage;

- syn. affinal;

- sim. related;

affine geometry
n1
the geometry of affine transformations;

affine transformation
n1
(mathematics) a transformation that is a combination of single transformations such as translation or rotation or reflection on an axis;

affined / ə f ɪ n d /
a1
closely related;

- "syllable to blessed syllable affined"- Wallace Stevens;

- sim. connected;

affinity / ə f ɪ n ɪ t i /
n1
(immunology) the attraction between an antigen and an antibody;

n2
(anthropology) kinship by marriage or adoption;

- not a blood relationship;

n3
(biology) state of relationship between organisms or groups of organisms resulting in resemblance in structure or structural parts;

- "in anatomical structure prehistoric man shows close affinity with modern humans";

- syn. phylogenetic relation;

n4
a close connection marked by community of interests or similarity in nature or character;

- "found a natural affinity with the immigrants";

- "felt a deep kinship with the other students";

- "anthropology's kinship with the humanities";

- syn. kinship;

n5
the force attracting atoms to each other and binding them together in a molecule;

- "basic dyes have an affinity for wool and silk";

- syn. chemical attraction;

n6
inherent resemblance between persons or things;

n7
a natural attraction or feeling of kinship;

- "an affinity for politics";

- "the mysterious affinity between them";

- "James's affinity with Sam";

affirm / ə f ɝ m /
v1
establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts;

- "his story confirmed my doubts";

- "The evidence supports the defendant";

- syn. confirm, corroborate, substantiate, support, sustain;

v2
to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true;

- "Before God I swear I am innocent";

- syn. assert, aver, avow, swan, swear, verify;

v3
say yes to;

affirmable / ə f ɝ m ə b ɫ /
a1
capable of being affirmed or asserted;

- "a quality affirmable of every member of the family";

- syn. assertable;

- sim. possible;

affirmation / æ f ə m eɪ ʃ n /
n1
a statement asserting the existence or the truth of something;

- syn. avouchment, avowal;

n2
the act of affirming or asserting or stating something;

- syn. assertion, statement;

n3
(religion) a solemn declaration that serves the same purpose as an oath (if an oath is objectionable to the person on religious or ethical grounds);

n4
a judgment by a higher court that the judgment of a lower court was correct and should stand;

affirmative / ə f ɝ m ə t ɪ v /
n1
a reply of affirmation;

- "he answered in the affirmative";

a1
affirming or giving assent;

- "an affirmative decision";

- "affirmative votes";

- syn. affirmatory;

- also favorable, positive;

- sim. assentient;

a2
expecting the best;

- "an affirmative outlook";

- syn. optimistic;

- sim. positive;

a3
expressing or manifesting praise or approval;

- "approbative criticism";

- "an affirmative nod";

- syn. approbative, approbatory, approving, plausive;

- sim. favorable;

affirmative action
n1
a policy designed to redress past discrimination against women and minority groups through measures to improve their economic and educational opportunities;

- "affirmative action has been extremely controversial and was challenged in 1978 in the Bakke decision";

affirmative pleading
n1
any defensive pleading that affirms facts rather than merely denying the facts alleged by the plaintiff;

affirmatively / ə f ɝ m ə t ɪ v ɫ i /
r1
in an affirmative manner;

affirmativeness / ə f ɝ m ə t ɪ v n ə s /
n1
the agreeable quality of one who assents;

affirmatory / ə f ɝ m ə t ə ɹ i /
a1
affirming or giving assent;

- "an affirmative decision";

- "affirmative votes";

- syn. affirmative;

- also favorable, favourable, positive;

- sim. assentient;

Affirmed / ə f ɝ m d /
n1
thoroughbred that won the triple crown in 1978;

affirmer / ə f ɝ m ə , ə f ɝ m ə ɹ /
n1
someone who claims to speak the truth;

- "a bold asserter";

- "a declarer of his intentions";

- "affirmers of traditional doctrine";

- "an asseverator of strong convictions";

- "an avower of his own great intelligence";

- syn. asserter, asseverator, avower, declarer;

affix / æ f ɪ k s , ə f ɪ k s /
n1
a linguistic element added to a word to produce an inflected or derived form;

v1
attach to;

- "affix the seal here";

- syn. stick on;

v2
add to the very end;

- "He appended a glossary to his novel where he used an invented language";

- syn. add on, append, supplement;

v3
attach or become attached to a stem word;

- "grammatical morphemes affix to the stem";

affixal
a1
of or pertaining to a linguistic affix;

- syn. affixial;

affixation / æ f ɪ k s eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the result of adding an affix to a root word;

n2
formation of a word by means of an affix;

n3
the act of attaching or affixing something;

- syn. attachment;

affixed / ə f ɪ k s t /
a1
firmly attached;

- "the affixed labels";

- sim. appendant, basifixed, glued, mounted;

affixial
a1
of or pertaining to a linguistic affix;

- syn. affixal;

afflatus / ə f ɫ eɪ t ə s /
n1
a strong creative impulse;

- divine inspiration;

- "divine afflatus";

afflict / ə f ɫ ɪ k t /
v1
cause great unhappiness for;

- distress;

- "she was afflicted by the death of her parents";

v2
cause physical pain or suffering in;

- "afflict with the plague";

- syn. smite;

afflicted / ə f ɫ ɪ k t ɪ d /
a1
grievously affected especially by disease;

- syn. stricken;

- sim. ill;

a2
mentally or physically unfit;

- syn. impaired;

- sim. unfit;

affliction / ə f ɫ ɪ k ʃ n /
n1
a state of great suffering and distress due to adversity;

n2
a condition of suffering or distress due to ill health;

n3
a cause of great suffering and distress;

afflictive / ə f ɫ ɪ k t ɪ v /
a1
causing misery or pain or distress;

- "it was a sore trial to him";

- "the painful process of growing up";

- syn. painful, sore;

- sim. unpleasant;

affluence / æ f ɫ ʊə n s /
n1
abundant wealth;

- "they studied forerunners of richness or poverty";

- "the richness all around unsettled him for he had expected to find poverty";

- syn. richness;

affluent / æ f ɫ ʊə n t /
n1
an affluent person;

- a person who is financially well off;

- "the so-called emerging affluents";

n2
a branch that flows into the main stream;

- syn. confluent, feeder, tributary;

a1
having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value;

- "an affluent banker";

- "a speculator flush with cash";

- "not merely rich but loaded";

- "moneyed aristocrats";

- "wealthy corporations";

- "a substantial family";

- syn. flush, loaded, moneyed, substantial, wealthy;

- sim. rich;

afford / ə f ɔ d /
v1
be able to spare or give up;

- "I can't afford to spend two hours with this person";

v2
be the cause or source of;

- "He gave me a lot of trouble";

- "Our meeting afforded much interesting information";

- syn. give, yield;

v3
have the financial means to do something or buy something;

- "We can't afford to send our children to college";

- "Can you afford this car?";

v4
afford access to;

- "the door opens to the patio";

- "The French doors give onto a terrace";

- syn. give, open;

affordable / ə f ɔ d ə b ɫ /
a1
that you have the financial means for;

- "low-cost housing";

- syn. low-cost, low-priced;

- sim. cheap;

afforest / ə f ɒ ɹ ɪ s t /
v1
establish a forest on previously unforested land;

- "afforest the mountains";

- syn. forest;

afforestation / ə f ɒ ɹ ɪ s t eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the conversion of bare or cultivated land into forest (originally for the purpose of hunting);

affranchise / ə f ɹ æ n tʃ aɪ z /
v1
grant freedom to;

- as from slavery or servitude;

- "Slaves were enfranchised in the mid-19th century";

- syn. enfranchise;

affray / ə f ɹ eɪ /
n1
noisy quarrel;

- syn. altercation, fracas;

n2
a noisy fight;

- syn. disturbance, fray, ruffle;

affricate / æ f ɹ ɪ k ɪ t /
n1
a composite speech sound consisting of a stop and a fricative articulated at the same point (as `ch' in `chair' and `j' in `joy');

- syn. affricate consonant, affricative;

affricate consonant
n1
a composite speech sound consisting of a stop and a fricative articulated at the same point (as `ch' in `chair' and `j' in `joy');

- syn. affricate, affricative;

affrication / æ f ɹ ɪ k eɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
the conversion of a simple stop consonant into an affricate;

affricative / æ f ɹ ɪ k ə t ɪ v /
n1
a composite speech sound consisting of a stop and a fricative articulated at the same point (as `ch' in `chair' and `j' in `joy');

- syn. affricate, affricate consonant;

affright / ə f ɹ aɪ t /
n1
an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety;

- syn. panic, terror;

v1
cause fear in;

- "The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me";

- "Ghosts could never affright her";

- syn. fright, frighten, scare;

affront / ə f ɹ ʌ n t /
n1
a deliberately offensive act or something producing the effect of deliberate disrespect;

- "turning his back on me was a deliberate insult";

- syn. insult;

v1
treat, mention, or speak to rudely;

- "He insulted her with his rude remarks";

- "the student who had betrayed his classmate was dissed by everyone";

- syn. diss, insult;

affusion
n1
the act of baptizing someone by pouring water on their head;

afghan / æ f ɡ æ n /
n1
a blanket knitted or crocheted in strips or squares;

- sometimes used as a shawl;

n2
a native or inhabitant of Afghanistan;

- syn. Afghanistani;

n3
an Iranian language spoken in Afghanistan and Pakistan;

- the official language of Afghanistan;

- syn. Afghani, Pashto, Pashtu, Paxto;

n4
a coat made of sheepskin;

- syn. sheepskin coat;

n5
tall graceful breed of hound with a long silky coat;

- native to the Near East;

- syn. Afghan hound;

a1
of or relating to or characteristic of Afghanistan or its people;

- syn. Afghani, Afghanistani;

Afghan hound
n1
tall graceful breed of hound with a long silky coat;

- native to the Near East;

- syn. Afghan;

Afghan monetary unit
n1
monetary unit in the Islamic State of Afghanistan;

afghani
n1
the basic unit of money in Afghanistan;

n2
an Iranian language spoken in Afghanistan and Pakistan;

- the official language of Afghanistan;

- syn. Afghan, Pashto, Pashtu, Paxto;

a1
of or relating to or characteristic of Afghanistan or its people;

- syn. Afghan, Afghanistani;

Afghanistan / æ f ɡ æ n ɪ s t ɑ n /
n1
a mountainous landlocked country in central Asia;

- bordered by Iran to the west and Russia to the north and Pakistan to the east and south;

- "Soviet troops invaded Afghanistan in 1979";

- syn. Islamic State of Afghanistan;

Afghanistani / æ f ɡ æ n ɪ s t ɑ n i /
n1
a native or inhabitant of Afghanistan;

- syn. Afghan;

a1
of or relating to or characteristic of Afghanistan or its people;

- syn. Afghan, Afghani;

afibrinogenemia
n1
the absence of fibrinogen in the plasma leading to prolonged bleeding;

aficionado
n1
a fan of bull fighting;

n2
a serious devotee of some particular music genre or musical performer;

afield / ə f i ɫ d /
r1
far away from home or one's usual surroundings;

- "looking afield for new lands to conquer"- R.A.Hall;

- syn. abroad;

r2
in or into a field (especially a field of battle);

- "the armies were afield, challenging the enemy's advance";

- "unlawful to carry hunting rifles afield until the season opens";

r3
off the subject;

- beyond the point at issue;

- "such digressions can lead us too far afield";

afire / ə f aɪ ə , ə f aɪ ə ɹ /
a1
lighted up by or as by fire or flame;

- "forests set ablaze (or afire) by lightning";

- "even the car's tires were aflame";

- "a night aflare with fireworks";

- "candles alight on the tables";

- "houses on fire";

- syn. ablaze, aflame, aflare, alight, on fire;

- sim. lighted;

AFISR
n1
an agency focused on ensuring that the United States military attains information superiority;

- operates worldwide ground sites and an array of airborne reconnaissance and surveillance platforms;

- syn. Air Force ISR, Air Force Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance;

AFL
n1
a federation of North American labor unions that merged with the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1955;

- syn. American Federation of Labor;

AFL-CIO
n1
the largest federation of North American labor unions;

- formed in 1955;

- syn. American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations;

aflame / ə f ɫ eɪ m /
a1
keenly excited (especially sexually) or indicating excitement;

- "his face all ablaze with excitement"- Bram Stoker;

- "he was aflame with desire";

- syn. ablaze, aroused;

- sim. passionate;

a2
lighted up by or as by fire or flame;

- "forests set ablaze (or afire) by lightning";

- "even the car's tires were aflame";

- "a night aflare with fireworks";

- "candles alight on the tables";

- "houses on fire";

- syn. ablaze, afire, aflare, alight, on fire;

- sim. lighted;

aflare
a1
streaming or flapping or spreading wide as if in a current of air;

- "ran quickly, her flaring coat behind her";

- "flags aflare in the breeze";

- syn. flaring;

- sim. moving;

a2
lighted up by or as by fire or flame;

- "forests set ablaze (or afire) by lightning";

- "even the car's tires were aflame";

- "a night aflare with fireworks";

- "candles alight on the tables";

- "houses on fire";

- syn. ablaze, afire, aflame, alight, on fire;

- sim. lighted;

aflatoxin
n1
a potent carcinogen from the fungus Aspergillus;

- can be produced and stored for use as a bioweapon;

Aflaxen
n1
a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trademarks Aleve and Anaprox and Aflaxen) that fights pain and inflammation;

- syn. Aleve, Anaprox, naproxen sodium;

aflicker
a1
shining unsteadily;

- syn. flickering;

- sim. unsteady;

afloat / ə f ɫ oʊ t /
a1
aimlessly drifting;

- syn. adrift, aimless, directionless, planless, rudderless, undirected;

- sim. purposeless;

a2
borne on the water;

- floating;

- sim. adrift, floating, waterborne;

a3
covered with water;

- "the main deck was afloat (or awash)";

- "the monsoon left the whole place awash";

- "a flooded bathroom";

- "inundated farmlands";

- "an overflowing tub";

- syn. awash, flooded, inundated, overflowing;

- sim. full;

aflutter
a1
excited in anticipation;

- syn. nervous;

- sim. excited;

afoot / ə f ʊ t /
a1
traveling by foot;

- "she was afoot when I saw her this morning";

- sim. moving;

a2
currently in progress;

- "there is mischief afoot";

- "plans are afoot";

- "preparations for the trial are underway";

- syn. underway;

- sim. current;

r1
on foot;

- walking;

- "they went to the village afoot";

- "quail are hunted either afoot or on horseback";

aforementioned / ə f ɔ m ɛ n ʃ n d /
a1
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of;

- "works of all the aforementioned authors";

- "said party has denied the charges";

- syn. aforesaid, said;

- sim. same;

aforesaid / ə f ɔ s ɛ d /
a1
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of;

- "works of all the aforementioned authors";

- "said party has denied the charges";

- syn. aforementioned, said;

- sim. same;

aforethought / ə f ɔ θ ɔ t /
a1
with planning and intention;

- "with malice aforethought";

- syn. planned, plotted;

- sim. premeditated;

afoul / ə f aʊ ɫ /
a1
especially of a ship's lines etc;

- "with its sails afoul";

- "a foul anchor";

- syn. foul, fouled;

- sim. tangled;

AFP
n1
an abnormally large amount of this fetoprotein in the fetus can signal an abnormality of the neural tube (as spina bifida or anencephaly);

- syn. alpha fetoprotein, alpha foetoprotein;

afraid / ə f ɹ eɪ d /
a1
filled with fear or apprehension;

- "afraid even to turn his head";

- "suddenly looked afraid";

- "afraid for his life";

- "afraid of snakes";

- "afraid to ask questions";

- also cowardly, fearful, timid;

- sim. acrophobic, afeard, aghast, agoraphobic, alarmed, algophobic, apprehensive, claustrophobic, fearful, frightened, hangdog, horrified, hunted, hydrophobic, mysophobic, numb, panicky, terror-stricken, triskaidekaphobic, unnerved, white-lipped, xenophobic;

a2
filled with regret or concern;

- used often to soften an unpleasant statement;

- "I'm afraid I won't be able to come";

- "he was afraid he would have to let her go";

- "I'm afraid you're wrong";

- sim. concerned;

a3
feeling worry or concern or insecurity;

- "She was afraid that I might be embarrassed";

- "terribly afraid of offending someone";

- "I am afraid we have witnessed only the first phase of the conflict";

- sim. concerned;

a4
having feelings of aversion or unwillingness;

- "afraid of hard work";

- "afraid to show emotion";

- sim. disinclined;

Aframomum
n1
an African genus of plants of the family Zingiberaceae;

- syn. genus Aframomum;

Aframomum melegueta
n1
West African plant bearing pungent peppery seeds;

- syn. Guinea grains, Guinea pepper, grains of paradise, melagueta pepper;

Afrasian
n1
a large family of related languages spoken both in Asia and Africa;

- syn. Afrasian language, Afro-Asiatic, Afroasiatic, Afroasiatic language, Hamito-Semitic;

Afrasian language
n1
a large family of related languages spoken both in Asia and Africa;

- syn. Afrasian, Afro-Asiatic, Afroasiatic, Afroasiatic language, Hamito-Semitic;

afresh / ə f ɹ ɛ ʃ /
r1
again but in a new or different way;

- "start afresh";

- "wanted to write the story anew";

- "starting life anew in a fresh place";

- syn. anew;

Africa / æ f ɹ ɪ k ə /
n1
the second largest continent;

- located to the south of Europe and bordered to the west by the South Atlantic and to the east by the Indian Ocean;

African / æ f ɹ ɪ k ə n /
n1
a native or inhabitant of Africa;

a1
of or relating to the nations of Africa or their peoples;

- "African languages";

African-American
n1
a person with African ancestry, "Negro" and "Negroid" are archaic and pejorative today;

- syn. Black, Negro, Negroid;

a1
pertaining to or characteristic of Americans of African ancestry;

- "African-American culture";

- syn. Afro-American;

- sim. black;

African-American music
n1
music created by African-American musicians;

- early forms were songs that had a melodic line and a strong rhythmic beat with repeated choruses;

- syn. black music;

African American English
n1
a nonstandard form of American English characteristically spoken by African Americans in the United States;

- syn. AAVE, African American Vernacular English, Black English, Black English Vernacular, Black Vernacular, Black Vernacular English, Ebonics;

African American Vernacular English
n1
a nonstandard form of American English characteristically spoken by African Americans in the United States;

- syn. AAVE, African American English, Black English, Black English Vernacular, Black Vernacular, Black Vernacular English, Ebonics;

African bowstring hemp
n1
bowstring hemp of South Africa;

- syn. African hemp, Sansevieria guineensis;

African chameleon
n1
a chameleon found in Africa;

- syn. Chamaeleo chamaeleon;

African clawed frog
n1
a tongueless frog native to Africa;

- established in the United States as result of release of laboratory and aquarium animals;

- syn. Xenopus laevis;

African coral snake
n1
small widely distributed arboreal snake of southern Africa banded in black and orange;

- syn. Aspidelaps lubricus;

African country
n1
any one of the countries occupying the African continent;

- syn. African nation;

African crocodile
n1
a dangerous crocodile widely distributed in Africa;

- syn. Crocodylus niloticus, Nile crocodile;

African daisy
n1
shrub of southwestern Mediterranean region having yellow daisylike flowers;

- syn. Lonas annua, Lonas inodora, yellow ageratum;

n2
African or Asiatic herbs with daisylike flowers;

n3
any of several plants of the genus Arctotis having daisylike flowers;

African elephant
n1
an elephant native to Africa having enormous flapping ears and ivory tusks;

- syn. Loxodonta africana;

African gray
n1
commonly domesticated grey parrot with red-and-black tail and white face;

- native to equatorial Africa;

- syn. African grey, Psittacus erithacus;

African green monkey
n1
common savannah monkey with greenish-grey back and yellow tail;

- syn. Cercopithecus aethiops sabaeus, green monkey;

African grey
n1
commonly domesticated grey parrot with red-and-black tail and white face;

- native to equatorial Africa;

- syn. African gray, Psittacus erithacus;

African hemp
n1
bowstring hemp of South Africa;

- syn. African bowstring hemp, Sansevieria guineensis;

n2
large shrub of South Africa having many conspicuously hairy branches with large hairy leaves and clusters of conspicuous white flowers;

- syn. Sparmannia africana;

African holly
n1
woolly-stemmed biennial arborescent shrub of tropical Africa and southern Asia having silvery-white prickly branches, clusters of blue or white flowers, and bright red berries resembling holly berries;

- syn. Solanum giganteum;

African hunting dog
n1
a powerful doglike mammal of southern and eastern Africa that hunts in large packs;

- now rare in settled area;

- syn. Cape hunting dog, Lycaon pictus, hyena dog;

African lily
n1
African plant with bright green evergreen leaves and umbels of many usually deep violet-blue flowers;

- syn. African tulip, Agapanthus africanus, blue African lily;

African love grass
n1
perennial South African grass having densely clumped flimsy stems;

- introduced into United States especially for erosion control;

- syn. Eragrostis curvula, weeping love grass;

African mahogany
n1
African tree having hard heavy odorless wood;

African marigold
n1
a stout branching annual with large yellow to orange flower heads;

- Mexico and Central America;

- syn. Aztec marigold, Tagetes erecta, big marigold;

African millet
n1
East Indian cereal grass whose seed yield a somewhat bitter flour, a staple in the Orient;

- syn. Eleusine coracana, coracan, corakan, finger millet, kurakkan, ragee, ragi;

African monitor
n1
destroys crocodile eggs;

- syn. Varanus niloticus;

African nation
n1
any one of the countries occupying the African continent;

- syn. African country;

African oil palm
n1
oil palm of Africa;

- syn. Elaeis guineensis;

African sandalwood
n1
small shrubby African tree with hard wood used as a dyewood yielding a red dye;

- syn. Baphia nitida, camwood;

African scented mahogany
n1
African tree having rather lightweight cedar-scented wood varying in color from pink to reddish brown;

- syn. Entandrophragma cylindricum, cedar mahogany, sapele mahogany;

African tea
n1
the leaves of the shrub Catha edulis which are chewed like tobacco or used to make tea;

- has the effect of a euphoric stimulant;

- "in Yemen kat is used daily by 85% of adults";

- syn. Arabian tea, cat, kat, khat, qat, quat;

African tulip
n1
African plant with bright green evergreen leaves and umbels of many usually deep violet-blue flowers;

- syn. African lily, Agapanthus africanus, blue African lily;

African violet
n1
tropical African plant cultivated as a houseplant for its violet or white or pink flowers;

- syn. Saintpaulia ionantha;

African walnut
n1
tropical African timber tree with wood that resembles mahogany;

- syn. Lovoa klaineana;

African wild ass
n1
a wild ass of Africa;

- syn. Equus asinus;

African yellowwood
n1
South African tree or shrub having a rounded crown;

- syn. Podocarpus elongatus, cape yellowwood;

Africander
n1
tall large-horned humped cattle of South Africa;

- used for meat or draft;

Africanized bee
n1
a strain of bees that originated in Brazil in the 1950s as a cross between an aggressive African bee and a honeybee;

- retains most of the traits of the African bee;

- now spread as far north as Texas;

- syn. Africanized honey bee, Apis mellifera adansonii, Apis mellifera scutellata, killer bee;

Africanized honey bee
n1
a strain of bees that originated in Brazil in the 1950s as a cross between an aggressive African bee and a honeybee;

- retains most of the traits of the African bee;

- now spread as far north as Texas;

- syn. Africanized bee, Apis mellifera adansonii, Apis mellifera scutellata, killer bee;

Afrikaans / æ f ɹ ɪ k ɑ n s /
n1
an official language of the Republic of South Africa;

- closely related to Dutch and Flemish;

- syn. Taal;

a1
belonging or relating to white people of South Africa whose ancestors were Dutch or to their language;

- "an Afrikaans couple";

- "Afrikaner support";

- syn. Afrikaner;

Afrikander
n1
a white native of Cape Province who is a descendant of Dutch settlers and who speaks Afrikaans;

- syn. Afrikaner, Boer;

Afrikaner / æ f ɹ ɪ k ɑ n ə , æ f ɹ ɪ k ɑ n ə ɹ /
n1
a white native of Cape Province who is a descendant of Dutch settlers and who speaks Afrikaans;

- syn. Afrikander, Boer;

a1
belonging or relating to white people of South Africa whose ancestors were Dutch or to their language;

- "an Afrikaans couple";

- "Afrikaner support";

- syn. Afrikaans;

AFRL
n1
a United States Air Force defense laboratory responsible for discovering and developing and integrating fighting technologies for aerospace forces;

- syn. Air Force Research Laboratory;

Afro
n1
a rounded thickly curled hairdo;

- syn. Afro hairdo;

Afro-American / æ f ɹ oʊ ə m ɛr ɪ k ə n /
a1
pertaining to or characteristic of Americans of African ancestry;

- "African-American culture";

- syn. African-American;

- sim. black;

Afro-Asian / æ f ɹ oʊ eɪ ʃ n /
a1
of or relating to the nations of Africa and Asia or their peoples;

- "Afro-Asian population";

Afro-Asiatic
n1
a large family of related languages spoken both in Asia and Africa;

- syn. Afrasian, Afrasian language, Afroasiatic, Afroasiatic language, Hamito-Semitic;

Afro-wig / æ f ɹ oʊ w ɪ ɡ /
n1
a wig that gives the appearance of an Afro hairdo;

Afro hairdo
n1
a rounded thickly curled hairdo;

- syn. Afro;

Afroasiatic
n1
a large family of related languages spoken both in Asia and Africa;

- syn. Afrasian, Afrasian language, Afro-Asiatic, Afroasiatic language, Hamito-Semitic;

Afroasiatic language
n1
a large family of related languages spoken both in Asia and Africa;

- syn. Afrasian, Afrasian language, Afro-Asiatic, Afroasiatic, Hamito-Semitic;

Afrocarpus
n1
dioecious evergreen trees or shrubs;

- equatorial to southern and southeastern Africa: yellowwood;

- similar to trees or genus Podocarpus;

- syn. genus Afrocarpus;

Afrocarpus falcata
n1
medium-sized tree of South Africa;

- syn. bastard yellowwood, common yellowwood;

afropavo
n1
both sexes are brightly colored;

- syn. Afropavo congensis, Congo peafowl;

Afropavo congensis
n1
both sexes are brightly colored;

- syn. Congo peafowl, afropavo;

AFSPC
n1
a command of the United States Air Force that is responsible for defending the United States through its space and intercontinental ballistic missile operations;

- syn. Air Force Space Command;

aft / ɑ f t /
a1
(nautical, aeronautical) situated at or toward the stern or tail;

- also back;

- sim. after, aftermost;

r1
at or near or toward the stern of a ship or tail of an airplane;

- "stow the luggage aft";

- "ships with square sails sail fairly efficiently with the wind abaft";

- "the captain looked astern to see what the fuss was about";

- syn. abaft, astern;

after / ɑ f t ə , ɑ f t ə ɹ /
a1
located farther aft;

- sim. aft;

r1
happening at a time subsequent to a reference time;

- "he apologized subsequently";

- "he's going to the store but he'll be back here later";

- "it didn't happen until afterward";

- "two hours after that";

- syn. afterward, afterwards, later, later on, subsequently;

r2
behind or in the rear;

- "and Jill came tumbling after";

after-hours
a1
after closing time especially a legally established closing time;

- "after-hours socializing";

- "an after-hours club";

- sim. late;

after-school
a1
outside regular school hours;

- "a special after-school class";

- sim. outside;

after-shave
n1
a fragrant lotion for a man's face after shaving;

- syn. after-shave lotion;

after-shave lotion
n1
a fragrant lotion for a man's face after shaving;

- syn. after-shave;

after a fashion
r1
to some extent;

- not very well;

- "he speaks French after a fashion";

after all
r1
emphasizes something to be considered;

- "after all, she is your boss, so invite her";

- "he is, after all, our president";

r2
in spite of expectations;

- "came to the party after all";

- "it didn't rain after all";

after hours
r1
not during regular hours;

- "he often worked after hours";

after part
n1
the rear part of a ship;

- syn. poop, quarter, stern, tail;

afterbirth / ɑ f t ə b ɝ θ /
n1
the placenta and fetal membranes that are expelled from the uterus after the baby is born;

afterburner / ɑ f t ə b ɝ n ə /
n1
a device that injects fuel into a hot exhaust for extra thrust;

aftercare / ɑ f t ə k eə , ɑ f t ə k eə ɹ /
n1
care and treatment of a convalescent patient;

afterdamp / ɑ f t ə d æ m p /
n1
a toxic mixture of gases (including carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide and nitrogen) after an explosion of firedamp in a mine;

afterdeck / ɑ f t ə d ɛ k /
n1
a deck abaft of midships;

aftereffect / ɑ f t ə ɹ ɪ f ɛ k t /
n1
any result that follows its cause after an interval;

n2
a delayed effect of a drug or therapy;

- "the drug had unexpected aftereffects";

afterglow / ɑ f t ə ɡ ɫ oʊ /
n1
a glow sometimes seen in the sky after sunset;

n2
the pleasure of remembering some pleasant event;

- "he basked in the afterglow of his victory";

afterimage / ɑ f t ə ɪ m ɪ dʒ /
n1
an image (usually a negative image) that persists after stimulation has ceased;

- syn. aftersensation;

afterlife / ɑ f t ə ɫ aɪ f /
n1
life after death;

- syn. hereafter;

aftermath / ɑ f t ə m æ θ /
n1
the consequences of an event (especially a catastrophic event);

- "the aftermath of war";

- "in the wake of the accident no one knew how many had been injured";

- syn. backwash, wake;

n2
the outcome of an event especially as relative to an individual;

- syn. consequence;

aftermost / ɑ f t ə m oʊ s t /
a1
located closest to the stern or tail;

- sim. aft;

afternoon / ɑ f t ə n u n /
n1
the part of the day between noon and evening;

- "he spent a quiet afternoon in the park";

n2
a conventional expression of greeting or farewell;

- syn. good afternoon;

afternoon tea
n1
a light midafternoon meal of tea and sandwiches or cakes;

- "an Englishman would interrupt a war to have his afternoon tea";

- syn. tea, teatime;

afterpains
n1
pains felt by a woman after her baby is born;

- associated with contractions of the uterus;

afterpiece
n1
a brief dramatic piece (usually comic) presented after a play;

afters / ɑ f t ə z /
n1
a dish served as the last course of a meal;

- syn. dessert, sweet;

aftersensation
n1
an image (usually a negative image) that persists after stimulation has ceased;

- syn. afterimage;

aftershaft
n1
a supplementary feather (usually small) on the underside of the base of the shaft of some feathers in some birds;

aftershafted
a1
having an aftershaft (a small feather at the base of some feathers);

- sim. feathered;

aftershock / ɑ f t ə ʃ ɒ k /
n1
a tremor (or one of a series of tremors) occurring after the main shock of an earthquake;

aftertaste / ɑ f t ə t eɪ s t /
n1
an afterimage of a taste;

afterthought / ɑ f t ə θ ɔ t /
n1
thinking again about a choice previously made;

- "he had second thoughts about his purchase";

- syn. reconsideration, rethink, second thought;

n2
an addition that was not included in the original plan;

- "the garage was an afterthought";

afterward / ɑ f t ə w ə d /
r1
happening at a time subsequent to a reference time;

- "he apologized subsequently";

- "he's going to the store but he'll be back here later";

- "it didn't happen until afterward";

- "two hours after that";

- syn. after, afterwards, later, later on, subsequently;

afterwards / ɑ f t ə w ə d z /
r1
happening at a time subsequent to a reference time;

- "he apologized subsequently";

- "he's going to the store but he'll be back here later";

- "it didn't happen until afterward";

- "two hours after that";

- syn. after, afterward, later, later on, subsequently;

afterworld / ɑ f t ə w ɝ ɫ d /
n1
the place where you are after you die;

Ag
n1
a soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal;

- occurs in argentite and in free form;

- used in coins and jewelry and tableware and photography;

- syn. atomic number 47, silver;

Aga
n1
title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey);

- syn. Agha;

again / ə ɡ ɛ n /
r1
anew;

- "she tried again";

- "they rehearsed the scene again";

- syn. once again, once more, over again;

again and again
r1
repeatedly;

- "the unknown word turned up over and over again in the text";

- syn. over and over, over and over again, time and again, time and time again;

against the clock
r1
as fast as possible;

- before a deadline;

- "it was a race against the clock";

- syn. against time;

against the wind
r1
in the direction opposite to the direction the wind is blowing;

- "they flew upwind";

- syn. into the wind, upwind;

against time
r1
as fast as possible;

- before a deadline;

- "it was a race against the clock";

- syn. against the clock;

agal
n1
a cord (usually of goat's hair) that Arabs (especially Bedouins) wind around their heads to hold down the kaffiyeh;

agalactia
n1
a condition in which milk is not secreted in the mother's breasts after her child has been delivered;

- syn. agalactosis;

agalactosis
n1
a condition in which milk is not secreted in the mother's breasts after her child has been delivered;

- syn. agalactia;

Agalinis
n1
semiparasitic herb with purple or white or pink flowers;

- grows in the United States and West Indies;

- syn. genus Agalinis;

agama
n1
small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World;

Agamemnon
n1
(Greek mythology) the king who lead the Greeks against Troy in the Trojan War;

agamete
n1
an asexual reproductive cell;

agamic
a1
(of reproduction) not involving the fusion of male and female gametes in reproduction;

- syn. agamogenetic, agamous, apomictic, parthenogenetic;

- sim. asexual;

agamid
n1
a lizard of the family Agamidae;

- syn. agamid lizard;

agamid lizard
n1
a lizard of the family Agamidae;

- syn. agamid;

Agamidae
n1
an Old World reptile family of Sauria;

- syn. family Agamidae;

agammaglobulinemia
n1
a rare immunological disorder characterized by the virtual absence of gamma globulin in the blood and consequent susceptibility to infection;

agamogenesis
n1
reproduction without the fusion of gametes;

- syn. asexual reproduction;

agamogenetic
a1
(of reproduction) not involving the fusion of male and female gametes in reproduction;

- syn. agamic, agamous, apomictic, parthenogenetic;

- sim. asexual;

agamous
a1
(of reproduction) not involving the fusion of male and female gametes in reproduction;

- syn. agamic, agamogenetic, apomictic, parthenogenetic;

- sim. asexual;

agapanthus
n1
any of various plants of the genus Agapanthus having umbels of showy blue to purple flowers;

- syn. lily of the Nile;

Agapanthus africanus
n1
African plant with bright green evergreen leaves and umbels of many usually deep violet-blue flowers;

- syn. African lily, African tulip, blue African lily;

agape / æ ɡ ə p i , ə ɡ eɪ p /
n1
(Christian theology) the love of God or Christ for mankind;

n2
selfless love of one person for another without sexual implications (especially love that is spiritual in nature);

- syn. agape love;

n3
a religious meal shared as a sign of love and fellowship;

- syn. love feast;

a1
with the mouth wide open as in wonder or awe;

- "the gaping audience";

- "we stood there agape with wonder";

- "with mouth agape";

- syn. gaping;

- sim. open;

agape love
n1
selfless love of one person for another without sexual implications (especially love that is spiritual in nature);

- syn. agape;

Agapornis
n1
a genus of Psittacidae;

- syn. genus Agapornis;

agar
n1
any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent;

- syn. nutrient agar;

n2
a colloidal extract of algae;

- used especially in culture media and as a gelling agent in foods;

- syn. agar-agar;

agar-agar / eɪ ɡ ɑr eɪ ɡ ɑ , eɪ ɡ ɑr eɪ ɡ ɑr /
n1
a colloidal extract of algae;

- used especially in culture media and as a gelling agent in foods;

- syn. agar;

agaric / æ ɡ æ ɹ ɪ k , æ ɡ ə ɹ ɪ k /
n1
fungus used in the preparation of punk for fuses;

- syn. Fomes igniarius;

n2
a saprophytic fungus of the order Agaricales having an umbrellalike cap with gills on the underside;

Agaricaceae
n1
large family including many familiar mushrooms;

- syn. family Agaricaceae;

Agaricales / æ ɡ æ ɹ ɪ k eɪ ɫ z /
n1
typical gilled mushrooms belonging to the subdivision Basidiomycota;

- syn. order Agaricales;

Agaricus
n1
type genus of Agaricaceae;

- gill fungi having brown spores and including several edible species;

- syn. genus Agaricus;

Agaricus arvensis
n1
coarse edible mushroom with a hollow stem and a broad white cap;

- syn. horse mushroom;

Agaricus campestris
n1
common edible mushroom found naturally in moist open soil;

- the cultivated mushroom of commerce;

- syn. field mushroom, meadow mushroom;

Agassiz
n1
United States naturalist (born in Switzerland) who studied fossil fish;

- recognized geological evidence that ice ages had occurred in North America (1807-1873);

- syn. Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz, Louis Agassiz;

Agastache
n1
giant hyssop;

- Mexican hyssop;

- syn. genus Agastache;

Agastache foeniculum
n1
much-branched North American herb with an odor like fennel;

- syn. anise hyssop;

Agastache mexicana
n1
erect perennial of Mexico having rose to crimson flowers;

- syn. Mexican hyssop;

Agastache nepetoides
n1
erect perennial with stout stems and yellow-green flowers;

- southern Canada and southeastern United States;

- syn. yellow giant hyssop;

agate / æ ɡ ə t /
n1
an impure form of quartz consisting of banded chalcedony;

- used as a gemstone and for making mortars and pestles;

agate line
n1
space for one line of print (one column wide and 1/14 inch deep) used to measure advertising;

- syn. line;

agateware
n1
pottery that is veined and mottled to resemble agate;

Agatha Christie
n1
prolific English writer of detective stories (1890-1976);

- syn. Christie, Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie;

Agathis
n1
kauri pine;

- syn. genus Agathis;

Agathis alba
n1
native to the Moluccas and Philippines;

- a source of dammar resin;

- syn. Agathis dammara, amboina pine, amboyna pine;

Agathis australis
n1
tall timber tree of New Zealand having white straight-grained wood;

- syn. kauri, kaury;

Agathis dammara
n1
native to the Moluccas and Philippines;

- a source of dammar resin;

- syn. Agathis alba, amboina pine, amboyna pine;

Agathis lanceolata
n1
New Zealand tree with glossy leaves and scaly reddish-brown bark;

- syn. red kauri;

Agathis robusta
n1
Australian timber tree resembling the kauri but having wood much lighter in weight and softer;

- syn. dundathu pine, queensland kauri, smooth bark kauri;

Agavaceae
n1
chiefly tropical and xerophytic plants: includes Dracenaceae (Dracaenaceae);

- comprises plants that in some classifications are divided between the Amaryllidaceae and the Liliaceae;

- syn. agave family, family Agavaceae, sisal family;

agave / ə ɡ eɪ v i /
n1
tropical American plants with basal rosettes of fibrous sword-shaped leaves and flowers in tall spikes;

- some cultivated for ornament or for fiber;

- syn. American aloe, century plant;

Agave americana
n1
widely cultivated American monocarpic plant with greenish-white flowers on a tall stalk;

- blooms only after ten to twenty years and then dies;

- syn. American agave;

Agave atrovirens
n1
Mexican plant used especially for making pulque which is the source of the colorless Mexican liquor, mescal;

- syn. maguey;

Agave cantala
n1
Philippine plant yielding a hard fibre used in making coarse twine;

- syn. cantala, maguey;

agave family
n1
chiefly tropical and xerophytic plants: includes Dracenaceae (Dracaenaceae);

- comprises plants that in some classifications are divided between the Amaryllidaceae and the Liliaceae;

- syn. Agavaceae, family Agavaceae, sisal family;

Agave sisalana
n1
Mexican or West Indian plant with large fleshy leaves yielding a stiff fiber used in e.g. rope;

- syn. sisal;

Agave tequilana
n1
Mexican plant used especially for making tequila;

agaze / ə ɡ eɪ z /
a1
(used of eyes) open and fixed as if in fear or wonder;

- "staring eyes";

- syn. staring;

- sim. open;

Agdestis
n1
a genus with one species that is a rapidly growing climbing vine with tuberous roots;

- grown in hot climates;

- syn. genus Agdestis;

Agdistis
n1
Asiatic epithet for Rhea or Cybele;

age / eɪ dʒ /
n1
how long something has existed;

- "it was replaced because of its age";

n2
an era of history having some distinctive feature;

- "we live in a litigious age";

- syn. historic period;

n3
a time of life (usually defined in years) at which some particular qualification or power arises;

- "she was now of school age";

- "tall for his eld";

- syn. eld;

n4
a prolonged period of time;

- "we've known each other for ages";

- "I haven't been there for years and years";

- syn. long time, years;

n5
a late time of life;

- "old age is not for sissies";

- "he's showing his years";

- "age hasn't slowed him down at all";

- "a beard white with eld";

- "on the brink of geezerhood";

- syn. eld, geezerhood, old age, years;

v1
begin to seem older;

- get older;

- "The death of his wife caused him to age fast";

v2
grow old or older;

- "She aged gracefully";

- "we age every day--what a depressing thought!";

- "Young men senesce";

- syn. get on, maturate, mature, senesce;

v3
make older;

- "The death of his child aged him tremendously";

age-old / eɪ dʒ oʊ ɫ d /
a1
belonging to or lasting from times long ago;

- "age-old customs";

- "the antique fear that days would dwindle away to complete darkness";

- syn. antique;

- sim. old;

age-related
a1
changing (increasing or decreasing) as an individual's age increases;

- sim. related;

age-related macular degeneration
n1
macular degeneration that is age-related;

- syn. AMD;

age bracket
n1
a group of people having approximately the same age;

- syn. age group, cohort;

age class
n1
people in the same age range;

age group
n1
a group of people having approximately the same age;

- syn. age bracket, cohort;

age limit
n1
regulation establishing the maximum age for doing something or holding some position;

age norm
n1
the average age at which particular performances are expected to appear;

age of consent
n1
the minimum age for marrying without parental consent or the minimum age for consensual sexual relations;

- intercourse at an earlier age can result in a charge of assault or statutory rape;

- the age differs in different states of the Union;

Age of Fishes
n1
from 405 million to 345 million years ago;

- preponderance of fishes and appearance of amphibians and ammonites;

- syn. Devonian, Devonian period;

Age of Mammals
n1
approximately the last 63 million years;

- syn. Cenozoic, Cenozoic era;

Age of Man
n1
last 2 million years;

- syn. Quaternary, Quaternary period;

Age of Reason
n1
a movement in Europe from about 1650 until 1800 that advocated the use of reason and individualism instead of tradition and established doctrine;

- "the Enlightenment brought about many humanitarian reforms";

- syn. Enlightenment;

Age of Reptiles
n1
from 230 million to 63 million years ago;

- syn. Mesozoic, Mesozoic era;

aged / eɪ dʒ d , eɪ dʒ ɪ d /
n1
people who are old collectively;

- "special arrangements were available for the aged";

- syn. elderly;

a1
advanced in years;

- (`aged' is pronounced as two syllables);

- "aged members of the society";

- "elderly residents could remember the construction of the first skyscraper";

- "senior citizen";

- syn. elderly, older, senior;

- sim. old;

a2
at an advanced stage of erosion (pronounced as one syllable);

- "aged rocks";

- sim. worn;

a3
having attained a specific age;

- (`aged' is pronounced as one syllable);

- "aged ten";

- "ten years of age";

- syn. of age;

- sim. old;

a4
of wines, fruit, cheeses;

- having reached a desired or final condition;

- (`aged' pronounced as one syllable);

- "mature well-aged cheeses";

- syn. ripened;

- sim. ripe;

a5
(used of tobacco) aging as a preservative process (`aged' is pronounced as one syllable);

- syn. cured;

- sim. preserved;

agedness / eɪ dʒ ɪ d n ɛ s /
n1
the property characteristic of old age;

- syn. senescence;

Agee / ə dʒ i /
n1
United States novelist (1909-1955);

- syn. James Agee;

ageing / eɪ dʒ ɪ ŋ /
n1
acquiring desirable qualities by being left undisturbed for some time;

- syn. aging, ripening;

n2
the organic process of growing older and showing the effects of increasing age;

- syn. aging, senescence;

a1
growing old;

- syn. aging, senescent;

- sim. old;

ageism / eɪ dʒ ɪ z ə m /
n1
discrimination on the basis of a person's age;

- syn. agism;

Agelaius
n1
red-winged blackbirds;

- syn. genus Agelaius;

Agelaius phoeniceus
n1
North American blackbird with scarlet patches on the wings;

- syn. red-winged blackbird, redwing;

ageless / eɪ dʒ ɫ ə s /
a1
continuing forever or indefinitely;

- "the ageless themes of love and revenge";

- "eternal truths";

- "life everlasting";

- "hell's perpetual fires";

- "the unending bliss of heaven";

- syn. aeonian, eonian, eternal, everlasting, perpetual, unceasing, unending;

- sim. permanent;

agelessness / eɪ dʒ ɫ ə s n ə s /
n1
the quality of being timeless and eternal;

agelong / eɪ dʒ ɫ ɒ ŋ /
a1
lasting through all time;

- "agelong struggle for freedom";

- sim. long;

agency / eɪ dʒ ə n s i /
n1
an administrative unit of government;

- "the Central Intelligence Agency";

- "the Census Bureau";

- "Office of Management and Budget";

- "Tennessee Valley Authority";

- syn. authority, bureau, federal agency, government agency, office;

n2
a business or organization that provides a particular service, especially the mediation of transactions between two parties;

n3
the state of being in action or exerting power;

- "the agency of providence";

- "she has free agency";

n4
the state of serving as an official and authorized delegate or agent;

- syn. delegacy, representation;

n5
thing or person that acts to produce a particular effect or achieve an end;

- "a means of control";

- "an example is the best agency of instruction";

- "the true way to success";

- syn. means, way;

agency security
n1
a security issued by United States government agencies or the Farm Credit System;

- syn. government security;

agenda / ə dʒ ɛ n d ə /
n1
a temporally organized plan for matters to be attended to;

- syn. docket, schedule;

n2
a list of matters to be taken up (as at a meeting);

- syn. agendum, order of business;

agenda item
n1
one of the items to be considered;

agendum / ə dʒ ɛ n d ə m /
n1
a list of matters to be taken up (as at a meeting);

- syn. agenda, order of business;

Agene
n1
a yellow pungent volatile oil (trade name Agene) formerly used for bleaching and aging flour;

- syn. nitrogen trichloride;

agenesia
n1
imperfect development;

- nondevelopment of a part;

- syn. agenesis;

agenesis
n1
imperfect development;

- nondevelopment of a part;

- syn. agenesia;

Agenise
v1
age or bleach flour with Agene (nitrogen trichloride);

- syn. Agenize;

Agenize
v1
age or bleach flour with Agene (nitrogen trichloride);

- syn. Agenise;

agent / æ ʒ ɒ n , eɪ dʒ ə n t /
n1
an active and efficient cause;

- capable of producing a certain effect;

- "their research uncovered new disease agents";

n2
a representative who acts on behalf of other persons or organizations;

n3
a substance that exerts some force or effect;

n4
a businessman who buys or sells for another in exchange for a commission;

- syn. broker, factor;

n5
any agent or representative of a federal agency or bureau;

- syn. federal agent;

n6
the semantic role of the animate entity that instigates or causes the happening denoted by the verb in the clause;

- syn. agentive role;

agent-in-place
n1
an operative serving as a penetration into an intelligence target;

agent bank
n1
a bank named by a lending syndicate of several banks to protect their interests;

- syn. lead bank;

n2
a bank that acts as an agent for a foreign bank;

Agent Orange
n1
a herbicide used in the Vietnam War to defoliate forest areas;

agent provocateur / æ ʒ ɒ n p ɹ ə v ɒ k ə t ɝ , æ ʒ ɒ n p ɹ ə v ɒ k ə t ɝ ɹ /
n1
a secret agent who incites suspected persons to commit illegal acts;

- syn. provocateur;

agential
a1
of or relating to an agent or agency;

agentive role
n1
the semantic role of the animate entity that instigates or causes the happening denoted by the verb in the clause;

- syn. agent;

agerasia
n1
youthful appearance in an old person;

Ageratina
n1
annual to perennial herbs or shrubs of eastern United States and Central and South America;

- syn. genus Ageratina;

Ageratina altissima
n1
American herb having flat-topped clusters of small white flower heads;

- reputedly a cause of trembles and milk sickness;

- sometimes placed in genus Eupatorium;

- syn. Eupatorium rugosum, white sanicle, white snakeroot;

ageratum
n1
rhizomatous plant of central and southeastern United States and West Indies having large showy heads of clear blue flowers;

- sometimes placed in genus Eupatorium;

- syn. Conoclinium coelestinum, Eupatorium coelestinum, mist-flower, mistflower;

n2
any plant of the genus Ageratum having opposite leaves and small heads of blue or white flowers;

Ageratum houstonianum
n1
small tender herb grown for its fluffy brushlike blue to lavender blooms;

- syn. common ageratum;

Aggeus
n1
a Hebrew minor prophet;

- syn. Haggai;

n2
an Old Testament book telling the prophecies of Haggai which are concerned mainly with rebuilding the temples after the Babylonian Captivity;

- syn. Book of Haggai, Haggai;

agglomerate / ə ɡ ɫ ɒ m ə ɹ ə t , ə ɡ ɫ ɒ m ə ɹ eɪ t , ə ɡ ɫ ɒ m ə ɹ ɪ t /
n1
volcanic rock consisting of large fragments fused together;

n2
a collection of objects laid on top of each other;

- syn. cumulation, cumulus, heap, mound, pile;

v1
form into one cluster;

a1
clustered together but not coherent;

- "an agglomerated flower head";

- syn. agglomerated, agglomerative, clustered;

- sim. collective;

agglomerated / ə ɡ ɫ ɒ m ə ɹ eɪ t ɪ d /
a1
clustered together but not coherent;

- "an agglomerated flower head";

- syn. agglomerate, agglomerative, clustered;

- sim. collective;

agglomeration / ə ɡ ɫ ɒ m ə ɹ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
a jumbled collection or mass;

n2
the act of collecting in a mass;

- the act of agglomerating;

agglomerative / ə ɡ ɫ ɒ m ə ɹ ə t ɪ v /
a1
clustered together but not coherent;

- "an agglomerated flower head";

- syn. agglomerate, agglomerated, clustered;

- sim. collective;

agglomerator / ə ɡ ɫ ɒ m ə ɹ eɪ t ə /
n1
a device that causes material to gather into rounded balls;

- "a sonic agglomerator";

agglutinate / ə ɡ ɫ u t ɪ n eɪ t , ə ɡ ɫ u t ɪ n ɪ t /
v1
string together (morphemes in an agglutinating language);

v2
clump together;

- as of bacteria, red blood cells, etc.;

a1
united as if by glue;

- syn. agglutinative;

- sim. adhesive;

agglutinating activity
n1
the coalescing of small particles that are suspended in solution;

- these larger masses are then (usually) precipitated;

- syn. agglutination;

agglutination / ə ɡ ɫ u t ɪ n eɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
a clumping of bacteria or red cells when held together by antibodies (agglutinins);

n2
the building of words from component morphemes that retain their form and meaning in the process of combining;

n3
the coalescing of small particles that are suspended in solution;

- these larger masses are then (usually) precipitated;

- syn. agglutinating activity;

agglutination test
n1
a blood test used to identify unknown antigens;

- blood with the unknown antigen is mixed with a known antibody and whether or not agglutination occurs helps to identify the antigen;

- used in tissue matching and blood grouping and diagnosis of infections;

agglutinative / ə ɡ ɫ u t ɪ n ə t ɪ v /
a1
forming derivative or compound words by putting together constituents each of which expresses a single definite meaning;

- syn. polysynthetic;

- sim. synthetic;

a2
united as if by glue;

- syn. agglutinate;

- sim. adhesive;

agglutinin
n1
an antibody that causes agglutination of a specific antigen;

agglutinogen
n1
any substance that acts as an antigen to cause agglutinin production;

aggrade
v1
build up to a level by depositing sediment;

aggrandise / ə ɡ ɹ æ n d ə d aɪ z /
v1
add details to;

- syn. aggrandize, blow up, dramatise, dramatize, embellish, embroider, lard, pad;

aggrandisement / ə ɡ ɹ æ n d ɪ z m ə n t /
n1
the act of increasing the wealth or prestige or power or scope of something;

- "the aggrandizement of the king";

- "his elevation to cardinal";

- syn. aggrandizement, elevation;

aggrandize / ə ɡ ɹ æ n d aɪ z /
v1
add details to;

- syn. aggrandise, blow up, dramatise, dramatize, embellish, embroider, lard, pad;

aggrandizement / ə ɡ ɹ æ n d ɪ z m ə n t /
n1
the act of increasing the wealth or prestige or power or scope of something;

- "the aggrandizement of the king";

- "his elevation to cardinal";

- syn. aggrandisement, elevation;

aggravate / æ ɡ ɹ ə v eɪ t /
v1
make worse;

- "This drug aggravates the pain";

- syn. exacerbate, exasperate, worsen;

v2
exasperate or irritate;

- syn. exacerbate, exasperate;

aggravated / æ ɡ ɹ ə v eɪ t ɪ d /
a1
made more severe or intense especially in law;

- "aggravated assault";

- sim. intense;

a2
incited, especially deliberately, to anger;

- "aggravated by passive resistance";

- "the provoked animal attacked the child";

- syn. provoked;

- sim. angry;

aggravated assault
n1
a reckless attack with intent to injure seriously (as with a deadly weapon);

aggravating / æ ɡ ɹ ə v eɪ t ɪ ŋ /
a1
making worse;

- syn. exacerbating, exasperating;

- sim. intensifying;

aggravatingly / æ ɡ ɹ ə v eɪ t ɪ ŋ ɫ i /
r1
in an aggravating fashion;

- "his hair was caught aggravatingly in the branches of the tree";

aggravation / æ ɡ ɹ ə v eɪ ʃ n /
n1
an exasperated feeling of annoyance;

- syn. exasperation;

n2
unfriendly behavior that causes anger or resentment;

- syn. irritation, provocation;

n3
action that makes a problem or a disease (or its symptoms) worse;

- "the aggravation of her condition resulted from lack of care";

- syn. exacerbation;

aggravator / æ ɡ ɹ ə v eɪ t ə /
n1
an unpleasant person who is annoying or exasperating;

- syn. annoyance;

aggregate / æ ɡ ɹ ɪ ɡ ə t , æ ɡ ɹ ɪ ɡ eɪ t , æ ɡ ɹ ɪ ɡ ɪ t /
n1
the whole amount;

- syn. sum, total, totality;

n2
material such as sand or gravel used with cement and water to make concrete, mortar, or plaster;

n3
a sum total of many heterogenous things taken together;

- syn. congeries, conglomeration;

v1
amount in the aggregate to;

v2
gather in a mass, sum, or whole;

- syn. combine;

a1
formed of separate units gathered into a mass or whole;

- "aggregate expenses include expenses of all divisions combined for the entire year";

- "the aggregated amount of indebtedness";

- syn. aggregated, aggregative, mass;

- sim. collective;

a2
composed of a dense cluster of separate units such as carpels or florets or drupelets;

- "raspberries are aggregate fruits";

- sim. multiple;

aggregate fruit
n1
fruit consisting of many individual small fruits or drupes derived from separate ovaries within a common receptacle: e.g. blackberry;

- raspberry;

- pineapple;

- syn. multiple fruit, syncarp;

aggregated / æ ɡ ɹ ɪ ɡ eɪ t ɪ d /
a1
formed of separate units gathered into a mass or whole;

- "aggregate expenses include expenses of all divisions combined for the entire year";

- "the aggregated amount of indebtedness";

- syn. aggregate, aggregative, mass;

- sim. collective;

aggregation / æ ɡ ɹ ɪ ɡ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
several things grouped together or considered as a whole;

- syn. accumulation, assemblage, collection;

n2
the act of gathering something together;

- syn. assembling, collecting, collection;

aggregative
a1
formed of separate units gathered into a mass or whole;

- "aggregate expenses include expenses of all divisions combined for the entire year";

- "the aggregated amount of indebtedness";

- syn. aggregate, aggregated, mass;

- sim. collective;

aggregator / æ ɡ ɹ ɪ ɡ eɪ t ə /
n1
a person who collects things;

- syn. collector;

aggress / ə ɡ ɹ ɛ s /
v1
take the initiative and go on the offensive;

- "The Serbs attacked the village at night";

- "The visiting team started to attack";

- syn. attack;

aggression / ə ɡ ɹ ɛ ʃ n /
n1
a disposition to behave aggressively;

n2
a feeling of hostility that arouses thoughts of attack;

- syn. aggressiveness;

n3
violent action that is hostile and usually unprovoked;

- syn. hostility;

n4
the act of initiating hostilities;

n5
deliberately unfriendly behavior;

aggressive / ə ɡ ɹ ɛ s ɪ v /
a1
having or showing determination and energetic pursuit of your ends;

- "an aggressive businessman";

- "an aggressive basketball player";

- "he was aggressive and imperious;

- positive in his convictions";

- "aggressive drivers";

- also assertive, hostile, offensive, self-assertive;

- sim. battleful, competitive, hard-hitting, hostile, in-your-face, obstreperous, predatory, pugnacious, scrappy, truculent;

a2
tending to spread quickly;

- "an aggressive tumor";

- syn. fast-growing, strong-growing;

- sim. invasive;

a3
characteristic of an enemy or one eager to fight;

- "aggressive acts against another country";

- "a belligerent tone";

- syn. belligerent;

- sim. hostile;

aggressively / ə ɡ ɹ ɛ s ɪ v ɫ i /
r1
in an aggressive manner;

- "she was being sharply questioned";

- syn. sharply;

aggressiveness / ə ɡ ɹ ɛ s ɪ v n ə s /
n1
the quality of being bold and enterprising;

n2
a feeling of hostility that arouses thoughts of attack;

- syn. aggression;

n3
a natural disposition to be hostile;

- syn. belligerence, pugnacity;

aggressor / ə ɡ ɹ ɛ s ə , ə ɡ ɹ ɛ s ə ɹ /
n1
someone who attacks;

- syn. assailant, assaulter, attacker;

n2
a confident assertive person who acts as instigator;

aggrieve / ə ɡ ɹ i v /
v1
infringe on the rights of;

v2
cause to feel sorrow;

- "his behavior grieves his mother";

- syn. grieve;

aggro / æ ɡ ɹ oʊ /
n1
(informal British usage) aggravation or aggression;

- "I skipped it because it was too much aggro";

aggroup
v1
form a group or group together;

- syn. group;

Agha
n1
title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey);

- syn. Aga;

Aghan
n1
the ninth month of the Hindu calendar;

- syn. Margasivsa;

aghast / ə ɡ ɑ s t /
a1
struck with fear, dread, or consternation;

- syn. appalled, dismayed, shocked;

- sim. afraid;

agile / æ dʒ aɪ ɫ /
a1
moving quickly and lightly;

- "sleek and agile as a gymnast";

- "as nimble as a deer";

- "nimble fingers";

- "quick of foot";

- "the old dog was so spry it was halfway up the stairs before we could stop it";

- syn. nimble, quick, spry;

- sim. active;

a2
mentally quick;

- "an agile mind";

- "nimble wits";

- syn. nimble;

- sim. intelligent;

agilely / æ dʒ aɪ ɫ i /
r1
in a nimble or agile manner;

- with quickness and lightness and ease;

- "nimbly scaling an iron gate"- Charles Dickens;

- "leaped agilely from roof to roof";

- syn. nimbly;

agility / ə dʒ ɪ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
the gracefulness of a person or animal that is quick and nimble;

- syn. legerity, lightness, lightsomeness, nimbleness;

Agincourt / ə ɡ ɪ n k ɔ t /
n1
a battle in northern France in which English longbowmen under Henry V decisively defeated a much larger French army in 1415;

aging / eɪ dʒ ɪ ŋ /
n1
acquiring desirable qualities by being left undisturbed for some time;

- syn. ageing, ripening;

n2
the organic process of growing older and showing the effects of increasing age;

- syn. ageing, senescence;

a1
growing old;

- syn. ageing, senescent;

- sim. old;

agio
n1
a fee charged for exchanging currencies;

- syn. agiotage, exchange premium, premium;

agiotage / æ dʒ ə t ɪ dʒ /
n1
a fee charged for exchanging currencies;

- syn. agio, exchange premium, premium;

agism
n1
discrimination on the basis of a person's age;

- syn. ageism;

agitate / æ dʒ ɪ t eɪ t /
v1
try to stir up public opinion;

- syn. foment, stir up;

v2
cause to be agitated, excited, or roused;

- "The speaker charged up the crowd with his inflammatory remarks";

- syn. charge, charge up, commove, excite, rouse, turn on;

v3
exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person;

- be an advocate for;

- "The liberal party pushed for reforms";

- "She is crusading for women's rights";

- "The Dean is pushing for his favorite candidate";

- syn. campaign, crusade, fight, press, push;

v4
move very slightly;

- "He shifted in his seat";

- syn. budge, shift, stir;

v5
move or cause to move back and forth;

- "The chemist shook the flask vigorously";

- "My hands were shaking";

- syn. shake;

v6
change the arrangement or position of;

- syn. commove, disturb, raise up, shake up, stir up, vex;

agitated / æ dʒ ɪ t eɪ t ɪ d /
a1
troubled emotionally and usually deeply;

- "agitated parents";

- also discomposed, excited, impatient, tense, unquiet, unsteady;

- sim. amuck, aroused, distraught, feverish, frantic, hysterical, jolted, psychedelic, wild-eyed;

a2
physically disturbed or set in motion;

- "the agitated mixture foamed and bubbled";

- sim. churning, churning, jolted, rippled, seething, stirred;

agitated depression
n1
a state of clinical depression in which the person exhibits irritability and restlessness;

agitating / æ dʒ ɪ t eɪ t ɪ ŋ /
a1
causing or tending to cause anger or resentment;

- "a provoking delay at the airport";

- syn. agitative, provoking;

- sim. provocative;

agitation / æ dʒ ɪ t eɪ ʃ n /
n1
a mental state of extreme emotional disturbance;

n2
a state of agitation or turbulent change or development;

- "the political ferment produced new leadership";

- "social unrest";

- syn. ferment, fermentation, tempestuousness, unrest;

n3
the feeling of being agitated;

- not calm;

n4
disturbance usually in protest;

- syn. excitement, hullabaloo, turmoil, upheaval;

n5
the act of agitating something;

- causing it to move around (usually vigorously);

agitative / æ dʒ ɪ t ə t ɪ v /
a1
causing or tending to cause anger or resentment;

- "a provoking delay at the airport";

- syn. agitating, provoking;

- sim. provocative;

agitator / æ dʒ ɪ t eɪ t ə , æ dʒ ɪ t eɪ t ə ɹ /
n1
one who agitates;

- a political troublemaker;

- syn. fomenter;

agitprop
n1
political propaganda (especially communist propaganda) communicated via art and literature and cinema;

Agkistrodon
n1
copperheads;

- syn. Ancistrodon, genus Agkistrodon, genus Ancistrodon;

Agkistrodon contortrix
n1
common coppery brown pit viper of upland eastern United States;

- syn. copperhead;

Agkistrodon piscivorus
n1
venomous semiaquatic snake of swamps in southern United States;

- syn. cottonmouth, cottonmouth moccasin, water moccasin;

Aglaia
n1
(Greek mythology) one of the three Graces;

Aglaomorpha
n1
epiphytic ferns of tropical Asia;

- syn. genus Aglaomorpha;

Aglaomorpha meyeniana
n1
epiphytic fern with large fronds;

- Taiwan and Philippines;

- syn. bear's-paw fern;

Aglaonema
n1
climbing herbs of southeastern Asia having thick fleshy oblong leaves and naked unisexual flowers: Chinese evergreen;

- syn. genus Aglaonema;

Aglaonema modestum
n1
erect or partially climbing herb having large green or variegated leaves;

- syn. Chinese evergreen, Japanese leaf;

agleam
a1
bright with a steady but subdued shining;

- "from the plane we saw the city below agleam with lights";

- "the gleaming brass on the altar";

- "Nereids beneath the nitid moon";

- syn. gleaming, nitid;

- sim. bright;

aglet
n1
metal or plastic sheath over the end of a shoelace or ribbon;

- syn. aiglet;

n2
ornamental tagged cord or braid on the shoulder of a uniform;

- syn. aiglet, aiguilette;

aglitter
a1
having brief brilliant points or flashes of light;

- "bugle beads all aglitter";

- "glinting eyes";

- "glinting water";

- "his glittering eyes were cold and malevolent";

- "shop window full of glittering Christmas trees";

- "glittery costume jewelry";

- "scintillant mica";

- "the scintillating stars";

- "a dress with sparkly sequins";

- "`glistering' is an archaic term";

- syn. coruscant, fulgid, glinting, glistering, glittering, glittery, scintillant, scintillating, sparkly;

- sim. bright;

aglow / ə ɡ ɫ oʊ /
a1
softly bright or radiant;

- "a house aglow with lights";

- "glowing embers";

- "lambent tongues of flame";

- "the lucent moon";

- "a sky luminous with stars";

- syn. lambent, lucent, luminous;

- sim. bright;

agnail / æ ɡ n eɪ ɫ /
n1
a loose narrow strip of skin near the base of a fingernail;

- tearing it produces a painful sore that is easily infected;

- syn. hangnail;

agnate / æ ɡ n eɪ t /
n1
one related on the father's side;

- syn. patrikin, patrilineal kin, patrilineal sib, patrisib;

a1
related on the father's side;

- "a paternal aunt";

- syn. agnatic, paternal;

- sim. related;

Agnatha
n1
superclass of eel-shaped chordates lacking jaws and pelvic fins: lampreys;

- hagfishes;

- some extinct forms;

- syn. superclass Agnatha;

agnathan
n1
eel-shaped vertebrate without jaws or paired appendages including the cyclostomes and some extinct forms;

- syn. jawless fish, jawless vertebrate;

agnatic
a1
related on the father's side;

- "a paternal aunt";

- syn. agnate, paternal;

- sim. related;

agnation / æ ɡ n eɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
line of descent traced through the paternal side of the family;

- syn. patrilineage;

Agnes de Mille
n1
United States dancer and choreographer who introduced formal dance to a wide audience (1905-1993);

- syn. Agnes George de Mille, de Mille;

Agnes George de Mille
n1
United States dancer and choreographer who introduced formal dance to a wide audience (1905-1993);

- syn. Agnes de Mille, de Mille;

Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu
n1
Indian nun and missionary in the Roman Catholic Church (born of Albanian parents in what is now Macedonia);

- dedicated to helping the poor in India (1910-1997);

- syn. Mother Teresa, Mother Theresa, Teresa, Theresa;

Agni
n1
(Sanskrit) Hindu god of fire in ancient and traditional India;

- one of the three chief deities of the Vedas;

agnise
v1
be fully aware or cognizant of;

- syn. agnize, realise, realize, recognise, recognize;

agnize
v1
be fully aware or cognizant of;

- syn. agnise, realise, realize, recognise, recognize;

agnomen / æ ɡ n oʊ m ɛ n /
n1
an additional name or an epithet appended to a name (as in `Ferdinand the Great');

agnosia
n1
inability to recognize objects by use of the senses;

agnostic / æ ɡ n ɒ s t ɪ k /
n1
someone who is doubtful or noncommittal about something;

- syn. doubter;

n2
a person who claims that they cannot have true knowledge about the existence of God (but does not deny that God might exist);

a1
of or pertaining to an agnostic or agnosticism;

a2
uncertain of all claims to knowledge;

- syn. agnostical;

- sim. nescient;

agnostical
a1
uncertain of all claims to knowledge;

- syn. agnostic;

- sim. nescient;

agnosticism / æ ɡ n ɒ s t ɪ s ɪ z ə m /
n1
a religious orientation of doubt;

- a denial of ultimate knowledge of the existence of God;

- "agnosticism holds that you can neither prove nor disprove God's existence";

n2
the disbelief in any claims of ultimate knowledge;

- syn. scepticism, skepticism;

Agnus Dei
n1
figure of a lamb;

- emblematic of Christ;

- syn. Paschal Lamb;

n2
a liturgical prayer beginning with these Latin words;

ago / ə ɡ oʊ /
a1
gone by;

- or in the past;

- "two years ago";

- "`agone' is an archaic word for `ago'";

- syn. agone;

- sim. past;

r1
in the past;

- "long ago";

- "sixty years ago my grandfather came to the U.S.";

agog / ə ɡ ɒ ɡ /
a1
highly excited by eagerness, curiosity, etc.;

- "I've been agog all afternoon, waiting for the next episode in your mystery story";

- sim. excited;

agon
n1
a festivity in ancient Greece at which competitors contended for prizes;

agonadal
a1
lacking gonads;

agonal
a1
pertaining to or associated with agony (especially death agonies);

agone / ə ɡ ɒ n /
a1
gone by;

- or in the past;

- "two years ago";

- "`agone' is an archaic word for `ago'";

- syn. ago;

- sim. past;

agonic line
n1
an imaginary line connecting points on the Earth's surface where the magnetic declination is zero;

Agonidae
n1
poachers;

- syn. family Agonidae;

agonise / æ ɡ ə n ɪ s /
v1
cause to agonize;

- syn. agonize;

v2
suffer agony or anguish;

- syn. agonize;

agonised / æ ɡ ə n ɪ s t /
a1
expressing pain or agony;

- "agonized screams";

- syn. agonized;

- sim. painful;

agonising / æ ɡ ə n aɪ z ɪ ŋ /
a1
extremely painful;

- syn. agonizing, excruciating, harrowing, torturesome, torturing, torturous;

- sim. painful;

agonist / æ ɡ ə n ɪ s t /
n1
the principal character in a work of fiction;

- syn. protagonist;

n2
someone involved in a contest or battle (as in an agon);

n3
a muscle that contracts while another relaxes;

- "when bending the elbow the biceps are the agonist";

n4
(biochemistry) a drug that can combine with a receptor on a cell to produce a physiological reaction;

agonistic / æ ɡ ə n ɪ s t ɪ k /
a1
of or relating to the athletic contests held in ancient Greece;

a2
striving to overcome in argument;

- "a dialectical and agonistic approach";

- syn. agonistical, combative;

- sim. competitive;

a3
struggling for effect;

- "agonistic poses";

- syn. strained;

- sim. affected;

agonistical / æ ɡ ə n ɪ s t ɪ k ə ɫ /
a1
striving to overcome in argument;

- "a dialectical and agonistic approach";

- syn. agonistic, combative;

- sim. competitive;

agonize / æ ɡ ə n aɪ z /
v1
cause to agonize;

- syn. agonise;

v2
suffer agony or anguish;

- syn. agonise;

agonized / æ ɡ ə n aɪ z d /
a1
expressing pain or agony;

- "agonized screams";

- syn. agonised;

- sim. painful;

agonizing / æ ɡ ə n aɪ z ɪ ŋ /
a1
extremely painful;

- syn. agonising, excruciating, harrowing, torturesome, torturing, torturous;

- sim. painful;

agonizingly / æ ɡ ə n aɪ z ɪ ŋ ɫ i /
r1
in a very painful manner;

- "the progress was agonizingly slow";

- syn. excruciatingly, torturously;

Agonus
n1
type genus of the Agonidae;

- syn. genus Agonus;

Agonus cataphractus
n1
northern Atlantic sea poacher;

- syn. armed bullhead, pogge;

agony / æ ɡ ə n i /
n1
intense feelings of suffering;

- acute mental or physical pain;

- "an agony of doubt";

- "the torments of the damned";

- syn. torment, torture;

n2
a state of acute pain;

- syn. excruciation, suffering;

agony aunt
n1
a newspaper columnist who answers questions and offers advice on personal problems to people who write in;

agony column
n1
a newspaper column devoted to personal problems;

agora / æ ɡ ə ɹ ə /
n1
100 agorot equal 1 shekel in Israel;

n2
the marketplace in ancient Greece;

n3
a place of assembly for the people in ancient Greece;

- syn. public square;

agoraphobia / æ ɡ ə ɹ ə f oʊ b ɪə /
n1
a morbid fear of open spaces (as fear of being caught alone in some public place);

agoraphobic / æ ɡ ə ɹ ə f oʊ b ɪ k /
a1
suffering from agoraphobia;

- abnormally afraid of open or public places;

- sim. afraid;

agouti / ə ɡ u t i /
n1
agile long-legged rabbit-sized rodent of Central America and South America and the West Indies;

- valued as food;

- syn. Dasyprocta aguti;

Agra / ɑ ɡ ɹ ə /
n1
a city in northern India;

- former capital of the Mogul empire;

- site of the Taj Mahal;

agranulocytic
a1
relating to the blood disorder of agranulocytosis;

agranulocytosis
n1
an acute blood disorder (often caused by radiation or drug therapy) characterized by severe reduction in granulocytes;

- syn. agranulosis, granulocytopenia;

agranulosis
n1
an acute blood disorder (often caused by radiation or drug therapy) characterized by severe reduction in granulocytes;

- syn. agranulocytosis, granulocytopenia;

agrapha
n1
sayings of Jesus not recorded in the canonical Gospels;

agraphia
n1
a loss of the ability to write or to express thoughts in writing because of a brain lesion;

- syn. anorthography, logagraphia;

agraphic
a1
relating to or having agraphia;

agrarian / ə ɡ ɹ eə ɹ ɪə n /
a1
relating to farming or agriculture;

- "an agrarian (or agricultural) society";

- "farming communities";

- syn. agricultural, farming;

- sim. rural;

agree / ə ɡ ɹ i /
v1
be in accord;

- be in agreement;

- "We agreed on the terms of the settlement";

- "I can't agree with you!";

- "I hold with those who say life is sacred";

- "Both philosophers concord on this point";

- syn. concord, concur, hold;

v2
consent or assent to a condition, or agree to do something;

- "She agreed to all my conditions";

- "He agreed to leave her alone";

v3
be compatible, similar or consistent;

- coincide in their characteristics;

- "The two stories don't agree in many details";

- "The handwriting checks with the signature on the check";

- "The suspect's fingerprints don't match those on the gun";

- syn. check, correspond, fit, gibe, jibe, match, tally;

v4
go together;

- "The colors don't harmonize";

- "Their ideas concorded";

- syn. accord, concord, consort, fit in, harmonise, harmonize;

v5
show grammatical agreement;

- "Subjects and verbs must always agree in English";

v6
be agreeable or suitable;

- "White wine doesn't agree with me";

v7
achieve harmony of opinion, feeling, or purpose;

- "No two of my colleagues would agree on whom to elect chairman";

agreeability / ə ɡ ɹ i ə b ɪ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
a temperamental disposition to be agreeable;

- syn. agreeableness;

agreeable / ə ɡ ɹ i ə b ɫ /
a1
conforming to your own liking or feelings or nature;

- "Is the plan agreeable to you?";

- "he's an agreeable fellow";

- "My idea of an agreeable person...is a person who agrees with me"- Disraeli;

- "an agreeable manner";

a2
in keeping;

- "salaries agreeable with current trends";

- "plans conformable with your wishes";

- "expressed views concordant with his background";

- syn. accordant, concordant, conformable, consonant;

- sim. consistent;

a3
prepared to agree or consent;

- "agreeable to the plan";

- sim. accordant;

agreeableness / ə ɡ ɹ i ə b ɫ n ə s /
n1
pleasantness resulting from agreeable conditions;

- "a well trained staff saw to the agreeableness of our accommodations";

- "he discovered the amenities of reading at an early age";

- syn. amenity;

n2
a temperamental disposition to be agreeable;

- syn. agreeability;

agreeably / ə ɡ ɹ i ə b ɫ i /
r1
in an enjoyable manner;

- "we spent a pleasantly lazy afternoon";

- syn. enjoyably, pleasantly;

agreed / ə ɡ ɹ i d /
a1
united by being of the same opinion;

- "agreed in their distrust of authority";

- syn. in agreement;

- sim. united;

agreed upon
a1
constituted or contracted by stipulation or agreement;

- "stipulatory obligations";

- syn. stipulatory;

- sim. uncontroversial;

agreement / ə ɡ ɹ i m ə n t /
n1
the statement (oral or written) of an exchange of promises;

- "they had an agreement that they would not interfere in each other's business";

- "there was an understanding between management and the workers";

- syn. understanding;

n2
compatibility of observations;

- "there was no agreement between theory and measurement";

- "the results of two tests were in correspondence";

- syn. correspondence;

n3
harmony of people's opinions or actions or characters;

- "the two parties were in agreement";

- syn. accord;

n4
the thing arranged or agreed to;

- "they made arrangements to meet in Chicago";

- syn. arrangement;

n5
the determination of grammatical inflection on the basis of word relations;

- syn. concord;

n6
the verbal act of agreeing;

agrestic / ə ɡ ɹ ɛ s t ɪ k /
a1
characteristic of the fields or country;

- "agrestic simplicity";

- "rustic stone walls";

- syn. rustic;

- sim. rural;

a2
(of behavior) rustic and uncouth;

- "the agrestic behavior of a country boy";

- sim. unrefined;

agribusiness
n1
a large-scale farming enterprise;

- syn. agriculture, factory farm;

Agricola / æ ɡ ɹ ɪ k oʊ ɫ ə /
n1
Roman general who was governor of Britain and extended Roman rule north to the Firth of Forth (37-93);

- syn. Gnaeus Julius Agricola;

agricultural / æ ɡ ɹ ɪ k ʌ ɫ tʃ ə ɹ ə ɫ /
a1
relating to or used in or promoting agriculture or farming;

- "agricultural engineering";

- "modern agricultural (or farming) methods";

- "agricultural (or farm) equipment";

- "an agricultural college";

a2
relating to farming or agriculture;

- "an agrarian (or agricultural) society";

- "farming communities";

- syn. agrarian, farming;

- sim. rural;

agricultural agent
n1
an advisor employed by the government to assist people in rural areas with methods of farming and home economics;

- syn. county agent, extension agent;

agricultural laborer
n1
a person who tills the soil for a living;

- syn. agricultural labourer;

agricultural labourer
n1
a person who tills the soil for a living;

- syn. agricultural laborer;

agriculturalist / æ ɡ ɹ ɪ k ʌ ɫ tʃ ə ɹ ə ɫ ɪ s t /
n1
someone concerned with the science or art or business of cultivating the soil;

- syn. agriculturist, cultivator, grower, raiser;

agriculture / æ ɡ ɹ ɪ k ʌ ɫ tʃ ə , æ ɡ ɹ ɪ k ʌ ɫ tʃ ə ɹ /
n1
a large-scale farming enterprise;

- syn. agribusiness, factory farm;

n2
the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock;

- syn. farming, husbandry;

n3
the federal department that administers programs that provide services to farmers (including research and soil conservation and efforts to stabilize the farming economy);

- created in 1862;

- syn. Agriculture Department, Department of Agriculture, USDA;

n4
the class of people engaged in growing food;

Agriculture Department
n1
the federal department that administers programs that provide services to farmers (including research and soil conservation and efforts to stabilize the farming economy);

- created in 1862;

- syn. Agriculture, Department of Agriculture, USDA;

Agriculture Secretary
n1
the person who holds the secretaryship of the Department of Agriculture;

- "the first Secretary of Agriculture was Norman J. Colman, who was appointed by Cleveland";

- syn. Secretary of Agriculture;

n2
the position of the head of the Department of Agriculture;

- "the post of Secretary of Agriculture was established in 1889";

- syn. Secretary of Agriculture;

agriculturist / æ ɡ ɹ ɪ k ʌ ɫ tʃ ə ɹ ɪ s t /
n1
someone concerned with the science or art or business of cultivating the soil;

- syn. agriculturalist, cultivator, grower, raiser;

Agrigento
n1
a town in Italy in southwestern Sicily near the coast;

- the site of six Greek temples;

- syn. Acragas;

agrimonia / æ ɡ ɹ ɪ m oʊ n ɪə /
n1
a plant of the genus Agrimonia having spikelike clusters of small yellow flowers;

- syn. agrimony;

Agrimonia eupatoria
n1
erect perennial Old World herb of dry grassy habitats;

- syn. harvest-lice;

Agrimonia procera
n1
fragrant European perennial herb found at woodland margins on moist soils;

- syn. fragrant agrimony;

agrimony / æ ɡ ɹ ɪ m ə n i /
n1
a plant of the genus Agrimonia having spikelike clusters of small yellow flowers;

- syn. agrimonia;

Agriocharis
n1
a genus of birds of the family Meleagrididae including the ocellated turkey;

- syn. genus Agriocharis;

Agriocharis ocellata
n1
wild turkey of Central America and northern South America;

- syn. ocellated turkey;

Agrippa
n1
Roman general who commanded the fleet that defeated the forces of Antony and Cleopatra at Actium (63-12 BC);

- syn. Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa;

Agrippina
n1
wife who poisoned Claudius after her son Nero was declared heir and who was then put to death by Nero;

- syn. Agrippina the Younger;

n2
granddaughter of Augustus and mother of Caligula and Agrippina the Younger (14 BC - AD 33);

- syn. Agrippina the Elder;

Agrippina the Elder
n1
granddaughter of Augustus and mother of Caligula and Agrippina the Younger (14 BC - AD 33);

- syn. Agrippina;

Agrippina the Younger
n1
wife who poisoned Claudius after her son Nero was declared heir and who was then put to death by Nero;

- syn. Agrippina;

Agrobacterium
n1
small motile bacterial rods that can reduce nitrates and cause galls on plant stems;

- syn. genus Agrobacterium;

Agrobacterium tumefaciens
n1
the bacteria that produce crown gall disease in plants;

agrobiologic
a1
of or pertaining to agrobiology;

- syn. agrobiological;

agrobiological
a1
of or pertaining to agrobiology;

- syn. agrobiologic;

agrobiology
n1
the study of plant nutrition and growth especially as a way to increase crop yield;

agrologic
a1
of or related to agrology;

- syn. agrological;

agrological
a1
of or related to agrology;

- syn. agrologic;

agrology
n1
science of soils in relation to crops;

agromania
n1
an intense desire to be alone or out in the open;

agronomic
a1
of or relating to or promoting agronomy;

- syn. agronomical;

agronomical
a1
of or relating to or promoting agronomy;

- syn. agronomic;

agronomist / ə ɡ ɹ ɒ n ə m ɪ s t /
n1
an expert in soil management and field-crop production;

agronomy / ə ɡ ɹ ɒ n ə m i /
n1
the application of soil and plant sciences to land management and crop production;

- syn. scientific agriculture;

Agropyron
n1
perennial grasses of temperate and cool regions: wheatgrass;

- dog grass;

- syn. genus Agropyron;

Agropyron cristatum
n1
Eurasian grass grown in United States great plains area for forage and erosion control;

- syn. crested wheat grass, crested wheatgrass, fairway crested wheat grass;

Agropyron intermedium
n1
Asiatic grass introduced into United States rangelands for pasture and fodder;

- syn. Elymus hispidus, intermediate wheatgrass;

Agropyron pauciflorum
n1
North American grass cultivated in western United States as excellent forage crop;

- syn. Agropyron trachycaulum, Elymus trachycaulos, slender wheatgrass;

Agropyron repens
n1
European grass spreading rapidly by creeping rhizomes;

- naturalized in North America as a weed;

- syn. couch grass, dog grass, quack grass, quackgrass, quick grass, witch grass, witchgrass;

Agropyron smithii
n1
valuable forage grass of western United States;

- syn. bluestem wheatgrass, western wheatgrass;

Agropyron subsecundum
n1
a wheatgrass with straight terminal awns on the flowering glumes;

- syn. bearded wheatgrass;

Agropyron trachycaulum
n1
North American grass cultivated in western United States as excellent forage crop;

- syn. Agropyron pauciflorum, Elymus trachycaulos, slender wheatgrass;

Agrostemma
n1
a caryophylloid dicot genus including corn cockles;

- syn. genus Agrostemma;

Agrostemma githago
n1
European annual having large trumpet-shaped reddish-purple flowers and poisonous seed;

- a common weed in grainfields and beside roadways;

- naturalized in America;

- syn. corn campion, corn cockle, crown-of-the-field;

Agrostis
n1
annual or perennial grasses cosmopolitan in northern hemisphere: bent grass (so named from `bent' meaning an area of unfenced grassland);

- syn. genus Agrostis;

Agrostis alba
n1
slender European grass of shady places;

- grown also in northeastern America and temperate Asia;

- syn. Poa nemoralis, wood meadowgrass;

Agrostis canina
n1
common grass with slender stems and narrow leaves;

- syn. Rhode Island bent, brown bent, dog bent, velvet bent, velvet bent grass;

Agrostis nebulosa
n1
Spanish grass with light feathery panicles grown for dried bouquets;

- syn. cloud grass;

Agrostis palustris
n1
common pasture or lawn grass spread by long runners;

- syn. creeping bent, creeping bentgrass;

aground / ə ɡ ɹ aʊ n d /
a1
stuck in a place where a ship can no longer float;

- "a ship aground offshore";

- "a boat aground on the beach waiting for the tide to lift it";

r1
with the bottom lodged on the ground;

- "he ran the ship aground";

agrypnia
n1
a vigil before certain feasts (as e.g. Easter);

agrypnotic
a1
of or pertaining to agrypnia;

agua
n1
largest known toad species;

- native to Central America;

- valuable destroyer of insect pests;

- syn. Bufo marinus, agua toad;

agua toad
n1
largest known toad species;

- native to Central America;

- valuable destroyer of insect pests;

- syn. Bufo marinus, agua;

aguacate
n1
a pear-shaped tropical fruit with green or blackish skin and rich yellowish pulp enclosing a single large seed;

- syn. alligator pear, avocado, avocado pear;

ague / eɪ ɡ j u /
n1
a fit of shivering or shaking;

n2
successive stages of chills and fever that is a symptom of malaria;

- syn. chills and fever;

n3
a mark placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation;

- syn. acute, acute accent;

ague grass
n1
colicroot having a scurfy or granuliferous perianth and white flowers;

- southeastern United States;

- syn. Aletris farinosa, ague root;

ague root
n1
colicroot having a scurfy or granuliferous perianth and white flowers;

- southeastern United States;

- syn. Aletris farinosa, ague grass;

ague weed
n1
gentian of eastern North America having clusters of bristly blue flowers;

- syn. Gentiana quinquefolia, Gentianella quinquefolia, agueweed, five-flowered gentian, stiff gentian;

agueweed / eɪ ɡ j u w i d /
n1
gentian of eastern North America having clusters of bristly blue flowers;

- syn. Gentiana quinquefolia, Gentianella quinquefolia, ague weed, five-flowered gentian, stiff gentian;

n2
perennial herb of southeastern United States having white-rayed flower heads;

- formerly used as in folk medicine;

- syn. Eupatorium perfoliatum, boneset, thoroughwort;

aguish
a1
affected by ague;

- sim. ill;

Ahab
n1
according to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC);

ahead / ə h ɛ d /
a1
having the leading position or higher score in a contest;

- "he is ahead by a pawn";

- "the leading team in the pennant race";

- syn. in the lead, leading;

- sim. up;

r1
at or in the front;

- "I see the lights of a town ahead";

- "the road ahead is foggy";

- "staring straight ahead";

- "we couldn't see over the heads of the people in front";

- "with the cross of Jesus marching on before";

- syn. before, in front;

r2
toward the future;

- forward in time;

- "I like to look ahead in imagination to what the future may bring";

- "I look forward to seeing you";

- syn. forward;

r3
in a forward direction;

- "go ahead";

- "the train moved ahead slowly";

- "the boat lurched ahead";

- "moved onward into the forest";

- "they went slowly forward in the mud";

- syn. forrader, forward, forwards, onward, onwards;

r4
ahead of time;

- in anticipation;

- "when you pay ahead (or in advance) you receive a discount";

- "We like to plan ahead";

- "should have made reservations beforehand";

- syn. beforehand, in advance;

r5
to a more advanced or advantageous position;

- "a young man sure to get ahead";

- "pushing talented students ahead";

r6
to a different or a more advanced time (meaning advanced either toward the present or toward the future);

- "moved the appointment ahead from Tuesday to Monday";

- "pushed the deadline ahead from Tuesday to Wednesday";

r7
leading or ahead in a competition;

- "the horse was three lengths ahead going into the home stretch";

- "ahead by two pawns";

- "our candidate is in the lead in the polls";

- "way out front in the race";

- "the advertising campaign put them out front in sales";

- syn. in the lead, out front;

ahead of the game
r1
in an advantageous position;

- "she's ahead of the game";

ahead of time
r1
before the usual time or the time expected;

- "she graduated early";

- "the house was completed ahead of time";

- syn. early, too soon;

ahem / ə h ə m /
n1
the utterance of a sound similar to clearing the throat;

- intended to get attention, express hesitancy, fill a pause, hide embarrassment, warn a friend, etc.;

- syn. hem;

ahimsa
n1
a Buddhist and Hindu and especially Jainist doctrine holding that all forms of life are sacred and urging the avoidance of violence;

ahistorical
a1
unconcerned with or unrelated to history or to historical development or to tradition;

Ahmad Shah Masoud
n1
Afghan leader of forces opposed to the Taliban;

- won fame by successfully resisting the Soviets in the 1980s;

- was assassinated by men posing as journalists (1953-2001);

- syn. Masoud;

Ahmed Salman Rushdie
n1
British writer of novels who was born in India;

- one of his novels is regarded as blasphemous by Muslims and a fatwa was issued condemning him to death (born in 1947);

- syn. Rushdie, Salman Rushdie;

Ahmed Zoki Yamani
n1
Saudi Arabian minister of petroleum who was a central figure in the creation of OPEC (born in 1930);

- syn. Yamani;

ahorse
a1
traveling on horseback;

- "a file of men ahorseback passed by";

- syn. ahorseback;

- sim. moving;

r1
on the back of a horse;

- "he rode horseback to town";

- "managed to escape ahorse";

- "policeman patrolled the streets ahorseback";

- syn. ahorseback, horseback;

ahorseback
a1
traveling on horseback;

- "a file of men ahorseback passed by";

- syn. ahorse;

- sim. moving;

r1
on the back of a horse;

- "he rode horseback to town";

- "managed to escape ahorse";

- "policeman patrolled the streets ahorseback";

- syn. ahorse, horseback;

AHPCRC
n1
a United States defense laboratory to conduct research in high-performance computing for defense technology applications;

- a partnership of government and university and industry;

- syn. Army High Performance Computing Research Center;

Ahriman
n1
the spirit of evil in Zoroastrianism;

- arch rival of Ormazd;

Ahuehuete
n1
Mexico's most famous tree;

- a giant specimen of Montezuma cypress more than 2,000 years old with a girth of 165 feet at Santa Maria del Tule;

- "some say the Tule tree is the world's largest single biomass";

- syn. Tule tree;

Ahura
n1
(Zoroastrianism) title for benevolent deities;

Ahura Mazda
n1
chief deity of Zoroastrianism;

- source of light and embodiment of good;

- syn. Ormazd, Ormuzd;

Ahvenanmaa
n1
an archipelago of some 6,000 islands in the Gulf of Bothnia under Finnish control;

- syn. Aaland islands, Aland islands;

AI
n1
an agency of the United States Army responsible for providing timely and relevant and accurate and synchronized intelligence to tactical and operational and strategic level commanders;

- syn. Army Intelligence;

n2
the branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively;

- "workers in AI hope to imitate or duplicate intelligence in computers and robots";

- syn. artificial intelligence;

n3
a sloth that has three long claws on each forefoot and each hindfoot;

- syn. Bradypus tridactylus, three-toed sloth;

n4
the introduction of semen into the oviduct or uterus by some means other than sexual intercourse;

- syn. artificial insemination;

AIAI
n1
a fundamentalist Islamic group in Somalia who initially did fundraising for al-Qaeda;

- responsible for ambushing United States Army Rangers and for terrorist bombings in Ethiopia;

- believed to have branches in several countries;

- syn. Islamic Unity, al-Itihaad al-Islamiya, al Itihaad al Islamiya;

aid / eɪ d /
n1
a person or thing that is a resource that helps make something easier or possible to do;

- "visual aids in teaching";

- "his job was to give technical assistance over the phone";

- syn. assistance, help;

n2
the activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose;

- "he gave me an assist with the housework";

- "could not walk without assistance";

- "rescue party went to their aid";

- "offered his help in unloading";

- syn. assist, assistance, help;

n3
gift of money or other material help to support a person or cause;

- "economic assistance to depressed areas";

- syn. assistance, economic aid, economic assistance, financial aid, financial assistance;

n4
the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something;

- "no medical care was required";

- "the old car needs constant attention";

- syn. attention, care, tending;

v1
give help or assistance;

- be of service;

- "Everyone helped out during the earthquake";

- "Can you help me carry this table?";

- "She never helps around the house";

- syn. assist, help;

v2
improve the condition of;

- "These pills will help the patient";

- syn. help;

aid station
n1
(military) a station located near a combat area for giving first aid to the wounded;

- syn. dressing station;

aide
n1
an officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer;

- syn. adjutant, aide-de-camp;

n2
someone who acts as assistant;

- syn. auxiliary;

aide-de-camp / eɪ d d ə k ɒ m /
n1
an officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer;

- syn. adjutant, aide;

aide-memoire
n1
a memorandum summarizing the items of an agreement (used especially in diplomatic communications);

- syn. position paper;

aided / eɪ d ɪ d /
a1
having help;

- often used as a combining form;

- syn. assisted;

- sim. motor-assisted, power-assisted;

Aides / eɪ d z /
n1
(Greek mythology) the god of the underworld in ancient mythology;

- brother of Zeus and husband of Persephone;

- syn. Aidoneus, Hades;

Aidoneus
n1
(Greek mythology) the god of the underworld in ancient mythology;

- brother of Zeus and husband of Persephone;

- syn. Aides, Hades;

AIDS / eɪ d z /
n1
a serious (often fatal) disease of the immune system transmitted through blood products especially by sexual contact or contaminated needles;

- syn. acquired immune deficiency syndrome;

Aigina
n1
an island in the Aegean Sea in the Saronic Gulf;

- syn. Aegina;

aiglet
n1
metal or plastic sheath over the end of a shoelace or ribbon;

- syn. aglet;

n2
ornamental tagged cord or braid on the shoulder of a uniform;

- syn. aglet, aiguilette;

aigret / eɪ ɡ ɹ ɛ t /
n1
a long plume (especially one of egret feathers) worn on a hat or a piece of jewelry in the shape of a plume;

- syn. aigrette;

aigrette / eɪ ɡ ɹ ɛ t /
n1
a long plume (especially one of egret feathers) worn on a hat or a piece of jewelry in the shape of a plume;

- syn. aigret;

aiguilette
n1
ornamental tagged cord or braid on the shoulder of a uniform;

- syn. aglet, aiglet;

Aiken
n1
United States writer (1889-1973);

- syn. Conrad Aiken, Conrad Potter Aiken;

aikido
n1
a Japanese martial art employing principles similar to judo;

ail / eɪ ɫ /
n1
aromatic bulb used as seasoning;

- syn. garlic;

v1
be ill or unwell;

v2
cause bodily suffering to and make sick or indisposed;

- syn. pain, trouble;

ailanthus / eɪ ɫ æ n θ ə s /
n1
any of several deciduous Asian trees of the genus Ailanthus;

Ailanthus altissima
n1
deciduous rapidly growing tree of China with foliage like sumac and sweetish fetid flowers;

- widely planted in United States as a street tree because of its resistance to pollution;

- syn. tree of heaven, tree of the gods;

ailanthus silkworm
n1
large green silkworm of the cynthia moth;

- syn. Samia cynthia;

aileron / eɪ ɫ ə ɹ ɒ n /
n1
an airfoil that controls lateral motion;

Ailey
n1
United States choreographer noted for his use of African elements (born in 1931);

- syn. Alvin Ailey;

ailing / eɪ ɫ ɪ ŋ /
a1
somewhat ill or prone to illness;

- "my poor ailing grandmother";

- "feeling a bit indisposed today";

- "you look a little peaked";

- "feeling poorly";

- "a sickly child";

- "is unwell and can't come to work";

- syn. indisposed, peaked, poorly, seedy, sickly, under the weather, unwell;

- sim. ill;

ailment / eɪ ɫ m ə n t /
n1
an often persistent bodily disorder or disease;

- a cause for complaining;

- syn. complaint, ill;

ailurophobia
n1
a morbid fear of cats;

Ailuropoda
n1
only the giant panda: in some classifications considered a genus of the separate family Ailuropodidae;

- syn. genus Ailuropoda;

Ailuropoda melanoleuca
n1
large black-and-white herbivorous mammal of bamboo forests of China and Tibet;

- in some classifications considered a member of the bear family or of a separate family Ailuropodidae;

- syn. coon bear, giant panda, panda, panda bear;

Ailuropodidae
n1
in some classifications considered the family comprising the giant pandas;

- syn. family Ailuropodidae;

Ailurus
n1
lesser pandas;

- syn. genus Ailurus;

Ailurus fulgens
n1
reddish-brown Old World raccoon-like carnivore;

- in some classifications considered unrelated to the giant pandas;

- syn. bear cat, cat bear, lesser panda, panda, red panda;

aim / eɪ m /
n1
an anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions;

- "his intent was to provide a new translation";

- "good intentions are not enough";

- "it was created with the conscious aim of answering immediate needs";

- "he made no secret of his designs";

- syn. design, intent, intention, purpose;

n2
the goal intended to be attained (and which is believed to be attainable);

- "the sole object of her trip was to see her children";

- syn. object, objective, target;

n3
the action of directing something at an object;

- "he took aim and fired";

n4
the direction or path along which something moves or along which it lies;

- syn. bearing, heading;

v1
point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards;

- "Please don't aim at your little brother!";

- "He trained his gun on the burglar";

- "Don't train your camera on the women";

- "Take a swipe at one's opponent";

- syn. direct, take, take aim, train;

v2
propose or intend;

- "I aim to arrive at noon";

- syn. propose, purport, purpose;

v3
move into a desired direction of discourse;

- "What are you driving at?";

- syn. drive, get;

v4
specifically design a product, event, or activity for a certain public;

- syn. calculate, direct;

v5
intend (something) to move towards a certain goal;

- "He aimed his fists towards his opponent's face";

- "criticism directed at her superior";

- "direct your anger towards others, not towards yourself";

- syn. direct, place, point, target;

v6
direct (a remark) toward an intended goal;

- "She wanted to aim a pun";

v7
have an ambitious plan or a lofty goal;

- syn. aspire, draw a bead on, shoot for;

Aimee Semple McPherson
n1
United States evangelist (born in Canada) noted for her extravagant religious services (1890-1944);

- syn. McPherson;

aimless / eɪ m ɫ ə s /
a1
aimlessly drifting;

- syn. adrift, afloat, directionless, planless, rudderless, undirected;

- sim. purposeless;

a2
continually changing especially as from one abode or occupation to another;

- "a drifting double-dealer";

- "the floating population";

- "vagrant hippies of the sixties";

- syn. drifting, floating, vagabond, vagrant;

- sim. unsettled;

aimlessly / eɪ m ɫ ə s ɫ i /
r1
without aim;

- in an aimless manner;

- "he wandered around aimlessly";

aimlessness / eɪ m ɫ ə s n ə s /
n1
the quality of lacking any definite purpose;

- syn. purposelessness;

ain
a1
belonging to or on behalf of a specified person (especially yourself);

- preceded by a possessive;

- "for your own use";

- "do your own thing";

- "she makes her own clothes";

- "`ain' is Scottish";

- syn. own;

- sim. personal;

aioli
n1
garlic mayonnaise;

- syn. aioli sauce, garlic sauce;

aioli sauce
n1
garlic mayonnaise;

- syn. aioli, garlic sauce;

air / eə , eə ɹ /
n1
a mixture of gases (especially oxygen) required for breathing;

- the stuff that the wind consists of;

- "air pollution";

- "a smell of chemicals in the air";

- "open a window and let in some air";

- "I need some fresh air";

n2
the region above the ground;

- "her hand stopped in mid air";

- "he threw the ball into the air";

n3
a distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing;

- "an air of mystery";

- "the house had a neglected air";

- "an atmosphere of defeat pervaded the candidate's headquarters";

- "the place had an aura of romance";

- syn. atmosphere, aura;

n4
a slight wind (usually refreshing);

- "the breeze was cooled by the lake";

- "as he waited he could feel the air on his neck";

- syn. breeze, gentle wind, zephyr;

n5
the mass of air surrounding the Earth;

- "there was great heat as the comet entered the atmosphere";

- "it was exposed to the air";

- syn. atmosphere;

n6
once thought to be one of four elements composing the universe (Empedocles);

n7
a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence;

- "she was humming an air from Beethoven";

- syn. line, melodic line, melodic phrase, melody, strain, tune;

n8
medium for radio and television broadcasting;

- "the program was on the air from 9 til midnight";

- "the president used the airwaves to take his message to the people";

- syn. airwave;

n9
travel via aircraft;

- "air travel involves too much waiting in airports";

- "if you've time to spare go by air";

- syn. air travel, aviation;

v1
expose to fresh air;

- "aerate your old sneakers";

- syn. aerate, air out;

v2
be broadcast;

- "This show will air Saturdays at 2 P.M.";

v3
broadcast over the airwaves, as in radio or television;

- "We cannot air this X-rated song";

- syn. beam, broadcast, send, transmit;

v4
make public;

- "She aired her opinions on welfare";

- syn. bare, publicise, publicize;

v5
expose to warm or heated air, so as to dry;

- "Air linen";

v6
expose to cool or cold air so as to cool or freshen;

- "air the old winter clothes";

- "air out the smoke-filled rooms";

- syn. air out, vent, ventilate;

air-breathing
a1
deriving oxygen from the air;

- "he studied respiration in marine air-breathing vertebrates";

- "large air-breathing ichthyosaurs had hydrofoils";

air-condition
v1
control the humidity and temperature of;

- "The room was cool because it had been air-conditioned";

v2
equip with an apparatus for controlling the humidity and temperature;

- "Our house is not air-conditioned";

- syn. air-cool;

air-conditioned / eə k ə n d ɪ ʃ n d /
a1
cooled by air conditioning;

- sim. cool;

air-conditioner
n1
an appliance designed to extract humidity from the air and thereby cool it;

- "we rarely turn on the air-conditioner";

- syn. A/C, air conditioner;

air-cool
v1
equip with an apparatus for controlling the humidity and temperature;

- "Our house is not air-conditioned";

- syn. air-condition;

air-cooled / eə k u ɫ d /
a1
cooled by a flow of air;

- "an air-cooled engine";

- sim. cool;

air-dried
a1
made dry by contact with unheated air;

- sim. dry;

air-drop
v1
drop (an object) from the air;

- unload from a plane or helicopter;

air-dry
a1
not giving off moisture on exposure to the air;

- sim. dry;

air-filled
a1
full of air;

- sim. full;

air-freight
v1
transport (cargo) by air;

- syn. air-ship, airfreight;

air-intake
n1
a duct that admits air to be mixed with fuel;

air-raid shelter
n1
a chamber (often underground) reinforced against bombing and provided with food and living facilities;

- used during air raids;

- syn. bomb shelter, bombproof;

air-ship
v1
transport (cargo) by air;

- syn. air-freight, airfreight;

air-slake
v1
alter by exposure to air with conversion at least in part to a carbonate;

- "air-slake lime";

air-sleeve
n1
a truncated cloth cone mounted on a mast;

- used (e.g., at airports) to show the direction of the wind;

- syn. air sock, drogue, sock, wind cone, wind sleeve, wind sock, windsock;

air-tight
a1
having no weak points;

- "an airtight defense";

- "an airtight argument";

- syn. airtight;

- sim. invulnerable;

a2
not allowing air or gas to pass in or out;

- syn. airtight, gas-tight;

- sim. tight;

air-to-air / eə t ʊ eə , eə t ʊ eə ɹ /
a1
operating between or launched from or involving rockets or aircraft in flight;

- "air-to-air missiles";

- "air-to-air communications";

air-to-air missile
n1
a missile designed to be launched from one airplane at another;

air-to-ground / eə t ʊ ɡ ɹ aʊ n d /
a1
operating from or designed to be fired from aircraft at targets on the ground;

- "air-to-surface missiles";

- syn. air-to-surface;

air-to-ground missile
n1
a missile designed to be launched from an airplane at a target on the ground;

- syn. air-to-surface missile;

air-to-surface
a1
operating from or designed to be fired from aircraft at targets on the ground;

- "air-to-surface missiles";

- syn. air-to-ground;

air-to-surface missile
n1
a missile designed to be launched from an airplane at a target on the ground;

- syn. air-to-ground missile;

air alert
n1
the time period during which military and civilian agencies are prepared for an enemy air attack;

n2
the condition in which combat aircraft are airborne and ready for an operation;

- "aircraft in the Mideast are on air alert";

n3
the warning signal that begins a period of preparation for an enemy air attack;

air attache
n1
a military attache who is a commissioned or warrant officer in an air force;

air attack
n1
an attack by armed planes on a surface target;

- syn. air raid;

air bag
n1
a safety restraint in an automobile;

- the bag inflates on collision and prevents the driver or passenger from being thrown forward;

air base
n1
a base for military aircraft;

- syn. air station;

air bladder
n1
an air-filled sac near the spinal column in many fishes that helps maintain buoyancy;

- syn. float, swim bladder;

air bubble
n1
a bubble of air;

air castle
n1
absentminded dreaming while awake;

- syn. castle in Spain, castle in the air, daydream, daydreaming, oneirism, reverie, revery;

air cell
n1
a tiny sac for holding air in the lungs;

- formed by the terminal dilation of tiny air passageways;

- syn. air sac, alveolus;

air cleaner
n1
a filter that removes dust from the air that passes through it;

- syn. air filter;

Air Combat Command
n1
a command that is the primary provider of air combat weapon systems to the United States Air Force;

- operates fighter, bomber, reconnaissance, battle-management, and rescue aircraft;

- syn. ACC;

air compressor
n1
a compressor that takes in air at atmospheric pressure and delivers it at a higher pressure;

air conditioner
n1
an appliance designed to extract humidity from the air and thereby cool it;

- "we rarely turn on the air-conditioner";

- syn. A/C, air-conditioner;

n2
a system that keeps air cool and dry;

- syn. air conditioning;

air conditioning
n1
a system that keeps air cool and dry;

- syn. air conditioner;

Air Corps
n1
formerly the airborne division of the United States Army;

air cover
n1
the use of military aircraft to provide protection against attack by enemy aircraft during ground or naval operations;

air crew
n1
the crew of an aircraft;

- syn. aircrew;

air current
n1
air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure;

- "trees bent under the fierce winds";

- "when there is no wind, row";

- "the radioactivity was being swept upwards by the air current and out into the atmosphere";

- syn. current of air, wind;

air cushion
n1
the trapped air that supports a hovercraft a short distance above the water or ground;

n2
a mechanical device using confined air to absorb the shock of motion;

- syn. air spring;

n3
a cushion usually made of rubber or plastic that can be inflated;

- syn. inflatable cushion;

air defense
n1
defensive measures designed to destroy attacking enemy aircraft or missiles or to nullify their effectiveness;

air division
n1
a unit of the United States Air Force usually comprising two or more wings;

- syn. division;

air duct
n1
a duct that provides ventilation (as in mines);

- syn. air passage, airway;

air embolism
n1
obstruction of the circulatory system caused by an air bubble as, e.g., accidentally during surgery or hypodermic injection or as a complication from scuba diving;

- syn. aeroembolism, gas embolism;

n2
pain resulting from rapid change in pressure;

- syn. aeroembolism, bends, caisson disease, decompression sickness, gas embolism;

air filter
n1
a filter that removes dust from the air that passes through it;

- syn. air cleaner;

air flow
n1
the flow of air;

- "she adjusted the fan so that the airflow was directed right at her";

- syn. airflow, flow of air;

air force
n1
the airborne branch of a country's armed forces;

- syn. airforce;

n2
the airforce of the United States of America;

- the agency that defends the United States through control and exploitation of air and space;

- syn. U. S. Air Force, USAF, US Air Force, United States Air Force;

air force academy
n1
an academy for training air force officers;

Air Force Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance
n1
an agency focused on ensuring that the United States military attains information superiority;

- operates worldwide ground sites and an array of airborne reconnaissance and surveillance platforms;

- syn. AFISR, Air Force ISR;

Air Force ISR
n1
an agency focused on ensuring that the United States military attains information superiority;

- operates worldwide ground sites and an array of airborne reconnaissance and surveillance platforms;

- syn. AFISR, Air Force Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance;

air force officer
n1
an officer in the airforce;

- syn. commander;

Air Force Research Laboratory
n1
a United States Air Force defense laboratory responsible for discovering and developing and integrating fighting technologies for aerospace forces;

- syn. AFRL;

Air Force Space Command
n1
a command of the United States Air Force that is responsible for defending the United States through its space and intercontinental ballistic missile operations;

- syn. AFSPC;

air gas
n1
a gas made of carbon monoxide and hydrogen and nitrogen;

- made by passing air over hot coke;

- syn. producer gas;

air group
n1
a unit of the United States Air Force larger than a squadron and smaller than a wing;

air gun
n1
a gun that propels a projectile by compressed air;

- syn. air rifle, airgun;

air hammer
n1
a hammer driven by compressed air;

- syn. jackhammer, pneumatic hammer;

air hole
n1
a local region of low pressure or descending air that causes a plane to lose height suddenly;

- syn. air pocket, pocket;

n2
a hole that allows the passage of air;

air horn
n1
a pneumatic horn;

n2
air intake of a carburetor;

air hose
n1
a hose that carries air under pressure;

- syn. airline;

air hostess
n1
a woman steward on an airplane;

- syn. hostess, stewardess;

air jacket
n1
an inflatable life jacket;

- syn. Mae West;

air lane
n1
a designated route followed by airplanes in flying from one airport to another;

- syn. airway, flight path, skyway;

air letter
n1
a letter sent by air mail;

- syn. aerogram, aerogramme, airmail letter;

air lock
n1
a chamber that provides access to space where air is under pressure;

- syn. airlock;

air mail
n1
mail that is sent by air transport;

air marshal
n1
a person trained by the government in hijacking and terrorist tactics who (for security reasons) is a passenger aboard an airline flight;

- syn. sky marshal;

air mass
n1
a large body of air with uniform characteristics horizontally;

air mattress
n1
a mattress that can be stored flat and inflated for use;

Air Medal
n1
a United States Air Force decoration for meritorious achievement while participating in an aerial flight;

air mile
n1
a unit of length used in navigation;

- exactly 1,852 meters;

- historically based on the distance spanned by one minute of arc in latitude;

- syn. international nautical mile, mi, mile, naut mi, nautical mile;

Air National Guard
n1
a civilian reserve component of the United States Air Force that provides prompt mobilization during war and assistance during national emergencies;

- syn. ANG;

air out
v1
expose to fresh air;

- "aerate your old sneakers";

- syn. aerate, air;

v2
expose to cool or cold air so as to cool or freshen;

- "air the old winter clothes";

- "air out the smoke-filled rooms";

- syn. air, vent, ventilate;

air passage
n1
a duct that provides ventilation (as in mines);

- syn. air duct, airway;

air plant
n1
plant that derives moisture and nutrients from the air and rain;

- usually grows on another plant but not parasitic on it;

- syn. aerophyte, epiphyte, epiphytic plant;

air pocket
n1
a local region of low pressure or descending air that causes a plane to lose height suddenly;

- syn. air hole, pocket;

air pollution
n1
pollution of the atmosphere;

- "air pollution reduced the visibility";

air potato
n1
yam of tropical Africa and Asia cultivated for it large tubers;

- syn. Dioscorea bulbifera;

air power
n1
the aggregation of a country's military aircraft;

- syn. aviation;

air pressure
n1
the pressure exerted by the atmosphere;

- syn. atmospheric pressure, pressure;

air pump
n1
a pump that moves air in or out of something;

- syn. vacuum pump;

air raid
n1
an attack by armed planes on a surface target;

- syn. air attack;

air reconnaissance
n1
reconnaissance either by visual observation from the air or through the use of airborne sensors;

air rifle
n1
a gun that propels a projectile by compressed air;

- syn. air gun, airgun;

air sac
n1
a tiny sac for holding air in the lungs;

- formed by the terminal dilation of tiny air passageways;

- syn. air cell, alveolus;

n2
any of the thin-walled extensions of the tracheae of insects;

n3
any of the membranous air-filled extensions of the lungs of birds;

air search radar
n1
a shipboard radar that searches for aircraft;

air shaft
n1
a shaft for ventilation;

- syn. air well;

air sick
a1
experiencing motion sickness;

- syn. airsick, carsick, seasick;

- sim. ill;

air sickness
n1
motion sickness experienced while traveling by air (especially during turbulence);

- syn. airsickness;

air sock
n1
a truncated cloth cone mounted on a mast;

- used (e.g., at airports) to show the direction of the wind;

- syn. air-sleeve, drogue, sock, wind cone, wind sleeve, wind sock, windsock;

air space
n1
the space in the atmosphere immediately above the earth;

- syn. airspace;

air spring
n1
a mechanical device using confined air to absorb the shock of motion;

- syn. air cushion;

air station
n1
a base for military aircraft;

- syn. air base;

air terminal
n1
a terminal that serves air travelers or air freight;

- syn. airport terminal;

air thermometer
n1
thermometer that measures temperature by changes in the pressure of a gas kept at constant volume;

- syn. gas thermometer;

air traffic
n1
traffic created by the movement of aircraft;

air transport
n1
transportation by air;

- syn. air transportation;

air transportation
n1
transportation by air;

- syn. air transport;

air transportation system
n1
a transportation system for moving passengers or goods by air;

air travel
n1
travel via aircraft;

- "air travel involves too much waiting in airports";

- "if you've time to spare go by air";

- syn. air, aviation;

air traveler
n1
someone who travels by airplane;

- syn. air traveller;

air traveller
n1
someone who travels by airplane;

- syn. air traveler;

air unit
n1
a military unit that is part of the airforce;

air wave
n1
a sound wave that is transmitted via air;

air well
n1
a shaft for ventilation;

- syn. air shaft;

airborne / eə b ɔ n /
a1
moved or conveyed by or through air;

- sim. mobile;

airborne patrol
n1
a patrol provided by aircraft;

airborne transmission
n1
a transmission mechanism in the which the infectious agent is spread as an aerosol and usually enters a person through the respiratory tract;

airbrake / eə b ɹ eɪ k /
n1
a small parachute or articulated flap to reduce the speed of an aircraft;

- syn. dive brake;

n2
a vehicular brake that operates by compressed air;

- especially for heavy vehicles;

airbrush / eə b ɹ ʌ ʃ /
n1
an atomizer to spray paint by means of compressed air;

v1
paint with an airbrush;

- "The old car looks like new now that we airbrushed it";

airburst
n1
an explosion in the atmosphere;

airbus / eə ɹ b ʌ s /
n1
a subsonic jet airliner operated over short distances;

aircraft / eə k ɹ ɑ f t /
n1
a vehicle that can fly;

aircraft carrier
n1
a large warship that carries planes and has a long flat deck for takeoffs and landings;

- syn. attack aircraft carrier, carrier, flattop;

aircraft engine
n1
the engine that powers and aircraft;

aircraft landing
n1
landing an aircraft;

- syn. airplane landing;

aircraftman / eə k ɹ æ f t m ə n /
n1
a noncommissioned officer in the British Royal Air Force;

- syn. aircraftsman;

aircraftsman / eə ɹ k ɹ ɑ f t s m ə n /
n1
a noncommissioned officer in the British Royal Air Force;

- syn. aircraftman;

aircrew / eə k ɹ u /
n1
the crew of an aircraft;

- syn. air crew;

aircrewman / eə k ɹ u m æ n /
n1
a member of an aircrew;

airdock
n1
a large structure at an airport where aircraft can be stored and maintained;

- syn. hangar, repair shed;

airdrome / eə d ɹ oʊ m /
n1
an airfield equipped with control tower and hangars as well as accommodations for passengers and cargo;

- syn. aerodrome, airport, drome;

airdrop / eə ɹ d ɹ ɒ p /
n1
delivery of supplies or equipment or personnel by dropping them by parachute from an aircraft;

- "until then, front line troops will be supplied by airdrop";

Aire
n1
a river in northern England that flows southeast through West Yorkshire;

- syn. Aire River, River Aire;

Aire River
n1
a river in northern England that flows southeast through West Yorkshire;

- syn. Aire, River Aire;

aired / eə d /
a1
open to or abounding in fresh air;

- "airy rooms";

- syn. airy;

- sim. ventilated;

Airedale / eə d eɪ ɫ /
n1
breed of large wiry-coated terrier bred in Yorkshire;

- syn. Airedale terrier;

Airedale terrier
n1
breed of large wiry-coated terrier bred in Yorkshire;

- syn. Airedale;

airfare / eə ɹ f eə ɹ /
n1
the fare charged for traveling by airplane;

airfield / eə f i ɫ d /
n1
a place where planes take off and land;

- syn. field, flying field, landing field;

airflow / eə f ɫ oʊ /
n1
the flow of air;

- "she adjusted the fan so that the airflow was directed right at her";

- syn. air flow, flow of air;

airfoil / eə ɹ f ɔɪ ɫ /
n1
a device that provides reactive force when in motion relative to the surrounding air;

- can lift or control a plane in flight;

- syn. aerofoil, control surface, surface;

airforce
n1
the airborne branch of a country's armed forces;

- syn. air force;

airframe / eə f ɹ eɪ m /
n1
the framework and covering of an airplane or rocket (excluding the engines);

airfreight / eə ɹ f ɹ eɪ t /
v1
transport (cargo) by air;

- syn. air-freight, air-ship;

airgun
n1
a gun that propels a projectile by compressed air;

- syn. air gun, air rifle;

airhead / eə ɹ h ɛ d /
n1
a flighty scatterbrained simpleton;

- "she's a total airhead";

- "every airhead on a big salary rushed out to buy one";

n2
a bridgehead seized by airborne troops;

airheaded / eə ɹ h ɛ d ɪ d /
a1
lacking seriousness;

- given to frivolity;

- "a dizzy blonde";

- "light-headed teenagers";

- "silly giggles";

- syn. dizzy, empty-headed, featherbrained, giddy, light-headed, lightheaded, silly;

- sim. frivolous;

airily / eə ɹ ə ɫ i /
r1
in a flippant manner;

- "he answered the reporters' questions flippantly";

- "this cannot be airily explained to your children";

- syn. flippantly;

airiness / eə ɹ ɪ n ə s /
n1
the property of something spacious and abounding in fresh air;

n2
the property of something weightless and insubstantial;

- syn. buoyancy;

n3
lightness in movement or manner;

- syn. delicacy;

airing / eə ɹ ɪ ŋ /
n1
the opening of a subject to widespread discussion and debate;

- syn. dissemination, public exposure, spreading;

n2
a short excursion (a walk or ride) in the open air;

- "he took the dogs for an airing";

n3
the act of supplying fresh air and getting rid of foul air;

- syn. ventilation;

airing cupboard
n1
a warm cupboard where you put newly washed clothes until they are completely dry;

airless / eə ɫ ɪ s /
a1
lacking fresh air;

- "a dusty airless attic";

- "the dreadfully close atmosphere";

- "hot and stuffy and the air was blue with smoke";

- syn. close, stuffy, unaired;

- sim. unventilated;

airlift / eə ɹ ɫ ɪ f t /
n1
transportation of people or goods by air (especially when other means of access are unavailable);

- syn. lift;

v1
fly people or goods to or from places not accessible by other means;

- "Food is airlifted into Bosnia";

- syn. lift;

airlike / eə ɫ aɪ k /
a1
resembling air or having the form of air;

- syn. aeriform;

- sim. gaseous;

airline / eə ɫ aɪ n /
n1
a hose that carries air under pressure;

- syn. air hose;

n2
a commercial enterprise that provides scheduled flights for passengers;

- syn. airline business, airway;

airline business
n1
a commercial enterprise that provides scheduled flights for passengers;

- syn. airline, airway;

airliner / eə ɫ aɪ n ə , eə ɫ aɪ n ə ɹ /
n1
a commercial airplane that carries passengers;

airlock / eə ɹ ɫ ɒ k /
n1
a chamber that provides access to space where air is under pressure;

- syn. air lock;

airmail / eə m eɪ ɫ /
n1
letters and packages that are transported by aircraft;

n2
a system of conveying mail by aircraft;

- syn. airpost;

v1
send or transport by airmail;

- "Letters to Europe from the U.S. are best airmailed";

airmail letter
n1
a letter sent by air mail;

- syn. aerogram, aerogramme, air letter;

airmailer
n1
a mailer for airmail;

airman / eə m ə n /
n1
someone who operates an aircraft;

- syn. aeronaut, aviator, flier, flyer;

airmanship / eə m ə n ʃ ɪ p /
n1
the art of operating aircraft;

- syn. aviation;

airplane / eə p ɫ eɪ n /
n1
an aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets;

- "the flight was delayed due to trouble with the airplane";

- syn. aeroplane, plane;

airplane landing
n1
landing an aircraft;

- syn. aircraft landing;

airplane maneuver
n1
a maneuver executed by an aircraft;

- syn. flight maneuver;

airplane mechanics
n1
the craft of building and repairing airplanes;

airplane pilot
n1
someone who is licensed to operate an aircraft in flight;

- syn. pilot;

airplane propeller
n1
a propeller that rotates to push against air;

- syn. airscrew, prop;

airplane ticket
n1
a ticket good for a trip on an airplane;

- syn. plane ticket;

airport / eə p ɔ t /
n1
an airfield equipped with control tower and hangars as well as accommodations for passengers and cargo;

- syn. aerodrome, airdrome, drome;

airport terminal
n1
a terminal that serves air travelers or air freight;

- syn. air terminal;

airpost
n1
a system of conveying mail by aircraft;

- syn. airmail;

airs / eə z /
n1
affected manners intended to impress others;

- "don't put on airs with me";

- syn. pose;

airscrew / eə s k ɹ u /
n1
a propeller that rotates to push against air;

- syn. airplane propeller, prop;

airship / eə ʃ ɪ p /
n1
a steerable self-propelled aircraft;

- syn. dirigible;

airsick / eə ɹ s ɪ k /
a1
experiencing motion sickness;

- syn. air sick, carsick, seasick;

- sim. ill;

airsickness / eə ɹ s ɪ k n ə s /
n1
motion sickness experienced while traveling by air (especially during turbulence);

- syn. air sickness;

airspace / eə ɹ s p eɪ s /
n1
the space in the atmosphere immediately above the earth;

- syn. air space;

n2
the atmosphere above a nation that is deemed to be under its jurisdiction;

- "the plane was refused permission to enter Chinese airspace";

airspeed / eə ɹ s p i d /
n1
the speed of an aircraft relative to the air in which it is flying;

airstream / eə s t ɹ i m /
n1
a relatively well-defined prevailing wind;

n2
the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller;

- syn. backwash, race, slipstream, wash;

airstrip / eə s t ɹ ɪ p /
n1
an airfield without normal airport facilities;

- syn. flight strip, landing strip, strip;

airt
v1
channel into a new direction;

- "redirect your attention to the danger from the fundamentalists";

- syn. redirect;

airtight / eə t aɪ t /
a1
having no weak points;

- "an airtight defense";

- "an airtight argument";

- syn. air-tight;

- sim. invulnerable;

a2
not allowing air or gas to pass in or out;

- syn. air-tight, gas-tight;

- sim. tight;

airwave / eə ɹ w eɪ v /
n1
medium for radio and television broadcasting;

- "the program was on the air from 9 til midnight";

- "the president used the airwaves to take his message to the people";

- syn. air;

airway / eə w eɪ /
n1
a duct that provides ventilation (as in mines);

- syn. air duct, air passage;

n2
a designated route followed by airplanes in flying from one airport to another;

- syn. air lane, flight path, skyway;

n3
the passages through which air enters and leaves the body;

- syn. respiratory tract;

n4
a commercial enterprise that provides scheduled flights for passengers;

- syn. airline, airline business;

airwoman / eə w ʊ m ə n /
n1
a woman aviator;

- syn. aviatress, aviatrix;

airworthiness / eə w ɝ ð ɪ n ə s /
n1
fitness to fly;

- "the plane received a certificate of airworthiness";

airworthy / eə w ɝ ð i /
a1
(of aircraft) fit to fly;

airy / eə ɹ i /
a1
open to or abounding in fresh air;

- "airy rooms";

- syn. aired;

- sim. ventilated;

a2
not practical or realizable;

- speculative;

- "airy theories about socioeconomic improvement";

- "visionary schemes for getting rich";

- syn. Laputan, impractical, visionary, windy;

- sim. utopian;

a3
having little or no perceptible weight;

- so light as to resemble air;

- "airy gauze curtains";

- sim. light;

a4
characterized by lightness and insubstantiality;

- as impalpable or intangible as air;

- "figures light and aeriform come unlooked for and melt away"- Thomas Carlyle;

- "aerial fancies";

- "an airy apparition";

- "physical rather than ethereal forms";

- syn. aerial, aeriform, aery, ethereal;

- sim. insubstantial;

aisle / aɪ ɫ /
n1
a long narrow passage (as in a cave or woods);

n2
passageway between seating areas as in an auditorium or passenger vehicle or between areas of shelves of goods as in stores;

- syn. gangway;

n3
part of a church divided laterally from the nave proper by rows of pillars or columns;

aitchbone / eɪ tʃ b oʊ n /
n1
a cut of beef including the H-shaped rump bone;

Aix
n1
wood duck and mandarin duck;

- syn. genus Aix;

Aix-la-Chapelle
n1
a city in western Germany near the Dutch and Belgian borders;

- formerly it was Charlemagne's northern capital;

- syn. Aachen, Aken;

Aix galericulata
n1
showy crested Asiatic duck;

- often domesticated;

- syn. mandarin duck;

Aix sponsa
n1
showy North American duck that nests in hollow trees;

- syn. summer duck, wood duck, wood widgeon;

Aizoaceae
n1
succulent herbs or small shrubs mostly of South Africa but also New Zealand and North America: carpetweeds;

- fig marigolds;

- syn. Tetragoniaceae, carpetweed family, family Aizoaceae, family Tetragoniaceae;

Ajaia
n1
a genus of Platalea;

- syn. genus Ajaia;

Ajaia ajaja
n1
tropical rose-colored New World spoonbill;

- syn. roseate spoonbill;

ajar / ə dʒ ɑ , ə dʒ ɑr /
a1
slightly open;

- "the door was ajar";

- sim. open;

Ajax
n1
a mythical Greek hero;

- a warrior who fought against Troy in the Iliad;

Ajuga
n1
bugle;

- syn. genus Ajuga;

Ajuga chamaepitys
n1
low-growing annual with yellow flowers dotted red;

- faintly aromatic of pine resin;

- Europe, British Isles and North Africa;

- syn. ground pine, yellow bugle;

Ajuga genevensis
n1
upright rhizomatous perennial with bright blue flowers;

- southern Europe;

- syn. blue bugle, erect bugle;

Ajuga pyramidalis
n1
European evergreen carpeting perennial;

- syn. pyramid bugle;

Ajuga reptans
n1
low rhizomatous European carpeting plant having spikes of blue flowers;

- naturalized in parts of United States;

- syn. creeping bugle;

AK
n1
a state in northwestern North America;

- the 49th state admitted to the union;

- "Alaska is the largest state in the United States";

- syn. Alaska, Last Frontier;

Akaba
n1
Jordan's port;

- located in southwestern Jordan on the Gulf of Aqaba;

- syn. Al Aqabah, Aqaba;

Akan
n1
a Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast;

akaryocyte
n1
a cell without a nucleus (as an erythrocyte);

- syn. acaryote, akaryote;

akaryote
n1
a cell without a nucleus (as an erythrocyte);

- syn. acaryote, akaryocyte;

akee
n1
widely cultivated in tropical and subtropical regions for its fragrant flowers and colorful fruits;

- introduced in Jamaica by William Bligh;

- syn. Blighia sapida, akee tree;

n2
red pear-shaped tropical fruit with poisonous seeds;

- flesh is poisonous when unripe or overripe;

- syn. ackee;

akee tree
n1
widely cultivated in tropical and subtropical regions for its fragrant flowers and colorful fruits;

- introduced in Jamaica by William Bligh;

- syn. Blighia sapida, akee;

Aken
n1
a city in western Germany near the Dutch and Belgian borders;

- formerly it was Charlemagne's northern capital;

- syn. Aachen, Aix-la-Chapelle;

Akeridae
n1
bubble shells;

- syn. family Akeridae;

Akha
n1
a Loloish language;

- syn. Hani;

Akhbari
n1
a religious movement by Arab Shiite Muslims in 17th century Iraq that is opposed to the Usuli;

- "Akhbari Shiism has never promoted political control";

Akhenaten
n1
early ruler of Egypt who rejected the old gods and replaced them with sun worship (died in 1358 BC);

- syn. Akhenaton, Amenhotep IV, Ikhanaton;

Akhenaton
n1
early ruler of Egypt who rejected the old gods and replaced them with sun worship (died in 1358 BC);

- syn. Akhenaten, Amenhotep IV, Ikhanaton;

akimbo / ə k ɪ m b oʊ /
a1
(used of arms and legs) bent outward with the joint away from the body;

- "a tailor sitting with legs akimbo";

- "stood with arms akimbo";

- sim. crooked;

r1
with hands on hips and elbows extending outward;

- "she stood there akimbo";

akin / ə k ɪ n /
a1
similar in quality or character;

- "a feeling akin to terror";

- "kindred souls";

- "the amateur is closely related to the collector";

- syn. kindred;

- sim. similar;

a2
related by blood;

- syn. blood-related, cognate, consanguine, consanguineal, consanguineous, kin;

- sim. related;

akinesia
n1
motionlessness attributable to a temporary paralysis;

- syn. akinesis;

akinesis
n1
motionlessness attributable to a temporary paralysis;

- syn. akinesia;

akinetic epilepsy
n1
epilepsy characterized by akinesia;

Akira Kurosawa
n1
Japanese filmmaker noted for blending Japanese folklore with western styles of acting (1910-1998);

- syn. Kurosawa;

Akka
n1
a town and port in northwestern Israel in the eastern Mediterranean;

- syn. Accho, Acre, Akko;

Akkadian
n1
an ancient branch of the Semitic languages;

Akko
n1
a town and port in northwestern Israel in the eastern Mediterranean;

- syn. Accho, Acre, Akka;

Akmola
n1
remote city of Kazakhstan that (ostensibly for security reasons) was made the capital in 1998;

- syn. Astana, capital of Kazakhstan;

Akron / æ k ɹ ɒ n /
n1
a city in northeastern Ohio;

- the heart of the United States rubber industry;

Aksa Martyrs Brigades
n1
a militant offshoot of al-Fatah that is the newest and strongest and best equipped faction active in the West Bank;

- responsible for many deadly attacks in Israel in 2002;

- syn. Martyrs of al-Aqsa, al-Aksa Martyrs Brigades;

Aku
n1
a Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba in southwestern Nigeria;

- syn. Yoruba;

akvavit
n1
Scandinavian liquor usually flavored with caraway seeds;

- syn. aquavit;

Akwa'ala
n1
a member of the Akwa'ala community in Baja California;

n2
a community of Native Americans who speak a Hokan language and live in Baja California;

n3
the Yuman language spoken by the Akwa'ala;

Al / æ ɫ /
n1
a silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite;

- syn. aluminium, aluminum, atomic number 13;

n2
a state in the southeastern United States on the Gulf of Mexico;

- one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War;

- syn. Ala., Alabama, Camellia State, Heart of Dixie;

al-Aksa Martyrs Brigades
n1
a militant offshoot of al-Fatah that is the newest and strongest and best equipped faction active in the West Bank;

- responsible for many deadly attacks in Israel in 2002;

- syn. Aksa Martyrs Brigades, Martyrs of al-Aqsa;

al-Asifa
n1
a Palestinian political and military organization founded by Yasser Arafat in 1958 to work toward the creation of a Palestinian state;

- during the 1960s and 1970s trained terrorist and insurgent groups;

- "al-Fatah carried out numerous acts of international terrorism in western Europe and the Middle East in the 1970s";

- syn. Fatah, al-Fatah;

al-Fatah
n1
a Palestinian political and military organization founded by Yasser Arafat in 1958 to work toward the creation of a Palestinian state;

- during the 1960s and 1970s trained terrorist and insurgent groups;

- "al-Fatah carried out numerous acts of international terrorism in western Europe and the Middle East in the 1970s";

- syn. Fatah, al-Asifa;

al-Gama'a al-Islamiyya
n1
a terrorist organization of militant Islamists organized into tiny cells of extreme fundamentalists;

- emerged during the 1970s mainly in Egyptian jails;

- "al-Gama'a al-Islamiyya uses force to push Egyptian society toward Islamic rule";

- syn. Islamic Group;

Al-hakim
n1
an Ismaili caliph of Egypt who declared himself an incarnation of God and founded the Druze religious sect (985-1021);

Al-Hasan ibn al-Haytham
n1
an Egyptian polymath (born in Iraq) whose research in geometry and optics was influential into the 17th century;

- established experiments as the norm of proof in physics (died in 1040);

- syn. Alhacen, Alhazen, Ibn al-Haytham, al-Haytham;

al-Haytham
n1
an Egyptian polymath (born in Iraq) whose research in geometry and optics was influential into the 17th century;

- established experiments as the norm of proof in physics (died in 1040);

- syn. Al-Hasan ibn al-Haytham, Alhacen, Alhazen, Ibn al-Haytham;

Al-Hudaydah
n1
an important port in Yemen on the Red Sea;

- syn. Hodeida;

Al-Iraq
n1
a republic in the Middle East in western Asia;

- the ancient civilization of Mesopotamia was in the area now known as Iraq;

- syn. Irak, Iraq, Republic of Iraq;

al-Itihaad al-Islamiya
n1
a fundamentalist Islamic group in Somalia who initially did fundraising for al-Qaeda;

- responsible for ambushing United States Army Rangers and for terrorist bombings in Ethiopia;

- believed to have branches in several countries;

- syn. AIAI, Islamic Unity, al Itihaad al Islamiya;

Al-Jama'a al-Islamiyyah al-Muqatilah bi-Libya
n1
a Libyan terrorist group organized in 1995 and aligned with al-Qaeda;

- seeks to radicalize the Libyan government;

- attempted to assassinate Qaddafi;

- syn. FIG, Libyan Fighting Group, Libyan Islamic Fighting Group, Libyan Islamic Group;

al-Jihad
n1
an Islamic extremist group active since the late 1970s;

- seeks to overthrow the Egyptian government and replace it with an Islamic state;

- works in small underground cells;

- "the original Jihad was responsible for the assassination of Anwar Sadat in 1981";

- syn. Egyptian Islamic Jihad, Islamic Jihad, Vanguards of Conquest;

al-Ma'unah
n1
a radical insurgent Islamist group consisting of disaffected middle-class professionals in Malaysia who want to overthrow the government by violent means and set up an Islamic state;

Al-Magrib
n1
a kingdom (constitutional monarchy) in northwestern Africa with a largely Muslim population;

- achieved independence from France in 1956;

- syn. Kingdom of Morocco, Maroc, Marruecos, Morocco;

al-Muhajiroun
n1
a hard-line extremist Islamic group in Great Britain who support bin Laden and other terrorist groups;

Al-Mukalla
n1
a port in southern Yemen on the Gulf of Aden to the east of Aden;

- syn. Mukalla;

al-Qa'ida
n1
a terrorist network intensely opposed to the United States that dispenses money and logistical support and training to a wide variety of radical Islamic terrorist groups;

- has cells in more than 50 countries;

- syn. Base, Qaeda, al-Qaeda, al-Qaida, al Qaeda, al Qaida;

al-Qaeda
n1
a terrorist network intensely opposed to the United States that dispenses money and logistical support and training to a wide variety of radical Islamic terrorist groups;

- has cells in more than 50 countries;

- syn. Base, Qaeda, al-Qa'ida, al-Qaida, al Qaeda, al Qaida;

al-Qaida
n1
a terrorist network intensely opposed to the United States that dispenses money and logistical support and training to a wide variety of radical Islamic terrorist groups;

- has cells in more than 50 countries;

- syn. Base, Qaeda, al-Qa'ida, al-Qaeda, al Qaeda, al Qaida;

al-Qur'an
n1
the sacred writings of Islam revealed by God to the prophet Muhammad during his life at Mecca and Medina;

- syn. Book, Koran, Quran;

al-Rashid Trust
n1
a terrorist group organized in 1996 after the Taliban took over Afghanistan and part of Osama bin Laden's international system;

- provides financial support for the Taliban and al-Qaeda and Jaish-i-Mohammed and assists Muslim militants around the world;

- established a network of madrasas and mosques in Afghanistan;

al-Tawhid
n1
an Islamic terrorist cell that originated in Jordan but operates in Germany;

- goal is to attack Europe and Russia with chemical weapons;

- syn. Al Tawhid, Divine Unity;

al-Ummah
n1
a terrorist group formed in India in 1992;

- is believed to be responsible for bombings in southern India in 1998;

Al Alamayn
n1
a pitched battle in World War II (1942) resulting in a decisive Allied victory by British troops under Montgomery over German troops under Rommel;

- syn. Battle of El Alamein, El Alamein;

Al Aqabah
n1
Jordan's port;

- located in southwestern Jordan on the Gulf of Aqaba;

- syn. Akaba, Aqaba;

Al Capone
n1
United States gangster who terrorized Chicago during prohibition until arrested for tax evasion (1899-1947);

- syn. Alphonse Capone, Capone, Scarface;

al dente
a1
of pasta cooked so as to be firm when eaten;

- sim. hard;

Al Faran
n1
an Islamic fundamentalist group in Pakistan that fought the Soviet Union in Afghanistan in the 1980s;

- now operates as a terrorist organization primarily in Kashmir and seeks Kashmir's accession by Pakistan;

- syn. HUA, HUM, Harkat-ul-Mujahidin, Harkat ul-Ansar, Harkat ul-Mujahedeen, Movement of Holy Warriors;

Al Gore
n1
Vice President of the United States under Bill Clinton (born in 1948);

- syn. Albert Gore Jr., Gore;

Al Hirschfeld
n1
United States artist noted for his line-drawn caricatures (1904-2003);

- syn. Hirschfeld;

al Itihaad al Islamiya
n1
a fundamentalist Islamic group in Somalia who initially did fundraising for al-Qaeda;

- responsible for ambushing United States Army Rangers and for terrorist bombings in Ethiopia;

- believed to have branches in several countries;

- syn. AIAI, Islamic Unity, al-Itihaad al-Islamiya;

Al Jolson
n1
United States singer (born in Russia) who appeared in the first full-length talking film (1886-1950);

- syn. Asa Yoelson, Jolson;

Al Ladhiqiyah
n1
a seaport on the western coast of Syria;

- syn. Latakia;

Al Madinah
n1
a city in western Saudi Arabia;

- site of the tomb of Muhammad;

- the second most holy city of Islam;

- syn. Medina;

Al Nathir
n1
a Palestinian terrorist organization formed in 2002 and linked to Fatah movement of Yasser Arafat;

al Qaeda
n1
a terrorist network intensely opposed to the United States that dispenses money and logistical support and training to a wide variety of radical Islamic terrorist groups;

- has cells in more than 50 countries;

- syn. Base, Qaeda, al-Qa'ida, al-Qaeda, al-Qaida, al Qaida;

Al Qahira
n1
the capital of Egypt and the largest city in Africa;

- a major port just to the south of the Nile delta;

- formerly the home of the Pharaohs;

- syn. Cairo, Egyptian capital, El Qahira, capital of Egypt;

al Qaida
n1
a terrorist network intensely opposed to the United States that dispenses money and logistical support and training to a wide variety of radical Islamic terrorist groups;

- has cells in more than 50 countries;

- syn. Base, Qaeda, al-Qa'ida, al-Qaeda, al-Qaida, al Qaeda;

Al Qanoon
n1
a terrorist organization formed in Pakistan in 2002 as a coalition of extremist Islamic militant groups including Lashkar-e-Taiba and Lashkar-e-Jhangvi and Jaish-e-Muhammad and elements of al-Qaeda;

- syn. Lashkar-e-Omar;

al Sunna Wal Jamma
n1
a resurgent Islamic fundamentalist organization based in Nigeria that is thought to be planning terrorist attacks;

- syn. Followers of the Prophet;

Al Tawhid
n1
an Islamic terrorist cell that originated in Jordan but operates in Germany;

- goal is to attack Europe and Russia with chemical weapons;

- syn. Divine Unity, al-Tawhid;

ala
n1
a flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism;

- "the alae of the nose";

- "the alae of a maple seed";

- "the flat petals of a pea blossom are alae";

n2
a wing of an insect;

Ala.
n1
a state in the southeastern United States on the Gulf of Mexico;

- one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War;

- syn. AL, Alabama, Camellia State, Heart of Dixie;

Alabama / æ ɫ ə b æ m ə /
n1
a state in the southeastern United States on the Gulf of Mexico;

- one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War;

- syn. AL, Ala., Camellia State, Heart of Dixie;

n2
a member of the Muskhogean people formerly living in what is now the state of Alabama;

- "the Alabamas were members of the Creek Confederacy";

n3
a river in Alabama formed by the confluence of the Coosa and Tallapoosa Rivers near Montgomery;

- flows southwestward to become a tributary of the Mobile River;

- syn. Alabama River;

n4
the Muskhogean language of the Alabama;

Alabama lip fern
n1
southeastern United States to northern Mexico and Jamaica;

- syn. Cheilanthes alabamensis, smooth lip fern;

Alabama River
n1
a river in Alabama formed by the confluence of the Coosa and Tallapoosa Rivers near Montgomery;

- flows southwestward to become a tributary of the Mobile River;

- syn. Alabama;

Alabaman
n1
a native or resident of Alabama;

- syn. Alabamian;

Alabamian
n1
a native or resident of Alabama;

- syn. Alabaman;

alabaster / æ ɫ ə b ɑ s t ə , æ ɫ ə b ɑ s t ə ɹ /
n1
a compact fine-textured, usually white gypsum used for carving;

n2
a hard compact kind of calcite;

- syn. Mexican onyx, onyx marble, oriental alabaster;

n3
a very light white;

a1
of or resembling alabaster;

- "alabaster statue";

- syn. alabastrine;

alabastrine
a1
of or resembling alabaster;

- "alabaster statue";

- syn. alabaster;

alacritous
a1
quick and eager;

- "an alacritous response to the invitation";

- sim. fast;

alacrity / ə ɫ æ k ɹ ɪ t i /
n1
liveliness and eagerness;

- "he accepted with alacrity";

- "the smartness of the pace soon exhausted him";

- syn. briskness, smartness;

Aladdin / æ ɫ ə d d ɪ n /
n1
in the Arabian Nights a boy who acquires a magic lamp from which he can summon a genie;

Aladdin's lamp
n1
(Arabian Nights) a magical lamp from which Aladdin summoned a genie;

alalia
n1
paralysis of the vocal cords resulting in an inability to speak;

Alamo
n1
a siege and massacre at a mission in San Antonio in 1836;

- Mexican forces under Santa Anna besieged and massacred American rebels who were fighting to make Texas independent of Mexico;

Alan Alexander Milne
n1
English writer of stories for children (1882-1956);

- syn. A. A. Milne, Milne;

Alan Bartlett Shepard Jr.
n1
astronaut who made the first United States' suborbital rocket-powered flight in 1961 (1923-1998);

- syn. Alan Shepard, Shepard;

Alan Hodgkin
n1
English physiologist who, with Andrew Huxley, discovered the role of potassium and sodium atoms in the transmission of the nerve impulse (1914-1998);

- syn. Alan Lloyd Hodgkin, Hodgkin, Sir Alan Hodgkin;

Alan Jay Lerner
n1
United States lyricist who collaborated on musicals with Frederick Loewe (1918-1986);

- syn. Lerner;

Alan Lloyd Hodgkin
n1
English physiologist who, with Andrew Huxley, discovered the role of potassium and sodium atoms in the transmission of the nerve impulse (1914-1998);

- syn. Alan Hodgkin, Hodgkin, Sir Alan Hodgkin;

Alan Mathison Turing
n1
English mathematician who conceived of the Turing machine and broke German codes during World War II (1912-1954);

- syn. Alan Turing, Turing;

Alan Paton
n1
South African writer (1903-1988);

- syn. Alan Stewart Paton, Paton;

Alan Seeger
n1
United States poet killed in World War I (1888-1916);

- syn. Seeger;

Alan Shepard
n1
astronaut who made the first United States' suborbital rocket-powered flight in 1961 (1923-1998);

- syn. Alan Bartlett Shepard Jr., Shepard;

Alan Stewart Paton
n1
South African writer (1903-1988);

- syn. Alan Paton, Paton;

Alan Turing
n1
English mathematician who conceived of the Turing machine and broke German codes during World War II (1912-1954);

- syn. Alan Mathison Turing, Turing;

Aland islands
n1
an archipelago of some 6,000 islands in the Gulf of Bothnia under Finnish control;

- syn. Aaland islands, Ahvenanmaa;

alanine
n1
a crystalline amino acid that occurs in many proteins;

Alar / eɪ ɫ ə /
n1
a chemical sprayed on fruit trees to regulate their growth so the entire crop can be harvested at one time;

- syn. daminozide;

a1
of or relating to the axil;

- syn. axillary;

a2
having or resembling wings;

- syn. alary, aliform, wing-shaped;

- sim. winged;

Alaric
n1
king of the Visigoths who captured Rome in 410 (370-410);

alarm / ə ɫ ɑ m /
n1
fear resulting from the awareness of danger;

- syn. consternation, dismay;

n2
a device that signals the occurrence of some undesirable event;

- syn. alarm system, warning device;

n3
an automatic signal (usually a sound) warning of danger;

- syn. alarum, alert, warning signal;

n4
a clock that wakes a sleeper at some preset time;

- syn. alarm clock;

v1
fill with apprehension or alarm;

- cause to be unpleasantly surprised;

- "I was horrified at the thought of being late for my interview";

- "The news of the executions horrified us";

- syn. appal, appall, dismay, horrify;

v2
warn or arouse to a sense of danger or call to a state of preparedness;

- "The empty house alarmed him";

- "We alerted the new neighbors to the high rate of burglaries";

- syn. alert;

alarm bell
n1
the sound of an alarm (usually a bell);

- syn. tocsin;

alarm clock
n1
a clock that wakes a sleeper at some preset time;

- syn. alarm;

alarm system
n1
a device that signals the occurrence of some undesirable event;

- syn. alarm, warning device;

alarmed / ə ɫ ɑ m d /
a1
experiencing a sudden sense of danger;

- sim. afraid;

alarming / ə ɫ ɑ m ɪ ŋ /
a1
frightening because of an awareness of danger;

- sim. appalling, atrocious, awful, baleful, bloodcurdling, chilling, creepy, formidable, ghastly, hairy, petrifying, stupefying, terrific;

alarmingly / ə ɫ ɑ m ɪ ŋ ɫ i /
r1
in an alarming manner;

- "It grew alarmingly fast";

alarmism / ə ɫ ɑ m ɪ z ə m /
n1
needless warnings;

alarmist / ə ɫ ɑ m ɪ s t /
n1
a person who alarms others needlessly;

alarum / ə ɫ eə ɹ ə m /
n1
an automatic signal (usually a sound) warning of danger;

- syn. alarm, alert, warning signal;

alary
a1
having or resembling wings;

- syn. alar, aliform, wing-shaped;

- sim. winged;

alas / ə ɫ æ s /
r1
by bad luck;

- "unfortunately it rained all day";

- "alas, I cannot stay";

- syn. regrettably, unfortunately, unluckily;

Alaska / ə ɫ æ s k ə /
n1
a state in northwestern North America;

- the 49th state admitted to the union;

- "Alaska is the largest state in the United States";

- syn. AK, Last Frontier;

Alaska cedar
n1
tall evergreen of the Pacific coast of North America often cultivated for ornament;

- syn. Chamaecyparis nootkatensis, Nootka cypress, yellow cedar, yellow cypress;

Alaska cod
n1
closely related to Atlantic cod;

- syn. Gadus macrocephalus, Pacific cod;

Alaska crab
n1
meat of large cold-water crab;

- mainly leg meat;

- syn. Alaska king crab, Alaskan king crab, king crab;

n2
large edible crab of northern Pacific waters especially along the coasts of Alaska and Japan;

- syn. Alaska king crab, Alaskan king crab, Paralithodes camtschatica, king crab;

Alaska fur seal
n1
of Pacific coast from Alaska southward to California;

- syn. Callorhinus ursinus;

Alaska king crab
n1
meat of large cold-water crab;

- mainly leg meat;

- syn. Alaska crab, Alaskan king crab, king crab;

n2
large edible crab of northern Pacific waters especially along the coasts of Alaska and Japan;

- syn. Alaska crab, Alaskan king crab, Paralithodes camtschatica, king crab;

Alaska Native
n1
a member or descendant of any of the aboriginal peoples of Alaska;

- syn. Alaskan Native, Native Alaskan;

Alaska Peninsula
n1
a peninsula of southwestern Alaska (a continuation of the Aleutian Islands);

Alaska Range
n1
a mountain range in south central Alaska;

- contains Mount McKinley;

Alaska rein orchid
n1
similar to coastal rein orchid but with smaller flowers;

- Alaska to Baja California and east to the Dakotas and Colorado;

- syn. Habenaria unalascensis;

Alaska Standard Time
n1
standard time in the 9th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 135th meridian west;

- used in Hawaii and most of Alaska;

- syn. Yukon Time;

Alaskan
n1
a native or resident of Alaska;

a1
relating to or characteristic of the state or people of Alaska;

Alaskan brown bear
n1
brown bear of coastal Alaska and British Columbia;

- syn. Kodiak, Kodiak bear, Ursus arctos middendorffi, Ursus middendorffi;

Alaskan king crab
n1
meat of large cold-water crab;

- mainly leg meat;

- syn. Alaska crab, Alaska king crab, king crab;

n2
large edible crab of northern Pacific waters especially along the coasts of Alaska and Japan;

- syn. Alaska crab, Alaska king crab, Paralithodes camtschatica, king crab;

Alaskan malamute
n1
breed of sled dog developed in Alaska;

- syn. malamute, malemute;

Alaskan Native
n1
a member or descendant of any of the aboriginal peoples of Alaska;

- syn. Alaska Native, Native Alaskan;

Alaskan pipeline
n1
an oil pipeline that runs 800 miles from wells at Prudhoe Bay to the port of Valdez;

- syn. trans-Alaska pipeline;

alastrim
n1
a mild form of smallpox caused by a less virulent form of the virus;

- syn. Cuban itch, Kaffir pox, West Indian smallpox, milk pox, pseudosmallpox, pseudovariola, variola minor, white pox;

alate / eɪ ɫ eɪ t /
a1
(of seeds or insects) having winglike extensions;

- "alate leaves";

- "alate seeds of a maple tree";

- syn. alated;

- sim. winged;

alated / eɪ ɫ eɪ t ɪ d /
a1
(of seeds or insects) having winglike extensions;

- "alate leaves";

- "alate seeds of a maple tree";

- syn. alate;

- sim. winged;

Alauda
n1
type genus of the Alaudidae: skylarks;

- syn. genus Alauda;

Alauda arvensis
n1
brown-speckled European lark noted for singing while hovering at a great height;

- syn. skylark;

Alaudidae
n1
larks;

- syn. family Alaudidae;

alb / æ ɫ b /
n1
a white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves;

- worn by priests;

albacore
n1
relatively small tuna with choice white flesh;

- major source of canned tuna;

n2
large pelagic tuna the source of most canned tuna;

- reaches 93 pounds and has long pectoral fins;

- found worldwide in tropical and temperate waters;

- syn. Thunnus alalunga, long-fin tunny;

Alban Berg
n1
Austrian composer in Schoenberg's twelve-tone music system (1885-1935);

- syn. Berg;

Albania / æ ɫ b eɪ n ɪə /
n1
a republic in southeastern Europe on the Adriatic coast of the Balkan Peninsula;

- syn. Republic of Albania;

Albanian / æ ɫ b eɪ n ɪə n /
n1
a native or inhabitant of Albania;

n2
the Indo-European language spoken by the people of Albania;

a1
of or relating to Albania or its people or language or culture;

Albanian capital
n1
the capital and largest city of Albania in the center of the country;

- syn. Tirana;

Albanian monetary unit
n1
monetary unit in Albania;

Albany / æ ɫ b ɛ n i /
n1
state capital of New York;

- located in eastern New York State on the west bank of the Hudson river;

- syn. capital of New York;

n2
a town in southwest Georgia;

- processing center for peanuts and pecans;

Albatrellus
n1
a genus of fungi belonging to the family Polyporaceae;

- syn. genus Albatrellus;

Albatrellus dispansus
n1
a rare fungus having a large (up to 14 inches wide) yellow fruiting body with multiple individual caps and a broad central stalk and a fragrant odor;

Albatrellus ovinus
n1
a fungus with a whitish often circular cap and a white pore surface and small pores and a white central stalk;

- found under conifers;

- edible but not popular;

- syn. sheep polypore;

albatross / æ ɫ b ə t ɹ ɒ s /
n1
(figurative) something that hinders or handicaps;

- "she was an albatross around his neck";

- syn. millstone;

n2
large web-footed birds of the southern hemisphere having long narrow wings;

- noted for powerful gliding flight;

- syn. mollymawk;

albedo
n1
the ratio of reflected to incident light;

- syn. reflective power;

Albee / ɔ ɫ b i /
n1
United States dramatist (1928-);

- syn. Edward Albee, Edward Franklin Albeen;

Alben Barkley
n1
United States politician and lawyer;

- vice president of the United States (1877-1956);

- syn. Alben William Barkley, Barkley;

Alben William Barkley
n1
United States politician and lawyer;

- vice president of the United States (1877-1956);

- syn. Alben Barkley, Barkley;

Albers / æ ɫ b ə ɹ z , æ ɫ b ə z /
n1
United States painter born in Germany;

- works characterized by simple geometrical patterns in various colors (1888-1976);

- syn. Josef Albers;

Albers-Schonberg disease
n1
an inherited disorder characterized by an increase in bone density;

- in severe forms the bone marrow cavity may be obliterated;

- syn. marble bones disease, osteopetrosis;

Albert / æ ɫ b ə t /
n1
prince consort of Queen Victoria of England (1819-1861);

- syn. Albert Francis Charles Augustus Emmanuel, Prince Albert;

Albert Abraham Michelson
n1
United States physicist (born in Germany) who collaborated with Morley in the Michelson-Morley experiment (1852-1931);

- syn. A. A. Michelson, Albert Michelson, Michelson;

Albert Bruce Sabin
n1
United States microbiologist (born in Poland) who developed the Sabin vaccine that is taken orally against poliomyelitis (born 1906);

- syn. Albert Sabin, Sabin;

Albert Camus
n1
French writer who portrayed the human condition as isolated in an absurd world (1913-1960);

- syn. Camus;

Albert Edward
n1
King of England from 1901 to 1910;

- son of Victoria and Prince Albert;

- famous for his elegant sporting ways (1841-1910);

- syn. Edward, Edward VII;

Albert Einstein
n1
physicist born in Germany who formulated the special theory of relativity and the general theory of relativity;

- Einstein also proposed that light consists of discrete quantized bundles of energy (later called photons) (1879-1955);

- syn. Einstein;

Albert Francis Charles Augustus Emmanuel
n1
prince consort of Queen Victoria of England (1819-1861);

- syn. Albert, Prince Albert;

Albert Gore Jr.
n1
Vice President of the United States under Bill Clinton (born in 1948);

- syn. Al Gore, Gore;

Albert Michelson
n1
United States physicist (born in Germany) who collaborated with Morley in the Michelson-Morley experiment (1852-1931);

- syn. A. A. Michelson, Albert Abraham Michelson, Michelson;

Albert Sabin
n1
United States microbiologist (born in Poland) who developed the Sabin vaccine that is taken orally against poliomyelitis (born 1906);

- syn. Albert Bruce Sabin, Sabin;

Albert Schweitzer
n1
French philosopher and physician and organist who spent most of his life as a medical missionary in Gabon (1875-1965);

- syn. Schweitzer;

Albert Speer
n1
German Nazi architect who worked for Hitler (1905-1981);

- syn. Speer;

Albert Szent-Gyorgyi
n1
United States biochemist (born in Hungary) who was the first to isolate vitamin C (1893-1986);

- syn. Albert von Szent-Gyorgyi, Szent-Gyorgyi;

Albert von Szent-Gyorgyi
n1
United States biochemist (born in Hungary) who was the first to isolate vitamin C (1893-1986);

- syn. Albert Szent-Gyorgyi, Szent-Gyorgyi;

Alberta / æ ɫ b ɝ t ə /
n1
one of the three prairie provinces in western Canada;

- rich in oil and natural gas and minerals;

Alberti
n1
Italian architect and painter;

- pioneering theoretician of Renaissance architecture (1404-1472);

- syn. Leon Battista Alberti;

Alberto Giacometti
n1
Swiss sculptor and painter known for his bronze sculptures of elongated figures (1901-1966);

- syn. Giacometti;

albescent / æ ɫ b ɛ s ə n t /
a1
becoming or shading into white;

- sim. white;

Albigenses
n1
a Christian religious sect in southern France in the 12th and 13th centuries;

- believers in Albigensianism;

- syn. Cathari, Cathars;

Albigensian
a1
of or relating to Albigenses or Albigensianism;

Albigensianism
n1
a Christian movement considered to be a medieval descendant of Manichaeism in southern France in the 12th and 13th centuries;

- characterized by dualism (asserted the coexistence of two mutually opposed principles, one good and one evil);

- was exterminated for heresy during the Inquisition;

- syn. Catharism;

albinal
a1
of or pertaining to or affected by albinism;

- syn. albinic, albinistic, albinotic;

albinic / æ ɫ b ɪ n ɪ k /
a1
of or pertaining to or affected by albinism;

- syn. albinal, albinistic, albinotic;

albinism / æ ɫ b ɪ n ɪ z ə m /
n1
the congenital absence of pigmentation in the eyes and skin and hair;

albinistic / æ ɫ b ɪ n ɪ s t ɪ k /
a1
of or pertaining to or affected by albinism;

- syn. albinal, albinic, albinotic;

albino / æ ɫ b i n oʊ /
n1
a person with congenital albinism: white hair and milky skin;

- eyes are usually pink;

Albino Luciano
n1
the first Pope to assume a double name;

- he reigned for only 34 days (1912-1978);

- syn. John Paul I;

albinotic
a1
of or pertaining to or affected by albinism;

- syn. albinal, albinic, albinistic;

Albion / æ ɫ b aɪ ə n /
n1
archaic name for England or Great Britain;

- used poetically;

albite
n1
a widely distributed feldspar that forms rocks;

- syn. white feldspar;

albitic
a1
of or related to albite feldspar;

albizia
n1
any of numerous trees of the genus Albizia;

- syn. albizzia;

Albizia julibrissin
n1
attractive domed or flat-topped Asiatic tree having bipinnate leaves and flowers with long silky stamens;

- syn. Albizzia julibrissin, silk tree;

Albizia lebbeck
n1
large spreading Old World tree having large leaves and globose clusters of greenish-yellow flowers and long seed pods that clatter in the wind;

- syn. Albizzia lebbeck, siris, siris tree;

Albizia saman
n1
large ornamental tropical American tree with bipinnate leaves and globose clusters of flowers with crimson stamens and seed pods that are eaten by cattle;

- syn. monkey pod, monkeypod, rain tree, saman, zaman, zamang;

albizzia
n1
any of numerous trees of the genus Albizia;

- syn. albizia;

Albizzia julibrissin
n1
attractive domed or flat-topped Asiatic tree having bipinnate leaves and flowers with long silky stamens;

- syn. Albizia julibrissin, silk tree;

Albizzia lebbeck
n1
large spreading Old World tree having large leaves and globose clusters of greenish-yellow flowers and long seed pods that clatter in the wind;

- syn. Albizia lebbeck, siris, siris tree;

Alborg
n1
a city and port in northern Jutland;

- syn. Aalborg;

Albrecht Durer
n1
a leading German painter and engraver of the Renaissance (1471-1528);

- syn. Durer;

Albrecht Eusebius Wenzel von Wallenstein
n1
Austrian general who fought for the Hapsburgs during the Thirty Years' War (1583-1634);

- syn. Wallenstein;

Albright's disease
n1
fibrous dysplasia of bone affecting multiple bones;

- syn. polyostotic fibrous dysplasia;

albuca
n1
any of various plants of the genus Albuca having large clusters of pale yellow flowers;

- South Africa;

Albuginaceae
n1
fungi that produce white sori resembling blisters on certain flowering plants;

- syn. family Albuginaceae;

albuginea
n1
whitish tunic;

Albugo
n1
type genus of the Albuginaceae;

- fungi causing white rusts;

- syn. genus Albugo;

Albula
n1
type and sole genus of the family Albulidae;

- syn. genus Albula;

Albula vulpes
n1
slender silvery marine fish found in tropical mud flats and mangrove lagoons;

- syn. bonefish;

Albulidae
n1
bonefish;

- syn. family Albulidae;

album / æ ɫ b ə m /
n1
one or more recordings issued together;

- originally released on 12-inch phonograph records (usually with attractive record covers) and later on cassette audiotape and compact disc;

- syn. record album;

n2
a book of blank pages with pockets or envelopes;

- for organizing photographs or stamp collections etc;

albumen / æ ɫ b j ʊ m ə n /
n1
a simple water-soluble protein found in many animal tissues and liquids;

- syn. albumin;

n2
the white part of an egg;

- the nutritive and protective gelatinous substance surrounding the yolk consisting mainly of albumin dissolved in water;

- "she separated the whites from the yolks of several eggs";

- syn. egg white, ovalbumin, white;

albumin / æ ɫ b j ʊ m ɪ n /
n1
a simple water-soluble protein found in many animal tissues and liquids;

- syn. albumen;

albuminoid / æ ɫ b j u m ɪ n ɔɪ d /
n1
a simple protein found in horny and cartilaginous tissues and in the lens of the eye;

- syn. scleroprotein;

albuminous / æ ɫ b j u m ɪ n ə s /
a1
relating to or containing or resembling albumin;

albuminuria
n1
the presence of excessive protein (chiefly albumin but also globulin) in the urine;

- usually a symptom of kidney disorder;

- syn. proteinuria;

albuminuric
a1
of or related to the state of albuminuria;

Albuquerque
n1
the largest city in New Mexico;

- located in central New Mexico on the Rio Grande river;

albuterol
n1
a bronchodilator (trade names Ventolin or Proventil) used for asthma and emphysema and other lung conditions;

- available in oral or inhalant forms;

- side effects are tachycardia and shakiness;

- syn. Proventil, Ventolin;

Alca
n1
type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill;

- syn. genus Alca;

Alca torda
n1
black-and-white northern Atlantic auk having a compressed sharp-edged bill;

- syn. razor-billed auk, razorbill;

Alcaeus
n1
Greek lyric poet of Lesbos;

- reputed inventor of Alcaic verse (611-580 BC);

alcahest
n1
hypothetical universal solvent once sought by alchemists;

- syn. alkahest, universal solvent;

Alcaic / æ ɫ k eɪ ɪ k /
n1
verse in the meter used in Greek and Latin poetry consisting of strophes of 4 tetrametric lines;

- reputedly invented by Alcaeus;

- syn. Alcaic verse;

Alcaic verse
n1
verse in the meter used in Greek and Latin poetry consisting of strophes of 4 tetrametric lines;

- reputedly invented by Alcaeus;

- syn. Alcaic;

alcalde
n1
a mayor or chief magistrate of a Spanish town;

alcalescent
a1
tending to become alkaline;

- slightly alkaline;

- syn. alkalescent;

- sim. alkaline;

alcapton
n1
an acid formed as an intermediate product of the metabolism of tyrosine and phenylalanine;

- syn. alkapton, homogentisic acid;

alcaptonuria
n1
a rare recessive metabolic anomaly marked by ochronosis and the presence of alkapton in the urine;

- syn. alkaptonuria;

alcazar
n1
any of various Spanish fortresses or palaces built by the Moors;

Alcea
n1
genus of erect herbs of the Middle East having showy flowers: hollyhocks;

- in some classification systems synonymous with genus Althaea;

- syn. genus Alcea;

Alcea rosea
n1
plant with terminal racemes of showy white to pink or purple flowers;

- the English cottage garden hollyhock;

- syn. Althea rosea, rose mallow;

Alcedinidae
n1
kingfishers;

- syn. family Alcedinidae;

Alcedo
n1
type genus of the Alcedinidae;

- syn. genus Alcedo;

Alcedo atthis
n1
small kingfisher with greenish-blue and orange plumage;

- syn. Eurasian kingfisher;

Alcelaphus
n1
African antelopes: hartebeests;

- syn. genus Alcelaphus;

Alces
n1
elk or moose;

- syn. genus Alces;

Alces alces
n1
large northern deer with enormous flattened antlers in the male;

- called `elk' in Europe and `moose' in North America;

- syn. elk, moose;

alchemic / æ ɫ k ɛ m ɪ k /
a1
related to or concerned with alchemy;

- syn. alchemical;

alchemical / æ ɫ k ɛ m ɪ k ə ɫ /
a1
related to or concerned with alchemy;

- syn. alchemic;

alchemise
v1
alter (elements) by alchemy;

- syn. alchemize;

alchemist / æ ɫ k ɪ m ɪ s t /
n1
one who was versed in the practice of alchemy and who sought an elixir of life and a panacea and an alkahest and the philosopher's stone;

alchemistic / æ ɫ k ɪ m ɪ s t ɪ k /
a1
of or relating to alchemists;

- syn. alchemistical;

alchemistical / æ ɫ k ɪ m ɪ s t ɪ k ə ɫ /
a1
of or relating to alchemists;

- syn. alchemistic;

alchemize
v1
alter (elements) by alchemy;

- syn. alchemise;

alchemy / æ ɫ k ɪ m i /
n1
the way two individuals relate to each other;

- "their chemistry was wrong from the beginning -- they hated each other";

- "a mysterious alchemy brought them together";

- syn. chemistry, interpersonal chemistry;

n2
a pseudoscientific forerunner of chemistry in medieval times;

Alcibiades
n1
ancient Athenian statesman and general in the Peloponnesian War (circa 450-404 BC);

Alcidae
n1
web-footed diving seabirds of northern seas: auks;

- puffins;

- guillemots;

- murres;

- etc.;

- syn. family Alcidae;

Alcides
n1
(classical mythology) a hero noted for his strength;

- performed 12 immense labors to gain immortality;

- syn. Heracles, Herakles, Hercules;

alcohol / æ ɫ k ə h ɒ ɫ /
n1
a liquor or brew containing alcohol as the active agent;

- "alcohol (or drink) ruined him";

- syn. alcoholic beverage, alcoholic drink, inebriant, intoxicant;

n2
any of a series of volatile hydroxyl compounds that are made from hydrocarbons by distillation;

alcohol-dependent
a1
addicted to alcohol;

- "alcoholic expatriates in Paris"- Carl Van Doren;

- syn. alcoholic;

- sim. addicted;

alcohol-in-glass thermometer
n1
thermometer consisting of a glass capillary tube marked with degrees Celsius or Fahrenheit and containing alcohol which rises or falls as it expands or contracts with changes in temperature;

- syn. alcohol thermometer;

alcohol-soluble
a1
soluble in alcohol;

- sim. soluble;

alcohol abuse
n1
excessive use of alcohol and alcoholic drinks;

- syn. alcoholic abuse, alcoholism abuse;

alcohol addiction
n1
habitual intoxication;

- prolonged and excessive intake of alcoholic drinks leading to a breakdown in health and an addiction to alcohol such that abrupt deprivation leads to severe withdrawal symptoms;

- syn. alcoholism, drunkenness, inebriation;

alcohol amnestic disorder
n1
dementia observed during the last stages of severe chronic alcoholism;

- involves loss of memory for recent events although long term memory is intact;

- syn. Korsakoff's psychosis, Korsakoff's syndrome, Korsakov's psychosis, Korsakov's syndrome, alcoholic dementia, polyneuritic psychosis;

alcohol group
n1
the chemical group -OH;

- syn. alcohol radical;

alcohol radical
n1
the chemical group -OH;

- syn. alcohol group;

alcohol thermometer
n1
thermometer consisting of a glass capillary tube marked with degrees Celsius or Fahrenheit and containing alcohol which rises or falls as it expands or contracts with changes in temperature;

- syn. alcohol-in-glass thermometer;

alcoholic / æ ɫ k ə h ɒ ɫ ɪ k /
n1
a person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually;

- syn. alky, boozer, dipsomaniac, lush, soaker, souse;

a1
characteristic of or containing alcohol;

- "alcoholic drinks";

- sim. dry, hard, intoxicant, spirituous, wet;

a2
addicted to alcohol;

- "alcoholic expatriates in Paris"- Carl Van Doren;

- syn. alcohol-dependent;

- sim. addicted;

alcoholic abuse
n1
excessive use of alcohol and alcoholic drinks;

- syn. alcohol abuse, alcoholism abuse;

alcoholic beverage
n1
a liquor or brew containing alcohol as the active agent;

- "alcohol (or drink) ruined him";

- syn. alcohol, alcoholic drink, inebriant, intoxicant;

alcoholic dementia
n1
dementia observed during the last stages of severe chronic alcoholism;

- involves loss of memory for recent events although long term memory is intact;

- syn. Korsakoff's psychosis, Korsakoff's syndrome, Korsakov's psychosis, Korsakov's syndrome, alcohol amnestic disorder, polyneuritic psychosis;

alcoholic drink
n1
a liquor or brew containing alcohol as the active agent;

- "alcohol (or drink) ruined him";

- syn. alcohol, alcoholic beverage, inebriant, intoxicant;

Alcoholics Anonymous
n1
an international organization that provides a support group for persons trying to overcome alcoholism;

- syn. AA;

alcoholise
v1
treat or infuse with alcohol;

- "alcoholize the fruit and let them sit in the refrigerator";

- syn. alcoholize;

v2
make alcoholic, as by fermenting;

- "alcoholize prunes";

- syn. alcoholize;

alcoholism / æ ɫ k ə h ɒ ɫ ɪ z ə m /
n1
habitual intoxication;

- prolonged and excessive intake of alcoholic drinks leading to a breakdown in health and an addiction to alcohol such that abrupt deprivation leads to severe withdrawal symptoms;

- syn. alcohol addiction, drunkenness, inebriation;

n2
an intense persistent desire to drink alcoholic beverages to excess;

- syn. dipsomania, potomania;

alcoholism abuse
n1
excessive use of alcohol and alcoholic drinks;

- syn. alcohol abuse, alcoholic abuse;

alcoholize
v1
subject to the influence of alcohol;

- "After we finished dinner, we were thoroughly alcoholized";

v2
treat or infuse with alcohol;

- "alcoholize the fruit and let them sit in the refrigerator";

- syn. alcoholise;

v3
make alcoholic, as by fermenting;

- "alcoholize prunes";

- syn. alcoholise;

Alcott
n1
United States novelist noted for children's books (1832-1888);

- syn. Louisa May Alcott;

alcove / æ ɫ k oʊ v /
n1
a small recess opening off a larger room;

- syn. bay;

Alcyonacea
n1
comprising the soft corals;

- syn. suborder Alcyonacea;

Alcyonaria
n1
corals and sea anemones having eight branches;

- syn. order Alcyonaria;

Alcyone
n1
(Greek mythology) a woman who was turned into a kingfisher;

- syn. Halcyon;

Aldactone
n1
a synthetic corticosteroid (trade name Aldactone) used to treat hypertension;

- syn. spironolactone;

Aldebaran
n1
the brightest star in Taurus;

aldehyde / æ ɫ d ɪ h aɪ d /
n1
any of a class of highly reactive chemical compounds;

- used in making resins and dyes and organic acids;

aldehyde-alcohol
n1
an oily colorless liquid obtained by the condensation of two molecules of acetaldehyde;

- contains an alcohol group (-OH) and an aldehyde group (-CHO);

- syn. aldol;

aldehyde group
n1
the chemical group -CHO;

- syn. aldehyde radical;

aldehyde radical
n1
the chemical group -CHO;

- syn. aldehyde group;

aldehydic
a1
of or related to or containing aldehydes;

alder / ɔ ɫ d ə , ɔ ɫ d ə ɹ /
n1
wood of any of various alder trees;

- resistant to underwater rot;

- used for bridges etc;

n2
north temperate shrubs or trees having toothed leaves and conelike fruit;

- bark is used in tanning and dyeing and the wood is rot-resistant;

- syn. alder tree;

alder-leaved serviceberry
n1
shrub or small tree of northwestern North America having fragrant creamy white flowers and small waxy purple-red fruits;

- syn. Amelanchier alnifolia, alderleaf Juneberry;

alder blight
n1
a disease of alders caused by the woolly alder aphid (a plant louse);

alder buckthorn
n1
small tree common in Europe;

- syn. Rhamnus frangula, alder dogwood;

alder dogwood
n1
small tree common in Europe;

- syn. Rhamnus frangula, alder buckthorn;

alder fly
n1
dark-colored insect having predaceous aquatic larvae;

- syn. Sialis lutaria, alderfly;

alder tree
n1
north temperate shrubs or trees having toothed leaves and conelike fruit;

- bark is used in tanning and dyeing and the wood is rot-resistant;

- syn. alder;

alderfly
n1
dark-colored insect having predaceous aquatic larvae;

- syn. Sialis lutaria, alder fly;

alderleaf Juneberry
n1
shrub or small tree of northwestern North America having fragrant creamy white flowers and small waxy purple-red fruits;

- syn. Amelanchier alnifolia, alder-leaved serviceberry;

alderman / ɔ ɫ d ə m ə n /
n1
a member of a municipal legislative body (as a city council);

- "aldermen usually represent city wards";

aldermanic / ɔ ɫ d ə m æ n ɪ k /
a1
of or relating to or like an alderman;

- syn. aldermanly;

aldermanly / ɔ ɫ d ə ɹ m æ n ɫ i /
a1
of or relating to or like an alderman;

- syn. aldermanic;

aldohexose
n1
a monosaccharide sugar having six carbon atoms and an aldehyde group;

aldol
n1
an oily colorless liquid obtained by the condensation of two molecules of acetaldehyde;

- contains an alcohol group (-OH) and an aldehyde group (-CHO);

- syn. aldehyde-alcohol;

aldol reaction
n1
a reaction of aldehydes resulting in an aldol;

Aldomet
n1
antihypertensive drug (trade name Aldomet) used in the treatment of high blood pressure;

- syn. alpha methyl dopa, methyldopa;

aldose
n1
a monosaccharide sugar that contains the aldehyde group or is hemiacetal;

aldosterone
n1
a corticosteroid hormone that is secreted by the cortex of the adrenal gland;

- regulates salt (sodium and potassium) and water balance;

aldosteronism
n1
a condition caused by overproduction of aldosterone;

- syn. hyperaldosteronism;

Aldous Huxley
n1
English writer;

- grandson of Thomas Huxley who is remembered mainly for his depiction of a scientifically controlled utopia (1894-1963);

- syn. Aldous Leonard Huxley, Huxley;

Aldous Leonard Huxley
n1
English writer;

- grandson of Thomas Huxley who is remembered mainly for his depiction of a scientifically controlled utopia (1894-1963);

- syn. Aldous Huxley, Huxley;

Aldrovanda
n1
one species: waterwheel plant;

- syn. genus Aldrovanda;

Aldrovanda vesiculosa
n1
floating aquatic carnivorous perennial of central and southern Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia having whorls of 6 to 9 leaves ending in hinged lobes for capturing e.g. water fleas;

- syn. waterwheel plant;

ale / eɪ ɫ /
n1
a general name for beer made with a top fermenting yeast;

- in some of the United States an ale is (by law) a brew of more than 4% alcohol by volume;

ale drinker
n1
someone whose favorite drink is beer or ale;

- syn. beer drinker;

aleatory
a1
dependent on chance;

- "the aleatory element in life";

- sim. unpredictable;

aleatory contract
n1
a contract whose performance by one party depends on the occurrence of an uncertain contingent event (but if it is contingent on the outcome of a wager it is not enforceable);

Alec Guinness
n1
English stage and screen actor noted for versatility (1914-2000);

- syn. Guinness, Sir Alec Guinness;

alecost
n1
tansy-scented Eurasian perennial herb with buttonlike yellow flowers;

- used as potherb or salad green and sometimes for potpourri or tea or flavoring;

- sometimes placed in genus Chrysanthemum;

- syn. Chrysanthemum balsamita, Tanacetum balsamita, balsam herb, bible leaf, costmary, mint geranium;

Alectis
n1
a genus of Carangidae;

- syn. genus Alectis;

Alectis ciliaris
n1
fish having greatly elongated front rays on dorsal and anal fins;

- syn. thread-fish, threadfish;

Alecto
n1
one of the three Furies;

Alectoria
n1
lichens having dark brown erect or pendulous much-branched cylindrical thallus;

- syn. genus Alectoria;

Alectoris
n1
a genus of Perdicidae;

- syn. genus Alectoris;

Alectoris graeca
n1
of mountainous areas of southern Europe;

- syn. Greek partridge, rock partridge;

Alectoris ruffa
n1
common western European partridge with red legs;

- syn. red-legged partridge;

Alectura
n1
brush turkeys;

- syn. genus Alectura;

Alectura lathami
n1
black megapode of wooded regions of Australia and New Guinea;

- syn. brush turkey;

alee / ə ɫ i /
r1
on or toward the lee;

- "put the helm alee";

alehoof
n1
trailing European aromatic plant of the mint family having rounded leaves and small purplish flowers often grown in hanging baskets;

- naturalized in North America;

- sometimes placed in genus Nepeta;

- syn. Glechoma hederaceae, Nepeta hederaceae, field balm, gill-over-the-ground, ground ivy, runaway robin;

alehouse / eɪ ɫ h aʊ s /
n1
a tavern where ale is sold;

Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Blok
n1
Russian poet (1880-1921);

- syn. Alexander Alexandrovich Blok, Blok;

Aleksandr Borodin
n1
Russian composer (1833-1887);

- syn. Aleksandr Porfirevich Borodin, Borodin;

Aleksandr Feodorovich Kerensky
n1
Russian revolutionary who was head of state after Nicholas II abdicated but was overthrown by the Bolsheviks (1881-1970);

- syn. Kerensky;

Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn
n1
Soviet writer and political dissident whose novels exposed the brutality of Soviet labor camps (born in 1918);

- syn. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Alexander Isayevich Solzhenitsyn, Solzhenitsyn;

Aleksandr Mikjailovich Prokhorov
n1
Russian physicist whose research into ways of moving electrons around atoms led to the development of masers and lasers for producing high-intensity radiation (1916-2002);

- syn. Aleksandr Prokhorov, Prokhorov;

Aleksandr Nikolayevich Scriabin
n1
Russian composer of orchestral and piano music (1872-1915);

- syn. Aleksandr Scriabin, Scriabin;

Aleksandr Pavlovich
n1
the czar of Russia whose plans to liberalize the government of Russia were unrealized because of the wars with Napoleon (1777-1825);

- syn. Alexander I, Czar Alexander I;

Aleksandr Porfirevich Borodin
n1
Russian composer (1833-1887);

- syn. Aleksandr Borodin, Borodin;

Aleksandr Prokhorov
n1
Russian physicist whose research into ways of moving electrons around atoms led to the development of masers and lasers for producing high-intensity radiation (1916-2002);

- syn. Aleksandr Mikjailovich Prokhorov, Prokhorov;

Aleksandr Scriabin
n1
Russian composer of orchestral and piano music (1872-1915);

- syn. Aleksandr Nikolayevich Scriabin, Scriabin;

Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin
n1
Russian poet (1799-1837);

- syn. Alexander Pushkin, Pushkin;

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
n1
Soviet writer and political dissident whose novels exposed the brutality of Soviet labor camps (born in 1918);

- syn. Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn, Alexander Isayevich Solzhenitsyn, Solzhenitsyn;

Aleksey Maksimovich Peshkov
n1
Russian writer of plays and novels and short stories;

- noted for his depiction of social outcasts;

- syn. Aleksey Maximovich Peshkov, Gorki, Gorky, Maksim Gorky, Maxim Gorki;

Aleksey Maximovich Peshkov
n1
Russian writer of plays and novels and short stories;

- noted for his depiction of social outcasts;

- syn. Aleksey Maksimovich Peshkov, Gorki, Gorky, Maksim Gorky, Maxim Gorki;

alembic / ə ɫ ɛ m b ɪ k /
n1
an obsolete kind of container used for distillation;

- two retorts connected by a tube;

alendronate
n1
a tablet (trade name Fosamax) prescribed to prevent or treat osteoporosis in women after menopause;

- syn. Fosamax;

Alep
n1
a city in northwestern Syria;

- syn. Aleppo, Halab;

aleph
n1
the 1st letter of the Hebrew alphabet;

aleph-nought
n1
the smallest infinite integer;

- syn. aleph-null, aleph-zero;

aleph-null
n1
the smallest infinite integer;

- syn. aleph-nought, aleph-zero;

aleph-zero
n1
the smallest infinite integer;

- syn. aleph-nought, aleph-null;

Alepisaurus
n1
slender scaleless predaceous tropical deep-sea fishes;

- syn. genus Alepisaurus;

Aleppo / ə ɫ ɛ p oʊ /
n1
a city in northwestern Syria;

- syn. Alep, Halab;

Aleppo boil
n1
leishmaniasis of the skin;

- characterized by ulcerative skin lesions;

- syn. Delhi boil, Old World leishmaniasis, cutaneous leishmaniasis, oriental sore, tropical sore;

Aleppo grass
n1
tall perennial grass that spreads by creeping rhizomes and is grown for fodder;

- naturalized in southern United States where it is a serious pest on cultivated land;

- syn. Johnson grass, Sorghum halepense, evergreen millet, means grass;

alert / ə ɫ ɝ t /
n1
condition of heightened watchfulness or preparation for action;

- "bombers were put on alert during the crisis";

- syn. qui vive;

n2
a warning serves to make you more alert to danger;

- syn. alerting;

n3
an automatic signal (usually a sound) warning of danger;

- syn. alarm, alarum, warning signal;

v1
warn or arouse to a sense of danger or call to a state of preparedness;

- "The empty house alarmed him";

- "We alerted the new neighbors to the high rate of burglaries";

- syn. alarm;

a1
engaged in or accustomed to close observation;

- "caught by a couple of alert cops";

- "alert enough to spot the opportunity when it came";

- "constantly alert and vigilant, like a sentinel on duty";

- syn. watchful;

- also awake, lively, wary;

- sim. argus-eyed, fly, heads-up, lidless;

a2
quick and energetic;

- "a brisk walk in the park";

- "a lively gait";

- "a merry chase";

- "traveling at a rattling rate";

- "a snappy pace";

- "a spanking breeze";

- syn. brisk, lively, merry, rattling, snappy, spanking, zippy;

- sim. energetic;

a3
mentally perceptive and responsive;

- "an alert mind";

- "alert to the problems";

- "alive to what is going on";

- "awake to the dangers of her situation";

- "was now awake to the reality of his predicament";

- syn. alive, awake;

- sim. aware;

alerting / ə ɫ ɝ t ɪ ŋ /
n1
a state of readiness to respond;

- "alerting was indicated by the desynchronization of the EEG";

- syn. alertness;

n2
a warning serves to make you more alert to danger;

- syn. alert;

alertly / ə ɫ ɝ t ɫ i /
r1
in mentally perceptive and responsive way;

- "she got through the day alertly, despite being on drugs";

alertness / ə ɫ ɝ t n ə s /
n1
the process of paying close and continuous attention;

- "wakefulness, watchfulness, and bellicosity make a good hunter";

- "vigilance is especially susceptible to fatigue";

- syn. vigilance, wakefulness, watchfulness;

n2
a state of readiness to respond;

- "alerting was indicated by the desynchronization of the EEG";

- syn. alerting;

n3
lively attentiveness;

- syn. on the qui vive, sharp-sightedness;

Alessandro di Mariano dei Filipepi
n1
Italian painter of mythological and religious paintings (1444-1510);

- syn. Botticelli, Sandro Botticelli;

Alessandro Farnese
n1
Italian pope from 1534 to 1549 who excommunicated Henry VIII of England in 1538 and initiated the Council of Trent in 1545;

- was active in the Counter Reformation and promoted the Society of Jesus for this purpose (1468-1549);

- syn. Paul III;

Alessandro Manzoni
n1
Italian novelist and poet (1785-1873);

- syn. Manzoni;

alethic logic
n1
the modal logic of necessity and possibility and contingency;

Aletris
n1
small genus of bitter-rooted herbs of eastern North America and Asia;

- sometimes placed in family Melanthiaceae;

- syn. genus Aletris;

Aletris aurea
n1
colicroot with yellow-bracted racemose flowers;

- smaller than Aletris farinosa;

- southeastern United States;

- syn. yellow colicroot;

Aletris farinosa
n1
colicroot having a scurfy or granuliferous perianth and white flowers;

- southeastern United States;

- syn. ague grass, ague root;

Aletta Jacobs
n1
Dutch physician who opened the first birth control clinic in the world in Amsterdam (1854-1929);

- syn. Jacobs;

Aleuria aurantia
n1
a discomycete with bright orange cup-shaped or saucer-shaped fruiting bodies and pale orange exteriors;

- syn. orange peel fungus;

Aleurites
n1
candlenut;

- syn. genus Aleurites;

Aleurites fordii
n1
Chinese tree bearing seeds that yield tung oil;

- syn. tung, tung-oil tree, tung tree;

Aleurites moluccana
n1
large tree native to southeastern Asia;

- the nuts yield oil used in varnishes;

- nut kernels strung together are used locally as candles;

- syn. candlenut, varnish tree;

aleurone
n1
granular protein in outermost layer of endosperm of many seeds or cereal grains;

aleuronic
a1
of or related to aleurone;

Aleut
n1
a member of the people inhabiting the Aleutian Islands and southwestern Alaska;

- syn. Aleutian;

n2
a community of Native Americans who speak an Eskimo-Aleut language and inhabit the Aleutian Islands and southwestern Alaska;

- "the Aleut and the Eskimo are related culturally and linguistically";

n3
the language spoken by the Aleut;

Aleutian / ə ɫ u ʃ j ə n /
n1
a member of the people inhabiting the Aleutian Islands and southwestern Alaska;

- syn. Aleut;

a1
of or relating to the Aleut or their language or culture;

Aleutian Islands
n1
an archipelago in the North Pacific extending southwest from Alaska;

- syn. Aleutians;

Aleutians / ə ɫ u ʃ j ə n z /
n1
an archipelago in the North Pacific extending southwest from Alaska;

- syn. Aleutian Islands;

Aleve
n1
a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trademarks Aleve and Anaprox and Aflaxen) that fights pain and inflammation;

- syn. Aflaxen, Anaprox, naproxen sodium;

alewife / eɪ ɫ w aɪ f /
n1
flesh of shad-like fish abundant along the Atlantic coast or in coastal streams;

n2
shad-like food fish that runs rivers to spawn;

- often salted or smoked;

- sometimes placed in genus Pomolobus;

- syn. Alosa pseudoharengus, Pomolobus pseudoharengus;

Alex Boncayao Brigade
n1
an urban hit squad and guerrilla group of the Communist Party in the Philippines;

- formed in the 1980s;

- syn. ABB, RPA-ABB, Revolutionary Proletarian Army;

Alex Haley
n1
United States writer and Afro-American who wrote a fictionalized account of tracing his family roots back to Africa (1921-1992);

- syn. Haley;

Alexander / æ ɫ ɪ ɡ z ɑ n d ə , æ ɫ ɪ ɡ z ɑ n d ə ɹ /
n1
European herb somewhat resembling celery widely naturalized in Britain coastal regions and often cultivated as a potherb;

- syn. Alexanders, Smyrnium olusatrum, black lovage, horse parsley;

n2
king of Macedon;

- conqueror of Greece and Egypt and Persia;

- founder of Alexandria (356-323 BC);

- syn. Alexander the Great;

Alexander Alexandrovich Blok
n1
Russian poet (1880-1921);

- syn. Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Blok, Blok;

Alexander Archipelago
n1
a group of islands off southeastern Alaska;

Alexander Bell
n1
United States inventor (born in Scotland) of the telephone (1847-1922);

- syn. Alexander Graham Bell, Bell;

Alexander Calder
n1
United States sculptor who first created mobiles and stabiles (1898-1976);

- syn. Calder;

Alexander Fleming
n1
Scottish bacteriologist who discovered penicillin (1881-1955);

- syn. Fleming, Sir Alexander Fleming;

Alexander Graham Bell
n1
United States inventor (born in Scotland) of the telephone (1847-1922);

- syn. Alexander Bell, Bell;

Alexander Hamilton
n1
United States statesman and leader of the Federalists;

- as the first Secretary of the Treasury he establish a federal bank;

- was mortally wounded in a duel with Aaron Burr (1755-1804);

- syn. Hamilton;

Alexander I
n1
the czar of Russia whose plans to liberalize the government of Russia were unrealized because of the wars with Napoleon (1777-1825);

- syn. Aleksandr Pavlovich, Czar Alexander I;

Alexander II
n1
the son of Nicholas I who, as czar of Russia, introduced reforms that included limited emancipation of the serfs (1818-1881);

- syn. Alexander the Liberator, Czar Alexander II;

Alexander III
n1
son of Alexander II who was czar of Russia (1845-1894);

- syn. Czar Alexander III;

Alexander Isayevich Solzhenitsyn
n1
Soviet writer and political dissident whose novels exposed the brutality of Soviet labor camps (born in 1918);

- syn. Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Solzhenitsyn;

Alexander Melville Bell
n1
a phonetician and father of Alexander Graham Bell (1819-1905);

- syn. Bell, Melville Bell;

Alexander Pope
n1
English poet and satirist (1688-1744);

- syn. Pope;

Alexander Pushkin
n1
Russian poet (1799-1837);

- syn. Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin, Pushkin;

Alexander Selcraig
n1
Scottish sailor who was put ashore on a deserted island off the coast of Chile for five years (providing the basis for Daniel Defoe's novel about Robinson Crusoe) (1676-1721);

- syn. Alexander Selkirk, Selcraig, Selkirk;

Alexander Selkirk
n1
Scottish sailor who was put ashore on a deserted island off the coast of Chile for five years (providing the basis for Daniel Defoe's novel about Robinson Crusoe) (1676-1721);

- syn. Alexander Selcraig, Selcraig, Selkirk;

Alexander the Great
n1
king of Macedon;

- conqueror of Greece and Egypt and Persia;

- founder of Alexandria (356-323 BC);

- syn. Alexander;

Alexander the Liberator
n1
the son of Nicholas I who, as czar of Russia, introduced reforms that included limited emancipation of the serfs (1818-1881);

- syn. Alexander II, Czar Alexander II;

Alexander VI
n1
Pope and father of Cesare Borgia and Lucrezia Borgia (1431-1503);

- syn. Borgia, Pope Alexander VI, Rodrigo Borgia;

Alexander Wilson
n1
Scottish ornithologist in the United States (1766-1813);

- syn. Wilson;

Alexander Woollcott
n1
United States drama critic and journalist (1887-1943);

- syn. Woollcott;

Alexanders / æ ɫ ɪ ɡ z ɑ n d ə ɹ z , æ ɫ ɪ ɡ z ɑ n d ə z /
n1
European herb somewhat resembling celery widely naturalized in Britain coastal regions and often cultivated as a potherb;

- syn. Alexander, Smyrnium olusatrum, black lovage, horse parsley;

Alexandre Dumas
n1
French writer remembered for his swashbuckling historical tales (1802-1870);

- syn. Dumas;

Alexandre Emile Jean Yersin
n1
French bacteriologist born in Switzerland;

- was a student of Pasteur;

- discovered the plague bacillus (1863-1943);

- syn. Alexandre Yersin, Yersin;

Alexandre Gustave Eiffel
n1
French engineer who constructed the Eiffel Tower (1832-1923);

- syn. Eiffel;

Alexandre Yersin
n1
French bacteriologist born in Switzerland;

- was a student of Pasteur;

- discovered the plague bacillus (1863-1943);

- syn. Alexandre Emile Jean Yersin, Yersin;

Alexandria / æ ɫ ɪ ɡ z ɑ n d ɹ ɪə /
n1
a town in Louisiana on the Red River;

n2
the chief port of Egypt;

- located on the western edge of the Nile delta on the Mediterranean Sea;

- founded by Alexander the Great;

- the capital of ancient Egypt;

- syn. El Iskandriyah;

Alexandria senna
n1
erect shrub having racemes of tawny yellow flowers;

- the dried leaves are used medicinally as a cathartic;

- sometimes placed in genus Cassia;

- syn. Alexandrian senna, Cassia acutifolia, Cassia augustifolia, Indian senna, Senna alexandrina, tinnevelly senna, true senna;

Alexandrian / æ ɫ ɪ ɡ z ɑ n d ɹ ɪə n /
n1
a resident or native of Alexandria (especially Alexandria in Egypt);

a1
of or relating to Alexander the Great or his empire;

Alexandrian laurel
n1
East Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers;

- coastal areas southern India to Malaysia;

- syn. Calophyllum inophyllum;

Alexandrian senna
n1
erect shrub having racemes of tawny yellow flowers;

- the dried leaves are used medicinally as a cathartic;

- sometimes placed in genus Cassia;

- syn. Alexandria senna, Cassia acutifolia, Cassia augustifolia, Indian senna, Senna alexandrina, tinnevelly senna, true senna;

Alexandrine / æ ɫ ɪ ɡ z æ n d ɹ aɪ n /
n1
(prosody) a line of verse that has six iambic feet;

alexandrite / æ ɫ ɪ ɡ z ɑ n d ɹ aɪ t /
n1
a green variety of chrysoberyl used as a gemstone;

alexia / ə ɫ ɛ k s ɪə /
n1
inability to perceive written words;

- syn. visual aphasia, word blindness;

alexic / ə ɫ ɛ k s ɪ k /
n1
a person with alexia;

a1
of or relating to or symptomatic of alexia;

- syn. word-blind;

Alexis Carrel
n1
French surgeon and biologist who developed a way to suture and graft blood vessels (1873-1944);

- syn. Carrel;

Alexis Charles Henri Maurice de Tocqueville
n1
French political writer noted for his analysis of American institutions (1805-1859);

- syn. Alexis de Tocqueville, Tocqueville;

Alexis de Tocqueville
n1
French political writer noted for his analysis of American institutions (1805-1859);

- syn. Alexis Charles Henri Maurice de Tocqueville, Tocqueville;

Aleyrodes
n1
type genus of the Aleyrodidae;

- syn. genus Aleyrodes;

Aleyrodidae
n1
whiteflies;

- syn. family Aleyrodidae;

alfalfa / æ ɫ f æ ɫ f ə /
n1
important European leguminous forage plant with trifoliate leaves and blue-violet flowers grown widely as a pasture and hay crop;

- syn. Medicago sativa, lucerne;

n2
leguminous plant grown for hay or forage;

alfalfa sprout
n1
sprouted alfalfa seeds;

alfilaria
n1
European weed naturalized in southwestern United States and Mexico having reddish decumbent stems with small fernlike leaves and small deep reddish-lavender flowers followed by slender fruits that stick straight up;

- often grown for forage;

- syn. Erodium cicutarium, alfileria, clocks, filaree, filaria, pin clover, pin grass, redstem storksbill;

alfileria
n1
European weed naturalized in southwestern United States and Mexico having reddish decumbent stems with small fernlike leaves and small deep reddish-lavender flowers followed by slender fruits that stick straight up;

- often grown for forage;

- syn. Erodium cicutarium, alfilaria, clocks, filaree, filaria, pin clover, pin grass, redstem storksbill;

Alfonso Borgia
n1
Italian pope whose nepotism put the Borgia family in power in Italy (1378-1458);

- syn. Borgia, Calixtus III;

Alfred / æ ɫ f ɹ ɪ d /
n1
king of Wessex;

- defeated the Vikings and encouraged writing in English (849-899);

- syn. Alfred the Great;

Alfred Alistair Cooke
n1
United States journalist (born in England in 1908);

- syn. Alistair Cooke, Cooke;

Alfred Bernhard Nobel
n1
Swedish chemist remembered for his invention of dynamite and for the bequest that created the Nobel prizes (1833-1896);

- syn. Alfred Nobel, Nobel;

Alfred Binet
n1
French psychologist remembered for his studies of the intellectual development of children (1857-1911);

- syn. Binet;

Alfred Charles Kinsey
n1
United States zoologist best known for his interview studies of sexual behavior (1894-1956);

- syn. Kinsey;

Alfred Charles William Harmsworth
n1
British newspaper publisher (1865-1922);

- syn. Harmsworth, Viscount Northcliffe;

Alfred Damon Runyon
n1
United States writer of humorous stylized stories about Broadway and the New York underground (1884-1946);

- syn. Damon Runyon, Runyon;

Alfred de Musset
n1
French poet and writer (1810-1857);

- syn. Louis Charles Alfred de Musset, Musset;

Alfred Dreyfus
n1
French army officer of Jewish descent whose false imprisonment for treason in 1894 raised issues of anti-Semitism that dominated French politics until his release in 1906 (1859-1935);

- syn. Dreyfus;

Alfred Edward Housman
n1
English poet (1859-1936);

- syn. A. E. Housman, Housman;

Alfred Edward Woodley Mason
n1
English writer (1865-1948);

- syn. A. E. W. Mason, Mason;

Alfred Eisenstaedt
n1
United States photographer (born in Germany) whose unposed documentary photographs created photojournalism (born in 1898);

- syn. Eisenstaedt;

Alfred Habdank Skarbek Korzybski
n1
United States semanticist (born in Poland) (1879-1950);

- syn. Alfred Korzybski, Korzybski;

Alfred Hawthorne
n1
risque English comedian (1925-1992);

- syn. Benny Hill, Hill;

Alfred Hitchcock
n1
English film director noted for his skill in creating suspense (1899-1980);

- syn. Alfred Joseph Hitchcock, Hitchcock, Sir Alfred Hitchcock;

Alfred Joseph Hitchcock
n1
English film director noted for his skill in creating suspense (1899-1980);

- syn. Alfred Hitchcock, Hitchcock, Sir Alfred Hitchcock;

Alfred Kastler
n1
French physicist (1902-1984);

- syn. Kastler;

Alfred Korzybski
n1
United States semanticist (born in Poland) (1879-1950);

- syn. Alfred Habdank Skarbek Korzybski, Korzybski;

Alfred Kroeber
n1
United States anthropologist noted for his studies of culture (1876-1960);

- syn. Alfred Louis Kroeber, Kroeber;

Alfred Krupp
n1
German arms manufacturer and son of Friedrich Krupp;

- his firm provided ordnance for German armies from the 1840s through World War II (1812-1887);

- syn. Krupp;

Alfred Lord Tennyson
n1
Englishman and Victorian poet (1809-1892);

- syn. Alfred Tennyson, First Baron Tennyson, Tennyson;

Alfred Lothar Wegener
n1
German geophysicist who proposed the theory of continental drift (1880-1930);

- syn. Wegener;

Alfred Louis Kroeber
n1
United States anthropologist noted for his studies of culture (1876-1960);

- syn. Alfred Kroeber, Kroeber;

Alfred Lunt
n1
United States actor who performed with his wife Lynn Fontanne in many stage productions (1893-1977);

- syn. Lunt;

Alfred Nobel
n1
Swedish chemist remembered for his invention of dynamite and for the bequest that created the Nobel prizes (1833-1896);

- syn. Alfred Bernhard Nobel, Nobel;

Alfred North Whitehead
n1
English philosopher and mathematician who collaborated with Bertrand Russell (1861-1947);

- syn. Whitehead;

Alfred Noyes
n1
English poet (1880-1958);

- syn. Noyes;

Alfred Russel Wallace
n1
English naturalist who formulated a concept of evolution that resembled Charles Darwin's (1823-1913);

- syn. Wallace;

Alfred Stieglitz
n1
United States photographer (1864-1946);

- syn. Stieglitz;

Alfred Tennyson
n1
Englishman and Victorian poet (1809-1892);

- syn. Alfred Lord Tennyson, First Baron Tennyson, Tennyson;

Alfred Thayer Mahan
n1
United States naval officer and historian (1840-1914);

- syn. Mahan;

Alfred the Great
n1
king of Wessex;

- defeated the Vikings and encouraged writing in English (849-899);

- syn. Alfred;

alfresco / æ ɫ f ɹ ɛ s k oʊ /
a1
in the open air;

- "an alfresco lunch";

- "an open-air theater";

- syn. open-air;

- sim. outdoor;

r1
outside a building;

- "in summer we play outside";

- syn. out of doors, outdoors, outside;

alga / æ ɫ ɡ ə /
n1
primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves;

- syn. algae;

algae / æ ɫ dʒ i /
n1
primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves;

- syn. alga;

algal
a1
of or relating to alga;

algarobilla
n1
mesquite pod used in tanning and dyeing;

- syn. algarroba, algarrobilla;

algarroba
n1
long pod containing small beans and sweetish edible pulp;

- used as animal feed and source of a chocolate substitute;

- syn. algarroba bean, carob, carob bean, locust bean, locust pod;

n2
evergreen Mediterranean tree with edible pods;

- the biblical carob;

- syn. Ceratonia siliqua, carob, carob bean tree, carob tree;

n3
mesquite pod used in tanning and dyeing;

- syn. algarobilla, algarrobilla;

n4
mesquite of Gulf Coast and Caribbean Islands from Mexico to Venezuela;

- syn. Prosopis juliflora, Prosopis juliiflora;

algarroba bean
n1
long pod containing small beans and sweetish edible pulp;

- used as animal feed and source of a chocolate substitute;

- syn. algarroba, carob, carob bean, locust bean, locust pod;

algarrobilla
n1
mesquite pod used in tanning and dyeing;

- syn. algarobilla, algarroba;

algebra / æ ɫ dʒ ɪ b ɹ ə /
n1
the mathematics of generalized arithmetical operations;

algebraic / æ ɫ dʒ ɪ b ɹ eɪ ɪ k /
a1
of or relating to algebra;

- "algebraic geometry";

- syn. algebraical;

algebraic language
n1
an algorithmic language having statements that resemble algebraic expressions;

algebraic number
n1
root of an algebraic equation with rational coefficients;

algebraical / æ ɫ dʒ ə b ɹ eɪ k ɫ /
a1
of or relating to algebra;

- "algebraic geometry";

- syn. algebraic;

algebraically / æ ɫ dʒ ə b ɹ eɪ k ɫ i /
r1
in an algebraic manner;

- "algebraically determined";

algebraist / æ ɫ dʒ ɪ b ɹ eɪ ɪ s t /
n1
a mathematician whose specialty is algebra;

Alger / æ ɫ dʒ ə , æ ɫ dʒ ə ɹ /
n1
United States author of inspirational adventure stories for boys;

- virtue and hard work overcome poverty (1832-1899);

- syn. Horatio Alger;

Algeria / æ ɫ dʒ ɪə ɹ ɪə /
n1
a republic in northwestern Africa on the Mediterranean Sea with a population that is predominantly Sunni Muslim;

- colonized by France in the 19th century but gained autonomy in the early 1960s;

- syn. Algerie, Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria;

Algerian / æ ɫ dʒ ɪə ɹ ɪə n /
n1
a native or inhabitant of Algeria;

a1
of or relating to or characteristic of Algeria or its inhabitants;

- "Algerian towns";

Algerian capital
n1
an ancient port on the Mediterranean;

- the capital and largest city of Algeria;

- syn. Algiers;

Algerian centime
n1
100 centimes equal 1 dinar in Algeria;

Algerian dinar
n1
the basic unit of money in Algeria;

- syn. dinar;

Algerian monetary unit
n1
monetary unit in Algeria;

Algerie
n1
a republic in northwestern Africa on the Mediterranean Sea with a population that is predominantly Sunni Muslim;

- colonized by France in the 19th century but gained autonomy in the early 1960s;

- syn. Algeria, Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria;

Algeripithecus
n1
an extinct genus of Hominoidea;

- syn. genus Algeripithecus;

Algeripithecus minutus
n1
tiny (150 to 300 grams) extinct primate of 46 to 50 million years ago;

- fossils found in Algeria;

- considered by some authorities the leading candidate for the first anthropoid;

Algernon Charles Swinburne
n1
English poet (1837-1909);

- syn. Swinburne;

algid
a1
chilly;

- "a person who is algid is marked by prostration and has cold clammy skin and low blood pressure";

- sim. cold;

algidity
n1
prostration characterized by cold and clammy skin and low blood pressure;

Algiers
n1
an ancient port on the Mediterranean;

- the capital and largest city of Algeria;

- syn. Algerian capital;

algin
n1
a gum used especially as a thickener or emulsifier;

- syn. alginic acid;

alginic acid
n1
a gum used especially as a thickener or emulsifier;

- syn. algin;

algoid
a1
of or resembling algae;

Algol
n1
the second brightest star in Perseus;

- the first known eclipsing binary;

n2
(from a combination of ALGOrithmic and Language);

- a programming language used to express computer programs as algorithms;

algolagnia
n1
sexual pleasure derived from inflicting or experiencing pain;

- syn. algophilia;

algolagnic
a1
of or relating to algolagnia;

algology
n1
the branch of botany that studies algae;

- syn. phycology;

algometer
n1
device for measuring pain caused by pressure;

algometric
a1
of or related to algometry;

- syn. algometrical;

algometrical
a1
of or related to algometry;

- syn. algometric;

algometry
n1
measuring sensitivity to pain or pressure;

Algonkian
n1
a member of a North American Indian people in the Ottawa river valley of Ontario and Quebec;

- syn. Algonkin;

n2
the Algonquian language spoken by the Algonkian;

- syn. Algonkin;

a1
of or relating to an Algonquian tribe or its people or language;

- syn. Algonquian, Algonquin;

Algonkin
n1
a member of a North American Indian people in the Ottawa river valley of Ontario and Quebec;

- syn. Algonkian;

n2
the Algonquian language spoken by the Algonkian;

- syn. Algonkian;

Algonquian
n1
a member of any of the North American Indian groups speaking an Algonquian language and originally living in the subarctic regions of eastern Canada;

- many Algonquian tribes migrated south into the woodlands from the Mississippi River to the Atlantic coast;

- syn. Algonquin;

n2
family of North American Indian languages spoken from Labrador to South Carolina and west to the Great Plains;

- syn. Algonquian language, Algonquin;

a1
of or relating to an Algonquian tribe or its people or language;

- syn. Algonkian, Algonquin;

Algonquian language
n1
family of North American Indian languages spoken from Labrador to South Carolina and west to the Great Plains;

- syn. Algonquian, Algonquin;

Algonquin
n1
a member of any of the North American Indian groups speaking an Algonquian language and originally living in the subarctic regions of eastern Canada;

- many Algonquian tribes migrated south into the woodlands from the Mississippi River to the Atlantic coast;

- syn. Algonquian;

n2
family of North American Indian languages spoken from Labrador to South Carolina and west to the Great Plains;

- syn. Algonquian, Algonquian language;

a1
of or relating to an Algonquian tribe or its people or language;

- syn. Algonkian, Algonquian;

algophilia
n1
sexual pleasure derived from inflicting or experiencing pain;

- syn. algolagnia;

algophobia
n1
a morbid fear of pain;

algophobic
a1
suffering from algophobia;

- abnormally afraid of pain;

- sim. afraid;

algorism
n1
the Arabic (or decimal) system of numeration;

n2
computation with Arabic figures;

algorithm
n1
a precise rule (or set of rules) specifying how to solve some problem;

- syn. algorithmic program, algorithmic rule;

algorithm error
n1
error resulting from the choice of the wrong algorithm or method for achieving the intended result;

algorithmic
a1
of or relating to or having the characteristics of an algorithm;

- sim. recursive;

algorithmic language
n1
an artificial language designed to express algorithms;

algorithmic program
n1
a precise rule (or set of rules) specifying how to solve some problem;

- syn. algorithm, algorithmic rule;

algorithmic rule
n1
a precise rule (or set of rules) specifying how to solve some problem;

- syn. algorithm, algorithmic program;

Algren
n1
United States writer (1909-1981);

- syn. Nelson Algren;

Alhacen
n1
an Egyptian polymath (born in Iraq) whose research in geometry and optics was influential into the 17th century;

- established experiments as the norm of proof in physics (died in 1040);

- syn. Al-Hasan ibn al-Haytham, Alhazen, Ibn al-Haytham, al-Haytham;

Alhambra / æ ɫ h æ m b ɹ ə /
n1
a fortified Moorish palace built near Granada by Muslim kings in the Middle Ages;

Alhazen
n1
an Egyptian polymath (born in Iraq) whose research in geometry and optics was influential into the 17th century;

- established experiments as the norm of proof in physics (died in 1040);

- syn. Al-Hasan ibn al-Haytham, Alhacen, Ibn al-Haytham, al-Haytham;

Ali / æ ɫ i /
n1
United States prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942);

- syn. Cassius Clay, Cassius Marcellus Clay, Muhammad Ali;

n2
the fourth caliph of Islam who is considered to be the first caliph by Shiites;

- he was a cousin and son-in-law of Muhammad;

- after his assassination Islam was divided into Shiite and Sunnite sects;

Ali Baba
n1
the fictional woodcutter who discovered that `open sesame' opened a cave in the Arabian Nights' Entertainment;

alias / eɪ ɫ ɪə s /
n1
a name that has been assumed temporarily;

- syn. assumed name, false name;

r1
as known or named at another time or place;

- "Mr. Smith, alias Mr. Lafayette";

- syn. a.k.a., also known as;

alibi / æ ɫ ɪ b aɪ /
n1
(law) a defense by an accused person purporting to show that he or she could not have committed the crime in question;

n2
a defense of some offensive behavior or some failure to keep a promise etc.;

- "he kept finding excuses to stay";

- "every day he had a new alibi for not getting a job";

- "his transparent self-justification was unacceptable";

- syn. exculpation, excuse, self-justification;

v1
exonerate by means of an alibi;

Alice-Josephine Pons
n1
United States coloratura soprano (born in France) (1904-1976);

- syn. Lily Pons, Pons;

Alice B. Toklas
n1
United States writer remembered as the secretary and companion of Gertrude Stein (1877-1967);

- syn. Toklas;

Alice Hamilton
n1
United States toxicologist known for her work on industrial poisons (1869-1970);

- syn. Hamilton;

Alice Malsenior Walker
n1
United States writer (born in 1944);

- syn. Alice Walker, Walker;

Alice Paul
n1
United States feminist (1885-1977);

- syn. Paul;

Alice Walker
n1
United States writer (born in 1944);

- syn. Alice Malsenior Walker, Walker;

Alicia Alonso
n1
Cuban dancer and choreographer (born in 1921);

- syn. Alonso;

alicyclic compound
n1
an aliphatic compound that contains a ring of atoms;

alidad
n1
surveying instrument consisting of the upper movable part of a theodolite including the telescope and its attachments;

- syn. alidade;

n2
surveying instrument used with a plane table for drawing lines of sight on a distant object and for measuring angles;

- syn. alidade;

alidade
n1
surveying instrument consisting of the upper movable part of a theodolite including the telescope and its attachments;

- syn. alidad;

n2
surveying instrument used with a plane table for drawing lines of sight on a distant object and for measuring angles;

- syn. alidad;

alien / eɪ ɫ ɪə n , eɪ ɫ j ə n /
n1
a person who comes from a foreign country;

- someone who does not owe allegiance to your country;

- syn. foreigner, noncitizen, outlander;

n2
anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are found;

- syn. stranger, unknown;

n3
a form of life assumed to exist outside the Earth or its atmosphere;

- syn. extraterrestrial, extraterrestrial being;

v1
transfer property or ownership;

- "The will aliened the property to the heirs";

- syn. alienate;

a1
not contained in or deriving from the essential nature of something;

- "an economic theory alien to the spirit of capitalism";

- "the mysticism so foreign to the French mind and temper";

- "jealousy is foreign to her nature";

- syn. foreign;

- sim. extrinsic;

a2
being or from or characteristic of another place or part of the world;

- "alien customs";

- "exotic plants in a greenhouse";

- "exotic cuisine";

- syn. exotic;

- sim. foreign;

alien absconder
n1
a fugitive remaining in the United States after an immigration judge has ordered them deported;

- "the government has categorized more than 320,000 foreigners as alien absconders";

alienable / eɪ ɫ j ə n ə b ɫ /
a1
transferable to another owner;

- sim. appropriable, assignable;

alienage / eɪ ɫ j ə n ɪ dʒ /
n1
the quality of being alien;

- syn. alienism;

alienate / eɪ ɫ ɪə n eɪ t /
v1
arouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness;

- "She alienated her friends when she became fanatically religious";

- syn. disaffect, estrange;

v2
transfer property or ownership;

- "The will aliened the property to the heirs";

- syn. alien;

v3
make withdrawn or isolated or emotionally dissociated;

- "the boring work alienated his employees";

alienated / eɪ ɫ ɪə n eɪ t ɪ d /
a1
socially disoriented;

- "anomic loners musing over their fate";

- "we live in an age of rootless alienated people";

- syn. anomic, disoriented;

- sim. unoriented;

a2
caused to be unloved;

- syn. estranged;

- sim. unloved;

alienating / eɪ ɫ ɪə n eɪ t ɪ ŋ /
a1
causing hostility or loss of friendliness;

- "her sudden alienating aloofness";

- sim. antagonistic;

alienation / eɪ ɫ ɪə n eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the feeling of being alienated from other people;

- syn. disaffection, estrangement;

n2
separation resulting from hostility;

- syn. estrangement;

n3
(law) the voluntary and absolute transfer of title and possession of real property from one person to another;

- "the power of alienation is an essential ingredient of ownership";

n4
the action of alienating;

- the action of causing to become unfriendly;

- "his behavior alienated the other students";

alienation of affection
n1
a tort based on willful and malicious interference with the marriage relation by a third party without justification or excuse;

alienator / eɪ ɫ j ə n eɪ t ə /
n1
an unpleasant person who causes friendly people to become indifferent or unfriendly or hostile;

alienee / eɪ ɫ j ə n i /
n1
someone to whom the title of property is transferred;

- syn. grantee;

alienism / eɪ ɫ j ə n ɪ z ə m /
n1
an obsolete term for the study and treatment of mental illness;

n2
the quality of being alien;

- syn. alienage;

alienist / eɪ ɫ ɪə n ɪ s t /
n1
a psychiatrist and specialist in the legal aspects of mental illness;

alienor
n1
someone from whom the title of property is transferred;

aliform / æ ɫ i f ɔ m /
a1
having or resembling wings;

- syn. alar, alary, wing-shaped;

- sim. winged;

alight / ə ɫ aɪ t /
v1
to come to rest, settle;

- "Misfortune lighted upon him";

- syn. light, perch;

v2
come down;

- "the birds alighted";

- syn. climb down;

a1
lighted up by or as by fire or flame;

- "forests set ablaze (or afire) by lightning";

- "even the car's tires were aflame";

- "a night aflare with fireworks";

- "candles alight on the tables";

- "houses on fire";

- syn. ablaze, afire, aflame, aflare, on fire;

- sim. lighted;

align / ə ɫ aɪ n /
v1
place in a line or arrange so as to be parallel or straight;

- "align the car with the curb";

- "align the sheets of paper on the table";

- syn. adjust, aline, line up;

v2
be or come into adjustment with;

v3
align oneself with a group or a way of thinking;

- syn. array;

v4
bring (components or parts) into proper or desirable coordination correlation;

- "align the wheels of my car";

- "ordinate similar parts";

- syn. coordinate, ordinate;

aligned / ə ɫ aɪ n d /
a1
brought into agreement or cooperation on the side of a faction, party, or cause;

- sim. allied;

a2
in a straight line;

- "pearly teeth evenly aligned";

- sim. straight;

aligning / ə ɫ aɪ n ɪ ŋ /
a1
causing to fall into line or into position;

- syn. positioning;

- sim. orienting;

alignment / ə ɫ aɪ n m ə n t /
n1
an organization of people (or countries) involved in a pact or treaty;

- syn. alinement, alliance, coalition;

n2
the spatial property possessed by an arrangement or position of things in a straight line or in parallel lines;

n3
(astronomy) apparent meeting or passing of two or more celestial bodies in the same degree of the zodiac;

- syn. conjunction;

n4
the act of adjusting or aligning the parts of a device in relation to each other;

alike / ə ɫ aɪ k /
a1
having the same or similar characteristics;

- "all politicians are alike";

- "they looked utterly alike";

- "friends are generally alike in background and taste";

- syn. like, similar;

r1
equally;

- "parents and teachers alike demanded reforms";

- syn. likewise;

r2
in a like manner;

- "they walk alike";

alikeness / ə ɫ aɪ k n ə s /
n1
similarity in appearance or character or nature between persons or things;

- "man created God in his own likeness";

- syn. likeness, similitude;

aliment / æ ɫ ɪ m ə n t /
n1
a source of materials to nourish the body;

- syn. alimentation, nourishment, nutriment, nutrition, sustenance, victuals;

v1
give nourishment to;

- syn. nourish, nutrify;

alimental / æ ɫ ɪ m ɛ n t ɫ /
a1
of or providing nourishment;

- "good nourishing stew";

- syn. alimentary, nourishing, nutrient, nutritious, nutritive;

- sim. wholesome;

alimentary / æ ɫ ɪ m ɛ n t ə ɹ i /
a1
of or providing nourishment;

- "good nourishing stew";

- syn. alimental, nourishing, nutrient, nutritious, nutritive;

- sim. wholesome;

alimentary canal
n1
tubular passage of mucous membrane and muscle extending about 8.3 meters from mouth to anus;

- functions in digestion and elimination;

- syn. GI tract, alimentary tract, digestive tract, digestive tube, gastrointestinal tract;

alimentary paste
n1
shaped and dried dough made from flour and water and sometimes egg;

- syn. pasta;

alimentary tract
n1
tubular passage of mucous membrane and muscle extending about 8.3 meters from mouth to anus;

- functions in digestion and elimination;

- syn. GI tract, alimentary canal, digestive tract, digestive tube, gastrointestinal tract;

alimentary tract smear
n1
any of several cytologic smears obtained from different parts of the alimentary tract;

- obtained by specialized lavage techniques and used mainly to diagnose cancer in those parts;

alimentation / æ ɫ ɪ m ɛ n t eɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
a source of materials to nourish the body;

- syn. aliment, nourishment, nutriment, nutrition, sustenance, victuals;

n2
the act of supplying food and nourishment;

- syn. feeding;

alimentative / æ ɫ ɪ m ɛ n t ə t ɪ v /
a1
related to the supply of aliment;

alimony / æ ɫ ɪ m ə n i /
n1
court-ordered support paid by one spouse to another after they are separated;

- syn. maintenance;

aline / ə ɫ aɪ n /
v1
place in a line or arrange so as to be parallel or straight;

- "align the car with the curb";

- "align the sheets of paper on the table";

- syn. adjust, align, line up;

alinement / ə ɫ aɪ n m ə n t /
n1
an organization of people (or countries) involved in a pact or treaty;

- syn. alignment, alliance, coalition;

aliphatic / æ ɫ i f æ t ɪ k /
a1
having carbon atoms linked in open chains;

- sim. acyclic;

aliphatic compound
n1
organic compound that is an alkane or alkene or alkyne or their derivative;

aliquant / æ ɫ ɪ k w ə n t /
n1
an integer that is not an exact divisor of some quantity;

- "5 is an aliquant part of 12";

- syn. aliquant part;

aliquant part
n1
an integer that is not an exact divisor of some quantity;

- "5 is an aliquant part of 12";

- syn. aliquant;

aliquot / æ ɫ ɪ k w ɒ t /
n1
an integer that is an exact divisor of some quantity;

- "4 is an aliquot part of 12";

- syn. aliquot part;

a1
signifying an exact divisor or factor of a quantity;

- sim. fractional;

aliquot part
n1
an integer that is an exact divisor of some quantity;

- "4 is an aliquot part of 12";

- syn. aliquot;

ALIR
n1
a terrorist organization that seeks to overthrow the government dominated by Tutsi and to institute Hutu control again;

- "in 1999 ALIR guerrillas kidnapped and killed eight foreign tourists";

- syn. Army for the Liberation of Rwanda, FAR, Former Armed Forces, Interahamwe;

Alisma
n1
small genus of aquatic or semiaquatic plants;

- syn. genus Alisma;

Alisma plantago-aquatica
n1
marsh plant having clusters of small white or pinkish flowers and broad pointed or rounded leaves;

- syn. water plantain;

Alismales
n1
an order of aquatic monocotyledonous herbaceous plants;

- syn. Naiadales, order Alismales, order Naiadales;

Alismataceae
n1
perennial or annual aquatic or marsh plants;

- syn. family Alismataceae, water-plantain family;

Alismatidae
n1
one of four subclasses or superorders of Monocotyledones;

- comprises about 500 species in 14 families of aquatic and semiaquatic herbs;

- syn. subclass Alismatidae;

Alistair Cooke
n1
United States journalist (born in England in 1908);

- syn. Alfred Alistair Cooke, Cooke;

aliterate
n1
a person who can read but is disinclined to derive information from literary sources;

- syn. aliterate person;

aliterate person
n1
a person who can read but is disinclined to derive information from literary sources;

- syn. aliterate;

alive / ə ɫ aɪ v /
a1
possessing life;

- "the happiest person alive";

- "the nerve is alive";

- "doctors are working hard to keep him alive";

- "burned alive";

- "a live canary";

- syn. live;

- also animate;

- sim. liveborn, viable, vital;

a2
(often followed by `with') full of life and spirit;

- "she was wonderfully alive for her age";

- "a face alive with mischief";

- sim. lively;

a3
having life or vigor or spirit;

- "an animated and expressive face";

- "animated conversation";

- "became very animated when he heard the good news";

- syn. animated;

- sim. enlivened, lively, reanimated;

a4
(followed by `to' or `of') aware of;

- "is alive to the moods of others";

- sim. sensitive;

a5
in operation;

- "keep hope alive";

- "the tradition was still alive";

- "an active tradition";

- syn. active;

- sim. existent;

a6
mentally perceptive and responsive;

- "an alert mind";

- "alert to the problems";

- "alive to what is going on";

- "awake to the dangers of her situation";

- "was now awake to the reality of his predicament";

- syn. alert, awake;

- sim. aware;

a7
capable of erupting;

- "a live volcano";

- "the volcano is very much alive";

- syn. live;

- sim. active;

aliveness / ə ɫ aɪ v n ɛ s /
n1
the condition of living or the state of being alive;

- "while there's life there's hope";

- "life depends on many chemical and physical processes";

- syn. animation, life, living;

n2
the property of being animated;

- having animal life as distinguished from plant life;

- syn. animateness, liveness;

aliyah
n1
(Judaism) the honor of being called up to the reading desk in the synagogue to read from the Torah;

- "he was called on for an aliyah";

n2
(Judaism) immigration of Jews to Israel;

- "students making aliyah";

alizarin / ə ɫ ɪ z ə ɹ ɪ n /
n1
an orange-red crystalline compound used in making red pigments and in dyeing;

- syn. alizarine;

alizarin carmine
n1
any of various acid dyes;

- used for dyeing wool scarlet red;

- syn. alizarin crimson, alizarin red;

alizarin crimson
n1
any of various acid dyes;

- used for dyeing wool scarlet red;

- syn. alizarin carmine, alizarin red;

alizarin red
n1
any of various acid dyes;

- used for dyeing wool scarlet red;

- syn. alizarin carmine, alizarin crimson;

alizarin yellow
n1
any of various yellow dyes;

- not related chemically to alizarin but applied in the same manner;

alizarine
n1
an orange-red crystalline compound used in making red pigments and in dyeing;

- syn. alizarin;

alizarine red
n1
a bright orange-red color produced in cotton cloth with alizarine dye;

- syn. Turkey red;

Alka-seltzer
n1
a commercial antacid that contains aspirin;

- tablets dissolve in water to give an effervescent solution;

alkahest / æ ɫ k ə h ɛ s t /
n1
hypothetical universal solvent once sought by alchemists;

- syn. alcahest, universal solvent;

alkahestic / æ ɫ k ə h ɛ s t ɪ k /
a1
of or pertaining to the alkahest that alchemists assumed to exist;

alkalemia
n1
a blood disorder characterized by a lower concentration of hydrogen ions in the blood (which rises above 7.45 on the pH scale);

alkalescent / æ ɫ k ə ɫ ɛ s n t /
a1
tending to become alkaline;

- slightly alkaline;

- syn. alcalescent;

- sim. alkaline;

alkali / æ ɫ k ə ɫ aɪ /
n1
any of various water-soluble compounds capable of turning litmus blue and reacting with an acid to form a salt and water;

- "bases include oxides and hydroxides of metals and ammonia";

- syn. base;

n2
a mixture of soluble salts found in arid soils and some bodies of water;

- detrimental to agriculture;

alkali bee
n1
a common solitary bee important for pollinating alfalfa in the western United States;

- syn. Nomia melanderi;

alkali grass
n1
plant of western North America having grasslike leaves and greenish-white flowers;

- syn. Zigadenus elegans;

alkali metal
n1
any of the monovalent metals of group I of the periodic table (lithium or sodium or potassium or rubidium or cesium or francium);

- "the hydroxides of the alkali metals are strongly alkaline";

- syn. alkaline metal;

alkali poisoning
n1
poisoning resulting from the ingestion of an alkali compound (as lye or ammonia);

alkalic
a1
relating to or containing an alkali;

- having a pH greater than 7;

- "alkaline soils derived from chalk or limestone";

- syn. alkaline;

- sim. alkalescent, base-forming, basic, saltlike;

alkalify / æ ɫ k ə ɫ ɪ f aɪ /
v1
turn basic and less acidic;

- "the solution alkalized";

- syn. alkalise, alkalize, basify;

alkalimetry
n1
volumetric analysis using standard solutions of alkali to measure the amount of acid present;

alkaline / æ ɫ k ə ɫ aɪ n /
a1
relating to or containing an alkali;

- having a pH greater than 7;

- "alkaline soils derived from chalk or limestone";

- syn. alkalic;

- sim. alkalescent, base-forming, basic, saltlike;

alkaline-earth metal
n1
any of the bivalent metals of group II of the periodic table (calcium or strontium or barium or magnesium or beryllium);

- syn. alkaline earth;

alkaline-loving
a1
thriving in a relatively alkaline environment;

- (especially of plants requiring a pH above 7);

alkaline earth
n1
any of the bivalent metals of group II of the periodic table (calcium or strontium or barium or magnesium or beryllium);

- syn. alkaline-earth metal;

alkaline metal
n1
any of the monovalent metals of group I of the periodic table (lithium or sodium or potassium or rubidium or cesium or francium);

- "the hydroxides of the alkali metals are strongly alkaline";

- syn. alkali metal;

alkalinise / æ ɫ k ə ɫ ɪ n ɪ s /
v1
become alkaline;

- syn. alkalinize;

v2
make (a substance) alkaline;

- "The oxide is alkalized";

- syn. alkalinize;

alkalinity / æ ɫ k ə ɫ ɪ n ɪ t i /
n1
pH values above 7;

alkalinize / æ ɫ k ə ɫ ɪ n aɪ z /
v1
become alkaline;

- syn. alkalinise;

v2
make (a substance) alkaline;

- "The oxide is alkalized";

- syn. alkalinise;

alkalinuria
n1
a condition in which the urine (which is normally slightly acidic) is alkaline;

- syn. alkaluria;

alkalise
v1
turn basic and less acidic;

- "the solution alkalized";

- syn. alkalify, alkalize, basify;

alkaliser
n1
an agent that counteracts or neutralizes acidity (especially in the stomach);

- syn. alkalizer, antacid, antiacid, gastric antacid;

alkalize / æ ɫ k ə ɫ aɪ z /
v1
turn basic and less acidic;

- "the solution alkalized";

- syn. alkalify, alkalise, basify;

alkalizer / æ ɫ k ə ɫ aɪ z ə /
n1
an agent that counteracts or neutralizes acidity (especially in the stomach);

- syn. alkaliser, antacid, antiacid, gastric antacid;

alkaloid / æ ɫ k ə ɫ ɔɪ d /
n1
natural bases containing nitrogen found in plants;

alkaloidal / æ ɫ k ə ɫ ɔɪ d ɫ /
a1
pertaining to or consisting of alkaloids;

alkalosis
n1
abnormally high alkalinity (low hydrogen-ion concentration) of the blood and other body tissues;

alkalotic
a1
marked by alkalosis (or a tendency toward alkalosis);

alkaluria
n1
a condition in which the urine (which is normally slightly acidic) is alkaline;

- syn. alkalinuria;

alkane
n1
a series of non-aromatic saturated hydrocarbons with the general formula CnH(2n+2);

- syn. alkane series, methane series, paraffin, paraffin series;

alkane series
n1
a series of non-aromatic saturated hydrocarbons with the general formula CnH(2n+2);

- syn. alkane, methane series, paraffin, paraffin series;

alkanet
n1
perennial or biennial herb cultivated for its delicate usually blue flowers;

- syn. Anchusa officinalis, bugloss;

alkapton
n1
an acid formed as an intermediate product of the metabolism of tyrosine and phenylalanine;

- syn. alcapton, homogentisic acid;

alkaptonuria
n1
a rare recessive metabolic anomaly marked by ochronosis and the presence of alkapton in the urine;

- syn. alcaptonuria;

alkene
n1
any unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon;

- syn. olefin, olefine;

Alkeran
n1
antineoplastic drug (trade name Alkeran) used to treat multiple myeloma and some other malignancies;

- syn. melphalan;

alky
n1
a person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually;

- syn. alcoholic, boozer, dipsomaniac, lush, soaker, souse;

alkyd
n1
a durable synthetic resin widely used in adhesives and paints;

- syn. alkyd resin;

alkyd resin
n1
a durable synthetic resin widely used in adhesives and paints;

- syn. alkyd;

alkyl
n1
any of a series of univalent groups of the general formula CnH2n+1 derived from aliphatic hydrocarbons;

- syn. alkyl group, alkyl radical;

alkyl group
n1
any of a series of univalent groups of the general formula CnH2n+1 derived from aliphatic hydrocarbons;

- syn. alkyl, alkyl radical;

alkyl halide
n1
organic compound in which halogen atoms have been substituted for hydrogen atoms in an alkane;

- syn. haloalkane;

alkyl radical
n1
any of a series of univalent groups of the general formula CnH2n+1 derived from aliphatic hydrocarbons;

- syn. alkyl, alkyl group;

alkylating agent
n1
an antineoplastic drug used to treat some forms of cancer;

alkylbenzene
n1
organic compound that has an alkyl group bound to a benzene ring;

alkylbenzenesulfonate
n1
sulfonate of alkyl benzene;

alkylic
a1
of or related to an alkyl;

alkyne
n1
a colorless flammable gas used chiefly in welding and in organic synthesis;

- syn. acetylene, ethyne;

all / ɔ ɫ /
a1
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class;

- "we sat up all night";

- "ate all the food";

- "all men are mortal";

- "all parties are welcome";

- sim. each, every, every, every last;

a2
completely given to or absorbed by;

- "became all attention";

- sim. complete;

r1
to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent (`whole' is often used informally for `wholly');

- "he was wholly convinced";

- "entirely satisfied with the meal";

- "it was completely different from what we expected";

- "was completely at fault";

- "a totally new situation";

- "the directions were all wrong";

- "it was not altogether her fault";

- "an altogether new approach";

- "a whole new idea";

- "she felt right at home";

- "he fell right into the trap";

- syn. altogether, completely, entirely, right, totally, whole, wholly;

all-around
a1
many-sided;

- "an all-around athlete";

- "a well-rounded curriculum";

- syn. all-round, well-rounded;

- sim. comprehensive;

all-day sucker
n1
hard candy on a stick;

- syn. lollipop, sucker;

all-devouring
a1
(of animals) both plant-eating and flesh-eating;

- sim. omnivorous;

all-embracing
a1
broad in scope or content;

- "across-the-board pay increases";

- "an all-embracing definition";

- "blanket sanctions against human-rights violators";

- "an invention with broad applications";

- "a panoptic study of Soviet nationality"- T.G.Winner;

- "granted him wide powers";

- syn. across-the-board, all-encompassing, all-inclusive, blanket, broad, encompassing, extensive, panoptic, wide;

- sim. comprehensive;

all-encompassing
a1
broad in scope or content;

- "across-the-board pay increases";

- "an all-embracing definition";

- "blanket sanctions against human-rights violators";

- "an invention with broad applications";

- "a panoptic study of Soviet nationality"- T.G.Winner;

- "granted him wide powers";

- syn. across-the-board, all-embracing, all-inclusive, blanket, broad, encompassing, extensive, panoptic, wide;

- sim. comprehensive;

all-fired
a1
extreme;

- "why is he in such an all-fired hurry?";

- sim. immoderate;

r1
extremely;

- "you are bloody right";

- "Why are you so all-fired aggressive?";

- syn. all-firedly, bloody, damn;

all-firedly
r1
extremely;

- "you are bloody right";

- "Why are you so all-fired aggressive?";

- syn. all-fired, bloody, damn;

all-important
a1
of the greatest importance;

- "the all-important subject of disarmament";

- "crucial information";

- "in chess cool nerves are of the essence";

- syn. all important, crucial, essential, of the essence;

- sim. important;

all-inclusive
a1
broad in scope or content;

- "across-the-board pay increases";

- "an all-embracing definition";

- "blanket sanctions against human-rights violators";

- "an invention with broad applications";

- "a panoptic study of Soviet nationality"- T.G.Winner;

- "granted him wide powers";

- syn. across-the-board, all-embracing, all-encompassing, blanket, broad, encompassing, extensive, panoptic, wide;

- sim. comprehensive;

all-knowing
a1
infinitely wise;

- syn. omniscient;

- sim. wise;

all-mains / ɑ ɫ m eɪ n z /
a1
used of a radio receiver that is adaptable to all voltages;

- "an all-mains set";

- sim. adaptable;

all-metal
a1
consisting completely of metal;

- "all-metal airplanes";

- sim. metallic;

all-night
a1
lasting, open, or operating through the whole night;

- "a nightlong vigil";

- "an all-night drugstore";

- "an overnight trip";

- syn. nightlong, overnight;

- sim. long;

all-or-none
a1
occurring completely or not occurring at all;

- syn. all-or-nothing;

- sim. complete;

all-or-none law
n1
(neurophysiology) a nerve impulse resulting from a weak stimulus is just as strong as a nerve impulse resulting from a strong stimulus;

all-or-nothing
a1
occurring completely or not occurring at all;

- syn. all-or-none;

- sim. complete;

all-out
a1
using all available resources;

- "all-out war";

- "a full-scale campaign against nuclear power plants";

- syn. full-scale;

- sim. complete;

all-powerful
a1
having unlimited power;

- syn. almighty, omnipotent;

- sim. powerful;

all-purpose
a1
not limited in use or function;

- syn. general-purpose;

- sim. general;

all-round / ɔ ɫ ɹ aʊ n d /
a1
many-sided;

- "an all-around athlete";

- "a well-rounded curriculum";

- syn. all-around, well-rounded;

- sim. comprehensive;

all-rounder / ɔ ɫ ɹ aʊ n d ə , ɔ ɫ ɹ aʊ n d ə ɹ /
n1
a versatile person who is expert at many things;

- "she's the best all-rounder they've seen in years";

- syn. all arounder;

all-terrain bike
n1
a bicycle with a sturdy frame and fat tires;

- originally designed for riding in mountainous country;

- syn. mountain bike, off-roader;

all-time
a1
unsurpassed in some respect up to the present;

- "prices at an all-time high";

- "morale at an all-time low";

- "among the all-time great lefthanders";

- sim. incomparable;

all-victorious
a1
never having lost;

- sim. unconquerable;

all-weather
a1
usable or operative or practiced in all kinds of weather;

- "a good all-weather road";

- "all-weather flying";

- sim. unrestricted;

all along
r1
all the time or over a period of time;

- "She had known all along";

- "the hope had been there all along";

- syn. right along;

all arounder
n1
a versatile person who is expert at many things;

- "she's the best all-rounder they've seen in years";

- syn. all-rounder;

all at once
r1
all at the same time;

- "Let's say `Yes!' all at once";

- syn. all together;

r2
without warning;

- "all at once, he started shouting";

- syn. all of a sudden;

all clear
n1
a signal (usually a siren) that danger is over;

n2
permission to proceed because obstacles have been removed;

all day long
r1
during the entire day;

- "light pours daylong into the parlor";

- syn. daylong;

All Fools' day
n1
the first day of April which is celebrated by playing practical jokes;

- syn. April Fools', April Fools' day;

all fours
n1
card games in which points are won for taking the high or low or jack or game;

- syn. high-low-jack;

all get out
n1
an unimaginably large amount;

- "British say `it rained like billyo' where Americans say `it rained like all get out'";

- syn. billy-ho, billyo, billyoh;

all important
a1
of the greatest importance;

- "the all-important subject of disarmament";

- "crucial information";

- "in chess cool nerves are of the essence";

- syn. all-important, crucial, essential, of the essence;

- sim. important;

all in
a1
very tired;

- "was all in at the end of the day";

- "so beat I could flop down and go to sleep anywhere";

- "bushed after all that exercise";

- "I'm dead after that long trip";

- syn. beat, bushed, dead;

- sim. tired;

all in all
r1
with everything considered (and neglecting details);

- "altogether, I'm sorry it happened";

- "all in all, it's not so bad";

- syn. altogether, on the whole, tout ensemble;

all of a sudden
r1
without warning;

- "all at once, he started shouting";

- syn. all at once;

r2
happening unexpectedly;

- "suddenly she felt a sharp pain in her side";

- syn. of a sudden, suddenly;

all over
a1
having come or been brought to a conclusion;

- "the harvesting was complete";

- "the affair is over, ended, finished";

- "the abruptly terminated interview";

- syn. complete, concluded, ended, over, terminated;

- sim. finished;

r1
over the entire area;

- "the wallpaper was covered all over with flowers";

- "she ached all over";

- "everything was dusted over with a fine layer of soot";

- syn. over;

r2
to or in any or all places;

- "You find fast food stores everywhere";

- "people everywhere are becoming aware of the problem";

- "he carried a gun everywhere he went";

- "looked all over for a suitable gift";

- (`everyplace' is used informally for `everywhere');

- syn. everyplace, everywhere;

all right / ɔ ɫ ɹ aɪ t /
a1
being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition;

- "an all-right movie";

- "the passengers were shaken up but are all right";

- "is everything all right?";

- "everything's fine";

- "things are okay";

- "dinner and the movies had been fine";

- "another minute I'd have been fine";

- syn. cool, fine, hunky-dory, o.k., ok, okay;

- sim. satisfactory;

r1
an expression of agreement normally occurring at the beginning of a sentence;

- syn. OK, alright, fine, very well;

r2
without doubt (used to reinforce an assertion);

- "it's expensive all right";

- syn. alright;

r3
in a satisfactory or adequate manner;

- "she'll do okay on her own";

- "held up all right under pressure";

- (`alright' is a nonstandard variant of `all right');

- syn. O.K., alright, okay;

All Saints' Day
n1
a Christian feast day honoring all the saints;

- first observed in 835;

- syn. Allhallows, Hallowmas, Hallowmass, November 1;

All Souls' Day
n1
a day of supplication for all the souls in purgatory;

- syn. November 2;

all the same
r1
despite anything to the contrary (usually preceding a concession);

- "although I'm a little afraid, however I'd like to try it";

- "while we disliked each other, nevertheless we agreed";

- "he was a stern yet fair master";

- "granted that it is dangerous, all the same I still want to go";

- syn. at the same time, even so, however, nevertheless, nonetheless, notwithstanding, still, withal, yet;

all the time
r1
without respite;

- "he plays chess day in and day out";

- syn. day in and day out;

all the way
r1
to the goal;

- "she climbed the mountain all the way";

- syn. the whole way;

r2
completely;

- "read the book clear to the end";

- "slept clear through the night";

- "there were open fields clear to the horizon";

- syn. clear;

r3
not stopping short of sexual intercourse;

- "she went all the way with him";

all together
r1
all at the same time;

- "Let's say `Yes!' all at once";

- syn. all at once;

r2
used of a group whose members acted or were acted upon collectively and when `all' and `together' can be separated by other words;

- "they were herded all together";

- "they were all herded together";

- "the books lay all together in a heap";

- "the books all lay together...";

all told
r1
with everything included or counted;

- "altogether he earns close to a million dollars";

- syn. altogether, in all;

all too
r1
to a high degree;

- "she is all too ready to accept the job";

- syn. only too;

alla breve
n1
a musical time signature indicating two or four half notes to a measure;

Alla Nazimova
n1
United States actress (born in Russia) (1879-1945);

- syn. Nazimova;

Allah / æ ɫ ə /
n1
Muslim name for the one and only God;

allamanda
n1
a plant of the genus Allamanda having large showy funnel-shaped flowers in terminal cymes;

Allamanda cathartica
n1
vigorous evergreen climbing plant of South America having glossy leathery foliage and golden yellow flowers;

- syn. common allamanda, golden trumpet;

allantoic
a1
relating to or characterized by an allantois;

allantoid
a1
shaped like a sausage;

- syn. sausage-shaped;

- sim. rounded;

allantois
n1
the vascular fetal membrane that lies below the chorion and develops from the hindgut in many embryonic higher vertebrates (reptiles, birds and mammals);

allargando
a1
(music) gradually decreasing in tempo and broadening in manner;

- sim. decreasing;

allay / ə ɫ eɪ /
v1
lessen the intensity of or calm;

- "The news eased my conscience";

- "still the fears";

- syn. ease, relieve, still;

v2
satisfy (thirst);

- "The cold water quenched his thirst";

- syn. assuage, quench, slake;

allayer / ə ɫ eɪ ə , ə ɫ eɪ ə ɹ /
n1
a person who reduces the intensity (e.g., of fears) and calms and pacifies;

- "a reliever of anxiety";

- "an allayer of fears";

- syn. comforter, reliever;

allegation / æ ɫ ɪ ɡ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
(law) a formal accusation against somebody (often in a court of law);

- "an allegation of malpractice";

n2
statements affirming or denying certain matters of fact that you are prepared to prove;

- syn. allegement;

allege / ə ɫ ɛ dʒ /
v1
report or maintain;

- "He alleged that he was the victim of a crime";

- "He said it was too late to intervene in the war";

- "The registrar says that I owe the school money";

- syn. aver, say;

alleged / ə ɫ ɛ dʒ d /
a1
declared but not proved;

- "alleged abuses of housing benefits"- Wall Street Journal;

- sim. declared;

a2
doubtful or suspect;

- "these so-called experts are no help";

- syn. so-called, supposed;

- sim. questionable;

allegedly / ə ɫ ɛ dʒ ɪ d ɫ i /
r1
according to what has been alleged;

- "he was on trial for allegedly murdering his wife";

allegement
n1
statements affirming or denying certain matters of fact that you are prepared to prove;

- syn. allegation;

Alleghany plum
n1
wild plum of northeastern United States having dark purple fruits with yellow flesh;

- syn. Allegheny plum, Prunus alleghaniensis, sloe;

Alleghenies
n1
the western part of the Appalachian Mountains;

- extending from northern Pennsylvania to southwestern Virginia;

- syn. Allegheny Mountains;

Allegheny
n1
a river that rises in Pennsylvania and flows north into New York and then back south through Pennsylvania again to join the Monongahela River at Pittsburgh which is the beginning of the Ohio River;

- syn. Allegheny River;

Allegheny chinkapin
n1
shrubby chestnut tree of southeastern United States having small edible nuts;

- syn. Castanea pumila, chinquapin, dwarf chestnut, eastern chinquapin;

Allegheny mountain spurge
n1
low semi-evergreen perennial herb having small spikes of white or pinkish flowers;

- native to southern United States but grown elsewhere;

- syn. Allegheny spurge, Pachysandra procumbens;

Allegheny Mountains
n1
the western part of the Appalachian Mountains;

- extending from northern Pennsylvania to southwestern Virginia;

- syn. Alleghenies;

Allegheny plum
n1
wild plum of northeastern United States having dark purple fruits with yellow flesh;

- syn. Alleghany plum, Prunus alleghaniensis, sloe;

Allegheny River
n1
a river that rises in Pennsylvania and flows north into New York and then back south through Pennsylvania again to join the Monongahela River at Pittsburgh which is the beginning of the Ohio River;

- syn. Allegheny;

Allegheny spurge
n1
low semi-evergreen perennial herb having small spikes of white or pinkish flowers;

- native to southern United States but grown elsewhere;

- syn. Allegheny mountain spurge, Pachysandra procumbens;

Allegheny vine
n1
vine with feathery leaves and white or pinkish flowers;

- sometimes placed in genus Fumaria;

- syn. Adlumia fungosa, Fumaria fungosa, climbing fumitory;

allegiance / ə ɫ i dʒ ə n s /
n1
the act of binding yourself (intellectually or emotionally) to a course of action;

- "his long commitment to public service";

- "they felt no loyalty to a losing team";

- syn. commitment, dedication, loyalty;

n2
the loyalty that citizens owe to their country (or subjects to their sovereign);

- syn. fealty;

allegiant / ə ɫ i dʒ ə n t /
a1
steadfast in devotion (especially to your lawful monarch or government);

- "it is impossible to be allegiant to two opposing forces";

- sim. loyal;

allegoric / æ ɫ ɪ ɡ ɒ ɹ ɪ k /
a1
used in or characteristic of or containing allegory;

- "allegorical stories";

- "an allegorical painting of Victory leading an army";

- syn. allegorical;

- sim. representative;

allegorical / æ ɫ ɪ ɡ ɒ ɹ ɪ k ə ɫ /
a1
used in or characteristic of or containing allegory;

- "allegorical stories";

- "an allegorical painting of Victory leading an army";

- syn. allegoric;

- sim. representative;

allegorically / æ ɫ ɪ ɡ ɒ ɹ ɪ k ɫ i /
r1
in an allegorical manner;

- "the play ended allegorically";

allegorise
v1
interpret as an allegory;

- syn. allegorize;

v2
make into an allegory;

- "The story was allegorized over time";

- syn. allegorize;

allegoriser
n1
someone who communicates in allegories;

- syn. allegorizer;

allegorize / æ ɫ ɪ ɡ ə ɹ aɪ z /
v1
interpret as an allegory;

- syn. allegorise;

v2
make into an allegory;

- "The story was allegorized over time";

- syn. allegorise;

allegorizer / æ ɫ ɪ ɡ ə ɹ aɪ z ə , æ ɫ ɪ ɡ ə ɹ aɪ z ə ɹ /
n1
someone who communicates in allegories;

- syn. allegoriser;

allegory / æ ɫ ɪ ɡ ə ɹ i /
n1
a short moral story (often with animal characters);

- syn. apologue, fable, parable;

n2
a visible symbol representing an abstract idea;

- syn. emblem;

n3
an expressive style that uses fictional characters and events to describe some subject by suggestive resemblances;

- an extended metaphor;

allegretto / æ ɫ ɪ ɡ ɹ ɛ t oʊ /
n1
a quicker tempo than andante but not as fast as allegro;

n2
a musical composition or musical passage to be performed at a somewhat quicker tempo than andante but not as fast as allegro;

a1
(of tempo) faster than allegro;

- sim. fast;

r1
in a moderately quick tempo;

- "play this more allegretto";

allegro / ə ɫ eɪ ɡ ɹ oʊ /
n1
a brisk and lively tempo;

n2
a musical composition or musical passage to be performed quickly in a brisk lively manner;

a1
(of tempo) fast;

- sim. fast;

r1
in a quick and lively tempo;

- "play this section allegro";

allegro con spirito
n1
lively with spirit;

allele
n1
(genetics) either of a pair (or series) of alternative forms of a gene that can occupy the same locus on a particular chromosome and that control the same character;

- "some alleles are dominant over others";

- syn. allelomorph;

allelic
a1
of or relating to alleles;

- syn. allelomorphic;

allelomorph
n1
(genetics) either of a pair (or series) of alternative forms of a gene that can occupy the same locus on a particular chromosome and that control the same character;

- "some alleles are dominant over others";

- syn. allele;

allelomorphic
a1
of or relating to alleles;

- syn. allelic;

allemande
n1
egg-thickened veloute;

- syn. allemande sauce;

allemande sauce
n1
egg-thickened veloute;

- syn. allemande;

Allen / æ ɫ ə n /
n1
United States comedienne remembered as the confused but imperturbable partner of her husband, George Burns (1906-1964);

- syn. Grace Ethel Cecile Rosalie Allen, Gracie, Gracie Allen;

n2
United States filmmaker and comic actor (1935-);

- syn. Allen Stewart Konigsberg, Woody Allen;

n3
a soldier of the American Revolution whose troops helped capture Fort Ticonderoga from the British (1738-1789);

- syn. Ethan Allen;

Allen Ginsberg
n1
United States poet of the beat generation (1926-1997);

- syn. Ginsberg;

Allen screw
n1
a screw with a hexagonal hole in the head;

Allen Stewart Konigsberg
n1
United States filmmaker and comic actor (1935-);

- syn. Allen, Woody Allen;

Allen Tate
n1
United States poet and critic (1899-1979);

- syn. John Orley Allen Tate, Tate;

Allen wrench
n1
a wrench for Allen screws;

Allentown / æ ɫ ə n t aʊ n /
n1
a city in eastern Pennsylvania;

- an industrial and commercial center;

allergen / æ ɫ ə dʒ ɛ n /
n1
any substance that can cause an allergy;

allergenic / æ ɫ ə dʒ ɛ n ɪ k /
a1
relating to or having the effect of an allergen;

allergic / ə ɫ ɝ dʒ ɪ k /
a1
characterized by or caused by allergy;

- "an allergic reaction";

a2
having an allergy or peculiar or excessive susceptibility (especially to a specific factor);

- "allergic children";

- "hypersensitive to pollen";

- syn. hypersensitised, hypersensitive, hypersensitized, sensitised, sensitized, supersensitised, supersensitive, supersensitized;

- sim. susceptible;

allergic eczema
n1
eczema caused by an allergic reaction;

allergic reaction
n1
hypersensitivity reaction to a particular allergen;

- symptoms can vary greatly in intensity;

- syn. allergy;

allergic rhinitis
n1
rhinitis caused by an allergic reaction;

allergist / æ ɫ eɪ dʒ ɪ s t /
n1
a physician skilled in the diagnosis and treatment of allergies;

allergology
n1
the branch of medical science that studies the causes and treatment of allergies;

allergy / æ ɫ ə dʒ i /
n1
hypersensitivity reaction to a particular allergen;

- symptoms can vary greatly in intensity;

- syn. allergic reaction;

allergy diet
n1
a diet designed to avoid the foods that you are allergic to;

alleviant
n1
remedy that alleviates pain without curing;

- syn. alleviator, palliative;

alleviate / ə ɫ i v ɪ eɪ t /
v1
provide physical relief, as from pain;

- "This pill will relieve your headaches";

- syn. assuage, palliate, relieve;

v2
make easier;

- "you could facilitate the process by sharing your knowledge";

- syn. ease, facilitate;

alleviated / ə ɫ i v ɪ eɪ t ɪ d /
a1
(of pain or sorrow) made easier to bear;

- syn. eased, relieved;

- sim. mitigated;

alleviation / ə ɫ i v ɪ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the feeling that comes when something burdensome is removed or reduced;

- "as he heard the news he was suddenly flooded with relief";

- syn. assuagement, relief;

n2
the act of reducing something unpleasant (as pain or annoyance);

- "he asked the nurse for relief from the constant pain";

- syn. easement, easing, relief;

alleviative
a1
moderating pain or sorrow by making it easier to bear;

- syn. alleviatory, lenitive, mitigative, mitigatory, palliative;

- sim. moderating;

alleviator / ə ɫ i v ɪ eɪ t ə /
n1
a therapist who makes suffering more endurable;

n2
remedy that alleviates pain without curing;

- syn. alleviant, palliative;

alleviatory
a1
moderating pain or sorrow by making it easier to bear;

- syn. alleviative, lenitive, mitigative, mitigatory, palliative;

- sim. moderating;

alley / æ ɫ i /
n1
a narrow street with walls on both sides;

- syn. alleyway, back street;

n2
a lane down which a bowling ball is rolled toward pins;

- syn. bowling alley, skittle alley;

alley cat
n1
a homeless cat;

alleyway / æ ɫ ɪ w eɪ /
n1
a narrow street with walls on both sides;

- syn. alley, back street;

allgood / ɔ ɫ ɡ ʊ d /
n1
European plant naturalized in North America;

- often collected from the wild as a potherb;

- syn. Chenopodium bonus-henricus, fat hen, good-king-henry, wild spinach;

Allhallows
n1
a Christian feast day honoring all the saints;

- first observed in 835;

- syn. All Saints' Day, Hallowmas, Hallowmass, November 1;

Allhallows Eve
n1
the evening before All Saints' Day;

- often devoted to pranks played by young people;

- syn. Hallowe'en, Halloween;

Allhallowtide
n1
the season of All Saints' Day;

Alliaceae
n1
one of many families or subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted;

- includes especially genus Allium;

- syn. family Alliaceae;

alliaceous
a1
of or pertaining to the botanical genus Allium;

- "onions, leeks, garlic, chives are alliaceous plants";

a2
smelling of onions or garlic;

- sim. odorous;

alliaceous plant
n1
bulbous plants having a characteristic pungent onion odor;

alliance / ə ɫ aɪ ə n s /
n1
the state of being allied or confederated;

- syn. confederation;

n2
a connection based on kinship or marriage or common interest;

- "the shifting alliances within a large family";

- "their friendship constitutes a powerful bond between them";

- syn. bond;

n3
an organization of people (or countries) involved in a pact or treaty;

- syn. alignment, alinement, coalition;

n4
a formal agreement establishing an association or alliance between nations or other groups to achieve a particular aim;

n5
the act of forming an alliance or confederation;

- syn. confederation;

Alliaria
n1
a genus of herbs of the family Cruciferae;

- have broad leaves and white flowers and long siliques;

- syn. genus Alliaria;

Alliaria officinalis
n1
European herb that smells like garlic;

- syn. garlic mustard, hedge garlic, jack-by-the-hedge, sauce-alone;

allice / ɔ ɫ aɪ s /
n1
European shad;

- syn. Alosa alosa, allice shad, allis, allis shad;

allice shad
n1
European shad;

- syn. Alosa alosa, allice, allis, allis shad;

allied / æ ɫ aɪ d , ə ɫ aɪ d /
a1
related by common characteristics or ancestry;

- "allied species";

- "allied studies";

- sim. related;

a2
of or relating to or denoting the Allies in World War II;

- "an Allied victory";

- "the Allied armies";

a3
of or relating to or denoting the Allies in World War I;

- "an allied offensive";

- "the Allied powers";

a4
united in a confederacy or league;

- syn. confederate, confederative;

- sim. united;

a5
joined by treaty or agreement;

- sim. aligned;

Allied Command Atlantic
n1
a major strategic headquarters of NATO located in the United States;

- is under the authority of the North Atlantic Council;

- syn. ACLANT;

Allied Command Europe
n1
a major strategic headquarters of NATO;

- safeguards an area extending from Norway to Turkey;

- syn. ACE;

Allies / æ ɫ aɪ z , ə ɫ aɪ z /
n1
the alliance of nations that fought the Axis in World War II and which (with subsequent additions) signed the charter of the United Nations in 1945;

n2
in World War I the alliance of Great Britain and France and Russia and all the other nations that became allied with them in opposing the Central Powers;

n3
an alliance of nations joining together to fight a common enemy;

alligator / æ ɫ ɪ ɡ eɪ t ə , æ ɫ ɪ ɡ eɪ t ə ɹ /
n1
leather made from alligator's hide;

n2
either of two amphibious reptiles related to crocodiles but with shorter broader snouts;

- syn. gator;

v1
crack and acquire the appearance of alligator hide, as from weathering or improper application;

- of paint and varnishes;

alligator clip
n1
a clip with a spring that closes the metal jaws;

- syn. bulldog clip;

alligator grass
n1
prolific South American aquatic weed having grasslike leaves and short spikes of white flowers;

- clogs waterways with dense floating masses;

- syn. Alternanthera philoxeroides, alligator weed;

alligator lizard
n1
slim short-limbed lizard having a distinctive fold on each side that permits expansion;

- of western North America;

Alligator mississipiensis
n1
large alligator of the southeastern United States;

- syn. American alligator;

alligator pear
n1
a pear-shaped tropical fruit with green or blackish skin and rich yellowish pulp enclosing a single large seed;

- syn. aguacate, avocado, avocado pear;

Alligator sinensis
n1
small alligator of the Yangtze valley of China having unwebbed digits;

- syn. Chinese alligator;

alligator snapper
n1
large species having three ridges on its back;

- found in southeastern United States;

- syn. Macroclemys temmincki, alligator snapping turtle;

alligator snapping turtle
n1
large species having three ridges on its back;

- found in southeastern United States;

- syn. Macroclemys temmincki, alligator snapper;

alligator weed
n1
prolific South American aquatic weed having grasslike leaves and short spikes of white flowers;

- clogs waterways with dense floating masses;

- syn. Alternanthera philoxeroides, alligator grass;

alligator wrench
n1
a wrench with a v-shaped jaw and serrations on one side (resembles the open jaws of an alligator);

alligatored / æ ɫ ɪ ɡ eɪ t ə d , æ ɫ ɪ ɡ eɪ t ə ɹ d /
a1
of paint or varnish;

- having the appearance of alligator hide;

- syn. cracked;

- sim. rough;

alligatorfish
n1
small very elongate sea poachers;

- syn. Aspidophoroides monopterygius;

Alligatoridae
n1
alligators;

- caimans;

- syn. family Alligatoridae;

Allionia
n1
small genus of chiefly American herbs;

- syn. genus Allionia;

Allionia incarnata
n1
trailing plant having crowded clusters of 3 brilliant deep pink flowers resembling a single flower blooming near the ground;

- found in dry gravelly or sandy soil;

- southwestern United States and Mexico;

- syn. trailing four o'clock, trailing windmills;

Allioniaceae
n1
a family of flowering plants of the order Caryophyllales;

- syn. Nyctaginaceae, family Allioniaceae, family Nyctaginaceae, four-o'clock family;

allis
n1
European shad;

- syn. Alosa alosa, allice, allice shad, allis shad;

allis shad
n1
European shad;

- syn. Alosa alosa, allice, allice shad, allis;

alliterate / ə ɫ ɪ t ə ɹ eɪ t /
v1
use alliteration as a form of poetry;

alliteration / ə ɫ ɪ t ə ɹ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse;

- "around the rock the ragged rascal ran";

- syn. beginning rhyme, head rhyme, initial rhyme;

alliterative / ə ɫ ɪ t ɹ ə t ɪ v /
a1
having the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable;

- "alliterative verse";

- sim. rhymed;

alliteratively / ə ɫ ɪ t ɹ ə t ɪ v ɫ i /
r1
in an alliterative manner;

- "the early Norse poets wrote alliteratively";

alliterator / ə ɫ ɪ t ə ɹ eɪ t ə /
n1
a speaker or writer who makes use of alliteration;

Allium
n1
large genus of perennial and biennial pungent bulbous plants: garlic;

- leek;

- onion;

- chive;

- sometimes placed in family Alliaceae as the type genus;

- syn. genus Allium;

Allium acuminatum
n1
a common North American wild onion with a strong onion odor and an umbel of pink flowers atop a leafless stalk;

- British Columbia to California and Arizona and east to Wyoming and Colorado;

- syn. Hooker's onion;

Allium ampeloprasum
n1
coarse Old World perennial having a large bulb and tall stalk of greenish purple-tinged flowers;

- widely naturalized;

- syn. Levant garlic, kurrat, wild leek;

Allium ascalonicum
n1
type of onion plant producing small clustered mild-flavored bulbs used as seasoning;

- syn. Allium cepa aggregatum, eschalot, multiplier onion, shallot;

Allium canadense
n1
North American bulbous plant;

- syn. Canada garlic, meadow leek, rose leek;

Allium carinatum
n1
Eurasian bulbous plant;

- syn. keeled garlic;

Allium cepa
n1
bulbous plant having hollow leaves cultivated worldwide for its rounded edible bulb;

- syn. onion, onion plant;

Allium cepa aggregatum
n1
type of onion plant producing small clustered mild-flavored bulbs used as seasoning;

- syn. Allium ascalonicum, eschalot, multiplier onion, shallot;

Allium cepa viviparum
n1
type of perennial onion grown chiefly as a curiosity or for early salad onions;

- having bulbils that replace the flowers;

- syn. Egyptian onion, top onion, tree onion;

Allium cernuum
n1
widely distributed North American wild onion with white to rose flowers;

- syn. lady's leek, nodding onion, nodding wild onion;

Allium fistulosum
n1
Asiatic onion with slender bulbs;

- used as early green onions;

- syn. Japanese leek, Welsh onion;

Allium haematochiton
n1
onion with white to deep red tunic;

- California;

- syn. red-skinned onion;

Allium neopolitanum
n1
European onion with white flowers;

- syn. Naples garlic, daffodil garlic, flowering onion;

Allium paradoxum
n1
leek producing bulbils instead of flowers;

- Russia and Iran;

- syn. few-flowered leek;

Allium porrum
n1
plant having a large slender white bulb and flat overlapping dark green leaves;

- used in cooking;

- believed derived from the wild Allium ampeloprasum;

- syn. leek, scallion;

Allium sativum
n1
bulbous herb of southern Europe widely naturalized;

- bulb breaks up into separate strong-flavored cloves;

- syn. garlic;

Allium schoenoprasum
n1
perennial having hollow cylindrical leaves used for seasoning;

- syn. chive, chives, cive, schnittlaugh;

Allium scorodoprasum
n1
European leek cultivated and used like leeks;

- syn. Spanish garlic, giant garlic, rocambole, sand leek;

Allium sphaerocephalum
n1
Old World leek with a spherical bulb;

- syn. round-headed leek;

Allium tricoccum
n1
North American perennial having a slender bulb and whitish flowers;

- syn. ramp, wild leek;

Allium triquetrum
n1
European leek naturalized in Great Britain;

- leaves are triangular;

- syn. three-cornered leek, triquetrous leek;

Allium tuberosum
n1
a plant of eastern Asia;

- larger than Allium schoenoprasum;

- syn. Chinese chive, Oriental garlic, garlic chive;

Allium ursinum
n1
pungent Old World weedy plant;

- syn. Ramsons, wild garlic, wood garlic;

Allium vineale
n1
pungent Old World wild onion;

- syn. crow garlic, false garlic, field garlic, stag's garlic, wild garlic;

allmouth
n1
fishes having large mouths with a wormlike filament attached for luring prey;

- syn. Lophius Americanus, angler, angler fish, anglerfish, goosefish, lotte, monkfish;

alloantibody
n1
an antibody that occurs naturally against foreign tissues from a person of the same species;

- syn. isoantibody;

allocable
a1
capable of being distributed;

- syn. allocatable, apportionable;

- sim. distributive;

allocatable
a1
capable of being distributed;

- syn. allocable, apportionable;

- sim. distributive;

allocate / æ ɫ ə k eɪ t /
v1
distribute according to a plan or set apart for a special purpose;

- "I am allocating a loaf of bread to everyone on a daily basis";

- "I'm allocating the rations for the camping trip";

- syn. apportion;

allocation / æ ɫ ə k eɪ ʃ n /
n1
a share set aside for a specific purpose;

- syn. allotment;

n2
the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning;

- distribution according to a plan;

- "the apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives is based on the relative population of each state";

- syn. allotment, apportioning, apportionment, assignation, parceling, parcelling;

n3
(computer science) the assignment of particular areas of a magnetic disk to particular data or instructions;

- syn. storage allocation;

allocation unit
n1
a group of sectors on a magnetic disk that can be reserved for the use of a particular file;

allocator / æ ɫ ə k eɪ t ə /
n1
a person with authority to allot or deal out or apportion;

- syn. distributor;

allochronic
a1
(of taxa) occurring in different geologic times;

- sim. asynchronous;

allochthonous
a1
of rocks, deposits, etc.;

- found in a place other than where they and their constituents were formed;

allocution / æ ɫ oʊ k j u ʃ ə n /
n1
(rhetoric) a formal or authoritative address that advises or exhorts;

allogamous
a1
relating to cross-fertilization in plants;

allogamy
n1
cross-fertilization in plants;

allogeneic
a1
denoting or relating to cells or tissues from individuals belonging to the same species but genetically dissimilar (and hence immunologically incompatible);

allograft
n1
tissue or organ transplanted from a donor of the same species but different genetic makeup;

- recipient's immune system must be suppressed to prevent rejection of the graft;

- syn. homograft;

allograph
n1
a variant form of a grapheme, as `m' or `M' or a handwritten version of that grapheme;

n2
a signature written by one person for another;

allographic
a1
of or relating to an allograph;

allomerism
n1
(chemistry) variability in chemical composition without variation in crystalline form;

allomerous
a1
pertaining to allomerism;

allometric
a1
relating to or marked by allometry;

allometry
n1
the study of the relative growth of a part of an organism in relation to the growth of the whole;

allomorph
n1
any of several different crystalline forms of the same chemical compound;

- "calcium carbonate occurs in the allomorphs calcite and aragonite";

n2
a variant phonological representation of a morpheme;

- "the final sounds of `bets' and `beds' and `horses' and `oxen' are allomorphs of the English plural morpheme";

allomorphic
a1
pertaining to allomorphs;

allopathic / æ ɫ oʊ p æ θ ɪ k /
a1
of or relating to the practice of allopathy;

- "allopathic remedies";

allopathy / ə ɫ ɒ p ə θ i /
n1
the usual method of treating disease with remedies that produce effects differing from those produced by the disease itself;

allopatric
a1
(of biological species or speciation) occurring in areas isolated geographically from one another;

allopatry
n1
the occurrence of related organisms in separate geographical areas with no overlap;

allophone / æ ɫ ə f oʊ n /
n1
(linguistics) any of various acoustically different forms of the same phoneme;

allophonic / æ ɫ ə f ɒ n ɪ k /
a1
pertaining to allophones;

allopurinol
n1
a drug (trade name Zyloprim) used to treat gout and other conditions in which there is an excessive buildup of uric acid;

- syn. Zyloprim;

allosaur
n1
late Jurassic carnivorous dinosaur;

- similar to but somewhat smaller than tyrannosaurus;

- syn. allosaurus;

allosaurus
n1
late Jurassic carnivorous dinosaur;

- similar to but somewhat smaller than tyrannosaurus;

- syn. allosaur;

allot / ə ɫ ɒ t /
v1
give out;

- "We were assigned new uniforms";

- syn. assign, portion;

v2
allow to have;

- "grant a privilege";

- syn. accord, grant;

v3
administer or bestow, as in small portions;

- "administer critical remarks to everyone present";

- "dole out some money";

- "shell out pocket money for the children";

- "deal a blow to someone";

- "the machine dispenses soft drinks";

- syn. administer, deal, deal out, dish out, dispense, distribute, dole out, lot, mete out, parcel out, shell out;

allotment / ə ɫ ɒ t m ə n t /
n1
a share set aside for a specific purpose;

- syn. allocation;

n2
the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning;

- distribution according to a plan;

- "the apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives is based on the relative population of each state";

- syn. allocation, apportioning, apportionment, assignation, parceling, parcelling;

allotrope / ə ɫ ɒ t ɹ oʊ p /
n1
a structurally different form of an element;

- "graphite and diamond are allotropes of carbon";

allotropic / æ ɫ ə t ɹ ɒ p ɪ k /
a1
of or related to or exhibiting allotropism;

- "carbon and sulfur and phosphorus are allotropic elements";

- syn. allotropical;

allotropical / æ ɫ ə t ɹ ɒ p ɪ k ɫ /
a1
of or related to or exhibiting allotropism;

- "carbon and sulfur and phosphorus are allotropic elements";

- syn. allotropic;

allotropism / æ ɫ ə t ɹ ɒ p ɪ z ə m /
n1
the phenomenon of an element existing in two or more physical forms;

- syn. allotropy;

allotropy
n1
the phenomenon of an element existing in two or more physical forms;

- syn. allotropism;

allotted / ə ɫ ɒ t ɪ d /
a1
given as a task;

- "her allotted chores";

- sim. assigned;

allover / ɔ ɫ oʊ v ə /
a1
covering the entire surface;

- "an allover pattern";

- "got an allover tan";

- sim. complete;

allow / ə ɫ aʊ /
v1
make it possible through a specific action or lack of action for something to happen;

- "This permits the water to rush in";

- "This sealed door won't allow the water come into the basement";

- "This will permit the rain to run off";

- syn. let, permit;

v2
consent to, give permission;

- "She permitted her son to visit her estranged husband";

- "I won't let the police search her basement";

- "I cannot allow you to see your exam";

- syn. countenance, let, permit;

v3
let have;

- "grant permission";

- "Mandela was allowed few visitors in prison";

- syn. grant;

v4
give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause;

- "I will earmark this money for your research";

- "She sets aside time for meditation every day";

- syn. appropriate, earmark, reserve, set aside;

v5
make a possibility or provide opportunity for;

- permit to be attainable or cause to remain;

- "This leaves no room for improvement";

- "The evidence allows only one conclusion";

- "allow for mistakes";

- "leave lots of time for the trip";

- "This procedure provides for lots of leeway";

- syn. allow for, leave, provide;

v6
allow or plan for a certain possibility;

- concede the truth or validity of something;

- "I allow for this possibility";

- "The seamstress planned for 5% shrinkage after the first wash";

- syn. take into account;

v7
afford possibility;

- "This problem admits of no solution";

- "This short story allows of several different interpretations";

- syn. admit;

v8
allow the other (baseball) team to score;

- "give up a run";

- syn. give up;

v9
grant as a discount or in exchange;

- "The camera store owner allowed me $50 on my old camera";

v10
allow the presence of or allow (an activity) without opposing or prohibiting;

- "We don't allow dogs here";

- "Children are not permitted beyond this point";

- "We cannot tolerate smoking in the hospital";

- syn. permit, tolerate;

allow for
v1
make a possibility or provide opportunity for;

- permit to be attainable or cause to remain;

- "This leaves no room for improvement";

- "The evidence allows only one conclusion";

- "allow for mistakes";

- "leave lots of time for the trip";

- "This procedure provides for lots of leeway";

- syn. allow, leave, provide;

allow in
v1
allow to enter;

- grant entry to;

- "We cannot admit non-members into our club building";

- "This pipe admits air";

- syn. admit, intromit, let in;

allowable / ə ɫ oʊ ə b ɫ /
a1
deductible according to the tax laws;

- sim. deductible;

a2
that may be permitted especially as according to rule;

- "permissible behavior in school";

- "a permissible tax deduction";

- syn. permissible;

- also tolerable;

a3
deserving to be allowed or considered;

- sim. admissible;

allowably / ə ɫ aʊ eɪ b ɫ i /
r1
in a permissible manner;

- syn. permissibly;

allowance / ə ɫ aʊ ə n s /
n1
an amount allowed or granted (as during a given period);

- "travel allowance";

- "my weekly allowance of two eggs";

- "a child's allowance should not be too generous";

n2
a sum granted as reimbursement for expenses;

n3
an amount added or deducted on the basis of qualifying circumstances;

- "an allowance for profit";

- syn. adjustment;

n4
a permissible difference;

- allowing some freedom to move within limits;

- syn. leeway, margin, tolerance;

n5
a reserve fund created by a charge against profits in order to provide for changes in the value of a company's assets;

- syn. allowance account, valuation account, valuation reserve;

n6
the act of allowing;

- "He objected to the allowance of smoking in the dining room";

v1
put on a fixed allowance, as of food;

allowance account
n1
a reserve fund created by a charge against profits in order to provide for changes in the value of a company's assets;

- syn. allowance, valuation account, valuation reserve;

alloy / æ ɫ ɔɪ , ə ɫ ɔɪ /
n1
a mixture containing two or more metallic elements or metallic and nonmetallic elements usually fused together or dissolving into each other when molten;

- "brass is an alloy of zinc and copper";

- syn. metal;

n2
the state of impairing the quality or reducing the value of something;

- syn. admixture;

v1
lower in value by increasing the base-metal content;

- syn. debase;

v2
make an alloy of;

alloy cast iron
n1
cast iron containing alloying elements (usually nickel or chromium or copper or molybdenum) to increase the strength or facilitate heat treatment;

- syn. alloy iron;

alloy iron
n1
cast iron containing alloying elements (usually nickel or chromium or copper or molybdenum) to increase the strength or facilitate heat treatment;

- syn. alloy cast iron;

alloy steel
n1
steel who characteristics are determined by the addition of other elements in addition to carbon;

alloyed / ə ɫ ɔɪ d /
a1
(used of metals) debased by mixture with an inferior element;

- sim. impure;

a2
(used of metals) blended to obtain a desired property;

- sim. blended;

allspice / ɔ ɫ s p aɪ s /
n1
aromatic West Indian tree that produces allspice berries;

- syn. Pimenta dioica, allspice tree, pimento tree;

n2
deciduous shrubs having aromatic bark;

- eastern China;

- southwestern and eastern United States;

n3
ground dried berrylike fruit of a West Indian allspice tree;

- suggesting combined flavors of cinnamon and nutmeg and cloves;

allspice tree
n1
tropical American tree having small white flowers and aromatic berries;

- syn. Pimenta officinalis;

n2
aromatic West Indian tree that produces allspice berries;

- syn. Pimenta dioica, allspice, pimento tree;

allude / ə ɫ u d /
v1
make a more or less disguised reference to;

- "He alluded to the problem but did not mention it";

- syn. advert, touch;

allure / ə ɫ ʊə , ə ɫ ʊə ɹ /
n1
the power to entice or attract through personal charm;

- syn. allurement, temptingness;

v1
dispose or incline or entice to;

- "We were tempted by the delicious-looking food";

- syn. tempt;

allurement / ə ɫ ʊə m ə n t /
n1
attractiveness;

- "its allurement was its remoteness";

n2
the power to entice or attract through personal charm;

- syn. allure, temptingness;

n3
the act of enticing a person to do something wrong (as an offer of sex in return for money);

- syn. solicitation;

alluring / ə ɫ ʊə ɹ ɪ ŋ /
a1
highly attractive and able to arouse hope or desire;

- "an alluring prospect";

- "her alluring smile";

- "the voice was low and beguiling";

- "difficult to say no to an enticing advertisement";

- "a tempting invitation";

- syn. beguiling, enticing, tempting;

- sim. seductive;

allusion / ə ɫ u ʒ n /
n1
passing reference or indirect mention;

allusive / ə ɫ u s ɪ v /
a1
characterized by indirect references;

- "allusive speech is characterized by allusions";

- sim. indirect;

allusiveness / ə ɫ u s ɪ v n ə s /
n1
a quality characterized by indirect reference;

alluvial / ə ɫ u v ɪə ɫ /
a1
of or relating to alluvium;

alluvial cone
n1
a fan-shaped deposit where a fast flowing stream flattens out;

- syn. alluvial fan;

alluvial deposit
n1
clay or silt or gravel carried by rushing streams and deposited where the stream slows down;

- syn. alluvial sediment, alluvion, alluvium;

alluvial fan
n1
a fan-shaped deposit where a fast flowing stream flattens out;

- syn. alluvial cone;

alluvial flat
n1
a flat resulting from repeated deposits of alluvial material by running water;

- syn. alluvial plain;

alluvial plain
n1
a flat resulting from repeated deposits of alluvial material by running water;

- syn. alluvial flat;

alluvial sediment
n1
clay or silt or gravel carried by rushing streams and deposited where the stream slows down;

- syn. alluvial deposit, alluvion, alluvium;

alluvial soil
n1
a fine-grained fertile soil deposited by water flowing over flood plains or in river beds;

alluviation
n1
the phenomenon of sediment or gravel accumulating;

- syn. deposit, sedimentation;

alluvion / ə ɫ u v j ə n /
n1
gradual formation of new land, by recession of the sea or deposit of sediment;

n2
the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land;

- "plains fertilized by annual inundations";

- syn. deluge, flood, inundation;

n3
clay or silt or gravel carried by rushing streams and deposited where the stream slows down;

- syn. alluvial deposit, alluvial sediment, alluvium;

alluvium / ə ɫ u v j ə m /
n1
clay or silt or gravel carried by rushing streams and deposited where the stream slows down;

- syn. alluvial deposit, alluvial sediment, alluvion;

ally / æ ɫ aɪ , ə ɫ aɪ /
n1
a friendly nation;

n2
an associate who provides cooperation or assistance;

- "he's a good ally in fight";

- syn. friend;

v1
become an ally or associate, as by a treaty or marriage;

- "He allied himself with the Communists";

ally with
v1
unite formally;

- of interest groups or countries;

allyl
n1
the univalent unsaturated organic radical C3H5;

- derived from propylene;

- syn. allyl group, allyl radical;

allyl alcohol
n1
an unsaturated primary alcohol present in wood spirit;

- use to make resins and plasticizers and pharmaceuticals;

- syn. propenyl alcohol;

allyl group
n1
the univalent unsaturated organic radical C3H5;

- derived from propylene;

- syn. allyl, allyl radical;

allyl radical
n1
the univalent unsaturated organic radical C3H5;

- derived from propylene;

- syn. allyl, allyl group;

allyl resin
n1
a resin derived from allyl alcohol that hardens when cured;

- used as an adhesive;

allylic
a1
of or pertaining to the allyl radical;

Alma-Ata / æ ɫ m ə ɑ t ə /
n1
the largest city in Kazakhstan and the capital until 1998;

- syn. Almaty;

alma mater / æ ɫ m ə m ɑ t ə , æ ɫ m ə m ɑ t ə ɹ /
n1
your alma mater is a school you graduated from;

almanac / ɔ ɫ m ə n æ k /
n1
an annual publication including weather forecasts and other miscellaneous information arranged according to the calendar of a given year;

- syn. farmer's calendar;

n2
an annual publication containing tabular information in a particular field or fields arranged according to the calendar of a given year;

almandine / ɔ ɫ m ə n d aɪ n /
n1
a purple variety of the ruby spinel;

n2
a deep red garnet consisting of iron aluminum silicate;

- syn. almandite;

almandite / ɔ ɫ m ə n d aɪ t /
n1
a deep red garnet consisting of iron aluminum silicate;

- syn. almandine;

Almaty
n1
the largest city in Kazakhstan and the capital until 1998;

- syn. Alma-Ata;

Almighty / ɔ ɫ m aɪ t i /
n1
terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God;

- syn. Creator, Divine, God Almighty, Godhead, Jehovah, Lord, Maker;

a1
having unlimited power;

- syn. all-powerful, omnipotent;

- sim. powerful;

almond / ɑ m ə n d /
n1
small bushy deciduous tree native to Asia and North Africa having pretty pink blossoms and highly prized edible nuts enclosed in a hard green hull;

- cultivated in southern Australia and California;

- syn. Amygdalus communis, Prunus amygdalus, Prunus dulcis, sweet almond;

n2
oval-shaped edible seed of the almond tree;

almond-eyed / ɑ m ə n d aɪ d /
a1
having almond-shaped eyes;

- sim. eyed;

almond-leaves willow
n1
willow of the western United States with leaves like those of peach or almond trees;

- syn. Salix amygdaloides, peach-leaved willow, peachleaf willow;

almond-scented
a1
smelling of almond;

- sim. odorous;

almond-shaped
a1
shaped like an almond;

- syn. amygdaliform, amygdaloid, amygdaloidal;

- sim. rounded;

almond cookie
n1
very rich cookie containing ground almonds;

- usually crescent-shaped;

- syn. almond crescent;

almond crescent
n1
very rich cookie containing ground almonds;

- usually crescent-shaped;

- syn. almond cookie;

almond extract
n1
flavoring made from almonds macerated in alcohol;

almond moth
n1
a moth whose larvae feed on and mat together with webbing various stored products of vegetable origin;

- syn. Cadra cautella, fig moth;

almond oil
n1
pale yellow fatty oil expressed from sweet or bitter almonds;

- syn. expressed almond oil, sweet almond oil;

almond tree
n1
any of several small bushy trees having pink or white blossoms and usually bearing nuts;

almond willow
n1
Old World willow with light green leaves cultivated for use in basketry;

- syn. Salix amygdalina, Salix triandra, black Hollander;

almoner / ɑ m ə n ə , ɑ m ə n ə ɹ /
n1
an official in a British hospital who looks after the social and material needs of the patients;

- syn. medical social worker;

Almoravid
n1
a member of a Muslim dynasty of Berber warriors that flourished from 1049 to 1145 and that established political dominance over northwestern Africa and Spain;

almost / ɔ ɫ m oʊ s t /
r1
(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished;

- all but;

- "the job is (just) about done";

- "the baby was almost asleep when the alarm sounded";

- "we're almost finished";

- "the car all but ran her down";

- "he nearly fainted";

- "talked for nigh onto 2 hours";

- "the recording is well-nigh perfect";

- "virtually all the parties signed the contract";

- "I was near exhausted by the run";

- "most everyone agrees";

- syn. about, most, near, nearly, nigh, virtually, well-nigh;

alms / ɑ m z /
n1
money or goods contributed to the poor;

alms-giving / ɑ m z ɡ ɪ v ɪ ŋ /
n1
making voluntary contributions to aid the poor;

- syn. almsgiving;

alms box
n1
box for collecting alms, especially one in a church;

- syn. mite box, poor box;

alms dish
n1
a tray for collecting the offering from a congregation;

- syn. alms tray;

alms tray
n1
a tray for collecting the offering from a congregation;

- syn. alms dish;

almsgiver / ɑ m z ɡ ɪ v ə /
n1
a person who gives alms;

almsgiving / ɑ m z ɡ ɪ v ɪ ŋ /
n1
making voluntary contributions to aid the poor;

- syn. alms-giving;

Alnico
n1
trade name for an alloy used to make high-energy permanent magnets;

- contains aluminum and iron and nickel plus cobalt or copper or titanium;

Alnus
n1
alders;

- syn. genus Alnus;

Alnus crispa
n1
North American shrub with light green leaves and winged nuts;

- syn. Alnus veridis crispa, green alder;

Alnus glutinosa
n1
medium-sized tree with brown-black bark and woody fruiting catkins;

- leaves are hairy beneath;

- syn. Alnus vulgaris, European black alder, common alder;

Alnus incana
n1
native to Europe but introduced in America;

- syn. gray alder, grey alder;

Alnus maritima
n1
shrub or small tree of southeastern United States having soft light brown wood;

- syn. seaside alder;

Alnus rhombifolia
n1
tree of western United States;

- syn. mountain alder, white alder;

Alnus rubra
n1
large tree of Pacific coast of North America having hard red wood much used for furniture;

- syn. Oregon alder, red alder;

Alnus rugosa
n1
common shrub of Canada and northeastern United States having shoots scattered with rust-colored down;

- syn. speckled alder;

Alnus serrulata
n1
common shrub of the eastern United States with smooth bark;

- syn. hazel alder, smooth alder;

Alnus veridis
n1
shrub of mountainous areas of Europe;

- syn. green alder;

Alnus veridis crispa
n1
North American shrub with light green leaves and winged nuts;

- syn. Alnus crispa, green alder;

Alnus vulgaris
n1
medium-sized tree with brown-black bark and woody fruiting catkins;

- leaves are hairy beneath;

- syn. Alnus glutinosa, European black alder, common alder;

alocasia
n1
any plant of the genus Alocasia having large showy basal leaves and boat-shaped spathe and reddish berries;

- syn. elephant's ear, elephant ear;

Alocasia macrorrhiza
n1
large evergreen with extremely large erect or spreading leaves;

- cultivated widely in tropics for its edible rhizome and shoots;

- used in wet warm regions as a stately ornamental;

- syn. giant taro;

aloe / æ ɫ oʊ /
n1
succulent plants having rosettes of leaves usually with fiber like hemp and spikes of showy flowers;

- found chiefly in Africa;

aloe family
n1
one of many families or subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted;

- syn. Aloeaceae, family Aloeaceae;

Aloe ferox
n1
much-branched South African plant with reddish prickly succulent leaves;

- syn. cape aloe;

Aloe vera
n1
very short-stemmed plant with thick leaves with soothing mucilaginous juice;

- leaves develop spiny margins with maturity;

- native to Mediterranean region;

- grown widely in tropics and as houseplants;

- syn. burn plant;

Aloeaceae
n1
one of many families or subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted;

- syn. aloe family, family Aloeaceae;

aloes / æ ɫ oʊ z /
n1
a purgative made from the leaves of aloe;

- syn. bitter aloes;

aloft / ə ɫ ɒ f t /
r1
at or on or to the masthead or upper rigging of a ship;

- "climbed aloft to unfurl the sail";

r2
upward;

- "the good news sent her spirits aloft";

r3
at or to great height;

- high up in or into the air;

- "eagles were soaring aloft";

- "dust is whirled aloft";

r4
in the higher atmosphere above the earth;

- "weather conditions aloft are fine";

aloha
n1
an acknowledgment that can be used to say hello or goodbye (aloha is Hawaiian and ciao is Italian);

- syn. ciao;

Aloha State
n1
a state in the United States in the central Pacific on the Hawaiian Islands;

- syn. HI, Haw., Hawai'i, Hawaii;

Alois Senefelder
n1
German printer who invented lithography (1771-1834);

- syn. Aloys Senefelder, Senefelder;

alone / ə ɫ oʊ n /
a1
isolated from others;

- "could be alone in a crowded room";

- "was alone with her thoughts";

- "I want to be alone";

- sim. unsocial;

a2
lacking companions or companionship;

- "he was alone when we met him";

- "she is alone much of the time";

- "the lone skier on the mountain";

- "a lonely fisherman stood on a tuft of gravel";

- "a lonely soul";

- "a solitary traveler";

- syn. lone, lonely, solitary;

- sim. unaccompanied;

a3
exclusive of anyone or anything else;

- "she alone believed him";

- "cannot live by bread alone";

- "I'll have this car and this car only";

- syn. only;

- sim. exclusive;

a4
radically distinctive and without equal;

- "he is alone in the field of microbiology";

- "this theory is altogether alone in its penetration of the problem";

- "Bach was unique in his handling of counterpoint";

- "craftsmen whose skill is unequaled";

- "unparalleled athletic ability";

- "a breakdown of law unparalleled in our history";

- syn. unequaled, unequalled, unique, unparalleled;

- sim. incomparable;

r1
without any others being included or involved;

- "was entirely to blame";

- "a school devoted entirely to the needs of problem children";

- "he works for Mr. Smith exclusively";

- "did it solely for money";

- "the burden of proof rests on the prosecution alone";

- "a privilege granted only to him";

- syn. entirely, exclusively, only, solely;

r2
without anybody else or anything else;

- "the child stayed home alone";

- "the pillar stood alone, supporting nothing";

- "he flew solo";

- syn. solo, unaccompanied;

aloneness / ə ɫ oʊ n n ɛ s /
n1
a disposition toward being alone;

- syn. loneliness, lonesomeness, solitariness;

along / ə ɫ ɒ ŋ /
r1
with a forward motion;

- "we drove along admiring the view";

- "the horse trotted along at a steady pace";

- "the circus traveled on to the next city";

- "move along";

- "march on";

- syn. on;

r2
in accompaniment or as a companion;

- "his little sister came along to the movies";

- "I brought my camera along";

- "working along with his father";

r3
to a more advanced state;

- "the work is moving along";

- "well along in their research";

- "hurrying their education along";

- "getting along in years";

r4
in addition (usually followed by `with');

- "we sent them food and some clothing went along in the package";

- "along with the package came a bill";

- "consider the advantages along with the disadvantages";

r5
in line with a length or direction (often followed by `by' or `beside');

- "pass the word along";

- "ran along beside me";

- "cottages along by the river";

alongside / ə ɫ ɒ ŋ s aɪ d /
r1
side by side;

- "anchored close aboard another ship";

- syn. aboard;

Alonso
n1
Cuban dancer and choreographer (born in 1921);

- syn. Alicia Alonso;

aloof / ə ɫ u f /
a1
remote in manner;

- "stood apart with aloof dignity";

- "a distant smile";

- "he was upstage with strangers";

- syn. distant, upstage;

- sim. reserved;

r1
in an aloof manner;

- "the local gentry and professional classes had held aloof for the school had accepted their sons readily enough";

aloofness / ə ɫ u f n ə s /
n1
indifference by personal withdrawal;

- "emotional distance";

- syn. distance;

n2
a disposition to be distant and unsympathetic in manner;

- syn. remoteness, standoffishness, withdrawnness;

alopecia
n1
loss of hair (especially on the head) or loss of wool or feathers;

- in humans it can result from heredity or hormonal imbalance or certain diseases or drugs and treatments (chemotherapy for cancer);

alopecia areata
n1
patchy baldness;

alopecic
a1
pertaining to loss of hair or wool or feathers;

Alopecurus
n1
annual or perennial grasses including decorative and meadow species as well as notorious agricultural weeds;

- syn. genus Alopecurus;

Alopecurus pratensis
n1
stout erect perennial grass of northern parts of Old World having silky flowering spikes;

- widely cultivated for pasture and hay;

- naturalized in North America;

- syn. meadow foxtail;

Alopex
n1
arctic foxes;

- syn. genus Alopex;

Alopex lagopus
n1
thickly-furred fox of Arctic regions;

- brownish in summer and white in winter;

- syn. Arctic fox, white fox;

Alopiidae
n1
thresher sharks;

- syn. family Alopiidae;

Alopius
n1
type genus of the family Alopiidae;

- in some classifications considered a genus of the family Lamnidae;

- syn. genus Alopius;

Alopius vulpinus
n1
large pelagic shark of warm seas with a whiplike tail used to round up small fish on which to feed;

- syn. fox shark, thrasher, thresher, thresher shark;

Alosa
n1
shad;

- syn. genus Alosa;

Alosa alosa
n1
European shad;

- syn. allice, allice shad, allis, allis shad;

Alosa chrysocloris
n1
shad that spawns in streams of the Mississippi drainage;

- very similar to Alosa sapidissima;

- syn. river shad;

Alosa pseudoharengus
n1
shad-like food fish that runs rivers to spawn;

- often salted or smoked;

- sometimes placed in genus Pomolobus;

- syn. Pomolobus pseudoharengus, alewife;

Alosa sapidissima
n1
shad of Atlantic coast of North America;

- naturalized to Pacific coast;

- syn. common American shad;

Alouatta
n1
howler monkeys;

- syn. genus Alouatta;

aloud / ə ɫ aʊ d /
r1
using the voice;

- not silently;

- "please read the passage aloud";

- "he laughed out loud";

- syn. out loud;

r2
with relatively high volume;

- "the band played loudly";

- "she spoke loudly and angrily";

- "he spoke loud enough for those at the back of the room to hear him";

- "cried aloud for help";

- syn. loud, loudly;

Aloys Senefelder
n1
German printer who invented lithography (1771-1834);

- syn. Alois Senefelder, Senefelder;

alp / æ ɫ p /
n1
any high mountain;

alpaca / æ ɫ p æ k ə /
n1
wool of the alpaca;

n2
a thin glossy fabric made of the wool of the Lama pacos, or made of a rayon or cotton imitation of that wool;

n3
domesticated llama with long silky fleece;

- believed to be a domesticated variety of the guanaco;

- syn. Lama pacos;

Alpena
n1
a town in northern Michigan on an arm of Lake Huron;

alpenstock / æ ɫ p ə n s t ɒ k /
n1
a stout staff with a metal point;

- used by mountain climbers;

alpestrine / æ ɫ p ɛ s t ɹ aɪ n /
a1
growing at high altitudes;

- syn. subalpine;

- sim. upland;

alpha / æ ɫ f ə /
n1
the 1st letter of the Greek alphabet;

n2
the beginning of a series or sequence;

- "the Alpha and Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end"--Revelations;

a1
first in order of importance;

- "the alpha male in the group of chimpanzees";

- "the alpha star in a constellation is the brightest or main star";

- sim. important;

a2
early testing stage of a software or hardware product;

- "alpha version";

- sim. exploratory;

alpha-adrenergic blocker
n1
any of various drugs that block alpha-adrenergic receptors;

- used in treating benign prostatic hyperplasia;

- relaxes the muscles of the prostate and bladder;

- syn. alpha-adrenergic blocking agent, alpha-blocker, alpha blocker;

alpha-adrenergic blocking agent
n1
any of various drugs that block alpha-adrenergic receptors;

- used in treating benign prostatic hyperplasia;

- relaxes the muscles of the prostate and bladder;

- syn. alpha-adrenergic blocker, alpha-blocker, alpha blocker;

alpha-adrenergic receptor
n1
receptors postulated to exist on nerve cell membranes of the sympathetic nervous system in order to explain the specificity of certain agents that affect only some sympathetic activities (such as vasoconstriction and relaxation of intestinal muscles and contraction of smooth muscles);

- syn. alpha-adrenoceptor, alpha receptor;

alpha-adrenoceptor
n1
receptors postulated to exist on nerve cell membranes of the sympathetic nervous system in order to explain the specificity of certain agents that affect only some sympathetic activities (such as vasoconstriction and relaxation of intestinal muscles and contraction of smooth muscles);

- syn. alpha-adrenergic receptor, alpha receptor;

alpha-beta brass
n1
a brass that has more zinc and is stronger than alpha brass;

- used in making castings and hot-worked products;

- syn. Muntz metal, yellow metal;

alpha-blocker
n1
any of various drugs that block alpha-adrenergic receptors;

- used in treating benign prostatic hyperplasia;

- relaxes the muscles of the prostate and bladder;

- syn. alpha-adrenergic blocker, alpha-adrenergic blocking agent, alpha blocker;

alpha-interferon
n1
a form of interferon that is produced endogenously and commercially for its pharmacological effects (including regulation of the immune system and antiviral and antineoplastic effects);

alpha-linolenic acid
n1
a polyunsaturated fatty acid with 18 carbon atoms;

- the only omega-3 fatty acid found in vegetable products;

- it is most abundant in canola oil;

- a fatty acid essential for nutrition;

alpha-lipoprotein
n1
a lipoprotein that transports cholesterol in the blood;

- composed of a high proportion of protein and relatively little cholesterol;

- high levels are thought to be associated with decreased risk of coronary heart disease and atherosclerosis;

- syn. HDL, high-density lipoprotein;

alpha-naphthol
n1
an isomer of naphthol used in dyes;

alpha-naphthol test
n1
biochemical indicator of the presence of carbohydrates in a solution;

- if carbohydrates are present a violet ring is formed by reaction with alpha-naphthol in the presence of sulfuric acid;

- syn. Molisch's test, Molisch reaction, Molisch test;

alpha-tocopheral
n1
a potent form of vitamin E obtained from germ oils or by synthesis;

alpha and omega
n1
the first and last;

- signifies God's eternity;

n2
the basic meaning of something;

- the crucial part;

alpha blocker
n1
any of various drugs that block alpha-adrenergic receptors;

- used in treating benign prostatic hyperplasia;

- relaxes the muscles of the prostate and bladder;

- syn. alpha-adrenergic blocker, alpha-adrenergic blocking agent, alpha-blocker;

alpha brass
n1
an alloy of brass and zinc;

- used mainly for cold working;

alpha bronze
n1
an alloy of copper and tin that can be worked;

Alpha Centauri
n1
brightest star in Centaurus;

- second nearest star to the sun;

- syn. Rigil, Rigil Kent;

Alpha Crucis
n1
the brightest star in the Southern Cross;

alpha decay
n1
radioactive decay of an atomic nucleus that is accompanied by the emission of an alpha particle;

alpha fetoprotein
n1
an abnormally large amount of this fetoprotein in the fetus can signal an abnormality of the neural tube (as spina bifida or anencephaly);

- syn. AFP, alpha foetoprotein;

alpha foetoprotein
n1
an abnormally large amount of this fetoprotein in the fetus can signal an abnormality of the neural tube (as spina bifida or anencephaly);

- syn. AFP, alpha fetoprotein;

Alpha Geminorum
n1
a multiple star with 6 components;

- second brightest in Gemini;

- close to Pollux;

- syn. Castor;

alpha globulin
n1
a globulin in blood plasma or serum that is alkaline and has great electrophoretic mobility;

alpha iron
n1
a magnetic allotrope of iron;

- stable below 906 degrees centigrade;

alpha methyl dopa
n1
antihypertensive drug (trade name Aldomet) used in the treatment of high blood pressure;

- syn. Aldomet, methyldopa;

Alpha Orionis
n1
the second brightest star in Orion;

- syn. Betelgeuse;

alpha particle
n1
a positively charged particle that is the nucleus of the helium atom;

- emitted from natural or radioactive isotopes;

alpha privative
n1
the negative prefix a- or un-;

alpha radiation
n1
the radiation of alpha particles during radioactive decay;

- syn. alpha ray;

alpha ray
n1
the radiation of alpha particles during radioactive decay;

- syn. alpha radiation;

alpha receptor
n1
receptors postulated to exist on nerve cell membranes of the sympathetic nervous system in order to explain the specificity of certain agents that affect only some sympathetic activities (such as vasoconstriction and relaxation of intestinal muscles and contraction of smooth muscles);

- syn. alpha-adrenergic receptor, alpha-adrenoceptor;

alpha rhythm
n1
the normal brainwave in the electroencephalogram of a person who is awake but relaxed;

- occurs with a frequency of 8-12 hertz;

- syn. alpha wave;

alpha software
n1
a first release of a software product that is usually tested only by the developers;

alpha test
n1
(computer science) a first test of an experimental product (such as computer software) carried out by the developer;

alpha wave
n1
the normal brainwave in the electroencephalogram of a person who is awake but relaxed;

- occurs with a frequency of 8-12 hertz;

- syn. alpha rhythm;

alphabet / æ ɫ f ə b ɛ t /
n1
a character set that includes letters and is used to write a language;

n2
the elementary stages of any subject (usually plural);

- "he mastered only the rudiments of geometry";

- syn. ABC, ABC's, ABCs, first principles, rudiments;

alphabet soup
n1
a confusing assortment;

- "Roosevelt created an alphabet soup of federal agencies";

n2
soup that contains small noodles in the shape of letters of the alphabet;

alphabetic / æ ɫ f ə b ɛ t ɪ k /
a1
relating to or expressed by a writing system that uses an alphabet;

- "alphabetical writing system";

- syn. alphabetical;

a2
arranged in order according to the alphabet;

- "an alphabetic arrangement";

- "dictionaries list words in alphabetical order";

- syn. alphabetical;

- sim. abecedarian, alphabetized;

alphabetic character
n1
the conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speech;

- "his grandmother taught him his letters";

- syn. letter, letter of the alphabet;

alphabetic script
n1
a writing system based on alphabetic characters;

- syn. alphabetic writing;

alphabetic writing
n1
a writing system based on alphabetic characters;

- syn. alphabetic script;

alphabetical / æ ɫ f ə b ɛ t ɪ k ɫ /
a1
relating to or expressed by a writing system that uses an alphabet;

- "alphabetical writing system";

- syn. alphabetic;

a2
arranged in order according to the alphabet;

- "an alphabetic arrangement";

- "dictionaries list words in alphabetical order";

- syn. alphabetic;

- sim. abecedarian, alphabetized;

alphabetically / æ ɫ f ə b ɛ t ɪ k ɫ i /
r1
in alphabetical order;

- "the list was arranged alphabetically";

alphabetisation
n1
the act of putting in alphabetical order;

- syn. alphabetization;

alphabetise
v1
arrange in alphabetical order;

- "Alphabetize the list";

- syn. alphabetize;

alphabetised
a1
having been put in alphabetical order;

- "the cards are all alphabetized, as you requested";

- syn. alphabetized;

- sim. alphabetic;

alphabetiser
n1
a literate person who can arrange items in alphabetical order;

- syn. alphabetizer;

alphabetization
n1
the act of putting in alphabetical order;

- syn. alphabetisation;

alphabetize
v1
arrange in alphabetical order;

- "Alphabetize the list";

- syn. alphabetise;

v2
provide with an alphabet;

- "Cyril and Method alphabetized the Slavic languages";

alphabetized
a1
having been put in alphabetical order;

- "the cards are all alphabetized, as you requested";

- syn. alphabetised;

- sim. alphabetic;

alphabetizer
n1
a literate person who can arrange items in alphabetical order;

- syn. alphabetiser;

alphameric / æ ɫ f ə m ɛr ɪ k /
a1
of or pertaining to alphanumeric characters;

- syn. alphamerical, alphanumeric, alphanumerical;

alphamerical / æ ɫ f ə m ɛr ɪ k ɫ /
a1
of or pertaining to alphanumeric characters;

- syn. alphameric, alphanumeric, alphanumerical;

alphanumeric / æ ɫ f ə n j u m ɛr ɪ k /
a1
of or pertaining to alphanumeric characters;

- syn. alphameric, alphamerical, alphanumerical;

alphanumeric characters
n1
a character set that includes letters and digits and punctuation;

- syn. alphanumerics;

alphanumeric display
n1
a display that gives the information in the form of characters (numbers or letters);

- syn. digital display;

alphanumerical / æ ɫ f ə n j u m ɛr ɪ k ɫ /
a1
of or pertaining to alphanumeric characters;

- syn. alphameric, alphamerical, alphanumeric;

alphanumerics / æ ɫ f ə n j u m ɛr ɪ k s /
n1
a character set that includes letters and digits and punctuation;

- syn. alphanumeric characters;

alphavirus
n1
an arbovirus of the family Togaviridae that can cause a variety of encephalitis in horses;

Alphonse Bertillon
n1
French criminologist (1853-1914);

- syn. Bertillon;

Alphonse Capone
n1
United States gangster who terrorized Chicago during prohibition until arrested for tax evasion (1899-1947);

- syn. Al Capone, Capone, Scarface;

alpine / æ ɫ p aɪ n /
a1
relating to or characteristic of alps;

- "alpine sports";

a2
relating to the Alps and their inhabitants;

- "Alpine countries, Switzerland, Italy, France, and Germany";

a3
living or growing above the timber line;

- "alpine flowers";

- sim. upland;

Alpine anemone
n1
silky-foliaged herb of the Rocky Mountains with bluish-white flowers;

- syn. Anemone tetonensis, mountain anemone;

alpine ash
n1
tall timber tree with hard heavy pinkish or light brown wood;

- syn. Eucalyptus delegatensis, mountain oak;

alpine azalea
n1
creeping mat-forming evergreen shrub of high mountain regions of northern hemisphere grown for its rose-pink flowers;

- syn. Loiseleuria procumbens, mountain azalea;

alpine bearberry
n1
deciduous creeping shrub bright red in autumn having black or blue-black berries;

- alpine and circumpolar;

- syn. Arctostaphylos alpina, black bearberry;

Alpine besseya
n1
small pale plant with dense spikes of pale bluish-violet flowers;

- of high cold meadows from Wyoming and Utah to New Mexico;

- syn. Besseya alpina;

Alpine celery pine
n1
small shrubby celery pine of New Zealand;

- syn. Phyllocladus alpinus;

alpine clover
n1
European mountain clover with fragrant usually pink flowers;

- syn. Trifolium alpinum;

alpine clubmoss
n1
a variety of club moss;

- syn. Lycopodium alpinum;

alpine coltsfoot
n1
rhizomatous herb with purple-red flowers suitable for groundcover;

- sometimes placed in genus Tussilago;

- syn. Homogyne alpina, Tussilago alpina;

Alpine enchanter's nightshade
n1
an Alpine variety of enchanter's nightshade;

- syn. Circaea alpina;

Alpine fir
n1
medium-tall timber tree of the Rocky Mountains having a narrowly conic to columnar crown;

- syn. Abies lasiocarpa, subalpine fir;

Alpine glacier
n1
a glacier that moves down from a high valley;

- syn. Alpine type of glacier;

alpine gold
n1
low tufted plant having hairy stems each topped by a flower head with short narrow yellow rays;

- northwestern United States;

- syn. Hulsea algida, alpine hulsea;

Alpine golden chain
n1
an ornamental shrub or tree of the genus Laburnum;

- syn. Laburnum alpinum, Scotch laburnum;

alpine goldenrod
n1
goldenrod similar to narrow goldenrod but having bristly hairs on edges of leaf stalks;

- mountainous regions of western America;

- syn. Solidago multiradiata;

alpine hulsea
n1
low tufted plant having hairy stems each topped by a flower head with short narrow yellow rays;

- northwestern United States;

- syn. Hulsea algida, alpine gold;

Alpine lady fern
n1
a lady fern with deeply cut leaf segments;

- found in the Rocky Mountains;

- syn. Athyrium distentifolium;

Alpine lift
n1
a surface lift where riders hold a bar and are pulled up the hill on their skis;

- syn. T-bar, T-bar lift;

alpine milk vetch
n1
perennial of mountainous areas of Eurasia and North America;

- syn. Astragalus alpinus;

Alpine mouse-ear
n1
widespread in the Arctic and on mountains in Europe;

- syn. Arctic mouse-ear, Cerastium alpinum;

alpine salamander
n1
ovoviviparous amphibian of the Alps;

- syn. Salamandra atra;

Alpine scurvy
n1
a disease caused by deficiency of niacin or tryptophan (or by a defect in the metabolic conversion of tryptophan to niacin);

- characterized by gastrointestinal disturbances and erythema and nervous or mental disorders;

- may be caused by malnutrition or alcoholism or other nutritional impairments;

- syn. Saint Ignatius' itch, maidism, mal de la rosa, mal rosso, mayidism, pellagra;

alpine sunflower
n1
whitish hairy plant with featherlike leaves and a few stout stems each bearing an especially handsome solitary large yellow flower head;

- mountainous regions north central United States;

- syn. Hymenoxys grandiflora, Tetraneuris grandiflora, old man of the mountain;

alpine totara
n1
low wide-spreading coniferous shrub of New Zealand mountains;

- syn. Podocarpus nivalis;

Alpine type of glacier
n1
a glacier that moves down from a high valley;

- syn. Alpine glacier;

Alpine woodsia
n1
slender fern of northern North America with shining chestnut-colored stipes and bipinnate fronds with usually distinct marginal sori;

- syn. Woodsia alpina, flower-cup fern, northern woodsia;

Alpinia
n1
perennial rhizomatous herbs of Asia and Australia and Polynesia having ginger-scented rhizomes;

- syn. genus Alpinia, genus Languas, genus Zerumbet;

Alpinia galanga
n1
southeastern Asian perennial with aromatic roots;

- syn. galangal;

Alpinia officinalis
n1
Chinese perennial with pyramidal racemes of white flowers and pungent aromatic roots used medicinally and as flavoring;

- syn. Alpinia officinarum, lesser galangal;

Alpinia officinarum
n1
Chinese perennial with pyramidal racemes of white flowers and pungent aromatic roots used medicinally and as flavoring;

- syn. Alpinia officinalis, lesser galangal;

Alpinia purpurata
n1
an ornamental ginger native to Pacific islands;

- syn. red ginger;

Alpinia speciosa
n1
cultivated for its shining oblong leaves and arching clusters of white flowers with pink shading and crinkled yellow lips with variegated magenta stripes;

- syn. Alpinia Zerumbet, Languas speciosa, shall-flower, shell ginger, shellflower;

Alpinia Zerumbet
n1
cultivated for its shining oblong leaves and arching clusters of white flowers with pink shading and crinkled yellow lips with variegated magenta stripes;

- syn. Alpinia speciosa, Languas speciosa, shall-flower, shell ginger, shellflower;

Alpinism / æ ɫ p ɪ n ɪ z ə m /
n1
mountain climbing (not restricted to the Alps);

alpinist / æ ɫ p ɪ n ɪ s t /
n1
a mountain climber who specializes in difficult climbs;

alprazolam
n1
an antianxiety agent (trade name Xanax) of the benzodiazepine class;

- syn. Xanax;

Alps / æ ɫ p s /
n1
a large mountain system in south-central Europe;

- scenic beauty and winter sports make them a popular tourist attraction;

- syn. the Alps;

already / ɔ ɫ ɹ ɛ d i /
r1
prior to a specified or implied time;

- "she has already graduated";

alright / ɔ ɫ ɹ aɪ t /
a1
nonstandard usage;

- sim. satisfactory;

r1
without doubt (used to reinforce an assertion);

- "it's expensive all right";

- syn. all right;

r2
an expression of agreement normally occurring at the beginning of a sentence;

- syn. OK, all right, fine, very well;

r3
in a satisfactory or adequate manner;

- "she'll do okay on her own";

- "held up all right under pressure";

- (`alright' is a nonstandard variant of `all right');

- syn. O.K., all right, okay;

ALS
n1
thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord;

- results in progressive muscle atrophy that starts in the limbs;

- syn. Lou Gehrig's disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis;

Alsace
n1
a region of northeastern France famous for its wines;

- syn. Alsatia, Elsass;

Alsatia
n1
a region of northeastern France famous for its wines;

- syn. Alsace, Elsass;

Alsatian / æ ɫ s eɪ ʃ n , æ ɫ s eɪ ʃ j ə n /
n1
a native or inhabitant of Alsace;

n2
breed of large shepherd dogs used in police work and as a guide for the blind;

- syn. German police dog, German shepherd, German shepherd dog;

a1
of or relating to or characteristic of Alsace or its inhabitants;

also / ɔ ɫ s oʊ /
r1
in addition;

- "he has a Mercedes, too";

- syn. as well, besides, likewise, too;

also-ran / ɔ ɫ s oʊ ɹ æ n /
n1
a contestant who loses the contest;

- syn. loser;

also known as
r1
as known or named at another time or place;

- "Mr. Smith, alias Mr. Lafayette";

- syn. a.k.a., alias;

Alsobia
n1
tropical American herbs sometimes included in genus Episcia;

- syn. genus Alsobia;

Alsobia dianthiflora
n1
low-growing creeping perennial of Central America having deeply fringed white flowers;

- sometimes placed in genus Episcia;

- syn. Episcia dianthiflora, lace-flower vine;

Alsophila
n1
geometrid moths;

- syn. genus Alsophila;

Alsophila pometaria
n1
North American moth with grey-winged males and wingless females;

- larvae are fall cankerworms;

Alstonia
n1
genus of evergreen trees or shrubs with white funnel-shaped flowers and milky sap;

- tropical Africa to southeastern Asia and Polynesia;

- syn. genus Alstonia;

Alstonia scholaris
n1
evergreen tree of eastern Asia and Philippines having large leathery leaves and small green-white flowers in compact cymes;

- bark formerly used medicinally;

- syn. devil tree, dita, dita bark;

alstroemeria
n1
any of various South American plants of the genus Alstroemeria valued for their handsome umbels of beautiful flowers;

Alstroemeria pelegrina
n1
an Andean herb having umbels of showy pinkish-purple lily-like flowers;

- syn. Peruvian lily, lily of the Incas;

Alstroemeriaceae
n1
one of many families or subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted;

- sometimes included in subfamily Amaryllidaceae;

- syn. family Alstroemeriaceae;

ALT / æ ɫ t /
n1
angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object);

- syn. EL, altitude, elevation;

Altace
n1
an ACE inhibitor (trade name Altace) used to treat high blood pressure or in some patients who have had a heart attack;

- syn. ramipril;

Altai Mountains
n1
a mountain range in central Asia that extends a thousand miles from Kazakhstan eastward into western Mongolia and northern China;

- syn. Altay Mountains;

Altaic / æ ɫ t eɪ ɪ k /
n1
any member of the peoples speaking a language in the Altaic language group;

n2
a group of related languages spoken in Asia and southeastern Europe;

- syn. Altaic language;

a1
of or pertaining to or written in Altaic;

Altaic language
n1
a group of related languages spoken in Asia and southeastern Europe;

- syn. Altaic;

Altair / æ ɫ t eə ɹ /
n1
double star 15.7 light years from Earth;

- the brightest star in the Aquila constellation;

altar / ɔ ɫ t ə , ɔ ɫ t ə ɹ /
n1
the table in Christian churches where communion is given;

- syn. Lord's table, communion table;

n2
a raised structure on which gifts or sacrifices to a god are made;

altar boy
n1
a boy serving as an acolyte;

altar wine
n1
used in a communion service;

- syn. sacramental wine;

altarpiece / ɔ ɫ t ə p i s /
n1
a painted or carved screen placed above and behind an altar or communion table;

- syn. reredos;

Altay Mountains
n1
a mountain range in central Asia that extends a thousand miles from Kazakhstan eastward into western Mongolia and northern China;

- syn. Altai Mountains;

altazimuth / æ ɫ t æ z ɪ m ə θ /
n1
an instrument that measures the altitude and azimuth of celestial bodies;

- used in navigation;

alter / æ ɫ t ə ɹ , ɔ ɫ t ə , ɔ ɫ t ə ɹ /
v1
cause to change;

- make different;

- cause a transformation;

- "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city";

- "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue";

- syn. change, modify;

v2
become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence;

- "her mood changes in accordance with the weather";

- "The supermarket's selection of vegetables varies according to the season";

- syn. change, vary;

v3
make an alteration to;

- "This dress needs to be altered";

v4
insert words into texts, often falsifying it thereby;

- syn. falsify, interpolate;

v5
remove the ovaries of;

- "Is your cat spayed?";

- syn. castrate, neuter, spay;

alter ego / æ ɫ t ə ɹ ɛ ɡ oʊ /
n1
a very close and trusted friend who seems almost a part of yourself;

alterability / ɒ ɫ t ə ɹ ə b ɪ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
the quality of being alterable;

alterable / ɒ ɫ t ə ɹ ə b ɫ /
a1
capable of being changed or altered in some characteristic;

- "alterable clothing";

- "alterable conditions of employment";

a2
(of the punishment ordered by a court) capable of being changed to one less severe;

- sim. commutable;

alteration / ɔ ɫ t ə ɹ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another;

- "the change was intended to increase sales";

- "this storm is certainly a change for the worse";

- "the neighborhood had undergone few modifications since his last visit years ago";

- syn. change, modification;

n2
the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment);

- syn. adjustment, modification;

n3
the act of revising or altering (involving reconsideration and modification);

- "it would require a drastic revision of his opinion";

- syn. revision;

alterative / ɔ ɫ t ə ɹ ə t ɪ v /
a1
tending to cure or restore to health;

- "curative powers of herbal remedies";

- "her gentle healing hand";

- "remedial surgery";

- "a sanative environment of mountains and fresh air";

- "a therapeutic agent";

- "therapeutic diets";

- syn. curative, healing, remedial, sanative, therapeutic;

- sim. healthful;

altercate / ɔ ɫ t ɝ k eɪ t /
v1
have a disagreement over something;

- "We quarreled over the question as to who discovered America";

- "These two fellows are always scrapping over something";

- syn. argufy, dispute, quarrel, scrap;

altercation / ɔ ɫ t ə k eɪ ʃ n /
n1
noisy quarrel;

- syn. affray, fracas;

altered / ɔ ɫ t ə d /
a1
changed in form or character without becoming something else;

- "the altered policy promised success";

- "following an altered course we soon found ourselves back in civilization";

- "he looked...with clouded eyes and with an altered manner of breathing"- Charles Dickens;

- sim. adjusted, changed, emended, paraphrastic, revised;

a2
having testicles or ovaries removed;

- syn. neutered;

- sim. castrated;

a3
changed in order to improve or made more fit for a particular purpose;

- "seeds precisely adapted to the area";

- "instructions altered to suit the children's different ages";

- syn. adapted;

- sim. modified;

altering / ɔ ɫ t ə ɹ ɪ ŋ /
n1
the sterilization of an animal;

- "they took him to the vet for neutering";

- syn. fixing, neutering;

Alternanthera
n1
genus of low herbs of tropical America and Australia;

- includes genus Telanthera;

- syn. genus Alternanthera;

Alternanthera philoxeroides
n1
prolific South American aquatic weed having grasslike leaves and short spikes of white flowers;

- clogs waterways with dense floating masses;

- syn. alligator grass, alligator weed;

alternate / ɔ ɫ t ə n eɪ t , ɔ ɫ t ɝ n ə t /
n1
someone who takes the place of another person;

- syn. replacement, surrogate;

v1
go back and forth;

- swing back and forth between two states or conditions;

- syn. jump;

v2
exchange people temporarily to fulfill certain jobs and functions;

v3
be an understudy or alternate for a role;

- syn. understudy;

v4
reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action);

- syn. flip, flip-flop, interchange, switch, tack;

v5
do something in turns;

- "We take turns on the night shift";

- syn. take turns;

a1
every second one of a series;

- "the cleaning lady comes on alternate Wednesdays";

- "jam every other day"- the White Queen;

- sim. cyclic;

a2
serving or used in place of another;

- "an alternative plan";

- syn. alternative, substitute;

- sim. secondary;

a3
occurring by turns;

- first one and then the other;

- "alternating feelings of love and hate";

- syn. alternating;

- sim. cyclic;

a4
of leaves and branches etc;

- first on one side and then on the other in two ranks along an axis;

- not paired;

- "stems with alternate leaves";

alternately / ɔ ɫ t ɝ n ə t ɫ i /
r1
in an alternating sequence or position;

- "They were deglycerolized by alternately centrifuging and mixing";

- "he planted fir and pine trees alternately";

alternating / ɔ ɫ t ə n eɪ t ɪ ŋ /
a1
(of a current) reversing direction;

- "alternating current";

a2
occurring by turns;

- first one and then the other;

- "alternating feelings of love and hate";

- syn. alternate;

- sim. cyclic;

alternating current
n1
an electric current that reverses direction sinusoidally;

- "In the US most household current is AC at 60 cycles per second";

- syn. AC, alternating electric current;

alternating electric current
n1
an electric current that reverses direction sinusoidally;

- "In the US most household current is AC at 60 cycles per second";

- syn. AC, alternating current;

alternation / ɔ ɫ t ə n eɪ ʃ n /
n1
successive change from one thing or state to another and back again;

- "a trill is a rapid alternation between the two notes";

alternation of generations
n1
the alternation of two or more different forms in the life cycle of a plant or animal;

- syn. heterogenesis, xenogenesis;

alternative / ɔ ɫ t ɝ n ə t ɪ v /
n1
one of a number of things from which only one can be chosen;

- "what option did I have?";

- "there is no other alternative";

- "my only choice is to refuse";

- syn. choice, option;

a1
serving or used in place of another;

- "an alternative plan";

- syn. alternate, substitute;

- sim. secondary;

a2
necessitating a choice between mutually exclusive possibilities;

- "alternative possibilities were neutrality or war";

- sim. disjunctive;

a3
pertaining to unconventional choices;

- "an alternative life style";

- sim. unconventional;

alternative birth
n1
a method of childbirth that avoids intrusive high-tech medicine in favor of more natural and homely settings;

- syn. alternative birthing;

alternative birthing
n1
a method of childbirth that avoids intrusive high-tech medicine in favor of more natural and homely settings;

- syn. alternative birth;

alternative energy
n1
energy derived from sources that do not use up natural resources or harm the environment;

alternative medicine
n1
the practice of medicine without the use of drugs;

- may involve herbal medicines or self-awareness or biofeedback or acupuncture;

alternative pleading
n1
a pleading that alleges facts so separate that it is difficult to determine which facts the person intends to rely on;

- syn. pleading in the alternative;

alternatively / ɔ ɫ t ɝ n ə t ɪ v ɫ i /
r1
in place of, or as an alternative to;

- "Felix became a herpetologist instead";

- "alternatively we could buy a used car";

- syn. instead, or else;

alternator / ɔ ɫ t ɝ n ə t ɔ ɹ /
n1
an old term for an electric generator that produces alternating current (especially in automobiles);

althaea
n1
any of various plants of the genus Althaea;

- similar to but having smaller flowers than genus Alcea;

- syn. althea, hollyhock;

althea
n1
any of various plants of the genus Althaea;

- similar to but having smaller flowers than genus Alcea;

- syn. althaea, hollyhock;

Althea Gibson
n1
United States tennis player who was the first Black woman player to win all the major world singles titles (1927-2003);

- syn. Gibson;

Althea officinalis
n1
European perennial plant naturalized in United States having triangular ovate leaves and lilac-pink flowers;

- syn. marsh mallow, white mallow;

Althea rosea
n1
plant with terminal racemes of showy white to pink or purple flowers;

- the English cottage garden hollyhock;

- syn. Alcea rosea, rose mallow;

altimeter / æ ɫ t ɪ m i t ə , æ ɫ t ɪ m i t ə ɹ /
n1
an instrument that measures the height above ground;

- used in navigation;

altissimo / æ ɫ t ɪ s ɪ m oʊ /
a1
very high;

- sim. high;

altitude / æ ɫ t ɪ t j u d /
n1
elevation especially above sea level or above the earth's surface;

- "the altitude gave her a headache";

- syn. height;

n2
the perpendicular distance from the base of a geometric figure to the opposite vertex (or side if parallel);

n3
angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object);

- syn. ALT, EL, elevation;

altitude sickness
n1
effects (as nosebleed or nausea) of oxygen deficiency in the blood and tissues at high altitudes;

altitudinal / æ ɫ t ɪ t j u d ɪ n ɫ /
a1
pertaining to altitude;

altitudinous / æ ɫ t ɪ t j u d ɪ n ə s /
a1
indefinitely high;

- lofty;

- sim. high;

alto / æ ɫ t oʊ /
n1
a singer whose voice lies in the alto clef;

n2
the lowest female singing voice;

- syn. contralto;

n3
the highest adult male singing voice;

- syn. countertenor;

n4
(of a musical instrument) the second highest instrument in a family of musical instruments;

n5
the pitch range of the lowest female voice;

a1
of or being the lowest female voice;

- syn. contralto;

- sim. low;

a2
of or being the highest male voice;

- having a range above that of tenor;

- syn. countertenor;

- sim. high;

a3
(of a musical instrument) second highest member of a group;

- "alto clarinet or recorder";

- sim. high;

alto clef
n1
a clef that puts middle C on the third line of a staff;

- syn. viola clef;

alto relievo
n1
a sculptural relief in which forms extend out from the background to at least half their depth;

- syn. alto rilievo, high relief;

alto rilievo
n1
a sculptural relief in which forms extend out from the background to at least half their depth;

- syn. alto relievo, high relief;

alto saxophonist
n1
a musician who plays the alto saxophone;

- syn. altoist;

altocumulus
n1
a cumulus cloud at an intermediate altitude of 2 or 3 miles;

- syn. altocumulus cloud;

altocumulus cloud
n1
a cumulus cloud at an intermediate altitude of 2 or 3 miles;

- syn. altocumulus;

altogether / ɔ ɫ t ə ɡ ɛ ð ə , ɔ ɫ t ə ɡ ɛ ð ə ɹ /
n1
informal terms for nakedness;

- "in the raw";

- "in the altogether";

- "in his birthday suit";

- syn. birthday suit, raw;

r1
to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent (`whole' is often used informally for `wholly');

- "he was wholly convinced";

- "entirely satisfied with the meal";

- "it was completely different from what we expected";

- "was completely at fault";

- "a totally new situation";

- "the directions were all wrong";

- "it was not altogether her fault";

- "an altogether new approach";

- "a whole new idea";

- "she felt right at home";

- "he fell right into the trap";

- syn. all, completely, entirely, right, totally, whole, wholly;

r2
with everything included or counted;

- "altogether he earns close to a million dollars";

- syn. all told, in all;

r3
with everything considered (and neglecting details);

- "altogether, I'm sorry it happened";

- "all in all, it's not so bad";

- syn. all in all, on the whole, tout ensemble;

altoist
n1
a musician who plays the alto saxophone;

- syn. alto saxophonist;

Alton Glenn Miller
n1
United States bandleader of a popular big band (1909-1944);

- syn. Glenn Miller, Miller;

Altoona
n1
a town in central Pennsylvania;

altostratus
n1
a stratus cloud at an intermediate altitude of 2 or 3 miles;

- syn. altostratus cloud;

altostratus cloud
n1
a stratus cloud at an intermediate altitude of 2 or 3 miles;

- syn. altostratus;

altricial
a1
(of hatchlings) naked and blind and dependent on parents for food;

altruism / æ ɫ t ɹ u ɪ z ə m /
n1
the quality of unselfish concern for the welfare of others;

- syn. selflessness;

altruist / æ ɫ t ɹ u ɪ s t /
n1
someone who makes charitable donations intended to increase human well-being;

- syn. philanthropist;

altruistic / æ ɫ t ɹ u ɪ s t ɪ k /
a1
showing unselfish concern for the welfare of others;

- syn. selfless;

- also unselfish;

altruistically / æ ɫ t ɹ u ɪ s t ɪ k ɫ i /
r1
in an altruistic manner;

- "he acted selflessly when he helped the old lady in distress";

- syn. selflessly;

alula
n1
scalelike structure between the base of the wing and the halter of a two-winged fly;

- syn. calypter;

n2
tuft of small stiff feathers on the first digit of a bird's wing;

- syn. bastard wing, spurious wing;

alular
a1
pertaining to alulae;

alum / æ ɫ ə m /
n1
a white crystalline double sulfate of aluminum: the ammonium double sulfate of aluminum;

- syn. ammonia alum, ammonium alum;

n2
a white crystalline double sulfate of aluminum: the potassium double sulfate of aluminum;

- syn. potash alum, potassium alum;

n3
a person who has received a degree from a school (high school or college or university);

- syn. alumna, alumnus, grad, graduate;

n4
a double sulphate of aluminum and potassium that is used as an astringent (among other things);

alumbloom
n1
any of several herbs of the genus Heuchera;

- syn. alumroot;

alumina / ə ɫ j u m ɪ n ə /
n1
any of various forms of aluminum oxide occurring naturally as corundum;

- syn. aluminium oxide, aluminum oxide;

aluminate / ə ɫ j u m ɪ n eɪ t /
n1
a compound of alumina and a metallic oxide;

aluminiferous / æ ɫ j ʊ m ɪ n ɪ f ə ɹ ə s /
a1
containing alum or aluminum;

- sim. metallic;

aluminise
v1
cover with aluminum;

- syn. aluminize;

aluminium / æ ɫ j ʊ m ɪ n ɪə m /
n1
a silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite;

- syn. Al, aluminum, atomic number 13;

aluminium bronze
n1
an alloy of copper and aluminum with high tensile strength and resistance to corrosion;

- syn. aluminum bronze;

aluminium chloride
n1
a chloride used as a wood preservative or catalyst;

- syn. aluminum chloride;

aluminium foil
n1
foil made of aluminum;

- syn. aluminum foil, tin foil;

aluminium hydroxide
n1
white crystalline compound that occurs naturally as the mineral gibbsite;

- syn. aluminum hydroxide, hydrated aluminium oxide, hydrated aluminum oxide;

aluminium oxide
n1
any of various forms of aluminum oxide occurring naturally as corundum;

- syn. alumina, aluminum oxide;

aluminize / æ ɫ j ʊ m ɪ n aɪ z /
v1
cover with aluminum;

- syn. aluminise;

aluminous / ə ɫ j u m ɪ n ə s /
a1
pertaining to or containing aluminum or alum;

aluminum
n1
a silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite;

- syn. Al, aluminium, atomic number 13;

aluminum bronze
n1
an alloy of copper and aluminum with high tensile strength and resistance to corrosion;

- syn. aluminium bronze;

aluminum business
n1
manufacturers of aluminum considered as a group;

- syn. aluminum industry;

aluminum chloride
n1
a chloride used as a wood preservative or catalyst;

- syn. aluminium chloride;

aluminum foil
n1
foil made of aluminum;

- syn. aluminium foil, tin foil;

aluminum hydroxide
n1
white crystalline compound that occurs naturally as the mineral gibbsite;

- syn. aluminium hydroxide, hydrated aluminium oxide, hydrated aluminum oxide;

aluminum industry
n1
manufacturers of aluminum considered as a group;

- syn. aluminum business;

aluminum oxide
n1
any of various forms of aluminum oxide occurring naturally as corundum;

- syn. alumina, aluminium oxide;

alumna / ə ɫ ʌ m n ə /
n1
a person who has received a degree from a school (high school or college or university);

- syn. alum, alumnus, grad, graduate;

alumnus / ə ɫ ʌ m n ə s /
n1
a person who has received a degree from a school (high school or college or university);

- syn. alum, alumna, grad, graduate;

alumroot / æ ɫ ə m ɹ u t /
n1
any of several herbs of the genus Heuchera;

- syn. alumbloom;

alundum
n1
a substance made of fused alumina;

Alupent
n1
a bronchodilator (trade name Alupent) used to treat asthma and emphysema and other lung conditions;

- available in oral or inhalant forms;

- side effects include tachycardia and shakiness;

- syn. metaproterenol;

Alvar Aalto
n1
Finnish architect and designer of furniture (1898-1976);

- syn. Aalto, Hugo Alvar Henrik Aalto;

alveolar / æ ɫ v ɪə ɫ ə , æ ɫ v ɪə ɫ ə ɹ /
n1
a consonant articulated with the tip of the tongue near the gum ridge;

- syn. alveolar consonant, dental, dental consonant;

a1
pertaining to the tiny air sacs of the lungs;

a2
pertaining to the sockets of the teeth or that part of the upper jaw;

- "alveolar processes";

alveolar arch
n1
the part of the upper or lower jawbones in which the teeth are set;

alveolar artery
n1
a branch of the maxillary artery that supplies the alveolar process;

- syn. arteria alveolaris;

alveolar bed
n1
lung tissue densely packed with alveoli;

alveolar consonant
n1
a consonant articulated with the tip of the tongue near the gum ridge;

- syn. alveolar, dental, dental consonant;

alveolar ectasia
n1
abnormal enlargement of the air sacs in the lungs;

alveolar point
n1
craniometric point that is the most anterior point in the midline on the alveolar process of the maxilla;

- syn. prostheon, prosthion;

alveolar process
n1
a ridge that forms the borders of the upper and lower jaws and contains the sockets of the teeth;

- syn. alveolar ridge, gum ridge;

alveolar resorption
n1
wasting of the bony socket;

alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma
n1
form of rhabdomyosarcoma occurring mainly in adolescents and young adults;

- syn. alveolar rhabdosarcoma;

alveolar rhabdosarcoma
n1
form of rhabdomyosarcoma occurring mainly in adolescents and young adults;

- syn. alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma;

alveolar ridge
n1
a ridge that forms the borders of the upper and lower jaws and contains the sockets of the teeth;

- syn. alveolar process, gum ridge;

alveolate
a1
pitted with cell-like cavities (as a honeycomb);

- syn. cavitied, faveolate, honeycombed, pitted;

- sim. cellular;

alveolitis
n1
inflammation in the socket of a tooth;

- sometimes occurs after a tooth is extracted and a blood clot fails to form;

- syn. dry socket;

n2
inflammation of the alveoli in the lungs caused by inhaling dust;

- with repeated exposure the condition may become chronic;

alveolus / æ ɫ v ɪə ɫ ə s /
n1
a tiny sac for holding air in the lungs;

- formed by the terminal dilation of tiny air passageways;

- syn. air cell, air sac;

n2
a bony socket in the alveolar ridge that holds a tooth;

- syn. tooth socket;

Alvin Ailey
n1
United States choreographer noted for his use of African elements (born in 1931);

- syn. Ailey;

alvine
a1
of or relating to the intestines;

always / ɔ ɫ w eɪ z /
r1
at all times;

- all the time and on every occasion;

- "I will always be there to help you";

- "always arrives on time";

- "there is always some pollution in the air";

- "ever hoping to strike it rich";

- "ever busy";

- syn. e'er, ever;

r2
without variation or change, in every case;

- "constantly kind and gracious";

- "he always arrives on time";

- syn. constantly, invariably;

r3
without interruption;

- "the world is constantly changing";

- syn. constantly, forever, incessantly, perpetually;

r4
at any time or in any event;

- "you can always resign if you don't like it";

- "you could always take a day off";

r5
forever;

- throughout all time;

- "we will always be friends";

- "I shall treasure it always";

- "I will always love you";

alyssum / æ ɫ ɪ s ə m /
n1
any garden plant of the genus Alyssum having clusters of small yellow or white flowers;

- syn. madwort;

n2
a genus of the family Cruciferae;

- syn. genus Alyssum;

Alytes
n1
midwife toads;

- syn. genus Alytes;

Alytes cisternasi
n1
similar in habit to Alytes obstetricians;

- syn. midwife toad;

Alytes obstetricans
n1
European toad whose male carries the fertilized eggs wrapped around its hind legs until they hatch;

- syn. midwife toad, obstetrical toad;

Alzheimer's
n1
a progressive form of presenile dementia that is similar to senile dementia except that it usually starts in the 40s or 50s;

- first symptoms are impaired memory which is followed by impaired thought and speech and finally complete helplessness;

- syn. Alzheimer's disease, Alzheimers;

Alzheimer's disease
n1
a progressive form of presenile dementia that is similar to senile dementia except that it usually starts in the 40s or 50s;

- first symptoms are impaired memory which is followed by impaired thought and speech and finally complete helplessness;

- syn. Alzheimer's, Alzheimers;

Alzheimers
n1
a progressive form of presenile dementia that is similar to senile dementia except that it usually starts in the 40s or 50s;

- first symptoms are impaired memory which is followed by impaired thought and speech and finally complete helplessness;

- syn. Alzheimer's, Alzheimer's disease;

Am / eɪ ɛ m , æ m /
n1
a radioactive transuranic metallic element;

- discovered by bombarding uranium with helium atoms;

- syn. americium, atomic number 95;

n2
a master's degree in arts and sciences;

- syn. Artium Magister, MA, Master of Arts;

n3
modulation of the amplitude of the (radio) carrier wave;

- syn. amplitude modulation;

amabilis fir
n1
medium to tall fir of western North America having a conic crown and branches in tiers;

- leaves smell of orange when crushed;

- syn. Abies amabilis, Christmas tree, Pacific silver fir, red silver fir, white fir;

amadavat
n1
red Asian weaverbirds often kept as cage birds;

- syn. avadavat;

Amaethon
n1
the farmer god;

- ancient god of agriculture;

amah / ɑ m ə /
n1
a woman hired to suckle a child of someone else;

- syn. wet-nurse, wet nurse, wetnurse;

n2
a female domestic;

- syn. housemaid, maid, maidservant;

amain / ə m eɪ n /
r1
at full speed;

- with great haste;

- "the children ran down the hill amain";

r2
with all your strength;

- "he pulled the ropes amain";

amalgam / ə m æ ɫ ɡ ə m /
n1
an alloy of mercury with another metal (usually silver) used by dentists to fill cavities in teeth;

- except for iron and platinum all metals dissolve in mercury and chemists refer to the resulting mercury mixtures as amalgams;

- syn. dental amalgam;

n2
a combination or blend of diverse things;

- "his theory is an amalgam of earlier ideas";

amalgamate / ə m æ ɫ ɡ ə m eɪ t /
v1
to bring or combine together or with something else;

- "resourcefully he mingled music and dance";

- syn. commix, mingle, mix, unify;

a1
joined together into a whole;

- "United Industries";

- "the amalgamated colleges constituted a university";

- "a consolidated school";

- syn. amalgamated, coalesced, consolidated, fused;

- sim. united;

amalgamated / ə m æ ɫ ɡ ə m eɪ t ɪ d /
a1
joined together into a whole;

- "United Industries";

- "the amalgamated colleges constituted a university";

- "a consolidated school";

- syn. amalgamate, coalesced, consolidated, fused;

- sim. united;

amalgamation / ə m æ ɫ ɡ ə m eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the combination of two or more commercial companies;

- syn. merger, uniting;

amalgamative
a1
characterized by or tending toward amalgamation;

amalgamator / ə m æ ɫ ɡ ə m eɪ t ə /
n1
a businessman who arranges an amalgamation of two or more commercial companies;

Amandine Aurore Lucie Dupin
n1
French writer known for works concerning women's rights and independence (1804-1876);

- syn. Baroness Dudevant, George Sand, Sand;

Amanita
n1
genus of widely distributed agarics that have white spores and are poisonous with few exceptions;

- syn. genus Amanita;

Amanita caesarea
n1
widely distributed edible mushroom resembling the fly agaric;

- syn. Caesar's agaric, royal agaric;

Amanita mappa
n1
agaric often confused with the death cup;

- syn. false deathcap;

Amanita muscaria
n1
poisonous (but rarely fatal) woodland fungus having a scarlet cap with white warts and white gills;

- syn. fly agaric;

Amanita phalloides
n1
extremely poisonous usually white fungus with a prominent cup-shaped base;

- differs from edible Agaricus only in its white gills;

- syn. death angel, death cap, death cup, destroying angel;

Amanita rubescens
n1
yellowish edible agaric that usually turns red when touched;

- syn. blusher, blushing mushroom;

Amanita verna
n1
fungus similar to Amanita phalloides;

- syn. destroying angel;

amanuensis / ə m æ n j ʊ ɛ n s ɪ s /
n1
someone skilled in the transcription of speech (especially dictation);

- syn. shorthand typist, stenographer;

amaranth / æ m ə ɹ æ n θ /
n1
seed of amaranth plants used as a native cereal in Central and South America;

n2
any of various plants of the genus Amaranthus having dense plumes of green or red flowers;

- often cultivated for food;

amaranth family
n1
cosmopolitan family of herbs and shrubs;

- syn. Amaranthaceae, family Amaranthaceae;

Amaranthaceae
n1
cosmopolitan family of herbs and shrubs;

- syn. amaranth family, family Amaranthaceae;

amaranthine / æ m ə ɹ æ n θ aɪ n /
a1
of or related to the amaranth plant;

a2
of an imaginary flower that never fades;

- syn. unfading;

- sim. immortal;

Amaranthus / æ m ə ɹ æ n θ ə s /
n1
large widely distributed genus of chiefly coarse annual herbs;

- syn. genus Amaranthus;

Amaranthus albus
n1
bushy plant of western United States;

- syn. Amaranthus graecizans, tumbleweed;

Amaranthus caudatus
n1
young leaves widely used as leaf vegetables;

- seeds used as cereal;

- syn. love-lies-bleeding, tassel flower, velvet flower;

Amaranthus cruentus
n1
tall showy tropical American annual having hairy stems and long spikes of usually red flowers above leaves deeply flushed with purple;

- seeds often used as cereal;

- syn. Amaranthus hybridus erythrostachys, Amaranthus hybridus hypochondriacus, gentleman's-cane, prince's-feather, prince's-plume, purple amaranth, red amaranth;

Amaranthus graecizans
n1
bushy plant of western United States;

- syn. Amaranthus albus, tumbleweed;

Amaranthus hybridus erythrostachys
n1
tall showy tropical American annual having hairy stems and long spikes of usually red flowers above leaves deeply flushed with purple;

- seeds often used as cereal;

- syn. Amaranthus cruentus, Amaranthus hybridus hypochondriacus, gentleman's-cane, prince's-feather, prince's-plume, purple amaranth, red amaranth;

Amaranthus hybridus hypochondriacus
n1
tall showy tropical American annual having hairy stems and long spikes of usually red flowers above leaves deeply flushed with purple;

- seeds often used as cereal;

- syn. Amaranthus cruentus, Amaranthus hybridus erythrostachys, gentleman's-cane, prince's-feather, prince's-plume, purple amaranth, red amaranth;

Amaranthus hypochondriacus
n1
leaves sometimes used as potherbs;

- seeds used as cereal;

- southern United States to Central America;

- India and China;

- syn. pigweed;

Amaranthus spinosus
n1
erect annual of tropical central Asia and Africa having a pair of divergent spines at most leaf nodes;

- syn. thorny amaranth;

amarelle
n1
any of several cultivated sour cherry trees bearing pale red fruit with colorless juice;

- syn. Prunus cerasus caproniana;

n2
pale red sour cherry with colorless or nearly colorless juice;

amaretto
n1
an Italian almond liqueur;

Amarillo / æ m ə ɹ ɪ ɫ oʊ /
n1
a city in the northern panhandle of Texas;

Amaryllidaceae
n1
snowdrop;

- narcissus;

- daffodil;

- in some classification systems considered a subfamily of the Liliaceae;

- syn. amaryllis family, family Amaryllidaceae;

amaryllis / æ m ə ɹ ɪ ɫ ɪ s /
n1
bulbous plant having showy white to reddish flowers;

Amaryllis belladonna
n1
amaryllis of South Africa often cultivated for its fragrant white or rose flowers;

- syn. belladonna lily, naked lady;

amaryllis family
n1
snowdrop;

- narcissus;

- daffodil;

- in some classification systems considered a subfamily of the Liliaceae;

- syn. Amaryllidaceae, family Amaryllidaceae;

amass / ə m æ s /
v1
collect or gather;

- "Journals are accumulating in my office";

- "The work keeps piling up";

- syn. accumulate, conglomerate, cumulate, gather, pile up;

v2
get or gather together;

- "I am accumulating evidence for the man's unfaithfulness to his wife";

- "She is amassing a lot of data for her thesis";

- "She rolled up a small fortune";

- syn. accumulate, collect, compile, hoard, pile up, roll up;

amastia
n1
absence of the mammary glands (either through surgery or developmental defect);

Amaterasu
n1
central deity of Shinto;

- goddess personifying the sun and ancestress of the rulers of Japan;

- syn. Amaterasu Omikami;

Amaterasu Omikami
n1
central deity of Shinto;

- goddess personifying the sun and ancestress of the rulers of Japan;

- syn. Amaterasu;

amateur / æ m ə t ə , æ m ə t ə ɹ /
n1
someone who pursues a study or sport as a pastime;

n2
an athlete who does not play for pay;

a1
engaged in as a pastime;

- "an amateur painter";

- "gained valuable experience in amateur theatricals";

- "recreational golfers";

- "reading matter that is both recreational and mentally stimulating";

- "unpaid extras in the documentary";

- syn. recreational, unpaid;

- sim. nonprofessional;

a2
lacking professional skill or expertise;

- "a very amateurish job";

- "inexpert but conscientious efforts";

- "an unskilled painting";

- syn. amateurish, inexpert, unskilled;

- sim. unprofessional;

amateurish / æ m ə t ə ɹ ɪ ʃ /
a1
lacking professional skill or expertise;

- "a very amateurish job";

- "inexpert but conscientious efforts";

- "an unskilled painting";

- syn. amateur, inexpert, unskilled;

- sim. unprofessional;

amateurishly / æ m ə t ə ɹ ɪ ʃ ɫ i /
r1
in an amateurish manner;

- "he performed the piece amateurishly";

amateurishness / æ m ə t ə ɹ ɪ ʃ n ə s /
n1
something that demonstrates a lack of professional competency;

amateurism / æ m ə t ə ɹ ɪ z ə m /
n1
the conviction that people should participate in sports as a hobby (for the fun of it) rather than for money;

Amati
n1
Italian violin maker in Cremona;

- taught the craft to Guarneri and Stradivari (1596-1684);

- syn. Nicola Amati, Nicolo Amati;

n2
a violin made by Nicolo Amati or a member of his family;

amative / æ m ə t ɪ v /
a1
inclined toward or displaying love;

- "feeling amorous";

- syn. amorous;

- sim. loving;

amativeness / æ m ə t ɪ v n ə s /
n1
the arousal of feelings of sexual desire;

- syn. amorousness, eroticism, erotism, sexiness;

amatory / æ m ə t ə ɹ i /
a1
expressive of or exciting sexual love or romance;

- "her amatory affairs";

- "amorous glances";

- "a romantic adventure";

- "a romantic moonlight ride";

- syn. amorous, romantic;

- sim. loving;

amatungulu
n1
very large closely branched South African shrub having forked bright green spines and shiny leaves;

- syn. Carissa grandiflora, Carissa macrocarpa, natal plum;

Amauropelta
n1
epiphytic or terrestrial ferns of America and Africa and Polynesia;

- syn. genus Amauropelta;

amaurosis / æ m ɔ ɹ oʊ s ɪ s /
n1
partial or total loss of sight without pathology of the eye;

- caused by disease of optic nerve or retina or brain;

amaurotic
a1
pertaining to blindness caused by amaurosis;

amaze / ə m eɪ z /
v1
affect with wonder;

- "Your ability to speak six languages amazes me!";

- syn. astonish, astound;

v2
be a mystery or bewildering to;

- "This beats me!";

- "Got me--I don't know the answer!";

- "a vexing problem";

- "This question really stuck me";

- syn. baffle, beat, bewilder, dumbfound, flummox, get, gravel, mystify, nonplus, perplex, pose, puzzle, stick, stupefy, vex;

amazed / ə m eɪ z d /
a1
filled with the emotional impact of overwhelming surprise or shock;

- "an amazed audience gave the magician a standing ovation";

- "I stood enthralled, astonished by the vastness and majesty of the cathedral";

- "astounded viewers wept at the pictures from the Oklahoma City bombing";

- "stood in stunned silence";

- "stunned scientists found not one but at least three viruses";

- syn. astonied, astonished, astounded, stunned;

- sim. surprised;

amazement / ə m eɪ z m ə n t /
n1
the feeling that accompanies something extremely surprising;

- "he looked at me in astonishment";

- syn. astonishment;

amazing / ə m eɪ z ɪ ŋ /
a1
surprising greatly;

- "she does an amazing amount of work";

- "the dog was capable of astonishing tricks";

- syn. astonishing;

- sim. surprising;

a2
inspiring awe or admiration or wonder;

- "New York is an amazing city";

- "the Grand Canyon is an awe-inspiring sight";

- "the awesome complexity of the universe";

- "this sea, whose gently awful stirrings seem to speak of some hidden soul beneath"- Melville;

- "Westminster Hall's awing majesty, so vast, so high, so silent";

- syn. awe-inspiring, awesome, awful, awing;

- sim. impressive;

amazingly / ə m eɪ z ɪ ŋ ɫ i /
r1
in an amazing manner;

- to everyone's surprise;

- "amazingly, he finished medical school in three years";

- syn. astonishingly, surprisingly;

amazon / æ m ə z ə n /
n1
a large strong and aggressive woman;

- syn. virago;

n2
(Greek mythology) one of a nation of women warriors of Scythia (who burned off the right breast in order to use a bow and arrow more effectively);

n3
a major South American river;

- arises in the Andes and flows eastward into the South Atlantic;

- the world's 2nd longest river (4000 miles);

- syn. Amazon River;

n4
mainly green tropical American parrots;

Amazon ant
n1
small reddish slave-making ant species;

- syn. Polyergus rufescens;

Amazon River
n1
a major South American river;

- arises in the Andes and flows eastward into the South Atlantic;

- the world's 2nd longest river (4000 miles);

- syn. Amazon;

Amazona
n1
a genus of Psittacidae;

- syn. genus Amazona;

ambage / æ m b ɪ dʒ /
n1
a style that involves indirect ways of expressing things;

- syn. circumlocution, periphrasis;

ambages / æ m b eɪ dʒ i z /
n1
(archaic) roundabout or mysterious ways of action;

ambagious
a1
roundabout and unnecessarily wordy;

- "had a preference for circumlocutious (or circumlocutory) rather than forthright expression";

- "A periphrastic study in a worn-out poetical fashion,/ Leaving one still with the intolerable wrestle/ With words and meanings."-T.S.Eliot;

- (`ambagious' is archaic);

- syn. circumlocutious, circumlocutory, periphrastic;

- sim. indirect;

ambassador / æ m b æ s ə d ə , æ m b æ s ə d ə ɹ /
n1
a diplomat of the highest rank;

- accredited as representative from one country to another;

- syn. embassador;

n2
an informal representative;

- "an ambassador of good will";

ambassadorial / æ m b æ s ə d ɔ ɹ ɪə ɫ /
a1
of or relating to or characteristic of ambassadors;

ambassadorship / æ m b æ s ə d ə ɹ ʃ ɪ p /
n1
the post of ambassador;

ambassadress / æ m b æ s ə d ɹ ɪ s /
n1
a woman ambassador;

amber / æ m b ə , æ m b ə ɹ /
n1
a deep yellow color;

- "an amber light illuminated the room";

- "he admired the gold of her hair";

- syn. gold;

n2
a hard yellowish to brownish translucent fossil resin;

- used for jewelry;

a1
of a medium to dark brownish yellow color;

- syn. brownish-yellow, yellow-brown;

- sim. chromatic;

amber-green
a1
of green tinged with amber;

- sim. chromatic;

amber lily
n1
plant having basal grasslike leaves and a narrow open cluster of starlike yellowish-orange flowers atop a leafless stalk;

- southwestern United States;

- only species of Anthericum growing in North America;

- syn. Anthericum torreyi;

amberbell
n1
eastern North American dogtooth having solitary yellow flowers marked with brown or purple and spotted interiors;

- syn. Erythronium americanum, trout lily, yellow adder's tongue;

Amberboa
n1
herbs of Mediterranean to central Asia cultivated for their flowers;

- syn. genus Amberboa;

Amberboa moschata
n1
Asian plant widely grown for its sweetly fragrant pink flowers;

- sometimes placed in genus Centaurea;

- syn. Centaurea moschata, sweet sultan;

amberfish
n1
any of several amber to coppery fork-tailed warm-water carangid fishes;

- syn. amberjack;

ambergris / æ m b ə ɡ ɹ i s /
n1
waxy substance secreted by the sperm whale and found floating at sea or washed ashore;

- used in perfume;

amberjack / æ m b ə dʒ æ k /
n1
any of several amber to coppery fork-tailed warm-water carangid fishes;

- syn. amberfish;

ambiance
n1
a particular environment or surrounding influence;

- "there was an atmosphere of excitement";

- syn. ambience, atmosphere;

n2
the atmosphere of an environment;

- syn. ambience;

ambidexterity / æ m b ɪ d ɛ k s t ɛr ɪ t i /
n1
the property of being equally skillful with each hand;

- syn. ambidextrousness;

ambidextrous / æ m b ɪ d ɛ k s t ɹ ə s /
a1
equally skillful with each hand;

- "an ambidextrous surgeon";

- syn. two-handed;

- sim. equipoised;

a2
marked by deliberate deceptiveness especially by pretending one set of feelings and acting under the influence of another;

- "she was a deceitful scheming little thing"- Israel Zangwill;

- "a double-dealing double agent";

- "a double-faced infernal traitor and schemer"- W.M.Thackeray;

- syn. Janus-faced, deceitful, double-dealing, double-faced, double-tongued, duplicitous, two-faced;

- sim. dishonest;

ambidextrousness / æ m b ɪ d ɛ k s t ɹ ɛ p ə ɹ ə s n ə s /
n1
the property of being equally skillful with each hand;

- syn. ambidexterity;

ambience / æ m b ɪə n s /
n1
a particular environment or surrounding influence;

- "there was an atmosphere of excitement";

- syn. ambiance, atmosphere;

n2
the atmosphere of an environment;

- syn. ambiance;

ambient / æ m b ɪə n t /
a1
completely enveloping;

- "the ambient air";

- "ambient sound";

- "the ambient temperature";

- sim. close;

ambiguity / æ m b ɪ ɡ j u ɪ t i /
n1
an expression whose meaning cannot be determined from its context;

n2
unclearness by virtue of having more than one meaning;

- syn. equivocalness;

ambiguous / æ m b ɪ ɡ j ʊə s /
a1
open to two or more interpretations;

- or of uncertain nature or significance;

- or (often) intended to mislead;

- "an equivocal statement";

- "the polling had a complex and equivocal (or ambiguous) message for potential female candidates";

- "the officer's equivocal behavior increased the victim's uneasiness";

- "popularity is an equivocal crown";

- "an equivocal response to an embarrassing question";

- syn. equivocal;

- also ambiguous;

- sim. double, evasive, indeterminate;

a2
having more than one possible meaning;

- "ambiguous words";

- "frustrated by ambiguous instructions, the parents were unable to assemble the toy";

- also ambiguous, equivocal, unclear;

- sim. double-barreled, double-edged, enigmatic, left-handed, multivalent, polysemous, uncertain;

a3
having no intrinsic or objective meaning;

- not organized in conventional patterns;

- "an ambiguous situation with no frame of reference";

- "ambiguous inkblots";

- sim. unstructured;

ambiguously / æ m b ɪ ɡ j ʊə s ɫ i /
r1
in an ambiguous manner;

- "this letter is worded ambiguously";

- syn. equivocally;

ambit / æ m b ɪ t /
n1
an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control: "the range of a supersonic jet";

- "a piano has a greater range than the human voice";

- "the ambit of municipal legislation";

- "within the compass of this article";

- "within the scope of an investigation";

- "outside the reach of the law";

- "in the political orbit of a world power";

- syn. compass, orbit, range, reach, scope;

ambition / æ m b ɪ ʃ n /
n1
a cherished desire;

- "his ambition is to own his own business";

- syn. aspiration, dream;

n2
a strong drive for success;

- syn. ambitiousness;

v1
have as one's ambition;

ambitionless / æ m b ɪ ʃ n ɫ ɛ s /
a1
having little desire for success or achievement;

- syn. unambitious;

- also nonenterprising, unenterprising;

- sim. shiftless;

ambitious / æ m b ɪ ʃ ə s /
a1
having a strong desire for success or achievement;

- also enterprising;

- sim. aspirant, compulsive, manque, overambitious, pushful;

a2
requiring full use of your abilities or resources;

- "ambitious schedule";

- "performed the most challenging task without a mistake";

- syn. challenging;

- sim. difficult;

ambitiously / æ m b ɪ ʃ ə s ɫ i /
r1
with ambition;

- in an ambitious and energetic manner;

- "she pursued her goals ambitiously";

- syn. determinedly;

ambitiousness / æ m b ɪ ʃ ə s n ə s /
n1
a strong drive for success;

- syn. ambition;

ambivalence / æ m b ɪ v ə ɫ ə n s /
n1
mixed feelings or emotions;

- syn. ambivalency;

ambivalency / æ m b ɪ v ə ɫ ə n s i /
n1
mixed feelings or emotions;

- syn. ambivalence;

ambivalent / æ m b ɪ v ə ɫ ə n t /
a1
uncertain or unable to decide about what course to follow;

- "was ambivalent about having children";

- sim. uncertain;

ambiversion
n1
(psychology) a balanced disposition intermediate between extroversion and introversion;

ambiversive
a1
intermediate between introversive and extroversive;

amble / æ m b ɫ /
n1
a leisurely walk (usually in some public place);

- syn. perambulation, promenade, saunter, stroll;

v1
walk leisurely;

- syn. mosey;

ambler / æ m b ɫ ə /
n1
someone who walks at a leisurely pace;

- syn. saunterer, stroller;

Ambloplites
n1
a genus of Centrarchidae;

- syn. genus Ambloplites;

Ambloplites rupestris
n1
game and food fish of upper Mississippi and Great Lakes;

- syn. rock bass, rock sunfish;

amblygonite
n1
a white or grey mineral consisting of lithium aluminum phosphate;

- a source of lithium;

amblyopia
n1
visual impairment without apparent organic pathology;

amblyopic
a1
pertaining to a kind of visual impairment without apparent organic pathology;

Amblyrhynchus
n1
marine iguanas;

- syn. genus Amblyrhynchus;

Amblyrhynchus cristatus
n1
shore-dwelling seaweed-eating lizard of the Galapagos Islands;

- syn. marine iguana;

ambo
n1
a platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it;

- syn. dais, podium, pulpit, rostrum, soapbox, stump;

amboina pine
n1
native to the Moluccas and Philippines;

- a source of dammar resin;

- syn. Agathis alba, Agathis dammara, amboyna pine;

amboyna / æ m b ɔɪ n ə /
n1
mottled curly-grained wood of Pterocarpus indicus;

- syn. Andaman redwood;

n2
tree native to southeastern Asia having reddish wood with a mottled or striped black grain;

- syn. Pterocarpus indicus, padauk, padouk;

amboyna pine
n1
native to the Moluccas and Philippines;

- a source of dammar resin;

- syn. Agathis alba, Agathis dammara, amboina pine;

Ambrogio Damiano Achille Ratti
n1
pope who signed a treaty with Mussolini recognizing the Vatican City as an independent state (1857-1939);

- syn. Achille Ratti, Pius XI;

Ambrose / æ m b ɹ oʊ z /
n1
(Roman Catholic Church) Roman priest who became bishop of Milan;

- the first Church Father born and raised in the Christian faith;

- composer of hymns;

- imposed orthodoxy on the early Christian church and built up its secular power;

- a saint and Doctor of the Church (340?-397);

- syn. Saint Ambrose, St. Ambrose;

Ambrose Bierce
n1
United States writer of caustic wit (1842-1914);

- syn. Ambrose Gwinett Bierce, Bierce;

Ambrose Everett Burnside
n1
United States general in the American Civil War who was defeated by Robert E. Lee at the Battle of Fredericksburg (1824-1881);

- syn. A. E. Burnside, Burnside;

Ambrose Gwinett Bierce
n1
United States writer of caustic wit (1842-1914);

- syn. Ambrose Bierce, Bierce;

ambrosia / æ m b ɹ oʊ z ɪə /
n1
a mixture of nectar and pollen prepared by worker bees and fed to larvae;

- syn. beebread;

n2
any of numerous chiefly North American weedy plants constituting the genus Ambrosia that produce highly allergenic pollen responsible for much hay fever and asthma;

- syn. bitterweed, ragweed;

n3
fruit dessert made of oranges and bananas with shredded coconut;

n4
(classical mythology) the food and drink of the gods;

- mortals who ate it became immortal;

- syn. nectar;

Ambrosia artemisiifolia
n1
annual weed with finely divided foliage and spikes of green flowers;

- common in North America;

- introduced elsewhere accidentally;

- syn. common ragweed;

Ambrosia psilostachya
n1
coarse perennial ragweed with creeping roots of dry barren lands of southwestern United States and Mexico;

- syn. perennial ragweed, western ragweed;

Ambrosia trifida
n1
a coarse annual with some leaves deeply and palmately three-cleft or five-cleft;

- syn. great ragweed;

Ambrosiaceae
n1
in some classifications considered a separate family comprising a subgroup of the Compositae including the ragweeds;

- syn. family Ambrosiaceae;

ambrosial
a1
extremely pleasing to the taste;

- sweet and fragrant;

- "a nectarous drink";

- "ambrosial food";

- syn. ambrosian, nectarous;

- sim. tasty;

a2
worthy of the gods;

- syn. ambrosian;

- sim. heavenly;

Ambrosian / æ m b ɹ oʊ z j ə n /
a1
of or by or relating to Saint Ambrose;

- "Ambrosian chants";

a2
extremely pleasing to the taste;

- sweet and fragrant;

- "a nectarous drink";

- "ambrosial food";

- syn. ambrosial, nectarous;

- sim. tasty;

a3
worthy of the gods;

- syn. ambrosial;

- sim. heavenly;

ambulacral / æ m b j ʊ ɫ eɪ k ɹ ə ɫ /
a1
pertaining to the ambulacra of radial echinoderms;

ambulacrum / æ m b j ʊ ɫ eɪ k ɹ ə m /
n1
one of the five areas on the undersurface of an echinoderm on which the tube feet are located;

ambulance / æ m b j ʊ ɫ ə n s /
n1
a vehicle that takes people to and from hospitals;

ambulance chaser
n1
an unethical lawyer who incites accident victims to sue;

ambulant / æ m b j ʊ ɫ ə n t /
a1
able to walk about;

- "the patient is ambulatory";

- syn. ambulatory;

- sim. mobile;

ambulant plague
n1
a mild form of bubonic plague;

- syn. ambulatory plague, pestis ambulans;

ambulate / æ m b j ʊ ɫ eɪ t /
v1
walk about;

- not be bedridden or incapable of walking;

ambulation / æ m b j ʊ ɫ eɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
walking about;

- "the hospital encouraged early ambulation";

ambulatory / æ m b j ʊ ɫ ə t ə ɹ i /
n1
a covered walkway (as in a cloister);

- "it has an ambulatory and seven chapels";

a1
relating to or adapted for walking;

- "an ambulatory corridor";

a2
able to walk about;

- "the patient is ambulatory";

- syn. ambulant;

- sim. mobile;

ambulatory plague
n1
a mild form of bubonic plague;

- syn. ambulant plague, pestis ambulans;

ambuscade / æ m b ə s k eɪ d /
n1
the act of concealing yourself and lying in wait to attack by surprise;

- syn. ambush, lying in wait, trap;

v1
wait in hiding to attack;

- syn. ambush, bushwhack, lie in wait, lurk, scupper, waylay;

ambush / æ m b ʊ ʃ /
n1
the act of concealing yourself and lying in wait to attack by surprise;

- syn. ambuscade, lying in wait, trap;

v1
wait in hiding to attack;

- syn. ambuscade, bushwhack, lie in wait, lurk, scupper, waylay;

v2
hunt (quarry) by stalking and ambushing;

- syn. still-hunt;

ambusher / æ m b ʊ ʃ ə , æ m b ʊ ʃ ə ɹ /
n1
an attacker who waits in a concealed position to launch a surprise attack;

Ambystoma
n1
type genus of the Ambystomatidae;

- syn. genus Ambystoma;

Ambystoma maculatum
n1
glossy black North American salamander with yellow spots;

- syn. spotted salamander;

Ambystoma mexicanum
n1
larval salamander of mountain lakes of Mexico that usually lives without metamorphosing;

- syn. axolotl, mud puppy;

Ambystoma talpoideum
n1
brownish-black burrowing salamander of southeastern United States;

- syn. mole salamander;

Ambystoma tigrinum
n1
widely distributed brown or black North American salamander with vertical yellowish blotches;

- syn. tiger salamander;

Ambystomatidae
n1
New World salamanders;

- syn. family Ambystomatidae;

ambystomid
n1
small to moderate-sized terrestrial or semiaquatic New World salamander;

- syn. ambystomid salamander;

ambystomid salamander
n1
small to moderate-sized terrestrial or semiaquatic New World salamander;

- syn. ambystomid;

AMD
n1
macular degeneration that is age-related;

- syn. age-related macular degeneration;

ameba / ə m i b ə /
n1
naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion;

- syn. amoeba;

ameban / ə m i b ə n /
a1
pertaining to or resembling amoebae;

- "amoebic dysentery";

- syn. amebic, amebous, amoeban, amoebic, amoebous;

amebiasis
n1
infection by a disease-causing ameba;

- syn. amebiosis, amoebiasis, amoebiosis;

amebic
a1
pertaining to or resembling amoebae;

- "amoebic dysentery";

- syn. ameban, amebous, amoeban, amoebic, amoebous;

amebic dysentery
n1
inflammation of the intestines caused by Endamoeba histolytica;

- usually acquired by ingesting food or water contaminated with feces;

- characterized by severe diarrhea;

- syn. amoebic dysentery;

amebiosis
n1
infection by a disease-causing ameba;

- syn. amebiasis, amoebiasis, amoebiosis;

ameboid
a1
like an amoeba (especially in having a variable irregular shape);

- syn. amoeboid;

amebous
a1
pertaining to or resembling amoebae;

- "amoebic dysentery";

- syn. ameban, amebic, amoeban, amoebic, amoebous;

Amedeo Avogadro
n1
Italian physicist noted for his work on gases;

- proposed what has come to be called Avogadro's law (1776-1856);

- syn. Avogadro;

Amedeo Modigliano
n1
Italian painter and sculptor (1884-1920);

- syn. Modigliani;

ameer / ə m ɪə , ə m ɪə ɹ /
n1
an independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia);

- syn. amir, emeer, emir;

Ameiuridae
n1
North American catfishes;

- syn. family Ameiuridae;

Ameiurus
n1
type genus of the Ameiuridae: bullhead catfishes;

- syn. genus Ameiurus;

Ameiurus Melas
n1
catfish common in eastern United States;

- syn. horned pout, hornpout, pout;

Amelanchier
n1
North American deciduous trees or shrubs;

- syn. genus Amelanchier;

Amelanchier alnifolia
n1
shrub or small tree of northwestern North America having fragrant creamy white flowers and small waxy purple-red fruits;

- syn. alder-leaved serviceberry, alderleaf Juneberry;

Amelanchier bartramiana
n1
open-growing shrub of eastern North America having pure white flowers and small waxy almost black fruits;

- syn. Bartram Juneberry;

amelia
n1
congenital absence of an arm or leg;

Amelia Earhart
n1
first woman aviator to fly solo nonstop across the Atlantic (1928);

- while attempting to fly around the world she disappeared over the Pacific (1898-1937);

- syn. Earhart;

ameliorate / ə m i ɫ ɪə ɹ eɪ t /
v1
to make better;

- "The editor improved the manuscript with his changes";

- syn. amend, better, improve, meliorate;

v2
get better;

- "The weather improved toward evening";

- syn. better, improve, meliorate;

ameliorating / ə m i ɫ ɪə ɹ eɪ t ɪ ŋ /
a1
tending to ameliorate;

- syn. ameliorative, amelioratory, meliorative;

- sim. bettering;

amelioration / ə m i ɫ ɪə ɹ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the act of relieving ills and changing for the better;

- syn. betterment, melioration;

ameliorative / ə m i ɫ j ə ɹ ə t ɪ v /
a1
tending to ameliorate;

- syn. ameliorating, amelioratory, meliorative;

- sim. bettering;

amelioratory
a1
tending to ameliorate;

- syn. ameliorating, ameliorative, meliorative;

- sim. bettering;

ameloblast
n1
a cell from which tooth enamel develops;

amelogenesis
n1
the developmental process of forming tooth enamel;

Amen / ɑ m ɛ n /
n1
a primeval Egyptian personification of air and breath;

- worshipped especially at Thebes;

- syn. Amon, Amun;

Amen-Ra
n1
Egyptian sun god;

- supreme god of the universe in whom Amen and Ra were merged;

- principal deity during Theban supremacy;

- syn. Amon-Ra, Amun Ra;

amen cadence
n1
a cadence (frequently ending church music) in which the chord of the subdominant precedes the chord of the tonic;

- syn. plagal cadence;

amen corner
n1
area reserved for persons leading the responsive `amens';

amenability / ə m i n ə b ɪ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
the trait of being cooperative;

- syn. amenableness, cooperativeness;

amenable / ə m i n ə b ɫ /
a1
disposed or willing to conform;

- "someone amenable to the instruction of others";

- syn. conformable;

- sim. compliant;

a2
responsive to suggestions and influences;

- "a tractable student";

- "an amenable child";

- syn. tractable;

- sim. susceptible;

a3
open to being acted upon in a certain way;

- "an amenable hospitalization should not result in untimely death";

- "the tumor was not amenable to surgical treatment";

- sim. susceptible;

a4
liable to answer to a higher authority;

- "the president is amenable to the constitutional court";

- sim. responsible;

amenableness / ə m i n ə b ɫ n ə s /
n1
the trait of being cooperative;

- syn. amenability, cooperativeness;

amend / ə m ɛ n d /
v1
make amendments to;

- "amend the document";

v2
to make better;

- "The editor improved the manuscript with his changes";

- syn. ameliorate, better, improve, meliorate;

v3
set straight or right;

- "remedy these deficiencies";

- "rectify the inequities in salaries";

- "repair an oversight";

- syn. rectify, remediate, remedy, repair;

amendable / ə m ɛ n d ə b ɫ /
a1
capable of being corrected by additions;

- "an amendable flaw";

- syn. correctable;

- sim. corrigible;

amendatory / ə m ɛ n d ə t ə ɹ i /
a1
effecting amendment;

- "added amendatory phrases to the text";

- sim. bettering;

amended / ə m ɛ n d ɪ d /
a1
of legislation;

- sim. revised;

a2
modified for the better;

- "his amended ways";

- sim. better;

amended return
n1
a tax return that corrects the information in an earlier return;

amendment / ə m ɛ n d m ə n t /
n1
the act of amending or correcting;

n2
a statement that is added to or revises or improves a proposal or document (a bill or constitution etc.);

amends / ə m ɛ n d z /
n1
a sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury;

- syn. damages, indemnification, indemnity, redress, restitution;

n2
something done or paid in expiation of a wrong;

- "how can I make amends";

- syn. reparation;

Amenhotep IV
n1
early ruler of Egypt who rejected the old gods and replaced them with sun worship (died in 1358 BC);

- syn. Akhenaten, Akhenaton, Ikhanaton;

amenia
n1
absence or suppression of normal menstrual flow;

- syn. amenorrhea, amenorrhoea;

amenities / ə m i n ɪ t ɪ z /
n1
things that make you comfortable and at ease;

- "all the comforts of home";

- syn. comforts, conveniences, creature comforts;

amenity / ə m i n ɪ t i /
n1
pleasantness resulting from agreeable conditions;

- "a well trained staff saw to the agreeableness of our accommodations";

- "he discovered the amenities of reading at an early age";

- syn. agreeableness;

amenorrhea
n1
absence or suppression of normal menstrual flow;

- syn. amenia, amenorrhoea;

amenorrheal
a1
related to the suppression of normal menstrual flow for any reason other than pregnancy;

- syn. amenorrheic, amenorrhoeal, amenorrhoeic;

amenorrheic
a1
related to the suppression of normal menstrual flow for any reason other than pregnancy;

- syn. amenorrheal, amenorrhoeal, amenorrhoeic;

amenorrhoea
n1
absence or suppression of normal menstrual flow;

- syn. amenia, amenorrhea;

amenorrhoeal
a1
related to the suppression of normal menstrual flow for any reason other than pregnancy;

- syn. amenorrheal, amenorrheic, amenorrhoeic;

amenorrhoeic
a1
related to the suppression of normal menstrual flow for any reason other than pregnancy;

- syn. amenorrheal, amenorrheic, amenorrhoeal;

ament
n1
a cylindrical spikelike inflorescence;

- syn. catkin;

amentaceous
a1
(of plants) bearing or characterized by aments or catkins;

- syn. amentiferous;

- sim. productive;

amentia / ɑ m ɛ n ʃ ɪə /
n1
extreme mental retardation;

- syn. idiocy;

Amentiferae / ɑ m ɛ n t ɪ f ə ɹ i /
n1
used in some classification systems for plants that bear catkins;

- syn. group Amentiferae;

amentiferous / ɑ m ɛ n t ɪ f ə ɹ ə s /
a1
(of plants) bearing or characterized by aments or catkins;

- syn. amentaceous;

- sim. productive;

amerce / ə m ɝ s /
v1
punish with an arbitrary penalty;

v2
punish by a fine imposed arbitrarily by the discretion of the court;

amercement / ə m ɝ s m ə n t /
n1
money extracted as a penalty;

- syn. fine, mulct;

amerciable
a1
of a crime or misdemeanor;

- punishable by a fine set by a judge;

- sim. illegal;

America / ə m ɛr ɪ k ə /
n1
North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean;

- achieved independence in 1776;

- syn. U.S., U.S.A., US, USA, United States, United States of America, the States;

n2
North America and South America and Central America;

American / ə m ɛr ɪ k ə n /
n1
a native or inhabitant of the United States;

n2
the English language as used in the United States;

- syn. American English, American language;

n3
a native or inhabitant of a North American or Central American or South American country;

a1
of or relating to the United States of America or its people or language or culture;

- "American citizens";

- "American English";

- "the American dream";

a2
of or relating to or characteristic of the continents and islands of the Americas;

- "the American hemisphere";

- "American flora and fauna";

American-Indian language
n1
any of the languages spoken by Amerindians;

- syn. American Indian, Amerind, Amerindian language, Indian;

American agave
n1
widely cultivated American monocarpic plant with greenish-white flowers on a tall stalk;

- blooms only after ten to twenty years and then dies;

- syn. Agave americana;

American alligator
n1
large alligator of the southeastern United States;

- syn. Alligator mississipiensis;

American aloe
n1
tropical American plants with basal rosettes of fibrous sword-shaped leaves and flowers in tall spikes;

- some cultivated for ornament or for fiber;

- syn. agave, century plant;

American angelica tree
n1
small deciduous clump-forming tree or shrub of eastern United States;

- syn. Aralia spinosa, Hercules'-club, devil's walking stick;

American antelope
n1
fleet antelope-like ruminant of western North American plains with small branched horns;

- syn. Antilocapra americana, prongbuck, pronghorn, pronghorn antelope;

American arborvitae
n1
small evergreen of eastern North America having tiny scalelike leaves on flattened branchlets;

- syn. Thuja occidentalis, northern white cedar, white cedar;

American arrowroot
n1
white-flowered West Indian plant whose root yields arrowroot starch;

- syn. Maranta arundinaceae, arrowroot, obedience plant;

American aspen
n1
slender aspen native to North America;

- syn. American quaking aspen, Populus tremuloides;

American badger
n1
a variety of badger native to America;

- syn. Taxidea taxus;

American Baptist Convention
n1
an association of Northern Baptists;

- syn. Northern Baptist Convention;

American barberry
n1
deciduous shrub of eastern North America whose leaves turn scarlet in autumn and having racemes of yellow flowers followed by ellipsoid glossy red berries;

- syn. Berberis canadensis;

American basswood
n1
large American shade tree with large dark green leaves and rounded crown;

- syn. American lime, Tilia americana;

American beech
n1
North American forest tree with light green leaves and edible nuts;

- syn. Fagus americana, Fagus grandifolia, red beech, white beech;

American bison
n1
large shaggy-haired brown bison of North American plains;

- syn. American buffalo, Bison bison, buffalo;

American bittern
n1
a kind of bittern;

- syn. Botaurus lentiginosus, stake driver;

American bittersweet
n1
twining shrub of North America having yellow capsules enclosing scarlet seeds;

- syn. Celastrus scandens, bittersweet, climbing bittersweet, false bittersweet, shrubby bittersweet, staff vine, waxwork;

American black bear
n1
brown to black North American bear;

- smaller and less ferocious than the brown bear;

- syn. Euarctos americanus, Ursus americanus, black bear;

American blight
n1
primarily a bark feeder on aerial parts and roots of apple and other trees;

- syn. Eriosoma lanigerum, woolly apple aphid;

American bog asphodel
n1
of the eastern United States: New Jersey to South Carolina;

- syn. Narthecium americanum;

American brooklime
n1
plant of western North America and northeastern Asia having prostrate stems with dense racemes of pale violet to lilac flowers;

- syn. Veronica americana, brooklime;

American buffalo
n1
large shaggy-haired brown bison of North American plains;

- syn. American bison, Bison bison, buffalo;

American bugbane
n1
bugbane of the eastern United States having erect racemes of white flowers;

- syn. Cimicifuga americana, summer cohosh;

American capital
n1
the capital of the United States in the District of Columbia and a tourist mecca;

- George Washington commissioned Charles L'Enfant to lay out the city in 1791;

- syn. Washington, Washington D.C., capital of the United States;

American centaury
n1
any of several pink-flowered marsh plant of the eastern United States resembling a true centaury;

- syn. Sabbatia Angularis, Sabbatia stellaris, bitter floom, marsh pink, rose pink;

American chameleon
n1
small arboreal tropical American insectivorous lizards with the ability to change skin color;

- syn. Anolis carolinensis, anole;

American cheese
n1
hard smooth-textured cheese;

- originally made in Cheddar in southwestern England;

- syn. Armerican cheddar, cheddar, cheddar cheese;

American chestnut
n1
large tree found from Maine to Alabama;

- syn. American sweet chestnut, Castanea dentata;

American Civil War
n1
civil war in the United States between the North and the South;

- 1861-1865;

- syn. United States Civil War, War between the States;

American cockroach
n1
large reddish brown free-flying cockroach originally from southern United States but now widely distributed;

- syn. Periplaneta americana;

American columbo
n1
any of various tall perennial herbs constituting the genus Frasera;

- widely distributed in warm dry upland areas of California, Oregon, and Washington;

- syn. American gentian, columbo, deer's-ear, deer's-ears, pyramid plant;

American coot
n1
a coot found in North America;

- syn. Fulica americana, marsh hen, mud hen, water hen;

American copper
n1
common copper butterfly of central and eastern North America;

- syn. Lycaena hypophlaeas;

American crab apple
n1
medium-sized tree of the eastern United States having pink blossoms and small yellow fruit;

- syn. Malus coronaria, garland crab;

American cranberry
n1
trailing red-fruited plant;

- syn. Vaccinium macrocarpon, large cranberry;

American cranberry bush
n1
deciduous North American shrub or small tree having three-lobed leaves and red berries;

- syn. Viburnum trilobum, cranberry bush, cranberry tree, highbush cranberry;

American crayfish
n1
common large crayfishes of eastern North America;

American creeper
n1
a common creeper in North America with a down-curved bill;

- syn. Certhia americana, brown creeper;

American cress
n1
of southwestern Europe;

- cultivated in Florida;

- syn. American watercress, Barbarea praecox, Barbarea verna, Belle Isle cress, early winter cress, land cress;

American crow
n1
common crow of North America;

- syn. Corvus brachyrhyncos;

American dewberry
n1
of eastern North America;

- syn. Northern dewberry, Rubus flagellaris;

n2
North American dewberry;

- syn. Rubus canadensis;

American dog tick
n1
common tick that can transmit Rocky Mountain spotted fever and tularemia;

- syn. Dermacentor variabilis, wood tick;

American dog violet
n1
violet of eastern North America having pale violet to white flowers;

- syn. Viola conspersa;

American dogwood
n1
common North American shrub with reddish purple twigs and white flowers;

- syn. Cornus stolonifera, red dogwood, red osier, red osier dogwood, redbrush;

American Dream
n1
the widespread aspiration of Americans to live better than their parents did;

American dwarf birch
n1
small shrub of colder parts of North America and Greenland;

- syn. Betula glandulosa, Newfoundland dwarf birch;

American eagle
n1
a large eagle of North America that has a white head and dark wings and body;

- syn. Haliaeetus leucocephalus, bald eagle;

American egret
n1
a common egret of the genus Egretta found in America;

- it is a variety of the Old World white egret Casmerodius albus;

- syn. Egretta albus, great white heron;

American elder
n1
common elder of central and eastern North America bearing purple-black berries;

- fruit used in wines and jellies;

- syn. Sambucus canadensis, black elderberry, sweet elder;

American elk
n1
large North American deer with large much-branched antlers in the male;

- syn. Cervus elaphus canadensis, elk, wapiti;

n2
common deer of temperate Europe and Asia;

- syn. Cervus elaphus, elk, red deer, wapiti;

American elm
n1
large ornamental tree with graceful gradually spreading branches common in eastern North America;

- syn. Ulmus americana, rock elm, water elm, white elm;

American English
n1
the English language as used in the United States;

- syn. American, American language;

American Falls
n1
a part of Niagara Falls in western New York (north of Buffalo);

American featherfoil
n1
a featherfoil of the eastern United States with submerged spongy inflated flower stalks and white flowers;

- syn. Hottonia inflata, water gillyflower;

American Federalist Party
n1
a major political party in the United States in the early 19th century;

- founded by Alexander Hamilton;

- favored a strong centralized government;

- syn. Federal Party, Federalist Party;

American Federation of Labor
n1
a federation of North American labor unions that merged with the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1955;

- syn. AFL;

American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations
n1
the largest federation of North American labor unions;

- formed in 1955;

- syn. AFL-CIO;

American feverfew
n1
stout perennial herb of the eastern United States with whitish flowers;

- leaves traditionally used by Catawba Indians to treat burns;

- syn. Parthenium integrifolium, prairie dock, wild quinine;

American flag
n1
the national flag of the United States of America;

- syn. Old Glory, Star-Spangled Banner, Stars and Stripes;

American flagfish
n1
a fish with a dark-blue back and whitish sides with red stripes;

- found in swamps and streams of Florida;

- syn. Jordanella floridae, flagfish;

American fly honeysuckle
n1
erect deciduous North American shrub with yellow-white flowers;

- syn. Lonicera canadensis, fly honeysuckle;

American flying squirrel
n1
New World flying squirrels;

American football
n1
a game played by two teams of 11 players on a rectangular field 100 yards long;

- teams try to get possession of the ball and advance it across the opponents goal line in a series of (running or passing) plays;

- syn. American football game;

American football game
n1
a game played by two teams of 11 players on a rectangular field 100 yards long;

- teams try to get possession of the ball and advance it across the opponents goal line in a series of (running or passing) plays;

- syn. American football;

American foxhound
n1
an American breed of foxhounds used for hunting both in packs and individually;

American frogbit
n1
American plant with roundish heart-shaped or kidney-shaped leaves;

- usually rooted in muddy bottoms of ponds and ditches;

- syn. Limnodium spongia;

American gallinule
n1
American purple gallinule;

- syn. Porphyrula martinica;

American gentian
n1
any of various tall perennial herbs constituting the genus Frasera;

- widely distributed in warm dry upland areas of California, Oregon, and Washington;

- syn. American columbo, columbo, deer's-ear, deer's-ears, pyramid plant;

American germander
n1
subshrub with serrate leaves and cream-colored to pink or purple flowers in spikelike racemes;

- North America;

- syn. Teucrium canadense, wood sage;

American ginseng
n1
North American woodland herb similar to and used as substitute for the Chinese ginseng;

- syn. Panax quinquefolius, sang;

American gray birch
n1
medium-sized birch of eastern North America having white or pale grey bark and valueless wood;

- occurs often as a second-growth forest tree;

- syn. American grey birch, Betula populifolia, gray birch, grey birch;

American green toad
n1
small green or yellow-green toad with small black bars and stripes;

- syn. Bufo debilis;

American grey birch
n1
medium-sized birch of eastern North America having white or pale grey bark and valueless wood;

- occurs often as a second-growth forest tree;

- syn. American gray birch, Betula populifolia, gray birch, grey birch;

American hackberry
n1
large deciduous shade tree of southern United States with small deep purple berries;

- syn. Celtis occidentalis;

American harvest mouse
n1
any of several small greyish New World mice inhabiting e.g. grain fields;

- syn. harvest mouse;

American hazel
n1
nut-bearing shrub of eastern North America;

- syn. Corylus americana;

American hellebore
n1
North American plant having large leaves and yellowish green flowers growing in racemes;

- yields a toxic alkaloid used medicinally;

- syn. Indian poke, Veratrum viride, bugbane, white hellebore;

American holly
n1
an evergreen tree;

- syn. Christmas holly;

American hop
n1
native American plant sometimes confused with the European hop;

- syn. Humulus americanus;

American hornbeam
n1
tree or large shrub with grey bark and blue-green leaves that turn red-orange in autumn;

- syn. Carpinus caroliniana;

American Indian
n1
any of the languages spoken by Amerindians;

- syn. American-Indian language, Amerind, Amerindian language, Indian;

American Indian Day
n1
US: the 4th Friday in September;

American ivy
n1
common North American vine with compound leaves and bluish-black berrylike fruit;

- syn. Parthenocissus quinquefolia, Virginia creeper, woodbine;

American kestrel
n1
small North American falcon;

- syn. Falco sparverius, kestrel, sparrow hawk;

American Labor Party
n1
a former political party in the United States;

- formed in 1936 in New York when labor and liberals bolted the Democratic Party;

American lady crab
n1
brightly spotted crab of sandy beaches of the Atlantic coast of the United States;

- syn. Ovalipes ocellatus, calico crab, lady crab;

American language
n1
the English language as used in the United States;

- syn. American, American English;

American larch
n1
medium-sized larch of Canada and northern United States including Alaska having a broad conic crown and rust-brown scaly bark;

- syn. Larix laricina, black larch, tamarack;

American laurel
n1
a North American evergreen shrub having glossy leaves and white or rose-colored flowers;

- syn. Kalmia latifolia, calico bush, mountain laurel, wood laurel;

American Legion
n1
the largest organization of United States war veterans;

American leishmaniasis
n1
a form of leishmaniasis endemic in Mexico and Central American and South America;

- sores are limited to the skin and mucosa;

- syn. New World leishmaniasis, leishmaniasis americana, mucocutaneous leishmaniasis, nasopharyngeal leishmaniasis;

American licorice
n1
North American plant similar to true licorice and having a root with similar properties;

- syn. American liquorice, Glycyrrhiza lepidota, wild licorice, wild liquorice;

American lime
n1
large American shade tree with large dark green leaves and rounded crown;

- syn. American basswood, Tilia americana;

American liquorice
n1
North American plant similar to true licorice and having a root with similar properties;

- syn. American licorice, Glycyrrhiza lepidota, wild licorice, wild liquorice;

American lobster
n1
flesh of cold-water lobsters having large tender claws;

- caught from Maine to the Carolinas;

- syn. Maine lobster, Northern lobster;

n2
lobster of Atlantic coast of America;

- syn. Homarus americanus, Maine lobster, Northern lobster;

American lotus
n1
water lily of eastern North America having pale yellow blossoms and edible globular nutlike seeds;

- syn. Nelumbo lutea, water chinquapin, yanquapin;

American magpie
n1
a magpie of Rocky Mountains in North America;

- syn. Pica pica hudsonia;

American maidenhair fern
n1
hardy palmately branched North American fern with divergent recurved branches borne on lustrous dark reddish stipes;

- syn. Adiantum pedatum, five-fingered maidenhair fern;

American marten
n1
valued for its fur;

- syn. American sable, Martes americana;

American mastodon
n1
mastodon of North America;

- in some classifications considered a mammoth rather than a mastodon;

- syn. American mastodont, Mammut americanum;

American mastodont
n1
mastodon of North America;

- in some classifications considered a mammoth rather than a mastodon;

- syn. American mastodon, Mammut americanum;

American merganser
n1
common North American diving duck considered a variety of the European goosander;

- syn. Mergus merganser americanus;

American mink
n1
usually rich dark brown;

- syn. Mustela vison;

American mistletoe
n1
the traditional mistletoe of Christmas in America: grows on deciduous trees and can severely weaken the host plant;

- syn. Phoradendron flavescens, Phoradendron serotinum;

n2
small herb with scalelike leaves on reddish-brown stems and berrylike fruits;

- parasitic on spruce and larch trees;

- syn. Arceuthobium pusillum;

American mountain ash
n1
a variety of mountain ash;

- syn. Sorbus americana;

American oil palm
n1
palm of Central and South America;

- syn. Elaeis oleifera;

American olive
n1
small tree of southern United States having panicles of dull white flowers followed by dark purple fruits;

- syn. Osmanthus americanus, devilwood;

American organ
n1
a free-reed instrument in which air is drawn in through reeds by suction bellows;

American oriole
n1
American songbird;

- male is black and orange or yellow;

- syn. New World oriole, oriole;

American parasol
n1
an agaric with a pallid cap and a stalk that is enlarged near the base;

- syn. Lepiota americana;

American parsley fern
n1
rock-inhabiting fern of northern North America growing in massive tufts and having fronds resembling parsley;

- syn. American rock brake, Cryptogramma acrostichoides;

American Party
n1
a former political party in the United States;

- active in the 1850s to keep power out of the hands of immigrants and Roman Catholics;

- syn. Know-Nothing Party;

American pasqueflower
n1
short hairy perennial with early spring blue-violet or lilac flowers;

- North America and Siberia;

- syn. American pulsatilla, Anemone ludoviciana, Eastern pasque flower, Pulsatilla patens, blue tulip, lion's beard, prairie anemone, wild crocus;

American pennyroyal
n1
erect hairy branching American herb having purple-blue flowers;

- yields an essential oil used as an insect repellent and sometimes in folk medicine;

- syn. Hedeoma pulegioides, pennyroyal;

American persimmon
n1
medium-sized tree of dry woodlands in the southern and eastern United States bearing yellow or orange very astringent fruit that is edible when fully ripe;

- syn. Diospyros virginiana, possumwood;

American pit bull terrier
n1
American breed of muscular terriers with a short close-lying stiff coat;

- syn. American Staffordshire terrier, Staffordshire terrier, pit bull terrier;

American plaice
n1
large American food fish;

- syn. Hippoglossoides platessoides;

American plan
n1
a hotel plan that includes three meals daily;

American plane
n1
very large spreading plane tree of eastern and central North America to Mexico;

- syn. American sycamore, Platanus occidentalis, buttonwood;

American pulsatilla
n1
short hairy perennial with early spring blue-violet or lilac flowers;

- North America and Siberia;

- syn. American pasqueflower, Anemone ludoviciana, Eastern pasque flower, Pulsatilla patens, blue tulip, lion's beard, prairie anemone, wild crocus;

American quaking aspen
n1
slender aspen native to North America;

- syn. American aspen, Populus tremuloides;

American raspberry
n1
red raspberry of North America;

- syn. Rubus idaeus strigosus, Rubus strigosus;

American rattlebox
n1
tropical American annual herb having an inflated pod in which the ripe seeds rattle;

- syn. Crotalaria sagitallis;

American red elder
n1
common North American shrub or small tree;

- syn. Sambucus pubens, red-berried elder, stinking elder;

American red plum
n1
wild plum trees of eastern and central North America having red-orange fruit with yellow flesh;

- syn. August plum, Prunus americana, goose plum;

American red squirrel
n1
of northern United States and Canada;

- syn. Sciurus hudsonicus, Tamiasciurus hudsonicus, red squirrel, spruce squirrel;

American redstart
n1
flycatching warbler of eastern North America the male having bright orange on sides and wings and tail;

- syn. Setophaga ruticilla, redstart;

American Revised Version
n1
a revised version of the King James Version;

- syn. American Standard Version;

American Revolution
n1
the revolution of the American Colonies against Great Britain;

- 1775-1783;

- syn. American Revolutionary War, American War of Independence, War of American Independence;

American Revolutionary leader
n1
a nationalist leader in the American Revolution and in the creation of the United States;

American Revolutionary War
n1
the revolution of the American Colonies against Great Britain;

- 1775-1783;

- syn. American Revolution, American War of Independence, War of American Independence;

American robin
n1
large American thrush having a rust-red breast and abdomen;

- syn. Turdus migratorius, robin;

American rock brake
n1
rock-inhabiting fern of northern North America growing in massive tufts and having fronds resembling parsley;

- syn. American parsley fern, Cryptogramma acrostichoides;

American sable
n1
valued for its fur;

- syn. American marten, Martes americana;

American saddle horse
n1
a high-stepping horse originating in Kentucky;

American Samoa
n1
a United States territory on the eastern part of the island of Samoa;

- syn. AS, Eastern Samoa;

American shrew mole
n1
greyish-black shrew mole of the United States and Canada;

- syn. Neurotrichus gibbsii;

American sign language
n1
the sign language used in the United States;

- syn. ASL;

American smelt
n1
common smelt of eastern North America and Alaska;

- syn. rainbow smelt;

American smokewood
n1
shrubby tree of southern United States having large plumes of feathery flowers resembling puffs of smoke;

- syn. Cotinus americanus, Cotinus obovatus, chittamwood;

American smooth dogfish
n1
found along the Atlantic coast of the Americas;

- syn. Mustelus canis;

American spicebush
n1
deciduous shrub of the eastern United States having highly aromatic leaves and bark and yellow flowers followed by scarlet or yellow berries;

- syn. Benjamin bush, Benzoin odoriferum, Lindera benzoin, spice bush, spicebush;

American spikenard
n1
unarmed woody rhizomatous perennial plant distinguished from wild sarsaparilla by more aromatic roots and panicled umbels;

- southeastern North America to Mexico;

- syn. Aralia racemosa, life-of-man, petty morel;

American Staffordshire terrier
n1
American breed of muscular terriers with a short close-lying stiff coat;

- syn. American pit bull terrier, Staffordshire terrier, pit bull terrier;

American Standard Code for Information Interchange
n1
(computer science) a code for information exchange between computers made by different companies;

- a string of 7 binary digits represents each character;

- used in most microcomputers;

- syn. ASCII;

American Standard Version
n1
a revised version of the King James Version;

- syn. American Revised Version;

American star grass
n1
perennial star grass of North America;

- syn. Hypoxis hirsuta;

American state
n1
one of the 50 states of the United States;

American Stock Exchange
n1
a stock exchange in New York;

- syn. AMEX, Curb;

American sweet chestnut
n1
large tree found from Maine to Alabama;

- syn. American chestnut, Castanea dentata;

American sweet gum
n1
a North American tree of the genus Liquidambar having prickly spherical fruit clusters and fragrant sap;

- syn. Liquidambar styraciflua, bilsted, red gum, sweet gum, sweet gum tree;

American sycamore
n1
very large spreading plane tree of eastern and central North America to Mexico;

- syn. American plane, Platanus occidentalis, buttonwood;

American toad
n1
common toad of America;

- syn. Bufo americanus;

American turkey oak
n1
small slow-growing deciduous shrubby tree of dry sandy barrens of southeastern United States having leaves with bristle-tipped lobes resembling turkey's toes;

- syn. Quercus laevis, turkey oak;

American twinflower
n1
similar to the twinflower of northern Europe and Asia;

- syn. Linnaea borealis americana;

American Virgin Islands
n1
more than 130 southeastern Virgin Islands;

- a dependent territory of the United States;

- syn. United States Virgin Islands, VI;

American wall fern
n1
chiefly lithophytic or epiphytic fern of North America and east Asia;

- syn. Polypodium virgianum, rock brake, rock polypody;

American War of Independence
n1
the revolution of the American Colonies against Great Britain;

- 1775-1783;

- syn. American Revolution, American Revolutionary War, War of American Independence;

American water ouzel
n1
a water ouzel of western North America;

- syn. Cinclus mexicanus;

American water shrew
n1
water shrew of North America;

- syn. Sorex palustris;

American water spaniel
n1
breed of medium-sized spaniels originating in America having chocolate or liver-colored curly coat;

American watercress
n1
mat-forming perennial found in cold springs of the eastern United States;

- syn. Cardamine rotundifolia, mountain watercress;

n2
of southwestern Europe;

- cultivated in Florida;

- syn. American cress, Barbarea praecox, Barbarea verna, Belle Isle cress, early winter cress, land cress;

American white birch
n1
small American birch with peeling white bark often worked into e.g. baskets or toy canoes;

- syn. Betula cordifolia, Betula papyrifera, canoe birch, paper birch, paperbark birch;

American white oak
n1
large slow-growing deciduous tree of the eastern United States having stout spreading branches and leaves with usually 7 rounded lobes;

- yields strong and durable hard wood;

- syn. Quercus alba;

American white pine
n1
tall-growing pine of eastern North America;

- bark is brown with longitudinal fissures when mature;

- valued as a timber tree;

- syn. Pinus strobus, eastern white pine, weymouth pine;

American widgeon
n1
a widgeon the male of which has a white crown;

- syn. Anas americana, baldpate;

American wistaria
n1
an eastern United States native resembling the cultivated Japanese wisteria having pale purple-lilac flowers;

- syn. American wisteria, Wisteria frutescens;

American wisteria
n1
an eastern United States native resembling the cultivated Japanese wisteria having pale purple-lilac flowers;

- syn. American wistaria, Wisteria frutescens;

American woodcock
n1
small long-billed woodcock;

- prized as a game bird;

- syn. Philohela minor, woodcock snipe;

American wormseed
n1
rank-smelling tropical American pigweed;

- syn. Chenopodium ambrosioides, Mexican tea, Spanish tea, wormseed;

Americana / ə m ɛr ɪ k ɑ n ə /
n1
any artifact (such as books or furniture or art) that is distinctive of America;

Americanisation / ə m ɛr ɪ k ə n aɪ z eɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
assimilation into American culture;

- syn. Americanization;

Americanise / ə m ɛr ɪ k æ n ɪ s /
v1
make American in character;

- "The year in the US has completely Americanized him";

- syn. Americanize;

v2
become American in character;

- "After a year in Iowa, he has totally Americanized";

- syn. Americanize;

Americanism / ə m ɛr ɪ k ə n ɪ z ə m /
n1
loyalty to the United States and its institutions;

n2
an expression that is characteristic of English as spoken by Americans;

n3
a custom that is peculiar to the United States or its citizens;

Americanization / ə m ɛr ɪ k ə n aɪ z eɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
assimilation into American culture;

- syn. Americanisation;

Americanize / ə m ɛr ɪ k ə n aɪ z /
v1
make American in character;

- "The year in the US has completely Americanized him";

- syn. Americanise;

v2
become American in character;

- "After a year in Iowa, he has totally Americanized";

- syn. Americanise;

americium / æ m ə ɹ ɪ s ɪə m /
n1
a radioactive transuranic metallic element;

- discovered by bombarding uranium with helium atoms;

- syn. Am, atomic number 95;

Americus Vespucius
n1
Florentine navigator who explored the coast of South America;

- America was named in his honor (1454-1512);

- syn. Amerigo Vespucci, Vespucci;

Amerigo Vespucci
n1
Florentine navigator who explored the coast of South America;

- America was named in his honor (1454-1512);

- syn. Americus Vespucius, Vespucci;

Amerind / æ m ə ɹ ɪ n d /
n1
any of the languages spoken by Amerindians;

- syn. American-Indian language, American Indian, Amerindian language, Indian;

a1
of or pertaining to Native Americans or their culture or languages;

- "Native American religions";

- "Indian arrowheads";

- syn. Amerindic, Indian, Native American;

Amerindian / æ m ə ɹ ɪ n d j ə n /
n1
any member of the peoples living in North or South America before the Europeans arrived;

- syn. Native American;

Amerindian language
n1
any of the languages spoken by Amerindians;

- syn. American-Indian language, American Indian, Amerind, Indian;

Amerindic / æ m ə ɹ ɪ n d ɪ k /
a1
of or pertaining to Native Americans or their culture or languages;

- "Native American religions";

- "Indian arrowheads";

- syn. Amerind, Indian, Native American;

ametabolic
a1
undergoing slight or no metamorphosis;

- syn. ametabolous;

a2
undergoing no (or only slight) metamorphosis;

- sim. nonmetamorphic;

ametabolous
a1
undergoing slight or no metamorphosis;

- syn. ametabolic;

amethopterin
n1
toxic antimetabolite that limits cellular reproduction by acting as an antagonist to folic acid;

- used to treat certain cancers and psoriasis and rheumatoid arthritis;

- syn. methotrexate, methotrexate sodium;

amethyst / æ m ɪ θ ɪ s t /
n1
a transparent purple variety of quartz;

- used as a gemstone;

a1
of a moderate purple color;

- sim. chromatic;

amethystine / æ m ɪ θ ɪ s t aɪ n /
a1
containing or resembling amethyst;

amethystine python
n1
a python having the color of amethyst;

ametria
n1
congenital absence of the uterus;

ametropia
n1
(ophthalmology) faulty refraction of light rays in the eye as in astigmatism or myopia;

ametropic
a1
of or relating to an abnormal condition of the eye in which visual images are not in focus on the retina;

AMEX
n1
a stock exchange in New York;

- syn. American Stock Exchange, Curb;

Amhara
n1
a member of the Semitic speaking people of northern Ethiopia;

Amharic / æ m h æ ɹ ɪ k /
n1
the dominant and official language of Ethiopia;

- a Semitic language much influenced by the Cushitic language with which Amhara have been in close contact;

- syn. Ethiopian language;

a1
related to or characteristic of or written in Amharic;

- "the Amharic language";

Amia
n1
type genus of the Amiidae;

- syn. genus Amia;

Amia calva
n1
primitive long-bodied carnivorous freshwater fish with a very long dorsal fin;

- found in sluggish waters of North America;

- syn. bowfin, dogfish, grindle;

amiability / eɪ m ɪə b ɪ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
a cheerful and agreeable mood;

- syn. good humor, good humour, good temper;

n2
a disposition to be friendly and approachable (easy to talk to);

- syn. affability, affableness, amiableness, bonhomie, geniality;

amiable / eɪ m ɪə b ɫ /
a1
disposed to please;

- "an amiable villain with a cocky sidelong grin"- Hal Hinson;

- syn. good-humored, good-humoured;

- sim. good-natured;

a2
diffusing warmth and friendliness;

- "an affable smile";

- "an amiable gathering";

- "cordial relations";

- "a cordial greeting";

- "a genial host";

- syn. affable, cordial, genial;

- sim. friendly;

amiableness / eɪ m ɪə b ɫ n ə s /
n1
a disposition to be friendly and approachable (easy to talk to);

- syn. affability, affableness, amiability, bonhomie, geniality;

amiably / eɪ m ɪə b ɫ i /
r1
in an affable manner;

- "`Come and visit me,' he said amiably";

- syn. affably, genially;

Amianthum
n1
one species: fly poison;

- sometimes placed in family Melanthiaceae;

- syn. genus Amianthum;

Amianthum muscaetoxicum
n1
all parts of plant are highly toxic;

- bulb pounded and used as a fly poison;

- sometimes placed in subfamily Melanthiaceae;

- syn. Amianthum muscitoxicum, fly poison;

Amianthum muscitoxicum
n1
all parts of plant are highly toxic;

- bulb pounded and used as a fly poison;

- sometimes placed in subfamily Melanthiaceae;

- syn. Amianthum muscaetoxicum, fly poison;

amicability / æ m ɪ k ə b ɪ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
a disinclination to quarrel;

- syn. amicableness;

n2
having a disposition characterized by warmth and friendliness;

- syn. amicableness;

amicable / æ m ɪ k ə b ɫ /
a1
characterized by friendship and good will;

- "an amicable agreement";

- also friendly, lovable, loveable, peaceable, peaceful;

- sim. friendly, well-meaning;

amicableness / æ m ɪ k ə b ɫ n ə s /
n1
a disinclination to quarrel;

- syn. amicability;

n2
having a disposition characterized by warmth and friendliness;

- syn. amicability;

amicably / æ m ɪ k ə b ɫ i /
r1
in an amicable manner;

- "they separated amicably";

amicus curiae
n1
an adviser to the court on some matter of law who is not a party to the case;

- usually someone who wants to influence the outcome of a lawsuit involving matters of wide public interest;

- syn. friend of the court;

amicus curiae brief
n1
a brief presented by someone interested in influencing the outcome of a lawsuit but who is not a party to it;

amide / æ m aɪ d /
n1
any organic compound containing the group -CONH2;

amidopyrine
n1
a white crystalline substance used as an analgesic and antipyretic;

- syn. aminopyrine;

amidship / ə m ɪ d ʃ ɪ p /
a1
located in the middle part of a ship or aircraft;

- sim. central;

r1
at or near or toward the center of a ship;

- "in the late 19th century, engines were placed in front, amidships, and at the rear";

- syn. amidships, midships;

r2
at or near or toward the middle;

amidships / ə m ɪ d ʃ ɪ p s /
r1
at or near or toward the center of a ship;

- "in the late 19th century, engines were placed in front, amidships, and at the rear";

- syn. amidship, midships;

amigo
n1
a friend or comrade;

Amiidae
n1
only the bowfins;

- syn. family Amiidae;

amine
n1
a compound derived from ammonia by replacing hydrogen atoms by univalent hydrocarbon radicals;

- syn. aminoalkane;

aminic
a1
pertaining to or containing any of a group of organic compounds of nitrogen derived from ammonia;

- syn. amino;

amino
n1
the radical -NH2;

- syn. amino group;

a1
pertaining to or containing any of a group of organic compounds of nitrogen derived from ammonia;

- syn. aminic;

amino acid
n1
organic compounds containing an amino group and a carboxylic acid group;

- "proteins are composed of various proportions of about 20 common amino acids";

- syn. aminoalkanoic acid;

amino group
n1
the radical -NH2;

- syn. amino;

amino plastic
n1
a plastic (synthetic resin) made from amino compounds;

- used as an adhesive and as a coating for paper and textiles;

- syn. amino resin, aminoplast;

amino resin
n1
a plastic (synthetic resin) made from amino compounds;

- used as an adhesive and as a coating for paper and textiles;

- syn. amino plastic, aminoplast;

aminoaciduria
n1
abnormal presence of amino acids in the urine;

- usually a symptom of metabolic defects;

aminoalkane
n1
a compound derived from ammonia by replacing hydrogen atoms by univalent hydrocarbon radicals;

- syn. amine;

aminoalkanoic acid
n1
organic compounds containing an amino group and a carboxylic acid group;

- "proteins are composed of various proportions of about 20 common amino acids";

- syn. amino acid;

aminobenzine
n1
oily poisonous liquid amine obtained from nitrobenzene and used to make dyes and plastics and medicines;

- syn. aniline, aniline oil, phenylamine;

aminobenzoic acid
n1
a derivative of benzoic acid;

aminomethane
n1
a methyl with the hydrogen atom replaced by an amino radical;

aminopherase
n1
a class of transferases that catalyze transamination (that transfer an amino group from an amino acid to another compound);

- syn. aminotransferase, transaminase;

aminophylline
n1
a theophylline derivative that is used as a bronchodilator in the treatment of bronchial asthma, emphysema, and bronchitis;

aminoplast
n1
a plastic (synthetic resin) made from amino compounds;

- used as an adhesive and as a coating for paper and textiles;

- syn. amino plastic, amino resin;

aminopyrine
n1
a white crystalline substance used as an analgesic and antipyretic;

- syn. amidopyrine;

aminotransferase
n1
a class of transferases that catalyze transamination (that transfer an amino group from an amino acid to another compound);

- syn. aminopherase, transaminase;

amiodarone
n1
an antiarrhythmic drug (trade name Cordarone) that has potentially fatal side effects and is used to control serious heart rhythm problems only when safer agents have been ineffective;

- syn. Cordarone;

amir / ə m ɪə , ə m ɪə ɹ /
n1
an independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia);

- syn. ameer, emeer, emir;

Amish
n1
an American follower of the Mennonite religion;

Amish sect
n1
an orthodox Anabaptist sect separated from the Mennonites in late 17th century;

- settled chiefly in southeastern Pennsylvania;

amiss / ə m ɪ s /
a1
not functioning properly;

- "something is amiss";

- "has gone completely haywire";

- "something is wrong with the engine";

- syn. awry, haywire, wrong;

- sim. malfunctioning;

r1
away from the correct or expected course;

- "something has gone awry in our plans";

- "something went badly amiss in the preparations";

- syn. awry;

r2
in an improper or mistaken or unfortunate manner;

- "if you think him guilty you judge amiss";

- "he spoke amiss";

- "no one took it amiss when she spoke frankly";

r3
in an imperfect or faulty way;

- "The lobe was imperfectly developed";

- "Miss Bennet would not play at all amiss if she practiced more"- Jane Austen;

- syn. imperfectly;

amitosis
n1
the direct method of cell division characterized by simple division of the nucleus without formation of chromosomes;

amitotic
a1
pertaining to a simple method of cell division;

amitriptyline
n1
a tricyclic antidepressant drug (trade name Elavil) with serious side effects;

- interacts with many other medications;

- syn. Elavil, amitriptyline hydrochloride;

amitriptyline hydrochloride
n1
a tricyclic antidepressant drug (trade name Elavil) with serious side effects;

- interacts with many other medications;

- syn. Elavil, amitriptyline;

amity / æ m ɪ t i /
n1
a cordial disposition;

- syn. cordiality;

n2
a state of friendship and cordiality;

amlodipine besylate
n1
a vasodilator (trade name Norvasc) taken in tablet form;

- prescribed for hypertension and angina pectoris;

- syn. Norvasc;

Amman
n1
the capital and largest city of Jordan;

- syn. capital of Jordan;

ammeter / æ m ɪ t ə , æ m ɪ t ə ɹ /
n1
a meter that measures the flow of electrical current in amperes;

ammine
n1
a complex inorganic compound that contains ammonia molecules;

ammino
a1
pertaining to or characteristic of an ammine (an inorganic coordination compound of ammonia and a metallic salt);

ammo
n1
projectiles to be fired from a gun;

- syn. ammunition;

ammobium
n1
any plant of the genus Ammobium having yellow flowers and silvery foliage;

Ammobium alatum
n1
Australian plant widely cultivated for its beautiful silvery-white blooms with bright yellow centers on long winged stems;

- syn. winged everlasting;

Ammodytes
n1
type genus of the Ammodytidae;

- syn. genus Ammodytes;

Ammodytidae
n1
sand lances;

- syn. family Ammodytidae;

ammonia / ə m oʊ n ɪə /
n1
a water solution of ammonia;

- syn. ammonia water, ammonium hydroxide;

n2
a pungent gas compounded of nitrogen and hydrogen (NH3);

ammonia alum
n1
a white crystalline double sulfate of aluminum: the ammonium double sulfate of aluminum;

- syn. alum, ammonium alum;

ammonia clock
n1
an atomic clock based on vibrational frequency of the nitrogen atom in the ammonia molecule;

ammonia water
n1
a water solution of ammonia;

- syn. ammonia, ammonium hydroxide;

ammoniac / ə m oʊ n ɪ æ k /
n1
the aromatic gum of the ammoniac plant;

- syn. gum ammoniac;

a1
pertaining to or containing or similar to ammonia;

- syn. ammoniacal;

ammoniacal / æ m oʊ n aɪ ə k ə ɫ /
a1
pertaining to or containing or similar to ammonia;

- syn. ammoniac;

ammoniate / ə m oʊ n ɪ eɪ t /
v1
treat with ammonia;

ammoniated / ə m oʊ n ɪ eɪ t ɪ d /
a1
combined or treated with ammonia;

- "ammoniated mercury";

ammonification
n1
impregnation with ammonia or a compound of ammonia;

ammonify
v1
treat with ammonia;

- cause to undergo ammonification;

ammonite / æ m ə n aɪ t /
n1
one of the coiled chambered fossil shells of extinct mollusks;

- syn. ammonoid;

ammonitic
a1
of or related to an order of fossil cephalopods;

ammonium / ə m oʊ n j ə m /
n1
the ion NH4 derived from ammonia;

- behaves in many respects like an alkali metal ion;

- syn. ammonium ion;

ammonium alum
n1
a white crystalline double sulfate of aluminum: the ammonium double sulfate of aluminum;

- syn. alum, ammonia alum;

ammonium carbamate
n1
a salt of carbamic acid that is used as a nitrogen fertilizer;

ammonium carbonate
n1
a carbonate of ammonium;

- used in the manufacture of smelling salts and baking powder and ammonium compounds;

ammonium chloride
n1
a white salt used in dry cells;

- syn. sal ammoniac;

ammonium hydroxide
n1
a water solution of ammonia;

- syn. ammonia, ammonia water;

ammonium ion
n1
the ion NH4 derived from ammonia;

- behaves in many respects like an alkali metal ion;

- syn. ammonium;

ammonium nitrate
n1
used as an explosive and fertilizer and rocket propellant;

ammoniuria
n1
excessive ammonia in the urine;

ammonoid
n1
one of the coiled chambered fossil shells of extinct mollusks;

- syn. ammonite;

Ammotragus
n1
genus of wild sheep;

- syn. genus Ammotragus;

Ammotragus lervia
n1
wild sheep of northern Africa;

- syn. Barbary sheep, aoudad, arui, audad, maned sheep;

ammunition / æ m j ʊ n ɪ ʃ n /
n1
projectiles to be fired from a gun;

- syn. ammo;

n2
any nuclear or chemical or biological material that can be used as a weapon of mass destruction;

n3
information that can be used to attack or defend a claim or argument or viewpoint;

- "his admission provided ammunition for his critics";

ammunition chest
n1
a chest to hold ammunition;

- syn. caisson;

amnesia / æ m n i z ɪə /
n1
partial or total loss of memory;

- "he has a total blackout for events of the evening";

- syn. blackout, memory loss;

amnesiac
n1
a person suffering from amnesia;

- syn. amnesic;

a1
suffering from a partial loss of memory;

- syn. amnesic;

- sim. unmindful;

amnesic
n1
a person suffering from amnesia;

- syn. amnesiac;

a1
of or relating to or caused by amnesia;

- syn. amnestic;

a2
suffering from a partial loss of memory;

- syn. amnesiac;

- sim. unmindful;

amnesic aphasia
n1
inability to name objects or to recognize written or spoken names of objects;

- syn. amnestic aphasia, anomia, anomic aphasia, nominal aphasia;

amnestic / æ m n ə s t ɪ k /
a1
of or relating to or caused by amnesia;

- syn. amnesic;

amnestic aphasia
n1
inability to name objects or to recognize written or spoken names of objects;

- syn. amnesic aphasia, anomia, anomic aphasia, nominal aphasia;

amnesty / æ m n ə s t i /
n1
a period during which offenders are exempt from punishment;

n2
a warrant granting release from punishment for an offense;

- syn. pardon;

n3
the formal act of liberating someone;

- syn. free pardon, pardon;

v1
grant a pardon to (a group of people);

amnic
a1
of or related to the amnion or characterized by developing an amnion;

- "amniotic membrane";

- syn. amnionic, amniotic;

amnio
n1
(pregnancy) extraction by centesis of amniotic fluid from a pregnant woman (after the 15th week of pregnancy) to aid in the diagnosis of fetal abnormalities;

- syn. amniocentesis;

amniocentesis
n1
(pregnancy) extraction by centesis of amniotic fluid from a pregnant woman (after the 15th week of pregnancy) to aid in the diagnosis of fetal abnormalities;

- syn. amnio;

amnion
n1
thin innermost membranous sac enclosing the developing embryo of higher vertebrates (reptiles, birds and mammals);

- syn. amnios, amniotic sac;

amnionic
a1
of or related to the amnion or characterized by developing an amnion;

- "amniotic membrane";

- syn. amnic, amniotic;

amnionic fluid
n1
the serous fluid in which the embryo is suspended inside the amnion;

- "before a woman gives birth her waters break";

- syn. amniotic fluid, waters;

amnios
n1
thin innermost membranous sac enclosing the developing embryo of higher vertebrates (reptiles, birds and mammals);

- syn. amnion, amniotic sac;

Amniota
n1
higher vertebrates (reptiles, birds and mammals) possessing an amnion during development;

amniote
n1
any member of the Amniota;

amniotic
a1
of or related to the amnion or characterized by developing an amnion;

- "amniotic membrane";

- syn. amnic, amnionic;

amniotic cavity
n1
the fluid-filled cavity that surrounds the developing embryo;

amniotic fluid
n1
the serous fluid in which the embryo is suspended inside the amnion;

- "before a woman gives birth her waters break";

- syn. amnionic fluid, waters;

amniotic sac
n1
thin innermost membranous sac enclosing the developing embryo of higher vertebrates (reptiles, birds and mammals);

- syn. amnion, amnios;

amobarbital
n1
a barbiturate with sedative and hypnotic effects;

- used to relieve insomnia and as an anticonvulsant;

amobarbital sodium
n1
the sodium salt of amobarbital that is used as a barbiturate;

- used as a sedative and a hypnotic;

- syn. Amytal, blue, blue angel, blue devil;

amoeba / ə m i b ə /
n1
naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion;

- syn. ameba;

amoeban / ə m i b ə n /
a1
pertaining to or resembling amoebae;

- "amoebic dysentery";

- syn. ameban, amebic, amebous, amoebic, amoebous;

amoebiasis
n1
infection by a disease-causing ameba;

- syn. amebiasis, amebiosis, amoebiosis;

amoebic / ə m i b ɪ k /
a1
pertaining to or resembling amoebae;

- "amoebic dysentery";

- syn. ameban, amebic, amebous, amoeban, amoebous;

amoebic dysentery
n1
inflammation of the intestines caused by Endamoeba histolytica;

- usually acquired by ingesting food or water contaminated with feces;

- characterized by severe diarrhea;

- syn. amebic dysentery;

Amoebida
n1
the animal order including amoebas;

- syn. Amoebina, order Amoebida, order Amoebina;

Amoebina
n1
the animal order including amoebas;

- syn. Amoebida, order Amoebida, order Amoebina;

amoebiosis
n1
infection by a disease-causing ameba;

- syn. amebiasis, amebiosis, amoebiasis;

amoeboid
a1
like an amoeba (especially in having a variable irregular shape);

- syn. ameboid;

amoebous
a1
pertaining to or resembling amoebae;

- "amoebic dysentery";

- syn. ameban, amebic, amebous, amoeban, amoebic;

amok / ə m ɒ k /
a1
wildly frenzied and out of control;

- "the soldier was completely amuck";

- "berserk with grief";

- "a berserk worker smashing windows";

- syn. amuck, berserk;

- sim. agitated;

r1
wildly;

- without self-control;

- "when the restaurant caught fire the patrons ran amuck, blocking the exit";

- syn. amuck;

r2
in a murderous frenzy;

- "rioters running amuck and throwing sticks and bottles and stones";

- syn. amuck, murderously;

Amon
n1
a primeval Egyptian personification of air and breath;

- worshipped especially at Thebes;

- syn. Amen, Amun;

Amon-Ra
n1
Egyptian sun god;

- supreme god of the universe in whom Amen and Ra were merged;

- principal deity during Theban supremacy;

- syn. Amen-Ra, Amun Ra;

Amontillado / ə m ɒ n t ɪ ɫ ɑ d oʊ /
n1
pale medium-dry sherry from Spain;

Amor
n1
(Roman mythology) god of love;

- counterpart of Greek Eros;

- syn. Cupid;

amora
n1
one of a group of rabbis (active AD 250-500) who discussed the Mishnaic law in the law schools of Palestine and Mesopotamia where they explained and applied earlier teachings and whose discussions are recorded in the Talmud;

- they emphasized the study of Torah and the importance of personal action and the fulfillment of the commandments;

amoralism / eɪ m ɒ ɹ ə ɫ ɪ z ə m /
n1
the doctrine that moral distinctions are invalid;

amoralist / eɪ m ɒ ɹ ə ɫ ɪ s t /
n1
someone who adheres to the doctrine that ordinary moral distinctions are invalid;

amorality
n1
the quality of being amoral;

amorally / eɪ m ɒ ɹ ə ɫ i /
r1
without regard for morality;

- "he acted immorally when his own interests were at stake";

- syn. immorally;

amorist / æ m ə ɹ ɪ s t /
n1
one dedicated to love and lovemaking especially one who writes about love;

amoristic / æ m ə ɹ ɪ s t ɪ k /
a1
of or pertaining to romantic love;

amorous / æ m ə ɹ ə s /
a1
inclined toward or displaying love;

- "feeling amorous";

- syn. amative;

- sim. loving;

a2
expressive of or exciting sexual love or romance;

- "her amatory affairs";

- "amorous glances";

- "a romantic adventure";

- "a romantic moonlight ride";

- syn. amatory, romantic;

- sim. loving;

amorously / æ m ə ɹ ə s ɫ i /
r1
in an amorous manner;

- "he looked at her amorously";

amorousness / æ m ə ɹ ə s n ə s /
n1
a feeling of love or fondness;

- syn. enamoredness;

n2
the arousal of feelings of sexual desire;

- syn. amativeness, eroticism, erotism, sexiness;

amorpha / ə m ɔ f ə /
n1
any plant of the genus Amorpha having odd-pinnate leaves and purplish spicate flowers;

Amorpha californica
n1
an erect to spreading hairy shrub of the Pacific coast of the United States having racemes of red to indigo flowers;

- syn. bastard indigo, false indigo;

Amorpha canescens
n1
shrub of sandy woodlands and stream banks of western United States having hoary pinnate flowers and dull-colored racemose flowers;

- thought to indicate the presence of lead ore;

- syn. lead plant, leadplant;

Amorpha fruticosa
n1
dense shrub of moist riverbanks and flood plains of the eastern United States having attractive fragrant foliage and dense racemes of dark purple flowers;

- syn. bastard indigo, false indigo;

amorphophallus
n1
any plant of the genus Amorphophallus;

Amorphophallus campanulatus
n1
putrid-smelling aroid of southeastern Asia (especially the Philippines) grown for its edible tuber;

- syn. Amorphophallus paeonifolius, elephant yam, pungapung, telingo potato;

Amorphophallus paeonifolius
n1
putrid-smelling aroid of southeastern Asia (especially the Philippines) grown for its edible tuber;

- syn. Amorphophallus campanulatus, elephant yam, pungapung, telingo potato;

Amorphophallus rivieri
n1
foul-smelling somewhat fleshy tropical plant of southeastern Asia cultivated for its edible corms or in the greenhouse for its large leaves and showy dark red spathe surrounding a large spadix;

- syn. devil's tongue, snake palm, umbrella arum;

Amorphophallus titanum
n1
malodorous tropical plant having a spathe that resembles the corolla of a morning glory and attains a diameter of several feet;

- syn. krubi, titan arum;

amorphous / ə m ɔ f ə s /
a1
having no definite form or distinct shape;

- "amorphous clouds of insects";

- "an aggregate of formless particles";

- "a shapeless mass of protoplasm";

- syn. formless, shapeless;

- sim. unformed;

a2
lacking the system or structure characteristic of living bodies;

- syn. unstructured;

- sim. inorganic;

a3
(of a group of people or an organization) unorganized or unfocused;

- "A mob is an amorphous crowd of people without ideals, a sum of individuals in which each lives for himself";

- sim. unstructured;

a4
unclear because vague or badly organized;

- "Her vague, amorphous statement of her predicament was part of what made it so hard for her to solve it";

- sim. unclear;

a5
without real or apparent crystalline form;

- "an amorphous mineral";

- "amorphous structure";

- syn. uncrystallised, uncrystallized;

- sim. noncrystalline;

amorphous shape
n1
an ill-defined or arbitrary shape;

amort / ə m ɔ t /
a1
utterly cast down;

- sim. dejected;

amortisation
n1
the reduction of the value of an asset by prorating its cost over a period of years;

- syn. amortization;

n2
payment of an obligation in a series of installments or transfers;

- syn. amortization;

amortise / ə m ɔ t ɪ s /
v1
liquidate gradually;

- syn. amortize;

amortization / ə m ɔ t ɪ z eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the reduction of the value of an asset by prorating its cost over a period of years;

- syn. amortisation;

n2
payment of an obligation in a series of installments or transfers;

- syn. amortisation;

amortize / ə m ɔ t aɪ z /
v1
liquidate gradually;

- syn. amortise;

Amos
n1
a Hebrew shepherd and minor prophet;

n2
an Old Testament book telling Amos's prophecies;

- syn. Book of Amos;

amount / ə m aʊ n t /
n1
a quantity of money;

- "he borrowed a large sum";

- "the amount he had in cash was insufficient";

- syn. amount of money, sum, sum of money;

n2
the relative magnitude of something with reference to a criterion;

- "an adequate amount of food for four people";

n3
how much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify;

- syn. measure, quantity;

n4
a quantity obtained by the addition of a group of numbers;

- syn. sum, total;

v1
be tantamount or equivalent to;

- "Her action amounted to a rebellion";

v2
add up in number or quantity;

- "The bills amounted to $2,000";

- "The bill came to $2,000";

- syn. add up, come, number, total;

v3
develop into;

- "This idea will never amount to anything";

- "nothing came of his grandiose plans";

- syn. add up, come;

amount of money
n1
a quantity of money;

- "he borrowed a large sum";

- "the amount he had in cash was insufficient";

- syn. amount, sum, sum of money;

amour / ə m ʊə , ə m ʊə ɹ /
n1
a usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship;

- syn. affair, affaire, intimacy, involvement, liaison;

amour propre
n1
feelings of excessive pride;

- syn. conceit, self-love, vanity;

amoxicillin
n1
an antibiotic;

- a semisynthetic oral penicillin (trade names Amoxil and Larotid and Polymox and Trimox and Augmentin) used to treat bacterial infections;

- syn. Amoxil, Augmentin, Larotid, Polymox, Trimox;

Amoxil
n1
an antibiotic;

- a semisynthetic oral penicillin (trade names Amoxil and Larotid and Polymox and Trimox and Augmentin) used to treat bacterial infections;

- syn. Augmentin, Larotid, Polymox, Trimox, amoxicillin;

Amoy
n1
any of the forms of Chinese spoken in Fukien province;

- syn. Fukien, Fukkianese, Hokkianese, Min, Min dialect, Taiwanese;

amp / æ m p /
n1
the basic unit of electric current adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites;

- "a typical household circuit carries 15 to 50 amps";

- syn. A, ampere;

n2
a nucleotide found in muscle cells and important in metabolism;

- reversibly convertible to ADP and ATP;

- syn. adenosine monophosphate, adenylic acid;

amperage
n1
the strength of an electrical current measured in amperes;

ampere / æ m p eə , æ m p eə ɹ /
n1
a former unit of electric current (slightly smaller than the SI ampere);

- syn. international ampere;

n2
the basic unit of electric current adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites;

- "a typical household circuit carries 15 to 50 amps";

- syn. A, amp;

ampere-hour
n1
a unit of charge equal to 3600 coulombs;

ampere-minute
n1
a unit of charge equal to 60 coulombs;

ampere-second
n1
a unit of electrical charge equal to the amount of charge transferred by a current of 1 ampere in 1 second;

- syn. C, coulomb;

ampere-turn
n1
a unit of magnetomotive force equal to the magnetomotive force produced by the passage of 1 ampere through 1 complete turn of a coil;

- equal to 1.257 gilberts;

ampersand / æ m p ə s æ n d /
n1
a punctuation mark (&) used to represent conjunction (and);

amphetamine / æ m f ɛ t ə m i n /
n1
a central nervous system stimulant that increases energy and decreases appetite;

- used to treat narcolepsy and some forms of depression;

- syn. pep pill, speed, upper;

amphetamine sulfate
n1
a sulfate derivative of amphetamine that is used as a stimulant for the central nervous system;

- syn. amphetamine sulphate;

amphetamine sulphate
n1
a sulfate derivative of amphetamine that is used as a stimulant for the central nervous system;

- syn. amphetamine sulfate;

amphibia / æ m f ɪ b ɪə /
n1
the class of vertebrates that live on land but breed in water;

- frogs;

- toads;

- newts;

- salamanders;

- caecilians;

- syn. class Amphibia;

amphibian / æ m f ɪ b ɪə n , æ m f ɪ b j ə n /
n1
a flat-bottomed motor vehicle that can travel on land or water;

- syn. amphibious vehicle;

n2
an airplane designed to take off and land on water;

- syn. amphibious aircraft;

n3
cold-blooded vertebrate typically living on land but breeding in water;

- aquatic larvae undergo metamorphosis into adult form;

a1
relating to or characteristic of animals of the class Amphibia;

- syn. amphibious;

amphibian family
n1
any family of amphibians;

amphibian genus
n1
any genus of amphibians;

amphibiotic
a1
having an aquatic early or larval form and a terrestrial adult form;

- syn. semiaquatic;

- sim. amphibious;

amphibious / æ m f ɪ b ɪə s /
a1
relating to or characteristic of animals of the class Amphibia;

- syn. amphibian;

a2
operating or living on land and in water;

- "amphibious vehicles";

- "amphibious operations";

- "amphibious troops";

- "frogs are amphibious animals";

- sim. amphibiotic;

amphibious aircraft
n1
an airplane designed to take off and land on water;

- syn. amphibian;

amphibious assault
n1
an amphibious operation attacking a land base that is carried out by troops that are landed by naval ships;

amphibious demonstration
n1
an amphibious operation conducted for the purpose of deceiving the enemy and leading him into a course of action unfavorable to him;

amphibious landing
n1
a military action of coordinated land, sea, and air forces organized for an invasion;

- "MacArthur staged a massive amphibious landing behind enemy lines";

amphibious operation
n1
a military operation by both land and sea forces;

amphibious vehicle
n1
a flat-bottomed motor vehicle that can travel on land or water;

- syn. amphibian;

amphibole / æ m f ɪ b ə ɫ i , æ m f ɪ b oʊ ɫ /
n1
a mineral or mineral variety belonging to the amphibole group;

amphibole group
n1
a group of minerals with similar crystal structures containing a silicate chain and combinations of chiefly sodium and calcium and magnesium and iron and aluminum;

Amphibolips
n1
cynipid gall wasps, especially causing oak-apple galls;

- syn. genus Amphibolips;

amphibolite
n1
a metamorphic rock composed chiefly of amphibole and plagioclase;

amphibology / æ m f ɪ b ɒ ɫ ə dʒ i /
n1
an ambiguous grammatical construction;

- e.g., `they are flying planes' can mean either that someone is flying planes or that something is flying planes;

- syn. amphiboly;

amphiboly / æ m f ɪ b ə ɫ i /
n1
an ambiguous grammatical construction;

- e.g., `they are flying planes' can mean either that someone is flying planes or that something is flying planes;

- syn. amphibology;

amphibrach / æ m f ɪ b ɹ æ k /
n1
a metrical unit with unstressed-stressed-unstressed syllables (e.g., `remember');

Amphicarpa
n1
very small genus of twining vines of North America and Asia: hog peanut;

- syn. Amphicarpaea, genus Amphicarpa, genus Amphicarpaea;

Amphicarpa bracteata
n1
vine widely distributed in eastern North America producing racemes of purple to maroon flowers and abundant (usually subterranean) edible one-seeded pods resembling peanuts;

- syn. Amphicarpaea bracteata, hog peanut, wild peanut;

Amphicarpaea
n1
very small genus of twining vines of North America and Asia: hog peanut;

- syn. Amphicarpa, genus Amphicarpa, genus Amphicarpaea;

Amphicarpaea bracteata
n1
vine widely distributed in eastern North America producing racemes of purple to maroon flowers and abundant (usually subterranean) edible one-seeded pods resembling peanuts;

- syn. Amphicarpa bracteata, hog peanut, wild peanut;

amphictyony
n1
an association of neighboring states or tribes in ancient Greece;

- established originally to defend a common religious center;

amphidiploid
n1
(genetics) an organism or cell having a diploid set of chromosomes from each parent;

amphidiploidy
n1
the condition of being amphidiploid;

amphigory
n1
nonsensical writing (usually verse);

- syn. nonsense verse;

amphimixis
n1
reproduction involving the union or fusion of a male and a female gamete;

- syn. sexual reproduction;

n2
union of sperm and egg in sexual reproduction;

Amphineura
n1
a class of Gastropoda;

- syn. subclass Amphineura;

Amphioxidae
n1
lancelets;

- syn. Branchiostomidae, family Amphioxidae, family Branchiostomidae;

amphioxus
n1
small translucent lancet-shaped burrowing marine animal;

- primitive forerunner of the vertebrates;

- syn. lancelet;

amphipod
n1
a kind of malacostracan crustacean;

Amphipoda
n1
small flat-bodied semiterrestrial crustaceans: whale lice;

- sand-hoppers;

- skeleton shrimp;

- syn. order Amphipoda;

Amphiprion
n1
damsel fishes;

- syn. genus Amphiprion;

Amphiprion percula
n1
an anemone fish of the genus Amphiprion;

- syn. clown anemone fish;

amphiprostylar
a1
marked by columniation having free columns in porticoes either at both ends or at both sides of a structure;

- syn. amphiprostyle, amphistylar, porticoed;

- sim. apteral;

amphiprostyle
a1
marked by columniation having free columns in porticoes either at both ends or at both sides of a structure;

- syn. amphiprostylar, amphistylar, porticoed;

- sim. apteral;

amphiprotic
a1
having characteristics of both an acid and a base and capable of reacting as either;

- syn. amphoteric;

amphisbaena
n1
(classical mythology) a serpent with a head at each end of its body;

n2
type genus of the Amphisbaenidae;

- syn. Amphisbaenia, genus Amphisbaena, genus Amphisbaenia;

Amphisbaenia
n1
type genus of the Amphisbaenidae;

- syn. Amphisbaena, genus Amphisbaena, genus Amphisbaenia;

Amphisbaenidae
n1
worm lizards;

- syn. family Amphisbaenidae;

amphistylar
a1
having columns either at both ends or at both sides;

- sim. columned;

a2
marked by columniation having free columns in porticoes either at both ends or at both sides of a structure;

- syn. amphiprostylar, amphiprostyle, porticoed;

- sim. apteral;

amphitheater
n1
a sloping gallery with seats for spectators (as in an operating room or theater);

- syn. amphitheatre;

n2
an oval large stadium with tiers of seats;

- an arena in which contests and spectacles are held;

- syn. amphitheatre, coliseum;

amphitheatre / æ m f ɪ θ ɪə t ə , æ m f ɪ θ ɪə t ə ɹ /
n1
a sloping gallery with seats for spectators (as in an operating room or theater);

- syn. amphitheater;

n2
an oval large stadium with tiers of seats;

- an arena in which contests and spectacles are held;

- syn. amphitheater, coliseum;

amphitheatric
a1
of or related to an amphitheater;

- syn. amphitheatrical;

amphitheatrical
a1
of or related to an amphitheater;

- syn. amphitheatric;

Amphitheatrum Flavium
n1
a large amphitheater in Rome whose construction was begun by Vespasian about AD 75 or 80;

- syn. Colosseum;

amphitropous
a1
(of a plant ovule) partly inverted;

- turned back 90 degrees on its stalk;

amphitropous ovule
n1
a partly inverted ovule turned back 90 degrees on its stalk;

amphiuma
n1
aquatic eel-shaped salamander having two pairs of very small feet;

- of still muddy waters in the southern United States;

- syn. blind eel, congo eel, congo snake;

Amphiumidae
n1
congo snakes;

- syn. family Amphiumidae;

amphora / æ m f ə ɹ ə /
n1
an ancient jar with two handles and a narrow neck;

- used to hold oil or wine;

amphoric / æ m f ɒ ɹ ɪ k /
a1
the sound heard in auscultation resembling the hollow sound made by blowing across the mouth of a bottle;

- "amphoric breathing indicates a cavity in the lung";

amphoteric
a1
having characteristics of both an acid and a base and capable of reacting as either;

- syn. amphiprotic;

amphotericin
n1
an antibiotic and antifungal agent;

ampicillin
n1
semisynthetic penicillin (trade names Principen and Polycillin and SK-Ampicillin);

- syn. Polycillin, Principen, SK-Ampicillin;

ample / æ m p ɫ /
a1
more than enough in size or scope or capacity;

- "had ample food for the party";

- "an ample supply";

- also abundant, sufficient;

- sim. full, generous, wide;

a2
affording an abundant supply;

- "had ample food for the party";

- "copious provisions";

- "food is plentiful";

- "a plenteous grape harvest";

- "a rich supply";

- syn. copious, plenteous, plentiful, rich;

- sim. abundant;

a3
fairly large in size;

- "a sizable fortune";

- "an ample waistline";

- "of ample proportions";

- syn. sizable, sizeable;

- sim. large;

ampleness / æ m p ɫ n ɛ s /
n1
the property of being more than sufficient;

- comfortable sufficiency;

- "the ampleness of her servings more than satisfied his hunger";

n2
the property of impressive largeness in size;

- "he admired the ampleness of its proportions";

amplexicaul leaf
n1
a leaf with its base clasping the stem;

amplification / æ m p ɫ ɪ f ɪ k eɪ ʃ n /
n1
addition of extra material or illustration or clarifying detail;

- "a few remarks added in amplification and defense";

- "an elaboration of the sketch followed";

- syn. elaboration;

n2
the amount of increase in signal power or voltage or current expressed as the ratio of output to input;

- syn. gain;

n3
(electronics) the act of increasing voltage or power or current;

amplifier / æ m p ɫ ɪ f aɪ ə , æ m p ɫ ɪ f aɪ ə ɹ /
n1
electronic equipment that increases strength of signals passing through it;

amplify / æ m p ɫ ɪ f aɪ /
v1
increase in size, volume or significance;

- "Her terror was magnified in her mind";

- syn. magnify;

v2
to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth;

- "tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery";

- syn. exaggerate, hyperbolise, hyperbolize, magnify, overdraw, overstate;

v3
exaggerate or make bigger;

- "The charges were inflated";

- syn. blow up, expand, inflate;

v4
increase the volume of;

- "amplify sound";

amplitude / æ m p ɫ ɪ t j u d /
n1
(physics) the maximum displacement of a periodic wave;

n2
the property of copious abundance;

- syn. bountifulness, bounty;

n3
greatness of magnitude;

amplitude distortion
n1
distortion that occurs when the output signal does not have a linear relation to the input signal;

- syn. nonlinear distortion;

amplitude level
n1
the level on a scale of amplitude;

amplitude modulation
n1
modulation of the amplitude of the (radio) carrier wave;

- syn. AM;

amply / æ m p ɫ i /
r1
to an ample degree or in an ample manner;

- "these voices were amply represented";

- "we benefited richly";

- syn. richly;

r2
sufficiently;

- more than adequately;

- "the evidence amply (or fully) confirms our suspicions";

- "they were fully (or amply) fed";

- syn. fully;

ampoule / æ m p u ɫ /
n1
a small bottle that contains a drug (especially a sealed sterile container for injection by needle);

- syn. ampul, ampule, phial, vial;

ampul
n1
a small bottle that contains a drug (especially a sealed sterile container for injection by needle);

- syn. ampoule, ampule, phial, vial;

ampule
n1
a small bottle that contains a drug (especially a sealed sterile container for injection by needle);

- syn. ampoule, ampul, phial, vial;

ampulla / æ m p ʊ ɫ ə /
n1
the dilated portion of a canal or duct especially of the semicircular canals of the ear;

n2
a flask that has two handles;

- used by Romans for wines or oils;

ampullar / æ m p ʊ ɫ ə ax , æ m p ʊ ɫ ə ax ɹ /
a1
of or related to an ampulla;

- syn. ampullary;

ampullary
a1
of or related to an ampulla;

- syn. ampullar;

amputate / æ m p j ʊ t eɪ t /
v1
remove surgically;

- "amputate limbs";

- syn. cut off;

amputation / æ m p j ʊ t eɪ ʃ n /
n1
a condition of disability resulting from the loss of one or more limbs;

n2
a surgical removal of all or part of a limb;

amputator / æ m p j u t eɪ t ə /
n1
a surgeon who removes part or all of a limb;

amputee
n1
someone who has had a limb removed by amputation;

amrinone
n1
a drug (trade name Inocor) used intravenously in heart failure;

- increases strength of contraction of myocardium;

- syn. Inocor;

Amsinckia
n1
rough annual herbs of Europe and the Americas: fiddlenecks;

- syn. genus Amsinckia;

Amsinckia grandiflora
n1
annual of the western United States having large coiled flower spikes;

- a threatened species;

- syn. large-flowered fiddleneck;

Amsinckia intermedia
n1
annual of western United States with coiled spikes of yellow-orange coiled flowers;

- syn. common amsinckia;

Amsler grid
n1
a pattern of small boxes that is used for self-monitoring by patients who have age-related macular degeneration;

Amsonia
n1
genus of herbs and subshrubs with milky juice and showy bluish flowers;

- Europe to Asia Minor to Japan and North America;

- syn. genus Amsonia;

Amsonia tabernaemontana
n1
subshrubs of southeastern United States forming slow-growing clumps and having blue flowers in short terminal cymes;

- syn. blue star;

Amsterdam / æ m s t ə d æ m /
n1
an industrial center and the nominal capital of the Netherlands;

- center of the diamond-cutting industry;

- seat of an important stock exchange;

- known for its canals and art museum;

- syn. Dutch capital, capital of The Netherlands;

amuck / ə m ʌ k /
a1
wildly frenzied and out of control;

- "the soldier was completely amuck";

- "berserk with grief";

- "a berserk worker smashing windows";

- syn. amok, berserk;

- sim. agitated;

r1
wildly;

- without self-control;

- "when the restaurant caught fire the patrons ran amuck, blocking the exit";

- syn. amok;

r2
in a murderous frenzy;

- "rioters running amuck and throwing sticks and bottles and stones";

- syn. amok, murderously;

amulet / æ m j ʊ ɫ ɪ t /
n1
a trinket or piece of jewelry usually hung about the neck and thought to be a magical protection against evil or disease;

- syn. talisman;

Amun
n1
a primeval Egyptian personification of air and breath;

- worshipped especially at Thebes;

- syn. Amen, Amon;

Amun Ra
n1
Egyptian sun god;

- supreme god of the universe in whom Amen and Ra were merged;

- principal deity during Theban supremacy;

- syn. Amen-Ra, Amon-Ra;

Amundsen
n1
Norwegian explorer who was the first to traverse the Northwest Passage and in 1911 the first to reach the South Pole (1872-1928);

- syn. Roald Amundsen;

Amur
n1
an Asian river between China and Russia;

- flows into the Sea of Okhotsk;

- syn. Amur River, Heilong, Heilong Jiang;

Amur privet
n1
eastern Asian shrub cultivated especially for its persistent foliage;

- syn. Ligustrum amurense;

Amur River
n1
an Asian river between China and Russia;

- flows into the Sea of Okhotsk;

- syn. Amur, Heilong, Heilong Jiang;

AMusD
n1
a doctor's degree in musical arts;

- syn. Doctor of Musical Arts;

amuse / ə m j u z /
v1
occupy in an agreeable, entertaining or pleasant fashion;

- "The play amused the ladies";

- syn. disport, divert;

v2
make (somebody) laugh;

- "The clown amused the children";

amused / ə m j u z d /
a1
pleasantly occupied;

- "We are not amused" -Queen Victoria;

- syn. diverted, entertained;

- sim. pleased;

amusement / ə m j u z m ə n t /
n1
a feeling of delight at being entertained;

n2
an activity that is diverting and that holds the attention;

- syn. entertainment;

amusement arcade
n1
an arcade featuring coin-operated game machines;

amusement park
n1
a commercially operated park with stalls and shows for amusement;

- syn. funfair, pleasure ground;

amusing / ə m j u z ɪ ŋ /
a1
providing enjoyment;

- pleasantly entertaining;

- "an amusing speaker";

- "a diverting story";

- syn. amusive, diverting;

- sim. interesting;

a2
arousing or provoking laughter;

- "an amusing film with a steady stream of pranks and pratfalls";

- "an amusing fellow";

- "a comic hat";

- "a comical look of surprise";

- "funny stories that made everybody laugh";

- "a very funny writer";

- "it would have been laughable if it hadn't hurt so much";

- "a mirthful experience";

- "risible courtroom antics";

- syn. comic, comical, funny, laughable, mirthful, risible;

- sim. humorous;

amusingly / ə m j u z ɪ ŋ ɫ i /
r1
in an entertaining and amusing manner;

- "Hollywood has grown too sophisticated to turn out anything really amusingly bad these days";

- syn. divertingly;

amusive
a1
providing enjoyment;

- pleasantly entertaining;

- "an amusing speaker";

- "a diverting story";

- syn. amusing, diverting;

- sim. interesting;

Amy Lowell
n1
United States poet (1874-1925);

- syn. Lowell;

Amy Lyon
n1
English beauty who was the mistress of Admiral Nelson (1765-1815);

- syn. Hamilton, Lady Emma Hamilton;

amygdala
n1
an almond-shaped neural structure in the anterior part of the temporal lobe of the cerebrum;

- intimately connected with the hypothalamus and the hippocampus and the cingulate gyrus;

- as part of the limbic system it plays an important role in motivation and emotional behavior;

- syn. amygdaloid nucleus, corpus amygdaloideum;

Amygdalaceae
n1
used in former classifications for plum and peach and almond trees which are now usually classified as members of the genus Prunus;

- syn. family Amygdalaceae;

amygdaliform
a1
shaped like an almond;

- syn. almond-shaped, amygdaloid, amygdaloidal;

- sim. rounded;

amygdalin
n1
a bitter cyanogenic glucoside extracted from the seeds of apricots and plums and bitter almonds;

amygdaline / ə m ɪ ɡ d ə ɫ aɪ n /
a1
related to or resembling an almond;

amygdaloid / ə m ɪ ɡ d ə ɫ ɔɪ d /
n1
volcanic rock in which rounded cavities formed by expanding gas have subsequently become filled with mineral deposits;

a1
shaped like an almond;

- syn. almond-shaped, amygdaliform, amygdaloidal;

- sim. rounded;

amygdaloid nucleus
n1
an almond-shaped neural structure in the anterior part of the temporal lobe of the cerebrum;

- intimately connected with the hypothalamus and the hippocampus and the cingulate gyrus;

- as part of the limbic system it plays an important role in motivation and emotional behavior;

- syn. amygdala, corpus amygdaloideum;

amygdaloidal / ə m ɪ ɡ d ə ɫ ɔɪ d ɫ /
a1
shaped like an almond;

- syn. almond-shaped, amygdaliform, amygdaloid;

- sim. rounded;

amygdalotomy
n1
psychosurgery in which amygdaloid fibers that mediate limbic system activity are severed (in cases of extreme uncontrollable violence);

Amygdalus
n1
used in former classifications for peach and almond trees which are now included in genus Prunus;

- syn. genus Amygdalus;

Amygdalus communis
n1
small bushy deciduous tree native to Asia and North Africa having pretty pink blossoms and highly prized edible nuts enclosed in a hard green hull;

- cultivated in southern Australia and California;

- syn. Prunus amygdalus, Prunus dulcis, almond, sweet almond;

Amygdalus communis amara
n1
almond trees having white blossoms and poisonous nuts yielding an oil used for flavoring and for medicinal purposes;

- syn. Prunus dulcis amara, bitter almond;

amyl / æ m ɪ ɫ /
n1
a hydrocarbon radical that occurs in many organic compounds;

amyl alcohol
n1
a mixture of 2 or more isomeric alcohols;

- used as a solvent and in organic synthesis;

amyl nitrate
n1
a vasodilator that is sometimes used to treat angina pectoris;

amylaceous
a1
resembling starch;

- syn. amyloid, amyloidal, farinaceous, starchlike;

- sim. starchy;

amylase
n1
any of a group of proteins found in saliva and pancreatic juice and parts of plants;

- help convert starch to sugar;

amyloid
n1
a non-nitrogenous food substance consisting chiefly of starch;

- any substance resembling starch;

n2
(pathology) a waxy translucent complex protein resembling starch that results from degeneration of tissue;

a1
resembling starch;

- syn. amylaceous, amyloidal, farinaceous, starchlike;

- sim. starchy;

amyloid plaque
n1
a plaque consisting of tangles of amyloid protein in nervous tissue (a pathological mark of Alzheimer's disease);

- syn. amyloid protein plaque;

amyloid protein plaque
n1
a plaque consisting of tangles of amyloid protein in nervous tissue (a pathological mark of Alzheimer's disease);

- syn. amyloid plaque;

amyloidal
a1
resembling starch;

- syn. amylaceous, amyloid, farinaceous, starchlike;

- sim. starchy;

amyloidosis
n1
a disorder characterized by deposit of amyloid in organs or tissues;

- often secondary to chronic rheumatoid arthritis or tuberculosis or multiple myeloma;

amylolysis
n1
conversion of starch to sugar;

amylolytic
a1
of or related to the process of amylolysis;

amylum
n1
a complex carbohydrate found chiefly in seeds, fruits, tubers, roots and stem pith of plants, notably in corn, potatoes, wheat, and rice;

- an important foodstuff and used otherwise especially in adhesives and as fillers and stiffeners for paper and textiles;

- syn. starch;

amyotonia
n1
lack of normal muscular tension or tonus;

- syn. atonia, atonicity, atony;

amyotrophia
n1
progressive wasting of muscle tissues;

- syn. amyotrophy;

amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
n1
thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord;

- results in progressive muscle atrophy that starts in the limbs;

- syn. ALS, Lou Gehrig's disease;

amyotrophy
n1
progressive wasting of muscle tissues;

- syn. amyotrophia;

Amytal / æ m ɪ t æ ɫ /
n1
the sodium salt of amobarbital that is used as a barbiturate;

- used as a sedative and a hypnotic;

- syn. amobarbital sodium, blue, blue angel, blue devil;

amyxia
n1
a condition in which no mucus in produced;

AN / æ n , ə n /
n1
an associate degree in nursing;

- syn. Associate in Nursing;

An Nafud
n1
a desert in northern Saudi Arabia that is noted for its red sand and violent winds;

- syn. An Nefud, Nafud, Nefud;

An Nefud
n1
a desert in northern Saudi Arabia that is noted for its red sand and violent winds;

- syn. An Nafud, Nafud, Nefud;

Ana / ɑ n ə /
n1
mother of the ancient Irish gods;

- sometimes identified with Danu;

n2
a collection of anecdotes about a person or place;

Anabantidae
n1
small freshwater spiny-finned fishes of Africa and southern Asia;

- syn. family Anabantidae;

Anabaptism / æ n ə b æ p t ɪ z ə m /
n1
a Protestant movement in the 16th century that believed in the primacy of the Bible, baptised only believers, not infants, and believed in complete separation of church and state;

Anabaptist / æ n ə b æ p t ɪ s t /
n1
adherent of Anabaptism;

Anabaptist denomination
n1
a Protestant sect denying infant baptism and baptising only believers;

Anabas
n1
the type genus of the family Anabantidae;

- small fish that resemble perch;

- syn. genus Anabas;

Anabas testudineus
n1
a small perch of India whose gills are modified to allow it to breathe air;

- has spiny pectoral fins that enable it to travel on land;

- syn. A. testudineus, climbing perch;

anabatic
a1
of an air current or wind;

- rising especially up a slope;

- "an anabatic wind";

anabiosis
n1
suspended animation in organisms during periods of extreme drought from which they revive when moisture returns;

anabiotic
a1
of or related to the state of anabiosis;

anabolic
a1
of or related to the synthetic phase of metabolism;

a2
characterized by or promoting constructive metabolism;

- "some athletes take anabolic steroids to increase muscle size temporarily";

- sim. constructive-metabolic;

anabolic steroid
n1
any of a group of synthetic steroid hormones used to stimulate muscle and bone growth;

- more than 100 have been developed and each requires a prescription to be used legally in the United States;

- sometimes used illicitly by athletes to increase their strength;

anabolism / ə n æ b ə ɫ ɪ z ə m /
n1
the synthesis in living organisms of more complex substances (e.g., living tissue) from simpler ones together with the storage of energy;

- syn. constructive metabolism;

Anabrus
n1
a genus of Tettigoniidae;

- syn. genus Anabrus;

Anabrus simplex
n1
large dark wingless cricket-like katydid of arid parts of western United States;

- syn. mormon cricket;

Anacanthini
n1
at least partially equivalent to the order Gadiformes in some classifications;

- syn. order Anacanthini;

Anacardiaceae
n1
the cashew family;

- trees and shrubs and vines having resinous (sometimes poisonous) juice;

- includes cashew and mango and pistachio and poison ivy and sumac;

- syn. family Anacardiaceae, sumac family;

Anacardium
n1
type genus of the Anacardiaceae: cashew;

- syn. genus Anacardium;

Anacardium occidentale
n1
tropical American evergreen tree bearing kidney-shaped nuts that are edible only when roasted;

- syn. cashew, cashew tree;

anachronic
a1
chronologically misplaced;

- "English public schools are anachronistic";

- syn. anachronistic, anachronous;

- sim. asynchronous;

anachronism / ə n æ k ɹ ə n ɪ z ə m /
n1
something located at a time when it could not have existed or occurred;

- syn. misdating, mistiming;

n2
an artifact that belongs to another time;

n3
a person who seems to be displaced in time;

- who belongs to another age;

anachronistic / ə n æ k ɹ ə n ɪ s t ɪ k /
a1
chronologically misplaced;

- "English public schools are anachronistic";

- syn. anachronic, anachronous;

- sim. asynchronous;

anachronistically / ə n æ k ɹ ə n ɪ s t ɪ k ɫ i /
r1
in an anachronistic manner;

- "let's look at this phenomenon anachronistically";

anachronous / ə n æ k ɹ ə n ə s /
a1
chronologically misplaced;

- "English public schools are anachronistic";

- syn. anachronic, anachronistic;

- sim. asynchronous;

Anacin III
n1
an analgesic for mild pain but not for inflammation;

- also used as an antipyretic;

- (Datril, Tylenol, Panadol, Phenaphen, Tempra, and Anacin III are trademarks of brands of acetaminophen tablets);

- syn. Datril, Panadol, Phenaphen, Tempra, Tylenol, acetaminophen;

anaclinal
a1
of valleys and rivers;

- progressing in a direction opposite to the dip in surrounding rock strata;

anaclisis
n1
(psychoanalysis) relationship marked by strong dependence on others;

- especially a libidinal attachment to e.g. a parental figure;

anaclitic
a1
of or related to relationships that are characterized by the strong dependence of one person on another;

anaclitic depression
n1
severe and progressive depression in infants who lose their mother and do not get a suitable substitute;

anacoluthia
n1
an abrupt change within a sentence from one syntactic structure to another;

- syn. anacoluthon;

anacoluthic
a1
of or related to syntactic inconsistencies of the sort known as anacoluthons;

anacoluthon / æ n ə k ə ɫ u θ ɒ n /
n1
an abrupt change within a sentence from one syntactic structure to another;

- syn. anacoluthia;

anaconda / æ n ə k ɒ n d ə /
n1
large arboreal boa of tropical South America;

- syn. Eunectes murinus;

Anacyclus
n1
a Spanish pellitory;

- syn. genus Anacyclus;

Anacyclus pyrethrum
n1
a small Mediterranean plant containing a volatile oil once used to relieve toothache;

- syn. pellitory, pellitory-of-Spain;

anadama bread
n1
a yeast-raised bread made of white flour and cornmeal and molasses;

Anadenanthera
n1
2 species of tropical American shrubs or trees;

- syn. genus Anadenanthera;

Anadenanthera colubrina
n1
Brazilian shrub having twice-pinnate leaves and small spicate flowers followed by flat or irregularly torulose pods;

- sometimes placed in genus Piptadenia;

- syn. Piptadenia macrocarpa;

anadiplosis
n1
repetition of the final words of a sentence or line at the beginning of the next;

- syn. reduplication;

anadromous
a1
migrating from the sea to fresh water to spawn;

anaemia / ə n i m ɪə /
n1
a lack of vitality;

- syn. anemia;

n2
a deficiency of red blood cells;

- syn. anemia;

anaemic / ə n i m ɪ k /
a1
relating to anemia or suffering from anemia;

- syn. anemic;

a2
lacking vigor or energy;

- "an anemic attempt to hit the baseball";

- syn. anemic;

- sim. weak;

anaerobe
n1
an organism (especially a bacterium) that does not require air or free oxygen to live;

anaerobic
a1
living or active in the absence of free oxygen;

- "anaerobic bacteria";

- syn. anaerobiotic;

a2
not aerobic;

- "isometric exercises are anaerobic";

anaerobic exercise
n1
exercise that builds muscles through tension;

- syn. bodybuilding, muscle building, musclebuilding;

anaerobiotic
a1
living or active in the absence of free oxygen;

- "anaerobic bacteria";

- syn. anaerobic;

anaesthesia / æ n ɪ s θ i z ɪə /
n1
loss of bodily sensation with or without loss of consciousness;

- syn. anesthesia;

anaesthetic / æ n ɪ s θ ɛ t ɪ k /
n1
a drug that causes temporary loss of bodily sensations;

- syn. anaesthetic agent, anesthetic, anesthetic agent;

a1
relating to or producing insensibility;

- syn. anesthetic;

a2
characterized by insensibility;

- "the young girls are in a state of possession--blind and deaf and anesthetic";

- "an anesthetic state";

- syn. anesthetic;

- sim. insensible;

anaesthetic agent
n1
a drug that causes temporary loss of bodily sensations;

- syn. anaesthetic, anesthetic, anesthetic agent;

anaesthetise
v1
administer an anesthetic drug to;

- "The patient must be anesthetized before the operation";

- "anesthetize the gum before extracting the teeth";

- syn. anaesthetize, anesthetise, anesthetize, put out, put under;

anaesthetist / ə n i s θ ə t ɪ s t /
n1
a specialist who administers an anesthetic to a patient before he is treated;

- syn. anesthesiologist, anesthetist;

anaesthetize / ə n i s θ ə t aɪ z /
v1
administer an anesthetic drug to;

- "The patient must be anesthetized before the operation";

- "anesthetize the gum before extracting the teeth";

- syn. anaesthetise, anesthetise, anesthetize, put out, put under;

Anagallis
n1
chiefly Old World herbs;

- syn. genus Anagallis;

Anagallis arvensis
n1
herb with scarlet or white or purple blossoms that close at approach of rainy weather;

- syn. poor man's weatherglass, red pimpernel, scarlet pimpernel;

Anagallis tenella
n1
small creeping European herb having delicate pink flowers;

- syn. bog pimpernel;

Anagasta
n1
moth whose larvae are flour moths;

- syn. genus Anagasta;

Anagasta kuehniella
n1
small moth whose larvae damage stored grain and flour;

- syn. Mediterranean flour moth;

anaglyph
n1
moving or still pictures in contrasting colors that appear three-dimensional when superimposed;

n2
anything carved in low relief;

anaglyphic
a1
related to anaglyphs or anaglyphy;

- syn. anaglyphical, anaglyptic, anaglyptical;

anaglyphical
a1
related to anaglyphs or anaglyphy;

- syn. anaglyphic, anaglyptic, anaglyptical;

anaglyphy
n1
the process of producing pictures in contrasting colors that appear three-dimensional when superimposed and viewed through spectacles with one red and one green lens;

anaglyptic
a1
related to anaglyphs or anaglyphy;

- syn. anaglyphic, anaglyphical, anaglyptical;

anaglyptical
a1
related to anaglyphs or anaglyphy;

- syn. anaglyphic, anaglyphical, anaglyptic;

anagnost
n1
a cleric in the minor orders of the Eastern Orthodox Church who reads the lessons aloud in the liturgy (analogous to the lector in the Roman Catholic Church);

anagoge
n1
a mystical or allegorical interpretation (especially of Scripture);

anagogic / æ n ə ɡ ɒ dʒ ɪ k /
a1
based on or exemplifying anagoge;

- syn. anagogical;

anagogical / æ n ə ɡ ɒ dʒ ɪ k ə ɫ /
a1
based on or exemplifying anagoge;

- syn. anagogic;

anagram / æ n ə ɡ ɹ æ m /
n1
a word or phrase spelled by rearranging the letters of another word or phrase;

v1
read letters out of order to discover a hidden meaning;

- syn. anagrammatise, anagrammatize;

anagrammatic / æ n ə ɡ ɹ ə m æ t ɪ k /
a1
related to anagrams or containing or making an anagram;

- syn. anagrammatical;

anagrammatical / æ n ə ɡ ɹ ə m æ t ɪ k ə ɫ /
a1
related to anagrams or containing or making an anagram;

- syn. anagrammatic;

anagrammatise / æ n ə ɡ ɹ æ m ə t ɪ s /
v1
read letters out of order to discover a hidden meaning;

- syn. anagram, anagrammatize;

anagrammatize / æ n ə ɡ ɹ æ m ə t aɪ z /
v1
read letters out of order to discover a hidden meaning;

- syn. anagram, anagrammatise;

anagrams / æ n ə ɡ ɹ æ m z /
n1
a game whose object is to form words from a group of randomly chosen letters;

Anagyris
n1
very small genus of shrubs of southern Europe having backward curving seed pods;

- syn. genus Anagyris;

Anagyris foetida
n1
shrub with trifoliate leaves and yellow flowers followed by backward curving seed pods;

- leaves foetid when crushed;

- syn. bean trefoil, stinking bean trefoil;

Anaheim
n1
a city in southern California (southeast of Los Angeles);

- site of Disneyland;

anal / eɪ n ɫ /
a1
of or related to the anus;

- "anal thermometer";

a2
a stage in psychosexual development when the child's interest is concentrated on the anal region;

- fixation at this stage is said to result in orderliness, meanness, stubbornness, compulsiveness, etc.;

- syn. anal retentive;

anal intercourse
n1
intercourse via the anus, committed by a man with a man or woman;

- syn. anal sex, buggery, sodomy;

anal personality
n1
(psychoanalysis) a personality characterized by meticulous neatness and suspicion and reserve;

- said to be formed in early childhood by fixation during the anal stage of development (usually as a consequence of toilet training);

- syn. anal retentive personality;

anal phase
n1
(psychoanalysis) the second sexual and social stage of a child's development during which bowel control is learned;

- syn. anal stage;

anal retentive
a1
a stage in psychosexual development when the child's interest is concentrated on the anal region;

- fixation at this stage is said to result in orderliness, meanness, stubbornness, compulsiveness, etc.;

- syn. anal;

anal retentive personality
n1
(psychoanalysis) a personality characterized by meticulous neatness and suspicion and reserve;

- said to be formed in early childhood by fixation during the anal stage of development (usually as a consequence of toilet training);

- syn. anal personality;

anal sex
n1
intercourse via the anus, committed by a man with a man or woman;

- syn. anal intercourse, buggery, sodomy;

anal sphincter
n1
the sphincter muscle of the anus;

- syn. musculus sphincter ani, sphincter ani;

anal stage
n1
(psychoanalysis) the second sexual and social stage of a child's development during which bowel control is learned;

- syn. anal phase;

analbuminemia
n1
an abnormally low level of albumin in the blood serum;

analecta / æ n ə ɫ ɛ k t ə /
n1
a collection of excerpts from a literary work;

- syn. analects;

analects / æ n ə ɫ ɛ k t s /
n1
a collection of excerpts from a literary work;

- syn. analecta;

analeptic / æ n ə ɫ ɛ p t ɪ k /
n1
a medication used as a stimulant to the central nervous system;

a1
stimulating the central nervous system;

- "an analeptic drug stimulates the central nervous system";

- sim. stimulative;

analgesia / æ n æ ɫ dʒ i z ɪə /
n1
absence of the sense of pain without loss of consciousness;

analgesic / æ n æ ɫ dʒ ɛ s ɪ k , æ n æ ɫ dʒ i z ɪ k /
n1
a medicine used to relieve pain;

- syn. anodyne, pain pill, painkiller;

a1
capable of relieving pain;

- "the anodyne properties of certain drugs";

- "an analgesic effect";

- syn. analgetic, anodyne;

- sim. moderating;

analgetic
a1
capable of relieving pain;

- "the anodyne properties of certain drugs";

- "an analgesic effect";

- syn. analgesic, anodyne;

- sim. moderating;

analog / æ n ə ɫ ɒ ɡ /
n1
something having the property of being analogous to something else;

- syn. analogue, parallel;

a1
of a circuit or device having an output that is proportional to the input;

- "analogue device";

- "linear amplifier";

- syn. analogue, linear;

analog-digital converter
n1
device for converting analogue signals into digital signals;

- syn. analog-to-digital converter, digitiser, digitizer;

analog-to-digital converter
n1
device for converting analogue signals into digital signals;

- syn. analog-digital converter, digitiser, digitizer;

analog clock
n1
a clock that displays the time of day by the position of hands on a dial;

analog computer
n1
a computer that represents information by variable quantities (e.g., positions or voltages);

- syn. analogue computer;

analog watch
n1
a watch that represents time by the position of hands on a dial;

analogical / æ n ə ɫ ɒ dʒ ɪ k ə ɫ /
a1
expressing, composed of, or based on an analogy;

- "the analogical use of a metaphor";

- sim. figurative;

analogise
v1
make an analogy;

- syn. analogize;

analogist / ə n æ ɫ ə dʒ ɪ s t /
n1
someone who looks for analogies or who reasons by analogy;

analogize
v1
make an analogy;

- syn. analogise;

analogous / ə n æ ɫ ə ɡ ə s /
a1
similar or equivalent in some respects though otherwise dissimilar;

- "brains and computers are often considered analogous";

- "salmon roe is marketed as analogous to caviar";

- syn. correspondent;

- sim. similar;

a2
corresponding in function but not in evolutionary origin;

- "the wings of a bee and those of a hummingbird are analogous";

analogously / ə n æ ɫ ə ɡ ə s ɫ i /
r1
in an analogous manner;

- "analogously, we have a variable";

analogue / æ n ə ɫ ɒ ɡ /
n1
something having the property of being analogous to something else;

- syn. analog, parallel;

a1
of a circuit or device having an output that is proportional to the input;

- "analogue device";

- "linear amplifier";

- syn. analog, linear;

analogue computer
n1
a computer that represents information by variable quantities (e.g., positions or voltages);

- syn. analog computer;

analogy / ə n æ ɫ ə dʒ i /
n1
an inference that if things agree in some respects they probably agree in others;

n2
drawing a comparison in order to show a similarity in some respect;

- "the operation of a computer presents and interesting analogy to the working of the brain";

- "the models show by analogy how matter is built up";

n3
the religious belief that between creature and creator no similarity can be found so great but that the dissimilarity is always greater;

- any analogy between God and humans will always be inadequate;

- syn. doctrine of analogy;

analphabet / æ n æ ɫ f ə b ɛ t /
n1
an illiterate person who does not know the alphabet;

- syn. analphabetic;

analphabetic / æ n æ ɫ f ə b ɛ t ɪ k /
n1
an illiterate person who does not know the alphabet;

- syn. analphabet;

a1
relating to or expressed by a writing system that is not alphabetic;

a2
not alphabetic;

- "an analphabetic arrangement of letters";

- "Jesperson's system of phonetic transcription is analphabetic";

a3
having little acquaintance with writing;

- "special tutorials to assist the unlettered sector of society";

- syn. unlettered;

- sim. illiterate;

analphabetism
n1
an inability to read;

- syn. illiteracy;

analysand
n1
a person undergoing psychoanalysis;

analyse / æ n ə ɫ aɪ z /
v1
consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning;

- "analyze a sonnet by Shakespeare";

- "analyze the evidence in a criminal trial";

- "analyze your real motives";

- syn. analyze, canvass, examine, study;

v2
break down into components or essential features;

- "analyze today's financial market";

- syn. analyze;

v3
make a mathematical, chemical, or grammatical analysis of;

- break down into components or essential features;

- "analyze a specimen";

- "analyze a sentence";

- "analyze a chemical compound";

- syn. analyze, break down, dissect, take apart;

v4
subject to psychoanalytic treatment;

- "I was analyzed in Vienna by a famous psychiatrist";

- syn. analyze, psychoanalyse, psychoanalyze;

analyser / æ n ə ɫ aɪ z ə , æ n ə ɫ aɪ z ə ɹ /
n1
an instrument that performs analyses;

- syn. analyzer;

analysis / ə n æ ɫ ə s ɪ s /
n1
an investigation of the component parts of a whole and their relations in making up the whole;

n2
the abstract separation of a whole into its constituent parts in order to study the parts and their relations;

- syn. analytic thinking;

n3
a form of literary criticism in which the structure of a piece of writing is analyzed;

n4
the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., `the father of the bride' instead of `the bride's father';

n5
a branch of mathematics involving calculus and the theory of limits;

- sequences and series and integration and differentiation;

n6
a set of techniques for exploring underlying motives and a method of treating various mental disorders;

- based on the theories of Sigmund Freud;

- "his physician recommended psychoanalysis";

- syn. depth psychology, psychoanalysis;

analysis of variance
n1
a statistical method for making simultaneous comparisons between two or more means;

- a statistical method that yields values that can be tested to determine whether a significant relation exists between variables;

- syn. ANOVA;

analysis situs
n1
the branch of pure mathematics that deals only with the properties of a figure X that hold for every figure into which X can be transformed with a one-to-one correspondence that is continuous in both directions;

- syn. topology;

analyst / æ n ə ɫ ɪ s t /
n1
someone who is skilled at analyzing data;

n2
an expert who studies financial data (on credit or securities or sales or financial patterns etc.) and recommends appropriate business actions;

n3
a licensed practitioner of psychoanalysis;

- syn. psychoanalyst;

analytic / æ n ə ɫ ɪ t ɪ k /
a1
using or subjected to a methodology using algebra and calculus;

- "analytic statics";

a2
using or skilled in using analysis (i.e., separating a whole--intellectual or substantial--into its elemental parts or basic principles);

- "an analytic experiment";

- "an analytic approach";

- "a keenly analytic man";

- "analytical reasoning";

- "an analytical mind";

- syn. analytical;

a3
expressing a grammatical category by using two or more words rather than inflection;

- syn. uninflected;

- sim. isolating;

a4
of a proposition that is necessarily true independent of fact or experience;

- "`all spinsters are unmarried' is an analytic proposition";

- syn. analytical;

- also a priori, deductive, logical;

analytic geometry
n1
the use of algebra to study geometric properties;

- operates on symbols defined in a coordinate system;

- syn. analytical geometry, coordinate geometry;

analytic thinking
n1
the abstract separation of a whole into its constituent parts in order to study the parts and their relations;

- syn. analysis;

analytical / æ n ə ɫ ɪ t ɪ k ɫ /
a1
using or skilled in using analysis (i.e., separating a whole--intellectual or substantial--into its elemental parts or basic principles);

- "an analytic experiment";

- "an analytic approach";

- "a keenly analytic man";

- "analytical reasoning";

- "an analytical mind";

- syn. analytic;

a2
of a proposition that is necessarily true independent of fact or experience;

- "`all spinsters are unmarried' is an analytic proposition";

- syn. analytic;

- also a priori, deductive, logical;

analytical balance
n1
a beam balance of great precision used in quantitative chemical analysis;

- syn. chemical balance;

analytical cubism
n1
the early phase of cubism;

analytical geometry
n1
the use of algebra to study geometric properties;

- operates on symbols defined in a coordinate system;

- syn. analytic geometry, coordinate geometry;

analytical review
n1
an auditing procedure based on ratios among accounts and tries to identify significant changes;

analytically / æ n ə ɫ ɪ t ɪ k ɫ i /
r1
by virtue of analysis;

- "assuming that the distinction is maintained one may ask which is to be analytically prior?";

analyticity
n1
the property of being analytic;

analyzable
a1
capable of being partitioned;

- syn. decomposable;

- sim. complex;

analyze / æ n ə ɫ aɪ z /
v1
consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning;

- "analyze a sonnet by Shakespeare";

- "analyze the evidence in a criminal trial";

- "analyze your real motives";

- syn. analyse, canvass, examine, study;

v2
make a mathematical, chemical, or grammatical analysis of;

- break down into components or essential features;

- "analyze a specimen";

- "analyze a sentence";

- "analyze a chemical compound";

- syn. analyse, break down, dissect, take apart;

v3
break down into components or essential features;

- "analyze today's financial market";

- syn. analyse;

v4
subject to psychoanalytic treatment;

- "I was analyzed in Vienna by a famous psychiatrist";

- syn. analyse, psychoanalyse, psychoanalyze;

analyzed / æ n ə ɫ aɪ z d /
a1
examined carefully and methodically;

- broken down for consideration of constituent parts;

- "the analyzed data indicated surprising trends";

- "a carefully analyzed poem can be like a dead butterfly pinned to a board";

analyzer / æ n ə ɫ aɪ z ə , æ n ə ɫ aɪ z ə ɹ /
n1
an instrument that performs analyses;

- syn. analyser;

anamnesis
n1
the case history of a medical patient as recalled by the patient;

- syn. medical history, medical record;

n2
the ability to recall past occurrences;

- syn. recollection, remembrance;

anamnestic
a1
of or relating to anamnesis;

- aiding the memory;

anamnestic reaction
n1
renewed rapid production of an antibody on the second (or subsequent) encounter with the same antigen;

- syn. anamnestic response;

anamnestic response
n1
renewed rapid production of an antibody on the second (or subsequent) encounter with the same antigen;

- syn. anamnestic reaction;

anamorphic / æ n ə m ɔ f ɪ k /
a1
pertaining to gradual evolution from one type of organism to another;

a2
pertaining to a kind of distorting optical system;

- "an anamorphic lense";

anamorphism / æ n ə m ɔ f ɪ z ə m /
n1
the evolution of one type of organism from another by a long series of gradual changes;

- syn. anamorphosis;

n2
metamorphism that occurs deep under the earth's surface;

- changes simple minerals into complex minerals;

n3
a distorted projection or perspective;

- especially an image distorted in such a way that it becomes visible only when viewed in a special manner;

- syn. anamorphosis;

anamorphosis / æ n ə m ɔ f ə s ɪ s /
n1
the evolution of one type of organism from another by a long series of gradual changes;

- syn. anamorphism;

n2
a distorted projection or perspective;

- especially an image distorted in such a way that it becomes visible only when viewed in a special manner;

- syn. anamorphism;

Ananas / ə n ɑ n ə s /
n1
a genus of tropical American plants have sword-shaped leaves and a fleshy compound fruits composed of the fruits of several flowers (such as pineapples);

- syn. genus Ananas;

n2
large sweet fleshy tropical fruit with a terminal tuft of stiff leaves;

- widely cultivated;

- syn. pineapple;

Ananas comosus
n1
a tropical American plant bearing a large fleshy edible fruit with a terminal tuft of stiff leaves;

- widely cultivated in the tropics;

- syn. pineapple, pineapple plant;

Ananias
n1
a habitual liar (after a New Testament character who was struck dead for lying);

anapaest / æ n ə p i s t /
n1
a metrical unit with unstressed-unstressed-stressed syllables;

- syn. anapest;

anapaestic / æ n ə p i s t ɪ k /
a1
(of a metric foot) characterized by two short syllables followed by a long one;

- syn. anapestic;

anapest / ɑ n ə p ɛ s t /
n1
a metrical unit with unstressed-unstressed-stressed syllables;

- syn. anapaest;

anapestic / ɑ n ə p ɛ s t ɪ k /
a1
(of a metric foot) characterized by two short syllables followed by a long one;

- syn. anapaestic;

Anaphalis
n1
a genus of herbs of north temperate regions having hoary leaves: pearly everlasting;

- syn. genus Anaphalis;

Anaphalis margaritacea
n1
an American everlasting having foliage with soft wooly hairs and corymbose heads with pearly white bracts;

- syn. cottonweed, pearly everlasting;

anaphase
n1
the stage of meiosis or mitosis when chromosomes move toward opposite ends of the nuclear spindle;

anaphasic
a1
of or related to the stage of mitosis known as anaphase;

anaphor / ə n æ f ə ɹ /
n1
a word (such as a pronoun) used to avoid repetition;

- the referent of an anaphor is determined by its antecedent;

anaphora / ə n æ f ə ɹ ə /
n1
using a pronoun or similar word instead of repeating a word used earlier;

n2
repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses;

- syn. epanaphora;

anaphoric
a1
relating to anaphora;

- "anaphoric reference";

anaphoric pronoun
n1
a pronoun that refers to an antecedent;

anaphoric relation
n1
the relation between an anaphor and its antecedent;

anaphrodisia
n1
decline or absence of sexual desire;

anaphrodisiac
a1
tending to diminish sexual desire;

anaphylactic
a1
related to the hypersensitivity known as anaphylaxis;

- "anaphylactic shock";

anaphylactic shock
n1
a severe and rapid and sometimes fatal hypersensitivity reaction to a substance (especially a vaccine or penicillin or shellfish or insect venom) to which the organism has become sensitized by previous exposure;

anaphylaxis
n1
hypersensitivity reaction to the ingestion or injection of a substance (a protein or drug) resulting from prior contact with a substance;

anaplasia
n1
loss of structural differentiation within a cell or group of cells often with increased capacity for multiplication, as in a malignant tumor;

anaplasmosis
n1
a disease of cattle that is transmitted by cattle ticks;

- similar to Texas fever;

anaplastic
a1
of or relating to anaplasia;

anaplasty
n1
surgery concerned with therapeutic or cosmetic reformation of tissue;

- syn. plastic surgery, reconstructive surgery;

Anaprox
n1
a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trademarks Aleve and Anaprox and Aflaxen) that fights pain and inflammation;

- syn. Aflaxen, Aleve, naproxen sodium;

anapsid
n1
primitive reptile having no opening in the temporal region of the skull;

- all extinct except turtles;

- syn. anapsid reptile;

anapsid reptile
n1
primitive reptile having no opening in the temporal region of the skull;

- all extinct except turtles;

- syn. anapsid;

Anapsida
n1
oldest known reptiles;

- turtles and extinct Permian forms;

- syn. subclass Anapsida;

Anapurna
n1
wife of Siva and a benevolent aspect of Devi: Hindu goddess of plenty;

- syn. Annapurna, Parvati;

n2
a mountain in the Himalayas in Nepal (26,500 feet high);

- syn. Annapurna;

anarchic / ə n ɑ k ɪ k /
a1
without law or control;

- "the system is economically inefficient and politically anarchic";

- syn. anarchical, lawless;

- sim. uncontrolled;

anarchical / æ n ɑ k ɪ k ə ɫ /
a1
without law or control;

- "the system is economically inefficient and politically anarchic";

- syn. anarchic, lawless;

- sim. uncontrolled;

anarchically / ə n ɑ k ɪ k ɫ i /
r1
in a lawless rebellious manner;

anarchism / æ n ə k ɪ z ə m /
n1
a political theory favoring the abolition of governments;

anarchist / æ n ə k ɪ s t /
n1
an advocate of anarchism;

- syn. nihilist, syndicalist;

anarchistic / æ n ə k ɪ s t ɪ k /
a1
of or related to anarchism or tending toward anarchism;

anarchy / æ n ə k i /
n1
a state of lawlessness and disorder (usually resulting from a failure of government);

- syn. lawlessness;

Anarhichadidae
n1
wolffishes;

- syn. family Anarhichadidae;

Anarhichas
n1
type genus of the Anarhichadidae;

- syn. genus Anarhichas;

anarthria
n1
partial or total loss of articulate speech resulting from lesions of the central nervous system;

Anas
n1
type genus of the Anatidae: freshwater ducks;

- syn. genus Anas;

Anas acuta
n1
long-necked river duck of the Old and New Worlds having elongated central tail feathers;

- syn. pin-tailed duck, pintail;

Anas americana
n1
a widgeon the male of which has a white crown;

- syn. American widgeon, baldpate;

Anas clypeata
n1
freshwater duck of the northern hemisphere having a broad flat bill;

- syn. broadbill, shoveler, shoveller;

Anas crecca
n1
common teal of Eurasia and North America;

- syn. green-winged teal, greenwing;

Anas discors
n1
American teal;

- syn. blue-winged teal, bluewing;

Anas penelope
n1
freshwater duck of Eurasia and northern Africa related to mallards and teals;

- syn. widgeon, wigeon;

Anas platyrhynchos
n1
wild dabbling duck from which domestic ducks are descended;

- widely distributed;

- syn. mallard;

Anas querquedula
n1
small Eurasian teal;

- syn. garganey;

Anas rubripes
n1
a dusky duck of northeastern United States and Canada;

- syn. black duck;

Anasa
n1
squash bugs;

- syn. genus Anasa;

Anasa tristis
n1
large black American bug that sucks sap of vines of the gourd family;

- syn. squash bug;

anasarca
n1
generalized edema with accumulation of serum in subcutaneous connective tissue;

anasarcous
a1
characterized by or affected by dropsy;

Anasazi
n1
a Native American who lived in what is now southern Colorado and Utah and northern Arizona and New Mexico and who built cliff dwellings;

anaspid
n1
extinct small freshwater jawless fish usually having a heterocercal tail and an armored head;

- of the Silurian and Devonian;

Anaspida
n1
extinct order of jawless vertebrates;

- syn. order Anaspida;

anastalsis
n1
muscular action of the alimentary tract in a direction opposite to peristalsis;

Anastatica / ɑ n ə s t æ t ɪ k ə /
n1
one species: rose of Jericho;

- resurrection plant;

- syn. genus Anastatica;

Anastatica hierochuntica
n1
small grey Asiatic desert plant bearing minute white flowers that rolls up when dry and expands when moist;

- syn. resurrection plant, rose of Jericho;

anastigmat / ə n æ s t ɪ ɡ m æ t /
n1
compound lens or lens system designed to be free of astigmatism and able to form approximately point images;

anastigmatic / ə n æ s t ɪ ɡ m æ t ɪ k /
a1
pertaining to a lens or lens system free of astigmatism (able to form point images);

- syn. stigmatic;

a2
not astigmatic;

- syn. stigmatic;

anastigmatic lens
n1
a lens designed to correct astigmatism;

anastomose / æ n ə s t ə m oʊ s /
v1
come together or open into each other;

- "the blood vessels anastomose";

- syn. inosculate;

v2
cause to join or open into each other by anastomosis;

- "anastomose blood vessels";

- syn. inosculate;

anastomosis / æ n ə s t ə m oʊ s ɪ s /
n1
a natural or surgical joining of parts or branches of tubular structures so as to make or become continuous;

- syn. inosculation;

anastomotic
a1
of or relating to or exhibiting anastomosis;

anastomotic vein
n1
either of two communicating veins serving the brain;

- syn. vena anastomotica;

Anastomus
n1
openbills;

- syn. genus Anastomus;

anastrophe / ə n æ s t ɹ ə f i /
n1
the reversal of the normal order of words;

- syn. inversion;

anastylosis
n1
the archeological reassembly of ruined monuments from fallen or decayed fragments (incorporating new materials when necessary);

anathema / ə n æ θ ə m ə /
n1
a detested person;

- "he is an anathema to me";

- syn. bete noire;

n2
a formal ecclesiastical curse accompanied by excommunication;

anathematisation
n1
the formal act of pronouncing (someone or something) accursed;

- syn. anathematization;

anathematise / ə n æ θ ɪ m ə t ɪ s /
v1
curse or declare to be evil or anathema or threaten with divine punishment;

- syn. accurse, anathematize, anathemise, anathemize, comminate, execrate;

anathematization / ə n æ θ ɪ m ə t aɪ z eɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
the formal act of pronouncing (someone or something) accursed;

- syn. anathematisation;

anathematize / ə n æ θ ə m ə t aɪ z /
v1
curse or declare to be evil or anathema or threaten with divine punishment;

- syn. accurse, anathematise, anathemise, anathemize, comminate, execrate;

anathemise
v1
wish harm upon;

- invoke evil upon;

- "The bad witch cursed the child";

- syn. anathemize, bedamn, beshrew, curse, damn, imprecate, maledict;

v2
curse or declare to be evil or anathema or threaten with divine punishment;

- syn. accurse, anathematise, anathematize, anathemize, comminate, execrate;

anathemize
v1
wish harm upon;

- invoke evil upon;

- "The bad witch cursed the child";

- syn. anathemise, bedamn, beshrew, curse, damn, imprecate, maledict;

v2
curse or declare to be evil or anathema or threaten with divine punishment;

- syn. accurse, anathematise, anathematize, anathemise, comminate, execrate;

Anatidae
n1
swimming birds having heavy short-legged bodies and bills with a horny tip: swans;

- geese;

- ducks;

- syn. family Anatidae;

Anatole France
n1
French writer of sophisticated novels and short stories (1844-1924);

- syn. France, Jacques Anatole Francois Thibault;

Anatoli Karpov
n1
Russian chess master who was world champion from 1975 until 1985 when he was defeated by Gary Kasparov (born in 1951);

- syn. Anatoli Yevgenevich Karpov, Karpov;

Anatoli Yevgenevich Karpov
n1
Russian chess master who was world champion from 1975 until 1985 when he was defeated by Gary Kasparov (born in 1951);

- syn. Anatoli Karpov, Karpov;

Anatolia
n1
a peninsula in southwestern Asia that forms the Asian part of Turkey;

- syn. Asia Minor;

Anatolian / æ n ə t ɒ ɫ ɪə n /
n1
an extinct branch of the Indo-European family of languages known from inscriptions and important in the reconstruction of Proto-Indo European;

- syn. Anatolian language;

Anatolian language
n1
an extinct branch of the Indo-European family of languages known from inscriptions and important in the reconstruction of Proto-Indo European;

- syn. Anatolian;

anatomic / æ n ə t ɒ m ɪ k /
a1
of or relating to the structure of the body;

- "anatomical features";

- syn. anatomical;

a2
of or relating to the branch of morphology that studies the structure of organisms;

- "anatomical research";

- syn. anatomical;

anatomical / æ n ə t ɒ m ɪ k ɫ /
n1
an expression that relates to anatomy;

- syn. anatomical reference;

a1
of or relating to the structure of the body;

- "anatomical features";

- syn. anatomic;

a2
of or relating to the branch of morphology that studies the structure of organisms;

- "anatomical research";

- syn. anatomic;

anatomical reference
n1
an expression that relates to anatomy;

- syn. anatomical;

anatomical sphincter
n1
a ring of muscle that contracts to close an opening;

- syn. sphincter, sphincter muscle;

anatomical structure
n1
a particular complex anatomical part of a living thing and its construction and arrangement;

- "he has good bone structure";

- syn. bodily structure, body structure, complex body part, structure;

anatomically / æ n ə t ɒ m ɪ k ɫ i /
r1
with respect to anatomy;

- "anatomically correct";

anatomise / ə n æ t ə m ɪ s /
v1
dissect in order to analyze;

- "anatomize the bodies of the victims of this strange disease";

- syn. anatomize;

anatomist / ə n æ t ə m ɪ s t /
n1
an expert in anatomy;

anatomize / ə n æ t ə m aɪ z /
v1
dissect in order to analyze;

- "anatomize the bodies of the victims of this strange disease";

- syn. anatomise;

v2
analyze down to the smallest detail;

- "This writer anatomized the depth of human behavior";

anatomy / ə n æ t ə m i /
n1
the branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals;

- syn. general anatomy;

n2
alternative names for the body of a human being;

- "Leonardo studied the human body";

- "he has a strong physique";

- "the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak";

- syn. bod, build, chassis, figure, flesh, form, frame, human body, material body, physical body, physique, shape, soma;

n3
a detailed analysis;

- "he studied the anatomy of crimes";

anatotitan
n1
one of the largest and most famous duck-billed dinosaurs;

anatoxin
n1
a bacterial toxin that has been weakened until it is no longer toxic but is strong enough to induce the formation of antibodies and immunity to the specific disease caused by the toxin;

- "diphtheria toxoid";

- syn. toxoid;

anatropous
a1
(of a plant ovule) completely inverted;

- turned back 180 degrees on its stalk;

- syn. inverted;

anatropous ovule
n1
a completely inverted ovule turned back 180 degrees on its stalk;

Anaxagoras
n1
a presocratic Athenian philosopher who maintained that everything is composed of very small particles that were arranged by some eternal intelligence (500-428 BC);

Anaximander
n1
a presocratic Greek philosopher and student of Thales who believed the universal substance to be infinity rather than something resembling ordinary objects (611-547 BC);

Anaximenes
n1
a presocratic Greek philosopher and associate of Anaximander who believed that all things are made of air in different degrees of density (6th century BC);

ancestor / æ n s ɛ s t ə , æ n s ɛ s t ə ɹ /
n1
someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent);

- syn. antecedent, ascendant, ascendent, root;

ancestor worship
n1
worship of ancestors;

ancestral / æ n s ɛ s t ɹ ə ɫ /
a1
inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent;

- "ancestral home";

- "ancestral lore";

- "hereditary monarchy";

- "patrimonial estate";

- "transmissible tradition";

- syn. hereditary, patrimonial, transmissible;

- sim. inheritable;

a2
of or belonging to or inherited from an ancestor;

ancestress / æ n s ɛ s t ɹ ɪ s /
n1
a woman ancestor;

ancestry / æ n s ɛ s t ɹ i /
n1
the descendants of one individual;

- "his entire lineage has been warriors";

- syn. blood, blood line, bloodline, descent, line, line of descent, lineage, origin, parentage, pedigree, stemma, stock;

n2
inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline;

- syn. derivation, filiation, lineage;

anchor / æ ŋ k ə , æ ŋ k ə ɹ /
n1
a mechanical device that prevents a vessel from moving;

- syn. ground tackle;

n2
a central cohesive source of support and stability;

- "faith is his anchor";

- "the keystone of campaign reform was the ban on soft money";

- "he is the linchpin of this firm";

- syn. backbone, keystone, linchpin, lynchpin, mainstay;

n3
a television reporter who coordinates a broadcast to which several correspondents contribute;

- syn. anchorman, anchorperson;

v1
fix firmly and stably;

- "anchor the lamppost in concrete";

- syn. ground;

v2
secure a vessel with an anchor;

- "We anchored at Baltimore";

- syn. cast anchor, drop anchor;

anchor chain
n1
the chain or rope that attaches an anchor to a vessel;

- syn. anchor rope;

anchor light
n1
a light in the rigging of a ship that is riding at anchor;

- syn. riding lamp, riding light;

anchor ring
n1
a toroidal shape;

- "a ring of ships in the harbor";

- "a halo of smoke";

- syn. annulus, doughnut, halo, ring;

anchor rope
n1
the chain or rope that attaches an anchor to a vessel;

- syn. anchor chain;

anchorage / æ n k ə ɹ ɪ dʒ /
n1
the condition of being secured to a base;

- "the plant needs a firm anchorage";

- "the mother provides emotional anchorage for the entire family";

n2
a fee for anchoring;

n3
a city in south central Alaska;

- "Anchorage is the largest city in Alaska";

n4
place for vessels to anchor;

- syn. anchorage ground;

n5
the act of anchoring;

anchorage ground
n1
place for vessels to anchor;

- syn. anchorage;

anchorite / æ ŋ k ə ɹ aɪ t /
n1
one retired from society for religious reasons;

- syn. hermit;

anchoritic
a1
characterized by ascetic solitude;

- "the eremitic element in the life of a religious colony";

- "his hermitic existence";

- syn. eremitic, eremitical, hermitic, hermitical;

- sim. unworldly;

anchorman / æ n k ə m ə n /
n1
a television reporter who coordinates a broadcast to which several correspondents contribute;

- syn. anchor, anchorperson;

anchorperson
n1
a television reporter who coordinates a broadcast to which several correspondents contribute;

- syn. anchor, anchorman;

anchovy / æ n tʃ ə v i /
n1
tiny fishes usually canned or salted;

- used for hors d'oeuvres or as seasoning in sauces;

n2
small herring-like plankton-eating fishes often canned whole or as paste;

- abundant in tropical waters worldwide;

anchovy butter
n1
butter blended with mashed anchovies;

anchovy dressing
n1
vinaigrette and mashed anchovies;

anchovy paste
n1
paste made primarily of anchovies;

- used in sauces and spreads;

anchovy pear
n1
West Indian tree bearing edible fruit resembling mango;

- syn. Grias cauliflora, anchovy pear tree;

n2
West Indian fruit resembling the mango;

- often pickled;

- syn. river pear;

anchovy pear tree
n1
West Indian tree bearing edible fruit resembling mango;

- syn. Grias cauliflora, anchovy pear;

anchovy pizza
n1
tomato and cheese pizza with anchovies;

anchovy sauce
n1
made of white sauce and mashed anchovies;

anchusa
n1
any of various Old World herbs of the genus Anchusa having one-sided clusters of trumpet-shaped flowers;

Anchusa capensis
n1
anchusa of southern Africa having blue flowers with white throats;

- syn. cape forget-me-not;

Anchusa officinalis
n1
perennial or biennial herb cultivated for its delicate usually blue flowers;

- syn. alkanet, bugloss;

Anchusa riparia
n1
anchusa of southern Africa having blue to red-purple flowers;

- syn. cape forget-me-not;

anchylosis / æ ŋ k aɪ ɫ oʊ s ɪ s /
n1
abnormal adhesion and rigidity of the bones of a joint;

- syn. ankylosis;

ancien regime
n1
a political and social system that no longer governs (especially the system that existed in France before the French Revolution);

ancient / eɪ n ʃ ə n t /
n1
a very old person;

- syn. antediluvian;

n2
a person who lived in ancient times;

a1
belonging to times long past especially of the historical period before the fall of the Western Roman Empire;

- "ancient history";

- "ancient civilizations such as those of the Etruscans and Sumerians";

- "ancient Greece";

- sim. past;

a2
very old;

- "an ancient mariner";

- sim. old;

Ancient Greek
n1
the Greek language prior to the Roman Empire;

ancient history
n1
a history of the ancient world;

n2
knowledge of some recent fact or event that has become so commonly known that it has lost its original pertinence;

ancient pine
n1
small slow-growing pine of western United States similar to the bristlecone pine;

- chocolate brown bark in plates and short needles in bunches of 5;

- crown conic but becoming rough and twisted;

- oldest plant in the world growing to 5000 years in cold semidesert mountain tops;

- syn. Pinus longaeva;

anciently
r1
in ancient times;

- long ago;

- "a concern with what may have happened anciently";

ancientness / eɪ n ʃ ə n t n ɛ s /
n1
extreme oldness;

- syn. antiquity;

ancients / eɪ n ʃ ə n t s /
n1
people who lived in times long past (especially during the historical period before the fall of the Roman Empire in western Europe);

ancillary / æ n s ɪ ɫ ə ɹ i /
a1
furnishing added support;

- "an ancillary pump";

- "an adjuvant discipline to forms of mysticism";

- "The mind and emotions are auxiliary to each other";

- syn. accessory, adjunct, adjuvant, appurtenant, auxiliary;

- sim. supportive;

Ancistrodon
n1
copperheads;

- syn. Agkistrodon, genus Agkistrodon, genus Ancistrodon;

Ancohuma
n1
a mountain peak in the Andes in Bolivia (20,960 feet high);

anconeous muscle
n1
the muscle that extends the forearm and abducts the ulna in pronation of the wrist;

- syn. musculus anconeus;

Ancylidae
n1
freshwater gastropod;

- syn. family Ancylidae;

ancylose
v1
produce ankylosis by surgery;

- syn. ankylose;

v2
undergo ankylosis;

- "joints ankylose";

- syn. ankylose;

Ancylostomatidae
n1
hookworms;

- syn. family Ancylostomatidae;

Ancylus
n1
type genus of the family Ancylidae: river limpet;

- syn. genus Ancylus;

Ancylus fluviatilis
n1
minute conical gastropod superficially resembling a limpet but living and feeding on freshwater plants;

- syn. freshwater limpet, river limpet;

AND circuit
n1
a circuit in a computer that fires only when all of its inputs fire;

- syn. AND gate;

AND gate
n1
a circuit in a computer that fires only when all of its inputs fire;

- syn. AND circuit;

and how
r1
an expression of emphatic agreement;

- syn. you bet, you said it;

and so
r1
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors);

- "then he left";

- "go left first, then right";

- "first came lightning, then thunder";

- "we watched the late movie and then went to bed";

- "and so home and to bed";

- syn. so, then;

and so forth
r1
continuing in the same way;

- syn. and so on, etc., etcetera;

and so on
r1
continuing in the same way;

- syn. and so forth, etc., etcetera;

and then some
r1
and considerably more in addition;

- "it cost me a week's salary and then some";

Andalucia
n1
a region in southern Spain on the Atlantic and the Mediterranean;

- formerly a center of Moorish civilization;

- syn. Andalusia;

Andalusia
n1
a region in southern Spain on the Atlantic and the Mediterranean;

- formerly a center of Moorish civilization;

- syn. Andalucia;

Andalusian
a1
in or relating to Andalusia;

Andaman marble
n1
large Asiatic tree having hard marbled zebrawood;

- syn. Diospyros kurzii, marble-wood, marblewood;

Andaman redwood
n1
mottled curly-grained wood of Pterocarpus indicus;

- syn. amboyna;

Andaman Sea
n1
part of the Bay of Bengal to the west of the Malay Peninsula;

andante / æ n d æ n t i /
n1
a moderately slow tempo (a walking pace);

n2
a musical composition or musical passage to be performed moderately slow;

a1
(of tempo) moderately slow;

- sim. slow;

r1
at a moderately slow tempo;

- "this passage must be played andante";

andantino
a1
(of tempo) moderately fast;

- sim. fast;

Andean / æ n d i n /
a1
relating to the Andes and their inhabitants;

Andean condor
n1
large vulture of the high Andes having black plumage and white neck ruff;

- syn. Vultur gryphus;

andelmin
n1
any of several tropical American trees of the genus Andira;

- syn. angelim;

Anders Celsius
n1
Swedish astronomer who devised the centigrade thermometer (1701-1744);

- syn. Celsius;

Andersen / æ n d ə s ɛ n /
n1
a Danish author remembered for his fairy stories (1805-1875);

- syn. Hans Christian Andersen;

Anderson / æ n d ə s ʌ n /
n1
United States author whose works were frequently autobiographical (1876-1941);

- syn. Sherwood Anderson;

n2
United States physicist who studied the electronic structure of magnetic and disordered systems (1923-);

- syn. Phil Anderson, Philip Anderson, Philip Warren Anderson;

n3
United States dramatist (1888-1959);

- syn. Maxwell Anderson;

n4
United States contralto noted for her performance of spirituals (1902-1993);

- syn. Marian Anderson;

n5
United States physicist who discovered antimatter in the form of an antielectron that is called the positron (1905-1991);

- syn. Carl Anderson, Carl David Anderson;

Andes / æ n d z , ə n d z , ə n z /
n1
a mountain range in South America running 5000 miles along the Pacific coast;

andesite
n1
a dark grey volcanic rock;

Andhra Pradesh
n1
a state of southeastern India on the Bay of Bengal;

Andira
n1
small genus of evergreen trees of tropical America and western Africa;

- syn. genus Andira;

Andira inermis
n1
tree with shaggy unpleasant-smelling toxic bark and yielding strong durable wood;

- bark and seeds used as a purgative and vermifuge and narcotic;

- syn. cabbage-bark tree, cabbage bark, cabbage tree;

andiron / æ n d aɪ ə n /
n1
metal supports for logs in a fireplace;

- "the andirons were too hot to touch";

- syn. dog, dog-iron, firedog;

Andorra / æ n d ɔ ɹ ə /
n1
a small republic in the eastern Pyrenees between Spain and France;

- syn. Principality of Andorra;

Andorran / æ n d ɔ ɹ ə n /
n1
a native or inhabitant of Andorra;

a1
of or relating to or characteristic of Andorra or its people;

- "the Andorran hills";

andradite
n1
a garnet consisting of calcium iron silicate and having any color ranging from yellow and green to brown and black;

- used as gemstone;

Andre Derain
n1
French painter and exponent of fauvism (1880-1954);

- syn. Derain;

Andre Eglevsky
n1
United States ballet dancer (born in Russia) (1917-1977);

- syn. Eglevsky;

Andre Gide
n1
French author and dramatist who is regarded as the father of modern French literature (1869-1951);

- syn. Andre Paul Guillaume Gide, Gide;

Andre Le Notre
n1
French landscape gardener who designed many formal gardens including the parks of Versailles (1613-1700);

- syn. Le Notre;

Andre Maginot
n1
French politician who proposed the Maginot Line (1877-1932);

- syn. Maginot;

Andre Malraux
n1
French novelist (1901-1976);

- syn. Malraux;

Andre Markoff
n1
Russian mathematician (1856-1922);

- syn. Andrei Markov, Markoff, Markov;

Andre Maurois
n1
French writer best known for his biographies (1885-1967);

- syn. Emile Herzog, Maurois;

Andre Paul Guillaume Gide
n1
French author and dramatist who is regarded as the father of modern French literature (1869-1951);

- syn. Andre Gide, Gide;

Andre Weil
n1
United States mathematician (born in France) (1906-1998);

- syn. Weil;

Andrea Guarneri
n1
founder of a family of Italian violin makers (1626?-1698);

- syn. Guarneri, Guarnerius, Guarnieri;

Andrea Mantegna
n1
Italian painter and engraver noted for his frescoes (1431-1506);

- syn. Mantegna;

Andrea Palladio
n1
highly original and much imitated Italian architect (1508-1580);

- syn. Palladio;

Andreaea
n1
brown or blackish Alpine mosses having a dehiscent capsule with 4 longitudinal slits;

- syn. genus Andreaea;

Andreaeales
n1
comprises a single genus: Andreaea;

- syn. order Andreaeales;

Andreas Vesalius
n1
a Flemish surgeon who is considered the father of modern anatomy (1514-1564);

- syn. Vesalius;

Andrei Andreyevich Gromyko
n1
Soviet ambassador to the United States and to the United Nations (1909-1989);

- syn. Andrei Gromyko, Gromyko;

Andrei Arsenevich Tarkovsky
n1
Russian filmmaker (1932-1986);

- syn. Andrei Tarkovsky, Tarkovsky;

Andrei Dimitrievich Sakharov
n1
Soviet physicist and dissident;

- helped develop the first Russian hydrogen bomb;

- advocated nuclear disarmament and campaigned for human rights (1921-1989);

- syn. Andrei Sakharov, Sakharov;

Andrei Gromyko
n1
Soviet ambassador to the United States and to the United Nations (1909-1989);

- syn. Andrei Andreyevich Gromyko, Gromyko;

Andrei Markov
n1
Russian mathematician (1856-1922);

- syn. Andre Markoff, Markoff, Markov;

Andrei Sakharov
n1
Soviet physicist and dissident;

- helped develop the first Russian hydrogen bomb;

- advocated nuclear disarmament and campaigned for human rights (1921-1989);

- syn. Andrei Dimitrievich Sakharov, Sakharov;

Andrei Tarkovsky
n1
Russian filmmaker (1932-1986);

- syn. Andrei Arsenevich Tarkovsky, Tarkovsky;

Andrei Voznesenski
n1
Russian poet (born in 1933);

- syn. Voznesenski;

andrena
n1
a bee that is a member of the genus Andrena;

- syn. andrenid, mining bee;

andrenid
n1
a bee that is a member of the genus Andrena;

- syn. andrena, mining bee;

Andrenidae
n1
a large family of solitary short-tongued bees most of which burrow in the ground;

- syn. family Andrenidae;

Andres Martinez
n1
Venezuelan master terrorist raised by a Marxist-Leninist father;

- trained and worked with many terrorist groups (born in 1949);

- syn. Carlos, Carlos the Jackal, Glen Gebhard, Hector Hevodidbon, Ilich Ramirez Sanchez, Ilich Sanchez, Michael Assat, Salim, Sanchez, Taurus;

Andres Segovia
n1
Spanish guitarist who made classical guitar a concert instrument (1893-1987);

- syn. Segovia;

Andrew / æ n d ɹ u /
n1
(New Testament) disciple of Jesus;

- brother of Peter;

- patron saint of Scotland;

- syn. Saint Andrew, Saint Andrew the Apostle, St. Andrew;

Andrew's clintonia
n1
plant with nearly leafless stalk topped by a cluster of red or reddish lavender flowers;

- California to Oregon;

- syn. Clintonia andrewsiana, red Clintonia;

Andrew Carnegie
n1
United States industrialist and philanthropist who endowed education and public libraries and research trusts (1835-1919);

- syn. Carnegie;

Andrew D. White
n1
United States educator who in 1865 (with Ezra Cornell) founded Cornell University and served as its first president (1832-1918);

- syn. Andrew Dickson White, White;

Andrew Dickson White
n1
United States educator who in 1865 (with Ezra Cornell) founded Cornell University and served as its first president (1832-1918);

- syn. Andrew D. White, White;

Andrew Fielding Huxley
n1
English physiologist who, with Alan Hodgkin, discovered the role of potassium and sodium ions in the transmission of the nerve impulse (born in 1917);

- syn. Andrew Huxley, Huxley;

Andrew Huxley
n1
English physiologist who, with Alan Hodgkin, discovered the role of potassium and sodium ions in the transmission of the nerve impulse (born in 1917);

- syn. Andrew Fielding Huxley, Huxley;

Andrew Jackson
n1
7th president of the US;

- successfully defended New Orleans from the British in 1815;

- expanded the power of the presidency (1767-1845);

- syn. Jackson, Old Hickory;

Andrew Jackson Downing
n1
United States landscape architect who designed the grounds of the White House and the Capitol Building (1815-1852);

- syn. Downing;

Andrew Johnson
n1
17th President of the United States;

- was elected vice president and succeeded Lincoln when Lincoln was assassinated;

- was impeached but acquitted by one vote (1808-1875);

- syn. Johnson, President Andrew Johnson, President Johnson;

Andrew Lloyd Webber
n1
English composer of many successful musicals (some in collaboration with Sir Tim Rice) (born in 1948);

- syn. Baron Lloyd Webber of Sydmonton, Lloyd Webber;

Andrew Marvell
n1
English poet (1621-1678);

- syn. Marvell;

Andrew Mellon
n1
United States financier and philanthropist (1855-1937);

- syn. Andrew W. Mellon, Andrew William Mellon, Mellon;

Andrew W. Mellon
n1
United States financier and philanthropist (1855-1937);

- syn. Andrew Mellon, Andrew William Mellon, Mellon;

Andrew William Mellon
n1
United States financier and philanthropist (1855-1937);

- syn. Andrew Mellon, Andrew W. Mellon, Mellon;

Andrew Wyeth
n1
United States painter (born in 1917);

- syn. Wyeth;

Andrews / æ n d ɹ u z /
n1
United States naturalist who contributed to paleontology and geology (1884-1960);

- syn. Roy Chapman Andrews;

Andricus
n1
cynipid gall wasps, chiefly affecting oaks;

- syn. genus Andricus;

Andrija Mohorovicic
n1
Yugoslav geophysicist for whom the Mohorovicic discontinuity was named (1857-1936);

- syn. Mohorovicic;

androecium
n1
a male gametoecium;

androgen
n1
male sex hormone that is produced in the testes and responsible for typical male sexual characteristics;

- syn. androgenic hormone;

androgenesis
n1
male parthenogenesis in which the embryo contains only paternal chromosomes due to the failure of the egg nucleus to participate in fertilization;

- syn. androgeny;

androgenetic / æ n d ɹ ɒ dʒ ɪ n ɛ t ɪ k /
a1
of or related to androgenesis;

- syn. androgenous;

androgenic
a1
of or related to the male hormone androgen;

androgenic hormone
n1
male sex hormone that is produced in the testes and responsible for typical male sexual characteristics;

- syn. androgen;

androgenous / æ n d ɹ ɒ dʒ ɪ n ə s /
a1
of or related to androgenesis;

- syn. androgenetic;

androgeny
n1
male parthenogenesis in which the embryo contains only paternal chromosomes due to the failure of the egg nucleus to participate in fertilization;

- syn. androgenesis;

androglossia
n1
a woman's voice with male qualities;

androgyne
n1
one having both male and female sexual characteristics and organs;

- at birth an unambiguous assignment of male or female cannot be made;

- syn. epicene, epicene person, gynandromorph, hermaphrodite, intersex;

androgynous / æ n d ɹ ɒ dʒ ɪ n ə s /
a1
relating to or exhibiting both female and male sex organs but with a predominantly female appearance;

a2
having both male and female characteristics;

- sim. bisexual, gynandromorphic, hermaphroditic, intersexual, pseudohermaphroditic, unisex;

androgyny / æ n d ɹ ɒ dʒ ɪ n i /
n1
showing characteristics of both sexes;

- syn. bisexuality, hermaphroditism;

android / æ n d ɹ ɔɪ d /
n1
an automaton that resembles a human being;

- syn. humanoid, mechanical man;

andromeda
n1
broad-leaved evergreen Asiatic shrub with glossy leaves and drooping clusters of white flowers;

- syn. Japanese andromeda, Pieris japonica, lily-of-the-valley tree;

n2
any of several shrubs of the genus Andromeda having leathery leaves and clusters of small flowers;

n3
(Greek mythology) an Ethiopian princess and daughter of Cassiopeia;

- she was fastened to a rock and exposed to a sea monster that was sent by Poseidon, but she was rescued by Perseus and became his wife;

n4
a constellation in the northern hemisphere between Cassiopeia and Pegasus;

- contains the Andromeda galaxy;

Andromeda galaxy
n1
a spiral galaxy in the constellation of Andromeda that is visible to the naked eye;

Andromeda glaucophylla
n1
wiry evergreen shrub having pendent clusters of white or pink flowers;

- of wet acidic areas in Arctic and Canada to northeastern United States;

- syn. bog rosemary, moorwort;

Andromeda polifolia
n1
erect to procumbent evergreen shrub having pendent clusters of white or pink flowers;

- of sphagnum peat bogs and other wet acidic areas in northern Europe;

- syn. common bog rosemary, marsh andromeda;

androphobia
n1
a morbid fear of men;

Andropogon
n1
tall annual or perennial grasses with spikelike racemes;

- warm regions;

- syn. genus Andropogon;

Andropogon furcatus
n1
tall grass with smooth bluish leaf sheaths grown for hay in the United States;

- syn. Andropogon gerardii, blue stem, bluestem;

Andropogon gerardii
n1
tall grass with smooth bluish leaf sheaths grown for hay in the United States;

- syn. Andropogon furcatus, blue stem, bluestem;

Andropogon scoparius
n1
handsome hardy North American grass with foliage turning pale bronze in autumn;

- syn. Schizachyrium scoparium, broom beard grass, prairie grass, wire grass;

Andropogon virginicus
n1
tall tufted grass of southeastern United States;

- syn. broom sedge;

androsterone
n1
an androgenic hormone that is less active than testosterone;

andryala
n1
any plant of the genus Andryala having milky sap and heads of bright yellow flowers;

Andrzej Wajda
n1
Polish filmmaker (born in 1929);

- syn. Wajda;

Andvari
n1
(Norse mythology) a dwarf who possessed a treasure that was stolen by Loki;

Andy Warhol
n1
United States artist who was a leader of the Pop Art movement (1930-1987);

- syn. Warhol;

ane
a1
used of a single unit or thing;

- not two or more;

- "`ane' is Scottish";

- syn. 1, i, one;

- sim. cardinal;

anecdotal / æ n ɛ k d oʊ t ɫ , æ n ɪ k d oʊ t ɫ /
a1
having the character of an anecdote;

- "anecdotal evidence";

a2
characterized by or given to telling anecdotes;

- "anecdotal conversation";

- "an anecdotal history of jazz";

- "he was at his anecdotic best";

- syn. anecdotic, anecdotical;

- sim. communicative;

anecdote / æ n ɪ k d oʊ t /
n1
short account of an incident (especially a biographical one);

anecdotic / æ n ɛ k d ɒ t ɪ k /
a1
characterized by or given to telling anecdotes;

- "anecdotal conversation";

- "an anecdotal history of jazz";

- "he was at his anecdotic best";

- syn. anecdotal, anecdotical;

- sim. communicative;

anecdotical / æ n ɛ k d ɒ t ɪ k ə ɫ /
a1
characterized by or given to telling anecdotes;

- "anecdotal conversation";

- "an anecdotal history of jazz";

- "he was at his anecdotic best";

- syn. anecdotal, anecdotic;

- sim. communicative;

anecdotist
n1
a person skilled in telling anecdotes;

- syn. raconteur;

anechoic
a1
not having or producing echoes;

- sound-absorbent;

- "an anechoic chamber";

- sim. unreverberant;

anechoic chamber
n1
a chamber having very little reverberation;

Aneides
n1
climbing salamanders;

- syn. genus Aneides;

Aneides lugubris
n1
yellow-spotted brown salamander of California woodlands;

- syn. arboreal salamander;

anele
v1
administer an oil or ointment to;

- often in a religious ceremony of blessing;

- syn. anoint, embrocate, inunct, oil;

anemia
n1
a deficiency of red blood cells;

- syn. anaemia;

n2
a lack of vitality;

- syn. anaemia;

n3
genus of terrestrial or lithophytic ferns having pinnatifid fronds;

- chiefly of tropical America;

- syn. genus Anemia;

Anemia adiantifolia
n1
fern of Florida and West Indies and Central America with rhizome densely clad in grown hairs;

- syn. pine fern;

anemic
a1
lacking vigor or energy;

- "an anemic attempt to hit the baseball";

- syn. anaemic;

- sim. weak;

a2
relating to anemia or suffering from anemia;

- syn. anaemic;

anemic anoxia
n1
anoxia resulting from a decreased concentration of hemoglobin;

anemic hypoxia
n1
hypoxia resulting from a decreased concentration of hemoglobin;

anemographic
a1
pertaining to the recording of wind measurements;

anemography / æ n ɪ m ɒ ɡ ɹ ə f i /
n1
recording anemometrical measurements;

anemometer / æ n ɪ m ɒ m ɪ t ə , æ n ɪ m ɒ m ɪ t ə ɹ /
n1
a gauge for recording the speed and direction of wind;

- syn. wind gage, wind gauge;

anemometric / æ n ɪ m oʊ m ɛ t ɹ ɪ k /
a1
pertaining to the measurement of wind speed and direction;

- syn. anemometrical;

anemometrical / æ n ɪ m oʊ m ɛ t ɹ ɪ k ə ɫ /
a1
pertaining to the measurement of wind speed and direction;

- syn. anemometric;

anemometry / æ n ɪ m ɒ m ɪ t ɹ i /
n1
measuring wind speed and direction;

anemone / ə n ɛ m ə n i /
n1
any woodland plant of the genus Anemone grown for its beautiful flowers and whorls of dissected leaves;

- syn. windflower;

n2
marine polyps that resemble flowers but have oral rings of tentacles;

- differ from corals in forming no hard skeleton;

- syn. sea anemone;

Anemone Canadensis
n1
common summer-flowering woodland herb of Labrador to Colorado;

- syn. Canada anemone;

Anemone cylindrica
n1
a common North American anemone with cylindrical fruit clusters resembling thimbles;

- syn. thimbleweed;

anemone fish
n1
live associated with sea anemones;

Anemone ludoviciana
n1
short hairy perennial with early spring blue-violet or lilac flowers;

- North America and Siberia;

- syn. American pasqueflower, American pulsatilla, Eastern pasque flower, Pulsatilla patens, blue tulip, lion's beard, prairie anemone, wild crocus;

Anemone nemorosa
n1
European anemone with solitary white flowers common in deciduous woodlands;

- syn. wood anemone;

Anemone occidentalis
n1
of western North America;

- syn. Pulsatilla occidentalis, Western pasqueflower;

Anemone pulsatilla
n1
European perennial having usually violet or white spring flowers;

- syn. European pasqueflower, Pulsatilla vulgaris;

Anemone quinquefolia
n1
common anemone of eastern North America with solitary pink-tinged white flowers;

- syn. snowdrop, wood anemone;

Anemone riparia
n1
thimbleweed of northern North America;

- syn. longheaded thimbleweed;

Anemone sylvestris
n1
Eurasian herb with solitary nodding fragrant white flowers;

- syn. snowdrop anemone, snowdrop windflower;

Anemone tetonensis
n1
silky-foliaged herb of the Rocky Mountains with bluish-white flowers;

- syn. Alpine anemone, mountain anemone;

Anemone virginiana
n1
thimbleweed of central and eastern North America;

- syn. Virginia thimbleweed;

Anemonella
n1
one species: rue anemone;

- syn. genus Anemonella;

Anemonella thalictroides
n1
woodland flower native to eastern North America having cup-shaped flowers reminiscent of anemone but more delicate;

- syn. rue anemone;

anemophilous
a1
of flowering plants (especially grasses etc) that are pollinated by the wind;

Anemopsis
n1
one species: yerba mansa;

- syn. genus Anemopsis;

Anemopsis californica
n1
stoloniferous herb of southwestern United States and Mexico having a pungent rootstock and small spicate flowers with white bracts suggesting an anemone;

- syn. yerba mansa;

anencephalia
n1
a defect in brain development resulting in small or missing brain hemispheres;

- syn. anencephaly;

anencephalic
a1
characterized by partial or total absence of a brain;

- syn. anencephalous;

anencephalous
a1
characterized by partial or total absence of a brain;

- syn. anencephalic;

anencephaly
n1
a defect in brain development resulting in small or missing brain hemispheres;

- syn. anencephalia;

anergy
n1
reduction or lack of an immune response to a specific antigen;

n2
inactivity and lack of energy;

aneroid / æ n ə ɹ ɔɪ d /
n1
a barometer that measures pressure without using fluids;

- syn. aneroid barometer;

a1
containing no liquid or actuated without the use of liquid;

- "aneroid barometer";

aneroid barometer
n1
a barometer that measures pressure without using fluids;

- syn. aneroid;

anesthesia / æ n ɪ s θ i z ɪə /
n1
loss of bodily sensation with or without loss of consciousness;

- syn. anaesthesia;

anesthesiologist
n1
a specialist who administers an anesthetic to a patient before he is treated;

- syn. anaesthetist, anesthetist;

anesthesiology
n1
the branch of medical science that studies and applies anesthetics;

anesthetic / æ n ɪ s θ ɛ t ɪ k /
n1
a drug that causes temporary loss of bodily sensations;

- syn. anaesthetic, anaesthetic agent, anesthetic agent;

a1
relating to or producing insensibility;

- syn. anaesthetic;

a2
characterized by insensibility;

- "the young girls are in a state of possession--blind and deaf and anesthetic";

- "an anesthetic state";

- syn. anaesthetic;

- sim. insensible;

anesthetic agent
n1
a drug that causes temporary loss of bodily sensations;

- syn. anaesthetic, anaesthetic agent, anesthetic;

anesthetise
v1
administer an anesthetic drug to;

- "The patient must be anesthetized before the operation";

- "anesthetize the gum before extracting the teeth";

- syn. anaesthetise, anaesthetize, anesthetize, put out, put under;

anesthetist / ə n i s θ ə t ɪ s t /
n1
a specialist who administers an anesthetic to a patient before he is treated;

- syn. anaesthetist, anesthesiologist;

anesthetize / ə n i s θ ə t aɪ z /
v1
administer an anesthetic drug to;

- "The patient must be anesthetized before the operation";

- "anesthetize the gum before extracting the teeth";

- syn. anaesthetise, anaesthetize, anesthetise, put out, put under;

anesthyl
n1
a mixture of methyl and ethyl chloride;

- sprayed on as a local anesthetic;

anestric
a1
of or relating to anestrus;

- syn. anestrous, anoestrous;

anestrous
a1
of or relating to anestrus;

- syn. anestric, anoestrous;

a2
(of lower mammals) not in a state of estrus;

- not in heat;

- "an anestrous bitch";

- sim. diestrous;

anestrum
n1
applies to nonhuman mammals: a state or interval of sexual inactivity between two periods of estrus;

- syn. anestrus, anoestrum, anoestrus;

anestrus
n1
applies to nonhuman mammals: a state or interval of sexual inactivity between two periods of estrus;

- syn. anestrum, anoestrum, anoestrus;

Anethum
n1
dill;

- syn. genus Anethum;

Anethum graveolens
n1
aromatic Old World herb having aromatic threadlike foliage and seeds used as seasoning;

- syn. dill;

aneuploid
a1
having a chromosome number that is not an exact multiple of the haploid number;

aneuploidy
n1
an abnormality involving a chromosome number that is not an exact multiple of the haploid number (one chromosome set is incomplete);

aneurin / æ n j ʊə ɹ ɪ n /
n1
a B vitamin that prevents beriberi;

- maintains appetite and growth;

- syn. antiberiberi factor, thiamin, thiamine, vitamin B1;

aneurism / æ n j ʊə ɹ ɪ z ə m /
n1
a cardiovascular disease characterized by a saclike widening of an artery resulting from weakening of the artery wall;

- syn. aneurysm;

aneurismal
a1
relating to or affected by an aneurysm;

- syn. aneurismatic, aneurysmal, aneurysmatic;

aneurismatic
a1
relating to or affected by an aneurysm;

- syn. aneurismal, aneurysmal, aneurysmatic;

aneurysm
n1
a cardiovascular disease characterized by a saclike widening of an artery resulting from weakening of the artery wall;

- syn. aneurism;

aneurysmal
a1
relating to or affected by an aneurysm;

- syn. aneurismal, aneurismatic, aneurysmatic;

aneurysmatic
a1
relating to or affected by an aneurysm;

- syn. aneurismal, aneurismatic, aneurysmal;

anew / ə n j u /
r1
again but in a new or different way;

- "start afresh";

- "wanted to write the story anew";

- "starting life anew in a fresh place";

- syn. afresh;

anfractuous
a1
full of twists and turns;

- "anfractuous cliffs";

- sim. crooked;

ANG
n1
a civilian reserve component of the United States Air Force that provides prompt mobilization during war and assistance during national emergencies;

- syn. Air National Guard;

Angara
n1
a river in southeastern Siberia that flows northwest from Lake Baikal to become a tributary of the Yenisei River;

- syn. Angara River, Tunguska, Upper Tunguska;

Angara River
n1
a river in southeastern Siberia that flows northwest from Lake Baikal to become a tributary of the Yenisei River;

- syn. Angara, Tunguska, Upper Tunguska;

Angas
n1
a Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria and closely related to Hausa;

angel / eɪ n dʒ ɫ /
n1
spiritual being attendant upon God;

n2
person of exceptional holiness;

- syn. holy man, holy person, saint;

n3
invests in a theatrical production;

- syn. backer;

n4
the highest waterfall;

- has more than one leap;

- flow varies seasonally;

- syn. Angel Falls;

angel's trumpet
n1
South American plant cultivated for its very large nocturnally fragrant trumpet-shaped flowers;

- syn. Brugmansia suaveolens, Datura suaveolens;

n2
a South American plant that is cultivated for its large fragrant trumpet-shaped flowers;

- syn. Brugmansia arborea, Datura arborea, maikoa;

angel-wing begonia
n1
South American fibrous-rooted begonias having prominent basal leaf lobes suggesting angels' wings and racemes of coral-red flowers;

- syn. Begonia cocchinea;

angel cake
n1
a light sponge cake made without egg yolks;

- syn. angel food cake;

angel dust
n1
a drug used as an anesthetic by veterinarians;

- illicitly taken (originally in the form of powder or `dust') for its effects as a hallucinogen;

- syn. PCP, phencyclidine, phencyclidine hydrochloride;

Angel Falls
n1
the highest waterfall;

- has more than one leap;

- flow varies seasonally;

- syn. Angel;

angel food cake
n1
a light sponge cake made without egg yolks;

- syn. angel cake;

angel shark
n1
sharks with broad flat bodies and winglike pectoral fins but that swim the way sharks do;

- syn. Squatina squatina, angelfish, monkfish;

angelfish / eɪ n dʒ ɫ f ɪ ʃ /
n1
a butterfly fish of the genus Pomacanthus;

n2
deep-bodied disk-shaped food fish of warmer western Atlantic coastal waters;

- syn. Chaetodipterus faber, spadefish;

n3
sharks with broad flat bodies and winglike pectoral fins but that swim the way sharks do;

- syn. Squatina squatina, angel shark, monkfish;

angelic / æ n dʒ ɛ ɫ ɪ k /
a1
marked by utter benignity;

- resembling or befitting an angel or saint;

- "angelic beneficence";

- "a beatific smile";

- "a saintly concern for his fellow men";

- "my sainted mother";

- syn. angelical, beatific, sainted, saintlike, saintly;

- sim. good;

a2
of or relating to angels;

- "angelic messenger";

- syn. angelical;

a3
having a sweet nature befitting an angel or cherub;

- "an angelic smile";

- "a cherubic face";

- "looking so seraphic when he slept";

- "a sweet disposition";

- syn. angelical, cherubic, seraphic, sweet;

- sim. lovable;

angelica / æ n dʒ ɛ ɫ ɪ k ə /
n1
any of various tall and stout herbs of the genus Angelica having pinnately compound leaves and small white or greenish flowers in compound umbels;

- syn. angelique;

n2
candied stalks of the angelica plant;

n3
aromatic stems or leaves or roots of Angelica Archangelica;

Angelica Archangelica
n1
a biennial cultivated herb;

- its stems are candied and eaten and its roots are used medicinally;

- syn. archangel, garden angelica;

Angelica sylvestris
n1
European herb with compound leaves and white flowers;

- adventive on Cape Breton Island;

- syn. wild angelica;

angelical / æ n dʒ ɛ ɫ ɪ k ə ɫ /
a1
of or relating to angels;

- "angelic messenger";

- syn. angelic;

a2
having a sweet nature befitting an angel or cherub;

- "an angelic smile";

- "a cherubic face";

- "looking so seraphic when he slept";

- "a sweet disposition";

- syn. angelic, cherubic, seraphic, sweet;

- sim. lovable;

a3
marked by utter benignity;

- resembling or befitting an angel or saint;

- "angelic beneficence";

- "a beatific smile";

- "a saintly concern for his fellow men";

- "my sainted mother";

- syn. angelic, beatific, sainted, saintlike, saintly;

- sim. good;

angelically / ə n dʒ ɛ ɫ ɪ k ɫ i /
r1
like an angel;

- "the child was sleeping angelically";

angelim
n1
any of several tropical American trees of the genus Andira;

- syn. andelmin;

angelique
n1
any of various tall and stout herbs of the genus Angelica having pinnately compound leaves and small white or greenish flowers in compound umbels;

- syn. angelica;

Angelo Correr
n1
the Italian pope from 1406 to 1415 who worked to end the Great Schism and who retired to make it possible (1327-1417);

- syn. Gregory, Gregory XII;

Angelo Guiseppe Roncalli
n1
Italian pope from 1958 to 1963 who convoked the Second Vatican Council (1881-1963);

- syn. John XXIII;

angelology
n1
the branch of theology that is concerned with angels;

angelus / æ n dʒ ɪ ɫ ə s /
n1
the sound of a bell rung in Roman Catholic churches to announce the time when the Angelus should be recited;

- syn. angelus bell;

n2
a prayer said 3 times a day by Roman Catholics in memory of the Annunciation;

angelus bell
n1
the sound of a bell rung in Roman Catholic churches to announce the time when the Angelus should be recited;

- syn. angelus;

anger / æ ŋ ɡ ə , æ ŋ ɡ ə ɹ /
n1
a strong emotion;

- a feeling that is oriented toward some real or supposed grievance;

- syn. choler, ire;

n2
the state of being angry;

- syn. angriness;

n3
belligerence aroused by a real or supposed wrong (personified as one of the deadly sins);

- syn. ira, ire, wrath;

v1
make angry;

- "The news angered him";

v2
become angry;

- "He angers easily";

- syn. see red;

angered / æ ŋ ɡ ə d /
a1
marked by extreme anger;

- "the enraged bull attached";

- "furious about the accident";

- "a furious scowl";

- "infuriated onlookers charged the police who were beating the boy";

- "could not control the maddened crowd";

- syn. enraged, furious, infuriated, maddened;

- sim. angry;

Angevin
n1
a resident of Anjou;

- syn. Angevine;

Angevine
n1
a resident of Anjou;

- syn. Angevin;

angiitis
n1
inflammation of a blood vessel or lymph duct;

angina / æ n dʒ aɪ n ə /
n1
any disease of the throat or fauces marked by spasmodic attacks of intense suffocative pain;

n2
a heart condition marked by paroxysms of chest pain due to reduced oxygen to the heart;

- syn. angina pectoris;

angina pectoris
n1
a heart condition marked by paroxysms of chest pain due to reduced oxygen to the heart;

- syn. angina;

anginal
a1
of or related to the pain of angina pectoris;

- syn. anginose, anginous;

anginose
a1
of or related to the pain of angina pectoris;

- syn. anginal, anginous;

anginous
a1
of or related to the pain of angina pectoris;

- syn. anginal, anginose;

angiocardiogram
n1
a series of X rays representing the action of the heart and its blood vessels after the injection of a radiopaque substance;

angiocarp
n1
tree bearing fruit enclosed in a shell or involucre or husk;

angiocarpic
a1
having or being fruit enclosed in a shell or husk;

- syn. angiocarpous;

angiocarpous
a1
having or being fruit enclosed in a shell or husk;

- syn. angiocarpic;

angioedema
n1
recurrent large circumscribed areas of subcutaneous edema;

- onset is sudden and it disappears within 24 hours;

- seen mainly in young women, often as an allergic reaction to food or drugs;

- syn. Quincke's edema, atrophedema, giant hives, periodic edema;

angiogenesis
n1
the formation of new blood vessels;

angiogenesis inhibitor
n1
a drug that is designed to prevent the growth of blood vessels that nourish tumors;

angiogram
n1
an X-ray representation of blood vessels made after the injection of a radiopaque substance;

- "angiograms are produced by angiography";

angiography
n1
roentgenographic examination of blood vessels after injection of a radiopaque contrast medium;

- produces an angiogram;

angiohemophilia
n1
a form of hemophilia discovered by Erik von Willebrand;

- a genetic disorder that is inherited as an autosomal recessive trait;

- characterized by a deficiency of the coagulation factor and by mucosal bleeding;

- syn. vascular hemophilia, von Willebrand's disease;

angiologist
n1
a physician who specializes in angiology;

angiology
n1
the branch of medical science that studies the blood and lymph vessels and their disorders;

angioma
n1
a tumor consisting of a mass of blood or lymphatic vessels;

angiomatous
a1
of or related to or having a tumor of the kind known as an angioma;

angiopathy
n1
any disease of the blood vessels or lymph ducts;

angioplasty
n1
an operation to repair a damaged blood vessel or unblock a coronary artery;

angiopteris
n1
highly variable species of very large primitive ferns of the Pacific tropical areas with high rainfall;

- syn. Angiopteris evecta, giant fern;

Angiopteris evecta
n1
highly variable species of very large primitive ferns of the Pacific tropical areas with high rainfall;

- syn. angiopteris, giant fern;

angiosarcoma
n1
a rare malignant neoplasm arising from vascular tissue;

- usually occurs in the breast and skin and is believed to originate from the endothelial cells of blood vessels;

angioscope
n1
a modified microscope used to study capillary vessels;

angiosperm
n1
plants having seeds in a closed ovary;

- syn. flowering plant;

Angiospermae
n1
comprising flowering plants that produce seeds enclosed in an ovary;

- in some systems considered a class (Angiospermae) and in others a division (Magnoliophyta or Anthophyta);

- syn. Anthophyta, Magnoliophyta, class Angiospermae, division Anthophyta, division Magnoliophyta;

angiospermous
a1
of or related to or characteristic of plants that are angiosperms;

angiospermous tree
n1
any tree having seeds and ovules contained in the ovary;

- syn. flowering tree;

angiospermous yellowwood
n1
any of various angiospermous trees having yellow wood;

angiotelectasia
n1
dilation and enlargement of arterioles;

angiotensin
n1
any of several vasoconstrictor substances (trade name Hypertensin) that cause narrowing of blood vessels;

- syn. Hypertensin, angiotonin;

angiotensin-converting enzyme
n1
proteolytic enzyme that converts angiotensin I into angiotensin II;

- syn. ACE, angiotensin converting enzyme;

angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor
n1
an antihypertensive drug that blocks the formation of angiotensin II in the kidney, leading to relaxation of the arteries;

- promotes the excretion of salt and water by inhibiting the activity of the angiotensin converting enzyme;

- also used to treat congestive heart failure;

- syn. ACE inhibitor;

angiotensin converting enzyme
n1
proteolytic enzyme that converts angiotensin I into angiotensin II;

- syn. ACE, angiotensin-converting enzyme;

angiotensin I
n1
a physiologically inactive form of angiotensin that is the precursor to angiotensin II;

angiotensin II
n1
a potent vasopressor agent formed from angiotensin I;

angiotensin II inhibitor
n1
an agent that retards or restrains the action of angiotensin II;

angiotonin
n1
any of several vasoconstrictor substances (trade name Hypertensin) that cause narrowing of blood vessels;

- syn. Hypertensin, angiotensin;

angle / æ ŋ ɡ ɫ /
n1
the space between two lines or planes that intersect;

- the inclination of one line to another;

- measured in degrees or radians;

n2
a biased way of looking at or presenting something;

- syn. slant;

n3
a member of a Germanic people who conquered England and merged with the Saxons and Jutes to become Anglo-Saxons;

v1
move or proceed at an angle;

- "he angled his way into the room";

v2
to incline or bend from a vertical position;

- "She leaned over the banister";

- syn. lean, slant, tilt, tip;

v3
seek indirectly;

- "fish for compliments";

- syn. fish;

v4
fish with a hook;

v5
present with a bias;

- "He biased his presentation so as to please the share holders";

- syn. slant, weight;

angle-closure glaucoma
n1
glaucoma in which the iris blocks the outflow of aqueous humor;

- "closed-angle glaucoma can cause a rapid buildup of high intraocular pressure that results in permanent visual damage in a couple of days";

- syn. acute glaucoma, closed-angle glaucoma;

angle-park / æ ŋ ɡ ə ɫ p ɑ k /
v1
park at an angle;

angle bracket
n1
either of two punctuation marks (`<' or `>') used in computer programming and sometimes used to enclose textual material;

- syn. bracket;

n2
an L-shaped metal bracket;

- syn. angle iron;

angle iron
n1
an L-shaped metal bracket;

- syn. angle bracket;

angle of attack
n1
the acute angle between the direction of the undisturbed relative wind and the chord of an airfoil;

angle of dip
n1
(physics) the angle that a magnetic needle makes with the plane of the horizon;

- syn. dip, inclination, magnetic dip, magnetic inclination;

angle of extinction
n1
the angle from its axis that a crystal must be rotated before appearing maximally dark when viewed in polarized light;

- syn. extinction angle;

angle of incidence
n1
the angle that a line makes with a line perpendicular to the surface at the point of incidence;

- syn. incidence angle;

angle of inclination
n1
(geometry) the angle formed by the x-axis and a given line (measured counterclockwise from the positive half of the x-axis);

- syn. inclination;

angle of reflection
n1
the angle between a reflected ray and a line perpendicular to the reflecting surface at the point of incidence;

angle of refraction
n1
the angle between a refracted ray and a line perpendicular to the surface between the two media at the point of refraction;

angle of view
n1
the angle included by a photographic lens;

- syn. view angle;

angled / æ ŋ ɡ ɫ d /
a1
forming or set at an angle;

- "angled parking";

- sim. angular;

angled loofah
n1
loofah of Pakistan;

- widely cultivated throughout tropics;

- syn. Luffa acutangula, sing-kwa;

angledozer / æ ŋ ɡ ɫ d oʊ z ə /
n1
a bulldozer with an angled moldboard to push earth to one side;

angler / æ ŋ ɡ ɫ ə , æ ŋ ɡ ɫ ə ɹ /
n1
a scheming person;

- someone who schemes to gain an advantage;

n2
a fisherman who uses a hook and line;

- syn. troller;

n3
fishes having large mouths with a wormlike filament attached for luring prey;

- syn. Lophius Americanus, allmouth, angler fish, anglerfish, goosefish, lotte, monkfish;

angler fish
n1
fishes having large mouths with a wormlike filament attached for luring prey;

- syn. Lophius Americanus, allmouth, angler, anglerfish, goosefish, lotte, monkfish;

anglerfish
n1
fishes having large mouths with a wormlike filament attached for luring prey;

- syn. Lophius Americanus, allmouth, angler, angler fish, goosefish, lotte, monkfish;

Anglesea
n1
an island to the northwest of Wales;

- syn. Anglesea Island, Anglesey, Anglesey Island, Mona;

Anglesea Island
n1
an island to the northwest of Wales;

- syn. Anglesea, Anglesey, Anglesey Island, Mona;

Anglesey
n1
an island to the northwest of Wales;

- syn. Anglesea, Anglesea Island, Anglesey Island, Mona;

Anglesey Island
n1
an island to the northwest of Wales;

- syn. Anglesea, Anglesea Island, Anglesey, Mona;

anglewing
n1
nymphalid butterfly having angular notches on the outer edges of the forewings;

angleworm / æ ŋ ɡ ɫ w ɝ m /
n1
terrestrial worm that burrows into and helps aerate soil;

- often surfaces when the ground is cool or wet;

- used as bait by anglers;

- syn. crawler, dew worm, earthworm, fishing worm, fishworm, nightcrawler, nightwalker, red worm, wiggler;

Anglia / æ ŋ ɡ ɫ ɪə /
n1
the Latin name for England;

Anglian / æ ŋ ɡ ɫ ɪə n /
n1
one of the major dialects of Old English;

Anglican / æ ŋ ɡ ɫ ɪ k ə n /
n1
a Protestant who is a follower of Anglicanism;

a1
of or pertaining to or characteristic of the Anglican church;

- "an Anglican bishop";

Anglican Catholic
n1
a member of the Anglican Church who emphasizes its Catholic character;

Anglican Church
n1
the national church of England (and all other churches in other countries that share its beliefs);

- has its see in Canterbury and the sovereign as its temporal head;

- syn. Anglican Communion, Church of England;

Anglican Communion
n1
the national church of England (and all other churches in other countries that share its beliefs);

- has its see in Canterbury and the sovereign as its temporal head;

- syn. Anglican Church, Church of England;

Anglicanism / æ ŋ ɡ ɫ ɪ k ə n ɪ z ə m /
n1
the faith and doctrine and practice of the Anglican Church;

Anglicisation / æ ŋ ɡ ɫ ɪ s aɪ z eɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
the act of anglicizing;

- making English in appearance;

- syn. Anglicization;

anglicise / æ ŋ ɡ ɫ ɪ s aɪ s /
v1
make English in appearance;

- "She anglicised her name after moving from Paris to London";

- syn. anglicize;

Anglicism / æ ŋ ɡ ɫ ɪ s ɪ z ə m /
n1
an expression that is used in Great Britain (especially as contrasted with American English);

- syn. Briticism, Britishism;

n2
a custom that is peculiar to England or its citizens;

- syn. Britishism;

Anglicization / æ ŋ ɡ ɫ ɪ s aɪ z eɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
the act of anglicizing;

- making English in appearance;

- syn. Anglicisation;

anglicize / æ ŋ ɡ ɫ ɪ s aɪ z /
v1
make English in appearance;

- "She anglicised her name after moving from Paris to London";

- syn. anglicise;

angling / æ ŋ ɡ ɫ ɪ ŋ /
n1
fishing with a hook and line (and usually a pole);

Anglo-American
n1
an American who was born in Britain or one whose ancestors were British;

Anglo-catholic / æ ŋ ɡ ɫ oʊ k æ θ ɫ ɪ k /
a1
supporting the Anglican Church;

Anglo-Catholicism / æ ŋ ɡ ɫ oʊ k ə θ ɒ ɫ ɪ s i z m /
n1
a doctrine and practice within the Church of England emphasizing the Catholic tradition;

- syn. High Anglicanism;

Anglo-French
n1
the French (Norman) language used in medieval England;

- syn. Anglo-Norman;

Anglo-German concertina
n1
a concertina with bellows and buttons on both ends;

Anglo-Indian / æ ŋ ɡ ɫ oʊ ɪ n d ɪə n /
n1
a person of English citizenship born or living in India;

a1
relating to British India or the English in India;

Anglo-Jewish
a1
of English-speaking Jews and their culture;

- "Anglo-Jewish papers";

Anglo-Norman
n1
the French (Norman) language used in medieval England;

- syn. Anglo-French;

Anglo-Saxon / æ ŋ ɡ ɫ oʊ s æ k s ə n /
n1
a native or inhabitant of England prior to the Norman Conquest;

n2
a person of Anglo-Saxon (especially British) descent whose native tongue is English and whose culture is strongly influenced by English culture as in WASP for `White Anglo-Saxon Protestant';

- "in the ninth century the Vikings began raiding the Anglo-Saxons in Britain";

- "his ancestors were not just British, they were Anglo-Saxons";

n3
English prior to about 1100;

- syn. Old English;

a1
of or relating to the Anglo-Saxons or their language;

- "Anglo-Saxon poetry";

- "The Anglo-Saxon population of Scotland";

Anglo-Saxon deity
n1
(Anglo-Saxon mythology) a deity worshipped by the Anglo-Saxons;

Anglomania / æ ŋ ɡ ɫ oʊ m eɪ n ɪə /
n1
an excessive enthusiasm for all things English;

anglophil / æ ŋ ɡ ɫ oʊ f ɪ ɫ /
n1
an admirer of England and things English;

- syn. anglophile;

anglophile / æ ŋ ɡ ɫ oʊ f aɪ ɫ /
n1
an admirer of England and things English;

- syn. anglophil;

Anglophilia / æ ŋ ɡ ɫ oʊ f ɪ ɫ ɪə /
n1
admiration for Britain and British customs;

Anglophilic
a1
characterized by Anglophilia;

anglophobe / æ ŋ ɡ ɫ oʊ f oʊ b /
n1
a person who hates England and everything English;

Anglophobia / æ ŋ ɡ ɫ oʊ f oʊ b ɪə /
n1
dislike (or fear) of Britain and British customs;

Anglophobic / æ ŋ ɡ ɫ oʊ f oʊ b ɪ k /
a1
characterized by Anglophobia;

Angola / æ ŋ ɡ oʊ ɫ ə /
n1
a republic in southwestern Africa on the Atlantic Ocean;

- achieved independence from Portugal in 1975 and was the scene of civil war until 1990;

- syn. Republic of Angola;

Angolan / æ ŋ ɡ oʊ ɫ ə n /
n1
a native or inhabitant of Angola;

a1
of or relating to or characteristic of Angola or its people;

- "the Angolan Civil War";

Angolan capital
n1
port city on Atlantic coast;

- the capital and largest city of Angola;

- syn. Luanda;

Angolan monetary unit
n1
monetary unit in Angola;

Angolese
n1
a member of the Bantu tribes resident in Angola;

Angora / æ ŋ ɡ ɔ ɹ ə /
n1
the capital of Turkey;

- located in west-central Turkey;

- it was formerly known as Angora and is the home of Angora goats;

- syn. Ankara, Turkish capital, capital of Turkey;

n2
a domestic breed of goat raised for its long silky hair which is the true mohair;

- syn. Angora goat;

n3
domestic breed of rabbit with long white silky hair;

- syn. Angora rabbit;

n4
a long-haired breed of cat similar to the Persian cat;

- syn. Angora cat;

Angora cat
n1
a long-haired breed of cat similar to the Persian cat;

- syn. Angora;

Angora goat
n1
a domestic breed of goat raised for its long silky hair which is the true mohair;

- syn. Angora;

Angora rabbit
n1
domestic breed of rabbit with long white silky hair;

- syn. Angora;

angostura / æ ŋ ɡ ə s t j ʊə ɹ ə /
n1
the bitter bark of a South American tree;

- used in medicines and liqueurs and bitters;

- syn. angostura bark;

angostura bark
n1
the bitter bark of a South American tree;

- used in medicines and liqueurs and bitters;

- syn. angostura;

Angostura Bridge
n1
a suspension bridge across the Orinoco River at Ciudad Bolivar;

angoumois grain moth
n1
small moth whose larvae feed on kernels of stored grains;

- syn. Sitotroga cerealella, angoumois moth;

angoumois moth
n1
small moth whose larvae feed on kernels of stored grains;

- syn. Sitotroga cerealella, angoumois grain moth;

Angraecum
n1
genus of tropical Old World epiphytic orchids with showy flowers sometimes grotesque;

- syn. genus Angraecum, genus Angrecum;

angrecum
n1
any of various spectacular orchids of the genus Angraecum having dark green leathery leaves and usually nocturnally scented white or ivory flowers;

angrily / æ n ɡ ɹ ə ɫ i /
r1
with anger;

- "he angrily denied the accusation";

angriness
n1
the state of being angry;

- syn. anger;

angry / æ ŋ ɡ ɹ i /
a1
feeling or showing anger;

- "angry at the weather";

- "angry customers";

- "an angry silence";

- "sending angry letters to the papers";

- sim. aggravated, angered, black, choleric, hot under the collar, huffy, indignant, irate, livid, smoldering, wrathful;

a2
(of the elements) as if showing violent anger;

- "angry clouds on the horizon";

- "furious winds";

- "the raging sea";

- syn. furious, raging, tempestuous, wild;

- sim. stormy;

a3
severely inflamed and painful;

- "an angry sore";

- sim. unhealthy;

angry walk
n1
a stiff or threatening gait;

- syn. stalk;

angst / æ ŋ s t /
n1
an acute but unspecific feeling of anxiety;

- usually reserved for philosophical anxiety about the world or about personal freedom;

angstrom / æ ŋ s t ɹ ə m /
n1
a metric unit of length equal to one ten billionth of a meter (or 0.0001 micron);

- used to specify wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation;

- syn. A, angstrom unit;

angstrom unit
n1
a metric unit of length equal to one ten billionth of a meter (or 0.0001 micron);

- used to specify wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation;

- syn. A, angstrom;

anguid lizard
n1
any of a small family of lizards widely distributed in warm areas;

- all are harmless and useful as destroyers of e.g. slugs and insects;

Anguidae
n1
alligator lizards;

- syn. family Anguidae;

Anguilla / æ ŋ ɡ w ɪ ɫ ə /
n1
a British colony in the West Indies;

n2
type genus of the Anguillidae: eels;

- syn. genus Anguilla;

Anguilla sucklandii
n1
New Zealand eel;

- syn. tuna;

Anguillan / æ ŋ ɡ w ɪ ɫ ə n /
n1
a native or inhabitant of the island of Anguilla in the West Indies;

a1
of or relating to or characteristic of Anguilla or its people;

- "Anguillan sea food specialties";

Anguillidae
n1
eels that live in fresh water as adults but return to the sea to spawn;

- syn. family Anguillidae;

Anguilliformes
n1
elongate fishes with pelvic fins and girdle absent or reduced;

- syn. order Anguilliformes, order Apodes;

Anguillula
n1
a genus of Cephalobidae;

- syn. Turbatrix, genus Anguillula, genus Turbatrix;

Anguillula aceti
n1
minute eelworm that feeds on organisms that cause fermentation in e.g. vinegar;

- syn. Turbatrix aceti, vinegar eel, vinegar worm;

anguine / æ ŋ ɡ w ɪ n /
a1
of or related to or resembling a snake;

Anguis
n1
type genus of the Anguidae: blindworms;

- syn. genus Anguis;

Anguis fragilis
n1
small burrowing legless European lizard with tiny eyes;

- popularly believed to be blind;

- syn. blindworm, slowworm;

anguish / æ ŋ ɡ w ɪ ʃ /
n1
extreme mental distress;

- syn. torment, torture;

n2
extreme distress of body or mind;

v1
suffer great pains or distress;

v2
cause emotional anguish or make miserable;

- "It pains me to see my children not being taught well in school";

- syn. hurt, pain;

anguished / æ ŋ ɡ w ɪ ʃ t /
a1
experiencing intense pain especially mental pain;

- "an anguished conscience";

- "a small tormented schoolboy";

- "a tortured witness to another's humiliation";

- syn. tormented, tortured;

- sim. sorrowful;

angular / æ ŋ ɡ j ʊ ɫ ə , æ ŋ ɡ j ʊ ɫ ə ɹ /
a1
measured by an angle or by the rate of change of an angle;

- "angular momentum";

a2
having angles or an angular shape;

- syn. angulate;

- also pointed, square;

- sim. angled, asteroid, bicuspid, cuspate, equiangular, isogonic, rectangular, sharp-cornered, square-shaped, three-cornered, triangular, tricuspid, unicuspid;

angular acceleration
n1
(physics) the rate of change of the angular velocity of a rotating body;

angular artery
n1
the terminal branch of the facial artery;

- syn. arteria angularis;

angular distance
n1
the angular separation between two objects as perceived by an observer;

- "he recorded angular distances between the stars";

angular momentum
n1
the product of the momentum of a rotating body and its distance from the axis of rotation;

- "any rotating body has an angular momentum about its center of mass";

- "angular momentum makes the world go round";

angular position
n1
relation by which any position with respect to any other position is established;

angular shape
n1
a shape having one or more sharp angles;

- syn. angularity;

angular unit
n1
a unit of measurement for angles;

angular vein
n1
a short vein formed by the supraorbital vein and the supratrochlear vein and continuing as the facial vein;

- syn. vena angularis;

angular velocity
n1
(physics) the rate of change of the angular position of a rotating body;

- usually expressed in radians per second or radians per minute;

angularity / æ ŋ ɡ j ʊ ɫ æ ɹ ɪ t i /
n1
a shape having one or more sharp angles;

- syn. angular shape;

n2
the property possessed by a shape that has angles;

angulate / æ ŋ ɡ j ʊ ɫ eɪ t /
v1
make or become angular;

a1
having angles or an angular shape;

- syn. angular;

- also pointed, square;

- sim. angled, asteroid, bicuspid, cuspate, equiangular, isogonic, rectangular, sharp-cornered, square-shaped, three-cornered, triangular, tricuspid, unicuspid;

angulation / æ ŋ ɡ j ʊ ɫ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the precise measurement of angles;

n2
the act of making angulate (having corners);

Angus / æ ŋ ɡ ə s /
n1
Celtic god of love and beauty;

- patron deity of young men and women;

- syn. Aengus, Angus Og, Oengus;

n2
black hornless breed from Scotland;

- syn. Aberdeen Angus, black Angus;

Angus Frank Johnstone Wilson
n1
English writer of novels and short stories (1913-1991);

- syn. Sir Angus Wilson, Wilson;

Angus Og
n1
Celtic god of love and beauty;

- patron deity of young men and women;

- syn. Aengus, Angus, Oengus;

angwantibo
n1
a kind of lemur;

- syn. Arctocebus calabarensis, golden potto;

anhedonia
n1
an inability to experience pleasure;

anhidrosis
n1
failure of the sweat glands;

- syn. anhydrosis;

Anhima
n1
type genus of the Anhimidae;

- horned screamers;

- syn. genus Anhima;

Anhima cornuta
n1
screamer having a hornlike process projecting from the forehead;

- syn. horned screamer;

Anhimidae
n1
screamers;

- syn. family Anhimidae;

anhinga
n1
fish-eating bird of warm inland waters having a long flexible neck and slender sharp-pointed bill;

- syn. darter, snakebird;

Anhinga anhinga
n1
blackish New World snakebird of swampy regions;

- syn. water turkey;

Anhingidae
n1
snakebirds;

- syn. family Anhingidae;

anhydride / æ n h aɪ d ɹ aɪ d /
n1
a compound formed from one or more other compounds in a reaction resulting in removal of water;

anhydrosis
n1
failure of the sweat glands;

- syn. anhidrosis;

anhydrous / æ n h aɪ d ɹ ə s /
a1
without water;

- especially without water of crystallization;

ani
n1
black tropical American cuckoo;

Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius
n1
a Roman who was an early Christian philosopher and statesman who was executed for treason;

- Boethius had a decisive influence on medieval logic (circa 480-524);

- syn. Boethius;

anicteric
a1
without jaundice;

- "anicteric hepatitis";

a2
not affected by jaundice;

- sim. healthy;

Anigozanthus
n1
genus of monocotyledonous plants with curious woolly flowers on sturdy stems above a fan of sword-shaped leaves;

- includes kangaroo's paw and Australian sword lily;

- sometimes placed in family Amaryllidaceae;

- syn. genus Anigozanthus;

Anigozanthus manglesii
n1
sedgelike spring-flowering herb having clustered flowers covered with woolly hairs;

- Australia;

- syn. Australian sword lily, kangaroo's-foot, kangaroo's paw, kangaroo-foot plant, kangaroo paw;

anil / æ n ɪ ɫ /
n1
a blue dye obtained from plants or made synthetically;

- syn. indigo, indigotin;

n2
shrub of West Indies and South America that is a source of indigo dye;

- syn. Indigofera anil, Indigofera suffruticosa;

anile / eɪ n aɪ ɫ /
a1
of or like a feeble old woman;

- sim. old;

aniline / æ n ɪ ɫ i n /
n1
oily poisonous liquid amine obtained from nitrobenzene and used to make dyes and plastics and medicines;

- syn. aminobenzine, aniline oil, phenylamine;

aniline dye
n1
any of many dyes made from aniline;

aniline oil
n1
oily poisonous liquid amine obtained from nitrobenzene and used to make dyes and plastics and medicines;

- syn. aminobenzine, aniline, phenylamine;

anima / æ n ɪ m ə /
n1
(Jungian psychology) the inner self (not the external persona) that is in touch with the unconscious;

animadversion / æ n ɪ m æ d v ɝ ʃ n /
n1
harsh criticism or disapproval;

- syn. censure;

animadvert / æ n ɪ m æ d v ɝ t /
v1
express one's opinion openly and without fear or hesitation;

- "John spoke up at the meeting";

- syn. opine, sound off, speak out, speak up;

v2
express blame or censure or make a harshly critical remark;

animal / æ n ɪ m ə ɫ /
n1
a living organism characterized by voluntary movement;

- syn. animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna;

a1
marked by the appetites and passions of the body;

- "animal instincts";

- "carnal knowledge";

- "fleshly desire";

- "a sensual delight in eating";

- "music is the only sensual pleasure without vice";

- syn. carnal, fleshly, sensual;

- sim. physical;

animal-worship
n1
the worship of animals;

- syn. zoolatry;

animal black
n1
black substance containing char in the form of carbonized bone;

- used as a black pigment;

- syn. animal charcoal, bone black, bone char;

animal charcoal
n1
black substance containing char in the form of carbonized bone;

- used as a black pigment;

- syn. animal black, bone black, bone char;

animal communication
n1
communication between animals (of the same species);

animal disease
n1
a disease that typically does not affect human beings;

animal fancier
n1
a person who breeds animals;

animal fat
n1
any fat obtained from animals;

- "animal fat is high in saturated fatty acids";

animal fiber
n1
fiber derived from animals;

- syn. animal fibre;

animal fibre
n1
fiber derived from animals;

- syn. animal fiber;

animal foot
n1
the pedal extremity of vertebrates other than human beings;

- syn. foot;

animal glue
n1
a protein gelatin obtained by boiling e.g. skins and hoofs of cattle and horses;

animal group
n1
a group of animals;

animal husbandry
n1
breeding and caring for farm animals;

animal kingdom
n1
taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct animals;

- syn. Animalia, kingdom Animalia;

animal leg
n1
the leg of an animal;

animal magnetism
n1
magnetic personal charm;

- syn. beguilement, bewitchery;

animal material
n1
material derived from animals;

animal nature
n1
the physical (or animal) side of a person as opposed to the spirit or intellect;

- syn. animality;

animal oil
n1
any oil obtained from animal substances;

animal order
n1
the order of animals;

animal pigment
n1
pigment occurring in animals;

animal product
n1
a product made from animal material;

animal psychology
n1
the branch of psychology concerned with the behavior of animals;

- syn. comparative psychology;

animal scientist
n1
a specialist in the branch of biology dealing with animals;

- syn. zoologist;

animal skin
n1
the outer covering of an animal;

animal starch
n1
one form in which body fuel is stored;

- stored primarily in the liver and broken down into glucose when needed by the body;

- syn. glycogen;

animal stuffer
n1
a craftsman who stuffs and mounts the skins of animals for display;

- syn. stuffer, taxidermist;

animal tissue
n1
the tissue in the bodies of animals;

animal toxin
n1
a toxin resembling bacterial toxins in its antigenic properties that is found in the fluids of certain animals;

- syn. zootoxin;

animal trainer
n1
one who trains or exhibits animals;

- syn. handler;

animal virus
n1
an animal pathogen that is a virus;

animalcule / æ n ɪ m æ ɫ k j u ɫ /
n1
microscopic organism such as an amoeba or paramecium;

- syn. animalculum;

animalculum / æ n ɪ m æ ɫ k j ʊ ɫ ə m /
n1
microscopic organism such as an amoeba or paramecium;

- syn. animalcule;

Animalia
n1
taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct animals;

- syn. animal kingdom, kingdom Animalia;

animalisation / æ n ɪ m ə ɫ aɪ z eɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
an act that makes people cruel or lacking normal human qualities;

- syn. animalization, brutalisation, brutalization;

animalise
v1
represent in the form of an animal;

- syn. animalize;

v2
make brutal, unfeeling, or inhuman;

- "Life in the camps had brutalized him";

- syn. animalize, brutalise, brutalize;

v3
become brutal or insensitive and unfeeling;

- syn. animalize, brutalise, brutalize;

animalism / æ n ɪ m ə ɫ ɪ z ə m /
n1
the doctrine that human beings are purely animal in nature and lacking a spiritual nature;

n2
preoccupation with satisfaction of physical drives and appetites;

- syn. physicality;

animalistic / æ n ɪ m ə ɫ ɪ s t ɪ k /
a1
of or pertaining to animalism;

animality
n1
the physical (or animal) side of a person as opposed to the spirit or intellect;

- syn. animal nature;

animalization / æ n ɪ m ə ɫ aɪ z eɪ ʃ n /
n1
a depiction in the form of an animal;

n2
an act that makes people cruel or lacking normal human qualities;

- syn. animalisation, brutalisation, brutalization;

animalize / æ n ɪ m ə ɫ aɪ z /
v1
represent in the form of an animal;

- syn. animalise;

v2
make brutal, unfeeling, or inhuman;

- "Life in the camps had brutalized him";

- syn. animalise, brutalise, brutalize;

v3
become brutal or insensitive and unfeeling;

- syn. animalise, brutalise, brutalize;

animate / æ n ɪ m ə t , æ n ɪ m eɪ t /
v1
heighten or intensify;

- "These paintings exalt the imagination";

- syn. enliven, exalt, inspire, invigorate;

v2
give lifelike qualities to;

- "animated cartoons";

- syn. animise, animize;

v3
make lively;

- "let's liven up this room a bit";

- syn. enliven, invigorate, liven, liven up;

v4
give new life or energy to;

- "A hot soup will revive me";

- "This will renovate my spirits";

- "This treatment repaired my health";

- syn. quicken, reanimate, recreate, renovate, repair, revive, revivify, vivify;

a1
belonging to the class of nouns that denote living beings;

- "the word `dog' is animate";

a2
endowed with animal life as distinguished from plant life;

- "we are animate beings";

a3
endowed with feeling and unstructured consciousness;

- "the living knew themselves just sentient puppets on God's stage"- T.E.Lawrence;

- syn. sentient;

- sim. sensate;

animate being
n1
a living organism characterized by voluntary movement;

- syn. animal, beast, brute, creature, fauna;

animate thing
n1
a living (or once living) entity;

- syn. living thing;

animated / æ n ɪ m eɪ t ɪ d /
a1
having life or vigor or spirit;

- "an animated and expressive face";

- "animated conversation";

- "became very animated when he heard the good news";

- syn. alive;

- sim. enlivened, lively, reanimated;

a2
made to appear to move as living creatures do;

- "an animated cartoon";

- "animated puppets";

- sim. moving;

animated cartoon
n1
a film made by photographing a series of cartoon drawings to give the illusion of movement when projected in rapid sequence;

- syn. cartoon, toon;

animated oat
n1
Mediterranean oat held to be progenitor of modern cultivated oat;

- syn. Avene sterilis, wild red oat;

animatedly / æ n ɪ m eɪ t ɪ d ɫ i /
r1
in an animated manner;

- "they talked animatedly";

animateness
n1
the property of being animated;

- having animal life as distinguished from plant life;

- syn. aliveness, liveness;

animating / æ n ɪ m eɪ t ɪ ŋ /
a1
giving spirit and vivacity;

- syn. enlivening;

- sim. invigorating;

animation / æ n ɪ m eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the condition of living or the state of being alive;

- "while there's life there's hope";

- "life depends on many chemical and physical processes";

- syn. aliveness, life, living;

n2
the property of being able to survive and grow;

- "the vitality of a seed";

- syn. vitality;

n3
quality of being active or spirited or alive and vigorous;

- syn. brio, invigoration, spiritedness, vivification;

n4
the activity of giving vitality and vigour to something;

- syn. invigoration, vivification;

n5
the making of animated cartoons;

n6
general activity and motion;

- syn. liveliness;

animatism
n1
the attribution of consciousness and personality to natural phenomena such as thunderstorms and earthquakes and to objects such as plants and stones;

animatistic
a1
of or pertaining to animatism;

animator / æ n ɪ m eɪ t ə /
n1
someone who imparts energy and vitality and spirit to other people;

- syn. energiser, energizer, vitaliser, vitalizer;

n2
the technician who produces animated cartoons;

animatronics
n1
the construction of robots to look like animals (developed for Disneyland);

anime
n1
a hard copal derived from an African tree;

- syn. Zanzibar copal;

n2
any of various resins or oleoresins;

- syn. gum anime;

n3
a style of animation developed in Japan, characterized by stylized colorful art and often adult themes;

animise
v1
give lifelike qualities to;

- "animated cartoons";

- syn. animate, animize;

animism / æ n ɪ m ɪ z ə m /
n1
the doctrine that all natural objects and the universe itself have souls;

- "animism is common among primitive peoples";

animist / æ n ɪ m ɪ s t /
n1
one who accepts the doctrine of animism;

a1
of or pertaining to the doctrine of animism;

- syn. animistic;

animistic / æ n ɪ m ɪ s t ɪ k /
a1
of or pertaining to the doctrine of animism;

- syn. animist;

animize / æ n ɪ m aɪ z /
v1
give lifelike qualities to;

- "animated cartoons";

- syn. animate, animise;

animosity / æ n ɪ m ɒ s ɪ t i /
n1
a feeling of ill will arousing active hostility;

- syn. animus, bad blood;

animus / æ n ɪ m ə s /
n1
a feeling of ill will arousing active hostility;

- syn. animosity, bad blood;

anion / æ n aɪ ə n /
n1
a negatively charged ion;

anionic
n1
a class of synthetic detergents in which the molecules do not ionize in aqueous solutions;

- syn. anionic detergent, non-ionic detergent;

a1
of or relating to anions;

anionic compound
n1
a compound characterized by an active anion;

anionic detergent
n1
a class of synthetic detergents in which the molecules do not ionize in aqueous solutions;

- syn. anionic, non-ionic detergent;

anise / æ n ɪ s /
n1
native to Egypt but cultivated widely for its aromatic seeds and the oil from them used medicinally and as a flavoring in cookery;

- syn. Pimpinella anisum, anise plant;

n2
liquorice-flavored seeds, used medicinally and in cooking and liquors;

- syn. anise seed, aniseed;

anise-scented
a1
smelling of anise;

- sim. odorous;

anise cookie
n1
cookie made without butter and flavored with anise seed;

anise hyssop
n1
much-branched North American herb with an odor like fennel;

- syn. Agastache foeniculum;

anise plant
n1
native to Egypt but cultivated widely for its aromatic seeds and the oil from them used medicinally and as a flavoring in cookery;

- syn. Pimpinella anisum, anise;

anise seed
n1
liquorice-flavored seeds, used medicinally and in cooking and liquors;

- syn. anise, aniseed;

anise tree
n1
any of several evergreen shrubs and small trees of the genus Illicium;

aniseed / æ n ɪ s i d /
n1
liquorice-flavored seeds, used medicinally and in cooking and liquors;

- syn. anise, anise seed;

aniseikonia
n1
visual defect in which the shape and size of an ocular image differ in the two eyes;

aniseikonic
a1
relating to or characteristic of the visual defect aniseikonia;

anisette / æ n ɪ z ɛ t /
n1
liquorice-flavored usually colorless sweet liqueur made from aniseed;

- syn. anisette de Bordeaux;

anisette de Bordeaux
n1
liquorice-flavored usually colorless sweet liqueur made from aniseed;

- syn. anisette;

anisogamete
n1
either of a pair of unlike gametes especially those unlike in size;

anisogametic
a1
relating to either of a pair of dissimilar (anisogamic) gametes combining in sexual reproduction;

anisogamic
a1
relating to a type of sexual reproduction in which the gametes are dissimilar in some respect (as size or shape);

- syn. anisogamous;

anisogamous
a1
relating to a type of sexual reproduction in which the gametes are dissimilar in some respect (as size or shape);

- syn. anisogamic;

anisogamy
n1
(biology) reproduction by the union or fusion of two differing gametes (especially differing in size);

anisometric
a1
having unsymmetrical parts or unequal dimensions or measurements;

- syn. unsymmetrical;

- sim. unequal;

anisometropia
n1
difference in the refractive power of the two eyes;

anisometropic
a1
relating to a difference in the refractive power of the two eyes;

Anisoptera
n1
dragonflies;

- syn. suborder Anisoptera;

Anisotremus
n1
a genus of Haemulidae;

- syn. genus Anisotremus;

Anisotremus surinamensis
n1
dusky grey food fish found from Louisiana and Florida southward;

- syn. black margate, pompon;

Anisotremus virginicus
n1
black and gold grunt found from Bermuda to Caribbean to Brazil;

- syn. pork-fish, porkfish;

anisotropic
a1
not invariant with respect to direction;

- "anisotropic crystals";

- sim. aeolotropic;

anisotropically
r1
in an anisotropic manner;

anisotropy
n1
the property of being anisotropic;

- having a different value when measured in different directions;

Anjou
n1
a former province of western France in the Loire valley;

n2
a pear with firm flesh and a green skin;

Ankara / æ ŋ k ə ɹ ə /
n1
the capital of Turkey;

- located in west-central Turkey;

- it was formerly known as Angora and is the home of Angora goats;

- syn. Angora, Turkish capital, capital of Turkey;

ankle / æ ŋ k ɫ /
n1
a gliding joint between the distal ends of the tibia and fibula and the proximal end of the talus;

- syn. ankle joint, articulatio talocruralis, mortise joint;

ankle-deep
a1
coming only to the ankle or knee;

- syn. knee-deep;

- sim. shallow;

ankle brace
n1
a brace worn to strengthen the ankle;

ankle bracelet
n1
an ornament worn around the ankle;

- syn. anklet;

ankle joint
n1
a gliding joint between the distal ends of the tibia and fibula and the proximal end of the talus;

- syn. ankle, articulatio talocruralis, mortise joint;

anklebone / æ ŋ k ɫ b oʊ n /
n1
the bone in the ankle that articulates with the leg bones to form the ankle joint;

- syn. astragal, astragalus, talus;

anklet / æ ŋ k ɫ ɪ t /
n1
a shoe for a child or woman that has a strap around the ankle;

n2
a sock that reaches just above the ankle;

- syn. anklets, bobbysock, bobbysocks;

n3
an ornament worn around the ankle;

- syn. ankle bracelet;

anklets / æ ŋ k ɫ ɪ t s /
n1
a sock that reaches just above the ankle;

- syn. anklet, bobbysock, bobbysocks;

ankus
n1
an elephant goad with a sharp spike and a hook;

ankyloglossia
n1
a congenital anomaly in which the mucous membrane under the tongue is too short limiting the mobility of the tongue;

- syn. tongue tie;

ankylosaur
n1
having the back covered with thick bony plates;

- thought to have walked with a sprawling gait resembling a lizard's;

- syn. ankylosaurus;

ankylosaurus
n1
having the back covered with thick bony plates;

- thought to have walked with a sprawling gait resembling a lizard's;

- syn. ankylosaur;

ankylose
v1
produce ankylosis by surgery;

- syn. ancylose;

v2
undergo ankylosis;

- "joints ankylose";

- syn. ancylose;

ankylosing spondylitis
n1
a chronic form of spondylitis primarily in males and marked by impaired mobility of the spine;

- sometimes leads to ankylosis;

- syn. Marie-Strumpell disease, rheumatoid spondylitis;

ankylosis
n1
abnormal adhesion and rigidity of the bones of a joint;

- syn. anchylosis;

ankylotic
a1
relating to or characteristic of the abnormality ankylosis;

anlage
n1
an organ in its earliest stage of development;

- the foundation for subsequent development;

- syn. primordium;

Ann Arbor
n1
a city in southern Michigan near Detroit;

- site of the University of Michigan;

anna / æ n ə /
n1
a former copper coin of Pakistan and India;

Anna Amalia Mercouri
n1
Greek film actress (1925-1994);

- syn. Melina Mercouri, Mercouri;

Anna Eleanor Roosevelt
n1
wife of Franklin Roosevelt and a strong advocate of human rights (1884-1962);

- syn. Eleanor Roosevelt, Roosevelt;

Anna Howard Shaw
n1
United States physician and suffragist (1847-1919);

- syn. Shaw;

Anna Mary Robertson Moses
n1
United States painter of colorful and primitive rural scenes (1860-1961);

- syn. Grandma Moses, Moses;

Anna Pavlova
n1
Russian ballerina (1882-1931);

- syn. Pavlova;

Annaba
n1
a port city of northeastern Algeria near the Tunisian border;

annalist / æ n ə ɫ ɪ s t /
n1
a historian who writes annals;

annalistic / æ n ə ɫ ɪ s t ɪ k /
a1
relating to annals;

- "a book with an annalistic approach";

annals / æ n ɫ z /
n1
reports of the work of a society or learned body etc;

n2
a chronological account of events in successive years;

- syn. chronological record;

Annam
n1
a communist state in Indochina on the South China Sea;

- achieved independence from France in 1945;

- syn. Socialist Republic of Vietnam, Viet Nam, Vietnam;

Annamese / æ n ə m i z /
n1
a native or inhabitant of Vietnam;

- syn. Vietnamese;

n2
the Mon-Khmer language spoken in Vietnam;

- syn. Annamite, Vietnamese;

Annamite / æ n ə m aɪ t /
n1
the Mon-Khmer language spoken in Vietnam;

- syn. Annamese, Vietnamese;

Annapolis / æ n æ p ə ɫ ɪ s /
n1
state capital of Maryland;

- site of the United States Naval Academy;

- syn. capital of Maryland;

Annapurna
n1
wife of Siva and a benevolent aspect of Devi: Hindu goddess of plenty;

- syn. Anapurna, Parvati;

n2
a mountain in the Himalayas in Nepal (26,500 feet high);

- syn. Anapurna;

Anne / æ n /
n1
Queen of England and Scotland and Ireland;

- daughter if James II and the last of the Stuart monarchs;

- in 1707 she was the last English ruler to exercise the royal veto over parliament (1665-1714);

Anne Boleyn
n1
the second wife of Henry VIII and mother of Elizabeth I;

- was executed on a charge of adultery (1507-1536);

- syn. Boleyn;

Anne Bradstreet
n1
poet in colonial America (born in England) (1612-1672);

- syn. Anne Dudley Bradstreet, Bradstreet;

Anne Bronte
n1
English novelist;

- youngest of three Bronte sisters (1820-1849);

- syn. Bronte;

Anne Dudley Bradstreet
n1
poet in colonial America (born in England) (1612-1672);

- syn. Anne Bradstreet, Bradstreet;

Anne Hathaway
n1
wife of William Shakespeare (1556-1623);

- syn. Hathaway;

Anne Hutchinson
n1
American colonist (born in England) who was banished from Boston for her religious views (1591-1643);

- syn. Hutchinson;

Anne Mansfield Sullivan
n1
United States educator who was the teacher and lifelong companion of Helen Keller (1866-1936);

- syn. Anne Sullivan, Sullivan;

Anne Robert Jacques Turgot
n1
French economist who in 1774 was put in control of finances by Louis XVI;

- his proposals for reforms that involved abolishing feudal privileges made him unpopular with the aristocracy and in 1776 he was dismissed (1727-1781);

- syn. Turgot;

Anne Sexton
n1
United States poet (1928-1974);

- syn. Sexton;

Anne Sullivan
n1
United States educator who was the teacher and lifelong companion of Helen Keller (1866-1936);

- syn. Anne Mansfield Sullivan, Sullivan;

anneal / ə n i ɫ /
v1
bring to a desired consistency, texture, or hardness by a process of gradually heating and cooling;

- "temper glass";

- syn. normalize, temper;

annealing / ə n i ɫ ɪ ŋ /
n1
hardening something by heat treatment;

- syn. tempering;

annelid / æ n ɫ ɪ d /
n1
worms with cylindrical bodies segmented both internally and externally;

- syn. annelid worm, segmented worm;

a1
relating to or belonging to or characteristic of any worms of the phylum Annelida;

- syn. annelidan;

annelid worm
n1
worms with cylindrical bodies segmented both internally and externally;

- syn. annelid, segmented worm;

Annelida
n1
segmented worms: earthworms;

- lugworms;

- leeches;

- syn. phylum Annelida;

annelidan
a1
relating to or belonging to or characteristic of any worms of the phylum Annelida;

- syn. annelid;

annex / æ n ɛ k s , ə n ɛ k s /
n1
an addition that extends a main building;

- syn. annexe, extension, wing;

v1
take (territory) as if by conquest;

- "Hitler annexed Lithuania";

v2
attach to;

annexa
n1
accessory or adjoining anatomical parts or appendages to an organ (especially of the embryo);

- "Fallopian tubes and ovaries are adnexa of the uterus";

- syn. adnexa;

annexal
a1
of or pertaining to adnexa;

- syn. adnexal;

annexation / æ n ɛ k s eɪ ʃ n /
n1
incorporation by joining or uniting;

- syn. appropriation;

n2
the formal act of acquiring something (especially territory) by conquest or occupation;

- "the French annexation of Madagascar as a colony in 1896";

- "a protectorate has frequently been a first step to annexation";

annexational / æ n ɛ k s eɪ ʃ n ə ɫ /
a1
relating to annexation;

annexe / æ n ɛ k s /
n1
an addition that extends a main building;

- syn. annex, extension, wing;

Annie Oakley
n1
United States sharpshooter who was featured in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show (1860-1926);

- syn. Oakley;

Anniellidae
n1
legless lizards;

- syn. family Anniellidae;

annihilate / ə n aɪ ə ɫ eɪ t /
v1
kill in large numbers;

- "the plague wiped out an entire population";

- syn. carry off, decimate, eliminate, eradicate, extinguish, wipe out;

annihilated / ə n aɪ ə ɫ eɪ t ɪ d /
a1
destroyed completely;

- syn. exterminated, wiped out;

- sim. destroyed;

annihilating / ə n aɪ ə ɫ eɪ t ɪ ŋ /
a1
wreaking or capable of wreaking complete destruction;

- "possessing annihilative power";

- "a devastating hurricane";

- "the guns opened a withering fire";

- syn. annihilative, devastating, withering;

- sim. destructive;

a2
making light of;

- "afire with annihilating invective";

- "a devastating portrait of human folly";

- "to compliments inflated I've a withering reply"- W.S.Gilbert;

- syn. devastating, withering;

- sim. disrespectful;

annihilation / ə n aɪ ə ɫ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
destruction by annihilating something;

- syn. obliteration;

n2
total destruction;

- "bomb tests resulted in the annihilation of the atoll";

- syn. disintegration;

annihilative
a1
wreaking or capable of wreaking complete destruction;

- "possessing annihilative power";

- "a devastating hurricane";

- "the guns opened a withering fire";

- syn. annihilating, devastating, withering;

- sim. destructive;

annihilator / ə n aɪ ə ɫ eɪ t ə /
n1
a total destroyer;

anniversary / æ n ɪ v ɝ s ə ɹ i /
n1
the date on which an event occurred in some previous year (or the celebration of it);

- syn. day of remembrance;

anno Domini / æ n oʊ d ɒ m ɪ n aɪ /
r1
in the Christian era;

- used before dates after the supposed year Christ was born;

- "in AD 200";

- syn. A.D., AD;

annon
n1
sweet pulpy tropical fruit with thick scaly rind and shiny black seeds;

- syn. sugar apple, sweetsop;

Annona
n1
type genus of the Annonaceae;

- tropical American trees or shrubs;

- syn. genus Annona;

Annona cherimola
n1
small tropical American tree bearing round or oblong fruit;

- syn. cherimoya, cherimoya tree;

Annona diversifolia
n1
tropical American tree grown in southern United States having a whitish pink-tinged fruit;

- syn. ilama, ilama tree;

Annona glabra
n1
small evergreen tree of tropical America with edible fruit;

- used chiefly as grafting stock;

- syn. pond-apple tree, pond apple;

Annona muricata
n1
small tropical American tree bearing large succulent slightly acid fruit;

- syn. prickly custard apple, soursop, soursop tree;

Annona reticulata
n1
small tropical American tree bearing a bristly heart-shaped acid tropical fruit;

- syn. bullock's heart, bullock's heart tree, bullock heart;

Annona squamosa
n1
tropical American tree bearing sweet pulpy fruit with thick scaly rind and shiny black seeds;

- syn. sweetsop, sweetsop tree;

Annonaceae
n1
chiefly tropical trees or shrubs;

- syn. custard-apple family, family Annonaceae;

annotate / æ n ə t eɪ t /
v1
add explanatory notes to or supply with critical comments;

- "The scholar annotated the early edition of a famous novel";

- syn. footnote;

v2
provide interlinear explanations for words or phrases;

- "He annotated on what his teacher had written";

- syn. comment, gloss;

annotating / æ n ə t eɪ t ɪ ŋ /
n1
the act of adding notes;

- syn. annotation;

annotation / æ n ə t eɪ ʃ n /
n1
a comment or instruction (usually added);

- "his notes were appended at the end of the article";

- "he added a short notation to the address on the envelope";

- syn. notation, note;

n2
the act of adding notes;

- syn. annotating;

annotator / æ n oʊ t eɪ t ə /
n1
a commentator who writes notes to a text;

announce / ə n aʊ n s /
v1
make known;

- make an announcement;

- "She denoted her feelings clearly";

- syn. denote;

v2
announce publicly or officially;

- "The President declared war";

- syn. declare;

v3
give the names of;

- "He announced the winners of the spelling bee";

v4
foreshadow or presage;

- syn. annunciate, foretell, harbinger, herald;

announced / ə n aʊ n s t /
a1
declared publicly;

- made widely known;

- "their announced intentions";

- "the newspaper's proclaimed adherence to the government's policy";

- syn. proclaimed;

- sim. declared;

announcement / ə n aʊ n s m ə n t /
n1
a formal public statement;

- "the government made an announcement about changes in the drug war";

- "a declaration of independence";

- syn. annunciation, declaration, proclamation;

n2
a public statement containing information about an event that has happened or is going to happen;

- "the announcement appeared in the local newspaper";

- "the promulgation was written in English";

- syn. promulgation;

announcer / ə n aʊ n s ə , ə n aʊ n s ə ɹ /
n1
someone who proclaims a message publicly;

n2
reads news, commercials on radio or television;

annoy / ə n ɔɪ /
v1
cause annoyance in;

- disturb, especially by minor irritations;

- "Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me";

- "It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves";

- syn. bother, chafe, devil, get at, get to, gravel, irritate, nark, nettle, rag, rile, vex;

annoyance / ə n ɔɪ ə n s /
n1
the psychological state of being irritated or annoyed;

- syn. botheration, irritation, vexation;

n2
anger produced by some annoying irritation;

- syn. chafe, vexation;

n3
an unpleasant person who is annoying or exasperating;

- syn. aggravator;

n4
something or someone that causes trouble;

- a source of unhappiness;

- "washing dishes was a nuisance before we got a dish washer";

- "a bit of a bother";

- "he's not a friend, he's an infliction";

- syn. bother, botheration, infliction, pain, pain in the ass, pain in the neck;

n5
the act of troubling or annoying someone;

- syn. annoying, irritation, vexation;

annoyed / ə n ɔɪ d /
a1
aroused to impatience or anger;

- "made an irritated gesture";

- "feeling nettled from the constant teasing";

- "peeved about being left out";

- "felt really pissed at her snootiness";

- "riled no end by his lies";

- "roiled by the delay";

- syn. irritated, miffed, nettled, peeved, pissed, pissed off, riled, roiled, steamed, stung;

- sim. displeased;

a2
troubled persistently especially with petty annoyances;

- "harassed working mothers";

- "a harried expression";

- "her poor pestered father had to endure her constant interruptions";

- "the vexed parents of an unruly teenager";

- syn. harassed, harried, pestered, vexed;

- sim. troubled;

annoyer / ə n ɔɪ ə , ə n ɔɪ ə ɹ /
n1
someone given to teasing (as by mocking or stirring curiosity);

- syn. tease, teaser, vexer;

annoying / ə n ɔɪ ɪ ŋ /
n1
the act of troubling or annoying someone;

- syn. annoyance, irritation, vexation;

a1
causing irritation or annoyance;

- "tapping an annoying rhythm on his glass with his fork";

- "aircraft noise is particularly bothersome near the airport";

- "found it galling to have to ask permission";

- "an irritating delay";

- "nettlesome paperwork";

- "a pesky mosquito";

- "swarms of pestering gnats";

- "a plaguey newfangled safety catch";

- "a teasing and persistent thought annoyed him";

- "a vexatious child";

- "it is vexing to have to admit you are wrong";

- syn. bothersome, galling, irritating, nettlesome, pesky, pestering, pestiferous, plaguey, plaguy, teasing, vexatious, vexing;

- sim. disagreeable;

annoyingly
r1
in an annoying manner or to an annoying degree;

annual / æ n j ʊə ɫ /
n1
(botany) a plant that completes its entire life cycle within the space of a year;

n2
a reference book that is published regularly once every year;

- syn. yearbook, yearly;

a1
completing its life cycle within a year;

- "a border of annual flowering plants";

- syn. one-year;

a2
occurring or payable every year;

- "an annual trip to Paris";

- "yearly medical examinations";

- "annual (or yearly) income";

- syn. yearly;

- sim. periodic;

annual fern
n1
small short-lived fern of Central and South America;

- syn. Anogramma leptophylla, Jersey fern;

annual parallax
n1
the parallax of a celestial body using two points in the earth's orbit around the sun as the baseline;

- syn. heliocentric parallax;

annual ring
n1
an annual formation of wood in plants as they grow;

- syn. growth ring;

annual salt-marsh aster
n1
a variety of aster;

annually / æ n j ʊə ɫ i /
r1
without missing a year;

- "they travel to China annually";

- syn. each year, every year, yearly;

r2
by the year;

- every year (usually with reference to a sum of money paid or received);

- "he earned $100,000 per annum";

- "we issue six volumes per annum";

- syn. each year, p.a., per annum, per year;

annualry
n1
the third finger (especially of the left hand);

- syn. ring finger;

annuitant / ə n j u ɪ t ə n t /
n1
the recipient of an annuity;

annuity / ə n j u ɪ t i /
n1
income from capital investment paid in a series of regular payments;

- "his retirement fund was set up to be paid as an annuity";

- syn. rente;

annuity in advance
n1
an annuity paid in a series of more or less equal payments at the beginning of equally spaced periods;

- "rent payable in advance constitutes an annuity in advance for the landlord";

annul / ə n ʌ ɫ /
v1
declare invalid;

- "The contract was annulled";

- "void a plea";

- syn. avoid, invalidate, nullify, quash, void;

v2
cancel officially;

- "He revoked the ban on smoking";

- "lift an embargo";

- "vacate a death sentence";

- syn. countermand, lift, overturn, repeal, rescind, reverse, revoke, vacate;

annular / æ n j ʊ ɫ ə , æ n j ʊ ɫ ə ɹ /
a1
shaped like a ring;

- syn. annulate, annulated, circinate, doughnut-shaped, ring-shaped, ringed;

- sim. rounded;

annular eclipse
n1
only a thin outer disk of the sun can be seen;

annular scotoma
n1
a circular scotoma surrounding the center of the field of vision;

annulate / æ n j ʊ ɫ eɪ t /
a1
shaped like a ring;

- syn. annular, annulated, circinate, doughnut-shaped, ring-shaped, ringed;

- sim. rounded;

annulated / æ n j ʊ ɫ eɪ t ɪ d /
a1
shaped like a ring;

- syn. annular, annulate, circinate, doughnut-shaped, ring-shaped, ringed;

- sim. rounded;

annulet
n1
(heraldry) a charge in the shape of a small ring;

n2
molding in the form of a ring;

- at top of a column;

- syn. bandelet, bandelette, bandlet, square and rabbet;

annulment / ə n ʌ ɫ m ə n t /
n1
the state of being cancelled or annulled;

- syn. revocation;

n2
(law) a formal termination (of a relationship or a judicial proceeding etc);

- syn. invalidation;

n3
the act of abrogating;

- an official or legal cancellation;

- syn. abrogation, repeal;

annulus
n1
a toroidal shape;

- "a ring of ships in the harbor";

- "a halo of smoke";

- syn. anchor ring, doughnut, halo, ring;

n2
(Fungi) a remnant of the partial veil that in mature mushrooms surrounds the stem like a collar;

- syn. skirt;

annum
n1
(Latin) year;

- "per annum";

annunciate / ə n ʌ n s ɪ eɪ t /
v1
foreshadow or presage;

- syn. announce, foretell, harbinger, herald;

Annunciation / ə n ʌ n s ɪ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
a festival commemorating the announcement of the Incarnation by the angel Gabriel to the Virgin Mary;

- a quarter day in England, Wales, and Ireland;

- syn. Annunciation Day, Lady Day, March 25;

n2
(Christianity) the announcement to the Virgin Mary by the angel Gabriel of the incarnation of Christ;

n3
a formal public statement;

- "the government made an announcement about changes in the drug war";

- "a declaration of independence";

- syn. announcement, declaration, proclamation;

Annunciation Day
n1
a festival commemorating the announcement of the Incarnation by the angel Gabriel to the Virgin Mary;

- a quarter day in England, Wales, and Ireland;

- syn. Annunciation, Lady Day, March 25;

Annunciation lily
n1
lily of eastern Mediterranean and the Balkans with broad funnel-shaped white flowers;

- syn. Lent lily, Lilium candidum, Madonna lily, white lily;

annunciator / ə n ʌ n s ɪ eɪ t ə /
n1
an indicator that announces which electrical circuit has been active (as on a telephone switchboard);

annunciatory / ə n ʌ n s ɪə t ə ɹ i /
a1
relating to the act of announcing or being announced;

Annwfn
n1
(Welsh mythology) the other world;

- land of fairies;

- syn. Annwn;

Annwn
n1
(Welsh mythology) the other world;

- land of fairies;

- syn. Annwfn;

ANO
n1
a Palestinian international terrorist organization that split from the PLO in 1974;

- has conducted terrorist attacks in 20 countries;

- "in the 1980s the Fatah-RC was considered the most dangerous and murderous Palestinian terror group";

- syn. Abu Nidal Organization, Arab Revolutionary Brigades, Black September, Fatah-RC, Fatah Revolutionary Council, Revolutionary Organization of Socialist Muslims;

anoa
n1
small buffalo of the Celebes having small straight horns;

- syn. Anoa depressicornis, dwarf buffalo;

Anoa depressicornis
n1
small buffalo of the Celebes having small straight horns;

- syn. anoa, dwarf buffalo;

Anoa mindorensis
n1
small buffalo of Mindoro in the Philippines;

- syn. Bubalus mindorensis, tamarao, tamarau;

Anobiidae
n1
deathwatch beetles;

- syn. family Anobiidae;

anodal / æ n oʊ d ɫ /
a1
of or at or relating to an anode;

- syn. anodic;

anode / æ n oʊ d /
n1
a positively charged electrode by which electrons leave an electrical device;

n2
the negatively charged terminal of a voltaic cell or storage battery that supplies current;

anodic
a1
of or at or relating to an anode;

- syn. anodal;

anodise
v1
coat a metal with an oxide coat;

- syn. anodize;

anodize
v1
coat a metal with an oxide coat;

- syn. anodise;

Anodonta
n1
thin-shelled freshwater mussels;

- syn. genus Anodonta;

anodyne / æ n ə d aɪ n /
n1
a medicine used to relieve pain;

- syn. analgesic, pain pill, painkiller;

a1
capable of relieving pain;

- "the anodyne properties of certain drugs";

- "an analgesic effect";

- syn. analgesic, analgetic;

- sim. moderating;

Anoectochilus
n1
genus of delicate Asiatic orchids;

- syn. genus Anoectochilus;

anoestrous
a1
of or relating to anestrus;

- syn. anestric, anestrous;

anoestrum
n1
applies to nonhuman mammals: a state or interval of sexual inactivity between two periods of estrus;

- syn. anestrum, anestrus, anoestrus;

anoestrus
n1
applies to nonhuman mammals: a state or interval of sexual inactivity between two periods of estrus;

- syn. anestrum, anestrus, anoestrum;

Anogramma
n1
a genus of ferns belonging to the family Pteridaceae;

- syn. genus Anogramma;

Anogramma leptophylla
n1
small short-lived fern of Central and South America;

- syn. Jersey fern, annual fern;

anoint / ə n ɔɪ n t /
v1
choose by or as if by divine intervention;

- "She was anointed the head of the Christian fundamentalist group";

v2
administer an oil or ointment to;

- often in a religious ceremony of blessing;

- syn. anele, embrocate, inunct, oil;

anointer / ə n ɔɪ n t ə , ə n ɔɪ n t ə ɹ /
n1
one who anoints as a religious ceremony;

anointing / ə n ɔɪ n t ɪ ŋ /
n1
the act of applying oil or an oily liquid;

- syn. anointment;

anointing of the sick
n1
a Catholic sacrament;

- a priest anoints a dying person with oil and prays for salvation;

- syn. extreme unction, last rites;

anointment / ə n ɔɪ n t m ə n t /
n1
the act of applying oil or an oily liquid;

- syn. anointing;

anole / æ n oʊ ɫ /
n1
small arboreal tropical American insectivorous lizards with the ability to change skin color;

- syn. American chameleon, Anolis carolinensis;

Anolis
n1
New World chameleons;

- syn. genus Anolis;

Anolis carolinensis
n1
small arboreal tropical American insectivorous lizards with the ability to change skin color;

- syn. American chameleon, anole;

Anomala
n1
genus of beetles whose grubs feed mainly on roots of plants;

- includes several pests of cultivated grasses;

- syn. genus Anomala;

Anomala orientalis
n1
introduced into United States from the Orient;

- larvae feed on roots of sugarcane and other grasses;

- syn. Asiatic beetle, Oriental beetle;

anomalist / ə n ɒ m ə ɫ ɪ s t /
n1
someone who has a special interest in exceptional cases;

anomalistic month
n1
period between successive perigees;

- approximately 27.5546 days;

anomalistic year
n1
time of the earth's revolution from perihelion to perihelion again;

- 365 days and 6 hr and 13 min and 53.1 sec;

Anomalopidae
n1
a family of fish including: flashlight fishes;

- syn. family Anomalopidae;

anomalops
n1
fish having a luminous organ beneath eye;

- of warm waters of the western Pacific and Puerto Rico;

- syn. flashlight fish;

anomalopteryx
n1
the smallest moa;

- slender moa about the size of a large turkey;

- syn. Anomalopteryx oweni;

Anomalopteryx oweni
n1
the smallest moa;

- slender moa about the size of a large turkey;

- syn. anomalopteryx;

anomalous / ə n ɒ m ə ɫ ə s /
a1
deviating from the general or common order or type;

- "advanced forms of life may be anomalous in the universe";

- sim. abnormal;

anomalous communication
n1
communication by paranormal means;

- syn. psychic communication, psychical communication;

anomalously / ə n ɒ m ə ɫ ə s ɫ i /
r1
in an anomalous manner;

- "this man behaves anomalously";

anomalousness / ə n ɒ m ə ɫ ə s n ə s /
n1
deviation from the normal or common order or form or rule;

- syn. anomaly;

anomaly / ə n ɒ m ə ɫ i /
n1
deviation from the normal or common order or form or rule;

- syn. anomalousness;

n2
a person who is unusual;

- syn. unusual person;

n3
(astronomy) position of a planet as defined by its angular distance from its perihelion (as observed from the sun);

anomia
n1
inability to name objects or to recognize written or spoken names of objects;

- syn. amnesic aphasia, amnestic aphasia, anomic aphasia, nominal aphasia;

n2
type genus of the family Anomiidae: saddle oysters;

- syn. genus Anomia;

Anomia ephippium
n1
thin-shelled bivalve having the right valve deeply notched;

- syn. saddle oyster;

anomic
a1
socially disoriented;

- "anomic loners musing over their fate";

- "we live in an age of rootless alienated people";

- syn. alienated, disoriented;

- sim. unoriented;

anomic aphasia
n1
inability to name objects or to recognize written or spoken names of objects;

- syn. amnesic aphasia, amnestic aphasia, anomia, nominal aphasia;

anomie
n1
personal state of isolation and anxiety resulting from a lack of social control and regulation;

- syn. anomy;

n2
lack of moral standards in a society;

- syn. anomy;

Anomiidae
n1
saddle oysters;

- syn. family Anomiidae;

anomy
n1
personal state of isolation and anxiety resulting from a lack of social control and regulation;

- syn. anomie;

n2
lack of moral standards in a society;

- syn. anomie;

anon / ə n ɒ n /
r1
at another time;

- "ever and anon";

r2
(old-fashioned or informal) in a little while;

- "see you anon";

anon.
a1
having no known name or identity or known source;

- "anonymous authors";

- "anonymous donors";

- "an anonymous gift";

- syn. anonymous;

- sim. nameless;

anonym / æ n ə n ɪ m /
n1
a fictitious name used when the person performs a particular social role;

- syn. nom de guerre, pseudonym;

anonymity / æ n ə n ɪ m ɪ t i /
n1
the state of being anonymous;

- syn. namelessness;

anonymous / ə n ɒ n ɪ m ə s /
a1
having no known name or identity or known source;

- "anonymous authors";

- "anonymous donors";

- "an anonymous gift";

- syn. anon.;

- sim. nameless;

a2
not known or lacking marked individuality;

- "brown anonymous houses";

- "anonymous bureaucrats in the Civil Service";

- sim. faceless;

anonymous file transfer protocol
n1
a common way to make software available;

- users are allowed to log in as `guest' without a password and copy whatever has been made available;

- syn. anonymous ftp;

anonymous ftp
n1
a common way to make software available;

- users are allowed to log in as `guest' without a password and copy whatever has been made available;

- syn. anonymous file transfer protocol;

anonymously / ə n ɒ n ɪ m ə s ɫ i /
r1
without giving a name;

- "she wrote these letters anonymously";

anoperineal
a1
relating to the anus and surrounding perineum;

Anopheles / ə n ɒ f ɪ ɫ i z /
n1
malaria mosquitoes;

- distinguished by the adult's head-downward stance and absence of breathing tubes in the larvae;

- syn. genus Anopheles;

anopheline
n1
any mosquito of the genus Anopheles;

a1
relating to or characteristic of malaria mosquitoes;

anopia
n1
sightlessness (especially because of a structural defect in or the absence of an eye);

Anoplophora glabripennis
n1
a beetle from China that has been found in the United States and is a threat to hardwood trees;

- lives inside the tree;

- no natural predators in the United States;

- syn. Asian longhorned beetle;

Anoplura
n1
sucking lice;

- syn. order Anoplura;

anorak / æ n ə ɹ æ k /
n1
a kind of heavy jacket (`windcheater' is a British term);

- syn. parka, windbreaker, windcheater;

anorchia
n1
absence of one of both testes;

- syn. anorchidism, anorchism;

anorchidism
n1
absence of one of both testes;

- syn. anorchia, anorchism;

anorchism
n1
absence of one of both testes;

- syn. anorchia, anorchidism;

anorectal
a1
pertaining to the anus and rectum considered together;

anorectic
n1
a person suffering from anorexia nervosa;

- syn. anorexic;

a1
suffering from anorexia nervosa;

- pathologically thin;

- syn. anorexic;

- sim. thin;

a2
causing loss of appetite;

- "an anorectic (or anorexigenic) drug";

- syn. anorexigenic;

- sim. causative;

anorexia
n1
a prolonged disorder of eating due to loss of appetite;

anorexia nervosa
n1
(psychiatry) a psychological disorder characterized by somatic delusions that you are too fat despite being emaciated;

anorexic
n1
a person suffering from anorexia nervosa;

- syn. anorectic;

a1
suffering from anorexia nervosa;

- pathologically thin;

- syn. anorectic;

- sim. thin;

anorexigenic
a1
causing loss of appetite;

- "an anorectic (or anorexigenic) drug";

- syn. anorectic;

- sim. causative;

anorgasmia
n1
absence of an orgasm in sexual relations;

anorthic
a1
having three unequal crystal axes intersecting at oblique angles;

- "triclinic system";

- syn. triclinic;

anorthite
n1
rare plagioclastic feldspar occurring in many igneous rocks;

anorthitic
a1
characteristic of anorthite;

anorthography
n1
a loss of the ability to write or to express thoughts in writing because of a brain lesion;

- syn. agraphia, logagraphia;

anorthopia
n1
distorted vision in which straight lines appear curved;

anosmatic
a1
relating to an impairment or loss of the sense of smell;

- syn. anosmic;

anosmia
n1
absence of the sense of smell (as by damage to olfactory nasal tissue or the olfactory nerve or by obstruction of the nasal passages);

anosmic
a1
relating to an impairment or loss of the sense of smell;

- syn. anosmatic;

a2
having impaired sense of smell;

- sim. impaired;

Anostraca
n1
small aquatic crustaceans lacking a carapace: fairy shrimps;

- brine shrimps;

- syn. order Anostraca;

another / ə n ʌ ð ə , ə n ʌ ð ə ɹ /
a1
any of various alternatives;

- some other;

- "put it off to another (or some other) day";

- syn. some other;

- sim. other;

Anouilh
n1
French dramatist noted for his reinterpretations of Greek myths (1910-1987);

- syn. Jean Anouilh;

ANOVA / æ n oʊ v ə /
n1
a statistical method for making simultaneous comparisons between two or more means;

- a statistical method that yields values that can be tested to determine whether a significant relation exists between variables;

- syn. analysis of variance;

anovulant
n1
a contraceptive in the form of a pill containing estrogen and progestin to inhibit ovulation and so prevent conception;

- syn. anovulatory drug, birth control pill, contraceptive pill, oral contraceptive, oral contraceptive pill, pill;

anovulation
n1
the absence of ovulation due to immaturity or post-maturity or pregnancy or oral contraceptive pills or dysfunction of the ovary;

anovulatory drug
n1
a contraceptive in the form of a pill containing estrogen and progestin to inhibit ovulation and so prevent conception;

- syn. anovulant, birth control pill, contraceptive pill, oral contraceptive, oral contraceptive pill, pill;

anoxemia
n1
abnormally low oxygen content in arterial blood;

anoxemic
a1
relating to or marked by abnormally little oxygen in arterial blood;

anoxia
n1
severe hypoxia;

- absence of oxygen in inspired gases or in arterial blood or in the tissues;

anoxic
a1
relating to or marked by a severe deficiency of oxygen in tissues or organs;

anoxic anoxia
n1
anoxia resulting from defective oxygenation of the blood in the lungs;

Anpu
n1
Egyptian god of tombs and ruler of the underworld;

- usually depicted as a man with the head of a jackal;

- syn. Anubis;

ANS
n1
the part of the nervous system of vertebrates that controls involuntary actions of the smooth muscles and heart and glands;

- syn. autonomic nervous system;

Ansaid
n1
a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Ansaid) that is administered only orally;

- syn. flurbiprofen;

Ansar al-Islam
n1
a radical Islamic group of terrorists in the Iraqi part of Kurdistan who oppose an independent secular nation as advocated by the United States;

- some members fought with the Taliban and al-Qaeda forces in Afghanistan;

- said to receive financial support from Saddam Hussein;

- syn. Ansar al Islam, Supporters of Islam;

Ansar al Islam
n1
a radical Islamic group of terrorists in the Iraqi part of Kurdistan who oppose an independent secular nation as advocated by the United States;

- some members fought with the Taliban and al-Qaeda forces in Afghanistan;

- said to receive financial support from Saddam Hussein;

- syn. Ansar al-Islam, Supporters of Islam;

Anselm
n1
an Italian who was a Benedictine monk;

- was archbishop of Canterbury from 1093 to 1109;

- one of the founders of scholasticism;

- best known for his proof of the existence of God;

- syn. Saint Anselm, St. Anselm;

Anser
n1
typical geese;

- syn. genus Anser;

Anser anser
n1
common grey wild goose of Europe;

- ancestor of many domestic breeds;

- syn. graylag, graylag goose, greylag, greylag goose;

Anser cygnoides
n1
very large wild goose of northeast Asia;

- interbreeds freely with the greylag;

- syn. Chinese goose;

Anseres / æ n s ə ɹ i z /
n1
used in some especially older classifications;

- coextensive with the family Anatidae;

- syn. suborder Anseres;

anseriform bird
n1
chiefly web-footed swimming birds;

Anseriformes
n1
ducks;

- geese;

- swans;

- screamers;

- syn. order Anseriformes;

Anserinae
n1
used in some classifications for the swans;

- syn. subfamily Anserinae;

anserine / æ n s ə ɹ aɪ n /
a1
of or resembling a goose;

a2
having or revealing stupidity;

- "ridiculous anserine behavior";

- "a dopey answer";

- "a dopey kid";

- "some fool idea about rewriting authors' books";

- syn. dopey, dopy, foolish, gooselike, goosey, goosy, jerky;

- sim. stupid;

Anshar
n1
the Babylonian father of the gods;

- identified with Assyrian Ashur;

- in Sumerian the name signifies `the totality of the upper world';

answer / ɑ n s ə , ɑ n s ə ɹ /
n1
a statement (either spoken or written) that is made to reply to a question or request or criticism or accusation;

- "I waited several days for his answer";

- "he wrote replies to several of his critics";

- syn. reply, response;

n2
a statement that solves a problem or explains how to solve the problem;

- "they were trying to find a peaceful solution";

- "the answers were in the back of the book";

- "he computed the result to four decimal places";

- syn. resolution, result, solution, solvent;

n3
the speech act of replying to a question;

n4
the principal pleading by the defendant in response to plaintiff's complaint;

- in criminal law it consists of the defendant's plea of `guilty' or `not guilty' (or nolo contendere);

- in civil law it must contain denials of all allegations in the plaintiff's complaint that the defendant hopes to controvert and it can contain affirmative defenses or counterclaims;

n5
a nonverbal reaction;

- "his answer to any problem was to get drunk";

- "their answer was to sue me";

v1
react verbally;

- "She didn't want to answer";

- "answer the question";

- "We answered that we would accept the invitation";

- syn. reply, respond;

v2
respond to a signal;

- "answer the door";

- "answer the telephone";

v3
give the correct answer or solution to;

- "answer a question";

- "answer the riddle";

v4
understand the meaning of;

- "The question concerning the meaning of life cannot be answered";

- syn. resolve;

v5
give a defence or refutation of (a charge) or in (an argument);

- "The defendant answered to all the charges of the prosecution";

v6
be liable or accountable;

- "She must answer for her actions";

v7
be sufficient;

- be adequate, either in quality or quantity;

- "A few words would answer";

- "This car suits my purpose well";

- "Will $100 do?";

- "A `B' grade doesn't suffice to get me into medical school";

- "Nothing else will serve";

- syn. do, serve, suffice;

v8
match or correspond;

- "The drawing of the suspect answers to the description the victim gave";

v9
be satisfactory for;

- meet the requirements of or serve the purpose of;

- "This may answer her needs";

v10
react to a stimulus or command;

- "The steering of my new car answers to the slightest touch";

answer for
v1
furnish a justifying analysis or explanation;

- "I can't account for the missing money";

- syn. account;

answerability / æ n s ə ɹ ə b ɪ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
responsibility to someone or for some activity;

- syn. accountability, answerableness;

answerable / æ n s ə ɹ ə b ɫ /
a1
capable of being answered;

- sim. soluble;

a2
morally or legally responsible to a higher authority;

- "parents are answerable for their child's acts";

- sim. responsible;

answerableness / æ n s ə ɹ ə b ɫ n ɪ s /
n1
responsibility to someone or for some activity;

- syn. accountability, answerability;

answerer / ɑ n s ə ɹ ə /
n1
someone who responds;

- syn. respondent, responder;

answering / ɑ n s ə ɹ ɪ ŋ /
a1
replying;

- "an answering glance";

- "an answering smile";

- syn. respondent;

- sim. responsive;

answering machine
n1
an electronic device that answers the telephone and records messages;

ant / æ n t /
n1
social insect living in organized colonies;

- characteristically the males and fertile queen have wings during breeding season;

- wingless sterile females are the workers;

- syn. emmet, pismire;

ant bear
n1
large shaggy-haired toothless anteater with long tongue and powerful claws;

- of South America;

- syn. Myrmecophaga jubata, giant anteater, great anteater, tamanoir;

n2
nocturnal burrowing mammal of the grasslands of Africa that feeds on termites;

- sole extant representative of the order Tubulidentata;

- syn. Orycteropus afer, aardvark, anteater;

ant bird
n1
any of various dull-colored South American birds that feeding on ants some following army ant swarms;

- syn. antbird;

ant cow
n1
excretes a honeylike substance eaten by ants;

ant lion
n1
the larva of any of several insects;

- syn. antlion, doodlebug;

n2
winged insect resembling a dragonfly;

- the larvae (doodlebugs) dig conical pits where they wait to catch e.g. ants;

- syn. antlion, antlion fly;

ant shrike
n1
antbirds superficially resembling shrikes;

ant thrush
n1
a kind of antbird;

Antabuse
n1
a drug (trade name Antabuse) used in the treatment of alcoholism;

- causes nausea and vomiting if alcohol is ingested;

- syn. disulfiram;

antacid / æ n t æ s ɪ d /
n1
an agent that counteracts or neutralizes acidity (especially in the stomach);

- syn. alkaliser, alkalizer, antiacid, gastric antacid;

a1
acting to neutralize acid (especially in the stomach);

- sim. antagonistic;

antagonise / æ n t æ ɡ ə n ɪ s /
v1
act in opposition to;

- syn. antagonize, counteract;

v2
provoke the hostility of;

- "Don't antagonize your boss";

- syn. antagonize;

antagonism / æ n t æ ɡ ə n ɪ z ə m /
n1
a state of deep-seated ill-will;

- syn. enmity, hostility;

n2
the relation between opposing principles or forces or factors;

- "the inherent antagonism of capitalism and socialism";

n3
an actively expressed feeling of dislike and hostility;

n4
(biochemistry) interference in or inhibition of the physiological action of a chemical substance by another having a similar structure;

antagonist / æ n t æ ɡ ə n ɪ s t /
n1
someone who offers opposition;

- syn. adversary, opponent, opposer, resister;

n2
a muscle that relaxes while another contracts;

- "when bending the elbow the triceps are the antagonist";

n3
a drug that neutralizes or counteracts the effects of another drug;

antagonistic / æ n t æ ɡ ə n ɪ s t ɪ k /
a1
indicating opposition or resistance;

- syn. counter;

- sim. negative;

a2
characterized by antagonism or antipathy;

- "slaves antagonistic to their masters";

- "antipathetic factions within the party";

- syn. antipathetic, antipathetical;

- sim. hostile;

a3
arousing animosity or hostility;

- "his antagonistic brusqueness";

- "Europe was antagonistic to the Unites States";

- sim. alienating;

a4
used especially of drugs or muscles that counteract or neutralize each other's effect;

- syn. incompatible;

- sim. antacid, antiphlogistic;

a5
incapable of harmonious association;

- sim. incompatible;

antagonistic muscle
n1
(physiology) a muscle that opposes the action of another;

- "the biceps and triceps are antagonistic muscles";

antagonistically / ə n t æ ɡ ə n ɪ s t ɪ k ɫ i /
r1
in an antagonistic manner;

- "he behaves antagonistically toward his colleagues";

antagonize / æ n t æ ɡ ə n aɪ z /
v1
provoke the hostility of;

- "Don't antagonize your boss";

- syn. antagonise;

v2
act in opposition to;

- syn. antagonise, counteract;

Antakiya
n1
a town in southern Turkey;

- ancient commercial center and capital of Syria;

- an early center of Christianity;

- syn. Antakya, Antioch;

Antakya
n1
a town in southern Turkey;

- ancient commercial center and capital of Syria;

- an early center of Christianity;

- syn. Antakiya, Antioch;

Antalya
n1
a port city in southwestern Turkey on the Gulf of Antalya;

- syn. Adalia;

Antananarivo
n1
the capital and largest city of Madagascar;

- syn. capital of Madagascar;

antapex
n1
the point opposite in direction from the solar apex;

- the point the solar system is moving away from;

Antarctic / æ n t ɑ k t ɪ k /
n1
the region around the south pole: Antarctica and surrounding waters;

- syn. Antarctic Zone, South Frigid Zone;

a1
at or near the south pole;

- syn. south-polar;

- sim. polar;

Antarctic Circle
n1
a line of latitude north of the south pole;

Antarctic continent
n1
an extremely cold continent at the south pole almost entirely below the Antarctic Circle;

- covered by an ice cap up to 13,000 feet deep;

- "Antarctica is twice the size of Australia";

- syn. Antarctica;

Antarctic Ocean
n1
the southern waters surrounding Antarctica;

Antarctic Peninsula
n1
a large peninsula of Antarctica that extends some 1200 miles north toward South America;

- separates the Weddell Sea from the South Pacific;

- syn. Palmer Peninsula;

Antarctic Zone
n1
the region around the south pole: Antarctica and surrounding waters;

- syn. Antarctic, South Frigid Zone;

Antarctica / æ n t ɑ k t ɪ k ə /
n1
an extremely cold continent at the south pole almost entirely below the Antarctic Circle;

- covered by an ice cap up to 13,000 feet deep;

- "Antarctica is twice the size of Australia";

- syn. Antarctic continent;

Antares / æ n t ɑ z /
n1
the brightest star in Scorpius;

antbird
n1
any of various dull-colored South American birds that feeding on ants some following army ant swarms;

- syn. ant bird;

ante / æ n t i /
n1
(poker) the initial contribution that each player makes to the pot;

v1
place one's stake;

ante meridiem / æ n t ɪ m ə ɹ ɪ d ɪə m /
a1
before noon;

- syn. a.m.;

- sim. antemeridian;

r1
before noon;

- "let's meet at 11 A.M.";

- syn. A.M.;

ante up
v1
cancel or discharge a debt;

- "pay up, please!";

- syn. pay, pay up;

anteater / æ n t i t ə /
n1
toothless mammal of southern Africa and Asia having a body covered with horny scales and a long snout for feeding on ants and termites;

- syn. pangolin, scaly anteater;

n2
any of several tropical American mammals of the family Myrmecophagidae which lack teeth and feed on ants and termites;

- syn. New World anteater;

n3
nocturnal burrowing mammal of the grasslands of Africa that feeds on termites;

- sole extant representative of the order Tubulidentata;

- syn. Orycteropus afer, aardvark, ant bear;

n4
small Australian marsupial having long snout and strong claws for feeding on termites;

- nearly extinct;

- syn. Myrmecobius fasciatus, banded anteater, numbat;

n5
a burrowing monotreme mammal covered with spines and having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites;

- native to New Guinea;

- syn. echidna, spiny anteater;

n6
a burrowing monotreme mammal covered with spines and having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites;

- native to Australia;

- syn. echidna, spiny anteater;

antebellum / æ n t i b ɛ ɫ ə m /
a1
belonging to a period before a war especially the American Civil War;

- sim. nonmodern;

antecede / æ n t i s i d /
v1
be earlier in time;

- go back further;

- "Stone tools precede bronze tools";

- syn. antedate, forego, forgo, precede, predate;

antecedence / æ n t ɪ s i d n s /
n1
preceding in time;

- syn. antecedency, anteriority, precedence, precedency, priority;

antecedency / æ n t ɪ s i d ə n s i /
n1
preceding in time;

- syn. antecedence, anteriority, precedence, precedency, priority;

antecedent / æ n t ɪ s i d n t /
n1
someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent);

- syn. ancestor, ascendant, ascendent, root;

n2
a preceding occurrence or cause or event;

n3
anything that precedes something similar in time;

- "phrenology was an antecedent of modern neuroscience";

- syn. forerunner;

n4
the referent of an anaphor;

- a phrase or clause that is referred to by an anaphoric pronoun;

a1
preceding in time or order;

- also preceding;

- sim. anterior, anticipatory, preexistent;

antecedently
r1
at an earlier time or formerly;

- "she had previously lived in Chicago";

- "he was previously president of a bank";

- "better than anything previously proposed";

- "a previously unquestioned attitude";

- "antecedently arranged";

- syn. previously;

antechamber / æ n t ɪ tʃ eɪ m b ə , æ n t ɪ tʃ eɪ m b ə ɹ /
n1
a large entrance or reception room or area;

- syn. anteroom, entrance hall, foyer, hall, lobby, vestibule;

antecubital
a1
of or relating to the region of the arm in front of the elbow;

- "blood was drawn from the antecubital region";

antedate / æ n t ɪ d eɪ t /
v1
be earlier in time;

- go back further;

- "Stone tools precede bronze tools";

- syn. antecede, forego, forgo, precede, predate;

v2
establish something as being earlier relative to something else;

- syn. foredate, predate;

antediluvial / æ n t i d aɪ ɫ u v j ə ɫ /
a1
of or relating to the period before the biblical flood;

- "antediluvian man";

- syn. antediluvian;

antediluvian / æ n t ɪ d ɪ ɫ u v ɪə n /
n1
any of the early patriarchs who lived prior to the Noachian deluge;

- syn. antediluvian patriarch;

n2
a very old person;

- syn. ancient;

a1
of or relating to the period before the biblical flood;

- "antediluvian man";

- syn. antediluvial;

a2
so extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period;

- "a ramshackle antediluvian tenement";

- "antediluvian ideas";

- "archaic laws";

- syn. antiquated, archaic;

- sim. old;

antediluvian patriarch
n1
any of the early patriarchs who lived prior to the Noachian deluge;

- syn. antediluvian;

Antedon
n1
a genus of echinoderms of the family Antedonidae;

- syn. genus Antedon;

Antedonidae
n1
feather stars;

- syn. family Antedonidae;

antefix / æ n t i f ɪ k s /
n1
carved ornament at the eaves of a tile roof concealing the joints between tiles;

antelope / æ n t ɪ ɫ oʊ p /
n1
graceful Old World ruminant with long legs and horns directed upward and backward;

- includes gazelles;

- springboks;

- impalas;

- addax;

- gerenuks;

- blackbucks;

- dik-diks;

antelope chipmunk
n1
small ground squirrel of western United States;

- syn. Citellus leucurus, antelope squirrel, whitetail antelope squirrel;

antelope squirrel
n1
small ground squirrel of western United States;

- syn. Citellus leucurus, antelope chipmunk, whitetail antelope squirrel;

antemeridian / æ n t ɪ m ə ɹ ɪ d ɪə n /
a1
before noon;

- sim. ante meridiem;

antemortem / æ n t i m ɔ t ə m /
a1
preceding death;

- "antemortem confession";

antenatal / æ n t ɪ n eɪ t ɫ /
a1
occurring or existing before birth;

- "the prenatal period";

- "antenatal care";

- syn. antepartum, prenatal;

antenna / æ n t ɛ n ə /
n1
an electrical device that sends or receives radio or television signals;

- syn. aerial, transmitting aerial;

n2
sensitivity similar to that of a receptor organ;

- "he had a special antenna for public relations";

- syn. feeler;

n3
one of a pair of mobile appendages on the head of e.g. insects and crustaceans;

- typically sensitive to touch and taste;

- syn. feeler;

antennal / æ n t ɛ n ə ɫ /
a1
of or relating to antennae;

- "antennal senses of insects";

- syn. antennary;

Antennaria
n1
small woolly perennial herbs having small whitish discoid flowers surrounded by a ring of club-shaped bristles;

- syn. genus Antennaria;

Antennaria dioica
n1
low-growing perennial herb having leaves with whitish down and clusters of small white flowers;

- syn. cat's feet, cat's foot, pussytoes;

Antennaria plantaginifolia
n1
North American perennial propagated by means of runners;

- syn. ladies' tobacco, lady's tobacco;

Antennariidae
n1
frogfishes;

- tropical spiny-finned marine fishes having large nearly vertical mouths;

- related to toadfishes and anglers;

- syn. family Antennariidae;

antennary / æ n t ɛ n ə ɹ i /
a1
of or relating to antennae;

- "antennal senses of insects";

- syn. antennal;

antenuptial / æ n t ɪ n ʌ p ʃ ɫ /
a1
relating to events before a marriage;

- "prenuptial agreement";

- syn. premarital, prenuptial;

antepartum
a1
occurring or existing before birth;

- "the prenatal period";

- "antenatal care";

- syn. antenatal, prenatal;

antepenult / æ n t ɪ p ɪ n ʌ ɫ t /
n1
the 3rd syllable of a word counting back from the end;

- syn. antepenultima, antepenultimate;

antepenultima / æ n t ɪ p ɪ n ʌ ɫ t ɪ m ə /
n1
the 3rd syllable of a word counting back from the end;

- syn. antepenult, antepenultimate;

antepenultimate / æ n t ɪ p ɪ n ʌ ɫ t ɪ m ə t , æ n t ɪ p ɪ n ʌ ɫ t ɪ m ɪ t /
n1
the 3rd syllable of a word counting back from the end;

- syn. antepenult, antepenultima;

a1
third from last;

- sim. intermediate;

anterior / æ n t ɪə ɹ ɪə , æ n t ɪə ɹ ɪə ɹ /
n1
a tooth situated at the front of the mouth;

- "his malocclusion was caused by malposed anteriors";

- syn. front tooth;

a1
of or near the head end or toward the front plane of a body;

- also front;

- sim. frontal, frontal, prefrontal;

a2
earlier in time;

- syn. prior;

- sim. antecedent;

anterior cardinal vein
n1
a major drainage channel from the cephalic part of the body;

anterior cerebral artery
n1
one of two branches of the internal carotid artery;

- divides into two branches that serve (1) the thalamus and (2) parts of the frontal and parietal cortex;

anterior cerebral vein
n1
accompanies the anterior cerebral artery and empties into the basal vein;

- syn. vena cerebri anterior;

anterior crural nerve
n1
one of a pair of nerves that originate from lumbar nerves and supply the muscles and skin of the anterior part of the thigh;

- syn. femoral nerve, nervus femoralis;

anterior facial vein
n1
a continuation of the angular vein;

- unites with the retromandibular vein before emptying into the internal jugular vein;

- syn. vena facialis anterior;

anterior fontanelle
n1
corresponds to the bregma when bones have ossified;

anterior horn
n1
one of the two roots of a spinal nerve that passes ventrally from the spinal cord and that consists of motor fibers;

- syn. anterior root, ventral horn, ventral root;

anterior jugular vein
n1
arises below the chin from veins draining the lower face;

- joins the external jugular vein;

anterior labial veins
n1
veins from the labia majora to the external pudendal vein;

- syn. venae labiales anteriores;

anterior meningeal artery
n1
branch of the anterior ethmoidal artery that supplies meninges in the anterior cranial fossa;

anterior naris
n1
either one of the two external openings to the nasal cavity in the nose;

- syn. nostril;

anterior pituitary
n1
the anterior lobe of the pituitary body;

- primarily glandular in nature;

- syn. adenohypophysis, anterior pituitary gland;

anterior pituitary gland
n1
the anterior lobe of the pituitary body;

- primarily glandular in nature;

- syn. adenohypophysis, anterior pituitary;

anterior root
n1
one of the two roots of a spinal nerve that passes ventrally from the spinal cord and that consists of motor fibers;

- syn. anterior horn, ventral horn, ventral root;

anterior serratus muscle
n1
muscles that rotate the scapula and elevate the rib cage;

- syn. musculus serratus anterior, serratus anterior, serratus magnus;

anterior synechia
n1
adhesion between the iris and the cornea;

anterior temporal artery
n1
temporal artery that goes to the anterior part of the cerebral cortex of the temporal lobe;

- syn. arteria temporalis anterior;

anterior vertebral vein
n1
a vein that accompanies the ascending cervical artery and opens into the vertebral vein;

- syn. vena vertebralis anterior;

anteriority / æ n t ɪə ɹ ɪ ɒ ɹ ɪ t i /
n1
the quality of being in front or (in lower animals) toward the head;

n2
preceding in time;

- syn. antecedence, antecedency, precedence, precedency, priority;

anteriorly
r1
in an anterior direction;

anterograde
a1
of amnesia;

- affecting time immediately following trauma;

anterograde amnesia
n1
loss of memory for events immediately following a trauma;

- sometimes in effect for events during and for a long time following the trauma;

- syn. posttraumatic amnesia;

anteroom / æ n t ɪr ʊ m /
n1
a large entrance or reception room or area;

- syn. antechamber, entrance hall, foyer, hall, lobby, vestibule;

anthelminthic
n1
a medication capable of causing the evacuation of parasitic intestinal worms;

- syn. anthelmintic, helminthic, vermifuge;

a1
capable of expelling or destroying parasitic worms;

- syn. anthelmintic, helminthic, parasiticidal;

- sim. healthful;

anthelmintic
n1
a medication capable of causing the evacuation of parasitic intestinal worms;

- syn. anthelminthic, helminthic, vermifuge;

a1
capable of expelling or destroying parasitic worms;

- syn. anthelminthic, helminthic, parasiticidal;

- sim. healthful;

anthem / æ n θ ə m /
n1
a song of devotion or loyalty (as to a nation or school);

n2
a song of praise (to God or to a saint or to a nation);

- syn. hymn;

Anthemis
n1
dog fennel;

- syn. genus Anthemis;

Anthemis arvensis
n1
European white-flowered weed naturalized in North America;

- syn. corn chamomile, corn mayweed, field chamomile;

Anthemis cotula
n1
widespread rank-smelling weed having white-rayed flower heads with yellow discs;

- syn. dog fennel, mayweed, stinking chamomile, stinking mayweed;

Anthemis nobilis
n1
Eurasian plant with apple-scented foliage and white-rayed flowers and feathery leaves used medicinally;

- in some classification systems placed in genus Anthemis;

- syn. Chamaemelum nobilis, camomile, chamomile;

Anthemis tinctoria
n1
Eurasian perennial herb with hairy divided leaves and yellow flowers;

- naturalized in North America;

- syn. dyers' chamomile, golden marguerite, yellow chamomile;

anther / æ n θ ə , æ n θ ə ɹ /
n1
the part of the stamen that contains pollen;

- usually borne on a stalk;

Antheraea
n1
large moths whose larvae produce silk of high quality;

- syn. genus Antheraea;

Antheraea mylitta
n1
oriental moth that produces brownish silk;

- syn. tussah, tusseh, tusser, tussore, tussur;

Antheraea pernyi
n1
a Chinese moth that produces a brownish silk;

- syn. pernyi moth;

Antheraea polyphemus
n1
very large yellowish-brown American silkworm moth with large eyespots on hind wings;

- larvae feed on fruit and shade trees;

- syn. polyphemus moth;

antheral
a1
capable of fertilizing female organs;

- syn. staminate;

- sim. male;

Anthericum
n1
genus of Old World (mainly African) perennial herbs;

- sometimes placed in family Asphodelaceae;

- syn. genus Anthericum;

Anthericum liliago
n1
southern European plant commonly cultivated for its spikes of small starry greenish-white flowers;

- syn. Saint-Bernard's-lily;

Anthericum torreyi
n1
plant having basal grasslike leaves and a narrow open cluster of starlike yellowish-orange flowers atop a leafless stalk;

- southwestern United States;

- only species of Anthericum growing in North America;

- syn. amber lily;

antheridial
a1
relating to or characterized by an antheridium;

antheridiophore
n1
gametophore bearing antheridia as in certain mosses and liverworts;

antheridium
n1
the male sex organ of spore-producing plants;

- produces antherozoids;

- equivalent to the anther in flowers;

Antheropeas
n1
small genus of North American herbs often included in genus Eriophyllum;

- syn. genus Antheropeas;

Antheropeas wallacei
n1
tiny grey woolly tufted annual with small golden-yellow flower heads;

- southeastern California to northwestern Arizona and southwestern Utah;

- sometimes placed in genus Eriophyllum;

- syn. Eriophyllum wallacei, dwarf daisy, woolly daisy;

antherozoid
n1
a motile male gamete of a plant such as an alga or fern or gymnosperm;

- syn. spermatozoid;

anthesis
n1
the time and process of budding and unfolding of blossoms;

- syn. blossoming, efflorescence, florescence, flowering, inflorescence;

Anthidium
n1
potter bees;

- syn. genus Anthidium;

anthill / æ n t h ɪ ɫ /
n1
a mound of earth made by ants as they dig their nest;

- syn. formicary;

Anthoceropsida
n1
hornworts: in some classification systems included in the class Hepaticopsida;

- syn. class Anthoceropsida;

Anthoceros
n1
hornworts;

- syn. genus Anthoceros;

Anthocerotaceae
n1
hornworts;

- syn. family Anthocerotaceae;

Anthocerotales
n1
hornworts;

- liverworts having a thalloid gametophyte;

- in some classification systems included in the class Hepaticopsida;

- syn. order Anthocerotales;

anthologise
v1
compile an anthology;

- syn. anthologize;

anthologist
n1
an editor who makes selections for an anthology;

anthologize
v1
compile an anthology;

- syn. anthologise;

anthology / æ n θ ɒ ɫ ə dʒ i /
n1
a collection of selected literary passages;

Anthonomus
n1
weevils destructive of cultivated plants;

- syn. genus Anthonomus;

Anthonomus grandis
n1
greyish weevil that lays its eggs in cotton bolls destroying the cotton;

- syn. boll weevil;

Anthony / æ n t ə n i /
n1
Roman general under Julius Caesar in the Gallic wars;

- repudiated his wife for the Egyptian queen Cleopatra;

- they were defeated by Octavian at Actium (83-30 BC);

- syn. Antonius, Antony, Marcus Antonius, Mark Anthony, Mark Antony;

n2
United States suffragist (1820-1906);

- syn. Susan Anthony, Susan B. Anthony, Susan Brownell Anthony;

Anthony Burgess
n1
English writer of satirical novels (1917-1993);

- syn. Burgess;

Anthony Charles Lynton Blair
n1
British statesman who became prime minister in 1997 (born in 1953);

- syn. Blair, Tony Blair;

Anthony Comstock
n1
United States reformer who led moral crusades against art and literature that he considered obscene (1844-1915);

- syn. Comstock;

Anthony Hopkins
n1
Welsh film actor (born in 1937);

- syn. Hopkins, Sir Anthony Hopkins, Sir Anthony Philip Hopkins;

Anthony Trollope
n1
English writer of novels (1815-1882);

- syn. Trollope;

Anthony Vandyke
n1
Flemish painter of numerous portraits (1599-1641);

- syn. Sir Anthony Vandyke, Van Dyck, Vandyke;

Anthony Wayne
n1
American general during the American Revolution (1745-1796);

- syn. Mad Anthony Wayne, Wayne;

anthophagous
a1
feeding on flowers;

- "some insects are anthophagous";

- syn. anthophilous;

- sim. herbivorous;

anthophilous
a1
feeding on flowers;

- "some insects are anthophagous";

- syn. anthophagous;

- sim. herbivorous;

anthophyllite
n1
a dark brown mineral of the amphibole group;

- magnesium iron silicate;

Anthophyta
n1
comprising flowering plants that produce seeds enclosed in an ovary;

- in some systems considered a class (Angiospermae) and in others a division (Magnoliophyta or Anthophyta);

- syn. Angiospermae, Magnoliophyta, class Angiospermae, division Anthophyta, division Magnoliophyta;

Anthozoa
n1
a large class of sedentary marine coelenterates that includes sea anemones and corals;

- the medusoid phase is entirely suppressed;

- syn. Actinozoa, class Actinozoa, class Anthozoa;

anthozoan
n1
sessile marine coelenterates including solitary and colonial polyps;

- the medusoid phase is entirely suppressed;

- syn. actinozoan;

anthracite / æ n θ ɹ ə s aɪ t /
n1
a hard natural coal that burns slowly and gives intense heat;

- syn. anthracite coal, hard coal;

anthracite coal
n1
a hard natural coal that burns slowly and gives intense heat;

- syn. anthracite, hard coal;

anthracitic / æ n θ ɹ ə s ɪ t ɪ k /
a1
relating to or resembling anthracite coal;

anthracosis
n1
lung disease caused by inhaling coal dust;

- syn. black lung, black lung disease, coal miner's lung;

anthrax / æ n θ ɹ æ k s /
n1
a highly infectious animal disease (especially cattle and sheep);

- it can be transmitted to people;

- syn. splenic fever;

n2
a disease of humans that is not communicable;

- caused by infection with Bacillus anthracis followed by septicemia;

anthrax bacillus
n1
a species of bacillus that causes anthrax in humans and in animals (cattle and swine and sheep and rabbits and mice and guinea pigs);

- can be used a bioweapon;

- syn. Bacillus anthracis;

anthrax pneumonia
n1
a form of anthrax infection acquired by inhalation of dust containing Bacillus anthracis;

- initial symptoms (chill and cough and dyspnea and rapid pulse) are followed by extreme cardiovascular collapse;

- syn. inhalation anthrax, pulmonary anthrax, ragpicker's disease, ragsorter's disease, woolsorter's disease, woolsorter's pneumonia;

Anthrenus scrophulariae
n1
a small black and red and white carpet beetle;

- syn. buffalo carpet beetle;

Anthriscus
n1
chervil: of Europe, North Africa and Asia;

- syn. genus Anthriscus;

Anthriscus cereifolium
n1
aromatic annual Old World herb cultivated for its finely divided and often curly leaves for use especially in soups and salads;

- syn. beaked parsley, chervil;

Anthriscus sylvestris
n1
coarse erect biennial Old World herb introduced as a weed in eastern North America;

- syn. cow parsley, wild chervil;

anthropic / æ n θ ɹ ɒ p ɪ k /
a1
relating to mankind or the period of mankind's existence;

- syn. anthropical;

anthropical / æ n θ ɹ ɒ p ɪ k ə ɫ /
a1
relating to mankind or the period of mankind's existence;

- syn. anthropic;

anthropocentric
a1
human-centered;

- "our anthropocentric view of the world";

anthropocentricity
n1
an inclination to evaluate reality exclusively in terms of human values;

- syn. anthropocentrism;

anthropocentrism
n1
an inclination to evaluate reality exclusively in terms of human values;

- syn. anthropocentricity;

anthropogenesis
n1
the evolution or genesis of the human race;

- syn. anthropogeny;

anthropogenetic
a1
of or relating to the study of the origins and development of human beings;

- syn. anthropogenic;

anthropogenic
a1
of or relating to the study of the origins and development of human beings;

- syn. anthropogenetic;

anthropogeny
n1
the evolution or genesis of the human race;

- syn. anthropogenesis;

anthropoid / æ n θ ɹ ə p ɔɪ d /
n1
person who resembles a nonhuman primate;

- syn. ape;

n2
any member of the suborder Anthropoidea including monkeys and apes and hominids;

a1
resembling apes;

- syn. anthropoidal, apelike;

- sim. nonhuman;

a2
resembling human beings;

- syn. manlike;

- sim. human;

anthropoid ape
n1
any tailless ape of the families Pongidae and Hylobatidae;

anthropoidal / æ n θ ɹ ə p ɔɪ d ɫ /
a1
resembling apes;

- syn. anthropoid, apelike;

- sim. nonhuman;

Anthropoidea
n1
monkeys;

- apes;

- hominids;

- syn. suborder Anthropoidea;

anthropolatry
n1
the worship of human beings;

- syn. worship of man;

anthropological / æ n θ ɹ ə p ə ɫ ɒ dʒ ɪ k ɫ /
a1
of or concerned with the science of anthropology;

- "anthropological studies";

anthropologist / æ n θ ɹ ə p ɒ ɫ ə dʒ ɪ s t /
n1
a social scientist who specializes in anthropology;

anthropology / æ n θ ɹ ə p ɒ ɫ ə dʒ i /
n1
the social science that studies the origins and social relationships of human beings;

anthropology department
n1
the academic department responsible for teaching and research in anthropology;

- syn. department of anthropology;

anthropometric / æ n θ ɹ ə p ə m ɛ t ɹ ɪ k /
a1
of or relating to anthropometry;

- syn. anthropometrical;

anthropometrical / æ n θ ɹ ə p ə m ɛ t ɹ ɪ k ɫ /
a1
of or relating to anthropometry;

- syn. anthropometric;

anthropometry / æ n θ ɹ ə p ɒ m ɪ t ɹ i /
n1
measurement and study of the human body and its parts and capacities;

anthropomorphic / æ n θ ɹ ə p ə m ɔ f ɪ k /
a1
suggesting human characteristics for animals or inanimate things;

- syn. anthropomorphous, humanlike;

- sim. human;

anthropomorphise
v1
ascribe human features to something;

- syn. anthropomorphize;

anthropomorphism / æ n θ ɹ ə p ə m ɔ f ɪ z ə m /
n1
the representation of objects (especially a god) as having human form or traits;

- syn. theanthropism;

anthropomorphize
v1
ascribe human features to something;

- syn. anthropomorphise;

anthropomorphous / æ n θ ɹ ə p ə m ɔ f ə s /
a1
suggesting human characteristics for animals or inanimate things;

- syn. anthropomorphic, humanlike;

- sim. human;

anthropophagite
n1
a person who eats human flesh;

- syn. anthropophagus, cannibal, man-eater;

anthropophagous / æ n θ ɹ ə p ɒ f ə ɡ ə s /
a1
of or relating to eaters of human flesh;

anthropophagus / æ n θ ɹ ə p ɒ f ə ɡ ə s /
n1
a person who eats human flesh;

- syn. anthropophagite, cannibal, man-eater;

anthropophagy / æ n θ ɹ ə p ɒ f ə dʒ i /
n1
human cannibalism;

- the eating of human flesh;

anthroposophy / æ n θ ɹ ə p ɒ s ə f i /
n1
a system of beliefs and practices based on the philosophy of Rudolf Steiner;

- it claims to integrate the practical and psychological in child-centered education;

anthurium
n1
any of various tropical American plants cultivated for their showy foliage and flowers;

- syn. tail-flower, tailflower;

Anthurium andraeanum
n1
commonly cultivated anthurium having bright scarlet spathe and spadix;

- syn. Anthurium scherzerianum, flamingo flower, flamingo plant;

Anthurium scherzerianum
n1
commonly cultivated anthurium having bright scarlet spathe and spadix;

- syn. Anthurium andraeanum, flamingo flower, flamingo plant;

Anthus / æ n θ ə s /
n1
pipits;

- syn. genus Anthus;

Anthus pratensis
n1
a common pipit that is brown above and white below;

- widely distributed in northern and central Europe and in Asia;

- syn. meadow pipit;

Anthyllis
n1
genus of Mediterranean herbs and shrubs;

- syn. genus Anthyllis;

Anthyllis barba-jovis
n1
silvery hairy European shrub with evergreen foliage and pale yellow flowers;

- syn. Jupiter's beard, silver-bush, silverbush;

Anthyllis vulneraria
n1
perennial Eurasian herb having heads of red or yellow flowers and common in meadows and pastures;

- formerly used medicinally for kidney disorders;

- syn. kidney vetch;

anti / æ n t i /
n1
a person who is opposed (to an action or policy or practice etc.);

- "the antis smelled victory after a long battle";

a1
not in favor of (an action or proposal etc.);

anti-American
n1
a person who is opposed to the United States and its policies;

a1
opposed to the United States and its policies;

anti-Catholicism / æ n t i k ə θ ɒ ɫ ɪ s i z m /
n1
a religious orientation opposed to Catholicism;

anti-drug law
n1
a law forbidding the sale or use of narcotic drugs;

anti-dumping duty
n1
a tariff imposed to prevent dumping;

anti-G suit
n1
pressure suit worn by fliers and astronauts to counteract the forces of gravity and acceleration;

- syn. G suit;

Anti-Imperialist International Brigade
n1
a terrorist group organized in 1970 to overthrow the Japanese government and monarchy and to foment world revolution;

- is said to have close ties with Palestinian terrorists;

- "in 1972 the Japanese Red Army was responsible for a massacre at an airport in Israel";

- syn. JRA, Japanese Red Army;

anti-impotence drug
n1
drug to treat impotence attributable to erectile dysfunction;

- syn. virility drug;

anti-inflammatory / æ n t i ɪ n f ɫ æ m ə t ɹ i /
n1
a medicine intended to reduce inflammation;

- syn. anti-inflammatory drug;

anti-inflammatory drug
n1
a medicine intended to reduce inflammation;

- syn. anti-inflammatory;

anti-intellectual
n1
a person who is uninterested in intellectual pursuits;

- syn. lowbrow, philistine;

a1
smug and ignorant and indifferent or hostile to artistic and cultural values;

- syn. philistine;

- sim. nonintellectual;

Anti-Masonic Party
n1
a former political party in the United States;

- founded in 1825 in opposition to Freemasonry in public affairs;

anti-personnel bomb
n1
a bomb with only 10 to 20 per cent explosive and the remainder consisting of casings designed to break into many small high-velocity fragments;

- most effective against troops and vehicles;

- syn. antipersonnel bomb, daisy cutter, fragmentation bomb;

anti-racketeering law
n1
law intended to eradicate organized crime by establishing strong sanctions and forfeiture provisions;

- syn. RICO, RICO Act, Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act;

anti-Semite / æ n t ɪ s i m aɪ t /
n1
someone who hates and would persecute Jews;

- syn. Jew-baiter;

a1
discriminatory especially on the basis of race or religion;

- syn. antiblack, racist;

- sim. prejudiced;

anti-semitic / æ n t ɪ s ɪ m ɪ t ɪ k /
a1
relating to or characterized by anti-Semitism;

- hating Jews;

- syn. antisemitic;

anti-Semitism / æ n t ɪ s ɛ m ɪ t ɪ z ə m /
n1
the intense dislike for and prejudice against Jewish people;

- syn. antisemitism;

anti-submarine rocket
n1
a shipboard system to fire rockets at submarines;

anti-sway bar
n1
a rigid metal bar between the front suspensions and between the rear suspensions of cars and trucks;

- serves to stabilize the chassis;

- syn. stabilizer bar;

anti-takeover defense
n1
resistance to or defense against a hostile takeover;

anti-TNF compound
n1
a class of drugs that block the action of tumor necrosis factor (TNF);

- used in cases of rheumatoid arthritis because TNF instigates inflammation of the joints;

anti-torque rotor
n1
rotor consisting of a rotating airfoil on the tail of a single-rotor helicopter;

- keeps the helicopter from spinning in the direction opposite to the rotation of the main rotor;

- syn. tail rotor;

anti-virus program
n1
a computer program that checks a computer for viruses and prevents their spread;

anti-war movement
n1
a campaign against entering or continuing a war;

antiacid / æ n t i æ s ɪ d /
n1
an agent that counteracts or neutralizes acidity (especially in the stomach);

- syn. alkaliser, alkalizer, antacid, gastric antacid;

antiadrenergic
a1
relating to blocking or reducing adrenergic effects in the body;

antiaircraft / æ n t i eə k ɹ ɑ f t /
n1
artillery designed to shoot upward at airplanes;

- syn. ack-ack, ack-ack gun, antiaircraft gun, flack, flak, pom-pom;

a1
designed for defense from a surface position against air attack;

- sim. defensive;

antiaircraft fire
n1
firing at enemy aircraft;

antiaircraft gun
n1
artillery designed to shoot upward at airplanes;

- syn. ack-ack, ack-ack gun, antiaircraft, flack, flak, pom-pom;

antialiasing / æ n t i eɪ ɫ ɪə s ɪ ŋ /
n1
(computer graphics) a technique that is used to smooth jagged distortions in curves and diagonal lines so they appear smoother;

antianxiety agent
n1
a drug used to reduce stress or tension without reducing mental clarity;

- syn. ataractic, ataractic agent, ataractic drug, tranquilizer, tranquilliser, tranquillizer;

antianxiety drug
n1
a tranquilizer used to relieve anxiety and reduce tension and irritability;

- syn. anxiolytic, anxiolytic drug, minor tranquilizer, minor tranquilliser, minor tranquillizer;

antiapartheid
a1
opposing the policy of apartheid in South Africa;

- "an antiapartheid leader";

antiarrhythmic
n1
a drug used to treat an abnormal heart rhythm;

- syn. antiarrhythmic drug, antiarrhythmic medication;

antiarrhythmic drug
n1
a drug used to treat an abnormal heart rhythm;

- syn. antiarrhythmic, antiarrhythmic medication;

antiarrhythmic medication
n1
a drug used to treat an abnormal heart rhythm;

- syn. antiarrhythmic, antiarrhythmic drug;

antiauthoritarian
a1
opposed to authoritarianism;

- sim. democratic;

antibacterial / æ n t i b æ k t ɪə ɹ ɪə ɫ /
n1
any drug that destroys bacteria or inhibits their growth;

- syn. antibacterial drug, bactericide;

a1
destroying bacteria or inhibiting their growth;

antibacterial drug
n1
any drug that destroys bacteria or inhibits their growth;

- syn. antibacterial, bactericide;

antiballistic missile
n1
a defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles;

- "the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks placed limits on the deployment of ABMs";

- syn. ABM;

antibaryon
n1
the antiparticle of a baryon;

- a hadron with a baryon number of -1;

antiberiberi factor
n1
a B vitamin that prevents beriberi;

- maintains appetite and growth;

- syn. aneurin, thiamin, thiamine, vitamin B1;

antibiosis
n1
an association between organisms that is harmful to one of them or between organisms and a metabolic product of another;

antibiotic / æ n t ɪ b aɪ ɒ t ɪ k /
n1
a chemical substance derivable from a mold or bacterium that can kill microorganisms and cure bacterial infections;

- "when antibiotics were first discovered they were called wonder drugs";

- syn. antibiotic drug;

a1
of or relating to antibiotic drugs;

antibiotic drug
n1
a chemical substance derivable from a mold or bacterium that can kill microorganisms and cure bacterial infections;

- "when antibiotics were first discovered they were called wonder drugs";

- syn. antibiotic;

antiblack
a1
discriminatory especially on the basis of race or religion;

- syn. anti-Semite, racist;

- sim. prejudiced;

antibody / æ n t ɪ b ɒ d i /
n1
any of a large variety of proteins normally present in the body or produced in response to an antigen which it neutralizes, thus producing an immune response;

antic / æ n t ɪ k /
n1
a ludicrous or grotesque act done for fun and amusement;

- syn. caper, joke, prank, put-on, trick;

v1
act as or like a clown;

- syn. clown, clown around;

a1
ludicrously odd;

- "Hamlet's assumed antic disposition";

- "fantastic Halloween costumes";

- "a grotesque reflection in the mirror";

- syn. fantastic, fantastical, grotesque;

- sim. strange;

anticancer / æ n t i k æ n s ə /
a1
used in the treatment of cancer;

- "anticancer drug";

- "an antineoplastic effect";

- syn. antineoplastic, antitumor, antitumour;

anticatalyst / æ n t ɪ k æ θ ə ɫ ɪ s t /
n1
(chemistry) a substance that retards a chemical reaction or diminishes the activity of a catalyst;

anticholinergic
n1
a substance that opposes or blocks the action of acetylcholine;

- syn. anticholinergic drug;

a1
inhibiting or blocking the action of acetylcholine at a receptor site;

- "anticholinergic drugs";

anticholinergic drug
n1
a substance that opposes or blocks the action of acetylcholine;

- syn. anticholinergic;

anticholinesterase
n1
a medicine that inhibits cholinesterase by combining with it and so has a cholinergic effect;

Antichrist / æ n t ɪ k ɹ aɪ s t /
n1
(Christianity) the adversary of Christ (or Christianity) mentioned in the New Testament;

- the Antichrist will rule the world until overthrown by the Second Coming of Christ;

anticipant / æ n t ɪ s ɪ p ə n t /
n1
one who anticipates;

- syn. anticipator;

a1
marked by eager anticipation;

- "an expectant hush";

- syn. anticipative, expectant;

- sim. hopeful;

anticipate / æ n t ɪ s ɪ p eɪ t /
v1
regard something as probable or likely;

- "The meteorologists are expecting rain for tomorrow";

- syn. expect;

v2
act in advance of;

- deal with ahead of time;

- syn. counter, foresee, forestall;

v3
realize beforehand;

- syn. foreknow, foresee, previse;

v4
make a prediction about;

- tell in advance;

- "Call the outcome of an election";

- syn. call, forebode, foretell, predict, prognosticate, promise;

v5
be excited or anxious about;

- syn. look for, look to;

v6
be a forerunner of or occur earlier than;

- "This composition anticipates Impressionism";

anticipated / æ n t ɪ s ɪ p eɪ t ɪ d /
a1
expected hopefully;

- syn. awaited, hoped-for;

- sim. expected;

anticipation / æ n t ɪ s ɪ p eɪ ʃ n /
n1
an expectation;

- syn. expectancy;

n2
something expected (as on the basis of a norm);

- "each of them had their own anticipations";

- "an indicator of expectancy in development";

- syn. expectancy;

n3
the act of predicting (as by reasoning about the future);

- syn. prediction, prevision;

n4
anticipating with confidence of fulfillment;

- syn. expectation;

anticipative / æ n t ɪ s ɪ p eɪ t ɪ v /
a1
marked by eager anticipation;

- "an expectant hush";

- syn. anticipant, expectant;

- sim. hopeful;

anticipator / æ n t ɪ s ɪ p eɪ t ə /
n1
one who anticipates;

- syn. anticipant;

anticipatory / æ n t ɪ s ɪ p eɪ t ə ɹ i /
a1
in anticipation;

- syn. prevenient;

- sim. antecedent;

anticipatory breach
n1
a breach of contract committed prior to the time of required performance;

- syn. constructive breach;

anticlimactic / æ n t i k ɫ aɪ m æ k t ɪ k /
a1
of or relating to a sudden change from an impressive to a ludicrous style;

- syn. anticlimactical;

a2
coming after the climax especially of a dramatic or narrative plot;

- "everything after the discovery of the murderer was anticlimactic";

anticlimactical / æ n t i k ɫ aɪ m æ k t ɪ k ə ɫ /
a1
of or relating to a sudden change from an impressive to a ludicrous style;

- syn. anticlimactic;

anticlimax / æ n t ɪ k ɫ aɪ m æ k s /
n1
a disappointing decline after a previous rise;

- "the anticlimax of a brilliant career";

n2
a change from a serious subject to a disappointing one;

- syn. bathos;

anticlinal
a1
sloping downward away from a common crest;

anticlockwise / æ n t ɪ k ɫ ɒ k w aɪ z /
a1
in the direction opposite to the rotation of the hands of a clock;

- syn. contraclockwise, counterclockwise;

- also sinistral;

- sim. levorotary;

r1
in a direction opposite to the direction in which the hands of a clock move;

- "please move counterclockwise in a circle!";

- syn. counterclockwise;

anticoagulant / æ n t i k oʊ æ ɡ j ʊ ɫ ə n t /
n1
medicine that prevents or retards the clotting of blood;

- syn. anticoagulant medication, decoagulant;

anticoagulant medication
n1
medicine that prevents or retards the clotting of blood;

- syn. anticoagulant, decoagulant;

anticoagulation
n1
the administration of an anticoagulant drug to retard coagulation of the blood;

anticoagulative
a1
of or relating to an anticoagulant;

anticonvulsant
n1
a drug used to treat or prevent convulsions (as in epilepsy);

- syn. anticonvulsant drug, antiepileptic, antiepileptic drug;

anticonvulsant drug
n1
a drug used to treat or prevent convulsions (as in epilepsy);

- syn. anticonvulsant, antiepileptic, antiepileptic drug;

anticyclone / æ n t ɪ s aɪ k ɫ oʊ n /
n1
(meteorology) winds spiraling outward from a high pressure center;

- circling clockwise in the northern hemisphere and counterclockwise in the southern;

anticyclonic / æ n t ɪ s aɪ k ɫ ɒ n ɪ k /
a1
of or relating to or characteristic of the atmosphere around a high pressure center;

antidepressant / æ n t i d ɪ p ɹ ɛ s æ n t /
n1
any of a class of drugs used to treat depression;

- often have undesirable side effects;

- syn. antidepressant drug;

antidepressant drug
n1
any of a class of drugs used to treat depression;

- often have undesirable side effects;

- syn. antidepressant;

antidiabetic
n1
a drug used to treat diabetes mellitus;

- syn. antidiabetic drug;

antidiabetic drug
n1
a drug used to treat diabetes mellitus;

- syn. antidiabetic;

antidiarrheal
n1
a drug used to control or stop diarrhea;

- syn. antidiarrheal drug;

antidiarrheal drug
n1
a drug used to control or stop diarrhea;

- syn. antidiarrheal;

antidiuretic
n1
a drug that limits the formation of urine;

- syn. antidiuretic drug;

antidiuretic drug
n1
a drug that limits the formation of urine;

- syn. antidiuretic;

antidiuretic hormone
n1
hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus;

- affects blood pressure by stimulating capillary muscles and reduces urine flow by affecting reabsorption of water by kidney tubules;

- syn. ADH, Pitressin, vasopressin;

Antido
n1
an artificial language related to Ido;

Antidorcas
n1
springboks;

- syn. genus Antidorcas;

Antidorcas euchore
n1
a South African gazelle noted for springing lightly into the air;

- syn. Antidorcas marsupialis, springbok, springbuck;

Antidorcas marsupialis
n1
a South African gazelle noted for springing lightly into the air;

- syn. Antidorcas euchore, springbok, springbuck;

antidotal / æ n t ɪ d oʊ t ɫ /
a1
counteracting the effects of a poison;

antidote / æ n t ɪ d oʊ t /
n1
a remedy that stops or controls the effects of a poison;

- syn. counterpoison;

antidromic
a1
conducting nerve impulses in a direction opposite to normal;

- sim. abnormal;

antielectron / æ n t i ɛ ɫ ɛ k t ɹ ɒ n /
n1
an elementary particle with positive charge;

- interaction of a positron and an electron results in annihilation;

- syn. positron;

antiemetic
n1
a drug that prevents or alleviates nausea and vomiting;

- syn. antiemetic drug;

antiemetic drug
n1
a drug that prevents or alleviates nausea and vomiting;

- syn. antiemetic;

antiepileptic
n1
a drug used to treat or prevent convulsions (as in epilepsy);

- syn. anticonvulsant, anticonvulsant drug, antiepileptic drug;

antiepileptic drug
n1
a drug used to treat or prevent convulsions (as in epilepsy);

- syn. anticonvulsant, anticonvulsant drug, antiepileptic;

antiestablishmentarianism
n1
the doctrine of opposition to the social and political establishment;

- syn. antiestablishmentism;

antiestablishmentism
n1
the doctrine of opposition to the social and political establishment;

- syn. antiestablishmentarianism;

antifeminism
n1
activity indicative of belief in the superiority of men over women;

- syn. chauvinism, male chauvinism;

antifeminist
n1
someone who does not believe in the social or economic or political equality of men and women;

antiferromagnetic
a1
relating to antiferromagnetism;

antiferromagnetism
n1
magnetic field creates parallel but opposing spins;

- varies with temperature;

antifertility / æ n t i f ə t ɪ ɫ ɪ t i /
a1
capable of preventing conception or impregnation;

- "contraceptive devices and medications";

- syn. contraceptive, prophylactic;

- sim. protective;

antiflatulent
n1
any agent that reduces intestinal gas;

antifouling paint
n1
a paint used to protect against the accumulation of barnacles etc. on underwater surfaces;

antifreeze / æ n t ɪ f ɹ i z /
n1
a liquid added to the water in a cooling system to lower its freezing point;

antifungal / æ n t i f ʌ n ɡ æ ɫ /
n1
any agent that destroys or prevents the growth of fungi;

- syn. antifungal agent, antimycotic, antimycotic agent, fungicide;

a1
capable of destroying fungi;

- syn. fungicidal;

antifungal agent
n1
any agent that destroys or prevents the growth of fungi;

- syn. antifungal, antimycotic, antimycotic agent, fungicide;

antigen / æ n t i dʒ ɛ n /
n1
any substance (as a toxin or enzyme) that stimulates an immune response in the body (especially the production of antibodies);

antigenic / æ n t i dʒ ɛ n ɪ k /
a1
of or relating to antigens;

antigenic determinant
n1
the site on the surface of an antigen molecule to which an antibody attaches itself;

- syn. determinant, epitope;

Antigone / æ n t i ɡ ɒ n /
n1
(Greek mythology) the daughter of King Oedipus who disobeyed her father and was condemned to death;

Antigonia
n1
a genus of fish in the family Caproidae;

- syn. genus Antigonia;

Antigonus
n1
a general of Alexander the Great and king of Macedonia;

- lost one eye;

- killed in a battle at Ipsus (382-301 BC);

- syn. Antigonus Cyclops, Monophthalmos;

Antigonus Cyclops
n1
a general of Alexander the Great and king of Macedonia;

- lost one eye;

- killed in a battle at Ipsus (382-301 BC);

- syn. Antigonus, Monophthalmos;

antigram
n1
an anagram that means the opposite of the original word or phrase;

- "`restful' is the antigram of `fluster'";

Antigua / æ n t i ɡ ə /
n1
the largest of the islands comprising Antigua and Barbuda;

Antigua and Barbuda
n1
a country in the northern Leeward Islands;

Antiguan / æ n t i ɡ ə n /
n1
a native or inhabitant of Antigua;

a1
of or relating to or characteristic of Antigua or its people;

- "Antiguan islands";

antihaemophilic factor
n1
a coagulation factor (trade name Hemofil) whose absence is associated with hemophilia A;

- syn. Hemofil, antihaemophilic globulin, antihemophilic factor, antihemophilic globulin, factor VIII;

antihaemophilic globulin
n1
a coagulation factor (trade name Hemofil) whose absence is associated with hemophilia A;

- syn. Hemofil, antihaemophilic factor, antihemophilic factor, antihemophilic globulin, factor VIII;

antihemophilic factor
n1
a coagulation factor (trade name Hemofil) whose absence is associated with hemophilia A;

- syn. Hemofil, antihaemophilic factor, antihaemophilic globulin, antihemophilic globulin, factor VIII;

antihemophilic globulin
n1
a coagulation factor (trade name Hemofil) whose absence is associated with hemophilia A;

- syn. Hemofil, antihaemophilic factor, antihaemophilic globulin, antihemophilic factor, factor VIII;

antihemorrhagic factor
n1
a fat-soluble vitamin that helps in the clotting of blood;

- syn. naphthoquinone, vitamin K;

antiheretical
a1
opposed to heresy;

- sim. orthodox;

antihero / æ n t i h ɪə ɹ oʊ /
n1
a protagonist who lacks the characteristics that would make him a hero (or her a heroine);

antihistamine
n1
a medicine used to treat allergies and hypersensitive reactions and colds;

- works by counteracting the effects of histamine on a receptor site;

antihypertensive / æ n t i h aɪ p ə t ɛ n s ɪ v /
n1
a drug that reduces high blood pressure;

- syn. antihypertensive drug;

antihypertensive drug
n1
a drug that reduces high blood pressure;

- syn. antihypertensive;

antiknock / æ n t ɪ n ɒ k /
n1
any of various compounds that are added to gasoline to reduce engine knocking;

a1
suppressing or eliminating engine knock in combustion engines;

- "antiknock properties";

- "antiknock rating";

- syn. antiknocking;

- sim. leaded;

antiknocking
a1
suppressing or eliminating engine knock in combustion engines;

- "antiknock properties";

- "antiknock rating";

- syn. antiknock;

- sim. leaded;

antilepton
n1
the antiparticle of a lepton;

Antilles / æ n t ɪ ɫ z /
n1
a group of islands in the West Indies;

Antilocapra
n1
type and sole genus of the Antilocapridae comprising one species;

- syn. genus Antilocapra;

Antilocapra americana
n1
fleet antelope-like ruminant of western North American plains with small branched horns;

- syn. American antelope, prongbuck, pronghorn, pronghorn antelope;

Antilocapridae
n1
comprising only the pronghorns;

- syn. family Antilocapridae;

antilog
n1
the number of which a given number is the logarithm;

- syn. antilogarithm;

antilogarithm / æ n t ɪ ɫ ɒ ɡ ə ɹ ɪ ð ə m /
n1
the number of which a given number is the logarithm;

- syn. antilog;

Antilope / æ n t ɪ ɫ oʊ p /
n1
blackbucks;

- syn. genus Antilope;

Antilope cervicapra
n1
common Indian antelope with a dark back and spiral horns;

- syn. black buck, blackbuck;

antimacassar / æ n t ɪ m ə k æ s ə , æ n t ɪ m ə k æ s ə ɹ /
n1
a piece of ornamented cloth that protects the back of a chair from hair oils;

antimagnetic / æ n t i m æ ɡ n ɛ t ɪ k /
a1
impervious to the effects of a magnetic field;

- resistant to magnetization;

- "an antimagnetic watch";

antimalarial / æ n t i m ə ɫ eə ɹ ɪə ɫ /
n1
a medicinal drug used to prevent or treat malaria;

- syn. antimalarial drug;

antimalarial drug
n1
a medicinal drug used to prevent or treat malaria;

- syn. antimalarial;

antimatter / æ n t i m æ t ə /
n1
matter consisting of elementary particles that are the antiparticles of those making up normal substances;

antimeson
n1
the antiparticle of a meson;

antimetabolite
n1
an antineoplastic drug that inhibits the utilization of a metabolite;

antimicrobial
n1
an agent (as heat or radiation or a chemical) that destroys microorganisms that might carry disease;

- syn. antimicrobic, disinfectant, germicide;

a1
capable of destroying or inhibiting the growth of disease-causing microorganisms;

- syn. antimicrobic;

- sim. healthful;

antimicrobic
n1
an agent (as heat or radiation or a chemical) that destroys microorganisms that might carry disease;

- syn. antimicrobial, disinfectant, germicide;

a1
capable of destroying or inhibiting the growth of disease-causing microorganisms;

- syn. antimicrobial;

- sim. healthful;

antimonial / æ n t ɪ m oʊ n j ə ɫ /
a1
containing antimony;

- "antimonial lead";

- sim. metallic;

antimonial lead
n1
a lead alloy that contains about 5% antimony;

- syn. hard lead;

antimonic / æ n t ɪ m ɒ n ɪ k /
a1
relating to or derived from antimony;

- "antimonious oxide";

- syn. antimonious;

antimonious / æ n t ɪ m oʊ n ɪə s /
a1
relating to or derived from antimony;

- "antimonious oxide";

- syn. antimonic;

antimonopoly / æ n t i m ə n ɒ p ə ɫ i /
a1
of laws and regulations;

- designed to protect trade and commerce from unfair business practices;

- syn. antitrust;

- sim. fair;

antimony / æ n t ɪ m ə n i /
n1
a metallic element having four allotropic forms;

- used in a wide variety of alloys;

- found in stibnite;

- syn. Sb, atomic number 51;

antimony potassium tartrate
n1
a poisonous colorless salt used as a mordant and in medicine;

- syn. tartar emetic;

antimuon
n1
the antiparticle of a muon;

- decays to positron and neutrino and antineutrino;

- syn. positive muon;

antimycin
n1
a crystalline antibiotic active against various fungi;

antimycotic
n1
any agent that destroys or prevents the growth of fungi;

- syn. antifungal, antifungal agent, antimycotic agent, fungicide;

antimycotic agent
n1
any agent that destroys or prevents the growth of fungi;

- syn. antifungal, antifungal agent, antimycotic, fungicide;

antineoplastic / æ n t i n i oʊ p ɫ æ s t ɪ k /
n1
any of several drugs that control or kill neoplastic cells;

- used in chemotherapy to kill cancer cells;

- all have unpleasant side effects that may include nausea and vomiting and hair loss and suppression of bone marrow function;

- syn. antineoplastic drug, cancer drug;

a1
used in the treatment of cancer;

- "anticancer drug";

- "an antineoplastic effect";

- syn. anticancer, antitumor, antitumour;

antineoplastic antibiotic
n1
an antibiotic drug used as an antineoplastic in chemotherapy;

antineoplastic drug
n1
any of several drugs that control or kill neoplastic cells;

- used in chemotherapy to kill cancer cells;

- all have unpleasant side effects that may include nausea and vomiting and hair loss and suppression of bone marrow function;

- syn. antineoplastic, cancer drug;

antineutrino
n1
the antiparticle of a neutrino;

antineutron / æ n t i n j u t ɹ ɒ n /
n1
the antiparticle of a neutron;

antinode
n1
(physics) the point of maximum displacement in a periodic system;

antinomasia
n1
substitution of a title for a name;

antinomian
n1
a follower of the doctrine of antinomianism;

a1
relating to or influenced by antinomianism;

antinomianism
n1
the theological doctrine that by faith and God's grace a Christian is freed from all laws (including the moral standards of the culture);

antinomy / æ n t ɪ n ə m i /
n1
a contradiction between two statements that seem equally reasonable;

Antioch
n1
a town in southern Turkey;

- ancient commercial center and capital of Syria;

- an early center of Christianity;

- syn. Antakiya, Antakya;

antiophthalmic factor
n1
any of several fat-soluble vitamins essential for normal vision;

- prevents night blindness or inflammation or dryness of the eyes;

- syn. A, axerophthol, vitamin A;

antioxidant
n1
substance that inhibits oxidation or inhibits reactions promoted by oxygen or peroxides;

antiparallel
a1
(especially of vectors) parallel but oppositely directed;

- "antiparallel vectors";

- sim. parallel;

antiparticle / æ n t i p ɑ t ɪ k ɫ /
n1
a particle that has the same mass as another particle but has opposite values for its other properties;

- interaction of a particle and its antiparticle results in annihilation and the production of radiant energy;

antipasto
n1
a course of appetizers in an Italian meal;

antipathetic / æ n t ɪ p ə θ ɛ t ɪ k /
a1
(usually followed by `to') strongly opposed;

- "antipathetic to new ideas";

- "averse to taking risks";

- "loath to go on such short notice";

- "clearly indisposed to grant their request";

- syn. antipathetical, averse, indisposed, loath, loth;

- sim. disinclined;

a2
characterized by antagonism or antipathy;

- "slaves antagonistic to their masters";

- "antipathetic factions within the party";

- syn. antagonistic, antipathetical;

- sim. hostile;

antipathetical / æ n t ɪ p ə θ ɛ t ɪ k ə ɫ /
a1
(usually followed by `to') strongly opposed;

- "antipathetic to new ideas";

- "averse to taking risks";

- "loath to go on such short notice";

- "clearly indisposed to grant their request";

- syn. antipathetic, averse, indisposed, loath, loth;

- sim. disinclined;

a2
characterized by antagonism or antipathy;

- "slaves antagonistic to their masters";

- "antipathetic factions within the party";

- syn. antagonistic, antipathetic;

- sim. hostile;

antipathy / æ n t ɪ p ə θ i /
n1
a feeling of intense dislike;

- syn. aversion, distaste;

n2
the object of a feeling of intense aversion;

- something to be avoided;

- "cats were his greatest antipathy";

antipernicious anemia factor
n1
a B vitamin that is used to treat pernicious anemia;

- syn. cobalamin, cyanocobalamin, vitamin B12;

antipersonnel / æ n t i p ɝ s ə n ɛ ɫ /
a1
designed to inflict death or personal injury rather than material destruction;

- sim. offensive;

antipersonnel bomb
n1
a bomb with only 10 to 20 per cent explosive and the remainder consisting of casings designed to break into many small high-velocity fragments;

- most effective against troops and vehicles;

- syn. anti-personnel bomb, daisy cutter, fragmentation bomb;

antiperspirant / æ n t i p ɝ s p aɪ ə ɹ ə n t /
n1
an astringent substance applied to the skin to reduce perspiration;

antiphlogistic / æ n t ɪ f ɫ oʊ dʒ ɪ s t ɪ k /
a1
counteracting inflammation;

- sim. antagonistic;

antiphon / æ n t ɪ f ə n /
n1
a verse or song to be chanted or sung in response;

- syn. antiphony;

antiphonal / æ n t ɪ f ə n ə ɫ /
n1
bound collection of antiphons;

- syn. antiphonary;

a1
containing or using responses;

- alternating;

- "responsive reading";

- "antiphonal laughter";

- syn. responsive;

a2
relating to or resembling an antiphon or antiphony;

- syn. antiphonary;

antiphonary / æ n t ɪ f ə n ə ɹ i /
n1
bound collection of antiphons;

- syn. antiphonal;

a1
relating to or resembling an antiphon or antiphony;

- syn. antiphonal;

antiphony / æ n t ɪ f ə n i /
n1
alternate (responsive) singing by a choir in two parts;

n2
a verse or song to be chanted or sung in response;

- syn. antiphon;

antiphrasis
n1
the use of a word in a sense opposite to its normal sense (especially in irony);

antipodal / æ n t ɪ p ə d ɫ /
n1
the relation of opposition along a diameter;

- syn. antipodal opposition, diametrical opposition;

a1
relating to the antipodes or situated at opposite sides of the earth;

- "antipodean latitudes";

- "antipodal regions of the earth";

- "antipodal points on a sphere";

- syn. antipodean;

antipodal opposition
n1
the relation of opposition along a diameter;

- syn. antipodal, diametrical opposition;

antipode
n1
direct opposite;

- "quiet: an antipode to focused busyness";

antipodean / æ n t ɪ p ə d i ə n /
a1
relating to the antipodes or situated at opposite sides of the earth;

- "antipodean latitudes";

- "antipodal regions of the earth";

- "antipodal points on a sphere";

- syn. antipodal;

antipodes / æ n t ɪ p ə d i z /
n1
any two places or regions on diametrically opposite sides of the Earth;

- "the North Pole and the South Pole are antipodes";

antipollution / æ n t i p ə ɫ u ʃ n /
a1
intended to reduce pollution;

- "antipollution laws";

- "antipollution devices on automobile exhaust systems";

antipope / æ n t ɪ p oʊ p /
n1
someone who is elected pope in opposition to another person who is held to be canonically elected;

- "the antipopes resided in Avignon during the Great Schism";

antiproton / æ n t i p ɹ oʊ t ɒ n /
n1
an unstable negatively charged proton;

- the antiparticle of a proton;

antiprotozoal
n1
a medicinal drug used to fight diseases (like malaria) that are caused by protozoa;

- syn. antiprotozoal drug;

antiprotozoal drug
n1
a medicinal drug used to fight diseases (like malaria) that are caused by protozoa;

- syn. antiprotozoal;

antipruritic
n1
a substance that relieves or prevents itching;

antipsychotic
n1
tranquilizer used to treat psychotic conditions when a calming effect is desired;

- syn. antipsychotic agent, antipsychotic drug, major tranquilizer, major tranquilliser, major tranquillizer, neuroleptic, neuroleptic agent, neuroleptic drug;

antipsychotic agent
n1
tranquilizer used to treat psychotic conditions when a calming effect is desired;

- syn. antipsychotic, antipsychotic drug, major tranquilizer, major tranquilliser, major tranquillizer, neuroleptic, neuroleptic agent, neuroleptic drug;

antipsychotic drug
n1
tranquilizer used to treat psychotic conditions when a calming effect is desired;

- syn. antipsychotic, antipsychotic agent, major tranquilizer, major tranquilliser, major tranquillizer, neuroleptic, neuroleptic agent, neuroleptic drug;

antipyresis
n1
medication with antipyretics to treat a fever;

antipyretic / æ n t ɪ p aɪ ɹ ɛ t ɪ k /
n1
any medicine that lowers body temperature to prevent or alleviate fever;

- syn. febrifuge;

a1
preventing or alleviating fever;

antiquarian / æ n t ɪ k w eə ɹ ɪə n /
n1
an expert or collector of antiquities;

- syn. antiquary, archaist;

a1
of or relating to persons who study or deal in antiques or antiquities;

a2
of or relating to antiques or antiquities;

antiquark
n1
the antiparticle of a quark;

antiquary / æ n t ɪ k w ə ɹ i /
n1
an expert or collector of antiquities;

- syn. antiquarian, archaist;

antiquate / æ n t ɪ k w ɪ t /
v1
make obsolete or old-fashioned;

v2
give an antique appearance to;

- "antique furniture";

- syn. antique;

antiquated / æ n t ɪ k w eɪ t ɪ d /
a1
so extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period;

- "a ramshackle antediluvian tenement";

- "antediluvian ideas";

- "archaic laws";

- syn. antediluvian, archaic;

- sim. old;

antique / æ n t i k /
n1
an elderly man;

- syn. gaffer, old-timer, old geezer, oldtimer;

n2
any piece of furniture or decorative object or the like produced in a former period and valuable because of its beauty or rarity;

v1
shop for antiques;

- "We went antiquing on Saturday";

v2
give an antique appearance to;

- "antique furniture";

- syn. antiquate;

a1
made in or typical of earlier times and valued for its age;

- "the beautiful antique French furniture";

- sim. old;

a2
out of fashion;

- "a suit of rather antique appearance";

- "demode (or outmoded) attire";

- "outmoded ideas";

- syn. demode, ex, old-fashioned, old-hat, outmoded, passe, passee;

- sim. unfashionable;

a3
belonging to or lasting from times long ago;

- "age-old customs";

- "the antique fear that days would dwindle away to complete darkness";

- syn. age-old;

- sim. old;

antiquity / æ n t ɪ k w ɪ t i /
n1
the historic period preceding the Middle Ages in Europe;

n2
extreme oldness;

- syn. ancientness;

n3
an artifact surviving from the past;

antiredeposition
n1
the process of preventing redeposition;

Antirrhinum / æ n t ɪr aɪ n ə m /
n1
a genus of herbs of the family Scrophulariaceae with brightly colored irregular flowers;

- syn. genus Antirrhinum;

Antirrhinum coulterianum
n1
California plant with slender racemes of white flowers;

- syn. white snapdragon;

Antirrhinum filipes
n1
southwestern United States plant with yellow flowers on stems that twist and twine through other vegetation;

- syn. yellow twining snapdragon;

Antirrhinum majus
n1
perennial native to the Mediterranean but widely cultivated for its purple or pink flowers;

- syn. Mediterranean snapdragon;

antisatellite
a1
of or relating to a system to destroy satellites in orbit;

- "antisatellite weapons";

- syn. ASAT;

antisemitic
a1
relating to or characterized by anti-Semitism;

- hating Jews;

- syn. anti-semitic;

antisemitism
n1
the intense dislike for and prejudice against Jewish people;

- syn. anti-Semitism;

antisepsis / æ n t ɪ s ɛ p s ɪ s /
n1
(of non-living objects) the state of being free of pathogenic organisms;

- syn. asepsis, sterileness, sterility;

n2
the process of inhibiting the growth and multiplication of microorganisms;

- syn. asepsis;

antiseptic / æ n t ɪ s ɛ p t ɪ k /
n1
a substance that destroys micro-organisms that carry disease without harming body tissues;

a1
thoroughly clean and free of or destructive to disease-causing organisms;

- "doctors in antiseptic green coats";

- "the antiseptic effect of alcohol";

- "it is said that marjoram has antiseptic qualities";

- also clean, germfree, healthful;

- sim. aseptic, bactericidal, cleansing, nonpurulent, uninfected;

a2
clean and honest;

- "antiseptic financial practices";

- sim. incorrupt;

a3
freeing from error or corruption;

- "the antiseptic effect of sturdy criticism";

- sim. purifying;

a4
devoid of objectionable language;

- "lyrics as antiseptic as Sunday School";

- sim. clean;

antisepticize
v1
disinfect with an antiseptic;

- "The animals were antisepticized by the veterinarian before the operation";

antiserum / æ n t i s ɪə ɹ ə m /
n1
blood serum containing antibodies against specific antigens;

- provides immunity to a disease;

antisocial / æ n t ɪ s oʊ ʃ ɫ /
a1
shunning contact with others;

- "standoffish and antisocial";

- "he's not antisocial;

- just shy";

- sim. unsociable;

a2
hostile to or disruptive of normal standards of social behavior;

- "criminal behavior or conduct that violates the rights of other individuals is antisocial";

- "crimes...and other asocial behavior";

- "an antisocial deed";

- syn. asocial;

- sim. unsocial;

antisocial personality disorder
n1
a personality disorder characterized by amorality and lack of affect;

- capable of violent acts without guilt feelings (`psychopathic personality' was once widely used but was superseded by `sociopathic personality' to indicate the social aspects of the disorder, but now `antisocial personality disorder' is the preferred term);

- syn. psychopathic personality, sociopathic personality;

antispasmodic / æ n t i s p æ z m ɒ d ɪ k /
n1
a drug used to relieve or prevent spasms (especially of the smooth muscles);

- syn. antispasmodic agent, spasmolytic;

antispasmodic agent
n1
a drug used to relieve or prevent spasms (especially of the smooth muscles);

- syn. antispasmodic, spasmolytic;

antistrophe / æ n t ɪ s t ɹ ə f i /
n1
the section of a choral ode answering a previous strophe in classical Greek drama;

- the second of two metrically corresponding sections in a poem;

antistrophic / æ n t ɪ s t ɹ ɒ f ɪ k /
a1
of or relating to an antistrophe;

antisubmarine / æ n t i s ʌ b m ə ɹ i n /
a1
defensive against enemy submarines;

- sim. defensive;

antisyphilitic
n1
a drug (or other chemical agent) that is effective against syphilis;

antitank / æ n t ɪ t æ ŋ k /
a1
designed for defense against armored vehicles;

- sim. defensive;

antitauon
n1
an antilepton of very great mass;

- syn. tau-plus particle;

antithesis / æ n t ɪ θ ə s ɪ s , æ n t ɪ θ ɪ s ɪ s /
n1
exact opposite;

- "his theory is the antithesis of mine";

n2
the juxtaposition of contrasting words or ideas to give a feeling of balance;

antithetic / æ n t ɪ θ ɛ t ɪ k /
a1
sharply contrasted in character or purpose;

- "practices entirely antithetical to her professed beliefs";

- "hope is antithetic to despair";

- syn. antithetical;

- sim. different;

antithetical / æ n t ɪ θ ɛ t ɪ k ɫ /
a1
sharply contrasted in character or purpose;

- "practices entirely antithetical to her professed beliefs";

- "hope is antithetic to despair";

- syn. antithetic;

- sim. different;

antithetically / æ n t ɪ θ ɛ t ɪ k ɫ i /
r1
with antithesis;

- in an antithetical manner;

antithyroid
a1
having the effect of counteracting excessive thyroid activity;

- "antithyroid drugs";

antitoxic / æ n t ɪ t ɒ k s ɪ k /
a1
counteracting a toxin or poison;

- sim. nontoxic;

antitoxin / æ n t ɪ t ɒ k s ɪ n /
n1
an antibody that can neutralize a specific toxin;

antitrade / æ n t ɪ t ɹ eɪ d /
n1
winds blowing from west to east and lying above the trade winds in the tropics;

- syn. antitrade wind;

antitrade wind
n1
winds blowing from west to east and lying above the trade winds in the tropics;

- syn. antitrade;

antitrades / æ n t ɪ t ɹ eɪ d z /
n1
wind in the upper atmosphere blowing above but in the opposite direction from the trade winds;

antitrust / æ n t i t ɹ ʌ s t /
a1
of laws and regulations;

- designed to protect trade and commerce from unfair business practices;

- syn. antimonopoly;

- sim. fair;

antitrust case
n1
a legal action brought against parties who are charged with limiting free competition in the market place;

antitrust law
n1
law intended to promote free competition in the market place by outlawing monopolies;

- syn. antitrust legislation;

antitrust legislation
n1
law intended to promote free competition in the market place by outlawing monopolies;

- syn. antitrust law;

antitumor
a1
used in the treatment of cancer;

- "anticancer drug";

- "an antineoplastic effect";

- syn. anticancer, antineoplastic, antitumour;

antitumour
a1
used in the treatment of cancer;

- "anticancer drug";

- "an antineoplastic effect";

- syn. anticancer, antineoplastic, antitumor;

antitussive
n1
any medicine used to suppress or relieve coughing;

antitype
n1
a person or thing represented or foreshadowed by an earlier type or symbol;

- especially a figure or event in the New Testament having a counterpart in the Old Testament;

- "Aaron and Jesus Christ are the type and antitype for the high priest who made atonement for the sins of the people";

n2
an opposite or contrasting type;

antitypic
a1
of or relating to an antitype that represents an opposite;

- syn. antitypical;

a2
of or relating to an antitype that is a symbol;

- syn. antitypical;

antitypical
a1
of or relating to an antitype that represents an opposite;

- syn. antitypic;

a2
of or relating to an antitype that is a symbol;

- syn. antitypic;

antivenene
n1
an antitoxin that counteracts the effects of venom from the bite of a snake or insect or other animal;

- syn. antivenin;

antivenin
n1
an antitoxin that counteracts the effects of venom from the bite of a snake or insect or other animal;

- syn. antivenene;

Antivert
n1
an antihistamine (trade name Antivert) used to treat or prevent motion sickness;

- syn. meclizine, meclizine hydrochloride;

antiviral / æ n t ɪ v aɪ ɹ ə ɫ /
n1
any drug that destroys viruses;

- syn. antiviral agent, antiviral drug;

a1
inhibiting or stopping the growth and reproduction of viruses;

antiviral agent
n1
any drug that destroys viruses;

- syn. antiviral, antiviral drug;

antiviral drug
n1
any drug that destroys viruses;

- syn. antiviral, antiviral agent;

antler / æ n t ɫ ə , æ n t ɫ ə ɹ /
n1
deciduous horn of a member of the deer family;

antler-like
a1
resembling antlers;

- sim. horned;

antler moth
n1
European moth with white antler-like markings on the forewings;

- the larvae damage pastures and grasslands;

- syn. Cerapteryx graminis;

antlered / æ n t ɫ ə d /
a1
having antlers;

- sim. horned;

Antlia
n1
a faint constellation in the southern hemisphere near Hydra and Vela;

antlion / æ n t ɫ aɪ ə n /
n1
the larva of any of several insects;

- syn. ant lion, doodlebug;

n2
winged insect resembling a dragonfly;

- the larvae (doodlebugs) dig conical pits where they wait to catch e.g. ants;

- syn. ant lion, antlion fly;

antlion fly
n1
winged insect resembling a dragonfly;

- the larvae (doodlebugs) dig conical pits where they wait to catch e.g. ants;

- syn. ant lion, antlion;

Antofagasta
n1
a port city on the Pacific in northern Chile;

Antoine Domino
n1
United States rhythm and blues pianist and singer and composer (born in 1928);

- syn. Domino, Fats Domino;

Antoine Henri Becquerel
n1
French physicist who discovered that rays emitted by uranium salts affect photographic plates (1852-1908);

- syn. Becquerel, Henri Becquerel;

Antoine Laurent de Jussieu
n1
French botanist who categorized plants into families and developed a system of plant classification (1748-1836);

- syn. Jussieu;

Antoine Laurent Lavoisier
n1
French chemist known as the father of modern chemistry;

- discovered oxygen and disproved the theory of phlogiston (1743-1794);

- syn. Antoine Lavoisier, Lavoisier;

Antoine Lavoisier
n1
French chemist known as the father of modern chemistry;

- discovered oxygen and disproved the theory of phlogiston (1743-1794);

- syn. Antoine Laurent Lavoisier, Lavoisier;

Anton Bruckner
n1
Austrian organist and composer of romantic music (1824-1896);

- syn. Bruckner;

Anton Chekhov
n1
Russian dramatist whose plays are concerned with the difficulty of communication between people (1860-1904);

- syn. Anton Chekov, Anton Pavlovich Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich Chekov, Chekhov, Chekov;

Anton Chekov
n1
Russian dramatist whose plays are concerned with the difficulty of communication between people (1860-1904);

- syn. Anton Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich Chekov, Chekhov, Chekov;

Anton Gregor Rubinstein
n1
Russian composer and pianist (1829-1894);

- syn. Anton Grigorevich Rubinstein, Anton Rubenstein, Rubinstein;

Anton Grigorevich Rubinstein
n1
Russian composer and pianist (1829-1894);

- syn. Anton Gregor Rubinstein, Anton Rubenstein, Rubinstein;

Anton Pavlovich Chekhov
n1
Russian dramatist whose plays are concerned with the difficulty of communication between people (1860-1904);

- syn. Anton Chekhov, Anton Chekov, Anton Pavlovich Chekov, Chekhov, Chekov;

Anton Pavlovich Chekov
n1
Russian dramatist whose plays are concerned with the difficulty of communication between people (1860-1904);

- syn. Anton Chekhov, Anton Chekov, Anton Pavlovich Chekhov, Chekhov, Chekov;

Anton Rubenstein
n1
Russian composer and pianist (1829-1894);

- syn. Anton Gregor Rubinstein, Anton Grigorevich Rubinstein, Rubinstein;

Anton van Leeuwenhoek
n1
Dutch pioneer microscopist who was among the first to recognize cells in animals and who gave the first accurate descriptions of microbes and spermatozoa and blood corpuscles (1632-1723);

- syn. Anton van Leuwenhoek, Leeuwenhoek, Leuwenhoek;

Anton van Leuwenhoek
n1
Dutch pioneer microscopist who was among the first to recognize cells in animals and who gave the first accurate descriptions of microbes and spermatozoa and blood corpuscles (1632-1723);

- syn. Anton van Leeuwenhoek, Leeuwenhoek, Leuwenhoek;

Antonin Dvorak
n1
Czech composer who combined folk elements with traditional forms (1841-1904);

- syn. Dvorak;

Antonine Wall
n1
a fortification 37 miles long across the narrowest part of southern Scotland (between the Firth of Forth and the Firth of Clyde);

- built in 140 to mark the frontier of the Roman province of Britain;

Antoninus
n1
Emperor of Rome;

- nephew and son-in-law and adoptive son of Antonius Pius;

- Stoic philosopher;

- the decline of the Roman Empire began under Marcus Aurelius (121-180);

- syn. Aurelius, Marcus Annius Verus, Marcus Aurelius, Marcus Aurelius Antoninus;

Antonio Allegri da Correggio
n1
Italian painter noted for his use of chiaroscuro and perspective (1494-1534);

- syn. Correggio;

Antonio Gaudi
n1
Spanish architect who was a leading exponent of art nouveau in Europe (1852-1926);

- syn. Antonio Gaudi i Cornet, Gaudi, Gaudi i Cornet;

Antonio Gaudi i Cornet
n1
Spanish architect who was a leading exponent of art nouveau in Europe (1852-1926);

- syn. Antonio Gaudi, Gaudi, Gaudi i Cornet;

Antonio Ghislieri
n1
Italian pope from 1566 to 1572 who led the reformation of the Roman Catholic Church;

- he excommunicated Elizabeth I (1504-1572);

- syn. Pius V;

Antonio Lopez de Santa Ana
n1
Mexican general who tried to crush the Texas revolt and who lost battles to Winfield Scott and Zachary Taylor in the Mexican War (1795-1876);

- syn. Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, Santa Ana, Santa Anna;

Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna
n1
Mexican general who tried to crush the Texas revolt and who lost battles to Winfield Scott and Zachary Taylor in the Mexican War (1795-1876);

- syn. Antonio Lopez de Santa Ana, Santa Ana, Santa Anna;

Antonio Lucio Vivaldi
n1
Italian baroque composer and violinist (1675-1741);

- syn. Antonio Vivaldi, Vivaldi;

Antonio Pignatelli
n1
Italian pope from 1691 to 1700 who abolished nepotism within the church hierarchy and was universally loved for his charity and piety;

- syn. Innocent XII;

Antonio Stradivari
n1
Italian violin maker who developed the modern violin and created violins of unequaled tonal quality (1644?-1737);

- syn. Antonius Stradivarius, Stradivari, Stradivarius;

Antonio Vivaldi
n1
Italian baroque composer and violinist (1675-1741);

- syn. Antonio Lucio Vivaldi, Vivaldi;

Antonius
n1
Roman general under Julius Caesar in the Gallic wars;

- repudiated his wife for the Egyptian queen Cleopatra;

- they were defeated by Octavian at Actium (83-30 BC);

- syn. Anthony, Antony, Marcus Antonius, Mark Anthony, Mark Antony;

Antonius Pius
n1
Emperor of Rome;

- adoptive son of Hadrian (86-161);

Antonius Stradivarius
n1
Italian violin maker who developed the modern violin and created violins of unequaled tonal quality (1644?-1737);

- syn. Antonio Stradivari, Stradivari, Stradivarius;

Antony / æ n t ə n i /
n1
Roman general under Julius Caesar in the Gallic wars;

- repudiated his wife for the Egyptian queen Cleopatra;

- they were defeated by Octavian at Actium (83-30 BC);

- syn. Anthony, Antonius, Marcus Antonius, Mark Anthony, Mark Antony;

Antony Tudor
n1
United States dancer and choreographer (born in England) (1909-1987);

- syn. Tudor;

antonym / æ n t ə n ɪ m /
n1
a word that expresses a meaning opposed to the meaning of another word, in which case the two words are antonyms of each other;

- "to him the antonym of `gay' was `depressed'";

- syn. opposite, opposite word;

antonymous / æ n t ə n ɪ m ə s /
a1
of words: having opposite meanings;

- sim. complementary, contradictory, contrary, contrastive, converse;

antonymy / æ n t ə n ɪ m i /
n1
the semantic relation that holds between two words that can (in a given context) express opposite meanings;

antrorse
a1
bent or curved forward or upward;

- "a plant having antrorse hairs on the stem";

Antrozous
n1
a genus of Vespertilionidae;

- syn. genus Antrozous;

Antrozous pallidus
n1
drab yellowish big-eared bat that lives in caves;

- syn. cave bat, pallid bat;

antrum / æ n t ɹ ə m /
n1
a natural cavity or hollow in a bone;

antsy
a1
nervous and unable to relax;

- "a constant fretful stamping of hooves";

- "a restless child";

- syn. fidgety, fretful, itchy;

- sim. tense;

Antum
n1
Babylonian consort of Anu;

Antwerp / æ n t w ɝ p /
n1
a busy port and financial center in northern Belgium on the Scheldt river;

- it has long been a center for the diamond industry and the first stock exchange was opened there in 1460;

- syn. Antwerpen, Anvers;

Antwerpen
n1
a busy port and financial center in northern Belgium on the Scheldt river;

- it has long been a center for the diamond industry and the first stock exchange was opened there in 1460;

- syn. Antwerp, Anvers;

Anu
n1
Babylonian god of the sky;

- one of the supreme triad including Bel and Ea;

Anubis
n1
Egyptian god of tombs and ruler of the underworld;

- usually depicted as a man with the head of a jackal;

- syn. Anpu;

Anunnaki
n1
any of a group of powerful Babylonian earth spirits or genii;

- servitors of the gods;

- syn. Enuki;

Anura
n1
frogs, toads, tree toads;

- syn. Batrachia, Salientia, order Anura, order Batrachia, order Salientia;

anuran
n1
any of various tailless stout-bodied amphibians with long hind limbs for leaping;

- semiaquatic and terrestrial species;

- syn. batrachian, frog, salientian, toad, toad frog;

a1
relating to frogs and toads;

- syn. batrachian, salientian;

anuresis
n1
inability to urinate;

- syn. anuria;

anuretic
a1
of or relating to an inability to urinate;

- syn. anuric;

anuria
n1
inability to urinate;

- syn. anuresis;

anuric
a1
of or relating to an inability to urinate;

- syn. anuretic;

anurous
a1
not having a tail;

- "anurous toads and frogs";

- syn. tailless;

- sim. acaudate;

anus / eɪ n ə s /
n1
the excretory opening at the end of the alimentary canal;

Anvers
n1
a busy port and financial center in northern Belgium on the Scheldt river;

- it has long been a center for the diamond industry and the first stock exchange was opened there in 1460;

- syn. Antwerp, Antwerpen;

anvil / æ n v ɪ ɫ /
n1
a heavy block of iron or steel on which hot metals are shaped by hammering;

n2
the ossicle between the malleus and the stapes;

- syn. incus;

Anwar el-Sadat
n1
Egyptian statesman who (as president of Egypt) negotiated a peace treaty with Menachem Begin (then prime minister of Israel) (1918-1981);

- syn. Anwar Sadat, Sadat;

Anwar Sadat
n1
Egyptian statesman who (as president of Egypt) negotiated a peace treaty with Menachem Begin (then prime minister of Israel) (1918-1981);

- syn. Anwar el-Sadat, Sadat;

anxiety / æ ŋ z aɪ ə t i /
n1
(psychiatry) a relatively permanent state of worry and nervousness occurring in a variety of mental disorders, usually accompanied by compulsive behavior or attacks of panic;

- syn. anxiousness;

n2
a vague unpleasant emotion that is experienced in anticipation of some (usually ill-defined) misfortune;

anxiety attack
n1
a sudden acute episode of intense anxiety and feelings of panic;

anxiety disorder
n1
a cover term for a variety of mental disorders in which severe anxiety is a salient symptom;

anxiety hysteria
n1
a form of hysteria having features of both conversion disorder and anxiety neurosis;

anxiety neurosis
n1
characterized by diffuse anxiety and often somatic manifestations of fear;

anxiety reaction
n1
an anxiety disorder characterized by chronic free-floating anxiety and such symptoms as tension or sweating or trembling or lightheadedness or irritability etc that has lasted for more than six months;

- syn. GAD, generalized anxiety disorder;

anxiolytic
n1
a tranquilizer used to relieve anxiety and reduce tension and irritability;

- syn. antianxiety drug, anxiolytic drug, minor tranquilizer, minor tranquilliser, minor tranquillizer;

a1
anxiety relieving;

anxiolytic drug
n1
a tranquilizer used to relieve anxiety and reduce tension and irritability;

- syn. antianxiety drug, anxiolytic, minor tranquilizer, minor tranquilliser, minor tranquillizer;

anxious / æ ŋ k ʃ ə s /
a1
eagerly desirous;

- "anxious to see the new show at the museum";

- "dying to hear who won";

- syn. dying;

- sim. eager;

a2
causing or fraught with or showing anxiety;

- "spent an anxious night waiting for the test results";

- "cast anxious glances behind her";

- "those nervous moments before takeoff";

- "an unquiet mind";

- syn. nervous, queasy, uneasy, unquiet;

- sim. troubled;

anxiously / æ ŋ k ʃ ə s ɫ i /
r1
with anxiety or apprehension;

- "we watched anxiously";

- syn. apprehensively, uneasily;

anxiousness / æ ŋ k ʃ ə s n ə s /
n1
(psychiatry) a relatively permanent state of worry and nervousness occurring in a variety of mental disorders, usually accompanied by compulsive behavior or attacks of panic;

- syn. anxiety;

n2
a feeling of mild anxiety about possible developments;

- syn. disquiet;

any / ɛ n i /
a1
one or some or every or all without specification;

- "give me any peaches you don't want";

- "not any milk is left";

- "any child would know that";

- "pick any card";

- "any day now";

- "cars can be rented at almost any airport";

- "at twilight or any other time";

- "beyond any doubt";

- "need any help we can get";

- "give me whatever peaches you don't want";

- "no milk whatsoever is left";

- syn. whatever, whatsoever;

- sim. some;

r1
to any degree or extent;

- "it isn't any better";

any-and-all bid
n1
a takeover bid where the acquirer offers to buy any and all shares outstanding;

any longer
r1
at the present or from now on;

- usually used with a negative;

- "Alice doesn't live here anymore";

- "the children promised not to quarrel any more";

- syn. anymore;

anyhow / ɛ n ɪ h aʊ /
r1
used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement;

- "Anyhow, he is dead now";

- "I think they're asleep;

- anyhow, they're quiet";

- "I don't know what happened to it;

- anyway, it's gone";

- "anyway, there is another factor to consider";

- "I don't know how it started;

- in any case, there was a brief scuffle";

- "in any event, the government faced a serious protest";

- "but at any rate he got a knighthood for it";

- syn. anyway, anyways, at any rate, in any case, in any event;

r2
in any way whatsoever;

- "they came anyhow they could";

- "get it done anyway you can";

- syn. anyway;

anymore / ɛ n i m ɔ ɹ /
r1
at the present or from now on;

- usually used with a negative;

- "Alice doesn't live here anymore";

- "the children promised not to quarrel any more";

- syn. any longer;

anyplace / ɛ n ɪ p ɫ eɪ s /
r1
at or in or to any place;

- "you can find this food anywhere";

- (`anyplace' is used informally for `anywhere');

- syn. anywhere;

anyway / ɛ n ɪ w eɪ /
r1
used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement;

- "Anyhow, he is dead now";

- "I think they're asleep;

- anyhow, they're quiet";

- "I don't know what happened to it;

- anyway, it's gone";

- "anyway, there is another factor to consider";

- "I don't know how it started;

- in any case, there was a brief scuffle";

- "in any event, the government faced a serious protest";

- "but at any rate he got a knighthood for it";

- syn. anyhow, anyways, at any rate, in any case, in any event;

r2
in any way whatsoever;

- "they came anyhow they could";

- "get it done anyway you can";

- syn. anyhow;

anyways / ɛ n ɪ w eɪ z /
r1
used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement;

- "Anyhow, he is dead now";

- "I think they're asleep;

- anyhow, they're quiet";

- "I don't know what happened to it;

- anyway, it's gone";

- "anyway, there is another factor to consider";

- "I don't know how it started;

- in any case, there was a brief scuffle";

- "in any event, the government faced a serious protest";

- "but at any rate he got a knighthood for it";

- syn. anyhow, anyway, at any rate, in any case, in any event;

anywhere / ɛ n ɪ w eə , ɛ n ɪ w eə ɹ /
r1
at or in or to any place;

- "you can find this food anywhere";

- (`anyplace' is used informally for `anywhere');

- syn. anyplace;

Anzac
n1
a soldier in the Australian and New Zealand army corps during World War I;

Anzio
n1
a town of central Italy on the Tyrrhenian Sea;

- the Allies established a beachhead at Anzio in World War II;

ao dai
n1
the traditional dress of Vietnamese women consisting of a tunic with long sleeves and panels front and back;

- the tunic is worn over trousers;

aorist / eə ɹ ɪ s t /
n1
a verb tense in some languages (classical Greek and Sanskrit) expressing action (especially past action) without indicating its completion or continuation;

aoristic / eə ɹ ɪ s t ɪ k /
a1
of or relating to the aorist tense;

aorta / eɪ ɔ t ə /
n1
the large trunk artery that carries blood from the left ventricle of the heart to branch arteries;

aortal / eɪ ɔ t ə ɫ /
a1
of or relating to the aorta;

- syn. aortic;

aortic
a1
of or relating to the aorta;

- syn. aortal;

aortic aneurysm
n1
an aneurysm of the aorta;

aortic arch
n1
the part of the aorta that arches and turns downward;

aortic orifice
n1
the orifice from the lower left chamber of the heart to the aorta;

aortic plexus
n1
a plexus of lymph nodes in the lower portion of the abdominal aorta;

aortic stenosis
n1
abnormal narrowing of the aortic valve;

aortic valve
n1
a semilunar valve between the left ventricle and the aorta;

- prevents blood from flowing from the aorta back into the heart;

aortitis
n1
inflammation of the aorta;

Aotus
n1
douroucoulis;

- syn. genus Aotus;

Aotus trivirgatus
n1
nocturnal monkey of Central America and South America with large eyes and thick fur;

- syn. douroucouli;

aoudad
n1
wild sheep of northern Africa;

- syn. Ammotragus lervia, Barbary sheep, arui, audad, maned sheep;

apace / ə p eɪ s /
r1
(poetic, literary) quickly;

r2
with speed;

- "he works quickly";

- "John got ready in short order";

- syn. chop-chop, in short order, quickly, rapidly, speedily;

Apache / ə p æ tʃ i /
n1
any member of Athapaskan tribes that migrated to the southwestern desert (from Arizona to Texas and south into Mexico);

- fought a losing battle from 1861 to 1886 with the United States and were resettled in Oklahoma;

n2
a Parisian gangster;

n3
the language of the Apache;

apache dance
n1
a violent fast dance in French vaudeville (an apache is a member of the French underworld);

apache devil dance
n1
a ritual dance of the Apache;

apadana
n1
the great hall in ancient Persian palaces;

Apalachicola
n1
a river in northwestern Florida formed by the confluence of the Chattahoochee River and the Flint River at the Florida border;

- syn. Apalachicola River;

Apalachicola River
n1
a river in northwestern Florida formed by the confluence of the Chattahoochee River and the Flint River at the Florida border;

- syn. Apalachicola;

Apalachicola rosemary
n1
small shrub of Apalachicola River area in southeastern United States having highly aromatic pinkish flowers;

- a threatened species;

- syn. Conradina glabra;

apanage / æ p ə n ɪ dʒ /
n1
any customary and rightful perquisite appropriate to your station in life;

- "for thousands of years the chair was an appanage of state and dignity rather than an article of ordinary use";

- syn. appanage;

n2
a grant (by a sovereign or a legislative body) of resources to maintain a dependent member of a ruling family;

- "bishoprics were received as appanages for the younger sons of great families";

- syn. appanage;

apar
n1
South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates;

- syn. Tolypeutes tricinctus, three-banded armadillo;

apart / ə p ɑ t /
a1
remote and separate physically or socially;

- "existed over the centuries as a world apart";

- "preserved because they inhabited a place apart"- W.H.Hudson;

- "tiny isolated villages remote from centers of civilization";

- "an obscure village";

- syn. isolated, obscure;

- sim. unconnected;

a2
having characteristics not shared by others;

- "scientists felt they were a group apart"- Vannever Bush;

- sim. separate;

r1
separated or at a distance in place or position or time;

- "These towns are many miles apart";

- "stood with his legs apart";

- "born two years apart";

r2
not taken into account or excluded from consideration;

- "these problems apart, the country is doing well";

- "all joking aside, I think you're crazy";

- syn. aside;

r3
away from another or others;

- "they grew apart over the years";

- "kept apart from the group out of shyness";

- "decided to live apart";

r4
placed or kept separate and distinct as for a purpose;

- "had a feeling of being set apart";

- "quality sets it apart";

- "a day set aside for relaxing";

- syn. aside;

r5
one from the other;

- "people can't tell the twins apart";

r6
into parts or pieces;

- "he took his father's watch apart";

- "split apart";

- "torn asunder";

- syn. asunder;

apartheid / ə p ɑ t aɪ t /
n1
a social policy or racial segregation involving political and economic and legal discrimination against people who are not Whites;

- the former official policy in South Africa;

apartment / ə p ɑ t m ə n t /
n1
a suite of rooms usually on one floor of an apartment house;

- syn. flat;

apartment building
n1
a building that is divided into apartments;

- syn. apartment house;

apartment house
n1
a building that is divided into apartments;

- syn. apartment building;

apatetic coloration
n1
coloring serving as natural camouflage;

apathetic / æ p ə θ ɛ t ɪ k /
a1
showing little or no emotion or animation;

- "a woman who became active rather than apathetic as she grew older";

- sim. spiritless;

a2
marked by a lack of interest;

- "an apathetic audience";

- "the universe is neither hostile nor friendly;

- it is simply indifferent";

- syn. indifferent;

- sim. uninterested;

apathetically / æ p ə θ ɛ t ɪ k ɫ i /
r1
in an apathetic manner;

- "she behaves apathetically these days";

apathy / æ p ə θ i /
n1
an absence of emotion or enthusiasm;

n2
the trait of lacking enthusiasm for or interest in things generally;

- syn. indifference, numbness, spiritlessness;

apatite
n1
a common complex mineral consisting of calcium fluoride phosphate or calcium chloride phosphate;

- a source of phosphorus;

apatosaur
n1
huge quadrupedal herbivorous dinosaur common in North America in the late Jurassic;

- syn. Apatosaurus excelsus, apatosaurus, brontosaur, brontosaurus, thunder lizard;

apatosaurus
n1
huge quadrupedal herbivorous dinosaur common in North America in the late Jurassic;

- syn. Apatosaurus excelsus, apatosaur, brontosaur, brontosaurus, thunder lizard;

Apatosaurus excelsus
n1
huge quadrupedal herbivorous dinosaur common in North America in the late Jurassic;

- syn. apatosaur, apatosaurus, brontosaur, brontosaurus, thunder lizard;

Apatura
n1
large Old World butterflies;

- syn. genus Apatura;

Apatura iris
n1
large European butterfly the male of which has wings shaded with purple;

- syn. purple emperor;

APC
n1
(military) an armored vehicle (usually equipped with caterpillar treads) that is used to transport infantry;

- syn. armored personnel carrier, armoured personnel carrier;

n2
a drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (aspirin and phenacetin and caffeine);

ape / eɪ p /
n1
any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all;

n2
someone who copies the words or behavior of another;

- syn. aper, copycat, emulator, imitator;

n3
person who resembles a nonhuman primate;

- syn. anthropoid;

v1
imitate uncritically and in every aspect;

- "Her little brother apes her behavior";

v2
represent in or produce a caricature of;

- "The drawing caricatured the President";

- syn. caricature;

ape-man
n1
hypothetical organism formerly thought to be intermediate between apes and human beings;

- syn. missing link;

n2
a person assumed to have been raised by apes;

Apeldoorn / æ p ɫ d ɔ n /
n1
a city of east central Netherlands;

- a popular tourist center and site of the summer residence of the Dutch royal family;

apelike / eɪ p ɫ aɪ k /
a1
resembling apes;

- syn. anthropoid, anthropoidal;

- sim. nonhuman;

a2
being or given to servile imitation;

- syn. apish;

- sim. imitative;

Apennines / ə p ɛ n aɪ n z /
n1
a mountain range extending the length of the Italian peninsula;

aper
n1
someone who copies the words or behavior of another;

- syn. ape, copycat, emulator, imitator;

apercu
n1
a short synopsis;

aperea
n1
South American cavy;

- possibly ancestral to the domestic guinea pig;

- syn. Cavia porcellus, wild cavy;

aperient / ə p ɪə ɹ ɪə n t /
n1
a purging medicine;

- stimulates evacuation of the bowels;

- syn. cathartic, physic, purgative;

a1
mildly laxative;

- sim. laxative;

aperiodic / ə p ɪə ɹ ɪ ɒ d ɪ k /
a1
not recurring at regular intervals;

- syn. nonperiodic;

- sim. noncyclic, nonoscillatory;

aperitif / ə p ɛr ə t ɪ f /
n1
alcoholic beverage taken before a meal as an appetizer;

aperture / æ p ə tʃ ə , æ p ə tʃ ə ɹ /
n1
a device that controls amount of light admitted;

n2
a natural opening in something;

n3
an man-made opening;

- usually small;

apery / eɪ p ə ɹ i /
n1
the act of mimicking;

- imitative behavior;

- syn. mimicry;

apetalous
a1
(of flowers) having no petals;

- syn. petalless;

apetalous flower
n1
flower having no petals;

apex / eɪ p ɛ k s /
n1
the highest point (of something);

- "at the peak of the pyramid";

- syn. acme, peak, vertex;

n2
the point on the celestial sphere toward which the sun and solar system appear to be moving relative to the fixed stars;

- syn. apex of the sun's way, solar apex;

apex of the sun's way
n1
the point on the celestial sphere toward which the sun and solar system appear to be moving relative to the fixed stars;

- syn. apex, solar apex;

Apgar score
n1
an assessment of the physical condition of a newborn infant;

- involves heart rate and muscle tone and respiratory effort and color and reflex responsiveness;

aphaeresis
n1
(linguistics) omission at the beginning of a word as in `coon' for `raccoon' or `till' for `until';

- syn. apheresis;

aphaeretic
a1
relating to or formed by or consisting of aphaeresis;

- syn. apheretic;

aphagia
n1
loss of the ability to swallow;

aphakia
n1
absence of the natural lens of the eye (usually resulting from the removal of cataracts);

aphakic
n1
someone afflicted by aphakia;

- someone lacking the natural lenses of the eyes;

a1
of or relating to or afflicted with aphakia;

aphanite
n1
fine-grained homogeneous rock (such as basalt) containing minerals undetectable by the naked eye;

aphanitic
a1
of or relating to aphanite;

aphasia / ə f eɪ z ɪə /
n1
inability to use or understand language (spoken or written) because of a brain lesion;

aphasic / ə f eɪ z ɪ k /
n1
someone affected by aphasia or inability to use or understand language;

a1
related to or affected by aphasia;

- "aphasic speech";

a2
unable to speak because of a brain lesion;

- sim. inarticulate;

Aphasmidia
n1
one of two subgroups of Nematoda used in some classification systems;

- syn. class Aphasmidia;

aphelion / æ f i ɫ j ə n /
n1
apoapsis in solar orbit;

- the point in the orbit of a planet or comet that is at the greatest distance from the sun;

apheresis / æ f ɪə ɹ ɪ s ɪ s /
n1
(linguistics) omission at the beginning of a word as in `coon' for `raccoon' or `till' for `until';

- syn. aphaeresis;

n2
a procedure in which blood is drawn and separated into its components by dialysis;

- some are retained and the rest are returned to the donor by transfusion;

- syn. pheresis;

apheretic
a1
relating to or formed by or consisting of aphaeresis;

- syn. aphaeretic;

aphesis / æ f ɪ s ɪ s /
n1
the gradual disappearance of an initial (usually unstressed) vowel or syllable as in `squire' for `esquire';

aphetic
a1
produced by aphesis;

aphid / eɪ f ɪ d /
n1
any of various small plant-sucking insects;

aphid lion
n1
carnivorous larva of lacewing flies;

- syn. aphis lion;

Aphididae
n1
small soft-bodied plant lice;

- syn. family Aphididae;

Aphidoidea
n1
plant lice;

- syn. superfamily Aphidoidea;

Aphis / eɪ f ɪ s /
n1
type genus of the Aphididae: injurious to fruit trees and vegetables;

- syn. genus Aphis;

Aphis fabae
n1
blackish aphid that infests e.g. beans and sugar beets;

- syn. bean aphid, blackfly;

aphis lion
n1
carnivorous larva of lacewing flies;

- syn. aphid lion;

Aphis pomi
n1
bright green aphid;

- feeds on and causes curling of apple leaves;

- syn. apple aphid, green apple aphid;

aphonia / æ f oʊ n j ə /
n1
a disorder of the vocal organs that results in the loss of voice;

- syn. voicelessness;

aphonic / æ f ɒ n ɪ k /
a1
being without sound through injury or illness and thus incapable of all but whispered speech;

- syn. voiceless;

- sim. inarticulate;

aphorise / æ f ə ɹ aɪ z /
v1
speak or write in aphorisms;

- syn. aphorize;

aphorism / æ f ə ɹ ɪ z ə m /
n1
a short pithy instructive saying;

- syn. apophthegm, apothegm;

aphorist / æ f ə ɹ ɪ s t /
n1
someone who formulates aphorisms or who repeats aphorisms;

aphoristic / æ f ə ɹ ɪ s t ɪ k /
a1
containing aphorisms or maxims;

- "axiomatic wisdom";

- syn. axiomatic;

a2
terse and witty and like a maxim;

- "much given to apothegmatic instruction";

- syn. apothegmatic, epigrammatic;

- sim. concise;

aphorize / æ f ə ɹ aɪ z /
v1
speak or write in aphorisms;

- syn. aphorise;

aphotic
a1
lacking light;

- especially not reached by sunlight;

- "the aphotic depths of the sea where no photosynthesis occurs";

- sim. dark;

Aphriza
n1
a genus of Scolopacidae;

- syn. genus Aphriza;

Aphriza virgata
n1
sandpiper-like shorebird of Pacific coasts of North America and South America;

- syn. surfbird;

aphrodisia
n1
a desire for heterosexual intimacy;

aphrodisiac / æ f ɹ ə d ɪ z ɪ æ k /
n1
a drug or other agent that stimulates sexual desire;

a1
stimulating sexual desire;

- syn. aphrodisiacal, sexy;

aphrodisiacal / æ f ɹ ə d ɪ z aɪ ə k ɫ /
a1
stimulating sexual desire;

- syn. aphrodisiac, sexy;

Aphrodite / æ f ɹ ə d aɪ t /
n1
goddess of love and beauty and daughter of Zeus in ancient mythology;

- identified with Roman Venus;

- syn. Cytherea;

Aphrophora
n1
a genus of Cercopidae;

- syn. genus Aphrophora;

Aphrophora saratogensis
n1
feeds on pines in northern United States;

- syn. Saratoga spittlebug;

aphthous ulcer
n1
a blister on the mucous membranes of the lips or mouth or gastrointestinal tract;

Aphyllanthaceae
n1
one of many families or subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted;

- includes genus Aphyllanthes;

- syn. family Aphyllanthaceae;

Aphyllanthes
n1
one species;

- small fibrous-rooted perennial with rushlike foliage and deep blue flowers;

- sometimes placed in its own family Aphyllanthaceae;

- syn. genus Aphyllanthes;

Aphyllophorales
n1
includes chiefly saprophytic fungi typically with shelflike bodies;

- sometimes placed in class Hymenomycetes or included in Agaricales;

- syn. order Aphyllophorales;

aphyllous
a1
having no leaves;

- sim. leafless;

Apia
n1
the capital of Western Samoa;

- syn. capital of Western Samoa;

Apiaceae
n1
plants having flowers in umbels: parsley;

- carrot;

- anise;

- caraway;

- celery;

- dill;

- syn. Umbelliferae, carrot family, family Apiaceae, family Umbelliferae;

apian / eɪ p j ə n /
a1
relating to or having the characteristics of bees;

apiarian / eɪ p ɪ eə ɹ ɪə n /
a1
relating to bees or beekeeping;

apiarist / eɪ p ɪə ɹ ɪ s t /
n1
a farmer who keeps bees for their honey;

- syn. apiculturist, beekeeper;

apiary / eɪ p ɪə ɹ i /
n1
a shed containing a number of beehives;

- syn. bee house;

apical / æ p ɪ k ə ɫ /
a1
situated at an apex;

- sim. top;

apical placentation
n1
where one or few ovules develop at the top of a simple or compound ovary;

apiculate
a1
(of a leaf shape) having a short sharply pointed tip;

- sim. simple;

apicultural / eɪ p ɪ k ʌ ɫ tʃ ə ɹ ə ɫ /
a1
relating to the care and breeding of bees;

apiculture / eɪ p ɪ k ʌ ɫ tʃ ə , eɪ p ɪ k ʌ ɫ tʃ ə ɹ /
n1
the cultivation of bees on a commercial scale for the production of honey;

- syn. beekeeping;

apiculturist / eɪ p ɪ k ʌ ɫ tʃ ə ɹ ɪ s t /
n1
a farmer who keeps bees for their honey;

- syn. apiarist, beekeeper;

Apidae
n1
honeybees;

- carpenter bees;

- bumblebees;

- syn. family Apidae;

apiece / ə p i s /
r1
to or from every one of two or more (considered individually);

- "they received $10 each";

- syn. each, for each one, from each one, to each one;

Apios
n1
twining perennial North American plants;

- syn. genus Apios;

Apios americana
n1
a North American vine with fragrant blossoms and edible tubers;

- important food crop of Native Americans;

- syn. Apios tuberosa, Indian potato, groundnut, groundnut vine, potato bean, wild bean;

Apios tuberosa
n1
a North American vine with fragrant blossoms and edible tubers;

- important food crop of Native Americans;

- syn. Apios americana, Indian potato, groundnut, groundnut vine, potato bean, wild bean;

Apis / eɪ p ɪ s /
n1
type genus of the Apidae: honeybees;

- syn. genus Apis;

Apis mellifera
n1
social bee often domesticated for the honey it produces;

- syn. honeybee;

Apis mellifera adansonii
n1
a strain of bees that originated in Brazil in the 1950s as a cross between an aggressive African bee and a honeybee;

- retains most of the traits of the African bee;

- now spread as far north as Texas;

- syn. Africanized bee, Africanized honey bee, Apis mellifera scutellata, killer bee;

Apis mellifera scutellata
n1
a strain of bees that originated in Brazil in the 1950s as a cross between an aggressive African bee and a honeybee;

- retains most of the traits of the African bee;

- now spread as far north as Texas;

- syn. Africanized bee, Africanized honey bee, Apis mellifera adansonii, killer bee;

apish / eɪ p ɪ ʃ /
a1
being or given to servile imitation;

- syn. apelike;

- sim. imitative;

apishamore
n1
a saddle blanket made of buffalo hide;

Apium
n1
celery;

- syn. genus Apium;

Apium graveolens
n1
herb of Europe and temperate Asia;

- syn. wild celery;

Apium graveolens dulce
n1
widely cultivated herb with aromatic leaf stalks that are eaten raw or cooked;

- syn. celery, cultivated celery;

Apium graveolens rapaceum
n1
grown for its thickened edible aromatic root;

- syn. celeriac, celery root, knob celery, root celery, turnip-rooted celery;

apivorous
a1
feeding on bees;

- sim. insectivorous;

aplacental
a1
having no placenta;

- "monotremes and marsupials are aplacental mammals";

Aplacophora
n1
an order of Amphineura;

- syn. Solenogastres, order Aplacophora, order Solenogastres;

aplacophoran
n1
deep-water wormlike mollusks lacking calcareous plates on the body but having fine slimy spicules on the covering mantle;

- syn. solenogaster;

aplanatic
a1
free from or corrected for spherical aberration;

- "an aplanatic mirror";

- sim. corrected;

aplasia
n1
failure of some tissue or organ to develop;

aplastic anaemia
n1
anemia characterized by pancytopenia resulting from failure of the bone marrow;

- can be caused by neoplasm or by toxic exposure;

- syn. aplastic anemia;

aplastic anemia
n1
anemia characterized by pancytopenia resulting from failure of the bone marrow;

- can be caused by neoplasm or by toxic exposure;

- syn. aplastic anaemia;

Aplectrum
n1
a monocotyledonous genus of the family Orchidaceae;

- syn. genus Aplectrum;

Aplectrum hyemale
n1
North American orchid bearing a single leaf and yellowish-brown flowers;

- syn. adam-and-eve, puttyroot;

aplite
n1
light-colored and fine-grained granitic rock consisting chiefly of quartz and feldspars;

aplitic
a1
of or related to aplite;

Aplodontia
n1
type genus of the Aplodontiidae: comprising the mountain beavers;

- syn. genus Aplodontia;

Aplodontia rufa
n1
bulky nocturnal burrowing rodent of uplands of the Pacific coast of North America;

- the most primitive living rodent;

- syn. mountain beaver, sewellel;

Aplodontiidae
n1
mountain beavers;

- syn. family Aplodontiidae;

aplomb / ə p ɫ ɒ m /
n1
great coolness and composure under strain;

- "keep your cool";

- syn. assuredness, cool, poise, sang-froid;

Aplysia
n1
type genus of the family Aplysiidae;

- syn. Tethys, genus Aplysia, genus Tethus;

Aplysia punctata
n1
naked marine gastropod having a soft body with reduced internal shell and two pairs of ear-like tentacles;

- syn. sea hare;

Aplysiidae
n1
sea hares;

- syn. Tethyidae, family Aplysiidae, family Tethyidae;

apnea
n1
transient cessation of respiration;

apneic
a1
of or relating to apnea;

- syn. apnoeic;

apnoeic
a1
of or relating to apnea;

- syn. apneic;

apoapsis
n1
(astronomy) the point in an orbit farthest from the body being orbited;

- syn. point of apoapsis;

apocalypse / ə p ɒ k ə ɫ ɪ p s /
n1
a cosmic cataclysm in which God destroys the ruling powers of evil;

n2
the last book of the New Testament;

- contains visionary descriptions of heaven and of conflicts between good and evil and of the end of the world;

- attributed to Saint John the Apostle;

- syn. Book of Revelation, Revelation, Revelation of Saint John the Divine;

apocalyptic / ə p ɒ k ə ɫ ɪ p t ɪ k /
a1
prophetic of devastation or ultimate doom;

- syn. apocalyptical, revelatory;

- sim. prophetic;

a2
of or relating to an apocalypse;

apocalyptical
a1
prophetic of devastation or ultimate doom;

- syn. apocalyptic, revelatory;

- sim. prophetic;

apocarpous
a1
(of ovaries of flowering plants) consisting of carpels that are free from one another as in buttercups or roses;

apochromatic
a1
corrected for both chromatic and spherical aberration;

- "an apochromatic lens";

- sim. corrected;

apocope / ə p ɒ k ə p i /
n1
abbreviation of a word by omitting the final sound or sounds;

- "the British get `pud' from `pudding' by apocope";

apocrine
a1
(of exocrine glands) producing a secretion in which part of the secreting cell is released with the secretion;

- "mother's milk is one apocrine secretion";

apocrine gland
n1
a large sweat gland that produces both a fluid and an apocrine secretion;

- in human beings located in hairy regions of the body;

Apocrypha / ə p ɒ k ɹ ɪ f ə /
n1
14 books of the Old Testament included in the Vulgate (except for II Esdras) but omitted in Jewish and Protestant versions of the Bible;

- eastern Christian churches (except the Coptic Church) accept all these books as canonical;

- the Russian Orthodox Church accepts these texts as divinely inspired but does not grant them the same status;

apocryphal / ə p ɒ k ɹ ɪ f ə ɫ /
a1
being of questionable authenticity;

- sim. questionable;

a2
of or belonging to the Apocrypha;

Apocynaceae
n1
chiefly tropical trees or shrubs or herbs having milky juice and often showy flowers;

- many are sources of drugs;

- syn. dogbane family, family Apocynaceae;

apocynaceous
a1
of or relating to tropical plants of the family Apocynaceae;

Apocynum
n1
perennial herbs with small pink or white flowers;

- syn. genus Apocynum;

Apocynum androsaemifolium
n1
North American perennial having pinkish flowers in loose cymes;

- used in folk medicine for pain or inflammation in joints;

- syn. common dogbane, rheumatism weed, spreading dogbane;

Apocynum cannabinum
n1
Canadian dogbane yielding a tough fiber used as cordage by Native Americans;

- used in folk medicine for pain or inflammation in joints;

- syn. Indian hemp, rheumatism weed;

Apocynum pumilum
n1
North American plant similar to common dogbane;

- syn. Rocky Mountain dogbane;

apodal
a1
(of snakes and eels) naturally footless;

- "eels are apodal";

- syn. apodous;

- sim. footless;

apodeictic / æ p oʊ d aɪ k t ɪ k /
a1
of a proposition;

- necessarily true or logically certain;

- syn. apodictic;

- sim. true;

apodeme
n1
ridge-like ingrowth of the exoskeleton of an arthropod that supports internal organs and provides attachment points for muscles;

Apodemus
n1
Old World field mice;

- syn. genus Apodemus;

Apodemus sylvaticus
n1
nocturnal yellowish-brown mouse inhabiting woods and fields and gardens;

- syn. European wood mouse;

apodictic
a1
of a proposition;

- necessarily true or logically certain;

- syn. apodeictic;

- sim. true;

Apodidae
n1
swifts;

- in former classifications included in the order Coraciiformes;

- syn. family Apodidae;

apodiform bird
n1
nonpasserine bird having long wings and weak feet;

- spends much of its time in flight;

Apodiformes
n1
swifts;

- hummingbirds;

- syn. order Apodiformes;

apodous
a1
(of snakes and eels) naturally footless;

- "eels are apodal";

- syn. apodal;

- sim. footless;

apoenzyme
n1
a protein that combines with a coenzyme to form an active enzyme;

apogametic
a1
of or relating to the development of an embryo in the absence of fertilization;

- syn. apogamic, apogamous;

apogamic
a1
of or relating to the development of an embryo in the absence of fertilization;

- syn. apogametic, apogamous;

apogamous
a1
of or relating to the development of an embryo in the absence of fertilization;

- syn. apogametic, apogamic;

apogamy
n1
(botany) development of an embryo without fertilization;

- especially the development in some ferns of a sporophyte from the gametophyte without fertilization;

apogean
a1
relating to or characteristic of an apogee;

- "apogean tides occur when the moon is at the apogee of its orbit";

apogee / æ p ə dʒ i /
n1
a final climactic stage;

- "their achievements stand as a culmination of centuries of development";

- syn. culmination;

n2
apoapsis in Earth orbit;

- the point in its orbit where a satellite is at the greatest distance from the Earth;

Apogon
n1
type genus of the Apogonidae;

- syn. genus Apogon;

Apogon maculatus
n1
a cardinalfish found in tropical Atlantic coastal waters;

- syn. flame fish, flamefish;

Apogonidae
n1
bright-colored marine fishes that incubate eggs in the mouth;

- syn. family Apogonidae;

Apoidea
n1
bees;

- syn. superfamily Apoidea;

apojove
n1
apoapsis in orbit around Jupiter;

apolemia
n1
large siphonophore of up to 50 ft long;

apolitical / æ p ə ɫ ɪ t ɪ k ɫ /
a1
politically neutral;

- syn. unpolitical;

- sim. nonpolitical;

Apollinaire
n1
French poet;

- precursor of surrealism (1880-1918);

- syn. Guillaume Apollinaire, Wilhelm Apollinaris de Kostrowitzki;

Apollo
n1
(Greek mythology) Greek god of light;

- god of prophecy and poetry and music and healing;

- son of Zeus and Leto;

- twin brother of Artemis;

- syn. Phoebus, Phoebus Apollo;

Apollo asteroid
n1
an asteroid whose orbit crosses the Earth's orbit;

Apollo program
n1
a program of space flights undertaken by US to land a man on the Moon;

- "the first lunar landing was achieved by the Apollo program on July 20, 1969";

apologetic / ə p ɒ ɫ ə dʒ ɛ t ɪ k /
a1
offering or expressing apology;

- "an apologetic note";

- "an apologetic manner";

- syn. excusatory;

- sim. defensive, self-deprecating;

apologetically / ə p ɒ ɫ ə dʒ ɛ t ɪ k ɫ i /
r1
in an apologetic manner;

- "he spoke apologetically about his past";

apologetics / ə p ɒ ɫ ə dʒ ɛ t ɪ k s /
n1
the branch of theology that is concerned with the defense of Christian doctrines;

apologia
n1
a formal written defense of something you believe in strongly;

- syn. apology;

apologise / ə p ɒ ɫ ə n d eɪ z /
v1
defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning;

- "rationalize the child's seemingly crazy behavior";

- "he rationalized his lack of success";

- syn. apologize, excuse, rationalise, rationalize;

v2
acknowledge faults or shortcomings or failing;

- "I apologized for being late";

- "He apologized for the many typoes";

- syn. apologize;

apologist / ə p ɒ ɫ ə dʒ ɪ s t /
n1
a person who argues to defend or justify some policy or institution;

- "an apologist for capital punishment";

- syn. justifier, vindicator;

apologize / ə p ɒ ɫ ə dʒ aɪ z /
v1
acknowledge faults or shortcomings or failing;

- "I apologized for being late";

- "He apologized for the many typoes";

- syn. apologise;

v2
defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning;

- "rationalize the child's seemingly crazy behavior";

- "he rationalized his lack of success";

- syn. apologise, excuse, rationalise, rationalize;

apologue / æ p ə ɫ ɒ ɡ /
n1
a short moral story (often with animal characters);

- syn. allegory, fable, parable;

apology / ə p ɒ ɫ ə dʒ i /
n1
an expression of regret at having caused trouble for someone;

- "he wrote a letter of apology to the hostess";

n2
a formal written defense of something you believe in strongly;

- syn. apologia;

n3
a poor example;

- "it was an apology for a meal";

- "a poor excuse for an automobile";

- syn. excuse;

apolune
n1
apoapsis in orbit around the moon;

- syn. aposelene;

apomict
n1
a plant that reproduces or is reproduced by apomixis;

apomictic
a1
of or relating to a plant that reproduces by apomixis;

- syn. apomictical;

a2
(of reproduction) not involving the fusion of male and female gametes in reproduction;

- syn. agamic, agamogenetic, agamous, parthenogenetic;

- sim. asexual;

apomictical
a1
of or relating to a plant that reproduces by apomixis;

- syn. apomictic;

apomixis
n1
any of several kinds of reproduction without fertilization;

apomorphine
n1
a morphine derivative that is not as strong as morphine;

- used as an emetic and in small doses as a sedative;

aponeurosis
n1
any of the deeper and thicker fascia that attach muscles to bones;

- resemble flattened tendons;

aponeurotic
a1
of or relating to an aponeurosis;

- "muscles attached by a flat aponeurotic membrane";

apopemptic
a1
addressed to one who is departing;

- "apopemptic hymns";

apophasis
n1
mentioning something by saying it will not be mentioned;

apophatic
a1
of or relating to the belief that God can be known to humans only in terms of what He is not (such as `God is unknowable');

apophatism
n1
the religious belief that God cannot be known but is completely `other' and must be described in negative terms (in terms of what God is not);

apophthegm / æ p ə θ ɛ m /
n1
a short pithy instructive saying;

- syn. aphorism, apothegm;

apophyseal
a1
of or relating to an apophysis;

apophysis
n1
(botany) a natural swelling or enlargement: at the base of the stalk or seta in certain mosses or on the cone scale of certain conifers;

n2
(anatomy) a natural outgrowth or projection on an organ or body part such as the process of a vertebra;

apoplectic / æ p ə p ɫ ɛ k t ɪ k /
a1
pertaining to or characteristic of apoplexy;

- "apoplectic seizure";

apoplectiform
a1
resembling apoplexy;

- syn. apoplectoid;

apoplectoid
a1
resembling apoplexy;

- syn. apoplectiform;

apoplexy / æ p ə p ɫ ɛ k s i /
n1
a sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain;

- syn. CVA, cerebrovascular accident, stroke;

apoptosis
n1
a type of cell death in which the cell uses specialized cellular machinery to kill itself;

- a cell suicide mechanism that enables metazoans to control cell number and eliminate cells that threaten the animal's survival;

- syn. caspase-mediated cell death, programmed cell death;

Aporocactus
n1
small genus of epiphytic cacti of Mexico;

- syn. genus Aporocactus;

Aporocactus flagelliformis
n1
commonly cultivated tropical American cactus having slender creeping stems and very large showy crimson flowers that bloom for several days;

- syn. rat's-tail cactus, rattail cactus;

aposelene
n1
apoapsis in orbit around the moon;

- syn. apolune;

aposematic coloration
n1
conspicuous coloration or markings of an animal serving to warn off predators;

- "a skunk's aposematic coloration";

- syn. warning coloration;

aposiopesis / æ p oʊ s aɪ oʊ p i s ɪ s /
n1
breaking off in the middle of a sentence (as by writers of realistic conversations);

aposiopetic
a1
relating to or characteristic of aposiopesis;

apostasy / ə p ɒ s t ə s i /
n1
the state of having rejected your religious beliefs or your political party or a cause (often in favor of opposing beliefs or causes);

- syn. defection, renunciation;

n2
the act of abandoning a party for cause;

- syn. tergiversation;

apostate / ə p ɒ s t eɪ t /
n1
a disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc.;

- syn. deserter, ratter, recreant, renegade, turncoat;

a1
not faithful to religion or party or cause;

- sim. unfaithful;

apostatise
v1
abandon one's beliefs or allegiances;

- syn. apostatize, tergiversate;

apostatize / ə p ɒ s t ə t aɪ z /
v1
abandon one's beliefs or allegiances;

- syn. apostatise, tergiversate;

Apostelic Father
n1
any important early teacher of Christianity or a Christian missionary to a people;

- syn. Apostle;

apostle / ə p ɒ s ɫ /
n1
an ardent early supporter of a cause or reform;

- "an apostle of revolution";

n2
any important early teacher of Christianity or a Christian missionary to a people;

- syn. Apostelic Father;

n3
(New Testament) one of the original 12 disciples chosen by Christ to preach his gospel;

Apostle of Germany
n1
(Roman Catholic Church) Anglo-Saxon missionary who was sent to Frisia and Germany to spread the Christian faith;

- was martyred in Frisia (680-754);

- syn. Boniface, Saint Boniface, St. Boniface, Winfred, Wynfrith;

Apostle of the Gentiles
n1
(New Testament) a Christian missionary to the Gentiles;

- author of several Epistles in the New Testament;

- even though Paul was not present at the Last Supper he is considered an Apostle;

- "Paul's name was Saul prior to his conversion to Christianity";

- syn. Apostle Paul, Paul, Paul the Apostle, Saint Paul, Saul, Saul of Tarsus, St. Paul;

Apostle Paul
n1
(New Testament) a Christian missionary to the Gentiles;

- author of several Epistles in the New Testament;

- even though Paul was not present at the Last Supper he is considered an Apostle;

- "Paul's name was Saul prior to his conversion to Christianity";

- syn. Apostle of the Gentiles, Paul, Paul the Apostle, Saint Paul, Saul, Saul of Tarsus, St. Paul;

apostleship / ə p ɒ s ɫ ʃ ɪ p /
n1
the position of apostle;

apostolic / æ p ə s t ɒ ɫ ɪ k /
a1
of or relating to or deriving from the Apostles or their teachings;

- syn. apostolical;

a2
proceeding from or ordered by or subject to a pope or the papacy regarded as the successor of the Apostles;

- "papal dispensation";

- syn. apostolical, papal, pontifical;

apostolic delegate
n1
(Roman Catholic Church) a representative of the Holy See in a country that has no formal diplomatic relations with it;

apostolical / æ p ə s t ɒ ɫ ɪ k ə ɫ /
a1
proceeding from or ordered by or subject to a pope or the papacy regarded as the successor of the Apostles;

- "papal dispensation";

- syn. apostolic, papal, pontifical;

a2
of or relating to or deriving from the Apostles or their teachings;

- syn. apostolic;

apostrophe / ə p ɒ s t ɹ ə f i /
n1
address to an absent or imaginary person;

n2
the mark (') used to indicate the omission of one or more letters from a printed word;

apostrophic / ə p ɒ s t ɹ ɒ f ɪ k /
a1
of or characteristic of apostrophe;

- "a passage of apostrophic grandeur";

apostrophise
v1
use an apostrophe;

- syn. apostrophize;

apostrophize / ə p ɒ s t ɹ ə f aɪ z /
v1
use an apostrophe;

- syn. apostrophise;

apothecaries' ounce
n1
a unit of apothecary weight equal to 480 grains or one twelfth of a troy pound;

- syn. ounce, troy ounce;

apothecaries' pound
n1
an apothecary weight equal to 12 ounces or 373.242 grams;

- syn. troy pound;

apothecaries' unit
n1
any weight unit used in pharmacy;

- an ounce is equal to 480 grains and a pound is equal to 12 ounces;

- syn. apothecaries' weight;

apothecaries' weight
n1
any weight unit used in pharmacy;

- an ounce is equal to 480 grains and a pound is equal to 12 ounces;

- syn. apothecaries' unit;

apothecary / ə p ɒ θ ɪ k ə ɹ i /
n1
a health professional trained in the art of preparing and dispensing drugs;

- syn. chemist, druggist, pharmacist, pill pusher, pill roller;

apothecary's shop
n1
a retail shop where medicine and other articles are sold;

- syn. chemist's, chemist's shop, drugstore, pharmacy;

apothecial
a1
of or relating to the apothecium of some lichens and fungi;

apothecium
n1
a cuplike ascocarp in many lichens and ascomycetous fungi;

apothegm / æ p ə θ ɛ m /
n1
a short pithy instructive saying;

- syn. aphorism, apophthegm;

apothegmatic
a1
given to or characterized by terse apothegms;

- syn. apothegmatical;

a2
terse and witty and like a maxim;

- "much given to apothegmatic instruction";

- syn. aphoristic, epigrammatic;

- sim. concise;

apothegmatical
a1
given to or characterized by terse apothegms;

- syn. apothegmatic;

apotheose
v1
deify or glorify;

- syn. apotheosise, apotheosize;

apotheosis / ə p ɒ θ ɪ oʊ s ɪ s , ə p ɒ θ i oʊ s ɪ s /
n1
model of excellence or perfection of a kind;

- one having no equal;

- syn. ideal, nonesuch, nonpareil, nonsuch, paragon, saint;

n2
the elevation of a person (as to the status of a god);

- syn. deification, exaltation;

apotheosise
v1
deify or glorify;

- syn. apotheose, apotheosize;

apotheosize / ə p ɒ θ i oʊ s aɪ z /
v1
deify or glorify;

- syn. apotheose, apotheosise;

apotropaic
a1
having the power to prevent evil or bad luck;

- sim. lucky;

appal / ə p ɔ ɫ /
v1
strike with disgust or revulsion;

- "The scandalous behavior of this married woman shocked her friends";

- syn. appall, offend, outrage, scandalise, scandalize, shock;

v2
fill with apprehension or alarm;

- cause to be unpleasantly surprised;

- "I was horrified at the thought of being late for my interview";

- "The news of the executions horrified us";

- syn. alarm, appall, dismay, horrify;

Appalachia
n1
an impoverished coal mining area in the Appalachian Mountains (from Pennsylvania to North Carolina);

Appalachian / æ p ə ɫ eɪ tʃ j ə n /
n1
a native or inhabitant of Appalachia;

a1
in or relating to Appalachia;

Appalachian Mountains
n1
a mountain range in the eastern United States extending from Quebec to the Gulf of Mexico;

- a historic barrier to early westward expansion of the United States;

- syn. Appalachians;

Appalachians / æ p ə ɫ eɪ tʃ j ə n z /
n1
a mountain range in the eastern United States extending from Quebec to the Gulf of Mexico;

- a historic barrier to early westward expansion of the United States;

- syn. Appalachian Mountains;

appall / ə p ɔ ɫ /
v1
strike with disgust or revulsion;

- "The scandalous behavior of this married woman shocked her friends";

- syn. appal, offend, outrage, scandalise, scandalize, shock;

v2
fill with apprehension or alarm;

- cause to be unpleasantly surprised;

- "I was horrified at the thought of being late for my interview";

- "The news of the executions horrified us";

- syn. alarm, appal, dismay, horrify;

appalled / ə p ɔ ɫ d /
a1
struck with fear, dread, or consternation;

- syn. aghast, dismayed, shocked;

- sim. afraid;

appalling / ə p ɔ ɫ ɪ ŋ /
n1
an experience that appalls;

- "is it better to view the appalling or merely hear of it?";

a1
causing consternation;

- "appalling conditions";

- syn. dismaying;

- sim. alarming;

appallingly / ə p ɔ ɫ ɪ ŋ ɫ i /
r1
to an appalling extent;

- "the prisoners were appallingly thin";

Appaloosa
n1
a hardy breed of saddle horse developed in western North America and characteristically having a spotted rump;

appanage / æ p ə n ɪ dʒ /
n1
any customary and rightful perquisite appropriate to your station in life;

- "for thousands of years the chair was an appanage of state and dignity rather than an article of ordinary use";

- syn. apanage;

n2
a grant (by a sovereign or a legislative body) of resources to maintain a dependent member of a ruling family;

- "bishoprics were received as appanages for the younger sons of great families";

- syn. apanage;

apparatchik
n1
a humorous but derogatory term for an official of a large organization (especially a political organization);

- "Democratic apparatchiks";

n2
a communist who was a member of the administrative system of a communist party;

apparatus / æ p ə ɹ eɪ t ə s /
n1
equipment designed to serve a specific function;

- syn. setup;

n2
(anatomy) a group of body parts that work together to perform a given function;

- "the breathing apparatus";

apparatus urogenitalis
n1
the system that includes all organs involved in reproduction and in the formation and voidance of urine;

- syn. genitourinary apparatus, genitourinary system, systema urogenitale, urinary apparatus, urinary system, urogenital apparatus, urogenital system;

apparel / ə p æ ɹ ə ɫ /
n1
clothing in general;

- "she was refined in her choice of apparel";

- "he always bought his clothes at the same store";

- "fastidious about his dress";

- syn. clothes, dress, wearing apparel;

v1
provide with clothes or put clothes on;

- "Parents must feed and dress their child";

- syn. clothe, dress, enclothe, fit out, garb, garment, habilitate, raiment, tog;

apparel chain
n1
a chain of clothing stores;

apparel industry
n1
makers and sellers of fashionable clothing;

- syn. fashion business, fashion industry, garment industry, rag trade;

appareled / ə p æ ɹ ə ɫ d /
a1
dressed or clothed especially in fine attire;

- often used in combination;

- "the elegantly attired gentleman";

- "neatly dressed workers";

- "monks garbed in hooded robes";

- "went about oddly garmented";

- "professors robed in crimson";

- "tuxedo-attired gentlemen";

- "crimson-robed Harvard professors";

- syn. attired, dressed, garbed, garmented, habilimented, robed;

- sim. clothed;

apparency / ə p æ ɹ ə n s i /
n1
the property of being apparent;

- syn. apparentness;

apparent / ə p æ ɹ ə n t /
a1
clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment;

- "the effects of the drought are apparent to anyone who sees the parched fields";

- "evident hostility";

- "manifest disapproval";

- "patent advantages";

- "made his meaning plain";

- "it is plain that he is no reactionary";

- "in plain view";

- "a palpable lie";

- syn. evident, manifest, palpable, patent, plain, unmistakable;

- sim. obvious;

a2
appearing as such but not necessarily so;

- "for all his apparent wealth he had no money to pay the rent";

- "the committee investigated some apparent discrepancies";

- "the ostensible truth of their theories";

- "his seeming honesty";

- syn. ostensible, seeming;

- sim. superficial;

apparent horizon
n1
the line at which the sky and Earth appear to meet;

- syn. horizon, sensible horizon, skyline, visible horizon;

apparent motion
n1
an optical illusion of motion produced by viewing a rapid succession of still pictures of a moving object;

- "the cinema relies on apparent motion";

- "the succession of flashing lights gave an illusion of movement";

- syn. apparent movement, motion, movement;

apparent movement
n1
an optical illusion of motion produced by viewing a rapid succession of still pictures of a moving object;

- "the cinema relies on apparent motion";

- "the succession of flashing lights gave an illusion of movement";

- syn. apparent motion, motion, movement;

apparently / ə p æ ɹ ə n t ɫ i /
r1
from appearances alone;

- "irrigation often produces bumper crops from apparently desert land";

- "the child is seemingly healthy but the doctor is concerned";

- "had been ostensibly frank as to his purpose while really concealing it"-Thomas Hardy;

- "on the face of it the problem seems minor";

- syn. on the face of it, ostensibly, seemingly;

r2
unmistakably (`plain' is often used informally for `plainly');

- "the answer is obviously wrong";

- "she was in bed and evidently in great pain";

- "he was manifestly too important to leave off the guest list";

- "it is all patently nonsense";

- "she has apparently been living here for some time";

- "I thought he owned the property, but apparently not";

- "You are plainly wrong";

- "he is plain stubborn";

- syn. evidently, manifestly, obviously, patently, plain, plainly;

apparentness
n1
the property of being apparent;

- syn. apparency;

apparition / æ p ə ɹ ɪ ʃ n /
n1
a ghostly appearing figure;

- "we were unprepared for the apparition that confronted us";

- syn. fantasm, phantasm, phantasma, phantom, specter, spectre;

n2
the appearance of a ghostlike figure;

- "I was recalled to the present by the apparition of a frightening specter";

n3
something existing in perception only;

- "a ghostly apparition at midnight";

- syn. fantasm, phantasm, phantasma, phantom, shadow;

n4
an act of appearing or becoming visible unexpectedly;

- "natives were amazed at the apparition of this white stranger";

apparitional / æ p ə ɹ ɪ ʃ ə n ɫ /
a1
resembling or characteristic of a phantom;

- "a ghostly face at the window";

- "a phantasmal presence in the room";

- "spectral emanations";

- "spiritual tappings at a seance";

- syn. ghostlike, ghostly, phantasmal, spectral, spiritual;

- sim. supernatural;

appeal / ə p i ɫ /
n1
earnest or urgent request;

- "an entreaty to stop the fighting";

- "an appeal for help";

- "an appeal to the public to keep calm";

- syn. entreaty, prayer;

n2
attractiveness that interests or pleases or stimulates;

- "his smile was part of his appeal to her";

- syn. appealingness, charm;

n3
(law) a legal proceeding in which the appellant resorts to a higher court for the purpose of obtaining a review of a lower court decision and a reversal of the lower court's judgment or the granting of a new trial;

- "their appeal was denied in the superior court";

n4
request for a sum of money;

- "an appeal to raise money for starving children";

- syn. collection, ingathering, solicitation;

v1
take a court case to a higher court for review;

- "He was found guilty but appealed immediately";

v2
request earnestly (something from somebody);

- ask for aid or protection;

- "appeal to somebody for help";

- "Invoke God in times of trouble";

- syn. invoke;

v3
be attractive to;

- "The idea of a vacation appeals to me";

- "The beautiful garden attracted many people";

- syn. attract;

v4
challenge (a decision);

- "She appealed the verdict";

v5
cite as an authority;

- resort to;

- "He invoked the law that would save him";

- "I appealed to the law of 1900";

- "She invoked an ancient law";

- syn. invoke;

appeal board
n1
a board of officials that are not judicial but are appointed to hear appeals;

- syn. appeals board, board of appeals;

appealable / ə p i ɫ eɪ b ɫ /
a1
capable of being appealed especially to a higher tribunal;

- "decisions...appealable to the head of the agency"- New Republic;

appealing / ə p i ɫ ɪ ŋ /
a1
able to attract interest or draw favorable attention;

- "He added an appealing and memorable figure to popular American mythology"- Vincent Starrett;

- "an appealing sense of humor";

- "the idea of having enough money to retire at fifty is very appealing";

- sim. attention-getting, attractive;

a2
(of characters in literature or drama) evoking empathic or sympathetic feelings;

- "the sympathetic characters in the play";

- syn. likable, likeable, sympathetic;

appealingly / ə p i ɫ ɪ ŋ ɫ i /
r1
in an appealing manner;

- "the table was set appealingly";

appealingness / ə p i ɫ ɪ ŋ n ɪ s /
n1
attractiveness that interests or pleases or stimulates;

- "his smile was part of his appeal to her";

- syn. appeal, charm;

appeals board
n1
a board of officials that are not judicial but are appointed to hear appeals;

- syn. appeal board, board of appeals;

appeals court
n1
a court whose jurisdiction is to review decisions of lower courts or agencies;

- syn. appellate court, court of appeals;

appear / ə p ɪə , ə p ɪə ɹ /
v1
give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect;

- "She seems to be sleeping";

- "This appears to be a very difficult problem";

- "This project looks fishy";

- "They appeared like people who had not eaten or slept for a long time";

- syn. look, seem;

v2
come into sight or view;

- "He suddenly appeared at the wedding";

- "A new star appeared on the horizon";

v3
be issued or published;

- "Did your latest book appear yet?";

- "The new Woody Allen film hasn't come out yet";

- syn. come out;

v4
seem to be true, probable, or apparent;

- "It seems that he is very gifted";

- "It appears that the weather in California is very bad";

- syn. seem;

v5
come into being or existence, or appear on the scene;

- "Then the computer came along and changed our lives";

- "Homo sapiens appeared millions of years ago";

- syn. come along;

v6
appear as a character on stage or appear in a play, etc.;

- "Gielgud appears briefly in this movie";

- "She appeared in `Hamlet' on the London stage";

v7
present oneself formally, as before a (judicial) authority;

- "He had to appear in court last month";

- "She appeared on several charges of theft";

appearance / ə p ɪə ɹ ə n s /
n1
outward or visible aspect of a person or thing;

- syn. visual aspect;

n2
the event of coming into sight;

n3
formal attendance (in court or at a hearing) of a party in an action;

- syn. appearing, coming into court;

n4
a mental representation;

- "I tried to describe his appearance to the police";

n5
the act of appearing in public view;

- "the rookie made a brief appearance in the first period";

- "it was Bernhardt's last appearance in America";

n6
pretending that something is the case in order to make a good impression;

- "they try to keep up appearances";

- "that ceremony is just for show";

- syn. show;

appearing / ə p ɪə ɹ ɪ ŋ /
n1
formal attendance (in court or at a hearing) of a party in an action;

- syn. appearance, coming into court;

appeasable / ə p i z ə b ɫ /
a1
capable of being pacified;

- syn. conciliable;

- sim. placable;

appease / ə p i z /
v1
cause to be more favorably inclined;

- gain the good will of;

- "She managed to mollify the angry customer";

- syn. assuage, conciliate, gentle, gruntle, lenify, mollify, pacify, placate;

v2
overcome or allay;

- "quell my hunger";

- syn. quell, stay;

v3
make peace with;

- syn. propitiate;

appeasement / ə p i z m ə n t /
n1
the act of appeasing (as by acceding to the demands of);

- syn. calming;

appeaser / ə p i z ə , ə p i z ə ɹ /
n1
someone who tries to bring peace by acceding to demands;

- "An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile--hoping it will eat him last"--Winston Churchill;

appeasing / ə p i z ɪ ŋ /
a1
intended to pacify by acceding to demands or granting concessions;

- "the appeasing concessions to the Nazis at Munich";

- "placating (or placative) gestures";

- "an astonishingly placatory speech";

- syn. placating, placative, placatory;

- sim. conciliatory;

appellant / ə p ɛ ɫ ə n t /
n1
the party who appeals a decision of a lower court;

- syn. plaintiff in error;

a1
of or relating to or taking account of appeals (usually legal appeals);

- "appellate court";

- syn. appellate;

appellate / ə p ɛ ɫ ɪ t /
a1
of or relating to or taking account of appeals (usually legal appeals);

- "appellate court";

- syn. appellant;

appellate court
n1
a court whose jurisdiction is to review decisions of lower courts or agencies;

- syn. appeals court, court of appeals;

appellation / æ p ə ɫ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
identifying word or words by which someone or something is called and classified or distinguished from others;

- syn. appellative, denomination, designation;

n2
a geographical indication used to identify where the grapes for a wine are grown;

appellative
n1
identifying word or words by which someone or something is called and classified or distinguished from others;

- syn. appellation, denomination, designation;

a1
pertaining to or dealing with or used as a common noun;

a2
inclined to or serving for the giving of names;

- "the appellative faculty of children";

- "the appellative function of some primitive rites";

- syn. naming;

- sim. denotative;

append / ə p ɛ n d /
v1
add to the very end;

- "He appended a glossary to his novel where he used an invented language";

- syn. add on, affix, supplement;

v2
fix to;

- attach;

- "append a charm to the necklace";

- syn. hang on, tack, tack on, tag on;

v3
state or say further;

- "`It doesn't matter,' he supplied";

- syn. add, supply;

appendage / ə p ɛ n d ɪ dʒ /
n1
an external body part that projects from the body;

- "it is important to keep the extremities warm";

- syn. extremity, member;

n2
a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant;

- "a bony process";

- syn. outgrowth, process;

n3
a part that is joined to something larger;

appendaged / ə p ɛ n d ɪ dʒ d /
a1
having an appendage;

appendant / ə p ɛ n d ə n t /
a1
affixed as an appendage;

- sim. affixed;

appendectomy / æ p ɛ n d ɛ k t ə m i /
n1
surgical removal of the vermiform appendix;

- syn. appendicectomy;

appendicectomy
n1
surgical removal of the vermiform appendix;

- syn. appendectomy;

appendicitis / ə p ɛ n d ɪ s aɪ t ɪ s /
n1
inflammation of the vermiform appendix;

appendicle / ə p ɛ n d ɪ k ɫ /
n1
a small appendage;

appendicular / ə p ɛ n d ɪ k j ʊ ɫ ə /
a1
relating to or consisting of an appendage or appendages;

- especially the limbs;

- "the appendicular skeleton";

appendicular artery
n1
the branch of the ileocolic artery that supplies the vermiform appendix;

- syn. arteria appendicularis;

appendicular skeleton
n1
the part of the skeleton that includes the pectoral girdle and the pelvic girdle and the upper and lower limbs;

appendicular vein
n1
a vein that accompanies the appendicular artery and empties into the ileocolic vein;

- syn. vena appendicularis;

appendicularia
n1
free-swimming tadpole-shaped pelagic tunicate resembling larvae of other tunicates;

appendix / ə p ɛ n d ɪ k s /
n1
supplementary material that is collected and appended at the back of a book;

n2
a vestigial process that extends from the lower end of the cecum and that resembles a small pouch;

- syn. cecal appendage, vermiform appendix, vermiform process;

Appenzeller
n1
a smaller of the four Swiss breeds;

apperceive
v1
perceive in terms of a past experience;

apperception / æ p ɝ s ɛ p ʃ ə n /
n1
the process whereby perceived qualities of an object are related to past experience;

apperceptive / æ p ɝ s ɛ p t ɪ v /
a1
able to relate new percepts to past experience;

- sim. perceptive;

appertain / æ p ə t eɪ n /
v1
be a part or attribute of;

- syn. pertain;

appetence / æ p ɪ t ə n s /
n1
a feeling of craving something;

- "an appetite for life";

- "the object of life is to satisfy as many appetencies as possible"- Granville Hicks;

- syn. appetency, appetite;

appetency / æ p ɪ t ə n s i /
n1
a feeling of craving something;

- "an appetite for life";

- "the object of life is to satisfy as many appetencies as possible"- Granville Hicks;

- syn. appetence, appetite;

appetent / æ p ɪ t ə n t /
a1
marked by eager desire;

- "a big rich appetent Western city";

- sim. desirous;

appetiser / æ p ɪ t aɪ z ə /
n1
food or drink to stimulate the appetite (usually served before a meal or as the first course);

- syn. appetizer, starter;

appetising
a1
appealing to or stimulating the appetite especially in appearance or aroma;

- syn. appetizing;

- also palatable, tasty, toothsome;

- sim. mouth-watering;

appetisingness
n1
the property of stimulating the appetite;

- syn. appetizingness;

appetite / æ p ɪ t aɪ t /
n1
a feeling of craving something;

- "an appetite for life";

- "the object of life is to satisfy as many appetencies as possible"- Granville Hicks;

- syn. appetence, appetency;

appetite suppressant
n1
a drug that suppresses appetite;

- syn. suppressant;

appetitive
a1
of or relating to appetite;

- "appetitive needs";

appetizer / æ p ɪ t aɪ z ə , æ p ɪ t aɪ z ə ɹ /
n1
food or drink to stimulate the appetite (usually served before a meal or as the first course);

- syn. appetiser, starter;

appetizing / æ p ɪ t aɪ z ɪ ŋ /
a1
appealing to or stimulating the appetite especially in appearance or aroma;

- syn. appetising;

- also palatable, tasty;

- sim. mouth-watering;

appetizingness
n1
the property of stimulating the appetite;

- syn. appetisingness;

Appian Way
n1
an ancient Roman road in Italy extending south from Rome to Brindisi;

- begun in 312 BC;

applaud / ə p ɫ ɔ d /
v1
clap one's hands or shout after performances to indicate approval;

- syn. acclaim, clap, spat;

v2
express approval of;

- "I applaud your efforts";

applaudable / ə p ɫ ɔ d ə b ɫ /
a1
worthy of high praise;

- "applaudable efforts to save the environment";

- "a commendable sense of purpose";

- "laudable motives of improving housing conditions";

- "a significant and praiseworthy increase in computer intelligence";

- syn. commendable, laudable, praiseworthy;

- sim. worthy;

applauder / ə p ɫ ɔ d ə /
n1
someone who applauds;

- syn. clapper;

applause / ə p ɫ ɔ z /
n1
a demonstration of approval by clapping the hands together;

- syn. clapping, hand clapping;

apple / æ p ɫ /
n1
fruit with red or yellow or green skin and sweet to tart crisp whitish flesh;

n2
native Eurasian tree widely cultivated in many varieties for its firm rounded edible fruits;

- syn. Malus pumila, orchard apple tree;

apple-scented
a1
smelling of apples;

- sim. odorous;

apple-shaped
a1
having the general shape of an apple;

- sim. round;

apple-sized
a1
having the approximate size of an apple;

- sim. sized;

apple aphid
n1
bright green aphid;

- feeds on and causes curling of apple leaves;

- syn. Aphis pomi, green apple aphid;

apple blight
n1
a disease of apple trees;

- syn. apple canker;

apple butter
n1
thick dark spicy puree of apples;

apple canker
n1
a disease of apple trees;

- syn. apple blight;

apple dumpling
n1
apples wrapped in pastry and baked;

apple fritter
n1
fritter containing sliced apple;

apple geranium
n1
geranium with round fragrant leaves and small white flowers;

- syn. Pelargonium odoratissimum, nutmeg geranium;

apple jelly
n1
jelly made from apple juice;

apple juice
n1
the juice of apples;

apple maggot
n1
larvae bore into and feed on apples;

- syn. Rhagoletis pomonella, railroad worm;

apple mint
n1
mint with apple-scented stems of southern and western Europe;

- naturalized in United States;

- syn. Mentha rotundifolia, Mentha suaveolens, applemint;

apple nut
n1
nutlike seed of a South American palm;

- the hard white shell takes a high polish and is used for e.g. buttons;

- syn. ivory nut, vegetable ivory;

apple of discord
n1
(classical mythology) a golden apple thrown into a banquet of the gods by Eris (goddess of discord--who had not been invited);

- the apple had `for the fairest' written on it and Hera and Athena and Aphrodite all claimed it;

- when Paris (prince of Troy) awarded it to Aphrodite it began a chain of events that led to the Trojan War;

apple of Peru
n1
coarse South American herb grown for its blue-and-white flowers followed by a bladderlike fruit enclosing a dry berry;

- syn. Nicandra physaloides, shoo fly;

n2
intensely poisonous tall coarse annual tropical weed having rank-smelling foliage, large white or violet trumpet-shaped flowers and prickly fruits;

- syn. Datura stramonium, Jamestown weed, common thorn apple, jimson weed, jimsonweed;

apple orchard
n1
a grove of apple trees;

apple pie
n1
pie (with a top crust) containing sliced apples and sugar;

apple polisher
n1
someone who humbles himself as a sign of respect;

- who behaves as if he had no self-respect;

- syn. bootlicker, fawner, groveler, groveller, truckler;

apple rust
n1
rust fungus causing rust spots on apples and pears etc;

- syn. Gymnosporangium juniperi-virginianae, cedar-apple rust;

apple sauce
n1
puree of stewed apples usually sweetened and spiced;

- syn. applesauce;

apple tart
n1
a small open pie filled with sliced apples and sugar;

n2
a tart filled with sliced apples and sugar;

apple tree
n1
any tree of the genus Malus especially those bearing firm rounded edible fruits;

apple turnover
n1
turnover with an apple filling;

applecart
n1
the planning that is disrupted when someone `upsets the applecart';

n2
a handcart from which apples and other fruit are sold in the street;

applejack / æ p ɫ dʒ æ k /
n1
distilled from hard cider;

applemint
n1
mint with apple-scented stems of southern and western Europe;

- naturalized in United States;

- syn. Mentha rotundifolia, Mentha suaveolens, apple mint;

applesauce / æ p ɫ s ɔ s /
n1
puree of stewed apples usually sweetened and spiced;

- syn. apple sauce;

n2
nonsensical talk or writing;

- syn. codswallop, folderol, rubbish, trash, tripe, trumpery, wish-wash;

applesauce cake
n1
moist spicy cake containing applesauce;

applet
n1
a Java application;

- an application program that uses the client's web browser to provide a user interface;

Appleton / æ p ɫ t ʌ n /
n1
English physicist remembered for his studies of the ionosphere (1892-1966);

- syn. Edward Appleton, Sir Edward Victor Appleton;

n2
a town in eastern Wisconsin;

Appleton layer
n1
the highest region of the ionosphere (from 90 to 600 miles up) which contains the highest concentration of free electrons and is most useful for long-range radio transmission;

- syn. F layer, F region;

applewood / æ p ɫ w ʊ d /
n1
wood of any of various apple trees of the genus Malus;

appliance / ə p ɫ aɪ ə n s /
n1
a device or control that is very useful for a particular job;

- syn. contraption, contrivance, convenience, gadget, gismo, gizmo, widget;

n2
durable goods for home or office use;

applicability / æ p ɫ ɪ k ə b ɪ ɫ ɪ t i , ə p ɫ ɪ k ə b ɪ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
relevance by virtue of being applicable to the matter at hand;

- syn. pertinence, pertinency;

applicable / æ p ɫ ɪ k ə b ɫ , ə p ɫ ɪ k ə b ɫ /
a1
capable of being applied;

- having relevance;

- "gave applicable examples to support her argument";

- sim. relevant;

applicant / æ p ɫ ɪ k ə n t /
n1
a person who requests or seeks something such as assistance or employment or admission;

- syn. applier;

application / æ p ɫ ɪ k eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the act of bringing something to bear;

- using it for a particular purpose;

- "he advocated the application of statistics to the problem";

- "a novel application of electronics to medical diagnosis";

- syn. practical application;

n2
a verbal or written request for assistance or employment or admission to a school;

- "December 31 is the deadline for applications";

n3
the work of applying something;

- "the doctor prescribed a topical application of iodine";

- "a complete bleach requires several applications";

- "the surface was ready for a coating of paint";

- syn. coating, covering;

n4
a program that gives a computer instructions that provide the user with tools to accomplish a task;

- "he has tried several different word processing applications";

- syn. application program, applications programme;

n5
liquid preparation having a soothing or antiseptic or medicinal action when applied to the skin;

- "a lotion for dry skin";

- syn. lotion;

n6
a diligent effort;

- "it is a job requiring serious application";

- syn. diligence;

n7
the action of putting something into operation;

- "the application of maximum thrust";

- "massage has far-reaching medical applications";

- "the application of indexes to tables of data";

application-oriented language
n1
a language whose statements resemble terminology of the user;

- syn. problem-oriented language;

application form
n1
a form to use when making an application;

application program
n1
a program that gives a computer instructions that provide the user with tools to accomplish a task;

- "he has tried several different word processing applications";

- syn. application, applications programme;

applications programme
n1
a program that gives a computer instructions that provide the user with tools to accomplish a task;

- "he has tried several different word processing applications";

- syn. application, application program;

applicative / æ p ɫ ɪ k ə t ɪ v /
a1
readily applicable or practical;

- syn. applicatory;

- sim. practical;

applicator / æ p ɫ ɪ k eɪ t ə /
n1
a device for applying a substance;

- syn. applier;

applicatory / æ p ɫ ɪ k ə t ə ɹ i /
a1
readily applicable or practical;

- syn. applicative;

- sim. practical;

applied / ə p ɫ aɪ d /
a1
concerned with concrete problems or data rather than with fundamental principles;

- "applied physics";

- "applied psychology";

- "technical problems in medicine, engineering, economics and other applied disciplines"- Sidney Hook;

- sim. forensic, practical;

applied anatomy
n1
the practical application of anatomical knowledge to diagnosis and treatment;

- syn. clinical anatomy;

applied math
n1
the branches of mathematics that are involved in the study of the physical or biological or sociological world;

- syn. applied mathematics;

applied mathematics
n1
the branches of mathematics that are involved in the study of the physical or biological or sociological world;

- syn. applied math;

applied psychology
n1
any of several branches of psychology that seek to apply psychological principles to practical problems of education or industry or marketing etc.;

- syn. industrial psychology;

applied science
n1
the discipline dealing with the art or science of applying scientific knowledge to practical problems;

- "he had trouble deciding which branch of engineering to study";

- syn. engineering, engineering science, technology;

applied scientist
n1
a person who uses scientific knowledge to solve practical problems;

- syn. engineer, technologist;

applier / ə p ɫ aɪ ə /
n1
a person who requests or seeks something such as assistance or employment or admission;

- syn. applicant;

n2
a device for applying a substance;

- syn. applicator;

applique / æ p ɫ i k eɪ /
n1
a decorative design made of one material sewn over another;

v1
sew on as a decoration;

apply / ə p ɫ aɪ /
v1
put into service;

- make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose;

- "use your head!";

- "we only use Spanish at home";

- "I can't use this tool";

- "Apply a magnetic field here";

- "This thinking was applied to many projects";

- "How do you utilize this tool?";

- "I apply this rule to get good results";

- "use the plastic bags to store the food";

- "He doesn't know how to use a computer";

- syn. employ, use, utilise, utilize;

v2
be pertinent or relevant or applicable;

- "The same laws apply to you!";

- "This theory holds for all irrational numbers";

- "The same rules go for everyone";

- syn. go for, hold;

v3
ask (for something);

- "He applied for a leave of absence";

- "She applied for college";

- "apply for a job";

v4
apply to a surface;

- "She applied paint to the back of the house";

- "Put on make-up!";

- syn. put on;

v5
be applicable to;

- as to an analysis;

- "This theory lends itself well to our new data";

- syn. lend oneself;

v6
give or convey physically;

- "She gave him First Aid";

- "I gave him a punch in the nose";

- syn. give;

v7
avail oneself to;

- "apply a principle";

- "practice a religion";

- "use care when going down the stairs";

- "use your common sense";

- "practice non-violent resistance";

- syn. practice, use;

v8
ensure observance of laws and rules;

- "Apply the rules to everyone";

- syn. enforce, implement;

v9
refer (a word or name) to a person or thing;

- "He applied this racial slur to me!";

v10
apply oneself to;

- "Please apply yourself to your homework";

appoggiatura / ə p ɒ dʒ ə t ʊə ɹ ə /
n1
an embellishing note usually written in smaller size;

- syn. acciaccatura, grace note;

appoint / ə p ɔɪ n t /
v1
create and charge with a task or function;

- "nominate a committee";

- syn. constitute, name, nominate;

v2
assign a duty, responsibility or obligation to;

- "He was appointed deputy manager";

- "She was charged with supervising the creation of a concordance";

- syn. charge;

v3
furnish;

- "a beautifully appointed house";

appointed / ə p ɔɪ n t ɪ d /
a1
subject to appointment;

- syn. appointive;

- sim. nominated, nonelective;

a2
selected for a job;

- "the one appointed for guard duty";

- sim. assigned;

a3
fixed or established especially by order or command;

- "at the time appointed (or the appointed time)";

- syn. decreed, ordained, prescribed;

- sim. settled;

a4
provided with furnishing and accessories (especially of a tasteful kind);

- "a house that is beautifully appointed";

- sim. furnished;

appointee / ə p ɔɪ n t i /
n1
an official who is appointed;

n2
a person who is appointed to a job or position;

- syn. appointment;

appointive / ə p ɔɪ n t ɪ v /
a1
relating to the act of appointing;

- "appointive powers";

a2
subject to appointment;

- syn. appointed;

- sim. nominated, nonelective;

appointment / ə p ɔɪ n t m ə n t /
n1
the act of putting a person into a non-elective position;

- "the appointment had to be approved by the whole committee";

- syn. assignment, designation, naming;

n2
a meeting arranged in advance;

- "she asked how to avoid kissing at the end of a date";

- syn. date, engagement;

n3
(usually in the plural) furnishings and equipment (especially for a ship or hotel);

- syn. fitting;

n4
a person who is appointed to a job or position;

- syn. appointee;

n5
the job to which you are (or hope to be) appointed;

- "he applied for an appointment in the treasury";

n6
(law) the act of disposing of property by virtue of the power of appointment;

- "she allocated part of the trust to her church by appointment";

appointment book
n1
a book containing a calendar and space to keep a record of appointments;

- syn. appointment calendar;

appointment calendar
n1
a book containing a calendar and space to keep a record of appointments;

- syn. appointment book;

apportion / ə p ɔ ʃ n /
v1
distribute according to a plan or set apart for a special purpose;

- "I am allocating a loaf of bread to everyone on a daily basis";

- "I'm allocating the rations for the camping trip";

- syn. allocate;

v2
give out as one's portion or share;

- syn. deal, divvy up, portion out, share;

apportionable / ə p ɔ ʃ n ə b ɫ /
a1
capable of being distributed;

- syn. allocable, allocatable;

- sim. distributive;

apportioned / ə p ɔ ʃ n d /
a1
given out in portions;

- syn. dealt out, doled out, meted out, parceled out;

- sim. distributed;

apportioning / ə p ɔ ʃ n ɪ ŋ /
n1
the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning;

- distribution according to a plan;

- "the apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives is based on the relative population of each state";

- syn. allocation, allotment, apportionment, assignation, parceling, parcelling;

apportionment / ə p ɔ ʃ ə n m ə n t , ə p ɔ ʃ n m ə n t /
n1
the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning;

- distribution according to a plan;

- "the apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives is based on the relative population of each state";

- syn. allocation, allotment, apportioning, assignation, parceling, parcelling;

apposable / æ p oʊ z ə b ɫ /
a1
capable of being placed opposite to something;

- "the thumb is opposable to the forefinger";

- syn. opposable;

appose / æ p oʊ z /
v1
place side by side or in close proximity;

apposite / æ p ə z ɪ t /
a1
being of striking appropriateness and pertinence;

- "the successful copywriter is a master of apposite and evocative verbal images";

- "an apt reply";

- syn. apt, pertinent;

- sim. apropos;

appositeness / æ p ə z ɪ t n ə s /
n1
appropriateness for the occasion;

- "the phrase had considerable aptness";

- syn. aptness;

apposition / æ p ə z ɪ ʃ n /
n1
a grammatical relation between a word and a noun phrase that follows;

- "`Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer' is an example of apposition";

n2
(biology) growth in the thickness of a cell wall by the deposit of successive layers of material;

n3
the act of positioning close together (or side by side);

- "it is the result of the juxtaposition of contrasting colors";

- syn. collocation, juxtaposition;

appositional / æ p ə z ɪ ʃ ə n ə ɫ /
a1
relating to or being in apposition;

- "an appositive noun";

- syn. appositive;

appositive
a1
relating to or being in apposition;

- "an appositive noun";

- syn. appositional;

appositively
r1
in an appositive manner;

- "this adjective is used appositively";

- syn. in apposition;

appraisal / ə p ɹ eɪ z ɫ /
n1
the classification of someone or something with respect to its worth;

- syn. assessment;

n2
a document appraising the value of something (as for insurance or taxation);

- syn. estimate, estimation;

n3
an expert estimation of the quality, quantity, and other characteristics of someone or something;

appraise / ə p ɹ eɪ z /
v1
evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of;

- "I will have the family jewels appraised by a professional";

- "access all the factors when taking a risk";

- syn. assess, evaluate, measure, valuate, value;

v2
consider in a comprehensive way;

- "He appraised the situation carefully before acting";

- syn. survey;

appraiser / ə p ɹ eɪ z ə /
n1
one who estimates officially the worth or value or quality of things;

- syn. valuator;

n2
one who determines authenticity (as of works of art) or who guarantees validity;

- syn. authenticator;

appraising / ə p ɹ eɪ z ɪ ŋ /
a1
exercising or involving careful evaluations;

- "looked him over with an appraising eye";

- "the literary judge uses many evaluative terms";

- syn. evaluative;

- sim. critical;

appreciable / ə p ɹ i ʃ ə b ɫ /
a1
enough to be estimated or measured;

- "appreciable amounts of noxious wastes are dumped into the harbor";

- sim. considerable;

appreciably / ə p ɹ i ʃ ə b ɫ i /
r1
to a noticeable degree;

- "they weather was appreciably colder";

appreciate / ə p ɹ i ʃ ɪ eɪ t /
v1
recognize with gratitude;

- be grateful for;

v2
be fully aware of;

- realize fully;

- "Do you appreciate the full meaning of this letter?";

- syn. take account;

v3
hold dear;

- "I prize these old photographs";

- syn. prize, treasure, value;

v4
gain in value;

- "The yen appreciated again!";

- syn. apprise, apprize, revalue;

v5
increase the value of;

- "The Germans want to appreciate the Deutsche Mark";

- syn. apprise, apprize;

appreciated / ə p ɹ i ʃ ɪ eɪ t ɪ d /
a1
fully understood or grasped;

- "dangers not yet appreciated";

- "these apprehended truths";

- "a thing comprehended is a thing known as fully as it can be known";

- syn. apprehended, comprehended;

- sim. understood;

appreciation / ə p ɹ i ʃ ɪ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
understanding of the nature or meaning or quality or magnitude of something;

- "he has a good grasp of accounting practices";

- syn. grasp, hold;

n2
delicate discrimination (especially of aesthetic values);

- "arrogance and lack of taste contributed to his rapid success";

- "to ask at that particular time was the ultimate in bad taste";

- syn. discernment, perceptiveness, taste;

n3
an expression of gratitude;

- "he expressed his appreciation in a short note";

n4
a favorable judgment;

- "a small token in admiration of your works";

- syn. admiration;

n5
an increase in price or value;

- "an appreciation of 30% in the value of real estate";

appreciative / ə p ɹ i ʃ ə t ɪ v /
a1
feeling or expressive of gratitude;

- "was appreciative of his efforts";

- "an appreciative word";

- sim. grateful;

a2
having or showing appreciation or a favorable critical judgment or opinion;

- "appreciative of a beautiful landscape";

- "an appreciative laugh from the audience";

- sim. discriminating;

appreciatively / ə p ɹ i ʃ ə t ɪ v ɫ i /
r1
with appreciation;

- in a grateful manner;

- "he accepted my offer appreciatively";

- syn. gratefully;

appreciativeness / ə p ɹ i ʃ ə t ɪ v n ə s /
n1
warm friendly feelings of gratitude;

- syn. gratefulness, thankfulness;

appreciator / ə p ɹ i ʃ ɪ eɪ t ə /
n1
a person who is fully aware of something and understands it;

- "he is not an appreciator of our dilemma";

apprehend / æ p ɹ ɪ h ɛ n d /
v1
get the meaning of something;

- "Do you comprehend the meaning of this letter?";

- syn. compass, comprehend, dig, get the picture, grasp, grok, savvy;

v2
take into custody;

- "the police nabbed the suspected criminals";

- syn. arrest, collar, cop, nab, nail, pick up;

v3
anticipate with dread or anxiety;

- syn. quail at;

apprehended / æ p ɹ ɪ h ɛ n d ɪ d /
a1
fully understood or grasped;

- "dangers not yet appreciated";

- "these apprehended truths";

- "a thing comprehended is a thing known as fully as it can be known";

- syn. appreciated, comprehended;

- sim. understood;

apprehender / æ p ɹ ɪ h ɛ n d ə , æ p ɹ ɪ h ɛ n d ə ɹ /
n1
a person who knows or apprehends;

- syn. knower;

n2
a person who seizes or arrests (especially a person who seizes or arrests in the name of justice);

apprehensible / æ p ɹ ɪ h ɛ n s ə b ɫ /
a1
capable of being apprehended or understood;

- syn. graspable, intelligible, perceivable, understandable;

- sim. comprehensible;

apprehension / æ p ɹ ɪ h ɛ n ʃ n /
n1
fearful expectation or anticipation;

- "the student looked around the examination room with apprehension";

- syn. apprehensiveness, dread;

n2
the cognitive condition of someone who understands;

- "he has virtually no understanding of social cause and effect";

- syn. discernment, savvy, understanding;

n3
painful expectation;

- syn. misgiving;

n4
the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal);

- "the policeman on the beat got credit for the collar";

- syn. arrest, catch, collar, pinch, taking into custody;

apprehensive / æ p ɹ ɪ h ɛ n s ɪ v /
a1
quick to understand;

- "a kind and apprehensive friend"- Nathaniel Hawthorne;

- syn. discerning;

- sim. perceptive;

a2
mentally upset over possible misfortune or danger etc;

- "apprehensive about her job";

- "not used to a city and worried about small things";

- "felt apprehensive about the consequences";

- syn. worried;

- sim. uneasy;

a3
in fear or dread of possible evil or harm;

- "apprehensive for one's life";

- "apprehensive of danger";

- sim. afraid;

apprehensively / æ p ɹ ɪ h ɛ n s ɪ v ɫ i /
r1
with anxiety or apprehension;

- "we watched anxiously";

- syn. anxiously, uneasily;

apprehensiveness / æ p ɹ ɪ h ɛ n s ɪ v n ə s /
n1
fearful expectation or anticipation;

- "the student looked around the examination room with apprehension";

- syn. apprehension, dread;

apprentice / ə p ɹ ɛ n t ɪ s /
n1
works for an expert to learn a trade;

- syn. learner, prentice;

v1
be or work as an apprentice;

- "She apprenticed with the great master";

apprenticed / ə p ɹ ɛ n t ɪ s t /
a1
bound by contract;

- syn. articled, bound, indentured;

- sim. unfree;

apprenticeship / ə p ɹ ɛ n t ɪ ʃ ɪ p /
n1
the position of apprentice;

appressed / ə p ɹ ɛ s t /
a1
pressed close to or lying flat against something;

- "adpressed hairs along the plant's stem";

- "igneous rocks...closely appressed by this force"-L.V.Pirsson;

- syn. adpressed;

- sim. close;

apprisal
n1
informing by words;

- syn. notification, telling;

apprise / ə p ɹ aɪ z /
v1
inform (somebody) of something;

- "I advised him that the rent was due";

- syn. advise, apprize, give notice, notify, send word;

v2
make aware of;

- "Have the students been apprised of the tuition hike?";

- syn. apprize, instruct;

v3
gain in value;

- "The yen appreciated again!";

- syn. appreciate, apprize, revalue;

v4
increase the value of;

- "The Germans want to appreciate the Deutsche Mark";

- syn. appreciate, apprize;

apprize / ə p ɹ aɪ z /
v1
inform (somebody) of something;

- "I advised him that the rent was due";

- syn. advise, apprise, give notice, notify, send word;

v2
make aware of;

- "Have the students been apprised of the tuition hike?";

- syn. apprise, instruct;

v3
gain in value;

- "The yen appreciated again!";

- syn. appreciate, apprise, revalue;

v4
increase the value of;

- "The Germans want to appreciate the Deutsche Mark";

- syn. appreciate, apprise;

appro / æ p ɹ oʊ /
n1
an informal British abbreviation of approval;

- "he accepted it on appro";

approach / ə p ɹ oʊ tʃ /
n1
ideas or actions intended to deal with a problem or situation;

- "his approach to every problem is to draw up a list of pros and cons";

- "an attack on inflation";

- "his plan of attack was misguided";

- syn. attack, plan of attack;

n2
the act of drawing spatially closer to something;

- "the hunter's approach scattered the geese";

- syn. approaching, coming;

n3
a way of entering or leaving;

- "he took a wrong turn on the access to the bridge";

- syn. access;

n4
the final path followed by an aircraft as it is landing;

- syn. approach path, glide path, glide slope;

n5
the event of one object coming closer to another;

- syn. approaching;

n6
a tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others;

- "she rejected his advances";

- syn. advance, feeler, overture;

n7
the temporal property of becoming nearer in time;

- "the approach of winter";

- syn. approaching, coming;

n8
a close approximation;

- "the nearest approach to genius";

n9
a relatively short golf shot intended to put the ball onto the putting green;

- "he lost the hole when his approach rolled over the green";

- syn. approach shot;

v1
move towards;

- "We were approaching our destination";

- "They are drawing near";

- "The enemy army came nearer and nearer";

- syn. come near, come on, draw close, draw near, go up, near;

v2
come near or verge on, resemble, come nearer in quality, or character;

- "This borders on discrimination!";

- "His playing approaches that of Horowitz";

- syn. border on;

v3
begin to deal with;

- "approach a task";

- "go about a difficult problem";

- "approach a new project";

- syn. go about, set about;

v4
come near in time;

- "Winter is approaching";

- "approaching old age";

- syn. come near;

v5
make advances to someone, usually with a proposal or suggestion;

- "I was approached by the President to serve as his adviser in foreign matters";

approach path
n1
the final path followed by an aircraft as it is landing;

- syn. approach, glide path, glide slope;

approach pattern
n1
the path that is prescribed for an airplane that is preparing to land at an airport;

- "the traffic patterns around O'Hare are very crowded";

- "they stayed in the pattern until the fog lifted";

- syn. pattern, traffic pattern;

approach shot
n1
a relatively short golf shot intended to put the ball onto the putting green;

- "he lost the hole when his approach rolled over the green";

- syn. approach;

approach trench
n1
a trench that provides protected passage between the rear and front lines of a defensive position;

- syn. communication trench;

approachability / ə p ɹ oʊ tʃ ə b ɪ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
the attribute of being easy to meet or deal with;

- syn. accessibility;

approachable / ə p ɹ oʊ tʃ ə b ɫ /
a1
capable of being read with comprehension;

- "readily accessible to the nonprofessional reader";

- "the tales seem more approachable than his more difficult novels";

- syn. accessible;

- sim. comprehensible;

a2
easy to meet or converse or do business with;

- "a friendly approachable person";

- sim. accessible;

a3
easily approached;

- "a site approachable from a branch of the Niger";

- syn. reachable;

- sim. accessible;

approaching / ə p ɹ oʊ tʃ ɪ ŋ /
n1
the event of one object coming closer to another;

- syn. approach;

n2
the temporal property of becoming nearer in time;

- "the approach of winter";

- syn. approach, coming;

n3
the act of drawing spatially closer to something;

- "the hunter's approach scattered the geese";

- syn. approach, coming;

a1
of the relatively near future;

- "the approaching election";

- "this coming Thursday";

- "the forthcoming holidays";

- "the upcoming spring fashions";

- syn. coming, forthcoming, upcoming;

- sim. future;

approbate / æ p ɹ oʊ b eɪ t /
v1
approve or sanction officially;

v2
accept (documents) as valid;

approbation / æ p ɹ ə b eɪ ʃ n /
n1
official approval;

n2
official recognition or approval;

approbative / æ p ɹ oʊ b eɪ t ɪ v /
a1
expressing or manifesting praise or approval;

- "approbative criticism";

- "an affirmative nod";

- syn. affirmative, approbatory, approving, plausive;

- sim. favorable;

approbatory / æ p ɹ oʊ b eɪ t ə ɹ i /
a1
expressing or manifesting praise or approval;

- "approbative criticism";

- "an affirmative nod";

- syn. affirmative, approbative, approving, plausive;

- sim. favorable;

appropriable
a1
that can be appropriated;

- "appropriable funds";

- sim. alienable;

appropriate / ə p ɹ oʊ p ɹ ɪə t , ə p ɹ oʊ p ɹ ɪ eɪ t /
v1
give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause;

- "I will earmark this money for your research";

- "She sets aside time for meditation every day";

- syn. allow, earmark, reserve, set aside;

v2
take possession of by force, as after an invasion;

- "the invaders seized the land and property of the inhabitants";

- "The army seized the town";

- "The militia captured the castle";

- syn. capture, conquer, seize;

a1
suitable for a particular person or place or condition etc;

- "a book not appropriate for children";

- "a funeral conducted the appropriate solemnity";

- "it seems that an apology is appropriate";

- also apropos, proper;

- sim. befitting, grade-appropriate, pat, proper;

appropriately / ə p ɹ oʊ p ɹ ɪə t ɫ i /
r1
in accordance with what is appropriate or suitable for the circumstances;

- "he was appropriately dressed";

- "If you don't behave properly, you'll have to leave!";

- "I met the junior senator from Illinois and I was duly impressed";

- syn. befittingly, duly, fitly, fittingly, properly, suitably;

appropriateness / ə p ɹ oʊ p ɹ ɪə t n ɪ s /
n1
appropriate conduct;

- doing the right thing;

- syn. rightness;

n2
the quality of being specially suitable;

appropriation / ə p ɹ oʊ p ɹ ɪ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
money set aside (as by a legislature) for a specific purpose;

n2
incorporation by joining or uniting;

- syn. annexation;

n3
a deliberate act of acquisition of something, often without the permission of the owner;

- "the necessary funds were obtained by the government's appropriation of the company's operating unit";

- "a person's appropriation of property belonging to another is dishonest";

appropriation bill
n1
a legislative act proposing to authorize the expenditure of public funds for a specified purpose;

appropriative / ə p ɹ i ʃ ə t ɪ v /
a1
of or relating to or given to the act of taking for yourself;

appropriator / ə p ɹ oʊ p ɹ ɪ eɪ t ə /
n1
someone who takes for his or her own use (especially without permission);

approval / ə p ɹ u v ɫ /
n1
the formal act of approving;

- "he gave the project his blessing";

- "his decision merited the approval of any sensible person";

- syn. approving, blessing;

n2
a feeling of liking something or someone good;

- "although she fussed at them, she secretly viewed all her children with approval";

n3
acceptance as satisfactory;

- "he bought it on approval";

- syn. favorable reception, favourable reception;

n4
a message expressing a favorable opinion;

- "words of approval seldom passed his lips";

- syn. commendation;

approve / ə p ɹ u v /
v1
give sanction to;

- "I approve of his educational policies";

- syn. O.K., okay, sanction;

v2
judge to be right or commendable;

- think well of;

approved / ə p ɹ u v d /
a1
established by authority;

- given authoritative approval;

- "a list of approved candidates";

- syn. sanctioned;

- sim. authorized;

approver / ə p ɹ u v ə /
n1
an authority with power to approve;

approving / ə p ɹ u v ɪ ŋ /
n1
the formal act of approving;

- "he gave the project his blessing";

- "his decision merited the approval of any sensible person";

- syn. approval, blessing;

a1
expressing or manifesting praise or approval;

- "approbative criticism";

- "an affirmative nod";

- syn. affirmative, approbative, approbatory, plausive;

- sim. favorable;

approvingly / ə p ɹ u v ɪ ŋ ɫ i /
r1
in an approving manner;

- "she nodded approvingly";

approximate / ə p ɹ ɒ k s ɪ m ə t , ə p ɹ ɒ k s ɪ m eɪ t /
v1
be close or similar;

- "Her results approximate my own";

- syn. come close;

v2
judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time);

- "I estimate this chicken to weigh three pounds";

- syn. estimate, gauge, guess, judge;

a1
not quite exact or correct;

- "the approximate time was 10 o'clock";

- "a rough guess";

- "a ballpark estimate";

- syn. approximative, rough;

- sim. inexact;

a2
very close in resemblance;

- "sketched in an approximate likeness";

- "a near likeness";

- syn. near;

- sim. close;

a3
located close together;

- "with heads close together";

- "approximate leaves grow together but are not united";

- syn. close together;

- sim. close;

approximate range
n1
near to the scope or range of something;

- "his answer wasn't even in the right ballpark";

- syn. ballpark;

approximately / ə p ɹ ɒ k s ɪ m ə t ɫ i /
r1
(of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct;

- "lasted approximately an hour";

- "in just about a minute";

- "he's about 30 years old";

- "I've had about all I can stand";

- "we meet about once a month";

- "some forty people came";

- "weighs around a hundred pounds";

- "roughly $3,000";

- "holds 3 gallons, more or less";

- "20 or so people were at the party";

- syn. about, around, close to, just about, more or less, or so, roughly, some;

approximation / ə p ɹ ɒ k s ɪ m eɪ ʃ n /
n1
an approximate calculation of quantity or degree or worth;

- "an estimate of what it would cost";

- "a rough idea how long it would take";

- syn. estimate, estimation, idea;

n2
the quality of coming near to identity (especially close in quantity);

n3
an imprecise or incomplete account;

- "newspapers gave only an approximation of the actual events";

n4
the act of bringing near or bringing together especially the cut edges of tissue;

- syn. bringing close together;

approximative / ə p ɹ ɒ k s ɪ m ə t ɪ v /
a1
not quite exact or correct;

- "the approximate time was 10 o'clock";

- "a rough guess";

- "a ballpark estimate";

- syn. approximate, rough;

- sim. inexact;

appurtenance / ə p ɝ t ɪ n ə n s /
n1
equipment consisting of miscellaneous articles needed for a particular operation or sport etc.;

- syn. gear, paraphernalia;

n2
a supplementary component that improves capability;

- syn. accessory, add-on, supplement;

appurtenant / ə p ɝ t ɪ n ə n t /
a1
furnishing added support;

- "an ancillary pump";

- "an adjuvant discipline to forms of mysticism";

- "The mind and emotions are auxiliary to each other";

- syn. accessory, adjunct, adjuvant, ancillary, auxiliary;

- sim. supportive;

Apr
n1
the month following March and preceding May;

- syn. April;

apractic
a1
having uncoordinated muscular movements, symptomatic of a CNS disorder;

- syn. apraxic;

- sim. unfit;

apraxia
n1
inability to make purposeful movements;

apraxic
a1
having uncoordinated muscular movements, symptomatic of a CNS disorder;

- syn. apractic;

- sim. unfit;

Apresoline
n1
an antihypertensive drug (trade name Apresoline) that dilates blood vessels;

- used (often with a diuretic) to treat hypertension and congestive heart failure;

- syn. hydralazine;

apricot / eɪ p ɹ ɪ k ɒ t /
n1
Asian tree having clusters of usually white blossoms and edible fruit resembling the peach;

- syn. apricot tree;

n2
downy yellow to rosy-colored fruit resembling a small peach;

n3
a shade of pink tinged with yellow;

- syn. peach, salmon pink, yellowish pink;

apricot bar
n1
fruit bar containing apricot jam;

apricot sauce
n1
for Chinese dishes: apricot preserves and chutney;

apricot tree
n1
Asian tree having clusters of usually white blossoms and edible fruit resembling the peach;

- syn. apricot;

April / eɪ p ɹ ə ɫ /
n1
the month following March and preceding May;

- syn. Apr;

April 14
n1
a day celebrating political and economic unity among American countries;

- syn. Pan American Day;

April fool
n1
the butt of a prank played on April 1st;

n2
a practical joke or trick played on the first day of April;

April Fools'
n1
the first day of April which is celebrated by playing practical jokes;

- syn. All Fools' day, April Fools' day;

April Fools' day
n1
the first day of April which is celebrated by playing practical jokes;

- syn. All Fools' day, April Fools';

apron / eɪ p ɹ ə n /
n1
a garment of cloth or leather or plastic that is tied about the waist and worn to protect your clothing;

n2
(golf) the part of the fairway leading onto the green;

n3
the part of a modern theater stage between the curtain and the orchestra (i.e., in front of the curtain);

- syn. forestage, proscenium;

n4
a paved surface where aircraft stand while not being used;

apron string
n1
(usually used in the plural) a cord used to tie an apron at the waist;

apropos / æ p ɹ ə p oʊ /
a1
of an appropriate or pertinent nature;

- also appropriate;

- sim. apposite;

r1
at an opportune time;

- "your letter arrived apropos";

- syn. seasonably, timely, well-timed;

r2
introducing a different topic;

- "incidentally, I won't go to the party";

- syn. by the bye, by the way, incidentally;

apse / æ p s /
n1
a domed or vaulted recess or projection on a building especially the east end of a church;

- usually contains the altar;

- syn. apsis;

apsidal / æ p s ɪ d ɫ /
a1
of or relating to an apse;

apsis / æ p s ɪ s /
n1
a domed or vaulted recess or projection on a building especially the east end of a church;

- usually contains the altar;

- syn. apse;

Apsu
n1
father of the gods and consort of Tiamat;

apt / æ p t /
a1
(usually followed by `to') naturally disposed toward;

- "he is apt to ignore matters he considers unimportant";

- "I am not minded to answer any questions";

- syn. disposed, given, minded, tending;

- sim. inclined;

a2
at risk of or subject to experiencing something usually unpleasant;

- "he is apt to lose";

- "she is liable to forget";

- syn. liable;

- sim. likely;

a3
mentally quick and resourceful;

- "an apt pupil";

- "you are a clever man...you reason well and your wit is bold"-Bram Stoker;

- syn. clever;

- sim. intelligent;

a4
being of striking appropriateness and pertinence;

- "the successful copywriter is a master of apposite and evocative verbal images";

- "an apt reply";

- syn. apposite, pertinent;

- sim. apropos;

Aptenodytes
n1
large penguins;

- syn. genus Aptenodytes;

Aptenodytes forsteri
n1
the largest penguin;

- an Antarctic penguin;

- syn. emperor penguin;

Aptenodytes patagonica
n1
large penguin on islands bordering the Antarctic Circle;

- syn. king penguin;

apteral / æ p t ə ɹ ə ɫ /
a1
having columns at one or both ends but not along the sides;

- sim. amphiprostylar, prostyle;

a2
(of insects) without wings;

- syn. apterous;

- sim. wingless;

apterous / æ p t ə ɹ ə s /
a1
(of insects) without wings;

- syn. apteral;

- sim. wingless;

Apterygidae
n1
coextensive with the order Apterygiformes;

- syn. family Apterygidae;

Apterygiformes
n1
a ratite bird order: flightless ground birds having vestigial wings and long bills and small eyes: kiwis;

- syn. order Apterygiformes;

apteryx / æ p t ə ɹ ɪ k s /
n1
nocturnal flightless bird of New Zealand having a long neck and stout legs;

- only surviving representative of the order Apterygiformes;

- syn. kiwi;

aptitude / æ p t ɪ t j u d /
n1
inherent ability;

aptitudinal / æ p t ɪ t j u d ɪ n ɫ /
a1
of or relating to aptitudes;

aptly / æ p t ɫ i /
r1
with competence;

- in a competent capable manner;

- "they worked competently";

- syn. ably, capably, competently;

aptness / æ p t n ə s /
n1
a disposition to behave in a certain way;

- "the aptness of iron to rust";

- "the propensity of disease to spread";

- syn. propensity;

n2
appropriateness for the occasion;

- "the phrase had considerable aptness";

- syn. appositeness;

Apulia
n1
a region in southeastern Italy on the Adriatic;

- syn. Puglia;

Apus
n1
a constellation in the polar region of the southern hemisphere near Octans;

n2
type genus;

- syn. genus Apus;

Apus apus
n1
common European bird with a shrieking call that nests chiefly about eaves of buildings or on cliffs;

- syn. European swift;

apyretic tetanus
n1
clinical neurological syndrome characterized by muscular twitching and cramps and (when severe) seizures;

- associated with calcium deficiency (hypoparathyroidism) or vitamin D deficiency or alkalosis;

- syn. intermittent cramp, intermittent tetanus, tetanilla, tetany;

Aqaba
n1
Jordan's port;

- located in southwestern Jordan on the Gulf of Aqaba;

- syn. Akaba, Al Aqabah;

aqua
n1
a shade of blue tinged with green;

- syn. aquamarine, cobalt blue, greenish blue, peacock blue, turquoise;

Aqua-Lung
n1
a device (trade name Aqua-Lung) that lets divers breathe under water;

- scuba is an acronym for self-contained underwater breathing apparatus;

- syn. aqualung, scuba;

aqua fortis
n1
acid used especially in the production of fertilizers and explosives and rocket fuels;

- syn. nitric acid;

aqua regia
n1
a yellow fuming corrosive mixture of nitric and hydrochloric acid that dissolves metals (including gold);

- syn. nitrohydrochloric acid;

aqua vitae
n1
strong distilled liquor or brandy;

- syn. ardent spirits;

aquacultural
a1
of or relating to aquiculture;

- "aquacultural methods";

- "hydroponic lettuce";

- syn. aquicultural, hydroponic;

aquaculture
n1
rearing aquatic animals or cultivating aquatic plants for food;

aqualung / æ k w ə ɫ ʌ ŋ /
n1
a device (trade name Aqua-Lung) that lets divers breathe under water;

- scuba is an acronym for self-contained underwater breathing apparatus;

- syn. Aqua-Lung, scuba;

aquamarine / æ k w ə m ə ɹ i n /
n1
a transparent variety of beryl that is blue green in color;

n2
a shade of blue tinged with green;

- syn. aqua, cobalt blue, greenish blue, peacock blue, turquoise;

aquanaut / æ k w ə n ɔ t /
n1
an underwater swimmer equipped with a face mask and foot fins and either a snorkel or an air cylinder;

- syn. skin-diver;

n2
a skilled worker who can live in underwater installations and participate in scientific research;

- syn. oceanaut;

aquaphobia
n1
a morbid fear of drowning;

aquaphobic
a1
abnormally afraid of water;

- syn. hydrophobic;

- sim. afraid;

aquaplane / æ k w ə p ɫ eɪ n /
n1
a board that is pulled by a speedboat as a person stands on it and skims over the top of the water;

v1
rise up onto a thin film of water between the tires and road so that there is no more contact with the road;

- "the car aquaplaned";

v2
ride on an aquaplane;

aquarium / ə k w eə ɹ ɪə m /
n1
a tank or pool or bowl filled with water for keeping live fish and underwater animals;

- syn. fish tank, marine museum;

Aquarius / ə k w eə ɹ ɪə s /
n1
(astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Aquarius;

- syn. Water Bearer;

n2
a zodiacal constellation in the southern hemisphere;

- between Capricornus and Pisces;

n3
the eleventh sign of the zodiac;

- the sun is in this sign from about January 20 to February 18;

- syn. Aquarius the Water Bearer, Water Bearer;

Aquarius the Water Bearer
n1
the eleventh sign of the zodiac;

- the sun is in this sign from about January 20 to February 18;

- syn. Aquarius, Water Bearer;

aquatic / ə k w æ t ɪ k /
n1
a plant that lives in or on water;

a1
relating to or consisting of or being in water;

- "an aquatic environment";

a2
operating or living or growing in water;

- "boats are aquatic vehicles";

- "water lilies are aquatic plants";

- "fish are aquatic animals";

- sim. marine, semiaquatic, subaqueous;

aquatic bird
n1
wading and swimming and diving birds of either fresh or salt water;

aquatic fern
n1
ferns that grow in water;

- syn. water fern;

aquatic mammal
n1
whales and dolphins;

- manatees and dugongs;

- walruses;

- seals;

aquatic plant
n1
a plant that grows partly or wholly in water whether rooted in the mud, as a lotus, or floating without anchorage, as the water hyacinth;

- syn. hydrophyte, hydrophytic plant, water plant;

aquatic vertebrate
n1
animal living wholly or chiefly in or on water;

aquatics / ə k w æ t ɪ k s /
n1
sports that involve bodies of water;

- syn. water sport;

aquatint / æ k w ə t ɪ n t /
n1
an etching made by a process that makes it resemble a water color;

n2
a method of etching that imitates the broad washes of a water color;

v1
etch in aquatint;

aquavit / æ k w ə v ɪ t /
n1
Scandinavian liquor usually flavored with caraway seeds;

- syn. akvavit;

aqueduct / æ k w ɪ d ʌ k t /
n1
a conduit that resembles a bridge but carries water over a valley;

aqueductus cerebri
n1
a canal connecting the third and fourth ventricles;

- syn. Sylvian aqueduct, cerebral aqueduct;

aqueous / eɪ k w ɪə s /
a1
similar to or containing or dissolved in water;

- "aqueous solutions";

a2
produced by the action of water;

- syn. sedimentary;

aqueous humor
n1
the limpid fluid within the eyeball between the cornea and the lens;

- syn. aqueous humour;

aqueous humour
n1
the limpid fluid within the eyeball between the cornea and the lens;

- syn. aqueous humor;

aqueous solution
n1
a solution in water;

aquicultural
a1
of or relating to aquiculture;

- "aquacultural methods";

- "hydroponic lettuce";

- syn. aquacultural, hydroponic;

aquiculture
n1
a technique of growing plants (without soil) in water containing dissolved nutrients;

- syn. hydroponics, tank farming;

aquifer
n1
underground bed or layer yielding ground water for wells and springs etc;

aquiferous
a1
of or relating to an aquifer;

Aquifoliaceae
n1
widely distributed shrubs and trees;

- syn. family Aquifoliaceae, holly family;

Aquila
n1
a constellation in the Milky Way near Cygnus;

- contains the star Altair;

n2
the provincial capital of the Abruzzi region in central Italy;

- syn. Aquila degli Abruzzi, L'Aquila;

n3
a genus of Accipitridae;

- syn. genus Aquila;

Aquila chrysaetos
n1
large eagle of mountainous regions of the northern hemisphere having a golden-brown head and neck;

- syn. golden eagle;

Aquila degli Abruzzi
n1
the provincial capital of the Abruzzi region in central Italy;

- syn. Aquila, L'Aquila;

Aquila rapax
n1
brownish eagle of Africa and parts of Asia;

- syn. tawny eagle;

aquilege
n1
a plant of the genus Aquilegia having irregular showy spurred flowers;

- north temperate regions especially mountains;

- syn. aquilegia, columbine;

aquilegia / æ k w ɪ ɫ i dʒ j ə /
n1
a plant of the genus Aquilegia having irregular showy spurred flowers;

- north temperate regions especially mountains;

- syn. aquilege, columbine;

Aquilegia caerulea
n1
columbine of the Rocky Mountains having long-spurred blue flowers;

- syn. Aquilegia scopulorum calcarea, blue columbine;

Aquilegia canadensis
n1
columbine of eastern North America having long-spurred red flowers;

- syn. honeysuckle, meeting house;

Aquilegia scopulorum calcarea
n1
columbine of the Rocky Mountains having long-spurred blue flowers;

- syn. Aquilegia caerulea, blue columbine;

Aquilegia vulgaris
n1
common European columbine having variously colored (white or blue to purple or red) short-spurred flowers;

- naturalized in United States;

- syn. granny's bonnets;

aquiline / æ k w ɪ ɫ aɪ n /
a1
curved down like an eagle's beak;

- syn. hooked;

- sim. crooked;

Aquinas
n1
(Roman Catholic Church) Italian theologian and Doctor of the Church who is remembered for his attempt to reconcile faith and reason in a comprehensive theology;

- presented philosophical proofs of the existence of God (1225-1274);

- syn. Saint Thomas, Saint Thomas Aquinas, St. Thomas, St. Thomas Aquinas, Thomas Aquinas;

Aquitaine
n1
a region of southwestern France between Bordeaux and the Pyrenees;

- syn. Aquitania;

Aquitania
n1
a region of southwestern France between Bordeaux and the Pyrenees;

- syn. Aquitaine;

Ar / ʌ ə , ʌ ə ɹ , ə ax , ə ax ɹ , eɪ ə , eɪ ə ɹ /
n1
a colorless and odorless inert gas;

- one of the six inert gases;

- comprises approximately 1% of the earth's atmosphere;

- syn. argon, atomic number 18;

n2
a unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters;

- syn. are;

n3
a state in south central United States;

- one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War;

- syn. Ark., Arkansas, Land of Opportunity;

Ar Rimsal
n1
a desert in southern Saudi Arabia;

- syn. Dahna, Great Sandy Desert, Rub al-Khali;

Ara
n1
a constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma;

n2
macaws;

- syn. genus Ara;

Arab / æ ɹ ə b /
n1
a member of a Semitic people originally from the Arabian peninsula and surrounding territories who speaks Arabic and who inhabits much of the Middle East and northern Africa;

- syn. Arabian;

n2
a spirited graceful and intelligent riding horse native to Arabia;

- syn. Arabian;

Arab-Berbers
n1
an ethnic minority descended from Berbers and Arabs and living in northern Africa;

- syn. Berbers;

Arab-Israeli War
n1
Egypt and Syria attacked Israel in October 1973 (on Yom Kippur);

- Israel counterattacked and drove the Syrians back and crossed the Suez Canal into Egypt;

- syn. Yom Kippur War;

n2
tension between Arabs and Israeli erupted into a brief war in June 1967;

- Israel emerged as a major power in the Middle East;

- syn. Six-Day War, Six Day War;

Arab chief
n1
the leader of an Arab village or family;

- syn. sheik, sheikh, tribal sheik, tribal sheikh;

Arab League
n1
an international organization of independent Arab states formed in 1945 to promote cultural and economic and military and political and social cooperation;

Arab Republic of Egypt
n1
a republic in northeastern Africa known as the United Arab Republic until 1971;

- site of an ancient civilization that flourished from 2600 to 30 BC;

- syn. Egypt, United Arab Republic;

Arab Revolutionary Brigades
n1
a Palestinian international terrorist organization that split from the PLO in 1974;

- has conducted terrorist attacks in 20 countries;

- "in the 1980s the Fatah-RC was considered the most dangerous and murderous Palestinian terror group";

- syn. ANO, Abu Nidal Organization, Black September, Fatah-RC, Fatah Revolutionary Council, Revolutionary Organization of Socialist Muslims;

arabesque / æ ɹ ə b ɛ s k /
n1
position in which the dancer has one leg raised behind and arms outstretched in a conventional pose;

n2
an ornament that interlaces simulated foliage in an intricate design;

Arabia / ə ɹ eɪ b ɪə /
n1
a peninsula between the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf;

- strategically important for its oil resources;

- syn. Arabian Peninsula;

Arabian / ə ɹ eɪ b ɪə n /
n1
a member of a Semitic people originally from the Arabian peninsula and surrounding territories who speaks Arabic and who inhabits much of the Middle East and northern Africa;

- syn. Arab;

n2
a spirited graceful and intelligent riding horse native to Arabia;

- syn. Arab;

a1
relating to or associated with Arabia or its people;

- "Arabian Nights";

- "Arabian Sea";

a2
of or relating to Arabian horses;

Arabian camel
n1
one-humped camel of the hot deserts of northern Africa and southwestern Asia;

- syn. Camelus dromedarius, dromedary;

Arabian coffee
n1
shrubby tree of northeastern tropical Africa widely cultivated in tropical or near tropical regions for its seed which form most of the commercial coffee;

- syn. Coffea arabica;

Arabian Desert
n1
a desert in Egypt between the Nile River and the Red Sea;

- syn. Eastern Desert;

n2
a desert on the Arabian Peninsula in southwestern Asia;

- syn. Great Arabian Desert;

Arabian Gulf
n1
a shallow arm of the Arabian Sea between Iran and the Arabian peninsula;

- the Persian Gulf oil fields are among the most productive in the world;

- syn. Persian Gulf;

Arabian jasmine
n1
East Indian evergreen vine cultivated for its profuse fragrant white flowers;

- syn. Jasminum sambac;

Arabian Nights
n1
a collection of folktales in Arabic dating from the 10th century;

- syn. Arabian Nights' Entertainment, Thousand and One Nights;

Arabian Nights' Entertainment
n1
a collection of folktales in Arabic dating from the 10th century;

- syn. Arabian Nights, Thousand and One Nights;

Arabian Peninsula
n1
a peninsula between the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf;

- strategically important for its oil resources;

- syn. Arabia;

Arabian Sea
n1
a northwestern arm of the Indian Ocean between India and Arabia;

Arabian tea
n1
the leaves of the shrub Catha edulis which are chewed like tobacco or used to make tea;

- has the effect of a euphoric stimulant;

- "in Yemen kat is used daily by 85% of adults";

- syn. African tea, cat, kat, khat, qat, quat;

Arabic / æ ɹ ə b ɪ k /
n1
the Semitic language of the Arabs;

- spoken in a variety of dialects;

- syn. Arabic language;

a1
relating to or characteristic of Arabs;

- "Arabic languages";

Arabic alphabet
n1
the alphabet of 28 characters derived from Aramaic and used for writing Arabic languages (and borrowed for writing Urdu);

Arabic language
n1
the Semitic language of the Arabs;

- spoken in a variety of dialects;

- syn. Arabic;

Arabic numeral
n1
one of the symbols 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,0;

- syn. Hindu-Arabic numeral, Hindu numeral;

Arabidopsis
n1
a genus of the mustard family having white or yellow or purplish flowers;

- closely related to genus Arabis;

- syn. genus Arabidopsis;

Arabidopsis lyrata
n1
a small noninvasive cross-pollinating plant with white flowers;

- closely related to Arabidopsis thaliana;

Arabidopsis thaliana
n1
a small invasive self-pollinating weed with small white flowers;

- much studied by plant geneticists;

- the first higher plant whose complete genome sequence was described;

- syn. mouse-ear cress;

arability
n1
the quality of land that is appropriate for cultivation;

Arabis / æ ɹ ə b ɪ s /
n1
annual to perennial woody herbs of temperate North America, Europe and Asia: rockcress;

- syn. genus Arabis;

Arabis Canadensis
n1
North American rock cress having very long curved pods;

- syn. sicklepod;

Arabis glabra
n1
or genus Arabis: erect cress widely distributed throughout Europe;

- syn. Turritis glabra, tower cress, tower mustard;

Arabis turrita
n1
European cress having stiff erect stems;

- sometimes placed in genus Turritis;

- syn. tower cress, tower mustard;

Arabist / æ ɹ ə b ɪ s t /
n1
a scholar who specializes in Arab languages and culture;

arable / æ ɹ ə b ɫ /
a1
(of farmland) capable of being farmed productively;

- syn. cultivable, cultivatable, tillable;

- sim. productive;

Araceae
n1
anthurium;

- calla lily;

- jack-in-the-pulpit;

- philodendron;

- syn. arum family, family Araceae;

araceous
a1
relating to a plant of the family Araceae;

- syn. aroid;

Arachis
n1
a genus of plants with pods that ripen underground (see peanut);

- syn. genus Arachis;

Arachis hypogaea
n1
widely cultivated American plant cultivated in tropical and warm regions;

- showy yellow flowers on stalks that bend over to the soil so that seed pods ripen underground;

- syn. peanut, peanut vine;

arachnid / ə ɹ æ k n ɪ d /
n1
air-breathing arthropods characterized by simple eyes and four pairs of legs;

- syn. arachnoid;

Arachnida / ə ɹ æ k n ɪ d ə /
n1
a large class of arthropods including spiders and ticks and scorpions and daddy longlegs;

- have four pairs of walking legs and no wings;

- syn. class Arachnida;

arachnidian
a1
relating to or resembling a member of the class Arachnida;

- syn. arachnoid, spiderlike, spiderly, spidery;

arachnoid
n1
the middle of the 3 meninges;

- syn. arachnoid membrane;

n2
air-breathing arthropods characterized by simple eyes and four pairs of legs;

- syn. arachnid;

a1
relating to or resembling a member of the class Arachnida;

- syn. arachnidian, spiderlike, spiderly, spidery;

arachnoid membrane
n1
the middle of the 3 meninges;

- syn. arachnoid;

arachnophobia
n1
a morbid fear of spiders;

Arafat
n1
Palestinian statesman who was chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization (1929-2004);

- syn. Yasser Arafat;

Arafura Sea
n1
a part of the western Pacific Ocean to the north of Australia and to the south of New Guinea and the eastern islands of Indonesia;

Aragon / ə ɹ æ ɡ ə n /
n1
French writer who generalized surrealism to literature (1897-1982);

- syn. Louis Aragon;

n2
a region of northeastern Spain;

- a former kingdom that united with Castile in 1479 to form Spain (after the marriage of Ferdinand V and Isabella I);

aragonite / ə ɹ æ ɡ ə n aɪ t /
n1
a mineral form of crystalline calcium carbonate;

- dimorphic with calcite;

Araguaia
n1
a river in central Brazil that flows generally northward (with many falls) to join the Tocantins River;

- syn. Araguaia River, Araguaya, Araguaya River;

Araguaia River
n1
a river in central Brazil that flows generally northward (with many falls) to join the Tocantins River;

- syn. Araguaia, Araguaya, Araguaya River;

Araguaya
n1
a river in central Brazil that flows generally northward (with many falls) to join the Tocantins River;

- syn. Araguaia, Araguaia River, Araguaya River;

Araguaya River
n1
a river in central Brazil that flows generally northward (with many falls) to join the Tocantins River;

- syn. Araguaia, Araguaia River, Araguaya;

arak
n1
any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses;

- syn. arrack;

Aral Sea
n1
a lake to the east of the Caspian Sea lying between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan;

- syn. Lake Aral;

Arales
n1
Araceae;

- Lemnaceae;

- syn. order Arales;

aralia
n1
any of various plants of the genus Aralia;

- often aromatic plants having compound leaves and small umbellate flowers;

Aralia elata
n1
deciduous clump-forming Asian shrub or small tree;

- adventive in the eastern United States;

- syn. Japanese angelica tree;

Aralia hispida
n1
bristly herb of eastern and central North America having black fruit and medicinal bark;

- syn. bristly sarsaparilla, bristly sarsparilla, dwarf elder;

Aralia nudicaulis
n1
common perennial herb having aromatic roots used as a substitute for sarsaparilla;

- central and eastern North America;

- syn. false sarsaparilla, wild sarsaparilla, wild sarsparilla;

Aralia racemosa
n1
unarmed woody rhizomatous perennial plant distinguished from wild sarsaparilla by more aromatic roots and panicled umbels;

- southeastern North America to Mexico;

- syn. American spikenard, life-of-man, petty morel;

Aralia spinosa
n1
small deciduous clump-forming tree or shrub of eastern United States;

- syn. American angelica tree, Hercules'-club, devil's walking stick;

Aralia stipulata
n1
similar to American angelica tree but less prickly;

- China;

- syn. Chinese angelica, Chinese angelica tree;

Araliaceae
n1
mostly tropical trees and shrubs and lianas: genera Panax and Hedera;

- syn. family Araliaceae, ivy family;

Aram
n1
the biblical name for ancient Syria;

Aram Ilich Khachaturian
n1
Russian composer (born in Armenia) whose works are romantic and reflect his interest in folk music (1903-1978);

- syn. Aram Khachaturian, Khachaturian;

Aram Kachaturian
n1
Armenian composer who incorporated oriental folk music (1903-1978);

- syn. Kachaturian;

Aram Khachaturian
n1
Russian composer (born in Armenia) whose works are romantic and reflect his interest in folk music (1903-1978);

- syn. Aram Ilich Khachaturian, Khachaturian;

Aramaean
n1
a member of one of a group of Semitic peoples inhabiting Aram and parts of Mesopotamia from the 11th to the 8th century BC;

- syn. Aramean;

a1
of or relating to Aram or to its inhabitants or their culture or their language;

- syn. Aramean;

Aramaic / æ ɹ ə m eɪ ɪ k /
n1
a Semitic language originally of the ancient Arameans but still spoken by other people in southwestern Asia;

n2
an alphabetical (or perhaps syllabic) script used since the 9th century BC to write the Aramaic language;

- many other scripts were subsequently derived from it;

- syn. Aramaic script;

a1
of or relating to the ancient Aramaic languages;

Aramaic script
n1
an alphabetical (or perhaps syllabic) script used since the 9th century BC to write the Aramaic language;

- many other scripts were subsequently derived from it;

- syn. Aramaic;

arame
n1
an edible seaweed with a mild flavor;

Aramean / æ ɹ ə m i ə n /
n1
a member of one of a group of Semitic peoples inhabiting Aram and parts of Mesopotamia from the 11th to the 8th century BC;

- syn. Aramaean;

a1
of or relating to Aram or to its inhabitants or their culture or their language;

- syn. Aramaean;

Aramus
n1
genus of large brown long-billed wading birds found in warm swampy regions of the western hemisphere: courlan;

- limpkin;

- syn. genus Aramus;

Aramus guarauna
n1
wading bird of South America and Central America;

- syn. courlan;

Aramus pictus
n1
wading bird of Florida, Cuba and Jamaica having a drooping bill and a distinctive wailing call;

- syn. limpkin;

Aran Islands
n1
three small islands belonging to Ireland at the entrance to Galway Bay;

Aranea
n1
a genus of orb-weaving spiders including common garden spiders and barn spiders;

- syn. Araneus, genus Aranea, genus Araneus;

Aranea diademata
n1
a spider common in European gardens;

- syn. garden spider;

Araneae
n1
spiders;

- syn. Araneida, order Araneae, order Araneida;

Araneida
n1
spiders;

- syn. Araneae, order Araneae, order Araneida;

araneidal
a1
relating to or resembling a spider;

- syn. araneidan;

araneidan
a1
relating to or resembling a spider;

- syn. araneidal;

Araneus
n1
a genus of orb-weaving spiders including common garden spiders and barn spiders;

- syn. Aranea, genus Aranea, genus Araneus;

Araneus cavaticus
n1
an orange and tan spider with darkly banded legs that spins an orb web daily;

- "the barn spider was made famous in E. B. White's book `Charlotte's Web'";

- syn. barn spider;

Aranyaka
n1
a treatise resembling a Brahmana but to be read or expounded by anchorites in the quiet of the forest;

Arapaho
n1
a member of a tribe of Plains Indians formerly inhabiting eastern Colorado and Wyoming (now living in Oklahoma and Wyoming);

- syn. Arapahoe;

n2
the Algonquian language spoken by the Arapaho;

- syn. Arapahoe;

Arapahoe
n1
a member of a tribe of Plains Indians formerly inhabiting eastern Colorado and Wyoming (now living in Oklahoma and Wyoming);

- syn. Arapaho;

n2
the Algonquian language spoken by the Arapaho;

- syn. Arapaho;

Ararat
n1
the mountain peak that Noah's ark landed on as the waters of the great flood receded;

- syn. Mount Ararat, Mt. Ararat;

arariba
n1
Brazilian tree with handsomely marked wood;

- syn. Centrolobium robustum;

araroba
n1
a bitter yellow powder used to treat skin diseases;

- syn. Goa powder, chrysarobin;

Aras
n1
a river that rises in northeastern Turkey (near the source of the Euphrates) and flows generally eastward through Armenia to the Caspian Sea;

- ancient name was Araxes;

- syn. Araxes;

Arauca
n1
a river that rises in northern Colombia and flows generally eastward to the Orinoco in central Venezuela;

araucaria / æ ɹ ɔ k eə ɹ ɪə /
n1
any of several tall South American or Australian trees with large cones and edible seeds;

Araucaria araucana
n1
large Chilean evergreen conifer having intertwined branches and bearing edible nuts;

- syn. chile pine, monkey puzzle;

Araucaria bidwillii
n1
Australian conifer bearing two-inch seeds tasting like roasted chestnuts;

- among the aborigines the tree is hereditary property protected by law;

- syn. bunya bunya, bunya bunya tree;

Araucaria columnaris
n1
very tall evergreen of New Caledonia and the New Hebrides similar to norfolk island pine;

- syn. new caledonian pine;

Araucaria cunninghamii
n1
pine of Australia and New Guinea;

- yields a valuable light even-textured wood;

- syn. Moreton Bay pine, hoop pine;

Araucaria excelsa
n1
evergreen of Australia and Norfolk Island in the South Pacific;

- syn. Araucaria heterophylla, norfolk island pine;

araucaria family
n1
tall evergreen cone-bearing trees of South America and Australia with broad leathery leaves;

- in some classifications included in the Pinaceae;

- syn. Araucariaceae, family Araucariaceae;

Araucaria heterophylla
n1
evergreen of Australia and Norfolk Island in the South Pacific;

- syn. Araucaria excelsa, norfolk island pine;

Araucariaceae
n1
tall evergreen cone-bearing trees of South America and Australia with broad leathery leaves;

- in some classifications included in the Pinaceae;

- syn. araucaria family, family Araucariaceae;

Araujia
n1
small genus of South American evergreen vines;

- syn. genus Araujia;

Araujia sericofera
n1
robust twining shrub having racemes of fragrant white or pink flowers with flat spreading terminal petals that trap nocturnal moths and hold them until dawn;

- syn. cruel plant;

Arava
n1
an anti-TNF compound (trade name Arava) that is given orally;

- can slow the progression of rheumatoid arthritis by slowing the proliferation of white blood cells which reduces inflammation in the synovium;

- syn. leflunomide;

Arawak
n1
a member of a widespread group of Amerindians living in northeastern South America;

- syn. Arawakan;

n2
a family of South American Indian languages spoken in northeastern South America;

- syn. Arawakan;

Arawakan
n1
a member of a widespread group of Amerindians living in northeastern South America;

- syn. Arawak;

n2
a family of South American Indian languages spoken in northeastern South America;

- syn. Arawak;

a1
of or relating to the peoples who speak the language of the Arawak;

Arawn
n1
Celtic deity who was the lord of Annwfn (the other world or the land of fairies);

Araxes
n1
a river that rises in northeastern Turkey (near the source of the Euphrates) and flows generally eastward through Armenia to the Caspian Sea;

- ancient name was Araxes;

- syn. Aras;

arb
n1
someone who engages in arbitrage (who purchases securities in one market for immediate resale in another in the hope of profiting from the price differential);

- syn. arbitrager, arbitrageur;

arbalest
n1
an engine that provided medieval artillery used during sieges;

- a heavy war engine for hurling large stones and other missiles;

- syn. arbalist, ballista, bricole, catapult, mangonel, onager, trebuchet, trebucket;

arbalist
n1
an engine that provided medieval artillery used during sieges;

- a heavy war engine for hurling large stones and other missiles;

- syn. arbalest, ballista, bricole, catapult, mangonel, onager, trebuchet, trebucket;

arbiter / ɑ b ɪ t ə , ɑ b ɪ t ə ɹ /
n1
someone with the power to settle matters at will;

- "she was the final arbiter on all matters of fashion";

- syn. supreme authority;

n2
someone chosen to judge and decide a disputed issue;

- "the critic was considered to be an arbiter of modern literature";

- "the arbitrator's authority derived from the consent of the disputants";

- "an umpire was appointed to settle the tax case";

- syn. arbitrator, umpire;

arbitrable / ɑ b ɪ t ɹ ə b ɫ /
a1
appropriate for or subject to settlement by arbitration;

- "an arbitrable wage and health benefits policy";

- "an arbitrable dispute";

arbitrage / ɑ b ɪ t ɹ ɑ ʒ , ɑ b ɪ t ɹ ɪ dʒ /
n1
a kind of hedged investment meant to capture slight differences in price;

- when there is a difference in the price of something on two different markets the arbitrageur simultaneously buys at the lower price and sells at the higher price;

v1
practice arbitrage, as in the stock market;

arbitrager / ɑ b ɪ t ɹ ɑ ʒ ə , ɑ b ɪ t ɹ ɑ ʒ ə ɹ , ɑ b ɪ t ɹ ɪ dʒ ə , ɑ b ɪ t ɹ ɪ dʒ ə ɹ /
n1
someone who engages in arbitrage (who purchases securities in one market for immediate resale in another in the hope of profiting from the price differential);

- syn. arb, arbitrageur;

arbitrageur
n1
someone who engages in arbitrage (who purchases securities in one market for immediate resale in another in the hope of profiting from the price differential);

- syn. arb, arbitrager;

arbitral / ɑ b ɪ t ɹ ə ɫ /
a1
relating to or resulting from arbitration;

- "the arbitral adjustment of the controversy";

- "an arbitrational settlement";

- syn. arbitrational;

arbitrament / ɑ b ɪ t ɹ ə m ə n t /
n1
the act of deciding as an arbiter;

- giving authoritative judgment;

- "they submitted their disagreement to arbitration";

- syn. arbitration, arbitrement;

arbitrarily / ɑ b ɪ t ɹ eə ɹ ɪ ɫ i /
r1
in a random manner;

- "the houses were randomly scattered";

- "bullets were fired into the crowd at random";

- syn. at random, every which way, haphazardly, indiscriminately, randomly, willy-nilly;

arbitrariness / ɑ b ɪ t ɹ eə ɹ ɪ n ə s /
n1
the trait of acting unpredictably and more from whim or caprice than from reason or judgment;

- "I despair at the flightiness and whimsicality of my memory";

- syn. capriciousness, flightiness, whimsey, whimsicality, whimsy;

arbitrary / ɑ b ɪ t ɹ ə ɹ i /
a1
based on or subject to individual discretion or preference or sometimes impulse or caprice;

- "an arbitrary decision";

- "the arbitrary rule of a dictator";

- "an arbitrary penalty";

- "of arbitrary size and shape";

- "an arbitrary choice";

- "arbitrary division of the group into halves";

- sim. absolute, capricious, discretionary;

arbitrate / ɑ b ɪ t ɹ eɪ t /
v1
act between parties with a view to reconciling differences;

- "He interceded in the family dispute";

- "He mediated a settlement";

- syn. intercede, intermediate, liaise, mediate;

arbitration / ɑ b ɪ t ɹ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
(law) the hearing and determination of a dispute by an impartial referee agreed to by both parties (often used to settle disputes between labor and management);

n2
the act of deciding as an arbiter;

- giving authoritative judgment;

- "they submitted their disagreement to arbitration";

- syn. arbitrament, arbitrement;

arbitration clause
n1
a clause in a contract providing for arbitration of disputes arising under the contract;

arbitrational
a1
relating to or resulting from arbitration;

- "the arbitral adjustment of the controversy";

- "an arbitrational settlement";

- syn. arbitral;

arbitrative / ɑ b ɪ t ɹ ə t ɪ v /
a1
relating to or having the authority to arbitrate;

- "an arbitrative board";

arbitrator / ɑ b ɪ t ɹ eɪ t ə , ɑ b ɪ t ɹ eɪ t ə ɹ /
n1
someone chosen to judge and decide a disputed issue;

- "the critic was considered to be an arbiter of modern literature";

- "the arbitrator's authority derived from the consent of the disputants";

- "an umpire was appointed to settle the tax case";

- syn. arbiter, umpire;

arbitrement
n1
the act of deciding as an arbiter;

- giving authoritative judgment;

- "they submitted their disagreement to arbitration";

- syn. arbitrament, arbitration;

arbor / ɑ b ɔ , ɑ b ə /
n1
tree (as opposed to shrub);

n2
any of various rotating shafts that serve as axes for larger rotating parts;

- syn. mandrel, mandril, spindle;

n3
a framework that supports climbing plants;

- "the arbor provided a shady resting place in the park";

- syn. arbour, bower, pergola;

Arbor Day
n1
a day designated for planting trees;

arboraceous / ɑ b ə ɹ eɪ ʃ ə s /
a1
abounding in trees;

- "an arboreous landscape";

- "violets in woodsy shady spots";

- "a woody area near the highway";

- syn. arboreous, woodsy, woody;

- sim. wooded;

arborary
a1
of or relating to or formed by trees;

- "an arborous roof";

- syn. arboreal, arborical, arborous;

arboreal / ɑ b ɔ ɹ ɪə ɫ /
a1
of or relating to or formed by trees;

- "an arborous roof";

- syn. arborary, arborical, arborous;

a2
inhabiting or frequenting trees;

- "arboreal apes";

- syn. arboreous, tree-living;

a3
resembling a tree in form and branching structure;

- "arborescent coral found off the coast of Bermuda";

- "dendriform sponges";

- syn. arboreous, arborescent, arboresque, arboriform, dendriform, dendroid, dendroidal, tree-shaped, treelike;

- sim. branchy;

arboreal salamander
n1
yellow-spotted brown salamander of California woodlands;

- syn. Aneides lugubris;

arboreous / ɑ b ɔ ɹ ɪə s /
a1
inhabiting or frequenting trees;

- "arboreal apes";

- syn. arboreal, tree-living;

a2
abounding in trees;

- "an arboreous landscape";

- "violets in woodsy shady spots";

- "a woody area near the highway";

- syn. arboraceous, woodsy, woody;

- sim. wooded;

a3
resembling a tree in form and branching structure;

- "arborescent coral found off the coast of Bermuda";

- "dendriform sponges";

- syn. arboreal, arborescent, arboresque, arboriform, dendriform, dendroid, dendroidal, tree-shaped, treelike;

- sim. branchy;

arborescent / ɑ b ə ɹ ɛ s n t /
a1
resembling a tree in form and branching structure;

- "arborescent coral found off the coast of Bermuda";

- "dendriform sponges";

- syn. arboreal, arboreous, arboresque, arboriform, dendriform, dendroid, dendroidal, tree-shaped, treelike;

- sim. branchy;

arborescent plant
n1
having the shape or characteristics of a tree;

arboresque
a1
resembling a tree in form and branching structure;

- "arborescent coral found off the coast of Bermuda";

- "dendriform sponges";

- syn. arboreal, arboreous, arborescent, arboriform, dendriform, dendroid, dendroidal, tree-shaped, treelike;

- sim. branchy;

arboretum / ɑ b ə ɹ i t ə m /
n1
a facility where trees and shrubs are cultivated for exhibition;

- syn. botanical garden;

arborical / ɑ b ɒ ɹ ɪ k ə ɫ /
a1
of or relating to or formed by trees;

- "an arborous roof";

- syn. arborary, arboreal, arborous;

arboriculture / ɑ b ɒ ɹ ɪ k ʌ ɫ tʃ ə /
n1
the tending of and caring for trees;

- syn. tree farming;

arboriculturist / ɑ b ɒ ɹ ɪ k ʌ ɫ tʃ ə ɹ ɪ s t /
n1
someone trained in forestry;

- syn. forester, tree farmer;

arboriform
a1
resembling a tree in form and branching structure;

- "arborescent coral found off the coast of Bermuda";

- "dendriform sponges";

- syn. arboreal, arboreous, arborescent, arboresque, dendriform, dendroid, dendroidal, tree-shaped, treelike;

- sim. branchy;

arborise
v1
branch out like trees;

- "nerve fibers arborize";

- syn. arborize;

arborist / ɑ b ɒ ɹ ɪ s t /
n1
a specialist in treating damaged trees;

- syn. tree surgeon;

arborize
v1
branch out like trees;

- "nerve fibers arborize";

- syn. arborise;

arborolatry
n1
the worship of trees;

- syn. tree-worship;

arborous
a1
of or relating to or formed by trees;

- "an arborous roof";

- syn. arborary, arboreal, arborical;

arborvirus
n1
a large heterogeneous group of RNA viruses divisible into groups on the basis of the virions;

- they have been recovered from arthropods, bats, and rodents;

- most are borne by arthropods;

- they are linked by the epidemiologic concept of transmission between vertebrate hosts by arthropod vectors (mosquitoes, ticks, sandflies, midges, etc.) that feed on blood;

- they can cause mild fevers, hepatitis, hemorrhagic fever, and encephalitis;

- syn. arbovirus;

arborvitae / ɑ b ɔ v i t aɪ /
n1
any of several Asian and North American conifers of the genera Thuja and Thujopsis;

arbour / ɑ b ə , ɑ b ə ɹ /
n1
a framework that supports climbing plants;

- "the arbor provided a shady resting place in the park";

- syn. arbor, bower, pergola;

arbovirus
n1
a large heterogeneous group of RNA viruses divisible into groups on the basis of the virions;

- they have been recovered from arthropods, bats, and rodents;

- most are borne by arthropods;

- they are linked by the epidemiologic concept of transmission between vertebrate hosts by arthropod vectors (mosquitoes, ticks, sandflies, midges, etc.) that feed on blood;

- they can cause mild fevers, hepatitis, hemorrhagic fever, and encephalitis;

- syn. arborvirus;

arbutus / ɑ b j u t ə s /
n1
any of several evergreen shrubs of the genus Arbutus of temperate Europe and America;

Arbutus menziesii
n1
evergreen tree of the Pacific coast of North America having glossy leathery leaves and orange-red edible berries;

- wood used for furniture and bark for tanning;

- syn. madrona, madrono, manzanita;

Arbutus unedo
n1
small evergreen European shrubby tree bearing many-seeded scarlet berries that are edible but bland;

- of Ireland, southern Europe, Asia Minor;

- syn. Irish strawberry, strawberry tree;

arc / ɑ k /
n1
electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field;

- syn. discharge, electric arc, electric discharge, spark;

n2
a continuous portion of a circle;

n3
something curved in shape;

- syn. bow;

v1
form an arch or curve;

- "her back arches";

- "her hips curve nicely";

- syn. arch, curve;

arc-boutant
n1
a buttress that stands apart from the main structure and connected to it by an arch;

- syn. flying buttress;

arc cosecant
n1
the angle that has a cosecant equal to a given number;

- syn. arccosecant, inverse cosecant;

arc cosine
n1
the inverse function of the cosine;

- the angle that has a cosine equal to a given number;

- syn. arccos, arccosine, inverse cosine;

arc cotangent
n1
the inverse function of the cotangent;

- the angle that has a cotangent equal to a given number;

- syn. arccotangent, inverse cotangent;

arc lamp
n1
a lamp that produces light when electric current flows across the gap between two electrodes;

- syn. arc light;

arc light
n1
a lamp that produces light when electric current flows across the gap between two electrodes;

- syn. arc lamp;

arc secant
n1
the inverse function of the secant;

- the angle that has a secant equal to a given number;

- syn. arcsec, arcsecant, inverse secant;

arc sine
n1
the inverse function of the sine;

- the angle that has a sine equal to a given number;

- syn. arcsin, arcsine, inverse sine;

arc tangent
n1
the inverse function of the tangent;

- the angle that has a tangent equal to a given number;

- syn. arctan, arctangent, inverse tangent;

Arca
n1
type genus of the family Arcidae: ark shells and blood clams;

- syn. genus Arca;

arcade / ɑ k eɪ d /
n1
a covered passageway with shops and stalls on either side;

n2
a structure composed of a series of arches supported by columns;

- syn. colonnade;

Arcadia
n1
a department of Greece in the central Peloponnese;

Arcadian / ɑ k eɪ d ɪə n /
n1
an inhabitant of Arcadia;

a1
(used with regard to idealized country life) idyllically rustic;

- "a country life of arcadian contentment";

- "a pleasant bucolic scene";

- "charming in its pastoral setting";

- "rustic tranquility";

- syn. bucolic, pastoral;

- sim. rural;

Arcadic
n1
the dialect of Ancient Greek spoken by Arcadians;

- syn. Arcadic dialect;

Arcadic dialect
n1
the dialect of Ancient Greek spoken by Arcadians;

- syn. Arcadic;

Arcado-Cyprians
n1
the ancient Greek inhabitants of Achaea;

- syn. Achaean;

arcane / ɑ k eɪ n /
a1
requiring secret or mysterious knowledge;

- "the arcane science of dowsing";

- sim. esoteric;

Arcangelo Corelli
n1
Italian violinist and composer of violin concertos (1653-1713);

- syn. Corelli;

arcanum / ɑ k eɪ n ə m /
n1
information known only to a special group;

- "the secret of Cajun cooking";

- syn. secret;

arccos
n1
the inverse function of the cosine;

- the angle that has a cosine equal to a given number;

- syn. arc cosine, arccosine, inverse cosine;

arccosecant
n1
the angle that has a cosecant equal to a given number;

- syn. arc cosecant, inverse cosecant;

arccosine
n1
the inverse function of the cosine;

- the angle that has a cosine equal to a given number;

- syn. arc cosine, arccos, inverse cosine;

arccotangent
n1
the inverse function of the cotangent;

- the angle that has a cotangent equal to a given number;

- syn. arc cotangent, inverse cotangent;

arcdegree
n1
a measure for arcs and angles;

- "there are 360 degrees in a circle";

- syn. degree;

arced / ɑ k t /
a1
forming or resembling an arch;

- "an arched ceiling";

- syn. arched, arching, arciform, arcuate, bowed;

- sim. curved;

arcella
n1
an amoeba-like protozoan with a chitinous shell resembling an umbrella;

Arcellidae
n1
soil and freshwater protozoa;

- cosmopolitan in distribution;

- syn. family Arcellidae;

Arceuthobium
n1
genus of chiefly American plants parasitic on conifers;

- syn. genus Arceuthobium;

Arceuthobium pusillum
n1
small herb with scalelike leaves on reddish-brown stems and berrylike fruits;

- parasitic on spruce and larch trees;

- syn. American mistletoe;

arch / ɑ tʃ /
n1
a curved shape in the vertical plane that spans an opening;

n2
a curved bony structure supporting or enclosing organs (especially the inner sides of the feet);

n3
a passageway under a curved masonry construction;

- "they built a triumphal arch to memorialize their victory";

- syn. archway;

n4
(architecture) a masonry construction (usually curved) for spanning an opening and supporting the weight above it;

v1
form an arch or curve;

- "her back arches";

- "her hips curve nicely";

- syn. arc, curve;

a1
(used of behavior or attitude) characteristic of those who treat others with condescension;

- syn. condescending, patronising, patronizing;

- sim. superior;

a2
naughtily or annoyingly playful;

- "teasing and worrying with impish laughter";

- "a wicked prank";

- syn. impish, implike, mischievous, pixilated, prankish, puckish, wicked;

- sim. playful;

arch over
v1
form an arch over;

- "Big rocks overarch the stream";

- syn. overarch;

arch support
n1
a support for the arch of the foot;

archaean / ɑ k i ə n /
a1
of or relating to the earliest known rocks formed during the Precambrian Eon;

- syn. archean;

- sim. early;

archaebacteria
n1
considered ancient life forms that evolved separately from bacteria and blue-green algae;

- syn. archaebacterium, archaeobacteria, archeobacteria;

archaebacterium
n1
considered ancient life forms that evolved separately from bacteria and blue-green algae;

- syn. archaebacteria, archaeobacteria, archeobacteria;

archaeobacteria
n1
considered ancient life forms that evolved separately from bacteria and blue-green algae;

- syn. archaebacteria, archaebacterium, archeobacteria;

archaeologic / ɑ k ɪə ɫ ɒ dʒ ɪ k /
a1
related to or dealing with or devoted to archaeology;

- "an archaeological dig";

- "a dramatic archaeological discovery";

- syn. archaeological, archeologic, archeological;

archaeological / ɑ k ɪə ɫ ɒ dʒ ɪ k ɫ /
a1
related to or dealing with or devoted to archaeology;

- "an archaeological dig";

- "a dramatic archaeological discovery";

- syn. archaeologic, archeologic, archeological;

archaeologist / ɑ k ɪ ɒ ɫ ə dʒ ɪ s t /
n1
an anthropologist who studies prehistoric people and their culture;

- syn. archeologist;

archaeology / ɑ k ɪ ɒ ɫ ə dʒ i /
n1
the branch of anthropology that studies prehistoric people and their cultures;

- syn. archeology;

archaeopteryx / ɑ k ɪ ɒ p t ɛr ɪ k s /
n1
extinct primitive toothed bird of the Jurassic period having a long feathered tail and hollow bones;

- usually considered the most primitive of all birds;

- syn. Archaeopteryx lithographica, archeopteryx;

Archaeopteryx lithographica
n1
extinct primitive toothed bird of the Jurassic period having a long feathered tail and hollow bones;

- usually considered the most primitive of all birds;

- syn. archaeopteryx, archeopteryx;

archaeornis
n1
extinct primitive toothed bird with a long feathered tail and three free clawed digits on each wing;

Archaeornithes
n1
primitive reptile-like fossil birds of the Jurassic or early Cretaceous;

- syn. subclass Archaeornithes;

Archaeozoic
n1
the time from 3,800 million years to 2,500 million years ago;

- earth's crust formed;

- unicellular organisms are earliest forms of life;

- syn. Archaeozoic aeon, Archean, Archean aeon, Archean eon, Archeozoic, Archeozoic eon;

a1
of or belonging to earlier of two divisions of the Precambrian era;

- "archeozoic life forms";

- syn. archeozoic;

- sim. early;

Archaeozoic aeon
n1
the time from 3,800 million years to 2,500 million years ago;

- earth's crust formed;

- unicellular organisms are earliest forms of life;

- syn. Archaeozoic, Archean, Archean aeon, Archean eon, Archeozoic, Archeozoic eon;

archaic / ɑ k eɪ ɪ k /
a1
so extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period;

- "a ramshackle antediluvian tenement";

- "antediluvian ideas";

- "archaic laws";

- syn. antediluvian, antiquated;

- sim. old;

a2
little evolved from or characteristic of an earlier ancestral type;

- "archaic forms of life";

- "primitive mammals";

- "the okapi is a short-necked primitive cousin of the giraffe";

- syn. primitive;

- sim. early;

archaicism
n1
the use of an archaic expression;

- syn. archaism;

archaise
v1
give an archaic appearance of character to;

- "archaized craftwork";

- syn. archaize;

archaism / ɑ k eɪ ɪ z ə m /
n1
the use of an archaic expression;

- syn. archaicism;

archaist
n1
a person who archaizes;

n2
an expert or collector of antiquities;

- syn. antiquarian, antiquary;

archaistic
a1
imitative of an archaic style or manner;

- "archaistic writing";

archaize
v1
give an archaic appearance of character to;

- "archaized craftwork";

- syn. archaise;

archangel / ɑ k eɪ n dʒ ɫ /
n1
an angel ranked above the highest rank in the celestial hierarchy;

n2
a biennial cultivated herb;

- its stems are candied and eaten and its roots are used medicinally;

- syn. Angelica Archangelica, garden angelica;

archangelic / ɑ tʃ æ n dʒ ɛ ɫ ɪ k /
a1
of or relating to or resembling archangels;

- syn. archangelical;

archangelical
a1
of or relating to or resembling archangels;

- syn. archangelic;

archbishop / ɑ tʃ b ɪ ʃ ə p /
n1
a bishop of highest rank;

archbishopric / ɑ tʃ b ɪ ʃ ə p ɹ ɪ k /
n1
the territorial jurisdiction of an archbishop;

archdeacon / ɑ tʃ d i k ə n /
n1
(Anglican Church) an ecclesiastical dignitary usually ranking just below a bishop;

archdeaconry / ɑ tʃ d i k ə n ɹ i /
n1
the territorial jurisdiction of an archdeacon;

archdiocesan / ɑ tʃ d aɪ ə s ɪ s n /
a1
of or relating to an archdiocese;

archdiocese / ɑ tʃ d aɪ ə s ɪ s /
n1
the diocese of an archbishop;

archducal / ɑ tʃ d j u k ə ɫ /
a1
belonging to or befitting an archduke or his archduchy;

archduchess / ɑ tʃ d ʌ tʃ ɪ s /
n1
a wife or widow of an archduke or a princess of the former ruling house of Austria;

archduchy / ɑ tʃ d ʌ tʃ i /
n1
the domain controlled by an archduke or archduchess;

archduke / ɑ tʃ d j u k /
n1
a sovereign prince of the former ruling house of Austria;

Archean
n1
the time from 3,800 million years to 2,500 million years ago;

- earth's crust formed;

- unicellular organisms are earliest forms of life;

- syn. Archaeozoic, Archaeozoic aeon, Archean aeon, Archean eon, Archeozoic, Archeozoic eon;

a1
of or relating to the earliest known rocks formed during the Precambrian Eon;

- syn. archaean;

- sim. early;

Archean aeon
n1
the time from 3,800 million years to 2,500 million years ago;

- earth's crust formed;

- unicellular organisms are earliest forms of life;

- syn. Archaeozoic, Archaeozoic aeon, Archean, Archean eon, Archeozoic, Archeozoic eon;

Archean eon
n1
the time from 3,800 million years to 2,500 million years ago;

- earth's crust formed;

- unicellular organisms are earliest forms of life;

- syn. Archaeozoic, Archaeozoic aeon, Archean, Archean aeon, Archeozoic, Archeozoic eon;

arched / ɑ tʃ t /
a1
constructed with or in the form of an arch or arches;

- "an arched passageway";

a2
forming or resembling an arch;

- "an arched ceiling";

- syn. arced, arching, arciform, arcuate, bowed;

- sim. curved;

archegonial
a1
of or relating to an archegonium;

- syn. archegoniate;

archegoniate
a1
of or relating to an archegonium;

- syn. archegonial;

archegonium
n1
a female sex organ occurring in mosses, ferns, and most gymnosperms;

archenteron
n1
central cavity of the gastrula;

- becomes the intestinal or digestive cavity;

archeobacteria
n1
considered ancient life forms that evolved separately from bacteria and blue-green algae;

- syn. archaebacteria, archaebacterium, archaeobacteria;

archeologic
a1
related to or dealing with or devoted to archaeology;

- "an archaeological dig";

- "a dramatic archaeological discovery";

- syn. archaeologic, archaeological, archeological;

archeological
a1
related to or dealing with or devoted to archaeology;

- "an archaeological dig";

- "a dramatic archaeological discovery";

- syn. archaeologic, archaeological, archeologic;

archeological remains
n1
a relic that has been excavated from the soil;

- syn. remains;

archeological site
n1
the site of an archeological exploration;

- "they set up camp next to the dig";

- syn. dig, excavation;

archeologist / ɑ k ɪ ɒ ɫ ə dʒ ɪ s t /
n1
an anthropologist who studies prehistoric people and their culture;

- syn. archaeologist;

archeology / ɑ k ɪ ɒ ɫ ə dʒ i /
n1
the branch of anthropology that studies prehistoric people and their cultures;

- syn. archaeology;

archeopteryx
n1
extinct primitive toothed bird of the Jurassic period having a long feathered tail and hollow bones;

- usually considered the most primitive of all birds;

- syn. Archaeopteryx lithographica, archaeopteryx;

Archeozoic
n1
the time from 3,800 million years to 2,500 million years ago;

- earth's crust formed;

- unicellular organisms are earliest forms of life;

- syn. Archaeozoic, Archaeozoic aeon, Archean, Archean aeon, Archean eon, Archeozoic eon;

a1
of or belonging to earlier of two divisions of the Precambrian era;

- "archeozoic life forms";

- syn. archaeozoic;

- sim. early;

Archeozoic eon
n1
the time from 3,800 million years to 2,500 million years ago;

- earth's crust formed;

- unicellular organisms are earliest forms of life;

- syn. Archaeozoic, Archaeozoic aeon, Archean, Archean aeon, Archean eon, Archeozoic;

archepiscopal
a1
of or associated with an archbishop;

- "an archiepiscopal see";

- syn. archiepiscopal;

archer / ɑ tʃ ə , ɑ tʃ ə ɹ /
n1
a person who is expert in the use of a bow and arrow;

- syn. bowman;

n2
(astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Sagittarius;

- syn. Sagittarius;

n3
the ninth sign of the zodiac;

- the sun is in this sign from about November 22 to December 21;

- syn. Sagittarius, Sagittarius the Archer;

archerfish
n1
any of several small freshwater fishes that catch insects by squirting water at them and knocking them into the water;

- found in Indonesia and Australia;

- syn. Toxotes jaculatrix;

archery / ɑ tʃ ə ɹ i /
n1
the sport of shooting arrows with a bow;

Arches National Park
n1
a national park in Utah including mountains and the Colorado River gorge and huge rock formations caused by erosion;

archespore
n1
primitive cell or group of cells from which a mother cell develops;

- syn. archesporium;

archesporial
a1
of or relating to the cells in a sporangium that give rise to spores;

archesporium
n1
primitive cell or group of cells from which a mother cell develops;

- syn. archespore;

archetypal / ɑ k ɪ t aɪ p ɫ /
a1
representing or constituting an original type after which other similar things are patterned;

- "archetypal patterns";

- "she was the prototypal student activist";

- syn. archetypical, prototypal, prototypic, prototypical;

- sim. first;

archetype / ɑ k ɪ t aɪ p /
n1
something that serves as a model or a basis for making copies;

- "this painting is a copy of the original";

- syn. original, pilot;

archetypical
a1
representing or constituting an original type after which other similar things are patterned;

- "archetypal patterns";

- "she was the prototypal student activist";

- syn. archetypal, prototypal, prototypic, prototypical;

- sim. first;

archiannelid
n1
small primitive marine worm lacking external segmentation and resembling polychaete larvae;

Archiannelida
n1
a class of Annelida;

- syn. class Archiannelida;

Archibald MacLeish
n1
United States poet (1892-1982);

- syn. MacLeish;

Archibald Percival Wavell
n1
British field marshal in North Africa in World War II;

- he defeated the Italians before being defeated by the Germans (1883-1950);

- syn. First Earl Wavell, Wavell;

archidiaconal / ɑ k ɪ d aɪ æ k ə n ə ɫ /
a1
of or relating to an archdeacon or his office;

archidiaconate / ɑ k ɪ d aɪ æ k ə n ɪ t /
n1
office or position of an archdeacon;

Archidiskidon
n1
a genus of Elephantidae;

- syn. genus Archidiskidon;

Archidiskidon imperator
n1
largest known mammoth;

- of America;

- syn. imperial elephant, imperial mammoth;

archiepiscopal / ɑ k ɪ ih p ɪ s k ə p ə ɫ /
a1
of or associated with an archbishop;

- "an archiepiscopal see";

- syn. archepiscopal;

archil
n1
a purplish dye obtained from orchil lichens;

- syn. cudbear, orchil;

n2
any of various lecanoras that yield the dye archil;

- syn. orchil;

Archilochus
n1
a genus of Trochilidae;

- syn. genus Archilochus;

Archilochus colubris
n1
a kind of hummingbird;

archimandrite / ɑ k ɪ m æ n d ɹ aɪ t /
n1
the superior of an abbey of monks;

- syn. abbot;

Archimedes
n1
Greek mathematician and physicist noted for his work in hydrostatics and mechanics and geometry (287-212 BC);

Archimedes' principle
n1
(hydrostatics) the apparent loss in weight of a body immersed in a fluid is equal to the weight of the displaced fluid;

- syn. law of Archimedes;

archine
n1
a Russian unit of length (71 cm);

arching / ɑ tʃ ɪ ŋ /
a1
forming or resembling an arch;

- "an arched ceiling";

- syn. arced, arched, arciform, arcuate, bowed;

- sim. curved;

archipallium
n1
the olfactory cortex of the cerebrum;

- syn. paleocortex;

archipelagic / ɑ k ɪ p ɛ ɫ æ dʒ ɪ k /
a1
relating to or part of an archipelago;

- "an archipelagic war";

archipelago / ɑ k ɪ p ɛ ɫ ə ɡ oʊ /
n1
a group of many islands in a large body of water;

architect / ɑ k ɪ t ɛ k t /
n1
someone who creates plans to be used in making something (such as buildings);

- syn. designer;

architectonic / ɑ k ɪ t ɛ k t ɒ n ɪ k /
a1
of or pertaining to construction or architecture;

- syn. tectonic;

architectonics / ɑ k ɪ t ɛ k t ɒ n ɪ k s /
n1
the science of architecture;

- syn. tectonics;

architectural / ɑ k ɪ t ɛ k tʃ ə ɹ ə ɫ /
a1
of or pertaining to the art and science of architecture;

- "architectural history";

- "architectural design";

architectural engineering
n1
the branch of engineering that deals with the construction of buildings (as distinguished from architecture as a design art);

architectural ornament
n1
(architecture) something added to a building to improve its appearance;

architectural plan
n1
scale drawing of a structure;

- "the plans for City Hall were on file";

- syn. plan;

architectural style
n1
architecture as a kind of art form;

- syn. style of architecture, type of architecture;

architecturally / ɑ k ɪ t ɛ k tʃ ə ɹ ə ɫ i /
r1
with regard to architecture;

- "this building is ugly, but architecturally interesting";

architecture / ɑ k ɪ t ɛ k tʃ ə , ɑ k ɪ t ɛ k tʃ ə ɹ /
n1
an architectural product or work;

n2
the discipline dealing with the principles of design and construction and ornamentation of fine buildings;

- "architecture and eloquence are mixed arts whose end is sometimes beauty and sometimes use";

n3
the profession of designing buildings and environments with consideration for their esthetic effect;

n4
(computer science) the structure and organization of a computer's hardware or system software;

- "the architecture of a computer's system software";

- syn. computer architecture;

architeuthis
n1
largest mollusk known about but never seen (to 60 feet long);

- syn. giant squid;

architrave / ɑ k ɪ t ɹ eɪ v /
n1
the molding around a door or window;

n2
the lowest part of an entablature;

- rests immediately on the capitals of the columns;

archival / ɑ k aɪ v ə ɫ /
a1
of or relating to or contained in or serving as an archive;

archive / ɑ k aɪ v /
n1
a depository containing historical records and documents;

v1
put into an archive;

- syn. file away;

archives / ɑ k aɪ v z /
n1
collection of records especially about an institution;

archivist / ɑ k ɪ v ɪ s t /
n1
a person in charge of collecting and cataloguing archives;

archly / ɑ tʃ ɫ i /
r1
in an arch manner;

- with playful slyness or roguishness;

archness / ɑ tʃ n ɛ s /
n1
inappropriate playfulness;

- syn. impertinence, perkiness, pertness, sauciness;

Archosargus
n1
a genus of Sparidae;

- syn. genus Archosargus;

Archosargus probatocephalus
n1
large (up to 20 lbs) food fish of the eastern coast of the United States and Mexico;

- syn. sheepshead;

Archosargus rhomboidalis
n1
sea bream of warm Atlantic waters;

- syn. Atlantic sea bream;

archosaur
n1
extinct reptiles including: dinosaurs;

- plesiosaurs;

- pterosaurs;

- ichthyosaurs;

- thecodonts;

- syn. archosaurian, archosaurian reptile;

Archosauria
n1
a large subclass of diapsid reptiles including: crocodiles;

- alligators;

- dinosaurs;

- pterosaurs;

- plesiosaurs;

- ichthyosaurs;

- thecodonts;

- syn. subclass Archosauria;

archosaurian
n1
extinct reptiles including: dinosaurs;

- plesiosaurs;

- pterosaurs;

- ichthyosaurs;

- thecodonts;

- syn. archosaur, archosaurian reptile;

a1
of or relating to reptiles of the subclass Archosauria;

archosaurian reptile
n1
extinct reptiles including: dinosaurs;

- plesiosaurs;

- pterosaurs;

- ichthyosaurs;

- thecodonts;

- syn. archosaur, archosaurian;

archpriest
n1
a senior clergyman and dignitary;

- syn. hierarch, high priest, prelate, primate;

archway / ɑ tʃ w eɪ /
n1
a passageway under a curved masonry construction;

- "they built a triumphal arch to memorialize their victory";

- syn. arch;

Arcidae
n1
ark shells;

- syn. family Arcidae;

arciform
a1
forming or resembling an arch;

- "an arched ceiling";

- syn. arced, arched, arching, arcuate, bowed;

- sim. curved;

arcminute
n1
a unit of angular distance equal to a 60th of a degree;

- syn. minute, minute of arc;

arco
a1
(of instruments in the violin family) to be played with the bow;

- sim. bowed;

arcsec
n1
the inverse function of the secant;

- the angle that has a secant equal to a given number;

- syn. arc secant, arcsecant, inverse secant;

arcsecant
n1
the inverse function of the secant;

- the angle that has a secant equal to a given number;

- syn. arc secant, arcsec, inverse secant;

arcsecond
n1
a 60th part of a minute of arc;

- "the treasure is 2 minutes and 45 seconds south of here";

- syn. second;

arcsin
n1
the inverse function of the sine;

- the angle that has a sine equal to a given number;

- syn. arc sine, arcsine, inverse sine;

arcsine
n1
the inverse function of the sine;

- the angle that has a sine equal to a given number;

- syn. arc sine, arcsin, inverse sine;

arctan
n1
the inverse function of the tangent;

- the angle that has a tangent equal to a given number;

- syn. arc tangent, arctangent, inverse tangent;

arctangent
n1
the inverse function of the tangent;

- the angle that has a tangent equal to a given number;

- syn. arc tangent, arctan, inverse tangent;

Arctic / ɑ k t ɪ k /
n1
the regions to the north of the Arctic Circle centered on the North Pole;

- syn. Arctic Zone, North Frigid Zone;

n2
a waterproof overshoe that protects shoes from water or snow;

- syn. galosh, golosh, gumshoe, rubber;

a1
of or relating to the Arctic;

- "the Arctic summer";

- syn. north-polar;

- sim. polar;

a2
extremely cold;

- "an arctic climate";

- "a frigid day";

- "gelid waters of the North Atlantic";

- "glacial winds";

- "icy hands";

- "polar weather";

- syn. frigid, gelid, glacial, icy, polar;

- sim. cold;

Arctic Archipelago
n1
all the islands that lie to the north of mainland Canada and the Arctic Circle;

Arctic char
n1
small trout of northern waters;

- landlocked populations in Quebec and northern New England;

- syn. Salvelinus alpinus;

Arctic Circle
n1
a line of latitude near but to the south of the north pole;

- it marks the northernmost point at which the sun is visible on the northern winter solstice and the southernmost point at which the midnight sun can be seen on the northern summer solstice;

Arctic fox
n1
thickly-furred fox of Arctic regions;

- brownish in summer and white in winter;

- syn. Alopex lagopus, white fox;

Arctic ground squirrel
n1
large ground squirrel of the North American far north;

- syn. Citellus parryi, parka squirrel;

Arctic hare
n1
a large hare of northern North America;

- it is almost completely white in winter;

- syn. Lepus arcticus, polar hare;

arctic moss
n1
an erect greyish branching lichen of Arctic and even some north temperate regions constituting the chief food for reindeer and caribou and sometimes being eaten by humans;

- syn. Cladonia rangiferina, reindeer lichen, reindeer moss;

Arctic mouse-ear
n1
widespread in the Arctic and on mountains in Europe;

- syn. Alpine mouse-ear, Cerastium alpinum;

Arctic Ocean
n1
ice covered waters surrounding the North Pole;

- mostly covered with solid ice or with ice floes and icebergs;

arctic poppy
n1
subarctic perennial poppy of both hemispheres having fragrant white or yellow to orange or peach flowers;

- syn. Iceland poppy, Papaver nudicaule;

arctic skua
n1
a variety of jaeger;

- syn. Stercorarius parasiticus, parasitic jaeger;

arctic willow
n1
low creeping shrub of Arctic Europe and America;

- syn. Salix arctica;

Arctic wolf
n1
wolf of Arctic North America having white fur and a black-tipped tail;

- syn. Canis lupus tundrarum, white wolf;

Arctic Zone
n1
the regions to the north of the Arctic Circle centered on the North Pole;

- syn. Arctic, North Frigid Zone;

Arctictis
n1
binturongs;

- syn. genus Arctictis;

Arctictis bintourong
n1
arboreal civet of Asia having a long prehensile tail and shaggy black hair;

- syn. bearcat, binturong;

arctiid
n1
stout-bodied broad-winged moth with conspicuously striped or spotted wings;

- larvae are hairy caterpillars;

- syn. arctiid moth;

arctiid moth
n1
stout-bodied broad-winged moth with conspicuously striped or spotted wings;

- larvae are hairy caterpillars;

- syn. arctiid;

Arctiidae
n1
tiger moths;

- syn. family Arctiidae;

Arctium
n1
burdock;

- syn. genus Arctium;

Arctium lappa
n1
burdock having heart-shaped leaves found in open woodland, hedgerows and rough grassland of Europe (except extreme N) and Asia Minor;

- sometimes cultivated for medicinal and culinary use;

- syn. cocklebur, great burdock, greater burdock;

Arctium minus
n1
a plant that is ubiquitous in all but very acid soil;

- found in most of Europe and North Africa;

- syn. common burdock, lesser burdock;

Arctocebus
n1
a genus of Lorisidae;

- syn. genus Arctocebus;

Arctocebus calabarensis
n1
a kind of lemur;

- syn. angwantibo, golden potto;

Arctocephalus
n1
fur seals;

- syn. genus Arctocephalus;

Arctocephalus philippi
n1
a fur seal of the Pacific coast of California and southward;

- syn. guadalupe fur seal;

Arctonyx
n1
a genus of Mustelidae;

- syn. genus Arctonyx;

Arctonyx collaris
n1
southeast Asian badger with a snout like a pig;

- syn. hog-nosed badger, hog badger, sand badger;

Arctostaphylos
n1
bearberry;

- manzanita;

- syn. genus Arctostaphylos;

Arctostaphylos alpina
n1
deciduous creeping shrub bright red in autumn having black or blue-black berries;

- alpine and circumpolar;

- syn. alpine bearberry, black bearberry;

Arctostaphylos andersonii
n1
erect California shrub having leaves with heart-shaped lobes at the base;

- syn. heartleaf manzanita;

Arctostaphylos manzanita
n1
erect treelike shrub forming dense thickets and having drooping panicles of white or pink flowers and red berrylike drupes;

- California;

- syn. Parry manzanita;

Arctostaphylos tomentosa
n1
erect openly branched California shrub whose twigs are woolly when young;

- syn. downy manzanita, woolly manzanita;

Arctostaphylos uva-ursi
n1
evergreen mat-forming shrub of North America and northern Eurasia having small white flowers and red berries;

- leaves turn red in autumn;

- syn. bear's grape, common bearberry, creashak, hog cranberry, mealberry, mountain box, red bearberry, sand berry, sandberry, wild cranberry;

Arctotis
n1
herbs and subshrubs: African daisy;

- syn. genus Arctotis;

Arctotis stoechadifolia
n1
bushy perennial of South Africa with white or violet flowers;

- in its native region often clothes entire valley sides in a sheet of color;

- syn. Arctotis venusta, blue-eyed African daisy;

Arctotis venusta
n1
bushy perennial of South Africa with white or violet flowers;

- in its native region often clothes entire valley sides in a sheet of color;

- syn. Arctotis stoechadifolia, blue-eyed African daisy;

Arcturus
n1
the 4th brightest star and the brightest star in the constellation Bootes;

- 36 light-years from Earth;

arcuate / ɑ k j ʊ ɪ t /
a1
forming or resembling an arch;

- "an arched ceiling";

- syn. arced, arched, arching, arciform, bowed;

- sim. curved;

arcuate artery
n1
curved artery in the foot;

- syn. arteria arcuata;

arcuate artery of the kidney
n1
curved arteries of the kidney;

arcuate vein of the kidney
n1
veins that receive blood from interlobular veins of kidney and rectal venules;

- syn. vena arcuata renis;

arcus
n1
a whitish deposit in the shape of an arc that is sometimes seen in the cornea;

- syn. arcus senilis;

arcus senilis
n1
a whitish deposit in the shape of an arc that is sometimes seen in the cornea;

- syn. arcus;

arcus zygomaticus
n1
the slender arch formed by the temporal process of the cheekbone that bridges to the zygomatic process of the temporal bone;

- syn. zygoma, zygomatic arch;

ARDA
n1
an agency of the Intelligence Community that conducts advanced research and development related to information technology;

- syn. Advanced Research and Development Activity;

Ardea
n1
type genus of the Ardeidae: large New and Old World herons;

- syn. genus Ardea;

Ardea herodius
n1
large American heron having bluish-grey plumage;

- syn. great blue heron;

Ardea occidentalis
n1
large white heron of Florida and the Florida Keys;

- syn. great white heron;

ardeb
n1
a unit of dry measure used in Egypt;

Ardeidae
n1
herons;

- egrets;

- night herons;

- bitterns;

- syn. family Ardeidae;

Ardennes
n1
a wooded plateau in the Champagne-Ardenne region of France;

- the site of intense fighting in World War I and World War II;

Ardennes counteroffensive
n1
a battle during World War II;

- in December 1944 von Rundstedt launched a powerful counteroffensive in the forest at Ardennes and caught the Allies by surprise;

- syn. Battle of the Ardennes Bulge, Battle of the Bulge;

ardent / ɑ d n t /
a1
characterized by intense emotion;

- "ardent love";

- "an ardent lover";

- "a fervent desire to change society";

- "a fervent admirer";

- "fiery oratory";

- "an impassioned appeal";

- "a torrid love affair";

- syn. fervent, fervid, fiery, impassioned, perfervid, torrid;

- sim. passionate;

a2
characterized by strong enthusiasm;

- "ardent revolutionaries";

- "warm support";

- syn. warm;

- sim. enthusiastic;

a3
glowing or shining like fire;

- "from rank to rank she darts her ardent eyes"- Alexander Pope;

- "frightened by his ardent burning eyes";

- sim. bright;

ardent spirits
n1
strong distilled liquor or brandy;

- syn. aqua vitae;

ardently / ɑ d n t ɫ i /
r1
in an ardent manner;

- "the spirit of God knew very well that there was a deeper question to be settled before there could be the intervention in power that was so ardently desired";

Ardisia
n1
tropical evergreen subshrubs (some climbers) to trees of Asia and Australasia to Americas;

- syn. genus Ardisia;

Ardisia crenata
n1
shrub with coral-red berries;

- Japan to northern India;

- syn. coralberry, spiceberry;

Ardisia escallonoides
n1
tropical American shrub or small tree with brown wood and dark berries;

- syn. Ardisia paniculata, marlberry;

Ardisia paniculata
n1
tropical American shrub or small tree with brown wood and dark berries;

- syn. Ardisia escallonoides, marlberry;

ardor
n1
a feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause);

- "they were imbued with a revolutionary ardor";

- "he felt a kind of religious zeal";

- syn. ardour, elan, zeal;

n2
intense feeling of love;

- syn. ardour;

n3
feelings of great warmth and intensity;

- "he spoke with great ardor";

- syn. ardour, fervency, fervidness, fervor, fervour, fire;

ardour / ɑ d ə , ɑ d ə ɹ /
n1
a feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause);

- "they were imbued with a revolutionary ardor";

- "he felt a kind of religious zeal";

- syn. ardor, elan, zeal;

n2
intense feeling of love;

- syn. ardor;

n3
feelings of great warmth and intensity;

- "he spoke with great ardor";

- syn. ardor, fervency, fervidness, fervor, fervour, fire;

ARDS
n1
acute lung injury characterized by coughing and rales;

- inflammation of the lungs which become stiff and fibrous and cannot exchange oxygen;

- occurs among persons exposed to irritants such as corrosive chemical vapors or ammonia or chlorine etc.;

- syn. adult respiratory distress syndrome, wet lung, white lung;

arduous / ɑ d j ʊə s /
a1
characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion;

- especially physical effort;

- "worked their arduous way up the mining valley";

- "a grueling campaign";

- "hard labor";

- "heavy work";

- "heavy going";

- "spent many laborious hours on the project";

- "set a punishing pace";

- syn. backbreaking, grueling, gruelling, hard, heavy, laborious, operose, punishing, toilsome;

- sim. effortful;

a2
taxing to the utmost;

- testing powers of endurance;

- "his final, straining burst of speed";

- "a strenuous task";

- "your willingness after these six arduous days to remain here"- F.D.Roosevelt;

- syn. straining, strenuous;

- sim. effortful;

a3
difficult to accomplish;

- demanding considerable mental effort and skill;

- "the arduous work of preparing a dictionary";

- sim. difficult;

arduously / ɑ d j ʊə s ɫ i /
r1
in an arduous manner;

- "they worked arduously";

arduousness / ɑ d j ʊə s n ə s /
n1
extreme effortfulness;

- syn. strenuousness;

are / ɑ , ɑr /
n1
a unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters;

- syn. ar;

area / eə ɹ ɪə /
n1
a particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography);

- "it was a mountainous area";

- "Bible country";

- syn. country;

n2
a subject of study;

- "it was his area of specialization";

- "areas of interest include...";

n3
a part of an animal that has a special function or is supplied by a given artery or nerve;

- "in the abdominal region";

- syn. region;

n4
a particular environment or walk of life;

- "his social sphere is limited";

- "it was a closed area of employment";

- "he's out of my orbit";

- syn. arena, domain, field, orbit, sphere;

n5
a part of a structure having some specific characteristic or function;

- "the spacious cooking area provided plenty of room for servants";

n6
the extent of a 2-dimensional surface enclosed within a boundary;

- "the area of a rectangle";

- "it was about 500 square feet in area";

- syn. expanse, surface area;

area 17 of Brodmann
n1
the part of the occipital cortex that receives the fibers of the optic radiation from the lateral geniculate body and is the primary receptive area for vision;

- syn. Brodmann's area 17, first visual area, striate area, striate cortex;

area bombing
n1
an extensive and systematic bombing intended to devastate a large target;

- syn. carpet bombing, saturation bombing;

area code
n1
a number usually of 3 digits assigned to a telephone area as in the United States and Canada;

area of cardiac dullness
n1
a triangular area of the front of the chest (determined by percussion);

- corresponds to the part of the heart not covered by the lungs;

area unit
n1
a system of units used to measure areas;

- syn. square measure;

areal
a1
of or relating to or involving an area;

areaway / ɑr ə w eɪ /
n1
a passageway between buildings or giving access to a basement;

areca / æ ɹ ɪ k ə /
n1
any of several tall tropical palms native to southeastern Asia having egg-shaped nuts;

Areca catechu
n1
southeastern Asian palm bearing betel nuts (scarlet or orange single-seeded fruit with a fibrous husk);

- syn. Areca palm, betel palm;

areca nut
n1
seed of betel palm;

- chewed with leaves of the betel pepper and lime as a digestive stimulant and narcotic in southeastern Asia;

- syn. betel nut;

Areca palm
n1
southeastern Asian palm bearing betel nuts (scarlet or orange single-seeded fruit with a fibrous husk);

- syn. Areca catechu, betel palm;

Arecaceae
n1
chiefly tropical trees and shrubs and vines usually having a tall columnar trunk bearing a crown of very large leaves;

- coextensive with the order Palmales;

- syn. Palmaceae, Palmae, family Arecaceae, family Palmaceae, family Palmae, palm family;

Arecidae
n1
one of four subclasses or superorder of Monocotyledones;

- comprises about 6400 species in 5 families of trees and shrubs and terrestrial herbs and a few free-floating aquatics including: Palmae;

- Araceae;

- Pandanaceae and Lemnaceae;

- syn. subclass Arecidae;

areflexia
n1
absence of a reflex;

- a sign of possible nerve damage;

arena / ə ɹ i n ə /
n1
a particular environment or walk of life;

- "his social sphere is limited";

- "it was a closed area of employment";

- "he's out of my orbit";

- syn. area, domain, field, orbit, sphere;

n2
the central area of an ancient Roman amphitheater where contests and spectacles were held;

- especially an area that was strewn with sand;

n3
a large structure for open-air sports or entertainments;

- syn. bowl, sports stadium, stadium;

n4
a playing field where sports events take place;

- syn. scene of action;

arena theater
n1
a theater arranged with seats around at least three sides of the stage;

- syn. theater in the round;

arenaceous
a1
resembling or containing or abounding in sand;

- or growing in sandy areas;

- "arenaceous limestone";

- "arenaceous grasses";

- syn. sandlike, sandy;

arenaceous rock
n1
a sedimentary rock composed of sand;

Arenaria
n1
sandworts;

- syn. genus Arenaria;

n2
turnstones;

- syn. genus Arenaria;

Arenaria-Melanocephala
n1
common turnstone of the Pacific coast of North America;

- syn. black turnstone;

Arenaria caroliniana
n1
deep-rooted perennial of southeastern United States;

- syn. longroot, pine-barren sandwort;

Arenaria groenlandica
n1
boreal or alpine sandwort;

- syn. mountain daisy, mountain sandwort, mountain starwort;

Arenaria interpres
n1
common Arctic turnstone that winters in South America and Australia;

- syn. ruddy turnstone;

Arenaria peploides
n1
perennial succulent herb with small solitary axillary or terminal flowers;

- syn. seabeach sandwort;

Arenaria serpyllifolia
n1
Eurasian annual sprawling plant naturalized throughout North America;

- syn. thyme-leaved sandwort;

Arenaria stricta
n1
low perennial tufted plant of southeastern North America;

- syn. rock sandwort;

Arenaviridae
n1
a family of arborviruses carried by arthropods;

arenavirus
n1
animal viruses belonging to the family Arenaviridae;

Arendt
n1
United States historian and political philosopher (born in Germany) (1906-1975);

- syn. Hannah Arendt;

Arenga
n1
a genus of tropical Asian and Malaysian palm trees;

- syn. genus Arenga;

Arenga pinnata
n1
Malaysian feather palm with base densely clothed with fibers;

- yields a sweet sap used in wine and trunk pith yields sago;

- syn. gomuti, gomuti palm, sugar palm;

arenicolous
a1
growing or living or burrowing in sand;

- "arenicolous worms";

areola / æ ɹ ɪə ɫ ə /
n1
small space in a tissue or body part such as the area between veins on a leaf or an insect's wing;

n2
small circular area such as that around the human nipple or an inflamed area around a pimple or insect bite;

- syn. ring of color;

areolar / æ ɹ ɪə ɫ ə ax , æ ɹ ɪə ɫ ə ax ɹ /
a1
relating to or like or divided into areolae;

- "areolar tissue";

- syn. areolate;

areolar tissue
n1
fibrous connective tissue with the fibers arranged in a mesh or net;

areolate
a1
relating to or like or divided into areolae;

- "areolar tissue";

- syn. areolar;

Areopagite
n1
a member of the council of the Areopagus;

Areopagus / æ ɹ ɪ ɒ p ə ɡ ə s /
n1
a hill to the to the west of the Athenian acropolis where met the highest governmental council of ancient Athens and later a judicial court;

n2
the highest governmental assembly in ancient Athens (later a judicial court);

Arequipa
n1
a city in southern Peru founded in 1540 on the site of an ancient Inca city;

arere
n1
large west African tree having large palmately lobed leaves and axillary cymose panicles of small white flowers and one-winged seeds;

- yields soft white to pale yellow wood;

- syn. Triplochiton scleroxcylon, obeche, obechi, samba;

Ares / ɑ z /
n1
(Greek mythology) Greek god of war;

- son of Zeus and Hera;

- identified with Roman Mars;

arete
n1
a sharp narrow ridge found in rugged mountains;

areteria cervicalis
n1
an artery that supplies the muscles of the neck;

- syn. cervical artery;

arethusa
n1
any of several bog orchids of the genus Arethusa having 1 or 2 showy flowers;

Arethusa bulbosa
n1
a bog orchid with usually a solitary fragrant magenta pink blossom with a wide gaping corolla;

- Canada;

- syn. bog rose, dragon's mouth, wild pink;

argal / ɑ ɡ æ ɫ /
n1
wild sheep of semidesert regions in central Asia;

- syn. Ovis ammon, argali;

argali
n1
wild sheep of semidesert regions in central Asia;

- syn. Ovis ammon, argal;

argasid
n1
tick lacking a dorsal shield and having mouth parts on the under side of the head;

- syn. soft tick;

Argasidae
n1
soft ticks;

- syn. family Argasidae;

argemone
n1
any plant of the genus Argemone having large white or yellow flowers and prickly leaves and stems and pods;

- chiefly of tropical America;

- syn. devil's fig, prickly poppy, white thistle;

Argemone mexicana
n1
annual herb with prickly stems and large yellow flowers;

- southern United States to West Indies and Mexico;

- syn. Mexican poppy;

argent / ɑ dʒ ə n t /
n1
a metal tincture used in heraldry to give a silvery appearance;

a1
of lustrous grey;

- covered with or tinged with the color of silver;

- "silvery hair";

- syn. silver, silverish, silvery;

- sim. achromatic;

argentic / ɑ dʒ ə n t ɪ k /
a1
relating to compounds in which silver is bivalent;

argentiferous / ɑ dʒ ə n t ɪ f ə ɹ ə s /
a1
containing or yielding silver;

- "argentiferous ore";

- sim. metallic;

Argentina / ɑ dʒ ə n t i n ə /
n1
a republic in southern South America;

- second largest country in South America;

- syn. Argentine Republic;

n2
type genus of the Argentinidae: argentines;

- syn. genus Argentina;

argentine / ɑ dʒ ə n t aɪ n /
n1
any of various small silver-scaled salmon-like marine fishes;

a1
of or relating to or characteristic of Argentina or its people;

- "Argentinian tango";

- syn. Argentinian;

Argentine hemorrhagic fever
n1
hemorrhagic fever with neurological signs;

- caused by the Junin virus;

Argentine monetary unit
n1
monetary unit in Argentina;

Argentine Republic
n1
a republic in southern South America;

- second largest country in South America;

- syn. Argentina;

Argentinian / ɑ dʒ ə n t i n ɪə n /
n1
a native or inhabitant of Argentina;

a1
of or relating to or characteristic of Argentina or its people;

- "Argentinian tango";

- syn. Argentine;

Argentinidae
n1
small marine soft-finned fishes with long silvery bodies;

- related to salmons and trouts;

- syn. family Argentinidae;

argentinosaur
n1
huge herbivorous dinosaur of Cretaceous found in Argentina;

argentite
n1
a valuable silver ore consisting of silver sulfide (Ag2S);

argentous
a1
relating to compounds in which silver is univalent;

argil / ɑ dʒ ɪ ɫ /
n1
a white clay (especially a white clay used by potters);

argillaceous
a1
resembling or containing clay;

- "argillaceous rocks";

- syn. clayey;

argillaceous rock
n1
a sedimentary rock formed from clay deposits;

argillite
n1
a sedimentary rock differing from shale in being bound by silica and from slate in having no slate cleavages;

arginine
n1
a bitter tasting amino acid found in proteins and necessary for nutrition;

- its absence from the diet leads to a reduced production of spermatozoa;

Argiope
n1
the type genus of Argiopidae;

- small genus of orb-weaving spiders;

- syn. genus Argiope;

Argiope aurantia
n1
a widely distributed North American garden spider;

- syn. black and gold garden spider;

Argiopidae
n1
spiders that spin orb webs;

- cosmopolitan in distribution;

- syn. family Argiopidae, orb-weaver;

Argive
n1
a native or inhabitant of the city of Argos;

a1
of or relating to the ancient Greek city of Argos or its people;

argle-bargle
n1
a verbal dispute;

- a wrangling argument;

- syn. argy-bargy;

Argo
n1
formerly a large constellation in the southern hemisphere between Canis Major and the Southern Cross;

- now divided into Carina and Pyxis and Puppis and Vela;

argon / ɑ ɡ ɒ n /
n1
a colorless and odorless inert gas;

- one of the six inert gases;

- comprises approximately 1% of the earth's atmosphere;

- syn. Ar, atomic number 18;

argonaut / ɑ ɡ ə n ɔ t /
n1
someone engaged in a dangerous but potentially rewarding adventure;

n2
(Greek mythology) one of the heroes who sailed with Jason in search of the Golden Fleece;

n3
cephalopod mollusk of warm seas whose females have delicate papery spiral shells;

- syn. Argonauta argo, nautilus, paper nautilus;

Argonauta
n1
type genus of the family Argonautidae: paper nautilus;

- syn. genus Argonauta;

Argonauta argo
n1
cephalopod mollusk of warm seas whose females have delicate papery spiral shells;

- syn. Argonaut, nautilus, paper nautilus;

Argonautidae
n1
represented solely by the genus Argonauta;

- syn. family Argonautidae;

Argonne
n1
an American operation in World War I (1918);

- American troops under Pershing drove back the German armies which were saved only by the armistice on November 11;

- syn. Argonne Forest, Meuse, Meuse-Argonne, Meuse-Argonne operation, Meuse River;

Argonne Forest
n1
an American operation in World War I (1918);

- American troops under Pershing drove back the German armies which were saved only by the armistice on November 11;

- syn. Argonne, Meuse, Meuse-Argonne, Meuse-Argonne operation, Meuse River;

argonon
n1
any of the chemically inert gaseous elements of the helium group in the periodic table;

- syn. inert gas, noble gas;

Argos
n1
an ancient city in southeastern Greece;

- dominated the Peloponnese in the 7th century BC;

argosy / ɑ ɡ ə s i /
n1
one or more large merchant ships;

argot / ɑ ɡ oʊ /
n1
a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves);

- "they don't speak our lingo";

- syn. cant, jargon, lingo, patois, slang, vernacular;

arguable / ɑ ɡ j ʊə b ɫ /
a1
capable of being supported by argument;

- sim. plausible;

a2
open to argument or debate;

- "that is a moot question";

- syn. debatable, disputable, moot;

- sim. controversial;

arguably / ɑ ɡ j ʊə b ɫ i /
r1
as can be shown by argument;

- "she is arguably the best";

argue / ɑ ɡ j u /
v1
present reasons and arguments;

- syn. reason;

v2
have an argument about something;

- syn. contend, debate, fence;

v3
give evidence of;

- "The evidence argues for your claim";

- "The results indicate the need for more work";

- syn. indicate;

arguer / ɑ ɡ j ʊ /
n1
someone who engages in debate;

- syn. debater;

argufy
v1
have a disagreement over something;

- "We quarreled over the question as to who discovered America";

- "These two fellows are always scrapping over something";

- syn. altercate, dispute, quarrel, scrap;

arguing / ɑ ɡ j u ɪ ŋ /
n1
a contentious speech act;

- a dispute where there is strong disagreement;

- "they were involved in a violent argument";

- syn. argument, contention, contestation, controversy, disceptation, disputation, tilt;

argument / ɑ ɡ j ʊ m ə n t /
n1
a fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true;

- "it was a strong argument that his hypothesis was true";

- syn. statement;

n2
a contentious speech act;

- a dispute where there is strong disagreement;

- "they were involved in a violent argument";

- syn. arguing, contention, contestation, controversy, disceptation, disputation, tilt;

n3
a discussion in which reasons are advanced for and against some proposition or proposal;

- "the argument over foreign aid goes on and on";

- syn. argumentation, debate;

n4
a summary of the subject or plot of a literary work or play or movie;

- "the editor added the argument to the poem";

- syn. literary argument;

n5
(computer science) a reference or value that is passed to a function, procedure, subroutine, command, or program;

- syn. parameter;

n6
a variable in a logical or mathematical expression whose value determines the dependent variable;

- if f(x)=y, x is the independent variable;

n7
a course of reasoning aimed at demonstrating a truth or falsehood;

- the methodical process of logical reasoning;

- "I can't follow your line of reasoning";

- syn. argumentation, line, line of reasoning, logical argument;

argumentation / ɑ ɡ j ʊ m ɛ n t eɪ ʃ n /
n1
a discussion in which reasons are advanced for and against some proposition or proposal;

- "the argument over foreign aid goes on and on";

- syn. argument, debate;

n2
a course of reasoning aimed at demonstrating a truth or falsehood;

- the methodical process of logical reasoning;

- "I can't follow your line of reasoning";

- syn. argument, line, line of reasoning, logical argument;

argumentative / ɑ ɡ j ʊ m ɛ n t ə t ɪ v /
a1
given to or characterized by argument;

- "an argumentative discourse";

- "argumentative to the point of being cantankerous";

- "an intelligent but argumentative child";

- sim. contentious, eristic, quarrelsome;

argumentatively / ɑ ɡ j ʊ m ɛ n t ə t ɪ v ɫ i /
r1
in a disputatious manner;

- syn. disputatiously;

Argun
n1
a river in eastern Asia that arises in China and flows northeast along the border between China and Russia to become a tributary of the Amur River;

- syn. Argun River, Ergun He;

Argun River
n1
a river in eastern Asia that arises in China and flows northeast along the border between China and Russia to become a tributary of the Amur River;

- syn. Argun, Ergun He;

Argus / ɑ ɡ ə s /
n1
(Greek mythology) a giant with 100 eyes;

- was guardian of the heifer Io and was slain by Hermes;

n2
large brilliantly patterned East Indian pheasant;

- syn. argus pheasant;

argus-eyed / ɑ ɡ ə s aɪ d /
a1
having very keen vision;

- "quick-sighted as a cat";

- syn. hawk-eyed, keen-sighted, lynx-eyed, quick-sighted, sharp-eyed, sharp-sighted;

- sim. sighted;

a2
carefully observant or attentive;

- on the lookout for possible danger;

- "a policy of open-eyed awareness";

- "the vigilant eye of the town watch";

- "there was a watchful dignity in the room";

- "a watchful parent with a toddler in tow";

- syn. open-eyed, vigilant, wakeful;

- sim. alert;

argus pheasant
n1
large brilliantly patterned East Indian pheasant;

- syn. argus;

Argusianus
n1
argus pheasants;

- syn. genus Argusianus;

argy-bargy
n1
a verbal dispute;

- a wrangling argument;

- syn. argle-bargle;

argyle
n1
a covered gravy holder of silver or other metal containing a detachable central vessel for hot water to keep the gravy warm;

- syn. argyll;

n2
a design consisting of a pattern of varicolored diamonds on a solid background (originally for knitted articles);

- patterned after the tartan of a clan in western Scotland;

- syn. argyll;

n3
a sock knitted or woven with an argyle design (usually used in the plural);

- syn. argyll;

argyll
n1
a covered gravy holder of silver or other metal containing a detachable central vessel for hot water to keep the gravy warm;

- syn. argyle;

n2
a design consisting of a pattern of varicolored diamonds on a solid background (originally for knitted articles);

- patterned after the tartan of a clan in western Scotland;

- syn. argyle;

n3
a sock knitted or woven with an argyle design (usually used in the plural);

- syn. argyle;

Argynnis
n1
fritillaries;

- syn. genus Argynnis;

Argyranthemum
n1
comprises plants often included in the genus Chrysanthemum;

- syn. genus Argyranthemum;

Argyranthemum frutescens
n1
perennial subshrub of the Canary Islands having usually pale yellow daisylike flowers;

- often included in genus Chrysanthemum;

- syn. Chrysanthemum frutescens, Paris daisy, marguerite, marguerite daisy;

Argyreia
n1
woody climbers of tropical Asia to Australia;

- syn. genus Argyreia;

argyrodite
n1
a rare steel-grey mineral consisting of silver and germanium and sulfur;

Argyrol
n1
antiseptic consisting of a compound of protein and silver (trade name Argyrol);

- syn. mild silver protein;

Argyrotaenia
n1
orange tortrix;

- syn. genus Argyrotaenia;

Argyrotaenia citrana
n1
California moth whose larvae live in especially oranges;

- syn. orange tortrix, tortrix;

Argyroxiphium
n1
small genus of Hawaiian spreading and rosette-forming shrubs;

- syn. genus Argyroxiphium;

Argyroxiphium sandwicense
n1
low-growing plant found only in volcanic craters on Hawaii having rosettes of narrow pointed silver-green leaves and clusters of profuse red-purple flowers on a tall stem;

- syn. silversword;

Arhant
n1
a Buddhist who has attained nirvana;

- syn. Arhat, lohan;

Arhat / ɑ h ə t /
n1
a Buddhist who has attained nirvana;

- syn. Arhant, lohan;

Arhus
n1
port city of Denmark in eastern Jutland;

- syn. Aarhus;

aria / ɑr ɪə /
n1
an elaborate song for solo voice;

Ariadne
n1
beautiful daughter of Minos and Pasiphae;

- she fell in love with Theseus and gave him the thread with which he found his way out of the Minotaur's labyrinth;

arial mosaic
n1
arrangement of aerial photographs forming a composite picture;

- syn. mosaic, photomosaic;

Ariana
n1
city in Tunisia;

Arianism / eə ɹ ɪə n ɪ z ə m /
n1
heretical doctrine taught by Arius that asserted the radical primacy of the Father over the Son;

arianist / eə ɹ ɪə n ɪ s t /
n1
an adherent of Arianism (the belief that Jesus Christ was not truly God);

Arianrhod
n1
Celtic goddess famous for her beauty;

- mother of Dylan;

- syn. Arianrod;

Arianrod
n1
Celtic goddess famous for her beauty;

- mother of Dylan;

- syn. Arianrhod;

Aricara
n1
a member of the Caddo people who formerly lived in the Dakotas west of the Missouri river;

- syn. Arikara;

n2
the Caddoan language spoken by the Arikara;

- syn. Arikara;

arid / æ ɹ ɪ d /
a1
lacking sufficient water or rainfall;

- "an arid climate";

- "a waterless well";

- "miles of waterless country to cross";

- syn. waterless;

- sim. dry;

a2
lacking vitality or spirit;

- lifeless;

- "a technically perfect but arid performance of the sonata";

- "a desiccate romance";

- "a prissy and emotionless creature...settles into a mold of desiccated snobbery"-C.J.Rolo;

- syn. desiccate, desiccated;

- sim. dull;

aridity / ə ɹ ɪ d ɪ t i /
n1
the quality of yielding nothing of value;

- syn. barrenness, fruitlessness;

n2
a deficiency of moisture (especially when resulting from a permanent absence of rainfall);

- syn. aridness, thirstiness;

aridness / æ ɹ ɪ d n ə s /
n1
a deficiency of moisture (especially when resulting from a permanent absence of rainfall);

- syn. aridity, thirstiness;

Aries / eə ɹ i z /
n1
(astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Aries;

- syn. Ram;

n2
a small zodiacal constellation in the northern hemisphere;

- between Pisces and Taurus;

n3
the first sign of the zodiac which the sun enters at the vernal equinox;

- the sun is in this sign from about March 21 to April 19;

- syn. Aries the Ram, Ram;

Aries the Ram
n1
the first sign of the zodiac which the sun enters at the vernal equinox;

- the sun is in this sign from about March 21 to April 19;

- syn. Aries, Ram;

arietta / æ ɹ ɪ ɛ t ə /
n1
a short aria;

- syn. short aria;

aright / ə ɹ aɪ t /
r1
in an accurate manner;

- "the flower had been correctly depicted by his son";

- "he guessed right";

- syn. correctly, right;

Ariidae
n1
sea catfishes;

- syn. family Ariidae;

Arikara
n1
a member of the Caddo people who formerly lived in the Dakotas west of the Missouri river;

- syn. Aricara;

n2
the Caddoan language spoken by the Arikara;

- syn. Aricara;

aril
n1
fleshy and usually brightly colored cover of some seeds that develops from the ovule stalk and partially or entirely envelops the seed;

ariled
a1
(of some seeds) having a fleshy and usually brightly colored cover;

- syn. arillate;

- sim. covered;

arillate
a1
(of some seeds) having a fleshy and usually brightly colored cover;

- syn. ariled;

- sim. covered;

Arilus
n1
a genus of Reduviidae;

- syn. genus Arilus;

Arilus cristatus
n1
large predatory North American bug that sucks the blood of other insects;

- syn. wheel bug;

Ariocarpus
n1
slow-growing geophytic cacti;

- northern and eastern Mexico;

- southern Texas;

- syn. genus Ariocarpus;

Ariocarpus fissuratus
n1
usually unbranched usually spineless cactus covered with warty tubercles and having magenta flowers and white or green fruit;

- resembles the related mescal;

- northeastern Mexico and southwestern United States;

- syn. living rock;

Ariomma
n1
a genus of Stromateidae;

- syn. genus Ariomma;

ariose
a1
having a melody (as distinguished from recitative);

- syn. songlike;

- sim. melodious;

arioso / ɑr i oʊ z oʊ /
n1
(music) a short recitative that is melodic but is not an aria;

Arisaema
n1
tuberous or rhizomatous herbaceous perennials;

- syn. genus Arisaema;

Arisaema atrorubens
n1
common American spring-flowering woodland herb having sheathing leaves and an upright club-shaped spadix with overarching green and purple spathe producing scarlet berries;

- syn. Arisaema triphyllum, Indian turnip, jack-in-the-pulpit, wake-robin;

Arisaema dracontium
n1
early spring-flowering plant of eastern North America resembling the related jack-in-the-pulpit but having digitate leaves, slender greenish yellow spathe and elongated spadix;

- syn. green dragon;

Arisaema triphyllum
n1
common American spring-flowering woodland herb having sheathing leaves and an upright club-shaped spadix with overarching green and purple spathe producing scarlet berries;

- syn. Arisaema atrorubens, Indian turnip, jack-in-the-pulpit, wake-robin;

Arisarum
n1
tuberous or rhizomatous perennial herbs;

- mainly Mediterranean area;

- syn. genus Arisarum;

Arisarum vulgare
n1
tuberous perennial having a cowl-shaped maroon or violet-black spathe;

- Mediterranean;

- Canaries;

- Azores;

- syn. friar's-cowl;

arise / ə ɹ aɪ z /
v1
come into existence;

- take on form or shape;

- "A new religious movement originated in that country";

- "a love that sprang up from friendship";

- "the idea for the book grew out of a short story";

- "An interesting phenomenon uprose";

- syn. develop, grow, originate, rise, spring up, uprise;

v2
originate or come into being;

- "a question arose";

- syn. bob up, come up;

v3
rise to one's feet;

- "The audience got up and applauded";

- syn. get up, rise, stand up, uprise;

v4
result or issue;

- "A slight unpleasantness arose from this discussion";

- syn. come up;

v5
move upward;

- "The fog lifted";

- "The smoke arose from the forest fire";

- "The mist uprose from the meadows";

- syn. come up, go up, lift, move up, rise, uprise;

v6
take part in a rebellion;

- renounce a former allegiance;

- syn. rebel, rise, rise up;

v7
get up and out of bed;

- "I get up at 7 A.M. every day";

- "They rose early";

- "He uprose at night";

- syn. get up, rise, turn out, uprise;

arishth
n1
large semi-evergreen tree of the East Indies;

- trunk exudes a tenacious gum;

- bitter bark used as a tonic;

- seeds yield an aromatic oil;

- sometimes placed in genus Melia;

- syn. Azadirachta indica, Melia Azadirachta, margosa, neem, neem tree, nim tree;

arista / æ ɹ ɪ s t ə /
n1
bristlelike process near the tip of the antenna of certain flies;

Aristarchus
n1
an ancient Greek grammarian remembered for his commentary on the Iliad and Odyssey (circa 217-145 BC);

n2
a bright crater on the Moon;

Aristarchus of Samos
n1
an ancient Greek astronomer who was one of the first to propose a heliocentric theory of the universe (circa 270 BC);

Aristide Maillol
n1
French sculptor of monumental female nudes (1861-1944);

- syn. Maillol;

Aristocort
n1
a synthetic corticosteroid (trade names Aristocort or Aristopak or Kenalog) used as an anti-inflammatory agent;

- syn. Aristopak, Kenalog, triamcinolone;

aristocracy / æ ɹ ɪ s t ɒ k ɹ ə s i /
n1
a privileged class holding hereditary titles;

- syn. nobility;

n2
the most powerful members of a society;

- syn. gentry;

aristocrat / æ ɹ ɪ s t ə k ɹ æ t /
n1
a member of the aristocracy;

- syn. blue blood, patrician;

aristocratic / æ ɹ ɪ s t ə k ɹ æ t ɪ k /
a1
belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy;

- "an aristocratic family";

- "aristocratic Bostonians";

- "aristocratic government";

- "a blue family";

- "blue blood";

- "the blue-blooded aristocracy";

- "of gentle blood";

- "patrician landholders of the American South";

- "aristocratic bearing";

- "aristocratic features";

- "patrician tastes";

- syn. aristocratical, blue, blue-blooded, gentle, patrician;

- sim. noble;

aristocratical / æ ɹ ɪ s t ə k ɹ æ t ɪ k ə ɫ /
a1
belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy;

- "an aristocratic family";

- "aristocratic Bostonians";

- "aristocratic government";

- "a blue family";

- "blue blood";

- "the blue-blooded aristocracy";

- "of gentle blood";

- "patrician landholders of the American South";

- "aristocratic bearing";

- "aristocratic features";

- "patrician tastes";

- syn. aristocratic, blue, blue-blooded, gentle, patrician;

- sim. noble;

aristocratically / æ ɹ ɪ s t ə k ɹ æ t ɪ k ɫ i /
r1
in an aristocratic manner;

- "they behaved aristocratically";

Aristolochia
n1
birthworts;

- Dutchman's-pipe;

- syn. genus Aristolochia;

Aristolochia clematitis
n1
creeping plant having curving flowers thought to resemble fetuses;

- native to Europe;

- naturalized Great Britain and eastern North America;

- syn. birthwort;

Aristolochia durior
n1
hardy deciduous vine having large leaves and flowers with the calyx tube curved like the bowl of a pipe;

- syn. Aristolochia macrophylla, Dutchman's-pipe, pipe vine;

Aristolochia macrophylla
n1
hardy deciduous vine having large leaves and flowers with the calyx tube curved like the bowl of a pipe;

- syn. Aristolochia durior, Dutchman's-pipe, pipe vine;

Aristolochia serpentaria
n1
birthwort of the eastern United States woodlands;

- syn. Virginia serpentaria, Virginia serpentary, Virginia snakeroot;

Aristolochiaceae
n1
family of birthworts (including wild ginger);

- syn. birthwort family, family Aristolochiaceae;

Aristolochiales
n1
order of plants distinguished by tubular petaloid perianth and inferior ovary;

- syn. order Aristolochiales;

Aristopak
n1
a synthetic corticosteroid (trade names Aristocort or Aristopak or Kenalog) used as an anti-inflammatory agent;

- syn. Aristocort, Kenalog, triamcinolone;

Aristophanes
n1
an ancient Greek dramatist remembered for his comedies (448-380 BC);

Aristotelean
n1
a follower of Aristotle or an adherent of Aristotelianism;

- syn. Aristotelian, Peripatetic;

a1
of or relating to Aristotle or his philosophy;

- "Aristotelean logic";

- syn. Aristotelian, Aristotelic, peripatetic;

Aristotelia
n1
small genus of shrubs or small trees of Australia and New Zealand and western South America;

- syn. genus Aristotelia;

Aristotelia racemosa
n1
graceful deciduous shrub or small tree having attractive foliage and small red berries that turn black at maturity and are used for making wine;

- syn. Aristotelia serrata, New Zealand wine berry, makomako, wineberry;

Aristotelia serrata
n1
graceful deciduous shrub or small tree having attractive foliage and small red berries that turn black at maturity and are used for making wine;

- syn. Aristotelia racemosa, New Zealand wine berry, makomako, wineberry;

Aristotelian / æ ɹ ɪ s t ɒ t i ɫ j ə n /
n1
a follower of Aristotle or an adherent of Aristotelianism;

- syn. Aristotelean, Peripatetic;

a1
of or relating to Aristotle or his philosophy;

- "Aristotelean logic";

- syn. Aristotelean, Aristotelic, peripatetic;

Aristotelian logic
n1
the syllogistic logic of Aristotle as developed by Boethius in the Middle Ages;

Aristotelianism / æ ɹ ɪ s t ɒ t i ɫ j ə n ɪ z ə m /
n1
(philosophy) the philosophy of Aristotle that deals with logic and metaphysics and ethics and poetics and politics and natural science;

- "Aristotelianism profoundly influenced Western thought";

- syn. peripateticism;

Aristotelic
a1
of or relating to Aristotle or his philosophy;

- "Aristotelean logic";

- syn. Aristotelean, Aristotelian, peripatetic;

Aristotle
n1
one of the greatest of the ancient Athenian philosophers;

- pupil of Plato;

- teacher of Alexander the Great (384-322 BC);

arithmancy
n1
divination by means of numbers;

arithmetic / æ ɹ ɪ θ m ɛ t ɪ k , ə ɹ ɪ θ m ə t ɪ k /
n1
the branch of pure mathematics dealing with the theory of numerical calculations;

a1
relating to or involving arithmetic;

- "arithmetical computations";

- syn. arithmetical;

arithmetic mean
n1
the sum of the values of a random variable divided by the number of values;

- syn. expectation, expected value, first moment;

arithmetic operation
n1
a mathematical operation involving numbers;

arithmetic progression
n1
(mathematics) a progression in which a constant is added to each term in order to obtain the next term;

- "1-4-7-10-13- is the start of an arithmetic progression";

arithmetical / æ ɹ ɪ θ m ɛ t ɪ k ɫ /
a1
relating to or involving arithmetic;

- "arithmetical computations";

- syn. arithmetic;

arithmetically / æ ɹ ɪ θ m ɛ t ɪ k ɫ i /
r1
with respect to arithmetic;

- "this problem is arithmetically easy";

arithmetician / ə ɹ ɪ θ m ə t ɪ ʃ n /
n1
someone who specializes in arithmetic;

arity
n1
the number of arguments that a function can take;

Arius
n1
a Greek who was a Christian theologian active in Alexandria and who was declared a heretic for his doctrines about God (which came to be known as Arianism) (256?-336);

n2
type genus of the Ariidae: sea catfishes;

- syn. genus Arius;

Arizona / æ ɹ ɪ z oʊ n ə /
n1
a state in southwestern United States;

- site of the Grand Canyon;

- syn. AZ, Grand Canyon State;

n2
glossy snake;

- syn. genus Arizona;

Arizona ash
n1
small shrubby ash of southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico;

- syn. Fraxinus velutina;

Arizona cypress
n1
Arizona timber tree with bluish silvery foliage;

- syn. Cupressus arizonica;

Arizona elegans
n1
nocturnal burrowing snake of western United States with shiny tan scales;

- syn. glossy snake;

Arizona sycamore
n1
medium-sized tree of Arizona and adjacent regions having deeply lobed leaves and collective fruits in groups of 3 to 5;

- syn. Platanus wrightii;

Arizona white oak
n1
semi-evergreen shrub or small tree of Arizona and New Mexico having acorns with hemispherical cups;

- syn. Quercus arizonica;

Arizona wild cotton
n1
shrub of southern Arizona and Mexico;

- syn. Gossypium thurberi, wild cotton;

Arizonan
n1
a native or resident of Arizona;

- syn. Arizonian;

Arizonian / æ ɹ ɪ z oʊ n j ə n /
n1
a native or resident of Arizona;

- syn. Arizonan;

Arjuna
n1
(Hindu mythology) the warrior prince in the Bhagavad-Gita to whom Krishna explains the nature of being and of God and how humans can come to know God;

Ark / ɑ k /
n1
(Judaism) sacred chest where the ancient Hebrews kept the two tablets containing the Ten Commandments;

- syn. Ark of the Covenant;

n2
a boat built by Noah to save his family and animals from the flood;

Ark.
n1
a state in south central United States;

- one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War;

- syn. AR, Arkansas, Land of Opportunity;

Ark of the Covenant
n1
(Judaism) sacred chest where the ancient Hebrews kept the two tablets containing the Ten Commandments;

- syn. Ark;

ark shell
n1
marine bivalve mollusk having a heavy toothed shell with a deep boat-like inner surface;

Arkansan / ɑ k ə n s æ n /
n1
a native or resident of Arkansas;

- syn. Arkansawyer;

Arkansas / ɑ k ə n s ɔ /
n1
a state in south central United States;

- one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War;

- syn. AR, Ark., Land of Opportunity;

n2
a river that rises in the Rocky Mountains in Colorado and flows southeast through Kansas and Oklahoma and through Arkansas to become a tributary of the Mississippi River;

- syn. Arkansas River;

Arkansas kingbird
n1
a kingbird seen in western United States;

- head and back are pale grey and the breast is yellowish and the tail is black;

- syn. western kingbird;

Arkansas River
n1
a river that rises in the Rocky Mountains in Colorado and flows southeast through Kansas and Oklahoma and through Arkansas to become a tributary of the Mississippi River;

- syn. Arkansas;

Arkansawyer
n1
a native or resident of Arkansas;

- syn. Arkansan;

arles
n1
money given by a buyer to a seller to bind a contract;

- syn. earnest money;

Arlington
n1
a city in northern Texas between Dallas and Fort Worth;

arm / ɑ m /
n1
a human limb;

- technically the part of the superior limb between the shoulder and the elbow but commonly used to refer to the whole superior limb;

n2
any projection that is thought to resemble a human arm;

- "the arm of the record player";

- "an arm of the sea";

- "a branch of the sewer";

- syn. branch, limb;

n3
any instrument or instrumentality used in fighting or hunting;

- "he was licensed to carry a weapon";

- syn. weapon, weapon system;

n4
the part of an armchair or sofa that supports the elbow and forearm of a seated person;

n5
a division of some larger or more complex organization;

- "a branch of Congress";

- "botany is a branch of biology";

- "the Germanic branch of Indo-European languages";

- syn. branch, subdivision;

n6
the part of a garment that is attached at the armhole and that provides a cloth covering for the arm;

- syn. sleeve;

v1
prepare oneself for a military confrontation;

- "The U.S. is girding for a conflict in the Middle East";

- "troops are building up on the Iraqi border";

- syn. build up, fortify, gird;

v2
supply with arms;

- "The U.S. armed the freedom fighters in Afghanistan";

arm's length
n1
a distance sufficient to exclude intimacy;

arm-twisting
n1
persuasion by the use of direct personal pressure;

- "some gentle arm-twisting produced the desired result";

- "no amount of arm-twisting will get me to agree";

arm band
n1
a band worn around the arm for decoration;

- syn. armlet;

arm bone
n1
a bone in the arm;

arm exercise
n1
exercise designed to strengthen the arm muscles;

arm guard
n1
a pad worn by football players and hockey goalkeepers;

- syn. arm pad;

arm pad
n1
a pad worn by football players and hockey goalkeepers;

- syn. arm guard;

armada / ɑ m ɑ d ə /
n1
a large fleet;

Armadillidiidae
n1
pill bugs;

- syn. family Armadillidiidae;

Armadillidium
n1
type genus of the Armadillidiidae;

- syn. genus Armadillidium;

armadillo / ɑ m ə d ɪ ɫ oʊ /
n1
burrowing chiefly nocturnal mammal with body covered with strong horny plates;

Armageddon / ɑ m ə ɡ ɛ d n /
n1
(New Testament) the scene of the final battle between the kings of the Earth at the end of the world;

n2
any catastrophically destructive battle;

- "they called the first World War an Armageddon";

Armagnac
n1
dry brandy distilled in the Armagnac district of France;

armament / ɑ m ə m ə n t /
n1
weaponry used by military or naval force;

n2
the act of equiping with weapons in preparation for war;

- syn. arming, equipping;

armamentarium / ɑ m ə m ə n t eə ɹ ɪə m /
n1
the collection of equipment and methods used in the practice of medicine;

Armand Jean du Plessis
n1
French prelate and statesman;

- principal minister to Louis XIII (1585-1642);

- syn. Cardinal Richelieu, Duc de Richelieu, Richelieu;

Armata Corsa
n1
a terrorist organization founded in 1999 to oppose the link between nationalists and the Corsican mafia;

- "the attacks of Armata Corsa are aimed at symbolic targets of colonialism in Corsica";

- syn. Corsican Army;

armature / ɑ m ə tʃ ʊə , ɑ m ə tʃ ʊə ɹ /
n1
coil in which voltage is induced by motion through a magnetic field;

armband / ɑ m b æ n d /
n1
worn around arm as identification or to indicate mourning;

n2
a band worn around the upper arm;

armchair / ɑ m tʃ eə , ɑ m tʃ eə ɹ /
n1
chair with a support on each side for arms;

armchair liberal
n1
a person of liberal ideals who takes no action to realize them;

armed / ɑ m d /
a1
(used of persons or the military) characterized by having or bearing arms;

- "armed robbery";

- sim. equipped, light-armed, militarized;

a2
having arms or arms as specified;

- used especially in combination;

- "the many-armed goddess Shiva";

- sim. armlike, brachiate, long-armed, one-armed;

a3
(used of plants and animals) furnished with bristles and thorns;

- sim. barbed, bristlelike, brushlike, clawed, thistlelike;

armed bullhead
n1
northern Atlantic sea poacher;

- syn. Agonus cataphractus, pogge;

armed combat
n1
an engagement fought between two military forces;

- syn. combat;

armed forces
n1
the military forces of a nation;

- "their military is the largest in the region";

- "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker";

- syn. armed services, military, military machine, war machine;

armed forces censorship
n1
military censorship of personal communications to or from persons in the armed forces;

Armed Forces Day
n1
the 3rd Saturday in May;

Armed Islamic Group
n1
a terrorist organization of Islamic extremists whose violent activities began in 1992;

- aims to overthrow the secular Algerian regime and replace it with an Islamic state;

- "the GIA has embarked on a terrorist campaign of civilian massacres";

- syn. GIA;

armed robbery
n1
robbery at gunpoint;

- syn. heist, holdup, stickup;

armed service
n1
a force that is a branch of the armed forces;

- syn. military service, service;

armed services
n1
the military forces of a nation;

- "their military is the largest in the region";

- "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker";

- syn. armed forces, military, military machine, war machine;

Armenia / ɑ m i n j ə /
n1
a landlocked republic in southwestern Asia;

- formerly an Asian soviet;

- modern Armenia is but a fragment of ancient Armenia which was one of the world's oldest civilizations;

- throughout 2500 years the Armenian people have been invaded and oppressed by their neighbors;

- syn. Hayastan, Republic of Armenia;

Armenian / ɑ m i n j ə n /
n1
a native or inhabitant of Armenia;

n2
the Indo-European language spoken predominantly in Armenia, but also in Azerbaijan;

- syn. Armenian language;

n3
a writing system having an alphabet of 38 letters in which the Armenian language is written;

- syn. Armenian alphabet;

a1
of or pertaining to Armenia or the people or culture of Armenia;

Armenian alphabet
n1
a writing system having an alphabet of 38 letters in which the Armenian language is written;

- syn. Armenian;

Armenian Apostolic Orthodox Church
n1
an independent Christian church established in Armenia since 300;

- was influenced by both Roman and Byzantine traditions;

- syn. Armenian Church;

Armenian Church
n1
an independent Christian church established in Armenia since 300;

- was influenced by both Roman and Byzantine traditions;

- syn. Armenian Apostolic Orthodox Church;

Armenian language
n1
the Indo-European language spoken predominantly in Armenia, but also in Azerbaijan;

- syn. Armenian;

Armenian monetary unit
n1
monetary unit in Armenia;

Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia
n1
a militant Marxist-Leninist terrorist organization formed in 1975 to force Turkey to acknowledge killing more than a million Armenians and forcibly removing them from border areas in 1915;

- wants Turkey to pay reparations and cede territory to Armenia;

- "ASALA bombing at Orly Airport in Paris in 1983 killed 8 and wounded 55 people";

- syn. 3rd October Organization, ASALA, Orly Group;

Armeria
n1
shrubby or herbaceous low-growing evergreen perennials;

- syn. genus Armeria;

Armeria maritima
n1
tufted thrift of seacoasts and mountains of north temperate zone;

- occasionally grown as a ground cover;

- syn. cliff rose, sea pink;

Armerican cheddar
n1
hard smooth-textured cheese;

- originally made in Cheddar in southwestern England;

- syn. American cheese, cheddar, cheddar cheese;

armet
n1
a medieval helmet with a visor and a neck guard;

armful / ɑ m f ʊ ɫ /
n1
the quantity that can be contained in the arms;

armguard
n1
a protective covering for the wrist or arm that is used in archery and fencing and other sports;

- syn. bracer;

armhole / ɑ m h oʊ ɫ /
n1
a hole through which you put your arm and where a sleeve can be attached;

armiger / ɑ m ɪ dʒ ə /
n1
a squire carrying the armor of a knight;

- syn. armor-bearer;

n2
a nobleman entitled to bear heraldic arms;

armilla
n1
a celestial globe consisting of metal hoops;

- used by early astronomers to determine the positions of stars;

- syn. armillary sphere;

n2
(archeology) a bracelet worn around the wrist or arm;

Armillaria
n1
genus of edible mushrooms having white spores an annulus and blue juice;

- some are edible;

- some cause root rot;

- syn. genus Armillaria;

Armillaria caligata
n1
fungus with a brown cap and white gills and a membranous ring halfway up the stalk;

- syn. booted armillaria;

Armillaria ponderosa
n1
a large white mushroom that develops brown stains as it ages;

- gills are white;

- odor is spicy and aromatic;

- collected commercially for oriental cooking the Pacific Northwest;

- syn. white matsutake;

Armillaria zelleri
n1
a large fungus with viscid cap that dries and turns brown with age;

- gills are off-white;

Armillariella
n1
a honey-colored diminutive form of genus Armillaria;

- grows in clusters;

- edible (when cooked) but most attention has been on how to get rid of it;

- syn. genus Armillariella;

Armillariella mellea
n1
a honey-colored edible mushroom commonly associated with the roots of trees in late summer and fall;

- do not eat raw;

- syn. honey fungus, honey mushroom;

armillary
a1
of or relating to bracelets;

armillary sphere
n1
a celestial globe consisting of metal hoops;

- used by early astronomers to determine the positions of stars;

- syn. armilla;

Armin
n1
German hero;

- leader at the battle of Teutoburger Wald in AD 9 (circa 18 BC - AD 19);

- syn. Arminius, Hermann;

arming / ɑ m ɪ ŋ /
n1
the act of equiping with weapons in preparation for war;

- syn. armament, equipping;

Arminian / ɑ m ɪ n ɪə n /
n1
adherent of Arminianism;

a1
of or relating to Arminianism;

Arminian Baptist
n1
group of Baptist congregations believing the teachings of the Dutch theologian Jacobus Arminius (who opposed the doctrine of strict predestination of the Calvinists);

- syn. General Baptist;

Arminian Church
n1
the Protestant denomination adhering to the views of Jacobus Arminius;

Arminianism / ɑ m ɪ n ɪə n ɪ z ə m /
n1
17th century theology (named after its founder Jacobus Arminius) that opposes the absolute predestinarianism of John Calvin and holds that human free will is compatible with God's sovereignty;

Arminius
n1
Dutch Protestant theologian who founded Arminianism which opposed the absolute predestinarianism of John Calvin (1559-1609);

- syn. Jacob Harmensen, Jacobus Arminius, Jakob Hermandszoon;

n2
German hero;

- leader at the battle of Teutoburger Wald in AD 9 (circa 18 BC - AD 19);

- syn. Armin, Hermann;

armistice / ɑ m ɪ s t ɪ s /
n1
a state of peace agreed to between opponents so they can discuss peace terms;

- syn. cease-fire, truce;

Armistice Day
n1
a legal holiday in the United States;

- formerly Armistice Day but called Veterans' Day since 1954;

- syn. November 11, Veterans' Day, Veterans Day;

armless / ɑ m ɫ ə s /
a1
having no arms;

- "the armless Venus de Milo";

armlet / ɑ m ɫ ɪ t /
n1
a band worn around the arm for decoration;

- syn. arm band;

armlike
a1
resembling an arm;

- sim. armed;

armoire / ɑ m w ɑ , ɑ m w ɑr /
n1
a large wardrobe or cabinet;

- originally used for storing weapons;

armor
n1
protective covering made of metal and used in combat;

- syn. armour;

n2
a military unit consisting of armored fighting vehicles;

- syn. armour;

n3
tough more-or-less rigid protective covering of an animal or plant;

- syn. armour;

v1
equip with armor;

- syn. armour;

armor-bearer
n1
a squire carrying the armor of a knight;

- syn. armiger;

armor-clad
a1
covered with heavy steel;

- "armor-plated vehicles";

- syn. armor-plated, armour-clad, armour-plated, steel-plated;

- sim. armored;

armor-plated
a1
covered with heavy steel;

- "armor-plated vehicles";

- syn. armor-clad, armour-clad, armour-plated, steel-plated;

- sim. armored;

armor plate
n1
specially hardened steel plate used to protect fortifications or vehicles from enemy fire;

- syn. armor plating, armour plate, plate armor, plate armour;

armor plating
n1
specially hardened steel plate used to protect fortifications or vehicles from enemy fire;

- syn. armor plate, armour plate, plate armor, plate armour;

Armoracia
n1
horseradish;

- syn. genus Armoracia;

Armoracia rusticana
n1
coarse Eurasian plant cultivated for its thick white pungent root;

- syn. horse radish, horseradish, red cole;

armored
a1
protected by armor (used of persons or things military);

- syn. armoured;

- sim. armor-clad, bony-plated, bulletproof, lightly armored, mail-cheeked, mail-clad, scaled;

a2
used of animals;

- provided with protective covering;

- syn. armoured;

- sim. bone-covered, scaly, silver-scaled;

a3
equipped with the complete arms and armor of a warrior;

- syn. panoplied;

- sim. equipped;

armored car
n1
an armor-plated truck with strong doors and locks used to transport money or valuables;

- "the paintings were delivered to the museum in an air-conditioned armored car";

- syn. armoured car;

n2
a military combat vehicle on wheels with light armor (and usually a machine gun);

- syn. armoured car;

armored catfish
n1
South American catfish having the body covered with bony plates;

armored combat vehicle
n1
an enclosed armored military vehicle;

- has a cannon and moves on caterpillar treads;

- syn. armoured combat vehicle, army tank, tank;

armored dinosaur
n1
dinosaurs having bony armour;

armored personnel carrier
n1
(military) an armored vehicle (usually equipped with caterpillar treads) that is used to transport infantry;

- syn. APC, armoured personnel carrier;

armored scale
n1
insect having a firm covering of wax especially in the female;

armored sea robin
n1
sea robins having bony scutes on the body and barbels on the chin;

- found mostly on the continental slope;

- syn. Peristedion miniatum, armored searobin;

armored searobin
n1
sea robins having bony scutes on the body and barbels on the chin;

- found mostly on the continental slope;

- syn. Peristedion miniatum, armored sea robin;

armored vehicle
n1
a vehicle that is protected by armor plate;

- syn. armoured vehicle;

armorer
n1
a worker skilled in making armor or arms;

- "a sword made by a famous English armorer";

- syn. armourer;

n2
an enlisted man responsible for the upkeep of small arms and machine guns etc.;

- syn. armourer, artificer;

n3
a manufacturer of firearms;

- syn. armourer;

armorial / ɑ m ɔ ɹ ɪə ɫ /
a1
of or relating to heraldry or heraldic arms;

- "armorial bearing";

armorial bearing
n1
heraldry consisting of a design or image depicted on a shield;

- syn. bearing, charge, heraldic bearing;

armory / ɑ m ə ɹ i /
n1
a collection of resources;

- "he dipped into his intellectual armory to find an answer";

- syn. armoury, inventory;

n2
all the weapons and equipment that a country has;

- syn. armoury, arsenal;

n3
a military structure where arms and ammunition and other military equipment are stored and training is given in the use of arms;

- syn. armoury, arsenal;

n4
a place where arms are manufactured;

- syn. armoury, arsenal;

armour / ɑ m ə , ɑ m ə ɹ /
n1
a military unit consisting of armored fighting vehicles;

- syn. armor;

n2
protective covering made of metal and used in combat;

- syn. armor;

n3
tough more-or-less rigid protective covering of an animal or plant;

- syn. armor;

v1
equip with armor;

- syn. armor;

armour-clad
a1
covered with heavy steel;

- "armor-plated vehicles";

- syn. armor-clad, armor-plated, armour-plated, steel-plated;

- sim. armored;

armour-plated
a1
covered with heavy steel;

- "armor-plated vehicles";

- syn. armor-clad, armor-plated, armour-clad, steel-plated;

- sim. armored;

armour plate
n1
specially hardened steel plate used to protect fortifications or vehicles from enemy fire;

- syn. armor plate, armor plating, plate armor, plate armour;

armoured / ɑ m ə d /
a1
used of animals;

- provided with protective covering;

- syn. armored;

- sim. bone-covered, scaly, silver-scaled;

a2
protected by armor (used of persons or things military);

- syn. armored;

- sim. armor-clad, bony-plated, bulletproof, lightly armored, mail-cheeked, mail-clad, scaled;

armoured car
n1
an armor-plated truck with strong doors and locks used to transport money or valuables;

- "the paintings were delivered to the museum in an air-conditioned armored car";

- syn. armored car;

n2
a military combat vehicle on wheels with light armor (and usually a machine gun);

- syn. armored car;

armoured combat vehicle
n1
an enclosed armored military vehicle;

- has a cannon and moves on caterpillar treads;

- syn. armored combat vehicle, army tank, tank;

armoured personnel carrier
n1
(military) an armored vehicle (usually equipped with caterpillar treads) that is used to transport infantry;

- syn. APC, armored personnel carrier;

armoured vehicle
n1
a vehicle that is protected by armor plate;

- syn. armored vehicle;

armourer / ɑ m ə ɹ ə , ɑ m ə ɹ ə ɹ /
n1
a worker skilled in making armor or arms;

- "a sword made by a famous English armorer";

- syn. armorer;

n2
an enlisted man responsible for the upkeep of small arms and machine guns etc.;

- syn. armorer, artificer;

n3
a manufacturer of firearms;

- syn. armorer;

armoury / ɑ m ə ɹ i /
n1
a collection of resources;

- "he dipped into his intellectual armory to find an answer";

- syn. armory, inventory;

n2
all the weapons and equipment that a country has;

- syn. armory, arsenal;

n3
a military structure where arms and ammunition and other military equipment are stored and training is given in the use of arms;

- syn. armory, arsenal;

n4
a place where arms are manufactured;

- syn. armory, arsenal;

armpit / ɑ m p ɪ t /
n1
the hollow under the arm where it is joined to the shoulder;

- "they were up to their armpits in water";

- syn. axilla, axillary cavity, axillary fossa;

armrest / ɑ m ɹ ɛ s t /
n1
a support for the arm;

arms / ɑ m z /
n1
weapons considered collectively;

- syn. implements of war, munition, weaponry, weapons system;

n2
the official symbols of a family, state, etc.;

- syn. blazon, blazonry, coat of arms;

arms-runner / ɑ m z ɹ ʌ n ə , ɑ m z ɹ ʌ n ə ɹ /
n1
a smuggler of guns;

- syn. gunrunner;

arms control
n1
a limitation on the size and armament of the armed forces of a country;

arms deal
n1
a deal to provide military arms;

arms industry
n1
an industry that manufacturers weapons of war;

- syn. munitions industry;

arms manufacturer
n1
someone who manufactures arms and munitions;

arms race
n1
a competition between nations to have the most powerful armaments;

Armstrong / ɑ m s t ɹ ɒ ŋ /
n1
United States astronaut;

- the first man to set foot on the Moon (July 20, 1969) (1930-);

- syn. Neil Armstrong;

n2
United States pioneering jazz trumpeter and bandleader (1900-1971);

- syn. Louis Armstrong, Satchmo;

army / ɑ m i /
n1
a permanent organization of the military land forces of a nation or state;

- syn. ground forces, regular army;

n2
a large number of people united for some specific purpose;

n3
the army of the United States of America;

- the agency that organizes and trains soldiers for land warfare;

- syn. U. S. Army, USA, US Army, United States Army;

army ant
n1
tropical nomadic ant that preys mainly on other insects;

- syn. driver ant, legionary ant;

army attache
n1
a military attache who is a commissioned or warrant officer in an army;

army base
n1
a large base of operations for an army;

army brat
n1
the child of a career officer of the United States Army;

army corps
n1
an army unit usually consisting of two or more divisions and their support;

- syn. corps;

army cutworm
n1
larvae (of a noctuid moth) that travel in large groups and destroy grains and alfalfa in the midwestern states;

- syn. Chorizagrotis auxiliaris;

army engineer
n1
a member of the military who is trained in engineering and construction work;

- syn. military engineer;

Army for the Liberation of Rwanda
n1
a terrorist organization that seeks to overthrow the government dominated by Tutsi and to institute Hutu control again;

- "in 1999 ALIR guerrillas kidnapped and killed eight foreign tourists";

- syn. ALIR, FAR, Former Armed Forces, Interahamwe;

Army High Performance Computing Research Center
n1
a United States defense laboratory to conduct research in high-performance computing for defense technology applications;

- a partnership of government and university and industry;

- syn. AHPCRC;

army hut
n1
temporary military shelter;

- syn. field hut, hut;

Army Intelligence
n1
an agency of the United States Army responsible for providing timely and relevant and accurate and synchronized intelligence to tactical and operational and strategic level commanders;

- syn. AI;

Army National Guard
n1
a civilian reserve component of the United States Army comprised of guardsmen who serve during overseas peacekeeping missions and during local emergencies;

- syn. ARNG;

Army of Muhammad
n1
a terrorist organization founded in 2000;

- a militant Islamic group active in Kashmir and closely aligned with al-Rashid Trust;

- seeks to secure release of imprisoned fellow militants by kidnappings;

- syn. JEM, Jaish-e-Muhammad, Jaish-i-Mohammed;

Army of the Confederacy
n1
the southern army during the American Civil War;

- syn. Confederate Army;

Army of the Pure
n1
a brutal terrorist group active in Kashmir;

- fights against India with the goal of restoring Islamic rule of India;

- "Lashkar-e-Toiba has committed mass murders of civilian Hindus";

- syn. Army of the Righteous, LET, Lashkar-e-Taiba, Lashkar-e-Tayyiba, Lashkar-e-Toiba;

Army of the Righteous
n1
a brutal terrorist group active in Kashmir;

- fights against India with the goal of restoring Islamic rule of India;

- "Lashkar-e-Toiba has committed mass murders of civilian Hindus";

- syn. Army of the Pure, LET, Lashkar-e-Taiba, Lashkar-e-Tayyiba, Lashkar-e-Toiba;

army officer
n1
an officer in the armed forces;

- "he's a retired army officer";

army tank
n1
an enclosed armored military vehicle;

- has a cannon and moves on caterpillar treads;

- syn. armored combat vehicle, armoured combat vehicle, tank;

army unit
n1
a military unit that is part of an army;

army worm
n1
noctuid moth larvae that travel in multitudes destroying especially grass and grain;

- syn. Pseudaletia unipuncta, armyworm;

armyworm / ɑ m i w ɝ m /
n1
noctuid moth larvae that travel in multitudes destroying especially grass and grain;

- syn. Pseudaletia unipuncta, army worm;

n2
moth whose destructive larvae travel in multitudes;

- syn. Pseudaletia unipuncta;

n3
larva of fungus gnat that feed on cereals and other grains;

- they march in large companies in regular order when the food is exhausted;

Arna Wendell Bontemps
n1
United States writer (1902-1973);

- syn. Bontemps;

ARNG
n1
a civilian reserve component of the United States Army comprised of guardsmen who serve during overseas peacekeeping missions and during local emergencies;

- syn. Army National Guard;

Arnhem / ɑ n ə m /
n1
a city in the central Netherlands on the lower Rhine River;

- site of a battle in 1944 during World War II;

arnica / ɑ n ɪ k ə /
n1
used especially in treating bruises;

n2
any of various rhizomatous usually perennial plants of the genus Arnica;

n3
an ointment used in treating bruises;

arnica bud
n1
fall-blooming European herb with a yellow flower;

- naturalized in the United States;

- syn. Leontodon autumnalis, fall dandelion;

Arnica cordifolia
n1
wildflower with heart-shaped leaves and broad yellow flower heads;

- of alpine areas west of the Rockies from Alaska to southern California;

- syn. heartleaf arnica;

Arnica montana
n1
herb of pasture and open woodland throughout most of Europe and western Asia having orange-yellow daisylike flower heads that when dried are used as a stimulant and to treat bruises and swellings;

Arno
n1
a river in central Italy rising in the Apennines and flowing through Florence and Pisa to the Ligurian Sea;

- syn. Arno River, River Arno;

Arno River
n1
a river in central Italy rising in the Apennines and flowing through Florence and Pisa to the Ligurian Sea;

- syn. Arno, River Arno;

Arnold / ɑ n ɫ d /
n1
English poet and literary critic (1822-1888);

- syn. Matthew Arnold;

n2
United States general and traitor in the American Revolution;

- in 1780 his plan to surrender West Point to the British was foiled (1741-1801);

- syn. Benedict Arnold;

Arnold-Chiari deformity
n1
deformity in which part of the brain protrudes through the skull;

Arnold Daniel Palmer
n1
United States golfer (born in 1929);

- syn. Arnold Palmer, Palmer;

Arnold Gesell
n1
United States psychologist noted for his work in child development (1880-1961);

- syn. Arnold Lucius Gesell, Gesell;

Arnold Joseph Toynbee
n1
English historian who studied the rise and fall of civilizations looking for cyclical patterns (1889-1975);

- syn. Arnold Toynbee, Toynbee;

Arnold Lucius Gesell
n1
United States psychologist noted for his work in child development (1880-1961);

- syn. Arnold Gesell, Gesell;

Arnold of Brescia
n1
Italian theologian who censured the worldly possessions of monks and the temporal power of bishops and was condemned for dogmatic errors by the Second Lateran Council (early 12th century);

Arnold Palmer
n1
United States golfer (born in 1929);

- syn. Arnold Daniel Palmer, Palmer;

Arnold Schoenberg
n1
United States composer and musical theorist (born in Austria) who developed atonal composition (1874-1951);

- syn. Arnold Schonberg, Schoenberg, Schonberg;

Arnold Schonberg
n1
United States composer and musical theorist (born in Austria) who developed atonal composition (1874-1951);

- syn. Arnold Schoenberg, Schoenberg, Schonberg;

Arnold Toynbee
n1
English historian who studied the rise and fall of civilizations looking for cyclical patterns (1889-1975);

- syn. Arnold Joseph Toynbee, Toynbee;

Arnoseris
n1
lamb succory;

- syn. genus Arnoseris;

Arnoseris minima
n1
small European herb with small yellow flowers;

- syn. dwarf nipplewort, lamb succory;

aroeira blanca
n1
small resinous tree or shrub of Brazil;

- syn. Schinus chichita;

aroid
n1
any plant of the family Araceae;

- have small flowers massed on a spadix surrounded by a large spathe;

- syn. arum;

a1
relating to a plant of the family Araceae;

- syn. araceous;

arolla pine
n1
large five-needled European pine;

- yields cembra nuts and a resinous exudate;

- syn. Pinus cembra, Swiss pine, Swiss stone pine, cembra nut tree;

aroma / ə ɹ oʊ m ə /
n1
any property detected by the olfactory system;

- syn. odor, odour, olfactory property, scent, smell;

n2
a distinctive odor that is pleasant;

- syn. fragrance, perfume, scent;

aromatherapy / ə ɹ oʊ m ə θ ɛr ə p i /
n1
the therapeutic use of aromatic plant extracts and essential oils in baths or massage;

aromatic / æ ɹ ə m æ t ɪ k , æ ɹ oʊ m æ t ɪ k /
a1
(chemistry) of or relating to or containing one or more benzene rings;

- "an aromatic organic compound";

a2
having a strong pleasant odor;

- "the pine woods were more redolent"- Jean Stafford;

- syn. redolent;

- sim. fragrant;

aromatic aster
n1
a variety of aster;

aromatic compound
n1
a hydrocarbon containing one or more benzene rings that are characteristic of the benzene series of compounds;

aromatic hydrocarbon
n1
a hydrocarbon that contains one or more benzene rings that are characteristic of the benzene series of organic compounds;

aromatise
v1
fill or impregnate with an odor;

- "orange blossoms perfumed the air in the garden";

- syn. aromatize, perfume;

aromatize / æ ɹ oʊ m ə t aɪ z /
v1
fill or impregnate with an odor;

- "orange blossoms perfumed the air in the garden";

- syn. aromatise, perfume;

Arouet
n1
French writer who was the embodiment of 18th century Enlightenment (1694-1778);

- syn. Francois-Marie Arouet, Voltaire;

around / ə ɹ aʊ n d /
r1
in the area or vicinity;

- "a few spectators standing about";

- "hanging around";

- "waited around for the next flight";

- syn. about;

r2
by a circular or circuitous route;

- "He came all the way around the base";

- "the road goes around the pond";

r3
used of movement to or among many different places or in no particular direction;

- "wandering about with no place to go";

- "people were rushing about";

- "news gets around (or about)";

- "traveled around in Asia";

- "he needs advice from someone who's been around";

- "she sleeps around";

- syn. about;

r4
in a circle or circular motion;

- "The wheels are spinning around";

r5
(of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct;

- "lasted approximately an hour";

- "in just about a minute";

- "he's about 30 years old";

- "I've had about all I can stand";

- "we meet about once a month";

- "some forty people came";

- "weighs around a hundred pounds";

- "roughly $3,000";

- "holds 3 gallons, more or less";

- "20 or so people were at the party";

- syn. about, approximately, close to, just about, more or less, or so, roughly, some;

r6
in or to a reversed position or direction;

- "about face";

- "suddenly she turned around";

- syn. about;

r7
to a particular destination either specified or understood;

- "she came around to see me";

- "I invited them around for supper";

r8
all around or on all sides;

- "dirty clothes lying around (or about)";

- "let's look about for help";

- "There were trees growing all around";

- "she looked around her";

- syn. about;

r9
in circumference;

- "the trunk is ten feet around";

- "the pond is two miles around";

r10
from beginning to end;

- throughout;

- "It rains all year round on Skye";

- "frigid weather the year around";

- syn. round;

around-the-clock
a1
at all times;

- "around-the-clock nursing care";

- syn. day-and-night, nonstop, round-the-clock;

- sim. continuous;

around the bend
a1
informal or slang terms for mentally irregular;

- "it used to drive my husband balmy";

- syn. balmy, barmy, bats, batty, bonkers, buggy, cracked, crackers, daft, dotty, fruity, haywire, kookie, kooky, loco, loony, loopy, nuts, nutty, round the bend, wacky, whacky;

- sim. insane;

around the clock
r1
without stopping;

- "she worked around the clock";

- syn. for 24 hours, round the clock;

arousal / ə ɹ aʊ z ə ɫ /
n1
the act of arousing;

- "the purpose of art is the arousal of emotions";

- syn. rousing;

n2
a state of heightened physiological activity;

n3
awakening from sleep;

n4
mutual sexual fondling prior to sexual intercourse;

- syn. foreplay, stimulation;

arouse / ə ɹ aʊ z /
v1
call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses);

- "arouse pity";

- "raise a smile";

- "evoke sympathy";

- syn. elicit, enkindle, evoke, fire, kindle, provoke, raise;

v2
stop sleeping;

- "She woke up to the sound of the alarm clock";

- syn. awake, awaken, come alive, wake, wake up, waken;

v3
summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic;

- "raise the specter of unemployment";

- "he conjured wild birds in the air";

- "call down the spirits from the mountain";

- syn. bring up, call down, call forth, conjure, conjure up, evoke, invoke, put forward, raise, stir;

v4
cause to be alert and energetic;

- "Coffee and tea stimulate me";

- "This herbal infusion doesn't stimulate";

- syn. brace, energise, energize, perk up, stimulate;

v5
cause to become awake or conscious;

- "He was roused by the drunken men in the street";

- "Please wake me at 6 AM.";

- syn. awaken, rouse, wake, wake up, waken;

v6
to begin moving;

- "As the thunder started the sleeping children began to stir";

- syn. stir;

v7
stimulate sexually;

- "This movie usually arouses the male audience";

- syn. excite, sex, turn on, wind up;

aroused / ə ɹ aʊ z d /
a1
aroused to action;

- "the aroused opposition";

- sim. awakened;

a2
emotionally aroused;

- syn. stimulated, stirred, stirred up;

- sim. excited;

a3
brought to a state of great tension;

- "all wound up for a fight";

- syn. wound up;

- sim. tense;

a4
feeling great sexual desire;

- "feeling horny";

- syn. horny, randy, ruttish, steamy, turned on;

- sim. sexy;

a5
keenly excited (especially sexually) or indicating excitement;

- "his face all ablaze with excitement"- Bram Stoker;

- "he was aflame with desire";

- syn. ablaze, aflame;

- sim. passionate;

a6
(of persons) excessively affected by emotion;

- "he would become emotional over nothing at all";

- "she was worked up about all the noise";

- syn. emotional, excited, worked up;

- sim. agitated;

arouser / ə ɹ aʊ z ə , ə ɹ aʊ z ə ɹ /
n1
someone who rouses others from sleep;

- syn. rouser, waker;

Arp
n1
Alsatian artist and poet who was cofounder of dadaism in Zurich;

- noted for abstract organic sculptures (1887-1966);

- syn. Hans Arp, Jean Arp;

arpeggio / ɑ p ɛ dʒ i oʊ /
n1
a chord whose notes are played in rapid succession rather than simultaneously;

arpent
n1
a former French unit of area;

- equal approximately to an acre;

arquebus / ɑ k w ɪ b ə s /
n1
an obsolete firearm with a long barrel;

- syn. hackbut, hagbut, harquebus;

arrack / æ ɹ æ k /
n1
any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses;

- syn. arak;

arraign / ə ɹ eɪ n /
v1
call before a court to answer an indictment;

v2
accuse of a wrong or an inadequacy;

arraignment / ə ɹ eɪ n m ə n t /
n1
a legal document calling someone to court to answer an indictment;

arrange / ə ɹ eɪ n dʒ /
v1
put into a proper or systematic order;

- "arrange the books on the shelves in chronological order";

- syn. set up;

v2
make arrangements for;

- "Can you arrange a meeting with the President?";

- syn. fix up;

v3
plan, organize, and carry out (an event);

- "the neighboring tribe staged an invasion";

- syn. stage;

v4
set (printed matter) into a specific format;

- "Format this letter so it can be printed out";

- syn. format;

v5
arrange attractively;

- "dress my hair for the wedding";

- syn. coif, coiffe, coiffure, do, dress, set;

v6
adapt for performance in a different way;

- "set this poem to music";

- syn. set;

v7
arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events;

- "arrange my schedule";

- "set up one's life";

- "I put these memories with those of bygone times";

- syn. order, put, set up;

arranged / ə ɹ eɪ n dʒ d /
a1
disposed or placed in a particular kind of order;

- "the carefully arranged chessmen";

- "haphazardly arranged interlobular septa";

- "comfortable chairs arranged around the fireplace";

- syn. ordered;

- sim. laid, placed;

a2
planned in advance;

- "an arranged marriage";

- sim. organized;

a3
deliberately arranged for effect;

- "one of those artfully staged photographs";

- syn. staged;

- sim. artificial;

arrangement / ə ɹ eɪ n dʒ m ə n t /
n1
the thing arranged or agreed to;

- "they made arrangements to meet in Chicago";

- syn. agreement;

n2
an orderly grouping (of things or persons) considered as a unit;

- the result of arranging;

- "a flower arrangement";

n3
an organized structure for arranging or classifying;

- "he changed the arrangement of the topics";

- "the facts were familiar but it was in the organization of them that he was original";

- "he tried to understand their system of classification";

- syn. organisation, organization, system;

n4
the spatial property of the way in which something is placed;

- "the arrangement of the furniture";

- "the placement of the chairs";

- syn. placement;

n5
a piece of music that has been adapted for performance by a particular set of voices or instruments;

- syn. musical arrangement;

n6
the act of arranging and adapting a piece of music;

- syn. arranging, transcription;

arranger / ə ɹ eɪ n dʒ ə , ə ɹ eɪ n dʒ ə ɹ /
n1
a person who brings order and organization to an enterprise;

- "she was the organizer of the meeting";

- syn. organiser, organizer;

n2
a musician who adapts a composition for particular voices or instruments or for another style of performance;

- syn. adapter, transcriber;

arranging / ə ɹ eɪ n dʒ ɪ ŋ /
n1
the act of arranging and adapting a piece of music;

- syn. arrangement, transcription;

arrant / æ ɹ ə n t /
a1
without qualification;

- used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers;

- "an arrant fool";

- "a complete coward";

- "a consummate fool";

- "a double-dyed villain";

- "gross negligence";

- "a perfect idiot";

- "pure folly";

- "what a sodding mess";

- "stark staring mad";

- "a thorough nuisance";

- "a thoroughgoing villain";

- "utter nonsense";

- "the unadulterated truth";

- syn. complete, consummate, double-dyed, everlasting, gross, perfect, pure, sodding, staring, stark, thorough, thoroughgoing, unadulterated, utter;

- sim. unmitigated;

arras / æ ɹ ə s /
n1
a wall hanging of heavy handwoven fabric often with pictorial designs;

- syn. tapestry;

array / ə ɹ eɪ /
n1
an orderly arrangement;

- "an array of troops in battle order";

n2
an impressive display;

- "it was a bewildering array of books";

- "his tools were in an orderly array on the basement wall";

n3
especially fine or decorative clothing;

- syn. raiment, regalia;

n4
an arrangement of aerials spaced to give desired directional characteristics;

v1
lay out orderly or logically in a line or as if in a line;

- "lay out the clothes";

- "lay out the arguments";

- syn. lay out, range, set out;

v2
align oneself with a group or a way of thinking;

- syn. align;

arrayed / ə ɹ eɪ d /
a1
in ceremonial attire and paraphernalia;

- "professors arrayed in robes";

- syn. panoplied;

- sim. clothed;

arrears / ə ɹ ɪə z /
n1
the state of being behind in payments;

- "an account in arrears";

n2
an unpaid overdue debt;

arrest / ə ɹ ɛ s t /
n1
the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal);

- "the policeman on the beat got credit for the collar";

- syn. apprehension, catch, collar, pinch, taking into custody;

n2
the state of inactivity following an interruption;

- "the negotiations were in arrest";

- "held them in check";

- "during the halt he got some lunch";

- "the momentary stay enabled him to escape the blow";

- "he spent the entire stop in his seat";

- syn. check, halt, hitch, stay, stop, stoppage;

v1
take into custody;

- "the police nabbed the suspected criminals";

- syn. apprehend, collar, cop, nab, nail, pick up;

v2
hold back, as of a danger or an enemy;

- check the expansion or influence of;

- "Arrest the downward trend";

- "Check the growth of communism in South East Asia";

- "Contain the rebel movement";

- "Turn back the tide of communism";

- syn. check, contain, hold back, stop, turn back;

v3
attract and fix;

- "His look caught her";

- "She caught his eye";

- "Catch the attention of the waiter";

- syn. catch, get;

v4
cause to stop;

- "Halt the engines";

- "Arrest the progress";

- "halt the presses";

- syn. halt, hold;

arrest warrant
n1
a warrant authorizing law enforcement officials to apprehend an offender and bring that person to court;

- syn. bench warrant;

arrested development
n1
an abnormal state in which development has stopped prematurely;

- syn. fixation, infantile fixation, regression;

arrester / ə ɹ ɛ s t ə , ə ɹ ɛ s t ə ɹ /
n1
a restraint that slows airplanes as they land on the flight deck of an aircraft carrier;

- syn. arrester hook;

arrester hook
n1
a restraint that slows airplanes as they land on the flight deck of an aircraft carrier;

- syn. arrester;

arresting / ə ɹ ɛ s t ɪ ŋ /
a1
commanding attention;

- "an arresting drawing of people turning into animals";

- "a sensational concert--one never to be forgotten";

- "a stunning performance";

- syn. sensational, stunning;

- sim. impressive;

Arrhenatherum
n1
oat grass;

- syn. genus Arrhenatherum;

Arrhenatherum elatius
n1
coarse perennial Eurasian grass resembling oat;

- found on roadside verges and rough grassland and in hay meadows;

- introduced in North America for forage;

- syn. French rye, evergreen grass, false oat, tall meadow grass, tall oat grass;

Arrhenius
n1
Swedish chemist and physicist noted for his theory of chemical dissociation (1859-1927);

- syn. Svante August Arrhenius;

Arrhenius theory of dissociation
n1
(chemistry) theory that describes aqueous solutions in terms of acids (which dissociate to give hydrogen ions) and bases (which dissociate to give hydroxyl ions);

- the product of an acid and a base is a salt and water;

- syn. theory of dissociation, theory of electrolytic dissociation;

arrhythmia
n1
an abnormal rate of muscle contractions in the heart;

- syn. cardiac arrhythmia;

arrhythmic
a1
lacking a steady rhythm;

- "an arrhythmic heartbeat";

- syn. jerking, jerky;

- sim. unsteady;

a2
without regard for rhythm;

- syn. arrhythmical;

- sim. unrhythmical;

arrhythmical
a1
without regard for rhythm;

- syn. arrhythmic;

- sim. unrhythmical;

arriere pensee
n1
an unstated doubt that prevents you from accepting something wholeheartedly;

- syn. mental reservation, reservation;

arrival / ə ɹ aɪ v ɫ /
n1
accomplishment of an objective;

- syn. reaching;

n2
the act of arriving at a certain place;

- "they awaited her arrival";

n3
someone who arrives (or has arrived);

- syn. arriver, comer;

arrival gate
n1
gate where passengers disembark;

arrival time
n1
the time at which a public conveyance is scheduled to arrive at a given destination;

- syn. time of arrival;

arrive / ə ɹ aɪ v /
v1
reach a destination;

- arrive by movement or progress;

- "She arrived home at 7 o'clock";

- "She didn't get to Chicago until after midnight";

- syn. come, get;

v2
succeed in a big way;

- get to the top;

- "After he published his book, he had arrived";

- "I don't know whether I can make it in science!";

- "You will go far, my boy!";

- syn. get in, go far, make it;

arrive at
v1
reach a destination, either real or abstract;

- "We hit Detroit by noon";

- "The water reached the doorstep";

- "We barely made it to the finish line";

- "I have to hit the MAC machine before the weekend starts";

- syn. attain, gain, hit, make, reach;

arrivederci
n1
a farewell remark;

- "they said their good-byes";

- syn. adieu, adios, au revoir, auf wiedersehen, bye, bye-bye, cheerio, good-by, good-bye, good day, goodby, goodbye, sayonara, so long;

arriver / ə ɹ aɪ v ə , ə ɹ aɪ v ə ɹ /
n1
someone who arrives (or has arrived);

- syn. arrival, comer;

arriviste
n1
a person who has suddenly risen to a higher economic status but has not gained social acceptance of others in that class;

- syn. nouveau-riche, parvenu, upstart;

arroba
n1
a unit of weight used in some Spanish speaking countries;

n2
a liquid measure (with different values) used in some Spanish speaking countries;

arrogance / æ ɹ ə ɡ ə n s /
n1
overbearing pride evidenced by a superior manner toward inferiors;

- syn. haughtiness, hauteur, high-handedness, lordliness;

arrogant / æ ɹ ə ɡ ə n t /
a1
having or showing feelings of unwarranted importance out of overbearing pride;

- "an arrogant official";

- "arrogant claims";

- "chesty as a peacock";

- syn. chesty, self-important;

- sim. proud;

arrogantly / æ ɹ ə ɡ ə n t ɫ i /
r1
in an arrogant manner;

- "in the old days she had been harsh and stiff;

- afraid of her husband and yet arrogantly proud that she had a husband strong and fierce enough to make her afraid";

arrogate / æ ɹ ə ɡ eɪ t /
v1
demand as being one's due or property;

- assert one's right or title to;

- "He claimed his suitcases at the airline counter";

- "Mr. Smith claims special tax exemptions because he is a foreign resident";

- syn. claim, lay claim;

v2
make undue claims to having;

- syn. assign;

v3
seize and take control without authority and possibly with force;

- take as one's right or possession;

- "He assumed to himself the right to fill all positions in the town";

- "he usurped my rights";

- "She seized control of the throne after her husband died";

- syn. assume, seize, take over, usurp;

arrogation / æ ɹ oʊ ɡ eɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
seizure by the government;

- syn. confiscation;

arrogator / æ ɹ ə ɡ eɪ t ə ɹ /
n1
a person who through conceit makes pretentious claims to rights or advantages that he or she is not entitled to or to qualities that he or she does not possess;

arrow / æ ɹ oʊ /
n1
a mark to indicate a direction or relation;

- syn. pointer;

n2
a projectile with a straight thin shaft and an arrowhead on one end and stabilizing vanes on the other;

- intended to be shot from a bow;

arrow-grass family
n1
a family of monocotyledonous bog herbs of order Naiadales;

- syn. Juncaginaceae, Scheuchzeriaceae, family Juncaginaceae, family Scheuchzeriaceae;

arrow-shaped
a1
(of a leaf shape) like an arrow head without flaring base lobes;

- syn. sagittate, sagittiform;

- sim. simple;

arrow arum
n1
an aquatic plant of the genus Peltandra;

- North America;

arrow grass
n1
tufted perennial found in shallow water or marshland;

- sometimes poisons livestock;

- syn. Triglochin maritima;

arrow leaved aster
n1
a variety of aster;

arrow wood
n1
closely related to southern arrow wood;

- grows in the eastern United States from Maine to Ohio and Georgia;

- syn. Viburnum recognitum;

n2
deciduous shrub of eastern North America having blue-black berries and tough pliant wood formerly used to make arrows;

- syn. Viburnum dentatum, southern arrow wood;

arrowhead / æ ɹ oʊ h ɛ d /
n1
the pointed head or striking tip of an arrow;

arrowleaf groundsel
n1
perennial with sharply toothed triangular leaves on leafy stems bearing a cluster of yellow flower heads;

- moist places in mountains of western North America;

- syn. Senecio triangularis;

arrowroot / æ ɹ oʊ ɹ u t /
n1
a nutritive starch obtained from the root of the arrowroot plant;

n2
white-flowered West Indian plant whose root yields arrowroot starch;

- syn. American arrowroot, Maranta arundinaceae, obedience plant;

n3
canna grown especially for its edible rootstock from which arrowroot starch is obtained;

- syn. Canna edulis, Canna indica, achira, indian shot;

arrowroot family
n1
tropical perennial herbs with usually starchy rhizomes;

- syn. Marantaceae, family Marantaceae;

arrowsmith / æ ɹ oʊ s m ɪ θ /
n1
a maker of arrows;

arrowworm
n1
any worm of the Chaetognatha;

- transparent marine worm with horizontal lateral and caudal fins and a row of movable curved spines at each side of the mouth;

- syn. chaetognath;

arroyo
n1
a stream or brook;

arroyo willow
n1
shrubby willow of the western United States;

- syn. Salix lasiolepis;

arroz con pollo
n1
rice and chicken cooked together Spanish style;

- highly seasoned especially with saffron;

arse / ɑ s /
n1
the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on;

- "he deserves a good kick in the butt";

- "are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?";

- syn. ass, backside, behind, bottom, bum, buns, butt, buttocks, can, derriere, fanny, fundament, hind end, hindquarters, keister, nates, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, seat, stern, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush;

n2
vulgar slang for anus;

- syn. arsehole, asshole, bunghole;

arse about
v1
be lazy or idle;

- "Her son is just bumming around all day";

- syn. arse around, bum, bum about, bum around, frig around, fuck off, loaf, loll, loll around, lounge about, lounge around, waste one's time;

arse around
v1
be lazy or idle;

- "Her son is just bumming around all day";

- syn. arse about, bum, bum about, bum around, frig around, fuck off, loaf, loll, loll around, lounge about, lounge around, waste one's time;

v2
indulge in horseplay;

- "Enough horsing around--let's get back to work!";

- "The bored children were fooling about";

- syn. fool, fool around, horse around;

arsehole / ɑ s h oʊ ɫ /
n1
vulgar slang for anus;

- syn. arse, asshole, bunghole;

arsenal / ɑ s n ə ɫ /
n1
all the weapons and equipment that a country has;

- syn. armory, armoury;

n2
a military structure where arms and ammunition and other military equipment are stored and training is given in the use of arms;

- syn. armory, armoury;

n3
a place where arms are manufactured;

- syn. armory, armoury;

arsenate / ɑ s ɪ n ɪ t /
n1
a salt or ester of arsenic acid;

arsenic / ɑ s ɛ n ɪ k , ɑ s n ɪ k /
n1
a white powdered poisonous trioxide of arsenic;

- used in manufacturing glass and as a pesticide (rat poison) and weed killer;

- syn. arsenic trioxide, arsenous anhydride, arsenous oxide, ratsbane, white arsenic;

n2
a very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms;

- arsenic and arsenic compounds are used as herbicides and insecticides and various alloys;

- found in arsenopyrite and orpiment and realgar;

- syn. As, atomic number 33;

arsenic acid
n1
an acid formed from arsenic pentoxide;

arsenic group
n1
the univalent group derived from arsine;

- syn. cacodyl, cacodyl group, cacodyl radical;

arsenic trioxide
n1
a white powdered poisonous trioxide of arsenic;

- used in manufacturing glass and as a pesticide (rat poison) and weed killer;

- syn. arsenic, arsenous anhydride, arsenous oxide, ratsbane, white arsenic;

arsenical / ɑ s ɛ n ɪ k ə ɫ /
n1
a pesticide or drug containing arsenic;

a1
relating to or containing arsenic;

- "arsenic vapor";

arsenide
n1
a compound of arsenic with a more positive element;

arsenious / ɑ s i n j ə s /
a1
relating to compounds in which arsenic is trivalent;

arsenopyrite
n1
a silver-white or grey ore of arsenic;

- syn. mispickel;

arsenous anhydride
n1
a white powdered poisonous trioxide of arsenic;

- used in manufacturing glass and as a pesticide (rat poison) and weed killer;

- syn. arsenic, arsenic trioxide, arsenous oxide, ratsbane, white arsenic;

arsenous oxide
n1
a white powdered poisonous trioxide of arsenic;

- used in manufacturing glass and as a pesticide (rat poison) and weed killer;

- syn. arsenic, arsenic trioxide, arsenous anhydride, ratsbane, white arsenic;

arsine
n1
a poisonous colorless flammable gas used in organic synthesis and to dope transistors and as a poison gas in warfare;

arson / ɑ s n /
n1
malicious burning to destroy property;

- "the British term for arson is fire-raising";

- syn. fire-raising, incendiarism;

arsonist
n1
a criminal who illegally sets fire to property;

- syn. firebug, incendiary;

art / ɑ t /
n1
the products of human creativity;

- works of art collectively;

- "an art exhibition";

- "a collection of fine art";

- syn. fine art;

n2
the creation of beautiful or significant things;

- "art does not need to be innovative to be good";

- "I was never any good at art";

- "he said that architecture is the art of wasting space beautifully";

- syn. artistic creation, artistic production;

n3
a superior skill that you can learn by study and practice and observation;

- "the art of conversation";

- "it's quite an art";

- syn. artistry, prowess;

n4
photographs or other visual representations in a printed publication;

- "the publisher was responsible for all the artwork in the book";

- syn. artwork, graphics, nontextual matter;

art class
n1
a class in which you learn to draw or paint;

art collection
n1
a collection of art works;

art critic
n1
a critic of paintings;

art dealer
n1
a dealer in works of art requiring esthetic evaluation;

art deco
n1
a style of design that was popular in the 1920s and 1930s;

- marked by stylized forms and geometric designs adapted to mass production;

- syn. deco;

art department
n1
the academic department responsible for teaching art and art appreciation;

art director
n1
the director in charge of the artistic features of a theatrical production (costumes and scenery and lighting);

art editor
n1
an editor who is responsible for illustrations and layouts in printed matter;

art exhibition
n1
an exhibition of art objects (paintings or statues);

art form
n1
(architecture) a form of artistic expression (such as writing or painting or architecture);

art gallery
n1
a room or series of rooms where works of art are exhibited;

- syn. gallery, picture gallery;

art historian
n1
a historian of art;

art history
n1
the academic discipline that studies the development of painting and sculpture;

art movement
n1
a group of artists who agree on general principles;

- syn. artistic movement;

art nouveau
n1
a French school of art and architecture popular in the 1890s;

- characterized by stylized natural forms and sinuous outlines of such objects as leaves and vines and flowers;

art object
n1
a work of art of some artistic value;

- "this store sells only objets d'art";

- "it is not known who created this piece";

- syn. objet d'art, piece;

art paper
n1
a high-quality paper (usually having a filler of china clay);

art rock
n1
a style of rock music that emerged in the 1970s;

- associated with attempts to combine rock with jazz and other forms;

- intended for listening and not dancing;

- syn. progressive rock;

art school
n1
a school specializing in art;

art student
n1
someone studying to be an artist;

Art Tatum
n1
United States jazz pianist who was almost completely blind;

- his innovations influenced many other jazz musicians (1910-1956);

- syn. Arthur Tatum, Tatum;

art teacher
n1
someone who teaches art;

Artamidae
n1
wood swallows;

- syn. family Artamidae;

Artamus
n1
type genus of the Artamidae;

- syn. genus Artamus;

Artaxerxes
n1
king of Persia who subdued numerous revolutions and made peace with Sparta (?-359 BC);

- syn. Artaxerxes II;

n2
king of Persia who sanctioned the practice of Judaism in Jerusalem (?-424 BC);

- syn. Artaxerxes I;

Artaxerxes I
n1
king of Persia who sanctioned the practice of Judaism in Jerusalem (?-424 BC);

- syn. Artaxerxes;

Artaxerxes II
n1
king of Persia who subdued numerous revolutions and made peace with Sparta (?-359 BC);

- syn. Artaxerxes;

artefact / ɑ t ɪ f æ k t /
n1
a man-made object taken as a whole;

- syn. artifact;

artefactual / ɑ t ɪ f æ k tʃ ʊə ɫ /
a1
of or relating to artifacts;

- syn. artifactual;

Artemia
n1
fairy shrimp;

- brine shrimp;

- syn. Chirocephalus, genus Artemia, genus Chirocephalus;

Artemia salina
n1
common to saline lakes;

- syn. brine shrimp;

Artemis
n1
(Greek mythology) the virgin goddess of the hunt and the Moon;

- daughter of Leto and twin sister of Apollo;

- identified with Roman Diana;

- syn. Cynthia;

Artemis pontica
n1
European wormwood;

- minor source of absinthe;

- syn. Roman wormwood;

Artemis spinescens
n1
a perennial that is valuable as sheep forage in the United States;

- syn. bud brush, bud sagebrush;

artemisia
n1
any of various composite shrubs or herbs of the genus Artemisia having aromatic green or greyish foliage;

Artemisia abrotanum
n1
shrubby European wormwood naturalized in North America;

- sometimes used in brewing beer;

- syn. southernwood;

Artemisia absinthium
n1
aromatic herb of temperate Eurasia and North Africa having a bitter taste used in making the liqueur absinthe;

- syn. absinthe, common wormwood, lad's love, old man;

Artemisia annua
n1
wormwood of southeastern Europe to Iran;

- syn. sweet wormwood;

Artemisia californica
n1
low ashy-grey California shrub;

- syn. California sage, California sagebrush;

Artemisia campestris
n1
European wormwood similar to common wormwood in its properties;

- syn. field wormwood;

Artemisia cana
n1
low much-branched perennial of western United States having silvery leaves;

- an important browse and shelter plant;

- syn. Seriphidium canum, gray sage, grey sage, silver sage, silver sagebrush;

Artemisia dracunculus
n1
aromatic perennial of southeastern Russia;

- syn. estragon, tarragon;

Artemisia filifolia
n1
silver-haired shrub of central and southern United States and Mexico;

- a troublesome weed on rangelands;

- syn. sand sage, silvery wormwood;

Artemisia frigida
n1
silky-leaved aromatic perennial of dry northern parts of the northern hemisphere;

- has tawny florets;

- syn. prairie sagewort, wormwood sage;

Artemisia gnaphalodes
n1
perennial cottony-white herb of southwestern United States;

- syn. Artemisia ludoviciana, cudweed, prairie sage, western mugwort, white sage;

Artemisia ludoviciana
n1
perennial cottony-white herb of southwestern United States;

- syn. Artemisia gnaphalodes, cudweed, prairie sage, western mugwort, white sage;

Artemisia maritima
n1
plants of western and northern European coasts;

- syn. Seriphidium maritimum, sea wormwood;

Artemisia stelleriana
n1
herb with greyish leaves found along the east coast of North America;

- used as an ornamental plant;

- syn. beach wormwood, dusty miller, old woman;

Artemisia tridentata
n1
aromatic shrub of arid regions of western North America having hoary leaves;

- syn. Seriphidium tridentatum, big sagebrush, blue sage;

Artemisia vulgaris
n1
European tufted aromatic perennial herb having hairy red or purple stems and dark green leaves downy white below and red-brown florets;

- syn. common mugwort;

Artemision at Ephesus
n1
the large temple of the Greek goddess Artemis which was begun at Ephesus in 541 BC and completed 220 years later;

- the temple was destroyed by the Goths in 262;

Artemus Ward
n1
United States writer of humorous tales of an itinerant showman (1834-1867);

- syn. Browne, Charles Farrar Browne;

arteria / ɑ t ɪə ɹ ɪə /
n1
a blood vessel that carries blood from the heart to the body;

- syn. arterial blood vessel, artery;

arteria alveolaris
n1
a branch of the maxillary artery that supplies the alveolar process;

- syn. alveolar artery;

arteria alveolaris inferior
n1
the alveolar artery that goes through the mandibular canal to supply the lower teeth;

- syn. inferior alveolar artery;

arteria alveolaris superior
n1
the alveolar artery that supplies the upper teeth;

- syn. superior alveolar artery;

arteria angularis
n1
the terminal branch of the facial artery;

- syn. angular artery;

arteria appendicularis
n1
the branch of the ileocolic artery that supplies the vermiform appendix;

- syn. appendicular artery;

arteria arcuata
n1
curved artery in the foot;

- syn. arcuate artery;

arteria ascendens
n1
the branch of the ileocolic artery that supplies the ascending colon;

- syn. ascending artery;

arteria auricularis
n1
artery that supplies blood to the ear;

- syn. auricular artery;

arteria axillaris
n1
the part of the main artery of the arm that lies in the armpit and is continuous with the subclavian artery above and the brachial artery below;

- syn. axillary artery;

arteria basilaris
n1
an unpaired artery;

- supplies the pons and cerebellum and the back part of the cerebrum and the inner ear;

- syn. basilar artery;

arteria brachialis
n1
the main artery of the upper arm;

- a continuation of the axillary artery;

- bifurcates into the radial and ulnar arteries at the elbow;

- syn. brachial artery;

arteria buccalis
n1
a branch of the maxillary artery that supplies blood to the buccinator muscle and the cheek;

- syn. buccal artery;

arteria bulbi penis
n1
a branch of the internal pudendal artery of males that supplies the bulb of the penis;

- syn. artery of the penis bulb;

arteria bulbi vestibuli
n1
a branch of the internal pudendal artery in females that supplies the bulb of the vestibule;

- syn. artery of the vestibule bulb;

arteria carotis
n1
either of two major arteries of the neck and head;

- branches from the aorta;

- syn. carotid artery;

arteria celiaca
n1
an artery that originates from the abdominal aorta just below the diaphragm and branches into the left gastric artery and the common hepatic artery and the splenic artery;

- syn. celiac artery, celiac trunk, truncus celiacus;

arteria centralis retinae
n1
a branch of the ophthalmic artery;

- enters the eyeball with the optic nerve;

- syn. central artery of the retina;

arteria cerebelli
n1
an artery that supplies the cerebellum;

- syn. cerebellar artery;

arteria cerebri
n1
any of the arteries supplying blood to the cerebral cortex;

- syn. cerebral artery;

arteria choroidea
n1
an artery that supplies the choroid plexus;

- syn. choroidal artery;

arteria ciliaris
n1
one of several arteries supplying the choroid coat of the eye;

- syn. ciliary artery;

arteria circumflexa femoris
n1
an artery that supplies the hip joint and thigh muscles;

- syn. circumflex artery of the thigh;

arteria circumflexa humeri
n1
an artery that supplies the shoulder joint and shoulder muscles;

- syn. circumflex humeral artery;

arteria circumflexa ilium
n1
an artery that supplies the lower abdominal walls and skin and the sartorius muscle;

- syn. circumflex iliac artery;

arteria circumflexa scapulae
n1
an artery that serves the muscles of the shoulder and scapular area;

- syn. circumflex scapular artery;

arteria colica
n1
arteries that supply blood to the colon;

- syn. colic artery;

arteria communicans
n1
any of three arteries in the brain that make up the circle of Willis;

- syn. communicating artery;

arteria coronaria
n1
the artery that branches from the aorta to supply blood to the heart;

- syn. coronary artery;

arteria cystica
n1
a branch of the hepatic artery;

- supplies the gall bladder and the surface of the liver;

- syn. cystic artery;

arteria digitalis
n1
arteries in the hand and foot that supply the fingers and toes;

- syn. digital arteries;

arteria epigastrica
n1
one of three arteries supplying the anterior walls of the abdomen;

- syn. epigastric artery;

arteria ethmoidalis
n1
a branch of the ophthalmic artery supplying structures in and around the nasal capsule;

- syn. ethmoidal artery;

arteria facialis
n1
an artery that originates in the external carotid and gives off branches that supply the neck and face;

- syn. external maxillary artery, facial artery;

arteria femoralis
n1
the chief artery of the thigh;

- a continuation of the external iliac artery;

- syn. femoral artery;

arteria gastrica
n1
the arteries that supply the walls of the stomach;

- syn. gastric artery;

arteria gastrica breves
n1
several small arteries branching off of the splenic artery and going to the greater curvature of the stomach;

- syn. short gastric artery, vasa brevis;

arteria gastrica sinistra
n1
a branch of the celiac artery that supplies the lesser curvature of the stomach and the abdominal part of the esophagus;

- syn. left gastric artery;

arteria glutes
n1
branches of the internal iliac artery that supply the hip joint and gluteal region;

- syn. gluteal artery;

arteria hepatica
n1
arteries that supply the liver;

- syn. hepatic artery;

arteria ileocolica
n1
an artery that originates from the superior mesenteric artery and supplies the terminal part of the ileum and the cecum and the vermiform appendix and the ascending colon;

- syn. ileocolic artery;

arteria ileum
n1
branch of the superior mesenteric artery that supplies the ileum;

- syn. ileal artery, intestinal artery;

arteria iliaca
n1
one of the large arteries supplying blood to the pelvis and legs;

- syn. iliac artery;

arteria iliolumbalis
n1
an artery that originates in the internal iliac artery and supplies the pelvic muscles and bones;

- syn. iliolumbar artery;

arteria infraorbitalis
n1
an artery that originates from the maxillary artery and supplies structures below the orbit (from lower eyelid to upper lip);

- syn. infraorbital artery;

arteria intercostalis
n1
several arteries and supplying the intercostal spaces of the rib cage;

- syn. intercostal artery;

arteria labialis
n1
an artery that is a branch of the facial artery that supplies the lips of the mouth;

- syn. labial artery;

arteria labialis inferior
n1
an artery that is a branch of the facial artery that supplies the lower lip;

- syn. inferior labial artery;

arteria labialis superior
n1
an artery that is a branch of the facial artery that supplies the upper lip;

- syn. superior labial artery;

arteria lacrimalis
n1
an artery that originates from the ophthalmic artery and supplies the lacrimal gland and rectal eye muscles and the upper eyelid and the forehead;

- syn. lacrimal artery;

arteria laryngea
n1
either of two arteries that supply blood to the larynx;

- syn. laryngeal artery;

arteria lienalis
n1
an artery that originates from the celiac trunk and supplies blood to the spleen;

- syn. lienal artery, splenic artery;

arteria lingualis
n1
an artery originating from the external carotid artery and supplying the under side of the tongue;

- syn. lingual artery;

arteria lumbalis
n1
one of four or five pairs of arteries that originate in the abdominal aorta and supply the lumbar vertebrae and the back muscles and abdominal wall;

- syn. lumbar artery;

arteria maxillaris
n1
either of two arteries branching from the external carotid artery and supplying structure of the face;

- syn. maxillary artery;

arteria meningea
n1
any of three arteries supplying the meninges of the brain and neighboring structures;

- syn. meningeal artery;

arteria mesenterica
n1
one of two branches of the aorta that pass between the two layers of the mesentery to the intestines;

- syn. mesenteric artery;

arteria metacarpea
n1
dorsal and palmar arteries of the hand;

- syn. metacarpal artery;

arteria metatarsea
n1
dorsal and plantar arteries to the metatarsal region of the foot;

- syn. metatarsal artery;

arteria musculophrenica
n1
an artery that supplies the abdomen and intercostal muscles;

- syn. musculophrenic artery;

arteria nutricia
n1
an artery that supplies the medullary cavity of the long bone;

- syn. nutrient artery;

arteria ophthalmica
n1
a branch of the internal carotid artery that supplies the eye and neighboring structures;

- syn. ophthalmic artery;

arteria ovarica
n1
the artery that branches from the aorta and supplies blood to the ovaries;

- syn. ovarian artery;

arteria palatina
n1
one of several arteries supplying the face;

- syn. palatine artery;

arteria pancreatica
n1
a branch of the splenic artery that supplies the pancreas;

- syn. pancreatic artery;

arteria perinealis
n1
a branch of the internal pudendal artery that supplies superficial structures of the perineum;

- syn. perineal artery;

arteria poplitea
n1
a continuation of the femoral artery that branches to supply the legs and feet;

- syn. popliteal artery;

arteria pudenda
n1
arteries supplying the external genital organs of humans;

- syn. pudendal artery;

arteria pulmonalis
n1
one of two arteries (branches of the pulmonary trunk) that carry venous blood from the heart to the lungs;

- syn. pulmonary artery;

arteria radialis
n1
branch of the brachial artery beginning below the elbow and extending down the forearm around the wrist and into the palm;

- syn. radial artery;

arteria rectalis
n1
one of the arteries supplying the rectal area;

- syn. rectal artery;

arteria renalis
n1
an artery originating from the abdominal aorta and supplying the kidneys and adrenal glands and ureters;

- syn. renal artery;

arteria subclavia
n1
either of two arteries that supply blood to the neck and arms;

- syn. subclavian artery;

arteria temporalis anterior
n1
temporal artery that goes to the anterior part of the cerebral cortex of the temporal lobe;

- syn. anterior temporal artery;

arteria temporalis intermedia
n1
temporal artery that goes to the middle part of the cerebral cortex of the temporal lobe;

- syn. intermediate temporal artery;

arteria temporalis posterior
n1
temporal artery that supplies the posterior part of the cortex of the temporal lobe;

- syn. posterior temporal artery;

arteria testicularis
n1
a branch of the aorta supplying the testicles;

- syn. internal spermatic artery, testicular artery;

arteria ulnaris
n1
large artery that branches from the brachial artery to supply the muscles of the forearm and wrist and hand;

- syn. ulnar artery;

arteria uterina
n1
a branch of the internal iliac artery that supplies the uterus and the upper part of the vagina;

- syn. uterine artery;

arteria vaginalis
n1
a branch of the internal iliac that provides blood for the vagina and the base of the bladder and the rectum;

- syn. vaginal artery;

arteria vertebralis
n1
the first branch of the subclavian artery;

- divided into four parts;

- syn. vertebral artery;

arterial / ɑ t ɪə ɹ ɪə ɫ /
a1
of or involving or contained in the arteries;

- "arterial disease";

- "the arterial system";

- "arterial blood";

arterial blood
n1
blood found in arteries;

- "except for the pulmonary artery the arterial blood is rich in oxygen";

arterial blood gases
n1
measurement of the pH level and the oxygen and carbon dioxide concentrations in arterial blood;

- important in diagnosis of many respiratory diseases;

arterial blood vessel
n1
a blood vessel that carries blood from the heart to the body;

- syn. arteria, artery;

arterial plaque
n1
a fatty deposit inside an arterial wall;

- characteristic of atherosclerosis;

arterial pressure
n1
the pressure of the circulating blood on the arteries;

- "arterial pressure is the product of cardiac output and vascular resistance";

arterial road
n1
a major or main route;

arterial sclerosis
n1
sclerosis of the arterial walls;

- syn. arteriosclerosis, coronary-artery disease, hardening of the arteries, induration of the arteries;

arterialise
v1
change venous blood into arterial blood;

- syn. arterialize;

arterialize / ɑ t ɪə ɹ ɪə ɫ aɪ z /
v1
change venous blood into arterial blood;

- syn. arterialise;

arteriectasia
n1
an abnormal distension of an artery;

- syn. arteriectasis;

arteriectasis
n1
an abnormal distension of an artery;

- syn. arteriectasia;

arteriogram
n1
an X ray of an artery filled with a contrast medium;

arteriography
n1
roentgenographic examination of arteries;

arteriola
n1
one of the small thin-walled arteries that end in capillaries;

- syn. arteriole, capillary artery;

arteriolar
a1
of or relating to or involving arterioles;

arteriole / ɑ t ɪə ɹ i oʊ ɫ /
n1
one of the small thin-walled arteries that end in capillaries;

- syn. arteriola, capillary artery;

arteriolosclerosis
n1
sclerosis of the arterioles;

arteriosclerosis / ɑ t ɪə ɹ i oʊ s k ɫ ə ɹ oʊ s ɪ s /
n1
sclerosis of the arterial walls;

- syn. arterial sclerosis, coronary-artery disease, hardening of the arteries, induration of the arteries;

arteriosclerosis obliterans
n1
a stage of arteriosclerosis involving closure of blood vessels;

arteriosclerotic / ɑ t ɪə ɹ i oʊ s k ɫ ɪə ɹ ɒ t ɪ k /
a1
affected by arteriosclerosis;

arteriovenous
a1
connecting an artery to a vein;

- "an arteriovenous fistula";

arteritis / ɑ t ə ɹ aɪ t ɪ s /
n1
inflammation of an artery;

artery / ɑ t ə ɹ i /
n1
a blood vessel that carries blood from the heart to the body;

- syn. arteria, arterial blood vessel;

n2
a major thoroughfare that bears important traffic;

artery of the labyrinth
n1
an artery that is a branch of the basilar artery that supplies the labyrinth;

- syn. internal auditory artery, labyrinthine artery;

artery of the penis bulb
n1
a branch of the internal pudendal artery of males that supplies the bulb of the penis;

- syn. arteria bulbi penis;

artery of the vestibule bulb
n1
a branch of the internal pudendal artery in females that supplies the bulb of the vestibule;

- syn. arteria bulbi vestibuli;

artesian / ɑ t i z ɪə n /
a1
(of water) rising to the surface under internal hydrostatic pressure;

- "an artesian well";

- "artesian pressure";

artesian well
n1
a well drilled through impermeable strata into strata that receive water from a higher altitude so there is pressure to force the water to flow upward;

artful / ɑ t f ə ɫ /
a1
not straightforward or candid;

- giving a false appearance of frankness;

- "an ambitious, disingenuous, philistine, and hypocritical operator, who...exemplified...the most disagreeable traits of his time"- David Cannadine;

- "a disingenuous excuse";

- syn. disingenuous;

- also insincere;

- sim. distorted;

a2
marked by skill in achieving a desired end especially with cunning or craft;

- "the artful dodger";

- "an artful choice of metaphors";

- also adroit;

- sim. crafty, cute, deep, designing, elusive, manipulative, pawky;

artfully / ɑ t f ə ɫ i /
r1
in an artful manner;

- "her foot pointed artfully toward tapering toes";

r2
in a disingenuous manner;

- "disingenuously, he asked leading questions about his opponent's work";

- syn. disingenuously;

r3
in an artful manner;

- "he craftily arranged to be there when the decision was announced";

- "had ever circumstances conspired so cunningly?";

- syn. craftily, cunningly, foxily, knavishly, slyly, trickily;

artfulness / ɑ t f ə ɫ n ə s /
n1
the quality of being adroit in taking unfair advantage;

arthralgia
n1
pain in a joint or joints;

arthralgic
a1
of or relating to arthralgia;

arthritic / ɑ θ ɹ ɪ t ɪ k /
n1
a person afflicted with arthritis;

- "the hands of an elderly arthritic";

a1
of or pertaining to arthritis;

- "my creaky old joints";

- "rheumy with age and grief";

- syn. creaky, rheumatic, rheumatoid, rheumy;

- sim. unhealthy;

arthritis / ɑ θ ɹ aɪ t ɪ s /
n1
inflammation of a joint or joints;

arthrocentesis
n1
removal of fluid from a joint by centesis;

arthrodesis
n1
the surgical fixation of a joint which is intended to result in bone fusion;

arthrogram
n1
an X ray of a joint after the injection of a contrast medium;

arthrography
n1
roentgenographic examination of a joint after injection of radiopaque contrast medium;

- produces an arthrogram;

arthromere
n1
any of the segments in the body of a jointed animal like an arthropod;

arthromeric
a1
of or relating to one of the body segments of jointed animals;

arthropathy
n1
a pathology or abnormality of a joint;

arthroplasty
n1
surgical reconstruction or replacement of a malformed or degenerated joint;

arthropod
n1
invertebrate having jointed limbs and a segmented body with an exoskeleton made of chitin;

arthropod family
n1
any of the arthropods;

arthropod genus
n1
a genus of arthropods;

Arthropoda
n1
jointed-foot invertebrates: arachnids;

- crustaceans;

- insects;

- millipedes;

- centipedes;

- syn. phylum Arthropoda;

arthropodal
a1
of or relating to invertebrates of the phylum Arthropoda;

- syn. arthropodan, arthropodous;

arthropodan
a1
of or relating to invertebrates of the phylum Arthropoda;

- syn. arthropodal, arthropodous;

arthropodous
a1
of or relating to invertebrates of the phylum Arthropoda;

- syn. arthropodal, arthropodan;

Arthropteris
n1
tropical and subtropical Old World epiphytic or lithophytic ferns;

- syn. genus Arthropteris;

arthroscope
n1
a type of endoscope that is inserted into a joint for visual examination;

arthroscopy
n1
a minimally invasive operation to repair a damaged joint;

- the surgeon examines the joint with an arthroscope while making repairs through a small incision;

arthrospore
n1
a body that resembles a spore but is not an endospore;

- produced by some bacteria;

n2
one of a string of thick walled vegetative resting cells formed by some algae and fungi;

arthrosporic
a1
of or relating to arthrospores;

- syn. arthrosporous;

arthrosporous
a1
of or relating to arthrospores;

- syn. arthrosporic;

Arthur / ɑ θ ə , ɑ θ ə ɹ /
n1
elected vice president and became 21st President of the United States when Garfield was assassinated (1830-1886);

- syn. Chester A. Arthur, Chester Alan Arthur, President Arthur;

n2
a legendary king of the Britons (possibly based on a historical figure in the 6th century but the story has been retold too many times to be sure);

- said to have led the Knights of the Round Table at Camelot;

- syn. King Arthur;

Arthur Ashe
n1
United States tennis player who was the first Black to win United States and English singles championships (1943-1993);

- syn. Arthur Robert Ashe, Ashe;

Arthur Compton
n1
United States physicist noted for research on x-rays and gamma rays and nuclear energy;

- his observation that X-rays behave like miniature bowling balls in their interactions with electrons provided evidence for the quantal nature of light (1892-1962);

- syn. Arthur Holly Compton, Compton;

Arthur Conan Doyle
n1
British author who created Sherlock Holmes (1859-1930);

- syn. A. Conan Doyle, Conan Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle;

Arthur Edwin Kennelly
n1
United States electrical engineer noted for his work on the theory of alternating currents;

- independently of Oliver Heaviside he discovered the existence of an atmospheric layer that reflects radio waves back to earth (1861-1939);

- syn. A. E. Kennelly, Kennelly;

Arthur Evans
n1
British archaeologist who excavated the palace of Knossos in Crete to find what he called Minoan civilization (1851-1941);

- syn. Evans, Sir Arthur John Evans;

Arthur Fiedler
n1
popular United States conductor (1894-1979);

- syn. Fiedler;

Arthur Garfield Hays
n1
United States lawyer involved in several famous court trials (1881-1954);

- syn. Hays;

Arthur Holly Compton
n1
United States physicist noted for research on x-rays and gamma rays and nuclear energy;

- his observation that X-rays behave like miniature bowling balls in their interactions with electrons provided evidence for the quantal nature of light (1892-1962);

- syn. Arthur Compton, Compton;

Arthur Holmes
n1
English geologist and supporter of the theory of continental drift (1890-1965);

- syn. Holmes;

Arthur Honegger
n1
Swiss composer (born in France) who was the founding member of a group in Paris that included Erik Satie and Darius Milhaud and Francis Poulenc and Jean Cocteau (1892-1955);

- syn. Honegger;

Arthur Jacob Arshawsky
n1
United States clarinetist and leader of a swing band (1910-2004);

- syn. Artie Shaw, Shaw;

Arthur James Balfour
n1
English statesman;

- member of the Conservative Party (1848-1930);

- syn. 1st Earl of Balfour, Balfour;

Arthur John Gielgud
n1
English actor of Shakespearean roles who was also noted for appearances in films (1904-2000);

- syn. Gielgud, Sir John Gielgud;

Arthur Koestler
n1
British writer (born in Hungary) who wrote a novel exposing the Stalinist purges during the 1930s (1905-1983);

- syn. Koestler;

Arthur Laffer
n1
United States economist who proposed the Laffer curve (born in 1940);

- syn. Laffer;

Arthur Marx
n1
United States comedian;

- one of four brothers who made motion pictures together (1893-1964);

- syn. Harpo, Marx;

Arthur Meier Schlesinger
n1
United States historian (1888-1965);

- syn. Arthur Schlesinger, Schlesinger;

Arthur Meier Schlesinger Jr.
n1
United States historian and advisor to President Kennedy (born in 1917);

- syn. Arthur Schlesinger, Arthur Schlesinger Jr., Schlesinger;

Arthur Miller
n1
United States playwright (1915-2005);

- syn. Miller;

Arthur Mitchell
n1
United States dancer who formed the first Black classical ballet company (born in 1934);

- syn. Mitchell;

Arthur Neville Chamberlain
n1
British statesman who as Prime Minister pursued a policy of appeasement toward fascist Germany (1869-1940);

- syn. Chamberlain, Neville Chamberlain;

Arthur Rimbaud
n1
French poet whose work influenced the surrealists (1854-1891);

- syn. Jean Nicholas Arthur Rimbaud, Rimbaud;

Arthur Robert Ashe
n1
United States tennis player who was the first Black to win United States and English singles championships (1943-1993);

- syn. Arthur Ashe, Ashe;

Arthur Rubinstein
n1
United States pianist (born in Poland) known for his interpretations of the music of Chopin (1886-1982);

- syn. Artur Rubinstein, Rubinstein;

Arthur Schlesinger
n1
United States historian and advisor to President Kennedy (born in 1917);

- syn. Arthur Meier Schlesinger Jr., Arthur Schlesinger Jr., Schlesinger;

n2
United States historian (1888-1965);

- syn. Arthur Meier Schlesinger, Schlesinger;

Arthur Schlesinger Jr.
n1
United States historian and advisor to President Kennedy (born in 1917);

- syn. Arthur Meier Schlesinger Jr., Arthur Schlesinger, Schlesinger;

Arthur Schopenhauer
n1
German pessimist philosopher (1788-1860);

- syn. Schopenhauer;

Arthur Seymour Sullivan
n1
English composer of operettas who collaborated with the librettist William Gilbert (1842-1900);

- syn. Arthur Sullivan, Sir Arthur Sullivan, Sullivan;

Arthur Stanley Jefferson Laurel
n1
United States slapstick comedian (born in England) who played the scatterbrained and often tearful member of the Laurel and Hardy duo who made many films (1890-1965);

- syn. Laurel, Stan Laurel;

Arthur Sullivan
n1
English composer of operettas who collaborated with the librettist William Gilbert (1842-1900);

- syn. Arthur Seymour Sullivan, Sir Arthur Sullivan, Sullivan;

Arthur Symons
n1
English poet (1865-1945);

- syn. Symons;

Arthur Tappan
n1
United States abolitionist (1786-1865);

- syn. Tappan;

Arthur Tatum
n1
United States jazz pianist who was almost completely blind;

- his innovations influenced many other jazz musicians (1910-1956);

- syn. Art Tatum, Tatum;

Arthur Wellesley
n1
British general and statesman;

- he defeated Napoleon at Waterloo;

- subsequently served as Prime Minister (1769-1852);

- syn. Duke of Wellington, First Duke of Wellington, Iron Duke, Wellington;

Arthurian / ɑ θ j ʊə ɹ ɪə n /
a1
of or relating to King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table;

Arthurian legend
n1
the legend of King Arthur and his court at Camelot;

artichoke / ɑ t ɪ tʃ oʊ k /
n1
Mediterranean thistlelike plant widely cultivated for its large edible flower head;

- syn. Cynara scolymus, artichoke plant, globe artichoke;

n2
a thistlelike flower head with edible fleshy leaves and heart;

- syn. globe artichoke;

artichoke heart
n1
the tender fleshy center of the immature artichoke flower;

artichoke plant
n1
Mediterranean thistlelike plant widely cultivated for its large edible flower head;

- syn. Cynara scolymus, artichoke, globe artichoke;

article / ɑ t ɪ k ɫ /
n1
nonfictional prose forming an independent part of a publication;

n2
one of a class of artifacts;

- "an article of clothing";

n3
a separate section of a legal document (as a statute or contract or will);

- syn. clause;

n4
(grammar) a determiner that may indicate the specificity of reference of a noun phrase;

v1
bind by a contract;

- especially for a training period;

article of clothing
n1
a covering designed to be worn on a person's body;

- syn. clothing, habiliment, vesture, wear, wearable;

article of commerce
n1
an article that is offered for sale;

article of faith
n1
(Christianity) any of the sections into which a creed or other statement of doctrine is divided;

- syn. credendum;

n2
an unshakable belief in something without need for proof or evidence;

- syn. conviction, strong belief;

article of furniture
n1
furnishings that make a room or other area ready for occupancy;

- "they had too much furniture for the small apartment";

- "there was only one piece of furniture in the room";

- syn. furniture, piece of furniture;

articled / ɑ t ɪ k ɫ d /
a1
bound by contract;

- syn. apprenticed, bound, indentured;

- sim. unfree;

articles of agreement
n1
a contract between crew and captain of a ship;

- syn. shipping articles;

Articles of Confederation
n1
a written agreement ratified in 1781 by the thirteen original states;

- it provided a legal symbol of their union by giving the central government no coercive power over the states or their citizens;

articles of incorporation
n1
a legal document that creates a corporation;

- it is filed with a state by the founders of a corporation and is governed by the laws of the state;

articular / ɑ t ɪ k j ʊ ɫ ə /
a1
relating to or affecting the joints of the body;

- "the articular surfaces of bones";

- "articular disease";

- syn. articulary;

articular muscle
n1
a muscle that inserts directly onto the capsule of a joint;

articulary / ɑ t ɪ k j ʊ ɫ ə ɹ i /
a1
relating to or affecting the joints of the body;

- "the articular surfaces of bones";

- "articular disease";

- syn. articular;

articulate / ɑ t ɪ k j ʊ ɫ ə t , ɑ t ɪ k j ʊ ɫ eɪ t /
v1
provide with a joint;

- "the carpenter jointed two pieces of wood";

- syn. joint;

v2
put into words or an expression;

- "He formulated his concerns to the board of trustees";

- syn. formulate, give voice, phrase, word;

v3
speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way;

- "She pronounces French words in a funny way";

- "I cannot say `zip wire'";

- "Can the child sound out this complicated word?";

- syn. enounce, enunciate, pronounce, say, sound out;

v4
unite by forming a joint or joints;

- "the ankle bone articulates with the leg bones to form the ankle bones";

v5
express or state clearly;

- syn. enunciate, vocalise, vocalize;

a1
expressing yourself easily or characterized by clear expressive language;

- "articulate speech";

- "an articulate orator";

- "articulate beings";

- also communicative, communicatory, spoken;

- sim. eloquent, speech-endowed, well-spoken;

a2
consisting of segments held together by joints;

- syn. articulated;

- sim. jointed;

articulated / ɑ t ɪ k j ʊ ɫ eɪ t ɪ d /
a1
consisting of segments held together by joints;

- syn. articulate;

- sim. jointed;

articulated ladder
n1
a ladder consisting of segments (usually four) that are held together by joints that can lock in place;

articulated lorry
n1
a truck consisting of a tractor and trailer together;

- syn. rig, semi, tractor trailer, trailer truck, trucking rig;

articulately / ɑ t ɪ k j ʊ ɫ ə t ɫ i /
r1
with eloquence;

- "he expressed his ideas eloquently";

- syn. eloquently;

r2
in an articulate manner;

- "he argued articulately for his plan";

- syn. eloquently;

articulateness / ɑ t ɪ k j ʊ ɫ ə t n ɛ s /
n1
the quality of being facile in speech and writing;

- syn. fluency, volubility;

articulatio
n1
(anatomy) the point of connection between two bones or elements of a skeleton (especially if it allows motion);

- syn. articulation, joint;

articulatio coxae
n1
the ball-and-socket joint between the head of the femur and the acetabulum;

- syn. coxa, hip, hip joint;

articulatio cubiti
n1
hinge joint between the forearm and upper arm and the corresponding joint in the forelimb of a quadruped;

- syn. cubital joint, cubitus, elbow, elbow joint, human elbow;

articulatio genus
n1
hinge joint in the human leg connecting the tibia and fibula with the femur and protected in front by the patella;

- syn. genu, human knee, knee, knee joint;

articulatio humeri
n1
a ball-and-socket joint between the head of the humerus and a cavity of the scapula;

- syn. shoulder, shoulder joint;

articulatio plana
n1
a freely moving joint in which the articulations allow only gliding motions;

- syn. gliding joint;

articulatio radiocarpea
n1
a joint between the distal end of the radius and the proximal row of carpal bones;

- syn. carpus, radiocarpal joint, wrist, wrist joint;

articulatio spheroidea
n1
a freely moving joint in which a sphere on the head of one bone fits into a rounded cavity in the other bone;

- syn. ball-and-socket joint, cotyloid joint, enarthrodial joint, enarthrosis, spheroid joint;

articulatio synovialis
n1
a joint so articulated as to move freely;

- syn. diarthrosis, synovial joint;

articulatio talocruralis
n1
a gliding joint between the distal ends of the tibia and fibula and the proximal end of the talus;

- syn. ankle, ankle joint, mortise joint;

articulatio temporomandibularis
n1
the joint between the head of the lower jawbone and the temporal bone;

- syn. mandibular joint, temporomandibular joint;

articulatio trochoidea
n1
a freely moving joint in which movement is limited to rotation;

- "the articulation of the radius and ulna in the arm is a pivot joint";

- syn. pivot joint, rotary joint, rotatory joint;

articulation / ɑ t ɪ k j ʊ ɫ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the aspect of pronunciation that involves bringing articulatory organs together so as to shape the sounds of speech;

n2
the shape or manner in which things come together and a connection is made;

- syn. join, joint, junction, juncture;

n3
expressing in coherent verbal form;

- "the articulation of my feelings";

- "I gave voice to my feelings";

- syn. voice;

n4
(anatomy) the point of connection between two bones or elements of a skeleton (especially if it allows motion);

- syn. articulatio, joint;

n5
the act of joining things in such a way that motion is possible;

articulative / ɑ t ɪ k j ʊ ɫ ə t ɪ v /
a1
of or relating to articulation;

- "articulatory features";

- "articulatory phonetics";

- syn. articulatory;

articulator / ɑ t ɪ k j ʊ ɫ eɪ t ə /
n1
someone who pronounces words;

n2
a movable speech organ;

articulatory / ɑ t ɪ k j ʊ ɫ ə t ə ɹ i /
a1
of or relating to articulation;

- "articulatory features";

- "articulatory phonetics";

- syn. articulative;

articulatory system
n1
the system of joints in the body;

Artie Shaw
n1
United States clarinetist and leader of a swing band (1910-2004);

- syn. Arthur Jacob Arshawsky, Shaw;

artifact / ɑ t ɪ f æ k t /
n1
a man-made object taken as a whole;

- syn. artefact;

artifactual / ɑ t ɪ f æ k tʃ ʊə ɫ /
a1
of or relating to artifacts;

- syn. artefactual;

artifice / ɑ t ɪ f ɪ s /
n1
a deceptive maneuver (especially to avoid capture);

- syn. ruse;

artificer / ɑ t ɪ f ɪ s ə , ɑ t ɪ f ɪ s ə ɹ /
n1
someone who is the first to think of or make something;

- syn. discoverer, inventor;

n2
a skilled worker who practices some trade or handicraft;

- syn. artisan, craftsman, journeyman;

n3
an enlisted man responsible for the upkeep of small arms and machine guns etc.;

- syn. armorer, armourer;

artificial / ɑ t ɪ f ɪ ʃ ɫ /
a1
contrived by art rather than nature;

- "artificial flowers";

- "artificial flavoring";

- "an artificial diamond";

- "artificial fibers";

- "artificial sweeteners";

- syn. unreal;

- also counterfeit, unreal;

- sim. arranged, bionic, bleached, cardboard, celluloid, conventionalized, dummy, ersatz, factitious, fake, man-made, near, painted;

a2
artificially formal;

- "that artificial humility that her husband hated";

- "contrived coyness";

- "a stilted letter of acknowledgment";

- "when people try to correct their speech they develop a stilted pronunciation";

- syn. contrived, hokey, stilted;

- sim. affected;

a3
not arising from natural growth or characterized by vital processes;

- sim. inorganic;

artificial additive
n1
an additive to food intended to improve its flavor or appearance or shelf-life;

- syn. food additive;

artificial blood
n1
a liquid that can carry large amounts of oxygen and can serve as a temporary substitute for blood;

artificial flower
n1
a handmade imitation of a blossom;

artificial heart
n1
a pump that replaces the natural heart;

artificial horizon
n1
a navigational instrument based on a gyroscope;

- it artificially provides a simulated horizon for the pilot;

- syn. flight indicator, gyro horizon;

artificial insemination
n1
the introduction of semen into the oviduct or uterus by some means other than sexual intercourse;

- syn. AI;

artificial intelligence
n1
the branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively;

- "workers in AI hope to imitate or duplicate intelligence in computers and robots";

- syn. AI;

artificial joint
n1
a metal or plastic part that is surgically implanted to replace a natural joint (possibly elbow or wrist but usually hip or knee);

artificial kidney
n1
a machine that uses dialysis to remove impurities and waste products from the bloodstream before returning the blood to the patient's body;

- syn. hemodialyzer;

artificial lake
n1
lake used to store water for community use;

- syn. man-made lake, reservoir;

artificial language
n1
a language that is deliberately created for a specific purpose;

artificial pacemaker
n1
an implanted electronic device that takes over the function of the natural cardiac pacemaker;

- syn. pacemaker;

artificial respiration
n1
an emergency procedure whereby breathing is maintained artificially;

artificial satellite
n1
man-made equipment that orbits around the earth or the moon;

- syn. orbiter, satellite;

artificial skin
n1
a synthetic covering with two layers used experimentally to treat burn victims;

artificiality / ɑ t ɪ f ɪ ʃ ɪ æ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
the quality of being produced by people and not occurring naturally;

artificially / ɑ t ɪ f ɪ ʃ ə ɫ i /
r1
not according to nature;

- not by natural means;

- "artificially induced conditions";

- syn. by artificial means, unnaturally;

artillery / ɑ t ɪ ɫ ə ɹ i /
n1
large but transportable armament;

- syn. gun, heavy weapon, ordnance;

n2
an army unit that uses big guns;

- syn. artillery unit;

n3
a means of persuading or arguing;

- "he used all his conversational weapons";

- syn. weapon;

artillery fire
n1
fire delivered by artillery;

- syn. cannon fire;

artillery plant
n1
tropical American stingless nettle that discharges its pollen explosively;

- syn. Pilea microphylla;

artillery shell
n1
a shell fired by artillery;

artillery unit
n1
an army unit that uses big guns;

- syn. artillery;

artilleryman / ɑ t ɪ ɫ ə ɹ i m æ n /
n1
a serviceman in the artillery;

- syn. cannoneer, gunner, machine gunner;

artiodactyl
n1
placental mammal having hooves with an even number of functional toes on each foot;

- syn. artiodactyl mammal, even-toed ungulate;

a1
of or relating to or belonging to mammals of the order Artiodactyla;

- syn. artiodactylous, even-toed;

artiodactyl mammal
n1
placental mammal having hooves with an even number of functional toes on each foot;

- syn. artiodactyl, even-toed ungulate;

Artiodactyla
n1
an order of hooved mammals of the subclass Eutheria (including pigs and peccaries and hippopotami and members of the suborder Ruminantia) having an even number of functional toes;

- syn. order Artiodactyla;

artiodactylous
a1
of or relating to or belonging to mammals of the order Artiodactyla;

- syn. artiodactyl, even-toed;

artisan / ɑ t ɪ z æ n /
n1
a skilled worker who practices some trade or handicraft;

- syn. artificer, craftsman, journeyman;

artisan's lien
n1
lien permitting an artisan to retain possession of a piece of work until has been paid for;

artist / ɑ t ɪ s t /
n1
a person whose creative work shows sensitivity and imagination;

- syn. creative person;

artist's loft
n1
a factory loft that has been converted into an artist's workroom and living area;

artist's model
n1
a person who poses for a painter or sculptor;

- syn. sitter;

artist's workroom
n1
a studio especially for an artist or designer;

- syn. atelier;

artiste / ɑ t i s t /
n1
a public performer (a dancer or singer);

artistic / ɑ t ɪ s t ɪ k /
a1
relating to or characteristic of art or artists;

- "his artistic background";

a2
satisfying aesthetic standards and sensibilities;

- "artistic workmanship";

- sim. aesthetic;

a3
aesthetically pleasing;

- "an artistic flower arrangement";

- syn. aesthetic, esthetic;

- sim. tasteful;

artistic creation
n1
the creation of beautiful or significant things;

- "art does not need to be innovative to be good";

- "I was never any good at art";

- "he said that architecture is the art of wasting space beautifully";

- syn. art, artistic production;

artistic movement
n1
a group of artists who agree on general principles;

- syn. art movement;

artistic production
n1
the creation of beautiful or significant things;

- "art does not need to be innovative to be good";

- "I was never any good at art";

- "he said that architecture is the art of wasting space beautifully";

- syn. art, artistic creation;

artistic style
n1
the style of a particular artist or school or movement;

- "an imaginative orchestral idiom";

- syn. idiom;

artistically / ɑ t ɪ s t ɪ k ɫ i /
r1
in an artistic manner;

- "it was artistically decorated";

artistry / ɑ t ɪ s t ɹ i /
n1
a superior skill that you can learn by study and practice and observation;

- "the art of conversation";

- "it's quite an art";

- syn. art, prowess;

Artium Baccalaurens
n1
a bachelor's degree in arts and sciences;

- syn. AB, BA, Bachelor of Arts;

Artium Magister
n1
a master's degree in arts and sciences;

- syn. AM, MA, Master of Arts;

artless / ɑ t ɫ ɪ s /
a1
characterized by an inability to mask your feelings;

- not devious;

- "an ingenuous admission of responsibility";

- syn. ingenuous;

- also naif, naive, sincere;

- sim. candid, undistorted;

a2
simple and natural;

- without cunning or deceit;

- "an artless manner";

- "artless elegance";

- also natural;

- sim. careless;

a3
showing lack of art;

- "an artless translation";

- sim. unskilled;

a4
(of persons) lacking art or knowledge;

- syn. uncultivated, uncultured;

- sim. unrefined;

artlessly / ɑ t ɫ ɪ s ɫ i /
r1
in a crude and unskilled manner;

- "an inexpertly constructed lean-to";

- syn. crudely, inexpertly;

r2
in an ingenuous manner;

- "she answered the judge's questions artlessly";

- syn. ingenuously;

artlessness / ɑ t ɫ ɪ s n ə s /
n1
the quality of innocent naivete;

- syn. ingenuousness, innocence, naturalness;

n2
ingenuousness by virtue of being free from artful deceit;

Artocarpus
n1
evergreen Asiatic trees now grown through the tropics: breadfruit;

- jackfruit;

- syn. genus Artocarpus;

Artocarpus altilis
n1
native to Pacific islands and having edible fruit with a texture like bread;

- syn. Artocarpus communis, breadfruit, breadfruit tree;

Artocarpus communis
n1
native to Pacific islands and having edible fruit with a texture like bread;

- syn. Artocarpus altilis, breadfruit, breadfruit tree;

Artocarpus heterophyllus
n1
East Indian tree cultivated for its immense edible fruit and seeds;

- syn. jackfruit, jackfruit tree;

Artocarpus odoratissima
n1
Philippine tree similar to the breadfruit tree bearing edible fruit;

- syn. marang, marang tree;

Artois
n1
a former province of northern France near the English Channel (between Picardy and Flanders);

arts / ɑ t s /
n1
studies intended to provide general knowledge and intellectual skills (rather than occupational or professional skills);

- "the college of arts and sciences";

- syn. humanistic discipline, humanities, liberal arts;

arts and crafts
n1
the arts of decorative design and handicraft;

- "they sponsored arts and crafts in order to encourage craftsmanship in an age of mass production";

ArtsD
n1
an honorary arts degree;

- syn. Doctor of Arts;

artsy-craftsy
a1
pretentiously artistic;

- cloyingly charming;

- syn. arty-crafty;

- sim. pretentious;

Artur Rubinstein
n1
United States pianist (born in Poland) known for his interpretations of the music of Chopin (1886-1982);

- syn. Arthur Rubinstein, Rubinstein;

Artur Schnabel
n1
United States composer (born in Austria) and pianist noted for his interpretations of the works of Mozart and Beethoven and Schubert (1882-1951);

- syn. Schnabel;

Arturo Toscanini
n1
Italian conductor of many orchestras worldwide (1867-1957);

- syn. Toscanini;

artwork / ɑ t w ɝ k /
n1
photographs or other visual representations in a printed publication;

- "the publisher was responsible for all the artwork in the book";

- syn. art, graphics, nontextual matter;

arty / ɑ t i /
a1
showily imitative of art or artists;

- sim. pretentious;

arty-crafty / ɑ t ɪ k ɹ æ f t i /
a1
pretentiously artistic;

- cloyingly charming;

- syn. artsy-craftsy;

- sim. pretentious;

Aruba
n1
a popular island resort in the Netherlands Antilles;

arugula
n1
erect European annual often grown as a salad crop to be harvested when young and tender;

- syn. Eruca sativa, Eruca vesicaria sativa, garden rocket, rocket, rocket salad, roquette;

arui
n1
wild sheep of northern Africa;

- syn. Ammotragus lervia, Barbary sheep, aoudad, audad, maned sheep;

Arulo
n1
an artificial language intended for international use as an auxiliary language;

arum / eə ɹ ə m /
n1
starch resembling sago that is obtained from cuckoopint root;

n2
any plant of the family Araceae;

- have small flowers massed on a spadix surrounded by a large spathe;

- syn. aroid;

arum family
n1
anthurium;

- calla lily;

- jack-in-the-pulpit;

- philodendron;

- syn. Araceae, family Araceae;

arum lily
n1
South African plant widely cultivated for its showy pure white spathe and yellow spadix;

- syn. Zantedeschia aethiopica, calla, calla lily;

Arum maculatum
n1
common European arum with lanceolate spathe and short purple spadix;

- emerges in early spring;

- source of a starch called arum;

- syn. cuckoopint, jack-in-the-pulpit, lords-and-ladies;

Arum palaestinum
n1
ornamental plant of Middle East cultivated for its dark purple spathe;

- syn. black calla;

arundinaceous
a1
of or relating to or resembling reedlike plants of the genus Arundinaria;

Arundinaria
n1
North American bamboo;

- syn. genus Arundinaria;

Arundinaria gigantea
n1
tall grass of southern United States growing in thickets;

- syn. cane reed, giant cane;

Arundinaria tecta
n1
small cane of watery or moist areas in southern United States;

- syn. small cane, switch cane;

Arundo
n1
any of several coarse tall perennial grasses of most warm areas: reeds;

- syn. genus Arundo;

Arundo conspicua
n1
used by Maoris for thatching;

- syn. Chionochloa conspicua, toetoe, toitoi;

Arundo donax
n1
large rhizomatous perennial grasses found by riversides and in ditches having jointed stems and large grey-white feathery panicles;

- syn. giant reed;

Arundo richardii
n1
tall grass of New Zealand grown for plumelike flower heads;

- syn. Cortaderia richardii, plumed tussock, toe toe, toetoe;

Aruru
n1
mother and earth goddess in Gilgamish epic;

- identified with Sumerian Ki and Ninkhursag;

Arvicola
n1
in some classifications considered synonymous with Microtus;

- syn. genus Arvicola;

Arvicola amphibius
n1
common large Eurasian vole;

- syn. water rat, water vole;

Aryan / eə ɹ ɪə n /
n1
(according to Nazi doctrine) a Caucasian person of Nordic descent (and not a Jew);

n2
a member of the prehistoric people who spoke Proto-Indo European;

- syn. Indo-European;

a1
of or relating to the former Indo-European people;

- "Indo-European migrations";

- syn. Indo-Aryan, Indo-European;

arytaenoid
n1
either of two small cartilages at the back of the larynx to which the vocal folds are attached;

- syn. arytenoid, arytenoid cartilage;

arytenoid / æ ɹ ɪ t i n ɔɪ d /
n1
either of two small cartilages at the back of the larynx to which the vocal folds are attached;

- syn. arytaenoid, arytenoid cartilage;

arytenoid cartilage
n1
either of two small cartilages at the back of the larynx to which the vocal folds are attached;

- syn. arytaenoid, arytenoid;

As / æ s , æ z , ə z /
n1
a very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms;

- arsenic and arsenic compounds are used as herbicides and insecticides and various alloys;

- found in arsenopyrite and orpiment and realgar;

- syn. arsenic, atomic number 33;

n2
a United States territory on the eastern part of the island of Samoa;

- syn. American Samoa, Eastern Samoa;

r1
to the same degree (often followed by `as');

- "they were equally beautiful";

- "birds were singing and the child sang as sweetly";

- "sang as sweetly as a nightingale";

- "he is every bit as mean as she is";

- syn. equally, every bit;

as a group
r1
all together;

- "the students turned out en masse";

- syn. en bloc, en masse;

as a matter of fact
r1
in reality or actuality;

- "in fact, it was a wonder anyone survived";

- "painters who are in fact anything but unsophisticated";

- "as a matter of fact, he is several inches taller than his father";

- syn. in fact, in point of fact;

as far as possible
r1
to a feasible extent;

- "she helped him as much as possible";

- syn. as much as possible;

as follows
r1
what is listed next;

- "her complaints went as follows";

as if by magic
r1
in a magical manner;

- "it disappeared magically";

- syn. magically;

as it is
r1
in the actual state of affairs and often contrary to expectations;

- "he might have been killed;

- as it is he was severely injured";

as it were
r1
as if it were really so;

- "she lives here, as it were";

- syn. so to speak;

as luck would have it
r1
by good fortune;

- "fortunately the weather was good";

- syn. fortuitously, fortunately, luckily;

as much as possible
r1
to a feasible extent;

- "she helped him as much as possible";

- syn. as far as possible;

as needed
r1
according to need (physicians use PRN in writing prescriptions);

- "add water as needed";

- syn. PRN, as required, pro re nata;

as required
r1
according to need (physicians use PRN in writing prescriptions);

- "add water as needed";

- syn. PRN, as needed, pro re nata;

as the crow flies
r1
by the shortest and most direct route;

- "it's 10 miles as the crow flies";

as usual
r1
in the usual manner;

- "as usual, she arrived late";

as we say
r1
in a manner of speaking;

- "the feeling is, as we say, quite dead";

- syn. so to speak;

as well
r1
in addition;

- "he has a Mercedes, too";

- syn. also, besides, likewise, too;

as yet
r1
used in negative statement to describe a situation that has existed up to this point or up to the present time;

- "So far he hasn't called";

- "the sun isn't up yet";

- syn. heretofore, hitherto, so far, thus far, til now, until now, up to now, yet;

asa dulcis
n1
gum resin used especially in treating skin irritation;

- syn. benjamin, benzoin, gum benjamin, gum benzoin;

Asa Gray
n1
United States botanist who specialized in North American flora and who was an early supporter of Darwin's theories of evolution (1810-1888);

- syn. Gray;

Asa Yoelson
n1
United States singer (born in Russia) who appeared in the first full-length talking film (1886-1950);

- syn. Al Jolson, Jolson;

Asadha
n1
the fourth month of the Hindu calendar;

- syn. Asarh;

asafetida
n1
the brownish gum resin of various plants;

- has strong taste and odor;

- formerly used as an antispasmodic;

- syn. asafoetida;

asafoetida / æ s ə f ɛ t ɪ d ə /
n1
the brownish gum resin of various plants;

- has strong taste and odor;

- formerly used as an antispasmodic;

- syn. asafetida;

Asahikawa
n1
a city on western Hokkaido that is the center of a fertile agricultural area;

ASALA
n1
a militant Marxist-Leninist terrorist organization formed in 1975 to force Turkey to acknowledge killing more than a million Armenians and forcibly removing them from border areas in 1915;

- wants Turkey to pay reparations and cede territory to Armenia;

- "ASALA bombing at Orly Airport in Paris in 1983 killed 8 and wounded 55 people";

- syn. 3rd October Organization, Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia, Orly Group;

Asama
n1
a volcano in central Honshu near Nagano;

- one of the largest volcanoes in Japan (8,340 feet);

- syn. Mount Asama;

Asamiya
n1
the Magadhan language spoken by the Assamese people;

- closely related to Bengali;

- syn. Assamese;

asana
n1
(Hinduism) a posture or manner of sitting (as in the practice of yoga);

Asanga
n1
Indian religious leader and founder of the Yogacara school of Buddhism in India (4th century);

ASAP / eɪ ɛ s eɪ p i /
r1
as soon as possible;

Asaph Hall
n1
United States astronomer who discovered Phobos and Deimos (the two satellites of Mars) (1829-1907);

- syn. Hall;

asarabacca
n1
thick creeping evergreen herb of western Europe;

- syn. Asarum europaeum;

Asarh
n1
the fourth month of the Hindu calendar;

- syn. Asadha;

Asarum
n1
wild ginger;

- syn. genus Asarum;

Asarum canadense
n1
deciduous low-growing perennial of Canada and eastern and central United States;

- syn. Canada ginger, black snakeroot;

Asarum europaeum
n1
thick creeping evergreen herb of western Europe;

- syn. asarabacca;

Asarum shuttleworthii
n1
wild ginger having persistent heart-shaped pungent leaves;

- West Virginia to Alabama;

- syn. heart-leaf, heartleaf;

Asarum virginicum
n1
evergreen low-growing perennial having mottled green and silvery-grey heart-shaped pungent leaves;

- Virginia to South Carolina;

- syn. heart-leaf, heartleaf;

ASAT
a1
of or relating to a system to destroy satellites in orbit;

- "antisatellite weapons";

- syn. antisatellite;

Asbat al-Ansar
n1
an extremist Palestinian Sunni group active in Lebanon in the early 1990s that advocates Salafism;

- responsible for murders and bombings;

- seeks to overthrow the Lebanese government and control Palestinian refugee camps;

- funded by al-Qaeda;

- syn. Band of Partisans;

asbestos / æ z b ɛ s t ɒ s /
n1
a fibrous amphibole;

- used for making fireproof articles;

- inhaling fibers can cause asbestosis or lung cancer;

asbestos abatement
n1
the removal of asbestos from a public building;

asbestosis
n1
lung disease caused by inhaling asbestos particles;

Ascaphidae
n1
family of one species of frog: tailed frog;

- syn. family Ascaphidae;

Ascaphus
n1
type genus of the Ascaphidae;

- in some classifications included in the family Leiopelmatidae;

- syn. genus Ascaphus;

Ascaphus trui
n1
western North American frog with a taillike copulatory organ;

- syn. bell toad, ribbed toad, tailed frog, tailed toad;

ascariasis
n1
infestation of the human intestine with Ascaris roundworms;

Ascaridae
n1
large roundworms parasitic in intestines of vertebrates;

- syn. family Ascaridae;

Ascaridia
n1
roundworm having a preanal sucker;

- syn. genus Ascaridia;

Ascaridia galli
n1
intestinal parasite of domestic fowl;

- syn. chicken roundworm;

Ascaris
n1
type genus of the family Ascaridae: roundworms with a three-lipped mouth;

- syn. genus Ascaris;

Ascaris lumbricoides
n1
intestinal parasite of humans and pigs;

- syn. common roundworm;

ascend / ə s ɛ n d /
v1
travel up;

- "We ascended the mountain";

- "go up a ladder";

- "The mountaineers slowly ascended the steep slope";

- syn. go up;

v2
go back in order of genealogical succession;

- "Inheritance may not ascend linearly";

v3
become king or queen;

- "She ascended to the throne after the King's death";

v4
appear to be moving upward, as by means of tendrils;

- "the vine climbed up the side of the house";

- syn. climb up;

v5
go along towards (a river's) source;

- "The boat ascended the Delaware";

v6
slope upwards;

- "The path ascended to the top of the hill";

v7
come up, of celestial bodies;

- "The sun also rises";

- "The sun uprising sees the dusk night fled...";

- "Jupiter ascends";

- syn. come up, rise, uprise;

v8
move to a better position in life or to a better job;

- "She ascended from a life of poverty to one of great renown";

- syn. move up, rise;

ascendable / ə s ɛ n d ə b ɫ /
a1
capable of being ascended;

- syn. ascendible, climbable;

- sim. scalable;

ascendance / ə s ɛ n d ə n s /
n1
the state that exists when one person or group has power over another;

- "her apparent dominance of her husband was really her attempt to make him pay attention to her";

- syn. ascendancy, ascendence, ascendency, control, dominance;

ascendancy / ə s ɛ n d ə n s i /
n1
the state that exists when one person or group has power over another;

- "her apparent dominance of her husband was really her attempt to make him pay attention to her";

- syn. ascendance, ascendence, ascendency, control, dominance;

ascendant / ə s ɛ n d ə n t /
n1
position or state of being dominant or in control;

- "that idea was in the ascendant";

- syn. ascendent;

n2
someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent);

- syn. ancestor, antecedent, ascendent, root;

a1
tending or directed upward;

- "rooted and ascendant strength like that of foliage"- John Ruskin;

- syn. ascendent, ascensive;

- sim. ascending;

a2
most powerful or important or influential;

- "the economically ascendant class";

- "D-day is considered the dominating event of the war in Europe";

- syn. ascendent, dominating;

- sim. dominant;

ascendence / ə s ɛ n d ə n s /
n1
the state that exists when one person or group has power over another;

- "her apparent dominance of her husband was really her attempt to make him pay attention to her";

- syn. ascendance, ascendancy, ascendency, control, dominance;

ascendency / ə s ɛ n d ə n s i /
n1
the state that exists when one person or group has power over another;

- "her apparent dominance of her husband was really her attempt to make him pay attention to her";

- syn. ascendance, ascendancy, ascendence, control, dominance;

ascendent / ə s ɛ n d ə n t /
n1
position or state of being dominant or in control;

- "that idea was in the ascendant";

- syn. ascendant;

n2
someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent);

- syn. ancestor, antecedent, ascendant, root;

a1
tending or directed upward;

- "rooted and ascendant strength like that of foliage"- John Ruskin;

- syn. ascendant, ascensive;

- sim. ascending;

a2
most powerful or important or influential;

- "the economically ascendant class";

- "D-day is considered the dominating event of the war in Europe";

- syn. ascendant, dominating;

- sim. dominant;

ascender / ə s ɛ n d ə , ə s ɛ n d ə ɹ /
n1
someone who ascends;

n2
a lowercase letter that has a part extending above other lowercase letters;

n3
(printing) the part of tall lowercase letters that extends above the other lowercase letters;

ascendible / ə s ɛ n d ə b ɫ /
a1
capable of being ascended;

- syn. ascendable, climbable;

- sim. scalable;

ascending / ə s ɛ n d ɪ ŋ /
n1
the act of changing location in an upward direction;

- syn. ascension, ascent, rise;

a1
moving or going or growing upward;

- "the ascending plane";

- "the ascending staircase";

- "the ascending stems of chickweed";

- also up;

- sim. acclivitous, ascendant, assurgent, assurgent, highflying, scandent, up;

ascending aorta
n1
the ascending part of the aorta as it emerges from the left ventricle;

ascending artery
n1
the branch of the ileocolic artery that supplies the ascending colon;

- syn. arteria ascendens;

ascending colon
n1
the part of the large intestine that ascends from the cecum to the transverse colon;

ascending node
n1
the point at which an orbit crosses the ecliptic plane going north;

Ascension / ə s ɛ n ʃ n /
n1
(Christianity) celebration of the Ascension of Christ into heaven;

- observed on the 40th day after Easter;

- syn. Ascension Day, Ascension of the Lord;

n2
a movement upward;

- "they cheered the rise of the hot-air balloon";

- syn. ascent, rise, rising;

n3
(New Testament) the rising of the body of Jesus into heaven on the 40th day after his Resurrection;

- syn. Ascension of Christ;

n4
(astronomy) the rising of a star above the horizon;

n5
the act of changing location in an upward direction;

- syn. ascending, ascent, rise;

Ascension Day
n1
(Christianity) celebration of the Ascension of Christ into heaven;

- observed on the 40th day after Easter;

- syn. Ascension, Ascension of the Lord;

Ascension of Christ
n1
(New Testament) the rising of the body of Jesus into heaven on the 40th day after his Resurrection;

- syn. Ascension;

Ascension of the Lord
n1
(Christianity) celebration of the Ascension of Christ into heaven;

- observed on the 40th day after Easter;

- syn. Ascension, Ascension Day;

ascensional / ə s ɛ n ʃ ə n ə ɫ /
a1
tending to rise;

ascensive / ə s ɛ n s ɪ v /
a1
tending or directed upward;

- "rooted and ascendant strength like that of foliage"- John Ruskin;

- syn. ascendant, ascendent;

- sim. ascending;

ascent / ə s ɛ n t /
n1
an upward slope or grade (as in a road);

- "the car couldn't make it up the rise";

- syn. acclivity, climb, raise, rise, upgrade;

n2
a movement upward;

- "they cheered the rise of the hot-air balloon";

- syn. ascension, rise, rising;

n3
the act of changing location in an upward direction;

- syn. ascending, ascension, rise;

ascertain / æ s ə t eɪ n /
v1
establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study;

- "find the product of two numbers";

- "The physicist who found the elusive particle won the Nobel Prize";

- syn. determine, find, find out;

v2
be careful or certain to do something;

- make certain of something;

- "He verified that the valves were closed";

- "See that the curtains are closed";

- "control the quality of the product";

- syn. assure, check, control, ensure, insure, see, see to it;

v3
find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort;

- "I want to see whether she speaks French";

- "See whether it works";

- "find out if he speaks Russian";

- "Check whether the train leaves on time";

- syn. check, determine, find out, learn, see, watch;

v4
learn or discover with certainty;

ascertainable / æ s ə t eɪ n ə b ɫ /
a1
capable of being ascertained or found out;

- "ascertainable facts";

- syn. discoverable;

- sim. determinable;

ascertained / æ s ə t eɪ n d /
a1
discovered or determined by scientific observation;

- "variation in the ascertained flux depends on a number of factors";

- "the discovered behavior norms";

- "discovered differences in achievement";

- "no explanation for the observed phenomena";

- syn. discovered, observed;

- sim. determined;

ascesis
n1
rigorous self-denial and active self-restraint;

- syn. asceticism;

ascetic / ə s ɛ t ɪ k /
n1
someone who practices self denial as a spiritual discipline;

- syn. abstainer;

a1
pertaining to or characteristic of an ascetic or the practice of rigorous self-discipline;

- "ascetic practices";

- syn. ascetical;

a2
practicing great self-denial;

- "Be systematically ascetic...do...something for no other reason than that you would rather not do it"- William James;

- "a desert nomad's austere life";

- "a spartan diet";

- "a spartan existence";

- syn. ascetical, austere, spartan;

- sim. abstemious;

ascetical / ə s ɛ t ɪ k ə ɫ /
a1
pertaining to or characteristic of an ascetic or the practice of rigorous self-discipline;

- "ascetic practices";

- syn. ascetic;

a2
practicing great self-denial;

- "Be systematically ascetic...do...something for no other reason than that you would rather not do it"- William James;

- "a desert nomad's austere life";

- "a spartan diet";

- "a spartan existence";

- syn. ascetic, austere, spartan;

- sim. abstemious;

ascetically / ə s i t ɪ k ɫ i /
r1
in an ascetic manner;

- "she lived ascetically in a small house all by herself";

asceticism / ə s ɛ t ɪ s ɪ z ə m /
n1
the doctrine that through renunciation of worldly pleasures it is possible to achieve a high spiritual or intellectual state;

n2
the trait of great self-denial (especially refraining from worldly pleasures);

- syn. austerity, nonindulgence;

n3
rigorous self-denial and active self-restraint;

- syn. ascesis;

Asch
n1
United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957);

- syn. Shalom Asch, Sholem Asch, Sholom Asch;

Aschelminthes
n1
unsegmented worms: roundworms;

- threadworms;

- eelworms;

- syn. Nematoda, phylum Aschelminthes, phylum Nematoda;

Ascidiaceae
n1
sometimes classified as an order: sea squirts;

- syn. class Ascidiaceae;

ascidian
n1
minute sedentary marine invertebrate having a saclike body with siphons through which water enters and leaves;

ascidian tadpole
n1
free-swimming larva of ascidians;

- they have a tail like a tadpole that contains the notochord;

ASCII
n1
(computer science) a code for information exchange between computers made by different companies;

- a string of 7 binary digits represents each character;

- used in most microcomputers;

- syn. American Standard Code for Information Interchange;

ASCII character
n1
any member of the standard code for representing characters by binary numbers;

ASCII character set
n1
(computer science) 128 characters that make up the ASCII coding scheme;

- "the ASCII character set is the most universal character coding set";

ASCII control character
n1
ASCII characters to indicate carriage return or tab or backspace;

- typed by depressing a key and the control key at the same time;

- syn. control character;

ASCII text file
n1
a text file that contains only ASCII characters without special formatting;

ascites
n1
accumulation of serous fluid in peritoneal cavity;

ascitic
a1
of or relating to or resulting from an abnormal accumulation of protein and electrolyte rich fluid in the peritoneal cavity;

Asclepia meadii
n1
milkweed of central North America;

- a threatened species;

- syn. Asclepias meadii, Mead's milkweed;

asclepiad / æ s k ɫ i p ɪ æ d /
n1
any plant of the family Asclepiadaceae;

Asclepiadaceae
n1
widely distributed family of herbs and shrubs of the order Gentianales;

- most with milky juice;

- syn. family Asclepiadaceae, milkweed family;

asclepiadaceous
a1
of or relating to plants of the milkweed family;

Asclepias
n1
genus of chiefly North American perennial herbs: silkweed;

- milkweed;

- syn. genus Asclepias;

Asclepias albicans
n1
tall herb with leafless white waxy stems and whitish starlike flowers;

- southwestern United States;

- syn. white milkweed;

Asclepias curassavica
n1
tropical herb having orange-red flowers followed by pods suggesting a swallow with outspread wings;

- a weed throughout the tropics;

- syn. blood flower, swallowwort;

Asclepias exaltata
n1
milkweed of the eastern United States with leaves resembling those of pokeweed;

- syn. poke milkweed;

Asclepias incarnata
n1
densely branching perennial of the eastern United States with white to crimson or purple flowers;

- syn. swamp milkweed;

Asclepias meadii
n1
milkweed of central North America;

- a threatened species;

- syn. Asclepia meadii, Mead's milkweed;

Asclepias purpurascens
n1
perennial of eastern North America having pink-purple flowers;

- syn. purple silkweed;

Asclepias speciosa
n1
milkweed of southern North America having large starry purple and pink flowers;

- syn. showy milkweed;

Asclepias subverticillata
n1
milkweed of southwestern United States and Mexico;

- poisonous to livestock;

- syn. horsetail milkweed, poison milkweed;

Asclepias tuberosa
n1
erect perennial of eastern and southern United States having showy orange flowers;

- syn. Indian paintbrush, butterfly weed, chigger flower, chiggerflower, orange milkweed, pleurisy root, tuber root;

Asclepias verticillata
n1
milkweed of the eastern United States with narrow leaves in whorls and greenish-white flowers;

- syn. whorled milkweed;

Asclepius
n1
son of Apollo;

- a hero and the Roman god of medicine and healing;

- his daughters were Hygeia and Panacea;

- syn. Aesculapius, Asklepios;

ascocarp
n1
mature fruiting body of an ascomycetous fungus;

ascocarpous
a1
of or relating to ascocarps;

ascolichen
n1
a lichen in which the fungus component is an ascomycete;

ascoma
n1
an ascocarp having the spore-bearing layer of cells (the hymenium) on a broad disklike receptacle;

ascomycete
n1
any fungus of the class Ascomycetes (or subdivision Ascomycota) in which the spores are formed inside an ascus;

- syn. ascomycetous fungus;

Ascomycetes
n1
large class of higher fungi coextensive with division Ascomycota: sac fungi;

- syn. class Ascomycetes;

ascomycetous
a1
related to or characteristic of fungi of the class Ascomycetes;

ascomycetous fungus
n1
any fungus of the class Ascomycetes (or subdivision Ascomycota) in which the spores are formed inside an ascus;

- syn. ascomycete;

Ascomycota
n1
a large subdivision of Eumycota including Hemiascomycetes and Plectomycetes and Pyrenomycetes and Discomycetes;

- sac fungi;

- in some classification systems considered a division of the kingdom Fungi;

- syn. Ascomycotina, subdivision Ascomycota, subdivision Ascomycotina;

Ascomycotina
n1
a large subdivision of Eumycota including Hemiascomycetes and Plectomycetes and Pyrenomycetes and Discomycetes;

- sac fungi;

- in some classification systems considered a division of the kingdom Fungi;

- syn. Ascomycota, subdivision Ascomycota, subdivision Ascomycotina;

Ascophyllum
n1
brown algae distinguished by compressed or inflated branchlets along the axis;

- syn. genus Ascophyllum;

Ascophyllum nodosum
n1
similar to and found with black rockweed;

- syn. bladderwrack;

ascorbic acid
n1
a vitamin found in fresh fruits (especially citrus fruits) and vegetables;

- prevents scurvy;

- syn. C, vitamin C;

ascospore
n1
sexually produced fungal spore formed within an ascus;

ascosporic
a1
of or relating to ascospores;

- syn. ascosporous;

ascosporous
a1
of or relating to ascospores;

- syn. ascosporic;

ascot / æ s k ə t /
n1
a cravat with wide square ends;

- secured with an ornamental pin;

ascribable / ə s k ɹ aɪ b ə b ɫ /
a1
capable of being assigned or credited to;

- "punctuation errors ascribable to careless proofreading";

- "the cancellation of the concert was due to the rain";

- "the oversight was not imputable to him";

- syn. due, imputable, referable;

- sim. attributable;

ascribe / ə s k ɹ aɪ b /
v1
attribute or credit to;

- "We attributed this quotation to Shakespeare";

- "People impute great cleverness to cats";

- syn. assign, attribute, impute;

ascription / ə s k ɹ ɪ p ʃ n /
n1
assigning some quality or character to a person or thing;

- "the attribution of language to birds";

- "the ascription to me of honors I had not earned";

- syn. attribution;

n2
assigning to a cause or source;

- "the attribution of lighting to an expression of God's wrath";

- "he questioned the attribution of the painting to Picasso";

- syn. attribution;

ascus
n1
saclike structure in which ascospores are formed through sexual reproduction of ascomycetes;

asdic / æ z d ɪ k /
n1
a measuring instrument that sends out an acoustic pulse in water and measures distances in terms of the time for the echo of the pulse to return;

- "sonar is an acronym for sound navigation ranging";

- "asdic is an acronym for antisubmarine detection investigation committee";

- syn. echo sounder, sonar;

asea
r1
in the direction of the sea;

- "the sailor looked seaward";

- syn. seaward, seawards;

ASEAN
n1
an association of nations dedicated to economic and political cooperation in southeastern Asia and who joined with the United States to fight against global terrorism;

- syn. Association of Southeast Asian Nations;

asepsis / eɪ s ɛ p s ɪ s /
n1
(of non-living objects) the state of being free of pathogenic organisms;

- syn. antisepsis, sterileness, sterility;

n2
the process of inhibiting the growth and multiplication of microorganisms;

- syn. antisepsis;

aseptic / æ s ɛ p t ɪ k , eɪ s ɛ p t ɪ k /
a1
free of or using methods to keep free of pathological microorganisms;

- "a sterile operating area";

- "aseptic surgical instruments";

- "aseptic surgical techniques";

- syn. sterile;

- sim. antiseptic;

asexual / eɪ s ɛ k ʃ ʊə ɫ /
a1
not having or involving sex;

- "an asexual spore";

- "asexual reproduction";

- syn. nonsexual;

- sim. agamic, fissiparous, neuter, vegetal;

asexual reproduction
n1
reproduction without the fusion of gametes;

- syn. agamogenesis;

asexuality / eɪ s ɛ k ʃ ʊ æ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
having no evident sex or sex organs;

- syn. sexlessness;

asexually / eɪ s ɛ k ʃ ʊə ɫ i /
r1
in an asexual manner;

- "plants that reproduce asexually";

Asgard
n1
(Norse mythology) the heavenly dwelling of the Norse gods (the Aesir) and slain war heroes;

ash / æ ʃ /
n1
the residue that remains when something is burned;

n2
any of various deciduous pinnate-leaved ornamental or timber trees of the genus Fraxinus;

- syn. ash tree;

n3
strong elastic wood of any of various ash trees;

- used for furniture and tool handles and sporting goods such as baseball bats;

v1
convert into ashes;

ash-bin / æ ʃ b ɪ n /
n1
a bin that holds rubbish until it is collected;

- syn. ash bin, ashbin, ashcan, dustbin, garbage can, trash barrel, trash bin, trash can, wastebin;

ash-blonde
a1
of hair color;

- whitish;

- syn. platinum-blonde, towheaded;

- sim. blond;

ash-gray
a1
of a light grey;

- syn. ash-grey, ashy;

- sim. achromatic;

ash-grey
a1
of a light grey;

- syn. ash-gray, ashy;

- sim. achromatic;

ash-key / æ ʃ k i /
n1
winged seed of the ash tree;

ash-leaved maple
n1
common shade tree of eastern and central United States;

- syn. Acer negundo, box elder;

ash-pan / æ ʃ p æ n /
n1
a receptacle fitted beneath the grate in which ashes collect and are removed;

ash bin
n1
a bin that holds rubbish until it is collected;

- syn. ash-bin, ashbin, ashcan, dustbin, garbage can, trash barrel, trash bin, trash can, wastebin;

ash cake
n1
corn bread wrapped in cabbage leaves and baked in hot ashes (southern);

- syn. ashcake, corn tash;

Ash Can
n1
early 20th-century United States painting;

- portrays realistic and sordid scenes of city life;

- syn. Ashcan school;

ash gray
n1
a light shade of grey;

- syn. ash grey, silver, silver gray, silver grey;

ash grey
n1
a light shade of grey;

- syn. ash gray, silver, silver gray, silver grey;

ash tree
n1
any of various deciduous pinnate-leaved ornamental or timber trees of the genus Fraxinus;

- syn. ash;

Ash Wednesday
n1
the 7th Wednesday before Easter;

- the first day of Lent;

- the day following Mardi Gras (`Fat Tuesday');

- a day of fasting and repentance;

ashamed / ə ʃ eɪ m d /
a1
feeling shame or guilt or embarrassment or remorse;

- "are you ashamed for having lied?";

- "felt ashamed of my torn coat";

- also penitent, repentant;

- sim. discredited, embarrassed, guilty, shamefaced;

ashamedly / ə ʃ eɪ m ɪ d ɫ i /
r1
with a feeling of shame;

ashbin
n1
a bin that holds rubbish until it is collected;

- syn. ash-bin, ash bin, ashcan, dustbin, garbage can, trash barrel, trash bin, trash can, wastebin;

ashcake
n1
corn bread wrapped in cabbage leaves and baked in hot ashes (southern);

- syn. ash cake, corn tash;

ashcan / æ ʃ k æ n /
n1
a bin that holds rubbish until it is collected;

- syn. ash-bin, ash bin, ashbin, dustbin, garbage can, trash barrel, trash bin, trash can, wastebin;

Ashcan School
n1
a group of United States painters founded in 1907 and noted for their realistic depictions of sordid aspects of city life;

- syn. Eight;

n2
early 20th-century United States painting;

- portrays realistic and sordid scenes of city life;

- syn. Ash Can;

Ashe
n1
United States tennis player who was the first Black to win United States and English singles championships (1943-1993);

- syn. Arthur Ashe, Arthur Robert Ashe;

ashen / æ ʃ n /
a1
anemic looking from illness or emotion;

- "a face turned ashen";

- "the invalid's blanched cheeks";

- "tried to speak with bloodless lips";

- "a face livid with shock";

- "lips...livid with the hue of death"- Mary W. Shelley;

- "lips white with terror";

- "a face white with rage";

- syn. blanched, bloodless, livid, white;

- sim. colorless;

a2
made of wood of the ash tree;

- sim. woody;

Asheville
n1
a town in western North Carolina in the Blue Ridge Mountains to the west of Charlotte;

Ashir
n1
chief god of the Assyrians;

- god of military prowess and empire;

- identified with Babylonian Anshar;

- syn. Ashur;

Ashkenazi
n1
a Jew of eastern European or German descent;

Ashkhabad
n1
the capital and largest city of Turkmenistan;

- syn. capital of Turkmenistan;

ashlar / æ ʃ ɫ ə /
n1
a rectangular block of hewn stone used for building purposes;

Ashley Montagu
n1
United States anthropologist (born in England) who popularized anthropology (1905-);

- syn. Montagu;

ashore / ə ʃ ɔ , ə ʃ ɔ ɹ /
r1
towards the shore from the water;

- "we invited them ashore";

ashram / æ ʃ ɹ æ m /
n1
a place of religious retreat modeled after the Indian ashram;

n2
(India) a place of religious retreat for Hindus;

Ashton / æ ʃ t ə n /
n1
British choreographer (1906-1988);

- syn. Sir Frederick Ashton;

Ashtoreth
n1
an ancient Phoenician goddess of love and fertility;

- the Phoenician counterpart to Ishtar;

- syn. Astarte;

ashtray / æ ʃ t ɹ eɪ /
n1
a receptacle for the ash from smokers' cigars or cigarettes;

Ashur
n1
chief god of the Assyrians;

- god of military prowess and empire;

- identified with Babylonian Anshar;

- syn. Ashir;

n2
an ancient Assyrian city on the Tigris and traditional capital of Assyria;

- just to the south of the modern city of Mosul in Iraq;

- syn. Assur, Asur;

Ashurbanipal
n1
king of Assyria who built a magnificent palace and library at Nineveh (668-627 BC);

- syn. Assurbanipal, Asurbanipal;

ashy / æ ʃ i /
a1
of a light grey;

- syn. ash-gray, ash-grey;

- sim. achromatic;

Asia
n1
the largest continent with 60% of the earth's population;

- it is joined to Europe on the west to form Eurasia;

- it is the site of some of the world's earliest civilizations;

n2
the nations of the Asian continent collectively;

Asia Minor
n1
a peninsula in southwestern Asia that forms the Asian part of Turkey;

- syn. Anatolia;

Asian / eɪ ʃ n /
n1
a native or inhabitant of Asia;

- syn. Asiatic;

a1
of or relating to or characteristic of Asia or the peoples of Asia or their languages or culture;

- "Asian countries";

- syn. Asiatic;

Asian American
n1
an American who is of Asian descent;

Asian black grouse
n1
a black grouse of western Asia;

- syn. Lyrurus mlokosiewiczi;

Asian coral snake
n1
of India;

Asian country
n1
any one of the nations occupying the Asian continent;

- syn. Asian nation;

Asian crocodile
n1
estuarine crocodile of eastern Asia and Pacific islands;

- syn. Crocodylus porosus;

Asian horseshoe crab
n1
horseshoe crab of the coast of eastern Asia;

Asian influenza
n1
influenza caused by the Asian virus that was first isolated in 1957;

- syn. Asiatic flu;

Asian longhorned beetle
n1
a beetle from China that has been found in the United States and is a threat to hardwood trees;

- lives inside the tree;

- no natural predators in the United States;

- syn. Anoplophora glabripennis;

Asian nation
n1
any one of the nations occupying the Asian continent;

- syn. Asian country;

Asian Russia
n1
the Russia that is part of Asia;

Asian seabass
n1
a species of large perch noted for its sporting and eating qualities;

- lives in marine, estuary, and freshwater habitats;

- syn. Lates calcarifer, barramundi, giant perch, giant seaperch, white seabass;

Asian shamanism
n1
an animistic religion of northern Asia having the belief that the mediation between the visible and the spirit worlds is effected by shamans;

- syn. shamanism;

Asian tiger mosquito
n1
striped native of Japan thriving in southwestern and midwestern United States and spreading to the Caribbean;

- potential carrier of serious diseases;

- syn. Aedes albopictus;

Asian wild ox
n1
genus of Asiatic wild oxen;

Asiatic / eɪ ʃ ɪ æ t ɪ k /
n1
a native or inhabitant of Asia;

- syn. Asian;

a1
of or relating to or characteristic of Asia or the peoples of Asia or their languages or culture;

- "Asian countries";

- syn. Asian;

Asiatic beetle
n1
introduced into United States from the Orient;

- larvae feed on roots of sugarcane and other grasses;

- syn. Anomala orientalis, Oriental beetle;

Asiatic black bear
n1
bear with a black coat living in central and eastern Asia;

- syn. Selenarctos thibetanus, Ursus thibetanus, black bear;

Asiatic buffalo
n1
an Asian buffalo that is often domesticated for use as a draft animal;

- syn. Bubalus bubalis, water buffalo, water ox;

Asiatic cholera
n1
an acute intestinal infection caused by ingestion of contaminated water or food;

- syn. Indian cholera, cholera, epidemic cholera;

Asiatic cockroach
n1
dark brown cockroach originally from orient now nearly cosmopolitan in distribution;

- syn. Blatta orientalis, blackbeetle, oriental cockroach, oriental roach;

Asiatic flu
n1
influenza caused by the Asian virus that was first isolated in 1957;

- syn. Asian influenza;

Asiatic flying squirrel
n1
nocturnal rodent of Asia having furry folds of skin between forelegs and hind legs enabling it to move by gliding leaps;

Asiatic shrew mole
n1
shrew mole of eastern Asia;

- syn. Uropsilus soricipes;

Asiatic sweetleaf
n1
deciduous shrub of eastern Asia bearing decorative bright blue fruit;

- syn. Symplocus paniculata, sapphire berry;

aside / ə s aɪ d /
n1
a line spoken by an actor to the audience but not intended for others on the stage;

n2
a message that departs from the main subject;

- syn. digression, divagation, excursus, parenthesis;

r1
on or to one side;

- "step aside";

- "stood aside to let him pass";

- "threw the book aside";

- "put her sewing aside when he entered";

r2
out of the way (especially away from one's thoughts);

- "brush the objections aside";

- "pushed all doubts away";

- syn. away;

r3
not taken into account or excluded from consideration;

- "these problems apart, the country is doing well";

- "all joking aside, I think you're crazy";

- syn. apart;

r4
in a different direction;

- "turn aside";

- "turn away one's face";

- "glanced away";

- syn. away;

r5
placed or kept separate and distinct as for a purpose;

- "had a feeling of being set apart";

- "quality sets it apart";

- "a day set aside for relaxing";

- syn. apart;

r6
in reserve;

- not for immediate use;

- "started setting aside money to buy a car";

- "put something by for her old age";

- "has a nest egg tucked away for a rainy day";

- syn. away, by;

Asilidae
n1
robber flies;

- syn. family Asilidae;

Asimina
n1
pawpaw;

- syn. genus Asimina;

Asimina triloba
n1
small tree native to the eastern United States having oblong leaves and fleshy fruit;

- syn. papaw, papaw tree, pawpaw;

Asimov
n1
United States writer (born in Russia) noted for his science fiction (1920-1992);

- syn. Isaac Asimov;

Asin
n1
the seventh month of the Hindu calendar;

- syn. Asvina;

asinine / æ s ɪ n aɪ n /
a1
extremely silly or stupid;

- syn. fatuous, inane;

- sim. stupid;

asininity / æ s ɪ n ɪ n ɪ t i /
n1
the quality of being asinine;

- stupidity combined with stubbornness;

Asio
n1
a genus of European owls;

- syn. genus Asio;

Asio otus
n1
slender European owl of coniferous forests with long ear tufts;

- syn. long-eared owl;

ask / ɑ s k , æ s k /
v1
make a request or demand for something to somebody;

- "She asked him for a loan";

- also ask in, ask out, ask over, ask round;

v2
direct or put;

- seek an answer to;

- "ask a question";

v3
consider obligatory;

- request and expect;

- "We require our secretary to be on time";

- "Aren't we asking too much of these children?";

- "I expect my students to arrive in time for their lessons";

- syn. expect, require;

v4
address a question to and expect an answer from;

- "Ask your teacher about trigonometry";

- "The children asked me about their dead grandmother";

- "I inquired about their special today";

- "He had to ask directions several times";

- syn. enquire, inquire;

v5
require as useful, just, or proper;

- "It takes nerve to do what she did";

- "success usually requires hard work";

- "This job asks a lot of patience and skill";

- "This position demands a lot of personal sacrifice";

- "This dinner calls for a spectacular dessert";

- "This intervention does not postulate a patient's consent";

- syn. call for, demand, involve, necessitate, need, postulate, require, take;

v6
make a date;

- "Has he asked you out yet?" "He asekd me to a dance";

- syn. ask out, invite out, take out;

v7
require or ask for as a price or condition;

- "He is asking $200 for the table";

- "The kidnappers are asking a million dollars in return for the release of their hostage";

ask for
v1
increase the likelihood of;

- "ask for trouble";

- "invite criticism";

- syn. invite;

v2
express the need or desire for;

- "She requested an extra bed in her room";

- "She called for room service";

- "when you call, always ask for Mary";

- syn. bespeak, call for, quest, request;

ask for it
v1
persist with actions or an attitude despite the probability that it will cause trouble;

- "He is asking for trouble with his behavior";

- syn. ask for trouble;

ask for trouble
v1
persist with actions or an attitude despite the probability that it will cause trouble;

- "He is asking for trouble with his behavior";

- syn. ask for it;

ask in
v1
ask to enter;

- "We invited the neighbors in for a cup of coffee";

- syn. invite;

Ask Jeeves
n1
a widely used search engine accepting plain English questions or phrases or terms;

ask out
v1
make a date;

- "Has he asked you out yet?" "He asekd me to a dance";

- syn. ask, invite out, take out;

ask over
v1
invite someone to one's house;

- "Can I invite you for dinner on Sunday night?";

- syn. ask round, invite;

ask round
v1
invite someone to one's house;

- "Can I invite you for dinner on Sunday night?";

- syn. ask over, invite;

askance / ə s k æ n s /
a1
(used especially of glances) directed to one side with or as if with doubt or suspicion or envy;

- "her eyes with their misted askance look"- Elizabeth Bowen;

- "sidelong glances";

- syn. askant, asquint, sidelong, squint, squint-eyed, squinty;

- sim. indirect;

r1
with suspicion or disapproval;

- "he looked askance at the offer";

r2
with a side or oblique glance;

- "did not quite turn all the way back but looked askance at me with her dark eyes";

askant / ə s k æ n t /
a1
(used especially of glances) directed to one side with or as if with doubt or suspicion or envy;

- "her eyes with their misted askance look"- Elizabeth Bowen;

- "sidelong glances";

- syn. askance, asquint, sidelong, squint, squint-eyed, squinty;

- sim. indirect;

asker / ɑ s k ə , ɑ s k ə ɹ , æ s k ə , æ s k ə ɹ /
n1
someone who asks a question;

- syn. enquirer, inquirer, querier, questioner;

askew / ə s k j u /
a1
turned or twisted toward one side;

- "a...youth with a gorgeous red necktie all awry"- G.K.Chesterton;

- "his wig was, as the British say, skew-whiff";

- syn. awry, cockeyed, lopsided, skew-whiff, wonky;

- sim. crooked;

r1
turned or twisted to one side;

- "rugs lying askew";

- "with his necktie twisted awry";

- syn. awry, skew-whiff;

asking / ɑ s k ɪ ŋ /
n1
the verbal act of requesting;

- syn. request;

asking price
n1
the price at which something is offered for sale;

- syn. selling price;

Asklepios
n1
son of Apollo;

- a hero and the Roman god of medicine and healing;

- his daughters were Hygeia and Panacea;

- syn. Aesculapius, Asclepius;

ASL
n1
the sign language used in the United States;

- syn. American sign language;

aslant / ə s ɫ ɑ n t /
a1
having an oblique or slanted direction;

- syn. aslope, diagonal, slanted, slanting, sloped, sloping;

- sim. inclined;

r1
over or across in a slanting direction;

r2
at an oblique angle;

- "the sun shone aslant into his face";

- syn. athwart, obliquely;

asleep / ə s ɫ i p /
a1
in a state of sleep;

- "were all asleep when the phone rang";

- "fell asleep at the wheel";

- also incognizant, unaware, unconscious;

- sim. at rest, dormant, drowsy, fast asleep, hypnoid, sleepy, slumberous, unawakened;

a2
lacking sensation;

- "my foot is asleep";

- "numb with cold";

- syn. benumbed, numb;

- sim. insensible;

a3
dead;

- "he is deceased";

- "our dear departed friend";

- syn. at peace, at rest, deceased, departed, gone;

- sim. dead;

r1
into a sleeping state;

- "he fell asleep";

r2
in the sleep of death;

aslope
a1
having an oblique or slanted direction;

- syn. aslant, diagonal, slanted, slanting, sloped, sloping;

- sim. inclined;

Asmara
n1
the capital of Eritrea;

- syn. Asmera;

Asmera
n1
the capital of Eritrea;

- syn. Asmara;

asocial
a1
given to avoiding association with others;

- "bears are asocial secretive animals";

- "are you asocial or do you just enjoy living in the Antarctic?";

- sim. unsocial;

a2
hostile to or disruptive of normal standards of social behavior;

- "criminal behavior or conduct that violates the rights of other individuals is antisocial";

- "crimes...and other asocial behavior";

- "an antisocial deed";

- syn. antisocial;

- sim. unsocial;

asp / æ s p /
n1
of southern Europe;

- similar to but smaller than the adder;

- syn. Vipera aspis, asp viper;

n2
cobra used by the Pharaohs as a symbol of their power over life and death;

- syn. Egyptian cobra, Naja haje;

asp viper
n1
of southern Europe;

- similar to but smaller than the adder;

- syn. Vipera aspis, asp;

Aspadana
n1
city in central Iran;

- former capital of Persia;

- syn. Esfahan, Isfahan;

Aspalathus
n1
genus of South African heathlike shrubs;

- syn. genus Aspalathus;

Aspalathus cedcarbergensis
n1
South African shrub having flat acuminate leaves and yellow flowers;

- leaves are aromatic when dried and used to make an herbal tea;

- syn. Aspalathus linearis, rooibos;

Aspalathus linearis
n1
South African shrub having flat acuminate leaves and yellow flowers;

- leaves are aromatic when dried and used to make an herbal tea;

- syn. Aspalathus cedcarbergensis, rooibos;

Asparagaceae
n1
one of many families or subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae: includes genera Asparagus and sometimes Ruscus;

- syn. family Asparagaceae;

asparaginase
n1
antineoplastic drug (trade name Elspar) sometimes used to treat lymphoblastic leukemia;

- syn. Elspar;

asparagine
n1
a crystalline amino acid found in proteins and in many plants (e.g., asparagus);

asparagus / ə s p æ ɹ ə ɡ ə s /
n1
plant whose succulent young shoots are cooked and eaten as a vegetable;

- syn. Asparagus officinales, edible asparagus;

n2
edible young shoots of the asparagus plant;

Asparagus asparagoides
n1
fragile twining plant of South Africa with bright green flattened stems and glossy foliage popular as a floral decoration;

- syn. smilax;

asparagus bean
n1
South American bean having very long succulent pods;

- syn. Vigna sesquipedalis, Vigna unguiculata sesquipedalis, yard-long bean;

asparagus bed
n1
a bed in which asparagus is growing;

asparagus fern
n1
a fernlike plant native to South Africa;

- syn. Asparagus plumosus, Asparagus setaceous;

Asparagus officinales
n1
plant whose succulent young shoots are cooked and eaten as a vegetable;

- syn. asparagus, edible asparagus;

asparagus pea
n1
sprawling European annual having a 4-winged edible pod;

- syn. Lotus tetragonolobus, winged pea;

Asparagus plumosus
n1
a fernlike plant native to South Africa;

- syn. Asparagus setaceous, asparagus fern;

Asparagus setaceous
n1
a fernlike plant native to South Africa;

- syn. Asparagus plumosus, asparagus fern;

aspartame
n1
an artificial sweetener made from aspartic acid;

- used as a calorie-free sweetener;

aspartic acid
n1
a crystalline amino acid found in proteins and occurring naturally in sugar beets and sugar cane;

aspect / æ s p ɛ k t /
n1
a distinct feature or element in a problem;

- "he studied every facet of the question";

- syn. facet;

n2
a characteristic to be considered;

n3
the visual percept of a region;

- "the most desirable feature of the park are the beautiful views";

- syn. panorama, prospect, scene, view, vista;

n4
the beginning or duration or completion or repetition of the action of a verb;

n5
the feelings expressed on a person's face;

- "a sad expression";

- "a look of triumph";

- "an angry face";

- syn. expression, face, facial expression, look;

aspect ratio
n1
the ratio of the width to the height of a tv picture;

aspectual / æ s p ɛ k tʃ ʊə ɫ /
a1
of or belonging to an aspect (as an aspect of the verb);

- "the aspectual system of Greek";

aspen / æ s p ə n /
n1
any of several trees of the genus Populus having leaves on flattened stalks so that they flutter in the lightest wind;

aspen poplar
n1
a poplar that is widely cultivated in the United States;

- has white bark and leaves with whitish undersurfaces;

- syn. Populus alba, abele, silver-leaved poplar, white aspen, white poplar;

asper / æ s p ə /
n1
20 aspers equal 1 kurus in Turkey;

Asperger's syndrome
n1
a psychiatric disorder usually noted during early school years;

- characterized by impaired social relations and by repetitive patterns of behavior;

aspergill / æ s p ə dʒ ɪ ɫ /
n1
a short-handled device with a globe containing a sponge;

- used for sprinkling holy water;

- syn. aspersorium;

Aspergillaceae
n1
family of fungi including some common molds;

- syn. family Aspergillaceae;

Aspergillales
n1
order of fungi having a closed ascocarp (cleistothecium) with the asci scattered rather than gathered in a hymenium;

- syn. Eurotiales, order Aspergillales, order Eurotiales;

aspergillosis
n1
severe respiratory disease of birds that takes the form of an acute rapidly fatal pneumonia in young chickens and turkeys;

- syn. brooder pneumonia;

n2
an opportunistic infection by a fungus of the genus Aspergillus;

- characterized by inflammation and lesions of the ear and other organs;

n3
disease especially in agricultural workers caused by inhalation of Aspergillus spores causing lumps in skin and ears and respiratory organs;

Aspergillus
n1
genus of common molds causing food spoilage and some pathogenic to plants and animals;

- syn. genus Aspergillus;

Aspergillus fumigatus
n1
a mold causing aspergillosis in birds and man;

asperity / æ s p ɛr ɪ t i /
n1
something hard to endure;

- "the asperity of northern winters";

- syn. grimness, hardship, rigor, rigorousness, rigour, rigourousness, severeness, severity;

n2
harshness of manner;

- syn. sharpness;

asperse / ə s p ɝ s /
v1
charge falsely or with malicious intent;

- attack the good name and reputation of someone;

- "The journalists have defamed me!";

- "The article in the paper sullied my reputation";

- syn. besmirch, calumniate, defame, denigrate, slander, smear, smirch, sully;

aspersion / ə s p ɝ ʃ n /
n1
a disparaging remark;

- "in the 19th century any reference to female sexuality was considered a vile aspersion";

- "it is difficult for a woman to understand a man's sensitivity to any slur on his virility";

- syn. slur;

n2
an abusive attack on a person's character or good name;

- syn. calumny, defamation, denigration, slander;

n3
the act of sprinkling water in baptism (rare);

- syn. sprinkling;

aspersorium
n1
the basin or other vessel that holds holy water in Roman Catholic Churches;

n2
a short-handled device with a globe containing a sponge;

- used for sprinkling holy water;

- syn. aspergill;

Asperula
n1
woodruff;

- syn. genus Asperula;

Asperula odorata
n1
Old World fragrant stoloniferous perennial having small white flowers and narrow leaves used as flavoring and in sachets;

- widely cultivated as a ground cover;

- in some classifications placed in genus Asperula;

- syn. Galium odoratum, fragrant bedstraw, sweet woodruff, waldmeister, woodruff;

Asperula tinctoria
n1
creeping European perennial having red or pinkish-white flowers and red roots sometimes used as a substitute for madder in dyeing;

- syn. dyer's woodruff;

asphalt / æ s f æ ɫ t /
n1
mixed asphalt and crushed gravel or sand;

- used especially for paving but also for roofing;

n2
a dark bituminous substance found in natural beds and as residue from petroleum distillation;

- consists mainly of hydrocarbons;

- syn. mineral pitch;

v1
cover with tar or asphalt;

- "asphalt the driveway";

asphaltic / æ s f æ ɫ t ɪ k /
a1
containing asphalt;

- "asphaltic residues";

aspheric
a1
varying slightly from a perfectly spherical shape;

- syn. aspherical;

- sim. rounded;

aspherical
a1
varying slightly from a perfectly spherical shape;

- syn. aspheric;

- sim. rounded;

asphodel / æ s f ə d ɛ ɫ /
n1
any of various chiefly Mediterranean plants of the genera Asphodeline and Asphodelus having linear leaves and racemes of white or pink or yellow flowers;

Asphodelaceae
n1
one of many subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae;

- syn. family Asphodelaceae;

Asphodeline
n1
genus of rhizomatous perennial or biennial herbs with numerous sometimes fragrant flowers in long cylindrical racemes;

- Mediterranean region to Caucasus;

- sometimes placed in family Asphodelaceae;

- syn. genus Asphodeline;

Asphodeline lutea
n1
asphodel with leafy stem and fragrant yellow flowers;

- syn. king's spear, yellow asphodel;

Asphodelus
n1
small genus of tall striking annuals or perennials with grasslike foliage and flowers in dense racemes or panicles;

- Mediterranean to Himalayas;

- sometimes placed in family Asphodelaceae;

- syn. genus Asphodelus;

asphyxia / æ s f ɪ k s ɪə /
n1
a condition in which insufficient or no oxygen and carbon dioxide are exchanged on a ventilatory basis;

- caused by choking or drowning or electric shock or poison gas;

asphyxiate / ə s f ɪ k s ɪ eɪ t /
v1
deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing;

- "Othello smothered Desdemona with a pillow";

- "The child suffocated herself with a plastic bag that the parents had left on the floor";

- syn. smother, suffocate;

v2
impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of;

- "The foul air was slowly suffocating the children";

- syn. choke, stifle, suffocate;

v3
be asphyxiated;

- die from lack of oxygen;

- "The child suffocated under the pillow";

- syn. stifle, suffocate;

asphyxiated / ə s f ɪ k s ɪ eɪ t ɪ d /
a1
in a state of asphyxia;

asphyxiating / ə s f ɪ k s ɪ eɪ t ɪ ŋ /
a1
tending to deprive of oxygen;

- "asphyxiating gasses";

- sim. breathless;

asphyxiation / ə s f ɪ k s ɪ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the condition of being deprived of oxygen (as by having breathing stopped);

- "asphyxiation is sometimes used as a form of torture";

- syn. suffocation;

n2
killing by depriving of oxygen;

- syn. suffocation;

asphyxiator / æ s f ɪ k s ɪ eɪ t ə /
n1
a manually operated device for extinguishing small fires;

- syn. extinguisher, fire extinguisher;

aspic / æ s p ɪ k /
n1
savory jelly based on fish or meat stock used as a mold for meats or vegetables;

Aspidelaps
n1
African coral snakes;

- syn. genus Aspidelaps;

Aspidelaps lubricus
n1
small widely distributed arboreal snake of southern Africa banded in black and orange;

- syn. African coral snake;

Aspidiotus
n1
a genus of Diaspididae;

- syn. genus Aspidiotus;

Aspidiotus perniciosus
n1
small east Asian insect naturalized in the United States that damages fruit trees;

- syn. San Jose scale;

aspidistra / æ s p ɪ d ɪ s t ɹ ə /
n1
evergreen perennial with large handsome basal leaves;

- grown primarily as a foliage houseplant;

- syn. Aspidistra elatio, bar-room plant, cast-iron plant;

Aspidistra elatio
n1
evergreen perennial with large handsome basal leaves;

- grown primarily as a foliage houseplant;

- syn. aspidistra, bar-room plant, cast-iron plant;

Aspidophoroides
n1
alligatorfishes;

- syn. genus Aspidophoroides;

Aspidophoroides monopterygius
n1
small very elongate sea poachers;

- syn. alligatorfish;

Aspinwall
n1
a port city at the Caribbean entrance to the Panama Canal;

- syn. Colon;

aspirant / æ s p ɪr ə n t /
n1
an ambitious and aspiring young person;

- "a lofty aspirant";

- "two executive hopefuls joined the firm";

- "the audience was full of Madonna wannabes";

- syn. aspirer, hopeful, wannabe, wannabee;

a1
desiring or striving for recognition or advancement;

- syn. aspiring, wishful;

- sim. ambitious;

aspirate / æ s p ə ɹ ɪ t , æ s p ɪr ə t , æ s p ɪr eɪ t /
n1
a consonant pronounced with aspiration;

v1
remove by suction;

- "aspirate the wound";

- syn. draw out, suck out;

v2
pronounce with aspiration;

- of stop sounds;

v3
inhale (air, water, etc.);

aspiration / æ s p ɪr eɪ ʃ n /
n1
a will to succeed;

n2
a cherished desire;

- "his ambition is to own his own business";

- syn. ambition, dream;

n3
a manner of articulation involving an audible release of breath;

n4
the act of inhaling;

- the drawing in of air (or other gases) as in breathing;

- syn. breathing in, inhalation, inspiration, intake;

aspiration pneumonia
n1
inflammation of the lungs caused by inhaling or choking on vomitus;

- may occur during unconsciousness (anesthesia or drunkenness or seizure or cardiac arrest);

aspirator / æ s p ə ɹ eɪ t ə /
n1
a pump that draws air or another gas through a liquid;

aspire / ə s p aɪ ə , ə s p aɪ ə ɹ /
v1
have an ambitious plan or a lofty goal;

- syn. aim, draw a bead on, shoot for;

aspirer / ə s p aɪ ə ɹ ə /
n1
an ambitious and aspiring young person;

- "a lofty aspirant";

- "two executive hopefuls joined the firm";

- "the audience was full of Madonna wannabes";

- syn. aspirant, hopeful, wannabe, wannabee;

aspirin / æ s p ɹ ɪ n /
n1
the acetylated derivative of salicylic acid;

- used as an analgesic anti-inflammatory drug (trade names Bayer, Empirin, and St. Joseph) usually taken in tablet form;

- used as an antipyretic;

- slows clotting of the blood by poisoning platelets;

- syn. Bayer, Empirin, St. Joseph, acetylsalicylic acid;

aspirin powder
n1
a powdered form of aspirin;

- syn. headache powder;

aspiring / ə s p aɪ ə ɹ ɪ ŋ /
a1
desiring or striving for recognition or advancement;

- syn. aspirant, wishful;

- sim. ambitious;

Aspis
n1
horned vipers;

- syn. genus Aspis, genus Cerastes;

Aspleniaceae
n1
one of a number of families into which Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems;

- includes genera Asplenium, Pleurosorus, Schaffneria;

- syn. family Aspleniaceae;

Asplenium / æ s p ɫ i n j ə m /
n1
in some classification systems placed in family Polypodiaceae;

- syn. genus Asplenium;

Asplenium adiantum-nigrum
n1
spleenwort of Europe and Africa and Asia having pinnate fronds and yielding an astringent;

- syn. black spleenwort;

Asplenium billotii
n1
a spleenwort of western Europe;

- syn. lanceolate spleenwort;

Asplenium bradleyi
n1
a spleenwort of eastern to southern United States;

- syn. Bradley's spleenwort;

Asplenium ceterach
n1
small European fern with chaffy leathery fronds;

- syn. Ceterach officinarum, scale fern, scaly fern;

Asplenium montanum
n1
a spleenwort of eastern North America;

- syn. mountain spleenwort;

Asplenium nidus
n1
tropical Old World or Australian epiphytic fern frequently forming tufts in tree crotches;

- syn. bird's nest fern;

Asplenium nigripes
n1
a fern of the genus Schaffneria;

- syn. Schaffneria nigripes, Scolopendrium nigripes;

Asplenium pinnatifidum
n1
a spleenwort of eastern and southern United States;

- syn. lobed spleenwort;

Asplenium platyneuron
n1
common North American fern with polished black stripes;

- syn. Scott's Spleenwort, ebony spleenwort;

Asplenium rhizophyllum
n1
ferns having lanceolate fronds that root at the tip;

- syn. Camptosorus rhizophyllus, walking fern, walking leaf;

Asplenium ruta-muraria
n1
small delicate spleenwort found on a steep slope (as a wall or cliff) of Eurasia and North America;

- syn. wall rue, wall rue spleenwort;

Asplenium scolopendrium
n1
Eurasian fern with simple lanceolate fronds;

- syn. Phyllitis scolopendrium, hart's-tongue, hart's-tongue fern;

Asplenium trichomanes
n1
small rock-inhabiting fern of northern temperate zone and Hawaii with pinnate fronds;

- syn. maidenhair spleenwort;

Asplenium viride
n1
a small fern with slim green fronds;

- widely distributed in cool parts of northern hemisphere;

- syn. green spleenwort;

asquint
a1
(used especially of glances) directed to one side with or as if with doubt or suspicion or envy;

- "her eyes with their misted askance look"- Elizabeth Bowen;

- "sidelong glances";

- syn. askance, askant, sidelong, squint, squint-eyed, squinty;

- sim. indirect;

ass / æ s /
n1
the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on;

- "he deserves a good kick in the butt";

- "are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?";

- syn. arse, backside, behind, bottom, bum, buns, butt, buttocks, can, derriere, fanny, fundament, hind end, hindquarters, keister, nates, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, seat, stern, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush;

n2
a pompous fool;

n3
hardy and sure-footed animal smaller and with longer ears than the horse;

n4
slang for sexual intercourse;

- syn. fuck, fucking, nookie, nooky, piece of ass, piece of tail, roll in the hay, screw, screwing, shag, shtup;

ass-kisser
n1
a person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage;

- syn. crawler, lackey, sycophant, toady;

assagai / æ s ə ɡ aɪ /
n1
the slender spear of the Bantu-speaking people of Africa;

- syn. assegai;

assail / ə s eɪ ɫ /
v1
attack someone physically or emotionally;

- "The mugger assaulted the woman";

- "Nightmares assailed him regularly";

- syn. assault, attack, set on;

v2
launch an attack or assault on;

- begin hostilities or start warfare with;

- "Hitler attacked Poland on September 1, 1939 and started World War II";

- "Serbian forces assailed Bosnian towns all week";

- syn. attack;

v3
attack in speech or writing;

- "The editors of the left-leaning paper attacked the new House Speaker";

- syn. assault, attack, lash out, round, snipe;

assailability
n1
vulnerability to forceful attack;

assailable / ə s eɪ ɫ ə b ɫ /
a1
not defended or capable of being defended;

- "an open city";

- "open to attack";

- syn. open, undefendable, undefended;

- sim. vulnerable;

assailant / ə s eɪ ɫ ə n t /
n1
someone who attacks;

- syn. aggressor, assaulter, attacker;

Assam / æ s æ m /
n1
state in northeastern India;

Assam fever
n1
leishmaniasis of the viscera;

- syn. dumdum fever, kala-azar, visceral leishmaniasis;

Assam rubber
n1
large tropical Asian tree frequently dwarfed as a houseplant;

- source of Assam rubber;

- syn. Ficus elastica, India-rubber fig, India-rubber plant, India-rubber tree, rubber plant;

Assamese / æ s æ m i z /
n1
native or inhabitant of the state of Assam in northeastern India;

n2
the Magadhan language spoken by the Assamese people;

- closely related to Bengali;

- syn. Asamiya;

a1
of or relating to or characteristic of Assam or its people or culture or language;

assassin / ə s æ s ɪ n /
n1
a murderer (especially one who kills a prominent political figure) who kills by a surprise attack and often is hired to do the deed;

- "his assassins were hunted down like animals";

- "assassinators of kings and emperors";

- syn. assassinator, bravo;

n2
a member of a secret order of Muslims (founded in the 12th century) who terrorized and killed Christian Crusaders;

assassin bug
n1
a true bug: long-legged predacious bug living mostly on other insects;

- a few suck blood of mammals;

- syn. reduviid;

assassinate / ə s æ s ɪ n eɪ t /
v1
murder;

- especially of socially prominent persons;

- "Anwar Sadat was assassinated because many people did not like his peace politics with Israel";

v2
destroy or damage seriously, as of someone's reputation;

- "He assassinated his enemy's character";

assassinated / ə s æ s ɪ n eɪ t ɪ d /
a1
murdered by surprise attack for political reasons;

- "the 20th century has seen too many assassinated leaders";

- sim. dead;

assassination / ə s æ s ɪ n eɪ ʃ n /
n1
an attack intended to ruin someone's reputation;

- syn. blackwash, character assassination;

n2
murder of a public figure by surprise attack;

assassinator / ə s æ s ɪ n eɪ t ə /
n1
a murderer (especially one who kills a prominent political figure) who kills by a surprise attack and often is hired to do the deed;

- "his assassins were hunted down like animals";

- "assassinators of kings and emperors";

- syn. assassin, bravo;

assault / ə s ɔ ɫ t /
n1
close fighting during the culmination of a military attack;

n2
a threatened or attempted physical attack by someone who appears to be able to cause bodily harm if not stopped;

n3
thoroughbred that won the triple crown in 1946;

n4
the crime of forcing a person to submit to sexual intercourse against his or her will;

- syn. rape, ravishment, violation;

v1
attack someone physically or emotionally;

- "The mugger assaulted the woman";

- "Nightmares assailed him regularly";

- syn. assail, attack, set on;

v2
force (someone) to have sex against their will;

- "The woman was raped on her way home at night";

- syn. dishonor, dishonour, outrage, rape, ravish, violate;

v3
attack in speech or writing;

- "The editors of the left-leaning paper attacked the new House Speaker";

- syn. assail, attack, lash out, round, snipe;

assault and battery
n1
an assault in which the assailant makes physical contact;

- syn. battery;

assault gun
n1
any of the automatic rifles or semiautomatic rifles with large magazines designed for military use;

- syn. assault rifle;

n2
an armored vehicle with the chassis of a tank (but no turret) and a large gun;

- used as an antitank weapon and to support infantry;

assault rifle
n1
any of the automatic rifles or semiautomatic rifles with large magazines designed for military use;

- syn. assault gun;

assaulter / ə s ɔ ɫ t ə /
n1
someone who attacks;

- syn. aggressor, assailant, attacker;

assaultive
a1
disposed to attack;

- syn. attacking;

- sim. offensive;

assay / ə s eɪ /
n1
an appraisal of the state of affairs;

- "they made an assay of the contents";

- "a check on its dependability under stress";

- syn. check;

n2
a substance that is undergoing an analysis of its components;

n3
a written report of the results of an analysis of the composition of some substance;

n4
a quantitative or qualitative test of a substance (especially an ore or a drug) to determine its components;

- frequently used to test for the presence or concentration of infectious agents or antibodies etc.;

v1
analyze (chemical substances);

v2
make an effort or attempt;

- "He tried to shake off his fears";

- "The infant had essayed a few wobbly steps";

- "The police attempted to stop the thief";

- "He sought to improve himself";

- "She always seeks to do good in the world";

- syn. attempt, essay, seek, try;

assay-mark
n1
a mark on an article of trade to indicate its origin and authenticity;

- syn. authentication, hallmark;

assayer / ə s eɪ ə /
n1
an analyst who assays (performs chemical tests on) metals;

assegai / æ s ə ɡ aɪ /
n1
the slender spear of the Bantu-speaking people of Africa;

- syn. assagai;

assemblage / ə s ɛ m b ɫ ɪ dʒ /
n1
a group of persons together in one place;

- syn. gathering;

n2
a system of components assembled together for a particular purpose;

- syn. hookup;

n3
the social act of assembling;

- "they demanded the right of assembly";

- syn. assembly, gathering;

n4
several things grouped together or considered as a whole;

- syn. accumulation, aggregation, collection;

assemble / ə s ɛ m b ɫ /
v1
create by putting components or members together;

- "She pieced a quilt";

- "He tacked together some verses";

- "They set up a committee";

- syn. piece, put together, set up, tack, tack together;

v2
collect in one place;

- "We assembled in the church basement";

- "Let's gather in the dining room";

- syn. foregather, forgather, gather, meet;

v3
get people together;

- "assemble your colleagues";

- "get together all those who are interested in the project";

- "gather the close family members";

- syn. gather, get together;

assembler / ə s ɛ m b ɫ ə , ə s ɛ m b ɫ ə ɹ /
n1
a program to convert assembly language into machine language;

- syn. assembly program;

Assemblies of God
n1
a charismatic Protestant denomination in the United States;

assembling / ə s ɛ m b ɫ ɪ ŋ /
n1
the act of gathering something together;

- syn. aggregation, collecting, collection;

assembly / ə s ɛ m b ɫ i /
n1
a group of machine parts that fit together to form a self-contained unit;

n2
the act of constructing something (as a piece of machinery);

- syn. fabrication;

n3
a public facility to meet for open discussion;

- syn. forum, meeting place;

n4
a group of persons who are gathered together for a common purpose;

n5
a unit consisting of components that have been fitted together;

n6
the social act of assembling;

- "they demanded the right of assembly";

- syn. assemblage, gathering;

assembly hall
n1
a hall where many people can congregate;

assembly language
n1
a low-level programing language;

- close approximation to machine language;

assembly line
n1
mechanical system in a factory whereby an article is conveyed through sites at which successive operations are performed on it;

- syn. line, production line;

assembly plant
n1
a factory where manufactured parts are assembled into a finished product;

assembly program
n1
a program to convert assembly language into machine language;

- syn. assembler;

assemblyman / ə s ɛ m b ɫ i m æ n /
n1
someone who is a member of a legislative assembly;

assemblywoman / ə s ɛ m b ɫ i w ʊ m ə n /
n1
a woman assemblyman;

assent / ə s ɛ n t /
n1
agreement with a statement or proposal to do something;

- "he gave his assent eagerly";

- "a murmur of acquiescence from the assembly";

- syn. acquiescence;

v1
to agree or express agreement;

- "The Maestro assented to the request for an encore";

- syn. accede, acquiesce;

assenter / ə s ɛ n t ə , ə s ɛ n t ə ɹ /
n1
a person who assents;

assentient / ə s ɛ n ʃ ɪə n t /
a1
expressing agreement or consent;

- "an assenting nod";

- sim. affirmative;

assenting / ə s ɛ n t ɪ ŋ /
n1
agreeing with or consenting to (often unwillingly);

- "accession to such demands would set a dangerous precedent";

- "assenting to the Congressional determination";

- syn. accession;

assert / ə s ɝ t /
v1
state categorically;

- syn. asseverate, maintain;

v2
to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true;

- "Before God I swear I am innocent";

- syn. affirm, aver, avow, swan, swear, verify;

v3
insist on having one's opinions and rights recognized;

- "Women should assert themselves more!";

- syn. put forward;

v4
postulate positively and assertively;

- "The letter asserts a free society";

- syn. insist;

assert oneself
v1
put oneself forward in an assertive and insistent manner;

assertable / ə s ɝ t ə b ɫ /
a1
capable of being affirmed or asserted;

- "a quality affirmable of every member of the family";

- syn. affirmable;

- sim. possible;

asserted / ə s ɝ t ɪ d /
a1
confidently declared to be so;

- "the asserted value of the painting";

- sim. declared;

asserter / ə s ɝ t ə /
n1
someone who claims to speak the truth;

- "a bold asserter";

- "a declarer of his intentions";

- "affirmers of traditional doctrine";

- "an asseverator of strong convictions";

- "an avower of his own great intelligence";

- syn. affirmer, asseverator, avower, declarer;

asserting / ə s ɝ t ɪ ŋ /
a1
relating to the use of or having the nature of a declaration;

- syn. declarative, declaratory;

assertion / ə s ɝ ʃ n /
n1
a declaration that is made emphatically (as if no supporting evidence were necessary);

- syn. asseveration, averment;

n2
the act of affirming or asserting or stating something;

- syn. affirmation, statement;

assertive / ə s ɝ t ɪ v /
a1
aggressively self-assured;

- "an energetic assertive boy who was always ready to argue";

- "pointing directly at a listener is an assertive act";

- syn. self-asserting, self-assertive;

- also aggressive, imperative;

- sim. cocky, emphatic;

assertively / ə s ɝ t ɪ v ɫ i /
r1
in an assertive manner;

- "`I will take care of my own life,' she said assertively";

assertiveness / ə s ɝ t ɪ v n ə s /
n1
aggressive self-assurance;

- given to making bold assertions;

- syn. self-assertiveness;

assertiveness training
n1
a method of psychotherapy that reinforces you for stating negative and positive feelings directly;

assess / ə s ɛ s /
v1
evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of;

- "I will have the family jewels appraised by a professional";

- "access all the factors when taking a risk";

- syn. appraise, evaluate, measure, valuate, value;

v2
charge (a person or a property) with a payment, such as a tax or a fine;

v3
set or determine the amount of (a payment such as a fine);

- syn. tax;

v4
estimate the value of (property) for taxation;

- "Our house hasn't been assessed in years";

assessable / ə s ɛ s ə b ɫ /
a1
capable of being assessed especially for the purpose of taxation;

- sim. taxable;

a2
capable of being considered carefully;

- "the assessable qualities of art";

- sim. ponderable;

assessee / æ s ɪ z s i /
n1
a person (or property) that is assessed;

assessment / ə s ɛ s m ə n t /
n1
the classification of someone or something with respect to its worth;

- syn. appraisal;

n2
an amount determined as payable;

- "the assessment for repairs outraged the club's membership";

n3
the market value set on assets;

n4
the act of judging or assessing a person or situation or event;

- "they criticized my judgment of the contestants";

- syn. judgement, judgment;

assessor / ə s ɛ s ə , ə s ɛ s ə ɹ /
n1
an official who evaluates property for the purpose of taxing it;

- syn. tax assessor;

asset / æ s ɛ t /
n1
a useful or valuable quality;

- syn. plus;

assets / æ s ɛ t s /
n1
anything of material value or usefulness that is owned by a person or company;

asseverate / ə s ɛ v ə ɹ eɪ t /
v1
state categorically;

- syn. assert, maintain;

asseveration / ə s ɛ v ə ɹ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
a declaration that is made emphatically (as if no supporting evidence were necessary);

- syn. assertion, averment;

asseverator
n1
someone who claims to speak the truth;

- "a bold asserter";

- "a declarer of his intentions";

- "affirmers of traditional doctrine";

- "an asseverator of strong convictions";

- "an avower of his own great intelligence";

- syn. affirmer, asserter, avower, declarer;

asshole / æ s h oʊ ɫ /
n1
insulting terms of address for people who are stupid or irritating or ridiculous;

- syn. SOB, bastard, cocksucker, dickhead, mother fucker, motherfucker, prick, shit, son of a bitch, whoreson;

n2
vulgar slang for anus;

- syn. arse, arsehole, bunghole;

assibilate / ə s ɪ b ɪ ɫ ɑ t i /
v1
insert a sibilant sound before or after (another sound);

v2
change into a sibilant;

- "In the syllable /si/, the /s/ sibilates in Japanese";

assibilation / ə s ɪ b ɪ ɫ eɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
the development of a consonant phoneme into a sibilant;

n2
pronunciation with a sibilant (hissing or whistling) sound;

- syn. sibilation;

assiduity / æ s ɪ d j u ɪ t i /
n1
great and constant diligence and attention;

- syn. assiduousness, concentration;

assiduous / ə s ɪ d j ʊə s /
a1
marked by care and persistent effort;

- "her assiduous attempts to learn French";

- "assiduous research";

- "sedulous pursuit of legal and moral principles";

- syn. sedulous;

- sim. diligent;

assiduously / ə s ɪ d j ʊə s ɫ i /
r1
with care and persistence;

- "she worked assiduously on the senior thesis";

assiduousness / ə s ɪ d j ʊə s n ə s /
n1
great and constant diligence and attention;

- syn. assiduity, concentration;

assign / ə s aɪ n /
v1
give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person);

- syn. delegate, depute, designate;

v2
give out;

- "We were assigned new uniforms";

- syn. allot, portion;

v3
attribute or credit to;

- "We attributed this quotation to Shakespeare";

- "People impute great cleverness to cats";

- syn. ascribe, attribute, impute;

v4
select something or someone for a specific purpose;

- "The teacher assigned him to lead his classmates in the exercise";

- syn. set apart, specify;

v5
attribute or give;

- "She put too much emphasis on her the last statement";

- "He put all his efforts into this job";

- "The teacher put an interesting twist to the interpretation of the story";

- syn. put;

v6
make undue claims to having;

- syn. arrogate;

v7
transfer one's right to;

v8
decide as to where something belongs in a scheme;

- "The biologist assigned the mushroom to the proper class";

- syn. attribute;

assignable / ə s aɪ n ə b ɫ /
a1
legally transferable to the ownership of another;

- "negotiable bonds";

- syn. conveyable, negotiable, transferable, transferrable;

- sim. alienable;

assignation / æ s ɪ ɡ n eɪ ʃ n /
n1
a secret rendezvous (especially between lovers);

- syn. tryst;

n2
the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning;

- distribution according to a plan;

- "the apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives is based on the relative population of each state";

- syn. allocation, allotment, apportioning, apportionment, parceling, parcelling;

assigned / ə s aɪ n d /
a1
appointed to a post or duty;

- "assigned personnel";

- "assigned duties";

- sim. allotted, appointed;

assignee / æ s ɪ n i /
n1
(law) the party to whom something is assigned (e.g., someone to whom a right or property is legally transferred);

assigning / ə s aɪ n ɪ ŋ /
n1
the act of distributing something to designated places or persons;

- "the first task is the assignment of an address to each datum";

- syn. assignment;

assignment / ə s aɪ n m ə n t /
n1
a duty that you are assigned to perform (especially in the armed forces);

- "hazardous duty";

- syn. duty assignment;

n2
the instrument by which a claim or right or interest or property is transferred from one person to another;

n3
the act of distributing something to designated places or persons;

- "the first task is the assignment of an address to each datum";

- syn. assigning;

n4
(law) a transfer of property by deed of conveyance;

- syn. grant;

n5
an undertaking that you have been assigned to do (as by an instructor);

n6
the act of putting a person into a non-elective position;

- "the appointment had to be approved by the whole committee";

- syn. appointment, designation, naming;

assignor
n1
(law) the party who makes an assignment;

assimilable
a1
able to be absorbed and incorporated into body tissues;

- sim. digestible;

assimilate / ə s ɪ m ə ɫ eɪ t /
v1
take up mentally;

- "he absorbed the knowledge or beliefs of his tribe";

- syn. absorb, ingest, take in;

v2
become similar to one's environment;

- "Immigrants often want to assimilate quickly";

v3
make similar;

- "This country assimilates immigrants very quickly";

v4
take (gas, light or heat) into a solution;

- syn. imbibe;

v5
become similar in sound;

- "The nasal assimilates to the following consonant";

assimilating / ə s ɪ m ə ɫ eɪ t ɪ ŋ /
a1
capable of taking (gas, light, or liquids) into a solution;

- "an assimilative substance";

- syn. assimilative, assimilatory;

- sim. absorbent;

assimilation / ə s ɪ m ə ɫ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the state of being assimilated;

- people of different backgrounds come to see themselves as part of a larger national family;

n2
the social process of absorbing one cultural group into harmony with another;

- syn. absorption;

n3
the process of absorbing nutrients into the body after digestion;

- syn. absorption;

n4
a linguistic process by which a sound becomes similar to an adjacent sound;

n5
the process of assimilating new ideas into an existing cognitive structure;

- syn. acculturation;

n6
in the theories of Jean Piaget: the application of a general schema to a particular instance;

assimilative / ə s ɪ m ɪ ɫ ə t ɪ v /
a1
capable of mentally absorbing;

- "assimilative processes";

- "assimilative capacity of the human mind";

- sim. receptive;

a2
capable of taking (gas, light, or liquids) into a solution;

- "an assimilative substance";

- syn. assimilating, assimilatory;

- sim. absorbent;

assimilator / ə s ɪ m ə ɫ eɪ t ə /
n1
someone (especially a child) who learns (as from a teacher) or takes up knowledge or beliefs;

- syn. learner, scholar;

assimilatory
a1
capable of taking (gas, light, or liquids) into a solution;

- "an assimilative substance";

- syn. assimilating, assimilative;

- sim. absorbent;

assist / ə s ɪ s t /
n1
the activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose;

- "he gave me an assist with the housework";

- "could not walk without assistance";

- "rescue party went to their aid";

- "offered his help in unloading";

- syn. aid, assistance, help;

n2
(sports) the act of enabling another player to make a good play;

v1
give help or assistance;

- be of service;

- "Everyone helped out during the earthquake";

- "Can you help me carry this table?";

- "She never helps around the house";

- syn. aid, help;

v2
act as an assistant in a subordinate or supportive function;

v3
work for or be a servant to;

- "May I serve you?";

- "She attends the old lady in the wheelchair";

- "Can you wait on our table, please?";

- "Is a salesperson assisting you?";

- "The minister served the King for many years";

- syn. attend, attend to, serve, wait on;

assistance / ə s ɪ s t ə n s /
n1
the activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose;

- "he gave me an assist with the housework";

- "could not walk without assistance";

- "rescue party went to their aid";

- "offered his help in unloading";

- syn. aid, assist, help;

n2
a person or thing that is a resource that helps make something easier or possible to do;

- "visual aids in teaching";

- "his job was to give technical assistance over the phone";

- syn. aid, help;

n3
gift of money or other material help to support a person or cause;

- "economic assistance to depressed areas";

- syn. aid, economic aid, economic assistance, financial aid, financial assistance;

assistant / ə s ɪ s t ə n t /
n1
a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose;

- "my invaluable assistant";

- "they hired additional help to finish the work";

- syn. help, helper, supporter;

a1
of or relating to a person who is subordinate to another;

- syn. adjunct;

- sim. subordinate;

assistant foreman
n1
a member of a work gang who supervises the other workers;

- syn. straw boss;

assistant professor
n1
a teacher or lower rank than an associate professor;

assisted / ə s ɪ s t ɪ d /
a1
having help;

- often used as a combining form;

- syn. aided;

- sim. motor-assisted, power-assisted;

assisted suicide
n1
suicide of a terminally ill person that involves an assistant who serves to make dying as painless and dignified as possible;

assistive / ə s ɪ s t ɪ v /
a1
giving assistance;

- sim. helpful;

assize / ə s aɪ z /
n1
the regulation of weights and measures of articles offered for sale;

n2
an ancient writ issued by a court of assize to the sheriff for the recovery of property;

assizes / ə s aɪ z ɪ z /
n1
the county courts of England (replaced in 1971 by Crown courts);

- syn. court of assize, court of assize and nisi prius;

associability / ə s oʊ ʃ ə b ɪ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
the capability of being easily associated or joined or connected in thought;

- syn. associableness;

associable / ə s oʊ ʃ j ə b ɫ /
a1
capable of being associated;

- "words associable with politics";

- sim. associative;

associableness / ə s oʊ ʃ j ə b ɫ n ɛ s /
n1
the capability of being easily associated or joined or connected in thought;

- syn. associability;

associate / ə s oʊ ʃ ɪə t , ə s oʊ ʃ ɪ eɪ t /
n1
a person who joins with others in some activity or endeavor;

- "he had to consult his associate before continuing";

n2
a friend who is frequently in the company of another;

- "drinking companions";

- "comrades in arms";

- syn. companion, comrade, familiar, fellow;

n3
a person with subordinate membership in a society, institution, or commercial enterprise;

- "associates in the law firm bill at a lower rate than do partners";

n4
any event that usually accompanies or is closely connected with another;

- "first was the lightning and then its thunderous associate";

n5
a degree granted by a two-year college on successful completion of the undergraduates course of studies;

- syn. associate degree;

v1
make a logical or causal connection;

- "I cannot connect these two pieces of evidence in my mind";

- "colligate these facts";

- "I cannot relate these events at all";

- syn. colligate, connect, link, link up, relate, tie in;

v2
keep company with;

- hang out with;

- "He associates with strange people";

- "She affiliates with her colleagues";

- syn. affiliate, assort, consort;

v3
bring or come into association or action;

- "The churches consociated to fight their dissolution";

- syn. consociate;

a1
having partial rights and privileges or subordinate status;

- "an associate member";

- "an associate professor";

- sim. subordinate;

associate degree
n1
a degree granted by a two-year college on successful completion of the undergraduates course of studies;

- syn. associate;

Associate in Applied Science
n1
an associate degree in applied science;

- syn. AAS;

Associate in Arts
n1
an associate degree in arts;

- syn. AA;

Associate in Nursing
n1
an associate degree in nursing;

- syn. AN;

associate professor
n1
a teacher lower in rank than a full professor but higher than an assistant professor;

associated state
n1
a state or territory partly controlled by (but not a possession of) a stronger state but autonomous in internal affairs;

- protectorates are established by treaty;

- syn. protectorate;

associateship
n1
the position of associate (as in an office or academy);

association / ə s oʊ s ɪ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
a formal organization of people or groups of people;

- "he joined the Modern Language Association";

n2
the act of consorting with or joining with others;

- "you cannot be convicted of criminal guilt by association";

n3
the state of being connected together as in memory or imagination;

- "his association of his father with being beaten was too strong to break";

n4
the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination;

- "conditioning is a form of learning by association";

- syn. connection, connexion;

n5
a social or business relationship;

- "a valuable financial affiliation";

- "he was sorry he had to sever his ties with other members of the team";

- "many close associations with England";

- syn. affiliation, tie, tie-up;

n6
a relation resulting from interaction or dependence;

- "flints were found in association with the prehistoric remains of the bear";

- "the host is not always injured by association with a parasite";

n7
(chemistry) any process of combination (especially in solution) that depends on relatively weak chemical bonding;

n8
(ecology) a group of organisms (plants and animals) that live together in a certain geographical region and constitute a community with a few dominant species;

association area
n1
cortical areas that are neither motor or sensory but are thought to be involved in higher processing of information;

- syn. association cortex;

association cortex
n1
cortical areas that are neither motor or sensory but are thought to be involved in higher processing of information;

- syn. association area;

association football
n1
a football game in which two teams of 11 players try to kick or head a ball into the opponents' goal;

- syn. soccer;

Association for the Advancement of Retired Persons
n1
an association of people to promote the welfare of senior citizens;

- syn. AARP;

Association of Islamic Groups and Communities
n1
a Turkish terrorist group of fundamentalist Muslims with ties to al-Qaeda that operates in Germany;

- seeks the violent overthrow of the Turkish government and the establishment of an Islamic nation modeled on Iran;

- syn. Caliphate State, Kaplan Group;

Association of Orangemen
n1
a Protestant political organization in Northern Ireland;

- syn. Orange Order;

Association of Southeast Asian Nations
n1
an association of nations dedicated to economic and political cooperation in southeastern Asia and who joined with the United States to fight against global terrorism;

- syn. ASEAN;

association theory
n1
(psychology) a theory that association is the basic principle of mental activity;

- syn. associationism;

associational / ə s oʊ s ɪ eɪ ʃ n ə ɫ /
a1
of or relating to associations or associationism;

associationism / ə s oʊ s ɪ eɪ ʃ ə n ɪ z ə m /
n1
(psychology) a theory that association is the basic principle of mental activity;

- syn. association theory;

associative / ə s oʊ ʃ j ə t ɪ v /
a1
characterized by or causing or resulting from the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination;

- "associative learning";

- syn. associatory;

- sim. associable;

associative aphasia
n1
aphasia in which the lesion is assumed to be in the association tracts connecting the various language centers in the brain;

- patient's have difficulty repeating a sentence just heard;

- syn. conduction aphasia;

associatory
a1
characterized by or causing or resulting from the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination;

- "associative learning";

- syn. associative;

- sim. associable;

assoil / ə s ɔɪ ɫ /
v1
pronounce not guilty of criminal charges;

- "The suspect was cleared of the murder charges";

- syn. acquit, clear, discharge, exculpate, exonerate;

assonance / æ s ə n ə n s /
n1
the repetition of similar vowels in the stressed syllables of successive words;

- syn. vowel rhyme;

assonant / æ s ə n ə n t /
a1
having the same sound (especially the same vowel sound) occurring in successive stressed syllables;

- "note the assonant words and syllables in `tilting at windmills'";

- sim. same;

a2
having the same vowel sound occurring with different consonants in successive words or stressed syllables;

- sim. rhymed;

assonate / æ s oʊ n eɪ t /
v1
correspond in vowel sounds;

- rhyme in assonance;

- "The accented vowels assonated in this poem";

assort / ə s ɔ t /
v1
keep company with;

- hang out with;

- "He associates with strange people";

- "She affiliates with her colleagues";

- syn. affiliate, associate, consort;

v2
arrange or order by classes or categories;

- "How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?";

- syn. class, classify, separate, sort, sort out;

assortative mating
n1
mating of individuals having more traits in common than likely in random mating;

assorted / ə s ɔ t ɪ d /
a1
consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds;

- "an arrangement of assorted spring flowers";

- "assorted sizes";

- "miscellaneous accessories";

- "a mixed program of baroque and contemporary music";

- "a motley crew";

- "sundry sciences commonly known as social"- I.A.Richards;

- syn. miscellaneous, mixed, motley, sundry;

- sim. heterogeneous;

a2
of many different kinds purposefully arranged but lacking any uniformity;

- "assorted sizes";

- "his disguises are many and various";

- "various experiments have failed to disprove the theory";

- "cited various reasons for his behavior";

- syn. various;

- sim. different;

assortment / ə s ɔ t m ə n t /
n1
a collection containing a variety of sorts of things;

- "a great assortment of cars was on display";

- "he had a variety of disorders";

- "a veritable smorgasbord of religions";

- syn. miscellanea, miscellany, mixed bag, mixture, motley, potpourri, salmagundi, smorgasbord, variety;

n2
the act of distributing things into classes or categories of the same type;

- syn. categorisation, categorization, classification, compartmentalisation, compartmentalization;

Assouan
n1
an ancient city on the Nile in Egypt;

- two dams across the Nile have been built nearby;

- syn. Assuan, Aswan;

assuage / ə s w eɪ dʒ /
v1
cause to be more favorably inclined;

- gain the good will of;

- "She managed to mollify the angry customer";

- syn. appease, conciliate, gentle, gruntle, lenify, mollify, pacify, placate;

v2
satisfy (thirst);

- "The cold water quenched his thirst";

- syn. allay, quench, slake;

v3
provide physical relief, as from pain;

- "This pill will relieve your headaches";

- syn. alleviate, palliate, relieve;

assuagement / ə s w eɪ dʒ m ə n t /
n1
the feeling that comes when something burdensome is removed or reduced;

- "as he heard the news he was suddenly flooded with relief";

- syn. alleviation, relief;

Assuan
n1
an ancient city on the Nile in Egypt;

- two dams across the Nile have been built nearby;

- syn. Assouan, Aswan;

assuasive / ə s w eɪ s ɪ v /
a1
freeing from fear and anxiety;

- syn. soothing;

- sim. reassuring;

assume / ə s j u m /
v1
take to be the case or to be true;

- accept without verification or proof;

- "I assume his train was late";

- syn. presume, take for granted;

v2
take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities;

- "When will the new President assume office?";

- syn. adopt, take on, take over;

v3
take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect;

- "His voice took on a sad tone";

- "The story took a new turn";

- "he adopted an air of superiority";

- "She assumed strange manners";

- "The gods assume human or animal form in these fables";

- syn. acquire, adopt, take, take on;

v4
take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person;

- "I'll accept the charges";

- "She agreed to bear the responsibility";

- syn. accept, bear, take over;

v5
occupy or take on;

- "He assumes the lotus position";

- "She took her seat on the stage";

- "We took our seats in the orchestra";

- "She took up her position behind the tree";

- "strike a pose";

- syn. strike, take, take up;

v6
seize and take control without authority and possibly with force;

- take as one's right or possession;

- "He assumed to himself the right to fill all positions in the town";

- "he usurped my rights";

- "She seized control of the throne after her husband died";

- syn. arrogate, seize, take over, usurp;

v7
make a pretence of;

- "She assumed indifference, even though she was seething with anger";

- "he feigned sleep";

- syn. feign, sham, simulate;

v8
take up someone's soul into heaven;

- "This is the day when Mary was assumed into heaven";

v9
put clothing on one's body;

- "What should I wear today?";

- "He put on his best suit for the wedding";

- "The princess donned a long blue dress";

- "The queen assumed the stately robes";

- "He got into his jeans";

- syn. don, get into, put on, wear;

assumed / ə s j u m d /
a1
adopted in order to deceive;

- "an assumed name";

- "an assumed cheerfulness";

- "a fictitious address";

- "fictive sympathy";

- "a pretended interest";

- "a put-on childish voice";

- "sham modesty";

- syn. false, fictitious, fictive, pretended, put on, sham;

- sim. counterfeit;

assumed name
n1
a name that has been assumed temporarily;

- syn. alias, false name;

n2
(law) a name under which a corporation conducts business that is not the legal name of the corporation as shown in its articles of incorporation;

- syn. DBA, Doing Business As, fictitious name;

assuming / ə s j u m ɪ ŋ /
a1
excessively forward;

- "an assumptive person";

- "on a subject like this it would be too assuming for me to decide";

- "the duchess would not put up with presumptuous servants";

- syn. assumptive, presumptuous;

- sim. forward;

assumption / ə s ʌ m p ʃ n /
n1
a statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn;

- "on the assumption that he has been injured we can infer that he will not play";

- syn. premise, premiss;

n2
a hypothesis that is taken for granted;

- "any society is built upon certain assumptions";

- syn. supposal, supposition;

n3
the act of taking possession of or power over something;

- "his assumption of office coincided with the trouble in Cuba";

- "the Nazi assumption of power in 1934";

- "he acquired all the company's assets for ten million dollars and the assumption of the company's debts";

- syn. laying claim;

n4
celebration in the Roman Catholic Church of the Virgin Mary's being taken up into heaven when her earthly life ended;

- corresponds to the Dormition in the Eastern Orthodox Church;

- syn. Assumption of Mary, August 15;

n5
(Christianity) the taking up of the body and soul of the Virgin Mary when her earthly life had ended;

n6
audacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right to;

- "he despised them for their presumptuousness";

- syn. effrontery, presumption, presumptuousness;

n7
the act of assuming or taking for granted;

- "your assumption that I would agree was unwarranted";

Assumption of Mary
n1
celebration in the Roman Catholic Church of the Virgin Mary's being taken up into heaven when her earthly life ended;

- corresponds to the Dormition in the Eastern Orthodox Church;

- syn. Assumption, August 15;

assumptive / ə s ʌ m p t ɪ v /
a1
excessively forward;

- "an assumptive person";

- "on a subject like this it would be too assuming for me to decide";

- "the duchess would not put up with presumptuous servants";

- syn. assuming, presumptuous;

- sim. forward;

a2
accepted as real or true without proof;

- "the assumed reason for his absence";

- "assumptive beliefs";

- sim. acknowledged;

Assur
n1
an ancient Assyrian city on the Tigris and traditional capital of Assyria;

- just to the south of the modern city of Mosul in Iraq;

- syn. Ashur, Asur;

assurance / ə ʃ ʊə ɹ ə n s /
n1
freedom from doubt;

- belief in yourself and your abilities;

- "his assurance in his superiority did not make him popular";

- "after that failure he lost his confidence";

- "she spoke with authority";

- syn. authority, confidence, self-assurance, self-confidence, sureness;

n2
a binding commitment to do or give or refrain from something;

- "an assurance of help when needed";

- "signed a pledge never to reveal the secret";

- syn. pledge;

n3
a statement intended to inspire confidence;

- "the President's assurances were not respected";

n4
a British term for some kinds of insurance;

Assurbanipal
n1
king of Assyria who built a magnificent palace and library at Nineveh (668-627 BC);

- syn. Ashurbanipal, Asurbanipal;

assure / ə ʃ ʊə , ə ʃ ʊə ɹ /
v1
make certain of;

- "This nest egg will ensure a nice retirement for us";

- "Preparation will guarantee success!";

- syn. ensure, guarantee, insure, secure;

v2
inform positively and with certainty and confidence;

- "I tell you that man is a crook!";

- syn. tell;

v3
assure somebody of the truth of something with the intention of giving the listener confidence;

- "I assured him that traveling to Cambodia was safe";

v4
be careful or certain to do something;

- make certain of something;

- "He verified that the valves were closed";

- "See that the curtains are closed";

- "control the quality of the product";

- syn. ascertain, check, control, ensure, insure, see, see to it;

v5
cause to feel sure;

- give reassurance to;

- "The airline tried to reassure the customers that the planes were safe";

- syn. reassure;

v6
make a promise or commitment;

- syn. promise;

assured / ə ʃ ʊə d /
a1
marked by assurance;

- exhibiting confidence;

- "she paints with an assured hand";

- sim. confident;

a2
characterized by certainty or security;

- "a tiny but assured income";

- "we can never have completely assured lives";

- sim. secure;

assuredly / ə ʃ ʊə ɹ ɪ d ɫ i /
r1
without a doubt;

- "the grammar schools were assuredly not intended for the gentry alone";

assuredness / ə ʃ ʊə ɹ ɪ d n ɪ s /
n1
great coolness and composure under strain;

- "keep your cool";

- syn. aplomb, cool, poise, sang-froid;

assurgent
a1
rising from the sea;

- "a seahorse assurgent";

- sim. ascending;

a2
growing or extending upward;

- "an assurgent stem or leaf";

- sim. ascending;

assuring / ə ʃ ʊə ɹ ɪ ŋ /
a1
giving confidence;

- sim. reassuring;

Assyria / ə s ɪr ɪə /
n1
an ancient kingdom in northern Mesopotamia which is in present-day Iraq;

Assyrian / ə s ɪr ɪə n /
n1
an inhabitant of ancient Assyria;

n2
the language of modern Iraq;

- syn. Assyrian Neo-Aramaic;

n3
an extinct language of the Assyrians in ancient Mesopotamia;

- syn. Assyrian Akkadian;

Assyrian Akkadian
n1
an extinct language of the Assyrians in ancient Mesopotamia;

- syn. Assyrian;

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
n1
the language of modern Iraq;

- syn. Assyrian;

Assyriology / ə s ɪr ɪ ɒ ɫ ə dʒ i /
n1
archeology of the ancient Assyrians;

Astacidae
n1
crayfish;

- syn. Astacura, family Astacidae;

Astacura
n1
crayfish;

- syn. Astacidae, family Astacidae;

Astacus
n1
type genus of the family Astacidae;

- Old World crayfish;

- syn. genus Astacus;

Astaire
n1
United States dancer and cinema actor noted for his original and graceful tap dancing (1899-1987);

- syn. Fred Astaire;

Astana
n1
remote city of Kazakhstan that (ostensibly for security reasons) was made the capital in 1998;

- syn. Akmola, capital of Kazakhstan;

Astarte
n1
an ancient Phoenician goddess of love and fertility;

- the Phoenician counterpart to Ishtar;

- syn. Ashtoreth;

astasia
n1
inability to stand due to muscular incoordination;

astatic
a1
not static or stable;

- sim. changeable;

astatic coils
n1
an arrangement of coils used in sensitive electrical instruments;

- the coils are arranged to give zero resultant external magnetic field when a current passes through them and to have zero electromotive force induced in them by an external magnetic field;

astatic galvanometer
n1
has a moving magnet and astatic coils arranged to cancel the effect of the Earth's magnetic field;

astatine
n1
a highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series);

- a decay product of uranium and thorium;

- syn. At, atomic number 85;

aster / æ s t ə , æ s t ə ɹ /
n1
any of various chiefly fall-blooming herbs of the genus Aster with showy daisylike flowers;

n2
star-shaped structure formed in the cytoplasm of a cell having fibers like rays that surround the centrosome during mitosis;

Aster acuminatus
n1
North American perennial with apparently whorled leaves and showy white purple-tinged flowers;

- syn. whorled aster;

Aster arenosus
n1
common North American perennial with heathlike foliage and small white flower heads;

- syn. heath aster;

Aster cordifolius
n1
perennial wood aster of eastern North America;

- syn. heart-leaved aster;

Aster divaricatus
n1
rhizomatous perennial wood aster of eastern North America with white flowers;

- syn. white wood aster;

Aster dumosus
n1
stiff perennial of the eastern United States having small linear leaves and numerous tiny white flower heads;

- syn. bushy aster;

Aster ericoides
n1
common much-branched North American perennial with heathlike foliage and small starry white flowers;

- syn. heath aster;

Aster falcatus
n1
perennial of western North America having white flowers;

- syn. white prairie aster;

aster family
n1
plants with heads composed of many florets: aster;

- daisy;

- dandelion;

- goldenrod;

- marigold;

- lettuces;

- ragweed;

- sunflower;

- thistle;

- zinnia;

- syn. Asteraceae, Compositae, family Asteraceae, family Compositae;

Aster linarifolius
n1
wiry tufted perennial of the eastern United States with stiff erect rough stems, linear leaves and large violet flowers;

- syn. stiff aster;

Aster linosyris
n1
early-flowering perennial of southern and southeastern Europe with flower heads resembling those of goldenrod;

- syn. Linosyris vulgaris, goldilocks, goldilocks aster;

Aster macrophyllus
n1
tufted perennial wood aster of North America;

- naturalized in Europe;

- syn. large-leaved aster;

Aster novae-angliae
n1
common perennial of eastern North America having showy purplish flowers;

- a parent of the Michaelmas daisy;

- syn. New England aster;

Aster novi-belgii
n1
North American perennial herb having small autumn-blooming purple or pink or white flowers;

- widely naturalized in Europe;

- syn. Michaelmas daisy, New York aster;

Aster ptarmicoides
n1
tufted rigid North American perennial with loose clusters of white flowers;

- syn. upland white aster;

Aster shortii
n1
perennial of southeastern United States having usually blue flowers;

- syn. Short's aster;

Aster tripolium
n1
a common European aster that grows in salt marshes;

- syn. sea aster, sea starwort;

Aster turbinellis
n1
violet-flowered perennial aster of central United States having solitary heads;

- syn. prairie aster;

Asteraceae
n1
plants with heads composed of many florets: aster;

- daisy;

- dandelion;

- goldenrod;

- marigold;

- lettuces;

- ragweed;

- sunflower;

- thistle;

- zinnia;

- syn. Compositae, aster family, family Asteraceae, family Compositae;

astereognosis
n1
a loss of the ability to recognize objects by handling them;

- syn. tactile agnosia;

asteriated
a1
(of some crystals especially gemstones) exhibiting asterism;

asterid dicot family
n1
family of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs;

asterid dicot genus
n1
genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs;

Asteridae
n1
a group of mostly sympetalous herbs and some trees and shrubs mostly with 2 fused carpels;

- contains 43 families including Campanulales;

- Solanaceae;

- Scrophulariaceae;

- Labiatae;

- Verbenaceae;

- Rubiaceae;

- Compositae;

- sometimes classified as a superorder;

- syn. subclass Asteridae;

asterion
n1
the craniometric point at the junction of the lamboid suture and the occipitomastoid suture and the parietomastoid suture;

asterisk / æ s t ə ɹ ɪ s k /
n1
a star-shaped character * used in printing;

- syn. star;

v1
mark with an asterisk;

- "Linguists star unacceptable sentences";

- syn. star;

asterisked / æ s t ə ɹ ɪ s k t /
a1
marked with an asterisk;

- "the starred items";

- syn. starred;

- sim. marked;

asterism / æ s t ə ɹ ɪ z ə m /
n1
(mineralogy) a star-shaped figure with six rays that is seen in some crystal structures under reflected or transmitted light;

n2
(astronomy) a cluster of stars (or a small constellation);

asterismal / æ s t ə ɹ ɪ z m ə ɫ /
a1
relating to asterisms or constellations;

astern / ə s t ɝ n /
r1
stern foremost or backward;

- "the steamer went astern at half speed";

r2
at or near or toward the stern of a ship or tail of an airplane;

- "stow the luggage aft";

- "ships with square sails sail fairly efficiently with the wind abaft";

- "the captain looked astern to see what the fuss was about";

- syn. abaft, aft;

r3
(of a ship or an airplane) behind;

- "we dropped her astern on the end of a seven-inch manilla, and she laid comfortably on the ebb tide";

asternal / ə s t ɝ n ɫ /
a1
not connected to the sternum or breastbone;

- "asternal ribs";

- sim. unconnected;

asteroid / æ s t ə ɹ ɔɪ d /
n1
any of numerous small celestial bodies composed of rock and metal that move around the sun (mainly between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter);

a1
shaped like a star;

- syn. star-shaped;

- sim. angular;

asteroid belt
n1
the region of interplanetary space between Mars and Jupiter where most asteroids are found;

asteroidal / æ s t ə ɹ ɔɪ d ɫ /
a1
of or relating to or resembling an asteroid;

Asteroidea
n1
sea stars;

- syn. class Asteroidea;

Asterope
n1
(Greek mythology) one of the 7 Pleiades;

- syn. Sterope;

n2
one of the stars in the star cluster Pleiades;

- syn. Sterope;

asthenia / æ s θ i n j ə /
n1
an abnormal loss of strength;

- syn. astheny;

asthenic / æ s θ ɛ n ɪ k /
a1
lacking energy or vitality;

- syn. adynamic, debilitated, enervated;

- sim. weak;

a2
having a slender physique;

- sim. ectomorphic;

asthenic type
n1
slender, weak, and lightweight;

- syn. ectomorphy;

asthenopia
n1
a tiredness of the eyes caused by prolonged close work by a person with an uncorrected vision problem;

- syn. eyestrain;

asthenosphere
n1
the lower layer of the crust;

astheny
n1
an abnormal loss of strength;

- syn. asthenia;

asthma / æ s m ə /
n1
respiratory disorder characterized by wheezing;

- usually of allergic origin;

- syn. asthma attack, bronchial asthma;

asthma attack
n1
respiratory disorder characterized by wheezing;

- usually of allergic origin;

- syn. asthma, bronchial asthma;

asthmatic / æ s m æ t ɪ k /
n1
a person suffering from asthma;

- "she is a chronic asthmatic";

- "the painful gasps of a dying asthmatic";

a1
relating to breathing with a whistling sound;

- syn. wheezing, wheezy;

- sim. unhealthy;

astigmatic / æ s t ɪ ɡ m æ t ɪ k /
a1
of or relating to a defect in the eye or in a lens caused by a deviation from spherical curvature which prevents light rays from meeting at a common focus and so results in distorted images;

astigmatism / ə s t ɪ ɡ m ə t ɪ z ə m /
n1
(ophthalmology) impaired eyesight resulting usually from irregular conformation of the cornea;

- common in nearsighted people;

- syn. astigmia;

n2
(optics) defect in an optical system in which light rays from a single point fail to converge in a single focal point;

- syn. astigmia;

astigmia
n1
(ophthalmology) impaired eyesight resulting usually from irregular conformation of the cornea;

- common in nearsighted people;

- syn. astigmatism;

n2
(optics) defect in an optical system in which light rays from a single point fail to converge in a single focal point;

- syn. astigmatism;

astilbe
n1
any plant of the genus Astilbe having compound leaves and showy panicles of tiny colorful flowers;

Astilbe biternata
n1
North American astilbe with panicles of creamy white flowers;

- syn. false goatsbeard;

Astilbe chinensis pumila
n1
mat-forming evergreen Asiatic plant with finely cut leaves and small pink to burgundy flowers;

- grown as ground cover;

- syn. dwarf astilbe;

Astilbe japonica
n1
a Japanese shrub that resembles members of the genus Spiraea;

- widely cultivated in many varieties for its dense panicles of flowers in many colors;

- often forced by florists for Easter blooming;

- syn. spiraea, spirea;

astir / ə s t ɝ , ə s t ɝ ɹ /
a1
out of bed;

- "are they astir yet?";

- "up by seven each morning";

- syn. up;

- sim. awake;

a2
on the move;

- "up and about";

- "the whole town was astir over the incident";

- syn. about;

- sim. active;

astomatal
a1
lacking a stoma or stomata;

astomatous / æ s t ə m æ t ə s /
a1
having no mouth or mouthlike opening;

- syn. mouthless;

astonied
a1
filled with the emotional impact of overwhelming surprise or shock;

- "an amazed audience gave the magician a standing ovation";

- "I stood enthralled, astonished by the vastness and majesty of the cathedral";

- "astounded viewers wept at the pictures from the Oklahoma City bombing";

- "stood in stunned silence";

- "stunned scientists found not one but at least three viruses";

- syn. amazed, astonished, astounded, stunned;

- sim. surprised;

astonish / ə s t ɒ n ɪ ʃ /
v1
affect with wonder;

- "Your ability to speak six languages amazes me!";

- syn. amaze, astound;

astonished / ə s t ɒ n ɪ ʃ t /
a1
filled with the emotional impact of overwhelming surprise or shock;

- "an amazed audience gave the magician a standing ovation";

- "I stood enthralled, astonished by the vastness and majesty of the cathedral";

- "astounded viewers wept at the pictures from the Oklahoma City bombing";

- "stood in stunned silence";

- "stunned scientists found not one but at least three viruses";

- syn. amazed, astonied, astounded, stunned;

- sim. surprised;

astonishing / ə s t ɒ n ɪ ʃ ɪ ŋ /
a1
surprising greatly;

- "she does an amazing amount of work";

- "the dog was capable of astonishing tricks";

- syn. amazing;

- sim. surprising;

a2
so surprisingly impressive as to stun or overwhelm;

- "such an enormous response was astonishing";

- "an astounding achievement";

- "the amount of money required was staggering";

- "suffered a staggering defeat";

- "the figure inside the boucle dress was stupefying";

- syn. astounding, staggering, stupefying;

- sim. impressive;

astonishingly / ə s t ɒ n ɪ ʃ ɪ ŋ ɫ i /
r1
in an amazing manner;

- to everyone's surprise;

- "amazingly, he finished medical school in three years";

- syn. amazingly, surprisingly;

astonishment / ə s t ɒ n ɪ ʃ m ə n t /
n1
the feeling that accompanies something extremely surprising;

- "he looked at me in astonishment";

- syn. amazement;

Astor / æ s t ə ɹ /
n1
British politician (born in the United States) who was the first woman to sit in the British House of Commons (1879-1964);

- syn. Nancy Witcher Astor, Viscountess Astor;

n2
United States capitalist (born in Germany) who made a fortune in fur trading (1763-1848);

- syn. John Jacob Astor;

astound / ə s t aʊ n d /
v1
affect with wonder;

- "Your ability to speak six languages amazes me!";

- syn. amaze, astonish;

astounded / ə s t aʊ n d ɪ d /
a1
filled with the emotional impact of overwhelming surprise or shock;

- "an amazed audience gave the magician a standing ovation";

- "I stood enthralled, astonished by the vastness and majesty of the cathedral";

- "astounded viewers wept at the pictures from the Oklahoma City bombing";

- "stood in stunned silence";

- "stunned scientists found not one but at least three viruses";

- syn. amazed, astonied, astonished, stunned;

- sim. surprised;

astounding / ə s t aʊ n d ɪ ŋ /
a1
bewildering or striking dumb with wonder;

- syn. dumbfounding, dumfounding;

- sim. incredible;

a2
so surprisingly impressive as to stun or overwhelm;

- "such an enormous response was astonishing";

- "an astounding achievement";

- "the amount of money required was staggering";

- "suffered a staggering defeat";

- "the figure inside the boucle dress was stupefying";

- syn. astonishing, staggering, stupefying;

- sim. impressive;

astraddle / ə s t ɹ æ d ɫ /
r1
with one leg on each side;

- "she sat astride the chair";

- syn. astride;

astragal / æ s t ɹ ə ɡ ə ɫ /
n1
the bone in the ankle that articulates with the leg bones to form the ankle joint;

- syn. anklebone, astragalus, talus;

n2
a beaded molding for edging or decorating furniture;

- syn. bead, beading, beadwork;

astragalar
a1
of or relating to the anklebone;

Astragalus
n1
large genus of annual or perennial herbs or shrubs of north temperate regions;

- largest genus in the family Leguminosae;

- syn. genus Astragalus;

n2
the bone in the ankle that articulates with the leg bones to form the ankle joint;

- syn. anklebone, astragal, talus;

Astragalus alpinus
n1
perennial of mountainous areas of Eurasia and North America;

- syn. alpine milk vetch;

Astragalus danicus
n1
perennial of southern and western Europe having dense racemes of purple or violet flowers;

- syn. purple milk vetch;

Astragalus glycyphyllos
n1
European perennial;

- syn. wild licorice, wild liquorice;

astrakhan / æ s t ɹ ə k æ n /
n1
the fur of young lambs;

n2
a city in southwestern Russia on the delta of the Volga River;

astral / æ s t ɹ ə ɫ /
a1
being or relating to or resembling or emanating from stars;

- "an astral body";

- "stellar light";

- syn. stellar;

astrantia
n1
any plant of the genus Astrantia;

- syn. masterwort;

Astrantia major
n1
European herb with aromatic roots and leaves in a basal tuft and showy compound umbels of white to rosy flowers;

- syn. greater masterwort;

astraphobia
n1
a morbid fear of thunder and lightning;

astray / ə s t ɹ eɪ /
r1
away from the right path or direction;

- "he was led astray";

r2
far from the intended target;

- "the arrow went wide of the mark";

- "a bullet went astray and killed a bystander";

- syn. wide;

Astreus
n1
a genus of fungi belonging to the family Geastraceae;

- syn. genus Astreus;

Astreus hygrometricus
n1
a common species of earthstar widely distributed in sandy soil;

- the gleba is a pale tan;

Astreus pteridis
n1
the largest earthstar;

- the fruiting body can measure 15 cm across when the rays are expanded;

astride / ə s t ɹ aɪ d /
r1
with one leg on each side;

- "she sat astride the chair";

- syn. astraddle;

r2
with the legs stretched far apart;

astringe / ə s t ɹ ɪ n dʒ /
v1
constrict or bind or draw together;

- "Lemon juice astringes the tissue in the mouth";

v2
become constricted or compressed;

- "The cold substance astringes";

astringence
n1
a sharp astringent taste;

- the taste experience when a substance causes the mouth to pucker;

- syn. astringency;

astringency / ə s t ɹ ɪ n dʒ ə n s i /
n1
a sharp astringent taste;

- the taste experience when a substance causes the mouth to pucker;

- syn. astringence;

n2
the ability to contract or draw together soft body tissues to check blood flow or restrict secretion of fluids;

- syn. stypsis;

astringent / ə s t ɹ ɪ n dʒ ə n t /
n1
a drug that causes contraction of body tissues and canals;

- syn. astringent drug, styptic;

a1
sour or bitter in taste;

- syn. acerb, acerbic;

- sim. sour;

a2
tending to draw together or constrict soft organic tissue;

- "astringent cosmetic lotions";

- sim. styptic;

astringent drug
n1
a drug that causes contraction of body tissues and canals;

- syn. astringent, styptic;

astrobiology / æ s t ɹ oʊ b aɪ ɒ ɫ ə dʒ i /
n1
the branch of biology concerned with the effects of outer space on living organisms and the search for extraterrestrial life;

- syn. exobiology, space biology;

astrocyte
n1
comparatively large neuroglial cell;

astrocytic
a1
of or relating to or containing large star-shaped cells in the neuroglia;

astrodome / æ s t ɹ ə d oʊ m /
n1
a transparent dome on top of an airplane where the navigator can make celestial observations;

astrodynamics / æ s t ɹ oʊ d aɪ n æ m ɪ k s /
n1
the branch of astronomy that studies the motion of natural and artificial bodies in space;

astrogate
v1
guide in interplanetary travel;

v2
navigate in space;

astrogator
n1
the navigator of a spacecraft;

astroglia
n1
tissue consisting of large stellate neuroglial cells;

- syn. macroglia;

astrolabe / æ s t ɹ ə ɫ eɪ b /
n1
an early form of sextant;

astrolatry
n1
the worship of planets or stars;

- syn. worship of heavenly bodies;

astrologer / ə s t ɹ ɒ ɫ ə dʒ ə , ə s t ɹ ɒ ɫ ə dʒ ə ɹ /
n1
someone who predicts the future by the positions of the planets and sun and Moon;

- syn. astrologist;

astrological / æ s t ɹ ə ɫ ɒ dʒ ɪ k ɫ /
a1
relating to or concerned with astrology;

- "astrological chart";

astrologist / æ s t ɹ oʊ ɫ oʊ dʒ ɪ s t /
n1
someone who predicts the future by the positions of the planets and sun and Moon;

- syn. astrologer;

astrology / ə s t ɹ ɒ ɫ ə dʒ i /
n1
a pseudoscience claiming divination by the positions of the planets and sun and moon;

- syn. star divination;

Astroloma
n1
evergreen shrubs of Australia and Tasmania;

- syn. genus Astroloma;

Astroloma humifusum
n1
small prostrate or ascending shrub having scarlet flowers and succulent fruit resembling cranberries;

- sometimes placed in genus Styphelia;

- syn. Styphelia humifusum, cranberry heath, ground-berry, groundberry, native cranberry;

astrometry / æ s t ɹ ɒ m ɪ t ɹ i /
n1
the branch of astronomy that deals with the measurement of the position and motion of celestial bodies;

astronaut / æ s t ɹ ə n ɔ t /
n1
a person trained to travel in a spacecraft;

- "the Russians called their astronauts cosmonauts";

- syn. cosmonaut, spaceman;

astronautic / æ s t ɹ ə n ɔ t ɪ k /
a1
of or belonging to astronauts or the science of astronautics;

- syn. astronautical;

astronautical / æ s t ɹ ə n ɔ t ɪ k ə ɫ /
a1
of or belonging to astronauts or the science of astronautics;

- syn. astronautic;

astronautics / æ s t ɹ ə n ɔ t ɪ k s /
n1
the theory and practice of navigation through air or space;

- syn. aeronautics;

astronavigation
n1
navigating according to the positions of the stars;

- syn. celestial navigation;

Astronium
n1
a genus of dicotyledonous plants of the family Anacardiaceae;

- syn. genus Astronium;

Astronium fraxinifolium
n1
tall tropical American timber tree especially abundant in eastern Brazil;

- yields hard strong durable zebrawood with straight grain and dark strips on a pinkish to yellowish ground;

- widely used for veneer and furniture and heavy construction;

- syn. goncalo alves;

astronomer / ə s t ɹ ɒ n ə m ə , ə s t ɹ ɒ n ə m ə ɹ /
n1
a physicist who studies astronomy;

- syn. stargazer, uranologist;

astronomic / æ s t ɹ ə n ɒ m ɪ k /
a1
relating or belonging to the science of astronomy;

- "astronomic telescope";

- syn. astronomical;

a2
inconceivably large;

- syn. astronomical, galactic;

- sim. large;

astronomical / æ s t ɹ ə n ɒ m ɪ k ɫ /
a1
relating or belonging to the science of astronomy;

- "astronomic telescope";

- syn. astronomic;

a2
inconceivably large;

- syn. astronomic, galactic;

- sim. large;

astronomical telescope
n1
any telescope designed to collect and record electromagnetic radiation from cosmic sources;

Astronomical Unit
n1
a unit of length used for distances within the solar system;

- equal to the mean distance between the Earth and the Sun (approximately 93 million miles or 150 million kilometers);

- syn. AU;

astronomical year
n1
the time for the earth to make one revolution around the sun, measured between two vernal equinoxes;

- syn. equinoctial year, solar year, tropical year;

astronomically / æ s t ɹ ə n ɒ m ɪ k ɫ i /
r1
enormously;

- "the bill was astronomically high";

astronomy / ə s t ɹ ɒ n ə m i /
n1
the branch of physics that studies celestial bodies and the universe as a whole;

- syn. uranology;

astronomy satellite
n1
a satellite equipped with a telescope to observe infrared radiation;

astronomy unit
n1
a linear unit used for astronomical distances;

astrophysical / æ s t ɹ oʊ f ɪ z ɪ k ɫ /
a1
of or concerned with astrophysics;

- "astrophysical sciences";

astrophysicist / æ s t ɹ oʊ f ɪ z ɪ s ɪ s t /
n1
an astronomer who studies the physical properties of celestial bodies;

astrophysics / æ s t ɹ oʊ f ɪ z ɪ k s /
n1
the branch of astronomy concerned with the physical and chemical properties of celestial bodies;

Astrophyton
n1
includes many of the basket stars;

- syn. genus Astrophyton;

Astrophyton muricatum
n1
a variety of basket star;

Astropogon
n1
a genus of fish of the family Apogonidae;

- syn. genus Astropogon;

Astropogon stellatus
n1
found in West Indies;

- lives in mantle cavity of a living conch;

- syn. conchfish;

astute / ə s t j u t /
a1
marked by practical hardheaded intelligence;

- "a smart businessman";

- "an astute tenant always reads the small print in a lease";

- "he was too shrewd to go along with them on a road that could lead only to their overthrow";

- syn. sharp, shrewd;

- sim. smart;

astutely / ə s t j u t ɫ i /
r1
in a shrewd manner;

- "he invested his fortune astutely";

- "he was acutely insightful";

- syn. acutely, sagaciously, sapiently, shrewdly;

astuteness / ə s t j u t n ə s /
n1
intelligence manifested by being astute (as in business dealings);

- syn. perspicaciousness, perspicacity, shrewdness;

n2
the intellectual ability to penetrate deeply into ideas;

- syn. deepness, depth, profoundness, profundity;

astylar
a1
lacking columns or pillars;

- sim. noncolumned;

Asuncion
n1
the capital and chief port of Paraguay;

- syn. capital of Paraguay;

asunder / ə s ʌ n d ə , ə s ʌ n d ə ɹ /
a1
widely separated especially in space;

- "as wide asunder as pole from pole";

- sim. separate;

r1
into parts or pieces;

- "he took his father's watch apart";

- "split apart";

- "torn asunder";

- syn. apart;

Asur
n1
an ancient Assyrian city on the Tigris and traditional capital of Assyria;

- just to the south of the modern city of Mosul in Iraq;

- syn. Ashur, Assur;

Asura
n1
earlier a god;

- later a demon;

- counterpart of Zoroastrian Ahura;

Asurbanipal
n1
king of Assyria who built a magnificent palace and library at Nineveh (668-627 BC);

- syn. Ashurbanipal, Assurbanipal;

Asvina
n1
the seventh month of the Hindu calendar;

- syn. Asin;

Asvins
n1
(literally `possessing horses' in Sanskrit) in Hinduism the twin chariot warriors conveying Surya;

Aswan
n1
an ancient city on the Nile in Egypt;

- two dams across the Nile have been built nearby;

- syn. Assouan, Assuan;

Aswan High Dam
n1
one of the world's largest dams on the Nile River in southern Egypt;

- syn. High Dam;

asylum / ə s aɪ ɫ ə m /
n1
a shelter from danger or hardship;

- syn. refuge, sanctuary;

n2
a hospital for mentally incompetent or unbalanced person;

- syn. insane asylum, institution, mental home, mental hospital, mental institution, psychiatric hospital;

asymmetric / æ s ɪ m ɛ t ɹ ɪ k , eɪ s ɪ m ɛ t ɹ ɪ k /
a1
characterized by asymmetry in the spatial arrangement or placement of parts or components;

- syn. asymmetrical;

- also irregular;

- sim. lopsided, noninterchangeable, unsymmetric;

asymmetrical / æ s ɪ m ɛ t ɹ ɪ k ə ɫ , eɪ s ɪ m ɛ t ɹ ɪ k ɫ /
a1
characterized by asymmetry in the spatial arrangement or placement of parts or components;

- syn. asymmetric;

- also irregular;

- sim. lopsided, noninterchangeable, unsymmetric;

a2
irregular in shape or outline;

- "asymmetrical features";

- "a dress with a crooked hemline";

- syn. crooked;

- sim. irregular;

asymmetrically / eɪ s ɪ m ɛ t ɹ ɪ k ɫ i /
r1
in an asymmetrical manner;

- "they were asymmetrically arranged";

- syn. unsymmetrically;

asymmetry / æ s ɪ m ɪ t ɹ i , eɪ s ɪ m ɪ t ɹ i /
n1
(mathematics) a lack of symmetry;

- syn. dissymmetry, imbalance;

asymptomatic / æ s ɪ m p t ə m æ t ɪ k /
a1
having no symptoms of illness or disease;

- syn. symptomless;

- sim. well;

asymptote / æ s ɪ m p t oʊ t , æ s ɪ m t oʊ t /
n1
a straight line that is the limiting value of a curve;

- can be considered as tangent at infinity;

- "the asymptote of the curve";

asymptotic / æ s ɪ m p t ɒ t ɪ k , æ s ɪ m t ɒ t ɪ k /
a1
relating to or of the nature of an asymptote;

- "an asymptotic function";

asymptotically / æ s ɪ m t ɒ t ɪ k ɫ i /
r1
toward an asymptote;

- "it grew asymptotically";

asynchronism
n1
the relation that exists when things occur at unrelated times;

- "the stimulus produced a desynchronizing of the brain waves";

- syn. asynchrony, desynchronisation, desynchronization, desynchronizing;

asynchronous
a1
(digital communication) pertaining to a transmission technique that does not require a common clock between the communicating devices;

- timing signals are derived from special characters in the data stream itself;

a2
not synchronous;

- not occurring or existing at the same time or having the same period or phase;

- sim. allochronic, anachronic, nonsynchronous, serial;

asynchronous operation
n1
operations that occur without a regular or predictable time relation to other events;

asynchronous transfer mode
n1
a means of digital communications that is capable of very high speeds;

- suitable for transmission of images or voice or video as well as data;

- "ATM is used for both LAN and WAN";

- syn. ATM;

asynchrony
n1
the relation that exists when things occur at unrelated times;

- "the stimulus produced a desynchronizing of the brain waves";

- syn. asynchronism, desynchronisation, desynchronization, desynchronizing;

asynclitism
n1
the presentation during labor of the head of the fetus at an abnormal angle;

- syn. obliquity;

asyndetic
a1
lacking conjunctions;

asyndeton / æ s ɪ n d ɪ t ə n /
n1
the omission of conjunctions where they would normally be used;

asynergia
n1
absence of coordination of organs or body parts that usually work together harmoniously;

- syn. asynergy;

asynergic
a1
of or relating to the state of asynergy;

- lacking synergy;

asynergy
n1
absence of coordination of organs or body parts that usually work together harmoniously;

- syn. asynergia;

asystole
n1
absence of systole;

- failure of the ventricles of the heart to contract (usually caused by ventricular fibrillation) with consequent absence of the heart beat leading to oxygen lack and eventually to death;

- syn. cardiac arrest, cardiopulmonary arrest;

At / æ t , ə t /
n1
a highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series);

- a decay product of uranium and thorium;

- syn. astatine, atomic number 85;

n2
100 at equal 1 kip in Laos;

at-bat
n1
(baseball) a turn trying to get a hit;

- "he was at bat when it happened";

- "he got four hits in four at-bats";

- syn. bat;

at a loss
a1
filled with bewilderment;

- "at a loss to understand those remarks";

- "puzzled that she left without saying goodbye";

- syn. nonplused, nonplussed, puzzled;

- sim. perplexed;

r1
below cost;

- "sold the car at a loss";

at a low price
r1
for a relatively small amount of money;

- "we bought the house for a song";

- syn. for a bargain price, for a song;

at a lower place
r1
in or to a place that is lower;

- syn. below, beneath, to a lower place;

at a time
r1
simultaneously;

- "he took three cookies at a time";

- syn. at once, at one time;

at all
r1
in the slightest degree or in any respect;

- "Are you at all interested? No, not at all";

- "was not in the least unfriendly";

- syn. in the least, the least bit;

at all costs
r1
regardless of the cost involved;

- "he wanted to save her life at all cost";

- syn. at any cost, at any expense;

at an equal rate
r1
used in legal language;

- syn. pari passu;

at any cost
r1
regardless of the cost involved;

- "he wanted to save her life at all cost";

- syn. at all costs, at any expense;

at any expense
r1
regardless of the cost involved;

- "he wanted to save her life at all cost";

- syn. at all costs, at any cost;

at any rate
r1
used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement;

- "Anyhow, he is dead now";

- "I think they're asleep;

- anyhow, they're quiet";

- "I don't know what happened to it;

- anyway, it's gone";

- "anyway, there is another factor to consider";

- "I don't know how it started;

- in any case, there was a brief scuffle";

- "in any event, the government faced a serious protest";

- "but at any rate he got a knighthood for it";

- syn. anyhow, anyway, anyways, in any case, in any event;

r2
if nothing else (`leastwise' is informal and `leastways' is colloquial);

- "at least he survived";

- "they felt--at any rate Jim felt--relieved though still wary";

- "the influence of economists--or at any rate of economics--is far-reaching";

- syn. at least, leastways, leastwise;

at arm's length
r1
at some distance;

- "keep someone at arm's length";

at bay
a1
forced to turn and face attackers;

- "a stag at bay";

- "she had me cornered between the porch and her car";

- "like a trapped animal";

- syn. cornered, trapped, treed;

- sim. unfree;

at best
r1
under the best of conditions;

- "at best we'll lose only the money";

- syn. at the best;

at bottom
r1
in reality;

- "she is very kind at heart";

- syn. at heart, deep down, in spite of appearance, inside;

at close range
r1
very close;

- "without my reading glasses I can hardly see things close up";

- "even firing at close range he missed";

- syn. close up;

at fault
a1
deserving blame;

- "admitted to being at fault";

- sim. guilty;

at first blush
r1
as a first impression;

- "at first blush the offer seemed attractive";

- syn. when first seen;

at first glance
r1
on first seeing (someone or something);

- immediately;

- "it was love at first sight";

- syn. at first sight;

r2
after an initial impression, which later proves incorrect;

- syn. at first sight;

at first hand
r1
from the original source;

- directly;

- "I heard this story firsthand";

- syn. firsthand;

at first sight
r1
on first seeing (someone or something);

- immediately;

- "it was love at first sight";

- syn. at first glance;

r2
after an initial impression, which later proves incorrect;

- syn. at first glance;

at hand
a1
close in space;

- within reach;

- "the town is close at hand";

- syn. close at hand;

- sim. close;

a2
close in time;

- about to occur;

- "retribution is at hand";

- "some people believe the day of judgment is close at hand";

- "in imminent danger";

- "his impending retirement";

- syn. close at hand, imminent, impendent, impending;

- sim. close;

at heart
r1
in reality;

- "she is very kind at heart";

- syn. at bottom, deep down, in spite of appearance, inside;

at home
n1
a reception held in your own home;

r1
on the home team's field;

- "they played at home last night";

r2
at, to, or toward the place where you reside;

- "he worked at home";

at large
a1
having escaped, especially from confinement;

- "a convict still at large";

- "searching for two escaped prisoners";

- "dogs loose on the streets";

- "criminals on the loose in the neighborhood";

- syn. escaped, loose, on the loose;

- sim. free;

r1
in a general fashion;

- "he talked at large about his plans";

- syn. in a broad way;

at last
r1
as the end result of a succession or process;

- "ultimately he had to give in";

- "at long last the winter was over";

- syn. at long last, finally, in the end, ultimately;

at least
r1
if nothing else (`leastwise' is informal and `leastways' is colloquial);

- "at least he survived";

- "they felt--at any rate Jim felt--relieved though still wary";

- "the influence of economists--or at any rate of economics--is far-reaching";

- syn. at any rate, leastways, leastwise;

r2
not less than;

- "at least two hours studying the manual";

- "a tumor at least as big as an orange";

- syn. at the least;

at leisure
r1
in an unhurried way or at one's convenience;

- "read the manual at your leisure";

- "he traveled leisurely";

- syn. leisurely;

at length
r1
in a lengthy or prolix manner;

- "the argument went on lengthily";

- "she talked at length about the problem";

- syn. lengthily;

at loggerheads
a1
in a dispute or confrontation;

- "Sam and his parents were at loggerheads over the question of car privileges";

- sim. hostile;

at long last
r1
as the end result of a succession or process;

- "ultimately he had to give in";

- "at long last the winter was over";

- syn. at last, finally, in the end, ultimately;

at most
r1
not more than;

- "spend at most $20 on the lunch";

- syn. at the most;

at odds
a1
in disagreement;

- "the figures are at odds with our findings";

- "contradictory attributes of unjust justice and loving vindictiveness"- John Morley;

- syn. conflicting, contradictory, self-contradictory;

- sim. inconsistent;

at once
r1
without delay or hesitation;

- with no time intervening;

- "he answered immediately";

- "found an answer straightaway";

- "an official accused of dishonesty should be suspended forthwith";

- "Come here now!";

- syn. directly, forthwith, immediately, instantly, like a shot, now, right away, straight off, straightaway;

r2
simultaneously;

- "he took three cookies at a time";

- syn. at a time, at one time;

at one time
r1
simultaneously;

- "he took three cookies at a time";

- syn. at a time, at once;

r2
at a previous time;

- "at one time he loved her";

- "her erstwhile writing";

- "she was a dancer once";

- syn. erst, erstwhile, formerly, once;

at peace
a1
dead;

- "he is deceased";

- "our dear departed friend";

- syn. asleep, at rest, deceased, departed, gone;

- sim. dead;

at present
r1
at the present moment;

- "goods now on sale";

- "the now-aging dictator";

- "they are now abroad";

- "he is busy at present writing a new novel";

- "it could happen any time now";

- syn. now;

at random
r1
in a random manner;

- "the houses were randomly scattered";

- "bullets were fired into the crowd at random";

- syn. arbitrarily, every which way, haphazardly, indiscriminately, randomly, willy-nilly;

at rest
a1
in a state of repose or especially sleep;

- sim. asleep;

a2
dead;

- "he is deceased";

- "our dear departed friend";

- syn. asleep, at peace, deceased, departed, gone;

- sim. dead;

at sea
a1
perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements;

- filled with bewilderment;

- "obviously bemused by his questions";

- "bewildered and confused";

- "a cloudy and confounded philosopher";

- "just a mixed-up kid";

- "she felt lost on the first day of school";

- syn. baffled, befuddled, bemused, bewildered, confounded, confused, lost, mazed, mixed-up;

- sim. perplexed;

at stake
r1
in question or at issue;

- "there is more at stake than your modesty";

r2
to be won or lost;

- at risk;

- "perhaps a million dollars are at stake";

at the best
r1
under the best of conditions;

- "at best we'll lose only the money";

- syn. at best;

at the least
r1
not less than;

- "at least two hours studying the manual";

- "a tumor at least as big as an orange";

- syn. at least;

at the most
r1
not more than;

- "spend at most $20 on the lunch";

- syn. at most;

at the ready
a1
ready for immediate use;

- "soldiers with guns at the ready";

- "students with pens and notebooks at the ready";

- sim. ready;

at the same time
r1
at the same instant;

- "they spoke simultaneously";

- syn. simultaneously;

r2
overlapping in duration;

- "concurrently with the conference an exhibition of things associated with Rutherford was held";

- "going to school and holding a job at the same time";

- syn. concurrently;

r3
despite anything to the contrary (usually preceding a concession);

- "although I'm a little afraid, however I'd like to try it";

- "while we disliked each other, nevertheless we agreed";

- "he was a stern yet fair master";

- "granted that it is dangerous, all the same I still want to go";

- syn. all the same, even so, however, nevertheless, nonetheless, notwithstanding, still, withal, yet;

at the worst
r1
under the worst of conditions;

- "at worst we'll go to jail";

- syn. at worst;

at times
r1
sporadically and infrequently;

- "he was arrogant and occasionally callous";

- "open areas are only occasionally interrupted by clumps of trees";

- "they visit New York on occasion";

- "now and again she would take her favorite book from the shelf and read to us";

- "as we drove along, the beautiful scenery now and then attracted his attention";

- syn. from time to time, now and again, now and then, occasionally, on occasion, once in a while;

at variance
a1
not in accord;

- "desires at variance with his duty";

- "widely discrepant statements";

- syn. discrepant, dissonant;

- sim. discordant;

at will
r1
as one chooses or pleases;

- "he can roam the neighborhood at will";

at work
a1
on the job;

- "had been at work for over an hour before her boss arrived";

- sim. busy;

at worst
r1
under the worst of conditions;

- "at worst we'll go to jail";

- syn. at the worst;

Atabrine / æ t ə b ɹ i n /
n1
a drug (trade name Atabrine) used to treat certain worm infestations and once used to treat malaria;

- syn. mepacrine, quinacrine, quinacrine hydrochloride;

Atacama Desert
n1
a desert in western Chile that extends roughly 600 miles south from the Peruvian border;

- one of the driest areas in the world, but rich in nitrate and copper deposits;

Atacama Trench
n1
a depression in the floor of the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Chile;

atactic
a1
lacking motor coordination;

- marked or caused by ataxia;

- syn. ataxic;

atactic abasia
n1
abasia due to ataxia of the legs;

- syn. ataxic abasia;

Atakapa
n1
a member of an Indian people formerly living along the Gulf Coast of Louisiana and Texas;

- syn. Attacapan;

n2
a language spoken by the Atakapa of the Gulf Coast of Louisiana and Texas;

- syn. Atakapan, Attacapa, Attacapan;

Atakapan
n1
a language spoken by the Atakapa of the Gulf Coast of Louisiana and Texas;

- syn. Atakapa, Attacapa, Attacapan;

atar
n1
essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers;

- syn. athar, attar, ottar;

ataractic
n1
a drug used to reduce stress or tension without reducing mental clarity;

- syn. antianxiety agent, ataractic agent, ataractic drug, tranquilizer, tranquilliser, tranquillizer;

a1
tending to soothe or tranquilize;

- "valium has a tranquilizing effect";

- "took a hot drink with sedative properties before going to bed";

- syn. ataraxic, sedative, tranquilising, tranquilizing, tranquillising, tranquillizing;

- sim. depressant;

ataractic agent
n1
a drug used to reduce stress or tension without reducing mental clarity;

- syn. antianxiety agent, ataractic, ataractic drug, tranquilizer, tranquilliser, tranquillizer;

ataractic drug
n1
a drug used to reduce stress or tension without reducing mental clarity;

- syn. antianxiety agent, ataractic, ataractic agent, tranquilizer, tranquilliser, tranquillizer;

Atarax
n1
a drug (trade names Atarax and Vistaril) used as a tranquilizer to treat anxiety and motion sickness;

- syn. Vistaril, hydroxyzine, hydroxyzine hydrochloride;

ataraxia
n1
peace of mind;

ataraxic
a1
tending to soothe or tranquilize;

- "valium has a tranquilizing effect";

- "took a hot drink with sedative properties before going to bed";

- syn. ataractic, sedative, tranquilising, tranquilizing, tranquillising, tranquillizing;

- sim. depressant;

ataraxis
n1
the absence of mental stress or anxiety;

- syn. heartsease, peace, peace of mind, peacefulness, repose, serenity;

Ataturk
n1
Turkish statesman who abolished the caliphate and founded Turkey as a modern secular state (1881-1938);

- syn. Kemal Ataturk, Kemal Pasha, Mustafa Kemal;

atavism / æ t ə v ɪ z ə m /
n1
a reappearance of an earlier characteristic;

- syn. reversion, throwback;

atavist / æ t ə v ɪ s t /
n1
an organism that has the characteristics of a more primitive type of that organism;

- syn. throwback;

atavistic / æ t ə v ɪ s t ɪ k /
a1
characteristic of an atavist;

- syn. throwback;

- sim. regressive;

ataxia
n1
inability to coordinate voluntary muscle movements;

- unsteady movements and staggering gait;

- syn. ataxy, dyssynergia, motor ataxia;

ataxic
a1
lacking motor coordination;

- marked or caused by ataxia;

- syn. atactic;

ataxic abasia
n1
abasia due to ataxia of the legs;

- syn. atactic abasia;

ataxic aphasia
n1
aphasia in which expression by speech or writing is severely impaired;

- syn. Broca's aphasia, expressive aphasia, motor aphasia, nonfluent aphasia;

ataxy / ə t æ k s i /
n1
inability to coordinate voluntary muscle movements;

- unsteady movements and staggering gait;

- syn. ataxia, dyssynergia, motor ataxia;

Atayalic
n1
a language spoken by a Malaysian people on Formosa;

- syn. Tayalic;

Ate / ɛ t /
n1
goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment;

atelectasis
n1
collapse of an expanded lung (especially in infants);

- also failure of pulmonary alveoli to expand at birth;

ateleiosis
n1
a form of infantilism characterized by physical underdevelopment but normal intelligence;

- syn. ateliosis;

ateleiotic
a1
of or relating to ateleiosis;

Ateles / æ t ɛ ɫ z /
n1
spider monkeys;

- syn. genus Ateles;

Ateles geoffroyi
n1
arboreal monkey of tropical America with long slender legs and long prehensile tail;

- syn. spider monkey;

atelier / æ t ɛ ɫ ɪ eɪ /
n1
a studio especially for an artist or designer;

- syn. artist's workroom;

ateliosis
n1
a form of infantilism characterized by physical underdevelopment but normal intelligence;

- syn. ateleiosis;

Aten
n1
the sun (or solar disc) which was the deity of a monotheistic cult under the Pharaoh Akhenaten;

- syn. Aton;

atenolol
n1
an oral beta blocker (trade name Tenormin) used in treating hypertension and angina;

- has adverse side effects (depression and exacerbation of congestive heart failure etc.);

- syn. Tenormin;

ateria gastrica dextra
n1
a branch of the hepatic artery that supplies the pyloric portion of the stomach on the lesser curvature;

- syn. right gastric artery;

ATF / eɪ t i j ɛ f /
n1
the law enforcement and tax collection agency of the Treasury Department that enforces federal laws concerning alcohol and tobacco products and firearms and explosives and arson;

- syn. Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms;

Athabascan
n1
a group of Amerindian languages (the name coined by an American anthropologist, Edward Sapir);

- syn. Athabaskan, Athapascan, Athapaskan, Athapaskan language;

n2
a member of any of the North American Indian groups speaking an Athapaskan language and living in the subarctic regions of western Canada and central Alaska;

- syn. Athabaskan, Athapascan, Athapaskan;

Athabaskan
n1
a member of any of the North American Indian groups speaking an Athapaskan language and living in the subarctic regions of western Canada and central Alaska;

- syn. Athabascan, Athapascan, Athapaskan;

n2
a group of Amerindian languages (the name coined by an American anthropologist, Edward Sapir);

- syn. Athabascan, Athapascan, Athapaskan, Athapaskan language;

Athanasian Creed
n1
a Christian profession of faith;

Athanasianism / æ θ ə n eɪ ʃ ə n ɪ z ə m /
n1
the theological doctrine taught by Athanasius that Christ the Son is of the same substance as God the Father;

Athanasius
n1
(Roman Catholic Church) Greek patriarch of Alexandria who championed Christian orthodoxy against Arianism;

- a church father, saint, and Doctor of the Church (293-373);

- syn. Athanasius the Great, Saint Athanasius, St. Athanasius;

Athanasius the Great
n1
(Roman Catholic Church) Greek patriarch of Alexandria who championed Christian orthodoxy against Arianism;

- a church father, saint, and Doctor of the Church (293-373);

- syn. Athanasius, Saint Athanasius, St. Athanasius;

athanor
n1
a furnace that feeds itself so as to maintain a uniform temperature;

- used by alchemists;

Athapascan
n1
a member of any of the North American Indian groups speaking an Athapaskan language and living in the subarctic regions of western Canada and central Alaska;

- syn. Athabascan, Athabaskan, Athapaskan;

n2
a group of Amerindian languages (the name coined by an American anthropologist, Edward Sapir);

- syn. Athabascan, Athabaskan, Athapaskan, Athapaskan language;

Athapaskan
n1
a member of any of the North American Indian groups speaking an Athapaskan language and living in the subarctic regions of western Canada and central Alaska;

- syn. Athabascan, Athabaskan, Athapascan;

n2
a group of Amerindian languages (the name coined by an American anthropologist, Edward Sapir);

- syn. Athabascan, Athabaskan, Athapascan, Athapaskan language;

Athapaskan language
n1
a group of Amerindian languages (the name coined by an American anthropologist, Edward Sapir);

- syn. Athabascan, Athabaskan, Athapascan, Athapaskan;

athar
n1
essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers;

- syn. atar, attar, ottar;

Atharva-Veda
n1
a collection of mantras and formulas;

atheism / eɪ θ ɪ ih z ə m /
n1
a lack of belief in the existence of God or gods;

atheist / eɪ θ ɪ ih s t /
n1
someone who does not believe in the existence of a god;

a1
related to or characterized by or given to atheism;

- "atheist leanings";

- syn. atheistic, atheistical;

atheistic / eɪ θ ɪ ih s t ɪ k /
a1
rejecting any belief in gods;

- syn. atheistical, unbelieving;

- sim. irreligious;

a2
related to or characterized by or given to atheism;

- "atheist leanings";

- syn. atheist, atheistical;

atheistical / eɪ θ ɪ ih s t ɪ k ə ɫ /
a1
related to or characterized by or given to atheism;

- "atheist leanings";

- syn. atheist, atheistic;

a2
rejecting any belief in gods;

- syn. atheistic, unbelieving;

- sim. irreligious;

Athelstan
n1
the first Saxon ruler who extended his kingdom to include nearly all of England (895-939);

Athena
n1
(Greek mythology) goddess of wisdom and useful arts and prudent warfare;

- guardian of Athens;

- identified with Roman Minerva;

- syn. Athene, Pallas, Pallas Athena, Pallas Athene;

athenaeum
n1
a literary or scientific association for the promotion of learning;

- syn. atheneum;

n2
a place where reading materials are available;

- syn. atheneum;

Athene / ə θ i n /
n1
(Greek mythology) goddess of wisdom and useful arts and prudent warfare;

- guardian of Athens;

- identified with Roman Minerva;

- syn. Athena, Pallas, Pallas Athena, Pallas Athene;

n2
a genus of Strigidae;

- syn. genus Athene;

Athene noctua
n1
small European owl;

- syn. little owl;

atheneum
n1
a literary or scientific association for the promotion of learning;

- syn. athenaeum;

n2
a place where reading materials are available;

- syn. athenaeum;

Athenian / ə θ i n ɪə n , ə θ i n j ə n /
n1
a resident of Athens;

a1
of or relating to or characteristic of Athens or its inhabitants;

Athens / æ θ ɪ n z /
n1
the capital and largest city of Greece;

- named after Athena (its patron goddess);

- "in the 5th century BC ancient Athens was the world's most powerful and civilized city";

- syn. Athinai, Greek capital, capital of Greece;

n2
a town in southeast Ohio;

n3
a university town in northeast Georgia;

Atherinidae
n1
small spiny-finned fishes of both salt and fresh water;

- syn. family Atherinidae;

Atherinopsis
n1
a genus of Atherinidae;

- syn. genus Atherinopsis;

Atherinopsis californiensis
n1
a relatively large silversides of the Pacific coast of North America (known to reach 18 inches in length);

- syn. jacksmelt;

atherodyde
n1
a simple type of jet engine;

- must be launched at high speed;

- syn. athodyd, flying drainpipe, ramjet, ramjet engine;

atherogenesis
n1
the formation of atheromas on the walls of the arteries as in atherosclerosis;

atheroma
n1
a fatty deposit in the intima (inner lining) of an artery;

- can obstruct blood flow;

atheromatic
a1
of or relating to or resembling atheroma;

- "atheromatous degeneration of the arteries";

- syn. atheromatous;

atheromatous
a1
of or relating to or resembling atheroma;

- "atheromatous degeneration of the arteries";

- syn. atheromatic;

atherosclerosis
n1
a stage of arteriosclerosis involving fatty deposits (atheromas) inside the arterial walls, thus narrowing the arteries;

- syn. coronary artery disease;

atherosclerotic
a1
of or relating to atherosclerosis;

Atherurus
n1
a genus of Hystricidae;

- syn. genus Atherurus;

athetosis
n1
a continuous succession of slow, writhing, involuntary movements of the hands and feet and other body parts;

Athinai
n1
the capital and largest city of Greece;

- named after Athena (its patron goddess);

- "in the 5th century BC ancient Athens was the world's most powerful and civilized city";

- syn. Athens, Greek capital, capital of Greece;

Athiorhodaceae
n1
small motile sulphur bacteria;

- syn. family Athiorhodaceae;

athirst / ə θ ɝ s t /
a1
(usually followed by `for') extremely desirous;

- "athirst for knowledge";

- "hungry for recognition";

- "thirsty for information";

- syn. hungry, thirsty;

- sim. desirous;

athlete / æ θ ɫ i t /
n1
a person trained to compete in sports;

- syn. jock;

athlete's foot
n1
fungal infection of the feet;

- syn. tinea pedis;

athlete's heart
n1
enlarged heart commonly found among athletes trained for endurance;

athletic / æ θ ɫ ɛ t ɪ k /
a1
relating to or befitting athletics or athletes;

- "athletic facilities";

a2
vigorously active;

- "an acrobatic dance";

- "an athletic child";

- "athletic playing";

- "gymnastic exercises";

- syn. acrobatic, gymnastic;

- sim. active;

a3
having a sturdy and well proportioned body;

- "an athletic build";

- sim. mesomorphic;

athletic competition
n1
a contest between athletes;

- syn. athletic contest, athletics;

athletic contest
n1
a contest between athletes;

- syn. athletic competition, athletics;

athletic facility
n1
a facility for athletic events;

athletic field
n1
a piece of land prepared for playing a game;

- "the home crowd cheered when Princeton took the field";

- syn. field, playing area, playing field;

athletic game
n1
a game involving athletic activity;

athletic sock
n1
a sock worn for athletic events;

- syn. sweat sock, varsity sock;

athletic supporter
n1
a support for the genitals worn by men engaging in strenuous exercise;

- syn. jock, jockstrap, supporter, suspensor;

athletic training
n1
the course of practice and exercise and diet undertaken by an athlete;

athletic type
n1
muscular and big-boned;

- syn. mesomorphy;

athletic wear
n1
attire worn for sport or for casual wear;

- syn. activewear, sportswear;

athleticism / æ θ ɫ ɛ t ɪ s ɪ z ə m /
n1
intense energy;

- "his music is characterized by a happy athleticism";

- syn. strenuosity;

athletics / æ θ ɫ ɛ t ɪ k s /
n1
an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition;

- syn. sport;

n2
a contest between athletes;

- syn. athletic competition, athletic contest;

n3
participation in sports events as an extracurricular activity;

athodyd
n1
a simple type of jet engine;

- must be launched at high speed;

- syn. atherodyde, flying drainpipe, ramjet, ramjet engine;

Athol Fugard
n1
South African playwright whose plays feature the racial tensions in South Africa during apartheid (born in 1932);

- syn. Fugard;

Athos
n1
an autonomous area in northeastern Greece that is the site of several Greek Orthodox monasteries founded in the tenth century;

- syn. Mount Athos;

Athrotaxis
n1
a genus of gymnosperm;

- syn. genus Athrotaxis;

Athrotaxis selaginoides
n1
evergreen of Tasmanian mountains having sharp-pointed leaves that curve inward;

- syn. King William pine;

athwart / ə θ w ɔ t /
r1
at right angles to the center line of a ship;

r2
at an oblique angle;

- "the sun shone aslant into his face";

- syn. aslant, obliquely;

Athyriaceae
n1
alternative names for one of a number of families into which the family Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems;

- syn. Dryopteridaceae, family Athyriaceae, family Dryopteridaceae;

Athyrium
n1
temperate and tropical lady ferns;

- in some classifications placed in family Polypodiaceae or in the genus Asplenium;

- syn. genus Athyrium;

Athyrium distentifolium
n1
a lady fern with deeply cut leaf segments;

- found in the Rocky Mountains;

- syn. Alpine lady fern;

Athyrium filix-femina
n1
most widely grown fern of the genus Athyrium for its delicate foliage;

- syn. lady fern;

Athyrium pycnocarpon
n1
North American fern with narrow fronds on yellowish leafstalks;

- syn. Diplazium pycnocarpon, glade fern, narrow-leaved spleenwort, silvery spleenwort;

Athyrium thelypteroides
n1
fern with elongate silvery outgrowths enclosing the developing spores;

- syn. Deparia acrostichoides, silvery spleenwort;

atilt
a1
departing or being caused to depart from the true vertical or horizontal;

- "the leaning tower of Pisa";

- "the headstones were tilted";

- syn. canted, leaning, tilted, tipped;

- sim. inclined;

Ativan
n1
tranquilizer (trade name Ativan) used to treat anxiety and tension and insomnia;

- syn. lorazepam;

Atlanta / æ t ɫ æ n t ə /
n1
state capital and largest city of Georgia;

- chief commercial center of the southeastern United States;

- was plundered and burned by Sherman's army during the American Civil War;

- syn. capital of Georgia;

n2
a siege in which Federal troops under Sherman cut off the railroads supplying the city and then burned it;

- 1864;

- syn. battle of Atlanta;

Atlantic / ə t ɫ æ n t ɪ k /
n1
the 2nd largest ocean;

- separates North and South America on the west from Europe and Africa on the east;

- syn. Atlantic Ocean;

a1
relating to or bordering the Atlantic Ocean;

- "Atlantic currents";

Atlantic bonito
n1
medium-sized tuna-like food fish of warm Atlantic and Pacific waters;

- less valued than tuna;

- syn. Sarda sarda, skipjack;

Atlantic bottlenose dolphin
n1
the most common dolphin of northern Atlantic and Mediterranean;

- often kept captive and trained to perform;

- syn. Tursiops truncatus;

Atlantic City
n1
a city on the Atlantic shore in southeastern New Jersey;

- a resort and gambling center;

Atlantic Coast
n1
a coast of the Atlantic Ocean;

Atlantic cod
n1
one of the world's most important commercial fishes;

- syn. Gadus morhua;

Atlantic croaker
n1
a silvery-bodied croaker with dark markings and tiny barbels;

- syn. Micropogonias undulatus;

Atlantic halibut
n1
largest United States flatfish;

- syn. Hippoglossus hippoglossus;

Atlantic herring
n1
important food fish;

- found in enormous shoals in the northern Atlantic;

- syn. Clupea harengus harengus;

Atlantic manta
n1
largest manta (to 22 feet across wings);

- found worldwide but common in Gulf of Mexico and along southern coasts of United States;

- primarily oceanic;

- syn. Manta birostris;

Atlantic moonfish
n1
any of several silvery marine fishes with very flat bodies;

- syn. Selene setapinnis, dollarfish, horse-head, horsefish, horsehead, moonfish;

Atlantic Ocean
n1
the 2nd largest ocean;

- separates North and South America on the west from Europe and Africa on the east;

- syn. Atlantic;

Atlantic puffin
n1
common puffin of the northern Atlantic;

- syn. Fratercula arctica;

Atlantic ridley
n1
grey sea turtle of the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of North America;

- syn. Lepidochelys kempii, bastard ridley, bastard turtle;

Atlantic sailfish
n1
a kind of sailfish;

- syn. Istiophorus albicans;

Atlantic salmon
n1
fatty pink flesh of fish from northern coastal Atlantic;

- usually marketed fresh;

n2
found in northern coastal Atlantic waters or tributaries;

- adults do not die after spawning;

- syn. Salmo salar;

Atlantic sea bream
n1
sea bream of warm Atlantic waters;

- syn. Archosargus rhomboidalis;

Atlantic spiny dogfish
n1
destructive dogfish of the Atlantic coastal waters of America and Europe;

- widely used in anatomy classes;

- syn. Squalus acanthias;

Atlantic Standard Time
n1
standard time in the 4th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 60th meridian;

- used in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands and Bermuda and the Canadian Maritime Provinces;

- syn. Atlantic Time;

Atlantic Time
n1
standard time in the 4th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 60th meridian;

- used in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands and Bermuda and the Canadian Maritime Provinces;

- syn. Atlantic Standard Time;

Atlantic tripletail
n1
tripletail found from Cape Cod to northern South America;

- syn. Lobotes surinamensis;

Atlantic walrus
n1
a walrus of northern Atlantic and Arctic waters;

- syn. Odobenus rosmarus;

Atlantic white cedar
n1
slow-growing medium-sized cedar of east coast of the United States;

- resembles American arborvitae;

- syn. Chamaecyparis thyoides, coast white cedar, southern white cedar, white cedar, white cypress;

Atlantides / ə t ɫ æ n t i d eɪ /
n1
(Greek mythology) group of 3 to 7 nymphs who guarded the golden apples that Gaea gave as a wedding gift to Hera;

- syn. Hesperides;

Atlantis / ə t ɫ æ n t ɪ s /
n1
according to legend, an island in the Atlantic Ocean that Plato said was swallowed by an earthquake;

Atlas / æ t ɫ ə s /
n1
(Greek mythology) a Titan who was forced by Zeus to bear the sky on his shoulders;

n2
a collection of maps in book form;

- syn. book of maps, map collection;

n3
the 1st cervical vertebra;

- syn. atlas vertebra;

n4
a figure of a man used as a supporting column;

- syn. telamon;

Atlas cedar
n1
tall Algerian evergreen of Atlas mountains with blue-green leaves;

- widely planted as an ornamental;

- syn. Cedrus atlantica;

atlas moth
n1
giant saturniid moth widespread in Asia;

- sometimes cultured for silk;

- syn. Atticus atlas;

Atlas Mountains
n1
a mountain range in northern Africa between the Mediterranean and the Sahara Desert;

- extends from southwestern Morocco to northern Tunisia;

atlas vertebra
n1
the 1st cervical vertebra;

- syn. atlas;

atm
n1
a unit of pressure: the pressure that will support a column of mercury 760 mm high at sea level and 0 degrees centigrade;

- syn. atmosphere, standard atmosphere, standard pressure;

n2
a means of digital communications that is capable of very high speeds;

- suitable for transmission of images or voice or video as well as data;

- "ATM is used for both LAN and WAN";

- syn. asynchronous transfer mode;

n3
an unattended machine (outside some banks) that dispenses money when a personal coded card is used;

- syn. automated teller, automated teller machine, automatic teller, automatic teller machine, cash dispenser, cash machine;

atmometer / æ t m ɒ m ɪ t ə /
n1
an instrument that measures rate of evaporation of water;

- syn. evaporometer;

atmosphere / æ t m ə s f ɪə , æ t m ə s f ɪə ɹ /
n1
a particular environment or surrounding influence;

- "there was an atmosphere of excitement";

- syn. ambiance, ambience;

n2
a unit of pressure: the pressure that will support a column of mercury 760 mm high at sea level and 0 degrees centigrade;

- syn. atm, standard atmosphere, standard pressure;

n3
the mass of air surrounding the Earth;

- "there was great heat as the comet entered the atmosphere";

- "it was exposed to the air";

- syn. air;

n4
the weather or climate at some place;

- "the atmosphere was thick with fog";

- syn. atmospheric state;

n5
the envelope of gases surrounding any celestial body;

n6
a distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing;

- "an air of mystery";

- "the house had a neglected air";

- "an atmosphere of defeat pervaded the candidate's headquarters";

- "the place had an aura of romance";

- syn. air, aura;

atmospheric / æ t m ə s f ɛr ɪ k /
a1
relating to or located in the atmosphere;

- "atmospheric tests";

- syn. atmospherical;

atmospheric condition
n1
the atmospheric conditions that comprise the state of the atmosphere in terms of temperature and wind and clouds and precipitation;

- "they were hoping for good weather";

- "every day we have weather conditions and yesterday was no exception";

- "the conditions were too rainy for playing in the snow";

- syn. conditions, weather, weather condition;

atmospheric electricity
n1
electrical discharges in the atmosphere;

atmospheric phenomenon
n1
a physical phenomenon associated with the atmosphere;

atmospheric pressure
n1
the pressure exerted by the atmosphere;

- syn. air pressure, pressure;

atmospheric state
n1
the weather or climate at some place;

- "the atmosphere was thick with fog";

- syn. atmosphere;

atmospheric static
n1
a crackling or hissing noise caused by electrical interference;

- syn. atmospherics, static;

atmospherical / æ t m ə s f ɛr ɪ k ə ɫ /
a1
relating to or located in the atmosphere;

- "atmospheric tests";

- syn. atmospheric;

atmospherics / æ t m ə s f ɛr ɪ k s /
n1
a crackling or hissing noise caused by electrical interference;

- syn. atmospheric static, static;

atole
n1
eaten as mush or as a thin gruel;

atoll / æ t ɒ ɫ /
n1
an island consisting of a circular coral reef surrounding a lagoon;

atom / æ t ə m /
n1
(physics and chemistry) the smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element;

n2
(nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything;

- syn. corpuscle, molecule, mote, particle, speck;

atom-bomb
v1
bomb with atomic weapons;

- syn. nuke;

atom bomb
n1
a nuclear weapon in which enormous energy is released by nuclear fission (splitting the nuclei of a heavy element like uranium 235 or plutonium 239);

- syn. A-bomb, atomic bomb, fission bomb, plutonium bomb;

atom smasher
n1
a scientific instrument that increases the kinetic energy of charged particles;

- syn. accelerator, particle accelerator;

atomic / ə t ɒ m ɪ k /
a1
of or relating to or comprising atoms;

- "atomic structure";

- "atomic hydrogen";

a2
(weapons) deriving destructive energy from the release of atomic energy;

- "nuclear war";

- "nuclear weapons";

- "atomic bombs";

- syn. nuclear;

- sim. thermonuclear;

a3
immeasurably small;

- sim. small;

atomic bomb
n1
a nuclear weapon in which enormous energy is released by nuclear fission (splitting the nuclei of a heavy element like uranium 235 or plutonium 239);

- syn. A-bomb, atom bomb, fission bomb, plutonium bomb;

atomic clock
n1
a timepiece that derives its time scale from the vibration of atoms or molecules;

atomic cocktail
n1
an oral dose of radioactive substance used in treatment and diagnosis of cancer;

atomic energy
n1
the energy released by a nuclear reaction;

- syn. nuclear energy;

Atomic Energy Commission
n1
a former executive agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States;

- syn. AEC;

atomic explosion
n1
the explosion of an atomic bomb;

- syn. nuclear explosion;

atomic mass
n1
(chemistry) the mass of an atom of a chemical element expressed in atomic mass units;

- syn. atomic weight, relative atomic mass;

atomic mass unit
n1
unit of mass for expressing masses of atoms or molecules;

atomic number
n1
the order of an element in Mendeleyev's table of the elements;

- equal to the number of protons in the nucleus or electrons in the neutral state of an atom of an element;

atomic number 1
n1
a nonmetallic univalent element that is normally a colorless and odorless highly flammable diatomic gas;

- the simplest and lightest and most abundant element in the universe;

- syn. H, hydrogen;

atomic number 10
n1
a colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube;

- one of the six inert gasses;

- occurs in the air in small amounts;

- syn. Ne, neon;

atomic number 100
n1
a radioactive transuranic metallic element produced by bombarding plutonium with neutrons;

- syn. Fm, fermium;

atomic number 101
n1
a radioactive transuranic element synthesized by bombarding einsteinium with alpha particles (Md is the current symbol for mendelevium but Mv was formerly the symbol);

- syn. Md, Mv, mendelevium;

atomic number 102
n1
a radioactive transuranic element synthesized by bombarding curium with carbon ions;

- 7 isotopes are known;

- syn. No, nobelium;

atomic number 103
n1
a radioactive transuranic element synthesized from californium;

- syn. Lr, lawrencium;

atomic number 104
n1
a radioactive transuranic element which has been synthesized;

- syn. Rf, Unq, element 104, rutherfordium, unnilquadium;

atomic number 105
n1
a transuranic element;

- syn. Db, dubnium, element 105, hahnium;

atomic number 106
n1
a transuranic element;

- syn. Sg, element 106, seaborgium;

atomic number 107
n1
a transuranic element;

- syn. Bh, bohrium, element 107;

atomic number 108
n1
a radioactive transuranic element;

- syn. Hs, element 108, hassium;

atomic number 109
n1
a radioactive transuranic element;

- syn. Mt, element 109, meitnerium;

atomic number 11
n1
a silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group;

- occurs abundantly in natural compounds (especially in salt water);

- burns with a yellow flame and reacts violently in water;

- occurs in sea water and in the mineral halite (rock salt);

- syn. Na, sodium;

atomic number 110
n1
a radioactive transuranic element;

- syn. Ds, darmstadtium, element 110;

atomic number 111
n1
a radioactive transuranic element;

- syn. Rg, element 111, roentgenium;

atomic number 112
n1
a radioactive transuranic element;

- syn. Uub, element 112, ununbium;

atomic number 113
n1
a radioactive transuranic element;

- syn. Uut, element 113, ununtrium;

atomic number 114
n1
a radioactive transuranic element;

- syn. Uuq, element 114, ununquadium;

atomic number 115
n1
a radioactive transuranic element;

- syn. Uup, element 115, ununpentium;

atomic number 116
n1
a radioactive transuranic element;

- syn. Uuh, element 116, ununhexium;

atomic number 12
n1
a light silver-white ductile bivalent metallic element;

- in pure form it burns with brilliant white flame;

- occurs naturally only in combination (as in magnesite and dolomite and carnallite and spinel and olivine);

- syn. Mg, magnesium;

atomic number 13
n1
a silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite;

- syn. Al, aluminium, aluminum;

atomic number 14
n1
a tetravalent nonmetallic element;

- next to oxygen it is the most abundant element in the earth's crust;

- occurs in clay and feldspar and granite and quartz and sand;

- used as a semiconductor in transistors;

- syn. Si, silicon;

atomic number 15
n1
a multivalent nonmetallic element of the nitrogen family that occurs commonly in inorganic phosphate rocks and as organic phosphates in all living cells;

- is highly reactive and occurs in several allotropic forms;

- syn. P, phosphorus;

atomic number 16
n1
an abundant tasteless odorless multivalent nonmetallic element;

- best known in yellow crystals;

- occurs in many sulphide and sulphate minerals and even in native form (especially in volcanic regions);

- syn. S, sulfur, sulphur;

atomic number 17
n1
a common nonmetallic element belonging to the halogens;

- best known as a heavy yellow irritating toxic gas;

- used to purify water and as a bleaching agent and disinfectant;

- occurs naturally only as a salt (as in sea water);

- syn. Cl, chlorine;

atomic number 18
n1
a colorless and odorless inert gas;

- one of the six inert gases;

- comprises approximately 1% of the earth's atmosphere;

- syn. Ar, argon;

atomic number 19
n1
a light soft silver-white metallic element of the alkali metal group;

- oxidizes rapidly in air and reacts violently with water;

- is abundant in nature in combined forms occurring in sea water and in carnallite and kainite and sylvite;

- syn. K, potassium;

atomic number 2
n1
a very light colorless element that is one of the six inert gasses;

- the most difficult gas to liquefy;

- occurs in economically extractable amounts in certain natural gases (as those found in Texas and Kansas);

- syn. He, helium;

atomic number 20
n1
a white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light;

- the fifth most abundant element in the earth's crust;

- an important component of most plants and animals;

- syn. Ca, calcium;

atomic number 21
n1
a white trivalent metallic element;

- sometimes classified in the rare earth group;

- occurs in the Scandinavian mineral thortveitite;

- syn. Sc, scandium;

atomic number 22
n1
a light strong grey lustrous corrosion-resistant metallic element used in strong lightweight alloys (as for airplane parts);

- the main sources are rutile and ilmenite;

- syn. Ti, titanium;

atomic number 23
n1
a soft silvery white toxic metallic element used in steel alloys;

- it occurs in several complex minerals including carnotite and vanadinite;

- syn. V, vanadium;

atomic number 24
n1
a hard brittle multivalent metallic element;

- resistant to corrosion and tarnishing;

- syn. Cr, chromium;

atomic number 25
n1
a hard brittle grey polyvalent metallic element that resembles iron but is not magnetic;

- used in making steel;

- occurs in many minerals;

- syn. Mn, manganese;

atomic number 26
n1
a heavy ductile magnetic metallic element;

- is silver-white in pure form but readily rusts;

- used in construction and tools and armament;

- plays a role in the transport of oxygen by the blood;

- syn. Fe, iron;

atomic number 27
n1
a hard ferromagnetic silver-white bivalent or trivalent metallic element;

- a trace element in plant and animal nutrition;

- syn. Co, cobalt;

atomic number 28
n1
a hard malleable ductile silvery metallic element that is resistant to corrosion;

- used in alloys;

- occurs in pentlandite and smaltite and garnierite and millerite;

- syn. Ni, nickel;

atomic number 29
n1
a ductile malleable reddish-brown corrosion-resistant diamagnetic metallic element;

- occurs in various minerals but is the only metal that occurs abundantly in large masses;

- used as an electrical and thermal conductor;

- syn. Cu, copper;

atomic number 3
n1
a soft silver-white univalent element of the alkali metal group;

- the lightest metal known;

- occurs in several minerals;

- syn. Li, lithium;

atomic number 30
n1
a bluish-white lustrous metallic element;

- brittle at ordinary temperatures but malleable when heated;

- used in a wide variety of alloys and in galvanizing iron;

- it occurs naturally as zinc sulphide in zinc blende;

- syn. Zn, zinc;

atomic number 31
n1
a rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element;

- brittle at low temperatures but liquid above room temperature;

- occurs in trace amounts in bauxite and zinc ores;

- syn. Ga, gallium;

atomic number 32
n1
a brittle grey crystalline element that is a semiconducting metalloid (resembling silicon) used in transistors;

- occurs in germanite and argyrodite;

- syn. Ge, germanium;

atomic number 33
n1
a very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms;

- arsenic and arsenic compounds are used as herbicides and insecticides and various alloys;

- found in arsenopyrite and orpiment and realgar;

- syn. As, arsenic;

atomic number 34
n1
a toxic nonmetallic element related to sulfur and tellurium;

- occurs in several allotropic forms;

- a stable grey metallike allotrope conducts electricity better in the light than in the dark and is used in photocells;

- occurs in sulfide ores (as pyrite);

- syn. Se, selenium;

atomic number 35
n1
a nonmetallic heavy volatile corrosive dark brown liquid element belonging to the halogens;

- found in sea water;

- syn. Br, bromine;

atomic number 36
n1
a colorless element that is one of the six inert gasses;

- occurs in trace amounts in air;

- syn. Kr, krypton;

atomic number 37
n1
a soft silvery metallic element of the alkali metal group;

- burns in air and reacts violently in water;

- occurs in carnallite and lepidolite and pollucite;

- syn. Rb, rubidium;

atomic number 38
n1
a soft silver-white or yellowish metallic element of the alkali metal group;

- turns yellow in air;

- occurs in celestite and strontianite;

- syn. Sr, strontium;

atomic number 39
n1
a silvery metallic element that is common in rare-earth minerals;

- used in magnesium and aluminum alloys;

- syn. Y, yttrium;

atomic number 4
n1
a light strong brittle grey toxic bivalent metallic element;

- syn. Be, beryllium, glucinium;

atomic number 40
n1
a lustrous grey strong metallic element resembling titanium;

- it is used in nuclear reactors as a neutron absorber;

- it occurs in baddeleyite but is obtained chiefly from zircon;

- syn. Zr, zirconium;

atomic number 41
n1
a soft grey ductile metallic element used in alloys;

- occurs in niobite;

- formerly called columbium;

- syn. Nb, niobium;

atomic number 42
n1
a polyvalent metallic element that resembles chromium and tungsten in its properties;

- used to strengthen and harden steel;

- syn. Mo, molybdenum;

atomic number 43
n1
a crystalline metallic element not found in nature;

- occurs as one of the fission products of uranium;

- syn. Tc, technetium;

atomic number 44
n1
a rare polyvalent metallic element of the platinum group;

- it is found associated with platinum;

- syn. Ru, ruthenium;

atomic number 45
n1
a white hard metallic element that is one of the platinum group and is found in platinum ores;

- used in alloys with platinum;

- syn. Rh, rhodium;

atomic number 46
n1
a silver-white metallic element of the platinum group that resembles platinum;

- occurs in some copper and nickel ores;

- does not tarnish at ordinary temperatures and is used (alloyed with gold) in jewelry;

- syn. Pd, palladium;

atomic number 47
n1
a soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal;

- occurs in argentite and in free form;

- used in coins and jewelry and tableware and photography;

- syn. Ag, silver;

atomic number 48
n1
a soft bluish-white ductile malleable toxic bivalent metallic element;

- occurs in association with zinc ores;

- syn. Cd, cadmium;

atomic number 49
n1
a rare soft silvery metallic element;

- occurs in small quantities in sphalerite;

- syn. In, indium;

atomic number 5
n1
a trivalent metalloid element;

- occurs both in a hard black crystal and in the form of a yellow or brown powder;

- syn. B, boron;

atomic number 50
n1
a silvery malleable metallic element that resists corrosion;

- used in many alloys and to coat other metals to prevent corrosion;

- obtained chiefly from cassiterite where it occurs as tin oxide;

- syn. Sn, tin;

atomic number 51
n1
a metallic element having four allotropic forms;

- used in a wide variety of alloys;

- found in stibnite;

- syn. Sb, antimony;

atomic number 52
n1
a brittle silver-white metalloid element that is related to selenium and sulfur;

- it is used in alloys and as a semiconductor;

- occurs mainly as tellurides in ores of copper and nickel and silver and gold;

- syn. Te, tellurium;

atomic number 53
n1
a nonmetallic element belonging to the halogens;

- used especially in medicine and photography and in dyes;

- occurs naturally only in combination in small quantities (as in sea water or rocks);

- syn. I, iodin, iodine;

atomic number 54
n1
a colorless odorless inert gaseous element occurring in the earth's atmosphere in trace amounts;

- syn. Xe, xenon;

atomic number 55
n1
a soft silver-white ductile metallic element (liquid at normal temperatures);

- the most electropositive and alkaline metal;

- syn. Cs, caesium, cesium;

atomic number 56
n1
a soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group;

- found in barite;

- syn. Ba, barium;

atomic number 57
n1
a white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily;

- occurs in rare earth minerals and is usually classified as a rare earth;

- syn. La, lanthanum;

atomic number 58
n1
a ductile grey metallic element of the lanthanide series;

- used in lighter flints;

- the most abundant of the rare-earth group;

- syn. Ce, cerium;

atomic number 59
n1
a soft yellowish-white trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group;

- can be recovered from bastnasite or monazite by an ion-exchange process;

- syn. Pr, praseodymium;

atomic number 6
n1
an abundant nonmetallic tetravalent element occurring in three allotropic forms: amorphous carbon and graphite and diamond;

- occurs in all organic compounds;

- syn. C, carbon;

atomic number 60
n1
a yellow trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group;

- occurs in monazite and bastnasite in association with cerium and lanthanum and praseodymium;

- syn. Nd, neodymium;

atomic number 61
n1
a soft silvery metallic element of the rare earth group having no stable isotope;

- was discovered in radioactive form as a fission product of uranium;

- syn. Pm, promethium;

atomic number 62
n1
a grey lustrous metallic element of the rare earth group;

- is used in special alloys;

- occurs in monazite and bastnasite;

- syn. Sm, samarium;

atomic number 63
n1
a bivalent and trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group;

- syn. Eu, europium;

atomic number 64
n1
a ductile silvery-white ductile ferromagnetic trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group;

- syn. Gd, gadolinium;

atomic number 65
n1
a metallic element of the rare earth group;

- used in lasers;

- occurs in apatite and monazite and xenotime and ytterbite;

- syn. Tb, terbium;

atomic number 66
n1
a trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group;

- forms compounds that are highly magnetic;

- syn. Dy, dysprosium;

atomic number 67
n1
a trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group;

- occurs together with yttrium;

- forms highly magnetic compounds;

- syn. Ho, holmium;

atomic number 68
n1
a trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group;

- occurs with yttrium;

- syn. Er, erbium;

atomic number 69
n1
a soft silvery metallic element of the rare earth group;

- isotope 170 emits X-rays and is used in small portable X-ray machines;

- it occurs in monazite and apatite and xenotime;

- syn. Tm, thulium;

atomic number 7
n1
a common nonmetallic element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless inert diatomic gas;

- constitutes 78 percent of the atmosphere by volume;

- a constituent of all living tissues;

- syn. N, nitrogen;

atomic number 70
n1
a soft silvery metallic element;

- a rare earth of the lanthanide series;

- it occurs in gadolinite and monazite and xenotime;

- syn. Yb, ytterbium;

atomic number 71
n1
a trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group;

- usually occurs in association with yttrium;

- syn. Lu, lutecium, lutetium;

atomic number 72
n1
a grey tetravalent metallic element that resembles zirconium chemically and is found in zirconium minerals;

- used in filaments for its ready emission of electrons;

- syn. Hf, hafnium;

atomic number 73
n1
a hard grey lustrous metallic element that is highly resistant to corrosion;

- occurs in niobite and fergusonite and tantalite;

- syn. Ta, tantalum;

atomic number 74
n1
a heavy grey-white metallic element;

- the pure form is used mainly in electrical applications;

- it is found in several ores including wolframite and scheelite;

- syn. W, tungsten, wolfram;

atomic number 75
n1
a rare heavy polyvalent metallic element that resembles manganese chemically and is used in some alloys;

- is obtained as a by-product in refining molybdenum;

- syn. Re, rhenium;

atomic number 76
n1
a hard brittle blue-grey or blue-black metallic element that is one of the platinum metals;

- the heaviest metal known;

- syn. Os, osmium;

atomic number 77
n1
a heavy brittle metallic element of the platinum group;

- used in alloys;

- occurs in natural alloys with platinum or osmium;

- syn. Ir, iridium;

atomic number 78
n1
a heavy precious metallic element;

- grey-white and resistant to corroding;

- occurs in some nickel and copper ores and is also found native in some deposits;

- syn. Pt, platinum;

atomic number 79
n1
a soft yellow malleable ductile (trivalent and univalent) metallic element;

- occurs mainly as nuggets in rocks and alluvial deposits;

- does not react with most chemicals but is attacked by chlorine and aqua regia;

- syn. Au, gold;

atomic number 8
n1
a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas;

- constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume;

- the most abundant element in the earth's crust;

- syn. O, oxygen;

atomic number 80
n1
a heavy silvery toxic univalent and bivalent metallic element;

- the only metal that is liquid at ordinary temperatures;

- syn. Hg, hydrargyrum, mercury, quicksilver;

atomic number 81
n1
a soft grey malleable metallic element that resembles tin but discolors on exposure to air;

- it is highly toxic and is used in rodent and insect poisons;

- occurs in zinc blende and some iron ores;

- syn. Tl, thallium;

atomic number 82
n1
a soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element;

- bluish white when freshly cut but tarnishes readily to dull grey;

- "the children were playing with lead soldiers";

- syn. Pb, lead;

atomic number 83
n1
a heavy brittle diamagnetic trivalent metallic element (resembles arsenic and antimony chemically);

- usually recovered as a by-product from ores of other metals;

- syn. Bi, bismuth;

atomic number 84
n1
a radioactive metallic element that is similar to tellurium and bismuth;

- occurs in uranium ores but can be produced by bombarding bismuth with neutrons in a nuclear reactor;

- syn. Po, polonium;

atomic number 85
n1
a highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series);

- a decay product of uranium and thorium;

- syn. At, astatine;

atomic number 86
n1
a radioactive gaseous element formed by the disintegration of radium;

- the heaviest of the inert gasses;

- occurs naturally (especially in areas over granite) and is considered a hazard to health;

- syn. Rn, radon;

atomic number 87
n1
a radioactive element of the alkali-metal group discovered as a disintegration product of actinium;

- syn. Fr, francium;

atomic number 88
n1
an intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores;

- syn. Ra, radium;

atomic number 89
n1
a radioactive element of the actinide series;

- found in uranium ores;

- syn. Ac, actinium;

atomic number 9
n1
a nonmetallic univalent element belonging to the halogens;

- usually a yellow irritating toxic flammable gas;

- a powerful oxidizing agent;

- recovered from fluorite or cryolite or fluorapatite;

- syn. F, fluorine;

atomic number 90
n1
a soft silvery-white tetravalent radioactive metallic element;

- isotope 232 is used as a power source in nuclear reactors;

- occurs in thorite and in monazite sands;

- syn. Th, thorium;

atomic number 91
n1
a short-lived radioactive metallic element formed from uranium and disintegrating into actinium and then into lead;

- syn. Pa, protactinium, protoactinium;

atomic number 92
n1
a heavy toxic silvery-white radioactive metallic element;

- occurs in many isotopes;

- used for nuclear fuels and nuclear weapons;

- syn. U, uranium;

atomic number 93
n1
a radioactive transuranic metallic element;

- found in trace amounts in uranium ores;

- a by-product of the production of plutonium;

- syn. Np, neptunium;

atomic number 94
n1
a solid silvery grey radioactive transuranic element whose atoms can be split when bombarded with neutrons;

- found in minute quantities in uranium ores but is usually synthesized in nuclear reactors;

- 13 isotopes are known with the most important being plutonium 239;

- syn. Pu, plutonium;

atomic number 95
n1
a radioactive transuranic metallic element;

- discovered by bombarding uranium with helium atoms;

- syn. Am, americium;

atomic number 96
n1
a radioactive transuranic metallic element;

- produced by bombarding plutonium with helium nuclei;

- syn. Cm, curium;

atomic number 97
n1
a radioactive transuranic element;

- discovered by bombarding americium with helium;

- syn. Bk, berkelium;

atomic number 98
n1
a radioactive transuranic element;

- discovered by bombarding curium with alpha particles;

- syn. Cf, californium;

atomic number 99
n1
a radioactive transuranic element produced by bombarding plutonium with neutrons;

- syn. E, Es, einsteinium;

atomic physics
n1
the branch of physics that studies the internal structure of atomic nuclei;

- syn. nuclear physics, nucleonics;

atomic pile
n1
a nuclear reactor that uses controlled nuclear fission to generate energy;

- syn. atomic reactor, chain reactor, pile;

atomic power
n1
nuclear energy regarded as a source of electricity for the power grid (for civilian use);

- syn. nuclear power;

atomic reactor
n1
a nuclear reactor that uses controlled nuclear fission to generate energy;

- syn. atomic pile, chain reactor, pile;

atomic spectrum
n1
(physics) a spectrum of radiation caused by electron transitions within an atom;

- the series of spectrum lines is characteristic of the element;

atomic theory
n1
a theory of the structure of the atom;

n2
(chemistry) any theory in which all matter is composed of tiny discrete finite indivisible indestructible particles;

- "the ancient Greek philosophers Democritus and Epicurus held atomic theories of the universe";

- syn. atomism, atomist theory, atomistic theory;

atomic warhead
n1
the warhead of a missile designed to deliver an atom bomb;

- syn. nuclear warhead, nuke, thermonuclear warhead;

atomic weapon
n1
a weapon of mass destruction whose explosive power derives from a nuclear reaction;

- syn. nuclear weapon;

atomic weight
n1
(chemistry) the mass of an atom of a chemical element expressed in atomic mass units;

- syn. atomic mass, relative atomic mass;

atomisation
n1
separating something into fine particles;

- syn. atomization, fragmentation;

n2
annihilation by reducing something to atoms;

- syn. atomization;

atomise / æ t ə m ɪ s /
v1
spray very finely;

- "atomize perfume";

- syn. atomize;

v2
strike at with firepower or bombs;

- "zap the enemy";

- syn. atomize, nuke, zap;

v3
break up into small particles;

- "the fine powder had been atomized by air";

- syn. atomize;

atomiser / æ t ə m aɪ z ə /
n1
a dispenser that turns a liquid (such as perfume) into a fine mist;

- syn. atomizer, nebuliser, nebulizer, spray, sprayer;

atomism / æ t ə m ɪ z ə m /
n1
(psychology) a theory that reduces all mental phenomena to simple elements (sensations and feelings) that form complex ideas by association;

n2
(chemistry) any theory in which all matter is composed of tiny discrete finite indivisible indestructible particles;

- "the ancient Greek philosophers Democritus and Epicurus held atomic theories of the universe";

- syn. atomic theory, atomist theory, atomistic theory;

atomist theory
n1
(chemistry) any theory in which all matter is composed of tiny discrete finite indivisible indestructible particles;

- "the ancient Greek philosophers Democritus and Epicurus held atomic theories of the universe";

- syn. atomic theory, atomism, atomistic theory;

atomistic / æ t ə m ɪ s t ɪ k /
a1
divided into separate and often disparate elements;

- syn. atomistical;

atomistic theory
n1
(chemistry) any theory in which all matter is composed of tiny discrete finite indivisible indestructible particles;

- "the ancient Greek philosophers Democritus and Epicurus held atomic theories of the universe";

- syn. atomic theory, atomism, atomist theory;

atomistical / æ t ə m ɪ s t ɪ k ə ɫ /
a1
divided into separate and often disparate elements;

- syn. atomistic;

atomization / æ t ə m aɪ z eɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
separating something into fine particles;

- syn. atomisation, fragmentation;

n2
annihilation by reducing something to atoms;

- syn. atomisation;

atomize / æ t ə m aɪ z /
v1
spray very finely;

- "atomize perfume";

- syn. atomise;

v2
strike at with firepower or bombs;

- "zap the enemy";

- syn. atomise, nuke, zap;

v3
break up into small particles;

- "the fine powder had been atomized by air";

- syn. atomise;

atomizer / æ t ə m aɪ z ə , æ t ə m aɪ z ə ɹ /
n1
a dispenser that turns a liquid (such as perfume) into a fine mist;

- syn. atomiser, nebuliser, nebulizer, spray, sprayer;

Aton
n1
the sun (or solar disc) which was the deity of a monotheistic cult under the Pharaoh Akhenaten;

- syn. Aten;

atonal / eɪ t oʊ n ɫ /
a1
characterized by avoidance of traditional western tonality;

- syn. unkeyed;

atonalism
n1
the absence of a key;

- alternative to the diatonic system;

- syn. atonality;

atonalistic / eɪ t oʊ n æ ɫ ɪ s t ɪ k /
a1
of or relating to atonalism;

atonality / eɪ t oʊ n æ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
the absence of a key;

- alternative to the diatonic system;

- syn. atonalism;

atonally
r1
without tonality;

- "he composes atonally";

atone / ə t oʊ n /
v1
make amends for;

- "expiate one's sins";

- syn. aby, abye, expiate;

v2
turn away from sin or do penitence;

- syn. repent;

atonement / ə t oʊ n m ə n t /
n1
compensation for a wrong;

- "we were unable to get satisfaction from the local store";

- syn. expiation, satisfaction;

n2
the act of atoning for sin or wrongdoing (especially appeasing a deity);

- syn. expiation, propitiation;

atonia
n1
lack of normal muscular tension or tonus;

- syn. amyotonia, atonicity, atony;

atonic / æ t ɒ n ɪ k /
a1
characterized by a lack of tonus;

a2
(used of syllables) carrying no stress;

- "an atonic syllable carries no stress";

- syn. unaccented;

atonicity / æ t ɒ n ɪ s ɪ t i /
n1
lack of normal muscular tension or tonus;

- syn. amyotonia, atonia, atony;

atony / æ t ə n i /
n1
lack of normal muscular tension or tonus;

- syn. amyotonia, atonia, atonicity;

atop / ə t ɒ p /
r1
on, to, or at the top;

atopic allergy
n1
an allergic reaction that becomes apparent in a sensitized person only minutes after contact;

- syn. atopy, immediate allergy, type I allergic reaction;

atopic dermatitis
n1
a severe form of dermatitis characterized by atopy;

- syn. atopic eczema;

atopic eczema
n1
a severe form of dermatitis characterized by atopy;

- syn. atopic dermatitis;

atopognosia
n1
absence or loss of topognosia;

- inability to locate correctly a point of touch;

- syn. atopognosis;

atopognosis
n1
absence or loss of topognosia;

- inability to locate correctly a point of touch;

- syn. atopognosia;

atopy
n1
an allergic reaction that becomes apparent in a sensitized person only minutes after contact;

- syn. atopic allergy, immediate allergy, type I allergic reaction;

atorvastatin
n1
an oral drug (trade name Lipitor) that is effective in lowering triglycerides;

- potent in reducing LDL cholesterol because higher doses can be given;

- syn. Lipitor;

atoxic
a1
not producing or resulting from poison;

- syn. nontoxic;

- also harmless;

- sim. antitoxic, nonpoisonous, nonvenomous;

ATP
n1
a nucleotide derived from adenosine that occurs in muscle tissue;

- the major source of energy for cellular reactions;

- syn. adenosine triphosphate;

atrabilious / æ t ɹ ə b ɪ ɫ ɪə s /
a1
irritable as if suffering from indigestion;

- syn. bilious, dyspeptic, liverish;

- sim. ill-natured;

atrazine
n1
a synthetic compound derived from triazine that is widely used as an agricultural herbicide;

- "atrazine is thought to cause cancer and is banned in some European countries";

atresia
n1
an abnormal condition in which a normal opening or tube in the body (as the urethra) is closed or absent;

Atreus
n1
(Greek mythology) the king of Mycenae and father of Agamemnon and of Menelaus;

atrial / ɑ t ɹ ɪə ɫ /
a1
of or relating to a cavity or chamber in the body (especially one of the upper chambers of the heart);

atrial artery
n1
the branch of the coronary artery that supplies the muscles of the atria;

atrial auricle
n1
a small conical pouch projecting from the upper anterior part of each atrium of the heart;

- syn. auricle, auricula atrii;

atrial fibrillation
n1
fibrillation of the muscles of the atria of the heart;

atrial septal defect
n1
an abnormal opening between the left and right atria of the heart;

Atrichornis
n1
type genus of the Atrichornithidae;

- syn. genus Atrichornis;

Atrichornithidae
n1
scrubbirds;

- syn. family Atrichornithidae;

atrioventricular
a1
relating to or affecting the atria and ventricles of the heart;

- "atrioventricular disease";

- syn. auriculoventricular;

atrioventricular block
n1
recurrent sudden attacks of unconsciousness caused by impaired conduction of the impulse that regulates the heartbeat;

- syn. Adams-Stokes syndrome, Stokes-Adams syndrome, heart block;

atrioventricular bundle
n1
a bundle of modified heart muscle that transmits the cardiac impulse from the atrioventricular node to the ventricles causing them to contract;

- syn. atrioventricular trunk, bundle of His, truncus atrioventricularis;

atrioventricular nodal rhythm
n1
the normal cardiac rhythm when the heart is controlled by the atrioventricular node;

- syn. nodal rhythm;

atrioventricular node
n1
a node of specialized heart muscle located in the septal wall of the right atrium;

- receives impulses from the sinoatrial node and transmits them to atrioventricular bundle;

atrioventricular trunk
n1
a bundle of modified heart muscle that transmits the cardiac impulse from the atrioventricular node to the ventricles causing them to contract;

- syn. atrioventricular bundle, bundle of His, truncus atrioventricularis;

atrioventricular valve
n1
either of two heart valves through which blood flows from the atria to the ventricles;

- prevents return of blood to the atrium;

atrip
a1
(of an anchor) just clear of the bottom;

- syn. aweigh;

- sim. free;

Atriplex
n1
orach;

- saltbush;

- syn. genus Atriplex;

Atriplex hortensis
n1
Asiatic plant resembling spinach often used as a potherb;

- naturalized in Europe and North America;

- syn. garden orache, mountain spinach;

Atriplex hymenelytra
n1
handsome low saltbush of arid southwestern United States and Mexico having blue-green prickly-edged leaves often used for Christmas decoration;

- syn. desert holly;

Atriplex lentiformis
n1
spiny shrub with silvery-scurfy foliage of alkaline plains of southwestern United States and Mexico;

- syn. quail brush, quail bush, white thistle;

Atriplex mexicana
n1
Eurasian aromatic oak-leaved goosefoot with many yellow-green flowers;

- naturalized North America;

- syn. Chenopodium botrys, Jerusalem oak, Mexican tea, feather geranium;

atrium / ɑ t ɹ ɪə m /
n1
any chamber that is connected to other chambers or passageways (especially one of the two upper chambers of the heart);

n2
the central area in a building;

- open to the sky;

atrium cordis
n1
the upper chamber of each half of the heart;

- syn. atrium of the heart;

atrium dextrum
n1
the right upper chamber of the heart that receives blood from the venae cavae and coronary sinus;

- syn. right atrium, right atrium of the heart;

atrium of the heart
n1
the upper chamber of each half of the heart;

- syn. atrium cordis;

atrium sinistrum
n1
the left upper chamber of the heart that receives blood from the pulmonary veins;

- syn. left atrium, left atrium of the heart;

atrocious / ə t ɹ oʊ ʃ ə s /
a1
shockingly brutal or cruel;

- "murder is an atrocious crime";

- "a grievous offense against morality";

- "a grievous crime";

- "no excess was too monstrous for them to commit";

- syn. flagitious, grievous, monstrous;

- sim. evil;

a2
exceptionally bad or displeasing;

- "atrocious taste";

- "abominable workmanship";

- "an awful voice";

- "dreadful manners";

- "a painful performance";

- "terrible handwriting";

- "an unspeakable odor came sweeping into the room";

- syn. abominable, awful, dreadful, painful, terrible, unspeakable;

- sim. bad;

a3
provoking horror;

- "an atrocious automobile accident";

- "a frightful crime of decapitation";

- "an alarming, even horrifying, picture";

- "war is beyond all words horrible"- Winston Churchill;

- "an ugly wound";

- syn. frightful, horrible, horrifying, ugly;

- sim. alarming;

atrociously / ə t ɹ oʊ ʃ ə s ɫ i /
r1
in a terrible manner;

- "she sings terribly";

- syn. abominably, abysmally, awfully, rottenly, terribly;

r2
to an extravagant or immoderate degree;

- "atrociously expensive";

- syn. outrageously;

atrociousness / ə t ɹ oʊ ʃ ə s n ə s /
n1
the quality of being shockingly cruel and inhumane;

- syn. atrocity, barbarity, barbarousness, heinousness;

atrocity / ə t ɹ ɒ s ɪ t i /
n1
the quality of being shockingly cruel and inhumane;

- syn. atrociousness, barbarity, barbarousness, heinousness;

n2
an act of atrocious cruelty;

- syn. inhumanity;

Atromid-S
n1
a drug (trade name Atromid-S) that reduces lipids in the blood serum;

- used to treat some cardiovascular diseases;

- syn. clofibrate;

Atropa
n1
belladonna;

- syn. genus Atropa;

Atropa belladonna
n1
perennial Eurasian herb with reddish bell-shaped flowers and shining black berries;

- extensively grown in United States;

- roots and leaves yield atropine;

- syn. belladonna, belladonna plant, deadly nightshade;

atrophedema
n1
recurrent large circumscribed areas of subcutaneous edema;

- onset is sudden and it disappears within 24 hours;

- seen mainly in young women, often as an allergic reaction to food or drugs;

- syn. Quincke's edema, angioedema, giant hives, periodic edema;

atrophic / æ t ɹ ɒ f ɪ k /
a1
relating to or characterized by atrophy;

- "atrophic arthritis";

atrophic arthritis
n1
a chronic autoimmune disease with inflammation of the joints and marked deformities;

- something (possibly a virus) triggers an attack on the synovium by the immune system, which releases cytokines that stimulate an inflammatory reaction that can lead to the destruction of all components of the joint;

- syn. rheumatism, rheumatoid arthritis;

atrophied / æ t ɹ ə f ɪ d /
a1
(of an organ or body part) diminished in size or strength as a result of disease or injury or lack of use;

- "partial paralysis resulted in an atrophied left arm";

- syn. diminished, wasted;

atrophy / æ t ɹ ə f i /
n1
a decrease in size of an organ caused by disease or disuse;

- syn. wasting, wasting away;

n2
any weakening or degeneration (especially through lack of use);

- syn. withering;

v1
undergo atrophy;

- "Muscles that are not used will atrophy";

Atropidae
n1
booklice;

- syn. family Atropidae;

atropine / æ t ɹ ə p ɪ n /
n1
a poisonous crystalline alkaloid extracted from the nightshade family;

- used as an antispasmodic and to dilate the eye pupil;

- also administered in large amounts as an antidote for organophosphate nerve agents or organophosphate insecticides;

Atropos
n1
the Greek goddess of fate who cuts the thread of life;

Atrovent
n1
an inhaled bronchodilator (trade name Atrovent);

- syn. ipratropium bromide;

Atsugewi
n1
a member of a North American Indian people of northern California;

n2
the Shastan language spoken by the Atsugewi;

Attacapa
n1
a language spoken by the Atakapa of the Gulf Coast of Louisiana and Texas;

- syn. Atakapa, Atakapan, Attacapan;

Attacapan
n1
a member of an Indian people formerly living along the Gulf Coast of Louisiana and Texas;

- syn. Atakapa;

n2
a language spoken by the Atakapa of the Gulf Coast of Louisiana and Texas;

- syn. Atakapa, Atakapan, Attacapa;

attach / ə t æ tʃ /
v1
cause to be attached;

v2
be attached;

- be in contact with;

- also attach to;

v3
become attached;

- "The spider's thread attached to the window sill";

- also attach to;

v4
create social or emotional ties;

- "The grandparents want to bond with the child";

- syn. bind, bond, tie;

v5
take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority;

- "The FBI seized the drugs";

- "The customs agents impounded the illegal shipment";

- "The police confiscated the stolen artwork";

- syn. confiscate, impound, seize, sequester;

attach to
v1
be present or associated with an event or entity;

- "French fries come with the hamburger";

- "heart attacks are accompanied by distruction of heart tissue";

- "fish usually goes with white wine";

- "this kind of vein accompanies certain arteries";

- syn. accompany, come with, go with;

v2
be part of;

- "This problem inheres in the design";

- syn. inhere in;

attachable / ə t æ tʃ ə b ɫ /
a1
capable of being fastened or added to something else;

- "a handle attachable by two bolts";

- sim. bindable, clip-on, tie-on;

attache
n1
a specialist assigned to the staff of a diplomatic mission;

n2
a shallow and rectangular briefcase;

- syn. attache case;

attache case
n1
a shallow and rectangular briefcase;

- syn. attache;

attached / ə t æ tʃ t /
a1
being joined in close association;

- "affiliated clubs";

- "all art schools whether independent or attached to universities";

- syn. affiliated, connected;

- sim. related;

a2
used of buildings joined by common sidewalls;

- "a block of attached houses";

a3
associated in an exclusive sexual relationship;

- syn. committed;

- also loving;

- sim. bespoken, intended, involved;

a4
fond and affectionate;

- "she was very attached to her father";

- sim. loving;

attachment / ə t æ tʃ m ə n t /
n1
a feeling of affection for a person or an institution;

- syn. fond regard;

n2
a supplementary part or accessory;

n3
a writ authorizing the seizure of property that may be needed for the payment of a judgment in a judicial proceeding;

n4
a connection that fastens things together;

- syn. bond;

n5
faithful support for a cause or political party or religion;

- "attachment to a formal agenda";

- "adherence to a fat-free diet";

- "the adhesion of Seville was decisive";

- syn. adherence, adhesion;

n6
the act of attaching or affixing something;

- syn. affixation;

n7
the act of fastening things together;

- syn. fastening;

attack / ə t æ k /
n1
(military) an offensive against an enemy (using weapons);

- "the attack began at dawn";

- syn. onrush, onset, onslaught;

n2
an offensive move in a sport or game;

- "they won the game with a 10-hit attack in the 9th inning";

n3
intense adverse criticism;

- "Clinton directed his fire at the Republican Party";

- "the government has come under attack";

- "don't give me any flak";

- syn. blast, fire, flack, flak;

n4
ideas or actions intended to deal with a problem or situation;

- "his approach to every problem is to draw up a list of pros and cons";

- "an attack on inflation";

- "his plan of attack was misguided";

- syn. approach, plan of attack;

n5
the act of attacking;

- "attacks on women increased last year";

- "they made an attempt on his life";

- syn. attempt;

n6
a decisive manner of beginning a musical tone or phrase;

- syn. tone-beginning;

n7
a sudden occurrence of an uncontrollable condition;

- "an attack of diarrhea";

n8
the onset of a corrosive or destructive process (as by a chemical agent);

- "the film was sensitive to attack by acids";

- "open to attack by the elements";

n9
strong criticism;

- "he published an unexpected attack on my work";

v1
launch an attack or assault on;

- begin hostilities or start warfare with;

- "Hitler attacked Poland on September 1, 1939 and started World War II";

- "Serbian forces assailed Bosnian towns all week";

- syn. assail;

v2
attack in speech or writing;

- "The editors of the left-leaning paper attacked the new House Speaker";

- syn. assail, assault, lash out, round, snipe;

v3
take the initiative and go on the offensive;

- "The Serbs attacked the village at night";

- "The visiting team started to attack";

- syn. aggress;

v4
attack someone physically or emotionally;

- "The mugger assaulted the woman";

- "Nightmares assailed him regularly";

- syn. assail, assault, set on;

v5
set to work upon;

- turn one's energies vigorously to a task;

- "I attacked the problem as soon as I got out of bed";

v6
begin to injure;

- "The cancer cells are attacking his liver";

- "Rust is attacking the metal";

attack aircraft
n1
a high-speed military or naval airplane designed to destroy enemy aircraft in the air;

- syn. fighter, fighter aircraft;

attack aircraft carrier
n1
a large warship that carries planes and has a long flat deck for takeoffs and landings;

- syn. aircraft carrier, carrier, flattop;

attack dog
n1
a watchdog trained to attack on command;

attack submarine
n1
a military submarine designed and armed to attack enemy shipping;

attacker / ə t æ k ə , ə t æ k ə ɹ /
n1
someone who attacks;

- syn. aggressor, assailant, assaulter;

attacking / ə t æ k ɪ ŋ /
a1
disposed to attack;

- syn. assaultive;

- sim. offensive;

attain / ə t eɪ n /
v1
to gain with effort;

- "she achieved her goal despite setbacks";

- syn. accomplish, achieve, reach;

v2
reach a point in time, or a certain state or level;

- "The thermometer hit 100 degrees";

- "This car can reach a speed of 140 miles per hour";

- syn. hit, reach;

v3
find unexpectedly;

- "the archeologists chanced upon an old tomb";

- "she struck a goldmine";

- "The hikers finally struck the main path to the lake";

- syn. chance on, chance upon, come across, come upon, discover, fall upon, happen upon, light upon, strike;

v4
reach a destination, either real or abstract;

- "We hit Detroit by noon";

- "The water reached the doorstep";

- "We barely made it to the finish line";

- "I have to hit the MAC machine before the weekend starts";

- syn. arrive at, gain, hit, make, reach;

attainability / ə t eɪ n ə b ɪ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
the state of being achievable;

- syn. achievability, attainableness;

attainable / ə t aɪ n ə b ɫ /
a1
capable of being attained or accomplished;

- "choose an attainable goal";

- "art is not something that is come-at-able by dint of study";

- syn. come-at-able;

- sim. possible;

attainableness / ə t aɪ n ə b ɫ n ə s /
n1
the state of being achievable;

- syn. achievability, attainability;

attainder / ə t eɪ n d ə , ə t eɪ n d ə ɹ /
n1
cancellation of civil rights;

- syn. civil death;

attained / ə t eɪ n d /
a1
achieved or reached;

- "the actual attained achievement test score";

- sim. earned;

attainment / ə t eɪ n m ə n t /
n1
the act of achieving an aim;

- "the attainment of independence";

n2
arrival at a new stage;

- "his attainment of puberty was delayed by malnutrition";

n3
an ability that has been acquired by training;

- syn. accomplishment, acquirement, acquisition, skill;

attaint / ə t eɪ n t /
v1
bring shame or dishonor upon;

- "he dishonored his family by committing a serious crime";

- syn. disgrace, dishonor, dishonour, shame;

v2
condemn by attainder;

- "the man was attainted";

Attalea
n1
unarmed feather palms of central and northern South America;

- syn. genus Attalea;

Attalea funifera
n1
Brazilian palm yielding fibers used in making ropes, mats, and brushes;

- syn. Bahia piassava, bahia coquilla, piassava palm, pissaba palm;

attar / æ t ə , æ t ə ɹ /
n1
essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers;

- syn. atar, athar, ottar;

attar of roses
n1
a volatile fragrant oil obtained from fresh roses by steam distillation;

- syn. rose oil;

attemper / ə t ɛ m p ə /
v1
modify the temperature of;

- "attemper the air";

attempt / ə t ɛ m p t /
n1
earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something;

- "made an effort to cover all the reading material";

- "wished him luck in his endeavor";

- "she gave it a good try";

- syn. effort, endeavor, endeavour, try;

n2
the act of attacking;

- "attacks on women increased last year";

- "they made an attempt on his life";

- syn. attack;

v1
make an effort or attempt;

- "He tried to shake off his fears";

- "The infant had essayed a few wobbly steps";

- "The police attempted to stop the thief";

- "He sought to improve himself";

- "She always seeks to do good in the world";

- syn. assay, essay, seek, try;

v2
enter upon an activity or enterprise;

- syn. set about, undertake;

attempted / ə t ɛ m p t ɪ d /
a1
tried unsuccessfully;

- "attempted murder";

- sim. unsuccessful;

attempter / ə t ɛ m p t ə /
n1
one who tries;

- syn. essayer, trier;

attend / ə t ɛ n d /
v1
be present at (meetings, church services, university), etc.;

- "She attends class regularly";

- "I rarely attend services at my church";

- "did you go to the meeting?";

- syn. go to;

v2
take charge of or deal with;

- "Could you see about lunch?";

- "I must attend to this matter";

- "She took care of this business";

- syn. look, see, take care;

v3
to accompany as a circumstance or follow as a result;

- "Menuhin's playing was attended by a 15-minute standing ovation";

v4
work for or be a servant to;

- "May I serve you?";

- "She attends the old lady in the wheelchair";

- "Can you wait on our table, please?";

- "Is a salesperson assisting you?";

- "The minister served the King for many years";

- syn. assist, attend to, serve, wait on;

v5
give heed (to);

- "The children in the audience attended the recital quietly";

- "She hung on his every word";

- "They attended to everything he said";

- syn. advert, give ear, hang, pay heed;

attend to
v1
get down to;

- pay attention to;

- take seriously;

- "Attend to your duties, please";

- syn. take to heart;

v2
work for or be a servant to;

- "May I serve you?";

- "She attends the old lady in the wheelchair";

- "Can you wait on our table, please?";

- "Is a salesperson assisting you?";

- "The minister served the King for many years";

- syn. assist, attend, serve, wait on;

attendance / ə t ɛ n d ə n s /
n1
the act of being present (at a meeting or event etc.);

- syn. attending;

n2
the frequency with which a person is present;

- "a student's attendance is an important factor in her grade";

n3
the number of people that are present;

- "attendance was up by 50 per cent";

attendance check
n1
a call of students' names in a classroom;

attendant / ə t ɛ n d ə n t /
n1
someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another;

- syn. attender, tender;

n2
a person who is present and participates in a meeting;

- "he was a regular attender at department meetings";

- "the gathering satisfied both organizers and attendees";

- syn. attendee, attender, meeter;

n3
an event or situation that happens at the same time as or in connection with another;

- syn. accompaniment, co-occurrence, concomitant;

a1
being present (at a meeting or event, etc.);

- "attendant members of the congregation";

- sim. present;

a2
occurring with or following as a consequence;

- "an excessive growth of bureaucracy, with attendant problems";

- "snags incidental to the changeover in management";

- "attendant circumstances";

- "the period of tension and consequent need for military preparedness";

- "the ensuant response to his appeal";

- "the resultant savings were considerable";

- "collateral target damage from a bombing run";

- syn. accompanying, collateral, concomitant, consequent, ensuant, incidental, resultant, sequent;

- sim. subsequent;

attended / ə t ɛ n d ɪ d /
a1
playing or singing with instrumental or vocal accompaniment;

- syn. accompanied;

a2
having a caretaker or other watcher;

- syn. tended to;

- sim. cared-for;

attendee / ə t ɛ n d i /
n1
a person who is present and participates in a meeting;

- "he was a regular attender at department meetings";

- "the gathering satisfied both organizers and attendees";

- syn. attendant, attender, meeter;

attender / ə t ɛ n d ə /
n1
someone who listens attentively;

- syn. auditor, hearer, listener;

n2
someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another;

- syn. attendant, tender;

n3
a person who is present and participates in a meeting;

- "he was a regular attender at department meetings";

- "the gathering satisfied both organizers and attendees";

- syn. attendant, attendee, meeter;

attending / ə t ɛ n d ɪ ŋ /
n1
the process whereby a person concentrates on some features of the environment to the (relative) exclusion of others;

- syn. attention;

n2
the act of being present (at a meeting or event etc.);

- syn. attendance;

attention / ə t ɛ n ʃ n /
n1
the process whereby a person concentrates on some features of the environment to the (relative) exclusion of others;

- syn. attending;

n2
the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something;

- "no medical care was required";

- "the old car needs constant attention";

- syn. aid, care, tending;

n3
a general interest that leads people to want to know more;

- "She was the center of attention";

n4
a courteous act indicating affection;

- "she tried to win his heart with her many attentions";

n5
the faculty or power of mental concentration;

- "keeping track of all the details requires your complete attention";

n6
a motionless erect stance with arms at the sides and feet together;

- assumed by military personnel during drill or review;

- "the troops stood at attention";

attention-getting
a1
seizing the attention;

- "eye-catching posters";

- syn. eye-catching;

- sim. conspicuous;

a2
likely to attract attention;

- "a catchy title for a movie";

- syn. catchy;

- sim. appealing;

attention deficit disorder
n1
a condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders;

- syn. ADD, ADHD, MBD, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, hyperkinetic syndrome, minimal brain damage, minimal brain dysfunction;

attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
n1
a condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders;

- syn. ADD, ADHD, MBD, attention deficit disorder, hyperkinetic syndrome, minimal brain damage, minimal brain dysfunction;

attention span
n1
the length of time you can concentrate on some idea or activity;

attentional / ə t ɛ n ʃ n ə ɫ /
a1
of or relating to attention;

attentive / ə t ɛ n t ɪ v /
a1
(often followed by `to') giving care or attention;

- "attentive to details";

- "the nurse was attentive to her patient";

- "an attentive suitor";

- also concerned;

- sim. advertent, captive, observant, oversolicitous, solicitous;

a2
taking heed;

- giving close and thoughtful attention;

- "heedful of the warnings";

- "so heedful a writer";

- "heedful of what they were doing";

- syn. heedful, paying attention, thoughtful;

attentively / ə t ɛ n t ɪ v ɫ i /
r1
with attention;

- in an attentive manner;

- "he listened attentively";

attentiveness / ə t ɛ n t ɪ v n ɪ s /
n1
paying particular notice (as to children or helpless people);

- "his attentiveness to her wishes";

- "he spends without heed to the consequences";

- syn. heed, paying attention, regard;

n2
the trait of being considerate and thoughtful of others;

n3
the trait of being observant and paying attention;

attenuate / ə t ɛ n j ʊ eɪ t , ə t ɛ n j ʊ ɪ t /
v1
weaken the consistency of (a chemical substance);

- syn. rarefy;

v2
become weaker, in strength, value, or magnitude;

a1
reduced in strength;

- "the faded tones of an old recording";

- syn. attenuated, faded, weakened;

- sim. decreased;

attenuated / ə t ɛ n j ʊ eɪ t ɪ d /
a1
of an electrical signal;

- reduced in amplitude with little or no distortion;

- sim. decreased;

a2
reduced in strength;

- "the faded tones of an old recording";

- syn. attenuate, faded, weakened;

- sim. decreased;

attenuation / ə t ɛ n j ʊ eɪ ʃ ə n , ə t ɛ n j ʊ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
weakening in force or intensity;

- "attenuation in the volume of the sound";

- syn. fading;

n2
the property of something that has been weakened or reduced in thickness or density;

attenuator / ə t ɛ n j ʊ eɪ t ə /
n1
an electrical device for attenuating the strength of an electrical signal;

attest / ə t ɛ s t /
v1
provide evidence for;

- stand as proof of;

- show by one's behavior, attitude, or external attributes;

- "His high fever attested to his illness";

- "The buildings in Rome manifest a high level of architectural sophistication";

- "This decision demonstrates his sense of fairness";

- syn. certify, demonstrate, evidence, manifest;

v2
authenticate, affirm to be true, genuine, or correct, as in an official capacity;

- "I attest this signature";

v3
give testimony in a court of law;

- syn. bear witness, take the stand, testify;

v4
establish or verify the usage of;

- "This word is not attested until 1993";

attestant / ə t ɛ s t ə n t /
n1
(law) a person who attests to the genuineness of a document or signature by adding their own signature;

- syn. attestator, attestor, witness;

n2
someone who affirms or vouches for the correctness or truth or genuineness of something;

- syn. attester;

attestation / æ t ɛ s t eɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
the action of bearing witness;

n2
the evidence by which something is attested;

attestation report
n1
a consulting service in which a CPA expresses a conclusion about the reliability of a written statement that is the responsibility of someone else;

- syn. attestation service;

attestation service
n1
a consulting service in which a CPA expresses a conclusion about the reliability of a written statement that is the responsibility of someone else;

- syn. attestation report;

attestator / æ t ɛ s t eɪ t ə /
n1
(law) a person who attests to the genuineness of a document or signature by adding their own signature;

- syn. attestant, attestor, witness;

attested / ə t ɛ s t ɪ d /
a1
established as genuine;

- syn. authenticated, documented;

- sim. genuine;

attester / ə t ɛ s t ə , ə t ɛ s t ə ɹ /
n1
someone who affirms or vouches for the correctness or truth or genuineness of something;

- syn. attestant;

attestor / ə t ɛ s t ə /
n1
(law) a person who attests to the genuineness of a document or signature by adding their own signature;

- syn. attestant, attestator, witness;

attic / æ t ɪ k /
n1
floor consisting of open space at the top of a house just below roof;

- often used for storage;

- syn. garret, loft;

n2
the dialect of Ancient Greek spoken and written in Attica and Athens and Ionia;

- syn. Classical Greek, Ionic, Ionic dialect;

n3
informal terms for a human head;

- syn. bean, bonce, dome, noggin, noodle;

n4
(architecture) a low wall at the top of the entablature;

- hides the roof;

a1
of or relating to Attica or its inhabitants or to the dialect spoken in Athens in classical times;

- "Attic Greek";

attic fan
n1
a fan that blows heated air out of the attic of a building;

Attica / æ t ɪ k ə /
n1
the territory of Athens in ancient Greece where the Ionic dialect was spoken;

Atticus / æ t ɪ k ə s /
n1
atlas moth;

- syn. genus Atticus;

Atticus atlas
n1
giant saturniid moth widespread in Asia;

- sometimes cultured for silk;

- syn. atlas moth;

Attila
n1
king of the Huns;

- the most successful barbarian invader of the Roman Empire (406-453);

- syn. Attila the Hun, Scourge of God, Scourge of the Gods;

Attila the Hun
n1
king of the Huns;

- the most successful barbarian invader of the Roman Empire (406-453);

- syn. Attila, Scourge of God, Scourge of the Gods;

Attilio
n1
a small patch of facial hair just below the lower lip and above the chin;

- syn. soul patch;

attire / ə t aɪ ə , ə t aɪ ə ɹ /
n1
clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion;

- "formal attire";

- "battle dress";

- syn. dress, garb;

v1
put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive;

- "She never dresses up, even when she goes to the opera";

- "The young girls were all fancied up for the party";

- syn. deck out, deck up, dress up, fancy up, fig out, fig up, get up, gussy up, overdress, prink, rig out, tog out, tog up, trick out, trick up;

attired / ə t aɪ ə d /
a1
dressed or clothed especially in fine attire;

- often used in combination;

- "the elegantly attired gentleman";

- "neatly dressed workers";

- "monks garbed in hooded robes";

- "went about oddly garmented";

- "professors robed in crimson";

- "tuxedo-attired gentlemen";

- "crimson-robed Harvard professors";

- syn. appareled, dressed, garbed, garmented, habilimented, robed;

- sim. clothed;

attitude / æ t ɪ t j u d /
n1
a complex mental state involving beliefs and feelings and values and dispositions to act in certain ways;

- "he had the attitude that work was fun";

- syn. mental attitude;

n2
the arrangement of the body and its limbs;

- "he assumed an attitude of surrender";

- syn. position, posture;

n3
a theatrical pose created for effect;

- "the actor struck just the right attitude";

n4
position of aircraft or spacecraft relative to a frame of reference (the horizon or direction of motion);

attitudinal / æ t ɪ t j u d ɪ n ə ɫ /
a1
of or relating to attitudes;

attitudinise
v1
assume certain affected attitudes;

- syn. attitudinize;

attitudinize / æ t ɪ t j u d ɪ n aɪ z /
v1
assume certain affected attitudes;

- syn. attitudinise;

Attlee
n1
British statesman and leader of the Labour Party who instituted the welfare state in Britain (1883-1967);

- syn. 1st Earl Attlee, Clement Attlee, Clement Richard Attlee;

attorn / ə t ɝ n /
v1
acknowledge a new land owner as one's landlord;

- "he was attorned by the tenants";

attorney / ə t ɝ n i /
n1
a professional person authorized to practice law;

- conducts lawsuits or gives legal advice;

- syn. lawyer;

attorney-client privilege
n1
the right of a lawyer to refuse to divulge confidential information from his client;

attorney-client relation
n1
the responsibility of a lawyer to act in the best interests of the client;

- syn. lawyer-client relation;

attorney general
n1
the chief law officer of a country or state;

n2
the person who holds the position of secretary of the Justice Department;

- "Edmund Randolph was the first Attorney General, appointed by President Washington";

- syn. US Attorney General, United States Attorney General;

n3
the position of the head of the Justice Department and the chief law enforcement officer of the United States;

- "the post of Attorney General was created in 1789";

- syn. Attorney General of the United States;

Attorney General of the United States
n1
the position of the head of the Justice Department and the chief law enforcement officer of the United States;

- "the post of Attorney General was created in 1789";

- syn. Attorney General;

attorneyship / ə t ɝ n ɪ ʃ ɪ p /
n1
the position of attorney;

attosecond
n1
one quintillionth (10^-18) of a second;

- one thousandth of a femtosecond;

attract / ə t ɹ æ k t /
v1
direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes;

- "Her good looks attract the stares of many men";

- "The ad pulled in many potential customers";

- "This pianist pulls huge crowds";

- "The store owner was happy that the ad drew in many new customers";

- syn. draw, draw in, pull, pull in;

v2
be attractive to;

- "The idea of a vacation appeals to me";

- "The beautiful garden attracted many people";

- syn. appeal;

v3
exert a force on (a body) causing it to approach or prevent it from moving away;

- "the gravitational pull of a planet attracts other bodies";

attractable / ə t ɹ æ k t ə b ɫ /
a1
capable of being magnetized or attracted by a magnet;

- "the magnetic chips of steel produced by a cutting tool are attractable by a magnet";

- sim. magnetic;

attracter / ə t ɹ æ k t ə , ə t ɹ æ k t ə ɹ /
n1
an entertainer who attracts large audiences;

- "he was the biggest drawing card they had";

- syn. attraction, attractor, draw, drawing card;

n2
(physics) a point in the ideal multidimensional phase space that is used to describe a system toward which the system tends to evolve regardless of the starting conditions of the system;

- syn. attractor;

n3
a characteristic that provides pleasure and attracts;

- "flowers are an attractor for bees";

- syn. attraction, attractive feature, attractor, magnet;

attraction / ə t ɹ æ k ʃ n /
n1
the force by which one object attracts another;

- syn. attractive force;

n2
an entertainment that is offered to the public;

n3
the quality of arousing interest;

- being attractive or something that attracts;

- "her personality held a strange attraction for him";

- syn. attractiveness;

n4
a characteristic that provides pleasure and attracts;

- "flowers are an attractor for bees";

- syn. attracter, attractive feature, attractor, magnet;

n5
an entertainer who attracts large audiences;

- "he was the biggest drawing card they had";

- syn. attracter, attractor, draw, drawing card;

attractive / ə t ɹ æ k t ɪ v /
a1
pleasing to the eye or mind especially through beauty or charm;

- "a remarkably attractive young man";

- "an attractive personality";

- "attractive clothes";

- "a book with attractive illustrations";

- also beautiful, inviting, pleasing, seductive;

- sim. bewitching, charismatic, cunning, dinky, engaging, fetching, glossy, hypnotic, irresistible, personable, photogenic, prepossessing, winsome;

a2
having power to arouse interest;

- "an attractive opportunity";

- "the job is attractive because of the pay";

- sim. appealing;

a3
having the properties of a magnet;

- the ability to draw or pull;

- "an attractive force";

attractive feature
n1
a characteristic that provides pleasure and attracts;

- "flowers are an attractor for bees";

- syn. attracter, attraction, attractor, magnet;

attractive force
n1
the force by which one object attracts another;

- syn. attraction;

attractive nuisance
n1
anything on your premises that might attract children into danger or harm;

- "their swimming pool is an attractive nuisance;

- they should fence it in";

attractively / ə t ɹ æ k t ɪ v ɫ i /
r1
in a beautiful manner;

- "her face was beautifully made up";

- syn. beautifully;

attractiveness / ə t ɹ æ k t ɪ v n ə s /
n1
the quality of arousing interest;

- being attractive or something that attracts;

- "her personality held a strange attraction for him";

- syn. attraction;

n2
sexual allure;

attractor / ə t ɹ æ k t ə /
n1
an entertainer who attracts large audiences;

- "he was the biggest drawing card they had";

- syn. attracter, attraction, draw, drawing card;

n2
(physics) a point in the ideal multidimensional phase space that is used to describe a system toward which the system tends to evolve regardless of the starting conditions of the system;

- syn. attracter;

n3
a characteristic that provides pleasure and attracts;

- "flowers are an attractor for bees";

- syn. attracter, attraction, attractive feature, magnet;

attributable / ə t ɹ ɪ b j ʊ t ə b ɫ /
a1
capable of being attributed;

- "the collapse of the movement was attributable to a lack of morale";

- "an idea attributable to a Russian";

- sim. ascribable, credited, traceable;

attribute / æ t ɹ ɪ b j u t , ə t ɹ ɪ b j u t /
n1
a construct whereby objects or individuals can be distinguished;

- "self-confidence is not an endearing property";

- syn. dimension, property;

n2
an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of an entity;

v1
attribute or credit to;

- "We attributed this quotation to Shakespeare";

- "People impute great cleverness to cats";

- syn. ascribe, assign, impute;

v2
decide as to where something belongs in a scheme;

- "The biologist assigned the mushroom to the proper class";

- syn. assign;

attribution / æ t ɹ ɪ b j u ʃ n /
n1
assigning some quality or character to a person or thing;

- "the attribution of language to birds";

- "the ascription to me of honors I had not earned";

- syn. ascription;

n2
assigning to a cause or source;

- "the attribution of lighting to an expression of God's wrath";

- "he questioned the attribution of the painting to Picasso";

- syn. ascription;

attributive / ə t ɹ ɪ b j ʊ t ɪ v /
a1
of adjectives;

- placed before the nouns they modify;

- "`red' is an attributive adjective in `a red apple'";

- syn. prenominal;

- sim. attributive genitive;

attributive genitive
n1
a word in the genitive case that is used as an attributive adjective;

- "an example of the attributive genetive is `John's' in `John's mother'";

- syn. attributive genitive case;

a1
a word in the genitive case used as an attributive adjective;

- "an example of the attributive genitive is `John's' in `John's mother'";

- sim. attributive;

attributive genitive case
n1
a word in the genitive case that is used as an attributive adjective;

- "an example of the attributive genetive is `John's' in `John's mother'";

- syn. attributive genitive;

attributively / ə t ɹ ɪ b j ʊ t ɪ v ɫ i /
r1
in an attributive manner;

- "the genitive noun is used attributively";

attrited
a1
worn by rubbing or friction;

- sim. worn;

attrition / ə t ɹ ɪ ʃ n /
n1
erosion by friction;

- syn. abrasion, corrasion, detrition;

n2
the wearing down of rock particles by friction due to water or wind or ice;

- syn. abrasion, detrition, grinding;

n3
sorrow for sin arising from fear of damnation;

- syn. contriteness, contrition;

n4
a wearing down to weaken or destroy;

- "a war of attrition";

n5
the act of rubbing together;

- wearing something down by friction;

attrition rate
n1
the rate of shrinkage in size or number;

- syn. rate of attrition;

attritional / ə t ɹ ɪ ʃ ə n ɫ /
a1
relating to or caused by attrition;

attune / ə t j u n /
v1
adjust or accustom to;

- bring into harmony with;

atypic / eɪ t ɪ p ɪ k /
a1
not representative of a group, class, or type;

- "a class of atypical mosses";

- "atypical behavior is not the accepted type of response that we expect from children";

- syn. atypical, untypical;

- also abnormal, uncharacteristic, unnatural;

- sim. unrepresentative;

atypical / eɪ t ɪ p ɪ k ə ɫ , eɪ t ɪ p ɪ k ɫ /
a1
not representative of a group, class, or type;

- "a class of atypical mosses";

- "atypical behavior is not the accepted type of response that we expect from children";

- syn. atypic, untypical;

- also abnormal, uncharacteristic;

- sim. unrepresentative;

a2
deviating from normal expectations;

- somewhat odd, strange, or abnormal;

- "these days large families are atypical";

- "atypical clinical findings";

- "atypical pneumonia";

- "highly irregular behavior";

- syn. irregular;

- sim. abnormal;

atypical pneumonia
n1
an acute respiratory disease marked by high fever and coughing;

- caused by mycoplasma;

- primarily affecting children and young adults;

- syn. mycoplasmal pneumonia, primary atypical pneumonia;

atypicality / eɪ t ɪ p ɪ k æ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
any state that is not typical;

- syn. untypicality;

atypically / eɪ t ɪ p ɪ k ɫ i /
r1
in a manner that is not typical;

- "she was atypically quiet";

- syn. untypically;

Au / oʊ /
n1
a soft yellow malleable ductile (trivalent and univalent) metallic element;

- occurs mainly as nuggets in rocks and alluvial deposits;

- does not react with most chemicals but is attacked by chlorine and aqua regia;

- syn. atomic number 79, gold;

n2
a unit of length used for distances within the solar system;

- equal to the mean distance between the Earth and the Sun (approximately 93 million miles or 150 million kilometers);

- syn. Astronomical Unit;

au courant
a1
being up to particular standard or level especially in being up to date in knowledge;

- "kept abreast of the latest developments";

- "constant revision keeps the book au courant";

- "always au fait on the latest events";

- "up on the news";

- syn. abreast, au fait, up on;

- sim. informed;

au fait / oʊ f eɪ /
a1
being up to particular standard or level especially in being up to date in knowledge;

- "kept abreast of the latest developments";

- "constant revision keeps the book au courant";

- "always au fait on the latest events";

- "up on the news";

- syn. abreast, au courant, up on;

- sim. informed;

au gratin
a1
cooked while covered with browned breadcrumbs (and sometimes cheese);

- sim. cooked;

au jus
a1
served in its natural juices or gravy;

- "roast beef au jus";

- sim. juicy;

au naturel
a1
completely unclothed;

- "bare bodies";

- "naked from the waist up";

- "a nude model";

- syn. bare, naked, nude;

- sim. unclothed;

au pair / oʊ p eə , oʊ p eə ɹ /
n1
a young foreigner who lives with a family in return for doing light housework;

au pair girl
n1
a foreign girl serving as an au pair;

au revoir / oʊ ɹ ə v w ɑ , oʊ ɹ ə v w ɑr /
n1
a farewell remark;

- "they said their good-byes";

- syn. adieu, adios, arrivederci, auf wiedersehen, bye, bye-bye, cheerio, good-by, good-bye, good day, goodby, goodbye, sayonara, so long;

auberge / oʊ b eə ʒ /
n1
a hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers;

- syn. hostel, hostelry, inn, lodge;

aubergine / oʊ b ə ʒ i n /
n1
hairy upright herb native to southeastern Asia but widely cultivated for its large glossy edible fruit commonly used as a vegetable;

- syn. Solanum melongena, brinjal, eggplant, eggplant bush, garden egg, mad apple;

n2
egg-shaped vegetable having a shiny skin typically dark purple but occasionally white or yellow;

- syn. eggplant, mad apple;

auburn / ɔ b ə n /
a1
(of hair) colored a moderate reddish-brown;

- "auburn hair";

- sim. chromatic;

AUC
n1
a terrorist organization in Colombia formed in 1997 as an umbrella for local and regional paramilitary groups;

- is financed by earnings from narcotics and serves to protect the economic interests of its members;

- "the AUC conducted over 800 assassinations in one year";

- syn. Autodefensas Unidas de Colombia, United Self-Defense Force of Colombia, United Self-Defense Group of Colombia;

Auchincloss
n1
United States writer (born in 1917);

- syn. Louis Auchincloss, Louis Stanton Auchincloss;

Auckland / ɔ k ɫ ə n d /
n1
the largest city and principal port of New Zealand;

auction / ɔ k ʃ n /
n1
a variety of bridge in which tricks made in excess of the contract are scored toward game;

- now generally superseded by contract bridge;

- syn. auction bridge;

n2
the public sale of something to the highest bidder;

- syn. auction sale, vendue;

v1
sell at an auction;

- syn. auction off, auctioneer;

auction block
n1
a platform from which an auctioneer sells;

- "they put their paintings on the block";

- syn. block;

auction bridge
n1
a variety of bridge in which tricks made in excess of the contract are scored toward game;

- now generally superseded by contract bridge;

- syn. auction;

auction house
n1
a firm that conducts auctions;

auction off
v1
sell at an auction;

- syn. auction, auctioneer;

auction pitch
n1
an all-fours game in which the first card led is a trump;

- syn. pitch;

auction sale
n1
the public sale of something to the highest bidder;

- syn. auction, vendue;

auctioneer / ɔ k ʃ ə n ɪə , ɔ k ʃ ə n ɪə ɹ /
n1
an agent who conducts an auction;

v1
sell at an auction;

- syn. auction, auction off;

auctorial
a1
of or by or typical of an author;

- "authorial comments";

- "auctorial flights of imagination";

- syn. authorial;

Aucuba
n1
hardy evergreen dioecious shrubs and small trees from Japan;

- syn. genus Aucuba;

audacious / ɔ d eɪ ʃ ə s /
a1
invulnerable to fear or intimidation;

- "audacious explorers";

- "fearless reporters and photographers";

- "intrepid pioneers";

- syn. brave, dauntless, fearless, hardy, intrepid, unfearing;

- sim. bold;

a2
unrestrained by convention or propriety;

- "an audacious trick to pull";

- "a barefaced hypocrite";

- "the most bodacious display of tourism this side of Anaheim"- Los Angeles Times;

- "bald-faced lies";

- "brazen arrogance";

- "the modern world with its quick material successes and insolent belief in the boundless possibilities of progress"- Bertrand Russell;

- syn. bald-faced, barefaced, bodacious, brassy, brazen, brazen-faced, insolent;

- sim. unashamed;

a3
disposed to venture or take risks;

- "audacious visions of the total conquest of space";

- "an audacious interpretation of two Jacobean dramas";

- "the most daring of contemporary fiction writers";

- "a venturesome investor";

- "a venturous spirit";

- syn. daring, venturesome, venturous;

- sim. adventurous;

audaciously / ɔ d eɪ ʃ ə s ɫ i /
r1
in an audacious manner;

- "an idea so daring and yet so audaciously tempting that a shiver of excitement quivered through him";

audaciousness / ɔ d eɪ ʃ ə s n ə s /
n1
fearless daring;

- syn. audacity, temerity;

n2
aggressive boldness or unmitigated effrontery;

- "he had the audacity to question my decision";

- syn. audacity;

audacity / ɔ d æ s ɪ t i /
n1
fearless daring;

- syn. audaciousness, temerity;

n2
aggressive boldness or unmitigated effrontery;

- "he had the audacity to question my decision";

- syn. audaciousness;

audad
n1
wild sheep of northern Africa;

- syn. Ammotragus lervia, Barbary sheep, aoudad, arui, maned sheep;

Auden
n1
United States poet (born in England) (1907-1973);

- syn. W. H. Auden, Wystan Hugh Auden;

Audenesque
a1
in the manner of W. H. Auden;

audibility / ɔ d ɪ b ɪ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
quality or fact or degree of being audible or perceptible by the ear;

- syn. audibleness;

audible / ɔ d ə b ɫ /
n1
a football play is changed orally after both teams have assumed their positions at the line of scrimmage;

a1
heard or perceptible by the ear;

- "he spoke in an audible whisper";

- syn. hearable;

- also loud, perceptible;

- sim. clunky, sonic, sounding;

audibleness / ɔ d ə b ɫ n ə s /
n1
quality or fact or degree of being audible or perceptible by the ear;

- syn. audibility;

audibly / ɔ d ə b ɫ i /
r1
in an audible manner;

- "he spoke audibly";

audience / ɔ d ɪə n s /
n1
a gathering of spectators or listeners at a (usually public) performance;

- "the audience applauded";

- "someone in the audience began to cough";

n2
the part of the general public interested in a source of information or entertainment;

- "every artist needs an audience";

- "the broadcast reached an audience of millions";

n3
an opportunity to state your case and be heard;

- "they condemned him without a hearing";

- "he saw that he had lost his audience";

- syn. hearing;

n4
a conference (usually with someone important);

- "he had a consultation with the judge";

- "he requested an audience with the king";

- syn. consultation, interview;

audile
n1
one whose mental imagery is auditory rather than visual or motor;

a1
of or relating to the process of hearing;

- "auditory processing";

- "an audile person";

- syn. auditive, auditory;

audio / ɔ d i oʊ /
n1
the audible part of a transmitted signal;

- "they always raise the audio for commercials";

- syn. sound;

n2
an audible acoustic wave frequency;

- syn. audio frequency;

n3
a recording of acoustic signals;

- syn. audio recording, sound recording;

n4
the sound elements of television;

audio amplifier
n1
an amplifier that increases the amplitude of reproduced sound;

audio CD
n1
compact discs used to reproduce sound (voice and music);

- syn. audio compact disc;

audio compact disc
n1
compact discs used to reproduce sound (voice and music);

- syn. audio CD;

audio frequency
n1
an audible acoustic wave frequency;

- syn. audio;

audio lingual acquisition
n1
system of language acquisition focusing intensively on listening and speaking;

audio recording
n1
a recording of acoustic signals;

- syn. audio, sound recording;

audio system
n1
a system of electronic equipment for recording or reproducing sound;

- syn. sound system;

audiocassette
n1
a cassette for audiotape;

audiogram / ɔ d i oʊ ɡ ɹ æ m /
n1
a graphical representation of a person's auditory sensitivity to sound;

audiology
n1
the measurement of hearing;

- syn. audiometry;

audiometer / ɔ d ɪ ɒ m ɪ t ə /
n1
an instrument used to measure the sensitivity of hearing;

- syn. sonometer;

audiometric / ɔ d ɪ ɒ m ɪ t ɹ ɪ k /
a1
of or relating to audiometry;

audiometry / ɔ d ɪ ɒ m ɪ t ɹ i /
n1
the measurement of hearing;

- syn. audiology;

n2
measuring sensitivity of hearing;

audiotape / ɔ d i oʊ t eɪ p /
n1
a tape recording of sound;

n2
magnetic tape for use in recording sound;

audiovisual / ɔ d i oʊ v ɪ ʒ ʊə ɫ /
n1
materials using sight or sound to present information;

- "language tapes and videocassettes and other audiovisuals";

- syn. audiovisual aid;

a1
involving both hearing and seeing (usually relating to teaching aids);

- "the school's audiovisual department";

audiovisual aid
n1
materials using sight or sound to present information;

- "language tapes and videocassettes and other audiovisuals";

- syn. audiovisual;

audit / ɔ d ɪ t /
n1
an inspection of the accounting procedures and records by a trained accountant or CPA;

- syn. audited account;

n2
a methodical examination or review of a condition or situation;

- "he made an audit of all the plants on his property";

- "an energy efficiency audit";

- "an email log audit";

v1
examine carefully for accuracy with the intent of verification;

- "audit accounts and tax returns";

- syn. inspect, scrutinise, scrutinize;

v2
attend academic courses without getting credit;

audit program
n1
a listing of audit procedures to be performed in completing an audit;

- syn. audit programme;

audit programme
n1
a listing of audit procedures to be performed in completing an audit;

- syn. audit program;

audited account
n1
an inspection of the accounting procedures and records by a trained accountant or CPA;

- syn. audit;

audition / ɔ d ɪ ʃ n /
n1
the ability to hear;

- the auditory faculty;

- "his hearing was impaired";

- syn. auditory modality, auditory sense, hearing, sense of hearing;

n2
a test of the suitability of a performer;

- syn. tryout;

v1
perform in order to get a role;

- "She auditioned for a role on Broadway";

- syn. try out;

auditive / ɔ d ɪ t ɪ v /
a1
of or relating to the process of hearing;

- "auditory processing";

- "an audile person";

- syn. audile, auditory;

auditor / ɔ d ɪ t ə , ɔ d ɪ t ə ɹ /
n1
someone who listens attentively;

- syn. attender, hearer, listener;

n2
a student who attends a course but does not take it for credit;

n3
a qualified accountant who inspects the accounting records and practices of a business or other organization;

auditorium / ɔ d ɪ t ɔ ɹ ɪə m /
n1
the area of a theater or concert hall where the audience sits;

auditory / ɔ d ɪ t ɹ i /
a1
of or relating to the process of hearing;

- "auditory processing";

- "an audile person";

- syn. audile, auditive;

auditory agnosia
n1
inability to recognize or understand the meaning of spoken words;

auditory aphasia
n1
an impairment in understanding spoken language that is not attributable to hearing loss;

- syn. acoustic aphasia, word deafness;

auditory apparatus
n1
all of the components of the organ of hearing including the outer and middle and inner ears;

auditory area
n1
the cortical area that receives auditory information from the medial geniculate body;

- syn. auditory cortex;

auditory canal
n1
either of the passages in the outer ear from the auricle to the tympanic membrane;

- syn. acoustic meatus, auditory meatus, ear canal, external auditory canal;

auditory center
n1
the part of the brain (in a fold of the cerebral cortex of the temporal lobe on both sides of the brain) that receives impulses from the ear by way of the auditory nerve;

auditory communication
n1
communication that relies on hearing;

auditory cortex
n1
the cortical area that receives auditory information from the medial geniculate body;

- syn. auditory area;

auditory hallucination
n1
illusory auditory perception of strange nonverbal sounds;

- syn. acousma;

auditory hyperesthesia
n1
abnormal acuteness of hearing due to increased irritability of the sensory neural mechanism;

- characterized by intolerance for ordinary sound levels;

- syn. hyperacusia, hyperacusis;

auditory image
n1
a mental image that is similar to an auditory perception;

auditory meatus
n1
either of the passages in the outer ear from the auricle to the tympanic membrane;

- syn. acoustic meatus, auditory canal, ear canal, external auditory canal;

auditory modality
n1
the ability to hear;

- the auditory faculty;

- "his hearing was impaired";

- syn. audition, auditory sense, hearing, sense of hearing;

auditory nerve
n1
a composite sensory nerve supplying the hair cells of the vestibular organ and the hair cells of the cochlea;

- syn. acoustic nerve, eighth cranial nerve, nervus vestibulocochlearis, vestibulocochlear nerve;

auditory ossicle
n1
ossicles of the middle ear that transmit acoustic vibrations from the eardrum to the inner ear;

auditory perception
n1
the perception of sound as a meaningful phenomenon;

- syn. sound perception;

auditory sensation
n1
the subjective sensation of hearing something;

- "he strained to hear the faint sounds";

- syn. sound;

auditory sense
n1
the ability to hear;

- the auditory faculty;

- "his hearing was impaired";

- syn. audition, auditory modality, hearing, sense of hearing;

auditory system
n1
the sensory system for hearing;

auditory tube
n1
either of the paired tubes connecting the middle ears to the nasopharynx;

- equalizes air pressure on the two sides of the eardrum;

- syn. Eustachian tube;

Audubon
n1
United States ornithologist and artist (born in Haiti) noted for his paintings of birds of America (1785-1851);

- syn. John James Audubon;

Audubon's caracara
n1
widespread from southern United States to Central America;

- rusty black with black-and-white breast and tail;

- syn. Polyborus cheriway audubonii;

Audubon's warbler
n1
common warbler of western North America;

- syn. Audubon warbler, Dendroica auduboni;

Audubon warbler
n1
common warbler of western North America;

- syn. Audubon's warbler, Dendroica auduboni;

auf wiedersehen
n1
a farewell remark;

- "they said their good-byes";

- syn. adieu, adios, arrivederci, au revoir, bye, bye-bye, cheerio, good-by, good-bye, good day, goodby, goodbye, sayonara, so long;

Aug
n1
the month following July and preceding September;

- syn. August;

Augean / ɔ dʒ i ə n /
a1
extremely filthy from long neglect;

- sim. dirty;

Augean stables
n1
(Greek mythology) the extremely dirty stables that were finally cleaned by Hercules who diverted two rivers through them;

Augeas
n1
(Greek mythology) the mythical Greek king who for 30 years did not clean his stables which contained his vast herd of cattle;

augend
n1
a number to which another number (the addend) is added;

auger / ɔ ɡ ə , ɔ ɡ ə ɹ /
n1
a long flexible steel coil for dislodging stoppages in curved pipes;

- syn. plumber's snake, snake;

n2
hand tool for boring holes;

- syn. gimlet, screw auger, wimble;

aught / ɔ t /
n1
a quantity of no importance;

- "it looked like nothing I had ever seen before";

- "reduced to nil all the work we had done";

- "we racked up a pathetic goose egg";

- "it was all for naught";

- "I didn't hear zilch about it";

- syn. cipher, cypher, goose egg, nada, naught, nil, nix, nothing, null, zero, zilch, zip, zippo;

augite
n1
dark-green to black glassy mineral of the pyroxene group containing large amounts of aluminum and iron and magnesium;

augitic
a1
of or relating to or containing the mineral augite;

augment / ɔ ɡ m ə n t , ɔ ɡ m ɛ n t /
v1
enlarge or increase;

- "The recent speech of the president augmented tensions in the Near East";

v2
grow or intensify;

- "The pressure augmented";

augmentation / ɔ ɡ m ɛ n t eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the amount by which something increases;

n2
the statement of a theme in notes of greater duration (usually twice the length of the original);

n3
the act of augmenting;

augmentative / ɔ ɡ m ɛ n t ə t ɪ v /
a1
increasing or having the power to increase especially in size or amount or degree;

- "`up' is an augmentative word in `hurry up'";

- sim. increasing;

a2
intensifying by augmentation and enhancement;

- syn. enhancive;

- sim. intensifying;

augmented / ɔ ɡ m ɛ n t ɪ d /
a1
added to or made greater in amount or number or strength;

- "his augmented renown";

- "a greatly augmented collection of books";

- sim. increased;

Augmentin / ɔ ɡ m ɛ n t ɪ n /
n1
an antibiotic;

- a semisynthetic oral penicillin (trade names Amoxil and Larotid and Polymox and Trimox and Augmentin) used to treat bacterial infections;

- syn. Amoxil, Larotid, Polymox, Trimox, amoxicillin;

Augsburg Confession
n1
the document drawn up in 1555 to defend the catholicity of Lutheran doctrine and to justify innovations in Lutheran practice;

- is still in effect today;

augur / ɔ ɡ ə , ɔ ɡ ə ɹ /
n1
(ancient Rome) a religious official who interpreted omens to guide public policy;

- syn. auspex;

v1
indicate, as with a sign or an omen;

- "These signs bode bad news";

- syn. auspicate, betoken, bode, forecast, foreshadow, foretell, omen, portend, predict, prefigure, presage, prognosticate;

v2
predict from an omen;

augury / ɔ ɡ j ʊr i /
n1
an event that is experienced as indicating important things to come;

- "he hoped it was an augury";

- "it was a sign from God";

- syn. foretoken, preindication, sign;

August / ɔ ɡ ʌ s t , ɔ ɡ ə s t /
n1
the month following July and preceding September;

- syn. Aug;

a1
of or befitting a lord;

- "heir to a lordly fortune";

- "of august lineage";

- syn. grand, lordly;

- sim. noble;

a2
profoundly honored;

- "revered holy men";

- syn. revered, venerable;

- sim. honorable;

August 1
n1
commemorates Saint Peter's miraculous deliverance from prison;

- a quarter day in Scotland;

- a harvest festival in England;

- syn. Lammas, Lammas Day;

August 15
n1
celebration in the Roman Catholic Church of the Virgin Mary's being taken up into heaven when her earthly life ended;

- corresponds to the Dormition in the Eastern Orthodox Church;

- syn. Assumption, Assumption of Mary;

August 6
n1
(Christianity) a church festival held in commemoration of the Transfiguration of Jesus;

- syn. Transfiguration, Transfiguration Day;

August F. Mobius
n1
German mathematician responsible for the Mobius strip (1790-1868);

- syn. August Ferdinand Mobius, Mobius;

August Ferdinand Mobius
n1
German mathematician responsible for the Mobius strip (1790-1868);

- syn. August F. Mobius, Mobius;

August Friedrich Leopold Weismann
n1
German biologist who was one of the founders of modern genetics;

- his theory of genetic transmission ruled out the possibility of transmitting acquired characteristics (1834-1914);

- syn. Weismann;

August plum
n1
wild plum trees of eastern and central North America having red-orange fruit with yellow flesh;

- syn. American red plum, Prunus americana, goose plum;

August Strindberg
n1
Swedish dramatist and novelist (1849-1912);

- syn. Johan August Strindberg, Strindberg;

August von Wassermann
n1
German bacteriologist who developed a diagnostic test for syphilis (1866-1925);

- syn. Wassermann;

August Wilhelm von Hoffmann
n1
German chemist (1818-1892);

- syn. Hoffmann;

Augusta / ɔ ɡ ʌ s t ə /
n1
the capital of the state of Maine;

- syn. capital of Maine;

n2
a city in eastern Georgia north-northwest of Savannah;

- noted for golf tournaments;

Augustan / ɔ ɡ ʌ s t ə n /
a1
relating to or characteristic of the times of the Roman Emperor Augustus;

- "the Augustan Age";

Auguste Comte
n1
French philosopher remembered as the founder of positivism;

- he also established sociology as a systematic field of study;

- syn. Comte, Isidore Auguste Marie Francois Comte;

Auguste Rodin
n1
French sculptor noted for his renderings of the human form (1840-1917);

- syn. Francois Auguste Rene Rodin, Rodin;

Augustin Eugene Scribe
n1
French playwright (1791-1861);

- syn. Scribe;

Augustin Jean Fresnel
n1
French physicist who invented polarized light and invented the Fresnel lens (1788-1827);

- syn. Fresnel;

Augustine / ɔ ɡ ə s t ɪ n /
n1
(Roman Catholic Church) one of the great Fathers of the early Christian church;

- after a dramatic conversion to Christianity he became bishop of Hippo Regius in North Africa;

- St. Augustine emphasized man's need for grace (354-430);

- syn. Augustine of Hippo, Saint Augustine, St. Augustine;

Augustine of Hippo
n1
(Roman Catholic Church) one of the great Fathers of the early Christian church;

- after a dramatic conversion to Christianity he became bishop of Hippo Regius in North Africa;

- St. Augustine emphasized man's need for grace (354-430);

- syn. Augustine, Saint Augustine, St. Augustine;

Augustinian / ɔ ɡ ə s t ɪ n ɪə n /
n1
a Roman Catholic friar or monk belonging to one of the Augustinian monastic orders;

Augustinian Canons
n1
an Augustinian monastic order;

Augustinian Hermits
n1
a monastic order of friars established in 1256 by the Pope;

Augustinian order
n1
any of several monastic orders observing a rule derived from the writings of St. Augustine;

Augustus / ɔ ɡ ʌ s t ə s /
n1
Roman statesman who established the Roman Empire and became emperor in 27 BC;

- defeated Mark Antony and Cleopatra in 31 BC at Actium (63 BC - AD 14);

- syn. Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus, Gaius Octavianus, Octavian;

Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin
n1
English architect who played a prominent role in the 19th century revival of Gothic architecture (1812-1852);

- syn. Pugin;

auk / ɔ k /
n1
black-and-white short-necked web-footed diving bird of northern seas;

auklet
n1
any of several small auks of the northern Pacific coasts;

Aulacorhyncus
n1
a genus of Ramphastidae;

- syn. genus Aulacorhyncus;

auld / ɔ ɫ d /
a1
a Scottish word;

- "auld lang syne";

- sim. old;

auld langsyne
n1
past times remembered with nostalgia;

- syn. good old days, langsyne, old times;

Aulostomidae
n1
trumpetfishes;

- syn. family Aulostomidae;

Aulostomus
n1
type genus of the Aulostomidae;

- syn. genus Aulostomus;

Aulostomus maculatus
n1
tropical Atlantic fish with a long snout;

- swims snout down;

- syn. trumpetfish;

Aum
n1
a terrorist organization whose goal is to take over Japan and then the world;

- based on a religion founded in 1987 that combines elements of Buddhism with Christianity;

- "in 1995 Aum members released deadly sarin gas on a Tokyo subway train";

- syn. Aum Shinrikyo, Supreme Truth;

Aum Shinrikyo
n1
a terrorist organization whose goal is to take over Japan and then the world;

- based on a religion founded in 1987 that combines elements of Buddhism with Christianity;

- "in 1995 Aum members released deadly sarin gas on a Tokyo subway train";

- syn. Aum, Supreme Truth;

aunt / ɑ n t /
n1
the sister of your father or mother;

- the wife of your uncle;

- syn. auntie, aunty;

auntie / ɑ n t i /
n1
the sister of your father or mother;

- the wife of your uncle;

- syn. aunt, aunty;

aunty / ɑ n t i /
n1
the sister of your father or mother;

- the wife of your uncle;

- syn. aunt, auntie;

aura / ɔ ɹ ə /
n1
a sensation (as of a cold breeze or bright light) that precedes the onset of certain disorders such as a migraine attack or epileptic seizure;

n2
an indication of radiant light drawn around the head of a saint;

- syn. aureole, gloriole, glory, halo, nimbus;

n3
a distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing;

- "an air of mystery";

- "the house had a neglected air";

- "an atmosphere of defeat pervaded the candidate's headquarters";

- "the place had an aura of romance";

- syn. air, atmosphere;

aural / ɔ ɹ ə ɫ /
a1
of or pertaining to hearing or the ear;

- "an animal with a very sensitive aural apparatus";

a2
relating to or characterized by an aura;

- "various aural effects that precede a migraine headache";

aurally / ɔ ɹ ə ɫ i /
r1
with regard to sound or the ear;

- "the new musical was visually and aurally appealing";

aureate / ɔ ɹ ɪ ih t /
a1
elaborately or excessively ornamented;

- "flamboyant handwriting";

- "the senator's florid speech";

- syn. flamboyant, florid;

- sim. fancy;

a2
having the deep slightly brownish color of gold;

- "long aureate (or golden) hair";

- "a gold carpet";

- syn. gilded, gilt, gold, golden;

- sim. chromatic;

Aurelius
n1
Emperor of Rome;

- nephew and son-in-law and adoptive son of Antonius Pius;

- Stoic philosopher;

- the decline of the Roman Empire began under Marcus Aurelius (121-180);

- syn. Antoninus, Marcus Annius Verus, Marcus Aurelius, Marcus Aurelius Antoninus;

Aureolaria
n1
small genus of North American herbs often root-parasitic and bearing golden-yellow flowers;

- sometimes placed in genus Gerardia;

- syn. genus Aureolaria;

Aureolaria pedicularia
n1
multi-stemmed North American annual having solitary axillary dark golden-yellow flowers resembling those of the foxglove;

- sometimes placed in genus Gerardia;

- syn. Gerardia pedicularia, false foxglove;

Aureolaria virginica
n1
sparsely branched North American perennial with terminal racemes of bright yellow flowers resembling those of the foxglove;

- sometimes placed in genus Gerardia;

- syn. Gerardia virginica, false foxglove;

aureole / ɔ ɹ i oʊ ɫ /
n1
the outermost region of the sun's atmosphere;

- visible as a white halo during a solar eclipse;

- syn. corona;

n2
an indication of radiant light drawn around the head of a saint;

- syn. aura, gloriole, glory, halo, nimbus;

Aureomycin / ɔ ɹ i oʊ m aɪ s ɪ n /
n1
a yellow crystalline antibiotic (trade name Aureomycin) used to treat certain bacterial and rickettsial diseases;

- syn. chlortetracycline;

auric / ɔ ɹ ɪ k /
a1
of or relating to or containing or derived from gold;

- syn. aurous;

auricle / ɔ ɹ ɪ k ɫ /
n1
a small conical pouch projecting from the upper anterior part of each atrium of the heart;

- syn. atrial auricle, auricula atrii;

n2
the externally visible cartilaginous structure of the external ear;

- syn. ear, pinna;

auricula / ə ɹ ɪ k j ʊ ɫ ə /
n1
yellow-flowered primrose native to Alps;

- commonly cultivated;

- syn. Primula auricula, bear's ear;

n2
a pouch projecting from the top front of each atrium of the heart;

- syn. auricular appendage, auricular appendix;

auricula atrii
n1
a small conical pouch projecting from the upper anterior part of each atrium of the heart;

- syn. atrial auricle, auricle;

auricular / ɔ ɹ ɪ k j ʊ ɫ ə , ɔ ɹ ɪ k j ʊ ɫ ə ɹ /
a1
of or relating to near the ear;

- syn. otic;

a2
relating to or perceived by or shaped like the organ of hearing;

- "my apprehension of words is auricular;

- I must hear what I read"- George Santayana;

- "an auricular confession";

- "an auricular appendage";

a3
pertaining to an auricle of the heart;

- "auricular fibrillation";

auricular appendage
n1
a pouch projecting from the top front of each atrium of the heart;

- syn. auricula, auricular appendix;

auricular appendix
n1
a pouch projecting from the top front of each atrium of the heart;

- syn. auricula, auricular appendage;

auricular artery
n1
artery that supplies blood to the ear;

- syn. arteria auricularis;

auricular point
n1
the craniometric point at the center of the opening of the external acoustic meatus;

- syn. auriculare;

auricular vein
n1
one of two veins serving the ear region;

- syn. vena auricularis;

auriculare
n1
the craniometric point at the center of the opening of the external acoustic meatus;

- syn. auricular point;

Auricularia
n1
type genus of the Auriculariaceae;

- syn. genus Auricularia;

Auricularia auricula
n1
widely distributed edible fungus shaped like a human ear and growing on decaying wood;

- syn. Jew's-ear, Jew's-ears, ear fungus;

Auriculariaceae
n1
fungi having gelatinous sporophores;

- syn. family Auriculariaceae;

Auriculariales
n1
coextensive with the family Auriculariaceae;

- sometimes included in the order Tremellales;

- syn. order Auriculariales;

auriculate / ɔ ɹ ɪ k j ʊ ɫ ɪ t /
a1
having auricles;

- syn. auriculated;

- sim. eared;

auriculated / ɔ ɹ ɪ k j ʊ ɫ eɪ t ɪ d /
a1
having auricles;

- syn. auriculate;

- sim. eared;

auriculoventricular
a1
relating to or affecting the atria and ventricles of the heart;

- "atrioventricular disease";

- syn. atrioventricular;

auriferous / ɔ ɹ ɪ f ə ɹ ə s /
a1
containing gold;

- "auriferous quartz veins";

- syn. gold-bearing;

- sim. metallic;

auriform / ɔ ɹ ɪ f ɔ m /
a1
having a shape resembling an ear;

- syn. ear-like, ear-shaped;

- sim. rounded;

aurify / ɔ ɹ ɪ f aɪ /
v1
transform into gold;

v2
turn golden;

Auriga
n1
a conspicuous constellation in the northern hemisphere;

- between Great Bear and Orion at edge of Milky Way;

- syn. Charioteer;

Auriparus
n1
a genus of Paridae;

- syn. genus Auriparus;

Auriparus flaviceps
n1
very small yellow-headed titmouse of western North America;

- syn. verdin;

auriscope / ɔ ɹ ɪ s k oʊ p /
n1
medical instrument consisting of a magnifying lens and light;

- used for examining the external ear (the auditory meatus and especially the tympanic membrane);

- syn. auroscope, otoscope;

aurochs / ɔ ɹ ɒ k s /
n1
European bison having a smaller and higher head than the North American bison;

- syn. Bison bonasus, wisent;

n2
large recently extinct long-horned European wild ox;

- considered one of the ancestors of domestic cattle;

- syn. Bos primigenius, urus;

aurora / ɔ ɹ ɔ ɹ ə /
n1
the first light of day;

- "we got up before dawn";

- "they talked until morning";

- syn. break of day, break of the day, cockcrow, dawn, dawning, daybreak, dayspring, first light, morning, sunrise, sunup;

n2
an atmospheric phenomenon consisting of bands of light caused by charged solar particles following the earth's magnetic lines of force;

n3
(Roman mythology) goddess of the dawn;

- counterpart of Greek Eos;

aurora australis
n1
the aurora of the southern hemisphere;

- syn. southern lights;

aurora borealis
n1
the aurora of the northern hemisphere;

- syn. northern lights;

auroral / ɔ ɹ ɔ ɹ ə ɫ /
a1
of or relating to the atmospheric phenomenon auroras;

- "a prominent green line in the spectrum of the auroras is called the `auroral line'";

a2
characteristic of the dawn;

- "a dim auroral glow";

- syn. aurorean;

aurorean / ɔ ɹ ɔ ɹ i ə n /
a1
characteristic of the dawn;

- "a dim auroral glow";

- syn. auroral;

auroscope
n1
medical instrument consisting of a magnifying lens and light;

- used for examining the external ear (the auditory meatus and especially the tympanic membrane);

- syn. auriscope, otoscope;

aurous
a1
of or relating to or containing or derived from gold;

- syn. auric;

Auschwitz
n1
a Nazi concentration camp for Jews in southwestern Poland during World War II;

auscultate / ɔ s k ə ɫ t eɪ t /
v1
examine by auscultation;

auscultation / ɔ s k ə ɫ t eɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
listening to sounds within the body (usually with a stethoscope);

auscultatory
a1
of or relating to auscultation;

auspex
n1
(ancient Rome) a religious official who interpreted omens to guide public policy;

- syn. augur;

auspicate
v1
indicate, as with a sign or an omen;

- "These signs bode bad news";

- syn. augur, betoken, bode, forecast, foreshadow, foretell, omen, portend, predict, prefigure, presage, prognosticate;

v2
commence in a manner calculated to bring good luck;

- "They auspicated the trip with a bottle of champagne";

auspice / ɔ s p ɪ s /
n1
a favorable omen;

auspices / ɔ s p ɪ s ɪ z /
n1
kindly endorsement and guidance;

- "the tournament was held under the auspices of the city council";

- syn. aegis, protection;

auspicious / ɔ s p ɪ ʃ ə s /
a1
auguring favorable circumstances and good luck;

- "an auspicious beginning for the campaign";

- also propitious;

- sim. bright, fortunate;

auspiciously / ɔ s p ɪ ʃ ə s ɫ i /
r1
in an auspicious manner;

- "he started his new job auspiciously on his birthday";

- syn. propitiously;

auspiciousness / ɔ s p ɪ ʃ ə s n ə s /
n1
the favorable quality of strongly indicating a successful result;

- syn. propitiousness;

Aussie / ɒ z i /
n1
a native or inhabitant of Australia;

- syn. Australian;

Austen
n1
English novelist noted for her insightful portrayals of middle-class families (1775-1817);

- syn. Jane Austen;

austenite
n1
a solid solution of ferric carbide or carbon in iron;

- cools to form pearlite or martensite;

austenitic
a1
composed of austenite;

- "austenitic alloy steel";

austenitic manganese steel
n1
a steel with a relatively large component (10-14%) of manganese;

- highly resistant to wear and shock;

- syn. manganese steel;

austenitic steel
n1
steel that has enough nickel and chromium or manganese to retain austenite at atmospheric temperatures;

austere / ɔ s t ɪə , ɔ s t ɪə ɹ /
a1
severely simple;

- "a stark interior";

- syn. severe, stark, stern;

- sim. plain;

a2
of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor;

- forbidding in aspect;

- "an austere expression";

- "a stern face";

- syn. stern;

- sim. nonindulgent;

a3
practicing great self-denial;

- "Be systematically ascetic...do...something for no other reason than that you would rather not do it"- William James;

- "a desert nomad's austere life";

- "a spartan diet";

- "a spartan existence";

- syn. ascetic, ascetical, spartan;

- sim. abstemious;

austerely / ɔ s t ɪə ɫ i /
r1
in an austere fashion;

- "the church was austerely simple";

austereness / ɔ s t ɪə ɹ n ɛ s /
n1
extreme plainness;

- syn. severeness, severity;

austerity / ɔ s t ɛr ɪ t i /
n1
the trait of great self-denial (especially refraining from worldly pleasures);

- syn. asceticism, nonindulgence;

Austerlitz
n1
a town in Czech Republic;

- site of the battle of Austerlitz in 1805;

n2
a decisive battle during the Napoleonic campaigns (1805);

- the French under Napoleon defeated the Russian armies of Czar Alexander I and the Austrian armies of Emperor Francis II;

- syn. battle of Austerlitz;

Austin
n1
state capital of Texas on the Colorado River;

- site of the University of Texas;

- syn. capital of Texas;

Austin Friar
n1
one of the Roman Catholic hermits of Saint Augustine;

Austin Friars
n1
an Augustinian monastic order;

austral / ɔ s t ɹ ə ɫ /
n1
the basic unit of money in Argentina;

- equal to 100 centavos;

a1
of the south or coming from the south;

- "sailed the austral seas";

- sim. southern;

Austral Islands
n1
a chain of small islands in French Polynesia;

- syn. Tubuai Islands;

Australasia
n1
Australia, New Zealand, and neighboring islands in the South Pacific;

Australasian / ɒ s t ɹ ə ɫ eɪ ʒ j ə n /
a1
relating to or found in Australasia;

Australia / ɒ s t ɹ eɪ ɪə , ɒ s t ɹ eɪ ɫ ɪə /
n1
a nation occupying the whole of the Australian continent;

- Aboriginal tribes are thought to have migrated from southeastern Asia 20,000 years ago;

- first Europeans were British convicts sent there as a penal colony;

- syn. Commonwealth of Australia;

n2
the smallest continent;

- between the South Pacific and the Indian Ocean;

Australian / ɒ s t ɹ eɪ ɪə n , ɒ s t ɹ eɪ ɫ ɪə n /
n1
a native or inhabitant of Australia;

- syn. Aussie;

n2
the Austronesian languages spoken by Australian aborigines;

- syn. Aboriginal Australian;

a1
of or relating to or characteristic of Australia or its inhabitants or its languages;

- "Australian deserts";

- "Australian aborigines";

Australian Aborigine
n1
a member of the people living in Australia when Europeans arrived;

- syn. Aborigine, native Australian;

Australian Alps
n1
a range of mountains in Australia that forms the southern end of the Great Dividing Range;

Australian arowana
n1
a species of large fish found in Australian rivers;

- syn. Dawson River salmon, Scleropages leichardti, saratoga, spotted barramundi, spotted bonytongue;

Australian blacksnake
n1
large semiaquatic snake of Australia;

- black above with red belly;

- syn. Pseudechis porphyriacus;

Australian bonytongue
n1
a species of large fish found in Australian rivers;

- syn. Scleropages jardinii, northern barramundi;

Australian capital
n1
the capital of Australia;

- located in southeastern Australia;

- syn. Canberra, capital of Australia;

Australian chestnut
n1
Australian tree having pinnate leaves and orange-yellow flowers followed by large woody pods containing 3 or 4 seeds that resemble chestnuts;

- yields dark strong wood;

- syn. Moreton Bay chestnut;

Australian cockroach
n1
widely distributed in warm countries;

- syn. Periplaneta australasiae;

Australian coral snake
n1
small venomous but harmless snake marked with black-and-white on red;

- syn. Rhynchoelaps australis;

Australian crawl
n1
a swimming stroke;

- arms are moved alternately overhead accompanied by a flutter kick;

- syn. crawl, front crawl;

Australian Desert
n1
general name given to all desert areas in Australia;

- syn. Great Australian Desert;

Australian dollar
n1
the basic unit of money in Australia and Nauru;

Australian grass tree
n1
any of several Australian evergreen perennials having short thick woody stems crowned by a tuft of grasslike foliage and yielding acaroid resins;

- syn. grass tree;

n2
stout Australian shrub with narrow leaves crowded at ends of branches and terminal clusters of white or pink flowers;

- syn. Richea dracophylla;

Australian hare's foot
n1
a hare's-foot fern of the genus Davallia;

- syn. Davallia pyxidata;

Australian heath
n1
any heathlike plant of the family Epacridaceae;

- most are of the Australian region;

Australian honeysuckle
n1
shrubby tree with silky foliage and spikes of cylindrical yellow nectarous flowers;

- syn. Banksia integrifolia, coast banksia, honeysuckle;

Australian Labor Party
n1
the oldest political party in Australia, founded in 1891;

- the party is moderately liberal;

Australian lungfish
n1
an endangered species of lungfish found in rivers in Queensland;

- syn. Neoceratodus forsteri, Queensland lungfish;

Australian magpie
n1
black-and-white oscine birds that resemble magpies;

Australian nettle
n1
any of several tall Australian trees of the genus Laportea;

- syn. Australian nettle tree;

Australian nettle tree
n1
any of several tall Australian trees of the genus Laportea;

- syn. Australian nettle;

Australian pea
n1
South African evergreen partly woody vine grown for its clusters of rosy purple flowers followed by edible pods like snap beans;

- also grown as green manure;

- sometimes placed in genus Dolichos;

- syn. Dipogon lignosus, Dolichos lignosus;

Australian pine
n1
common Australian tree widely grown as an ornamental in tropical regions;

- yields heavy hard red wood;

- syn. Casuarina equisetfolia;

Australian pitcher plant
n1
a carnivorous perennial herb having a green pitcher and hinged lid both with red edges;

- western Australia;

- syn. Cephalotus follicularis;

Australian reed grass
n1
tall Australian reedlike grass sometimes used for hay;

- syn. Calamagrostic quadriseta;

Australian sea lion
n1
a variety of sea lion found in Australia;

- syn. Zalophus lobatus;

Australian state
n1
one of the several states constituting Australia;

Australian stilt
n1
long-legged three-toed wading bird of brackish marshes of Australia;

- syn. stilt;

Australian sumac
n1
evergreen of Australia yielding a dark yellow wood;

- syn. Rhodosphaera rhodanthema, Rhus rhodanthema;

Australian sword lily
n1
sedgelike spring-flowering herb having clustered flowers covered with woolly hairs;

- Australia;

- syn. Anigozanthus manglesii, kangaroo's-foot, kangaroo's paw, kangaroo-foot plant, kangaroo paw;

Australian terrier
n1
small greyish wire-haired breed of terrier from Australia similar to the cairn;

Australian turtledove
n1
small Australian dove;

- syn. Stictopelia cuneata, turtledove;

australopithecine
n1
any of several extinct humanlike bipedal primates with relatively small brains of the genus Australopithecus;

- from 1 to 4 million years ago;

a1
of or belonging to the hominid genus Australopithecus;

Australopithecus
n1
extinct genus of African hominid;

- syn. genus Australopithecus;

Australopithecus afarensis
n1
fossils found in Ethiopia;

- from 3.5 to 4 million years ago;

Australopithecus africanus
n1
gracile hominid of southern Africa;

- from about 3 million years ago;

Australopithecus boisei
n1
large-toothed hominid of eastern Africa;

- from 1 to 2 million years ago;

Australopithecus robustus
n1
large-toothed hominid of southern Africa;

- from 1.5 to 2 million years ago;

- formerly Paranthropus;

Austria / ɒ s t ɹ ɪə /
n1
a mountainous republic in central Europe;

- under the Habsburgs (1278-1918) Austria maintained control of the Holy Roman Empire and was a leader in European politics until the 19th century;

- syn. Oesterreich, Republic of Austria;

Austria-Hungary
n1
a geographical area in central and eastern Europe;

- broken into separate countries at the end of World War I;

Austrian / ɒ s t ɹ ɪə n /
n1
a native or inhabitant of Austria;

a1
of or relating to Austria or its people or culture;

- "Austrian music";

Austrian capital
n1
the capital and largest city of Austria;

- located on the Danube in northeastern Austria;

- was the home of Beethoven and Brahms and Haydn and Mozart and Schubert and Strauss;

- syn. Vienna, capital of Austria;

Austrian monetary unit
n1
monetary unit in Austria;

Austrian schilling
n1
formerly the basic unit of money in Austria;

- syn. schilling;

Austrian winter pea
n1
variety of pea plant native to the Mediterranean region and North Africa and widely grown especially for forage;

- syn. Pisum arvense, Pisum sativum arvense, field-pea plant, field pea;

Austro-Asiatic
n1
a family of languages spoken in southern and southeastern Asia;

- syn. Austro-Asiatic language, Munda-Mon-Khmer;

Austro-Asiatic language
n1
a family of languages spoken in southern and southeastern Asia;

- syn. Austro-Asiatic, Munda-Mon-Khmer;

Austrocedrus
n1
one species;

- formerly included in genus Libocedrus;

- syn. genus Austrocedrus;

Austrocedrus chilensis
n1
a small South American evergreen having coppery bark and pretty foliage;

- syn. Chilean cedar;

Austronesia
n1
islands of central and South Pacific (Indonesia and Melanesia and Micronesia and Polynesia);

Austronesian
n1
a native or inhabitant of Austronesia;

n2
the family of languages spoken in Australia and Formosa and Malaysia and Polynesia;

- syn. Austronesian language;

a1
of or relating to or characteristic of Austronesia or its people or culture;

Austronesian language
n1
the family of languages spoken in Australia and Formosa and Malaysia and Polynesia;

- syn. Austronesian;

Austrotaxus
n1
a gymnosperm genus having one species: New Caledonian yew;

- syn. genus Austrotaxus;

Austrotaxus spicata
n1
large yew native to New Caledonia;

- cultivated in eastern Australia and New Zealand and Hawaii;

- syn. New Caledonian yew;

autacoid
n1
any physiologically active internal secretion especially one of uncertain classification;

- syn. autocoid;

autacoidal
a1
of or relating to an autacoid;

autarchic / ɔ t ɑ k ɪ k /
a1
of or relating to or characterized by autarchy;

- syn. autarchical, autarkical;

autarchical / ɔ t ɑ k ɪ k ə ɫ /
a1
of or relating to or characterized by autarchy;

- syn. autarchic, autarkical;

autarchy / ɔ t ɑ k i /
n1
economic independence as a national policy;

- syn. autarky;

n2
a political system governed by a single individual;

- syn. autocracy;

autarkic
a1
of countries;

- not relying on imports;

- syn. autarkical;

- sim. independent;

autarkical
a1
of or relating to or characterized by autarchy;

- syn. autarchic, autarchical;

a2
of countries;

- not relying on imports;

- syn. autarkic;

- sim. independent;

autarky / ɔ t ɑ k i /
n1
economic independence as a national policy;

- syn. autarchy;

auteur / oʊ t ɝ ɹ /
n1
a filmmaker who has a personal style and keeps creative control over his or her works;

authentic / ɔ θ ɛ n t ɪ k /
a1
conforming to fact and therefore worthy of belief;

- "an authentic account by an eyewitness";

- "reliable information";

- syn. reliable;

- sim. trustworthy;

a2
not counterfeit or copied;

- "an authentic signature";

- "a bona fide manuscript";

- "an unquestionable antique";

- "photographs taken in a veritable bull ring";

- syn. bona fide, unquestionable, veritable;

- sim. genuine;

authentically / ɔ θ ɛ n t ɪ k ɫ i /
r1
genuinely;

- with authority;

- "it is authentically British";

- syn. genuinely;

authenticate / ɔ θ ɛ n t ɪ k eɪ t /
v1
establish the authenticity of something;

authenticated / ɔ θ ɛ n t ɪ k eɪ t ɪ d /
a1
established as genuine;

- syn. attested, documented;

- sim. genuine;

authentication / ɔ θ ɛ n t ɪ k eɪ ʃ n /
n1
a mark on an article of trade to indicate its origin and authenticity;

- syn. assay-mark, hallmark;

n2
validating the authenticity of something or someone;

- syn. certification;

authenticator / ɔ θ ɛ n t ɪ k eɪ t ə /
n1
one who determines authenticity (as of works of art) or who guarantees validity;

- syn. appraiser;

authenticity / ɔ θ ə n t ɪ s ɪ t i /
n1
undisputed credibility;

- syn. genuineness, legitimacy;

author / ɔ θ ə , ɔ θ ə ɹ /
n1
writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay);

- syn. writer;

n2
someone who originates or causes or initiates something;

- "he was the generator of several complaints";

- syn. generator, source;

v1
be the author of;

- "She authored this play";

author's name
n1
the name that appears on the by-line to identify the author of a work;

- syn. writer's name;

authoress / ɔ θ ə ɹ ɪ s /
n1
a woman author;

authorial
a1
of or by or typical of an author;

- "authorial comments";

- "auctorial flights of imagination";

- syn. auctorial;

authoring language
n1
software that can be used to develop interactive computer programs without the technically demanding task of computer programming;

authorisation / ɔ θ ə ɹ aɪ z eɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
a document giving an official instruction or command;

- syn. authorization, mandate;

n2
the power or right to give orders or make decisions;

- "he has the authority to issue warrants";

- "deputies are given authorization to make arrests";

- "a place of potency in the state";

- syn. authority, authorization, dominance, potency, say-so;

n3
official permission or approval;

- "authority for the program was renewed several times";

- syn. authority, authorization, sanction;

n4
the act of conferring legality or sanction or formal warrant;

- syn. authorization, empowerment;

authorise / ɔ θ ə ɹ aɪ z /
v1
give or delegate power or authority to;

- "She authorized her assistant to sign the papers";

- syn. authorize, empower;

v2
grant authorization or clearance for;

- "Clear the manuscript for publication";

- "The rock star never authorized this slanderous biography";

- syn. authorize, clear, pass;

authorised / ɔ θ ə ɹ aɪ z d /
a1
endowed with authority;

- syn. authorized;

- also lawful, legitimate, official;

- sim. accredited, approved, canonized, empowered;

a2
sanctioned by established authority;

- "an authoritative communique";

- "the authorized biography";

- syn. authoritative, authorized;

- sim. official;

authoriser / ɔ θ ə ɹ aɪ z ə /
n1
an authority who authorizes (people or actions);

- "the agents report back to their authorizers";

- syn. authorizer;

authoritarian / ɔ θ ɒ ɹ ɪ t eə ɹ ɪə n /
n1
a person who behaves in a tyrannical manner;

- "my boss is a dictator who makes everyone work overtime";

- syn. dictator;

a1
characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule;

- having absolute sovereignty;

- "an authoritarian regime";

- "autocratic government";

- "despotic rulers";

- "a dictatorial rule that lasted for the duration of the war";

- "a tyrannical government";

- syn. autocratic, despotic, dictatorial, tyrannic, tyrannical;

- sim. undemocratic;

a2
expecting unquestioning obedience;

- "the timid child of authoritarian parents";

- "insufferably overbearing behavior toward the waiter";

- syn. dictatorial, overbearing;

- sim. domineering;

authoritarian regime
n1
a government that concentrates political power in an authority not responsible to the people;

- syn. authoritarian state;

authoritarian state
n1
a government that concentrates political power in an authority not responsible to the people;

- syn. authoritarian regime;

authoritarianism / ɔ θ ɒ ɹ ɪ t eə ɹ ɪə n ɪ z ə m /
n1
a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.);

- syn. Caesarism, Stalinism, absolutism, despotism, dictatorship, monocracy, one-man rule, shogunate, totalitarianism, tyranny;

authoritative / ɔ θ ɒ ɹ ɪ t ə t ɪ v /
a1
having authority or ascendancy or influence;

- "an important official";

- "the captain's authoritative manner";

- syn. important;

- sim. influential;

a2
of recognized authority or excellence;

- "the definitive work on Greece";

- syn. definitive;

- sim. standard;

a3
sanctioned by established authority;

- "an authoritative communique";

- "the authorized biography";

- syn. authorised, authorized;

- sim. official;

authoritatively / ɔ θ ɒ ɹ ɪ t ə t ɪ v ɫ i /
r1
in an authoritative and magisterial manner;

- "she spoke authoritatively";

- syn. magisterially;

authorities / ɔ θ ɒ ɹ ɪ t ɪ z /
n1
the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit;

- "the government reduced taxes";

- "the matter was referred to higher authorities";

- syn. government, regime;

authority / ɔ θ ɒ ɹ ɪ t i /
n1
the power or right to give orders or make decisions;

- "he has the authority to issue warrants";

- "deputies are given authorization to make arrests";

- "a place of potency in the state";

- syn. authorisation, authorization, dominance, potency, say-so;

n2
(usually plural) persons who exercise (administrative) control over others;

- "the authorities have issued a curfew";

n3
an expert whose views are taken as definitive;

- "he is an authority on corporate law";

n4
freedom from doubt;

- belief in yourself and your abilities;

- "his assurance in his superiority did not make him popular";

- "after that failure he lost his confidence";

- "she spoke with authority";

- syn. assurance, confidence, self-assurance, self-confidence, sureness;

n5
an administrative unit of government;

- "the Central Intelligence Agency";

- "the Census Bureau";

- "Office of Management and Budget";

- "Tennessee Valley Authority";

- syn. agency, bureau, federal agency, government agency, office;

n6
official permission or approval;

- "authority for the program was renewed several times";

- syn. authorisation, authorization, sanction;

n7
an authoritative written work;

- "this book is the final authority on the life of Milton";

authority figure
n1
someone who is regarded as an authority by someone else;

authorization / ɔ θ ə ɹ aɪ z eɪ ʃ n /
n1
a document giving an official instruction or command;

- syn. authorisation, mandate;

n2
the power or right to give orders or make decisions;

- "he has the authority to issue warrants";

- "deputies are given authorization to make arrests";

- "a place of potency in the state";

- syn. authorisation, authority, dominance, potency, say-so;

n3
official permission or approval;

- "authority for the program was renewed several times";

- syn. authorisation, authority, sanction;

n4
the act of conferring legality or sanction or formal warrant;

- syn. authorisation, empowerment;

authorize / ɔ θ ə ɹ aɪ z /
v1
grant authorization or clearance for;

- "Clear the manuscript for publication";

- "The rock star never authorized this slanderous biography";

- syn. authorise, clear, pass;

v2
give or delegate power or authority to;

- "She authorized her assistant to sign the papers";

- syn. authorise, empower;

authorized / ɔ θ ə ɹ aɪ z d /
a1
endowed with authority;

- syn. authorised;

- also lawful, legitimate, official;

- sim. accredited, approved, canonized, empowered;

a2
sanctioned by established authority;

- "an authoritative communique";

- "the authorized biography";

- syn. authorised, authoritative;

- sim. official;

authorized shares
n1
the maximum number of shares authorized under the terms of a corporation's articles of incorporation;

- syn. authorized stock, capital stock;

authorized stock
n1
the maximum number of shares authorized under the terms of a corporation's articles of incorporation;

- syn. authorized shares, capital stock;

Authorized Version
n1
an English translation of the Bible published in 1611;

- syn. King James Bible, King James Version;

authorizer / ɔ θ ə ɹ aɪ z ə , ɔ θ ə ɹ aɪ z ə ɹ /
n1
an authority who authorizes (people or actions);

- "the agents report back to their authorizers";

- syn. authoriser;

authorship / ɔ θ ə ʃ ɪ p /
n1
the act of creating written works;

- "writing was a form of therapy for him";

- "it was a matter of disputed authorship";

- syn. composition, penning, writing;

n2
the act of initiating a new idea or theory or writing;

- "the authorship of the theory is disputed";

- syn. paternity;

autism / ɔ t ɪ z ə m /
n1
(psychiatry) an abnormal absorption with the self;

- marked by communication disorders and short attention span and inability to treat others as people;

autistic / ɔ t ɪ s t ɪ k /
a1
characteristic of or affected with autism;

- "autistic behavior";

- "autistic children";

- sim. ill;

auto / ɔ t oʊ /
n1
a motor vehicle with four wheels;

- usually propelled by an internal combustion engine;

- "he needs a car to get to work";

- syn. automobile, car, machine, motorcar;

auto-changer / ɔ t oʊ tʃ eɪ n dʒ ə , ɔ t oʊ tʃ eɪ n dʒ ə ɹ /
n1
an automatic mechanical device on a record player that causes new records to be played without manual intervention;

- syn. changer, record changer;

auto-da-fe
n1
the burning to death of heretics (as during the Spanish Inquisition);

auto-mechanic
n1
someone whose occupation is repairing and maintaining automobiles;

- syn. automobile mechanic, car-mechanic, grease monkey, mechanic;

auto-suggestion
n1
a system for self-improvement developed by Emile Coue which was popular in the 1920s and 1930s;

- syn. autosuggestion, self-suggestion;

auto accessory
n1
an accessory for an automobile;

auto company
n1
a company that makes and sells automobiles;

- syn. car company;

auto factory
n1
a factory where automobiles are manufactured;

- syn. automobile factory, car factory;

auto limitation
n1
social control achieved as a manifestation of self-will or general consent;

auto loan
n1
a personal loan to purchase an automobile;

- syn. automobile loan, car loan;

auto maker
n1
a business engaged in the manufacture of automobiles;

- syn. auto manufacturer, automaker, car maker, car manufacturer, carmaker;

auto manufacturer
n1
a business engaged in the manufacture of automobiles;

- syn. auto maker, automaker, car maker, car manufacturer, carmaker;

auto mechanics
n1
the craft of building and repairing automobiles;

auto part
n1
a component of an automobile;

- "his business is auto parts";

- syn. car part;

auto race
n1
a race between (usually high-performance) automobiles;

- syn. automobile race, car race;

auto racing
n1
the sport of racing automobiles;

- syn. car racing;

auto tire
n1
a tire consisting of a rubber ring around the rim of an automobile wheel;

- syn. automobile tire, car tire, rubber tire;

autoantibody
n1
an antibody acting against tissues of the organism that produces it;

autobahn / ɔ t ə b ɑ n /
n1
an expressway in a German-speaking country;

autobiographer / ɔ t oʊ b aɪ ɒ ɡ ɹ ə f ə /
n1
someone who writes their own biography;

autobiographic / ɔ t ə b aɪ ə ɡ ɹ æ f ɪ k /
a1
of or relating to or characteristic of an autobiographer;

- "he seldom suppressed his autobiographical tendencies";

- syn. autobiographical;

a2
relating to or in the style of an autobiography;

- "they compiled an autobiographical history of the movement";

- syn. autobiographical;

autobiographical / ɔ t ə b aɪ ə ɡ ɹ æ f ɪ k ɫ /
a1
of or relating to or characteristic of an autobiographer;

- "he seldom suppressed his autobiographical tendencies";

- syn. autobiographic;

a2
relating to or in the style of an autobiography;

- "they compiled an autobiographical history of the movement";

- syn. autobiographic;

autobiography / ɔ t ə b aɪ ɒ ɡ ɹ ə f i /
n1
a biography of yourself;

autobus / ɔ t oʊ b ʌ s /
n1
a vehicle carrying many passengers;

- used for public transport;

- "he always rode the bus to work";

- syn. bus, charabanc, coach, double-decker, jitney, motorbus, motorcoach, omnibus, passenger vehicle;

autocatalysis
n1
catalysis in which the catalyst is one of the products of the reaction;

autocatalytic
a1
relating to or proceeding by autocatalysis;

autochthon / ɔ t ɒ k θ ə n /
n1
the earliest known inhabitants of a region;

autochthonal
a1
originating where it is found;

- "the autochthonal fauna of Australia includes the kangaroo";

- "autochthonous rocks and people and folktales";

- "endemic folkways";

- "the Ainu are indigenous to the northernmost islands of Japan";

- syn. autochthonic, autochthonous, endemic, indigenous;

- sim. native;

autochthonic
a1
originating where it is found;

- "the autochthonal fauna of Australia includes the kangaroo";

- "autochthonous rocks and people and folktales";

- "endemic folkways";

- "the Ainu are indigenous to the northernmost islands of Japan";

- syn. autochthonal, autochthonous, endemic, indigenous;

- sim. native;

autochthonous / ɔ t ɒ k θ ə n ə s /
a1
of rocks, deposits, etc.;

- found where they and their constituents were formed;

a2
originating where it is found;

- "the autochthonal fauna of Australia includes the kangaroo";

- "autochthonous rocks and people and folktales";

- "endemic folkways";

- "the Ainu are indigenous to the northernmost islands of Japan";

- syn. autochthonal, autochthonic, endemic, indigenous;

- sim. native;

autochthony
n1
nativeness by virtue of originating or occurring naturally (as in a particular place);

- syn. endemism, indigenousness;

autoclave / ɔ t oʊ k ɫ eɪ v /
n1
a device for heating substances above their boiling point;

- used to manufacture chemicals or to sterilize surgical instruments;

- syn. steriliser, sterilizer;

v1
subject to the action of an autoclave;

autocoid
n1
any physiologically active internal secretion especially one of uncertain classification;

- syn. autacoid;

autocracy / ɔ t ɒ k ɹ ə s i /
n1
a political system governed by a single individual;

- syn. autarchy;

n2
a political theory favoring unlimited authority by a single individual;

autocrat / ɔ t ə k ɹ æ t /
n1
a cruel and oppressive dictator;

- syn. despot, tyrant;

autocratic / ɔ t ə k ɹ æ t ɪ k /
a1
offensively self-assured or given to exercising usually unwarranted power;

- "an autocratic person";

- "autocratic behavior";

- "a bossy way of ordering others around";

- "a rather aggressive and dominating character";

- "managed the employees in an aloof magisterial way";

- "a swaggering peremptory manner";

- syn. bossy, dominating, high-and-mighty, magisterial, peremptory;

- sim. domineering;

a2
characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule;

- having absolute sovereignty;

- "an authoritarian regime";

- "autocratic government";

- "despotic rulers";

- "a dictatorial rule that lasted for the duration of the war";

- "a tyrannical government";

- syn. authoritarian, despotic, dictatorial, tyrannic, tyrannical;

- sim. undemocratic;

autocratically / ɔ t ə k ɹ æ t ɪ k ɫ i /
r1
in an overbearingly domineering manner;

- as a dictator;

- "this manager acts dictatorially toward his colleagues";

- syn. dictatorially, magisterially;

r2
in an autocratic manner;

- "the Czars ruled Russia autocratically";

autocue
n1
a device that displays words for people to read;

- syn. prompter;

Autodefensas Unidas de Colombia
n1
a terrorist organization in Colombia formed in 1997 as an umbrella for local and regional paramilitary groups;

- is financed by earnings from narcotics and serves to protect the economic interests of its members;

- "the AUC conducted over 800 assassinations in one year";

- syn. AUC, United Self-Defense Force of Colombia, United Self-Defense Group of Colombia;

autodidact / ɔ t oʊ d ɪ d æ k t /
n1
a person who has taught himself;

autodidactic / ɔ t oʊ d ɪ d æ k t ɪ k /
a1
relating to or having the characteristics of an autodidact;

autoecious
a1
of parasites especially rust fungi;

- completing the entire life cycle on a single host;

- "autoecious rust fungi";

- syn. homoecious;

autoerotic
a1
sexually satisfying yourself (as by masturbation);

- sim. sexy;

autoeroticism / ɔ t oʊ ɪr ɒ t ɪ s ɪ z ə m /
n1
using you own body as a sexual object;

- syn. autoerotism;

autoerotism / ɔ t oʊ ɪr ɒ t ɪ s ɪ z ə m /
n1
using you own body as a sexual object;

- syn. autoeroticism;

autofluorescence
n1
self-induced fluorescence;

autofluorescent
a1
emitting light via self-induced fluorescence;

- sim. light;

autofocus
n1
an optical device for focussing a camera or other instrument automatically;

autogamic
a1
characterized by or fit for autogamy;

- syn. autogamous;

- sim. self-fertilized;

autogamous
a1
characterized by or fit for autogamy;

- syn. autogamic;

- sim. self-fertilized;

autogamy
n1
self-fertilization in plants;

autogenesis / ɔ t oʊ dʒ ɛ n ə s ɪ s /
n1
a hypothetical organic phenomenon by which living organisms are created from nonliving matter;

- syn. abiogenesis, autogeny, spontaneous generation;

autogenetic / ɔ t oʊ dʒ ɪ n ɛ t ɪ k /
a1
of or relating to autogenesis;

autogenic / ɔ t oʊ dʒ ɛ n ɪ k /
a1
originating within the body;

- syn. autogenous;

- sim. self-generated, self-induced;

autogenic therapy
n1
training patients in self-induced relaxation;

- syn. autogenic training, autogenics;

autogenic training
n1
training patients in self-induced relaxation;

- syn. autogenic therapy, autogenics;

autogenics / ɔ t oʊ dʒ ɛ n ɪ k s /
n1
training patients in self-induced relaxation;

- syn. autogenic therapy, autogenic training;

autogenous
a1
originating within the body;

- syn. autogenic;

- sim. self-generated, self-induced;

autogeny
n1
a hypothetical organic phenomenon by which living organisms are created from nonliving matter;

- syn. abiogenesis, autogenesis, spontaneous generation;

autogiro / ɔ t oʊ dʒ aɪ ə ɹ oʊ /
n1
an aircraft that is supported in flight by unpowered rotating horizontal wings (or blades);

- forward propulsion is provided by a conventional propeller;

- syn. autogyro, gyroplane;

autograft
n1
tissue that is taken from one site and grafted to another site on the same person;

- "skin from his thigh replaced the burned skin on his arms";

- syn. autoplasty;

autograph / ɔ t ə ɡ ɹ ɑ f /
n1
something written by one's own hand;

n2
a person's own signature;

- syn. John Hancock;

v1
mark with one's signature;

- "The author autographed his book";

- syn. inscribe;

autograph album
n1
an album for autographs;

autographed / ɔ t ə ɡ ɹ ɑ f t /
a1
bearing an autograph;

- "an autographed copy of his latest book";

- sim. signed;

autographic / ɔ t ə ɡ ɹ æ f ɪ k /
a1
written in the author's own handwriting;

autogyro / ɔ t oʊ dʒ aɪ ə ɹ oʊ /
n1
an aircraft that is supported in flight by unpowered rotating horizontal wings (or blades);

- forward propulsion is provided by a conventional propeller;

- syn. autogiro, gyroplane;

autoicous
a1
having male and female reproductive organs in separate clusters on the same plant;

- sim. monoecious;

autoimmune / ɔ t oʊ ɪ m j u n /
a1
of or relating to the immune response of the body against substance normally present in the body;

autoimmune diabetes
n1
severe diabetes mellitus with an early onset;

- characterized by polyuria and excessive thirst and increased appetite and weight loss and episodic ketoacidosis;

- diet and insulin injections are required to control the disease;

- syn. IDDM, growth-onset diabetes, insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, juvenile-onset diabetes, juvenile diabetes, ketoacidosis-prone diabetes, ketosis-prone diabetes, type I diabetes;

autoimmune disease
n1
any of a large group of diseases characterized by abnormal functioning of the immune system that causes your immune system to produce antibodies against your own tissues;

- syn. autoimmune disorder;

autoimmune disorder
n1
any of a large group of diseases characterized by abnormal functioning of the immune system that causes your immune system to produce antibodies against your own tissues;

- syn. autoimmune disease;

autoimmunity / ɔ t oʊ ɪ m j u n ɪ t i /
n1
production of antibodies against the tissues of your own body;

- produces autoimmune disease or hypersensitivity reactions;

autoinjector
n1
a hypodermic syringe to use in injecting yourself with a liquid;

- "United States troops now carry atropine and autoinjectors in their first-aid kits to use in case of organophosphate nerve agent poisoning";

autolatry
n1
the worship of yourself;

- syn. idiolatry, self-worship;

autoloader
n1
a firearm that reloads itself;

- syn. self-loader;

autoloading
a1
(of firearms) capable of automatic loading and firing continuously;

- "an autoloading rifle";

- syn. self-loading, semiautomatic;

- sim. automatic;

autologous
a1
derived from organisms of the selfsame individual;

- "autologous blood donation";

autolysis
n1
lysis of plant or animal tissue by an internal process;

- syn. self-digestion;

autolytic
a1
of or relating to self-digestion;

automaker / ɔ t oʊ m eɪ k ə /
n1
a business engaged in the manufacture of automobiles;

- syn. auto maker, auto manufacturer, car maker, car manufacturer, carmaker;

automat / ɔ t ə m æ t /
n1
a vending machine from which you can get food;

n2
a cafeteria where food is served from machines;

automate / ɔ t ə m eɪ t /
v1
make automatic or control or operate automatically;

- "automatize the production";

- "automate the movement of the robot";

- syn. automatise, automatize;

automated / ɔ t ə m eɪ t ɪ d /
a1
operated by automation;

- "an automated stoker";

- syn. machine-controlled, machine-driven;

- sim. automatic;

automated teller
n1
an unattended machine (outside some banks) that dispenses money when a personal coded card is used;

- syn. ATM, automated teller machine, automatic teller, automatic teller machine, cash dispenser, cash machine;

automated teller machine
n1
an unattended machine (outside some banks) that dispenses money when a personal coded card is used;

- syn. ATM, automated teller, automatic teller, automatic teller machine, cash dispenser, cash machine;

automatic / ɔ t ə m æ t ɪ k /
n1
light machine gun;

- syn. automatic rifle, machine rifle;

n2
a pistol that will keep firing until the ammunition is gone or the trigger is released;

- syn. automatic pistol;

a1
operating with minimal human intervention;

- independent of external control;

- "automatic transmission";

- "a budget deficit that caused automatic spending cuts";

- also mechanical;

- sim. autoloading, automated, self-acting, self-locking, self-winding, semiautomatic, smart;

a2
resembling the unthinking functioning of a machine;

- "an automatic `thank you'";

- "machinelike efficiency";

- syn. automatonlike, machinelike, robotic, robotlike;

- sim. mechanical;

a3
without volition or conscious control;

- "the automatic shrinking of the pupils of the eye in strong light";

- "a reflex knee jerk";

- "sneezing is reflexive";

- syn. reflex, reflexive;

- sim. involuntary;

automatic choke
n1
a choke that automatically controls the flow of air to the carburetor;

automatic data processing
n1
data processing by a computer;

- syn. ADP;

automatic data processing system
n1
a system of one or more computers and associated software with common storage;

- syn. ADPS, ADP system, computer system, computing system;

automatic drive
n1
a transmission that automatically changes the gears according to the speed of the car;

- syn. automatic transmission;

automatic face recognition
n1
biometric identification by scanning a person's face and matching it against a library of known faces;

- "they used face recognition to spot known terrorists";

- syn. face recognition, facial recognition;

automatic firearm
n1
a firearm that reloads itself and keeps firing until the trigger is released;

- syn. automatic gun, automatic weapon;

automatic gun
n1
a firearm that reloads itself and keeps firing until the trigger is released;

- syn. automatic firearm, automatic weapon;

automatic pilot
n1
a cognitive state in which you act without self-awareness;

- "she went about her chores on automatic pilot";

- "too much of the writing seems to have been done on automatic pilot";

- "she talked and he dozed and my mind went on autopilot";

- syn. autopilot;

n2
a navigational device that automatically keeps ships or planes or spacecraft on a steady course;

- syn. autopilot, robot pilot;

automatic pistol
n1
a pistol that will keep firing until the ammunition is gone or the trigger is released;

- syn. automatic;

automatic rifle
n1
light machine gun;

- syn. automatic, machine rifle;

automatic teller
n1
an unattended machine (outside some banks) that dispenses money when a personal coded card is used;

- syn. ATM, automated teller, automated teller machine, automatic teller machine, cash dispenser, cash machine;

automatic teller machine
n1
an unattended machine (outside some banks) that dispenses money when a personal coded card is used;

- syn. ATM, automated teller, automated teller machine, automatic teller, cash dispenser, cash machine;

automatic transmission
n1
a transmission that automatically changes the gears according to the speed of the car;

- syn. automatic drive;

automatic washer
n1
a home appliance for washing clothes and linens automatically;

- syn. washer, washing machine;

automatic weapon
n1
a firearm that reloads itself and keeps firing until the trigger is released;

- syn. automatic firearm, automatic gun;

automatically / ɔ t ə m æ t ɪ k ɫ i /
r1
in a reflex manner;

- "he answered automatically";

r2
in a mechanical manner;

- by a mechanism;

- "this door opens mechanically";

- syn. mechanically;

automation / ɔ t ə m eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the act of implementing the control of equipment with advanced technology;

- usually involving electronic hardware;

- "automation replaces human workers by machines";

- syn. mechanisation, mechanization;

n2
the condition of being automatically operated or controlled;

- "automation increases productivity";

n3
equipment used to achieve automatic control or operation;

- "this factory floor is a showcase for automation and robotic equipment";

automatise / ɔ t ɒ m ə t ɪ s /
v1
turn into an automaton;

- syn. automatize;

v2
make automatic or control or operate automatically;

- "automatize the production";

- "automate the movement of the robot";

- syn. automate, automatize;

automatism / ɔ t ɒ m ə t ɪ z ə m /
n1
any reaction that occurs automatically without conscious thought or reflection (especially the undirected behavior seen in psychomotor epilepsy);

automatize
v1
turn into an automaton;

- syn. automatise;

v2
make automatic or control or operate automatically;

- "automatize the production";

- "automate the movement of the robot";

- syn. automate, automatise;

automaton / ɔ t ɒ m ə t ə n /
n1
someone who acts or responds in a mechanical or apathetic way;

- "only an automaton wouldn't have noticed";

- syn. zombi, zombie;

n2
a mechanism that can move automatically;

- syn. golem, robot;

automatonlike
a1
resembling the unthinking functioning of a machine;

- "an automatic `thank you'";

- "machinelike efficiency";

- syn. automatic, machinelike, robotic, robotlike;

- sim. mechanical;

Automeris
n1
io moth;

- syn. genus Automeris;

Automeris io
n1
large yellow American moth having a large eyelike spot on each hind wing;

- the larvae have stinging spines;

- syn. io moth;

automobile / ɔ t ə m ə b i ɫ /
n1
a motor vehicle with four wheels;

- usually propelled by an internal combustion engine;

- "he needs a car to get to work";

- syn. auto, car, machine, motorcar;

v1
travel in an automobile;

automobile battery
n1
a lead-acid storage battery in a motor vehicle;

- usually a 12-volt battery of six cells;

- the heart of the car's electrical system;

- syn. car battery;

automobile driver
n1
someone who drives racing cars at high speeds;

- syn. race driver, racer;

automobile engine
n1
the engine that propels an automobile;

automobile factory
n1
a factory where automobiles are manufactured;

- syn. auto factory, car factory;

automobile horn
n1
a device on an automobile for making a warning noise;

- syn. car horn, hooter, horn, motor horn;

automobile industry
n1
the manufacturers of automobiles considered collectively;

automobile insurance
n1
insurance against loss due to theft or traffic accidents;

- syn. car insurance;

automobile loan
n1
a personal loan to purchase an automobile;

- syn. auto loan, car loan;

automobile mechanic
n1
someone whose occupation is repairing and maintaining automobiles;

- syn. auto-mechanic, car-mechanic, grease monkey, mechanic;

automobile race
n1
a race between (usually high-performance) automobiles;

- syn. auto race, car race;

automobile tire
n1
a tire consisting of a rubber ring around the rim of an automobile wheel;

- syn. auto tire, car tire, rubber tire;

automobile traffic
n1
cars coming and going;

- syn. car traffic;

automobile trunk
n1
compartment in an automobile that carries luggage or shopping or tools;

- "he put his golf bag in the trunk";

- syn. boot, luggage compartment, trunk;

automobilist / ɔ t oʊ m oʊ b ɪ ɫ ɪ s t /
n1
someone who drives (or travels in) an automobile;

- syn. motorist;

automotive / ɔ t oʊ m oʊ t ɪ v /
a1
of or relating to motor vehicles;

- "automotive supplies";

a2
containing within itself the means of propulsion or movement;

- "a self-propelled vehicle";

- syn. self-propelled, self-propelling;

- sim. moving;

automotive engineer
n1
an engineer concerned with the design and construction of automobiles;

automotive engineering
n1
the activity of designing and constructing automobiles;

- syn. automotive technology;

automotive technology
n1
the activity of designing and constructing automobiles;

- syn. automotive engineering;

automotive vehicle
n1
a self-propelled wheeled vehicle that does not run on rails;

- syn. motor vehicle;

automysophobia
n1
a morbid fear of being dirty;

autonomic / ɔ t oʊ n ɒ m ɪ k /
a1
relating to or controlled by the autonomic nervous system;

- "autonomic reflexes";

- sim. involuntary;

autonomic ganglion
n1
any of the ganglia of the autonomic system whose unmyelinated fibers innervate the internal organs;

autonomic nervous system
n1
the part of the nervous system of vertebrates that controls involuntary actions of the smooth muscles and heart and glands;

- syn. ANS;

autonomic plexus
n1
a plexus of sympathetic and parasympathetic nerve fibers;

- syn. plexus autonomici;

autonomous / ɔ t ɒ n ə m ə s /
a1
(of political bodies) not controlled by outside forces;

- "an autonomous judiciary";

- "a sovereign state";

- syn. independent, self-governing, sovereign;

- sim. free;

a2
existing as an independent entity;

- "the partitioning of India created two separate and autonomous jute economies";

- sim. independent;

a3
(of persons) free from external control and constraint in e.g. action and judgment;

- syn. self-directed, self-reliant;

- sim. independent;

autonomy / ɔ t ɒ n ə m i /
n1
immunity from arbitrary exercise of authority: political independence;

- syn. liberty;

n2
personal independence;

- syn. self-direction, self-reliance, self-sufficiency;

autophyte
n1
plant capable of synthesizing its own food from simple organic substances;

- syn. autophytic plant, autotroph, autotrophic organism;

autophytic
a1
of or relating to organisms (as green plants) that can make complex organic nutritive compounds from simple inorganic sources by photosynthesis;

- syn. autotrophic;

autophytic plant
n1
plant capable of synthesizing its own food from simple organic substances;

- syn. autophyte, autotroph, autotrophic organism;

autopilot / ɔ t oʊ p aɪ ɫ ə t /
n1
a cognitive state in which you act without self-awareness;

- "she went about her chores on automatic pilot";

- "too much of the writing seems to have been done on automatic pilot";

- "she talked and he dozed and my mind went on autopilot";

- syn. automatic pilot;

n2
a navigational device that automatically keeps ships or planes or spacecraft on a steady course;

- syn. automatic pilot, robot pilot;

autoplastic
a1
of or relating to or involved in autoplasty;

autoplasty
n1
tissue that is taken from one site and grafted to another site on the same person;

- "skin from his thigh replaced the burned skin on his arms";

- syn. autograft;

n2
surgical repair by using tissue from another part of the patient's own body;

autopsy / ɔ t ɒ p s i /
n1
an examination and dissection of a dead body to determine cause of death or the changes produced by disease;

- syn. PM, necropsy, post-mortem, post-mortem examination, postmortem, postmortem examination;

v1
perform an autopsy on a dead body;

- do a post-mortem;

autoradiograph
n1
a radiogram produced by radiation emitted by the specimen being photographed;

autoradiographic
a1
of or relating to or produced by autoradiography;

autoradiography
n1
producing a radiograph by means of the radiation emitted from the specimen being photographed;

autoregulation / ɔ t oʊ ɹ ɛ ɡ j ʊ ɫ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
(physiology) processes that maintain a generally constant physiological state in a cell or organism;

autosemantic
a1
of a word or phrase meaningful in isolation, independent of context;

- sim. categorematic;

autosexing
n1
(especially of domestic fowl) breeding to reveal differential sex characteristics at hatching;

autosomal
a1
of or relating to an autosome;

- "autosomal gene";

autosomal dominant disease
n1
a disease caused by a dominant mutant gene on an autosome;

- syn. autosomal dominant disorder;

autosomal dominant disorder
n1
a disease caused by a dominant mutant gene on an autosome;

- syn. autosomal dominant disease;

autosomal recessive defect
n1
a disease caused by the presence of two recessive mutant genes on an autosome;

- syn. autosomal recessive disease;

autosomal recessive disease
n1
a disease caused by the presence of two recessive mutant genes on an autosome;

- syn. autosomal recessive defect;

autosome
n1
any chromosome that is not a sex chromosome;

- appear in pairs in body cells but as single chromosomes in spermatozoa;

- syn. somatic chromosome;

autostrada / ɔ t oʊ s t ɹ ɑ d ə /
n1
an expressway in an Italian-speaking country;

autosuggestion / ɔ t oʊ s ə dʒ ɛ s tʃ ə n /
n1
a system for self-improvement developed by Emile Coue which was popular in the 1920s and 1930s;

- syn. auto-suggestion, self-suggestion;

autotelic / ɔ t oʊ t ɛ ɫ ɪ k /
a1
of or relating to or believing in autotelism;

autotelism / ɔ t oʊ t ɛ ɫ ɪ z ə m /
n1
belief that a work of art is an end in itself or its own justification;

autotomic
a1
of or relating to autotomy;

autotomise
v1
cause a body part to undergo autotomy;

- syn. autotomize;

autotomize
v1
cause a body part to undergo autotomy;

- syn. autotomise;

autotomy
n1
spontaneous removal or casting off of a body part (as the tail of a lizard or claw of a lobster) especially when the organism is injured or under attack;

autotroph
n1
plant capable of synthesizing its own food from simple organic substances;

- syn. autophyte, autophytic plant, autotrophic organism;

autotrophic / ɔ t oʊ t ɹ ɒ f ɪ k /
a1
of or relating to organisms (as green plants) that can make complex organic nutritive compounds from simple inorganic sources by photosynthesis;

- syn. autophytic;

autotrophic organism
n1
plant capable of synthesizing its own food from simple organic substances;

- syn. autophyte, autophytic plant, autotroph;

autotype / ɔ t ə t aɪ p /
n1
process for producing permanent prints in a carbon pigment;

- syn. autotypy;

n2
an exact copy or reproduction;

- syn. facsimile;

autotypic
a1
of or relating to autotypy;

autotypy / ɔ t ə t aɪ p i /
n1
process for producing permanent prints in a carbon pigment;

- syn. autotype;

autumn / ɔ t ə m /
n1
the season when the leaves fall from the trees;

- "in the fall of 1973";

- syn. fall;

autumn-blooming
a1
of plants that bloom during the autumn;

- syn. autumn-flowering, fall-blooming, fall-flowering, late-blooming, late-flowering;

- sim. autumnal;

autumn-flowering
a1
of plants that bloom during the autumn;

- syn. autumn-blooming, fall-blooming, fall-flowering, late-blooming, late-flowering;

- sim. autumnal;

autumn crocus
n1
bulbous autumn-flowering herb with white, purple or lavender-and-white flowers;

- native to western and central Europe;

- syn. Colchicum autumnale, meadow saffron, naked lady;

autumn pumpkin
n1
a coarse vine widely cultivated for its large pulpy round orange fruit with firm orange skin and numerous seeds;

- subspecies of Cucurbita pepo include the summer squashes and a few autumn squashes;

- syn. Cucurbita pepo, pumpkin, pumpkin vine;

autumn sneezeweed
n1
North American perennial with bright yellow late summer flowers;

- syn. Helenium autumnale;

autumnal / ɔ t ʌ m n ə ɫ /
a1
of or characteristic of or occurring in autumn;

- "the autumnal equinox";

- "autumnal fruits";

- sim. autumn-flowering, late-ripening;

a2
characteristic of late maturity verging on decline;

- "a serene autumnal mood";

- sim. mature;

autumnal equinox
n1
September 22;

- syn. September equinox, fall equinox;

n2
(astronomy) the equinoctial point that lies in the constellation of Virgo;

Auvergne
n1
a region in central France;

auxesis
n1
growth from increase in cell size without cell division;

auxetic
a1
of or relating to growth by auxesis;

auxiliary / ɔ ɡ z ɪ ɫ ɪə ɹ i /
n1
someone who acts as assistant;

- syn. aide;

a1
functioning in a supporting capacity;

- "the main library and its auxiliary branches";

- syn. subsidiary, supplemental, supplementary;

- sim. secondary;

a2
furnishing added support;

- "an ancillary pump";

- "an adjuvant discipline to forms of mysticism";

- "The mind and emotions are auxiliary to each other";

- syn. accessory, adjunct, adjuvant, ancillary, appurtenant;

- sim. supportive;

auxiliary airfield
n1
an airfield that functions in a subsidiary capacity;

auxiliary boiler
n1
(nautical) an extra boiler (as a ship's boiler that is used while the ship is in port);

- syn. donkey boiler;

auxiliary cell
n1
a terrorist cell responsible for logistics;

- usually large and less compartmentalized than other terrorist cells;

auxiliary engine
n1
(nautical) a small engine (as one used on board ships to operate a windlass);

- syn. donkey engine;

auxiliary equipment
n1
electronic equipment not in direct communication (or under the control of) the central processing unit;

- syn. off-line equipment;

auxiliary operation
n1
a operation performed by off-line equipment not under the control of the central processing unit;

- syn. off-line operation;

auxiliary pump
n1
a supplementary pump available if needed;

- syn. donkey pump;

auxiliary research submarine
n1
a submarine for research purposes;

auxiliary storage
n1
a data storage device that is not the main memory of a computer;

- syn. external storage, secondary storage;

auxiliary verb
n1
a verb that combines with another verb in a verb phrase to help form tense, mood, voice, or condition of the verb it combines with;

auxin
n1
a plant hormone that promotes root formation and bud growth;

auxinic
a1
relating to or containing auxins;

Av
n1
the eleventh month of the civil year;

- the fifth month of the ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar (in July and August);

- syn. Ab;

avadavat
n1
red Asian weaverbirds often kept as cage birds;

- syn. amadavat;

Avahi
n1
a genus of Indriidae;

- syn. genus Avahi;

Avahi laniger
n1
nocturnal indris with thick grey-brown fur and a long tail;

- syn. woolly indris;

avail / ə v eɪ ɫ /
n1
a means of serving;

- "of no avail";

- "there's no help for it";

- syn. help, service;

v1
use to one's advantage;

- "He availed himself of the available resources";

v2
be of use to, be useful to;

- "It will avail them to dispose of their booty";

v3
take or use;

- "She helped herself to some of the office supplies";

- syn. help;

availability / ə v eɪ ɫ ə b ɪ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
the quality of being at hand when needed;

- syn. accessibility, availableness, handiness;

available / ə v eɪ ɫ ə b ɫ /
a1
obtainable or accessible and ready for use or service;

- "kept a fire extinguisher available";

- "much information is available through computers";

- "available in many colors";

- "the list of available candidates is unusually long";

- sim. accessible, acquirable, addressable, easy, forthcoming, gettable, in stock, lendable, on hand, on tap, on tap, open, purchasable, ready, visible;

a2
not busy;

- not otherwise committed;

- "he was not available for comment";

- "he was available and willing to accompany her";

- syn. uncommitted;

- sim. free;

a3
convenient for use or disposal;

- "the house is available after July 1";

- "2000 square feet of usable office space";

- syn. usable, useable;

- sim. disposable;

availableness / ə v eɪ ɫ ə b ɫ n ə s /
n1
the quality of being at hand when needed;

- syn. accessibility, availability, handiness;

avalanche / æ v ə ɫ ɑ n ʃ /
n1
a slide of large masses of snow and ice and mud down a mountain;

n2
a sudden appearance of an overwhelming number of things;

- "the program brought an avalanche of mail";

v1
gather into a huge mass and roll down a mountain, of snow;

- syn. roll down;

avalanche lily
n1
perennial herb having large white flowers marked with orange;

- found near the snow line in the northwestern United States;

- syn. Erythronium montanum;

Avalokiteshvara
n1
a male Bodhisattva;

- widely associated with various gods and people;

- syn. Avalokitesvara;

Avalokitesvara
n1
a male Bodhisattva;

- widely associated with various gods and people;

- syn. Avalokiteshvara;

avant-garde / æ v ɒ n ɡ ɑ d /
n1
any creative group active in the innovation and application of new concepts and techniques in a given field (especially in the arts);

- syn. new wave, van, vanguard;

a1
radically new or original;

- "an avant-garde theater piece";

- syn. daring;

- sim. original;

avaram
n1
evergreen Indian shrub with vivid yellow flowers whose bark is used in tanning;

- sometimes placed in genus Cassia;

- syn. Cassia auriculata, Senna auriculata, tanner's cassia;

avarice / æ v ə ɹ ɪ s /
n1
reprehensible acquisitiveness;

- insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins);

- syn. avaritia, covetousness, greed, rapacity;

n2
extreme greed for material wealth;

- syn. avariciousness, covetousness, cupidity;

avaricious / æ v ə ɹ ɪ ʃ ə s /
a1
immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth;

- "they are avaricious and will do anything for money";

- "casting covetous eyes on his neighbor's fields";

- "a grasping old miser";

- "grasping commercialism";

- "greedy for money and power";

- "grew richer and greedier";

- "prehensile employers stingy with raises for their employees";

- syn. covetous, grabby, grasping, greedy, prehensile;

- sim. acquisitive;

avariciously / æ v ə ɹ ɪ ʃ ə s ɫ i /
r1
in a greedy manner;

- syn. covetously, greedily;

avariciousness / æ v ə ɹ ɪ ʃ ə s n ɪ s /
n1
extreme greed for material wealth;

- syn. avarice, covetousness, cupidity;

avaritia
n1
reprehensible acquisitiveness;

- insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins);

- syn. avarice, covetousness, greed, rapacity;

avascular
a1
without blood vessels;

avatar / æ v ə t ɑ , æ v ə t ɑr /
n1
a new personification of a familiar idea;

- "the embodiment of hope";

- "the incarnation of evil";

- "the very avatar of cunning";

- syn. embodiment, incarnation;

n2
the manifestation of a Hindu deity (especially Vishnu) in human or superhuman or animal form;

- "some Hindus consider Krishna to be an avatar of the god Vishnu";

Ave Maria
n1
a salutation to the Virgin Mary now used in prayers to her;

- syn. Hail Mary;

avellan
a1
pertaining to filberts or hazelnuts;

- syn. avellane;

avellane
a1
pertaining to filberts or hazelnuts;

- syn. avellan;

Avena
n1
oats;

- syn. genus Avena;

Avena barbata
n1
oat of southern Europe and southwestern Asia;

- syn. slender wild oat;

Avena fatua
n1
common in meadows and pastures;

- syn. wild oat, wild oat grass;

Avena sativa
n1
widely cultivated in temperate regions for its edible grains;

- syn. cereal oat;

Avene sterilis
n1
Mediterranean oat held to be progenitor of modern cultivated oat;

- syn. animated oat, wild red oat;

avenge / ə v ɛ n dʒ /
v1
take revenge for a perceived wrong;

- "He wants to avenge the murder of his brother";

- syn. retaliate, revenge;

avenged / ə v ɛ n dʒ d /
a1
for which vengeance has been taken;

- "an avenged injury";

avenger / ə v ɛ n dʒ ə , ə v ɛ n dʒ ə ɹ /
n1
someone who takes vengeance;

- syn. retaliator;

avens
n1
any of various perennials of the genus Geum having usually pinnate basal leaves and variously colored flowers;

aventail
n1
a medieval hood of mail suspended from a basinet to protect the head and neck;

- syn. camail, ventail;

aventurine
n1
a translucent quartz spangled with bits of mica or other minerals;

- syn. sunstone;

avenue / æ v ə n j u /
n1
a line of approach;

- "they explored every avenue they could think of";

- "it promises to open new avenues to understanding";

n2
a wide street or thoroughfare;

- syn. boulevard;

aver / ə v ɝ , ə v ɝ ɹ /
v1
report or maintain;

- "He alleged that he was the victim of a crime";

- "He said it was too late to intervene in the war";

- "The registrar says that I owe the school money";

- syn. allege, say;

v2
to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true;

- "Before God I swear I am innocent";

- syn. affirm, assert, avow, swan, swear, verify;

average / æ v ə ɹ ɪ dʒ /
n1
a statistic describing the location of a distribution;

- "it set the norm for American homes";

- syn. norm;

n2
(sports) the ratio of successful performances to opportunities;

n3
an intermediate scale value regarded as normal or usual;

- "he is about average in height";

- "the snowfall this month is below average";

v1
amount to or come to an average, without loss or gain;

- "The number of hours I work per work averages out to 40";

- syn. average out;

v2
achieve or reach on average;

- "He averaged a C";

v3
compute the average of;

- syn. average out;

a1
approximating the statistical norm or average or expected value;

- "the average income in New England is below that of the nation";

- "of average height for his age";

- "the mean annual rainfall";

- syn. mean;

- sim. normal;

a2
lacking special distinction, rank, or status;

- commonly encountered;

- "average people";

- "the ordinary (or common) man in the street";

- syn. ordinary;

- sim. common;

a3
lacking exceptional quality or ability;

- "a novel of average merit";

- "only a fair performance of the sonata";

- "in fair health";

- "the caliber of the students has gone from mediocre to above average";

- "the performance was middling at best";

- syn. fair, mediocre, middling;

- sim. ordinary;

a4
around the middle of a scale of evaluation;

- "an orange of average size";

- "intermediate capacity";

- "medium bombers";

- syn. intermediate, medium;

- sim. moderate;

a5
relating to or constituting the most frequent value in a distribution;

- "the modal age at which American novelists reach their peak is 30";

- syn. modal;

- sim. normal;

a6
relating to or constituting the middle value of an ordered set of values (or the average of the middle two in a set with an even number of values);

- "the median value of 17, 20, and 36 is 20";

- "the median income for the year was $15,000";

- syn. median;

- sim. normal;

average cost
n1
total cost for all units bought (or produced) divided by the number of units;

average out
v1
compute the average of;

- syn. average;

v2
amount to or come to an average, without loss or gain;

- "The number of hours I work per work averages out to 40";

- syn. average;

averageness
n1
the state of being that is average;

- indicates normality but with connotations of mediocrity;

n2
ordinariness as a consequence of being average and not outstanding;

- syn. mediocrity;

Averell Harriman
n1
United States financier who negotiated a treaty with the Soviet Union banning tests of nuclear weapons (1891-1986);

- syn. Harriman, William Averell Harriman;

averment / ə v ɝ m ə n t /
n1
a declaration that is made emphatically (as if no supporting evidence were necessary);

- syn. assertion, asseveration;

Averrhoa
n1
trees native to East Indies having pinnate leaves: carambolas;

- syn. genus Averrhoa;

Averrhoa bilimbi
n1
East Indian evergreen tree bearing very acid fruit;

- syn. bilimbi;

Averrhoa carambola
n1
East Indian tree bearing deeply ridged yellow-brown fruit;

- syn. carambola, carambola tree;

Averroes
n1
Arabian philosopher born in Spain;

- wrote detailed commentaries on Aristotle that were admired by the Schoolmen (1126-1198);

- syn. Abul-Walid Mohammed ibn-Ahmad Ibn-Mohammed ibn-Roshd, ibn-Roshd;

averse / ə v ɝ s /
a1
(usually followed by `to') strongly opposed;

- "antipathetic to new ideas";

- "averse to taking risks";

- "loath to go on such short notice";

- "clearly indisposed to grant their request";

- syn. antipathetic, antipathetical, indisposed, loath, loth;

- sim. disinclined;

aversion / ə v ɝ ʃ n /
n1
a feeling of intense dislike;

- syn. antipathy, distaste;

n2
the act of turning yourself (or your gaze) away;

- "averting her gaze meant that she was angry";

- syn. averting;

aversion therapy
n1
any technique of behavior modification that uses unpleasant stimuli in a controlled fashion to alter behavior in a therapeutic way;

- primarily used for alcoholism or drug abuse (but with little success);

aversive
a1
tending to repel or dissuade;

- "aversive conditioning";

aversive conditioning
n1
conditioning to avoid an aversive stimulus;

aversive stimulus
n1
any negative stimulus to which an organism will learn to make a response that avoids it;

avert / ə v ɝ t /
v1
prevent the occurrence of;

- prevent from happening;

- "Let's avoid a confrontation";

- "head off a confrontation";

- "avert a strike";

- syn. avoid, debar, deflect, fend off, forefend, forfend, head off, obviate, stave off, ward off;

v2
turn away or aside;

- "They averted their eyes when the King entered";

- syn. turn away;

avertable / ə v ɝ ɹ t eɪ b ɫ /
a1
capable of being avoided or warded off;

- syn. avertible, avoidable, evitable;

avertible / ə v ɝ t ə b ɫ /
a1
capable of being avoided or warded off;

- syn. avertable, avoidable, evitable;

averting / ə v ɝ t ɪ ŋ /
n1
the act of preventing something from occurring;

- "averting danger was his responsibility";

n2
the act of turning yourself (or your gaze) away;

- "averting her gaze meant that she was angry";

- syn. aversion;

Aves
n1
(ornithology) the class of birds;

- syn. class Aves;

Avesta
n1
a collection of Zoroastrian texts gathered during the 4th or 6th centuries;

- syn. Zend-Avesta;

Avestan
n1
an ancient Iranian language;

- syn. Zend;

n2
the script in which the ancient Persian language of the Avesta is written;

a1
of or pertaining to the Avesta (sacred text of Zoroastrianism);

avian
a1
pertaining to or characteristic of birds;

avianise
v1
to modify microorganisms by repeated culture in the developing chick embryo;

- syn. avianize;

avianize
v1
to modify microorganisms by repeated culture in the developing chick embryo;

- syn. avianise;

aviary / eɪ v ɪə ɹ i /
n1
a building where birds are kept;

- syn. bird sanctuary, volary;

aviate / eɪ v ɪ eɪ t /
v1
operate an airplane;

- "The pilot flew to Cuba";

- syn. fly, pilot;

aviation / eɪ v ɪ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the aggregation of a country's military aircraft;

- syn. air power;

n2
the operation of aircraft to provide transportation;

n3
the art of operating aircraft;

- syn. airmanship;

n4
travel via aircraft;

- "air travel involves too much waiting in airports";

- "if you've time to spare go by air";

- syn. air, air travel;

aviation medicine
n1
the study and treatment of disorders associated with flight (especially with space flight);

- syn. aeromedicine, aerospace medicine;

aviator / eɪ v ɪ eɪ t ə , eɪ v ɪ eɪ t ə ɹ /
n1
someone who operates an aircraft;

- syn. aeronaut, airman, flier, flyer;

aviatress
n1
a woman aviator;

- syn. airwoman, aviatrix;

aviatrix
n1
a woman aviator;

- syn. airwoman, aviatress;

Avicenna
n1
Persian physician and influential philosopher;

- his interpretation of Aristotle influenced St. Thomas Aquinas;

- writings on medicine were important for almost 500 years (980-1037);

- syn. Abu Ali al-Husain ibn Abdallah ibn Sina, ibn-Sina;

Avicennia
n1
small genus of tropical shrubs or trees;

- syn. genus Avicennia;

Avicennia marina
n1
a mangrove of the West Indies and the southern Florida coast;

- occurs in dense thickets and has numerous short roots that bend up from the ground;

- syn. black mangrove;

Avicennia officinalis
n1
a small to medium-sized tree growing in brackish water especially along the shores of the southwestern Pacific;

- syn. white mangrove;

Avicenniaceae
n1
used in some classifications: coextensive with the genus Avicennia;

- syn. family Avicenniaceae;

avid / æ v ɪ d /
a1
(often followed by `for') ardently or excessively desirous;

- "avid for adventure";

- "an avid ambition to succeed";

- "fierce devouring affection";

- "the esurient eyes of an avid curiosity";

- "greedy for fame";

- syn. devouring, esurient, greedy;

- sim. desirous;

a2
marked by active interest and enthusiasm;

- "an avid sports fan";

- syn. zealous;

- sim. enthusiastic;

avidity / ə v ɪ d ɪ t i /
n1
a positive feeling of wanting to push ahead with something;

- syn. avidness, eagerness, keenness;

avidly / æ v ɪ d ɫ i /
r1
in an avid manner;

- "whatever the flavor or color of your local paper, do remember that these are read avidly for local information";

avidness / æ v ɪ d n ə s /
n1
a positive feeling of wanting to push ahead with something;

- syn. avidity, eagerness, keenness;

avifauna
n1
the birds of a particular region or period;

avifaunal
a1
of or relating to birds of a particular region or period;

- syn. avifaunistic;

avifaunistic
a1
of or relating to birds of a particular region or period;

- syn. avifaunal;

Avignon / æ v ɪ ŋ j ɒ n /
n1
a town in southeastern France on the Rhone River;

- the seat of the papacy from 1309 to 1378 and the residence of antipopes during the Great Schism;

avionic
a1
of or relating to avionics;

avionics
n1
science and technology of electronic systems and devices for aeronautics and astronautics;

- "avionics has become even more important with the development of the space program";

avirulent
a1
not virulent;

- unable to produce disease;

avitaminosis
n1
any of several diseases caused by deficiency of one or more vitamins;

- syn. hypovitaminosis;

avitaminotic
a1
of or relating to or characteristic of avitaminosis;

avo
n1
100 avos equal 1 pataca in Macao;

avocado / æ v ə k ɑ d oʊ /
n1
a pear-shaped tropical fruit with green or blackish skin and rich yellowish pulp enclosing a single large seed;

- syn. aguacate, alligator pear, avocado pear;

n2
tropical American tree bearing large pulpy green fruits;

- syn. Persea Americana, avocado tree;

a1
of the dull yellowish green of the meat of an avocado;

- sim. chromatic;

avocado pear
n1
a pear-shaped tropical fruit with green or blackish skin and rich yellowish pulp enclosing a single large seed;

- syn. aguacate, alligator pear, avocado;

avocado tree
n1
tropical American tree bearing large pulpy green fruits;

- syn. Persea Americana, avocado;

avocation / æ v ə k eɪ ʃ n /
n1
an auxiliary activity;

- syn. by-line, hobby, pursuit, sideline, spare-time activity;

avocational / æ v ə k eɪ ʃ n ə ɫ /
a1
of or involved in an avocation;

avocet / æ v oʊ s ɛ t /
n1
long-legged web-footed black-and-white shorebird with slender upward-curving bill;

Avogadro
n1
Italian physicist noted for his work on gases;

- proposed what has come to be called Avogadro's law (1776-1856);

- syn. Amedeo Avogadro;

Avogadro's hypothesis
n1
the principle that equal volumes of all gases (given the same temperature and pressure) contain equal numbers of molecules;

- syn. Avogadro's law;

Avogadro's law
n1
the principle that equal volumes of all gases (given the same temperature and pressure) contain equal numbers of molecules;

- syn. Avogadro's hypothesis;

Avogadro's number
n1
the number of molecules in a mole of a substance (approximately 602,250,000,000,000,000,000,000);

- syn. Avogadro number;

Avogadro number
n1
the number of molecules in a mole of a substance (approximately 602,250,000,000,000,000,000,000);

- syn. Avogadro's number;

avoid / ə v ɔɪ d /
v1
stay clear from;

- keep away from;

- keep out of the way of someone or something;

- "Her former friends now avoid her";

v2
prevent the occurrence of;

- prevent from happening;

- "Let's avoid a confrontation";

- "head off a confrontation";

- "avert a strike";

- syn. avert, debar, deflect, fend off, forefend, forfend, head off, obviate, stave off, ward off;

v3
refrain from doing something;

- "She refrains from calling her therapist too often";

- "He should avoid publishing his wife's memories";

v4
refrain from certain foods or beverages;

- "I keep off drugs";

- "During Ramadan, Muslims avoid tobacco during the day";

- syn. keep off;

v5
declare invalid;

- "The contract was annulled";

- "void a plea";

- syn. annul, invalidate, nullify, quash, void;

avoidable / ə v ɔɪ d ə b ɫ /
a1
capable of being avoided or warded off;

- syn. avertable, avertible, evitable;

avoidance / ə v ɔɪ d ə n s /
n1
deliberately avoiding;

- keeping away from or preventing from happening;

- syn. dodging, shunning, turning away;

avoirdupois / æ v ə d ə p ɔɪ z /
n1
a system of weights based on the 16-ounce pound (or 7,000 grains);

- syn. avoirdupois weight;

n2
excess bodily weight;

- "she disliked fatness in herself as well as in others";

- syn. blubber, fat, fatness;

avoirdupois unit
n1
any of the units of the avoirdupois system of weights;

avoirdupois weight
n1
a system of weights based on the 16-ounce pound (or 7,000 grains);

- syn. avoirdupois;

Avon / eɪ v ə n /
n1
a river in southwestern England rising in Gloucestershire and flowing through Bristol to empty into the estuary of the Severn;

- syn. River Avon;

n2
a river in central England that flows through Stratford-on-Avon and empties into the Severn;

- syn. River Avon, Upper Avon, Upper Avon River;

n3
a county in southwestern England;

avouch / ə v aʊ tʃ /
v1
admit openly and bluntly;

- make no bones about;

- syn. avow;

avouchment
n1
a statement asserting the existence or the truth of something;

- syn. affirmation, avowal;

avow / ə v aʊ /
v1
to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true;

- "Before God I swear I am innocent";

- syn. affirm, assert, aver, swan, swear, verify;

v2
admit openly and bluntly;

- make no bones about;

- syn. avouch;

avowal / ə v oʊ ə ɫ /
n1
a statement asserting the existence or the truth of something;

- syn. affirmation, avouchment;

avowed / ə v aʊ d /
a1
openly declared as such;

- "an avowed enemy";

- "her professed love of everything about that country";

- "McKinley was assassinated by a professed anarchist";

- syn. professed;

- sim. declared;

avowedly / ə v aʊ ɪ d ɫ i /
r1
by open declaration;

- "their policy has been avowedly Marxist";

- "Susan Smith was professedly guilty of the murders";

- syn. professedly;

r2
as acknowledged;

- "true, she is the smartest in her class";

- syn. admittedly, confessedly, true;

avower / ə v aʊ ə , ə v aʊ ə ɹ /
n1
someone who admits or acknowledges openly and boldly;

n2
someone who claims to speak the truth;

- "a bold asserter";

- "a declarer of his intentions";

- "affirmers of traditional doctrine";

- "an asseverator of strong convictions";

- "an avower of his own great intelligence";

- syn. affirmer, asserter, asseverator, declarer;

avulse
v1
separate by avulsion;

avulsion
n1
an abrupt change in the course of a stream that forms the boundary between two parcels of land resulting in the loss of part of the land of one landowner and a consequent increase in the land of another;

n2
a forcible tearing or surgical separation of one body part from another;

avuncular / ə v ʌ ŋ k j ʊ ɫ ə , ə v ʌ ŋ k j ʊ ɫ ə ɹ /
a1
resembling a uncle in kindness or indulgence;

a2
being or relating to an uncle;

await / ə w eɪ t /
v1
look forward to the probable occurrence of;

- "We were expecting a visit from our relatives";

- "She is looking to a promotion";

- "he is waiting to be drafted";

- syn. expect, look, wait;

awaited / ə w eɪ t ɪ d /
a1
expected hopefully;

- syn. anticipated, hoped-for;

- sim. expected;

awake / ə w eɪ k /
v1
stop sleeping;

- "She woke up to the sound of the alarm clock";

- syn. arouse, awaken, come alive, wake, wake up, waken;

a1
not in a state of sleep;

- completely conscious;

- "lay awake thinking about his new job";

- "still not fully awake";

- also alert, aware, cognisant, conscious, watchful;

- sim. astir, awakened, insomniac, unsleeping, waking;

a2
mentally perceptive and responsive;

- "an alert mind";

- "alert to the problems";

- "alive to what is going on";

- "awake to the dangers of her situation";

- "was now awake to the reality of his predicament";

- syn. alert, alive;

- sim. aware;

awaken / ə w eɪ k ə n /
v1
cause to become awake or conscious;

- "He was roused by the drunken men in the street";

- "Please wake me at 6 AM.";

- syn. arouse, rouse, wake, wake up, waken;

v2
stop sleeping;

- "She woke up to the sound of the alarm clock";

- syn. arouse, awake, come alive, wake, wake up, waken;

v3
make aware;

- "They were awakened to the sad facts";

awakened / ə w eɪ k ə n d /
a1
aroused or activated;

- "an awakened interest in ballet";

- sim. aroused;

a2
(somewhat formal) having been waked up;

- "the awakened baby began to cry";

- sim. awake;

awakening / ə w eɪ k ə n ɪ ŋ , ə w eɪ k n ɪ ŋ /
n1
the act of waking;

- "it was an early awakening";

- "it was the waking up he hated most";

- syn. wakening, waking up;

award / ə w ɔ d /
n1
a grant made by a law court;

- "he criticized the awarding of compensation by the court";

- syn. awarding;

n2
a tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction;

- "an award for bravery";

- syn. accolade, honor, honour, laurels;

n3
something given for victory or superiority in a contest or competition or for winning a lottery;

- "the prize was a free trip to Europe";

- syn. prize;

v1
give, especially as an honor or reward;

- "bestow honors and prizes at graduation";

- syn. present;

v2
give as judged due or on the basis of merit;

- "the referee awarded a free kick to the team";

- "the jury awarded a million dollars to the plaintiff";

- "Funds are granted to qualified researchers";

- syn. grant;

award-winning
a1
having received awards;

- "this award-winning bridge spans a distance of five miles";

awarding / ə w ɔ d ɪ ŋ /
n1
a grant made by a law court;

- "he criticized the awarding of compensation by the court";

- syn. award;

aware / ə w eə , ə w eə ɹ /
a1
(sometimes followed by `of') having or showing knowledge or understanding or realization or perception;

- "was aware of his opponent's hostility";

- "became aware of her surroundings";

- "aware that he had exceeded the speed limit";

- syn. cognisant, cognizant;

- also awake, conscious, sensible, witting;

- sim. alert, conscious, sensible;

a2
bearing in mind;

- attentive to;

- "ever mindful of her health";

- "mindful of his responsibilities";

- "mindful of these criticisms, I shall attempt to justify my action";

- syn. mindful;

- sim. careful, evocative;

awareness / ə w eə n ə s /
n1
having knowledge of;

- "he had no awareness of his mistakes";

- "his sudden consciousness of the problem he faced";

- "their intelligence and general knowingness was impressive";

- syn. cognisance, cognizance, consciousness, knowingness;

n2
state of elementary or undifferentiated consciousness;

- "the crash intruded on his awareness";

- syn. sentience;

awash / ə w ɒ ʃ /
a1
covered with water;

- "the main deck was afloat (or awash)";

- "the monsoon left the whole place awash";

- "a flooded bathroom";

- "inundated farmlands";

- "an overflowing tub";

- syn. afloat, flooded, inundated, overflowing;

- sim. full;

away / ə w eɪ /
a1
not present;

- having left;

- "he's away right now";

- "you must not allow a stranger into the house when your mother is away";

- sim. absent;

a2
used of an opponent's ground;

- "an away game";

a3
(of a baseball pitch) on the far side of home plate from the batter;

- "the pitch was away (or wide)";

- "an outside pitch";

- syn. outside;

- sim. inaccurate;

r1
from a particular thing or place or position (`forth' is obsolete);

- "ran away from the lion";

- "wanted to get away from there";

- "sent the children away to boarding school";

- "the teacher waved the children away from the dead animal";

- "went off to school";

- "they drove off";

- "go forth and preach";

- syn. forth, off;

r2
from one's possession;

- "he gave out money to the poor";

- "gave away the tickets";

- syn. out;

r3
out of the way (especially away from one's thoughts);

- "brush the objections aside";

- "pushed all doubts away";

- syn. aside;

r4
out of existence;

- "the music faded away";

- "tried to explain away the affair of the letter"- H.E.Scudder;

- "idled the hours away";

- "her fingernails were worn away";

r5
at a distance in space or time;

- "the boat was 5 miles off (or away)";

- "the party is still 2 weeks off (or away)";

- "away back in the 18th century";

- syn. off;

r6
indicating continuing action;

- continuously or steadily;

- "he worked away at the project for more than a year";

- "the child kept hammering away as if his life depended on it";

r7
so as to be removed or gotten rid of;

- "cleared the mess away";

- "the rotted wood had to be cut away";

r8
freely or at will;

- "fire away!";

r9
in or into a proper place (especially for storage or safekeeping);

- "put the toys away";

- "her jewels are locked away in a safe";

- "filed the letter away";

r10
in a different direction;

- "turn aside";

- "turn away one's face";

- "glanced away";

- syn. aside;

r11
in reserve;

- not for immediate use;

- "started setting aside money to buy a car";

- "put something by for her old age";

- "has a nest egg tucked away for a rainy day";

- syn. aside, by;

away game
n1
a game played away from home;

- syn. road game;

awayness / ə w eɪ n ɛ s /
n1
the state of being elsewhere than in particular place;

awe / ɔ /
n1
an overwhelming feeling of wonder or admiration;

- "he stared over the edge with a feeling of awe";

n2
a feeling of profound respect for someone or something;

- "the fear of God";

- "the Chinese reverence for the dead";

- "the French treat food with gentle reverence";

- "his respect for the law bordered on veneration";

- syn. fear, reverence, veneration;

v1
inspire awe in;

- "The famous professor awed the undergraduates";

awe-inspiring / ɔ ɪ n s p aɪ ɹ ɪ ŋ /
a1
inspiring awe or admiration or wonder;

- "New York is an amazing city";

- "the Grand Canyon is an awe-inspiring sight";

- "the awesome complexity of the universe";

- "this sea, whose gently awful stirrings seem to speak of some hidden soul beneath"- Melville;

- "Westminster Hall's awing majesty, so vast, so high, so silent";

- syn. amazing, awesome, awful, awing;

- sim. impressive;

aweary
a1
physically and mentally fatigued;

- "`aweary' is archaic";

- syn. weary;

- sim. tired;

awed / ɔ d /
a1
inspired by a feeling of fearful wonderment or reverence;

- "awed by the silence";

- "awful worshippers with bowed heads";

- syn. awful;

- sim. reverent;

a2
having or showing a feeling of mixed reverence and respect and wonder and dread;

- "stood in awed silence before the shrine";

- "in grim despair and awestruck wonder";

- syn. awestricken, awestruck;

- sim. overawed;

aweigh / ə w eɪ /
a1
(used of an anchor) hanging clear of the bottom;

- "anchors aweigh";

- sim. up;

a2
(of an anchor) just clear of the bottom;

- syn. atrip;

- sim. free;

aweless / ɔ ɫ ɛ s /
a1
devoid of any feeling of awe or reverence;

- syn. awless;

- sim. unawed;

a2
neither feeling nor showing respect;

- syn. awless, disrespectful;

- sim. irreverent;

awesome / ɔ s ə m /
a1
inspiring awe or admiration or wonder;

- "New York is an amazing city";

- "the Grand Canyon is an awe-inspiring sight";

- "the awesome complexity of the universe";

- "this sea, whose gently awful stirrings seem to speak of some hidden soul beneath"- Melville;

- "Westminster Hall's awing majesty, so vast, so high, so silent";

- syn. amazing, awe-inspiring, awful, awing;

- sim. impressive;

awestricken
a1
having or showing a feeling of mixed reverence and respect and wonder and dread;

- "stood in awed silence before the shrine";

- "in grim despair and awestruck wonder";

- syn. awed, awestruck;

- sim. overawed;

awestruck
a1
having or showing a feeling of mixed reverence and respect and wonder and dread;

- "stood in awed silence before the shrine";

- "in grim despair and awestruck wonder";

- syn. awed, awestricken;

- sim. overawed;

awful / ɔ f ə ɫ /
a1
exceptionally bad or displeasing;

- "atrocious taste";

- "abominable workmanship";

- "an awful voice";

- "dreadful manners";

- "a painful performance";

- "terrible handwriting";

- "an unspeakable odor came sweeping into the room";

- syn. abominable, atrocious, dreadful, painful, terrible, unspeakable;

- sim. bad;

a2
causing fear or dread or terror;

- "the awful war";

- "an awful risk";

- "dire news";

- "a career or vengeance so direful that London was shocked";

- "the dread presence of the headmaster";

- "polio is no longer the dreaded disease it once was";

- "a dreadful storm";

- "a fearful howling";

- "horrendous explosions shook the city";

- "a terrible curse";

- syn. dire, direful, dread, dreaded, dreadful, fearful, fearsome, frightening, horrendous, horrific, terrible;

- sim. alarming;

a3
offensive or even (of persons) malicious;

- "in a nasty mood";

- "a nasty accident";

- "a nasty shock";

- "a nasty smell";

- "a nasty trick to pull";

- "Will he say nasty things at my funeral?"- Ezra Pound;

- syn. nasty;

- also unpleasant;

- sim. dirty, grotty, hateful;

a4
inspired by a feeling of fearful wonderment or reverence;

- "awed by the silence";

- "awful worshippers with bowed heads";

- syn. awed;

- sim. reverent;

a5
extreme in degree or extent or amount or impact;

- "in a frightful hurry";

- "spent a frightful amount of money";

- syn. frightful, terrible, tremendous;

- sim. extraordinary;

a6
inspiring awe or admiration or wonder;

- "New York is an amazing city";

- "the Grand Canyon is an awe-inspiring sight";

- "the awesome complexity of the universe";

- "this sea, whose gently awful stirrings seem to speak of some hidden soul beneath"- Melville;

- "Westminster Hall's awing majesty, so vast, so high, so silent";

- syn. amazing, awe-inspiring, awesome, awing;

- sim. impressive;

r1
used as intensifiers;

- "terribly interesting";

- "I'm awful sorry";

- syn. awfully, frightfully, terribly;

awfully / ɔ f ɫ i /
r1
used as intensifiers;

- "terribly interesting";

- "I'm awful sorry";

- syn. awful, frightfully, terribly;

r2
of a dreadful kind;

- "there was a dreadfully bloody accident on the road this morning";

- syn. dreadfully, horribly;

r3
in a terrible manner;

- "she sings terribly";

- syn. abominably, abysmally, atrociously, rottenly, terribly;

awfulness / ɔ f ə ɫ n ə s /
n1
a quality of extreme unpleasantness;

- syn. dreadfulness, horridness, terribleness;

awheel
a1
traveling by wheeled vehicle such as bicycle or automobile e.g.;

- "the public was awheel";

- sim. moving;

awhile / ə w aɪ ɫ /
r1
for a short time;

- "sit down and stay awhile";

- "they settled awhile in Virginia before moving West";

- "the baby was quiet for a while";

- syn. for a while;

awing / ɔ ɪ ŋ /
a1
inspiring awe or admiration or wonder;

- "New York is an amazing city";

- "the Grand Canyon is an awe-inspiring sight";

- "the awesome complexity of the universe";

- "this sea, whose gently awful stirrings seem to speak of some hidden soul beneath"- Melville;

- "Westminster Hall's awing majesty, so vast, so high, so silent";

- syn. amazing, awe-inspiring, awesome, awful;

- sim. impressive;

awkward / ɔ k w ə d /
a1
causing inconvenience;

- "they arrived at an awkward time";

- sim. inconvenient;

a2
lacking grace or skill in manner or movement or performance;

- "an awkward dancer";

- "an awkward gesture";

- "too awkward with a needle to make her own clothes";

- "his clumsy fingers produced an awkward knot";

- also maladroit, ugly;

- sim. gawky, graceless, labored, wooden;

a3
difficult to handle or manage especially because of shape;

- "an awkward bundle to carry";

- "a load of bunglesome paraphernalia";

- "clumsy wooden shoes";

- "the cello, a rather ungainly instrument for a girl";

- syn. bunglesome, clumsy, ungainly;

- sim. unwieldy;

a4
not elegant or graceful in expression;

- "an awkward prose style";

- "a clumsy apology";

- "his cumbersome writing style";

- "if the rumor is true, can anything be more inept than to repeat it now?";

- syn. clumsy, cumbersome, ill-chosen, inapt, inept;

- sim. infelicitous;

a5
hard to deal with;

- especially causing pain or embarrassment;

- "awkward (or embarrassing or difficult) moments in the discussion";

- "an awkward pause followed his remark";

- "a sticky question";

- "in the unenviable position of resorting to an act he had planned to save for the climax of the campaign";

- syn. embarrassing, sticky, unenviable;

- sim. difficult;

a6
socially uncomfortable;

- unsure and constrained in manner;

- "awkward and reserved at parties";

- "ill at ease among eddies of people he didn't know";

- "was always uneasy with strangers";

- syn. ill at ease, uneasy;

- sim. uncomfortable;

awkwardly / ɔ k w ə d ɫ i /
r1
in an awkward manner;

- "he bent awkwardly";

awkwardness / ɔ k w ə d n ə s /
n1
unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training;

- syn. clumsiness, ineptitude, ineptness, maladroitness, slowness;

n2
the quality of an embarrassing situation;

- "he sensed the awkwardness of his proposal";

- syn. nuisance value;

n3
the carriage of someone whose movements and posture are ungainly or inelegant;

- syn. clumsiness;

n4
the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment);

- syn. clumsiness, gracelessness, stiffness;

n5
trouble in carrying or managing caused by bulk or shape;

- "the movers cursed the unwieldiness of the big piano";

- syn. cumbersomeness, unwieldiness;

awl / ɔ ɫ /
n1
a pointed tool for marking surfaces or for punching small holes;

awl-shaped
a1
shaped like an awl;

- sim. formed;

awless / ɔ ɫ ɛ s /
a1
devoid of any feeling of awe or reverence;

- syn. aweless;

- sim. unawed;

a2
neither feeling nor showing respect;

- syn. aweless, disrespectful;

- sim. irreverent;

awlwort
n1
small aquatic plant having tufted awl-shaped leaves in a basal rosette and minute white flowers;

- circumboreal;

- syn. Subularia aquatica;

awn / ɔ n /
n1
slender bristlelike appendage found on the bracts of grasses;

awned / ɔ n d /
a1
having awns i.e. bristlelike or hairlike appendages on the flowering parts of some cereals and grasses;

- "awned wheatgrass";

- syn. awny;

- sim. bearded;

awning / ɔ n ɪ ŋ /
n1
a canopy made of canvas to shelter people or things from rain or sun;

- syn. sunblind, sunshade;

awning deck
n1
a deck at the top of a passenger ship;

- syn. hurricane deck, hurricane roof, promenade deck;

awninged / ɔ n ɪ ŋ d /
a1
covered with an awning;

- "with awninged windows on the west side";

- sim. covered;

awnless
a1
lacking or having only very short awns;

- "awnless bromegrass";

awnless bromegrass
n1
drought-resistant perennial with awns lacking or very short and long creeping rhizomes;

- Europe and temperate Asia;

- syn. Bromus inermis;

awny
a1
having awns i.e. bristlelike or hairlike appendages on the flowering parts of some cereals and grasses;

- "awned wheatgrass";

- syn. awned;

- sim. bearded;

AWOL / eɪ w ɒ ɫ /
n1
one who is away or absent without leave;

a1
absent without permission;

- "truant schoolboys";

- "the soldier was AWOL for almost a week";

- syn. truant;

- sim. absent;

awry / ə ɹ aɪ /
a1
turned or twisted toward one side;

- "a...youth with a gorgeous red necktie all awry"- G.K.Chesterton;

- "his wig was, as the British say, skew-whiff";

- syn. askew, cockeyed, lopsided, skew-whiff, wonky;

- sim. crooked;

a2
not functioning properly;

- "something is amiss";

- "has gone completely haywire";

- "something is wrong with the engine";

- syn. amiss, haywire, wrong;

- sim. malfunctioning;

r1
away from the correct or expected course;

- "something has gone awry in our plans";

- "something went badly amiss in the preparations";

- syn. amiss;

r2
turned or twisted to one side;

- "rugs lying askew";

- "with his necktie twisted awry";

- syn. askew, skew-whiff;

ax / æ k s /
n1
an edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handle;

- syn. axe;

v1
chop or split with an ax;

- "axe wood";

- syn. axe;

v2
terminate;

- "The NSF axed the research program and stopped funding it";

- syn. axe;

ax handle
n1
the handle of an ax;

- syn. axe handle;

ax head
n1
the cutting head of an ax;

- syn. axe head;

axe / æ k s /
n1
an edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handle;

- syn. ax;

v1
chop or split with an ax;

- "axe wood";

- syn. ax;

v2
terminate;

- "The NSF axed the research program and stopped funding it";

- syn. ax;

axe handle
n1
the handle of an ax;

- syn. ax handle;

axe head
n1
the cutting head of an ax;

- syn. ax head;

axenic
a1
(of experimental animals) raised under sterile conditions;

- "axenic conditions";

- "germfree animals";

- sim. germfree;

a2
(used of cultures of microorganisms) completely free from other organisms;

- "an axenic culture";

- sim. pure;

axerophthol
n1
any of several fat-soluble vitamins essential for normal vision;

- prevents night blindness or inflammation or dryness of the eyes;

- syn. A, antiophthalmic factor, vitamin A;

axial / æ k s ɪə ɫ /
a1
of or relating to or resembling an axis of rotation;

a2
relating to or attached to the axis;

- "axial angle";

- syn. axile;

a3
situated on or along or in the direction of an axis;

- sim. lengthwise;

axial motion
n1
rotary motion of an object around its own axis;

- "wheels in axial rotation";

- syn. axial rotation, roll;

axial muscle
n1
a skeletal muscle of the trunk or head;

axial rotation
n1
rotary motion of an object around its own axis;

- "wheels in axial rotation";

- syn. axial motion, roll;

axial skeleton
n1
the part of the skeleton that includes the skull and spinal column and sternum and ribs;

axially
r1
with respect to an axis;

- "the jet was directed axially toward the cathode";

axil / æ k s ɪ ɫ /
n1
the upper angle between an axis and an offshoot such as a branch or leafstalk;

axile
a1
relating to or attached to the axis;

- "axial angle";

- syn. axial;

axile placentation
n1
ovules are borne at or around the center of a compound ovary on an axis formed from joined septa;

axilla / æ k s ɪ ɫ ə /
n1
the hollow under the arm where it is joined to the shoulder;

- "they were up to their armpits in water";

- syn. armpit, axillary cavity, axillary fossa;

axillary / æ k s ɪ ɫ ə ɹ i /
a1
of or relating to the axil;

- syn. alar;

a2
of or relating to the armpit;

- "axillary gland";

axillary artery
n1
the part of the main artery of the arm that lies in the armpit and is continuous with the subclavian artery above and the brachial artery below;

- syn. arteria axillaris;

axillary cavity
n1
the hollow under the arm where it is joined to the shoulder;

- "they were up to their armpits in water";

- syn. armpit, axilla, axillary fossa;

axillary fossa
n1
the hollow under the arm where it is joined to the shoulder;

- "they were up to their armpits in water";

- syn. armpit, axilla, axillary cavity;

axillary node
n1
any of the lymph glands of the armpit;

- fights infections in the neck and chest and arm regions;

axillary vein
n1
a continuation of the basilic vein and brachial vein that becomes the subclavian vein;

- syn. vena axillaris;

axiological
a1
of or relating to the study of values;

axiology
n1
the study of values and value judgments;

axiom / æ k s ɪə m /
n1
a saying that is widely accepted on its own merits;

- syn. maxim;

n2
(logic) a proposition that is not susceptible of proof or disproof;

- its truth is assumed to be self-evident;

axiomatic / æ k s ɪə m æ t ɪ k /
a1
evident without proof or argument;

- "an axiomatic truth";

- "we hold these truths to be self-evident";

- syn. self-evident, taken for granted;

- sim. obvious;

a2
containing aphorisms or maxims;

- "axiomatic wisdom";

- syn. aphoristic;

a3
of or relating to or derived from axioms;

- "axiomatic physics";

- "the postulational method was applied to geometry"- S.S.Stevens;

- syn. axiomatical, postulational;

axiomatical / æ k s ɪə m æ t ɪ k ə ɫ /
a1
of or relating to or derived from axioms;

- "axiomatic physics";

- "the postulational method was applied to geometry"- S.S.Stevens;

- syn. axiomatic, postulational;

axiomatically / æ k s ɪə m æ t ɪ k ɫ i /
r1
on the basis of axioms;

- "this is axiomatically given";

axis / æ k s ɪ s /
n1
a straight line through a body or figure that satisfies certain conditions;

n2
the main stem or central part about which plant organs or plant parts such as branches are arranged;

n3
in World War II the alliance of Germany and Italy in 1936 which later included Japan and other nations;

- "the Axis opposed the Allies in World War II";

n4
a group of countries in special alliance;

- syn. bloc;

n5
the 2nd cervical vertebra;

- serves as a pivot for turning the head;

- syn. axis vertebra;

n6
the center around which something rotates;

- syn. axis of rotation;

axis of rotation
n1
the center around which something rotates;

- syn. axis;

axis vertebra
n1
the 2nd cervical vertebra;

- serves as a pivot for turning the head;

- syn. axis;

axle / æ k s ɫ /
n1
a shaft on which a wheel rotates;

axle bar
n1
an iron bar that serves as an axletree;

axle grease
n1
a thick heavy grease used to lubricate axles;

axletree / æ k s ɫ t ɹ i /
n1
a dead axle on a carriage or wagon that has terminal spindles on which the wheels revolve;

axolemma
n1
outer membrane covering an axon;

axolotl / æ k s ə ɫ ɒ t ɫ /
n1
larval salamander of mountain lakes of Mexico that usually lives without metamorphosing;

- syn. Ambystoma mexicanum, mud puppy;

axon
n1
long nerve fiber that conducts away from the cell body of the neuron;

- syn. axone;

axonal
a1
of or relating to or resembling an axon;

axone
n1
long nerve fiber that conducts away from the cell body of the neuron;

- syn. axon;

axseed
n1
European herb resembling vetch;

- naturalized in the eastern United States;

- having umbels of pink-and-white flowers and sharp-angled pods;

- syn. Coronilla varia, crown vetch;

ayah / aɪ ə /
n1
(in India) a native nursemaid who looks after children;

ayapana
n1
low spreading tropical American shrub with long slender leaves used to make a mildly stimulating drink resembling tea;

- sometimes placed in genus Eupatorium;

- syn. Ayapana triplinervis, Eupatorium aya-pana;

Ayapana triplinervis
n1
low spreading tropical American shrub with long slender leaves used to make a mildly stimulating drink resembling tea;

- sometimes placed in genus Eupatorium;

- syn. Eupatorium aya-pana, ayapana;

ayatollah
n1
a high-ranking Shiite religious leader who is regarded as an authority on religious law and its interpretation and who has political power as well;

Ayatollah Khomeini
n1
Iranian religious leader of the Shiites;

- when Shah Pahlavi's regime fell Khomeini established a new constitution giving himself supreme powers (1900-1989);

- syn. Ayatollah Ruholla Khomeini, Khomeini, Ruholla Khomeini;

Ayatollah Ruholla Khomeini
n1
Iranian religious leader of the Shiites;

- when Shah Pahlavi's regime fell Khomeini established a new constitution giving himself supreme powers (1900-1989);

- syn. Ayatollah Khomeini, Khomeini, Ruholla Khomeini;

aye-aye
n1
nocturnal lemur with long bony fingers and rodent-like incisor teeth closely related to the lemurs;

- syn. Daubentonia madagascariensis;

ayin
n1
the 16th letter of the Hebrew alphabet;

Ayn Rand
n1
United States writer (born in Russia) noted for her polemical novels and political conservativism (1905-1982);

- syn. Rand;

Ayr / eə , eə ɹ /
n1
a port in southwestern Scotland;

Ayrshire / eə ʃ aɪ ə /
n1
hardy breed of dairy cattle from Ayr, Scotland;

Aythya
n1
canvasback;

- redhead;

- pochard;

- etc.;

- syn. genus Aythya;

Aythya affinis
n1
common scaup of North America;

- males have purplish heads;

- syn. lake duck, lesser scaup, lesser scaup duck;

Aythya americana
n1
North American diving duck with a grey-and-black body and reddish-brown head;

- syn. redhead;

Aythya ferina
n1
heavy-bodied Old World diving duck having a grey-and-black body and reddish head;

- syn. pochard;

Aythya marila
n1
large scaup of North America having a greenish iridescence on the head of the male;

- syn. greater scaup;

Aythya valisineria
n1
North American wild duck valued for sport and food;

- syn. canvasback, canvasback duck;

Ayurveda
n1
(Sanskrit) an ancient medical treatise summarizing the Hindu art of healing and prolonging life;

- sometimes regarded as a 5th Veda;

AZ
n1
the azimuth of a celestial body is the angle between the vertical plane containing it and the plane of the meridian;

- syn. azimuth;

n2
a state in southwestern United States;

- site of the Grand Canyon;

- syn. Arizona, Grand Canyon State;

Az Zarqa
n1
city in northwestern Jordan;

- syn. Zarqa;

Azactam
n1
an antibiotic (trade name Azactam) used against severe infections;

- has minimal side effects;

- syn. aztreonam;

Azadirachta
n1
genus of large important East Indian trees: neem trees;

- syn. genus Azadirachta;

Azadirachta indica
n1
large semi-evergreen tree of the East Indies;

- trunk exudes a tenacious gum;

- bitter bark used as a tonic;

- seeds yield an aromatic oil;

- sometimes placed in genus Melia;

- syn. Melia Azadirachta, arishth, margosa, neem, neem tree, nim tree;

azadirachtin
n1
insecticide;

azalea / ə z eɪ ɫ ɪə /
n1
any of numerous ornamental shrubs grown for their showy flowers of various colors;

Azaleastrum
n1
group of evergreen or deciduous shrubs formerly considered a separate genus;

- now included in the genus Rhododendron;

- syn. subgenus Azalea, subgenus Azaleastrum;

azathioprine
n1
an immunosuppressive drug (trade name Imuran) used to prevent rejection of a transplanted organ;

- syn. Imuran;

azedarach
n1
tree of northern India and China having purple blossoms and small inedible yellow fruits;

- naturalized in the southern United States as a shade tree;

- syn. China tree, Melia azedarach, Melia azederach, Persian lilac, azederach, chinaberry, chinaberry tree, pride-of-India;

azederach
n1
tree of northern India and China having purple blossoms and small inedible yellow fruits;

- naturalized in the southern United States as a shade tree;

- syn. China tree, Melia azedarach, Melia azederach, Persian lilac, azedarach, chinaberry, chinaberry tree, pride-of-India;

Azerbaijan
n1
a landlocked republic in southwestern Asia;

- formerly an Asian soviet;

- syn. Azerbaijani Republic, Azerbajdzhan, Azerbajdzhan Republic;

Azerbaijani
n1
a native or inhabitant of Azerbaijan;

n2
the Turkic language spoken by the Azerbaijani;

a1
of or pertaining to Azerbaijan or the people or culture of Azerbaijan;

Azerbaijani monetary unit
n1
monetary unit in Azerbaijan;

Azerbaijani Republic
n1
a landlocked republic in southwestern Asia;

- formerly an Asian soviet;

- syn. Azerbaijan, Azerbajdzhan, Azerbajdzhan Republic;

Azerbajdzhan
n1
a landlocked republic in southwestern Asia;

- formerly an Asian soviet;

- syn. Azerbaijan, Azerbaijani Republic, Azerbajdzhan Republic;

Azerbajdzhan Republic
n1
a landlocked republic in southwestern Asia;

- formerly an Asian soviet;

- syn. Azerbaijan, Azerbaijani Republic, Azerbajdzhan;

Azeri
n1
an ethnic group living in Azerbaijan;

azide
n1
a chemical compound containing the azido group combined with an element or radical;

azido
a1
relating to or containing the azido group N3;

azido group
n1
the univalent group N3- derived from hydrazoic acid;

- syn. azido radical;

azido radical
n1
the univalent group N3- derived from hydrazoic acid;

- syn. azido group;

azimuth / æ z ɪ m ə θ /
n1
the azimuth of a celestial body is the angle between the vertical plane containing it and the plane of the meridian;

- syn. AZ;

azimuthal
a1
of or relating to or in azimuth;

azithromycin
n1
a systemic antibacterial medicine (trade name Zithromax) that is prescribed to treat bacterial infections in many different parts of the body;

- syn. Zithromax;

azo
a1
relating to or containing the azo radical;

azo dye
n1
any dye containing one or more azo groups;

azo group
n1
the bivalent group -N=N- united to two hydrocarbon groups;

- syn. azo radical;

azo radical
n1
the bivalent group -N=N- united to two hydrocarbon groups;

- syn. azo group;

azoic / ə z oʊ ɪ k /
a1
before the appearance of life;

- "azoic rocks contain not organic remains";

- sim. early;

azoimide
n1
a colorless explosive liquid that is volatile and poisonous and foul-smelling;

- syn. HN, hydrazoic acid, hydrogen azide;

Azolla
n1
a genus of fern sometimes placed in its own family Azollaceae;

- syn. genus Azolla;

Azolla caroliniana
n1
small free-floating aquatic fern from the eastern United States to tropical America;

- naturalized in western and southern Europe;

- syn. Carolina pond fern, floating fern, mosquito fern;

Azollaceae
n1
used in some classifications for the genus Azolla;

- syn. family Azollaceae;

azonal
a1
not divided into zones;

- "azonal heating";

- sim. azonic;

azonic
a1
not restricted to any particular zone or region;

- sim. azonal;

Azores
n1
islands in the Atlantic Ocean belonging to Portugal;

- "the Azores are strategically located on transatlantic air and shipping routes";

- syn. Acores;

azotaemia
n1
accumulation in the blood of nitrogenous waste products (urea) that are usually excreted in the urine;

- syn. azotemia, uraemia, uremia;

azote / ə z oʊ t /
n1
an obsolete name for nitrogen;

azotemia
n1
accumulation in the blood of nitrogenous waste products (urea) that are usually excreted in the urine;

- syn. azotaemia, uraemia, uremia;

azotemic
a1
of or involving excess nitrogenous waste products in the urine (usually due to kidney insufficiency);

- syn. uraemic, uremic;

azotic / ə z ɒ t ɪ k /
a1
of or containing nitrogen;

- "nitric acid";

- syn. nitric, nitrous;

azoturia
n1
excess of urea in the urine;

AZT
n1
an antiviral drug (trade name Retrovir) used in the treatment of AIDS;

- adverse side effects include liver damage and suppression of the bone marrow;

- syn. Retrovir, ZDV, zidovudine;

Aztec
n1
a member of the Nahuatl people who established an empire in Mexico that was overthrown by Cortes in 1519;

Aztec lily
n1
Mexican bulbous herb cultivated for its handsome bright red solitary flower;

- syn. Jacobean lily, Strekelia formosissima;

Aztec marigold
n1
a stout branching annual with large yellow to orange flower heads;

- Mexico and Central America;

- syn. African marigold, Tagetes erecta, big marigold;

Aztecan
n1
the Uto-Aztecan language spoken by the Aztec;

aztreonam
n1
an antibiotic (trade name Azactam) used against severe infections;

- has minimal side effects;

- syn. Azactam;

azure / æ ʒ ə , æ ʒ ə ɹ /
n1
a light shade of blue;

- syn. cerulean, lazuline, sapphire, sky-blue;

v1
color azure;

- "Morning azured the village";

a1
of a deep somewhat purplish blue color similar to that of a clear October sky;

- "October's bright blue weather";

- syn. bright blue, cerulean, sky-blue;

- sim. chromatic;

azure aster
n1
a variety of aster;

azurite / æ ʒ ʊr aɪ t /
n1
blue carbonate of copper;

- blue malachite;

azygos
a1
occurring singly;

- not one of a pair;

- "the azygous muscle of the uvula";

- syn. azygous;

- sim. single;

azygos vein
n1
one of a system of veins that drain the thoracic and abdominal walls;

- arises as a continuation of the right ascending lumbar vein and terminates in the superior vena cava;

- syn. azygous vein, vena azygos;

azygous
a1
occurring singly;

- not one of a pair;

- "the azygous muscle of the uvula";

- syn. azygos;

- sim. single;

azygous vein
n1
one of a system of veins that drain the thoracic and abdominal walls;

- arises as a continuation of the right ascending lumbar vein and terminates in the superior vena cava;

- syn. azygos vein, vena azygos;

azymia
n1
absence of an enzyme;

B / b i /
n1
aerobic rod-shaped spore-producing bacterium;

- often occurring in chainlike formations;

- found primarily in soil;

- syn. bacillus;

n2
originally thought to be a single vitamin but now separated into several B vitamins;

- syn. B-complex vitamin, B complex, B vitamin, vitamin B, vitamin B complex;

n3
a trivalent metalloid element;

- occurs both in a hard black crystal and in the form of a yellow or brown powder;

- syn. atomic number 5, boron;

n4
a logarithmic unit of sound intensity equal to 10 decibels;

- syn. Bel;

n5
(physics) a unit of nuclear cross section;

- the effective circular area that one particle presents to another as a target for an encounter;

- syn. barn;

n6
the 2nd letter of the Roman alphabet;

n7
the blood group whose red cells carry the B antigen;

- syn. group B, type B;

B-52
n1
United States military aircraft;

- B- stands for bomber;

B-complex vitamin
n1
originally thought to be a single vitamin but now separated into several B vitamins;

- syn. B, B complex, B vitamin, vitamin B, vitamin B complex;

B-flat clarinet
n1
the ordinary clarinet with a middle range;

- syn. licorice stick;

B-girl
n1
a woman employed by a bar to act as a companion to men customers;

- syn. bar girl;

B-horizon
n1
immediately below the A-horizon;

- contains deposits of organic matter leached from surface soils;

- syn. B horizon;

b-meson
n1
exceedingly short-lived meson;

B-scan ultrasonography
n1
the use of ultrasonography to view structure in the back of the eye;

B. B. King
n1
United States guitar player and singer of the blues (born in 1925);

- syn. King, Riley B King;

B. F. Skinner
n1
United States psychologist and a leading proponent of behaviorism (1904-1990);

- syn. Burrhus Frederic Skinner, Fred Skinner, Skinner;

B.C.
r1
before the Christian era;

- used following dates before the supposed year Christ was born;

- "in 200 BC";

- syn. BC, before Christ;

B.C.E.
r1
of the period before the Common Era;

- preferred by some writers who are not Christians;

- "in 200 BCE";

- syn. BCE;

B.O.
n1
malodorousness resulting from a failure to bathe;

- syn. body odor, body odour;

B.T.U.
n1
a unit of energy equal to the work done by a power of 1000 watts operating for one hour;

- syn. Board of Trade unit, kW-hr, kilowatt hour;

B.Th.U.
n1
a unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise one pound of water one degree Fahrenheit at one atmosphere pressure;

- equivalent to 251.997 calories;

- syn. BTU, British thermal unit;

B battery
n1
battery for supplying a constant positive voltage to the plate of a vacuum tube;

B cell
n1
a lymphocyte derived from bone marrow that provides humoral immunity;

- it recognizes free antigen molecules in solution and matures into plasma cells that secrete immunoglobulin (antibodies) that inactivate the antigens;

- syn. B lymphocyte;

B complex
n1
originally thought to be a single vitamin but now separated into several B vitamins;

- syn. B, B-complex vitamin, B vitamin, vitamin B, vitamin B complex;

B horizon
n1
immediately below the A-horizon;

- contains deposits of organic matter leached from surface soils;

- syn. B-horizon;

B lymphocyte
n1
a lymphocyte derived from bone marrow that provides humoral immunity;

- it recognizes free antigen molecules in solution and matures into plasma cells that secrete immunoglobulin (antibodies) that inactivate the antigens;

- syn. B cell;

B vitamin
n1
originally thought to be a single vitamin but now separated into several B vitamins;

- syn. B, B-complex vitamin, B complex, vitamin B, vitamin B complex;

Ba / b i eɪ , b eɪ /
n1
a soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group;

- found in barite;

- syn. atomic number 56, barium;

n2
a bachelor's degree in arts and sciences;

- syn. AB, Artium Baccalaurens, Bachelor of Arts;

baa / b ɑ /
n1
the cry made by sheep;

v1
cry plaintively;

- "The lambs were bleating";

- syn. blat, blate, bleat;

baa-lamb / b ɑ ɫ æ m /
n1
child's word for a sheep or lamb;

Baader-Meinhof Gang
n1
a radical left-wing revolutionary terrorist group active in Germany from 1968 until 1977;

- syn. Baader Meinhof Gang;

Baader Meinhof Gang
n1
a radical left-wing revolutionary terrorist group active in Germany from 1968 until 1977;

- syn. Baader-Meinhof Gang;

Baal
n1
any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples;

- the Hebrews considered Baal a false god;

Baal Merodach
n1
the chief Babylonian god;

- his consort was Sarpanitu;

- syn. Bel-Merodach, Marduk, Merodach;

baas / b ɑ s , b ɑ z /
n1
South African term for `boss';

baba
n1
a small cake leavened with yeast;

baba au rhum
n1
a baba soaked in rum;

- syn. rum baba;

babacu oil
n1
fatty oil from kernels of babassu nuts similar to coconut oil;

- syn. babassu oil;

Babar
n1
an imaginary elephant that appears in a series of French books for children;

babassu
n1
tall feather palm of northern Brazil with hard-shelled nuts yielding valuable oil and a kind of vegetable ivory;

- syn. Orbignya martiana, Orbignya phalerata, Orbignya spesiosa, babassu palm, coco de macao;

babassu nut
n1
hard-shelled nut of the babassu palm;

babassu oil
n1
fatty oil from kernels of babassu nuts similar to coconut oil;

- syn. babacu oil;

babassu palm
n1
tall feather palm of northern Brazil with hard-shelled nuts yielding valuable oil and a kind of vegetable ivory;

- syn. Orbignya martiana, Orbignya phalerata, Orbignya spesiosa, babassu, coco de macao;

babbitt
n1
an alloy of tin with some copper and antimony;

- a lining for bearings that reduces friction;

- syn. Babbitt metal;

v1
line with a Babbitt metal;

Babbitt metal
n1
an alloy of tin with some copper and antimony;

- a lining for bearings that reduces friction;

- syn. babbitt;

babbitting
n1
lining a surface or bearing with Babbitt metal;

babble / b æ b ɫ /
n1
gibberish resembling the sounds of a baby;

- syn. babbling, lallation;

v1
utter meaningless sounds, like a baby, or utter in an incoherent way;

- "The old man is only babbling--don't pay attention";

v2
to talk foolishly;

- "The two women babbled and crooned at the baby";

- syn. blather, blether, blither, smatter;

v3
flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise;

- "babbling brooks";

- syn. bubble, burble, guggle, gurgle, ripple;

v4
divulge confidential information or secrets;

- "Be careful--his secretary talks";

- syn. babble out, blab, blab out, let the cat out of the bag, peach, sing, spill the beans, talk, tattle;

babble out
v1
divulge confidential information or secrets;

- "Be careful--his secretary talks";

- syn. babble, blab, blab out, let the cat out of the bag, peach, sing, spill the beans, talk, tattle;

babbler / b æ b ɫ ə , b æ b ɫ ə ɹ /
n1
an obnoxious and foolish and loquacious talker;

- syn. chatterbox, chatterer, magpie, prater, spouter;

n2
any of various insectivorous Old World birds with a loud incessant song;

- in some classifications considered members of the family Muscicapidae;

- syn. cackler;

babbling / b æ b ɫ ɪ ŋ /
n1
gibberish resembling the sounds of a baby;

- syn. babble, lallation;

babe / b eɪ b /
n1
a very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk;

- "the baby began to cry again";

- "she held the baby in her arms";

- "it sounds simple, but when you have your own baby it is all so different";

- syn. baby, infant;

Babe Didrikson
n1
outstanding United States athlete (1914-1956);

- syn. Babe Zaharias, Didrikson, Mildred Ella Didrikson, Mildred Ella Didrikson Zaharias, Zaharias;

Babe Ruth
n1
United States professional baseball player famous for hitting home runs (1895-1948);

- syn. George Herman Ruth, Ruth, Sultan of Swat;

Babe Zaharias
n1
outstanding United States athlete (1914-1956);

- syn. Babe Didrikson, Didrikson, Mildred Ella Didrikson, Mildred Ella Didrikson Zaharias, Zaharias;

Babel / b eɪ b ɫ /
n1
(Genesis 11:1-11) a tower built by Noah's descendants (probably in Babylon) who intended it to reach up to heaven;

- God foiled them by confusing their language so they could no longer understand one another;

- syn. Tower of Babel;

n2
a confusion of voices and other sounds;

babelike
a1
like a baby especially in dependence;

- "babelike innocence and dependence";

- sim. dependent;

Babesiidae
n1
piroplasms and cattle pathogens;

- syn. family Babesiidae;

babies'-breath
n1
tall plant with small lance-shaped leaves and numerous tiny white or pink flowers;

- syn. Gypsophila paniculata, baby's breath;

babies' slippers
n1
European forage plant having claw-shaped pods introduced in America;

- syn. Lotus corniculatus, bacon and eggs, bird's foot clover, bird's foot trefoil;

Babinski
n1
extension upward of the toes when the sole of the foot is stroked firmly on the outer side from the heel to the front;

- normal in infants under the age of two years but a sign of brain or spinal cord injury in older persons;

- syn. Babinski reflex, Babinski sign;

Babinski reflex
n1
extension upward of the toes when the sole of the foot is stroked firmly on the outer side from the heel to the front;

- normal in infants under the age of two years but a sign of brain or spinal cord injury in older persons;

- syn. Babinski, Babinski sign;

Babinski sign
n1
extension upward of the toes when the sole of the foot is stroked firmly on the outer side from the heel to the front;

- normal in infants under the age of two years but a sign of brain or spinal cord injury in older persons;

- syn. Babinski, Babinski reflex;

babiroussa
n1
Indonesian wild pig with enormous curved canine teeth;

- syn. Babyrousa Babyrussa, babirusa, babirussa;

babirusa
n1
Indonesian wild pig with enormous curved canine teeth;

- syn. Babyrousa Babyrussa, babiroussa, babirussa;

babirussa
n1
Indonesian wild pig with enormous curved canine teeth;

- syn. Babyrousa Babyrussa, babiroussa, babirusa;

babka
n1
a coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds;

baboo / b ɑ b u /
n1
used as a Hindi courtesy title;

- equivalent to English `Mr';

- syn. babu;

baboon / b ə b u n /
n1
large terrestrial monkeys having doglike muzzles;

baboonish
a1
resembling a baboon;

babu / b ɑ b u /
n1
used as a Hindi courtesy title;

- equivalent to English `Mr';

- syn. baboo;

babushka
n1
a woman's headscarf folded into a triangle and tied under the chin;

- worn by Russian peasant women;

baby / b eɪ b i /
n1
a very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk;

- "the baby began to cry again";

- "she held the baby in her arms";

- "it sounds simple, but when you have your own baby it is all so different";

- syn. babe, infant;

n2
the youngest member of a group (not necessarily young);

- "the baby of the family";

- "the baby of the Supreme Court";

n3
an immature childish person;

- "he remained a child in practical matters as long as he lived";

- "stop being a baby!";

- syn. child;

n4
an unborn child;

- a human fetus;

- "I felt healthy and very feminine carrying the baby";

- "it was great to feel my baby moving about inside";

n5
a very young mammal;

- "baby rabbits";

n6
a project of personal concern to someone;

- "this project is his baby";

v1
treat with excessive indulgence;

- "grandparents often pamper the children";

- "Let's not mollycoddle our students!";

- syn. cocker, coddle, cosset, featherbed, indulge, mollycoddle, pamper, spoil;

baby's bed
n1
a small bed for babies;

- enclosed by sides to prevent the baby from falling;

- syn. baby bed;

baby's breath
n1
tall plant with small lance-shaped leaves and numerous tiny white or pink flowers;

- syn. Gypsophila paniculata, babies'-breath;

baby's dummy
n1
device used for an infant to suck or bite on;

- syn. comforter, pacifier, teething ring;

baby's room
n1
a child's room for a baby;

- syn. nursery;

baby's tears
n1
prostrate or creeping Corsican herb with moss-like small round short-stemmed leaves;

- syn. Helxine soleirolia, Soleirolia soleirolii, baby tears;

baby-boom generation
n1
the larger than expected generation in United States born shortly after World War II;

- syn. baby boom;

baby-faced / b eɪ b ɪ f eɪ s t /
a1
having a youthful-looking face;

- sim. faced;

baby-like
r1
like a baby;

- "he cradled it, baby-wise, in his arms";

- syn. baby-wise;

baby-sit / b eɪ b ɪ s ɪ t /
v1
take watchful responsibility for;

- "I baby-sit the neighbor's plants when she is out of town";

- syn. babysit;

v2
work or act as a baby-sitter;

- "I cannot baby-sit tonight;

- I have too much homework to do";

- syn. babysit, sit;

baby-sitter / b eɪ b ɪ s ɪ t ə /
n1
a person engaged to care for children when the parents are not home;

- syn. babysitter, sitter;

baby-walker
n1
an enclosing framework on casters or wheels;

- helps babies learn to walk;

- syn. go-cart, walker;

baby-wise
r1
like a baby;

- "he cradled it, baby-wise, in his arms";

- syn. baby-like;

baby bed
n1
a small bed for babies;

- enclosed by sides to prevent the baby from falling;

- syn. baby's bed;

baby bird
n1
young bird not yet fledged;

- syn. nestling;

baby blue-eyes
n1
delicate California annual having blue flowers marked with dark spots;

- syn. Nemophila menziesii;

baby boom
n1
the larger than expected generation in United States born shortly after World War II;

- syn. baby-boom generation;

baby boomer
n1
a member of the baby boom generation in the 1950s;

- "they expanded the schools for a generation of baby boomers";

- syn. boomer;

baby buggy
n1
a small vehicle with four wheels in which a baby or child is pushed around;

- syn. baby carriage, carriage, go-cart, perambulator, pram, pushchair, pusher, stroller;

baby buster
n1
a person born in the generation following the baby boom when the birth rate fell dramatically;

- syn. buster;

baby carriage
n1
a small vehicle with four wheels in which a baby or child is pushed around;

- syn. baby buggy, carriage, go-cart, perambulator, pram, pushchair, pusher, stroller;

Baby Doc
n1
son and successor of Francois Duvalier as president of Haiti;

- he was overthrown by a mass uprising in 1986 (born in 1951);

- syn. Duvalier, Jean-Claude Duvalier;

baby doctor
n1
a specialist in the care of babies;

- syn. paediatrician, pediatrician, pediatrist;

baby farmer
n1
someone who runs an establishment that houses and cares for babies for a fee;

baby grand
n1
a small grand piano;

- syn. baby grand piano, parlor grand, parlor grand piano, parlour grand, parlour grand piano;

baby grand piano
n1
a small grand piano;

- syn. baby grand, parlor grand, parlor grand piano, parlour grand, parlour grand piano;

baby minder
n1
a person who looks after babies (usually in the person's own home) while the babys' parents are working;

- syn. babyminder, minder;

baby oil
n1
an ointment for babies;

baby powder
n1
powder used to prevent a baby's diaper from chafing;

baby rose
n1
vigorously growing rose having clusters of numerous small flowers;

- used for hedges and as grafting stock;

- syn. Japanese rose, Rosa multiflora, multiflora, multiflora rose;

baby shoe
n1
a shoe designed to be worn by infants;

baby sitting
n1
the work of a baby sitter;

- caring for children when their parents are not home;

- syn. babysitting;

baby talk
n1
an adult's imitation of the speech of a young child;

- syn. babytalk, motherese;

n2
the developing speech of a young child;

- syn. babytalk;

baby tears
n1
prostrate or creeping Corsican herb with moss-like small round short-stemmed leaves;

- syn. Helxine soleirolia, Soleirolia soleirolii, baby's tears;

baby tooth
n1
one of the first temporary teeth of a young mammal (one of 20 in children);

- syn. deciduous tooth, milk tooth, primary tooth;

babyhood / b eɪ b ɪ h ʊ d /
n1
the early stage of growth or development;

- syn. early childhood, infancy;

n2
the earliest state of immaturity;

- syn. infancy;

babyish / b eɪ b ɪ ih ʃ /
a1
characteristic of a baby;

- "babyish tears and petulance";

- sim. immature;

Babylon
n1
the chief city of ancient Mesopotamia and capital of the ancient kingdom of Babylonia;

Babylonia / b æ b ɪ ɫ oʊ n ɪə /
n1
an ancient kingdom in southern Mesopotamia;

- Babylonia conquered Israel in the 6th century BC and exiled the Jews to Babylon (where Daniel became a counselor to the king);

- syn. Chaldaea, Chaldea;

Babylonian / b æ b ɪ ɫ oʊ n j ə n /
n1
an inhabitant of ancient Babylon;

n2
the ideographic and syllabic writing system in which the ancient Babylonian language was written;

a1
of or relating to the city of Babylon or its people or culture;

- "Babylonian religion";

Babylonian Captivity
n1
the deportation of the Jews to Babylonia by Nebuchadnezzar in 586 BC;

Babylonian weeping willow
n1
willow with long drooping branches and slender leaves native to China;

- widely cultivated as an ornamental;

- syn. Salix babylonica, weeping willow;

babyminder
n1
a person who looks after babies (usually in the person's own home) while the babys' parents are working;

- syn. baby minder, minder;

Babyrousa
n1
a genus of Suidae;

- syn. genus Babyrousa;

Babyrousa Babyrussa
n1
Indonesian wild pig with enormous curved canine teeth;

- syn. babiroussa, babirusa, babirussa;

babysit / b eɪ b ɪ s ɪ t /
v1
take watchful responsibility for;

- "I baby-sit the neighbor's plants when she is out of town";

- syn. baby-sit;

v2
work or act as a baby-sitter;

- "I cannot baby-sit tonight;

- I have too much homework to do";

- syn. baby-sit, sit;

babysitter / b eɪ b ɪ s ɪ t ə , b eɪ b ɪ s ɪ t ə ɹ /
n1
a person engaged to care for children when the parents are not home;

- syn. baby-sitter, sitter;

babysitting / b eɪ b ɪ s ɪ t ɪ ŋ /
n1
the work of a baby sitter;

- caring for children when their parents are not home;

- syn. baby sitting;

babytalk
n1
an adult's imitation of the speech of a young child;

- syn. baby talk, motherese;

n2
the developing speech of a young child;

- syn. baby talk;

bacca / b æ k ə /
n1
an indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp: e.g. grape;

- tomato;

- cranberry;

- syn. simple fruit;

baccalaureate / b æ k ə ɫ ɔ ɹ ɪə t /
n1
a farewell sermon to a graduating class at their commencement ceremonies;

n2
an academic degree conferred on someone who has successfully completed undergraduate studies;

- syn. bachelor's degree;

baccarat / b æ k ə ɹ ɑ /
n1
a card game played in casinos in which two or more punters gamble against the banker;

- the player wins who holds 2 or 3 cards that total closest to nine;

- syn. chemin de fer;

baccate
a1
resembling a berry;

- syn. berrylike;

a2
producing or bearing berries;

- syn. bacciferous, berried;

- sim. fruitful;

bacchanal / b æ k ə n ə ɫ /
n1
someone who engages in drinking bouts;

- syn. bacchant, drunken reveler, drunken reveller;

n2
a drunken reveller;

- a devotee of Bacchus;

- syn. bacchant;

n3
a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity;

- syn. bacchanalia, debauch, debauchery, drunken revelry, orgy, riot, saturnalia;

a1
used of riotously drunken merrymaking;

- "a night of bacchanalian revelry";

- "carousing bands of drunken soldiers";

- "orgiastic festivity";

- syn. bacchanalian, bacchic, carousing, orgiastic;

- sim. intoxicated;

Bacchanalia / b æ k ə n eɪ ɫ j ə /
n1
an orgiastic festival in ancient Greece in honor of Dionysus (= Bacchus);

- syn. Dionysia;

n2
a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity;

- syn. bacchanal, debauch, debauchery, drunken revelry, orgy, riot, saturnalia;

bacchanalian / b æ k ə n eɪ ɫ ɪə n , b æ k ə n eɪ ɫ j ə n /
a1
used of riotously drunken merrymaking;

- "a night of bacchanalian revelry";

- "carousing bands of drunken soldiers";

- "orgiastic festivity";

- syn. bacchanal, bacchic, carousing, orgiastic;

- sim. intoxicated;

bacchant / b æ k ə n t /
n1
someone who engages in drinking bouts;

- syn. bacchanal, drunken reveler, drunken reveller;

n2
a drunken reveller;

- a devotee of Bacchus;

- syn. bacchanal;

n3
(classical mythology) a priest or votary of Bacchus;

bacchante / b ə k æ n t i /
n1
(classical mythology) a priestess or votary of Bacchus;

bacchantic
a1
of or relating to or resembling a bacchanalian reveler;

Baccharis
n1
shrubs of western hemisphere often having honey-scented flowers followed by silky thistlelike heads of tiny fruits;

- often used for erosion control;

- syn. genus Baccharis;

Baccharis halimifolia
n1
a shrub of salt marshes of eastern and south central North America and West Indies;

- fruit is surrounded with white plumelike hairy tufts;

- syn. consumption weed, cotton-seed tree, groundsel bush, groundsel tree;

Baccharis pilularis
n1
widely spreading evergreen shrub of southwestern United States with flower heads in a leafy panicle;

- syn. chaparral broom, coyote brush, coyote bush, kidney wort;

Baccharis viminea
n1
California shrub with slender leafy shoots that are important browse for mule deer;

- syn. mule fat;

bacchic / b æ k ɪ k /
a1
used of riotously drunken merrymaking;

- "a night of bacchanalian revelry";

- "carousing bands of drunken soldiers";

- "orgiastic festivity";

- syn. bacchanal, bacchanalian, carousing, orgiastic;

- sim. intoxicated;

Bacchus
n1
(classical mythology) god of wine;

- equivalent of Dionysus;

bacciferous
a1
producing or bearing berries;

- syn. baccate, berried;

- sim. fruitful;

baccivorous
a1
feeding on berries;

- sim. herbivorous;

baccy / b æ k i /
n1
leaves of the tobacco plant dried and prepared for smoking or ingestion;

- syn. tobacco;

Bach
n1
German baroque organist and contrapuntist;

- composed mostly keyboard music;

- one of the greatest creators of western music (1685-1750);

- syn. Johann Sebastian Bach;

n2
the music of Bach;

- "he played Bach on the organ";

v1
lead a bachelor's existence;

- syn. bachelor;

bachelor / b æ tʃ ə ɫ ə , b æ tʃ ə ɫ ə ɹ /
n1
a man who has never been married;

- syn. unmarried man;

n2
a knight of the lowest order;

- could display only a pennon;

- syn. bachelor-at-arms, knight bachelor;

v1
lead a bachelor's existence;

- syn. bach;

bachelor's button
n1
an annual Eurasian plant cultivated in North America having showy heads of blue or purple or pink or white flowers;

- syn. Centaurea cyanus, bluebottle, cornflower;

n2
tropical American herb having rose to red or purple flowers that can be dried without losing color;

- syn. Gomphrena globosa, globe amaranth;

bachelor's degree
n1
an academic degree conferred on someone who has successfully completed undergraduate studies;

- syn. baccalaureate;

bachelor-at-arms
n1
a knight of the lowest order;

- could display only a pennon;

- syn. bachelor, knight bachelor;

bachelor girl
n1
a young unmarried woman who lives alone;

- syn. bachelorette;

Bachelor of Arts
n1
a bachelor's degree in arts and sciences;

- syn. AB, Artium Baccalaurens, BA;

Bachelor of Arts in Library Science
n1
a bachelor's degree in library science;

- syn. ABLS;

Bachelor of Arts in Nursing
n1
a bachelor's degree in nursing;

- syn. BAN;

Bachelor of Divinity
n1
a bachelor's degree in religion;

- syn. BD;

Bachelor of Laws
n1
a three-year law degree;

- syn. LLB;

Bachelor of Literature
n1
a bachelor's degree in literature;

- syn. BLitt;

Bachelor of Medicine
n1
(a British degree) a bachelor's degree in medicine;

- syn. MB;

Bachelor of Music
n1
a bachelor's degree in music;

- syn. BMus;

Bachelor of Naval Science
n1
a bachelor's degree in naval science;

- syn. BNS;

Bachelor of Science
n1
a bachelor's degree in science;

- syn. BS, SB;

Bachelor of Science in Architecture
n1
a bachelor's degree in architecture;

- syn. BSArch;

Bachelor of Science in Engineering
n1
a bachelor's degree in engineering;

Bachelor of Theology
n1
a bachelor's degree in theology;

- syn. ThB;

bachelor party
n1
stag party held for a bachelor (usually on the night before he is married);

bachelorette
n1
a young unmarried woman who lives alone;

- syn. bachelor girl;

bachelorhood / b æ tʃ ə ɫ ə h ʊ d /
n1
the time of a man's life prior to marriage;

n2
the state of being an unmarried man;

Bacillaceae
n1
typically rod-shaped usually Gram-positive bacteria that produce endospores;

- syn. family Bacillaceae;

bacillar / b ə s ɪ ɫ ə ɹ /
a1
relating to or produced by or containing bacilli;

- syn. bacillary;

a2
formed like a bacillus;

- syn. bacillary, bacilliform, baculiform, rod-shaped;

- sim. formed;

Bacillariophyceae
n1
marine and freshwater eukaryotic algae: diatoms;

- syn. Diatomophyceae, class Bacillariophyceae, class Diatomophyceae;

bacillary / b ə s ɪ ɫ ə ɹ i /
a1
relating to or produced by or containing bacilli;

- syn. bacillar;

a2
formed like a bacillus;

- syn. bacillar, bacilliform, baculiform, rod-shaped;

- sim. formed;

bacillary dysentery
n1
an acute infection of the intestine by shigella bacteria;

- characterized by diarrhea and fever and abdominal pains;

- syn. shigellosis;

bacillary white diarrhea
n1
a serious bacterial disease of young chickens;

- syn. bacillary white diarrhoea, pullorum disease;

bacillary white diarrhoea
n1
a serious bacterial disease of young chickens;

- syn. bacillary white diarrhea, pullorum disease;

bacilliform
a1
formed like a bacillus;

- syn. bacillar, bacillary, baculiform, rod-shaped;

- sim. formed;

bacillus / b ə s ɪ ɫ ə s /
n1
aerobic rod-shaped spore-producing bacterium;

- often occurring in chainlike formations;

- found primarily in soil;

- syn. B;

Bacillus anthracis
n1
a species of bacillus that causes anthrax in humans and in animals (cattle and swine and sheep and rabbits and mice and guinea pigs);

- can be used a bioweapon;

- syn. anthrax bacillus;

Bacillus globigii
n1
a species of bacillus found in soil and decomposing organic matter;

- some strains produce antibiotics;

- syn. Bacillus subtilis, grass bacillus, hay bacillus;

Bacillus subtilis
n1
a species of bacillus found in soil and decomposing organic matter;

- some strains produce antibiotics;

- syn. Bacillus globigii, grass bacillus, hay bacillus;

bacitracin
n1
a polypeptide antibiotic of known chemical structure effective against several types of Gram-positive organisms;

- usually applied locally;

back / b æ k /
n1
the posterior part of a human (or animal) body from the neck to the end of the spine;

- "his back was nicely tanned";

- syn. dorsum;

n2
the side that goes last or is not normally seen;

- "he wrote the date on the back of the photograph";

- syn. rear;

n3
the part of something that is furthest from the normal viewer;

- "he stood at the back of the stage";

- "it was hidden in the rear of the store";

- syn. rear;

n4
(football) a person who plays in the backfield;

n5
the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord;

- "the fall broke his back";

- syn. backbone, rachis, spinal column, spine, vertebral column;

n6
the protective covering on the front, back, and spine of a book;

- "the book had a leather binding";

- syn. binding, book binding, cover;

n7
the part of a garment that covers the back of your body;

- "they pinned a `kick me' sign on his back";

n8
a support that you can lean against while sitting;

- "the back of the dental chair was adjustable";

- syn. backrest;

n9
(American football) the position of a player on a football team who is stationed behind the line of scrimmage;

v1
be behind;

- approve of;

- "He plumped for the Labor Party";

- "I backed Kennedy in 1960";

- syn. endorse, indorse, plump for, plunk for, support;

v2
travel backward;

- "back into the driveway";

- "The car backed up and hit the tree";

- also back down, back off, back out, back up;

v3
give support or one's approval to;

- "I'll second that motion";

- "I can't back this plan";

- "endorse a new project";

- syn. endorse, indorse, second;

v4
cause to travel backward;

- "back the car into the parking spot";

v5
support financial backing for;

- "back this enterprise";

v6
be in back of;

- "My garage backs their yard";

v7
place a bet on;

- "Which horse are you backing?";

- "I'm betting on the new horse";

- syn. bet on, gage, game, punt, stake;

v8
shift to a counterclockwise direction;

- "the wind backed";

v9
establish as valid or genuine;

- "Can you back up your claims?";

- syn. back up;

v10
strengthen by providing with a back or backing;

a1
related to or located at the back;

- "the back yard";

- "the back entrance";

- also aft, posterior;

- sim. backmost, rear;

a2
located at or near the back of an animal;

- "back (or hind) legs";

- "the hinder part of a carcass";

- syn. hind, hinder;

- sim. posterior;

a3
of an earlier date;

- "back issues of the magazine";

- sim. noncurrent;

r1
in or to or toward a former location;

- "she went back to her parents' house";

r2
at or to or toward the back or rear;

- "he moved back";

- "tripped when he stepped backward";

- "she looked rearward out the window of the car";

- syn. backward, backwards, rearward, rearwards;

r3
in or to or toward an original condition;

- "he went back to sleep";

r4
in or to or toward a past time;

- "set the clocks back an hour";

- "never look back";

- "lovers of the past looking fondly backward";

- syn. backward;

r5
in reply;

- "he wrote back three days later";

r6
in repayment or retaliation;

- "we paid back everything we had borrowed";

- "he hit me and I hit him back";

- "I was kept in after school for talking back to the teacher";

back-blast
n1
backfire from a recoilless weapon;

- syn. backblast;

back-channel
a1
via a back channel;

- "the failure of back-channel negotiations";

back-formation / b æ k f ɔ m eɪ ʃ n /
n1
a word invented (usually unwittingly by subtracting an affix) on the assumption that a familiar word derives from it;

back-geared
a1
(of a lathe) equipped with gearing for reducing the speed of the spindle from that of the driving pulley;

- "a back-geared lathe";

- syn. double-geared;

- sim. geared;

back-number
n1
someone who is no longer popular;

- syn. has-been;

back-to-back
a1
one after the other;

- "back-to-back home runs";

- syn. consecutive;

- sim. succeeding;

back and forth
r1
moving from one place to another and back again;

- "he traveled back and forth between Los Angeles and New York";

- "the treetops whipped to and fro in a frightening manner";

- "the old man just sat on the porch and rocked back and forth all day";

- syn. backward and forward, to and fro;

back away
v1
make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity;

- "We'll have to crawfish out from meeting with him";

- "He backed out of his earlier promise";

- "The aggressive investment company pulled in its horns";

- syn. back out, crawfish, crawfish out, pull back, pull in one's horns, retreat, withdraw;

back brace
n1
a brace worn to support the back;

back breaker
n1
street name for lysergic acid diethylamide;

- syn. Elvis, Lucy in the sky with diamonds, Zen, acid, battery-acid, dose, dot, loony toons, pane, superman, window pane;

back burner
n1
reduced priority;

- "dozens of cases were put on the back burner";

back channel
n1
an alternative to the regular channels of communication that is used when agreements must be made secretly (especially in diplomacy or government);

- "they negotiated via a back channel";

back circle
n1
a feat in which an acrobat arches the back from a prone position and bends the knees until the toes touch the head;

back country
n1
a remote and undeveloped area;

- syn. backwoods, boondocks, hinterland;

back door
n1
a secret or underhand means of access (to a place or a position);

- "he got his job through the back door";

- syn. backdoor;

n2
an undocumented way to get access to a computer system or the data it contains;

- syn. backdoor;

n3
an entrance at the rear of a building;

- syn. back entrance, backdoor;

back down
v1
move backwards from a certain position;

- "The bully had to back down";

- syn. back off, back up;

v2
remove oneself from an obligation;

- "He bowed out when he heard how much work was involved";

- syn. back off, bow out, chicken out, pull out;

back end
n1
the side of an object that is opposite its front;

- "his room was toward the rear of the hotel";

- syn. backside, rear;

back entrance
n1
an entrance at the rear of a building;

- syn. back door, backdoor;

back exercise
n1
exercise designed to strengthen the back muscles;

back judge
n1
a football official;

back matter
n1
written matter following the main text of a book;

- syn. end matter;

back of beyond
n1
a very remote and inaccessible place;

- "you'd have to go to the back of beyond to find one of those";

back off
v1
move backwards from a certain position;

- "The bully had to back down";

- syn. back down, back up;

v2
remove oneself from an obligation;

- "He bowed out when he heard how much work was involved";

- syn. back down, bow out, chicken out, pull out;

back out
v1
move out of a space backwards;

- "He backed out of the driveway";

v2
make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity;

- "We'll have to crawfish out from meeting with him";

- "He backed out of his earlier promise";

- "The aggressive investment company pulled in its horns";

- syn. back away, crawfish, crawfish out, pull back, pull in one's horns, retreat, withdraw;

back pack
n1
a bag carried by a strap on your back or shoulder;

- syn. backpack, haversack, knapsack, packsack, rucksack;

back porch
n1
a porch for the back door;

back room
n1
a room located in the rear of an establishment;

- usually accessible only to privileged groups;

back saw
n1
a handsaw that is stiffened by metal reinforcement along the upper edge;

- syn. backsaw;

back street
n1
a narrow street with walls on both sides;

- syn. alley, alleyway;

back talk
n1
an impudent or insolent rejoinder;

- "don't give me any of your sass";

- syn. backtalk, lip, mouth, sass, sassing;

back tooth
n1
a tooth situated at the back of the mouth;

- syn. posterior;

back up
v1
give moral or psychological support, aid, or courage to;

- "She supported him during the illness";

- "Her children always backed her up";

- syn. support;

v2
move backwards from a certain position;

- "The bully had to back down";

- syn. back down, back off;

v3
establish as valid or genuine;

- "Can you back up your claims?";

- syn. back;

v4
make a copy of (a computer file) especially for storage in another place as a security copy;

- "You'd better back up these files!";

v5
become or cause to become obstructed;

- "The leaves clog our drains in the Fall";

- "The water pipe is backed up";

- syn. choke, choke off, clog, clog up, congest, foul;

backache / b æ k eɪ k /
n1
an ache localized in the back;

backband / b æ k b æ n d /
n1
a broad band that passes over the back of a horse and supports the shafts of a vehicle;

backbeat
n1
a loud steady beat;

backbench / b æ k b ɛ n tʃ /
n1
any of the seats occupied by backbenchers in the House of Commons;

backbencher / b æ k b ɛ n tʃ ə , b æ k b ɛ n tʃ ə ɹ /
n1
a member of the House of Commons who is not a party leader;

backbend / b æ k b ɛ n d /
n1
an acrobatic feat in which the trunk is bent backward from a standing position until the hands touch the floor;

backbite / b æ k b aɪ t /
v1
say mean things;

- syn. bitch;

backbiter / b æ k b aɪ t ə , b æ k b aɪ t ə ɹ /
n1
one who attacks the reputation of another by slander or libel;

- syn. defamer, libeler, maligner, slanderer, traducer, vilifier;

backblast
n1
backfire from a recoilless weapon;

- syn. back-blast;

backboard / b æ k b ɔ d /
n1
a raised vertical board with basket attached;

- used to play basketball;

- "he banked the shot off the backboard";

- syn. basketball backboard;

n2
a board used to support the back of someone or something;

backbone / b æ k b oʊ n /
n1
a central cohesive source of support and stability;

- "faith is his anchor";

- "the keystone of campaign reform was the ban on soft money";

- "he is the linchpin of this firm";

- syn. anchor, keystone, linchpin, lynchpin, mainstay;

n2
fortitude and determination;

- "he didn't have the guts to try it";

- syn. grit, gumption, guts, moxie, sand;

n3
the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord;

- "the fall broke his back";

- syn. back, rachis, spinal column, spine, vertebral column;

n4
the part of a book's cover that encloses the inner side of the book's pages and that faces outward when the book is shelved;

- "the title and author were printed on the spine of the book";

- syn. spine;

n5
the part of a network that connects other networks together;

- "the backbone is the part of a communication network that carries the heaviest traffic";

backbreaking / b æ k b ɹ eɪ k ɪ ŋ /
a1
characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion;

- especially physical effort;

- "worked their arduous way up the mining valley";

- "a grueling campaign";

- "hard labor";

- "heavy work";

- "heavy going";

- "spent many laborious hours on the project";

- "set a punishing pace";

- syn. arduous, grueling, gruelling, hard, heavy, laborious, operose, punishing, toilsome;

- sim. effortful;

backchat / b æ k tʃ æ t /
n1
light teasing repartee;

- syn. banter, give-and-take, raillery;

backcloth / b æ k k ɫ ɒ θ /
n1
scenery hung at back of stage;

- syn. backdrop, background;

backcross / b æ k k ɹ ɒ s /
v1
mate a hybrid of the first generation with one of its parents;

backdate / b æ k d eɪ t /
v1
make effective from an earlier date;

- "The increase in tax was backdated to January";

backdoor / b æ k d ɔ , b æ k d ɔ ɹ /
n1
an undocumented way to get access to a computer system or the data it contains;

- syn. back door;

n2
an entrance at the rear of a building;

- syn. back door, back entrance;

n3
a secret or underhand means of access (to a place or a position);

- "he got his job through the back door";

- syn. back door;

backdown / b æ k d aʊ n /
n1
a retraction of a previously held position;

- syn. climb-down, withdrawal;

backdrop / b æ k d ɹ ɒ p /
n1
scenery hung at back of stage;

- syn. backcloth, background;

backed / b æ k t /
a1
having a back or backing, usually of a specified type;

- sim. hardbacked, high-backed, low-backed, razorback, spiny-backed, stiff-backed, straight-backed;

a2
used of film that is coated on the side opposite the emulsion with a substance to absorb light;

- sim. coated;

backer / b æ k ə , b æ k ə ɹ /
n1
invests in a theatrical production;

- syn. angel;

backfield / b æ k f i ɫ d /
n1
the offensive football players who line up behind the linemen;

backfire / b æ k f aɪ ə , b æ k f aɪ ə ɹ /
n1
the backward escape of gases and unburned gunpowder after a gun is fired;

- syn. blowback;

n2
a loud noise made by the explosion of fuel in the manifold or exhaust of an internal combustion engine;

n3
a fire that is set intentionally in order to slow an approaching forest fire or grassfire by clearing a burned area in its path;

n4
a miscalculation that recoils on its maker;

- syn. boomerang;

v1
come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect;

- "Your comments may backfire and cause you a lot of trouble";

- "the political movie backlashed on the Democrats";

- syn. backlash, recoil;

v2
emit a loud noise as a result of undergoing a backfire;

- "My old car backfires all the time";

v3
set a controlled fire to halt an advancing forest to prairie fire;

backflow
n1
a flow that returns toward its source;

- syn. backflowing;

backflowing
n1
a flow that returns toward its source;

- syn. backflow;

backgammon / b æ k ɡ æ m ə n /
n1
a board game for two players;

- pieces move according to throws of the dice;

backgammon board
n1
the board on which backgammon is played;

background / b æ k ɡ ɹ aʊ n d /
n1
a person's social heritage: previous experience or training;

- "he is a lawyer with a sports background";

n2
the part of a scene (or picture) that lies behind objects in the foreground;

- "he posed her against a background of rolling hills";

- syn. ground;

n3
information that is essential to understanding a situation or problem;

- "the embassy filled him in on the background of the incident";

- syn. background knowledge;

n4
extraneous signals that can be confused with the phenomenon to be observed or measured;

- "they got a bad connection and could hardly hear one another over the background signals";

- syn. background signal;

n5
relatively unimportant or inconspicuous accompanying situation;

- "when the rain came he could hear the sound of thunder in the background";

n6
the state of the environment in which a situation exists;

- "you can't do that in a university setting";

- syn. scope, setting;

n7
(computer science) the area of the screen in graphical user interfaces against which icons and windows appear;

- syn. desktop, screen background;

n8
scenery hung at back of stage;

- syn. backcloth, backdrop;

v1
understate the importance or quality of;

- "he played down his royal ancestry";

- syn. downplay, play down;

background knowledge
n1
information that is essential to understanding a situation or problem;

- "the embassy filled him in on the background of the incident";

- syn. background;

background level
n1
the amplitude level of the undesired background noise;

- syn. noise level;

background noise
n1
extraneous noise contaminating sound measurements that cannot be separated from the desired signal;

- syn. ground noise;

background processing
n1
the execution of low priority programs while higher priority programs are not using the processing system;

- syn. backgrounding;

background radiation
n1
radiation coming from sources other than those being observed;

background signal
n1
extraneous signals that can be confused with the phenomenon to be observed or measured;

- "they got a bad connection and could hardly hear one another over the background signals";

- syn. background;

backgrounder / b æ k ɡ ɹ aʊ n d ə , b æ k ɡ ɹ aʊ n d ə ɹ /
n1
a press conference or interview in which a government official explains to reporters the background of an action or policy;

- "the secretary gave us a backgrounder on public health issues";

backgrounding / b æ k ɡ ɹ aʊ n d ɪ ŋ /
n1
the execution of low priority programs while higher priority programs are not using the processing system;

- syn. background processing;

backhand / b æ k h æ n d /
n1
a return made with the back of the hand facing the direction of the stroke;

- syn. backhand shot, backhand stroke;

v1
hit a tennis ball backhand;

a1
(of racket strokes) made across the body with back of hand facing direction of stroke;

- syn. backhanded;

a2
(of handwriting) having the letters slanting backward;

- syn. left-slanting;

- sim. written;

backhand drive
n1
a hard straight return made on the backhand side;

backhand shot
n1
a return made with the back of the hand facing the direction of the stroke;

- syn. backhand, backhand stroke;

backhand stroke
n1
a return made with the back of the hand facing the direction of the stroke;

- syn. backhand, backhand shot;

backhanded / b æ k h æ n d ɪ d /
a1
(of racket strokes) made across the body with back of hand facing direction of stroke;

- syn. backhand;

a2
roundabout or ambiguous;

- "attacks from that source amounted to a backhanded compliment to his integrity";

- "a backhanded and dishonest way of reaching his goal";

- sim. indirect;

backhander / b æ k h æ n d ə , b æ k h æ n d ə ɹ /
n1
a backhanded blow;

backhoe / b æ k h oʊ /
n1
an excavator whose shovel bucket is attached to a hinged boom and is drawn backward to move earth;

backing / b æ k ɪ ŋ /
n1
the act of providing approval and support;

- "his vigorous backing of the conservatives got him in trouble with progressives";

- syn. backup, championship, patronage;

n2
something forming a back that is added for strengthening;

- syn. mount;

n3
financial resources provided to make some project possible;

- "the foundation provided support for the experiment";

- syn. financial backing, financial support, funding, support;

backlash / b æ k ɫ æ ʃ /
n1
a movement back from an impact;

- syn. rebound, recoil, repercussion;

n2
an adverse reaction to some political or social occurrence;

- "there was a backlash of intolerance";

v1
come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect;

- "Your comments may backfire and cause you a lot of trouble";

- "the political movie backlashed on the Democrats";

- syn. backfire, recoil;

backless / b æ k ɫ ə s /
a1
lacking a back;

- "a stool is a backless and armless seat";

- sim. low-cut;

backlighting / b æ k ɫ aɪ t ɪ ŋ /
n1
lighting from behind;

backlog / b æ k ɫ ɒ ɡ /
n1
an accumulation of jobs not done or materials not processed that are yet to be dealt with (especially unfilled customer orders for products or services);

n2
the large log at the back of a hearth fire;

n3
something kept back or saved for future use or a special purpose;

- syn. reserve, stockpile;

v1
accumulate and create a backlog;

backmost / b æ k m oʊ s t /
a1
located farthest to the rear;

- syn. hindermost, hindmost, rearmost;

- sim. back;

backpack / b æ k p æ k /
n1
a bag carried by a strap on your back or shoulder;

- syn. back pack, haversack, knapsack, packsack, rucksack;

v1
hike with a backpack;

- "Every summer they are backpacking in the Rockies";

- syn. pack;

backpacker / b æ k p æ k ə /
n1
a hiker who wears a backpack;

- syn. packer;

backpacking / b æ k p æ k ɪ ŋ /
n1
carrying something in a pack on the back;

- "the backpacking of oxygen is essential for astronauts";

- syn. packing;

backpacking tent
n1
a tent that can be carried in a backpack;

- syn. pack tent;

backpedal / b æ k p ɛ d ə ɫ /
v1
pedal backwards on a bicycle;

v2
step backwards, in boxing;

v3
modify one's opinion, make it less strong;

backplate
n1
plate armor protecting the back;

- worn as part of a cuirass;

backrest / b æ k ɹ ɛ s t /
n1
a support that you can lean against while sitting;

- "the back of the dental chair was adjustable";

- syn. back;

backroom / b æ k ɹ u m /
n1
the meeting place of a group of leaders who make their decisions via private negotiations;

backroom boy
n1
an expert adviser involved in making important decisions but usually lacking official status;

- syn. brain truster;

backsaw / b æ k s ɔ /
n1
a handsaw that is stiffened by metal reinforcement along the upper edge;

- syn. back saw;

backscatter
v1
scatter (radiation) by the atoms of the medium through which it passes;

backscratcher / b æ k s k ɹ æ tʃ ə , b æ k s k ɹ æ tʃ ə ɹ /
n1
someone who is willing to trade favors or services for mutual advantage;

n2
a long-handled scratcher for scratching your back;

backseat / b æ k s i t /
n1
a secondary or inferior position or status;

- "tennis has had to take a backseat while his work is so demanding";

n2
a seat at the back of a vehicle (especially the seat at the back of an automobile);

backseat driver
n1
a meddler who insists on giving unwanted advice;

backsheesh / b æ k ʃ i ʃ /
n1
a relatively small amount of money given for services rendered (as by a waiter);

- syn. baksheesh, bakshis, bakshish, gratuity, pourboire, tip;

backside / b æ k s aɪ d /
n1
the side of an object that is opposite its front;

- "his room was toward the rear of the hotel";

- syn. back end, rear;

n2
the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on;

- "he deserves a good kick in the butt";

- "are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?";

- syn. arse, ass, behind, bottom, bum, buns, butt, buttocks, can, derriere, fanny, fundament, hind end, hindquarters, keister, nates, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, seat, stern, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush;

backslap / b æ k s ɫ æ p /
v1
display excessive cordiality (towards);

- "he is always backslapping his colleagues at staff meetings";

backslapper / b æ k s ɫ æ p ə /
n1
someone who demonstrates enthusiastic or excessive cordiality;

backslide / b æ k s ɫ aɪ d /
v1
drop to a lower level, as in one's morals or standards;

- syn. lapse;

backslider / b æ k s ɫ aɪ d ə /
n1
someone who lapses into previous undesirable patterns of behavior;

- syn. recidivist, reversionist;

backsliding / b æ k s ɫ aɪ d ɪ ŋ /
n1
a failure to maintain a higher state;

- syn. lapse, lapsing, relapse, relapsing, reversion, reverting;

backspace / b æ k s p eɪ s /
n1
the typewriter key used for back spacing;

- syn. backspace key, backspacer;

v1
hit the backspace key on a computer or typewriter keyboard;

- "To erase, you must backspace";

backspace character
n1
a control character that indicates moving a space to the left;

backspace key
n1
the typewriter key used for back spacing;

- syn. backspace, backspacer;

backspacer / b æ k s p eɪ s ə , b æ k s p eɪ s ə ɹ /
n1
the typewriter key used for back spacing;

- syn. backspace, backspace key;

backspin / b æ k s p ɪ n /
n1
spin (usually of a moving ball) that retards or reverses the forward motion;

backstage / b æ k s t eɪ dʒ /
n1
a stage area out of sight of the audience;

- syn. offstage, wing;

a1
concealed from public view or attention;

- "offstage political meetings";

- syn. offstage;

- sim. private;

r1
out of view of the public;

- behind the scenes;

- "Working backstage to gain political support for his proposal";

- "many private deals were made backstage at the convention";

r2
in or to a backstage area of a theater;

- "costumes were changed backstage";

backstair / b æ k s t eə , b æ k s t eə ɹ /
a1
secret and sly or sordid;

- "backstairs gossip";

- "his low backstairs cunning"- A.L.Guerard;

- "backstairs intimacies";

- "furtive behavior";

- syn. backstairs, furtive;

- sim. covert;

backstairs / b æ k s t eə z /
n1
a second staircase at the rear of a building;

a1
secret and sly or sordid;

- "backstairs gossip";

- "his low backstairs cunning"- A.L.Guerard;

- "backstairs intimacies";

- "furtive behavior";

- syn. backstair, furtive;

- sim. covert;

backstay / b æ k s t eɪ /
n1
a stay that supports the back of something;

backstitch / b æ k s t ɪ tʃ /
n1
an overlapping stitch made by starting the next stitch at the middle of the preceding one;

v1
do backstitches;

backstop / b æ k s t ɒ p /
n1
(baseball) the person who plays the position of catcher;

- syn. catcher;

n2
(baseball) a fence or screen (as behind home plate) to prevent the ball from traveling out of the playing field;

n3
a precaution in case of an emergency;

- "he acted as a backstop in case anything went wrong";

v1
act as a backstop;

backstroke / b æ k s t ɹ oʊ k /
n1
a swimming stroke that resembles the crawl except the swimmer lies on his or her back;

v1
swim on one's back;

backstroker / b æ k s t ɹ oʊ k ə , b æ k s t ɹ oʊ k ə ɹ /
n1
someone who swims the backstroke;

backswept / b æ k s w ɛ p t /
a1
used of hair;

- syn. sweptback;

- sim. backward;

backswimmer
n1
predaceous aquatic insect that swims on its back and may inflict painful bites;

- syn. Notonecta undulata;

backsword / b æ k s ɔ d /
n1
a stick used instead of a sword for fencing;

- syn. fencing stick, singlestick;

n2
a sword with only one cutting edge;

backtalk / b æ k t ɔ k /
n1
an impudent or insolent rejoinder;

- "don't give me any of your sass";

- syn. back talk, lip, mouth, sass, sassing;

backtrack / b æ k t ɹ æ k /
v1
retrace one's course;

- "The hikers got into a storm and had to turn back";

- syn. double back, turn back;

backup / b æ k ʌ p /
n1
an accumulation caused by clogging or a stoppage;

- "a traffic backup on the main street";

- "he discovered a backup in the toilet";

n2
someone who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult);

- "the star had a stand-in for dangerous scenes";

- "we need extra employees for summer fill-ins";

- syn. backup man, fill-in, relief, reliever, stand-in, substitute;

n3
a musical part (vocal or instrumental) that supports or provides background for other musical parts;

- syn. accompaniment, musical accompaniment, support;

n4
(computer science) a copy of a file or directory on a separate storage device;

- "he made a backup in case the original was accidentally damaged or erased";

- syn. computer backup;

n5
the act of providing approval and support;

- "his vigorous backing of the conservatives got him in trouble with progressives";

- syn. backing, championship, patronage;

backup file
n1
(computer science) a computer file dedicated to storing and updating computer backups;

backup man
n1
someone who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult);

- "the star had a stand-in for dangerous scenes";

- "we need extra employees for summer fill-ins";

- syn. backup, fill-in, relief, reliever, stand-in, substitute;

backup system
n1
a computer system for making backups;

backward / b æ k w ə d /
a1
directed or facing toward the back or rear;

- "a backward view";

- also regressive, retrospective;

- sim. backswept, cacuminal, converse, inverse, rearward, receding, reflexive, regardant, retracted, retral, retroflex, returning;

a2
(used of temperament or behavior) marked by a retiring nature;

- "a backward lover";

- also timid;

- sim. bashful;

a3
retarded in intellectual development;

- syn. feebleminded, half-witted, slow-witted;

- sim. retarded;

a4
having made less than normal progress;

- "an economically backward country";

- sim. undynamic;

r1
at or to or toward the back or rear;

- "he moved back";

- "tripped when he stepped backward";

- "she looked rearward out the window of the car";

- syn. back, backwards, rearward, rearwards;

r2
in a manner or order or direction the reverse of normal;

- "it's easy to get the `i' and the `e' backward in words like `seize' and `siege'";

- "the child put her jersey on backward";

- syn. backwards;

r3
in or to or toward a past time;

- "set the clocks back an hour";

- "never look back";

- "lovers of the past looking fondly backward";

- syn. back;

backward and forward
r1
moving from one place to another and back again;

- "he traveled back and forth between Los Angeles and New York";

- "the treetops whipped to and fro in a frightening manner";

- "the old man just sat on the porch and rocked back and forth all day";

- syn. back and forth, to and fro;

backwardness / b æ k w ə d n ə s /
n1
lack of normal development of intellectual capacities;

- syn. mental retardation, retardation, slowness, subnormality;

backwards / b æ k w ə d z /
r1
at or to or toward the back or rear;

- "he moved back";

- "tripped when he stepped backward";

- "she looked rearward out the window of the car";

- syn. back, backward, rearward, rearwards;

r2
in a manner or order or direction the reverse of normal;

- "it's easy to get the `i' and the `e' backward in words like `seize' and `siege'";

- "the child put her jersey on backward";

- syn. backward;

backwash / b æ k w ɒ ʃ /
n1
the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller;

- syn. airstream, race, slipstream, wash;

n2
the consequences of an event (especially a catastrophic event);

- "the aftermath of war";

- "in the wake of the accident no one knew how many had been injured";

- syn. aftermath, wake;

n3
the wave that spreads behind a boat as it moves forward;

- "the motorboat's wake capsized the canoe";

- syn. wake;

backwater / b æ k w ɔ t ə , b æ k w ɔ t ə ɹ /
n1
a body of water that was created by a flood or tide or by being held or forced back by a dam;

- "the bayous and backwaters are breeding grounds for mosquitos";

n2
a place or condition in which no development or progress is occurring;

- "the country is an economic backwater";

backwoods / b æ k w ʊ d z /
n1
a remote and undeveloped area;

- syn. back country, boondocks, hinterland;

backwoodsman / b æ k w ʊ d z m ə n /
n1
a man who lives on the frontier;

- syn. frontiersman, mountain man;

backyard / b æ k j ɑ d /
n1
the grounds in back of a house;

bacon / b eɪ k ə n /
n1
back and sides of a hog salted and dried or smoked;

- usually sliced thin and fried;

n2
English scientist and Franciscan monk who stressed the importance of experimentation;

- first showed that air is required for combustion and first used lenses to correct vision (1220-1292);

- syn. Roger Bacon;

n3
English statesman and philosopher;

- precursor of British empiricism;

- advocated inductive reasoning (1561-1626);

- syn. 1st Baron Verulam, Baron Verulam, Francis Bacon, Sir Francis Bacon, Viscount St. Albans;

bacon-lettuce-tomato sandwich
n1
sandwich filled with slices of bacon and tomato with lettuce;

- syn. BLT;

bacon and eggs
n1
European forage plant having claw-shaped pods introduced in America;

- syn. Lotus corniculatus, babies' slippers, bird's foot clover, bird's foot trefoil;

n2
eggs (fried or scrambled) served with bacon;

bacon rind
n1
the rind of bacon;

bacon strip
n1
a slice of bacon;

bacteremia
n1
transient presence of bacteria (or other microorganisms) in the blood;

- syn. bacteriaemia, bacteriemia;

bacteremic
a1
of or relating to or having bacteremia;

bacteria / b æ k t ɪə ɹ ɪə /
n1
(microbiology) single-celled or noncellular spherical or spiral or rod-shaped organisms lacking chlorophyll that reproduce by fission;

- important as pathogens and for biochemical properties;

- taxonomy is difficult;

- often considered to be plants;

- syn. bacterium;

bacteria bed
n1
layer of sand or gravel used to expose sewage effluent to air and the action of microorganisms;

bacteria family
n1
a family of bacteria;

bacteria genus
n1
a genus of bacteria;

bacteria order
n1
an order of bacteria;

bacteria species
n1
a species of bacteria;

bacteriacide
n1
any chemical agent that destroys bacteria;

- syn. bactericide;

bacteriaemia
n1
transient presence of bacteria (or other microorganisms) in the blood;

- syn. bacteremia, bacteriemia;

bacterial / b æ k t ɪə ɹ ɪə ɫ /
a1
relating to or caused by bacteria;

- "bacterial infection";

bacterial plaque
n1
a film of mucus and bacteria deposited on the teeth that encourages the development of dental caries;

- syn. dental plaque;

bacterial toxin
n1
any endotoxin or exotoxin formed in or elaborated by bacterial cells;

bacterially / b æ k t ɪə ɹ ɪə ɫ i /
r1
by bacteria;

- "spreads bacterially";

bactericidal
a1
preventing infection by inhibiting the growth or action of microorganisms;

- syn. disinfectant, germicidal;

- sim. antiseptic;

bactericide
n1
any chemical agent that destroys bacteria;

- syn. bacteriacide;

n2
any drug that destroys bacteria or inhibits their growth;

- syn. antibacterial, antibacterial drug;

bacteriemia
n1
transient presence of bacteria (or other microorganisms) in the blood;

- syn. bacteremia, bacteriaemia;

bacteriochlorophyll
n1
a substance in photosensitive bacteria that is related to but different from chlorophyll of higher plants;

bacterioid
a1
resembling bacteria;

- syn. bacterioidal, bacteroid, bacteroidal;

bacterioidal
a1
resembling bacteria;

- syn. bacterioid, bacteroid, bacteroidal;

bacteriologic / b æ k t ɪə ɹ ɪə ɫ ɒ dʒ ɪ k /
a1
of or relating to bacteriology;

- syn. bacteriological;

bacteriological / b æ k t ɪə ɹ ɪə ɫ ɒ dʒ ɪ k ə ɫ /
a1
of or relating to bacteriology;

- syn. bacteriologic;

bacteriological warfare
n1
the use of harmful bacteria as a weapon;

- syn. germ warfare;

bacteriologist / b æ k t ɪə ɹ ɪ ɒ ɫ ə dʒ ɪ s t /
n1
a biologist who studies bacteria;

bacteriology / b æ k t ɪə ɹ ɪ ɒ ɫ ə dʒ i /
n1
the branch of medical science that studies bacteria in relation to disease;

bacteriolysis
n1
dissolution or destruction of bacteria;

bacteriolytic
a1
of or relating to or causing bacteriolysis;

bacteriophage
n1
a virus that is parasitic (reproduces itself) in bacteria;

- "phage uses the bacterium's machinery and energy to produce more phage until the bacterium is destroyed and phage is released to invade surrounding bacteria";

- syn. phage;

bacteriophagic
a1
of or relating to bacteriophages;

- syn. bacteriophagous;

bacteriophagous
a1
of or relating to bacteriophages;

- syn. bacteriophagic;

bacteriostasis
n1
inhibition of the growth of bacteria;

bacteriostat
n1
a chemical or biological material that inhibits bacterial growth;

bacteriostatic
a1
of or relating to or causing bacteriostasis;

bacterise
v1
subject to the action of bacteria;

- syn. bacterize;

bacterium / b æ k t ɪə ɹ ɪə m /
n1
(microbiology) single-celled or noncellular spherical or spiral or rod-shaped organisms lacking chlorophyll that reproduce by fission;

- important as pathogens and for biochemical properties;

- taxonomy is difficult;

- often considered to be plants;

- syn. bacteria;

bacterize / b æ k t ə ɹ aɪ z /
v1
subject to the action of bacteria;

- syn. bacterise;

bacteroid
n1
a rodlike bacterium (especially any of the rod-shaped or branched bacteria in the root nodules of nitrogen-fixing plants);

a1
resembling bacteria;

- syn. bacterioid, bacterioidal, bacteroidal;

Bacteroidaceae
n1
family of bacteria living usually in the alimentary canal or on mucous surfaces of warm-blooded animals;

- sometimes associated with acute infective processes;

- syn. family Bacteroidaceae;

bacteroidal
a1
resembling bacteria;

- syn. bacterioid, bacterioidal, bacteroid;

Bacteroides
n1
type genus of Bacteroidaceae;

- genus of Gram-negative rodlike anaerobic bacteria producing no endospores and no pigment and living in the gut of man and animals;

- syn. genus Bacteroides;

Bactrian camel
n1
two-humped camel of the cold deserts of central Asia;

- syn. Camelus bactrianus;

baculiform
a1
formed like a bacillus;

- syn. bacillar, bacillary, bacilliform, rod-shaped;

- sim. formed;

bad / b æ d /
n1
that which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency;

- "take the bad with the good";

- syn. badness;

a1
having undesirable or negative qualities;

- "a bad report card";

- "his sloppy appearance made a bad impression";

- "a bad little boy";

- "clothes in bad shape";

- "a bad cut";

- "bad luck";

- "the news was very bad";

- "the reviews were bad";

- "the pay is bad";

- "it was a bad light for reading";

- "the movie was a bad choice";

- also disobedient, evil, unfavorable, unfavourable, worse, worst;

- sim. atrocious, corked, deplorable, fearful, hard, hopeless, horrid, icky, ill, incompetent, mediocre, naughty, negative, pretty, rubber, severe, swingeing, uncool, unsuitable;

a2
very intense;

- "a bad headache";

- "in a big rage";

- "had a big (or bad) shock";

- "a bad earthquake";

- "a bad storm";

- syn. big;

- sim. intense;

a3
feeling physical discomfort or pain (`tough' is occasionally used colloquially for `bad');

- "my throat feels bad";

- "she felt bad all over";

- "he was feeling tough after a restless night";

- syn. tough;

- sim. uncomfortable;

a4
(of foodstuffs) not in an edible or usable condition;

- "bad meat";

- "a refrigerator full of spoilt food";

- syn. spoiled, spoilt;

- sim. stale;

a5
feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone;

- "felt regretful over his vanished youth";

- "regretful over mistakes she had made";

- "he felt bad about breaking the vase";

- syn. regretful, sorry;

- also penitent, repentant;

a6
not capable of being collected;

- "a bad (or uncollectible) debt";

- syn. uncollectible;

- sim. invalid;

a7
below average in quality or performance;

- "a bad chess player";

- "a bad recital";

- sim. inferior;

a8
nonstandard;

- "so-called bad grammar";

- sim. nonstandard;

a9
not financially safe or secure;

- "a bad investment";

- "high risk investments";

- "anything that promises to pay too much can't help being risky";

- "speculative business enterprises";

- syn. high-risk, risky, speculative;

- sim. unsound;

a10
physically unsound or diseased;

- "has a bad back";

- "a bad heart";

- "bad teeth";

- "an unsound limb";

- "unsound teeth";

- syn. unfit, unsound;

- sim. unhealthy;

a11
capable of harming;

- "bad air";

- "smoking is bad for you";

- sim. harmful;

a12
characterized by wickedness or immorality;

- "led a very bad life";

- sim. evil;

a13
reproduced fraudulently;

- "like a bad penny...";

- "a forged twenty dollar bill";

- syn. forged;

- sim. counterfeit;

a14
not working properly;

- "a bad telephone connection";

- "a defective appliance";

- syn. defective;

- sim. malfunctioning;

r1
with great intensity (`bad' is a nonstandard variant for `badly');

- "the injury hurt badly";

- "the buildings were badly shaken";

- "it hurts bad";

- "we need water bad";

- syn. badly;

r2
very much;

- strongly;

- "I wanted it badly enough to work hard for it";

- "the cables had sagged badly";

- "they were badly in need of help";

- "he wants a bicycle so bad he can taste it";

- syn. badly;

bad-mannered
a1
socially incorrect in behavior;

- "resentment flared at such an unmannered intrusion";

- syn. ill-mannered, rude, unmannered, unmannerly;

- sim. impolite;

bad-tempered
a1
annoyed and irritable;

- syn. crabbed, crabby, cross, fussy, grouchy, grumpy, ill-tempered;

- sim. ill-natured;

bad block
n1
(computer science) a block (usually one sector) that cannot reliably hold data;

bad blood
n1
a feeling of ill will arousing active hostility;

- syn. animosity, animus;

bad check
n1
a check that is dishonored on presentation because of insufficient funds;

- "issuing a bad check is a form of larceny";

- syn. bad cheque;

bad cheque
n1
a check that is dishonored on presentation because of insufficient funds;

- "issuing a bad check is a form of larceny";

- syn. bad check;

bad debt
n1
a debt that is unlikely to be repaid;

bad egg
n1
(old-fashioned slang) a bad person;

bad fairy
n1
a fairy that tends to cause harm;

bad guy
n1
any person who is not on your side;

bad hat
n1
someone who deliberately stirs up trouble;

- syn. mischief-maker, trouble maker, troublemaker, troubler;

Bad Lands
n1
an eroded and barren region in southwestern South Dakota and northwestern Nebraska;

- syn. Badlands;

bad luck
n1
an unfortunate state resulting from unfavorable outcomes;

- syn. ill luck, misfortune, tough luck;

n2
an unpredictable outcome that is unfortunate;

- "if I didn't have bad luck I wouldn't have any luck at all";

- syn. mischance, mishap;

n3
unnecessary and unforeseen trouble resulting from an unfortunate event;

- syn. misfortune;

bad manners
n1
impoliteness resulting from ignorance;

- syn. ill-breeding;

bad person
n1
a person who does harm to others;

bad temper
n1
a persisting angry mood;

- syn. ill temper;

bad weather
n1
weather unsuitable for outdoor activities;

- syn. inclemency, inclementness;

Badaga
n1
a member of an agricultural people of southern India;

n2
the dialect of Kannada that is spoken by the Badaga;

baddeleyite
n1
a mineral consisting of zirconium oxide;

baddie / b æ d d aɪ i /
n1
the principal bad character in a film or work of fiction;

- syn. villain;

Bade / b æ d /
n1
a Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria;

badge / b æ dʒ /
n1
an emblem (a small piece of plastic or cloth or metal) that signifies your status (rank or membership or affiliation etc.);

- "they checked everyone's badge before letting them in";

n2
any feature that is regarded as a sign of status (a particular power or quality or rank);

- "wearing a tie was regarded as a badge of respectability";

v1
put a badge on;

- "The workers here must be badged";

Badger / b æ dʒ ə , b æ dʒ ə ɹ /
n1
a native or resident of Wisconsin;

- syn. Wisconsinite;

n2
sturdy carnivorous burrowing mammal with strong claws;

- widely distributed in the northern hemisphere;

v1
annoy persistently;

- "The children teased the boy because of his stammer";

- syn. beleaguer, bug, pester, tease;

v2
persuade through constant efforts;

badger dog
n1
small long-bodied short-legged German breed of dog having a short sleek coat and long drooping ears;

- suited for following game into burrows;

- syn. dachshund, dachsie;

badger skunk
n1
large naked-muzzled skunk with white back and tail;

- of southwestern North America and Mexico;

- syn. Conepatus leuconotus, hog-nosed skunk, hognosed skunk, rooter skunk;

Badger State
n1
a midwestern state in north central United States;

- syn. WI, Wis., Wisc., Wisconsin;

badgerer
n1
someone who tries to embarrass you with gibes and questions and objections;

- syn. heckler;

badgering / b æ dʒ ə ɹ ɪ ŋ /
n1
the act of harassing someone;

- syn. bedevilment, torment, worrying;

badinage / b æ d ɪ n ɑ ʒ /
n1
frivolous banter;

badlands / b æ d ɫ æ n d z /
n1
deeply eroded barren land;

n2
an eroded and barren region in southwestern South Dakota and northwestern Nebraska;

- syn. Bad Lands;

Badlands National Park
n1
a national park in South Dakota having multicolored peaks and spires resulting from erosion;

- fossil sites;

badly / b æ d ɫ i /
r1
to a severe or serious degree;

- "fingers so badly frozen they had to be amputated";

- "badly injured";

- "a severely impaired heart";

- "is gravely ill";

- "was seriously ill";

- syn. gravely, seriously, severely;

r2
(`ill' is often used as a combining form) in a poor or improper or unsatisfactory manner;

- not well;

- "he was ill prepared";

- "it ill befits a man to betray old friends";

- "the car runs badly";

- "he performed badly on the exam";

- "the team played poorly";

- "ill-fitting clothes";

- "an ill-conceived plan";

- syn. ill, poorly;

r3
evilly or wickedly;

- "treated his parents badly";

- "to steal is to act badly";

r4
in a disobedient or naughty way;

- "he behaved badly in school";

- "he mischievously looked for a chance to embarrass his sister";

- "behaved naughtily when they had guests and was sent to his room";

- syn. mischievously, naughtily;

r5
with great intensity (`bad' is a nonstandard variant for `badly');

- "the injury hurt badly";

- "the buildings were badly shaken";

- "it hurts bad";

- "we need water bad";

- syn. bad;

r6
very much;

- strongly;

- "I wanted it badly enough to work hard for it";

- "the cables had sagged badly";

- "they were badly in need of help";

- "he wants a bicycle so bad he can taste it";

- syn. bad;

r7
without skill or in a displeasing manner;

- "she writes badly";

- "I think he paints very badly";

r8
in a disadvantageous way;

- to someone's disadvantage;

- "the venture turned out badly for the investors";

- "angry that the case was settled disadvantageously for them";

- syn. disadvantageously;

r9
unfavorably or with disapproval;

- "tried not to speak ill of the dead";

- "thought badly of him for his lack of concern";

- syn. ill;

r10
with unusual distress or resentment or regret or emotional display;

- "they took their defeat badly";

- "took her father's death badly";

- "conducted himself very badly at the time of the earthquake";

badminton / b æ d m ɪ n t ə n /
n1
a game played on a court with light long-handled rackets used to volley a shuttlecock over a net;

badminton court
n1
the court on which badminton is played;

badminton equipment
n1
equipment for playing the game of badminton;

badminton racket
n1
a light long-handled racket used by badminton players;

- syn. badminton racquet, battledore;

badminton racquet
n1
a light long-handled racket used by badminton players;

- syn. badminton racket, battledore;

badmouth / b æ d m aʊ ð /
v1
speak unfavorably about;

- "She badmouths her husband everywhere";

- syn. drag through the mud, malign, traduce;

badness / b æ d n ə s /
n1
that which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency;

- "take the bad with the good";

- syn. bad;

n2
used of the degree of something undesirable e.g. pain or weather;

- syn. severeness, severity;

n3
an attribute of mischievous children;

- syn. mischievousness, naughtiness;

Baeda
n1
(Roman Catholic Church) English monk and scholar (672-735);

- syn. Beda, Bede, Saint Baeda, Saint Beda, Saint Bede, St. Baeda, St. Beda, St. Bede, the Venerable Bede;

Baedeker
n1
German publisher of a series of travel guidebooks (1801-1859);

- syn. Karl Baedeker;

n2
any of a series of travel guidebooks published by the German firm founded by Karl Baedeker;

Baffin Bay
n1
a body of water between Greenland and northeastern Canada;

- connected with the Arctic Ocean to the north and with the Atlantic Ocean (via the Labrador Sea) to the south;

- icebound in winter;

Baffin Island
n1
the 5th largest island and the largest island of Arctic Canada;

- lies between Greenland and Hudson Bay;

baffle / b æ f ɫ /
n1
a flat plate that controls or directs the flow of fluid or energy;

- syn. baffle board;

v1
be a mystery or bewildering to;

- "This beats me!";

- "Got me--I don't know the answer!";

- "a vexing problem";

- "This question really stuck me";

- syn. amaze, beat, bewilder, dumbfound, flummox, get, gravel, mystify, nonplus, perplex, pose, puzzle, stick, stupefy, vex;

v2
hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of;

- "What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge";

- "foil your opponent";

- syn. bilk, cross, foil, frustrate, queer, scotch, spoil, thwart;

v3
restrain the emission of (sound, fluid, etc.);

- syn. regulate;

baffle board
n1
a flat plate that controls or directs the flow of fluid or energy;

- syn. baffle;

baffled / b æ f ɫ d /
n1
people who are frustrated and perplexed;

- "the children's faces clearly expressed the frustration of the baffled";

a1
perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements;

- filled with bewilderment;

- "obviously bemused by his questions";

- "bewildered and confused";

- "a cloudy and confounded philosopher";

- "just a mixed-up kid";

- "she felt lost on the first day of school";

- syn. at sea, befuddled, bemused, bewildered, confounded, confused, lost, mazed, mixed-up;

- sim. perplexed;

bafflement
n1
confusion resulting from failure to understand;

- syn. befuddlement, bemusement, bewilderment, mystification, obfuscation, puzzlement;

baffling / b æ f ɫ ɪ ŋ /
a1
making great mental demands;

- hard to comprehend or solve or believe;

- "a baffling problem";

- "I faced the knotty problem of what to have for breakfast";

- "a problematic situation at home";

- syn. elusive, knotty, problematic, problematical, tough;

- sim. difficult;

bag / b æ ɡ /
n1
a flexible container with a single opening;

- "he stuffed his laundry into a large bag";

n2
the quantity of game taken in a particular period (usually by one person);

- "his bag included two deer";

n3
a place that the runner must touch before scoring;

- "he scrambled to get back to the bag";

- syn. base;

n4
a container used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women);

- "she reached into her bag and found a comb";

- syn. handbag, pocketbook, purse;

n5
the quantity that a bag will hold;

- "he ate a large bag of popcorn";

- syn. bagful;

n6
a portable rectangular container for carrying clothes;

- "he carried his small bag onto the plane with him";

- syn. grip, suitcase, traveling bag, travelling bag;

n7
an ugly or ill-tempered woman;

- "he was romancing the old bag for her money";

- syn. old bag;

n8
mammary gland of bovids (cows and sheep and goats);

- syn. udder;

n9
an activity that you like or at which you are superior;

- "chemistry is not my cup of tea";

- "his bag now is learning to play golf";

- "marriage was scarcely his dish";

- syn. cup of tea, dish;

v1
capture or kill, as in hunting;

- "bag a few pheasants";

v2
hang loosely, like an empty bag;

v3
bulge out;

- form a bulge outward, or be so full as to appear to bulge;

- syn. bulge;

v4
take unlawfully;

- syn. pocket;

v5
put into a bag;

- "The supermarket clerk bagged the groceries";

bag-shaped
a1
shaped like a bag;

- sim. formed;

bag lady
n1
a homeless woman who carries all her possessions with her in shopping bags;

bag of tricks
n1
a supply of ways of accomplishing something;

- "every good mechanic has a large bag of tricks";

bagascosis
n1
alveolitis caused by inhaling bagasse (sugarcane dust);

- syn. bagassosis;

bagasse
n1
the dry dusty pulp that remains after juice is extracted from sugar cane or similar plants;

bagassosis
n1
alveolitis caused by inhaling bagasse (sugarcane dust);

- syn. bagascosis;

bagatelle / b æ ɡ ə t ɛ ɫ /
n1
a light piece of music for piano;

n2
something of little value or significance;

- syn. fluff, frippery, frivolity;

n3
a table game in which short cues are used to knock balls into holes that are guarded by wooden pegs;

- penalties are incurred if the pegs are knocked over;

- syn. bar billiards;

Bagdad / b æ ɡ d æ d /
n1
capital and largest city of Iraq;

- located on the Tigris River;

- "Baghdad is one of the great cities of the Muslim world";

- syn. Baghdad, capital of Iraq;

bagel
n1
(Yiddish) glazed yeast-raised doughnut-shaped roll with hard crust;

- syn. beigel;

bagful
n1
the quantity that a bag will hold;

- "he ate a large bag of popcorn";

- syn. bag;

baggage / b æ ɡ ɪ dʒ /
n1
cases used to carry belongings when traveling;

- syn. luggage;

n2
a worthless or immoral woman;

n3
the portable equipment and supplies of an army;

baggage car
n1
a railway car where passengers' bags are carried;

- syn. luggage van;

baggage claim
n1
an area in an airport where arriving passengers can collect the luggage that has been carried in the hold of the aircraft;

baggageman / b æ ɡ ɪ dʒ m æ n /
n1
an attendant who takes care of baggage;

bagger / b æ ɡ ə /
n1
a workman employed to pack things into containers;

- syn. boxer, packer;

n2
a machine for putting objects or substances into bags;

bagging / b æ ɡ ɪ ŋ /
n1
coarse fabric used for bags or sacks;

- syn. sacking;

baggy / b æ ɡ i /
a1
not fitting closely;

- hanging loosely;

- "baggy trousers";

- "a loose-fitting blouse is comfortable in hot weather";

- syn. loose-fitting, sloppy;

- sim. loose;

Baghdad / b æ ɡ d æ d /
n1
capital and largest city of Iraq;

- located on the Tigris River;

- "Baghdad is one of the great cities of the Muslim world";

- syn. Bagdad, capital of Iraq;

bagman / b æ ɡ m ə n /
n1
a salesman who travels to call on customers;

- syn. commercial traveler, commercial traveller, roadman, traveling salesman, travelling salesman;

n2
a racketeer assigned to collect or distribute payoff money;

bagnio / b ɑ n i oʊ /
n1
a building where prostitutes are available;

- syn. bawdyhouse, bordello, brothel, cathouse, house of ill repute, house of prostitution, sporting house, whorehouse;

n2
a building containing public baths;

- syn. bathhouse;

bagpipe / b æ ɡ p aɪ p /
n1
a tubular wind instrument;

- the player blows air into a bag and squeezes it out through the drone;

bagpiper / b æ ɡ p aɪ p ə /
n1
someone who plays the bagpipe;

- syn. piper;

baguet
n1
narrow French stick loaf;

- syn. baguette;

baguette
n1
narrow French stick loaf;

- syn. baguet;

Bahai
n1
a teacher of or believer in Bahaism;

a1
of or relating to Bahaism;

Bahaism
n1
a religion founded in Iran in 1863;

- emphasizes the spiritual unity of all humankind;

- incorporates Christian and Islamic tenets;

- many adherents live in the United States;

- "Bahaism has no public rituals or sacraments and praying is done in private";

Bahama grass
n1
trailing grass native to Europe now cosmopolitan in warm regions;

- used for lawns and pastures especially in southern United States and India;

- syn. Bermuda grass, Cynodon dactylon, devil grass, doob, kweek, scutch grass, star grass;

Bahama Islands
n1
island country in the Atlantic to the east of Florida and Cuba;

- a popular winter resort;

- syn. Bahamas, Commonwealth of the Bahamas;

Bahamas / b ə h ɑ m ə z /
n1
island country in the Atlantic to the east of Florida and Cuba;

- a popular winter resort;

- syn. Bahama Islands, Commonwealth of the Bahamas;

Bahamian / b ə h ɑ m ɪə n /
n1
a native or inhabitant of the Bahamas;

a1
of or relating to or characteristic of the Bahama Islands or their inhabitants;

- "Bahamian population";

Bahamian dollar
n1
the basic unit of money in the Bahamas;

Bahasa / b ə h ɑ z ə /
n1
the dialect of Malay used as the national language of the Republic of Indonesia or of Malaysia;

- syn. Bahasa Indonesia, Indonesian;

Bahasa Indonesia
n1
the dialect of Malay used as the national language of the Republic of Indonesia or of Malaysia;

- syn. Bahasa, Indonesian;

Bahasa Kebangsaan
n1
the Malay language spoken in Malaysia;

- syn. Bahasa Malaysia, Bahasa Melayu, Malaysian;

Bahasa Malaysia
n1
the Malay language spoken in Malaysia;

- syn. Bahasa Kebangsaan, Bahasa Melayu, Malaysian;

Bahasa Melayu
n1
the Malay language spoken in Malaysia;

- syn. Bahasa Kebangsaan, Bahasa Malaysia, Malaysian;

Bahia Blanca
n1
a port city in eastern Argentina to the southwest of Buenos Aires on an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean;

bahia coquilla
n1
Brazilian palm yielding fibers used in making ropes, mats, and brushes;

- syn. Attalea funifera, Bahia piassava, piassava palm, pissaba palm;

Bahia grass
n1
perennial tropical American grass used as pasture grass in arid areas of the Gulf States;

- syn. Paspalum notatum;

Bahia piassava
n1
Brazilian palm yielding fibers used in making ropes, mats, and brushes;

- syn. Attalea funifera, bahia coquilla, piassava palm, pissaba palm;

Bahrain / b ɑr eɪ n /
n1
an island in the Persian Gulf;

- syn. Bahrain Island, Bahrein, Bahrein Island;

n2
an island country in the Persian Gulf off the coast of Saudi Arabia;

- oil revenues funded progressive programs until reserves were exhausted in 1970s;

- syn. Bahrein, State of Bahrain;

Bahrain dinar
n1
the basic unit of money in Bahrain;

- equal to 1,000 fils;

- syn. dinar;

Bahrain Island
n1
an island in the Persian Gulf;

- syn. Bahrain, Bahrein, Bahrein Island;

Bahraini / b ɑr eɪ n i /
n1
a native or inhabitant of Bahrain;

- syn. Bahreini;

a1
of or relating to or characteristic of Bahrain or its people or language;

- "Bahraini beaches";

Bahrainian monetary unit
n1
monetary unit in Bahrain;

Bahrein
n1
an island in the Persian Gulf;

- syn. Bahrain, Bahrain Island, Bahrein Island;

n2
an island country in the Persian Gulf off the coast of Saudi Arabia;

- oil revenues funded progressive programs until reserves were exhausted in 1970s;

- syn. Bahrain, State of Bahrain;

Bahrein Island
n1
an island in the Persian Gulf;

- syn. Bahrain, Bahrain Island, Bahrein;

Bahreini
n1
a native or inhabitant of Bahrain;

- syn. Bahraini;

baht
n1
the basic unit of money in Thailand;

- syn. tical;

Bai
n1
the Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan;

- syn. Baic;

Baic
n1
the Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan;

- syn. Bai;

Baikal
n1
the largest freshwater lake in Asia or Europe and the deepest lake in the world;

- syn. Baykal, Lake Baikal, Lake Baykal;

bail / b eɪ ɫ /
n1
(criminal law) money that must be forfeited by the bondsman if an accused person fails to appear in court for trial;

- "the judge set bail at $10,000";

- "a $10,000 bond was furnished by an alderman";

- syn. bail bond, bond;

n2
the legal system that allows an accused person to be temporarily released from custody (usually on condition that a sum of money guarantees their appearance at trial);

- "he is out on bail";

v1
release after a security has been paid;

v2
deliver something in trust to somebody for a special purpose and for a limited period;

v3
secure the release of (someone) by providing security;

v4
empty (a vessel) by bailing;

v5
remove (water) from a vessel with a container;

bail bond
n1
(criminal law) money that must be forfeited by the bondsman if an accused person fails to appear in court for trial;

- "the judge set bail at $10,000";

- "a $10,000 bond was furnished by an alderman";

- syn. bail, bond;

bail out
v1
free on bail;

v2
remove (water) from a boat by dipping and throwing over the side;

- syn. bale out;

bailable / b eɪ ɫ ə b ɫ /
a1
admitting of bail;

- "a bailable offense";

- sim. permissive;

a2
eligible for bail;

- "a bailable defendant";

- sim. eligible;

bailee / b eɪ ɫ i /
n1
the agent to whom property involved in a bailment is delivered;

Bailey / b eɪ ɫ i /
n1
United States singer (1918-1990);

- syn. Pearl Bailey, Pearl Mae Bailey;

n2
English lexicographer who was the first to treat etymology consistently;

- his work was used as a reference by Samuel Johnson (died in 1742);

- syn. Nathan Bailey, Nathaniel Bailey;

n3
the outer courtyard of a castle;

n4
the outer defensive wall that surrounds the outer courtyard of a castle;

Bailey bridge
n1
a temporary bridge designed for rapid construction;

bailiff / b eɪ ɫ ɪ f /
n1
an officer of the court who is employed to execute writs and processes and make arrests etc.;

bailiffship
n1
the office of bailiff;

bailiwick / b eɪ ɫ ɪ w ɪ k /
n1
the area over which a bailiff has jurisdiction;

n2
a branch of knowledge;

- "in what discipline is his doctorate?";

- "teachers should be well trained in their subject";

- "anthropology is the study of human beings";

- syn. discipline, field, field of study, study, subject, subject area, subject field;

bailment / b eɪ ɫ m ə n t /
n1
the delivery of personal property in trust by the bailor to the bailee;

bailor / b eɪ ɫ ɔ , b eɪ ɫ ɔ ɹ /
n1
the person who delivers personal property (goods or money) in trust to the bailee in a bailment;

bain-marie
n1
a large pan that is filled with hot water;

- smaller pans containing food can be set in the larger pan to keep food warm or to cook food slowly;

Baiomys
n1
pygmy mice;

- syn. genus Baiomys;

Baiomys taylori
n1
very small dark greyish brown mouse resembling a house mouse;

- of Texas and Mexico;

- syn. pygmy mouse;

Bairava
n1
epithet of Siva;

- "the terrible Bairava";

Bairdiella
n1
drumfish;

- syn. genus Bairdiella;

Bairdiella chrysoura
n1
small silvery drumfish often mistaken for white perch;

- found along coasts of United States from New York to Mexico;

- syn. mademoiselle, silver perch;

Bairiki
n1
national capital of Kiribati;

- syn. Tarawa;

bairn / b eə n /
n1
a child: son or daughter;

baisa
n1
1,000 baiza equal 1 riyal-omani in Oman;

- syn. baiza;

Baisakh
n1
the second month of the Hindu calendar;

- syn. Vaisakha;

bait / b eɪ t /
n1
anything that serves as an enticement;

- syn. come-on, hook, lure, sweetener;

n2
something used to lure fish or other animals into danger so they can be trapped or killed;

- syn. decoy, lure;

v1
harass with persistent criticism or carping;

- "The children teased the new teacher";

- "Don't ride me so hard over my failure";

- "His fellow workers razzed him when he wore a jacket and tie";

- syn. cod, rag, rally, razz, ride, tantalise, tantalize, taunt, tease, twit;

v2
lure, entice, or entrap with bait;

v3
attack with dogs or set dogs upon;

bait and switch
n1
a deceptive way of selling that involves advertising a product at a very low price in order to attract customers who are then persuaded to switch to a more expensive product;

bait casting
n1
the single-handed rod casting of a relatively heavy (artificial) bait;

baiting / b eɪ t ɪ ŋ /
n1
harassment especially of a tethered animal;

baiza
n1
1,000 baiza equal 1 riyal-omani in Oman;

- syn. baisa;

baize / b eɪ z /
n1
a bright green fabric napped to resemble felt;

- used to cover gaming tables;

Baja California
n1
a mountainous peninsula on northwest Mexico;

- syn. Lower California;

bake / b eɪ k /
v1
cook and make edible by putting in a hot oven;

- "bake the potatoes";

v2
prepare with dry heat in an oven;

- "bake a cake";

v3
heat by a natural force;

- "The sun broils the valley in the summer";

- syn. broil;

v4
be very hot, due to hot weather or exposure to the sun;

- "The town was broiling in the sun";

- "the tourists were baking in the heat";

- syn. broil;

bakeapple
n1
creeping raspberry of north temperate regions with yellow or orange berries;

- syn. Rubus chamaemorus, baked-apple berry, cloudberry, dwarf mulberry, salmonberry;

baked / b eɪ k t /
a1
dried out by heat or excessive exposure to sunlight;

- "a vast desert all adust";

- "land lying baked in the heat";

- "parched soil";

- "the earth was scorched and bare";

- "sunbaked salt flats";

- syn. adust, parched, scorched, sunbaked;

- sim. dry;

a2
(bread and pastries) cooked by dry heat (as in an oven);

- "baked goods";

- sim. cooked;

baked-apple berry
n1
creeping raspberry of north temperate regions with yellow or orange berries;

- syn. Rubus chamaemorus, bakeapple, cloudberry, dwarf mulberry, salmonberry;

baked Alaska
n1
cake covered with ice cream and meringue browned quickly in an oven;

baked egg
n1
egg cooked individually in cream or butter in a small ramekin;

- syn. egg en cocotte, shirred egg;

baked goods
n1
foods (like breads and cakes and pastries) that are cooked in an oven;

baked potato
n1
potato that has been cooked by baking it in an oven;

bakehouse / b eɪ k h aʊ s /
n1
a workplace where baked goods (breads and cakes and pastries) are produced or sold;

- syn. bakery, bakeshop;

Bakelite / b eɪ k ə ɫ aɪ t /
n1
a thermosetting plastic used as electric insulators and for making plastic ware and telephone receivers etc.;

baker / b eɪ k ə , b eɪ k ə ɹ /
n1
someone who bakes commercially;

n2
someone who bakes bread or cake;

- syn. bread maker;

baker's dozen
n1
the cardinal number that is the sum of twelve and one;

- syn. 13, XIII, long dozen, thirteen;

baker's eczema
n1
allergic eczema caused by flour or other ingredients handled by bakers;

baker's yeast
n1
used as a leaven in baking and brewing;

- syn. Saccharomyces cerevisiae, brewer's yeast;

Bakersfield / b eɪ k ə z f i ɫ d /
n1
a city in south central California at the southern end of the San Joaquin Valley;

bakery / b eɪ k ə ɹ i /
n1
a workplace where baked goods (breads and cakes and pastries) are produced or sold;

- syn. bakehouse, bakeshop;

bakeshop / b eɪ k ʃ ɒ p /
n1
a workplace where baked goods (breads and cakes and pastries) are produced or sold;

- syn. bakehouse, bakery;

baking / b eɪ k ɪ ŋ /
n1
making bread or cake or pastry etc.;

n2
cooking by dry heat in an oven;

a1
as hot as if in an oven;

- syn. baking hot;

- sim. hot;

baking-powder biscuit
n1
leavened with baking powder;

baking chocolate
n1
pure unsweetened chocolate used in baking and icings and sauces and candy;

- syn. bitter chocolate, cooking chocolate;

baking hot
a1
as hot as if in an oven;

- syn. baking;

- sim. hot;

baking powder
n1
any of various powdered mixtures used in baking as a substitute for yeast;

baking soda
n1
a white soluble compound (NaHCO3) used in effervescent drinks and in baking powders and as an antacid;

- syn. bicarbonate of soda, saleratus, sodium bicarbonate, sodium hydrogen carbonate;

baking tray
n1
a cooking utensil consisting of a flat rectangular metal sheet used for baking cookies or biscuits;

- syn. cookie sheet;

Bakke decision
n1
a ruling by the Supreme Court on affirmative action;

- the Court ruled in 1978 that medical schools are entitled to consider race as a factor in their admission policy;

baklava
n1
rich Middle Eastern cake made of thin layers of flaky pastry filled with nuts and honey;

baksheesh / b æ k ʃ i ʃ /
n1
a relatively small amount of money given for services rendered (as by a waiter);

- syn. backsheesh, bakshis, bakshish, gratuity, pourboire, tip;

bakshis
n1
a relatively small amount of money given for services rendered (as by a waiter);

- syn. backsheesh, baksheesh, bakshish, gratuity, pourboire, tip;

bakshish / b æ k ʃ i ʃ /
n1
a relatively small amount of money given for services rendered (as by a waiter);

- syn. backsheesh, baksheesh, bakshis, gratuity, pourboire, tip;

Baku / b æ k u /
n1
a port city on the Caspian Sea that is the capital of Azerbaijan and an important center for oil production;

- syn. capital of Azerbaijan;

Bakunin
n1
Russian anarchist;

- ally and later opponent of Karl Marx (1814-1876);

- syn. Mikhail Aleksandrovich Bakunin, Mikhail Bakunin;

balaclava / b æ ɫ ə k ɫ ɑ v ə /
n1
a cap that is close-fitting and woolen and covers all of the head but the face;

- syn. balaclava helmet;

balaclava helmet
n1
a cap that is close-fitting and woolen and covers all of the head but the face;

- syn. balaclava;

Balaena
n1
type genus of the Balaenidae: Greenland whales;

- syn. genus Balaena;

Balaena mysticetus
n1
large-mouthed Arctic whale;

- syn. Greenland whale, bowhead, bowhead whale;

Balaeniceps
n1
type genus of the Balaenicipitidae: shoebills;

- syn. genus Balaeniceps;

Balaeniceps rex
n1
large stork-like bird of the valley of the White Nile with a broad bill suggesting a wooden shoe;

- syn. shoebill, shoebird;

Balaenicipitidae
n1
shoebills;

- syn. family Balaenicipitidae;

Balaenidae
n1
right whales;

- syn. family Balaenidae;

Balaenoptera
n1
type genus of the Balaenopteridae;

- syn. genus Balaenoptera;

Balaenoptera acutorostrata
n1
small finback of coastal waters of Atlantic and Pacific;

- syn. lesser rorqual, minke whale, piked whale;

Balaenoptera borealis
n1
similar to but smaller than the finback whale;

- syn. sei whale;

Balaenoptera musculus
n1
largest mammal ever known;

- bluish-grey migratory whalebone whale mostly of southern hemisphere;

- syn. blue whale, sulfur bottom;

Balaenoptera physalus
n1
large flat-headed whalebone whale having deep furrows along the throat;

- of Atlantic and Pacific;

- syn. common rorqual, fin whale, finback, finback whale;

Balaenopteridae
n1
rorquals;

- blue whales;

- syn. family Balaenopteridae;

balagan
n1
a word for chaos or fiasco borrowed from modern Hebrew (where it is a loan word from Russian);

- "it was utter and complete balagan!";

balalaika / b æ ɫ ə ɫ aɪ k ə /
n1
a stringed instrument that has a triangular body and three strings;

balance / b æ ɫ ə n s /
n1
a state of equilibrium;

n2
equality between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account;

n3
harmonious arrangement or relation of parts or elements within a whole (as in a design);

- "in all perfectly beautiful objects there is found the opposition of one part to another and a reciprocal balance"- John Ruskin;

- syn. proportion, proportionality;

n4
equality of distribution;

- syn. counterbalance, equilibrium, equipoise;

n5
something left after other parts have been taken away;

- "there was no remainder";

- "he threw away the rest";

- "he took what he wanted and I got the balance";

- syn. remainder, residual, residue, residuum, rest;

n6
the difference between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account;

n7
(astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Libra;

- syn. Libra;

n8
the seventh sign of the zodiac;

- the sun is in this sign from about September 23 to October 22;

- syn. Libra, Libra the Balance, Libra the Scales;

n9
(mathematics) an attribute of a shape or relation;

- exact reflection of form on opposite sides of a dividing line or plane;

- syn. correspondence, symmetricalness, symmetry;

n10
a weight that balances another weight;

- syn. counterbalance, counterpoise, counterweight, equaliser, equalizer;

n11
a wheel that regulates the rate of movement in a machine;

- especially a wheel oscillating against the hairspring of a timepiece to regulate its beat;

- syn. balance wheel;

n12
a scale for weighing;

- depends on pull of gravity;

v1
bring into balance or equilibrium;

- "She has to balance work and her domestic duties";

- "balance the two weights";

- syn. equilibrate, equilibrise, equilibrize;

v2
compute credits and debits of an account;

v3
hold or carry in equilibrium;

- syn. poise;

v4
be in equilibrium;

- "He was balancing on one foot";

balance-of-payments problem
n1
an economic problem caused by payments for imports being greater than receipts for exports;

balance beam
n1
a gymnastic apparatus used by women gymnasts;

- syn. beam;

balance of international payments
n1
a system of recording all of a country's economic transactions with the rest of the world over a period of one year;

- "a favorable balance of payments exists when more payments are coming in than going out";

- syn. balance of payments;

balance of payments
n1
a system of recording all of a country's economic transactions with the rest of the world over a period of one year;

- "a favorable balance of payments exists when more payments are coming in than going out";

- syn. balance of international payments;

balance of power
n1
an equilibrium of power between nations;

balance of trade
n1
the difference in value over a period of time of a country's imports and exports of merchandise;

- "a nation's balance of trade is favorable when its exports exceed its imports";

- syn. trade balance, trade gap, visible balance;

balance sheet
n1
a record of the financial situation of an institution on a particular date by listing its assets and the claims against those assets;

balance wheel
n1
a wheel that regulates the rate of movement in a machine;

- especially a wheel oscillating against the hairspring of a timepiece to regulate its beat;

- syn. balance;

balanced / b æ ɫ ə n s t /
a1
being in a state of proper equilibrium;

- "the carefully balanced seesaw";

- "a properly balanced symphony orchestra";

- "a balanced assessment of intellectual and cultural history";

- "a balanced blend of whiskeys";

- "the educated man shows a balanced development of all his powers";

- sim. counterbalanced, harmonious, poised, self-balancing, stable, well-balanced;

balanced budget
n1
a budget is balanced when current expenditures are equal to receipts;

balanced diet
n1
a diet that contains adequate amounts of all the necessary nutrients required for healthy growth and activity;

balancer / b æ ɫ ə n s ə , b æ ɫ ə n s ə ɹ /
n1
an acrobat who balances himself in difficult positions;

n2
either of the rudimentary hind wings of dipterous insects;

- used for maintaining equilibrium during flight;

- syn. halter, haltere;

Balanchine / b æ ɫ ə n tʃ aɪ n /
n1
United States dancer and choreographer (born in Russia) noted for his abstract and formal works (1904-1983);

- syn. George Balanchine;

balancing / b æ ɫ ə n s ɪ ŋ /
n1
getting two things to correspond;

- "the reconciliation of his checkbook and the bank statement";

- syn. reconciliation;

Balanidae
n1
stalkless barnacles;

- syn. family Balanidae;

balanitis
n1
inflammation of the head of the penis;

balanoposthitis
n1
inflammation of both the head of the penis and the foreskin;

Balanus
n1
type genus of the family Balanidae;

- syn. genus Balanus;

Balanus balanoides
n1
barnacle that attaches to rocks especially in intertidal zones;

- syn. acorn barnacle, rock barnacle;

Balarama
n1
elder brother of Krishna;

- an incarnation of Vishnu;

balas
n1
a pale rose-colored variety of the ruby spinel;

- syn. balas ruby;

balas ruby
n1
a pale rose-colored variety of the ruby spinel;

- syn. balas;

balata
n1
when dried yields a hard substance used e.g. in golf balls;

- syn. gutta balata;

n2
a tropical hardwood tree yielding balata gum and heavy red timber;

- syn. Manilkara bidentata, balata tree, beefwood, bully tree;

balata tree
n1
a tropical hardwood tree yielding balata gum and heavy red timber;

- syn. Manilkara bidentata, balata, beefwood, bully tree;

Balaton
n1
a large shallow lake in western Hungary;

- syn. Lake Balaton, Plattensee;

balboa
n1
the basic unit of money in Panama;

- equal to 100 centesimos;

n2
Spanish explorer who in 1513 crossed the Isthmus of Darien and became the first European to see the eastern shores of the Pacific Ocean (1475-1519);

- syn. Vasco Nunez de Balboa;

balbriggan
n1
a cotton knit fabric used for underwear;

balconied / b æ ɫ k ə n ɪ d /
a1
having balconies or a balcony;

- "the balconied houses of New Orleans";

balcony / b æ ɫ k ə n i /
n1
an upper floor projecting from the rear over the main floor in an auditorium;

n2
a platform projecting from the wall of a building and surrounded by a balustrade or railing or parapet;

bald / b ɔ ɫ d /
v1
grow bald;

- lose hair on one's head;

- "He is balding already";

a1
with no effort to conceal;

- "a barefaced lie";

- syn. barefaced;

- sim. overt;

a2
lacking hair on all or most of the scalp;

- "a bald pate";

- "a bald-headed gentleman";

- syn. bald-headed, bald-pated;

- sim. hairless;

a3
without the natural or usual covering;

- "a bald spot on the lawn";

- "bare hills";

- syn. denudate, denuded;

- sim. bare;

bald-faced
a1
(of animals) having white markings on the face;

- sim. faced;

a2
unrestrained by convention or propriety;

- "an audacious trick to pull";

- "a barefaced hypocrite";

- "the most bodacious display of tourism this side of Anaheim"- Los Angeles Times;

- "bald-faced lies";

- "brazen arrogance";

- "the modern world with its quick material successes and insolent belief in the boundless possibilities of progress"- Bertrand Russell;

- syn. audacious, barefaced, bodacious, brassy, brazen, brazen-faced, insolent;

- sim. unashamed;

bald-faced hornet
n1
North American hornet;

- syn. Vespula maculata, white-faced hornet;

bald-headed
a1
lacking hair on all or most of the scalp;

- "a bald pate";

- "a bald-headed gentleman";

- syn. bald, bald-pated;

- sim. hairless;

bald-pated
a1
lacking hair on all or most of the scalp;

- "a bald pate";

- "a bald-headed gentleman";

- syn. bald, bald-headed;

- sim. hairless;

bald cypress
n1
smaller than and often included in the closely related Taxodium distichum;

- syn. Taxodium ascendens, pond cypress;

n2
common cypress of southeastern United States having trunk expanded at base;

- found in coastal swamps and flooding river bottoms;

- syn. Taxodium distichum, pond bald cypress, southern cypress, swamp cypress;

bald eagle
n1
a large eagle of North America that has a white head and dark wings and body;

- syn. American eagle, Haliaeetus leucocephalus;

baldachin / b ɔ ɫ d ə k ɪ n /
n1
ornamented canopy supported by columns or suspended from a roof or projected from a wall (as over an altar);

Balder / b ɔ ɫ d ə , b ɔ ɫ d ə ɹ /
n1
(Norse mythology) god of light and peace and noted for his beauty and sweet nature;

- son of Odin and Frigg and husband of Nanna;

- killed by Hoth;

- syn. Baldr;

balderdash / b ɔ ɫ d ə d æ ʃ /
n1
trivial nonsense;

- syn. fiddle-faddle, piffle;

baldhead / b ɔ ɫ d h ɛ d /
n1
a person whose head is bald or shaved;

- syn. baldpate, baldy, skin, skinhead;

balding / b ɔ ɫ d ɪ ŋ /
a1
getting bald;

- sim. hairless;

baldly / b ɔ ɫ d ɫ i /
r1
in a bald manner;

- "this book is, to put it baldly, an uneven work.";

baldness / b ɔ ɫ d n ə s /
n1
the condition of having no hair on the top of the head;

- syn. phalacrosis;

baldpate / b ɔ ɫ d p æ t eɪ /
n1
a person whose head is bald or shaved;

- syn. baldhead, baldy, skin, skinhead;

n2
a widgeon the male of which has a white crown;

- syn. American widgeon, Anas americana;

Baldr
n1
(Norse mythology) god of light and peace and noted for his beauty and sweet nature;

- son of Odin and Frigg and husband of Nanna;

- killed by Hoth;

- syn. Balder;

baldric / b ɔ ɫ d ɹ ɪ k /
n1
a wide (ornamented) belt worn over the right shoulder to support a sword or bugle by the left hip;

- syn. baldrick;

baldrick / b ɔ ɫ d ɹ ɪ k /
n1
a wide (ornamented) belt worn over the right shoulder to support a sword or bugle by the left hip;

- syn. baldric;

Baldwin / b ɔ ɫ d w ɪ n /
n1
United States author who was an outspoken critic of racism (1924-1987);

- syn. James Arthur Baldwin, James Baldwin;

n2
English statesman;

- member of the Conservative Party (1867-1947);

- syn. 1st Earl Baldwin of Bewdley, Stanley Baldwin;

n3
an American eating apple with red or yellow and red skin;

baldy
n1
a person whose head is bald or shaved;

- syn. baldhead, baldpate, skin, skinhead;

bale / b eɪ ɫ /
n1
a large bundle bound for storage or transport;

n2
a city in northwestern Switzerland;

- syn. Basel, Basle;

v1
make into a bale;

- "bale hay";

bale out
v1
remove (water) from a boat by dipping and throwing over the side;

- syn. bail out;

Balearic Islands
n1
an archipelago in the western Mediterranean off the eastern coast of Spain;

baleen / b ə ɫ i n /
n1
a horny material from the upper jaws of certain whales;

- used as the ribs of fans or as stays in corsets;

- syn. whalebone;

baleen whale
n1
whale with plates of whalebone along the upper jaw for filtering plankton from the water;

- syn. whalebone whale;

balefire / b eɪ ɫ f aɪ ə ɹ /
n1
a large outdoor fire that is lighted as a signal or in celebration;

- syn. bonfire;

baleful / b eɪ ɫ f ə ɫ /
a1
deadly or sinister;

- "the Florida eagles have a fierce baleful look";

- syn. baneful;

- sim. maleficent;

a2
threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments;

- "a baleful look";

- "forbidding thunderclouds";

- "his tone became menacing";

- "ominous rumblings of discontent";

- "sinister storm clouds";

- "a sinister smile";

- "his threatening behavior";

- "ugly black clouds";

- "the situation became ugly";

- syn. forbidding, menacing, minacious, minatory, ominous, sinister, threatening;

- sim. alarming;

balefully / b eɪ ɫ f ə ɫ i /
r1
in a baleful manner;

- "she looked at him balefully";

balefulness / b eɪ ɫ f ə ɫ n ɛ s /
n1
the quality or nature of being harmful or evil;

- syn. maleficence, mischief;

Balenciaga
n1
Spanish fashion designer known for his stark elegant designs (1895-1972);

- syn. Cristobal Balenciaga;

Balfour
n1
English statesman;

- member of the Conservative Party (1848-1930);

- syn. 1st Earl of Balfour, Arthur James Balfour;

Bali
n1
an island in Indonesia to the east of Java;

- striking volcanic scenery;

- culture is known for elaborate dances and rituals and for handicrafts;

balibago
n1
shrubby tree widely distributed along tropical shores;

- yields a light tough wood used for canoe outriggers and a fiber used for cordage and caulk;

- often cultivated for ornament;

- syn. Hibiscus tiliaceus, mahagua, mahoe, majagua, purau;

Balinese
n1
the Indonesian language of the people of Bali;

baling wire
n1
wire used to make bales;

Balistes
n1
type genus of the Balistidae;

- syn. genus Balistes;

Balistes vetula
n1
tropical Atlantic fish;

- syn. Bessy cerca, oldwench, oldwife, queen triggerfish;

Balistidae
n1
triggerfishes;

- syn. family Balistidae;

balk / b ɔ k /
n1
the area on a billiard table behind the balkline;

- "a player with ball in hand must play from the balk";

- syn. baulk;

n2
something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress;

- syn. baulk, check, deterrent, handicap, hinderance, hindrance, impediment;

n3
one of several parallel sloping beams that support a roof;

- syn. baulk, rafter;

n4
an illegal pitching motion while runners are on base;

v1
refuse to comply;

- syn. baulk, jib, resist;

Balkan
n1
an inhabitant of the Balkan Peninsula;

Balkan country
n1
any one of the countries on the Balkan Peninsula;

- syn. Balkan nation, Balkan state;

Balkan Mountain Range
n1
the major mountain range of Bulgaria and the Balkan Peninsula;

- syn. Balkan Mountains, Balkans;

Balkan Mountains
n1
the major mountain range of Bulgaria and the Balkan Peninsula;

- syn. Balkan Mountain Range, Balkans;

Balkan nation
n1
any one of the countries on the Balkan Peninsula;

- syn. Balkan country, Balkan state;

Balkan Peninsula
n1
a large peninsula in southeastern Europe containing the Balkan Mountain Range;

- syn. Balkans;

Balkan state
n1
any one of the countries on the Balkan Peninsula;

- syn. Balkan country, Balkan nation;

Balkan Wars
n1
two wars (1912-1913) that were fought over the last of the European territories of the Ottoman Empire and that left the area around Constantinople (now Istanbul) as the only Ottoman territory in Europe;

Balkanise
v1
divide a territory into small, hostile states;

- syn. Balkanize;

Balkanize
v1
divide a territory into small, hostile states;

- syn. Balkanise;

Balkans
n1
the major mountain range of Bulgaria and the Balkan Peninsula;

- syn. Balkan Mountain Range, Balkan Mountains;

n2
a large peninsula in southeastern Europe containing the Balkan Mountain Range;

- syn. Balkan Peninsula;

n3
the Balkan countries collectively;

balker / b ɔ k ə , b ɔ k ə ɹ /
n1
a person who refuses to comply;

- syn. baulker, noncompliant;

balkiness / b ɔ k ɪ n ə s /
n1
likely to stop abruptly and unexpectedly;

balking / b ɔ k ɪ ŋ /
a1
stopping short and refusing to go on;

- "a balking";

- "a balky mule";

- "a balky customer";

- syn. balky;

- sim. intractable;

balkline
n1
line across a billiard table behind which the cue balls are placed at the start of a game;

- syn. baulk-line, string line;

balky
a1
stopping short and refusing to go on;

- "a balking";

- "a balky mule";

- "a balky customer";

- syn. balking;

- sim. intractable;

ball / b ɔ ɫ /
n1
round object that is hit or thrown or kicked in games;

- "the ball travelled 90 mph on his serve";

- "the mayor threw out the first ball";

- "the ball rolled into the corner pocket";

n2
a solid projectile that is shot by a musket;

- "they had to carry a ramrod as well as powder and ball";

- syn. musket ball;

n3
an object with a spherical shape;

- "a ball of fire";

- syn. globe, orb;

n4
the people assembled at a lavish formal dance;

- "the ball was already emptying out before the fire alarm sounded";

n5
one of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens;

- "she kicked him in the balls and got away";

- syn. ballock, bollock, egg, nut, orchis, testicle, testis;

n6
a spherical object used as a plaything;

- "he played with his rubber ball in the bathtub";

n7
United States comedienne best known as the star of a popular television program (1911-1989);

- syn. Lucille Ball;

n8
a compact mass;

- "a ball of mud caught him on the shoulder";

- syn. chunk, clod, clump, glob, lump;

n9
a lavish dance requiring formal attire;

- syn. formal;

n10
a more or less rounded anatomical body or mass;

- "the ball at the base of the thumb";

- "he stood on the balls of his feet";

n11
a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players;

- teams take turns at bat trying to score runs;

- "he played baseball in high school";

- "there was a baseball game on every empty lot";

- "there was a desire for National League ball in the area";

- "play ball!";

- syn. baseball, baseball game;

n12
a pitch that is not in the strike zone;

- "he threw nine straight balls before the manager yanked him";

v1
form into a ball by winding or rolling;

- "ball wool";

ball-and-socket joint
n1
a freely moving joint in which a sphere on the head of one bone fits into a rounded cavity in the other bone;

- syn. articulatio spheroidea, cotyloid joint, enarthrodial joint, enarthrosis, spheroid joint;

n2
a joint that can rotate within a socket;

ball-breaker
n1
a demanding woman who destroys men's confidence;

- syn. ball-buster;

n2
a job or situation that is demanding and arduous and punishing;

- "Vietnam was a ball-breaker";

- syn. ball-buster;

ball-buster
n1
a demanding woman who destroys men's confidence;

- syn. ball-breaker;

n2
a job or situation that is demanding and arduous and punishing;

- "Vietnam was a ball-breaker";

- syn. ball-breaker;

ball-hawking
a1
used of a player skilled in stealing the ball or robbing a batter of a hit;

- "a ball-hawking center fielder";

- sim. skilled;

ball-peen hammer
n1
a hammer with one round and one flat end;

- used in working metal;

ball-shaped
a1
having the shape of a sphere or ball;

- "a spherical object";

- "nearly orbicular in shape";

- "little globular houses like mud-wasp nests"- Zane Grey;

- syn. global, globose, globular, orbicular, spheric, spherical;

- sim. round;

ball and chain
n1
heavy iron ball attached to a prisoner by a chain;

ball bearing
n1
bearings containing small metal balls;

- syn. needle bearing, roller bearing;

ball boy
n1
a boy who retrieves balls for tennis players;

ball carrier
n1
(football) the player who is carrying (and trying to advance) the ball on an offensive play;

- syn. runner;

ball cartridge
n1
a general purpose cartridge having a primer and a ball and a full charge of powder;

ball club
n1
a team of professional baseball players who play and travel together;

- "each club played six home games with teams in its own division";

- syn. baseball club, club, nine;

ball cock
n1
floating ball that controls level in a water tank;

- syn. ballcock;

ball fern
n1
feathery fern of tropical Asia and Malaysia;

- syn. Davalia bullata, Davalia bullata mariesii, Davallia Mariesii, squirrel's-foot fern;

ball field
n1
the baseball playing field;

- syn. baseball field, diamond;

ball game
n1
a field game played with a ball (especially baseball);

- syn. ballgame;

ball gown
n1
the most formal gown;

- worn to a ball;

ball hawk
n1
a team athlete who is skilled at stealing or catching the ball;

ball hawking
n1
a skillful maneuver in catching balls or in stealing the ball from the opposing team;

ball nettle
n1
coarse prickly weed having pale yellow flowers and yellow berrylike fruit;

- common throughout southern and eastern United States;

- syn. Solanum carolinense, ball nightshade, bull nettle, horse nettle;

ball nightshade
n1
coarse prickly weed having pale yellow flowers and yellow berrylike fruit;

- common throughout southern and eastern United States;

- syn. Solanum carolinense, ball nettle, bull nettle, horse nettle;

ball of fire
n1
a highly energetic and indefatigable person;

- syn. fireball, human dynamo, powerhouse;

n2
someone whose career progresses rapidly;

- syn. go-getter, whiz-kid, whizz-kid;

ball over
v1
surprise greatly;

- knock someone's socks off;

- "I was floored when I heard that I was promoted";

- syn. blow out of the water, floor, shock, take aback;

ball up
v1
make a mess of, destroy or ruin;

- "I botched the dinner and we had to eat out";

- "the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement";

- syn. blow, bobble, bodge, bollix, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up, botch, botch up, bumble, bungle, flub, fluff, foul up, fuck up, fumble, louse up, mess up, mishandle, muck up, muff, screw up, spoil;

ball valve
n1
any valve that checks flow by the seating of a ball;

ballad / b æ ɫ ə d /
n1
a narrative song with a recurrent refrain;

- syn. lay;

n2
a narrative poem of popular origin;

- syn. lay;

ballad maker
n1
a composer of words or music for popular songs;

- syn. songster, songwriter;

ballade / b æ ɫ ɑ d /
n1
a poem consisting of 3 stanzas and an envoy;

balladeer / b æ ɫ ɑ d ə , b æ ɫ ɑ d ə ɹ /
n1
a singer of popular ballads;

- syn. crooner;

ballast / b æ ɫ ə s t /
n1
any heavy material used to stabilize a ship or airship;

n2
coarse gravel laid to form a bed for streets and railroads;

n3
an attribute that tends to give stability in character and morals;

- something that steadies the mind or feelings;

n4
a resistor inserted into a circuit to compensate for changes (as those arising from temperature fluctuations);

- syn. ballast resistor, barretter;

n5
an electrical device for starting and regulating fluorescent and discharge lamps;

- syn. light ballast;

v1
make steady with a ballast;

ballast resistor
n1
a resistor inserted into a circuit to compensate for changes (as those arising from temperature fluctuations);

- syn. ballast, barretter;

ballcock / b ɔ ɫ k ɒ k /
n1
floating ball that controls level in a water tank;

- syn. ball cock;

balldress
n1
a suit or dress for formal occasions;

ballerina / b æ ɫ ə ɹ i n ə /
n1
a female ballet dancer;

- syn. danseuse;

ballet / b æ ɫ eɪ /
n1
a theatrical representation of a story that is performed to music by trained dancers;

- syn. concert dance;

n2
music written for a ballet;

ballet company
n1
a company that produces ballets;

ballet dancer
n1
a trained dancer who is a member of a ballet company;

ballet master
n1
a man who directs and teaches and rehearses dancers for a ballet company;

ballet mistress
n1
a woman who directs and teaches and rehearses dancers for a ballet company;

ballet position
n1
classical position of the body and especially the feet in ballet;

ballet skirt
n1
very short skirt worn by ballerinas;

- syn. tutu;

balletic
a1
characteristic of or resembling or suitable for ballet;

balletomane
n1
a ballet enthusiast;

balletomania
n1
extraordinary enthusiasm for ballets;

ballgame / b ɔ ɫ ɡ eɪ m /
n1
a particular situation that is radically different from the preceding situation;

- "HDTV looks the same but it's really a whole new ballgame";

- syn. new ballgame;

n2
a field game played with a ball (especially baseball);

- syn. ball game;

ballista / b ə ɫ ɪ s t ə /
n1
an engine that provided medieval artillery used during sieges;

- a heavy war engine for hurling large stones and other missiles;

- syn. arbalest, arbalist, bricole, catapult, mangonel, onager, trebuchet, trebucket;

ballistic / b ə ɫ ɪ s t ɪ k /
a1
relating to or characteristic of the motion of objects moving under their own momentum and the force of gravity;

- "ballistic missile";

ballistic capsule
n1
a craft capable of traveling in outer space;

- technically, a satellite around the sun;

- syn. space vehicle, spacecraft;

ballistic fingerprinting
n1
identification of the gun that fired a bullet from an analysis of the unique marks that every gun makes on the bullet it fires and on the shell ejected from it;

- syn. ballistic identification, bullet fingerprinting;

ballistic galvanometer
n1
a moving-coil galvanometer that measures electric charge;

ballistic identification
n1
identification of the gun that fired a bullet from an analysis of the unique marks that every gun makes on the bullet it fires and on the shell ejected from it;

- syn. ballistic fingerprinting, bullet fingerprinting;

ballistic missile
n1
a missile that is guided in the first part of its flight but falls freely as it approaches target;

Ballistic Missile Defense Organization
n1
an agency in the Department of Defense that is responsible for making ballistic missile defense a reality;

- syn. BMDO;

ballistic pendulum
n1
a physical pendulum consisting of a large mass suspended from a rod;

- when it is struck by a projectile its displacement is used to measure the projectile's velocity;

ballistic trajectory
n1
the trajectory of an object in free flight;

- syn. ballistics;

ballistics / b ə ɫ ɪ s t ɪ k s /
n1
the trajectory of an object in free flight;

- syn. ballistic trajectory;

n2
the science of flight dynamics;

Ballistite
n1
an explosive (trade name Ballistite) that burns with relatively little smoke;

- contains pyrocellulose and is used as a propellant;

- syn. smokeless powder;

ballistocardiogram
n1
a graphical recording made by a ballistocardiograph;

ballistocardiograph
n1
a medical instrument that measures the mechanical force of cardiac contractions and the amount of blood passing through the heart during a specified period by measuring the recoil of the body as blood is pumped from the ventricles;

- syn. cardiograph;

ballock / b ɒ ɫ ə k /
n1
one of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens;

- "she kicked him in the balls and got away";

- syn. ball, bollock, egg, nut, orchis, testicle, testis;

balloon / b ə ɫ u n /
n1
large tough nonrigid bag filled with gas or heated air;

n2
small thin inflatable rubber bag with narrow neck;

v1
ride in a hot-air balloon;

- "He tried to balloon around the earth but storms forced him to land in China";

v2
become inflated;

- "The sails ballooned";

- syn. billow, inflate;

balloon bomb
n1
a bomb carried by a balloon;

- "In World War II the Japanese launched balloon bombs against North America";

- syn. Fugo;

balloon flower
n1
fragrant puffed-up white to reddish-pink flowers in long narrow clusters on erect stems;

- Arizona to New Mexico and Utah;

- syn. Penstemon palmeri, scented penstemon;

balloon sail
n1
any light loose sail;

balloon seat
n1
a seat that has a bell shape (on some 18th century chairs);

- syn. bell seat;

balloon vine
n1
woody perennial climbing plant with large ornamental seed pods that resemble balloons;

- tropical India and Africa and America;

- syn. Cardiospermum halicacabum, heart pea;

balloonfish
n1
similar to but smaller than porcupinefish;

- syn. Diodon holocanthus;

ballooning / b ə ɫ u n ɪ ŋ /
n1
flying in a balloon;

balloonist / b ə ɫ u n ɪ s t /
n1
someone who flies a balloon;

ballot / b æ ɫ ə t /
n1
a document listing the alternatives that is used in voting;

n2
a choice that is made by counting the number of people in favor of each alternative;

- "there were only 17 votes in favor of the motion";

- "they allowed just one vote per person";

- syn. balloting, vote, voting;

v1
vote by ballot;

- "The voters were balloting in this state";

ballot box
n1
a box where voters deposit their ballots;

Ballota
n1
perennial herbs or subshrubs of especially Mediterranean area: black horehound;

- syn. genus Ballota;

Ballota nigra
n1
ill-smelling European herb with rugose leaves and whorls of dark purple flowers;

- syn. black archangel, black horehound, fetid horehound, stinking horehound;

balloting / b æ ɫ ə t ɪ ŋ /
n1
a choice that is made by counting the number of people in favor of each alternative;

- "there were only 17 votes in favor of the motion";

- "they allowed just one vote per person";

- syn. ballot, vote, voting;

ballottement
n1
a palpatory technique for feeling a floating object in the body (especially for determining the position of a fetus by feeling the rebound of the fetus after a quick digital tap on the wall of the uterus);

ballpark / b ɔ ɫ p ɑ k /
n1
a facility in which ball games are played (especially baseball games);

- "take me out to the ballpark";

- syn. park;

n2
near to the scope or range of something;

- "his answer wasn't even in the right ballpark";

- syn. approximate range;

ballpen / b ɔ ɫ p ɛ n /
n1
a pen that has a small metal ball as the point of transfer of ink to paper;

- syn. Biro, ballpoint, ballpoint pen;

ballplayer / b ɔ ɫ p ɫ eɪ ə /
n1
an athlete who plays baseball;

- syn. baseball player;

ballpoint / b ɔ ɫ p ɔɪ n t /
n1
a pen that has a small metal ball as the point of transfer of ink to paper;

- syn. Biro, ballpen, ballpoint pen;

ballpoint pen
n1
a pen that has a small metal ball as the point of transfer of ink to paper;

- syn. Biro, ballpen, ballpoint;

ballroom / b ɔ ɫ ɹ u m /
n1
large room used mainly for dancing;

- syn. dance hall, dance palace;

ballroom dance
n1
any of a variety of social dances performed by couples in a ballroom;

- syn. ballroom dancing;

ballroom dancing
n1
any of a variety of social dances performed by couples in a ballroom;

- syn. ballroom dance;

ballroom music
n1
a genre of popular music composed for ballroom dancing;

- syn. dance music, danceroom music;

balls-up / b ɑ ɫ z ʌ p /
n1
something badly botched or muddled;

- syn. ballup, cockup, mess-up;

ballup
n1
something badly botched or muddled;

- syn. balls-up, cockup, mess-up;

bally / b æ ɫ i /
a1
informal intensifiers;

- "what a bally (or blinking) nuisance";

- "a bloody fool";

- "a crashing bore";

- "you flaming idiot";

- syn. blinking, bloody, blooming, crashing, flaming, fucking;

- sim. unmitigated;

ballyhoo / b æ ɫ ɪ h u /
n1
blatant or sensational promotion;

- syn. hoopla, hype, plug;

v1
advertize noisily or blatantly;

ballyhoo artist
n1
someone who uses exaggerated or lurid material in order to gain public attention;

- syn. sensationalist;

ballyrag / b æ ɫ ɪr æ ɡ /
v1
be bossy towards;

- "Her big brother always bullied her when she was young";

- syn. boss around, browbeat, bully, bullyrag, hector, push around, strong-arm;

balm / b ɑ m /
n1
any of various aromatic resinous substances used for healing and soothing;

n2
semisolid preparation (usually containing a medicine) applied externally as a remedy or for soothing an irritation;

- syn. ointment, salve, unction, unguent;

balm of Gilead
n1
medium-sized fir of northeastern North America;

- leaves smell of balsam when crushed;

- much used for pulpwood and Christmas trees;

- syn. Abies balsamea, Canada balsam, balsam fir;

n2
a fragrant oleoresin;

n3
small evergreen tree of Africa and Asia;

- leaves have a strong aromatic odor when bruised;

- syn. Commiphora meccanensis;

balmily
r1
in a mildly insane manner;

- "the old lady is beginning to behave quite dottily";

- syn. daftly, dottily, nuttily, wackily;

balminess
n1
the quality of weather that is deliciously mild and soothing;

- "the day's heat faded into balminess";

- "the climate had the softness of the south of France";

- syn. softness;

balmoral / b ɑ m ɔ ɹ ə ɫ /
n1
a sturdy laced walking shoe;

n2
a brimless dark blue Scottish cap with a flat top and a plume on one side;

- syn. bluebonnet;

Balmoral Castle
n1
a castle in northeastern Scotland that is a private residence of the British sovereign;

balmy / b ɑ m i /
a1
informal or slang terms for mentally irregular;

- "it used to drive my husband balmy";

- syn. around the bend, barmy, bats, batty, bonkers, buggy, cracked, crackers, daft, dotty, fruity, haywire, kookie, kooky, loco, loony, loopy, nuts, nutty, round the bend, wacky, whacky;

- sim. insane;

a2
mild and pleasant;

- "balmy days and nights";

- "the climate was mild and conducive to life or growth";

- "a soft breeze";

- syn. mild, soft;

- sim. clement;

Balochi
n1
an Iranian language spoken in Pakistan and Iran and Afghanistan and Russia and the Persian gulf;

- syn. Baluchi;

baloney / b ə ɫ oʊ n i /
n1
pretentious or silly talk or writing;

- syn. bilgewater, boloney, bosh, drool, humbug, taradiddle, tarradiddle, tommyrot, tosh, twaddle;

balsa / b ɔ ɫ s ə /
n1
strong lightweight wood of the balsa tree used especially for floats;

- syn. balsa wood;

n2
forest tree of lowland Central America having a strong very light wood;

- used for making floats and rafts and in crafts;

- syn. Ochroma lagopus;

balsa raft
n1
a light raft made of balsa;

- syn. Kon Tiki;

balsa wood
n1
strong lightweight wood of the balsa tree used especially for floats;

- syn. balsa;

balsam / b ɔ ɫ s ə m /
n1
any seed plant yielding balsam;

n2
any of various fragrant oleoresins used in medicines and perfumes;

n3
an ointment containing a fragrant resin;

balsam-scented
a1
smelling of balsam resin;

- sim. odorous;

balsam apple
n1
a tropical Old World flowering vine with red or orange warty fruit;

- syn. Momordica balsamina;

balsam capivi
n1
an oleoresin used in varnishes and ointments;

- syn. copaiba, copaiba balsam;

balsam family
n1
distinguished from the family Geraniaceae by the irregular flowers;

- syn. Balsaminaceae, family Balsaminaceae;

balsam fir
n1
medium-sized fir of northeastern North America;

- leaves smell of balsam when crushed;

- much used for pulpwood and Christmas trees;

- syn. Abies balsamea, Canada balsam, balm of Gilead;

balsam herb
n1
tansy-scented Eurasian perennial herb with buttonlike yellow flowers;

- used as potherb or salad green and sometimes for potpourri or tea or flavoring;

- sometimes placed in genus Chrysanthemum;

- syn. Chrysanthemum balsamita, Tanacetum balsamita, alecost, bible leaf, costmary, mint geranium;

balsam of Peru
n1
dark brown syrupy balsam from the Peruvian balsam tree used especially in dressing wounds and treating certain skin diseases;

balsam of tolu
n1
aromatic yellowish brown balsam from the tolu balsam tree used especially in cough syrups;

- syn. tolu, tolu balsam;

balsam pear
n1
tropical Old World vine with yellow-orange fruit;

- syn. Momordica charantia;

balsam poplar
n1
poplar of northeastern North America with broad heart-shaped leaves;

- syn. Populus balsamifera, hackmatack, tacamahac;

balsam willow
n1
small shrubby tree of eastern North America having leaves exuding an odor of balsam when crushed;

- syn. Salix pyrifolia;

balsam woolly aphid
n1
a variety of adelgid;

- syn. Adelges piceae;

balsamic / b ɔ ɫ s æ m ɪ k /
a1
of or relating to or containing balsam;

- "a balsamic fragrance";

- syn. balsamy;

Balsaminaceae
n1
distinguished from the family Geraniaceae by the irregular flowers;

- syn. balsam family, family Balsaminaceae;

Balsamorhiza
n1
genus of coarse western American herbs with large roots containing an aromatic balsam;

- syn. genus Balsamorhiza;

balsamroot
n1
a plant of the genus Balsamorhiza having downy leaves in a basal rosette and yellow flowers and long balsam-scented taproots;

balsamy
a1
of or relating to or containing balsam;

- "a balsamic fragrance";

- syn. balsamic;

Balthasar
n1
(New Testament) one of the three sages from the east who came bearing gifts for the infant Jesus;

- syn. Balthazar;

Balthazar
n1
(New Testament) one of the three sages from the east who came bearing gifts for the infant Jesus;

- syn. Balthasar;

Baltic / b ɔ ɫ t ɪ k /
n1
a sea in northern Europe;

- stronghold of the Russian navy;

- syn. Baltic Sea;

n2
a branch of the Indo-European family of languages related to the Slavonic languages;

- Baltic languages have preserved many archaic features that are believed to have existed in Proto-Indo European;

- syn. Baltic language;

a1
of or pertaining to or characteristic of the Baltic States or their peoples or languages;

a2
of or near or on the Baltic Sea;

- "The Baltic republics";

Baltic-Finnic
n1
a group of Finnic languages including Finnish and Estonian;

Baltic language
n1
a branch of the Indo-European family of languages related to the Slavonic languages;

- Baltic languages have preserved many archaic features that are believed to have existed in Proto-Indo European;

- syn. Baltic;

Baltic Republic
n1
European countries bordering the Baltic Sea;

- syn. Baltic State;

Baltic Sea
n1
a sea in northern Europe;

- stronghold of the Russian navy;

- syn. Baltic;

Baltic State
n1
European countries bordering the Baltic Sea;

- syn. Baltic Republic;

Baltimore / b ɔ ɫ t ɪ m ɔ , b ɔ ɫ t ɪ m ɔ ɹ /
n1
the largest city in Maryland;

- a major seaport and industrial center;

Baltimore bird
n1
eastern subspecies of northern oriole;

- syn. Baltimore oriole, Icterus galbula galbula, firebird, hangbird;

Baltimore oriole
n1
eastern subspecies of northern oriole;

- syn. Baltimore bird, Icterus galbula galbula, firebird, hangbird;

Balto-Slavic
n1
a family of Indo-European languages including the Slavic and Baltic languages;

- syn. Balto-Slavic language, Balto-Slavonic;

Balto-Slavic language
n1
a family of Indo-European languages including the Slavic and Baltic languages;

- syn. Balto-Slavic, Balto-Slavonic;

Balto-Slavonic
n1
a family of Indo-European languages including the Slavic and Baltic languages;

- syn. Balto-Slavic, Balto-Slavic language;

Baluchi
n1
an Iranian language spoken in Pakistan and Iran and Afghanistan and Russia and the Persian gulf;

- syn. Balochi;

baluster / b æ ɫ ə s t ə , b æ ɫ ə s t ə ɹ /
n1
one of a number of closely spaced supports for a railing;

balusters / b æ ɫ ə s t ə z /
n1
a railing at the side of a staircase or balcony to prevent people from falling;

- syn. balustrade, banister, bannister, handrail;

balustrade / b æ ɫ ə s t ɹ eɪ d /
n1
a railing at the side of a staircase or balcony to prevent people from falling;

- syn. balusters, banister, bannister, handrail;

Balzac
n1
French novelist;

- he portrays the complexity of 19th century French society (1799-1850);

- syn. Honore Balzac, Honore de Balzac;

Balzacian
a1
of or relating to Honore de Balzac or his writings;

Bam
n1
an ancient city in southeastern Iran;

- destroyed by an earthquake in 2003;

n2
a sudden very loud noise;

- syn. bang, blast, clap, eruption;

Bamako
n1
the capital of Mali;

- located in the south on the Niger;

bambino / b æ m b i n oʊ /
n1
a young child;

- syn. toddler, tot, yearling;

bamboo / b æ m b u /
n1
the hard woody stems of bamboo plants;

- used in construction and crafts and fishing poles;

n2
woody tropical grass having hollow woody stems;

- mature canes used for construction and furniture;

bamboo curtain
n1
an ideological barrier around communist China especially in the 1950s and 1960s;

bamboo fern
n1
fast-growing sturdy Japanese fern;

- cultivated for their attractive broad dark-green pinnate fronds;

- syn. Coniogramme japonica;

bamboo palm
n1
small graceful palm with reedlike stems and leaf bases clothed with loose coarse fibers;

- syn. Rhapis excelsa, fern rhapis, miniature fan palm;

n2
a palm of the genus Raffia;

- syn. Raffia vinifera;

bamboo shoot
n1
edible young shoots of bamboo;

bamboozle / b æ m b u z ɫ /
v1
conceal one's true motives from especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end;

- "He bamboozled his professors into thinking that he knew the subject well";

- syn. hoodwink, lead by the nose, play false, pull the wool over someone's eyes, snow;

Bambusa
n1
tall tender clumping bamboos;

- syn. genus Bambusa;

Bambusa vulgaris
n1
extremely vigorous bamboo having thin-walled culms striped green and yellow;

- so widely cultivated that native area is uncertain;

- syn. common bamboo;

Bambuseae
n1
bamboos;

- syn. tribe Bambuseae;

ban / b æ n /
n1
a decree that prohibits something;

- syn. prohibition, proscription;

n2
100 bani equal 1 leu in Moldova;

n3
100 bani equal 1 leu in Romania;

n4
an official prohibition or edict against something;

- syn. banning, forbiddance, forbidding;

n5
a bachelor's degree in nursing;

- syn. Bachelor of Arts in Nursing;

v1
forbid the public distribution of ( a movie or a newspaper);

- syn. censor;

v2
prohibit especially by legal means or social pressure;

- "Smoking is banned in this building";

v3
ban from a place of residence, as for punishment;

- syn. banish;

v4
expel from a community or group;

- syn. banish, blackball, cast out, ostracise, ostracize, shun;

banal / b ə n ɑ ɫ /
a1
repeated too often;

- overfamiliar through overuse;

- "bromidic sermons";

- "his remarks were trite and commonplace";

- "hackneyed phrases";

- "a stock answer";

- "repeating threadbare jokes";

- "parroting some timeworn axiom";

- "the trite metaphor `hard as nails'";

- syn. commonplace, hackneyed, old-hat, shopworn, stock, threadbare, timeworn, tired, trite, well-worn;

- sim. unoriginal;

banality / b ə n æ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
a trite or obvious remark;

- syn. bromide, cliche, commonplace, platitude;

banana / b ə n ɑ n ə /
n1
any of several tropical and subtropical treelike herbs of the genus Musa having a terminal crown of large entire leaves and usually bearing hanging clusters of elongated fruits;

- syn. banana tree;

n2
elongated crescent-shaped yellow fruit with soft sweet flesh;

banana boat
n1
a ship designed to transport bananas;

banana bread
n1
moist bread containing banana pulp;

banana family
n1
treelike tropical Asian herbs;

- syn. Musaceae, family Musaceae;

banana oil
n1
a liquid ester derived from amyl alcohol;

- has the odor of bananas;

banana passion fruit
n1
cultivated for fruit;

- syn. Passiflora mollissima;

banana peel
n1
the skin of a banana (especially when it is stripped off and discarded);

- "he slipped on a banana skin and almost fell";

- syn. banana skin;

banana quit
n1
any of several honeycreepers;

banana republic
n1
a small country (especially in Central America) that is politically unstable and whose economy is dominated by foreign companies and depends on one export (such as bananas);

banana skin
n1
the skin of a banana (especially when it is stripped off and discarded);

- "he slipped on a banana skin and almost fell";

- syn. banana peel;

banana split
n1
a banana split lengthwise and topped with scoops of ice cream and sauces and nuts and whipped cream;

banana tree
n1
any of several tropical and subtropical treelike herbs of the genus Musa having a terminal crown of large entire leaves and usually bearing hanging clusters of elongated fruits;

- syn. banana;

banausic
a1
(formal) ordinary and not refined;

- "he felt contempt for all banausic occupations";

- sim. ordinary;

band / b æ n d /
n1
an unofficial association of people or groups;

- "the smart set goes there";

- "they were an angry lot";

- syn. circle, lot, set;

n2
instrumentalists not including string players;

n3
a stripe or stripes of contrasting color;

- "chromosomes exhibit characteristic bands";

- "the black and yellow banding of bees and wasps";

- syn. banding, stria, striation;

n4
an adornment consisting of a strip of a contrasting color or material;

- syn. banding, stripe;

n5
a group of musicians playing popular music for dancing;

- syn. dance band, dance orchestra;

n6
a range of frequencies between two limits;

n7
a thin flat strip of flexible material that is worn around the body or one of the limbs (especially to decorate the body);

n8
a cord-like tissue connecting two larger parts of an anatomical structure;

- syn. isthmus;

n9
jewelry consisting of a circlet of precious metal (often set with jewels) worn on the finger;

- "she had rings on every finger";

- "he noted that she wore a wedding band";

- syn. ring;

n10
a driving belt in machinery;

n11
a thin flat strip or loop of flexible material that goes around or over something else, typically to hold it together or as a decoration;

n12
a strip of material attached to the leg of a bird to identify it (as in studies of bird migration);

- syn. ring;

n13
a restraint put around something to hold it together;

v1
bind or tie together, as with a band;

v2
attach a ring to the foot of, in order to identify;

- "ring birds";

- "band the geese to observe their migratory patterns";

- syn. ring;

band-tail pigeon
n1
wild pigeon of western North America;

- often mistaken for the now extinct passenger pigeon;

- syn. Columba fasciata, band-tailed pigeon, bandtail;

band-tailed pigeon
n1
wild pigeon of western North America;

- often mistaken for the now extinct passenger pigeon;

- syn. Columba fasciata, band-tail pigeon, bandtail;

Band Aid
n1
trade name for an adhesive bandage to cover small cuts or blisters;

n2
hurried repair;

- syn. quick fix, quickie, quicky;

Band of Partisans
n1
an extremist Palestinian Sunni group active in Lebanon in the early 1990s that advocates Salafism;

- responsible for murders and bombings;

- seeks to overthrow the Lebanese government and control Palestinian refugee camps;

- funded by al-Qaeda;

- syn. Asbat al-Ansar;

band oneself
v1
attach oneself to a group;

- syn. league together;

band saw
n1
an endless saw consisting of a toothed metal band that is driven around two wheels;

- syn. bandsaw;

band together
v1
form a group or unite;

- "The groups banded together";

- syn. confederate;

bandage / b æ n d ɪ dʒ /
n1
a piece of soft material that covers and protects an injured part of the body;

- syn. patch;

v1
wrap around with something so as to cover or enclose;

- syn. bind;

v2
dress by covering or binding;

- "The nurse bandaged a sprained ankle";

- "bandage an incision";

bandaged / b æ n d ɪ dʒ d /
a1
covered or wrapped with a bandage;

- "the bandaged wound on the back of his head";

- "an injury bound in fresh gauze";

- syn. bound;

- sim. treated;

bandaging / b æ n d ɪ dʒ ɪ ŋ /
n1
the act of applying a bandage;

- syn. binding, dressing;

bandana / b æ n d ɑ n ə /
n1
large and brightly colored handkerchief;

- often used as a neckerchief;

- syn. bandanna;

bandanna / b æ n d æ n ə /
n1
large and brightly colored handkerchief;

- often used as a neckerchief;

- syn. bandana;

bandbox / b æ n d b ɒ k s /
n1
a light cylindrical box for holding light articles of attire (especially hats);

bandeau / b æ n d oʊ /
n1
an undergarment worn by women to support their breasts;

- syn. bra, brassiere;

banded / b æ n d ɪ d /
a1
identified with a band especially around a leg;

- "kept watch for the return of their banded birds";

a2
marked with bands or strips of contrasting color or texture;

- "a banded rock";

- sim. patterned;

a3
characterized by a band of especially white around the body;

- "banded cattle";

- sim. belted;

banded adder
n1
sluggish krait banded with black and yellow;

- syn. Bungarus fasciatus, banded krait;

banded anteater
n1
small Australian marsupial having long snout and strong claws for feeding on termites;

- nearly extinct;

- syn. Myrmecobius fasciatus, anteater, numbat;

banded gecko
n1
any of several geckos with dark bands across the body and differing from typical geckos in having movable eyelids;

- of United States southwest and Florida Gulf Coast;

banded krait
n1
sluggish krait banded with black and yellow;

- syn. Bungarus fasciatus, banded adder;

banded palm civet
n1
an East Indian civet;

- syn. Hemigalus hardwickii;

banded purple
n1
North American butterfly with blue-black wings crossed by a broad white band;

- syn. Limenitis arthemis, white admiral;

banded rattlesnake
n1
widely distributed in rugged ground of eastern United States;

- syn. Crotalus horridus horridus, timber rattlesnake;

banded rudderfish
n1
fish having the habit of following ships;

- found in North American and South American coastal waters;

- syn. Seriola zonata, rudderfish;

banded sand snake
n1
a sand snake of southwestern United States;

- lives in fine to coarse sand or loamy soil in which it `swims';

- banding resembles that of coral snakes;

- syn. Chilomeniscus cinctus;

banded stilt
n1
web-footed Australian stilt with reddish-brown pectoral markings;

- syn. Cladorhyncus leucocephalum;

banded water snake
n1
in some classifications placed in the genus Nerodia;

- western United States snake that seldom ventures far from water;

- syn. Natrix sipedon, Nerodia sipedon, common water snake;

bandelet
n1
molding in the form of a ring;

- at top of a column;

- syn. annulet, bandelette, bandlet, square and rabbet;

bandelette
n1
molding in the form of a ring;

- at top of a column;

- syn. annulet, bandelet, bandlet, square and rabbet;

banderilla
n1
a decorated dart that is implanted in the neck or shoulders of the bull during a bull fight;

banderillero
n1
the bullfighter who implants decorated darts (banderillas) into the neck or shoulders of the bull during a bull fight;

bandicoot / b æ n d ɪ k u t /
n1
any of various agile ratlike terrestrial marsupials of Australia and adjacent islands;

- insectivorous and herbivorous;

bandicoot rat
n1
burrowing scaly-tailed rat of India and Ceylon;

- syn. mole rat;

banding / b æ n d ɪ ŋ /
n1
a stripe or stripes of contrasting color;

- "chromosomes exhibit characteristic bands";

- "the black and yellow banding of bees and wasps";

- syn. band, stria, striation;

n2
an adornment consisting of a strip of a contrasting color or material;

- syn. band, stripe;

bandit / b æ n d ɪ t /
n1
an armed thief who is (usually) a member of a band;

- syn. brigand;

banditry / b æ n d ɪ t ɹ i /
n1
the practice of plundering in gangs;

bandleader / b æ n d ɫ i d ə , b æ n d ɫ i d ə ɹ /
n1
the leader of a dance band;

bandlet
n1
molding in the form of a ring;

- at top of a column;

- syn. annulet, bandelet, bandelette, square and rabbet;

bandmaster / b æ n d m ɑ s t ə , b æ n d m ɑ s t ə ɹ /
n1
the conductor of a band;

bandoleer / b æ n d ə ɫ ɪə , b æ n d ə ɫ ɪə ɹ /
n1
a broad cartridge belt worn over the shoulder by soldiers;

- syn. bandolier;

bandolier / b æ n d ə ɫ ɪə , b æ n d ə ɫ ɪə ɹ /
n1
a broad cartridge belt worn over the shoulder by soldiers;

- syn. bandoleer;

bandoneon
n1
a type of concertina popular in South America;

bandsaw / b æ n d s ɔ /
n1
an endless saw consisting of a toothed metal band that is driven around two wheels;

- syn. band saw;

bandsman / b æ n d z m ə n /
n1
a player in a band (especially a military band);

bandstand / b æ n d s t æ n d /
n1
a platform where a (brass) band can play in the open air;

- syn. outdoor stage, stand;

bandtail
n1
wild pigeon of western North America;

- often mistaken for the now extinct passenger pigeon;

- syn. Columba fasciata, band-tail pigeon, band-tailed pigeon;

Bandung / b æ n d ə ŋ /
n1
a city in Indonesia;

- located on western Java (southeast of Jakarta);

- a resort known for its climate;

bandwagon / b æ n d w æ ɡ ə n /
n1
a popular trend that attracts growing support;

- "when they saw how things were going everybody jumped on the bandwagon";

n2
a large ornate wagon for carrying a musical band;

- "the gaudy bandwagon led the circus parade";

bandwagon effect
n1
the phenomenon of a popular trend attracting even greater popularity;

- "in periods of high merger activity there is a bandwagon effect with more and more firms seeking to engage in takeover activity";

- "polls are accused of creating a bandwagon effect to benefit their candidate";

bandwidth / b æ n d w ɪ t θ /
n1
a data transmission rate;

- the maximum amount of information (bits/second) that can be transmitted along a channel;

bandy / b æ n d i /
v1
toss or strike a ball back and forth;

v2
exchange blows;

v3
discuss lightly;

- "We bandied around these difficult questions";

- syn. kick around;

a1
have legs that curve outward at the knees;

- syn. bandy-legged, bowed, bowleg, bowlegged;

- sim. unfit;

bandy-legged / b æ n d ɪ ɫ ɛ ɡ ɪ d /
a1
have legs that curve outward at the knees;

- syn. bandy, bowed, bowleg, bowlegged;

- sim. unfit;

bandy about
v1
discuss casually;

- "bandy about an idea";

bandy leg
n1
a leg bowed outward at the knee (or below the knee);

- syn. bandyleg, bow leg, bowleg, genu varum, tibia vara;

bandy legs
n1
outward curvature of the legs;

- syn. bow leg, bow legs;

bandyleg
n1
a leg bowed outward at the knee (or below the knee);

- syn. bandy leg, bow leg, bowleg, genu varum, tibia vara;

bane / b eɪ n /
n1
something causing misery or death;

- "the bane of my life";

- syn. curse, nemesis, scourge;

baneberry
n1
a poisonous berry of a plant of the genus Actaea;

n2
a plant of the genus Actaea having acrid poisonous berries;

- syn. cohosh, herb Christopher;

baneful / b eɪ n f ə ɫ /
a1
exceedingly harmful;

- syn. deadly, pernicious, pestilent;

- sim. noxious;

a2
deadly or sinister;

- "the Florida eagles have a fierce baleful look";

- syn. baleful;

- sim. maleficent;

banefully / b eɪ n f ə ɫ i /
r1
in a noxiously baneful way;

- "this banefully poisoned climate";

- syn. perniciously;

Banff
n1
a popular vacation spot in the Canadian Rockies;

bang / b æ ŋ /
n1
a vigorous blow;

- "the sudden knock floored him";

- "he took a bash right in his face";

- "he got a bang on the head";

- syn. bash, belt, knock, smash;

n2
a sudden very loud noise;

- syn. bam, blast, clap, eruption;

n3
a border of hair that is cut short and hangs across the forehead;

- syn. fringe;

n4
the swift release of a store of affective force;

- "they got a great bang out of it";

- "what a boot!";

- "he got a quick rush from injecting heroin";

- "he does it for kicks";

- syn. boot, charge, flush, kick, rush, thrill;

n5
a conspicuous success;

- "that song was his first hit and marked the beginning of his career";

- "that new Broadway show is a real smasher";

- "the party went with a bang";

- syn. hit, smash, smasher, strike;

v1
strike violently;

- "slam the ball";

- syn. slam;

v2
to produce a sharp often metallic explosive or percussive sound;

- "One of them banged the sash of the window nearest my bed";

v3
close violently;

- "He slammed the door shut";

- syn. slam;

v4
move noisily;

- "The window banged shut";

- "The old man banged around the house";

v5
have sexual intercourse with;

- "This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm";

- "Adam knew Eve";

- "Were you ever intimate with this man?";

- syn. be intimate, bed, bonk, do it, eff, fuck, get it on, get laid, have a go at it, have intercourse, have it away, have it off, have sex, hump, jazz, know, lie with, love, make love, make out, roll in the hay, screw, sleep together, sleep with;

v6
leap, jerk, bang;

- "Bullets spanged into the trees";

- syn. spang;

r1
directly;

- "he ran bang into the pole";

- "ran slap into her";

- syn. bolt, slap, slapdash, smack;

Bang's disease
n1
an infectious disease of domestic animals often resulting in spontaneous abortion;

- transmittable to human beings;

- syn. brucellosis, contagious abortion;

bang-up
a1
very good;

- "he did a bully job";

- "a neat sports car";

- "had a great time at the party";

- "you look simply smashing";

- "we had a grand old time";

- syn. bully, corking, cracking, dandy, great, groovy, keen, neat, nifty, not bad, old, peachy, slap-up, smashing, swell;

- sim. good;

bang out
v1
play loudly;

- "They banged out `The star-spangled banner'";

bang up
v1
damage or destroy as if by violence;

- "The teenager banged up the car of his mother";

- syn. smash, smash up;

v2
make pregnant;

- "He impregnated his wife again";

- syn. impregnate, knock up, prang up;

Bangalore / b æ ŋ ɡ ə ɫ ɔ , b æ ŋ ɡ ə ɫ ɔ ɹ /
n1
an industrial city in south central India (west of Chennai);

bangalore torpedo
n1
a metal pipe filled with explosive, used to detonate land mines or to clear a path through barbed wire;

banger / b æ ŋ ə , b æ ŋ ə ɹ /
n1
(British informal) pork sausage;

n2
firework consisting of a small explosive charge and fuse in a heavy paper casing;

- syn. cracker, firecracker;

Bangiaceae
n1
a family of protoctist;

- syn. family Bangiaceae;

banging / b æ ŋ ɪ ŋ /
n1
a continuing very loud noise;

n2
the act of subjecting to strong attack;

- syn. battering;

a1
(used informally) very large;

- "a thumping loss";

- syn. humongous, thumping, walloping, whopping;

- sim. large;

Bangkok / b æ ŋ k ɒ k /
n1
the capital and largest city and chief port of Thailand;

- a leading city in southeastern Asia;

- noted for Buddhist architecture;

- syn. Krung Thep, capital of Thailand;

Bangla
n1
a Magadhan language spoken by the Bengali people;

- the official language of Bangladesh and Bengal;

- syn. Bengali;

Bangla Desh
n1
a Muslim republic in southern Asia bordered by India to the north and west and east and the Bay of Bengal to the south;

- formerly part of India and then part of Pakistan;

- it achieved independence in 1971;

- syn. Bangladesh, East Pakistan, People's Republic of Bangladesh;

Bangladesh / b æ ŋ ɡ ɫ ə d ɛ ʃ /
n1
a Muslim republic in southern Asia bordered by India to the north and west and east and the Bay of Bengal to the south;

- formerly part of India and then part of Pakistan;

- it achieved independence in 1971;

- syn. Bangla Desh, East Pakistan, People's Republic of Bangladesh;

Bangladeshi / b æ ŋ ɡ ɫ ə d ɛ ʃ i /
n1
a native or inhabitant of Bangladesh;

a1
of or relating to or characteristic of Bangladesh or its people or language;

- "Bangladeshi dialects";

- syn. East Pakistani;

Bangladeshi monetary unit
n1
monetary unit in Bangladesh;

bangle / b æ ŋ ɡ ɫ /
n1
jewelry worn around the wrist for decoration;

- syn. bracelet;

n2
cheap showy jewelry or ornament on clothing;

- syn. bauble, fallal, gaud, gewgaw, novelty, trinket;

Bangor / b æ ŋ ɡ ə , b æ ŋ ɡ ə ɹ /
n1
a town in east central Maine on the Penobscot River;

n2
a university town in northwestern Wales on the Menai Strait;

n3
a town in southeastern Northern Ireland;

bangtail / b æ ŋ t eɪ ɫ /
n1
a horse bred for racing;

- syn. race horse, racehorse;

Bangui
n1
the capital and largest city of the Central African Republic;

- syn. capital of Central Africa;

banian / b æ n j ə n /
n1
East Indian tree that puts out aerial shoots that grow down into the soil forming additional trunks;

- syn. East Indian fig tree, Ficus bengalensis, Indian banyan, banian tree, banyan, banyan tree;

n2
a loose fitting jacket;

- originally worn in India;

- syn. banyan;

banian tree
n1
East Indian tree that puts out aerial shoots that grow down into the soil forming additional trunks;

- syn. East Indian fig tree, Ficus bengalensis, Indian banyan, banian, banyan, banyan tree;

banish / b æ n ɪ ʃ /
v1
expel from a community or group;

- syn. ban, blackball, cast out, ostracise, ostracize, shun;

v2
ban from a place of residence, as for punishment;

- syn. ban;

v3
expel, as if by official decree;

- "he was banished from his own country";

- syn. bar, relegate;

v4
drive away;

- "banish bad thoughts";

- "banish gloom";

banishment / b æ n ɪ ʃ m ə n t /
n1
the state of being banished or ostracized (excluded from society by general consent);

- "the association should get rid of its elderly members--not by euthanasia, of course, but by Coventry";

- syn. Coventry, ostracism;

n2
rejection by means of an act of banishing or proscribing someone;

- syn. proscription;

banister / b æ n ɪ s t ə , b æ n ɪ s t ə ɹ /
n1
a railing at the side of a staircase or balcony to prevent people from falling;

- syn. balusters, balustrade, bannister, handrail;

banjo / b æ n dʒ oʊ /
n1
a stringed instrument of the guitar family that has long neck and circular body;

Banjul
n1
a port city and capital of Gambia;

- syn. capital of Gambia;

bank / b æ ŋ k /
n1
sloping land (especially the slope beside a body of water);

- "they pulled the canoe up on the bank";

- "he sat on the bank of the river and watched the currents";

n2
a financial institution that accepts deposits and channels the money into lending activities;

- "he cashed a check at the bank";

- "that bank holds the mortgage on my home";

- syn. banking company, banking concern, depository financial institution;

n3
a long ridge or pile;

- "a huge bank of earth";

n4
an arrangement of similar objects in a row or in tiers;

- "he operated a bank of switches";

n5
a supply or stock held in reserve for future use (especially in emergencies);

n6
the funds held by a gambling house or the dealer in some gambling games;

- "he tried to break the bank at Monte Carlo";

n7
a slope in the turn of a road or track;

- the outside is higher than the inside in order to reduce the effects of centrifugal force;

- syn. camber, cant;

n8
a container (usually with a slot in the top) for keeping money at home;

- "the coin bank was empty";

- syn. coin bank, money box, savings bank;

n9
a building in which the business of banking transacted;

- "the bank is on the corner of Nassau and Witherspoon";

- syn. bank building;

n10
a flight maneuver;

- aircraft tips laterally about its longitudinal axis (especially in turning);

- "the plane went into a steep bank";

v1
tip laterally;

- "the pilot had to bank the aircraft";

v2
enclose with a bank;

- "bank roads";

v3
do business with a bank or keep an account at a bank;

- "Where do you bank in this town?";

v4
act as the banker in a game or in gambling;

v5
be in the banking business;

v6
put into a bank account;

- "She deposits her paycheck every month";

- syn. deposit;

v7
cover with ashes so to control the rate of burning;

- "bank a fire";

v8
have faith or confidence in;

- "you can count on me to help you any time";

- "Look to your friends for support";

- "You can bet on that!";

- "Depend on your family in times of crisis";

- syn. bet, calculate, count, depend, look, reckon, rely, swear;

bank-depositor relation
n1
the responsibility of a bank to act in the best interests of the depositors;

bank account
n1
a fund that a customer has entrusted to a bank and from which the customer can make withdrawals;

- "he moved his bank account to a new bank";

bank bill
n1
a piece of paper money (especially one issued by a central bank);

- "he peeled off five one-thousand-zloty notes";

- syn. Federal Reserve note, bank note, banker's bill, banknote, bill, government note, greenback, note;

bank building
n1
a building in which the business of banking transacted;

- "the bank is on the corner of Nassau and Witherspoon";

- syn. bank;

bank card
n1
a credit card issued by a bank;

bank charter
n1
a charter authorizing the operation of a bank;

bank check
n1
a written order directing a bank to pay money;

- "he paid all his bills by check";

- syn. check, cheque;

bank clerk
n1
an employee of a bank who receives and pays out money;

- syn. cashier, teller;

bank closing
n1
act of closing down a bank because of a fiscal emergency or failure;

bank commissioner
n1
a commissioner appointed to supervise banks;

- a state superintendent of banks;

bank deposit
n1
money deposited in a bank or some similar institution;

- syn. deposit;

bank discount
n1
interest on an annual basis deducted in advance on a loan;

- syn. discount, discount rate;

bank draft
n1
a draft drawn by a bank against funds deposited in another bank;

- syn. banker's draft;

bank examination
n1
an examination of the affairs and records of a bank by a state or federal bank examiner;

bank examiner
n1
an examiner appointed to audit the accounts of banks in a given jurisdiction;

bank failure
n1
the inability of a bank to meet its credit obligations;

bank gravel
n1
gravel as found in natural deposits;

- syn. pit-run gravel, pit run;

bank guard
n1
a security guard at a bank;

bank holding company
n1
a holding company owning or controlling one or more banks;

bank holiday
n1
any of several weekdays when banks are closed;

- a legal holiday in Britain;

bank identification number
n1
an identification number consisting of a two-part code assigned to banks and savings associations;

- the first part shows the location and the second identifies the bank itself;

- syn. ABA transit number, BIN;

bank line
n1
the maximum credit that a customer is allowed;

- syn. credit line, line, line of credit, personal credit line, personal line of credit;

bank loan
n1
a loan made by a bank;

- to be repaid with interest on or before a fixed date;

bank manager
n1
manager of a branch office of a bank;

bank martin
n1
swallow of the northern hemisphere that nests in tunnels dug in clay or sand banks;

- syn. Riparia riparia, bank swallow, sand martin;

bank note
n1
a piece of paper money (especially one issued by a central bank);

- "he peeled off five one-thousand-zloty notes";

- syn. Federal Reserve note, bank bill, banker's bill, banknote, bill, government note, greenback, note;

Bank of England
n1
the central bank of England and Wales;

Bank of Japan
n1
the central bank of Japan;

bank rate
n1
the discount rate fixed by a central bank;

bank robber
n1
a robber of banks;

bank run
n1
the concerted action of depositors who try to withdraw their money from a bank because they think it will fail;

bank shot
n1
a basketball shot that bounces off of the backboard before passing through the hoop;

bank statement
n1
a periodic statement prepared by a bank for each client;

- "I wish my bank statement arrived earlier in the month";

bank swallow
n1
swallow of the northern hemisphere that nests in tunnels dug in clay or sand banks;

- syn. Riparia riparia, bank martin, sand martin;

bank vault
n1
a strongroom or compartment (often made of steel) for safekeeping of valuables;

- syn. vault;

bank withdrawal
n1
the withdrawal of money from your account at a bank;

bankable / b æ ŋ k eɪ b ɫ /
a1
guaranteed to bring a profit;

- "without bankable stars the film script aroused no interest";

- sim. profitable;

a2
acceptable to or at a bank;

- "bankable funds";

- sim. acceptable;

bankbook / b æ ŋ k b ʊ k /
n1
a record of deposits and withdrawals and interest held by depositors at certain banks;

- syn. passbook;

banker / b æ ŋ k ə , b æ ŋ k ə ɹ /
n1
a financier who owns or is an executive in a bank;

n2
the person in charge of the bank in a gambling game;

banker's acceptance
n1
banking: a time draft drawn on and accepted by a bank;

- syn. acceptance;

banker's bill
n1
a piece of paper money (especially one issued by a central bank);

- "he peeled off five one-thousand-zloty notes";

- syn. Federal Reserve note, bank bill, bank note, banknote, bill, government note, greenback, note;

banker's check
n1
a letter of credit issued by a bank or express company that is payable on presentation to any correspondent of the issuer;

- syn. traveler's check, traveller's check;

banker's draft
n1
a draft drawn by a bank against funds deposited in another bank;

- syn. bank draft;

Bankhead / b æ ŋ k h ɛ d /
n1
uninhibited United States actress (1903-1968);

- syn. Tallulah Bankhead;

Bankia
n1
giant shipworms;

- syn. genus Bankia;

Bankia setaceae
n1
giant shipworm of the Pacific coast of North America;

- syn. giant northwest shipworm;

banking / b æ ŋ k ɪ ŋ /
n1
engaging in the business of keeping money for savings and checking accounts or for exchange or for issuing loans and credit etc.;

n2
transacting business with a bank;

- depositing or withdrawing funds or requesting a loan etc.;

banking company
n1
a financial institution that accepts deposits and channels the money into lending activities;

- "he cashed a check at the bank";

- "that bank holds the mortgage on my home";

- syn. bank, banking concern, depository financial institution;

banking concern
n1
a financial institution that accepts deposits and channels the money into lending activities;

- "he cashed a check at the bank";

- "that bank holds the mortgage on my home";

- syn. bank, banking company, depository financial institution;

banking game
n1
any gambling game in which bets are laid against the gambling house or the dealer;

banking industry
n1
banks collectively;

- syn. banking system;

banking system
n1
banks collectively;

- syn. banking industry;

banknote / b æ ŋ k n oʊ t /
n1
a piece of paper money (especially one issued by a central bank);

- "he peeled off five one-thousand-zloty notes";

- syn. Federal Reserve note, bank bill, bank note, banker's bill, bill, government note, greenback, note;

bankroll / b æ ŋ k ɹ oʊ ɫ /
n1
a roll of currency notes (often taken as the resources of a person or business etc.);

- "he shot his roll on a bob-tailed nag";

- syn. roll;

v1
provide with sufficient funds;

- finance;

- "Who will bankroll the restoration of the former East German economy?";

bankrupt / b æ ŋ k ɹ ʌ p t /
n1
someone who has insufficient assets to cover their debts;

- syn. insolvent;

v1
reduce to bankruptcy;

- "My daughter's fancy wedding is going to break me!";

- "The slump in the financial markets smashed him";

- syn. break, ruin, smash;

a1
financially ruined;

- "a bankrupt company";

- "the company went belly-up";

- syn. belly-up;

- sim. insolvent;

bankruptcy / b æ ŋ k ɹ ə p s i /
n1
a state of complete lack of some abstract property;

- "spiritual bankruptcy";

- "moral bankruptcy";

- "intellectual bankruptcy";

n2
inability to discharge all your debts as they come due;

- "the company had to declare bankruptcy";

- "fraudulent loans led to the failure of many banks";

- syn. failure;

n3
a legal process intended to insure equality among the creditors of a corporation declared to be insolvent;

Banks / b æ ŋ k s /
n1
English botanist who accompanied Captain Cook on his first voyage to the Pacific Ocean (1743-1820);

- syn. Sir Joseph Banks;

banksia / b æ ŋ k s ɪə /
n1
any shrub or tree of the genus Banksia having alternate leathery leaves apetalous yellow flowers often in showy heads and conelike fruit with winged seeds;

Banksia integrifolia
n1
shrubby tree with silky foliage and spikes of cylindrical yellow nectarous flowers;

- syn. Australian honeysuckle, coast banksia, honeysuckle;

banksia rose
n1
Chinese evergreen climbing rose with yellow or white single flowers;

- syn. Rosa banksia;

banned / b æ n d /
a1
forbidden by law;

- syn. prohibited;

- sim. illegal;

banner / b æ n ə , b æ n ə ɹ /
n1
long strip of cloth or paper used for decoration or advertising;

- syn. streamer;

n2
a newspaper headline that runs across the full page;

- syn. streamer;

n3
any distinctive flag;

- syn. standard;

a1
unusually good;

- outstanding;

- "a banner year for the company";

- sim. superior;

banneret
n1
a knight honored for valor;

- entitled to display a square banner and to hold higher command;

- syn. knight banneret, knight of the square flag;

bannerlike
r1
like a banner;

- "She waved her scarf at him bannerlike";

banning / b æ n ɪ ŋ /
n1
an official prohibition or edict against something;

- syn. ban, forbiddance, forbidding;

banning-order / b æ n ɪ ŋ ɔ d ə , b æ n ɪ ŋ ɔ d ə ɹ /
n1
an order that bans something;

Bannister / b æ n ɪ s t ə , b æ n ɪ s t ə ɹ /
n1
English runner who in 1954 became the first person to run a mile in less than four minutes (born in 1929);

- syn. Roger Bannister, Sir Roger Gilbert Bannister;

n2
a railing at the side of a staircase or balcony to prevent people from falling;

- syn. balusters, balustrade, banister, handrail;

bannock / b æ n ə k /
n1
a flat bread made of oat or barley flour;

- common in New England and Scotland;

Bannockburn / b æ n ə k b ɝ n /
n1
a battle in which the Scots under Robert the Bruce defeated the English and assured the independence of Scotland;

banns / b æ n z /
n1
a public announcement of a proposed marriage;

banquet / b æ ŋ k w ɪ t /
n1
a ceremonial dinner party for many people;

- syn. feast;

n2
a meal that is well prepared and greatly enjoyed;

- "a banquet for the graduating seniors";

- "the Thanksgiving feast";

- "they put out quite a spread";

- syn. feast, spread;

v1
provide a feast or banquet for;

- syn. feast, junket;

v2
partake in a feast or banquet;

- syn. feast, junket;

banquet song
n1
a song (sometimes improvised) sung by guests at a banquet;

- syn. scolion;

banqueting / b æ ŋ k w ɪ t ɪ ŋ /
n1
eating an elaborate meal (often accompanied by entertainment);

- syn. feasting;

banquette / b æ ŋ k ɛ t /
n1
an upholstered bench;

banshee / b æ n ʃ i /
n1
(Irish folklore) a female spirit who wails to warn of impending death;

- syn. banshie;

banshie / b æ n z h aɪ /
n1
(Irish folklore) a female spirit who wails to warn of impending death;

- syn. banshee;

bantam / b æ n t ə m /
n1
any of various small breeds of fowl;

a1
very small;

- "diminutive in stature";

- "a lilliputian chest of drawers";

- "her petite figure";

- "tiny feet";

- "the flyspeck nation of Bahrain moved toward democracy";

- syn. diminutive, flyspeck, lilliputian, midget, petite, tiny;

- sim. small;

bantamweight / b æ n t ə m w eɪ t /
n1
weighs 115-126 pounds;

n2
an amateur boxer who weighs no more than 119 pounds;

banteng
n1
wild ox of the Malay Archipelago;

- syn. Bos banteng, banting, tsine;

banter / b æ n t ə , b æ n t ə ɹ /
n1
light teasing repartee;

- syn. backchat, give-and-take, raillery;

v1
be silly or tease one another;

- "After we relaxed, we just kidded around";

- syn. chaff, jolly, josh, kid;

bantering / b æ n t ə ɹ ɪ ŋ /
a1
cleverly amusing in tone;

- "a bantering tone";

- "facetious remarks";

- "tongue-in-cheek advice";

- syn. facetious, tongue-in-cheek;

- sim. humorous;

banteringly / b æ n t ə ɹ ɪ ŋ ɫ i /
r1
in a bantering fashion;

- "he spoke to her banteringly";

- syn. tongue-in-cheek;

Banti's disease
n1
a disease characterized by congestion and enlargement of the spleen;

- accompanied by anemia or cirrhosis;

- syn. Banti's syndrome;

Banti's syndrome
n1
a disease characterized by congestion and enlargement of the spleen;

- accompanied by anemia or cirrhosis;

- syn. Banti's disease;

Banting / b æ n t ɪ ŋ /
n1
Canadian physiologist who discovered insulin with C. H. Best and who used it to treat diabetes(1891-1941);

- syn. F. G. Banting, Sir Frederick Grant Banting;

n2
wild ox of the Malay Archipelago;

- syn. Bos banteng, banteng, tsine;

Bantoid
a1
relating to or designating languages that possess characteristics of Bantu;

- "Bantoid languages";

Bantoid language
n1
a family of languages widely spoken in the southern half of the African continent;

- syn. Bantu;

Bantu / b æ n t u /
n1
a member of any of a large number of linguistically related peoples of Central and South Africa;

n2
a family of languages widely spoken in the southern half of the African continent;

- syn. Bantoid language;

a1
of or relating to the African people who speak one of the Bantoid languages or to their culture;

- "the Bantu population of Sierra Leone";

Bantu-speaking
a1
of or relating to people who speak Bantu;

- "the Bantu-speaking people of Africa";

a2
able to communicate in Bantu;

- sim. communicative;

banyan / b æ n j ə n /
n1
East Indian tree that puts out aerial shoots that grow down into the soil forming additional trunks;

- syn. East Indian fig tree, Ficus bengalensis, Indian banyan, banian, banian tree, banyan tree;

n2
a loose fitting jacket;

- originally worn in India;

- syn. banian;

banyan tree
n1
East Indian tree that puts out aerial shoots that grow down into the soil forming additional trunks;

- syn. East Indian fig tree, Ficus bengalensis, Indian banyan, banian, banian tree, banyan;

banzai
n1
a Japanese cheer of enthusiasm or triumph;

banzai attack
n1
a mass attack of troops without concern for casualties;

- originated by Japanese who accompanied it with yells of `banzai';

- syn. banzai charge;

banzai charge
n1
a mass attack of troops without concern for casualties;

- originated by Japanese who accompanied it with yells of `banzai';

- syn. banzai attack;

baobab / b eɪ ə b æ b /
n1
African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread;

- syn. Adansonia digitata, monkey-bread tree;

bap
n1
a small loaf or roll of soft bread;

Baphia
n1
small genus of shrubs and lianas and trees of Africa and Madagascar;

- syn. genus Baphia;

Baphia nitida
n1
small shrubby African tree with hard wood used as a dyewood yielding a red dye;

- syn. African sandalwood, camwood;

baptise
v1
administer baptism to;

- "The parents had the child baptized";

- syn. baptize, christen;

baptised
a1
having undergone the Christian ritual of baptism;

- syn. baptized;

Baptisia
n1
genus of North American plants with showy flowers and an inflated pod;

- syn. genus Baptisia;

Baptisia australis
n1
wild indigo of the eastern United States having racemes of blue flowers;

- syn. blue false indigo;

Baptisia lactea
n1
erect or spreading herb having racemes of creamy white flowers;

- the eastern United States;

- syn. white false indigo;

Baptisia tinctoria
n1
much-branched erect herb with bright yellow flowers;

- distributed from Massachusetts to Florida;

- syn. horsefly weed, indigo broom, rattle weed;

baptism / b æ p t ɪ z ə m /
n1
a Christian sacrament signifying spiritual cleansing and rebirth;

- "most churches baptize infants but some insist on adult baptism";

baptismal / b æ p t ɪ z m ə ɫ /
a1
of or relating to baptism;

- "baptismal font";

baptismal font
n1
bowl for baptismal water;

- syn. baptistery, baptistry, font;

baptismal name
n1
the first name given to Christians at birth or christening;

- syn. Christian name;

Baptist / b æ p t ɪ s t /
n1
follower of Baptistic doctrines;

Baptist Church
n1
any of various evangelical Protestant churches that believe in the baptism of voluntary believers;

- syn. Baptists;

Baptist denomination
n1
group of Baptist congregations;

baptistery / b æ p t ɪ s t ə ɹ i /
n1
bowl for baptismal water;

- syn. baptismal font, baptistry, font;

Baptistic / b æ p t ɪ s t ɪ k /
a1
of or pertaining to or characteristic of the Baptist church;

- "Baptistic baptismal practices";

Baptistic doctrine
n1
any of various doctrines closely related to Anabaptism;

baptistry / b æ p t ɪ s t ɹ i /
n1
bowl for baptismal water;

- syn. baptismal font, baptistery, font;

Baptists / b æ p t ɪ s t s /
n1
any of various evangelical Protestant churches that believe in the baptism of voluntary believers;

- syn. Baptist Church;

baptize / b æ p t aɪ z /
v1
administer baptism to;

- "The parents had the child baptized";

- syn. baptise, christen;

baptized / b æ p t aɪ z d /
a1
having undergone the Christian ritual of baptism;

- syn. baptised;

bar / b ɑ , b ɑr /
n1
a room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter;

- "he drowned his sorrows in whiskey at the bar";

- syn. barroom, ginmill, saloon, taproom;

n2
a counter where you can obtain food or drink;

- "he bought a hot dog and a coke at the bar";

n3
a rigid piece of metal or wood;

- usually used as a fastening or obstruction or weapon;

- "there were bars in the windows to prevent escape";

n4
musical notation for a repeating pattern of musical beats;

- "the orchestra omitted the last twelve bars of the song";

- syn. measure;

n5
an obstruction (usually metal) placed at the top of a goal;

- "it was an excellent kick but the ball hit the bar";

n6
the act of preventing;

- "there was no bar against leaving";

- "money was allocated to study the cause and prevention of influenza";

- syn. prevention;

n7
(meteorology) a unit of pressure equal to a million dynes per square centimeter;

- "unfortunately some writers have used bar for one dyne per square centimeter";

n8
a submerged (or partly submerged) ridge in a river or along a shore;

- "the boat ran aground on a submerged bar in the river";

n9
the body of individuals qualified to practice law in a particular jurisdiction;

- "he was admitted to the bar in New Jersey";

- syn. legal community, legal profession;

n10
a narrow marking of a different color or texture from the background;

- "a green toad with small black stripes or bars";

- "may the Stars and Stripes forever wave";

- syn. streak, stripe;

n11
a block of solid substance (such as soap or wax);

- "a bar of chocolate";

- syn. cake;

n12
a portable .30 caliber automatic rifle operated by gas pressure and fed by cartridges from a magazine;

- used by United States troops in World War I and in World War II and in the Korean War;

- syn. Browning automatic rifle;

n13
a horizontal rod that serves as a support for gymnasts as they perform exercises;

n14
a heating element in an electric fire;

- "an electric fire with three bars";

n15
(law) a railing that encloses the part of the courtroom where the judges and lawyers sit and the case is tried;

- "spectators were not allowed past the bar";

v1
prevent from entering;

- keep out;

- "He was barred from membership in the club";

- syn. debar, exclude;

v2
render unsuitable for passage;

- "block the way";

- "barricade the streets";

- "stop the busy road";

- syn. barricade, block, block off, block up, blockade, stop;

v3
expel, as if by official decree;

- "he was banished from his own country";

- syn. banish, relegate;

v4
secure with, or as if with, bars;

- "He barred the door";

bar-room plant
n1
evergreen perennial with large handsome basal leaves;

- grown primarily as a foliage houseplant;

- syn. Aspidistra elatio, aspidistra, cast-iron plant;

bar-shaped
a1
shaped like a rigid strip of metal or wood;

- sim. formed;

bar absolute
n1
the absolute unit of pressure equal to one dyne per square centimeter;

- syn. barye, microbar;

bar billiards
n1
a table game in which short cues are used to knock balls into holes that are guarded by wooden pegs;

- penalties are incurred if the pegs are knocked over;

- syn. bagatelle;

bar bit
n1
a bit for horses that is a solid bar of metal;

bar chart
n1
a chart with bars whose lengths are proportional to quantities;

- syn. bar graph;

bar code
n1
code consisting of a series of vertical bars of variable width that are scanned by a laser;

- printed on consumer product packages to identify the item for a computer that provides the price and registers inventory information;

- syn. Universal Product Code;

bar exam
n1
an examination conducted at regular intervals to determine whether a candidate is qualified to practice law in a given jurisdiction;

- "applicants may qualify to take the New York bar examination by graduating from an approved law school";

- "he passed the bar exam on his third try";

- syn. bar examination;

bar examination
n1
an examination conducted at regular intervals to determine whether a candidate is qualified to practice law in a given jurisdiction;

- "applicants may qualify to take the New York bar examination by graduating from an approved law school";

- "he passed the bar exam on his third try";

- syn. bar exam;

bar fly
n1
a drinker who frequents bars;

bar girl
n1
a woman employed by a bar to act as a companion to men customers;

- syn. B-girl;

bar graph
n1
a chart with bars whose lengths are proportional to quantities;

- syn. bar chart;

bar hop
v1
go from one pub to the next and get progressively more drunk;

- "he pub-crawled around Birmingham";

- syn. pub-crawl;

bar line
n1
a vertical line before the accented beat marking the boundary between musical bars;

bar magnet
n1
a magnet in the form of a bar with magnetic poles at each end;

bar mask
n1
a catcher's mask with bars;

bar mitzvah
n1
(Judaism) an initiation ceremony marking the 13th birthday of a Jewish boy and signifying the beginning of religious responsibility;

- "a bar mitzvah is an important social event";

v1
confirm in the bar mitzvah ceremony, of boys in the Jewish faith;

bar printer
n1
an impact printer that uses a bar to carry the type slugs;

bar sinister
n1
the status of being born to parents who were not married;

- syn. bastardy, illegitimacy;

n2
a mark of bastardy;

- lines from top right to bottom left;

- syn. bend sinister;

bar soap
n1
soap in the form of a bar;

Barack Hussein Obama
n1
44th President of the United States;

- first African-American President;

- syn. Obama;

Baraka
n1
United States writer of poems and plays about racial conflict (born in 1934);

- syn. Imamu Amiri Baraka, LeRoi Jones;

baranduki
n1
terrestrial Siberian squirrel;

- syn. Eutamius asiaticus, Eutamius sibiricus, baronduki, barunduki, burunduki;

Barany / b ɑ ɛ n i /
n1
Austrian physician who developed a rotational method for testing the middle ear (1876-1936);

- syn. Robert Barany;

barb / b ɑ b /
n1
an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect;

- "his parting shot was `drop dead'";

- "she threw shafts of sarcasm";

- "she takes a dig at me every chance she gets";

- syn. dig, gibe, jibe, shaft, shot, slam;

n2
the pointed part of barbed wire;

n3
a subsidiary point facing opposite from the main point that makes an arrowhead or spear hard to remove;

n4
one of the parallel filaments projecting from the main shaft of a feather;

v1
provide with barbs;

- "barbed wire";

barbacan
n1
a tower that is part of a defensive structure (such as a castle);

- syn. barbican;

Barbadian / b ɑ b eɪ d ɪə n /
n1
a native or inhabitant of Barbados;

a1
of or relating to or characteristic of Barbados or its inhabitants;

- "a Barbadian vacation";

Barbados / b ɑ b eɪ d ə s /
n1
a parliamentary democracy on the island of Barbados;

- former British colony;

- a popular resort area;

n2
easternmost of the West Indies about 300 miles to the north of Venezuela;

Barbados-gooseberry vine
n1
West Indian woody climber with spiny stems and numerous fragrant white flowers in panicles followed by small yellow to orange fruits;

- syn. Barbados gooseberry, Pereskia aculeata;

barbados cherry
n1
tropical American shrub bearing edible acid red fruit resembling cherries;

- syn. Malpighia glabra, Surinam cherry, West Indian cherry, acerola;

n2
acid red or yellow cherry-like fruit of a tropical American shrub very rich in vitamin C;

- syn. West Indian cherry, acerola, surinam cherry;

Barbados dollar
n1
the basic unit of money in Barbados;

Barbados gooseberry
n1
West Indian woody climber with spiny stems and numerous fragrant white flowers in panicles followed by small yellow to orange fruits;

- syn. Barbados-gooseberry vine, Pereskia aculeata;

n2
small yellow to orange fruit of the Barbados gooseberry cactus used in desserts and preserves and jellies;

- syn. blade apple;

Barbados maidenhair
n1
named for a country house in Barbados where it was discovered;

- syn. Adiantum tenerum farleyense, Farley maidenhair, Farley maidenhair fern, glory fern;

Barbados pride
n1
East Indian tree with racemes of yellow-white flowers;

- cultivated as an ornamental;

- syn. Adenanthera pavonina, coral-wood, coralwood, peacock flower fence, red sandalwood;

Barbara Hepworth
n1
British sculptor (1902-1975);

- syn. Dame Barbara Hepworth, Hepworth;

Barbara Tuchman
n1
United States historian (1912-1989);

- syn. Barbara Wertheim Tuchman, Tuchman;

Barbara Ward
n1
English economist and conservationist (1914-1981);

- syn. Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth, Ward;

Barbara Wertheim Tuchman
n1
United States historian (1912-1989);

- syn. Barbara Tuchman, Tuchman;

Barbarea
n1
biennial or perennial herbs of north temperate regions: winter cress;

- syn. genus Barbarea;

Barbarea praecox
n1
of southwestern Europe;

- cultivated in Florida;

- syn. American cress, American watercress, Barbarea verna, Belle Isle cress, early winter cress, land cress;

Barbarea verna
n1
of southwestern Europe;

- cultivated in Florida;

- syn. American cress, American watercress, Barbarea praecox, Belle Isle cress, early winter cress, land cress;

Barbarea vulgaris
n1
noxious cress with yellow flowers;

- sometimes placed in genus Sisymbrium;

- syn. Sisymbrium barbarea, rockcress, rocket cress, yellow rocket;

barbarian / b ɑ b eə ɹ ɪə n /
n1
a member of an uncivilized people;

- syn. savage;

n2
a crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement;

- syn. Goth, boor, churl, peasant, tike, tyke;

a1
without civilizing influences;

- "barbarian invaders";

- "barbaric practices";

- "a savage people";

- "fighting is crude and uncivilized especially if the weapons are efficient"-Margaret Meade;

- "wild tribes";

- syn. barbaric, savage, uncivilised, uncivilized, wild;

- sim. noncivilized;

barbaric / b ɑ b æ ɹ ɪ k /
a1
without civilizing influences;

- "barbarian invaders";

- "barbaric practices";

- "a savage people";

- "fighting is crude and uncivilized especially if the weapons are efficient"-Margaret Meade;

- "wild tribes";

- syn. barbarian, savage, uncivilised, uncivilized, wild;

- sim. noncivilized;

a2
unrestrained and crudely rich;

- "barbaric use of color or ornament";

- sim. tasteless;

barbarisation
n1
an act that makes people primitive and uncivilized;

- syn. barbarization;

barbarise
v1
become crude or savage or barbaric in behavior or language;

- syn. barbarize;

v2
make crude or savage in behavior or speech;

- "his years in prison have barbarized the young man";

- syn. barbarize;

barbarism / b ɑ b ə ɹ ɪ z ə m /
n1
a brutal barbarous savage act;

- syn. barbarity, brutality, savagery;

barbarity / b ɑ b æ ɹ ɪ t i /
n1
the quality of being shockingly cruel and inhumane;

- syn. atrociousness, atrocity, barbarousness, heinousness;

n2
a brutal barbarous savage act;

- syn. barbarism, brutality, savagery;

barbarization / b ɑ b ə ɹ aɪ z eɪ ʃ n /
n1
an act that makes people primitive and uncivilized;

- syn. barbarisation;

barbarize / b ɑ b ə ɹ aɪ z /
v1
become crude or savage or barbaric in behavior or language;

- syn. barbarise;

v2
make crude or savage in behavior or speech;

- "his years in prison have barbarized the young man";

- syn. barbarise;

Barbarossa
n1
Holy Roman Emperor from 1152 to 1190;

- conceded supremacy to the pope;

- drowned leading the Third Crusade (1123-1190);

- syn. Frederick Barbarossa, Frederick I;

n2
Barbary pirate (died in 1546);

- syn. Khayr ad-Din;

barbarous / b ɑ b ə ɹ ə s /
a1
(of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering;

- "a barbarous crime";

- "brutal beatings";

- "cruel tortures";

- "Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks";

- "a savage slap";

- "vicious kicks";

- syn. brutal, cruel, fell, roughshod, savage, vicious;

- sim. inhumane;

a2
primitive in customs and culture;

- sim. noncivilized;

barbarously / b ɑ b ə ɹ ə s ɫ i /
r1
in a barbarous manner;

- "they were barbarously murdered";

barbarousness / b ɑ b ə ɹ ə s n ə s /
n1
the quality of being shockingly cruel and inhumane;

- syn. atrociousness, atrocity, barbarity, heinousness;

Barbary
n1
a region of northern Africa on the Mediterranean coast between Egypt and Gibraltar;

- was used as a base for pirates from the 16th to 19th centuries;

Barbary ape
n1
tailless macaque of rocky cliffs and forests of northwestern Africa and Gibraltar;

- syn. Macaca sylvana;

Barbary Coast
n1
a part of a city that is notorious for gambling dens and brothels and saloons and riotous night life (especially the waterfront of San Francisco after the gold rush of 1849);

- "we'll tolerate no Barbary Coast in this city!";

n2
the Mediterranean coast of northern Africa that was famous for its Moorish pirates;

Barbary pirate
n1
a pirate along the Barbary Coast;

- syn. corsair;

Barbary sheep
n1
wild sheep of northern Africa;

- syn. Ammotragus lervia, aoudad, arui, audad, maned sheep;

barbasco
n1
West Indian shrub or small tree having leathery saponaceous leaves and extremely hard wood;

- syn. Jacquinia keyensis, joewood;

barbate / b ɑ b eɪ t /
a1
having hair on the cheeks and chin;

- syn. bearded, bewhiskered, whiskered, whiskery;

- sim. unshaven;

barbecue / b ɑ b ɪ k j u /
n1
meat that has been barbecued or grilled in a highly seasoned sauce;

- syn. barbeque;

n2
a cookout in which food is cooked over an open fire;

- especially a whole animal carcass roasted on a spit;

- syn. barbeque;

n3
a rack to hold meat for cooking over hot charcoal usually out of doors;

- syn. barbeque;

v1
cook outdoors on a barbecue grill;

- "let's barbecue that meat";

- "We cooked out in the forest";

- syn. barbeque, cook out;

barbecue pit
n1
a pit where wood or charcoal is burned to make a bed of hot coals suitable for barbecuing meat;

barbecue sauce
n1
spicy sweet and sour sauce usually based on catsup or chili sauce;

barbecued / b ɑ b ɪ k j u d /
a1
cooked over an outdoor grill;

- syn. grilled;

- sim. cooked;

barbecued spareribs
n1
baked or roasted with a spicy sauce;

- syn. spareribs;

barbecued wing
n1
chicken wings cooked in barbecue sauce;

barbecuing / b ɑ b ɪ k j u ɪ ŋ /
n1
roasting a large piece of meat on a revolving spit out of doors over an open fire;

barbed / b ɑ b d /
a1
capable of wounding;

- "a barbed compliment";

- "a biting aphorism";

- "pungent satire";

- syn. biting, mordacious, nipping, pungent;

- sim. sarcastic;

a2
having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.;

- "a horse with a short bristly mane";

- "bristly shrubs";

- "burred fruits";

- "setaceous whiskers";

- syn. barbellate, briary, briery, bristled, bristly, burred, burry, prickly, setaceous, setose, spiny, thorny;

- sim. armed;

barbed wire
n1
strong wire with barbs at regular intervals used to prevent passage;

- syn. barbwire;

barbel / b ɑ b ɫ /
n1
slender tactile process on the jaws of a fish;

- syn. feeler;

barbell / b ɑ b ɛ ɫ /
n1
a bar to which heavy discs are attached at each end;

- used in weightlifting;

barbellate
a1
having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.;

- "a horse with a short bristly mane";

- "bristly shrubs";

- "burred fruits";

- "setaceous whiskers";

- syn. barbed, briary, briery, bristled, bristly, burred, burry, prickly, setaceous, setose, spiny, thorny;

- sim. armed;

barbeque
n1
meat that has been barbecued or grilled in a highly seasoned sauce;

- syn. barbecue;

n2
a cookout in which food is cooked over an open fire;

- especially a whole animal carcass roasted on a spit;

- syn. barbecue;

n3
a rack to hold meat for cooking over hot charcoal usually out of doors;

- syn. barbecue;

v1
cook outdoors on a barbecue grill;

- "let's barbecue that meat";

- "We cooked out in the forest";

- syn. barbecue, cook out;

Barber / b ɑ b ə , b ɑ b ə ɹ /
n1
United States composer (1910-1981);

- syn. Samuel Barber;

n2
a hairdresser who cuts hair and shaves beards as a trade;

v1
perform the services of a barber: cut the hair and/or beard of;

barber's itch
n1
fungal infection of the face and neck;

- syn. tinea barbae;

barber's pole
n1
striped pole outside a barbershop;

barber chair
n1
a large fixed adjustable chair in which barbers seat their customers;

barberry / b ɑ b ə ɹ i /
n1
any of numerous plants of the genus Berberis having prickly stems and yellow flowers followed by small red berries;

barberry family
n1
shrubs or herbs;

- syn. Berberidaceae, family Berberidaceae;

barbershop / b ɑ b ə ʃ ɒ p /
n1
a shop where men can get their hair cut;

barbershop quartet
n1
an unaccompanied quartet of (usually male) voices singing sentimental songs in four-part harmony;

Barberton daisy
n1
widely cultivated South African perennial having flower heads with orange to flame-colored rays;

- syn. Gerbera jamesonii, Transvaal daisy;

barbet / b ɑ b ɛ t /
n1
small brightly colored stout-billed tropical bird having short weak wings;

barbette / b ɑ b ɛ t /
n1
(formerly) a mound of earth inside a fort from which heavy gun can be fired over the parapet;

barbette carriage
n1
a gun carriage elevated so that the gun can be fired over the parapet;

barbican / b ɑ b ɪ k ə n /
n1
a tower that is part of a defensive structure (such as a castle);

- syn. barbacan;

barbital / b ɑ b ɪ t ɫ /
n1
a barbiturate used as a hypnotic;

- syn. barbitone, diethylbarbituric acid, diethylmalonylurea, veronal;

barbitone / b ɑ b ɪ t oʊ n /
n1
a barbiturate used as a hypnotic;

- syn. barbital, diethylbarbituric acid, diethylmalonylurea, veronal;

barbiturate / b ɑ b ɪ t j ʊr ə t /
n1
organic compound having powerful soporific effect;

- overdose can be fatal;

barbituric acid
n1
a white crystalline acid derived from pyrimidine;

- used in preparing barbiturate drugs;

- syn. malonylurea;

Barbra Joan Streisand
n1
United States singer and actress (born in 1942);

- syn. Barbra Streisand, Streisand;

Barbra Streisand
n1
United States singer and actress (born in 1942);

- syn. Barbra Joan Streisand, Streisand;

barbu
n1
found along western Atlantic coast;

- syn. Polydactylus virginicus;

Barbuda
n1
an island in Antigua and Barbuda;

barbwire / b ɑ b w aɪ ə ɹ /
n1
strong wire with barbs at regular intervals used to prevent passage;

- syn. barbed wire;

barcarole / b ɑ k ə ɹ oʊ ɫ /
n1
a boating song sung by Venetian gondoliers;

- syn. barcarolle;

barcarolle / b ɑ k ə ɹ oʊ ɫ /
n1
a boating song sung by Venetian gondoliers;

- syn. barcarole;

Barcelona / b ɑ s ɪ ɫ oʊ n ə /
n1
a city in northeastern Spain on the Mediterranean;

- 2nd largest Spanish city and the largest port and commercial center;

- has been a center for radical political beliefs;

bard / b ɑ d /
n1
a lyric poet;

n2
an ornamental caparison for a horse;

v1
put a caparison on;

- "caparison the horses for the festive occasion";

- syn. barde, caparison, dress up;

Bard of Avon
n1
English poet and dramatist considered one of the greatest English writers (1564-1616);

- syn. Shakespeare, Shakspere, William Shakespeare, William Shakspere;

barde
v1
put a caparison on;

- "caparison the horses for the festive occasion";

- syn. bard, caparison, dress up;

Bardeen
n1
United States physicist who won the Nobel prize for physics twice (1908-1991);

- syn. John Bardeen;

bardic / b ɑ d ɪ k /
a1
being a bard or relating to a bard's poetry;

- "bardic poetry";

bardolatry / b ɑ d ɒ ɫ ə t ɹ i /
n1
the idolization of William Shakespeare;

bare / b eə , b eə ɹ /
v1
lay bare;

- "bare your breasts";

- "bare your feelings";

v2
make public;

- "She aired her opinions on welfare";

- syn. air, publicise, publicize;

v3
lay bare;

- "denude a forest";

- syn. denudate, denude, strip;

a1
completely unclothed;

- "bare bodies";

- "naked from the waist up";

- "a nude model";

- syn. au naturel, naked, nude;

- sim. unclothed;

a2
lacking in magnitude or quantity;

- "a bare livelihood";

- "a scanty harvest";

- "a spare diet";

- syn. scanty, spare;

- sim. meager;

a3
not having a protective covering;

- "unsheathed cables";

- "a bare blade";

- syn. unsheathed;

a4
lacking its natural or customary covering;

- "a bare hill";

- "bare feet";

- sim. bald, naked, undraped, unroofed;

a5
just barely adequate or within a lower limit;

- "a bare majority";

- "a marginal victory";

- syn. marginal;

- sim. narrow;

a6
apart from anything else;

- without additions or modifications;

- "only the bare facts";

- "shocked by the mere idea";

- "the simple passage of time was enough";

- "the simple truth";

- syn. mere, simple;

- sim. plain;

a7
lacking a surface finish such as paint;

- "bare wood";

- "unfinished furniture";

- syn. unfinished;

- sim. unpainted;

a8
providing no shelter or sustenance;

- "bare rocky hills";

- "barren lands";

- "the bleak treeless regions of the high Andes";

- "the desolate surface of the moon";

- "a stark landscape";

- syn. barren, bleak, desolate, stark;

- sim. inhospitable;

a9
having everything extraneous removed including contents;

- "the bare walls";

- "the cupboard was bare";

- syn. stripped;

- sim. empty;

a10
lacking embellishment or ornamentation;

- "a plain hair style";

- "unembellished white walls";

- "functional architecture featuring stark unornamented concrete";

- syn. plain, spare, unembellished, unornamented;

- sim. unadorned;

bare-ass
a1
(used informally) completely unclothed;

- syn. bare-assed, in the altogether, in the buff, in the raw, naked as a jaybird, peeled, raw, stark naked;

- sim. unclothed;

bare-assed
a1
(used informally) completely unclothed;

- syn. bare-ass, in the altogether, in the buff, in the raw, naked as a jaybird, peeled, raw, stark naked;

- sim. unclothed;

bare-breasted
a1
having the breasts uncovered or featuring such nudity;

- "topless waitresses";

- "a topless cabaret";

- syn. braless, topless;

- sim. unclothed;

bare-knuckle
a1
characterized by disorderly action and disregard for rules;

- "a rough-and-tumble fight";

- "rough-and-tumble politics";

- "undisguised bare-knuckle capitalism";

- syn. bare-knuckled, rough-and-tumble;

- sim. disorderly;

bare-knuckled
a1
characterized by disorderly action and disregard for rules;

- "a rough-and-tumble fight";

- "rough-and-tumble politics";

- "undisguised bare-knuckle capitalism";

- syn. bare-knuckle, rough-and-tumble;

- sim. disorderly;

bare bone
n1
bone stripped of flesh;

bare bones
n1
(plural) the most basic facts or elements;

- "he told us only the bare bones of the story";

bareback / b eə b æ k /
a1
riding without a saddle;

- "a bareback rider";

- syn. barebacked;

- sim. unsaddled;

r1
without a saddle;

- "she prefers to ride her horse bareback";

- syn. barebacked;

barebacked / b eə b æ k t /
a1
riding without a saddle;

- "a bareback rider";

- syn. bareback;

- sim. unsaddled;

r1
without a saddle;

- "she prefers to ride her horse bareback";

- syn. bareback;

bareboat
n1
a vessel (such as a yacht) that can be chartered without a captain or crew or provisions;

bareboating
n1
boating by chartering a bareboat and providing your own crew and provisions;

- "we saved money by bareboating";

bared / b eə d /
a1
having the head uncovered;

- "caught bareheaded by the downpour";

- "with bared head";

- syn. bareheaded;

- sim. unclothed;

barefaced / b eə f eɪ s t /
a1
with no effort to conceal;

- "a barefaced lie";

- syn. bald;

- sim. overt;

a2
unrestrained by convention or propriety;

- "an audacious trick to pull";

- "a barefaced hypocrite";

- "the most bodacious display of tourism this side of Anaheim"- Los Angeles Times;

- "bald-faced lies";

- "brazen arrogance";

- "the modern world with its quick material successes and insolent belief in the boundless possibilities of progress"- Bertrand Russell;

- syn. audacious, bald-faced, bodacious, brassy, brazen, brazen-faced, insolent;

- sim. unashamed;

barefacedly / b eə f eɪ s t ɫ i /
r1
without shame;

- "he unashamedly abandoned the project when he realized he would not gain from it";

- syn. shamelessly, unashamedly;

barefoot / b eə f ʊ t /
a1
without shoes;

- "the barefoot boy";

- "shoeless Joe Jackson";

- syn. barefooted, shoeless;

- sim. unshod;

r1
without shoes on;

- "he chased her barefoot across the meadow";

- syn. barefooted;

barefooted / b eə f ʊ t ɪ d , b eə ɫ ɛ ɡ ɪ d /
a1
without shoes;

- "the barefoot boy";

- "shoeless Joe Jackson";

- syn. barefoot, shoeless;

- sim. unshod;

r1
without shoes on;

- "he chased her barefoot across the meadow";

- syn. barefoot;

barehanded / b eə ɹ h æ n d ɪ d /
a1
with bare hands;

- "fought barehanded";

- sim. unarmed;

bareheaded / b eə h ɛ d ɪ d /
a1
having the head uncovered;

- "caught bareheaded by the downpour";

- "with bared head";

- syn. bared;

- sim. unclothed;

barelegged / b eə ɫ ɛ ɡ ɪ d /
a1
having the legs uncovered by clothing;

- "barelegged children on the beach";

- sim. unclothed;

barely / b eə ɫ i /
r1
only a very short time before;

- "we hardly knew them";

- "had scarcely rung the bell when the door flew open";

- "would have scarce arrived before she would have found some excuse to leave"- W.B.Yeats;

- syn. hardly, just, scarce, scarcely;

r2
almost not;

- "he hardly ever goes fishing";

- "he was scarce sixteen years old";

- "they scarcely ever used the emergency generator";

- "I can hardly hear what she is saying";

- "she barely seemed to notice him";

- "we were so far back in the theater, we could barely read the subtitles";

- syn. hardly, scarce, scarcely;

r3
by a little;

- "I only just caught the bus";

- "he finished the marathon in just under 3 hours";

- "it was barely 5 a.m.";

- "the network has barely 5 percent of viewers";

- "the batter just missed being hit";

- syn. just;

bareness / b eə n ə s /
n1
a bleak and desolate atmosphere;

- "the nakedness of the landscape";

- syn. bleakness, desolation, nakedness;

n2
the state of being unclothed and exposed (especially of a part of the body);

n3
an extreme lack of furnishings or ornamentation;

- "I was struck by the starkness of my father's room";

- syn. starkness;

Barents Sea
n1
the part of the Arctic Ocean to the north of Norway and Russia;

barf
n1
the matter ejected in vomiting;

- syn. puke, vomit, vomitus;

v1
eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth;

- "After drinking too much, the students vomited";

- "He purged continuously";

- "The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night";

- syn. be sick, cast, cat, chuck, disgorge, honk, puke, purge, regorge, regurgitate, retch, sick, spew, spue, throw up, upchuck, vomit, vomit up;

bargain / b ɑ ɡ ɪ n /
n1
an agreement between parties (usually arrived at after discussion) fixing obligations of each;

- "he made a bargain with the devil";

- "he rose to prominence through a series of shady deals";

- syn. deal;

n2
an advantageous purchase;

- "she got a bargain at the auction";

- "the stock was a real buy at that price";

- syn. buy, steal;

v1
negotiate the terms of an exchange;

- "We bargained for a beautiful rug in the bazaar";

- syn. dicker;

v2
come to terms;

- arrive at an agreement;

bargain-priced
a1
costing less than standard price;

- "buying bargain-priced clothes for the children";

- "cut-rate goods";

- syn. cut-price, cut-rate;

- sim. cheap;

bargain down
v1
persuade the seller to accept a lower price;

- "She beat the merchant down $100";

- syn. beat down;

bargain hunter
n1
a shopper who hunts for bargains;

bargain rate
n1
a price below the standard price;

- syn. cheapness, cut price, cut rate;

bargainer / b ɑ ɡ ɪ n ə /
n1
someone who purchases and maintains an inventory of goods to be sold;

- syn. dealer, monger, trader;

n2
negotiator of the terms of a transaction;

- "he is a hard bargainer";

bargaining / b ɑ ɡ ɪ n ɪ ŋ /
n1
the negotiation of the terms of a transaction or agreement;

bargaining chip
n1
leverage in the form of an inducement or a concession useful in successful negotiations;

barge / b ɑ dʒ /
n1
a flatbottom boat for carrying heavy loads (especially on canals);

- syn. flatboat, hoy, lighter;

v1
push one's way;

- "she barged into the meeting room";

- syn. push forward, thrust ahead;

- also barge in;

v2
transport by barge on a body of water;

barge in
v1
enter uninvited;

- informal;

- "let's crash the party!";

- syn. crash, gate-crash;

v2
break into a conversation;

- "her husband always chimes in, even when he is not involved in the conversation";

- syn. break in, butt in, chime in, chisel in, cut in, put in;

barge pole
n1
a long pole used to propel or guide a barge;

- "I wouldn't touch it with a barge pole";

bargee / b ɑ dʒ i /
n1
someone who operates a barge;

- syn. bargeman, lighterman;

bargello
n1
needlepoint embroidery stitch that produces zigzag lines;

- syn. flame stitch;

bargeman / b ɑ dʒ m ə n /
n1
someone who operates a barge;

- syn. bargee, lighterman;

Bari / b ɑr i /
n1
capital city of the Apulia region on the Adriatic coast;

baric
a1
of or relating to or containing barium;

barilla
n1
bushy plant of Old World salt marshes and sea beaches having prickly leaves;

- burned to produce a crude soda ash;

- syn. Salsola kali, Salsola soda, glasswort, kali, kelpwort, saltwort;

n2
Algerian plant formerly burned to obtain calcium carbonate;

- syn. Halogeton souda;

baring / b eə ɹ ɪ ŋ /
n1
the removal of covering;

- syn. denudation, husking, stripping, uncovering;

Barish
n1
Kamarupan languages spoken in the state of Assam in northeastern India;

- syn. Bodo-Garo;

barite
n1
a white or colorless mineral (BaSO4);

- the main source of barium;

- syn. barium sulphate, barytes, heavy spar;

baritone / b æ ɹ ɪ t oʊ n /
n1
a male singer;

- syn. barytone;

n2
the second lowest adult male singing voice;

- syn. baritone voice;

n3
the second lowest brass wind instrument;

- syn. baritone horn;

a1
lower in range than tenor and higher than bass;

- "a baritone voice";

- "baritone oboe";

- sim. low;

baritone horn
n1
the second lowest brass wind instrument;

- syn. baritone;

baritone voice
n1
the second lowest adult male singing voice;

- syn. baritone;

barium / b eə ɹ ɪə m /
n1
a soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group;

- found in barite;

- syn. Ba, atomic number 56;

barium dioxide
n1
a white toxic powder obtained by heating barium oxide in air;

- syn. barium peroxide;

barium enema
n1
enema in which a contrast medium (usually barium sulfate) is injected into the rectum and X-rays are taken to search for lesions;

barium hydroxide
n1
white poisonous crystals;

- made by dissolving barium oxide in water;

barium monoxide
n1
an oxide of barium;

- a whitish toxic powder;

- syn. barium oxide, barium protoxide;

barium oxide
n1
an oxide of barium;

- a whitish toxic powder;

- syn. barium monoxide, barium protoxide;

barium peroxide
n1
a white toxic powder obtained by heating barium oxide in air;

- syn. barium dioxide;

barium protoxide
n1
an oxide of barium;

- a whitish toxic powder;

- syn. barium monoxide, barium oxide;

barium sulfate
n1
a white insoluble radiopaque powder used as a pigment;

- syn. barium sulphate, blanc fixe;

barium sulphate
n1
a white insoluble radiopaque powder used as a pigment;

- syn. barium sulfate, blanc fixe;

n2
a white or colorless mineral (BaSO4);

- the main source of barium;

- syn. barite, barytes, heavy spar;

bark / b ɑ k /
n1
tough protective covering of the woody stems and roots of trees and other woody plants;

n2
a noise resembling the bark of a dog;

n3
a sailing ship with 3 (or more) masts;

- syn. barque;

n4
the sound made by a dog;

v1
speak in an unfriendly tone;

- "She barked into the dictaphone";

v2
cover with bark;

v3
remove the bark of a tree;

- syn. skin;

v4
make barking sounds;

- "The dogs barked at the stranger";

v5
tan (a skin) with bark tannins;

bark-louse
n1
any of several insects living on the bark of plants;

- syn. bark louse;

bark beetle
n1
small beetle that bores tunnels in the bark and wood of trees;

- related to weevils;

bark louse
n1
any of several insects living on the bark of plants;

- syn. bark-louse;

barkeep / b ɑ k i p /
n1
an employee who mixes and serves alcoholic drinks at a bar;

- syn. barkeeper, barman, bartender, mixologist;

barkeeper / b ɑ k i p ə /
n1
an employee who mixes and serves alcoholic drinks at a bar;

- syn. barkeep, barman, bartender, mixologist;

barker / b ɑ k ə , b ɑ k ə ɹ /
n1
someone who stands in front of a show (as at a carnival) and gives a loud colorful sales talk to potential customers;

n2
informal terms for dogs;

- syn. bow-wow, doggie, doggy, pooch;

barking deer
n1
small Asian deer with small antlers and a cry like a bark;

- syn. muntjac;

barking frog
n1
of southwest United States and Mexico;

- call is like a dog's bark;

- syn. Hylactophryne augusti, robber frog;

Barkley / b ɑ k ɫ eɪ /
n1
United States politician and lawyer;

- vice president of the United States (1877-1956);

- syn. Alben Barkley, Alben William Barkley;

barky
a1
resembling the rough bark of a tree;

- "the rattlesnake's barky scales";

- sim. rough;

barley / b ɑ ɫ i /
n1
a grain of barley;

- syn. barleycorn;

n2
cultivated since prehistoric times;

- grown for forage and grain;

barley-sugar / b ɑ ɫ ɪ ʃ ʊ ɡ ə , b ɑ ɫ ɪ ʃ ʊ ɡ ə ɹ /
n1
a brittle transparent candy made by melting and cooling cane sugar;

- syn. barley candy;

barley candy
n1
a brittle transparent candy made by melting and cooling cane sugar;

- syn. barley-sugar;

barley grass
n1
European annual grass often found as a weed in waste ground especially along roadsides and hedgerows;

- syn. Hordeum murinum, wall barley;

barley water
n1
broth used to feed infants;

barleycorn / b ɑ ɫ ɪ k ɔ n /
n1
a grain of barley;

n2
a grain of barley;

- syn. barley;

barm / b ɑ m /
n1
a commercial leavening agent containing yeast cells;

- used to raise the dough in making bread and for fermenting beer or whiskey;

- syn. yeast;

barmaid / b ɑ m eɪ d /
n1
a female bartender;

barman / b ɑ m æ n , b ɑ m ɛ n /
n1
an employee who mixes and serves alcoholic drinks at a bar;

- syn. barkeep, barkeeper, bartender, mixologist;

barmbrack
n1
a rich currant cake or bun;

barmy / b ɑ m i /
a1
marked by spirited enjoyment;

- syn. yeasty, zestful, zesty;

- sim. spirited;

a2
informal or slang terms for mentally irregular;

- "it used to drive my husband balmy";

- syn. around the bend, balmy, bats, batty, bonkers, buggy, cracked, crackers, daft, dotty, fruity, haywire, kookie, kooky, loco, loony, loopy, nuts, nutty, round the bend, wacky, whacky;

- sim. insane;

barn / b ɑ n /
n1
an outlying farm building for storing grain or animal feed and housing farm animals;

n2
(physics) a unit of nuclear cross section;

- the effective circular area that one particle presents to another as a target for an encounter;

- syn. b;

barn dance
n1
a dance party featuring country dancing;

barn door
n1
the large sliding door of a barn;

barn grass
n1
a coarse annual panic grass;

- a cosmopolitan weed;

- occasionally used for hay or grazing;

- syn. Echinochloa crusgalli, barn millet, barnyard grass;

barn millet
n1
a coarse annual panic grass;

- a cosmopolitan weed;

- occasionally used for hay or grazing;

- syn. Echinochloa crusgalli, barn grass, barnyard grass;

barn owl
n1
mottled buff and white owl often inhabiting barns and other structures;

- important in rodent control;

- syn. Tyto alba;

barn spider
n1
an orange and tan spider with darkly banded legs that spins an orb web daily;

- "the barn spider was made famous in E. B. White's book `Charlotte's Web'";

- syn. Araneus cavaticus;

barn swallow
n1
common swallow of North America and Europe that nests in barns etc.;

- syn. Hirundo rustica, chimney swallow;

Barnaba Chiaramonti
n1
Italian pope from 1800 to 1823 who was humiliated by Napoleon and taken prisoner in 1809;

- he concluded a concordat with Napoleon and crowned him emperor of France;

- he returned to Rome in 1814 (1740-1823);

- syn. Luigi Barnaba Gregorio Chiaramonti, Pius VII;

Barnaby's thistle
n1
European weed having a winged stem and hairy leaves;

- adventive in the eastern United States;

- syn. Centaurea solstitialis, yellow star-thistle;

barnacle / b ɑ n ə k ɫ /
n1
marine crustaceans with feathery food-catching appendages;

- free-swimming as larvae;

- as adults form a hard shell and live attached to submerged surfaces;

- syn. cirriped, cirripede;

n2
European goose smaller than the brant;

- breeds in the far north;

- syn. Branta leucopsis, barnacle goose;

barnacle goose
n1
European goose smaller than the brant;

- breeds in the far north;

- syn. Branta leucopsis, barnacle;

barnburner
n1
someone who burns down a barn;

n2
an impressively successful event;

- "the rock concert was a real barnburner";

barndoor / b ɑ n d ɔ /
n1
an opaque adjustable flap on a lamp fixture;

- used in photography to cut off light from particular areas;

barndoor skate
n1
one of the largest skates (to 5 feet);

- an active skate easy to hook;

- syn. Raja laevis;

Barney Oldfield
n1
United States race driver who was the first to drive faster than a mile a minute (1878-1946);

- syn. Berna Eli Oldfield, Oldfield;

barnful
n1
the quantity that a barn will hold;

barnstorm / b ɑ n s t ɔ m /
v1
appear at county fairs and carnivals as a stunt flier and parachute jumper;

v2
tour the country making political speeches, giving lectures, or presenting plays;

- "The presidential candidates are busy barnstorming this month";

barnstormer / b ɑ n s t ɔ m ə , b ɑ n s t ɔ m ə ɹ /
n1
an actor who travels around the country presenting plays;

- syn. play-actor, playactor, trouper;

n2
a pilot who travels around the country giving exhibits of stunt flying and parachuting;

- syn. stunt flier, stunt pilot;

Barnum
n1
United States showman who popularized the circus (1810-1891);

- syn. P. T. Barnum, Phineas Taylor Barnum;

barnyard / b ɑ n j ɑ d /
n1
a yard adjoining a barn;

barnyard grass
n1
a coarse annual panic grass;

- a cosmopolitan weed;

- occasionally used for hay or grazing;

- syn. Echinochloa crusgalli, barn grass, barn millet;

barograph
n1
a recording barometer;

- automatically records on paper the variations in atmospheric pressure;

barographic
a1
relating to or registered by a barograph;

barometer / b ə ɹ ɒ m ɪ t ə , b ə ɹ ɒ m ɪ t ə ɹ /
n1
an instrument that measures atmospheric pressure;

barometric / b æ ɹ ə m ɛ t ɹ ɪ k /
a1
relating to atmospheric pressure or indicated by a barometer;

- "barometric pressure";

- syn. barometrical;

barometric pressure
n1
atmospheric pressure as indicated by a barometer;

barometrical / b æ ɹ ə m ɛ t ɹ ɪ k ə ɫ /
a1
relating to atmospheric pressure or indicated by a barometer;

- "barometric pressure";

- syn. barometric;

baron / b æ ɹ ə n /
n1
a nobleman (in various countries) of varying rank;

n2
a British peer of the lowest rank;

n3
a very wealthy or powerful businessman;

- "an oil baron";

- syn. big businessman, business leader, king, magnate, mogul, power, top executive, tycoon;

Baron Adrian
n1
English physiologist who conducted research into the function of neurons;

- 1st baron of Cambridge (1889-1997);

- syn. Adrian, Edgar Douglas Adrian;

Baron Alexander von Humboldt
n1
German naturalist who explored Central and South America and provided a comprehensive description of the physical universe (1769-1859);

- syn. Baron Friedrich Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt, Humboldt;

Baron Clive
n1
British general and statesman whose victory at Plassey in 1757 strengthened British control of India (1725-1774);

- syn. Baron Clive of Plassey, Clive, Robert Clive;

Baron Clive of Plassey
n1
British general and statesman whose victory at Plassey in 1757 strengthened British control of India (1725-1774);

- syn. Baron Clive, Clive, Robert Clive;

baron d'Holbach
n1
French philosopher (born in Germany) famous as being one of the first self-described atheists in Europe;

- syn. Dietrich, Paul-Henri Thiry, Paul Heinrich Dietrich, Thiry, d'Holbach;

Baron de la Brede et de Montesquieu
n1
French political philosopher who advocated the separation of executive and legislative and judicial powers (1689-1755);

- syn. Charles Louis de Secondat, Montesquieu;

Baron Friedrich Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt
n1
German naturalist who explored Central and South America and provided a comprehensive description of the physical universe (1769-1859);

- syn. Baron Alexander von Humboldt, Humboldt;

Baron Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard Augustin von Steuben
n1
American Revolutionary leader (born in Prussia) who trained the troops under George Washington (1730-1794);

- syn. Steuben;

Baron Georges Cuvier
n1
French naturalist known as the father of comparative anatomy (1769-1832);

- syn. Cuvier, Georges Cuvier, Georges Leopold Chretien Frederic Dagobert Cuvier;

Baron Hermann Ludwig Ferdinand von Helmholtz
n1
German physiologist and physicist (1821-1894);

- syn. Helmholtz, Hermann Ludwig Ferdinand von Helmholtz, Hermann von Helmholtz;

Baron Hugh Caswall Tremenheere Dowding
n1
British marshal of the RAF who commanded the British air defense forces that defeated the Luftwaffe during the Battle of Britain (1882-1970);

- syn. Dowding, Dowdy, Hugh Dowding;

Baron Jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier
n1
French mathematician who developed Fourier analysis and studied the conduction of heat (1768-1830);

- syn. Fourier, Jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier;

Baron Karl Maria Friedrich Ernst von Weber
n1
German conductor and composer of romantic operas (1786-1826);

- syn. Carl Maria von Weber, Weber;

Baron Karl Wilhelm von Humboldt
n1
German philologist noted for his studies of the relation between language and culture (1767-1835);

- syn. Baron Wilhelm von Humboldt, Humboldt;

Baron Lister
n1
English surgeon who was the first to use antiseptics (1827-1912);

- syn. Joseph Lister, Lister;

Baron Lloyd Webber of Sydmonton
n1
English composer of many successful musicals (some in collaboration with Sir Tim Rice) (born in 1948);

- syn. Andrew Lloyd Webber, Lloyd Webber;

Baron Munchausen
n1
German raconteur who told preposterous stories about his adventures as a soldier and hunter;

- his name is now associated with any telling of exaggerated stories or winning lies (1720-1797);

- syn. Karl Friedrich Hieronymus von Munchhausen, Munchausen, Munchhausen;

Baron Olivier of Birghton
n1
English actor best know for his Shakespearean roles (1907-1989);

- syn. Laurence Olivier, Olivier, Sir Laurence Kerr Olivier;

Baron Richard von Krafft-Ebing
n1
German neurologist noted for his studies of sexual deviance (1840-1902);

- syn. Krafft-Ebing, Richard von Krafft-Ebing;

Baron Snow of Leicester
n1
English writer of novels about moral dilemmas in academe (1905-1980);

- syn. C. P. Snow, Charles Percy Snow, Snow;

Baron Verulam
n1
English statesman and philosopher;

- precursor of British empiricism;

- advocated inductive reasoning (1561-1626);

- syn. 1st Baron Verulam, Bacon, Francis Bacon, Sir Francis Bacon, Viscount St. Albans;

Baron Wilhelm von Humboldt
n1
German philologist noted for his studies of the relation between language and culture (1767-1835);

- syn. Baron Karl Wilhelm von Humboldt, Humboldt;

baronage / b æ ɹ ə n ɪ dʒ /
n1
the peers of a kingdom considered as a group;

- syn. peerage;

baronduki
n1
terrestrial Siberian squirrel;

- syn. Eutamius asiaticus, Eutamius sibiricus, baranduki, barunduki, burunduki;

baroness / b æ ɹ ə n ɛ s /
n1
a noblewoman who holds the rank of baron or who is the wife or widow of a baron;

Baroness Dudevant
n1
French writer known for works concerning women's rights and independence (1804-1876);

- syn. Amandine Aurore Lucie Dupin, George Sand, Sand;

Baroness Emmusca Orczy
n1
British writer (born in Hungary) (1865-1947);

- syn. Orczy;

Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth
n1
English economist and conservationist (1914-1981);

- syn. Barbara Ward, Ward;

Baroness Karen Blixen
n1
Danish writer who lived in Kenya for 19 years and is remembered for her writings about Africa (1885-1962);

- syn. Blixen, Dinesen, Isak Dinesen, Karen Blixen;

Baroness Thatcher of Kesteven
n1
British stateswoman;

- first woman to serve as Prime Minister (born in 1925);

- syn. Iron Lady, Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Margaret Thatcher, Thatcher;

baronet / b æ ɹ ə n ɛ t /
n1
a member of the British order of honor;

- ranks below a baron but above a knight;

- "since he was a baronet he had to be addressed as Sir Henry Jones, Bart.";

- syn. Bart;

baronetage / b æ ɹ ə n ɪ t ɪ dʒ /
n1
the collective body of baronets;

n2
the state of a baronet;

baronetcy / b æ ɹ ə n ɪ t s i /
n1
the rank or dignity or position of a baronet or baroness;

- syn. barony;

n2
the title of a baron;

baronetise
v1
confer baronetcy upon;

- "He was baronetized for his loyalty to the country";

- syn. baronetize;

baronetize
v1
confer baronetcy upon;

- "He was baronetized for his loyalty to the country";

- syn. baronetise;

barong
n1
a knife resembling a cleaver;

- used in the Philippines;

baronial / b ə ɹ oʊ n ɪə ɫ /
a1
impressive in appearance;

- "a baronial mansion";

- "an imposing residence";

- "a noble tree";

- "severe-looking policemen sat astride noble horses";

- "stately columns";

- syn. imposing, noble, stately;

- sim. impressive;

Baronne Anne Louise Germaine Necker de Steal-Holstein
n1
French romantic writer (1766-1817);

- syn. Madame de Stael, Stael;

barony / b æ ɹ ə n i /
n1
the estate of a baron;

n2
the rank or dignity or position of a baronet or baroness;

- syn. baronetcy;

n3
the domain of a baron;

Baroque / b ə ɹ ɒ k /
n1
the historic period from about 1600 until 1750 when the baroque style of art, architecture, and music flourished in Europe;

- syn. Baroque era, Baroque period;

n2
elaborate and extensive ornamentation in decorative art and architecture that flourished in Europe in the 17th century;

- syn. baroqueness;

a1
having elaborate symmetrical ornamentation;

- "the building...frantically baroque"-William Dean Howells;

- syn. churrigueresco, churrigueresque;

- sim. fancy;

a2
of or relating to or characteristic of the elaborately ornamented style of architecture, art, and music popular in Europe between 1600 and 1750;

Baroque era
n1
the historic period from about 1600 until 1750 when the baroque style of art, architecture, and music flourished in Europe;

- syn. Baroque, Baroque period;

Baroque period
n1
the historic period from about 1600 until 1750 when the baroque style of art, architecture, and music flourished in Europe;

- syn. Baroque, Baroque era;

baroqueness
n1
elaborate and extensive ornamentation in decorative art and architecture that flourished in Europe in the 17th century;

- syn. baroque;

baroreceptor
n1
a sensory receptor that responds to pressure;

barosaur
n1
a dinosaur that could grow to be as tall as a building five stories tall;

- syn. barosaurus;

barosaurus
n1
a dinosaur that could grow to be as tall as a building five stories tall;

- syn. barosaur;

barouche / b ə ɹ u ʃ /
n1
a horse-drawn carriage having four wheels;

- has an outside seat for the driver and facing inside seats for two couples and a folding top;

barque / b ɑ k /
n1
a sailing ship with 3 (or more) masts;

- syn. bark;

barrack / b æ ɹ ə k /
n1
a building or group of buildings used to house military personnel;

v1
lodge in barracks;

v2
spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts;

- "The crowd cheered the demonstrating strikers";

- syn. cheer, exhort, inspire, pep up, root on, urge, urge on;

v3
laugh at with contempt and derision;

- "The crowd jeered at the speaker";

- syn. flout, gibe, jeer, scoff;

barracking / b æ ɹ ə k ɪ ŋ /
n1
shouting to interrupt a speech with which you disagree;

- syn. heckling;

barracouta
n1
a large marine food fish common on the coasts of Australia, New Zealand, and southern Africa;

- syn. snoek;

barracuda / b æ ɹ ə k u d ə /
n1
any voracious marine fish of the genus Sphyraena having an elongated cylindrical body and large mouth with projecting lower jaw and long strong teeth;

barrage / b æ ɹ ɑ ʒ /
n1
the rapid and continuous delivery of linguistic communication (spoken or written);

- "a barrage of questions";

- "a bombardment of mail complaining about his mistake";

- syn. bombardment, onslaught, outpouring;

n2
the heavy fire of artillery to saturate an area rather than hit a specific target;

- "they laid down a barrage in front of the advancing troops";

- "the shelling went on for hours without pausing";

- syn. barrage fire, battery, bombardment, shelling;

v1
address with continuously or persistently, as if with a barrage;

- "The speaker was barraged by an angry audience";

- "The governor was bombarded with requests to grant a pardon to the convicted killer";

- syn. bombard;

barrage balloon
n1
an elongated tethered balloon or blimp with cables or net suspended from it to deter enemy planes that are flying low;

barrage fire
n1
the heavy fire of artillery to saturate an area rather than hit a specific target;

- "they laid down a barrage in front of the advancing troops";

- "the shelling went on for hours without pausing";

- syn. barrage, battery, bombardment, shelling;

barrage jam
v1
jam an entire frequency spectrum;

- "During the Cold War, the Soviets routinely barrage jammed to interfere with transmissions from the West";

barrage jamming
n1
electronic jamming over a wide range of frequencies simultaneously;

barramundi
n1
a species of large perch noted for its sporting and eating qualities;

- lives in marine, estuary, and freshwater habitats;

- syn. Asian seabass, Lates calcarifer, giant perch, giant seaperch, white seabass;

Barranquilla / b æ ɹ ə n k i ə /
n1
a port city of northern Colombia near the Caribbean on the Magdalena River;

barrater
n1
someone guilty of barratry;

- syn. barrator;

barrator
n1
someone guilty of barratry;

- syn. barrater;

barratry / b æ ɹ ə t ɹ i /
n1
traffic in ecclesiastical offices or preferments;

- syn. simony;

n2
the crime of a judge whose judgment is influenced by bribery;

n3
(maritime law) a fraudulent breach of duty by the master of a ship that injures the owner of the ship or its cargo;

- includes every breach of trust such as stealing or sinking or deserting the ship or embezzling the cargo;

n4
the offense of vexatiously persisting in inciting lawsuits and quarrels;

barred / b ɑ d /
a1
preventing entry or exit or a course of action;

- "a barricaded street";

- "barred doors";

- "the blockaded harbor";

- syn. barricaded, blockaded;

- sim. obstructed;

a2
marked with stripes or bands;

- sim. marked;

barred owl
n1
large owl of eastern North America having its breast and abdomen streaked with brown;

- syn. Strix varia;

barred pickerel
n1
small but gamy pickerel of Atlantic coastal states;

- syn. Esox americanus, redfin pickerel;

barrel / b æ ɹ ə ɫ /
n1
a tube through which a bullet travels when a gun is fired;

- syn. gun barrel;

n2
a cylindrical container that holds liquids;

- syn. cask;

n3
a bulging cylindrical shape;

- hollow with flat ends;

- syn. drum;

n4
the quantity that a barrel (of any size) will hold;

- syn. barrelful;

n5
any of various units of capacity;

- "a barrel of beer is 31 gallons and a barrel of oil is 42 gallons";

- syn. bbl;

v1
put in barrels;

barrel-shaped
a1
having the general shape of a barrel;

- sim. round;

barrel cactus
n1
a cactus of the genus Ferocactus: unbranched barrel-shaped cactus having deep ribs with numerous spines and usually large funnel-shaped flowers followed by dry fruits;

n2
any cactus of the genus Echinocactus;

- strongly ribbed and very spiny;

- southwestern United States to Brazil;

- syn. echinocactus;

barrel knot
n1
a knot used for tying fishing leaders together;

- the ends of the two leaders are wrapped around each other two or three times;

- syn. blood knot;

barrel maker
n1
a craftsman who makes or repairs wooden barrels or tubs;

- syn. cooper;

barrel organ
n1
a musical instrument that makes music by rotation of a cylinder studded with pegs;

- syn. grind organ, hand organ;

barrel roll
n1
a roll in which the plane follows a spiral course;

barrel vault
n1
the simplest form of vault;

- a single continuous arch;

barreled / b æ ɹ ə ɫ d /
a1
put in or stored in a barrel;

- "barreled beer";

- syn. barrelled;

a2
(of an arrow) tapered toward both ends;

- syn. barrelled;

- sim. pointed;

barrelfish
n1
blackish fish of New England waters;

- syn. Hyperglyphe perciformis, black rudderfish;

barrelful
n1
the quantity that a barrel (of any size) will hold;

- syn. barrel;

barrelhouse
n1
a cheap drinking and dancing establishment;

- syn. honky-tonk;

barrelled / b æ ɹ ə ɫ d /
a1
put in or stored in a barrel;

- "barreled beer";

- syn. barreled;

a2
(of an arrow) tapered toward both ends;

- syn. barreled;

- sim. pointed;

barrels / b æ ɹ ə ɫ z /
n1
the amount that many barrels might hold;

barren / b æ ɹ ə n /
n1
an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation;

- "the barrens of central Africa";

- "the trackless wastes of the desert";

- syn. waste, wasteland;

a1
providing no shelter or sustenance;

- "bare rocky hills";

- "barren lands";

- "the bleak treeless regions of the high Andes";

- "the desolate surface of the moon";

- "a stark landscape";

- syn. bare, bleak, desolate, stark;

- sim. inhospitable;

a2
not bearing offspring;

- "a barren woman";

- "learned early in his marriage that he was sterile";

- sim. sterile;

a3
completely wanting or lacking;

- "writing barren of insight";

- "young recruits destitute of experience";

- "innocent of literary merit";

- "the sentence was devoid of meaning";

- syn. destitute, devoid, free, innocent;

- sim. nonexistent;

barren ground caribou
n1
of tundra of northern Canada;

- in some classifications included in the species Rangifer tarandus;

- syn. Rangifer arcticus;

barrenness / b æ ɹ ə n n ə s /
n1
the state (usually of a woman) of having no children or being unable to have children;

n2
the quality of yielding nothing of value;

- syn. aridity, fruitlessness;

barrenwort
n1
slow-growing creeping plant with semi-evergreen leaves on erect wiry stems;

- used as ground cover;

- syn. Epimedium grandiflorum, bishop's hat;

barrette / b ɑr ɛ t /
n1
a pin for holding women's hair in place;

barretter / b ɑr ɛ t t ɝ /
n1
a resistor inserted into a circuit to compensate for changes (as those arising from temperature fluctuations);

- syn. ballast, ballast resistor;

barricade / b æ ɹ ɪ k eɪ d /
n1
a barrier set up by police to stop traffic on a street or road in order to catch a fugitive or inspect traffic etc.;

- syn. roadblock;

n2
a barrier (usually thrown up hastily) to impede the advance of an enemy;

- "they stormed the barricade";

v1
render unsuitable for passage;

- "block the way";

- "barricade the streets";

- "stop the busy road";

- syn. bar, block, block off, block up, blockade, stop;

v2
prevent access to by barricading;

- "The street where the President lives is always barricaded";

v3
block off with barricades;

- syn. barricado;

barricaded / b æ ɹ ɪ k eɪ d ɪ d /
a1
preventing entry or exit or a course of action;

- "a barricaded street";

- "barred doors";

- "the blockaded harbor";

- syn. barred, blockaded;

- sim. obstructed;

barricado
v1
block off with barricades;

- syn. barricade;

Barrie
n1
Scottish dramatist and novelist;

- created Peter Pan (1860-1937);

- syn. J. M. Barrie, James Barrie, James Matthew Barrie, Sir James Matthew Barrie;

barrier / b æ ɹ ɪə , b æ ɹ ɪə ɹ /
n1
a structure or object that impedes free movement;

n2
any condition that makes it difficult to make progress or to achieve an objective;

- "intolerance is a barrier to understanding";

- syn. roadblock;

n3
anything serving to maintain separation by obstructing vision or access;

barrier island
n1
a long narrow sandy island (wider than a reef) running parallel to the shore;

barrier reef
n1
a long coral reef near and parallel to the shore;

barrier strip
n1
a junction unit for connecting 2 cables without the need for plugs;

- syn. junction barrier;

barring / b ɑr ɪ ŋ /
n1
the act of excluding someone by a negative vote or veto;

- syn. blackball;

barrio / b ɑr i oʊ /
n1
a Spanish-speaking quarter in a town or city (especially in the United States);

n2
an urban area in a Spanish-speaking country;

barrister / b æ ɹ ɪ s t ə , b æ ɹ ɪ s t ə ɹ /
n1
a British or Canadian lawyer who speaks in the higher courts of law on behalf of either the defense or prosecution;

barroom / b ɑr u m /
n1
a room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter;

- "he drowned his sorrows in whiskey at the bar";

- syn. bar, ginmill, saloon, taproom;

barrow / b æ ɹ oʊ /
n1
the quantity that a barrow will hold;

- syn. barrowful;

n2
(archeology) a heap of earth placed over prehistoric tombs;

- syn. burial mound, grave mound, tumulus;

n3
a cart for carrying small loads;

- has handles and one or more wheels;

- syn. garden cart, lawn cart, wheelbarrow;

Barrow's goldeneye
n1
North American goldeneye diving duck;

- syn. Bucephala islandica;

barrow-boy / b æ ɹ oʊ b ɔɪ /
n1
a hawker of fruit and vegetables from a barrow;

- syn. barrow-man, costermonger;

barrow-man / b æ ɹ oʊ m æ n /
n1
a hawker of fruit and vegetables from a barrow;

- syn. barrow-boy, costermonger;

barrowful
n1
the quantity that a barrow will hold;

- syn. barrow;

Barrymore / b æ ɹ i m ɔ ɹ /
n1
United States actor;

- son of Maurice Barrymore and Georgiana Barrymore (1882-1942);

- syn. John Barrymore;

n2
United States actress;

- daughter of Maurice Barrymore and Georgiana Barrymore (1879-1959);

- syn. Ethel Barrymore;

n3
United States actor;

- son of Maurice Barrymore and Georgiana Barrymore (1878-1954);

- syn. Lionel Barrymore;

n4
United States actress;

- daughter of John Drew and wife of Maurice Barrymore;

- mother of Ethel Barrymore and John Barrymore and Lionel Barrymore (1854-1893);

- syn. Georgiana Barrymore, Georgiana Emma Barrymore;

n5
United States actor;

- husband of Georgiana Emma Barrymore and father of Ethel Barrymore and John Barrymore and Lionel Barrymore (1847-1905);

- syn. Herbert Blythe, Maurice Barrymore;

bars / b ɑ z /
n1
gymnastic apparatus consisting of two parallel wooden rods supported on uprights;

- syn. parallel bars;

Barstow / b ɑ s t oʊ /
n1
a town in southeastern California;

Bart / b ɑ t , b ɑ t /
n1
a member of the British order of honor;

- ranks below a baron but above a knight;

- "since he was a baronet he had to be addressed as Sir Henry Jones, Bart.";

- syn. baronet;

bartender / b ɑ t ɛ n d ə , b ɑ t ɛ n d ə ɹ /
n1
an employee who mixes and serves alcoholic drinks at a bar;

- syn. barkeep, barkeeper, barman, mixologist;

barter / b ɑ t ə , b ɑ t ə ɹ /
n1
an equal exchange;

- "we had no money so we had to live by barter";

- syn. swap, swop, trade;

v1
exchange goods without involving money;

barter away
v1
trade in in a bartering transaction;

barterer / b ɑ t ə ɹ ə , b ɑ t ə ɹ ə ɹ /
n1
a trader who exchanges goods and not money;

Barth
n1
Swiss Protestant theologian (1886-1968);

- syn. Karl Barth;

n2
United States novelist (born in 1930);

- syn. John Barth, John Simmons Barth;

Barthelme
n1
United States author of sometimes surrealistic stories (1931-1989);

- syn. Donald Barthelme;

Barthold George Niebuhr
n1
German historian noted for his critical approach to sources and for his history of Rome (1776-1831);

- syn. Niebuhr;

Bartholdi
n1
French sculptor best known for creating the Statue of Liberty now in New York harbor;

- syn. Frederic Auguste Bartholdi;

Bartholin
n1
Danish physician who discovered Bartholin's gland (1585-1629);

- syn. Caspar Bartholin;

Bartholin's gland
n1
either of the two posterior vestibular glands that secrete a lubricating mucus;

- homologous to Cowper's gland in the male;

Bartholomeu Dias
n1
Portuguese explorer who in 1488 was the first European to get round the Cape of Good Hope (thus establishing a sea route from the Atlantic to Asia) (1450-1500);

- syn. Bartholomeu Diaz, Dias, Diaz;

Bartholomeu Diaz
n1
Portuguese explorer who in 1488 was the first European to get round the Cape of Good Hope (thus establishing a sea route from the Atlantic to Asia) (1450-1500);

- syn. Bartholomeu Dias, Dias, Diaz;

Bartholomew Roberts
n1
a Welsh pirate credited with having taken more than 400 ships (1682-1722);

- syn. Roberts;

Bartle Frere
n1
a living fossil or so-called `green dinosaur';

- genus or subfamily of primitive nut-bearing trees thought to have died out 50 million years ago;

- a single specimen found in 1994 on Mount Bartle Frere in eastern Australia;

- not yet officially named;

- syn. genus Bartle-Frere, green dinosaur;

Bartlesville / b ɑ t ɫ ɛ z v ɪ ɫ /
n1
a town in northeastern Oklahoma;

Bartlett
n1
United States explorer who accompanied Peary's expedition to the North Pole and who led many other Arctic trips (1875-1946);

- syn. Captain Bob, Robert Abram Bartlett, Robert Bartlett;

n2
United States publisher and editor who compiled a book of familiar quotations (1820-1905);

- syn. John Bartlett;

n3
juicy yellow pear;

- syn. bartlett pear;

bartlett pear
n1
juicy yellow pear;

- syn. bartlett;

Bartok
n1
Hungarian composer and pianist who collected Hungarian folk music;

- in 1940 he moved to the United States (1881-1945);

- syn. Bela Bartok;

Bartolome Esteban Murillo
n1
Spanish painter (1617-1682);

- syn. Murillo;

Bartolomeo Alberto Capillari
n1
Italian pope from 1831 to 1846;

- conservative in politics and theology;

- worked to propagate Catholicism in England and the United States (1765-1846);

- syn. Gregory, Gregory XVI;

Bartolomeo Prignano
n1
Italian pope from 1378 to 1389 whose contested election began the Great Schism;

- he alienated his political allies by his ruthless treatment of his opponents (1318-1389);

- syn. Urban VI;

Bartolomeo Vanzetti
n1
United States anarchist (born in Italy) who with Nicola Sacco was convicted of murder and in spite of world-wide protest was executed (1888-1927);

- syn. Vanzetti;

Bartolommeo Eustachio
n1
Italian anatomist who was one of the fathers of modern anatomy;

- noted for descriptions of the ear and the heart (1520-1574);

- syn. Eustachio;

bartonia
n1
annual grown especially for its fragrant golden nocturnal flowers;

- syn. Mentzelia lindleyi;

Bartram Juneberry
n1
open-growing shrub of eastern North America having pure white flowers and small waxy almost black fruits;

- syn. Amelanchier bartramiana;

Bartramia
n1
a genus of Scolopacidae;

- syn. genus Bartramia;

Bartramia longicauda
n1
large plover-like sandpiper of North American fields and uplands;

- syn. Bartramian sandpiper, upland plover, upland sandpiper;

Bartramian sandpiper
n1
large plover-like sandpiper of North American fields and uplands;

- syn. Bartramia longicauda, upland plover, upland sandpiper;

Baruch
n1
economic advisor to United States Presidents (1870-1965);

- syn. Bernard Baruch, Bernard Mannes Baruch;

n2
a disciple of and secretary for the prophet Jeremiah;

n3
an Apocryphal book ascribed to Baruch;

- syn. Book of Baruch;

Baruch de Spinoza
n1
Dutch philosopher who espoused a pantheistic system (1632-1677);

- syn. Benedict de Spinoza, Spinoza, de Spinoza;

barunduki
n1
terrestrial Siberian squirrel;

- syn. Eutamius asiaticus, Eutamius sibiricus, baranduki, baronduki, burunduki;

barycenter
n1
(astronomy) the common center of mass around which two or more bodies revolve;

barye
n1
the absolute unit of pressure equal to one dyne per square centimeter;

- syn. bar absolute, microbar;

baryon / b ɑ j ɒ n /
n1
any of the elementary particles having a mass equal to or greater than that of a proton and that participate in strong interactions;

- a hadron with a baryon number of +1;

- syn. heavy particle;

baryon number
n1
a number equal to the difference between the number of baryons and the number of antibaryons in any subatomic structure;

- it is conserved in all types of particle interactions;

Baryshnikov
n1
Russian dancer and choreographer who migrated to the United States (born in 1948);

- syn. Mikhail Baryshnikov;

baryta
n1
any of several compounds of barium;

barytes
n1
a white or colorless mineral (BaSO4);

- the main source of barium;

- syn. barite, barium sulphate, heavy spar;

barytic
a1
of or relating to or containing baryta;

barytone / b æ ɹ ɪ t oʊ n /
n1
a male singer;

- syn. baritone;

bas bleu
n1
a woman having literary or intellectual interests;

- syn. bluestocking;

bas mitzvah
n1
(Judaism) an initiation ceremony marking the 12th birthday of a Jewish girl and signifying the beginning of religious responsibility;

- syn. bat mitzvah, bath mitzvah;

bas relief
n1
a sculptural relief in which forms extend only slightly from the background;

- no figures are undercut;

- syn. basso relievo, basso rilievo, low relief;

basal / b eɪ s ɫ /
a1
especially of leaves;

- located at the base of a plant or stem;

- especially arising directly from the root or rootstock or a root-like stem;

- "basal placentation";

- "radical leaves";

- syn. radical;

a2
of or being the essential or basic part;

- "an elementary need for love and nurturing";

- "a basal reader";

- syn. elemental, elementary, primary;

- sim. basic;

a3
serving as or forming a base;

- "the painter applied a base coat followed by two finishing coats";

- syn. base;

- sim. basic;

basal body temperature
n1
body temperature in the morning before rising or moving about or eating anything;

- syn. basal temperature;

basal body temperature method
n1
natural family planning in which the fertile period of the woman's menstrual cycle is inferred by noting the rise in basal body temperature that typically occurs with ovulation;

- syn. basal body temperature method of family planning;

basal body temperature method of family planning
n1
natural family planning in which the fertile period of the woman's menstrual cycle is inferred by noting the rise in basal body temperature that typically occurs with ovulation;

- syn. basal body temperature method;

basal ganglion
n1
any of several masses of subcortical grey matter at the base of each cerebral hemisphere that seem to be involved in the regulation of voluntary movement;

basal metabolic rate
n1
the rate at which heat is produced by an individual in a resting state;

- syn. BMR;

basal metabolism
n1
the amount of energy required to maintain the body of an individual in a resting state;

basal placentation
n1
where one or few ovules develop at the base of a simple or compound ovary;

basal temperature
n1
body temperature in the morning before rising or moving about or eating anything;

- syn. basal body temperature;

basal vein
n1
a large vein passing along the medial surface of the temporal lobe and emptying into the great cerebral vein;

- syn. vena basalis;

basalt / b æ s ɔ ɫ t /
n1
the commonest type of solidified lava;

- a dense dark grey fine-grained igneous rock that is composed chiefly of plagioclase feldspar and pyroxene;

basaltic / b ə s ɔ ɫ t ɪ k /
a1
of or relating to or containing basalt;

- "basaltic magma is fluid";

bascule / b æ s k j u ɫ /
n1
a structure or device in which one end is counterbalanced by the other (on the principle of the seesaw);

base / b eɪ s /
n1
installation from which a military force initiates operations;

- "the attack wiped out our forward bases";

- syn. base of operations;

n2
lowest support of a structure;

- "it was built on a base of solid rock";

- "he stood at the foot of the tower";

- syn. foot, foundation, fundament, groundwork, substructure, understructure;

n3
a place that the runner must touch before scoring;

- "he scrambled to get back to the bag";

- syn. bag;

n4
the bottom or lowest part;

- "the base of the mountain";

n5
(anatomy) the part of an organ nearest its point of attachment;

- "the base of the skull";

n6
a lower limit;

- "the government established a wage floor";

- syn. floor;

n7
the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained;

- "the whole argument rested on a basis of conjecture";

- syn. basis, cornerstone, foundation, fundament, groundwork;

n8
a support or foundation;

- "the base of the lamp";

- syn. pedestal, stand;

n9
a phosphoric ester of a nucleoside;

- the basic structural unit of nucleic acids (DNA or RNA);

- syn. nucleotide;

n10
any of various water-soluble compounds capable of turning litmus blue and reacting with an acid to form a salt and water;

- "bases include oxides and hydroxides of metals and ammonia";

- syn. alkali;

n11
the bottom side of a geometric figure from which the altitude can be constructed;

- "the base of the triangle";

n12
the most important or necessary part of something;

- "the basis of this drink is orange juice";

- syn. basis;

n13
(numeration system) the positive integer that is equivalent to one in the next higher counting place;

- "10 is the radix of the decimal system";

- syn. radix;

n14
the place where you are stationed and from which missions start and end;

- syn. home;

n15
a terrorist network intensely opposed to the United States that dispenses money and logistical support and training to a wide variety of radical Islamic terrorist groups;

- has cells in more than 50 countries;

- syn. Qaeda, al-Qa'ida, al-Qaeda, al-Qaida, al Qaeda, al Qaida;

n16
(linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed;

- "thematic vowels are part of the stem";

- syn. radical, root, root word, stem, theme;

n17
the stock of basic facilities and capital equipment needed for the functioning of a country or area;

- "the industrial base of Japan";

- syn. infrastructure;

n18
the principal ingredient of a mixture;

- "glycerinated gelatin is used as a base for many ointments";

- "he told the painter that he wanted a yellow base with just a hint of green";

- "everything she cooked seemed to have rice as the base";

n19
a flat bottom on which something is intended to sit;

- "a tub should sit on its own base";

n20
(electronics) the part of a transistor that separates the emitter from the collector;

v1
use as a basis for;

- found on;

- "base a claim on some observation";

- syn. establish, found, ground;

v2
situate as a center of operations;

- "we will base this project in the new lab";

v3
use (purified cocaine) by burning it and inhaling the fumes;

- syn. free-base;

a1
serving as or forming a base;

- "the painter applied a base coat followed by two finishing coats";

- syn. basal;

- sim. basic;

a2
of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense);

- "baseborn wretches with dirty faces";

- "of humble (or lowly) birth";

- syn. baseborn, humble, lowly;

- sim. lowborn;

a3
(used of metals) consisting of or alloyed with inferior metal;

- "base coins of aluminum";

- "a base metal";

- sim. inferior;

a4
not adhering to ethical or moral principles;

- "base and unpatriotic motives";

- "a base, degrading way of life";

- "cheating is dishonorable";

- "they considered colonialism immoral";

- "unethical practices in handling public funds";

- syn. immoral;

- sim. wrong;

a5
having or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality;

- "that liberal obedience without which your army would be a base rabble"- Edmund Burke;

- "taking a mean advantage";

- "chok'd with ambition of the meaner sort"- Shakespeare;

- "something essentially vulgar and meanspirited in politics";

- syn. mean, meanspirited;

- sim. ignoble;

a6
illegitimate;

- syn. baseborn;

- sim. illegitimate;

a7
debased;

- not genuine;

- "an attempt to eliminate the base coinage";

- sim. counterfeit;

base-forming
a1
yielding a base in aqueous solution;

- sim. alkaline;

base hit
n1
(baseball) the successful act of striking a baseball in such a way that the batter reaches base safely;

- syn. safety;

base metal
n1
a metal that is common and not considered precious;

- "lead, iron, copper, tin, and zinc are base metals";

base of operations
n1
installation from which a military force initiates operations;

- "the attack wiped out our forward bases";

- syn. base;

base on balls
n1
(baseball) an advance to first base by a batter who receives four balls;

- "he worked the pitcher for a base on balls";

- syn. pass, walk;

base pair
n1
one of the pairs of chemical bases joined by hydrogen bonds that connect the complementary strands of a DNA molecule or of an RNA molecule that has two strands;

- the base pairs are adenine with thymine and guanine with cytosine in DNA and adenine with uracil and guanine with cytosine in RNA;

base rate
n1
the interest rate set by the Bank of England for lending to other banks;

base runner
n1
a baseball player on the team at bat who is on base (or attempting to reach a base);

- syn. runner;

baseball / b eɪ s b ɔ ɫ /
n1
a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players;

- teams take turns at bat trying to score runs;

- "he played baseball in high school";

- "there was a baseball game on every empty lot";

- "there was a desire for National League ball in the area";

- "play ball!";

- syn. ball, baseball game;

n2
a ball used in playing baseball;

baseball bat
n1
an implement used in baseball by the batter;

- syn. lumber;

baseball cap
n1
a cap with a bill;

- syn. golf cap, jockey cap;

baseball card
n1
a trading card with a picture of a baseball player and information about his playing record;

baseball clinic
n1
a meeting at which baseball players receive special evaluation and instruction;

- "a summer baseball clinic for promising young players";

baseball club
n1
a team of professional baseball players who play and travel together;

- "each club played six home games with teams in its own division";

- syn. ball club, club, nine;

baseball coach
n1
a coach of baseball players;

- syn. baseball manager;

baseball diamond
n1
the area of a baseball field that is enclosed by 3 bases and home plate;

- syn. diamond, infield;

baseball equipment
n1
equipment used in playing baseball;

baseball field
n1
the baseball playing field;

- syn. ball field, diamond;

baseball game
n1
a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players;

- teams take turns at bat trying to score runs;

- "he played baseball in high school";

- "there was a baseball game on every empty lot";

- "there was a desire for National League ball in the area";

- "play ball!";

- syn. ball, baseball;

baseball glove
n1
the handwear used by fielders in playing baseball;

- syn. baseball mitt, glove, mitt;

baseball league
n1
a league of baseball teams;

baseball manager
n1
a coach of baseball players;

- syn. baseball coach;

baseball mitt
n1
the handwear used by fielders in playing baseball;

- syn. baseball glove, glove, mitt;

baseball play
n1
(baseball) a play executed by a baseball team;

baseball player
n1
an athlete who plays baseball;

- syn. ballplayer;

baseball score
n1
the score of a baseball game;

baseball season
n1
the season when baseball is played;

baseball swing
n1
in baseball;

- a batter's attempt to hit a pitched ball;

- "he took a vicious cut at the ball";

- syn. cut, swing;

baseball team
n1
a team that plays baseball;

baseboard / b eɪ s b ɔ d /
n1
a molding covering the joint formed by a wall and the floor;

- syn. mopboard, skirting board;

baseborn / b eɪ s b ɔ n /
a1
of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense);

- "baseborn wretches with dirty faces";

- "of humble (or lowly) birth";

- syn. base, humble, lowly;

- sim. lowborn;

a2
illegitimate;

- syn. base;

- sim. illegitimate;

based / b eɪ s t /
a1
having a base;

- "firmly based ice";

- sim. supported;

a2
having a base of operations (often used as a combining form);

- "a locally based business";

- "an Atlanta-based company";

- "carrier-based planes";

- sim. settled;

Basel / b ɑ z ɫ /
n1
a city in northwestern Switzerland;

- syn. Bale, Basle;

baseless / b eɪ s ɫ ɪ s /
a1
without a basis in reason or fact;

- "baseless gossip";

- "the allegations proved groundless";

- "idle fears";

- "unfounded suspicions";

- "unwarranted jealousy";

- syn. groundless, idle, unfounded, unwarranted, wild;

- sim. unsupported;

baseline / b eɪ s ɫ aɪ n /
n1
an imaginary line or standard by which things are measured or compared;

- "the established a baseline for the budget";

n2
the back line bounding each end of a tennis or handball court;

- when serving the server must not step over this line;

- syn. service line;

n3
the lines a baseball player must follow while running the bases;

basely
r1
in a despicable, ignoble manner;

- "this new leader meanly threatens the deepest values of our society";

- syn. meanly, scurvily;

basement / b eɪ s m ə n t /
n1
the lowermost portion of a structure partly or wholly below ground level;

- often used for storage;

- syn. cellar;

n2
the ground floor facade or interior in Renaissance architecture;

baseness / b eɪ s n ɛ s /
n1
unworthiness by virtue of lacking higher values;

- syn. contemptibility, despicability, despicableness, sordidness;

basenji
n1
small smooth-haired breed of African origin having a tightly curled tail and the inability to bark;

bash / b æ ʃ /
n1
a vigorous blow;

- "the sudden knock floored him";

- "he took a bash right in his face";

- "he got a bang on the head";

- syn. bang, belt, knock, smash;

n2
an uproarious party;

- syn. brawl, do;

v1
hit hard;

- syn. bonk, bop, sock, whap, whop;

bashful / b æ ʃ f ʊ ɫ /
a1
self-consciously timid;

- "I never laughed, being bashful;

- lowering my head, I looked at the wall"- Ezra Pound;

- sim. timid;

a2
disposed to avoid notice;

- "they considered themselves a tough outfit and weren't bashful about letting anybody know it";

- (`blate' is a Scottish term for bashful);

- syn. blate;

- sim. backward;

bashfully / b æ ʃ f ʊ ɫ i /
r1
in a shy or timid or bashful manner;

- "he smiled shyly";

- syn. shyly, timidly;

bashfulness / b æ ʃ f ʊ ɫ n ɛ s /
n1
feeling embarrassed due to modesty;

- syn. abashment;

Basia
n1
the second largest city in Iraq;

- an oil port in southern Iraq;

- syn. Basra;

BASIC / b eɪ s ɪ k /
n1
a popular programming language that is relatively easy to learn;

- an acronym for beginner's all-purpose symbolic instruction code;

- no longer in general use;

n2
(usually in the plural) a necessary commodity for which demand is constant;

- syn. staple;

a1
pertaining to or constituting a base or basis;

- "a basic fact";

- "the basic ingredients";

- "basic changes in public opinion occur because of changes in priorities";

- sim. basal, elementary, fundamental, grassroots, radical;

a2
reduced to the simplest and most significant form possible without loss of generality;

- "a basic story line";

- "a canonical syllable pattern";

- syn. canonic, canonical;

- sim. standard;

a3
serving as a base or starting point;

- "a basic course in Russian";

- "basic training for raw recruits";

- "a set of basic tools";

- "an introductory art course";

- syn. introductory;

- sim. first;

a4
of or denoting or of the nature of or containing a base;

- sim. alkaline;

basic assumption
n1
an assumption that is basic to an argument;

- syn. constatation, self-evident truth;

basic cognitive process
n1
cognitive processes involved in obtaining and storing knowledge;

basic color
n1
a dye that is considered to be a base because the chromophore is part of a positive ion;

- syn. basic colour, basic dye;

basic colour
n1
a dye that is considered to be a base because the chromophore is part of a positive ion;

- syn. basic color, basic dye;

basic dye
n1
a dye that is considered to be a base because the chromophore is part of a positive ion;

- syn. basic color, basic colour;

Basic English
n1
a simplified form of English proposed for use as an auxiliary language for international communication;

- devised by C. K. Ogden and I. A. Richards;

basic iron
n1
pig iron containing a high percentage of phosphorus;

- used in making steel by a process that removes the phosphorus;

basic point defense missile system
n1
a shipboard missile system;

basic principle
n1
principles from which other truths can be derived;

- "first you must learn the fundamentals";

- "let's get down to basics";

- syn. basics, bedrock, fundamental principle, fundamentals;

basic slag
n1
slag produced in making steel;

- low in silica but having large amounts of calcium phosphate;

- useful as fertilizer;

basic training
n1
the initial period of training for new military personnel;

- involves intense physical activity and behavioral discipline;

basically / b eɪ s ɪ k ɫ i /
r1
in essence;

- at bottom or by one's (or its) very nature;

- "He is basically dishonest";

- "the argument was essentially a technical one";

- "for all his bluster he is in essence a shy person";

- syn. essentially, fundamentally;

basics / b eɪ s ɪ k s /
n1
a statement of fundamental facts or principles;

- syn. rudiments;

n2
principles from which other truths can be derived;

- "first you must learn the fundamentals";

- "let's get down to basics";

- syn. basic principle, bedrock, fundamental principle, fundamentals;

basidial
a1
relating to or characterized by basidia;

basidiocarp
n1
the fruiting body of a basidiomycete which bears its spores on special cells;

basidiolichen
n1
a lichen in which the fungus component is a basidiomycete;

basidiomycete
n1
any of various fungi of the subdivision Basidiomycota;

- syn. basidiomycetous fungi;

Basidiomycetes
n1
large class of higher fungi coextensive with subdivision Basidiomycota;

- syn. class Basidiomycetes;

basidiomycetous
a1
pertaining to or characteristic of fungi of the class Basidiomycetes;

basidiomycetous fungi
n1
any of various fungi of the subdivision Basidiomycota;

- syn. basidiomycete;

Basidiomycota
n1
comprises fungi bearing the spores on a basidium;

- includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) and Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) and Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics and bracket fungi);

- in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom Fungi;

- syn. Basidiomycotina, subdivision Basidiomycota, subdivision Basidiomycotina;

Basidiomycotina
n1
comprises fungi bearing the spores on a basidium;

- includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) and Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) and Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics and bracket fungi);

- in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom Fungi;

- syn. Basidiomycota, subdivision Basidiomycota, subdivision Basidiomycotina;

basidiospore
n1
a sexually produced fungal spore borne on a basidium;

basidiosporous
a1
of or relating to or characterized by spores produced by basidia;

basidium
n1
a small club-shaped structure typically bearing four basidiospores at the ends of minute projections;

- unique to basidiomycetes;

basifixed
a1
attached by its base (as certain anthers to their filaments or stalks);

- sim. affixed;

basify
v1
turn basic and less acidic;

- "the solution alkalized";

- syn. alkalify, alkalise, alkalize;

basil / b æ z ɫ /
n1
any of several Old World tropical aromatic annual or perennial herbs of the genus Ocimum;

n2
(Roman Catholic Church) the bishop of Caesarea who defended the Roman Catholic Church against the heresies of the 4th century;

- a saint and Doctor of the Church (329-379);

- syn. Basil of Caesarea, Basil the Great, St. Basil, St. Basil the Great;

n3
leaves of the common basil;

- used fresh or dried;

- syn. sweet basil;

basil balm
n1
perennial herb of North America (New York to Illinois and mountains of Alaska) having aromatic leaves and clusters of yellowish-pink balls;

- syn. Monarda clinopodia;

n2
fragrant European mint having clusters of small violet-and-white flowers;

- naturalized especially in eastern North America;

- syn. Acinos arvensis, Satureja acinos, basil thyme, mother of thyme;

basil mint
n1
perennial herb of the eastern United States having inconspicuous greenish flowers and narrow leaves that are very aromatic when bruised;

- syn. Pycnanthemum virginianum;

Basil of Caesarea
n1
(Roman Catholic Church) the bishop of Caesarea who defended the Roman Catholic Church against the heresies of the 4th century;

- a saint and Doctor of the Church (329-379);

- syn. Basil, Basil the Great, St. Basil, St. Basil the Great;

Basil the Great
n1
(Roman Catholic Church) the bishop of Caesarea who defended the Roman Catholic Church against the heresies of the 4th century;

- a saint and Doctor of the Church (329-379);

- syn. Basil, Basil of Caesarea, St. Basil, St. Basil the Great;

basil thyme
n1
fragrant European mint having clusters of small violet-and-white flowers;

- naturalized especially in eastern North America;

- syn. Acinos arvensis, Satureja acinos, basil balm, mother of thyme;

basilar
a1
of or relating to or located at the base;

- "the basilar membrane of the cochlea";

- syn. basilary;

basilar artery
n1
an unpaired artery;

- supplies the pons and cerebellum and the back part of the cerebrum and the inner ear;

- syn. arteria basilaris;

basilar membrane
n1
a membrane in the cochlea that supports the organ of Corti;

basilary
a1
of or relating to or located at the base;

- "the basilar membrane of the cochlea";

- syn. basilar;

basileus
n1
a ruler of the eastern Roman Empire;

basilic vein
n1
a vein that drains the back of the hand and forearm and empties into the axillary vein;

- syn. vena basilica;

basilica / b ə z ɪ ɫ ɪ k ə /
n1
an early Christian church designed like a Roman basilica;

- or a Roman Catholic church or cathedral accorded certain privileges;

- "the church was raised to the rank of basilica";

n2
a Roman building used for public administration;

- syn. Roman basilica;

basilican / b ə z ɪ ɫ ɪ k ə n /
a1
of or relating to or resembling a basilica;

Basilicata
n1
a region of southern Italy (forming the instep of the Italian `boot');

- syn. Lucania;

Basiliscus
n1
a reptile genus of Iguanidae;

- syn. genus Basiliscus;

basilisk / b æ s ɪ ɫ ɪ s k /
n1
(classical mythology) a serpent (or lizard or dragon) able to kill with its breath or glance;

n2
ancient brass cannon;

n3
small crested arboreal lizard able to run on its hind legs;

- of tropical America;

basin / b eɪ s n /
n1
a bowl-shaped vessel;

- usually used for holding food or liquids;

- "she mixed the dough in a large basin";

n2
the quantity that a basin will hold;

- "a basinful of water";

- syn. basinful;

n3
a natural depression in the surface of the land often with a lake at the bottom of it;

- "the basin of the Great Salt Lake";

n4
the entire geographical area drained by a river and its tributaries;

- an area characterized by all runoff being conveyed to the same outlet;

- "flood control in the Missouri basin";

- syn. catchment area, catchment basin, drainage area, drainage basin, river basin, watershed;

n5
a bathroom sink that is permanently installed and connected to a water supply and drainpipe;

- where you can wash your hands and face;

- "he ran some water in the basin and splashed it on his face";

- syn. lavatory, washbasin, washbowl, washstand;

basinal
a1
of or relating to a basin;

- "basinal deposits";

basined / b eɪ s n d /
a1
enclosed in a basin;

- sim. enclosed;

basinet
n1
a medieval steel helmet;

basinful
n1
the quantity that a basin will hold;

- "a basinful of water";

- syn. basin;

basipetal
a1
of leaves or flowers;

- developing or opening in succession from apex to base;

basis / b eɪ s ɪ s /
n1
a relation that provides the foundation for something;

- "they were on a friendly footing";

- "he worked on an interim basis";

- syn. footing, ground;

n2
the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained;

- "the whole argument rested on a basis of conjecture";

- syn. base, cornerstone, foundation, fundament, groundwork;

n3
the most important or necessary part of something;

- "the basis of this drink is orange juice";

- syn. base;

basiscopic
a1
facing or on the side toward the base;

basivertebral vein
n1
one of a number of veins draining the spongy substance of the vertebrae and emptying into the anterior internal vertebral venous plexus;

- syn. vena basivertebralis;

bask / b ɑ s k /
v1
derive or receive pleasure from;

- get enjoyment from;

- take pleasure in;

- "She relished her fame and basked in her glory";

- syn. enjoy, relish, savor, savour;

v2
be exposed;

- "The seals were basking in the sun";

basket / b ɑ s k ɪ t /
n1
a container that is usually woven and has handles;

- syn. handbasket;

n2
the quantity contained in a basket;

- syn. basketful;

n3
horizontal circular metal hoop supporting a net through which players try to throw the basketball;

- syn. basketball hoop, hoop;

n4
a score in basketball made by throwing the ball through the hoop;

- syn. field goal;

basket-handle arch
n1
a round arch whose inner curve is drawn with circles having three centers;

- syn. three-centered arch;

basket-shaped
a1
shaped like a basket;

- sim. formed;

basket ash
n1
vigorous spreading North American tree having dark brown heavy wood;

- leaves turn gold in autumn;

- syn. Fraxinus nigra, black ash, brown ash, hoop ash;

basket fern
n1
tropical American fern cultivated for its finely divided greyish-green foliage;

- West Indies and southern Mexico to Peru and Brazil;

- syn. Nephrolepis pectinata, toothed sword fern;

n2
giant epiphytic or lithophytic fern;

- Asia to Polynesia and Australia;

- syn. Drynaria rigidula;

basket fish
n1
any starfish-like animal of the genera Euryale or Astrophyton or Gorgonocephalus having slender complexly branched interlacing arms radiating from a central disc;

- syn. basket star;

basket flower
n1
annual of southwestern United States cultivated for its purple flower heads and its bracts that resemble small baskets;

- syn. Centaurea americana;

basket hilt
n1
a hilt with a basket-shaped guard for the hand;

Basket Maker
n1
early Amerindians related to the Pueblo;

- known for skill in making baskets;

basket oak
n1
medium to large deciduous tree of the eastern United States;

- its durable wood is used as timber or split and woven into baskets or chair seats;

- syn. Quercus montana, Quercus prinus, cow oak;

basket rummy
n1
a form of rummy using two decks of cards and four jokers;

- jokers and deuces are wild;

- the object is to form groups of the same rank;

- syn. canasta, meld;

basket spikemoss
n1
spikemoss forming dense mats;

- eastern North America;

- syn. Selaginella apoda, meadow spikemoss;

basket star
n1
any starfish-like animal of the genera Euryale or Astrophyton or Gorgonocephalus having slender complexly branched interlacing arms radiating from a central disc;

- syn. basket fish;

basket weave
n1
a cloth woven of two or more threads interlaced to suggest the weave of a basket;

basket willow
n1
Eurasian osier having reddish or purple twigs and bark rich in tannin;

- syn. Salix purpurea, purple osier, purple willow, red osier, red willow;

basketball / b ɑ s k ɪ t b ɔ ɫ /
n1
a game played on a court by two opposing teams of 5 players;

- points are scored by throwing the ball through an elevated horizontal hoop;

- syn. basketball game, hoops;

n2
an inflated ball used in playing basketball;

basketball backboard
n1
a raised vertical board with basket attached;

- used to play basketball;

- "he banked the shot off the backboard";

- syn. backboard;

basketball clinic
n1
a meeting at which basketball players receive special evaluation and instruction;

basketball coach
n1
a coach of basketball players;

basketball court
n1
the court on which basketball is played;

basketball equipment
n1
sports equipment used in playing basketball;

basketball game
n1
a game played on a court by two opposing teams of 5 players;

- points are scored by throwing the ball through an elevated horizontal hoop;

- syn. basketball, hoops;

basketball hoop
n1
horizontal circular metal hoop supporting a net through which players try to throw the basketball;

- syn. basket, hoop;

basketball league
n1
a league of basketball teams;

basketball play
n1
a play executed by a basketball team;

basketball player
n1
an athlete who plays basketball;

- syn. basketeer, cager;

basketball score
n1
the score in a basketball game;

basketball season
n1
the season when basketball is played;

basketball shot
n1
throwing the basketball toward the hoop;

- "his shot hit the rim and bounced out";

basketball team
n1
a team that plays basketball;

- syn. five;

basketeer / b ɑ s k ɪ t ɪə /
n1
an athlete who plays basketball;

- syn. basketball player, cager;

basketful / b ɑ s k ɪ t f ʊ ɫ /
n1
the quantity contained in a basket;

- syn. basket;

basketmaker / b ɑ s k ɪ t m eɪ k ə /
n1
someone skilled in weaving baskets;

- syn. basketweaver;

basketry / b ɑ s k ɪ t ɹ i /
n1
the craft of basket making;

basketweaver
n1
someone skilled in weaving baskets;

- syn. basketmaker;

basking shark
n1
large harmless plankton-eating northern shark;

- often swims slowly or floats at the sea surface;

- syn. Cetorhinus maximus;

Basle
n1
a city in northwestern Switzerland;

- syn. Bale, Basel;

basophil
n1
a leukocyte with basophilic granules easily stained by basic stains;

- syn. basophile;

basophile
n1
a leukocyte with basophilic granules easily stained by basic stains;

- syn. basophil;

basophilia
n1
the tendency of cells to stain with basic dyes;

- "cytoplasmic basophilia";

basophilic
a1
staining readily with basic dyes;

Basotho
n1
a member of a subgroup of people who inhabit Lesotho;

Basque / b æ s k /
n1
a member of a people of unknown origin living in the western Pyrenees in France and Spain;

n2
the language of the Basque people;

- of no known relation to any other language;

Basque Fatherland and Liberty
n1
a terrorist organization organized in 1959 by student activists who were dissatisfied with the moderate nationalism of the traditional Basque party;

- want to create an independent homeland in Spain's western Pyrenees;

- "in 1968 ETA launched a campaign of political assassinations of government officials";

- syn. Basque Homeland and Freedom, ETA, Euskadi ta Askatasuna;

Basque Homeland and Freedom
n1
a terrorist organization organized in 1959 by student activists who were dissatisfied with the moderate nationalism of the traditional Basque party;

- want to create an independent homeland in Spain's western Pyrenees;

- "in 1968 ETA launched a campaign of political assassinations of government officials";

- syn. Basque Fatherland and Liberty, ETA, Euskadi ta Askatasuna;

Basra
n1
the second largest city in Iraq;

- an oil port in southern Iraq;

- syn. Basia;

bass / b æ s , b eɪ s /
n1
the lowest part of the musical range;

n2
the lowest part in polyphonic music;

- syn. bass part;

n3
an adult male singer with the lowest voice;

- syn. basso;

n4
the lean flesh of a saltwater fish of the family Serranidae;

- syn. sea bass;

n5
any of various North American freshwater fish with lean flesh (especially of the genus Micropterus);

- syn. freshwater bass;

n6
the lowest adult male singing voice;

- syn. bass voice, basso;

n7
the member with the lowest range of a family of musical instruments;

n8
nontechnical name for any of numerous edible marine and freshwater spiny-finned fishes;

a1
having or denoting a low vocal or instrumental range;

- "a deep voice";

- "a bass voice is lower than a baritone voice";

- "a bass clarinet";

- syn. deep;

- sim. low;

bass clarinet
n1
a large clarinet whose range is an octave below the B-flat clarinet;

bass clef
n1
a clef that puts the F below middle C on the fourth line of a staff;

- syn. F clef;

bass drum
n1
a large drum with two heads;

- makes a sound of indefinite but very low pitch;

- syn. gran casa;

bass fiddle
n1
largest and lowest member of the violin family;

- syn. bass viol, bull fiddle, contrabass, double bass, string bass;

bass guitar
n1
the guitar with six strings that has the lowest pitch;

bass horn
n1
the lowest brass wind instrument;

- syn. sousaphone, tuba;

bass part
n1
the lowest part in polyphonic music;

- syn. bass;

bass viol
n1
viol that is the bass member of the viol family with approximately the range of the cello;

- syn. gamba, viola da gamba;

n2
largest and lowest member of the violin family;

- syn. bass fiddle, bull fiddle, contrabass, double bass, string bass;

bass voice
n1
the lowest adult male singing voice;

- syn. bass, basso;

Bassariscidae
n1
in some classifications considered a separate family;

- syn. subfamily Bassariscidae;

Bassariscus
n1
cacomistles;

- syn. genus Bassariscus;

Bassariscus astutus
n1
raccoon-like omnivorous mammal of Mexico and the southwestern United States having a long bushy tail with black and white rings;

- syn. bassarisk, cacomistle, cacomixle, civet cat, coon cat, miner's cat, raccoon fox, ring-tailed cat, ringtail;

bassarisk
n1
raccoon-like omnivorous mammal of Mexico and the southwestern United States having a long bushy tail with black and white rings;

- syn. Bassariscus astutus, cacomistle, cacomixle, civet cat, coon cat, miner's cat, raccoon fox, ring-tailed cat, ringtail;

Basse-Normandie
n1
a division of Normandy;

- syn. Lower-Normandy;

basset / b æ s ɪ t /
n1
smooth-haired breed of hound with short legs and long ears;

- syn. basset hound;

v1
appear at the surface;

- "A seam of coal bassets";

- syn. crop out;

basset horn
n1
a tenor clarinet;

- pitched in the key of F below the B-flat clarinet;

basset hound
n1
smooth-haired breed of hound with short legs and long ears;

- syn. basset;

basset oboe
n1
an oboe pitched an octave below the ordinary oboe;

- syn. heckelphone;

Basseterre
n1
the capital of Saint Kitts and Nevis on the island of Saint Christopher;

Bassia
n1
summer cypress;

- syn. Kochia, genus Bassia, genus Kochia;

Bassia scoparia
n1
densely branched Eurasian plant;

- foliage turns purple-red in autumn;

- syn. Kochia scoparia, belvedere, burning bush, fire-bush, fire bush, summer cypress;

bassine
n1
coarse leaf fiber from palmyra palms used in making brushes and brooms;

bassinet / b æ s ɪ n ɛ t /
n1
a basket (usually hooded) used as a baby's bed;

n2
a perambulator that resembles a bassinet;

bassist
n1
a musician who play the bass viol;

basso / b æ s oʊ /
n1
an adult male singer with the lowest voice;

- syn. bass;

n2
the lowest adult male singing voice;

- syn. bass, bass voice;

basso continuo
n1
a bass part written out in full and accompanied by numbers to indicate the chords to be played;

- syn. continuo, figured bass, thorough bass;

basso profundo
n1
a very deep bass voice;

basso relievo
n1
a sculptural relief in which forms extend only slightly from the background;

- no figures are undercut;

- syn. bas relief, basso rilievo, low relief;

basso rilievo
n1
a sculptural relief in which forms extend only slightly from the background;

- no figures are undercut;

- syn. bas relief, basso relievo, low relief;

bassoon / b ə s u n /
n1
a double-reed instrument;

- the tenor of the oboe family;

bassoonist
n1
a musician who plays the bassoon;

basswood / b æ s w ʊ d /
n1
soft light-colored wood of any of various linden trees;

- used in making crates and boxes and in carving and millwork;

- syn. linden;

n2
any of various deciduous trees of the genus Tilia with heart-shaped leaves and drooping cymose clusters of yellowish often fragrant flowers;

- several yield valuable timber;

- syn. lime, lime tree, linden, linden tree;

bast / b æ s t /
n1
strong woody fibers obtained especially from the phloem of from various plants;

- syn. bast fiber;

n2
(botany) tissue that conducts synthesized food substances (e.g., from leaves) to parts where needed;

- consists primarily of sieve tubes;

- syn. phloem;

n3
cat- or lion-headed Egyptian goddess;

- represents life-giving power of the sun;

bast fiber
n1
strong woody fibers obtained especially from the phloem of from various plants;

- syn. bast;

bastard / b ɑ s t ə d /
n1
insulting terms of address for people who are stupid or irritating or ridiculous;

- syn. SOB, asshole, cocksucker, dickhead, mother fucker, motherfucker, prick, shit, son of a bitch, whoreson;

n2
the illegitimate offspring of unmarried parents;

- syn. by-blow, illegitimate, illegitimate child, love child, whoreson;

n3
derogatory term for a variation that is not genuine;

- something irregular or inferior or of dubious origin;

- "the architecture was a kind of bastard suggesting Gothic but not true Gothic";

- syn. mongrel;

a1
fraudulent;

- having a misleading appearance;

- syn. bogus, fake, phoney, phony;

- sim. counterfeit;

bastard feverfew
n1
tropical American annual weed with small radiate heads of white flowers;

- adventive in southern United States;

- syn. Parthenium hysterophorus;

bastard indigo
n1
East Indian shrub;

- syn. Tephrosia purpurea;

n2
dense shrub of moist riverbanks and flood plains of the eastern United States having attractive fragrant foliage and dense racemes of dark purple flowers;

- syn. Amorpha fruticosa, false indigo;

n3
an erect to spreading hairy shrub of the Pacific coast of the United States having racemes of red to indigo flowers;

- syn. Amorpha californica, false indigo;

bastard lignum vitae
n1
small evergreen tree of the southern United States and West Indies a source of lignum vitae wood;

- syn. Guaiacum sanctum;

bastard pennyroyal
n1
aromatic plant of the eastern United States;

- syn. Trichostema dichotomum;

bastard pimpernel
n1
weedy plant having short dry chafflike leaves;

- syn. chaffweed, false pimpernel;

bastard ridley
n1
grey sea turtle of the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of North America;

- syn. Atlantic ridley, Lepidochelys kempii, bastard turtle;

bastard title
n1
a first page of some books displaying only the title of the book;

- syn. half title;

bastard toadflax
n1
woody creeping parasite of western North America having numerous thick powdery leaves and panicles of small dull-white flowers;

- syn. Comandra pallida;

bastard turtle
n1
grey sea turtle of the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of North America;

- syn. Atlantic ridley, Lepidochelys kempii, bastard ridley;

bastard wing
n1
tuft of small stiff feathers on the first digit of a bird's wing;

- syn. alula, spurious wing;

bastard yellowwood
n1
medium-sized tree of South Africa;

- syn. Afrocarpus falcata, common yellowwood;

bastardisation / b ɑ s t ə d aɪ z eɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
an act that debases or corrupts;

- syn. bastardization;

bastardise / b ɑ s t ə d aɪ s /
v1
change something so that its value declines;

- for example, art forms;

- syn. bastardize;

v2
declare a child to be illegitimate;

- syn. bastardize;

bastardised / b ɑ s t ə d aɪ s t /
a1
deriving from more than one source or style;

- syn. bastardized;

- sim. impure;

bastardization / b æ s t ə d aɪ z eɪ ʃ n /
n1
declaring or rendering bastard;

- "the annulment of their marriage resulted in the bastardization of their children";

n2
an act that debases or corrupts;

- syn. bastardisation;

bastardize / b æ s t ə d aɪ z /
v1
change something so that its value declines;

- for example, art forms;

- syn. bastardise;

v2
declare a child to be illegitimate;

- syn. bastardise;

bastardized / b æ s t ə d aɪ z d /
a1
deriving from more than one source or style;

- syn. bastardised;

- sim. impure;

bastardly / b ɑ s t ə d ɫ i /
a1
born out of wedlock;

- "the dominions of both rulers passed away to their spurious or doubtful offspring"- E.A.Freeman;

- syn. misbegot, misbegotten, spurious;

- sim. illegitimate;

a2
of no value or worth;

- "I was caught in the bastardly traffic";

- syn. mean;

- sim. contemptible;

bastardy / b ɑ s t ə d i /
n1
the status of being born to parents who were not married;

- syn. bar sinister, illegitimacy;

bastardy proceeding
n1
a lawsuit filed to determine the father of a child born out of wedlock (and to provide for the support of the child once paternity is determined);

- syn. paternity suit;

baste / b eɪ s t /
n1
a loose temporary sewing stitch to hold layers of fabric together;

- syn. basting, basting stitch, tacking;

v1
cover with liquid before cooking;

- "baste a roast";

v2
strike violently and repeatedly;

- "She clobbered the man who tried to attack her";

- syn. batter, clobber;

v3
sew together loosely, with large stitches;

- "baste a hem";

- syn. tack;

baster / b æ s t ə , b æ s t ə ɹ , b eɪ s t ə , b eɪ s t ə ɹ /
n1
a cook who bastes roasting meat with melted fat or gravy;

n2
a sewer who fastens a garment with long loose stitches;

- syn. tacker;

n3
a tube with a rubber bulb used to take up and release melted fat or gravy in order to moisten roasting meat;

Bastille / b æ s t i ɫ /
n1
a fortress built in Paris in the 14th century and used as a prison in the 17th and 18th centuries;

- it was destroyed July 14, 1789 at the start of the French Revolution;

n2
a jail or prison (especially one that is run in a tyrannical manner);

Bastille Day
n1
a legal holiday in France celebrating the storming of the Paris bastille in 1789;

- syn. 14 July;

bastinado / b æ s t ɪ n ɑ d oʊ /
n1
a cudgel used to give someone a beating on the soles of the feet;

n2
a form of torture in which the soles of the feet are beaten with whips or cudgels;

- syn. falanga;

v1
beat somebody on the soles of the feet;

basting / b eɪ s t ɪ ŋ /
n1
a loose temporary sewing stitch to hold layers of fabric together;

- syn. baste, basting stitch, tacking;

n2
moistening a roast as it is cooking;

basting stitch
n1
a loose temporary sewing stitch to hold layers of fabric together;

- syn. baste, basting, tacking;

bastion / b æ s t ɪə n /
n1
a group that defends a principle;

- "a bastion against corruption";

- "the last bastion of communism";

n2
a stronghold into which people could go for shelter during a battle;

- syn. citadel;

n3
projecting part of a rampart or other fortification;

bastioned / b æ s t ɪə n d /
a1
secured with bastions or fortifications;

- syn. fortified;

- sim. protected;

bastnaesite
n1
a yellow-to-brown mineral that is a source of rare earth elements;

- syn. bastnasite;

bastnasite
n1
a yellow-to-brown mineral that is a source of rare earth elements;

- syn. bastnaesite;

basuco
n1
low-grade cocaine mixed with coca paste and cannabis;

Basuto
n1
the dialect of Sotho spoken by the Basotho;

- an official language of Lesotho;

- syn. Sesotho;

Basutoland
n1
a landlocked constitutional monarchy in southern Africa;

- achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1966;

- syn. Kingdom of Lesotho, Lesotho;

bat / b æ t /
n1
nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate;

- syn. chiropteran;

n2
(baseball) a turn trying to get a hit;

- "he was at bat when it happened";

- "he got four hits in four at-bats";

- syn. at-bat;

n3
a small racket with a long handle used for playing squash;

- syn. squash racket, squash racquet;

n4
the club used in playing cricket;

- "a cricket bat has a narrow handle and a broad flat end for hitting";

- syn. cricket bat;

n5
a club used for hitting a ball in various games;

v1
strike with, or as if with a baseball bat;

- "bat the ball";

v2
wink briefly;

- "bat one's eyelids";

- syn. flutter;

v3
have a turn at bat;

- "Jones bats first, followed by Martinez";

v4
use a bat;

- "Who's batting?";

v5
beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight;

- "We licked the other team on Sunday!";

- syn. clobber, cream, drub, lick, thrash;

bat boy
n1
(baseball) a boy who takes care of bats and other baseball equipment;

bat mitzvah
n1
(Judaism) an initiation ceremony marking the 12th birthday of a Jewish girl and signifying the beginning of religious responsibility;

- syn. bas mitzvah, bath mitzvah;

v1
confirm in the bat mitzvah ceremony, of girls in the Jewish faith;

Bata
n1
a Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad;

Bataan
n1
the peninsula and island in the Philippines where Japanese forces besieged American forces in World War II;

- United States forces surrendered in 1942 and recaptured the area in 1945;

- syn. Corregidor;

batch / b æ tʃ /
n1
all the loaves of bread baked at the same time;

n2
(often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent;

- "a batch of letters";

- "a deal of trouble";

- "a lot of money";

- "he made a mint on the stock market";

- "see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos";

- "it must have cost plenty";

- "a slew of journalists";

- "a wad of money";

- syn. deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad;

n3
a collection of things or persons to be handled together;

- syn. clutch;

v1
batch together;

- assemble or process as a batch;

batch processing
n1
the serial execution of computer programs;

bate / b eɪ t /
v1
moderate or restrain;

- lessen the force of;

- "He bated his breath when talking about this affair";

- "capable of bating his enthusiasm";

v2
flap the wings wildly or frantically;

- used of falcons;

v3
soak in a special solution to soften and remove chemicals used in previous treatments;

- "bate hides and skins";

bateau bridge
n1
a temporary bridge built over a series of pontoons;

- syn. floating bridge, pontoon bridge;

bated / b eɪ t ɪ d /
a1
diminished or moderated;

- "our bated enthusiasm";

- "his bated hopes";

- sim. decreased;

batfish / b æ t f ɪ ʃ /
n1
bottom-dweller of warm western Atlantic coastal waters having a flattened scaleless body that crawls about on fleshy pectoral and pelvic fins;

batfowl
v1
catch birds by temporarily blinding them;

bath / b ɑ θ /
n1
a vessel containing liquid in which something is immersed (as to process it or to maintain it at a constant temperature or to lubricate it);

- "she soaked the etching in an acid bath";

n2
a soaking and washing in a bathtub;

- "he has a good bath every morning";

n3
an ancient Hebrew liquid measure equal to about 10 gallons;

n4
a town in southwestern England on the River Avon;

- famous for its hot springs and Roman remains;

bath asparagus
n1
Old World star of Bethlehem having edible young shoots;

- syn. Ornithogalum pyrenaicum, Prussian asparagus;

bath chair
n1
a wheelchair usually pushed by an attendant, as at a spa;

bath linen
n1
linens for use in the bathroom;

bath mat
n1
a heavy towel or mat to stand on while drying yourself after a bath;

bath mitzvah
n1
(Judaism) an initiation ceremony marking the 12th birthday of a Jewish girl and signifying the beginning of religious responsibility;

- syn. bas mitzvah, bat mitzvah;

bath oil
n1
a scented oil added to your bath water;

bath powder
n1
a fine powder for spreading on the body (as after bathing);

- syn. dusting powder, toilet powder;

bath salts
n1
a preparation that softens or scents a bath;

bath soap
n1
soap used as a toiletry;

- syn. face soap, toilet soap;

bath towel
n1
a large towel;

- to dry yourself after a bath;

bath water
n1
water used for a bath;

bathe / b eɪ ð /
n1
the act of swimming for pleasure or recreation;

- "the Englishman said he had a good bathe";

v1
cleanse the entire body;

- "bathe daily";

v2
suffuse or envelope with something;

- "The room was bathed in sunlight";

- "I was bathed in a cold sweat";

- "veal bathed in a rich creamy sauce";

v3
swim for pleasure or recreation;

bather / b eɪ ð ə , b eɪ ð ə ɹ /
n1
a person who travels through the water by swimming;

- "he is not a good swimmer";

- syn. natator, swimmer;

n2
a person who takes a bath;

- "the bathers enjoyed the cool water";

bathetic / b eɪ ð t ɪ k /
a1
effusively or insincerely emotional;

- "a bathetic novel";

- "maudlin expressions of sympathy";

- "mushy effusiveness";

- "a schmaltzy song";

- "sentimental soap operas";

- "slushy poetry";

- syn. drippy, hokey, kitschy, maudlin, mawkish, mushy, sappy, schmaltzy, schmalzy, sentimental, slushy, soppy, soupy;

- sim. emotional;

bathhouse / b ɑ θ h aʊ z /
n1
a building containing dressing rooms for bathers;

- syn. bathing machine;

n2
a building containing public baths;

- syn. bagnio;

bathing / b ɑ θ ɪ ŋ , b eɪ ð ɪ ŋ /
n1
immersing the body in water or sunshine;

n2
the act of washing yourself (or another person);

- syn. washup;

bathing cap
n1
a tight-fitting cap that keeps hair dry while swimming;

- syn. swimming cap;

bathing costume
n1
tight fitting garment worn for swimming;

- syn. bathing suit, swimming costume, swimsuit, swimwear;

bathing machine
n1
a building containing dressing rooms for bathers;

- syn. bathhouse;

bathing suit
n1
tight fitting garment worn for swimming;

- syn. bathing costume, swimming costume, swimsuit, swimwear;

bathing trunks
n1
swimsuit worn by men while swimming;

- syn. swimming trunks;

bathing tub
n1
a relatively large open container that you fill with water and use to wash the body;

- syn. bathtub, tub;

batholite
n1
large mass of intrusive igneous rock believed to have solidified deep within the earth;

- syn. batholith, pluton, plutonic rock;

batholith
n1
large mass of intrusive igneous rock believed to have solidified deep within the earth;

- syn. batholite, pluton, plutonic rock;

batholithic
a1
of or relating to a batholith;

- syn. batholitic;

batholitic
a1
of or relating to a batholith;

- syn. batholithic;

bathometer
n1
an instrument that measures the depth of water;

- syn. bathymeter;

bathos / b eɪ θ ɒ s /
n1
triteness or triviality of style;

n2
insincere pathos;

- syn. mawkishness;

n3
a change from a serious subject to a disappointing one;

- syn. anticlimax;

bathrobe / b ɑ θ ɹ oʊ b /
n1
a loose-fitting robe of towelling;

- worn after a bath or swim;

bathroom / b ɑ θ ɹ u m /
n1
a room (as in a residence) containing a bathtub or shower and usually a washbasin and toilet;

n2
a room or building equipped with one or more toilets;

- syn. can, john, lav, lavatory, privy, toilet;

bathroom cleaner
n1
a preparation for cleaning bathrooms;

bathroom fixture
n1
any fixture in a bathroom;

bathroom tissue
n1
a soft thin absorbent paper for use in toilets;

- syn. toilet paper, toilet tissue;

Bathsheba
n1
(Old Testament) the wife of Uriah and later the wife of king David;

- Solomon was her son by David (circa 10th century BC);

bathtub / b ɑ θ t ʌ b /
n1
a relatively large open container that you fill with water and use to wash the body;

- syn. bathing tub, tub;

bathtub gin
n1
homemade gin especially that made illegally;

bathyal
a1
relating to ocean depths between 200 and 2000 meters (corresponds to the continental slope);

bathyal district
n1
the steep descent of the seabed from the continental shelf to the abyssal zone;

- syn. bathyal zone, continental slope;

bathyal zone
n1
the steep descent of the seabed from the continental shelf to the abyssal zone;

- syn. bathyal district, continental slope;

Bathyergidae
n1
mole rats;

- sand rats;

- syn. family Bathyergidae;

Bathyergus
n1
mole rats;

- syn. genus Bathyergus;

bathymeter
n1
an instrument that measures the depth of water;

- syn. bathometer;

bathymetric
a1
of or relating to measurements of the depths of oceans or lakes;

- syn. bathymetrical;

bathymetrical
a1
of or relating to measurements of the depths of oceans or lakes;

- syn. bathymetric;

bathymetry
n1
measuring the depths of the oceans;

- syn. plumbing;

bathyscape
n1
navigable deep diving vessel for underwater exploration;

- syn. bathyscaph, bathyscaphe;

bathyscaph / b æ θ ɪ s k æ f /
n1
navigable deep diving vessel for underwater exploration;

- syn. bathyscape, bathyscaphe;

bathyscaphe
n1
navigable deep diving vessel for underwater exploration;

- syn. bathyscape, bathyscaph;

bathysphere / b æ θ ɪ s f ɪə , b æ θ ɪ s f ɪə ɹ /
n1
spherical deep diving apparatus (lowered by a cable) for underwater exploration;

Batidaceae
n1
family coextensive with genus Batis: saltworts;

- syn. family Batidaceae, saltwort family;

batik / b ə t i k /
n1
a dyed fabric;

- a removable wax is used where the dye is not wanted;

v1
dye with wax;

- "Indonesian fabrics are often batiked";

Batis
n1
small genus of plants constituting the family Batidaceae: low straggling dioecious shrubs;

- syn. genus Batis;

Batis maritima
n1
low-growing strong-smelling coastal shrub of warm parts of the New World having unisexual flowers in conelike spikes and thick succulent leaves;

- syn. saltwort;

batiste / b æ t i s t /
n1
a thin plain-weave cotton or linen fabric;

- used for shirts or dresses;

batman / b æ t m ə n /
n1
an orderly assigned to serve a British military officer;

Batna
n1
a town in north central Algeria;

Batoidei
n1
fish with dorsoventrally flattened bodies;

- includes: rays;

- skates;

- guitarfishes;

- sawfishes;

- syn. Rajiformes, order Batoidei, order Rajiformes;

batoko palm
n1
small shrubby tree of Madagascar cultivated in tropical regions as a hedge plant and for its deep red acid fruits resembling small plums;

- syn. Flacourtia indica, Madagascar plum, governor's plum, governor plum, ramontchi;

baton / b æ t ə n /
n1
a thin tapered rod used by a conductor to lead an orchestra or choir;

- syn. wand;

n2
a short stout club used primarily by policemen;

- syn. billy, billy club, billystick, nightstick, truncheon;

n3
a short staff carried by some officials to symbolize an office or an authority;

n4
a hollow metal rod that is wielded or twirled by a drum major or drum majorette;

n5
a hollow cylinder passed from runner to runner in a relay race;

Baton Rouge
n1
capital of Louisiana;

- syn. capital of Louisiana;

Baton Rouge Bridge
n1
a cantilever bridge across the Mississippi at Baton Rouge;

baton twirler
n1
someone who twirls a baton;

- syn. twirler;

Batrachia
n1
frogs, toads, tree toads;

- syn. Anura, Salientia, order Anura, order Batrachia, order Salientia;

batrachian / b ə t ɹ eɪ k j ə n /
n1
any of various tailless stout-bodied amphibians with long hind limbs for leaping;

- semiaquatic and terrestrial species;

- syn. anuran, frog, salientian, toad, toad frog;

a1
relating to frogs and toads;

- syn. anuran, salientian;

Batrachoididae
n1
toadfishes;

- related to anglers and batfishes;

- syn. family Batrachoididae;

batrachomyomachia
n1
a silly altercation;

Batrachoseps
n1
slender salamanders;

- syn. genus Batrachoseps;

bats / b æ t s /
a1
informal or slang terms for mentally irregular;

- "it used to drive my husband balmy";

- syn. around the bend, balmy, barmy, batty, bonkers, buggy, cracked, crackers, daft, dotty, fruity, haywire, kookie, kooky, loco, loony, loopy, nuts, nutty, round the bend, wacky, whacky;

- sim. insane;

batsman / b æ t s m ə n /
n1
(baseball) a ballplayer who is batting;

- syn. batter, hitter, slugger;

Batswana
n1
a member of a Bantu people living chiefly in Botswana and western South Africa;

- syn. Bechuana, Tswana;

battalion / b ə t æ ɫ ɪə n /
n1
an army unit usually consisting of a headquarters and three or more companies;

n2
a large indefinite number;

- "a battalion of ants";

- "a multitude of TV antennas";

- "a plurality of religions";

- syn. large number, multitude, pack, plurality;

batten / b æ t n /
n1
stuffing made of rolls or sheets of cotton wool or synthetic fiber;

- syn. batting;

n2
a strip fixed to something to hold it firm;

v1
furnish with battens;

- "batten ships";

- syn. batten down, secure;

v2
secure with battens;

- "batten down a ship's hatches";

batten down
v1
furnish with battens;

- "batten ships";

- syn. batten, secure;

batter / b æ t ə , b æ t ə ɹ /
n1
(baseball) a ballplayer who is batting;

- syn. batsman, hitter, slugger;

n2
a liquid or semiliquid mixture, as of flour, eggs, and milk, used in cooking;

v1
strike against forcefully;

- "Winds buffeted the tent";

- syn. buffet, knock about;

v2
strike violently and repeatedly;

- "She clobbered the man who tried to attack her";

- syn. baste, clobber;

v3
make a dent or impression in;

- "dinge a soft hat";

- syn. dinge;

batter's box
n1
an area on a baseball diamond (on either side of home plate) marked by lines within which the batter must stand when at bat;

batter-fried
a1
fried in batter;

- sim. cooked;

batter bread
n1
soft bread made of cornmeal and sometimes rice or hominy;

- must be served with a spoon (chiefly southern);

- syn. spoon bread;

battercake
n1
a flat cake of thin batter fried on both sides on a griddle;

- syn. flannel-cake, flannel cake, flapcake, flapjack, griddlecake, hot cake, hotcake, pancake;

battered / b æ t ə d /
a1
damaged by blows or hard usage;

- "a battered old car";

- "the beaten-up old Ford";

- syn. beat-up, beaten-up;

- sim. damaged;

a2
damaged especially by hard usage;

- "his battered old hat";

- sim. worn;

a3
exhibiting symptoms resulting from repeated physical and emotional injury;

- "a battered child";

- "the battered woman syndrome";

- sim. abused;

battering / b æ t ə ɹ ɪ ŋ /
n1
the act of subjecting to strong attack;

- syn. banging;

battering ram
n1
a ram used to break down doors of fortified buildings;

battery / b æ t ə ɹ i /
n1
group of guns or missile launchers operated together at one place;

n2
a device that produces electricity;

- may have several primary or secondary cells arranged in parallel or series;

- syn. electric battery;

n3
a collection of related things intended for use together;

- "took a battery of achievement tests";

n4
a unit composed of the pitcher and catcher;

n5
a series of stamps operated in one mortar for crushing ores;

- syn. stamp battery;

n6
the heavy fire of artillery to saturate an area rather than hit a specific target;

- "they laid down a barrage in front of the advancing troops";

- "the shelling went on for hours without pausing";

- syn. barrage, barrage fire, bombardment, shelling;

n7
an assault in which the assailant makes physical contact;

- syn. assault and battery;

battery-acid
n1
street name for lysergic acid diethylamide;

- syn. Elvis, Lucy in the sky with diamonds, Zen, acid, back breaker, dose, dot, loony toons, pane, superman, window pane;

battery-powered
a1
powered by one or more electric batteries;

- "a battery-powered radio";

- sim. powered;

battery acid
n1
dilute sulfuric acid used in storage batteries;

- syn. electrolyte acid;

battery charger
n1
a device that can hold a rechargeable battery by means of an electrical cable;

- syn. charger;

batting / b æ t ɪ ŋ /
n1
(baseball) the batter's attempt to get on base;

n2
stuffing made of rolls or sheets of cotton wool or synthetic fiber;

- syn. batten;

batting average
n1
(baseball) a measure of a batter's performance;

- the number of base hits divided by the number of official times at bat;

- "Ted Williams once had a batting average above .400";

- syn. hitting average;

n2
(an extension of the baseball term) the proportion of times some effort succeeds;

- "the salesman's batting average was 7 out of 12";

batting cage
n1
a movable screen placed behind home base to catch balls during batting practice;

- syn. cage;

batting coach
n1
(baseball) someone who teaches batters how to bat better;

batting glove
n1
a glove worn by batters in baseball to give a firmer grip on the bat;

batting helmet
n1
a helmet worn by the batter in baseball;

batting order
n1
(baseball) a list of batters in the order in which they will bat;

- "the managers presented their cards to the umpire at home plate";

- syn. card, lineup;

battle / b æ t ɫ /
n1
a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war;

- "Grant won a decisive victory in the battle of Chickamauga";

- "he lost his romantic ideas about war when he got into a real engagement";

- syn. conflict, engagement, fight;

n2
an energetic attempt to achieve something;

- "getting through the crowd was a real struggle";

- "he fought a battle for recognition";

- syn. struggle;

n3
an open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals);

- "the harder the conflict the more glorious the triumph"--Thomas Paine;

- "police tried to control the battle between the pro- and anti-abortion mobs";

- syn. conflict, struggle;

v1
battle or contend against in or as if in a battle;

- "The Kurds are combating Iraqi troops in Northern Iraq";

- "We must combat the prejudices against other races";

- "they battled over the budget";

- syn. combat;

battle-ax
n1
a broadax used as a weapon;

- syn. battle-axe;

n2
a sharp-tongued domineering wife;

- syn. battle-axe;

battle-axe / b æ t ɫ æ k s /
n1
a sharp-tongued domineering wife;

- syn. battle-ax;

n2
a broadax used as a weapon;

- syn. battle-ax;

battle-scarred
a1
scarred by battle;

- sim. injured;

Battle Born State
n1
a state in the western United States;

- syn. NV, Nev., Nevada, Sagebrush State, Silver State;

battle cruiser
n1
a cruiser of maximum speed and firepower;

battle cry
n1
a yell intended to rally a group of soldiers in battle;

- syn. rallying cry, war cry, war whoop;

n2
a slogan used to rally support for a cause;

- "a cry to arms";

- "our watchword will be `democracy'";

- syn. cry, rallying cry, war cry, watchword;

battle damage
n1
loss of military equipment in battle;

- syn. combat casualty;

battle dress
n1
a military uniform designed for field service;

battle fatigue
n1
a mental disorder caused by stress of active warfare;

- syn. combat fatigue, combat neurosis, shell shock;

battle flag
n1
a flag that leads troops into battle;

battle fleet
n1
a fleet of warships prepared for battle;

battle group
n1
an army unit usually consisting of five companies;

battle line
n1
the line along which warring troops meet;

battle of Atlanta
n1
a siege in which Federal troops under Sherman cut off the railroads supplying the city and then burned it;

- 1864;

- syn. Atlanta;

battle of Austerlitz
n1
a decisive battle during the Napoleonic campaigns (1805);

- the French under Napoleon defeated the Russian armies of Czar Alexander I and the Austrian armies of Emperor Francis II;

- syn. Austerlitz;

battle of Boyne
n1
a battle in the War of the Grand Alliance in Ireland in 1690;

- William III defeated the deposed James II and so ended the Catholicism that had been reintroduced in England by the Stuarts;

- syn. Boyne;

Battle of Britain
n1
the prolonged bombardment of British cities by the German Luftwaffe during World War II and the aerial combat that accompanied it;

battle of Brunanburh
n1
a battle in 937 when Athelstan defeated the Scots;

- syn. Brunanburh;

Battle of Bull Run
n1
either of two battles during the American Civil War (1861 and 1862);

- Confederate forces defeated the Federal army in both battles;

- syn. Bull Run;

battle of Bunker Hill
n1
the first important battle of the American War of Independence (1775) which was fought at Breed's Hill;

- the British defeated the colonial forces;

- syn. Bunker Hill;

battle of Caporetto
n1
battle of World War I (1917);

- Italians were defeated by the Austrian and German forces;

- syn. Caporetto;

battle of Chattanooga
n1
in the American Civil War (1863) the Union armies of Hooker, Thomas, and Sherman under the command of Ulysses S. Grant won a decisive victory over the Confederate Army under Braxton Bragg;

- syn. Chattanooga;

battle of Chickamauga
n1
a Confederate victory in the American Civil War (1863);

- Confederate forces under Braxton Bragg defeated Union forces;

- syn. Chickamauga;

battle of Cowpens
n1
battle in the American Revolution;

- Americans under Daniel Morgan defeated the British;

- syn. Cowpens;

battle of Crecy
n1
the first decisive battle of the Hundred Years' War;

- in 1346 the English under Edward III defeated the French under Philip of Valois;

- syn. Crecy;

battle of Cunaxa
n1
battle in 401 BC when the Artaxerxes II defeated his younger brother who tried to usurp the throne;

- syn. Cunaxa;

battle of Cynoscephalae
n1
the battle that ended the second Macedonian War (197 BC);

- the Romans defeated Philip V who lost his control of Greece;

- syn. Cynoscephalae;

Battle of El Alamein
n1
a pitched battle in World War II (1942) resulting in a decisive Allied victory by British troops under Montgomery over German troops under Rommel;

- syn. Al Alamayn, El Alamein;

Battle of Flodden Field
n1
a battle in 1513;

- the English defeated the invading Scots and James IV was killed;

- syn. Flodden;

Battle of Fontenoy
n1
a battle in 1745 in which the French army under Marshal Saxe defeated the English army and their allies under the duke of Cumberland;

- syn. Fontenoy;

Battle of Fredericksburg
n1
an important battle in the American Civil War (1862);

- the Union Army under A. E. Burnside was defeated by the Confederate Army under Robert E. Lee;

- syn. Fredericksburg;

Battle of Gettysburg
n1
a battle of the American Civil War (1863);

- the defeat of Robert E. Lee's invading Confederate Army was a major victory for the Union;

- syn. Gettysburg;

Battle of Granicus River
n1
the battle in which Alexander won his first major victory against the Persians (334 BC);

- syn. Granicus;

Battle of Guadalcanal
n1
a battle in World War II in the Pacific (1942-1943);

- the island was occupied by the Japanese and later recaptured by American forces;

- syn. Guadalcanal;

battle of Hastings
n1
the decisive battle in which William the Conqueror (duke of Normandy) defeated the Saxons under Harold II (1066) and thus left England open for the Norman Conquest;

- syn. Hastings;

battle of Hohenlinden
n1
a battle during the Napoleonic Wars (1800);

- the French defeated the Austrians;

- syn. Hohenlinden;

battle of Ipsus
n1
a battle between the successors of Alexander the Great (301 BC);

- Lysimachus and Seleucus defeated Antigonus and Demetrius;

- syn. Ipsus;

battle of Issus
n1
a battle (333 BC) in which Alexander the Great defeated the Persians under Darius III;

- syn. Issus;

battle of Ivry
n1
a battle (1590) in which the Huguenots under Henry IV defeated the Catholics under the duke of Mayenne;

- syn. Ivry, Ivry la Bataille;

Battle of Jena
n1
the battle in 1806 in which Napoleon decisively defeated the Prussians;

- syn. Jena;

battle of Jutland
n1
an indecisive naval battle in World War I (1916);

- fought between the British and German fleets off the northwestern coast of Denmark;

- syn. Jutland;

Battle of Kerbala
n1
a battle in 680 in which the grandson of Mohammed and his followers were killed;

- "the Battle of Kerbala is the basis for the Ta'ziyehs that are performed annually";

Battle of Lake Trasimenus
n1
a battle in 217 BC in which Hannibal ambushed a Roman army led by Flaminius;

- syn. Lake Trasimenus;

battle of Langside
n1
(1568) Catholic forces supporting Mary Queen of Scots were routed by Protestants;

- syn. Langside;

Battle of Lepanto
n1
Turkish sea power was destroyed in 1571 by a league of Christian nations organized by the Pope;

- syn. Lepanto;

battle of Leuctra
n1
Thebes defeated Sparta in 371 BC;

- the battle ended Sparta's military supremacy in Greece;

- syn. Leuctra;

Battle of Little Bighorn
n1
a battle in Montana near the Little Bighorn River between United States cavalry under Custer and several groups of Native Americans (1876);

- Custer was pursuing Sioux led by Sitting Bull;

- Custer underestimated the size of the Sioux forces (which were supported by Cheyenne warriors) and was killed along with all his command;

- syn. Battle of the Little Bighorn, Custer's Last Stand, Little Bighorn;

battle of Lule Burgas
n1
the principal battle of the Balkan Wars (1912);

- Bulgarian forces defeated the Turks;

- syn. Lule Burgas;

battle of Lutzen
n1
a battle in the Thirty Years' War (1632);

- Swedes under Gustavus Adolphus defeated the Holy Roman Empire under Wallenstein;

- Gustavus Adolphus was killed;

- syn. Lutzen;

Battle of Magenta
n1
a battle in 1859 in which the French and Sardinian forces under Napoleon III defeated the Austrians under Francis Joseph I;

- syn. Magenta;

Battle of Maldon
n1
a battle in which the Danes defeated the Saxons in 991;

- celebrated in an old English poem;

- syn. Maldon;

battle of Marathon
n1
a battle in 490 BC in which the Athenians and their allies defeated the Persians;

- syn. Marathon;

battle of Marston Moor
n1
a battle in 1644 in which the Parliamentarians under the earl of Manchester defeated the Royalists under Prince Rupert;

- syn. Marston Moor;

Battle of Midway
n1
naval battle of World War II (June 1942);

- American planes based on land and on carriers decisively defeated a Japanese fleet on its way to invade the Midway Islands;

- syn. Midway;

battle of Minden
n1
a battle in the Seven Years' War (1759) in which the English forces and their allies defeated the French;

- syn. Minden;

Battle of Monmouth
n1
a pitched battle in New Jersey during the American Revolution (1778) that ended with the withdrawal of British forces;

- syn. Battle of Monmouth Court House, Monmouth Court House;

Battle of Monmouth Court House
n1
a pitched battle in New Jersey during the American Revolution (1778) that ended with the withdrawal of British forces;

- syn. Battle of Monmouth, Monmouth Court House;

Battle of Naseby
n1
a battle in 1645 that settled the outcome of the first English Civil War as the Parliamentarians won a major victory over the Royalists;

- syn. Naseby;

battle of Navarino
n1
a decisive naval battle in the War of Greek Independence (1827);

- the Turkish and Egyptian fleet was defeated by an allied fleet of British and French and Russian warships;

- syn. Navarino;

battle of Omdurman
n1
a battle (1898) in which an English and Egyptian army under Kitchener defeated the Sudanese;

- syn. Omdurman;

battle of Panipat
n1
battle in which the ruler of Afghanistan defeated the Mahrattas in 1761;

- syn. Panipat;

battle of Pharsalus
n1
Caesar defeated Pompey in 48 BC;

- syn. Pharsalus;

battle of Philippi
n1
Octavian and Mark Antony defeated Brutus and Cassius in 42 BC;

- syn. Philippi;

battle of Pittsburgh Landing
n1
the second great battle of the American Civil War (1862);

- the battle ended with the withdrawal of Confederate troops but it was not a Union victory;

- syn. Shiloh, battle of Shiloh;

battle of Plassey
n1
the victory in 1757 by the British under Clive over Siraj-ud-daula that established British supremacy over Bengal;

- syn. Plassey;

battle of Plataea
n1
a defeat of the Persian army by the Greeks at Plataea in 479 BC;

- syn. Plataea;

battle of Poitiers
n1
the battle in 1356 in which the English under the Black Prince defeated the French;

- syn. Poitiers;

Battle of Puebla
n1
a battle in which Mexican forces defeated the French in 1862;

Battle of Pydna
n1
a major victory by the Romans over the Macedonians in 168 BC;

- resulted in the downfall of the ancient Macedonian kingdom;

- syn. Pydna;

Battle of Ravenna
n1
a battle between the French and an alliance of Spaniards and Swiss and Venetians in 1512;

- syn. Ravenna;

Battle of Rocroi
n1
a battle in the Thirty Years' War (1643);

- the French defeated the Spanish invaders;

- syn. Rocroi;

battle of Rossbach
n1
a battle in the Seven Years' War (1757);

- Prussian forces under Frederick the Great defeated the armies of France and Austria;

- syn. Rossbach;

battle of Saratoga
n1
a battle during the American Revolution (1777);

- the British under Burgoyne were defeated;

- syn. Saratoga;

battle of Sempach
n1
the Swiss Confederation escaped Hapsburg domination by their victory in 1386;

- syn. Sempach;

battle of Shiloh
n1
the second great battle of the American Civil War (1862);

- the battle ended with the withdrawal of Confederate troops but it was not a Union victory;

- syn. Shiloh, battle of Pittsburgh Landing;

battle of Soissons-Reims
n1
a battle in World War I (May 1918);

- the Germans tried to attack before the American numbers were too great to defeat;

- the tactical success of the Germans proved to be a strategic failure;

- syn. Soissons, battle of the Aisne, battle of the Chemin-des-Dames;

battle of Solferino
n1
an indecisive battle in 1859 between the French and Sardinians under Napoleon III and the Austrians under Francis Joseph I;

- syn. Solferino;

battle of Spotsylvania Courthouse
n1
a battle between the armies of Grant and Lee during the Wilderness Campaign;

- syn. Spotsylvania;

battle of St Mihiel
n1
a battle in the Meuse-Argonne operation in World War I (1918);

- the battle in which American troops launched their first offensive in France;

- syn. Saint-Mihiel, St Mihiel;

battle of Tannenberg
n1
a battle in World War I (1914);

- decisive German victory over the Russians;

- syn. Tannenberg;

battle of Tertry
n1
a battle in France in 687 among the descendants of Clovis;

- syn. Tertry;

battle of Teutoburger Wald
n1
a battle in 9 AD in which the Germans under Arminius annihilated three Roman Legions;

- syn. Teutoburger Wald;

battle of Tewkesbury
n1
the final battle of the War of the Roses in 1471 in which Edward IV defeated the Lancastrians;

- syn. Tewkesbury;

battle of the Aisne
n1
a battle in World War I (May 1918);

- the Germans tried to attack before the American numbers were too great to defeat;

- the tactical success of the Germans proved to be a strategic failure;

- syn. Soissons, battle of Soissons-Reims, battle of the Chemin-des-Dames;

Battle of the Ardennes Bulge
n1
a battle during World War II;

- in December 1944 von Rundstedt launched a powerful counteroffensive in the forest at Ardennes and caught the Allies by surprise;

- syn. Ardennes counteroffensive, Battle of the Bulge;

battle of the Bismarck Sea
n1
a naval battle in World War II;

- Allied land-based bombers destroyed a Japanese convoy in the Bismarck Sea in March 1943;

- syn. Bismarck Sea;

Battle of the Bulge
n1
a battle during World War II;

- in December 1944 von Rundstedt launched a powerful counteroffensive in the forest at Ardennes and caught the Allies by surprise;

- syn. Ardennes counteroffensive, Battle of the Ardennes Bulge;

battle of the Chemin-des-Dames
n1
a battle in World War I (May 1918);

- the Germans tried to attack before the American numbers were too great to defeat;

- the tactical success of the Germans proved to be a strategic failure;

- syn. Soissons, battle of Soissons-Reims, battle of the Aisne;

battle of the Coral Sea
n1
a Japanese defeat in World War II (May 1942);

- the first naval battle fought entirely by planes based on aircraft carriers;

- syn. Coral Sea;

Battle of the Little Bighorn
n1
a battle in Montana near the Little Bighorn River between United States cavalry under Custer and several groups of Native Americans (1876);

- Custer was pursuing Sioux led by Sitting Bull;

- Custer underestimated the size of the Sioux forces (which were supported by Cheyenne warriors) and was killed along with all his command;

- syn. Battle of Little Bighorn, Custer's Last Stand, Little Bighorn;

Battle of the Marne
n1
a World War I battle in northwestern France where the Allies defeated the Germans in 1918;

- syn. Belleau Wood, Chateau-Thierry, Marne River;

battle of the Philippine Sea
n1
a naval battle in World War II (1944);

- a decisive naval victory for the United States fleet over the Japanese who were trying to block supplies from reaching American troops on Leyte;

- syn. Philippine Sea;

Battle of the Somme
n1
battle of World War II (1944);

- syn. Somme, Somme River;

n2
battle in World War I (1916);

- syn. Somme, Somme River;

Battle of the Spanish Armada
n1
in the English Channel a small fleet of British ships successfully defeated the large armada sent from Spain by Philip II to invade England;

battle of Thermopylae
n1
a famous battle in 480 BC;

- a Greek army under Leonidas was annihilated by the Persians who were trying to conquer Greece;

- syn. Thermopylae;

battle of Trafalgar
n1
a naval battle in 1805 off the southwest coast of Spain;

- the French and Spanish fleets were defeated by the English under Nelson (who was mortally wounded);

- syn. Trafalgar;

battle of Trasimeno
n1
a battle in central Italy where Hannibal defeated the Romans under Flaminius in 217 BC;

- syn. Trasimeno;

battle of Valmy
n1
the French defeated the Austrian and Prussian troops in 1792 (with a famous cannonade from the French artillery);

- syn. Valmy;

battle of Verdun
n1
a battle in World War I (1916);

- in some of the bloodiest fighting in World War I the German offensive was stopped;

- syn. Verdun;

battle of Wagram
n1
a battle in the Napoleonic campaigns (1809);

- Napoleon defeated the Austrians;

- syn. Wagram;

Battle of Wake
n1
in December 1941 the island was captured by the Japanese after a gallant last-ditch stand by a few hundred United States marines;

- syn. Battle of Wake Island;

Battle of Wake Island
n1
in December 1941 the island was captured by the Japanese after a gallant last-ditch stand by a few hundred United States marines;

- syn. Battle of Wake;

Battle of Waterloo
n1
the battle on 18 June 1815 in which Prussian and British forces under Blucher and the Duke of Wellington routed the French forces under Napoleon;

- syn. Waterloo;

battle of wits
n1
a contest in which intelligence rather than violence is used;

battle of Ypres
n1
battle in World War I (1917);

- an Allied offensive which eventually failed because tanks bogged down in the waterlogged soil of Flanders;

- Germans introduced mustard gas which interfered with the Allied artillery;

- syn. Ypres, third battle of Ypres;

n2
battle in World War I (1915);

- Germans wanted to try chlorine (a toxic yellow gas) as a weapon and succeeded in taking considerable territory from the Allied salient;

- syn. Ypres, second battle of Ypres;

n3
battle in World War I (1914);

- heavy but indecisive fighting as the Allies and the Germans both tried to break through the lines of the others;

- syn. Ypres, first battle of Ypres;

battle of Zama
n1
the battle in 202 BC in which Scipio decisively defeated Hannibal at the end of the second Punic War;

- syn. Zama;

battle plan
n1
plan for conducting a battle;

battle royal
n1
a noisy riotous fight;

- syn. melee, scrimmage;

battle sight
n1
an arrangement of sights that makes possible the rapid aiming of a firearm at short ranges;

- syn. battlesight;

battledore / b æ t ɫ d ɔ , b æ t ɫ d ɔ ɹ /
n1
a light long-handled racket used by badminton players;

- syn. badminton racket, badminton racquet;

n2
an ancient racket game;

- syn. battledore and shuttlecock;

battledore and shuttlecock
n1
an ancient racket game;

- syn. battledore;

battlefield / b æ t ɫ f i ɫ d /
n1
a region where a battle is being (or has been) fought;

- "they made a tour of Civil War battlefields";

- syn. battleground, field, field of battle, field of honor;

battlefront / b æ t ɫ f ɹ ʌ n t /
n1
the line along which opposing armies face each other;

- syn. front, front line;

battleful
a1
having or showing a ready disposition to fight;

- "bellicose young officers";

- "a combative impulse";

- "a contentious nature";

- syn. bellicose, combative;

- sim. aggressive;

battleground / b æ t ɫ ɡ ɹ aʊ n d /
n1
a region where a battle is being (or has been) fought;

- "they made a tour of Civil War battlefields";

- syn. battlefield, field, field of battle, field of honor;

battlement / b æ t ɫ m ə n t /
n1
a rampart built around the top of a castle with regular gaps for firing arrows or guns;

- syn. crenelation, crenellation;

battlemented / b æ t ɫ m ə n t ɪ d /
a1
protected with battlements or parapets with indentations or embrasures for shooting through;

- sim. protected;

a2
having or resembling repeated square indentations like those in a battlement;

- "a crenelated molding";

- syn. castellated, castled, embattled;

- sim. fancy;

battler / b æ t ɫ ə , b æ t ɫ ə ɹ /
n1
someone who fights (or is fighting);

- syn. belligerent, combatant, fighter, scrapper;

battleship / b æ t ɫ ʃ ɪ p /
n1
large and heavily armoured warship;

- syn. battlewagon;

battlesight
n1
an arrangement of sights that makes possible the rapid aiming of a firearm at short ranges;

- syn. battle sight;

battlewagon / b æ t ɫ w æ ɡ ə n /
n1
large and heavily armoured warship;

- syn. battleship;

battue / b æ t u /
n1
a hunt in which beaters force the game to flee in the direction of the hunter;

n2
indiscriminate slaughter;

- "a bloodbath took place when the leaders of the plot surrendered";

- "ten days after the bloodletting Hitler gave the action its name";

- "the valley is no stranger to bloodshed and murder";

- "a huge prison battue was ordered";

- syn. bloodbath, bloodletting, bloodshed;

batty / b æ t i /
a1
informal or slang terms for mentally irregular;

- "it used to drive my husband balmy";

- syn. around the bend, balmy, barmy, bats, bonkers, buggy, cracked, crackers, daft, dotty, fruity, haywire, kookie, kooky, loco, loony, loopy, nuts, nutty, round the bend, wacky, whacky;

- sim. insane;

batwing / b æ t w ɪ ŋ /
n1
one of a pair of swinging doors (as at the entrance to a western saloon);

a1
formed or shaped like a bat's wing;

- "a dress with batwing sleeves";

- sim. winged;

bauble / b ɔ b ɫ /
n1
a mock scepter carried by a court jester;

n2
cheap showy jewelry or ornament on clothing;

- syn. bangle, fallal, gaud, gewgaw, novelty, trinket;

baud
n1
(computer science) a data transmission rate (bits/second) for modems;

- syn. baud rate;

baud rate
n1
(computer science) a data transmission rate (bits/second) for modems;

- syn. baud;

Baudelaire
n1
a French poet noted for macabre imagery and evocative language (1821-1867);

- syn. Charles Baudelaire, Charles Pierre Baudelaire;

Bauhaus
n1
a German style of architecture begun by Walter Gropius in 1918;

Bauhinia
n1
mountain ebony, orchid tree;

- syn. genus Bauhinia;

Bauhinia monandra
n1
shrub or small tree of Dutch Guiana having clusters of pink flowers streaked with purple;

- syn. butterfly flower;

Bauhinia variegata
n1
small East Indian tree having orchid-like flowers and hard dark wood;

- syn. mountain ebony, orchid tree;

baulk / b ɔ k /
n1
the area on a billiard table behind the balkline;

- "a player with ball in hand must play from the balk";

- syn. balk;

n2
something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress;

- syn. balk, check, deterrent, handicap, hinderance, hindrance, impediment;

n3
one of several parallel sloping beams that support a roof;

- syn. balk, rafter;

v1
refuse to comply;

- syn. balk, jib, resist;

baulk-line
n1
line across a billiard table behind which the cue balls are placed at the start of a game;

- syn. balkline, string line;

baulker
n1
a person who refuses to comply;

- syn. balker, noncompliant;

Baum
n1
United States writer of children's books (1856-1919);

- syn. Frank Baum, Lyman Frank Brown;

bauxite / b ɔ k s aɪ t /
n1
a clay-like mineral;

- the chief ore of aluminum;

- composed of aluminum oxides and aluminum hydroxides;

- used as an abrasive and catalyst;

bauxitic
a1
resembling or containing bauxite;

Bavaria
n1
a state in southern Germany famous for its beer;

- site of an automobile factory;

Bavarian / b ə v eə ɹ ɪə n /
n1
a native or an inhabitant of Bavaria;

a1
of or relating to or characteristic of Bavaria or its people;

- "Bavarian beer";

Bavarian blue
n1
blue cheese of Bavaria;

Bavarian cream
n1
a rich custard set with gelatin;

bawbee / b ɔ b i /
n1
an old Scottish coin of little value;

bawd / b ɔ d /
n1
a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money;

- syn. cocotte, cyprian, fancy woman, harlot, lady of pleasure, prostitute, sporting lady, tart, whore, woman of the street, working girl;

bawdily / b ɔ d ɪ ɫ i /
r1
in a bawdy manner;

bawdiness
n1
the trait of behaving in an obscene manner;

- syn. lewdness, obscenity, salaciousness, salacity;

bawdry / b ɔ d ɹ i /
n1
lewd or obscene talk or writing;

- "it was smoking-room bawdry";

- "they published a collection of Elizabethan bawdy";

- syn. bawdy;

bawdy / b ɔ d i /
n1
lewd or obscene talk or writing;

- "it was smoking-room bawdry";

- "they published a collection of Elizabethan bawdy";

- syn. bawdry;

a1
humorously vulgar;

- "bawdy songs";

- "off-color jokes";

- "ribald language";

- syn. off-color, ribald;

- sim. dirty;

bawdyhouse
n1
a building where prostitutes are available;

- syn. bagnio, bordello, brothel, cathouse, house of ill repute, house of prostitution, sporting house, whorehouse;

bawl / b ɔ ɫ /
v1
shout loudly and without restraint;

- syn. bellow;

v2
make a raucous noise;

- syn. yawp;

v3
cry loudly;

- "Don't bawl in public!";

bawl out
v1
censure severely or angrily;

- "The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car";

- "The deputy ragged the Prime Minister";

- "The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup";

- syn. berate, call down, call on the carpet, chew out, chew up, chide, dress down, have words, jaw, lambast, lambaste, lecture, rag, rebuke, remonstrate, reprimand, scold, take to task, trounce;

bawler / b ɔ ɫ ə /
n1
someone who communicates vocally in a very loud voice;

- syn. bellower, roarer, screamer, screecher, shouter, yeller;

n2
a loud weeper;

- "their new baby is a real bawler";

bawling / b ɔ ɫ ɪ ŋ /
n1
loud cries made while weeping;

- syn. wailing;

bawling out
n1
a severe scolding;

- syn. castigation, chewing out, dressing down, earful, going-over, upbraiding;

bay / b eɪ /
n1
an indentation of a shoreline larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf;

- syn. embayment;

n2
the sound of a hound on the scent;

n3
small Mediterranean evergreen tree with small blackish berries and glossy aromatic leaves used for flavoring in cooking;

- also used by ancient Greeks to crown victors;

- syn. Laurus nobilis, bay laurel, bay tree, true laurel;

n4
a compartment on a ship between decks;

- often used as a hospital;

- "they put him in the sick bay";

n5
a compartment in an aircraft used for some specific purpose;

- "he opened the bomb bay";

n6
a small recess opening off a larger room;

- syn. alcove;

n7
a horse of a moderate reddish-brown color;

v1
utter in deep prolonged tones;

v2
bark with prolonged noises, of dogs;

- syn. quest;

a1
(used of animals especially a horse) of a moderate reddish-brown color;

- sim. colored;

bay-leaved caper
n1
shrub or small tree of southern Florida to Central and South America;

- syn. Capparis flexuosa, caper tree;

bay-rum tree
n1
West Indian tree;

- source of bay rum;

- syn. Jamaica bayberry, Pimenta acris, bayberry, wild cinnamon;

bay grass
n1
any of various grasses of the genus Eragrostis;

- specially useful for forage and for the prevention of erosion;

- syn. love grass;

bay laurel
n1
small Mediterranean evergreen tree with small blackish berries and glossy aromatic leaves used for flavoring in cooking;

- also used by ancient Greeks to crown victors;

- syn. Laurus nobilis, bay, bay tree, true laurel;

bay leaf
n1
dried leaf of the bay laurel;

bay lynx
n1
small lynx of North America;

- syn. Lynx rufus, bobcat;

bay myrtle
n1
evergreen aromatic shrubby tree of southeastern United States having small hard berries thickly coated with white wax used for candles;

- syn. Myrica cerifera, puckerbush;

Bay of Bengal
n1
an arm of the Indian Ocean to the east of India;

Bay of Biscay
n1
an arm of the Atlantic Ocean in western Europe;

- bordered by the west coast of France and the north coast of Spain;

Bay of Campeche
n1
a part of the Gulf of Mexico to the west of Yucatan;

- syn. Golfo de Campeche, Gulf of Campeche;

Bay of Fundy
n1
a bay of the North Atlantic between New Brunswick and Nova Scotia;

- noted for rapid tides as great as 70 feet;

Bay of Naples
n1
an arm of the Tyrrhenian Sea at Naples;

Bay of Ob
n1
an inlet of the Kara Sea in western Siberia;

- syn. Gulf of Ob;

bay rum
n1
an aromatic liquid originally obtained by distilling the leaves of the bayberry tree with rum;

bay scallop
n1
muscle of small choice shallow-water scallops;

n2
a small scallop inhabiting shallow waters and mud flats of the Atlantic coast of North America;

- syn. Pecten irradians;

Bay State
n1
a state in New England;

- one of the original 13 colonies;

- syn. MA, Mass., Massachusetts, Old Colony;

Bay Stater
n1
a native or resident of Massachusetts;

bay tree
n1
small Mediterranean evergreen tree with small blackish berries and glossy aromatic leaves used for flavoring in cooking;

- also used by ancient Greeks to crown victors;

- syn. Laurus nobilis, bay, bay laurel, true laurel;

bay willow
n1
European willow tree with shining leathery leaves;

- widely naturalized in the eastern United States;

- syn. Salix pentandra, laurel willow;

bay window
n1
slang for a paunch;

- syn. corporation, pot, potbelly, tummy;

n2
a window that sticks out from the outside wall of a house;

- syn. bow window;

bay wreath
n1
(antiquity) a wreath of laurel foliage worn on the head as an emblem of victory;

- syn. laurel, laurel wreath;

baya
n1
common Indian weaverbird;

- syn. Ploceus philippinus;

Bayard
n1
French soldier said to be fearless and chivalrous (1473-1524);

- syn. Chevalier de Bayard, Pierre Terrail, Pierre de Terrail, Seigneur de Bayard;

bayat
n1
an oath of allegiance to an emir;

bayberry / b eɪ b ɛr i /
n1
West Indian tree;

- source of bay rum;

- syn. Jamaica bayberry, Pimenta acris, bay-rum tree, wild cinnamon;

n2
deciduous aromatic shrub of eastern North America with grey-green wax-coated berries;

- syn. Myrica pensylvanica, candleberry, swamp candleberry, waxberry;

bayberry tallow
n1
a fragrant green wax obtained from the wax myrtle and used in making candles;

- syn. bayberry wax;

bayberry wax
n1
a fragrant green wax obtained from the wax myrtle and used in making candles;

- syn. bayberry tallow;

Baycol
n1
an oral drug (trade name Baycol) to reduce blood cholesterol levels;

- syn. cerivastatin;

Bayer / b eɪ ə , b eɪ ə ɹ /
n1
the acetylated derivative of salicylic acid;

- used as an analgesic anti-inflammatory drug (trade names Bayer, Empirin, and St. Joseph) usually taken in tablet form;

- used as an antipyretic;

- slows clotting of the blood by poisoning platelets;

- syn. Empirin, St. Joseph, acetylsalicylic acid, aspirin;

Bayes / b eɪ z /
n1
English mathematician for whom Bayes' theorem is named (1702-1761);

- syn. Thomas Bayes;

Bayes' postulate
n1
(statistics) the difficulty of applying Bayes' theorem is that the probabilities of the different causes are seldom known, in which case it may be postulated that they are all equal (sometimes known as postulating the equidistribution of ignorance);

Bayes' theorem
n1
(statistics) a theorem describing how the conditional probability of a set of possible causes for a given observed event can be computed from knowledge of the probability of each cause and the conditional probability of the outcome of each cause;

Bayesian / b eɪ z ɪə n /
a1
of or relating to statistical methods based on Bayes' theorem;

Baykal
n1
the largest freshwater lake in Asia or Europe and the deepest lake in the world;

- syn. Baikal, Lake Baikal, Lake Baykal;

bayonet / b eɪ ə n ɛ t /
n1
a knife that can be fixed to the end of a rifle and used as a weapon;

v1
stab or kill someone with a bayonet;

Bayonne
n1
a city in northeastern New Jersey;

Bayonne Bridge
n1
a steel arch bridge connecting New Jersey and Staten Island at Bayonne, New Jersey;

bayou / b aɪ u /
n1
a swampy arm or slow-moving outlet of a lake (term used mainly in Mississippi and Louisiana);

Bayrut
n1
capital and largest city of Lebanon;

- located in western Lebanon on the Mediterranean;

- syn. Beirut, capital of Lebanon;

Bayt Lahm
n1
a small town near Jerusalem on the West Bank of the Jordan River;

- early home of David and regarded as the place where Jesus was born;

- syn. Bethlehem, Bethlehem-Judah, Bethlehem Ephrathah;

bazaar / b ə z ɑ , b ə z ɑr /
n1
a shop where a variety of goods are sold;

- syn. bazar;

n2
a street of small shops (especially in Orient);

- syn. bazar;

n3
a sale of miscellany;

- often for charity;

- "the church bazaar";

- syn. fair;

bazar
n1
a street of small shops (especially in Orient);

- syn. bazaar;

n2
a shop where a variety of goods are sold;

- syn. bazaar;

bazillion
n1
a very large indefinite number (usually hyperbole);

- "there were millions of flies";

- syn. billion, gazillion, jillion, million, trillion, zillion;

bazooka / b ə z u k ə /
n1
a portable rocket launcher used by infantrymen as an antitank weapon;

BB
n1
a small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun;

- syn. BB shot;

BB gun
n1
an air gun in which BBs are propelled by compressed air;

BB shot
n1
a small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun;

- syn. BB;

bbl
n1
any of various units of capacity;

- "a barrel of beer is 31 gallons and a barrel of oil is 42 gallons";

- syn. barrel;

bbs
n1
a computer that is running software that allows users to leave messages and access information of general interest;

- syn. bulletin board, bulletin board system, electronic bulletin board;

BC / b i s i /
r1
before the Christian era;

- used following dates before the supposed year Christ was born;

- "in 200 BC";

- syn. B.C., before Christ;

BCE
r1
of the period before the Common Era;

- preferred by some writers who are not Christians;

- "in 200 BCE";

- syn. B.C.E.;

BD
n1
a bachelor's degree in religion;

- syn. Bachelor of Divinity;

bdellium / d ɛ ɫ ɪə m /
n1
aromatic gum resin;

- similar to myrrh;

Be / b i /
n1
a light strong brittle grey toxic bivalent metallic element;

- syn. atomic number 4, beryllium, glucinium;

v1
have the quality of being;

- (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun);

- "John is rich";

- "This is not a good answer";

v2
be identical to;

- be someone or something;

- "The president of the company is John Smith";

- "This is my house";

v3
occupy a certain position or area;

- be somewhere;

- "Where is my umbrella?";

- "The toolshed is in the back";

- "What is behind this behavior?";

v4
have an existence, be extant;

- "Is there a God?";

- syn. exist;

v5
happen, occur, take place;

- "I lost my wallet;

- this was during the visit to my parents' house";

- "There were two hundred people at his funeral";

- "There was a lot of noise in the kitchen";

v6
be identical or equivalent to;

- "One dollar equals 1,000 rubles these days!";

- syn. equal;

v7
form or compose;

- "This money is my only income";

- "The stone wall was the backdrop for the performance";

- "These constitute my entire belonging";

- "The children made up the chorus";

- "This sum represents my entire income for a year";

- "These few men comprise his entire army";

- syn. comprise, constitute, make up, represent;

v8
work in a specific place, with a specific subject, or in a specific function;

- "He is a herpetologist";

- "She is our resident philosopher";

- syn. follow;

v9
represent, as of a character on stage;

- "Derek Jacobi was Hamlet";

- syn. embody, personify;

v10
spend or use time;

- "I may be an hour";

v11
have life, be alive;

- "Our great leader is no more";

- "My grandfather lived until the end of war";

- syn. live;

v12
to remain unmolested, undisturbed, or uninterrupted -- used only in infinitive form;

- "let her be";

v13
be priced at;

- "These shoes cost $100";

- syn. cost;

be-all and end-all
n1
the essential factor;

- the all-important element;

- the supreme aim;

- "profit is the be-all and end-all of business";

- syn. be all and end all;

be active
v1
be in a state of action;

- "she is always moving";

- syn. move;

be adrift
v1
be in motion due to some air or water current;

- "The leaves were blowing in the wind";

- "the boat drifted on the lake";

- "The sailboat was adrift on the open sea";

- "the shipwrecked boat drifted away from the shore";

- syn. blow, drift, float;

be after
v1
have the will and intention to carry out some action;

- "He plans to be in graduate school next year";

- "The rebels had planned turmoil and confusion";

- syn. plan;

be all and end all
n1
the essential factor;

- the all-important element;

- the supreme aim;

- "profit is the be-all and end-all of business";

- syn. be-all and end-all;

be amiss
v1
interpret in the wrong way;

- "Don't misinterpret my comments as criticism";

- "She misconstrued my remarks";

- syn. misapprehend, misconceive, misconstrue, misinterpret, misunderstand;

be at pains
v1
try very hard to do something;

- syn. take pains;

be born
v1
come into existence through birth;

- "She was born on a farm";

be due
v1
be the result of;

- syn. flow from;

be full
v1
be sated, have enough to eat;

- "I'm full--don't give me any more beans, please";

be given
v1
have a tendency or disposition to do or be something;

- be inclined;

- "She tends to be nervous before her lectures";

- "These dresses run small";

- "He inclined to corpulence";

- syn. incline, lean, run, tend;

be intimate
v1
have sexual intercourse with;

- "This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm";

- "Adam knew Eve";

- "Were you ever intimate with this man?";

- syn. bang, bed, bonk, do it, eff, fuck, get it on, get laid, have a go at it, have intercourse, have it away, have it off, have sex, hump, jazz, know, lie with, love, make love, make out, roll in the hay, screw, sleep together, sleep with;

be known as
v1
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to;

- "They named their son David";

- "The new school was named after the famous Civil Rights leader";

- syn. call, know as, name;

v2
look on as or consider;

- "she looked on this affair as a joke";

- "He thinks of himself as a brilliant musician";

- "He is reputed to be intelligent";

- syn. esteem, know as, look on, look upon, regard as, repute, take to be, think of;

be on
v1
appear in a show, on T.V. or radio;

- "The news won't be on tonight";

- syn. get on;

be on cloud nine
v1
feel extreme happiness or elation;

- syn. exult, jump for joy, walk on air;

be on the ball
v1
be well-informed;

- syn. be with it, know the score, know what's going on, know what's what;

be quiet
v1
refuse to talk or stop talking;

- fall silent;

- "The children shut up when their father approached";

- syn. belt up, button up, clam up, close up, dummy up, keep mum, shut up;

be sick
v1
eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth;

- "After drinking too much, the students vomited";

- "He purged continuously";

- "The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night";

- syn. barf, cast, cat, chuck, disgorge, honk, puke, purge, regorge, regurgitate, retch, sick, spew, spue, throw up, upchuck, vomit, vomit up;

be well
v1
be healthy;

- feel good;

- "She has not been well lately";

be with it
v1
be well-informed;

- syn. be on the ball, know the score, know what's going on, know what's what;

beach / b i tʃ /
n1
an area of sand sloping down to the water of a sea or lake;

v1
land on a beach;

- "the ship beached near the port";

beach aster
n1
slightly succulent perennial with basal leaves and hairy sticky stems each bearing a solitary flower head with narrow pink or lavender rays;

- coastal bluffs Oregon to southern California;

- syn. Erigeron glaucous, seaside daisy;

beach ball
n1
large and light ball;

- for play at the seaside;

- syn. beachball;

beach buggy
n1
a recreational vehicle with large tires used on beaches or sand dunes;

- syn. dune buggy;

beach chair
n1
a folding chair for use outdoors;

- a wooden frame supports a length of canvas;

- syn. deck chair;

beach erosion
n1
the erosion of beaches;

beach flea
n1
small amphipod crustaceans that hop like fleas;

- common on ocean beaches;

- syn. sand flea, sand hopper, sandhopper;

beach goldenrod
n1
vigorous showy goldenrod common along eastern coast and Gulf Coast of North America;

- syn. Solidago sempervirens, seaside goldenrod;

beach grass
n1
tough grasses with strong roots that can grow on exposed sandy shores;

beach heather
n1
small heathlike plant covered with white down growing on beaches in northeastern North America;

- syn. Hudsonia tomentosa, poverty grass;

beach house
n1
a house built on or near a beach;

beach morning glory
n1
a prostrate perennial of coastal sand dunes Florida to Texas;

- syn. Ipomoea pes-caprae, railroad vine;

beach pancake
n1
plant having hemispherical heads of wine-red flowers;

- found in coastal dunes from California to Mexico;

- syn. Abronia maritima;

beach pea
n1
wild pea of seashores of north temperate zone having tough roots and purple flowers and useful as a sand binder;

- syn. Lathyrus japonicus, Lathyrus maritimus, sea pea;

beach plum
n1
seacoast shrub of northeastern North America having showy white blossoms and edible purple fruit;

- syn. Prunus maritima, beach plum bush;

n2
small dark purple fruit used especially in jams and pies;

beach plum bush
n1
seacoast shrub of northeastern North America having showy white blossoms and edible purple fruit;

- syn. Prunus maritima, beach plum;

beach sand verbena
n1
prostrate herb having heads of deep pink to white flowers;

- found in coastal dunes from British Columbia to Baja California;

- syn. Abronia umbellata, pink sand verbena;

beach strawberry
n1
wild strawberry of western United States and South America;

- source of many varieties of cultivated strawberries;

- syn. Chilean strawberry, Fragaria chiloensis;

beach towel
n1
very large towel to dry yourself after swimming;

beach waggon
n1
a car that has a long body and rear door with space behind rear seat;

- syn. beach wagon, estate car, station waggon, station wagon, waggon, wagon;

beach wagon
n1
a car that has a long body and rear door with space behind rear seat;

- syn. beach waggon, estate car, station waggon, station wagon, waggon, wagon;

beach wormwood
n1
herb with greyish leaves found along the east coast of North America;

- used as an ornamental plant;

- syn. Artemisia stelleriana, dusty miller, old woman;

beachball
n1
large and light ball;

- for play at the seaside;

- syn. beach ball;

beachcomber / b i tʃ k oʊ m ə , b i tʃ k oʊ m ə ɹ /
n1
a vagrant living on a beach;

beachfront / b i tʃ f ɹ ʌ n t /
n1
a strip of land running along a beach;

beachhead / b i tʃ h ɛ d /
n1
a bridgehead on the enemy's shoreline seized by an amphibious operation;

- "the Germans were desperately trying to contain the Anzio beachhead";

n2
an initial accomplishment that opens the way for further developments;

- "the town became a beachhead in the campaign to ban smoking outdoors";

- "they are presently attempting to gain a foothold in the Russian market";

- syn. foothold;

beachwear / b i tʃ w eə , b i tʃ w eə ɹ /
n1
clothing to be worn at a beach;

beacon / b i k ə n /
n1
a fire (usually on a hill or tower) that can be seen from a distance;

- syn. beacon fire;

n2
a radio station that broadcasts a directional signal for navigational purposes;

- syn. radio beacon;

n3
a tower with a light that gives warning of shoals to passing ships;

- syn. beacon light, lighthouse, pharos;

v1
shine like a beacon;

v2
guide with a beacon;

beacon fire
n1
a fire (usually on a hill or tower) that can be seen from a distance;

- syn. beacon;

Beacon Hill
n1
a fashionable section of Boston;

- site of the Massachusetts capital building;

beacon light
n1
a tower with a light that gives warning of shoals to passing ships;

- syn. beacon, lighthouse, pharos;

bead / b i d /
n1
a small ball with a hole through the middle;

n2
a shape that is spherical and small;

- "he studied the shapes of low-viscosity drops";

- "beads of sweat on his forehead";

- syn. drop, pearl;

n3
a beaded molding for edging or decorating furniture;

- syn. astragal, beading, beadwork;

v1
form into beads, as of water or sweat, for example;

v2
decorate by sewing beads onto;

- "bead the wedding gown";

v3
string together like beads;

bead and quirk
n1
beading formed with a narrow groove separating it from the surface it decorates;

- syn. quirk bead;

bead fern
n1
beautiful spreading fern of eastern North America and eastern Asia naturalized in western Europe;

- pinnately divided fronds show a slight tendency to fold when touched;

- pinnules enclose groups of sori in beadlike lobes;

- syn. Onoclea sensibilis, sensitive fern;

bead tree
n1
small tree of West Indies and northeastern Venezuela having large oblong pointed leaflets and panicles of purple flowers;

- seeds are black or scarlet with black spots;

- syn. Ormosia monosperma, jumby bean, jumby tree;

beaded / b i d ɪ d /
a1
covered with beads of liquid;

- "a face beaded with sweat";

- sim. covered;

beaded lizard
n1
lizard with black and yellowish beadlike scales;

- of western Mexico;

- syn. Heloderma horridum, Mexican beaded lizard;

beading / b i d ɪ ŋ /
n1
ornamentation with beads;

- syn. beadwork;

n2
a beaded molding for edging or decorating furniture;

- syn. astragal, bead, beadwork;

beading plane
n1
a plane with a concave blade for making moulding with beadwork;

beadle / b i d ɫ /
n1
a minor parish official who serves a ceremonial function;

n2
United States biologist who discovered how hereditary characteristics are transmitted by genes (1903-1989);

- syn. George Beadle, George Wells Beadle;

beadlike / b i d ɫ aɪ k /
a1
small and round and shiny like a shiny bead or button;

- "bright beady eyes";

- "black buttony eyes";

- syn. beady, buttonlike, buttony;

- sim. bright;

beads / b i d z /
n1
several beads threaded together on a string;

- syn. string of beads;

beadsman / b i d z m æ n /
n1
a person who is paid to pray for the soul of another;

- syn. bedesman;

beadwork / b i d w ɝ k /
n1
ornamentation with beads;

- syn. beading;

n2
a beaded molding for edging or decorating furniture;

- syn. astragal, bead, beading;

beady / b i d i /
a1
small and round and shiny like a shiny bead or button;

- "bright beady eyes";

- "black buttony eyes";

- syn. beadlike, buttonlike, buttony;

- sim. bright;

a2
covered with beads or jewels or sequins;

- syn. gemmed, jeweled, jewelled, sequined, spangled, spangly;

- sim. adorned;

beady-eyed
a1
having eyes that gleam with malice;

- sim. malicious;

beagle / b i ɡ ɫ /
n1
a small short-legged smooth-coated breed of hound;

beagling / b i ɡ ɫ ɪ ŋ /
n1
hunting rabbits with beagles;

beak / b i k /
n1
beaklike mouth of animals other than birds (e.g., turtles);

n2
horny projecting mouth of a bird;

- syn. bill, neb, nib, pecker;

n3
a beaklike, tapering tip on certain plant structures;

n4
informal terms for the nose;

- syn. honker, hooter, nozzle, schnoz, schnozzle, snoot, snout;

v1
hit lightly with a picking motion;

- syn. peck, pick;

beaked / b i k t /
a1
having or resembling a beak;

- sim. beaklike, billed, duckbill, rostrate, short-beaked, stout-billed, straight-billed, thick-billed;

beaked hazelnut
n1
hazel of western United States with conspicuous beaklike involucres on the nuts;

- syn. Corylus cornuta;

beaked parsley
n1
aromatic annual Old World herb cultivated for its finely divided and often curly leaves for use especially in soups and salads;

- syn. Anthriscus cereifolium, chervil;

beaked salmon
n1
fish of sandy areas of western Pacific and Indian oceans having an angular snout for burrowing into sand;

- syn. Gonorhynchus gonorhynchus, sandfish;

beaked whale
n1
any of several whales inhabiting all oceans and having beaklike jaws with vestigial teeth in the upper jaw;

beaker / b i k ə , b i k ə ɹ /
n1
a flatbottomed jar made of glass or plastic;

- used for chemistry;

n2
a cup (usually without a handle);

beakless / b i k ɫ ɛ s /
a1
not having a beak or bill;

beaklike / b i k ɫ aɪ k /
a1
resembling the beak of a bird;

- "a grizzled man with a beaklike nose";

- sim. beaked;

beam / b i m /
n1
a signal transmitted along a narrow path;

- guides airplane pilots in darkness or bad weather;

- syn. radio beam;

n2
long thick piece of wood or metal or concrete, etc., used in construction;

n3
a group of nearly parallel lines of electromagnetic radiation;

- syn. electron beam, ray;

n4
a column of light (as from a beacon);

- syn. beam of light, irradiation, light beam, ray, ray of light, shaft, shaft of light;

n5
(nautical) breadth amidships;

n6
the broad side of a ship;

- "they sighted land on the port beam";

n7
a gymnastic apparatus used by women gymnasts;

- syn. balance beam;

v1
smile radiantly;

- express joy through one's facial expression;

v2
emit light;

- be bright, as of the sun or a light;

- "The sun shone bright that day";

- "The fire beamed on their faces";

- syn. shine;

v3
express with a beaming face or smile;

- "he beamed his approval";

v4
broadcast over the airwaves, as in radio or television;

- "We cannot air this X-rated song";

- syn. air, broadcast, send, transmit;

v5
have a complexion with a strong bright color, such as red or pink;

- "Her face glowed when she came out of the sauna";

- syn. glow, radiate, shine;

v6
experience a feeling of well-being or happiness, as from good health or an intense emotion;

- "She was beaming with joy";

- "Her face radiated with happiness";

- syn. glow, radiate, shine;

beam-ends
n1
(nautical) at the ends of the transverse deck beams of a vessel;

- "on her beam-ends" means heeled over on the side so that the deck is almost vertical;

beam balance
n1
a balance consisting of a lever with two equal arms and a pan suspended from each arm;

beam of light
n1
a column of light (as from a beacon);

- syn. beam, irradiation, light beam, ray, ray of light, shaft, shaft of light;

beam scale
n1
a portable balance consisting of a pivoted bar with arms of unequal length;

- syn. lever scale, steelyard;

beaming / b i m ɪ ŋ /
a1
cheerful and bright;

- "a beaming smile";

- "a glad May morning";

- syn. glad;

- sim. cheerful;

a2
pleased and proud;

- "beaming parents";

- sim. proud;

a3
radiating or as if radiating light;

- "the beaming sun";

- "the effulgent daffodils";

- "a radiant sunrise";

- "a refulgent sunset";

- syn. beamy, effulgent, radiant, refulgent;

- sim. bright;

beamish / b i m ɪ ʃ /
a1
smiling with happiness or optimism;

- "Come to my arms, my beamish boy!"- Lewis Carroll;

- "a room of smiling faces";

- "a round red twinkly Santa Claus";

- syn. smiling, twinkly;

- sim. cheerful;

beamy / b i m i /
a1
broad in the beam;

- "a beamy cargo ship";

- sim. wide;

a2
radiating or as if radiating light;

- "the beaming sun";

- "the effulgent daffodils";

- "a radiant sunrise";

- "a refulgent sunset";

- syn. beaming, effulgent, radiant, refulgent;

- sim. bright;

bean / b i n /
n1
any of various edible seeds of plants of the family Leguminosae used for food;

- syn. edible bean;

n2
any of various seeds or fruits that are beans or resemble beans;

n3
any of various leguminous plants grown for their edible seeds and pods;

- syn. bean plant;

n4
informal terms for a human head;

- syn. attic, bonce, dome, noggin, noodle;

v1
hit on the head, especially with a pitched baseball;

bean-caper family
n1
small trees, shrubs, and herbs of warm arid and saline regions;

- often resinous;

- some poisonous: genera Zygophyllum, Tribulus, Guaiacum, Larrea;

- syn. Zygophyllaceae, family Zygophyllaceae;

bean-shaped
a1
having a shape resembling a bean;

- sim. rounded;

bean aphid
n1
blackish aphid that infests e.g. beans and sugar beets;

- syn. Aphis fabae, blackfly;

bean beetle
n1
introduced into the United States from Mexico;

- feeds on the foliage of the bean plant;

- syn. Epilachna varivestis, Mexican bean beetle;

bean blight
n1
a blight of bean plants;

- syn. halo blight, halo spot;

bean caper
n1
perennial shrub of the eastern Mediterranean region and southwestern Asia having flowers whose buds are used as capers;

- syn. Syrian bean caper, Zygophyllum fabago;

bean counter
n1
an accountant or bureaucrat who is believed to place undue emphasis on the control of expenditures;

bean curd
n1
cheeselike food made of curdled soybean milk;

- syn. tofu;

bean dip
n1
a dip made of cooked beans;

bean plant
n1
any of various leguminous plants grown for their edible seeds and pods;

- syn. bean;

bean sprout
n1
any of various sprouted beans: especially mung beans or lentils or edible soybeans;

bean tostada
n1
a flat tortilla topped with refried beans;

Bean Town
n1
state capital and largest city of Massachusetts;

- a major center for banking and financial services;

- syn. Beantown, Boston, Hub of the Universe, capital of Massachusetts;

bean tree
n1
any of several trees having seedpods as fruits;

bean trefoil
n1
shrub with trifoliate leaves and yellow flowers followed by backward curving seed pods;

- leaves foetid when crushed;

- syn. Anagyris foetida, stinking bean trefoil;

bean weevil
n1
larvae live in and feed on growing or stored beans;

- syn. Acanthoscelides obtectus;

beanbag / b i n b æ ɡ /
n1
a small cloth bag filled with dried beans;

- thrown in games;

beanball / b i n b ɔ ɫ /
n1
a baseball deliberately thrown at the batter's head;

- syn. beaner;

beaner / b i n ə , b i n ə ɹ /
n1
a baseball deliberately thrown at the batter's head;

- syn. beanball;

beanfeast / b i n f i s t /
n1
an annual dinner party given by an employer for the employees;

beanie
n1
a small skullcap;

- formerly worn by schoolboys and college freshmen;

- syn. beany;

beano / b i n oʊ /
n1
a game in which numbered balls are drawn at random and players cover the corresponding numbers on their cards;

- syn. bingo, keno, lotto;

beanstalk / b i n s t ɔ k /
n1
stem of a bean plant;

Beantown / b i n t aʊ n /
n1
state capital and largest city of Massachusetts;

- a major center for banking and financial services;

- syn. Bean Town, Boston, Hub of the Universe, capital of Massachusetts;

beany
n1
a small skullcap;

- formerly worn by schoolboys and college freshmen;

- syn. beanie;

bear / b eə , b eə ɹ /
n1
massive plantigrade carnivorous or omnivorous mammals with long shaggy coats and strong claws;

n2
an investor with a pessimistic market outlook;

- an investor who expects prices to fall and so sells now in order to buy later at a lower price;

v1
have;

- "bear a resemblance";

- "bear a signature";

v2
cause to be born;

- "My wife had twins yesterday!";

- syn. birth, deliver, give birth, have;

v3
put up with something or somebody unpleasant;

- "I cannot bear his constant criticism";

- "The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks";

- "he learned to tolerate the heat";

- "She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage";

- syn. abide, brook, digest, endure, put up, stand, stick out, stomach, suffer, support, tolerate;

v4
move while holding up or supporting;

- "Bear gifts";

- "bear a heavy load";

- "bear news";

- "bearing orders";

v5
bring forth;

- "The apple tree bore delicious apples this year";

- "The unidentified plant bore gorgeous flowers";

- syn. turn out;

- also bear out;

v6
take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person;

- "I'll accept the charges";

- "She agreed to bear the responsibility";

- syn. accept, assume, take over;

v7
contain or hold;

- have within;

- "The jar carries wine";

- "The canteen holds fresh water";

- "This can contains water";

- syn. carry, contain, hold;

v8
bring in;

- "interest-bearing accounts";

- "How much does this savings certificate pay annually?";

- syn. pay, yield;

v9
have on one's person;

- "He wore a red ribbon";

- "bear a scar";

- syn. wear;

v10
behave in a certain manner;

- "She carried herself well";

- "he bore himself with dignity";

- "They conducted themselves well during these difficult times";

- syn. acquit, behave, carry, comport, conduct, deport;

v11
have rightfully;

- of rights, titles, and offices;

- "She bears the title of Duchess";

- "He held the governorship for almost a decade";

- syn. hold;

v12
support or hold in a certain manner;

- "She holds her head high";

- "He carried himself upright";

- syn. carry, hold;

v13
be pregnant with;

- "She is bearing his child";

- "The are expecting another child in January";

- "I am carrying his child";

- syn. carry, expect, gestate, have a bun in the oven;

bear's-paw fern
n1
epiphytic fern with large fronds;

- Taiwan and Philippines;

- syn. Aglaomorpha meyeniana;

bear's breech
n1
widely cultivated southern European acanthus with whitish purple-veined flowers;

- syn. Acanthus mollis, bear's breeches, sea holly;

bear's breeches
n1
widely cultivated southern European acanthus with whitish purple-veined flowers;

- syn. Acanthus mollis, bear's breech, sea holly;

bear's ear
n1
yellow-flowered primrose native to Alps;

- commonly cultivated;

- syn. Primula auricula, auricula;

bear's foot
n1
digitate-leaved hellebore with an offensive odor and irritant qualities when taken internally;

- syn. Helleborus foetidus, setterwort, stinking hellebore;

bear's grape
n1
evergreen mat-forming shrub of North America and northern Eurasia having small white flowers and red berries;

- leaves turn red in autumn;

- syn. Arctostaphylos uva-ursi, common bearberry, creashak, hog cranberry, mealberry, mountain box, red bearberry, sand berry, sandberry, wild cranberry;

bear-sized
a1
large as a bear;

- sim. large;

bear away
v1
remove from a certain place, environment, or mental or emotional state;

- transport into a new location or state;

- "Their dreams carried the Romantics away into distant lands";

- "The car carried us off to the meeting";

- "I'll take you away on a holiday";

- "I got carried away when I saw the dead man and I started to cry";

- syn. bear off, carry away, carry off, take away;

bear cat
n1
reddish-brown Old World raccoon-like carnivore;

- in some classifications considered unrelated to the giant pandas;

- syn. Ailurus fulgens, cat bear, lesser panda, panda, red panda;

bear claw
n1
almond-flavored yeast-raised pastry shaped in an irregular semicircle resembling a bear's claw;

- syn. bear paw;

n2
an incised design resembling the claw of a bear;

- used in Native American pottery;

n3
claw of a bear;

- often used in jewelry;

bear cub
n1
a young bear;

bear down
v1
exert a force with a heavy weight;

- "The snow bore down on the roof";

- syn. bear down on, drag down, press down on, weigh down;

v2
contract the abdominal muscles during childbirth to ease delivery;

- syn. overbear;

v3
to make a rush at or sudden attack upon, as in battle;

- "he saw Jess charging at him with a pitchfork";

- syn. charge;

v4
exert full strength;

- "The pitcher bore down";

v5
pay special attention to;

- "The lectures bore down on the political background";

v6
exert a force or cause a strain upon;

- "This tax bears down on the lower middle class";

bear down on
v1
sail towards another vessel, of a ship;

- syn. bear down upon;

v2
exert a force with a heavy weight;

- "The snow bore down on the roof";

- syn. bear down, drag down, press down on, weigh down;

bear down upon
v1
sail towards another vessel, of a ship;

- syn. bear down on;

bear grass
n1
yucca of southern United States having a clump of basal grasslike leaves and a central stalk with a terminal raceme of small whitish flowers;

- syn. Yucca smalliana;

n2
yucca of west central United States having a clump of basal grasslike leaves and a central stalk with a terminal raceme of small whitish flowers;

- syn. Yucca glauca;

n3
stemless plant with tufts of grasslike leaves and erect panicle of minute creamy white flowers;

- southwestern United States and Mexico;

- syn. Nolina microcarpa;

n4
plant of western North America having woody rhizomes and tufts of stiff grasslike basal leaves and spikes of creamy white flowers;

- syn. Xerophyllum tenax, squaw grass;

bear hug
n1
a wrestling hold with arms locked tightly around the opponent;

n2
a takeover bid so attractive that the directors of the target company must approve it or risk shareholder protest;

bear in mind
v1
keep in mind;

- syn. mind;

bear market
n1
a market characterized by falling prices for securities;

bear oak
n1
shrubby oak of southeastern United States usually forming dense thickets;

- syn. Quercus ilicifolia;

bear off
v1
remove from a certain place, environment, or mental or emotional state;

- transport into a new location or state;

- "Their dreams carried the Romantics away into distant lands";

- "The car carried us off to the meeting";

- "I'll take you away on a holiday";

- "I got carried away when I saw the dead man and I started to cry";

- syn. bear away, carry away, carry off, take away;

bear on
v1
be relevant to;

- "There were lots of questions referring to her talk";

- "My remark pertained to your earlier comments";

- syn. come to, concern, have to do with, pertain, refer, relate, touch, touch on;

v2
have an effect upon;

- "Will the new rules affect me?";

- syn. affect, bear upon, impact, touch, touch on;

v3
press, drive, or impel (someone) to action or completion of an action;

- "He pushed her to finish her doctorate";

- syn. push;

v4
keep or maintain in unaltered condition;

- cause to remain or last;

- "preserve the peace in the family";

- "continue the family tradition";

- "Carry on the old traditions";

- syn. carry on, continue, preserve, uphold;

bear out
v1
support with evidence or authority or make more certain or confirm;

- "The stories and claims were born out by the evidence";

- syn. corroborate, support, underpin;

bear paw
n1
almond-flavored yeast-raised pastry shaped in an irregular semicircle resembling a bear's claw;

- syn. bear claw;

bear up
v1
endure cheerfully;

- "She bore up under the enormous strain";

bear upon
v1
have an effect upon;

- "Will the new rules affect me?";

- syn. affect, bear on, impact, touch, touch on;

bear witness
v1
provide evidence for;

- "The blood test showed that he was the father";

- "Her behavior testified to her incompetence";

- syn. evidence, prove, show, testify;

v2
give testimony in a court of law;

- syn. attest, take the stand, testify;

bearable / b eə ɹ ə b ɫ /
a1
capable of being borne though unpleasant;

- "sufferable punishment";

- syn. endurable, sufferable, supportable;

- sim. tolerable;

bearberry / b eə b ɛr i /
n1
shrubby tree of the Pacific coast of the United States;

- yields cascara sagrada;

- syn. Rhamnus purshianus, bearwood, cascara buckthorn, chittamwood, chittimwood;

n2
deciduous shrub of southeastern and central United States;

- syn. Ilex decidua, possum haw, winterberry;

n3
chiefly evergreen subshrubs of northern to Arctic areas;

bearberry willow
n1
dwarf prostrate mat-forming shrub of Arctic and alpine regions of North America and Greenland having deep green elliptic leaves that taper toward the base;

- syn. Salix uva-ursi;

bearcat / b eə k æ t /
n1
arboreal civet of Asia having a long prehensile tail and shaggy black hair;

- syn. Arctictis bintourong, binturong;

beard / b ɪə d /
n1
the hair growing on the lower part of a man's face;

- syn. face fungus, whiskers;

n2
a tuft or growth of hairs or bristles on certain plants such as iris or grasses;

n3
a person who diverts suspicion from someone (especially a woman who accompanies a male homosexual in order to conceal his homosexuality);

n4
hairy growth on or near the face of certain mammals;

n5
tuft of strong filaments by which e.g. a mussel makes itself fast to a fixed surface;

- syn. byssus;

v1
go along the rim, like a beard around the chin;

- "Houses bearded the top of the heights";

beard lichen
n1
greenish grey pendulous lichen growing on trees;

- syn. Usnea barbata, beard moss;

beard moss
n1
greenish grey pendulous lichen growing on trees;

- syn. Usnea barbata, beard lichen;

beard worm
n1
slender animal with tentacles and a tubelike outer covering;

- lives on the deep ocean bottom;

- syn. pogonophoran;

bearded / b ɪə d ɪ d /
a1
having hair on the cheeks and chin;

- syn. barbate, bewhiskered, whiskered, whiskery;

- sim. unshaven;

a2
having a growth of hairlike awns;

- "bearded wheatgrass";

- sim. awned;

bearded darnel
n1
weedy annual grass often occurs in grainfields and other cultivated land;

- seeds sometimes considered poisonous;

- syn. Lolium temulentum, cheat, darnel, tare;

bearded iris
n1
any of numerous wild or cultivated irises with hairlike structures on the falls (the drooping sepals);

bearded seal
n1
medium-sized greyish to yellow seal with bristles each side of muzzle;

- of the Arctic Ocean;

- syn. Erignathus barbatus, squareflipper square flipper;

bearded vulture
n1
the largest Eurasian bird of prey;

- having black feathers hanging around the bill;

- syn. Gypaetus barbatus, lammergeier, lammergeyer;

bearded wheatgrass
n1
a wheatgrass with straight terminal awns on the flowering glumes;

- syn. Agropyron subsecundum;

beardless / b ɪə d ɫ ə s /
a1
having no beard;

- syn. whiskerless;

- sim. shaven;

a2
lacking hair on the face;

- "a smooth-faced boy of 14 years";

- syn. smooth-faced;

- sim. hairless;

beardless iris
n1
any of numerous wild or cultivated irises having no hairs on the drooping sepals (the falls);

beardown
a1
with full strength;

- "his beardown performance in the exhibition game";

- sim. strong;

bearer / b eə ɹ ə , b eə ɹ ə ɹ /
n1
someone whose employment involves carrying something;

- "the bonds were transmitted by carrier";

- syn. carrier, toter;

n2
a messenger who bears or presents;

- "a bearer of good tidings";

n3
one of the mourners carrying the coffin at a funeral;

- syn. pallbearer;

n4
the person who is in possession of a check or note or bond or document of title that is endorsed to him or to whoever holds it;

- "the bond was marked `payable to bearer'";

- syn. holder;

bearer bond
n1
a bond issued with detachable coupons that must be presented to the issuer for interest payments;

- syn. coupon bond;

Bearer of the Sword
n1
a small gang of terrorist thugs claiming to seek a separate Islamic state for the Muslim minority in the Philippines;

- uses bombing and assassination and extortion and kidnapping;

- "In 2001 Abu Sayyaf kidnapped twenty people and beheaded one of the American captives";

- syn. Abu Sayyaf;

bearing / b eə ɹ ɪ ŋ /
n1
relevant relation or interconnection;

- "those issues have no bearing on our situation";

n2
the direction or path along which something moves or along which it lies;

- syn. aim, heading;

n3
dignified manner or conduct;

- syn. comportment, mien, presence;

n4
characteristic way of bearing one's body;

- "stood with good posture";

- syn. carriage, posture;

n5
heraldry consisting of a design or image depicted on a shield;

- syn. armorial bearing, charge, heraldic bearing;

n6
a rotating support placed between moving parts to allow them to move easily;

a1
(of a structural member) withstanding a weight or strain;

- sim. load-bearing;

bearing brass
n1
a brass bushing or a lining for a bearing;

bearing false witness
n1
criminal offense of making false statements under oath;

- syn. lying under oath, perjury;

bearing metal
n1
an alloy (often of lead or tin base) used for bearings;

- syn. white metal;

bearing rein
n1
a rein designed to keep the horse's head in the desired position;

- syn. checkrein;

bearing wall
n1
any wall supporting a floor or the roof of a building;

bearish / b eə ɹ ɪ ʃ /
a1
expecting prices to fall;

- sim. pessimistic;

bearnaise
n1
a sauce like hollandaise but made with white wine and tarragon and shallots instead of lemon juice;

bearskin / b eə s k ɪ n /
n1
the pelt of a bear (sometimes used as a rug);

n2
tall hat;

- worn by some British soldiers on ceremonial occasions;

- syn. busby, shako;

bearwood
n1
shrubby tree of the Pacific coast of the United States;

- yields cascara sagrada;

- syn. Rhamnus purshianus, bearberry, cascara buckthorn, chittamwood, chittimwood;

beast / b i s t /
n1
a living organism characterized by voluntary movement;

- syn. animal, animate being, brute, creature, fauna;

n2
a cruelly rapacious person;

- syn. brute, savage, wildcat, wolf;

beast of burden
n1
an animal such as a donkey or ox or elephant used for transporting loads or doing other heavy work;

- syn. jument;

beastliness / b i s t ɫ ɪ n ə s /
n1
the quality of being deliberately mean;

- syn. meanness;

n2
unpleasant nastiness;

- used especially of nasty weather;

beastly / b i s t ɫ i /
a1
(informal) very unpleasant;

- "hellish weather";

- "stop that god-awful racket";

- syn. god-awful, hellish;

- sim. unpleasant;

a2
resembling a beast;

- showing lack of human sensibility;

- "beastly desires";

- "a bestial nature";

- "brute force";

- "a dull and brutish man";

- "bestial treatment of prisoners";

- syn. bestial, brutal, brute, brutish;

- sim. inhumane;

r1
in a beastly manner;

- "she behaved beastly toward her mother-in-law";

beat / b i t /
n1
a regular route for a sentry or policeman;

- "in the old days a policeman walked a beat and knew all his people by name";

- syn. round;

n2
the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart;

- "he could feel the beat of her heart";

- syn. heartbeat, pulsation, pulse;

n3
the basic rhythmic unit in a piece of music;

- "the piece has a fast rhythm";

- "the conductor set the beat";

- syn. musical rhythm, rhythm;

n4
a single pulsation of an oscillation produced by adding two waves of different frequencies;

- has a frequency equal to the difference between the two oscillations;

n5
a member of the beat generation;

- a nonconformist in dress and behavior;

- syn. beatnik;

n6
the sound of stroke or blow;

- "he heard the beat of a drum";

n7
(prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse;

- syn. cadence, measure, meter, metre;

n8
a regular rate of repetition;

- "the cox raised the beat";

n9
a stroke or blow;

- "the signal was two beats on the steam pipe";

n10
the act of beating to windward;

- sailing as close as possible to the direction from which the wind is blowing;

v1
come out better in a competition, race, or conflict;

- "Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship";

- "We beat the competition";

- "Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game";

- syn. beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish;

v2
give a beating to;

- subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression;

- "Thugs beat him up when he walked down the street late at night";

- "The teacher used to beat the students";

- syn. beat up, work over;

v3
hit repeatedly;

- "beat on the door";

- "beat the table with his shoe";

v4
move rhythmically;

- "Her heart was beating fast";

- syn. pound, thump;

v5
shape by beating;

- "beat swords into ploughshares";

v6
make a rhythmic sound;

- "Rain drummed against the windshield";

- "The drums beat all night";

- syn. drum, thrum;

v7
glare or strike with great intensity;

- "The sun was beating down on us";

v8
move with a thrashing motion;

- "The bird flapped its wings";

- "The eagle beat its wings and soared high into the sky";

- syn. flap;

v9
sail with much tacking or with difficulty;

- "The boat beat in the strong wind";

v10
stir vigorously;

- "beat the egg whites";

- "beat the cream";

- syn. scramble;

v11
strike (a part of one's own body) repeatedly, as in great emotion or in accompaniment to music;

- "beat one's breast";

- "beat one's foot rhythmically";

v12
be superior;

- "Reading beats watching television";

- "This sure beats work!";

v13
avoid paying;

- "beat the subway fare";

- syn. bunk;

v14
make a sound like a clock or a timer;

- "the clocks were ticking";

- "the grandfather clock beat midnight";

- syn. tick, ticktack, ticktock;

v15
move with a flapping motion;

- "The bird's wings were flapping";

- syn. flap;

v16
indicate by beating, as with the fingers or drumsticks;

- "Beat the rhythm";

v17
move with or as if with a regular alternating motion;

- "the city pulsated with music and excitement";

- syn. pulsate, quiver;

v18
make by pounding or trampling;

- "beat a path through the forest";

v19
produce a rhythm by striking repeatedly;

- "beat the drum";

v20
strike (water or bushes) repeatedly to rouse animals for hunting;

v21
beat through cleverness and wit;

- "I beat the traffic";

- "She outfoxed her competitors";

- syn. circumvent, outfox, outsmart, outwit, overreach;

v22
be a mystery or bewildering to;

- "This beats me!";

- "Got me--I don't know the answer!";

- "a vexing problem";

- "This question really stuck me";

- syn. amaze, baffle, bewilder, dumbfound, flummox, get, gravel, mystify, nonplus, perplex, pose, puzzle, stick, stupefy, vex;

v23
wear out completely;

- "This kind of work exhausts me";

- "I'm beat";

- "He was all washed up after the exam";

- syn. exhaust, tucker, tucker out, wash up;

a1
very tired;

- "was all in at the end of the day";

- "so beat I could flop down and go to sleep anywhere";

- "bushed after all that exercise";

- "I'm dead after that long trip";

- syn. all in, bushed, dead;

- sim. tired;

beat-up
a1
damaged by blows or hard usage;

- "a battered old car";

- "the beaten-up old Ford";

- syn. battered, beaten-up;

- sim. damaged;

beat a retreat
v1
depart hastily;

beat about
v1
search anxiously;

- syn. cast about, cast around;

beat around the bush
v1
be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information;

- syn. equivocate, palter, prevaricate, tergiversate;

beat back
v1
cause to move back by force or influence;

- "repel the enemy";

- "push back the urge to smoke";

- "beat back the invaders";

- syn. drive, force back, push back, repel, repulse;

beat down
v1
persuade the seller to accept a lower price;

- "She beat the merchant down $100";

- syn. bargain down;

v2
shine hard;

- "The sun beat down on the hikers";

v3
dislodge from a position;

- "She beat the dealer down to a much better price";

beat generation
n1
a United States youth subculture of the 1950s;

- rejected possessions or regular work or traditional dress;

- for communal living and psychedelic drugs and anarchism;

- favored modern forms of jazz (e.g., bebop);

- syn. beatniks, beats;

beat in
v1
teach by drills and repetition;

- syn. drill in, hammer in, ram down;

beat out
v1
come out better in a competition, race, or conflict;

- "Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship";

- "We beat the competition";

- "Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game";

- syn. beat, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish;

v2
beat out a rhythm;

- syn. tap out, thump out;

beat up
v1
give a beating to;

- subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression;

- "Thugs beat him up when he walked down the street late at night";

- "The teacher used to beat the students";

- syn. beat, work over;

v2
gather;

- "drum up support";

- syn. drum up, rally;

beatable / b i t eɪ b ɫ /
a1
susceptible to being defeated;

- syn. vanquishable, vincible;

- sim. conquerable;

beaten / b i t n /
a1
formed or made thin by hammering;

- "beaten gold";

a2
much trodden and worn smooth or bare;

- "did not stray from the beaten path";

- sim. familiar;

beaten-up
a1
damaged by blows or hard usage;

- "a battered old car";

- "the beaten-up old Ford";

- syn. battered, beat-up;

- sim. damaged;

beater / b i t ə , b i t ə ɹ /
n1
a worker who rouses wild game from under cover for a hunter;

n2
an implement for beating;

beatific / b ɪə t ɪ f ɪ k /
a1
experiencing or bestowing celestial joy;

- "beatific peace";

- sim. joyful;

a2
marked by utter benignity;

- resembling or befitting an angel or saint;

- "angelic beneficence";

- "a beatific smile";

- "a saintly concern for his fellow men";

- "my sainted mother";

- syn. angelic, angelical, sainted, saintlike, saintly;

- sim. good;

beatification / b ɪ æ t ɪ f ɪ k eɪ ʃ n /
n1
a state of supreme happiness;

- syn. beatitude, blessedness;

n2
the action of rendering supremely blessed and extremely happy;

n3
(Roman Catholic Church) an act of the Pope who declares that a deceased person lived a holy life and is worthy of public veneration;

- a first step toward canonization;

beatified / b ɪ æ t ɪ f aɪ d /
a1
Roman Catholic;

- proclaimed one of the blessed and thus worthy of veneration;

- syn. blessed;

- sim. holy;

beatify / b ɪ æ t ɪ f aɪ /
v1
fill with sublime emotion;

- "The children were thrilled at the prospect of going to the movies";

- "He was inebriated by his phenomenal success";

- syn. exalt, exhilarate, inebriate, thrill, tickle pink;

v2
make blessedly happy;

v3
declare (a dead person) to be blessed;

- the first step of achieving sainthood;

- "On Sunday, the martyr will be beatified by the Vatican";

beating / b i t ɪ ŋ /
n1
the act of overcoming or outdoing;

- syn. whipping;

n2
the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows;

- syn. drubbing, lacing, licking, thrashing, trouncing, whacking;

beating-reed instrument
n1
a musical instrument that sounds by means of a vibrating reed;

- syn. reed, reed instrument;

beatitude / b ɪ æ t ɪ t j u d /
n1
a state of supreme happiness;

- syn. beatification, blessedness;

n2
one of the eight sayings of Jesus at the beginning of the Sermon on the Mount;

- in Latin each saying begins with `beatus' (blessed);

- "her favorite Beatitude is `Blessed are the meek for they shall inherit the earth'";

Beatles / b i t ɫ ɛ z /
n1
a rock group from Liverpool who between 1962 and 1970 produced a variety of hit songs and albums (most of them written by Paul McCartney and John Lennon);

beatnik / b i t n ɪ k /
n1
a member of the beat generation;

- a nonconformist in dress and behavior;

- syn. beat;

beatniks / b i t n ɪ k s /
n1
a United States youth subculture of the 1950s;

- rejected possessions or regular work or traditional dress;

- for communal living and psychedelic drugs and anarchism;

- favored modern forms of jazz (e.g., bebop);

- syn. beat generation, beats;

Beatrice / b ɪə t ɹ ɪ s /
n1
the woman who guided Dante through Paradise in the Divine Comedy;

Beatrice Lillie
n1
British actress (born in Canada) (1898-1989);

- syn. Lady Peel, Lillie;

Beatrice Webb
n1
English writer and a central member of the Fabian Society (1858-1943);

- syn. Martha Beatrice Potter Webb, Webb;

beats / b i t s /
n1
a United States youth subculture of the 1950s;

- rejected possessions or regular work or traditional dress;

- for communal living and psychedelic drugs and anarchism;

- favored modern forms of jazz (e.g., bebop);

- syn. beat generation, beatniks;

beats per minute
n1
the pace of music measured by the number of beats occurring in 60 seconds;

- syn. M.M., bpm, metronome marking;

beau / b oʊ /
n1
a man who is the lover of a man or woman;

- "if I'd known he was her boyfriend I wouldn't have asked";

- "When the law changed, Pet could finally married his long-time boyfriend Jim";

- syn. boyfriend, fellow, swain;

n2
a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance;

- syn. clotheshorse, dandy, dude, fashion plate, fop, gallant, sheik, swell;

Beau Brummell
n1
English dandy who was a fashion leader during the Regency (1778-1840);

- syn. Brummell, George Bryan Brummell;

beau geste
n1
a gracious (but usually meaningless) gesture;

beau ideal
n1
an ideal instance;

- a perfect embodiment of a concept;

- syn. idol, paragon, perfection;

beau monde
n1
the fashionable elite;

- syn. bon ton, high society, smart set, society;

Beaufort scale
n1
an international scale of wind force from 0 (calm air) to 12 (hurricane);

- syn. wind scale;

n2
a scale from 0 to 12 for the force of the wind;

Beaufort Sea
n1
part of the Arctic Ocean to the northeast of Alaska;

beaugregory
n1
a blue and yellow damselfish of Bermuda and Florida and the West Indies;

- syn. Pomacentrus leucostictus;

Beaujolais / b oʊ ʒ ə ɫ eɪ /
n1
dry fruity light red wine drunk within a few months after it is made;

- from the Beaujolais district in southeastern France;

Beaumont / b oʊ m ɒ n t /
n1
United States surgeon remembered for his studies of digestion (1785-1853);

- syn. William Beaumont;

n2
English dramatist who collaborated with John Fletcher (1584-1616);

- syn. Francis Beaumont;

n3
a city of southeastern Texas near Houston;

Beaumontia
n1
small genus of evergreen woody vines in the East Indies and Asia;

- syn. genus Beaumontia;

Beaumontia grandiflora
n1
evergreen woody twiner with large glossy leaves and showy corymbs of fragrant white trumpet-shaped flowers;

- syn. Easter lily vine, Nepal trumpet flower;

beaut
n1
an outstanding example of its kind;

- "his roses were beauties";

- "when I make a mistake it's a beaut";

- syn. beauty;

beauteous / b j u t ɪə s /
a1
(poetic) beautiful, especially to the sight;

- sim. beautiful;

beauteousness
n1
the quality of being good looking and attractive;

- syn. comeliness, fairness, loveliness;

beautician / b j u t ɪ ʃ n /
n1
someone who works in a beauty parlor;

- syn. cosmetician;

beautification / b j u t ɪ f ɪ k eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the act of making something more beautiful;

beautiful / b j u t ɪ f ə ɫ /
a1
delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration;

- "a beautiful child";

- "beautiful country";

- "a beautiful painting";

- "a beautiful theory";

- "a beautiful party";

- also attractive, graceful, pleasing;

- sim. beauteous, bonny, dishy, exquisite, fine-looking, glorious, gorgeous, lovely, picturesque, pretty, pretty-pretty, pulchritudinous, ravishing, scenic, stunning;

a2
(of weather) highly enjoyable;

- "what a beautiful day";

- sim. pleasant;

beautifully / b j u t ə f ə ɫ i /
r1
in a beautiful manner;

- "her face was beautifully made up";

- syn. attractively;

beautify / b j u t ɪ f aɪ /
v1
make more beautiful;

- syn. embellish, fancify, prettify;

v2
be beautiful to look at;

- "Flowers adorned the tables everywhere";

- syn. adorn, deck, decorate, embellish, grace;

v3
make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.;

- "Decorate the room for the party";

- "beautify yourself for the special day";

- syn. adorn, decorate, embellish, grace, ornament;

beauty / b j u t i /
n1
the qualities that give pleasure to the senses;

n2
a very attractive or seductive looking woman;

- syn. dish, knockout, looker, lulu, mantrap, peach, ravisher, smasher, stunner, sweetheart;

n3
an outstanding example of its kind;

- "his roses were beauties";

- "when I make a mistake it's a beaut";

- syn. beaut;

beauty bush
n1
Chinese deciduous shrub with yellow-throated pinkish flowers and bristly fruit;

- often cultivated as an ornamental;

- syn. Kolkwitzia amabilis;

beauty consultant
n1
someone who gives you advice about your personal appearance;

beauty parlor
n1
a shop where hairdressers and beauticians work;

- syn. beauty parlour, beauty salon, beauty shop, salon;

beauty parlour
n1
a shop where hairdressers and beauticians work;

- syn. beauty parlor, beauty salon, beauty shop, salon;

beauty quark
n1
a quark with a charge of -1/3 and a mass about 10,000 times that of an electron;

- syn. bottom quark;

beauty salon
n1
a shop where hairdressers and beauticians work;

- syn. beauty parlor, beauty parlour, beauty shop, salon;

beauty shop
n1
a shop where hairdressers and beauticians work;

- syn. beauty parlor, beauty parlour, beauty salon, salon;

beauty sleep
n1
sleep before midnight;

beauty spot
n1
a spot that is worn on a lady's face for adornment;

beauty treatment
n1
enhancement of someone's personal beauty;

Beauvoir
n1
French feminist and existentialist and novelist (1908-1986);

- syn. Simone de Beauvoir;

beaux arts
n1
the study and creation of visual works of art;

- syn. fine arts;

beaver / b i v ə , b i v ə ɹ /
n1
the soft brown fur of the beaver;

- syn. beaver fur;

n2
a native or resident of Oregon;

- syn. Oregonian;

n3
a full beard;

n4
a man's hat with a tall crown;

- usually covered with silk or with beaver fur;

- syn. dress hat, high hat, opera hat, silk hat, stovepipe, top hat, topper;

n5
a movable piece of armor on a medieval helmet used to protect the lower face;

n6
a hat made with the fur of a beaver (or similar material);

- syn. castor;

n7
large semiaquatic rodent with webbed hind feet and a broad flat tail;

- construct complex dams and underwater lodges;

v1
work hard on something;

- syn. beaver away;

beaver away
v1
work hard on something;

- syn. beaver;

beaver board
n1
a light wallboard made of compressed wood pulp;

beaver fur
n1
the soft brown fur of the beaver;

- syn. beaver;

beaver rat
n1
amphibious rat of Australia and New Guinea;

Beaver State
n1
a state in northwestern United States on the Pacific;

- syn. OR, Ore., Oregon;

Beaverbrook
n1
British newspaper publisher and politician (born in Canada);

- confidant of Winston Churchill (1879-1964);

- syn. 1st Baron Beaverbrook, William Maxwell Aitken;

bebop
n1
an early form of modern jazz (originating around 1940);

- syn. bop;

v1
dance the bebop;

- syn. bop;

becalm / b ɪ k ɑ m /
v1
make steady;

- "steady yourself";

- syn. calm, steady;

becalmed / b ɪ k ɑ m d /
a1
rendered motionless for lack of wind;

- sim. nonmoving;

bechamel
n1
milk thickened with a butter and flour roux;

- syn. bechamel sauce, white sauce;

bechamel sauce
n1
milk thickened with a butter and flour roux;

- syn. bechamel, white sauce;

bechance
v1
become of;

- happen to;

- "He promised that no harm would befall her";

- "What has become of my children?";

- syn. befall, betide;

v2
happen, occur, or be the case in the course of events or by chance;

- "It happens that today is my birthday";

- "These things befell" (Santayana);

- syn. befall, happen;

becharm
v1
control by magic spells, as by practicing witchcraft;

- syn. charm;

v2
attract;

- cause to be enamored;

- "She captured all the men's hearts";

- syn. beguile, bewitch, captivate, capture, catch, charm, enamor, enamour, enchant, entrance, fascinate, trance;

Bechtel crab
n1
derived from the Iowa crab and cultivated for its large double pink blossoms;

- syn. flowering crab;

Bechuana
n1
a member of a Bantu people living chiefly in Botswana and western South Africa;

- syn. Batswana, Tswana;

beck / b ɛ k /
n1
a beckoning gesture;

Becker muscular dystrophy
n1
a form of muscular dystrophy that sets in in adolescence or adulthood and progresses slowly but will affect all voluntary muscles;

- characterized by generalized weakness and muscle wasting that affects limb and trunk muscles first;

- similar to Duchenne's muscular dystrophy but less severe;

- inheritance is X-linked recessive (carried by females but affecting only males);

Becket
n1
(Roman Catholic Church) archbishop of Canterbury from 1162 to 1170;

- murdered following his opposition to Henry II's attempts to control the clergy (1118-1170);

- syn. Saint Thomas a Becket, St. Thomas a Becket, Thomas a Becket;

n2
(nautical) a short line with an eye at one end and a knot at the other;

- used to secure loose items on a ship;

becket bend
n1
a hitch used for temporarily tying a rope to the middle of another rope (or to an eye);

- syn. sheet bend, weaver's hitch, weaver's knot;

Beckett
n1
a playwright and novelist (born in Ireland) who lived in France;

- wrote plays for the theater of the absurd (1906-1989);

- syn. Samuel Beckett;

Beckley / b ɛ k ɫ eɪ /
n1
a city in southern West Virginia;

Beckman thermometer
n1
a mercury thermometer that measures small differences or changes in temperature;

beckon / b ɛ k ə n /
v1
signal with the hands or nod;

- "She waved to her friends";

- "He waved his hand hospitably";

- syn. wave;

v2
appear inviting;

- "The shop window decorations beckoned";

v3
summon with a wave, nod, or some other gesture;

becloud / b ɪ k ɫ aʊ d /
v1
make less visible or unclear;

- "The stars are obscured by the clouds";

- "the big elm tree obscures our view of the valley";

- syn. befog, cloud, fog, haze over, mist, obnubilate, obscure;

become / b ɪ k ʌ m /
v1
enter or assume a certain state or condition;

- "He became annoyed when he heard the bad news";

- "It must be getting more serious";

- "her face went red with anger";

- "She went into ecstasy";

- "Get going!";

- syn. get, go;

v2
undergo a change or development;

- "The water turned into ice";

- "Her former friend became her worst enemy";

- "He turned traitor";

- syn. turn;

v3
come into existence;

- "What becomes has duration";

v4
enhance the appearance of;

- "Mourning becomes Electra";

- "This behavior doesn't suit you!";

- syn. suit;

become flat
v1
lose sparkle or bouquet;

- "wine and beer can pall";

- syn. die, pall;

becoming / b ɪ k ʌ m ɪ ŋ /
a1
according with custom or propriety;

- "her becoming modesty";

- "comely behavior";

- "it is not comme il faut for a gentleman to be constantly asking for money";

- "seemly behavior";

- syn. comely, comme il faut, decorous, seemly;

- sim. proper;

a2
displaying or setting off to best advantage;

- "a becoming new shade of rose";

- "a becoming portrait";

- sim. flattering;

becomingly / b ɪ k ʌ m ɪ ŋ ɫ i /
r1
in a becoming manner;

- "she was becomingly dressed";

becomingness
n1
the quality of being becoming;

Becquerel
n1
French physicist who discovered that rays emitted by uranium salts affect photographic plates (1852-1908);

- syn. Antoine Henri Becquerel, Henri Becquerel;

bed / b ɛ d /
n1
a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep;

- "he sat on the edge of the bed";

- "the room had only a bed and chair";

n2
a plot of ground in which plants are growing;

- "the gardener planted a bed of roses";

n3
a depression forming the ground under a body of water;

- "he searched for treasure on the ocean bed";

- syn. bottom;

n4
(geology) a stratum of rock (especially sedimentary rock);

- "they found a bed of sandstone";

n5
a stratum of ore or coal thick enough to be mined with profit;

- "he worked in the coal beds";

- syn. seam;

n6
single thickness of usually some homogeneous substance;

- "slices of hard-boiled egg on a bed of spinach";

- syn. layer;

n7
the flat surface of a printing press on which the type form is laid in the last stage of producing a newspaper or magazine or book etc.;

n8
a foundation of earth or rock supporting a road or railroad track;

- "the track bed had washed away";

v1
furnish with a bed;

- "The inn keeper could bed all the new arrivals";

v2
place (plants) in a prepared bed of soil;

v3
put to bed;

- "The children were bedded at ten o'clock";

v4
have sexual intercourse with;

- "This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm";

- "Adam knew Eve";

- "Were you ever intimate with this man?";

- syn. bang, be intimate, bonk, do it, eff, fuck, get it on, get laid, have a go at it, have intercourse, have it away, have it off, have sex, hump, jazz, know, lie with, love, make love, make out, roll in the hay, screw, sleep together, sleep with;

v5
prepare for sleep;

- "I usually turn in at midnight";

- "He goes to bed at the crack of dawn";

- syn. crawl in, go to bed, go to sleep, hit the hay, hit the sack, kip down, retire, sack out, turn in;

bed-and-breakfast
n1
an overnight boardinghouse with breakfast;

- syn. bed and breakfast;

bed-ground
n1
an area on which a drove of cattle or sheep can sleep for a night;

- syn. bed ground, bedground;

bed-hop
v1
be sexually active with more than one partner;

- "His wife bed hops";

- syn. bedhop, sleep around;

bed-wetting
n1
enuresis during sleep;

- especially common in children (who usually outgrow it);

bed and breakfast
n1
an overnight boardinghouse with breakfast;

- syn. bed-and-breakfast;

bed bug
n1
bug of temperate regions that infests especially beds and feeds on human blood;

- syn. Cimex lectularius, bedbug, chinch;

bed check
n1
a check that everyone is in bed by the time they should be;

bed clothing
n1
coverings that are used on a bed;

- syn. bedclothes, bedding;

bed cover
n1
decorative cover for a bed;

- syn. bed covering, bedcover, bedspread, counterpane, spread;

bed covering
n1
decorative cover for a bed;

- syn. bed cover, bedcover, bedspread, counterpane, spread;

bed down
v1
go to bed;

- "We bedded down at midnight";

- syn. bunk down;

bed ground
n1
an area on which a drove of cattle or sheep can sleep for a night;

- syn. bed-ground, bedground;

bed jacket
n1
a lightweight jacket worn over bedclothes (as when sitting in bed);

bed linen
n1
linen or cotton articles for a bed (as sheets and pillowcases);

bed of flowers
n1
a bed in which flowers are growing;

- syn. flower bed, flowerbed;

bed of roses
n1
a flower bed in which roses are growing;

- syn. rose bed;

bed pillow
n1
a soft pillow for use on a bed;

bed rest
n1
confinement to bed continuously (as in the case of some sick or injured persons);

- syn. bedrest;

bed sheet
n1
bed linen consisting of a large rectangular piece of cotton or linen cloth;

- used in pairs;

- syn. sheet;

bed wetter
n1
someone suffering from enuresis;

- someone who urinates while asleep in bed;

- syn. bedwetter, wetter;

Beda
n1
(Roman Catholic Church) English monk and scholar (672-735);

- syn. Baeda, Bede, Saint Baeda, Saint Beda, Saint Bede, St. Baeda, St. Beda, St. Bede, the Venerable Bede;

bedamn
v1
wish harm upon;

- invoke evil upon;

- "The bad witch cursed the child";

- syn. anathemise, anathemize, beshrew, curse, damn, imprecate, maledict;

bedaub / b ɪ d ɔ b /
v1
spread or daub (a surface);

- syn. besmear;

bedaubed / b ɪ d ɔ b d /
a1
ornamented in a vulgar or showy fashion;

- sim. adorned;

bedaze
v1
overcome as with astonishment or disbelief;

- "The news stunned her";

- syn. daze, stun;

bedazzle
v1
to cause someone to lose clear vision, especially from intense light;

- "She was dazzled by the bright headlights";

- syn. daze, dazzle;

bedbug / b ɛ d b ʌ ɡ /
n1
bug of temperate regions that infests especially beds and feeds on human blood;

- syn. Cimex lectularius, bed bug, chinch;

bedchamber / b ɛ d tʃ eɪ m b ə /
n1
a room used primarily for sleeping;

- syn. bedroom, chamber, sleeping accommodation, sleeping room;

bedclothes / b ɛ d k ɫ oʊ ð z /
n1
coverings that are used on a bed;

- syn. bed clothing, bedding;

bedcover / b ɛ d k ʌ v ə /
n1
decorative cover for a bed;

- syn. bed cover, bed covering, bedspread, counterpane, spread;

bedded / b ɛ d ɪ d /
a1
deposited or arranged in horizontal layers;

- "stratified rock";

- syn. stratified;

- sim. foliate, laminar, layered, sheetlike;

a2
having a bed or beds as specified;

- sim. double-bedded, single-bedded, twin-bedded;

bedder / b ɛ d ə /
n1
an ornamental plant suitable for planting in a flowerbed;

- syn. bedding plant;

bedding / b ɛ d ɪ ŋ /
n1
coverings that are used on a bed;

- syn. bed clothing, bedclothes;

n2
material used to provide a bed for animals;

- syn. bedding material, litter;

bedding geranium
n1
an upright geranium having scalloped leaves with a broad color zone inside the margin and white or pink or red flowers;

- syn. Pelargonium hortorum, fish geranium, zonal pelargonium;

bedding material
n1
material used to provide a bed for animals;

- syn. bedding, litter;

bedding plant
n1
an ornamental plant suitable for planting in a flowerbed;

- syn. bedder;

Bede
n1
(Roman Catholic Church) English monk and scholar (672-735);

- syn. Baeda, Beda, Saint Baeda, Saint Beda, Saint Bede, St. Baeda, St. Beda, St. Bede, the Venerable Bede;

bedeck / b ɪ d ɛ k /
v1
decorate;

- "deck the halls with holly";

- syn. bedight, deck;

bedesman
n1
a person who is paid to pray for the soul of another;

- syn. beadsman;

bedevil / b ɪ d ɛ v ɫ /
v1
treat cruelly;

- "The children tormented the stuttering teacher";

- syn. crucify, dun, frustrate, rag, torment;

v2
be confusing or perplexing to;

- cause to be unable to think clearly;

- "These questions confuse even the experts";

- "This question completely threw me";

- "This question befuddled even the teacher";

- syn. befuddle, confound, confuse, discombobulate, fox, fuddle, throw;

bedevilment / b ɪ d ɛ v ɫ m ə n t /
n1
the act of harassing someone;

- syn. badgering, torment, worrying;

bedew / b ɪ d j u /
v1
cover with drops of dew or as with dew;

bedewed / b ɪ d j u d /
a1
wet with dew;

- syn. dewy;

- sim. wet;

bedfast / b ɛ d f ɑ s t /
a1
confined to bed (by illness);

- syn. bedrid, bedridden, sick-abed;

- sim. ill;

bedfellow / b ɛ d f ɛ ɫ oʊ /
n1
a temporary associate;

- "politics makes strange bedfellows";

n2
a person with whom you share a bed;

Bedford cord
n1
a heavy corded fabric similar to corduroy;

- used for clothing;

bedframe / b ɛ d f ɹ eɪ m /
n1
the framework of a bed;

- syn. bedstead;

bedground
n1
an area on which a drove of cattle or sheep can sleep for a night;

- syn. bed-ground, bed ground;

bedhop
v1
be sexually active with more than one partner;

- "His wife bed hops";

- syn. bed-hop, sleep around;

bedight
v1
decorate;

- "deck the halls with holly";

- syn. bedeck, deck;

bedim / b ɪ d ɪ m /
v1
make darker and difficult to perceive by sight;

- syn. benight;

v2
make obscure or unclear;

- "The distinction was obscured";

- syn. obscure, overcloud;

bedimmed / b ɪ d ɪ m d /
a1
made dim or indistinct;

- "a sun bedimmed by clouds";

- sim. indistinct;

bedizen / b ɪ d aɪ z n /
v1
decorate tastelessly;

v2
dress up garishly and tastelessly;

- syn. dizen;

bedlam / b ɛ d ɫ ə m /
n1
a state of extreme confusion and disorder;

- syn. chaos, pandemonium, topsy-turvydom, topsy-turvyness;

n2
pejorative terms for an insane asylum;

- syn. booby hatch, crazy house, cuckoo's nest, funny farm, funny house, loony bin, madhouse, nut house, nuthouse, sanatorium, snake pit;

bedlamite / b ɛ d ɫ ə m aɪ t /
n1
an archaic term for a lunatic;

bedless / b ɛ d ɫ ə s /
a1
without a bed;

- "the cell was bedless";

Bedlington terrier
n1
a light terrier groomed to resemble a lamb;

Bedloe's Island
n1
an island in New York Bay to the southwest of Manhattan where the Statue of Liberty stands;

- "Congress officially changed the name from Bedloe's Island to Liberty Island in 1956";

- syn. Liberty Island;

Bedouin / b ɛ d ʊ ɪ n /
n1
a member of a nomadic tribe of Arabs;

- syn. Beduin;

bedpan / b ɛ d p æ n /
n1
a shallow vessel used by a bedridden patient for defecation and urination;

bedpost / b ɛ d p oʊ s t /
n1
any of 4 vertical supports at the corners of a bedstead;

bedraggle / b ɪ d ɹ æ ɡ ɫ /
v1
make wet and dirty, as from rain;

- syn. draggle;

bedraggled / b ɪ d ɹ æ ɡ ɫ d /
a1
limp and soiled as if dragged in the mud;

- "the beggar's bedraggled clothes";

- "scarecrows in battered hats or draggled skirts";

- syn. draggled;

- sim. dirty;

a2
in deplorable condition;

- "a street of bedraggled tenements";

- "a broken-down fence";

- "a ramshackle old pier";

- "a tumble-down shack";

- syn. broken-down, derelict, dilapidated, ramshackle, tatterdemalion, tumble-down;

- sim. damaged;

bedrest
n1
confinement to bed continuously (as in the case of some sick or injured persons);

- syn. bed rest;

Bedrich Smetana
n1
Czech composer (1824-1884);

- syn. Smetana;

bedrid / b ɛ d ɹ ɪ d /
a1
confined to bed (by illness);

- syn. bedfast, bedridden, sick-abed;

- sim. ill;

bedridden / b ɛ d ɹ ɪ d n /
a1
confined to bed (by illness);

- syn. bedfast, bedrid, sick-abed;

- sim. ill;

bedrock / b ɛ d ɹ ɒ k /
n1
solid unweathered rock lying beneath surface deposits of soil;

n2
principles from which other truths can be derived;

- "first you must learn the fundamentals";

- "let's get down to basics";

- syn. basic principle, basics, fundamental principle, fundamentals;

bedroll / b ɛ d ɹ oʊ ɫ /
n1
bedding rolled up for carrying;

bedroom / b ɛ d ɹ u m /
n1
a room used primarily for sleeping;

- syn. bedchamber, chamber, sleeping accommodation, sleeping room;

bedroom community
n1
a community where many commuters live;

bedroom furniture
n1
furniture intended for use in a bedroom;

bedroom set
n1
a suite of furniture for the bedroom;

- syn. bedroom suite;

bedroom suite
n1
a suite of furniture for the bedroom;

- syn. bedroom set;

bedside / b ɛ d s aɪ d /
n1
space by the side of a bed (especially the bed of a sick or dying person);

- "the doctor stood at her bedside";

bedside manner
n1
manner or conduct of a physician in the presence of a patient;

bedsit / b ɛ d s ɪ t /
n1
a furnished sitting room with sleeping accommodations (and some plumbing);

- syn. bedsitter, bedsitting room;

bedsitter / b ɛ d s ɪ t ə , b ɛ d s ɪ t ə ɹ /
n1
a furnished sitting room with sleeping accommodations (and some plumbing);

- syn. bedsit, bedsitting room;

bedsitting room
n1
a furnished sitting room with sleeping accommodations (and some plumbing);

- syn. bedsit, bedsitter;

bedsore / b ɛ d s ɔ , b ɛ d s ɔ ɹ /
n1
a chronic ulcer of the skin caused by prolonged pressure on it (as in bedridden patients);

- syn. decubitus ulcer, pressure sore;

bedspread / b ɛ d s p ɹ ɛ d /
n1
decorative cover for a bed;

- syn. bed cover, bed covering, bedcover, counterpane, spread;

bedspring / b ɛ d s p ɹ ɪ ŋ /
n1
(usually in the plural) one of the springs holding up the mattress of a bed;

bedstead / b ɛ d s t ɛ d /
n1
the framework of a bed;

- syn. bedframe;

bedstraw / b ɛ d s t ɹ ɔ /
n1
any of several plants of the genus Galium;

bedtime / b ɛ d t aɪ m /
n1
the time you go to bed;

Beduin / b ɛ d ʊ ɪ n /
n1
a member of a nomadic tribe of Arabs;

- syn. Bedouin;

bedwetter
n1
someone suffering from enuresis;

- someone who urinates while asleep in bed;

- syn. bed wetter, wetter;

bee / b i /
n1
any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species;

n2
a social gathering to carry out some communal task or to hold competitions;

bee balm
n1
perennial herb of North America;

- syn. Monarda fistulosa, beebalm;

n2
perennial aromatic herb of eastern North America having variously colored tubular flowers in dense showy heads;

- syn. Monarda didyma, beebalm, bergamot mint, oswego tea;

n3
bushy perennial Old World mint having small white or yellowish flowers and fragrant lemon-flavored leaves;

- a garden escapee in northern Europe and North America;

- syn. Melissa officinalis, beebalm, garden balm, lemon balm, sweet balm;

bee beetle
n1
European beetle;

- infests beehives;

bee eater
n1
colorful chiefly tropical Old World bird having a strong graceful flight;

- feeds on especially bees;

bee fly
n1
hairy nectar-eating fly that resembles a bee;

- larvae are parasitic on larvae of bees and related insects;

bee house
n1
a shed containing a number of beehives;

- syn. apiary;

bee killer
n1
swift predatory fly having a strong body like a bee with the proboscis hardened for sucking juices of other insects captured on the wing;

- syn. robber fly;

bee moth
n1
moth whose larvae live in and feed on bee honeycombs;

- syn. Galleria mellonella, wax moth;

bee orchid
n1
European orchid whose flowers resemble bumble bees in shape and color;

- syn. Ophrys apifera;

bee sting
n1
a sting inflicted by a bee;

beebalm
n1
perennial herb of North America;

- syn. Monarda fistulosa, bee balm;

n2
perennial aromatic herb of eastern North America having variously colored tubular flowers in dense showy heads;

- syn. Monarda didyma, bee balm, bergamot mint, oswego tea;

n3
bushy perennial Old World mint having small white or yellowish flowers and fragrant lemon-flavored leaves;

- a garden escapee in northern Europe and North America;

- syn. Melissa officinalis, bee balm, garden balm, lemon balm, sweet balm;

beebread / b i b ɹ ɛ d /
n1
a mixture of nectar and pollen prepared by worker bees and fed to larvae;

- syn. ambrosia;

beech / b i tʃ /
n1
any of several large deciduous trees with rounded spreading crowns and smooth grey bark and small sweet edible triangular nuts enclosed in burs;

- north temperate regions;

- syn. beech tree;

n2
wood of any of various beech trees;

- used for flooring and containers and plywood and tool handles;

- syn. beechwood;

beech family
n1
chiefly monoecious trees and shrubs: beeches;

- chestnuts;

- oaks;

- genera Castanea, Castanopsis, Chrysolepis, Fagus, Lithocarpus, Nothofagus, Quercus;

- syn. Fagaceae, family Fagaceae;

beech fern
n1
any fern of the genus Phegopteris having deeply cut triangular fronds;

beech marten
n1
Eurasian marten having a brown coat with pale breast and throat;

- syn. Martes foina, stone marten;

beech tree
n1
any of several large deciduous trees with rounded spreading crowns and smooth grey bark and small sweet edible triangular nuts enclosed in burs;

- north temperate regions;

- syn. beech;

beechen
a1
consisting of or made of wood of the beech tree;

- sim. woody;

Beecher / b i tʃ ə , b i tʃ ə ɹ /
n1
United States clergyman who was a leader for the abolition of slavery (1813-1887);

- syn. Henry Ward Beecher;

beechnut / b i tʃ n ʌ t /
n1
small sweet triangular nut of any of various beech trees;

beechwood / b i tʃ w ʊ d /
n1
wood of any of various beech trees;

- used for flooring and containers and plywood and tool handles;

- syn. beech;

beef / b i f /
n1
cattle that are reared for their meat;

- syn. beef cattle;

n2
meat from an adult domestic bovine;

- syn. boeuf;

n3
informal terms for objecting;

- "I have a gripe about the service here";

- syn. bitch, gripe, kick, squawk;

v1
complain;

- "What was he hollering about?";

- syn. bellyache, bitch, crab, gripe, grouse, holler, squawk;

beef Bourguignonne
n1
beef and mushrooms and onions stewed in red wine and seasonings;

- syn. boeuf Bourguignonne;

beef broth
n1
a stock made with beef;

- syn. beef stock;

beef burrito
n1
a burrito with a beef filling;

beef cattle
n1
cattle that are reared for their meat;

- syn. beef;

beef fondue
n1
cubes of beef cooked in hot oil and then dipped in various tasty sauces;

- syn. boeuf fondu bourguignon;

beef goulash
n1
meat is browned before stewing;

beef jerky
n1
strips of dried beef;

beef loin
n1
cut of meat from a loin of beef;

beef man
n1
a man who raises (or tends) cattle;

- syn. cattleman, cow man;

beef neck
n1
a cut of beef from the neck of the animal;

beef patty
n1
a patty of ground cooked beef;

- syn. chop steak, chopped steak, chopsteak, hamburger steak;

beef plant
n1
South American plant having green to purple or red branches with green to purple ornamental foliage and spikes of insignificant woolly flowers with dry membranous bracts;

- syn. Iresine herbstii, Iresine reticulata, beefsteak plant;

beef roast
n1
cut of beef suitable for roasting;

- syn. roast beef;

beef stew
n1
a stew made with beef;

beef stock
n1
a stock made with beef;

- syn. beef broth;

beef Stroganoff
n1
sauteed strips of beef and mushrooms in sour cream sauce served with noodles;

beef tallow
n1
tallow obtained from a bovine animal;

beef tea
n1
an extract of beef (given to people who are ill);

- syn. Bovril;

beef tenderloin
n1
beef loin muscle;

beef tongue
n1
the tongue of a cow eaten as meat;

beef up
v1
make strong or stronger;

- "This exercise will strengthen your upper body";

- "strengthen the relations between the two countries";

- syn. fortify, strengthen;

beef Wellington
n1
rare-roasted beef tenderloin coated with mushroom paste in puff pastry;

- syn. filet de boeuf en croute;

beefalo
n1
hardy breed of cattle resulting from crossing domestic cattle with the American buffalo;

- yields leaner beef than conventional breeds;

- syn. cattalo;

beefburger / b i f b ɝ ɡ ə ɹ /
n1
a sandwich consisting of a fried cake of minced beef served on a bun, often with other ingredients;

- syn. burger, hamburger;

beefcake / b i f k eɪ k /
n1
a photograph of a muscular man in minimal attire;

beefeater / b i f i t ə , b i f i t ə ɹ /
n1
officer in the (ceremonial) bodyguard of the British monarch;

- syn. yeoman, yeoman of the guard;

beefed-up
a1
made greater or stronger;

- "beefed-up sales efforts";

- sim. strong;

beefsteak / b i f s t eɪ k /
n1
a beef steak usually cooked by broiling;

beefsteak begonia
n1
rhizomatous begonia with roundish fleshy leaves reddish colored beneath;

- syn. Begonia erythrophylla, Begonia feastii, kidney begonia;

beefsteak fungus
n1
a popular edible fungus with a cap the color of liver or raw meat;

- abundant in southeastern United States;

- syn. Fistulina hepatica;

beefsteak geranium
n1
any of numerous usually rhizomatous hybrid begonias derived from an East Indian plant having rough-textured leaves patterned in silver and bronze and purple and red-brown with inconspicuous flowers;

- syn. Begonia rex, king begonia, painted-leaf begonia, rex begonia;

beefsteak morel
n1
a poisonous gyromitra;

- the surface of the fertile body is smooth at first and becomes progressively undulating and wrinkled (but never truly pitted);

- color varies from dull yellow to brown;

- syn. Gyromitra esculenta, brain mushroom;

beefsteak plant
n1
plant grown for its ornamental red or purple foliage;

- syn. Perilla frutescens crispa;

n2
South American plant having green to purple or red branches with green to purple ornamental foliage and spikes of insignificant woolly flowers with dry membranous bracts;

- syn. Iresine herbstii, Iresine reticulata, beef plant;

beefsteak tomato
n1
any of several large tomatoes with thick flesh;

beefwood
n1
a tropical hardwood tree yielding balata gum and heavy red timber;

- syn. Manilkara bidentata, balata, balata tree, bully tree;

n2
any of several heavy hard reddish chiefly tropical woods of the families Casuarinaceae and Proteaceae;

- some used for cabinetwork;

n3
any of several Australian trees of the genus Casuarina yielding heavy hard red wood used in cabinetwork;

n4
tree or tall shrub with shiny leaves and umbels of fragrant creamy-white flowers;

- yields hard heavy reddish wood;

- syn. Stenocarpus salignus, scrub beefwood;

n5
tree yielding hard heavy reddish wood;

- syn. Grevillea striata;

beefy / b i f i /
a1
muscular and heavily built;

- "a beefy wrestler";

- "had a tall burly frame";

- "clothing sizes for husky boys";

- "a strapping boy of eighteen";

- "`buirdly' is a Scottish term";

- syn. buirdly, burly, husky, strapping;

- sim. robust;

beehive / b i h aɪ v /
n1
any workplace where people are very busy;

n2
a structure that provides a natural habitation for bees;

- as in a hollow tree;

- syn. hive;

n3
a hairdo resembling a beehive;

n4
a man-made receptacle that houses a swarm of bees;

- syn. hive;

Beehive State
n1
a state in the western United States;

- settled in 1847 by Mormons led by Brigham Young;

- syn. Mormon State, UT, Ut., Utah;

beekeeper / b i k i p ə /
n1
a farmer who keeps bees for their honey;

- syn. apiarist, apiculturist;

beekeeping / b i k i p ɪ ŋ /
n1
the cultivation of bees on a commercial scale for the production of honey;

- syn. apiculture;

beeline / b i ɫ aɪ n /
n1
the most direct route;

- "he made a beeline for the bathroom";

Beelzebub
n1
(Judeo-Christian and Islamic religions) chief spirit of evil and adversary of God;

- tempter of mankind;

- master of Hell;

- syn. Devil, Lucifer, Old Nick, Prince of Darkness, Satan, the Tempter;

beep / b i p /
n1
a short high tone produced as a signal or warning;

- syn. bleep;

v1
make a loud noise;

- "The horns of the taxis blared";

- syn. blare, claxon, honk, toot;

v2
call, summon, or alert with a beeper;

beeper / b i p ə , b i p ə ɹ /
n1
an electronic device that generates a series of beeps when the person carrying it is being paged;

- syn. pager;

beer / b ɪə , b ɪə ɹ /
n1
a general name for alcoholic beverages made by fermenting a cereal (or mixture of cereals) flavored with hops;

beer barrel
n1
a barrel that holds beer;

- syn. beer keg;

beer bottle
n1
a bottle that holds beer;

beer can
n1
a can that holds beer;

beer drinker
n1
someone whose favorite drink is beer or ale;

- syn. ale drinker;

beer garden
n1
tavern with an outdoor area (usually resembling a garden) where beer and other alcoholic drinks are served;

beer glass
n1
a relatively large glass for serving beer;

beer hall
n1
a hall or barroom featuring beer and (usually) entertainment;

beer keg
n1
a barrel that holds beer;

- syn. beer barrel;

beer maker
n1
someone who brews beer or ale from malt and hops and water;

- syn. brewer;

beer mat
n1
a drip mat placed under a glass of beer;

beer mug
n1
a mug intended for serving beer;

- syn. stein;

Beerbohm
n1
English writer and caricaturist (1872-1956);

- syn. Max Beerbohm, Sir Henry Maxmilian Beerbohm;

beery / b ɪə ɹ i /
a1
smelling of beer;

- sim. intoxicated;

beeswax / b i z w æ k s /
n1
a yellow to brown wax secreted by honeybees to build honeycombs;

v1
cover with beeswax;

- "Chris beeswaxed the kitchen table";

beet / b i t /
n1
biennial Eurasian plant usually having a swollen edible root;

- widely cultivated as a food crop;

- syn. Beta vulgaris, common beet;

n2
round red root vegetable;

- syn. beetroot;

beet armyworm
n1
moth larva that eats foliage of beets and other vegetables;

- syn. Spodoptera exigua;

beet blight
n1
a disease of beet plants;

beet green
n1
young leaves of the beetroot;

beet sugar
n1
sugar made from sugar beets;

n2
sugar from sugar beets used as sweetening agent;

Beethoven
n1
German composer of instrumental music (especially symphonic and chamber music);

- continued to compose after he lost his hearing (1770-1827);

- syn. Ludwig van Beethoven, van Beethoven;

n2
the music of Beethoven;

- "he enjoyed Beethoven most of all";

Beethovenian
a1
of or relating to Ludwig van Beethoven or his music;

beetle / b i t ɫ /
n1
insect having biting mouthparts and front wings modified to form horny covers overlying the membranous rear wings;

n2
a tool resembling a hammer but with a large head (usually wooden);

- used to drive wedges or ram down paving stones or for crushing or beating or flattening or smoothing;

- syn. mallet;

v1
be suspended over or hang over;

- "This huge rock beetles over the edge of the town";

- syn. overhang;

v2
fly or go in a manner resembling a beetle;

- "He beetled up the staircase";

- "They beetled off home";

v3
beat with a beetle;

a1
jutting or overhanging;

- "beetle brows";

- syn. beetling;

- sim. protrusive;

beetle-browed / b i t ɫ b ɹ aʊ d /
a1
sullen or unfriendly in appearance;

- syn. scowling;

- sim. unfriendly;

beetle off
v1
leave suddenly and as if in a hurry;

- "The listeners bolted when he discussed his strange ideas";

- "When she started to tell silly stories, I ran out";

- syn. bolt, bolt out, run off, run out;

beetleweed
n1
tufted evergreen perennial herb having spikes of tiny white flowers and glossy green round to heart-shaped leaves that become coppery to maroon or purplish in fall;

- syn. Galax urceolata, coltsfoot, galax, galaxy, wandflower;

beetling / b i t ɫ ɪ ŋ /
a1
jutting or overhanging;

- "beetle brows";

- syn. beetle;

- sim. protrusive;

beetroot / b i t ɹ u t /
n1
beet having a massively swollen red root;

- widely grown for human consumption;

- syn. Beta vulgaris rubra;

n2
round red root vegetable;

- syn. beet;

befall / b ɪ f ɔ ɫ /
v1
become of;

- happen to;

- "He promised that no harm would befall her";

- "What has become of my children?";

- syn. bechance, betide;

v2
happen, occur, or be the case in the course of events or by chance;

- "It happens that today is my birthday";

- "These things befell" (Santayana);

- syn. bechance, happen;

befit / b ɪ f ɪ t /
v1
accord or comport with;

- "This kind of behavior does not suit a young woman!";

- syn. beseem, suit;

befitting / b ɪ f ɪ t ɪ ŋ /
a1
appropriate to;

- "behavior befitting a father";

- sim. appropriate;

befittingly / b ɪ f ɪ t ɪ ŋ ɫ i /
r1
in accordance with what is appropriate or suitable for the circumstances;

- "he was appropriately dressed";

- "If you don't behave properly, you'll have to leave!";

- "I met the junior senator from Illinois and I was duly impressed";

- syn. appropriately, duly, fitly, fittingly, properly, suitably;

befog / b ɪ f ɒ ɡ /
v1
make less visible or unclear;

- "The stars are obscured by the clouds";

- "the big elm tree obscures our view of the valley";

- syn. becloud, cloud, fog, haze over, mist, obnubilate, obscure;

befogged / b ɪ f ɒ ɡ d /
a1
stupefied by alcoholic drink;

- "the wino's poor befuddled mind";

- "a mind befogged with drink";

- syn. befuddled;

- sim. confused;

befool
v1
make a fool or dupe of;

- syn. fool, gull;

v2
fool or hoax;

- "The immigrant was duped because he trusted everyone";

- "You can't fool me!";

- syn. cod, dupe, fool, gull, put on, put one across, put one over, slang, take in;

befooling
n1
derision of someone or something as foolish or absurd or inconsistent;

- syn. stultification;

before / b ɪ f ɔ , b ɪ f ɔ ɹ /
r1
earlier in time;

- previously;

- "I had known her before";

- "as I said before";

- "he called me the day before but your call had come even earlier";

- "her parents had died four years earlier";

- "I mentioned that problem earlier";

- syn. earlier;

r2
at or in the front;

- "I see the lights of a town ahead";

- "the road ahead is foggy";

- "staring straight ahead";

- "we couldn't see over the heads of the people in front";

- "with the cross of Jesus marching on before";

- syn. ahead, in front;

before Christ
r1
before the Christian era;

- used following dates before the supposed year Christ was born;

- "in 200 BC";

- syn. B.C., BC;

before long
r1
in the near future;

- "the doctor will soon be here";

- "the book will appear shortly";

- "she will arrive presently";

- "we should have news before long";

- syn. presently, shortly, soon;

beforehand / b ɪ f ɔ h æ n d /
a1
being ahead of time or need;

- "gave advance warning";

- "was beforehand with her report";

- syn. advance;

- sim. early;

r1
ahead of time;

- in anticipation;

- "when you pay ahead (or in advance) you receive a discount";

- "We like to plan ahead";

- "should have made reservations beforehand";

- syn. ahead, in advance;

befoul / b ɪ f aʊ ɫ /
v1
spot, stain, or pollute;

- "The townspeople defiled the river by emptying raw sewage into it";

- syn. defile, foul, maculate;

befouled / b ɪ f aʊ ɫ d /
a1
made dirty or foul;

- "a building befouled with soot";

- "breathing air fouled and darkened with factory soot";

- syn. fouled;

- sim. dirty;

befoulment
n1
the state of being polluted;

- syn. defilement, pollution;

befriend / b ɪ f ɹ ɛ n d /
v1
become friends with;

- "John and Eric soon became friends";

- "Have you made friends yet in your new environment?";

befuddle
v1
be confusing or perplexing to;

- cause to be unable to think clearly;

- "These questions confuse even the experts";

- "This question completely threw me";

- "This question befuddled even the teacher";

- syn. bedevil, confound, confuse, discombobulate, fox, fuddle, throw;

v2
make stupid with alcohol;

- syn. fuddle;

befuddled
a1
stupefied by alcoholic drink;

- "the wino's poor befuddled mind";

- "a mind befogged with drink";

- syn. befogged;

- sim. confused;

a2
perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements;

- filled with bewilderment;

- "obviously bemused by his questions";

- "bewildered and confused";

- "a cloudy and confounded philosopher";

- "just a mixed-up kid";

- "she felt lost on the first day of school";

- syn. at sea, baffled, bemused, bewildered, confounded, confused, lost, mazed, mixed-up;

- sim. perplexed;

a3
confused and vague;

- used especially of thinking;

- "muddleheaded ideas";

- "your addled little brain";

- "woolly thinking";

- "woolly-headed ideas";

- syn. addled, muddled, muzzy, woolly, woolly-headed, wooly, wooly-minded;

- sim. confused;

befuddlement
n1
confusion resulting from failure to understand;

- syn. bafflement, bemusement, bewilderment, mystification, obfuscation, puzzlement;

beg / b ɛ ɡ /
v1
call upon in supplication;

- entreat;

- "I beg you to stop!";

- syn. implore, pray;

- also beg off;

v2
make a solicitation or entreaty for something;

- request urgently or persistently;

- "Henry IV solicited the Pope for a divorce";

- "My neighbor keeps soliciting money for different charities";

- syn. solicit, tap;

v3
ask to obtain free;

- "beg money and food";

v4
dodge, avoid answering, or take for granted;

- "beg the question";

- "beg the point in the discussion";

beg off
v1
ask for permission to be released from an engagement;

- syn. excuse;

beget / b ɪ ɡ ɛ t /
v1
make (offspring) by reproduction;

- "Abraham begot Isaac";

- "John fathered four daughters";

- syn. bring forth, engender, father, generate, get, mother, sire;

begetter / b ɪ ɡ ɛ t ə , b ɪ ɡ ɛ t ə ɹ /
n1
a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father);

- "his father was born in Atlanta";

- syn. father, male parent;

beggar / b ɛ ɡ ə , b ɛ ɡ ə ɹ /
n1
a pauper who lives by begging;

- syn. mendicant;

v1
be beyond the resources of;

- "This beggars description!";

v2
reduce to beggary;

- syn. pauperise, pauperize;

beggar's-ticks
n1
any of several plants of the genus Bidens having yellow flowers and prickly fruits that cling to fur and clothing;

- syn. beggar-ticks, bur marigold, burr marigold, sticktight;

beggar's lice
n1
Eurasian and North American plants having small prickly nutlets that stick to clothing;

- syn. beggar lice;

n2
any of various tropical and subtropical plants having trifoliate leaves and rough sticky pod sections or loments;

- syn. beggar lice, tick trefoil;

beggar-my-neighbor
n1
a card game for two players in which the object is to win all of the other player's cards;

- syn. beggar-my-neighbour, strip-Jack-naked;

beggar-my-neighbor policy
n1
a policy of promoting oneself at the expense of others;

- used especially of national policy;

- "the United States has pursued a beggar-my-neighbor policy";

- syn. beggar-my-neighbor strategy, beggar-my-neighbour policy, beggar-my-neighbour strategy;

beggar-my-neighbor strategy
n1
a policy of promoting oneself at the expense of others;

- used especially of national policy;

- "the United States has pursued a beggar-my-neighbor policy";

- syn. beggar-my-neighbor policy, beggar-my-neighbour policy, beggar-my-neighbour strategy;

beggar-my-neighbour
n1
a card game for two players in which the object is to win all of the other player's cards;

- syn. beggar-my-neighbor, strip-Jack-naked;

beggar-my-neighbour policy
n1
a policy of promoting oneself at the expense of others;

- used especially of national policy;

- "the United States has pursued a beggar-my-neighbor policy";

- syn. beggar-my-neighbor policy, beggar-my-neighbor strategy, beggar-my-neighbour strategy;

beggar-my-neighbour strategy
n1
a policy of promoting oneself at the expense of others;

- used especially of national policy;

- "the United States has pursued a beggar-my-neighbor policy";

- syn. beggar-my-neighbor policy, beggar-my-neighbor strategy, beggar-my-neighbour policy;

beggar-ticks
n1
the seed of bur marigolds;

- syn. Spanish needles;

n2
any of several plants of the genus Bidens having yellow flowers and prickly fruits that cling to fur and clothing;

- syn. beggar's-ticks, bur marigold, burr marigold, sticktight;

beggar lice
n1
Eurasian and North American plants having small prickly nutlets that stick to clothing;

- syn. beggar's lice;

n2
any of various tropical and subtropical plants having trifoliate leaves and rough sticky pod sections or loments;

- syn. beggar's lice, tick trefoil;

beggarly / b ɛ ɡ ə ɫ i /
a1
marked by poverty befitting a beggar;

- "a beggarly existence in the slums";

- "a mean hut";

- syn. mean;

- sim. poor;

a2
(used of sums of money) so small in amount as to deserve contempt;

- syn. mean;

- sim. stingy;

beggarman / b ɛ ɡ ə m æ n /
n1
a man who is a beggar;

beggarweed
n1
West Indian forage plant cultivated in southern United States as forage and to improve soil;

- syn. Desmodium purpureum, Desmodium tortuosum;

beggarwoman / b ɛ ɡ ə w ʊ m ə n /
n1
a woman who is a beggar;

beggary / b ɛ ɡ ə ɹ i /
n1
a solicitation for money or food (especially in the street by an apparently penniless person);

- syn. begging, mendicancy;

n2
the state of being a beggar or mendicant;

- "they were reduced to mendicancy";

- syn. mendicancy, mendicity;

begging / b ɛ ɡ ɪ ŋ /
n1
a solicitation for money or food (especially in the street by an apparently penniless person);

- syn. beggary, mendicancy;

begild
v1
decorate with, or as if with, gold leaf or liquid gold;

- syn. engild, gild;

Begin / b ɪ ɡ ɪ n /
n1
Israeli statesman (born in Russia) who (as prime minister of Israel) negotiated a peace treaty with Anwar Sadat (then the president of Egypt) (1913-1992);

- syn. Menachem Begin;

v1
take the first step or steps in carrying out an action;

- "We began working at dawn";

- "Who will start?";

- "Get working as soon as the sun rises!";

- "The first tourists began to arrive in Cambodia";

- "He began early in the day";

- "Let's get down to work now";

- syn. commence, get, get down, set about, set out, start, start out;

v2
have a beginning, in a temporal, spatial, or evaluative sense;

- "The DMZ begins right over the hill";

- "The second movement begins after the Allegro";

- "Prices for these homes start at $250,000";

- syn. start;

v3
set in motion, cause to start;

- "The U.S. started a war in the Middle East";

- "The Iraqis began hostilities";

- "begin a new chapter in your life";

- syn. commence, lead off, start;

v4
begin to speak or say;

- "`Now listen, friends', he began";

v5
be the first item or point, constitute the beginning or start, come first in a series;

- "The number `one' begins the sequence";

- "A terrible murder begins the novel";

- "The convocation ceremony officially begins the semester";

v6
have a beginning, of a temporal event;

- "WW II began in 1939 when Hitler marched into Poland";

- "The company's Asia tour begins next month";

v7
have a beginning characterized in some specified way;

- "The novel begins with a murder";

- "My property begins with the three maple trees";

- "Her day begins with a workout";

- "The semester begins with a convocation ceremony";

- syn. start;

v8
begin an event that is implied and limited by the nature or inherent function of the direct object;

- "begin a cigar";

- "She started the soup while it was still hot";

- "We started physics in 10th grade";

- syn. start;

v9
achieve or accomplish in the least degree, usually used in the negative;

- "This economic measure doesn't even begin to deal with the problem of inflation";

- "You cannot even begin to understand the problem we had to deal with during the war";

v10
begin to speak, understand, read, and write a language;

- "She began Russian at an early age";

- "We started French in fourth grade";

beginner / b ɪ ɡ ɪ n ə , b ɪ ɡ ɪ n ə ɹ /
n1
someone new to a field or activity;

- syn. initiate, novice, tiro, tyro;

n2
a person who founds or establishes some institution;

- "George Washington is the father of his country";

- syn. father, founder, founding father;

beginning / b ɪ ɡ ɪ n ɪ ŋ /
n1
the event consisting of the start of something;

- "the beginning of the war";

n2
the time at which something is supposed to begin;

- "they got an early start";

- "she knew from the get-go that he was the man for her";

- syn. commencement, first, get-go, kickoff, offset, outset, showtime, start, starting time;

n3
the first part or section of something;

- "`It was a dark and stormy night' is a hackneyed beginning for a story";

n4
the place where something begins, where it springs into being;

- "the Italian beginning of the Renaissance";

- "Jupiter was the origin of the radiation";

- "Pittsburgh is the source of the Ohio River";

- "communism's Russian root";

- syn. origin, root, rootage, source;

n5
the act of starting something;

- "he was responsible for the beginning of negotiations";

- syn. commencement, start;

a1
serving to begin;

- "the beginning canto of the poem";

- "the first verse";

- syn. first;

- sim. opening;

beginning rhyme
n1
use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse;

- "around the rock the ragged rascal ran";

- syn. alliteration, head rhyme, initial rhyme;

begonia / b ɪ ɡ oʊ n ɪə /
n1
any of numerous plants of the genus Begonia grown for their attractive glossy asymmetrical leaves and colorful flowers in usually terminal cymes or racemes;

Begonia cheimantha
n1
hybrid winter-blooming begonia grown for its many large pink flowers;

- syn. Christmas begonia, blooming-fool begonia;

Begonia cocchinea
n1
South American fibrous-rooted begonias having prominent basal leaf lobes suggesting angels' wings and racemes of coral-red flowers;

- syn. angel-wing begonia;

Begonia dregei
n1
tuberous or semi-tuberous South African begonia having shallowly lobed ovate leaves and small white flowers;

- syn. grape-leaf begonia, maple-leaf begonia;

Begonia erythrophylla
n1
rhizomatous begonia with roundish fleshy leaves reddish colored beneath;

- syn. Begonia feastii, beefsteak begonia, kidney begonia;

begonia family
n1
monoecious succulent herbs or shrubs of tropical and warm regions especially America;

- syn. Begoniaceae, family Begoniaceae;

Begonia feastii
n1
rhizomatous begonia with roundish fleshy leaves reddish colored beneath;

- syn. Begonia erythrophylla, beefsteak begonia, kidney begonia;

Begonia heracleifolia
n1
rhizomatous begonia having leaves with pointed lobes suggestive of stars and pink flowers;

- syn. star-leaf begonia, star begonia;

Begonia rex
n1
any of numerous usually rhizomatous hybrid begonias derived from an East Indian plant having rough-textured leaves patterned in silver and bronze and purple and red-brown with inconspicuous flowers;

- syn. beefsteak geranium, king begonia, painted-leaf begonia, rex begonia;

Begonia semperflorens
n1
hybrid fibrous-rooted begonia having broad-ovate green to bronze-red leaves and small clusters of white or pink or red flowers;

- widely used as a bedding plant;

- syn. wax begonia;

Begonia socotrana
n1
semi-tuberous begonia having peltate leaves and rose-pink flowers;

- Yemen;

- syn. Socotra begonia;

Begonia tuberhybrida
n1
any of numerous hybrid begonias having tuberous roots and variously colored flowers;

- syn. hybrid tuberous begonia;

Begoniaceae
n1
monoecious succulent herbs or shrubs of tropical and warm regions especially America;

- syn. begonia family, family Begoniaceae;

begotten / b ɪ ɡ ɒ t n /
a1
(of offspring) generated by procreation;

- "naturally begotten child";

- sim. biological;

begrime / b ɪ ɡ ɹ aɪ m /
v1
make soiled, filthy, or dirty;

- "don't soil your clothes when you play outside!";

- syn. bemire, colly, dirty, grime, soil;

begrimed / b ɪ ɡ ɹ aɪ m d /
a1
thickly covered with ingrained dirt or soot;

- "a miner's begrimed face";

- "dingy linen";

- "grimy hands";

- "grubby little fingers";

- "a grungy kitchen";

- syn. dingy, grimy, grubby, grungy, raunchy;

- sim. dirty;

begrudge / b ɪ ɡ ɹ ʌ dʒ /
v1
be envious of;

- set one's heart on;

- syn. envy;

v2
wish ill or allow unwillingly;

- syn. resent;

beguile / b ɪ ɡ aɪ ɫ /
v1
influence by slyness;

- syn. hoodwink, juggle;

v2
attract;

- cause to be enamored;

- "She captured all the men's hearts";

- syn. becharm, bewitch, captivate, capture, catch, charm, enamor, enamour, enchant, entrance, fascinate, trance;

beguiled / b ɪ ɡ aɪ ɫ d /
a1
filled with wonder and delight;

- syn. captivated, charmed, delighted, enthralled, entranced;

- sim. enchanted;

beguilement
n1
magnetic personal charm;

- syn. animal magnetism, bewitchery;

n2
an entertainment that provokes pleased interest and distracts you from worries and vexations;

- syn. distraction;

beguiler / b ɪ ɡ aɪ ɫ ə , b ɪ ɡ aɪ ɫ ə ɹ /
n1
someone who leads you to believe something that is not true;

- syn. cheat, cheater, deceiver, slicker, trickster;

n2
a person who charms others (usually by personal attractiveness);

- syn. charmer;

beguiling / b ɪ ɡ aɪ ɫ ɪ ŋ /
a1
highly attractive and able to arouse hope or desire;

- "an alluring prospect";

- "her alluring smile";

- "the voice was low and beguiling";

- "difficult to say no to an enticing advertisement";

- "a tempting invitation";

- syn. alluring, enticing, tempting;

- sim. seductive;

a2
misleading by means of pleasant or alluring methods;

- "taken in by beguiling tales of overnight fortunes";

- sim. dishonest;

Beguine
n1
(Roman Catholic Church) a member of a lay sisterhood (one of several founded in the Netherlands in the 12th and 13th centuries);

- though not taking religious vows the sisters followed an austere life;

n2
music written in the bolero rhythm of the beguine dance;

n3
a ballroom dance that originated in the French West Indies;

- similar to the rumba;

begum / b eɪ ɡ ə m /
n1
a Muslim woman of high rank in India or Pakistan;

behalf / b ɪ h ɑ f /
n1
as the agent of or on someone's part (usually expressed as `on behalf of' rather than `in behalf of');

- "the guardian signed the contract on behalf of the minor child";

- "this letter is written on behalf of my client";

n2
for someone's benefit (usually expressed as `in behalf' rather than `on behalf' and usually with a possessive);

- "in your behalf";

- "campaigning in his own behalf";

- "spoke a good word in his friend's behalf";

behave / b ɪ h eɪ v /
v1
behave in a certain manner;

- show a certain behavior;

- conduct or comport oneself;

- "You should act like an adult";

- "Don't behave like a fool";

- "What makes her do this way?";

- "The dog acts ferocious, but he is really afraid of people";

- syn. act, do;

v2
behave in a certain manner;

- "She carried herself well";

- "he bore himself with dignity";

- "They conducted themselves well during these difficult times";

- syn. acquit, bear, carry, comport, conduct, deport;

v3
behave well or properly;

- "The children must learn to behave";

- syn. comport;

behavior
n1
manner of acting or controlling yourself;

- syn. behaviour, conduct, doings;

n2
the action or reaction of something (as a machine or substance) under specified circumstances;

- "the behavior of small particles can be studied in experiments";

- syn. behaviour;

n3
(behavioral attributes) the way a person behaves toward other people;

- syn. behaviour, conduct, demeanor, demeanour, deportment;

n4
(psychology) the aggregate of the responses or reactions or movements made by an organism in any situation;

- syn. behaviour;

behavior modification
n1
psychotherapy that seeks to extinguish or inhibit abnormal or maladaptive behavior by reinforcing desired behavior and extinguishing undesired behavior;

- syn. behavior therapy;

behavior therapy
n1
psychotherapy that seeks to extinguish or inhibit abnormal or maladaptive behavior by reinforcing desired behavior and extinguishing undesired behavior;

- syn. behavior modification;

behavioral
a1
of or relating to behavior;

- "behavioral sciences";

- syn. behavioural;

behaviorism
n1
an approach to psychology that emphasizes observable measurable behavior;

- syn. behavioristic psychology, behaviourism, behaviouristic psychology;

behaviorist
n1
a psychologist who subscribes to behaviorism;

- syn. behaviourist;

a1
of or relating to behaviorism;

- "behavioristic psychology";

- syn. behavioristic, behaviourist, behaviouristic;

behavioristic
a1
of or relating to behaviorism;

- "behavioristic psychology";

- syn. behaviorist, behaviourist, behaviouristic;

behavioristic psychology
n1
an approach to psychology that emphasizes observable measurable behavior;

- syn. behaviorism, behaviourism, behaviouristic psychology;

behaviour / b ɪ h eɪ v ɪə , b ɪ h eɪ v ɪə ɹ /
n1
the action or reaction of something (as a machine or substance) under specified circumstances;

- "the behavior of small particles can be studied in experiments";

- syn. behavior;

n2
(behavioral attributes) the way a person behaves toward other people;

- syn. behavior, conduct, demeanor, demeanour, deportment;

n3
(psychology) the aggregate of the responses or reactions or movements made by an organism in any situation;

- syn. behavior;

n4
manner of acting or controlling yourself;

- syn. behavior, conduct, doings;

behavioural / b ɪ h eɪ v ɪə ɹ ə ɫ /
a1
of or relating to behavior;

- "behavioral sciences";

- syn. behavioral;

behaviourism / b ɪ h eɪ v ɪə ɹ ɪ z ə m /
n1
an approach to psychology that emphasizes observable measurable behavior;

- syn. behaviorism, behavioristic psychology, behaviouristic psychology;

behaviourist / b ɪ h eɪ v ɪə ɹ ɪ s t /
n1
a psychologist who subscribes to behaviorism;

- syn. behaviorist;

a1
of or relating to behaviorism;

- "behavioristic psychology";

- syn. behaviorist, behavioristic, behaviouristic;

behaviouristic / b ɪ h eɪ v ɪə ɹ ɪ s t ɪ k /
a1
of or relating to behaviorism;

- "behavioristic psychology";

- syn. behaviorist, behavioristic, behaviourist;

behaviouristic psychology
n1
an approach to psychology that emphasizes observable measurable behavior;

- syn. behaviorism, behavioristic psychology, behaviourism;

behead / b ɪ h ɛ d /
v1
cut the head of;

- "the French King was beheaded during the Revolution";

- syn. decapitate, decollate;

beheaded / b ɪ h ɛ d ɪ d /
a1
having had the head cut off;

- "the beheaded prisoners";

- syn. decapitated;

- sim. headless;

beheading / b ɪ h ɛ d ɪ ŋ /
n1
execution by cutting off the victim's head;

- syn. decapitation;

n2
killing by cutting off the head;

- syn. decapitation;

behemoth / b ɪ h i m ɒ θ /
n1
someone or something that is abnormally large and powerful;

- syn. colossus, giant, goliath, monster;

n2
a person of exceptional importance and reputation;

- syn. colossus, giant, heavyweight, titan;

behest / b ɪ h ɛ s t /
n1
an authoritative command or request;

behind / b ɪ h aɪ n d /
n1
the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on;

- "he deserves a good kick in the butt";

- "are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?";

- syn. arse, ass, backside, bottom, bum, buns, butt, buttocks, can, derriere, fanny, fundament, hind end, hindquarters, keister, nates, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, seat, stern, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush;

a1
having the lower score or lagging position in a contest;

- "behind by two points";

- "the 8th inning found the home team trailing";

- sim. down;

r1
in or to or toward the rear;

- "he followed behind";

- "seen from behind, the house is more imposing than it is from the front";

- "the final runners were far behind";

r2
remaining in a place or condition that has been left or departed from;

- "when he died he left much unfinished work behind";

- "left a large family behind";

- "the children left their books behind";

- "he took off with a squeal of tires and left the other cars far behind";

r3
of timepieces;

- "the clock is almost an hour slow";

- "my watch is running behind";

- syn. slow;

r4
in or into an inferior position;

- "fell behind in his studies";

- "their business was lagging behind in the competition for customers";

r5
in debt;

- "he fell behind with his mortgage payments";

- "a month behind in the rent";

- "a company that has been run behindhand for years";

- "in arrears with their utility bills";

- syn. behindhand, in arrears;

behind-the-scenes
a1
designed and carried out secretly or confidentially;

- "a sub-rosa report";

- "has their under-the-table backing";

- syn. sub-rosa, under-the-table;

- sim. covert;

behindhand / b ɪ h aɪ n d h æ n d /
a1
behind schedule;

- "was behindhand with the rent";

- sim. unpunctual;

r1
in debt;

- "he fell behind with his mortgage payments";

- "a month behind in the rent";

- "a company that has been run behindhand for years";

- "in arrears with their utility bills";

- syn. behind, in arrears;

Behmen
n1
German mystic and theosophist who founded modern theosophy;

- influenced George Fox (1575-1624);

- syn. Boehm, Boehme, Bohme, Jakob Behmen, Jakob Boehm, Jakob Boehme, Jakob Bohme;

Behmenism
n1
the mystical theological doctrine of Jakob Boehme that influenced the Quakers;

- syn. Boehmenism;

behold / b ɪ h oʊ ɫ d /
v1
see with attention;

- "behold Christ!";

- syn. lay eyes on;

beholden / b ɪ h oʊ ɫ d ə n /
a1
under a moral obligation to someone;

- sim. obligated;

beholder / b ɪ h oʊ ɫ d ə , b ɪ h oʊ ɫ d ə ɹ /
n1
a person who becomes aware (of things or events) through the senses;

- syn. observer, perceiver, percipient;

beholding / b ɪ h oʊ ɫ d ɪ ŋ /
n1
perception by means of the eyes;

- syn. seeing, visual perception;

behoove
v1
be appropriate or necessary;

- "It behooves us to reflect on this matter";

- syn. behove;

behove / b ɪ h oʊ v /
v1
be appropriate or necessary;

- "It behooves us to reflect on this matter";

- syn. behoove;

Behrens
n1
German architect known for his simple utilitarian factory buildings (1868-1940);

- syn. Peter Behrens;

Behring
n1
Danish explorer who explored the northern Pacific Ocean for the Russians and discovered the Bering Strait (1681-1741);

- syn. Bering, Vitus Behring, Vitus Bering;

beige / b eɪ ʒ /
n1
a very light brown;

- syn. ecru;

a1
of a light greyish-brown color;

- sim. chromatic;

beigel
n1
(Yiddish) glazed yeast-raised doughnut-shaped roll with hard crust;

- syn. bagel;

beignet
n1
a deep-fried, yeast-raised doughnut dusted with confectioners' sugar;

- syn. French fritter;

Beijing
n1
capital of the People's Republic of China in the Hebei province in northeastern China;

- 2nd largest Chinese city;

- syn. Peiping, Peking, capital of Red China;

Beijing dialect
n1
the dialect of Chinese spoken in Beijing and adopted as the official language for all of China;

- syn. Mandarin, Mandarin Chinese, Mandarin dialect;

being / b i ɪ ŋ /
n1
the state or fact of existing;

- "a point of view gradually coming into being";

- "laws in existence for centuries";

- "he appeared on the face of the earth one day";

- syn. beingness, existence, face of the earth;

n2
a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently;

- syn. organism;

beingness
n1
the state or fact of existing;

- "a point of view gradually coming into being";

- "laws in existence for centuries";

- "he appeared on the face of the earth one day";

- syn. being, existence, face of the earth;

Beira
n1
a port city in eastern Mozambique on the Mozambique Channel;

Beirut / b eɪ ɹ u t /
n1
capital and largest city of Lebanon;

- located in western Lebanon on the Mediterranean;

- syn. Bayrut, capital of Lebanon;

bejewel / b ɪ dʒ u ə ɫ /
v1
adorn or decorate with precious stones;

- "jeweled dresses";

- syn. jewel;

Bel / b ɛ ɫ /
n1
a logarithmic unit of sound intensity equal to 10 decibels;

- syn. B;

n2
Babylonian god of the earth;

- one of the supreme triad including Anu and Ea;

- earlier identified with En-lil;

Bel-Merodach
n1
the chief Babylonian god;

- his consort was Sarpanitu;

- syn. Baal Merodach, Marduk, Merodach;

Bel and the Dragon
n1
an Apocryphal book consisting of text added to the Book of Daniel;

bel canto
n1
a style of operatic singing;

bel esprit
n1
a witty or clever person with a fine mind;

Bela Bartok
n1
Hungarian composer and pianist who collected Hungarian folk music;

- in 1940 he moved to the United States (1881-1945);

- syn. Bartok;

Bela Ferenc Blasko
n1
United States film actor (born in Hungary) noted for portraying monsters (1884-1956);

- syn. Bela Lugosi, Lugosi;

Bela Lugosi
n1
United States film actor (born in Hungary) noted for portraying monsters (1884-1956);

- syn. Bela Ferenc Blasko, Lugosi;

belabor / b ɪ ɫ eɪ b ə /
v1
to work at or to absurd length;

- "belabor the obvious";

- syn. belabour;

v2
attack verbally with harsh criticism;

- "She was belabored by her fellow students";

- syn. belabour;

v3
beat soundly;

- syn. belabour;

belabour / b ɪ ɫ eɪ b ə , b ɪ ɫ eɪ b ə ɹ /
v1
to work at or to absurd length;

- "belabor the obvious";

- syn. belabor;

v2
beat soundly;

- syn. belabor;

v3
attack verbally with harsh criticism;

- "She was belabored by her fellow students";

- syn. belabor;

Belamcanda
n1
a monocotyledonous genus of the family Iridaceae;

- syn. genus Belamcanda;

Belamcanda chinensis
n1
garden plant whose capsule discloses when ripe a mass of seeds resembling a blackberry;

- syn. blackberry-lily, leopard lily;

Belarus
n1
a landlocked republic in eastern Europe;

- formerly a European soviet;

- syn. Belorussia, Byelarus, Byelorussia, Republic of Belarus, White Russia;

Belarusian
n1
the Slavic language spoken in Belarus;

- syn. Byelorussian, White Russian;

a1
of or pertaining to Belarus or to the people or culture of Belarus;

Belarusian monetary unit
n1
monetary unit in Belarus;

belated / b ɪ ɫ eɪ t ɪ d /
a1
after the expected or usual time;

- delayed;

- "a belated birthday card";

- "I'm late for the plane";

- "the train is late";

- "tardy children are sent to the principal";

- "always tardy in making dental appointments";

- syn. late, tardy;

- sim. unpunctual;

belatedly / b ɪ ɫ eɪ t ɪ d ɫ i /
r1
later than usual or than expected;

- "the train arrived late";

- "we awoke late";

- "the children came late to school";

- "notice came so tardily that we almost missed the deadline";

- "I belatedly wished her a happy birthday";

- syn. late, tardily;

Belau
n1
a chain of more than 200 islands about 400 miles long in the western central Pacific Ocean;

- syn. Palau, Palau Islands, Pelew;

belay / b ɪ ɫ eɪ /
n1
something to which a mountain climber's rope can be secured;

v1
turn a rope round an object or person in order to secure it or him;

v2
fasten a boat to a bitt, pin, or cleat;

belaying pin
n1
a wood or metal bar to which a rope can be secured (as on a ship or in mountain climbing);

belch / b ɛ ɫ tʃ /
n1
a reflex that expels gas noisily from the stomach through the mouth;

- syn. belching, burp, burping, eructation;

v1
expel gas from the stomach;

- "Please don't burp at the table";

- syn. bubble, burp, eruct;

v2
become active and spew forth lava and rocks;

- "Vesuvius erupts once in a while";

- syn. erupt, extravasate;

belching / b ɛ ɫ tʃ ɪ ŋ /
n1
the forceful expulsion of something from inside;

- "the belching of smoke from factory chimneys";

n2
a reflex that expels gas noisily from the stomach through the mouth;

- syn. belch, burp, burping, eructation;

beldam / b ɛ ɫ d ə m /
n1
an ugly evil-looking old woman;

- syn. beldame, crone, hag, witch;

n2
a woman of advanced age;

- syn. beldame;

beldame / b ɛ ɫ d ə m /
n1
an ugly evil-looking old woman;

- syn. beldam, crone, hag, witch;

n2
a woman of advanced age;

- syn. beldam;

beleaguer / b ɪ ɫ i ɡ ə , b ɪ ɫ i ɡ ə ɹ /
v1
annoy persistently;

- "The children teased the boy because of his stammer";

- syn. badger, bug, pester, tease;

v2
surround so as to force to give up;

- "The Turks besieged Vienna";

- syn. besiege, circumvent, hem in, surround;

beleaguering / b ɪ ɫ i ɡ ə ɹ ɪ ŋ /
n1
the action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified place and isolates it while continuing to attack;

- syn. besieging, military blockade, siege;

Belem / b ɛ ɫ ə m /
n1
port city in northern Brazil in the Amazon delta;

- main port and commercial center for the Amazon River basin;

- syn. Feliz Lusitania, Para, Santa Maria de Belem, St. Mary of Bethlehem;

belemnite / b ɛ ɫ ə m n aɪ t /
n1
a conical calcareous fossil tapering to a point at one end and with a conical cavity at the other end containing (when unbroken) a small chambered phragmocone from the shell of any of numerous extinct cephalopods of the family Belemnitidae;

belemnitic
a1
of or relating to belemnites;

Belemnitidae
n1
family of extinct Mesozoic cephalopods;

- syn. family Belemnitidae;

Belemnoidea
n1
order of extinct dibranchiate cephalopods related to the surviving spirulas;

- syn. order Belemnoidea;

Belfast / b ɛ ɫ f ɑ s t /
n1
capital and largest city of Northern Ireland;

- the center of Protestantism in Northern Ireland;

- syn. capital of Northern Ireland;

belfry / b ɛ ɫ f ɹ i /
n1
a bell tower;

- usually stands alone unattached to a building;

- syn. campanile;

n2
a room (often at the top of a tower) where bells are hung;

Belgian / b ɛ ɫ dʒ ə n /
n1
a native or inhabitant of Belgium;

a1
of or relating to or characteristic of Belgium or the Belgian people;

- "the Belgian Queen";

Belgian beef stew
n1
beef stewed in beer seasoned with garlic and served with boiled potatoes;

- syn. carbonnade flamande;

Belgian capital
n1
the capital and largest city of Belgium;

- seat of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization;

- syn. Brussels, Bruxelles, capital of Belgium;

Belgian Congo
n1
a republic in central Africa;

- achieved independence from Belgium in 1960;

- syn. Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zaire;

Belgian endive
n1
young broad-leaved endive plant deprived of light to form a narrow whitish head;

- syn. French endive, witloof;

Belgian franc
n1
formerly the basic unit of money in Belgium;

Belgian griffon
n1
breed of various very small compact wiry-coated dogs of Belgian origin having a short bearded muzzle;

- syn. Brussels griffon, griffon;

Belgian hare
n1
red breed of domestic rabbits;

- hybrid between Old World rabbit and hare;

- syn. leporide;

Belgian sheepdog
n1
hardy working dog developed in Belgium for herding sheep;

- syn. Belgian shepherd;

Belgian shepherd
n1
hardy working dog developed in Belgium for herding sheep;

- syn. Belgian sheepdog;

Belgian waffle
n1
thick sweet waffle often eaten with ice cream or fruit sauce;

Belgique
n1
a monarchy in northwestern Europe;

- headquarters for the European Union and for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization;

- syn. Belgium, Kingdom of Belgium;

Belgium / b ɛ ɫ dʒ ə m /
n1
a monarchy in northwestern Europe;

- headquarters for the European Union and for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization;

- syn. Belgique, Kingdom of Belgium;

Belgrade / b ɛ ɫ ɡ ɹ eɪ d /
n1
capital and largest city of Serbia and Montenegro;

- situated on the Danube;

- syn. Beograd, capital of Serbia and Montenegro;

belie / b ɪ ɫ aɪ /
v1
be in contradiction with;

- syn. contradict, negate;

v2
represent falsely;

- "This statement misrepresents my intentions";

- syn. misrepresent;

belief / b ɪ ɫ i f /
n1
any cognitive content held as true;

n2
a vague idea in which some confidence is placed;

- "his impression of her was favorable";

- "what are your feelings about the crisis?";

- "it strengthened my belief in his sincerity";

- "I had a feeling that she was lying";

- syn. feeling, impression, notion, opinion;

believability
n1
the quality of being believable or trustworthy;

- syn. credibility, credibleness;

believable / b ɪ ɫ i v ə b ɫ /
a1
capable of being believed;

- "completely credible testimony";

- "credible information";

- syn. credible;

- also plausible, thinkable;

- sim. likely, presumptive;

believably / b ɪ ɫ i v ə b ɫ i /
r1
in a believable manner;

- "he acted believably sincere";

r2
easy to believe on the basis of available evidence;

- "he talked plausibly before the committee";

- "he will probably win the election";

- syn. credibly, plausibly, probably;

believe / b ɪ ɫ i v /
v1
accept as true;

- take to be true;

- "I believed his report";

- "We didn't believe his stories from the War";

- "She believes in spirits";

v2
judge or regard;

- look upon;

- judge;

- "I think he is very smart";

- "I believe her to be very smart";

- "I think that he is her boyfriend";

- "The racist conceives such people to be inferior";

- syn. conceive, consider, think;

v3
be confident about something;

- "I believe that he will come back from the war";

- syn. trust;

v4
follow a credo;

- have a faith;

- be a believer;

- "When you hear his sermons, you will be able to believe, too";

v5
credit with veracity;

- "You cannot believe this man";

- "Should we believe a publication like the National Enquirer?";

believe in
v1
have a firm conviction as to the goodness of something;

- "John believes in oat bran";

believer / b ɪ ɫ i v ə , b ɪ ɫ i v ə ɹ /
n1
a supporter who accepts something as true;

- syn. truster;

n2
a person who has religious faith;

- syn. worshiper, worshipper;

believing / b ɪ ɫ i v ɪ ŋ /
n1
the cognitive process that leads to convictions;

- "seeing is believing";

believingly / b ɪ ɫ i v ɪ ŋ ɫ i /
r1
in a credulous manner;

- "the children followed the teacher credulously";

- syn. credulously;

belike / b ɪ ɫ aɪ k /
r1
with considerable certainty;

- without much doubt;

- "He is probably out of the country";

- "in all likelihood we are headed for war";

- syn. in all likelihood, in all probability, likely, probably;

Belisarius
n1
Byzantine general under Justinian I;

- he recovered former Roman territories in northern Africa and fought against the Persians;

belittle / b ɪ ɫ ɪ t ɫ /
v1
cause to seem less serious;

- play down;

- "Don't belittle his influence";

- syn. denigrate, derogate, minimize;

v2
express a negative opinion of;

- "She disparaged her student's efforts";

- syn. disparage, pick at;

v3
lessen the authority, dignity, or reputation of;

- "don't belittle your colleagues";

- syn. diminish;

belittled / b ɪ ɫ ɪ t ɫ d /
a1
made to seem smaller or less (especially in worth);

- "her comments made me feel small";

- syn. diminished, small;

- sim. decreased;

belittling / b ɪ ɫ ɪ t ɫ ɪ ŋ /
n1
a belittling comment;

- syn. denigration;

n2
the act of belittling;

a1
tending to diminish or disparage;

- "belittling comments";

- "managed a deprecating smile at the compliment";

- "deprecatory remarks about the book";

- "a slighting remark";

- syn. deprecating, deprecative, deprecatory, depreciative, depreciatory, slighting;

- sim. uncomplimentary;

Belize
n1
a country on the northeastern coast of Central America on the Caribbean;

- formerly under British control;

- syn. British Honduras;

Belize dollar
n1
the basic unit of money in Belize;

bell / b ɛ ɫ /
n1
a hollow device made of metal that makes a ringing sound when struck;

n2
a push button at an outer door that gives a ringing or buzzing signal when pushed;

- syn. buzzer, doorbell;

n3
the sound of a bell being struck;

- "saved by the bell";

- "she heard the distant toll of church bells";

- syn. toll;

n4
(nautical) each of the eight half-hour units of nautical time signaled by strokes of a ship's bell;

- eight bells signals 4:00, 8:00, or 12:00 o'clock, either a.m. or p.m.;

- syn. ship's bell;

n5
the shape of a bell;

- syn. bell shape, campana;

n6
a phonetician and father of Alexander Graham Bell (1819-1905);

- syn. Alexander Melville Bell, Melville Bell;

n7
English painter;

- sister of Virginia Woolf;

- prominent member of the Bloomsbury Group (1879-1961);

- syn. Vanessa Bell, Vanessa Stephen;

n8
United States inventor (born in Scotland) of the telephone (1847-1922);

- syn. Alexander Bell, Alexander Graham Bell;

n9
a percussion instrument consisting of a set of tuned bells that are struck with a hammer;

- used as an orchestral instrument;

- syn. chime, gong;

n10
the flared opening of a tubular device;

v1
attach a bell to;

- "bell cows";

bell-bottom
a1
(of trousers) having legs that flare at the bottom;

- "bell-bottomed trousers";

- syn. bell-bottomed, bellbottom;

- sim. bottomed;

bell-bottomed / b ɛ ɫ b ɒ t ə m d /
a1
(of trousers) having legs that flare at the bottom;

- "bell-bottomed trousers";

- syn. bell-bottom, bellbottom;

- sim. bottomed;

bell-bottoms / b ɛ ɫ b ɒ t ə m z /
n1
(used in the plural) trousers with legs that flare;

- worn by sailors;

- absurdly wide hems were fashionable in the 1960s;

- syn. bellbottom pants, bellbottom trousers;

bell-like call
n1
a birdcall that resembles the tone of a bell;

bell-shaped
a1
having a convex shape that resembles a bell;

- sim. convex;

bell-shaped curve
n1
a symmetrical curve representing the normal distribution;

- syn. Gaussian curve, Gaussian shape, normal curve;

bell apple
n1
the edible yellow fruit of the Jamaica honeysuckle;

- syn. sweet cup, water lemon, yellow granadilla;

bell arch
n1
a round arch resting on corbels;

bell book
n1
a logbook in which all orders concerning the main engines of a ship are recorded;

bell buoy
n1
a buoy with a bell on it;

- syn. gong buoy;

bell captain
n1
the supervisor of bellboys in a hotel;

bell cot
n1
a small shelter for bells;

- has a gable or shed roof;

- syn. bell cote;

bell cote
n1
a small shelter for bells;

- has a gable or shed roof;

- syn. bell cot;

bell deck
n1
a floor under the bells of an open belfry;

bell founder
n1
a person who casts metal bells;

bell foundry
n1
a foundry where bells are cast;

bell gable
n1
an extension of a gable that serves as a bell cote;

bell glass
n1
a bell-shaped glass cover used to protect and display delicate objects or to cover scientific apparatus or to contain gases;

- syn. bell jar;

bell heather
n1
dwarf European shrub with rose-colored flowers;

- syn. Erica tetralix, cross-leaved heath;

n2
common low European shrub with purple-red flowers;

- syn. Erica cinerea, fine-leaved heath, heather bell;

bell jar
n1
a bell-shaped glass cover used to protect and display delicate objects or to cover scientific apparatus or to contain gases;

- syn. bell glass;

bell magpie
n1
bluish black fruit-eating bird with a bell-like call;

- syn. currawong;

bell metal
n1
bronze with 3 or 4 parts copper to 1 part tin;

- used in making bells;

bell morel
n1
a morel whose fertile portion resembles a bell and is attached to the stipe only at the top;

- syn. Verpa;

bell pepper
n1
plant bearing large mild thick-walled usually bell-shaped fruits;

- the principal salad peppers;

- syn. Capsicum annuum grossum, paprika, pimento, pimiento, sweet pepper, sweet pepper plant;

n2
large bell-shaped sweet pepper in green or red or yellow or orange or black varieties;

bell push
n1
a button that is pushed to ring a bell;

bell ringer
n1
a person who rings church bells (as for summoning the congregation);

- syn. ringer, toller;

n2
someone who plays musical handbells;

n3
something that exactly succeeds in achieving its goal;

- "the new advertising campaign was a bell ringer";

- "scored a bull's eye";

- "hit the mark";

- "the president's speech was a home run";

- syn. bull's eye, home run, mark;

bell ringing
n1
the sound of someone playing a set of bells;

n2
persuasion of voters in a political campaign;

- syn. canvassing, electioneering;

n3
playing a set of bells that are (usually) hung in a tower;

- syn. carillon, carillon playing;

bell seat
n1
a seat that has a bell shape (on some 18th century chairs);

- syn. balloon seat;

bell shape
n1
the shape of a bell;

- syn. bell, campana;

bell tent
n1
a bell-shaped tent;

bell the cat
v1
take a risk;

- perform a daring act;

- "Who is going to bell the cat?";

bell toad
n1
western North American frog with a taillike copulatory organ;

- syn. Ascaphus trui, ribbed toad, tailed frog, tailed toad;

bell tower
n1
a tower that supports or shelters a bell;

bella sombra
n1
fast-growing herbaceous evergreen tree of South America having a broad trunk with high water content and dark green oval leaves;

- syn. Phytolacca dioica, ombu;

belladonna / b ɛ ɫ ə d ɒ n ə /
n1
perennial Eurasian herb with reddish bell-shaped flowers and shining black berries;

- extensively grown in United States;

- roots and leaves yield atropine;

- syn. Atropa belladonna, belladonna plant, deadly nightshade;

n2
an alkaloidal extract or tincture of the poisonous belladonna plant that is used medicinally;

belladonna lily
n1
amaryllis of South Africa often cultivated for its fragrant white or rose flowers;

- syn. Amaryllis belladonna, naked lady;

belladonna plant
n1
perennial Eurasian herb with reddish bell-shaped flowers and shining black berries;

- extensively grown in United States;

- roots and leaves yield atropine;

- syn. Atropa belladonna, belladonna, deadly nightshade;

Bellarmine / b ɛ ɫ ə m i n /
n1
Italian cardinal and theologian (1542-1621);

- syn. Bellarmino, Cardinal Bellarmine, Roberto Francesco Romolo Bellarmine;

n2
a stoneware drinking jug with a long neck;

- decorated with a caricature of Cardinal Bellarmine (17th century);

- syn. greybeard, long-beard, longbeard;

Bellarmino
n1
Italian cardinal and theologian (1542-1621);

- syn. Bellarmine, Cardinal Bellarmine, Roberto Francesco Romolo Bellarmine;

bellbird
n1
any of several tropical American birds of the genus Procnias having a bell-like call;

bellbottom
a1
(of trousers) having legs that flare at the bottom;

- "bell-bottomed trousers";

- syn. bell-bottom, bell-bottomed;

- sim. bottomed;

bellbottom pants
n1
(used in the plural) trousers with legs that flare;

- worn by sailors;

- absurdly wide hems were fashionable in the 1960s;

- syn. bell-bottoms, bellbottom trousers;

bellbottom trousers
n1
(used in the plural) trousers with legs that flare;

- worn by sailors;

- absurdly wide hems were fashionable in the 1960s;

- syn. bell-bottoms, bellbottom pants;

bellboy / b ɛ ɫ b ɔɪ /
n1
someone employed as an errand boy and luggage carrier around hotels;

- syn. bellhop, bellman;

belle / b ɛ ɫ /
n1
a young woman who is the most charming and beautiful of several rivals;

- "she was the belle of the ball";

belle de nuit
n1
pantropical climber having white fragrant nocturnal flowers;

- syn. Ipomoea alba, moonflower;

Belle Isle cress
n1
of southwestern Europe;

- cultivated in Florida;

- syn. American cress, American watercress, Barbarea praecox, Barbarea verna, early winter cress, land cress;

Belle Miriam Silverman
n1
United States operatic soprano (born in 1929);

- syn. Beverly Sills, Sills;

Belleau Wood
n1
a World War I battle in northwestern France where the Allies defeated the Germans in 1918;

- syn. Battle of the Marne, Chateau-Thierry, Marne River;

Bellerophon
n1
(Greek mythology) a mythical hero of Corinth who performed miracles on the winged horse Pegasus (especially killing the monster Chimera);

belles-lettres / b ɛ ɫ l ɛ t ɹ ə /
n1
creative writing valued for esthetic content;

- syn. belles lettres;

belles lettres
n1
creative writing valued for esthetic content;

- syn. belles-lettres;

belletristic
a1
written and regarded for aesthetic value rather than content;

- sim. literate;

bellflower / b ɛ ɫ f ɫ aʊ ə ɹ /
n1
any of various plants of the genus Campanula having blue or white bell-shaped flowers;

- syn. campanula;

bellflower family
n1
family of plants of the order Campanulales;

- in some classifications includes Lobeliaceae;

- syn. Campanulaceae, family Campanulaceae;

bellhop / b ɛ ɫ h ɒ p /
n1
someone employed as an errand boy and luggage carrier around hotels;

- syn. bellboy, bellman;

bellicose / b ɛ ɫ ɪ k oʊ s /
a1
having or showing a ready disposition to fight;

- "bellicose young officers";

- "a combative impulse";

- "a contentious nature";

- syn. battleful, combative;

- sim. aggressive;

bellicoseness / b ɛ ɫ ɪ k oʊ s n ɛ s /
n1
a natural disposition to fight;

- syn. bellicosity;

bellicosity / b ɛ ɫ ɪ k ɒ s ɪ t i /
n1
a natural disposition to fight;

- syn. bellicoseness;

bellied / b ɛ ɫ ɪ d /
a1
having a belly;

- often used in combination;

- sim. big-bellied;

a2
curving outward;

- syn. bellying, bulbous, bulging, bulgy, protuberant;

- sim. protrusive;

belligerence / b ɪ ɫ ɪ dʒ ə ɹ ə n s /
n1
hostile or warlike attitude or nature;

- syn. belligerency;

n2
a natural disposition to be hostile;

- syn. aggressiveness, pugnacity;

belligerency / b ɪ ɫ ɪ dʒ ə ɹ ə n s i /
n1
hostile or warlike attitude or nature;

- syn. belligerence;

n2
fighting;

- acts of overt warfare;

- "the outbreak of hostilities";

- syn. hostilities;

belligerent / b ɪ ɫ ɪ dʒ ə ɹ ə n t /
n1
someone who fights (or is fighting);

- syn. battler, combatant, fighter, scrapper;

a1
characteristic of an enemy or one eager to fight;

- "aggressive acts against another country";

- "a belligerent tone";

- syn. aggressive;

- sim. hostile;

a2
engaged in war;

- "belligerent (or warring) nations";

- syn. militant, war-ridden, warring;

- sim. unpeaceful;

belligerently / b ɪ ɫ ɪ dʒ ə ɹ ə n t ɫ i /
r1
with hostility;

- in a belligerent hostile manner;

- "he pushed her against the wall belligerently";

- syn. hostilely;

belling / b ɛ ɫ ɪ ŋ /
n1
a noisy mock serenade (made by banging pans and kettles) to a newly married couple;

- syn. callathump, callithump, charivari, chivaree, shivaree;

Bellingham / b ɛ ɫ ɪ ŋ ə m /
n1
a town in northwestern Washington on a bay near the Canadian border;

Bellini
n1
Italian composer of operas (1801-1835);

- syn. Vincenzo Bellini;

Bellis / b ɛ ɫ aɪ z /
n1
daisy;

- syn. genus Bellis;

Bellis perennis
n1
low-growing Eurasian plant with yellow central disc flowers and pinkish-white outer ray flowers;

- syn. English daisy, common daisy;

bellman / b ɛ ɫ m ə n /
n1
someone employed as an errand boy and luggage carrier around hotels;

- syn. bellboy, bellhop;

Belloc
n1
English author (born in France) remembered especially for his verse for children (1870-1953);

- syn. Hilaire Belloc, Joseph Hilaire Peter Belloc;

bellow / b ɛ ɫ oʊ /
n1
a very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal);

- "his bellow filled the hallway";

- syn. bellowing, holla, holler, hollering, hollo, holloa, roar, roaring, yowl;

n2
United States author (born in Canada) whose novels influenced American literature after World War II (1915-2005);

- syn. Saul Bellow, Solomon Bellow;

v1
shout loudly and without restraint;

- syn. bawl;

v2
make a loud noise, as of animal;

- "The bull bellowed";

- syn. roar;

bellower / b ɛ ɫ oʊ ə , b ɛ ɫ oʊ ə ɹ /
n1
someone who communicates vocally in a very loud voice;

- syn. bawler, roarer, screamer, screecher, shouter, yeller;

bellowing / b ɛ ɫ oʊ ɪ ŋ /
n1
a very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal);

- "his bellow filled the hallway";

- syn. bellow, holla, holler, hollering, hollo, holloa, roar, roaring, yowl;

bellows / b ɛ ɫ oʊ z /
n1
(used in the plural) a mechanical device that blows a strong current of air;

- used to make a fire burn more fiercely or to sound a musical instrument;

bellows fish
n1
small bottom-dwelling fish of warm seas having a compressed body and a long snout with a toothless mouth;

- syn. snipefish;

bellpull / b ɛ ɫ p ʊ ɫ /
n1
a handle or cord that is pulled to ring a doorbell or a servant's bell etc.;

bells of Ireland
n1
aromatic annual with a tall stems of small whitish flowers enclosed in a greatly enlarged saucer-shaped or bell-shaped calyx;

- syn. Molucella laevis, molucca balm;

bellwether / b ɛ ɫ w ɛ ð ə , b ɛ ɫ w ɛ ð ə ɹ /
n1
someone who assumes leadership of a movement or activity;

n2
sheep that leads the herd often wearing a bell;

bellwort
n1
any of various plants of the genus Uvularia having yellowish drooping bell-shaped flowers;

- syn. merry bells, wild oats;

belly / b ɛ ɫ i /
n1
the region of the body of a vertebrate between the thorax and the pelvis;

- syn. abdomen, stomach, venter;

n2
a protruding abdomen;

- syn. paunch;

n3
a part that bulges deeply;

- "the belly of a sail";

n4
the hollow inside of something;

- "in the belly of the ship";

n5
the underpart of the body of certain vertebrates such as snakes or fish;

v1
swell out or bulge out;

- syn. belly out;

belly-flop / b ɛ ɫ ɪ f ɫ ɒ p /
v1
dive so that one hits the water with one's belly;

belly-land / b ɛ ɫ ɪ ɫ æ n d /
v1
land on the underside without the landing gear;

belly-up
a1
financially ruined;

- "a bankrupt company";

- "the company went belly-up";

- syn. bankrupt;

- sim. insolvent;

belly button
n1
a scar where the umbilical cord was attached;

- "you were not supposed to show your navel on television";

- "they argued whether or not Adam had a navel";

- "she had a tattoo just above her bellybutton";

- syn. bellybutton, navel, omphalos, omphalus, umbilicus;

belly dance
n1
a Middle Eastern dance in which the dancer makes sensuous movements of the hips and abdomen;

- syn. belly dancing, danse du ventre;

v1
perform a belly dance;

belly dancer
n1
a woman who performs a solo belly dance;

- syn. exotic belly dancer, exotic dancer;

belly dancing
n1
a Middle Eastern dance in which the dancer makes sensuous movements of the hips and abdomen;

- syn. belly dance, danse du ventre;

belly flop
n1
a dive in which the abdomen bears the main force of impact with the water;

- syn. belly flopper, belly whop, belly whopper;

belly flopper
n1
a dive in which the abdomen bears the main force of impact with the water;

- syn. belly flop, belly whop, belly whopper;

belly laugh
n1
a burst of deep loud hearty laughter;

- syn. guffaw;

n2
a joke that seems extremely funny;

- syn. howler, riot, scream, sidesplitter, thigh-slapper, wow;

belly out
v1
swell out or bulge out;

- syn. belly;

belly whop
n1
a dive in which the abdomen bears the main force of impact with the water;

- syn. belly flop, belly flopper, belly whopper;

belly whopper
n1
a dive in which the abdomen bears the main force of impact with the water;

- syn. belly flop, belly flopper, belly whop;

bellyache / b ɛ ɫ ɪ eɪ k /
n1
an ache localized in the stomach or abdominal region;

- syn. gastralgia, stomach ache, stomachache;

v1
complain;

- "What was he hollering about?";

- syn. beef, bitch, crab, gripe, grouse, holler, squawk;

bellyacher / b ɛ ɫ ɪ eɪ k ə , b ɛ ɫ ɪ eɪ k ə ɹ /
n1
a person given to excessive complaints and crying and whining;

- syn. complainer, crybaby, grumbler, moaner, sniveller, squawker, whiner;

bellyband
n1
a cloth band that is worn around the waist (as on infants until the navel has healed);

n2
a strap around the belly of a draft animal holding the shafts of a wagon;

bellybutton / b ɛ ɫ i b ʌ t n /
n1
a scar where the umbilical cord was attached;

- "you were not supposed to show your navel on television";

- "they argued whether or not Adam had a navel";

- "she had a tattoo just above her bellybutton";

- syn. belly button, navel, omphalos, omphalus, umbilicus;

bellyful / b ɛ ɫ ɪ f ʊ ɫ /
n1
an undesirable overabundance;

- "a bellyful of your complaints";

bellying / b ɛ ɫ ɪ ih ŋ /
a1
curving outward;

- syn. bellied, bulbous, bulging, bulgy, protuberant;

- sim. protrusive;

bellylaugh / b ɛ ɫ ɪ ɫ æ f /
v1
laugh a deep, hearty laugh;

bellyless
a1
lacking a prominent belly;

- syn. flat-bellied;

Belmont / b ɛ ɫ m ɒ n t /
n1
a racetrack for thoroughbred racing in Elmont on Long Island;

- site of the Belmont Stakes;

- syn. Belmont Park;

Belmont Park
n1
a racetrack for thoroughbred racing in Elmont on Long Island;

- site of the Belmont Stakes;

- syn. Belmont;

Belmont Stakes
n1
an annual race for three-year-old horses;

- held on Long Island at Elmont, New York;

Belo Horizonte / b ɛ ɫ oʊ h ɒ ɹ ɪ z ɒ n t i /
n1
city in southeastern Brazil to the north of Rio de Janeiro;

- the first of Brazil's planned communities;

belong / b ɪ ɫ ɒ ŋ /
v1
be owned by;

- be in the possession of;

- "This book belongs to me";

v2
be suitable or acceptable;

- "This student somehow doesn't belong";

v3
be in the right place or situation;

- "Where do these books belong?";

- "Let's put health care where it belongs--under the control of the government";

- "Where do these books go?";

- syn. go;

v4
be rightly classified in a class or category;

- "The whales belong among the mammals";

v5
be a member, adherent, inhabitant, etc. (of a group, organization, or place);

- "They belong to the same political party";

v6
be a part or adjunct;

- "the uniform looks like it belonged to a museum collection";

- "These pages don't belong";

- syn. belong to;

belong to
v1
be a part or adjunct;

- "the uniform looks like it belonged to a museum collection";

- "These pages don't belong";

- syn. belong;

belonging / b ɪ ɫ ɒ ŋ ɪ ŋ /
n1
happiness felt in a secure relationship;

- "with his classmates he felt a sense of belonging";

belongings / b ɪ ɫ ɒ ŋ ɪ ŋ z /
n1
something owned;

- any tangible or intangible possession that is owned by someone;

- "that hat is my property";

- "he is a man of property";

- syn. holding, property;

Belonidae
n1
ferocious fishes of warm regions resembling but unrelated to the freshwater gars;

- syn. family Belonidae;

Belorussia / b ɛ ɫ oʊ ɹ ʌ ʃ ə /
n1
a landlocked republic in eastern Europe;

- formerly a European soviet;

- syn. Belarus, Byelarus, Byelorussia, Republic of Belarus, White Russia;

Belorussian / b ɛ ɫ oʊ ɹ ʌ ʃ ə n /
n1
a native or inhabitant of Byelorussia;

- syn. Byelorussian, White Russian;

Belostomatidae
n1
water bugs;

- syn. family Belostomatidae;

beloved / b ɪ ɫ ʌ v ɪ d /
n1
a beloved person;

- used as terms of endearment;

- syn. dear, dearest, honey, love;

a1
dearly loved;

- syn. darling, dear;

- sim. loved;

below / b ɪ ɫ oʊ /
r1
in or to a place that is lower;

- syn. at a lower place, beneath, to a lower place;

r2
(in writing) at a later place;

- "see below";

- "vide infra";

- syn. infra;

r3
on a floor below;

- "the tenants live downstairs";

- syn. down the stairs, downstairs, on a lower floor;

r4
further down;

- "see under for further discussion";

- syn. under;

below the belt
a1
disregarding the rules (from the notion of an illegal low blow in boxing);

- "her accusations were below the belt";

- sim. unfair;

r1
in an unfair manner;

- "they dealt with him unfairly";

- "their accusations hit below the belt";

- syn. unfairly;

belowground
a1
under the level of the ground;

- "belowground storage areas";

- "underground caverns";

- syn. underground;

- sim. subsurface;

a2
underneath the ground;

- "most of his friends are now belowground";

- sim. buried;

Belsen
n1
a Nazi concentration camp for Jews created in northwestern Germany during World War II;

Belshazzar
n1
(Old Testament) Babylonian general and son of Nebuchadnezzar II;

- according to the Old Testament he was warned of his doom by divine handwriting on the wall that was interpreted by Daniel (6th century BC);

belt / b ɛ ɫ t /
n1
endless loop of flexible material between two rotating shafts or pulleys;

n2
a band to tie or buckle around the body (usually at the waist);

n3
an elongated region where a specific condition or characteristic is found;

- "a belt of high pressure";

n4
a vigorous blow;

- "the sudden knock floored him";

- "he took a bash right in his face";

- "he got a bang on the head";

- syn. bang, bash, knock, smash;

n5
a path or strip (as cut by one course of mowing);

- syn. swath;

n6
ammunition (usually of small caliber) loaded in flexible linked strips for use in a machine gun;

- syn. belt ammunition, belted ammunition;

n7
the act of hitting vigorously;

- "he gave the table a whack";

- syn. knock, rap, whack, whang;

v1
sing loudly and forcefully;

- syn. belt out;

v2
deliver a blow to;

- "He belted his opponent";

v3
fasten with a belt;

- "belt your trousers";

belt-fed
a1
using belted ammunition;

- sim. belted;

belt-like
a1
resembling a belt around something;

- syn. beltlike;

- sim. belted;

belt-shaped
a1
shaped like a belt;

- sim. formed;

belt along
v1
move hurridly;

- "He rushed down the hall to receive his guests";

- "The cars raced down the street";

- syn. bucket along, cannonball along, hasten, hie, hotfoot, pelt along, race, rush, rush along, speed, step on it;

belt ammunition
n1
ammunition (usually of small caliber) loaded in flexible linked strips for use in a machine gun;

- syn. belt, belted ammunition;

belt bag
n1
a small pouch (usually with a zipper) that attaches to a belt and is worn around the waist;

- syn. waist pack;

belt buckle
n1
the buckle used to fasten a belt;

belt down
v1
drink down entirely;

- "He downed three martinis before dinner";

- "She killed a bottle of brandy that night";

- "They popped a few beer after work";

- syn. bolt down, down, drink down, kill, pop, pour down, toss off;

belt maker
n1
a maker of belts;

belt out
v1
sing loudly and forcefully;

- syn. belt;

belt up
v1
refuse to talk or stop talking;

- fall silent;

- "The children shut up when their father approached";

- syn. be quiet, button up, clam up, close up, dummy up, keep mum, shut up;

belted / b ɛ ɫ t ɪ d /
a1
having or provided with a belt;

- "a belted dress";

- sim. banded, belt-fed, beltlike;

belted ammunition
n1
ammunition (usually of small caliber) loaded in flexible linked strips for use in a machine gun;

- syn. belt, belt ammunition;

belted kingfisher
n1
greyish-blue North American kingfisher with a chestnut band on its chest;

- syn. Ceryle alcyon;

belted sandfish
n1
found in warm shallow waters of western Atlantic;

- syn. Serranus subligarius;

belting / b ɛ ɫ t ɪ ŋ /
n1
the material of which belts are made;

beltless / b ɛ ɫ t ɫ ɛ s /
a1
lacking a belt;

- "unbelted jackets are in this season";

- syn. unbelted;

beltlike
a1
resembling a belt around something;

- syn. belt-like;

- sim. belted;

beltway / b ɛ ɫ t w eɪ /
n1
a highway that encircles an urban area so that traffic does not have to pass through the center;

- syn. bypass, ring road, ringway;

beluga
n1
valuable source of caviar and isinglass;

- found in Black and Caspian seas;

- syn. Acipenser huso, hausen, white sturgeon;

n2
small northern whale that is white when adult;

- syn. Delphinapterus leucas, white whale;

beluga caviar
n1
roe of beluga sturgeon usually from Russia;

- highly valued;

belvedere / b ɛ ɫ v ɪ d ɪə /
n1
densely branched Eurasian plant;

- foliage turns purple-red in autumn;

- syn. Bassia scoparia, Kochia scoparia, burning bush, fire-bush, fire bush, summer cypress;

n2
a gazebo sited to command a fine view;

bema / b i m ə /
n1
area around the altar of a church for the clergy and choir;

- often enclosed by a lattice or railing;

- syn. chancel, sanctuary;

Bemidji
n1
a town in northern Minnesota;

bemire
v1
make soiled, filthy, or dirty;

- "don't soil your clothes when you play outside!";

- syn. begrime, colly, dirty, grime, soil;

Bemisia
n1
sweet-potato whitefly;

- syn. genus Bemisia;

Bemisia tabaci
n1
a strain of pest accidentally imported into Florida from the Middle East then spread to California where it is a very serious pest feeding on almost all vegetable crops and poinsettias;

- syn. poinsettia strain, superbug;

bemoan / b ɪ m oʊ n /
v1
regret strongly;

- "I deplore this hostile action";

- "we lamented the loss of benefits";

- syn. bewail, deplore, lament;

bemock
v1
treat with contempt;

- "The new constitution mocks all democratic principles";

- syn. mock;

bemuse / b ɪ m j u z /
v1
cause to be confused emotionally;

- syn. bewilder, discombobulate, throw;

bemused / b ɪ m j u z d /
a1
deeply absorbed in thought;

- "as distant and bemused as a professor listening to the prattling of his freshman class";

- "lost in thought";

- "a preoccupied frown";

- syn. lost, preoccupied;

- sim. thoughtful;

a2
perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements;

- filled with bewilderment;

- "obviously bemused by his questions";

- "bewildered and confused";

- "a cloudy and confounded philosopher";

- "just a mixed-up kid";

- "she felt lost on the first day of school";

- syn. at sea, baffled, befuddled, bewildered, confounded, confused, lost, mazed, mixed-up;

- sim. perplexed;

bemusement / b ɪ m j u z m ə n t /
n1
confusion resulting from failure to understand;

- syn. bafflement, befuddlement, bewilderment, mystification, obfuscation, puzzlement;

ben / b ɛ n /
n1
a mountain or tall hill;

- "they were climbing the ben";

Ben Gurion
n1
Israeli statesman (born in Poland) and active Zionist who organized resistance against the British after World War II;

- prime minister of Israel (1886-1973);

- syn. David Ben Gurion, David Grun;

Ben Hecht
n1
United States writer of stories and plays (1894-1946);

- syn. Hecht;

Ben Hogan
n1
United States golfer who won many major golf tournaments (1912-1997);

- syn. Hogan, William Benjamin Hogan;

Ben Jonson
n1
English dramatist and poet who was the first real poet laureate of England (1572-1637);

- syn. Benjamin Jonson, Jonson;

Ben Shahn
n1
United States artist whose work reflected social and political themes (1898-1969);

- syn. Benjamin Shahn, Shahn;

Ben Sira
n1
an Apocryphal book mainly of maxims (resembling Proverbs in that respect);

- syn. Ecclesiasticus, Sirach, Wisdom of Jesus the Son of Sirach;

Benadryl
n1
antihistamine (trade name Benadryl) used to treat allergic reactions involving the nasal passages (hay fever) and also to treat motion sickness;

- syn. diphenhydramine;

bench / b ɛ n tʃ /
n1
a long seat for more than one person;

n2
a level shelf of land interrupting a declivity (with steep slopes above and below);

- syn. terrace;

n3
persons who administer justice;

- syn. judiciary;

n4
a strong worktable for a carpenter or mechanic;

- syn. work bench, workbench;

n5
the magistrate or judge or judges sitting in court in judicial capacity to compose the court collectively;

n6
the reserve players on a team;

- "our team has a strong bench";

n7
(law) the seat for judges in a courtroom;

v1
take out of a game;

- of players;

v2
exhibit on a bench;

- "bench the poodles at the dog show";

bench clamp
n1
a clamp used to hold work in place on a workbench;

bench hook
n1
any of various stops on a workbench against which work can be pushed (as while chiseling or planing);

bench lathe
n1
lathe mounted on a workbench;

bench mark
n1
a surveyor's mark on a permanent object of predetermined position and elevation used as a reference point;

- syn. benchmark;

bench press
n1
a weightlift in which you lie on your back on a bench and press weights upward;

n2
a small punch press mounted on a workbench;

bench vise
n1
a holding device attached to a workbench;

- has two jaws to hold workpiece firmly in place;

- syn. vise;

bench warmer
n1
(sports) a substitute who seldom plays;

bench warrant
n1
a warrant authorizing law enforcement officials to apprehend an offender and bring that person to court;

- syn. arrest warrant;

Benchley / b ɛ n tʃ ɫ eɪ /
n1
United States humorist (1889-1945);

- syn. Robert Benchley, Robert Charles Benchley;

benchmark / b ɛ n tʃ m ɑ k /
n1
a standard by which something can be measured or judged;

- "his painting sets the benchmark of quality";

n2
a surveyor's mark on a permanent object of predetermined position and elevation used as a reference point;

- syn. bench mark;

bend / b ɛ n d /
n1
a circular segment of a curve;

- "a bend in the road";

- "a crook in the path";

- syn. crook, turn, twist;

n2
movement that causes the formation of a curve;

- syn. bending;

n3
curved segment (of a road or river or railroad track etc.);

- syn. curve;

n4
an angular or rounded shape made by folding;

- "a fold in the napkin";

- "a crease in his trousers";

- "a plication on her blouse";

- "a flexure of the colon";

- "a bend of his elbow";

- syn. crease, crimp, flexure, fold, plication;

n5
a town in central Oregon at the eastern foot of the Cascade Range;

n6
diagonal line traversing a shield from the upper right corner to the lower left;

- syn. bend dexter;

v1
form a curve;

- "The stick does not bend";

- syn. flex;

v2
change direction;

- "The road bends";

v3
cause (a plastic object) to assume a crooked or angular form;

- "bend the rod";

- "twist the dough into a braid";

- "the strong man could turn an iron bar";

- syn. deform, flex, turn, twist;

v4
bend one's back forward from the waist on down;

- "he crouched down";

- "She bowed before the Queen";

- "The young man stooped to pick up the girl's purse";

- syn. bow, crouch, stoop;

v5
turn from a straight course, fixed direction, or line of interest;

- syn. deflect, turn away;

v6
bend a joint;

- "flex your wrists";

- "bend your knees";

- syn. flex;

bend dexter
n1
diagonal line traversing a shield from the upper right corner to the lower left;

- syn. bend;

bend over backwards
v1
try very hard to please someone;

- "She falls over backwards when she sees her mother-in-law";

- syn. fall over backwards;

bend sinister
n1
a mark of bastardy;

- lines from top right to bottom left;

- syn. bar sinister;

bendability / b ɛ n d ə b ɪ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
the property of being easily bent without breaking;

- syn. pliability;

bendable / b ɛ n d eɪ b ɫ /
a1
capable of being bent or flexed or twisted without breaking;

- "a flexible wire";

- "a pliant young tree";

- syn. pliable, pliant, waxy;

- sim. flexible;

benday / b ɛ n d eɪ /
v1
reproduce by the Benday process;

Benday process
n1
a photoengraving technique for adding shading or texture or tone to a printed image;

bended / b ɛ n d ɪ d /
a1
used of the back and knees;

- stooped;

- "on bended knee";

- "with bent (or bended) back";

- syn. bent;

- sim. unerect;

bender / b ɛ n d ə , b ɛ n d ə ɹ /
n1
a tool for bending;

- "he used pliers as a bender";

n2
revelry in drinking;

- a merry drinking party;

- syn. booze-up, carousal, carouse, toot;

n3
a pitch of a baseball that is thrown with spin so that its path curves as it approaches the batter;

- syn. breaking ball, curve, curve ball;

bending / b ɛ n d ɪ ŋ /
n1
movement that causes the formation of a curve;

- syn. bend;

n2
the property of being bent or deflected;

- syn. deflection, deflexion;

n3
the act of bending something;

Bendopa
n1
the levorotatory form of dopa (trade names Bendopa and Brocadopa and Larodopa);

- as a drug it is used to treat Parkinson's disease;

- syn. Brocadopa, L-dopa, Larodopa, levodopa;

bends / b ɛ n d z /
n1
pain resulting from rapid change in pressure;

- syn. aeroembolism, air embolism, caisson disease, decompression sickness, gas embolism;

bendy tree
n1
pantropical tree of usually seacoasts sometimes cultivated as an ornamental for its rounded heart-shaped leaves and showy yellow and purple flowers;

- yields valuable pink to dark red close-grained wood and oil from its seeds;

- syn. Thespesia populnea, portia tree, seaside mahoe;

beneath / b ɪ n i θ /
r1
in or to a place that is lower;

- syn. at a lower place, below, to a lower place;

Benedetto Caetani
n1
pope who declared that Catholic princes are subject to the pope in temporal as well as in theological matters (1235-1303);

- syn. Boniface VIII;

Benedetto Odescalchi
n1
Italian pope from 1676 to 1689 whose papacy was marked by the struggle with Louis XIV of France over papal authority over French Catholics;

- known for saintliness and canonized in 1956 (1611-1689);

- syn. Innocent XI;

benedick / b ɛ n ɪ d ɪ k /
n1
a newly married man (especially one who has long been a bachelor);

- syn. benedict;

Benedict / b ɛ n i d ɪ k t /
n1
United States anthropologist (1887-1948);

- syn. Ruth Benedict, Ruth Fulton;

n2
Italian monk who founded the Benedictine order about 540 (480-547);

- syn. Saint Benedict, St. Benedict;

n3
a newly married man (especially one who has long been a bachelor);

- syn. benedick;

Benedict Arnold
n1
United States general and traitor in the American Revolution;

- in 1780 his plan to surrender West Point to the British was foiled (1741-1801);

- syn. Arnold;

Benedict de Spinoza
n1
Dutch philosopher who espoused a pantheistic system (1632-1677);

- syn. Baruch de Spinoza, Spinoza, de Spinoza;

Benedict XIV
n1
pope who was a patron of the arts and who denounced the cruelty to the indigenous peoples of South America (1675-1758);

- syn. Prospero Lambertini;

Benedict XV
n1
pope who founded the Vatican service for prisoners of war during World War I (1854-1922);

- syn. Giacomo della Chiesa;

Benedictine / b ɛ n ɪ d ɪ k t ɪ n /
n1
a monk or nun belonging to the order founded by Saint Benedict;

n2
a French liqueur originally made by Benedictine monks;

a1
of or relating to Saint Benedict or his works;

a2
of or relating to the Benedictines;

Benedictine order
n1
a Roman Catholic monastic order founded in the 6th century;

- noted for liturgical worship and for scholarly activities;

- syn. order of Saint Benedict;

benediction / b ɛ n ɪ d ɪ k ʃ n /
n1
the act of praying for divine protection;

- syn. blessing;

n2
a ceremonial prayer invoking divine protection;

- syn. blessing;

benedictive / b ɛ n ɪ d ɪ k t ɪ v /
a1
expressing benediction;

- syn. benedictory;

benedictory / b ɛ n i d ɪ k t ə ɹ i /
a1
expressing benediction;

- syn. benedictive;

benefact / b ɛ n eɪ f æ k t /
v1
help as a benefactor;

- "The father benefacted his daughter in more ways than she was aware of";

benefaction / b ɛ n ɪ f æ k ʃ n /
n1
a contribution of money or assistance;

n2
an act intending or showing kindness and good will;

- syn. benevolence;

benefactive role
n1
the semantic role of the intended recipient who benefits from the happening denoted by the verb in the clause;

- syn. beneficiary;

benefactor / b ɛ n ɪ f æ k t ə , b ɛ n ɪ f æ k t ə ɹ /
n1
a person who helps people or institutions (especially with financial help);

- syn. helper;

benefactress / b ɛ n ɪ f æ k t ɹ ɪ s /
n1
a woman benefactor;

benefic / b ɪ n ɛ f ɪ k /
a1
exerting a favorable or beneficent influence;

- "a benefic star";

- "a benefic force";

- sim. beneficent;

benefice / b ɛ n ɪ f ɪ s /
n1
an endowed church office giving income to its holder;

- syn. ecclesiastical benefice;

v1
endow with a benefice;

beneficed / b ɛ n ɪ f ɪ s t /
a1
having a benefice;

- "a beneficed clergyman";

beneficence / b ɪ n ɛ f ɪ s n s /
n1
doing good;

- feeling beneficent;

n2
the quality of being kind or helpful or generous;

beneficent / b ɪ n ɛ f ɪ s n t /
a1
doing or producing good;

- "the most beneficent regime in history";

- also kind;

- sim. benefic;

a2
generous in assistance to the poor;

- "a benevolent contributor";

- "eleemosynary relief";

- "philanthropic contributions";

- syn. benevolent, eleemosynary, philanthropic;

- sim. charitable;

beneficial / b ɛ n ɪ f ɪ ʃ ɫ /
a1
promoting or enhancing well-being;

- "an arms limitation agreement beneficial to all countries";

- "the beneficial effects of a temperate climate";

- "the experience was good for her";

- syn. good;

- sim. advantageous;

beneficially / b ɛ n ɪ f ɪ ʃ ə ɫ i /
r1
in a beneficial manner;

- "this medicine will act beneficially on you";

beneficiary / b ɛ n ɪ f ɪ ʃ ə ɹ i /
n1
the recipient of funds or other benefits;

- syn. donee;

n2
the semantic role of the intended recipient who benefits from the happening denoted by the verb in the clause;

- syn. benefactive role;

a1
having or arising from a benefice;

- "a beneficiary baron";

beneficiate / b ɛ n ɪ f ɪ ʃ ɪ eɪ t /
v1
process (ores or other raw materials), as by reduction;

beneficiation
n1
crushing and separating ore into valuable substances or waste by any of a variety of techniques;

- syn. mineral dressing, mineral extraction, mineral processing, ore dressing, ore processing;

benefit / b ɛ n ɪ f ɪ t /
n1
financial assistance in time of need;

n2
something that aids or promotes well-being;

- "for the benefit of all";

- syn. welfare;

n3
a performance to raise money for a charitable cause;

v1
derive a benefit from;

- "She profited from his vast experience";

- syn. gain, profit;

v2
be beneficial for;

- "This will do you good";

- syn. do good;

benefit album
n1
concept album compiling a performer's work or work supporting some worthy cause;

- syn. tribute album;

benefit concert
n1
a concert given for the benefit of some charitable cause;

benefit of clergy
n1
sanction by a religious rite;

- "they are living together without benefit of clergy";

Benelux / b ɛ n eɪ ɫ ʌ k s /
n1
a customs union comprising Belgium and Netherlands and Luxembourg;

Benet
n1
United States poet;

- brother of William Rose Benet (1898-1943);

- syn. Stephen Vincent Benet;

n2
United States writer;

- brother of Stephen Vincent Benet (1886-1950);

- syn. William Rose Benet;

benevolence / b ɪ n ɛ v ə ɫ ə n s /
n1
disposition to do good;

n2
an inclination to do kind or charitable acts;

n3
an act intending or showing kindness and good will;

- syn. benefaction;

benevolent / b ɪ n ɛ v ə ɫ ə n t /
a1
intending or showing kindness;

- "a benevolent society";

a2
showing or motivated by sympathy and understanding and generosity;

- "was charitable in his opinions of others";

- "kindly criticism";

- "a kindly act";

- "sympathetic words";

- "a large-hearted mentor";

- syn. charitable, good-hearted, kindly, large-hearted, openhearted, sympathetic;

- sim. kind;

a3
generous in providing aid to others;

- syn. freehearted;

- sim. generous;

a4
generous in assistance to the poor;

- "a benevolent contributor";

- "eleemosynary relief";

- "philanthropic contributions";

- syn. beneficent, eleemosynary, philanthropic;

- sim. charitable;

benevolently / b ɪ n ɛ v ə ɫ ə n t ɫ i /
r1
in a benevolent manner;

- "she looked on benevolently";

benficiate
v1
subject to a reduction process;

- "benficiate ores";

Benford's law
n1
a law used by auditors to identify fictitious populations of numbers;

- applies to any population of numbers derived from other numbers;

- "Benford's law holds that 30% of the time the first non-zero digit of a derived number will be 1 and it will be 9 only 4.6% of the time";

Bengal / b ɛ n ɡ æ ɫ /
n1
a region whose eastern part is now Bangladesh and whose western part is included in India;

Bengal bean
n1
the annual woody vine of Asia having long clusters of purplish flowers and densely hairy pods;

- cultivated in southern United States for green manure and grazing;

- syn. Benghal bean, Florida bean, Mucuna aterrima, Mucuna deeringiana, Mucuna pruriens utilis, Stizolobium deeringiana, cowage, velvet bean;

Bengal kino
n1
dried juice of the dhak tree;

- used as an astringent;

- syn. butea gum, butea kino, gum butea;

Bengal light
n1
a steady bright blue light;

- formerly used as a signal but now a firework;

Bengal rose
n1
shrubby Chinese rose;

- ancestor of many cultivated garden roses;

- syn. China rose, Rosa chinensis;

Bengal tiger
n1
southern short-haired tiger;

Bengali / b ɛ ŋ ɡ ɔ ɫ i /
n1
(Hinduism) a member of a people living in Bangladesh and West Bengal (mainly Hindus);

n2
an ethnic group speaking Bengali and living in Bangladesh and eastern India;

n3
a Magadhan language spoken by the Bengali people;

- the official language of Bangladesh and Bengal;

- syn. Bangla;

a1
of or relating to or characteristic of Bengal or its people;

- "Bengali hills";

Benghal bean
n1
the annual woody vine of Asia having long clusters of purplish flowers and densely hairy pods;

- cultivated in southern United States for green manure and grazing;

- syn. Bengal bean, Florida bean, Mucuna aterrima, Mucuna deeringiana, Mucuna pruriens utilis, Stizolobium deeringiana, cowage, velvet bean;

Benghazi
n1
port in northern Libya on the Gulf of Sidra;

- formerly a joint capital of Libya with Tripoli;

benight / b ɪ n aɪ t /
v1
overtake with darkness or night;

v2
envelop with social, intellectual, or moral darkness;

- "The benighted peoples of this area";

v3
make darker and difficult to perceive by sight;

- syn. bedim;

benighted / b ɪ n aɪ t ɪ d /
a1
overtaken by night or darkness;

- "benighted (or nighted) travelers hurrying toward home";

- syn. nighted;

- sim. unpunctual;

a2
lacking enlightenment or knowledge or culture;

- "this benighted country";

- "benighted ages of barbarism and superstition";

- "the dark ages";

- "a dark age in the history of education";

- syn. dark;

- sim. unenlightened;

benign / b ɪ n aɪ n /
a1
not dangerous to health;

- not recurrent or progressive (especially of a tumor);

a2
pleasant and beneficial in nature or influence;

- "a benign smile";

- "the benign sky";

- "the benign influence of pure air";

- syn. benignant;

- also harmless, kind;

- sim. kindly;

a3
kindness of disposition or manner;

- "the benign ruler of millions";

- "benign intentions";

- sim. kind;

benign prostatic hyperplasia
n1
enlarged prostate;

- appears to be part of the natural aging process;

- syn. BPH;

benign tumor
n1
a tumor that is not cancerous;

- syn. benign tumour, nonmalignant neoplasm, nonmalignant tumor, nonmalignant tumour;

benign tumour
n1
a tumor that is not cancerous;

- syn. benign tumor, nonmalignant neoplasm, nonmalignant tumor, nonmalignant tumour;

benignancy / b ɪ n ɪ ɡ n ə n s i /
n1
the quality of being kind and gentle;

- syn. benignity, graciousness;

benignant / b ɪ n ɪ ɡ n ə n t /
a1
pleasant and beneficial in nature or influence;

- "a benign smile";

- "the benign sky";

- "the benign influence of pure air";

- syn. benign;

- also harmless, kind;

- sim. kindly;

a2
characterized by kindness and warm courtesy especially of a king to his subjects;

- "our benignant king";

- syn. gracious;

- sim. kind;

benignantly / b ɪ n ɪ ɡ n ə n t ɫ i /
r1
in a benign manner;

- "this drug is benignly soporific";

- syn. benignly;

benignity / b ɪ n ɪ ɡ n ɪ t i /
n1
the quality of being kind and gentle;

- syn. benignancy, graciousness;

n2
a kind act;

- syn. kindness;

benignly / b ɪ n aɪ n ɫ i /
r1
in a benign manner;

- "this drug is benignly soporific";

- syn. benignantly;

Benin / b ɛ n ɪ n /
n1
a country on western coast of Africa;

- formerly under French control;

- syn. Dahomey, Republic of Benin;

Benin franc
n1
the basic unit of money in Benin;

Beninese / b ɛ n ɪ n i z /
n1
a native or inhabitant of Benin;

a1
of or relating to or characteristic of Benin or its people;

- "Benin bronzes";

benison / b ɛ n ɪ z n /
n1
a spoken blessing;

Benito Mussolini
n1
Italian fascist dictator (1883-1945);

- syn. Il Duce, Mussolini;

benjamin / b ɛ n dʒ ə m ɪ n /
n1
gum resin used especially in treating skin irritation;

- syn. asa dulcis, benzoin, gum benjamin, gum benzoin;

n2
(Old Testament) the youngest and best-loved son of Jacob and Rachel and one of the twelve forebears of the tribes of Israel;

Benjamin Britten
n1
major English composer of the 20th century;

- noted for his operas (1913-1976);

- syn. Britten, Edward Benjamin Britten, Lord Britten of Aldeburgh;

Benjamin bush
n1
deciduous shrub of the eastern United States having highly aromatic leaves and bark and yellow flowers followed by scarlet or yellow berries;

- syn. American spicebush, Benzoin odoriferum, Lindera benzoin, spice bush, spicebush;

Benjamin David Goodman
n1
United States clarinetist who in 1934 formed a big band (including black as well as white musicians) and introduced a kind of jazz known as swing (1909-1986);

- syn. Benny Goodman, Goodman, King of Swing;

Benjamin Disraeli
n1
British statesman who as Prime Minister bought controlling interest in the Suez Canal and made Queen Victoria the empress of India (1804-1881);

- syn. Disraeli, First Earl of Beaconsfield;

Benjamin Franklin
n1
printer whose success as an author led him to take up politics;

- he helped draw up the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution;

- he played a major role in the American Revolution and negotiated French support for the colonists;

- as a scientist he is remembered particularly for his research in electricity (1706-1790);

- syn. Franklin;

Benjamin Franklin Bridge
n1
a suspension bridge across the Delaware River;

Benjamin Franklin Norris Jr.
n1
United States writer (1870-1902);

- syn. Frank Norris, Norris;

Benjamin Harris
n1
publisher of the first newspaper printed in America (1673-1713);

- syn. Harris;

Benjamin Harrison
n1
23rd President of the United States (1833-1901);

- syn. Harrison, President Benjamin Harrison, President Harrison;

Benjamin Henry Latrobe
n1
United States architect (born in England) whose works include the chambers of the United States Congress and the Supreme Court;

- considered the first professional architect in the United States (1764-1820);

- syn. Latrobe;

Benjamin Jonson
n1
English dramatist and poet who was the first real poet laureate of England (1572-1637);

- syn. Ben Jonson, Jonson;

Benjamin Jowett
n1
English classical scholar noted for his translations of Plato and Aristotle (1817-1893);

- syn. Jowett;

Benjamin Kubelsky
n1
United States comedian known for his timeing and delivery and self-effacing humor (1894-1974);

- syn. Benny, Jack Benny;

Benjamin Peirce
n1
United States mathematician and astronomer remembered for his studies of Uranus and Saturn and Neptune (1809-1880);

- syn. Peirce;

Benjamin Ricketson Tucker
n1
United States anarchist influential before World War I (1854-1939);

- syn. Tucker;

Benjamin Rush
n1
physician and American Revolutionary leader;

- signer of the Declaration of Independence (1745-1813);

- syn. Rush;

Benjamin Shahn
n1
United States artist whose work reflected social and political themes (1898-1969);

- syn. Ben Shahn, Shahn;

Benjamin Spock
n1
United States pediatrician whose many books on child care influenced the upbringing of children around the world (1903-1998);

- syn. Spock;

Benjamin Thompson
n1
English physicist (born in America) who studied heat and friction;

- experiments convinced him that heat is caused by moving particles (1753-1814);

- syn. Count Rumford, Thompson;

Benjamin West
n1
English painter (born in America) who became the second president of the Royal Academy (1738-1820);

- syn. West;

benne
n1
East Indian annual erect herb;

- source of sesame seed or benniseed and sesame oil;

- syn. Sesamum indicum, benni, benny, sesame;

bennet / b ɛ n n ɛ t /
n1
avens of Virginia having pale or greenish yellow flowers;

- syn. Geum virginianum, white avens;

n2
North American white-flowered avens;

- syn. Geum canadense, white avens;

Bennett / b ɛ n n ɛ t /
n1
United States aviator who (with Richard E. Byrd) piloted the first flight over the North Pole (1890-1928);

- syn. Floyd Bennett;

Bennettitaceae
n1
a family of fossil gymnospermous plants of the Carboniferous;

- syn. family Bennettitaceae;

Bennettitales
n1
fossil gymnospermous plants of the Carboniferous;

- syn. order Bennettitales;

Bennettitis
n1
type of the Bennettitales;

- syn. genus Bennettitis;

benni
n1
East Indian annual erect herb;

- source of sesame seed or benniseed and sesame oil;

- syn. Sesamum indicum, benne, benny, sesame;

bennie
n1
a form of amphetamine;

- syn. Benzedrine;

Bennington / b ɛ n n ɪ ŋ t ə n /
n1
a town in southwestern Vermont;

benniseed
n1
small oval seeds of the sesame plant;

- syn. sesame seed;

benny / b ɛ n i /
n1
East Indian annual erect herb;

- source of sesame seed or benniseed and sesame oil;

- syn. Sesamum indicum, benne, benni, sesame;

n2
United States comedian known for his timeing and delivery and self-effacing humor (1894-1974);

- syn. Benjamin Kubelsky, Jack Benny;

Benny Goodman
n1
United States clarinetist who in 1934 formed a big band (including black as well as white musicians) and introduced a kind of jazz known as swing (1909-1986);

- syn. Benjamin David Goodman, Goodman, King of Swing;

Benny Hill
n1
risque English comedian (1925-1992);

- syn. Alfred Hawthorne, Hill;

Benoit Mandelbrot
n1
French mathematician (born in Poland) noted for inventing fractals (born in 1924);

- syn. Mandelbrot;

bent / b ɛ n t /
n1
a relatively permanent inclination to react in a particular way;

- "the set of his mind was obvious";

- syn. set;

n2
grass for pastures and lawns especially bowling and putting greens;

- syn. bent-grass, bent grass;

n3
an area of grassland unbounded by fences or hedges;

n4
a special way of doing something;

- "he had a bent for it";

- "he had a special knack for getting into trouble";

- "he couldn't get the hang of it";

- syn. hang, knack;

a1
fixed in your purpose;

- "bent on going to the theater";

- "dead set against intervening";

- "out to win every event";

- syn. bent on, dead set, out to;

- sim. resolute;

a2
used of the back and knees;

- stooped;

- "on bended knee";

- "with bent (or bended) back";

- syn. bended;

- sim. unerect;

a3
of metal e.g.;

- "bent nails";

- "a car with a crumpled front end";

- "dented fenders";

- syn. crumpled, dented;

- sim. damaged;

bent-grass
n1
grass for pastures and lawns especially bowling and putting greens;

- syn. bent, bent grass;

bent grass
n1
grass for pastures and lawns especially bowling and putting greens;

- syn. bent, bent-grass;

bent hang
n1
a hang performed with the elbows bent;

bent on
a1
fixed in your purpose;

- "bent on going to the theater";

- "dead set against intervening";

- "out to win every event";

- syn. bent, dead set, out to;

- sim. resolute;

benthal / b ɛ n t h æ ɫ /
a1
of or relating to or happening on the bottom under a body of water;

- syn. benthic, benthonic;

Bentham / b ɛ n t h æ m /
n1
English philosopher and jurist;

- founder of utilitarianism (1748-1831);

- syn. Jeremy Bentham;

benthic
a1
of or relating to or happening on the bottom under a body of water;

- syn. benthal, benthonic;

benthic division
n1
a region including the bottom of the sea and the littoral zones;

- syn. benthonic zone, benthos;

benthonic
a1
of or relating to or happening on the bottom under a body of water;

- syn. benthal, benthic;

benthonic zone
n1
a region including the bottom of the sea and the littoral zones;

- syn. benthic division, benthos;

benthos
n1
a region including the bottom of the sea and the littoral zones;

- syn. benthic division, benthonic zone;

n2
organisms (plants and animals) that live at or near the bottom of a sea;

Benton / b ɛ n t ʌ n /
n1
United States artist whose paintings portrayed life in the Midwest and South (1889-1975);

- syn. Thomas Hart Benton;

n2
United States legislator who opposed the use of paper currency (1782-1858);

- syn. Old Bullion, Thomas Hart Benton;

bentonite
n1
an absorbent aluminum silicate clay formed from volcanic ash;

bentonitic
a1
of or relating to or containing bentonite;

bentwood / b ɛ n t w ʊ d /
n1
wood that is steamed until it becomes pliable and then is shaped for use in making furniture;

- "bentwood chairs";

benumb / b ɪ n ʌ m /
v1
make numb or insensitive;

- "The shock numbed her senses";

- syn. blunt, dull, numb;

benumbed / b ɪ n ʌ m d /
a1
lacking sensation;

- "my foot is asleep";

- "numb with cold";

- syn. asleep, numb;

- sim. insensible;

a2
having lost or been caused to lose interest because of overexposure;

- "the mind of the audience is becoming dulled";

- "the benumbed intellectual faculties can no longer respond";

- syn. dulled;

- sim. uninterested;

Benvenuto Cellini
n1
Italian sculptor (1500-1571);

- syn. Cellini;

benweed
n1
widespread European weed having yellow daisylike flowers;

- sometimes an obnoxious weed and toxic to cattle if consumed in quantity;

- syn. Senecio jacobaea, ragweed, ragwort, tansy ragwort;

Benzedrine / b ɛ n z ə d ɹ i n /
n1
a form of amphetamine;

- syn. bennie;

benzene / b ɛ n z i n /
n1
a colorless liquid hydrocarbon;

- highly flammable;

- carcinogenic;

- the simplest of the aromatic compounds;

- syn. benzine, benzol;

benzene formula
n1
a closed chain of 6 carbon atoms with hydrogen atoms attached;

- syn. Kekule formula, benzene nucleus, benzene ring;

benzene nucleus
n1
a closed chain of 6 carbon atoms with hydrogen atoms attached;

- syn. Kekule formula, benzene formula, benzene ring;

benzene ring
n1
a closed chain of 6 carbon atoms with hydrogen atoms attached;

- syn. Kekule formula, benzene formula, benzene nucleus;

benzenoid
a1
similar to benzene in structure or linkage;

benzine / b ɛ n z i n /
n1
a colorless liquid hydrocarbon;

- highly flammable;

- carcinogenic;

- the simplest of the aromatic compounds;

- syn. benzene, benzol;

benzoate
n1
any salt or ester of benzoic acid;

benzoate of soda
n1
a white crystalline salt used as a food preservative and antiseptic;

- syn. sodium benzoate;

benzocaine
n1
a white crystalline ester used as a local anesthetic;

- syn. ethyl aminobenzoate;

benzodiazepine
n1
any of several similar lipophilic amines used as tranquilizers or sedatives or hypnotics or muscle relaxants;

- chronic use can lead to dependency;

benzofuran
n1
a colorless oily compound extracted from coal tar and used in manufacturing synthetic resins;

- syn. coumarone, cumarone;

benzoic / b ɛ n z oʊ ɪ k /
a1
containing or derived from benzoic acid or benzoin;

benzoic acid
n1
a white crystalline solid occurring in many resins;

benzoin / b ɛ n z oʊ ɪ n /
n1
gum resin used especially in treating skin irritation;

- syn. asa dulcis, benjamin, gum benjamin, gum benzoin;

n2
used in some classifications for the American spicebush and certain other plants often included in the genus Lindera;

- syn. genus Benzoin;

Benzoin odoriferum
n1
deciduous shrub of the eastern United States having highly aromatic leaves and bark and yellow flowers followed by scarlet or yellow berries;

- syn. American spicebush, Benjamin bush, Lindera benzoin, spice bush, spicebush;

benzol / b ɛ n z ɒ ɫ /
n1
a colorless liquid hydrocarbon;

- highly flammable;

- carcinogenic;

- the simplest of the aromatic compounds;

- syn. benzene, benzine;

benzoquinone
n1
any of a class of aromatic yellow compounds including several that are biologically important as coenzymes or acceptors or vitamins;

- used in making dyes;

- syn. quinone;

benzoyl group
n1
the univalent radical derived from benzoic acid;

- syn. benzoyl radical;

benzoyl peroxide
n1
a white crystalline peroxide used in bleaching (flour or oils or fats) and as a catalyst for free radical reactions;

benzoyl radical
n1
the univalent radical derived from benzoic acid;

- syn. benzoyl group;

benzyl
n1
the univalent radical derived from toluene;

- syn. benzyl group, benzyl radical;

benzyl group
n1
the univalent radical derived from toluene;

- syn. benzyl, benzyl radical;

benzyl radical
n1
the univalent radical derived from toluene;

- syn. benzyl, benzyl group;

benzylic
a1
relating to benzyl;

benzylpenicillin
n1
the penicillin that constitutes the principal component of many commercial antibiotics;

- syn. penicillin G;

Beograd / b eɪ oʊ ɡ ɹ æ d /
n1
capital and largest city of Serbia and Montenegro;

- situated on the Danube;

- syn. Belgrade, capital of Serbia and Montenegro;

Beowulf
n1
the legendary hero of an anonymous Old English epic poem composed in the early 8th century;

- he slays a monster and becomes king but dies fighting a dragon;

beplaster
v1
cover conspicuously or thickly, as by pasting something on;

- "The demonstrators plastered the hallways with posters";

- "She let the walls of the apartment be beplastered with stucco";

- syn. plaster;

bequeath / b ɪ k w i ð /
v1
leave or give by will after one's death;

- "My aunt bequeathed me all her jewelry";

- "My grandfather left me his entire estate";

- syn. leave, will;

bequest / b ɪ k w ɛ s t /
n1
(law) a gift of personal property by will;

- syn. legacy;

berate / b ɪr eɪ t /
v1
censure severely or angrily;

- "The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car";

- "The deputy ragged the Prime Minister";

- "The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup";

- syn. bawl out, call down, call on the carpet, chew out, chew up, chide, dress down, have words, jaw, lambast, lambaste, lecture, rag, rebuke, remonstrate, reprimand, scold, take to task, trounce;

berating / b ɪr eɪ t ɪ ŋ /
n1
a severe rebuke;

- "he deserved the berating that the coach gave him";

- syn. blowing up;

Berber
n1
a member of an indigenous people of northern Africa;

n2
a cluster of related dialects that were once the major language of northern Africa west of Egypt;

- now spoken mostly in Morocco;

Berberidaceae
n1
shrubs or herbs;

- syn. barberry family, family Berberidaceae;

Berberis
n1
large genus of shrubs of temperate zones of New and Old Worlds;

- syn. genus Berberis;

Berberis canadensis
n1
deciduous shrub of eastern North America whose leaves turn scarlet in autumn and having racemes of yellow flowers followed by ellipsoid glossy red berries;

- syn. American barberry;

Berberis thunbergii
n1
compact deciduous shrub having persistent red berries;

- widespread in cultivation especially for hedges;

- syn. Japanese barberry;

Berberis vulgaris
n1
upright deciduous European shrub widely naturalized in United States having clusters of juicy berries;

- syn. European barberry, common barberry;

Berbers
n1
an ethnic minority descended from Berbers and Arabs and living in northern Africa;

- syn. Arab-Berbers;

berceuse
n1
a quiet song intended to lull a child to sleep;

- syn. cradlesong, lullaby;

Bercy
n1
butter creamed with white wine and shallots and parsley;

- syn. Bercy butter;

Bercy butter
n1
butter creamed with white wine and shallots and parsley;

- syn. Bercy;

bereave / b ɪr i v /
v1
deprive through death;

bereaved / b ɪr i v d /
n1
a person who has suffered the death of someone they loved;

- "the bereaved do not always need to be taken care of";

- syn. bereaved person;

a1
sorrowful through loss or deprivation;

- "bereft of hope";

- syn. bereft, grief-stricken, grieving, mourning, sorrowing;

- sim. sorrowful;

bereaved person
n1
a person who has suffered the death of someone they loved;

- "the bereaved do not always need to be taken care of";

- syn. bereaved;

bereavement / b ɪr i v m ə n t /
n1
state of sorrow over the death or departure of a loved one;

- syn. mourning;

bereft / b ɪr ɛ f t /
a1
unhappy in love;

- suffering from unrequited love;

- syn. lovelorn, unbeloved;

- sim. unloved;

a2
sorrowful through loss or deprivation;

- "bereft of hope";

- syn. bereaved, grief-stricken, grieving, mourning, sorrowing;

- sim. sorrowful;

beret / b ɛr eɪ /
n1
a cap with no brim or bill;

- made of soft cloth;

berg / b ɝ ɡ /
n1
a large mass of ice floating at sea;

- usually broken off of a polar glacier;

- syn. iceberg;

n2
Austrian composer in Schoenberg's twelve-tone music system (1885-1935);

- syn. Alban Berg;

bergall
n1
common in north Atlantic coastal waters of the United States;

- syn. Tautogolabrus adspersus, cunner;

bergamot / b ɝ ɡ ə m ɒ t /
n1
small tree with pear-shaped fruit whose oil is used in perfumery;

- Italy;

- syn. Citrus bergamia, bergamot orange;

bergamot mint
n1
perennial aromatic herb of eastern North America having variously colored tubular flowers in dense showy heads;

- syn. Monarda didyma, bee balm, beebalm, oswego tea;

n2
mint with leaves having perfume like that of the bergamot orange;

- syn. Mentha citrata, eau de cologne mint, lemon mint;

bergamot orange
n1
small tree with pear-shaped fruit whose oil is used in perfumery;

- Italy;

- syn. Citrus bergamia, bergamot;

Bergen / b ɝ ɡ ə n /
n1
a port city in southwestern Norway;

bergenia
n1
any plant of the genus Bergenia;

- valued as an evergreen ground cover and for the spring blossoms;

Bergman / b ɝ ɡ m æ n /
n1
Swedish film actress (1915-1982);

- syn. Ingrid Bergman;

n2
Swedish film director who used heavy symbolism and explored the psychology of the characters (born 1918);

- syn. Ingmar Bergman;

Bergson
n1
French philosopher who proposed elan vital as the cause of evolution and development (1859-1941);

- syn. Henri Bergson, Henri Louis Bergson;

Beria
n1
Soviet chief of secret police under Joseph Stalin;

- was executed by his associates in the power struggle following Stalin's death (1899-1953);

- syn. Lavrenti Pavlovich Beria;

beriberi / b ɛr ɪ b ɛr i /
n1
avitaminosis caused by lack of thiamine (vitamin B1);

Bering
n1
Danish explorer who explored the northern Pacific Ocean for the Russians and discovered the Bering Strait (1681-1741);

- syn. Behring, Vitus Behring, Vitus Bering;

Bering Sea
n1
part of the North Pacific between Alaska and Siberia;

- connected to the Arctic Ocean by the Bering Strait;

Bering Standard Time
n1
standard time in the 11th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 165th meridian west;

- used in the Midway Islands;

- syn. Bering Time;

Bering Strait
n1
a strait connecting the Bering Sea to the Arctic Ocean;

Bering Time
n1
standard time in the 11th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 165th meridian west;

- used in the Midway Islands;

- syn. Bering Standard Time;

Berit
n1
the Jewish rite of circumcision performed on a male child on the eighth day of his life;

- syn. Berith, Bris, Briss, Brith;

Berith
n1
the Jewish rite of circumcision performed on a male child on the eighth day of his life;

- syn. Berit, Bris, Briss, Brith;

berk
n1
a stupid person who is easy to take advantage of;

Berkeley
n1
Irish philosopher and Anglican bishop who opposed the materialism of Thomas Hobbes (1685-1753);

- syn. Bishop Berkeley, George Berkeley;

n2
a city in California on the eastern shore of San Francisco Bay;

- site of the University of California at Berkeley;

berkelium / b ɝ k ɫ ɪə m /
n1
a radioactive transuranic element;

- discovered by bombarding americium with helium;

- syn. Bk, atomic number 97;

Berkshire / b ɑ k ʃ ə , b ɑ k ʃ ə ɹ /
n1
a county in southern England;

Berkshire Hills
n1
a low mountain range in western Massachusetts;

- a resort area;

- syn. Berkshires;

Berkshires / b ɑ k ʃ ə ɹ z , b ɑ k ʃ ə z /
n1
a low mountain range in western Massachusetts;

- a resort area;

- syn. Berkshire Hills;

Berlage
n1
Dutch architect and town planner (1856-1934);

- syn. Hendrik Petrus Berlage;

Berlin / b ɝ ɫ ɪ n /
n1
capital of Germany located in eastern Germany;

- syn. German capital;

n2
United States songwriter (born in Russia) who wrote more than 1500 songs and several musical comedies (1888-1989);

- syn. Irving Berlin, Israel Baline;

n3
a limousine with a glass partition between the front and back seats;

Berlin airlift
n1
airlift in 1948 that supplied food and fuel to citizens of west Berlin when the Russians closed off land access to Berlin;

Berlin doughnut
n1
a raised doughnut filled with jelly or jam;

- syn. bismark, jelly doughnut;

Berliner / b ɝ ɫ ɪ n ə , b ɝ ɫ ɪ n ə ɹ /
n1
an inhabitant of Berlin;

Berlioz
n1
French composer of romantic works (1803-1869);

- syn. Hector Berlioz, Louis-Hector Berlioz;

berm
n1
a narrow ledge or shelf typically at the top or bottom of a slope;

n2
a narrow edge of land (usually unpaved) along the side of a road;

- "the car pulled off onto the shoulder";

- syn. shoulder;

Bermuda / b ə m j u d ə /
n1
a group of islands in the Atlantic off the Carolina coast;

- British colony;

- a popular resort;

- syn. Bermudas;

Bermuda buttercup
n1
South African bulbous wood sorrel with showy yellow flowers;

- syn. English-weed, Oxalis cernua, Oxalis pes-caprae;

Bermuda cedar
n1
ornamental densely pyramidal juniper of Bermuda;

- fairly large for a juniper;

- syn. Juniperus bermudiana;

Bermuda chub
n1
food and game fish around Bermuda and Florida;

- often follow ships;

- syn. Kyphosus sectatrix, rudderfish;

Bermuda dollar
n1
the basic unit of money in Bermuda;

Bermuda grass
n1
trailing grass native to Europe now cosmopolitan in warm regions;

- used for lawns and pastures especially in southern United States and India;

- syn. Bahama grass, Cynodon dactylon, devil grass, doob, kweek, scutch grass, star grass;

Bermuda lily
n1
tall lily have large white trumpet-shaped flowers that bloom in the spring;

- syn. Easter lily, Lilium longiflorum, white trumpet lily;

Bermuda maidenhair
n1
delicate endemic Bermudian fern with creeping rootstock;

- syn. Adiantum bellum, Bermuda maidenhair fern;

Bermuda maidenhair fern
n1
delicate endemic Bermudian fern with creeping rootstock;

- syn. Adiantum bellum, Bermuda maidenhair;

Bermuda onion
n1
mild flat onion grown in warm areas;

Bermuda plan
n1
a hotel plan that provides a full breakfast daily;

Bermuda rig
n1
a rig of triangular sails for a yacht;

- syn. Bermudan rig, Bermudian rig, Marconi rig;

Bermuda shorts
n1
(used in the plural) short pants that end at the knee;

- syn. Jamaica shorts;

Bermuda Triangle
n1
an area in the western Atlantic Ocean where many ships and planes are supposed to have been mysteriously lost;

Bermudan / b ə m j u d ə n /
n1
a native or inhabitant of Bermuda;

- syn. Bermudian;

a1
of or relating to or characteristic of Bermuda or its inhabitants;

- "Bermudan beaches";

Bermudan rig
n1
a rig of triangular sails for a yacht;

- syn. Bermuda rig, Bermudian rig, Marconi rig;

Bermudas / b ə m j u d ə z /
n1
a group of islands in the Atlantic off the Carolina coast;

- British colony;

- a popular resort;

- syn. Bermuda;

Bermudian
n1
a native or inhabitant of Bermuda;

- syn. Bermudan;

Bermudian rig
n1
a rig of triangular sails for a yacht;

- syn. Bermuda rig, Bermudan rig, Marconi rig;

Bern / b ɝ n /
n1
the capital of Switzerland;

- located in western Switzerland;

- syn. Berne, capital of Switzerland;

Berna Eli Oldfield
n1
United States race driver who was the first to drive faster than a mile a minute (1878-1946);

- syn. Barney Oldfield, Oldfield;

Bernard / b ɝ n ə d /
n1
French physiologist noted for research on secretions of the alimentary canal and the glycogenic function of the liver (1813-1878);

- syn. Claude Bernard;

Bernard Arthur Owen Williams
n1
English philosopher credited with reviving the field of moral philosophy (1929-2003);

- syn. Sir Bernard Williams, Williams;

Bernard Baruch
n1
economic advisor to United States Presidents (1870-1965);

- syn. Baruch, Bernard Mannes Baruch;

Bernard Hinault
n1
French racing cyclist who won the Tour de France five times (born in 1954);

- syn. Hinault;

Bernard Law Montgomery
n1
English general during World War II;

- won victories over Rommel in North Africa and led British ground forces in the invasion of Normandy (1887-1976);

- syn. 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, Montgomery, Sir Bernard Law Montgomery;

Bernard Malamud
n1
United States writer (1914-1986);

- syn. Malamud;

Bernard Mannes Baruch
n1
economic advisor to United States Presidents (1870-1965);

- syn. Baruch, Bernard Baruch;

Bernardo Bertolucci
n1
Italian filmmaker (born in 1940);

- syn. Bertolucci;

Bernd Heinrich Wilhelm von Kleist
n1
German dramatist whose works concern people torn between reason and emotion (1777-1811);

- syn. Heinrich von Kleist, Kleist;

Berne
n1
the capital of Switzerland;

- located in western Switzerland;

- syn. Bern, capital of Switzerland;

Bernese mountain dog
n1
large powerful long-haired black-coated Swiss dog with deep tan or russet markings on legs and white blaze and feet and chest marking;

- formerly used for draft;

Bernhard Riemann
n1
pioneer of non-Euclidean geometry (1826-1866);

- syn. Georg Friedrich Bernhard Riemann, Riemann;

Bernhardt
n1
French actress (1844-1923);

- syn. Henriette Rosine Bernard, Sarah Bernhardt;

Bernini
n1
Italian sculptor and architect of the baroque period in Italy;

- designed many churches and chapels and tombs and fountains (1598-1680);

- syn. Giovanni Lorenzo Bernini;

Bernoulli
n1
Swiss physicist who contributed to hydrodynamics and mathematical physics (1700-1782);

- syn. Daniel Bernoulli;

n2
Swiss mathematician (1667-1748);

- syn. Jean Bernoulli, Johann Bernoulli, John Bernoulli;

n3
Swiss mathematician (1654-1705);

- syn. Jacques Bernoulli, Jakob Bernoulli, James Bernoulli;

Bernoulli's law
n1
(statistics) law stating that a large number of items taken at random from a population will (on the average) have the population statistics;

- syn. law of large numbers;

Bernoulli distribution
n1
a theoretical distribution of the number of successes in a finite set of independent trials with a constant probability of success;

- syn. binomial distribution;

Bernstein / b ɝ n s t aɪ n /
n1
United States conductor and composer (1918-1990);

- syn. Leonard Bernstein;

beroe
n1
delicately iridescent thimble-shaped ctenophores;

Berra
n1
United States baseball player (born 1925);

- syn. Lawrence Peter Berra, Yogi, Yogi Berra;

berretta
n1
a stiff cap with ridges across the crown;

- worn by Roman Catholic clergy;

- syn. biretta, birretta;

berried / b ɛr ɪ d /
a1
producing or bearing berries;

- syn. baccate, bacciferous;

- sim. fruitful;

berry / b ɛr i /
n1
any of numerous small and pulpy edible fruits;

- used as desserts or in making jams and jellies and preserves;

n2
a small fruit having any of various structures, e.g., simple (grape or blueberry) or aggregate (blackberry or raspberry);

n3
United States rock singer (born in 1931);

- syn. Charles Edward Berry, Chuck Berry;

v1
pick or gather berries;

- "We went berrying in the summer";

berry fern
n1
North American fern often bearing bulbils on the leaflets;

- syn. Cystopteris bulbifera, bulblet bladder fern, bulblet fern;

berrylike / b ɛr i ɫ aɪ k /
a1
resembling a berry;

- syn. baccate;

berserk / b ə s ɝ k , b ɝ s ɝ k /
n1
one of the ancient Norse warriors legendary for working themselves into a frenzy before a battle and fighting with reckless savagery and insane fury;

- syn. berserker;

a1
wildly frenzied and out of control;

- "the soldier was completely amuck";

- "berserk with grief";

- "a berserk worker smashing windows";

- syn. amok, amuck;

- sim. agitated;

berserker / b ɝ s ɝ k ə /
n1
one of the ancient Norse warriors legendary for working themselves into a frenzy before a battle and fighting with reckless savagery and insane fury;

- syn. berserk;

Berteroa
n1
hoary alyssum;

- syn. genus Berteroa;

Berteroa incana
n1
tall European annual with downy grey-green foliage and dense heads of small white flowers followed by hairy pods;

- naturalized in North America;

- sometimes a troublesome weed;

- syn. hoary alison, hoary alyssum;

berth / b ɝ θ /
n1
a job in an organization;

- "he occupied a post in the treasury";

- syn. billet, office, place, position, post, situation, spot;

n2
a place where a craft can be made fast;

- syn. moorage, mooring, slip;

n3
a bed on a ship or train;

- usually in tiers;

- syn. built in bed, bunk;

v1
provide with a berth;

v2
secure in or as if in a berth or dock;

- "tie up the boat";

- syn. moor, tie up;

v3
come into or dock at a wharf;

- "the big ship wharfed in the evening";

- syn. moor, wharf;

Bertholletia
n1
brazil nut;

- syn. genus Bertholletia;

Bertholletia excelsa
n1
tall South American tree bearing brazil nuts;

- syn. brazil-nut tree, brazil nut;

Bertillon / b ɝ t ɪ ɫ j ə n /
n1
French criminologist (1853-1914);

- syn. Alphonse Bertillon;

Bertillon system
n1
a system or procedure for identifying persons;

Bertolt Brecht
n1
German dramatist and poet who developed a style of epic theater (1898-1956);

- syn. Brecht;

Bertolucci
n1
Italian filmmaker (born in 1940);

- syn. Bernardo Bertolucci;

Bertram Brockhouse
n1
Canadian physicist who bounced neutron beams off of atomic nuclei to study the structure of matter (1918-2003);

- syn. Brockhouse;

Bertrand Arthur William Russell
n1
English philosopher and mathematician who collaborated with Whitehead (1872-1970);

- syn. Bertrand Russell, Earl Russell, Russell;

Bertrand Russell
n1
English philosopher and mathematician who collaborated with Whitehead (1872-1970);

- syn. Bertrand Arthur William Russell, Earl Russell, Russell;

Berycomorphi
n1
an order of spiny-finned fish in the superorder Acanthopterygii;

- syn. order Berycomorphi;

beryl / b ɛr ə ɫ /
n1
the chief source of beryllium;

- colored transparent varieties are valued as gems;

beryllium / b ɛr ɪ ɫ j ə m /
n1
a light strong brittle grey toxic bivalent metallic element;

- syn. Be, atomic number 4, glucinium;

beryllium bronze
n1
a copper-base alloy containing beryllium;

Berzelius
n1
Swedish chemist who discovered three new elements and determined the atomic weights of many others (1779-1848);

- syn. Jons Jakob Berzelius;

beseech / b ɪ s i tʃ /
v1
ask for or request earnestly;

- "The prophet bid all people to become good persons";

- syn. adjure, bid, conjure, entreat, press;

beseeching / b ɪ s i tʃ ɪ ŋ /
a1
begging;

- syn. imploring, pleading;

- sim. adjuratory, importunate, mendicant, petitionary, precatory, suppliant;

beseechingly / b ɪ s i tʃ ɪ ŋ ɫ i /
r1
in a beseeching manner;

- "`You must help me,' she said imploringly";

- syn. entreatingly, imploringly, importunately, pleadingly;

beseem / b ɪ s i m /
v1
accord or comport with;

- "This kind of behavior does not suit a young woman!";

- syn. befit, suit;

beset / b ɪ s ɛ t /
v1
annoy continually or chronically;

- "He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked";

- "This man harasses his female co-workers";

- syn. chevvy, chevy, chivvy, chivy, harass, harry, hassle, molest, plague, provoke;

v2
assail or attack on all sides: "The zebra was beset by leopards";

- syn. set upon;

v3
decorate or cover lavishly (as with gems);

- syn. encrust, incrust;

beshrew / b ɪ ʃ ɹ u /
v1
wish harm upon;

- invoke evil upon;

- "The bad witch cursed the child";

- syn. anathemise, anathemize, bedamn, curse, damn, imprecate, maledict;

besides / b ɪ s aɪ d z /
r1
making an additional point;

- anyway;

- "I don't want to go to a restaurant;

- besides, we can't afford it";

- "she couldn't shelter behind him all the time and in any case he wasn't always with her";

- syn. in any case;

r2
in addition;

- "he has a Mercedes, too";

- syn. also, as well, likewise, too;

besiege / b ɪ s i dʒ /
v1
surround so as to force to give up;

- "The Turks besieged Vienna";

- syn. beleaguer, circumvent, hem in, surround;

v2
cause to feel distressed or worried;

- "She was besieged by so many problems that she got discouraged";

v3
harass, as with questions or requests;

- "The press photographers besieged the movie star";

besieged / b ɪ s i dʒ d /
a1
surrounded by hostile forces;

- "the besieged town";

- sim. enclosed;

besieger / b ɪ s i dʒ ə , b ɪ s i dʒ ə ɹ /
n1
an enemy who lays siege to your position;

n2
an energetic petitioner;

besieging / b ɪ s i dʒ ɪ ŋ /
n1
the action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified place and isolates it while continuing to attack;

- syn. beleaguering, military blockade, siege;

besmear / b ɪ s m ɪə , b ɪ s m ɪə ɹ /
v1
spread or daub (a surface);

- syn. bedaub;

besmirch / b ɪ s m ɝ tʃ /
v1
charge falsely or with malicious intent;

- attack the good name and reputation of someone;

- "The journalists have defamed me!";

- "The article in the paper sullied my reputation";

- syn. asperse, calumniate, defame, denigrate, slander, smear, smirch, sully;

v2
smear so as to make dirty or stained;

- syn. smirch;

besom / b i z ə m /
n1
a broom made of twigs tied together on a long handle;

besot / b ɪ s ɒ t /
v1
make dull or stupid or muddle with drunkenness or infatuation;

- syn. stupefy;

besotted / b ɪ s ɒ t ɪ d /
a1
very drunk;

- syn. blind drunk, blotto, cockeyed, crocked, fuddled, loaded, pie-eyed, pissed, pixilated, plastered, slopped, sloshed, smashed, soaked, soused, sozzled, squiffy, stiff, tight, wet;

- sim. intoxicated;

bespangle / b ɪ s p æ ŋ ɡ ɫ /
v1
decorate with spangles;

- "the star-spangled banner";

- syn. spangle;

v2
dot or sprinkle with sparkling or glittering objects;

bespatter / b ɪ s p æ t ə /
v1
spot, splash, or soil;

- "The baby spattered the bib with food";

- syn. spatter;

bespeak / b ɪ s p i k /
v1
be a signal for or a symptom of;

- "These symptoms indicate a serious illness";

- "Her behavior points to a severe neurosis";

- "The economic indicators signal that the euro is undervalued";

- syn. betoken, indicate, point, signal;

v2
express the need or desire for;

- "She requested an extra bed in her room";

- "She called for room service";

- "when you call, always ask for Mary";

- syn. ask for, call for, quest, request;

bespeckle / b ɪ s p ɛ k ɫ /
v1
mark with small spots;

- "speckle the wall with tiny yellow spots";

- syn. speckle;

bespectacled / b ɪ s p ɛ k t ə k ə ɫ d /
a1
wearing, or having the face adorned with, eyeglasses or an eyeglass;

- "a bespectacled grandmother";

- "the monocled gentleman";

- syn. monocled, spectacled;

- sim. adorned;

bespoke / b ɪ s p oʊ k /
a1
(of clothing) custom-made;

- syn. bespoken, made-to-order, tailor-made, tailored;

- sim. custom-made;

bespoken / b ɪ s p oʊ k ə n /
a1
(of clothing) custom-made;

- syn. bespoke, made-to-order, tailor-made, tailored;

- sim. custom-made;

a2
pledged to be married;

- "the engaged couple";

- syn. betrothed;

- sim. attached;

bespot
v1
mark with, or as if with, spots;

besprent
a1
sprinkled over;

- "glistening grass besprent with raindrops";

- sim. wet;

besprinkle / b ɪ s p ɹ ɪ ŋ k ɫ /
v1
scatter with liquid;

- wet lightly;

- "Sprinkle the lawn";

- syn. sparge, sprinkle;

Bessel
n1
German mathematician and astronomer who made accurate measurements of stellar distances and who predicted the existence on an 8th planet (1784-1846);

- syn. Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel;

Bessemer
n1
British inventor and metallurgist who developed the Bessemer process (1813-1898);

- syn. Sir Henry Bessemer;

Bessemer converter
n1
a refractory-lined furnace used to convert pig iron into steel by the Bessemer process;

Bessemer process
n1
an industrial process for making steel using a Bessemer converter to blast air through molten iron and thus burning the excess carbon and impurities;

- the first successful method of making steel in quantity at low cost;

Bessera
n1
small genus of cormous perennials of Mexico;

- sometimes placed in family Alliaceae;

- syn. genus Bessera;

Bessera elegans
n1
half-hardy Mexican herb cultivated for its drooping terminal umbels of showy red-and-white flowers;

- syn. coral drops;

Besseya
n1
genus of North American spring wildflowers;

- syn. genus Besseya;

Besseya alpina
n1
small pale plant with dense spikes of pale bluish-violet flowers;

- of high cold meadows from Wyoming and Utah to New Mexico;

- syn. Alpine besseya;

Bessie Smith
n1
United States blues singer (1894-1937);

- syn. Smith;

Bessy cerca
n1
tropical Atlantic fish;

- syn. Balistes vetula, oldwench, oldwife, queen triggerfish;

best / b ɛ s t /
n1
the supreme effort one can make;

- "they did their best";

n2
the person who is most outstanding or excellent;

- someone who tops all others;

- "he could beat the best of them";

- syn. topper;

n3
Canadian physiologist (born in the United States) who assisted F. G. Banting in research leading to the discovery of insulin (1899-1978);

- syn. C. H. Best, Charles Herbert Best;

v1
get the better of;

- "the goal was to best the competition";

- syn. outdo, outflank, scoop, trump;

a1
(superlative of `good') having the most positive qualities;

- "the best film of the year";

- "the best solution";

- "the best time for planting";

- "wore his best suit";

- also good, incomparable, superior, top, uncomparable;

- sim. champion, first, go-to-meeting, high-grade, optimum, primo, record-breaking, second-best, superfine, unexcelled, unsurpassable;

a2
(comparative and superlative of `well') wiser or more advantageous and hence advisable;

- "it would be better to speak to him";

- "the White House thought it best not to respond";

- syn. better;

- sim. advisable;

r1
in a most excellent way or manner;

- "he played best after a couple of martinis";

r2
it would be sensible;

- "you'd best stay at home";

r3
from a position of superiority or authority;

- "father knows best";

- "I know better.";

- syn. better;

best-known
a1
most familiar or renowned;

- "Stevenson's best-known work is probably `Treasure Island'";

- sim. known;

best-loved
a1
preferred above all others and treated with partiality;

- "the favored child";

- syn. favored, favorite, favourite, pet, preferent, preferred;

- sim. loved;

best-selling
a1
selling in great numbers;

- "a best-selling novel";

- sim. popular;

Best and Greatest
n1
an epithet for Jupiter;

- syn. Jupiter Optimus Maximus;

best evidence rule
n1
a rule of evidence requiring that to prove the content of a writing or recording or photograph the original is required;

best friend
n1
the one friend who is closest to you;

best man
n1
the principal groomsman at a wedding;

best of all
r1
especially fortunate;

- "best of all, we don't have any homework!";

best seller
n1
a book that has had a large and rapid sale;

- syn. bestseller;

bestial / b ɛ s t ɪə ɫ /
a1
resembling a beast;

- showing lack of human sensibility;

- "beastly desires";

- "a bestial nature";

- "brute force";

- "a dull and brutish man";

- "bestial treatment of prisoners";

- syn. beastly, brutal, brute, brutish;

- sim. inhumane;

bestialise
v1
make brutal and depraved;

- give animal-like qualities to;

- syn. bestialize;

bestiality / b ɛ s t ɪ æ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
the stupid brutal quality of a beast;

n2
sexual activity between a person and an animal;

- syn. sodomy, zooerastia, zooerasty;

bestialize
v1
make brutal and depraved;

- give animal-like qualities to;

- syn. bestialise;

bestially / b ɛ s t ɪə ɫ i /
r1
in an inhumane manner;

- "she treated her husband bestially";

- syn. brutishly, in a beastly manner;

bestiary / b ɛ s t ɪə ɹ i /
n1
a medieval book (usually illustrated) with allegorical and amusing descriptions of real and fabled animals;

bestir / b ɪ s t ɝ , b ɪ s t ɝ ɹ /
v1
become active;

- "He finally bestirred himself";

- syn. rouse;

bestir oneself
v1
start to be active;

- "Get cracking, please!";

- syn. get cracking, get going, get moving, get rolling, get started, get weaving;

bestow / b ɪ s t oʊ /
v1
present;

- "The university conferred a degree on its most famous former student, who never graduated";

- "bestow an honor on someone";

- syn. confer;

v2
give as a gift;

v3
bestow a quality on;

- "Her presence lends a certain cachet to the company";

- "The music added a lot to the play";

- "She brings a special atmosphere to our meetings";

- "This adds a light note to the program";

- syn. add, bring, contribute, impart, lend;

bestowal / b ɪ s t oʊ ə ɫ /
n1
the act of conferring an honor or presenting a gift;

- syn. bestowment, conferment, conferral;

n2
a gift that is bestowed or conferred;

- syn. bestowment;

bestower / b ɪ s t oʊ ə , b ɪ s t oʊ ə ɹ /
n1
person who makes a gift of property;

- syn. conferrer, donor, giver, presenter;

bestowment
n1
a gift that is bestowed or conferred;

- syn. bestowal;

n2
the act of conferring an honor or presenting a gift;

- syn. bestowal, conferment, conferral;

bestrew / b ɪ s t ɹ u /
v1
cover by strewing;

bestride / b ɪ s t ɹ aɪ d /
v1
get up on the back of;

- "mount a horse";

- syn. climb on, get on, hop on, jump on, mount, mount up;

bestseller / b ɛ s t s ɛ ɫ ə ɹ /
n1
a book that has had a large and rapid sale;

- syn. best seller;

bestubbled
a1
having a short growth of beard;

- "his stubbled chin";

- syn. stubbled, stubbly;

- sim. unshaven;

bet / b ɛ t /
n1
the money risked on a gamble;

- syn. stake, stakes, wager;

n2
the act of gambling;

- "he did it on a bet";

- syn. wager;

v1
maintain with or as if with a bet;

- "I bet she will be there!";

- syn. wager;

- also bet on;

v2
stake on the outcome of an issue;

- "I bet $100 on that new horse";

- "She played all her money on the dark horse";

- syn. play, wager;

v3
have faith or confidence in;

- "you can count on me to help you any time";

- "Look to your friends for support";

- "You can bet on that!";

- "Depend on your family in times of crisis";

- syn. bank, calculate, count, depend, look, reckon, rely, swear;

bet on
v1
place a bet on;

- "Which horse are you backing?";

- "I'm betting on the new horse";

- syn. back, gage, game, punt, stake;

beta / b i t ə /
n1
the 2nd letter of the Greek alphabet;

n2
beets;

- syn. genus Beta;

a1
second in order of importance;

- "the candidate, considered a beta male, was perceived to be unable to lead his party to victory";

- sim. important;

a2
preliminary or testing stage of a software or hardware product;

- "a beta version";

- "beta software";

- sim. exploratory;

beta-adrenergic blocker
n1
any of various drugs used in treating hypertension or arrhythmia;

- decreases force and rate of heart contractions by blocking beta-adrenergic receptors of the autonomic nervous system;

- syn. beta-adrenergic blocking agent, beta-blocking agent, beta blocker;

beta-adrenergic blocking agent
n1
any of various drugs used in treating hypertension or arrhythmia;

- decreases force and rate of heart contractions by blocking beta-adrenergic receptors of the autonomic nervous system;

- syn. beta-adrenergic blocker, beta-blocking agent, beta blocker;

beta-adrenergic receptor
n1
receptors postulated to exist on nerve cell membranes of the sympathetic nervous system in order to explain the specificity of certain agents that affect only some sympathetic activities (such as vasodilation and increased heart beat);

- syn. beta-adrenoceptor, beta receptor;

beta-adrenoceptor
n1
receptors postulated to exist on nerve cell membranes of the sympathetic nervous system in order to explain the specificity of certain agents that affect only some sympathetic activities (such as vasodilation and increased heart beat);

- syn. beta-adrenergic receptor, beta receptor;

beta-blocking agent
n1
any of various drugs used in treating hypertension or arrhythmia;

- decreases force and rate of heart contractions by blocking beta-adrenergic receptors of the autonomic nervous system;

- syn. beta-adrenergic blocker, beta-adrenergic blocking agent, beta blocker;

beta-carotene
n1
an isomer of carotene that is found in dark green and dark yellow fruits and vegetables;

beta-hydroxybutyric acid
n1
beta derivative of hydroxybutyric acid that is found in the blood and urine in some cases of impaired metabolism;

beta-interferon
n1
a form of interferon that is produced by fibroblasts and have antiviral effects;

- used in the treatment of multiple sclerosis;

beta-lactamase
n1
enzyme produced by certain bacteria that inactivates penicillin and results in resistance to that antibiotic;

- syn. penicillinase;

beta-lipoprotein
n1
a lipoprotein that transports cholesterol in the blood;

- composed of moderate amount of protein and a large amount of cholesterol;

- high levels are thought to be associated with increased risk of coronary heart disease and atherosclerosis;

- syn. LDL, low-density lipoprotein;

beta-naphthol
n1
an isomer of naphthol used in rubber as an antioxidant;

beta blocker
n1
any of various drugs used in treating hypertension or arrhythmia;

- decreases force and rate of heart contractions by blocking beta-adrenergic receptors of the autonomic nervous system;

- syn. beta-adrenergic blocker, beta-adrenergic blocking agent, beta-blocking agent;

beta blocker eyedrop
n1
a treatment for glaucoma;

- the eyedrops reduce intraocular pressure by reducing the production of aqueous humor;

beta cell
n1
a cell that produces insulin in the isles of Langerhans in the pancreas;

Beta Centauri
n1
the second brightest star in Centaurus;

Beta Crucis
n1
the second brightest star in the Southern Cross;

beta decay
n1
radioactive decay of an atomic nucleus that is accompanied by the emission of a beta particle;

beta endorphin
n1
an endorphin produced by the pituitary gland that suppresses pain;

beta globulin
n1
a globulin in blood plasma that carries iron;

- syn. siderophilin, transferrin;

beta iron
n1
an allotrope of iron that is the same as alpha iron except that it is nonmagnetic;

- stable between 768 and 906 degrees centigrade;

Beta Orionis
n1
the brightest star in Orion;

- syn. Rigel;

beta particle
n1
a high-speed electron or positron emitted in the decay of a radioactive isotope;

beta radiation
n1
radiation of beta particles during radioactive decay;

- syn. beta ray, electron radiation;

beta ray
n1
radiation of beta particles during radioactive decay;

- syn. beta radiation, electron radiation;

beta receptor
n1
receptors postulated to exist on nerve cell membranes of the sympathetic nervous system in order to explain the specificity of certain agents that affect only some sympathetic activities (such as vasodilation and increased heart beat);

- syn. beta-adrenergic receptor, beta-adrenoceptor;

beta rhythm
n1
the normal brainwave in the encephalogram of a person who is awake and alert;

- occurs with a frequency between 12 and 30 hertz;

- syn. beta wave;

beta software
n1
software that has not yet been released but has received an alpha test and still has more bugs than a regular release;

- "beta software is usually available only to particular users who will test it";

beta test
n1
(computer science) a second test of an experimental product (such as computer software) carried out by an outside organization;

Beta vulgaris
n1
biennial Eurasian plant usually having a swollen edible root;

- widely cultivated as a food crop;

- syn. beet, common beet;

Beta vulgaris cicla
n1
beet lacking swollen root;

- grown as a vegetable for its edible leaves and stalks;

- syn. Swiss chard, chard, chard plant, leaf beet, spinach beet;

Beta vulgaris rubra
n1
beet having a massively swollen red root;

- widely grown for human consumption;

- syn. beetroot;

Beta vulgaris vulgaris
n1
beet with a large yellowish root;

- grown chiefly as cattle feed;

- syn. mangel-wurzel, mangold, mangold-wurzel;

beta wave
n1
the normal brainwave in the encephalogram of a person who is awake and alert;

- occurs with a frequency between 12 and 30 hertz;

- syn. beta rhythm;

betaine
n1
a sweet tasting alkaloid that occurs in sugar beets;

betake oneself
v1
displace oneself;

- go from one location to another;

betatron
n1
accelerates a continuous beam of electrons to high speeds by means of the electric field produced by changing magnetic flux;

- syn. induction accelerator;

bete noire
n1
a detested person;

- "he is an anathema to me";

- syn. anathema;

betel / b i t ɫ /
n1
a leaf of a vine from the betel pepper;

- syn. betel leaf;

n2
Asian pepper plant whose leaves are chewed with betel nut (seed of the betel palm) by southeast Asians;

- syn. Piper betel, betel pepper;

betel leaf
n1
a leaf of a vine from the betel pepper;

- syn. betel;

betel nut
n1
seed of betel palm;

- chewed with leaves of the betel pepper and lime as a digestive stimulant and narcotic in southeastern Asia;

- syn. areca nut;

betel palm
n1
southeastern Asian palm bearing betel nuts (scarlet or orange single-seeded fruit with a fibrous husk);

- syn. Areca catechu, Areca palm;

betel pepper
n1
Asian pepper plant whose leaves are chewed with betel nut (seed of the betel palm) by southeast Asians;

- syn. Piper betel, betel;

Betelgeuse
n1
the second brightest star in Orion;

- syn. Alpha Orionis;

beth
n1
the 2nd letter of the Hebrew alphabet;

Bethe
n1
United States physicist (born in Germany) noted for research in astrophysics and nuclear physics (1906-2005);

- syn. Hans Albrecht Bethe, Hans Bethe;

bethel / b ɛ θ ɫ /
n1
a house of worship (especially one for sailors);

bethink / b ɪ θ ɪ ŋ k /
v1
cause oneself to consider something;

v2
consider or ponder something carefully;

- "She bethought her of their predicament";

Bethlehem
n1
a town in eastern Pennsylvania on the Lehigh River to the northwest of Philadelphia;

- an important center for steel production;

n2
a small town near Jerusalem on the West Bank of the Jordan River;

- early home of David and regarded as the place where Jesus was born;

- syn. Bayt Lahm, Bethlehem-Judah, Bethlehem Ephrathah;

Bethlehem-Judah
n1
a small town near Jerusalem on the West Bank of the Jordan River;

- early home of David and regarded as the place where Jesus was born;

- syn. Bayt Lahm, Bethlehem, Bethlehem Ephrathah;

Bethlehem Ephrathah
n1
a small town near Jerusalem on the West Bank of the Jordan River;

- early home of David and regarded as the place where Jesus was born;

- syn. Bayt Lahm, Bethlehem, Bethlehem-Judah;

Bethune / b ɛ θ u n /
n1
United States educator who worked to improve race relations and educational opportunities for Black Americans (1875-1955);

- syn. Mary McLeod Bethune;

betide / b ɪ t aɪ d /
v1
become of;

- happen to;

- "He promised that no harm would befall her";

- "What has become of my children?";

- syn. bechance, befall;

betimes / b ɪ t aɪ m z /
r1
in good time;

- "he awoke betimes that morning";

- syn. early;

betise
n1
a stupid mistake;

- syn. folly, foolishness, imbecility, stupidity;

betoken / b ɪ t oʊ k ə n /
v1
be a signal for or a symptom of;

- "These symptoms indicate a serious illness";

- "Her behavior points to a severe neurosis";

- "The economic indicators signal that the euro is undervalued";

- syn. bespeak, indicate, point, signal;

v2
indicate, as with a sign or an omen;

- "These signs bode bad news";

- syn. augur, auspicate, bode, forecast, foreshadow, foretell, omen, portend, predict, prefigure, presage, prognosticate;

betray / b ɪ t ɹ eɪ /
v1
reveal unintentionally;

- "Her smile betrayed her true feelings";

- syn. bewray;

v2
deliver to an enemy by treachery;

- "Judas sold Jesus";

- "The spy betrayed his country";

- syn. sell;

v3
disappoint, prove undependable to;

- abandon, forsake;

- "His sense of smell failed him this time";

- "His strength finally failed him";

- "His children failed him in the crisis";

- syn. fail;

v4
be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage;

- "She cheats on her husband";

- "Might her husband be wandering?";

- syn. cheat, cheat on, cuckold, wander;

v5
give away information about somebody;

- "He told on his classmate who had cheated on the exam";

- syn. denounce, give away, grass, rat, shit, shop, snitch, stag, tell on;

v6
cause someone to believe an untruth;

- "The insurance company deceived me when they told me they were covering my house";

- syn. deceive, lead astray;

betrayal / b ɪ t ɹ eɪ ə ɫ /
n1
an act of deliberate betrayal;

- syn. perfidy, treachery, treason;

n2
the quality of aiding an enemy;

betrayer / b ɪ t ɹ eɪ ə , b ɪ t ɹ eɪ ə ɹ /
n1
one who reveals confidential information in return for money;

- syn. blabber, informer, rat, squealer;

n2
a person who says one thing and does another;

- syn. double-crosser, double-dealer, traitor, two-timer;

betroth / b ɪ t ɹ oʊ ð /
v1
give to in marriage;

- syn. affiance, engage, plight;

betrothal / b ɪ t ɹ oʊ ð ə ɫ /
n1
a mutual promise to marry;

- syn. engagement, troth;

n2
the act of becoming betrothed or engaged;

- syn. espousal;

betrothed / b ɪ t ɹ oʊ ð d /
n1
the person to whom you are engaged;

a1
pledged to be married;

- "the engaged couple";

- syn. bespoken;

- sim. attached;

Betsy Griscom Ross
n1
American seamstress said to have made the first American flag at the request of George Washington (1752-1836);

- syn. Betsy Ross, Ross;

Betsy Ross
n1
American seamstress said to have made the first American flag at the request of George Washington (1752-1836);

- syn. Betsy Griscom Ross, Ross;

Bette Davis
n1
United States film actress (1908-1989);

- syn. Davis;

better / b ɛ t ə , b ɛ t ə ɹ /
n1
something superior in quality or condition or effect;

- "a change for the better";

n2
someone who bets;

- syn. bettor, punter, wagerer;

n3
a superior person having claim to precedence;

- "the common man has been kept in his place by his betters";

n4
the superior one of two alternatives;

- "chose the better of the two";

v1
surpass in excellence;

- "She bettered her own record";

- "break a record";

- syn. break;

v2
to make better;

- "The editor improved the manuscript with his changes";

- syn. ameliorate, amend, improve, meliorate;

v3
get better;

- "The weather improved toward evening";

- syn. ameliorate, improve, meliorate;

a1
(comparative of `good') superior to another (of the same class or set or kind) in excellence or quality or desirability or suitability;

- more highly skilled than another;

- "You're a better man than I am, Gunga Din";

- "a better coat";

- "a better type of car";

- "a suit with a better fit";

- "a better chance of success";

- "produced a better mousetrap";

- "she's better in math than in history";

- sim. amended, finer, improved;

a2
(comparative of `good') changed for the better in health or fitness;

- "her health is better now";

- "I feel better";

- sim. fitter;

a3
(comparative and superlative of `well') wiser or more advantageous and hence advisable;

- "it would be better to speak to him";

- "the White House thought it best not to respond";

- syn. best;

- sim. advisable;

a4
more than half;

- "argued for the better part of an hour";

- sim. major;

r1
comparative of `well';

- in a better or more excellent manner or more advantageously or attractively or to a greater degree etc.;

- "She had never sung better";

- "a deed better left undone";

- "better suited to the job";

r2
from a position of superiority or authority;

- "father knows best";

- "I know better.";

- syn. best;

better-known
a1
more familiar or renowned than the other of two;

- "the better-known book of the two";

- sim. known;

better-looking
a1
pleasing in appearance especially by reason of conformity to ideals of form and proportion;

- "a fine-looking woman";

- "a good-looking man";

- "better-looking than her sister";

- "very pretty but not so extraordinarily handsome"- Thackeray;

- "our southern women are well-favored"- Lillian Hellman;

- syn. fine-looking, good-looking, handsome, well-favored, well-favoured;

- sim. beautiful;

better half
n1
a person's partner in marriage;

- syn. married person, mate, partner, spouse;

better off
a1
in a more fortunate or prosperous condition;

- "she would have been better off if she had stuck with teaching";

- "is better off than his classmate";

- sim. fortunate;

bettering / b ɛ t ə ɹ ɪ ŋ /
a1
changing for the better;

- sim. ameliorating, amendatory, corrective, remedial;

betterment / b ɛ t ə m ə n t /
n1
a change for the better;

- progress in development;

- syn. advance, improvement;

n2
an improvement that adds to the value of a property or facility;

n3
the act of relieving ills and changing for the better;

- syn. amelioration, melioration;

betting / b ɛ t ɪ ŋ /
a1
preoccupied with the pursuit of pleasure and especially games of chance;

- "led a dissipated life";

- "a betting man";

- "a card-playing son of a bitch";

- "a gambling fool";

- "sporting gents and their ladies";

- syn. card-playing, dissipated, sporting;

- sim. indulgent;

betting odds
n1
the ratio by which one better's wager is greater than that of another;

- "he offered odds of two to one";

- syn. odds;

betting shop
n1
a licensed bookmaker's shop that is not at the race track;

bettong
n1
short-nosed rat kangaroo;

Bettongia
n1
jerboa kangaroo;

- syn. genus Bettongia;

bettor / b ɛ t ə , b ɛ t ə ɹ /
n1
someone who bets;

- syn. better, punter, wagerer;

Betty Friedan
n1
United States feminist who founded a national organization for women (born in 1921);

- syn. Betty Naomi Friedan, Betty Naomi Goldstein Friedan, Friedan;

Betty Naomi Friedan
n1
United States feminist who founded a national organization for women (born in 1921);

- syn. Betty Friedan, Betty Naomi Goldstein Friedan, Friedan;

Betty Naomi Goldstein Friedan
n1
United States feminist who founded a national organization for women (born in 1921);

- syn. Betty Friedan, Betty Naomi Friedan, Friedan;

Betula
n1
a genus of trees of the family Betulaceae (such as birches);

- syn. genus Betula;

Betula alleghaniensis
n1
tree of eastern North America with thin lustrous yellow or grey bark;

- syn. Betula leutea, yellow birch;

Betula cordifolia
n1
small American birch with peeling white bark often worked into e.g. baskets or toy canoes;

- syn. American white birch, Betula papyrifera, canoe birch, paper birch, paperbark birch;

Betula fontinalis
n1
birch of western United States resembling the paper birch but having brownish bark;

- syn. Western birch, Western paper birch, mountain birch, swamp birch, water birch;

Betula glandulosa
n1
small shrub of colder parts of North America and Greenland;

- syn. American dwarf birch, Newfoundland dwarf birch;

Betula lenta
n1
common birch of the eastern United States having spicy brown bark yielding a volatile oil and hard dark wood used for furniture;

- syn. black birch, cherry birch, sweet birch;

Betula leutea
n1
tree of eastern North America with thin lustrous yellow or grey bark;

- syn. Betula alleghaniensis, yellow birch;

Betula neoalaskana
n1
Alaskan birch with white to pale brown bark;

- syn. Yukon white birch;

Betula nigra
n1
birch of swamps and river bottoms throughout the eastern United States having reddish-brown bark;

- syn. black birch, red birch, river birch;

Betula papyrifera
n1
small American birch with peeling white bark often worked into e.g. baskets or toy canoes;

- syn. American white birch, Betula cordifolia, canoe birch, paper birch, paperbark birch;

Betula pendula
n1
European birch with silvery white peeling bark and markedly drooping branches;

- syn. European white birch, common birch, silver birch;

Betula populifolia
n1
medium-sized birch of eastern North America having white or pale grey bark and valueless wood;

- occurs often as a second-growth forest tree;

- syn. American gray birch, American grey birch, gray birch, grey birch;

Betula pubescens
n1
European birch with dull white to pale brown bark and somewhat drooping hairy branches;

- syn. downy birch, white birch;

Betulaceae
n1
monoecious trees and shrubs (including the genera Betula and Alnus and Carpinus and Corylus and Ostrya and Ostryopsis);

- syn. birch family, family Betulaceae;

betulaceous
a1
of or pertaining to or characteristic of trees of the birch family;

between / b ɪ t w i n /
r1
in the interval;

- "dancing all the dances with little rest between";

- syn. betwixt;

r2
in between;

- "two houses with a tree between";

- syn. 'tween;

between decks
r1
in the space between decks, on a ship;

- syn. 'tween decks;

betweenbrain / b ɪ t w i n b ɹ eɪ n /
n1
the posterior division of the forebrain;

- connects the cerebral hemispheres with the mesencephalon;

- syn. diencephalon, interbrain, thalmencephalon;

betwixt / b ɪ t w ɪ k s t /
r1
in the interval;

- "dancing all the dances with little rest between";

- syn. between;

beurre noisette
n1
clarified butter browned slowly and seasoned with vinegar or lemon juice and capers;

- syn. brown butter;

bevatron
n1
a cyclotron that accelerates protons up to several billion electron volts;

bevel / b ɛ v ɫ /
n1
two surfaces meeting at an angle different from 90 degrees;

- syn. cant, chamfer;

n2
a hand tool consisting of two rules that are hinged together so you can draw or measure angles of any size;

- syn. bevel square;

v1
cut a bevel on;

- shape to a bevel;

- "bevel the surface";

- syn. chamfer;

bevel gear
n1
gears that mesh at an angle;

- syn. pinion and crown wheel, pinion and ring gear;

bevel square
n1
a hand tool consisting of two rules that are hinged together so you can draw or measure angles of any size;

- syn. bevel;

beverage / b ɛ v ə ɹ ɪ dʒ /
n1
any liquid suitable for drinking;

- "may I take your beverage order?";

- syn. drink, drinkable, potable;

Beveridge
n1
British economist (born in India) whose report on social insurance provided the basis for most of the social legislation on which the welfare state in the United Kingdom is based (1879-1963);

- syn. First Baron Beveridge, William Henry Beveridge;

Beverly Hills
n1
a city in southwestern California surrounded by Los Angeles;

- home of many Hollywood actors;

Beverly Sills
n1
United States operatic soprano (born in 1929);

- syn. Belle Miriam Silverman, Sills;

Bevin / b ɛ v ɪ n /
n1
British labor leader and statesman who played an important role in diplomacy after World War II (1884-1951);

- syn. Ernest Bevin;

bevy / b ɛ v i /
n1
a large gathering of people of a particular type;

- "he was surrounded by a bevy of beauties in bathing attire";

- "a bevy of young beach boys swarmed around him";

n2
a flock of birds (especially when gathered close together on the ground);

- "we were visited at breakfast by a bevy of excited ducks";

bewail / b ɪ w eɪ ɫ /
v1
regret strongly;

- "I deplore this hostile action";

- "we lamented the loss of benefits";

- syn. bemoan, deplore, lament;

beware / b ɪ w eə , b ɪ w eə ɹ /
v1
be on one's guard;

- be cautious or wary about;

- be alert to;

- "Beware of telephone salesmen";

- syn. mind;

bewhisker
v1
furnish with whiskers;

- "a whiskered jersey";

- syn. whisker;

bewhiskered
a1
having hair on the cheeks and chin;

- syn. barbate, bearded, whiskered, whiskery;

- sim. unshaven;

Bewick's swan
n1
Eurasian subspecies of tundra swan;

- smaller than the whooper;

- syn. Cygnus columbianus bewickii;

bewilder / b ɪ w ɪ ɫ d ə , b ɪ w ɪ ɫ d ə ɹ /
v1
be a mystery or bewildering to;

- "This beats me!";

- "Got me--I don't know the answer!";

- "a vexing problem";

- "This question really stuck me";

- syn. amaze, baffle, beat, dumbfound, flummox, get, gravel, mystify, nonplus, perplex, pose, puzzle, stick, stupefy, vex;

v2
cause to be confused emotionally;

- syn. bemuse, discombobulate, throw;

bewildered / b ɪ w ɪ ɫ d ə d /
a1
perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements;

- filled with bewilderment;

- "obviously bemused by his questions";

- "bewildered and confused";

- "a cloudy and confounded philosopher";

- "just a mixed-up kid";

- "she felt lost on the first day of school";

- syn. at sea, baffled, befuddled, bemused, confounded, confused, lost, mazed, mixed-up;

- sim. perplexed;

bewilderedly
r1
in a bewildered manner;

bewilderingly / b ɪ w ɪ ɫ d ə ɹ ɪ ŋ ɫ i /
r1
in a bewildering and confusing manner;

- "her situation was bewilderingly unclear";

- syn. confusingly;

bewilderment / b ɪ w ɪ ɫ d ə m ə n t /
n1
confusion resulting from failure to understand;

- syn. bafflement, befuddlement, bemusement, mystification, obfuscation, puzzlement;

bewitch / b ɪ w ɪ tʃ /
v1
attract;

- cause to be enamored;

- "She captured all the men's hearts";

- syn. becharm, beguile, captivate, capture, catch, charm, enamor, enamour, enchant, entrance, fascinate, trance;

v2
attract strongly, as if with a magnet;

- "She magnetized the audience with her tricks";

- syn. magnetise, magnetize, mesmerise, mesmerize, spellbind;

v3
cast a spell over someone or something;

- put a hex on someone or something;

- syn. enchant, glamour, hex, jinx, witch;

bewitched / b ɪ w ɪ tʃ t /
a1
captured, as if under a spell;

- syn. ensorcelled;

- sim. enchanted;

bewitchery / b ɪ w ɪ tʃ ə ɹ i /
n1
magnetic personal charm;

- syn. animal magnetism, beguilement;

bewitching / b ɪ w ɪ tʃ ɪ ŋ /
a1
capturing interest as if by a spell;

- "bewitching smile";

- "Roosevelt was a captivating speaker";

- "enchanting music";

- "an enthralling book";

- "antique papers of entrancing design";

- "a fascinating woman";

- syn. captivating, enchanting, enthralling, entrancing, fascinating;

- sim. attractive;

bewitchingly / b ɪ w ɪ tʃ ɪ ŋ ɫ i /
r1
in a bewitching manner;

- "she was bewitchingly beautiful";

- syn. captivatingly, enchantingly, enthrallingly;

bewitchment / b ɪ w ɪ tʃ m ə n t /
n1
a magical spell;

- syn. enchantment;

bewray
v1
reveal unintentionally;

- "Her smile betrayed her true feelings";

- syn. betray;

Bextra
n1
a Cox-2 inhibitor (trade name Bextra) that relieves pain and inflammation without harming the digestive tract;

- syn. valdecoxib;

bey / b eɪ /
n1
(formerly) a title of respect for a man in Turkey or Egypt;

- "he introduced me to Ahmet Bey";

n2
the governor of a district or province in the Ottoman Empire;

beyond / b ɪ j ɒ n d /
r1
farther along in space or time or degree;

- "through the valley and beyond";

- "to the eighth grade but not beyond";

- "will be influential in the 1990s and beyond";

r2
on the farther side from the observer;

- "a pond with a hayfield beyond";

r3
in addition;

- "agreed to provide essentials but nothing beyond";

beyond a doubt
r1
in a manner or to a degree that could not be doubted;

- "it was immediately and indubitably apparent that I had interrupted a scene of lovers";

- "his guilt was established beyond a shadow of a doubt";

- syn. beyond a shadow of a doubt, beyond doubt, indubitably;

beyond a shadow of a doubt
r1
in a manner or to a degree that could not be doubted;

- "it was immediately and indubitably apparent that I had interrupted a scene of lovers";

- "his guilt was established beyond a shadow of a doubt";

- syn. beyond a doubt, beyond doubt, indubitably;

beyond control
r1
out of control;

- "the riots got out of hand";

- syn. out of hand;

beyond doubt
a1
too obvious to be doubted;

- syn. indubitable;

- sim. unquestionable;

r1
in a manner or to a degree that could not be doubted;

- "it was immediately and indubitably apparent that I had interrupted a scene of lovers";

- "his guilt was established beyond a shadow of a doubt";

- syn. beyond a doubt, beyond a shadow of a doubt, indubitably;

beyond measure
r1
in excess or without limit;

- "amazed beyond measure";

bezant / b ɛ z ə n t /
n1
a gold coin of the Byzantine Empire;

- widely circulated in Europe in the Middle Ages;

- syn. bezzant, byzant, solidus;

bezel / b ɛ z ɫ /
n1
a sloping edge on a cutting tool;

bezique / b ə z i k /
n1
a card game played with a pack of forty-eight cards (two of each suit for high cards);

- play resembles whist;

- syn. penuchle, pinochle, pinocle;

bezoar goat
n1
wild goat of Iran and adjacent regions;

- syn. Capra aegagrus, pasang;

bezzant
n1
a gold coin of the Byzantine Empire;

- widely circulated in Europe in the Middle Ages;

- syn. bezant, byzant, solidus;

Bh
n1
a transuranic element;

- syn. atomic number 107, bohrium, element 107;

Bhadon
n1
the sixth month of the Hindu calendar;

- syn. Bhadrapada;

Bhadrapada
n1
the sixth month of the Hindu calendar;

- syn. Bhadon;

Bhaga
n1
Hindu god of wealth and love;

Bhagavad-Gita
n1
(Hinduism) the sacred `song of God' composed about 200 BC and incorporated into the Mahabharata (a Sanskrit epic);

- contains a discussion between Krishna and the Indian hero Arjuna on human nature and the purpose of life;

- syn. Bhagavadgita, Gita;

Bhagavadgita
n1
(Hinduism) the sacred `song of God' composed about 200 BC and incorporated into the Mahabharata (a Sanskrit epic);

- contains a discussion between Krishna and the Indian hero Arjuna on human nature and the purpose of life;

- syn. Bhagavad-Gita, Gita;

bhakti
n1
(Hinduism) loving devotion to a deity leading to salvation and nirvana;

- open to all persons independent of caste or sex;

bhang / b æ ŋ /
n1
a preparation of the leaves and flowers of the hemp plant;

- much used in India;

Bharat
n1
a republic in the Asian subcontinent in southern Asia;

- second most populous country in the world;

- achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1947;

- syn. India, Republic of India;

Bhumi Devi
n1
Hindu earth goddess;

- one of the two wives of Vishnu;

Bhutan / b u t ɑ n /
n1
a landlocked principality in the Himalayas to the northeast of India;

- syn. Kingdom of Bhutan;

Bhutanese
n1
a native or inhabitant of Bhutan;

- syn. Bhutani;

a1
of or pertaining to or characteristic of Bhutan or its people or culture or language;

- "Bhutanese Buddhists";

Bhutanese monetary unit
n1
monetary unit in Bhutan;

Bhutani / b u t ɑ n i /
n1
a native or inhabitant of Bhutan;

- syn. Bhutanese;

Bi
n1
a heavy brittle diamagnetic trivalent metallic element (resembles arsenic and antimony chemically);

- usually recovered as a by-product from ores of other metals;

- syn. atomic number 83, bismuth;

bi-fold door
n1
an interior door;

bialy
n1
flat crusty-bottomed onion roll;

- syn. bialystoker;

bialystoker
n1
flat crusty-bottomed onion roll;

- syn. bialy;

biannual
a1
occurring or payable twice each year;

- syn. biyearly, half-yearly, semiannual;

- sim. periodic;

biannually
r1
twice a year;

- "we hold our big sale biannually";

bias / b aɪ ə s /
n1
a partiality that prevents objective consideration of an issue or situation;

- syn. preconception, prejudice;

n2
a line or cut across a fabric that is not at right angles to a side of the fabric;

- syn. diagonal;

v1
influence in an unfair way;

- "you are biasing my choice by telling me yours";

v2
cause to be biased;

- syn. predetermine;

a1
slanting diagonally across the grain of a fabric;

- "a bias fold";

- sim. oblique;

biased / b aɪ ə s t /
a1
favoring one person or side over another;

- "a biased account of the trial";

- "a decision that was partial to the defendant";

- syn. colored, coloured, one-sided, slanted;

- sim. partial;

biaural
a1
relating to or having or hearing with two ears;

- "binaural hearing";

- syn. binaural;

- sim. stereophonic, two-eared;

biauricular
a1
relating to the two auditory openings;

- "the biauricular diameter of the skull";

biauriculate heart
n1
a heart (as of mammals and birds and reptiles) having two auricles;

biaxal / b aɪ æ k s ə ɫ /
a1
having two axes;

- "biaxial crystals";

- syn. biaxate, biaxial;

biaxate
a1
having two axes;

- "biaxial crystals";

- syn. biaxal, biaxial;

biaxial / b aɪ æ k s ɪə ɫ /
a1
having two axes;

- "biaxial crystals";

- syn. biaxal, biaxate;

bib / b ɪ b /
n1
top part of an apron;

- covering the chest;

n2
a napkin tied under the chin of a child while eating;

v1
drink moderately but regularly;

- "We tippled the cognac";

- syn. tipple;

bib-and-tucker
n1
an attractive outfit;

- "she wore her best bib-and-tucker";

Bibb lettuce
n1
lettuce with relatively crisp leaves;

bibbed / b ɪ b d /
a1
having a bib;

- "a bibbed apron";

Bible / b aɪ b ɫ /
n1
the sacred writings of the Christian religions;

- "he went to carry the Word to the heathen";

- syn. Book, Christian Bible, Good Book, Holy Scripture, Holy Writ, Scripture, Word, Word of God;

n2
a book regarded as authoritative in its field;

Bible-worship
n1
the worship of the Bible;

- syn. bibliolatry;

Bible Belt
n1
southern and midwestern United States where Protestant fundamentalism is dominant;

bible leaf
n1
tansy-scented Eurasian perennial herb with buttonlike yellow flowers;

- used as potherb or salad green and sometimes for potpourri or tea or flavoring;

- sometimes placed in genus Chrysanthemum;

- syn. Chrysanthemum balsamita, Tanacetum balsamita, alecost, balsam herb, costmary, mint geranium;

bibless / b ɪ b ɫ ɛ s /
a1
lacking a bib;

biblical / b ɪ b ɫ ɪ k ɫ /
a1
of or pertaining to or contained in or in accordance with the Bible;

- "biblical names";

- "biblical Hebrew";

- syn. scriptural;

a2
in keeping with the nature of the Bible or its times or people;

- "biblical styles in writing";

- "a beard of biblical proportions";

- "biblical costumes";

Biblical Aramaic
n1
the form of Aramaic that was spoken in Palestine in the time of the New Testament;

Biblical Latin
n1
the form of Latin written between the 3rd and 8th centuries;

- syn. Late Latin;

bibliographer / b ɪ b ɫ ɪ ɒ ɡ ɹ ə f ə , b ɪ b ɫ ɪ ɒ ɡ ɹ ə f ə ɹ /
n1
someone trained in compiling bibliographies;

bibliographic / b ɪ b ɫ ɪ ɒ ɡ ɹ ə f ɪ k /
a1
relating to or dealing with bibliography;

- syn. bibliographical;

bibliographical / b ɪ b ɫ ɪ ɒ ɡ ɹ ə f ɪ k ə ɫ /
a1
relating to or dealing with bibliography;

- syn. bibliographic;

bibliography / b ɪ b ɫ ɪ ɒ ɡ ɹ ə f i /
n1
a list of writings with time and place of publication (such as the writings of a single author or the works referred to in preparing a document etc.);

bibliolatrous / b ɪ b ɫ ɪ ɒ ɫ ə t ɹ ə s /
a1
given to Bible-worship;

bibliolatry / b ɪ b ɫ ɪ ɒ ɫ ə t ɹ i /
n1
the worship of the Bible;

- syn. Bible-worship;

bibliomania / b ɪ b ɫ i oʊ m eɪ n j ə /
n1
preoccupation with the acquisition and possession of books;

bibliomaniacal
a1
characteristic of or characterized by or noted for bibliomania;

bibliophile / b ɪ b ɫ ɪə f aɪ ɫ /
n1
someone who loves (and usually collects) books;

- syn. book lover, booklover;

bibliophilic
a1
of or relating to bibliophiles;

bibliopole
n1
a dealer in secondhand books (especially rare or curious books);

- syn. bibliopolist;

bibliopolic
a1
of or relating to bibliopoles;

bibliopolist
n1
a dealer in secondhand books (especially rare or curious books);

- syn. bibliopole;

bibliothec
n1
a professional person trained in library science and engaged in library services;

- syn. librarian;

bibliotheca
n1
a collection of books;

bibliothecal
a1
of or relating to a library or bibliotheca or a librarian;

- syn. bibliothecarial;

bibliothecarial
a1
of or relating to a library or bibliotheca or a librarian;

- syn. bibliothecal;

bibliotic
a1
of or relating to bibliotics;

bibliotics
n1
the scientific study of documents and handwriting etc. especially to determine authorship or authenticity;

bibliotist
n1
someone who engages in bibliotics;

Bibos
n1
wild ox;

- syn. genus Bibos;

Bibos frontalis
n1
ox of southeast Asia sometimes considered a domesticated breed of the gaur;

- syn. gayal, mithan;

Bibos gaurus
n1
wild ox of mountainous areas of eastern India;

- syn. gaur;

bibulous / b ɪ b j ʊ ɫ ə s /
a1
given to or marked by the consumption of alcohol;

- "a bibulous fellow";

- "a bibulous evening";

- "his boozy drinking companions";

- "thick boozy singing";

- "a drunken binge";

- "two drunken gentlemen holding each other up";

- "sottish behavior";

- syn. boozy, drunken, sottish;

- sim. intoxicated;

bicameral / b aɪ k æ m ə ɹ ə ɫ /
a1
composed of two legislative bodies;

a2
consisting of two chambers;

- "the bicameral heart of a fish";

- syn. two-chambered;

- sim. divided;

bicameral script
n1
a script having two distinct cases;

bicapsular
a1
divided into two capsules or having a two-part capsule;

bicarbonate / b aɪ k ɑ b ə n ə t /
n1
a salt of carbonic acid (containing the anion HCO3) in which one hydrogen atom has been replaced;

- an acid carbonate;

- syn. hydrogen carbonate;

bicarbonate of soda
n1
a white soluble compound (NaHCO3) used in effervescent drinks and in baking powders and as an antacid;

- syn. baking soda, saleratus, sodium bicarbonate, sodium hydrogen carbonate;

bicentenary / b aɪ s ɛ n t i n ə ɹ i /
n1
the 200th anniversary (or the celebration of it);

- syn. bicentennial;

a1
of or relating to or completing a period of 200 years;

- "bicentennial celebration";

- syn. bicentennial;

bicentennial / b aɪ s ɛ n t ɛ n ɪə ɫ /
n1
the 200th anniversary (or the celebration of it);

- syn. bicentenary;

a1
of or relating to or completing a period of 200 years;

- "bicentennial celebration";

- syn. bicentenary;

bicentric / b aɪ s ɛ n t ɹ ɪ k /
a1
having two centers;

- sim. central;

bicephalous
a1
having two heads;

- sim. headed;

biceps / b aɪ s ɛ p s /
n1
any skeletal muscle having two origins (but especially the muscle that flexes the forearm);

biceps brachii
n1
a muscle that flexes and supinates the forearm;

- syn. biceps humeri, musculus biceps brachii;

biceps humeri
n1
a muscle that flexes and supinates the forearm;

- syn. biceps brachii, musculus biceps brachii;

bichloride / b aɪ k ɫ ɔ ɹ aɪ d /
n1
a compound containing two chlorine atoms per molecule;

- syn. dichloride;

bichloride of mercury
n1
a white poisonous soluble crystalline sublimate of mercury;

- used as a pesticide or antiseptic or wood preservative;

- syn. corrosive sublimate, mercuric chloride, mercury chloride;

bichromate / b aɪ k ɹ oʊ m ɪ t /
n1
a salt of the hypothetical dichromic acid;

- syn. dichromate;

bichromated / b aɪ k ɹ oʊ m ɪ t ɪ d /
a1
treated or combined with bichromate;

bichrome / b aɪ k ɹ oʊ m /
a1
having two colors;

- "a bicolor flower";

- "a bicolored postage stamp";

- syn. bicolor, bicolored, bicolour, bicoloured, dichromatic;

- sim. colored;

bicipital
a1
having two heads or points of origin as a biceps;

bicker / b ɪ k ə , b ɪ k ə ɹ /
n1
a quarrel about petty points;

- syn. bickering, fuss, pettifoggery, spat, squabble, tiff;

v1
argue over petty things;

- "Let's not quibble over pennies";

- syn. brabble, niggle, pettifog, quibble, squabble;

bickering / b ɪ k ə ɹ ɪ ŋ /
n1
a quarrel about petty points;

- syn. bicker, fuss, pettifoggery, spat, squabble, tiff;

bicolor
a1
having two colors;

- "a bicolor flower";

- "a bicolored postage stamp";

- syn. bichrome, bicolored, bicolour, bicoloured, dichromatic;

- sim. colored;

bicolor lespediza
n1
Asian shrub having conspicuous racemose rose-purple flowers widely used as an ornamental and in erosion control and as a source of feed for wild birds;

- syn. Lespedeza bicolor, ezo-yama-hagi;

bicolored
a1
having two colors;

- "a bicolor flower";

- "a bicolored postage stamp";

- syn. bichrome, bicolor, bicolour, bicoloured, dichromatic;

- sim. colored;

bicolour
a1
having two colors;

- "a bicolor flower";

- "a bicolored postage stamp";

- syn. bichrome, bicolor, bicolored, bicoloured, dichromatic;

- sim. colored;

bicoloured
a1
having two colors;

- "a bicolor flower";

- "a bicolored postage stamp";

- syn. bichrome, bicolor, bicolored, bicolour, dichromatic;

- sim. colored;

biconcave
a1
concave on both sides;

- syn. concavo-concave;

- sim. concave;

biconvex
a1
convex on both sides;

- shaped like a lentil;

- syn. convexo-convex, lenticular, lentiform;

- sim. convex;

bicorn
n1
a cocked hat with the brim turned up to form two points;

- syn. bicorne;

a1
having two horns or horn-shaped parts;

- "a bicornuate uterus";

- syn. bicornate, bicorned, bicornuate, bicornuous;

- sim. horned;

bicornate
a1
having two horns or horn-shaped parts;

- "a bicornuate uterus";

- syn. bicorn, bicorned, bicornuate, bicornuous;

- sim. horned;

bicorne
n1
a cocked hat with the brim turned up to form two points;

- syn. bicorn;

bicorned
a1
having two horns or horn-shaped parts;

- "a bicornuate uterus";

- syn. bicorn, bicornate, bicornuate, bicornuous;

- sim. horned;

bicornuate
a1
having two horns or horn-shaped parts;

- "a bicornuate uterus";

- syn. bicorn, bicornate, bicorned, bicornuous;

- sim. horned;

bicornuous
a1
having two horns or horn-shaped parts;

- "a bicornuate uterus";

- syn. bicorn, bicornate, bicorned, bicornuate;

- sim. horned;

bicuspid / b aɪ k ʌ s p ɪ d /
n1
a tooth having two cusps or points;

- located between the incisors and the molars;

- syn. premolar;

a1
having two cusps or points (especially a molar tooth);

- "bicuspid teeth";

- "bicuspid leaves";

- syn. bicuspidate;

- sim. angular;

bicuspid valve
n1
valve with two cusps;

- situated between the left atrium and the left ventricle;

- syn. left atrioventricular valve, mitral valve;

bicuspidate / b aɪ k ʌ s p ɪ d eɪ t /
a1
having two cusps or points (especially a molar tooth);

- "bicuspid teeth";

- "bicuspid leaves";

- syn. bicuspid;

- sim. angular;

bicycle / b aɪ s ɪ k ɫ /
n1
a wheeled vehicle that has two wheels and is moved by foot pedals;

- syn. bike, cycle, wheel;

v1
ride a bicycle;

- syn. bike, cycle, pedal, wheel;

bicycle-built-for-two
n1
a bicycle with two sets of pedals and two seats;

- syn. tandem, tandem bicycle;

bicycle chain
n1
a chain that transmits the power from the pedals to the rear wheel of a bicycle;

bicycle clip
n1
a clip worn around a cyclist's ankles that keeps trousers from becoming caught in the bicycle chain;

- syn. trouser clip;

bicycle pump
n1
a small pump that fills bicycle tires with air;

bicycle race
n1
a race between people riding bicycles;

- syn. bike race;

bicycle rack
n1
a rack for parking bicycles;

bicycle seat
n1
a seat for the rider of a bicycle;

- syn. saddle;

bicycle traffic
n1
bicycles coming and going;

bicycle wheel
n1
the wheel of a bicycle;

bicycler / b aɪ s ɪ k ɫ ə , b aɪ s ɪ k ɫ ə ɹ /
n1
a person who rides a bicycle;

- syn. bicyclist, biker, cyclist, wheeler;

bicyclic / b aɪ s ɪ k ɫ ɪ k /
a1
having molecules consisting of two fused rings;

- sim. cyclic;

bicycling / b aɪ s ɪ k ɫ ɪ ŋ /
n1
riding a bicycle;

bicyclist / b aɪ s ɪ k ɫ ɪ s t /
n1
a person who rides a bicycle;

- syn. bicycler, biker, cyclist, wheeler;

bicylindrical
a1
having two cylindrical surfaces usually with parallel axes;

- "certain lenses are bicylindrical";

bid / b ɪ d /
n1
an authoritative direction or instruction to do something;

- syn. bidding, command, dictation;

n2
an attempt to get something;

- "they made a futile play for power";

- "he made a bid to gain attention";

- syn. play;

n3
a formal proposal to buy at a specified price;

- syn. tender;

n4
(bridge) the number of tricks a bridge player is willing to contract to make;

- syn. bidding;

v1
propose a payment;

- "The Swiss dealer offered $2 million for the painting";

- syn. offer, tender;

v2
invoke upon;

- "wish you a nice evening";

- "bid farewell";

- syn. wish;

v3
ask for or request earnestly;

- "The prophet bid all people to become good persons";

- syn. adjure, beseech, conjure, entreat, press;

v4
make a demand, as for a card or a suit or a show of hands;

- "He called his trump";

- syn. call;

v5
make a serious effort to attain something;

- "His campaign bid for the attention of the poor population";

v6
ask someone in a friendly way to do something;

- syn. invite;

bid price
n1
(stock market) the price at which a broker is willing to buy a certain security;

Bida
n1
the capital and chief port of Qatar;

- syn. Doha, El Beda, capital of Qatar;

biddable / b ɪ d ə b ɫ /
a1
willing to carry out the orders or wishes of another without protest;

- "too acquiescent to challenge authority";

- "a gentle, biddable soul";

- syn. acquiescent;

- sim. obedient;

bidder / b ɪ d ə , b ɪ d ə ɹ /
n1
someone who makes an offer;

n2
someone who makes a bid at cards;

bidding / b ɪ d ɪ ŋ /
n1
an authoritative direction or instruction to do something;

- syn. bid, command, dictation;

n2
a request to be present;

- "they came at his bidding";

- syn. summons;

n3
(bridge) the number of tricks a bridge player is willing to contract to make;

- syn. bid;

bidding contest
n1
a series of competing bids;

biddy / b ɪ d i /
n1
adult female chicken;

- syn. hen;

n2
young bird especially of domestic fowl;

- syn. chick;

bide / b aɪ d /
v1
dwell;

- "You can stay with me while you are in town";

- "stay a bit longer--the day is still young";

- syn. abide, stay;

Bidens
n1
bur marigolds;

- syn. genus Bidens;

Bidens bipinnata
n1
common bur marigold of the eastern United States;

- syn. Spanish needles;

Bidens connata
n1
bur marigold of eastern and northern United States and Canada common in wet pastures and meadows;

- syn. swampy beggar-ticks;

Bidens coronata
n1
North American bur marigold with large flowers;

- syn. Bidens trichosperma, tickseed sunflower;

Bidens trichosperma
n1
North American bur marigold with large flowers;

- syn. Bidens coronata, tickseed sunflower;

Bidens tripartita
n1
bur marigold of temperate Eurasia;

- syn. European beggar-ticks, trifid beggar-ticks, trifid bur marigold;

bidentate
a1
having toothlike projections that are themselves toothed;

- sim. rough;

bidet / b i d eɪ /
n1
a basin for washing genitals and anal area;

bidirectional
a1
reactive or functioning or allowing movement in two usually opposite directions;

- sim. biface, duplex, two-way;

Biedermeier
a1
of or relating to a style of furniture developed in Germany in the 19th century;

biennial / b aɪ ɛ n ɪə ɫ /
n1
(botany) a plant having a life cycle that normally takes two seasons from germination to death to complete;

- flowering biennials usually bloom and fruit in the second season;

a1
having a life cycle lasting two seasons;

- "a biennial life cycle";

- "parsnips and carrots are biennial plants often grown as annuals";

- syn. two-year;

a2
occurring every second year;

- "they met at biennial conventions";

- syn. biyearly;

- sim. periodic;

biennially / b aɪ ɛ n ɪə ɫ i /
r1
every two years;

- "this festival takes places biennially";

- syn. biyearly;

bier / b ɪə , b ɪə ɹ /
n1
a coffin along with its stand;

- "we followed the bier to the graveyard";

n2
a stand to support a corpse or a coffin prior to burial;

Bierce
n1
United States writer of caustic wit (1842-1914);

- syn. Ambrose Bierce, Ambrose Gwinett Bierce;

biface
a1
having two faces or fronts;

- "the Roman Janus is bifacial";

- syn. bifacial;

- sim. bidirectional;

bifacial
a1
having two faces or fronts;

- "the Roman Janus is bifacial";

- syn. biface;

- sim. bidirectional;

biff / b ɪ f /
n1
(boxing) a blow with the fist;

- "I gave him a clout on his nose";

- syn. clout, lick, poke, punch, slug;

v1
strike, usually with the fist;

- "The pedestrians pummeled the demonstrators";

- syn. pommel, pummel;

bifid
a1
divided into two lobes;

- "a bifid petal";

- sim. divided;

bifilar
a1
having or using two filaments;

- "a bifilar suspension of a waving part of an instrument";

biflagellate
a1
having two flagella;

- "a biflagellate zoospore";

bifocal / b aɪ f oʊ k ɫ /
a1
having two foci;

- "bifocal eyeglasses";

- sim. central;

bifocals / b aɪ f oʊ k ɫ z /
n1
(plural) eyeglasses having two focal lengths, one for near vision and the other for far vision;

bifoliate / b aɪ f oʊ ɫ ɪ ih t /
a1
having two leaves;

- sim. leafy;

biform
a1
having or combining two forms;

- "a biform crystal";

- "the biform body of a mermaid";

- sim. formed;

bifurcate / b aɪ f ə k eɪ t /
v1
split or divide into two;

v2
divide into two branches;

- "The road bifurcated";

a1
resembling a fork;

- divided or separated into two branches;

- "the biramous appendages of an arthropod";

- "long branched hairs on its legson which pollen collects";

- "a forked river";

- "a forked tail";

- "forked lightning";

- "horseradish grown in poor soil may develop prongy roots";

- syn. biramous, branched, forficate, fork-like, forked, pronged, prongy;

- sim. divided;

bifurcated / b aɪ f ə k eɪ t ɪ d /
a1
divided into or made up of two parts;

- "socially bifurcated populations";

- sim. divided;

bifurcation / b aɪ f ə k eɪ ʃ n /
n1
a bifurcating branch (one or both of them);

n2
the place where something divides into two branches;

n3
the act of splitting into two branches;

big / b ɪ ɡ /
a1
above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent;

- "a large city";

- "set out for the big city";

- "a large sum";

- "a big (or large) barn";

- "a large family";

- "big businesses";

- "a big expenditure";

- "a large number of newspapers";

- "a big group of scientists";

- "large areas of the world";

- syn. large;

- sim. ample, astronomic, bear-sized, bigger, biggish, blown-up, bouffant, broad, bulky, capacious, colossal, cosmic, deep, double, elephantine, enormous, epic, extensive, gigantic, grand, great, huge, hulking, humongous, king-size, large-mouthed, large-scale, large-scale, life-size, macro, macroscopic, man-sized, massive, massive, medium-large, monstrous, mountainous, outsize, overlarge, plumping, queen-size, rangy, super, titanic, volumed, voluminous, whacking, wide-ranging;

a2
significant;

- "graduation was a big day in his life";

- sim. important;

a3
very intense;

- "a bad headache";

- "in a big rage";

- "had a big (or bad) shock";

- "a bad earthquake";

- "a bad storm";

- syn. bad;

- sim. intense;

a4
loud and firm;

- "a big voice";

- "big bold piano sounds";

- sim. loud;

a5
conspicuous in position or importance;

- "a big figure in the movement";

- "big man on campus";

- "he's very large in financial circles";

- "a prominent citizen";

- syn. large, prominent;

- sim. conspicuous;

a6
prodigious;

- "big spender";

- "big eater";

- "heavy investor";

- syn. heavy;

- sim. intemperate;

a7
exhibiting self-importance;

- "big talk";

- syn. boastful, braggart, bragging, braggy, cock-a-hoop, crowing, self-aggrandising, self-aggrandizing;

- sim. proud;

a8
feeling self-importance;

- "too big for his britches";

- "had a swelled head";

- "he was swelled with pride";

- syn. swelled, vainglorious;

- sim. proud;

a9
(of animals) fully developed;

- "an adult animal";

- "a grown woman";

- syn. adult, full-grown, fully grown, grown, grownup;

- sim. mature;

a10
marked by intense physical force;

- "a big wind";

- sim. heavy;

a11
generous and understanding and tolerant;

- "a heart big enough to hold no grudges";

- "that's very big of you to be so forgiving";

- "a large and generous spirit";

- "a large heart";

- "magnanimous toward his enemies";

- syn. large, magnanimous;

- sim. generous;

a12
given or giving freely;

- "was a big tipper";

- "the bounteous goodness of God";

- "bountiful compliments";

- "a freehanded host";

- "a handsome allowance";

- "Saturday's child is loving and giving";

- "a liberal backer of the arts";

- "a munificent gift";

- "her fond and openhanded grandfather";

- syn. bighearted, bounteous, bountiful, freehanded, giving, handsome, liberal, openhanded;

- sim. generous;

a13
in an advanced stage of pregnancy;

- "was big with child";

- "was great with child";

- syn. enceinte, expectant, gravid, great, heavy, large, with child;

- sim. pregnant;

r1
extremely well;

- "his performance went over big";

r2
in a boastful manner;

- "he talked big all evening";

- syn. boastfully, large, vauntingly;

r3
on a grand scale;

- "think big";

r4
in a major way;

- "the play failed big at the box office";

big-bang theory
n1
(cosmology) the theory that the universe originated sometime between 10 billion and 20 billion years ago from the cataclysmic explosion of a small volume of matter at extremely high density and temperature;

- syn. big bang theory;

big-bellied
a1
having a prominent belly;

- syn. great bellied;

- sim. bellied;

big-boned / b ɪ ɡ b oʊ n d /
a1
having a bone structure that is massive in contrast with the surrounding flesh;

- sim. robust;

big-bud hickory
n1
smooth-barked North American hickory with 7 to 9 leaflets bearing a hard-shelled edible nut;

- syn. Carya tomentosa, black hickory, mockernut, mockernut hickory, white-heart hickory;

big-chested
a1
marked by a large or well-developed chest;

- "he was big-chested, big-shouldered and heavy-armed";

- syn. chesty;

- sim. robust;

big-cone douglas fir
n1
douglas fir of California having cones 4-8 inches long;

- syn. Pseudotsuga macrocarpa, big-cone spruce;

big-cone spruce
n1
douglas fir of California having cones 4-8 inches long;

- syn. Pseudotsuga macrocarpa, big-cone douglas fir;

big-eared bat
n1
large carnivorous Old World bat with very large ears;

- syn. Megaderma lyra;

big-eyed scad
n1
of Atlantic coastal waters;

- commonly used for bait;

- syn. Selar crumenophthalmus, bigeye scad, goggle-eye;

big-leaf maple
n1
maple of western North America having large 5-lobed leaves orange in autumn;

- syn. Acer macrophyllum, Oregon maple;

big-shouldered
a1
having broad shoulders;

- "big-shouldered and heavy-armed";

- syn. broad-shouldered, square-shouldered;

- sim. robust;

big-ticket
a1
very expensive;

- "big-ticket items like cars and furs";

- "a big-ticket government program";

- syn. high-ticket;

- sim. expensive;

big-toothed aspen
n1
aspen with a narrow crown;

- eastern North America;

- syn. Canadian aspen, Populus grandidentata, bigtooth aspen, bigtoothed aspen, large-toothed aspen, large tooth aspen;

big-tree plum
n1
small tree of southwestern United States having purplish-red fruit sometimes cultivated as an ornamental for its large leaves;

- syn. Prunus mexicana;

big band
n1
a large dance or jazz band usually featuring improvised solos by lead musicians;

big bang
n1
(cosmology) the cosmic explosion that is hypothesized to have marked the origin of the universe;

big bang theory
n1
(cosmology) the theory that the universe originated sometime between 10 billion and 20 billion years ago from the cataclysmic explosion of a small volume of matter at extremely high density and temperature;

- syn. big-bang theory;

big bedbug
n1
large bloodsucking bug;

- syn. cone-nosed bug, conenose, conenose bug, kissing bug;

Big Ben
n1
clock in the clock tower of the Houses of Parliament, London;

Big Bend
n1
a triangular area in southwestern Texas on the Mexican border;

- formed by a bend in the Rio Grande;

Big Bend National Park
n1
a large national park in Texas featuring mountains and desert and canyons and wildlife;

Big Bill Haywood
n1
United States labor leader and militant socialist who was one of the founders of the Industrial Workers of the World (1869-1928);

- syn. Haywood, William Dudley Haywood;

Big Bill Tilden
n1
United States tennis player who dominated men's tennis in the 1920s (1893-1953);

- syn. Tilden, William Tatem Tilden Jr.;

Big Blue
n1
a reliable and deadly 15,000-pound fragmentation bomb that explodes just above ground with a large radius;

- the largest conventional bomb in existence;

- used in Afghanistan;

- syn. BLU-82;

big board
n1
a stock exchange in New York;

- syn. N. Y. Stock Exchange, NYSE, New York Stock Exchange;

n2
the large display board at the New York Stock Exchange that reports on stocks traded on the exchange;

Big Brother
n1
a totalitarian leader and invader of privacy;

n2
an older brother;

big brown bat
n1
rather large North American brown bat;

- widely distributed;

- syn. Eptesicus fuscus;

big bucks
n1
a large sum of money (especially as pay or profit);

- "she made a bundle selling real estate";

- "they sank megabucks into their new house";

- syn. big money, bundle, megabucks, pile;

big business
n1
commercial enterprises organized and financed on a scale large enough to influence social and political policies;

- "big business is growing so powerful it is difficult to regulate it effectively";

big businessman
n1
a very wealthy or powerful businessman;

- "an oil baron";

- syn. baron, business leader, king, magnate, mogul, power, top executive, tycoon;

big cat
n1
any of several large cats typically able to roar and living in the wild;

- syn. cat;

big cheese
n1
an important influential person;

- "he thinks he's a big shot";

- "she's a big deal in local politics";

- "the Qaeda commander is a very big fish";

- syn. big deal, big enchilada, big fish, big gun, big shot, big wheel, head honcho;

big deal
n1
an important influential person;

- "he thinks he's a big shot";

- "she's a big deal in local politics";

- "the Qaeda commander is a very big fish";

- syn. big cheese, big enchilada, big fish, big gun, big shot, big wheel, head honcho;

n2
anything of great importance or consequence;

Big Dipper
n1
a group of seven bright stars in the constellation Ursa Major;

- syn. Charles's Wain, Dipper, Plough, Wagon, Wain;

n2
elevated railway in an amusement park (usually with sharp curves and steep inclines);

- syn. chute-the-chute, roller coaster;

big enchilada
n1
an important influential person;

- "he thinks he's a big shot";

- "she's a big deal in local politics";

- "the Qaeda commander is a very big fish";

- syn. big cheese, big deal, big fish, big gun, big shot, big wheel, head honcho;

big fish
n1
an important influential person;

- "he thinks he's a big shot";

- "she's a big deal in local politics";

- "the Qaeda commander is a very big fish";

- syn. big cheese, big deal, big enchilada, big gun, big shot, big wheel, head honcho;

big game
n1
large animals that are hunted for sport;

big gun
n1
an important influential person;

- "he thinks he's a big shot";

- "she's a big deal in local politics";

- "the Qaeda commander is a very big fish";

- syn. big cheese, big deal, big enchilada, big fish, big shot, big wheel, head honcho;

big H
n1
street names for heroin;

- syn. hell dust, nose drops, scag, skag, smack, thunder;

big hand
n1
points to the minutes;

- syn. minute hand;

big league
n1
the most important league in any sport (especially baseball);

- syn. major league, majors;

big leaguer
n1
a member of a major-league baseball team;

- syn. major leaguer;

big marigold
n1
a stout branching annual with large yellow to orange flower heads;

- Mexico and Central America;

- syn. African marigold, Aztec marigold, Tagetes erecta;

big money
n1
a large sum of money (especially as pay or profit);

- "she made a bundle selling real estate";

- "they sank megabucks into their new house";

- syn. big bucks, bundle, megabucks, pile;

big sagebrush
n1
aromatic shrub of arid regions of western North America having hoary leaves;

- syn. Artemisia tridentata, Seriphidium tridentatum, blue sage;

big science
n1
scientific research that requires massive capital investment but is expected to yield very significant results;

big shagbark
n1
hickory of the eastern United States resembling the shagbark but having a much larger nut;

- syn. Carya laciniosa, big shellbark, big shellbark hickory, king nut, king nut hickory;

big shellbark
n1
hickory of the eastern United States resembling the shagbark but having a much larger nut;

- syn. Carya laciniosa, big shagbark, big shellbark hickory, king nut, king nut hickory;

big shellbark hickory
n1
hickory of the eastern United States resembling the shagbark but having a much larger nut;

- syn. Carya laciniosa, big shagbark, big shellbark, king nut, king nut hickory;

big shot
n1
an important influential person;

- "he thinks he's a big shot";

- "she's a big deal in local politics";

- "the Qaeda commander is a very big fish";

- syn. big cheese, big deal, big enchilada, big fish, big gun, big wheel, head honcho;

Big Sioux River
n1
a river that rises in northeastern South Dakota and flows southward to join the Missouri River at Sioux City, Iowa;

big sister
n1
an older sister;

big spender
n1
one who spends lavishly and ostentatiously on entertainment;

- "the last of the big spenders";

- syn. high roller;

big stick
n1
a display of force or power;

- "speak softly but carry a big stick";

Big Sur
n1
a picturesque coastal region of California to the south of San Francisco;

big time
n1
the highest level of an occupation (especially in entertainment);

big toe
n1
the first largest innermost toe;

- syn. great toe, hallux;

big top
n1
a canvas tent to house the audience at a circus performance;

- "he was afraid of a fire in the circus tent";

- "they had the big top up in less than an hour";

- syn. circus tent, round top, top;

big tree
n1
extremely lofty evergreen of southern end of western foothills of Sierra Nevada in California;

- largest living organism;

- syn. Sequoia Wellingtonia, Sequoia gigantea, Sequoiadendron giganteum, Sierra redwood, giant sequoia;

big wheel
n1
an important influential person;

- "he thinks he's a big shot";

- "she's a big deal in local politics";

- "the Qaeda commander is a very big fish";

- syn. big cheese, big deal, big enchilada, big fish, big gun, big shot, head honcho;

bigamist / b ɪ ɡ ə m ɪ s t /
n1
someone who marries one person while already legally married to another;

bigamous / b ɪ ɡ ə m ə s /
a1
of illegal marriage to a second person while legally married to a first;

- sim. polygamous;

bigamy / b ɪ ɡ ə m i /
n1
the state of having two spouses at the same time;

n2
the offense of marrying someone while you have a living spouse from whom no valid divorce has occurred;

bigarade
n1
any of various common orange trees yielding sour or bitter fruit;

- used as grafting stock;

- syn. Citrus aurantium, Seville orange, bitter orange, bitter orange tree, marmalade orange, sour orange;

bigeminal
a1
occurring in pairs;

- "a bigeminal pulse";

- sim. multiple;

bigeneric
a1
resulting from a cross between species of different genera;

- sim. crossbred;

bigeye / b ɪ ɡ aɪ /
n1
red fishes of American coastal tropical waters having very large eyes and rough scales;

bigeye scad
n1
of Atlantic coastal waters;

- commonly used for bait;

- syn. Selar crumenophthalmus, big-eyed scad, goggle-eye;

Bigfoot / b ɪ ɡ f ʊ t /
n1
large hairy humanoid creature said to live in wilderness areas of the United States and Canada;

- syn. Sasquatch;

bigger / b ɪ ɡ ə , b ɪ ɡ ə ɹ /
a1
large or big relative to something else;

- syn. larger;

- sim. large;

biggin / b ɪ ɡ ɪ n /
n1
a child's tight-fitting cap;

- often ties under the chin;

biggish / b ɪ ɡ ɪ ʃ /
a1
somewhat large;

- syn. largish;

- sim. large;

bighead / b ɪ ɡ h ɛ d /
n1
any of various diseases of animals characterized by edema of the head and neck;

bigheaded / b ɪ ɡ h ɛ d ɪ d /
a1
(used colloquially) overly conceited or arrogant;

- "a snotty little scion of a degenerate family"-Laurent Le Sage;

- "they're snobs--stuck-up and uppity and persnickety";

- syn. persnickety, snooty, snot-nosed, snotty, stuck-up, too big for one's breeches, uppish;

- sim. proud;

bighearted / b ɪ ɡ h ɑ t ɪ d /
a1
given or giving freely;

- "was a big tipper";

- "the bounteous goodness of God";

- "bountiful compliments";

- "a freehanded host";

- "a handsome allowance";

- "Saturday's child is loving and giving";

- "a liberal backer of the arts";

- "a munificent gift";

- "her fond and openhanded grandfather";

- syn. big, bounteous, bountiful, freehanded, giving, handsome, liberal, openhanded;

- sim. generous;

bigheartedness
n1
the quality of being kind and generous;

Bighorn / b ɪ ɡ h ɔ n /
n1
a river that flows from central Wyoming to the Yellowstone River in southern Montana;

- syn. Bighorn River;

n2
wild sheep of mountainous regions of western North America having massive curled horns;

- syn. Ovis canadensis, Rocky Mountain bighorn, Rocky Mountain sheep, bighorn sheep, cimarron;

Bighorn River
n1
a river that flows from central Wyoming to the Yellowstone River in southern Montana;

- syn. Bighorn;

bighorn sheep
n1
wild sheep of mountainous regions of western North America having massive curled horns;

- syn. Ovis canadensis, Rocky Mountain bighorn, Rocky Mountain sheep, bighorn, cimarron;

bight / b aɪ t /
n1
a loop in a rope;

n2
a bend or curve (especially in a coastline);

n3
a broad bay formed by an indentation in the shoreline;

- "the Bight of Benin";

- "the Great Australian Bight";

n4
the middle part of a slack rope (as distinguished from its ends);

v1
fasten with a bight;

Bight of Benin
n1
a broad indentation of the Gulf of Guinea in western Africa;

bigmouthed / b ɪ ɡ m aʊ ð d /
a1
unwisely talking too much;

- syn. blabbermouthed, blabby, talkative;

- sim. indiscreet;

bigness / b ɪ ɡ n ɛ s /
n1
the property of having a relatively great size;

- syn. largeness;

Bignonia
n1
one species: cross vine;

- syn. genus Bignonia;

Bignonia capreolata
n1
woody flowering vine of southern United States;

- stems show a cross in transverse section;

- syn. cross vine, quarter-vine, quartervine, trumpet flower;

Bignoniaceae
n1
trees or shrubs or woody vines or herbs having fruit resembling gourds or capsules;

- sometimes placed in the order Scrophulariales;

- syn. family Bignoniaceae;

bignoniaceous
a1
of or pertaining to or characteristic of plants of the family Bignoniaceae;

bignoniad
n1
any woody plant of the family Bignoniaceae;

bigos
n1
a Polish stew of cabbage and meat;

bigot / b ɪ ɡ ə t /
n1
a prejudiced person who is intolerant of any opinions differing from his own;

bigoted / b ɪ ɡ ə t ɪ d /
a1
blindly and obstinately attached to some creed or opinion and intolerant toward others;

- "a bigoted person";

- "an outrageously bigoted point of view";

- sim. intolerant;

bigotry / b ɪ ɡ ə t ɹ i /
n1
the intolerance and prejudice of a bigot;

- syn. dogmatism;

bigram / b ɪ ɡ ɹ æ m /
n1
a word that is written with two letters in an alphabetic writing system;

bigtooth aspen
n1
aspen with a narrow crown;

- eastern North America;

- syn. Canadian aspen, Populus grandidentata, big-toothed aspen, bigtoothed aspen, large-toothed aspen, large tooth aspen;

bigtoothed aspen
n1
aspen with a narrow crown;

- eastern North America;

- syn. Canadian aspen, Populus grandidentata, big-toothed aspen, bigtooth aspen, large-toothed aspen, large tooth aspen;

bigwig / b ɪ ɡ w ɪ ɡ /
n1
the most important person in a group or undertaking;

- syn. kingpin, top banana;

Bihar
n1
a state of northeastern India;

Bihari
n1
the Indic language spoken in Bihar (and by some people in Pakistan and Bangladesh);

bijou / b i ʒ u /
n1
a small and delicately worked piece;

bijugate leaf
n1
a pinnate leaf having two pairs of leaflets;

- syn. bijugous leaf, twice-pinnate;

bijugous leaf
n1
a pinnate leaf having two pairs of leaflets;

- syn. bijugate leaf, twice-pinnate;

bike / b aɪ k /
n1
a motor vehicle with two wheels and a strong frame;

- syn. motorcycle;

n2
a wheeled vehicle that has two wheels and is moved by foot pedals;

- syn. bicycle, cycle, wheel;

v1
ride a bicycle;

- syn. bicycle, cycle, pedal, wheel;

bike race
n1
a race between people riding bicycles;

- syn. bicycle race;

biker / b aɪ k ə , b aɪ k ə ɹ /
n1
a person who rides a bicycle;

- syn. bicycler, bicyclist, cyclist, wheeler;

bikers / b aɪ k ə ɹ z , b aɪ k ə z /
n1
originally a British youth subculture that evolved out of the teddy boys in the 1960s;

- wore black leather jackets and jeans and boots;

- had greased hair and rode motorcycles and listened to rock'n'roll;

- were largely unskilled manual laborers;

- syn. rockers;

Bikini / b ɪ k i n i /
n1
an atoll in the Marshall Islands;

- formerly used by the United States as a site for testing nuclear weapons;

n2
a woman's very brief bathing suit;

- syn. two-piece;

bikini pants
n1
(used in the plural) small and tight-fitting underpants;

- worn by women;

bilabial / b aɪ ɫ eɪ b ɪə ɫ /
n1
a consonant that is articulated using both lips;

- /p/ or /b/ or /w/;

a1
of or relating to or being a speech sound that is articulated using both lips;

- "bilabial fricatives";

bilabiate
a1
having two lips;

- "the corolla of a snapdragon is bilabiate";

- syn. two-lipped;

- sim. lipped;

bilateral / b aɪ ɫ æ t ə ɹ ə ɫ /
a1
having identical parts on each side of an axis;

- syn. bilaterally symmetric, bilaterally symmetrical, isobilateral;

- sim. symmetrical;

a2
affecting or undertaken by two parties;

- "a bilateral agreement between the United States and Japan";

- sim. reciprocal;

a3
having two sides or parts;

- syn. two-sided;

- sim. multilateral;

bilateral contract
n1
a contract involving mutual promises (each party is both promisor and promisee);

bilateral descent
n1
line of descent traced through both the maternal and paternal sides of the family;

bilateral symmetry
n1
the property of being symmetrical about a vertical plane;

- syn. bilateralism, bilaterality;

bilateralism / b aɪ ɫ æ t ɹ ə ɫ ɪ z ə m /
n1
the property of being symmetrical about a vertical plane;

- syn. bilateral symmetry, bilaterality;

bilaterality / b aɪ ɫ æ t ə ɹ æ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
the property of being symmetrical about a vertical plane;

- syn. bilateral symmetry, bilateralism;

bilaterally / b aɪ ɫ æ t ə ɹ ə ɫ i /
r1
with the involvement of two parties or governments;

- "they worked out an agreement bilaterally";

r2
so as to involve two sides or parts;

bilaterally symmetric
a1
having identical parts on each side of an axis;

- syn. bilateral, bilaterally symmetrical, isobilateral;

- sim. symmetrical;

bilaterally symmetrical
a1
capable of division into symmetrical halves by only one longitudinal plane passing through the axis;

- syn. zygomorphic, zygomorphous;

a2
having identical parts on each side of an axis;

- syn. bilateral, bilaterally symmetric, isobilateral;

- sim. symmetrical;

bilberry / b ɪ ɫ b ə ɹ i /
n1
erect European blueberry having solitary flowers and blue-black berries;

- syn. Viccinium myrtillus, blaeberry, whinberry, whortleberry;

n2
erect blueberry of western United States having solitary flowers and somewhat sour berries;

- syn. Viccinium membranaceum, mountain blue berry, thin-leaved bilberry;

n3
blue-black berries similar to American blueberries;

- syn. European blueberry, whortleberry;

bilby / b ɪ ɫ b i /
n1
bandicoot with leathery ears like a rabbit;

- syn. Macrotis lagotis, rabbit-eared bandicoot, rabbit bandicoot;

bile / b aɪ ɫ /
n1
a digestive juice secreted by the liver and stored in the gallbladder;

- aids in the digestion of fats;

- syn. gall;

bile acid
n1
any of the steroid acids generated in the liver and stored with bile;

bile duct
n1
a duct formed by the hepatic and cystic ducts;

- opens into the duodenum;

- syn. common bile duct;

bile salt
n1
a salt of bile acid and a base;

- functions as an emulsifier of lipids and fatty acids;

bilestone
n1
a calculus formed in the gall bladder or its ducts;

- syn. gallstone;

bilge / b ɪ ɫ dʒ /
n1
water accumulated in the bilge of a ship;

- syn. bilge water;

n2
where the sides of the vessel curve in to form the bottom;

v1
cause to leak;

- "the collision bilged the vessel";

v2
take in water at the bilge;

- "the tanker bilged";

- syn. take in water;

bilge keel
n1
either of two lengthwise fins attached along the outside of a ship's bilge;

- reduces rolling;

bilge pump
n1
a pump to remove bilgewater;

bilge water
n1
water accumulated in the bilge of a ship;

- syn. bilge;

bilge well
n1
(nautical) a well where seepage drains to be pumped away;

bilges / b ɪ ɫ dʒ ɪ z /
n1
in a vessel with two hulls, an enclosed area between the frames at each side;

bilgewater
n1
pretentious or silly talk or writing;

- syn. baloney, boloney, bosh, drool, humbug, taradiddle, tarradiddle, tommyrot, tosh, twaddle;

bilgy / b ɪ ɫ dʒ i /
a1
smelling like bilge water;

- sim. malodorous;

bilharzia / b ɪ ɫ h ɑ z ɪə /
n1
an infestation with or a resulting infection caused by a parasite of the genus Schistosoma;

- common in the tropics and Far East;

- symptoms depend on the part of the body infected;

- syn. bilharziasis, schistosomiasis;

bilharziasis
n1
an infestation with or a resulting infection caused by a parasite of the genus Schistosoma;

- common in the tropics and Far East;

- symptoms depend on the part of the body infected;

- syn. bilharzia, schistosomiasis;

biliary / b ɪ ɫ j ə ɹ i /
a1
relating to or containing bile;

- syn. bilious;

a2
relating to the bile ducts or the gallbladder;

biliary ductule
n1
excretory ducts of the liver;

- empty into the hepatic ducts;

bilimbi
n1
East Indian evergreen tree bearing very acid fruit;

- syn. Averrhoa bilimbi;

bilinear
a1
linear with respect to each of two variables or positions;

- sim. linear;

bilingual / b aɪ ɫ ɪ ŋ ɡ w ə ɫ /
n1
a person who speaks two languages fluently;

- syn. bilingualist;

a1
using or knowing two languages;

- "bilingual education";

- sim. multilingual;

bilingual dictionary
n1
a dictionary giving equivalent words in two languages;

bilingualism / b aɪ ɫ ɪ ŋ ɡ w ə ɫ ɪ z ə m /
n1
the ability to speak two languages colloquially;

bilingualist
n1
a person who speaks two languages fluently;

- syn. bilingual;

bilingually
r1
in a bilingual manner;

- "she grew up bilingually";

bilious / b ɪ ɫ ɪə s /
a1
relating to or containing bile;

- syn. biliary;

a2
suffering from or suggesting a liver disorder or gastric distress;

- syn. liverish, livery;

- sim. ill;

a3
irritable as if suffering from indigestion;

- syn. atrabilious, dyspeptic, liverish;

- sim. ill-natured;

biliousness / b ɪ ɫ ɪə s n ə s /
n1
gastric distress caused by a disorder of the liver or gall bladder;

n2
a disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger;

- "his temper was well known to all his employees";

- syn. irritability, peevishness, pettishness, snappishness, surliness, temper;

bilirubin
n1
an orange-yellow pigment in the bile that forms as a product of hemoglobin;

- excess amounts in the blood produce the yellow appearance observed in jaundice;

- syn. haematoidin, hematoidin;

bilk / b ɪ ɫ k /
v1
cheat somebody out of what is due, especially money;

v2
hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of;

- "What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge";

- "foil your opponent";

- syn. baffle, cross, foil, frustrate, queer, scotch, spoil, thwart;

v3
evade payment to;

- "He bilked his creditors";

v4
escape, either physically or mentally;

- "The thief eluded the police";

- "This difficult idea seems to evade her";

- "The event evades explanation";

- syn. elude, evade;

bill / b ɪ ɫ /
n1
a statute in draft before it becomes law;

- "they held a public hearing on the bill";

- syn. measure;

n2
an itemized statement of money owed for goods shipped or services rendered;

- "he paid his bill and left";

- "send me an account of what I owe";

- syn. account, invoice;

n3
a piece of paper money (especially one issued by a central bank);

- "he peeled off five one-thousand-zloty notes";

- syn. Federal Reserve note, bank bill, bank note, banker's bill, banknote, government note, greenback, note;

n4
the entertainment offered at a public presentation;

n5
an advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet) intended for wide distribution;

- "he mailed the circular to all subscribers";

- syn. broadsheet, broadside, circular, flier, flyer, handbill, throwaway;

n6
a sign posted in a public place as an advertisement;

- "a poster advertised the coming attractions";

- syn. card, notice, placard, poster, posting;

n7
a list of particulars (as a playbill or bill of fare);

n8
a cutting tool with a sharp edge;

- "he used a bill to prune branches off of the tree";

- syn. billhook;

n9
a brim that projects to the front to shade the eyes;

- "he pulled down the bill of his cap and trudged ahead";

- syn. eyeshade, peak, visor, vizor;

n10
horny projecting mouth of a bird;

- syn. beak, neb, nib, pecker;

v1
demand payment;

- "Will I get charged for this service?";

- "We were billed for 4 nights in the hotel, although we stayed only 3 nights";

- syn. charge;

v2
advertise especially by posters or placards;

- "He was billed as the greatest tenor since Caruso";

v3
publicize or announce by placards;

- syn. placard;

bill-me order
n1
an order that is received without payment;

- requires billing at a later date;

- syn. credit order;

Bill Clinton
n1
42nd President of the United States (1946-);

- syn. Clinton, President Clinton, William Jefferson Clinton;

Bill Gates
n1
United States computer entrepreneur whose software company made him the youngest multi-billionaire in the history of the United States (born in 1955);

- syn. Gates, William Henry Gates;

Bill Haley
n1
United States rock singer who was one of the first to popularize rock'n'roll music (1925-1981);

- syn. Haley, William John Clifton Haley Jr.;

Bill Mauldin
n1
United States cartoonist noted for his drawings of soldiers in battle (1921-2003);

- syn. Mauldin, William Henry Mauldin;

bill of attainder
n1
a legislative act finding a person guilty of treason or felony without a trial;

- "bills of attainder are prohibited by the Constitution of the United States";

bill of entry
n1
a list of goods received at a customhouse for export or import;

bill of exchange
n1
a document ordering the payment of money;

- drawn by one person or bank on another;

- syn. draft, order of payment;

bill of fare
n1
a list of dishes available at a restaurant;

- "the menu was in French";

- syn. card, carte, carte du jour, menu;

bill of goods
n1
communication (written or spoken) that persuades someone to accept something untrue or undesirable;

- "they tried to sell me a bill of goods about a secondhand car";

n2
a consignment of merchandise;

bill of health
n1
a certificate saying that a departing ship's company is healthy (to be presented at the next port of arrival);

bill of indictment
n1
a formal document written for a prosecuting attorney charging a person with some offense;

- syn. indictment;

bill of lading
n1
a receipt given by the carrier to the shipper acknowledging receipt of the goods being shipped and specifying the terms of delivery;

- syn. waybill;

bill of Particulars
n1
the particular events to be dealt with in a criminal trial;

- advises the defendant and the court of the facts the defendant will be required to meet;

bill of review
n1
a proceeding brought to obtain an explanation or an alteration or a reversal of a decree by the court that rendered it;

Bill of Rights
n1
a statement of fundamental rights and privileges (especially the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution);

bill of sale
n1
a deed transferring personal property;

bill poster
n1
someone who pastes up bills or placards on walls or billboards;

- syn. bill sticker, poster;

Bill Russell
n1
United States basketball center (born in 1934);

- syn. Russell, William Felton Russell;

bill sticker
n1
someone who pastes up bills or placards on walls or billboards;

- syn. bill poster, poster;

billabong
n1
a stagnant pool of water in the bed of a stream that flows intermittently;

n2
a branch of a river made by water flowing from the main stream only when the water level is high;

billboard / b ɪ ɫ b ɔ d /
n1
large outdoor signboard;

- syn. hoarding;

billed / b ɪ ɫ d /
a1
having a beak or bill as specified;

- "a thick-billed bird";

- "a long-billed cap";

- sim. beaked;

billet / b ɪ ɫ ɪ t /
n1
a short personal letter;

- "drop me a line when you get there";

- syn. line, note, short letter;

n2
lodging for military personnel (especially in a private home);

n3
a job in an organization;

- "he occupied a post in the treasury";

- syn. berth, office, place, position, post, situation, spot;

v1
provide housing for (military personnel);

- syn. canton, quarter;

billet doux
n1
a personal letter to a loved one expressing affection;

- syn. love letter;

billfish
n1
primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth;

- syn. Lepisosteus osseus, gar, garfish, garpike;

n2
giant warm-water game fish having a prolonged and rounded toothless upper jaw;

n3
slender long-beaked fish of temperate Atlantic waters;

- syn. Scomberesox saurus, saury;

n4
elongate European surface-dwelling predacious fishes with long toothed jaws;

- abundant in coastal waters;

- syn. gar, needlefish;

billfold / b ɪ ɫ f oʊ ɫ d /
n1
a pocket-size case for holding papers and paper money;

- syn. notecase, pocketbook, wallet;

billhook / b ɪ ɫ h ʊ k /
n1
a cutting tool with a sharp edge;

- "he used a bill to prune branches off of the tree";

- syn. bill;

billiard / b ɪ ɫ j ə d /
a1
of or relating to billiards;

- "a billiard ball";

- "a billiard cue";

- "a billiard table";

billiard ball
n1
ball used in playing billiards;

billiard hall
n1
a room in which billiards is played;

- syn. billiard parlor, billiard parlour, billiard room, billiard saloon;

billiard marker
n1
a device for keeping the score in a game of billiards;

billiard parlor
n1
a room in which billiards is played;

- syn. billiard hall, billiard parlour, billiard room, billiard saloon;

billiard parlour
n1
a room in which billiards is played;

- syn. billiard hall, billiard parlor, billiard room, billiard saloon;

billiard player
n1
someone who plays billiards;

billiard room
n1
a room in which billiards is played;

- syn. billiard hall, billiard parlor, billiard parlour, billiard saloon;

billiard saloon
n1
a room in which billiards is played;

- syn. billiard hall, billiard parlor, billiard parlour, billiard room;

billiard table
n1
game equipment consisting of a heavy table on which pool is played;

- syn. pool table, snooker table;

billiards / b ɪ ɫ ɪə d z /
n1
any of several games played on rectangular cloth-covered table (with cushioned edges) in which long tapering cue sticks are used to propel ivory (or composition) balls;

Billie Jean King
n1
United States woman tennis player (born in 1943);

- syn. Billie Jean Moffitt King, King;

Billie Jean Moffitt King
n1
United States woman tennis player (born in 1943);

- syn. Billie Jean King, King;

Billie the Kid
n1
United States outlaw who was said to have killed 21 men (1859-1881);

- syn. Bonney, William H. Bonney;

billing / b ɪ ɫ ɪ ŋ /
n1
request for payment of a debt;

- "they submitted their charges at the end of each month";

- syn. charge;

Billings / b ɪ ɫ ɪ ŋ z /
n1
the largest city in Montana;

- located in southern Montana on the Yellowstone river;

billingsgate / b ɪ ɫ ɪ ŋ z ɡ eɪ t /
n1
foul-mouthed or obscene abuse;

- syn. scurrility;

billion / b ɪ ɫ ɪə n /
n1
the number that is represented as a one followed by 12 zeros;

- in the United Kingdom the usage followed in the United States is frequently seen;

- syn. 1000000000000, one million million;

n2
a very large indefinite number (usually hyperbole);

- "there were millions of flies";

- syn. bazillion, gazillion, jillion, million, trillion, zillion;

n3
the number that is represented as a one followed by 9 zeros;

- syn. 1000000000, one thousand million;

a1
denoting a quantity consisting of one thousand million items or units in the United States;

- sim. cardinal;

a2
denoting a quantity consisting of one million million items or units in Great Britain;

- sim. cardinal;

billion-dollar grass
n1
coarse annual grass cultivated in Japan and southeastern Asia for its edible seeds and for forage;

- important wildlife food in United States;

- syn. Echinochloa frumentacea, Japanese barnyard millet, Japanese millet, sanwa millet;

billionaire / b ɪ ɫ ɪə n eə ɹ /
n1
a very rich person whose material wealth is valued at more than a billion dollars;

billionth / b ɪ ɫ ɪə n θ /
n1
position 1,000,000,000 in a countable series of things;

n2
one part in a billion equal parts;

- syn. one-billionth;

a1
the ordinal number of one billion in counting order;

- sim. ordinal;

billow / b ɪ ɫ oʊ /
n1
a large sea wave;

- syn. surge;

v1
rise up as if in waves;

- "smoke billowed up into the sky";

- syn. wallow;

v2
move with great difficulty;

- "The soldiers billowed across the muddy riverbed";

v3
rise and move, as in waves or billows;

- "The army surged forward";

- syn. heave, surge;

v4
become inflated;

- "The sails ballooned";

- syn. balloon, inflate;

billowing / b ɪ ɫ oʊ ɪ ŋ /
a1
characterized by great swelling waves or surges;

- "billowy storm clouds";

- "the restless billowing sea";

- "surging waves";

- syn. billowy, surging;

- sim. stormy;

billowy / b ɪ ɫ oʊ i /
a1
characterized by great swelling waves or surges;

- "billowy storm clouds";

- "the restless billowing sea";

- "surging waves";

- syn. billowing, surging;

- sim. stormy;

billy / b ɪ ɫ i /
n1
a short stout club used primarily by policemen;

- syn. baton, billy club, billystick, nightstick, truncheon;

n2
male goat;

- syn. billy goat, he-goat;

billy-ho / b ɪ ɫ ɪ h oʊ /
n1
an unimaginably large amount;

- "British say `it rained like billyo' where Americans say `it rained like all get out'";

- syn. all get out, billyo, billyoh;

billy buttons
n1
any of various plants of the genus Craspedia grown for their downy foliage and globose heads of golden flowers;

- Australia and New Zealand;

billy club
n1
a short stout club used primarily by policemen;

- syn. baton, billy, billystick, nightstick, truncheon;

billy goat
n1
male goat;

- syn. billy, he-goat;

Billy Graham
n1
United States evangelical preacher famous as a mass evangelist (born in 1918);

- syn. Graham, William Franklin Graham;

Billy Mitchell
n1
United States aviator and general who was an early advocate of military air power (1879-1936);

- syn. Mitchell, William Mitchell;

Billy Sunday
n1
United States evangelist (1862-1935);

- syn. Sunday, William Ashley Sunday;

Billy Wilder
n1
United States filmmaker (born in Austria) whose dark humor infused many of the films he made (1906-2002);

- syn. Samuel Wilder, Wilder;

billyo
n1
an unimaginably large amount;

- "British say `it rained like billyo' where Americans say `it rained like all get out'";

- syn. all get out, billy-ho, billyoh;

billyoh
n1
an unimaginably large amount;

- "British say `it rained like billyo' where Americans say `it rained like all get out'";

- syn. all get out, billy-ho, billyo;

billystick
n1
a short stout club used primarily by policemen;

- syn. baton, billy, billy club, nightstick, truncheon;

bilobate
a1
having two lobes;

- "a bilobate leaf";

- syn. bilobated, bilobed;

- sim. compound;

bilobated
a1
having two lobes;

- "a bilobate leaf";

- syn. bilobate, bilobed;

- sim. compound;

bilobed
a1
having two lobes;

- "a bilobate leaf";

- syn. bilobate, bilobated;

- sim. compound;

bilocation
n1
the ability (said of certain Roman Catholic saints) to exist simultaneously in two locations;

bilocular
a1
divided into or containing two cells or chambers;

- "having a bilocular capsule";

- syn. biloculate;

- sim. divided;

bilocular capsule
n1
a capsule divided into two cells or compartments;

biloculate
a1
divided into or containing two cells or chambers;

- "having a bilocular capsule";

- syn. bilocular;

- sim. divided;

Biloxi
n1
a member of the Siouan people of southeastern Mississippi;

n2
an old town in southern Mississippi on the Gulf of Mexico;

n3
the Siouan language spoken by the Biloxi;

bilsted
n1
a North American tree of the genus Liquidambar having prickly spherical fruit clusters and fragrant sap;

- syn. American sweet gum, Liquidambar styraciflua, red gum, sweet gum, sweet gum tree;

biltong / b ɪ ɫ t ɒ ŋ /
n1
meat that is salted and cut into strips and dried in the sun;

bimanual
a1
requiring two hands or designed for two people;

- "a two-handed sledgehammer";

- "a two-handed crosscut saw";

- "a machine designed for bimanual operation";

- syn. two-handed;

- sim. handed;

bimbo
n1
a young woman indulged by rich and powerful older men;

bimester
n1
a period of 2 months;

bimestrial / b aɪ m ɛ s t ɹ ɪə ɫ /
a1
occurring every two months;

- "bimonthly visits";

- syn. bimonthly;

- sim. periodic;

a2
two months long;

- lasting two months;

- sim. long;

bimetal
n1
material made by bonding together sheets of two different metals;

a1
formed of two different metals or alloys;

- especially in sheets bonded together;

- syn. bimetallic;

- sim. metallic;

bimetallic / b aɪ m ə t æ ɫ ɪ k /
a1
pertaining to a monetary system based on two metals;

- "in a bimetallistic system both gold and silver can constitute legal tender";

- syn. bimetallistic;

a2
formed of two different metals or alloys;

- especially in sheets bonded together;

- syn. bimetal;

- sim. metallic;

bimetallic strip
n1
a strip consisting of two metals that bends with a rise in temperature;

bimetallism / b aɪ m ɛ t ə ɫ ɪ z ə m /
n1
a monetary standard under which the basic unit of currency is defined by stated amounts of two metals (usually gold and silver) with values set at a predetermined ratio;

bimetallist / b aɪ m ɛ t ə ɫ ɪ s t /
n1
an advocate of bimetallism;

bimetallistic / b aɪ m ɛ t ə ɫ ɪ s t ɪ k /
a1
pertaining to a monetary system based on two metals;

- "in a bimetallistic system both gold and silver can constitute legal tender";

- syn. bimetallic;

bimillenary
n1
the 2000th anniversary (or the celebration of it);

- syn. bimillennium;

n2
a span of 2000 years;

- syn. bimillennium;

bimillenial
a1
of or relating to a bimillennium;

bimillennium
n1
the 2000th anniversary (or the celebration of it);

- syn. bimillenary;

n2
a span of 2000 years;

- syn. bimillenary;

bimli
n1
valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation;

- syn. Bombay hemp, Hibiscus cannabinus, Indian hemp, bimli hemp, deccan hemp, kanaf, kenaf;

bimli hemp
n1
valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation;

- syn. Bombay hemp, Hibiscus cannabinus, Indian hemp, bimli, deccan hemp, kanaf, kenaf;

bimodal
a1
of a distribution;

- having or occurring with two modes;

bimolecular
a1
relating to or affecting two molecules;

bimonthly
n1
a periodical that is published twice a month or every two months (either 24 or 6 issues per year);

a1
occurring twice a month;

- "a semimonthly publication";

- syn. semimonthly;

- sim. periodic;

a2
occurring every two months;

- "bimonthly visits";

- syn. bimestrial;

- sim. periodic;

r1
twice a month;

- "salaries are paid semimonthly";

- syn. semimonthly;

r2
every two months;

- "the bill was payable bimonthly";

bimorphemic
a1
consisting of two morphemes;

- "the bimorphemic word `rays'";

bimotored
a1
having two motors;

- sim. motorized;

bin / b ɪ n /
n1
a container;

- usually has a lid;

n2
the quantity contained in a bin;

- syn. binful;

n3
an identification number consisting of a two-part code assigned to banks and savings associations;

- the first part shows the location and the second identifies the bank itself;

- syn. ABA transit number, bank identification number;

v1
store in bins;

bin Laden
n1
Arab terrorist who established al-Qaeda (born in 1957);

- syn. Osama bin Laden, Usama bin Laden;

bin liner
n1
a plastic bag used to line a trash or garbage bin;

binary / b aɪ n ə ɹ i /
n1
a system of two stars that revolve around each other under their mutual gravitation;

- syn. binary star, double star;

n2
a pre-compiled, pre-linked program that is ready to run under a given operating system;

- a binary for one operating system will not run on a different operating system;

- "the same source code can be compiled to produce different binaries for different operating systems";

- syn. binary program;

a1
of or pertaining to a number system have 2 as its base;

- "a binary digit";

a2
consisting of two (units or components or elements or terms);

- "a binary star is a system in which two stars revolve around each other";

- "a binary compound";

- "the binary number system has two as its base";

- sim. multiple;

binary arithmetic operation
n1
an operation that follows the rules of Boolean algebra;

- each operand and the result take one of two values;

- syn. binary operation, boolean operation;

binary code
n1
code using a string of 8 binary digits to represent characters;

binary compound
n1
chemical compound composed of only two elements;

binary digit
n1
either 0 or 1 in binary notation;

binary file
n1
(computer science) a computer file containing machine-readable information that must be read by an application;

- characters use all 8 bits of each byte;

binary notation
n1
any notation that uses 2 characters (usually 0 and 1);

binary number system
n1
a positional system of numeration that uses binary digits and a radix of two;

- syn. binary numeration system, binary system, pure binary numeration system;

binary numeration system
n1
a positional system of numeration that uses binary digits and a radix of two;

- syn. binary number system, binary system, pure binary numeration system;

binary operation
n1
an operation that follows the rules of Boolean algebra;

- each operand and the result take one of two values;

- syn. binary arithmetic operation, boolean operation;

binary program
n1
a pre-compiled, pre-linked program that is ready to run under a given operating system;

- a binary for one operating system will not run on a different operating system;

- "the same source code can be compiled to produce different binaries for different operating systems";

- syn. binary;

binary star
n1
a system of two stars that revolve around each other under their mutual gravitation;

- syn. binary, double star;

binary system
n1
a positional system of numeration that uses binary digits and a radix of two;

- syn. binary number system, binary numeration system, pure binary numeration system;

binate
a1
growing in two parts or in pairs;

- "binate leaves";

- sim. compound;

binaural / b ɪ n ɔ ɹ ə ɫ /
a1
relating to or having or hearing with two ears;

- "binaural hearing";

- syn. biaural;

- sim. stereophonic, two-eared;

binaurally / b ɪ n ɔ ɹ ə ɫ i /
r1
in a binaural manner;

- "the stimulus was presented binaurally";

- syn. in both ears, to both ears;

bind / b aɪ n d /
n1
something that hinders as if with bonds;

v1
stick to firmly;

- "Will this wallpaper adhere to the wall?";

- syn. adhere, bond, hold fast, stick, stick to;

v2
create social or emotional ties;

- "The grandparents want to bond with the child";

- syn. attach, bond, tie;

v3
make fast;

- tie or secure, with or as if with a rope;

- "The Chinese would bind the feet of their women";

v4
wrap around with something so as to cover or enclose;

- syn. bandage;

v5
secure with or as if with ropes;

- "tie down the prisoners";

- "tie up the old newspapers and bring them to the recycling shed";

- syn. tie down, tie up, truss;

v6
bind by an obligation;

- cause to be indebted;

- "He's held by a contract";

- "I'll hold you by your promise";

- syn. hold, obligate, oblige;

v7
provide with a binding;

- "bind the books in leather";

v8
fasten or secure with a rope, string, or cord;

- "They tied their victim to the chair";

- syn. tie;

v9
form a chemical bond with;

- "The hydrogen binds the oxygen";

v10
cause to be constipated;

- "These foods tend to constipate you";

- syn. constipate;

bind off
v1
finish the last row;

- syn. tie up;

bind over
v1
order a defendant to be placed in custody pending the outcome of a proceedings against him or her;

- "The defendant was bound over for trial";

bindable / b aɪ n d eɪ b ɫ /
a1
capable of being fastened or secured with a rope or bond;

- syn. bondable;

- sim. attachable;

binder / b aɪ n d ə , b aɪ n d ə ɹ /
n1
a machine that cuts grain and binds it in sheaves;

- syn. reaper binder;

n2
something used to bind separate particles together or facilitate adhesion to a surface;

n3
holds loose papers or magazines;

- syn. ring-binder;

n4
something used to tie or bind;

- syn. ligature;

binder's board
n1
a cardboard used by bookbinders to make covers for books;

- syn. binder board;

binder board
n1
a cardboard used by bookbinders to make covers for books;

- syn. binder's board;

bindery / b aɪ n d ə ɹ i /
n1
a workshop where books are bound;

binding / b aɪ n d ɪ ŋ /
n1
the capacity to attract and hold something;

n2
strip sewn over or along an edge for reinforcement or decoration;

n3
the act of applying a bandage;

- syn. bandaging, dressing;

n4
one of a pair of mechanical devices that are attached to a ski and that will grip a ski boot;

- the bindings should release in case of a fall;

- syn. ski binding;

n5
the protective covering on the front, back, and spine of a book;

- "the book had a leather binding";

- syn. back, book binding, cover;

a1
executed with proper legal authority;

- "a binding contract";

- sim. valid;

binding energy
n1
the energy required to separate particles from a molecule or atom or nucleus;

- equals the mass defect;

- syn. separation energy;

bindweed / b aɪ n d w i d /
n1
any of several vines of the genera Convolvulus and Calystegia having a twining habit;

bine / b aɪ n /
n1
European twining plant whose flowers are used chiefly to flavor malt liquors;

- cultivated in America;

- syn. European hop, Humulus lupulus, common hop, common hops;

Binet
n1
French psychologist remembered for his studies of the intellectual development of children (1857-1911);

- syn. Alfred Binet;

Binet-Simon Scale
n1
the first intelligence test;

binful
n1
the quantity contained in a bin;

- syn. bin;

bing cherry
n1
dark red or blackish sweet cherry;

Bing Crosby
n1
United States singer and film actor (1903-1977);

- syn. Crosby, Harry Lillis Crosby;

binge / b ɪ n dʒ /
n1
any act of immoderate indulgence;

- "an orgy of shopping";

- "an emotional binge";

- "a splurge of spending";

- syn. orgy, splurge;

n2
an occasion for excessive eating or drinking;

- "they went on a bust that lasted three days";

- syn. bout, bust, tear;

v1
overeat or eat immodestly;

- make a pig of oneself;

- "She stuffed herself at the dinner";

- "The kids binged on ice cream";

- syn. englut, engorge, glut, gorge, gormandise, gormandize, gourmandize, ingurgitate, overeat, overgorge, overindulge, pig out, satiate, scarf out, stuff;

binge-eating syndrome
n1
a disorder of eating seen among young women who go on eating binges and then feel guilt and depression and self-condemnation;

- syn. bulimia;

binge-purge syndrome
n1
a disorder of eating in which the person alternates between strong craving for food and aversion to food;

- characterized by excessive eating followed by periods of fasting or self-induced vomiting;

- syn. binge-vomit syndrome, bulima nervosa, bulimarexia;

binge-vomit syndrome
n1
a disorder of eating in which the person alternates between strong craving for food and aversion to food;

- characterized by excessive eating followed by periods of fasting or self-induced vomiting;

- syn. binge-purge syndrome, bulima nervosa, bulimarexia;

binger / b ɪ n dʒ ə , b ɪ n dʒ ə ɹ /
n1
someone addicted to crack cocaine;

- syn. crack addict;

Binghamton
n1
a city in south central New York near the border with Pennsylvania;

bingle
n1
a base hit on which the batter stops safely at first base;

- syn. single;

bingo / b ɪ ŋ ɡ oʊ /
n1
a game in which numbered balls are drawn at random and players cover the corresponding numbers on their cards;

- syn. beano, keno, lotto;

binnacle / b ɪ n ə k ɫ /
n1
a nonmagnetic housing for a ship's compass (usually in front of the helm);

binocular / b ɪ n ɒ k j ʊ ɫ ə /
a1
relating to both eyes;

- "binocular vision";

binocular microscope
n1
a light microscope adapted to the use of both eyes;

binocular vision
n1
vision involving the use of both eyes;

binoculars / b ɪ n ɒ k j ʊ ɫ ə z /
n1
(plural) an optical instrument designed for simultaneous use by both eyes;

- syn. field glasses, opera glasses;

binomial / b aɪ n oʊ m ɪə ɫ /
n1
(mathematics) a quantity expressed as a sum or difference of two terms;

- a polynomial with two terms;

a1
of or relating to or consisting of two terms;

- "binomial expression";

a2
having or characterized by two names, especially those of genus and species in taxonomies;

- "binomial nomenclature of bacteria";

- syn. binominal;

- sim. onymous;

binomial distribution
n1
a theoretical distribution of the number of successes in a finite set of independent trials with a constant probability of success;

- syn. Bernoulli distribution;

binomial theorem
n1
a theorem giving the expansion of a binomial raised to a given power;

binominal
a1
having or characterized by two names, especially those of genus and species in taxonomies;

- "binomial nomenclature of bacteria";

- syn. binomial;

- sim. onymous;

binturong
n1
arboreal civet of Asia having a long prehensile tail and shaggy black hair;

- syn. Arctictis bintourong, bearcat;

binuclear
a1
having two nuclei;

- syn. binucleate, binucleated;

binucleate
a1
having two nuclei;

- syn. binuclear, binucleated;

binucleated
a1
having two nuclei;

- syn. binuclear, binucleate;

bio-assay
n1
appraisal of the biological activity of a substance by testing its effect on an organism and comparing the result with some agreed standard;

- syn. bioassay;

bio lab
n1
a laboratory for biological research;

- syn. biology lab, biology laboratory;

bioarm
n1
any weapon usable in biological warfare;

- "they feared use of the smallpox virus as a bioweapon";

- syn. biological weapon, bioweapon;

bioassay
n1
appraisal of the biological activity of a substance by testing its effect on an organism and comparing the result with some agreed standard;

- syn. bio-assay;

v1
subject to a bio-assay;

bioattack
n1
the use of bacteria or viruses or toxins to destroy men and animals or food;

- syn. BW, biologic attack, biological attack, biological warfare;

biocatalyst
n1
a biochemical catalyst such as an enzyme;

biocatalytic
a1
of or relating to biocatalysts;

biochemical / b aɪ oʊ k ɛ m ɪ k ɫ /
a1
of or relating to biochemistry;

- involving chemical processes in living organisms;

biochemical mechanism
n1
a chemical mechanism involved in vital processes occurring in living organisms;

biochemically / b aɪ oʊ k ɛ m ɪ k ɫ ɪ /
r1
with respect to biochemistry;

- "biochemically interesting phenomenon";

biochemist / b aɪ oʊ k ɛ m ɪ s t /
n1
someone with special training in biochemistry;

biochemistry / b aɪ oʊ k ɛ m ɪ s t ɹ i /
n1
the organic chemistry of compounds and processes occurring in organisms;

- the effort to understand biology within the context of chemistry;

biochip
n1
a microchip that uses tiny strands of DNA to latch onto and quickly recognize thousands of genes at a time;

- intended for use in a biological environment;

bioclimatic
a1
of or concerned with the relations of climate and living organisms;

bioclimatology
n1
the study of effects of climate on living organisms;

biodefence
n1
procedures involved in taking defensive measures against attacks using biological agents;

- syn. biodefense, biological defence, biological defense;

biodefense
n1
procedures involved in taking defensive measures against attacks using biological agents;

- syn. biodefence, biological defence, biological defense;

biodegradable / b aɪ oʊ d ɪ ɡ ɹ eɪ d ə b ɫ /
a1
capable of being decomposed by e.g. bacteria;

- "a biodegradable detergent";

- sim. perishable;

biodegradable pollution
n1
pollution that is rendered harmless by natural processes and so causes no permanent harm;

biodegrade / b aɪ oʊ d ɪ ɡ ɹ eɪ d /
v1
break down naturally through the action of biological agents;

- "Plastic bottles do not biodegrade";

biodiversity
n1
the diversity of plant and animal life in a particular habitat (or in the world as a whole);

- "a high level of biodiversity is desirable";

bioelectricity
n1
electric phenomena in animals or plants;

bioengineering
n1
the branch of engineering science in which biological science is used to study the relation between workers and their environments;

- syn. biotechnology, ergonomics;

bioethics
n1
the branch of ethics that studies moral values in the biomedical sciences;

biofeedback
n1
a training program in which a person is given information about physiological processes (heart rate or blood pressure) that is not normally available with the goal of gaining conscious control of them;

bioflavinoid
n1
a vitamin that maintains the resistance of cell and capillary walls to permeation;

- syn. citrin, vitamin P;

biogenesis / b aɪ oʊ dʒ ɛ n ɪ s ɪ s /
n1
production of a chemical compound by a living organism;

- syn. biosynthesis;

n2
the production of living organisms from other living organisms;

- syn. biogeny;

biogenetic
a1
of or relating to the production of living organisms from other living organisms;

biogenic / b aɪ oʊ dʒ ɛ n ɪ k /
a1
produced by living organisms or biological processes;

- "fermentation is a biogenic process";

a2
essential for maintaining the fundamental life processes;

- "sleep and food and water are among the biogenic needs of the organism";

- sim. essential;

biogenous
a1
producing or produced by living things;

biogeny
n1
the production of living organisms from other living organisms;

- syn. biogenesis;

biogeographic
a1
of or relating to or involved with biogeography;

- syn. biogeographical;

biogeographical
a1
of or relating to or involved with biogeography;

- syn. biogeographic;

biogeographical region
n1
an area of the Earth determined by distribution of flora and fauna;

biogeography
n1
dealing with the geographical distribution of animals and plants;

biographer / b aɪ ɒ ɡ ɹ ə f ə , b aɪ ɒ ɡ ɹ ə f ə ɹ /
n1
someone who writes an account of a person's life;

biographic / b aɪ ə ɡ ɹ æ f ɪ k /
a1
of or relating to or being biography;

- "biographical data";

- syn. biographical;

biographical / b aɪ ə ɡ ɹ æ f ɪ k ɫ /
a1
of or relating to or being biography;

- "biographical data";

- syn. biographic;

biography / b aɪ ɒ ɡ ɹ ə f i /
n1
an account of the series of events making up a person's life;

- syn. life, life history, life story;

biohazard
n1
hazard to humans or the environment resulting from biological agents or conditions;

n2
any bacterium or virus or toxin that could be used in biological warfare;

- syn. biological agent;

biohazard suit
n1
a loose one-piece garment worn to protect the wearer against dangerous biological or chemical agents;

Bioko
n1
an island in the Gulf of Guinea that is part of Equatorial Guinea;

biologic / b aɪ ə ɫ ɒ dʒ ɪ k /
a1
pertaining to biology or to life and living things;

- syn. biological;

biologic attack
n1
the use of bacteria or viruses or toxins to destroy men and animals or food;

- syn. BW, bioattack, biological attack, biological warfare;

biological / b aɪ ə ɫ ɒ dʒ ɪ k ɫ /
a1
pertaining to biology or to life and living things;

- syn. biologic;

a2
(of a parent or child) related by blood;

- genetically related;

- "biological child";

- "natural parent";

- syn. natural;

- sim. begotten;

biological agent
n1
any bacterium or virus or toxin that could be used in biological warfare;

- syn. biohazard;

biological attack
n1
the use of bacteria or viruses or toxins to destroy men and animals or food;

- syn. BW, bioattack, biologic attack, biological warfare;

biological clock
n1
an innate mechanism in living organisms that controls the periodicity of many physiological functions;

biological defence
n1
procedures involved in taking defensive measures against attacks using biological agents;

- syn. biodefence, biodefense, biological defense;

biological defense
n1
procedures involved in taking defensive measures against attacks using biological agents;

- syn. biodefence, biodefense, biological defence;

biological group
n1
a group of plants or animals;

biological process
n1
a process occurring in living organisms;

- syn. organic process;

biological research
n1
scientific research conducted by biologists;

biological science
n1
the science that studies living organisms;

- syn. biology;

biological terrorism
n1
terrorism using the weapons of biological warfare;

- syn. bioterrorism;

biological time
n1
the time of various biological processes;

biological warfare
n1
the use of bacteria or viruses or toxins to destroy men and animals or food;

- syn. BW, bioattack, biologic attack, biological attack;

biological warfare defence
n1
defense against biological warfare;

- syn. BW defence, BW defense, biological warfare defense;

biological warfare defense
n1
defense against biological warfare;

- syn. BW defence, BW defense, biological warfare defence;

biological weapon
n1
any weapon usable in biological warfare;

- "they feared use of the smallpox virus as a bioweapon";

- syn. bioarm, bioweapon;

biologically / b aɪ ə ɫ ɒ dʒ ɪ k ɫ i /
r1
with respect to biology;

- "biologically related";

biologism / b aɪ ɒ ɫ ə dʒ ɪ z ə m /
n1
use of biological principles in explaining human especially social behavior;

biologist / b aɪ ɒ ɫ ə dʒ ɪ s t /
n1
(biology) a scientist who studies living organisms;

- syn. life scientist;

biologistic / b aɪ ɒ ɫ ə dʒ ɪ s t ɪ k /
a1
of or relating to biologism;

biology / b aɪ ɒ ɫ ə dʒ i /
n1
the science that studies living organisms;

- syn. biological science;

n2
characteristic life processes and phenomena of living organisms;

- "the biology of viruses";

n3
all the plant and animal life of a particular region;

- syn. biota;

biology department
n1
the academic department responsible for teaching and research in biology;

- syn. department of biology;

biology lab
n1
a laboratory for biological research;

- syn. bio lab, biology laboratory;

biology laboratory
n1
a laboratory for biological research;

- syn. bio lab, biology lab;

bioluminescence
n1
luminescence produced by physiological processes (as in the firefly);

bioluminescent
a1
(of living organisms) emitting light;

- "fireflies are bioluminescent";

- sim. light;

biomass
n1
plant materials and animal waste used as fuel;

n2
the total mass of living matter in a given unit area;

biome
n1
a major biotic community characterized by the dominant forms of plant life and the prevailing climate;

biomedical
a1
relating to the activities and applications of science to clinical medicine;

- "biomedical research laboratory";

biomedical cloning
n1
nuclear transplantation of a patient's own cells to make an oocyte from which immune-compatible cells (especially stem cells) can be derived for transplant;

- syn. therapeutic cloning;

biomedical science
n1
the application of the principles of the natural sciences to medicine;

biomedicine
n1
the branch of medical science that applies biological and physiological principles to clinical practice;

n2
the branch of medical science that studies the ability of organisms to withstand environmental stress (as in space travel);

biometric authentication
n1
the automatic identification of living individuals by using their physiological and behavioral characteristics;

- "negative identification can only be accomplished through biometric identification";

- "if a pin or password is lost or forgotten it can be changed and reissued but a biometric identification cannot";

- syn. biometric identification, identity verification;

biometric identification
n1
the automatic identification of living individuals by using their physiological and behavioral characteristics;

- "negative identification can only be accomplished through biometric identification";

- "if a pin or password is lost or forgotten it can be changed and reissued but a biometric identification cannot";

- syn. biometric authentication, identity verification;

biometrics / b aɪ ɒ m ɪ t ɹ ɪ k s /
n1
a branch of biology that studies biological phenomena and observations by means of statistical analysis;

- syn. biometry, biostatistics;

biometry / b aɪ ɒ m ɪ t ɹ i /
n1
a branch of biology that studies biological phenomena and observations by means of statistical analysis;

- syn. biometrics, biostatistics;

bionic
a1
of or relating to bionics;

a2
having particular physiological functions augmented or replaced by electronic or electromechanical components;

- sim. artificial;

bionic man
n1
a human being whose body has been taken over in whole or in part by electromechanical devices;

- "a cyborg is a cybernetic organism";

- syn. bionic woman, cyborg;

bionic woman
n1
a human being whose body has been taken over in whole or in part by electromechanical devices;

- "a cyborg is a cybernetic organism";

- syn. bionic man, cyborg;

bionics
n1
application of biological principles to the study and design of engineering systems (especially electronic systems);

bionomic
a1
of or relating to the science of ecology;

- "ecological research";

- syn. bionomical, ecologic, ecological;

bionomical
a1
of or relating to the science of ecology;

- "ecological research";

- syn. bionomic, ecologic, ecological;

bionomics
n1
the branch of biology concerned with the relations between organisms and their environment;

- syn. ecology, environmental science;

biont
n1
a discrete unit of living matter;

biophysicist
n1
a physicist who applies the methods of physics to biology;

biophysics
n1
physics as applied to biological problems;

biopiracy
n1
biological theft;

- illegal collection of indigenous plants by corporations who patent them for their own use;

biopsy
n1
examination of tissues or liquids from the living body to determine the existence or cause of a disease;

bioremediation
n1
the branch of biotechnology that uses biological process to overcome environmental problems;

n2
the act of treating waste or pollutants by the use of microorganisms (as bacteria) that can break down the undesirable substances;

biosafety
n1
safety from exposure to infectious agents;

biosafety level
n1
the level of safety from exposure to infectious agents;

- depends on work practices and safety equipment and facilities;

biosafety level 1
n1
exposure only to infectious agents that do not ordinarily cause human disease;

biosafety level 2
n1
exposure to infectious agents that can cause disease in humans but whose potential for transmission is limited;

biosafety level 3
n1
exposure to infectious agents that can be transmitted by the respiratory route and which can cause serious infection;

biosafety level 4
n1
exposure to exotic infectious agents that pose a high risk of life-threatening disease and can be transmitted as an aerosol and for which there is no vaccine or therapy;

bioscience
n1
any of the branches of natural science dealing with the structure and behavior of living organisms;

- syn. life science;

bioscope / b aɪ ə s k oʊ p /
n1
a South African movie theater;

n2
a kind of early movie projector;

biosphere
n1
the regions of the surface and atmosphere of the Earth (or other planet) where living organisms exist;

biostatistics
n1
a branch of biology that studies biological phenomena and observations by means of statistical analysis;

- syn. biometrics, biometry;

biosynthesis
n1
production of a chemical compound by a living organism;

- syn. biogenesis;

biosynthetic
a1
of or relating to biosynthesis;

biosystematic
a1
of or relating to biosystematics;

biosystematics
n1
use of data (e.g. cytogenetic or biochemical) to assess taxonomic relations especially within an evolutionary framework;

- syn. biosystematy;

biosystematy
n1
use of data (e.g. cytogenetic or biochemical) to assess taxonomic relations especially within an evolutionary framework;

- syn. biosystematics;

biota
n1
all the plant and animal life of a particular region;

- syn. biology;

biotech
n1
the branch of molecular biology that studies the use of microorganisms to perform specific industrial processes;

- "biotechnology produced genetically altered bacteria that solved the problem";

- syn. biotechnology;

biotechnology
n1
the branch of molecular biology that studies the use of microorganisms to perform specific industrial processes;

- "biotechnology produced genetically altered bacteria that solved the problem";

- syn. biotech;

n2
the branch of engineering science in which biological science is used to study the relation between workers and their environments;

- syn. bioengineering, ergonomics;

bioterrorism
n1
terrorism using the weapons of biological warfare;

- syn. biological terrorism;

biotic
a1
of or relating to living organisms;

biotic community
n1
(ecology) a group of interdependent organisms inhabiting the same region and interacting with each other;

- syn. community;

biotin
n1
a B vitamin that aids in body growth;

- syn. vitamin H;

biotite
n1
dark brown to black mica found in igneous and metamorphic rock;

biotitic
a1
relating to or involving biotite;

biotype
n1
organisms sharing a specified genotype or the genotype (or peculiarities) so shared;

biotypic
a1
of or relating to a biotype;

biovular
a1
(of twins) derived from two separate fertilized ova;

- "fraternal twins are biovular";

- syn. fraternal;

bioweapon
n1
any weapon usable in biological warfare;

- "they feared use of the smallpox virus as a bioweapon";

- syn. bioarm, biological weapon;

biparous / b ɪ p ə ɹ ə s /
a1
producing two offspring at a time;

- syn. twinning;

- sim. multiparous;

bipartisan / b aɪ p ɑ t ɪ z æ n /
a1
supported by both sides;

- "a two-way treaty";

- syn. bipartizan, two-party, two-way;

- sim. nonpartisan;

bipartite / b aɪ p ɑ t aɪ t /
a1
divided into two portions almost to the base;

- sim. compound;

a2
involving two parts or elements;

- "a bipartite document";

- "a two-way treaty";

- syn. two-part, two-way;

- sim. multilateral;

bipartizan
a1
supported by both sides;

- "a two-way treaty";

- syn. bipartisan, two-party, two-way;

- sim. nonpartisan;

biped / b aɪ p ɛ d /
n1
an animal with two feet;

a1
having two feet;

- syn. bipedal, two-footed;

bipedal / b aɪ p ɛ d ɫ /
a1
having two feet;

- syn. biped, two-footed;

bipedalism / b aɪ p ɛ d ɫ ɪ z ə m /
n1
the bodily attribute of being bipedal;

- having two feet;

- "bipedalism made the human form of birth possible";

bipinnate
a1
of a leaf shape;

- having doubly pinnate leaflets (as ferns);

- sim. compound;

bipinnate leaf
n1
a leaf having pinnate leaflets;

- as ferns;

bipinnatifid
a1
pinnatifid with the segments also pinnatifid;

- sim. compound;

biplane / b aɪ p ɫ eɪ n /
n1
old fashioned airplane;

- has two wings one above the other;

biplane flying fish
n1
having both pectoral and pelvic fins enlarged;

- syn. four-wing flying fish;

bipolar
a1
of or relating to manic depressive illness;

a2
of, pertaining to, or occurring in both polar regions;

- "the bipolar distribution of certain species";

a3
having two poles;

- sim. Janus-faced;

bipolar disorder
n1
a mental disorder characterized by episodes of mania and depression;

- syn. manic-depressive psychosis, manic depression, manic depressive illness;

biprism
n1
an optical device for obtaining interference fringes;

biquadrate / b aɪ k w ɒ d ɹ ɪ t /
n1
an algebraic equation or function of the fourth degree;

- syn. biquadratic, fourth power, quartic;

biquadratic / b aɪ k w ɒ d ɹ æ t ɪ k /
n1
an algebraic equation or function of the fourth degree;

- syn. biquadrate, fourth power, quartic;

n2
an equation of the fourth degree;

- syn. biquadratic equation;

n3
a polynomial of the fourth degree;

- syn. biquadratic polynomial, quartic polynomial;

a1
involving the fourth and no higher power of a quantity or degree;

biquadratic equation
n1
an equation of the fourth degree;

- syn. biquadratic;

biquadratic polynomial
n1
a polynomial of the fourth degree;

- syn. biquadratic, quartic polynomial;

biracial
a1
consisting of or combining two races;

- "a biracial committee";

- sim. racial;

biradial
a1
showing both bilateral and radial symmetry;

- "some sea anemones are biradial";

- sim. symmetrical;

biradially
r1
in a biradial manner;

- "biradially symmetrical";

biramous
a1
resembling a fork;

- divided or separated into two branches;

- "the biramous appendages of an arthropod";

- "long branched hairs on its legson which pollen collects";

- "a forked river";

- "a forked tail";

- "forked lightning";

- "horseradish grown in poor soil may develop prongy roots";

- syn. bifurcate, branched, forficate, fork-like, forked, pronged, prongy;

- sim. divided;

birch / b ɝ tʃ /
n1
hard close-grained wood of any of various birch trees;

- used especially in furniture and interior finishes and plywood;

n2
any betulaceous tree or shrub of the genus Betula having a thin peeling bark;

- syn. birch tree;

n3
a switch consisting of a twig or a bundle of twigs from a birch tree;

- used to hit people as punishment;

- "my father never spared the birch";

- syn. birch rod;

v1
whip with a birch twig;

a1
consisting of or made of wood of the birch tree;

- syn. birchen, birken;

- sim. woody;

birch bark
n1
a canoe made with the bark of a birch tree;

- syn. birchbark, birchbark canoe;

birch beer
n1
carbonated drink containing an extract from bark of birch trees;

birch family
n1
monoecious trees and shrubs (including the genera Betula and Alnus and Carpinus and Corylus and Ostrya and Ostryopsis);

- syn. Betulaceae, family Betulaceae;

birch leaf miner
n1
small black sawfly native to Europe but established in eastern United States;

- larvae mine the leaves of birches causing serious defoliation;

- syn. Fenusa pusilla;

birch oil
n1
a liquid ester with a strong odor of wintergreen;

- applied externally for minor muscle and joint pain;

- syn. methyl salicylate, sweet-birch oil;

birch rod
n1
a switch consisting of a twig or a bundle of twigs from a birch tree;

- used to hit people as punishment;

- "my father never spared the birch";

- syn. birch;

birch tree
n1
any betulaceous tree or shrub of the genus Betula having a thin peeling bark;

- syn. birch;

birchbark
n1
a canoe made with the bark of a birch tree;

- syn. birch bark, birchbark canoe;

birchbark canoe
n1
a canoe made with the bark of a birch tree;

- syn. birch bark, birchbark;

birchen / b ɝ tʃ ə n /
a1
consisting of or made of wood of the birch tree;

- syn. birch, birken;

- sim. woody;

bird / b ɝ d /
n1
warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings;

n2
the flesh of a bird or fowl (wild or domestic) used as food;

- syn. fowl;

n3
informal terms for a (young) woman;

- syn. chick, dame, doll, skirt, wench;

n4
a cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt;

- syn. Bronx cheer, boo, hiss, hoot, raspberry, razz, razzing, snort;

n5
badminton equipment consisting of a ball of cork or rubber with a crown of feathers;

- syn. birdie, shuttle, shuttlecock;

v1
watch and study birds in their natural habitat;

- syn. birdwatch;

bird's-eye / b ɝ d z eɪ /
a1
as from an altitude or distance;

- "a bird's-eye survey";

- "a panoramic view";

- syn. panoramic;

- sim. wide;

bird's-eye bush
n1
shrub with narrow-elliptic glossy evergreen leaves and yellow flowers with leathery petaloid sepals;

- syn. Ochna serrulata;

bird's-eye maple
n1
maple wood having a wavy grain with eyelike markings;

bird's-foot fern
n1
cliff brake of California and Baja California having purple-brown leafstalks;

- syn. Pellaea mucronata, Pellaea ornithopus;

bird's-foot violet
n1
common violet of the eastern United States with large pale blue or purple flowers resembling pansies;

- syn. Johnny-jump-up, Viola pedata, pansy violet, wood violet;

bird's-nest fungus
n1
any of various fungi of the family Nidulariaceae having a cup-shaped body containing several egg-shaped structure enclosing the spores;

bird's eye
n1
Old World plant with axillary racemes of blue-and-white flowers;

- syn. Veronica chamaedrys, germander speedwell;

bird's eye view
n1
a situation or topic as if viewed from an altitude or distance;

- syn. panoramic view;

bird's foot
n1
the foot of a bird;

bird's foot clover
n1
European forage plant having claw-shaped pods introduced in America;

- syn. Lotus corniculatus, babies' slippers, bacon and eggs, bird's foot trefoil;

bird's foot trefoil
n1
Old World herb related to fenugreek;

- syn. Trigonella ornithopodioides;

n2
European forage plant having claw-shaped pods introduced in America;

- syn. Lotus corniculatus, babies' slippers, bacon and eggs, bird's foot clover;

bird's nest
n1
nest where birds lay their eggs and hatch their young;

- syn. bird nest, birdnest;

bird's nest fern
n1
tropical Old World or Australian epiphytic fern frequently forming tufts in tree crotches;

- syn. Asplenium nidus;

bird-footed dinosaur
n1
any of numerous carnivorous dinosaurs of the Triassic to Cretaceous with short forelimbs that walked or ran on strong hind legs;

- syn. theropod, theropod dinosaur;

bird-nest
v1
gather birdnests;

- "They went birdnesting in the early morning";

- syn. birdnest;

bird-on-the-wing
n1
common trailing perennial milkwort of eastern North America having leaves like wintergreen and usually rosy-purple flowers with winged sepals;

- syn. Polygala paucifolia, flowering wintergreen, fringed polygala, gaywings;

bird-scarer
n1
an effigy in the shape of a man to frighten birds away from seeds;

- syn. scarecrow, scarer, straw man, strawman;

bird cherry
n1
any of several small-fruited cherry trees frequented or fed on by birds;

- syn. bird cherry tree;

bird cherry tree
n1
any of several small-fruited cherry trees frequented or fed on by birds;

- syn. bird cherry;

bird dog
n1
a gun dog trained to locate or retrieve birds;

bird family
n1
a family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings;

bird fancier
n1
a person with a strong interest in birds;

bird feed
n1
food given to birds;

- usually mixed seeds;

- syn. bird food, birdseed;

bird feeder
n1
an outdoor device that supplies food for wild birds;

- syn. birdfeeder, feeder;

bird food
n1
food given to birds;

- usually mixed seeds;

- syn. bird feed, birdseed;

bird genus
n1
a genus of birds;

bird louse
n1
wingless insect with mouth parts adapted for biting;

- mostly parasitic on birds;

- syn. biting louse, louse;

bird nest
n1
nest where birds lay their eggs and hatch their young;

- syn. bird's nest, birdnest;

bird of Jove
n1
any of various large keen-sighted diurnal birds of prey noted for their broad wings and strong soaring flight;

- syn. eagle;

bird of Juno
n1
very large terrestrial southeast Asian pheasant often raised as an ornamental bird;

- syn. peafowl;

bird of Minerva
n1
nocturnal bird of prey with hawk-like beak and claws and large head with front-facing eyes;

- syn. bird of night, hooter, owl;

bird of night
n1
nocturnal bird of prey with hawk-like beak and claws and large head with front-facing eyes;

- syn. bird of Minerva, hooter, owl;

bird of paradise
n1
a tropical flowering shrub having bright orange or red flowers;

- sometimes placed in genus Poinciana;

- syn. Caesalpinia gilliesii, Poinciana gilliesii, poinciana;

n2
ornamental plant of tropical South Africa and South America having stalks of orange and purplish-blue flowers resembling a bird;

- syn. Strelitzia reginae;

n3
any of numerous brilliantly colored plumed birds of the New Guinea area;

bird of passage
n1
someone who leads a wandering unsettled life;

- syn. roamer, rover, wanderer;

n2
any bird that migrates seasonally;

bird of prey
n1
any of numerous carnivorous birds that hunt and kill other animals;

- syn. raptor, raptorial bird;

Bird Parker
n1
United States saxophonist and leader of the bop style of jazz (1920-1955);

- syn. Charles Christopher Parker, Charlie Parker, Parker, Yardbird Parker;

bird pepper
n1
plant bearing very small and very hot oblong red fruits;

- includes wild forms native to tropical America;

- thought to be ancestral to the sweet pepper and many hot peppers;

- syn. Capsicum baccatum, Capsicum frutescens baccatum;

bird sanctuary
n1
a building where birds are kept;

- syn. aviary, volary;

bird shot
n1
small lead shot for shotgun shells;

- syn. buckshot, duck shot;

bird vetch
n1
common perennial climber of temperate regions of Eurasia and North America having dense elongate clusters of flowers;

- syn. Calnada pea, Vicia cracca, tufted vetch;

bird watcher
n1
a zoologist who studies birds;

- syn. ornithologist;

n2
a person who identifies and studies birds in their natural habitats;

- syn. birder;

birdbath / b ɝ d b ɑ θ /
n1
an ornamental basin (usually in a garden) for birds to bathe in;

birdbrain / b ɝ d b ɹ eɪ n /
n1
a person with confused ideas;

- incapable of serious thought;

- syn. addle-head, addlehead, loon;

birdcage / b ɝ d k eɪ dʒ /
n1
a cage in which a bird can be kept;

birdcage mask
n1
a catcher's mask with a strong wire face;

birdcall / b ɝ d k ɔ ɫ /
n1
the characteristic sound produced by a bird;

- "a bird will not learn its song unless it hears it at an early age";

- syn. birdsong, call, song;

n2
a device for imitating a birdcall;

birder / b ɝ d ə , b ɝ d ə ɹ /
n1
a person who identifies and studies birds in their natural habitats;

- syn. bird watcher;

birdfeeder / b ɝ d f i d ə /
n1
an outdoor device that supplies food for wild birds;

- syn. bird feeder, feeder;

birdhouse / b ɝ d h aʊ z /
n1
a shelter for birds;

birdie
n1
(golf) a score of one stroke under par on a hole;

n2
badminton equipment consisting of a ball of cork or rubber with a crown of feathers;

- syn. bird, shuttle, shuttlecock;

v1
shoot in one stroke under par;

birdlime / b ɝ d ɫ aɪ m /
n1
a sticky adhesive that is smeared on small branches to capture small birds;

- syn. lime;

v1
spread birdlime on branches to catch birds;

- syn. lime;

birdnest
n1
nest where birds lay their eggs and hatch their young;

- syn. bird's nest, bird nest;

v1
gather birdnests;

- "They went birdnesting in the early morning";

- syn. bird-nest;

birdnesting / b ɝ d n ɛ s t ɪ ŋ /
n1
hunting for birds' nests to get the eggs;

birdseed / b ɝ d s i d /
n1
food given to birds;

- usually mixed seeds;

- syn. bird feed, bird food;

birdseed grass
n1
Canary Islands grass;

- seeds used as feed for caged birds;

- syn. Phalaris canariensis, canary grass;

birdsong / b ɝ d s ɒ ŋ /
n1
the characteristic sound produced by a bird;

- "a bird will not learn its song unless it hears it at an early age";

- syn. birdcall, call, song;

birdwatch / b ɝ d w ɒ tʃ /
v1
watch and study birds in their natural habitat;

- syn. bird;

birefringence
n1
splitting a ray into two parallel rays polarized perpendicularly;

- syn. double refraction;

birefringent
a1
relating to or characterized by double refraction;

biretta / b ɪr ɛ t ə /
n1
a stiff cap with ridges across the crown;

- worn by Roman Catholic clergy;

- syn. berretta, birretta;

biriani
n1
an Indian dish made with highly seasoned rice and meat or fish or vegetables;

- syn. biryani;

birken / b ɝ k ə n /
a1
consisting of or made of wood of the birch tree;

- syn. birch, birchen;

- sim. woody;

birl
v1
cause a floating log to rotate by treading;

- syn. birle;

v2
cause to spin;

- "spin a coin";

- syn. spin, twirl, whirl;

birle
v1
cause a floating log to rotate by treading;

- syn. birl;

birling
n1
rotating a log rapidly in the water (as a competitive sport);

- syn. logrolling;

Birmingham
n1
the largest city in Alabama;

- located in northeastern Alabama;

- syn. Pittsburgh of the South;

n2
a city in central England;

- 2nd largest English city and an important industrial and transportation center;

- syn. Brummagem;

Biro / b aɪ ə ɹ oʊ /
n1
a pen that has a small metal ball as the point of transfer of ink to paper;

- syn. ballpen, ballpoint, ballpoint pen;

birr
n1
the basic unit of money in Ethiopia;

- equal to 100 cents;

n2
sound of something in rapid motion;

- "whir of a bird's wings";

- "the whir of the propellers";

- syn. whir, whirr, whirring;

v1
make a soft swishing sound;

- "the motor whirred";

- "the car engine purred";

- syn. purr, whir, whirr, whiz, whizz;

birretta
n1
a stiff cap with ridges across the crown;

- worn by Roman Catholic clergy;

- syn. berretta, biretta;

birth / b ɝ θ /
n1
the time when something begins (especially life);

- "they divorced after the birth of the child";

- "his election signaled the birth of a new age";

n2
the event of being born;

- "they celebrated the birth of their first child";

- syn. nascence, nascency, nativity;

n3
the process of giving birth;

- syn. birthing, giving birth, parturition;

n4
the kinship relation of an offspring to the parents;

- syn. parentage;

n5
a baby born;

- an offspring;

- "the overall rate of incidence of Down's syndrome is one in every 800 births";

v1
cause to be born;

- "My wife had twins yesterday!";

- syn. bear, deliver, give birth, have;

birth-control campaigner
n1
a social reformer who advocates birth control and family planning;

- syn. birth-control reformer;

birth-control reformer
n1
a social reformer who advocates birth control and family planning;

- syn. birth-control campaigner;

birth canal
n1
a passage in the uterus and vagina through which a fetus passes during vaginal birth;

birth certificate
n1
a copy of the official document giving details of a person's birth;

birth control
n1
limiting the number of children born;

- syn. birth prevention, family planning;

birth control device
n1
an agent or device intended to prevent conception;

- syn. contraceptive, contraceptive device, preventative, preventive, prophylactic device;

birth control pill
n1
a contraceptive in the form of a pill containing estrogen and progestin to inhibit ovulation and so prevent conception;

- syn. anovulant, anovulatory drug, contraceptive pill, oral contraceptive, oral contraceptive pill, pill;

birth defect
n1
a defect that is present at birth;

- syn. congenital abnormality, congenital anomaly, congenital defect, congenital disorder;

birth pangs
n1
a regularly recurrent spasm of pain that is characteristic of childbirth;

- syn. labor pains, labour pains;

birth prevention
n1
limiting the number of children born;

- syn. birth control, family planning;

birth rate
n1
the ratio of live births in an area to the population of that area;

- expressed per 1000 population per year;

- syn. birthrate, fertility, fertility rate, natality;

birth trauma
n1
physical injury to an infant during the birth process;

n2
emotional injury inflicted on an infant by events incident to birth that is alleged to appear in symbolic form in patients with mental illness;

birthday / b ɝ θ d eɪ /
n1
an anniversary of the day on which a person was born (or the celebration of it);

n2
the date on which a person was born;

- syn. natal day;

birthday cake
n1
decorated cake served at a birthday party;

birthday card
n1
a card expressing a birthday greeting;

birthday gift
n1
a present given in celebration of a person's birthday;

- syn. birthday present;

birthday party
n1
a party held on the anniversary of someone's birth;

birthday present
n1
a present given in celebration of a person's birthday;

- syn. birthday gift;

birthday suit
n1
informal terms for nakedness;

- "in the raw";

- "in the altogether";

- "in his birthday suit";

- syn. altogether, raw;

birthing / b ɝ θ ɪ ŋ /
n1
the process of giving birth;

- syn. birth, giving birth, parturition;

birthing coach
n1
an assistant (often the father of the soon-to-be-born child) who provides support for a woman in labor by encouraging her to use techniques learned in childbirth-preparation classes;

- syn. doula, labor coach, monitrice;

birthmark / b ɝ θ m ɑ k /
n1
a blemish on the skin that is formed before birth;

- syn. nevus;

birthplace / b ɝ θ p ɫ eɪ s /
n1
the place where someone was born;

- syn. place of birth;

n2
where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence;

- "the birthplace of civilization";

- syn. cradle, place of origin, provenance, provenience;

birthrate / b ɝ θ ɹ eɪ t /
n1
the ratio of live births in an area to the population of that area;

- expressed per 1000 population per year;

- syn. birth rate, fertility, fertility rate, natality;

birthright / b ɝ θ ɹ aɪ t /
n1
a right or privilege that you are entitled to at birth;

- "free public education is the birthright of every American child";

n2
an inheritance coming by right of birth (especially by primogeniture);

- syn. patrimony;

n3
personal characteristics that are inherited at birth;

birthroot
n1
trillium of eastern North America having malodorous pink to purple flowers and an astringent root used in folk medicine especially to ease childbirth;

- syn. Trillium erectum, purple trillium, red trillium;

birthwort
n1
creeping plant having curving flowers thought to resemble fetuses;

- native to Europe;

- naturalized Great Britain and eastern North America;

- syn. Aristolochia clematitis;

birthwort family
n1
family of birthworts (including wild ginger);

- syn. Aristolochiaceae, family Aristolochiaceae;

biryani
n1
an Indian dish made with highly seasoned rice and meat or fish or vegetables;

- syn. biriani;

Bisayan
n1
a member of the most numerous indigenous people of the Philippines;

- syn. Visayan;

Bisayas
n1
group of islands in the central Philippines;

- syn. Visayan Islands;

Biscayne Bay
n1
a narrow bay formed by an inlet from the Atlantic Ocean in southeastern Florida;

Biscayne National Park
n1
a national park in Florida having underwater coral reefs and marine life;

biscuit / b ɪ s k ɪ t /
n1
small round bread leavened with baking-powder or soda;

n2
any of various small flat sweet cakes (`biscuit' is the British term);

- syn. cookie, cooky;

Biscutalla laevigata
n1
plant of southeastern Europe having yellow flowers like those of mustard and pods with open valves resembling bucklers;

- syn. buckler mustard;

Biscutella
n1
genus of Eurasian herbs and small shrubs: buckler mustard;

- syn. genus Biscutella;

bise
n1
a dry cold north wind in southeastern France;

- syn. bize;

bisect / b aɪ s ɛ k t /
v1
cut in half or cut in two;

- "bisect a line";

bisection / b aɪ s ɛ k ʃ n /
n1
dividing into two equal parts;

bisectional / b aɪ s ɛ k ʃ ə n ɫ /
a1
of or relating to bisection;

biserial correlation
n1
a correlation coefficient in which one variable is many-valued and the other is dichotomous;

- syn. biserial correlation coefficient;

biserial correlation coefficient
n1
a correlation coefficient in which one variable is many-valued and the other is dichotomous;

- syn. biserial correlation;

biserrate
a1
having saw-like notches with the notches themselves similarly notched;

- sim. rough;

bisexual / b aɪ s ɛ k ʃ ʊə ɫ /
n1
a person who is sexually attracted to both sexes;

- syn. bisexual person;

a1
sexually attracted to both sexes;

a2
having an ambiguous sexual identity;

- syn. epicene;

- sim. androgynous;

bisexual person
n1
a person who is sexually attracted to both sexes;

- syn. bisexual;

bisexuality / b aɪ s ɛ k ʃ ʊ æ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
showing characteristics of both sexes;

- syn. androgyny, hermaphroditism;

n2
sexual activity with both men and women;

Bishkek
n1
the capital of Kyrgyzstan (known as Frunze 1926-1991);

- syn. Biskek, Frunze, capital of Kyrgyzstan;

bishop / b ɪ ʃ ə p /
n1
a senior member of the Christian clergy having spiritual and administrative authority;

- appointed in Christian churches to oversee priests or ministers;

- considered in some churches to be successors of the twelve Apostles of Christ;

n2
port wine mulled with oranges and cloves;

n3
(chess) a piece that can be moved diagonally over unoccupied squares of the same color;

bishop's cap
n1
any of various rhizomatous perennial herbs of the genus Mitella having a capsule resembling a bishop's miter;

- syn. miterwort, mitrewort;

bishop's hat
n1
slow-growing creeping plant with semi-evergreen leaves on erect wiry stems;

- used as ground cover;

- syn. Epimedium grandiflorum, barrenwort;

bishop's pine
n1
two-needled or three-needled pinon mostly of northwestern California coast;

- syn. Pinus muricata, bishop pine;

bishop's throne
n1
a throne that is the official chair of a bishop;

- syn. cathedra;

Bishop Berkeley
n1
Irish philosopher and Anglican bishop who opposed the materialism of Thomas Hobbes (1685-1753);

- syn. Berkeley, George Berkeley;

Bishop of Rome
n1
the head of the Roman Catholic Church;

- syn. Catholic Pope, Holy Father, Roman Catholic Pope, Vicar of Christ, pontiff, pope;

bishop pine
n1
two-needled or three-needled pinon mostly of northwestern California coast;

- syn. Pinus muricata, bishop's pine;

Bishop Ulfila
n1
a Christian believed to be of Cappadocian descent who became bishop of the Visigoths in 341 and translated the Bible from Greek into Gothic;

- traditionally held to have invented the Gothic alphabet (311-382);

- syn. Bishop Ulfilas, Bishop Wulfila, Ulfila, Ulfilas, Wulfila;

Bishop Ulfilas
n1
a Christian believed to be of Cappadocian descent who became bishop of the Visigoths in 341 and translated the Bible from Greek into Gothic;

- traditionally held to have invented the Gothic alphabet (311-382);

- syn. Bishop Ulfila, Bishop Wulfila, Ulfila, Ulfilas, Wulfila;

Bishop Wulfila
n1
a Christian believed to be of Cappadocian descent who became bishop of the Visigoths in 341 and translated the Bible from Greek into Gothic;

- traditionally held to have invented the Gothic alphabet (311-382);

- syn. Bishop Ulfila, Bishop Ulfilas, Ulfila, Ulfilas, Wulfila;

bishopric / b ɪ ʃ ə p ɹ ɪ k /
n1
the territorial jurisdiction of a bishop;

- syn. diocese, episcopate;

bishopry
n1
the office and dignity of a bishop;

- syn. episcopate;

Biskek
n1
the capital of Kyrgyzstan (known as Frunze 1926-1991);

- syn. Bishkek, Frunze, capital of Kyrgyzstan;

Bismarck
n1
German statesman under whose leadership Germany was united (1815-1898);

- syn. Iron Chancellor, Otto von Bismarck, Prince Otto Eduard Leopold von Bismarck, Prince Otto von Bismarck, von Bismarck;

n2
capital of the state of North Dakota;

- located in south central North Dakota overlooking the Missouri river;

- syn. capital of North Dakota;

Bismarck Archipelago
n1
a group of islands in the southwestern Pacific to the northeast of New Guinea;

- part of Papua New Guinea;

Bismarck Sea
n1
an arm of the South Pacific to the southwest of the Bismarck Archipelago;

n2
a naval battle in World War II;

- Allied land-based bombers destroyed a Japanese convoy in the Bismarck Sea in March 1943;

- syn. battle of the Bismarck Sea;

Bismarckian
a1
of or relating to Prince Otto von Bismarck or his accomplishments;

bismark / b ɪ s m ɑ k /
n1
a raised doughnut filled with jelly or jam;

- syn. Berlin doughnut, jelly doughnut;

bismuth / b ɪ z m ə θ /
n1
a heavy brittle diamagnetic trivalent metallic element (resembles arsenic and antimony chemically);

- usually recovered as a by-product from ores of other metals;

- syn. Bi, atomic number 83;

bismuthal
a1
of or relating to bismuth;

bismuthic
a1
containing bismuth (especially in the pentavalent state);

bison / b aɪ s n /
n1
any of several large humped bovids having shaggy manes and large heads and short horns;

Bison bison
n1
large shaggy-haired brown bison of North American plains;

- syn. American bison, American buffalo, buffalo;

Bison bonasus
n1
European bison having a smaller and higher head than the North American bison;

- syn. aurochs, wisent;

bisontine
a1
relating to or characteristic of bison;

bisque / b ɪ s k /
n1
a thick cream soup made from shellfish;

Bissau
n1
the capital of Guinea-Bissau;

- syn. capital of Guinea-Bissau;

bissextile day
n1
the name of the day that is added during a leap year;

- syn. February 29, leap day;

bissextile year
n1
a calendar year with an extra day added in February;

- syn. 366 days, intercalary year, leap year;

bister / b ɪ s t ɝ /
n1
a water-soluble brownish-yellow pigment made by boiling wood soot;

- syn. bistre;

bistered / b ɪ s t ə d /
a1
colored with or as if with bister;

- syn. bistred;

bistre / b ɪ s t ə /
n1
a water-soluble brownish-yellow pigment made by boiling wood soot;

- syn. bister;

bistred / b ɪ s t ə d /
a1
colored with or as if with bister;

- syn. bistered;

bistro / b i s t ɹ oʊ /
n1
a small informal restaurant;

- serves wine;

bistroic
a1
of or relating to or resembling a bistro;

bisulcate / b aɪ s ʌ ɫ k eɪ t /
a1
(used of hooves) split, divided;

- "bisulcate hoof";

- syn. cloven;

- sim. divided;

bit / b ɪ t /
n1
a small piece or quantity of something;

- "a spot of tea";

- "a bit of paper";

- "a bit of lint";

- "I gave him a bit of my mind";

- syn. spot;

n2
a small fragment of something broken off from the whole;

- "a bit of rock caught him in the eye";

- syn. chip, flake, fleck, scrap;

n3
an indefinitely short time;

- "wait just a moment";

- "in a mo";

- "it only takes a minute";

- "in just a bit";

- syn. minute, mo, moment, second;

n4
an instance of some kind;

- "it was a nice piece of work";

- "he had a bit of good luck";

- syn. piece;

n5
piece of metal held in horse's mouth by reins and used to control the horse while riding;

- "the horse was not accustomed to a bit";

n6
a unit of measurement of information (from binary + digit);

- the amount of information in a system having two equiprobable states;

- "there are 8 bits in a byte";

n7
a small amount of solid food;

- a mouthful;

- "all they had left was a bit of bread";

- syn. bite, morsel;

n8
a small fragment;

- "overheard snatches of their conversation";

- syn. snatch;

n9
a short performance that is part of a longer program;

- "he did his act three times every evening";

- "she had a catchy little routine";

- "it was one of the best numbers he ever did";

- syn. act, number, routine, turn;

n10
the part of a key that enters a lock and lifts the tumblers;

n11
the cutting part of a drill;

- usually pointed and threaded and is replaceable in a brace or bitstock or drill press;

- "he looked around for the right size bit";

bit-by-bit
a1
one thing at a time;

- syn. in small stages, piecemeal, step-by-step, stepwise;

- sim. gradual;

bit by bit
r1
a little bit at a time;

- "the research structure has developed piecemeal";

- syn. in stages, little by little, piecemeal;

r2
in a gradual manner;

- "the snake moved gradually toward its victim";

- syn. gradually, step by step;

bit field
n1
a field containing only binary characters;

bit part
n1
a small role;

- syn. minor role;

bitartrate
n1
an acid tartrate;

- a hydrogen tartrate;

bitch / b ɪ tʃ /
n1
an unpleasant difficulty;

- "this problem is a real bitch";

n2
a person (usually but not necessarily a woman) who is thoroughly disliked;

- "she said her son thought Hillary was a bitch";

- syn. cunt;

n3
informal terms for objecting;

- "I have a gripe about the service here";

- syn. beef, gripe, kick, squawk;

n4
female of any member of the dog family;

v1
complain;

- "What was he hollering about?";

- syn. beef, bellyache, crab, gripe, grouse, holler, squawk;

v2
say mean things;

- syn. backbite;

bitchery
n1
aggressive remarks and behavior like that of a spiteful malicious woman;

bitchiness
n1
malevolence by virtue of being malicious or spiteful or nasty;

- syn. cattiness, nastiness, spite, spitefulness;

bitchy / b ɪ tʃ i /
a1
marked by or arising from malice;

- "a catty remark";

- syn. cattish, catty;

- sim. malicious;

bite / b aɪ t /
n1
a wound resulting from biting by an animal or a person;

n2
a small amount of solid food;

- a mouthful;

- "all they had left was a bit of bread";

- syn. bit, morsel;

n3
a painful wound caused by the thrust of an insect's stinger into skin;

- syn. insect bite, sting;

n4
a light informal meal;

- syn. collation, snack;

n5
(angling) an instance of a fish taking the bait;

- "after fishing for an hour he still had not had a bite";

n6
wit having a sharp and caustic quality;

- "he commented with typical pungency";

- "the bite of satire";

- syn. pungency;

n7
a strong odor or taste property;

- "the pungency of mustard";

- "the sulfurous bite of garlic";

- "the sharpness of strange spices";

- "the raciness of the wine";

- syn. pungency, raciness, sharpness;

n8
the act of gripping or chewing off with the teeth and jaws;

- syn. chomp;

n9
a portion removed from the whole;

- "the government's weekly bite from my paycheck";

v1
to grip, cut off, or tear with or as if with the teeth or jaws;

- "Gunny invariably tried to bite her";

- syn. seize with teeth;

- also bite off;

v2
cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort;

- "The sun burned his face";

- syn. burn, sting;

v3
penetrate or cut, as with a knife;

- "The fork bit into the surface";

v4
deliver a sting to;

- "A bee stung my arm yesterday";

- syn. prick, sting;

bite off
v1
bite off with a quick bite;

- "The dog snapped off a piece of cloth from the intruder's pants";

- syn. snap at;

bite out
v1
utter;

- "She bit out a curse";

bite plate
n1
a removable dental appliance that is worn in the palate for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes;

- syn. biteplate;

biteplate
n1
a removable dental appliance that is worn in the palate for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes;

- syn. bite plate;

biter / b aɪ t ə /
n1
someone who bites;

bitewing
n1
a dental X-ray film that can be held in place by the teeth during radiography;

Bithynia
n1
an ancient country in northwestern Asia Minor in what is now Turkey;

- was absorbed into the Roman Empire by the end of the 1st century BC;

biting / b aɪ t ɪ ŋ /
a1
capable of wounding;

- "a barbed compliment";

- "a biting aphorism";

- "pungent satire";

- syn. barbed, mordacious, nipping, pungent;

- sim. sarcastic;

a2
causing a sharply painful or stinging sensation;

- used especially of cold;

- "bitter cold";

- "a biting wind";

- syn. bitter;

- sim. painful;

biting louse
n1
wingless insect with mouth parts adapted for biting;

- mostly parasitic on birds;

- syn. bird louse, louse;

biting midge
n1
minute two-winged insect that sucks the blood of mammals and birds and other insects;

- syn. no-see-um, punkey, punkie, punky;

bitingly / b aɪ t ɪ ŋ ɫ i /
r1
extremely and sharply;

- "it was bitterly cold";

- "bitter cold";

- syn. bitter, bitterly, piercingly;

Bitis
n1
a genus of Viperidae;

- syn. genus Bitis;

Bitis arietans
n1
large African viper that inflates its body when alarmed;

- syn. puff adder;

Bitis gabonica
n1
large heavy-bodied brilliantly marked and extremely venomous west African viper;

- syn. gaboon viper;

bitmap
n1
an image represented as a two dimensional array of brightness values for pixels;

- syn. electronic image;

bitok
n1
a Russian dish made with patties of ground meat (mixed with onions and bread and milk) and served with a sauce of sour cream;

bits per inch
n1
a measure of how densely information is packed on a storage medium;

- syn. bpi;

bits per second
n1
(computer science) the rate at which data is transferred (as by a modem);

- syn. bps;

bitstock
n1
a carpenter's tool having a crank handle for turning and a socket to hold a bit for boring;

- syn. brace;

bitt
n1
a strong post (as on a wharf or quay or ship for attaching mooring lines);

- "the road was closed to vehicular traffic with bollards";

- syn. bollard;

v1
secure with a bitt;

- "bitt the ship line";

bitt pin
n1
a pin through the bitthead to keep the mooring lines from slipping off;

Bittacidae
n1
a family of predacious tropical insects of the order Mecoptera;

- syn. family Bittacidae;

bitter / b ɪ t ə , b ɪ t ə ɹ /
n1
English term for a dry sharp-tasting ale with strong flavor of hops (usually on draft);

n2
the taste experience when quinine or coffee is taken into the mouth;

- syn. bitterness;

n3
the property of having a harsh unpleasant taste;

- syn. bitterness;

v1
make bitter;

a1
marked by strong resentment or cynicism;

- "an acrimonious dispute";

- "bitter about the divorce";

- syn. acrimonious;

- sim. resentful;

a2
very difficult to accept or bear;

- "the bitter truth";

- "a bitter sorrow";

- sim. intolerable;

a3
harsh or corrosive in tone;

- "an acerbic tone piercing otherwise flowery prose";

- "a barrage of acid comments";

- "her acrid remarks make her many enemies";

- "bitter words";

- "blistering criticism";

- "caustic jokes about political assassination, talk-show hosts and medical ethics";

- "a sulfurous denunciation";

- "a vitriolic critique";

- syn. acerb, acerbic, acid, acrid, blistering, caustic, sulfurous, sulphurous, virulent, vitriolic;

- sim. unpleasant;

a4
expressive of severe grief or regret;

- "shed bitter tears";

- sim. sorrowful;

a5
proceeding from or exhibiting great hostility or animosity;

- "a bitter struggle";

- "bitter enemies";

- sim. hostile;

a6
causing a sharp and acrid taste experience;

- "quinine is bitter";

- sim. tasty;

a7
causing a sharply painful or stinging sensation;

- used especially of cold;

- "bitter cold";

- "a biting wind";

- syn. biting;

- sim. painful;

r1
extremely and sharply;

- "it was bitterly cold";

- "bitter cold";

- syn. bitingly, bitterly, piercingly;

bitter-bark
n1
ornamental shrub or small tree of swampy areas in southwestern United States having large pink or white sepals and yielding Georgia bark for treating fever;

- syn. Georgia bark, Pinckneya pubens, fever tree;

bitter almond
n1
almond trees having white blossoms and poisonous nuts yielding an oil used for flavoring and for medicinal purposes;

- syn. Amygdalus communis amara, Prunus dulcis amara;

bitter almond oil
n1
pale yellow essential oil obtained from bitter almonds by distillation from almond cake or meal;

bitter aloes
n1
a purgative made from the leaves of aloe;

- syn. aloes;

bitter betch
n1
European perennial toxic vetch;

- syn. Vicia orobus;

bitter cassava
n1
cassava with long tuberous edible roots and soft brittle stems;

- used especially to make cassiri (an intoxicating drink) and tapioca;

- syn. Manihot esculenta, Manihot utilissima, gari, mandioc, mandioca, manioc, tapioca plant;

bitter chocolate
n1
pure unsweetened chocolate used in baking and icings and sauces and candy;

- syn. baking chocolate, cooking chocolate;

bitter cress
n1
any of various herbs of the genus Cardamine, having usually pinnate leaves and racemes of white, pink or purple flowers;

- cosmopolitan except Antarctic;

- syn. bittercress;

bitter dock
n1
European dock with broad obtuse leaves and bitter rootstock common as a weed in North America;

- syn. Rumex obtusifolius, broad-leaved dock, yellow dock;

bitter end
n1
the final extremity (however unpleasant it may be);

- "he was determined to fight to the bitter end";

n2
(nautical) the inboard end of a line or cable especially the end that is wound around a bitt;

bitter floom
n1
any of several pink-flowered marsh plant of the eastern United States resembling a true centaury;

- syn. American centaury, Sabbatia Angularis, Sabbatia stellaris, marsh pink, rose pink;

bitter hickory
n1
hickory of the eastern United States having a leaves with 7 or 9 leaflets and thin-shelled very bitter nuts;

- syn. Carya cordiformis, bitter pignut, bitternut, bitternut hickory, swamp hickory;

bitter lemon
n1
tart lemon-flavored carbonated drink;

bitter orange
n1
any of various common orange trees yielding sour or bitter fruit;

- used as grafting stock;

- syn. Citrus aurantium, Seville orange, bigarade, bitter orange tree, marmalade orange, sour orange;

n2
highly acidic orange used especially in marmalade;

- syn. Seville orange, sour orange;

bitter orange tree
n1
any of various common orange trees yielding sour or bitter fruit;

- used as grafting stock;

- syn. Citrus aurantium, Seville orange, bigarade, bitter orange, marmalade orange, sour orange;

bitter pea
n1
any of several spiny shrubs of the genus Daviesia having yellow flowers and triangular seeds;

- Australia;

bitter pecan
n1
hickory of southern United States having many narrow leaflets and rather bitter nuts;

- syn. Carya aquatica, water bitternut, water hickory;

bitter pignut
n1
hickory of the eastern United States having a leaves with 7 or 9 leaflets and thin-shelled very bitter nuts;

- syn. Carya cordiformis, bitter hickory, bitternut, bitternut hickory, swamp hickory;

bitter principle
n1
any one of several hundred compounds having a bitter taste;

- not admitting of chemical classification;

bitter salts
n1
hydrated magnesium sulfate that is taken orally to treat heartburn and constipation and injected to prevent seizures;

- syn. Epsom salts;

bitter spar
n1
a light colored mineral consisting of calcium magnesium carbonate;

- a source of magnesium;

- used as a ceramic and as fertilizer;

- syn. dolomite;

bittercress
n1
any of various herbs of the genus Cardamine, having usually pinnate leaves and racemes of white, pink or purple flowers;

- cosmopolitan except Antarctic;

- syn. bitter cress;

bitterish / b ɪ t ə ɹ ɪ ʃ /
a1
somewhat bitter;

- syn. sharp-tasting;

- sim. tasty;

bitterly / b ɪ t ə ɫ i /
r1
with bitterness;

- in a resentful manner;

- "she complained bitterly";

r2
indicating something hard to accept;

- "he was bitterly disappointed";

r3
extremely and sharply;

- "it was bitterly cold";

- "bitter cold";

- syn. bitingly, bitter, piercingly;

bittern / b ɪ t ə n /
n1
relatively small compact tawny-brown heron with nocturnal habits and a booming cry;

- found in marshes;

bitterness / b ɪ t ə n ə s /
n1
a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will;

- syn. gall, rancor, rancour, resentment;

n2
a rough and bitter manner;

- syn. acerbity, acrimony, jaundice, tartness, thorniness;

n3
the taste experience when quinine or coffee is taken into the mouth;

- syn. bitter;

n4
the property of having a harsh unpleasant taste;

- syn. bitter;

bitternut / b ɪ t ə n ʌ t /
n1
hickory of the eastern United States having a leaves with 7 or 9 leaflets and thin-shelled very bitter nuts;

- syn. Carya cordiformis, bitter hickory, bitter pignut, bitternut hickory, swamp hickory;

bitternut hickory
n1
hickory of the eastern United States having a leaves with 7 or 9 leaflets and thin-shelled very bitter nuts;

- syn. Carya cordiformis, bitter hickory, bitter pignut, bitternut, swamp hickory;

bitterroot / b ɪ t ə ɹ u t /
n1
showy succulent ground-hugging plant of Rocky Mountains regions having deep to pale pink flowers and fleshy farinaceous roots;

- the Montana state flower;

- syn. Lewisia rediviva;

bitters / b ɪ t ə z /
n1
alcoholic liquor flavored with bitter herbs and roots;

bittersweet / b ɪ t ə s w i t /
n1
poisonous perennial Old World vine having violet flowers and oval coral-red berries;

- widespread weed in North America;

- syn. Solanum dulcamara, bittersweet nightshade, climbing nightshade, deadly nightshade, poisonous nightshade, woody nightshade;

n2
twining shrub of North America having yellow capsules enclosing scarlet seeds;

- syn. American bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, climbing bittersweet, false bittersweet, shrubby bittersweet, staff vine, waxwork;

a1
tinged with sadness;

- "a movie with a bittersweet ending";

- sim. sad;

a2
having a taste that is a mixture of bitterness and sweetness;

- syn. semisweet;

- sim. tasty;

bittersweet chocolate
n1
chocolate liquor with cocoa butter and small amounts of sugar and vanilla;

- lecithin is usually added;

- syn. dark chocolate, semi-sweet chocolate;

bittersweet nightshade
n1
poisonous perennial Old World vine having violet flowers and oval coral-red berries;

- widespread weed in North America;

- syn. Solanum dulcamara, bittersweet, climbing nightshade, deadly nightshade, poisonous nightshade, woody nightshade;

bitterweed
n1
widespread European weed with spiny tongue-shaped leaves and yellow flowers;

- naturalized in United States;

- syn. Picris echioides, bristly oxtongue, bugloss, oxtongue;

n2
any of numerous chiefly North American weedy plants constituting the genus Ambrosia that produce highly allergenic pollen responsible for much hay fever and asthma;

- syn. ambrosia, ragweed;

bitterwood
n1
handsome South American shrub or small tree having bright scarlet flowers and yielding a valuable fine-grained yellowish wood;

- yields the bitter drug quassia from its wood and bark;

- syn. Quassia amara, quassia;

n2
West Indian tree yielding the drug Jamaica quassia;

- syn. Jamaica quassia, Picrasma excelsa, Picrasma excelsum;

n3
medium to large tree of tropical North and South America having odd-pinnate leaves and long panicles of small pale yellow flowers followed by scarlet fruits;

- syn. Simarouba glauca, paradise tree;

bitterwood tree
n1
any of various trees or shrubs of the family Simaroubaceae having wood and bark with a bitter taste;

bitthead
n1
the upper end of a bitt;

bittie
a1
(used informally) very small;

- "a wee tot";

- syn. bitty, itsy-bitsy, itty-bitty, teensy, teensy-weensy, teentsy, teeny, teeny-weeny, wee, weensy, weeny;

- sim. small;

bitty
a1
(used informally) very small;

- "a wee tot";

- syn. bittie, itsy-bitsy, itty-bitty, teensy, teensy-weensy, teentsy, teeny, teeny-weeny, wee, weensy, weeny;

- sim. small;

bitumastic
n1
a protective coating of asphalt and filter used on structural metals that are exposed to weathering;

bitumen / b ɪ t j ʊ m ə n /
n1
any of various naturally occurring impure mixtures of hydrocarbons;

bitumenoid
a1
like bitumen;

- syn. bituminoid;

bituminise / b ɪ t j u m ɪ n ɪ s /
v1
treat with bitumen;

- syn. bituminize;

bituminize / b ɪ t j u m ɪ n aɪ z /
v1
treat with bitumen;

- syn. bituminise;

bituminoid / b ɪ t j u m ɪ n ɔɪ d /
a1
like bitumen;

- syn. bitumenoid;

bituminous / b ɪ t j u m ɪ n ə s /
a1
resembling or containing bitumen;

- "bituminous coal";

bituminous coal
n1
rich in tarry hydrocarbons;

- burns readily with a smoky yellow flame;

- syn. soft coal;

Biu-Mandara
n1
a group of Chadic languages spoken in the border area between Cameroon and Nigeria south of Lake Chad;

bivalent / b aɪ v eɪ ɫ ə n t /
a1
having a valence of two or having two valences;

- syn. divalent;

a2
used of homologous chromosomes associated in pairs in synapsis;

- syn. double;

bivalve / b aɪ v æ ɫ v /
n1
marine or freshwater mollusks having a soft body with platelike gills enclosed within two shells hinged together;

- syn. lamellibranch, pelecypod;

a1
used of mollusks having two shells (as clams etc.);

- syn. bivalved;

- sim. lamellibranch;

bivalved / b aɪ v æ ɫ v d /
a1
used of mollusks having two shells (as clams etc.);

- syn. bivalve;

- sim. lamellibranch;

Bivalvia / b aɪ v æ ɫ v aɪ ə /
n1
oysters;

- clams;

- scallops;

- mussels;

- syn. Lamellibranchia, class Bivalvia, class Lamellibranchia, class Pelecypoda;

bivariate
a1
having two variables;

- "bivariate binomial distribution";

bivouac / b ɪ v ʊ æ k /
n1
temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers;

- "wherever he went in the camp the men were grumbling";

- syn. camp, cantonment, encampment;

n2
a site where people on holiday can pitch a tent;

- syn. campground, camping area, camping ground, camping site, campsite, encampment;

v1
live in or as if in a tent;

- "Can we go camping again this summer?";

- "The circus tented near the town";

- "The houseguests had to camp in the living room";

- syn. camp, camp out, encamp, tent;

bivouacking / b ɪ v ʊ æ k ɪ ŋ /
n1
the act of encamping and living in tents in a camp;

- syn. camping, encampment, tenting;

biweekly
n1
a periodical that is published twice a week or every two weeks (either 104 or 26 issues per year);

a1
occurring every two weeks;

- syn. fortnightly;

- sim. periodic;

a2
occurring twice a week;

- syn. semiweekly;

- sim. periodic;

r1
twice a week;

- "he called home semiweekly";

- syn. semiweekly;

r2
every two weeks;

- "he visited his cousins fortnightly";

- syn. fortnightly;

biyearly
a1
occurring every second year;

- "they met at biennial conventions";

- syn. biennial;

- sim. periodic;

a2
occurring or payable twice each year;

- syn. biannual, half-yearly, semiannual;

- sim. periodic;

r1
every two years;

- "this festival takes places biennially";

- syn. biennially;

r2
twice a year;

- syn. semiannually;

biz / b ɪ z /
n1
your occupation or line of work;

- "he's in the plumbing game";

- "she's in show biz";

- syn. game;

bizarre / b ɪ z ɑ , b ɪ z ɑr /
a1
conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual;

- "restaurants of bizarre design--one like a hat, another like a rabbit";

- "famed for his eccentric spelling";

- "a freakish combination of styles";

- "his off-the-wall antics";

- "the outlandish clothes of teenagers";

- "outre and affected stage antics";

- syn. eccentric, flakey, flaky, freakish, freaky, gonzo, off-the-wall, outlandish, outre;

- sim. unconventional;

bizarreness / b ɪ z ɑ n ɛ s /
n1
strikingly out of the ordinary;

- syn. outlandishness, weirdness;

bize
n1
a dry cold north wind in southeastern France;

- syn. bise;

Bizet
n1
French composer best known for his operas (1838-1875);

- syn. Georges Bizet;

bizonal / b aɪ z oʊ n ɫ /
a1
relating to or concerned with the combined affairs of two administrative zones;

- "Bizonal currency was used in occupied Germany after World War II";

BJA
n1
the bureau in the Department of Justice that assists local criminal justice systems to reduce or prevent crime and violence and drug abuse;

- syn. Bureau of Justice Assistance;

BJS
n1
the agency in the Department of Justice that is the primary source of criminal justice statistics for federal and local policy makers;

- syn. Bureau of Justice Statistics;

Bk
n1
a radioactive transuranic element;

- discovered by bombarding americium with helium;

- syn. atomic number 97, berkelium;

blab / b ɫ æ b /
v1
divulge confidential information or secrets;

- "Be careful--his secretary talks";

- syn. babble, babble out, blab out, let the cat out of the bag, peach, sing, spill the beans, talk, tattle;

v2
speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly;

- syn. blabber, chatter, clack, gabble, gibber, maunder, palaver, piffle, prate, prattle, tattle, tittle-tattle, twaddle;

blab out
v1
divulge confidential information or secrets;

- "Be careful--his secretary talks";

- syn. babble, babble out, blab, let the cat out of the bag, peach, sing, spill the beans, talk, tattle;

blabber / b ɫ æ b ə , b ɫ æ b ə ɹ /
n1
one who reveals confidential information in return for money;

- syn. betrayer, informer, rat, squealer;

v1
speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly;

- syn. blab, chatter, clack, gabble, gibber, maunder, palaver, piffle, prate, prattle, tattle, tittle-tattle, twaddle;

blabbermouth / b ɫ æ b ə m aʊ θ /
n1
someone who gossips indiscreetly;

- syn. talebearer, taleteller, tattler, tattletale, telltale;

blabbermouthed
a1
unwisely talking too much;

- syn. bigmouthed, blabby, talkative;

- sim. indiscreet;

a2
prone to communicate confidential information;

- syn. leaky, talebearing, tattling;

- sim. communicative;

blabby / b ɫ æ b i /
a1
unwisely talking too much;

- syn. bigmouthed, blabbermouthed, talkative;

- sim. indiscreet;

Blaberus
n1
giant cockroaches;

- syn. genus Blaberus;

black / b ɫ æ k /
n1
the quality or state of the achromatic color of least lightness (bearing the least resemblance to white);

- syn. blackness, inkiness;

n2
total absence of light;

- "they fumbled around in total darkness";

- "in the black of night";

- syn. blackness, lightlessness, pitch blackness, total darkness;

n3
British chemist who identified carbon dioxide and who formulated the concepts of specific heat and latent heat (1728-1799);

- syn. Joseph Black;

n4
popular child actress of the 1930's (born in 1928);

- syn. Shirley Temple, Shirley Temple Black;

n5
a person with African ancestry, "Negro" and "Negroid" are archaic and pejorative today;

- syn. African-American, Negro, Negroid;

n6
(board games) the darker pieces;

n7
black clothing (worn as a sign of mourning);

- "the widow wore black";

v1
make or become black;

- "The smoke blackened the ceiling";

- "The ceiling blackened";

- syn. blacken, melanise, melanize;

a1
being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness;

- having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light;

- "black leather jackets";

- "as black as coal";

- "rich black soil";

- also dark;

a2
of or belonging to a racial group especially of sub-Saharan African origin;

- "a great people--a black people--...injected new meaning and dignity into the veins of civilization"- Martin Luther King Jr.;

- sim. African-American, colored;

a3
marked by anger or resentment or hostility;

- "black looks";

- "black words";

- sim. angry;

a4
offering little or no hope;

- "the future looked black";

- "prospects were bleak";

- "Life in the Aran Islands has always been bleak and difficult"- J.M.Synge;

- "took a dim view of things";

- syn. bleak, dim;

- sim. hopeless;

a5
stemming from evil characteristics or forces;

- wicked or dishonorable;

- "black deeds";

- "a black lie";

- "his black heart has concocted yet another black deed";

- "Darth Vader of the dark side";

- "a dark purpose";

- "dark undercurrents of ethnic hostility";

- "the scheme of some sinister intelligence bent on punishing him"-Thomas Hardy;

- syn. dark, sinister;

- sim. evil;

a6
(of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences;

- bringing ruin;

- "the stock market crashed on Black Friday";

- "a calamitous defeat";

- "the battle was a disastrous end to a disastrous campaign";

- "such doctrines, if true, would be absolutely fatal to my theory"- Charles Darwin;

- "it is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it"- Douglas MacArthur;

- "a fateful error";

- syn. calamitous, disastrous, fatal, fateful;

- sim. unfortunate;

a7
(of the face) made black especially as with suffused blood;

- "a face black with fury";

- syn. blackened;

- sim. colored;

a8
extremely dark;

- "a black moonless night";

- "through the pitch-black woods";

- "it was pitch-dark in the cellar";

- syn. pitch-black, pitch-dark;

- sim. dark;

a9
harshly ironic or sinister;

- "black humor";

- "a grim joke";

- "grim laughter";

- "fun ranging from slapstick clowning ... to savage mordant wit";

- syn. grim, mordant;

- sim. sarcastic;

a10
(of intelligence operations) deliberately misleading;

- "black propaganda";

- sim. covert;

a11
distributed or sold illicitly;

- "the black economy pays no taxes";

- syn. black-market, bootleg, contraband, smuggled;

- sim. illegal;

a12
(used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame;

- "Man...has written one of his blackest records as a destroyer on the oceanic islands"- Rachel Carson;

- "an ignominious retreat";

- "inglorious defeat";

- "an opprobrious monument to human greed";

- "a shameful display of cowardice";

- syn. disgraceful, ignominious, inglorious, opprobrious, shameful;

- sim. dishonorable;

a13
(of coffee) without cream or sugar;

- sim. undiluted;

a14
soiled with dirt or soot;

- "with feet black from playing outdoors";

- "his shirt was black within an hour";

- syn. smutty;

- sim. dirty;

black-and-blue
a1
discolored by coagulation of blood beneath the skin;

- "beaten black and blue";

- "livid bruises";

- syn. livid;

- sim. injured;

black-and-tan
a1
having a pattern of black and tan;

- sim. patterned;

black-and-tan coonhound
n1
American breed of large powerful hound dogs used for hunting raccoons and other game;

black-and-tan terrier
n1
a breed of short-haired rat terrier with a black-and-tan coat that was developed in Manchester, England;

- syn. Manchester terrier;

black-and-white
a1
lacking hue or shades of grey;

- part white and part black;

- "a black-and-white cow";

- "black-and-white blooms";

- "black-and-white stripes";

a2
not having or not capable of producing colors;

- "black-and-white film";

- "a black-and-white TV";

- "the movie was in black and white";

- syn. black and white;

a3
of a situation that is sharply divided into mutually exclusive categories;

- "he rejected a black-and-white world";

- "there are no black-and-white certainties";

- "there were no grey areas, you were either for him or against him, he was all black-and-white";

- sim. divided;

black-backed gull
n1
white gull having a black back and wings;

- syn. Larus marinus, cob, great black-backed gull;

black-barred
a1
having a pattern consisting of black bars;

- sim. patterned;

black-billed cuckoo
n1
North American cuckoo;

- builds a nest and rears its own young;

- syn. Coccyzus erythropthalmus;

black-body radiation
n1
the electromagnetic radiation that would be radiated from an ideal black body;

- the distribution of energy in the radiated spectrum of a black body depends only on temperature and is determined by Planck's radiation law;

- syn. blackbody radiation;

black-capped chickadee
n1
chickadee having a dark crown;

- syn. Parus atricapillus, blackcap;

black-coated
a1
coated with black;

- sim. coated;

black-crowned night heron
n1
night heron of both Old and New Worlds;

- syn. Nycticorax nycticorax;

black-eyed pea
n1
fruit or seed of the cowpea plant;

- syn. cowpea;

n2
sprawling Old World annual cultivated especially in southern United States for food and forage and green manure;

- syn. Vigna sinensis, Vigna unguiculata, cowpea, cowpea plant;

n3
eaten fresh as shell beans or dried;

- syn. cowpea;

black-eyed Susan
n1
tropical African climbing plant having yellow flowers with a dark purple center;

- syn. Thunbergia alata, black-eyed Susan vine;

n2
annual weedy herb with ephemeral yellow purple-eyed flowers;

- Old World tropics;

- naturalized as a weed in North America;

- syn. Hibiscus trionum, bladder ketmia, flower-of-an-hour, flowers-of-an-hour;

n3
the state flower of Maryland;

- of central and southeastern United States;

- having daisylike flowers with dark centers and yellow to orange rays;

- syn. Rudbeckia hirta, Rudbeckia serotina;

black-eyed Susan vine
n1
tropical African climbing plant having yellow flowers with a dark purple center;

- syn. Thunbergia alata, black-eyed Susan;

black-footed albatross
n1
a variety of albatross with black feet;

- syn. Diomedea nigripes, gooney, gooney bird, goonie, goony;

black-footed ferret
n1
musteline mammal of prairie regions of United States;

- nearly extinct;

- syn. Mustela nigripes, ferret;

black-fronted bush shrike
n1
a kind of bush shrike;

- syn. Chlorophoneus nigrifrons;

black-gray
a1
of dark grey;

- syn. black-grey, blackish-gray, blackish-grey;

- sim. achromatic;

black-grey
a1
of dark grey;

- syn. black-gray, blackish-gray, blackish-grey;

- sim. achromatic;

black-haired
a1
having hair of a dark color;

- "a dark-haired beauty";

- syn. brown-haired, dark-haired;

- sim. brunet;

black-headed snake
n1
small secretive ground-living snake;

- found from central United States to Argentina;

black-legged tick
n1
parasitic on mice of genus Peromyscus and bites humans;

- principal vector for Lyme disease in eastern United States (especially New England);

- northern form was for a time known as Ixodes dammini (deer tick);

- syn. Ixodes scapularis;

black-marked
a1
having black marks;

- sim. patterned;

black-market
a1
distributed or sold illicitly;

- "the black economy pays no taxes";

- syn. black, bootleg, contraband, smuggled;

- sim. illegal;

black-necked cobra
n1
aggressive cobra widely distributed in Africa;

- rarely bites but spits venom that may cause blindness;

- syn. Naja nigricollis, spitting cobra;

black-necked grebe
n1
small grebe with yellow ear tufts and a black neck;

- found in Eurasia and southern Africa as well as western United States;

- syn. Podiceps nigricollis, eared grebe;

black-necked stilt
n1
stilt of southwestern United States to northern South America having black plumage extending from the head down the back of the neck;

- syn. Himantopus mexicanus;

black-necked stork
n1
large mostly white Australian stork;

- syn. Xenorhyncus asiaticus, jabiru, policeman bird;

black-seeded
a1
having black seeds;

- sim. seedy;

black-stem spleenwort
n1
fern of tropical America: from southern United States to West Indies and Mexico to Brazil;

- syn. black-stemmed spleenwort, little ebony spleenwort;

black-stemmed spleenwort
n1
fern of tropical America: from southern United States to West Indies and Mexico to Brazil;

- syn. black-stem spleenwort, little ebony spleenwort;

black-tailed deer
n1
mule deer of western Rocky Mountains;

- syn. Odocoileus hemionus columbianus, blacktail, blacktail deer;

black-tie
a1
moderately formal;

- requiring a dinner jacket;

- "he wore semiformal attire";

- "a black-tie dinner";

- syn. semi-formal, semiformal;

- sim. formal;

black-winged stilt
n1
stilt of Europe and Africa and Asia having mostly white plumage but with black wings;

- syn. Himantopus himantopus;

Black Africa
n1
the region of Africa to the south of the Sahara Desert;

- syn. Sub-Saharan Africa;

Black African
n1
an African who is Black;

black and gold garden spider
n1
a widely distributed North American garden spider;

- syn. Argiope aurantia;

Black and Tan
n1
an English recruit (who wore a uniform that was black and tan) serving in the Irish constabulary to suppress the Sinn Fein rebellion of 1919 to 1921;

black and white
n1
communication by means of written symbols (either printed or handwritten);

- syn. written communication, written language;

n2
a black-and-white photograph or slide;

- syn. monochrome;

a1
not having or not capable of producing colors;

- "black-and-white film";

- "a black-and-white TV";

- "the movie was in black and white";

- syn. black-and-white;

black Angus
n1
black hornless breed from Scotland;

- syn. Aberdeen Angus, Angus;

black apricot
n1
small hybrid apricot of Asia and Asia Minor having purplish twigs and white flowers following by inferior purple fruit;

- syn. Prunus dasycarpa, purple apricot;

black archangel
n1
ill-smelling European herb with rugose leaves and whorls of dark purple flowers;

- syn. Ballota nigra, black horehound, fetid horehound, stinking horehound;

black art
n1
the belief in magical spells that harness occult forces or evil spirits to produce unnatural effects in the world;

- syn. black magic, necromancy, sorcery;

black ash
n1
vigorous spreading North American tree having dark brown heavy wood;

- leaves turn gold in autumn;

- syn. Fraxinus nigra, basket ash, brown ash, hoop ash;

black bamboo
n1
small bamboo having thin green culms turning shining black;

- syn. Phyllostachys nigra, kuri-chiku;

black bass
n1
bluish black-striped sea bass of the Atlantic coast of the United States;

- syn. Centropistes striata, black sea bass;

n2
widely distributed and highly prized American freshwater game fishes (sunfish family);

black bead
n1
erect shrub with small if any spines having racemes of white to yellow flowers followed by curved pointed pods and black shiny seeds;

- West Indies and Florida;

- syn. Pithecellobium unguis-cati, cat's-claw, catclaw;

black bean
n1
black-seeded bean of South America;

- usually dried;

- syn. turtle bean;

black bear
n1
bear with a black coat living in central and eastern Asia;

- syn. Asiatic black bear, Selenarctos thibetanus, Ursus thibetanus;

n2
brown to black North American bear;

- smaller and less ferocious than the brown bear;

- syn. American black bear, Euarctos americanus, Ursus americanus;

black bearberry
n1
deciduous creeping shrub bright red in autumn having black or blue-black berries;

- alpine and circumpolar;

- syn. Arctostaphylos alpina, alpine bearberry;

black bee
n1
dark-colored ill-tempered honeybee supposedly of German origin;

- syn. German bee;

black beech
n1
New Zealand forest tree;

- syn. Nothofagus solanderi;

black belt
n1
a person who attained the rank of expert in the martial arts (judo or karate);

n2
a black sash worn to show expert standards in the martial arts (judo or karate);

black bile
n1
a humor that was once believed to be secreted by the kidneys or spleen and to cause sadness and melancholy;

- syn. melancholy;

black bindweed
n1
common European twining vine with tuberous roots and cordate leaves and red berries;

- syn. Tamus communis, black bryony;

black birch
n1
common birch of the eastern United States having spicy brown bark yielding a volatile oil and hard dark wood used for furniture;

- syn. Betula lenta, cherry birch, sweet birch;

n2
birch of swamps and river bottoms throughout the eastern United States having reddish-brown bark;

- syn. Betula nigra, red birch, river birch;

black body
n1
a hypothetical object capable of absorbing all the electromagnetic radiation falling on it;

- "a black body maintained at a constant temperature is a full radiator at that temperature because the radiation reaching and leaving it must be in equilibrium";

- syn. blackbody, full radiator;

black book
n1
a list of people who are out of favor;

- syn. blacklist, shitlist;

black box
n1
equipment that records information about the performance of an aircraft during flight;

black bread
n1
bread made of coarse rye flour;

- syn. pumpernickel;

black bream
n1
important dark-colored edible food and game fish of Australia;

- syn. Chrysophrys australis;

black bryony
n1
common European twining vine with tuberous roots and cordate leaves and red berries;

- syn. Tamus communis, black bindweed;

black buck
n1
common Indian antelope with a dark back and spiral horns;

- syn. Antilope cervicapra, blackbuck;

black buffalo
n1
fish of the lower Mississippi;

- syn. Ictiobus niger;

black calla
n1
ornamental plant of Middle East cultivated for its dark purple spathe;

- syn. Arum palaestinum;

black caraway
n1
herb of the Mediterranean region having pungent seeds used like those of caraway;

- syn. Nigella sativa, Roman coriander, nutmeg flower;

black carpet beetle
n1
a carpet beetle that is solid black in color;

black cat
n1
large dark brown North American arboreal carnivorous mammal;

- syn. Martes pennanti, fisher, fisher cat, pekan;

black catechu
n1
extract of the heartwood of Acacia catechu used for dyeing and tanning and preserving fishnets and sails;

- formerly used medicinally;

- syn. catechu;

black cherry
n1
large North American wild cherry with round black sour edible fruit;

- syn. Prunus serotina, black cherry tree, rum cherry;

n2
any of several fruits of cultivated cherry trees that have sweet flesh;

- syn. sweet cherry;

black cherry tree
n1
large North American wild cherry with round black sour edible fruit;

- syn. Prunus serotina, black cherry, rum cherry;

black cock
n1
male black grouse;

- syn. blackcock;

black cohosh
n1
North American bugbane found from Maine and Ontario to Wisconsin and south to Georgia;

- syn. Cimicifuga racemosa, black snakeroot, rattle-top;

black comedy
n1
comedy that uses black humor;

black cottonwood
n1
North American poplar with large rounded scalloped leaves and brownish bark and wood;

- syn. Populus heterophylla, downy poplar, swamp cottonwood, swamp poplar;

n2
cottonwood of western North America with dark green leaves shining above and rusty or silvery beneath;

- syn. Populus trichocarpa, Western balsam poplar;

black crappie
n1
a crappie that is black;

- syn. Pomoxis nigromaculatus;

black currant
n1
widely cultivated current bearing edible black aromatic berries;

- syn. European black currant, Ribes nigrum;

n2
small black berries used in jams and jellies;

black cypress pine
n1
Australian tree with small flattened scales as leaves and numerous dark brown seed;

- valued for its timber and resin;

- syn. Callitris calcarata, Callitris endlicheri, red cypress pine;

Black Death
n1
the epidemic form of bubonic plague experienced during the Middle Ages when it killed nearly half the people of western Europe;

- syn. Black Plague;

black diamond
n1
an inferior dark diamond used in industry for drilling and polishing;

- syn. carbonado;

black disease
n1
a disease of the liver (especially in sheep and cattle) caused by liver flukes and their by-products;

- syn. distomatosis, liver rot, sheep rot;

black duck
n1
a dusky duck of northeastern United States and Canada;

- syn. Anas rubripes;

black economy
n1
a hidden sector of the economy where private cash transactions go unreported;

- "no one knows how large the black economy really is";

black elder
n1
a common shrub with black fruit or a small tree of Europe and Asia;

- fruit used for wines and jellies;

- syn. European elder, Sambucus nigra, bourtree, common elder, elderberry;

black elderberry
n1
common elder of central and eastern North America bearing purple-black berries;

- fruit used in wines and jellies;

- syn. American elder, Sambucus canadensis, sweet elder;

Black English
n1
a nonstandard form of American English characteristically spoken by African Americans in the United States;

- syn. AAVE, African American English, African American Vernacular English, Black English Vernacular, Black Vernacular, Black Vernacular English, Ebonics;

Black English Vernacular
n1
a nonstandard form of American English characteristically spoken by African Americans in the United States;

- syn. AAVE, African American English, African American Vernacular English, Black English, Black Vernacular, Black Vernacular English, Ebonics;

black eye
n1
a swollen bruise caused by a blow to the eye;

- syn. mouse, shiner;

n2
a bad reputation;

- "his behavior gave the whole family a black eye";

n3
an unfortunate happening that hinders or impedes;

- something that is thwarting or frustrating;

- syn. blow, reversal, reverse, setback;

black felt cup
n1
a common name for a variety of Sarcosomataceae;

black flag
n1
a flag usually bearing a white skull and crossbones on a black background;

- indicates a pirate ship;

- syn. Jolly Roger, blackjack, pirate flag;

black fly
n1
small blackish stout-bodied biting fly having aquatic larvae;

- sucks the blood of birds as well as humans and other mammals;

- syn. blackfly, buffalo gnat;

Black Forest
n1
a hilly forest region in southwestern Germany;

- syn. Schwarzwald;

black fox
n1
red fox in the color phase when its pelt is mostly black;

Black Friar
n1
a Roman Catholic friar wearing the black mantle of the Dominican order;

- syn. Blackfriar, Dominican, friar preacher;

black fritillary
n1
herb of southwestern United States having dark purple bell-shaped flowers mottled with green;

- syn. Fritillaria biflora, mission bells;

black grama
n1
a pasture grass (especially of western coastal regions of North America);

- syn. Bouteloua eriopoda;

black greasewood
n1
low hardy much-branched spiny shrub common in alkaline soils of western America;

- syn. Sarcobatus vermiculatus, greasewood;

black grouse
n1
grouse of which the male is bluish-black;

black guillemot
n1
northern Atlantic guillemot;

- syn. Cepphus grylle;

black gum
n1
columnar tree of eastern North America having horizontal limbs and small leaves that emerge late in spring and have brilliant color in early fall;

- syn. Nyssa sylvatica, pepperidge, sour gum;

n2
a small mallee with rough dark-colored bark toward the butt;

- yields a red eucalyptus kino gum;

- syn. Eucalytus stellulata, black mallee, black sally;

Black Hand
n1
a secret terrorist society in the United States early in the 20th century;

black haw
n1
deciduous tree of southeastern United States and Mexico;

- syn. Bumelia lanuginosa, chittamwood, chittimwood, false buckthorn, shittimwood;

n2
upright deciduous shrub having frosted dark-blue fruit;

- east and east central North America;

- syn. Viburnum prunifolium;

Black Hawk
n1
Sauk leader who in 1832 led Fox and Sauk warriors against the United States (1767-1838);

- syn. Makataimeshekiakiak;

black hellebore
n1
slightly hairy perennial having deep green leathery leaves and flowers that are ultimately purplish-green;

- syn. Helleborus orientalis, lenten rose;

n2
European evergreen plant with white or purplish rose-like winter-blooming flowers;

- syn. Christmas rose, Helleborus niger, winter rose;

black hemlock
n1
large evergreen of western United States;

- wood much harder than Canadian hemlock;

- syn. Tsuga mertensiana, mountain hemlock;

black henbane
n1
poisonous fetid Old World herb having sticky hairy leaves and yellow-brown flowers;

- yields hyoscyamine and scopolamine;

- syn. Hyoscyamus niger, henbane, stinking nightshade;

black hickory
n1
smooth-barked North American hickory with 7 to 9 leaflets bearing a hard-shelled edible nut;

- syn. Carya tomentosa, big-bud hickory, mockernut, mockernut hickory, white-heart hickory;

n2
an American hickory tree having bitter nuts;

- syn. Carya glabra, brown hickory, pignut, pignut hickory;

n3
North American walnut tree with hard dark wood and edible nut;

- syn. Juglans nigra, black walnut, black walnut tree;

Black Hills
n1
mountains in southwestern South Dakota and northeastern Wyoming;

- sacred to the Sioux (whites settling in the Black Hills led to the Battle of Little Bighorn);

- site of Mount Rushmore;

n2
mountains in western South Dakota and northeastern Wyoming;

black hole
n1
a region of space resulting from the collapse of a star;

- extremely high gravitational field;

Black Hole of Calcutta
n1
a dungeon (20 feet square) in a fort in Calcutta where as many as 146 English prisoners were held overnight by Siraj-ud-daula;

- the next morning only 23 were still alive;

black Hollander
n1
Old World willow with light green leaves cultivated for use in basketry;

- syn. Salix amygdalina, Salix triandra, almond willow;

black horehound
n1
ill-smelling European herb with rugose leaves and whorls of dark purple flowers;

- syn. Ballota nigra, black archangel, fetid horehound, stinking horehound;

black huckleberry
n1
low shrub of the eastern United States bearing shiny black edible fruit;

- best known of the huckleberries;

- syn. Gaylussacia baccata;

black humor
n1
the juxtaposition of morbid and farcical elements (in writing or drama) to give a disturbing effect;

- syn. black humour;

black humour
n1
the juxtaposition of morbid and farcical elements (in writing or drama) to give a disturbing effect;

- syn. black humor;

black ice
n1
a thin coating of ice (as from freezing mist) on a road or sidewalk;

- nearly invisible but very hazardous;

Black Jack Pershing
n1
United States general who commanded the American forces in Europe during World War I (1860-1948);

- syn. John Joseph Pershing, Pershing;

black kite
n1
dark Old World kite feeding chiefly on carrion;

- syn. Milvus migrans;

black knapweed
n1
a weedy perennial with tough wiry stems and purple flowers;

- native to Europe but widely naturalized;

- syn. Centaurea nigra, hardheads, lesser knapweed;

black knot
n1
disease of plum and cherry trees characterized by black excrescences on the branches;

black larch
n1
medium-sized larch of Canada and northern United States including Alaska having a broad conic crown and rust-brown scaly bark;

- syn. American larch, Larix laricina, tamarack;

black lead
n1
used as a lubricant and as a moderator in nuclear reactors;

- syn. graphite, plumbago;

black letter
n1
a heavy typeface in use from 15th to 18th centuries;

- syn. Gothic;

black locust
n1
strong stiff wood of a black-locust tree;

- very resistant to decay;

n2
large thorny tree of eastern and central United States having pinnately compound leaves and drooping racemes of white flowers;

- widely naturalized in many varieties in temperate regions;

- syn. Robinia pseudoacacia, yellow locust;

black lotion
n1
a mixture of calomel and limewater that is used on syphilitic sores;

- syn. blackwash;

black lovage
n1
European herb somewhat resembling celery widely naturalized in Britain coastal regions and often cultivated as a potherb;

- syn. Alexander, Alexanders, Smyrnium olusatrum, horse parsley;

black lung
n1
lung disease caused by inhaling coal dust;

- syn. anthracosis, black lung disease, coal miner's lung;

black lung disease
n1
lung disease caused by inhaling coal dust;

- syn. anthracosis, black lung, coal miner's lung;

black magic
n1
the belief in magical spells that harness occult forces or evil spirits to produce unnatural effects in the world;

- syn. black art, necromancy, sorcery;

black maire
n1
northern Zealand tree having dense hard light-brown wood;

- syn. Olea cunninghamii;

black mallee
n1
a small mallee with rough dark-colored bark toward the butt;

- yields a red eucalyptus kino gum;

- syn. Eucalytus stellulata, black gum, black sally;

black mamba
n1
a highly venomous southern African mamba dreaded because of its quickness and readiness to bite;

- syn. Dendroaspis augusticeps;

black mangrove
n1
an Australian tree resembling the black mangrove of the West Indies and Florida;

- syn. Aegiceras majus;

n2
a mangrove of the West Indies and the southern Florida coast;

- occurs in dense thickets and has numerous short roots that bend up from the ground;

- syn. Avicennia marina;

black margate
n1
dusky grey food fish found from Louisiana and Florida southward;

- syn. Anisotremus surinamensis, pompon;

black Maria
n1
van used by police to transport prisoners;

- syn. paddy wagon, patrol wagon, police van, police wagon, wagon;

n2
a form of whist in which players avoid winning tricks containing hearts or the queen of spades;

- syn. hearts;

black market
n1
people who engage in illicit trade;

n2
an illegal market in which goods or currencies are bought and sold in violation of rationing or controls;

v1
deal in illegally, such as arms or liquor;

- syn. run;

black marketeer
n1
someone who engages illegally in trade in scarce or controlled commodities;

v1
deal on the black market;

black marlin
n1
large game fish in the Pacific Ocean;

- may reach 1000 pounds;

- syn. Makaira marlina, Makaira mazara;

black medick
n1
prostrate European herb with small yellow flowers and curved black pods;

- naturalized in North America;

- syn. Medicago lupulina, hop clover, nonesuch clover, yellow trefoil;

black morel
n1
a morel whose pitted fertile body is attached to the stalk with little free skirt around it;

- the fertile body is grey when young and black in old age;

- syn. Morchella angusticeps, Morchella conica, conic morel, narrowhead morel;

black moss
n1
dense festoons of greenish-grey hairlike flexuous strands anchored to tree trunks and branches by sparse wiry roots;

- southeastern United States and West Indies to South America;

- syn. Spanish moss, Tillandsia usneoides, long moss, old man's beard;

black mulberry
n1
European mulberry having dark foliage and fruit;

- syn. Morus nigra;

black music
n1
music created by African-American musicians;

- early forms were songs that had a melodic line and a strong rhythmic beat with repeated choruses;

- syn. African-American music;

Black Muslim
n1
an activist member of a largely American group of Blacks called the Nation of Islam;

black mustard
n1
widespread Eurasian annual plant cultivated for its pungent seeds;

- a principal source of table mustard;

- syn. Brassica nigra;

black nightshade
n1
Eurasian herb naturalized in America having white flowers and poisonous hairy foliage and bearing black berries that are sometimes poisonous but sometimes edible;

- syn. Solanum nigrum, common nightshade, poison-berry, poisonberry;

black oak
n1
medium to large deciduous timber tree of the eastern United States and southeastern Canada having dark outer bark and yellow inner bark used for tanning;

- broad five-lobed leaves are bristle-tipped;

- syn. Quercus velutina, quercitron, quercitron oak, yellow oak;

black olive
n1
olives picked ripe and cured in brine then dried or pickled or preserved canned or in oil;

- syn. ripe olive;

black opal
n1
a dark colored opal with internal reflections of green or red;

black operation
n1
a covert operation not attributable to the organization carrying it out;

black out
v1
obliterate or extinguish;

- "Some life-forms were obliterated by the radiation, others survived";

v2
darken completely;

- "The dining room blackened out";

- syn. blacken out;

v3
suppress by censorship as for political reasons;

- "parts of the newspaper article were blacked out";

v4
lose consciousness due to a sudden trauma, for example;

- syn. pass out, zonk out;

Black Panther
n1
a member of the Black Panthers political party;

Black Panthers
n1
a militant Black political party founded in 1965 to end political dominance by Whites;

black pea
n1
perennial of Europe and North Africa;

- foliage turns black in drying;

- syn. Lathyrus niger;

black pepper
n1
climber having dark red berries (peppercorns) when fully ripe;

- southern India and Sri Lanka;

- naturalized in northern Burma and Assam;

- syn. Madagascar pepper, Piper nigrum, common pepper, pepper, white pepper;

n2
pepper that is ground from whole peppercorns with husks on;

black pine
n1
conifer of Australia and New Zealand;

- syn. Podocarpus spicata, Prumnopitys taxifolia, matai;

n2
New Zealand conifer used for lumber;

- the dark wood is used for interior carpentry;

- syn. Podocarpus ferruginea, Prumnopitys ferruginea, miro;

n3
large Japanese ornamental having long needles in bunches of 2;

- widely planted in United States because of its resistance to salt and smog;

- syn. Japanese black pine, Pinus thunbergii;

n4
tall symmetrical pine of western North America having long blue-green needles in bunches of 3 and elongated cones on spreading somewhat pendulous branches;

- sometimes classified as a variety of ponderosa pine;

- syn. Jeffrey's pine, Jeffrey pine, Pinus jeffreyi;

n5
large two-needled timber pine of southeastern Europe;

- syn. Pinus nigra;

Black Plague
n1
the epidemic form of bubonic plague experienced during the Middle Ages when it killed nearly half the people of western Europe;

- syn. Black Death;

black poplar
n1
large European poplar;

- syn. Populus nigra;

Black Prince
n1
son of Edward III who defeated the French at Crecy and Poitiers in the Hundred Years' War (1330-1376);

- syn. Edward;

black pudding
n1
a black sausage containing pig's blood and other ingredients;

- syn. blood pudding, blood sausage;

black racer
n1
blackish racer of the eastern United States that grows to six feet;

- syn. Coluber constrictor, blacksnake;

black raspberry
n1
raspberry native to eastern North America having black thimble-shaped fruit;

- syn. Rubus occidentalis, blackcap, blackcap raspberry, thimbleberry;

black rat
n1
common household pest originally from Asia that has spread worldwide;

- syn. Rattus rattus, roof rat;

black rat snake
n1
large harmless shiny black North American snake;

- syn. Elaphe obsoleta, blacksnake, mountain blacksnake, pilot blacksnake;

black rhinoceros
n1
African rhino;

- in danger of extinction;

- syn. Diceros bicornis;

Black Rock Desert
n1
a desert in northwestern Nevada;

black rockweed
n1
a common rockweed used in preparing kelp and as manure;

- syn. Fucus vesiculosus, bladder fucus, bladderwrack, tang;

black root rot fungus
n1
fungus causing black root rot in apples;

- syn. Xylaria mali;

black rot
n1
a fungous disease causing darkening and decay of the leaves of fruits and vegetables;

black rudderfish
n1
blackish fish of New England waters;

- syn. Hyperglyphe perciformis, barrelfish;

black sage
n1
an aromatic plant with wooly leaves found in southern California and Mexico;

- syn. California romero, Trichostema lanatum, wooly blue curls;

black sally
n1
a small mallee with rough dark-colored bark toward the butt;

- yields a red eucalyptus kino gum;

- syn. Eucalytus stellulata, black gum, black mallee;

black salsify
n1
perennial south European herb having narrow entire leaves and solitary yellow flower heads and long black edible roots shaped like carrots;

- syn. Scorzonera hispanica, scorzonera, viper's grass;

n2
long black salsify;

- syn. scorzonera;

black saltwort
n1
a small fleshy herb common along North American seashores and in brackish marshes having pink or white flowers;

- syn. Glaux maritima, sea milkwort, sea trifoly;

Black Sea
n1
a sea between Europe and Asia;

- a popular resort area of eastern Europeans;

- syn. Euxine Sea;

black sea bass
n1
bluish black-striped sea bass of the Atlantic coast of the United States;

- syn. Centropistes striata, black bass;

Black September
n1
a Palestinian international terrorist organization that split from the PLO in 1974;

- has conducted terrorist attacks in 20 countries;

- "in the 1980s the Fatah-RC was considered the most dangerous and murderous Palestinian terror group";

- syn. ANO, Abu Nidal Organization, Arab Revolutionary Brigades, Fatah-RC, Fatah Revolutionary Council, Revolutionary Organization of Socialist Muslims;

Black September Movement
n1
a former Palestinian terrorist organization (now merged with Fatah Revolutionary Council) that assassinated the Prime Minister of Jordan and during the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich killed 11 Israeli athletes;

black sheep
n1
a reckless and unprincipled reprobate;

- syn. scapegrace;

n2
sheep with a black coat;

black snakeroot
n1
deciduous low-growing perennial of Canada and eastern and central United States;

- syn. Asarum canadense, Canada ginger;

n2
North American bugbane found from Maine and Ontario to Wisconsin and south to Georgia;

- syn. Cimicifuga racemosa, black cohosh, rattle-top;

black spleenwort
n1
spleenwort of Europe and Africa and Asia having pinnate fronds and yielding an astringent;

- syn. Asplenium adiantum-nigrum;

black spot
n1
any of several fungous diseases of plants that produce small black spots on the plant;

black spruce
n1
small spruce of boggy areas of northeastern North America having spreading branches with dense foliage;

- inferior wood;

- syn. Picea mariana, spruce pine;

black squirrel
n1
fox squirrel or grey squirrel in the black color phase;

black stork
n1
Old World stork that is glossy black above and white below;

- syn. Ciconia nigra;

black sumac
n1
common nonpoisonous shrub of eastern North America with compound leaves and green paniculate flowers followed by red berries;

- syn. Rhus copallina, dwarf sumac, mountain sumac, shining sumac;

black swan
n1
large Australian swan having black plumage and a red bill;

- syn. Cygnus atratus;

Black Tai
n1
a branch of the Tai languages;

- syn. Tai Dam;

black tea
n1
fermented tea leaves;

black tie
n1
semiformal evening dress for men;

- syn. dinner jacket, tux, tuxedo;

n2
a black bow tie worn with a dinner jacket;

black tongue
n1
a benign side effect of some antibiotics;

- dark overgrowth of the papillae of the tongue;

- syn. furry tongue, hairy tongue;

black tree fern
n1
a showy tree fern of New Zealand and Australia having a crown of pinnated fronds with whitish undersides;

- syn. Cyathea medullaris, sago fern, silver tree fern;

black turnstone
n1
common turnstone of the Pacific coast of North America;

- syn. Arenaria-Melanocephala;

Black Vernacular
n1
a nonstandard form of American English characteristically spoken by African Americans in the United States;

- syn. AAVE, African American English, African American Vernacular English, Black English, Black English Vernacular, Black Vernacular English, Ebonics;

Black Vernacular English
n1
a nonstandard form of American English characteristically spoken by African Americans in the United States;

- syn. AAVE, African American English, African American Vernacular English, Black English, Black English Vernacular, Black Vernacular, Ebonics;

black vomit
n1
caused by a flavivirus transmitted by a mosquito;

- syn. yellow fever, yellow jack;

black vulture
n1
American vulture smaller than the turkey buzzard;

- syn. Coragyps atratus, carrion crow;

n2
of southern Eurasia and northern Africa;

- syn. Aegypius monachus;

black walnut
n1
North American walnut tree with hard dark wood and edible nut;

- syn. Juglans nigra, black hickory, black walnut tree;

n2
American walnut having a very hard and thick woody shell;

black walnut tree
n1
North American walnut tree with hard dark wood and edible nut;

- syn. Juglans nigra, black hickory, black walnut;

black wattle
n1
Australian tree that yields tanning materials;

- syn. Acacia auriculiformis;

black weevil
n1
brown weevil that infests stored grain especially rice;

- syn. Sitophylus oryzae, rice weevil;

black whale
n1
small dark-colored whale of the Atlantic coast of the United States;

- the largest male acts as pilot or leader for the school;

- syn. Globicephala melaena, blackfish, common blackfish, pilot whale;

n2
large whale with a large cavity in the head containing spermaceti and oil;

- also a source of ambergris;

- syn. Physeter catodon, cachalot, sperm whale;

black widow
n1
venomous New World spider;

- the female is black with an hourglass-shaped red mark on the underside of the abdomen;

- syn. Latrodectus mactans;

black willow
n1
North American shrubby willow having dark bark and linear leaves growing close to streams and lakes;

- syn. Salix nigra, swamp willow;

blackback flounder
n1
important American food fish in the winter;

- syn. Pseudopleuronectes americanus, lemon sole, winter flounder;

blackball / b ɫ æ k b ɔ ɫ /
n1
the act of excluding someone by a negative vote or veto;

- syn. barring;

v1
expel from a community or group;

- syn. ban, banish, cast out, ostracise, ostracize, shun;

v2
vote against;

- refuse to endorse;

- refuse to assent;

- "The President vetoed the bill";

- syn. negative, veto;

Blackbeard
n1
an English pirate who operated in the Caribbean and off the Atlantic coast of North America (died in 1718);

- syn. Edward Teach, Edward Thatch, Teach, Thatch;

blackbeetle / b ɫ æ k b i t ɫ /
n1
dark brown cockroach originally from orient now nearly cosmopolitan in distribution;

- syn. Asiatic cockroach, Blatta orientalis, oriental cockroach, oriental roach;

blackberry / b ɫ æ k b ə ɹ i /
n1
large sweet black or very dark purple edible aggregate fruit of any of various bushes of the genus Rubus;

n2
bramble with sweet edible black or dark purple berries that usually do not separate from the receptacle;

- syn. blackberry bush;

v1
pick or gather blackberries;

- "The children went blackberrying";

blackberry-lily
n1
garden plant whose capsule discloses when ripe a mass of seeds resembling a blackberry;

- syn. Belamcanda chinensis, leopard lily;

blackberry bush
n1
bramble with sweet edible black or dark purple berries that usually do not separate from the receptacle;

- syn. blackberry;

blackbird / b ɫ æ k b ɝ d /
n1
any bird of the family Icteridae whose male is black or predominantly black;

- syn. New World blackbird;

n2
common black European thrush;

- syn. European blackbird, Turdus merula, merl, merle, ousel, ouzel;

blackboard / b ɫ æ k b ɔ d /
n1
sheet of slate;

- for writing with chalk;

- syn. chalkboard;

blackboard eraser
n1
an eraser that removes chalk marks from blackboard;

blackbody
n1
a hypothetical object capable of absorbing all the electromagnetic radiation falling on it;

- "a black body maintained at a constant temperature is a full radiator at that temperature because the radiation reaching and leaving it must be in equilibrium";

- syn. black body, full radiator;

blackbody radiation
n1
the electromagnetic radiation that would be radiated from an ideal black body;

- the distribution of energy in the radiated spectrum of a black body depends only on temperature and is determined by Planck's radiation law;

- syn. black-body radiation;

blackbuck
n1
common Indian antelope with a dark back and spiral horns;

- syn. Antilope cervicapra, black buck;

Blackburn / b ɫ æ k b ɝ n /
n1
black-and-white North American wood warbler having an orange-and-black head and throat;

- syn. Blackburnian warbler, Dendroica fusca;

Blackburnian warbler
n1
black-and-white North American wood warbler having an orange-and-black head and throat;

- syn. Blackburn, Dendroica fusca;

blackcap / b ɫ æ k k æ p /
n1
raspberry native to eastern North America having black thimble-shaped fruit;

- syn. Rubus occidentalis, black raspberry, blackcap raspberry, thimbleberry;

n2
small black-headed European gull;

- syn. Larus ridibundus, laughing gull, pewit, pewit gull;

n3
chickadee having a dark crown;

- syn. Parus atricapillus, black-capped chickadee;

n4
small brownish-grey warbler with a black crown;

- syn. Silvia atricapilla;

blackcap raspberry
n1
raspberry native to eastern North America having black thimble-shaped fruit;

- syn. Rubus occidentalis, black raspberry, blackcap, thimbleberry;

blackcock / b ɫ æ k k ɒ k /
n1
male black grouse;

- syn. black cock;

blackdamp
n1
the atmosphere in a mine following an explosion;

- high in carbon dioxide and incapable of supporting life;

- syn. chokedamp;

blacken / b ɫ æ k ə n /
v1
make or become black;

- "The smoke blackened the ceiling";

- "The ceiling blackened";

- syn. black, melanise, melanize;

v2
burn slightly and superficially so as to affect color;

- "The cook blackened the chicken breast";

- "The fire charred the ceiling above the mantelpiece";

- "the flames scorched the ceiling";

- syn. char, scorch, sear;

blacken out
v1
darken completely;

- "The dining room blackened out";

- syn. black out;

blackened / b ɫ æ k ə n d /
a1
darkened by smoke;

- "blackened rafters";

- sim. smoky;

a2
(of the face) made black especially as with suffused blood;

- "a face black with fury";

- syn. black;

- sim. colored;

blackening / b ɫ æ k ə n ɪ ŋ /
n1
changing to a darker color;

- syn. darkening;

blackface
n1
the makeup (usually burnt cork) used by a performer in order to imitate a Negro;

blackfish
n1
large dark-colored food fish of the Atlantic coast of North America;

- syn. Tautoga onitis, tautog;

n2
female salmon that has recently spawned;

n3
small dark-colored whale of the Atlantic coast of the United States;

- the largest male acts as pilot or leader for the school;

- syn. Globicephala melaena, black whale, common blackfish, pilot whale;

blackfly
n1
blackish aphid that infests e.g. beans and sugar beets;

- syn. Aphis fabae, bean aphid;

n2
small blackish stout-bodied biting fly having aquatic larvae;

- sucks the blood of birds as well as humans and other mammals;

- syn. black fly, buffalo gnat;

Blackfoot / b ɫ æ k f ʊ t /
n1
a member of a warlike group of Algonquians living in the northwestern plains;

n2
any of the Algonquian languages spoken by the Blackfoot;

blackfoot daisy
n1
bushy subshrub having flower heads that resemble asters with broad white rays;

- found in desert areas of Arizona east to Kansas and south to Mexico;

- syn. Melampodium leucanthum;

Blackfriar
n1
a Roman Catholic friar wearing the black mantle of the Dominican order;

- syn. Black Friar, Dominican, friar preacher;

blackguard / b ɫ æ ɡ ɑ d /
n1
someone who is morally reprehensible;

- "you dirty dog";

- syn. bounder, cad, dog, heel, hound;

v1
subject to laughter or ridicule;

- "The satirists ridiculed the plans for a new opera house";

- "The students poked fun at the inexperienced teacher";

- "His former students roasted the professor at his 60th birthday";

- syn. guy, jest at, laugh at, make fun, poke fun, rib, ridicule, roast;

v2
use foul or abusive language towards;

- "The actress abused the policeman who gave her a parking ticket";

- "The angry mother shouted at the teacher";

- syn. abuse, clapperclaw, shout;

blackguardly / b ɫ æ ɡ ə d ɫ i /
a1
lacking principles or scruples;

- "the rascally rabble";

- "the tyranny of a scoundrelly aristocracy" - W.M. Thackaray;

- "the captain was set adrift by his roguish crew";

- syn. rascally, roguish, scoundrelly;

- sim. dishonest;

blackhead / b ɫ æ k h ɛ d /
n1
a black-tipped plug clogging a pore of the skin;

- syn. comedo;

blackheart
n1
any of various diseases in which the central tissues blacken;

n2
heart cherry with dark flesh and skin cherry;

- syn. blackheart cherry;

blackheart cherry
n1
heart cherry with dark flesh and skin cherry;

- syn. blackheart;

blacking / b ɫ æ k ɪ ŋ , b ɫ æ k ɫ ɛ ɡ /
n1
a substance used to produce a shiny protective surface on footwear;

- syn. shoe polish;

blackish / b ɫ æ k ɪ ʃ /
a1
of something that is somewhat black;

- "blackish clouds";

- sim. achromatic;

blackish-brown
a1
of brown tinged with black;

- sim. chromatic;

blackish-gray
a1
of dark grey;

- syn. black-gray, black-grey, blackish-grey;

- sim. achromatic;

blackish-grey
a1
of dark grey;

- syn. black-gray, black-grey, blackish-gray;

- sim. achromatic;

blackish-red
a1
of red tinged with black;

- sim. chromatic;

blackjack / b ɫ æ k dʒ æ k /
n1
a common scrubby deciduous tree of central and southeastern United States having dark bark and broad three-lobed (club-shaped) leaves;

- tends to form dense thickets;

- syn. Quercus marilandica, blackjack oak, jack oak;

n2
a piece of metal covered by leather with a flexible handle;

- used for hitting people;

- syn. cosh, sap;

n3
a flag usually bearing a white skull and crossbones on a black background;

- indicates a pirate ship;

- syn. Jolly Roger, black flag, pirate flag;

n4
a gambling game using cards;

- the object is to hold cards having a higher count than those dealt to the banker up to but not exceeding 21;

- syn. twenty-one, vingt-et-un;

v1
exert pressure on someone through threats;

- syn. blackmail, pressure;

blackjack oak
n1
a common scrubby deciduous tree of central and southeastern United States having dark bark and broad three-lobed (club-shaped) leaves;

- tends to form dense thickets;

- syn. Quercus marilandica, blackjack, jack oak;

blacklead / b ɫ æ k ɫ ɛ d /
v1
cover with graphite;

blackleg / b ɫ æ k ɫ ɛ ɡ /
n1
someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike;

- syn. rat, scab, strikebreaker;

v1
take the place of work of someone on strike;

- syn. fink, rat, scab;

blacklist / b ɫ æ k ɫ ɪ s t /
n1
a list of people who are out of favor;

- syn. black book, shitlist;

v1
put on a blacklist so as to banish or cause to be boycotted;

- "many books were blacklisted by the Nazis";

blackmail / b ɫ æ k m eɪ ɫ /
n1
extortion of money by threats to divulge discrediting information;

v1
exert pressure on someone through threats;

- syn. blackjack, pressure;

v2
obtain through threats;

blackmailer / b ɫ æ k m eɪ ɫ ə , b ɫ æ k m eɪ ɫ ə ɹ /
n1
a criminal who extorts money from someone by threatening to expose embarrassing information about them;

- syn. extortioner, extortionist;

blackmouth bass
n1
small marine fish with black mouth and gill cavity;

- syn. Synagrops bellus;

blackness / b ɫ æ k n ɪ s /
n1
the quality or state of the achromatic color of least lightness (bearing the least resemblance to white);

- syn. black, inkiness;

n2
total absence of light;

- "they fumbled around in total darkness";

- "in the black of night";

- syn. black, lightlessness, pitch blackness, total darkness;

blackout / b ɫ æ k aʊ t /
n1
a suspension of radio or tv broadcasting;

n2
darkness resulting from the extinction of lights (as in a city invisible to enemy aircraft);

- syn. brownout, dimout;

n3
the failure of electric power for a general region;

n4
a momentary loss of consciousness;

n5
partial or total loss of memory;

- "he has a total blackout for events of the evening";

- syn. amnesia, memory loss;

blackpoll / b ɫ æ k p ɒ ɫ /
n1
North American warbler having a black-and-white head;

- syn. Dendroica striate;

Blackpool / b ɫ æ k p u ɫ /
n1
a resort town in Lancashire in northwestern England on the Irish Sea;

- famous for its tower;

Blacksburg / b ɫ æ k s b ɝ ɡ /
n1
a university town in southwestern Virginia (west of Roanoke) in the Allegheny Mountains;

blackseed
n1
grass native to West Indies but common in southern United States having tufted wiry stems often infested with a dark fungus;

- syn. Sporobolus poiretii, carpet grass, smut grass;

Blackshirt / b ɫ æ k ʃ ɝ t /
n1
a member of the Italian fascist party before World War II;

blacksmith / b ɫ æ k s m ɪ θ /
n1
a smith who forges and shapes iron with a hammer and anvil;

blacksnake
n1
large harmless shiny black North American snake;

- syn. Elaphe obsoleta, black rat snake, mountain blacksnake, pilot blacksnake;

n2
blackish racer of the eastern United States that grows to six feet;

- syn. Coluber constrictor, black racer;

blacktail
n1
mule deer of western Rocky Mountains;

- syn. Odocoileus hemionus columbianus, black-tailed deer, blacktail deer;

blacktail deer
n1
mule deer of western Rocky Mountains;

- syn. Odocoileus hemionus columbianus, black-tailed deer, blacktail;

blacktail jackrabbit
n1
the common jackrabbit of grasslands and open areas of western United States;

- has large black-tipped ears and black streak on the tail;

- syn. Lepus californicus;

blacktail prairie dog
n1
tail is black tipped;

- syn. Cynomys ludovicianus;

blackthorn / b ɫ æ k θ ɔ n /
n1
a thorny Eurasian bush with plumlike fruits;

- syn. Prunus spinosa, sloe;

n2
erect and almost thornless American hawthorn with somewhat pear-shaped berries;

- syn. Crataegus calpodendron, Crataegus tomentosa, pear haw, pear hawthorn;

blacktip shark
n1
widely distributed shallow-water shark with fins seemingly dipped in ink;

- syn. Carcharhinus limbatus, sandbar shark;

blacktop / b ɫ æ k t ɒ p /
n1
a black bituminous material used for paving roads or other areas;

- usually spread over crushed rock;

- syn. blacktopping;

v1
coat with blacktop;

- "blacktop the driveway";

blacktopping / b ɫ æ k t ɒ p ɪ ŋ /
n1
a black bituminous material used for paving roads or other areas;

- usually spread over crushed rock;

- syn. blacktop;

Blackwall hitch
n1
a simple hitch used for temporarily attaching a line to a hook;

blackwash / b ɫ æ k w ɒ ʃ /
n1
an attack intended to ruin someone's reputation;

- syn. assassination, character assassination;

n2
a mixture of calomel and limewater that is used on syphilitic sores;

- syn. black lotion;

n3
a wash that colors a surface black;

v1
bring (information) out of concealment;

v2
color with blackwash;

blackwater / b ɫ æ k w ɔ t ə , b ɫ æ k w ɔ t ə ɹ /
n1
any of several human or animal diseases characterized by dark urine resulting from rapid breakdown of red blood cells;

blackwater fever
n1
severe and often fatal malaria characterized by kidney damage resulting in dark urine;

blackwood / b ɫ æ k w ʊ d /
n1
very dark wood of any of several blackwood trees;

n2
any of several hardwood trees yielding very dark-colored wood;

- syn. blackwood tree;

blackwood tree
n1
any of several hardwood trees yielding very dark-colored wood;

- syn. blackwood;

bladder / b ɫ æ d ə , b ɫ æ d ə ɹ /
n1
a distensible membranous sac (usually containing liquid or gas);

- syn. vesica;

n2
a bag that fills with air;

bladder campion
n1
perennial of Arctic Europe having large white flowers with inflated calyx;

- syn. Silene uniflora, Silene vulgaris;

n2
bluish-green herb having sticky stems and clusters of large evening-opening white flowers with much-inflated calyx;

- sometimes placed in genus Lychnis;

- syn. Lychnis alba, Silene latifolia, evening lychnis, white campion, white cockle;

bladder cherry
n1
Old World perennial cultivated for its ornamental inflated papery orange-red calyx;

- syn. Chinese lantern plant, Physalis alkekengi, winter cherry;

bladder disorder
n1
a disorder of the urinary bladder;

bladder fern
n1
any fern of the genus Cystopteris characterized by a hooded indusium or bladderlike membrane covering the sori;

bladder fucus
n1
a common rockweed used in preparing kelp and as manure;

- syn. Fucus vesiculosus, black rockweed, bladderwrack, tang;

bladder ketmia
n1
annual weedy herb with ephemeral yellow purple-eyed flowers;

- Old World tropics;

- naturalized as a weed in North America;

- syn. Hibiscus trionum, black-eyed Susan, flower-of-an-hour, flowers-of-an-hour;

bladder senna
n1
yellow-flowered European shrub cultivated for its succession of yellow flowers and very inflated bladdery pods and as a source of wildlife food;

- syn. Colutea arborescens;

bladder sphincter
n1
the sphincter muscle of the urinary bladder;

- made up of a thickened muscular layer of bladder around the urethral opening;

- syn. musculus sphincter vesicae;

bladder stone
n1
a calculus formed in the bladder;

- syn. cystolith;

bladder worm
n1
encysted saclike larva of the tapeworm;

bladderlike
a1
resembling a bladder;

- syn. bladdery;

bladdernose
n1
medium-sized blackish-grey seal with large inflatable sac on the head;

- of Arctic and northern Atlantic waters;

- syn. Cystophora cristata, hooded seal;

bladdernut family
n1
a family of dicotyledonous plants of order Sapindales found mostly in the north temperate zone;

- syn. Staphylaceae, family Staphylaceae;

bladderpod
n1
North American wild lobelia having small blue flowers and inflated capsules formerly used as an antispasmodic;

- syn. Indian tobacco, Lobelia inflata;

n2
annual or perennial herbs with inflated seed pods;

- some placed in genus Lesquerella;

n3
any of several plants of the genus Physaria having racemose yellow flowers and inflated pods;

n4
any of several hairy North American herbs having yellow racemose flowers and inflated pods;

bladderwort / b ɫ æ d ə w ɝ t /
n1
any of numerous aquatic carnivorous plants of the genus Utricularia some of whose leaves are modified as small urn-shaped bladders that trap minute aquatic animals;

bladderwort family
n1
carnivorous aquatic or bog plants: genera Utricularia, Pinguicula, and Genlisea;

- syn. Lentibulariaceae, family Lentibulariaceae;

bladderwrack
n1
similar to and found with black rockweed;

- syn. Ascophyllum nodosum;

n2
a common rockweed used in preparing kelp and as manure;

- syn. Fucus vesiculosus, black rockweed, bladder fucus, tang;

bladdery
a1
resembling a bladder;

- syn. bladderlike;

blade / b ɫ eɪ d /
n1
especially a leaf of grass or the broad portion of a leaf as distinct from the petiole;

- syn. leaf blade;

n2
a dashing young man;

- "gay young blades bragged of their amorous adventures";

n3
something long and thin resembling a blade of grass;

- "a blade of lint on his suit";

n4
a cutting or thrusting weapon that has a long metal blade and a hilt with a hand guard;

- syn. brand, steel, sword;

n5
a cut of beef from the shoulder blade;

n6
a broad flat body part (as of the shoulder or tongue);

n7
the part of the skate that slides on the ice;

n8
flat surface that rotates and pushes against air or water;

- syn. vane;

n9
the flat part of a tool or weapon that (usually) has a cutting edge;

blade apple
n1
small yellow to orange fruit of the Barbados gooseberry cactus used in desserts and preserves and jellies;

- syn. Barbados gooseberry;

blade bit
n1
a drilling bit with cutting edges usually hardened against wear;

- syn. fishtail bit;

blade roast
n1
a roast cut from the blade;

bladed / b ɫ eɪ d ɪ d /
a1
bearing or characterized by a blade or sword;

- often used in combination;

- "he fought on, broken-bladed but unbowed";

a2
having a blade or blades;

- often used in combination;

- "a single-bladed leaf";

- "narrow-bladed grass";

a3
composed of thin flat plates resembling a knife blade;

- "bladed arsenopyrite";

- sim. thin;

bladelike
a1
shaped like a sword blade;

- "the iris has an ensiform leaf";

- syn. ensiform, sword-shaped, swordlike;

- sim. simple;

blae
a1
of bluish-black or grey-blue;

- sim. chromatic;

blaeberry / b ɫ eɪ b ə ɹ i /
n1
erect European blueberry having solitary flowers and blue-black berries;

- syn. Viccinium myrtillus, bilberry, whinberry, whortleberry;

blah / b ɫ ɑ /
n1
pompous or pretentious talk or writing;

- syn. bombast, claptrap, fustian, rant;

blahs / b ɫ ɑ z /
n1
a general feeling of boredom and dissatisfaction;

Blaia Zimondal
n1
an artificial language;

blain / b ɫ eɪ n /
n1
an inflammatory swelling or sore;

Blair
n1
British statesman who became prime minister in 1997 (born in 1953);

- syn. Anthony Charles Lynton Blair, Tony Blair;

Blaise Pascal
n1
French mathematician and philosopher and Jansenist;

- invented an adding machine;

- contributed (with Fermat) to the theory of probability (1623-1662);

- syn. Pascal;

Blake
n1
visionary British poet and painter (1757-1827);

- syn. William Blake;

blamable / b ɫ eɪ m ə b ɫ /
a1
deserving blame or censure as being wrong or evil or injurious;

- "blameworthy if not criminal behavior";

- "censurable misconduct";

- "culpable negligence";

- syn. blameable, blameful, blameworthy, censurable, culpable;

- sim. guilty;

blame / b ɫ eɪ m /
n1
an accusation that you are responsible for some lapse or misdeed;

- "his incrimination was based on my testimony";

- "the police laid the blame on the driver";

- syn. incrimination, inculpation;

n2
a reproach for some lapse or misdeed;

- "he took the blame for it";

- "it was a bum rap";

- syn. rap;

v1
put or pin the blame on;

- syn. fault;

v2
harass with constant criticism;

- "Don't always pick on your little brother";

- syn. find fault, pick;

v3
attribute responsibility to;

- "We blamed the accident on her";

- "The tragedy was charged to her inexperience";

- syn. charge;

a1
expletives used informally as intensifiers;

- "he's a blasted idiot";

- "it's a blamed shame";

- "a blame cold winter";

- "not a blessed dime";

- "I'll be damned (or blessed or darned or goddamned) if I'll do any such thing";

- "he's a damn (or goddam or goddamned) fool";

- "a deuced idiot";

- "an infernal nuisance";

- syn. blamed, blasted, blessed, damn, damned, darned, deuced, goddam, goddamn, goddamned, infernal;

- sim. cursed;

blame game
n1
accusations exchanged among people who refuse to accept sole responsibility for some undesirable event;

blameable / b ɫ eɪ m eɪ b ɫ /
a1
deserving blame or censure as being wrong or evil or injurious;

- "blameworthy if not criminal behavior";

- "censurable misconduct";

- "culpable negligence";

- syn. blamable, blameful, blameworthy, censurable, culpable;

- sim. guilty;

blamed / b ɫ eɪ m d /
a1
expletives used informally as intensifiers;

- "he's a blasted idiot";

- "it's a blamed shame";

- "a blame cold winter";

- "not a blessed dime";

- "I'll be damned (or blessed or darned or goddamned) if I'll do any such thing";

- "he's a damn (or goddam or goddamned) fool";

- "a deuced idiot";

- "an infernal nuisance";

- syn. blame, blasted, blessed, damn, damned, darned, deuced, goddam, goddamn, goddamned, infernal;

- sim. cursed;

blameful
a1
deserving blame or censure as being wrong or evil or injurious;

- "blameworthy if not criminal behavior";

- "censurable misconduct";

- "culpable negligence";

- syn. blamable, blameable, blameworthy, censurable, culpable;

- sim. guilty;

blameless / b ɫ eɪ m ɫ ə s /
a1
free of guilt;

- not subject to blame;

- "has lived a blameless life";

- "of irreproachable character";

- "an unimpeachable reputation";

- syn. inculpable, irreproachable, unimpeachable;

- sim. innocent;

blamelessly / b ɫ eɪ m ɫ ə s ɫ i /
r1
in an irreproachable and blameless manner;

- "she had lived blamelessly until she met this man";

- syn. irreproachably;

blamelessness / b ɫ eɪ m ɫ ə s n ə s /
n1
a state of innocence;

- syn. guiltlessness, inculpability, inculpableness;

blameworthiness / b ɫ eɪ m w ɝ ð ɪ n ə s /
n1
a state of guilt;

- syn. culpability, culpableness;

blameworthy / b ɫ eɪ m w ɝ ð i /
a1
deserving blame or censure as being wrong or evil or injurious;

- "blameworthy if not criminal behavior";

- "censurable misconduct";

- "culpable negligence";

- syn. blamable, blameable, blameful, censurable, culpable;

- sim. guilty;

blanc
n1
a white sauce of fat, broth, and vegetables (used especially with braised meat);

blanc fixe
n1
a white insoluble radiopaque powder used as a pigment;

- syn. barium sulfate, barium sulphate;

blanch / b ɫ ɑ n tʃ /
v1
turn pale, as if in fear;

- syn. blench, pale;

v2
cook (vegetables) briefly;

- "Parboil the beans before freezing them";

- syn. parboil;

blanched / b ɫ ɑ n tʃ t /
a1
anemic looking from illness or emotion;

- "a face turned ashen";

- "the invalid's blanched cheeks";

- "tried to speak with bloodless lips";

- "a face livid with shock";

- "lips...livid with the hue of death"- Mary W. Shelley;

- "lips white with terror";

- "a face white with rage";

- syn. ashen, bloodless, livid, white;

- sim. colorless;

a2
(especially of plants) developed without chlorophyll by being deprived of light;

- "etiolated celery";

- syn. etiolate, etiolated;

- sim. colorless;

blanching agent
n1
an agent that makes things white or colorless;

- syn. bleach, bleaching agent, whitener;

blancmange / b ɫ ə m ɒ n ʒ /
n1
sweet almond-flavored milk pudding thickened with gelatin or cornstarch;

- usually molded;

bland / b ɫ æ n d /
a1
lacking taste or flavor or tang;

- "a bland diet";

- "insipid hospital food";

- "flavorless supermarket tomatoes";

- "vapid beer";

- "vapid tea";

- syn. flat, flavorless, flavourless, insipid, savorless, savourless, vapid;

- sim. tasteless;

a2
lacking stimulating characteristics;

- uninteresting;

- "a bland little drama";

- "a flat joke";

- syn. flat;

- sim. unstimulating;

a3
smoothly agreeable and courteous with a degree of sophistication;

- "he was too politic to quarrel with so important a personage";

- "the manager pacified the customer with a smooth apology for the error";

- syn. politic, smooth, suave;

- sim. diplomatic;

bland diet
n1
a diet of foods that are not irritating;

- "he ate a bland diet because of his colitis";

- syn. ulcer diet;

Blandfordia
n1
small genus of tuberous Australian perennial herbs;

- syn. genus Blandfordia;

blandish / b ɫ æ n d ɪ ʃ /
v1
praise somewhat dishonestly;

- syn. flatter;

blandishment / b ɫ æ n d ɪ ʃ m ə n t /
n1
flattery intended to persuade;

- syn. cajolery, palaver;

n2
the act of urging by means of teasing or flattery;

- syn. wheedling;

blandly / b ɫ æ n d ɫ i /
r1
in a bland manner;

- "his blandly incompetent attempts";

blandness / b ɫ æ n d n ə s /
n1
the trait of exhibiting no personal embarrassment or concern;

- "the blandness of his confession enraged the judge";

n2
lacking any distinctive or interesting taste property;

- syn. insipidity, insipidness;

n3
the quality of being bland and gracious or ingratiating in manner;

- syn. smoothness, suaveness, suavity;

blank / b ɫ æ ŋ k /
n1
a blank character used to separate successive words in writing or printing;

- "he said the space is the most important character in the alphabet";

- syn. space;

n2
a blank gap or missing part;

- syn. lacuna;

n3
a piece of material ready to be made into something;

n4
a cartridge containing an explosive charge but no bullet;

- syn. blank shell, dummy;

v1
keep the opposing (baseball) team from winning;

a1
(of a surface) not written or printed on;

- "blank pages";

- "fill in the blank spaces";

- "a clean page";

- "wide white margins";

- syn. clean, white;

- sim. empty;

a2
without comprehension;

- "When I called her name, she gave me a blank look, as though she didn't know me";

- sim. unperceptive;

a3
not charged with a bullet;

- "a blank cartridge";

- sim. unloaded;

a4
complete and absolute;

- "utter seriousness";

- "blank stupidity";

- syn. utter;

- sim. complete;

blank check
n1
freedom to do as you see fit;

- "many have doubts about giving him a free hand to attack";

- syn. free hand;

n2
a check that has been signed but with the amount payable left blank;

- syn. blank cheque;

blank cheque
n1
a check that has been signed but with the amount payable left blank;

- syn. blank check;

blank endorsement
n1
an endorsement on commercial paper naming no payee and so payable to the bearer;

- syn. endorsement in blank;

blank out
v1
be unable to remember;

- "I'm drawing a blank";

- "You are blocking the name of your first wife!";

- syn. block, draw a blank, forget;

v2
cut out, as for political reasons;

- "several line in the report were blanked out";

blank shell
n1
a cartridge containing an explosive charge but no bullet;

- syn. blank, dummy;

blank space
n1
a blank area;

- "write your name in the space provided";

- syn. place, space;

blank verse
n1
unrhymed verse (usually in iambic pentameter);

blanket / b ɫ æ ŋ k ɪ t /
n1
bedding that keeps a person warm in bed;

- "he pulled the covers over his head and went to sleep";

- syn. cover;

n2
anything that covers;

- "there was a blanket of snow";

- syn. mantle;

n3
a layer of lead surrounding the highly reactive core of a nuclear reactor;

v1
cover as if with a blanket;

- "snow blanketed the fields";

v2
form a blanket-like cover (over);

a1
broad in scope or content;

- "across-the-board pay increases";

- "an all-embracing definition";

- "blanket sanctions against human-rights violators";

- "an invention with broad applications";

- "a panoptic study of Soviet nationality"- T.G.Winner;

- "granted him wide powers";

- syn. across-the-board, all-embracing, all-encompassing, all-inclusive, broad, encompassing, extensive, panoptic, wide;

- sim. comprehensive;

blanket flower
n1
annual of central United States having showy long-stalked yellow flower heads marked with scarlet or purple in the center;

- syn. Gaillardia pulchella, Indian blanket, fire-wheel, fire wheel;

blanket jam
v1
jam a broad spectrum of frequencies to affect all communications in the area except for directional antenna communications;

blanket stitch
n1
a strong reinforcing stitch for edges of blanket and other thick material;

- similar to buttonhole stitch;

blanketed / b ɫ æ ŋ k ɪ t ɪ d /
a1
covered with (or as if with) a blanket;

- sim. covered;

blankly / b ɫ æ ŋ k ɫ i /
r1
in a blank and uncomprehending manner;

- "she stared at him blankly";

blankness / b ɫ æ ŋ k n ɛ s /
n1
the state of being blank;

- void;

- emptiness;

blanquillo
n1
important marine food fishes;

- syn. tilefish;

Blantyre / b ɫ æ n t eɪ ə , b ɫ æ n t eɪ ə ɹ /
n1
city in southern Malawi;

- largest city and commercial center of Malawi;

blare / b ɫ eə , b ɫ eə ɹ /
n1
a loud harsh or strident noise;

- syn. blaring, cacophony, clamor, din;

v1
make a strident sound;

- "She tended to blast when speaking into a microphone";

- syn. blast;

v2
make a loud noise;

- "The horns of the taxis blared";

- syn. beep, claxon, honk, toot;

blare out
v1
announce loudly;

- syn. blat out;

Blarina
n1
shrews;

- syn. genus Blarina;

Blarina brevicauda
n1
North American shrew with tail less than half its body length;

- syn. short-tailed shrew;

blaring / b ɫ eə ɹ ɪ ŋ /
n1
a loud harsh or strident noise;

- syn. blare, cacophony, clamor, din;

a1
unpleasantly loud and penetrating;

- "the blaring noise of trumpets";

- "shut our ears against the blasting music from his car radio";

- syn. blasting;

- sim. loud;

blarney / b ɫ ɑ n i /
n1
flattery designed to gain favor;

- syn. coaxing, soft soap, sweet talk;

v1
influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering;

- "He palavered her into going along";

- syn. cajole, coax, inveigle, palaver, sweet-talk, wheedle;

Blarney Stone
n1
a stone in a castle in Ireland that is said to impart skill in flattery to anyone who kisses it;

blase / b ɫ ɑ z eɪ /
a1
very sophisticated especially because of surfeit;

- versed in the ways of the world;

- "the blase traveler refers to the ocean he has crossed as `the pond'";

- "the benefits of his worldly wisdom";

- syn. worldly;

- sim. sophisticated;

a2
uninterested because of frequent exposure or indulgence;

- "his blase indifference";

- "a petulant blase air";

- "the bored gaze of the successful film star";

- syn. bored;

- sim. uninterested;

a3
nonchalantly unconcerned;

- "a blase attitude about housecleaning";

- sim. unconcerned;

blaspheme / b ɫ æ s f i m /
v1
utter obscenities or profanities;

- "The drunken men were cursing loudly in the street";

- syn. curse, cuss, imprecate, swear;

v2
speak of in an irreverent or impious manner;

- "blaspheme God";

blasphemer / b ɫ æ s f i m ə , b ɫ æ s f i m ə ɹ /
n1
a person who speaks disrespectfully of sacred things;

blasphemous / b ɫ æ s f ə m ə s /
a1
grossly irreverent toward what is held to be sacred;

- "blasphemous rites of a witches' Sabbath";

- "profane utterances against the Church";

- "it is sacrilegious to enter with shoes on";

- syn. profane, sacrilegious;

- sim. irreverent;

a2
characterized by profanity or cursing;

- "foul-mouthed and blasphemous";

- "blue language";

- "profane words";

- syn. blue, profane;

- sim. dirty;

blasphemously / b ɫ æ s f ə m ə s ɫ i /
r1
in a blasphemous manner;

- "the sailors were cursing blasphemously";

blasphemy / b ɫ æ s f ə m i /
n1
blasphemous language (expressing disrespect for God or for something sacred);

n2
blasphemous behavior;

- the act of depriving something of its sacred character;

- "desecration of the Holy Sabbath";

- syn. desecration, profanation, sacrilege;

blast / b ɫ ɑ s t /
n1
a very long fly ball;

n2
a sudden very loud noise;

- syn. bam, bang, clap, eruption;

n3
a strong current of air;

- "the tree was bent almost double by the gust";

- syn. blow, gust;

n4
an explosion (as of dynamite);

n5
a highly pleasurable or exciting experience;

- "we had a good time at the party";

- "celebrating after the game was a blast";

- syn. good time;

n6
intense adverse criticism;

- "Clinton directed his fire at the Republican Party";

- "the government has come under attack";

- "don't give me any flak";

- syn. attack, fire, flack, flak;

v1
make a strident sound;

- "She tended to blast when speaking into a microphone";

- syn. blare;

v2
hit hard;

- "He smashed a 3-run homer";

- syn. boom, nail, smash;

v3
use explosives on;

- "The enemy has been shelling us all day";

- syn. shell;

v4
apply a draft or strong wind to to;

- "the air conditioning was blasting cold air at us";

v5
create by using explosives;

- "blast a passage through the mountain";

- syn. shell;

v6
make with or as if with an explosion;

- "blast a tunnel through the Alps";

v7
fire a shot;

- "the gunman blasted away";

- syn. shoot;

v8
criticize harshly or violently;

- "The press savaged the new President";

- "The critics crucified the author for plagiarizing a famous passage";

- syn. crucify, pillory, savage;

v9
shatter as if by explosion;

- syn. knock down;

v10
shrivel or wither or mature imperfectly;

blast furnace
n1
a furnace for smelting of iron from iron oxide ores;

- combustion is intensified by a blast of air;

blast off
v1
launch with great force;

- "the rockets were blasted off";

blast trauma
n1
injury caused the explosion of a bomb (especially in enclosed spaces);

blast wave
n1
a region of high pressure travelling through a gas at a high velocity;

- "the explosion created a shock wave";

- syn. shock wave;

blasted / b ɫ ɑ s t ɪ d /
a1
expletives used informally as intensifiers;

- "he's a blasted idiot";

- "it's a blamed shame";

- "a blame cold winter";

- "not a blessed dime";

- "I'll be damned (or blessed or darned or goddamned) if I'll do any such thing";

- "he's a damn (or goddam or goddamned) fool";

- "a deuced idiot";

- "an infernal nuisance";

- syn. blame, blamed, blessed, damn, damned, darned, deuced, goddam, goddamn, goddamned, infernal;

- sim. cursed;

blastema
n1
a mass of undifferentiated cells from which an organ or body part develops;

blastemal
a1
of or relating to blastemata;

- syn. blastematic, blastemic;

blastematic
a1
of or relating to blastemata;

- syn. blastemal, blastemic;

blastemic
a1
of or relating to blastemata;

- syn. blastemal, blastematic;

blaster / b ɫ ɑ s t ə , b ɫ ɑ s t ə ɹ /
n1
a workman employed to blast with explosives;

- syn. chargeman;

blasting / b ɫ ɑ s t ɪ ŋ /
a1
causing injury or blight;

- especially affecting with sudden violence or plague or ruin;

- "the blasting effects of the intense cold on the budding fruit";

- "the blasting force of the wind blowing sharp needles of sleet in our faces";

- "a ruinous war";

- syn. ruinous;

- sim. destructive;

a2
unpleasantly loud and penetrating;

- "the blaring noise of trumpets";

- "shut our ears against the blasting music from his car radio";

- syn. blaring;

- sim. loud;

blasting cap
n1
a small tube filled with detonating substances;

- used to detonate high explosives;

blasting gelatin
n1
mixture of guncotton with nitroglycerin;

blastocele
n1
the fluid-filled cavity inside a blastula;

- syn. blastocoel, blastocoele, cleavage cavity, segmentation cavity;

Blastocladia
n1
a genus of fungi of the family Blastodiaceae;

- syn. genus Blastocladia;

Blastocladiales
n1
fungi that carry out asexual reproduction by thick-walled resting spores that produce zoospores upon germination;

- sometimes placed in class Oomycetes;

- syn. order Blastocladiales;

blastocoel
n1
the fluid-filled cavity inside a blastula;

- syn. blastocele, blastocoele, cleavage cavity, segmentation cavity;

blastocoele
n1
the fluid-filled cavity inside a blastula;

- syn. blastocele, blastocoel, cleavage cavity, segmentation cavity;

blastocoelic
a1
of or relating to a segmentation cavity;

blastocyst
n1
the blastula of a placental mammal in which some differentiation of cells has occurred;

- syn. blastodermic vessicle;

blastocyte
n1
an undifferentiated embryonic cell;

blastocytoma
n1
a tumor composed of immature undifferentiated cells;

- syn. blastoma, embryonal carcinosarcoma;

blastoderm / b ɫ æ s t oʊ d ɝ m /
n1
a layer of cells on the inside of the blastula;

- syn. blastodisc, germinal area, germinal disc;

blastodermatic
a1
of or relating to a blastoderm;

- syn. blastodermic;

blastodermic / b ɫ æ s t oʊ d ɝ m ɪ k /
a1
of or relating to a blastoderm;

- syn. blastodermatic;

blastodermic vessicle
n1
the blastula of a placental mammal in which some differentiation of cells has occurred;

- syn. blastocyst;

Blastodiaceae
n1
a family of saprobic fungi of order Blastocladiales;

- syn. family Blastodiaceae;

blastodisc
n1
a layer of cells on the inside of the blastula;

- syn. blastoderm, germinal area, germinal disc;

blastoff / b ɫ ɑ s t ɔ f /
n1
the launching of a missile or spacecraft to a specified destination;

- syn. shot;

blastogenesis
n1
asexual reproduction by budding;

n2
theory that inherited characteristics are transmitted by germ plasm;

blastogenetic
a1
of or relating to blastogenesis;

blastoma
n1
a tumor composed of immature undifferentiated cells;

- syn. blastocytoma, embryonal carcinosarcoma;

blastomere
n1
any cell resulting from cleavage of a fertilized egg;

blastomeric
a1
of or relating to a blastomere;

Blastomyces
n1
genus of pathogenic yeastlike fungi;

- syn. genus Blastomyces;

blastomycete
n1
any of various yeastlike budding fungi of the genus Blastomyces;

- cause disease in humans and other animals;

blastomycosis
n1
any of several infections of the skin or mucous membrane caused by Blastomyces;

blastomycotic
a1
of or relating to or characteristic of blastomycosis;

blastoporal
a1
of or relating to a blastopore;

- syn. blastoporic;

blastopore
n1
the opening into the archenteron;

blastoporic
a1
of or relating to a blastopore;

- syn. blastoporal;

blastosphere
n1
early stage of an embryo produced by cleavage of an ovum;

- a liquid-filled sphere whose wall is composed of a single layer of cells;

- during this stage (about eight days after fertilization) implantation in the wall of the uterus occurs;

- syn. blastula;

blastospheric
a1
of or relating to a blastula;

- syn. blastular;

blastula
n1
early stage of an embryo produced by cleavage of an ovum;

- a liquid-filled sphere whose wall is composed of a single layer of cells;

- during this stage (about eight days after fertilization) implantation in the wall of the uterus occurs;

- syn. blastosphere;

blastular
a1
of or relating to a blastula;

- syn. blastospheric;

blat
v1
cry plaintively;

- "The lambs were bleating";

- syn. baa, blate, bleat;

blat out
v1
announce loudly;

- syn. blare out;

blatancy / b ɫ eɪ t ə n s i /
n1
the property of being both obvious and offensive;

- "the blatancy of his attempt to whitewash the crime was unforgivable";

blatant / b ɫ eɪ t n t /
a1
without any attempt at concealment;

- completely obvious;

- "blatant disregard of the law";

- "a blatant appeal to vanity";

- "a blazing indiscretion";

- syn. blazing, conspicuous;

- sim. unconcealed;

a2
conspicuously and offensively loud;

- given to vehement outcry;

- "blatant radios";

- "a clamorous uproar";

- "strident demands";

- "a vociferous mob";

- syn. clamant, clamorous, strident, vociferous;

- sim. noisy;

blatantly / b ɫ eɪ t n t ɫ i /
r1
in a blatant manner;

- "they blatantly violated the laws";

blate
v1
cry plaintively;

- "The lambs were bleating";

- syn. baa, blat, bleat;

a1
disposed to avoid notice;

- "they considered themselves a tough outfit and weren't bashful about letting anybody know it";

- (`blate' is a Scottish term for bashful);

- syn. bashful;

- sim. backward;

blather / b ɫ æ ð ə , b ɫ æ ð ə ɹ /
n1
foolish gibberish;

- syn. blatherskite;

v1
to talk foolishly;

- "The two women babbled and crooned at the baby";

- syn. babble, blether, blither, smatter;

blatherskite / b ɫ æ ð ə z k aɪ t /
n1
foolish gibberish;

- syn. blather;

Blatta
n1
type genus of the Blattidae: cockroaches infesting buildings worldwide;

- syn. genus Blatta;

Blatta orientalis
n1
dark brown cockroach originally from orient now nearly cosmopolitan in distribution;

- syn. Asiatic cockroach, blackbeetle, oriental cockroach, oriental roach;

Blattaria
n1
cockroaches;

- in some classifications considered an order;

- syn. Blattodea, suborder Blattaria, suborder Blattodea;

Blattella
n1
small cockroaches;

- syn. genus Blattella;

Blattella germanica
n1
small light-brown cockroach brought to United States from Europe;

- a common household pest;

- syn. Croton bug, German cockroach, crotonbug, water bug;

Blattidae
n1
domestic cockroaches;

- syn. family Blattidae;

Blattodea
n1
cockroaches;

- in some classifications considered an order;

- syn. Blattaria, suborder Blattaria, suborder Blattodea;

blaxploitation
n1
the exploitation of black people (especially with regard to stereotyped roles in movies);

blaze / b ɫ eɪ z /
n1
a strong flame that burns brightly;

- "the blaze spread rapidly";

- syn. blazing;

n2
a cause of difficulty and suffering;

- "war is hell";

- "go to blazes";

- syn. hell;

n3
noisy and unrestrained mischief;

- "raising blazes";

- syn. hell;

n4
a light within the field of vision that is brighter than the brightness to which the eyes are adapted;

- "a glare of sunlight";

- syn. brilliance, glare;

n5
a light-colored marking;

- "they chipped off bark to mark the trail with blazes";

- "the horse had a blaze between its eyes";

v1
shine brightly and intensively;

- "Meteors blazed across the atmosphere";

v2
shoot rapidly and repeatedly;

- "He blazed away at the men";

- syn. blaze away;

v3
burn brightly and intensely;

- "The summer sun alone can cause a pine to blaze";

- also blaze up;

v4
move rapidly and as if blazing;

- "The spaceship blazed out into space";

- syn. blaze out;

v5
indicate by marking trees with blazes;

- "blaze a trail";

blaze away
v1
perform (an acting passage) brilliantly and rapidly;

- "Mr. Jones blazed away in one passage after another to loud applause";

v2
shoot rapidly and repeatedly;

- "He blazed away at the men";

- syn. blaze;

v3
speak with fire and passion;

- "He blazed away at his opponents in the Senate";

blaze out
v1
move rapidly and as if blazing;

- "The spaceship blazed out into space";

- syn. blaze;

blaze up
v1
burn brightly;

- "Every star seemed to flare with new intensity";

- syn. burn up, flame up, flare;

blazer / b ɫ eɪ z ə , b ɫ eɪ z ə ɹ /
n1
lightweight single-breasted jacket;

- often striped in the colors of a club or school;

- syn. sport coat, sport jacket, sports coat, sports jacket;

blazing / b ɫ eɪ z ɪ ŋ /
n1
a strong flame that burns brightly;

- "the blaze spread rapidly";

- syn. blaze;

a1
shining intensely;

- "the blazing sun";

- "blinding headlights";

- "dazzling snow";

- "fulgent patterns of sunlight";

- "the glaring sun";

- syn. blinding, dazzling, fulgent, glaring, glary;

- sim. bright;

a2
without any attempt at concealment;

- completely obvious;

- "blatant disregard of the law";

- "a blatant appeal to vanity";

- "a blazing indiscretion";

- syn. blatant, conspicuous;

- sim. unconcealed;

blazing star
n1
biennial of southwestern United States having white stems and toothed leaves that is grown for its large pale yellow flowers that open in early morning;

- syn. Mentzelia laevicaulis, Mentzelia livicaulis;

n2
any of various North American plants of the genus Liatris having racemes or panicles of small discoid flower heads;

- syn. button snakeroot, gay-feather, gayfeather, snakeroot;

blazon / b ɫ æ z n , b ɫ eɪ z n /
n1
the official symbols of a family, state, etc.;

- syn. arms, blazonry, coat of arms;

v1
decorate with heraldic arms;

- syn. emblazon;

blazon out
v1
proclaim or announce in public;

- "before we had newspapers, a town crier would cry the news";

- "He cried his merchandise in the market square";

- syn. cry;

blazonry / b ɫ eɪ z ə n ɹ i /
n1
the official symbols of a family, state, etc.;

- syn. arms, blazon, coat of arms;

bleach / b ɫ i tʃ /
n1
the whiteness that results from removing the color from something;

- "a complete bleach usually requires several applications";

n2
an agent that makes things white or colorless;

- syn. blanching agent, bleaching agent, whitener;

n3
the act of whitening something by bleaching it (exposing it to sunlight or using a chemical bleaching agent);

v1
remove color from;

- "The sun bleached the red shirt";

- syn. bleach out, decolor, decolorise, decolorize, decolour, decolourise, decolourize, discolorise, discolorize, discolourise;

v2
make whiter or lighter;

- "bleach the laundry";

bleach liquor
n1
a solution containing bleaching agents that is used to bleach textiles or paper pulp;

bleach out
v1
remove color from;

- "The sun bleached the red shirt";

- syn. bleach, decolor, decolorise, decolorize, decolour, decolourise, decolourize, discolorise, discolorize, discolourise;

bleached / b ɫ i tʃ t /
a1
having lost freshness or brilliance of color;

- "sun-bleached deck chairs";

- "faded jeans";

- "a very pale washed-out blue";

- "washy colors";

- syn. faded, washed-out, washy;

- sim. colorless;

a2
(used of color) artificially produced;

- not natural;

- "a bleached blonde";

- syn. colored, coloured, dyed;

- sim. artificial;

bleacher / b ɫ i tʃ ə , b ɫ i tʃ ə ɹ /
n1
a worker who bleaches (cloth or flour etc.);

bleachers / b ɫ i tʃ ə z /
n1
(used in the plural) an outdoor grandstand without a roof;

- patrons are exposed to the sun as linens are when they are bleached;

bleaching agent
n1
an agent that makes things white or colorless;

- syn. blanching agent, bleach, whitener;

bleaching clay
n1
an adsorbent clay that will remove coloring from oils;

- syn. bleaching earth;

bleaching earth
n1
an adsorbent clay that will remove coloring from oils;

- syn. bleaching clay;

bleaching powder
n1
a white powder comprised of calcium hydroxide and chloride and hypochlorite and used to bleach and/or disinfect;

- syn. chloride of lime, chlorinated lime;

bleak / b ɫ i k /
a1
offering little or no hope;

- "the future looked black";

- "prospects were bleak";

- "Life in the Aran Islands has always been bleak and difficult"- J.M.Synge;

- "took a dim view of things";

- syn. black, dim;

- sim. hopeless;

a2
providing no shelter or sustenance;

- "bare rocky hills";

- "barren lands";

- "the bleak treeless regions of the high Andes";

- "the desolate surface of the moon";

- "a stark landscape";

- syn. bare, barren, desolate, stark;

- sim. inhospitable;

a3
unpleasantly cold and damp;

- "bleak winds of the North Atlantic";

- syn. cutting, raw;

- sim. cold;

bleakly / b ɫ i k ɫ i /
r1
without hope;

- "he wondered bleakly";

bleakness / b ɫ i k n ɛ s /
n1
a bleak and desolate atmosphere;

- "the nakedness of the landscape";

- syn. bareness, desolation, nakedness;

blear / b ɫ ɪə ɹ /
v1
make dim or indistinct;

- "The fog blurs my vision";

- syn. blur;

a1
tired to the point of exhaustion;

- syn. blear-eyed, bleary, bleary-eyed;

- sim. tired;

blear-eyed
a1
tired to the point of exhaustion;

- syn. blear, bleary, bleary-eyed;

- sim. tired;

bleary / b ɫ ɪə ɹ i /
a1
tired to the point of exhaustion;

- syn. blear, blear-eyed, bleary-eyed;

- sim. tired;

a2
indistinct or hazy in outline;

- "a landscape of blurred outlines";

- "the trees were just blurry shapes";

- syn. blurred, blurry, foggy, fuzzy, hazy, muzzy;

- sim. indistinct;

bleary-eyed / b ɫ ɪə ɹ ɪ aɪ d /
a1
tired to the point of exhaustion;

- syn. blear, blear-eyed, bleary;

- sim. tired;

bleat / b ɫ i t /
n1
the sound of sheep or goats (or any sound resembling this);

v1
talk whiningly;

v2
cry plaintively;

- "The lambs were bleating";

- syn. baa, blat, blate;

bleb / b ɫ ɛ b /
n1
(pathology) an elevation of the skin filled with serous fluid;

- syn. blister, bulla;

blebbed
a1
(of glass or quartzite) marred by small bubbles or small particles of foreign material;

- syn. blebby;

- sim. blemished;

blebby
a1
covered with small blisters;

- syn. blistery;

- sim. unhealthy;

a2
(of glass or quartzite) marred by small bubbles or small particles of foreign material;

- syn. blebbed;

- sim. blemished;

Blechnaceae
n1
one of a number of families into which the family Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems;

- includes genera Blechnum, Doodia, Sadleria, Stenochlaena, and Woodwardia;

- syn. family Blechnaceae;

Blechnum
n1
in some classification systems placed in family Polypodiaceae;

- terrestrial ferns of cosmopolitan distribution mainly in southern hemisphere: hard ferns;

- syn. genus Blechnum;

Blechnum spicant
n1
fern with erect fronds of Europe and western North America;

- often cultivated for deer browse;

- syn. deer fern;

bleed / b ɫ i d /
v1
lose blood from one's body;

- syn. hemorrhage, shed blood;

v2
draw blood;

- "In the old days, doctors routinely bled patients as part of the treatment";

- syn. leech, phlebotomise, phlebotomize;

v3
get or extort (money or other possessions) from someone;

- "They bled me dry--I have nothing left!";

v4
be diffused;

- "These dyes and colors are guaranteed not to run";

- syn. run;

v5
drain of liquid or steam;

- "bleed the radiators";

- "the mechanic bled the engine";

bleeder / b ɫ i d ə , b ɫ i d ə ɹ /
n1
someone who has hemophilia and is subject to uncontrollable bleeding;

- syn. haemophile, haemophiliac, hemophile, hemophiliac;

bleeder's disease
n1
congenital tendency to uncontrolled bleeding;

- usually affects males and is transmitted from mother to son;

- syn. haemophilia, hemophilia;

bleeding / b ɫ i d ɪ ŋ /
n1
the flow of blood from a ruptured blood vessel;

- syn. haemorrhage, hemorrhage;

bleeding heart
n1
garden plant having deep-pink drooping heart-shaped flowers;

- syn. Dicentra spectabilis, lyre-flower, lyreflower;

n2
someone who is excessively sympathetic toward those who claim to be exploited or underprivileged;

bleeding tooth
n1
gastropod having reddish toothlike projections around the shell opening;

- of the Caribbean area;

- syn. Nerita peloronta;

bleep / b ɫ i p /
n1
a short high tone produced as a signal or warning;

- syn. beep;

v1
emit a single short high-pitched signal;

- "The computer bleeped away";

blemish / b ɫ ɛ m ɪ ʃ /
n1
a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body);

- "a facial blemish";

- syn. defect, mar;

v1
mar or spoil the appearance of;

- "scars defaced her cheeks";

- "The vandals disfigured the statue";

- syn. deface, disfigure;

v2
mar or impair with a flaw;

- "her face was blemished";

- syn. spot;

v3
add a flaw or blemish to;

- make imperfect or defective;

- syn. flaw;

blemished / b ɫ ɛ m ɪ ʃ t /
a1
marred by imperfections;

- also damaged, imperfect;

- sim. acned, blebbed, blotchy, flyblown, marred, pocked;

a2
having a blemish or flaw;

- "a flawed diamond";

- syn. flawed;

- sim. imperfect;

blench / b ɫ ɛ n tʃ /
v1
turn pale, as if in fear;

- syn. blanch, pale;

blend / b ɫ ɛ n d /
n1
an occurrence of thorough mixing;

n2
a new word formed by joining two others and combining their meanings;

- "`smog' is a blend of `smoke' and `fog'";

- "`motel' is a portmanteau word made by combining `motor' and `hotel'";

- "`brunch' is a well-known portmanteau";

- syn. portmanteau, portmanteau word;

n3
the act of blending components together thoroughly;

- syn. blending;

v1
combine into one;

- "blend the nuts and raisins together";

- "he blends in with the crowd";

- "We don't intermingle much";

- syn. immingle, intermingle, intermix;

v2
blend or harmonize;

- "This flavor will blend with those in your dish";

- "This sofa won't go with the chairs";

- syn. blend in, go;

v3
mix together different elements;

- "The colors blend well";

- syn. coalesce, combine, commingle, conflate, flux, fuse, immix, meld, merge, mix;

blend in
v1
blend or harmonize;

- "This flavor will blend with those in your dish";

- "This sofa won't go with the chairs";

- syn. blend, go;

v2
cause (something) to be mixed with (something else);

- "At this stage of making the cake, blend in the nuts";

- syn. mix in;

blende / b ɫ ɛ n d /
n1
an ore that is the chief source of zinc;

- consists largely of zinc sulfide in crystalline form;

- syn. sphalerite, zinc blende;

blended / b ɫ ɛ n d ɪ d /
a1
combined or mixed together so that the constituent parts are indistinguishable;

- sim. alloyed, homogenized;

blended whiskey
n1
mixture of two or more whiskeys or of a whiskey and neutral spirits;

- syn. blended whisky;

blended whisky
n1
mixture of two or more whiskeys or of a whiskey and neutral spirits;

- syn. blended whiskey;

blender / b ɫ ɛ n d ə /
n1
an electrically powered mixer with whirling blades that mix or chop or liquefy foods;

- syn. liquidiser, liquidizer;

blending / b ɫ ɛ n d ɪ ŋ /
n1
the act of blending components together thoroughly;

- syn. blend;

n2
a gradation involving small or imperceptible differences between grades;

- syn. shading;

Blenheim
n1
the First Duke of Marlborough and Prince Eugene of Savoy defeated the French in 1704 during the War of the Spanish Succession;

Blenheim spaniel
n1
red-and-white variety of English toy spaniel;

Blenniidae
n1
a family of fish including: combtooth blennies;

- syn. family Blenniidae;

blennioid
n1
elongated mostly scaleless marine fishes with large pectoral fins and reduced pelvic fins;

- syn. blennioid fish;

blennioid fish
n1
elongated mostly scaleless marine fishes with large pectoral fins and reduced pelvic fins;

- syn. blennioid;

Blennioidea
n1
blennies;

- butterfishes;

- gunnels;

- syn. suborder Blennioidea;

Blennius
n1
type genus of the Blenniidae;

- syn. genus Blennius;

Blennius pholis
n1
European scaleless blenny;

- syn. shanny;

blenny / b ɫ ɛ n i /
n1
small usually scaleless fishes with comb-like teeth living about rocky shores;

- are territorial and live in holes between rocks;

- syn. combtooth blenny;

blepharism
n1
condition in which a person blinks continuously;

blepharitis
n1
inflammation of the eyelids characterized by redness and swelling and dried crusts;

blepharospasm
n1
spasm of the eyelid muscle resulting in closure of the eye;

Blephilia
n1
small genus of North American herbs: wood mints;

- syn. genus Blephilia;

Blephilia celiata
n1
a variety of wood mint;

- syn. downy wood mint;

Blephilia hirsuta
n1
a variety of wood mint;

- syn. hairy wood mint;

Bleriot
n1
French aviator who in 1909 made the first flight across the English Channel (1872-1936);

- syn. Louis Bleriot;

bless / b ɫ ɛ s /
v1
give a benediction to;

- "The dying man blessed his son";

v2
confer prosperity or happiness on;

v3
make the sign of the cross over someone in order to call on God for protection;

- consecrate;

- syn. sign;

v4
render holy by means of religious rites;

- syn. consecrate, hallow, sanctify;

blessed / b ɫ ɛ s ɪ d , b ɫ ɛ s t /
a1
highly favored or fortunate (as e.g. by divine grace);

- "our blessed land";

- "the blessed assurance of a steady income";

- syn. blest;

- sim. fortunate;

a2
worthy of worship;

- "the Blessed Trinity";

- sim. holy;

a3
expletives used informally as intensifiers;

- "he's a blasted idiot";

- "it's a blamed shame";

- "a blame cold winter";

- "not a blessed dime";

- "I'll be damned (or blessed or darned or goddamned) if I'll do any such thing";

- "he's a damn (or goddam or goddamned) fool";

- "a deuced idiot";

- "an infernal nuisance";

- syn. blame, blamed, blasted, damn, damned, darned, deuced, goddam, goddamn, goddamned, infernal;

- sim. cursed;

a4
Roman Catholic;

- proclaimed one of the blessed and thus worthy of veneration;

- syn. beatified;

- sim. holy;

a5
enjoying the bliss of heaven;

- sim. saved;

a6
characterized by happiness and good fortune;

- "a blessed time";

- sim. happy;

blessed event
n1
the live birth of a child;

- syn. happy event;

blessed thistle
n1
tall Old World biennial thistle with large clasping white-blotched leaves and purple flower heads;

- naturalized in California and South America;

- syn. Our Lady's mild thistle, Silybum marianum, holy thistle, lady's thistle, milk thistle;

n2
annual of Mediterranean to Portugal having hairy stems and minutely spiny-toothed leaves and large heads of yellow flowers;

- syn. Cnicus benedictus, sweet sultan;

Blessed Trinity
n1
the union of the Father and Son and Holy Ghost in one Godhead;

- syn. Holy Trinity, Sacred Trinity, Trinity;

Blessed Virgin
n1
the mother of Jesus;

- Christians refer to her as the Virgin Mary;

- she is especially honored by Roman Catholics;

- syn. Madonna, Mary, The Virgin, Virgin Mary;

blessedly / b ɫ ɛ s ɪ d ɫ i /
r1
in a blessed manner;

blessedness / b ɫ ɛ s ɪ d n ə s /
n1
a state of supreme happiness;

- syn. beatification, beatitude;

blessing / b ɫ ɛ s ɪ ŋ /
n1
the formal act of approving;

- "he gave the project his blessing";

- "his decision merited the approval of any sensible person";

- syn. approval, approving;

n2
a desirable state;

- "enjoy the blessings of peace";

- "a spanking breeze is a boon to sailors";

- syn. boon;

n3
a short prayer of thanks before a meal;

- "their youngest son said grace";

- syn. grace, thanksgiving;

n4
a ceremonial prayer invoking divine protection;

- syn. benediction;

n5
the act of praying for divine protection;

- syn. benediction;

blest / b ɫ ɛ s t /
a1
highly favored or fortunate (as e.g. by divine grace);

- "our blessed land";

- "the blessed assurance of a steady income";

- syn. blessed;

- sim. fortunate;

blether / b ɫ ɛ ð ə , b ɫ ɛ ð ə ɹ /
n1
idle or foolish and irrelevant talk;

- syn. chin music, idle talk, prate, prattle;

v1
to talk foolishly;

- "The two women babbled and crooned at the baby";

- syn. babble, blather, blither, smatter;

bletia
n1
any of various orchids of the genus Bletia having pseudobulbs and erect leafless racemes of large purple or pink flowers;

Bletia striata
n1
Japanese orchid with white-striped leaves and slender erect racemes of rose to magenta flowers;

- often cultivated;

- sometimes placed in genus Bletia;

- syn. Bletilla striata;

Bletilla
n1
small genus of chiefly east Asiatic hardy terrestrial orchids similar to genus Bletia;

- syn. genus Bletilla;

Bletilla striata
n1
Japanese orchid with white-striped leaves and slender erect racemes of rose to magenta flowers;

- often cultivated;

- sometimes placed in genus Bletia;

- syn. Bletia striata;

bleu / b ɫ ɝ /
n1
cheese containing a blue mold;

- syn. blue cheese;

bleu cheese dressing
n1
creamy dressing containing crumbled blue cheese;

- syn. blue cheese dressing;

blewits / b ɫ u ɪ t s /
n1
edible agaric that is pale lilac when young;

- has a smooth moist cap;

- syn. Clitocybe nuda;

Blida
n1
a city in northern Algeria at the foot of the Atlas Mountains to the southwest of Algiers;

Bligh
n1
British admiral;

- was captain of the H.M.S. Bounty in 1789 when part of the crew mutinied and set him afloat in an open boat;

- a few weeks later he arrived safely in Timor 4,000 miles away (1754-1817);

- syn. Captain Bligh, William Bligh;

Blighia
n1
small genus of western African evergreen trees and shrubs bearing fleshy capsular three-seeded fruits edible when neither unripe nor overripe;

- syn. genus Blighia;

Blighia sapida
n1
widely cultivated in tropical and subtropical regions for its fragrant flowers and colorful fruits;

- introduced in Jamaica by William Bligh;

- syn. akee, akee tree;

blight / b ɫ aɪ t /
n1
a state or condition being blighted;

n2
any plant disease resulting in withering without rotting;

v1
cause to suffer a blight;

- "Too much rain may blight the garden with mold";

- syn. plague;

blight canker
n1
a phase of fire blight in which cankers appear;

blighted / b ɫ aɪ t ɪ d /
a1
affected by blight;

- anything that mars or prevents growth or prosperity;

- "a blighted rose";

- "blighted urban districts";

- syn. spoilt;

- sim. destroyed;

blighter / b ɫ aɪ t ə , b ɫ aɪ t ə ɹ /
n1
a persistently annoying person;

- syn. cuss, gadfly, pest, pesterer;

n2
a boy or man;

- "that chap is your host";

- "there's a fellow at the door";

- "he's a likable cuss";

- "he's a good bloke";

- syn. bloke, chap, cuss, fella, feller, fellow, gent, lad;

Blighty / b ɫ aɪ t i /
n1
a slang term for Great Britain used by British troops serving abroad;

blighty wound
n1
a wound that would cause an English soldier to be sent home from service abroad;

Blimp / b ɫ ɪ m p /
n1
any elderly pompous reactionary ultranationalistic person (after the cartoon character created by Sir David Low);

- syn. Colonel Blimp;

n2
a small nonrigid airship used for observation or as a barrage balloon;

- syn. sausage, sausage balloon;

blimpish / b ɫ ɪ m p ɪ ʃ /
a1
pompously ultraconservative and nationalistic;

- sim. conservative;

blind / b ɫ aɪ n d /
n1
people who have severe visual impairments, considered as a group;

- "he spent hours reading to the blind";

n2
a hiding place sometimes used by hunters (especially duck hunters);

- "he waited impatiently in the blind";

n3
a protective covering that keeps things out or hinders sight;

- "they had just moved in and had not put up blinds yet";

- syn. screen;

n4
something intended to misrepresent the true nature of an activity;

- "he wasn't sick--it was just a subterfuge";

- "the holding company was just a blind";

- syn. subterfuge;

v1
render unable to see;

v2
make blind by putting the eyes out;

- "The criminals were punished and blinded";

v3
make dim by comparison or conceal;

- syn. dim;

a1
unable to see;

- "a person is blind to the extent that he must devise alternative techniques to do efficiently those things he would do with sight if he had normal vision"--Kenneth Jernigan;

- syn. unsighted;

- sim. blinded, blindfold, color-blind, dazzled, deuteranopic, dim-sighted, eyeless, protanopic, snow-blind, stone-blind, tritanopic;

a2
unable or unwilling to perceive or understand;

- "blind to a lover's faults";

- "blind to the consequences of their actions";

- sim. unperceptive;

a3
not based on reason or evidence;

- "blind hatred";

- "blind faith";

- "unreasoning panic";

- syn. unreasoning;

- sim. irrational;

blind alley
n1
a street with only one way in or out;

- syn. cul de sac, dead-end street, impasse;

n2
(figurative) a course of action that is unproductive and offers no hope of improvement;

- "all the clues led the police into blind alleys";

- "so far every road that we've been down has turned out to be a blind alley";

blind bend
n1
a curve or bend in the road that you cannot see around as you are driving;

- syn. blind curve;

blind corner
n1
a street corner that you cannot see around as you are driving;

blind curve
n1
a curve or bend in the road that you cannot see around as you are driving;

- syn. blind bend;

blind date
n1
a participant in a blind date (someone you meet for the first time when you have a date with them);

n2
a date with a stranger;

- "she never goes on blind dates";

blind drunk
a1
very drunk;

- syn. besotted, blotto, cockeyed, crocked, fuddled, loaded, pie-eyed, pissed, pixilated, plastered, slopped, sloshed, smashed, soaked, soused, sozzled, squiffy, stiff, tight, wet;

- sim. intoxicated;

blind eel
n1
aquatic eel-shaped salamander having two pairs of very small feet;

- of still muddy waters in the southern United States;

- syn. amphiuma, congo eel, congo snake;

blind flying
n1
using only instruments for flying an aircraft because you cannot see through clouds or mists etc.;

- syn. blind landing;

blind gentian
n1
similar to Gentiana andrewsii but with larger flowers;

- syn. Gentiana clausa, closed gentian;

n2
gentian of eastern North America having tubular blue or white flowers that open little if at all;

- syn. Gentiana andrewsii, bottle gentian, closed gentian;

blind gut
n1
the cavity in which the large intestine begins and into which the ileum opens;

- "the appendix is an offshoot of the cecum";

- syn. caecum, cecum;

blind landing
n1
using only instruments for flying an aircraft because you cannot see through clouds or mists etc.;

- syn. blind flying;

blind person
n1
a person with a severe visual impairment;

blind side
n1
the side on which your vision is limited or obstructed;

blind snake
n1
wormlike burrowing snake of warm regions having vestigial eyes;

- syn. worm snake;

blind spot
n1
a subject about which you are ignorant or prejudiced and fail to exercise good judgment;

- "golf is one of his blind spots and he's proud of it";

n2
the point where the optic nerve enters the retina;

- not sensitive to light;

- syn. optic disc, optic disk;

blind staggers
n1
a disease of the central nervous system affecting especially horses and cattle;

- characterized by an unsteady swaying gait and frequent falling;

- syn. staggers;

blind stitching
n1
stitching that is not easily seen or noticed;

blind trust
n1
a trust that enables a person to avoid possible conflict of interest by transferring assets to a fiduciary;

- the person establishing the trust gives up the right to information about the assets;

blinded / b ɫ aɪ n d ɪ d /
a1
deprived of sight;

- sim. blind;

blinder / b ɫ aɪ n d ə , b ɫ aɪ n d ə ɹ /
n1
blind consisting of a leather eyepatch sewn to the side of the halter that prevents a horse from seeing something on either side;

- syn. blinker, winker;

blindfold / b ɫ aɪ n d f oʊ ɫ d /
n1
a cloth used to cover the eyes;

v1
cover the eyes of (someone) to prevent him from seeing;

- "the hostage was blindfolded and driven away";

a1
wearing a blindfold;

- syn. blindfolded;

- sim. blind;

blindfolded / b ɫ aɪ n d f oʊ ɫ d ɪ d /
a1
wearing a blindfold;

- syn. blindfold;

- sim. blind;

blinding / b ɫ aɪ n d ɪ ŋ /
a1
shining intensely;

- "the blazing sun";

- "blinding headlights";

- "dazzling snow";

- "fulgent patterns of sunlight";

- "the glaring sun";

- syn. blazing, dazzling, fulgent, glaring, glary;

- sim. bright;

blindly / b ɫ aɪ n d ɫ i /
r1
without seeing or looking;

- "he felt around his desk blindly";

r2
without preparation or reflection;

- without a rational basis;

- "they bought the car blindly";

- "he picked a wife blindly";

blindman's bluff
n1
a children's game in which a blindfolded player tries to catch and identify other players;

- syn. blindman's buff;

blindman's buff / b ɫ aɪ n d m æ n z b ʌ f /
n1
a children's game in which a blindfolded player tries to catch and identify other players;

- syn. blindman's bluff;

blindness / b ɫ aɪ n d n ə s /
n1
the state of being blind or lacking sight;

- syn. cecity, sightlessness;

blindside / b ɫ aɪ n d s aɪ d /
v1
catch unawares, especially with harmful consequences;

- "The economic downturn blindsided many investors";

v2
attack or hit on or from the side where the attacked person's view is obstructed;

blindworm / b ɫ aɪ n d w ɝ m /
n1
small burrowing legless European lizard with tiny eyes;

- popularly believed to be blind;

- syn. Anguis fragilis, slowworm;

n2
any of the small slender limbless burrowing wormlike amphibians of the order Gymnophiona;

- inhabit moist soil in tropical regions;

- syn. caecilian;

bling
n1
flashy, ostentatious jewelry;

- "the rapper was loaded with bling";

- syn. bling bling;

bling bling
n1
flashy, ostentatious jewelry;

- "the rapper was loaded with bling";

- syn. bling;

blini
n1
Russian pancake of buckwheat flour and yeast;

- usually served with caviar and sour cream;

- syn. bliny;

blink / b ɫ ɪ ŋ k /
n1
a reflex that closes and opens the eyes rapidly;

- syn. blinking, eye blink, nictation, nictitation, wink, winking;

v1
briefly shut the eyes;

- "The TV announcer never seems to blink";

- syn. nictate, nictitate, wink;

v2
keep back by blinking;

- "blink away tears";

- syn. blink away, wink;

v3
gleam or glow intermittently;

- "The lights were flashing";

- syn. flash, twinkle, wink, winkle;

blink away
v1
keep back by blinking;

- "blink away tears";

- syn. blink, wink;

blink of an eye
n1
a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat);

- "if I had the chance I'd do it in a flash";

- syn. New York minute, flash, heartbeat, instant, jiffy, split second, trice, twinkling, wink;

blinker / b ɫ ɪ ŋ k ə /
n1
a light that flashes on and off;

- used as a signal or to send messages;

- syn. flasher;

n2
a blinking light on a motor vehicle that indicates the direction in which the vehicle is about to turn;

- syn. trafficator, turn indicator, turn signal;

n3
blind consisting of a leather eyepatch sewn to the side of the halter that prevents a horse from seeing something on either side;

- syn. blinder, winker;

v1
put blinders on (a horse);

blinking / b ɫ ɪ ŋ k ɪ ŋ /
n1
a reflex that closes and opens the eyes rapidly;

- syn. blink, eye blink, nictation, nictitation, wink, winking;

a1
closing the eyes intermittently and rapidly;

- "he stood blinking in the bright sunlight";

- syn. winking;

- sim. closed;

a2
informal intensifiers;

- "what a bally (or blinking) nuisance";

- "a bloody fool";

- "a crashing bore";

- "you flaming idiot";

- syn. bally, bloody, blooming, crashing, flaming, fucking;

- sim. unmitigated;

blinking chickweed
n1
small Indian lettuce of northern regions;

- syn. Montia lamprosperma, blinks, water chickweed;

blinks / b ɫ ɪ ŋ k s /
n1
small Indian lettuce of northern regions;

- syn. Montia lamprosperma, blinking chickweed, water chickweed;

blintz
n1
(Judaism) thin pancake folded around a filling and fried or baked;

- syn. blintze;

blintze
n1
(Judaism) thin pancake folded around a filling and fried or baked;

- syn. blintz;

bliny
n1
Russian pancake of buckwheat flour and yeast;

- usually served with caviar and sour cream;

- syn. blini;

blip / b ɫ ɪ p /
n1
a sudden minor shock or meaningless interruption;

- "the market had one bad blip today";

- "you can't react to the day-to-day blips";

- "renewed jitters in the wake of a blip in retail sales";

n2
a radar echo displayed so as to show the position of a reflecting surface;

- syn. pip, radar target;

bliss / b ɫ ɪ s /
n1
a state of extreme happiness;

- syn. blissfulness, cloud nine, seventh heaven, walking on air;

blissful / b ɫ ɪ s f ə ɫ /
a1
completely happy and contented;

- "blissful young lovers";

- "in blissful ignorance";

- sim. happy;

blissfully / b ɫ ɪ s f ə ɫ i /
r1
in a blissful manner;

- "he was blissfully unaware of the danger";

blissfulness / b ɫ ɪ s f ə ɫ n ə s /
n1
a state of extreme happiness;

- syn. bliss, cloud nine, seventh heaven, walking on air;

Blissus
n1
chinch bugs;

- syn. genus Blissus;

Blissus leucopterus
n1
small black-and-white insect that feeds on cereal grasses;

- syn. chinch bug;

blister / b ɫ ɪ s t ə , b ɫ ɪ s t ə ɹ /
n1
a flaw on a surface resulting when an applied substance does not adhere (as an air bubble in a coat of paint);

n2
(botany) a swelling on a plant similar to that on the skin;

n3
(pathology) an elevation of the skin filled with serous fluid;

- syn. bleb, bulla;

v1
get blistered;

- "Her feet blistered during the long hike";

- syn. vesicate;

v2
subject to harsh criticism;

- "The Senator blistered the administration in his speech on Friday";

- "the professor scaled the students";

- "your invectives scorched the community";

- syn. scald, whip;

v3
cause blisters to form on;

- "the tight shoes and perspiration blistered her feet";

blister beetle
n1
beetle that produces a secretion that blisters the skin;

- syn. meloid;

blister blight
n1
a disease of Scotch pines;

n2
a disease of tea plants;

blister copper
n1
an impure form of copper having a black blistered surface;

blister pack
n1
packaging in which a product is sealed between a cardboard backing and clear plastic cover;

- syn. bubble pack;

blister rust
n1
any of several diseases of pines caused by rust fungi of the genus Cronartium and marked by destructive invasion of bark and sapwood and producing blisters externally;

- syn. white-pine rust, white pine blister rust;

n2
fungus causing white pine blister rust and having a complex life cycle requiring a plant of genus Ribes as alternate host;

- syn. Cronartium ribicola;

blistering / b ɫ ɪ s t ə ɹ ɪ ŋ /
n1
the formation of vesicles in or beneath the skin;

- syn. vesication, vesiculation;

a1
harsh or corrosive in tone;

- "an acerbic tone piercing otherwise flowery prose";

- "a barrage of acid comments";

- "her acrid remarks make her many enemies";

- "bitter words";

- "blistering criticism";

- "caustic jokes about political assassination, talk-show hosts and medical ethics";

- "a sulfurous denunciation";

- "a vitriolic critique";

- syn. acerb, acerbic, acid, acrid, bitter, caustic, sulfurous, sulphurous, virulent, vitriolic;

- sim. unpleasant;

a2
hot enough to raise (or as if to raise) blisters;

- "blistering sun";

- syn. blistery;

- sim. hot;

a3
very fast;

- capable of quick response and great speed;

- "a hot sports car";

- "a blistering pace";

- "got off to a hot start";

- "in hot pursuit";

- "a red-hot line drive";

- syn. hot, red-hot;

- sim. fast;

blistering agent
n1
a toxic war gas with sulfide based compounds that raises blisters and attacks the eyes and lungs;

- there is no known antidote;

- syn. dichloroethyl sulfide, mustard agent, mustard gas, sulfur mustard;

blistery / b ɫ ɪ s t ə ɹ i /
a1
hot enough to raise (or as if to raise) blisters;

- "blistering sun";

- syn. blistering;

- sim. hot;

a2
covered with small blisters;

- syn. blebby;

- sim. unhealthy;

blithe / b ɫ aɪ ð /
a1
lacking or showing a lack of due concern;

- "spoke with blithe ignorance of the true situation";

- sim. unconcerned;

a2
carefree and happy and lighthearted;

- "was loved for her blithe spirit";

- "a merry blithesome nature";

- "her lighthearted nature";

- "trilling songs with a lightsome heart";

- syn. blithesome, light-hearted, lighthearted, lightsome;

- sim. cheerful;

blithely / b ɫ aɪ ð ɫ i /
r1
in a joyous manner;

- "they shouted happily";

- syn. gayly, happily, jubilantly, merrily, mirthfully;

blitheness / b ɫ aɪ ð n ɛ s /
n1
a feeling of spontaneous good spirits;

- "his cheerfulness made everyone feel better";

- syn. cheerfulness;

blither / b ɫ ɪ ð ə /
v1
to talk foolishly;

- "The two women babbled and crooned at the baby";

- syn. babble, blather, blether, smatter;

blithesome / b ɫ aɪ ð s ə m /
a1
carefree and happy and lighthearted;

- "was loved for her blithe spirit";

- "a merry blithesome nature";

- "her lighthearted nature";

- "trilling songs with a lightsome heart";

- syn. blithe, light-hearted, lighthearted, lightsome;

- sim. cheerful;

BLitt
n1
a bachelor's degree in literature;

- syn. Bachelor of Literature;

blitz / b ɫ ɪ t s /
n1
(American football) defensive players try to break through the offensive line;

- syn. linebacker blitzing, safety blitz;

n2
a swift and violent military offensive with intensive aerial bombardment;

- syn. blitzkrieg;

v1
attack suddenly and without warning;

- "Hitler blitzed Poland";

blitzkrieg / b ɫ ɪ t s k ɹ i ɡ /
n1
a swift and violent military offensive with intensive aerial bombardment;

- syn. blitz;

v1
fight a quick and surprising war;

Blitzstein
n1
United States pianist and composer of operas and musical plays (1905-1964);

- syn. Marc Blitzstein;

Blixen
n1
Danish writer who lived in Kenya for 19 years and is remembered for her writings about Africa (1885-1962);

- syn. Baroness Karen Blixen, Dinesen, Isak Dinesen, Karen Blixen;

blizzard / b ɫ ɪ z ə d /
n1
a storm with widespread snowfall accompanied by strong winds;

- syn. snowstorm;

n2
a series of unexpected and unpleasant occurrences;

- "a rash of bank robberies";

- "a blizzard of lawsuits";

- syn. rash;

bloat / b ɫ oʊ t /
n1
swelling of the rumen or intestinal tract of domestic animals caused by excessive gas;

v1
become bloated or swollen or puff up;

- "The dead man's stomach was bloated";

v2
make bloated or swollen;

- "Hunger bloated the child's belly";

bloater / b ɫ oʊ t ə , b ɫ oʊ t ə ɹ /
n1
large fatty herring lightly salted and briefly smoked;

blob / b ɫ ɒ b /
n1
an indistinct shapeless form;

v1
make a spot or mark onto;

- "The wine spotted the tablecloth";

- syn. blot, fleck, spot;

bloc / b ɫ ɒ k /
n1
a group of countries in special alliance;

- syn. axis;

Blocadren
n1
a beta blocker (trade name Blocadren) administered after heart attacks;

- syn. timolol;

Bloch / b ɫ ɒ k /
n1
United States composer (born in Switzerland) who composed symphonies and chamber music and choral music and a piano sonata and an opera (1880-1959);

- syn. Ernest Bloch;

block / b ɫ ɒ k /
n1
a solid piece of something (usually having flat rectangular sides);

- "the pyramids were built with large stone blocks";

n2
a rectangular area in a city surrounded by streets and usually containing several buildings;

- "he lives in the next block";

- syn. city block;

n3
a three-dimensional shape with six square or rectangular sides;

- syn. cube;

n4
a number or quantity of related things dealt with as a unit;

- "he reserved a large block of seats";

- "he held a large block of the company's stock";

n5
housing in a large building that is divided into separate units;

- "there is a block of classrooms in the west wing";

n6
(computer science) a sector or group of sectors that function as the smallest data unit permitted;

- "since blocks are often defined as a single sector, the terms `block' and `sector' are sometimes used interchangeably";

n7
an inability to remember or think of something you normally can do;

- often caused by emotional tension;

- "I knew his name perfectly well but I had a temporary block";

- syn. mental block;

n8
a simple machine consisting of a wheel with a groove in which a rope can run to change the direction or point of application of a force applied to the rope;

- syn. pulley, pulley-block, pulley block;

n9
a metal casting containing the cylinders and cooling ducts of an engine;

- "the engine had to be replaced because the block was cracked";

- syn. cylinder block, engine block;

n10
an obstruction in a pipe or tube;

- "we had to call a plumber to clear out the blockage in the drainpipe";

- syn. blockage, closure, occlusion, stop, stoppage;

n11
a platform from which an auctioneer sells;

- "they put their paintings on the block";

- syn. auction block;

n12
the act of obstructing or deflecting someone's movements;

- syn. blocking;

v1
render unsuitable for passage;

- "block the way";

- "barricade the streets";

- "stop the busy road";

- syn. bar, barricade, block off, block up, blockade, stop;

v2
hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of;

- "His brother blocked him at every turn";

- syn. blockade, embarrass, hinder, obstruct, stymie, stymy;

v3
stop from happening or developing;

- "Block his election";

- "Halt the process";

- syn. halt, kibosh, stop;

v4
interfere with or prevent the reception of signals;

- "Jam the Voice of America";

- "block the signals emitted by this station";

- syn. jam;

v5
run on a block system;

- "block trains";

v6
interrupt the normal function of by means of anesthesia;

- "block a nerve";

- "block a muscle";

v7
shut out from view or get in the way so as to hide from sight;

- "The thick curtain blocked the action on the stage";

- "The trees obstruct my view of the mountains";

- syn. obstruct;

v8
stamp or emboss a title or design on a book with a block;

- "block the book cover";

v9
obstruct;

- "My nose is all stuffed";

- "Her arteries are blocked";

- syn. choke up, lug, stuff;

v10
block passage through;

- "obstruct the path";

- syn. close up, impede, jam, obstruct, obturate, occlude;

v11
support, secure, or raise with a block;

- "block a plate for printing";

- "block the wheels of a car";

v12
impede the movement of (an opponent or a ball);

- "block an attack";

- syn. deflect, parry;

v13
be unable to remember;

- "I'm drawing a blank";

- "You are blocking the name of your first wife!";

- syn. blank out, draw a blank, forget;

v14
shape by using a block;

- "Block a hat";

- "block a garment";

v15
shape into a block or blocks;

- "block the graphs so one can see the results clearly";

v16
prohibit the conversion or use of (assets);

- "Blocked funds";

- "Freeze the assets of this hostile government";

- syn. freeze, immobilise, immobilize;

block anaesthesia
n1
anesthesia of an area supplied by a nerve;

- produced by an anesthetic agent applied to the nerve;

- syn. block anesthesia, conduction anaesthesia, conduction anesthesia, nerve block anaesthesia, nerve block anesthesia;

block and tackle
n1
pulley blocks with associated rope or cable;

block anesthesia
n1
anesthesia of an area supplied by a nerve;

- produced by an anesthetic agent applied to the nerve;

- syn. block anaesthesia, conduction anaesthesia, conduction anesthesia, nerve block anaesthesia, nerve block anesthesia;

block capital
n1
a plain hand-drawn letter;

- syn. block letter;

block diagram
n1
a diagram showing the interconnections between the components of system (especially an electronic system);

block grant
n1
a grant of federal money to state and local governments to support social welfare programs;

- "block grants reduce federal responsibility for social welfare";

block letter
n1
a plain hand-drawn letter;

- syn. block capital;

block off
v1
obstruct access to;

- syn. blockade;

v2
render unsuitable for passage;

- "block the way";

- "barricade the streets";

- "stop the busy road";

- syn. bar, barricade, block, block up, blockade, stop;

v3
block off the passage through;

- "We shut off the valve";

- syn. close off, shut off;

block out
v1
plan where and when songs should be inserted into a theatrical production, or plan a theatrical production in general;

v2
prevent from entering;

- "block out the strong sunlight";

- syn. screen;

v3
shield from light;

- syn. mask;

v4
indicate roughly;

- "We sketched out our plan";

block plane
n1
a small plane used on end grains of wood;

block up
v1
render unsuitable for passage;

- "block the way";

- "barricade the streets";

- "stop the busy road";

- syn. bar, barricade, block, block off, blockade, stop;

block vote
n1
a vote proportional in magnitude to the number of people that a delegate represents;

blockade / b ɫ ɒ k eɪ d /
n1
a war measure that isolates some area of importance to the enemy;

- syn. encirclement;

n2
prevents access or progress;

v1
hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of;

- "His brother blocked him at every turn";

- syn. block, embarrass, hinder, obstruct, stymie, stymy;

v2
render unsuitable for passage;

- "block the way";

- "barricade the streets";

- "stop the busy road";

- syn. bar, barricade, block, block off, block up, stop;

v3
obstruct access to;

- syn. block off;

v4
impose a blockade on;

- syn. seal off;

blockade-runner / b ɫ ɒ k eɪ d ɹ ʌ n ə , b ɫ ɒ k eɪ d ɹ ʌ n ə ɹ /
n1
a ship that runs through or around a naval blockade;

blockaded / b ɫ ɒ k eɪ d ɪ d /
a1
preventing entry or exit or a course of action;

- "a barricaded street";

- "barred doors";

- "the blockaded harbor";

- syn. barred, barricaded;

- sim. obstructed;

blockading / b ɫ ɒ k eɪ d ɪ ŋ /
a1
blocking entrance to and exit from seaports and harbors;

- "the blockading ships prevented delivery of munitions";

- sim. preventive;

blockage / b ɫ ɒ k ɪ dʒ /
n1
the physical condition of blocking or filling a passage with an obstruction;

- syn. obstruction;

n2
an obstruction in a pipe or tube;

- "we had to call a plumber to clear out the blockage in the drainpipe";

- syn. block, closure, occlusion, stop, stoppage;

n3
the act of blocking;

- syn. closure, occlusion;

blockbuster / b ɫ ɒ k b ʌ s t ə , b ɫ ɒ k b ʌ s t ə ɹ /
n1
a large bomb used to demolish extensive areas (as a city block);

n2
an unusually successful hit with widespread popularity and huge sales (especially a movie or play or recording or novel);

- syn. megahit, smash hit;

blocked / b ɫ ɒ k t /
a1
closed to traffic;

- "the repaving results in many blocked streets";

- sim. closed;

a2
completely obstructed or closed off;

- "the storm was responsible for many blocked roads and bridges";

- "the drain was plugged";

- syn. plugged;

- sim. obstructed;

blocker / b ɫ ɒ k ə , b ɫ ɒ k ə ɹ /
n1
a football player whose responsibility is to block players attempting to stop an offensive play;

n2
a class of drugs that inhibit (block) some biological process;

- syn. blocking agent;

blockhead / b ɫ ɒ k h ɛ d /
n1
a stupid person;

- these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence;

- syn. bonehead, dumbass, dunce, dunderhead, fuckhead, hammerhead, knucklehead, loggerhead, lunkhead, muttonhead, numskull, shithead;

blockheaded / b ɫ ɒ k h ɛ d ɪ d /
a1
(used informally) stupid;

- syn. boneheaded, duncical, duncish, fatheaded, loggerheaded, thick, thick-skulled, thickheaded, wooden-headed;

- sim. stupid;

blockhouse / b ɫ ɒ k h aʊ s /
n1
a stronghold that is reinforced for protection from enemy fire;

- with apertures for defensive fire;

blocking / b ɫ ɒ k ɪ ŋ /
n1
the act of obstructing or deflecting someone's movements;

- syn. block;

blocking agent
n1
a class of drugs that inhibit (block) some biological process;

- syn. blocker;

blockish
a1
resembling a block in shape;

- syn. blocky;

- sim. cubic;

blocky / b ɫ ɒ k i /
a1
resembling a block in shape;

- syn. blockish;

- sim. cubic;

Bloemfontein
n1
the seat of the supreme court;

blog
n1
a shared on-line journal where people can post diary entries about their personal experiences and hobbies;

- "postings on a blog are usually in chronological order";

- syn. web log;

v1
read, write, or edit a shared on-line journal;

blogger
n1
a person who keeps and updates a blog;

Blok
n1
Russian poet (1880-1921);

- syn. Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Blok, Alexander Alexandrovich Blok;

bloke / b ɫ oʊ k /
n1
a boy or man;

- "that chap is your host";

- "there's a fellow at the door";

- "he's a likable cuss";

- "he's a good bloke";

- syn. blighter, chap, cuss, fella, feller, fellow, gent, lad;

blolly
n1
evergreen climbing shrub of southern Florida and West Indies grown for its racemes of fragrant white to creamy flowers followed by globose white succulent berries;

- syn. Chiococca alba, West Indian snowberry;

blond / b ɫ ɒ n d /
n1
a person with fair skin and hair;

- syn. blonde;

n2
a light grayish yellow to near white;

- syn. blonde;

a1
being or having light colored skin and hair and usually blue or grey eyes;

- "blond Scandinavians";

- "a house full of light-haired children";

- syn. blonde, light-haired;

- sim. ash-blonde, fair, flaxen, nordic, redheaded;

blonde / b ɫ ɒ n d /
n1
a person with fair skin and hair;

- syn. blond;

n2
a light grayish yellow to near white;

- syn. blond;

a1
being or having light colored skin and hair and usually blue or grey eyes;

- "blond Scandinavians";

- "a house full of light-haired children";

- syn. blond, light-haired;

- sim. ash-blonde, fair, flaxen, nordic, redheaded;

blonde lilian
n1
North American dogtooth having solitary white flowers with yellow centers and blue or pink exteriors;

- syn. Erythronium albidum, white dog's-tooth violet, white dogtooth violet;

blondness / b ɫ ɒ n d n ɛ s /
n1
the property of having a naturally light complexion;

- syn. fairness, paleness;

blood / b ɫ ʌ d /
n1
the fluid (red in vertebrates) that is pumped through the body by the heart and contains plasma, blood cells, and platelets;

- "blood carries oxygen and nutrients to the tissues and carries away waste products";

- "the ancients believed that blood was the seat of the emotions";

n2
temperament or disposition;

- "a person of hot blood";

n3
a dissolute man in fashionable society;

- syn. profligate, rake, rakehell, rip, roue;

n4
the descendants of one individual;

- "his entire lineage has been warriors";

- syn. ancestry, blood line, bloodline, descent, line, line of descent, lineage, origin, parentage, pedigree, stemma, stock;

n5
people viewed as members of a group;

- "we need more young blood in this organization";

v1
smear with blood, as in a hunting initiation rite, where the face of a person is smeared with the blood of the kill;

blood-and-guts
a1
marked by great zeal or violence;

- "real blood-and-guts fiction";

- "blood-and-guts football";

- sim. intense;

blood-brain barrier
n1
a mechanism that creates a barrier between brain tissues and circulating blood;

- serves to protect the central nervous system;

- "the brain was protected from the large molecules of the virus by the blood-brain barrier";

blood-filled
a1
containing blood;

- "the blood-filled centers of arteries and veins";

- sim. bloody;

blood-oxygenation level dependent functional magnetic resonance imaging
n1
functional magnetic resonance imaging that relies on intrinsic changes in hemoglobin oxygenation;

- syn. BOLD FMRI;

blood-red
a1
of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange);

- resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies;

- syn. carmine, cerise, cherry, cherry-red, crimson, red, reddish, ruby, ruby-red, ruddy, scarlet;

- sim. chromatic;

blood-related
a1
related by blood;

- syn. akin, cognate, consanguine, consanguineal, consanguineous, kin;

- sim. related;

blood-twig
n1
European deciduous shrub turning red in autumn having dull white flowers;

- syn. Cornus sanguinea, common European dogwood, pedwood, red dogwood;

blood agar
n1
a culture medium containing whole blood as the nutrient;

blood bank
n1
a place for storing whole blood or blood plasma;

- "the Red Cross created a blood bank for emergencies";

blood berry
n1
bushy houseplant having white to pale pink flowers followed by racemes of scarlet berries;

- tropical Americas;

- syn. Rivina humilis, bloodberry, rouge plant, rougeberry;

blood blister
n1
blister containing blood or bloody serum usually caused by an injury;

blood brother
n1
a male with the same parents as someone else;

- "my brother still lives with our parents";

- syn. brother;

n2
a male sworn (usually by a ceremony involving the mingling of blood) to treat another as his brother;

blood brotherhood
n1
the friendship characteristic of blood brothers;

blood cell
n1
either of two types of cells (erythrocytes and leukocytes) and sometimes including platelets;

- syn. blood corpuscle, corpuscle;

blood clam
n1
red-blooded clam;

blood clot
n1
a semisolid mass of coagulated red and white blood cells;

- syn. grume;

blood clotting
n1
a process in which liquid blood is changed into a semisolid mass (a blood clot);

- syn. blood coagulation;

blood coagulation
n1
a process in which liquid blood is changed into a semisolid mass (a blood clot);

- syn. blood clotting;

blood corpuscle
n1
either of two types of cells (erythrocytes and leukocytes) and sometimes including platelets;

- syn. blood cell, corpuscle;

blood count
n1
the number of red and white corpuscles in a blood sample;

n2
the act of estimating the number of red and white corpuscles in a blood sample;

blood cup
n1
a scarlet European fungus with cup-shaped ascocarp;

- syn. Peziza coccinea, fairy cup;

blood cyst
n1
a cyst containing blood;

- syn. hematocyst, hemorrhagic cyst;

blood disease
n1
a disease or disorder of the blood;

- syn. blood disorder;

blood disorder
n1
a disease or disorder of the blood;

- syn. blood disease;

blood donor
n1
someone who gives blood to be used for transfusions;

blood dyscrasia
n1
any abnormal condition of the blood;

blood extravasation
n1
the leakage of blood from a vessel into tissues surrounding it;

- can occur in injuries or burns or allergic reactions;

blood feud
n1
a feud in which members of the opposing parties murder each other;

- syn. vendetta;

blood flower
n1
tropical herb having orange-red flowers followed by pods suggesting a swallow with outspread wings;

- a weed throughout the tropics;

- syn. Asclepias curassavica, swallowwort;

blood fluke
n1
flatworms parasitic in the blood vessels of mammals;

- syn. schistosome;

blood glucose
n1
glucose in the bloodstream;

- syn. blood sugar;

blood group
n1
human blood cells (usually just the red blood cells) that have the same antigens;

- syn. blood type;

blood heat
n1
temperature of the body;

- normally 98.6 F or 37 C in humans;

- usually measured to obtain a quick evaluation of a person's health;

- syn. body temperature;

blood kinship
n1
(anthropology) related by blood;

- syn. cognation, consanguinity;

blood knot
n1
a knot used for tying fishing leaders together;

- the ends of the two leaders are wrapped around each other two or three times;

- syn. barrel knot;

blood lily
n1
any of various deciduous or evergreen herbs of the genus Haemanthus;

- South Africa and Namibia;

blood line
n1
the descendants of one individual;

- "his entire lineage has been warriors";

- syn. ancestry, blood, bloodline, descent, line, line of descent, lineage, origin, parentage, pedigree, stemma, stock;

blood meal
n1
the dried and powdered blood of animals;

blood money
n1
compensation paid to the family of a murdered person;

n2
a reward for information about a murderer;

n3
paid to a hired murderer;

blood plasma
n1
the colorless watery fluid of the blood and lymph that contains no cells, but in which the blood cells (erythrocytes, leukocytes, and thrombocytes) are suspended;

- syn. plasm, plasma;

blood platelet
n1
tiny bits of protoplasm found in vertebrate blood;

- essential for blood clotting;

- syn. platelet, thrombocyte;

blood poisoning
n1
invasion of the bloodstream by virulent microorganisms from a focus of infection;

- syn. septicaemia, septicemia;

blood pressure
n1
the pressure of the circulating blood against the walls of the blood vessels;

- results from the systole of the left ventricle of the heart;

- sometimes measured for a quick evaluation of a person's health;

- "adult blood pressure is considered normal at 120/80 where the first number is the systolic pressure and the second is the diastolic pressure";

blood profile
n1
counting the number of white and red blood cells and the number of platelets in 1 cubic millimeter of blood;

- syn. CBC, complete blood count;

blood pudding
n1
a black sausage containing pig's blood and other ingredients;

- syn. black pudding, blood sausage;

blood relation
n1
one related by blood or origin;

- especially on sharing an ancestor with another;

- syn. blood relative, cognate, sib;

blood relative
n1
one related by blood or origin;

- especially on sharing an ancestor with another;

- syn. blood relation, cognate, sib;

blood sausage
n1
a black sausage containing pig's blood and other ingredients;

- syn. black pudding, blood pudding;

blood serum
n1
an amber, watery fluid, rich in proteins, that separates out when blood coagulates;

- syn. serum;

blood spavin
n1
spavin caused by distension of the veins;

blood sport
n1
sport that involves killing animals (especially hunting);

blood stream
n1
the blood flowing through the circulatory system;

- syn. bloodstream;

blood sugar
n1
glucose in the bloodstream;

- syn. blood glucose;

blood test
n1
a serologic analysis of a sample of blood;

blood transfusion
n1
the introduction of blood or blood plasma into a vein or artery;

- syn. transfusion;

blood type
n1
human blood cells (usually just the red blood cells) that have the same antigens;

- syn. blood group;

blood typing
n1
determining a person's blood type by serological methods;

blood vessel
n1
a vessel in which blood circulates;

bloodbath / b ɫ ʌ d b ɑ θ /
n1
indiscriminate slaughter;

- "a bloodbath took place when the leaders of the plot surrendered";

- "ten days after the bloodletting Hitler gave the action its name";

- "the valley is no stranger to bloodshed and murder";

- "a huge prison battue was ordered";

- syn. battue, bloodletting, bloodshed;

bloodberry
n1
bushy houseplant having white to pale pink flowers followed by racemes of scarlet berries;

- tropical Americas;

- syn. Rivina humilis, blood berry, rouge plant, rougeberry;

bloodcurdling / b ɫ ʌ d k ɝ d ɫ ɪ ŋ /
a1
extremely alarming;

- syn. hair-raising, nightmarish;

- sim. alarming;

blooded / b ɫ ʌ d ɪ d /
a1
of unmixed ancestry;

- "full-blooded Native American";

- "blooded Jersies";

- syn. full-blood, full-blooded;

- sim. purebred;

bloodguilt
n1
the state of being guilty of bloodshed and murder;

bloodguilty
a1
guilty of murder or bloodshed;

- sim. guilty;

bloodhound / b ɫ ʌ d h aʊ n d /
n1
a breed of large powerful hound of European origin having very acute smell and used in tracking;

- syn. sleuthhound;

bloodily
r1
involving a great bloodshed;

bloodiness
n1
the state of being bloody;

n2
a disposition to shed blood;

- syn. bloodthirstiness;

bloodleaf
n1
any plant of the genus Iresine having colored foliage;

bloodless / b ɫ ʌ d ɫ ə s /
a1
destitute of blood or apparently so;

- "the bloodless carcass of my Hector sold"- John Dryden;

- syn. exsanguine, exsanguinous;

- sim. dead;

a2
free from blood or bloodshed;

- "bloodless surgery";

- "a bloodless coup";

- sim. nonviolent;

a3
without vigor or zest or energy;

- "an insipid and bloodless young man";

- sim. spiritless;

a4
devoid of human emotion or feeling;

- "charts of bloodless economic indicators";

- sim. nonhuman;

a5
anemic looking from illness or emotion;

- "a face turned ashen";

- "the invalid's blanched cheeks";

- "tried to speak with bloodless lips";

- "a face livid with shock";

- "lips...livid with the hue of death"- Mary W. Shelley;

- "lips white with terror";

- "a face white with rage";

- syn. ashen, blanched, livid, white;

- sim. colorless;

Bloodless Revolution
n1
the revolution against James II;

- there was little armed resistance to William and Mary in England although battles were fought in Scotland and Ireland (1688-1689);

- syn. English Revolution, Glorious Revolution;

bloodlessly / b ɫ ʌ d ɫ ə s ɫ i /
r1
without bloodshed;

- in a bloodless manner;

- without shedding blood;

- "the coup disposed of the dictator bloodlessly";

bloodletting / b ɫ ʌ d ɫ ɛ t ɪ ŋ /
n1
formerly used as a treatment to reduce excess blood (one of the four humors of medieval medicine);

n2
indiscriminate slaughter;

- "a bloodbath took place when the leaders of the plot surrendered";

- "ten days after the bloodletting Hitler gave the action its name";

- "the valley is no stranger to bloodshed and murder";

- "a huge prison battue was ordered";

- syn. battue, bloodbath, bloodshed;

bloodline / b ɫ ʌ d ɫ aɪ n /
n1
the descendants of one individual;

- "his entire lineage has been warriors";

- syn. ancestry, blood, blood line, descent, line, line of descent, lineage, origin, parentage, pedigree, stemma, stock;

n2
ancestry of a purebred animal;

- syn. pedigree;

bloodlust / b ɫ ʌ d ɫ ʌ s t /
n1
a desire for bloodshed;

bloodmobile / b ɫ ʌ d m oʊ b aɪ ɫ /
n1
a motor vehicle equipped to collect blood donations;

bloodroot / b ɫ ʌ d ɹ u t /
n1
perennial woodland native of North America having a red root and red sap and bearing a solitary lobed leaf and white flower in early spring and having acrid emetic properties;

- rootstock used as a stimulant and expectorant;

- syn. Sanguinaria canadensis, puccoon, redroot, tetterwort;

bloodshed / b ɫ ʌ d ʃ ɛ d /
n1
the shedding of blood resulting in murder;

- "he avenged the bloodshed of his kinsmen";

- syn. gore;

n2
indiscriminate slaughter;

- "a bloodbath took place when the leaders of the plot surrendered";

- "ten days after the bloodletting Hitler gave the action its name";

- "the valley is no stranger to bloodshed and murder";

- "a huge prison battue was ordered";

- syn. battue, bloodbath, bloodletting;

bloodshot / b ɫ ʌ d ʃ ɒ t /
a1
(of an eye) reddened as a result of locally congested blood vessels;

- inflamed;

- "bloodshot eyes";

- sim. unhealthy;

bloodstain / b ɫ ʌ d s t eɪ n /
n1
a discoloration caused by blood;

bloodstained / b ɫ ʌ d s t eɪ n d /
a1
covered with blood;

- "a bloodstained shirt";

- "a gory dagger";

- syn. gory;

- sim. bloody;

bloodstock / b ɫ ʌ d s t ɒ k /
n1
thoroughbred horses (collectively);

bloodstone / b ɫ ʌ d s t oʊ n /
n1
green chalcedony with red spots that resemble blood;

- syn. heliotrope;

bloodstream / b ɫ ʌ d s t ɹ i m /
n1
the blood flowing through the circulatory system;

- syn. blood stream;

bloodsucker / b ɫ ʌ d s ʌ k ə , b ɫ ʌ d s ʌ k ə ɹ /
n1
carnivorous or bloodsucking aquatic or terrestrial worms typically having a sucker at each end;

- syn. hirudinean, leech;

bloodsucking / b ɫ ʌ d s ʌ k ɪ ŋ /
a1
drawing blood from the body of another;

- "a plague of bloodsucking insects";

- sim. bloody;

a2
of plants or persons;

- having the nature or habits of a parasite or leech;

- living off another;

- "a wealthy class parasitic upon the labor of the masses";

- "parasitic vines that strangle the trees";

- "bloodsucking blackmailer";

- "his indolent leechlike existence";

- syn. leechlike, parasitic, parasitical;

- sim. dependent;

bloodthirstiness / b ɫ ʌ d θ ɝ s t ɪ n ə s /
n1
a disposition to shed blood;

- syn. bloodiness;

bloodthirsty / b ɫ ʊ d θ ɝ s t i /
a1
marked by eagerness to resort to violence and bloodshed;

- "bloody-minded tyrants";

- "bloodthirsty yells";

- "went after the collaborators with a sanguinary fury that drenched the land with blood"-G.W.Johnson;

- syn. bloody-minded, sanguinary;

- sim. bloody;

bloodwood tree
n1
deciduous South African tree having large odd-pinnate leaves and profuse fragrant orange-yellow flowers;

- yields a red juice and heavy strong durable wood;

- syn. Pterocarpus angolensis, kiaat;

n2
spiny shrub or small tree of Central America and West Indies having bipinnate leaves and racemes of small bright yellow flowers and yielding a hard brown or brownish-red heartwood used in preparing a black dye;

- syn. Haematoxylum campechianum, campeachy, logwood, logwood tree;

bloodworm / b ɫ ʌ d w ɝ m /
n1
a segmented marine worm with bright red body;

- often used for bait;

bloodwort
n1
any of various plants of the family Haemodoraceae;

- roots contain a deep red coloring matter;

bloodwort family
n1
some genera placed in family Liliaceae;

- syn. Haemodoraceae, family Haemodoraceae;

bloody / b ɫ ʌ d i /
v1
cover with blood;

- "bloody your hands";

a1
having or covered with or accompanied by blood;

- "a bloody nose";

- "your scarf is all bloody";

- "the effects will be violent and probably bloody";

- "a bloody fight";

- also merciless, unmerciful;

- sim. blood-filled, bloodstained, bloodsucking, bloodthirsty, crimson, gory, homicidal, internecine;

a2
informal intensifiers;

- "what a bally (or blinking) nuisance";

- "a bloody fool";

- "a crashing bore";

- "you flaming idiot";

- syn. bally, blinking, blooming, crashing, flaming, fucking;

- sim. unmitigated;

r1
extremely;

- "you are bloody right";

- "Why are you so all-fired aggressive?";

- syn. all-fired, all-firedly, damn;

bloody-minded / b ɫ ʌ d ɪ m aɪ n d ɪ d /
a1
stubbornly obstructive and unwilling to cooperate;

- "unions...have never been as bloody-minded about demarcation as the shipbuilders"- Spectator;

- syn. cantankerous;

- sim. stubborn;

a2
marked by eagerness to resort to violence and bloodshed;

- "bloody-minded tyrants";

- "bloodthirsty yells";

- "went after the collaborators with a sanguinary fury that drenched the land with blood"-G.W.Johnson;

- syn. bloodthirsty, sanguinary;

- sim. bloody;

Bloody Mary
n1
daughter of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon who was Queen of England from 1553 to 1558;

- she was the wife of Philip II of Spain and when she restored Roman Catholicism to England many Protestants were burned at the stake as heretics (1516-1558);

- syn. Mary I, Mary Tudor;

n2
a cocktail made with vodka and spicy tomato juice;

bloody shame
n1
a Bloody Mary made without alcohol;

- syn. Virgin Mary;

bloom / b ɫ u m /
n1
the organic process of bearing flowers;

- "you will stop all bloom if you let the flowers go to seed";

- syn. blooming;

n2
reproductive organ of angiosperm plants especially one having showy or colorful parts;

- syn. blossom, flower;

n3
the best time of youth;

- syn. bloom of youth, salad days;

n4
a rosy color (especially in the cheeks) taken as a sign of good health;

- syn. blush, flush, rosiness;

n5
the period of greatest prosperity or productivity;

- syn. blossom, efflorescence, flower, flush, heyday, peak, prime;

n6
a powdery deposit on a surface;

- syn. efflorescence;

v1
produce or yield flowers;

- "The cherry tree bloomed";

- syn. blossom, flower;

bloom of youth
n1
the best time of youth;

- syn. bloom, salad days;

bloomer / b ɫ u m ə , b ɫ u m ə ɹ /
n1
a flower that blooms in a particular way;

- "a night bloomer";

n2
an embarrassing mistake;

- syn. blooper, blunder, boner, boo-boo, botch, bungle, flub, foul-up, fuckup, pratfall;

Bloomeria
n1
small genus of bulbous perennial herbs of southwestern United States and Mexico;

- sometimes placed in family Alliaceae;

- syn. genus Bloomeria;

Bloomeria crocea
n1
California plant having grasslike leaves and showy orange flowers;

- syn. golden star, golden stars;

bloomers / b ɫ u m ə z /
n1
(used in the plural) underpants worn by women;

- "she was afraid that her bloomers might have been showing";

- syn. drawers, knickers, pants;

Bloomfield / b ɫ u m f i ɫ d /
n1
United States linguist who adopted a behavioristic approach to linguistics (1887-1949);

- syn. Leonard Bloomfield;

blooming / b ɫ u m ɪ ŋ /
n1
the organic process of bearing flowers;

- "you will stop all bloom if you let the flowers go to seed";

- syn. bloom;

a1
informal intensifiers;

- "what a bally (or blinking) nuisance";

- "a bloody fool";

- "a crashing bore";

- "you flaming idiot";

- syn. bally, blinking, bloody, crashing, flaming, fucking;

- sim. unmitigated;

blooming-fool begonia
n1
hybrid winter-blooming begonia grown for its many large pink flowers;

- syn. Begonia cheimantha, Christmas begonia;

Bloomington / b ɫ u m ɪ ŋ t ə n /
n1
a university town in south central Indiana;

Bloomsbury / b ɫ u m z b ɛr i /
n1
a city district of central London laid out in garden squares;

Bloomsbury Group
n1
an inner circle of writers and artists and philosophers who lived in or around Bloomsbury early in the 20th century and were noted for their unconventional lifestyles;

blooper
n1
an embarrassing mistake;

- syn. bloomer, blunder, boner, boo-boo, botch, bungle, flub, foul-up, fuckup, pratfall;

blossom / b ɫ ɒ s ə m /
n1
reproductive organ of angiosperm plants especially one having showy or colorful parts;

- syn. bloom, flower;

n2
the period of greatest prosperity or productivity;

- syn. bloom, efflorescence, flower, flush, heyday, peak, prime;

v1
produce or yield flowers;

- "The cherry tree bloomed";

- syn. bloom, flower;

v2
develop or come to a promising stage;

- "Youth blossomed into maturity";

- syn. blossom forth, blossom out, unfold;

blossom forth
v1
develop or come to a promising stage;

- "Youth blossomed into maturity";

- syn. blossom, blossom out, unfold;

blossom out
v1
develop or come to a promising stage;

- "Youth blossomed into maturity";

- syn. blossom, blossom forth, unfold;

blossoming / b ɫ ɒ s ə m ɪ ŋ /
n1
the time and process of budding and unfolding of blossoms;

- syn. anthesis, efflorescence, florescence, flowering, inflorescence;

blot / b ɫ ɒ t /
n1
a blemish made by dirt;

- "he had a smudge on his cheek";

- syn. daub, slur, smear, smirch, smudge, spot;

n2
an act that brings discredit to the person who does it;

- "he made a huge blot on his copybook";

- syn. smear, smirch, spot, stain;

v1
dry (ink) with blotting paper;

v2
make a spot or mark onto;

- "The wine spotted the tablecloth";

- syn. blob, fleck, spot;

blot out
v1
make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing;

- "a hidden message";

- "a veiled threat";

- syn. hide, obliterate, obscure, veil;

blotch / b ɫ ɒ tʃ /
n1
an irregularly shaped spot;

- syn. splodge, splotch;

v1
mark with spots or blotches of different color or shades of color as if stained;

- syn. mottle, streak;

blotched / b ɫ ɒ tʃ t /
a1
marked with irregularly shaped spots or blots;

- syn. blotchy, splotched;

- sim. patterned;

blotchy / b ɫ ɒ tʃ i /
a1
marked with irregularly shaped spots or blots;

- syn. blotched, splotched;

- sim. patterned;

a2
marred by discolored spots or blotches;

- "blotchy skin";

- sim. blemished;

blotted out
a1
reduced to nothingness;

- syn. obliterate, obliterated;

- sim. destroyed;

blotter / b ɫ ɒ t ə , b ɫ ɒ t ə ɹ /
n1
absorbent paper used to dry ink;

- syn. blotting paper;

n2
the daily written record of events (as arrests) in a police station;

- syn. charge sheet, day book, police blotter, rap sheet;

blotting paper
n1
absorbent paper used to dry ink;

- syn. blotter;

blotto / b ɫ ɒ t oʊ /
a1
very drunk;

- syn. besotted, blind drunk, cockeyed, crocked, fuddled, loaded, pie-eyed, pissed, pixilated, plastered, slopped, sloshed, smashed, soaked, soused, sozzled, squiffy, stiff, tight, wet;

- sim. intoxicated;

blouse / b ɫ aʊ z /
n1
a top worn by women;

bloviate
v1
orate verbosely and windily;

blow / b ɫ oʊ /
n1
a powerful stroke with the fist or a weapon;

- "a blow on the head";

n2
an impact (as from a collision);

- "the bump threw him off the bicycle";

- syn. bump;

n3
an unfortunate happening that hinders or impedes;

- something that is thwarting or frustrating;

- syn. black eye, reversal, reverse, setback;

n4
an unpleasant or disappointing surprise;

- "it came as a shock to learn that he was injured";

- syn. shock;

n5
a strong current of air;

- "the tree was bent almost double by the gust";

- syn. blast, gust;

n6
street names for cocaine;

- syn. C, coke, nose candy, snow;

n7
forceful exhalation through the nose or mouth;

- "he gave his nose a loud blow";

- "he blew out all the candles with a single puff";

- syn. puff;

v1
exhale hard;

- "blow on the soup to cool it down";

v2
be blowing or storming;

- "The wind blew from the West";

v3
free of obstruction by blowing air through;

- "blow one's nose";

v4
be in motion due to some air or water current;

- "The leaves were blowing in the wind";

- "the boat drifted on the lake";

- "The sailboat was adrift on the open sea";

- "the shipwrecked boat drifted away from the shore";

- syn. be adrift, drift, float;

v5
make a sound as if blown;

- "The whistle blew";

v6
shape by blowing;

- "Blow a glass vase";

v7
be inadequate or objectionable;

- "this sucks!";

- "this blows!";

- syn. suck;

v8
make a mess of, destroy or ruin;

- "I botched the dinner and we had to eat out";

- "the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement";

- syn. ball up, bobble, bodge, bollix, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up, botch, botch up, bumble, bungle, flub, fluff, foul up, fuck up, fumble, louse up, mess up, mishandle, muck up, muff, screw up, spoil;

v9
spend thoughtlessly;

- throw away;

- "He wasted his inheritance on his insincere friends";

- "You squandered the opportunity to get and advanced degree";

- syn. squander, waste;

v10
spend lavishly or wastefully on;

- "He blew a lot of money on his new home theater";

v11
sound by having air expelled through a tube;

- "The trumpets blew";

v12
play or sound a wind instrument;

- "She blew the horn";

v13
provide sexual gratification through oral stimulation;

- syn. fellate, go down on, suck;

v14
cause air to go in, on, or through;

- "Blow my hair dry";

v15
cause to move by means of an air current;

- "The wind blew the leaves around in the yard";

v16
spout moist air from the blowhole;

- "The whales blew";

v17
leave;

- informal or rude;

- "shove off!";

- "The children shoved along";

- "Blow now!";

- "let's blow this place";

- syn. shove along, shove off;

v18
lay eggs;

- "certain insects are said to blow";

v19
cause to be revealed and jeopardized;

- "The story blew their cover";

- "The double agent was blown by the other side";

v20
show off;

- syn. bluster, boast, brag, gas, gasconade, shoot a line, swash, tout, vaunt;

v21
allow to regain its breath;

- "blow a horse";

v22
melt, break, or become otherwise unusable;

- "The lightbulbs blew out";

- "The fuse blew";

- syn. blow out, burn out;

v23
burst suddenly;

- "The tire blew";

- "We blew a tire";

blow-by-blow
a1
providing great detail;

- "a blow-by-blow account of the movie";

- sim. careful;

blow-dry / b ɫ oʊ d ɹ aɪ /
v1
dry hair with a hair dryer;

blow a fuse
v1
get very angry and fly into a rage;

- "The professor combusted when the student didn't know the answer to a very elementary question";

- "Spam makes me go ballistic";

- syn. blow one's stack, blow up, combust, flip one's lid, flip one's wig, fly off the handle, go ballistic, have a fit, have kittens, hit the ceiling, hit the roof, lose one's temper, throw a fit;

blow drier
n1
a hand-held electric blower that can blow warm air onto the hair;

- used for styling hair;

- syn. blow dryer, hair drier, hair dryer, hand blower;

blow dryer
n1
a hand-held electric blower that can blow warm air onto the hair;

- used for styling hair;

- syn. blow drier, hair drier, hair dryer, hand blower;

blow fly
n1
large usually hairy metallic blue or green fly;

- lays eggs in carrion or dung or wounds;

- syn. blowfly;

blow gas
n1
the gas leaving a generator during a blow period;

- syn. blowing gas;

blow off
v1
come off due to an explosion or other strong force;

blow one's stack
v1
get very angry and fly into a rage;

- "The professor combusted when the student didn't know the answer to a very elementary question";

- "Spam makes me go ballistic";

- syn. blow a fuse, blow up, combust, flip one's lid, flip one's wig, fly off the handle, go ballistic, have a fit, have kittens, hit the ceiling, hit the roof, lose one's temper, throw a fit;

blow out
v1
melt, break, or become otherwise unusable;

- "The lightbulbs blew out";

- "The fuse blew";

- syn. blow, burn out;

v2
put out, as of fires, flames, or lights;

- "Too big to be extinguished at once, the forest fires at best could be contained";

- "quench the flames";

- "snuff out the candles";

- syn. extinguish, quench, snuff out;

v3
erupt in an uncontrolled manner;

- "The oil well blew out";

blow out of the water
v1
surprise greatly;

- knock someone's socks off;

- "I was floored when I heard that I was promoted";

- syn. ball over, floor, shock, take aback;

blow over
v1
disappear gradually;

- "The pain eventually passed off";

- syn. evanesce, fade, fleet, pass, pass off;

blow tube
n1
a tube that directs air or gas into a flame to concentrate heat;

- syn. blowpipe, blowtube;

n2
a tube through which darts can be shot by blowing;

- syn. blowgun, blowpipe, blowtube;

blow up
v1
cause to burst with a violent release of energy;

- "We exploded the nuclear bomb";

- syn. detonate, explode, set off;

v2
make large;

- "blow up an image";

- syn. enlarge, magnify;

v3
get very angry and fly into a rage;

- "The professor combusted when the student didn't know the answer to a very elementary question";

- "Spam makes me go ballistic";

- syn. blow a fuse, blow one's stack, combust, flip one's lid, flip one's wig, fly off the handle, go ballistic, have a fit, have kittens, hit the ceiling, hit the roof, lose one's temper, throw a fit;

v4
add details to;

- syn. aggrandise, aggrandize, dramatise, dramatize, embellish, embroider, lard, pad;

v5
burst and release energy as through a violent chemical or physical reaction;

- "the bomb detonated at noon";

- "The Molotov cocktail exploded";

- syn. detonate, explode;

v6
exaggerate or make bigger;

- "The charges were inflated";

- syn. amplify, expand, inflate;

v7
fill with gas or air;

- "inflate a balloons";

- syn. inflate;

v8
to swell or cause to enlarge;

- "Her faced puffed up from the drugs";

- "puffed out chests";

- syn. puff, puff out, puff up;

blowback / b ɫ oʊ b æ k /
n1
the backward escape of gases and unburned gunpowder after a gun is fired;

- syn. backfire;

n2
misinformation resulting from the recirculation into the source country of disinformation previously planted abroad by that country's intelligence service;

blowball
n1
any of several herbs of the genus Taraxacum having long tap roots and deeply notched leaves and bright yellow flowers followed by fluffy seed balls;

- syn. dandelion;

blower / b ɫ oʊ ə , b ɫ oʊ ə ɹ /
n1
a device that produces a current of air;

n2
a fan run by an electric motor;

- syn. electric fan;

n3
large aquatic carnivorous mammal with fin-like forelimbs no hind limbs, including: whales;

- dolphins;

- porpoises;

- narwhals;

- syn. cetacean, cetacean mammal;

blowfish / b ɫ oʊ f ɪ ʃ /
n1
delicacy that is highly dangerous because of a potent nerve poison in ovaries and liver;

- syn. puffer, pufferfish, sea squab;

n2
any of numerous marine fishes whose elongated spiny body can inflate itself with water or air to form a globe;

- several species contain a potent nerve poison;

- closely related to spiny puffers;

- syn. globefish, puffer, pufferfish;

blowfly / b ɫ oʊ f ɫ aɪ /
n1
large usually hairy metallic blue or green fly;

- lays eggs in carrion or dung or wounds;

- syn. blow fly;

blowgun / b ɫ oʊ ɡ ʌ n /
n1
a tube through which darts can be shot by blowing;

- syn. blow tube, blowpipe, blowtube;

blowhard / b ɫ oʊ h ɑ d /
n1
a very boastful and talkative person;

- syn. boaster, braggart, bragger, line-shooter, vaunter;

blowhole / b ɫ oʊ h oʊ ɫ /
n1
the spiracle of a cetacean located far back on the skull;

n2
a hole for the escape of gas or air;

- syn. vent, vent-hole, venthole;

blowing / b ɫ oʊ ɪ ŋ /
n1
processing that involves blowing a gas;

blowing gas
n1
the gas leaving a generator during a blow period;

- syn. blow gas;

blowing up
n1
a severe rebuke;

- "he deserved the berating that the coach gave him";

- syn. berating;

blowjob / b ɫ oʊ dʒ oʊ b /
n1
slang for fellatio;

- syn. cock sucking;

blowlamp / b ɫ oʊ ɫ æ m p /
n1
a burner that mixes air and gas to produce a very hot flame;

- syn. blowtorch, torch;

blown / b ɫ oʊ n /
a1
being moved or acted upon by moving air or vapor;

- "blown clouds of dust choked the riders";

- "blown soil mounded on the window sill";

- sim. moving;

a2
breathing laboriously or convulsively;

- syn. pursy, short-winded, winded;

- sim. breathless;

blown-up
a1
as of a photograph;

- made larger;

- "the enlarged photograph revealed many details";

- syn. enlarged;

- sim. large;

blowout / b ɫ oʊ aʊ t /
n1
an easy victory;

- syn. laugher, romp, runaway, shoo-in, walkaway;

n2
a sudden malfunction of a part or apparatus;

- "the right front tire had a blowout";

- "as a result of the blowout we lost all the lights";

n3
a gay festivity;

- syn. gala, gala affair, jamboree;

blowpipe / b ɫ oʊ p aɪ p /
n1
a tube that directs air or gas into a flame to concentrate heat;

- syn. blow tube, blowtube;

n2
a tube through which darts can be shot by blowing;

- syn. blow tube, blowgun, blowtube;

blowsy
a1
characteristic of or befitting a slut or slattern;

- used especially of women;

- syn. blowzy, slatternly, sluttish;

- sim. untidy;

blowtorch / b ɫ oʊ t ɔ tʃ /
n1
a burner that mixes air and gas to produce a very hot flame;

- syn. blowlamp, torch;

blowtube / b ɫ oʊ t j u b /
n1
a tube that directs air or gas into a flame to concentrate heat;

- syn. blow tube, blowpipe;

n2
a tube through which darts can be shot by blowing;

- syn. blow tube, blowgun, blowpipe;

blowup
n1
a violent release of energy caused by a chemical or nuclear reaction;

- syn. detonation, explosion;

n2
an unrestrained expression of emotion;

- syn. ebullition, effusion, gush, outburst;

n3
a photographic print that has been enlarged;

- syn. enlargement, magnification;

blowy / b ɫ oʊ i /
a1
abounding in or exposed to the wind or breezes;

- "blowy weather";

- "a windy bluff";

- syn. breezy, windy;

- sim. stormy;

blowzy / b ɫ aʊ z i /
a1
characteristic of or befitting a slut or slattern;

- used especially of women;

- syn. blowsy, slatternly, sluttish;

- sim. untidy;

BLT
n1
sandwich filled with slices of bacon and tomato with lettuce;

- syn. bacon-lettuce-tomato sandwich;

BLU-82
n1
a reliable and deadly 15,000-pound fragmentation bomb that explodes just above ground with a large radius;

- the largest conventional bomb in existence;

- used in Afghanistan;

- syn. Big Blue;

blub / b ɫ ʌ b /
v1
cry or whine with snuffling;

- "Stop snivelling--you got yourself into this mess!";

- syn. blubber, sniffle, snivel, snuffle;

blubber / b ɫ ʌ b ə , b ɫ ʌ b ə ɹ /
n1
an insulating layer of fat under the skin of whales and other large marine mammals;

- used as a source of oil;

n2
excess bodily weight;

- "she disliked fatness in herself as well as in others";

- syn. avoirdupois, fat, fatness;

v1
cry or whine with snuffling;

- "Stop snivelling--you got yourself into this mess!";

- syn. blub, sniffle, snivel, snuffle;

v2
utter while crying;

- syn. blubber out;

blubber out
v1
utter while crying;

- syn. blubber;

blubberer / b ɫ ʌ b ə ɹ ə /
n1
someone who sniffles and weeps with loud sobs;

blubbery / b ɫ ʌ b ə ɹ i /
a1
swollen with fat;

- "blubber cheeks";

- "blubber lips";

- "a coarse blubbery individual";

- sim. fat;

Blucher / b ɫ u tʃ ə /
n1
Prussian general who is remembered for his leadership in the wars against Napoleon (1742-1819);

- syn. G. L. von Blucher, Gebhard Leberecht von Blucher, von Blucher;

n2
a high shoe with laces over the tongue;

bludgeon / b ɫ ʌ dʒ ə n /
n1
a club used as a weapon;

v1
overcome or coerce as if by using a heavy club;

- "The teacher bludgeoned the students into learning the math formulas";

v2
strike with a club or a bludgeon;

- syn. club;

bludgeoner
n1
an assailant who uses a bludgeon;

blue / b ɫ u /
n1
blue color or pigment;

- resembling the color of the clear sky in the daytime;

- "he had eyes of bright blue";

- syn. blueness;

n2
blue clothing;

- "she was wearing blue";

n3
any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are blue;

- "the Union army was a vast blue";

n4
the sky as viewed during daylight;

- "he shot an arrow into the blue";

- syn. blue air, blue sky, wild blue yonder;

n5
used to whiten laundry or hair or give it a bluish tinge;

- syn. blueing, bluing;

n6
the sodium salt of amobarbital that is used as a barbiturate;

- used as a sedative and a hypnotic;

- syn. Amytal, amobarbital sodium, blue angel, blue devil;

n7
any of numerous small butterflies of the family Lycaenidae;

v1
turn blue;

a1
of the color intermediate between green and violet;

- having a color similar to that of a clear unclouded sky;

- "October's bright blue weather"- Helen Hunt Jackson;

- "a blue flame";

- "blue haze of tobacco smoke";

- syn. blueish, bluish;

- sim. chromatic;

a2
used to signify the Union forces in the American Civil War (who wore blue uniforms);

- "a ragged blue line";

- sim. northern;

a3
filled with melancholy and despondency;

- "gloomy at the thought of what he had to face";

- "gloomy predictions";

- "a gloomy silence";

- "took a grim view of the economy";

- "the darkening mood";

- "lonely and blue in a strange city";

- "depressed by the loss of his job";

- "a dispirited and resigned expression on her face";

- "downcast after his defeat";

- "feeling discouraged and downhearted";

- syn. depressed, dispirited, down, down in the mouth, downcast, downhearted, gloomy, grim, low, low-spirited;

- sim. dejected;

a4
characterized by profanity or cursing;

- "foul-mouthed and blasphemous";

- "blue language";

- "profane words";

- syn. blasphemous, profane;

- sim. dirty;

a5
suggestive of sexual impropriety;

- "a blue movie";

- "blue jokes";

- "he skips asterisks and gives you the gamy details";

- "a juicy scandal";

- "a naughty wink";

- "naughty words";

- "racy anecdotes";

- "a risque story";

- "spicy gossip";

- syn. gamey, gamy, juicy, naughty, racy, risque, spicy;

- sim. sexy;

a6
belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy;

- "an aristocratic family";

- "aristocratic Bostonians";

- "aristocratic government";

- "a blue family";

- "blue blood";

- "the blue-blooded aristocracy";

- "of gentle blood";

- "patrician landholders of the American South";

- "aristocratic bearing";

- "aristocratic features";

- "patrician tastes";

- syn. aristocratic, aristocratical, blue-blooded, gentle, patrician;

- sim. noble;

a7
morally rigorous and strict;

- "puritanic distaste for alcohol";

- "she was anything but puritanical in her behavior";

- "blue laws";

- syn. puritanic, puritanical;

- sim. nonindulgent;

a8
causing dejection;

- "a blue day";

- "the dark days of the war";

- "a week of rainy depressing weather";

- "a disconsolate winter landscape";

- "the first dismal dispiriting days of November";

- "a dark gloomy day";

- "grim rainy weather";

- syn. dark, dingy, disconsolate, dismal, drab, drear, dreary, gloomy, grim, sorry;

- sim. depressing;

blue-belly
n1
common western lizard;

- seen on logs or rocks;

- syn. Sceloporus occidentalis, swift, western fence lizard;

blue-black
a1
of black tinged with blue;

- syn. bluish black;

- sim. achromatic;

blue-blind
a1
inability to see the color blue or to distinguish the colors blue and yellow;

- syn. tritanopic;

- sim. blind;

blue-blindness
n1
rare form of dichromacy characterized by a lowered sensitivity to blue light resulting in an inability to distinguish blue and yellow;

- syn. tritanopia;

blue-blooded
a1
belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy;

- "an aristocratic family";

- "aristocratic Bostonians";

- "aristocratic government";

- "a blue family";

- "blue blood";

- "the blue-blooded aristocracy";

- "of gentle blood";

- "patrician landholders of the American South";

- "aristocratic bearing";

- "aristocratic features";

- "patrician tastes";

- syn. aristocratic, aristocratical, blue, gentle, patrician;

- sim. noble;

blue-chip
a1
extremely valuable;

- "Rembrandt is considered a blue-chip artist";

- sim. valuable;

blue-chip stock
n1
a common stock of a nationally known company whose value and dividends are reliable;

- typically have high price and low yield;

- "blue chips are usually safe investments";

- syn. blue chip;

blue-collar / b ɫ u k ɒ ɫ ə , b ɫ u k ɒ ɫ ə ɹ /
a1
of or designating manual industrial work or workers;

- also unskilled;

- sim. industrial, manual, wage-earning;

a2
of those who work for wages especially manual or industrial laborers;

- "party of the propertyless proletariat"- G.B.Shaw;

- syn. propertyless, wage-earning, working-class;

- sim. lower-class;

blue-eyed
a1
favorite;

- "the fair-haired boy of the literary set";

- syn. fair-haired, white-haired;

- sim. loved;

a2
having blue eyes;

- sim. eyed;

blue-eyed African daisy
n1
bushy perennial of South Africa with white or violet flowers;

- in its native region often clothes entire valley sides in a sheet of color;

- syn. Arctotis stoechadifolia, Arctotis venusta;

blue-eyed grass
n1
plant with grasslike foliage and delicate blue flowers;

blue-eyed Mary
n1
eastern United States plant with whorls of blue-and-white flowers;

- syn. Collinsia verna;

blue-flowered
a1
having blue flowers;

- sim. colored;

blue-fruited
a1
bearing blue fruit;

- sim. fruitful;

blue-gray
a1
of grey tinged with blue;

- syn. blue-grey, bluish-gray, bluish-grey;

- sim. achromatic;

blue-green
a1
of a bluish shade of green;

- syn. bluish green, cyan, teal;

- sim. chromatic;

blue-green algae
n1
predominantly photosynthetic prokaryotic organisms containing a blue pigment in addition to chlorophyll;

- occur singly or in colonies in diverse habitats;

- important as phytoplankton;

- syn. cyanobacteria;

blue-grey
a1
of grey tinged with blue;

- syn. blue-gray, bluish-gray, bluish-grey;

- sim. achromatic;

blue-headed vireo
n1
common vireo of northeastern North America with bluish slaty-grey head;

- syn. Vireo solitarius solitarius;

blue-lilac
a1
of lavender tinged with blue;

- syn. bluish-lilac;

- sim. chromatic;

blue-pencil / b ɫ u p ɛ n s ɪ ɫ /
v1
cut or eliminate;

- "she edited the juiciest scenes";

- syn. delete, edit;

blue-purple
a1
of purple tinged with blue;

- syn. bluish-purple;

- sim. chromatic;

blue-ribbon
a1
selected or chosen for special qualifications;

- "the blue-ribbon event of the season";

- syn. select;

- sim. superior;

blue-sky
a1
without immediate commercial value;

- "the company cannot afford to do blue-sky research";

- sim. noncommercial;

blue-violet
a1
of violet tinted with blue;

- syn. bluish-violet;

- sim. chromatic;

blue-white
a1
of white tinged with blue;

- syn. bluish-white, cool-white;

- sim. achromatic;

blue-winged teal
n1
American teal;

- syn. Anas discors, bluewing;

blue African lily
n1
African plant with bright green evergreen leaves and umbels of many usually deep violet-blue flowers;

- syn. African lily, African tulip, Agapanthus africanus;

blue air
n1
the sky as viewed during daylight;

- "he shot an arrow into the blue";

- syn. blue, blue sky, wild blue yonder;

blue angel
n1
the sodium salt of amobarbital that is used as a barbiturate;

- used as a sedative and a hypnotic;

- syn. Amytal, amobarbital sodium, blue, blue devil;

blue ash
n1
ash of central and southern United States with bluish-green foliage and hard brown wood;

- syn. Fraxinus quadrangulata;

blue baby
n1
an infant born with a bluish color;

- usually has a defective heart;

blue blood
n1
a member of the aristocracy;

- syn. aristocrat, patrician;

blue book
n1
a report published by the British government;

- bound in blue;

n2
a register of persons who are socially prominent;

n3
a blue booklet used in universities for writing examinations;

blue bugle
n1
upright rhizomatous perennial with bright blue flowers;

- southern Europe;

- syn. Ajuga genevensis, erect bugle;

blue bull
n1
large Indian antelope;

- male is blue-grey with white markings;

- female is brownish with no horns;

- syn. Boselaphus tragocamelus, nilgai, nylghai, nylghau;

blue cardinal flower
n1
tall erect and very leafy perennial herb of eastern North America having dense spikes of blue flowers;

- syn. Lobelia siphilitica, great lobelia;

blue cat
n1
a large catfish of the Mississippi valley;

- syn. blue catfish, blue channel cat, blue channel catfish;

blue catfish
n1
a large catfish of the Mississippi valley;

- syn. blue cat, blue channel cat, blue channel catfish;

blue channel cat
n1
a large catfish of the Mississippi valley;

- syn. blue cat, blue catfish, blue channel catfish;

blue channel catfish
n1
a large catfish of the Mississippi valley;

- syn. blue cat, blue catfish, blue channel cat;

blue cheese
n1
cheese containing a blue mold;

- syn. bleu;

blue cheese dressing
n1
vinaigrette containing crumbled Roquefort or blue cheese;

- syn. Roquefort dressing;

n2
creamy dressing containing crumbled blue cheese;

- syn. bleu cheese dressing;

blue chip
n1
a common stock of a nationally known company whose value and dividends are reliable;

- typically have high price and low yield;

- "blue chips are usually safe investments";

- syn. blue-chip stock;

n2
a blue poker chip with the highest value;

blue cohosh
n1
tall herb of eastern North America and Asia having blue berrylike fruit and a thick knotty rootstock formerly used medicinally;

- syn. Caulophyllum thalictrioides, Caulophyllum thalictroides, blueberry root, papoose root, papooseroot, squaw root, squawroot;

blue columbine
n1
columbine of the Rocky Mountains having long-spurred blue flowers;

- syn. Aquilegia caerulea, Aquilegia scopulorum calcarea;

blue copperas
n1
hydrated blue crystalline form of copper sulfate;

- syn. blue stone, blue vitriol, chalcanthite;

blue crab
n1
Atlantic crab;

- most common source of fresh crabmeat;

n2
bluish edible crab of Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of North America;

- syn. Callinectes sapidus;

blue curls
n1
any of several plants of the genus Trichostema having whorls of small blue flowers;

blue daisy
n1
hairy South African or Australian subshrub that has daisylike flowers with blue rays;

- syn. Felicia amelloides, blue marguerite;

blue darter
n1
bluish-grey North American hawk having a darting flight;

- syn. Accipiter cooperii, Cooper's hawk;

blue devil
n1
a coarse prickly European weed with spikes of blue flowers;

- naturalized in United States;

- syn. Echium vulgare, blue thistle, blueweed, viper's bugloss;

n2
the sodium salt of amobarbital that is used as a barbiturate;

- used as a sedative and a hypnotic;

- syn. Amytal, amobarbital sodium, blue, blue angel;

blue devils
n1
a state of depression;

- "he had a bad case of the blues";

- syn. blues, megrims, vapors, vapours;

blue elder
n1
shrub or small tree of western United States having white flowers and blue berries;

- fruit used in wines and jellies;

- syn. Sambucus caerulea, blue elderberry;

blue elderberry
n1
shrub or small tree of western United States having white flowers and blue berries;

- fruit used in wines and jellies;

- syn. Sambucus caerulea, blue elder;

blue false indigo
n1
wild indigo of the eastern United States having racemes of blue flowers;

- syn. Baptisia australis;

blue fig
n1
the fruit of the Brisbane quandong tree;

- syn. quandong;

n2
Australian tree having hard white timber and glossy green leaves with white flowers followed by one-seeded glossy blue fruit;

- syn. Brisbane quandong, Elaeocarpus grandis, quandong, quandong tree, silver quandong tree;

blue flag
n1
a common iris of the eastern United States having blue or blue-violet flowers;

- root formerly used medicinally;

- syn. Iris versicolor;

blue fleabane
n1
widespread weed with pale purple-blue flowers;

- syn. Erigeron acer;

blue fox
n1
a variety of Arctic fox having a pale grey winter coat;

blue funk
n1
a state of nervous depression;

- "he was in a funk";

- syn. funk;

blue goose
n1
North American wild goose having dark plumage in summer but white in winter;

- syn. Chen caerulescens;

blue grama
n1
a pasture grass of western North America;

- syn. Bouteloua gracilis;

blue grass
n1
any of various grasses of the genus Poa;

- syn. bluegrass;

blue green
n1
a blue-green color or pigment;

- "they painted it a light shade of bluish green";

- syn. bluish green, teal;

blue gum
n1
tall fast-growing timber tree with leaves containing a medicinal oil;

- young leaves are bluish;

- syn. Eucalyptus globulus, fever tree;

blue jack
n1
small salmon of northern Pacific coasts and the Great Lakes;

- syn. Oncorhynchus kisutch, coho, coho salmon, cohoe, silver salmon;

blue jasmine
n1
climber of southern United States having bluish-purple flowers;

- syn. Clematis crispa, blue jessamine, curly clematis, marsh clematis;

blue jay
n1
common jay of eastern North America;

- bright blue with grey breast;

- syn. Cyanocitta cristata, jaybird;

blue jeans
n1
(used in the plural) close-fitting trousers of heavy denim for manual work or casual wear;

- syn. denim, jeans;

blue jessamine
n1
climber of southern United States having bluish-purple flowers;

- syn. Clematis crispa, blue jasmine, curly clematis, marsh clematis;

blue jet
n1
atmospheric discharges (lasting 10 msec) bursting from the tops of giant storm clouds in blue cones that widen as they flash upward;

- syn. jet, reverse lightning;

blue joke
n1
an indelicate joke;

- syn. blue story, dirty joke, dirty story;

blue law
n1
a statute regulating work on Sundays;

blue lotus
n1
blue lotus of India and southeastern Asia;

- syn. Nymphaea stellata;

n2
blue Egyptian lotus: held sacred by the Egyptians;

- syn. Nymphaea caerulea;

blue mahoe
n1
erect forest tree of Cuba and Jamaica having variably hairy leaves and orange-yellow or orange-red flowers;

- yields a moderately dense timber for cabinetwork and gunstocks;

- syn. Cuban bast, Hibiscus elatus, mahagua, mahoe, majagua;

blue marguerite
n1
hairy South African or Australian subshrub that has daisylike flowers with blue rays;

- syn. Felicia amelloides, blue daisy;

blue marlin
n1
largest marlin;

- may reach 2000 pounds;

- found worldwide in warm seas;

- syn. Makaira nigricans;

blue mockingbird
n1
mockingbird of Mexico;

- syn. Melanotis caerulescens;

blue mold fungus
n1
fungus causing a serious disease in tobacco plants characterized by bluish-grey mildew on undersides of leaves;

- syn. Peronospora tabacina;

blue moon
n1
a long time;

- "something that happens once in blue moon almost never happens";

Blue Mountain tea
n1
goldenrod of eastern America having aromatic leaves from which a medicinal tea is made;

- syn. Solidago odora, sweet goldenrod;

blue murder
n1
an extravagantly loud outcry;

- "she screamed blue murder";

Blue Nile
n1
a headstream of the Nile;

- joins the White Nile at Khartoum to form the Nile;

blue note
n1
a flattened third or seventh;

blue orchid
n1
famous orchid of northern India having large pale to deep lilac-blue flowers;

- syn. Vanda caerulea;

blue pea
n1
vine of tropical Asia having pinnate leaves and bright blue flowers with yellow centers;

- syn. Clitoria turnatea, butterfly pea;

blue peafowl
n1
peafowl of India and Ceylon;

- syn. Pavo cristatus;

blue peter
n1
a blue flag with a white square in the center indicates that the vessel is ready to sail;

blue pickerel
n1
variety inhabiting the Great Lakes;

- syn. Strizostedion vitreum glaucum, blue pike, blue pikeperch, blue walleye;

blue pike
n1
variety inhabiting the Great Lakes;

- syn. Strizostedion vitreum glaucum, blue pickerel, blue pikeperch, blue walleye;

blue pikeperch
n1
variety inhabiting the Great Lakes;

- syn. Strizostedion vitreum glaucum, blue pickerel, blue pike, blue walleye;

blue pimpernel
n1
an American mint that yields a resinous exudate used especially formerly as an antispasmodic;

- syn. Scutellaria lateriflora, blue skullcap, mad-dog skullcap, mad-dog weed;

blue point
n1
oysters originally from Long Island Sound but now from anywhere along the northeastern seacoast;

- usually eaten raw;

- syn. bluepoint;

n2
small edible oyster typically from the southern shore of Long Island;

- syn. bluepoint;

blue point Siamese
n1
Siamese cat having a bluish cream-colored body and dark grey points;

blue pointed
n1
common blue-grey shark of southwest Pacific;

- sport and food fish;

- syn. Isurus glaucus, bonito shark;

blue poppy
n1
Chinese perennial having mauve-pink to bright sky blue flowers in drooping cymes;

- syn. Meconopsis betonicifolia;

blue racer
n1
bluish-green blacksnake found from Ohio to Texas;

- syn. Coluber constrictor flaviventris;

blue ribbon
n1
an honor or award gained for excellence;

- syn. cordon bleu;

blue ribbon commission
n1
an independent and exclusive commission of nonpartisan statesmen and experts formed to investigate some important governmental issue;

- syn. blue ribbon committee;

blue ribbon committee
n1
an independent and exclusive commission of nonpartisan statesmen and experts formed to investigate some important governmental issue;

- syn. blue ribbon commission;

blue ribbon jury
n1
a jury whose members are selected for special knowledge for a case involving complicated issues;

- syn. special jury;

Blue Ridge
n1
a range of the Appalachians extending from southern Pennsylvania to northern Georgia;

- syn. Blue Ridge Mountains;

Blue Ridge Mountains
n1
a range of the Appalachians extending from southern Pennsylvania to northern Georgia;

- syn. Blue Ridge;

blue runner
n1
fish of western Atlantic: Cape Cod to Brazil;

- syn. Caranx crysos, runner;

blue sage
n1
sage of western North America to Central America having violet-blue flowers;

- widespread in cultivation;

- syn. Salvia lancifolia, Salvia reflexa;

n2
Texas sage having intensely blue flowers;

- syn. Salvia farinacea, mealy sage;

n3
blue-flowered sage of dry prairies of the eastern United States;

- syn. Salvia azurea;

n4
aromatic shrub of arid regions of western North America having hoary leaves;

- syn. Artemisia tridentata, Seriphidium tridentatum, big sagebrush;

blue shark
n1
slender cosmopolitan, pelagic shark;

- blue body shades to white belly;

- dangerous especially during maritime disasters;

- syn. Prionace glauca, great blue shark;

blue skullcap
n1
an American mint that yields a resinous exudate used especially formerly as an antispasmodic;

- syn. Scutellaria lateriflora, blue pimpernel, mad-dog skullcap, mad-dog weed;

blue sky
n1
the sky as viewed during daylight;

- "he shot an arrow into the blue";

- syn. blue, blue air, wild blue yonder;

blue sky law
n1
a state law regulating the sale of securities in an attempt to control the sale of securities in fraudulent enterprises;

blue star
n1
subshrubs of southeastern United States forming slow-growing clumps and having blue flowers in short terminal cymes;

- syn. Amsonia tabernaemontana;

blue stem
n1
tall grass with smooth bluish leaf sheaths grown for hay in the United States;

- syn. Andropogon furcatus, Andropogon gerardii, bluestem;

blue stone
n1
hydrated blue crystalline form of copper sulfate;

- syn. blue copperas, blue vitriol, chalcanthite;

blue story
n1
an indelicate joke;

- syn. blue joke, dirty joke, dirty story;

blue succory
n1
south European plant having dark-eyed flowers with flat blue rays;

- syn. Catananche caerulea, cupid's dart;

blue thistle
n1
a coarse prickly European weed with spikes of blue flowers;

- naturalized in United States;

- syn. Echium vulgare, blue devil, blueweed, viper's bugloss;

blue tit
n1
widely distributed European titmouse with bright cobalt blue wings and tail and crown of the head;

- syn. Parus caeruleus, tomtit;

blue toadflax
n1
North American plant having racemes of blue-violet flowers;

- syn. Linaria canadensis, old-field toadflax;

blue tulip
n1
short hairy perennial with early spring blue-violet or lilac flowers;

- North America and Siberia;

- syn. American pasqueflower, American pulsatilla, Anemone ludoviciana, Eastern pasque flower, Pulsatilla patens, lion's beard, prairie anemone, wild crocus;

blue vitriol
n1
hydrated blue crystalline form of copper sulfate;

- syn. blue copperas, blue stone, chalcanthite;

blue wall
n1
the secrecy of police officers who lie or look the other way to protect other police officers;

- "the blue wall cracked when some officers refused to take part in the cover-up";

- syn. blue wall of silence, wall of silence;

blue wall of silence
n1
the secrecy of police officers who lie or look the other way to protect other police officers;

- "the blue wall cracked when some officers refused to take part in the cover-up";

- syn. blue wall, wall of silence;

blue walleye
n1
variety inhabiting the Great Lakes;

- syn. Strizostedion vitreum glaucum, blue pickerel, blue pike, blue pikeperch;

blue whale
n1
largest mammal ever known;

- bluish-grey migratory whalebone whale mostly of southern hemisphere;

- syn. Balaenoptera musculus, sulfur bottom;

blueback salmon
n1
small salmon with red flesh;

- found in rivers and tributaries of the northern Pacific and valued as food;

- adults die after spawning;

- syn. Oncorhynchus nerka, red salmon, sockeye, sockeye salmon;

Bluebeard / b ɫ u b ɪə d /
n1
(fairytale) a monstrous villain who marries seven women;

- he kills the first six for disobedience;

bluebell / b ɫ u b ɛ ɫ /
n1
sometimes placed in genus Scilla;

- syn. Hyacinthoides nonscripta, Scilla nonscripta, harebell, wild hyacinth, wood hyacinth;

n2
one of the most handsome prairie wildflowers having large erect bell-shaped bluish flowers;

- of moist places in prairies and fields from eastern Colorado and Nebraska south to New Mexico and Texas;

- syn. Eustoma grandiflorum, prairie gentian, tulip gentian;

n3
perennial of northern hemisphere with slender stems and bell-shaped blue flowers;

- syn. Campanula rotundifolia, harebell;

blueberry / b ɫ u b ɛr i /
n1
any of numerous shrubs of the genus Vaccinium bearing blueberries;

- syn. blueberry bush;

n2
sweet edible dark-blue berries of either low-growing or high-growing blueberry plants;

blueberry bush
n1
any of numerous shrubs of the genus Vaccinium bearing blueberries;

- syn. blueberry;

blueberry pie
n1
pie containing blueberries and sugar;

blueberry root
n1
tall herb of eastern North America and Asia having blue berrylike fruit and a thick knotty rootstock formerly used medicinally;

- syn. Caulophyllum thalictrioides, Caulophyllum thalictroides, blue cohosh, papoose root, papooseroot, squaw root, squawroot;

blueberry yogurt
n1
yogurt with sweetened blueberries or blueberry jam;

bluebill
n1
diving ducks of North America having a bluish-grey bill;

- syn. broadbill, scaup, scaup duck;

bluebird / b ɫ u b ɝ d /
n1
fruit-eating mostly brilliant blue songbird of the East Indies;

- syn. fairy bluebird;

n2
blue North American songbird;

bluebonnet / b ɫ u b ɒ n ɪ t /
n1
low-growing annual herb of southwestern United States (Texas) having silky foliage and blue flowers;

- a leading cause of livestock poisoning in the southwestern United States;

- syn. Lupinus subcarnosus, Texas bluebonnet, buffalo clover;

n2
a brimless dark blue Scottish cap with a flat top and a plume on one side;

- syn. Balmoral;

bluebottle / b ɫ u b ɒ t ɫ /
n1
an annual Eurasian plant cultivated in North America having showy heads of blue or purple or pink or white flowers;

- syn. Centaurea cyanus, bachelor's button, cornflower;

n2
blowfly with iridescent blue body;

- makes a loud buzzing noise in flight;

- syn. Calliphora vicina;

bluecoat / b ɫ u k oʊ t /
n1
a person dressed all in blue (as a soldier or sailor);

bluefin / b ɫ u f ɪ n /
n1
flesh of very large tuna;

- syn. bluefin tuna;

n2
largest tuna;

- to 1500 pounds;

- of mostly temperate seas: feed in polar regions but breed in tropics;

- syn. Thunnus thynnus, bluefin tuna, horse mackerel;

bluefin tuna
n1
flesh of very large tuna;

- syn. bluefin;

n2
largest tuna;

- to 1500 pounds;

- of mostly temperate seas: feed in polar regions but breed in tropics;

- syn. Thunnus thynnus, bluefin, horse mackerel;

bluefish / b ɫ u f ɪ ʃ /
n1
bluish warm-water marine food and game fish that follow schools of small fishes into shallow waters;

- syn. Pomatomus saltatrix;

n2
fatty bluish flesh of bluefish;

bluegill / b ɫ u dʒ ɪ ɫ /
n1
important edible sunfish of eastern and central United States;

- syn. Lepomis macrochirus;

bluegrass / b ɫ u ɡ ɹ ɑ s /
n1
any of various grasses of the genus Poa;

- syn. blue grass;

n2
an area in central Kentucky noted for its bluegrass and thoroughbred horses;

- syn. Bluegrass Country, Bluegrass Region;

n3
a type of country music played at a rapid tempo on banjos and guitars;

Bluegrass Country
n1
an area in central Kentucky noted for its bluegrass and thoroughbred horses;

- syn. Bluegrass, Bluegrass Region;

Bluegrass Region
n1
an area in central Kentucky noted for its bluegrass and thoroughbred horses;

- syn. Bluegrass, Bluegrass Country;

Bluegrass State
n1
a state in east central United States;

- a border state during the American Civil War;

- famous for breeding race horses;

- syn. KY, Ken., Kentucky;

Bluegrass Stater
n1
a native or resident of Kentucky;

- syn. Kentuckian;

bluehead
n1
small Atlantic wrasse the male of which has a brilliant blue head;

- syn. Thalassoma bifasciatum;

blueing / b ɫ u ɪ ŋ /
n1
used to whiten laundry or hair or give it a bluish tinge;

- syn. blue, bluing;

n2
a process that makes something blue (or bluish);

- syn. bluing;

blueish
a1
of the color intermediate between green and violet;

- having a color similar to that of a clear unclouded sky;

- "October's bright blue weather"- Helen Hunt Jackson;

- "a blue flame";

- "blue haze of tobacco smoke";

- syn. blue, bluish;

- sim. chromatic;

bluejack oak
n1
small semi-evergreen shrubby tree of southeastern United States having hairy young branchlets and leaves narrowing to a slender bristly point;

- syn. Quercus incana, turkey oak;

bluejacket / b ɫ u dʒ æ k ɪ t /
n1
a serviceman in the navy;

- syn. navy man, sailor, sailor boy;

blueness / b ɫ u n ɛ s /
n1
blue color or pigment;

- resembling the color of the clear sky in the daytime;

- "he had eyes of bright blue";

- syn. blue;

bluenose / b ɫ u n oʊ z /
n1
a native or inhabitant of Nova Scotia;

- syn. Nova Scotian;

bluepoint / b ɫ u p ɔɪ n t /
n1
oysters originally from Long Island Sound but now from anywhere along the northeastern seacoast;

- usually eaten raw;

- syn. blue point;

n2
small edible oyster typically from the southern shore of Long Island;

- syn. blue point;

blueprint / b ɫ u p ɹ ɪ n t /
n1
something intended as a guide for making something else;

- "a blueprint for a house";

- "a pattern for a skirt";

- syn. design, pattern;

n2
photographic print of plans or technical drawings etc.;

v1
make a blueprint of;

- syn. draft, draught;

blueprint paper
n1
sensitized paper used to make blueprints;

blues / b ɫ u z /
n1
a type of folksong that originated among Black Americans at the beginning of the 20th century;

- has a melancholy sound from repeated use of blue notes;

n2
a state of depression;

- "he had a bad case of the blues";

- syn. blue devils, megrims, vapors, vapours;

bluestem
n1
tall grass with smooth bluish leaf sheaths grown for hay in the United States;

- syn. Andropogon furcatus, Andropogon gerardii, blue stem;

bluestem wheatgrass
n1
valuable forage grass of western United States;

- syn. Agropyron smithii, western wheatgrass;

bluestocking / b ɫ u s t ɒ k ɪ ŋ /
n1
a woman having literary or intellectual interests;

- syn. bas bleu;

bluestone / b ɫ u s t oʊ n /
n1
bluish-grey sandstone used for paving and building;

bluethroat
n1
songbird of northern Europe and Asia;

- syn. Erithacus svecicus;

bluethroat pikeblenny
n1
found from Florida to Cuba;

- syn. Chaenopsis ocellata;

bluetick
n1
a very fast American hound;

- white mottled with bluish grey;

bluetongue
n1
a viral disease of sheep and cattle that is transmitted by biting midges;

blueweed
n1
a coarse prickly European weed with spikes of blue flowers;

- naturalized in United States;

- syn. Echium vulgare, blue devil, blue thistle, viper's bugloss;

bluewing
n1
American teal;

- syn. Anas discors, blue-winged teal;

bluff / b ɫ ʌ f /
n1
a high steep bank (usually formed by river erosion);

n2
pretense that your position is stronger than it really is;

- "his bluff succeeded in getting him accepted";

n3
the act of bluffing in poker;

- deception by a false show of confidence in the strength of your cards;

- syn. four flush;

v1
deceive an opponent by a bold bet on an inferior hand with the result that the opponent withdraws a winning hand;

- syn. bluff out;

v2
frighten someone by pretending to be stronger than one really is;

a1
very steep;

- having a prominent and almost vertical front;

- "a bluff headland";

- "where the bold chalk cliffs of England rise";

- "a sheer descent of rock";

- syn. bold, sheer;

- sim. steep;

a2
bluntly direct and outspoken but good-natured;

- "a bluff but pleasant manner";

- "a bluff and rugged natural leader";

- sim. direct;

bluff out
v1
deceive an opponent by a bold bet on an inferior hand with the result that the opponent withdraws a winning hand;

- syn. bluff;

bluffer / b ɫ ʌ f ə , b ɫ ʌ f ə ɹ /
n1
a person who tries to bluff other people;

- syn. four-flusher;

bluffly / b ɫ ʌ f ɫ i /
r1
in a blunt direct manner;

- "he spoke bluntly";

- "he stated his opinion flat-out";

- "he was criticized roundly";

- syn. bluntly, brusquely, flat out, roundly;

bluffness / b ɫ ʌ f n ə s /
n1
good-natured frankness;

bluing / b ɫ u ɪ ŋ /
n1
used to whiten laundry or hair or give it a bluish tinge;

- syn. blue, blueing;

n2
a process that makes something blue (or bluish);

- syn. blueing;

bluish / b ɫ u ɪ ʃ /
a1
of the color intermediate between green and violet;

- having a color similar to that of a clear unclouded sky;

- "October's bright blue weather"- Helen Hunt Jackson;

- "a blue flame";

- "blue haze of tobacco smoke";

- syn. blue, blueish;

- sim. chromatic;

bluish-gray
a1
of grey tinged with blue;

- syn. blue-gray, blue-grey, bluish-grey;

- sim. achromatic;

bluish-grey
a1
of grey tinged with blue;

- syn. blue-gray, blue-grey, bluish-gray;

- sim. achromatic;

bluish-lilac
a1
of lavender tinged with blue;

- syn. blue-lilac;

- sim. chromatic;

bluish-purple
a1
of purple tinged with blue;

- syn. blue-purple;

- sim. chromatic;

bluish-violet
a1
of violet tinted with blue;

- syn. blue-violet;

- sim. chromatic;

bluish-white
a1
of white tinged with blue;

- syn. blue-white, cool-white;

- sim. achromatic;

bluish black
a1
of black tinged with blue;

- syn. blue-black;

- sim. achromatic;

bluish green
n1
a blue-green color or pigment;

- "they painted it a light shade of bluish green";

- syn. blue green, teal;

a1
of a bluish shade of green;

- syn. blue-green, cyan, teal;

- sim. chromatic;

blunder / b ɫ ʌ n d ə , b ɫ ʌ n d ə ɹ /
n1
an embarrassing mistake;

- syn. bloomer, blooper, boner, boo-boo, botch, bungle, flub, foul-up, fuckup, pratfall;

v1
commit a faux pas or a fault or make a serious mistake;

- "I blundered during the job interview";

- syn. boob, drop the ball, goof, sin;

v2
make one's way clumsily or blindly;

- "He fumbled towards the door";

- syn. fumble;

v3
utter impulsively;

- "He blurted out the secret";

- "He blundered his stupid ideas";

- syn. blunder out, blurt, blurt out, ejaculate;

blunder out
v1
utter impulsively;

- "He blurted out the secret";

- "He blundered his stupid ideas";

- syn. blunder, blurt, blurt out, ejaculate;

blunderbuss / b ɫ ʌ n d ə b ʌ s /
n1
a short musket of wide bore with a flared muzzle;

blunderer / b ɫ ʌ n d ə ɹ ə , b ɫ ʌ n d ə ɹ ə ɹ /
n1
someone who makes mistakes because of incompetence;

- syn. botcher, bumbler, bungler, butcher, fuckup, fumbler, sad sack, stumbler;

blunt / b ɫ ʌ n t /
v1
make less intense;

- "blunted emotions";

v2
make numb or insensitive;

- "The shock numbed her senses";

- syn. benumb, dull, numb;

v3
make dull or blunt;

- "Too much cutting dulls the knife's edge";

- syn. dull;

v4
make less sharp;

- "blunt the knives";

v5
make less lively, intense, or vigorous;

- impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation;

- "Terror blunted her feelings";

- "deaden a sound";

- syn. deaden;

a1
having a broad or rounded end;

- "thick marks made by a blunt pencil";

- sim. pointless;

a2
used of a knife or other blade;

- not sharp;

- "a blunt instrument";

- sim. dull;

a3
characterized by directness in manner or speech;

- without subtlety or evasion;

- "blunt talking and straight shooting";

- "a blunt New England farmer";

- "I gave them my candid opinion";

- "forthright criticism";

- "a forthright approach to the problem";

- "tell me what you think--and you may just as well be frank";

- "it is possible to be outspoken without being rude";

- "plainspoken and to the point";

- "a point-blank accusation";

- syn. candid, forthright, frank, free-spoken, outspoken, plainspoken, point-blank, straight-from-the-shoulder;

- sim. direct;

a4
devoid of any qualifications or disguise or adornment;

- "the blunt truth";

- "the crude facts";

- "facing the stark reality of the deadline";

- syn. crude, stark;

- sim. unconditional;

blunt-leaf heath
n1
small erect shrub of Australia and Tasmania with fragrant ivory flowers;

- syn. Epacris obtusifolia, common heath;

blunt file
n1
a file with parallel edges;

blunt trauma
n1
injury incurred when the human body hits or is hit by a large outside object (as a car);

blunted / b ɫ ʌ n t ɪ d /
a1
made dull or blunt;

- syn. dulled;

- sim. dull;

bluntly / b ɫ ʌ n t ɫ i /
r1
in a blunt direct manner;

- "he spoke bluntly";

- "he stated his opinion flat-out";

- "he was criticized roundly";

- syn. bluffly, brusquely, flat out, roundly;

bluntness / b ɫ ʌ n t n ə s /
n1
the quality of being direct and outspoken;

- "the bluntness of a Yorkshireman";

n2
without sharpness or clearness of edge or point;

- "the dullness of the pencil made his writing illegible";

- syn. dullness;

blur / b ɫ ɝ , b ɫ ɝ ɹ /
n1
a hazy or indistinct representation;

- "it happened so fast it was just a blur";

- "he tried to clear his head of the whisky fuzz";

- syn. fuzz;

v1
become glassy;

- lose clear vision;

- "Her eyes glazed over from lack of sleep";

- syn. film over, glaze over;

v2
to make less distinct or clear;

- "The haze blurs the hills";

v3
make unclear, indistinct, or blurred;

- "Her remarks confused the debate";

- "Their words obnubilate their intentions";

- syn. confuse, obnubilate, obscure;

v4
make a smudge on;

- soil by smudging;

- syn. smear, smudge, smutch;

v5
make dim or indistinct;

- "The fog blurs my vision";

- syn. blear;

v6
become vague or indistinct;

- "The distinction between the two theories blurred";

- syn. dim, slur;

blurb / b ɫ ɝ b /
n1
a promotional statement (as found on the dust jackets of books);

- "the author got all his friends to write blurbs for his book";

- syn. endorsement, indorsement;

blurred / b ɫ ɝ d /
a1
indistinct or hazy in outline;

- "a landscape of blurred outlines";

- "the trees were just blurry shapes";

- syn. bleary, blurry, foggy, fuzzy, hazy, muzzy;

- sim. indistinct;

a2
unclear in form or expression;

- "the blurred aims of the group";

- "sometimes one understood clearly and sometimes the meaning was clouded"- H.G.Wells;

- syn. clouded;

- sim. unclear;

blurriness
n1
the quality of being indistinct and without sharp outlines;

- syn. fogginess, fuzziness, indistinctness, softness;

blurry
a1
indistinct or hazy in outline;

- "a landscape of blurred outlines";

- "the trees were just blurry shapes";

- syn. bleary, blurred, foggy, fuzzy, hazy, muzzy;

- sim. indistinct;

blurt / b ɫ ɝ t /
v1
utter impulsively;

- "He blurted out the secret";

- "He blundered his stupid ideas";

- syn. blunder, blunder out, blurt out, ejaculate;

blurt out
v1
utter impulsively;

- "He blurted out the secret";

- "He blundered his stupid ideas";

- syn. blunder, blunder out, blurt, ejaculate;

blush / b ɫ ʌ ʃ /
n1
a rosy color (especially in the cheeks) taken as a sign of good health;

- syn. bloom, flush, rosiness;

n2
sudden reddening of the face (as from embarrassment or guilt or shame or modesty);

- syn. flush;

v1
turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame;

- "The girl blushed when a young man whistled as she walked by";

- syn. crimson, flush, redden;

v2
become rosy or reddish;

- "her cheeks blushed in the cold winter air";

blush wine
n1
pinkish table wine from red grapes whose skins were removed after fermentation began;

- syn. pink wine, rose, rose wine;

blusher / b ɫ ʌ ʃ ə /
n1
yellowish edible agaric that usually turns red when touched;

- syn. Amanita rubescens, blushing mushroom;

n2
makeup consisting of a pink or red powder applied to the cheeks;

- syn. paint, rouge;

blushful / b ɫ ʌ ʃ f ʊ ɫ /
a1
having a red face from embarrassment or shame or agitation or emotional upset;

- "the blushing boy was brought before the Principal";

- "her blushful beau";

- "was red-faced with anger";

- syn. blushing, red-faced;

- sim. discomposed;

a2
of blush color;

- "blushful mists";

- syn. rosy;

- sim. chromatic;

blushing / b ɫ ʌ ʃ ɪ ŋ /
a1
having a red face from embarrassment or shame or agitation or emotional upset;

- "the blushing boy was brought before the Principal";

- "her blushful beau";

- "was red-faced with anger";

- syn. blushful, red-faced;

- sim. discomposed;

blushing mushroom
n1
yellowish edible agaric that usually turns red when touched;

- syn. Amanita rubescens, blusher;

bluster / b ɫ ʌ s t ə , b ɫ ʌ s t ə ɹ /
n1
noisy confusion and turbulence;

- "he was awakened by the bluster of their preparations";

n2
a swaggering show of courage;

- syn. bravado;

n3
a violent gusty wind;

n4
vain and empty boasting;

- syn. braggadocio, rhodomontade, rodomontade;

v1
blow hard;

- be gusty, as of wind;

- "A southeaster blustered onshore";

- "The flames blustered";

v2
show off;

- syn. blow, boast, brag, gas, gasconade, shoot a line, swash, tout, vaunt;

v3
act in an arrogant, overly self-assured, or conceited manner;

- syn. swagger, swash;

blusterer / b ɫ ʌ s t ə ɹ ə /
n1
a person who causes trouble by speaking indiscreetly;

- syn. loudmouth;

blustering / b ɫ ʌ s t ə ɹ ɪ ŋ /
a1
blowing in violent and abrupt bursts;

- "blustering (or blusterous) winds of Patagonia";

- "a cold blustery day";

- "a gusty storm with strong sudden rushes of wind";

- syn. blusterous, blustery;

- sim. stormy;

blusterous / b ɫ ʌ s t ə ɹ ə s /
a1
blowing in violent and abrupt bursts;

- "blustering (or blusterous) winds of Patagonia";

- "a cold blustery day";

- "a gusty storm with strong sudden rushes of wind";

- syn. blustering, blustery;

- sim. stormy;

blustery / b ɫ ʌ s t ə ɹ i /
a1
blowing in violent and abrupt bursts;

- "blustering (or blusterous) winds of Patagonia";

- "a cold blustery day";

- "a gusty storm with strong sudden rushes of wind";

- syn. blustering, blusterous;

- sim. stormy;

a2
noisily domineering;

- tending to browbeat others;

- syn. bullying;

- sim. domineering;

BM
n1
solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels;

- syn. dejection, faecal matter, faeces, fecal matter, feces, ordure, stool;

n2
a euphemism for defecation;

- "he had a bowel movement";

- syn. bowel movement, movement;

BMDO
n1
an agency in the Department of Defense that is responsible for making ballistic missile defense a reality;

- syn. Ballistic Missile Defense Organization;

BMI
n1
a measure of someone's weight in relation to height;

- to calculate one's BMI, multiply one's weight in pounds and divide that by the square of one's height in inches;

- overweight is a BMI greater than 25;

- obese is a BMI greater than 30;

- syn. body mass index;

BMR
n1
the rate at which heat is produced by an individual in a resting state;

- syn. basal metabolic rate;

BMus / b i m ʌ z /
n1
a bachelor's degree in music;

- syn. Bachelor of Music;

BNS
n1
a bachelor's degree in naval science;

- syn. Bachelor of Naval Science;

bo's'n
n1
a petty officer on a merchant ship who controls the work of other seamen;

- syn. bo'sun, boatswain, bos'n, bosun;

bo'sun / b oʊ s n /
n1
a petty officer on a merchant ship who controls the work of other seamen;

- syn. bo's'n, boatswain, bos'n, bosun;

Bo Hai
n1
an inlet of the Yellow Sea, on the coast of Eastern China;

- syn. Po Hai;

bo tree
n1
fig tree of India noted for great size and longevity;

- lacks the prop roots of the banyan;

- regarded as sacred by Buddhists;

- syn. Ficus religiosa, peepul, pipal, pipal tree, pipul, sacred fig;

boa / b oʊ ə /
n1
a long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or fur;

- syn. feather boa;

n2
any of several chiefly tropical constrictors with vestigial hind limbs;

boa constrictor
n1
very large boa of tropical America and West Indies;

- syn. Constrictor constrictor;

Boann
n1
Celtic goddess;

- mother of Angus Og;

boar / b ɔ , b ɔ ɹ /
n1
Old World wild swine having a narrow body and prominent tusks from which most domestic swine come;

- introduced in United States;

- syn. Sus scrofa, wild boar;

n2
an uncastrated male hog;

boar thistle
n1
European thistle with rather large heads and prickly leaves;

- extensively naturalized as a weed in the United States;

- syn. Cirsium lanceolatum, Cirsium vulgare, bull thistle, spear thistle;

board / b ɔ d /
n1
a committee having supervisory powers;

- "the board has seven members";

n2
a stout length of sawn timber;

- made in a wide variety of sizes and used for many purposes;

- syn. plank;

n3
a flat piece of material designed for a special purpose;

- "he nailed boards across the windows";

n4
food or meals in general;

- "she sets a fine table";

- "room and board";

- syn. table;

n5
a vertical surface on which information can be displayed to public view;

- syn. display board, display panel;

n6
a table at which meals are served;

- "he helped her clear the dining table";

- "a feast was spread upon the board";

- syn. dining table;

n7
electrical device consisting of a flat insulated surface that contains switches and dials and meters for controlling other electrical devices;

- "he checked the instrument panel";

- "suddenly the board lit up like a Christmas tree";

- syn. control board, control panel, instrument panel, panel;

n8
a printed circuit that can be inserted into expansion slots in a computer to increase the computer's capabilities;

- syn. add-in, card, circuit board, circuit card, plug-in;

n9
a flat portable surface (usually rectangular) designed for board games;

- "he got out the board and set up the pieces";

- syn. gameboard;

v1
get on board of (trains, buses, ships, aircraft, etc.);

- syn. get on;

v2
live and take one's meals at or in;

- "she rooms in an old boarding house";

- syn. room;

v3
lodge and take meals (at);

v4
provide food and lodging (for);

- "The old lady is boarding three men";

board foot
n1
the volume of a piece of wood 1 foot square and 1 inch thick;

board game
n1
a game played on a specially designed board;

board measure
n1
a system of units for measuring lumber based on the board foot;

board meeting
n1
a meeting for administrative purposes;

- syn. committee meeting;

board member
n1
a member of a governing board;

board of appeals
n1
a board of officials that are not judicial but are appointed to hear appeals;

- syn. appeal board, appeals board;

board of directors
n1
a group of persons chosen to govern the affairs of a corporation or other large institution;

- syn. directorate;

board of education
n1
a board in charge of local public schools;

- syn. school board;

board of regents
n1
a committee of university officers who have general supervision over the welfare and conduct of students;

board of selectmen
n1
a board of officials elected to administer the public business of a New England town;

Board of Trade unit
n1
a unit of energy equal to the work done by a power of 1000 watts operating for one hour;

- syn. B.T.U., kW-hr, kilowatt hour;

board of trustees
n1
a governing board elected or appointed to direct the policies of an educational institution;

board rule
n1
a measure used in computing board feet;

board up
v1
cover with wooden boards;

- "board up windows before the hurricane";

boarder / b ɔ d ə , b ɔ d ə ɹ /
n1
a tenant in someone's house;

- syn. lodger, roomer;

n2
someone who forces their way aboard ship;

- "stand by to repel boarders";

n3
a pupil who lives at school during term time;

boarding / b ɔ d ɪ ŋ /
n1
the act of passengers and crew getting aboard a ship or aircraft;

- syn. embarkation, embarkment;

n2
a structure of boards;

boarding card
n1
a pass that allows you to board a ship or plane;

- syn. boarding pass;

boarding house
n1
a private house that provides accommodations and meals for paying guests;

- syn. boardinghouse;

boarding pass
n1
a pass that allows you to board a ship or plane;

- syn. boarding card;

boarding school
n1
a private school where students are lodged and fed as well as taught;

boardinghouse / b ɔ d ɪ ŋ h aʊ z /
n1
a private house that provides accommodations and meals for paying guests;

- syn. boarding house;

boardroom / b ɔ d ɹ u m /
n1
a room where a committee meets (such as the board of directors of a company);

- syn. council chamber;

boards / b ɔ d z /
n1
(used in the plural) the stage of a theater;

- "most actors love to stride the boards";

n2
(used in the plural) the boarding that surrounds an ice hockey rink;

boardwalk / b ɔ d w ɔ k /
n1
a walkway made of wooden boards;

- usually at seaside;

boarfish
n1
fish with large eyes and long snouts;

n2
fish with a projecting snout;

- syn. Capros aper;

boarhound
n1
large hound used in hunting wild boars;

boast / b oʊ s t /
n1
speaking of yourself in superlatives;

- syn. boasting, jactitation, self-praise;

v1
show off;

- syn. blow, bluster, brag, gas, gasconade, shoot a line, swash, tout, vaunt;

v2
wear or display in an ostentatious or proud manner;

- "she was sporting a new hat";

- syn. feature, sport;

boaster / b oʊ s t ə , b oʊ s t ə ɹ /
n1
a very boastful and talkative person;

- syn. blowhard, braggart, bragger, line-shooter, vaunter;

boastful / b oʊ s t f ə ɫ /
a1
exhibiting self-importance;

- "big talk";

- syn. big, braggart, bragging, braggy, cock-a-hoop, crowing, self-aggrandising, self-aggrandizing;

- sim. proud;

boastfully / b oʊ s t f ə ɫ i /
r1
in a boastful manner;

- "he talked big all evening";

- syn. big, large, vauntingly;

boastfulness / b oʊ s t f ə ɫ n ə s /
n1
outspoken conceit;

- syn. vainglory;

boasting / b oʊ s t ɪ ŋ /
n1
speaking of yourself in superlatives;

- syn. boast, jactitation, self-praise;

boat / b oʊ t /
n1
a small vessel for travel on water;

n2
a dish (often boat-shaped) for serving gravy or sauce;

- syn. gravy boat, gravy holder, sauceboat;

v1
ride in a boat on water;

boat-billed heron
n1
tropical American heron related to night herons;

- syn. Cochlearius cochlearius, boatbill, broadbill;

boat-race / b oʊ t ɹ eɪ s /
v1
participate in a boat race;

boat-shaped
a1
having a concave shape like a boat;

- sim. concave;

boat bug
n1
carnivorous aquatic bug having paddle-like hind legs;

- syn. water boatman;

boat club
n1
club that promotes and supports yachting and boating;

- syn. yacht club;

boat deck
n1
the upper deck on which lifeboats are stored;

boat hook
n1
pole-handled hook used to pull or push boats;

boat paddle
n1
a short light oar used without an oarlock to propel a canoe or small boat;

- syn. paddle;

boat race
n1
a race between people rowing or driving boats;

boat racing
n1
the sport of racing boats;

boat train
n1
a train taking passengers to or from a port;

boat whistle
n1
a whistle on a boat that is sounded as a warning;

boatbill / b oʊ t b ɪ ɫ /
n1
tropical American heron related to night herons;

- syn. Cochlearius cochlearius, boat-billed heron, broadbill;

boatbuilder
n1
a person who builds boats;

boater / b oʊ t ə , b oʊ t ə ɹ /
n1
a stiff hat made of straw with a flat crown;

- syn. Panama, Panama hat, leghorn, sailor, skimmer, straw hat;

n2
someone who drives or rides in a boat;

- syn. boatman, waterman;

boathouse / b oʊ t h aʊ z /
n1
a shed at the edge of a river or lake;

- used to store boats;

boating / b oʊ t ɪ ŋ /
n1
water travel for pleasure;

- syn. yachting;

boatload / b oʊ t ɫ oʊ d /
n1
the amount of cargo that can be held by a boat or ship or a freight car;

- "he imported wine by the boatload";

- syn. carload, shipload;

boatman / b oʊ t m ə n /
n1
someone who drives or rides in a boat;

- syn. boater, waterman;

boatmanship / b oʊ t m ə n ʃ ɪ p /
n1
skill in handling boats;

boatswain / b oʊ s n /
n1
a petty officer on a merchant ship who controls the work of other seamen;

- syn. bo's'n, bo'sun, bos'n, bosun;

boatswain's chair
n1
a seat consisting of a board and a rope;

- used while working aloft or over the side of a ship;

- syn. bosun's chair;

boatswain bird
n1
mostly white web-footed tropical seabird often found far from land;

- syn. tropic bird, tropicbird;

boatyard / b oʊ t j ɑ d /
n1
a place where boats are built or maintained or stored;

bob / b ɒ b /
n1
a former monetary unit in Great Britain;

- syn. British shilling, shilling;

n2
a hair style for women and children;

- a short haircut all around;

n3
a long racing sled (for 2 or more people) with a steering mechanism;

- syn. bobsled, bobsleigh;

n4
a hanging weight, especially a metal ball on a string;

n5
a small float usually made of cork;

- attached to a fishing line;

- syn. bobber, bobfloat, cork;

n6
a short or shortened tail of certain animals;

- syn. bobtail, dock;

n7
a short abrupt inclination (as of the head);

- "he gave me a short bob of acknowledgement";

v1
move up and down repeatedly;

- "her rucksack bobbed gently on her back";

v2
ride a bobsled;

- "The boys bobbed down the hill screaming with pleasure";

- syn. bobsled;

v3
remove or shorten the tail of an animal;

- syn. dock, tail;

v4
make a curtsy;

- usually done only by girls and women;

- as a sign of respect;

- "She curtsied when she shook the Queen's hand";

- syn. curtsy;

v5
cut hair in the style of a bob;

- "Bernice bobs her hair these days!";

bob about
v1
move up and down with no specific path;

- "the cork bobbed around in the pool";

- syn. bob around;

bob around
v1
move up and down with no specific path;

- "the cork bobbed around in the pool";

- syn. bob about;

Bob Dylan
n1
United States songwriter noted for his protest songs (born in 1941);

- syn. Dylan;

Bob Hope
n1
United States comedian (born in England) who appeared in films with Bing Crosby (1903-2003);

- syn. Hope, Leslie Townes Hope;

Bob Marley
n1
Jamaican singer who popularized reggae (1945-1981);

- syn. Marley, Robert Nesta Marley;

Bob Mathias
n1
United States athlete who won Olympic gold medals in the decathlon (born in 1930);

- syn. Mathias, Robert Bruce Mathias;

bob under
v1
disappear suddenly, as if under the surface of a body of water;

bob up
v1
originate or come into being;

- "a question arose";

- syn. arise, come up;

Bob Woodward
n1
United States chemist honored for synthesizing complex organic compounds (1917-1979);

- syn. Robert Burns Woodward, Robert Woodward, Woodward;

bobber
n1
a small float usually made of cork;

- attached to a fishing line;

- syn. bob, bobfloat, cork;

bobbin / b ɒ b ɪ n /
n1
a winder around which thread or tape or film or other flexible materials can be wound;

- syn. reel, spool;

bobbin lace
n1
a handmade lace worked on a pillow with threads wound on bobbins;

- the pattern is marked out on the pillow by pins;

- syn. pillow lace;

bobble
n1
the momentary juggling of a batted or thrown baseball;

- "the second baseman made a bobble but still had time to throw the runner out";

v1
make a mess of, destroy or ruin;

- "I botched the dinner and we had to eat out";

- "the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement";

- syn. ball up, blow, bodge, bollix, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up, botch, botch up, bumble, bungle, flub, fluff, foul up, fuck up, fumble, louse up, mess up, mishandle, muck up, muff, screw up, spoil;

bobby / b ɒ b i /
n1
an informal term for a British policeman;

bobby-socker
n1
an adolescent girl wearing bobby socks (common in the 1940s);

- syn. bobbysoxer;

Bobby Fischer
n1
United States chess master;

- world champion from 1972 to 1975 (born in 1943);

- syn. Fischer, Robert James Fischer;

Bobby Jones
n1
United States golfer (1902-1971);

- syn. Jones, Robert Tyre Jones;

Bobby Orr
n1
Canadian hockey player (born 1948);

- syn. Orr, Robert Orr;

bobby pin
n1
a flat wire hairpin whose prongs press tightly together;

- used to hold bobbed hair in place;

- "in Britain they call a bobby pin a grip";

- syn. grip, hairgrip;

bobbysock
n1
a sock that reaches just above the ankle;

- syn. anklet, anklets, bobbysocks;

bobbysocks / b ɒ b i s ɒ k s /
n1
a sock that reaches just above the ankle;

- syn. anklet, anklets, bobbysock;

bobbysoxer / b ɒ b ɪ s ɒ k s ə , b ɒ b ɪ s ɒ k s ə ɹ /
n1
an adolescent girl wearing bobby socks (common in the 1940s);

- syn. bobby-socker;

bobcat / b ɒ b k æ t /
n1
small lynx of North America;

- syn. Lynx rufus, bay lynx;

bobfloat
n1
a small float usually made of cork;

- attached to a fishing line;

- syn. bob, bobber, cork;

bobolink / b ɒ b ə ɫ ɪ ŋ k /
n1
migratory American songbird;

- syn. Dolichonyx oryzivorus, reedbird, ricebird;

bobsled / b ɒ b s ɫ ɛ d /
n1
formerly two short sleds coupled together;

- syn. bobsleigh;

n2
a long racing sled (for 2 or more people) with a steering mechanism;

- syn. bob, bobsleigh;

v1
ride a bobsled;

- "The boys bobbed down the hill screaming with pleasure";

- syn. bob;

bobsledding / b ɒ b s ɫ ɛ d d ɪ ŋ /
n1
riding on a bobsled;

bobsleigh / b ɒ b s ɫ eɪ /
n1
formerly two short sleds coupled together;

- syn. bobsled;

n2
a long racing sled (for 2 or more people) with a steering mechanism;

- syn. bob, bobsled;

bobtail / b ɒ b t eɪ ɫ /
n1
a short or shortened tail of certain animals;

- syn. bob, dock;

n2
large sheepdog with a profuse shaggy bluish-grey-and-white coat and short tail;

- believed to trace back to the Roman occupation of Britain;

- syn. Old English sheepdog;

a1
having a short or shortened tail;

- "bobtail mare";

- syn. bobtailed;

- sim. caudate;

bobtailed / b ɒ b t eɪ ɫ d /
a1
having a short or shortened tail;

- "bobtail mare";

- syn. bobtail;

- sim. caudate;

bobwhite / b ɒ b w aɪ t /
n1
a popular North American game bird;

- named for its call;

- syn. bobwhite quail, partridge;

bobwhite quail
n1
a popular North American game bird;

- named for its call;

- syn. bobwhite, partridge;

Boccaccio
n1
Italian poet (born in France) (1313-1375);

- syn. Giovanni Boccaccio;

bocce
n1
Italian bowling played on a long narrow dirt court;

- syn. bocci, boccie;

bocce ball
n1
wooden ball that is bowled in the Italian game of bocce;

- syn. bocci ball, boccie ball;

bocci
n1
Italian bowling played on a long narrow dirt court;

- syn. bocce, boccie;

bocci ball
n1
wooden ball that is bowled in the Italian game of bocce;

- syn. bocce ball, boccie ball;

boccie
n1
Italian bowling played on a long narrow dirt court;

- syn. bocce, bocci;

boccie ball
n1
wooden ball that is bowled in the Italian game of bocce;

- syn. bocce ball, bocci ball;

bocconia
n1
herb of China and Japan widely cultivated for its plumelike panicles of creamy white flowers;

- syn. Macleaya cordata, plume poppy;

n2
small Central American tree having loose racemes of purple-tinted green flowers;

- syn. Bocconia frutescens, tree celandine;

Bocconia frutescens
n1
small Central American tree having loose racemes of purple-tinted green flowers;

- syn. bocconia, tree celandine;

Boche / b ɒ ʃ /
n1
offensive term for a person of German descent;

- syn. Hun, Jerry, Kraut, Krauthead;

bock
n1
a very strong lager traditionally brewed in the fall and aged through the winter for consumption in the spring;

- syn. bock beer;

bock beer
n1
a very strong lager traditionally brewed in the fall and aged through the winter for consumption in the spring;

- syn. bock;

bod
n1
alternative names for the body of a human being;

- "Leonardo studied the human body";

- "he has a strong physique";

- "the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak";

- syn. anatomy, build, chassis, figure, flesh, form, frame, human body, material body, physical body, physique, shape, soma;

bodacious
a1
incorrigible;

- "a bodacious gossip";

- sim. unmitigated;

a2
unrestrained by convention or propriety;

- "an audacious trick to pull";

- "a barefaced hypocrite";

- "the most bodacious display of tourism this side of Anaheim"- Los Angeles Times;

- "bald-faced lies";

- "brazen arrogance";

- "the modern world with its quick material successes and insolent belief in the boundless possibilities of progress"- Bertrand Russell;

- syn. audacious, bald-faced, barefaced, brassy, brazen, brazen-faced, insolent;

- sim. unashamed;

Boddhisatva
n1
Buddhist worthy of nirvana who postpones it to help others;

- syn. Bodhisattva;

bode / b oʊ d /
v1
indicate, as with a sign or an omen;

- "These signs bode bad news";

- syn. augur, auspicate, betoken, forecast, foreshadow, foretell, omen, portend, predict, prefigure, presage, prognosticate;

bodega / b oʊ d i ɡ ə /
n1
a small Hispanic shop selling wine and groceries;

Bodensee / b oʊ d ɛ n s i /
n1
a lake in southeastern Germany on the northern side of the Swiss Alps;

- forms part of the Rhine River;

- syn. Constance, Lake Constance;

bodge
v1
make a mess of, destroy or ruin;

- "I botched the dinner and we had to eat out";

- "the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement";

- syn. ball up, blow, bobble, bollix, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up, botch, botch up, bumble, bungle, flub, fluff, foul up, fuck up, fumble, louse up, mess up, mishandle, muck up, muff, screw up, spoil;

Bodhisattva
n1
Buddhist worthy of nirvana who postpones it to help others;

- syn. Boddhisatva;

bodice / b ɒ d ɪ s /
n1
part of a dress above the waist;

bodice ripper
n1
a romantic novel containing scenes in which the heroine is sexually violated;

bodied / b ɒ d ɪ d /
a1
having a body or a body of a specified kind;

- often used in combination;

- "strong-bodied";

- "big-bodied";

- also corporeal, material;

- sim. incarnate, lithe-bodied, long-bodied, narrow-bodied, oval-bodied, short-bodied, silver-bodied, slim-bodied, smooth-bodied, thick-bodied;

a2
possessing or existing in bodily form;

- "what seemed corporal melted as breath into the wind"- Shakespeare;

- "an incarnate spirit";

- "`corporate' is an archaic term";

- syn. corporal, corporate, embodied, incarnate;

- sim. corporeal;

bodiless
a1
not having a material body;

- "bodiless ghosts";

- syn. discorporate, disembodied, unbodied, unembodied;

- sim. incorporeal;

a2
having no trunk or main part;

- "a bodiless head";

- syn. bodyless;

- sim. unbodied;

bodily / b ɒ d ə ɫ i /
a1
of or relating to or belonging to the body;

- "a bodily organ";

- "bodily functions";

a2
affecting or characteristic of the body as opposed to the mind or spirit;

- "bodily needs";

- "a corporal defect";

- "corporeal suffering";

- "a somatic symptom or somatic illness";

- syn. corporal, corporeal, somatic;

- sim. physical;

a3
having or relating to a physical material body;

- "bodily existence";

- sim. corporeal;

r1
in bodily form;

- "he was translated bodily to heaven";

bodily cavity
n1
(anatomy) a natural hollow or sinus within the body;

- syn. cavity, cavum;

bodily fluid
n1
the liquid parts of the body;

- syn. body fluid, humor, humour, liquid body substance;

bodily function
n1
an organic process that takes place in the body;

- "respiratory activity";

- syn. activity, bodily process, body process;

bodily process
n1
an organic process that takes place in the body;

- "respiratory activity";

- syn. activity, bodily function, body process;

bodily property
n1
an attribute of the body;

bodily structure
n1
a particular complex anatomical part of a living thing and its construction and arrangement;

- "he has good bone structure";

- syn. anatomical structure, body structure, complex body part, structure;

boding / b oʊ d ɪ ŋ /
n1
a feeling of evil to come;

- "a steadily escalating sense of foreboding";

- "the lawyer had a presentiment that the judge would dismiss the case";

- syn. foreboding, premonition, presentiment;

bodkin / b ɒ d k ɪ n /
n1
a dagger with a slender blade;

- syn. poniard;

n2
formerly a long hairpin;

- usually with an ornamental head;

n3
a small sharp-pointed tool for punching holes in leather or fabric;

n4
a blunt needle for threading ribbon through loops;

- syn. threader;

Bodo-Garo
n1
Kamarupan languages spoken in the state of Assam in northeastern India;

- syn. Barish;

Bodoni
n1
Italian printer who designed the Bodoni font (1740-1813);

- syn. Gianbattista Bodoni;

n2
a typeface (based on an 18th century design by Gianbattista Bodoni) distinguished by regular shape and hairline serifs and heavy downstrokes;

- syn. Bodoni font, modern, modern font;

Bodoni font
n1
a typeface (based on an 18th century design by Gianbattista Bodoni) distinguished by regular shape and hairline serifs and heavy downstrokes;

- syn. Bodoni, modern, modern font;

body / b ɒ d i /
n1
the entire physical structure of an organism (an animal, plant, or human being);

- "he felt as if his whole body were on fire";

- syn. organic structure;

n2
a group of persons associated by some common tie or occupation and regarded as an entity;

- "the whole body filed out of the auditorium";

- "the student body";

- "administrative body";

n3
a natural object consisting of a dead animal or person;

- "they found the body in the lake";

- syn. dead body;

n4
an individual 3-dimensional object that has mass and that is distinguishable from other objects;

- "heavenly body";

n5
the body excluding the head and neck and limbs;

- "they moved their arms and legs and bodies";

- syn. torso, trunk;

n6
a collection of particulars considered as a system;

- "a body of law";

- "a body of doctrine";

- "a body of precedents";

n7
the property of holding together and retaining its shape;

- "wool has more body than rayon";

- "when the dough has enough consistency it is ready to bake";

- syn. consistence, consistency, substance;

n8
the central message of a communication;

- "the body of the message was short";

n9
the main mass of a thing;

n10
a resonating chamber in a musical instrument (as the body of a violin);

- syn. soundbox;

n11
the external structure of a vehicle;

- "the body of the car was badly rusted";

v1
invest with or as with a body;

- give body to;

- syn. personify;

body-build
n1
constitution of the human body;

- syn. build, habitus, physique;

body-surf
v1
ride the crest of a wave without a surfboard;

body and soul
r1
with complete faith;

- "she was with him heart and soul";

- syn. heart and soul;

body armor
n1
armor that protects the wearer's whole body;

- syn. body armour, cataphract, coat of mail, suit of armor, suit of armour;

body armour
n1
armor that protects the wearer's whole body;

- syn. body armor, cataphract, coat of mail, suit of armor, suit of armour;

body bag
n1
a bag in which the body of a dead soldier is placed;

- syn. human remains pouch, personnel pouch;

body count
n1
a count of troops killed in an operation or time period;

- "the daily body count increased as the war went on";

body covering
n1
any covering for the body or a body part;

body English
n1
a motion of the body by a player as if to make an object already propelled go in the desired direction;

body fluid
n1
the liquid parts of the body;

- syn. bodily fluid, humor, humour, liquid body substance;

body forth
v1
represent in bodily form;

- "He embodies all that is evil wrong with the system";

- "The painting substantiates the feelings of the artist";

- syn. embody, incarnate, substantiate;

body guard
v1
accompany and protect from physical harm;

body hair
n1
short hair growing over a person's body;

body image
n1
an individual's idea as assessment of his or her own body;

- "some teenagers are obsessed with their body image";

body language
n1
communication via the movements or attitudes of the body;

body length
n1
the length of your body;

body lotion
n1
lotion applied to the body after bathing;

body louse
n1
a parasitic louse that infests the body of human beings;

- syn. Pediculus corporis, cootie;

body mass index
n1
a measure of someone's weight in relation to height;

- to calculate one's BMI, multiply one's weight in pounds and divide that by the square of one's height in inches;

- overweight is a BMI greater than 25;

- obese is a BMI greater than 30;

- syn. BMI;

body odor
n1
malodorousness resulting from a failure to bathe;

- syn. B.O., body odour;

body odour
n1
malodorousness resulting from a failure to bathe;

- syn. B.O., body odor;

body of water
n1
the part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean);

- "they invaded our territorial waters";

- "they were sitting by the water's edge";

- syn. water;

body of work
n1
the total output of a writer or artist (or a substantial part of it);

- "he studied the entire Wagnerian oeuvre";

- "Picasso's work can be divided into periods";

- syn. oeuvre, work;

body pad
n1
a pad worn by hockey goalkeeper;

body part
n1
any part of an organism such as an organ or extremity;

body plethysmograph
n1
plethysmograph consisting of a chamber surrounding the entire body;

- used in studies of respiration;

body politic
n1
a politically organized body of people under a single government;

- "the state has elected a new president";

- "African nations";

- "students who had come to the nation's capitol";

- "the country's largest manufacturer";

- "an industrialized land";

- syn. commonwealth, country, land, nation, res publica, state;

body process
n1
an organic process that takes place in the body;

- "respiratory activity";

- syn. activity, bodily function, bodily process;

body servant
n1
a valet or personal maid;

body snatcher
n1
someone who takes bodies from graves and sells them for anatomical dissection;

- syn. ghoul, graverobber;

body stocking
n1
a one-piece tight-fitting undergarment for women that covers the torso (and may have sleeves and legs);

body structure
n1
a particular complex anatomical part of a living thing and its construction and arrangement;

- "he has good bone structure";

- syn. anatomical structure, bodily structure, complex body part, structure;

body substance
n1
the substance of the body;

body suit
n1
a tight-fitting garment of stretchy material that covers the body from the shoulders to the thighs (and may have long sleeves or legs reaching down to the ankles);

- worn by ballet dancers and acrobats for practice or performance;

- syn. cat suit, leotard, unitard;

body temperature
n1
temperature of the body;

- normally 98.6 F or 37 C in humans;

- usually measured to obtain a quick evaluation of a person's health;

- syn. blood heat;

body type
n1
a category of physique;

- syn. somatotype;

body waste
n1
waste matter (as urine or sweat but especially feces) discharged from the body;

- syn. excrement, excreta, excretion, excretory product;

body weight
n1
the weight of a person's body;

bodybuilder / b ɒ d i b ɪ ɫ d ə /
n1
someone who does special exercises to develop a brawny musculature;

- syn. muscle-builder, muscle builder, musclebuilder, muscleman;

bodybuilding / b ɒ d i b ɪ ɫ d ɪ ŋ /
n1
exercise that builds muscles through tension;

- syn. anaerobic exercise, muscle building, musclebuilding;

bodyguard / b ɒ d ɪ ɡ ɑ d /
n1
someone who escorts and protects a prominent person;

- syn. escort;

n2
a group of men who escort and protect some important person;

bodyless
a1
having no trunk or main part;

- "a bodiless head";

- syn. bodiless;

- sim. unbodied;

bodypaint
v1
apply paint to a body;

bodywork / b ɒ d ɪ w ɝ k /
n1
the exterior body of a motor vehicle;

n2
the work of making or repairing vehicle bodies;

Boehm
n1
German mystic and theosophist who founded modern theosophy;

- influenced George Fox (1575-1624);

- syn. Behmen, Boehme, Bohme, Jakob Behmen, Jakob Boehm, Jakob Boehme, Jakob Bohme;

Boehme
n1
German mystic and theosophist who founded modern theosophy;

- influenced George Fox (1575-1624);

- syn. Behmen, Boehm, Bohme, Jakob Behmen, Jakob Boehm, Jakob Boehme, Jakob Bohme;

Boehmenism
n1
the mystical theological doctrine of Jakob Boehme that influenced the Quakers;

- syn. Behmenism;

Boehmeria
n1
false nettle;

- syn. genus Boehmeria;

Boehmeria nivea
n1
tall perennial herb of tropical Asia with dark green leaves;

- cultivated for the fiber from its woody stems that resembles flax;

- syn. China grass, Chinese silk plant, ramee, ramie;

Boell
n1
German novelist and writer of short stories (1917-1985);

- syn. Heinrich Boell, Heinrich Theodor Boell;

Boeotia
n1
a district of ancient Greece to the northwest of Athens;

Boeotian / b i oʊ ʃ j ə n /
a1
of or relating to ancient Boeotia or its people or to the dialect spoken there in classical times;

- "Boeotian dialects";

Boer / b oʊ ə , b oʊ ə ɹ /
n1
a white native of Cape Province who is a descendant of Dutch settlers and who speaks Afrikaans;

- syn. Afrikander, Afrikaner;

Boer War
n1
either of two wars: the first when the Boers fought England in order to regain the independence they had given up to obtain British help against the Zulus (1880-1881);

- the second when the Orange Free State and Transvaal declared war on Britain (1899-1902);

Boethius
n1
a Roman who was an early Christian philosopher and statesman who was executed for treason;

- Boethius had a decisive influence on medieval logic (circa 480-524);

- syn. Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius;

boeuf
n1
meat from an adult domestic bovine;

- syn. beef;

boeuf Bourguignonne
n1
beef and mushrooms and onions stewed in red wine and seasonings;

- syn. beef Bourguignonne;

boeuf fondu bourguignon
n1
cubes of beef cooked in hot oil and then dipped in various tasty sauces;

- syn. beef fondue;

boffin / b ɒ f ɪ n /
n1
(British slang) a scientist or technician engaged in military research;

boffo
a1
resoundingly successful and popular;

- "for years he was a boffo box office certainty";

- sim. successful;

Bofors gun
n1
an automatic double-barreled antiaircraft gun;

bog / b ɒ ɡ /
n1
wet spongy ground of decomposing vegetation;

- has poorer drainage than a swamp;

- soil is unfit for cultivation but can be cut and dried and used for fuel;

- syn. peat bog;

v1
cause to slow down or get stuck;

- "The vote would bog down the house";

- syn. bog down;

v2
get stuck while doing something;

- "She bogged down many times while she wrote her dissertation";

- syn. bog down;

bog asphodel
n1
either of two herbaceous rushlike bog plants having small yellow flowers and grasslike leaves;

- north temperate regions;

bog aster
n1
a variety of aster;

bog bilberry
n1
an evergreen shrub with leathery leaves;

- syn. Vaccinium uliginosum alpinum, bog whortleberry, moor berry;

bog candles
n1
orchid with spikes of many fragrant white flowers on erect leafy stems;

- of wet or boggy ground through most of the West and northern North America;

- syn. Habenaria dilatata, bog rein orchid;

bog down
v1
get stuck while doing something;

- "She bogged down many times while she wrote her dissertation";

- syn. bog;

v2
cause to get stuck as if in a mire;

- "The mud mired our cart";

- syn. mire;

v3
be unable to move further;

- "The car bogged down in the sand";

- syn. get stuck, grind to a halt, mire;

v4
cause to slow down or get stuck;

- "The vote would bog down the house";

- syn. bog;

bog hemp
n1
any of several flowering weeds of the genus Boehmeria lacking stinging hairs;

- syn. false nettle;

bog kalmia
n1
laurel of bogs of northwestern United States having small purple flowers and pale leaves that are glaucous beneath;

- syn. Kalmia polifolia, bog laurel, swamp laurel;

bog laurel
n1
laurel of bogs of northwestern United States having small purple flowers and pale leaves that are glaucous beneath;

- syn. Kalmia polifolia, bog kalmia, swamp laurel;

bog moss
n1
any of various pale or ashy mosses of the genus Sphagnum whose decomposed remains form peat;

- syn. peat moss, sphagnum, sphagnum moss;

bog myrtle
n1
perennial plant of Europe and America having racemes of white or purplish flowers and intensely bitter trifoliate leaves;

- often rooting at water margin and spreading across the surface;

- syn. Menyanthes trifoliata, bogbean, buckbean, marsh trefoil, water shamrock;

bog pimpernel
n1
small creeping European herb having delicate pink flowers;

- syn. Anagallis tenella;

bog plant
n1
a semiaquatic plant that grows in soft wet land;

- most are monocots: sedge, sphagnum, grasses, cattails, etc;

- possibly heath;

- syn. marsh plant, swamp plant;

bog rein orchid
n1
orchid with spikes of many fragrant white flowers on erect leafy stems;

- of wet or boggy ground through most of the West and northern North America;

- syn. Habenaria dilatata, bog candles;

bog rhubarb
n1
small Eurasian herb having broad leaves and lilac-pink rayless flowers;

- found in moist areas;

- syn. Petasites hybridus, Petasites vulgaris, butterbur;

bog rose
n1
a bog orchid with usually a solitary fragrant magenta pink blossom with a wide gaping corolla;

- Canada;

- syn. Arethusa bulbosa, dragon's mouth, wild pink;

bog rosemary
n1
wiry evergreen shrub having pendent clusters of white or pink flowers;

- of wet acidic areas in Arctic and Canada to northeastern United States;

- syn. Andromeda glaucophylla, moorwort;

bog soil
n1
poorly drained soils on top of peat and under marsh or swamp vegetation;

bog spavin
n1
spavin caused by collection of fluids;

bog star
n1
plant having ovate leaves in a basal rosette and white starlike flowers netted with green;

- syn. Parnassia palustris;

bog whortleberry
n1
an evergreen shrub with leathery leaves;

- syn. Vaccinium uliginosum alpinum, bog bilberry, moor berry;

Bogart / b ɒ ɡ ɑ t /
n1
United States film actor (1899-1957);

- syn. Humphrey Bogart, Humphrey DeForest Bogart;

Bogartian
a1
of or relating to or in the style of Humphrey Bogart;

bogbean
n1
perennial plant of Europe and America having racemes of white or purplish flowers and intensely bitter trifoliate leaves;

- often rooting at water margin and spreading across the surface;

- syn. Menyanthes trifoliata, bog myrtle, buckbean, marsh trefoil, water shamrock;

bogey / b oʊ ɡ i /
n1
an evil spirit;

- syn. bogie, bogy;

n2
(golf) a score of one stroke over par on a hole;

n3
an unidentified (and possibly enemy) aircraft;

- syn. bogie, bogy;

v1
to shoot in one stroke over par;

bogeyman / b oʊ ɡ ɪ m æ n /
n1
an imaginary monster used to frighten children;

- syn. booger, boogeyman, bugaboo, bugbear;

boggle / b ɒ ɡ ɫ /
v1
startle with amazement or fear;

v2
hesitate when confronted with a problem, or when in doubt or fear;

v3
overcome with amazement;

- "This boggles the mind!";

- syn. bowl over, flabbergast;

boggy / b ɒ ɡ i /
a1
(of soil) soft and watery;

- "the ground was boggy under foot";

- "a marshy coastline";

- "miry roads";

- "wet mucky lowland";

- "muddy barnyard";

- "quaggy terrain";

- "the sloughy edge of the pond";

- "swampy bayous";

- syn. marshy, miry, mucky, muddy, quaggy, sloppy, sloughy, soggy, squashy, swampy, waterlogged;

- sim. wet;

bogie / b oʊ ɡ i /
n1
an evil spirit;

- syn. bogey, bogy;

n2
an unidentified (and possibly enemy) aircraft;

- syn. bogey, bogy;

bogmat
n1
having narrow flat sickle-shaped submerged fronds;

- North America;

- syn. Wolffiella gladiata, mud midget;

Bogota / b ɒ ɡ ə t ɑ /
n1
capital and largest city of Colombia;

- located in central Colombia on a high fertile plain;

- syn. capital of Colombia;

bogus / b oʊ ɡ ə s /
a1
fraudulent;

- having a misleading appearance;

- syn. bastard, fake, phoney, phony;

- sim. counterfeit;

bogy / b oʊ ɡ i /
n1
an unidentified (and possibly enemy) aircraft;

- syn. bogey, bogie;

n2
an evil spirit;

- syn. bogey, bogie;

Bohemia / b oʊ h i m ɪə /
n1
a historical area and former kingdom in the Czech Republic;

n2
a group of artists and writers with real or pretended artistic or intellectual aspirations and usually an unconventional life style;

Bohemian / b oʊ h i m ɪə n /
n1
a member of a people with dark skin and hair who speak Romany and who traditionally live by seasonal work and fortunetelling;

- they are believed to have originated in northern India but now are living on all continents (but mostly in Europe, North Africa, and North America);

- syn. Gipsy, Gypsy, Roma, Romani, Romany, Rommany;

n2
a native or inhabitant of Bohemia in the Czech Republic;

n3
a nonconformist writer or artist who lives an unconventional life;

a1
of or relating to Bohemia or its language or people;

a2
unconventional in especially appearance and behavior;

- "a bohemian life style";

- sim. unconventional;

Bohemian waxwing
n1
large waxwing of northern North America;

- similar to but larger than the cedar waxwing;

- syn. Bombycilla garrulus;

bohemianism / b oʊ h i m ɪə n ɪ z ə m /
n1
conduct characteristic of a bohemian;

Bohme
n1
German mystic and theosophist who founded modern theosophy;

- influenced George Fox (1575-1624);

- syn. Behmen, Boehm, Boehme, Jakob Behmen, Jakob Boehm, Jakob Boehme, Jakob Bohme;

Bohr
n1
Danish physicist who studied atomic structure and radiations;

- the Bohr theory of the atom accounted for the spectrum of hydrogen (1885-1962);

- syn. Niels Bohr, Niels Henrik David Bohr;

Bohr theory
n1
(physics) a theory of atomic structure that combined Rutherford's model with the quantum theory;

- electrons orbiting a nucleus can only be in certain stationary energy states and light is emitted when electrons jump from one energy state to another;

bohrium
n1
a transuranic element;

- syn. Bh, atomic number 107, element 107;

Boidae
n1
boas and pythons;

- syn. family Boidae;

boil / b ɔɪ ɫ /
n1
a painful sore with a hard core filled with pus;

- syn. furuncle;

n2
the temperature at which a liquid boils at sea level;

- "they brought the water to a boil";

- syn. boiling point;

v1
come to the boiling point and change from a liquid to vapor;

- "Water boils at 100 degrees Celsius";

v2
immerse or be immersed in a boiling liquid, often for cooking purposes;

- "boil potatoes";

- "boil wool";

v3
bring to, or maintain at, the boiling point;

- "boil this liquid until it evaporates";

v4
be agitated;

- "the sea was churning in the storm";

- syn. churn, moil, roil;

v5
be in an agitated emotional state;

- "The customer was seething with anger";

- syn. seethe;

boil down
v1
be the essential element;

- "The proposal boils down to a compromise";

- syn. come down, reduce;

v2
be cooked until very little liquid is left;

- "The sauce should reduce to one cup";

- syn. concentrate, decoct, reduce;

v3
cook until very little liquid is left;

- "The cook reduced the sauce by boiling it for a long time";

- syn. concentrate, reduce;

boil over
v1
overflow or cause to overflow while boiling;

- "The milk is boiling over";

- syn. overboil;

boil smut
n1
a common smut attacking Indian corn causing greyish white swellings that rupture to expose a black spore mass;

- syn. Ustilago maydis;

boiled / b ɔɪ ɫ d /
a1
cooked in hot water;

- syn. poached, stewed;

- sim. cooked;

boiled dinner
n1
corned beef simmered with onions and cabbage and usually other vegetables;

- syn. New England boiled dinner;

boiled egg
n1
egg cooked briefly in the shell in gently boiling water;

- syn. coddled egg;

boiler / b ɔɪ ɫ ə , b ɔɪ ɫ ə ɹ /
n1
sealed vessel where water is converted to steam;

- syn. steam boiler;

n2
a metal pot for stewing or boiling;

- usually has a lid;

- syn. kettle;

boilerplate / b ɔɪ ɫ ə p ɫ eɪ t /
n1
standard formulations uniformly found in certain types of legal documents or news stories;

n2
thick plate iron used in the production of boilers;

boilers suit
n1
a loose protective coverall or smock worn over ordinary clothing for dirty work;

- syn. boilersuit, overall;

boilersuit / b ɔɪ ɫ ə s u t /
n1
a loose protective coverall or smock worn over ordinary clothing for dirty work;

- syn. boilers suit, overall;

boiling / b ɔɪ ɫ ɪ ŋ /
n1
the application of heat to change something from a liquid to a gas;

n2
cooking in a liquid that has been brought to a boil;

- syn. simmering, stewing;

r1
extremely;

- "boiling mad";

boiling point
n1
the temperature at which a liquid boils at sea level;

- "they brought the water to a boil";

- syn. boil;

n2
being highly angry or excited;

- ready to boil over;

- "after an hour of waiting I was at the boiling point";

boiling water reactor
n1
a nuclear reactor that uses water as a coolant and moderator;

- the water boils in the reactor core and the steam produced can drive a steam turbine;

- syn. BWR;

Boise
n1
the capital and largest city of Idaho;

- syn. capital of Idaho;

boisterous / b ɔɪ s t ə ɹ ə s /
a1
noisy and lacking in restraint or discipline;

- "a boisterous crowd";

- "a social gathering that became rambunctious and out of hand";

- "a robustious group of teenagers";

- "beneath the rumbustious surface of his paintings is sympathy for the vulnerability of ordinary human beings";

- "an unruly class";

- syn. rambunctious, robustious, rumbustious, unruly;

- sim. disorderly;

a2
full of rough and exuberant animal spirits;

- "boisterous practical jokes";

- "knockabout comedy";

- syn. knockabout;

- sim. spirited;

a3
violently agitated and turbulent;

- "boisterous winds and waves";

- "the fierce thunders roar me their music"- Ezra Pound;

- "rough weather";

- "rough seas";

- syn. fierce, rough;

- sim. stormy;

boisterously / b ɔɪ s t ə ɹ ə s ɫ i /
r1
in a carefree manner;

- "she was rollickingly happy";

- syn. rollickingly;

boisterousness / b ɔɪ s t ə ɹ ə s n ɪ s /
n1
a turbulent and stormy state of the sea;

n2
the property of being noisy and lively and unrestrained;

bok choi
n1
Asiatic plant grown for its cluster of edible white stalks with dark green leaves;

- syn. Brassica rapa chinensis, Chinese white cabbage, bok choy, pak choi, pakchoi;

n2
elongated head of dark green leaves on thick white stalks;

- syn. bok choy;

bok choy
n1
Asiatic plant grown for its cluster of edible white stalks with dark green leaves;

- syn. Brassica rapa chinensis, Chinese white cabbage, bok choi, pak choi, pakchoi;

n2
elongated head of dark green leaves on thick white stalks;

- syn. bok choi;

Bokkos
n1
a Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria;

- syn. Daffo, Ron;

Bokmaal
n1
book language;

- one of two official languages of Norway;

- closely related to Danish;

- syn. Bokmal, Dano-Norwegian;

Bokmal
n1
book language;

- one of two official languages of Norway;

- closely related to Danish;

- syn. Bokmaal, Dano-Norwegian;

bola
n1
a cord fastened around the neck with an ornamental clasp and worn as a necktie;

- syn. bola tie, bolo, bolo tie;

n2
a rope with weights attached to the ends;

- is thrown to entangle the legs of an animal;

- of South American origin;

bola tie
n1
a cord fastened around the neck with an ornamental clasp and worn as a necktie;

- syn. bola, bolo, bolo tie;

Bolanci
n1
a Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria and closely related to Hausa;

- syn. Bole;

Bolbitis
n1
terrestrial or less than normally scandent ferns of tropical regions of northern hemisphere;

- syn. genus Bolbitis;

bold / b oʊ ɫ d /
n1
a typeface with thick heavy lines;

- syn. bold face, boldface;

a1
fearless and daring;

- "bold settlers on some foreign shore";

- "a bold speech";

- "a bold adventure";

- also adventuresome, adventurous, brave, courageous, fearless, forward, unafraid;

- sim. audacious, daredevil, emboldened, foolhardy, heroic, nervy, overreaching, overvaliant;

a2
clear and distinct;

- "bold handwriting";

- "a figure carved in bold relief";

- "a bold design";

- sim. conspicuous;

a3
very steep;

- having a prominent and almost vertical front;

- "a bluff headland";

- "where the bold chalk cliffs of England rise";

- "a sheer descent of rock";

- syn. bluff, sheer;

- sim. steep;

bold face
n1
a typeface with thick heavy lines;

- syn. bold, boldface;

BOLD FMRI
n1
functional magnetic resonance imaging that relies on intrinsic changes in hemoglobin oxygenation;

- syn. blood-oxygenation level dependent functional magnetic resonance imaging;

boldface / b oʊ ɫ d f eɪ s /
n1
a typeface with thick heavy lines;

- syn. bold, bold face;

v1
print in boldface;

boldly / b oʊ ɫ d ɫ i /
r1
with boldness, in a bold manner;

- "we must tackle these tasks boldly";

boldness / b oʊ ɫ d n ə s /
n1
the trait of being willing to undertake things that involve risk or danger;

- "the proposal required great boldness";

- "the plan required great hardiness of heart";

- syn. daring, hardihood, hardiness;

n2
impudent aggressiveness;

- "I couldn't believe her boldness";

- "he had the effrontery to question my honesty";

- syn. brass, cheek, face, nerve;

n3
the quality of standing out strongly and distinctly;

- syn. strikingness;

bole / b oʊ ɫ /
n1
a soft oily clay used as a pigment (especially a reddish brown pigment);

n2
the main stem of a tree;

- usually covered with bark;

- the bole is usually the part that is commercially useful for lumber;

- syn. tree trunk, trunk;

n3
a Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria and closely related to Hausa;

- syn. Bolanci;

bolero / b ə ɫ eə ɹ oʊ /
n1
music written in the rhythm of the bolero dance;

n2
a short jacket;

- worn mostly by women;

n3
a Spanish dance in triple time accompanied by guitar and castanets;

Boletaceae
n1
family of fleshy fungi having the germ pores easily separating from the cup and often from each other;

- syn. family Boletaceae;

bolete
n1
any fungus of the family Boletaceae;

Boletellus
n1
a genus of fungi belonging to the family Boletaceae;

- syn. genus Boletellus;

Boletellus russellii
n1
a fungus with a long coarsely shaggy reticulate stalk and a rimose areolate cap surface;

Boletus
n1
type genus of Boletaceae;

- genus of soft early-decaying pore fungi;

- some poisonous and some edible;

- syn. genus Boletus;

Boletus chrysenteron
n1
a fungus convex cap and a dingy yellow under surface and a dry stalk;

Boletus edulis
n1
an edible and choice fungus;

- has a convex cap that is slightly viscid when fresh and moist but soon dries and a thick bulbous tan stalk;

Boletus frostii
n1
a fungus with a red cap and a red coarsely reticulate stalk;

- syn. Frost's bolete;

Boletus luridus
n1
a poisonous fungus with a dingy yellow cap and orange red undersurface and a cylindrical reticulate stalk;

Boletus mirabilis
n1
a fungus that is edible when young and fresh;

- has a dark brown convex cap with a yellow to greenish under surface and reddish stalk;

Boletus pallidus
n1
a fungus that has an off-white cap when it is young but later becomes dingy brown and a stalk of the same color;

- the under surface of the cap (the tubes) a pale greenish yellow;

Boletus pulcherrimus
n1
a beautiful but poisonous bolete;

- has a brown cap with a scarlet pore surface and a thick reticulate stalk;

Boletus pulverulentus
n1
an edible fungus with a broadly convex blackish brown cap and a pore surface that is yellow when young and darkens with age;

- stalk is thick and enlarges toward the base;

Boletus roxanae
n1
a fungus with a rusty red cap and a white pore surface that becomes yellow with age and a pale yellow stalk;

Boletus subvelutipes
n1
a fungus with a velvety stalk and usually a dingy brown cap;

- injured areas turn blue instantly;

Boletus variipes
n1
an edible (but not choice) fungus found on soil under hardwoods;

- has a dry convex cap with whitish under surface and a reticulate stalk;

Boletus zelleri
n1
an edible and choice fungus that has a brown cap with greenish yellow under surface and a stalk that become dull red with age;

Boleyn
n1
the second wife of Henry VIII and mother of Elizabeth I;

- was executed on a charge of adultery (1507-1536);

- syn. Anne Boleyn;

bolide
n1
an especially luminous meteor (sometimes exploding);

- syn. fireball;

Bolingbroke
n1
the first Lancastrian king of England from 1399 to 1413;

- deposed Richard II and suppressed rebellions (1367-1413);

- syn. Henry Bolingbroke, Henry IV;

bolivar
n1
the basic unit of money in Venezuela;

- equal to 100 centimos;

n2
Venezuelan statesman who led the revolt of South American colonies against Spanish rule;

- founded Bolivia in 1825 (1783-1830);

- syn. El Libertador, Simon Bolivar;

Bolivia / b ə ɫ ɪ v ɪə /
n1
a landlocked republic in central South America;

- Simon Bolivar founded Bolivia in 1825 after winning independence from Spain;

- syn. Republic of Bolivia;

n2
a form of canasta in which sequences can be melded;

Bolivian / b ə ɫ ɪ v ɪə n /
n1
a native or inhabitant of Bolivia;

a1
of or relating to or characteristic of Bolivia or its people;

Bolivian monetary unit
n1
monetary unit in Bolivia;

boliviano
n1
the basic unit of money in Bolivia;

- equal to 100 centavos;

boll / b oʊ ɫ /
n1
the rounded seed-bearing capsule of a cotton or flax plant;

boll weevil
n1
greyish weevil that lays its eggs in cotton bolls destroying the cotton;

- syn. Anthonomus grandis;

bollard / b ɒ ɫ ə d /
n1
a strong post (as on a wharf or quay or ship for attaching mooring lines);

- "the road was closed to vehicular traffic with bollards";

- syn. bitt;

bollix
v1
make a mess of, destroy or ruin;

- "I botched the dinner and we had to eat out";

- "the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement";

- syn. ball up, blow, bobble, bodge, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up, botch, botch up, bumble, bungle, flub, fluff, foul up, fuck up, fumble, louse up, mess up, mishandle, muck up, muff, screw up, spoil;

bollix up
v1
make a mess of, destroy or ruin;

- "I botched the dinner and we had to eat out";

- "the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement";

- syn. ball up, blow, bobble, bodge, bollix, bollocks, bollocks up, botch, botch up, bumble, bungle, flub, fluff, foul up, fuck up, fumble, louse up, mess up, mishandle, muck up, muff, screw up, spoil;

bollock / b ɒ ɫ ə k /
n1
one of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens;

- "she kicked him in the balls and got away";

- syn. ball, ballock, egg, nut, orchis, testicle, testis;

n2
a pulley-block at the head of a topmast;

- syn. bullock block;

bollocks / b ɒ ɫ ə k s /
v1
make a mess of, destroy or ruin;

- "I botched the dinner and we had to eat out";

- "the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement";

- syn. ball up, blow, bobble, bodge, bollix, bollix up, bollocks up, botch, botch up, bumble, bungle, flub, fluff, foul up, fuck up, fumble, louse up, mess up, mishandle, muck up, muff, screw up, spoil;

bollocks up
v1
make a mess of, destroy or ruin;

- "I botched the dinner and we had to eat out";

- "the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement";

- syn. ball up, blow, bobble, bodge, bollix, bollix up, bollocks, botch, botch up, bumble, bungle, flub, fluff, foul up, fuck up, fumble, louse up, mess up, mishandle, muck up, muff, screw up, spoil;

bollworm
n1
any of various moth caterpillars that destroy cotton bolls;

Bollywood
n1
the film industry of India;

bolo / b oʊ ɫ oʊ /
n1
a cord fastened around the neck with an ornamental clasp and worn as a necktie;

- syn. bola, bola tie, bolo tie;

n2
long heavy knife with a single edge;

- of Philippine origin;

- syn. bolo knife;

bolo knife
n1
long heavy knife with a single edge;

- of Philippine origin;

- syn. bolo;

bolo tie
n1
a cord fastened around the neck with an ornamental clasp and worn as a necktie;

- syn. bola, bola tie, bolo;

Bologna / b ə ɫ ɒ n j ə /
n1
the capital of Emilia-Romagna;

- located in northern Italy to the east of the Apennines;

n2
large smooth-textured smoked sausage of beef and veal and pork;

- syn. Bologna sausage;

Bologna sausage
n1
large smooth-textured smoked sausage of beef and veal and pork;

- syn. bologna;

bolognese pasta sauce
n1
sauce for pasta;

- contains mushrooms and ham and chopped vegetables and beef and tomato paste;

bologram
n1
record or recording made by a bolometer;

- syn. bolograph;

bolograph
n1
record or recording made by a bolometer;

- syn. bologram;

bolographic
a1
of or relating to a bolograph;

bolometer / b oʊ ɫ ɒ m ɪ t ə /
n1
an instrument that measures heat radiation;

- extremely sensitive;

bolometric / b oʊ ɫ oʊ m ɛ t ɹ ɪ k /
a1
of or relating to a bolometer;

boloney / b ə ɫ oʊ n i /
n1
pretentious or silly talk or writing;

- syn. baloney, bilgewater, bosh, drool, humbug, taradiddle, tarradiddle, tommyrot, tosh, twaddle;

Bolshevik / b ɒ ɫ ʃ ə v ɪ k /
n1
emotionally charged terms used to refer to extreme radicals or revolutionaries;

- syn. Marxist, bolshie, bolshy, red;

n2
a Russian member of the left-wing majority group that followed Lenin and eventually became the Russian communist party;

- syn. Bolshevist;

a1
of or relating to Bolshevism;

- "Bolshevik Revolution";

- syn. Bolshevist, Bolshevistic;

bolshevise
v1
make Communist or bring in accord with Communist principles;

- "communize the government";

- syn. bolshevize, communise, communize;

Bolshevism / b ɒ ɫ ʃ ɪ v ɪ z ə m /
n1
Soviet communism;

- syn. collectivism, sovietism;

Bolshevist / b ɒ ɫ ʃ ɪ v ɪ s t /
n1
a Russian member of the left-wing majority group that followed Lenin and eventually became the Russian communist party;

- syn. Bolshevik;

a1
of or relating to Bolshevism;

- "Bolshevik Revolution";

- syn. Bolshevik, Bolshevistic;

Bolshevistic / b ɒ ɫ ʃ ɪ v ɪ s t ɪ k /
a1
of or relating to Bolshevism;

- "Bolshevik Revolution";

- syn. Bolshevik, Bolshevist;

bolshevize
v1
make Communist or bring in accord with Communist principles;

- "communize the government";

- syn. bolshevise, communise, communize;

bolshie / b ɒ ɫ ʃ i /
n1
emotionally charged terms used to refer to extreme radicals or revolutionaries;

- syn. Bolshevik, Marxist, bolshy, red;

bolshy / b ɒ ɫ ʃ i /
n1
emotionally charged terms used to refer to extreme radicals or revolutionaries;

- syn. Bolshevik, Marxist, bolshie, red;

a1
obstreperous;

- syn. stroppy;

- sim. stubborn;

bolster / b oʊ ɫ s t ə , b oʊ ɫ s t ə ɹ /
n1
a pillow that is often put across a bed underneath the regular pillows;

- syn. long pillow;

v1
support and strengthen;

- "bolster morale";

- syn. bolster up;

v2
prop up with a pillow or bolster;

v3
add padding to;

- "pad the seat of the chair";

- syn. pad;

bolster up
v1
support and strengthen;

- "bolster morale";

- syn. bolster;

bolt / b oʊ ɫ t /
n1
a discharge of lightning accompanied by thunder;

- syn. bolt of lightning, thunderbolt;

n2
a sliding bar in a breech-loading firearm that ejects an empty cartridge and replaces it and closes the breech;

n3
the part of a lock that is engaged or withdrawn with a key;

- syn. deadbolt;

n4
the act of moving with great haste;

- "he made a dash for the door";

- syn. dash;

n5
a roll of cloth or wallpaper of a definite length;

n6
a screw that screws into a nut to form a fastener;

n7
a sudden abandonment (as from a political party);

v1
move or jump suddenly;

- "She bolted from her seat";

v2
secure or lock with a bolt;

- "bolt the door";

v3
swallow hastily;

v4
run away;

- usually includes taking something or somebody along;

- "The thief made off with our silver";

- "the accountant absconded with the cash from the safe";

- syn. abscond, absquatulate, decamp, go off, make off, run off;

v5
leave suddenly and as if in a hurry;

- "The listeners bolted when he discussed his strange ideas";

- "When she started to tell silly stories, I ran out";

- syn. beetle off, bolt out, run off, run out;

v6
eat hastily without proper chewing;

- "Don't bolt your food!";

- syn. gobble;

v7
make or roll into bolts;

- "bolt fabric";

r1
in a rigid manner;

- "the body was rigidly erect";

- "he sat bolt upright";

- syn. rigidly, stiffly;

r2
directly;

- "he ran bang into the pole";

- "ran slap into her";

- syn. bang, slap, slapdash, smack;

bolt-hole / b oʊ ɫ t h oʊ ɫ /
n1
a hole through which an animal may bolt when pursued into its burrow or den;

bolt cutter
n1
an implement for cutting bolts;

bolt down
v1
drink down entirely;

- "He downed three martinis before dinner";

- "She killed a bottle of brandy that night";

- "They popped a few beer after work";

- syn. belt down, down, drink down, kill, pop, pour down, toss off;

v2
eat a large amount of food quickly;

- "The children gobbled down most of the birthday cake";

- syn. garbage down, gobble up, shovel in;

bolt of lightning
n1
a discharge of lightning accompanied by thunder;

- syn. bolt, thunderbolt;

bolt out
v1
leave suddenly and as if in a hurry;

- "The listeners bolted when he discussed his strange ideas";

- "When she started to tell silly stories, I ran out";

- syn. beetle off, bolt, run off, run out;

bolti
n1
important food fish of the Nile and other rivers of Africa and Asia Minor;

- syn. Tilapia nilotica;

Boltonia
n1
genus of tall leafy perennial herbs of eastern America and eastern Asia having flowers that resemble asters;

- syn. genus Boltonia;

Boltzmann
n1
Austrian physicist who contributed to the kinetic theory of gases (1844-1906);

- syn. Ludwig Boltzmann;

Boltzmann's constant
n1
constant used in the calculation of the ideal gas constant;

Boltzmann distribution law
n1
(physics) a law expressing the distribution of energy among the molecules of a gas in thermal equilibrium;

- syn. Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution law;

bolus / b oʊ ɫ ə s /
n1
a small round soft mass (as of chewed food);

n2
a large pill;

- used especially in veterinary medicine;

Bolzano / b ɒ ɫ z ɑ n oʊ /
n1
an Italian city in Trentino-Alto Adige near the Austrian border;

- noted as a resort and for its Alpine scenery;

Bomarea
n1
large genus of tropical American vines having showy often spotted umbellate flowers;

- sometimes placed in family Liliaceae especially subfamily Alstroemeriaceae;

- syn. genus Bomarea;

Bomarea edulis
n1
tropical vine having pink-and-yellow flowers spotted purple and edible roots sometimes boiled as a potato substitute;

- West Indies to northern South America;

- syn. salsilla;

Bomarea salsilla
n1
tropical vine having umbels of small purple flowers and edible roots sometimes boiled as a potato substitute;

- Colombia;

- syn. salsilla;

bomb / b ɒ m /
n1
an explosive device fused to explode under specific conditions;

n2
strong sealed vessel for measuring heat of combustion;

- syn. bomb calorimeter;

n3
an event that fails badly or is totally ineffectual;

- "the first experiment was a real turkey";

- "the meeting was a dud as far as new business was concerned";

- syn. dud, turkey;

v1
throw bombs at or attack with bombs;

- "The Americans bombed Dresden";

- syn. bombard;

v2
fail to get a passing grade;

- "She studied hard but failed nevertheless";

- "Did I fail the test?";

- syn. fail, flunk, flush it;

bomb blast
n1
the explosion of a bomb;

bomb calorimeter
n1
strong sealed vessel for measuring heat of combustion;

- syn. bomb;

bomb out
v1
make somebody homeless by destroying their houses with bombs;

bomb rack
n1
a device on an aircraft for carrying bombs;

bomb shelter
n1
a chamber (often underground) reinforced against bombing and provided with food and living facilities;

- used during air raids;

- syn. air-raid shelter, bombproof;

bomb site
n1
an area in a town that has been devastated by bombs;

- "they opened a parking lot on the bomb site";

bomb up
v1
load an aircraft with bombs;

Bombacaceae
n1
tropical trees with large dry or fleshy fruit containing usually woolly seeds;

- syn. family Bombacaceae;

bombard / b ɒ m b ɑ d /
n1
a large shawm;

- the bass member of the shawm family;

- syn. bombardon;

v1
cast, hurl, or throw repeatedly with some missile;

- "They pelted each other with snowballs";

- syn. pelt;

v2
throw bombs at or attack with bombs;

- "The Americans bombed Dresden";

- syn. bomb;

v3
address with continuously or persistently, as if with a barrage;

- "The speaker was barraged by an angry audience";

- "The governor was bombarded with requests to grant a pardon to the convicted killer";

- syn. barrage;

v4
direct high energy particles or radiation against;

bombardier / b ɒ m b ə d ɪə , b ɒ m b ə d ɪə ɹ /
n1
a noncommissioned officer in the British artillery;

n2
the member of a bomber crew responsible for using the bombsight and releasing the bombs on the target;

bombardier beetle
n1
beetle that ejects audibly a pungent vapor when disturbed;

bombardment / b ɒ m b ɑ d m ə n t /
n1
the rapid and continuous delivery of linguistic communication (spoken or written);

- "a barrage of questions";

- "a bombardment of mail complaining about his mistake";

- syn. barrage, onslaught, outpouring;

n2
the heavy fire of artillery to saturate an area rather than hit a specific target;

- "they laid down a barrage in front of the advancing troops";

- "the shelling went on for hours without pausing";

- syn. barrage, barrage fire, battery, shelling;

n3
the act (or an instance) of subjecting a body or substance to the impact of high-energy particles (as electrons or alpha rays);

n4
an attack by dropping bombs;

- syn. bombing;

bombardon / b ɒ m b ɑ d n /
n1
a tuba that coils over the shoulder of the musician;

- syn. helicon;

n2
a large shawm;

- the bass member of the shawm family;

- syn. bombard;

bombast / b ɒ m b æ s t /
n1
pompous or pretentious talk or writing;

- syn. blah, claptrap, fustian, rant;

bombastic / b ɒ m b æ s t ɪ k /
a1
ostentatiously lofty in style;

- "a man given to large talk";

- "tumid political prose";

- syn. declamatory, large, orotund, tumid, turgid;

- sim. rhetorical;

bombastically / b ɒ m b æ s t ɪ k ɫ i /
r1
in a turgid manner;

- "he lectured bombastically about his theories";

- syn. turgidly;

r2
in a grandiose manner;

- "the building was bombastically spacious";

- syn. grandiosely;

Bombax
n1
trees of chiefly South America;

- syn. genus Bombax;

Bombax ceiba
n1
East Indian silk cotton tree yielding fibers inferior to kapok;

- syn. Bombax malabarica, red silk-cotton tree, simal;

Bombax malabarica
n1
East Indian silk cotton tree yielding fibers inferior to kapok;

- syn. Bombax ceiba, red silk-cotton tree, simal;

Bombay / b ɒ m b eɪ /
n1
a city in western India just off the coast of the Arabian Sea;

- India's 2nd largest city (after Calcutta);

- has the only natural deep-water harbor in western India;

- syn. Mumbai;

Bombay ceiba
n1
massive tropical tree with deep ridges on its massive trunk and bearing large pods of seeds covered with silky floss;

- source of the silky kapok fiber;

- syn. Ceiba pentandra, God tree, ceiba tree, kapok, silk-cotton tree, white silk-cotton tree;

Bombay hemp
n1
valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation;

- syn. Hibiscus cannabinus, Indian hemp, bimli, bimli hemp, deccan hemp, kanaf, kenaf;

bombazine
n1
a twilled fabric used for dresses;

- the warp is silk and the weft is worsted;

- "black bombazine is frequently used for mourning garments";

bomber / b ɒ m ə , b ɒ m ə ɹ /
n1
a military aircraft that drops bombs during flight;

n2
a person who plants bombs;

n3
a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments);

- different names are used in different sections of the United States;

- syn. Cuban sandwich, Italian sandwich, grinder, hero, hero sandwich, hoagie, hoagy, poor boy, sub, submarine, submarine sandwich, torpedo, wedge, zep;

bomber aircrew
n1
the crew of a bomber;

- syn. bomber crew;

bomber crew
n1
the crew of a bomber;

- syn. bomber aircrew;

Bomber Harris
n1
British marshal of the Royal Air Force;

- during World War II he directed mass bombing raids against German cities that resulted in heavy civilian casualties (1892-1984);

- syn. Harris, Sir Arthur Travers Harris;

bomber jacket
n1
a jacket gathered into a band at the waist;

bombie
n1
an unexploded bomblet;

- "unexploded bomblets known in Laos as `bombies' caused farmers to fear cultivating their fields";

bombilate
v1
make a buzzing sound;

- "bees were buzzing around the hive";

- syn. bombinate, buzz;

bombilation
n1
sound of rapid vibration;

- "the buzz of a bumble bee";

- syn. bombination, buzz;

Bombina
n1
fire-bellied toads;

- syn. genus Bombina;

Bombina bombina
n1
toad of central and eastern Europe having red or orange patches mixed with black on its underside;

- syn. fire-bellied toad;

bombinate
v1
make a buzzing sound;

- "bees were buzzing around the hive";

- syn. bombilate, buzz;

bombination
n1
sound of rapid vibration;

- "the buzz of a bumble bee";

- syn. bombilation, buzz;

bombing / b ɒ m ɪ ŋ /
n1
an attack by dropping bombs;

- syn. bombardment;

n2
the use of bombs for sabotage;

- a tactic frequently used by terrorists;

bombing run
n1
that part of the flight that begins with the approach to the target;

- includes target acquisition and ends with the release of the bombs;

bomblet
n1
one of the smaller bombs that are released from a cluster bomb;

- syn. cluster bomblet;

bombproof / b ɒ m p ɹ u f /
n1
a chamber (often underground) reinforced against bombing and provided with food and living facilities;

- used during air raids;

- syn. air-raid shelter, bomb shelter;

v1
make safe against bombings;

a1
able to resist the explosive force of bombs and shells;

- "bombproof shelter";

- syn. shellproof;

- sim. invulnerable;

bombshell / b ɒ m ʃ ɛ ɫ /
n1
an entertainer who has a sensational effect;

- "she was a blonde bombshell";

n2
a shocking surprise;

- "news of the attack came like a bombshell";

- syn. thunderbolt, thunderclap;

n3
an explosive bomb or artillery shell;

bombsight / b ɒ m s aɪ t /
n1
a sighting device in an aircraft for aiming bombs;

Bombus
n1
bumblebees;

- syn. genus Bombus;

bombycid
n1
moderate-sized Asiatic moth whose larvae feed on mulberry leaves and produce silk;

- syn. bombycid moth, silkworm moth;

bombycid moth
n1
moderate-sized Asiatic moth whose larvae feed on mulberry leaves and produce silk;

- syn. bombycid, silkworm moth;

Bombycidae
n1
Chinese silkworm moth;

- syn. family Bombycidae;

Bombycilla
n1
waxwings;

- syn. genus bombycilla;

Bombycilla cedrorun
n1
widely distributed over temperate North America;

- syn. cedar waxwing, cedarbird;

Bombycilla garrulus
n1
large waxwing of northern North America;

- similar to but larger than the cedar waxwing;

- syn. Bohemian waxwing;

Bombycillidae
n1
a family of birds of the suborder Oscines;

- syn. family Bombycillidae;

Bombyliidae
n1
bee flies;

- syn. family Bombyliidae;

Bombyx
n1
type genus of the Bombycidae: Chinese silkworm moth;

- syn. genus Bombyx;

Bombyx mori
n1
stocky creamy-white Asiatic moth found almost entirely under human care;

- the source of most of the silk commerce;

- syn. domestic silkworm moth, domesticated silkworm moth;

bon mot / b ɒ n m oʊ /
n1
a clever remark;

- syn. mot;

bon ton
n1
the fashionable elite;

- syn. beau monde, high society, smart set, society;

bon vivant
n1
a person devoted to refined sensuous enjoyment (especially good food and drink);

- syn. epicure, epicurean, foodie, gastronome, gourmet;

bon voyage
n1
an organized expression of goodwill at the start of a trip or new venture;

- syn. send-off;

bona fide / b oʊ n ə f aɪ d i /
a1
undertaken in good faith;

- "a bona fide offer";

- sim. sincere;

a2
not counterfeit or copied;

- "an authentic signature";

- "a bona fide manuscript";

- "an unquestionable antique";

- "photographs taken in a veritable bull ring";

- syn. authentic, unquestionable, veritable;

- sim. genuine;

Bonaire / b oʊ n ə aɪ ə ɹ /
n1
a popular island resort in the Netherlands Antilles;

bonanza / b ə n æ n z ə , b oʊ n æ n z ə /
n1
an especially rich vein of precious ore;

n2
a sudden happening that brings good fortune (as a sudden opportunity to make money);

- "the demand for testing has created a boom for those unregulated laboratories where boxes of specimen jars are processed like an assembly line";

- syn. boom, bunce, godsend, gold rush, gravy, manna from heaven, windfall;

Bonaparte / b oʊ n ə p ɑ t ɛ /
n1
French general who became emperor of the French (1769-1821);

- syn. Little Corporal, Napoleon, Napoleon Bonaparte, Napoleon I;

Bonasa
n1
ruffed grouse;

- syn. genus Bonasa;

Bonasa umbellus
n1
valued as a game bird in eastern United States and Canada;

- syn. partridge, ruffed grouse;

bonavist
n1
perennial twining vine of Old World tropics having trifoliate leaves and racemes of fragrant purple pea-like flowers followed by maroon pods of edible seeds;

- grown as an ornamental and as a vegetable on the Indian subcontinent;

- sometimes placed in genus Dolichos;

- syn. Dolichos lablab, Egyptian bean, Indian bean, Lablab purpureus, hyacinth bean;

bonbon / b ɒ n b ɒ n /
n1
a candy that usually has a center of fondant or fruit or nuts coated in chocolate;

bonce
n1
informal terms for a human head;

- syn. attic, bean, dome, noggin, noodle;

bond / b ɒ n d /
n1
an electrical force linking atoms;

- syn. chemical bond;

n2
a certificate of debt (usually interest-bearing or discounted) that is issued by a government or corporation in order to raise money;

- the issuer is required to pay a fixed sum annually until maturity and then a fixed sum to repay the principal;

- syn. bond certificate;

n3
a connection based on kinship or marriage or common interest;

- "the shifting alliances within a large family";

- "their friendship constitutes a powerful bond between them";

- syn. alliance;

n4
(criminal law) money that must be forfeited by the bondsman if an accused person fails to appear in court for trial;

- "the judge set bail at $10,000";

- "a $10,000 bond was furnished by an alderman";

- syn. bail, bail bond;

n5
a restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner);

- syn. hamper, shackle, trammel;

n6
a connection that fastens things together;

- syn. attachment;

n7
a superior quality of strong durable white writing paper;

- originally made for printing documents;

- syn. bond paper;

n8
United States civil rights leader who was elected to the legislature in Georgia but was barred from taking his seat because he opposed the Vietnam War (born 1940);

- syn. Julian Bond;

n9
British secret operative 007 in novels by Ian Fleming;

- syn. James Bond;

n10
the property of sticking together (as of glue and wood) or the joining of surfaces of different composition;

- "the mutual adhesiveness of cells";

- "a heated hydraulic press was required for adhesion";

- syn. adherence, adhesion, adhesiveness;

v1
stick to firmly;

- "Will this wallpaper adhere to the wall?";

- syn. adhere, bind, hold fast, stick, stick to;

v2
create social or emotional ties;

- "The grandparents want to bond with the child";

- syn. attach, bind, tie;

v3
issue bonds on;

v4
bring together in a common cause or emotion;

- "The death of their child had drawn them together";

- syn. draw together;

bond-trading activity
n1
trading in bonds (usually by a broker on the floor of an exchange);

- syn. bond trading;

bond certificate
n1
a certificate of debt (usually interest-bearing or discounted) that is issued by a government or corporation in order to raise money;

- the issuer is required to pay a fixed sum annually until maturity and then a fixed sum to repay the principal;

- syn. bond;

bond issue
n1
bonds sold by a corporation or government agency at a particular time and identifiable by date of maturity;

bond paper
n1
a superior quality of strong durable white writing paper;

- originally made for printing documents;

- syn. bond;

bond rating
n1
an evaluation by a rating company of the probability that a particular bond issue will default;

- "the bonds of highest quality are said to have bond ratings of AAA";

bond servant
n1
someone bound to labor without wages;

bond trading
n1
trading in bonds (usually by a broker on the floor of an exchange);

- syn. bond-trading activity;

bondable / b ɒ n d eɪ b ɫ /
a1
capable of being fastened or secured with a rope or bond;

- syn. bindable;

- sim. attachable;

a2
capable of holding together or cohering;

- as particles in a mass;

- sim. adhesive;

bondage / b ɒ n d ɪ dʒ /
n1
the state of being under the control of a force or influence or abstract power;

- "he was in bondage to fear";

- "he sought release from his bondage to Satan";

- "a self freed from the bondage of time";

n2
the state of being under the control of another person;

- syn. slavery, thraldom, thrall, thralldom;

n3
sexual practice that involves physically restraining (by cords or handcuffs) one of the partners;

bonded labor
n1
a practice in which employers give high-interest loans to workers whose entire families then labor at low wages to pay off the debt;

- the practice is illegal in the United States;

bonderise / b ɒ n d ɹ aɪ z /
v1
coat with a substance that will prevent corrosion;

- "bonderize steel";

- syn. bonderize;

bonderize / b ɒ n d ə ɹ aɪ z /
v1
coat with a substance that will prevent corrosion;

- "bonderize steel";

- syn. bonderise;

bondholder / b ɒ n d h oʊ ɫ d ə /
n1
a holder of bonds issued by a government or corporation;

bonding / b ɒ n d ɪ ŋ /
n1
a close personal relationship that forms between people (as between husband and wife or parent and child);

n2
(dentistry) a technique for repairing a tooth;

- resinous material is applied to the surface of the tooth where it adheres to the tooth's enamel;

n3
fastening firmly together;

- syn. soldering;

bondmaid / b ɒ n d m eɪ d /
n1
a female bound to serve without wages;

- syn. bondswoman, bondwoman;

n2
a female slave;

- syn. bondswoman, bondwoman;

bondman / b ɒ n d m ə n /
n1
a male bound to serve without wages;

- syn. bondsman;

n2
a male slave;

- syn. bondsman;

bondsman / b ɒ n d z m ə n /
n1
a male slave;

- syn. bondman;

n2
someone who signs a bond as surety for someone else;

- syn. bondswoman;

n3
a male bound to serve without wages;

- syn. bondman;

bondswoman
n1
someone who signs a bond as surety for someone else;

- syn. bondsman;

n2
a female bound to serve without wages;

- syn. bondmaid, bondwoman;

n3
a female slave;

- syn. bondmaid, bondwoman;

bonduc
n1
handsome tree of central and eastern North America having large bipinnate leaves and green-white flowers followed by large woody brown pods whose seeds are used as a coffee substitute;

- syn. Gymnocladus dioica, Kentucky coffee tree, chicot;

n2
tropical tree with large prickly pods of seeds that resemble beans and are used for jewelry and rosaries;

- syn. Caesalpinia bonduc, Caesalpinia bonducella, bonduc tree;

bonduc nut
n1
hard shiny grey seed of a bonduc tree;

- used for making e.g. jewelry;

- syn. nicker nut, nicker seed;

bonduc tree
n1
tropical tree with large prickly pods of seeds that resemble beans and are used for jewelry and rosaries;

- syn. Caesalpinia bonduc, Caesalpinia bonducella, bonduc;

bondwoman / b ɒ n d w ʊ m ə n /
n1
a female bound to serve without wages;

- syn. bondmaid, bondswoman;

n2
a female slave;

- syn. bondmaid, bondswoman;

bone / b oʊ n /
n1
rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates;

- syn. os;

n2
the porous calcified substance from which bones are made;

- syn. osseous tissue;

n3
a shade of white the color of bleached bones;

- syn. ivory, off-white, pearl;

v1
study intensively, as before an exam;

- "I had to bone up on my Latin verbs before the final exam";

- syn. bone up, cram, drum, get up, grind away, mug up, swot, swot up;

v2
remove the bones from;

- "bone the turkey before roasting it";

- syn. debone;

a1
consisting of or made up of bone;

- "a bony substance";

- "the bony framework of the body";

- sim. bony;

bone-ash cup
n1
a small porous bowl made of bone ash used in assaying to separate precious metals from e.g. lead;

- syn. cupel, refractory pot;

bone-covered
a1
(of animals) armored with bone;

- sim. armored;

bone-dry / b oʊ n d ɹ aɪ /
a1
without a trace of moisture;

- as dry as a weathered bone;

- "bone-dry leaves are a fire hazard";

- "a drier to get the clothes bone dry";

- syn. bone dry;

- sim. dry;

bone-forming cell
n1
a cell from which bone develops;

- syn. osteoblast;

bone-headed dinosaur
n1
bipedal herbivorous dinosaurs with bony crowns;

bone-idle / b oʊ n aɪ d ɫ /
a1
constitutionally lazy or idle;

- syn. bone-lazy;

- sim. idle;

bone-lazy / b oʊ n ɫ eɪ z i /
a1
constitutionally lazy or idle;

- syn. bone-idle;

- sim. idle;

bone age
n1
a person's age measured by matching their bone development (as shown by X rays) with bone development of an average person of known chronological age;

bone ash
n1
ash left when bones burn;

- high in calcium phosphate;

- used as fertilizer and in bone china;

bone black
n1
black substance containing char in the form of carbonized bone;

- used as a black pigment;

- syn. animal black, animal charcoal, bone char;

bone cell
n1
a cell that is part of a bone;

bone char
n1
black substance containing char in the form of carbonized bone;

- used as a black pigment;

- syn. animal black, animal charcoal, bone black;

bone china
n1
fine porcelain that contains bone ash;

bone dry
a1
without a trace of moisture;

- as dry as a weathered bone;

- "bone-dry leaves are a fire hazard";

- "a drier to get the clothes bone dry";

- syn. bone-dry;

- sim. dry;

bone fat
n1
fatty matter in bones extracted with solvents or by boiling or steaming;

- used chiefly in candles and cheap soaps and in lubricating greases;

bone marrow
n1
the fatty network of connective tissue that fills the cavities of bones;

- syn. marrow;

n2
very tender and very nutritious tissue from marrowbones;

- syn. marrow;

bone of contention
n1
the subject of a dispute;

- "the real bone of contention, as you know, is money";

bone oil
n1
the liquid portion of bone fat;

- used as a lubricant and in leather manufacture;

n2
dark-colored ill-smelling oil obtained by carbonizing bone;

- used especially in sheep dips and in denaturing alcohol;

- syn. Dippel's oil;

bone spavin
n1
spavin caused by a bony growth;

bone up
v1
study intensively, as before an exam;

- "I had to bone up on my Latin verbs before the final exam";

- syn. bone, cram, drum, get up, grind away, mug up, swot, swot up;

boned / b oʊ n d /
a1
having had the bones removed;

- "a boneless rib roast";

- "a boned (or deboned) fish";

- syn. deboned;

- sim. boneless;

a2
having bones as specified;

- "his lanky long-boned body";

- sim. bony;

bonefish / b oʊ n f ɪ ʃ /
n1
slender silvery marine fish found in tropical mud flats and mangrove lagoons;

- syn. Albula vulpes;

bonehead / b oʊ n h ɛ d /
n1
a stupid person;

- these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence;

- syn. blockhead, dumbass, dunce, dunderhead, fuckhead, hammerhead, knucklehead, loggerhead, lunkhead, muttonhead, numskull, shithead;

boneheaded
a1
(used informally) stupid;

- syn. blockheaded, duncical, duncish, fatheaded, loggerheaded, thick, thick-skulled, thickheaded, wooden-headed;

- sim. stupid;

boneless / b oʊ n ɫ ɪ s /
a1
being without a bone or bones;

- "jellyfish are boneless";

- sim. boned;

bonelet / b oʊ n ɫ ɛ t /
n1
a small bone;

- especially one in the middle ear;

- syn. ossicle, ossiculum;

bonelike
a1
resembling bone;

- "a bonelike tumor";

- sim. bony;

bonemeal / b oʊ n m i ɫ /
n1
fertilizer made of ground bones;

boner / b oʊ n ə , b oʊ n ə ɹ /
n1
an embarrassing mistake;

- syn. bloomer, blooper, blunder, boo-boo, botch, bungle, flub, foul-up, fuckup, pratfall;

bones / b oʊ n z /
n1
(used in the plural) a percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance;

- syn. castanets, clappers, finger cymbals;

boneset / b oʊ n s ɛ t /
n1
European herb having small white, pink or purple flowers;

- naturalized as a weed in North America;

- syn. Symphytum officinale, common comfrey;

n2
perennial herb of southeastern United States having white-rayed flower heads;

- formerly used as in folk medicine;

- syn. Eupatorium perfoliatum, agueweed, thoroughwort;

bonesetter / b oʊ n s ɛ t ə /
n1
someone (not necessarily a licensed physician) who sets broken bones;

boneshaker / b oʊ n ʃ eɪ k ə , b oʊ n ʃ eɪ k ə ɹ /
n1
any wheeled vehicle that is dilapidated and uncomfortable;

- "that old bike without rubber tires was a real boneshaker";

Bonete
n1
a mountain in the Andes in Argentina (22,546 feet high);

boney
a1
having bones especially many or prominent bones;

- "a bony shad fillet";

- "her bony wrist";

- "bony fish";

- syn. bony;

- sim. bone, boned, bonelike, strong-boned;

a2
being very thin;

- "a child with skinny freckled legs";

- "a long scrawny neck";

- "pale bony hands";

- syn. bony, scraggly, scraggy, scrawny, skinny, underweight, weedy;

- sim. thin;

bonfire / b ɒ n f aɪ ə , b ɒ n f aɪ ə ɹ /
n1
a large outdoor fire that is lighted as a signal or in celebration;

- syn. balefire;

Bonfire Night
n1
effigies of Guy Fawkes are burned on this night;

- syn. Guy Fawkes Night;

bong
n1
a dull resonant sound as of a bell;

v1
ring loudly and deeply;

- "the big bell bonged";

bongo / b ɒ ŋ ɡ oʊ /
n1
a small drum;

- played with the hands;

- syn. bongo drum;

n2
large forest antelope of central Africa having a reddish-brown coat with white stripes and spiral horns;

- syn. Boocercus eurycerus, Tragelaphus eurycerus;

bongo drum
n1
a small drum;

- played with the hands;

- syn. bongo;

bonheur
n1
(French) happiness and good humor;

Bonhoeffer
n1
German Lutheran theologian and pastor whose works concern Christianity in the modern world;

- an active opponent of Nazism, he was arrested and sent to Buchenwald and later executed (1906-1945);

- syn. Dietrich Bonhoeffer;

bonhomie / b ɒ n ə m i /
n1
a disposition to be friendly and approachable (easy to talk to);

- syn. affability, affableness, amiability, amiableness, geniality;

Boniface
n1
(Roman Catholic Church) Anglo-Saxon missionary who was sent to Frisia and Germany to spread the Christian faith;

- was martyred in Frisia (680-754);

- syn. Apostle of Germany, Saint Boniface, St. Boniface, Winfred, Wynfrith;

n2
the owner or manager of an inn;

- syn. host, innkeeper;

Boniface VIII
n1
pope who declared that Catholic princes are subject to the pope in temporal as well as in theological matters (1235-1303);

- syn. Benedetto Caetani;

boniness
n1
extreme leanness (usually caused by starvation or disease);

- syn. bonyness, emaciation, gauntness, maceration;

bonito / b ə n i t oʊ /
n1
flesh of mostly Pacific food fishes of the genus Sarda of the family Scombridae;

- related to but smaller than tuna;

n2
fish whose flesh is dried and flaked for Japanese cookery;

- may be same species as skipjack tuna;

- syn. Katsuwonus pelamis, oceanic bonito;

n3
any of various scombroid fishes intermediate in size and characteristics between mackerels and tunas;

bonito shark
n1
common blue-grey shark of southwest Pacific;

- sport and food fish;

- syn. Isurus glaucus, blue pointed;

bonk
v1
have sexual intercourse with;

- "This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm";

- "Adam knew Eve";

- "Were you ever intimate with this man?";

- syn. bang, be intimate, bed, do it, eff, fuck, get it on, get laid, have a go at it, have intercourse, have it away, have it off, have sex, hump, jazz, know, lie with, love, make love, make out, roll in the hay, screw, sleep together, sleep with;

v2
hit hard;

- syn. bash, bop, sock, whap, whop;

bonkers / b ɒ ŋ k ə z /
a1
informal or slang terms for mentally irregular;

- "it used to drive my husband balmy";

- syn. around the bend, balmy, barmy, bats, batty, buggy, cracked, crackers, daft, dotty, fruity, haywire, kookie, kooky, loco, loony, loopy, nuts, nutty, round the bend, wacky, whacky;

- sim. insane;

Bonn / b ɒ n /
n1
a city in western Germany on the Rhine River;

- was the capital of West Germany between 1949 and 1989;

bonnet / b ɒ n ɪ t /
n1
a hat tied under the chin;

- syn. poke bonnet;

n2
protective covering consisting of a metal part that covers the engine;

- "there are powerful engines under the hoods of new cars";

- "the mechanic removed the cowling in order to repair the plane's engine";

- syn. cowl, cowling, hood;

v1
dress in a bonnet;

bonnet macaque
n1
Indian macaque with a bonnet-like tuft of hair;

- syn. Macaca radiata, bonnet monkey, capped macaque, crown monkey;

bonnet monkey
n1
Indian macaque with a bonnet-like tuft of hair;

- syn. Macaca radiata, bonnet macaque, capped macaque, crown monkey;

bonnet shark
n1
small harmless hammerhead having a spade-shaped head;

- abundant in bays and estuaries;

- syn. Sphyrna tiburo, bonnethead, shovelhead;

bonnethead
n1
small harmless hammerhead having a spade-shaped head;

- abundant in bays and estuaries;

- syn. Sphyrna tiburo, bonnet shark, shovelhead;

Bonney
n1
United States outlaw who was said to have killed 21 men (1859-1881);

- syn. Billie the Kid, William H. Bonney;

bonnie
a1
very pleasing to the eye;

- "my bonny lass";

- "there's a bonny bay beyond";

- "a comely face";

- "young fair maidens";

- syn. bonny, comely, fair, sightly;

- sim. beautiful;

bonnily / b ɒ n ɪ ɫ i /
r1
in a bonny manner;

bonny / b ɒ n i /
a1
very pleasing to the eye;

- "my bonny lass";

- "there's a bonny bay beyond";

- "a comely face";

- "young fair maidens";

- syn. bonnie, comely, fair, sightly;

- sim. beautiful;

bonobo
n1
small chimpanzee of swamp forests in Zaire;

- a threatened species;

- syn. Pan paniscus, pygmy chimpanzee;

bonsai
n1
a dwarfed ornamental tree or shrub grown in a tray or shallow pot;

Bontemps / b ɒ n t ɛ m p s /
n1
United States writer (1902-1973);

- syn. Arna Wendell Bontemps;

bonus / b oʊ n ə s /
n1
anything that tends to arouse;

- "his approval was an added fillip";

- syn. fillip;

n2
an additional payment (or other remuneration) to employees as a means of increasing output;

- syn. incentive;

bonxie
n1
gull-like jaeger of northern seas;

- syn. skua;

bony / b oʊ n i /
a1
being very thin;

- "a child with skinny freckled legs";

- "a long scrawny neck";

- "pale bony hands";

- syn. boney, scraggly, scraggy, scrawny, skinny, underweight, weedy;

- sim. thin;

a2
composed of or containing bone;

- "osseous tissue";

- syn. osseous, osteal;

a3
having bones especially many or prominent bones;

- "a bony shad fillet";

- "her bony wrist";

- "bony fish";

- syn. boney;

- sim. bone, boned, bonelike, strong-boned;

bony-plated
a1
covered with bony plates;

- sim. armored;

bony fish
n1
any fish of the class Osteichthyes;

bony labyrinth
n1
cavity in the petrous part of the temporal bone that contains the membranous labyrinth;

- syn. osseous labyrinth;

bonyness
n1
extreme leanness (usually caused by starvation or disease);

- syn. boniness, emaciation, gauntness, maceration;

bonzer
a1
remarkable or wonderful;

- sim. extraordinary;

boo / b u /
n1
a cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt;

- syn. Bronx cheer, bird, hiss, hoot, raspberry, razz, razzing, snort;

v1
show displeasure, as after a performance or speech;

- syn. hiss;

boo-boo
n1
an embarrassing mistake;

- syn. bloomer, blooper, blunder, boner, botch, bungle, flub, foul-up, fuckup, pratfall;

boob / b u b /
n1
an ignorant or foolish person;

- syn. booby, dope, dumbbell, dummy, pinhead;

n2
either of two soft fleshy milk-secreting glandular organs on the chest of a woman;

- syn. bosom, breast, knocker, tit, titty;

v1
commit a faux pas or a fault or make a serious mistake;

- "I blundered during the job interview";

- syn. blunder, drop the ball, goof, sin;

boob tube
n1
an electronic device that receives television signals and displays them on a screen;

- "the British call a tv set a telly";

- syn. goggle box, idiot box, television, television receiver, television set, telly, tv, tv set;

booboisie
n1
class consisting of all those who are considered boobs;

booby / b u b i /
n1
an ignorant or foolish person;

- syn. boob, dope, dumbbell, dummy, pinhead;

n2
small tropical gannet having a bright bill or bright feet or both;

booby hatch
n1
pejorative terms for an insane asylum;

- syn. Bedlam, crazy house, cuckoo's nest, funny farm, funny house, loony bin, madhouse, nut house, nuthouse, sanatorium, snake pit;

booby prize
n1
a prize given to one who finishes last in a contest;

booby trap
n1
an explosive mine hidden underground;

- explodes when stepped on or driven over;

- syn. ground-emplaced mine, land mine;

n2
an unforeseen or unexpected or surprising difficulty;

- syn. pitfall;

Boocercus eurycerus
n1
large forest antelope of central Africa having a reddish-brown coat with white stripes and spiral horns;

- syn. Tragelaphus eurycerus, bongo;

boodle / b u d ɫ /
n1
informal terms for money;

- syn. bread, cabbage, clams, dinero, dough, gelt, kale, lettuce, lolly, loot, lucre, moolah, pelf, scratch, shekels, simoleons, sugar, wampum;

n2
a gambling card game in which chips are placed on the ace and king and queen and jack of separate suits (taken from a separate deck);

- a player plays the lowest card of a suit in his hand and successively higher cards are played until the sequence stops;

- the player who plays a card matching one in the layout wins all the chips on that card;

- syn. Chicago, Michigan, Newmarket, stops;

booger
n1
an imaginary monster used to frighten children;

- syn. bogeyman, boogeyman, bugaboo, bugbear;

n2
dried nasal mucus;

boogeyman
n1
an imaginary monster used to frighten children;

- syn. bogeyman, booger, bugaboo, bugbear;

boogie / b u ɡ i /
n1
an instrumental version of the blues (especially for piano);

- syn. boogie-woogie;

v1
dance to boogie music;

boogie-woogie / b u ɡ ɪ w u ɡ i /
n1
an instrumental version of the blues (especially for piano);

- syn. boogie;

boojum tree
n1
candlewood of Mexico and southwestern California having tall columnar stems and bearing honey-scented creamy yellow flowers;

- syn. Fouquieria columnaris, Idria columnaris, cirio;

book / b ʊ k /
n1
a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together);

- "I am reading a good book on economics";

n2
physical objects consisting of a number of pages bound together;

- "he used a large book as a doorstop";

- syn. volume;

n3
a compilation of the known facts regarding something or someone;

- "Al Smith used to say, `Let's look at the record'";

- "his name is in all the record books";

- syn. record, record book;

n4
a written version of a play or other dramatic composition;

- used in preparing for a performance;

- syn. playscript, script;

n5
a record in which commercial accounts are recorded;

- "they got a subpoena to examine our books";

- syn. account book, book of account, ledger, leger;

n6
a collection of playing cards satisfying the rules of a card game;

n7
a collection of rules or prescribed standards on the basis of which decisions are made;

- "they run things by the book around here";

- syn. rule book;

n8
the sacred writings of Islam revealed by God to the prophet Muhammad during his life at Mecca and Medina;

- syn. Koran, Quran, al-Qur'an;

n9
the sacred writings of the Christian religions;

- "he went to carry the Word to the heathen";

- syn. Bible, Christian Bible, Good Book, Holy Scripture, Holy Writ, Scripture, Word, Word of God;

n10
a major division of a long written composition;

- "the book of Isaiah";

n11
a number of sheets (ticket or stamps etc.) bound together on one edge;

- "he bought a book of stamps";

v1
engage for a performance;

- "Her agent had booked her for several concerts in Tokyo";

v2
arrange for and reserve (something for someone else) in advance;

- "reserve me a seat on a flight";

- "The agent booked tickets to the show for the whole family";

- "please hold a table at Maxim's";

- syn. hold, reserve;

v3
record a charge in a police register;

- "The policeman booked her when she tried to solicit a man";

v4
register in a hotel booker;

book agent
n1
a book salesman;

book bag
n1
a bag in which students carry their books;

book binding
n1
the protective covering on the front, back, and spine of a book;

- "the book had a leather binding";

- syn. back, binding, cover;

book fair
n1
fair organized by publishers or booksellers to promote the sale of books;

- syn. bookfair;

n2
bazaar at which books are sold or auctioned off in order to raise funds for a worthy cause;

- syn. bookfair;

book jacket
n1
a paper jacket for a book;

- a jacket on which promotional information is usually printed;

- syn. dust cover, dust jacket, dust wrapper;

book louse
n1
minute wingless psocopterous insects injurious to books and papers;

- syn. Liposcelis divinatorius, booklouse, deathwatch;

book lover
n1
someone who loves (and usually collects) books;

- syn. bibliophile, booklover;

book lung
n1
organ in many arachnids containing many thin folds of membrane resembling the leaves of a book;

book matches
n1
a paper match that strikes only on a specially prepared surface;

- syn. safety match;

book of account
n1
a record in which commercial accounts are recorded;

- "they got a subpoena to examine our books";

- syn. account book, book, ledger, leger;

Book of Amos
n1
an Old Testament book telling Amos's prophecies;

- syn. Amos;

Book of Baruch
n1
an Apocryphal book ascribed to Baruch;

- syn. Baruch;

Book of Common Prayer
n1
the Anglican service book of the Church of England;

- has had several revisions since the Reformation and is widely admired for the dignity and beauty of its language;

Book of Daniel
n1
an Old Testament book that tells of the apocalyptic visions and the experiences of Daniel in the court of Nebuchadnezzar;

- syn. Book of the Prophet Daniel, Daniel;

Book of Deuteronomy
n1
the fifth book of the Old Testament;

- contains a second statement of Mosaic law;

- syn. Deuteronomy;

Book of Ecclesiastes
n1
an Old Testament book consisting of reflections on the vanity of human life;

- is traditionally attributed to Solomon but probably was written about 250 BC;

- syn. Ecclesiastes;

Book of Esther
n1
an Old Testament book telling of a beautiful Jewess who became queen of Persia and saved her people from massacre;

- syn. Esther;

Book of Exodus
n1
the second book of the Old Testament: tells of the departure of the Israelites out of slavery in Egypt led by Moses;

- God gave them the Ten Commandments and the rest of Mosaic law on Mount Sinai during the Exodus;

- syn. Exodus;

Book of Ezekiel
n1
an Old Testament book containing Ezekiel's prophecies of the downfall of Jerusalem and Judah and their subsequent restoration;

- syn. Ezechiel, Ezekiel;

Book of Ezra
n1
an Old Testament book telling of a rabbi's efforts in the 5th century BC to reconstitute Jewish law and worship in Jerusalem after the Babylonian Captivity;

- syn. Ezra;

book of facts
n1
a book to which you can refer for authoritative facts;

- "he contributed articles to the basic reference work on that topic";

- syn. reference, reference book, reference work;

Book of Genesis
n1
the first book of the Old Testament: tells of Creation;

- Adam and Eve;

- the Fall of Man;

- Cain and Abel;

- Noah and the flood;

- God's covenant with Abraham;

- Abraham and Isaac;

- Jacob and Esau;

- Joseph and his brothers;

- syn. Genesis;

Book of Habakkuk
n1
an Old Testament book telling Habakkuk's prophecies;

- syn. Habacuc, Habakkuk;

Book of Haggai
n1
an Old Testament book telling the prophecies of Haggai which are concerned mainly with rebuilding the temples after the Babylonian Captivity;

- syn. Aggeus, Haggai;

Book of Hosea
n1
an Old Testament book telling Hosea's prophecies;

- syn. Hosea;

book of instructions
n1
a manual usually accompanying a technical device and explaining how to install or operate it;

- syn. instruction manual, instructions, operating instructions;

Book of Isaiah
n1
an Old Testament book consisting of Isaiah's prophecies;

- syn. Isaiah;

Book of Jeremiah
n1
a book in the Old Testament containing the oracles of the prophet Jeremiah;

- syn. Jeremiah;

Book of Job
n1
a book in the Old Testament containing Job's pleas to God about his afflictions and God's reply;

- syn. Job;

Book of Joel
n1
an Old Testament book telling Joel's prophecies;

- syn. Joel;

Book of Jonah
n1
a book in the Old Testament that tells the story of Jonah and the whale;

- syn. Jonah;

Book of Joshua
n1
a book in the Old Testament describing how Joshua led the Israelites into Canaan (the Promised Land) after the death of Moses;

- syn. Joshua, Josue;

Book of Judges
n1
a book of the Old Testament that tells the history of Israel under the leaders known as judges;

- syn. Judges;

Book of Judith
n1
an Apocryphal book telling how Judith saved her people;

- syn. Judith;

book of knowledge
n1
an elementary encyclopedia dealing with general knowledge;

Book of Lamentations
n1
an Old Testament book lamenting the desolation of Judah after the destruction of Jerusalem in 586 BC;

- traditionally attributed to the prophet Jeremiah;

- syn. Lamentations;

Book of Leviticus
n1
the third book of the Old Testament;

- contains Levitical law and ritual precedents;

- syn. Leviticus;

Book of Malachi
n1
an Old Testament book containing the prophecies of Malachi;

- syn. Malachi, Malachias;

book of maps
n1
a collection of maps in book form;

- syn. atlas, map collection;

Book of Micah
n1
an Old Testament book telling the prophecies of Micah foretelling the destruction of Jerusalem;

- syn. Micah, Micheas;

Book of Mormon
n1
a sacred text revealed to Joseph Smith in 1830 by an ancient prophet Mormon;

- supposedly a record of ancient peoples of America translated by Joseph Smith;

Book of Nahum
n1
an Old Testament book telling Nahum's prophecy of the fall of Nineveh;

- syn. Nahum;

Book of Nehemiah
n1
an Old Testament book telling how a Jewish official at the court of Artaxerxes I in 444 BC became a leader in rebuilding Jerusalem after the Babylonian Captivity;

- syn. Nehemiah;

Book of Numbers
n1
the fourth book of the Old Testament;

- contains a record of the number of Israelites who followed Moses out of Egypt;

- syn. Numbers;

Book of Obadiah
n1
an Old Testament book telling Obadiah's prophecies;

- the shortest book in the Christian Bible;

- syn. Abdias, Obadiah;

Book of Proverbs
n1
an Old Testament book consisting of proverbs from various Israeli sages (including Solomon);

- syn. Proverbs;

Book of Psalms
n1
an Old Testament book consisting of a collection of 150 Psalms;

- syn. Psalms;

n2
a collection of Psalms for liturgical use;

- syn. Psalter;

Book of Revelation
n1
the last book of the New Testament;

- contains visionary descriptions of heaven and of conflicts between good and evil and of the end of the world;

- attributed to Saint John the Apostle;

- syn. Apocalypse, Revelation, Revelation of Saint John the Divine;

Book of Ruth
n1
a book of the Old Testament that tells the story of Ruth who was not an Israelite but who married an Israelite and who stayed with her mother-in-law Naomi after her husband died;

- syn. Ruth;

Book of Susanna
n1
an Apocryphal book consisting of text added to the Book of Daniel;

- syn. Susanna;

Book of the Prophet Daniel
n1
an Old Testament book that tells of the apocalyptic visions and the experiences of Daniel in the court of Nebuchadnezzar;

- syn. Book of Daniel, Daniel;

Book of Tobit
n1
an Apocryphal book that was a popular novel for several centuries;

- syn. Tobit;

Book of Zachariah
n1
an Old Testament book telling the prophecies of Zechariah which are concerned mainly with the renewal of Israel after the Babylonian Captivity;

- syn. Zacharias, Zechariah;

Book of Zephaniah
n1
an Old Testament book telling the prophecies of Zephaniah which are concerned mainly with the approaching judgment by God upon the sinners of Judah;

- syn. Sophonias, Zephaniah;

book review
n1
a critical review of a book (usually a recently published book);

book scorpion
n1
minute arachnid sometimes found in old papers;

- syn. Chelifer cancroides;

book seller
n1
a dealer in books;

- a merchant who sells books;

- syn. bookdealer;

book token
n1
a gift voucher that can be exchanged for books costing up to an amount given on the voucher;

book up
v1
book all available places or tickets;

book value
n1
the value at which an asset is carried on a balance sheet;

- equals cost minus accumulated depreciation;

bookable / b ʊ k ə b ɫ /
a1
subject to being reserved or booked;

- "all seats bookable in advance";

- sim. reserved;

bookbinder / b ʊ k b aɪ n d ə /
n1
a worker whose trade is binding books;

bookbindery / b ʊ k b aɪ n d ə ɹ i /
n1
a bookbinder's workshop;

- a place for binding books;

bookbinding / b ʊ k b aɪ n d ɪ ŋ /
n1
the craft of binding books;

bookcase / b ʊ k k eɪ s /
n1
a piece of furniture with shelves for storing books;

bookclub / b ʊ k k ɫ ʌ b /
n1
a club that people join in order to buy selected books at reduced prices;

bookdealer
n1
a dealer in books;

- a merchant who sells books;

- syn. book seller;

booked / b ʊ k t /
a1
reserved in advance;

- syn. engaged, set-aside;

- sim. reserved;

bookend / b ʊ k ɛ n d /
n1
a support placed at the end of a row of books to keep them upright (on a shelf or table);

booker / b ʊ k ə /
n1
someone who engages a person or company for performances;

- syn. booking agent;

Booker T. Washington
n1
United States educator who was born a slave but became educated and founded a college at Tuskegee in Alabama (1856-1915);

- syn. Booker Taliaferro Washington, Washington;

Booker Taliaferro Washington
n1
United States educator who was born a slave but became educated and founded a college at Tuskegee in Alabama (1856-1915);

- syn. Booker T. Washington, Washington;

bookfair
n1
fair organized by publishers or booksellers to promote the sale of books;

- syn. book fair;

n2
bazaar at which books are sold or auctioned off in order to raise funds for a worthy cause;

- syn. book fair;

bookie / b ʊ k i /
n1
a gambler who accepts and pays off bets (especially on horse races);

- syn. bookmaker;

booking / b ʊ k ɪ ŋ /
n1
employment for performers or performing groups that lasts for a limited period of time;

- "the play had bookings throughout the summer";

- syn. engagement;

n2
the act of reserving (a place or passage) or engaging the services of (a person or group);

- "wondered who had made the booking";

- syn. reservation;

booking agent
n1
someone who engages a person or company for performances;

- syn. booker;

booking clerk
n1
someone who sells tickets (e.g., theater seats or travel accommodations);

- syn. ticket agent;

bookish / b ʊ k ɪ ʃ /
a1
characterized by diligent study and fondness for reading;

- "a bookish farmer who always had a book in his pocket";

- "a quiet studious child";

- syn. studious;

- sim. scholarly;

bookishness / b ʊ k ɪ ʃ n ə s /
n1
exaggerated studiousness;

bookkeeper / b ʊ k k i p ə , b ʊ k k i p ə ɹ /
n1
someone who records the transactions of a business;

bookkeeping / b ʊ k k i p ɪ ŋ /
n1
the activity of recording business transactions;

- syn. clerking;

booklet / b ʊ k ɫ ɪ t /
n1
a small book usually having a paper cover;

- syn. brochure, folder, leaflet, pamphlet;

booklouse
n1
minute wingless psocopterous insects injurious to books and papers;

- syn. Liposcelis divinatorius, book louse, deathwatch;

booklover
n1
someone who loves (and usually collects) books;

- syn. bibliophile, book lover;

bookmaker / b ʊ k m eɪ k ə , b ʊ k m eɪ k ə ɹ /
n1
a maker of books;

- someone who edits or publishes or binds books;

n2
a gambler who accepts and pays off bets (especially on horse races);

- syn. bookie;

bookman / b ʊ k m ə n /
n1
a learned person (especially in the humanities);

- someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplines;

- syn. scholar, scholarly person, student;

bookmark / b ʊ k m ɑ k /
n1
a marker (a piece of paper or ribbon) placed between the pages of a book to mark the reader's place;

- syn. bookmarker;

bookmarker / b ʊ k m ɑ k ə , b ʊ k m ɑ k ə ɹ /
n1
a marker (a piece of paper or ribbon) placed between the pages of a book to mark the reader's place;

- syn. bookmark;

bookmobile / b ʊ k m oʊ b i ɫ /
n1
a van with shelves of books;

- serves as a mobile library or bookstore;

bookplate / b ʊ k p ɫ eɪ t /
n1
a label identifying the owner of a book in which it is pasted;

- syn. ex libris;

bookseller / b ʊ k s ɛ ɫ ə , b ʊ k s ɛ ɫ ə ɹ /
n1
the proprietor of a bookstore;

bookshelf / b ʊ k ʃ ɛ ɫ f /
n1
a shelf on which to keep books;

bookshop / b ʊ k ʃ ɒ p /
n1
a shop where books are sold;

- syn. bookstall, bookstore;

bookstall / b ʊ k s t ɔ ɫ /
n1
a shop where books are sold;

- syn. bookshop, bookstore;

bookstore / b ʊ k s t ɔ ɹ /
n1
a shop where books are sold;

- syn. bookshop, bookstall;

bookworm / b ʊ k w ɝ m /
n1
a person who pays more attention to formal rules and book learning than they merit;

- syn. pedant, scholastic;

n2
someone who spends a great deal of time reading;

Boole
n1
English mathematician;

- creator of Boolean algebra (1815-1864);

- syn. George Boole;

Boolean / b u ɫ i n /
a1
of or relating to a combinatorial system devised by George Boole that combines propositions with the logical operators AND and OR and IF THEN and EXCEPT and NOT;

Boolean algebra
n1
a system of symbolic logic devised by George Boole;

- used in computers;

- syn. Boolean logic;

Boolean logic
n1
a system of symbolic logic devised by George Boole;

- used in computers;

- syn. Boolean algebra;

boolean operation
n1
an operation that follows the rules of Boolean algebra;

- each operand and the result take one of two values;

- syn. binary arithmetic operation, binary operation;

boom / b u m /
n1
a deep prolonged loud noise;

- syn. roar, roaring, thunder;

n2
a state of economic prosperity;

n3
a sudden happening that brings good fortune (as a sudden opportunity to make money);

- "the demand for testing has created a boom for those unregulated laboratories where boxes of specimen jars are processed like an assembly line";

- syn. bonanza, bunce, godsend, gold rush, gravy, manna from heaven, windfall;

n4
a pole carrying an overhead microphone projected over a film or tv set;

- syn. microphone boom;

n5
any of various more-or-less horizontal spars or poles used to extend the foot of a sail or for handling cargo or in mooring;

v1
make a resonant sound, like artillery;

- "His deep voice boomed through the hall";

- syn. din;

v2
hit hard;

- "He smashed a 3-run homer";

- syn. blast, nail, smash;

v3
be the case that thunder is being heard;

- "Whenever it thunders, my dog crawls under the bed";

- syn. thunder;

v4
make a deep hollow sound;

- "Her voice booms out the words of the song";

- syn. boom out;

v5
grow vigorously;

- "The deer population in this town is thriving";

- "business is booming";

- syn. expand, flourish, thrive;

boom box
n1
a portable stereo;

- syn. ghetto blaster;

boom out
v1
make a deep hollow sound;

- "Her voice booms out the words of the song";

- syn. boom;

boom town
n1
a town enjoying sudden prosperity;

boomer / b u m ə , b u m ə ɹ /
n1
a member of the baby boom generation in the 1950s;

- "they expanded the schools for a generation of baby boomers";

- syn. baby boomer;

boomerang / b u m ə ɹ æ ŋ /
n1
a curved piece of wood;

- when properly thrown will return to thrower;

- syn. throw stick, throwing stick;

n2
a miscalculation that recoils on its maker;

- syn. backfire;

v1
return to the initial position from where it came;

- like a boomerang;

booming / b u m ɪ ŋ /
a1
very lively and profitable;

- "flourishing businesses";

- "a palmy time for stockbrokers";

- "a prosperous new business";

- "doing a roaring trade";

- "a thriving tourist center";

- "did a thriving business in orchids";

- syn. flourishing, palmy, prospering, prosperous, roaring, thriving;

- sim. successful;

a2
(used of the voice or sound) deep and resonant;

- syn. stentorian;

- sim. full;

boon / b u n /
n1
a desirable state;

- "enjoy the blessings of peace";

- "a spanking breeze is a boon to sailors";

- syn. blessing;

a1
very close and convivial;

- "boon companions";

- sim. close;

boondocks / b u n d ɒ k s /
n1
a remote and undeveloped area;

- syn. back country, backwoods, hinterland;

boondoggle
n1
work of little or no value done merely to look busy;

v1
do useless, wasteful, or trivial work;

Boone
n1
an American pioneer and guide and explorer (1734-1820);

- syn. Daniel Boone;

boor / b ʊə , b ʊə ɹ /
n1
a crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement;

- syn. Goth, barbarian, churl, peasant, tike, tyke;

boorish / b ʊə ɹ ɪ ʃ /
a1
ill-mannered and coarse and contemptible in behavior or appearance;

- "was boorish and insensitive";

- "the loutish manners of a bully";

- "her stupid oafish husband";

- "aristocratic contempt for the swinish multitude";

- syn. loutish, neandertal, neanderthal, oafish, swinish;

- sim. unrefined;

boorishly / b ʊə ɹ ɪ ʃ ɫ i /
r1
like a boor;

- "he behaved boorishly at the party";

boorishness / b ʊə ɹ ɪ ʃ n ə s /
n1
the manner of a rude or insensitive person;

n2
inelegance by virtue of being an uncouth boor;

- syn. uncouthness;

boost / b u s t /
n1
the act of giving hope or support to someone;

- syn. encouragement;

n2
an increase in cost;

- "they asked for a 10% rise in rates";

- syn. cost increase, hike, rise;

n3
the act of giving a push;

- "he gave her a boost over the fence";

v1
increase;

- "The landlord hiked up the rents";

- syn. hike, hike up;

v2
give a boost to;

- be beneficial to;

- "The tax cut will boost the economy";

v3
contribute to the progress or growth of;

- "I am promoting the use of computers in the classroom";

- syn. advance, encourage, further, promote;

v4
increase or raise;

- "boost the voltage in an electrical circuit";

- syn. advance, supercharge;

v5
push or shove upward, as if from below or behind;

- "The singer had to be boosted onto the stage by a special contraption";

boost up
v1
push upward;

- "She pushed up her children when the policeman came by";

booster / b u s t ə , b u s t ə ɹ /
n1
a person who backs a politician or a team etc.;

- "all their supporters came out for the game";

- "they are friends of the library";

- syn. admirer, champion, friend, protagonist, supporter;

n2
someone who is an active supporter and advocate;

- syn. plugger, promoter;

n3
a thief who steals goods that are in a store;

- syn. lifter, shoplifter;

n4
an amplifier for restoring the strength of a transmitted signal;

- syn. booster amplifier, booster station, relay link, relay station, relay transmitter;

n5
the first stage of a multistage rocket;

- syn. booster rocket, booster unit, takeoff booster, takeoff rocket;

n6
an additional dose that makes sure the first dose was effective;

- syn. booster dose, booster shot, recall dose;

booster amplifier
n1
an amplifier for restoring the strength of a transmitted signal;

- syn. booster, booster station, relay link, relay station, relay transmitter;

booster cable
n1
a jumper that consists of a short piece of wire;

- "it was a tangle of jumper cables and clip leads";

- syn. jumper cable, jumper lead, lead;

booster dose
n1
an additional dose that makes sure the first dose was effective;

- syn. booster, booster shot, recall dose;

booster rocket
n1
the first stage of a multistage rocket;

- syn. booster, booster unit, takeoff booster, takeoff rocket;

booster shot
n1
an additional dose that makes sure the first dose was effective;

- syn. booster, booster dose, recall dose;

booster station
n1
an amplifier for restoring the strength of a transmitted signal;

- syn. booster, booster amplifier, relay link, relay station, relay transmitter;

booster unit
n1
the first stage of a multistage rocket;

- syn. booster, booster rocket, takeoff booster, takeoff rocket;

boot / b u t /
n1
footwear that covers the whole foot and lower leg;

n2
compartment in an automobile that carries luggage or shopping or tools;

- "he put his golf bag in the trunk";

- syn. automobile trunk, luggage compartment, trunk;

n3
the swift release of a store of affective force;

- "they got a great bang out of it";

- "what a boot!";

- "he got a quick rush from injecting heroin";

- "he does it for kicks";

- syn. bang, charge, flush, kick, rush, thrill;

n4
protective casing for something that resembles a leg;

n5
an instrument of torture that is used to heat or crush the foot and leg;

- syn. iron boot, iron heel, the boot;

n6
a form of foot torture in which the feet are encased in iron and slowly crushed;

n7
the act of delivering a blow with the foot;

- "he gave the ball a powerful kick";

- "the team's kicking was excellent";

- syn. kick, kicking;

v1
kick;

- give a boot to;

- also boot out;

v2
cause to load (an operating system) and start the initial processes;

- "boot your computer";

- syn. bring up, reboot;

boot-shaped
a1
shaped like a boot;

- sim. formed;

boot camp
n1
camp for training military recruits;

boot maker
n1
a maker of boots;

- syn. bootmaker;

boot out
v1
remove from a position or office;

- "The chairman was ousted after he misappropriated funds";

- syn. drum out, expel, kick out, oust, throw out;

v2
put out or expel from a place;

- "The unruly student was excluded from the game";

- syn. chuck out, eject, exclude, turf out, turn out;

boot sale
n1
an outdoor sale at which people sell things from the trunk of their car;

- syn. car boot sale;

bootblack / b u t b ɫ æ k /
n1
a person who polishes shoes and boots;

- syn. shoeblack;

bootboys
n1
a youth subculture that appeared first in England in the late 1960s as a working-class reaction to the hippies;

- hair was cropped close to the scalp;

- wore work-shirts and short jeans (supported by suspenders) and heavy red boots;

- involved in attacks against Asians and football hooliganism;

- syn. skinheads;

booted / b u t ɪ d /
a1
wearing boots;

- sim. shod;

booted armillaria
n1
fungus with a brown cap and white gills and a membranous ring halfway up the stalk;

- syn. Armillaria caligata;

bootee / b u t i /
n1
a slipper that is soft and wool (for babies);

- syn. bootie;

Bootes / b u t s /
n1
a constellation in the northern hemisphere near Ursa Major;

booth / b u ð /
n1
a table (in a restaurant or bar) surrounded by two high-backed benches;

n2
small area set off by walls for special use;

- syn. cubicle, kiosk, stall;

n3
United States actor and assassin of President Lincoln (1838-1865);

- syn. John Wilkes Booth;

n4
a small shop at a fair;

- for selling goods or entertainment;

boothose
n1
protective stockings worn with or in place of boots;

bootie / b u t aɪ /
n1
a slipper that is soft and wool (for babies);

- syn. bootee;

bootjack / b u t dʒ æ k /
n1
has V-shaped notch for pulling off boots;

bootlace / b u t ɫ eɪ s /
n1
a long lace for fastening boots;

bootleg / b u t ɫ ɛ ɡ /
n1
whiskey illegally distilled from a corn mash;

- syn. corn liquor, moonshine;

n2
the part of a boot above the instep;

v1
sell illicit products such as drugs or alcohol;

- "They were bootlegging whiskey";

v2
produce or distribute illegally;

- "bootleg tapes of the diva's singing";

a1
distributed or sold illicitly;

- "the black economy pays no taxes";

- syn. black, black-market, contraband, smuggled;

- sim. illegal;

bootlegger / b u t ɫ ɛ ɡ ə , b u t ɫ ɛ ɡ ə ɹ /
n1
someone who makes or sells illegal liquor;

- syn. moonshiner;

bootlegging / b u t ɫ ɛ ɡ ɪ ŋ /
n1
the act of making or transporting alcoholic liquor for sale illegally;

- "the Prohibition amendment made bootlegging profitable";

n2
the act of selling illegally or without permission;

- "the bootlegging of videotapes is common in Asia";

bootless / b u t ɫ ɪ s /
a1
unproductive of success;

- "a fruitless search";

- "futile years after her artistic peak";

- "a sleeveless errand";

- "a vain attempt";

- syn. fruitless, futile, sleeveless, vain;

- sim. unproductive;

bootlick / b u t ɫ ɪ k /
v1
try to gain favor by cringing or flattering;

- "He is always kowtowing to his boss";

- syn. fawn, kotow, kowtow, suck up, toady, truckle;

bootlicker / b u t ɫ ɪ k ə /
n1
someone who humbles himself as a sign of respect;

- who behaves as if he had no self-respect;

- syn. apple polisher, fawner, groveler, groveller, truckler;

bootlicking / b u t ɫ ɪ k ɪ ŋ /
a1
attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery;

- syn. fawning, obsequious, sycophantic, toadyish;

- sim. insincere;

a2
attempting to win favor by flattery;

- syn. fawning, sycophantic, toadyish;

- sim. servile;

bootmaker
n1
a maker of boots;

- syn. boot maker;

bootstrap / b u t s t ɹ æ p /
n1
a strap that is looped and sewn to the top of a boot for pulling it on;

v1
help oneself, often through improvised means;

Boott's goldenrod
n1
a variety of goldenrod;

booty / b u t i /
n1
goods or money obtained illegally;

- syn. dirty money, loot, pillage, plunder, prize, swag;

booyong
n1
large tree of Australasia;

- syn. Heritiera trifoliolata, Terrietia trifoliolata, brown oak, crow's foot, red beech, silky elm, stave wood;

booze / b u z /
n1
an alcoholic beverage that is distilled rather than fermented;

- syn. John Barleycorn, hard drink, hard liquor, liquor, spirits, strong drink;

v1
consume alcohol;

- "We were up drinking all night";

- syn. drink, fuddle, hit the bottle;

booze-up / b u z ʌ p /
n1
revelry in drinking;

- a merry drinking party;

- syn. bender, carousal, carouse, toot;

boozer / b u z ə , b u z ə ɹ /
n1
a person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually;

- syn. alcoholic, alky, dipsomaniac, lush, soaker, souse;

boozing / b u z ɪ ŋ /
n1
the act of drinking alcoholic beverages to excess;

- "drink was his downfall";

- syn. crapulence, drink, drinking, drunkenness;

boozy / b u z i /
a1
given to or marked by the consumption of alcohol;

- "a bibulous fellow";

- "a bibulous evening";

- "his boozy drinking companions";

- "thick boozy singing";

- "a drunken binge";

- "two drunken gentlemen holding each other up";

- "sottish behavior";

- syn. bibulous, drunken, sottish;

- sim. intoxicated;

BoP
n1
the law enforcement agency of the Justice Department that operates a nationwide system of prisons and detention facilities to incarcerate inmates sentenced to imprisonment for federal crimes;

- syn. Federal Bureau of Prisons;

n2
an early form of modern jazz (originating around 1940);

- syn. bebop;

v1
dance the bebop;

- syn. bebop;

v2
hit hard;

- syn. bash, bonk, sock, whap, whop;

bopeep / b oʊ p i p /
n1
a game played with young children;

- you hide your face and suddenly reveal it as you say boo!;

- syn. peekaboo;

boracic / b ə ɹ æ s ɪ k /
a1
of or relating to or derived from or containing boron;

- "boric acid";

- syn. boric;

boracic acid
n1
any of various acids containing boron and oxygen;

- syn. boric acid;

borage / b ɒ ɹ ɪ dʒ /
n1
hairy blue-flowered European annual herb long used in herbal medicine and eaten raw as salad greens or cooked like spinach;

- syn. Borago officinalis, tailwort;

n2
an herb whose leaves are used to flavor sauces and punches;

- young leaves can be eaten in salads or cooked;

borage family
n1
a widely distributed family of plants distinguished by circinate flowers and nutlike fruit;

- syn. Boraginaceae, family Boraginaceae;

Boraginaceae
n1
a widely distributed family of plants distinguished by circinate flowers and nutlike fruit;

- syn. borage family, family Boraginaceae;

Borago
n1
perennial herbs of the Mediterranean region;

- syn. genus Borago;

Borago officinalis
n1
hairy blue-flowered European annual herb long used in herbal medicine and eaten raw as salad greens or cooked like spinach;

- syn. borage, tailwort;

Borassus
n1
palmyra;

- syn. genus Borassus;

Borassus flabellifer
n1
tall fan palm of Africa and India and Malaysia yielding a hard wood and sweet sap that is a source of palm wine and sugar;

- leaves used for thatching and weaving;

- syn. longar palm, lontar, palmyra, palmyra palm, toddy palm, wine palm;

borate / b ɔ ɹ eɪ t /
n1
a salt or ester of boric acid;

borated / b ɔ ɹ eɪ t ɪ d /
a1
mixed or impregnated with borax;

borax / b ɔ ɹ æ k s /
n1
an ore of boron consisting of hydrated sodium borate;

- used as a flux or cleansing agent;

Bordeaux / b ɔ d oʊ /
n1
a port city in southwestern France;

- a major center of the wine trade;

n2
any of several red or white wines produced around Bordeaux, France or wines resembling them;

- syn. Bordeaux wine;

Bordeaux mixture
n1
antifungal agent consisting of a solution of copper sulphate and quicklime;

Bordeaux wine
n1
any of several red or white wines produced around Bordeaux, France or wines resembling them;

- syn. Bordeaux;

bordelaise
n1
brown sauce with beef marrow and red wine;

bordello
n1
a building where prostitutes are available;

- syn. bagnio, bawdyhouse, brothel, cathouse, house of ill repute, house of prostitution, sporting house, whorehouse;

border / b ɔ d ə , b ɔ d ə ɹ /
n1
a line that indicates a boundary;

- syn. borderline, boundary line, delimitation, mete;

n2
the boundary line or the area immediately inside the boundary;

- syn. margin, perimeter;

n3
the boundary of a surface;

- syn. edge;

n4
a decorative recessed or relieved surface on an edge;

- syn. molding, moulding;

n5
a strip forming the outer edge of something;

- "the rug had a wide blue border";

v1
extend on all sides of simultaneously;

- encircle;

- "The forest surrounds my property";

- syn. environ, ring, skirt, surround;

v2
form the boundary of;

- be contiguous to;

- syn. bound;

- also border on;

v3
enclose in or as if in a frame;

- "frame a picture";

- syn. frame, frame in;

v4
provide with a border or edge;

- "edge the tablecloth with embroidery";

- syn. edge;

v5
lie adjacent to another or share a boundary;

- "Canada adjoins the U.S.";

- "England marches with Scotland";

- syn. abut, adjoin, butt, butt against, butt on, edge, march;

Border collie
n1
developed in the area between Scotland and England usually having a black coat with white on the head and tip of tail used for herding both sheep and cattle;

border district
n1
district consisting of the area on either side of a border or boundary of a country or an area;

- "the Welsh marches between England and Wales";

- syn. borderland, march, marchland;

border on
v1
come near or verge on, resemble, come nearer in quality, or character;

- "This borders on discrimination!";

- "His playing approaches that of Horowitz";

- syn. approach;

border patrol
n1
a group of officers who patrol the borders of a country;

border patrolman
n1
someone who patrols the borders of a country;

Border terrier
n1
small rough-coated terrier of British origin;

bordered / b ɔ d ə d /
a1
having a border especially of a specified kind;

- sometimes used as a combining term;

- "black-bordered handkerchief";

- also finite;

- sim. boxed, deckled, edged, fringed, lined, sawtoothed-edged, seagirt, spiny-edged, white-edged;

borderer / b ɔ d ə ɹ ə , b ɔ d ə ɹ ə ɹ /
n1
an inhabitant of a border area (especially the border between Scotland and England);

borderland / b ɔ d ə ɫ æ n d /
n1
district consisting of the area on either side of a border or boundary of a country or an area;

- "the Welsh marches between England and Wales";

- syn. border district, march, marchland;

borderline / b ɔ d ə ɫ aɪ n /
n1
a line that indicates a boundary;

- syn. border, boundary line, delimitation, mete;

a1
of questionable or minimal quality;

- "borderline grades";

- "marginal writing ability";

- syn. marginal;

- sim. minimal;

borderline intelligence
n1
the minimal IQ required for someone to function normally and independently in the world (without some form of institutional assistance);

borderline schizophrenia
n1
schizophrenia characterized by mild symptoms or by some preexisting tendency to schizophrenia;

- syn. latent schizophrenia;

bore / b ɔ , b ɔ ɹ /
n1
a person who evokes boredom;

- syn. dullard;

n2
a high wave (often dangerous) caused by tidal flow (as by colliding tidal currents or in a narrow estuary);

- syn. aegir, eager, eagre, tidal bore;

n3
diameter of a tube or gun barrel;

- syn. caliber, calibre, gauge;

n4
a hole or passage made by a drill;

- usually made for exploratory purposes;

- syn. bore-hole, drill hole;

v1
cause to be bored;

- syn. tire;

v2
make a hole, especially with a pointed power or hand tool;

- "don't drill here, there's a gas pipe";

- "drill a hole into the wall";

- "drill for oil";

- "carpenter bees are boring holes into the wall";

- syn. drill;

bore-hole / b ɔ h oʊ ɫ /
n1
a hole or passage made by a drill;

- usually made for exploratory purposes;

- syn. bore, drill hole;

bore bit
n1
a drill for penetrating rock;

- syn. borer, rock drill, stone drill;

boreal
a1
relating to or marked by qualities associated with the north wind;

a2
toward or located in the north;

- "the boreal signs of the Zodiac";

a3
comprising or throughout far northern regions;

- syn. circumboreal;

- sim. northern;

boreas
n1
a wind that blows from the north;

- syn. north wind, norther, northerly;

n2
(Greek mythology) the god who personified the north wind;

- "Boreas was pictured as bearded and powerful and winged and draped against the cold";

borecole
n1
a hardy cabbage with coarse curly leaves that do not form a head;

- syn. Brassica oleracea acephala, cole, colewort, kail, kale;

bored / b ɔ d /
a1
tired of the world;

- "bored with life";

- "strolled through the museum with a bored air";

- syn. world-weary;

- sim. tired;

a2
uninterested because of frequent exposure or indulgence;

- "his blase indifference";

- "a petulant blase air";

- "the bored gaze of the successful film star";

- syn. blase;

- sim. uninterested;

boredom / b ɔ d ə m /
n1
the feeling of being bored by something tedious;

- syn. ennui, tedium;

borer / b ɔ ɹ ə , b ɔ ɹ ə ɹ /
n1
a drill for penetrating rock;

- syn. bore bit, rock drill, stone drill;

n2
any of various insects or larvae or mollusks that bore into wood;

- syn. woodborer;

Borges
n1
Argentinian writer remembered for his short stories (1899-1986);

- syn. Jorge Borges, Jorge Luis Borges;

Borgia
n1
Italian pope whose nepotism put the Borgia family in power in Italy (1378-1458);

- syn. Alfonso Borgia, Calixtus III;

n2
Italian noblewoman and patron of the arts (1480-1519);

- syn. Duchess of Ferrara, Lucrezia Borgia;

n3
Italian cardinal and military leader;

- model for Machiavelli's prince (1475-1507);

- syn. Cesare Borgia;

n4
Pope and father of Cesare Borgia and Lucrezia Borgia (1431-1503);

- syn. Alexander VI, Pope Alexander VI, Rodrigo Borgia;

boric / b ɔ ɹ ɪ k /
a1
of or relating to or derived from or containing boron;

- "boric acid";

- syn. boracic;

boric acid
n1
a white or colorless slightly acid solid that is soluble in water and ethanol;

- used in the manufacture of glass and paper and adhesives and in detergents and as a flux in welding;

- also used as an antiseptic and food preservative;

- syn. orthoboric acid;

n2
any of various acids containing boron and oxygen;

- syn. boracic acid;

boring / b ɔ ɹ ɪ ŋ /
n1
the act of drilling;

- syn. drilling;

n2
the act of drilling a hole in the earth in the hope of producing petroleum;

- syn. drilling, oil production;

a1
so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness;

- "a boring evening with uninteresting people";

- "the deadening effect of some routine tasks";

- "a dull play";

- "his competent but dull performance";

- "a ho-hum speaker who couldn't capture their attention";

- "what an irksome task the writing of long letters is"- Edmund Burke;

- "tedious days on the train";

- "the tiresome chirping of a cricket"- Mark Twain;

- "other people's dreams are dreadfully wearisome";

- syn. deadening, dull, ho-hum, irksome, slow, tedious, tiresome, wearisome;

- sim. uninteresting;

boringly / b ɔ ɹ ɪ ŋ ɫ i /
r1
in a tedious manner;

- "boringly slow work";

- "he plodded tediously forward";

- syn. tediously, tiresomely;

boringness / b ɔ ɹ ɪ ŋ n ɛ s /
n1
extreme dullness;

- lacking spirit or interest;

- syn. dreariness, insipidity, insipidness;

Boris Fyodorovich Godunov
n1
czar of Russia (1551-1605);

- syn. Boris Godunov, Godunov;

Boris Godunov
n1
czar of Russia (1551-1605);

- syn. Boris Fyodorovich Godunov, Godunov;

Boris Karloff
n1
United States film actor (born in England) noted for his performances in horror films (1887-1969);

- syn. Karloff, William Henry Pratt;

Boris Leonidovich Pasternak
n1
Russian writer whose best known novel was banned by Soviet authorities but translated and published abroad (1890-1960);

- syn. Boris Pasternak, Pasternak;

Boris Pasternak
n1
Russian writer whose best known novel was banned by Soviet authorities but translated and published abroad (1890-1960);

- syn. Boris Leonidovich Pasternak, Pasternak;

Boris Spassky
n1
Russian chess master who moved to Paris;

- world champion from 1969 to 1972 (born in 1937);

- syn. Boris Vasilevich Spassky, Spassky;

Boris Vasilevich Spassky
n1
Russian chess master who moved to Paris;

- world champion from 1969 to 1972 (born in 1937);

- syn. Boris Spassky, Spassky;

Born / b ɔ n /
n1
British nuclear physicist (born in Germany) honored for his contributions to quantum mechanics (1882-1970);

- syn. Max Born;

a1
brought into existence;

- "he was a child born of adultery";

- sim. hatched;

a2
being talented through inherited qualities;

- "a natural leader";

- "a born musician";

- "an innate talent";

- syn. innate, natural;

- sim. intelligent;

born-again
a1
spiritually reborn or converted;

- "a born-again Christian";

- syn. reborn;

- sim. regenerate;

born-again Christian
n1
a Christian who has experienced a dramatic conversion to faith in Jesus;

Bornean
n1
a native or inhabitant of Borneo;

Borneo
n1
3rd largest island in the world;

- in the western Pacific to the north of Java;

- largely covered by dense jungle and rain forest;

- part of the Malay Archipelago;

- syn. Kalimantan;

Bornholm disease
n1
an acute infectious disease occurring in epidemic form and featuring paroxysms of pain (usually in the chest);

- syn. diaphragmatic pleurisy, epidemic myalgia, epidemic pleurodynia, myosis;

bornite
n1
a mineral consisting of sulfides of copper and iron that is found in copper deposits;

- syn. peacock ore;

Borodin
n1
Russian composer (1833-1887);

- syn. Aleksandr Borodin, Aleksandr Porfirevich Borodin;

Borodino
n1
Napoleon defeated the Russians in 1812 in a pitched battle at a village in western Russia west of Moscow, but irreparably weakened his army;

boron / b ɔ ɹ ɒ n /
n1
a trivalent metalloid element;

- occurs both in a hard black crystal and in the form of a yellow or brown powder;

- syn. B, atomic number 5;

boron chamber
n1
an ionization chamber lined with boron or filled with boron trifluoride gas for counting low velocity neutrons;

boron counter tube
n1
a proportional counter tube for counting neutrons;

boron trifluoride
n1
a pungent colorless gas;

boronic / b ɔ ɹ ɒ n ɪ k /
a1
of or relating to boron;

borosilicate
n1
a salt of boric and silicic acids;

borough / b ʌ ɹ ə /
n1
one of the administrative divisions of a large city;

n2
an English town that forms the constituency of a member of parliament;

borough English
n1
a former English custom by which the youngest son inherited land to the exclusion of his older brothers;

borrelia
n1
cause of e.g. European and African relapsing fever;

Borrelia burgdorferi
n1
cause of Lyme disease;

- transmitted primarily by ticks of genus Ixodes;

- syn. Lime disease spirochete;

borrow / b ɒ ɹ oʊ /
v1
get temporarily;

- "May I borrow your lawn mower?";

v2
take up and practice as one's own;

- syn. adopt, take over, take up;

borrow pit
n1
a pit created to provide earth that can be used as fill at another site;

borrower / b ɒ ɹ oʊ ə , b ɒ ɹ oʊ ə ɹ /
n1
someone who receives something on the promise to return it or its equivalent;

borrower's card
n1
a card certifying the bearer's right to use the library;

- syn. library card;

borrowing / b ɒ ɹ oʊ ɪ ŋ /
n1
the appropriation (of ideas or words etc) from another source;

- "the borrowing of ancient motifs was very apparent";

- syn. adoption;

n2
obtaining funds from a lender;

borrowing cost
n1
the cost of borrowing something;

borsch / b ɔ ʃ /
n1
a Russian or Polish soup usually containing beet juice as a foundation;

- syn. borscht, borsh, borshch, borsht, bortsch;

borscht
n1
a Russian or Polish soup usually containing beet juice as a foundation;

- syn. borsch, borsh, borshch, borsht, bortsch;

borscht belt
n1
(informal) a resort area in the Catskill Mountains of New York that was patronized primarily by Jewish guests;

- "many comedians learned their trade playing the borscht circuit";

- syn. borscht circuit, borsht belt, borsht circuit;

borscht circuit
n1
(informal) a resort area in the Catskill Mountains of New York that was patronized primarily by Jewish guests;

- "many comedians learned their trade playing the borscht circuit";

- syn. borscht belt, borsht belt, borsht circuit;

borsh
n1
a Russian or Polish soup usually containing beet juice as a foundation;

- syn. borsch, borscht, borshch, borsht, bortsch;

borshch
n1
a Russian or Polish soup usually containing beet juice as a foundation;

- syn. borsch, borscht, borsh, borsht, bortsch;

borsht
n1
a Russian or Polish soup usually containing beet juice as a foundation;

- syn. borsch, borscht, borsh, borshch, bortsch;

borsht belt
n1
(informal) a resort area in the Catskill Mountains of New York that was patronized primarily by Jewish guests;

- "many comedians learned their trade playing the borscht circuit";

- syn. borscht belt, borscht circuit, borsht circuit;

borsht circuit
n1
(informal) a resort area in the Catskill Mountains of New York that was patronized primarily by Jewish guests;

- "many comedians learned their trade playing the borscht circuit";

- syn. borscht belt, borscht circuit, borsht belt;

borstal / b ɔ s t ɫ /
n1
formerly a British reform school for youths considered too young to send to prison;

bortsch / b ɔ tʃ /
n1
a Russian or Polish soup usually containing beet juice as a foundation;

- syn. borsch, borscht, borsh, borshch, borsht;

borzoi / b ɔ z ɔɪ /
n1
tall fast-moving dog breed;

- syn. Russian wolfhound;

Bos
n1
wild and domestic cattle;

- in some classifications placed in the subfamily Bovinae or tribe Bovini;

- syn. genus Bos;

bos'n
n1
a petty officer on a merchant ship who controls the work of other seamen;

- syn. bo's'n, bo'sun, boatswain, bosun;

Bos banteng
n1
wild ox of the Malay Archipelago;

- syn. banteng, banting, tsine;

Bos grunniens
n1
large long-haired wild ox of Tibet often domesticated;

- syn. yak;

Bos indicus
n1
any of several breeds of Indian cattle;

- especially a large American heat and tick resistant greyish humped breed evolved in the Gulf States by interbreeding Indian cattle and now used chiefly for crossbreeding;

- syn. Brahma, Brahman, Brahmin;

Bos primigenius
n1
large recently extinct long-horned European wild ox;

- considered one of the ancestors of domestic cattle;

- syn. aurochs, urus;

Bos taurus
n1
domesticated bovine animals as a group regardless of sex or age;

- "so many head of cattle";

- "wait till the cows come home";

- "seven thin and ill-favored kine"- Bible;

- "a team of oxen";

- syn. cattle, cows, kine, oxen;

bosc
n1
greenish-yellow pear;

Bosch
n1
Dutch painter (1450-1516);

- syn. Hieronymus Bosch, Jerom Bos;

Bose
n1
Indian physicist who with Albert Einstein proposed statistical laws based on the indistinguishability of particles;

- led to the description of fundamental particles that later came to be known as bosons;

- syn. Satyendra N. Bose, Satyendra Nath Bose;

Bose-Einstein statistics
n1
(physics) statistical law obeyed by a system of particles whose wave function is not changed when two particles are interchanged (the Pauli exclusion principle does not apply);

Boselaphus
n1
Indian antelopes: nilgais;

- syn. genus Boselaphus;

Boselaphus tragocamelus
n1
large Indian antelope;

- male is blue-grey with white markings;

- female is brownish with no horns;

- syn. blue bull, nilgai, nylghai, nylghau;

bosh / b ɒ ʃ /
n1
pretentious or silly talk or writing;

- syn. baloney, bilgewater, boloney, drool, humbug, taradiddle, tarradiddle, tommyrot, tosh, twaddle;

bosie
n1
a cricket ball bowled as if to break one way that actually breaks in the opposite way;

- syn. bosie ball, googly, wrong 'un;

bosie ball
n1
a cricket ball bowled as if to break one way that actually breaks in the opposite way;

- syn. bosie, googly, wrong 'un;

Bosin's disease
n1
a rare chronic progressive encephalitis caused by the measles virus and occurring primarily in children and young adults;

- death usually occurs within three years;

- characterized by primary measles infection before the age of two years;

- syn. Dawson's encephalitis, SSPE, Van Bogaert encephalitis, inclusion body encephalitis, sclerosing leukoencephalitis, subacute inclusion body encephalitis, subacute sclerosing leukoencephalitis, subacute sclerosing panencephalitis;

bosk
n1
a small wooded area;

Boskop man
n1
possible early Homo sapiens represented by a cranium found in the Transvaal;

- formerly considered a separate species;

boskopoid
a1
belonging or relating to or resembling Boskop man;

bosky / b ɒ s k i /
a1
covered with or consisting of bushes or thickets;

- "brushy undergrowth";

- "`bosky' is a literary term";

- "a bosky park leading to a modest yet majestic plaza"- Jack Beatty;

- syn. brushy;

- sim. wooded;

Bosna i Hercegovina
n1
a mountainous republic of south-central Europe;

- formerly part of the Ottoman Empire and then a part of Yugoslavia;

- voted for independence in 1992 but the mostly Serbian army of Yugoslavia refused to accept the vote and began ethnic cleansing in order to rid Bosnia of its Croats and Muslims;

- syn. Bosnia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina;

Bosnia
n1
the northern part of Bosnia-Herzegovina;

n2
a mountainous republic of south-central Europe;

- formerly part of the Ottoman Empire and then a part of Yugoslavia;

- voted for independence in 1992 but the mostly Serbian army of Yugoslavia refused to accept the vote and began ethnic cleansing in order to rid Bosnia of its Croats and Muslims;

- syn. Bosna i Hercegovina, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina;

Bosnia-Herzegovina
n1
a mountainous republic of south-central Europe;

- formerly part of the Ottoman Empire and then a part of Yugoslavia;

- voted for independence in 1992 but the mostly Serbian army of Yugoslavia refused to accept the vote and began ethnic cleansing in order to rid Bosnia of its Croats and Muslims;

- syn. Bosna i Hercegovina, Bosnia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina;

Bosnia and Herzegovina
n1
a mountainous republic of south-central Europe;

- formerly part of the Ottoman Empire and then a part of Yugoslavia;

- voted for independence in 1992 but the mostly Serbian army of Yugoslavia refused to accept the vote and began ethnic cleansing in order to rid Bosnia of its Croats and Muslims;

- syn. Bosna i Hercegovina, Bosnia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina;

Bosnian / b ɒ z n ɪə n /
a1
of or relating to or characteristic of Bosnia-Herzegovina or the people of Bosnia;

bosom / b ʊ z ə m /
n1
the chest considered as the place where secret thoughts are kept;

- "his bosom was bursting with the secret";

n2
a person's breast or chest;

n3
cloth that covers the chest or breasts;

n4
a close affectionate and protective acceptance;

- "his willing embrace of new ideas";

- "in the bosom of the family";

- syn. embrace;

n5
the locus of feelings and intuitions;

- "in your heart you know it is true";

- "her story would melt your bosom";

- syn. heart;

n6
either of two soft fleshy milk-secreting glandular organs on the chest of a woman;

- syn. boob, breast, knocker, tit, titty;

v1
hide in one's bosom;

- "She bosomed his letters";

v2
hold (someone) tightly in your arms, usually with fondness;

- "Hug me, please";

- "They embraced";

- "He hugged her close to him";

- syn. embrace, hug, squeeze;

bosom of Abraham
n1
the place where the just enjoy the peace of heaven after death;

- syn. Abraham's bosom;

bosomed / b ʊ z ə m d /
a1
having a bosom as specified or having something likened to a bosom;

- usually used in compounds;

- "full-bosomed women";

- "the green-bosomed earth";

- sim. breasted;

bosomy
a1
(of a woman's body) having a large bosom and pleasing curves;

- "Hollywood seems full of curvaceous blondes";

- "a curvy young woman in a tight dress";

- syn. busty, buxom, curvaceous, curvy, full-bosomed, sonsie, sonsy, stacked, voluptuous, well-endowed;

- sim. shapely;

boson
n1
any particle that obeys Bose-Einstein statistics but not the Pauli exclusion principle;

- all nuclei with an even mass number are bosons;

Bosporus
n1
a strait connecting the Mediterranean and the Black Sea;

- separates the European and Asian parts of Turkey;

- an important shipping route;

Bosporus Bridge
n1
a suspension bridge across the Bosporus at Istanbul;

boss / b ɒ s /
n1
a person who exercises control over workers;

- "if you want to leave early you have to ask the foreman";

- syn. chief, foreman, gaffer, honcho;

n2
a person responsible for hiring workers;

- "the boss hired three more men for the new job";

- syn. hirer;

n3
a person who exercises control and makes decisions;

- "he is his own boss now";

n4
a leader in a political party who controls votes and dictates appointments;

- "party bosses have a reputation for corruption";

- syn. party boss, political boss;

n5
a circular rounded projection or protuberance;

- syn. knob;

v1
raise in a relief;

- "embossed stationery";

- syn. emboss, stamp;

a1
exceptionally good;

- "a boss hand at carpentry";

- "his brag cornfield";

- syn. brag;

- sim. superior;

boss-eyed / b ɒ s aɪ d /
a1
(British informal) cross-eyed;

- sim. cross-eyed;

boss around
v1
be bossy towards;

- "Her big brother always bullied her when she was young";

- syn. ballyrag, browbeat, bully, bullyrag, hector, push around, strong-arm;

bossism / b ɒ s ɪ z ə m /
n1
domination of a political organization by a party boss;

bossy / b ɒ s i /
a1
offensively self-assured or given to exercising usually unwarranted power;

- "an autocratic person";

- "autocratic behavior";

- "a bossy way of ordering others around";

- "a rather aggressive and dominating character";

- "managed the employees in an aloof magisterial way";

- "a swaggering peremptory manner";

- syn. autocratic, dominating, high-and-mighty, magisterial, peremptory;

- sim. domineering;

Boston / b ɒ s t ə n /
n1
state capital and largest city of Massachusetts;

- a major center for banking and financial services;

- syn. Bean Town, Beantown, Hub of the Universe, capital of Massachusetts;

Boston baked beans
n1
dried navy beans baked slowly with molasses and salt pork;

Boston brown bread
n1
dark steamed bread made of cornmeal wheat and flour with molasses and soda and milk or water;

- syn. brown bread;

Boston bull
n1
small pug-faced American terrier breed having a smooth brindle or black coat with white markings;

- syn. Boston terrier;

Boston cream pie
n1
layer cake filled with custard;

Boston fern
n1
a sword fern with arching or drooping pinnate fronds;

- a popular houseplant;

- syn. Nephrolepis exaltata, Nephrolepis exaltata bostoniensis;

Boston Harbor
n1
the seaport at Boston;

Boston ivy
n1
Asiatic vine with three-lobed leaves and purple berries;

- syn. Japanese ivy, Parthenocissus tricuspidata;

Boston lettuce
n1
lettuce with relatively soft leaves;

Boston rocker
n1
a rocking chair that has a high spindle back and a decorative top panel;

Boston Tea Party
n1
demonstration (1773) by citizens of Boston who (disguised as Indians) raided three British ships in Boston harbor and dumped hundreds of chests of tea into the harbor;

- organized as a protest against taxes on tea;

Boston terrier
n1
small pug-faced American terrier breed having a smooth brindle or black coat with white markings;

- syn. Boston bull;

Bostonian / b ɒ s t oʊ n j ə n /
n1
a native or resident of Boston;

bosun
n1
a petty officer on a merchant ship who controls the work of other seamen;

- syn. bo's'n, bo'sun, boatswain, bos'n;

bosun's chair
n1
a seat consisting of a board and a rope;

- used while working aloft or over the side of a ship;

- syn. boatswain's chair;

Boswell
n1
Scottish author noted for his biography of Samuel Johnson (1740-1795);

- syn. James Boswell;

n2
a devoted admirer and recorder of another's words and deeds;

Boswellia
n1
genus of trees of North Africa and India that yield incense;

- syn. genus Boswellia;

Boswellia carteri
n1
tree yielding an aromatic gum resin burned as incense;

Boswellia serrata
n1
East Indian tree yielding a resin used medicinally and burned as incense;

- syn. salai;

Bosworth Field
n1
the battle that ended the Wars of the Roses (1485);

- Richard III was killed and Henry Tudor was crowned as Henry VII;

bot
n1
botfly larva;

- typically develops inside the body of a horse or sheep or human;

bota
n1
a wine bottle made of leather;

botanic / b ə t æ n ɪ k /
a1
of or relating to plants or botany;

- "botanical garden";

- syn. botanical;

botanical / b ə t æ n ɪ k ɫ /
n1
a drug made from part of a plant (as the bark or root or leaves);

a1
of or relating to plants or botany;

- "botanical garden";

- syn. botanic;

botanical garden
n1
a facility where trees and shrubs are cultivated for exhibition;

- syn. arboretum;

botanical medicine
n1
the use of plants or plant extracts for medicinal purposes (especially plants that are not part of the normal diet);

- syn. herbal therapy, phytotherapy;

botanise / b ɒ t ə n ɪ s /
v1
collect and study plants;

- syn. botanize;

botanist / b ɒ t ə n ɪ s t /
n1
a biologist specializing in the study of plants;

- syn. phytologist, plant scientist;

botanize / b ɒ t ə n aɪ z /
v1
collect and study plants;

- syn. botanise;

botany / b ɒ t ə n i /
n1
all the plant life in a particular region or period;

- "Pleistocene vegetation";

- "the flora of southern California";

- "the botany of China";

- syn. flora, vegetation;

n2
the branch of biology that studies plants;

- syn. phytology;

Botany Bay fig
n1
Australian tree resembling the banyan often planted for ornament;

- introduced into South Africa for brushwood;

- syn. Ficus rubiginosa, Port Jackson fig, little-leaf fig, rusty rig;

Botaurus
n1
bitterns;

- syn. genus Botaurus;

Botaurus lentiginosus
n1
a kind of bittern;

- syn. American bittern, stake driver;

Botaurus stellaris
n1
a kind of bittern;

- syn. European bittern;

botch / b ɒ tʃ /
n1
an embarrassing mistake;

- syn. bloomer, blooper, blunder, boner, boo-boo, bungle, flub, foul-up, fuckup, pratfall;

v1
make a mess of, destroy or ruin;

- "I botched the dinner and we had to eat out";

- "the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement";

- syn. ball up, blow, bobble, bodge, bollix, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up, botch up, bumble, bungle, flub, fluff, foul up, fuck up, fumble, louse up, mess up, mishandle, muck up, muff, screw up, spoil;

botch up
v1
make a mess of, destroy or ruin;

- "I botched the dinner and we had to eat out";

- "the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement";

- syn. ball up, blow, bobble, bodge, bollix, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up, botch, bumble, bungle, flub, fluff, foul up, fuck up, fumble, louse up, mess up, mishandle, muck up, muff, screw up, spoil;

botched / b ɒ tʃ t /
a1
spoiled through incompetence or clumsiness;

- "a bungled job";

- syn. bungled;

- sim. unskilled;

botcher / b ɒ tʃ ə , b ɒ tʃ ə ɹ /
n1
someone who makes mistakes because of incompetence;

- syn. blunderer, bumbler, bungler, butcher, fuckup, fumbler, sad sack, stumbler;

botchy
a1
poorly done;

- "a botchy piece of work";

- "it was an unskillful attempt";

- syn. butcherly, unskillful;

- sim. unskilled;

botfly
n1
stout-bodied hairy dipterous fly whose larvae are parasites on humans and other mammals;

both / b oʊ θ /
a1
(used with count nouns) two considered together;

- the two;

- "both girls are pretty";

- sim. some;

bother / b ɒ ð ə , b ɒ ð ə ɹ /
n1
an angry disturbance;

- "he didn't want to make a fuss";

- "they had labor trouble";

- "a spot of bother";

- syn. fuss, hassle, trouble;

n2
something or someone that causes trouble;

- a source of unhappiness;

- "washing dishes was a nuisance before we got a dish washer";

- "a bit of a bother";

- "he's not a friend, he's an infliction";

- syn. annoyance, botheration, infliction, pain, pain in the ass, pain in the neck;

v1
take the trouble to do something;

- concern oneself;

- "He did not trouble to call his mother on her birthday";

- "Don't bother, please";

- syn. inconvenience oneself, trouble, trouble oneself;

v2
cause annoyance in;

- disturb, especially by minor irritations;

- "Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me";

- "It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves";

- syn. annoy, chafe, devil, get at, get to, gravel, irritate, nark, nettle, rag, rile, vex;

v3
to cause inconvenience or discomfort to;

- "Sorry to trouble you, but...";

- syn. discommode, disoblige, incommode, inconvenience, put out, trouble;

v4
intrude or enter uninvited;

- "Don't bother the professor while she is grading term papers";

v5
make nervous or agitated;

- "The mere thought of her bothered him and made his heart beat faster";

v6
make confused or perplexed or puzzled;

botheration / b ɒ ð ə ɹ eɪ ʃ ə n , b ɒ ð ə ɹ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the psychological state of being irritated or annoyed;

- syn. annoyance, irritation, vexation;

n2
something or someone that causes trouble;

- a source of unhappiness;

- "washing dishes was a nuisance before we got a dish washer";

- "a bit of a bother";

- "he's not a friend, he's an infliction";

- syn. annoyance, bother, infliction, pain, pain in the ass, pain in the neck;

bothered / b ɒ ð ə d /
a1
caused to show discomposure;

- "refused to be fazed by the objections";

- syn. daunted, fazed;

- sim. discomposed;

bothersome / b ɒ ð ə s ə m /
a1
causing irritation or annoyance;

- "tapping an annoying rhythm on his glass with his fork";

- "aircraft noise is particularly bothersome near the airport";

- "found it galling to have to ask permission";

- "an irritating delay";

- "nettlesome paperwork";

- "a pesky mosquito";

- "swarms of pestering gnats";

- "a plaguey newfangled safety catch";

- "a teasing and persistent thought annoyed him";

- "a vexatious child";

- "it is vexing to have to admit you are wrong";

- syn. annoying, galling, irritating, nettlesome, pesky, pestering, pestiferous, plaguey, plaguy, teasing, vexatious, vexing;

- sim. disagreeable;

Bothidae
n1
a family of fish of the order Heterosomata;

- syn. family Bothidae;

Bothrops
n1
fer-de-lance;

- syn. genus Bothrops;

Bothrops atrops
n1
large extremely venomous pit viper of Central America and South America;

- syn. fer-de-lance;

botonee
a1
(of a heraldic cross) having a cluster of three buttons or knobs at the end of each arm;

- syn. botonnee;

- sim. buttoned;

botonnee
a1
(of a heraldic cross) having a cluster of three buttons or knobs at the end of each arm;

- syn. botonee;

- sim. buttoned;

Botox
n1
a neurotoxin (trade name Botox) that is used clinically in small quantities to treat strabismus and facial spasms and other neurological disorders characterized by abnormal muscle contractions;

- is also used by cosmetic surgeons to smooth frown lines temporarily;

- syn. botulinum toxin A;

Botrychium
n1
grape fern;

- moonwort;

- syn. genus Botrychium;

Botrychium lunaria
n1
of America and Eurasia and Australia;

- syn. common moonwort, moonwort;

Botrychium matricariifolium
n1
of North America and Eurasia;

- syn. daisy-leaved grape fern, daisyleaf grape fern;

Botrychium multifidum
n1
European fern with leathery and sparsely hairy fronds;

- syn. leathery grape fern;

Botrychium virginianum
n1
American fern whose clustered sporangia resemble a snake's rattle;

- syn. rattlesnake fern;

botryoid
a1
resembling a cluster of grapes in form;

- syn. botryoidal, boytrose;

botryoidal
a1
resembling a cluster of grapes in form;

- syn. botryoid, boytrose;

Botswana / b ɒ t s w ɑ n ə /
n1
a landlocked republic in south-central Africa that became independent from British control in the 1960s;

- syn. Republic of Botswana;

Botswana monetary unit
n1
monetary unit in Botswana;

Botswanan
a1
of or pertaining to Botswana or the people of Botswana;

Botticelli
n1
Italian painter of mythological and religious paintings (1444-1510);

- syn. Alessandro di Mariano dei Filipepi, Sandro Botticelli;

bottle / b ɒ t ɫ /
n1
a glass or plastic vessel used for storing drinks or other liquids;

- typically cylindrical without handles and with a narrow neck that can be plugged or capped;

n2
the quantity contained in a bottle;

- syn. bottleful;

n3
a vessel fitted with a flexible teat and filled with milk or formula;

- used as a substitute for breast feeding infants and very young children;

- syn. feeding bottle, nursing bottle;

v1
store (liquids or gases) in bottles;

v2
put into bottles;

- "bottle the mineral water";

bottle-fed / b ɒ t ɫ f ɛ d /
a1
(of an infant) given milk from a bottle;

bottle-grass
n1
European foxtail naturalized in North America;

- often a troublesome weed;

- syn. Setaria viridis, bottle grass, green bristlegrass, green foxtail, rough bristlegrass;

bottle-green / b ɒ t ɫ ɡ ɹ i n /
a1
of a dark to moderate greyish green color;

- sim. chromatic;

bottle-nosed dolphin
n1
any of several dolphins with rounded forehead and well-developed beak;

- chiefly of northern Atlantic and Mediterranean;

- syn. bottlenose, bottlenose dolphin;

bottle-nosed whale
n1
northern Atlantic beaked whale with a bulbous forehead;

- syn. Hyperoodon ampullatus, bottlenose, bottlenose whale;

bottle-shaped
a1
shaped like a bottle;

- sim. formed;

bottle-tree
n1
an Australian tree of the genus Brachychiton;

- syn. bottle tree;

bottle bank
n1
a place where bottles can be deposited for recycling;

bottle bill
n1
a statute that would require merchants to reclaim used bottles;

bottle collection
n1
a collection of bottles;

- "her bottle collection is arranged on glass shelves in the window";

n2
the activity of collecting bottles;

- "bottle collection is a hobby of hers";

n3
collecting bottles for reuse;

bottle cork
n1
the plug in the mouth of a bottle (especially a wine bottle);

- syn. cork;

bottle gentian
n1
gentian of eastern North America having tubular blue or white flowers that open little if at all;

- syn. Gentiana andrewsii, blind gentian, closed gentian;

bottle gourd
n1
Old World climbing plant with hard-shelled bottle-shaped gourds as fruits;

- syn. Lagenaria siceraria, calabash;

bottle grass
n1
European foxtail naturalized in North America;

- often a troublesome weed;

- syn. Setaria viridis, bottle-grass, green bristlegrass, green foxtail, rough bristlegrass;

bottle green
n1
dark to moderate or greyish green;

bottle opener
n1
an opener for removing caps or corks from bottles;

bottle screw
n1
a bottle opener that pulls corks;

- syn. corkscrew;

bottle tree
n1
an Australian tree of the genus Brachychiton;

- syn. bottle-tree;

bottle up
v1
consciously restrain from showing;

- of emotions, desires, impulses, or behavior;

- "suppress a smile";

- "he let his anger bottle up until he exploded";

- syn. inhibit, suppress;

bottlebrush
n1
a cylindrical brush on a thin shaft that is used to clean bottles;

bottlebrush buckeye
n1
a spreading shrub with pink flowers;

- found in southeastern United States;

- syn. dwarf buckeye;

bottlecap
n1
a cap that seals a bottle;

bottled gas
n1
hydrocarbon gases, usually propane or butane, kept under pressure;

- syn. liquefied petroleum gas;

bottled water
n1
drinking water (often spring water) that is put into bottles and offered for sale;

bottlefeed
v1
feed (infants) with a bottle;

bottleful
n1
the quantity contained in a bottle;

- syn. bottle;

bottleneck / b ɒ t ɫ n ɛ k /
n1
a narrowing that reduces the flow through a channel;

- syn. chokepoint, constriction;

n2
the narrow part of a bottle near the top;

v1
slow down or impede by creating an obstruction;

- "His laziness has bottlenecked our efforts to reform the system";

v2
become narrow, like a bottleneck;

- "Right by the bridge, the road bottlenecks";

bottlenose
n1
any of several dolphins with rounded forehead and well-developed beak;

- chiefly of northern Atlantic and Mediterranean;

- syn. bottle-nosed dolphin, bottlenose dolphin;

n2
northern Atlantic beaked whale with a bulbous forehead;

- syn. Hyperoodon ampullatus, bottle-nosed whale, bottlenose whale;

bottlenose dolphin
n1
any of several dolphins with rounded forehead and well-developed beak;

- chiefly of northern Atlantic and Mediterranean;

- syn. bottle-nosed dolphin, bottlenose;

bottlenose whale
n1
northern Atlantic beaked whale with a bulbous forehead;

- syn. Hyperoodon ampullatus, bottle-nosed whale, bottlenose;

bottler / b ɒ t ə ɫ ə /
n1
a manufacturer that makes and bottles beverages;

bottling plant
n1
a plant where beverages are put into bottles with caps;

bottom / b ɒ t ə m /
n1
the lower side of anything;

- syn. underside, undersurface;

n2
the lowest part of anything;

- "they started at the bottom of the hill";

n3
the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on;

- "he deserves a good kick in the butt";

- "are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?";

- syn. arse, ass, backside, behind, bum, buns, butt, buttocks, can, derriere, fanny, fundament, hind end, hindquarters, keister, nates, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, seat, stern, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush;

n4
the second half of an inning;

- while the home team is at bat;

- syn. bottom of the inning;

n5
a depression forming the ground under a body of water;

- "he searched for treasure on the ocean bed";

- syn. bed;

n6
low-lying alluvial land near a river;

- syn. bottomland;

n7
a cargo ship;

- "they did much of their overseas trade in foreign bottoms";

- syn. freighter, merchant ship, merchantman;

v1
provide with a bottom or a seat;

- "bottom the chairs";

v2
strike the ground, as with a ship's bottom;

v3
come to understand;

- syn. fathom, penetrate;

a1
situated at the bottom or lowest position;

- "the bottom drawer";

- sim. bottommost, inferior, nether;

a2
the lowest rank;

- "bottom member of the class";

- sim. worst;

bottom-dweller
n1
a fish that lives and feeds on the bottom of a body of water;

- syn. bottom-feeder;

bottom-dwelling
a1
of or relating to fish and marine life that dwell on the bottom of a body of water;

bottom-feeder
n1
a scavenger that feeds low on the food chain;

n2
a fish that lives and feeds on the bottom of a body of water;

- syn. bottom-dweller;

bottom-feeding
a1
of or relating to fish and marine life that feed on the bottom of a body of water;

bottom-up
a1
of an approach to a problem that begins with details and works up to the highest conceptual level;

- "bottom-up parser";

- "a bottom-up model of the reading process";

bottom dog
n1
a person of low status;

bottom feeder
n1
an opportunist who profits from the misfortunes of others;

bottom fermentation
n1
a slow kind of alcoholic fermentation at a temperature low enough that the yeast cells can sink to the bottom of the fermenting liquid;

- used in the production of lager;

bottom fermenting yeast
n1
brewer's yeast used in bottom fermentation of lager;

bottom fish
n1
fish that live on the sea bottom (particularly the commercially important gadoid fish like cod and haddock, or flatfish like flounder);

- syn. groundfish;

bottom line
n1
the last line in an audit;

- the line that shows profit or loss;

n2
the decisive point;

bottom lurkers
n1
a fish that lurks on the bottom of a body of water;

bottom of the inning
n1
the second half of an inning;

- while the home team is at bat;

- syn. bottom;

bottom out
v1
reach the low point;

- "Prices bottomed out and started to rise again after a while";

v2
hit the ground;

- "the car bottomed out where the driveway meets the road";

bottom quark
n1
a quark with a charge of -1/3 and a mass about 10,000 times that of an electron;

- syn. beauty quark;

bottom rot
n1
fungous disease of lettuce that first rots lower leaves and spreads upward;

bottom rot fungus
n1
fungus causing bottom rot in lettuce;

- syn. Corticium solani;

bottom round
n1
cut from the round;

- suitable for pot roast;

bottomed / b ɒ t ə m d /
a1
having a bottom of a specified character;

- sim. bell-bottomed, copper-bottomed, round-bottomed;

bottomland
n1
low-lying alluvial land near a river;

- syn. bottom;

bottomless / b ɒ t ə m ɫ ə s /
a1
extremely deep;

- "a bottomless pit";

- "a bottomless lake";

- sim. deep;

a2
having no bottom;

- "bottomless pajamas consisting simply of a long top opening down the front";

a3
having no apparent limits or bounds;

- "a bottomless supply of money";

- "bottomless pockets";

- sim. unlimited;

a4
unclothed especially below the waist or featuring such nudeness;

- "bottomless dancers";

- "a bottomless bar";

- sim. unclothed;

bottomlessness / b ɒ t ə m ɫ ə s n ə s /
n1
the property of being very deep;

- without limit;

bottommost / b ɒ t ə m m oʊ s t /
a1
farthest down;

- "bottommost shelf";

- syn. lowermost, nethermost;

- sim. bottom;

botuliform
a1
shaped like a sausage;

- sim. formed;

botulin
n1
potent bacterial toxin produced by the bacterium Clostridium botulinum that causes botulism;

- can be used as a bioweapon;

- syn. botulinus toxin, botulismotoxin;

botulinal
a1
of or relating to or produced by the botulinus;

botulinum
n1
anaerobic bacterium producing botulin the toxin that causes botulism;

- syn. Clostridium botulinum, botulinus;

botulinum toxin
n1
any of several neurotoxins that are produced by the anaerobic bacterium Clostridium botulinum;

- causes muscle paralysis;

botulinum toxin A
n1
a neurotoxin (trade name Botox) that is used clinically in small quantities to treat strabismus and facial spasms and other neurological disorders characterized by abnormal muscle contractions;

- is also used by cosmetic surgeons to smooth frown lines temporarily;

- syn. Botox;

botulinus
n1
anaerobic bacterium producing botulin the toxin that causes botulism;

- syn. Clostridium botulinum, botulinum;

botulinus toxin
n1
potent bacterial toxin produced by the bacterium Clostridium botulinum that causes botulism;

- can be used as a bioweapon;

- syn. botulin, botulismotoxin;

botulism / b ɒ t j ʊ ɫ ɪ z ə m /
n1
food poisoning from ingesting botulin;

- not infectious;

- affects the CNS;

- can be fatal if not treated promptly;

botulismotoxin
n1
potent bacterial toxin produced by the bacterium Clostridium botulinum that causes botulism;

- can be used as a bioweapon;

- syn. botulin, botulinus toxin;

bouchee
n1
shell of puff paste;

- syn. patty shell;

boucle
n1
a fabric of uneven yarn that has an uneven knobby effect;

boudoir / b u d w ɑ , b u d w ɑr /
n1
a lady's bedroom or private sitting room;

bouffant
n1
a woman's hairstyle in which the hair gives a puffy appearance;

a1
being puffed out;

- used of hair style or clothing;

- "a bouffant skirt";

- syn. puffy;

- sim. large;

bouffe / b u f /
n1
opera with a happy ending and in which some of the text is spoken;

- syn. comic opera, opera bouffe, opera comique;

Bougainvillaea
n1
ornamental tropical woody vines;

- syn. genus Bougainvillaea, genus Bougainvillea;

Bougainville / b u ɡ ə n v ɪ ɫ /
n1
French explorer who circumnavigated the globe accompanied by scientists (1729-1811);

- syn. Louis Antoine de Bougainville;

n2
the largest of the Solomon Islands;

- a province of Papua New Guinea;

Bougainville Trench
n1
a depression in the floor of the Pacific Ocean between New Guinea and the Solomon Islands;

bougainvillea / b u ɡ ə n v ɪ ɫ ɪə /
n1
any of several South American ornamental woody vines of the genus Bougainvillea having brilliant red or purple flower bracts;

- widely grown in warm regions;

Bougainvillea glabra
n1
Brazilian vine that tends to flower continuously;

- syn. paper flower;

bough / b aʊ /
n1
any of the larger branches of a tree;

boughed / b aʊ d /
a1
having boughs (of trees);

- sim. limbed;

boughless
a1
having no boughs (of trees);

- sim. limbless;

boughten / b aʊ t ɛ n /
a1
purchased;

- not homemade;

- "my boughten clothes";

- "a store-bought dress";

- syn. store-bought;

- sim. factory-made;

bouillabaisse
n1
highly seasoned Mediterranean soup or stew made of several kinds of fish and shellfish with tomatoes and onions or leeks and seasoned with saffron and garlic and herbs;

bouillon / b u j ɒ n /
n1
a clear seasoned broth;

bouillon cube
n1
a cube of evaporated seasoned meat extract;

boulder / b oʊ ɫ d ə , b oʊ ɫ d ə ɹ /
n1
a large smooth mass of rock detached from its place of origin;

- syn. bowlder;

n2
a town in north central Colorado;

- Rocky Mountains resort center and university town;

boulder clay
n1
unstratified soil deposited by a glacier;

- consists of sand and clay and gravel and boulders mixed together;

- syn. till;

boulder fern
n1
fern of eastern North America with pale green fronds and an aroma like hay;

- syn. Dennstaedtia punctilobula, hay-scented, hay-scented fern, scented fern;

bouldered / b oʊ ɫ d ə d , b oʊ ɫ d ə ɹ d /
a1
abounding in rocks or stones;

- "rocky fields";

- "stony ground";

- "bouldery beaches";

- syn. bouldery, rocky, stony;

- sim. rough;

bouldery
a1
abounding in rocks or stones;

- "rocky fields";

- "stony ground";

- "bouldery beaches";

- syn. bouldered, rocky, stony;

- sim. rough;

boule
n1
an inlaid furniture decoration;

- tortoiseshell and yellow and white metal form scrolls in cabinetwork;

- syn. boulle, buhl;

boulevard / b u ɫ ə v ɑ d /
n1
a wide street or thoroughfare;

- syn. avenue;

boulevardier
n1
a visitor of a city boulevard (especially in Paris);

Boulez
n1
French composer of serial music (born in 1925);

- syn. Pierre Boulez;

boulle
n1
an inlaid furniture decoration;

- tortoiseshell and yellow and white metal form scrolls in cabinetwork;

- syn. boule, buhl;

bounce / b aʊ n s /
n1
the quality of a substance that is able to rebound;

- syn. bounciness;

n2
a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards;

- syn. bound, leap, leaping, saltation, spring;

n3
rebounding from an impact (or series of impacts);

- syn. bouncing;

v1
spring back;

- spring away from an impact;

- "The rubber ball bounced";

- "These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide";

- syn. bound, rebound, recoil, resile, reverberate, ricochet, spring, take a hop;

v2
hit something so that it bounces;

- "bounce a ball";

v3
move up and down repeatedly;

- syn. jounce;

v4
come back after being refused;

- "the check bounced";

v5
leap suddenly;

- "He bounced to his feet";

v6
refuse to accept and send back;

- "bounce a check";

v7
eject from the premises;

- "The ex-boxer's job is to bounce people who want to enter this private club";

bounce back
v1
improve in health;

- "He got well fast";

- syn. get over, get well;

bounce out
v1
bounce a ball so that it becomes an out;

bouncer / b aʊ n s ə /
n1
a person whose duty is to throw troublemakers out of a bar or public meeting;

- syn. chucker-out;

bounciness
n1
the quality of a substance that is able to rebound;

- syn. bounce;

bouncing / b aʊ n s ɪ ŋ /
n1
rebounding from an impact (or series of impacts);

- syn. bounce;

a1
vigorously healthy;

- "a bouncing baby";

- sim. healthy;

a2
marked by lively action;

- "a bouncing gait";

- "bouncy tunes";

- "the peppy and interesting talk";

- "a spirited dance";

- syn. bouncy, peppy, spirited, zippy;

- sim. lively;

bouncing Bess
n1
plant of European origin having pink or white flowers and leaves yielding a detergent when bruised;

- syn. Saponaria officinalis, bouncing Bet, hedge pink, soapwort;

bouncing Bet
n1
plant of European origin having pink or white flowers and leaves yielding a detergent when bruised;

- syn. Saponaria officinalis, bouncing Bess, hedge pink, soapwort;

bouncing betty
n1
an antipersonnel land mine;

bouncing putty
n1
a soft elastic silicone polymer that increases in elasticity with the application of force;

- used in the center of golf balls and as shock-absorbent padding;

bouncy / b aʊ n s i /
a1
elastic;

- rebounds readily;

- "clean bouncy hair";

- "a lively tennis ball";

- "as resilient as seasoned hickory";

- "springy turf";

- syn. live, lively, resilient, springy;

- sim. elastic;

a2
marked by lively action;

- "a bouncing gait";

- "bouncy tunes";

- "the peppy and interesting talk";

- "a spirited dance";

- syn. bouncing, peppy, spirited, zippy;

- sim. lively;

bound / b aʊ n d /
n1
a line determining the limits of an area;

- syn. boundary, edge;

n2
the line or plane indicating the limit or extent of something;

- syn. boundary, bounds;

n3
the greatest possible degree of something;

- "what he did was beyond the bounds of acceptable behavior";

- "to the limit of his ability";

- syn. boundary, limit;

n4
a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards;

- syn. bounce, leap, leaping, saltation, spring;

v1
move forward by leaps and bounds;

- "The horse bounded across the meadow";

- "The child leapt across the puddle";

- "Can you jump over the fence?";

- syn. jump, leap, spring;

v2
form the boundary of;

- be contiguous to;

- syn. border;

v3
place limits on (extent or amount or access);

- "restrict the use of this parking lot";

- "limit the time you can spend with your friends";

- syn. confine, limit, restrict, throttle, trammel;

v4
spring back;

- spring away from an impact;

- "The rubber ball bounced";

- "These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide";

- syn. bounce, rebound, recoil, resile, reverberate, ricochet, spring, take a hop;

a1
confined by bonds;

- "bound and gagged hostages";

- also unfree;

- sim. chained, fettered, furled, pinioned, tethered, trussed, wired;

a2
held with another element, substance or material in chemical or physical union;

- sim. conjugate, conjugate;

a3
secured with a cover or binding;

- often used as a combining form;

- "bound volumes";

- "leather-bound volumes";

- sim. brassbound, cased, half-bound, paperback, well-bound;

a4
(usually followed by `to') governed by fate;

- "bound to happen";

- "an old house destined to be demolished";

- "he is destined to be famous";

- syn. destined;

- sim. certain;

a5
covered or wrapped with a bandage;

- "the bandaged wound on the back of his head";

- "an injury bound in fresh gauze";

- syn. bandaged;

- sim. treated;

a6
headed or intending to head in a certain direction;

- often used as a combining form as in `college-bound students';

- "children bound for school";

- "a flight destined for New York";

- syn. destined;

- sim. oriented;

a7
bound by an oath;

- "a bound official";

- sim. sworn;

a8
bound by contract;

- syn. apprenticed, articled, indentured;

- sim. unfree;

a9
confined in the bowels;

- "he is bound in the belly";

- sim. constipated;

bound form
n1
a morpheme that occurs only as part of a larger construction;

- eg an -s at the end of plural nouns;

- syn. bound morpheme;

bound morpheme
n1
a morpheme that occurs only as part of a larger construction;

- eg an -s at the end of plural nouns;

- syn. bound form;

bound off
v1
bound off one point after another;

- syn. skip;

bound up
a1
closely or inseparably connected or associated with;

- "his career is bound up with the fortunes of the enterprise";

- sim. related;

a2
deeply devoted to;

- "bound up in her teaching";

- "is wrapped up in his family";

- syn. wrapped up;

- sim. committed;

boundary / b aʊ n d ɹ i /
n1
the line or plane indicating the limit or extent of something;

- syn. bound, bounds;

n2
a line determining the limits of an area;

- syn. bound, edge;

n3
the greatest possible degree of something;

- "what he did was beyond the bounds of acceptable behavior";

- "to the limit of his ability";

- syn. bound, limit;

boundary condition
n1
(mathematics) a condition specified for the solution to a set of differential equations;

boundary layer
n1
the layer of slower flow of a fluid past a surface;

boundary line
n1
a line that indicates a boundary;

- syn. border, borderline, delimitation, mete;

bounded / b aʊ n d ɪ d /
a1
having the limits or boundaries established;

- "a delimited frontier through the disputed region";

- syn. delimited;

- sim. finite;

bounded interval
n1
an interval that includes its endpoints;

- syn. closed interval;

boundedness / b aʊ n d ɪ d n ɪ s /
n1
the quality of being finite;

- syn. finiteness, finitude;

bounden / b aʊ n d ə n /
a1
morally obligatory;

- "my bounden duty";

- sim. obligatory;

bounder / b aʊ n d ə , b aʊ n d ə ɹ /
n1
someone who is morally reprehensible;

- "you dirty dog";

- syn. blackguard, cad, dog, heel, hound;

n2
someone who bounds or leaps (as in competition);

- syn. leaper;

bounderish / b aʊ n d ə ɹ ɪ ʃ /
a1
(of persons) lacking in refinement or grace;

- syn. ill-bred, lowbred, rude, underbred, yokelish;

- sim. unrefined;

boundless / b aʊ n d ɫ ɪ s /
a1
seemingly boundless in amount, number, degree, or especially extent;

- "unbounded enthusiasm";

- "children with boundless energy";

- "a limitless supply of money";

- syn. limitless, unbounded;

- sim. infinite;

boundlessly / b aʊ n d ɫ ɪ s ɫ i /
r1
without bounds;

- "he is infinitely wealthy";

- syn. immeasurably, infinitely;

boundlessness / b aʊ n d ɫ ə s n ə s /
n1
the quality of being infinite;

- without bound or limit;

- syn. infiniteness, infinitude, limitlessness, unboundedness;

bounds / b aʊ n d z /
n1
the line or plane indicating the limit or extent of something;

- syn. bound, boundary;

bounteous / b aʊ n t ɪə s /
a1
given or giving freely;

- "was a big tipper";

- "the bounteous goodness of God";

- "bountiful compliments";

- "a freehanded host";

- "a handsome allowance";

- "Saturday's child is loving and giving";

- "a liberal backer of the arts";

- "a munificent gift";

- "her fond and openhanded grandfather";

- syn. big, bighearted, bountiful, freehanded, giving, handsome, liberal, openhanded;

- sim. generous;

bounteously / b aʊ n t ɪə s ɫ i /
r1
in a bountiful manner;

- syn. bountifully, plenteously, plentifully;

bounteousness / b aʊ n t ɪə s n ɛ s /
n1
generosity evidenced by a willingness to give freely;

- syn. bounty;

bountied / b aʊ n t i d /
a1
rewarded or able to be rewarded by a bounty;

- "a bountied animal pelt";

- sim. rewarding;

bountiful / b aʊ n t ɪ f ə ɫ /
a1
given or giving freely;

- "was a big tipper";

- "the bounteous goodness of God";

- "bountiful compliments";

- "a freehanded host";

- "a handsome allowance";

- "Saturday's child is loving and giving";

- "a liberal backer of the arts";

- "a munificent gift";

- "her fond and openhanded grandfather";

- syn. big, bighearted, bounteous, freehanded, giving, handsome, liberal, openhanded;

- sim. generous;

a2
producing in abundance;

- "the bountiful earth";

- "a plentiful year";

- "fruitful soil";

- syn. plentiful;

- sim. fruitful;

bountifully / b aʊ n t ɪ f ə ɫ i /
r1
in a bountiful manner;

- syn. bounteously, plenteously, plentifully;

bountifulness / b aʊ n t ɪ f ə ɫ n ə s /
n1
the property of copious abundance;

- syn. amplitude, bounty;

bounty / b aʊ n t i /
n1
payment or reward (especially from a government) for acts such as catching criminals or killing predatory animals or enlisting in the military;

- syn. premium;

n2
the property of copious abundance;

- syn. amplitude, bountifulness;

n3
generosity evidenced by a willingness to give freely;

- syn. bounteousness;

n4
a ship of the British navy;

- in 1789 part of the crew mutinied against their commander William Bligh and set him afloat in an open boat;

- syn. H.M.S. Bounty;

bounty hunter
n1
someone who pursues fugitives or criminals for whom a reward is offered;

n2
a hunter who kills predatory wild animals in order to collect a bounty;

bouquet / b ʊ k eɪ /
n1
an arrangement of flowers that is usually given as a present;

- syn. corsage, nosegay, posy;

n2
a pleasingly sweet olfactory property;

- syn. fragrance, fragrancy, redolence, sweetness;

Bourbon / b ɝ b ə n /
n1
a reactionary politician in the United States (usually from the South);

n2
whiskey distilled from a mash of corn and malt and rye and aged in charred oak barrels;

n3
a member of the European royal family that ruled France;

n4
a European royal line that ruled in France (from 1589-1793) and Spain and Naples and Sicily;

- syn. Bourbon dynasty;

Bourbon dynasty
n1
a European royal line that ruled in France (from 1589-1793) and Spain and Naples and Sicily;

- syn. Bourbon;

bourdon / b ʊə d n /
n1
a pipe of the bagpipe that is tuned to produce a single continuous tone;

- syn. drone, drone pipe;

bourgeois / b ɝ dʒ ɔɪ s , b ʊə ʒ w ɑ , b ʊə ʒ w ɑ z /
n1
a capitalist who engages in industrial commercial enterprise;

- syn. businessperson;

n2
a member of the middle class;

- syn. burgher;

a1
(according to Marxist thought) being of the property-owning class and exploitive of the working class;

- sim. capitalistic;

a2
conforming to the standards and conventions of the middle class;

- "a bourgeois mentality";

- syn. conservative, materialistic;

- sim. middle-class;

a3
belonging to the middle class;

- sim. middle-class;

bourgeoisie / b ʊə ʒ w ɑ z i /
n1
the social class between the lower and upper classes;

- syn. middle class;

bourgeon / b ɝ dʒ ə n /
v1
produce buds, branches, or germinate;

- "the potatoes sprouted";

- syn. burgeon forth, germinate, pullulate, shoot, sprout, spud;

Bourgogne
n1
a former province of eastern France that is famous for its wines;

- syn. Burgundy;

bourguignon
n1
reduced red wine with onions and parsley and thyme and butter;

- syn. Burgundy sauce, bourguignon sauce;

bourguignon sauce
n1
reduced red wine with onions and parsley and thyme and butter;

- syn. Burgundy sauce, bourguignon;

bourn / b ʊə n /
n1
an archaic term for a boundary;

- syn. bourne;

n2
an archaic term for a goal or destination;

- syn. bourne;

bourne / b ɔ n , b ʊə n /
n1
an archaic term for a boundary;

- syn. bourn;

n2
an archaic term for a goal or destination;

- syn. bourn;

Bourse / b ʊə s /
n1
the stock exchange in Paris;

bourtree
n1
a common shrub with black fruit or a small tree of Europe and Asia;

- fruit used for wines and jellies;

- syn. European elder, Sambucus nigra, black elder, common elder, elderberry;

bouse / b aʊ z , b u z /
v1
haul with a tackle;

- syn. bowse;

boustrophedon / b aʊ s t ɹ ə f i d ə n /
n1
an ancient writing system: having alternate lines written in opposite directions;

- literally `as the ox ploughs';

boustrophedonic
a1
of or relating to writing alternate lines in opposite directions;

bout / b aʊ t /
n1
(sports) a division during which one team is on the offensive;

- syn. round, turn;

n2
a period of illness;

- "a bout of fever";

- "a bout of depression";

n3
a contest or fight (especially between boxers or wrestlers);

n4
an occasion for excessive eating or drinking;

- "they went on a bust that lasted three days";

- syn. binge, bust, tear;

Bouteloua
n1
forage grasses;

- syn. genus Bouteloua;

Bouteloua eriopoda
n1
a pasture grass (especially of western coastal regions of North America);

- syn. black grama;

Bouteloua gracilis
n1
a pasture grass of western North America;

- syn. blue grama;

boutique / b u t i k /
n1
a shop that sells women's clothes and jewelry;

- syn. dress shop;

boutonneuse fever
n1
a disease (common in India and around the Mediterranean area) caused by a rickettsia that is transmitted to humans by a reddish brown tick (ixodid) that lives on dogs and other mammals;

- syn. Indian tick fever, Kenya fever, Marseilles fever;

boutonniere
n1
a flower that is worn in a buttonhole;

Bouvet Island
n1
an island belonging to Norway in the South Atlantic near the Antarctic Circle;

Bouvier des Flandres
n1
rough-coated breed used originally in Belgium for herding and guarding cattle;

- syn. Bouviers des Flandres;

Bouviers des Flandres
n1
rough-coated breed used originally in Belgium for herding and guarding cattle;

- syn. Bouvier des Flandres;

Bouvines
n1
in 1214 the French under Philip Augustus defeated a coalition formed against him in one of the greatest battles of the middle ages;

Bouyei
n1
a branch of the Tai languages;

- syn. Buyi;

bovid
n1
hollow-horned ruminants;

a1
of or relating to or belonging to the genus Bos (cattle);

- syn. bovine;

Bovidae
n1
true antelopes;

- cattle;

- oxen;

- sheep;

- goats;

- syn. family Bovidae;

Bovinae
n1
term not used technically;

- essentially coextensive with genus Bos: cattle;

- buffalo;

- and sometimes includes kudu;

- syn. subfamily Bovinae;

bovine / b oʊ v aɪ n /
n1
any of various members of the genus Bos;

a1
of or relating to or belonging to the genus Bos (cattle);

- syn. bovid;

a2
dull and slow-moving and stolid;

- like an ox;

- "showed a bovine apathy";

- sim. dull;

bovine spongiform encephalitis
n1
a fatal disease of cattle that affects the central nervous system;

- causes staggering and agitation;

- syn. BSE, mad cow disease;

Bovini
n1
term not used technically;

- essentially coextensive with genus Bos;

- syn. tribe Bovini;

Bovril / b ɒ v ɹ ɪ ɫ /
n1
an extract of beef (given to people who are ill);

- syn. beef tea;

bow / b aʊ , b oʊ /
n1
a knot with two loops and loose ends;

- used to tie shoelaces;

- syn. bowknot;

n2
a slightly curved piece of resilient wood with taut horsehair strands;

- used in playing certain stringed instruments;

n3
front part of a vessel or aircraft;

- "he pointed the bow of the boat toward the finish line";

- syn. fore, prow, stem;

n4
a weapon for shooting arrows, composed of a curved piece of resilient wood with a taut cord to propel the arrow;

n5
something curved in shape;

- syn. arc;

n6
bending the head or body or knee as a sign of reverence or submission or shame or greeting;

- syn. bowing, obeisance;

n7
an appearance by actors or performers at the end of the concert or play in order to acknowledge the applause of the audience;

- syn. curtain call;

n8
a decorative interlacing of ribbons;

n9
a stroke with a curved piece of wood with taut horsehair strands that is used in playing stringed instruments;

v1
bend one's knee or body, or lower one's head;

- "He bowed before the King";

- "She bowed her head in shame";

- syn. bow down;

v2
yield to another's wish or opinion;

- "The government bowed to the military pressure";

- syn. accede, defer, give in, submit;

v3
bend the head or the upper part of the body in a gesture of respect or greeting;

- "He bowed before the King";

- also bow down;

v4
bend one's back forward from the waist on down;

- "he crouched down";

- "She bowed before the Queen";

- "The young man stooped to pick up the girl's purse";

- syn. bend, crouch, stoop;

v5
play on a stringed instrument with a bow;

bow-tie
n1
a man's tie that ties in a bow;

- syn. bow tie, bowtie;

bow-wow / b aʊ w aʊ /
n1
the bark of a dog;

n2
informal terms for dogs;

- syn. barker, doggie, doggy, pooch;

bow and arrow
n1
a weapon consisting of arrows and the bow to shoot them;

bow down
v1
get into a prostrate position, as in submission;

- syn. prostrate;

v2
bend one's knee or body, or lower one's head;

- "He bowed before the King";

- "She bowed her head in shame";

- syn. bow;

bow leg
n1
outward curvature of the legs;

- syn. bandy legs, bow legs;

n2
a leg bowed outward at the knee (or below the knee);

- syn. bandy leg, bandyleg, bowleg, genu varum, tibia vara;

bow legs
n1
outward curvature of the legs;

- syn. bandy legs, bow leg;

bow out
v1
remove oneself from an obligation;

- "He bowed out when he heard how much work was involved";

- syn. back down, back off, chicken out, pull out;

v2
retire gracefully;

- "He bowed out when he realized he could no longer handle the demands of the chairmanship";

- syn. withdraw;

bow tie
n1
a man's tie that ties in a bow;

- syn. bow-tie, bowtie;

bow window
n1
a window that sticks out from the outside wall of a house;

- syn. bay window;

bow wood
n1
small shrubby deciduous yellowwood tree of south central United States having spines, glossy dark green leaves and an inedible fruit that resembles an orange;

- its hard orange-colored wood used for bows by Native Americans;

- frequently planted as boundary hedge;

- syn. Maclura pomifera, mock orange, osage orange;

Bowditch / b oʊ d ɪ tʃ /
n1
United States mathematician and astronomer noted for his works on navigation (1773-1838);

- syn. Nathaniel Bowditch;

Bowdler / b aʊ d ɫ ə /
n1
English editor who in 1818 published an expurgated edition of the works of Shakespeare (1754-1825);

- syn. Thomas Bowdler;

bowdlerisation / b aʊ d ɫ ə ɹ aɪ z eɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
written material that has been bowdlerized;

- syn. bowdlerization;

n2
the act of deleting or modifying all passages considered to be indecent;

- syn. bowdlerization;

bowdlerise
v1
edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate;

- "bowdlerize a novel";

- syn. bowdlerize, castrate, expurgate, shorten;

bowdleriser / b aʊ d ɫ ə ɹ aɪ z ə /
n1
a person who edits a text by removing obscene or offensive words or passages;

- "Thomas Bowdler was a famous expurgator";

- syn. bowdlerizer, expurgator;

Bowdlerism / b aʊ d ɫ ə ɪ z ə m /
n1
censorship in the form of prudish expurgation;

bowdlerization / b aʊ d ɫ ə ɹ aɪ z eɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
written material that has been bowdlerized;

- syn. bowdlerisation;

n2
the act of deleting or modifying all passages considered to be indecent;

- syn. bowdlerisation;

bowdlerize / b aʊ d ɫ ə ɹ aɪ z /
v1
edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate;

- "bowdlerize a novel";

- syn. bowdlerise, castrate, expurgate, shorten;

bowdlerizer / b aʊ d ɫ ə ɹ aɪ z ə , b aʊ d ɫ ə ɹ aɪ z ə ɹ /
n1
a person who edits a text by removing obscene or offensive words or passages;

- "Thomas Bowdler was a famous expurgator";

- syn. bowdleriser, expurgator;

bowed / b aʊ d , b oʊ d /
a1
of a stringed instrument;

- sounded by stroking with a bow;

- sim. arco;

a2
forming or resembling an arch;

- "an arched ceiling";

- syn. arced, arched, arching, arciform, arcuate;

- sim. curved;

a3
have legs that curve outward at the knees;

- syn. bandy, bandy-legged, bowleg, bowlegged;

- sim. unfit;

a4
showing an excessively deferential manner;

- syn. bowing;

- sim. submissive;

bowed down
a1
heavily burdened with work or cares;

- "bowed down with troubles";

- "found himself loaded down with responsibilities";

- "overburdened social workers";

- "weighed down with cares";

- syn. loaded down, overburdened, weighed down;

- sim. burdened;

bowed stringed instrument
n1
stringed instruments that are played with a bow;

- "the strings played superlatively well";

- syn. string;

bowel / b aʊ ə ɫ /
n1
the part of the alimentary canal between the stomach and the anus;

- syn. gut, intestine;

bowel movement
n1
a euphemism for defecation;

- "he had a bowel movement";

- syn. bm, movement;

bowelless
a1
ruthless in competition;

- "cutthroat competition";

- "bowelless readiness to take advantage";

- syn. cutthroat, fierce;

- sim. merciless;

bowels / b aʊ ə ɫ z /
n1
the center of the Earth;

bower / b aʊ ə , b aʊ ə ɹ /
n1
a framework that supports climbing plants;

- "the arbor provided a shady resting place in the park";

- syn. arbor, arbour, pergola;

v1
enclose in a bower;

- syn. embower;

bower actinidia
n1
climbing Asiatic vine having long finely serrate leaves and racemes of white flowers followed by greenish-yellow edible fruit;

- syn. Actinidia arguta, tara vine;

bowerbird
n1
any of various birds of the Australian region whose males build ornamented structures resembling bowers in order to attract females;

- syn. catbird;

Bowery / b aʊ ə ɹ i /
n1
a street in Manhattan noted for cheap hotels frequented by homeless derelicts;

a1
like a bower;

- leafy and shady;

- "a bowery lane";

- sim. leafy;

bowfin / b oʊ f ɪ n /
n1
primitive long-bodied carnivorous freshwater fish with a very long dorsal fin;

- found in sluggish waters of North America;

- syn. Amia calva, dogfish, grindle;

bowfront / b oʊ f ɹ ʌ n t /
a1
having an outward curving front;

- "a bowfront dresser";

- "a bowfront house";

- sim. rounded;

bowhead / b oʊ h ɛ d /
n1
large-mouthed Arctic whale;

- syn. Balaena mysticetus, Greenland whale, bowhead whale;

bowhead whale
n1
large-mouthed Arctic whale;

- syn. Balaena mysticetus, Greenland whale, bowhead;

Bowie / b oʊ i /
n1
United States pioneer and hero of the Texas revolt against Mexico;

- he shared command of the garrison that resisted the Mexican attack on the Alamo where he died (1796-1836);

- syn. James Bowie, Jim Bowie;

Bowie knife / b oʊ ɪ n aɪ f /
n1
a stout hunting knife with a single edge;

Bowiea
n1
small genus of tropical African perennial bulbous herbs with deciduous twining stems;

- sometimes placed in family Hyacinthaceae;

- syn. genus Bowiea;

Bowiea volubilis
n1
much-branched leafless twining South African herb cultivated as an ornamental for its bright green stems growing from large aboveground bulbs;

- syn. climbing onion;

bowing / b aʊ ɪ ŋ , b oʊ ɪ ŋ /
n1
bending the head or body or knee as a sign of reverence or submission or shame or greeting;

- syn. bow, obeisance;

n2
managing the bow in playing a stringed instrument;

- "the violinist's bowing was excellent";

a1
showing an excessively deferential manner;

- syn. bowed;

- sim. submissive;

bowknot / b oʊ n ɒ t /
n1
a knot with two loops and loose ends;

- used to tie shoelaces;

- syn. bow;

bowl / b oʊ ɫ /
n1
a round vessel that is open at the top;

- used chiefly for holding food or liquids;

n2
a concave shape with an open top;

- syn. trough;

n3
a dish that is round and open at the top for serving foods;

n4
the quantity contained in a bowl;

- syn. bowlful;

n5
a large structure for open-air sports or entertainments;

- syn. arena, sports stadium, stadium;

n6
a large ball with finger holes used in the sport of bowling;

- syn. bowling ball;

n7
a wooden ball (with flattened sides so that it rolls on a curved course) used in the game of lawn bowling;

n8
a small round container that is open at the top for holding tobacco;

- syn. pipe bowl;

n9
the act of rolling something (as the ball in bowling);

- syn. roll;

v1
roll (a ball);

v2
hurl a cricket ball from one end of the pitch towards the batsman at the other end;

v3
engage in the sport of bowling;

- "My parents like to bowl on Friday nights";

bowl-shaped
a1
having a concave shape with an open top like a bowl;

- sim. concave;

bowl over
v1
cause to overturn from an upright or normal position;

- "The cat knocked over the flower vase";

- "the clumsy customer turned over the vase";

- "he tumped over his beer";

- syn. knock over, overturn, tip over, tump over, turn over, upset;

v2
overcome with amazement;

- "This boggles the mind!";

- syn. boggle, flabbergast;

bowlder
n1
a large smooth mass of rock detached from its place of origin;

- syn. boulder;

bowleg / b oʊ ɫ ɛ ɡ /
n1
a leg bowed outward at the knee (or below the knee);

- syn. bandy leg, bandyleg, bow leg, genu varum, tibia vara;

a1
have legs that curve outward at the knees;

- syn. bandy, bandy-legged, bowed, bowlegged;

- sim. unfit;

bowlegged / b oʊ ɫ ɛ ɡ ɪ d /
a1
have legs that curve outward at the knees;

- syn. bandy, bandy-legged, bowed, bowleg;

- sim. unfit;

bowler / b oʊ ɫ ə , b oʊ ɫ ə ɹ /
n1
a cricketer who delivers the ball to the batsman in cricket;

n2
a player who rolls balls down an alley at pins;

n3
a felt hat that is round and hard with a narrow brim;

- syn. bowler hat, derby, derby hat, plug hat;

bowler hat
n1
a felt hat that is round and hard with a narrow brim;

- syn. bowler, derby, derby hat, plug hat;

bowlful
n1
the quantity contained in a bowl;

- syn. bowl;

bowline / b oʊ ɫ ɪ n /
n1
a loop knot that neither slips nor jams;

- syn. bowline knot;

bowline knot
n1
a loop knot that neither slips nor jams;

- syn. bowline;

bowling / b oʊ ɫ ɪ ŋ /
n1
a game in which balls are rolled at an object or group of objects with the aim of knocking them over or moving them;

n2
(cricket) the act of delivering a cricket ball to the batsman;

n3
the playing of a game of tenpins or duckpins etc;

bowling alley
n1
a building that contains several alleys for bowling;

n2
a lane down which a bowling ball is rolled toward pins;

- syn. alley, skittle alley;

bowling ball
n1
a large ball with finger holes used in the sport of bowling;

- syn. bowl;

bowling equipment
n1
equipment used in bowling;

Bowling Green
n1
a town in southern Kentucky;

n2
a field of closely mowed turf for playing bowls;

bowling league
n1
a league of bowling teams;

bowling pin
n1
a club-shaped wooden object used in bowling;

- set up in triangular groups of ten as the target;

- syn. pin;

bowling score
n1
the score in a bowling match;

bowling shoe
n1
a special shoe worn when bowling;

bowls / b oʊ ɫ z /
n1
a bowling game played on a level lawn with biased wooden balls that are rolled at a jack;

- syn. lawn bowling;

bowman / b oʊ m ə n , b oʊ m ɛ n /
n1
a person who is expert in the use of a bow and arrow;

- syn. archer;

Bowman's capsule
n1
thin double membrane surrounding the glomerulus of a nephron;

- syn. capsula glomeruli, glomerular capsule;

bowse
v1
haul with a tackle;

- syn. bouse;

bowsprit / b oʊ s p ɹ ɪ t /
n1
a spar projecting from the bow of a vessel;

bowstring / b oʊ s t ɹ ɪ ŋ /
n1
the string of an archer's bow;

bowstring hemp
n1
hemp obtained from the sansevieria;

n2
strong fiber that resembles hemp;

- obtained from sansevieria and used for e.g. cordage;

n3
grown as a houseplant for its mottled fleshy sword-shaped leaves or as a source of fiber;

- syn. sansevieria;

bowtie
n1
a man's tie that ties in a bow;

- syn. bow-tie, bow tie;

bowtie pasta
n1
pasta shaped with scalloped edges and pinched in the middle, suggestive of a bow tie;

- syn. farfalle;

box / b ɒ k s /
n1
a (usually rectangular) container;

- may have a lid;

- "he rummaged through a box of spare parts";

n2
private area in a theater or grandstand where a small group can watch the performance;

- "the royal box was empty";

- syn. loge;

n3
the quantity contained in a box;

- "he gave her a box of chocolates";

- syn. boxful;

n4
a predicament from which a skillful or graceful escape is impossible;

- "his lying got him into a tight corner";

- syn. corner;

n5
a rectangular drawing;

- "the flowchart contained many boxes";

n6
evergreen shrubs or small trees;

- syn. boxwood;

n7
any one of several designated areas on a ball field where the batter or catcher or coaches are positioned;

- "the umpire warned the batter to stay in the batter's box";

n8
the driver's seat on a coach;

- "an armed guard sat in the box with the driver";

- syn. box seat;

n9
separate partitioned area in a public place for a few people;

- "the sentry stayed in his box to avoid the cold";

n10
a blow with the hand (usually on the ear);

- "I gave him a good box on the ear";

v1
put into a box;

- "box the gift, please";

- syn. package;

v2
hit with the fist;

- "I'll box your ears!";

v3
engage in a boxing match;

box-shaped
a1
resembling a box in rectangularity;

- syn. boxlike, boxy;

- sim. cubic;

box beam
n1
a beam built up from boards;

- has a hollow rectangular cross section;

- syn. box girder;

box calf
n1
black calfskin leather tanned with chromium salts;

box camera
n1
a simple camera shaped like a rectangular box;

- syn. box Kodak;

box coat
n1
a short coat that hangs loosely from the shoulders;

box elder
n1
common shade tree of eastern and central United States;

- syn. Acer negundo, ash-leaved maple;

box end wrench
n1
a wrench with a closed loop (a socket) that fits over a nut or bolt head;

- syn. box wrench;

box family
n1
widely distributed evergreen shrubs and trees;

- syn. Buxaceae, family Buxaceae;

box girder
n1
a beam built up from boards;

- has a hollow rectangular cross section;

- syn. box beam;

box huckleberry
n1
creeping evergreen shrub of southeastern United States having small shiny boxlike leaves and flavorless berries;

- syn. Gaylussacia brachycera;

box in
v1
enclose or confine as if in a box;

- syn. box up;

box kite
n1
a kite shaped like a box open at both ends;

box Kodak
n1
a simple camera shaped like a rectangular box;

- syn. box camera;

box number
n1
the number of a letter box at the post office where mail is collected;

- syn. PO Box No, PO box number, post-office box number;

n2
a mailing address to which answers to a newspaper ad can be sent;

box office
n1
total admission receipts for an entertainment;

n2
the office where tickets of admission are sold;

- syn. ticket booth, ticket office;

box pleat
n1
a flat double pleat made by folding under the fabric on either side of it;

box seat
n1
a special seat in a theater or grandstand box;

n2
the driver's seat on a coach;

- "an armed guard sat in the box with the driver";

- syn. box;

box spring
n1
a coiled bedspring in a frame that is covered with cloth;

box tortoise
n1
chiefly terrestrial turtle of North America;

- shell can be closed tightly;

- syn. box turtle;

box turtle
n1
chiefly terrestrial turtle of North America;

- shell can be closed tightly;

- syn. box tortoise;

box up
v1
enclose or confine as if in a box;

- syn. box in;

box white oak
n1
small deciduous tree of eastern and central United States having dark green lyrate pinnatifid leaves and tough moisture-resistant wood used especially for fence posts;

- syn. Quercus stellata, brash oak, iron oak, post oak;

box wrench
n1
a wrench with a closed loop (a socket) that fits over a nut or bolt head;

- syn. box end wrench;

boxberry
n1
creeping woody plant of eastern North America with shiny evergreen leaves and scarlet berries;

- syn. Mitchella repens, partridgeberry, twinberry;

n2
spicy red berrylike fruit;

- source of wintergreen oil;

- syn. checkerberry, spiceberry, teaberry, wintergreen;

boxcar / b ɒ k s k ɑr /
n1
a freight car with roof and sliding doors in the sides;

boxcars / b ɒ k s k ɑ z /
n1
(usually plural) an expression used when two dice are thrown and both come up showing six spots;

boxed / b ɒ k s t /
a1
enclosed in or set off by a border or box;

- "boxed sections of the report";

- "boxed announcements in the newspaper";

- sim. bordered;

a2
enclosed in or as if in a box;

- "boxed cigars";

- "a confining boxed-in space";

- "felt boxed in by the traffic";

- syn. boxed-in, boxed in;

- sim. enclosed;

boxed-in
a1
enclosed in or as if in a box;

- "boxed cigars";

- "a confining boxed-in space";

- "felt boxed in by the traffic";

- syn. boxed, boxed in;

- sim. enclosed;

boxed in
a1
enclosed in or as if in a box;

- "boxed cigars";

- "a confining boxed-in space";

- "felt boxed in by the traffic";

- syn. boxed, boxed-in;

- sim. enclosed;

boxer / b ɒ k s ə , b ɒ k s ə ɹ /
n1
someone who fights with his fists for sport;

- syn. pugilist;

n2
a workman employed to pack things into containers;

- syn. bagger, packer;

n3
a member of a nationalistic Chinese secret society that led an unsuccessful rebellion in 1900 against foreign interests in China;

n4
a breed of stocky medium-sized short-haired dog with a brindled coat and square-jawed muzzle developed in Germany;

boxers / b ɒ k s ə z /
n1
underpants worn by men;

- syn. boxershorts, drawers, shorts, underdrawers;

boxershorts
n1
underpants worn by men;

- syn. boxers, drawers, shorts, underdrawers;

boxfish / b ɒ k s f ɪ ʃ /
n1
any of numerous small tropical fishes having body and head encased in bony plates;

- syn. trunkfish;

boxful / b ɒ k s f ʊ ɫ /
n1
the quantity contained in a box;

- "he gave her a box of chocolates";

- syn. box;

boxing / b ɒ k s ɪ ŋ /
n1
fighting with the fists;

- syn. fisticuffs, pugilism;

n2
the enclosure of something in a package or box;

- syn. packing;

Boxing Day / b ɒ k s ɪ ŋ d eɪ /
n1
first weekday after Christmas;

boxing equipment
n1
equipment used in boxing;

boxing glove
n1
boxing equipment consisting of big and padded coverings for the fists of the fighters;

- worn for the sport of boxing;

- syn. glove;

boxing match
n1
a match between boxers;

- usually held in a boxing ring;

boxing ring
n1
a square ring where boxers fight;

- syn. prize ring;

boxlike / b ɒ k s ɫ aɪ k /
a1
resembling a box in rectangularity;

- syn. box-shaped, boxy;

- sim. cubic;

boxthorn
n1
any of various shrubs or vines of the genus Lycium with showy flowers and bright berries;

- syn. matrimony vine;

boxwood / b ɒ k s w ʊ d /
n1
very hard tough close-grained light yellow wood of the box (particularly the common box);

- used in delicate woodwork: musical instruments and inlays and engraving blocks;

- syn. Turkish boxwood;

n2
evergreen shrubs or small trees;

- syn. box;

boxy
a1
resembling a box in rectangularity;

- syn. box-shaped, boxlike;

- sim. cubic;

boy / b ɔ i , b ɔɪ /
n1
a youthful male person;

- "the baby was a boy";

- "she made the boy brush his teeth every night";

- "most soldiers are only boys in uniform";

- syn. male child;

n2
a friendly informal reference to a grown man;

- "he likes to play golf with the boys";

n3
a male human offspring;

- "their son became a famous judge";

- "his boy is taller than he is";

- syn. son;

Boy Orator of the Platte
n1
United States lawyer and politician who advocated free silver and prosecuted John Scopes (1925) for teaching evolution in a Tennessee high school (1860-1925);

- syn. Bryan, Great Commoner, William Jennings Bryan;

Boy Scout
n1
a boy who is a member of the Boy Scouts;

n2
a man who is considered naive;

Boy Scouts
n1
an international (but decentralized) movement started in 1908 in England with the goal of teaching good citizenship to boys;

Boy Scouts of America
n1
a corporation that operates through a national council that charters local councils all over the United States;

- the purpose is character building and citizenship training;

boy wonder
n1
an extremely talented young male person;

boycott / b ɔɪ k ɒ t /
n1
a group's refusal to have commercial dealings with some organization in protest against its policies;

v1
refuse to sponsor;

- refuse to do business with;

boyfriend / b ɔɪ f ɹ ɛ n d /
n1
a man who is the lover of a man or woman;

- "if I'd known he was her boyfriend I wouldn't have asked";

- "When the law changed, Pet could finally married his long-time boyfriend Jim";

- syn. beau, fellow, swain;

boyhood / b ɔɪ h ʊ d /
n1
the childhood of a boy;

boyish / b ɔɪ ɪ ʃ /
a1
befitting or characteristic of a young boy;

- "a boyish grin";

- "schoolboyish pranks";

- syn. boylike, schoolboyish;

- sim. young;

boyishly / b ɔɪ ɪ ʃ ɫ i /
r1
like a boy;

- "he smiled boyishly at his fiancee";

- syn. boylike;

boyishness / b ɔɪ ɪ ʃ n ɛ s /
n1
being characteristic of a boy;

Boykinia
n1
genus of perennial rhizomatous herbs with flowers in panicles;

- North America;

- Japan;

- syn. genus Boykinia;

Boykinia elata
n1
plant with leaves mostly at the base and openly branched clusters of small white flowers;

- western North America;

- syn. Boykinia occidentalis, coast boykinia;

Boykinia occidentalis
n1
plant with leaves mostly at the base and openly branched clusters of small white flowers;

- western North America;

- syn. Boykinia elata, coast boykinia;

Boyle
n1
United States writer (1902-1992);

- syn. Kay Boyle;

n2
Irish chemist who established that air has weight and whose definitions of chemical elements and chemical reactions helped to dissociate chemistry from alchemy (1627-1691);

- syn. Robert Boyle;

Boyle's law
n1
the pressure of an ideal gas at constant temperature varies inversely with the volume;

- syn. Mariotte's law;

boylike
a1
befitting or characteristic of a young boy;

- "a boyish grin";

- "schoolboyish pranks";

- syn. boyish, schoolboyish;

- sim. young;

r1
like a boy;

- "he smiled boyishly at his fiancee";

- syn. boyishly;

Boyne
n1
a battle in the War of the Grand Alliance in Ireland in 1690;

- William III defeated the deposed James II and so ended the Catholicism that had been reintroduced in England by the Stuarts;

- syn. battle of Boyne;

boys-and-girls
n1
Eurafrican annual naturalized in America as a weed;

- formerly dried for use as a purgative, diuretic or antisyphilitic;

- syn. Mercurialis annua, herb mercury, herbs mercury;

boysenberry / b ɔɪ s ɛ n b ɛr i /
n1
cultivated hybrid bramble of California having large dark wine-red fruit with a flavor resembling raspberries;

- syn. boysenberry bush;

n2
large raspberry-flavored fruit;

- cross between blackberries and raspberries;

boysenberry bush
n1
cultivated hybrid bramble of California having large dark wine-red fruit with a flavor resembling raspberries;

- syn. boysenberry;

boytrose
a1
resembling a cluster of grapes in form;

- syn. botryoid, botryoidal;

Bozeman
n1
a town in southwestern Montana;

- gateway to Yellowstone National Park;

bozo
n1
a man who is a stupid incompetent fool;

- syn. cuckoo, fathead, goof, goofball, goose, jackass, twat, zany;

n2
an informal term for a youth or man;

- "a nice guy";

- "the guy's only doing it for some doll";

- "the poor sod couldn't even buy a drink";

- syn. cat, guy, hombre, sod;

BPH
n1
enlarged prostate;

- appears to be part of the natural aging process;

- syn. benign prostatic hyperplasia;

bpi
n1
a measure of how densely information is packed on a storage medium;

- syn. bits per inch;

bpm
n1
the pace of music measured by the number of beats occurring in 60 seconds;

- syn. M.M., beats per minute, metronome marking;

bps
n1
(computer science) the rate at which data is transferred (as by a modem);

- syn. bits per second;

Br / b i j ɑ , b i j ɑr /
n1
a nonmetallic heavy volatile corrosive dark brown liquid element belonging to the halogens;

- found in sea water;

- syn. atomic number 35, bromine;

n2
a Marxist-Leninist terrorist organization that arose out of a student protest movement in the late 1960s;

- wants to separate Italy from NATO and advocates violence in the service of class warfare and revolution;

- mostly inactive since 1989;

- syn. Brigate Rosse, Red Brigades;

bra / b ɹ ɑ /
n1
an undergarment worn by women to support their breasts;

- syn. bandeau, brassiere;

Brabancon griffon
n1
a variety of Brussels griffon having a short smooth coat;

brabble
v1
argue over petty things;

- "Let's not quibble over pennies";

- syn. bicker, niggle, pettifog, quibble, squabble;

brace / b ɹ eɪ s /
n1
a support that steadies or strengthens something else;

- "he wore a brace on his knee";

n2
two items of the same kind;

- syn. couple, couplet, distich, duad, duet, duo, dyad, pair, span, twain, twosome, yoke;

n3
a set of two similar things considered as a unit;

- syn. pair;

n4
either of two punctuation marks ({ or }) used to enclose textual material;

n5
a rope on a square-rigged ship that is used to swing a yard about and secure it;

n6
elastic straps that hold trousers up (usually used in the plural);

- syn. gallus, suspender;

n7
an appliance that corrects dental irregularities;

- syn. braces, orthodontic braces;

n8
a carpenter's tool having a crank handle for turning and a socket to hold a bit for boring;

- syn. bitstock;

n9
a structural member used to stiffen a framework;

- syn. bracing;

v1
prepare (oneself) for something unpleasant or difficult;

- syn. poise;

v2
support or hold steady and make steadfast, with or as if with a brace;

- "brace your elbows while working on the potter's wheel";

- syn. stabilise, stabilize, steady;

v3
support by bracing;

v4
cause to be alert and energetic;

- "Coffee and tea stimulate me";

- "This herbal infusion doesn't stimulate";

- syn. arouse, energise, energize, perk up, stimulate;

brace and bit
n1
a drill consisting of a bit and a brace to hold and turn it;

brace oneself for
v1
prepare mentally or emotionally for something unpleasant;

- syn. prepare for, steel oneself against, steel onself for;

brace up
v1
make secure underneath;

- "undergird the ship";

- syn. undergird;

brace wrench
n1
a wrench shaped like a brace (has a handle shaped like a crank) and a socket head;

braced / b ɹ eɪ s t /
a1
positioned so as to be ready for confrontation or danger;

- "he stood to attention with his shoulders braced";

- sim. prepared;

a2
held up by braces or buttresses;

- syn. buttressed;

- sim. supported;

bracelet / b ɹ eɪ s ɫ ɪ t /
n1
a band of cloth or leather or metal links attached to a wristwatch and wrapped around the wrist;

- syn. watch bracelet, watchband, watchstrap, wristband;

n2
jewelry worn around the wrist for decoration;

- syn. bangle;

bracelet wood
n1
small West Indian shrub or tree with hard glossy seeds patterned yellow and brown that are used to make bracelets;

- syn. Jacquinia armillaris;

bracer / b ɹ eɪ s ə , b ɹ eɪ s ə ɹ /
n1
a protective covering for the wrist or arm that is used in archery and fencing and other sports;

- syn. armguard;

n2
a tonic or restorative (especially a drink of liquor);

- syn. pick-me-up;

bracero
n1
a Mexican laborer who worked in the United States on farms and railroads in order to ease labor shortages during World War II;

braces / b ɹ eɪ s ɪ z /
n1
an appliance that corrects dental irregularities;

- syn. brace, orthodontic braces;

brachial / b ɹ eɪ k j ə ɫ /
a1
of or relating to an arm;

- "brachial artery";

brachial artery
n1
the main artery of the upper arm;

- a continuation of the axillary artery;

- bifurcates into the radial and ulnar arteries at the elbow;

- syn. arteria brachialis;

brachial plexus
n1
a network of nerves formed by cervical and thoracic spinal nerves and supplying the arm and parts of the shoulder;

- syn. plexus brachialis;

brachial vein
n1
two veins in either arm that accompany the brachial artery and empty into the axillary vein;

- syn. vena brachialis;

brachiate
v1
swing from one hold to the next;

- "the monkeys brachiate";

a1
having widely spreading paired branches;

- "maples are brachiate";

- sim. branchy;

a2
having arms or armlike appendages;

- sim. armed;

brachiation
n1
swinging by the arms from branch to branch;

Brachinus
n1
bombardier beetles;

- syn. genus Brachinus;

brachiocephalic vein
n1
veins formed by the union of the internal jugular and subclavian veins;

- syn. innominate vein, vena brachiocephalica;

brachiopod
n1
marine animal with bivalve shell having a pair of arms bearing tentacles for capturing food;

- found worldwide;

- syn. lamp shell, lampshell;

a1
of or belonging to the phylum Brachiopoda;

- syn. brachiopodous;

Brachiopoda
n1
marine invertebrates that resemble mollusks;

- syn. phylum Brachiopoda;

brachiopodous
a1
of or belonging to the phylum Brachiopoda;

- syn. brachiopod;

brachium
n1
(biology) a branching or armlike part of an animal;

brachycephalic
n1
an adult with a short broad head;

a1
having a short broad head with a cephalic index of over 80;

- syn. brachycranial, brachycranic;

- sim. broad-headed, bullet-headed;

brachycephalism
n1
the quality of being brachycephalic;

- syn. brachycephaly;

brachycephaly
n1
the quality of being brachycephalic;

- syn. brachycephalism;

Brachychiton
n1
Australian trees (usually with swollen trunks);

- syn. genus Brachychiton;

Brachychiton acerifolius
n1
south Australian tree having panicles of brilliant scarlet flowers;

- syn. Sterculia acerifolia, flame durrajong, flame tree;

Brachychiton australis
n1
north Australian tree having white flowers and broad leaves;

- syn. broad-leaved bottletree, flame tree;

Brachychiton populneus
n1
widely distributed tree of eastern Australia yielding a tough durable fiber and soft light attractively grained wood;

- foliage is an important emergency food for cattle;

- syn. currajong, kurrajong;

Brachychiton rupestris
n1
large tree of Queensland having cream-colored flowers blotched with red inside;

- sometimes placed in genus Sterculia;

- syn. Queensland bottletree, Sterculia rupestris, narrow-leaved bottletree;

Brachycome
n1
mostly Australian herbs having basal or alternate leaves and loosely corymbose flower heads;

- syn. genus Brachycome;

Brachycome Iberidifolia
n1
western Australian annual much cultivated for its flower heads with white or bluish to violet or variegated rays;

- syn. Swan River daisy;

brachycranial
a1
having a short broad head with a cephalic index of over 80;

- syn. brachycephalic, brachycranic;

- sim. broad-headed, bullet-headed;

brachycranic
a1
having a short broad head with a cephalic index of over 80;

- syn. brachycephalic, brachycranial;

- sim. broad-headed, bullet-headed;

brachydactylia
n1
abnormal shortness of fingers and toes;

- syn. brachydactyly;

brachydactylic
a1
having abnormally short finger or toes;

- syn. brachydactylous;

- sim. abnormal;

brachydactylous
a1
having abnormally short finger or toes;

- syn. brachydactylic;

- sim. abnormal;

brachydactyly
n1
abnormal shortness of fingers and toes;

- syn. brachydactylia;

brachypterous
a1
(especially of certain insects) having very short or rudimentary wings;

- syn. short-winged;

- sim. winged;

Brachystegia
n1
small genus of tropical African timber trees having pale golden heartwood uniformly striped with dark brown or black:;

- syn. genus Brachystegia;

Brachystegia speciformis
n1
small shrubby African tree having compound leaves and racemes of small fragrant green flowers;

- syn. msasa;

Brachyura
n1
an order of crustaceans (including true crabs) having a reduced abdomen folded against the ventral surface;

- syn. suborder Brachyura;

brachyuran
n1
typical crabs;

brachyurous
a1
of or belonging to the suborder Brachyura;

bracing / b ɹ eɪ s ɪ ŋ /
n1
a structural member used to stiffen a framework;

- syn. brace;

a1
imparting vitality and energy;

- "the bracing mountain air";

- syn. brisk, fresh, refreshful, refreshing, tonic;

- sim. invigorating;

bracken / b ɹ æ k ə n /
n1
fern of southeastern Asia;

- not hardy in cold temperate regions;

- syn. Pteridium esculentum;

n2
large coarse fern often several feet high;

- essentially weed ferns;

- cosmopolitan;

- syn. Pteridium aquilinum, brake, pasture brake;

bracket / b ɹ æ k ɪ t /
n1
a category falling within certain defined limits;

n2
either of two punctuation marks (`<' or `>') used in computer programming and sometimes used to enclose textual material;

- syn. angle bracket;

n3
either of two punctuation marks ([ or ]) used to enclose textual material;

- syn. square bracket;

n4
a support projecting from a wall (as to hold a shelf);

- syn. wall bracket;

v1
support with brackets;

- "bracket bookshelves";

v2
place into brackets;

- "Please bracket this remark";

- syn. bracket out;

v3
classify or group;

bracket creep
n1
a movement into a higher tax bracket as taxable income increases;

bracket fungus
n1
a woody fungus that forms shelflike sporophores on tree trunks and wood structures;

- syn. shelf fungus;

bracket out
v1
place into brackets;

- "Please bracket this remark";

- syn. bracket;

bracketed blenny
n1
small eellike fishes common in shallow waters of the northern Atlantic;

- syn. gunnel;

brackish / b ɹ æ k ɪ ʃ /
a1
distasteful and unpleasant;

- spoiled by mixture;

- "a thin brackish gruel";

- sim. unpalatable;

a2
slightly salty (especially from containing a mixture of seawater and fresh water);

- "a brackish lagoon";

- "the briny deep";

- syn. briny;

- sim. salty;

brackishness / b ɹ æ k ɪ ʃ n ə s /
n1
the quality of being salty, as the saltiness of water;

bract / b ɹ æ k t /
n1
a modified leaf or leaflike part just below and protecting an inflorescence;

bracteal / b ɹ æ k t ɪə ɫ /
a1
pertaining to or resembling or functioning as a bract;

bracteate
a1
having bracts;

- syn. bracted;

bracted / b ɹ æ k t ɪ d /
a1
having bracts;

- syn. bracteate;

bracteolate
a1
having bracteoles;

bracteole
n1
a small bract;

- syn. bractlet;

bractlet
n1
a small bract;

- syn. bracteole;

brad / b ɹ æ d /
n1
a small nail;

v1
fasten with brads;

bradawl / b ɹ æ d ɔ ɫ /
n1
an awl for making small holes for brads or small screws;

- syn. pricker;

Bradbury / b ɹ æ d b ɛr i /
n1
United States writer of science fiction (born 1920);

- syn. Ray Bradbury, Ray Douglas Bradbury;

Bradford / b ɹ æ d f ə d /
n1
United States printer (born in England) whose press produced the first American prayer book and the New York City's first newspaper (1663-1752);

- syn. William Bradford;

Bradley / b ɹ æ d ɫ eɪ /
n1
United States politician who was elected the first black mayor of Los Angeles (1917-1998);

- syn. Thomas Bradley, Tom Bradley;

n2
United States general who played an important role in the Allied victory in World War II (1893-1981);

- syn. Omar Bradley, Omar Nelson Bradley;

Bradley's spleenwort
n1
a spleenwort of eastern to southern United States;

- syn. Asplenium bradleyi;

Bradley method
n1
a method that prepares a mother for natural childbirth by providing education and exercises and nutrition and techniques of breathing and relaxation (with the assistance of the father);

- syn. Bradley method of childbirth;

Bradley method of childbirth
n1
a method that prepares a mother for natural childbirth by providing education and exercises and nutrition and techniques of breathing and relaxation (with the assistance of the father);

- syn. Bradley method;

Bradstreet / b ɹ æ d s t ɹ i t /
n1
poet in colonial America (born in England) (1612-1672);

- syn. Anne Bradstreet, Anne Dudley Bradstreet;

Brady
n1
United States pioneer photographer famous for his portraits;

- was the official Union photographer for the American Civil War (1823-1896);

- syn. Mathew B. Brady;

n2
United States financier noted for his love of diamonds and his extravagant lifestyle (1856-1917);

- syn. Diamond Jim, Diamond Jim Brady, James Buchanan Brady;

bradycardia
n1
abnormally slow heartbeat;

Bradypodidae
n1
a family of edentates comprising the true sloths;

- syn. family Bradypodidae;

Bradypus
n1
type genus of the Bradypodidae: three-toed sloths;

- syn. genus Bradypus;

Bradypus tridactylus
n1
a sloth that has three long claws on each forefoot and each hindfoot;

- syn. ai, three-toed sloth;

brae / b ɹ eɪ /
n1
a slope or hillside;

brag / b ɹ æ ɡ /
n1
an instance of boastful talk;

- "his brag is worse than his fight";

- "whenever he won we were exposed to his gasconade";

- syn. bragging, crow, crowing, gasconade, line-shooting, vaporing;

v1
show off;

- syn. blow, bluster, boast, gas, gasconade, shoot a line, swash, tout, vaunt;

a1
exceptionally good;

- "a boss hand at carpentry";

- "his brag cornfield";

- syn. boss;

- sim. superior;

Braga
n1
an ancient city in northern Portugal;

Brage
n1
(Norse mythology) god of poetry and music;

- son of Odin;

- syn. Bragi;

Bragg
n1
Confederate general during the American Civil War who was defeated by Grant in the battle of Chattanooga (1817-1876);

- syn. Braxton Bragg;

braggadocio / b ɹ æ ɡ ə d oʊ tʃ i oʊ /
n1
vain and empty boasting;

- syn. bluster, rhodomontade, rodomontade;

braggart / b ɹ æ ɡ ə t /
n1
a very boastful and talkative person;

- syn. blowhard, boaster, bragger, line-shooter, vaunter;

a1
exhibiting self-importance;

- "big talk";

- syn. big, boastful, bragging, braggy, cock-a-hoop, crowing, self-aggrandising, self-aggrandizing;

- sim. proud;

bragger
n1
a very boastful and talkative person;

- syn. blowhard, boaster, braggart, line-shooter, vaunter;

bragging / b ɹ æ ɡ ɪ ŋ /
n1
an instance of boastful talk;

- "his brag is worse than his fight";

- "whenever he won we were exposed to his gasconade";

- syn. brag, crow, crowing, gasconade, line-shooting, vaporing;

a1
exhibiting self-importance;

- "big talk";

- syn. big, boastful, braggart, braggy, cock-a-hoop, crowing, self-aggrandising, self-aggrandizing;

- sim. proud;

braggy / b ɹ æ ɡ i /
a1
exhibiting self-importance;

- "big talk";

- syn. big, boastful, braggart, bragging, cock-a-hoop, crowing, self-aggrandising, self-aggrandizing;

- sim. proud;

Bragi
n1
(Norse mythology) god of poetry and music;

- son of Odin;

- syn. Brage;

Brahe
n1
Danish astronomer whose observations of the planets provided the basis for Kepler's laws of planetary motion (1546-1601);

- syn. Tycho Brahe;

Brahma / b ɹ ɑ m ə /
n1
the Creator;

- one of the three major deities in the later Hindu pantheon;

n2
any of several breeds of Indian cattle;

- especially a large American heat and tick resistant greyish humped breed evolved in the Gulf States by interbreeding Indian cattle and now used chiefly for crossbreeding;

- syn. Bos indicus, Brahman, Brahmin;

brahman / b ɹ ɑ m ə n /
n1
a member of a social and cultural elite (especially a descendant of an old New England family);

- "a Boston brahman";

- syn. brahmin;

n2
a member of the highest of the four Hindu varnas;

- "originally all brahmans were priests";

- syn. brahmin;

n3
the highest of the four varnas: the priestly or sacerdotal category;

- syn. brahmin;

n4
any of several breeds of Indian cattle;

- especially a large American heat and tick resistant greyish humped breed evolved in the Gulf States by interbreeding Indian cattle and now used chiefly for crossbreeding;

- syn. Bos indicus, Brahma, Brahmin;

Brahmana
n1
prose works attached to the Samhitas instructing the brahmins to perform the very elaborate sacrificial rituals;

Brahmanism / b ɹ ɑ m ə n ɪ z ə m /
n1
the religious and social system of orthodox Hinduism;

- syn. Brahminism;

n2
the religious beliefs of ancient India as prescribed in the sacred Vedas and Brahmanas and Upanishads;

- syn. Brahminism;

Brahmaputra
n1
an Asian river;

- flows into the Bay of Bengal;

- syn. Brahmaputra River;

Brahmaputra River
n1
an Asian river;

- flows into the Bay of Bengal;

- syn. Brahmaputra;

Brahmi
n1
a script (probably adapted from the Aramaic about the 7th century BC) from which later Indian scripts developed;

brahmin / b ɹ ɑ m ɪ n /
n1
a member of a social and cultural elite (especially a descendant of an old New England family);

- "a Boston brahman";

- syn. brahman;

n2
a member of the highest of the four Hindu varnas;

- "originally all brahmans were priests";

- syn. brahman;

n3
the highest of the four varnas: the priestly or sacerdotal category;

- syn. brahman;

n4
any of several breeds of Indian cattle;

- especially a large American heat and tick resistant greyish humped breed evolved in the Gulf States by interbreeding Indian cattle and now used chiefly for crossbreeding;

- syn. Bos indicus, Brahma, Brahman;

brahminic / b ɹ ɑ m ɪ n i k /
a1
of or relating to or characteristic of a brahmin;

- syn. brahminical;

brahminical / b ɹ ɑ m ɪ n ɪ k ə ɫ /
a1
of or relating to or characteristic of a brahmin;

- syn. brahminic;

Brahminism / b ɹ ɑ m ɪ n ɪ z ə m /
n1
the religious and social system of orthodox Hinduism;

- syn. Brahmanism;

n2
the religious beliefs of ancient India as prescribed in the sacred Vedas and Brahmanas and Upanishads;

- syn. Brahmanism;

Brahms
n1
German composer who developed the romantic style of both lyrical and classical music (1833-1897);

- syn. Johannes Brahms;

n2
the music of Brahms;

- "Brahms was included in the program";

Brahui
n1
a member of a Dravidian people living in Pakistan;

n2
an isolated Dravidian language spoken by the Brahui in Pakistan;

braid / b ɹ eɪ d /
n1
a hairdo formed by braiding or twisting the hair;

- syn. plait, tress, twist;

n2
trimming used to decorate clothes or curtains;

- syn. braiding, gold braid;

v1
make by braiding or interlacing;

- "lace a tablecloth";

- syn. lace, plait;

v2
decorate with braids or ribbons;

- "braid a collar";

v3
form or weave into a braid or braids;

- "braid hair";

- syn. pleach;

braided / b ɹ eɪ d ɪ d /
a1
woven by (or as if by) braiding;

- "braided cordage";

- sim. woven;

braiding / b ɹ eɪ d ɪ ŋ /
n1
trimming used to decorate clothes or curtains;

- syn. braid, gold braid;

brail / b ɹ eɪ ɫ /
n1
a small net used to draw fish into a boat;

n2
a small rope (one of several) used to draw a sail in;

v1
take in a sail with a brail;

v2
haul fish aboard with brails;

Braille / b ɹ eɪ ɫ /
n1
French educator who lost his sight at the age of three and who invented a system of writing and printing for sightless people (1809-1852);

- syn. Louis Braille;

n2
a point system of writing in which patterns of raised dots represent letters and numerals;

v1
transcribe in braille;

brain / b ɹ eɪ n /
n1
that part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers;

- enclosed within the skull;

- continuous with the spinal cord;

- syn. encephalon;

n2
mental ability;

- "he's got plenty of brains but no common sense";

- syn. brainpower, learning ability, mental capacity, mentality, wit;

n3
that which is responsible for one's thoughts, feelings, and conscious brain functions;

- the seat of the faculty of reason;

- "his mind wandered";

- "I couldn't get his words out of my head";

- syn. head, mind, nous, psyche;

n4
someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality;

- "Mozart was a child genius";

- "he's smart but he's no Einstein";

- syn. Einstein, brainiac, genius, mastermind;

n5
the brain of certain animals used as meat;

v1
hit on the head;

v2
kill by smashing someone's skull;

brain-fag / b ɹ eɪ n f æ ɡ /
n1
exhaustion that affects mental keenness;

- syn. mental exhaustion;

brain-stem
n1
the part of the brain continuous with the spinal cord and comprising the medulla oblongata and pons and midbrain and parts of the hypothalamus;

- syn. brain stem, brainstem;

brain-teaser / b ɹ eɪ n t i z ə , b ɹ eɪ n t i z ə ɹ /
n1
a difficult problem;

- syn. conundrum, enigma, riddle;

brain-worker
n1
someone whose profession involves using his head to solve problems;

- syn. brainworker;

brain cell
n1
a nerve cell in the brain;

brain coral
n1
massive reef-building coral having a convoluted and furrowed surface;

brain damage
n1
injury to the brain that impairs its functions (especially permanently);

- can be caused by trauma to the head, infection, hemorrhage, inadequate oxygen, genetic abnormality, etc.;

brain dead
a1
having irreversible loss of brain function as indicated by a persistent flat electroencephalogram;

- "was declared brain dead";

- sim. dead;

brain death
n1
death when respiration and other reflexes are absent;

- consciousness is gone;

- organs can be removed for transplantation before the heartbeat stops;

- syn. cerebral death;

brain disease
n1
any disorder or disease of the brain;

- syn. brain disorder, encephalopathy;

brain disorder
n1
any disorder or disease of the brain;

- syn. brain disease, encephalopathy;

brain doctor
n1
a medical specialist in the nervous system and the disorders affecting it;

- syn. neurologist;

brain drain
n1
depletion or loss of intellectual and technical personnel;

brain edema
n1
swelling of the brain due to the uptake of water in the neuropile and white matter;

- syn. cerebral edema;

brain fever
n1
meningitis caused by bacteria and often fatal;

- syn. cerebrospinal fever, cerebrospinal meningitis, epidemic meningitis;

brain mushroom
n1
a poisonous gyromitra;

- the surface of the fertile body is smooth at first and becomes progressively undulating and wrinkled (but never truly pitted);

- color varies from dull yellow to brown;

- syn. Gyromitra esculenta, beefsteak morel;

brain science
n1
the branch of neuroscience concerned with the brain;

brain stem
n1
the part of the brain continuous with the spinal cord and comprising the medulla oblongata and pons and midbrain and parts of the hypothalamus;

- syn. brain-stem, brainstem;

brain sugar
n1
a simple sugar found in lactose;

- syn. galactose;

brain surgeon
n1
someone who does surgery on the nervous system (especially the brain);

- syn. neurosurgeon;

brain surgery
n1
any surgical procedure involving the brain;

brain trust
n1
an inner circle of unofficial advisors to the head of a government;

- syn. kitchen cabinet;

brain truster
n1
an expert adviser involved in making important decisions but usually lacking official status;

- syn. backroom boy;

brain tumor
n1
a tumor in the brain;

- syn. brain tumour;

brain tumour
n1
a tumor in the brain;

- syn. brain tumor;

brain wave
n1
(neurophysiology) rapid fluctuations of voltage between parts of the cerebral cortex that are detectable with an electroencephalograph;

- syn. brainwave, cortical potential;

braincase / b ɹ eɪ n k eɪ s /
n1
the part of the skull that encloses the brain;

- syn. brainpan, cranium;

brainchild / b ɹ eɪ n tʃ aɪ ɫ d /
n1
a product of your creative thinking and work;

- "he had little respect for the inspirations of other artists";

- "after years of work his brainchild was a tangible reality";

- syn. inspiration;

brainiac
n1
someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality;

- "Mozart was a child genius";

- "he's smart but he's no Einstein";

- syn. Einstein, brain, genius, mastermind;

brainish
a1
characterized by undue haste and lack of thought or deliberation;

- "a hotheaded decision";

- "liable to such impulsive acts as hugging strangers";

- "an impetuous display of spending and gambling";

- "madcap escapades";

- (`brainish' is archaic);

- syn. hotheaded, impetuous, impulsive, madcap, tearaway;

- sim. incautious;

brainless / b ɹ eɪ n ɫ ə s /
a1
not using intelligence;

- syn. headless;

- sim. unintelligent;

brainpan / b ɹ eɪ n p æ n /
n1
the part of the skull that encloses the brain;

- syn. braincase, cranium;

brainpower / b ɹ eɪ n p aʊ ə ɹ /
n1
mental ability;

- "he's got plenty of brains but no common sense";

- syn. brain, learning ability, mental capacity, mentality, wit;

brainsick / b ɹ eɪ n s ɪ k /
a1
affected with madness or insanity;

- "a man who had gone mad";

- syn. crazy, demented, disturbed, mad, sick, unbalanced, unhinged;

- sim. insane;

brainstem / b ɹ eɪ n s t ɛ m /
n1
the part of the brain continuous with the spinal cord and comprising the medulla oblongata and pons and midbrain and parts of the hypothalamus;

- syn. brain-stem, brain stem;

brainstorm / b ɹ eɪ n s t ɔ m /
n1
the clear (and often sudden) understanding of a complex situation;

- syn. brainwave, insight;

v1
try to solve a problem by thinking intensely about it;

brainstorming / b ɹ eɪ n s t ɔ m ɪ ŋ /
n1
a group problem-solving technique in which members spontaneously share ideas and solutions;

- "we had an intense brainstorming session today";

brainwash / b ɹ eɪ n w ɒ ʃ /
v1
persuade completely, often through coercion;

- "The propaganda brainwashed many people";

v2
submit to brainwashing;

- indoctrinate forcibly;

brainwashed / b ɹ eɪ n w ɒ ʃ t /
a1
subjected to intensive forced indoctrination resulting in the rejection of old beliefs and acceptance of new ones;

- "brainwashed prisoners of war";

- "captive audiences for TV commercials can become brainwashed consumers";

brainwashing / b ɹ eɪ n w ɒ ʃ ɪ ŋ /
n1
forcible indoctrination into a new set of attitudes and beliefs;

brainwave / b ɹ eɪ n w eɪ v /
n1
(neurophysiology) rapid fluctuations of voltage between parts of the cerebral cortex that are detectable with an electroencephalograph;

- syn. brain wave, cortical potential;

n2
the clear (and often sudden) understanding of a complex situation;

- syn. brainstorm, insight;

brainworker / b ɹ eɪ n w ɝ k ə /
n1
someone whose profession involves using his head to solve problems;

- syn. brain-worker;

brainy / b ɹ eɪ n i /
a1
having or marked by unusual and impressive intelligence;

- "our project needs brainy women";

- "a brilliant mind";

- "a brilliant solution to the problem";

- syn. brilliant, smart as a whip;

- sim. intelligent;

braise / b ɹ eɪ z /
v1
cook in liquid;

- "braise beef";

braised / b ɹ eɪ z d /
a1
cooked by browning in fat and then simmering in a closed container;

- sim. cooked;

braising / b ɹ eɪ z ɪ ŋ /
n1
cooking slowly in fat in a closed pot with little moisture;

brake / b ɹ eɪ k /
n1
a restraint used to slow or stop a vehicle;

n2
any of various ferns of the genus Pteris having pinnately compound leaves and including several popular houseplants;

n3
large coarse fern often several feet high;

- essentially weed ferns;

- cosmopolitan;

- syn. Pteridium aquilinum, bracken, pasture brake;

n4
an area thickly overgrown usually with one kind of plant;

n5
anything that slows or hinders a process;

- "she wan not ready to put the brakes on her life with a marriage";

- "new legislation will put the brakes on spending";

v1
stop travelling by applying a brake;

- "We had to brake suddenly when a chicken crossed the road";

v2
cause to stop by applying the brakes;

- "brake the car before you go into a curve";

brake band
n1
a band that can be tightened around a shaft to stop its rotation;

brake cylinder
n1
a cylinder that contains brake fluid that is compressed by a piston;

- syn. hydraulic brake cylinder, master cylinder;

brake disk
n1
a disk or plate that is fixed to the wheel;

- pressure is applied to it by the brake pads;

brake drum
n1
a hollow cast iron cylinder attached to the wheel that forms part of the brakes;

- syn. drum;

brake failure
n1
brakes fail to stop a vehicle;

brake light
n1
a red light on the rear of a motor vehicle that signals when the brakes are applied to slow or stop;

- syn. stoplight;

brake lining
n1
the lining on the brake shoes that comes in contact with the brake drum;

brake pad
n1
one of the pads that apply friction to both sides of the brake disk;

brake pedal
n1
foot pedal that moves a piston in the master brake cylinder;

brake shoe
n1
a restraint provided when the brake linings are moved hydraulically against the brake drum to retard the wheel's rotation;

- syn. shoe, skid;

brake system
n1
a braking device consisting of a combination of interacting parts that work to slow a motor vehicle;

- syn. brakes;

brakeman / b ɹ eɪ k m ə n /
n1
a railroad employee responsible for a train's brakes;

brakes / b ɹ eɪ k s /
n1
a braking device consisting of a combination of interacting parts that work to slow a motor vehicle;

- syn. brake system;

braky
a1
covered with brambles and ferns and other undergrowth;

- syn. brambly;

- sim. wooded;

a2
abounding with bracken;

- "the woods and braky glens"- William Browne;

- sim. ferned;

braless / b ɹ ɑ ɫ ɛ s /
a1
having the breasts uncovered or featuring such nudity;

- "topless waitresses";

- "a topless cabaret";

- syn. bare-breasted, topless;

- sim. unclothed;

Bram Stoker
n1
Irish writer of the horror novel about Dracula (1847-1912);

- syn. Abraham Stoker, Stoker;

Brama
n1
type genus of the Bramidae;

- syn. genus Brama;

Brama raii
n1
deep-bodied sooty-black pelagic spiny-finned fish of the northern Atlantic and northern Pacific;

- valued for food;

- syn. pomfret;

Bramante
n1
great Italian architect of the High Renaissance in Italy (1444-1514);

- syn. Donato Bramante, Donato d'Agnolo Bramante;

bramble / b ɹ æ m b ɫ /
n1
any of various rough thorny shrubs or vines;

bramble bush
n1
any prickly shrub of the genus Rubus bearing edible aggregate fruits;

brambling / b ɹ æ m b ɫ ɪ ŋ /
n1
Eurasian finch;

- syn. Fringilla montifringilla;

brambly / b ɹ æ m b ɫ i /
a1
covered with brambles and ferns and other undergrowth;

- syn. braky;

- sim. wooded;

Bramidae
n1
deep-bodied percoid fishes of the open seas;

- syn. family Bramidae;

Bramley's Seedling
n1
very large cooking apple;

bran / b ɹ æ n /
n1
broken husks of the seeds of cereal grains that are separated from the flour by sifting;

n2
food prepared from the husks of cereal grains;

bran-new / b ɹ æ n n j u /
a1
conspicuously new;

- "shiny brand-new shoes";

- "a spick-and-span novelty";

- syn. brand-new, spic-and-span, spick-and-span;

- sim. new;

bran flake
n1
wheat flake including the bran;

bran muffin
n1
muffin containing bran;

branch / b ɹ ɑ n tʃ /
n1
a division of some larger or more complex organization;

- "a branch of Congress";

- "botany is a branch of biology";

- "the Germanic branch of Indo-European languages";

- syn. arm, subdivision;

n2
a division of a stem, or secondary stem arising from the main stem of a plant;

n3
a part of a forked or branching shape;

- "he broke off one of the branches";

- syn. leg, ramification;

n4
a natural consequence of development;

- syn. offset, offshoot, outgrowth;

n5
a stream or river connected to a larger one;

n6
any projection that is thought to resemble a human arm;

- "the arm of the record player";

- "an arm of the sea";

- "a branch of the sewer";

- syn. arm, limb;

v1
grow and send out branches or branch-like structures;

- "these plants ramify early and get to be very large";

- syn. ramify;

v2
divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork;

- "The road forks";

- syn. fork, furcate, ramify, separate;

- also branch out;

branch line
n1
a railway line connected to a trunk line;

- syn. spur, spur track;

branch out
v1
vary in order to spread risk or to expand;

- "The company diversified";

- syn. broaden, diversify;

branch water
n1
pure natural water from a stream or brook;

- often distinguished from soda water;

branched / b ɹ ɑ n tʃ t /
a1
resembling a fork;

- divided or separated into two branches;

- "the biramous appendages of an arthropod";

- "long branched hairs on its legson which pollen collects";

- "a forked river";

- "a forked tail";

- "forked lightning";

- "horseradish grown in poor soil may develop prongy roots";

- syn. bifurcate, biramous, forficate, fork-like, forked, pronged, prongy;

- sim. divided;

a2
having branches;

- syn. branching, ramate, ramose, ramous;

- sim. branchy;

branched chain
n1
an open chain of atoms with one or more side chains attached to it;

branched chain ketoaciduria
n1
an inherited disorder of metabolism in which the urine has a odor characteristic of maple syrup;

- if untreated it can lead to mental retardation and death in early childhood;

- syn. maple syrup urine disease;

branchia / b ɹ æ ŋ k ɪə /
n1
respiratory organ of aquatic animals that breathe oxygen dissolved in water;

- syn. gill;

branchial
a1
of or relating to gills (or to parts of the body derived from embryonic gills);

branchial arch
n1
one of the bony or cartilaginous arches on each side of the pharynx that support the gills of fishes and aquatic amphibians;

- syn. gill arch, gill bar;

branchial cleft
n1
one of a series of slit openings in the pharynxes of fishes and aquatic amphibians through which water passes;

- syn. gill cleft, gill slit;

branchiate / b ɹ æ ŋ k ɪ eɪ t /
a1
provided with gills;

- "a gilled tadpole";

- syn. gilled;

branching / b ɹ ɑ n tʃ ɪ ŋ /
n1
the act of branching out or dividing into branches;

- syn. fork, forking, ramification;

a1
having branches;

- syn. branched, ramate, ramose, ramous;

- sim. branchy;

a2
resembling the branches of a tree;

- sim. divergent;

Branchiobdella
n1
type genus of the Branchiobdellidae: a small worm that lives on the gills or surface of a crayfish attached by a sucker;

- syn. genus Branchiobdella;

Branchiobdellidae
n1
small annelid worms with the posterior end modified into an adhesive sucker;

- especially formerly regarded as modified leeches;

- syn. family Branchiobdellidae;

branchiopod
n1
aquatic crustaceans typically having a carapace and many pairs of leaflike appendages used for swimming as well as respiration and feeding;

- syn. branchiopod crustacean, branchiopodan;

a1
of or relating to or characteristic of the subclass Branchiopoda;

- syn. branchiopodan, branchiopodous;

branchiopod crustacean
n1
aquatic crustaceans typically having a carapace and many pairs of leaflike appendages used for swimming as well as respiration and feeding;

- syn. branchiopod, branchiopodan;

Branchiopoda
n1
primitive aquatic mainly freshwater crustaceans: fairy shrimps;

- brine shrimps;

- tadpole shrimps;

- can shrimps;

- water fleas;

- syn. subclass Branchiopoda;

branchiopodan
n1
aquatic crustaceans typically having a carapace and many pairs of leaflike appendages used for swimming as well as respiration and feeding;

- syn. branchiopod, branchiopod crustacean;

a1
of or relating to or characteristic of the subclass Branchiopoda;

- syn. branchiopod, branchiopodous;

branchiopodous
a1
of or relating to or characteristic of the subclass Branchiopoda;

- syn. branchiopod, branchiopodan;

Branchiostegidae
n1
small family of marine fishes having covered gills;

- syn. family Branchiostegidae;

Branchiostomidae
n1
lancelets;

- syn. Amphioxidae, family Amphioxidae, family Branchiostomidae;

Branchiura
n1
copepods with suctorial mouthparts;

- parasitic on fishes;

- syn. order Branchiura;

branchless / b ɹ ɑ n tʃ ɫ ɛ s /
a1
having no branches;

- sim. palmlike, unbranched;

branchlet / b ɹ ɑ n tʃ ɫ ɛ t /
n1
a small branch or division of a branch (especially a terminal division);

- usually applied to branches of the current or preceding year;

- syn. sprig, twig;

branchy / b ɹ ɑ n tʃ i /
a1
having many branches;

- "a branchy tree trunk";

- sim. arboreal, brachiate, branched, bushy, long-branched, maplelike, mop-headed, stiff-branched, thick-branched, well-branched;

Brancusi
n1
Romanian sculptor noted for abstractions of animal forms (1876-1957);

- syn. Constantin Brancusi;

brand / b ɹ æ n d /
n1
a name given to a product or service;

- syn. brand name, marque, trade name;

n2
a recognizable kind;

- "there's a new brand of hero in the movies now";

- "what make of car is that?";

- syn. make;

n3
identification mark on skin, made by burning;

n4
a piece of wood that has been burned or is burning;

- syn. firebrand;

n5
a symbol of disgrace or infamy;

- "And the Lord set a mark upon Cain"--Genesis;

- syn. mark, stain, stigma;

n6
a cutting or thrusting weapon that has a long metal blade and a hilt with a hand guard;

- syn. blade, steel, sword;

v1
burn with a branding iron to indicate ownership;

- of animals;

v2
to accuse or condemn or openly or formally or brand as disgraceful;

- "He denounced the government action";

- "She was stigmatized by society because she had a child out of wedlock";

- syn. denounce, mark, stigmatise, stigmatize;

v3
mark with a brand or trademark;

- "when this product is not branded it sells for a lower price";

- syn. brandmark, trademark;

v4
mark or expose as infamous;

- "She was branded a loose woman";

- syn. post;

brand-name drug
n1
a drug that has a trade name and is protected by a patent (can be produced and sold only by the company holding the patent);

- syn. proprietary drug;

brand-new / b ɹ æ n n j u /
a1
conspicuously new;

- "shiny brand-new shoes";

- "a spick-and-span novelty";

- syn. bran-new, spic-and-span, spick-and-span;

- sim. new;

brand-newness
n1
the property of being very new;

brand name
n1
a name given to a product or service;

- syn. brand, marque, trade name;

branded / b ɹ æ n d ɪ d /
a1
(of goods and merchandise) marked or labeled by a distinctive word or symbol indicating exclusive rights;

- "branded merchandise is that bearing a standard brand name";

- sim. proprietary;

a2
marked with a brand;

- "branded cattle";

- "branded criminal";

Brandenburg / b ɹ æ n d ɛ n b ɝ ɡ /
n1
the territory of an Elector (of the Holy Roman Empire) that expanded to become the kingdom of Prussia in 1701;

branding / b ɹ æ n d ɪ ŋ /
n1
the act of stigmatizing;

- syn. stigmatisation, stigmatization;

branding iron
n1
implement used to brand live stock;

- syn. iron;

brandish / b ɹ æ n d ɪ ʃ /
n1
the act of waving;

- syn. flourish;

v1
move or swing back and forth;

- "She waved her gun";

- syn. flourish, wave;

v2
exhibit aggressively;

- "brandish a sword";

brandmark / b ɹ æ n d m ɑ k /
v1
mark with a brand or trademark;

- "when this product is not branded it sells for a lower price";

- syn. brand, trademark;

Brandt
n1
German statesman who as chancellor of West Germany worked to reduce tensions with eastern Europe (1913-1992);

- syn. Willy Brandt;

brandy / b ɹ æ n d i /
n1
distilled from wine or fermented fruit juice;

brandy glass
n1
a globular glass with a small top;

- used for serving brandy;

- syn. brandy snifter, snifter;

brandy nose
n1
enlargement of the nose with dilation of follicles and redness and prominent vascularity of the skin;

- often associated with excessive consumption of alcohol;

- syn. copper nose, hammer nose, hypertrophic rosacea, potato nose, rhinophyma, rum-blossom, rum nose, toper's nose;

brandy sling
n1
a sling made with brandy;

brandy snifter
n1
a globular glass with a small top;

- used for serving brandy;

- syn. brandy glass, snifter;

brandyball
n1
a British candy flavored with brandy;

brandysnap
n1
a gingersnap flavored with brandy;

brant / b ɹ æ n t /
n1
small dark geese that breed in the north and migrate southward;

- syn. brant goose, brent, brent goose;

brant goose
n1
small dark geese that breed in the north and migrate southward;

- syn. brant, brent, brent goose;

Branta / b ɹ æ n t ə /
n1
wild geese;

- syn. genus Branta;

Branta bernicla
n1
the best known variety of brant goose;

- syn. common brant goose;

Branta canadensis
n1
common greyish-brown wild goose of North America with a loud, trumpeting call;

- syn. Canada goose, Canadian goose, honker;

Branta leucopsis
n1
European goose smaller than the brant;

- breeds in the far north;

- syn. barnacle, barnacle goose;

Braque
n1
French painter who led the cubist movement (1882-1963);

- syn. Georges Braque;

Brasenia
n1
alternatively, a member of the family Nymphaeaceae;

- syn. genus Brasenia;

Brasenia schreberi
n1
aquatic plant with floating oval leaves and purple flowers;

- in lakes and slow-moving streams;

- suitable for aquariums;

- syn. water-shield, water-target;

brash / b ɹ æ ʃ /
a1
offensively bold;

- "a brash newcomer disputed the age-old rules for admission to the club";

- "a nervy thing to say";

- syn. cheeky, nervy;

- sim. forward;

brash oak
n1
small deciduous tree of eastern and central United States having dark green lyrate pinnatifid leaves and tough moisture-resistant wood used especially for fence posts;

- syn. Quercus stellata, box white oak, iron oak, post oak;

brashly / b ɹ æ ʃ ɫ i /
r1
in a brash cheeky manner;

- "brashly, she asked for a rebate";

- syn. cheekily, nervily;

brashness / b ɹ æ ʃ n ɛ s /
n1
tasteless showiness;

- syn. flashiness, garishness, gaudiness, glitz, loudness, meretriciousness, tawdriness;

n2
the trait of being rash and hasty;

brasier / b ɹ eɪ z j ə /
n1
large metal container in which coal or charcoal is burned;

- warms people who must stay outside for long times;

- syn. brazier;

Brasil
n1
the largest Latin American country and the largest Portuguese speaking country in the world;

- located in the central and northeastern part of South America;

- world's leading coffee exporter;

- syn. Brazil, Federative Republic of Brazil;

Brasilia / b ɹ ə z ɪ ɫ ɪə /
n1
the capital of Brazil;

- a city built on the central plateau and inaugurated in 1960;

- syn. Brazilian capital, capital of Brazil;

Brasov
n1
a city in central Romania in the foothills of the Transylvanian Alps;

brass / b ɹ ɑ s /
n1
an alloy of copper and zinc;

n2
a wind instrument that consists of a brass tube (usually of variable length) that is blown by means of a cup-shaped or funnel-shaped mouthpiece;

- syn. brass instrument;

n3
the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something;

- "he claims that the present administration is corrupt";

- "the governance of an association is responsible to its members";

- "he quickly became recognized as a member of the establishment";

- syn. administration, establishment, governance, governing body, organisation, organization;

n4
impudent aggressiveness;

- "I couldn't believe her boldness";

- "he had the effrontery to question my honesty";

- syn. boldness, cheek, face, nerve;

n5
an ornament or utensil made of brass;

n6
the section of a band or orchestra that plays brass instruments;

- syn. brass section;

n7
a memorial made of brass;

- syn. memorial tablet, plaque;

brass band
n1
a group of musicians playing only brass and percussion instruments;

brass buttons
n1
South African herb with golden-yellow globose flower heads;

- naturalized in moist areas along coast of California;

- cultivated as an ornamental;

- syn. Cotula coronopifolia;

brass family
n1
(music) the family of brass instruments;

brass hat
n1
a high-ranking military officer;

brass instrument
n1
a wind instrument that consists of a brass tube (usually of variable length) that is blown by means of a cup-shaped or funnel-shaped mouthpiece;

- syn. brass;

brass knuckles
n1
(used in the plural) a small metal weapon;

- worn over the knuckles on the back of the hand;

- syn. brass knucks, knuckle duster, knuckles, knucks;

brass knucks
n1
(used in the plural) a small metal weapon;

- worn over the knuckles on the back of the hand;

- syn. brass knuckles, knuckle duster, knuckles, knucks;

brass monkey
n1
a metal stand that formerly held cannon balls on sailing ships;

brass ring
n1
a rich opportunity or a prize;

- "he missed the brass ring at the Miami convention";

brass section
n1
the section of a band or orchestra that plays brass instruments;

- syn. brass;

Brassaia actinophylla
n1
erect evergreen shrub or small tree of Australia and northern New Guinea having palmately compound leaves;

- syn. Schefflera actinophylla, umbrella tree;

brassard / b ɹ æ s ɑ d /
n1
armor plate that protects the arm;

brassavola
n1
any of various tropical American orchids with usually solitary fleshy leaves and showy white to green nocturnally fragrant blossoms solitary or in racemes of up to 7;

brassbound
a1
inflexibly entrenched and unchangeable;

- "brassbound traditions";

- "brassbound party loyalists";

- "an ironclad rule";

- syn. ironclad;

- sim. inflexible;

a2
having trim or fittings of brass;

- "a brassbound campaign chest";

- "the heavy brassbound door";

- sim. bound;

brasserie / b ɹ æ s ə ɹ i /
n1
a small restaurant serving beer and wine as well as food;

- usually cheap;

Brassia
n1
genus of tropical American epiphytic orchids having striking axillary racemes of yellow to green spiderlike flowers with long slender sepals and warty lips: spider orchids;

- syn. genus Brassia;

Brassia lawrenceana
n1
South American orchid with spiderlike pale-yellow to pale-green flowers;

- syn. spider orchid;

Brassia verrucosa
n1
Central American orchid having spiderlike flowers with prominent green warts;

- syn. spider orchid;

Brassica / b ɹ ɑ z s ɪ k ə /
n1
mustards: cabbages;

- cauliflowers;

- turnips;

- etc.;

- syn. genus Brassica;

Brassica hirta
n1
Eurasian mustard cultivated for its pungent seeds;

- a source of table mustard and mustard oil;

- syn. Sinapis alba, white mustard;

Brassica juncea
n1
Asiatic mustard used as a potherb;

- syn. chinese mustard, gai choi, indian mustard, leaf mustard;

Brassica kaber
n1
weedy Eurasian plant often a pest in grain fields;

- syn. Sinapis arvensis, chadlock, charlock, field mustard, wild mustard;

Brassica napus
n1
Eurasian plant cultivated for its seed and as a forage crop;

- syn. colza, rape;

Brassica napus napobrassica
n1
a cruciferous plant with a thick bulbous edible yellow root;

- syn. Swedish turnip, rutabaga, rutabaga plant, swede, turnip cabbage;

Brassica nigra
n1
widespread Eurasian annual plant cultivated for its pungent seeds;

- a principal source of table mustard;

- syn. black mustard;

Brassica oleracea
n1
any of various cultivars of the genus Brassica oleracea grown for their edible leaves or flowers;

- syn. cabbage, cultivated cabbage;

n2
wild original of cultivated cabbages;

- common in western coastal Europe;

- syn. wild cabbage;

Brassica oleracea acephala
n1
a hardy cabbage with coarse curly leaves that do not form a head;

- syn. borecole, cole, colewort, kail, kale;

Brassica oleracea botrytis
n1
a plant having a large edible head of crowded white flower buds;

- syn. cauliflower;

Brassica oleracea capitata
n1
any of various cultivated cabbage plants having a short thick stalk and large compact head of edible usually green leaves;

- syn. head cabbage, head cabbage plant;

Brassica oleracea gemmifera
n1
plant grown for its stout stalks of edible small green heads resembling diminutive cabbages;

- syn. brussels sprout;

Brassica oleracea gongylodes
n1
plant cultivated for its enlarged fleshy turnip-shaped edible stem;

- syn. kohlrabi;

Brassica oleracea italica
n1
plant with dense clusters of tight green flower buds;

- syn. broccoli;

Brassica perviridis
n1
Asiatic plant cultivated for its swollen root crown and edible foliage;

- syn. Brassica rapa perviridis, spinach mustard, tendergreen;

Brassica rapa
n1
widely cultivated plant having a large fleshy edible white or yellow root;

- syn. turnip, white turnip;

Brassica rapa chinensis
n1
Asiatic plant grown for its cluster of edible white stalks with dark green leaves;

- syn. Chinese white cabbage, bok choi, bok choy, pak choi, pakchoi;

Brassica rapa pekinensis
n1
plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery;

- used as a vegetable in east Asia;

- syn. Chinese cabbage, celery cabbage, napa, pe-tsai;

Brassica rapa perviridis
n1
Asiatic plant cultivated for its swollen root crown and edible foliage;

- syn. Brassica perviridis, spinach mustard, tendergreen;

Brassica rapa ruvo
n1
plant grown for its pungent edible leafy shoots;

- syn. broccoli raab, broccoli rabe;

Brassicaceae
n1
a large family of plants with four-petaled flowers;

- includes mustards, cabbages, broccoli, turnips, cresses, and their many relatives;

- syn. Cruciferae, family Brassicaceae, family Cruciferae, mustard family;

brassie / b ɹ ɑ s i /
n1
(formerly) a golfing wood with a face more elevated that a driver but less than a spoon;

brassiere / b ɹ æ z ɪə , b ɹ æ z ɪə ɹ /
n1
an undergarment worn by women to support their breasts;

- syn. bandeau, bra;

brasslike / b ɹ ɑ s ɫ aɪ k /
a1
resembling the sound of a brass instrument;

- syn. brassy;

brassy / b ɹ ɑ s i /
a1
resembling the sound of a brass instrument;

- syn. brasslike;

a2
tastelessly showy;

- "a flash car";

- "a flashy ring";

- "garish colors";

- "a gaudy costume";

- "loud sport shirts";

- "a meretricious yet stylish book";

- "tawdry ornaments";

- syn. cheap, flash, flashy, garish, gaudy, gimcrack, loud, meretricious, tacky, tatty, tawdry, trashy;

- sim. tasteless;

a3
unrestrained by convention or propriety;

- "an audacious trick to pull";

- "a barefaced hypocrite";

- "the most bodacious display of tourism this side of Anaheim"- Los Angeles Times;

- "bald-faced lies";

- "brazen arrogance";

- "the modern world with its quick material successes and insolent belief in the boundless possibilities of progress"- Bertrand Russell;

- syn. audacious, bald-faced, barefaced, bodacious, brazen, brazen-faced, insolent;

- sim. unashamed;

brat / b ɹ æ t /
n1
a very troublesome child;

- syn. holy terror, little terror, terror;

n2
a small pork sausage;

- syn. bratwurst;

Bratislava / b ɹ æ t ɪ s ɫ ɑ v ə /
n1
capital and largest city of Slovakia;

- syn. Pozsony, Pressburg, capital of Slovakia;

brattice / b ɹ æ t t aɪ s /
n1
a partition (often temporary) of planks or cloth that is used to control ventilation in a mine;

v1
supply with a brattice, to ventilate mines;

brattish / b ɹ æ t ɪ ʃ /
a1
(used of an ill-mannered child) impolitely unruly;

- syn. bratty;

- sim. impolite;

brattle / b ɹ æ t ɫ /
v1
make a rattling sound;

- "clattering dishes";

- syn. clack, clatter;

Brattleboro
n1
a town in southeastern Vermont on the Connecticut River;

bratty / b ɹ æ t i /
a1
(used of an ill-mannered child) impolitely unruly;

- syn. brattish;

- sim. impolite;

bratwurst
n1
a small pork sausage;

- syn. brat;

Braun
n1
the German mistress of Adolf Hitler (1910-1945);

- syn. Eva Braun;

n2
United States rocket engineer (born in Germany where he designed a missile used against England);

- he led the United States Army team that put the first American satellite into space (1912-1977);

- syn. Wernher Magnus Maximilian von Braun, Wernher von Braun, von Braun;

Braun's holly fern
n1
North American fern whose more or less evergreen leathery fronds are covered with pale brown chafflike scales;

- syn. Polystichum braunii, prickly shield fern;

Braunschweig / b ɹ ɔ n ʃ v eɪ ɡ /
n1
a city in central Germany;

- syn. Brunswick;

bravado / b ɹ ə v ɑ d oʊ /
n1
a swaggering show of courage;

- syn. bluster;

Bravais lattice
n1
a 3-dimensional geometric arrangement of the atoms or molecules or ions composing a crystal;

- syn. crystal lattice, space lattice;

brave / b ɹ eɪ v /
n1
a North American Indian warrior;

n2
people who are brave;

- "the home of the free and the brave";

v1
face and withstand with courage;

- "She braved the elements";

- syn. brave out, endure, weather;

a1
possessing or displaying courage;

- able to face and deal with danger or fear without flinching;

- "Familiarity with danger makes a brave man braver but less daring"- Herman Melville;

- "a frank courageous heart...triumphed over pain"- William Wordsworth;

- "set a courageous example by leading them safely into and out of enemy-held territory";

- syn. courageous;

- also adventurous, bold, resolute, unafraid;

- sim. desperate, gallant, game, lionhearted, stalwart, undaunted, valiant;

a2
invulnerable to fear or intimidation;

- "audacious explorers";

- "fearless reporters and photographers";

- "intrepid pioneers";

- syn. audacious, dauntless, fearless, hardy, intrepid, unfearing;

- sim. bold;

a3
brightly colored and showy;

- "girls decked out in brave new dresses";

- "brave banners flying";

- "`braw' is a Scottish word";

- "a dress a bit too gay for her years";

- "birds with gay plumage";

- syn. braw, gay;

- sim. colorful;

brave out
v1
face and withstand with courage;

- "She braved the elements";

- syn. brave, endure, weather;

bravely / b ɹ eɪ v ɫ i /
r1
in a courageous manner;

- "bravely he went into the burning house";

- syn. courageously;

braveness / b ɹ eɪ v n ɛ s /
n1
a quality of spirit that enables you to face danger or pain without showing fear;

- syn. bravery, courage, courageousness;

bravery / b ɹ eɪ v ə ɹ i /
n1
a quality of spirit that enables you to face danger or pain without showing fear;

- syn. braveness, courage, courageousness;

n2
feeling no fear;

- syn. fearlessness;

bravo / b ɹ ɑ v oʊ /
n1
a murderer (especially one who kills a prominent political figure) who kills by a surprise attack and often is hired to do the deed;

- "his assassins were hunted down like animals";

- "assassinators of kings and emperors";

- syn. assassin, assassinator;

n2
a cry of approval as from an audience at the end of great performance;

v1
applaud with shouts of `bravo' or `brava';

bravura / b ɹ ə v ʊə ɹ ə /
n1
brilliant and showy technical skill;

- "in a final bravura the ballerina appeared to be floating in water";

- "the music ends with a display of bravura";

braw
a1
brightly colored and showy;

- "girls decked out in brave new dresses";

- "brave banners flying";

- "`braw' is a Scottish word";

- "a dress a bit too gay for her years";

- "birds with gay plumage";

- syn. brave, gay;

- sim. colorful;

brawl / b ɹ ɔ ɫ /
n1
an uproarious party;

- syn. bash, do;

n2
a noisy fight in a crowd;

- syn. free-for-all;

v1
to quarrel noisily, angrily or disruptively;

- "The bar keeper threw them out, but they continued to wrangle on down the street";

- syn. wrangle;

brawler / b ɹ ɔ ɫ ə , b ɹ ɔ ɫ ə ɹ /
n1
a fighter (especially one who participates in brawls);

brawn / b ɹ ɔ n /
n1
possessing muscular strength;

- syn. brawniness, heftiness, muscle, muscularity, sinew;

brawniness
n1
possessing muscular strength;

- syn. brawn, heftiness, muscle, muscularity, sinew;

brawny / b ɹ ɔ n i /
a1
(of a person) possessing physical strength and weight;

- rugged and powerful;

- "a hefty athlete";

- "a muscular boxer";

- "powerful arms";

- syn. hefty, muscular, powerful, sinewy;

- sim. strong;

Braxton-Hicks contraction
n1
painless contractions of the muscles of the uterus that continue throughout pregnancy with increasing frequency;

- syn. false labor;

Braxton Bragg
n1
Confederate general during the American Civil War who was defeated by Grant in the battle of Chattanooga (1817-1876);

- syn. Bragg;

bray / b ɹ eɪ /
n1
the cry of an ass;

v1
braying characteristic of donkeys;

- syn. hee-haw;

v2
reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading;

- "grind the spices in a mortar";

- "mash the garlic";

- syn. comminute, crunch, grind, mash;

v3
laugh loudly and harshly;

braze / b ɹ eɪ z /
v1
solder together by using hard solder with a high melting point;

brazen / b ɹ eɪ z n /
v1
face with defiance or impudence;

- "brazen it out";

a1
unrestrained by convention or propriety;

- "an audacious trick to pull";

- "a barefaced hypocrite";

- "the most bodacious display of tourism this side of Anaheim"- Los Angeles Times;

- "bald-faced lies";

- "brazen arrogance";

- "the modern world with its quick material successes and insolent belief in the boundless possibilities of progress"- Bertrand Russell;

- syn. audacious, bald-faced, barefaced, bodacious, brassy, brazen-faced, insolent;

- sim. unashamed;

a2
made of or resembling brass (as in color or hardness);

brazen-faced / b ɹ eɪ z n f eɪ s t /
a1
unrestrained by convention or propriety;

- "an audacious trick to pull";

- "a barefaced hypocrite";

- "the most bodacious display of tourism this side of Anaheim"- Los Angeles Times;

- "bald-faced lies";

- "brazen arrogance";

- "the modern world with its quick material successes and insolent belief in the boundless possibilities of progress"- Bertrand Russell;

- syn. audacious, bald-faced, barefaced, bodacious, brassy, brazen, insolent;

- sim. unashamed;

brazenly
r1
in a brazen manner;

- "he spoke brazenly";

brazenness / b ɹ eɪ z n n ɛ s /
n1
behavior marked by a bold defiance of the proprieties and lack of shame;

- syn. shamelessness;

brazier / b ɹ eɪ z ɪə , b ɹ eɪ z ɪə ɹ /
n1
large metal container in which coal or charcoal is burned;

- warms people who must stay outside for long times;

- syn. brasier;

Brazil / b ɹ ə z ɪ ɫ /
n1
the largest Latin American country and the largest Portuguese speaking country in the world;

- located in the central and northeastern part of South America;

- world's leading coffee exporter;

- syn. Brasil, Federative Republic of Brazil;

n2
three-sided tropical American nut with white oily meat and hard brown shell;

- syn. brazil nut;

brazil-nut tree
n1
tall South American tree bearing brazil nuts;

- syn. Bertholletia excelsa, brazil nut;

brazil nut
n1
tall South American tree bearing brazil nuts;

- syn. Bertholletia excelsa, brazil-nut tree;

n2
three-sided tropical American nut with white oily meat and hard brown shell;

- syn. brazil;

Brazilian / b ɹ ə z ɪ ɫ ɪə n /
n1
a native or inhabitant of Brazil;

a1
of or relating to or characteristic of Brazil or the people of Brazil;

Brazilian capital
n1
the capital of Brazil;

- a city built on the central plateau and inaugurated in 1960;

- syn. Brasilia, capital of Brazil;

Brazilian guava
n1
South American tree having fruit similar to the true guava;

- syn. Psidium guineense;

brazilian ironwood
n1
thornless tree yielding heavy wood;

- syn. Caesalpinia ferrea;

Brazilian monetary unit
n1
monetary unit in Brazil;

Brazilian pepper tree
n1
small Brazilian evergreen resinous tree or shrub having dark green leaflets and white flowers followed by bright red fruit;

- used as a street tree and lawn specimen;

- syn. Schinus terebinthifolius;

Brazilian potato tree
n1
South American shrub or small tree widely cultivated in the tropics;

- not a true potato;

- syn. Solanum macranthum, Solanum wrightii, potato tree;

Brazilian rosewood
n1
an important Brazilian timber tree yielding a heavy hard dark-colored wood streaked with black;

- syn. Dalbergia nigra, caviuna wood, jacaranda;

Brazilian trumpeter
n1
trumpeter of Brazil and Guiana;

- often kept to protect poultry in Brazil;

- syn. Psophia crepitans;

brazilwood
n1
heavy wood of various brazilwood trees;

- used for violin bows and as dyewoods;

n2
tropical tree with prickly trunk;

- its heavy red wood yields a red dye and is used for cabinetry;

- syn. Caesalpinia echinata, peach-wood, peachwood, pernambuco wood;

Brazos
n1
a river that rises in Mexico and flows across Texas into the Gulf of Mexico;

- syn. Brazos River;

Brazos River
n1
a river that rises in Mexico and flows across Texas into the Gulf of Mexico;

- syn. Brazos;

Brazzaville
n1
the capital and largest city of the Republic of the Congo;

breach / b ɹ i tʃ /
n1
a failure to perform some promised act or obligation;

n2
an opening (especially a gap in a dike or fortification);

n3
a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions);

- "they hoped to avoid a break in relations";

- syn. break, falling out, rift, rupture, severance;

v1
act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises;

- "offend all laws of humanity";

- "violate the basic laws or human civilization";

- "break a law";

- "break a promise";

- syn. break, go against, infract, offend, transgress, violate;

v2
make an opening or gap in;

- syn. gap;

breach of contract
n1
a breach of a legal duty;

- failure to do something that is required in a contract;

breach of duty
n1
a breach of due care;

breach of promise
n1
failure to keep a promise (of marriage);

breach of the covenant of warranty
n1
a failure of the seller's guarantee of good title;

breach of the peace
n1
any act of molesting, interrupting, hindering, agitating, or arousing from a state of repose or otherwise depriving inhabitants of the peace and quiet to which they are entitled;

- syn. disorderly behavior, disorderly conduct, disturbance of the peace;

breach of trust
n1
violation (either through fraud or negligence) by a trustee of a duty that equity requires of him;

breach of trust with fraudulent intent
n1
larceny after trust rather than after unlawful taking;

breach of warranty
n1
a breach that occurs when an item is deficient according to the terms of a warranty;

bread / b ɹ ɛ d /
n1
food made from dough of flour or meal and usually raised with yeast or baking powder and then baked;

- syn. breadstuff, staff of life;

n2
informal terms for money;

- syn. boodle, cabbage, clams, dinero, dough, gelt, kale, lettuce, lolly, loot, lucre, moolah, pelf, scratch, shekels, simoleons, sugar, wampum;

v1
cover with bread crumbs;

- "bread the pork chops before frying them";

bread-and-butter issue
n1
an issue whose settlement will affect financial resources;

- syn. pocketbook issue;

bread-bin
n1
a container used to keep bread or cake in;

- syn. breadbox;

bread-stick
n1
a crisp stick-shaped roll;

- often served with soup;

- syn. breadstick;

bread and butter
n1
the financial means whereby one lives;

- "each child was expected to pay for their keep";

- "he applied to the state for support";

- "he could no longer earn his own livelihood";

- syn. keep, livelihood, living, support, sustenance;

bread and butter pickle
n1
thinly sliced sweet pickles;

bread board
n1
a wooden or plastic board on which dough is kneaded or bread is sliced;

- syn. breadboard;

bread dough
n1
any of various doughs for bread;

bread knife
n1
a knife used to cut bread;

bread line
n1
a queue of people waiting for free food;

- syn. breadline;

bread maker
n1
someone who bakes bread or cake;

- syn. baker;

bread mold
n1
a mold of the genus Rhizopus;

- syn. Rhizopus nigricans;

bread sauce
n1
creamy white sauce made with bread instead of flour and seasoned with cloves and onion;

breadbasket / b ɹ ɛ d b ɑ s k ɪ t /
n1
a geographic region serving as the principal source of grain;

n2
an enlarged and muscular saclike organ of the alimentary canal;

- the principal organ of digestion;

- syn. stomach, tum, tummy;

n3
a basket for serving bread;

breadboard / b ɹ ɛ d b ɔ d /
n1
a wooden or plastic board on which dough is kneaded or bread is sliced;

- syn. bread board;

breadbox / b ɹ ɛ d b ɒ k s /
n1
a container used to keep bread or cake in;

- syn. bread-bin;

breadcrumb / b ɹ ɛ d k ɹ ʌ m /
n1
crumb of bread;

- used especially for coating or thickening;

breadfruit / b ɹ ɛ d f ɹ u t /
n1
native to Pacific islands and having edible fruit with a texture like bread;

- syn. Artocarpus altilis, Artocarpus communis, breadfruit tree;

n2
a large round seedless or seeded fruit with a texture like bread;

- eaten boiled or baked or roasted or ground into flour;

- the roasted seeds resemble chestnuts;

breadfruit tree
n1
native to Pacific islands and having edible fruit with a texture like bread;

- syn. Artocarpus altilis, Artocarpus communis, breadfruit;

breadline / b ɹ ɛ d ɫ aɪ n /
n1
a queue of people waiting for free food;

- syn. bread line;

breadroot
n1
densely hairy perennial of central North America having edible tuberous roots;

- syn. Indian breadroot, Psoralea esculenta, pomme blanche, pomme de prairie;

breadstick / b ɹ ɛ d s t ɪ k /
n1
a crisp stick-shaped roll;

- often served with soup;

- syn. bread-stick;

breadstuff / b ɹ ɛ d s t ʌ f /
n1
food made from dough of flour or meal and usually raised with yeast or baking powder and then baked;

- syn. bread, staff of life;

n2
flour or meal or grain used in baking bread;

breadth / b ɹ ɛ d θ /
n1
the capacity to understand a broad range of topics;

- "a teacher must have a breadth of knowledge of the subject";

- "a man distinguished by the largeness and scope of his views";

- syn. comprehensiveness, largeness;

n2
the extent of something from side to side;

- syn. width;

breadth index
n1
ratio (in percent) of the maximum breadth to the maximum length of a skull;

- syn. cephalic index, cranial index;

breadthways / b ɹ ɛ d θ w eɪ z /
r1
in the direction of the breadth;

- "cut the cloth breadthwise";

- syn. breadthwise, broadwise;

breadthwise / b ɹ ɛ d θ w aɪ z /
r1
in the direction of the breadth;

- "cut the cloth breadthwise";

- syn. breadthways, broadwise;

breadwinner / b ɹ ɛ d w ɪ n ə , b ɹ ɛ d w ɪ n ə ɹ /
n1
one whose earnings are the primary source of support for their dependents;

break / b ɹ eɪ k /
n1
some abrupt occurrence that interrupts an ongoing activity;

- "the telephone is an annoying interruption";

- "there was a break in the action when a player was hurt";

- syn. interruption;

n2
an unexpected piece of good luck;

- "he finally got his big break";

- syn. good luck, happy chance;

n3
(geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other;

- "they built it right over a geological fault";

- "he studied the faulting of the earth's crust";

- syn. fault, faulting, fracture, geological fault, shift;

n4
a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions);

- "they hoped to avoid a break in relations";

- syn. breach, falling out, rift, rupture, severance;

n5
a pause from doing something (as work);

- "we took a 10-minute break";

- "he took time out to recuperate";

- syn. recess, respite, time out;

n6
the act of breaking something;

- "the breakage was unavoidable";

- syn. breakage, breaking;

n7
a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something;

- syn. intermission, interruption, pause, suspension;

n8
breaking of hard tissue such as bone;

- "it was a nasty fracture";

- "the break seems to have been caused by a fall";

- syn. fracture;

n9
the occurrence of breaking;

- "the break in the dam threatened the valley";

n10
an abrupt change in the tone or register of the voice (as at puberty or due to emotion);

- "then there was a break in her voice";

n11
the opening shot that scatters the balls in billiards or pool;

n12
(tennis) a score consisting of winning a game when your opponent was serving;

- "he was up two breaks in the second set";

- syn. break of serve;

n13
an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity;

- "it was presented without commercial breaks";

- "there was a gap in his account";

- syn. disruption, gap, interruption;

n14
a sudden dash;

- "he made a break for the open door";

n15
any frame in which a bowler fails to make a strike or spare;

- "the break in the eighth frame cost him the match";

- syn. open frame;

n16
an escape from jail;

- "the breakout was carefully planned";

- syn. breakout, gaolbreak, jailbreak, prison-breaking, prisonbreak;

v1
terminate;

- "She interrupted her pregnancy";

- "break a lucky streak";

- "break the cycle of poverty";

- syn. interrupt;

v2
become separated into pieces or fragments;

- "The figurine broke";

- "The freshly baked loaf fell apart";

- syn. come apart, fall apart, separate, split up;

- also break up;

v3
render inoperable or ineffective;

- "You broke the alarm clock when you took it apart!";

v4
ruin completely;

- "He busted my radio!";

- syn. bust;

- also break apart, break down, break off, break up, break up;

v5
destroy the integrity of;

- usually by force;

- cause to separate into pieces or fragments;

- "He broke the glass plate";

- "She broke the match";

v6
act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises;

- "offend all laws of humanity";

- "violate the basic laws or human civilization";

- "break a law";

- "break a promise";

- syn. breach, go against, infract, offend, transgress, violate;

v7
move away or escape suddenly;

- "The horses broke from the stable";

- "Three inmates broke jail";

- "Nobody can break out--this prison is high security";

- syn. break away, break out;

v8
scatter or part;

- "The clouds broke after the heavy downpour";

v9
force out or release suddenly and often violently something pent up;

- "break into tears";

- "erupt in anger";

- syn. burst, erupt;

v10
prevent completion;

- "stop the project";

- "break off the negotiations";

- syn. break off, discontinue, stop;

v11
enter someone's (virtual or real) property in an unauthorized manner, usually with the intent to steal or commit a violent act;

- "Someone broke in while I was on vacation";

- "They broke into my car and stole my radio!";

- "who broke into my account last night?";

- syn. break in;

v12
make submissive, obedient, or useful;

- "The horse was tough to break";

- "I broke in the new intern";

- syn. break in;

v13
fail to agree with;

- be in violation of;

- as of rules or patterns;

- "This sentence violates the rules of syntax";

- syn. go against, violate;

v14
surpass in excellence;

- "She bettered her own record";

- "break a record";

- syn. better;

v15
make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret;

- "The auction house would not disclose the price at which the van Gogh had sold";

- "The actress won't reveal how old she is";

- "bring out the truth";

- "he broke the news to her";

- "unwrap the evidence in the murder case";

- "The newspaper uncovered the President's illegal dealings";

- syn. bring out, disclose, discover, divulge, expose, give away, let on, let out, reveal, uncover, unwrap;

v16
come into being;

- "light broke over the horizon";

- "Voices broke in the air";

v17
stop operating or functioning;

- "The engine finally went";

- "The car died on the road";

- "The bus we travelled in broke down on the way to town";

- "The coffee maker broke";

- "The engine failed on the way to town";

- "her eyesight went after the accident";

- syn. break down, conk out, die, fail, give out, give way, go, go bad;

v18
interrupt a continued activity;

- "She had broken with the traditional patterns";

- syn. break away;

v19
make a rupture in the ranks of the enemy or one's own by quitting or fleeing;

- "The ranks broke";

v20
curl over and fall apart in surf or foam, of waves;

- "The surf broke";

v21
lessen in force or effect;

- "soften a shock";

- "break a fall";

- syn. damp, dampen, soften, weaken;

v22
be broken in;

- "If the new teacher won't break, we'll add some stress";

v23
come to an end;

- "The heat wave finally broke yesterday";

v24
vary or interrupt a uniformity or continuity;

- "The flat plain was broken by tall mesas";

v25
cause to give up a habit;

- "She finally broke herself of smoking cigarettes";

v26
give up;

- "break cigarette smoking";

v27
come forth or begin from a state of latency;

- "The first winter storm broke over New York";

v28
happen or take place;

- "Things have been breaking pretty well for us in the past few months";

v29
cause the failure or ruin of;

- "His peccadilloes finally broke his marriage";

- "This play will either make or break the playwright";

v30
invalidate by judicial action;

- "The will was broken";

v31
discontinue an association or relation;

- go different ways;

- "The business partners broke over a tax question";

- "The couple separated after 25 years of marriage";

- "My friend and I split up";

- syn. break up, part, separate, split, split up;

v32
assign to a lower position;

- reduce in rank;

- "She was demoted because she always speaks up";

- "He was broken down to Sergeant";

- syn. bump, demote, kick downstairs, relegate;

v33
reduce to bankruptcy;

- "My daughter's fancy wedding is going to break me!";

- "The slump in the financial markets smashed him";

- syn. bankrupt, ruin, smash;

v34
change directions suddenly;

v35
emerge from the surface of a body of water;

- "The whales broke";

v36
break down, literally or metaphorically;

- "The wall collapsed";

- "The business collapsed";

- "The dam broke";

- "The roof collapsed";

- "The wall gave in";

- "The roof finally gave under the weight of the ice";

- syn. cave in, collapse, fall in, founder, give, give way;

v37
do a break dance;

- "Kids were break-dancing at the street corner";

- syn. break-dance, break dance;

v38
exchange for smaller units of money;

- "I had to break a $100 bill just to buy the candy";

v39
destroy the completeness of a set of related items;

- "The book dealer would not break the set";

- syn. break up;

v40
make the opening shot that scatters the balls;

v41
separate from a clinch, in boxing;

- "The referee broke the boxers";

v42
go to pieces;

- "The lawn mower finally broke";

- "The gears wore out";

- "The old chair finally fell apart completely";

- syn. bust, fall apart, wear, wear out;

- also break apart, break away, break off, break up;

v43
break a piece from a whole;

- "break a branch from a tree";

- syn. break off, snap off;

v44
become punctured or penetrated;

- "The skin broke";

v45
pierce or penetrate;

- "The blade broke her skin";

v46
be released or become known;

- of news;

- "News of her death broke in the morning";

- syn. get around, get out;

v47
cease an action temporarily;

- "We pause for station identification";

- "let's break for lunch";

- syn. intermit, pause;

v48
interrupt the flow of current in;

- "break a circuit";

v49
undergo breaking;

- "The simple vowels broke in many Germanic languages";

v50
find a flaw in;

- "break an alibi";

- "break down a proof";

v51
find the solution or key to;

- "break the code";

v52
change suddenly from one tone quality or register to another;

- "Her voice broke to a whisper when she started to talk about her children";

v53
happen;

- "Report the news as it develops";

- "These political movements recrudesce from time to time";

- syn. develop, recrudesce;

- also break out, break through;

v54
become fractured;

- break or crack on the surface only;

- "The glass cracked when it was heated";

- syn. check, crack;

v55
crack;

- of the male voice in puberty;

- "his voice is breaking--he should no longer sing in the choir";

v56
fall sharply;

- "stock prices broke";

v57
fracture a bone of;

- "I broke my foot while playing hockey";

- syn. fracture;

v58
diminish or discontinue abruptly;

- "The patient's fever broke last night";

v59
weaken or destroy in spirit or body;

- "His resistance was broken";

- "a man broken by the terrible experience of near-death";

break-axe
n1
West Indian timber tree having very hard wood;

- syn. Sloanea jamaicensis, breakax, breakaxe;

break-dance
v1
do a break dance;

- "Kids were break-dancing at the street corner";

- syn. break, break dance;

break-in / b ɹ eɪ k ɪ n /
n1
trespassing for an unlawful purpose;

- illegal entrance into premises with criminal intent;

- syn. breaking and entering, housebreaking;

break apart
v1
take apart into its constituent pieces;

- syn. break up, disassemble, dismantle, take apart;

v2
break violently or noisily;

- smash;

- syn. break up, crash;

v3
break up or separate;

- "The country is disunifying";

- "Yugoslavia broke apart after 1989";

- syn. disunify;

break away
v1
move away or escape suddenly;

- "The horses broke from the stable";

- "Three inmates broke jail";

- "Nobody can break out--this prison is high security";

- syn. break, break out;

v2
break off (a piece from a whole);

- "Her tooth chipped";

- syn. break off, chip, chip off, come off;

v3
interrupt a continued activity;

- "She had broken with the traditional patterns";

- syn. break;

v4
withdraw from an organization or communion;

- "After the break up of the Soviet Union, many republics broke away";

- syn. secede, splinter;

v5
flee;

- take to one's heels;

- cut and run;

- "If you see this man, run!";

- "The burglars escaped before the police showed up";

- syn. bunk, escape, fly the coop, head for the hills, hightail it, lam, run, run away, scarper, scat, take to the woods, turn tail;

break bread
v1
have a meal, usually with company;

- "The early Christian disciples broke bread together";

break camp
v1
leave a camp;

- "The hikers decamped before dawn";

- syn. decamp;

break dance
n1
a form of solo dancing that involves rapid acrobatic moves in which different parts of the body touch the ground;

- normally performed to the rhythm of rap music;

- syn. break dancing;

v1
do a break dance;

- "Kids were break-dancing at the street corner";

- syn. break, break-dance;

break dancing
n1
a form of solo dancing that involves rapid acrobatic moves in which different parts of the body touch the ground;

- normally performed to the rhythm of rap music;

- syn. break dance;

break down
v1
make ineffective;

- "Martin Luther King tried to break down racial discrimination";

- syn. crush;

v2
make a mathematical, chemical, or grammatical analysis of;

- break down into components or essential features;

- "analyze a specimen";

- "analyze a sentence";

- "analyze a chemical compound";

- syn. analyse, analyze, dissect, take apart;

v3
lose control of one's emotions;

- "When she heard that she had not passed the exam, she lost it completely";

- "When her baby died, she snapped";

- syn. lose it, snap;

v4
stop operating or functioning;

- "The engine finally went";

- "The car died on the road";

- "The bus we travelled in broke down on the way to town";

- "The coffee maker broke";

- "The engine failed on the way to town";

- "her eyesight went after the accident";

- syn. break, conk out, die, fail, give out, give way, go, go bad;

v5
fall apart;

- "the building crumbled after the explosion";

- "Negotiations broke down";

- syn. collapse, crumble, crumple, tumble;

v6
cause to fall or collapse;

v7
separate (substances) into constituent elements or parts;

- syn. break up, decompose;

v8
collapse due to fatigue, an illness, or a sudden attack;

- syn. collapse;

break even
v1
make neither profit nor loss;

v2
attain a level at which there is neither gain nor loss, as in business, gambling, or a competitive sport;

break in
v1
enter someone's (virtual or real) property in an unauthorized manner, usually with the intent to steal or commit a violent act;

- "Someone broke in while I was on vacation";

- "They broke into my car and stole my radio!";

- "who broke into my account last night?";

- syn. break;

v2
break into a conversation;

- "her husband always chimes in, even when he is not involved in the conversation";

- syn. barge in, butt in, chime in, chisel in, cut in, put in;

v3
start in a certain activity, enterprise, or role;

v4
intrude on uninvited;

- "The nosy couple broke in on our conversation";

v5
break so as to fall inward;

- "He broke in the door";

v6
make submissive, obedient, or useful;

- "The horse was tough to break";

- "I broke in the new intern";

- syn. break;

break into
v1
express or utter spontaneously;

- "break into a yodel";

- "break into a song";

- "break into tears";

v2
change pace;

- "The dancers broke into a cha-cha";

- "The horse broke into a gallop";

break loose
v1
be unleashed;

- emerge with violence or noise;

- "His anger exploded";

- syn. burst forth, explode;

v2
run away from confinement;

- "The convicted murderer escaped from a high security prison";

- syn. escape, get away;

break of day
n1
the first light of day;

- "we got up before dawn";

- "they talked until morning";

- syn. aurora, break of the day, cockcrow, dawn, dawning, daybreak, dayspring, first light, morning, sunrise, sunup;

break of serve
n1
(tennis) a score consisting of winning a game when your opponent was serving;

- "he was up two breaks in the second set";

- syn. break;

break of the day
n1
the first light of day;

- "we got up before dawn";

- "they talked until morning";

- syn. aurora, break of day, cockcrow, dawn, dawning, daybreak, dayspring, first light, morning, sunrise, sunup;

break off
v1
interrupt before its natural or planned end;

- "We had to cut short our vacation";

- syn. break short, cut short;

v2
prevent completion;

- "stop the project";

- "break off the negotiations";

- syn. break, discontinue, stop;

v3
break off (a piece from a whole);

- "Her tooth chipped";

- syn. break away, chip, chip off, come off;

v4
break a piece from a whole;

- "break a branch from a tree";

- syn. break, snap off;

v5
break a small piece off from;

- "chip the glass";

- "chip a tooth";

- syn. chip, cut off, knap;

break one's back
v1
work very hard, like a slave;

- syn. buckle down, knuckle down, slave;

break open
v1
open with force;

- "He broke open the picnic basket";

v2
come open suddenly and violently, as if from internal pressure;

- "The bubble burst";

- syn. burst, split;

v3
erupt or intensify suddenly;

- "Unrest erupted in the country";

- "Tempers flared at the meeting";

- "The crowd irrupted into a burst of patriotism";

- syn. burst out, erupt, flare, flare up, irrupt;

break out
v1
start abruptly;

- "After 1989, peace broke out in the former East Bloc";

- syn. erupt;

v2
begin suddenly and sometimes violently;

- "He broke out shouting";

v3
move away or escape suddenly;

- "The horses broke from the stable";

- "Three inmates broke jail";

- "Nobody can break out--this prison is high security";

- syn. break, break away;

v4
take from stowage in preparation for use;

v5
become raw or open;

- "He broke out in hives";

- "My skin breaks out when I eat strawberries";

- "Such boils tend to recrudesce";

- syn. erupt, recrudesce;

break seal
n1
a seal that must be broken when first used and cannot easily be resealed;

- "it was stored in a tube with a break seal";

break short
v1
interrupt before its natural or planned end;

- "We had to cut short our vacation";

- syn. break off, cut short;

break someone's heart
v1
cause deep emotional pain and grief to somebody;

- "The young man broke the girl's heart when he told her was going to marry her best friend";

break through
v1
pass through (a barrier);

- "Registrations cracked through the 30,000 mark in the county";

- syn. crack;

v2
penetrate;

- "The sun broke through the clouds";

- "The rescue team broke through the wall in the mine shaft";

- syn. come through;

v3
break out;

- "The tooth erupted and had to be extracted";

- syn. come out, erupt, push through;

break up
v1
to cause to separate and go in different directions;

- "She waved her hand and scattered the crowds";

- syn. dispel, disperse, dissipate, scatter;

v2
discontinue an association or relation;

- go different ways;

- "The business partners broke over a tax question";

- "The couple separated after 25 years of marriage";

- "My friend and I split up";

- syn. break, part, separate, split, split up;

v3
come apart;

- "the group broke up";

v4
break violently or noisily;

- smash;

- syn. break apart, crash;

v5
make a break in;

- "We interrupt the program for the following messages";

- syn. cut off, disrupt, interrupt;

v6
cause to go into a solution;

- "The recipe says that we should dissolve a cup of sugar in two cups of water";

- syn. dissolve, resolve;

v7
suffer a nervous breakdown;

- syn. collapse, crack, crack up, crock up;

v8
take apart into its constituent pieces;

- syn. break apart, disassemble, dismantle, take apart;

v9
destroy the completeness of a set of related items;

- "The book dealer would not break the set";

- syn. break;

v10
set or keep apart;

- "sever a relationship";

- syn. sever;

v11
attack with or as if with a pickaxe of ice or rocky ground, for example;

- "Pick open the ice";

- syn. pick;

v12
release ice;

- "The icebergs and glaciers calve";

- syn. calve;

v13
close at the end of a session;

- "The court adjourned";

- syn. adjourn, recess;

v14
bring the association of to an end or cause to break up;

- "The decree officially dissolved the marriage";

- "the judge dissolved the tobacco company";

- syn. dissolve;

v15
come to an end;

- "Their marriage dissolved";

- "The tobacco monopoly broke up";

- syn. dissolve;

v16
break or cause to break into pieces;

- "The plate fragmented";

- syn. fragment, fragmentise, fragmentize;

v17
cause to separate;

- "break up kidney stones";

- "disperse particles";

- syn. disperse, scatter;

v18
separate (substances) into constituent elements or parts;

- syn. break down, decompose;

v19
laugh unrestrainedly;

- syn. crack up;

break water
v1
show the fins above the water while swimming;

- "The sharks were finning near the surface";

- syn. fin;

break wind
v1
expel intestinal gases through the anus;

- syn. fart;

break with
v1
end a relationship;

- "China broke with Russia";

breakability
n1
quality of being easily damaged or destroyed;

- syn. fragility, frangibility, frangibleness;

breakable / b ɹ eɪ k ə b ɫ /
n1
an article that is fragile and easily broken;

- "pack the breakables separately";

a1
capable of being broken or damaged;

- "earthenware pottery is breakable";

- "breakable articles should be packed carefully";

- sim. brittle, crumbly, delicate, frangible, short, splintery;

breakableness / b ɹ eɪ k ə b ɫ n ə s /
n1
the consistency of something that breaks under pressure;

breakage / b ɹ eɪ k ɪ dʒ /
n1
the quantity broken;

- "the total breakage was huge";

n2
reimbursement for goods damaged while in transit or in use;

n3
the act of breaking something;

- "the breakage was unavoidable";

- syn. break, breaking;

breakaway / b ɹ eɪ k ə w eɪ /
n1
the act of breaking away or withdrawing from;

- "there was a breakaway by the discontented members";

- "a breaking away from family and neighborhood";

- syn. breaking away;

a1
having separated or advocating separation from another entity or policy or attitude;

- "a breakaway faction";

- syn. fissiparous, separatist;

- sim. independent;

breakax
n1
West Indian timber tree having very hard wood;

- syn. Sloanea jamaicensis, break-axe, breakaxe;

breakaxe
n1
West Indian timber tree having very hard wood;

- syn. Sloanea jamaicensis, break-axe, breakax;

breakbone fever
n1
an infectious disease of the tropics transmitted by mosquitoes and characterized by rash and aching head and joints;

- syn. dandy fever, dengue, dengue fever;

breakdown / b ɹ eɪ k d aʊ n /
n1
the act of disrupting an established order so it fails to continue;

- "the social dislocations resulting from government policies";

- "his warning came after the breakdown of talks in London";

- syn. dislocation;

n2
a mental or physical breakdown;

- syn. crack-up;

n3
(biology) the process of decay caused by bacterial or fungal action;

- syn. decomposition, putrefaction, rot, rotting;

n4
a cessation of normal operation;

- "there was a power breakdown";

- syn. equipment failure;

n5
an analysis into mutually exclusive categories;

- syn. partitioning;

breaker / b ɹ eɪ k ə , b ɹ eɪ k ə ɹ /
n1
a quarry worker who splits off blocks of stone;

- syn. ledgeman;

n2
waves breaking on the shore;

- syn. breakers, surf;

n3
a device that trips like a switch and opens the circuit when overloaded;

- syn. circuit breaker;

breaker point
n1
a contact in the distributor;

- as the rotor turns its projecting arm contacts them and current flows to the spark plugs;

- syn. distributor point, point;

breakers / b ɹ eɪ k ə z /
n1
waves breaking on the shore;

- syn. breaker, surf;

breakfast / b ɹ ɛ k f ə s t /
n1
the first meal of the day (usually in the morning);

v1
eat an early morning meal;

- "We breakfast at seven";

v2
provide breakfast for;

breakfast area
n1
a place for light meals (usually near a kitchen);

- "the breakfast nook had a built in table and seats";

- syn. breakfast nook;

breakfast food
n1
any food (especially cereal) usually served for breakfast;

breakfast nook
n1
a place for light meals (usually near a kitchen);

- "the breakfast nook had a built in table and seats";

- syn. breakfast area;

breakfast table
n1
a table where breakfast is eaten;

breakfast time
n1
the customary or habitual hour for eating breakfast;

breaking / b ɹ eɪ k ɪ ŋ /
n1
the act of breaking something;

- "the breakage was unavoidable";

- syn. break, breakage;

breaking and entering
n1
trespassing for an unlawful purpose;

- illegal entrance into premises with criminal intent;

- syn. break-in, housebreaking;

breaking away
n1
the act of breaking away or withdrawing from;

- "there was a breakaway by the discontented members";

- "a breaking away from family and neighborhood";

- syn. breakaway;

n2
departing hastily;

breaking ball
n1
a pitch of a baseball that is thrown with spin so that its path curves as it approaches the batter;

- syn. bender, curve, curve ball;

breaking off
n1
an instance of sudden interruption;

- syn. abruption;

breaking point
n1
(psychology) stress at which a person breaks down or a situation becomes crucial;

n2
the degree of tension or stress at which something breaks;

breaking wind
n1
a reflex that expels intestinal gas through the anus;

- syn. fart, farting, flatus, wind;

breakneck / b ɹ eɪ k n ɛ k /
a1
moving at very high speed;

- "a breakneck pace";

- sim. dangerous;

breakout / b ɹ eɪ k aʊ t /
n1
an escape from jail;

- "the breakout was carefully planned";

- syn. break, gaolbreak, jailbreak, prison-breaking, prisonbreak;

breakstone
n1
any of various plants of the genus Saxifraga;

- syn. rockfoil, saxifrage;

breakthrough / b ɹ eɪ k θ ɹ u /
n1
a productive insight;

- syn. discovery, find;

n2
making an important discovery;

n3
a penetration of a barrier such as an enemy's defense;

breakup / b ɹ eɪ k ʌ p /
n1
the termination or disintegration of a relationship (between persons or nations);

- syn. dissolution;

n2
coming apart;

- syn. detachment, separation;

breakwater / b ɹ eɪ k w ɔ t ə , b ɹ eɪ k w ɔ t ə ɹ /
n1
a protective structure of stone or concrete;

- extends from shore into the water to prevent a beach from washing away;

- syn. bulwark, groin, groyne, jetty, mole, seawall;

bream / b ɹ i m /
n1
flesh of various freshwater fishes of North America or of Europe;

- syn. freshwater bream;

n2
flesh of any of various saltwater fishes of the family Sparidae or the family Bramidae;

- syn. sea bream;

n3
any of numerous marine percoid fishes especially (but not exclusively) of the family Sparidae;

- syn. sea bream;

n4
any of various usually edible freshwater percoid fishes having compressed bodies and shiny scales;

- especially (but not exclusively) of the genus Lepomis;

- syn. freshwater bream;

v1
clean (a ship's bottom) with heat;

breast / b ɹ ɛ s t /
n1
the front of the trunk from the neck to the abdomen;

- "he beat his breast in anger";

- syn. chest;

n2
either of two soft fleshy milk-secreting glandular organs on the chest of a woman;

- syn. boob, bosom, knocker, tit, titty;

n3
meat carved from the breast of a fowl;

- syn. white meat;

n4
the part of an animal's body that corresponds to a person's chest;

v1
meet at breast level;

- "The runner breasted the tape";

v2
reach the summit (of a mountain);

- "They breasted the mountain";

- "Many mountaineers go up Mt. Everest but not all summit";

- syn. summit;

v3
confront bodily;

- "breast the storm";

- syn. front;

breast-deep / b ɹ ɛ s t d i p /
r1
up to the breast;

- "we were standing breast-high in the water";

- syn. breast-high;

breast-fed / b ɹ ɛ s t f ɛ d /
a1
(of an infant) fed milk from the mother's breast;

- sim. nursed;

breast-high / b ɹ ɛ s t h aɪ /
r1
up to the breast;

- "we were standing breast-high in the water";

- syn. breast-deep;

breast cancer
n1
cancer of the breast;

- one of the most common malignancies in women in the US;

breast drill
n1
a portable drill with a plate that is pressed against the chest to force the drill point into the work;

breast feeding
n1
nourishing at the breast;

- syn. nursing;

breast implant
n1
an implant for cosmetic purposes to replace a breast that has been surgically removed;

breast of lamb
n1
a cut of lamb including the breastbone and attached muscles dressed as meat;

- syn. poitrine d'agneau;

breast of veal
n1
usually stuffed and roasted;

breast pocket
n1
a pocket inside of a man's coat;

breastbone / b ɹ ɛ s t b oʊ n /
n1
the flat bone that articulates with the clavicles and the first seven pairs of ribs;

- syn. sternum;

breasted / b ɹ ɛ s t ɪ d /
a1
having a breast or breasts;

- or breasts as specified;

- used chiefly in compounds;

- "small-breasted";

- "red-breasted sandpiper";

- sim. bosomed;

breastfeed / b ɹ ɛ s t f i d /
v1
give suck to;

- "The wetnurse suckled the infant";

- "You cannot nurse your baby in public in some places";

- syn. give suck, lactate, nurse, suck, suckle, wet-nurse;

breastless
a1
without a breast;

breastpin
n1
a decorative pin worn by women;

- syn. broach, brooch;

breastplate / b ɹ ɛ s t p ɫ eɪ t /
n1
armor plate that protects the chest;

- the front part of a cuirass;

- syn. aegis, egis;

breaststroke / b ɹ ɛ s s t ɹ oʊ k /
n1
a swimming stroke;

- the arms are extended together in front of the head and swept back on either side accompanied by a frog kick;

v1
swim with the face down and extend the arms forward and outward while kicking with the leg;

breaststroker / b ɹ ɛ s s t ɹ oʊ k ə , b ɹ ɛ s s t ɹ oʊ k ə ɹ /
n1
someone who swims the breaststroke;

breastwork / b ɹ ɛ s t w ɝ k /
n1
fortification consisting of a low wall;

- syn. parapet;

breath / b ɹ ɛ θ /
n1
the process of taking in and expelling air during breathing;

- "he took a deep breath and dived into the pool";

- "he was fighting to his last breath";

n2
the air that is inhaled and exhaled in respiration;

- "his sour breath offended her";

n3
a short respite;

- syn. breather, breathing place, breathing space, breathing spell, breathing time;

n4
an indirect suggestion;

- "not a breath of scandal ever touched her";

- syn. hint, intimation;

n5
a slight movement of the air;

- "there wasn't a breath of air in the room";

breath of fresh air
n1
a welcome relief;

- "the new management was like a breath of fresh air";

breathalyse / b ɹ ɛ θ ə ɫ aɪ z /
v1
test someone's alcohol level in his blood by means of a breathalyzer;

- syn. breathalyze;

breathalyser / b ɹ ɛ θ ə ɫ aɪ z ə , b ɹ ɛ θ ə ɫ aɪ z ə ɹ /
n1
a device that measures chemicals (especially the alcohol content) in a person's expired breath;

- syn. breathalyzer;

breathalyze / b ɹ ɛ θ ə ɫ aɪ z /
v1
test someone's alcohol level in his blood by means of a breathalyzer;

- syn. breathalyse;

breathalyzer / b ɹ ɛ θ ə ɫ aɪ z ə , b ɹ ɛ θ ə ɫ aɪ z ə ɹ /
n1
a device that measures chemicals (especially the alcohol content) in a person's expired breath;

- syn. breathalyser;

breathe / b ɹ i ð /
v1
draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs;

- "I can breathe better when the air is clean";

- "The patient is respiring";

- syn. respire, suspire, take a breath;

- also breathe in, breathe out;

v2
be alive;

- "Every creature that breathes";

v3
impart as if by breathing;

- "He breathed new life into the old house";

v4
allow the passage of air through;

- "Our new synthetic fabric breathes and is perfect for summer wear";

v5
utter or tell;

- "not breathe a word";

v6
manifest or evince;

- "She breathes the Christian spirit";

v7
take a short break from one's activities in order to relax;

- syn. catch one's breath, rest, take a breather;

v8
reach full flavor by absorbing air and being let to stand after having been uncorked;

- "This rare Bordeaux must be allowed to breathe for at least 2 hours";

v9
expel (gases or odors);

- syn. emit, pass off;

breathe in
v1
draw in (air);

- "Inhale deeply";

- "inhale the fresh mountain air";

- "The patient has trouble inspiring";

- "The lung cancer patient cannot inspire air very well";

- syn. inhale, inspire;

breathe out
v1
expel air;

- "Exhale when you lift the weight";

- syn. exhale, expire;

breathed / b ɹ i ð d /
a1
uttered without voice;

- "could hardly hear her breathed plea, `Help me'";

- "voiceless whispers";

- syn. voiceless;

- sim. inaudible;

breather / b ɹ i ð ə , b ɹ i ð ə ɹ /
n1
a short respite;

- syn. breath, breathing place, breathing space, breathing spell, breathing time;

n2
air passage provided by a retractable device containing intake and exhaust pipes;

- permits a submarine to stay submerged for extended periods of time;

- syn. schnorchel, schnorkel, snorkel, snorkel breather;

breathing / b ɹ i ð ɪ ŋ /
n1
the bodily process of inhalation and exhalation;

- the process of taking in oxygen from inhaled air and releasing carbon dioxide by exhalation;

- syn. external respiration, respiration, ventilation;

a1
passing or able to pass air in and out of the lungs normally;

- sometimes used in combination;

- "the boy was disappointed to find only skeletons instead of living breathing dinosaurs";

- "the heavy-breathing person on the telephone";

- syn. eupneic, eupnoeic;

- sim. sweet-breathed;

breathing apparatus
n1
a device that facilitates breathing in cases of respiratory failure;

- syn. breathing device, breathing machine, ventilator;

breathing device
n1
a device that facilitates breathing in cases of respiratory failure;

- syn. breathing apparatus, breathing machine, ventilator;

breathing in
n1
the act of inhaling;

- the drawing in of air (or other gases) as in breathing;

- syn. aspiration, inhalation, inspiration, intake;

breathing machine
n1
a device that facilitates breathing in cases of respiratory failure;

- syn. breathing apparatus, breathing device, ventilator;

breathing out
n1
the act of expelling air from the lungs;

- syn. exhalation, expiration;

breathing place
n1
a short respite;

- syn. breath, breather, breathing space, breathing spell, breathing time;

breathing room
n1
sufficient room for easy breathing or movement;

- "moved to the country to find breathing room";

- syn. breathing space;

breathing space
n1
a short respite;

- syn. breath, breather, breathing place, breathing spell, breathing time;

n2
sufficient room for easy breathing or movement;

- "moved to the country to find breathing room";

- syn. breathing room;

breathing spell
n1
a short respite;

- syn. breath, breather, breathing place, breathing space, breathing time;

breathing time
n1
a short respite;

- syn. breath, breather, breathing place, breathing space, breathing spell;

breathless / b ɹ ɛ θ ɫ ə s /
a1
not breathing or able to breathe except with difficulty;

- "breathless at thought of what I had done";

- "breathless from running";

- "followed the match with breathless interest";

- syn. dyspneal, dyspneic, dyspnoeal, dyspnoeic;

- also unventilated;

- sim. asphyxiating, blown, smothering;

a2
tending to cause suspension of regular breathing;

- "a breathless flight";

- "breathtaking adventure";

- syn. breathtaking;

- sim. exciting;

a3
appearing dead;

- not breathing or having no perceptible pulse;

- "an inanimate body";

- "pulseless and dead";

- syn. inanimate, pulseless;

- sim. dead;

breathlessly / b ɹ ɛ θ ɫ ə s ɫ i /
r1
in a breathless manner;

- "she spoke breathlessly";

breathlessness / b ɹ ɛ θ ɫ ə s n ɛ s /
n1
a dyspneic condition;

- syn. SOB, shortness of breath;

breathtaking / b ɹ ɛ θ t eɪ k ɪ ŋ /
a1
tending to cause suspension of regular breathing;

- "a breathless flight";

- "breathtaking adventure";

- syn. breathless;

- sim. exciting;

breccia
n1
a rudaceous rock consisting of sharp fragments embedded in clay or sand;

brecciate
v1
form into breccia;

- "brecciated rock";

v2
break into breccia;

- "brecciate rock";

Brecht
n1
German dramatist and poet who developed a style of epic theater (1898-1956);

- syn. Bertolt Brecht;

breech / b ɹ i tʃ /
n1
opening in the rear of the barrel of a gun where bullets can be loaded;

- syn. rear of barrel, rear of tube;

breech-loading
a1
(of guns) designed to be loaded at the breech;

breech birth
n1
delivery of an infant whose feet or buttocks appear first;

- syn. breech delivery, breech presentation;

breech closer
n1
a metal block in breech-loading firearms that is withdrawn to insert a cartridge and replaced to close the breech before firing;

- syn. breechblock;

breech delivery
n1
delivery of an infant whose feet or buttocks appear first;

- syn. breech birth, breech presentation;

breech presentation
n1
delivery of an infant whose feet or buttocks appear first;

- syn. breech birth, breech delivery;

breechblock
n1
a metal block in breech-loading firearms that is withdrawn to insert a cartridge and replaced to close the breech before firing;

- syn. breech closer;

breechcloth / b ɹ i tʃ k ɫ ɒ θ /
n1
a garment that provides covering for the loins;

- syn. breechclout, loincloth;

breechclout
n1
a garment that provides covering for the loins;

- syn. breechcloth, loincloth;

breeched / b ɹ i tʃ t /
a1
dressed in trousers;

- syn. pantalooned, trousered;

- sim. clothed;

breeches / b ɹ ɪ tʃ ɪ z , b ɹ i tʃ ɪ z /
n1
(used in the plural) trousers ending above the knee;

- syn. knee breeches, knee pants, knickerbockers, knickers;

breeches buoy
n1
a life buoy in the form of a ring with short breeches for support;

- used to transfer people from a ship;

breechloader
n1
a gun that is loaded at the breech;

breed / b ɹ i d /
n1
a special variety of domesticated animals within a species;

- "he experimented on a particular breed of white rats";

- "he created a new strain of sheep";

- syn. stock, strain;

n2
a special type;

- "Google represents a new breed of entrepreneurs";

v1
call forth;

- syn. engender, spawn;

v2
copulate with a female, used especially of horses;

- "The horse covers the mare";

- syn. cover;

v3
cause to procreate (animals);

- "She breeds dogs";

v4
have young (animals) or reproduce (organisms);

- "pandas rarely breed in captivity";

- syn. multiply;

Breed's Hill
n1
a hill in Charlestown that was the site of the battle of Bunker Hill in 1775;

breeder / b ɹ i d ə , b ɹ i d ə ɹ /
n1
a person who breeds animals;

- syn. stock breeder;

breeder reactor
n1
a nuclear reactor that produces more fissile material than it burns;

breeding / b ɹ i d ɪ ŋ /
n1
elegance by virtue of fineness of manner and expression;

- syn. genteelness, gentility;

n2
the result of good upbringing (especially knowledge of correct social behavior);

- "a woman of breeding and refinement";

- syn. education, training;

n3
helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community;

- "they debated whether nature or nurture was more important";

- syn. bringing up, fosterage, fostering, nurture, raising, rearing, upbringing;

n4
the production of animals or plants by inbreeding or hybridization;

n5
the sexual activity of conceiving and bearing offspring;

- syn. facts of life, procreation, reproduction;

a1
producing offspring or set aside especially for producing offspring;

- "the breeding population";

- "retained a few bulls for breeding purposes";

- sim. fruitful;

breeding ground
n1
a place where animals breed;

breeze / b ɹ i z /
n1
a slight wind (usually refreshing);

- "the breeze was cooled by the lake";

- "as he waited he could feel the air on his neck";

- syn. air, gentle wind, zephyr;

n2
any undertaking that is easy to do;

- "marketing this product will be no picnic";

- syn. child's play, cinch, duck soup, picnic, piece of cake, pushover, snap, walkover;

v1
blow gently and lightly;

- "It breezes most evenings at the shore";

v2
to proceed quickly and easily;

- also breeze through;

breeze block
n1
a light concrete building block made with cinder aggregate;

- "cinder blocks are called breeze blocks in Britain";

- syn. cinder block, clinker block;

breeze through
v1
succeed at easily;

- "She sailed through her exams";

- "You will pass with flying colors";

- "She nailed her astrophysics course";

- syn. ace, nail, pass with flying colors, sail through, sweep through;

breezily / b ɹ i z ə ɫ i /
r1
in a breezy manner;

- "he swings breezily into the title song";

breeziness / b ɹ i z ɪ n ə s /
n1
a mildly windy state of the air;

- syn. windiness;

n2
a breezy liveliness;

- "a delightful breeziness of manner";

- syn. jauntiness;

breezy / b ɹ i z i /
a1
fresh and animated;

- "her breezy nature";

- sim. lively;

a2
abounding in or exposed to the wind or breezes;

- "blowy weather";

- "a windy bluff";

- syn. blowy, windy;

- sim. stormy;

bregma
n1
the craniometric point at the junction of the sagittal and coronal sutures at the top of the cranium;

bregmatic
a1
of or relating to the bregma of the skull;

Breiz
n1
a former province of northwestern France on a peninsula between the English Channel and the Bay of Biscay;

- syn. Bretagne, Brittany;

Bremen / b ɹ eɪ m ə n /
n1
a city of northwestern Germany linked by the Weser River to the port of Bremerhaven and the North Sea;

- in the Middle Ages it was a leading member of the Hanseatic League;

Bremerhaven / b ɹ eɪ m ə h ɑ v ə n /
n1
a port city in northwestern Germany at the mouth of the Weser River on the North Sea;

- has a deep natural harbor and is an important shipping center;

Bren / b ɹ ɛ n /
n1
a submachine gun operated by gas pressure;

- used by the British in World War II;

- syn. Bren gun;

Bren gun
n1
a submachine gun operated by gas pressure;

- used by the British in World War II;

- syn. Bren;

Brenner Pass
n1
an Alpine mountain pass connecting Innsbruck in Austria with Bolzano in Italy that has long been a route for trade and for invasions;

brent / b ɹ ɛ n t /
n1
small dark geese that breed in the north and migrate southward;

- syn. brant, brant goose, brent goose;

brent goose
n1
small dark geese that breed in the north and migrate southward;

- syn. brant, brant goose, brent;

Brer Rabbit
n1
the fictional character of a rabbit who appeared in tales supposedly told by Uncle Remus and first published in 1880;

Brescia / b ɹ ɛ ʃ ɪə /
n1
an ancient Italian city in central Lombardy;

Breslau
n1
a city in southwestern Poland on the Oder;

- syn. Wroclaw;

Brest / b ɹ ɛ s t /
n1
a port city in northwestern France (in Brittany);

- the chief naval station of France;

Bret Harte
n1
United States writer noted for his stories about life during the California gold rush (1836-1902);

- syn. Harte;

Bretagne
n1
a former province of northwestern France on a peninsula between the English Channel and the Bay of Biscay;

- syn. Breiz, Brittany;

brethren / b ɹ ɛ ð ɹ ə n /
n1
(plural) the lay members of a male religious order;

Breton
n1
a native or inhabitant of Brittany (especially one who speaks the Breton language);

n2
a Celtic language of Brittany;

Breuer
n1
United States architect (born in Hungary) who was associated with the Bauhaus in the 1920's (1902-1981);

- syn. Marcel Lajos Breuer;

Breughel
n1
Flemish painter of landscapes (1525-1569);

- syn. Breughel the Elder, Bruegel, Brueghel, Pieter Breughel, Pieter Bruegel, Pieter Brueghel, Pieter Brueghel the Elder;

Breughel the Elder
n1
Flemish painter of landscapes (1525-1569);

- syn. Breughel, Bruegel, Brueghel, Pieter Breughel, Pieter Bruegel, Pieter Brueghel, Pieter Brueghel the Elder;

breve / b ɹ i v /
n1
a diacritical mark (U-shaped) placed over a vowel to indicate a short sound;

brevet / b ɹ ɛ v ɪ t /
n1
a document entitling a commissioned officer to hold a higher rank temporarily (but without higher pay);

v1
promote somebody by brevet, in the military;

breviary / b ɹ i v ɪə ɹ i /
n1
(Roman Catholic Church) a book of prayers to be recited daily certain priests and members of religious orders;

Brevibloc
n1
intravenous beta blocker (trade name Brevibloc) that acts for only a short time;

- used primarily for cardiac arrhythmias;

- syn. esmolol;

Brevicipitidae
n1
narrow-mouthed toads and sheep frogs;

- some burrow and some are arboreal;

- found worldwide;

- syn. Microhylidae, family Brevicipitidae, family Microhylidae;

brevity / b ɹ ɛ v ɪ t i /
n1
the use of brief expressions;

n2
the attribute of being brief or fleeting;

- syn. briefness, transience;

Brevoortia
n1
menhaden;

- syn. genus Brevoortia;

Brevoortia tyrannis
n1
shad-like North American marine fishes used for fish meal and oil and fertilizer;

- syn. menhaden;

brew / b ɹ u /
n1
drink made by steeping and boiling and fermenting rather than distilling;

- syn. brewage;

v1
prepare by brewing;

- "people have been brewing beer for thousands of years";

v2
sit or let sit in boiling water so as to extract the flavor;

- "the tea is brewing";

brewage / b ɹ u eɪ dʒ /
n1
drink made by steeping and boiling and fermenting rather than distilling;

- syn. brew;

brewer / b ɹ u ə , b ɹ u ə ɹ /
n1
someone who brews beer or ale from malt and hops and water;

- syn. beer maker;

n2
the owner or manager of a brewery;

brewer's mole
n1
mole of eastern North America;

- syn. Parascalops breweri, hair-tailed mole;

Brewer's mountain heather
n1
semi-prostrate evergreen herb of western United States;

- syn. Phyllodoce breweri, purple heather;

Brewer's spruce
n1
medium-sized spruce of California and Oregon having pendulous branches;

- syn. Picea breweriana, weeping spruce;

brewer's yeast
n1
yeast used in fermenting beer;

n2
used as a leaven in baking and brewing;

- syn. Saccharomyces cerevisiae, baker's yeast;

brewery / b ɹ ʊə ɹ i /
n1
a plant where beer is brewed by fermentation;

brewing / b ɹ u ɪ ŋ /
n1
the production of malt beverages (as beer or ale) from malt and hops by grinding and boiling them and fermenting the result with yeast;

brewpub
n1
a combination brewery and restaurant;

- beer is brewed for consumption on the premises and served along with food;

Brezhnev
n1
Soviet statesman who became president of the Soviet Union (1906-1982);

- syn. Leonid Brezhnev, Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev;

briar / b ɹ aɪ ə , b ɹ aɪ ə ɹ /
n1
Eurasian rose with prickly stems and fragrant leaves and bright pink flowers followed by scarlet hips;

- syn. Rosa eglanteria, brier, eglantine, sweetbriar, sweetbrier;

n2
a very prickly woody vine of the eastern United States growing in tangled masses having tough round stems with shiny leathery leaves and small greenish flowers followed by clusters of inedible shiny black berries;

- syn. Smilax rotundifolia, brier, bullbrier, catbrier, greenbrier, horse-brier, horse brier;

n3
evergreen treelike Mediterranean shrub having fragrant white flowers in large terminal panicles and hard woody roots used to make tobacco pipes;

- syn. Erica arborea, brier, tree heath;

n4
a pipe made from the root (briarroot) of the tree heath;

- syn. briar pipe;

briar pipe
n1
a pipe made from the root (briarroot) of the tree heath;

- syn. briar;

briard / b ɹ aɪ ə d , b ɹ aɪ ə ɹ d /
n1
old French breed of large strong usually black dogs having a long tail and long wavy and slightly stiff coat;

briarroot
n1
hard woody root of the briar Erica arborea;

briarwood
n1
wood from the hard woody root of the briar Erica arborea;

- used to make tobacco pipes;

- syn. brier-wood, brierwood;

briary / b ɹ aɪ ə ɹ i /
a1
having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.;

- "a horse with a short bristly mane";

- "bristly shrubs";

- "burred fruits";

- "setaceous whiskers";

- syn. barbed, barbellate, briery, bristled, bristly, burred, burry, prickly, setaceous, setose, spiny, thorny;

- sim. armed;

bribable / b ɹ aɪ b ə b ɫ /
a1
capable of being corrupted;

- "corruptible judges";

- "dishonest politicians";

- "a purchasable senator";

- "a venal police officer";

- syn. corruptible, dishonest, purchasable, venal;

- sim. corrupt;

bribe / b ɹ aɪ b /
n1
payment made to a person in a position of trust to corrupt his judgment;

- syn. payoff;

v1
make illegal payments to in exchange for favors or influence;

- "This judge can be bought";

- syn. buy, corrupt, grease one's palms;

briber / b ɹ aɪ b ə /
n1
someone who pays (or otherwise incites) you to commit a wrongful act;

- syn. suborner;

bribery / b ɹ aɪ b ə ɹ i /
n1
the practice of offering something (usually money) in order to gain an illicit advantage;

- syn. graft;

bric-a-brac / b ɹ ɪ k ə b ɹ æ k /
n1
miscellaneous curios;

- syn. knickknack, knickknackery, nicknack, whatnot;

brick / b ɹ ɪ k /
n1
rectangular block of clay baked by the sun or in a kiln;

- used as a building or paving material;

n2
a good fellow;

- helpful and trustworthy;

brick-shaped
a1
shaped like a brick;

- sim. cubic;

brick cheese
n1
semisoft sweet American cheese from whole milk in a brick form;

brick in
v1
wall up with brick;

- syn. brick over, brick up;

brick over
v1
wall up with brick;

- syn. brick in, brick up;

brick red
n1
a bright reddish-brown color;

brick trowel
n1
a trowel used in masonry;

- syn. mason's trowel;

brick up
v1
wall up with brick;

- syn. brick in, brick over;

brickbat / b ɹ ɪ k b æ t /
n1
a fragment of brick used as a weapon;

n2
blunt criticism;

Brickellia
n1
genus of herbs of southwestern America having usually creamy florets followed by one-seeded fruits in a prominent bristly sheath;

- syn. genus Brickelia;

brickfield
n1
a place where bricks are made and sold;

- syn. brickyard;

brickkiln / b ɹ ɪ k k ɪ ɫ n /
n1
a kiln for making bricks;

bricklayer / b ɹ ɪ k ɫ eɪ ə , b ɹ ɪ k ɫ eɪ ə ɹ /
n1
a craftsman skilled in building with bricks;

bricklayer's hammer
n1
a hammer used in laying bricks;

bricklaying / b ɹ ɪ k ɫ eɪ ɪ ŋ /
n1
the craft of laying bricks;

brickle / b ɹ ɪ k ɫ /
a1
having little elasticity;

- hence easily cracked or fractured or snapped;

- "brittle bones";

- "glass is brittle";

- "`brickle' and `brickly' are dialectal";

- syn. brickly, brittle;

- sim. breakable;

brickly / b ɹ ɪ k ɫ i /
a1
having little elasticity;

- hence easily cracked or fractured or snapped;

- "brittle bones";

- "glass is brittle";

- "`brickle' and `brickly' are dialectal";

- syn. brickle, brittle;

- sim. breakable;

bricks and mortar
n1
building material consisting of bricks laid with mortar between them;

brickwork / b ɹ ɪ k w ɝ k /
n1
masonry done with bricks and mortar;

brickyard / b ɹ ɪ k j ɑ d /
n1
a place where bricks are made and sold;

- syn. brickfield;

bricolage
n1
construction of something by whatver material are available;

bricole
n1
an engine that provided medieval artillery used during sieges;

- a heavy war engine for hurling large stones and other missiles;

- syn. arbalest, arbalist, ballista, catapult, mangonel, onager, trebuchet, trebucket;

bridal / b ɹ aɪ d ɫ /
n1
archaic terms for a wedding or wedding feast;

- syn. espousal;

a1
of or relating to a wedding;

- "bridal procession";

- "nuptial day";

- "spousal rites";

- "wedding cake";

- "marriage vows";

- syn. nuptial, spousal;

a2
of or pertaining to a bride;

- "bridal gown";

bridal-wreath
n1
Chilean evergreen shrub having delicate spikes of small white flowers;

- syn. Francoa ramosa, bridal wreath;

n2
shrub having copious small white flowers in spring;

- syn. Saint Peter's wreath, Spiraea prunifolia, St. Peter's wreath, bridal wreath;

bridal gown
n1
a gown worn by the bride at a wedding;

- syn. wedding dress, wedding gown;

bridal wreath
n1
Chilean evergreen shrub having delicate spikes of small white flowers;

- syn. Francoa ramosa, bridal-wreath;

n2
shrub having copious small white flowers in spring;

- syn. Saint Peter's wreath, Spiraea prunifolia, St. Peter's wreath, bridal-wreath;

bride / b ɹ aɪ d /
n1
a woman who has recently been married;

n2
Irish abbess;

- a patron saint of Ireland (453-523);

- syn. Bridget, Brigid, Saint Bride, Saint Bridget, Saint Brigid, St. Bride, St. Bridget, St. Brigid;

n3
a woman participant in her own marriage ceremony;

bride's bonnet
n1
plant with 1 or 2 white starlike flowers on short leafless stalks;

- Alaska to California and east to Oregon and Montana;

- syn. Clintonia uniflora, queen's cup;

bride-gift
n1
a wedding present to the bride;

bride-to-be
n1
a woman who is engaged to be married;

- syn. fiancee;

bride price
n1
money or property given (in some societies) by the bridegroom to the family of his bride;

bridecake / b ɹ aɪ d k eɪ k /
n1
a rich cake with two or more tiers and covered with frosting and decorations;

- served at a wedding reception;

- syn. wedding cake;

bridegroom / b ɹ aɪ d ɡ ɹ ʊ m /
n1
a man who has recently been married;

- syn. groom;

n2
a man participant in his own marriage ceremony;

- syn. groom;

bridesmaid / b ɹ aɪ d z m eɪ d /
n1
an unmarried woman who attends the bride at a wedding;

- syn. maid of honor;

bridge / b ɹ ɪ dʒ /
n1
a structure that allows people or vehicles to cross an obstacle such as a river or canal or railway etc.;

- syn. span;

n2
a circuit consisting of two branches (4 arms arranged in a diamond configuration) across which a meter is connected;

- syn. bridge circuit;

n3
something resembling a bridge in form or function;

- "his letters provided a bridge across the centuries";

n4
the hard ridge that forms the upper part of the nose;

- "her glasses left marks on the bridge of her nose";

n5
any of various card games based on whist for four players;

n6
a wooden support that holds the strings up;

n7
a denture anchored to teeth on either side of missing teeth;

- syn. bridgework;

n8
the link between two lenses;

- rests on the nose;

- syn. nosepiece;

n9
an upper deck where a ship is steered and the captain stands;

- syn. bridge deck;

v1
connect or reduce the distance between;

- syn. bridge over;

- also bridge over;

v2
make a bridge across;

- "bridge a river";

v3
cross over on a bridge;

bridge agent
n1
an operative who acts as a courier or go-between from a case officer to a secret agent in a hostile area;

bridge circuit
n1
a circuit consisting of two branches (4 arms arranged in a diamond configuration) across which a meter is connected;

- syn. bridge;

bridge deck
n1
an upper deck where a ship is steered and the captain stands;

- syn. bridge;

bridge hand
n1
the cards held in a game of bridge;

bridge over
v1
suffice for a period between two points;

- "This money will keep us going for another year";

- syn. keep going, tide over;

v2
connect or reduce the distance between;

- syn. bridge;

bridge partner
n1
one of a pair of bridge players who are on the same side of the game;

bridge player
n1
a card player in a game of bridge;

- "we need a 4th hand for bridge";

- syn. hand;

bridge whist
n1
the earliest form of bridge;

- the dealer could name the trump suit;

bridgeable / b ɹ ɪ dʒ eɪ b ɫ /
a1
capable of being connected by a bridge or as if by a bridge;

bridged-T
n1
a circuit consisting of a T-network with an additional shunt bridging the two series circuits;

bridgehead / b ɹ ɪ dʒ h ɛ d /
n1
an area in hostile territory that has been captured and is held awaiting further troops and supplies;

- "an attempt to secure a bridgehead behind enemy lines";

- "the only foothold left for British troops in Europe was Gibraltar";

- syn. foothold;

n2
a defensive post at the end of a bridge nearest to the enemy;

Bridgeport / b ɹ ɪ dʒ p ɔ t /
n1
a port in southwestern Connecticut on Long Island Sound;

Bridges / b ɹ ɪ dʒ ɪ z /
n1
United States labor leader who organized the longshoremen (1901-1990);

- syn. Harry Bridges;

Bridget / b ɹ ɪ dʒ ɪ t /
n1
Irish abbess;

- a patron saint of Ireland (453-523);

- syn. Bride, Brigid, Saint Bride, Saint Bridget, Saint Brigid, St. Bride, St. Bridget, St. Brigid;

Bridgetown
n1
capital of Barbados;

- a port city on the southwestern coast of Barbados;

- syn. capital of Barbados;

bridgework / b ɹ ɪ dʒ w ɝ k /
n1
a denture anchored to teeth on either side of missing teeth;

- syn. bridge;

bridle / b ɹ aɪ d ɫ /
n1
headgear for a horse;

- includes a headstall and bit and reins to give the rider or driver control;

n2
the act of restraining power or action or limiting excess;

- "his common sense is a bridle to his quick temper";

- syn. check, curb;

v1
anger or take offense;

- "She bridled at his suggestion to elope";

v2
put a bridle on;

- "bridle horses";

v3
respond to the reins, as of horses;

bridle at
v1
show anger or indignation;

- "She bristled at his insolent remarks";

- syn. bridle up, bristle at, bristle up;

bridle path
n1
a path suitable for riding or leading horses (but not for cars);

- syn. bridle road;

bridle road
n1
a path suitable for riding or leading horses (but not for cars);

- syn. bridle path;

bridle up
v1
show anger or indignation;

- "She bristled at his insolent remarks";

- syn. bridle at, bristle at, bristle up;

bridoon / b ɹ ɪ d u n /
n1
a bit resembling a snaffle bit;

- used with a separate curb;

Brie
n1
soft creamy white cheese;

- milder than Camembert;

brief / b ɹ i f /
n1
a document stating the facts and points of law of a client's case;

- syn. legal brief;

n2
a condensed written summary or abstract;

v1
give essential information to someone;

- "The reporters were briefed about the President's plan to invade";

a1
of short duration or distance;

- "a brief stay in the country";

- sim. short;

a2
concise and succinct;

- "covered the matter in a brief statement";

- sim. concise;

a3
(of clothing) very short;

- "an abbreviated swimsuit";

- "a brief bikini";

- syn. abbreviated;

- sim. short;

briefcase / b ɹ i f k eɪ s /
n1
a case with a handle;

- for carrying papers or files or books;

briefcase bomb
n1
a bomb consisting of an explosive and timer hidden inside a briefcase;

briefcase computer
n1
a portable computer housed in a box that resembles a briefcase;

briefing / b ɹ i f ɪ ŋ /
n1
detailed instructions, as for a military operation;

briefless / b ɹ i f ɫ ɛ s /
a1
(of lawyers or barristers) lacking clients;

- sim. unpatronized;

briefly / b ɹ i f ɫ i /
r1
for a short time;

- "she visited him briefly";

- "was briefly associated with IBM";

r2
in a concise manner;

- in a few words;

- "the history is summed up concisely in this book";

- "she replied briefly";

- "briefly, we have a problem";

- "to put it shortly";

- syn. concisely, in brief, in short, shortly;

briefness / b ɹ i f n ɛ s /
n1
the temporal property of being very short;

n2
the attribute of being brief or fleeting;

- syn. brevity, transience;

briefs / b ɹ i f s /
n1
(used in the plural) short tight-fitting underpants (trade name Jockey shorts);

- syn. Jockey shorts;

brier / b ɹ aɪ ə , b ɹ aɪ ə ɹ /
n1
tangled mass of prickly plants;

- syn. brier patch, brierpatch;

n2
a thorny stem or twig;

n3
Eurasian rose with prickly stems and fragrant leaves and bright pink flowers followed by scarlet hips;

- syn. Rosa eglanteria, briar, eglantine, sweetbriar, sweetbrier;

n4
a very prickly woody vine of the eastern United States growing in tangled masses having tough round stems with shiny leathery leaves and small greenish flowers followed by clusters of inedible shiny black berries;

- syn. Smilax rotundifolia, briar, bullbrier, catbrier, greenbrier, horse-brier, horse brier;

n5
evergreen treelike Mediterranean shrub having fragrant white flowers in large terminal panicles and hard woody roots used to make tobacco pipes;

- syn. Erica arborea, briar, tree heath;

brier-wood
n1
wood from the hard woody root of the briar Erica arborea;

- used to make tobacco pipes;

- syn. briarwood, brierwood;

brier patch
n1
tangled mass of prickly plants;

- syn. brier, brierpatch;

brierpatch
n1
tangled mass of prickly plants;

- syn. brier, brier patch;

brierwood
n1
wood from the hard woody root of the briar Erica arborea;

- used to make tobacco pipes;

- syn. briarwood, brier-wood;

briery
a1
having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.;

- "a horse with a short bristly mane";

- "bristly shrubs";

- "burred fruits";

- "setaceous whiskers";

- syn. barbed, barbellate, briary, bristled, bristly, burred, burry, prickly, setaceous, setose, spiny, thorny;

- sim. armed;

brig / b ɹ ɪ ɡ /
n1
two-masted sailing vessel square-rigged on both masts;

n2
a penal institution (especially on board a ship);

brigade / b ɹ ɪ ɡ eɪ d /
n1
army unit smaller than a division;

v1
form or unite into a brigade;

brigadier / b ɹ ɪ ɡ ə d ɪə , b ɹ ɪ ɡ ə d ɪə ɹ /
n1
a general officer ranking below a major general;

- syn. brigadier general;

brigadier general
n1
a general officer ranking below a major general;

- syn. brigadier;

brigand / b ɹ ɪ ɡ ə n d /
n1
an armed thief who is (usually) a member of a band;

- syn. bandit;

brigandine / b ɹ ɪ ɡ ə n d aɪ n /
n1
a medieval coat of chain mail consisting of metal rings sewn onto leather or cloth;

brigantine / b ɹ ɪ ɡ ə n t i n /
n1
two-masted sailing vessel square-rigged on the foremast and fore-and-aft rigged on the mainmast;

- syn. hermaphrodite brig;

Brigate Rosse
n1
a Marxist-Leninist terrorist organization that arose out of a student protest movement in the late 1960s;

- wants to separate Italy from NATO and advocates violence in the service of class warfare and revolution;

- mostly inactive since 1989;

- syn. BR, Red Brigades;

Brigham Young
n1
United States religious leader of the Mormon Church after the assassination of Joseph Smith;

- he led the Mormon exodus from Illinois to Salt Lake City, Utah (1801-1877);

- syn. Young;

bright / b ɹ aɪ t /
a1
emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts;

- "the sun was bright and hot";

- "a bright sunlit room";

- sim. agleam, aglitter, aglow, ardent, beady, beaming, blazing, bright as a new penny, brilliant, glimmery, glistening, iridescent, lurid, noctilucent, satiny, self-luminous, shimmery, silver, twinkling;

a2
having strong or striking color;

- "bright dress";

- "brilliant tapestries";

- "a bird with vivid plumage";

- syn. brilliant, vivid;

- sim. colorful;

a3
characterized by quickness and ease in learning;

- "some children are brighter in one subject than another";

- "smart children talk earlier than the average";

- syn. smart;

- sim. intelligent;

a4
having lots of light either natural or artificial;

- "the room was bright and airy";

- "a stage bright with spotlights";

- sim. light;

a5
made smooth and bright by or as if by rubbing;

- reflecting a sheen or glow;

- "bright silver candlesticks";

- "a burnished brass knocker";

- "she brushed her hair until it fell in lustrous auburn waves";

- "rows of shining glasses";

- "shiny black patents";

- syn. burnished, lustrous, shining, shiny;

- sim. polished;

a6
splendid;

- "the bright stars of stage and screen";

- "a bright moment in history";

- "the bright pageantry of court";

- sim. glorious;

a7
not made dim or less bright;

- "undimmed headlights";

- "surprisingly the curtain started to rise while the houselights were still undimmed";

- syn. undimmed;

a8
clear and sharp and ringing;

- "the bright sound of the trumpet section";

- "the brilliant sound of the trumpets";

- syn. brilliant;

- sim. reverberant;

a9
characterized by happiness or gladness;

- "bright faces";

- "all the world seems bright and gay";

- sim. happy;

a10
likely to turn out well in the future;

- "had a bright future in publishing";

- "the scandal threatened an abrupt end to a promising political career";

- "a hopeful new singer on Broadway";

- syn. hopeful, promising;

- sim. auspicious;

r1
with brightness;

- "the stars shone brilliantly";

- "the windows glowed jewel bright";

- syn. brightly, brilliantly;

Bright's disease
n1
an inflammation of the kidney;

- syn. nephritis;

bright-red
a1
of the red of fresh raspberries;

- syn. raspberry-red;

- sim. chromatic;

bright as a new penny
a1
(metaphor) shining brightly;

- sim. bright;

bright blue
a1
of a deep somewhat purplish blue color similar to that of a clear October sky;

- "October's bright blue weather";

- syn. azure, cerulean, sky-blue;

- sim. chromatic;

bright side
n1
a consoling aspect of a difficult situation;

- "every cloud has a silver lining";

- "look on the bright side of it";

- syn. silver lining;

brighten / b ɹ aɪ t n /
v1
make more cheerful through the use of color;

- "The paint will brighten the room";

- syn. lighten, lighten up;

v2
become clear;

- "The sky cleared after the storm";

- syn. clear, clear up, light up;

brightly / b ɹ aɪ t ɫ i /
r1
with brightness;

- "the stars shone brilliantly";

- "the windows glowed jewel bright";

- syn. bright, brilliantly;

brightly-colored
a1
having a bright color;

- syn. brightly-coloured;

- sim. colored;

brightly-coloured
a1
having a bright color;

- syn. brightly-colored;

- sim. colored;

brightness / b ɹ aɪ t n ə s /
n1
the location of a visual perception along a continuum from black to white;

n2
intelligence as manifested in being quick and witty;

- syn. cleverness, smartness;

n3
the quality of being luminous;

- emitting or reflecting light;

- "its luminosity is measured relative to that of our sun";

- syn. brightness level, light, luminance, luminosity, luminousness;

brightness constancy
n1
the tendency for a visual object to be perceived as having the same brightness under widely different conditions of illumination;

brightness level
n1
the quality of being luminous;

- emitting or reflecting light;

- "its luminosity is measured relative to that of our sun";

- syn. brightness, light, luminance, luminosity, luminousness;

Brighton / b ɹ aɪ t n /
n1
a city in East Sussex in southern England that is a popular resort;

- site of the University of Sussex;

Brigid
n1
Irish abbess;

- a patron saint of Ireland (453-523);

- syn. Bride, Bridget, Saint Bride, Saint Bridget, Saint Brigid, St. Bride, St. Bridget, St. Brigid;

Brigit
n1
Celtic goddess of fire and fertility and agriculture and household arts and wisdom;

- later associated with Saint Bridget;

Brigit Nilsson
n1
Swedish operatic soprano who played Wagnerian roles (born in 1918);

- syn. Marta Brigit Nilsson, Nilsson;

Brihaspati
n1
personification of the power of ritual devotion;

brill / b ɹ ɪ ɫ /
n1
European food fish;

- syn. Scophthalmus rhombus;

brilliance / b ɹ ɪ ɫ ɪə n s /
n1
a light within the field of vision that is brighter than the brightness to which the eyes are adapted;

- "a glare of sunlight";

- syn. blaze, glare;

n2
the quality of being magnificent or splendid or grand;

- "for magnificence and personal service there is the Queen's hotel";

- "his `Hamlet' lacks the brilliance that one expects";

- "it is the university that gives the scene its stately splendor";

- "an imaginative mix of old-fashioned grandeur and colorful art";

- "advertisers capitalize on the grandness and elegance it brings to their products";

- syn. grandeur, grandness, magnificence, splendor, splendour;

n3
unusual mental ability;

- syn. genius;

brilliancy / b ɹ ɪ ɫ ɪə n s i /
n1
a quality that outshines the usual;

- syn. luster, lustre, splendor, splendour;

brilliant / b ɹ ɪ ɫ ɪə n t , b ɹ ɪ ɫ j ə n t /
a1
of surpassing excellence;

- "a brilliant performance";

- "a superb actor";

- syn. superb;

- sim. superior;

a2
having or marked by unusual and impressive intelligence;

- "our project needs brainy women";

- "a brilliant mind";

- "a brilliant solution to the problem";

- syn. brainy, smart as a whip;

- sim. intelligent;

a3
characterized by grandeur;

- "the brilliant court life at Versailles";

- "a glorious work of art";

- "magnificent cathedrals";

- "the splendid coronation ceremony";

- syn. glorious, magnificent, splendid;

- sim. impressive;

a4
having strong or striking color;

- "bright dress";

- "brilliant tapestries";

- "a bird with vivid plumage";

- syn. bright, vivid;

- sim. colorful;

a5
full of light;

- shining intensely;

- "a brilliant star";

- "brilliant chandeliers";

- sim. bright;

a6
clear and sharp and ringing;

- "the bright sound of the trumpet section";

- "the brilliant sound of the trumpets";

- syn. bright;

- sim. reverberant;

brilliant pebble
n1
a code name for a small computerized heat-seeking missile that was supposed to intercept and destroy enemy missiles;

brilliantine / b ɹ ɪ ɫ ɪə n t i n /
n1
a pomade to make the hair manageable and lustrous;

brilliantly / b ɹ ɪ ɫ ɪə n t ɫ i /
r1
with brightness;

- "the stars shone brilliantly";

- "the windows glowed jewel bright";

- syn. bright, brightly;

r2
in an extremely intelligent way;

- "he solved the problem brilliantly";

brim / b ɹ ɪ m /
n1
the top edge of a vessel or other container;

- syn. lip, rim;

n2
a circular projection that sticks outward from the crown of a hat;

v1
be completely full;

- "His eyes brimmed with tears";

v2
fill as much as possible;

- "brim a cup to good fellowship";

brim over
v1
flow or run over (a limit or brim);

- syn. overflow, overrun, run over, well over;

brimful / b ɹ ɪ m f ʊ ɫ /
a1
filled to capacity;

- "a brimful cup";

- "I am brimful of chowder";

- "a child brimming over with curiosity";

- "eyes brimming with tears";

- syn. brimfull, brimming;

- sim. full;

brimfull / b ɹ ɪ m f ʊ ɫ /
a1
filled to capacity;

- "a brimful cup";

- "I am brimful of chowder";

- "a child brimming over with curiosity";

- "eyes brimming with tears";

- syn. brimful, brimming;

- sim. full;

brimless / b ɹ ɪ m ɫ ɛ s /
a1
without a brim;

- "a brimless hat";

brimming / b ɹ ɪ m ɪ ŋ /
a1
filled to capacity;

- "a brimful cup";

- "I am brimful of chowder";

- "a child brimming over with curiosity";

- "eyes brimming with tears";

- syn. brimful, brimfull;

- sim. full;

brimstone / b ɹ ɪ m s t oʊ n /
n1
an old name for sulfur;

- syn. native sulfur, native sulphur;

brinded
a1
having a grey or brown streak or a pattern or a patchy coloring;

- used especially of the patterned fur of cats;

- syn. brindle, brindled, tabby;

- sim. patterned;

Brindisi
n1
a port city in southeastern Apulia in Italy;

- a center for the Crusades in the Middle Ages;

brindle / b ɹ ɪ n d ɫ /
a1
having a grey or brown streak or a pattern or a patchy coloring;

- used especially of the patterned fur of cats;

- syn. brinded, brindled, tabby;

- sim. patterned;

brindled / b ɹ ɪ n d ɫ d /
a1
having a grey or brown streak or a pattern or a patchy coloring;

- used especially of the patterned fur of cats;

- syn. brinded, brindle, tabby;

- sim. patterned;

brine / b ɹ aɪ n /
n1
water containing salts;

- "the water in the ocean is all saltwater";

- syn. saltwater, seawater;

n2
a strong solution of salt and water used for pickling;

v1
soak in brine;

brine-cured
a1
(used especially of meats) preserved in salt;

- syn. salt-cured, salted;

- sim. preserved;

brine shrimp
n1
common to saline lakes;

- syn. Artemia salina;

Brinell number
n1
measure of the hardness of a material;

bring / b ɹ ɪ ŋ /
v1
take something or somebody with oneself somewhere;

- "Bring me the box from the other room";

- "Take these letters to the boss";

- "This brings me to the main point";

- syn. convey, take;

- also bring down, bring down, bring forward, bring on, bring out, bring up;

v2
cause to come into a particular state or condition;

- "Long hard years of on the job training had brought them to their competence";

- "bring water to the boiling point";

- also bring out;

v3
cause to happen or to occur as a consequence;

- "I cannot work a miracle";

- "wreak havoc";

- "bring comments";

- "play a joke";

- "The rain brought relief to the drought-stricken area";

- syn. make for, play, work, wreak;

- also bring off, bring on, bring up;

v4
go or come after and bring or take back;

- "Get me those books over there, please";

- "Could you bring the wine?";

- "The dog fetched the hat";

- syn. convey, fetch, get;

v5
bring into a different state;

- "this may land you in jail";

- syn. land;

- also bring down, bring up;

v6
be accompanied by;

- "Can I bring my cousin to the dinner?";

v7
advance or set forth in court;

- "bring charges";

- "institute proceedings";

- syn. institute;

v8
bestow a quality on;

- "Her presence lends a certain cachet to the company";

- "The music added a lot to the play";

- "She brings a special atmosphere to our meetings";

- "This adds a light note to the program";

- syn. add, bestow, contribute, impart, lend;

v9
be sold for a certain price;

- "The painting brought $10,000";

- "The old print fetched a high price at the auction";

- syn. bring in, fetch;

v10
attract the attention of;

- "The noise and the screaming brought the curious";

v11
induce or persuade;

- "The confession of one of the accused brought the others to admit to the crime as well";

bring about
v1
cause to move into the opposite direction;

- "they brought about the boat when they saw a storm approaching";

v2
cause to happen, occur or exist;

- "This procedure produces a curious effect";

- "The new law gave rise to many complaints";

- "These chemicals produce a noxious vapor";

- "the new President must bring about a change in the health care system";

- syn. give rise, produce;

bring around
v1
cause to adopt an opinion or course of action;

- "His urgent letter finally brought me around to give money to the school";

- syn. bring round;

v2
provide a cure for, make healthy again;

- "The treatment cured the boy's acne";

- "The quack pretended to heal patients but never managed to";

- syn. cure, heal;

v3
return to consciousness;

- "These pictures bring back sad memories";

- syn. bring back, bring round, bring to;

bring back
v1
bring back to the point of departure;

- syn. return, take back;

v2
return to consciousness;

- "These pictures bring back sad memories";

- syn. bring around, bring round, bring to;

bring down
v1
move something or somebody to a lower position;

- "take down the vase from the shelf";

- syn. get down, let down, lower, take down;

v2
cause the downfall of;

- of rulers;

- "The Czar was overthrown";

- "subvert the ruling class";

- syn. overthrow, overturn, subvert;

v3
impose something unpleasant;

- "The principal visited his rage on the students";

- syn. impose, inflict, visit;

v4
cause to come to the ground;

- "the pilot managed to land the airplane safely";

- syn. land, put down;

v5
cause to be enthusiastic;

- "Her playing brought down the house";

v6
cut down on;

- make a reduction in;

- "reduce your daily fat intake";

- "The employer wants to cut back health benefits";

- syn. cut, cut back, cut down, reduce, trim, trim back, trim down;

bring forth
v1
bring into existence;

- "The new manager generated a lot of problems";

- "The computer bug generated chaos in the office";

- "The computer generated this image";

- "The earthquake generated a tsunami";

- syn. generate;

v2
bring out for display;

- "The proud father produced many pictures of his baby";

- "The accused brought forth a letter in court that he claims exonerates him";

- syn. produce;

v3
bring forth or yield;

- "The tree would not produce fruit";

- syn. produce;

v4
make (offspring) by reproduction;

- "Abraham begot Isaac";

- "John fathered four daughters";

- syn. beget, engender, father, generate, get, mother, sire;

bring forward
v1
cause to move forward;

- "Can you move the car seat forward?";

- syn. advance;

v2
bring forward for consideration;

- "The case was called up in court";

- syn. call up;

bring home
v1
make understandable and clear;

- "This brings home my point";

v2
earn as a salary or wage;

- "How much does your wife take home after taxes and other deductions?";

- syn. take home;

bring home the bacon
v1
attain success or reach a desired goal;

- "The enterprise succeeded";

- "We succeeded in getting tickets to the show";

- "she struggled to overcome her handicap and won";

- syn. come through, deliver the goods, succeed, win;

v2
supply means of subsistence;

- earn a living;

- "He provides for his large family by working three jobs";

- "Women nowadays not only take care of the household but also bring home the bacon";

- syn. provide;

bring in
v1
bring in a new person or object into a familiar environment;

- "He brought in a new judge";

- "The new secretary introduced a nasty rumor";

- syn. introduce;

v2
earn on some commercial or business transaction;

- earn as salary or wages;

- "How much do you make a month in your new job?";

- "She earns a lot in her new job";

- "this merger brought in lots of money";

- "He clears $5,000 each month";

- syn. clear, earn, gain, make, pull in, realise, realize, take in;

v3
be sold for a certain price;

- "The painting brought $10,000";

- "The old print fetched a high price at the auction";

- syn. bring, fetch;

v4
submit (a verdict) to a court;

v5
transmit;

- "The microphone brought in the sounds from the room next to mine";

bring off
v1
be successful;

- achieve a goal;

- "She succeeded in persuading us all";

- "I managed to carry the box upstairs";

- "She pulled it off, even though we never thought her capable of it";

- "The pianist negociated the difficult runs";

- syn. carry off, manage, negociate, pull off;

bring on
v1
cause to arise;

- "induce a crisis";

- syn. induce;

v2
bring onto the market or release;

- "produce a movie";

- "bring out a book";

- "produce a new play";

- syn. bring out, produce;

v3
cause to appear;

- "bring on the birthday cake";

bring oneself
v1
cause to undertake a certain action, usually used in the negative;

- "He could not bring himself to call his parents";

bring out
v1
make visible;

- "Summer brings out bright clothes";

- "He brings out the best in her";

- syn. reveal, unveil;

v2
bring out of a specific state;

- syn. let out;

v3
prepare and issue for public distribution or sale;

- "publish a magazine or newspaper";

- syn. issue, publish, put out, release;

v4
direct attention to, as if by means of contrast;

- "This dress accentuates your nice figure!";

- "I set off these words by brackets";

- syn. set off;

v5
bring onto the market or release;

- "produce a movie";

- "bring out a book";

- "produce a new play";

- syn. bring on, produce;

v6
encourage to be less reserved;

- "The teacher tried to bring out the shy boy";

v7
take out of a container or enclosed space;

- "Get out your best dress--we are going to a party!";

- syn. get out;

v8
bring before the public for the first time, as of an actor, song, etc.;

- syn. introduce;

v9
make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret;

- "The auction house would not disclose the price at which the van Gogh had sold";

- "The actress won't reveal how old she is";

- "bring out the truth";

- "he broke the news to her";

- "unwrap the evidence in the murder case";

- "The newspaper uncovered the President's illegal dealings";

- syn. break, disclose, discover, divulge, expose, give away, let on, let out, reveal, uncover, unwrap;

bring outside
v1
bring outside the body for surgery, of organs;

- syn. exteriorize;

bring round
v1
cause to adopt an opinion or course of action;

- "His urgent letter finally brought me around to give money to the school";

- syn. bring around;

v2
return to consciousness;

- "These pictures bring back sad memories";

- syn. bring around, bring back, bring to;

bring through
v1
bring into safety;

- "We pulled through most of the victims of the bomb attack";

- syn. carry through, pull through, save;

bring to
v1
return to consciousness;

- "These pictures bring back sad memories";

- syn. bring around, bring back, bring round;

bring to bear
v1
bring into operation or effect;

- "The new members brought to bear new concerns to the U.N.";

bring up
v1
summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic;

- "raise the specter of unemployment";

- "he conjured wild birds in the air";

- "call down the spirits from the mountain";

- syn. arouse, call down, call forth, conjure, conjure up, evoke, invoke, put forward, raise, stir;

v2
look after a child until it is an adult;

- "raise a family";

- "bring up children";

- syn. nurture, parent, raise, rear;

v3
promote from a lower position or rank;

- "This player was brought up to the major league";

v4
raise from a lower to a higher position;

- "Raise your hands";

- "Lift a load";

- syn. elevate, get up, lift, raise;

v5
cause to come to a sudden stop;

- "The noise brought her up in shock";

v6
put forward for consideration or discussion;

- "raise the question of promotions";

- "bring up an unpleasant topic";

- syn. raise;

v7
make reference to;

- "His name was mentioned in connection with the invention";

- syn. advert, cite, mention, name, refer;

v8
cause to load (an operating system) and start the initial processes;

- "boot your computer";

- syn. boot, reboot;

bringing / b ɹ ɪ ŋ ɪ ŋ /
n1
the act of delivering or distributing something (as goods or mail);

- "his reluctant delivery of bad news";

- syn. delivery;

bringing close together
n1
the act of bringing near or bringing together especially the cut edges of tissue;

- syn. approximation;

bringing up
n1
helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community;

- "they debated whether nature or nurture was more important";

- syn. breeding, fosterage, fostering, nurture, raising, rearing, upbringing;

brininess
n1
the relative proportion of salt in a solution;

- syn. salinity;

brinjal
n1
hairy upright herb native to southeastern Asia but widely cultivated for its large glossy edible fruit commonly used as a vegetable;

- syn. Solanum melongena, aubergine, eggplant, eggplant bush, garden egg, mad apple;

brink / b ɹ ɪ ŋ k /
n1
a region marking a boundary;

- syn. threshold, verge;

n2
the edge of a steep place;

n3
the limit beyond which something happens or changes;

- "on the verge of tears";

- "on the brink of bankruptcy";

- syn. verge;

brinkmanship / b ɹ ɪ ŋ k m ə n ʃ ɪ p /
n1
the policy of pushing a dangerous situation to the brink of disaster (to the limits of safety);

Brinton / b ɹ ɪ n t n /
n1
United States anthropologist who was the first to attempt a systematic classification of Native American languages (1837-1899);

- syn. Daniel Garrison Brinton;

briny / b ɹ aɪ n i /
n1
any very large body of (salt) water;

- syn. main;

a1
slightly salty (especially from containing a mixture of seawater and fresh water);

- "a brackish lagoon";

- "the briny deep";

- syn. brackish;

- sim. salty;

brio / b ɹ i oʊ /
n1
quality of being active or spirited or alive and vigorous;

- syn. animation, invigoration, spiritedness, vivification;

brioche / b ɹ i ɒ ʃ /
n1
a light roll rich with eggs and butter and somewhat sweet;

briony
n1
a vine of the genus Bryonia having large leaves and small flowers and yielding acrid juice with emetic and purgative properties;

- syn. bryony;

Brioschi
n1
an antacid;

briquet / b ɹ ɪ k ɛ t /
n1
a block made from charcoal or coal dust and burned as fuel;

- syn. briquette;

briquette / b ɹ ɪ k ɛ t /
n1
a block made from charcoal or coal dust and burned as fuel;

- syn. briquet;

Bris
n1
the Jewish rite of circumcision performed on a male child on the eighth day of his life;

- syn. Berit, Berith, Briss, Brith;

brisance
n1
the shattering or crushing effect of a sudden release of energy as in an explosion;

brisant / b ɹ ɪ z n t /
a1
of or relating to the power (the shattering effect) of an explosive;

Brisbane / b ɹ ɪ z b ə n /
n1
capital and largest city of Queensland state;

- located in the southeastern corner of Queensland on the Pacific;

- settled by British as a penal colony;

- 3rd largest city in Australia;

Brisbane quandong
n1
Australian tree having hard white timber and glossy green leaves with white flowers followed by one-seeded glossy blue fruit;

- syn. Elaeocarpus grandis, blue fig, quandong, quandong tree, silver quandong tree;

brisk / b ɹ ɪ s k /
v1
become brisk;

- "business brisked up";

- syn. brisk up, brisken;

a1
quick and energetic;

- "a brisk walk in the park";

- "a lively gait";

- "a merry chase";

- "traveling at a rattling rate";

- "a snappy pace";

- "a spanking breeze";

- syn. alert, lively, merry, rattling, snappy, spanking, zippy;

- sim. energetic;

a2
imparting vitality and energy;

- "the bracing mountain air";

- syn. bracing, fresh, refreshful, refreshing, tonic;

- sim. invigorating;

a3
very active;

- "doing a brisk business";

- sim. active;

brisk up
v1
become brisk;

- "business brisked up";

- syn. brisk, brisken;

brisken
v1
become brisk;

- "business brisked up";

- syn. brisk, brisk up;

brisket / b ɹ ɪ s k ɪ t /
n1
a cut of meat from the breast or lower chest especially of beef;

briskly / b ɹ ɪ s k ɫ i /
r1
in a brisk manner;

- "she walked briskly in the cold air";

- "`after lunch,' she said briskly";

briskness / b ɹ ɪ s k n ɛ s /
n1
liveliness and eagerness;

- "he accepted with alacrity";

- "the smartness of the pace soon exhausted him";

- syn. alacrity, smartness;

brisling
n1
small fatty European fish;

- usually smoked or canned like sardines;

- syn. sprat;

n2
small herring processed like a sardine;

- syn. Clupea sprattus, sprat;

Briss
n1
the Jewish rite of circumcision performed on a male child on the eighth day of his life;

- syn. Berit, Berith, Bris, Brith;

bristle / b ɹ ɪ s ɫ /
n1
a stiff fiber (coarse hair or filament);

- natural or synthetic;

n2
a stiff hair;

v1
be in a state of movement or action;

- "The room abounded with screaming children";

- "The garden bristled with toddlers";

- syn. abound, burst;

v2
rise up as in fear;

- "The dog's fur bristled";

- "It was a sight to make one's hair uprise!";

- syn. stand up, uprise;

v3
have or be thickly covered with or as if with bristles;

- "bristling leaves";

v4
react in an offended or angry manner;

- "He bristled at her suggestion that he should teach her how to use the program";

bristle-pointed
a1
pointed like bristles;

- sim. pointed;

bristle at
v1
show anger or indignation;

- "She bristled at his insolent remarks";

- syn. bridle at, bridle up, bristle up;

bristle brush
n1
a brush that is made with the short stiff hairs of an animal or plant;

bristle fern
n1
any fern of the genus Trichomanes having large pinnatifid often translucent fronds;

- most are epiphytic on tree branches and twigs or terrestrial on mossy banks;

- syn. filmy fern;

bristle grass
n1
grasses of grasslands and woodlands having large gracefully arching spikes with long bristles beneath each spikelet;

- syn. bristlegrass;

bristle up
v1
show anger or indignation;

- "She bristled at his insolent remarks";

- syn. bridle at, bridle up, bristle at;

bristlecone fir
n1
a pyramidal fir of southwestern California having spiny pointed leaves and cone scales with long spines;

- syn. Abies bracteata, Abies venusta, Santa Lucia fir;

bristlecone pine
n1
small slow-growing upland pine of western United States (Rocky Mountains) having dense branches with fissured rust-brown bark and short needles in bunches of 5 and thorn-tipped cone scales;

- among the oldest living things some over 4500 years old;

- syn. Pinus aristata, Rocky Mountain bristlecone pine;

bristled / b ɹ ɪ s ɫ d /
a1
having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.;

- "a horse with a short bristly mane";

- "bristly shrubs";

- "burred fruits";

- "setaceous whiskers";

- syn. barbed, barbellate, briary, briery, bristly, burred, burry, prickly, setaceous, setose, spiny, thorny;

- sim. armed;

bristlegrass
n1
grasses of grasslands and woodlands having large gracefully arching spikes with long bristles beneath each spikelet;

- syn. bristle grass;

bristlelike
a1
resembling a bristle;

- sim. armed;

bristletail
n1
small wingless insect with a long bristlelike tail;

bristliness
n1
the quality of being covered with prickly thorns or spines;

- syn. prickliness, spininess, thorniness;

bristly / b ɹ ɪ s ɫ i /
a1
very irritable;

- "bristly exchanges between the White House and the press";

- "he became prickly and spiteful";

- "witty and waspish about his colleagues";

- syn. prickly, splenetic, waspish;

- sim. ill-natured;

a2
having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.;

- "a horse with a short bristly mane";

- "bristly shrubs";

- "burred fruits";

- "setaceous whiskers";

- syn. barbed, barbellate, briary, briery, bristled, burred, burry, prickly, setaceous, setose, spiny, thorny;

- sim. armed;

bristly locust
n1
large shrub or small tree of the eastern United States having bristly stems and large clusters of pink flowers;

- syn. Robinia hispida, moss locust, rose acacia;

bristly oxtongue
n1
widespread European weed with spiny tongue-shaped leaves and yellow flowers;

- naturalized in United States;

- syn. Picris echioides, bitterweed, bugloss, oxtongue;

bristly sarsaparilla
n1
bristly herb of eastern and central North America having black fruit and medicinal bark;

- syn. Aralia hispida, bristly sarsparilla, dwarf elder;

bristly sarsparilla
n1
bristly herb of eastern and central North America having black fruit and medicinal bark;

- syn. Aralia hispida, bristly sarsaparilla, dwarf elder;

Bristol / b ɹ ɪ s t ɫ /
n1
an industrial city and port in southwestern England near the mouth of the River Avon;

Bristol Channel
n1
an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean between southern Wales and southwestern England;

Brit / b ɹ ɪ t /
n1
a native or inhabitant of Great Britain;

- syn. Britisher, Briton;

n2
the young of a herring or sprat or similar fish;

- syn. britt;

n3
minute crustaceans forming food for right whales;

- syn. britt;

Britain / b ɹ ɪ t n /
n1
a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles;

- divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland;

- `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom;

- syn. Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland;

Britannia metal
n1
an alloy similar to pewter;

Britannic / b ɹ ɪ t æ n ɪ k /
a1
of Britain;

- "Her Britannic Majesty";

britches
n1
(used in the plural) informal term for breeches;

Brith
n1
the Jewish rite of circumcision performed on a male child on the eighth day of his life;

- syn. Berit, Berith, Bris, Briss;

Briticism / b ɹ ɪ t ɪ s ɪ z ə m /
n1
an expression that is used in Great Britain (especially as contrasted with American English);

- syn. Anglicism, Britishism;

British / b ɹ ɪ t ɪ ʃ /
n1
the people of Great Britain;

- syn. British people, Brits;

a1
of or relating to or characteristic of Great Britain or its people or culture;

- "his wife is British";

British Cabinet
n1
the senior ministers of the British government;

British capacity unit
n1
a unit of measure for capacity officially adopted in the British Imperial System;

- British units are both dry and wet;

- syn. Imperial capacity unit;

British capital
n1
the capital and largest city of England;

- located on the Thames in southeastern England;

- financial and industrial and cultural center;

- syn. Greater London, London, capital of the United Kingdom;

British Columbia
n1
a province in western Canada;

British Commonwealth
n1
an association of nations consisting of the United Kingdom and several former British colonies that are now sovereign states but still pay allegiance to the British Crown;

- syn. Commonwealth of Nations;

British Crown
n1
the symbol of the power of the British monarchy;

- "members of the British Commonwealth owe allegiance to the British Crown";

British East Africa
n1
the former British territories of eastern Africa, including Kenya, Tanganyika, Uganda, and Zanzibar;

British Empire
n1
a former empire consisting of Great Britain and all the territories under its control;

- reached its greatest extent at the end of World War I;

- it included the British Isles, British West Indies, Canada, British Guiana;

- British West Africa, British East Africa, India, Australia, New Zealand;

- "the sun never sets on the British Empire";

British empiricism
n1
the predominant philosophical tradition in Great Britain since the 17th century;

British Guiana
n1
a republic in northeastern South America;

- formerly part of the British Empire, but it achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1966;

- syn. Co-operative Republic of Guyana, Guyana;

British Honduras
n1
a country on the northeastern coast of Central America on the Caribbean;

- formerly under British control;

- syn. Belize;

British House of Commons
n1
the lower house of the British parliament;

- syn. House of Commons;

British House of Lords
n1
the upper house of the British parliament;

- syn. House of Lords;

British Imperial System
n1
a system of weights and measures based on the foot and pound and second and pint;

- syn. British system, English system;

British Isles
n1
Great Britain and Ireland and adjacent islands in the north Atlantic;

British Labour Party
n1
a political party formed in Great Britain in 1900;

- characterized by the promotion of labor's interests and formerly the socialization of key industries;

- syn. Labor, Labour, Labour Party;

British monetary unit
n1
monetary unit in Great Britain;

British Parliament
n1
the British legislative body;

British people
n1
the people of Great Britain;

- syn. British, Brits;

British pound
n1
the basic unit of money in Great Britain and Northern Ireland;

- equal to 100 pence;

- syn. British pound sterling, pound, pound sterling, quid;

British pound sterling
n1
the basic unit of money in Great Britain and Northern Ireland;

- equal to 100 pence;

- syn. British pound, pound, pound sterling, quid;

British shilling
n1
a former monetary unit in Great Britain;

- syn. bob, shilling;

British system
n1
a system of weights and measures based on the foot and pound and second and pint;

- syn. British Imperial System, English system;

British thermal unit
n1
a unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise one pound of water one degree Fahrenheit at one atmosphere pressure;

- equivalent to 251.997 calories;

- syn. B.Th.U., BTU;

British Virgin Islands
n1
more than 40 northeastern Virgin Islands (15 inhabited);

- a dependent territory of the United Kingdom;

British West Africa
n1
the former British territories of western Africa, including Nigeria, Cameroon, Gambia, Togo, Sierra Leone, and the Gold Coast;

British West Indies
n1
the islands in the West Indies that were formerly under British control, including the Bahamas, Saint Lucia, Antigua, Grenada, Jamaica, Barbados, and Trinidad;

Britisher / b ɹ ɪ t ɪ ʃ ə , b ɹ ɪ t ɪ ʃ ə ɹ /
n1
a native or inhabitant of Great Britain;

- syn. Brit, Briton;

Britishism / b ɹ ɪ t ɪ ʃ ɪ z ə m /
n1
an expression that is used in Great Britain (especially as contrasted with American English);

- syn. Anglicism, Briticism;

n2
a custom that is peculiar to England or its citizens;

- syn. Anglicism;

Briton / b ɹ ɪ t n /
n1
a native or inhabitant of Great Britain;

- syn. Brit, Britisher;

n2
an inhabitant of southern Britain prior to the Anglo-Saxon invasions;

a1
characteristic of or associated with the Britons;

- "the Briton inhabitants of England";

Brits / b ɹ ɪ t s /
n1
the people of Great Britain;

- syn. British, British people;

britt
n1
the young of a herring or sprat or similar fish;

- syn. brit;

n2
minute crustaceans forming food for right whales;

- syn. brit;

Brittanic
n1
a southern group of Celtic languages;

- syn. Brythonic;

Brittany
n1
a former province of northwestern France on a peninsula between the English Channel and the Bay of Biscay;

- syn. Breiz, Bretagne;

Brittany spaniel
n1
tall active short-tailed French breed of bird dog having a usually smooth orange- or liver-and-white coat;

Britten / b ɹ ɪ t t ɛ n /
n1
major English composer of the 20th century;

- noted for his operas (1913-1976);

- syn. Benjamin Britten, Edward Benjamin Britten, Lord Britten of Aldeburgh;

brittle / b ɹ ɪ t ɫ /
n1
caramelized sugar cooled in thin sheets;

- syn. toffee, toffy;

a1
having little elasticity;

- hence easily cracked or fractured or snapped;

- "brittle bones";

- "glass is brittle";

- "`brickle' and `brickly' are dialectal";

- syn. brickle, brickly;

- sim. breakable;

a2
lacking warmth and generosity of spirit;

- "a brittle and calculating woman";

- sim. coldhearted;

a3
(of metal or glass) not annealed and consequently easily cracked or fractured;

- syn. unannealed;

- sim. untempered;

brittle-star
n1
an animal resembling a starfish with fragile whiplike arms radiating from a small central disc;

- syn. brittle star, serpent star;

brittle bladder fern
n1
delicate fern widely distributed in North America and European having thin pinnatifid fronds with brittle stems;

- syn. Cystopteris fragilis, brittle fern, fragile fern;

brittle bush
n1
fragrant rounded shrub of southwestern United States and adjacent Mexico having brittle stems and small crowded blue-green leaves and yellow flowers;

- produces a resin used in incense and varnish and in folk medicine;

- syn. Encelia farinosa, brittlebush, incienso;

brittle fern
n1
delicate fern widely distributed in North America and European having thin pinnatifid fronds with brittle stems;

- syn. Cystopteris fragilis, brittle bladder fern, fragile fern;

brittle maidenhair
n1
tropical American fern with broad pinnae;

- widely cultivated;

- syn. Adiantum tenerum, brittle maidenhair fern;

brittle maidenhair fern
n1
tropical American fern with broad pinnae;

- widely cultivated;

- syn. Adiantum tenerum, brittle maidenhair;

brittle star
n1
an animal resembling a starfish with fragile whiplike arms radiating from a small central disc;

- syn. brittle-star, serpent star;

brittle willow
n1
large willow tree with stiff branches that are easily broken;

- syn. Salix fragilis, crack willow, snap willow;

brittlebush
n1
fragrant rounded shrub of southwestern United States and adjacent Mexico having brittle stems and small crowded blue-green leaves and yellow flowers;

- produces a resin used in incense and varnish and in folk medicine;

- syn. Encelia farinosa, brittle bush, incienso;

brittleness / b ɹ ɪ t ɫ n ə s /
n1
firm but easily broken;

- syn. crispiness, crispness;

Brix scale
n1
a system for measuring the concentration of sugar solutions;

Brno / b ɝ n oʊ /
n1
an industrial city in Moravia in Czech Republic to the southeast of Prague;

- syn. Brunn;

broach / b ɹ oʊ tʃ /
n1
a decorative pin worn by women;

- syn. breastpin, brooch;

v1
bring up a topic for discussion;

- syn. initiate;

broached / b ɹ oʊ tʃ t /
a1
of a cask or barrel;

- "the cask was set abroach";

- syn. abroach;

- sim. tapped;

broad / b ɹ ɔ d /
n1
slang term for a woman;

- "a broad is a woman who can throw a mean punch";

a1
having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other;

- "wide roads";

- "a wide necktie";

- "wide margins";

- "three feet wide";

- "a river two miles broad";

- "broad shoulders";

- "a broad river";

- syn. wide;

- also comprehensive, thick;

- sim. beamy, bird's-eye, broad-brimmed, deep, fanlike, sweeping, wide-screen;

a2
broad in scope or content;

- "across-the-board pay increases";

- "an all-embracing definition";

- "blanket sanctions against human-rights violators";

- "an invention with broad applications";

- "a panoptic study of Soviet nationality"- T.G.Winner;

- "granted him wide powers";

- syn. across-the-board, all-embracing, all-encompassing, all-inclusive, blanket, encompassing, extensive, panoptic, wide;

- sim. comprehensive;

a3
not detailed or specific;

- "a broad rule";

- "the broad outlines of the plan";

- "felt an unspecific dread";

- syn. unspecific;

- sim. general;

a4
lacking subtlety;

- obvious;

- "gave us a broad hint that it was time to leave";

- syn. unsubtle;

- sim. clear;

a5
being at a peak or culminating point;

- "broad daylight";

- "full summer";

- syn. full;

- sim. high;

a6
very large in expanse or scope;

- "a broad lawn";

- "the wide plains";

- "a spacious view";

- "spacious skies";

- syn. spacious, wide;

- sim. large;

a7
(of speech) heavily and noticeably regional;

- "a broad southern accent";

- sim. noticeable;

a8
showing or characterized by broad-mindedness;

- "a broad political stance";

- "generous and broad sympathies";

- "a liberal newspaper";

- "tolerant of his opponent's opinions";

- syn. large-minded, liberal, tolerant;

- sim. broad-minded;

broad-bean
n1
Old World upright plant grown especially for its large flat edible seeds but also as fodder;

- syn. English bean, European bean, Vicia faba, broad-bean plant, broad bean, field bean;

broad-bean plant
n1
Old World upright plant grown especially for its large flat edible seeds but also as fodder;

- syn. English bean, European bean, Vicia faba, broad-bean, broad bean, field bean;

broad-brimmed
a1
(of hats) having a broad brim;

- sim. wide;

broad-headed
a1
having a brachycephalic head;

- syn. roundheaded, short-headed;

- sim. brachycephalic;

broad-leafed
a1
having relatively broad rather than needlelike or scalelike leaves;

- syn. broad-leaved, broadleaf;

- sim. deciduous;

broad-leaved
a1
having relatively broad rather than needlelike or scalelike leaves;

- syn. broad-leafed, broadleaf;

- sim. deciduous;

broad-leaved bottletree
n1
north Australian tree having white flowers and broad leaves;

- syn. Brachychiton australis, flame tree;

broad-leaved dock
n1
European dock with broad obtuse leaves and bitter rootstock common as a weed in North America;

- syn. Rumex obtusifolius, bitter dock, yellow dock;

broad-leaved everlasting pea
n1
perennial climber of central and southern Europe having purple or pink or white flowers;

- naturalized in North America;

- syn. Lathyrus latifolius, perennial pea;

broad-leaved montia
n1
succulent plant with mostly basal leaves;

- stem bears 1 pair of broadly ovate or heart-shaped leaves and a loose raceme of 3-10 white flowers;

- western North America;

- syn. Montia cordifolia;

broad-leaved plantain
n1
North American plantain having reddish leafstalks and broad leaves;

- syn. Plantago rugelii, rugel's plantain;

n2
common European perennial naturalized worldwide;

- a troublesome weed;

- syn. Plantago major, cart-track plant, common plantain, white-man's foot, whiteman's foot;

broad-leaved twayblade
n1
small orchid with two elliptic leaves and a slender raceme of small green flowers;

- western North America;

- syn. Listera convallarioides;

broad-minded / b ɹ ɔ d m aɪ n d ɪ d /
a1
incapable of being shocked;

- "he was warmhearted, sensible and unshockable";

- syn. unshockable;

a2
inclined to respect views and beliefs that differ from your own;

- "a judge who is broad-minded but even-handed";

- sim. broad, catholic, free-thinking, open-minded;

broad-mindedly
r1
in a broad-minded manner;

- "the authorities broad-mindedly permitted the opening of a center for teenagers";

broad-mindedness / b ɹ ɔ d m aɪ n d ɪ d n ɪ s /
n1
an inclination to tolerate or overlook opposing or shocking opinions or behavior;

broad-shouldered
a1
having broad shoulders;

- "big-shouldered and heavy-armed";

- syn. big-shouldered, square-shouldered;

- sim. robust;

broad arrow
n1
an arrowhead mark identifying British government property;

n2
a mark shaped like an arrowhead;

- used to mark convicts' clothing;

n3
an arrow with a wide barbed head;

broad bean
n1
seed of the broad-bean plant;

- syn. fava bean, horsebean;

n2
Old World upright plant grown especially for its large flat edible seeds but also as fodder;

- syn. English bean, European bean, Vicia faba, broad-bean, broad-bean plant, field bean;

n3
a bean plant cultivated for use animal fodder;

- syn. horse bean;

n4
shell beans cooked as lima beans;

- syn. fava bean;

broad beech fern
n1
beech fern of North American woodlands having straw-colored stripes;

- syn. Dryopteris hexagonoptera, Phegopteris hexagonoptera, Thelypteris hexagonoptera, southern beech fern;

broad buckler-fern
n1
European shield fern;

- syn. Dryopteris dilatata;

broad gauge
n1
a railroad track (or its width) broader than the standard 56.5 inches;

broad hatchet
n1
a short-handled hatchet with a broad blade opposite a hammerhead;

broad interpretation
n1
an interpretation of the U.S. constitution holding that the spirit of the times and the needs of the nation can legitimately influence judicial decisions (particularly decisions of the Supreme Court);

- syn. judicial activism;

broad jump
n1
a competition that involves jumping as far as possible from a running start;

- syn. long jump;

n2
the act of jumping as far as possible from a running start;

- syn. long jump;

broad leaved centaury
n1
a variety of centaury with broad leaves;

broad leaved goldenrod
n1
a variety of goldenrod;

- syn. zigzag goldenrod;

broadax
n1
a large ax with a broad cutting blade;

- syn. broadaxe;

broadaxe / b ɹ ɔ d æ k s /
n1
a large ax with a broad cutting blade;

- syn. broadax;

broadband / b ɹ ɔ d b æ n d /
a1
of or relating to or being a communications network in which the bandwidth can be divided and shared by multiple simultaneous signals (as for voice or data or video);

a2
responding to or operating at a wide band of frequencies;

- "a broadband antenna";

- syn. wideband;

broadbill
n1
tropical American heron related to night herons;

- syn. Cochlearius cochlearius, boat-billed heron, boatbill;

n2
diving ducks of North America having a bluish-grey bill;

- syn. bluebill, scaup, scaup duck;

n3
freshwater duck of the northern hemisphere having a broad flat bill;

- syn. Anas clypeata, shoveler, shoveller;

n4
small birds of the Old World tropics having bright plumage and short wide bills;

broadcast / b ɹ ɔ d k ɑ s t /
n1
message that is transmitted by radio or television;

n2
a radio or television show;

- "did you see his program last night?";

- syn. program, programme;

v1
broadcast over the airwaves, as in radio or television;

- "We cannot air this X-rated song";

- syn. air, beam, send, transmit;

v2
sow over a wide area, especially by hand;

- "broadcast seeds";

v3
cause to become widely known;

- "spread information";

- "circulate a rumor";

- "broadcast the news";

- syn. circularise, circularize, circulate, diffuse, disperse, disseminate, distribute, pass around, propagate, spread;

broadcast area
n1
the area over which a radio or tv transmission can be received;

broadcast journalist
n1
a journalist who broadcasts on radio or television;

broadcast medium
n1
a medium that disseminates via telecommunications;

- syn. broadcasting;

broadcast station
n1
a station equipped to broadcast radio or television programs;

- syn. broadcasting station;

broadcaster / b ɹ ɔ d k ɑ s t ə /
n1
someone who broadcasts on radio or television;

n2
a mechanical device for scattering something (seed or fertilizer or sand etc.) in all directions;

- syn. spreader;

broadcasting / b ɹ ɔ d k ɑ s t ɪ ŋ /
n1
a medium that disseminates via telecommunications;

- syn. broadcast medium;

n2
taking part in a radio or tv program;

broadcasting company
n1
a company that manages tv or radio stations;

broadcasting station
n1
a station equipped to broadcast radio or television programs;

- syn. broadcast station;

broadcasting studio
n1
a studio where broadcasts originate;

broadcloth / b ɹ ɔ d k ɫ ɒ θ /
n1
a densely textured woolen fabric with a lustrous finish;

n2
a closely woven silk or synthetic fabric with a narrow crosswise rib;

broaden / b ɹ ɔ d n /
v1
make broader;

- "broaden the road";

v2
extend in scope or range or area;

- "The law was extended to all citizens";

- "widen the range of applications";

- "broaden your horizon";

- "Extend your backyard";

- syn. extend, widen;

v3
vary in order to spread risk or to expand;

- "The company diversified";

- syn. branch out, diversify;

v4
become broader;

- "The road broadened";

broadening / b ɹ ɔ d n ɪ ŋ /
n1
the act of making something wider;

- syn. widening;

n2
the action of making broader;

- "the broadening of travel";

n3
an increase in width;

- syn. widening;

broadleaf
a1
having relatively broad rather than needlelike or scalelike leaves;

- syn. broad-leafed, broad-leaved;

- sim. deciduous;

broadloom / b ɹ ɔ d ɫ u m /
n1
a carpet woven on a wide loom to obviate the need for seams;

a1
(of rugs or carpets) woven full width;

- "a broadloom rug";

- sim. seamless;

broadly / b ɹ ɔ d ɫ i /
r1
without regard to specific details or exceptions;

- "he interprets the law broadly";

- syn. broadly speaking, generally, loosely;

r2
in a wide fashion;

- "he smiled broadly";

broadly speaking
r1
without regard to specific details or exceptions;

- "he interprets the law broadly";

- syn. broadly, generally, loosely;

broadness / b ɹ ɔ d n ə s /
n1
the property of being wide;

- having great width;

- syn. wideness;

broadnosed
a1
of or related to New World monkeys having nostrils far apart or to people with broad noses;

- syn. platyrhine, platyrhinian, platyrrhine, platyrrhinian, platyrrhinic;

broadsheet / b ɹ ɔ d ʃ i t /
n1
an advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet) intended for wide distribution;

- "he mailed the circular to all subscribers";

- syn. bill, broadside, circular, flier, flyer, handbill, throwaway;

broadside / b ɹ ɔ d s aɪ d /
n1
an advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet) intended for wide distribution;

- "he mailed the circular to all subscribers";

- syn. bill, broadsheet, circular, flier, flyer, handbill, throwaway;

n2
a speech of violent denunciation;

- syn. philippic, tirade;

n3
all of the armament that is fired from one side of a warship;

n4
the whole side of a vessel from stem to stern;

- "the ship was broadside to the dock";

n5
the simultaneous firing of all the armament on one side of a warship;

v1
collide with the broad side of;

- "her car broad-sided mine";

a1
toward a full side;

- "a broadside attack";

- sim. side;

r1
with a side facing an object;

- "the train hit the truck broadside";

- "the wave caught the canoe broadside and capsized it";

broadsword / b ɹ ɔ d s ɔ d /
n1
a sword with a broad blade and (usually) two cutting edges;

- used to cut rather than stab;

broadtail / b ɹ ɔ d t eɪ ɫ /
n1
the fur of a very young karakul lamb;

n2
hardy coarse-haired sheep of central Asia;

- lambs are valued for their soft curly black fur;

- syn. caracul, karakul;

Broadway / b ɹ ɔ d w eɪ /
n1
a street in Manhattan that passes through Times Square;

- famous for its theaters;

- syn. Great White Way;

broadwise / b ɹ ɔ d w aɪ z /
r1
in the direction of the breadth;

- "cut the cloth breadthwise";

- syn. breadthways, breadthwise;

Brobdingnag
n1
a land imagined by Jonathan Swift where everything was enormous;

Brobdingnagian / b ɹ ɒ b d ɪ ŋ n æ ɡ ɪə n /
a1
huge;

- relating to or characteristic of the imaginary country of Brobdingnag;

a2
unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope;

- "huge government spending";

- "huge country estates";

- "huge popular demand for higher education";

- "a huge wave";

- "the Los Angeles aqueduct winds like an immense snake along the base of the mountains";

- "immense numbers of birds";

- "at vast (or immense) expense";

- "the vast reaches of outer space";

- "the vast accumulation of knowledge...which we call civilization"- W.R.Inge;

- syn. huge, immense, vast;

- sim. large;

Broca
n1
French anthropologist who studied the craniums and brains of different people;

- remembered for his discovery that articulate speech depends on an area of the brain now known as Broca's area (1824-1880);

- syn. Pierre-Paul Broca;

Broca's aphasia
n1
aphasia in which expression by speech or writing is severely impaired;

- syn. ataxic aphasia, expressive aphasia, motor aphasia, nonfluent aphasia;

Broca's area
n1
the motor speech center in the left hemisphere of the brain in most people;

- syn. Broca's center, Broca's convolution, Broca's gyrus, convolution of Broca;

Broca's center
n1
the motor speech center in the left hemisphere of the brain in most people;

- syn. Broca's area, Broca's convolution, Broca's gyrus, convolution of Broca;

Broca's convolution
n1
the motor speech center in the left hemisphere of the brain in most people;

- syn. Broca's area, Broca's center, Broca's gyrus, convolution of Broca;

Broca's gyrus
n1
the motor speech center in the left hemisphere of the brain in most people;

- syn. Broca's area, Broca's center, Broca's convolution, convolution of Broca;

brocade / b ɹ ə k eɪ d /
n1
thick heavy expensive material with a raised pattern;

v1
weave a design into (textiles);

brocaded / b ɹ ə k eɪ d ɪ d /
a1
embellished with a raised pattern created by pressure or embroidery;

- "brocaded silk";

- "an embossed satin";

- "embossed leather";

- "raised needlework";

- "raised metalwork";

- syn. embossed, raised;

- sim. adorned;

Brocadopa
n1
the levorotatory form of dopa (trade names Bendopa and Brocadopa and Larodopa);

- as a drug it is used to treat Parkinson's disease;

- syn. Bendopa, L-dopa, Larodopa, levodopa;

broccoli / b ɹ ɒ k ə ɫ i /
n1
plant with dense clusters of tight green flower buds;

- syn. Brassica oleracea italica;

n2
branched green undeveloped flower heads;

broccoli raab
n1
plant grown for its pungent edible leafy shoots;

- syn. Brassica rapa ruvo, broccoli rabe;

n2
slightly bitter dark green leaves and clustered flower buds;

- syn. broccoli rabe;

broccoli rabe
n1
plant grown for its pungent edible leafy shoots;

- syn. Brassica rapa ruvo, broccoli raab;

n2
slightly bitter dark green leaves and clustered flower buds;

- syn. broccoli raab;

brochette
n1
a small spit or skewer;

brochure / b ɹ oʊ ʃ ə , b ɹ oʊ ʃ ə ɹ /
n1
a small book usually having a paper cover;

- syn. booklet, folder, leaflet, pamphlet;

brocket / b ɹ ɒ k ɪ t /
n1
small South American deer with unbranched antlers;

n2
male red deer in its second year;

Brockhouse / b ɹ ɒ k h aʊ z /
n1
Canadian physicist who bounced neutron beams off of atomic nuclei to study the structure of matter (1918-2003);

- syn. Bertram Brockhouse;

brodiaea
n1
any of several plants of the genus Brodiaea having basal grasslike leaves and globose flower heads on leafless stems resembling those of genus Allium;

Brodiaea elegans
n1
brodiaea having an umbel of violet or blue-violet flowers atop a leafless stalk;

- northern Oregon to southern California;

- syn. elegant brodiaea;

Brodmann's area
n1
one of the cortical areas mapped out on the basis of its cytoarchitecture;

Brodmann's area 17
n1
the part of the occipital cortex that receives the fibers of the optic radiation from the lateral geniculate body and is the primary receptive area for vision;

- syn. area 17 of Brodmann, first visual area, striate area, striate cortex;

brogan
n1
a thick and heavy shoe;

- syn. brogue, clodhopper, work shoe;

Broglie
n1
French nuclear physicist who generalized the wave-particle duality by proposing that particles of matter exhibit wavelike properties (1892-1987);

- syn. Louis Victor de Broglie, de Broglie;

brogue / b ɹ oʊ ɡ /
n1
a thick and heavy shoe;

- syn. brogan, clodhopper, work shoe;

broider / b ɹ ɔɪ d ə ɹ /
v1
decorate with needlework;

- syn. embroider;

broil / b ɹ ɔɪ ɫ /
n1
cooking by direct exposure to radiant heat (as over a fire or under a grill);

- syn. broiling, grilling;

v1
cook under a broiler;

- "broil fish";

- syn. oven broil;

v2
heat by a natural force;

- "The sun broils the valley in the summer";

- syn. bake;

v3
be very hot, due to hot weather or exposure to the sun;

- "The town was broiling in the sun";

- "the tourists were baking in the heat";

- syn. bake;

broiled / b ɹ ɔɪ ɫ d /
a1
cooked by radiant heat (as over a grill);

- syn. grilled;

- sim. cooked;

broiler / b ɹ ɔɪ ɫ ə , b ɹ ɔɪ ɫ ə ɹ /
n1
an oven or part of a stove used for broiling;

n2
flesh of a small young chicken not over 2 1/2 lb suitable for broiling;

broiling / b ɹ ɔɪ ɫ ɪ ŋ /
n1
cooking by direct exposure to radiant heat (as over a fire or under a grill);

- syn. broil, grilling;

broke / b ɹ oʊ k /
a1
lacking funds;

- "`skint' is a British slang term";

- syn. bust, skint, stone-broke, stony-broke;

- sim. poor;

broken / b ɹ oʊ k ə n /
a1
physically and forcibly separated into pieces or cracked or split;

- "a broken mirror";

- "a broken tooth";

- "a broken leg";

- "his neck is broken";

- also damaged, imperfect, injured, unsound;

a2
not continuous in space, time, or sequence or varying abruptly;

- "broken lines of defense";

- "a broken cable transmission";

- "broken sleep";

- "tear off the stub above the broken line";

- "a broken note";

- "broken sobs";

- also discontinuous, noncontinuous;

- sim. broken-field, dashed, fitful, halting;

a3
subdued or brought low in condition or status;

- "brought low";

- "a broken man";

- "his broken spirit";

- syn. crushed, humbled, humiliated, low;

- sim. humble;

a4
(especially of promises or contracts) having been violated or disregarded;

- "broken (or unkept) promises";

- "broken contracts";

- syn. unkept;

a5
tamed or trained to obey;

- "a horse broken to the saddle";

- "this old nag is well broken in";

- syn. broken in;

- sim. tame;

a6
topographically very uneven;

- "broken terrain";

- "rugged ground";

- syn. rugged;

- sim. rough;

a7
imperfectly spoken or written;

- "broken English";

- sim. imperfect;

a8
thrown into a state of disarray or confusion;

- "troops fleeing in broken ranks";

- "a confused mass of papers on the desk";

- "the small disordered room";

- "with everything so upset";

- syn. confused, disordered, upset;

- sim. disorganized;

a9
weakened and infirm;

- "broken health resulting from alcoholism";

- sim. impaired;

a10
destroyed financially;

- "the broken fortunes of the family";

- syn. impoverished, wiped out;

- sim. destroyed;

a11
out of working order (`busted' is an informal substitute for `broken');

- "a broken washing machine";

- "the coke machine is broken";

- "the coke machine is busted";

- syn. busted;

- sim. damaged;

a12
discontinuous;

- "broken clouds";

- "broken sunshine";

- sim. distributed;

a13
lacking a part or parts;

- "a broken set of encyclopedia";

- sim. incomplete;

broken-backed
a1
having the spine damaged;

- "a broken-backed book";

- "a broken-backed old horse";

- sim. damaged;

a2
(of a horse) having bones of the back united by a bony growth;

- sim. unfit;

a3
(of a ship) so weakened as to sag at each end;

- syn. hogged;

- sim. convex;

broken-down
a1
in deplorable condition;

- "a street of bedraggled tenements";

- "a broken-down fence";

- "a ramshackle old pier";

- "a tumble-down shack";

- syn. bedraggled, derelict, dilapidated, ramshackle, tatterdemalion, tumble-down;

- sim. damaged;

a2
not in working order;

- "had to push the broken-down car";

- "a broken-down tractor fit only for children to play on";

- sim. unserviceable;

broken-field
a1
varying in direction suddenly and frequently;

- "broken-field running";

- sim. broken;

broken arch
n1
an arch with a gap at the apex;

- the gap is usually filled with some decoration;

broken heart
n1
devastating sorrow and despair;

- "he is recovering from a broken heart";

- "a broken heart languishes here";

broken home
n1
a family in which the parents have separated or divorced;

broken in
a1
tamed or trained to obey;

- "a horse broken to the saddle";

- "this old nag is well broken in";

- syn. broken;

- sim. tame;

broken wind
n1
a chronic emphysema of the horse that causes difficult expiration and heaving of the flanks;

- syn. heaves;

brokenhearted / b ɹ oʊ k ə n h ɑ t ɪ d /
a1
full of sorrow;

- syn. heartbroken, heartsick;

- sim. sorrowful;

brokenheartedness
n1
intense sorrow caused by loss of a loved one (especially by death);

- syn. grief, heartache, heartbreak;

broker / b ɹ oʊ k ə , b ɹ oʊ k ə ɹ /
n1
a businessman who buys or sells for another in exchange for a commission;

- syn. agent, factor;

v1
act as a broker;

broker-dealer
n1
a financial specialist who trades for his own account and so acts both as a broker and principal;

brokerage / b ɹ oʊ k ə ɹ ɪ dʒ /
n1
a stock broker's business;

- charges a fee to act as intermediary between buyer and seller;

- syn. brokerage firm, securities firm;

n2
the business of a broker;

- charges a fee to arrange a contract between two parties;

n3
place where a broker conducts his business;

- syn. brokerage house;

brokerage account
n1
a fund that a customer has entrusted to a securities brokerage;

- "you can't get a brokerage account unless you have $20,000";

brokerage firm
n1
a stock broker's business;

- charges a fee to act as intermediary between buyer and seller;

- syn. brokerage, securities firm;

brokerage house
n1
place where a broker conducts his business;

- syn. brokerage;

brolly / b ɹ ɒ ɫ i /
n1
colloquial terms for an umbrella;

- syn. gamp;

bromate / b ɹ oʊ m eɪ t /
v1
react with bromine;

- syn. brominate;

v2
treat with bromine;

- syn. brominate;

Bromberg
n1
an industrial city and river port in northern Poland;

- syn. Bydgoszcz;

brome / b ɹ oʊ m /
n1
any of various woodland and meadow grasses of the genus Bromus;

- native to temperate regions;

- syn. bromegrass;

bromegrass
n1
any of various woodland and meadow grasses of the genus Bromus;

- native to temperate regions;

- syn. brome;

Bromelia
n1
the type genus of the family Bromeliaceae which includes tropical American plants with deeply cleft calyx;

Bromeliaceae
n1
a family of tropical American plants of order Xyridales including several (as the pineapple) of economic importance;

- syn. family Bromeliaceae, pineapple family;

bromeosin
n1
a red fluorescent dye resulting from the action of bromine on fluorescein;

- used in cosmetics and as a biological stain for studying cell structures;

- syn. eosin;

bromic / b ɹ oʊ m ɪ k /
a1
relating to or containing bromine (especially pentavalent bromine);

bromic acid
n1
an unstable acid used as an oxidizing agent;

bromide / b ɹ oʊ m aɪ d /
n1
any of the salts of hydrobromic acid;

- formerly used as a sedative but now generally replaced by safer drugs;

n2
a trite or obvious remark;

- syn. banality, cliche, commonplace, platitude;

bromidic
a1
given to uttering bromides;

a2
dull and tiresome but with pretensions of significance or originality;

- "bromidic sermons";

- syn. corny, platitudinal, platitudinous;

- sim. unoriginal;

brominate
v1
react with bromine;

- syn. bromate;

v2
treat with bromine;

- syn. bromate;

bromine / b ɹ oʊ m i n /
n1
a nonmetallic heavy volatile corrosive dark brown liquid element belonging to the halogens;

- found in sea water;

- syn. Br, atomic number 35;

Bromo-seltzer
n1
an antacid;

bromoform
n1
colorless liquid haloform CHBr3;

- syn. tribromomethane;

bromophenol blue
n1
a dye used as an acid-base indicator;

- syn. bromphenol blue, tetrabromo-phenolsulfonephthalein;

bromothymol blue
n1
a dye used as an acid-base indicator;

- syn. bromthymol blue;

brompheniramine maleate
n1
antihistamine (trade name Dimetane) used to treat hypersensitivity reactions (as rhinitis);

- syn. Dimetane;

bromphenol blue
n1
a dye used as an acid-base indicator;

- syn. bromophenol blue, tetrabromo-phenolsulfonephthalein;

brompton stock
n1
European plant with racemes of sweet-scented flowers;

- widely cultivated as an ornamental;

- syn. Matthiola incana;

bromthymol blue
n1
a dye used as an acid-base indicator;

- syn. bromothymol blue;

Bromus
n1
a genus of grasses of the family Gramineae;

- syn. genus Bromus;

Bromus arvensis
n1
annual grass of Europe and temperate Asia;

- syn. field brome;

Bromus inermis
n1
drought-resistant perennial with awns lacking or very short and long creeping rhizomes;

- Europe and temperate Asia;

- syn. awnless bromegrass;

Bromus japonicus
n1
grass of Mediterranean and temperate Asia;

- syn. Japanese brome, Japanese chess;

Bromus secalinus
n1
weedy annual native to Europe but widely distributed as a weed especially in wheat;

- syn. cheat, chess;

Bromus tectorum
n1
annual or winter annual grass with softly hairy leaves of the Mediterranean;

- syn. cheatgrass, downy brome, downy bromegrass, downy cheat, downy chess, drooping brome;

bronc
n1
an unbroken or imperfectly broken mustang;

- syn. broncho, bronco;

bronchial / b ɹ ɒ ŋ k ɪə ɫ /
a1
relating to or associated with the bronchi;

- "bronchial tubes";

- "bronchial pneumonia";

bronchial artery
n1
arteries that accompany the bronchioles;

bronchial asthma
n1
respiratory disorder characterized by wheezing;

- usually of allergic origin;

- syn. asthma, asthma attack;

bronchial pneumonia
n1
pneumonia characterized by acute inflammation of the walls of the bronchioles;

- syn. bronchopneumonia;

bronchial tube
n1
either of the two main branches of the trachea;

- syn. bronchus;

bronchial vein
n1
veins serving the bronchi;

- empty into the azygos vein;

- syn. vena bronchialis;

bronchiolar
a1
of or relating to or involving bronchioles;

bronchiole
n1
any of the smallest bronchial ducts;

- ending in alveoli;

bronchiolitis
n1
inflammation of the membranes lining the bronchioles;

bronchitic / b ɹ ɒ ŋ k ɪ t ɪ k /
a1
suffering from or prone to bronchitis;

- sim. ill;

bronchitis / b ɹ ɒ ŋ k aɪ t ɪ s /
n1
inflammation of the membranes lining the bronchial tubes;

broncho
n1
an unbroken or imperfectly broken mustang;

- syn. bronc, bronco;

bronchodilator
n1
a drug that relaxes and dilates the bronchial passageways and improves the passages of air into the lungs;

bronchopneumonia
n1
pneumonia characterized by acute inflammation of the walls of the bronchioles;

- syn. bronchial pneumonia;

bronchoscope
n1
a slender tubular instrument used to examine the bronchial tubes;

bronchoscopic
a1
of or relating to an instrument for examining the interior of the bronchi;

bronchoscopic smear
n1
any of several cytologic smears obtained from different parts of the lower respiratory tract;

- used for cytologic study of cancer and other diseases of the lungs;

- syn. lower respiratory tract smear, sputum smear;

bronchospasm
n1
a spasm of the bronchi that makes exhalation difficult and noisy;

- associated with asthma and bronchitis;

bronchus / b ɹ ɒ ŋ k ə s /
n1
either of the two main branches of the trachea;

- syn. bronchial tube;

bronco / b ɹ ɒ ŋ k oʊ /
n1
an unbroken or imperfectly broken mustang;

- syn. bronc, broncho;

bronco buster
n1
a person who breaks horses;

- syn. broncobuster, buster;

bronco busting
n1
breaking a bronco to saddle;

broncobuster / b ɹ ɒ ŋ k oʊ b ʌ s t ə /
n1
a person who breaks horses;

- syn. bronco buster, buster;

Bronislaw Kasper Malinowski
n1
British anthropologist (born in Poland) who introduced the technique of the participant observer (1884-1942);

- syn. Bronislaw Malinowski, Malinowski;

Bronislaw Malinowski
n1
British anthropologist (born in Poland) who introduced the technique of the participant observer (1884-1942);

- syn. Bronislaw Kasper Malinowski, Malinowski;

Bronte / b ɹ ɒ n t i /
n1
English novelist;

- youngest of three Bronte sisters (1820-1849);

- syn. Anne Bronte;

n2
English novelist;

- one of three Bronte sisters (1818-1848);

- syn. Currer Bell, Emily Bronte, Emily Jane Bronte;

n3
English novelist;

- oldest of three Bronte sisters (1816-1855);

- syn. Charlotte Bronte;

Bronte sisters
n1
a 19th century family of three sisters who all wrote novels;

brontosaur / b ɹ ɒ n t ə s ɔ /
n1
huge quadrupedal herbivorous dinosaur common in North America in the late Jurassic;

- syn. Apatosaurus excelsus, apatosaur, apatosaurus, brontosaurus, thunder lizard;

brontosaurus / b ɹ ɒ n t ə s ɔ ɹ ə s /
n1
huge quadrupedal herbivorous dinosaur common in North America in the late Jurassic;

- syn. Apatosaurus excelsus, apatosaur, apatosaurus, brontosaur, thunder lizard;

Bronx
n1
a borough of New York City;

Bronx-Whitestone Bridge
n1
a suspension bridge across the East River in New York City;

Bronx cheer
n1
a cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt;

- syn. bird, boo, hiss, hoot, raspberry, razz, razzing, snort;

bronze / b ɹ ɒ n z /
n1
an alloy of copper and tin and sometimes other elements;

- also any copper-base alloy containing other elements in place of tin;

n2
a sculpture made of bronze;

v1
give the color and appearance of bronze to something;

- "bronze baby shoes";

v2
get a tan, from wind or sun;

- syn. tan;

a1
of the color of bronze;

- syn. bronzy;

- sim. chromatic;

a2
made from or consisting of bronze;

- sim. metallic;

bronze-red
a1
of red tinged with bronze;

- sim. chromatic;

Bronze Age
n1
(archeology) a period between the Stone and Iron Ages, characterized by the manufacture and use of bronze tools and weapons;

n2
(classical mythology) the third age of the world, marked by war and violence;

bronze medal
n1
a trophy made of bronze (or having the appearance of bronze) that is usually awarded for winning third place in a competition;

Bronze Star
n1
a United States military decoration awarded for meritorious service (except in aerial flight);

- syn. Bronze Star Medal;

Bronze Star Medal
n1
a United States military decoration awarded for meritorious service (except in aerial flight);

- syn. Bronze Star;

bronzed / b ɹ ɒ n z d /
a1
(of skin) having a tan color from exposure to the sun;

- "a young bronzed Apollo";

- syn. suntanned, tanned;

- sim. brunet;

bronzed diabetes
n1
pathology in which iron accumulates in the tissues;

- characterized by bronzed skin and enlarged liver and diabetes mellitus and abnormalities of the pancreas and the joints;

- syn. hemochromatosis, iron-storage disease, iron overload;

bronzy
a1
of the color of bronze;

- syn. bronze;

- sim. chromatic;

brooch / b ɹ oʊ tʃ /
n1
a decorative pin worn by women;

- syn. breastpin, broach;

v1
fasten with or as if with a brooch;

- syn. clasp;

brood / b ɹ u d /
n1
the young of an animal cared for at one time;

v1
think moodily or anxiously about something;

- syn. dwell;

v2
hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacing;

- "The terrible vision brooded over her all day long";

- syn. bulk large, hover, loom;

v3
be in a huff and display one's displeasure;

- "She is pouting because she didn't get what she wanted";

- syn. pout, sulk;

v4
be in a huff;

- be silent or sullen;

- syn. grizzle, stew;

v5
sit on (eggs);

- "Birds brood";

- "The female covers the eggs";

- syn. cover, hatch, incubate;

brood bitch
n1
a bitch used for breeding;

brood hen
n1
a domestic hen ready to brood;

- syn. broody, broody hen, setting hen, sitter;

brooder / b ɹ u d ə , b ɹ u d ə ɹ /
n1
apparatus consisting of a box designed to maintain a constant temperature by the use of a thermostat;

- used for chicks or premature infants;

- syn. incubator;

brooder pneumonia
n1
severe respiratory disease of birds that takes the form of an acute rapidly fatal pneumonia in young chickens and turkeys;

- syn. aspergillosis;

brooding / b ɹ u d ɪ ŋ /
n1
sitting on eggs so as to hatch them by the warmth of the body;

- syn. incubation;

n2
persistent morbid meditation on a problem;

- syn. pensiveness;

a1
deeply or seriously thoughtful;

- "Byron lives on not only in his poetry, but also in his creation of the `Byronic hero' - the persona of a brooding melancholy young man";

- syn. broody, contemplative, meditative, musing, pensive, pondering, reflective, ruminative;

- sim. thoughtful;

broodmare
n1
a female horse used for breeding;

- syn. stud mare;

broody / b ɹ u d i /
n1
a domestic hen ready to brood;

- syn. brood hen, broody hen, setting hen, sitter;

a1
physiologically ready to incubate eggs;

- "a broody hen";

- sim. oviparous;

a2
deeply or seriously thoughtful;

- "Byron lives on not only in his poetry, but also in his creation of the `Byronic hero' - the persona of a brooding melancholy young man";

- syn. brooding, contemplative, meditative, musing, pensive, pondering, reflective, ruminative;

- sim. thoughtful;

broody hen
n1
a domestic hen ready to brood;

- syn. brood hen, broody, setting hen, sitter;

brook / b ɹ ʊ k /
n1
a natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river);

- "the creek dried up every summer";

- syn. creek;

v1
put up with something or somebody unpleasant;

- "I cannot bear his constant criticism";

- "The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks";

- "he learned to tolerate the heat";

- "She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage";

- syn. abide, bear, digest, endure, put up, stand, stick out, stomach, suffer, support, tolerate;

brook thistle
n1
of central and southwestern Europe;

- syn. Cirsium rivulare;

brook trout
n1
a delicious freshwater food fish;

- syn. speckled trout;

n2
North American freshwater trout;

- introduced in Europe;

- syn. Salvelinus fontinalis, speckled trout;

Brooke
n1
English lyric poet (1887-1915);

- syn. Rupert Brooke;

brooklet / b ɹ ʊ k ɫ ɪ t /
n1
a small brook;

brooklime / b ɹ ʊ k ɫ aɪ m /
n1
European plant having low-lying stems with blue flowers;

- sparsely naturalized in North America;

- syn. European brooklime, Veronica beccabunga;

n2
plant of western North America and northeastern Asia having prostrate stems with dense racemes of pale violet to lilac flowers;

- syn. American brooklime, Veronica americana;

Brooklyn
n1
a borough of New York City;

Brooklyn Bridge
n1
a suspension bridge across the East River in New York City;

- opened in 1883;

Brooks / b ɹ ʊ k s /
n1
United States literary critic and historian (1886-1963);

- syn. Van Wyck Brooks;

brookweed
n1
American water pimpernel;

- syn. Samolus floribundus, Samolus parviflorus;

n2
water pimpernel of Europe to China;

- syn. Samolus valerandii;

broom / b ɹ u m /
n1
a cleaning implement for sweeping;

- bundle of straws or twigs attached to a long handle;

n2
any of various shrubs of the genera Cytisus or Genista or Spartium having long slender branches and racemes of yellow flowers;

n3
common Old World heath represented by many varieties;

- low evergreen grown widely in the northern hemisphere;

- syn. Calluna vulgaris, Scots heather, heather, ling;

v1
sweep with a broom or as if with a broom;

- "Sweep the crumbs off the table";

- "Sweep under the bed";

- syn. sweep;

v2
finish with a broom;

broom-weed
n1
annual of southwestern United States having rigid woody branches with sticky foliage and yellow flowers;

- syn. Gutierrezia texana, broomweed;

broom beard grass
n1
handsome hardy North American grass with foliage turning pale bronze in autumn;

- syn. Andropogon scoparius, Schizachyrium scoparium, prairie grass, wire grass;

broom closet
n1
a small room for storing brooms and other cleaning equipment;

broom grass
n1
any of several grasses of the genus Andropogon;

- used in broom making;

broom handle
n1
the handle of a broom;

- syn. broomstick;

broom palm
n1
small palm of southern Florida and West Indies closely resembling the silvertop palmetto;

- syn. Thrinax parviflora, silver thatch, thatch palm, thatch tree;

broom sedge
n1
tall tufted grass of southeastern United States;

- syn. Andropogon virginicus;

broom snakeroot
n1
low-growing sticky subshrub of southwestern United States having narrow linear leaves on many slender branches and hundreds of tiny yellow flower heads;

- syn. Gutierrezia sarothrae, broom snakeweed, rabbit-weed, rabbitweed, snakeweed, turpentine weed;

broom snakeweed
n1
low-growing sticky subshrub of southwestern United States having narrow linear leaves on many slender branches and hundreds of tiny yellow flower heads;

- syn. Gutierrezia sarothrae, broom snakeroot, rabbit-weed, rabbitweed, snakeweed, turpentine weed;

broom tree
n1
prickly yellow-flowered shrub of the moors of New England and Europe;

- syn. Genista anglica, needle furze, petty whin;

broomcorn
n1
tall grasses grown for the elongated stiff-branched panicle used for brooms and brushes;

- syn. Sorghum vulgare technicum;

broomcorn millet
n1
extensively cultivated in Europe and Asia for its grain and in United States sometimes for forage;

- syn. Panicum miliaceum, hog millet;

broomrape family
n1
brown or yellow leafless herbs;

- sometimes placed in the order Scrophulariales;

- syn. Orobanchaceae, family Orobanchaceae;

broomstick / b ɹ u m s t ɪ k /
n1
the handle of a broom;

- syn. broom handle;

broomweed
n1
annual of southwestern United States having rigid woody branches with sticky foliage and yellow flowers;

- syn. Gutierrezia texana, broom-weed;

Brosme brosme
n1
large edible marine fish of northern coastal waters;

- related to cod;

- syn. cusk, torsk;

Brosmius
n1
cusk;

- syn. genus Browmius;

broth / b ɹ ɒ θ /
n1
liquid in which meat and vegetables are simmered;

- used as a basis for e.g. soups or sauces;

- "she made gravy with a base of beef stock";

- syn. stock;

n2
a thin soup of meat or fish or vegetable stock;

broth of a boy
n1
an outstanding person;

- as if produced by boiling down a savory broth;

- syn. broth of a man;

broth of a man
n1
an outstanding person;

- as if produced by boiling down a savory broth;

- syn. broth of a boy;

brothel / b ɹ ɒ θ ɫ /
n1
a building where prostitutes are available;

- syn. bagnio, bawdyhouse, bordello, cathouse, house of ill repute, house of prostitution, sporting house, whorehouse;

brothel keeper
n1
a woman who runs a house of prostitution;

- syn. madam;

brother / b ɹ ʌ ð ə , b ɹ ʌ ð ə ɹ /
n1
a male with the same parents as someone else;

- "my brother still lives with our parents";

- syn. blood brother;

n2
a male person who is a fellow member (of a fraternity or religion or other group);

- "none of his brothers would betray him";

n3
a close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities;

- syn. buddy, chum, crony, pal, sidekick;

n4
used as a term of address for those male persons engaged in the same movement;

- "Greetings, comrade!";

- syn. comrade;

n5
(Roman Catholic Church) a title given to a monk and used as form of address;

- "a Benedictine Brother";

brother-in-law / b ɹ ʌ ð ə ɹ ɪ n ɫ ɔ /
n1
a brother by marriage;

brotherhood / b ɹ ʌ ð ə h ʊ d /
n1
the kinship relation between a male offspring and the siblings;

n2
people engaged in a particular occupation;

- "the medical fraternity";

- syn. fraternity, sodality;

n3
the feeling that men should treat one another like brothers;

n4
an organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer;

- "you have to join the union in order to get a job";

- syn. labor union, trade union, trades union, union;

brotherlike / b ɹ ʌ ð ə ɫ aɪ k /
a1
like or characteristic of or befitting a brother;

- "brotherly feelings";

- "close fraternal ties";

- syn. brotherly, fraternal;

brotherly / b ɹ ʌ ð ə ɫ i /
a1
like or characteristic of or befitting a brother;

- "brotherly feelings";

- "close fraternal ties";

- syn. brotherlike, fraternal;

r1
(archaic as adverb) in a brotherly manner;

brotherly love
n1
a kindly and lenient attitude toward people;

- syn. charity;

brotula
n1
deep-sea fishes;

Brotulidae
n1
chiefly deep-sea fishes related to the Ophidiidae;

- syn. family Brotulidae;

brougham / b ɹ u ə m /
n1
light carriage;

- pulled by a single horse;

n2
a sedan that has no roof over the driver's seat;

brouhaha / b ɹ u h ɑ h ɑ /
n1
loud confused noise from many sources;

- syn. hubbub, katzenjammer, uproar;

n2
a confused disturbance far greater than its cause merits;

Broussonetia
n1
paper mulberry;

- syn. genus Broussonetia;

Broussonetia papyrifera
n1
shrubby Asiatic tree having bark (tapa) that resembles cloth;

- grown as a shade tree in Europe and America;

- male flowers are pendulous catkins and female are urn-shaped followed by small orange-red aggregate berries;

- syn. paper mulberry;

brow / b ɹ aʊ /
n1
the part of the face above the eyes;

- syn. forehead;

n2
the arch of hair above each eye;

- syn. eyebrow, supercilium;

n3
the peak of a hill;

- "the sun set behind the brow of distant hills";

- syn. hilltop;

brow ptosis
n1
sagging eyebrows;

browallia
n1
any of several herbs of the genus Browallia cultivated for their blue or violet or white flowers;

- syn. bush violet;

browbeat / b ɹ aʊ b i t /
v1
be bossy towards;

- "Her big brother always bullied her when she was young";

- syn. ballyrag, boss around, bully, bullyrag, hector, push around, strong-arm;

v2
discourage or frighten with threats or a domineering manner;

- intimidate;

- syn. bully, swagger;

brown / b ɹ aʊ n /
n1
an orange of low brightness and saturation;

- syn. brownness;

n2
Scottish botanist who first observed the movement of small particles in fluids now known a Brownian motion (1773-1858);

- syn. Robert Brown;

n3
abolitionist who was hanged after leading an unsuccessful raid at Harper's Ferry, Virginia (1800-1859);

- syn. John Brown;

n4
a university in Rhode Island;

- syn. Brown University;

v1
fry in a pan until it changes color;

- "brown the meat in the pan";

v2
make brown in color;

- "the draught browned the leaves on the trees in the yard";

- syn. embrown;

a1
of a color similar to that of wood or earth;

- syn. brownish, chocolate-brown, dark-brown;

- sim. chromatic;

a2
(of skin) deeply suntanned;

- syn. browned;

- sim. brunet;

brown-black
a1
of black tinged with brown;

- syn. brownish-black;

- sim. achromatic;

brown-gray
a1
of grey tinged with brown;

- syn. brown-grey, brownish-gray, brownish-grey;

- sim. achromatic;

brown-green
a1
of green tinged with brown;

- syn. brownish-green;

- sim. chromatic;

brown-grey
a1
of grey tinged with brown;

- syn. brown-gray, brownish-gray, brownish-grey;

- sim. achromatic;

brown-haired
a1
having hair of a dark color;

- "a dark-haired beauty";

- syn. black-haired, dark-haired;

- sim. brunet;

brown-nose
v1
flatter with the intention of getting something;

- syn. butter up;

brown-purple
a1
of dark purple tinted with brown;

- syn. brownish-purple;

- sim. chromatic;

brown-speckled
a1
having brown speckles;

- syn. brownish-speckled;

- sim. patterned;

brown-striped
a1
having brown stripes;

- syn. brownish-striped;

- sim. patterned;

brown-tail moth
n1
small brown and white European moth introduced into eastern United States;

- pest of various shade and fruit trees;

- syn. Euproctis phaeorrhoea, browntail;

brown algae
n1
algae having the chlorophyll masked by brown and yellow pigments;

brown ash
n1
vigorous spreading North American tree having dark brown heavy wood;

- leaves turn gold in autumn;

- syn. Fraxinus nigra, basket ash, black ash, hoop ash;

brown bat
n1
any of numerous medium to small insectivorous bats found worldwide in caves and trees and buildings;

brown bear
n1
large ferocious bear of Eurasia;

- syn. Ursus arctos, bruin;

brown bells
n1
California herb with brownish-purple or greenish bell-shaped flowers;

- syn. Fritillaria micrantha, Fritillaria parviflora;

brown bent
n1
common grass with slender stems and narrow leaves;

- syn. Agrostis canina, Rhode Island bent, dog bent, velvet bent, velvet bent grass;

brown Betty
n1
baked pudding of apples and breadcrumbs;

brown bread
n1
bread made with whole wheat flour;

- syn. dark bread, whole meal bread, whole wheat bread;

n2
dark steamed bread made of cornmeal wheat and flour with molasses and soda and milk or water;

- syn. Boston brown bread;

brown bullhead
n1
freshwater catfish of eastern United States;

brown butter
n1
clarified butter browned slowly and seasoned with vinegar or lemon juice and capers;

- syn. beurre noisette;

brown coal
n1
intermediate between peat and bituminous coal;

- syn. lignite, wood coal;

brown creeper
n1
a common creeper in North America with a down-curved bill;

- syn. American creeper, Certhia americana;

brown cup
n1
a variety of sclerotinia;

brown hickory
n1
an American hickory tree having bitter nuts;

- syn. Carya glabra, black hickory, pignut, pignut hickory;

brown hyena
n1
of southern Africa;

- syn. Hyaena brunnea, strand wolf;

brown lacewing
n1
small dark-colored lacewing fly;

- syn. hemerobiid, hemerobiid fly;

brown lemming
n1
of northwestern Canada and Alaska;

- syn. Lemmus trimucronatus;

brown oak
n1
large tree of Australasia;

- syn. Heritiera trifoliolata, Terrietia trifoliolata, booyong, crow's foot, red beech, silky elm, stave wood;

brown onion sauce
n1
brown sauce with sauteed chopped onions and parsley and dry white wine or vinegar;

- syn. Lyonnaise sauce;

brown pine
n1
large Australian tree with straight-grained yellow wood that turns brown on exposure;

- syn. Podocarpus elatus, Rockingham podocarp;

brown rat
n1
common domestic rat;

- serious pest worldwide;

- syn. Norway rat, Rattus norvegicus;

brown rice
n1
unpolished rice retaining the yellowish-brown outer layer;

brown root rot fungus
n1
fungus causing brown root rot in plants of the pea and potato and cucumber families;

- syn. Thielavia basicola;

brown rot
n1
any of certain fungous diseases of plants characterized by browning and decay of tissues;

brown rot gummosis
n1
disease of citrus trees caused by the fungus Phytophthora citrophthora;

- syn. gummosis;

brown sauce
n1
a sauce based on soy sauce;

- syn. Chinese brown sauce;

n2
bouillon or beef stock thickened with butter and flour roux and variously seasoned with herbs or Worcestershire etc.;

- syn. sauce Espagnole;

brown snail
n1
serious garden pest having a brown shell with paler zigzag markings;

- nearly cosmopolitan in distribution;

- syn. Helix aspersa;

brown soft scale
n1
pest on citrus trees;

- syn. Coccus hesperidum;

brown study
n1
a state of deep absorption or thoughtfulness;

brown sugar
n1
unrefined or only partly refined sugar;

Brown Swiss
n1
large hardy brown breed of dairy cattle from Switzerland;

brown thrasher
n1
common large songbird of eastern United States having reddish-brown plumage;

- syn. Toxostoma rufums, brown thrush;

brown thrush
n1
common large songbird of eastern United States having reddish-brown plumage;

- syn. Toxostoma rufums, brown thrasher;

brown trout
n1
speckled trout of European rivers;

- introduced in North America;

- syn. Salmo trutta, salmon trout;

Brown University
n1
a university in Rhode Island;

- syn. Brown;

Browne
n1
English illustrator of several of Dickens' novels (1815-1882);

- syn. Hablot Knight Browne, Phiz;

n2
United States writer of humorous tales of an itinerant showman (1834-1867);

- syn. Artemus Ward, Charles Farrar Browne;

browned / b ɹ aʊ n d /
a1
(of skin) deeply suntanned;

- syn. brown;

- sim. brunet;

browned off
a1
greatly annoyed;

- out of patience;

- "had an exasperated look on his face";

- "felt exasperated beyond endurance";

- syn. cheesed off, exasperated;

- sim. displeased;

Brownian motion
n1
the random motion of small particles suspended in a gas or liquid;

- syn. Brownian movement, pedesis;

Brownian movement
n1
the random motion of small particles suspended in a gas or liquid;

- syn. Brownian motion, pedesis;

Brownie / b ɹ aʊ n i /
n1
a junior Girl Scout;

n2
(folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous;

- syn. elf, gremlin, hob, imp, pixie, pixy;

n3
square or bar of very rich chocolate cake usually with nuts;

brownie mix
n1
a commercial mix for making brownies;

Browning / b ɹ aʊ n ɪ ŋ /
n1
United States inventor of firearms (especially automatic pistols and repeating rifles and a machine gun called the Peacemaker) (1855-1926);

- syn. John M. Browning, John Moses Browning;

n2
English poet and husband of Elizabeth Barrett Browning noted for his dramatic monologues (1812-1889);

- syn. Robert Browning;

n3
English poet best remembered for love sonnets written to her husband Robert Browning (1806-1861);

- syn. Elizabeth Barrett Browning;

n4
cooking to a brown crispiness over a fire or on a grill;

- "proper toasting should brown both sides of a piece of bread";

- syn. toasting;

Browning automatic rifle
n1
a portable .30 caliber automatic rifle operated by gas pressure and fed by cartridges from a magazine;

- used by United States troops in World War I and in World War II and in the Korean War;

- syn. BAR;

Browning machine gun
n1
a belt-fed machine gun capable of firing more than 500 rounds per minute;

- used by United States troops in World War II and the Korean War;

- syn. Peacemaker;

brownish / b ɹ aʊ n ɪ ʃ /
a1
of a color similar to that of wood or earth;

- syn. brown, chocolate-brown, dark-brown;

- sim. chromatic;

brownish-black
a1
of black tinged with brown;

- syn. brown-black;

- sim. achromatic;

brownish-gray
a1
of grey tinged with brown;

- syn. brown-gray, brown-grey, brownish-grey;

- sim. achromatic;

brownish-green
a1
of green tinged with brown;

- syn. brown-green;

- sim. chromatic;

brownish-grey
a1
of grey tinged with brown;

- syn. brown-gray, brown-grey, brownish-gray;

- sim. achromatic;

brownish-orange
a1
of a light brownish color;

- syn. sorrel;

- sim. chromatic;

brownish-purple
a1
of dark purple tinted with brown;

- syn. brown-purple;

- sim. chromatic;

brownish-red
a1
of dark brownish to purplish red;

- syn. maroon;

- sim. chromatic;

brownish-speckled
a1
having brown speckles;

- syn. brown-speckled;

- sim. patterned;

brownish-striped
a1
having brown stripes;

- syn. brown-striped;

- sim. patterned;

brownish-yellow
a1
of a medium to dark brownish yellow color;

- syn. amber, yellow-brown;

- sim. chromatic;

brownish yellow
n1
a yellow color of low lightness with a brownish tinge;

brownness
n1
an orange of low brightness and saturation;

- syn. brown;

brownout / b ɹ aʊ n aʊ t /
n1
darkness resulting from the extinction of lights (as in a city invisible to enemy aircraft);

- syn. blackout, dimout;

Brownshirt
n1
a member of the Nazi SA which wore brown uniforms;

brownstone / b ɹ aʊ n s t oʊ n /
n1
a reddish brown sandstone;

- used in buildings;

n2
a row house built of brownstone;

- reddish brown in color;

Brownsville / b ɹ aʊ n z v ɪ ɫ /
n1
a city in southern Texas on the Rio Grande near its mouth into the Gulf of Mexico;

- has a channel that accommodates oceangoing ships;

browntail
n1
small brown and white European moth introduced into eastern United States;

- pest of various shade and fruit trees;

- syn. Euproctis phaeorrhoea, brown-tail moth;

browse / b ɹ aʊ z /
n1
vegetation (such as young shoots, twigs, and leaves) that is suitable for animals to eat;

- "a deer needs to eat twenty pounds of browse every day";

n2
reading superficially or at random;

- syn. browsing;

n3
the act of feeding by continual nibbling;

- syn. browsing;

v1
shop around;

- not necessarily buying;

- "I don't need help, I'm just browsing";

- syn. shop;

v2
feed as in a meadow or pasture;

- "the herd was grazing";

- syn. crop, graze, pasture, range;

v3
look around casually and randomly, without seeking anything in particular;

- "browse a computer directory";

- "surf the internet or the world wide web";

- syn. surf;

v4
eat lightly, try different dishes;

- "There was so much food at the party that we quickly got sated just by browsing";

- syn. graze;

browser / b ɹ aʊ z ə , b ɹ aʊ z ə ɹ /
n1
a viewer who looks around casually without seeking anything in particular;

n2
a program used to view HTML documents;

- syn. web browser;

browsing / b ɹ aʊ z ɪ ŋ /
n1
reading superficially or at random;

- syn. browse;

n2
the act of feeding by continual nibbling;

- syn. browse;

Bruce / b ɹ u s /
n1
Australian physician and bacteriologist who described the bacterium that causes undulant fever or brucellosis (1855-1931);

- syn. David Bruce, Sir David Bruce;

n2
king of Scotland from 1306 to 1329;

- defeated the English army under Edward II at Bannockburn and gained recognition of Scottish independence (1274-1329);

- syn. Robert I, Robert the Bruce;

Bruce Lee
n1
United States actor who was an expert in kung fu and starred in martial arts films (1941-1973);

- syn. Lee, Lee Yuen Kam;

Brucella
n1
an aerobic Gram-negative coccobacillus that causes brucellosis;

- can be used as a bioweapon;

brucellosis
n1
infectious bacterial disease of human beings transmitted by contact with infected animals or infected meat or milk products;

- characterized by fever and headache;

- syn. Gibraltar fever, Malta fever, Mediterranean fever, Rock fever, undulant fever;

n2
an infectious disease of domestic animals often resulting in spontaneous abortion;

- transmittable to human beings;

- syn. Bang's disease, contagious abortion;

Bruch
n1
German composer (1838-1920);

- syn. Max Bruch;

Bruchidae
n1
seed beetles;

- syn. family Bruchidae;

Bruchus
n1
type genus of the Bruchidae;

- syn. genus Bruchus;

Bruchus pisorum
n1
larvae live in and feed on seeds of the pea plant;

- syn. pea weevil;

brucine
n1
a bitter alkaloid poison resembling strychnine and extracted from nux vomica;

Bruckenthalia
n1
a genus containing only one species: spike heath;

- syn. genus Bruckenthalia;

Bruckenthalia spiculifolia
n1
small evergreen mat-forming shrub of southern Europe and Asia Minor having stiff stems and terminal clusters of small bell-shaped flowers;

- syn. spike heath;

Bruckner
n1
Austrian organist and composer of romantic music (1824-1896);

- syn. Anton Bruckner;

Bruegel
n1
Flemish painter of landscapes (1525-1569);

- syn. Breughel, Breughel the Elder, Brueghel, Pieter Breughel, Pieter Bruegel, Pieter Brueghel, Pieter Brueghel the Elder;

Brueghel
n1
Flemish painter of landscapes (1525-1569);

- syn. Breughel, Breughel the Elder, Bruegel, Pieter Breughel, Pieter Bruegel, Pieter Brueghel, Pieter Brueghel the Elder;

Bruges / b ɹ u ʒ /
n1
a city in northwestern Belgium that is connected by canal to the North Sea;

- in the 13th century it was a leading member of the Hanseatic League;

- the old city (known as the City of Bridges) is a popular tourist attraction;

- syn. City of Bridges;

Brugmansia
n1
includes some plants often placed in the genus Datura: angel's trumpets;

- syn. genus Brugmansia;

Brugmansia arborea
n1
a South American plant that is cultivated for its large fragrant trumpet-shaped flowers;

- syn. Datura arborea, angel's trumpet, maikoa;

Brugmansia sanguinea
n1
arborescent South American shrub having very large orange-red flowers;

- syn. Datura sanguinea, red angel's trumpet;

Brugmansia suaveolens
n1
South American plant cultivated for its very large nocturnally fragrant trumpet-shaped flowers;

- syn. Datura suaveolens, angel's trumpet;

bruin / b ɹ u ɪ n /
n1
a conventional name for a bear used in tales following usage in the old epic `Reynard the Fox';

n2
large ferocious bear of Eurasia;

- syn. Ursus arctos, brown bear;

bruise / b ɹ u z /
n1
an injury that doesn't break the skin but results in some discoloration;

- syn. contusion;

v1
injure the underlying soft tissue or bone of;

- "I bruised my knee";

- syn. contuse;

v2
hurt the feelings of;

- "She hurt me when she did not include me among her guests";

- "This remark really bruised my ego";

- syn. hurt, injure, offend, spite, wound;

v3
break up into small pieces for food preparation;

- "bruise the berries with a wooden spoon and strain them";

v4
damage (plant tissue) by abrasion or pressure;

- "The customer bruised the strawberries by squeezing them";

bruiser / b ɹ u z ə , b ɹ u z ə ɹ /
n1
a large and strong and heavyset man;

- "he was a bull of a man";

- "a thick-skinned bruiser ready to give as good as he got";

- syn. Samson, bull, strapper;

bruising / b ɹ u z ɪ ŋ /
a1
causing mental or emotional injury;

- "a bruising experience";

- "protected from the bruising facts of battle"- John Mason Brown;

- sim. harmful;

a2
brutally forceful and compelling;

- "protected from the bruising facts of battle";

- sim. forceful;

bruit / b ɹ u t /
v1
tell or spread rumors;

- "It was rumored that the next president would be a woman";

- syn. rumor, rumour;

Brule / b ɹ u ɫ /
n1
a member of a group of Siouan people who constituted a division of the Teton Sioux;

Brumaire
n1
second month of the Revolutionary calendar (October and November);

- the month of mist;

brumal
a1
characteristic of or relating to winter;

- "bears in brumal sleep";

- syn. hibernal, hiemal;

- sim. wintry;

Brummagem
n1
a city in central England;

- 2nd largest English city and an important industrial and transportation center;

- syn. Birmingham;

a1
cheap and showy;

- "a cheap Brummagem imitation";

- sim. tasteless;

Brummell
n1
English dandy who was a fashion leader during the Regency (1778-1840);

- syn. Beau Brummell, George Bryan Brummell;

Brummie
n1
a native or resident of Birmingham, England;

- syn. Brummy;

Brummy
n1
a native or resident of Birmingham, England;

- syn. Brummie;

brumous
a1
filled or abounding with fog or mist;

- "a brumous October morning";

- syn. foggy, hazy, misty;

- sim. cloudy;

Brunanburh
n1
a battle in 937 when Athelstan defeated the Scots;

- syn. battle of Brunanburh;

brunch / b ɹ ʌ n tʃ /
n1
combination breakfast and lunch;

- usually served in late morning;

v1
eat a meal in the late morning;

- "We brunch in Sundays";

brunch coat
n1
a woman's short housecoat or wrapper;

Brunei / b ɹ u n aɪ /
n1
a sultanate in northwestern Borneo;

- became independent of Great Britain in 1984;

- syn. Negara Brunei Darussalam;

Brunei dollar
n1
the basic unit of money in Brunei;

Bruneian / b ɹ u n aɪ ə n /
n1
a native or inhabitant of Brunei;

a1
of or relating to or characteristic of Brunei or its people;

- "Bruneian oil production";

Brunelleschi
n1
Florentine architect who was the first great architect of the Italian Renaissance (1377-1446);

- syn. Filippo Brunelleschi;

brunet / b ɹ u n ɛ t /
n1
a person with dark (brown) hair;

- syn. brunette;

a1
marked by dark or relatively dark pigmentation of hair or skin or eyes;

- "a brunette beauty";

- syn. brunette;

- sim. adust, bronzed, brown, dark, dark-haired, dark-skinned, grizzled, nutbrown;

brunette / b ɹ u n ɛ t /
n1
a person with dark (brown) hair;

- syn. brunet;

a1
marked by dark or relatively dark pigmentation of hair or skin or eyes;

- "a brunette beauty";

- syn. brunet;

- sim. adust, bronzed, brown, dark, dark-haired, dark-skinned, grizzled, nutbrown;

Brunfelsia
n1
genus of tropical American shrubs grown for their flowers followed by fleshy berrylike fruits;

- syn. genus Brunfelsia;

Brunfelsia americana
n1
West Indian shrub with fragrant showy yellowish-white flowers;

- syn. lady-of-the-night;

Brunhild
n1
a Valkyrie or a queen in the Nibelungenlied who loved the hero Siegfried;

- when he deceived her she had him killed and then committed suicide;

- syn. Brunnhilde, Brynhild;

Brunn
n1
an industrial city in Moravia in Czech Republic to the southeast of Prague;

- syn. Brno;

Brunnhilde
n1
a Valkyrie or a queen in the Nibelungenlied who loved the hero Siegfried;

- when he deceived her she had him killed and then committed suicide;

- syn. Brunhild, Brynhild;

Bruno
n1
German pope from 1049 to 1054 whose papacy was the beginning of papal reforms in the 11th century (1002-1054);

- syn. Bruno of Toul, Leo IX;

n2
(Roman Catholic Church) a French cleric (born in Germany) who founded the Carthusian order in 1084 (1032-1101);

- syn. Saint Bruno, St. Bruno;

n3
Italian philosopher who used Copernican principles to develop a pantheistic monistic philosophy;

- condemned for heresy by the Inquisition and burned at the stake (1548-1600);

- syn. Giordano Bruno;

Bruno of Toul
n1
German pope from 1049 to 1054 whose papacy was the beginning of papal reforms in the 11th century (1002-1054);

- syn. Bruno, Leo IX;

Bruno Walter
n1
German conductor (1876-1962);

- syn. Walter;

Brunswick / b ɹ ʌ n z w ɪ k /
n1
a university town in southwestern Maine;

n2
a town in southeast Georgia near the Atlantic coast;

- a port of entry;

n3
a city in central Germany;

- syn. Braunschweig;

Brunswick stew
n1
spicy southern specialty: chicken (or small game) with corn and tomatoes and lima beans and okra and onions and potatoes;

brunt / b ɹ ʌ n t /
n1
main force of a blow etc;

- "bore the brunt of the attack";

Brusa
n1
a city in northwestern Turkey;

- syn. Bursa;

brush / b ɹ ʌ ʃ /
n1
a dense growth of bushes;

- syn. brushwood, coppice, copse, thicket;

n2
an implement that has hairs or bristles firmly set into a handle;

n3
momentary contact;

- syn. light touch;

n4
conducts current between rotating and stationary parts of a generator or motor;

n5
a bushy tail or part of a bushy tail (especially of the fox);

n6
a minor short-term fight;

- syn. clash, encounter, skirmish;

n7
the act of brushing your teeth;

- "the dentist recommended two brushes a day";

- syn. brushing;

n8
the act of brushing your hair;

- "he gave his hair a quick brush";

- syn. brushing;

n9
contact with something dangerous or undesirable;

- "I had a brush with danger on my way to work";

- "he tried to avoid any brushes with the police";

v1
rub with a brush, or as if with a brush;

- "Johnson brushed the hairs from his jacket";

v2
touch lightly and briefly;

- "He brushed the wall lightly";

v3
clean with a brush;

- "She brushed the suit before hanging it back into the closet";

v4
sweep across or over;

- "Her long skirt brushed the floor";

- "A gasp swept cross the audience";

- syn. sweep;

v5
remove with or as if with a brush;

- "brush away the crumbs";

- "brush the dust from the jacket";

- "brush aside the objections";

v6
cover by brushing;

- "brush the bread with melted butter";

brush-footed butterfly
n1
medium to large butterflies found worldwide typically having brightly colored wings and much-reduced nonfunctional forelegs carried folded on the breast;

- syn. four-footed butterfly, nymphalid, nymphalid butterfly;

brush-off / b ɹ ʌ ʃ ɒ f /
n1
a curt or disdainful rejection;

brush-tail porcupine
n1
porcupine with a tuft of large beaded bristles on the tail;

- syn. brush-tailed porcupine;

brush-tailed phalanger
n1
bushy-tailed phalanger;

- syn. Trichosurus vulpecula;

brush-tailed porcupine
n1
porcupine with a tuft of large beaded bristles on the tail;

- syn. brush-tail porcupine;

brush aside
v1
bar from attention or consideration;

- "She dismissed his advances";

- syn. brush off, discount, dismiss, disregard, ignore, push aside;

brush cut
n1
a short haircut with hairs standing up like a brush;

brush discharge
n1
discharge between electrodes creating visible streamers of ionized particles;

brush down
v1
reprimand;

- "She told the misbehaving student off";

- syn. tell off;

brush fire
n1
an uncontrolled fire that consumes brush and shrubs and bushes;

brush kangaroo
n1
any of various small or medium-sized kangaroos;

- often brightly colored;

- syn. wallaby;

brush off
v1
bar from attention or consideration;

- "She dismissed his advances";

- syn. brush aside, discount, dismiss, disregard, ignore, push aside;

brush on
v1
apply with a brush;

- "Brush butter on the roast";

brush turkey
n1
black megapode of wooded regions of Australia and New Guinea;

- syn. Alectura lathami;

brush up
v1
refresh one's memory;

- "I reviewed the material before the test";

- syn. refresh, review;

v2
bring to a highly developed, finished, or refined state;

- "polish your social manners";

- syn. polish, polish up, round, round off;

brush wolf
n1
small wolf native to western North America;

- syn. Canis latrans, coyote, prairie wolf;

brushed / b ɹ ʌ ʃ t /
a1
touched lightly in passing;

- grazed against;

- "of all the people brushed against in a normal day on a city street I remember not a one";

- sim. touched;

a2
(of hair or clothing) groomed with a brush;

- "with shining hair neatly brushed";

- "the freshly brushed clothes hung in the closet";

- sim. groomed;

a3
(of fabrics) having soft nap produced by brushing;

- "a dress of brushed cotton";

- "a fleecy lining";

- "napped fabrics";

- syn. fleecy, napped;

- sim. soft;

brushing / b ɹ ʌ ʃ ɪ ŋ /
n1
the act of brushing your teeth;

- "the dentist recommended two brushes a day";

- syn. brush;

n2
the act of brushing your hair;

- "he gave his hair a quick brush";

- syn. brush;

brushlike / b ɹ ʌ ʃ ɫ aɪ k /
a1
resembling a brush;

- "brushlike blue blooms";

- sim. armed;

brushup
n1
practice intended to polish performance or refresh the memory;

- syn. review;

brushwood / b ɹ ʌ ʃ w ʊ d /
n1
the wood from bushes or small branches;

- "they built a fire of brushwood";

n2
a dense growth of bushes;

- syn. brush, coppice, copse, thicket;

brushwork / b ɹ ʌ ʃ w ɝ k /
n1
an artist's distinctive technique of applying paint with a brush;

brushy / b ɹ ʌ ʃ i /
a1
covered with or consisting of bushes or thickets;

- "brushy undergrowth";

- "`bosky' is a literary term";

- "a bosky park leading to a modest yet majestic plaza"- Jack Beatty;

- syn. bosky;

- sim. wooded;

brusk
a1
marked by rude or peremptory shortness;

- "try to cultivate a less brusque manner";

- "a curt reply";

- "the salesgirl was very short with him";

- syn. brusque, curt, short;

- sim. discourteous;

brusque / b ɹ u s k /
a1
marked by rude or peremptory shortness;

- "try to cultivate a less brusque manner";

- "a curt reply";

- "the salesgirl was very short with him";

- syn. brusk, curt, short;

- sim. discourteous;

brusquely / b ɹ u s k ɫ i /
r1
in a blunt direct manner;

- "he spoke bluntly";

- "he stated his opinion flat-out";

- "he was criticized roundly";

- syn. bluffly, bluntly, flat out, roundly;

brusqueness / b ɹ u s k n ə s /
n1
an abrupt discourteous manner;

- syn. abruptness, curtness, gruffness, shortness;

Brussels / b ɹ ʌ s ɫ z /
n1
the capital and largest city of Belgium;

- seat of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization;

- syn. Belgian capital, Bruxelles, capital of Belgium;

Brussels biscuit
n1
slice of sweet raised bread baked again until it is brown and hard and crisp;

- syn. rusk, twice-baked bread, zwieback;

Brussels carpet
n1
a carpet with a strong linen warp and a heavy pile of colored woolen yarns drawn up in uncut loops to form a pattern;

Brussels griffon
n1
breed of various very small compact wiry-coated dogs of Belgian origin having a short bearded muzzle;

- syn. Belgian griffon, griffon;

Brussels lace
n1
fine lace with a raised or applique design;

brussels sprout
n1
plant grown for its stout stalks of edible small green heads resembling diminutive cabbages;

- syn. Brassica oleracea gemmifera;

brussels sprouts
n1
the small edible cabbage-like buds growing along a stalk of the brussels sprout plant;

brut
a1
(of champagne) extremely dry;

- sim. dry;

brutal / b ɹ u t ɫ /
a1
(of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering;

- "a barbarous crime";

- "brutal beatings";

- "cruel tortures";

- "Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks";

- "a savage slap";

- "vicious kicks";

- syn. barbarous, cruel, fell, roughshod, savage, vicious;

- sim. inhumane;

a2
punishingly harsh;

- "the brutal summer sun";

- "a brutal winter";

- syn. unrelenting;

- sim. intense;

a3
resembling a beast;

- showing lack of human sensibility;

- "beastly desires";

- "a bestial nature";

- "brute force";

- "a dull and brutish man";

- "bestial treatment of prisoners";

- syn. beastly, bestial, brute, brutish;

- sim. inhumane;

a4
disagreeably direct and precise;

- "he spoke with brutal honesty";

- sim. direct;

brutalisation
n1
the condition of being treated in a cruel and savage manner;

- syn. brutalization;

n2
the activity of treating someone savagely or viciously;

- syn. brutalization;

n3
an act that makes people cruel or lacking normal human qualities;

- syn. animalisation, animalization, brutalization;

brutalise
v1
treat brutally;

- syn. brutalize;

v2
make brutal, unfeeling, or inhuman;

- "Life in the camps had brutalized him";

- syn. animalise, animalize, brutalize;

v3
become brutal or insensitive and unfeeling;

- syn. animalise, animalize, brutalize;

brutality / b ɹ u t æ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
the trait of extreme cruelty;

- syn. ferociousness, savagery, viciousness;

n2
a brutal barbarous savage act;

- syn. barbarism, barbarity, savagery;

brutalization / b ɹ u t ə ɫ aɪ z eɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
the condition of being treated in a cruel and savage manner;

- syn. brutalisation;

n2
the activity of treating someone savagely or viciously;

- syn. brutalisation;

n3
an act that makes people cruel or lacking normal human qualities;

- syn. animalisation, animalization, brutalisation;

brutalize / b ɹ u t ə ɫ aɪ z /
v1
treat brutally;

- syn. brutalise;

v2
make brutal, unfeeling, or inhuman;

- "Life in the camps had brutalized him";

- syn. animalise, animalize, brutalise;

v3
become brutal or insensitive and unfeeling;

- syn. animalise, animalize, brutalise;

brutally / b ɹ u t ə ɫ i /
r1
in a vicious manner;

- "he was viciously attacked";

- syn. savagely, viciously;

brute / b ɹ u t /
n1
a cruelly rapacious person;

- syn. beast, savage, wildcat, wolf;

n2
a living organism characterized by voluntary movement;

- syn. animal, animate being, beast, creature, fauna;

a1
resembling a beast;

- showing lack of human sensibility;

- "beastly desires";

- "a bestial nature";

- "brute force";

- "a dull and brutish man";

- "bestial treatment of prisoners";

- syn. beastly, bestial, brutal, brutish;

- sim. inhumane;

brutish / b ɹ u t ɪ ʃ /
a1
resembling a beast;

- showing lack of human sensibility;

- "beastly desires";

- "a bestial nature";

- "brute force";

- "a dull and brutish man";

- "bestial treatment of prisoners";

- syn. beastly, bestial, brutal, brute;

- sim. inhumane;

brutishly / b ɹ u t ɪ ʃ ɫ i /
r1
in an inhumane manner;

- "she treated her husband bestially";

- syn. bestially, in a beastly manner;

Brutus
n1
statesman of ancient Rome who (with Cassius) led a conspiracy to assassinate Julius Caesar (85-42 BC);

- syn. Marcus Junius Brutus;

Bruxelles
n1
the capital and largest city of Belgium;

- seat of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization;

- syn. Belgian capital, Brussels, capital of Belgium;

bruxism
n1
involuntarily or unconsciously clenching or grinding the teeth, typically during sleep;

Brya
n1
genus of prickly shrubs and small trees of the Caribbean region;

- source of a durable hardwood;

- syn. genus Brya;

Brya ebenus
n1
West Indian tree yielding a fine grade of green ebony;

- syn. granadilla tree, granadillo;

Bryaceae
n1
a family of acrocarpous mosses;

- syn. family Bryaceae;

Bryales
n1
category used in some classification systems for mosses having the spore case separated from the capsule wall by a hollow intercellular space;

- syn. order Bryales;

Bryan / b ɹ aɪ ə n /
n1
United States lawyer and politician who advocated free silver and prosecuted John Scopes (1925) for teaching evolution in a Tennessee high school (1860-1925);

- syn. Boy Orator of the Platte, Great Commoner, William Jennings Bryan;

n2
a town of east central Texas;

Bryan Donkin
n1
English engineer who developed a method of preserving food by sterilizing it with heat and sealing it inside a steel container--the first tin can (1768-1855);

- syn. Donkin;

bryanthus
n1
procumbent Old World mat-forming evergreen shrub with racemes of pinkish-white flowers;

Bryanthus taxifolius
n1
small shrub with tiny evergreen leaves and pink or purple flowers;

- Alpine summits and high ground in Asia and Europe and United States;

- syn. Phyllodoce caerulea, mountain heath;

Bryce Canyon National Park
n1
a national park in Utah having multicolored rock erosions;

Brynhild
n1
a Valkyrie or a queen in the Nibelungenlied who loved the hero Siegfried;

- when he deceived her she had him killed and then committed suicide;

- syn. Brunhild, Brunnhilde;

Bryonia alba
n1
white-flowered vine having thick roots and bearing small black berries;

- Europe to Iran;

- syn. devil's turnip, white bryony;

Bryonia dioica
n1
bryony having fleshy roots pale green flowers and very small red berries;

- Europe;

- North Africa;

- western Asia;

- syn. red bryony, wild hop;

bryony / b ɹ aɪ ə n i /
n1
a vine of the genus Bryonia having large leaves and small flowers and yielding acrid juice with emetic and purgative properties;

- syn. briony;

Bryophyta
n1
a division of nonflowering plants characterized by rhizoids rather than true roots and having little or no organized vascular tissue and showing alternation of generations between gamete-bearing forms and spore-bearing forms;

- comprises true mosses (Bryopsida) and liverworts (Hepaticopsida) and hornworts (Anthoceropsida);

- syn. division Bryophyta;

bryophyte
n1
any of numerous plants of the division Bryophyta;

- syn. nonvascular plant;

bryophytic
a1
relating to plants of the division Bryophyta;

Bryopsida
n1
true mosses: bryophytes having leafy rather than thalloid gametophytes: comprises orders Andreaeales;

- Bryales;

- Dicranales;

- Eubryales;

- Sphagnales;

- syn. Musci, class Bryopsida, class Musci;

Bryozoa
n1
marine or freshwater animals that form colonies of zooids;

- syn. phylum Bryozoa, polyzoa;

bryozoan
n1
sessile aquatic animal forming mossy colonies of small polyps each having a curved or circular ridge bearing tentacles;

- attach to stones or seaweed and reproduce by budding;

- syn. moss animal, polyzoan, sea mat, sea moss;

Brythonic
n1
a southern group of Celtic languages;

- syn. Brittanic;

Bryum
n1
type genus of the Bryaceae: mosses distinguished by mostly erect and tufted gametophytes and symmetrical short-necked capsules;

- syn. genus Bryum;

BS / b i ɛ s /
n1
a bachelor's degree in science;

- syn. Bachelor of Science, SB;

BSArch
n1
a bachelor's degree in architecture;

- syn. Bachelor of Science in Architecture;

BSE / b i j ɛ s i /
n1
a fatal disease of cattle that affects the central nervous system;

- causes staggering and agitation;

- syn. bovine spongiform encephalitis, mad cow disease;

BTU
n1
a unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise one pound of water one degree Fahrenheit at one atmosphere pressure;

- equivalent to 251.997 calories;

- syn. B.Th.U., British thermal unit;

bubaline
a1
relating to or resembling a buffalo;

Bubalus
n1
in some classification systems included in genus Bos;

- water buffaloes;

- syn. genus Bubalus, tribe Bubalus;

Bubalus bubalis
n1
an Asian buffalo that is often domesticated for use as a draft animal;

- syn. Asiatic buffalo, water buffalo, water ox;

Bubalus mindorensis
n1
small buffalo of Mindoro in the Philippines;

- syn. Anoa mindorensis, tamarao, tamarau;

bubble / b ʌ b ɫ /
n1
a hollow globule of gas (e.g., air or carbon dioxide);

n2
a speculative scheme that depends on unstable factors that the planner cannot control;

- "his proposal was nothing but a house of cards";

- "a real estate bubble";

- syn. house of cards;

n3
an impracticable and illusory idea;

- "he didn't want to burst the newcomer's bubble";

n4
a dome-shaped covering made of transparent glass or plastic;

v1
form, produce, or emit bubbles;

- "The soup was bubbling";

- also bubble over;

v2
flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise;

- "babbling brooks";

- syn. babble, burble, guggle, gurgle, ripple;

v3
rise in bubbles or as if in bubbles;

- "bubble to the surface";

v4
cause to form bubbles;

- "bubble gas through a liquid";

v5
expel gas from the stomach;

- "Please don't burp at the table";

- syn. belch, burp, eruct;

bubble-jet printer
n1
a kind of ink-jet printer;

- syn. bubble jet printer, bubblejet;

bubble and squeak
n1
leftover cabbage fried with cooked potatoes and sometimes meat;

bubble bath
n1
a bath in which you add something to foam and scent the bath water;

bubble chamber
n1
an instrument that records the tracks of ionizing particles;

bubble dance
n1
a solo dance similar to a fan dance except large balloons are used instead of fans;

bubble gum
n1
a kind of chewing gum that can be blown into bubbles;

bubble gum dermatitis
n1
an allergic contact dermatitis developed around the lips of children who chew bubble gum;

bubble jet printer
n1
a kind of ink-jet printer;

- syn. bubble-jet printer, bubblejet;

bubble over
v1
overflow with a certain feeling;

- "The children bubbled over with joy";

- "My boss was bubbling over with anger";

- syn. overflow, spill over;

bubble pack
n1
packaging in which a product is sealed between a cardboard backing and clear plastic cover;

- syn. blister pack;

bubble shell
n1
marine gastropod mollusk having a very small thin shell;

bubble up
v1
move upwards in bubbles, as from the effect of heating;

- also used metaphorically;

- "Gases bubbled up from the earth";

- "Marx's ideas have bubbled up in many places in Latin America";

- syn. intumesce;

bubblejet
n1
a kind of ink-jet printer;

- syn. bubble-jet printer, bubble jet printer;

bubbler / b ʌ b ɫ ə , b ʌ b ɫ ə ɹ /
n1
a public fountain to provide a jet of drinking water;

- syn. drinking fountain, water fountain;

n2
any of various devices in which air or some other gas is bubbled through a liquid;

bubbliness
n1
the property of giving off bubbles;

- syn. effervescence, frothiness;

bubbling / b ʌ b ɫ ɪ ŋ /
a1
emitting or filled with bubbles as from carbonation or fermentation;

- "bubbling champagne";

- "foamy (or frothy) beer";

- syn. bubbly, effervescing, foaming, foamy, frothy, spumy;

- sim. effervescent;

a2
marked by high spirits or excitement;

- "his fertile effervescent mind";

- "scintillating personality";

- "a row of sparkly cheerleaders";

- syn. effervescent, frothy, scintillating, sparkly;

- sim. lively;

bubbly / b ʌ b ɫ i /
n1
a white sparkling wine either produced in Champagne or resembling that produced there;

- syn. champagne;

a1
emitting or filled with bubbles as from carbonation or fermentation;

- "bubbling champagne";

- "foamy (or frothy) beer";

- syn. bubbling, effervescing, foaming, foamy, frothy, spumy;

- sim. effervescent;

a2
full of or showing high spirits;

- "bright bubbly children";

- "a bubbly personality";

- sim. lively;

Buber
n1
Israeli religious philosopher (born in Austria);

- as a Zionist he promoted understanding between Jews and Arabs;

- his writings affected Christian thinkers as well as Jews (1878-1965);

- syn. Martin Buber;

bubo / b j u b oʊ /
n1
a lymph node that is inflamed and swollen because of plague or gonorrhea or tuberculosis;

n2
a genus of Strigidae;

- syn. genus Bubo;

Bubo virginianus
n1
brown North American horned owl;

- syn. great horned owl;

bubonic / b j u b ɒ n ɪ k /
a1
of or evidencing buboes;

- "bubonic plague";

bubonic plague
n1
the most common form of the plague in humans;

- characterized by chills, prostration, delirium and the formation of buboes in the armpits and groin;

- does not spread from person to person;

- syn. glandular plague, pestis bubonica;

Bubulcus
n1
small white egrets;

- syn. genus Bubulcus;

Bubulcus ibis
n1
small white egret widely distributed in warm regions often found around grazing animals;

- syn. cattle egret;

buccal / b ʌ k ə ɫ /
a1
of or relating to or toward the cheek;

- "the buccal aspect of the gum";

a2
of or involving the mouth or mouth region or the surface on which the mouth is located;

- "the oral cavity";

- "the oral mucous membrane";

- "the oral surface of a starfish";

- "a buccal gland";

- syn. oral;

buccal artery
n1
a branch of the maxillary artery that supplies blood to the buccinator muscle and the cheek;

- syn. arteria buccalis;

buccal cavity
n1
the cavity between the jaws and the cheeks;

buccaneer / b ʌ k ə n ɪə , b ʌ k ə n ɪə ɹ /
n1
someone who robs at sea or plunders the land from the sea without having a commission from any sovereign nation;

- syn. pirate, sea robber, sea rover;

v1
live like a buccaneer;

buccaneering / b ʌ k ə n ɪə ɪ ŋ , b ʌ k ə n ɪə ɹ ɪ ŋ /
n1
hijacking on the high seas or in similar contexts;

- taking a ship or plane away from the control of those who are legally entitled to it;

- "air piracy";

- syn. piracy;

buccinator muscle
n1
a muscle that flattens the cheek and retracts the angle of the mouth;

- syn. cheek muscle, musculus buccinator;

Buccinidae
n1
whelks;

- syn. family Buccinidae;

Bucconidae
n1
puffbirds;

- syn. family Bucconidae;

buccula
n1
a fold of fatty tissue under the chin;

- syn. double chin;

Bucephala
n1
buffleheads and goldeneyes;

- syn. genus Bucephala;

Bucephala islandica
n1
North American goldeneye diving duck;

- syn. Barrow's goldeneye;

Bucephela albeola
n1
small North American diving duck;

- males have bushy head plumage;

- syn. bufflehead, butterball, dipper;

Bucephela clangula
n1
large-headed swift-flying diving duck of Arctic regions;

- syn. goldeneye, whistler;

Buceros
n1
type genus of the family Bucerotidae;

- syn. genus Buceros;

Bucerotidae
n1
hornbills;

- syn. family Bucerotidae;

Buchanan
n1
15th President of the United States (1791-1868);

- syn. James Buchanan, President Buchanan;

Bucharest
n1
national capital and largest city of Romania in southeastern Romania;

- syn. Bucharesti, Bucuresti, capital of Romania;

Bucharesti
n1
national capital and largest city of Romania in southeastern Romania;

- syn. Bucharest, Bucuresti, capital of Romania;

Buchenwald
n1
a Nazi concentration camp for Jews in World War II that was located in central Germany;

Buchloe
n1
buffalo grass;

- syn. genus Buchloe;

Buchloe dactyloides
n1
short grass growing on dry plains of central United States (where buffalo roam);

- syn. buffalo grass;

Buchner
n1
German organic chemist who studied alcoholic fermentation and discovered zymase (1860-1917);

- syn. Eduard Buchner;

buck / b ʌ k /
n1
a gymnastic horse without pommels and with one end elongated;

- used lengthwise for vaulting;

- syn. long horse, vaulting horse;

n2
a piece of paper money worth one dollar;

- syn. clam, dollar, dollar bill, one dollar bill;

n3
United States author whose novels drew on her experiences as a missionary in China (1892-1973);

- syn. Pearl Buck, Pearl Sydenstricker Buck;

n4
a framework for holding wood that is being sawed;

- syn. horse, sawbuck, sawhorse;

n5
mature male of various mammals (especially deer or antelope);

v1
to strive with determination;

- "John is bucking for a promotion";

v2
resist;

- "buck the trend";

- syn. go against;

v3
move quickly and violently;

- "The car tore down the street";

- "He came charging into my office";

- syn. charge, shoot, shoot down, tear;

v4
jump vertically, with legs stiff and back arched;

- "the yung filly bucked";

- syn. hitch, jerk;

buck's fizz
n1
a mixed drink containing champagne and orange juice;

- syn. mimosa;

buck-and-wing
n1
a solo tap dance emphasizing sharp taps;

buck-toothed
a1
having protruding upper front teeth;

- sim. toothed;

buck fever
n1
nervous excitement of an inexperienced hunter;

buck private
n1
an enlisted man of the lowest rank in the Army or Marines;

- "our prisoner was just a private and knew nothing of value";

- syn. common soldier, private;

buck sergeant
n1
a sergeant of the lowest rank in the military;

buck up
v1
gain courage;

- syn. take heart;

buckaroo
n1
local names for a cowboy (`vaquero' is used especially in southwestern and central Texas and `buckaroo' is used especially in California);

- syn. buckeroo, vaquero;

buckbean / b ʌ k b i n /
n1
perennial plant of Europe and America having racemes of white or purplish flowers and intensely bitter trifoliate leaves;

- often rooting at water margin and spreading across the surface;

- syn. Menyanthes trifoliata, bog myrtle, bogbean, marsh trefoil, water shamrock;

buckbean family
n1
a dicotyledonous family of marsh plants of order Gentianales;

- syn. Menyanthaceae, family Menyanthaceae;

buckboard / b ʌ k b ɔ d /
n1
an open horse-drawn carriage with four wheels;

- has a seat attached to a flexible board between the two axles;

bucked up
a1
inspired with confidence;

- "felt bucked up by his success";

- syn. encouraged;

- sim. pleased;

buckeroo
n1
local names for a cowboy (`vaquero' is used especially in southwestern and central Texas and `buckaroo' is used especially in California);

- syn. buckaroo, vaquero;

bucket / b ʌ k ɪ t /
n1
a roughly cylindrical vessel that is open at the top;

- syn. pail;

n2
the quantity contained in a bucket;

- syn. bucketful;

v1
put into a bucket;

v2
carry in a bucket;

bucket along
v1
move hurridly;

- "He rushed down the hall to receive his guests";

- "The cars raced down the street";

- syn. belt along, cannonball along, hasten, hie, hotfoot, pelt along, race, rush, rush along, speed, step on it;

bucket seat
n1
a low single seat as in cars or planes;

bucket shop
n1
an unethical or overly aggressive brokerage firm;

n2
(formerly) a cheap saloon selling liquor by the bucket;

bucketful / b ʌ k ɪ t f ʊ ɫ /
n1
the quantity contained in a bucket;

- syn. bucket;

buckeye / b ʌ k aɪ /
n1
the inedible nutlike seed of the horse chestnut;

- syn. conker, horse chestnut;

n2
tree having palmate leaves and large clusters of white to red flowers followed by brown shiny inedible seeds;

- syn. Aesculus hippocastanum, horse chestnut;

n3
a native or resident of Ohio;

- syn. Ohioan;

Buckeye State
n1
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region;

- syn. OH, Ohio;

bucking bronco
n1
a wild horse that is vicious and difficult or impossible to break in;

Buckingham Palace
n1
the London residence of the British sovereign;

buckle / b ʌ k ɫ /
n1
fastener that fastens together two ends of a belt or strap;

- often has loose prong;

n2
a shape distorted by twisting or folding;

- syn. warp;

v1
fasten with a buckle or buckles;

- syn. clasp;

v2
fold or collapse;

- "His knees buckled";

- syn. crumple;

v3
bend out of shape, as under pressure or from heat;

- "The highway buckled during the heat wave";

- syn. heave, warp;

buckle down
v1
work very hard, like a slave;

- syn. break one's back, knuckle down, slave;

buckle under
v1
consent reluctantly;

- syn. give in, knuckle under, succumb, yield;

buckler / b ʌ k ɫ ə , b ʌ k ɫ ə ɹ /
n1
armor carried on the arm to intercept blows;

- syn. shield;

buckler fern
n1
any of various ferns of the genera Dryopteris or Polystichum or Lastreopsis having somewhat shield-shaped coverings on the sori;

- syn. shield fern;

buckler mustard
n1
plant of southeastern Europe having yellow flowers like those of mustard and pods with open valves resembling bucklers;

- syn. Biscutalla laevigata;

buckleya
n1
parasitic shrub of the eastern United States having opposite leaves and insignificant greenish flowers followed by oily dull green olivelike fruits;

- syn. Buckleya distichophylla;

Buckleya distichophylla
n1
parasitic shrub of the eastern United States having opposite leaves and insignificant greenish flowers followed by oily dull green olivelike fruits;

- syn. buckleya;

Buckminster Fuller
n1
United States architect who invented the geodesic dome (1895-1983);

- syn. Fuller, R. Buckminster Fuller, Richard Buckminster Fuller;

buckminsterfullerene
n1
a spheroidal fullerene;

- the first known example of a fullerene;

- syn. buckyball;

buckram / b ʌ k ɹ ə m /
n1
a coarse cotton fabric stiffened with glue;

- used in bookbinding and to stiffen clothing;

v1
stiffen with or as with buckram;

- "buckram the skirt";

a1
rigidly formal;

- "a starchy manner";

- "the letter was stiff and formal";

- "his prose has a buckram quality";

- syn. starchy, stiff;

- sim. formal;

bucksaw / b ʌ k s ɔ /
n1
a saw that is set in a frame in the shape of an H;

- used with both hands to cut wood that is held in a sawbuck;

buckshee
a1
free of charge;

- "if they deposit these shares in the scheme they will get further buckshee shares on a one-for-one basis"- Economist;

- sim. unpaid;

buckshot / b ʌ k ʃ ɒ t /
n1
small lead shot for shotgun shells;

- syn. bird shot, duck shot;

buckskin / b ʌ k s k ɪ n /
n1
horse of a light yellowish dun color with dark mane and tail;

n2
a soft yellowish suede leather originally from deerskin but now usually from sheepskin;

buckskins / b ʌ k s k ɪ n z /
n1
(used in the plural) breeches made of buckskin;

buckthorn / b ʌ k θ ɔ n /
n1
a shrub or shrubby tree of the genus Rhamnus;

- fruits are source of yellow dyes or pigments;

n2
any shrub or small tree of the genus Bumelia;

n3
an Old World plantain with long narrow ribbed leaves widely established in temperate regions;

- syn. English plantain, Plantago lanceolata, narrow-leaved plantain, ribgrass, ribwort, ripple-grass;

buckthorn berry
n1
fruit of various buckthorns yielding dyes or pigments;

- syn. yellow berry;

buckthorn family
n1
trees and shrubs usually thorny bearing drupaceous fruit many having medicinal value;

- syn. Rhamnaceae, family Rhamnaceae;

bucktooth / b ʌ k t u θ /
n1
a large projecting front tooth;

buckwheat / b ʌ k w i t /
n1
a member of the genus Fagopyrum;

- annual Asian plant with clusters of small pinkish white flowers and small edible triangular seeds which are used whole or ground into flour;

- syn. Fagopyrum esculentum, Polygonum fagopyrum;

n2
grain ground into flour;

buckwheat cake
n1
a pancake made with buckwheat flour;

buckwheat family
n1
a family of plants of order Polygonales chiefly of the north temperate zone;

- includes the buckwheats;

- syn. Polygonaceae, family Polygonaceae;

buckwheat tree
n1
tree of low-lying coastal areas of southeastern United States having glossy leaves and racemes of fragrant white flowers;

- syn. Cliftonia monophylla, titi;

buckyball
n1
a spheroidal fullerene;

- the first known example of a fullerene;

- syn. buckminsterfullerene;

bucolic / b j u k ɒ ɫ ɪ k /
n1
a country person;

- syn. peasant, provincial;

n2
a short poem descriptive of rural or pastoral life;

- syn. eclogue, idyl, idyll;

a1
(used with regard to idealized country life) idyllically rustic;

- "a country life of arcadian contentment";

- "a pleasant bucolic scene";

- "charming in its pastoral setting";

- "rustic tranquility";

- syn. arcadian, pastoral;

- sim. rural;

a2
relating to shepherds or herdsmen or devoted to raising sheep or cattle;

- "pastoral seminomadic people";

- "pastoral land";

- "a pastoral economy";

- syn. pastoral;

Bucuresti
n1
national capital and largest city of Romania in southeastern Romania;

- syn. Bucharest, Bucharesti, capital of Romania;

bud / b ʌ d /
n1
a partially opened flower;

n2
a swelling on a plant stem consisting of overlapping immature leaves or petals;

v1
develop buds;

- "The hibiscus is budding!";

v2
start to grow or develop;

- "a budding friendship";

bud brush
n1
a perennial that is valuable as sheep forage in the United States;

- syn. Artemis spinescens, bud sagebrush;

bud sagebrush
n1
a perennial that is valuable as sheep forage in the United States;

- syn. Artemis spinescens, bud brush;

Budapest / b j u d ə p ɛ s t /
n1
capital and largest city of Hungary;

- located on the Danube River in north-central Hungary;

- syn. Hungarian capital, capital of Hungary;

Buddha
n1
founder of Buddhism (c 563-483 BC);

- syn. Gautama, Gautama Buddha, Gautama Siddhartha, Siddhartha;

n2
one who has achieved a state of perfect enlightenment;

Buddhism / b ʊ d ɪ z ə m /
n1
a religion represented by the many groups (especially in Asia) that profess various forms of the Buddhist doctrine and that venerate Buddha;

n2
the teaching of Buddha that life is permeated with suffering caused by desire, that suffering ceases when desire ceases, and that enlightenment obtained through right conduct and wisdom and meditation releases one from desire and suffering and rebirth;

Buddhist / b ʊ d ɪ s t /
n1
one who follows the teachings of Buddha;

a1
of or relating to or supporting Buddhism;

- "Buddhist sculpture";

- syn. Buddhistic;

Buddhistic / b ʊ d ɪ s t ɪ k /
a1
of or relating to or supporting Buddhism;

- "Buddhist sculpture";

- syn. Buddhist;

budding / b ʌ d ɪ ŋ /
n1
reproduction of some unicellular organisms (such as yeasts) by growth and specialization followed by the separation by constriction of a part of the parent;

a1
beginning to develop;

- "a budding genius";

- sim. undeveloped;

buddleia
n1
tropical shrub having clusters of white or violet or yellow flowers;

- syn. butterfly bush;

buddy / b ʌ d i /
n1
a close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities;

- syn. brother, chum, crony, pal, sidekick;

buddy-buddy
a1
(used informally) associated on close terms;

- "a close friend";

- "the bartender was chummy with the regular customers";

- "the two were thick as thieves for months";

- syn. chummy, thick;

- sim. close;

Buddy Holly
n1
United States rock star (1936-1959);

- syn. Charles Hardin Holley, Holly;

buddy system
n1
a cooperative practice of pairing two or more people together for mutual assistance or safety (especially in recreational swimming);

Budge / b ʌ dʒ /
n1
United States tennis player who in 1938 was the first to win the Australian and French and English and United States singles championship in the same year (1915-2000);

- syn. Don Budge, John Donald Budge;

v1
move very slightly;

- "He shifted in his seat";

- syn. agitate, shift, stir;

budgereegah
n1
small Australian parakeet usually light green with black and yellow markings in the wild but bred in many colors;

- syn. Melopsittacus undulatus, budgerigar, budgerygah, budgie, grass parakeet, lovebird, shell parakeet;

budgerigar / b ʌ dʒ ə ɹ ɪ ɡ ɑ , b ʌ dʒ ə ɹ ɪ ɡ ɑr /
n1
small Australian parakeet usually light green with black and yellow markings in the wild but bred in many colors;

- syn. Melopsittacus undulatus, budgereegah, budgerygah, budgie, grass parakeet, lovebird, shell parakeet;

budgerygah
n1
small Australian parakeet usually light green with black and yellow markings in the wild but bred in many colors;

- syn. Melopsittacus undulatus, budgereegah, budgerigar, budgie, grass parakeet, lovebird, shell parakeet;

budget / b ʌ dʒ ə t /
n1
a sum of money allocated for a particular purpose;

- "the laboratory runs on a budget of a million a year";

n2
a summary of intended expenditures along with proposals for how to meet them;

- "the president submitted the annual budget to Congress";

v1
make a budget;

budget cut
n1
the act of reducing budgeted expenditures;

budget deficit
n1
an excess of expenditures over revenues;

budget for
v1
calculate enough money for;

- provide for in the budget;

- "I have not budgeted for these expensive meals";

budget items
n1
the expense of maintaining property (e.g., paying property taxes and utilities and insurance);

- it does not include depreciation or the cost of financing or income taxes;

- syn. operating cost, operating expense, overhead;

budgetary / b ʌ dʒ ə t ə ɹ i /
a1
of or relating to a budget;

- "budgetary considerations";

budgie / b ʌ dʒ i /
n1
small Australian parakeet usually light green with black and yellow markings in the wild but bred in many colors;

- syn. Melopsittacus undulatus, budgereegah, budgerigar, budgerygah, grass parakeet, lovebird, shell parakeet;

Budorcas
n1
gnu goats;

- syn. genus Budorcas;

Budorcas taxicolor
n1
large heavily built goat antelope of eastern Himalayan area;

- syn. gnu goat, takin;

Buena Vista
n1
a pitched battle in the Mexican War in 1847;

- United States forces under Zachary Taylor defeated the Mexican forces under Santa Anna at a locality in northern Mexico;

Buenos Aires / b w ɛ n ə s eɪ ə ɹ ɪ z /
n1
capital and largest city of Argentina;

- located in eastern Argentina near Uruguay;

- Argentina's chief port and industrial and cultural center;

- syn. capital of Argentina;

buff / b ʌ f /
n1
an ardent follower and admirer;

- syn. devotee, fan, lover;

n2
a soft thick undyed leather from the skins of e.g. buffalo or oxen;

n3
bare skin;

- "swimming in the buff means to swim naked";

n4
a medium to dark tan color;

- syn. caramel, caramel brown, raw sienna, yellowish brown;

n5
an implement consisting of soft material mounted on a block;

- used for polishing (as in manicuring);

- syn. buffer;

v1
strike, beat repeatedly;

- "The wind buffeted him";

- syn. buffet;

v2
polish and make shiny;

- "buff the wooden floors";

- "buff my shoes";

- syn. burnish, furbish;

a1
of the yellowish-beige color of buff leather;

- sim. chromatic;

buff-brown
a1
of brown tinged with buff;

- sim. chromatic;

buff-colored
a1
having a buff color;

- syn. buff-coloured;

- sim. colored;

buff-coloured
a1
having a buff color;

- syn. buff-colored;

- sim. colored;

buffalo / b ʌ f ə ɫ oʊ /
n1
large shaggy-haired brown bison of North American plains;

- syn. American bison, American buffalo, Bison bison;

n2
a city on Lake Erie in western New York (near Niagara Falls);

n3
meat from an American bison;

n4
any of several Old World animals resembling oxen including, e.g., water buffalo;

- Cape buffalo;

- syn. Old World buffalo;

v1
intimidate or overawe;

Buffalo Bill
n1
United States showman famous for his Wild West Show (1846-1917);

- syn. Buffalo Bill Cody, Cody, William F. Cody, William Frederick Cody;

Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show
n1
a spectacular show organized in 1883 by William F. Cody that featured horseback riding and marksmanship on a large scale;

- toured the United States and Europe;

- syn. Wild West Show;

Buffalo Bill Cody
n1
United States showman famous for his Wild West Show (1846-1917);

- syn. Buffalo Bill, Cody, William F. Cody, William Frederick Cody;

buffalo bur
n1
North American nightshade with prickly foliage and racemose yellow flowers;

- syn. Solanum rostratum;

buffalo carpet beetle
n1
a small black and red and white carpet beetle;

- syn. Anthrenus scrophulariae;

buffalo chip
n1
a piece of dried bovine dung;

- syn. chip, cow chip, cow dung;

buffalo clover
n1
low-growing annual herb of southwestern United States (Texas) having silky foliage and blue flowers;

- a leading cause of livestock poisoning in the southwestern United States;

- syn. Lupinus subcarnosus, Texas bluebonnet, bluebonnet;

n2
clover of western United States;

- syn. Trifolium reflexum, Trifolium stoloniferum;

buffalo fish
n1
any of several large suckers of the Mississippi valley;

- syn. buffalofish;

buffalo gnat
n1
small blackish stout-bodied biting fly having aquatic larvae;

- sucks the blood of birds as well as humans and other mammals;

- syn. black fly, blackfly;

buffalo gourd
n1
perennial vine of dry parts of central and southwestern United States and Mexico having small hard mottled green inedible fruit;

- syn. Cucurbita foetidissima, Missouri gourd, calabazilla, prairie gourd, prairie gourd vine, wild pumpkin;

buffalo grass
n1
low mat-forming grass of southern United States and tropical America;

- grown as a lawn grass;

- syn. St. Augustine grass, Stenotaphrum secundatum;

n2
short grass growing on dry plains of central United States (where buffalo roam);

- syn. Buchloe dactyloides;

Buffalo Indian
n1
a member of one of the tribes of American Indians who lived a nomadic life following the buffalo in the Great Plains of North America;

- syn. Plains Indian;

buffalo nut
n1
oily drupaceous fruit of rabbitwood;

- syn. elk nut, oil nut;

n2
shrub of southeastern United States parasitic on roots of hemlocks having sparse spikes of greenish flowers and pulpy drupes;

- syn. Pyrularia pubera, rabbitwood;

buffalo wing
n1
crisp spicy chicken wings;

buffalofish
n1
large carp-like North American fish;

n2
any of several large suckers of the Mississippi valley;

- syn. buffalo fish;

buffel grass
n1
erect tussock-forming perennial bur grass used particularly in South Africa and Australia for pasture and forage;

- syn. Cenchrus ciliaris, Pennisetum cenchroides;

buffer / b ʌ f ə , b ʌ f ə ɹ /
n1
(chemistry) an ionic compound that resists changes in its pH;

n2
a neutral zone between two rival powers that is created in order to diminish the danger of conflict;

- syn. buffer zone;

n3
an inclined metal frame at the front of a locomotive to clear the track;

- syn. cowcatcher, fender, pilot;

n4
(computer science) a part of RAM used for temporary storage of data that is waiting to be sent to a device;

- used to compensate for differences in the rate of flow of data between components of a computer system;

- syn. buffer storage, buffer store;

n5
a power tool used to buff surfaces;

- syn. polisher;

n6
a cushion-like device that reduces shock due to an impact;

- syn. fender;

n7
an implement consisting of soft material mounted on a block;

- used for polishing (as in manicuring);

- syn. buff;

v1
add a buffer (a solution);

- "buffered saline solution for the eyes";

v2
protect from impact;

- "cushion the blow";

- syn. cushion, soften;

buffer country
n1
a small neutral state between two rival powers;

- syn. buffer state;

buffer solution
n1
a solution containing a buffer;

buffer state
n1
a small neutral state between two rival powers;

- syn. buffer country;

buffer storage
n1
(computer science) a part of RAM used for temporary storage of data that is waiting to be sent to a device;

- used to compensate for differences in the rate of flow of data between components of a computer system;

- syn. buffer, buffer store;

buffer store
n1
(computer science) a part of RAM used for temporary storage of data that is waiting to be sent to a device;

- used to compensate for differences in the rate of flow of data between components of a computer system;

- syn. buffer, buffer storage;

buffer zone
n1
a neutral zone between two rival powers that is created in order to diminish the danger of conflict;

- syn. buffer;

buffered aspirin
n1
aspirin coated with a substance capable of neutralizing acid (trade name Bufferin);

- syn. Bufferin;

Bufferin / b ʌ f ɛr ɪ n /
n1
aspirin coated with a substance capable of neutralizing acid (trade name Bufferin);

- syn. buffered aspirin;

buffet / b ʌ f ɪ t , b ʊ f eɪ /
n1
a piece of furniture that stands at the side of a dining room;

- has shelves and drawers;

- syn. counter, sideboard;

n2
a meal set out on a buffet at which guests help themselves;

n3
usually inexpensive bar;

- syn. snack bar, snack counter;

v1
strike against forcefully;

- "Winds buffeted the tent";

- syn. batter, knock about;

v2
strike, beat repeatedly;

- "The wind buffeted him";

- syn. buff;

buffet car
n1
a passenger car where food is served in transit;

- syn. diner, dining car, dining compartment;

buffeted / b ʌ f ɪ t ɪ d /
a1
pounded or hit repeatedly by storms or adversities;

- syn. storm-tossed, tempest-swept, tempest-tossed, tempest-tost;

- sim. troubled;

buffeting / b ʌ f ɪ t ɪ ŋ /
n1
repeated heavy blows;

- syn. pounding;

buffing wheel
n1
a wheel that is covered with soft material;

bufflehead
n1
small North American diving duck;

- males have bushy head plumage;

- syn. Bucephela albeola, butterball, dipper;

buffoon / b ə f u n /
n1
a rude or vulgar fool;

- syn. clown;

n2
a person who amuses others by ridiculous behavior;

- syn. clown, goof, goofball, merry andrew;

buffoonery / b ə f u n ə ɹ i /
n1
acting like a clown or buffoon;

- syn. clowning, frivolity, harlequinade, japery, prank;

buffoonish
a1
like a clown;

- "a buffoonish walk";

- "a clownish face";

- "a zany sense of humor";

- syn. clownish, clownlike, zany;

- sim. humorous;

bufo
n1
any toad of the genus Bufo;

Bufo americanus
n1
common toad of America;

- syn. American toad;

Bufo boreas
n1
of a great variety of habitats from southern Alaska to Baja California west of the Rockies;

- syn. western toad;

Bufo bufo
n1
common toad of Europe;

- syn. European toad;

Bufo calamita
n1
common brownish-yellow short-legged toad of western Europe;

- runs rather than hops;

- syn. natterjack;

Bufo canorus
n1
of high Sierra Nevada meadows and forest borders;

- syn. Yosemite toad;

Bufo debilis
n1
small green or yellow-green toad with small black bars and stripes;

- syn. American green toad;

Bufo marinus
n1
largest known toad species;

- native to Central America;

- valuable destroyer of insect pests;

- syn. agua, agua toad;

Bufo microscaphus
n1
a uniformly warty stocky toad of washes and streams of semiarid southwestern United States;

- syn. southwestern toad;

Bufo speciosus
n1
nocturnal burrowing toad of mesquite woodland and prairies of the United States southwest;

- syn. Texas toad;

Bufo viridis
n1
Eurasian toad with variable chiefly green coloring;

- syn. Eurasian green toad;

Bufonidae
n1
true toads;

- syn. family Bufonidae;

bug / b ʌ ɡ /
n1
general term for any insect or similar creeping or crawling invertebrate;

n2
a fault or defect in a computer program, system, or machine;

- syn. glitch;

n3
a small hidden microphone;

- for listening secretly;

n4
insects with sucking mouthparts and forewings thickened and leathery at the base;

- usually show incomplete metamorphosis;

- syn. hemipteran, hemipteron, hemipterous insect;

n5
a minute life form (especially a disease-causing bacterium);

- the term is not in technical use;

- syn. germ, microbe;

v1
annoy persistently;

- "The children teased the boy because of his stammer";

- syn. badger, beleaguer, pester, tease;

v2
tap a telephone or telegraph wire to get information;

- "The FBI was tapping the phone line of the suspected spy";

- "Is this hotel room bugged?";

- syn. intercept, tap, wiretap;

bug-hunter / b ʌ ɡ h ʌ n t ə , b ʌ ɡ h ʌ n t ə ɹ /
n1
a zoologist who studies insects;

- syn. bugologist, entomologist;

bug out
v1
bulge outward;

- "His eyes popped";

- syn. bulge, bulge out, come out, pop, pop out, protrude, start;

bugaboo / b ʌ ɡ ə b u /
n1
an imaginary monster used to frighten children;

- syn. bogeyman, booger, boogeyman, bugbear;

n2
a source of concern;

- "the old bugaboo of inflation still bothers them";

Buganda
n1
a state of Uganda and site of a former Bantu kingdom;

bugbane / b ʌ ɡ b eɪ n /
n1
North American plant having large leaves and yellowish green flowers growing in racemes;

- yields a toxic alkaloid used medicinally;

- syn. American hellebore, Indian poke, Veratrum viride, white hellebore;

n2
a plant of the genus Cimicifuga having flowers in long racemes or panicles reported to be distasteful to insects;

bugbear / b ʌ ɡ b eə , b ʌ ɡ b eə ɹ /
n1
an imaginary monster used to frighten children;

- syn. bogeyman, booger, boogeyman, bugaboo;

n2
an object of dread or apprehension;

- "Germany was always a bugbear for France";

- "A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds"--Ralph Waldo Emerson;

- syn. hobgoblin;

bugged / b ʌ ɡ d /
a1
having hidden electronic eavesdropping devices;

- "wired hotel rooms";

- "even the car is bugged";

- sim. wired;

bugger / b ʌ ɡ ə , b ʌ ɡ ə ɹ /
n1
someone who engages in anal copulation (especially a male who engages in anal copulation with another male);

- syn. sod, sodomist, sodomite;

v1
practice anal sex upon;

- syn. sodomise, sodomize;

bugger all
n1
little or nothing at all;

- "I asked for a raise and they gave me bugger-all";

- "I know sweet Fanny Adams about surgery";

- syn. Fanny Adams, fuck all, sweet Fanny Adams;

bugger off
v1
leave immediately;

- used usually in the imperative form;

- "Scram!";

- syn. buzz off, fuck off, get, scram;

buggery / b ʌ ɡ ə ɹ i /
n1
intercourse via the anus, committed by a man with a man or woman;

- syn. anal intercourse, anal sex, sodomy;

bugginess / b ʌ ɡ ɪ n ə s /
n1
the state of having bugs;

buggy / b ʌ ɡ i /
n1
a small lightweight carriage;

- drawn by a single horse;

- syn. roadster;

a1
informal or slang terms for mentally irregular;

- "it used to drive my husband balmy";

- syn. around the bend, balmy, barmy, bats, batty, bonkers, cracked, crackers, daft, dotty, fruity, haywire, kookie, kooky, loco, loony, loopy, nuts, nutty, round the bend, wacky, whacky;

- sim. insane;

a2
infested with bugs;

- sim. dirty;

buggy whip
n1
a horsewhip once used by a driver of a buggy;

- "since buggies have been replaced by cars the buggy whip has become a symbol for anything that is hopelessly outmoded";

bugle / b j u ɡ ɫ /
n1
a brass instrument without valves;

- used for military calls and fanfares;

n2
any of various low-growing annual or perennial evergreen herbs native to Eurasia;

- used for ground cover;

- syn. bugleweed;

n3
a tubular glass or plastic bead sewn onto clothing for decoration;

v1
play on a bugle;

bugle call
n1
a signal broadcast by the sound of a bugle;

bugler / b j u ɡ ɫ ə , b j u ɡ ɫ ə ɹ /
n1
someone who plays a bugle;

bugleweed
n1
a mildly narcotic and astringent aromatic herb having small whitish flowers;

- eastern United States;

- syn. Lycopus virginicus;

n2
any of various low-growing annual or perennial evergreen herbs native to Eurasia;

- used for ground cover;

- syn. bugle;

bugloss / b j u ɡ ɫ ɒ s /
n1
perennial or biennial herb cultivated for its delicate usually blue flowers;

- syn. Anchusa officinalis, alkanet;

n2
widespread European weed with spiny tongue-shaped leaves and yellow flowers;

- naturalized in United States;

- syn. Picris echioides, bitterweed, bristly oxtongue, oxtongue;

bugologist
n1
a zoologist who studies insects;

- syn. bug-hunter, entomologist;

bugology
n1
the branch of zoology that studies insects;

- syn. entomology;

buhl / b u ɫ /
n1
an inlaid furniture decoration;

- tortoiseshell and yellow and white metal form scrolls in cabinetwork;

- syn. boule, boulle;

build / b ɪ ɫ d /
n1
constitution of the human body;

- syn. body-build, habitus, physique;

n2
alternative names for the body of a human being;

- "Leonardo studied the human body";

- "he has a strong physique";

- "the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak";

- syn. anatomy, bod, chassis, figure, flesh, form, frame, human body, material body, physical body, physique, shape, soma;

v1
make by combining materials and parts;

- "this little pig made his house out of straw";

- "Some eccentric constructed an electric brassiere warmer";

- syn. construct, make;

v2
form or accumulate steadily;

- "Resistance to the manager's plan built up quickly";

- "Pressure is building up at the Indian-Pakistani border";

- syn. build up, progress, work up;

v3
build or establish something abstract;

- "build a reputation";

- syn. establish;

v4
improve the cleansing action of;

- "build detergents";

v5
order, supervise, or finance the construction of;

- "The government is building new schools in this state";

v6
give form to, according to a plan;

- "build a modern nation";

- "build a million-dollar business";

v7
be engaged in building;

- "These architects build in interesting and new styles";

v8
found or ground;

- "build a defense on nothing but the accused person's reputation";

v9
bolster or strengthen;

- "We worked up courage";

- "build up confidence";

- "ramp up security in the airports";

- syn. build up, ramp up, work up;

v10
develop and grow;

- "Suspense was building right from the beginning of the opera";

build in
v1
make something an integral part of something else;

- "we can build in a special clause to make the contract better for you";

build on
v1
be based on;

- of theories and claims, for example;

- "What's this new evidence based on?";

- syn. build upon, repose on, rest on;

build up
v1
enlarge, develop, or increase by degrees or in stages;

- "build up your savings";

v2
form or accumulate steadily;

- "Resistance to the manager's plan built up quickly";

- "Pressure is building up at the Indian-Pakistani border";

- syn. build, progress, work up;

v3
prepare oneself for a military confrontation;

- "The U.S. is girding for a conflict in the Middle East";

- "troops are building up on the Iraqi border";

- syn. arm, fortify, gird;

v4
bolster or strengthen;

- "We worked up courage";

- "build up confidence";

- "ramp up security in the airports";

- syn. build, ramp up, work up;

v5
change the use of and make available or usable;

- "develop land";

- "The country developed its natural resources";

- "The remote areas of the country were gradually built up";

- syn. develop;

build upon
v1
be based on;

- of theories and claims, for example;

- "What's this new evidence based on?";

- syn. build on, repose on, rest on;

builder / b ɪ ɫ d ə , b ɪ ɫ d ə ɹ /
n1
a substance added to soaps or detergents to increase their cleansing action;

- syn. detergent builder;

n2
a person who creates a business or who organizes and develops a country;

- "empire builder";

n3
someone who contracts for and supervises construction (as of a building);

- syn. constructor;

building / b ɪ ɫ d ɪ ŋ /
n1
a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place;

- "there was a three-story building on the corner";

- "it was an imposing edifice";

- syn. edifice;

n2
the act of constructing something;

- "during the construction we had to take a detour";

- "his hobby was the building of boats";

- syn. construction;

n3
the commercial activity involved in repairing old structures or constructing new ones;

- "their main business is home construction";

- "workers in the building trades";

- syn. construction;

n4
the occupants of a building;

- "the entire building complained about the noise";

building block
n1
a single undivided natural thing occurring in the composition of something else;

- "units of nucleic acids";

- syn. unit;

n2
a block of material used in construction work;

building code
n1
set of standards established and enforced by local government for the structural safety of buildings;

building complex
n1
a whole structure (as a building) made up of interconnected or related structures;

- syn. complex;

building department
n1
the division of a business responsible for building and maintaining the physical plant;

- syn. plant department;

building material
n1
material used for constructing buildings;

building permit
n1
a document authorizing the holder to construct a building of a particular kind on a particular lot;

building site
n1
a lot on which there are no permanent buildings;

- syn. vacant lot;

building society
n1
British equivalent of United States savings and loan association;

building supply house
n1
a store where builders can purchase materials for building houses and related structures;

- syn. building supply store;

building supply store
n1
a store where builders can purchase materials for building houses and related structures;

- syn. building supply house;

buildup / b ɪ ɫ d ʌ p /
n1
the act of building up an accumulation;

- "I envied his rapid buildup of assets";

- "a military buildup in preparation for the invasion";

n2
the result of the process of accumulation;

- "the buildup of leaves blocked the drain pipes";

n3
highly favorable publicity and praise;

- "his letter of recommendation gave her a terrific buildup";

built / b ɪ ɫ t /
a1
(used of soaps or cleaning agents) having a substance (an abrasive or filler) added to increase effectiveness;

- "the built liquid detergents";

- syn. reinforced;

- sim. improved;

built-in / b ɪ ɫ t ɪ n /
a1
existing as an essential constituent or characteristic;

- "the Ptolemaic system with its built-in concept of periodicity";

- "a constitutional inability to tell the truth";

- syn. constitutional, inbuilt, inherent, integral;

- sim. intrinsic;

built-in bed
n1
a bed that is built in and fixed to a wall;

built-soap powder
n1
soap in powdered form mixed with alkaline builders;

- syn. soap powder, washing powder;

built-up / b ɪ ɫ t ʌ p /
a1
peopled with settlers;

- "the built-up areas";

- sim. settled;

built in bed
n1
a bed on a ship or train;

- usually in tiers;

- syn. berth, bunk;

buirdly
a1
muscular and heavily built;

- "a beefy wrestler";

- "had a tall burly frame";

- "clothing sizes for husky boys";

- "a strapping boy of eighteen";

- "`buirdly' is a Scottish term";

- syn. beefy, burly, husky, strapping;

- sim. robust;

Bujumbura
n1
the capital and largest city of Burundi;

- "Usumbura was renamed Bujumbura when Burundi became independent in 1962";

- syn. Usumbura, capital of Burundi;

Bukharin
n1
Bolshevik leader in Russia who advocated gradual collectivism of the farms;

- was executed in a purge by Stalin (1888-1938);

- syn. Nikolai Ivanovich Bukharin;

Bulawayo
n1
industrial city in southwestern Zimbabwe;

bulb / b ʌ ɫ b /
n1
a modified bud consisting of a thickened globular underground stem serving as a reproductive structure;

n2
electric lamp consisting of a transparent or translucent glass housing containing a wire filament (usually tungsten) that emits light when heated by electricity;

- syn. electric-light bulb, electric light, incandescent lamp, light bulb, lightbulb;

n3
a rounded part of a cylindrical instrument (usually at one end);

- "the bulb of a syringe";

n4
anything with a round shape resembling a teardrop;

n5
lower or hindmost part of the brain;

- continuous with spinal cord;

- (`bulb' is an old term for medulla oblongata);

- "the medulla oblongata is the most vital part of the brain because it contains centers controlling breathing and heart functioning";

- syn. medulla, medulla oblongata;

n6
a rounded dilation or expansion in a canal or vessel or organ;

bulb-shaped
a1
shaped like a bulb;

- syn. bulblike, bulbous;

- sim. round;

bulbaceous / b ʌ ɫ b eɪ ʃ ə s /
a1
producing or growing from bulbs;

bulbar
a1
involving the medulla oblongata;

- "bulbar paralysis";

bulbar conjunctiva
n1
the part of the conjunctiva covering the anterior face of the sclera and the surface epithelium of the cornea;

- syn. conjunctival layer of bulb, tunica conjunctiva bulbi;

bulbed / b ʌ ɫ b d /
a1
having a bulb;

bulbil
n1
small bulb or bulb-shaped growth arising from the leaf axil or in the place of flowers;

- syn. bulblet;

bulblet
n1
small bulb or bulb-shaped growth arising from the leaf axil or in the place of flowers;

- syn. bulbil;

bulblet bladder fern
n1
North American fern often bearing bulbils on the leaflets;

- syn. Cystopteris bulbifera, berry fern, bulblet fern;

bulblet fern
n1
North American fern often bearing bulbils on the leaflets;

- syn. Cystopteris bulbifera, berry fern, bulblet bladder fern;

bulblike
a1
shaped like a bulb;

- syn. bulb-shaped, bulbous;

- sim. round;

bulbourethral gland
n1
either of two glands that discharge a component of seminal fluid into the urethra;

- homologous to Bartholin's gland in the female;

- syn. Cowper's gland;

bulbous / b ʌ ɫ b ə s /
a1
shaped like a bulb;

- syn. bulb-shaped, bulblike;

- sim. round;

a2
curving outward;

- syn. bellied, bellying, bulging, bulgy, protuberant;

- sim. protrusive;

bulbous iris
n1
any of various irises having a rootstock formed like a bulb;

bulbous plant
n1
plant growing from a bulb;

bulbul / b ʊ ɫ b ʊ ɫ /
n1
nightingale spoken of in Persian poetry;

Bulgaria / b ʌ ɫ ɡ eə ɹ ɪə /
n1
a republic in the eastern part of the Balkan Peninsula in southeastern Europe;

- syn. Republic of Bulgaria;

Bulgarian / b ʌ ɫ ɡ eə ɹ ɪə n /
n1
a native or inhabitant of Bulgaria;

n2
a Slavic language spoken in Bulgaria;

a1
of or relating to or characteristic of Bulgaria or its people;

- "the Bulgarian capital is Sofia";

Bulgarian capital
n1
capital and largest city of Bulgaria located in western Bulgaria;

- syn. Serdica, Sofia;

Bulgarian monetary unit
n1
monetary unit in Bulgaria;

bulge / b ʌ ɫ dʒ /
n1
something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings;

- "the gun in his pocket made an obvious bulge";

- "the hump of a camel";

- "he stood on the rocky prominence";

- "the occipital protuberance was well developed";

- "the bony excrescence between its horns";

- syn. bump, excrescence, extrusion, gibbosity, gibbousness, hump, jut, prominence, protrusion, protuberance, swelling;

v1
swell or protrude outwards;

- "His stomach bulged after the huge meal";

- syn. pouch, protrude;

v2
bulge out;

- form a bulge outward, or be so full as to appear to bulge;

- syn. bag;

v3
bulge outward;

- "His eyes popped";

- syn. bug out, bulge out, come out, pop, pop out, protrude, start;

v4
cause to bulge or swell outwards;

- syn. bulk;

bulge out
v1
bulge outward;

- "His eyes popped";

- syn. bug out, bulge, come out, pop, pop out, protrude, start;

bulghur
n1
parched crushed wheat;

- syn. bulgur, bulgur wheat;

bulginess
n1
the property possessed by a rounded convexity;

- syn. roundedness;

bulging / b ʌ ɫ dʒ ɪ ŋ /
a1
curving or bulging outward;

- syn. convex;

- also protrusive;

- sim. bell-shaped, biconvex, broken-backed, convexo-concave, gibbous, helmet-shaped, planoconvex, umbellate;

a2
curving outward;

- syn. bellied, bellying, bulbous, bulgy, protuberant;

- sim. protrusive;

bulgur
n1
parched crushed wheat;

- syn. bulghur, bulgur wheat;

bulgur pilaf
n1
pilaf made with bulgur wheat instead of rice and usually without meat;

bulgur wheat
n1
parched crushed wheat;

- syn. bulghur, bulgur;

bulgy / b ʌ ɫ dʒ i /
a1
curving outward;

- syn. bellied, bellying, bulbous, bulging, protuberant;

- sim. protrusive;

bulima nervosa
n1
a disorder of eating in which the person alternates between strong craving for food and aversion to food;

- characterized by excessive eating followed by periods of fasting or self-induced vomiting;

- syn. binge-purge syndrome, binge-vomit syndrome, bulimarexia;

bulimarexia
n1
a disorder of eating in which the person alternates between strong craving for food and aversion to food;

- characterized by excessive eating followed by periods of fasting or self-induced vomiting;

- syn. binge-purge syndrome, binge-vomit syndrome, bulima nervosa;

bulimia
n1
a disorder of eating seen among young women who go on eating binges and then feel guilt and depression and self-condemnation;

- syn. binge-eating syndrome;

n2
pathologically insatiable hunger (especially when caused by brain lesions);

bulimic
n1
a person suffering from bulimia;

a1
suffering from bulimia;

bulk / b ʌ ɫ k /
n1
the property resulting from being or relating to the greater in number of two parts;

- the main part;

- "the majority of his customers prefer it";

- "the bulk of the work is finished";

- syn. majority;

n2
the property of something that is great in magnitude;

- "it is cheaper to buy it in bulk";

- "he received a mass of correspondence";

- "the volume of exports";

- syn. mass, volume;

n3
the property possessed by a large mass;

v1
stick out or up;

- "The parcel bulked in the sack";

v2
cause to bulge or swell outwards;

- syn. bulge;

bulk large
v1
hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacing;

- "The terrible vision brooded over her all day long";

- syn. brood, hover, loom;

bulk mail
n1
mail consisting of large numbers of identical items (circulars or advertisements) sent to individual addresses at less than 1st-class rates and paid for in one lot;

bulk modulus
n1
the ratio of the change in pressure acting on a volume to the fractional change in volume;

bulkhead / b ʌ ɫ k h ɛ d /
n1
a partition that divides a ship or plane into compartments;

bulkiness / b ʌ ɫ k ɪ n ə s /
n1
an unwieldy largeness;

- syn. massiveness;

bulky / b ʌ ɫ k i /
a1
of large size for its weight;

- sim. large;

bull / b ʊ ɫ /
n1
uncastrated adult male of domestic cattle;

n2
a large and strong and heavyset man;

- "he was a bull of a man";

- "a thick-skinned bruiser ready to give as good as he got";

- syn. Samson, bruiser, strapper;

n3
obscene words for unacceptable behavior;

- "I put up with a lot of bullshit from that jerk";

- "what he said was mostly bull";

- syn. Irish bull, bullshit, crap, dogshit, horseshit, shit;

n4
a serious and ludicrous blunder;

- "he made a bad bull of the assignment";

n5
uncomplimentary terms for a policeman;

- syn. cop, copper, fuzz, pig;

n6
an investor with an optimistic market outlook;

- an investor who expects prices to rise and so buys now for resale later;

n7
(astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Taurus;

- syn. Taurus;

n8
the second sign of the zodiac;

- the sun is in this sign from about April 20 to May 20;

- syn. Taurus, Taurus the Bull;

n9
the center of a target;

- syn. bull's eye;

n10
a formal proclamation issued by the pope (usually written in antiquated characters and sealed with a leaden bulla);

- syn. papal bull;

n11
mature male of various mammals of which the female is called `cow';

- e.g. whales or elephants or especially cattle;

v1
push or force;

- "He bulled through his demands";

- syn. bull through;

v2
try to raise the price of stocks through speculative buying;

v3
speak insincerely or without regard for facts or truths;

- "The politician was not well prepared for the debate and faked it";

- syn. bullshit, fake, talk through one's hat;

v4
advance in price;

- "stocks were bulling";

bull's-eye / b ʊ ɫ z aɪ /
n1
a lantern with a single opening and a sliding panel that can be closed to conceal the light;

- syn. dark lantern;

bull's eye
n1
in target shooting: a score made by hitting the center of the target;

- "in repeated sets of five shots his numbers of bull's-eyes varied";

n2
the center of a target;

- syn. bull;

n3
something that exactly succeeds in achieving its goal;

- "the new advertising campaign was a bell ringer";

- "scored a bull's eye";

- "hit the mark";

- "the president's speech was a home run";

- syn. bell ringer, home run, mark;

bull-snake
n1
any of several large harmless rodent-eating North American burrowing snakes;

- syn. bull snake;

bull bay
n1
evergreen tree of southern United States having large stiff glossy leaves and huge white sweet-smelling flowers;

- syn. Magnolia grandiflora, evergreen magnolia, large-flowering magnolia, southern magnolia;

bull fiddle
n1
largest and lowest member of the violin family;

- syn. bass fiddle, bass viol, contrabass, double bass, string bass;

bull market
n1
a market characterized by rising prices for securities;

bull mastiff
n1
large powerful breed developed by crossing the bulldog and the mastiff;

Bull Moose Party
n1
a former political party in the United States;

- founded by Theodore Roosevelt during the presidential campaign of 1912;

- its emblem was a picture of a bull moose;

- syn. Progressive Party;

bull neck
n1
a thick short powerful neck;

bull nettle
n1
coarse prickly weed having pale yellow flowers and yellow berrylike fruit;

- common throughout southern and eastern United States;

- syn. Solanum carolinense, ball nettle, ball nightshade, horse nettle;

bull nose
n1
a disease of pigs resulting in swelling of the snout;

bull pine
n1
common and widely distributed tall timber pine of western North America having dark green needles in bunches of 2 to 5 and thick bark with dark brown plates when mature;

- syn. Pinus ponderosa, ponderosa, ponderosa pine, western yellow pine;

Bull Run
n1
a creek in northeastern Virginia where two battles were fought in the American Civil War;

n2
either of two battles during the American Civil War (1861 and 1862);

- Confederate forces defeated the Federal army in both battles;

- syn. Battle of Bull Run;

bull session
n1
an informal discussion (usually among men);

bull shark
n1
a most common shark in temperate and tropical coastal waters worldwide;

- heavy-bodied and dangerous;

- syn. Carcharhinus leucas, cub shark;

bull snake
n1
any of several large harmless rodent-eating North American burrowing snakes;

- syn. bull-snake;

bull terrier
n1
a powerful short-haired terrier originated in England by crossing the bulldog with terriers;

- syn. bullterrier;

bull thistle
n1
European thistle with rather large heads and prickly leaves;

- extensively naturalized as a weed in the United States;

- syn. Cirsium lanceolatum, Cirsium vulgare, boar thistle, spear thistle;

bull through
v1
push or force;

- "He bulled through his demands";

- syn. bull;

bull tongue
n1
a heavy plow with a single wide blade;

- used chiefly in cotton fields;

bulla
n1
(pathology) an elevation of the skin filled with serous fluid;

- syn. bleb, blister;

n2
the round leaden seal affixed to a papal bull;

bullace / b ʊ ɫ ɪ s /
n1
small wild or half-domesticated Eurasian plum bearing small ovoid fruit in clusters;

- syn. Prunus insititia;

bullace grape
n1
dull-purple grape of southern United States;

- syn. muscadine;

bullate
a1
of leaves;

- appearing puckered as if blistered;

- sim. rough;

bullbat
n1
mainly nocturnal North American goatsucker;

- syn. mosquito hawk, nighthawk;

bullbrier
n1
a very prickly woody vine of the eastern United States growing in tangled masses having tough round stems with shiny leathery leaves and small greenish flowers followed by clusters of inedible shiny black berries;

- syn. Smilax rotundifolia, briar, brier, catbrier, greenbrier, horse-brier, horse brier;

bulldog / b ʊ ɫ d ɒ ɡ /
n1
a sturdy thickset short-haired breed with a large head and strong undershot lower jaw;

- developed originally in England for bull baiting;

- syn. English bulldog;

v1
attack viciously and ferociously;

v2
throw a steer by seizing the horns and twisting the neck, as in a rodeo;

bulldog ant
n1
any of the large fierce Australian ants of the genus Myrmecia;

bulldog clip
n1
a clip with a spring that closes the metal jaws;

- syn. alligator clip;

bulldog wrench
n1
a wrench designed to provide a firm grip on something;

bulldoze / b ʊ ɫ d oʊ z /
v1
flatten with or as if with a bulldozer;

bulldozer / b ʊ ɫ d oʊ z ə , b ʊ ɫ d oʊ z ə ɹ /
n1
large powerful tractor;

- a large blade in front flattens areas of ground;

- syn. dozer;

bullet / b ʊ ɫ ɪ t /
n1
a projectile that is fired from a gun;

- syn. slug;

n2
a high-speed passenger train;

- syn. bullet train;

n3
(baseball) a pitch thrown with maximum velocity;

- "he swung late on the fastball";

- "he showed batters nothing but smoke";

- syn. fastball, heater, hummer, smoke;

bullet-headed / b ʊ ɫ ɪ t h ɛ d ɪ d /
a1
obstinate and stupid;

- syn. bullheaded, pigheaded;

- sim. stubborn;

a2
having a small round head;

- sim. brachycephalic;

bullet fingerprinting
n1
identification of the gun that fired a bullet from an analysis of the unique marks that every gun makes on the bullet it fires and on the shell ejected from it;

- syn. ballistic fingerprinting, ballistic identification;

bullet hole
n1
a hole made by a bullet passing through it;

bullet train
n1
a high-speed passenger train;

- syn. bullet;

bullet vote
v1
vote cumulatively and distribute the votes according to some principle;

bullethead
n1
a head shaped like a bullet;

bulletin / b ʊ ɫ ə t ɪ n /
n1
a brief report (especially an official statement issued for immediate publication or broadcast);

v1
make public by bulletin;

bulletin board
n1
a computer that is running software that allows users to leave messages and access information of general interest;

- syn. bbs, bulletin board system, electronic bulletin board;

n2
a board that hangs on a wall;

- displays announcements;

- syn. notice board;

bulletin board system
n1
a computer that is running software that allows users to leave messages and access information of general interest;

- syn. bbs, bulletin board, electronic bulletin board;

bulletproof / b ʊ ɫ ɪ t p ɹ u f /
v1
make bulletproof;

- "bulletproof the car";

a1
without flaws or loopholes;

- "an ironclad contract";

- "a watertight alibi";

- "a bulletproof argument";

- syn. unassailable, unshakable, watertight;

- sim. incontestable;

a2
not penetrable by bullets;

- "bulletproof glass";

- "bulletproof vest";

- sim. armored;

bulletproof vest
n1
a vest capable of resisting the impact of a bullet;

bullfight / b ʊ ɫ f aɪ t /
n1
a Spanish or Portuguese or Latin American spectacle;

- a matador baits and (usually) kills a bull in an arena before many spectators;

- syn. corrida;

bullfighter / b ʊ ɫ f aɪ t ə , b ʊ ɫ f aɪ t ə ɹ /
n1
someone who fights bulls;

- syn. toreador;

bullfighting / b ʊ ɫ f aɪ t ɪ ŋ /
n1
the activity at a bullfight;

- syn. tauromachy;

Bullfinch / b ʊ ɫ f ɪ n tʃ /
n1
United States architect who designed the Capitol Building in Washington which served as a model for state capitols throughout the United States (1763-1844);

- syn. Charles Bullfinch;

n2
common European finch mostly black and white with red throat and breast;

- syn. Pyrrhula pyrrhula;

bullfrog / b ʊ ɫ f ɹ ɒ ɡ /
n1
largest North American frog;

- highly aquatic with a deep-pitched voice;

- syn. Rana catesbeiana;

bullhead / b ʊ ɫ h ɛ d /
n1
freshwater sculpin with a large flattened bony-plated head with hornlike spines;

n2
any of several common freshwater catfishes of the United States;

- syn. bullhead catfish;

bullhead catfish
n1
any of several common freshwater catfishes of the United States;

- syn. bullhead;

bullheaded / b ʊ ɫ h ɛ d ɪ d /
a1
obstinate and stupid;

- syn. bullet-headed, pigheaded;

- sim. stubborn;

bullheadedness / b ʊ ɫ h ɛ d ɪ d n ə s /
n1
resolute adherence to your own ideas or desires;

- syn. obstinacy, obstinance, pigheadedness, self-will, stubbornness;

bullhorn / b ʊ ɫ h ɔ n /
n1
a portable loudspeaker with built-in microphone and amplifier;

- syn. loud-hailer, loud hailer;

bullion / b ʊ ɫ ɪə n /
n1
a mass of precious metal;

n2
gold or silver in bars or ingots;

bullish / b ʊ ɫ ɪ ʃ /
a1
expecting a rise in prices;

- sim. optimistic;

bullnecked
a1
having a thick short powerful neck;

- sim. strong;

bullnose / b ʊ ɫ n oʊ z /
n1
a small carpenter's plane with the cutting edge near the front;

- syn. bullnosed plane;

bullnosed plane
n1
a small carpenter's plane with the cutting edge near the front;

- syn. bullnose;

bullock / b ʊ ɫ ə k /
n1
young bull;

n2
castrated bull;

- syn. steer;

bullock's heart
n1
small tropical American tree bearing a bristly heart-shaped acid tropical fruit;

- syn. Annona reticulata, bullock's heart tree, bullock heart;

n2
large heart-shaped tropical fruit with soft acid pulp;

- syn. Jamaica apple;

bullock's heart tree
n1
small tropical American tree bearing a bristly heart-shaped acid tropical fruit;

- syn. Annona reticulata, bullock's heart, bullock heart;

Bullock's oriole
n1
western subspecies of northern oriole;

- syn. Icterus galbula bullockii;

bullock block
n1
a pulley-block at the head of a topmast;

- syn. bollock;

bullock heart
n1
small tropical American tree bearing a bristly heart-shaped acid tropical fruit;

- syn. Annona reticulata, bullock's heart, bullock's heart tree;

bullocky
a1
resembling a bullock in strength and power;

- "thick bullocky shoulders";

- sim. strong;

bullpen / b ʊ ɫ p ɛ n /
n1
a place on a baseball field where relief pitchers can warm up during a game;

n2
a large cell where prisoners (people awaiting trial or sentence or refugees or illegal immigrants) are confined together temporarily;

- syn. detention cell, detention centre;

bullring / b ʊ ɫ ɹ ɪ ŋ /
n1
a stadium where bullfights take place;

bullrush / b ʊ ɫ ɹ ʌ ʃ /
n1
tall marsh plant with cylindrical seed heads that explode when mature shedding large quantities of down;

- its long flat leaves are used for making mats and chair seats;

- of North America, Europe, Asia and North Africa;

- syn. Typha latifolia, bulrush, cat's-tail, nailrod, reed mace, reedmace;

n2
tall rush with soft erect or arching stems found in Eurasia, Australia, New Zealand, and common in North America;

- syn. Juncus effusus, bulrush, common rush, soft rush;

bullshit / b ʊ ɫ ʃ ɪ t /
n1
obscene words for unacceptable behavior;

- "I put up with a lot of bullshit from that jerk";

- "what he said was mostly bull";

- syn. Irish bull, bull, crap, dogshit, horseshit, shit;

v1
speak insincerely or without regard for facts or truths;

- "The politician was not well prepared for the debate and faked it";

- syn. bull, fake, talk through one's hat;

bullshot
n1
a cocktail made with vodka and beef bouillon or consomme;

bullterrier
n1
a powerful short-haired terrier originated in England by crossing the bulldog with terriers;

- syn. bull terrier;

bully / b ʊ ɫ i /
n1
a cruel and brutal fellow;

- syn. hooligan, roughneck, rowdy, ruffian, tough, yob, yobbo, yobo;

n2
a hired thug;

v1
be bossy towards;

- "Her big brother always bullied her when she was young";

- syn. ballyrag, boss around, browbeat, bullyrag, hector, push around, strong-arm;

v2
discourage or frighten with threats or a domineering manner;

- intimidate;

- syn. browbeat, swagger;

a1
very good;

- "he did a bully job";

- "a neat sports car";

- "had a great time at the party";

- "you look simply smashing";

- "we had a grand old time";

- syn. bang-up, corking, cracking, dandy, great, groovy, keen, neat, nifty, not bad, old, peachy, slap-up, smashing, swell;

- sim. good;

bully beef
n1
beef cured or pickled in brine;

- syn. corn beef, corned beef;

bully off
v1
start a game by a face-off;

- syn. face off;

bully pulpit
n1
a public office of sufficiently high rank that it provides the holder with an opportunity to speak out and be listened to on any matter;

- "the American presidency is a bully pulpit";

bully tree
n1
a tropical hardwood tree yielding balata gum and heavy red timber;

- syn. Manilkara bidentata, balata, balata tree, beefwood;

bullyboy / b ʊ ɫ i b ɔɪ /
n1
a swaggering tough;

- usually one acting as an agent of a political faction;

bullying / b ʊ ɫ ɪ ih ŋ /
n1
the act of intimidating a weaker person to make them do something;

- syn. intimidation;

a1
noisily domineering;

- tending to browbeat others;

- syn. blustery;

- sim. domineering;

bullyrag / b ʊ ɫ ɪr æ ɡ /
v1
be bossy towards;

- "Her big brother always bullied her when she was young";

- syn. ballyrag, boss around, browbeat, bully, hector, push around, strong-arm;

Bulnesia
n1
palo santo;

- syn. genus Bulnesia;

Bulnesia sarmienti
n1
South American tree of dry interior regions of Argentina and Paraguay having resinous heartwood used for incense;

- syn. palo santo;

bulrush / b ʊ ɫ ɹ ʌ ʃ /
n1
tall marsh plant with cylindrical seed heads that explode when mature shedding large quantities of down;

- its long flat leaves are used for making mats and chair seats;

- of North America, Europe, Asia and North Africa;

- syn. Typha latifolia, bullrush, cat's-tail, nailrod, reed mace, reedmace;

n2
tall rush with soft erect or arching stems found in Eurasia, Australia, New Zealand, and common in North America;

- syn. Juncus effusus, bullrush, common rush, soft rush;

bulrush millet
n1
tall grass having cattail like spikes;

- grown in Africa and Asia for its grain and in the United States chiefly for forage;

- sometimes used in making beer;

- syn. Pennisetum Americanum, Pennisetum glaucum, cattail millet, pearl millet;

Bultmann
n1
a Lutheran theologian in Germany (1884-1976);

- syn. Rudolf Bultmann, Rudolf Karl Bultmann;

bulwark / b ʊ ɫ w ə k /
n1
an embankment built around a space for defensive purposes;

- "they stormed the ramparts of the city";

- "they blew the trumpet and the walls came tumbling down";

- syn. rampart, wall;

n2
a fencelike structure around a deck (usually plural);

n3
a protective structure of stone or concrete;

- extends from shore into the water to prevent a beach from washing away;

- syn. breakwater, groin, groyne, jetty, mole, seawall;

v1
defend with a bulwark;

Bulwer-Lytton
n1
English writer of historical romances (1803-1873);

- syn. Edward George Earle Bulwer-Lytton, First Baron Lytton, Lytton;

bum / b ʌ m /
n1
a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible;

- "only a rotter would do that";

- "kill the rat";

- "throw the bum out";

- "you cowardly little pukes!";

- "the British call a contemptible person a `git'";

- syn. crumb, dirty dog, git, lowlife, puke, rat, rotter, scum bag, skunk, so-and-so, stinker, stinkpot;

n2
a vagrant;

- "a homeless tramp";

- "he tried to help the really down-and-out bums";

- syn. hobo, tramp;

n3
person who does no work;

- "a lazy bum";

- syn. do-nothing, idler, layabout, loafer;

n4
the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on;

- "he deserves a good kick in the butt";

- "are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?";

- syn. arse, ass, backside, behind, bottom, buns, butt, buttocks, can, derriere, fanny, fundament, hind end, hindquarters, keister, nates, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, seat, stern, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush;

v1
ask for and get free;

- be a parasite;

- syn. cadge, grub, mooch, sponge;

v2
be lazy or idle;

- "Her son is just bumming around all day";

- syn. arse about, arse around, bum about, bum around, frig around, fuck off, loaf, loll, loll around, lounge about, lounge around, waste one's time;

a1
of very poor quality;

- flimsy;

- syn. cheap, cheesy, chintzy, crummy, punk, sleazy, tinny;

- sim. inferior;

bum about
v1
be lazy or idle;

- "Her son is just bumming around all day";

- syn. arse about, arse around, bum, bum around, frig around, fuck off, loaf, loll, loll around, lounge about, lounge around, waste one's time;

bum around
v1
be lazy or idle;

- "Her son is just bumming around all day";

- syn. arse about, arse around, bum, bum about, frig around, fuck off, loaf, loll, loll around, lounge about, lounge around, waste one's time;

bumble / b ʌ m b ɫ /
v1
make a mess of, destroy or ruin;

- "I botched the dinner and we had to eat out";

- "the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement";

- syn. ball up, blow, bobble, bodge, bollix, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up, botch, botch up, bungle, flub, fluff, foul up, fuck up, fumble, louse up, mess up, mishandle, muck up, muff, screw up, spoil;

v2
walk unsteadily;

- "The drunk man stumbled about";

- syn. falter, stumble;

v3
speak haltingly;

- "The speaker faltered when he saw his opponent enter the room";

- syn. falter, stammer, stutter;

bumblebee / b ʌ m b ɫ b i /
n1
robust hairy social bee of temperate regions;

- syn. humblebee;

bumbler / b ʌ m b ɫ ə /
n1
someone who makes mistakes because of incompetence;

- syn. blunderer, botcher, bungler, butcher, fuckup, fumbler, sad sack, stumbler;

bumbling / b ʌ m b ɫ ɪ ŋ /
a1
lacking physical movement skills, especially with the hands;

- "a bumbling mechanic";

- "a bungling performance";

- "ham-handed governmental interference";

- "could scarcely empty a scuttle of ashes, so handless was the poor creature"- Mary H. Vorse;

- syn. bungling, butterfingered, ham-fisted, ham-handed, handless, heavy-handed, left-handed;

- sim. maladroit;

bumboat / b ʌ m b oʊ t /
n1
a small boat that ferries supplies and commodities for sale to a larger ship at anchor;

Bumelia
n1
deciduous or evergreen American shrubs small trees having very hard wood and milky latex;

- syn. genus Bumelia;

Bumelia lanuginosa
n1
deciduous tree of southeastern United States and Mexico;

- syn. black haw, chittamwood, chittimwood, false buckthorn, shittimwood;

Bumelia lycioides
n1
shrubby thorny deciduous tree of southeastern United States with white flowers and small black drupaceous fruit;

- syn. mock orange, shittim, shittimwood, southern buckthorn;

bumf
n1
reading materials (documents, written information) that you must read and deal with but that you think are extremely boring;

- syn. bumph;

bummer
n1
an experience that is irritating or frustrating or disappointing;

- "having to stand in line so long was a real bummer";

n2
a bad reaction to a hallucinogenic drug;

bump / b ʌ m p /
n1
a lump on the body caused by a blow;

n2
something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings;

- "the gun in his pocket made an obvious bulge";

- "the hump of a camel";

- "he stood on the rocky prominence";

- "the occipital protuberance was well developed";

- "the bony excrescence between its horns";

- syn. bulge, excrescence, extrusion, gibbosity, gibbousness, hump, jut, prominence, protrusion, protuberance, swelling;

n3
an impact (as from a collision);

- "the bump threw him off the bicycle";

- syn. blow;

v1
knock against with force or violence;

- "My car bumped into the tree";

- syn. knock;

- also bump into;

v2
come upon, as if by accident;

- meet with;

- "We find this idea in Plato";

- "I happened upon the most wonderful bakery not very far from here";

- "She chanced upon an interesting book in the bookstore the other day";

- syn. chance, encounter, find, happen;

v3
dance erotically or dance with the pelvis thrust forward;

- "bump and grind";

v4
assign to a lower position;

- reduce in rank;

- "She was demoted because she always speaks up";

- "He was broken down to Sergeant";

- syn. break, demote, kick downstairs, relegate;

- also bump off;

v5
remove or force from a position of dwelling previously occupied;

- "The new employee dislodged her by moving into her office space";

- syn. dislodge;

bump around
v1
shock physically;

- "Georgia was shaken up in the Tech game";

- syn. jar, shake up;

bump into
v1
collide violently with an obstacle;

- "I ran into the telephone pole";

- syn. butt against, jar against, knock against, run into;

bump off
v1
kill intentionally and with premeditation;

- "The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered";

- syn. dispatch, hit, murder, off, polish off, remove, slay;

bump up
v1
increase or raise;

- "OPEC bumped up the price of oil";

bumper / b ʌ m p ə , b ʌ m p ə ɹ /
n1
a glass filled to the brim (especially as a toast);

- "we quaffed a bumper of ale";

n2
a mechanical device consisting of bars at either end of a vehicle to absorb shock and prevent serious damage;

bumper-to-bumper
a1
used of traffic;

- "bumper-to-bumper traffic";

- sim. slow;

bumper car
n1
a small low-powered electrically powered vehicle driven on a special platform where there are many others to be dodged;

- syn. Dodgem;

bumper guard
n1
vertical bars attached to a bumper to prevent locking bumpers with another vehicle;

bumper jack
n1
a jack for lifting a motor vehicle by the bumper;

bumph
n1
reading materials (documents, written information) that you must read and deal with but that you think are extremely boring;

- syn. bumf;

bumpiness / b ʌ m p ɪ n ə s /
n1
the texture of a surface that has many bumps;

bumpkin / b ʌ m p k ɪ n /
n1
a person who is not very intelligent or interested in culture;

- syn. chawbacon, hayseed, hick, rube, yahoo, yokel;

bumpkinly
a1
awkwardly simple and provincial;

- "bumpkinly country boys";

- "rustic farmers";

- "a hick town";

- "the nightlife of Montmartre awed the unsophisticated tourists";

- syn. hick, rustic, unsophisticated;

- sim. provincial;

bumptious / b ʌ m p ʃ ə s /
a1
offensively self-assertive;

- syn. self-assertive;

- sim. forward;

bumptiously / b ʌ m p ʃ ə s ɫ i /
r1
in a bumptious manner;

- "he behaved rather bumptiously and offended the hostess";

bumptiousness / b ʌ m p ʃ ə s n ə s /
n1
offensive boldness and assertiveness;

- syn. cockiness, forwardness, pushiness;

bumpy / b ʌ m p i /
a1
causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements;

- "a rough ride";

- syn. jolting, jolty, jumpy, rocky, rough;

a2
covered with or full of bumps;

- "a bumpy country road";

- sim. rough;

bun / b ʌ n /
n1
small rounded bread either plain or sweet;

- syn. roll;

bun-fight
n1
(Briticism) a grand formal party on an important occasion;

- syn. bunfight;

buna / b u n ə /
n1
made by polymerizing butadiene;

- syn. buna rubber;

buna rubber
n1
made by polymerizing butadiene;

- syn. buna;

bunce
n1
a sudden happening that brings good fortune (as a sudden opportunity to make money);

- "the demand for testing has created a boom for those unregulated laboratories where boxes of specimen jars are processed like an assembly line";

- syn. bonanza, boom, godsend, gold rush, gravy, manna from heaven, windfall;

bunch / b ʌ n tʃ /
n1
a grouping of a number of similar things;

- "a bunch of trees";

- "a cluster of admirers";

- syn. clump, cluster, clustering;

n2
an informal body of friends;

- "he still hangs out with the same crowd";

- syn. crew, crowd, gang;

n3
any collection in its entirety;

- "she bought the whole caboodle";

- syn. caboodle, lot;

v1
form into a bunch;

- "The frightened children bunched together in the corner of the classroom";

- syn. bunch together, bunch up;

v2
gather or cause to gather into a cluster;

- "She bunched her fingers into a fist";

- syn. bundle, clump, cluster;

bunch grass
n1
any of various grasses of many genera that grow in tufts or clumps rather than forming a sod or mat;

- chiefly of western United States;

- syn. bunchgrass;

bunch together
v1
form into a bunch;

- "The frightened children bunched together in the corner of the classroom";

- syn. bunch, bunch up;

bunch up
v1
form into a bunch;

- "The frightened children bunched together in the corner of the classroom";

- syn. bunch, bunch together;

bunchberry
n1
creeping perennial herb distinguished by red berries and clustered leaf whorls at the tips of shoots;

- Greenland to Alaska;

- syn. Cornus canadensis, crackerberry, dwarf cornel, pudding berry;

Bunche
n1
United States diplomat and United Nations official (1904-1971);

- syn. Ralph Bunche, Ralph Johnson Bunche;

bunchgrass
n1
any of various grasses of many genera that grow in tufts or clumps rather than forming a sod or mat;

- chiefly of western United States;

- syn. bunch grass;

bunchy
a1
occurring close together in bunches or clusters;

- sim. concentrated;

bunco / b ʌ ŋ k oʊ /
n1
a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property;

- syn. bunco game, bunko, bunko game, con, con game, confidence game, confidence trick, flimflam, hustle, sting;

v1
deprive of by deceit;

- "He swindled me out of my inheritance";

- "She defrauded the customers who trusted her";

- syn. con, defraud, diddle, goldbrick, hornswoggle, mulct, nobble, rook, scam, short-change, swindle, victimize;

bunco game
n1
a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property;

- syn. bunco, bunko, bunko game, con, con game, confidence game, confidence trick, flimflam, hustle, sting;

buncombe / b ʌ ŋ k ə m /
n1
unacceptable behavior (especially ludicrously false statements);

- syn. bunk, bunkum, guff, hogwash, rot;

Bundesbank / b ʌ n d ɛ z b æ ŋ k /
n1
the central bank of Germany;

bundle / b ʌ n d ɫ /
n1
a collection of things wrapped or boxed together;

- syn. package, packet, parcel;

n2
a package of several things tied together for carrying or storing;

- syn. sheaf;

n3
a large sum of money (especially as pay or profit);

- "she made a bundle selling real estate";

- "they sank megabucks into their new house";

- syn. big bucks, big money, megabucks, pile;

v1
make into a bundle;

- "he bundled up his few possessions";

- syn. bundle up, roll up;

v2
gather or cause to gather into a cluster;

- "She bunched her fingers into a fist";

- syn. bunch, clump, cluster;

v3
compress into a wad;

- "wad paper into the box";

- syn. compact, pack, wad;

- also bundle off;

v4
sleep fully clothed in the same bed with one's betrothed;

- syn. practice bundling;

bundle of His
n1
a bundle of modified heart muscle that transmits the cardiac impulse from the atrioventricular node to the ventricles causing them to contract;

- syn. atrioventricular bundle, atrioventricular trunk, truncus atrioventricularis;

bundle off
v1
send off unceremoniously;

bundle up
v1
make into a bundle;

- "he bundled up his few possessions";

- syn. bundle, roll up;

v2
dress warmly;

- "Mother bundled up the children for the long way to school";

bundled-up
a1
dressed warmly;

- "bundled-up sailors and soldiers";

- sim. clothed;

bundling / b ʌ n d ɫ ɪ ŋ /
n1
a onetime custom during courtship of unmarried couples occupying the same bed without undressing;

n2
the act of binding something into a bundle;

n3
the act of shoving hastily;

- "she complained about bundling the children off to school";

bunfight
n1
(Briticism) a grand formal party on an important occasion;

- syn. bun-fight;

bung / b ʌ ŋ /
n1
a plug used to close a hole in a barrel or flask;

- syn. spile;

v1
give a tip or gratuity to in return for a service, beyond the compensation agreed on;

- "Remember to tip the waiter";

- "fee the steward";

- syn. fee, tip;

v2
close with a cork or stopper;

bungaloid / b ʌ ŋ ɡ ə ɫ ɔɪ d /
a1
characterized by bungalows;

- "the bungaloid suburbs";

bungalow / b ʌ ŋ ɡ ə ɫ oʊ /
n1
a small house with a single story;

- syn. cottage;

Bungarus
n1
kraits;

- syn. genus Bungarus;

Bungarus fasciatus
n1
sluggish krait banded with black and yellow;

- syn. banded adder, banded krait;

bungee / b ʌ n dʒ i /
n1
an elasticized rope;

- syn. bungee cord;

bungee cord
n1
an elasticized rope;

- syn. bungee;

bunghole / b ʌ ŋ h oʊ ɫ /
n1
vulgar slang for anus;

- syn. arse, arsehole, asshole;

n2
a hole in a barrel or cask;

- used to fill or empty it;

bungle / b ʌ ŋ ɡ ɫ /
n1
an embarrassing mistake;

- syn. bloomer, blooper, blunder, boner, boo-boo, botch, flub, foul-up, fuckup, pratfall;

v1
make a mess of, destroy or ruin;

- "I botched the dinner and we had to eat out";

- "the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement";

- syn. ball up, blow, bobble, bodge, bollix, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up, botch, botch up, bumble, flub, fluff, foul up, fuck up, fumble, louse up, mess up, mishandle, muck up, muff, screw up, spoil;

v2
spoil by behaving clumsily or foolishly;

- "I bungled it!";

bungled / b ʌ ŋ ɡ ɫ d /
a1
spoiled through incompetence or clumsiness;

- "a bungled job";

- syn. botched;

- sim. unskilled;

bungler / b ʌ ŋ ɡ ɫ ə , b ʌ ŋ ɡ ɫ ə ɹ /
n1
someone who makes mistakes because of incompetence;

- syn. blunderer, botcher, bumbler, butcher, fuckup, fumbler, sad sack, stumbler;

bunglesome
a1
difficult to handle or manage especially because of shape;

- "an awkward bundle to carry";

- "a load of bunglesome paraphernalia";

- "clumsy wooden shoes";

- "the cello, a rather ungainly instrument for a girl";

- syn. awkward, clumsy, ungainly;

- sim. unwieldy;

bungling / b ʌ ŋ ɡ ɫ ɪ ŋ /
a1
showing lack of skill or aptitude;

- "a bungling workman";

- "did a clumsy job";

- "his fumbling attempt to put up a shelf";

- syn. clumsy, fumbling, incompetent;

- sim. unskilled;

a2
lacking physical movement skills, especially with the hands;

- "a bumbling mechanic";

- "a bungling performance";

- "ham-handed governmental interference";

- "could scarcely empty a scuttle of ashes, so handless was the poor creature"- Mary H. Vorse;

- syn. bumbling, butterfingered, ham-fisted, ham-handed, handless, heavy-handed, left-handed;

- sim. maladroit;

bunion / b ʌ n ɪə n /
n1
a painful swelling of the bursa of the first joint of the big toe;

bunji-bunji
n1
Australian timber tree whose bark yields a poison;

- syn. Flindersia schottiana;

bunk / b ʌ ŋ k /
n1
a long trough for feeding cattle;

- syn. feed bunk;

n2
a bed on a ship or train;

- usually in tiers;

- syn. berth, built in bed;

n3
a rough bed (as at a campsite);

n4
unacceptable behavior (especially ludicrously false statements);

- syn. buncombe, bunkum, guff, hogwash, rot;

n5
a message that seems to convey no meaning;

- syn. hokum, meaninglessness, nonsense, nonsensicality;

n6
beds built one above the other;

- syn. bunk bed;

v1
avoid paying;

- "beat the subway fare";

- syn. beat;

v2
provide with a bunk;

- "We bunked the children upstairs";

v3
flee;

- take to one's heels;

- cut and run;

- "If you see this man, run!";

- "The burglars escaped before the police showed up";

- syn. break away, escape, fly the coop, head for the hills, hightail it, lam, run, run away, scarper, scat, take to the woods, turn tail;

bunk bed
n1
beds built one above the other;

- syn. bunk;

bunk down
v1
go to bed;

- "We bedded down at midnight";

- syn. bed down;

bunk off
v1
play truant from work or school;

- "The boy often plays hooky";

- syn. play hooky;

bunker / b ʌ ŋ k ə , b ʌ ŋ k ə ɹ /
n1
a hazard on a golf course;

- syn. sand trap, trap;

n2
a large container for storing fuel;

- "the ship's bunkers were full of coal";

n3
a fortification of earth;

- mostly or entirely below ground;

- syn. dugout;

v1
hit a golf ball into a bunker;

v2
fill (a ship's bunker) with coal or oil;

v3
transfer cargo from a ship to a warehouse;

Bunker Buster
n1
a 5,000 pound laser-guided bomb that can be programmed to penetrate to a given depth before exploding;

- used to penetrate hardened underground facilities;

- syn. GBU-28, Guided Bomb Unit-28;

Bunker Hill
n1
the first important battle of the American War of Independence (1775) which was fought at Breed's Hill;

- the British defeated the colonial forces;

- syn. battle of Bunker Hill;

bunker mentality
n1
defensiveness resulting from repeated attacks;

- "after so many suicide bombings the Israelis have to resist developing a bunker mentality";

bunkmate / b ʌ ŋ k m eɪ t /
n1
someone who occupies the same sleeping quarters as yourself;

bunko
n1
a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property;

- syn. bunco, bunco game, bunko game, con, con game, confidence game, confidence trick, flimflam, hustle, sting;

bunko game
n1
a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property;

- syn. bunco, bunco game, bunko, con, con game, confidence game, confidence trick, flimflam, hustle, sting;

bunkum / b ʌ ŋ k ə m /
n1
unacceptable behavior (especially ludicrously false statements);

- syn. buncombe, bunk, guff, hogwash, rot;

bunny / b ʌ n i /
n1
a young waitress in a nightclub whose costume includes the tail and ears of a rabbit;

- syn. bunny girl;

n2
(usually informal) especially a young rabbit;

- syn. bunny rabbit;

bunny girl
n1
a young waitress in a nightclub whose costume includes the tail and ears of a rabbit;

- syn. bunny;

bunny hug
n1
a syncopated ballroom dance formerly popular in the US;

bunny rabbit
n1
(usually informal) especially a young rabbit;

- syn. bunny;

buns / b ʌ n z /
n1
the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on;

- "he deserves a good kick in the butt";

- "are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?";

- syn. arse, ass, backside, behind, bottom, bum, butt, buttocks, can, derriere, fanny, fundament, hind end, hindquarters, keister, nates, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, seat, stern, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush;

Bunsen / b ʌ n s n /
n1
German chemist who with Kirchhoff pioneered spectrum analysis but is remembered mainly for his invention of the Bunsen burner (1811-1899);

- syn. Robert Bunsen, Robert Wilhelm Bunsen;

n2
a gas burner used in laboratories;

- has an air valve to regulate the mixture of gas and air;

- syn. bunsen burner, etna;

bunsen burner
n1
a gas burner used in laboratories;

- has an air valve to regulate the mixture of gas and air;

- syn. bunsen, etna;

bunt / b ʌ n t /
n1
(baseball) the act of hitting a baseball lightly without swinging the bat;

n2
disease of wheat characterized by replacement of the grains with greasy masses of smelly smut spores;

- syn. stinking smut;

n3
similar to Tilletia caries;

- syn. Tilletia foetida, stinking smut;

n4
fungus that destroys kernels of wheat by replacing them with greasy masses of smelly spores;

- syn. Tilletia caries;

v1
hit a ball in such a way so as to make it go a short distance;

- syn. drag a bunt;

v2
to strike, thrust or shove against;

- "He butted his sister out of the way";

- "The goat butted the hiker with his horns";

- syn. butt;

buntal / b ʌ n t ɫ /
n1
fine white Philippine fiber from stalks of unopened leaves of talipot palms;

- used in making hats;

bunter / b ʌ n t ə , b ʌ n t ə ɹ /
n1
a batter who bunts;

bunting / b ʌ n t ɪ ŋ /
n1
a loosely woven fabric used for flags, etc.;

n2
any of numerous seed-eating songbirds of Europe or North America;

Bunuel
n1
Spanish film director (1900-1983);

- syn. Luis Bunuel;

bunya bunya
n1
Australian conifer bearing two-inch seeds tasting like roasted chestnuts;

- among the aborigines the tree is hereditary property protected by law;

- syn. Araucaria bidwillii, bunya bunya tree;

n2
nut tasting like roasted chestnuts;

- a staple food of Australian aborigines;

bunya bunya tree
n1
Australian conifer bearing two-inch seeds tasting like roasted chestnuts;

- among the aborigines the tree is hereditary property protected by law;

- syn. Araucaria bidwillii, bunya bunya;

Bunyan
n1
English preacher and author of an allegorical novel, Pilgrim's Progress (1628-1688);

- syn. John Bunyan;

n2
a legendary giant lumberjack of the north woods of the United States and Canada;

- "Paul Bunyan had a blue ox named Babe";

- "the lakes of Minnesota began when Paul Bunyan and Babe's footprints filled with water";

- syn. Paul Bunyan;

Bunyaviridae
n1
a large family of arboviruses that affect a wide range of hosts (mainly vertebrates and arthropods);

bunyavirus
n1
an animal virus belonging to the family Bunyaviridae;

- can be used as a bioweapon;

buoy / b ɔɪ /
n1
bright-colored;

- a float attached by rope to the seabed to mark channels in a harbor or underwater hazards;

v1
float on the surface of water;

v2
keep afloat;

- "The life vest buoyed him up";

- syn. buoy up;

v3
mark with a buoy;

buoy up
v1
become more cheerful;

- "after a glass of wine, he lightened up a bit";

- syn. lighten, lighten up;

v2
make more cheerful;

- "the conversation lightened me up a bit";

- syn. lighten, lighten up;

v3
keep afloat;

- "The life vest buoyed him up";

- syn. buoy;

buoyancy / b ɔɪ ə n s i /
n1
cheerfulness that bubbles to the surface;

- syn. perkiness;

n2
the property of something weightless and insubstantial;

- syn. airiness;

n3
the tendency to float in water or other liquid;

n4
irrepressible liveliness and good spirit;

- "I admired his buoyancy and persistent good humor";

- syn. irrepressibility;

buoyant / b ɔɪ ə n t /
a1
tending to float on a liquid or rise in air or gas;

- "buoyant balloons";

- "buoyant balsawood boats";

- "a floaty scarf";

- syn. floaty;

- sim. light;

a2
characterized by liveliness and lightheartedness;

- "buoyant spirits";

- "his quick wit and chirpy humor";

- "looking bright and well and chirpy";

- "a perky little widow in her 70s";

- syn. chirpy, perky;

- sim. cheerful;

buoyantly / b ɔɪ ə n t ɫ i /
r1
in a cheerfully buoyant manner;

- "we accepted the opportunity buoyantly";

- syn. chirpily;

Buphthalmum
n1
oxeye;

- syn. genus Buphthalmum;

Buphthalmum salicifolium
n1
hairy Eurasian perennial having deep yellow daisies on lax willowy stems;

- found in the wild in open woodland and on rocky slopes;

- syn. woodland oxeye;

bur / b ɝ , b ɝ ɹ /
n1
seed vessel having hooks or prickles;

- syn. burr;

n2
small bit used in dentistry or surgery;

- syn. burr;

v1
remove the burrs from;

- syn. burr;

bur-reed family
n1
coextensive with the genus Sparganium;

- syn. Sparganiaceae, family Sparganiaceae;

bur grass
n1
a grass of the genus Cenchrus;

- syn. burgrass;

bur marigold
n1
any of several plants of the genus Bidens having yellow flowers and prickly fruits that cling to fur and clothing;

- syn. beggar's-ticks, beggar-ticks, burr marigold, sticktight;

bur oak
n1
medium to large deciduous oak of central and eastern North America with ovoid acorns deeply immersed in large fringed cups;

- yields tough close-grained wood;

- syn. Quercus macrocarpa, burr oak, mossy-cup oak, mossycup oak;

bur reed
n1
marsh plant having elongated linear leaves and round prickly fruit;

Bura
n1
a Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad;

- syn. Pabir;

Burbage
n1
English actor who was the first to play the leading role in several of Shakespeare's tragedies (1567-1619);

- syn. Richard Burbage;

Burbank / b ɝ ɹ b æ ŋ k /
n1
United States horticulturist who developed many new varieties of fruits and vegetables and flowers (1849-1926);

- syn. Luther Burbank;

Burberry / b ɝ b ə ɹ i /
n1
a lightweight belted raincoat typically made of tan gabardine with a distinctive tartan lining;

- named for the original manufacturer;

burble / b ɝ b ɫ /
v1
flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise;

- "babbling brooks";

- syn. babble, bubble, guggle, gurgle, ripple;

burbling / b ɝ b ɫ ɪ ŋ /
a1
uttered with unrestrained enthusiasm;

- "a novel told in burbly panting tones";

- syn. burbly, effusive, gushing;

- sim. lively;

burbly / b ɝ b ɫ i /
a1
uttered with unrestrained enthusiasm;

- "a novel told in burbly panting tones";

- syn. burbling, effusive, gushing;

- sim. lively;

burbot
n1
elongate freshwater cod of northern Europe and Asia and North America having barbels around its mouth;

- syn. Lota lota, cusk, eelpout, ling;

Burchell's zebra
n1
of the plains of central and eastern Africa;

- syn. Equus Burchelli, common zebra;

burden / b ɝ d n /
n1
an onerous or difficult concern;

- "the burden of responsibility";

- "that's a load off my mind";

- syn. encumbrance, incumbrance, load, onus;

n2
weight to be borne or conveyed;

- syn. load, loading;

n3
the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work;

- syn. core, effect, essence, gist;

n4
the central idea that is expanded in a document or discourse;

v1
weight down with a load;

- syn. burthen, weight, weight down;

v2
impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to;

- "He charged her with cleaning up all the files over the weekend";

- syn. charge, saddle;

burden of proof
n1
the duty of proving a disputed charge;

burdened / b ɝ d n d /
a1
bearing a heavy burden of work or difficulties or responsibilities;

- "she always felt burdened by the load of paper work";

- sim. bowed down, laden, saddled;

a2
bearing a physically heavy weight or load;

- "tree limbs burdened with ice";

- "a heavy-laden cart";

- "loaded down with packages";

- syn. heavy-laden, loaded down;

- sim. encumbered;

burdenless
a1
not encumbered with a physical burden or load;

- syn. unburdened;

- sim. unencumbered;

burdensome / b ɝ d n s ə m /
a1
not easily borne;

- wearing;

- "the burdensome task of preparing the income tax return";

- "my duties weren't onerous;

- I only had to greet the guests";

- "a taxing schedule";

- syn. onerous, taxing;

- sim. heavy;

burdensomeness / b ɝ d n s ə m n ɪ s /
n1
unwelcome burdensome difficulty;

- syn. heaviness, onerousness, oppressiveness;

burdock / b ɝ d ɒ k /
n1
any of several erect biennial herbs of temperate Eurasia having stout taproots and producing burs;

- syn. clotbur;

bureau / b j ʊə ɹ oʊ /
n1
an administrative unit of government;

- "the Central Intelligence Agency";

- "the Census Bureau";

- "Office of Management and Budget";

- "Tennessee Valley Authority";

- syn. agency, authority, federal agency, government agency, office;

n2
furniture with drawers for keeping clothes;

- syn. chest, chest of drawers, dresser;

bureau de change
n1
(French) an establishment where you can exchange foreign money;

Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms
n1
the law enforcement and tax collection agency of the Treasury Department that enforces federal laws concerning alcohol and tobacco products and firearms and explosives and arson;

- syn. ATF;

Bureau of Customs
n1
the agency of the Treasury Department that enforces import tariffs;

- syn. Customs Bureau, Customs Service, USCB;

Bureau of Diplomatic Security
n1
the bureau in the State Department that is responsible for the security of diplomats and embassies overseas;

- syn. DS;

Bureau of Engraving and Printing
n1
the agency of the Treasury Department that produces currency;

Bureau of Intelligence and Research
n1
an agency that is the primary source in the State Department for interpretive analyses of global developments and focal point for policy issues and activities of the Intelligence Community;

- syn. INR;

Bureau of Justice Assistance
n1
the bureau in the Department of Justice that assists local criminal justice systems to reduce or prevent crime and violence and drug abuse;

- syn. BJA;

Bureau of Justice Statistics
n1
the agency in the Department of Justice that is the primary source of criminal justice statistics for federal and local policy makers;

- syn. BJS;

Bureau of the Census
n1
the bureau of the Commerce Department responsible for taking the census;

- provides demographic information and analyses about the population of the United States;

- syn. Census Bureau;

bureaucracy / b j ʊə ɹ ɒ k ɹ ə s i /
n1
nonelective government officials;

- syn. bureaucratism;

n2
a government that is administered primarily by bureaus that are staffed with nonelective officials;

n3
any organization in which action is obstructed by insistence on unnecessary procedures and red tape;

bureaucrat / b j ʊə ɹ ə k ɹ æ t /
n1
an official of a bureaucracy;

- syn. administrative official;

bureaucratic / b j ʊə ɹ ə k ɹ æ t ɪ k /
a1
of or relating to or resembling a bureaucrat or bureaucracy;

- "his bureaucratic behavior annoyed his colleagues";

- "a bureaucratic nightmare";

bureaucratic procedure
n1
needlessly time-consuming procedure;

- syn. red tape;

bureaucratically / b j ʊə ɹ ə k ɹ æ t ɪ k ɫ i /
r1
in a bureaucratic manner;

- "his bureaucratically petty behavior annoyed her";

r2
with respect to bureaucracy;

- "it's bureaucratically complicated";

bureaucratism / b j ʊə ɹ ə k ɹ æ t ɪ z ə m /
n1
nonelective government officials;

- syn. bureaucracy;

buret
n1
measuring instrument consisting of a graduated glass tube with a tap at the bottom;

- used for titration;

- syn. burette;

burette / b j ʊə ɹ ɛ t /
n1
measuring instrument consisting of a graduated glass tube with a tap at the bottom;

- used for titration;

- syn. buret;

burg / b ɝ ɡ /
n1
colloquial American term for a town;

- "I've lived in this burg all my life";

burgeon / b ɝ dʒ ə n /
v1
grow and flourish;

- "The burgeoning administration";

- "The burgeoning population";

burgeon forth
v1
produce buds, branches, or germinate;

- "the potatoes sprouted";

- syn. bourgeon, germinate, pullulate, shoot, sprout, spud;

Burger / b ɝ ɡ ə , b ɝ ɡ ə ɹ /
n1
United States jurist appointed chief justice of the United States Supreme Court by Richard Nixon (1907-1995);

- syn. Warren Burger, Warren E. Burger, Warren Earl Burger;

n2
a sandwich consisting of a fried cake of minced beef served on a bun, often with other ingredients;

- syn. beefburger, hamburger;

Burgess / b ɝ dʒ ɪ s /
n1
English writer of satirical novels (1917-1993);

- syn. Anthony Burgess;

n2
a citizen of an English borough;

- syn. burgher;

burgh / b ʌ ɹ ə /
n1
a borough in Scotland;

burgher / b ɝ ɡ ə , b ɝ ɡ ə ɹ /
n1
a citizen of an English borough;

- syn. burgess;

n2
a member of the middle class;

- syn. bourgeois;

burglar / b ɝ ɡ ɫ ə , b ɝ ɡ ɫ ə ɹ /
n1
a thief who enters a building with intent to steal;

burglar alarm
n1
a loud warning signal produced by a burglar alarm;

- "they could hear the burglar alarm a mile away";

n2
a warning device that is tripped off by the occurrence of a burglary;

burglarious / b ɝ ɡ ɫ eə ɹ ɪə s /
a1
involving or resembling burglary;

- "burglarious tools";

burglarise
v1
commit a burglary;

- enter and rob a dwelling;

- syn. burglarize, burgle, heist;

burglarize / b ɝ ɡ ɫ ə ɹ aɪ z /
v1
commit a burglary;

- enter and rob a dwelling;

- syn. burglarise, burgle, heist;

burglarproof / b ɝ ɡ ɫ ə p ɹ u f /
a1
secure against burglary;

- sim. protected;

burglary / b ɝ ɡ ɫ ə ɹ i /
n1
entering a building unlawfully with intent to commit a felony or to steal valuable property;

burgle / b ɝ ɡ ɫ /
v1
commit a burglary;

- enter and rob a dwelling;

- syn. burglarise, burglarize, heist;

burgomaster / b ɝ ɡ ə m ɑ s t ə , b ɝ ɡ ə m ɑ s t ə ɹ /
n1
a mayor of a municipality in Germany or Holland or Flanders or Austria;

burgoo / b ɝ ɹ ɡ u /
n1
porridge made of rolled oats;

- syn. oatmeal;

n2
a gathering at which burgoo stew is served;

n3
thick spicy stew of whatever meat and whatever vegetables are available;

- southern United States;

Burgoyne
n1
British general in the American Revolution who captured Fort Ticonderoga but lost the battle of Saratoga in 1777 (1722-1792);

- syn. Gentleman Johnny, John Burgoyne;

burgrass
n1
a grass of the genus Cenchrus;

- syn. bur grass;

burgrave
n1
a nobleman ruling a German castle and surrounding grounds by hereditary right;

n2
the military governor of a German town in the 12th and 13th centuries;

Burgundy / b ɝ ɡ ə n d i /
n1
a former province of eastern France that is famous for its wines;

- syn. Bourgogne;

n2
red table wine from the Burgundy region of France (or any similar wine made elsewhere);

- syn. Burgundy wine;

n3
a dark purplish-red to blackish-red color;

Burgundy sauce
n1
reduced red wine with onions and parsley and thyme and butter;

- syn. bourguignon, bourguignon sauce;

Burgundy wine
n1
red table wine from the Burgundy region of France (or any similar wine made elsewhere);

- syn. Burgundy;

Burhinidae
n1
large wading birds resembling the plovers: stone curlews;

- syn. family Burhinidae;

Burhinus
n1
type genus of the Burhinidae: stone curlews;

- syn. genus Burhinus;

Burhinus oedicnemus
n1
large-headed large-eyed crepuscular or nocturnal shorebird of the Old World and tropical America having a thickened knee joint;

- syn. stone curlew, thick-knee;

burial / b ɛr ɪə ɫ /
n1
the ritual placing of a corpse in a grave;

- syn. entombment, inhumation, interment, sepulture;

n2
concealing something under the ground;

- syn. burying;

burial chamber
n1
a chamber that is used as a grave;

- syn. sepulcher, sepulchre, sepulture;

burial garment
n1
cloth used to cover a corpse in preparation for burial;

burial ground
n1
a tract of land used for burials;

- syn. burial site, burying ground, cemetery, graveyard, memorial park, necropolis;

burial mound
n1
(archeology) a heap of earth placed over prehistoric tombs;

- syn. barrow, grave mound, tumulus;

burial site
n1
a tract of land used for burials;

- syn. burial ground, burying ground, cemetery, graveyard, memorial park, necropolis;

burial vault
n1
a burial chamber (usually underground);

- syn. vault;

buried / b ɛr ɪ d /
a1
placed in a grave;

- "the hastily buried corpses";

- syn. inhumed, interred;

- sim. belowground;

burin / b j ʊə ɹ ɪ n /
n1
a chisel of tempered steel with a sharp point;

- used for engraving;

Burk
n1
United States frontierswoman and legendary figure of the Wild West noted for her marksmanship (1852-1903);

- syn. Burke, Calamity Jane, Martha Jane Burk, Martha Jane Burke;

burka
n1
a loose garment (usually with veiled holes for the eyes) worn by Muslim women especially in India and Pakistan;

- "the Taliban forced all women to wear the burqa";

- syn. burqa;

Burke / b ɝ k /
n1
British statesman famous for his oratory;

- pleaded the cause of the American colonists in British Parliament and defended the parliamentary system (1729-1797);

- syn. Edmund Burke;

n2
United States frontierswoman and legendary figure of the Wild West noted for her marksmanship (1852-1903);

- syn. Burk, Calamity Jane, Martha Jane Burk, Martha Jane Burke;

v1
murder without leaving a trace on the body;

v2
get rid of, silence, or suppress;

- "burke an issue";

burked / b ɝ k t /
a1
suppressed quietly or indirectly;

- sim. suppressed;

Burkina Faso
n1
a desperately poor landlocked country in western Africa;

- was formerly Upper Volta under French rule but gained independence in 1960;

- syn. Upper Volta;

Burkina Faso franc
n1
the basic unit of money in Burkina Faso;

burl
n1
the wood cut from a tree burl or outgrowth;

- often used decoratively in veneer;

n2
a large rounded outgrowth on the trunk or branch of a tree;

n3
soft lump or unevenness in a yarn;

- either an imperfection or created by design;

- syn. knot, slub;

v1
remove the burls from cloth;

burlap / b ɝ ɫ æ p /
n1
coarse jute fabric;

- syn. gunny;

burlap bag
n1
a bag made of burlap;

- syn. gunny sack, gunnysack;

burled / b ɝ ɹ ɫ ɛ d /
a1
(of wood) have a pattern from the grain of a tree burl;

- sim. patterned;

burlesque / b ɝ ɫ ɛ s k /
n1
a theatrical entertainment of broad and earthy humor;

- consists of comic skits and short turns (and sometimes striptease);

n2
a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way;

- syn. lampoon, mockery, parody, pasquinade, put-on, send-up, sendup, spoof, takeoff, travesty;

v1
make a parody of;

- "The students spoofed the teachers";

- syn. parody, spoof;

a1
relating to or characteristic of a burlesque;

- "burlesque theater";

Burlington / b ɝ ɹ ɫ ɪ ŋ t ə n /
n1
the largest city in Vermont;

- located in northwestern Vermont on Lake Champlain;

- site of the University of Vermont;

burly / b ɝ ɫ i /
a1
muscular and heavily built;

- "a beefy wrestler";

- "had a tall burly frame";

- "clothing sizes for husky boys";

- "a strapping boy of eighteen";

- "`buirdly' is a Scottish term";

- syn. beefy, buirdly, husky, strapping;

- sim. robust;

Burma / b ɝ m ə /
n1
a mountainous republic in southeastern Asia on the Bay of Bengal;

- "much opium is grown in Myanmar";

- syn. Myanmar, Union of Burma;

Burma padauk
n1
tree of India and Burma yielding a wood resembling mahogany;

- syn. Burmese rosewood, Pterocarpus macrocarpus;

Burmannia
n1
type genus of the Burmanniaceae;

- slender herbs of warm regions with leaves resembling scales and flowers with a three-angled or three-winged perianth;

- syn. genus Burmannia;

Burmanniaceae
n1
family of chiefly tropical herbs with basal leaves like bracts and small flowers;

- syn. family Burmanniaceae;

Burmeisteria
n1
a genus of Dasypodidae;

- syn. genus Burmeisteria;

Burmeisteria retusa
n1
of southern South America;

- syn. greater pichiciego;

Burmese / b ɝ m i z /
n1
a native or inhabitant of Myanmar;

n2
the official language of Burma;

a1
of or relating to or characteristic of Myanmar or its people;

- "the Burmese capital";

- "Burmese tonal languages";

Burmese-Yi
n1
the Tibeto-Burman language spoken in northern Burma and Yunnan;

- syn. Lolo-Burmese;

Burmese cat
n1
a short-haired breed with body similar to the Siamese cat but having a solid dark brown or grey coat;

Burmese rosewood
n1
tree of India and Burma yielding a wood resembling mahogany;

- syn. Burma padauk, Pterocarpus macrocarpus;

burn / b ɝ n /
n1
pain that feels hot as if it were on fire;

- syn. burning;

n2
a browning of the skin resulting from exposure to the rays of the sun;

- syn. sunburn, suntan, tan;

n3
an injury caused by exposure to heat or chemicals or radiation;

n4
a place or area that has been burned (especially on a person's body);

- syn. burn mark;

n5
damage inflicted by fire;

v1
destroy by fire;

- "They burned the house and his diaries";

- syn. burn down, fire;

v2
shine intensely, as if with heat;

- "The coals were glowing in the dark";

- "The candles were burning";

- syn. glow;

v3
undergo combustion;

- "Maple wood burns well";

- syn. combust;

v4
cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort;

- "The sun burned his face";

- syn. bite, sting;

v5
cause to burn or combust;

- "The sun burned off the fog";

- "We combust coal and other fossil fuels";

- syn. combust;

v6
feel strong emotion, especially anger or passion;

- "She was burning with anger";

- "He was burning to try out his new skies";

v7
cause to undergo combustion;

- "burn garbage";

- "The car burns only Diesel oil";

- syn. incinerate;

v8
execute by tying to a stake and setting alight;

- "Witches were burned in Salem";

v9
spend (significant amounts of money);

- "He has money to burn";

v10
feel hot or painful;

- "My eyes are burning";

v11
burn, sear, or freeze (tissue) using a hot iron or electric current or a caustic agent;

- "The surgeon cauterized the wart";

- syn. cauterise, cauterize;

v12
get a sunburn by overexposure to the sun;

- syn. sunburn;

v13
create by duplicating data;

- "cut a disk";

- "burn a CD";

- syn. cut;

v14
use up (energy);

- "burn off calories through vigorous exercise";

- syn. burn off, burn up;

v15
damage by burning with heat, fire, or radiation;

- "The iron burnt a hole in my dress";

burn bag
n1
a bag into which secret documents are placed before being burned;

burn center
n1
a center where patients with severe burns can be treated;

burn down
v1
burn completely;

- be consumed or destroyed by fire;

- "The hut burned down";

- "The mountain of paper went up in flames";

- syn. burn up, go up;

v2
destroy by fire;

- "They burned the house and his diaries";

- syn. burn, fire;

burn mark
n1
a place or area that has been burned (especially on a person's body);

- syn. burn;

burn off
v1
use up (energy);

- "burn off calories through vigorous exercise";

- syn. burn, burn up;

v2
clear land of its vegetation by burning it off;

burn out
v1
melt, break, or become otherwise unusable;

- "The lightbulbs blew out";

- "The fuse blew";

- syn. blow, blow out;

burn plant
n1
very short-stemmed plant with thick leaves with soothing mucilaginous juice;

- leaves develop spiny margins with maturity;

- native to Mediterranean region;

- grown widely in tropics and as houseplants;

- syn. Aloe vera;

burn up
v1
burn brightly;

- "Every star seemed to flare with new intensity";

- syn. blaze up, flame up, flare;

v2
use up (energy);

- "burn off calories through vigorous exercise";

- syn. burn, burn off;

v3
burn completely;

- be consumed or destroyed by fire;

- "The hut burned down";

- "The mountain of paper went up in flames";

- syn. burn down, go up;

burnability
n1
the quality of being capable of igniting and burning;

- syn. combustibility, combustibleness;

burnable / b ɝ n eɪ b ɫ /
a1
capable of burning;

- syn. ignitable, ignitible;

- sim. combustible;

burned / b ɝ n d /
a1
treated by heating to a high temperature but below the melting or fusing point;

- "burnt sienna";

- syn. burnt;

- sim. treated;

a2
destroyed or badly damaged by fire;

- "a row of burned houses";

- "a charred bit of burnt wood";

- "a burned-over site in the forest";

- "barricaded the street with burnt-out cars";

- syn. burned-out, burned-over, burnt, burnt-out;

- sim. destroyed;

a3
ruined by overcooking;

- "she served us underdone bacon and burnt biscuits";

- syn. burnt;

- sim. cooked;

burned-out
a1
exhausted as a result of longtime stress;

- "she was burned-out before she was 30";

- syn. burnt-out;

- sim. tired;

a2
inoperative as a result of heat or friction;

- "a burned-out picture tube";

- syn. burnt-out;

- sim. unserviceable;

a3
destroyed or badly damaged by fire;

- "a row of burned houses";

- "a charred bit of burnt wood";

- "a burned-over site in the forest";

- "barricaded the street with burnt-out cars";

- syn. burned, burned-over, burnt, burnt-out;

- sim. destroyed;

burned-over
a1
destroyed or badly damaged by fire;

- "a row of burned houses";

- "a charred bit of burnt wood";

- "a burned-over site in the forest";

- "barricaded the street with burnt-out cars";

- syn. burned, burned-out, burnt, burnt-out;

- sim. destroyed;

burner / b ɝ n ə , b ɝ n ə ɹ /
n1
an apparatus for burning fuel (or refuse);

- "a diesel engine is an oil burner";

n2
the heating elements of a stove or range on which pots and pans are placed for cooking;

- "the electric range had one large burner and three smaller one";

burnet bloodwort
n1
European garden herb with purple-tinged flowers and leaves that are sometimes used for salads;

- syn. Poterium sanguisorba, pimpernel, salad burnet;

Burnett / b ɝ ɹ n ɛ t /
n1
United States writer (born in England) remembered for her novels for children (1849-1924);

- syn. Frances Eliza Hodgson Burnett, Frances Hodgson Burnett;

Burnham / b ɝ n ə m /
n1
United States architect who designed the first important skyscraper with a skeleton (1846-1912);

- syn. Daniel Hudson Burnham;

burning / b ɝ n ɪ ŋ /
n1
the act of burning something;

- "the burning of leaves was prohibited by a town ordinance";

- syn. combustion;

n2
pain that feels hot as if it were on fire;

- syn. burn;

n3
a process in which a substance reacts with oxygen to give heat and light;

- syn. combustion;

n4
execution by electricity;

- syn. electrocution;

n5
execution by fire;

- syn. burning at the stake;

n6
a form of torture in which cigarettes or cigars or other hot implements are used to burn the victim's skin;

a1
of immediate import;

- "burning issues of the day";

- sim. important;

burning at the stake
n1
execution by fire;

- syn. burning;

burning bush
n1
(Old Testament) the bush that burned without being consumed and from which God spoke to Moses;

n2
deciduous shrub having purple capsules enclosing scarlet seeds;

- syn. Euonymus atropurpureus, wahoo;

n3
Eurasian perennial herb with white flowers that emit flammable vapor in hot weather;

- syn. Dictamnus alba, dittany, fraxinella, gas plant;

n4
densely branched Eurasian plant;

- foliage turns purple-red in autumn;

- syn. Bassia scoparia, Kochia scoparia, belvedere, fire-bush, fire bush, summer cypress;

burnish / b ɝ n ɪ ʃ /
n1
the property of being smooth and shiny;

- syn. gloss, glossiness, polish;

v1
polish and make shiny;

- "buff the wooden floors";

- "buff my shoes";

- syn. buff, furbish;

burnished / b ɝ n ɪ ʃ t /
a1
made smooth and bright by or as if by rubbing;

- reflecting a sheen or glow;

- "bright silver candlesticks";

- "a burnished brass knocker";

- "she brushed her hair until it fell in lustrous auburn waves";

- "rows of shining glasses";

- "shiny black patents";

- syn. bright, lustrous, shining, shiny;

- sim. polished;

burnoose / b ɝ ɹ n u s /
n1
a long hooded cloak woven of wool in one piece;

- worn by Arabs and Moors;

- syn. burnous, burnouse;

burnous / b ɝ n u s /
n1
a long hooded cloak woven of wool in one piece;

- worn by Arabs and Moors;

- syn. burnoose, burnouse;

burnouse / b ɝ n u s /
n1
a long hooded cloak woven of wool in one piece;

- worn by Arabs and Moors;

- syn. burnoose, burnous;

Burns / b ɝ n z /
n1
United States comedian and film actor (1896-1996);

- syn. George Burns, Nathan Birnbaum;

n2
celebrated Scottish poet (1759-1796);

- syn. Robert Burns;

Burnside / b ɝ n s aɪ d /
n1
United States general in the American Civil War who was defeated by Robert E. Lee at the Battle of Fredericksburg (1824-1881);

- syn. A. E. Burnside, Ambrose Everett Burnside;

n2
facial hair that has grown down the side of a man's face in front of the ears (especially when the rest of the beard is shaved off);

- syn. mutton chop, side-whiskers, sideburn;

burnt / b ɝ n t /
a1
ruined by overcooking;

- "she served us underdone bacon and burnt biscuits";

- syn. burned;

- sim. cooked;

a2
treated by heating to a high temperature but below the melting or fusing point;

- "burnt sienna";

- syn. burned;

- sim. treated;

a3
destroyed or badly damaged by fire;

- "a row of burned houses";

- "a charred bit of burnt wood";

- "a burned-over site in the forest";

- "barricaded the street with burnt-out cars";

- syn. burned, burned-out, burned-over, burnt-out;

- sim. destroyed;

burnt-out
a1
exhausted as a result of longtime stress;

- "she was burned-out before she was 30";

- syn. burned-out;

- sim. tired;

a2
inoperative as a result of heat or friction;

- "a burned-out picture tube";

- syn. burned-out;

- sim. unserviceable;

a3
destroyed or badly damaged by fire;

- "a row of burned houses";

- "a charred bit of burnt wood";

- "a burned-over site in the forest";

- "barricaded the street with burnt-out cars";

- syn. burned, burned-out, burned-over, burnt;

- sim. destroyed;

burnt lime
n1
a white crystalline oxide used in the production of calcium hydroxide;

- syn. calcined lime, calcium oxide, calx, fluxing lime, lime, quicklime, unslaked lime;

burnt sienna
n1
a shade of brown with a tinge of red;

- syn. Venetian red, mahogany, reddish brown, sepia;

n2
a reddish-brown pigment produced by roasting sienna;

burnt umber
n1
dark brown pigment obtained by heating umber;

n2
a medium brown to dark-brown color;

- syn. chocolate, coffee, deep brown, umber;

burnup
n1
a high-speed motorcycle race on a public road;

n2
the amount of fuel used up (as in a nuclear reactor);

burp / b ɝ p /
n1
a reflex that expels gas noisily from the stomach through the mouth;

- syn. belch, belching, burping, eructation;

v1
expel gas from the stomach;

- "Please don't burp at the table";

- syn. belch, bubble, eruct;

burp gun
n1
a fully automatic pistol;

- a small submachine gun;

- syn. machine pistol;

burping / b ɝ p ɪ ŋ /
n1
a reflex that expels gas noisily from the stomach through the mouth;

- syn. belch, belching, burp, eructation;

burqa
n1
a loose garment (usually with veiled holes for the eyes) worn by Muslim women especially in India and Pakistan;

- "the Taliban forced all women to wear the burqa";

- syn. burka;

burr / b ɝ , b ɝ ɹ /
n1
seed vessel having hooks or prickles;

- syn. bur;

n2
rough projection left on a workpiece after drilling or cutting;

n3
United States politician who served as vice president under Jefferson;

- he mortally wounded his political rival Alexander Hamilton in a duel and fled south (1756-1836);

- syn. Aaron Burr;

n4
rotary file for smoothing rough edges left on a workpiece;

n5
small bit used in dentistry or surgery;

- syn. bur;

v1
remove the burrs from;

- syn. bur;

burr-headed
a1
having a head of straight hair cut very short (hence bristly);

- sim. headed;

burr drill
n1
a high speed drill that dentists use to cut into teeth;

- syn. dentist's drill;

burr marigold
n1
any of several plants of the genus Bidens having yellow flowers and prickly fruits that cling to fur and clothing;

- syn. beggar's-ticks, beggar-ticks, bur marigold, sticktight;

burr oak
n1
medium to large deciduous oak of central and eastern North America with ovoid acorns deeply immersed in large fringed cups;

- yields tough close-grained wood;

- syn. Quercus macrocarpa, bur oak, mossy-cup oak, mossycup oak;

burrawong
n1
large attractive palmlike evergreen cycad of New South Wales;

- syn. Macrozamia communis, Macrozamia spiralis;

burred / b ɝ d , b ɝ ɹ d /
a1
having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.;

- "a horse with a short bristly mane";

- "bristly shrubs";

- "burred fruits";

- "setaceous whiskers";

- syn. barbed, barbellate, briary, briery, bristled, bristly, burry, prickly, setaceous, setose, spiny, thorny;

- sim. armed;

burrfish
n1
any of several fishes having rigid flattened spines;

Burrhus Frederic Skinner
n1
United States psychologist and a leading proponent of behaviorism (1904-1990);

- syn. B. F. Skinner, Fred Skinner, Skinner;

Burrill Bernard Crohn
n1
United States physician who specialized in diseases of the intestines;

- he was the first to describe regional ileitis which is now known as Crohn's disease (1884-1983);

- syn. Crohn;

burrito
n1
a flour tortilla folded around a filling;

burrlike
a1
resembling a burr;

- especially in being prickly;

burro
n1
small donkey used as a pack animal;

burro deer
n1
long-eared deer of western North America with two-pronged antlers;

- syn. Odocoileus hemionus, mule deer;

Burroughs / b ɝ ɹ r ʌ f s /
n1
United States writer noted for his works portraying the life of drug addicts (1914-1997);

- syn. William Burroughs, William S. Burroughs, William Seward Burroughs;

n2
United States inventor who patented the first practical adding machine (1855-1898);

- syn. William Seward Burroughs;

n3
United States novelist and author of the Tarzan stories (1875-1950);

- syn. Edgar Rice Burroughs;

burrow / b ʌ ɹ oʊ /
n1
a hole made by an animal, usually for shelter;

- syn. tunnel;

v1
move through by or as by digging;

- "burrow through the forest";

- syn. tunnel;

burry / b ʌ ɹ i /
a1
having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.;

- "a horse with a short bristly mane";

- "bristly shrubs";

- "burred fruits";

- "setaceous whiskers";

- syn. barbed, barbellate, briary, briery, bristled, bristly, burred, prickly, setaceous, setose, spiny, thorny;

- sim. armed;

Bursa / b ɝ s ə /
n1
a city in northwestern Turkey;

- syn. Brusa;

n2
a small fluid-filled sac located between movable parts of the body especially at joints;

bursa omentalis
n1
an isolated part of the peritoneal cavity that is dorsal to the stomach;

- syn. lesser peritoneal cavity, omental bursa;

bursal / b ɝ ɹ s æ ɫ /
a1
relating to or affecting a bursa;

bursar / b ɝ s ə , b ɝ s ə ɹ /
n1
the treasurer at a college or university;

bursary / b ɝ s ə ɹ i /
n1
the treasury of a public institution or religious order;

Bursera / b ɝ z ɪə ɹ ə /
n1
type genus of Burseraceae;

- tropical and subtropical American shrubs and trees some yielding timber and gum elemi;

- syn. genus Bursera;

Bursera microphylla
n1
small tree or shrub of the southwestern United States having a spicy odor and odd-pinnate leaves and small clusters of white flowers;

- syn. elephant tree;

Bursera simaruba
n1
tropical American tree yielding a reddish resin used in cements and varnishes;

- syn. gumbo-limbo;

Burseraceae
n1
resinous or aromatic chiefly tropical shrubs or trees;

- syn. family Burseraceae, torchwood family;

bursiform
a1
shaped like a pouch;

- syn. pouch-shaped, pouchlike, saclike;

- sim. concave;

bursitis
n1
inflammation of a bursa;

- frequently in the shoulder;

burst / b ɝ s t /
n1
the act of exploding or bursting;

- "the explosion of the firecrackers awoke the children";

- "the burst of an atom bomb creates enormous radiation aloft";

- syn. explosion;

n2
rapid simultaneous discharge of firearms;

- "our fusillade from the left flank caught them by surprise";

- syn. fusillade, salvo, volley;

n3
a sudden flurry of activity (often for no obvious reason);

- "a burst of applause";

- "a fit of housecleaning";

- syn. fit;

n4
a sudden intense happening;

- "an outburst of heavy rain";

- "a burst of lightning";

- syn. flare-up, outburst;

v1
come open suddenly and violently, as if from internal pressure;

- "The bubble burst";

- syn. break open, split;

v2
force out or release suddenly and often violently something pent up;

- "break into tears";

- "erupt in anger";

- syn. break, erupt;

v3
burst outward, usually with noise;

- "The champagne bottle exploded";

- syn. explode;

v4
move suddenly, energetically, or violently;

- "He burst out of the house into the cool night";

v5
be in a state of movement or action;

- "The room abounded with screaming children";

- "The garden bristled with toddlers";

- syn. abound, bristle;

v6
emerge suddenly;

- "The sun burst into view";

v7
cause to burst;

- "The ice broke the pipe";

- syn. collapse;

v8
break open or apart suddenly and forcefully;

- "The dam burst";

- syn. bust;

burst forth
v1
jump out from a hiding place and surprise (someone);

- "The attackers leapt out from the bushes";

- syn. leap out, rush out, sally out;

v2
be unleashed;

- emerge with violence or noise;

- "His anger exploded";

- syn. break loose, explode;

v3
come into or as if into flower;

- "These manifestations effloresced in the past";

- syn. effloresce;

burst in on
v1
spring suddenly;

- "He burst upon our conversation";

- syn. burst upon;

burst out
v1
give sudden release to an expression;

- "We burst out laughing";

- "`I hate you,' she burst out";

v2
appear suddenly;

- "Spring popped up everywhere in the valley";

- syn. pop out;

v3
erupt or intensify suddenly;

- "Unrest erupted in the country";

- "Tempers flared at the meeting";

- "The crowd irrupted into a burst of patriotism";

- syn. break open, erupt, flare, flare up, irrupt;

burst upon
v1
spring suddenly;

- "He burst upon our conversation";

- syn. burst in on;

burster / b ɝ s t ə , b ɝ s t ə ɹ /
n1
a quantity of explosive to be set off at one time;

- "this cartridge has a powder charge of 50 grains";

- syn. bursting charge, charge, explosive charge;

bursting charge
n1
a quantity of explosive to be set off at one time;

- "this cartridge has a powder charge of 50 grains";

- syn. burster, charge, explosive charge;

bursting explosive
n1
a high explosive that is used to damage the target that is under attack;

- syn. disrupting explosive;

Burt
n1
English psychologist whose studies of twins were later said to have used fabricated data (1883-1971);

- syn. Cyril Burt, Cyril Lodowic Burt;

burthen / b ɝ ð ə n /
n1
a variant of `burden';

v1
weight down with a load;

- syn. burden, weight, weight down;

Burton / b ɝ t n /
n1
English explorer who with John Speke was the first European to explore Lake Tanganyika (1821-1890);

- syn. Richard Burton, Sir Richard Burton, Sir Richard Francis Burton;

n2
Welsh film actor who often co-starred with Elizabeth Taylor (1925-1984);

- syn. Richard Burton;

n3
a strong dark English ale;

Burundi / b ʊr ʊ n d i /
n1
a landlocked republic in east central Africa on the northeastern shore of Lake Tanganyika;

- syn. Republic of Burundi;

a1
of or relating to or characteristic of Burundi or its people;

- "the Burundi capital";

- syn. Burundian;

Burundi franc
n1
the basic unit of money in Burundi;

Burundian / b ʊr ʊ n d ɪə n /
n1
a native or inhabitant of Burundi;

a1
of or relating to or characteristic of Burundi or its people;

- "the Burundi capital";

- syn. Burundi;

burunduki
n1
terrestrial Siberian squirrel;

- syn. Eutamius asiaticus, Eutamius sibiricus, baranduki, baronduki, barunduki;

burweed marsh elder
n1
tall annual marsh elder common in moist rich soil in central North America that can cause contact dermatitis;

- produces much pollen that is a major cause of hay fever;

- syn. Iva xanthifolia, false ragweed;

bury / b ɛr i /
v1
cover from sight;

- "Afghani women buried under their burkas";

v2
place in a grave or tomb;

- "Stalin was buried behind the Kremlin wall on Red Square";

- "The pharaohs were entombed in the pyramids";

- "My grandfather was laid to rest last Sunday";

- syn. entomb, inhume, inter, lay to rest;

v3
place in the earth and cover with soil;

- "They buried the stolen goods";

v4
enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing;

- "The huge waves swallowed the small boat and it sank shortly thereafter";

- syn. eat up, immerse, swallow, swallow up;

v5
embed deeply;

- "She sank her fingers into the soft sand";

- "He buried his head in her lap";

- syn. sink;

v6
dismiss from the mind;

- stop remembering;

- "I tried to bury these unpleasant memories";

- syn. forget;

burying / b ɛr ɪ ih ŋ /
n1
concealing something under the ground;

- syn. burial;

burying ground
n1
a tract of land used for burials;

- syn. burial ground, burial site, cemetery, graveyard, memorial park, necropolis;

bus / b ʌ s /
n1
a vehicle carrying many passengers;

- used for public transport;

- "he always rode the bus to work";

- syn. autobus, charabanc, coach, double-decker, jitney, motorbus, motorcoach, omnibus, passenger vehicle;

n2
the topology of a network whose components are connected by a busbar;

- syn. bus topology;

n3
an electrical conductor that makes a common connection between several circuits;

- "the busbar in this computer can transmit data either way between any two components of the system";

- syn. busbar;

n4
a car that is old and unreliable;

- "the fenders had fallen off that old bus";

- syn. heap, jalopy;

v1
send or move around by bus;

- "The children were bussed to school";

v2
ride in a bus;

v3
remove used dishes from the table in restaurants;

bus company
n1
a public utility providing local transportation;

- syn. bus service;

bus depot
n1
a terminal that serves bus passengers;

- syn. bus station, bus terminal, coach station;

bus driver
n1
someone who drives a bus;

- syn. busman;

bus fare
n1
the fare charged for riding a bus or streetcar;

- syn. carfare;

bus lane
n1
a traffic lane intended for buses only;

bus line
n1
an organization responsible for operating a bus transportation system;

bus route
n1
the route regularly followed by a passenger bus;

bus service
n1
a public utility providing local transportation;

- syn. bus company;

bus station
n1
a terminal that serves bus passengers;

- syn. bus depot, bus terminal, coach station;

bus stop
n1
a place on a bus route where buses stop to discharge and take on passengers;

bus terminal
n1
a terminal that serves bus passengers;

- syn. bus depot, bus station, coach station;

bus ticket
n1
a ticket good for a ride on a bus;

bus topology
n1
the topology of a network whose components are connected by a busbar;

- syn. bus;

bus traffic
n1
buses coming and going;

busbar
n1
an electrical conductor that makes a common connection between several circuits;

- "the busbar in this computer can transmit data either way between any two components of the system";

- syn. bus;

busboy / b ʌ s b ɔɪ /
n1
a restaurant attendant who sets tables and assists waiters and clears away dirty dishes;

- syn. waiter's assistant;

busby / b ʌ z b i /
n1
tall hat;

- worn by some British soldiers on ceremonial occasions;

- syn. bearskin, shako;

bush / b ʊ ʃ /
n1
a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems;

- syn. shrub;

n2
a large wilderness area;

n3
dense vegetation consisting of stunted trees or bushes;

- syn. chaparral, scrub;

n4
43rd President of the United States;

- son of George Herbert Walker Bush (born in 1946);

- syn. Dubya, Dubyuh, George Bush, George W. Bush, George Walker Bush, President Bush, President George W. Bush;

n5
United States electrical engineer who designed an early analogue computer and who led the scientific program of the United States during World War II (1890-1974);

- syn. Vannevar Bush;

n6
vice president under Reagan and 41st President of the United States (born in 1924);

- syn. George Bush, George H.W. Bush, George H. W. Bush, George Herbert Walker Bush, President Bush;

n7
hair growing in the pubic area;

- syn. crotch hair, pubic hair;

v1
provide with a bushing;

a1
not of the highest quality or sophistication;

- syn. bush-league;

- sim. inferior;

bush-league
a1
not of the highest quality or sophistication;

- syn. bush;

- sim. inferior;

Bush administration
n1
the executive under President George H. W. Bush;

n2
the executive under President George W. Bush;

bush baby
n1
agile long-tailed nocturnal African lemur with dense woolly fur and large eyes and ears;

- syn. bushbaby, galago;

bush bean
n1
a bean plant whose bushy growth needs no supports;

bush clover
n1
shrubby or herbaceous plants widely used for forage, soil improvement, and especially hay in southern United States;

- syn. lespedeza;

bush hibiscus
n1
southern and western Australian shrub with unlobed or shallowly lobed toothed leaves and purple flowers;

- sometimes placed in genus Hibiscus;

- syn. Hibiscus farragei, Radyera farragei;

bush honeysuckle
n1
a honeysuckle shrub of southern Russia to central Asia;

- syn. Lonicera tatarica, Tartarian honeysuckle;

n2
bush honeysuckle of southeastern United States having large crowded clusters of sulfur-yellow flowers;

- syn. Diervilla sessilifolia;

n3
spreading bush of northeastern United States having small clusters of fragrant green and yellow flowers;

- syn. Diervilla lonicera;

bush jacket
n1
a loose fitting jacket;

- resembles a shirt with four patch pockets and a belt;

bush lawyer
n1
stout-stemmed trailing shrub of New Zealand that scrambles over other growth;

- syn. Rubus australis, Rubus cissoides, lawyer bush, lawyerbush;

bush league
n1
a league of teams that do not belong to a major league (especially baseball);

- syn. minor league, minors;

bush leaguer
n1
a player on a minor-league baseball team;

- syn. minor leaguer;

bush nasturtium
n1
annual with deep yellow flowers smaller than the common garden nasturtium;

- syn. Tropaeolum minus;

bush out
v1
grow outward;

- "the plant quickly bushed out";

bush pea
n1
any of various plants of the genus Thermopsis having trifoliate leaves and yellow or purple racemose flowers;

bush poppy
n1
evergreen shrub of southwestern United States and Mexico often cultivated for its fragrant golden yellow flowers;

- syn. tree poppy;

bush shrike
n1
an African shrike;

bush tit
n1
active grey titmice of western North America;

- syn. bushtit;

bush vetch
n1
European purple-flowered with slender stems;

- occurs as a weed in hedges;

- syn. Vicia sepium;

bush violet
n1
any of several herbs of the genus Browallia cultivated for their blue or violet or white flowers;

- syn. browallia;

bush willow
n1
small South African tree having creamy yellow fragrant flowers usually growing on stream banks;

- syn. Combretum erythrophyllum;

n2
small deciduous tree of the Transvaal having spikes of yellow flowers;

- syn. Combretum appiculatum;

bushbaby
n1
agile long-tailed nocturnal African lemur with dense woolly fur and large eyes and ears;

- syn. bush baby, galago;

bushbuck
n1
antelope with white markings like a harness and twisted horns;

- syn. Tragelaphus scriptus, guib;

bushed / b ʊ ʃ t /
a1
very tired;

- "was all in at the end of the day";

- "so beat I could flop down and go to sleep anywhere";

- "bushed after all that exercise";

- "I'm dead after that long trip";

- syn. all in, beat, dead;

- sim. tired;

bushel / b ʊ ʃ ɫ /
n1
a United States dry measure equal to 4 pecks or 2152.42 cubic inches;

n2
a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 4 pecks;

v1
restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken;

- "She repaired her TV set";

- "Repair my shoes please";

- syn. doctor, fix, furbish up, mend, repair, restore, touch on;

bushel basket
n1
a basket large enough to hold a bushel;

Bushido
n1
traditional code of the Japanese samurai which stressed courage and loyalty and self-discipline and simple living;

bushing / b ʊ ʃ ɪ ŋ /
n1
an insulating liner in an opening through which conductors pass;

n2
a cylindrical metal lining used to reduce friction;

- syn. cylindrical lining;

Bushman / b ʌ ʃ m ə n /
n1
nomadic hunters and gatherers who live in southern Africa;

- syn. Khoisan;

n2
a dweller in the Australian bush country;

bushman's poison
n1
evergreen shrub or tree of South Africa;

- syn. Acocanthera oppositifolia, Acocanthera venenata, ordeal tree;

Bushnell / b ʊ ʃ n ɛ ɫ /
n1
American inventor who in 1775 designed a man-propelled submarine that was ineffectual but subsequently earned him recognition as a submarine pioneer (1742-1824);

- syn. David Bushnell, Father of the Submarine;

bushtit / b ʊ ʃ t ɪ t /
n1
active grey titmice of western North America;

- syn. bush tit;

bushwhack / b ʊ ʃ w æ k /
v1
wait in hiding to attack;

- syn. ambuscade, ambush, lie in wait, lurk, scupper, waylay;

v2
live in the bush as a fugitive or as a guerilla;

v3
cut one's way through the woods or bush;

bushwhacker / b ʊ ʃ w æ k ə ɹ /
n1
a disparaging term for an unsophisticated person;

- syn. hillbilly;

n2
a Confederate guerrilla during the American Civil War;

bushwhacking / b ʊ ʃ w æ k ɪ ŋ /
a1
lying in ambush;

- "bushwhacking guerrillas attacking from ambush";

- sim. concealed;

bushy / b ʊ ʃ i /
a1
used of hair;

- thick and poorly groomed;

- "bushy locks";

- "a shaggy beard";

- syn. shaggy, shaggy-coated, shaggy-haired;

- sim. ungroomed;

a2
resembling a bush in being thickly branched and spreading;

- sim. branchy;

bushy aster
n1
stiff perennial of the eastern United States having small linear leaves and numerous tiny white flower heads;

- syn. Aster dumosus;

bushytail woodrat
n1
any of several bushy-tailed rodents of the genus Neotoma of western North America;

- hoards food and other objects;

- syn. Neotoma cinerea, pack rat, packrat, trade rat;

busily / b ɪ z ɪ ɫ i /
r1
in a busy manner;

- "they were busily engaged in buying souvenirs";

business / b ɪ z n ə s /
n1
a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it;

- "he bought his brother's business";

- "a small mom-and-pop business";

- "a racially integrated business concern";

- syn. business concern, business organisation, business organization, concern;

n2
the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects;

- "computers are now widely used in business";

- syn. business enterprise, commercial enterprise;

n3
the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money;

- "he's not in my line of business";

- syn. job, line, line of work, occupation;

n4
a rightful concern or responsibility;

- "it's none of your business";

- "mind your own business";

n5
an immediate objective;

- "gossip was the main business of the evening";

n6
the volume of commercial activity;

- "business is good today";

- "show me where the business was today";

n7
business concerns collectively;

- "Government and business could not agree";

- syn. business sector;

n8
customers collectively;

- "they have an upper class clientele";

- syn. clientele, patronage;

n9
incidental activity performed by an actor for dramatic effect;

- "his business with the cane was hilarious";

- syn. byplay, stage business;

business activity
n1
activity undertaken as part of a commercial enterprise;

- syn. commercial activity;

business address
n1
the address at which a business is located;

business agent
n1
an agent who handles business affairs for another;

- especially one who deals with employers;

business card
n1
a card on which are printed the person's name and business affiliation;

business college
n1
a school for teaching the clerical aspects of business and commerce;

business community
n1
the body of individuals who manage businesses;

- syn. businessmen;

business concern
n1
a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it;

- "he bought his brother's business";

- "a small mom-and-pop business";

- "a racially integrated business concern";

- syn. business, business organisation, business organization, concern;

business cycle
n1
recurring fluctuations in economic activity consisting of recession and recovery and growth and decline;

- syn. trade cycle;

business data processing
n1
data processing in accounting or business management;

- syn. administrative data processing;

business deal
n1
a particular instance of buying or selling;

- "it was a package deal";

- "I had no further trade with him";

- "he's a master of the business deal";

- syn. deal, trade;

business deduction
n1
tax write-off for expenses of doing business;

business department
n1
a division of a business firm;

business district
n1
the central area or commercial center of a town or city;

- "the heart of Birmingham's downtown";

- syn. downtown;

business editor
n1
the newspaper editor responsible for business news;

business enterprise
n1
the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects;

- "computers are now widely used in business";

- syn. business, commercial enterprise;

business establishment
n1
an establishment (a factory or an assembly plant or retail store or warehouse etc.) where business is conducted, goods are made or stored or processed or where services are rendered;

- syn. place of business;

business executive
n1
an executive in a business corporation;

- syn. corporate executive;

business expense
n1
ordinary and necessary expenses incurred in a taxpayer's business or trade;

- syn. trade expense;

business firm
n1
the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments;

- "he worked for a brokerage house";

- syn. firm, house;

business index
n1
a statistical compilation that provides a context for economic or financial conditions;

- "this business index is computed relative to the base year of 2005";

business interruption insurance
n1
insurance that provides protection for the loss of profits and continuing fixed expenses resulting from a break in commercial activities due to the occurrence of a peril;

business leader
n1
a very wealthy or powerful businessman;

- "an oil baron";

- syn. baron, big businessman, king, magnate, mogul, power, top executive, tycoon;

business letter
n1
a letter dealing with business;

business life
n1
a career in industrial or commercial or professional activities;

- syn. professional life;

business line
n1
a particular kind of product or merchandise;

- "a nice line of shoes";

- syn. line, line of business, line of merchandise, line of products, product line;

business loan
n1
a bank loan granted for the use of a business;

- syn. commercial loan;

business lunch
n1
lunch (usually at a restaurant) where business is discussed and the cost is charged as a business expense;

business news
n1
news about businesses and investments;

business office
n1
place of business where professional or clerical duties are performed;

- "he rented an office in the new building";

- syn. office;

business organisation
n1
a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it;

- "he bought his brother's business";

- "a small mom-and-pop business";

- "a racially integrated business concern";

- syn. business, business concern, business organization, concern;

business organization
n1
a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it;

- "he bought his brother's business";

- "a small mom-and-pop business";

- "a racially integrated business concern";

- syn. business, business concern, business organisation, concern;

business people
n1
people who transact business (especially business executives);

- syn. businesspeople;

business relation
n1
a relation between different business enterprises;

business relationship
n1
a formal contractual relationship established to provide for regular banking or brokerage or business services;

- "he asked to see the executive who handled his account";

- syn. account;

business school
n1
a graduate school offering study leading to a degree of Master in Business Administration;

business sector
n1
business concerns collectively;

- "Government and business could not agree";

- syn. business;

business suit
n1
a suit of clothes traditionally worn by businessmen;

business traveler
n1
a traveler whose expenses are paid by the business he works for;

businesslike / b ɪ z n ə s ɫ aɪ k /
a1
exhibiting methodical and systematic characteristics that would be useful in business;

- sim. efficient;

a2
not distracted by anything unrelated to the goal;

- syn. earnest;

- sim. purposeful;

businessman / b ɪ z n ə s m æ n /
n1
a person engaged in commercial or industrial business (especially an owner or executive);

- syn. man of affairs;

businessmen / b ɪ z n ə s m ɛ n /
n1
the body of individuals who manage businesses;

- syn. business community;

businesspeople / b ɪ z n ə s p i p ɫ /
n1
people who transact business (especially business executives);

- syn. business people;

businessperson / b ɪ z n ə s p ɝ s n /
n1
a capitalist who engages in industrial commercial enterprise;

- syn. bourgeois;

businesswoman / b ɪ z n ə s w ʊ m ə n /
n1
a female businessperson;

busk / b ʌ s k /
v1
play music in a public place and solicit money for it;

- "three young men were busking in the plaza";

busker / b ʌ s k ə , b ʌ s k ə ɹ /
n1
a person who entertains people for money in public places (as by singing or dancing), usually while asking for money;

buskin / b ʌ s k ɪ n /
n1
a boot reaching halfway up to the knee;

- syn. combat boot, desert boot, half boot, top boot;

busload / b ʌ s ɫ oʊ d /
n1
the quantity of cargo or the number of passengers that a bus can carry;

busman / b ʌ s m ə n /
n1
someone who drives a bus;

- syn. bus driver;

busman's holiday
n1
a holiday where you do the same things you do at work;

BuSpar / b ʌ s p ɑr /
n1
a drug (trade name BuSpar) designed specifically for anxiety;

- syn. buspirone;

buspirone
n1
a drug (trade name BuSpar) designed specifically for anxiety;

- syn. BuSpar;

buss / b ʌ s /
n1
the act of caressing with the lips (or an instance thereof);

- syn. kiss, osculation;

v1
touch with the lips or press the lips (against someone's mouth or other body part) as an expression of love, greeting, etc.;

- "The newly married couple kissed";

- "She kissed her grandfather on the forehead when she entered the room";

- syn. kiss, osculate, snog;

bust / b ʌ s t /
n1
a complete failure;

- "the play was a dismal flop";

- syn. fizzle, flop;

n2
the chest of a woman;

- syn. female chest;

n3
a sculpture of the head and shoulders of a person;

n4
an occasion for excessive eating or drinking;

- "they went on a bust that lasted three days";

- syn. binge, bout, tear;

v1
ruin completely;

- "He busted my radio!";

- syn. break;

- also bust up;

v2
search without warning, make a sudden surprise attack on;

- "The police raided the crack house";

- syn. raid;

v3
separate or cause to separate abruptly;

- "The rope snapped";

- "tear the paper";

- syn. rupture, snap, tear;

v4
go to pieces;

- "The lawn mower finally broke";

- "The gears wore out";

- "The old chair finally fell apart completely";

- syn. break, fall apart, wear, wear out;

v5
break open or apart suddenly and forcefully;

- "The dam burst";

- syn. burst;

a1
lacking funds;

- "`skint' is a British slang term";

- syn. broke, skint, stone-broke, stony-broke;

- sim. poor;

bust-up / b ʌ s t ʌ p /
n1
a serious quarrel (especially one that ends a friendship);

bust-up takeover
n1
a leveraged buyout in which the target company's assets are sold to repay the loan that financed the takeover;

bust up
v1
smash or break forcefully;

- "The kid busted up the car";

- syn. wrack, wreck;

bustard / b ʌ s t ə d /
n1
large heavy-bodied chiefly terrestrial game bird capable of powerful swift flight;

- classified with wading birds but frequents grassy steppes;

bustard quail
n1
small quail-like terrestrial bird of southern Eurasia and northern Africa that lacks a hind toe;

- classified with wading birds but inhabits grassy plains;

- syn. button-quail, button quail, hemipode;

busted / b ʌ s t ɪ d /
a1
out of working order (`busted' is an informal substitute for `broken');

- "a broken washing machine";

- "the coke machine is broken";

- "the coke machine is busted";

- syn. broken;

- sim. damaged;

buster / b ʌ s t ə , b ʌ s t ə ɹ /
n1
an informal form of address for a man;

- "Say, fellow, what are you doing?";

- "Hey buster, what's up?";

- syn. dude, fellow;

n2
a robust child;

n3
a person who breaks horses;

- syn. bronco buster, broncobuster;

n4
a person (or thing) that breaks up or overpowers something;

- "dam buster";

- "sanction buster";

- "crime buster";

n5
a person born in the generation following the baby boom when the birth rate fell dramatically;

- syn. baby buster;

Buster Keaton
n1
United States comedian and actor in silent films noted for his acrobatic skills and deadpan face (1895-1966);

- syn. Joseph Francis Keaton, Keaton;

bustier / b ʌ s t ɪə /
n1
a close-fitting and strapless top without sleeves that is worn by women either as lingerie or for evening dress;

bustle / b ʌ s ɫ /
n1
a rapid active commotion;

- syn. ado, flurry, fuss, hustle, stir;

n2
a framework worn at the back below the waist for giving fullness to a woman's skirt;

v1
move or cause to move energetically or busily;

- "The cheerleaders bustled about excitingly before their performance";

- syn. bustle about, hustle;

bustle about
v1
move or cause to move energetically or busily;

- "The cheerleaders bustled about excitingly before their performance";

- syn. bustle, hustle;

bustling / b ʌ s ɫ ɪ ŋ /
a1
full of energetic and noisy activity;

- "a bustling city";

- sim. active;

busty / b ʌ s t i /
a1
(of a woman's body) having a large bosom and pleasing curves;

- "Hollywood seems full of curvaceous blondes";

- "a curvy young woman in a tight dress";

- syn. bosomy, buxom, curvaceous, curvy, full-bosomed, sonsie, sonsy, stacked, voluptuous, well-endowed;

- sim. shapely;

busy / b ɪ z i /
v1
keep busy with;

- "She busies herself with her butterfly collection";

- syn. occupy;

a1
actively or fully engaged or occupied;

- "busy with her work";

- "a busy man";

- "too busy to eat lunch";

- also diligent, employed;

- sim. at work, drudging, engaged, overbusy, tied up, up to;

a2
overcrowded or cluttered with detail;

- "a busy painting";

- "a fussy design";

- syn. fussy;

- sim. fancy;

a3
intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner;

- "an interfering old woman";

- "bustling about self-importantly making an officious nuisance of himself";

- "busy about other people's business";

- syn. busybodied, interfering, meddlesome, meddling, officious;

- sim. intrusive;

a4
crowded with or characterized by much activity;

- "a very busy week";

- "a busy life";

- "a busy street";

- "a busy seaport";

- sim. active;

a5
(of facilities such as telephones or lavatories) unavailable for use by anyone else or indicating unavailability;

- (`engaged' is a British term for a busy telephone line);

- "her line is busy";

- "receptionists' telephones are always engaged";

- "the lavatory is in use";

- "kept getting a busy signal";

- syn. engaged, in use;

- sim. occupied;

busy bee
n1
an alert and energetic person;

- syn. eager beaver, live wire, sharpie, sharpy;

busybodied / b ɪ z i b ɒ d ɪ d /
a1
intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner;

- "an interfering old woman";

- "bustling about self-importantly making an officious nuisance of himself";

- "busy about other people's business";

- syn. busy, interfering, meddlesome, meddling, officious;

- sim. intrusive;

busybody / b ɪ z ɪ b ɒ d i /
n1
a person who meddles in the affairs of others;

- syn. nosey-parker, nosy-parker, quidnunc;

busyness / b ɪ z i n ɛ s /
n1
the state of being or appearing to be actively engaged in an activity;

- "they manifested all the busyness of a pack of beavers";

- "there is a constant hum of military preparation";

- syn. hum;

busywork / b ɪ z i w ɝ k /
n1
active work of little value;

- "while he was waiting he filled the days with busywork";

- syn. make-work;

but / b ʌ t , b ə t /
r1
and nothing more;

- "I was merely asking";

- "it is simply a matter of time";

- "just a scratch";

- "he was only a child";

- "hopes that last but a moment";

- syn. just, merely, only, simply;

butacaine
n1
a white crystalline ester that is applied to mucous membranes as a local anesthetic;

- syn. butacaine sulfate;

butacaine sulfate
n1
a white crystalline ester that is applied to mucous membranes as a local anesthetic;

- syn. butacaine;

butadiene
n1
a gaseous hydrocarbon C4H6;

- used in making synthetic rubbers;

butane / b j u t eɪ n /
n1
occurs in natural gas;

- used in the manufacture of rubber and fuels;

butanoic acid
n1
an unpleasant smelling fatty acid found especially in butter;

- syn. butyric acid;

butanol
n1
a flammable alcohol derived from butanes and used for solvents;

- syn. butyl alcohol;

butanone
n1
colorless soluble flammable liquid ketone used as a solvent for resins and as a paint remover and in lacquers and cements and adhesives and cleaning fluids and celluloid;

- syn. methyl ethyl ketone;

butat
n1
100 bututs equal 1 dalasi in Gambia;

- syn. butut;

Butazolidin
n1
anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Butazolidin);

- syn. phenylbutazone;

butch / b ʊ tʃ /
n1
(slang) offensive term for a lesbian who is noticeably masculine;

- syn. dike, dyke;

n2
a closely cropped haircut;

- usually for men or boys;

- syn. crew cut, flattop;

a1
used of men;

- markedly masculine in appearance or manner;

- syn. macho;

- sim. masculine;

a2
(of male or female homosexuals) characterized by stereotypically male traits or appearance;

- sim. homosexual;

butcher / b ʊ tʃ ə , b ʊ tʃ ə ɹ /
n1
a retailer of meat;

- syn. meatman;

n2
a brutal indiscriminate murderer;

n3
a person who slaughters or dresses meat for market;

- syn. slaughterer;

n4
someone who makes mistakes because of incompetence;

- syn. blunderer, botcher, bumbler, bungler, fuckup, fumbler, sad sack, stumbler;

v1
kill (animals) usually for food consumption;

- "They slaughtered their only goat to survive the winter";

- syn. slaughter;

butcher's broom
n1
shrub with stiff flattened stems resembling leaves (cladophylls);

- used for making brooms;

- syn. Ruscus aculeatus;

butcher block
n1
a thick wooden slab formed by bonding together thick laminated strips of unpainted hardwood;

- syn. butcher board;

butcher board
n1
a thick wooden slab formed by bonding together thick laminated strips of unpainted hardwood;

- syn. butcher block;

Butcher Cumberland
n1
English general;

- son of George II;

- fought unsuccessfully in the battle of Fontenoy (1721-1765);

- syn. Cumberland, Duke of Cumberland, William Augustus;

butcher knife
n1
a large sharp knife for cutting or trimming meat;

butcher paper
n1
a strong wrapping paper that resists penetration by blood or meat fluids;

butcher shop
n1
a shop in which meat and poultry (and sometimes fish) are sold;

- syn. meat market;

butcherbird
n1
shrikes that impale their prey on thorns;

n2
large carnivorous Australian bird with the shrike-like habit of impaling prey on thorns;

butchering / b ʊ tʃ ə ɹ ɪ ŋ /
n1
the business of a butcher;

- syn. butchery;

butcherly
a1
poorly done;

- "a botchy piece of work";

- "it was an unskillful attempt";

- syn. botchy, unskillful;

- sim. unskilled;

a2
accompanied by bloodshed;

- "this bitter and sanguinary war";

- syn. gory, sanguinary, sanguineous, slaughterous;

- sim. bloody;

butchery / b ʊ tʃ ə ɹ i /
n1
a building where animals are butchered;

- syn. abattoir, shambles, slaughterhouse;

n2
the business of a butcher;

- syn. butchering;

n3
the savage and excessive killing of many people;

- syn. carnage, mass murder, massacre, slaughter;

Butea
n1
genus of East Indian trees or shrubs: dhak;

- syn. genus Butea;

Butea frondosa
n1
East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye;

- syn. Butea monosperma, dak, dhak, palas;

butea gum
n1
dried juice of the dhak tree;

- used as an astringent;

- syn. Bengal kino, butea kino, gum butea;

butea kino
n1
dried juice of the dhak tree;

- used as an astringent;

- syn. Bengal kino, butea gum, gum butea;

Butea monosperma
n1
East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye;

- syn. Butea frondosa, dak, dhak, palas;

butene
n1
any of three isomeric hydrocarbons C4H8;

- all used in making synthetic rubbers;

- syn. butylene;

Buteo
n1
broad-winged soaring hawks;

- syn. genus Buteo;

Buteo buteo
n1
the common European short-winged hawk;

- syn. buzzard;

Buteo jamaicensis
n1
dark brown American hawk species having a reddish-brown tail;

- syn. red-tailed hawk, redtail;

Buteo lagopus
n1
large hawk of the northern hemisphere that feeds chiefly on small rodents and is beneficial to farmers;

- syn. rough-legged hawk, roughleg;

Buteo lineatus
n1
North American hawk with reddish brown shoulders;

- syn. red-shouldered hawk;

buteonine
n1
any hawk of the genus Buteo;

a1
relating to or resembling a hawk of the genus Buteo;

butler / b ʌ t ɫ ə , b ʌ t ɫ ə ɹ /
n1
a manservant (usually the head servant of a household) who has charge of wines and the table;

- syn. pantryman;

n2
English novelist who described a fictitious land he called Erewhon (1835-1902);

- syn. Samuel Butler;

n3
English poet (1612-1680);

- syn. Samuel Butler;

butt / b ʌ t /
n1
thick end of the handle;

- syn. butt end;

n2
the part of a plant from which the roots spring or the part of a stalk or trunk nearest the roots;

n3
a victim of ridicule or pranks;

- syn. goat, laughingstock, stooge;

n4
the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on;

- "he deserves a good kick in the butt";

- "are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?";

- syn. arse, ass, backside, behind, bottom, bum, buns, buttocks, can, derriere, fanny, fundament, hind end, hindquarters, keister, nates, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, seat, stern, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush;

n5
sports equipment consisting of an object set up for a marksman or archer to aim at;

- syn. target;

n6
finely ground tobacco wrapped in paper;

- for smoking;

- syn. cigaret, cigarette, coffin nail, fag;

n7
a joint made by fastening ends together without overlapping;

- syn. butt joint;

n8
a large cask (especially one holding a volume equivalent to 2 hogsheads or 126 gallons);

n9
the small unused part of something (especially the end of a cigarette that is left after smoking);

- syn. stub;

v1
lie adjacent to another or share a boundary;

- "Canada adjoins the U.S.";

- "England marches with Scotland";

- syn. abut, adjoin, border, butt against, butt on, edge, march;

v2
to strike, thrust or shove against;

- "He butted his sister out of the way";

- "The goat butted the hiker with his horns";

- syn. bunt;

- also butt against;

v3
place end to end without overlapping;

- "The frames must be butted at the joints";

butt-weld
n1
a butt joint that is welded;

- syn. butt weld;

v1
join by a butt weld;

- syn. buttweld;

butt-welding
n1
creating a butt joint by welding;

- syn. butt welding;

butt against
v1
lie adjacent to another or share a boundary;

- "Canada adjoins the U.S.";

- "England marches with Scotland";

- syn. abut, adjoin, border, butt, butt on, edge, march;

v2
collide violently with an obstacle;

- "I ran into the telephone pole";

- syn. bump into, jar against, knock against, run into;

butt end
n1
thick end of the handle;

- syn. butt;

butt hinge
n1
a hinge mortised flush into the edge of the door and jamb;

butt in
v1
break into a conversation;

- "her husband always chimes in, even when he is not involved in the conversation";

- syn. barge in, break in, chime in, chisel in, cut in, put in;

butt joint
n1
a joint made by fastening ends together without overlapping;

- syn. butt;

butt on
v1
lie adjacent to another or share a boundary;

- "Canada adjoins the U.S.";

- "England marches with Scotland";

- syn. abut, adjoin, border, butt, butt against, edge, march;

butt pack
n1
a waist pack worn with the pouch in back;

- syn. fanny pack;

butt shaft
n1
a blunt arrow without a barb;

- an arrow used for target practice;

butt weld
n1
a butt joint that is welded;

- syn. butt-weld;

butt welding
n1
creating a butt joint by welding;

- syn. butt-welding;

butte
n1
a hill that rises abruptly from the surrounding region;

- has a flat top and sloping sides;

n2
a town in southwestern Montana;

- center for mining copper;

butter / b ʌ t ə , b ʌ t ə ɹ /
n1
an edible emulsion of fat globules made by churning milk or cream;

- for cooking and table use;

n2
a fighter who strikes the opponent with his head;

v1
spread butter on;

- "butter bread";

butter-and-eggs
n1
common European perennial having showy yellow and orange flowers;

- a naturalized weed in North America;

- syn. Linaria vulgaris, devil's flax, toadflax, wild snapdragon;

butter-bean plant
n1
bush bean plant cultivated especially in southern United States having small flat edible seeds;

- syn. Phaseolus lunatus, butter bean, lima bean, sieva bean;

butter-flower
n1
any of various plants of the genus Ranunculus;

- syn. buttercup, butterflower, crowfoot, goldcup, kingcup;

butter-print
n1
tall annual herb or subshrub of tropical Asia having velvety leaves and yellow flowers and yielding a strong fiber;

- naturalized in southeastern Europe and United States;

- syn. Abutilon theophrasti, China jute, Indian mallow, velvet-leaf, velvetleaf, velvetweed;

butter bean
n1
bush bean plant cultivated especially in southern United States having small flat edible seeds;

- syn. Phaseolus lunatus, butter-bean plant, lima bean, sieva bean;

n2
small flat green bean similar to lima beans;

- syn. butterbean, civet bean, sieva bean;

butter churn
n1
a vessel in which cream is agitated to separate butterfat from buttermilk;

- syn. churn;

butter cookie
n1
cookie containing much butter;

butter daisy
n1
coarse greyish-green annual yellow-flowered herb;

- southwestern United States to Mexico;

- syn. Verbesina encelioides, Ximenesia encelioides, cowpen daisy, golden crown beard, golden crownbeard;

butter dish
n1
a small dish (often with a cover) for holding butter at the table;

butter knife
n1
a small knife with a dull blade;

- for cutting or spreading butter;

butter up
v1
flatter with the intention of getting something;

- syn. brown-nose;

butterball / b ʌ t ə ɹ b ɔ ɫ /
n1
a rotund individual;

- syn. fat person, fatso, fatty, roly-poly;

n2
small North American diving duck;

- males have bushy head plumage;

- syn. Bucephela albeola, bufflehead, dipper;

butterbean / b ʌ t ə b i n /
n1
small flat green bean similar to lima beans;

- syn. butter bean, civet bean, sieva bean;

butterbur
n1
small Eurasian herb having broad leaves and lilac-pink rayless flowers;

- found in moist areas;

- syn. Petasites hybridus, Petasites vulgaris, bog rhubarb;

buttercrunch
n1
lettuce with delicate and relatively crunchy leaves;

buttercup / b ʌ t ə k ʌ p /
n1
any of various plants of the genus Ranunculus;

- syn. butter-flower, butterflower, crowfoot, goldcup, kingcup;

buttercup family
n1
a family of Ranunculaceae;

- syn. Ranunculaceae, crowfoot family, family Ranunculaceae;

buttercup squash
n1
plant bearing somewhat drum-shaped fruit having dark green rind with greyish markings;

n2
drum-shaped squash with dark green rind marked in silver or grey;

butterfat / b ʌ t ə ɹ f æ t /
n1
the fatty substance of milk from which butter is made;

Butterfield / b ʌ t ə f i ɫ d /
n1
English architect who designed many churches (1814-1900);

- syn. William Butterfield;

butterfingered / b ʌ t ə f ɪ ŋ ɡ ə d /
a1
lacking physical movement skills, especially with the hands;

- "a bumbling mechanic";

- "a bungling performance";

- "ham-handed governmental interference";

- "could scarcely empty a scuttle of ashes, so handless was the poor creature"- Mary H. Vorse;

- syn. bumbling, bungling, ham-fisted, ham-handed, handless, heavy-handed, left-handed;

- sim. maladroit;

butterfingers / b ʌ t ə f ɪ ŋ ɡ ə z /
n1
someone who drops things (especially one who cannot catch a ball);

butterfish / b ʌ t ə ɹ f ɪ ʃ /
n1
any of numerous small flat Atlantic food fish having smooth skin;

n2
small marine fish with a short compressed body and feeble spines;

- syn. stromateid, stromateid fish;

n3
slippery scaleless food fish of the northern Atlantic coastal waters;

- syn. Pholis gunnellus, rock gunnel;

butterflower
n1
any of various plants of the genus Ranunculus;

- syn. butter-flower, buttercup, crowfoot, goldcup, kingcup;

butterfly / b ʌ t ə f ɫ aɪ /
n1
diurnal insect typically having a slender body with knobbed antennae and broad colorful wings;

n2
a swimming stroke in which the arms are thrown forward together out of the water while the feet kick up and down;

- syn. butterfly stroke;

v1
flutter like a butterfly;

v2
cut and spread open, as in preparation for cooking;

- "butterflied shrimp";

v3
talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions;

- "The guys always try to chat up the new secretaries";

- "My husband never flirts with other women";

- syn. chat up, coquet, coquette, dally, flirt, mash, philander, romance;

butterfly-shaped
a1
shaped like a butterfly;

- sim. formed;

butterfly bush
n1
tropical shrub having clusters of white or violet or yellow flowers;

- syn. buddleia;

butterfly collector
n1
an entomologist who specializes in the collection and study of butterflies and moths;

- syn. lepidopterist, lepidopterologist;

butterfly effect
n1
the phenomenon whereby a small change at one place in a complex system can have large effects elsewhere, e.g., a butterfly flapping its wings in Rio de Janeiro might change the weather in Chicago;

butterfly fish
n1
small usually brilliantly colored tropical marine fishes having narrow deep bodies with large broad fins;

- found worldwide;

butterfly flower
n1
any plant of the genus Schizanthus having finely divided leaves and showy variegated flowers;

- syn. poor man's orchid, schizanthus;

n2
shrub or small tree of Dutch Guiana having clusters of pink flowers streaked with purple;

- syn. Bauhinia monandra;

butterfly nut
n1
a threaded nut with winglike projections for thumb and forefinger leverage in turning;

- syn. thumbnut, wing-nut, wing nut, wing screw;

butterfly orchid
n1
any orchid of the genus Psychopsis: spectacular large tiger-striped orchids;

n2
any orchid of the genus Oncidium: characterized by slender branching sprays of small yellow and brown flowers;

- often grown as houseplants;

- syn. butterfly plant, dancing lady orchid, oncidium;

n3
Mexican epiphytic orchid having pale green or yellow-green flowers with white purple-veined lip;

- syn. Encyclia venosa, Epidendrum venosum, butterfly orchis;

n4
orchid of Florida and the Bahamas having showy brightly colored flowers;

- sometimes placed in genus Epidendrum;

- syn. Encyclia tampensis, Epidendrum tampense;

n5
Mediterranean orchid having usually purple flowers with a fan-shaped spotted or striped rose-red lip;

- syn. Orchis papilionaceae, butterfly orchis;

butterfly orchis
n1
Mexican epiphytic orchid having pale green or yellow-green flowers with white purple-veined lip;

- syn. Encyclia venosa, Epidendrum venosum, butterfly orchid;

n2
Mediterranean orchid having usually purple flowers with a fan-shaped spotted or striped rose-red lip;

- syn. Orchis papilionaceae, butterfly orchid;

butterfly pea
n1
vine of tropical Asia having pinnate leaves and bright blue flowers with yellow centers;

- syn. Clitoria turnatea, blue pea;

n2
large-flowered wild twining vine of southeastern and central United States having pale blue flowers;

- syn. Clitoria mariana;

n3
large-flowered weakly twining or prostrate vine of New Jersey to tropical eastern North America, sometimes cultivated for its purple and white flowers;

- syn. Centrosema virginianum;

butterfly plant
n1
orchid having large elliptic to obovate fleshy leaves and fragrant pink-and-white flowers dotted with red;

- syn. Phalaenopsis amabilis;

n2
any orchid of the genus Oncidium: characterized by slender branching sprays of small yellow and brown flowers;

- often grown as houseplants;

- syn. butterfly orchid, dancing lady orchid, oncidium;

butterfly ray
n1
a stingray with a short tail and a broad fin;

butterfly stroke
n1
a swimming stroke in which the arms are thrown forward together out of the water while the feet kick up and down;

- syn. butterfly;

butterfly valve
n1
a valve in a carburetor that consists of a disc that turns and acts as a throttle;

butterfly weed
n1
erect perennial of eastern and southern United States having showy orange flowers;

- syn. Asclepias tuberosa, Indian paintbrush, chigger flower, chiggerflower, orange milkweed, pleurisy root, tuber root;

butterflyfish
n1
tropical fish with huge fanlike pectoral fins for underwater gliding;

- unrelated to searobins;

- syn. flying gurnard, flying robin;

butterhead lettuce
n1
lettuce with relatively soft leaves in a loose head;

- easily broken or bruised;

buttermilk / b ʌ t ə m ɪ ɫ k /
n1
residue from making butter from sour raw milk;

- or pasteurized milk curdled by adding a culture;

buttermilk biscuit
n1
very tender biscuit partially leavened with buttermilk and soda;

- syn. soda biscuit;

buttermilk pancake
n1
a pancake made with buttermilk;

butternut / b ʌ t ə n ʌ t /
n1
North American walnut tree having light-brown wood and edible nuts;

- source of a light-brown dye;

- syn. Juglans cinerea, butternut tree, white walnut;

n2
oily egg-shaped nut of an American tree of the walnut family;

butternut squash
n1
plant bearing buff-colored squash having somewhat bottle-shaped fruit with fine-textured edible flesh and a smooth thin rind;

- syn. Cucurbita maxima;

n2
buff-colored squash with a long usually straight neck and sweet orange flesh;

butternut tree
n1
North American walnut tree having light-brown wood and edible nuts;

- source of a light-brown dye;

- syn. Juglans cinerea, butternut, white walnut;

butterscotch / b ʌ t ə s k ɒ tʃ /
n1
a hard brittle candy made with butter and brown sugar;

butterweed
n1
American ragwort with yellow flowers;

- syn. Senecio glabellus, ragwort;

n2
any of several yellow-flowered plants of the genus Packera;

- often placed in genus Senecio;

butterwort
n1
any of numerous carnivorous bog plants of the genus Pinguicula having showy purple or yellow or white flowers and a rosette of basal leaves coated with a sticky secretion to trap small insects;

buttery / b ʌ t ə ɹ i /
n1
a small storeroom for storing foods or wines;

- syn. larder, pantry;

n2
a teashop where students in British universities can purchase light meals;

a1
unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech;

- "buttery praise";

- "gave him a fulsome introduction";

- "an oily sycophantic press agent";

- "oleaginous hypocrisy";

- "smarmy self-importance";

- "the unctuous Uriah Heep";

- "soapy compliments";

- syn. fulsome, oily, oleaginous, smarmy, soapy, unctuous;

- sim. insincere;

a2
resembling or containing or spread with butter;

- "a rich buttery cake";

- sim. fatty;

buttinsky
n1
a meddler who tends to butt in;

buttock / b ʌ t ə k /
n1
either of the two large fleshy masses of muscular tissue that form the human rump;

- syn. cheek;

buttocks / b ʌ t ə k s /
n1
the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on;

- "he deserves a good kick in the butt";

- "are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?";

- syn. arse, ass, backside, behind, bottom, bum, buns, butt, can, derriere, fanny, fundament, hind end, hindquarters, keister, nates, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, seat, stern, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush;

button / b ʌ t n /
n1
a round fastener sewn to shirts and coats etc to fit through buttonholes;

n2
an electrical switch operated by pressing;

- "the elevator was operated by push buttons";

- "the push beside the bed operated a buzzer at the desk";

- syn. push, push button;

n3
any of various plant parts that resemble buttons;

n4
a round flat badge displaying information and suitable for pinning onto a garment;

- "they passed out campaign buttons for their candidate";

n5
a female sexual organ homologous to the penis;

- syn. clit, clitoris;

n6
a device that when pressed will release part of a mechanism;

- syn. release;

n7
any artifact that resembles a button;

v1
provide with buttons;

- "button a shirt";

v2
fasten with buttons;

- "button the dress";

button-down
a1
unimaginatively conventional;

- "a colorful character in the buttoned-down, dull-grey world of business"- Newsweek;

- syn. buttoned-down, conservative;

- sim. conventional;

a2
of a shirt;

- having the ends of the collar fastened down by buttons;

- "Brooks Brothers button-down shirts";

- sim. buttoned;

button-quail
n1
small quail-like terrestrial bird of southern Eurasia and northern Africa that lacks a hind toe;

- classified with wading birds but inhabits grassy plains;

- syn. bustard quail, button quail, hemipode;

button-shaped
a1
shaped like a button;

- "button-shaped white flowers";

- sim. formed;

button accordion
n1
an accordion with buttons rather than keys;

button fern
n1
fern of New Zealand and Australia having trailing fronds with dark green buttonlike leaflets;

- syn. Pellaea rotundifolia;

n2
Jamaican fern having round buttonlike bulbils;

- syn. Tectaria cicutaria;

button hole
n1
a hole through which buttons are pushed;

- syn. buttonhole;

button mangrove
n1
evergreen tree or shrub with fruit resembling buttons and yielding heavy hard compact wood;

- syn. Conocarpus erectus, button tree;

button pink
n1
much-branched pink with flowers in clusters;

- closely related to sweet William;

- syn. Dianthus latifolius;

button quail
n1
small quail-like terrestrial bird of southern Eurasia and northern Africa that lacks a hind toe;

- classified with wading birds but inhabits grassy plains;

- syn. bustard quail, button-quail, hemipode;

button snakeroot
n1
coarse prickly perennial eryngo of United States thought to cure rattlesnake bite;

- syn. Eryngium yuccifolium, rattlesnake's master, rattlesnake master;

n2
coarse prickly perennial eryngo with aromatic roots;

- southeastern United States;

- often confused with rattlesnake master;

- syn. Eryngium aquaticum;

n3
any of various North American plants of the genus Liatris having racemes or panicles of small discoid flower heads;

- syn. blazing star, gay-feather, gayfeather, snakeroot;

button tree
n1
evergreen tree or shrub with fruit resembling buttons and yielding heavy hard compact wood;

- syn. Conocarpus erectus, button mangrove;

button up
v1
refuse to talk or stop talking;

- fall silent;

- "The children shut up when their father approached";

- syn. be quiet, belt up, clam up, close up, dummy up, keep mum, shut up;

buttoned / b ʌ t n d /
a1
furnished or closed with buttons or something buttonlike;

- syn. fastened;

- sim. botonee, button-down;

buttoned-down
a1
unimaginatively conventional;

- "a colorful character in the buttoned-down, dull-grey world of business"- Newsweek;

- syn. button-down, conservative;

- sim. conventional;

buttoned-up / b ʌ t n d ʌ p /
a1
(British colloquial) not inclined to conversation;

- sim. taciturn;

a2
conservative in professional manner;

- "employers are looking for buttoned-up types";

- sim. conservative;

buttonhole / b ʌ t n h oʊ ɫ /
n1
a hole through which buttons are pushed;

- syn. button hole;

v1
detain in conversation by or as if by holding on to the outer garments of;

- as for political or economic favors;

- syn. lobby;

buttonhole stitch
n1
a reinforcing looped stitch for edges, as around a buttonhole;

buttonhook / b ʌ t n h ʊ k /
n1
a hook for pulling a button through a buttonhole;

buttonlike
a1
small and round and shiny like a shiny bead or button;

- "bright beady eyes";

- "black buttony eyes";

- syn. beadlike, beady, buttony;

- sim. bright;

buttonwood / b ʌ t n w ʊ d /
n1
very large spreading plane tree of eastern and central North America to Mexico;

- syn. American plane, American sycamore, Platanus occidentalis;

buttony / b ʌ t n i /
a1
small and round and shiny like a shiny bead or button;

- "bright beady eyes";

- "black buttony eyes";

- syn. beadlike, beady, buttonlike;

- sim. bright;

a2
ornamented with many buttons;

- sim. adorned;

buttress / b ʌ t ɹ ə s /
n1
a support usually of stone or brick;

- supports the wall of a building;

- syn. buttressing;

v1
reinforce with a buttress;

- "Buttress the church";

v2
make stronger or defensible;

- "buttress your thesis";

buttressed / b ʌ t ɹ ə s t /
a1
held up by braces or buttresses;

- syn. braced;

- sim. supported;

buttressing / b ʌ t ɹ ə s ɪ ŋ /
n1
a support usually of stone or brick;

- supports the wall of a building;

- syn. buttress;

buttweld
v1
join by a butt weld;

- syn. butt-weld;

butty
n1
a sandwich;

- "a bacon butty";

butut
n1
100 bututs equal 1 dalasi in Gambia;

- syn. butat;

butyl
n1
a hydrocarbon radical (C4H9);

butyl alcohol
n1
a flammable alcohol derived from butanes and used for solvents;

- syn. butanol;

butyl nitrite
n1
a colorless pungent liquid sometimes used as a stimulant drug by drug abusers;

- syn. isobutyl nitrite;

butyl rubber
n1
synthetic rubber made by polymerizing isobutylene;

butylate
v1
introduce the butyl group into a chemical compound;

butylene
n1
any of three isomeric hydrocarbons C4H8;

- all used in making synthetic rubbers;

- syn. butene;

butyraceous
a1
having the qualities of butter or yielding or containing a substance like butter;

butyric / b j u t ɪr ɪ k /
a1
relating to or producing butyric acid;

butyric acid
n1
an unpleasant smelling fatty acid found especially in butter;

- syn. butanoic acid;

butyrin
n1
any of three glycerides of butyric acid;

Buxaceae
n1
widely distributed evergreen shrubs and trees;

- syn. box family, family Buxaceae;

buxom / b ʌ k s ə m /
a1
(of a woman's body) having a large bosom and pleasing curves;

- "Hollywood seems full of curvaceous blondes";

- "a curvy young woman in a tight dress";

- syn. bosomy, busty, curvaceous, curvy, full-bosomed, sonsie, sonsy, stacked, voluptuous, well-endowed;

- sim. shapely;

a2
(of a female body) healthily plump and vigorous;

- "a generation ago...buxom actresses were popular"- Robt.A.Hamilton;

- syn. zaftig, zoftig;

- sim. fat;

buxomly
r1
in a curvaceous way;

- "his date was curvaceously beguiling";

- syn. curvaceously;

buxomness / b ʌ k s ə m n ɛ s /
n1
the bodily property of being attractively plump and vigorous and (of women) full-bosomed;

Buxus
n1
type genus of the Buxaceae;

- syn. genus Buxus;

Buxus sempervirens
n1
large slow-growing evergreen shrub or small tree with multiple stems;

- extensively used for hedges or borders and topiary figures;

- syn. European box, common box;

buy / b aɪ /
n1
an advantageous purchase;

- "she got a bargain at the auction";

- "the stock was a real buy at that price";

- syn. bargain, steal;

v1
obtain by purchase;

- acquire by means of a financial transaction;

- "The family purchased a new car";

- "The conglomerate acquired a new company";

- "She buys for the big department store";

- syn. purchase;

- also buy in, buy out, buy up;

v2
make illegal payments to in exchange for favors or influence;

- "This judge can be bought";

- syn. bribe, corrupt, grease one's palms;

v3
be worth or be capable of buying;

- "This sum will buy you a ride on the train";

v4
acquire by trade or sacrifice or exchange;

- "She wanted to buy his love with her dedication to him and his work";

v5
accept as true;

- "I can't buy this story";

buy-and-bust operation
n1
an undercover operation by narcotics detectives to catch unsuspecting drug dealers;

buy at
v1
do one's shopping at;

- do business with;

- be a customer or client of;

- syn. frequent, patronise, patronize, shop, shop at, sponsor;

buy back
v1
buy what had previously been sold, lost, or given away;

- "He bought back the house that his father sold years ago";

- syn. repurchase;

buy food
v1
purchase prepared food to be eaten at home;

- syn. take out;

buy in
v1
amass so as to keep for future use or sale or for a particular occasion or use;

- "let's stock coffee as long as prices are low";

- syn. stock, stock up;

buy into
v1
buy stocks or shares of a company;

buy it
v1
be killed or die;

- syn. pip out;

buy off
v1
pay someone with influence in order to receive a favor;

- syn. pay off;

buy out
v1
take over ownership of;

- of corporations and companies;

- syn. buy up, take over;

buy the farm
v1
pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life;

- "She died from cancer";

- "The children perished in the fire";

- "The patient went peacefully";

- "The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102";

- syn. cash in one's chips, choke, conk, croak, decease, die, drop dead, exit, expire, give-up the ghost, go, kick the bucket, pass, pass away, perish, pop off, snuff it;

buy time
v1
act so as to delay an event or action in order to gain an advantage;

buy up
v1
take over ownership of;

- of corporations and companies;

- syn. buy out, take over;

buyback / b aɪ b æ k /
n1
the act of purchasing back something previously sold;

- syn. redemption, repurchase;

buyer / b aɪ ə , b aɪ ə ɹ /
n1
a person who buys;

- syn. emptor, purchaser, vendee;

buyer's market
n1
a market in which more people want to sell than want to buy;

- syn. buyers' market, soft market;

buyers' market
n1
a market in which more people want to sell than want to buy;

- syn. buyer's market, soft market;

Buyi
n1
a branch of the Tai languages;

- syn. Bouyei;

buying / b aɪ ɪ ŋ /
n1
the act of buying;

- "buying and selling fill their days";

- "shrewd purchasing requires considerable knowledge";

- syn. purchasing;

buyout / b aɪ aʊ t /
n1
acquisition of a company by purchasing a controlling percentage of its stock;

buyout bid
n1
a bid to buy all of a person's holdings;

buzz / b ʌ z /
n1
sound of rapid vibration;

- "the buzz of a bumble bee";

- syn. bombilation, bombination;

n2
a confusion of activity and gossip;

- "the buzz of excitement was so great that a formal denial was issued";

v1
make a buzzing sound;

- "bees were buzzing around the hive";

- syn. bombilate, bombinate;

v2
fly low;

- "Planes buzzed the crowds in the square";

v3
be noisy with activity;

- "This office is buzzing with activity";

- syn. hum, seethe;

v4
call with a buzzer;

- "he buzzed the servant";

buzz bomb
n1
a small jet-propelled winged missile that carries a bomb;

- syn. V-1, doodlebug, flying bomb, robot bomb;

buzz off
v1
leave immediately;

- used usually in the imperative form;

- "Scram!";

- syn. bugger off, fuck off, get, scram;

buzz saw
n1
a power saw that has a steel disk with cutting teeth on the periphery;

- rotates on a spindle;

- syn. circular saw;

buzzard / b ʌ z ə d /
n1
a New World vulture that is common in South America and Central America and the southern United States;

- syn. Cathartes aura, turkey buzzard, turkey vulture;

n2
the common European short-winged hawk;

- syn. Buteo buteo;

Buzzards Bay
n1
an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean in southeastern Massachusetts;

buzzer / b ʌ z ə , b ʌ z ə ɹ /
n1
a push button at an outer door that gives a ringing or buzzing signal when pushed;

- syn. bell, doorbell;

n2
a signaling device that makes a buzzing sound;

buzzing / b ʌ z ɪ ŋ /
a1
noisy like the sound of a bee;

- "the room was abuzz over the latest scandal";

- syn. abuzz;

- sim. noisy;

buzzword / b ʌ z w ɝ d /
n1
stock phrases that have become nonsense through endless repetition;

- syn. cant;

BVD
n1
trademark for men's underwear;

- syn. BVD's;

BVD's
n1
trademark for men's underwear;

- syn. BVD;

BW
n1
the use of bacteria or viruses or toxins to destroy men and animals or food;

- syn. bioattack, biologic attack, biological attack, biological warfare;

BW defence
n1
defense against biological warfare;

- syn. BW defense, biological warfare defence, biological warfare defense;

BW defense
n1
defense against biological warfare;

- syn. BW defence, biological warfare defence, biological warfare defense;

BWR
n1
a nuclear reactor that uses water as a coolant and moderator;

- the water boils in the reactor core and the steam produced can drive a steam turbine;

- syn. boiling water reactor;

by / b aɪ /
r1
so as to pass a given point;

- "every hour a train goes past";

- syn. past;

r2
in reserve;

- not for immediate use;

- "started setting aside money to buy a car";

- "put something by for her old age";

- "has a nest egg tucked away for a rainy day";

- syn. aside, away;

by-and-by
n1
an indefinite time in the future;

- "he'll get around to it in the sweet by-and-by";

by-bid
v1
bid on behalf of someone else;

by-blow
n1
the illegitimate offspring of unmarried parents;

- syn. bastard, illegitimate, illegitimate child, love child, whoreson;

by-catch
n1
unwanted marine creatures that are caught in the nets while fishing for another species;

- "thousands of dolphins and porpoises and whales are killed as part of the by-catch each year";

- syn. bycatch;

by-election / b aɪ ɪ ɫ ɛ k ʃ n /
n1
a special election between regular elections;

- syn. bye-election;

by-line
n1
a line giving the name of the writer of a story or article;

- syn. credit line;

n2
an auxiliary activity;

- syn. avocation, hobby, pursuit, sideline, spare-time activity;

by-product / b aɪ p ɹ ɒ d ʌ k t /
n1
a secondary and sometimes unexpected consequence;

- syn. byproduct;

n2
a product made during the manufacture of something else;

- syn. byproduct, spin-off;

by a long shot
r1
by a great deal;

- "he is the best by a long shot";

- "his labors haven't ended there--not by a long shot";

by all means
r1
definitely or certainly;

- "Visit us by all means";

by all odds
r1
without question and beyond doubt;

- "it was decidedly too expensive";

- "she told him off in spades";

- "by all odds they should win";

- syn. decidedly, definitely, emphatically, in spades, unquestionably;

by and by
r1
at some eventual time in the future;

- "By and by he'll understand";

- "I'll see you later";

- syn. later;

by and large
r1
usually;

- as a rule;

- "by and large it doesn't rain much here";

- syn. generally, more often than not, mostly;

by artificial means
r1
not according to nature;

- not by natural means;

- "artificially induced conditions";

- syn. artificially, unnaturally;

by chance
r1
through chance;

- "To sleep, perchance to dream...";

- syn. perchance;

r2
by accident;

- "betrayed by a word haply overheard";

- syn. by luck, haply;

r3
without advance planning;

- "they met accidentally";

- syn. accidentally, circumstantially, unexpectedly;

by choice
r1
with intention;

- in an intentional manner;

- "he used that word intentionally";

- "I did this by choice";

- syn. advisedly, by design, deliberately, designedly, intentionally, on purpose, purposely;

by design
r1
with intention;

- in an intentional manner;

- "he used that word intentionally";

- "I did this by choice";

- syn. advisedly, by choice, deliberately, designedly, intentionally, on purpose, purposely;

by experimentation
r1
in an experimental fashion;

- "this can be experimentally determined";

- syn. experimentally, through an experiment;

by far
r1
by a considerable margin;

- "she was by far the smartest student";

- "it was far and away the best meal he had ever eaten";

- syn. far and away, out and away;

by fits and starts
r1
intermittently;

- "he worked on his book by fits and starts";

by hand
r1
without the use of a machine;

- "this dress is sewn by hand";

by heart
r1
by committing to memory;

- "she knew the poem by heart";

- syn. by memory;

by hook or by crook
r1
in any way necessary;

- by any possible means;

- "I'll pass this course by hook or by crook";

by inches
r1
by a short distance;

- "they moved it by inches";

- syn. by small degrees, little by little;

by luck
r1
by accident;

- "betrayed by a word haply overheard";

- syn. by chance, haply;

by machine
r1
with the use of a machine;

- "the shirt is sewn by machine";

by memory
r1
by committing to memory;

- "she knew the poem by heart";

- syn. by heart;

by nature
r1
through inherent nature;

- "he was naturally lazy";

- syn. naturally;

by no means
r1
definitely not;

- "the prize is by no means certain";

- "and that isn't all, not by a long sight";

- syn. not by a blame sight, not by a long sight;

by right of office
r1
by virtue of position;

- "the president sat on the committee ex officio";

- syn. ex officio;

by rights
r1
with reason or justice;

by small degrees
r1
by a short distance;

- "they moved it by inches";

- syn. by inches, little by little;

by the bye
r1
introducing a different topic;

- "incidentally, I won't go to the party";

- syn. apropos, by the way, incidentally;

by the day
r1
one every day;

- "we'll save 100 man-hours per diem";

- syn. per diem;

by the piece
r1
one piece at a time;

- "she sold the plates by the piece";

- syn. one by one;

by the way
r1
introducing a different topic;

- "incidentally, I won't go to the party";

- syn. apropos, by the bye, incidentally;

by trial and error
r1
in an empirical manner;

- "this can be empirically tested";

- syn. empirically, through empirical observation;

by word of mouth
r1
orally;

- "I heard it viva voce";

- syn. viva voce;

r2
by spoken rather than written means;

- "these stories were transmitted by word of mouth";

- syn. orally;

Byblos
n1
an ancient Mediterranean seaport that was a thriving city state in Phoenicia during the second millennium BC;

- was the chief port for the export of papyrus;

- located in Lebanon to the north of Beirut;

- now partially excavated;

bycatch
n1
unwanted marine creatures that are caught in the nets while fishing for another species;

- "thousands of dolphins and porpoises and whales are killed as part of the by-catch each year";

- syn. by-catch;

Bydgoszcz
n1
an industrial city and river port in northern Poland;

- syn. Bromberg;

bye / b aɪ /
n1
an automatic advance to the next round in a tournament without playing an opponent;

- "he had a bye in the first round";

- syn. pass;

n2
a farewell remark;

- "they said their good-byes";

- syn. adieu, adios, arrivederci, au revoir, auf wiedersehen, bye-bye, cheerio, good-by, good-bye, good day, goodby, goodbye, sayonara, so long;

bye-bye / b aɪ b aɪ /
n1
a farewell remark;

- "they said their good-byes";

- syn. adieu, adios, arrivederci, au revoir, auf wiedersehen, bye, cheerio, good-by, good-bye, good day, goodby, goodbye, sayonara, so long;

bye-election
n1
a special election between regular elections;

- syn. by-election;

Byelarus
n1
a landlocked republic in eastern Europe;

- formerly a European soviet;

- syn. Belarus, Belorussia, Byelorussia, Republic of Belarus, White Russia;

Byelorussia
n1
a landlocked republic in eastern Europe;

- formerly a European soviet;

- syn. Belarus, Belorussia, Byelarus, Republic of Belarus, White Russia;

Byelorussian
n1
a native or inhabitant of Byelorussia;

- syn. Belorussian, White Russian;

n2
the Slavic language spoken in Belarus;

- syn. Belarusian, White Russian;

bygone / b aɪ ɡ ɒ n /
n1
past events to be put aside;

- "let bygones be bygones";

- syn. water under the bridge;

a1
well in the past;

- former;

- "bygone days";

- "dreams of foregone times";

- "sweet memories of gone summers";

- "relics of a departed era";

- syn. bypast, departed, foregone, gone;

- sim. past;

bylaw / b aɪ ɫ ɔ /
n1
a rule adopted by an organization in order to regulate its own affairs and the behavior of its members;

byname
n1
a familiar name for a person (often a shortened version of a person's given name);

- "Joe's mother would not use his nickname and always called him Joseph";

- "Henry's nickname was Slim";

- syn. cognomen, moniker, nickname, sobriquet, soubriquet;

bypass / b aɪ p ɑ s /
n1
a highway that encircles an urban area so that traffic does not have to pass through the center;

- syn. beltway, ring road, ringway;

n2
a surgically created shunt (usually around a damaged part);

n3
a conductor having low resistance in parallel with another device to divert a fraction of the current;

- syn. electrical shunt, shunt;

v1
avoid something unpleasant or laborious;

- "You cannot bypass these rules!";

- syn. get around, go around, short-circuit;

bypass capacitor
n1
a capacitor that provides low impedance over certain (high) frequencies;

- syn. bypass condenser;

bypass condenser
n1
a capacitor that provides low impedance over certain (high) frequencies;

- syn. bypass capacitor;

bypast / b aɪ p ɑ s t /
a1
well in the past;

- former;

- "bygone days";

- "dreams of foregone times";

- "sweet memories of gone summers";

- "relics of a departed era";

- syn. bygone, departed, foregone, gone;

- sim. past;

bypath / b aɪ p ɑ θ /
n1
a side road little traveled (as in the countryside);

- syn. byroad, byway;

byplay / b aɪ p ɫ eɪ /
n1
incidental activity performed by an actor for dramatic effect;

- "his business with the cane was hilarious";

- syn. business, stage business;

byproduct / b aɪ p ɹ ɒ d ʌ k t /
n1
a secondary and sometimes unexpected consequence;

- syn. by-product;

n2
a product made during the manufacture of something else;

- syn. by-product, spin-off;

Byrd
n1
English organist and composer of church music;

- master of 16th century polyphony;

- was granted a monopoly in music printing with Thomas Tallis (1543-1623);

- syn. William Byrd;

n2
explorer and United States naval officer;

- led expeditions to explore Antarctica (1888-1957);

- syn. Admiral Byrd, Richard E. Byrd, Richard Evelyn Byrd;

byre / b aɪ ə /
n1
a barn for cows;

- syn. cow barn, cowbarn, cowhouse, cowshed;

byrnie
n1
a long (usually sleeveless) tunic of chain mail formerly worn as defensive armor;

- syn. hauberk;

byroad / b aɪ ɹ oʊ d /
n1
a side road little traveled (as in the countryside);

- syn. bypath, byway;

Byron
n1
English romantic poet notorious for his rebellious and unconventional lifestyle (1788-1824);

- syn. Lord George Gordon Byron, Sixth Baron Byron of Rochdale;

byssus / b ɪ s ə s /
n1
tuft of strong filaments by which e.g. a mussel makes itself fast to a fixed surface;

- syn. beard;

bystander / b aɪ s t æ n d ə , b aɪ s t æ n d ə ɹ /
n1
a nonparticipant spectator;

byte
n1
a sequence of 8 bits (enough to represent one character of alphanumeric data) processed as a single unit of information;

byway / b aɪ w eɪ /
n1
a side road little traveled (as in the countryside);

- syn. bypath, byroad;

byword / b aɪ w ɝ d /
n1
a condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people;

- syn. adage, proverb, saw;

byzant
n1
a gold coin of the Byzantine Empire;

- widely circulated in Europe in the Middle Ages;

- syn. bezant, bezzant, solidus;

Byzantine / b ɪ z æ n t aɪ n /
n1
a native or inhabitant of Byzantium or of the Byzantine Empire;

a1
of or relating to the Eastern Orthodox Church or the rites performed in it;

- "Byzantine monks";

- "Byzantine rites";

a2
of or relating to or characteristic of the Byzantine Empire or the ancient city of Byzantium;

a3
highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious;

- "the Byzantine tax structure";

- "Byzantine methods for holding on to his chairmanship";

- "convoluted legal language";

- "convoluted reasoning";

- "the plot was too involved";

- "a knotty problem";

- "got his way by labyrinthine maneuvering";

- "Oh, what a tangled web we weave"- Sir Walter Scott;

- "tortuous legal procedures";

- "tortuous negotiations lasting for months";

- syn. convoluted, involved, knotty, tangled, tortuous;

- sim. complex;

Byzantine architecture
n1
the style of architecture developed in the Byzantine Empire developed after the 5th century;

- massive domes with square bases and round arches and spires and much use of mosaics;

Byzantine Church
n1
the Catholic Church as it existed in the Byzantine Empire;

- syn. Eastern Church;

Byzantine Empire
n1
a continuation of the Roman Empire in the Middle East after its division in 395;

- syn. Byzantium, Eastern Roman Empire;

Byzantine Greek
n1
the Greek language from about 600 to 1200 AD;

- syn. Medieval Greek, Middle Greek;

Byzantinism
n1
the doctrine that the state is supreme over the church in ecclesiastical matters;

- syn. Caesaropapism, Erastianism;

Byzantium
n1
an ancient city on the Bosporus founded by the Greeks;

- site of modern Istanbul;

- in 330 Constantine I rebuilt the city and called it Constantinople and made it his capital;

n2
a continuation of the Roman Empire in the Middle East after its division in 395;

- syn. Byzantine Empire, Eastern Roman Empire;

C / s i /
n1
a degree on the centigrade scale of temperature;

- syn. degree Celsius, degree centigrade;

n2
the speed at which light travels in a vacuum;

- the constancy and universality of the speed of light is recognized by defining it to be exactly 299,792,458 meters per second;

- syn. light speed, speed of light;

n3
a vitamin found in fresh fruits (especially citrus fruits) and vegetables;

- prevents scurvy;

- syn. ascorbic acid, vitamin C;

n4
one of the four nucleotides used in building DNA;

- all four nucleotides have a common phosphate group and a sugar (ribose);

- syn. deoxycytidine monophosphate;

n5
a base found in DNA and RNA and derived from pyrimidine;

- pairs with guanine;

- syn. cytosine;

n6
an abundant nonmetallic tetravalent element occurring in three allotropic forms: amorphous carbon and graphite and diamond;

- occurs in all organic compounds;

- syn. atomic number 6, carbon;

n7
ten 10s;

- syn. 100, century, hundred, one C;

n8
a unit of electrical charge equal to the amount of charge transferred by a current of 1 ampere in 1 second;

- syn. ampere-second, coulomb;

n9
a general-purpose programing language closely associated with the UNIX operating system;

n10
(music) the keynote of the scale of C major;

n11
the 3rd letter of the Roman alphabet;

n12
street names for cocaine;

- syn. blow, coke, nose candy, snow;

a1
being ten more than ninety;

- syn. 100, hundred, one hundred;

- sim. cardinal;

C-clamp
n1
a clamp in the shape of the letter C;

C-horizon
n1
beneath the B-horizon and above the bedrock;

- consisting of weathered rock;

- syn. C horizon;

c-note
n1
a United States bill worth 100 dollars;

- syn. hundred dollar bill;

C-ration
n1
a canned field ration issued by the United States Army;

C-reactive protein
n1
a byproduct of inflammation;

- a globulin that is found in the blood in some cases of acute inflammation;

- syn. CRP;

C-section
n1
the delivery of a fetus by surgical incision through the abdominal wall and uterus (from the belief that Julius Caesar was born that way);

- syn. abdominal delivery, caesarean, caesarean delivery, caesarean section, caesarian, caesarian delivery, caesarian section, cesarean, cesarean delivery, cesarean section, cesarian, cesarian section;

C. D. Gibson
n1
United States illustrator remembered for his creation of the `Gibson girl' (1867-1944);

- syn. Charles Dana Gibson, Gibson;

C. diphtheriae
n1
a species of bacterium that causes diphtheria;

- syn. Corynebacterium diphtheriae, Klebs-Loeffler bacillus;

C. H. Best
n1
Canadian physiologist (born in the United States) who assisted F. G. Banting in research leading to the discovery of insulin (1899-1978);

- syn. Best, Charles Herbert Best;

C. K. Ogden
n1
English psychologist who collaborated with I. A. Richards in designing Basic English (1889-1957);

- syn. Charles Kay Ogden, Ogden;

C. Northcote Parkinson
n1
British historian noted for ridicule of bureaucracies (1909-1993);

- syn. Cyril Northcote Parkinson, Parkinson;

C. P. Snow
n1
English writer of novels about moral dilemmas in academe (1905-1980);

- syn. Baron Snow of Leicester, Charles Percy Snow, Snow;

C. psittaci
n1
bacteria responsible for the sexually transmitted disease chlamydia;

- syn. Chlamydia psittaci;

C. S. Forester
n1
English writer of adventure novels featuring Captain Horatio Hornblower (1899-1966);

- syn. Cecil Scott Forester, Forester;

C. S. Lewis
n1
English critic and novelist;

- author of theological works and of books for children (1898-1963);

- syn. Clive Staples Lewis, Lewis;

C. trachomatis
n1
bacteria responsible for the sexually transmitted diseases chlamydia and lymphogranuloma venereum;

- syn. Chlamydia trachomatis;

C. Vann Woodward
n1
United States historian (1908-1999);

- syn. Comer Vann Woodward, Woodward;

C. W. Post
n1
United States manufacturer of breakfast cereals and Postum (1854-1914);

- syn. Charles William Post, Post;

C.E.
r1
of the period coinciding with the Christian era;

- preferred by some writers who are not Christians;

- "in 200 CE";

- syn. CE, Common Era;

C.O.D.
r1
collecting the charges upon delivery;

- "mail a package C.O.D.";

- syn. COD, cash on delivery;

C.P.U.
n1
(computer science) the part of a computer (a microprocessor chip) that does most of the data processing;

- "the CPU and the memory form the central part of a computer to which the peripherals are attached";

- syn. CPU, central processing unit, central processor, mainframe, processor;

C2H6
n1
a colorless odorless alkane gas used as fuel;

- syn. ethane;

C and W
n1
a simple style of folk music heard mostly in the southern United States;

- usually played on stringed instruments;

- syn. country and western, country music;

C battery
n1
battery used to maintain the grid potential in a vacuum tube;

C clef
n1
a movable clef that puts middle C on one of the lines of a staff;

C compiler
n1
a compiler for programs written in C;

C horizon
n1
beneath the B-horizon and above the bedrock;

- consisting of weathered rock;

- syn. C-horizon;

C major
n1
(music) the major scale having no sharps or flats;

- syn. C major scale, scale of C major;

C major scale
n1
(music) the major scale having no sharps or flats;

- syn. C major, scale of C major;

C program
n1
a program written in C;

Ca
n1
a white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light;

- the fifth most abundant element in the earth's crust;

- an important component of most plants and animals;

- syn. atomic number 20, calcium;

n2
a state in the western United States on the Pacific;

- the 3rd largest state;

- known for earthquakes;

- syn. Calif., California, Golden State;

ca-ca
v1
have a bowel movement;

- "The dog had made in the flower beds";

- syn. crap, defecate, make, shit, stool, take a crap, take a shit;

Caaba
n1
(Islam) a black stone building in Mecca that is shaped like a cube and that is the most sacred Muslim pilgrim shrine;

- believed to have been given by Gabriel to Abraham;

- Muslims turn in its direction when praying;

- syn. Kaaba;

cab / k æ b /
n1
a compartment at the front of a motor vehicle or locomotive where driver sits;

n2
small two-wheeled horse-drawn carriage;

- with two seats and a folding hood;

- syn. cabriolet;

n3
a car driven by a person whose job is to take passengers where they want to go in exchange for money;

- syn. hack, taxi, taxicab;

v1
ride in a taxicab;

- syn. taxi;

cab fare
n1
the fare charged for riding in a taxicab;

- syn. taxi fare;

cabal / k ə b æ ɫ /
n1
a clique (often secret) that seeks power usually through intrigue;

- syn. camarilla, faction, junto;

n2
a plot to carry out some harmful or illegal act (especially a political plot);

- syn. conspiracy;

v1
engage in plotting or enter into a conspiracy, swear together;

- "They conspired to overthrow the government";

- syn. complot, conjure, conspire, machinate;

cabala
n1
an esoteric or occult matter resembling the Kabbalah that is traditionally secret;

- syn. cabbala, cabbalah, kabala, kabbala, kabbalah, qabala, qabalah;

n2
an esoteric theosophy of rabbinical origin based on the Hebrew scriptures and developed between the 7th and 18th centuries;

- syn. Cabbala, Cabbalah, Kabala, Kabbala, Kabbalah, Qabbala, Qabbalah;

Cabalism / k æ b ə ɫ ɪ z ə m /
n1
the doctrines of the Kabbalah;

- syn. Kabbalism;

n2
adherence to some extreme traditional theological concept or interpretation;

- syn. kabbalism;

cabalist / k æ b ə ɫ ɪ s t /
n1
a member of a cabal;

n2
an expert who is highly skilled in obscure or difficult or esoteric matters;

- syn. kabbalist;

n3
a student of the Jewish Kabbalah;

- syn. Kabbalist;

cabalistic / k æ b ə ɫ ɪ s t ɪ k /
a1
having a secret or hidden meaning;

- "cabalistic symbols engraved in stone";

- "cryptic writings";

- "thoroughly sibylline in most of his pronouncements"- John Gunther;

- syn. cryptic, cryptical, kabbalistic, qabalistic, sibylline;

- sim. esoteric;

cabana / k æ b ɑ n ə /
n1
a small tent used as a dressing room beside the sea or a swimming pool;

cabaret / k æ b ə ɹ eɪ /
n1
a spot that is open late at night and that provides entertainment (as singers or dancers) as well as dancing and food and drink;

- "don't expect a good meal at a cabaret";

- "the gossip columnist got his information by visiting nightclubs every night";

- "he played the drums at a jazz club";

- syn. club, night club, nightclub, nightspot;

n2
a series of acts at a night club;

- syn. floor show, floorshow;

cabasset
n1
a metal helmet worn by common soldiers in the 16th century;

- syn. morion;

cabassous
n1
naked-tailed armadillo of tropical South America;

- syn. Cabassous unicinctus, tatouay;

Cabassous unicinctus
n1
naked-tailed armadillo of tropical South America;

- syn. cabassous, tatouay;

cabbage / k æ b ɪ dʒ /
n1
any of various types of cabbage;

- syn. chou;

n2
informal terms for money;

- syn. boodle, bread, clams, dinero, dough, gelt, kale, lettuce, lolly, loot, lucre, moolah, pelf, scratch, shekels, simoleons, sugar, wampum;

n3
any of various cultivars of the genus Brassica oleracea grown for their edible leaves or flowers;

- syn. Brassica oleracea, cultivated cabbage;

v1
make off with belongings of others;

- syn. abstract, filch, hook, lift, nobble, pilfer, pinch, purloin, snarf, sneak, swipe;

cabbage-bark tree
n1
tree with shaggy unpleasant-smelling toxic bark and yielding strong durable wood;

- bark and seeds used as a purgative and vermifuge and narcotic;

- syn. Andira inermis, cabbage bark, cabbage tree;

cabbage bark
n1
tree with shaggy unpleasant-smelling toxic bark and yielding strong durable wood;

- bark and seeds used as a purgative and vermifuge and narcotic;

- syn. Andira inermis, cabbage-bark tree, cabbage tree;

cabbage butterfly
n1
white butterfly whose larvae (cabbageworms) feed on cabbage;

cabbage palm
n1
low-growing fan-leaved palm of coastal southern United States having edible leaf buds;

- syn. Sabal palmetto, cabbage palmetto;

n2
West Indian palm with leaf buds that are edible when young;

- syn. Roystonea oleracea;

n3
Australian palm with leaf buds that are edible when young;

- syn. Livistona australis, cabbage tree;

n4
Brazilian palm of genus Euterpe whose leaf buds are eaten like cabbage when young;

- syn. Euterpe oleracea;

cabbage palmetto
n1
low-growing fan-leaved palm of coastal southern United States having edible leaf buds;

- syn. Sabal palmetto, cabbage palm;

cabbage tree
n1
Australian palm with leaf buds that are edible when young;

- syn. Livistona australis, cabbage palm;

n2
tree with shaggy unpleasant-smelling toxic bark and yielding strong durable wood;

- bark and seeds used as a purgative and vermifuge and narcotic;

- syn. Andira inermis, cabbage-bark tree, cabbage bark;

n3
elegant tree having either a single trunk or a branching trunk each with terminal clusters of long narrow leaves and large panicles of fragrant white, yellow or red flowers;

- New Zealand;

- syn. Cordyline australis, grass tree;

cabbageworm
n1
toxic green larva of a cabbage butterfly;

- syn. Pieris rapae;

cabbala
n1
an esoteric or occult matter resembling the Kabbalah that is traditionally secret;

- syn. cabala, cabbalah, kabala, kabbala, kabbalah, qabala, qabalah;

n2
an esoteric theosophy of rabbinical origin based on the Hebrew scriptures and developed between the 7th and 18th centuries;

- syn. Cabala, Cabbalah, Kabala, Kabbala, Kabbalah, Qabbala, Qabbalah;

cabbalah
n1
an esoteric or occult matter resembling the Kabbalah that is traditionally secret;

- syn. cabala, cabbala, kabala, kabbala, kabbalah, qabala, qabalah;

n2
an esoteric theosophy of rabbinical origin based on the Hebrew scriptures and developed between the 7th and 18th centuries;

- syn. Cabala, Cabbala, Kabala, Kabbala, Kabbalah, Qabbala, Qabbalah;

cabby / k æ b i /
n1
someone who drives a taxi for a living;

- syn. cabdriver, cabman, hack-driver, hack driver, livery driver, taxidriver, taximan;

cabdriver / k æ b d ɹ aɪ v ə ɹ /
n1
someone who drives a taxi for a living;

- syn. cabby, cabman, hack-driver, hack driver, livery driver, taxidriver, taximan;

Cabell / k æ b ɛ ɫ /
n1
United States writer of satirical novels (1879-1958);

- syn. James Branch Cabell;

caber / k eɪ b ə , k eɪ b ə ɹ /
n1
a heavy wooden pole (such as the trunk of a young fir) that is tossed as a test of strength (in the Highlands of northern Scotland);

Cabernet / k eɪ b ə n ɛ t /
n1
superior Bordeaux type of red wine;

- syn. Cabernet Sauvignon;

Cabernet Sauvignon
n1
superior Bordeaux type of red wine;

- syn. Cabernet;

Cabernet Sauvignon grape
n1
superior red wine grapes grown especially in the Bordeaux region of France and northern California;

CABG
n1
open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart;

- syn. coronary artery bypass graft, coronary bypass, coronary bypass surgery;

cabin / k æ b ɪ n /
n1
small room on a ship or boat where people sleep;

n2
a small house built of wood;

- usually in a wooded area;

n3
the enclosed compartment of an aircraft or spacecraft where passengers are carried;

v1
confine to a small space, such as a cabin;

cabin boy
n1
a young man acting as a servant on a ship;

cabin car
n1
a car on a freight train for use of the train crew;

- usually the last car on the train;

- syn. caboose;

cabin class
n1
a class of accommodations on a ship or train or plane that are less expensive than first class accommodations;

- syn. economy class, second class;

cabin cruiser
n1
a large motorboat that has a cabin and plumbing and other conveniences necessary for living on board;

- syn. cruiser, pleasure boat, pleasure craft;

cabin liner
n1
a liner with cabins for passengers;

cabinet / k æ b ɪ n ə t /
n1
a piece of furniture resembling a cupboard with doors and shelves and drawers;

- for storage or display;

n2
persons appointed by a head of state to head executive departments of government and act as official advisers;

n3
a storage compartment for clothes and valuables;

- usually it has a lock;

- syn. locker, storage locker;

n4
housing for electronic instruments, as radio or television;

- syn. console;

cabinet minister
n1
a person who is a member of the cabinet;

n2
the job of a senior minister who is a member of the cabinet;

cabinet wood
n1
moderately dense wood used for cabinetwork;

- "teak and other heavy cabinet wood";

cabinetmaker / k æ b ɪ n ə t m eɪ k ə /
n1
a woodworker who specializes in making furniture;

- syn. furniture maker;

cabinetmaking / k æ b ɪ n ə t m eɪ k ɪ ŋ /
n1
the craft of a joiner;

- syn. joinery;

cabinetry
n1
the craft of making furniture (especially furniture of high quality);

- syn. cabinetwork;

cabinetwork / k æ b ɪ n ə t w ɝ k /
n1
woodwork finished by hand by a cabinetmaker;

n2
the craft of making furniture (especially furniture of high quality);

- syn. cabinetry;

cable / k eɪ b ɫ /
n1
a telegram sent abroad;

- syn. cablegram, overseas telegram;

n2
a conductor for transmitting electrical or optical signals or electric power;

- syn. line, transmission line;

n3
a very strong thick rope made of twisted hemp or steel wire;

n4
a nautical unit of depth;

- syn. cable's length, cable length;

n5
television that is transmitted over cable directly to the receiver;

- syn. cable television;

n6
a television system that transmits over cables;

- syn. cable system, cable television, cable television service;

v1
send cables, wires, or telegrams;

- syn. telegraph, wire;

v2
fasten with a cable;

- "cable trees";

cable's length
n1
a nautical unit of depth;

- syn. cable, cable length;

cable car
n1
a conveyance for passengers or freight on a cable railway;

- "they took a cable car to the top of the mountain";

- syn. car;

cable length
n1
a nautical unit of depth;

- syn. cable, cable's length;

cable railway
n1
a railway up the side of a mountain pulled by a moving cable and having counterbalancing ascending and descending cars;

- syn. funicular, funicular railway;

cable system
n1
a television system that transmits over cables;

- syn. cable, cable television, cable television service;

cable television
n1
television that is transmitted over cable directly to the receiver;

- syn. cable;

n2
a television system that transmits over cables;

- syn. cable, cable system, cable television service;

cable television service
n1
a television system that transmits over cables;

- syn. cable, cable system, cable television;

cable tramway
n1
a conveyance that transports passengers or freight in carriers suspended from cables and supported by a series of towers;

- syn. aerial tramway, ropeway, tram, tramway;

cablegram / k eɪ b ɫ ɡ ɹ æ m /
n1
a telegram sent abroad;

- syn. cable, overseas telegram;

cabman / k æ b m æ n , k æ b m ɛ n /
n1
someone who drives a taxi for a living;

- syn. cabby, cabdriver, hack-driver, hack driver, livery driver, taxidriver, taximan;

cabochon
n1
a highly polished gem that is cut convexly but without facets;

Cabomba
n1
alternatively, a member of the family Nymphaeaceae;

- a small genus of American aquatic plants;

- syn. genus Cabomba;

Cabomba caroliniana
n1
common aquatic plant of eastern North America having floating and submerged leaves and white yellow-spotted flowers;

- syn. fanwort, water-shield;

Cabombaceae
n1
in some classifications considered an independent family of water lilies;

- comprises the genera Cabomba and Brasenia;

- syn. subfamily Cabombaceae, water-shield family;

caboodle / k ə b u d ɫ /
n1
any collection in its entirety;

- "she bought the whole caboodle";

- syn. bunch, lot;

caboose / k ə b u s /
n1
the area for food preparation on a ship;

- syn. cookhouse, galley, ship's galley;

n2
a car on a freight train for use of the train crew;

- usually the last car on the train;

- syn. cabin car;

Cabot / k æ b oʊ /
n1
son of John Cabot who was born in Italy and who led an English expedition in search of the Northwest Passage and a Spanish expedition that explored the La Plata region of Brazil;

- in 1544 he published a map of the world (1476-1557);

- syn. Sebastian Cabot;

n2
Italian explorer who led the English expedition in 1497 that discovered the mainland of North America and explored the coast from Nova Scotia to Newfoundland (ca. 1450-1498);

- syn. Giovanni Cabato, John Cabot;

cabotage / k æ b ə t ɑ ʒ /
n1
the exclusive right of a country to control the air traffic within its borders;

n2
navigation in coastal waters;

cabriolet / k æ b ɹ i oʊ ɫ ɛ t /
n1
small two-wheeled horse-drawn carriage;

- with two seats and a folding hood;

- syn. cab;

cabstand / k æ b s t æ n d /
n1
a place where taxis park while awaiting customers;

- "in England the place where taxis wait to be hired is called a `taxi rank'";

- syn. taxi rank, taxistand;

Cacajao
n1
uakaris;

- syn. genus Cacajao;

Cacalia
n1
genus of tall smooth herbs of forested mountains of Europe and Asia minor;

- in some classifications includes many plants usually placed in genus Emilia;

- syn. genus Cacalia;

Cacalia javanica
n1
tropical African annual having scarlet tassel-shaped flower heads;

- sometimes placed in genus Cacalia;

- syn. Cacalia lutea, Emilia coccinea, Emilia flammea, Emilia javanica, tassel flower;

Cacalia lutea
n1
tropical African annual having scarlet tassel-shaped flower heads;

- sometimes placed in genus Cacalia;

- syn. Cacalia javanica, Emilia coccinea, Emilia flammea, Emilia javanica, tassel flower;

cacao / k ə k ɑ oʊ /
n1
tropical American tree producing cacao beans;

- syn. Theobroma cacao, cacao tree, chocolate tree;

cacao bean
n1
seed of the cacao tree;

- ground roasted beans are source of chocolate;

- syn. cocoa bean;

cacao moth
n1
small moth whose larvae feed on tobacco and other dried plant products;

- syn. Ephestia elutella, tobacco moth;

cacao tree
n1
tropical American tree producing cacao beans;

- syn. Theobroma cacao, cacao, chocolate tree;

Cacatua
n1
a genus of Psittacidae;

- syn. Kakatoe, genus Cacatua, genus Kakatoe;

Cacatua galerita
n1
white cockatoo with a yellow erectile crest;

- syn. Kakatoe galerita, sulphur-crested cockatoo;

cachalot / k æ ʃ ə ɫ ɒ t /
n1
large whale with a large cavity in the head containing spermaceti and oil;

- also a source of ambergris;

- syn. Physeter catodon, black whale, sperm whale;

cache / k æ ʃ /
n1
a hidden storage space (for money or provisions or weapons);

n2
a secret store of valuables or money;

- syn. hoard, stash;

n3
(computer science) RAM memory that is set aside as a specialized buffer storage that is continually updated;

- used to optimize data transfers between system elements with different characteristics;

- syn. memory cache;

v1
save up as for future use;

- syn. hive up, hoard, lay away, squirrel away, stash;

cachectic
a1
relating to or having the symptoms of cachexia;

cachet / k æ ʃ eɪ /
n1
an indication of approved or superior status;

- syn. seal, seal of approval;

n2
a warrant formerly issued by a French king who could warrant imprisonment or death in a signed letter under his seal;

- syn. lettre de cachet;

n3
a seal on a letter;

cachexia
n1
any general reduction in vitality and strength of body and mind resulting from a debilitating chronic disease;

- syn. cachexy, wasting;

cachexy
n1
any general reduction in vitality and strength of body and mind resulting from a debilitating chronic disease;

- syn. cachexia, wasting;

Cachi
n1
a mountain in the Andes in Argentina (22,047 feet high);

cachinnate / k æ k ɪ n eɪ t /
v1
laugh loudly and in an unrestrained way;

cachinnation / k æ k ɪ n eɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
loud convulsive laughter;

cachou / k æ ʃ u /
n1
a scented lozenge used to sweeten the breath (e.g. to conceal the odor of tobacco);

Cacicus
n1
a genus of tropical American orioles;

- syn. genus Cacicus;

cacique / k æ s i k /
n1
black-and-red or black-and-yellow orioles of the American tropics;

- syn. cazique;

cackel
v1
make a cackling sound;

- "The fire cackled cozily";

cackle / k æ k ɫ /
n1
the sound made by a hen after laying an egg;

n2
noisy talk;

- syn. chatter, yack, yak, yakety-yak;

n3
a loud laugh suggestive of a hen's cackle;

v1
talk or utter in a cackling manner;

- "The women cackled when they saw the movie star step out of the limousine";

v2
squawk shrilly and loudly, characteristic of hens;

v3
emit a loud, unpleasant kind of laughing;

cackler / k æ k ɫ ə , k æ k ɫ ə ɹ /
n1
a hen that has just laid an egg and emits a shrill squawk;

n2
any of various insectivorous Old World birds with a loud incessant song;

- in some classifications considered members of the family Muscicapidae;

- syn. babbler;

cackly / k æ k ɫ i /
a1
like the cackles or squawks a hen makes especially after laying an egg;

- syn. squawky;

- sim. cacophonous;

cacodaemon
n1
an evil spirit;

- syn. cacodemon;

cacodaemonic
a1
of or relating to evil spirits;

- syn. cacodemonic;

cacodemon
n1
an evil spirit;

- syn. cacodaemon;

cacodemonic
a1
of or relating to evil spirits;

- syn. cacodaemonic;

cacodyl / k æ k oʊ d aɪ ɫ /
n1
a poisonous oily liquid with a garlicky odor composed of 2 cacodyl groups;

- undergoes spontaneous combustion in dry air;

- syn. tetramethyldiarsine;

n2
the univalent group derived from arsine;

- syn. arsenic group, cacodyl group, cacodyl radical;

cacodyl group
n1
the univalent group derived from arsine;

- syn. arsenic group, cacodyl, cacodyl radical;

cacodyl radical
n1
the univalent group derived from arsine;

- syn. arsenic group, cacodyl, cacodyl group;

cacodylic
a1
of or relating to cacodyl;

cacoethes
n1
an irrational but irresistible motive for a belief or action;

- syn. mania, passion;

cacogenesis
n1
inability to produce hybrids that are both viable and fertile;

cacogenic
a1
pertaining to or causing degeneration in the offspring produced;

- syn. dysgenic;

cacogenics
n1
the study of the operation of factors causing degeneration in the type of offspring produced;

- syn. dysgenics;

cacography / k æ k ɒ ɡ ɹ ə f i /
n1
poor handwriting;

- syn. scratch, scrawl, scribble;

cacomistle
n1
raccoon-like omnivorous mammal of Mexico and the southwestern United States having a long bushy tail with black and white rings;

- syn. Bassariscus astutus, bassarisk, cacomixle, civet cat, coon cat, miner's cat, raccoon fox, ring-tailed cat, ringtail;

cacomixle
n1
raccoon-like omnivorous mammal of Mexico and the southwestern United States having a long bushy tail with black and white rings;

- syn. Bassariscus astutus, bassarisk, cacomistle, civet cat, coon cat, miner's cat, raccoon fox, ring-tailed cat, ringtail;

cacophonic / k æ k ə f ɒ n ɪ k /
a1
having an unpleasant sound;

- "as cacophonous as a henyard"- John McCarten;

- syn. cacophonous;

- also noisy;

- sim. cackly, croaky, grating, gruff, jangling, jarring, raucous, rending;

cacophonous / k æ k ɒ f ə n ə s /
a1
having an unpleasant sound;

- "as cacophonous as a henyard"- John McCarten;

- syn. cacophonic;

- also noisy;

- sim. cackly, croaky, grating, gruff, jangling, jarring, raucous, rending;

cacophony / k æ k ɒ f ə n i /
n1
a loud harsh or strident noise;

- syn. blare, blaring, clamor, din;

n2
loud confusing disagreeable sounds;

Cactaceae
n1
constituting the order Opuntiales;

- syn. cactus family, family Cactaceae;

cactus / k æ k t ə s /
n1
any succulent plant of the family Cactaceae native chiefly to arid regions of the New World and usually having spines;

cactus euphorbia
n1
small tree of dry open parts of southern Africa having erect angled branches suggesting candelabra;

- syn. Euphorbia ingens, naboom;

cactus family
n1
constituting the order Opuntiales;

- syn. Cactaceae, family Cactaceae;

cactus mouse
n1
burrowing mouse of desert areas of southwestern United States;

- syn. Peromyscus eremicus;

cactus wren
n1
large harsh-voiced American wren of arid regions of the United States southwest and Mexico;

cacuminal / k æ k j u m ɪ n ə ɫ /
a1
pronounced with the tip of the tongue turned back toward the hard palate;

- syn. retroflex;

- sim. backward;

cad / k æ d /
n1
someone who is morally reprehensible;

- "you dirty dog";

- syn. blackguard, bounder, dog, heel, hound;

n2
software used in art and architecture and engineering and manufacturing to assist in precision drawing;

- syn. computer-aided design;

cadaster
n1
a public register showing the details of ownership and value of land;

- made for the purpose of taxation;

- syn. cadastre;

cadastral / k ə d æ s t ɹ ə ɫ /
a1
of or relating to the records of a cadastre;

cadastre / k ə d æ s t ə /
n1
a public register showing the details of ownership and value of land;

- made for the purpose of taxation;

- syn. cadaster;

cadaver / k ə d ɑ v ə , k ə d ɑ v ə ɹ /
n1
the dead body of a human being;

- "the cadaver was intended for dissection";

- "the end of the police search was the discovery of a corpse";

- "the murderer confessed that he threw the stiff in the river";

- "honor comes to bless the turf that wraps their clay";

- syn. clay, corpse, remains, stiff;

cadaveric / k ə d æ v ə ɹ ɪ k /
a1
of or relating to a cadaver or corpse;

- "we had long anticipated his cadaverous end";

- syn. cadaverous;

cadaverine / k ə d æ v ə ɹ i n /
n1
a colorless toxic ptomaine with an unpleasant odor formed during the putrefaction of animal tissue;

cadaverous / k ə d æ v ə ɹ ə s /
a1
very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold;

- "a nightmare population of gaunt men and skeletal boys";

- "eyes were haggard and cavernous";

- "small pinched faces";

- "kept life in his wasted frame only by grim concentration";

- syn. emaciated, gaunt, haggard, pinched, skeletal, wasted;

- sim. thin;

a2
of or relating to a cadaver or corpse;

- "we had long anticipated his cadaverous end";

- syn. cadaveric;

caddice-fly
n1
small moth-like insect having two pairs of hairy membranous wings and aquatic larvae;

- syn. caddice fly, caddis-fly, caddis fly;

caddice fly
n1
small moth-like insect having two pairs of hairy membranous wings and aquatic larvae;

- syn. caddice-fly, caddis-fly, caddis fly;

caddie / k æ d i /
n1
an attendant who carries the golf clubs for a player;

- syn. golf caddie;

v1
act as a caddie and carry clubs for a player;

- syn. caddy;

caddis-fly
n1
small moth-like insect having two pairs of hairy membranous wings and aquatic larvae;

- syn. caddice-fly, caddice fly, caddis fly;

caddis fly
n1
small moth-like insect having two pairs of hairy membranous wings and aquatic larvae;

- syn. caddice-fly, caddice fly, caddis-fly;

caddish / k æ d ɪ ʃ /
a1
offensively discourteous;

- syn. unchivalrous, ungallant;

- sim. discourteous;

caddisworm
n1
larva of the caddis fly;

- constructs a case of silk covered with sand or plant debris;

- syn. strawworm;

Caddo
n1
a group of Plains Indians formerly living in what is now North and South Dakota and Nebraska and Kansas and Arkansas and Louisiana and Oklahoma and Texas;

n2
a family of North American Indian languages spoken widely in the Midwest by the Caddo;

- syn. Caddoan, Caddoan language;

Caddoan
n1
a family of North American Indian languages spoken widely in the Midwest by the Caddo;

- syn. Caddo, Caddoan language;

Caddoan language
n1
a family of North American Indian languages spoken widely in the Midwest by the Caddo;

- syn. Caddo, Caddoan;

caddy / k æ d i /
n1
a can for storing tea;

- syn. tea caddy;

v1
act as a caddie and carry clubs for a player;

- syn. caddie;

cadence / k eɪ d ə n s /
n1
(prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse;

- syn. beat, measure, meter, metre;

n2
the close of a musical section;

n3
a recurrent rhythmical series;

- syn. cadency;

cadenced / k eɪ d ə n s t /
a1
marked by a rhythmical cadence;

- "the cadenced crunch of marching feet";

- syn. cadent;

- sim. rhythmical;

cadency / k eɪ d ə n s i /
n1
a recurrent rhythmical series;

- syn. cadence;

cadent / k eɪ d ə n t /
a1
marked by a rhythmical cadence;

- "the cadenced crunch of marching feet";

- syn. cadenced;

- sim. rhythmical;

cadenza / k ə d ɛ n z ə /
n1
a brilliant solo passage occurring near the end of a piece of music;

cadet / k ə d ɛ t /
n1
a military trainee (as at a military academy);

- syn. plebe;

cadetship / k ə d ɛ tʃ ɪ p /
n1
the position of cadet;

cadge / k æ dʒ /
v1
ask for and get free;

- be a parasite;

- syn. bum, grub, mooch, sponge;

v2
obtain or seek to obtain by cadging or wheedling;

- "he is always shnorring cigarettes from his friends";

- syn. schnorr, scrounge, shnorr;

cadger / k æ dʒ ə , k æ dʒ ə ɹ /
n1
someone who mooches or cadges (tries to get something free);

- syn. mooch, moocher, scrounger;

Cadiz / k ə d ɪ z /
n1
an ancient port city in southwestern Spain;

cadmium / k æ d m ɪə m /
n1
a soft bluish-white ductile malleable toxic bivalent metallic element;

- occurs in association with zinc ores;

- syn. Cd, atomic number 48;

cadmium cell
n1
a standard voltaic cell (trademark Weston);

- syn. Weston cell;

cadmium orange
n1
orange-hued cadmium yellow pigment;

cadmium sulfide
n1
a yellow sulfide used chiefly as a pigment;

cadmium sulphide
n1
ore of cadmium;

- a rare yellowish mineral consisting of cadmium sulphide in crystalline form;

- syn. greenockite;

cadmium yellow
n1
pigment of cadmium sulfide and barium sulfate varying in hue from lemon yellow to orange;

cadmium yellow pale
n1
pale-hued cadmium yellow pigment;

Cadmus
n1
(Greek mythology) the brother of Europa and traditional founder of Thebes in Boeotia;

Cadra
n1
a genus of Pyralidae;

- syn. genus Cadra;

Cadra cautella
n1
a moth whose larvae feed on and mat together with webbing various stored products of vegetable origin;

- syn. almond moth, fig moth;

Cadra figulilella
n1
moth whose larvae attack dried fruits and cereal products;

- syn. raisin moth;

cadre / k ɑ d ə , k ɑ d ə ɹ /
n1
a small unit serving as part of or as the nucleus of a larger political movement;

- syn. cell;

n2
a nucleus of military personnel capable of expansion;

caducean
a1
of or relating to a caduceus;

caduceus / k ə d j u s j ə s /
n1
an insignia used by the medical profession;

- modeled after the staff of Hermes;

caducous
a1
shed at an early stage of development;

- "most amphibians have caducous gills";

- "the caducous calyx of a poppy";

- syn. shed;

- sim. deciduous;

caecal
a1
of or like a cecum;

- syn. cecal;

Caeciliadae
n1
coextensive with the order Gymnophiona: legless amphibians;

- syn. Caeciliidae, family Caeciliadae, family Caeciliidae;

caecilian
n1
any of the small slender limbless burrowing wormlike amphibians of the order Gymnophiona;

- inhabit moist soil in tropical regions;

- syn. blindworm;

a1
of or relating to or belonging to the family Caeciliidae;

Caeciliidae
n1
coextensive with the order Gymnophiona: legless amphibians;

- syn. Caeciliadae, family Caeciliadae, family Caeciliidae;

caecum / s i k ə m /
n1
the cavity in which the large intestine begins and into which the ileum opens;

- "the appendix is an offshoot of the cecum";

- syn. blind gut, cecum;

Caelum
n1
a constellation in the southern hemisphere near Columba and Eridanus;

caenogenesis
n1
introduction during embryonic development of characters or structure not present in the earlier evolutionary history of the strain or species (such as the addition of the placenta in mammalian evolution);

- syn. cainogenesis, cenogenesis, kainogenesis, kenogenesis;

Caenolestes
n1
type genus of the family Caenolestidae;

- syn. genus Caenolestes;

Caenolestidae
n1
small marsupials of southern South America;

- syn. family Caenolestidae;

Caesalpinia
n1
small spiny tropical trees or shrubs;

- includes the small genus or subgenus Poinciana;

- syn. genus Caesalpinia;

Caesalpinia bonduc
n1
tropical tree with large prickly pods of seeds that resemble beans and are used for jewelry and rosaries;

- syn. Caesalpinia bonducella, bonduc, bonduc tree;

Caesalpinia bonducella
n1
tropical tree with large prickly pods of seeds that resemble beans and are used for jewelry and rosaries;

- syn. Caesalpinia bonduc, bonduc, bonduc tree;

Caesalpinia coriaria
n1
small thornless tree or shrub of tropical America whose seed pods are a source of tannin;

- syn. divi-divi;

Caesalpinia decapetala
n1
spreading thorny shrub of tropical Asia bearing large erect racemes of red-marked yellow flowers;

- syn. Caesalpinia sepiaria, Mysore thorn;

Caesalpinia echinata
n1
tropical tree with prickly trunk;

- its heavy red wood yields a red dye and is used for cabinetry;

- syn. brazilwood, peach-wood, peachwood, pernambuco wood;

Caesalpinia ferrea
n1
thornless tree yielding heavy wood;

- syn. brazilian ironwood;

Caesalpinia gilliesii
n1
a tropical flowering shrub having bright orange or red flowers;

- sometimes placed in genus Poinciana;

- syn. Poinciana gilliesii, bird of paradise, poinciana;

Caesalpinia pulcherrima
n1
tropical shrub or small tree having showy yellow to orange-red flowers;

- sometimes placed in genus Poinciana;

- syn. Poinciana pulcherrima, flamboyant tree, paradise flower, pride of barbados;

Caesalpinia sepiaria
n1
spreading thorny shrub of tropical Asia bearing large erect racemes of red-marked yellow flowers;

- syn. Caesalpinia decapetala, Mysore thorn;

Caesalpiniaceae
n1
spiny trees, shrubs, or perennial herbs, including the genera Caesalpinia, Cassia, Ceratonia, Bauhinia;

- commonly included in the family Leguminosae;

- syn. family Caesalpiniaceae;

Caesalpinioideae
n1
alternative name in some classification systems for the family Caesalpiniaceae;

- syn. subfamily Caesalpinioideae;

Caesar / s i z ə , s i z ə ɹ /
n1
conqueror of Gaul and master of Italy (100-44 BC);

- syn. Gaius Julius Caesar, Julius Caesar;

n2
United States comedian who pioneered comedy television shows (born 1922);

- syn. Sid Caesar, Sidney Caesar;

Caesar's agaric
n1
widely distributed edible mushroom resembling the fly agaric;

- syn. Amanita caesarea, royal agaric;

Caesar salad
n1
typically having fried croutons and dressing made with a raw egg;

Caesarea
n1
an ancient seaport in northwestern Israel;

- an important Roman city in ancient Palestine;

caesarean / s i z ə ɹ ɪə n /
n1
the delivery of a fetus by surgical incision through the abdominal wall and uterus (from the belief that Julius Caesar was born that way);

- syn. C-section, abdominal delivery, caesarean delivery, caesarean section, caesarian, caesarian delivery, caesarian section, cesarean, cesarean delivery, cesarean section, cesarian, cesarian section;

a1
relating to abdominal delivery;

- syn. caesarian, cesarean, cesarian;

a2
of or relating to or in the manner of Julius Caesar;

- syn. Caesarian;

caesarean delivery
n1
the delivery of a fetus by surgical incision through the abdominal wall and uterus (from the belief that Julius Caesar was born that way);

- syn. C-section, abdominal delivery, caesarean, caesarean section, caesarian, caesarian delivery, caesarian section, cesarean, cesarean delivery, cesarean section, cesarian, cesarian section;

caesarean section
n1
the delivery of a fetus by surgical incision through the abdominal wall and uterus (from the belief that Julius Caesar was born that way);

- syn. C-section, abdominal delivery, caesarean, caesarean delivery, caesarian, caesarian delivery, caesarian section, cesarean, cesarean delivery, cesarean section, cesarian, cesarian section;

caesarian / s ɪ z eə ɹ ɪə n /
n1
the delivery of a fetus by surgical incision through the abdominal wall and uterus (from the belief that Julius Caesar was born that way);

- syn. C-section, abdominal delivery, caesarean, caesarean delivery, caesarean section, caesarian delivery, caesarian section, cesarean, cesarean delivery, cesarean section, cesarian, cesarian section;

a1
relating to abdominal delivery;

- syn. caesarean, cesarean, cesarian;

a2
of or relating to or in the manner of Julius Caesar;

- syn. Caesarean;

caesarian delivery
n1
the delivery of a fetus by surgical incision through the abdominal wall and uterus (from the belief that Julius Caesar was born that way);

- syn. C-section, abdominal delivery, caesarean, caesarean delivery, caesarean section, caesarian, caesarian section, cesarean, cesarean delivery, cesarean section, cesarian, cesarian section;

caesarian section
n1
the delivery of a fetus by surgical incision through the abdominal wall and uterus (from the belief that Julius Caesar was born that way);

- syn. C-section, abdominal delivery, caesarean, caesarean delivery, caesarean section, caesarian, caesarian delivery, cesarean, cesarean delivery, cesarean section, cesarian, cesarian section;

Caesarism
n1
a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.);

- syn. Stalinism, absolutism, authoritarianism, despotism, dictatorship, monocracy, one-man rule, shogunate, totalitarianism, tyranny;

Caesaropapism
n1
the doctrine that the state is supreme over the church in ecclesiastical matters;

- syn. Byzantinism, Erastianism;

caesium / s i z j ə m /
n1
a soft silver-white ductile metallic element (liquid at normal temperatures);

- the most electropositive and alkaline metal;

- syn. Cs, atomic number 55, cesium;

caesium clock
n1
an atomic clock based on the energy difference between two states of the caesium nucleus in a magnetic field;

caespitose
a1
(of plants) growing in small dense clumps or tufts;

- syn. cespitose, tufted;

- sim. ungregarious;

caesura / s ɪ z j ʊə ɹ ə /
n1
a pause or interruption (as in a conversation);

- "after an ominous caesura the preacher continued";

n2
a break or pause (usually for sense) in the middle of a verse line;

caesural
a1
of or relating to a caesura;

cafe / k æ f eɪ /
n1
a small restaurant where drinks and snacks are sold;

- syn. coffee bar, coffee shop, coffeehouse;

cafe au lait
n1
equal parts of coffee and hot milk;

cafe noir
n1
small cup of strong black coffee without milk or cream;

- syn. demitasse;

cafe royale
n1
black coffee with Cognac and lemon peel and sugar;

- syn. coffee royal;

cafeteria / k æ f ə t ɪə ɹ ɪə /
n1
a restaurant where you serve yourself and pay a cashier;

cafeteria facility
n1
(usually plural) facilities for providing food for employees or visitors;

cafeteria tray
n1
a tray for carrying your food in a cafeteria;

caff / k æ f /
n1
informal British term for a cafe;

caffe latte
n1
strong espresso coffee with a topping of frothed steamed milk;

- syn. latte;

caffein
n1
a bitter alkaloid found in coffee and tea that is responsible for their stimulating effects;

- syn. caffeine;

caffein addict
n1
someone addicted to caffeine;

- syn. caffeine addict;

caffein addiction
n1
an addiction to caffein;

caffeine / k æ f i n /
n1
a bitter alkaloid found in coffee and tea that is responsible for their stimulating effects;

- syn. caffein;

caffeine addict
n1
someone addicted to caffeine;

- syn. caffein addict;

caffeine intoxication
n1
poisoning resulting from excessive intake of caffeine containing products;

- syn. caffeinism;

caffeinic
a1
of or containing caffein;

caffeinism
n1
poisoning resulting from excessive intake of caffeine containing products;

- syn. caffeine intoxication;

caffer
n1
an offensive and insulting term for any Black African;

- syn. caffre, kaffir, kafir;

caffer cat
n1
widely distributed wildcat of Africa and Asia Minor;

- syn. Felis ocreata, kaffir cat;

caffre
n1
an offensive and insulting term for any Black African;

- syn. caffer, kaffir, kafir;

caftan / k æ f t æ n /
n1
a woman's dress style that imitates the caftan cloaks worn by men in the Near East;

- syn. kaftan;

n2
a (cotton or silk) cloak with full sleeves and sash reaching down to the ankles;

- worn by men in the Levant;

- syn. kaftan;

cage / k eɪ dʒ /
n1
an enclosure made or wire or metal bars in which birds or animals can be kept;

- syn. coop;

n2
something that restricts freedom as a cage restricts movement;

n3
United States composer of avant-garde music (1912-1992);

- syn. John Cage, John Milton Cage Jr.;

n4
the net that is the goal in ice hockey;

n5
a movable screen placed behind home base to catch balls during batting practice;

- syn. batting cage;

v1
confine in a cage;

- "The animal was caged";

- syn. cage in;

cage in
v1
confine in a cage;

- "The animal was caged";

- syn. cage;

cager / k eɪ dʒ ə , k eɪ dʒ ə ɹ /
n1
an athlete who plays basketball;

- syn. basketball player, basketeer;

cagey / k eɪ dʒ i /
a1
showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with others;

- "a cagey lawyer";

- "too clever to be sound";

- syn. cagy, canny, clever;

- sim. smart;

a2
characterized by great caution and wariness;

- "a cagey avoidance of a definite answer";

- "chary of the risks involved";

- "a chary investor";

- syn. cagy, chary;

- sim. cautious;

cagily / k eɪ dʒ ɪ ɫ i /
r1
in a cagey manner;

- "`I don't know yet,' he answered cagily";

- syn. circumspectly;

Cagliostro
n1
Italian who was famous as a magician and alchemist (1743-1795);

- syn. Count Alessandro di Cagliostro, Giuseppe Balsamo;

Cagney
n1
United States film actor known for his portrayals of tough characters (1899-1986);

- syn. James Cagney, Jimmy Cagney;

cagoule / k ə ɡ u ɫ /
n1
lightweight parka;

- waterproof;

cagy
a1
showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with others;

- "a cagey lawyer";

- "too clever to be sound";

- syn. cagey, canny, clever;

- sim. smart;

a2
characterized by great caution and wariness;

- "a cagey avoidance of a definite answer";

- "chary of the risks involved";

- "a chary investor";

- syn. cagey, chary;

- sim. cautious;

Cahita
n1
a member of the Taracahitian people of central Mexico;

n2
the Uto-Aztecan language of the Cahita;

cahoot / k ə h u t /
n1
collusion;

- "in cahoots with";

caiman / k eɪ m ə n /
n1
a semiaquatic reptile of Central and South America that resembles an alligator but has a more heavily armored belly;

- syn. cayman;

caiman lizard
n1
crocodile-like lizard of South America having powerful jaws for crushing snails and mussels;

Caiman sclerops
n1
caiman with bony ridges about the eyes;

- found from southern Mexico to Argentina;

- syn. spectacled caiman;

caimitillo
n1
tropical American timber tree with dark hard heavy wood and small plumlike purple fruit;

- syn. Chrysophyllum oliviforme, damson plum, satin leaf, satinleaf;

caimito
n1
evergreen tree of West Indies and Central America having edible purple fruit star-shaped in cross section and dark green leaves with golden silky undersides;

- syn. Chrysophyllum cainito, star apple;

Cain
n1
(Old Testament) Cain and Abel were the first children of Adam and Eve born after the Fall of Man;

- Cain killed Abel out of jealousy and was exiled by God;

cainogenesis
n1
introduction during embryonic development of characters or structure not present in the earlier evolutionary history of the strain or species (such as the addition of the placenta in mammalian evolution);

- syn. caenogenesis, cenogenesis, kainogenesis, kenogenesis;

Cairene
n1
a native or inhabitant of Cairo;

Cairina
n1
a genus of Anatidae;

- syn. genus Cairina;

Cairina moschata
n1
large crested wild duck of Central America and South America;

- widely domesticated;

- syn. muscovy duck, musk duck;

cairn / k eə n /
n1
a mound of stones piled up as a memorial or to mark a boundary or path;

n2
small rough-haired breed of terrier from Scotland;

- syn. cairn terrier;

cairn terrier
n1
small rough-haired breed of terrier from Scotland;

- syn. cairn;

cairned / k eə n d /
a1
marked by cairns;

cairngorm / k eə n ɡ ɔ m /
n1
a smoky yellow or brown quartz;

- syn. smoky quartz;

Cairo / k aɪ ɹ oʊ /
n1
a town at the southern tip of Illinois at the confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers;

n2
the capital of Egypt and the largest city in Africa;

- a major port just to the south of the Nile delta;

- formerly the home of the Pharaohs;

- syn. Al Qahira, Egyptian capital, El Qahira, capital of Egypt;

caisson / k eɪ s n /
n1
an ornamental sunken panel in a ceiling or dome;

- syn. coffer, lacunar;

n2
a two-wheeled military vehicle carrying artillery ammunition;

n3
a chest to hold ammunition;

- syn. ammunition chest;

n4
large watertight chamber used for construction under water;

- syn. cofferdam, pneumatic caisson;

caisson disease
n1
pain resulting from rapid change in pressure;

- syn. aeroembolism, air embolism, bends, decompression sickness, gas embolism;

caitiff / k eɪ t ɪ f /
n1
a cowardly and despicable person;

a1
despicably mean and cowardly;

- sim. cowardly;

Caitra
n1
the first Hindu calendar month (corresponding to March in the Gregorian calendar);

- syn. Chait;

cajan pea
n1
tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods;

- much cultivated in the tropics;

- syn. Cajanus cajan, catjang pea, dahl, dhal, pigeon-pea plant, pigeon pea, red gram;

n2
small highly nutritious seed of the tropical pigeon-pea plant;

- syn. dahl, pigeon pea;

Cajanus
n1
erect densely branched shrubby perennials of Old World tropics;

- naturalized in other warm regions;

- syn. genus Cajanus;

Cajanus cajan
n1
tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods;

- much cultivated in the tropics;

- syn. cajan pea, catjang pea, dahl, dhal, pigeon-pea plant, pigeon pea, red gram;

cajole / k ə dʒ oʊ ɫ /
v1
influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering;

- "He palavered her into going along";

- syn. blarney, coax, inveigle, palaver, sweet-talk, wheedle;

cajolery / k ə dʒ oʊ ɫ ə ɹ i /
n1
flattery intended to persuade;

- syn. blandishment, palaver;

cajolingly / k ə dʒ oʊ ɫ ɪ ŋ ɫ i /
r1
in a cajoling manner;

- "`Come here,' she said coaxingly";

- syn. coaxingly;

Cajun
n1
a Louisianian descended from Acadian immigrants from Nova Scotia (`Cajun' comes from `Acadian');

Cakchiquel
n1
a member of the Mayan people living in south central Guatemala;

n2
the Mayan language spoken by the Cakchiquel;

cake / k eɪ k /
n1
a block of solid substance (such as soap or wax);

- "a bar of chocolate";

- syn. bar;

n2
small flat mass of chopped food;

- syn. patty;

n3
baked goods made from or based on a mixture of flour, sugar, eggs, and fat;

v1
form a coat over;

- "Dirt had coated her face";

- syn. coat;

cake mix
n1
a commercial mix for making a cake;

cakehole
n1
informal terms for the mouth;

- syn. gob, hole, maw, trap, yap;

cakewalk / k eɪ k w ɔ k /
n1
a strutting dance based on a march;

- was performed in minstrel shows;

- originated as a competition among Black dancers to win a cake;

n2
an easy accomplishment;

- "winning the tournament was a cakewalk for him";

- "invading Iraq won't be a cakewalk";

v1
perform the cakewalk dance;

Cakile
n1
small genus of succulent annual herbs found on sandy shores of North America and Europe;

- syn. genus Cakile;

Cakile maritima
n1
salt-tolerant seashore annual grown for its fragrant rose or violet flowers and fleshy grey-green foliage;

- syn. sea-rocket;

calaba / k æ ɫ ə b ə /
n1
West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice;

- syn. Calophyllum calaba, Santa Maria tree;

calabar-bean vine
n1
tropical African woody vine yielding calabar beans;

- syn. Physostigma venenosum;

calabar bean
n1
dark brown highly poisonous seed of the calabar-bean vine;

- source of physostigmine and used in native witchcraft;

- syn. ordeal bean;

calabash / k æ ɫ ə b æ ʃ /
n1
round gourd of the calabash tree;

n2
tropical American evergreen that produces large round gourds;

- syn. Crescentia cujete, calabash tree;

n3
Old World climbing plant with hard-shelled bottle-shaped gourds as fruits;

- syn. Lagenaria siceraria, bottle gourd;

n4
bottle made from the dried shell of a bottle gourd;

- syn. gourd;

n5
a pipe for smoking;

- has a curved stem and a large bowl made from a calabash gourd;

- syn. calabash pipe;

calabash pipe
n1
a pipe for smoking;

- has a curved stem and a large bowl made from a calabash gourd;

- syn. calabash;

calabash tree
n1
tropical American evergreen that produces large round gourds;

- syn. Crescentia cujete, calabash;

calabazilla
n1
perennial vine of dry parts of central and southwestern United States and Mexico having small hard mottled green inedible fruit;

- syn. Cucurbita foetidissima, Missouri gourd, buffalo gourd, prairie gourd, prairie gourd vine, wild pumpkin;

Calabria / k ə ɫ æ b ɹ ɪə /
n1
a region of southern Italy (forming the toe of the Italian `boot');

calabur tree
n1
a fast-growing tropical American evergreen having white flowers and white fleshy edible fruit;

- bark yields a silky fiber used in cordage and wood is valuable for staves;

- syn. Jamaican cherry, Muntingia calabura, calabura, silk wood, silkwood;

calabura
n1
a fast-growing tropical American evergreen having white flowers and white fleshy edible fruit;

- bark yields a silky fiber used in cordage and wood is valuable for staves;

- syn. Jamaican cherry, Muntingia calabura, calabur tree, silk wood, silkwood;

caladenia
n1
any of various orchids of the genus Caladenia;

Caladenia cairnsiana
n1
orchid with reddish linear leaves and panicle of purple-marked pale-yellow flowers with deep red or purple lip;

- southwestern Australia;

- syn. zebra orchid;

caladium
n1
any plant of the genus Caladium cultivated for their ornamental foliage variously patterned in white or pink or red;

Caladium bicolor
n1
most popular caladium;

- cultivated in many varieties since the late 19th century;

Calais
n1
a town in northern France on the Strait of Dover that serves as a ferry port to England;

- in 1347 it was captured by the English king Edward III after a long siege and remained in English hands until it was recaptured by the French king Henry II in 1558;

Calamagrostic quadriseta
n1
tall Australian reedlike grass sometimes used for hay;

- syn. Australian reed grass;

Calamagrostis
n1
reed grass;

- syn. genus Calamagrostis;

Calamagrostis acutiflora
n1
a variety of reed grass;

- syn. feather reed grass, feathertop;

calamari
n1
(Italian cuisine) squid prepared as food;

- syn. calamary, squid;

calamary
n1
(Italian cuisine) squid prepared as food;

- syn. calamari, squid;

calamine / k æ ɫ ə m aɪ n /
n1
a white mineral;

- a common ore of zinc;

- syn. hemimorphite;

calamine lotion
n1
a lotion consisting of a liquid preparation containing calamine;

- used to treat itching or mild skin irritations;

calamint
n1
perennial aromatic herbs growing in hedgerows or scrub or open woodlands from western Europe to central Asia and in North America;

Calamintha
n1
calamint;

- syn. genus Calamintha;

Calamintha grandiflora
n1
aromatic herb with large pink flowers;

- southern and southeastern Europe;

- Anatolia;

- northern Iran;

- syn. Clinopodium grandiflorum, Satureja grandiflora, large-flowered calamint;

Calamintha nepeta
n1
low-growing strongly aromatic perennial herb of southern Europe to Great Britain;

- naturalized in United States;

- syn. Calamintha nepeta glantulosa, Satureja calamintha glandulosa, Satureja nepeta, field balm, lesser calamint;

Calamintha nepeta glantulosa
n1
low-growing strongly aromatic perennial herb of southern Europe to Great Britain;

- naturalized in United States;

- syn. Calamintha nepeta, Satureja calamintha glandulosa, Satureja nepeta, field balm, lesser calamint;

Calamintha sylvatica
n1
mint-scented perennial of central and southern Europe;

- syn. Satureja calamintha officinalis, common calamint;

calamitous / k ə ɫ æ m ɪ t ə s /
a1
(of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences;

- bringing ruin;

- "the stock market crashed on Black Friday";

- "a calamitous defeat";

- "the battle was a disastrous end to a disastrous campaign";

- "such doctrines, if true, would be absolutely fatal to my theory"- Charles Darwin;

- "it is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it"- Douglas MacArthur;

- "a fateful error";

- syn. black, disastrous, fatal, fateful;

- sim. unfortunate;

calamity / k ə ɫ æ m ɪ t i /
n1
an event resulting in great loss and misfortune;

- "the whole city was affected by the irremediable calamity";

- "the earthquake was a disaster";

- syn. cataclysm, catastrophe, disaster, tragedy;

Calamity Jane
n1
United States frontierswoman and legendary figure of the Wild West noted for her marksmanship (1852-1903);

- syn. Burk, Burke, Martha Jane Burk, Martha Jane Burke;

calamus / k æ ɫ ə m ə s /
n1
any tropical Asian palm of the genus Calamus;

- light tough stems are a source of rattan canes;

n2
the aromatic root of the sweet flag used medicinally;

n3
perennial marsh plant having swordlike leaves and aromatic roots;

- syn. Acorus calamus, flagroot, myrtle flag, sweet calamus, sweet flag;

n4
a genus of Sparidae;

- syn. genus Calamus;

n5
the hollow spine of a feather;

- syn. quill, shaft;

Calamus australis
n1
tall scrambling spiny palm of northeastern Queensland, Australia;

- syn. lawyer cane;

calamus oil
n1
carcinogenic oil from calamus root used as a perfume;

Calamus penna
n1
from Florida and Bahamas to Brazil;

- syn. sheepshead porgy;

Calamus rotang
n1
climbing palm of Sri Lanka and southern India remarkable for the great length of the stems which are used for malacca canes;

- syn. rattan, rattan palm;

Calan / k æ ɫ ə n /
n1
a drug (trade names Calan and Isoptin) used as an oral or parenteral calcium blocker in cases of hypertension or congestive heart failure or angina or migraine;

- syn. Isoptin, verapamil;

calando
a1
(music) gradually decreasing in tempo and volume;

- sim. decreasing;

Calandrinia
n1
large genus of low-growing herbs;

- widespread throughout tropical and warm temperate regions having usually basal leaves and panicles of purplish ephemeral flowers;

- syn. genus Calandrinia;

Calandrinia ciliata
n1
succulent carpet-forming plant having small brilliant reddish-pink flowers;

- southwestern United States;

- syn. red maids, redmaids;

calanthe
n1
any of various showy orchids of the genus Calanthe having white or yellow or rose-colored flowers and broad leaves folded lengthwise;

Calapooya
n1
a member of the North American Indian people of Oregon;

- syn. Calapuya, Kalapooia, Kalapuya;

Calapuya
n1
a member of the North American Indian people of Oregon;

- syn. Calapooya, Kalapooia, Kalapuya;

calash / k ə ɫ æ ʃ /
n1
a woman's large folded hooped hood;

- worn in the 18th century;

- syn. caleche;

n2
the folding hood of a horse-drawn carriage;

- syn. calash top, caleche;

calash top
n1
the folding hood of a horse-drawn carriage;

- syn. calash, caleche;

calathian violet
n1
perennial Eurasian gentian with sky-blue funnel-shaped flowers of damp open heaths;

- syn. Gentiana pneumonanthe, marsh gentian;

calc-tufa
n1
a soft porous rock consisting of calcium carbonate deposited from springs rich in lime;

- syn. tufa;

calcaneal
a1
relating to the heel bone or heel;

calcaneus
n1
the largest tarsal bone;

- forms the human heel;

- syn. heelbone, os tarsi fibulare;

calcareous / k æ ɫ k eə ɹ ɪə s /
a1
composed of or containing or resembling calcium carbonate or calcite or chalk;

- syn. chalky;

calcarine fissure
n1
a sulcus in the mesial surface of the occipital lobe of the cerebrum;

- syn. calcarine sulcus;

calcarine sulcus
n1
a sulcus in the mesial surface of the occipital lobe of the cerebrum;

- syn. calcarine fissure;

calced
a1
used of certain religious orders who wear shoes;

- syn. shod;

calcedony
n1
a milky or greyish translucent to transparent quartz;

- syn. chalcedony;

calceiform
a1
of slipper-shaped blossoms;

- "the calceiform lip of certain orchids";

- syn. calceolate;

calceolaria / k æ ɫ s ɪə ɫ eə ɹ ɪə /
n1
any garden plant of the genus Calceolaria having flowers with large inflated slipper-shaped lower lip;

- syn. slipperwort;

calceolate
a1
of slipper-shaped blossoms;

- "the calceiform lip of certain orchids";

- syn. calceiform;

calceus
n1
a shoe covering the ankle;

- worn by ancient Romans;

calcic
a1
derived from or containing calcium or lime;

calcicolous
a1
growing or living in soil rich in lime;

calciferol
n1
a fat-soluble vitamin that prevents rickets;

- syn. D, cholecalciferol, ergocalciferol, viosterol, vitamin D;

calciferous / k æ ɫ s ɪ f ə ɹ ə s /
a1
bearing or producing or containing calcium or calcium carbonate or calcite;

calcific / k æ ɫ s ɪ f ɪ k /
a1
involving or resulting from calcification;

calcification / k æ ɫ s ɪ f ɪ k eɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
a process that impregnates something with calcium (or calcium salts);

n2
tissue hardened by deposition of lime salts;

n3
an inflexible and unchanging state;

- "the calcification of negotiations";

calcifugous
a1
growing or living in acid soil;

calcify / k æ ɫ s ɪ f aɪ /
v1
become impregnated with calcium salts;

v2
become inflexible and unchanging;

- "Old folks can calcify";

v3
turn into lime;

- become calcified;

- "The rock calcified over the centuries";

v4
convert into lime;

- "the salts calcified the rock";

calcimine / k æ ɫ s ɪ m aɪ n /
n1
a water-base paint containing zinc oxide and glue and coloring;

- used as a wash for walls and ceilings;

v1
cover with calcimine;

- "calcimine the walls";

calcination / k æ ɫ s ɪ n eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the conversion of metals into their oxides as a result of heating to a high temperature;

calcine / k æ ɫ s aɪ n /
v1
heat a substance so that it oxidizes or reduces;

calcined lime
n1
a white crystalline oxide used in the production of calcium hydroxide;

- syn. burnt lime, calcium oxide, calx, fluxing lime, lime, quicklime, unslaked lime;

calcite / k æ ɫ s aɪ t /
n1
a common mineral consisting of crystallized calcium carbonate;

- a major constituent of limestone;

calcitic
a1
of or relating to or containing calcite;

calcitonin
n1
thyroid hormone that tends to lower the level of calcium in the blood plasma and inhibit resorption of bone;

- syn. thyrocalcitonin;

calcium / k æ ɫ s ɪə m /
n1
a white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light;

- the fifth most abundant element in the earth's crust;

- an important component of most plants and animals;

- syn. Ca, atomic number 20;

calcium-channel blocker
n1
any of a class of drugs that block the flow of the electrolyte calcium (either in nerve cell conduction or smooth muscle contraction of the heart);

- has been used in the treatment of angina or arrhythmia or hypertension or migraine;

- syn. calcium blocker;

calcium-cyanamide
n1
a compound used as a fertilizer and as a source of nitrogen compounds;

- syn. cyanamide;

calcium bicarbonate
n1
a bicarbonate that is a major cause of hard water;

calcium blocker
n1
any of a class of drugs that block the flow of the electrolyte calcium (either in nerve cell conduction or smooth muscle contraction of the heart);

- has been used in the treatment of angina or arrhythmia or hypertension or migraine;

- syn. calcium-channel blocker;

calcium carbide
n1
a grey salt of calcium (CaC) used in making acetylene;

calcium carbonate
n1
a salt found in nature as chalk or calcite or aragonite or limestone;

calcium chloride
n1
a deliquescent salt;

- used in de-icing and as a drying agent;

calcium hydrate
n1
a caustic substance produced by heating limestone;

- syn. calcium hydroxide, caustic lime, hydrated lime, lime, lime hydrate, slaked lime;

calcium hydride
n1
a saltlike binary compound (CaH2) used as a reducing agent and source of hydrogen;

- syn. hydrolith;

calcium hydroxide
n1
a caustic substance produced by heating limestone;

- syn. calcium hydrate, caustic lime, hydrated lime, lime, lime hydrate, slaked lime;

calcium hypochlorite
n1
any hypochlorite of calcium;

- used as a bleaching agent;

calcium ion
n1
ion of calcium;

- a factor in the clotting of blood;

- syn. factor IV;

calcium lactate
n1
a white crystalline salt made by the action of lactic acid on calcium carbonate;

- used in foods (as a baking powder) and given medically as a source of calcium;

calcium light
n1
a lamp consisting of a flame directed at a cylinder of lime with a lens to concentrate the light;

- formerly used for stage lighting;

- syn. limelight;

calcium nitrate
n1
a deliquescent salt that is soluble in water;

- sometimes used as a source of nitrogen in fertilizers;

calcium octadecanoate
n1
an insoluble calcium salt of stearic acid and palmitic acid;

- it is formed when soap is mixed with water that contains calcium ions and is the scum produced in regions of hard water;

- syn. calcium stearate;

calcium oxide
n1
a white crystalline oxide used in the production of calcium hydroxide;

- syn. burnt lime, calcined lime, calx, fluxing lime, lime, quicklime, unslaked lime;

calcium phosphate
n1
a phosphate of calcium;

- a main constituent of animal bones;

calcium stearate
n1
an insoluble calcium salt of stearic acid and palmitic acid;

- it is formed when soap is mixed with water that contains calcium ions and is the scum produced in regions of hard water;

- syn. calcium octadecanoate;

calcium sulfate
n1
a white salt (CaSO4);

- syn. calcium sulphate;

calcium sulphate
n1
a white salt (CaSO4);

- syn. calcium sulfate;

calculable / k æ ɫ k j ʊ ɫ ə b ɫ /
a1
able to be calculated or estimated;

- "a calculable risk";

- "calculable odds";

- also determinable;

- sim. computable, countable;

calculate / k æ ɫ k j ʊ ɫ eɪ t /
v1
make a mathematical calculation or computation;

- syn. cipher, compute, cypher, figure, reckon, work out;

v2
judge to be probable;

- syn. count on, estimate, figure, forecast, reckon;

v3
keep an account of;

- syn. account;

v4
predict in advance;

- syn. forecast;

v5
specifically design a product, event, or activity for a certain public;

- syn. aim, direct;

v6
have faith or confidence in;

- "you can count on me to help you any time";

- "Look to your friends for support";

- "You can bet on that!";

- "Depend on your family in times of crisis";

- syn. bank, bet, count, depend, look, reckon, rely, swear;

calculated / k æ ɫ k j ʊ ɫ eɪ t ɪ d /
a1
carefully thought out in advance;

- "a calculated insult";

- "with measured irony";

- "he made a deliberate decision not to respond negatively";

- syn. deliberate, measured;

- sim. intended;

calculating / k æ ɫ k j ʊ ɫ eɪ t ɪ ŋ /
a1
acting with a specific goal;

- "the most calculating and selfish men in the community";

- syn. calculative, conniving, scheming, shrewd;

- sim. hard;

calculating machine
n1
a small machine that is used for mathematical calculations;

- can be mechanical or electronic;

- syn. calculator;

calculatingly / k æ ɫ k j ʊ ɫ eɪ t ɪ ŋ ɫ i /
r1
in a calculating manner;

- "he looked at her calculatingly";

calculation / k æ ɫ k j ʊ ɫ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the procedure of calculating;

- determining something by mathematical or logical methods;

- syn. computation, computing;

n2
problem solving that involves numbers or quantities;

- syn. computation, figuring, reckoning;

n3
planning something carefully and intentionally;

- "it was the deliberation of his act that was insulting";

- syn. deliberation;

calculative / k æ ɫ k j ʊ ɫ ə t ɪ v /
a1
acting with a specific goal;

- "the most calculating and selfish men in the community";

- syn. calculating, conniving, scheming, shrewd;

- sim. hard;

calculator / k æ ɫ k j ʊ ɫ eɪ t ə , k æ ɫ k j ʊ ɫ eɪ t ə ɹ /
n1
an expert at calculation (or at operating calculating machines);

- syn. computer, estimator, figurer, reckoner;

n2
a small machine that is used for mathematical calculations;

- can be mechanical or electronic;

- syn. calculating machine;

calculous / k æ ɫ k j ʊ ɫ ə s /
a1
relating to or caused by or having a calculus or calculi;

calculus / k æ ɫ k j ʊ ɫ ə s /
n1
a hard lump produced by the concretion of mineral salts;

- found in hollow organs or ducts of the body;

- "renal calculi can be very painful";

- syn. concretion;

n2
an incrustation that forms on the teeth and gums;

- syn. tartar, tophus;

n3
the branch of mathematics that is concerned with limits and with the differentiation and integration of functions;

- syn. infinitesimal calculus;

calculus of variations
n1
the calculus of maxima and minima of definite integrals;

Calcutta / k æ ɫ k ʌ t ə /
n1
the largest city in India and one of the largest cities in the world;

- located in eastern India;

- suffers from poverty and overcrowding;

- syn. Kolkata;

Calcuttan
a1
of or relating to or characteristic of Calcutta or its inhabitants;

Calder / k ɔ ɫ d ə ɹ /
n1
United States sculptor who first created mobiles and stabiles (1898-1976);

- syn. Alexander Calder;

caldera
n1
a large crater caused by the violent explosion of a volcano that collapses into a depression;

Calderon
n1
Spanish poet and dramatist considered one of the great Spanish writers (1600-1681);

- syn. Calderon de la Barca, Pedro Calderon de la Barca;

Calderon de la Barca
n1
Spanish poet and dramatist considered one of the great Spanish writers (1600-1681);

- syn. Calderon, Pedro Calderon de la Barca;

caldron / k ɔ ɫ d ɹ ə n /
n1
a very large pot that is used for boiling;

- syn. cauldron;

Caldwell
n1
United States author remembered for novels about poverty and degeneration (1903-1987);

- syn. Erskine Caldwell, Erskine Preston Caldwell;

calean
n1
an oriental tobacco pipe with a long flexible tube connected to a container where the smoke is cooled by passing through water;

- "a bipolar world with the hookah and Turkish coffee versus hamburgers and Coca Cola";

- syn. chicha, hookah, hubble-bubble, hubbly-bubbly, kalian, narghile, nargileh, sheesha, shisha, water pipe;

caleche
n1
a woman's large folded hooped hood;

- worn in the 18th century;

- syn. calash;

n2
the folding hood of a horse-drawn carriage;

- syn. calash, calash top;

Caledonia / k æ ɫ ɪ d oʊ n ɪə /
n1
the geographical area (in Roman times) to the north of the Antonine Wall;

- now a poetic name for Scotland;

Caledonian Canal
n1
a canal in northern Scotland that links North Sea with the Atlantic Ocean;

- runs diagonally between Moray Firth at the northeastern end and Loch Linnhe at the southwestern end;

- now little used;

calefacient
a1
producing the sensation of heat when applied to the body;

- "a mustard plaster is calefacient";

- syn. warming;

- sim. hot;

calefaction / k æ ɫ ɪ f æ k ʃ ə n /
n1
the property of being warming;

- syn. incalescence;

calefactive / k æ ɫ ɪ f æ k t ɪ v /
a1
serving to heat;

- "a heating pad is calefactory";

- syn. calefactory;

- sim. hot;

calefactory / k æ ɫ ɪ f æ k t ə ɹ i /
a1
serving to heat;

- "a heating pad is calefactory";

- syn. calefactive;

- sim. hot;

calendar / k æ ɫ ɪ n d ə , k æ ɫ ɪ n d ə ɹ /
n1
a system of timekeeping that defines the beginning and length and divisions of the year;

n2
a list or register of events (appointments or social events or court cases etc);

- "I have you on my calendar for next Monday";

n3
a tabular array of the days (usually for one year);

v1
enter into a calendar;

calendar day
n1
a day reckoned from midnight to midnight;

- syn. civil day;

calendar method
n1
natural family planning in which ovulation is assumed to occur 14 days before the onset of a period (the fertile period would be assumed to extend from day 10 through day 18 of her cycle);

- syn. calendar method of birth control, rhythm, rhythm method, rhythm method of birth control;

calendar method of birth control
n1
natural family planning in which ovulation is assumed to occur 14 days before the onset of a period (the fertile period would be assumed to extend from day 10 through day 18 of her cycle);

- syn. calendar method, rhythm, rhythm method, rhythm method of birth control;

calendar month
n1
one of the twelve divisions of the calendar year;

- "he paid the bill last month";

- syn. month;

calendar week
n1
a period of seven consecutive days starting on Sunday;

- syn. week;

calendar year
n1
the year (reckoned from January 1 to December 31) according to Gregorian calendar;

- syn. civil year;

calender / k æ ɫ ɪ n d ə , k æ ɫ ɪ n d ə ɹ /
n1
a machine that smooths or glazes paper or cloth by pressing it between plates or passing it through rollers;

v1
press between rollers or plates so as to smooth, glaze, or thin into sheets;

- "calender paper";

calendered / k æ ɫ ɪ n d ə d /
a1
(of paper and fabric and leather) having a surface made smooth and shiny especially by pressing between rollers;

- "calendered paper";

- "glossy paper";

- syn. glossy;

- sim. glazed;

calendric / k æ ɫ ɛ n d ɹ ɪ k /
a1
relating to or characteristic of or used in a calendar or time measurement;

- "calendric systems";

- "solstice is a time of calendric importance";

- syn. calendrical;

calendrical / k æ ɫ ɛ n d ɹ ɪ k ɫ /
a1
relating to or characteristic of or used in a calendar or time measurement;

- "calendric systems";

- "solstice is a time of calendric importance";

- syn. calendric;

calendula
n1
any of numerous chiefly annual herbs of the genus Calendula widely cultivated for their yellow or orange flowers;

- often used for medicinal and culinary purposes;

Calendula officinalis
n1
the common European annual marigold;

- syn. Scotch marigold, common marigold, pot marigold, ruddles;

Caley pea
n1
a weak-stemmed winter annual native to Mediterranean region for long established in southern United States;

- cultivated as a cover and pasture crop;

- syn. Lathyrus hirsutus, rough pea, singletary pea, wild winterpea;

calf / k ɑ f /
n1
young of domestic cattle;

n2
the muscular back part of the shank;

- syn. sura;

n3
fine leather from the skin of a calf;

- syn. calfskin;

n4
young of various large placental mammals e.g. whale or giraffe or elephant or buffalo;

calf's-foot jelly
n1
a savory jelly made with gelatin obtained by boiling calves' feet;

calf's brain
n1
the brain of a calf eaten as meat;

calf's liver
n1
liver of a calf used as meat;

- syn. calves' liver;

calf's tongue
n1
the tongue of a calf eaten as meat;

calf bone
n1
the outer and thinner of the two bones of the human leg between the knee and ankle;

- syn. fibula;

calf love
n1
temporary love of an adolescent;

- syn. crush, infatuation, puppy love;

calf roping
n1
capturing a calf with a lasso and binding its feet;

calfskin / k ɑ f s k ɪ n /
n1
fine leather from the skin of a calf;

- syn. calf;

Calgary
n1
the largest city in southern Alberta;

- an oil and gas center and a technology center for Alberta and most of western Canada;

Cali / k ɑ ɫ i /
n1
city in southwestern Colombia in a rich agricultural area;

Cali cartel
n1
a drug cartel that seized control of cocaine production in Colombia in 1993;

- adopted techniques used by terrorist organizations (small cells and sophisticated communications equipment and close ties with politicians etc.);

caliber / k æ ɫ ɪ b ə /
n1
a degree or grade of excellence or worth;

- "the quality of students has risen";

- "an executive of low caliber";

- syn. calibre, quality;

n2
diameter of a tube or gun barrel;

- syn. bore, calibre, gauge;

calibrate / k æ ɫ ɪ b ɹ eɪ t /
v1
make fine adjustments or divide into marked intervals for optimal measuring;

- "calibrate an instrument";

- "graduate a cylinder";

- syn. fine-tune, graduate;

v2
mark (the scale of a measuring instrument) so that it can be read in the desired units;

- "he calibrated the thermometer for the Celsius scale";

v3
measure the caliber of;

- "calibrate a gun";

calibrated / k æ ɫ ɪ b ɹ eɪ t ɪ d /
a1
marked with or divided into degrees;

- "a calibrated thermometer";

- syn. graduated;

calibration / k æ ɫ ɪ b ɹ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the act of checking or adjusting (by comparison with a standard) the accuracy of a measuring instrument;

- "the thermometer needed calibration";

- syn. standardisation, standardization;

calibre / k æ ɫ ɪ b ə , k æ ɫ ɪ b ə ɹ /
n1
a degree or grade of excellence or worth;

- "the quality of students has risen";

- "an executive of low caliber";

- syn. caliber, quality;

n2
diameter of a tube or gun barrel;

- syn. bore, caliber, gauge;

caliche
n1
crust or layer of hard subsoil encrusted with calcium-carbonate occurring in arid or semiarid regions;

- syn. hardpan;

n2
nitrate-bearing rock or gravel of the sodium nitrate deposits of Chile and Peru;

caliche-topped
a1
covered with caliche, a hard calcium-carbonate encrusted soil;

- sim. unpaved;

calico / k æ ɫ ɪ k oʊ /
n1
coarse cloth with a bright print;

a1
made of calico or resembling calico in being patterned;

- "calico dresses";

- "a calico cat";

a2
having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly;

- "a jester dressed in motley";

- "the painted desert";

- "a particolored dress";

- "a piebald horse";

- "pied daisies";

- syn. motley, multi-color, multi-colored, multi-colour, multi-coloured, multicolor, multicolored, multicolour, multicoloured, painted, particolored, particoloured, piebald, pied, varicolored, varicoloured;

- sim. colored;

calico aster
n1
a variety of aster;

- syn. starved aster;

calico bush
n1
a North American evergreen shrub having glossy leaves and white or rose-colored flowers;

- syn. American laurel, Kalmia latifolia, mountain laurel, wood laurel;

calico cat
n1
a cat having black and cream-colored and yellowish markings;

- syn. tortoiseshell, tortoiseshell-cat;

calico crab
n1
brightly spotted crab of sandy beaches of the Atlantic coast of the United States;

- syn. American lady crab, Ovalipes ocellatus, lady crab;

calicular
a1
relating to or resembling a calyculus;

- syn. calycular;

caliculus
n1
a small cup-shaped structure (as a taste bud or optic cup or cavity of a coral containing a polyp);

- syn. calycle, calyculus;

Calidris
n1
a genus of Scolopacidae;

- syn. genus Calidris;

Calidris canutus
n1
a sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and winters in the southern hemisphere;

- syn. grayback, greyback, knot;

Calidris Ferruginea
n1
Old World sandpiper with a curved bill like a curlew;

- syn. curlew sandpiper;

Calidris melanotos
n1
American sandpiper that inflates its chest when courting;

- syn. jacksnipe, pectoral sandpiper;

calif / k eɪ ɫ ɪ f /
n1
the civil and religious leader of a Muslim state considered to be a representative of Allah on earth;

- "many radical Muslims believe a Khalifah will unite all Islamic lands and people and subjugate the rest of the world";

- syn. caliph, kalif, kaliph, khalif, khalifah;

Calif.
n1
a state in the western United States on the Pacific;

- the 3rd largest state;

- known for earthquakes;

- syn. CA, California, Golden State;

California / k æ ɫ ɪ f ɔ n ɪə /
n1
a state in the western United States on the Pacific;

- the 3rd largest state;

- known for earthquakes;

- syn. CA, Calif., Golden State;

California allspice
n1
straggling aromatic shrub of southwestern United States having fragrant brown flowers;

- syn. Calycanthus occidentalis, spicebush;

California bay tree
n1
Pacific coast tree having aromatic foliage and small umbellate flowers followed by olivelike fruit;

- yields a hard tough wood;

- syn. California laurel, California olive, Oregon myrtle, Umbellularia californica, mountain laurel, pepperwood, sassafras laurel, spice tree;

California beauty
n1
any of several handsome evergreen shrubs of California and northern Mexico having downy lobed leaves and showy yellow flowers;

- syn. flannel bush, flannelbush;

California black oak
n1
large deciduous tree of the Pacific coast having deeply parted bristle-tipped leaves;

- syn. Quercus kelloggii;

California black walnut
n1
medium-sized tree with somewhat aromatic compound leaves and edible nuts;

- syn. Juglans californica;

California bluebell
n1
desert plant of southern California with blue or violet tubular flowers in terminal racemes;

- syn. Phacelia minor, Phacelia whitlavia, whitlavia;

n2
annual of southern California with intricately branched stems and lax cymes of aromatic deep blue bell-shaped flowers;

- syn. Phacelia campanularia;

California box elder
n1
maple of the Pacific coast of the United States;

- fruits are white when mature;

- syn. Acer negundo Californicum;

California buckthorn
n1
evergreen shrub of western United States bearing small red or black fruits;

- syn. California coffee, Rhamnus californicus, coffeeberry;

California buckwheat
n1
low-growing shrub with spreading branches and flowers in loose heads;

- desert regions of western United States (California to Utah);

- syn. Erigonum fasciculatum, wild buckwheat;

California coffee
n1
evergreen shrub of western United States bearing small red or black fruits;

- syn. California buckthorn, Rhamnus californicus, coffeeberry;

California condor
n1
North American condor;

- chiefly dull black;

- almost extinct;

- syn. Gymnogyps californianus;

California dandelion
n1
European weed widely naturalized in North America having yellow flower heads and leaves resembling a cat's ears;

- syn. Hypochaeris radicata, capeweed, cat's-ear, gosmore;

California false morel
n1
a gyromitra with a brown puffed up fertile part and a thick fluted stalk;

- found under conifers in California;

- syn. Gyromitra californica;

California fern
n1
large branching biennial herb native to Eurasia and Africa and adventive in North America having large fernlike leaves and white flowers;

- usually found in damp habitats;

- all parts extremely poisonous;

- syn. Conium maculatum, Nebraska fern, hemlock, poison hemlock, poison parsley, winter fern;

California four o'clock
n1
California four o'clock with purple-red flowers;

- syn. Mirabilis californica, Mirabilis laevis;

California fuchsia
n1
shrublet of southwestern United States to Mexico having brilliant scarlet flowers;

- syn. Epilobium canum canum, Zauschneria californica, humming bird's trumpet;

California lady's slipper
n1
often having many yellow-green orchids with white pouches growing along streams and seeps of southwestern Oregon and northern California;

- syn. Cypripedium californicum;

California laurel
n1
Pacific coast tree having aromatic foliage and small umbellate flowers followed by olivelike fruit;

- yields a hard tough wood;

- syn. California bay tree, California olive, Oregon myrtle, Umbellularia californica, mountain laurel, pepperwood, sassafras laurel, spice tree;

California live oak
n1
highly variable often shrubby evergreen oak of coastal zone of western North America having small thick usually spiny-toothed dark-green leaves;

- syn. Quercus agrifolia, coast live oak;

California newt
n1
newt that is similar to Taricha granulosa in characteristics and habitat;

- syn. Taricha torosa;

California nutmeg
n1
California evergreen having a fruit resembling a nutmeg but with a strong turpentine flavor;

- syn. Torreya californica, nutmeg-yew;

California olive
n1
Pacific coast tree having aromatic foliage and small umbellate flowers followed by olivelike fruit;

- yields a hard tough wood;

- syn. California bay tree, California laurel, Oregon myrtle, Umbellularia californica, mountain laurel, pepperwood, sassafras laurel, spice tree;

California Personality Inventory
n1
a self-report personality inventory originally derived from the MMPI;

- consists of several hundred yes-no questions and yields scores on a number of scales including dominance and self acceptance and self control and socialization and achievement etc.;

- syn. CPI;

California pitcher plant
n1
marsh or bog herb having solitary pendulous yellow-green flowers and somewhat twisted pitchers with broad wings below;

- syn. Darlingtonia californica;

California pompano
n1
smaller than Florida pompano;

- common in West Indies;

- syn. Palometa simillima, palometa;

California poppy
n1
of Pacific coast of North America;

- widely cultivated for its yellow to red flowers;

- syn. Eschscholtzia californica;

California privet
n1
semi-evergreen Japanese shrub having malodorous flowers;

- used extensively for hedges because more likely to stay green that common privet;

- syn. Ligustrum ovalifolium;

California quail
n1
plump chunky bird of coastal California and Oregon;

- syn. Lofortyx californicus;

California redbud
n1
shrub of western United States having pink or crimson flowers;

- often forms thickets;

- syn. Cercis occidentalis, western redbud;

California redwood
n1
lofty evergreen of United States coastal foothills from Oregon to Big Sur;

- it flourishes in wet, rainy, foggy habitats;

- syn. Sequoia sempervirens, coast redwood;

California romero
n1
an aromatic plant with wooly leaves found in southern California and Mexico;

- syn. Trichostema lanatum, black sage, wooly blue curls;

California sage
n1
low ashy-grey California shrub;

- syn. Artemisia californica, California sagebrush;

California sagebrush
n1
low ashy-grey California shrub;

- syn. Artemisia californica, California sage;

California sea lion
n1
often trained as a show animal;

- syn. Zalophus californianus, Zalophus californicus;

California single-leaf pinyon
n1
very small tree similar to Rocky mountain pinon but having a single needle per fascicle;

- similar to Parry's pinyon in range;

- syn. Pinus californiarum;

California sycamore
n1
tall tree of Baja California having deciduous bark and large alternate palmately lobed leaves and ball-shaped clusters of flowers;

- syn. Platanus racemosa;

California tree poppy
n1
tall branching subshrub of California and Mexico often cultivated for its silvery-blue foliage and large fragrant white flowers;

- syn. Romneya coulteri, matilija poppy;

California whipsnake
n1
a whipsnake of scrublands and rocky hillsides;

- syn. Masticophis lateralis, striped racer;

California white fir
n1
medium to tall fir of central to western United States having a narrow erect crown and soft wood;

- syn. Abies concolor, Abies lowiana, Colorado fir, white fir;

California white oak
n1
tall graceful deciduous California oak having leathery leaves and slender pointed acorns;

- syn. Quercus lobata, roble, valley oak, valley white oak;

California wine
n1
any of various wines produced in California;

California yellow bells
n1
viscid herb of arid or desert habitats of southwestern United States having pendulous yellow flowers;

- syn. Emmanthe penduliflora, whispering bells, yellow bells;

California yew
n1
small or medium irregularly branched tree of the Pacific coast of North America;

- yields fine hard close-grained wood;

- syn. Pacific yew, Taxus brevifolia, western yew;

Californian / k æ ɫ ɪ f ɔ n ɪə n , k æ ɫ ɪ f ɔ n j ə n /
n1
a native or resident of California;

a1
of or relating to or characteristic of California or its inhabitants;

- "Californian beaches";

californium
n1
a radioactive transuranic element;

- discovered by bombarding curium with alpha particles;

- syn. Cf, atomic number 98;

caliginous
a1
dark and misty and gloomy;

- sim. dark;

Caligula
n1
Roman Emperor who succeeded Tiberius and whose uncontrolled passions resulted in manifest insanity;

- noted for his cruelty and tyranny;

- was assassinated (12-41);

- syn. Gaius, Gaius Caesar;

caliper / k æ ɫ ɪ p ə /
n1
an instrument for measuring the distance between two points (often used in the plural);

- syn. calliper;

v1
measure the diameter of something with calipers;

- syn. calliper;

caliph / k eɪ ɫ ɪ f /
n1
the civil and religious leader of a Muslim state considered to be a representative of Allah on earth;

- "many radical Muslims believe a Khalifah will unite all Islamic lands and people and subjugate the rest of the world";

- syn. calif, kalif, kaliph, khalif, khalifah;

Caliphate / k æ ɫ ɪ f eɪ t /
n1
the era of Islam's ascendancy from the death of Mohammed until the 13th century;

- some Moslems still maintain that the Moslem world must always have a calif as head of the community;

- "their goal was to reestablish the Caliphate";

n2
the territorial jurisdiction of a caliph;

n3
the office of a caliph;

Caliphate State
n1
a Turkish terrorist group of fundamentalist Muslims with ties to al-Qaeda that operates in Germany;

- seeks the violent overthrow of the Turkish government and the establishment of an Islamic nation modeled on Iran;

- syn. Association of Islamic Groups and Communities, Kaplan Group;

calisaya
n1
Peruvian shrub or small tree having large glossy leaves and cymes of fragrant yellow to green or red flowers;

- cultivated for its medicinal bark;

- syn. Cinchona calisaya, Cinchona ledgeriana, Cinchona officinalis;

calisthenic / k æ ɫ ɪ s θ ɛ n ɪ k /
a1
of or relating to calisthenics;

calisthenics / k æ ɫ ɪ s θ ɛ n ɪ k s /
n1
the practice of calisthenic exercises;

- "calisthenics is recommended for general good health";

- syn. callisthenics;

n2
light exercises designed to promote general fitness;

- "several different calisthenics were illustrated in the video";

- syn. callisthenics;

Calixtus II
n1
pope who in 1122 forced the Holy Roman Emperor Henry V to sign a concordat that recognized the right of the church to choose its own leadership (died in 1124);

- syn. Guy of Burgundy;

Calixtus III
n1
Italian pope whose nepotism put the Borgia family in power in Italy (1378-1458);

- syn. Alfonso Borgia, Borgia;

calk / k ɔ k /
n1
a metal cleat on the bottom front of a horseshoe to prevent slipping;

- syn. calkin;

v1
provide with calks;

- "calk horse shoes";

v2
seal with caulking;

- "caulk the window";

- syn. caulk;

v3
injure with a calk;

calkin / k æ ɫ k ɪ n /
n1
a metal cleat on the bottom front of a horseshoe to prevent slipping;

- syn. calk;

call / k ɔ ɫ /
n1
a telephone connection;

- "she reported several anonymous calls";

- "he placed a phone call to London";

- "he heard the phone ringing but didn't want to take the call";

- syn. phone call, telephone call;

n2
a special disposition (as if from a divine source) to pursue a particular course;

- "he was disappointed that he had not heard the Call";

n3
a loud utterance;

- often in protest or opposition;

- "the speaker was interrupted by loud cries from the rear of the audience";

- syn. cry, outcry, shout, vociferation, yell;

n4
a demand especially in the phrase "the call of duty";

- syn. claim;

n5
the characteristic sound produced by a bird;

- "a bird will not learn its song unless it hears it at an early age";

- syn. birdcall, birdsong, song;

n6
a brief social visit;

- "senior professors' wives no longer make afternoon calls on newcomers";

- "the characters in Henry James' novels are forever paying calls on each other, usually in the parlor of some residence";

n7
a demand by a broker that a customer deposit enough to bring his margin up to the minimum requirement;

- syn. margin call;

n8
a demand for a show of hands in a card game;

- "after two raises there was a call";

n9
a request;

- "many calls for Christmas stories";

- "not many calls for buggywhips";

n10
an instruction that interrupts the program being executed;

- "Pascal performs calls by simply giving the name of the routine to be executed";

n11
a visit in an official or professional capacity;

- "the pastor's calls on his parishioners";

- "the salesman's call on a customer";

n12
(sports) the decision made by an umpire or referee;

- "he was ejected for protesting the call";

n13
the option to buy a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date;

- syn. call option;

v1
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to;

- "They named their son David";

- "The new school was named after the famous Civil Rights leader";

- syn. be known as, know as, name;

v2
ascribe a quality to or give a name of a common noun that reflects a quality;

- "He called me a bastard";

- "She called her children lazy and ungrateful";

v3
get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone;

- "I tried to call you all night";

- "Take two aspirin and call me in the morning";

- syn. call up, phone, ring, telephone;

v4
utter a sudden loud cry;

- "she cried with pain when the doctor inserted the needle";

- "I yelled to her from the window but she couldn't hear me";

- syn. cry, holler, hollo, scream, shout, shout out, squall, yell;

- also call out;

v5
order, request, or command to come;

- "She was called into the director's office";

- "Call the police!";

- syn. send for;

- also call forth, call forth, call up;

v6
pay a brief visit;

- "The mayor likes to call on some of the prominent citizens";

- syn. call in, visit;

v7
call a meeting;

- invite or command to meet;

- "The Wannsee Conference was called to discuss the `Final Solution'";

- "The new dean calls meetings every week";

v8
read aloud to check for omissions or absentees;

- "Call roll";

v9
send a message or attempt to reach someone by radio, phone, etc.;

- make a signal to in order to transmit a message;

- "Hawaii is calling!";

- "A transmitter in Samoa was heard calling";

v10
utter a characteristic note or cry;

- "bluejays called to one another";

v11
stop or postpone because of adverse conditions, such as bad weather;

- "call a football game";

v12
greet, as with a prescribed form, title, or name;

- "He always addresses me with `Sir'";

- "Call me Mister";

- "She calls him by first name";

- syn. address;

v13
make a stop in a harbour;

- "The ship will call in Honolulu tomorrow";

v14
demand payment of (a loan);

- "Call a loan";

- syn. call in;

v15
make a demand, as for a card or a suit or a show of hands;

- "He called his trump";

- syn. bid;

v16
give the calls (to the dancers) for a square dance;

- syn. call off;

v17
indicate a decision in regard to;

- "call balls and strikes behind the plate";

v18
make a prediction about;

- tell in advance;

- "Call the outcome of an election";

- syn. anticipate, forebode, foretell, predict, prognosticate, promise;

v19
require the presentation of for redemption before maturation;

- "Call a bond";

v20
challenge (somebody) to make good on a statement;

- charge with or censure for an offense;

- "He deserves to be called on that";

v21
declare in the capacity of an umpire or referee;

- "call a runner out";

v22
lure by imitating the characteristic call of an animal;

- "Call ducks";

v23
order or request or give a command for;

- "The unions called a general strike for Sunday";

v24
order, summon, or request for a specific duty or activity, work, role;

- "He was already called 4 times for jury duty";

- "They called him to active military duty";

v25
utter in a loud voice or announce;

- "He called my name";

- "The auctioneer called the bids";

v26
challenge the sincerity or truthfulness of;

- "call the speaker on a question of fact";

v27
consider or regard as being;

- "I would not call her beautiful";

v28
rouse somebody from sleep with a call;

- "I was called at 5 A.M. this morning";

call-back
n1
a return call;

n2
the recall of an employee after a layoff;

call-board
n1
a bulletin board backstage in a theater;

call-in
n1
a telephone call to a radio station or a television station in which the caller participates in the on-going program;

call-out
n1
a challenge to a fight or duel;

call at
v1
enter a harbor;

- "the ship called in Athens";

- syn. out in;

call attention
v1
point out carefully and clearly;

- syn. point out, signalise, signalize;

call back
v1
cause to be returned;

- "recall the defective auto tires";

- "The manufacturer tried to call back the spoilt yoghurt";

- syn. call in, recall, withdraw;

v2
recall knowledge from memory;

- have a recollection;

- "I can't remember saying any such thing";

- "I can't think what her last name was";

- "can you remember her phone number?";

- "Do you remember that he once loved you?";

- "call up memories";

- syn. call up, recall, recollect, remember, retrieve, think;

v3
return or repeat a telephone call;

- "I am busy right now--can you call back in an hour?";

- "She left a message but the contractor never called back";

v4
summon to return;

- "The ambassador was recalled to his country";

- "The company called back many of the workers it had laid off during the recession";

- syn. recall;

call box
n1
booth for using a telephone;

- syn. phone booth, telephone booth, telephone box, telephone kiosk;

n2
a numbered compartment in a post office where mail is put to be called for;

- syn. POB, PO Box, Post-Office box, letter box;

call center
n1
a center equipped to handle a large volume of telephone calls (especially for taking orders or serving customers);

- syn. call centre;

call centre
n1
a center equipped to handle a large volume of telephone calls (especially for taking orders or serving customers);

- syn. call center;

call down
v1
summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic;

- "raise the specter of unemployment";

- "he conjured wild birds in the air";

- "call down the spirits from the mountain";

- syn. arouse, bring up, call forth, conjure, conjure up, evoke, invoke, put forward, raise, stir;

v2
censure severely or angrily;

- "The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car";

- "The deputy ragged the Prime Minister";

- "The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup";

- syn. bawl out, berate, call on the carpet, chew out, chew up, chide, dress down, have words, jaw, lambast, lambaste, lecture, rag, rebuke, remonstrate, reprimand, scold, take to task, trounce;

call fire
n1
fire delivered on a specific target in response to a request from the supported unit;

call for
v1
express the need or desire for;

- "She requested an extra bed in her room";

- "She called for room service";

- "when you call, always ask for Mary";

- syn. ask for, bespeak, quest, request;

v2
require as useful, just, or proper;

- "It takes nerve to do what she did";

- "success usually requires hard work";

- "This job asks a lot of patience and skill";

- "This position demands a lot of personal sacrifice";

- "This dinner calls for a spectacular dessert";

- "This intervention does not postulate a patient's consent";

- syn. ask, demand, involve, necessitate, need, postulate, require, take;

v3
request the participation or presence of;

- "The organizers invite submissions of papers for the conference";

- syn. invite;

v4
gather or collect;

- "You can get the results on Monday";

- "She picked up the children at the day care center";

- "They pick up our trash twice a week";

- syn. collect, gather up, pick up;

call forth
v1
evoke or provoke to appear or occur;

- "Her behavior provoked a quarrel between the couple";

- syn. evoke, kick up, provoke;

v2
summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic;

- "raise the specter of unemployment";

- "he conjured wild birds in the air";

- "call down the spirits from the mountain";

- syn. arouse, bring up, call down, conjure, conjure up, evoke, invoke, put forward, raise, stir;

call forwarding
n1
lets you transfer your incoming calls to any telephone that you can dial direct;

call girl
n1
a female prostitute who can be hired by telephone;

call in
v1
summon to enter;

- "The nurse called in the next patient";

v2
summon to a particular activity or employment;

- "Experts were called in";

v3
pay a brief visit;

- "The mayor likes to call on some of the prominent citizens";

- syn. call, visit;

v4
take a player out of a game in order to exchange for another player;

v5
make a phone call;

- "call in to a radio station";

- "call in sick";

v6
demand payment of (a loan);

- "Call a loan";

- syn. call;

v7
cause to be returned;

- "recall the defective auto tires";

- "The manufacturer tried to call back the spoilt yoghurt";

- syn. call back, recall, withdraw;

call into question
v1
challenge the accuracy, probity, or propriety of;

- "We must question your judgment in this matter";

- syn. oppugn, question;

call it a day
v1
stop doing what one is doing;

- "At midnight, the student decided to call it quits and closed his books";

- syn. call it quits;

call it quits
v1
stop doing what one is doing;

- "At midnight, the student decided to call it quits and closed his books";

- syn. call it a day;

call loan
n1
a loan that is repayable on demand;

- syn. demand loan;

call mark
n1
a mark consisting of characters written on a book;

- used to indicate shelf location;

- syn. call number, pressmark;

call number
n1
a mark consisting of characters written on a book;

- used to indicate shelf location;

- syn. call mark, pressmark;

call off
v1
postpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduled;

- "Call off the engagement";

- "cancel the dinner party";

- "we had to scrub our vacation plans";

- "scratch that meeting--the chair is ill";

- syn. cancel, scratch, scrub;

v2
give the calls (to the dancers) for a square dance;

- syn. call;

call on
v1
have recourse to or make an appeal or request for help or information to;

- "She called on her Representative to help her";

- "She turned to her relatives for help";

- syn. turn;

call on the carpet
v1
censure severely or angrily;

- "The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car";

- "The deputy ragged the Prime Minister";

- "The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup";

- syn. bawl out, berate, call down, chew out, chew up, chide, dress down, have words, jaw, lambast, lambaste, lecture, rag, rebuke, remonstrate, reprimand, scold, take to task, trounce;

call one's bluff
v1
ask to prove what someone is claiming;

- "John called Mary's bluff when she claimed she could prove the theorem in under an hour";

call option
n1
an option to buy;

n2
the option to buy a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date;

- syn. call;

call out
v1
utter aloud;

- often with surprise, horror, or joy;

- "`I won!' he exclaimed";

- "`Help!' she cried";

- "`I'm here,' the mother shouted when she saw her child looking lost";

- syn. cry, cry out, exclaim, outcry, shout;

v2
call out loudly, as of names or numbers;

v3
challenge to a duel;

- "Aaron Burr called out Alexander Hamilton";

call the shots
v1
exercise authority or be in charge;

- "Who is calling the shots in this house?";

- syn. call the tune, wear the trousers;

call the tune
v1
exercise authority or be in charge;

- "Who is calling the shots in this house?";

- syn. call the shots, wear the trousers;

call to order
v1
open formally;

- "the chairman called the meeting to order by pounding his gavel";

call up
n1
an order to report for military duty;

v1
bring forward for consideration;

- "The case was called up in court";

- syn. bring forward;

v2
get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone;

- "I tried to call you all night";

- "Take two aspirin and call me in the morning";

- syn. call, phone, ring, telephone;

v3
recall knowledge from memory;

- have a recollection;

- "I can't remember saying any such thing";

- "I can't think what her last name was";

- "can you remember her phone number?";

- "Do you remember that he once loved you?";

- "call up memories";

- syn. call back, recall, recollect, remember, retrieve, think;

v4
cause to become available for use, either literally or figuratively;

- "clicking on the icon calls up the program";

- "the author's description of the banquet called up delicious aromas";

- "running into an old friend summoned up memories of her childhood";

- syn. summon;

v5
call to arms;

- of military personnel;

- syn. mobilise, mobilize, rally;

call waiting
n1
a way of letting you know that someone else is calling when you are using your telephone;

calla
n1
South African plant widely cultivated for its showy pure white spathe and yellow spadix;

- syn. Zantedeschia aethiopica, arum lily, calla lily;

n2
water arum;

- syn. genus Calla;

calla lily
n1
South African plant widely cultivated for its showy pure white spathe and yellow spadix;

- syn. Zantedeschia aethiopica, arum lily, calla;

Calla palustris
n1
plant of wetlands and bogs of temperate regions having small greenish flowers partly enclosed in a white spathe and red berries;

- syn. water arum, wild calla;

callable / k ɔ ɫ eɪ b ɫ /
a1
subject to a demand for payment before due date;

- "callable bonds";

- sim. due;

Callas
n1
Greek coloratura soprano (born in the United States) known for her dramatic intensity in operatic roles (1923-1977);

- syn. Maria Callas, Maria Meneghini Callas;

callathump
n1
a noisy boisterous parade;

- syn. callithump, callithump parade;

n2
a noisy mock serenade (made by banging pans and kettles) to a newly married couple;

- syn. belling, callithump, charivari, chivaree, shivaree;

callback / k ɔ ɫ b æ k /
n1
a request by the manufacturer of a defective product to return the product (as for replacement or repair);

- syn. recall;

caller / k ɔ ɫ ə , k ɔ ɫ ə ɹ /
n1
a social or business visitor;

- "the room was a mess because he hadn't expected company";

- syn. company;

n2
an investor who buys a call option;

n3
the bettor in a card game who matches the bet and calls for a show of hands;

n4
a person who announces the changes of steps during a dance;

- "you need a fiddler and a caller for country dancing";

- syn. caller-out;

n5
someone who proclaims or summons in a loud voice;

- "the callers were mothers summoning their children home for dinner";

n6
the person who convenes a meeting;

- "who is the caller of this meeting?";

n7
the person initiating a telephone call;

- "there were so many callers that he finally disconnected the telephone";

- syn. caller-up, phoner, telephoner;

a1
providing coolness;

- "a cooling breeze";

- "`caller' is a Scottish term as in `a caller breeze'";

- sim. cool;

a2
fresh;

- "caller fish";

- sim. fresh;

caller-out
n1
a person who announces the changes of steps during a dance;

- "you need a fiddler and a caller for country dancing";

- syn. caller;

caller-up
n1
the person initiating a telephone call;

- "there were so many callers that he finally disconnected the telephone";

- syn. caller, phoner, telephoner;

caller ID
n1
a small display that will show you the telephone number of the party calling you;

calliandra
n1
any of various shrubs and small trees valued for their fine foliage and attractive spreading habit and clustered white to deep pink or red flowers;

Callicebus
n1
titis;

- syn. genus Callicebus;

calligraph
v1
write beautifully and ornamentally;

calligrapher / k ə ɫ ɪ ɡ ɹ ə f ə /
n1
someone skilled in penmanship;

- syn. calligraphist;

calligraphic / k æ ɫ ɪ ɡ ɹ æ f ɪ k /
a1
of or relating to or expressed in calligraphy;

- syn. calligraphical;

calligraphical / k æ ɫ ɪ ɡ ɹ æ f ɪ k ə ɫ /
a1
of or relating to or expressed in calligraphy;

- syn. calligraphic;

calligraphist / k ə ɫ ɪ ɡ ɹ ə f ɪ s t /
n1
someone skilled in penmanship;

- syn. calligrapher;

calligraphy / k ə ɫ ɪ ɡ ɹ ə f i /
n1
beautiful handwriting;

- syn. chirography, penmanship;

Callimorpha
n1
cinnabar moths;

- syn. genus Callimorpha;

Callimorpha jacobeae
n1
large red-and-black European moth;

- larvae feed on leaves of ragwort;

- introduced into United States to control ragwort;

- syn. cinnabar, cinnabar moth;

Callinectes
n1
New World blue crabs;

- syn. genus Callinectes;

Callinectes sapidus
n1
bluish edible crab of Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of North America;

- syn. blue crab;

calling / k ɔ ɫ ɪ ŋ /
n1
the particular occupation for which you are trained;

- syn. career, vocation;

calling card
n1
a card that is used instead of cash to make telephone calls;

- syn. phone card;

n2
a printed or written greeting that is left to indicate that you have visited;

- syn. card, visiting card;

n3
a distinguishing characteristic or behavior;

- "bombs are a terrorist's calling cards";

calling into question
n1
a challenge to defend what someone has said;

- syn. demand for explanation;

calling together
n1
the act of convoking;

- syn. convocation;

Callionymidae
n1
dragonets;

- syn. family Callionymidae;

Calliope / k ə ɫ aɪ ə p i /
n1
(Greek mythology) the Muse of epic poetry;

n2
a musical instrument consisting of a series of steam whistles played from a keyboard;

- syn. steam organ;

Calliophis
n1
Asian coral snakes;

- syn. Callophis, genus Calliophis, genus Callophis;

calliopsis
n1
North American annual widely cultivated for its yellow flowers with purple-red to brownish centers;

- in some classifications placed in a subgenus Calliopsis;

- syn. Coreopsis tinctoria;

calliper / k æ ɫ ɪ p ə /
n1
an instrument for measuring the distance between two points (often used in the plural);

- syn. caliper;

v1
measure the diameter of something with calipers;

- syn. caliper;

Calliphora
n1
type genus of the Calliphoridae: blowflies;

- syn. genus Calliphora;

Calliphora vicina
n1
blowfly with iridescent blue body;

- makes a loud buzzing noise in flight;

- syn. bluebottle;

Calliphoridae
n1
blowflies;

- syn. family Calliphoridae;

callipygian
a1
pertaining to or having finely developed buttocks;

- "the quest for the callipygian ideal";

- syn. callipygous;

- sim. shapely;

callipygous
a1
pertaining to or having finely developed buttocks;

- "the quest for the callipygian ideal";

- syn. callipygian;

- sim. shapely;

Callirhoe
n1
small genus of North American herbs having usually red or purple flowers;

- syn. genus Callirhoe;

Callirhoe digitata
n1
perennial poppy mallow of United States southern plains states having rose-red or rose-purple flowers;

- syn. fringed poppy mallow;

Callirhoe involucrata
n1
hairy perennial of central United States having round deeply lobed leaves and loose panicles of large crimson-purple or cherry-red flowers;

- syn. purple poppy mallow;

Callirhoe triangulata
n1
densely hairy perennial having mostly triangular basal leaves and rose-purple flowers in panicled clusters;

- syn. clustered poppy mallow;

Callisaurus
n1
zebra-tailed lizard;

- syn. genus Callisaurus;

Callisaurus draconoides
n1
swift lizard with long black-banded tail and long legs;

- of deserts of United States and Mexico;

- syn. gridiron-tailed lizard, zebra-tailed lizard;

Callistephus
n1
one species: erect Asiatic herb with large flowers;

- syn. genus Callistephus;

Callistephus chinensis
n1
valued for their beautiful flowers in a wide range of clear bright colors;

- grown primarily for cutting;

- syn. China aster;

callisthenics / k æ ɫ ɪ s θ ɛ n ɪ k s /
n1
the practice of calisthenic exercises;

- "calisthenics is recommended for general good health";

- syn. calisthenics;

n2
light exercises designed to promote general fitness;

- "several different calisthenics were illustrated in the video";

- syn. calisthenics;

Callisto / k æ ɫ ɪ s t oʊ /
n1
the second largest of Jupiter's satellites;

Callithricidae
n1
marmosets;

- syn. family Callithricidae;

Callithrix
n1
type genus of the Callithricidae: true marmosets;

- syn. genus Callithrix;

callithump
n1
a noisy boisterous parade;

- syn. callathump, callithump parade;

n2
a noisy mock serenade (made by banging pans and kettles) to a newly married couple;

- syn. belling, callathump, charivari, chivaree, shivaree;

callithump parade
n1
a noisy boisterous parade;

- syn. callathump, callithump;

callithumpian
a1
of or relating to a callithump;

Callitrichaceae
n1
dicot aquatic herbs;

- syn. family Callitrichaceae;

Callitriche
n1
water starworts;

- syn. genus Callitriche;

Callitris
n1
evergreen monoecious coniferous trees or shrubs: cypress pines;

- syn. genus Callitris;

Callitris calcarata
n1
Australian tree with small flattened scales as leaves and numerous dark brown seed;

- valued for its timber and resin;

- syn. Callitris endlicheri, black cypress pine, red cypress pine;

Callitris cupressiformis
n1
Australian cypress pine having globular cones;

- syn. Port Jackson pine;

Callitris endlicheri
n1
Australian tree with small flattened scales as leaves and numerous dark brown seed;

- valued for its timber and resin;

- syn. Callitris calcarata, black cypress pine, red cypress pine;

Callitris glauca
n1
small tree or shrub of southern Australia;

- syn. Callitris glaucophylla, white cypress pine;

Callitris glaucophylla
n1
small tree or shrub of southern Australia;

- syn. Callitris glauca, white cypress pine;

Callitris parlatorei
n1
Australian cypress pine with fibrous inner bark;

- syn. stringybark pine;

Callitris quadrivalvis
n1
large coniferous evergreen tree of North Africa and Spain having flattened branches and scalelike leaves yielding a hard fragrant wood;

- bark yields a resin used in varnishes;

- syn. Tetraclinis articulata, sandarac, sandarac tree;

Callophis
n1
Asian coral snakes;

- syn. Calliophis, genus Calliophis, genus Callophis;

Callorhinus
n1
fur seals;

- syn. genus Callorhinus;

Callorhinus ursinus
n1
of Pacific coast from Alaska southward to California;

- syn. Alaska fur seal;

callosectomy
n1
severing the corpus callosum so that communication between the cerebral hemispheres is interrupted (in cases of severe intractable epilepsy);

- syn. callosotomy;

callosity / k æ ɫ ɒ s ɪ t i /
n1
an area of skin that is thick or hard from continual pressure or friction (as the sole of the foot);

- syn. callus;

n2
devoid of passion or feeling;

- hardheartedness;

- syn. callousness, hardness, insensibility, unfeelingness;

callosotomy
n1
severing the corpus callosum so that communication between the cerebral hemispheres is interrupted (in cases of severe intractable epilepsy);

- syn. callosectomy;

callous / k æ ɫ ə s /
v1
make insensitive or callous;

- deaden feelings or morals;

- syn. cauterise, cauterize;

a1
emotionally hardened;

- "a callous indifference to suffering";

- "cold-blooded and indurate to public opinion";

- syn. indurate, pachydermatous;

- sim. insensitive;

a2
having calluses;

- having skin made tough and thick through wear;

- "calloused skin";

- "with a workman's callous hands";

- syn. calloused, thickened;

- sim. tough;

calloused / k æ ɫ ə s t /
a1
having calluses;

- having skin made tough and thick through wear;

- "calloused skin";

- "with a workman's callous hands";

- syn. callous, thickened;

- sim. tough;

callously / k æ ɫ ə s ɫ i /
r1
in a callous way;

- "he callously exploited their feelings";

- syn. unfeelingly;

callousness / k æ ɫ ə s n ə s /
n1
devoid of passion or feeling;

- hardheartedness;

- syn. callosity, hardness, insensibility, unfeelingness;

callow / k æ ɫ oʊ /
a1
young and inexperienced;

- "a fledgling enterprise";

- "a fledgling skier";

- "an unfledged lawyer";

- syn. fledgling, unfledged;

- sim. inexperienced;

callowness / k æ ɫ oʊ n ə s /
n1
lacking and evidencing lack of experience of life;

- syn. jejuneness, juvenility;

Calluna
n1
one species;

- syn. genus Calluna;

Calluna vulgaris
n1
common Old World heath represented by many varieties;

- low evergreen grown widely in the northern hemisphere;

- syn. Scots heather, broom, heather, ling;

callus / k æ ɫ ə s /
n1
an area of skin that is thick or hard from continual pressure or friction (as the sole of the foot);

- syn. callosity;

n2
bony tissue formed during the healing of a fractured bone;

n3
(botany) an isolated thickening of tissue, especially a stiff protuberance on the lip of an orchid;

v1
cause a callus to form on;

- "The long march had callused his feet";

v2
form a callus or calluses;

- "His foot callused";

calm / k ɑ m /
n1
steadiness of mind under stress;

- "he accepted their problems with composure and she with equanimity";

- syn. calmness, composure, equanimity;

n2
wind moving at less than 1 knot;

- 0 on the Beaufort scale;

- syn. calm air;

v1
make calm or still;

- "quiet the dragons of worry and fear";

- syn. calm down, lull, quiet, quieten, still, tranquilize, tranquillise, tranquillize;

v2
make steady;

- "steady yourself";

- syn. becalm, steady;

v3
become quiet or calm, especially after a state of agitation;

- "After the fight both men need to cool off.";

- "It took a while after the baby was born for things to settle down again.";

- syn. calm down, chill out, cool it, cool off, settle down, simmer down;

v4
cause to be calm or quiet as by administering a sedative to;

- "The patient must be sedated before the operation";

- syn. sedate, tranquilize, tranquillise, tranquillize;

a1
not agitated;

- without losing self-possession;

- "spoke in a calm voice";

- "remained calm throughout the uproar";

- "he remained serene in the midst of turbulence";

- "a serene expression on her face";

- "she became more tranquil";

- "tranquil life in the country";

- syn. serene, tranquil, unagitated;

- sim. composed;

a2
(of weather) free from storm or wind;

- "calm seas";

- also peaceable, peaceful;

- sim. placid, settled, windless;

calm air
n1
wind moving at less than 1 knot;

- 0 on the Beaufort scale;

- syn. calm;

calm down
v1
become quiet or calm, especially after a state of agitation;

- "After the fight both men need to cool off.";

- "It took a while after the baby was born for things to settle down again.";

- syn. calm, chill out, cool it, cool off, settle down, simmer down;

v2
make calm or still;

- "quiet the dragons of worry and fear";

- syn. calm, lull, quiet, quieten, still, tranquilize, tranquillise, tranquillize;

v3
become quiet or less intensive;

- "the fighting lulled for a moment";

- syn. lull;

calming / k ɑ m ɪ ŋ /
n1
the act of appeasing (as by acceding to the demands of);

- syn. appeasement;

calmly / k ɑ m ɫ i /
r1
with self-possession (especially in times of stress);

- "he spoke calmly to the rioting students";

r2
in a sedate manner;

- syn. sedately;

calmness / k ɑ m n ə s /
n1
steadiness of mind under stress;

- "he accepted their problems with composure and she with equanimity";

- syn. calm, composure, equanimity;

n2
an absence of strong winds or rain;

n3
a feeling of calm;

- an absence of agitation or excitement;

Calnada pea
n1
common perennial climber of temperate regions of Eurasia and North America having dense elongate clusters of flowers;

- syn. Vicia cracca, bird vetch, tufted vetch;

Calocarpum
n1
a genus of tropical American trees of the family Sapotaceae;

- syn. genus Calocarpum;

Calocarpum zapota
n1
tropical American tree having wood like mahogany and sweet edible egg-shaped fruit;

- in some classifications placed in the genus Calocarpum;

- syn. Pouteria zapota, mammee, marmalade tree, sapote;

Calocedrus
n1
tall evergreens of western North America and eastern Asia;

- formerly included in genus Libocedrus;

- syn. genus Calocedrus;

Calocedrus decurrens
n1
tall tree of the Pacific coast of North America having foliage like cypress and cinnamon-red bark;

- syn. Libocedrus decurrens, incense cedar, red cedar;

Calochortus
n1
large genus of western North American leafy-stemmed bulbous herbs;

- syn. genus Calochortus;

Calochortus albus
n1
globe lily having open branched clusters of egg-shaped white flowers;

- southern California;

- syn. white fairy lantern, white globe lily;

Calochortus amabilis
n1
globe lily having open branched clusters of clear yellow egg-shaped flowers;

- northern California;

- syn. golden fairy lantern, yellow globe lily;

Calochortus amoenus
n1
globe lily with deep rose-pink or purple egg-shaped flowers on flexuous stems;

- western slopes of Sierra Nevada in San Joaquin Valley;

- syn. rose globe lily;

Calochortus elegans
n1
small plant with slender bent stems bearing branched clusters of a few white star-shaped flowers with petals shaped like cat's ears;

- southeastern Washington and northeastern Oregon to Montana;

- syn. elegant cat's ears, star tulip;

Calochortus kennedyi
n1
mariposa with clusters of bell-shaped vermilion or orange or yellow flowers atop short stems;

- southern California to Arizona and Mexico;

- syn. desert mariposa tulip;

Calochortus luteus
n1
mariposa having clusters of a few large deep yellow bell-shaped flowers atop slender stems;

- California coastal ranges;

- syn. yellow mariposa tulip;

Calochortus macrocarpus
n1
mariposa having loose clusters of one to three handsome lilac flowers resembling umbels atop stout erect stems;

- arid northwestern North America east of Cascade Mountains from southern British Columbia to northern California;

- syn. sagebrush mariposa tulip;

Calochortus nuttallii
n1
perennial plant having clusters of one to four showy white bell-shaped flowers atop erect unbranched stems;

- edible bulbs useful in times of scarcity;

- eastern Montana and western North Dakota south to northern Arizona and northwestern New Mexico;

- syn. sego lily;

calomel / k æ ɫ ə m ɛ ɫ /
n1
a tasteless colorless powder used medicinally as a cathartic;

- syn. mercurous chloride;

Caloocan
n1
a suburb of Manila in southwestern Luzon;

Caloosahatchee
n1
a river in southern Florida that flows westerly to the Gulf of Mexico;

- forms the western end of the Cross-Florida Waterway;

- syn. Caloosahatchee River;

Caloosahatchee Canal
n1
a canal that connects Lake Okeechobee with the Caloosahatchee River in southern Florida to form part of the Cross-Florida Waterway;

Caloosahatchee River
n1
a river in southern Florida that flows westerly to the Gulf of Mexico;

- forms the western end of the Cross-Florida Waterway;

- syn. Caloosahatchee;

Calophyllum
n1
genus of tropical evergreen trees;

- syn. genus Calophyllum;

Calophyllum calaba
n1
West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice;

- syn. Santa Maria tree, calaba;

Calophyllum candidissimum
n1
tropical American tree;

- valued for its hard durable wood;

- syn. lancewood tree, laurelwood;

Calophyllum inophyllum
n1
East Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers;

- coastal areas southern India to Malaysia;

- syn. Alexandrian laurel;

Calophyllum longifolium
n1
valuable timber tree of Panama;

- syn. Maria;

Calopogon
n1
terrestrial orchids of North America;

- syn. genus Calopogon;

Calopogon pulchellum
n1
an orchid;

- syn. Calopogon tuberosum, grass pink;

Calopogon tuberosum
n1
an orchid;

- syn. Calopogon pulchellum, grass pink;

caloric / k ə ɫ ɒ ɹ ɪ k /
a1
relating to or associated with heat;

- "thermal movements of molecules";

- "thermal capacity";

- "thermic energy";

- "the caloric effect of sunlight";

- syn. thermal, thermic;

a2
of or relating to calories in food;

- "comparison of foods on a caloric basis";

- "the caloric content of foods";

Calorie / k æ ɫ ə ɹ i /
n1
a unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one kilogram of water by one degree at one atmosphere pressure;

- used by nutritionists to characterize the energy-producing potential in food;

- syn. kilocalorie, kilogram calorie, large calorie, nutritionist's calorie;

n2
unit of heat defined as the quantity of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water by 1 degree centigrade at atmospheric pressure;

- syn. gram calorie, small calorie;

calorie-free
a1
having relatively few calories;

- "diet cola";

- "light (or lite) beer";

- "lite (or light) mayonnaise";

- "a low-cal diet";

- syn. light, lite, low-cal;

- sim. nonfat;

calorie chart
n1
a list of foods and information about their caloric content;

calorifacient
a1
producing heat;

- usually used of foods;

- "calorifacient chili peppers";

- sim. hot;

calorific / k æ ɫ ə ɹ ɪ f ɪ k /
a1
heat-generating;

- "the calorific properties of fuels";

- sim. hot;

calorimeter / k æ ɫ ə ɹ ɪ m ɪ t ə /
n1
a measuring instrument that determines quantities of heat;

calorimetric
a1
of or relating to the measurement of heat;

calorimetry / k æ ɫ ə ɹ ɪ m ɪ t ɹ i /
n1
measurement of quantities of heat;

Caloscypha fulgens
n1
an early spring variety of discomycete with yellow to orange yellow lining of the cup;

calosoma
n1
any beetle of the genus Calosoma;

Calosoma scrutator
n1
large metallic blue-green beetle that preys on caterpillars;

- found in North America;

- syn. searcher, searcher beetle;

Calostoma cinnabarina
n1
a gasteromycete with a leathery stalk and a fruiting body this globose and has a red spore case;

Calostoma lutescens
n1
a gasteromycete with a leathery stalk and a fruiting body that is globose and has a pale yellow spore case;

Calostoma ravenelii
n1
a gasteromycete with a leathery stalk and a fruiting body with a thin gelatinous spore case and elliptical spores;

Calostomataceae
n1
a family of fungi belonging to the order Tulostomatales;

- syn. family Calostomataceae;

calpac
n1
a high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus;

- syn. calpack, kalpac;

calpack
n1
a high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus;

- syn. calpac, kalpac;

Calpe
n1
location of a colony of the United Kingdom on a limestone promontory at the southern tip of Spain;

- strategically important because it can control the entrance of ships into the Mediterranean;

- one of the Pillars of Hercules;

- syn. Gibraltar, Rock of Gibraltar;

calque
n1
an expression introduced into one language by translating it from another language;

- "`superman' is a calque for the German `Ubermensch'";

- syn. calque formation, loan translation;

calque formation
n1
an expression introduced into one language by translating it from another language;

- "`superman' is a calque for the German `Ubermensch'";

- syn. calque, loan translation;

Caltha
n1
a genus of Caltha;

- syn. genus Caltha;

Caltha palustris
n1
swamp plant of Europe and North America having bright yellow flowers resembling buttercups;

- syn. May blob, cowslip, kingcup, marsh marigold, meadow bright, water dragon;

caltrop / k æ ɫ t ɹ ə p /
n1
tropical annual procumbent poisonous subshrub having fruit that splits into five spiny nutlets;

- serious pasture weed;

- syn. Tribulus terestris, devil's weed;

n2
a plant of the genus Trapa bearing spiny four-pronged edible nutlike fruits;

- syn. water chestnut, water chestnut plant;

n3
Mediterranean annual or biennial herb having pinkish to purple flowers surrounded by spine-tipped scales;

- naturalized in America;

- syn. Centauria calcitrapa, star-thistle;

calumet / k æ ɫ j ʊ m ɛ t /
n1
a highly decorated ceremonial pipe of Amerindians;

- smoked on ceremonial occasions (especially as a token of peace);

- syn. peace pipe, pipe of peace;

calumniate / k ə ɫ ʌ m n ɪ eɪ t /
v1
charge falsely or with malicious intent;

- attack the good name and reputation of someone;

- "The journalists have defamed me!";

- "The article in the paper sullied my reputation";

- syn. asperse, besmirch, defame, denigrate, slander, smear, smirch, sully;

calumniation / k ə ɫ ʌ m n ɪ eɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
a false accusation of an offense or a malicious misrepresentation of someone's words or actions;

- syn. calumny, defamation, hatchet job, obloquy, traducement;

calumniatory
a1
(used of statements) harmful and often untrue;

- tending to discredit or malign;

- syn. calumnious, defamatory, denigrating, denigrative, denigratory, libellous, libelous, slanderous;

- sim. harmful;

calumnious
a1
(used of statements) harmful and often untrue;

- tending to discredit or malign;

- syn. calumniatory, defamatory, denigrating, denigrative, denigratory, libellous, libelous, slanderous;

- sim. harmful;

calumniously
r1
in a false and slanderous and defamatory manner;

- with slander or calumny;

- syn. slanderously;

calumny / k æ ɫ ə m n i /
n1
a false accusation of an offense or a malicious misrepresentation of someone's words or actions;

- syn. calumniation, defamation, hatchet job, obloquy, traducement;

n2
an abusive attack on a person's character or good name;

- syn. aspersion, defamation, denigration, slander;

Calvados
n1
dry apple brandy made in Normandy;

calvaria
n1
the dome of the skull;

- syn. skullcap;

Calvary / k æ ɫ v ə ɹ i /
n1
a hill near Jerusalem where Jesus was crucified;

- syn. Golgotha;

n2
any experience that causes intense suffering;

- syn. martyrdom;

Calvary clover
n1
an annual of the Mediterranean area having spiny seed pods and leaves with dark spots;

- syn. Medicago echinus, Medicago intertexta;

Calvary cross
n1
a Latin cross set on three steps;

- syn. cross of Calvary;

Calvatia
n1
genus of puffballs having outer casings whose upper parts break at maturity into angular pieces to expose the spores;

- syn. genus Calvatia;

Calvatia gigantea
n1
huge edible puffball up to 2 feet diameter and 25 pounds in weight;

- syn. giant puffball;

calve / k ɑ v /
v1
release ice;

- "The icebergs and glaciers calve";

- syn. break up;

v2
give birth to (a calf);

- "the whales calve at this time of year";

- syn. have young;

Calvert Vaux
n1
United States landscape architect (born in England) who designed Central Park (1824-1895);

- syn. Vaux;

calves' feet
n1
feet of calves used as food;

- usually jellied;

calves' liver
n1
liver of a calf used as meat;

- syn. calf's liver;

Calvin
n1
United States chemist noted for discovering the series of chemical reactions in photosynthesis (1911-);

- syn. Melvin Calvin;

n2
Swiss theologian (born in France) whose tenets (predestination and the irresistibility of grace and justification by faith) defined Presbyterianism (1509-1564);

- syn. Jean Caulvin, Jean Cauvin, Jean Chauvin, John Calvin;

Calvin Coolidge
n1
elected vice president and succeeded as 30th President of the United States when Harding died in 1923 (1872-1933);

- syn. Coolidge, President Coolidge;

Calvin Klein
n1
United States fashion designer noted for understated fashions (born in 1942);

- syn. Calvin Richard Klein, Klein;

Calvin Richard Klein
n1
United States fashion designer noted for understated fashions (born in 1942);

- syn. Calvin Klein, Klein;

calving / k ɑ v ɪ ŋ /
n1
giving birth to a calf;

Calvinism / k æ ɫ v ɪ n ɪ z ə m /
n1
the theological system of John Calvin and his followers emphasizing omnipotence of God and salvation by grace alone;

Calvinist / k æ ɫ v ɪ n ɪ s t /
n1
an adherent of the theological doctrines of John Calvin;

- syn. Genevan;

a1
of or relating to or characteristic of Calvinism or its adherents;

- syn. Calvinistic, Calvinistical;

Calvinistic / k æ ɫ v ɪ n ɪ s t ɪ k /
a1
of or relating to or characteristic of Calvinism or its adherents;

- syn. Calvinist, Calvinistical;

Calvinistic Baptist
n1
group of Baptist congregations believing the teachings of the French theologian John Calvin who believed in strict predetermination;

- syn. Particular Baptist;

Calvinistical / k æ ɫ v ɪ n ɪ s t ɪ k ə ɫ /
a1
of or relating to or characteristic of Calvinism or its adherents;

- syn. Calvinist, Calvinistic;

Calvino
n1
Italian writer of novels and short stories (born in Cuba) (1923-1987);

- syn. Italo Calvino;

calx / k æ ɫ k s /
n1
a white crystalline oxide used in the production of calcium hydroxide;

- syn. burnt lime, calcined lime, calcium oxide, fluxing lime, lime, quicklime, unslaked lime;

Calycanthaceae
n1
shrubs or small trees having aromatic bark;

- the eastern United States and eastern Asia;

- syn. calycanthus family, family Calycanthaceae, strawberry-shrub family;

Calycanthus
n1
a magnoliid dicot genus of the family Calycanthaceae including: allspice;

- syn. genus Calycanthus;

calycanthus family
n1
shrubs or small trees having aromatic bark;

- the eastern United States and eastern Asia;

- syn. Calycanthaceae, family Calycanthaceae, strawberry-shrub family;

Calycanthus floridus
n1
hardy shrub of southeastern United States having clove-scented wood and fragrant red-brown flowers;

- syn. Carolina allspice, strawberry bush, strawberry shrub, sweet shrub;

Calycanthus occidentalis
n1
straggling aromatic shrub of southwestern United States having fragrant brown flowers;

- syn. California allspice, spicebush;

calyceal
a1
of or relating to or resembling a calyx;

- syn. calycinal, calycine;

calycinal
a1
of or relating to or resembling a calyx;

- syn. calyceal, calycine;

calycine
a1
of or relating to or resembling a calyx;

- syn. calyceal, calycinal;

calycle / k æ ɫ ɪ k ɫ /
n1
a group of bracts simulating a calyx as in a carnation or hibiscus;

- syn. calyculus, epicalyx, false calyx;

n2
a small cup-shaped structure (as a taste bud or optic cup or cavity of a coral containing a polyp);

- syn. caliculus, calyculus;

calycled / k æ ɫ ɪ k ɫ d /
a1
having a calyculus;

- syn. calyculate;

Calycophyllum
n1
medium to large tropical American trees having shiny reddish-brown shredding bark;

- syn. genus Calycophyllum;

Calycophyllum candidissimum
n1
source of a tough elastic wood;

- syn. dagame, lemonwood tree;

calycular
a1
relating to or resembling a calyculus;

- syn. calicular;

calyculate
a1
having a calyculus;

- syn. calycled;

calyculus
n1
a group of bracts simulating a calyx as in a carnation or hibiscus;

- syn. calycle, epicalyx, false calyx;

n2
a small cup-shaped structure (as a taste bud or optic cup or cavity of a coral containing a polyp);

- syn. caliculus, calycle;

Calymmatobacterium
n1
a genus of bacterial rods containing only the one species that causes granuloma inguinale;

- syn. genus Calymmatobacterium;

Calymmatobacterium granulomatis
n1
the species of bacteria that causes granuloma inguinale;

calypso / k ə ɫ ɪ p s oʊ /
n1
rare north temperate bog orchid bearing a solitary white to pink flower marked with purple at the tip of an erect reddish stalk above 1 basal leaf;

- syn. Calypso bulbosa, fairy-slipper;

n2
(Greek mythology) the sea nymph who detained Odysseus for seven years;

Calypso bulbosa
n1
rare north temperate bog orchid bearing a solitary white to pink flower marked with purple at the tip of an erect reddish stalk above 1 basal leaf;

- syn. calypso, fairy-slipper;

calypter
n1
scalelike structure between the base of the wing and the halter of a two-winged fly;

- syn. alula;

calyptra
n1
the hood or cap covering the calyx of certain plants: e.g., the California poppy;

calyptrate
a1
having calypters;

a2
having a calyptra;

Calyptridium umbellatum
n1
pink clusters of densely packed flowers on prostrate stems resemble upturned pads of cats' feet;

- grow in coniferous forests of western North America;

- syn. Spraguea umbellatum, pussy's-paw, pussy-paw, pussy-paws;

Calystegia
n1
climbing or scrambling herbs: bindweed;

- syn. genus Calystegia;

Calystegia sepium
n1
common Eurasian and American wild climber with pink flowers;

- sometimes placed in genus Convolvulus;

- syn. Convolvulus sepium, hedge bindweed, wild morning-glory;

calyx / k eɪ ɫ ɪ k s /
n1
(botany) the whorl of sepals of a flower collectively forming the outer floral envelope or layer of the perianth enclosing and supporting the developing bud;

- usually green;

calyx tube
n1
the cuplike or ringlike or tubular structure of a flower which bears the sepals and stamens and calyx (as in Rosaceae);

- syn. floral cup, hypanthium;

Cam / k æ m /
n1
a river in east central England that flows past Cambridge to join the Ouse River;

- syn. Cam River, River Cam;

n2
a rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion;

Cam River
n1
a river in east central England that flows past Cambridge to join the Ouse River;

- syn. Cam, River Cam;

cam stroke
n1
the maximum movement available to a pivoted or reciprocating piece by a cam;

- syn. stroke, throw;

camachile
n1
common thorny tropical American tree having terminal racemes of yellow flowers followed by sickle-shaped or circinate edible pods and yielding good timber and a yellow dye and mucilaginous gum;

- syn. Pithecellobium dulce, huamachil, manila tamarind, wild tamarind;

camail
n1
a medieval hood of mail suspended from a basinet to protect the head and neck;

- syn. aventail, ventail;

camaraderie / k æ m ə ɹ ɑ d ə ɹ i /
n1
the quality of affording easy familiarity and sociability;

- syn. chumminess, comradeliness, comradery, comradeship;

camarilla / k æ m ə ɹ ɪ ɫ ə /
n1
a clique (often secret) that seeks power usually through intrigue;

- syn. cabal, faction, junto;

camas
n1
any of several plants of the genus Camassia;

- North and South America;

- syn. camash, camass, camosh, quamash;

camash
n1
any of several plants of the genus Camassia;

- North and South America;

- syn. camas, camass, camosh, quamash;

camass / k æ m æ s /
n1
any of several plants of the genus Camassia;

- North and South America;

- syn. camas, camash, camosh, quamash;

Camassia
n1
genus of scapose herbs of North and South America having large edible bulbs;

- syn. Quamassia, genus Camassia, genus Quamassia;

Camassia leichtlinii
n1
camas found to the west of Cascade Mountains;

- syn. Leichtlin's camas;

Camassia quamash
n1
plant having a large edible bulb and linear basal leaves and racemes of light to deep violet-blue star-shaped flowers on tall green scapes;

- western North America;

- syn. common camas;

Camassia scilloides
n1
eastern camas;

- eastern and central North America;

- syn. indigo squill, wild hyacinth;

Cambarus
n1
a genus of Astacidae;

- syn. genus Cambarus;

camber / k æ m b ə , k æ m b ə ɹ /
n1
a slight convexity (as of the surface of a road);

n2
a slope in the turn of a road or track;

- the outside is higher than the inside in order to reduce the effects of centrifugal force;

- syn. bank, cant;

n3
the alignment of the wheels of a motor vehicle closer together at the bottom than at the top;

v1
curve upward in the middle;

camber arch
n1
an arch with a straight horizontal extrados and a slightly arched intrados;

Camberwell beauty
n1
of temperate regions;

- having dark purple wings with yellow borders;

- syn. Nymphalis antiopa, mourning cloak, mourning cloak butterfly;

cambial
a1
of or relating to or functioning as a cambium;

cambium
n1
a formative one-cell layer of tissue between xylem and phloem in most vascular plants that is responsible for secondary growth;

n2
the inner layer of the periosteum;

Cambodia / k æ m b oʊ d ɪə /
n1
a nation in southeastern Asia;

- was part of Indochina under French rule until 1946;

- syn. Kampuchea, Kingdom of Cambodia;

Cambodian / k æ m b oʊ d ɪə n /
n1
a native or inhabitant of Cambodia;

- syn. Kampuchean;

a1
of or relating to or characteristic of Cambodia or its people or language;

- syn. Kampuchean;

Cambodian capital
n1
the capital and largest city of Kampuchea;

- syn. Phnom Penh, Pnom Penh;

Cambodian monetary unit
n1
monetary unit in Cambodia;

Cambria / k æ m b ɹ ɪə /
n1
one of the four countries that make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland;

- during Roman times the region was known as Cambria;

- syn. Cymru, Wales;

Cambrian / k æ m b ɹ ɪə n /
n1
from 544 million to about 500 million years ago;

- marine invertebrates;

- syn. Cambrian period;

n2
a native or resident of Wales;

- syn. Cymry, Welsh, Welshman;

a1
of or relating to or characteristic of Wales or its people or their language;

- "the Welsh coast";

- "Welsh syntax";

- syn. Welsh;

Cambrian Mountains
n1
a rugged plateau that runs north to south through central Wales;

Cambrian period
n1
from 544 million to about 500 million years ago;

- marine invertebrates;

- syn. Cambrian;

cambric / k eɪ m b ɹ ɪ k /
n1
a finely woven white linen;

cambric tea
n1
a beverage for children containing hot water and milk and sugar and a small amount of tea;

Cambridge / k eɪ m b ɹ ɪ dʒ /
n1
a university in England;

- syn. Cambridge University;

n2
a city in Massachusetts just to the north of Boston;

- site of Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology;

n3
a city in eastern England on the River Cam;

- site of Cambridge University;

Cambridge University
n1
a university in England;

- syn. Cambridge;

camcorder / k æ m k ɔ d ə , k æ m k ɔ d ə ɹ /
n1
a portable television camera and videocassette recorder;

Camden / k æ m d ə n /
n1
a city in southwestern New Jersey on the Delaware River near Philadelphia;

camel / k æ m ə ɫ /
n1
cud-chewing mammal used as a draft or saddle animal in desert regions;

camel's hair
n1
a soft tan cloth made with the hair of a camel;

- syn. camelhair;

camel cavalry
n1
a camel cavalry used in the early modern era by Arab, Afghan, Persian, and Indian armies;

- syn. zamboorak, zamburak, zamburek, zumbooruck, zumbooruk;

camel racing
n1
the sport of racing camels;

camelhair
n1
a soft tan cloth made with the hair of a camel;

- syn. camel's hair;

camelia
n1
any of several shrubs or small evergreen trees having solitary white or pink or reddish flowers;

- syn. camellia;

Camelidae
n1
camels and llamas and vicunas;

- syn. family Camelidae;

Camelina / k æ m ə ɫ i n ə /
n1
annual and biennial herbs of Mediterranean to central Asia;

- syn. false flax, genus Camelina;

Camelina sativa
n1
annual European false flax having small white flowers;

- cultivated since Neolithic times as a source of fiber and for its oil-rich seeds;

- widely naturalized in North America;

- syn. gold of pleasure;

camellia / k ə m i ɫ ɪə /
n1
any of several shrubs or small evergreen trees having solitary white or pink or reddish flowers;

- syn. camelia;

Camellia japonica
n1
greenhouse shrub with glossy green leaves and showy fragrant rose-like flowers;

- cultivated in many varieties;

- syn. japonica;

Camellia sinensis
n1
a tropical evergreen shrub or small tree extensively cultivated in e.g. China and Japan and India;

- source of tea leaves;

- "tea has fragrant white flowers";

- syn. tea;

Camellia State
n1
a state in the southeastern United States on the Gulf of Mexico;

- one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War;

- syn. AL, Ala., Alabama, Heart of Dixie;

camelopard / k æ m ə ɫ l ɛ p ə d , k æ m ɪ ɫ ə p ɑ d /
n1
tallest living quadruped;

- having a spotted coat and small horns and very long neck and legs;

- of savannahs of tropical Africa;

- syn. Giraffa camelopardalis, giraffe;

Camelot / k eɪ m ɫ ɒ t /
n1
(Arthurian legend) the capital of King Arthur's kingdom;

- according to the legend, truth and goodness and beauty reigned there;

camelpox
n1
a viral disease of camels closely related to smallpox;

- "with a little genetic engineering camelpox could be used as a bioweapon";

Camelus
n1
type genus of the Camelidae: camels;

- syn. genus Camelus;

Camelus bactrianus
n1
two-humped camel of the cold deserts of central Asia;

- syn. Bactrian camel;

Camelus dromedarius
n1
one-humped camel of the hot deserts of northern Africa and southwestern Asia;

- syn. Arabian camel, dromedary;

Camembert / k æ m ə m b eə , k æ m ə m b eə ɹ /
n1
rich soft creamy French cheese;

cameo / k æ m i oʊ /
n1
engraving or carving in low relief on a stone (as in a brooch or ring);

camera / k æ m ə ɹ ə /
n1
equipment for taking photographs (usually consisting of a lightproof box with a lens at one end and light-sensitive film at the other);

- syn. photographic camera;

n2
television equipment consisting of a lens system that focuses an image on a photosensitive mosaic that is scanned by an electron beam;

- syn. television camera, tv camera;

camera angle
n1
the point of view of a camera;

camera care
n1
keeping a camera in good working order;

camera lens
n1
a lens that focuses the image in a camera;

- syn. optical lens;

camera lucida
n1
an optical device consisting of an attachment that enables an observer to view simultaneously the image and a drawing surface for sketching it;

camera obscura
n1
a darkened enclosure in which images of outside objects are projected through a small aperture or lens onto a facing surface;

camera operator
n1
a photographer who operates a movie camera;

- syn. cameraman, cinematographer;

camera tripod
n1
a tripod used to support a camera;

cameraman / k æ m ə ɹ ə m æ n /
n1
a photographer who operates a movie camera;

- syn. camera operator, cinematographer;

Cameroon / k æ m ə ɹ u n /
n1
an inactive volcano in western Cameroon;

- highest peak on the West African coast;

n2
a republic on the western coast of central Africa;

- was under French and British control until 1960;

- syn. Cameroun, Republic of Cameroon;

Cameroon franc
n1
the basic unit of money in Cameroon;

Cameroonian / k æ m ə ɹ u n ɪə n /
n1
a native or inhabitant of Cameroon;

a1
of or relating to or characteristic of Cameroon or its people;

- "the Cameroonian capital";

Cameroun
n1
a republic on the western coast of central Africa;

- was under French and British control until 1960;

- syn. Cameroon, Republic of Cameroon;

Camillo Golgi
n1
Italian histologist noted for work on the structure of the nervous system and for his discovery of Golgi bodies (1844-1926);

- syn. Golgi;

camion / k æ m ɪə n /
n1
a large truck designed to carry heavy loads;

- usually without sides;

- syn. lorry;

n2
a low heavy horse cart without sides;

- used for haulage;

- syn. dray;

camise
n1
a loose shirt or tunic;

- originally worn in the Middle Ages;

camisole / k æ m ɪ s oʊ ɫ /
n1
a short sleeveless undergarment for women;

- syn. underbodice;

n2
a short negligee;

Camlan
n1
(Arthurian legend) the battlefield where King Arthur was mortally wounded;

camlet
n1
a garment made of camlet fabric;

n2
a fabric of Asian origin;

- originally made of silk and camel's hair;

camo
n1
fabric dyed with splotches of green and brown and black and tan;

- intended to make the wearer of a garment made of this fabric hard to distinguish from the background;

- syn. camouflage;

camomile / k æ m ə m aɪ ɫ /
n1
Eurasian plant with apple-scented foliage and white-rayed flowers and feathery leaves used medicinally;

- in some classification systems placed in genus Anthemis;

- syn. Anthemis nobilis, Chamaemelum nobilis, chamomile;

camomile tea
n1
tea-like drink made from camomile leaves and flowers;

Camorra / k ə m ɒ ɹ ə /
n1
a secret society in Naples notorious for violence and blackmail;

camosh
n1
any of several plants of the genus Camassia;

- North and South America;

- syn. camas, camash, camass, quamash;

camouflage / k æ m ə f ɫ ɑ ʒ /
n1
an outward semblance that misrepresents the true nature of something;

- "the theatrical notion of disguise is always associated with catastrophe in his stories";

- syn. disguise;

n2
fabric dyed with splotches of green and brown and black and tan;

- intended to make the wearer of a garment made of this fabric hard to distinguish from the background;

- syn. camo;

n3
device or stratagem for concealment or deceit;

n4
the act of concealing the identity of something by modifying its appearance;

- "he is a master of disguise";

- syn. disguise;

v1
disguise by camouflaging;

- exploit the natural surroundings to disguise something;

- "The troops camouflaged themselves before they went into enemy territory";

camouflaged / k æ m ə f ɫ ɑ ʒ d /
a1
made invisible by means of protective coloring;

- sim. invisible;

camp / k æ m p /
n1
temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers;

- "wherever he went in the camp the men were grumbling";

- syn. bivouac, cantonment, encampment;

n2
a group of people living together in a camp;

- "the whole camp laughed at his mistake";

n3
temporary lodgings in the country for travelers or vacationers;

- "level ground is best for parking and camp areas";

n4
an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose;

- syn. clique, coterie, ingroup, inner circle, pack;

n5
a penal institution (often for forced labor);

- "China has many camps for political prisoners";

n6
something that is considered amusing not because of its originality but because of its unoriginality;

- "the living room was pure camp";

n7
shelter for persons displaced by war or political oppression or for religious beliefs;

- syn. refugee camp;

n8
a site where care and activities are provided for children during the summer months;

- "city kids get to see the country at a summer camp";

- syn. summer camp;

v1
live in or as if in a tent;

- "Can we go camping again this summer?";

- "The circus tented near the town";

- "The houseguests had to camp in the living room";

- syn. bivouac, camp out, encamp, tent;

v2
establish or set up a camp;

- syn. camp down;

v3
give an artificially banal or sexual quality to;

a1
providing sophisticated amusement by virtue of having artificially (and vulgarly) mannered or banal or sentimental qualities;

- "they played up the silliness of their roles for camp effect";

- "campy Hollywood musicals of the 1940's";

- syn. campy;

- sim. tasteless;

camp-made
a1
made as part of the arts-and-crafts program at summer camp;

- "my camp-made leather wallet";

- sim. handmade;

camp bed
n1
a small bed that folds up for storage or transport;

- syn. cot;

camp chair
n1
a light folding chair;

Camp David
n1
a retreat to the northwest of Washington that is used by the president of the United States;

camp down
v1
establish or set up a camp;

- syn. camp;

camp follower
n1
a prostitute who provides service to military personnel;

n2
a follower who is not a member of an ingroup;

camp meeting
n1
religious (usually evangelistic) meeting held in a large tent or outdoors and lasting several days;

camp out
v1
live in or as if in a tent;

- "Can we go camping again this summer?";

- "The circus tented near the town";

- "The houseguests had to camp in the living room";

- syn. bivouac, camp, encamp, tent;

camp robber
n1
a jay of northern North America with black-capped head and no crest;

- noted for boldness in thievery;

- syn. Canada jay, Perisoreus canadensis, gray jay, grey jay, whisker jack;

campaign / k æ m p eɪ n /
n1
a race between candidates for elective office;

- "I managed his campaign for governor";

- "he is raising money for a Senate run";

- syn. political campaign, run;

n2
a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end;

- "he supported populist campaigns";

- "they worked in the cause of world peace";

- "the team was ready for a drive toward the pennant";

- "the movement to end slavery";

- "contributed to the war effort";

- syn. cause, crusade, drive, effort, movement;

n3
several related operations aimed at achieving a particular goal (usually within geographical and temporal constraints);

- syn. military campaign;

n4
an overland journey by hunters (especially in Africa);

- syn. hunting expedition, safari;

v1
run, stand, or compete for an office or a position;

- "Who's running for treasurer this year?";

- syn. run;

v2
exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person;

- be an advocate for;

- "The liberal party pushed for reforms";

- "She is crusading for women's rights";

- "The Dean is pushing for his favorite candidate";

- syn. agitate, crusade, fight, press, push;

v3
go on a campaign;

- go off to war;

- syn. take the field;

campaign for governor
n1
a race for election to the governorship;

- syn. governor's race;

campaign hat
n1
a broad-brimmed felt hat with a high crown;

- formerly worn by the United States Army and Marine personnel;

campaigner / k æ m p eɪ n ə , k æ m p eɪ n ə ɹ /
n1
a politician who is running for public office;

- syn. candidate, nominee;

campaigning / k æ m p eɪ n ɪ ŋ /
n1
the campaign of a candidate to be elected;

- syn. candidacy, candidature, electioneering, political campaign;

campana / k æ m p ə n ə /
n1
the shape of a bell;

- syn. bell, bell shape;

Campania
n1
a region of southwestern Italy on the Tyrrhenian Sea including the islands of Capri and Ischia;

campanile / k æ m p ə n i ɫ i /
n1
a bell tower;

- usually stands alone unattached to a building;

- syn. belfry;

campanula / k ə m p æ n j ʊ ɫ ə /
n1
any of various plants of the genus Campanula having blue or white bell-shaped flowers;

- syn. bellflower;

Campanula americana
n1
annual or perennial of eastern North America with long spikes of blue or white flowers;

- syn. tall bellflower;

Campanula aparinoides
n1
bellflower common in marshes of eastern North America having lanceolate linear leaves and small whitish flowers;

- syn. marsh bellflower;

Campanula carpatica
n1
European perennial bellflower that grows in clumps with spreading stems and blue or white flowers;

- syn. spreading bellflower, tussock bellflower;

Campanula divaricata
n1
bellflower of southeastern United States (Maryland to Georgia) having pale blue flowers;

- syn. southern harebell;

Campanula glomerata
n1
bellflower of Europe to temperate Asia having dense spikes of violet-blue to white flowers;

- syn. clustered bellflower;

Campanula medium
n1
European biennial widely cultivated for its blue or violet or white flowers;

- syn. Canterbury bell, cup and saucer;

Campanula persicifolia
n1
perennial European bellflower with racemose white or blue flowers;

- syn. peach bell, peach bells, willow bell;

Campanula pyramidalis
n1
bellflower of southeastern Europe;

- syn. chimney bellflower, chimney plant;

Campanula rapunculoides
n1
erect European herb with creeping rootstocks and nodding spikelike racemes of blue to violet flowers;

- syn. creeping bellflower;

Campanula rapunculus
n1
bellflower of Europe and Asia and North Africa having bluish flowers and an edible tuberous root used with the leaves in salad;

- syn. rampion, rampion bellflower;

Campanula rotundifolia
n1
perennial of northern hemisphere with slender stems and bell-shaped blue flowers;

- syn. bluebell, harebell;

Campanula trachelium
n1
European bellflower with blue-purple to lilac flowers formerly used to treat sore throat;

- syn. nettle-leaved bellflower, throatwort;

Campanulaceae
n1
family of plants of the order Campanulales;

- in some classifications includes Lobeliaceae;

- syn. bellflower family, family Campanulaceae;

Campanulales
n1
an order of plants of the subclass Asteridae including: Campanulaceae;

- Lobeliaceae;

- Cucurbitaceae;

- Goodeniaceae;

- Compositae;

- syn. order Campanulales;

campanular / k ə m p æ n j ʊ ɫ ə ax , k ə m p æ n j ʊ ɫ ə ax ɹ /
a1
shaped like a bell or campana;

- "campanulate flowers of the genus Campanula";

- syn. campanulate, campanulated;

campanulate / k ə m p æ n j ʊ ɫ eɪ t /
a1
shaped like a bell or campana;

- "campanulate flowers of the genus Campanula";

- syn. campanular, campanulated;

campanulated / k ə m p æ n j ʊ ɫ eɪ t ɪ d /
a1
shaped like a bell or campana;

- "campanulate flowers of the genus Campanula";

- syn. campanular, campanulate;

Campbell / k æ m p b ɛ ɫ /
n1
United States mythologist (1904-1987);

- syn. Joseph Campbell;

campeachy
n1
spiny shrub or small tree of Central America and West Indies having bipinnate leaves and racemes of small bright yellow flowers and yielding a hard brown or brownish-red heartwood used in preparing a black dye;

- syn. Haematoxylum campechianum, bloodwood tree, logwood, logwood tree;

Campeche
n1
a Mexican city on the Bay of Campeche;

n2
a Mexican state on the eastern part of the Gulf of Campeche;

Campephilus
n1
a genus of Picidae;

- syn. genus Campephilus;

Campephilus principalis
n1
large black-and-white woodpecker of southern United States and Cuba having an ivory bill;

- nearly extinct;

- syn. ivory-billed woodpecker, ivorybill;

camper / k æ m p ə , k æ m p ə ɹ /
n1
someone living temporarily in a tent or lodge for recreation;

n2
a recreational vehicle equipped for camping out while traveling;

- syn. camping bus, motor home;

camper trailer
n1
a trailer equipped for occupancy (especially for holiday trips);

campestral / k æ m p ɛ s t ɹ ə ɫ /
a1
of fields or open country;

- "living in campestral seclusion";

- sim. rural;

campfire / k æ m p f aɪ ə ɹ /
n1
a small outdoor fire for warmth or cooking (as at a camp);

Campfire Girl
n1
a girl who is a member of Campfire Girls;

- for girls age 7-18;

campground / k æ m p ɡ ɹ aʊ n d /
n1
a site where people on holiday can pitch a tent;

- syn. bivouac, camping area, camping ground, camping site, campsite, encampment;

camphor / k æ m f ə , k æ m f ə ɹ /
n1
a resin obtained from the camphor tree;

- used in making celluloid and liniment;

camphor ball
n1
a small sphere of camphor or naphthalene used to keep moths away from stored clothing;

- syn. mothball;

camphor daisy
n1
annual of southern United States and Mexico having bristly leaves and pale yellow flowers;

- syn. Haplopappus phyllocephalus;

camphor dune tansy
n1
densely hairy plant with rayless flowers;

- San Francisco Bay area;

- syn. Tanacetum camphoratum;

camphor ice
n1
a cerate made of camphor and wax and spermaceti and castor oil;

camphor oil
n1
oil distilled from camphor resin;

camphor tree
n1
large evergreen tree of warm regions whose aromatic wood yields camphor;

- syn. Cinnamomum camphora;

camphoraceous / k æ m f ə ɹ eɪ ʃ ə s /
a1
being or having the properties of camphor;

- "camphoraceous odor";

camphorate / k æ m f ə ɹ ɛ t /
v1
treat with camphor;

camphorated / k æ m f ə ɹ eɪ t ɪ d /
a1
impregnated with camphor;

- "camphorated oil";

camphorated tincture of opium
n1
medicine used to treat diarrhea;

- syn. paregoric;

camphoric / k æ m f ɒ ɹ ɪ k /
a1
relating to or derived from or containing camphor;

- "camphoric liniments";

camphorweed
n1
aromatic plant of western United States;

- syn. Trichostema lanceolatum, turpentine camphor weed, vinegarweed;

camping / k æ m p ɪ ŋ /
n1
the act of encamping and living in tents in a camp;

- syn. bivouacking, encampment, tenting;

camping area
n1
a site where people on holiday can pitch a tent;

- syn. bivouac, campground, camping ground, camping site, campsite, encampment;

camping bus
n1
a recreational vehicle equipped for camping out while traveling;

- syn. camper, motor home;

camping ground
n1
a site where people on holiday can pitch a tent;

- syn. bivouac, campground, camping area, camping site, campsite, encampment;

camping site
n1
a site where people on holiday can pitch a tent;

- syn. bivouac, campground, camping area, camping ground, campsite, encampment;

campion / k æ m p ɪə n /
n1
any plant of the genus Silene;

- syn. catchfly, silene;

campmate
n1
someone who lives in the same camp you do;

campong
n1
a native village in Malaysia;

- syn. kampong;

Camponotus
n1
carpenter ants;

- syn. genus Camponotus;

Campsis radicans
n1
a North American woody vine having pinnate leaves and large red trumpet-shaped flowers;

- syn. trumpet creeper, trumpet vine;

campsite / k æ m p s aɪ t /
n1
a site where people on holiday can pitch a tent;

- syn. bivouac, campground, camping area, camping ground, camping site, encampment;

campstool / k æ m p s t u ɫ /
n1
a folding stool;

Camptosorus
n1
classification used in some especially former systems for plants usually placed in genus Asplenium;

- syn. genus Camptosorus;

Camptosorus rhizophyllus
n1
ferns having lanceolate fronds that root at the tip;

- syn. Asplenium rhizophyllum, walking fern, walking leaf;

campus / k æ m p ə s /
n1
a field on which the buildings of a university are situated;

campy
a1
providing sophisticated amusement by virtue of having artificially (and vulgarly) mannered or banal or sentimental qualities;

- "they played up the silliness of their roles for camp effect";

- "campy Hollywood musicals of the 1940's";

- syn. camp;

- sim. tasteless;

Campyloneurum
n1
epiphytic ferns of tropical America;

- syn. genus Campyloneurum;

Campyloneurum augustifolium
n1
fern with shorter and narrower leaves than Florida strap fern;

- Florida to West Indies and Mexico and south to Argentina;

- syn. Central American strap fern, narrow-leaved strap fern;

Campylorhynchus
n1
alternative classifications for the cactus wrens;

- syn. Heleodytes, genus Campylorhynchus, genus Heleodytes;

campylotropous
a1
(of a plant ovule) curved with the micropyle near the base almost touching its stalk;

campylotropous ovule
n1
a curved ovule with the micropyle almost touching the funiculus;

camshaft / k æ m ʃ ɑ f t /
n1
an engine shaft with cams attached to it;

Camus
n1
French writer who portrayed the human condition as isolated in an absurd world (1913-1960);

- syn. Albert Camus;

camwood
n1
small shrubby African tree with hard wood used as a dyewood yielding a red dye;

- syn. African sandalwood, Baphia nitida;

can / k æ n /
n1
airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint etc.;

- syn. tin, tin can;

n2
the quantity contained in a can;

- syn. canful;

n3
a buoy with a round bottom and conical top;

- syn. can buoy;

n4
the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on;

- "he deserves a good kick in the butt";

- "are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?";

- syn. arse, ass, backside, behind, bottom, bum, buns, butt, buttocks, derriere, fanny, fundament, hind end, hindquarters, keister, nates, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, seat, stern, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush;

n5
a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination;

- syn. commode, crapper, pot, potty, stool, throne, toilet;

n6
a room or building equipped with one or more toilets;

- syn. bathroom, john, lav, lavatory, privy, toilet;

v1
preserve in a can or tin;

- "tinned foods are not very tasty";

- syn. put up, tin;

v2
terminate the employment of;

- discharge from an office or position;

- "The boss fired his secretary today";

- "The company terminated 25% of its workers";

- syn. dismiss, displace, fire, force out, give notice, give the axe, give the sack, sack, send away, terminate;

can-do
a1
marked by a willingness to tackle a job and get it done;

- "a can-do kind of person";

- "the city's indomitable optimism and can-do spirit";

- sim. dynamic;

can buoy
n1
a buoy with a round bottom and conical top;

- syn. can;

can of worms
n1
a source of unpredictable trouble and complexity;

can opener
n1
a device for cutting cans open;

- syn. tin opener;

Canaan
n1
an ancient country in southwestern Asia on the east coast of the Mediterranean Sea;

- a place of pilgrimage for Christianity and Islam and Judaism;

- syn. Holy Land, Palestine, Promised Land;

Canaanite / k eɪ n ə n aɪ t /
n1
a member of an ancient Semitic people who occupied Canaan before it was conquered by the Israelites;

n2
the extinct language of the Semitic people who occupied Canaan before the Israelite conquest;

Canaanitic
n1
a group of Semitic languages;

- syn. Canaanitic language;

Canaanitic language
n1
a group of Semitic languages;

- syn. Canaanitic;

Canachites
n1
spruce grouse;

- syn. genus Canachites;

Canachites canadensis
n1
North American grouse that feeds on evergreen buds and needles;

- syn. spruce grouse;

Canada / k æ n ə d ə /
n1
a nation in northern North America;

- the French were the first Europeans to settle in mainland Canada;

- "the border between the United States and Canada is the longest unguarded border in the world";

Canada anemone
n1
common summer-flowering woodland herb of Labrador to Colorado;

- syn. Anemone Canadensis;

Canada balsam
n1
yellow transparent exudate of the balsam fir;

- used as a transparent cement in optical devices (especially in microscopy) and as a mounting medium;

n2
medium-sized fir of northeastern North America;

- leaves smell of balsam when crushed;

- much used for pulpwood and Christmas trees;

- syn. Abies balsamea, balm of Gilead, balsam fir;

Canada garlic
n1
North American bulbous plant;

- syn. Allium canadense, meadow leek, rose leek;

Canada ginger
n1
deciduous low-growing perennial of Canada and eastern and central United States;

- syn. Asarum canadense, black snakeroot;

Canada goose
n1
common greyish-brown wild goose of North America with a loud, trumpeting call;

- syn. Branta canadensis, Canadian goose, honker;

Canada jay
n1
a jay of northern North America with black-capped head and no crest;

- noted for boldness in thievery;

- syn. Perisoreus canadensis, camp robber, gray jay, grey jay, whisker jack;

Canada lily
n1
common lily of the eastern United States having nodding yellow or reddish flowers spotted with brown;

- syn. Lilium canadense, meadow lily, wild meadow lily, wild yellow lily;

Canada lynx
n1
of northern North America;

- syn. Lynx canadensis;

Canada moonseed
n1
a woody vine of eastern North America having large oval leaves and small white flowers and purple to blue-black fruits;

- syn. Menispermum canadense, common moonseed, yellow parilla;

Canada plum
n1
small tree native to northeastern North America having oblong orange-red fruit;

- syn. Prunus nigra;

Canada porcupine
n1
porcupine of northeastern North America with barbed spines concealed in the coarse fur;

- often gnaws buildings for salt and grease;

- syn. Erethizon dorsatum;

Canada thistle
n1
European thistle naturalized in United States and Canada where it is a pernicious weed;

- syn. Cirsium arvense, creeping thistle;

Canada violet
n1
tall North American perennial with heart-shaped leaves and white flowers with purple streaks;

- syn. Viola canadensis, tall white violet, white violet;

Canada wild rye
n1
North American wild rye;

- syn. Elymus canadensis;

Canadian / k ə n eɪ d ɪə n /
n1
a native or inhabitant of Canada;

n2
a river rising in northeastern New Mexico and flowing eastward across the Texas panhandle to become a tributary of the Arkansas River in Oklahoma;

- syn. Canadian River;

a1
of or relating to Canada or its people;

Canadian aspen
n1
aspen with a narrow crown;

- eastern North America;

- syn. Populus grandidentata, big-toothed aspen, bigtooth aspen, bigtoothed aspen, large-toothed aspen, large tooth aspen;

Canadian bacon
n1
from a boned strip of cured loin;

Canadian capital
n1
the capital of Canada (located in southeastern Ontario across the Ottawa river from Quebec);

- syn. Ottawa, capital of Canada;

Canadian dollar
n1
the basic unit of money in Canada;

- "the Canadian dollar has the image of loon on one side of the coin";

- syn. loonie;

Canadian Falls
n1
a part of Niagara Falls in Ontario;

- syn. Horseshoe Falls;

Canadian fleabane
n1
common North American weed with linear leaves and small discoid heads of yellowish flowers;

- widely naturalized throughout temperate regions;

- sometimes placed in genus Erigeron;

- syn. Conyza canadensis, Erigeron canadensis, fleabane, horseweed;

Canadian French
n1
the French language as spoken in Quebec, Canada;

Canadian goldenrod
n1
large North American goldenrod having showy clusters of yellow flowers on arching branches;

- often a weed;

- syn. Solidago canadensis, meadow goldenrod;

Canadian goose
n1
common greyish-brown wild goose of North America with a loud, trumpeting call;

- syn. Branta canadensis, Canada goose, honker;

Canadian hemlock
n1
common forest tree of the eastern United States and Canada;

- used especially for pulpwood;

- syn. Tsuga canadensis, eastern hemlock, spruce pine;

Canadian Maritime Provinces
n1
the collective name for the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island;

- syn. Maritime Provinces, Maritimes;

Canadian pondweed
n1
North American waterweed;

- widely naturalized in Europe;

- syn. Elodea canadensis;

Canadian province
n1
Canada is divided into 12 provinces for administrative purposes;

Canadian red pine
n1
pine of eastern North America having long needles in bunches of two and reddish bark;

- syn. Pinus resinosa, red pine;

Canadian River
n1
a river rising in northeastern New Mexico and flowing eastward across the Texas panhandle to become a tributary of the Arkansas River in Oklahoma;

- syn. Canadian;

Canadian Security Intelligence Service
n1
Canada's main foreign intelligence agency that gathers and analyzes information to provide security intelligence for the Canadian government;

- syn. CSIS;

Canadian Shield
n1
a large plateau that occupies more than 40% of the land area of Canada;

- it extends from the Great Lakes northward to the Arctic Ocean;

- syn. Laurentian Highlands, Laurentian Plateau;

canafistola
n1
deciduous or semi-evergreen tree having scented sepia to yellow flowers in drooping racemes and pods whose pulp is used medicinally;

- tropical Asia and Central and South America and Australia;

- syn. Cassia fistula, canafistula, drumstick tree, golden shower tree, pudding pipe tree, purging cassia;

canafistula
n1
deciduous or semi-evergreen tree having scented sepia to yellow flowers in drooping racemes and pods whose pulp is used medicinally;

- tropical Asia and Central and South America and Australia;

- syn. Cassia fistula, canafistola, drumstick tree, golden shower tree, pudding pipe tree, purging cassia;

Canakkale Bogazi
n1
the strait between the Aegean and the Sea of Marmara that separates European Turkey from Asian Turkey;

- syn. Dardanelles, Hellespont;

canal / k ə n æ ɫ /
n1
(astronomy) an indistinct surface feature of Mars once thought to be a system of channels;

- they are now believed to be an optical illusion;

n2
a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance;

- "the tear duct was obstructed";

- "the alimentary canal";

- "poison is released through a channel in the snake's fangs";

- syn. channel, duct, epithelial duct;

n3
long and narrow strip of water made for boats or for irrigation;

v1
provide (a city) with a canal;

- syn. canalise, canalize;

canal boat
n1
a long boat that carries freight and is narrow enough to be used in canals;

- syn. narrow boat, narrowboat;

canal of Schlemm
n1
a circular canal in the eye that drains aqueous humor from the anterior chamber of the eye into the anterior ciliary veins;

- syn. Schlemm's canal, sinus venosus sclerae;

Canal Zone
n1
a zone consisting of a strip of land across the Isthmus of Panama that contains the Panama Canal;

- syn. Panama Canal Zone;

canalicular
a1
relating to or like or having a canaliculus;

canaliculate
a1
having thin parallel channels;

- "canaliculate leafstalks of certain plants";

- sim. furrowed;

canaliculus
n1
a small canal or duct as in some bones and parts of plants;

canalis cervicis uteri
n1
a spindle-shaped canal extending from the uterus to the vagina;

- syn. cervical canal;

canalis inguinalis
n1
oblique passage through the lower abdominal wall;

- in males it is the passage through which the testes descend into the scrotum and it contains the spermatic cord;

- in females it transmits the round ligament of the uterus;

- syn. inguinal canal;

canalis vertebralis
n1
the canal in successive vertebrae through which the spinal cord passes;

- syn. spinal canal, vertebral canal;

canalisation / k æ n ə ɫ aɪ z eɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
the production of a canal or a conversion to canals;

- syn. canalization;

n2
management through specified channels of communication;

- syn. canalization, channelisation, channelization;

canalise
v1
provide (a city) with a canal;

- syn. canal, canalize;

canalization / k æ n ə ɫ aɪ z eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the production of a canal or a conversion to canals;

- syn. canalisation;

n2
management through specified channels of communication;

- syn. canalisation, channelisation, channelization;

canalize / k æ n ə ɫ aɪ z /
v1
provide (a city) with a canal;

- syn. canal, canalise;

Canandaigua Lake
n1
a glacial lake in central New York;

- one of the Finger Lakes;

- syn. Lake Canandaigua;

Cananga
n1
a genus of Malayan tree;

- syn. Canangium, genus Cananga, genus Canangium;

Cananga odorata
n1
evergreen Asian tree with aromatic greenish-yellow flowers yielding a volatile oil;

- widely grown in the tropics as an ornamental;

- syn. ilang-ilang, ylang-ylang;

Canangium
n1
a genus of Malayan tree;

- syn. Cananga, genus Cananga, genus Canangium;

canape / k æ n eɪ p /
n1
an appetizer consisting usually of a thin slice of bread or toast spread with caviar or cheese or other savory food;

Canara
n1
a historical region of southwestern India on the west coast;

- syn. Kanara;

canard / k æ n ɑ d /
n1
a deliberately misleading fabrication;

Canarese / k æ n ə ɹ i z /
n1
a member of a Kannada-speaking group of people living chiefly in Kanara in southern India;

- syn. Kanarese;

Canaries / k ə n eə ɹ ɪ z /
n1
a group of mountainous islands in the Atlantic off the northwest coast of Africa forming Spanish provinces;

- syn. Canary Islands;

canary / k ə n eə ɹ i /
n1
someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police;

- syn. fink, sneak, sneaker, snitch, snitcher, stool pigeon, stoolie, stoolpigeon;

n2
a female singer;

n3
a moderate yellow with a greenish tinge;

- syn. canary yellow;

n4
any of several small Old World finches;

- syn. canary bird;

a1
having the color of a canary;

- of a light to moderate yellow;

- syn. canary-yellow;

- sim. chromatic;

canary-yellow
a1
having the color of a canary;

- of a light to moderate yellow;

- syn. canary;

- sim. chromatic;

canary bird
n1
any of several small Old World finches;

- syn. canary;

canary creeper
n1
a climber having flowers that are the color of canaries;

- syn. Tropaeolum peregrinum, canarybird flower, canarybird vine;

canary grass
n1
Canary Islands grass;

- seeds used as feed for caged birds;

- syn. Phalaris canariensis, birdseed grass;

Canary Island hare's foot fern
n1
fern of the Canary Islands and Madeira;

- syn. Davallia canariensis;

Canary Islands
n1
a group of mountainous islands in the Atlantic off the northwest coast of Africa forming Spanish provinces;

- syn. Canaries;

canary seed
n1
a mixture of seeds used to feed caged birds;

canary whitewood
n1
tall North American deciduous timber tree having large tulip-shaped greenish yellow flowers and conelike fruit;

- yields soft white woods used especially for cabinet work;

- syn. Liriodendron tulipifera, tulip poplar, tulip tree, yellow poplar;

Canary wine
n1
a sweet white wine from the Canary Islands;

canary yellow
n1
a moderate yellow with a greenish tinge;

- syn. canary;

canarybird flower
n1
a climber having flowers that are the color of canaries;

- syn. Tropaeolum peregrinum, canary creeper, canarybird vine;

canarybird vine
n1
a climber having flowers that are the color of canaries;

- syn. Tropaeolum peregrinum, canary creeper, canarybird flower;

canasta / k ə n æ s t ə /
n1
a form of rummy using two decks of cards and four jokers;

- jokers and deuces are wild;

- the object is to form groups of the same rank;

- syn. basket rummy, meld;

Canavalia
n1
herbs or woody vines of mainly American tropics and subtropics;

- syn. genus Canavalia;

Canavalia ensiformis
n1
annual semi-erect bushy plant of tropical South America bearing long pods with white seeds grown especially for forage;

- syn. giant stock bean, jack bean, wonder bean;

Canavalia gladiata
n1
twining tropical Old World plant bearing long pods usually with red or brown beans;

- long cultivated in Orient for food;

- syn. sword bean;

canavanine
n1
an amino acid found in the jack bean;

Canberra / k æ n b ə ɹ ə /
n1
the capital of Australia;

- located in southeastern Australia;

- syn. Australian capital, capital of Australia;

cancan / k æ n k æ n /
n1
a high-kicking dance of French origin performed by a female chorus line;

cancel / k æ n s ə ɫ /
n1
a notation cancelling a previous sharp or flat;

- syn. natural;

v1
postpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduled;

- "Call off the engagement";

- "cancel the dinner party";

- "we had to scrub our vacation plans";

- "scratch that meeting--the chair is ill";

- syn. call off, scratch, scrub;

v2
make up for;

- "His skills offset his opponent's superior strength";

- syn. offset, set off;

v3
declare null and void;

- make ineffective;

- "Cancel the election results";

- "strike down a law";

- syn. strike down;

v4
remove or make invisible;

- "Please delete my name from your list";

- syn. delete;

v5
make invalid for use;

- "cancel cheques or tickets";

- syn. invalidate;

cancel out
v1
wipe out the effect of something;

- "The new tax effectively cancels out my raise";

- "The `A' will cancel out the `C' on your record";

- syn. wipe out;

cancellate / k æ n s ə ɫ l eɪ t /
a1
having a latticelike structure pierced with holes or windows;

- syn. cancellated, clathrate;

- sim. reticulate;

a2
having an open or latticed or porous structure;

- syn. cancellated, cancellous;

- sim. cellular;

cancellated / k æ n s ə ɫ l eɪ t ɪ d /
a1
having a latticelike structure pierced with holes or windows;

- syn. cancellate, clathrate;

- sim. reticulate;

a2
having an open or latticed or porous structure;

- syn. cancellate, cancellous;

- sim. cellular;

cancellation / k æ n s ə ɫ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the act of cancelling;

- calling off some arrangement;

n2
the speech act of revoking or annulling or making void;

cancelled / k æ n s ə ɫ d /
a1
(of events) no longer planned or scheduled;

- "the wedding is definitely off";

- syn. off;

cancellous / k æ n s ə ɫ ə s /
a1
having an open or latticed or porous structure;

- syn. cancellate, cancellated;

- sim. cellular;

cancer / k æ n s ə , k æ n s ə ɹ /
n1
any malignant growth or tumor caused by abnormal and uncontrolled cell division;

- it may spread to other parts of the body through the lymphatic system or the blood stream;

- syn. malignant neoplastic disease;

n2
(astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Cancer;

- syn. Crab;

n3
a small zodiacal constellation in the northern hemisphere;

- between Leo and Gemini;

n4
the fourth sign of the zodiac;

- the sun is in this sign from about June 21 to July 22;

- syn. Cancer the Crab, Crab;

n5
type genus of the family Cancridae;

- syn. genus Cancer;

cancer body
n1
an inclusion body found in plasma cells in cases of cancer;

- syn. Russell's body;

Cancer borealis
n1
large red deep-water crab of the eastern coast of North America;

- syn. Jonah crab;

cancer cell
n1
a cell that is part of a malignant tumor;

cancer drug
n1
any of several drugs that control or kill neoplastic cells;

- used in chemotherapy to kill cancer cells;

- all have unpleasant side effects that may include nausea and vomiting and hair loss and suppression of bone marrow function;

- syn. antineoplastic, antineoplastic drug;

Cancer irroratus
n1
crab of eastern coast of North America;

- syn. rock crab;

cancer juice
n1
a milky substance found in certain cancerous growths;

Cancer magister
n1
small edible crab of Pacific coast of North America;

- syn. Dungeness crab;

cancer of the blood
n1
malignant neoplasm of blood-forming tissues;

- characterized by abnormal proliferation of leukocytes;

- one of the four major types of cancer;

- syn. leucaemia, leukaemia, leukemia;

cancer of the liver
n1
malignant neoplastic disease of the liver usually occurring as a metastasis from another cancer;

- symptoms include loss of appetite and weakness and bloating and jaundice and upper abdominal discomfort;

- syn. liver cancer;

Cancer the Crab
n1
the fourth sign of the zodiac;

- the sun is in this sign from about June 21 to July 22;

- syn. Cancer, Crab;

cancer weed
n1
sage of eastern United States;

- syn. Salvia lyrata, cancerweed;

cancerous / k æ n s ə ɹ ə s /
a1
relating to or affected with cancer;

- "a cancerous growth";

- sim. malignant;

a2
like a cancer;

- an evil that grows and spreads;

- "remorse was cancerous within him";

- "pornography is cancerous to the moral development of our children";

- sim. malign;

cancerweed
n1
sage of eastern United States;

- syn. Salvia lyrata, cancer weed;

Cancridae
n1
many of the best known edible crabs;

- syn. family Cancridae;

cancroid
n1
the most common form of skin cancer;

- syn. squamous cell carcinoma;

a1
of or relating to a cancroid;

Cancun
n1
a popular island resort off the northeastern tip of the Yucatan peninsula;

candela
n1
the basic unit of luminous intensity adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites;

- equal to 1/60 of the luminous intensity per square centimeter of a black body radiating at the temperature of 2,046 degrees Kelvin;

- syn. candle, cd, standard candle;

candelabra / k æ n d ə ɫ ɑ b ɹ ə /
n1
branched candlestick;

- ornamental;

- has several lights;

- syn. candelabrum;

candelabrum / k æ n d ə ɫ ɑ b ɹ ə m /
n1
branched candlestick;

- ornamental;

- has several lights;

- syn. candelabra;

candelilla
n1
wax-coated Mexican shrub related to Euphorbia antisyphilitica;

- syn. Pedilanthus bracteatus, Pedilanthus pavonis;

n2
wax-coated shrub of northern Mexico and southwestern United States;

- syn. Euphorbia antisyphilitica;

candelilla wax
n1
a hard brown wax that occurs as a coating on candelilla shrubs;

candent / k æ n d ə n t /
a1
emitting light as a result of being heated;

- "an incandescent bulb";

- syn. incandescent;

- sim. light;

candescent / k æ n d ɪ s ɛ n t /
a1
glowing from great heat;

- sim. light;

candid / k æ n d ɪ d /
a1
characterized by directness in manner or speech;

- without subtlety or evasion;

- "blunt talking and straight shooting";

- "a blunt New England farmer";

- "I gave them my candid opinion";

- "forthright criticism";

- "a forthright approach to the problem";

- "tell me what you think--and you may just as well be frank";

- "it is possible to be outspoken without being rude";

- "plainspoken and to the point";

- "a point-blank accusation";

- syn. blunt, forthright, frank, free-spoken, outspoken, plainspoken, point-blank, straight-from-the-shoulder;

- sim. direct;

a2
informal or natural;

- especially caught off guard or unprepared;

- "a candid photograph";

- "a candid interview";

- sim. unstudied;

a3
openly straightforward and direct without reserve or secretiveness;

- "his candid eyes";

- "an open and trusting nature";

- "a heart-to-heart talk";

- syn. heart-to-heart, open;

- sim. ingenuous;

candid camera
n1
a miniature camera with a fast lens;

candida / k æ n d ɪ d ɑ /
n1
any of the yeastlike imperfect fungi of the genus Candida;

Candida albicans
n1
a parasitic fungus that can infect the mouth or the skin or the intestines or the vagina;

- syn. Monilia albicans;

candidacy
n1
the campaign of a candidate to be elected;

- syn. campaigning, candidature, electioneering, political campaign;

candidate / k æ n d ɪ d ə t /
n1
a politician who is running for public office;

- syn. campaigner, nominee;

n2
someone who is considered for something (for an office or prize or honor etc.);

- syn. prospect;

candidature / k æ n d ɪ d ə tʃ ə , k æ n d ɪ d ə tʃ ə ɹ /
n1
the campaign of a candidate to be elected;

- syn. campaigning, candidacy, electioneering, political campaign;

candidiasis
n1
an infection caused by fungi of the genus Monilia or Candida (especially Candida albicans);

- syn. monilia disease, moniliasis;

candidly / k æ n d ɪ d ɫ i /
r1
(used as intensives reflecting the speaker's attitude) it is sincerely the case that;

- "honestly, I don't believe it";

- "candidly, I think she doesn't have a conscience";

- "frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn";

- syn. frankly, honestly;

candidness / k æ n d ɪ d n ɛ s /
n1
the quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech;

- syn. candor, candour, directness, forthrightness, frankness;

candied / k æ n d ɪ d /
a1
encrusted with sugar or syrup;

- "candied grapefruit peel";

- syn. sugar-coated;

- sim. sugary;

a2
(used especially of fruits) preserved by coating with or allowing to absorb sugar;

- syn. crystalised, crystalized, glace;

- sim. preserved;

candied apple
n1
an apple that is covered with a candy-like substance (usually caramelized sugar);

- syn. candy apple, caramel apple, taffy apple, toffee apple;

candied citrus peel
n1
strips of citrus peel cooked in a sugar syrup;

candied fruit
n1
fruit cooked in sugar syrup and encrusted with a sugar crystals;

- syn. crystallized fruit, succade;

candle / k æ n d ɫ /
n1
stick of wax with a wick in the middle;

- syn. taper, wax light;

n2
the basic unit of luminous intensity adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites;

- equal to 1/60 of the luminous intensity per square centimeter of a black body radiating at the temperature of 2,046 degrees Kelvin;

- syn. candela, cd, standard candle;

v1
examine eggs for freshness by holding them against a light;

candle flame
n1
the light provided by a burning candle;

- syn. candlelight;

candle holder
n1
a holder with sockets for candles;

- syn. candlestick;

candleberry
n1
deciduous aromatic shrub of eastern North America with grey-green wax-coated berries;

- syn. Myrica pensylvanica, bayberry, swamp candleberry, waxberry;

candlelight / k æ n d ɫ l aɪ t /
n1
the light provided by a burning candle;

- syn. candle flame;

candlemaker / k æ n d ɫ m eɪ k ə /
n1
a person who makes or sells candles;

Candlemas / k æ n d ɫ m ə s /
n1
feast day commemorating the presentation of Christ in the temple;

- a quarter day in Scotland;

- syn. Candlemas Day, Feb 2;

Candlemas Day
n1
feast day commemorating the presentation of Christ in the temple;

- a quarter day in Scotland;

- syn. Candlemas, Feb 2;

candlenut
n1
large tree native to southeastern Asia;

- the nuts yield oil used in varnishes;

- nut kernels strung together are used locally as candles;

- syn. Aleurites moluccana, varnish tree;

n2
seed of candlenut tree;

- source of soil used in varnishes;

candlepin / k æ n d ɫ p ɪ n /
n1
a bowling pin that is thin by comparison with a tenpin;

candlepin bowling
n1
a bowling game using slender bowling pins;

- syn. candlepins;

candlepins / k æ n d ɫ p ɪ n z /
n1
a bowling game using slender bowling pins;

- syn. candlepin bowling;

candlepower / k æ n d ɫ p aʊ ə /
n1
luminous intensity measured in candelas;

- syn. light intensity;

candlepower unit
n1
a measure of luminous intensity;

- syn. luminous intensity unit;

candlesnuffer
n1
an implement with a small cup at the end of a handle;

- used to extinguish the flame of a candle;

candlestick / k æ n d ɫ s t ɪ k /
n1
a holder with sockets for candles;

- syn. candle holder;

candlestick tulip
n1
Eurasian tulip with small flowers blotched at the base;

- syn. Tulipa clusiana, lady tulip;

candlewick / k æ n d ɫ w ɪ k /
n1
the wick of a candle;

n2
loops of soft yarn are cut to give a tufted pattern;

candlewood
n1
any of several resinous trees or shrubs often burned for light;

candor / k æ n d ə /
n1
ability to make judgments free from discrimination or dishonesty;

- syn. candour, fair-mindedness, fairness;

n2
the quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech;

- syn. candidness, candour, directness, forthrightness, frankness;

candour / k æ n d ə , k æ n d ə ɹ /
n1
the quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech;

- syn. candidness, candor, directness, forthrightness, frankness;

n2
ability to make judgments free from discrimination or dishonesty;

- syn. candor, fair-mindedness, fairness;

candy / k æ n d i /
n1
a rich sweet made of flavored sugar and often combined with fruit or nuts;

- syn. confect;

v1
coat with something sweet, such as a hard sugar glaze;

- syn. glaze, sugarcoat;

candy-like
a1
resembling candy;

- sim. cooked;

candy-scented
a1
smelling of candy;

- sim. odorous;

candy apple
n1
an apple that is covered with a candy-like substance (usually caramelized sugar);

- syn. candied apple, caramel apple, taffy apple, toffee apple;

candy bar
n1
a candy shaped as a bar;

candy cane
n1
a hard candy in the shape of a rod (usually with stripes);

candy corn
n1
a small yellow and white candy shaped to resemble a kernel of corn;

candy egg
n1
egg-shaped candy;

candy kiss
n1
any of several bite-sized candies;

- syn. kiss;

candy store
n1
a confectioner's shop;

- syn. confectionary, confectionery;

candy striper
n1
a volunteer worker in a hospital;

candy thermometer
n1
a thermometer used to determine the temperature of candy syrups during cooking;

candyfloss
n1
a candy made by spinning sugar that has been boiled to a high temperature;

- syn. cotton candy, spun sugar;

candymaker
n1
someone who makes candies and other sweets;

- syn. confectioner;

candytuft / k æ n d ɪ t ʌ f t /
n1
any of various flowering plants of the genus Iberis cultivated for their showy clusters of white to red or purple flowers;

- native to Mediterranean region;

candyweed
n1
bog plant of pine barrens of southeastern United States having spikes of irregular yellow-orange flowers;

- syn. Polygala lutea, orange milkwort, yellow bachelor's button, yellow milkwort;

cane / k eɪ n /
n1
a stick that people can lean on to help them walk;

n2
a strong slender often flexible stem as of bamboos, reeds, rattans, or sugar cane;

n3
a stiff switch used to hit students as punishment;

v1
beat with a cane;

- syn. flog, lambast, lambaste;

cane blight
n1
a disease affecting the canes of various bush fruits (e.g., raspberries or currants);

cane reed
n1
tall grass of southern United States growing in thickets;

- syn. Arundinaria gigantea, giant cane;

cane sugar
n1
sucrose obtained from sugar cane;

n2
sugar from sugarcane used as sweetening agent;

canebrake / k eɪ n b ɹ eɪ k /
n1
a dense growth of cane (especially giant cane);

canebrake rattler
n1
southern variety;

- syn. Crotalus horridus atricaudatus, canebrake rattlesnake;

canebrake rattlesnake
n1
southern variety;

- syn. Crotalus horridus atricaudatus, canebrake rattler;

canecutter
n1
a wood rabbit of southeastern United States swamps and lowlands;

- syn. Sylvilagus aquaticus, swamp hare, swamp rabbit;

canella / k æ n ɛ ɫ ə /
n1
highly aromatic inner bark of the Canella winterana used as a condiment and a tonic;

- syn. canella bark, white cinnamon;

Canella-alba
n1
large evergreen shrub or small tree having white aromatic bark and leathery leaves and small purple to red flowers in terminal cymes;

- syn. Canella winterana, white cinnamon tree, wild cinnamon;

canella bark
n1
highly aromatic inner bark of the Canella winterana used as a condiment and a tonic;

- syn. canella, white cinnamon;

canella family
n1
one genus: aromatic tropical trees of eastern Africa and Florida to West Indies;

- syn. Canellaceae, family Canellaceae;

Canella winterana
n1
large evergreen shrub or small tree having white aromatic bark and leathery leaves and small purple to red flowers in terminal cymes;

- syn. Canella-alba, white cinnamon tree, wild cinnamon;

Canellaceae
n1
one genus: aromatic tropical trees of eastern Africa and Florida to West Indies;

- syn. canella family, family Canellaceae;

canescent
a1
of greyish white;

- "the canescent moon";

- sim. achromatic;

a2
covered with fine whitish hairs or down;

- syn. hoary;

- sim. hairy;

Canetti
n1
English writer born in Germany (1905-1994);

- syn. Elias Canetti;

canfield / k æ n f i ɫ d /
n1
a form of solitaire that involves gambling;

canful / k æ n f ə ɫ /
n1
the quantity contained in a can;

- syn. can;

cangue
n1
an instrument of punishment formerly used in China for petty criminals;

- consists of a heavy wooden collar enclosing the neck and arms;

canicola fever
n1
an acute feverish disease in people and in dogs marked by gastroenteritis and mild jaundice;

Canicula / k ə n ɪ k j ʊ ɫ ə /
n1
the brightest star in the sky;

- in Canis Major;

- syn. Dog Star, Sirius, Sothis;

canicular / k ə n ɪ k j ʊ ɫ ə /
a1
of or relating to the dog days of summer;

- "the canicular heat of the Deep South";

a2
relating to or especially immediately preceding or following the heliacal rising of Canicula (the Dog Star);

- "canicular days";

canicular days
n1
the hot period between early July and early September;

- a period of inactivity;

- syn. canicule, dog days;

canicule / k ə n ɪ k j u ɫ /
n1
the hot period between early July and early September;

- a period of inactivity;

- syn. canicular days, dog days;

canid
n1
any of various fissiped mammals with nonretractile claws and typically long muzzles;

- syn. canine;

Canidae
n1
dogs;

- wolves;

- jackals;

- foxes;

- syn. family Canidae;

canine / k æ n aɪ n , k eɪ n aɪ n /
n1
one of the four pointed conical teeth (two in each jaw) located between the incisors and the premolars;

- syn. canine tooth, cuspid, dogtooth, eye tooth, eyetooth;

n2
any of various fissiped mammals with nonretractile claws and typically long muzzles;

- syn. canid;

a1
of or relating to a pointed conical tooth;

- syn. laniary;

a2
of or relating to or characteristic of members of the family Canidae;

canine chorea
n1
chorea in dogs;

- syn. chorea;

canine distemper
n1
a viral disease of young dogs characterized by high fever and respiratory inflammation;

canine tooth
n1
one of the four pointed conical teeth (two in each jaw) located between the incisors and the premolars;

- syn. canine, cuspid, dogtooth, eye tooth, eyetooth;

caning / k eɪ n ɪ ŋ /
n1
work made of interlaced slender branches (especially willow branches);

- syn. wicker, wickerwork;

Canis
n1
type genus of the Canidae: domestic and wild dogs;

- wolves;

- jackals;

- syn. genus Canis;

Canis aureus
n1
Old World nocturnal canine mammal closely related to the dog;

- smaller than a wolf;

- sometimes hunts in a pack but usually singly or as a member of a pair;

- syn. jackal;

Canis dingo
n1
wolflike yellowish-brown wild dog of Australia;

- syn. dingo, warragal, warrigal;

Canis familiaris
n1
a member of the genus Canis (probably descended from the common wolf) that has been domesticated by man since prehistoric times;

- occurs in many breeds;

- "the dog barked all night";

- syn. dog, domestic dog;

Canis latrans
n1
small wolf native to western North America;

- syn. brush wolf, coyote, prairie wolf;

Canis lupus
n1
a wolf with a brindled grey coat living in forested northern regions of North America;

- syn. gray wolf, grey wolf, timber wolf;

Canis lupus tundrarum
n1
wolf of Arctic North America having white fur and a black-tipped tail;

- syn. Arctic wolf, white wolf;

Canis Major
n1
a constellation to the southeast of Orion;

- contains Sirius;

- syn. Great Dog;

Canis Minor
n1
a constellation to the east of Orion;

- contains Procyon;

- syn. Little Dog;

Canis niger
n1
reddish-grey wolf of southwestern North America;

- syn. Canis rufus, maned wolf, red wolf;

Canis rufus
n1
reddish-grey wolf of southwestern North America;

- syn. Canis niger, maned wolf, red wolf;

canistel / k æ n ɪ s t ɛ ɫ /
n1
tropical tree of Florida and West Indies yielding edible fruit;

- syn. Pouteria campechiana nervosa, canistel tree;

n2
ovoid orange-yellow mealy sweet fruit of Florida and West Indies;

- syn. eggfruit;

canistel tree
n1
tropical tree of Florida and West Indies yielding edible fruit;

- syn. Pouteria campechiana nervosa, canistel;

canister / k æ n ɪ s t ə , k æ n ɪ s t ə ɹ /
n1
a metallic cylinder packed with shot and used as ammunition in a firearm;

- syn. canister shot, case shot;

n2
metal container for storing dry foods such as tea or flour;

- syn. cannister, tin;

canister shot
n1
a metallic cylinder packed with shot and used as ammunition in a firearm;

- syn. canister, case shot;

canker / k æ ŋ k ə , k æ ŋ k ə ɹ /
n1
a fungal disease of woody plants that causes localized damage to the bark;

n2
an ulceration (especially of the lips or lining of the mouth);

- syn. canker sore;

n3
a pernicious and malign influence that is hard to get rid of;

- "racism is a pestilence at the heart of the nation";

- "according to him, I was the canker in their midst";

- syn. pestilence;

v1
become infected with a canker;

v2
infect with a canker;

canker brake
n1
North American evergreen fern having pinnate leaves and dense clusters of lance-shaped fronds;

- syn. Christmas fern, Polystichum acrostichoides, dagger fern, evergreen wood fern;

canker sore
n1
an ulceration (especially of the lips or lining of the mouth);

- syn. canker;

cankerous / k æ ŋ k ə ɹ ə s /
a1
having an ulcer or canker;

- syn. ulcerated, ulcerous;

- sim. unhealthy;

cankerweed
n1
herb of northeastern North America having drooping clusters of yellowish-white flowers;

- sometimes placed in genus Prenanthes;

- syn. Nabalus alba, Prenanthes alba, white lettuce;

cankerworm / k æ ŋ k ə w ɝ m /
n1
green caterpillar of a geometrid moth;

- pest of various fruit and shade trees;

canna / k æ n ə /
n1
any plant of the genus Canna having large sheathing leaves and clusters of large showy flowers;

Canna edulis
n1
canna grown especially for its edible rootstock from which arrowroot starch is obtained;

- syn. Canna indica, achira, arrowroot, indian shot;

Canna generalis
n1
plants grown for their large bright yellow to red flowers;

- syn. canna lily;

Canna indica
n1
canna grown especially for its edible rootstock from which arrowroot starch is obtained;

- syn. Canna edulis, achira, arrowroot, indian shot;

canna lily
n1
plants grown for their large bright yellow to red flowers;

- syn. Canna generalis;

Cannabidaceae
n1
two genera of erect or twining herbs that are pollinated by the wind, including the genera Cannabis and Humulus;

- term not used in all classifications;

- in some the genus Cannabis is placed in the family Moraceae and the genus Humulus in the family Urticaceae;

- syn. family Cannabidaceae, hemp family;

cannabin / k æ n ə b ɪ n /
n1
a resin obtained from the hemp plant;

- thought to be the active narcotic agent in marijuana;

- syn. cannabis resin;

cannabis / k æ n ə b ɪ s /
n1
any plant of the genus Cannabis;

- a coarse bushy annual with palmate leaves and clusters of small green flowers;

- yields tough fibers and narcotic drugs;

- syn. hemp;

n2
the most commonly used illicit drug;

- considered a soft drug, it consists of the dried leaves of the hemp plant;

- smoked or chewed for euphoric effect;

- syn. ganja, marihuana, marijuana;

Cannabis indica
n1
source of e.g. bhang and hashish as well as fiber;

- syn. Indian hemp;

cannabis resin
n1
a resin obtained from the hemp plant;

- thought to be the active narcotic agent in marijuana;

- syn. cannabin;

Cannabis sativa
n1
a strong-smelling plant whose dried leaves can be smoked for a pleasant effect or pain reduction;

- syn. ganja, marihuana, marijuana;

Cannaceae
n1
coextensive with the genus Canna;

- syn. family Cannaceae;

Cannae
n1
ancient city is southeastern Italy where Hannibal defeated the Romans in 216 BC;

canned / k æ n d /
a1
recorded for broadcast;

- "a transcribed announcement";

- "canned laughter";

- syn. transcribed;

- sim. recorded;

a2
sealed in a can or jar;

- syn. tinned;

- sim. preserved;

canned food
n1
food preserved by canning;

- syn. canned foods, canned goods, tinned goods;

canned foods
n1
food preserved by canning;

- syn. canned food, canned goods, tinned goods;

canned goods
n1
food preserved by canning;

- syn. canned food, canned foods, tinned goods;

canned hunt
n1
a hunt for animals that have been raised on game ranches until they are mature enough to be killed for trophy collections;

canned meat
n1
meat preserved in a can or tin;

- syn. tinned meat;

cannel coal
n1
a bituminous coal that burns with a luminous flame;

cannelloni
n1
tubular pasta filled with meat or cheese;

cannery / k æ n ə ɹ i /
n1
a factory where food is canned;

Cannes / k æ n /
n1
a port and resort city on the French Riviera;

- site of an annual film festival;

cannibal / k æ n ɪ b ə ɫ /
n1
a person who eats human flesh;

- syn. anthropophagite, anthropophagus, man-eater;

cannibal mound
n1
ground beef mixed with raw egg and e.g. onions and capers and anchovies;

- eaten raw;

- syn. steak tartare, tartar steak;

cannibalic
a1
marked by barbarity suggestive of a cannibal;

- rapaciously savage;

- sim. inhumane;

cannibalise
v1
eat human flesh;

- syn. cannibalize;

v2
use parts of something to repair something else;

- syn. cannibalize;

cannibalism / k æ n ɪ b ə ɫ ɪ z ə m /
n1
the practice of eating the flesh of your own kind;

cannibalistic / k æ n ɪ b ə ɫ l ɪ s t ɪ k /
a1
characteristic of cannibals or exhibiting cannibalism;

- "cannibalistic behavior";

cannibalize / k æ n ɪ b ə ɫ aɪ z /
v1
eat human flesh;

- syn. cannibalise;

v2
use parts of something to repair something else;

- syn. cannibalise;

cannikin / k æ n ɪ k ɪ n /
n1
a wooden bucket;

n2
a small can;

cannily / k æ n ɪ ɫ i /
r1
with foresight;

- "more presciently than they superiors, these workers grasped the economic situation";

- syn. presciently;

cannister / k æ n ɪ s t ə ɹ /
n1
metal container for storing dry foods such as tea or flour;

- syn. canister, tin;

cannon / k æ n ə n /
n1
a large artillery gun that is usually on wheels;

n2
heavy gun fired from a tank;

n3
(Middle Ages) a cylindrical piece of armor plate to protect the arm;

n4
heavy automatic gun fired from an airplane;

n5
lower part of the leg extending from the hock to the fetlock in hoofed mammals;

- syn. shank;

n6
a shot in billiards in which the cue ball contacts one object ball and then the other;

- syn. carom;

v1
make a cannon;

v2
fire a cannon;

cannon ball
n1
a solid projectile that in former times was fired from a cannon;

- syn. cannonball, round shot;

cannon bone
n1
greatly developed metatarsal or metacarpal bone in the shank or cannon part of the leg in hoofed mammals;

cannon cracker
n1
a large firecracker;

cannon fire
n1
fire delivered by artillery;

- syn. artillery fire;

cannon fodder
n1
soldiers who are regarded as expendable in the face of artillery fire;

- syn. fodder, fresh fish;

cannonade / k æ n ə n eɪ d /
n1
intense and continuous artillery fire;

- syn. drumfire;

v1
attack with cannons or artillery;

cannonball / k æ n ə n b ɔ ɫ /
n1
a solid projectile that in former times was fired from a cannon;

- syn. cannon ball, round shot;

cannonball along
v1
move hurridly;

- "He rushed down the hall to receive his guests";

- "The cars raced down the street";

- syn. belt along, bucket along, hasten, hie, hotfoot, pelt along, race, rush, rush along, speed, step on it;

cannoneer / k æ n ə n ɪə /
n1
a serviceman in the artillery;

- syn. artilleryman, gunner, machine gunner;

cannula / k æ n j ʊ ɫ ə /
n1
a small flexible tube inserted into a body cavity for draining off fluid or introducing medication;

cannular / k æ n j ʊ ɫ ə ax , k æ n j ʊ ɫ ə ax ɹ /
a1
constituting a tube;

- having hollow tubes (as for the passage of fluids);

- syn. tube-shaped, tubelike, tubular, vasiform;

- sim. hollow;

cannulate / k æ n j ʊ ɫ eɪ t /
v1
introduce a cannula or tube into;

- "Cannulate the blood vessel in the neck";

- syn. cannulise, cannulize, canulate, intubate;

cannulation / k æ n j ʊ ɫ eɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
the insertion of a cannula or tube into a hollow body organ;

- syn. cannulisation, cannulization, canulation, canulisation, canulization, intubation;

cannulisation
n1
the insertion of a cannula or tube into a hollow body organ;

- syn. cannulation, cannulization, canulation, canulisation, canulization, intubation;

cannulise
v1
introduce a cannula or tube into;

- "Cannulate the blood vessel in the neck";

- syn. cannulate, cannulize, canulate, intubate;

cannulization
n1
the insertion of a cannula or tube into a hollow body organ;

- syn. cannulation, cannulisation, canulation, canulisation, canulization, intubation;

cannulize
v1
introduce a cannula or tube into;

- "Cannulate the blood vessel in the neck";

- syn. cannulate, cannulise, canulate, intubate;

canny / k æ n i /
a1
showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with others;

- "a cagey lawyer";

- "too clever to be sound";

- syn. cagey, cagy, clever;

- sim. smart;

canoe / k ə n u /
n1
small and light boat;

- pointed at both ends;

- propelled with a paddle;

v1
travel by canoe;

- "canoe along the canal";

canoe birch
n1
small American birch with peeling white bark often worked into e.g. baskets or toy canoes;

- syn. American white birch, Betula cordifolia, Betula papyrifera, paper birch, paperbark birch;

canoe cedar
n1
large valuable arborvitae of northwestern United States;

- syn. Thuja plicata, red cedar, western red cedar;

canoeist / k ə n u ɪ s t /
n1
someone paddling a canoe;

- syn. paddler;

canola / k æ n oʊ ɫ ə /
n1
vegetable oil made from rapeseed;

- it is high in monounsaturated fatty acids;

- syn. canola oil;

canola oil
n1
vegetable oil made from rapeseed;

- it is high in monounsaturated fatty acids;

- syn. canola;

canon / k æ n ə n /
n1
a rule or especially body of rules or principles generally established as valid and fundamental in a field of art or philosophy;

- "the neoclassical canon";

- "canons of polite society";

n2
a priest who is a member of a cathedral chapter;

n3
a ravine formed by a river in an area with little rainfall;

- syn. canyon;

n4
a contrapuntal piece of music in which a melody in one part is imitated exactly in other parts;

n5
a complete list of saints that have been recognized by the Roman Catholic Church;

n6
a collection of books accepted as holy scripture especially the books of the Bible recognized by any Christian church as genuine and inspired;

canon law
n1
the body of codified laws governing the affairs of a Christian church;

- syn. ecclesiastical law;

canonic / k ə n ɒ n ɪ k /
a1
appearing in a biblical canon;

- "a canonical book of the Christian New Testament";

- syn. canonical;

a2
of or relating to or required by canon law;

- syn. canonical;

a3
reduced to the simplest and most significant form possible without loss of generality;

- "a basic story line";

- "a canonical syllable pattern";

- syn. basic, canonical;

- sim. standard;

a4
conforming to orthodox or recognized rules;

- "the drinking of cocktails was as canonical a rite as the mixing"- Sinclair Lewis;

- syn. canonical, sanctioned;

- sim. orthodox;

canonical / k ə n ɒ n ɪ k ɫ /
a1
appearing in a biblical canon;

- "a canonical book of the Christian New Testament";

- syn. canonic;

a2
of or relating to or required by canon law;

- syn. canonic;

a3
reduced to the simplest and most significant form possible without loss of generality;

- "a basic story line";

- "a canonical syllable pattern";

- syn. basic, canonic;

- sim. standard;

a4
conforming to orthodox or recognized rules;

- "the drinking of cocktails was as canonical a rite as the mixing"- Sinclair Lewis;

- syn. canonic, sanctioned;

- sim. orthodox;

canonical hour
n1
(Roman Catholic Church) one of seven specified times for prayer;

canonically / k ə n ɒ n ɪ k ɫ i /
r1
in a canonical manner;

- "the deacon was canonically inducted";

canonisation / k æ n ə n aɪ z eɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
(Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Church) the act of admitting a deceased person into the canon of saints;

- syn. canonization;

canonise
v1
treat as a sacred person;

- "He canonizes women";

- syn. canonize;

v2
declare (a dead person) to be a saint;

- "After he was shown to have performed a miracle, the priest was canonized";

- syn. canonize, saint;

canonised / k æ n ə n aɪ z d /
a1
accorded sacrosanct or authoritative standing;

- syn. canonized, glorified;

- sim. authorized;

canonist
n1
a specialist in canon law;

a1
pertaining to or characteristic of a body of rules and principles accepted as axiomatic;

- e.g. "canonist communism";

canonization / k æ n ə n aɪ z eɪ ʃ n /
n1
(Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Church) the act of admitting a deceased person into the canon of saints;

- syn. canonisation;

canonize / k æ n ə n aɪ z /
v1
declare (a dead person) to be a saint;

- "After he was shown to have performed a miracle, the priest was canonized";

- syn. canonise, saint;

v2
treat as a sacred person;

- "He canonizes women";

- syn. canonise;

canonized / k æ n ə n aɪ z d /
a1
accorded sacrosanct or authoritative standing;

- syn. canonised, glorified;

- sim. authorized;

canoodle
v1
fondle or pet affectionately;

canopic jar
n1
a jar used in ancient Egypt to contain entrails of an embalmed body;

- syn. canopic vase;

canopic vase
n1
a jar used in ancient Egypt to contain entrails of an embalmed body;

- syn. canopic jar;

canopied / k æ n ə p ɪ d /
a1
covered with or as with a canopy;

- "a canopied bed";

- "streets canopied by stately trees";

- sim. covered;

Canopus
n1
supergiant star 650 light years from Earth;

- second brightest star in the sky;

canopy / k æ n ə p i /
n1
the transparent covering of an aircraft cockpit;

n2
the umbrellalike part of a parachute that fills with air;

n3
a covering (usually of cloth) that serves as a roof to shelter an area from the weather;

v1
cover with a canopy;

canorous
a1
richly melodious;

- syn. songful;

- sim. melodious;

cant / k æ n t /
n1
stock phrases that have become nonsense through endless repetition;

- syn. buzzword;

n2
a slope in the turn of a road or track;

- the outside is higher than the inside in order to reduce the effects of centrifugal force;

- syn. bank, camber;

n3
a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves);

- "they don't speak our lingo";

- syn. argot, jargon, lingo, patois, slang, vernacular;

n4
insincere talk about religion or morals;

- syn. pious platitude;

n5
two surfaces meeting at an angle different from 90 degrees;

- syn. bevel, chamfer;

v1
heel over;

- "The tower is tilting";

- "The ceiling is slanting";

- syn. cant over, pitch, slant, tilt;

cant dog
n1
a stout lever with a sharp spike;

- used for handling logs;

- syn. dog hook, peavey, peavy;

cant hook
n1
a peavey having a hook instead of a spike;

- used for handling logs;

cant over
v1
heel over;

- "The tower is tilting";

- "The ceiling is slanting";

- syn. cant, pitch, slant, tilt;

cantabile / k æ n t ɑ b ɪ ɫ i /
a1
smooth and flowing;

- syn. singing;

- sim. melodious;

Cantabrian Mountains
n1
a range of mountains in northern Spain along the coast of the Bay of Biscay;

Cantabrigian / k æ n t ə b ɹ ɪ dʒ ɪə n /
n1
a resident of Cambridge;

cantala / k æ n t ə ɫ ə /
n1
hard fiber used in making coarse twine;

- from Philippine agave plants;

- syn. Cebu maguey, manila maguey;

n2
Philippine plant yielding a hard fibre used in making coarse twine;

- syn. Agave cantala, maguey;

cantaloup / k æ n t ə ɫ u p /
n1
a variety of muskmelon vine having fruit with a tan rind and orange flesh;

- syn. Cucumis melo cantalupensis, cantaloup vine, cantaloupe, cantaloupe vine;

n2
the fruit of a cantaloup vine;

- small to medium-sized melon with yellowish flesh;

- syn. cantaloupe;

cantaloup vine
n1
a variety of muskmelon vine having fruit with a tan rind and orange flesh;

- syn. Cucumis melo cantalupensis, cantaloup, cantaloupe, cantaloupe vine;

cantaloupe / k æ n t ə ɫ u p /
n1
a variety of muskmelon vine having fruit with a tan rind and orange flesh;

- syn. Cucumis melo cantalupensis, cantaloup, cantaloup vine, cantaloupe vine;

n2
the fruit of a cantaloup vine;

- small to medium-sized melon with yellowish flesh;

- syn. cantaloup;

cantaloupe vine
n1
a variety of muskmelon vine having fruit with a tan rind and orange flesh;

- syn. Cucumis melo cantalupensis, cantaloup, cantaloup vine, cantaloupe;

cantankerous / k æ n t æ ŋ k ə ɹ ə s /
a1
stubbornly obstructive and unwilling to cooperate;

- "unions...have never been as bloody-minded about demarcation as the shipbuilders"- Spectator;

- syn. bloody-minded;

- sim. stubborn;

a2
having a difficult and contrary disposition;

- "a cantankerous and venomous-tongued old lady"- Dorothy Sayers;

- syn. crotchety, ornery;

- sim. ill-natured;

cantankerously / k æ n t æ ŋ k ə ɹ ə s ɫ i /
r1
in a bad mood;

- "he answered her cantankerously";

cantata / k æ n t ɑ t ə /
n1
a musical composition for voices and orchestra based on a religious text;

- syn. oratorio;

canted / k æ n t ɪ d /
a1
departing or being caused to depart from the true vertical or horizontal;

- "the leaning tower of Pisa";

- "the headstones were tilted";

- syn. atilt, leaning, tilted, tipped;

- sim. inclined;

canteen / k æ n t i n /
n1
a flask for carrying water;

- used by soldiers or travelers;

n2
sells food and personal items to personnel at an institution or school or camp etc.;

n3
a restaurant outside;

- often for soldiers or policemen;

- syn. mobile canteen;

n4
a recreation room in an institution;

n5
restaurant in a factory;

- where workers can eat;

canter / k æ n t ə , k æ n t ə ɹ /
n1
a smooth three-beat gait;

- between a trot and a gallop;

- syn. lope;

v1
ride at a canter;

- "The men cantered away";

v2
go at a canter, of horses;

v3
ride at a cantering pace;

- "He cantered the horse across the meadow";

Canterbury / k æ n t ə b ɹ i /
n1
a town in Kent in southeastern England;

- site of the cathedral where Thomas a Becket was martyred in 1170;

- seat of the archbishop and primate of the Anglican Church;

Canterbury bell
n1
herb of Colombia to Peru having pale purple flowers;

- syn. Gloxinia perennis;

n2
European biennial widely cultivated for its blue or violet or white flowers;

- syn. Campanula medium, cup and saucer;

Canterbury Tales
n1
an uncompleted series of tales written after 1387 by Geoffrey Chaucer;

cantering / k æ n t ə ɹ ɪ ŋ /
a1
riding at a gait between a trot and a gallop;

- "the cantering soldiers";

cantering rhythm
n1
cardiac rhythm characterized by the presence of an extra sound;

- can indicate a heart abnormality;

- syn. gallop rhythm;

Cantharellus
n1
a well-known genus of fungus;

- has funnel-shaped fruiting body;

- includes the chanterelles;

- syn. genus Cantharellus;

Cantharellus cibarius
n1
widely distributed edible mushroom rich yellow in color with a smooth cap and a pleasant apricot aroma;

- syn. chantarelle, chanterelle;

Cantharellus cinnabarinus
n1
mushroom with a distinctive pink to vermillion fruiting body;

- syn. cinnabar chanterelle;

Cantharellus clavatus
n1
an edible agaric with a brown fruiting body that is often compound;

- syn. pig's ears;

Cantharellus floccosus
n1
a mildly poisonous fungus with a fruiting body shaped like a hollow trumpet;

- syn. floccose chanterelle;

canthus / k æ n θ ə s /
n1
either of the corners of the eye where the upper and lower eyelids meet;

canticle / k æ n t ɪ k ɫ /
n1
a hymn derived from the Bible;

Canticle of Canticles
n1
an Old Testament book consisting of a collection of love poems traditionally attributed to Solomon but actually written much later;

- syn. Canticles, Song of Solomon, Song of Songs;

Canticle of Simeon
n1
the prayer of Simeon (Luke 2:29-32);

- syn. Nunc dimittis;

Canticles / k æ n t ɪ k ɫ z /
n1
an Old Testament book consisting of a collection of love poems traditionally attributed to Solomon but actually written much later;

- syn. Canticle of Canticles, Song of Solomon, Song of Songs;

cantilever / k æ n t ɪ ɫ i v ə , k æ n t ɪ ɫ i v ə ɹ /
n1
projecting horizontal beam fixed at one end only;

v1
project as a cantilever;

v2
construct with girders and beams such that only one end is fixed;

- "Frank Lloyd Wright liked to cantilever his buildings";

cantilever bridge
n1
bridge constructed of two cantilevers that meet in the middle;

cantillate / k æ n t ɪ ɫ eɪ t /
v1
recite with musical intonation;

- recite as a chant or a psalm;

- "The rabbi chanted a prayer";

- syn. chant, intonate, intone;

cantillation / k æ n t ɪ ɫ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
liturgical chanting;

cantle / k æ n t ɫ /
n1
the back of a saddle seat;

canto / k æ n t oʊ /
n1
the highest part (usually the melody) in a piece of choral music;

n2
a major division of a long poem;

Canton / k æ n t ɒ n , k ə n t u n /
n1
a city on the Zhu Jiang delta in southern China;

- the capital of Guangdong province and a major deep-water port;

- syn. Guangzhou, Kuangchou, Kwangchow;

n2
a small administrative division of a country;

v1
provide housing for (military personnel);

- syn. billet, quarter;

v2
divide into cantons, of a country;

Canton crepe
n1
a soft thick crinkled dress crepe;

- heavier than crepe de Chine;

Canton flannel
n1
a stout cotton fabric with nap on only one side;

- syn. cotton flannel;

Canton ginger
n1
tropical Asian plant widely cultivated for its pungent root;

- source of gingerroot and powdered ginger;

- syn. Zingiber officinale, common ginger, stem ginger;

Canton River
n1
a river in southeast China that flows into the South China Sea;

- syn. Chu Kiang, Pearl River, Zhu Jiang;

cantonal / k æ n t ə n ə ɫ /
a1
of or relating to a canton;

Cantonese / k æ n t ə n i z /
n1
the dialect of Chinese spoken in Canton and neighboring provinces and in Hong Kong and elsewhere outside China;

- syn. Cantonese dialect, Yue, Yue dialect;

Cantonese dialect
n1
the dialect of Chinese spoken in Canton and neighboring provinces and in Hong Kong and elsewhere outside China;

- syn. Cantonese, Yue, Yue dialect;

cantonment / k æ n t u n m ə n t /
n1
temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers;

- "wherever he went in the camp the men were grumbling";

- syn. bivouac, camp, encampment;

cantor / k æ n t ɔ , k æ n t ɔ ɹ /
n1
the musical director of a choir;

- syn. choirmaster, precentor;

n2
the official of a synagogue who conducts the liturgical part of the service and sings or chants the prayers intended to be performed as solos;

- syn. hazan;

cantus firmus
n1
a pre-existing melody used as the basis for a polyphonic composition;

- originally drawn from plainchant, but later drawn from other sources;

canty / k æ n t i /
a1
lively and brisk;

- sim. energetic;

Canuck / k ə n ʊ k /
n1
informal term for Canadians in general and French Canadians in particular;

canulate
v1
introduce a cannula or tube into;

- "Cannulate the blood vessel in the neck";

- syn. cannulate, cannulise, cannulize, intubate;

canulation
n1
the insertion of a cannula or tube into a hollow body organ;

- syn. cannulation, cannulisation, cannulization, canulisation, canulization, intubation;

canulisation
n1
the insertion of a cannula or tube into a hollow body organ;

- syn. cannulation, cannulisation, cannulization, canulation, canulization, intubation;

canulization
n1
the insertion of a cannula or tube into a hollow body organ;

- syn. cannulation, cannulisation, cannulization, canulation, canulisation, intubation;

Canute
n1
king of Denmark and Norway who forced Edmund II to divide England with him;

- on the death of Edmund II, Canute became king of all England (994-1035);

- syn. Canute the Great, Cnut, Knut;

Canute the Great
n1
king of Denmark and Norway who forced Edmund II to divide England with him;

- on the death of Edmund II, Canute became king of all England (994-1035);

- syn. Canute, Cnut, Knut;

canvas / k æ n v ə s /
n1
a heavy, closely woven fabric (used for clothing or chairs or sails or tents);

- syn. canvass;

n2
an oil painting on canvas fabric;

- syn. canvass;

n3
the setting for a narrative or fictional or dramatic account;

- "the crowded canvas of history";

- "the movie demanded a dramatic canvas of sound";

- syn. canvass;

n4
a tent made of canvas fabric;

- syn. canvas tent, canvass;

n5
a large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel;

- syn. canvass, sail, sheet;

n6
the mat that forms the floor of the ring in which boxers or professional wrestlers compete;

- "the boxer picked himself up off the canvas";

- syn. canvass;

v1
cover with canvas;

- "She canvassed the walls of her living room so as to conceal the ugly cracks";

canvas tent
n1
a tent made of canvas fabric;

- syn. canvas, canvass;

canvasback / k æ n v ə s b æ k /
n1
North American wild duck valued for sport and food;

- syn. Aythya valisineria, canvasback duck;

canvasback duck
n1
North American wild duck valued for sport and food;

- syn. Aythya valisineria, canvasback;

canvass / k æ n v ə s /
n1
the setting for a narrative or fictional or dramatic account;

- "the crowded canvas of history";

- "the movie demanded a dramatic canvas of sound";

- syn. canvas;

n2
an inquiry into public opinion conducted by interviewing a random sample of people;

- syn. opinion poll, poll, public opinion poll;

n3
a large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel;

- syn. canvas, sail, sheet;

n4
a tent made of canvas fabric;

- syn. canvas, canvas tent;

n5
an oil painting on canvas fabric;

- syn. canvas;

n6
the mat that forms the floor of the ring in which boxers or professional wrestlers compete;

- "the boxer picked himself up off the canvas";

- syn. canvas;

n7
a heavy, closely woven fabric (used for clothing or chairs or sails or tents);

- syn. canvas;

v1
get the opinions (of people) by asking specific questions;

- syn. poll;

v2
solicit votes from potential voters in an electoral campaign;

v3
consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning;

- "analyze a sonnet by Shakespeare";

- "analyze the evidence in a criminal trial";

- "analyze your real motives";

- syn. analyse, analyze, examine, study;

canvasser / k æ n v ə s ə /
n1
a petitioner who solicits contributions or trade or votes;

- syn. solicitor;

n2
someone who examines votes at an election;

- syn. scrutineer;

n3
someone who conducts surveys of public opinion;

- "a pollster conducts public opinion polls";

- "a headcounter counts heads";

- syn. headcounter, poll taker, pollster;

n4
a person who takes or counts votes;

canvassing / k æ n v ə s ɪ ŋ /
n1
persuasion of voters in a political campaign;

- syn. bell ringing, electioneering;

canyon / k æ n j ə n /
n1
a ravine formed by a river in an area with little rainfall;

- syn. canon;

canyon live oak
n1
medium-sized evergreen of southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico with oblong leathery often spiny-edged leaves;

- syn. Quercus chrysolepis, canyon oak, iron oak, maul oak;

canyon oak
n1
medium-sized evergreen of southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico with oblong leathery often spiny-edged leaves;

- syn. Quercus chrysolepis, canyon live oak, iron oak, maul oak;

canyon treefrog
n1
a small chiefly ground dweller that stays within easy jumping distance of water;

- of United States southwest and northern Mexico;

- syn. Hyla arenicolor;

Canyonlands National Park
n1
a national park in Utah having rock formations and ancient cliff dwellings;

- canyons of the Green River and the Colorado River;

canyonside
n1
the steeply sloping side of a canyon;

caoutchouc / k aʊ tʃ ʊ k /
n1
an elastic material obtained from the latex sap of trees (especially trees of the genera Hevea and Ficus) that can be vulcanized and finished into a variety of products;

- syn. India rubber, gum elastic, natural rubber, rubber;

caoutchouc tree
n1
deciduous tree of the Amazon and Orinoco Rivers having leathery leaves and fragrant yellow-white flowers;

- it yields a milky juice that is the chief source of commercial rubber;

- syn. Hevea brasiliensis, Para rubber tree;

cap / k æ p /
n1
a tight-fitting headdress;

n2
a top (as for a bottle);

n3
a mechanical or electrical explosive device or a small amount of explosive;

- can be used to initiate the reaction of a disrupting explosive;

- syn. detonating device, detonator;

n4
something serving as a cover or protection;

n5
a fruiting structure resembling an umbrella or a cone that forms the top of a stalked fleshy fungus such as a mushroom;

- syn. pileus;

n6
a protective covering that is part of a plant;

- syn. hood;

n7
an upper limit on what is allowed;

- "he put a ceiling on the number of women who worked for him";

- "there was a roof on salaries";

- "they established a cap for prices";

- syn. ceiling, roof;

n8
(dentistry) dental appliance consisting of an artificial crown for a broken or decayed tooth;

- "tomorrow my dentist will fit me for a crown";

- syn. crown, crownwork, jacket, jacket crown;

n9
the upper part of a column that supports the entablature;

- syn. capital, chapiter;

v1
lie at the top of;

- "Snow capped the mountains";

- syn. crest;

v2
restrict the number or amount of;

- "We had to cap the number of people we can accept into our club";

cap-a-pie
r1
at all points from head to foot;

- "he was armed cap-a-pie";

- syn. from head to toe;

cap off
v1
finish or complete, as with some decisive action;

- "he capped off the meeting with a radical proposal";

cap opener
n1
a bottle opener to pry off caps;

cap screw
n1
a threaded screw for machine parts;

- screws into a tapped hole;

capability / k eɪ p ə b ɪ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
the quality of being capable -- physically or intellectually or legally;

- "he worked to the limits of his capability";

- syn. capableness;

n2
the susceptibility of something to a particular treatment;

- "the capability of a metal to be fused";

- syn. capacity;

n3
an aptitude that may be developed;

- syn. capableness, potentiality;

capable / k eɪ p ə b ɫ /
a1
(usually followed by `of') having capacity or ability;

- "capable of winning";

- "capable of hard work";

- "capable of walking on two feet";

- also competent;

- sim. able, confident, resourceful;

a2
possibly accepting or permitting;

- "a passage capable of misinterpretation";

- "open to interpretation";

- "an issue open to question";

- "the time is fixed by the director and players and therefore subject to much variation";

- syn. open, subject;

- sim. susceptible;

a3
(followed by `of') having the temperament or inclination for;

- "no one believed her capable of murder";

a4
having the requisite qualities for;

- "equal to the task";

- "the work isn't up to the standard I require";

- syn. adequate to, equal to, up to;

- sim. adequate;

a5
have the skills and qualifications to do things well;

- "able teachers";

- "a capable administrator";

- "children as young as 14 can be extremely capable and dependable";

- syn. able;

- sim. competent;

capableness / k eɪ p ə b ɫ n ə s /
n1
an aptitude that may be developed;

- syn. capability, potentiality;

n2
the quality of being capable -- physically or intellectually or legally;

- "he worked to the limits of his capability";

- syn. capability;

capably / k eɪ p ə b ɫ i /
r1
with competence;

- in a competent capable manner;

- "they worked competently";

- syn. ably, aptly, competently;

capacious / k ə p eɪ ʃ ə s /
a1
large in capacity;

- "she carried a capacious bag";

- sim. large;

capaciousness / k ə p eɪ ʃ ə s n ə s /
n1
intellectual breadth;

- "the very capaciousness of the idea meant that agreement on fundamentals was unnecessary";

- "his unselfishness gave him great intellectual roominess";

- syn. roominess;

n2
spatial largeness and extensiveness (especially inside a building);

- "the capaciousness of Santa's bag astounded the child";

- "roominess in this size car is always a compromise";

- "his new office lacked the spaciousness that he had become accustomed to";

- syn. commodiousness, roominess, spaciousness;

capacitance
n1
an electrical phenomenon whereby an electric charge is stored;

- syn. capacity, electrical capacity;

n2
an electrical device characterized by its capacity to store an electric charge;

- syn. capacitor, condenser, electrical condenser;

capacitance unit
n1
a measure of the capacity of a circuit component to store charge;

capacitate / k ə p æ s ɪ t eɪ t /
v1
make legally capable or qualify in law;

v2
cause (spermatozoa) to undergo the physical changes necessary to fertilize an egg;

v3
make capable;

- "This instruction capacitates us to understand the problem";

capacitive
a1
of or relating to capacitance;

capacitor / k ə p æ s ɪ t ə ɹ /
n1
an electrical device characterized by its capacity to store an electric charge;

- syn. capacitance, condenser, electrical condenser;

capacitor microphone
n1
microphone consisting of a capacitor with one plate fixed and the other forming the diaphragm moved by sound waves;

- syn. capacitor mike, condenser microphone, condenser mike;

capacitor mike
n1
microphone consisting of a capacitor with one plate fixed and the other forming the diaphragm moved by sound waves;

- syn. capacitor microphone, condenser microphone, condenser mike;

capacity / k ə p æ s ɪ t i /
n1
capability to perform or produce;

- "among his gifts is his capacity for true altruism";

- "limited runway capacity";

- "a great capacity for growth";

n2
the susceptibility of something to a particular treatment;

- "the capability of a metal to be fused";

- syn. capability;

n3
the amount that can be contained;

- "the gas tank has a capacity of 12 gallons";

- syn. content;

n4
the maximum production possible;

- "the plant is working at 80 per cent capacity";

n5
a specified function;

- "he was employed in the capacity of director";

- "he should be retained in his present capacity at a higher salary";

n6
(computer science) the amount of information (in bytes) that can be stored on a disk drive;

- "the capacity of a hard disk drive is usually expressed in megabytes";

n7
an electrical phenomenon whereby an electric charge is stored;

- syn. capacitance, electrical capacity;

n8
the power to learn or retain knowledge;

- in law, the ability to understand the facts and significance of your behavior;

- syn. mental ability;

n9
tolerance for alcohol;

- "he had drunk beyond his capacity";

capacity measure
n1
a unit of measurement of volume or capacity;

- syn. capacity unit, cubage unit, cubature unit, cubic content unit, cubic measure, displacement unit, volume unit;

capacity unit
n1
a unit of measurement of volume or capacity;

- syn. capacity measure, cubage unit, cubature unit, cubic content unit, cubic measure, displacement unit, volume unit;

caparison / k ə p æ ɹ ɪ s ə n /
n1
stable gear consisting of a decorated covering for a horse, especially (formerly) for a warhorse;

- syn. housing, trapping;

v1
put a caparison on;

- "caparison the horses for the festive occasion";

- syn. bard, barde, dress up;

caparisoned / k ə p æ ɹ ɪ s ə n d /
a1
clothed in finery (especially a horse in ornamental trappings);

- sim. clothed;

cape / k eɪ p /
n1
a strip of land projecting into a body of water;

- syn. ness;

n2
a sleeveless garment like a cloak but shorter;

- syn. mantle;

cape aloe
n1
much-branched South African plant with reddish prickly succulent leaves;

- syn. Aloe ferox;

Cape Ann
n1
a Massachusetts peninsula to the north of Boston extending into the Atlantic Ocean;

Cape Breton Island
n1
an island that forms the northeastern part of Nova Scotia;

Cape buffalo
n1
large often savage buffalo of southern Africa having upward-curving horns;

- mostly in game reserves;

- syn. Synercus caffer;

Cape Canaveral
n1
a sandy promontory (formerly Cape Kennedy) extending into the Atlantic Ocean from a barrier island off the eastern coast of Florida;

- the site of a NASA center for spaceflight;

- syn. Cape Kennedy;

Cape Cod
n1
a Massachusetts peninsula to the south of Boston extending into the Atlantic;

- a popular resort area;

Cape Cod Bay
n1
the southern part of Massachusetts Bay;

Cape Cod Canal
n1
a canal connecting Cape Cod Bay with Buzzards Bay;

Cape Colony
n1
a former province of southern South Africa that was settled by the Dutch in 1652 and ceded to Great Britain in 1814;

- in 1994 it was split into three new provinces of South Africa;

- syn. Cape Province, Cape of Good Hope Province;

Cape dagga
n1
relatively nontoxic South African herb smoked like tobacco;

- syn. Leonotis leonurus, dagga, red dagga, wilde dagga;

Cape Fear
n1
a cape in southeastern North Carolina extending into the Atlantic Ocean;

Cape Fear River
n1
a river in North Carolina that flows southeast to the Atlantic Ocean at Cape Fear;

Cape Flattery
n1
a cape of northwestern Washington;

cape forget-me-not
n1
anchusa of southern Africa having blue to red-purple flowers;

- syn. Anchusa riparia;

n2
anchusa of southern Africa having blue flowers with white throats;

- syn. Anchusa capensis;

Cape Froward
n1
a cape on the Strait of Magellan in southern Chile;

- the most southern point on the mainland of South America;

Cape Girardeau
n1
a town in southeast Missouri;

cape gooseberry
n1
annual of tropical South America having edible purple fruits;

- syn. Physalis peruviana, purple ground cherry;

Cape Hatteras
n1
a promontory on Hatteras Island off the Atlantic coast of North Carolina;

- "frequent storms drive ships to their destruction on Cape Hatteras";

Cape Horn
n1
a rocky headland belonging to Chile at the southernmost tip of South America (south of Tierra del Fuego);

Cape hunting dog
n1
a powerful doglike mammal of southern and eastern Africa that hunts in large packs;

- now rare in settled area;

- syn. African hunting dog, Lycaon pictus, hyena dog;

cape hyacinth
n1
southern African herb with white bell-shaped flowers;

- syn. Galtonia candicans, Hyacinthus candicans, summer hyacinth;

cape jasmine
n1
evergreen shrub widely cultivated for its large fragrant waxlike white flowers and glossy leaves;

- syn. Gardenia augusta, Gardenia jasminoides, cape jessamine;

cape jessamine
n1
evergreen shrub widely cultivated for its large fragrant waxlike white flowers and glossy leaves;

- syn. Gardenia augusta, Gardenia jasminoides, cape jasmine;

Cape kafferboom
n1
small semi-evergreen broad-spreading tree of eastern South Africa with orange-scarlet flowers and small coral-red seeds;

- yields a light soft wood used for fence posts or shingles;

- syn. Erythrina caffra, kaffir boom;

Cape Kennedy
n1
a sandy promontory (formerly Cape Kennedy) extending into the Atlantic Ocean from a barrier island off the eastern coast of Florida;

- the site of a NASA center for spaceflight;

- syn. Cape Canaveral;

Cape lobster
n1
small lobster of southern Africa;

- syn. Homarus capensis;

cape marigold
n1
any of several South African plants grown for the profusion of usually yellow daisylike flowers and mounds of aromatic foliage;

- syn. star of the veldt, sun marigold;

Cape May
n1
a cape of southeast New Jersey extending into the Atlantic Ocean;

Cape May warbler
n1
North American wood warbler;

- olive green and yellow striped with black;

- syn. Dendroica tigrina;

Cape of Good Hope
n1
a point of land in southwestern South Africa (south of Cape Town);

n2
a province of western South Africa;

Cape of Good Hope Province
n1
a former province of southern South Africa that was settled by the Dutch in 1652 and ceded to Great Britain in 1814;

- in 1994 it was split into three new provinces of South Africa;

- syn. Cape Colony, Cape Province;

Cape Passero
n1
a cape that forms the southeastern corner of the island of Sicily;

- syn. Passero Cape;

n2
a naval battle in the Mediterranean Sea off Cape Passero in which the Spanish navy was destroyed by France and England while attempting to recover Sicily and Sardinia from Italy (1719);

- syn. Passero;

Cape periwinkle
n1
commonly cultivated Old World woody herb having large pinkish to red flowers;

- syn. Catharanthus roseus, Madagascar periwinkle, Vinca rosea, cayenne jasmine, old maid, periwinkle, red periwinkle, rose periwinkle;

Cape primrose
n1
any of various African plants of the genus Streptocarpus widely cultivated especially as houseplants for their showy blue or purple flowers;

Cape Province
n1
a former province of southern South Africa that was settled by the Dutch in 1652 and ceded to Great Britain in 1814;

- in 1994 it was split into three new provinces of South Africa;

- syn. Cape Colony, Cape of Good Hope Province;

Cape Sable
n1
a cape at the southwest tip of Florida;

- the southernmost part of the United States mainland;

n2
a promontory on the far southern part of Nova Scotia;

Cape Town / k eɪ p t aʊ n /
n1
port city in southwestern South Africa;

- the seat of the legislative branch of the government of South Africa;

Cape Trafalgar
n1
a small cape in southwestern Spain;

- "Nelson defeated the French and Spanish fleets off Cape Trafalgar in 1805";

Cape tulip
n1
spectacular plant having large prostrate leaves barred in reddish-purple and flowers with a clump of long yellow stamens in a coral-red cup of fleshy bracts;

- South Africa;

- syn. Haemanthus coccineus;

Cape Verde
n1
an island country in the Atlantic off the coast of Senegal;

- syn. Republic of Cape Verde;

Cape Verde escudo
n1
the basic unit of money on Cape Verde;

- equal to 100 centavos;

- syn. escudo;

Cape Verde Islands
n1
a group of islands in the Atlantic off of the coast of Senegal;

Cape Verde monetary unit
n1
monetary unit on Cape Verde;

cape yellowwood
n1
South African tree or shrub having a rounded crown;

- syn. African yellowwood, Podocarpus elongatus;

Cape York
n1
the northern tip of Cape York Peninsula at the Torres Strait;

- the northernmost point of the Australian mainland;

Cape York Peninsula
n1
a peninsula in Queensland in northeastern Australia between the Gulf of Carpentaria and the Coral Sea;

Capek
n1
Czech writer who introduced the word `robot' into the English language (1890-1938);

- syn. Karel Capek;

capelan
n1
very small northern fish;

- forage for sea birds and marine mammals and other fishes;

- syn. capelin, caplin;

capelin / k æ p ə ɫ ɪ n /
n1
very small northern fish;

- forage for sea birds and marine mammals and other fishes;

- syn. capelan, caplin;

capeline bandage
n1
bandage that covers the head or an amputation stump like a cap;

Capella / k æ p ɛ ɫ ə /
n1
the brightest star in Auriga;

n2
snipes;

- syn. Gallinago, genus Capella, genus Gallinago;

caper / k eɪ p ə , k eɪ p ə ɹ /
n1
any of numerous plants of the genus Capparis;

n2
pickled flower buds used as a pungent relish in various dishes and sauces;

n3
a crime (especially a robbery);

- "the gang pulled off a bank job in St. Louis";

- syn. job;

n4
a playful leap or hop;

- syn. capriole;

n5
gay or light-hearted recreational activity for diversion or amusement;

- "it was all done in play";

- "their frolic in the surf threatened to become ugly";

- syn. frolic, gambol, play, romp;

n6
a ludicrous or grotesque act done for fun and amusement;

- syn. antic, joke, prank, put-on, trick;

v1
jump about playfully;

caper family
n1
a dilleniid dicot family of the order Rhoeadales that includes: genera Capparis, Cleome, Crateva, and Polanisia;

- syn. Capparidaceae, family Capparidaceae;

caper sauce
n1
allemande sauce with capers;

caper spurge
n1
poisonous Old World spurge;

- adventive in America;

- seeds yield a purgative oil;

- syn. Euphorbia lathyris, mole plant, myrtle spurge;

caper tree
n1
shrub or small tree of southern Florida to Central and South America;

- syn. Capparis flexuosa, bay-leaved caper;

n2
shrub of southern Florida to West Indies;

- syn. Capparis cynophallophora, Jamaica caper tree;

capercaillie
n1
large black Old World grouse;

- syn. Tetrao urogallus, capercailzie, horse of the wood;

capercailzie / k æ p ə k eɪ ɫ j i /
n1
large black Old World grouse;

- syn. Tetrao urogallus, capercaillie, horse of the wood;

Capet
n1
King of France elected in 987 and founding the Capetian dynasty (940-996);

- syn. Hugh Capet;

Capetian
n1
a member of the Capetian dynasty;

a1
of or relating to the French dynasty founded by Hugh Capet;

Capetian dynasty
n1
a Frankish dynasty founded by Hugh Capet that ruled from 987 to 1328;

capeweed
n1
European weed widely naturalized in North America having yellow flower heads and leaves resembling a cat's ears;

- syn. California dandelion, Hypochaeris radicata, cat's-ear, gosmore;

capful
n1
the quantity that a cap will hold;

capibara
n1
pig-sized tailless South American amphibious rodent with partly webbed feet;

- largest living rodent;

- syn. Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris, capybara;

capillarity / k æ p ɪ ɫ æ ɹ ɪ t i /
n1
a phenomenon associated with surface tension and resulting in the elevation or depression of liquids in capillaries;

- syn. capillary action;

capillary / k ə p ɪ ɫ ə ɹ i /
n1
a tube of small internal diameter;

- holds liquid by capillary action;

- syn. capillary tube, capillary tubing;

n2
any of the minute blood vessels connecting arterioles with venules;

- syn. capillary vessel;

a1
of or relating to hair;

a2
long and slender with a very small internal diameter;

- "a capillary tube";

- syn. hairlike;

- sim. thin;

capillary action
n1
a phenomenon associated with surface tension and resulting in the elevation or depression of liquids in capillaries;

- syn. capillarity;

capillary artery
n1
one of the small thin-walled arteries that end in capillaries;

- syn. arteriola, arteriole;

capillary bed
n1
a layer of tissue densely packed with capillaries;

capillary fracture
n1
a fracture without separation of the fragments and the line of the break being very thin;

- syn. hairline fracture;

capillary tube
n1
a tube of small internal diameter;

- holds liquid by capillary action;

- syn. capillary, capillary tubing;

capillary tubing
n1
a tube of small internal diameter;

- holds liquid by capillary action;

- syn. capillary, capillary tube;

capillary vein
n1
a minute vein continuous with a capillary;

- syn. venula, venule;

capillary vessel
n1
any of the minute blood vessels connecting arterioles with venules;

- syn. capillary;

capital / k æ p ɪ t ə ɫ /
n1
assets available for use in the production of further assets;

- syn. working capital;

n2
wealth in the form of money or property owned by a person or business and human resources of economic value;

n3
a seat of government;

n4
one of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis;

- "printers once kept the type for capitals and for small letters in separate cases;

- capitals were kept in the upper half of the type case and so became known as upper-case letters";

- syn. capital letter, majuscule, upper-case letter, uppercase;

n5
a center that is associated more than any other with some activity or product;

- "the crime capital of Italy";

- "the drug capital of Columbia";

n6
the federal government of the United States;

- syn. Washington;

n7
a book written by Karl Marx (1867) describing his economic theories;

- syn. Das Kapital;

n8
the upper part of a column that supports the entablature;

- syn. cap, chapiter;

a1
first-rate;

- "a capital fellow";

- "a capital idea";

- sim. superior;

a2
of primary importance;

- "our capital concern was to avoid defeat";

- sim. primary;

a3
uppercase;

- "capital A";

- "great A";

- "many medieval manuscripts are in majuscule script";

- syn. great, majuscule;

- sim. uppercase;

capital account
n1
(economics) that part of the balance of payments recording a nation's outflow and inflow of financial securities;

n2
(finance) an account of the net value of a business at a specified date;

capital cost
n1
the opportunity cost of the funds employed as the result of an investment decision;

- the rate of return that a business could earn if it chose another investment with equivalent risk;

- syn. cost of capital;

capital expenditure
n1
the cost of long-term improvements;

capital gain
n1
the amount by which the selling price of an asset exceeds the purchase price;

- the gain is realized when the asset is sold;

capital gains tax
n1
a tax on capital gains;

- "he avoided the capital gains tax by short selling";

capital letter
n1
one of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis;

- "printers once kept the type for capitals and for small letters in separate cases;

- capitals were kept in the upper half of the type case and so became known as upper-case letters";

- syn. capital, majuscule, upper-case letter, uppercase;

capital levy
n1
a tax on capital or property;

capital loss
n1
the amount by which the purchase price of an asset exceeds the selling price;

- the loss is realized when the asset is sold;

capital of Afghanistan
n1
the capital and largest city of Afghanistan;

- located in eastern Afghanistan;

- syn. Kabul;

capital of Alabama
n1
the state capital of Alabama on the Mobile River;

- syn. Montgomery;

capital of Alaska
n1
the state capital of Alaska;

- syn. Juneau;

capital of Antigua and Barbuda
n1
the capital and largest city of Antigua and Barbuda;

- located on the island of Antigua;

- syn. Saint John's, St. John's;

capital of Argentina
n1
capital and largest city of Argentina;

- located in eastern Argentina near Uruguay;

- Argentina's chief port and industrial and cultural center;

- syn. Buenos Aires;

capital of Arizona
n1
the state capital and largest city located in south central Arizona;

- situated in a former desert that has become a prosperous agricultural area thanks to irrigation;

- syn. Phoenix;

capital of Arkansas
n1
the state capital and largest city of Arkansas in the central part of Arkansas on the Arkansas River;

- syn. Little Rock;

capital of Armenia
n1
capital of Armenia;

- syn. Erivan, Jerevan, Yerevan;

capital of Australia
n1
the capital of Australia;

- located in southeastern Australia;

- syn. Australian capital, Canberra;

capital of Austria
n1
the capital and largest city of Austria;

- located on the Danube in northeastern Austria;

- was the home of Beethoven and Brahms and Haydn and Mozart and Schubert and Strauss;

- syn. Austrian capital, Vienna;

capital of Azerbaijan
n1
a port city on the Caspian Sea that is the capital of Azerbaijan and an important center for oil production;

- syn. Baku;

capital of Bahrain
n1
the capital of Bahrain;

- located at the northern end of Bahrain Island;

- syn. Manama;

capital of Bangladesh
n1
the capital and largest city of Bangladesh;

- syn. Dacca, Dhaka;

capital of Barbados
n1
capital of Barbados;

- a port city on the southwestern coast of Barbados;

- syn. Bridgetown;

capital of Belarus
n1
the capital of Belarus and of the Commonwealth of Independent States;

- syn. Minsk;

capital of Belgium
n1
the capital and largest city of Belgium;

- seat of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization;

- syn. Belgian capital, Brussels, Bruxelles;

capital of Benin
n1
the capital of Benin in southwestern part of country on a coastal lagoon;

- syn. Porto Novo;

capital of Bolivia
n1
capital city in western Bolivia and the administrative seat of Bolivia's government;

- largest city in Bolivia;

- syn. La Paz;

capital of Botswana
n1
capital and largest city of Botswana in the extreme southeast;

- syn. Gaborone;

capital of Brazil
n1
the capital of Brazil;

- a city built on the central plateau and inaugurated in 1960;

- syn. Brasilia, Brazilian capital;

capital of Burundi
n1
the capital and largest city of Burundi;

- "Usumbura was renamed Bujumbura when Burundi became independent in 1962";

- syn. Bujumbura, Usumbura;

capital of California
n1
a city in north central California 75 miles to the northeast of San Francisco on the Sacramento River;

- capital of California;

- syn. Sacramento;

capital of Cameroon
n1
the capital of Cameroon;

- syn. Yaounde;

capital of Canada
n1
the capital of Canada (located in southeastern Ontario across the Ottawa river from Quebec);

- syn. Canadian capital, Ottawa;

capital of Cape Verde
n1
the capital of Cape Verde on Sao Tiago Island;

- syn. Cidade de Praia, Praia;

capital of Central Africa
n1
the capital and largest city of the Central African Republic;

- syn. Bangui;

capital of Chad
n1
the capital and largest city of Chad;

- located in the southwestern on the Shari river;

- syn. Fort-Lamy, N'Djamena, Ndjamena;

capital of Chile
n1
the capital and largest city of Chile;

- located in central Chile;

- one of the largest cities in South America;

- syn. Gran Santiago, Santiago, Santiago de Chile;

capital of Colombia
n1
capital and largest city of Colombia;

- located in central Colombia on a high fertile plain;

- syn. Bogota;

capital of Colorado
n1
the state capital and largest city of Colorado;

- located in central Colorado on the South Platte river;

- syn. Denver, Mile-High City;

capital of Connecticut
n1
the state capital of Connecticut;

- located in central Connecticut on the Connecticut river;

- a center of the insurance business;

- syn. Hartford;

capital of Costa Rica
n1
the capital and largest city of Costa Rica;

- syn. San Jose;

capital of Cuba
n1
the capital and largest city of Cuba;

- located in western Cuba;

- one of the oldest cities in the Americas;

- syn. Cuban capital, Havana;

capital of Cyprus
n1
the capital and largest city of Cyprus;

- syn. Nicosia;

capital of Delaware
n1
the capital of the state of Delaware;

- syn. Dover;

capital of Djibouti
n1
port city on the Gulf of Aden;

- the capital and largest city of Djibouti;

- syn. Djibouti;

capital of Ecuador
n1
the capital of Ecuador;

- syn. Quito;

capital of Egypt
n1
the capital of Egypt and the largest city in Africa;

- a major port just to the south of the Nile delta;

- formerly the home of the Pharaohs;

- syn. Al Qahira, Cairo, Egyptian capital, El Qahira;

capital of Estonia
n1
a port city on the Gulf of Finland that is the capital and largest city of Estonia;

- syn. Tallin, Tallinn;

capital of Ethiopia
n1
the capital of Ethiopia and the country's largest city;

- located in central Ethiopia;

- syn. Addis Ababa, New Flower;

capital of Finland
n1
the capital and largest city of Finland;

- located in southern Finland;

- a major port and commercial and cultural center;

- syn. Finnish capital, Helsingfors, Helsinki;

capital of Florida
n1
capital of the state of Florida;

- located in northern Florida;

- syn. Tallahassee;

capital of France
n1
the capital and largest city of France;

- and international center of culture and commerce;

- syn. City of Light, French capital, Paris;

capital of Gabon
n1
the capital of Gabon;

- syn. Libreville;

capital of Gambia
n1
a port city and capital of Gambia;

- syn. Banjul;

capital of Georgia
n1
state capital and largest city of Georgia;

- chief commercial center of the southeastern United States;

- was plundered and burned by Sherman's army during the American Civil War;

- syn. Atlanta;

n2
the capital and largest city of Georgia on the Kura river;

- syn. Tbilisi, Tiflis;

capital of Ghana
n1
the capital and largest city of Ghana with a deep-water port;

- syn. Accra;

capital of Greece
n1
the capital and largest city of Greece;

- named after Athena (its patron goddess);

- "in the 5th century BC ancient Athens was the world's most powerful and civilized city";

- syn. Athens, Athinai, Greek capital;

capital of Grenada
n1
the capital and largest city of Grenada;

- syn. St. George's;

capital of Guatemala
n1
the capital and largest city of Guatemala;

- syn. Guatemala City;

capital of Guinea
n1
a port and the capital of Guinea;

- syn. Conakry, Konakri;

capital of Guinea-Bissau
n1
the capital of Guinea-Bissau;

- syn. Bissau;

capital of Hawaii
n1
the capital and largest city of Hawaii;

- located on a large bay on the island of Oahu;

- syn. Hawaiian capital, Honolulu;

capital of Hungary
n1
capital and largest city of Hungary;

- located on the Danube River in north-central Hungary;

- syn. Budapest, Hungarian capital;

capital of Iceland
n1
the capital and chief port of Iceland on the southwestern coast of Iceland;

- buildings are heated by natural hot water;

- syn. Reykjavik;

capital of Idaho
n1
the capital and largest city of Idaho;

- syn. Boise;

capital of Illinois
n1
capital of the state of Illinois;

- syn. Springfield;

capital of Indiana
n1
the capital and largest city of Indiana;

- a major commercial center in the country's heartland;

- site of an annual 500-mile automobile race;

- syn. Indianapolis;

capital of Indonesia
n1
capital and largest city of Indonesia;

- located on the island of Java;

- founded by the Dutch in 17th century;

- syn. Djakarta, Jakarta;

capital of Iowa
n1
the capital and largest city in Iowa;

- syn. Des Moines;

capital of Iran
n1
the capital and largest city of Iran;

- located in northern Iran;

- syn. Iranian capital, Teheran, Tehran;

capital of Iraq
n1
capital and largest city of Iraq;

- located on the Tigris River;

- "Baghdad is one of the great cities of the Muslim world";

- syn. Bagdad, Baghdad;

capital of Ireland
n1
capital and largest city and major port of the Irish Republic;

- syn. Dublin, Irish capital;

capital of Israel
n1
capital and largest city of the modern state of Israel (although its status as capital is disputed);

- it was captured from Jordan in 1967 in the Six Day War;

- a holy city for Jews and Christians and Muslims;

- was the capital of an ancient kingdom;

- syn. Jerusalem;

capital of Italy
n1
capital and largest city of Italy;

- on the Tiber;

- seat of the Roman Catholic Church;

- formerly the capital of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire;

- syn. Eternal City, Italian capital, Roma, Rome;

capital of Jamaica
n1
capital and largest city of Jamaica;

- syn. Jamaican capital, Kingston;

capital of Japan
n1
the capital and largest city of Japan;

- the economic and cultural center of Japan;

- syn. Edo, Japanese capital, Tokio, Tokyo, Yeddo, Yedo;

capital of Jordan
n1
the capital and largest city of Jordan;

- syn. Amman;

capital of Kansas
n1
the capital of the state of Kansas;

- located in eastern Kansas on the Kansas river;

- syn. Topeka;

capital of Kazakhstan
n1
remote city of Kazakhstan that (ostensibly for security reasons) was made the capital in 1998;

- syn. Akmola, Astana;

capital of Kentucky
n1
the capital of Kentucky;

- located in northern Kentucky;

- syn. Frankfort;

capital of Kenya
n1
the capital and largest city of Kenya;

- a center for tourist safaris;

- syn. Nairobi;

capital of Kuwait
n1
a seaport on the Persian Gulf and capital of Kuwait;

- syn. Koweit, Kuwait, Kuwait City;

capital of Kyrgyzstan
n1
the capital of Kyrgyzstan (known as Frunze 1926-1991);

- syn. Bishkek, Biskek, Frunze;

capital of Laos
n1
the capital and largest city of Laos;

- syn. Laotian capital, Vientiane;

capital of Latvia
n1
a port city on the Gulf of Riga that is the capital and largest city of Latvia;

- formerly a member of the Hanseatic League;

- syn. Riga;

capital of Lebanon
n1
capital and largest city of Lebanon;

- located in western Lebanon on the Mediterranean;

- syn. Bayrut, Beirut;

capital of Lesotho
n1
the capital of Lesotho;

- located in northwestern Lesotho;

- syn. Maseru;

capital of Liberia
n1
the capital and chief port and largest city of Liberia;

- syn. Liberian capital, Monrovia;

capital of Libya
n1
the capital and chief port and largest city of Libya;

- in northwestern Libya on the Mediterranean Sea;

- founded by the Phoenicians in the 7th century BC;

- syn. Tarabulus Al-Gharb, Tripoli;

capital of Liechtenstein
n1
the capital and largest city of Liechtenstein;

- syn. Vaduz;

capital of Lithuania
n1
the capital and largest city of Lithuania;

- located in southeastern Lithuania;

- syn. Vilna, Vilnius, Vilno, Wilno;

capital of Louisiana
n1
capital of Louisiana;

- syn. Baton Rouge;

capital of Luxembourg
n1
the capital and largest city of Luxembourg;

- syn. Luxembourg, Luxembourg-Ville, Luxembourg City, Luxemburg;

capital of Madagascar
n1
the capital and largest city of Madagascar;

- syn. Antananarivo;

capital of Maine
n1
the capital of the state of Maine;

- syn. Augusta;

capital of Malawi
n1
the capital of Malawi;

- located in south central Malawi;

- syn. Lilongwe;

capital of Malaysia
n1
Malaysia's sparkling new capital;

- syn. Putrajaya;

capital of Malta
n1
the capital of Malta;

- located on the northeastern coast of the island;

- syn. Valetta, Valletta;

capital of Maryland
n1
state capital of Maryland;

- site of the United States Naval Academy;

- syn. Annapolis;

capital of Massachusetts
n1
state capital and largest city of Massachusetts;

- a major center for banking and financial services;

- syn. Bean Town, Beantown, Boston, Hub of the Universe;

capital of Mexico
n1
the capital and largest city of Mexico is a political and cultural and commercial and industrial center;

- one of the world's largest cities;

- syn. Ciudad de Mexico, Mexican capital, Mexico City;

capital of Michigan
n1
capital of the state of Michigan;

- located in southern Michigan on the Grand River;

- syn. Lansing;

capital of Minnesota
n1
capital of the state of Minnesota;

- located in southeastern Minnesota on the Mississippi river adjacent to Minneapolis;

- one of the Twin Cities;

- syn. Saint Paul, St. Paul;

capital of Mississippi
n1
capital of the state of Mississippi on the Pearl River;

- syn. Jackson;

capital of Missouri
n1
capital of the state of Missouri;

- located in central Missouri on the Missouri river;

- syn. Jefferson City;

capital of Moldova
n1
the capital of Moldova;

- syn. Chisinau, Kishinev;

capital of Mongolia
n1
the capital and largest city of Mongolia;

- syn. Kulun, Ulaanbaatar, Ulan Bator, Urga;

capital of Montana
n1
capital of the state of Montana;

- located in western Montana;

- syn. Helena;

capital of Morocco
n1
the capital of Morocco;

- located in the northwestern on the Atlantic coast;

- syn. Rabat;

capital of Mozambique
n1
the capital and largest city of Mozambique;

- syn. Maputo;

capital of Nebraska
n1
capital of the state of Nebraska;

- located in southeastern Nebraska;

- site of the University of Nebraska;

- syn. Lincoln;

capital of Nepal
n1
the capital and largest city of Nepal;

- syn. Kathmandu, Katmandu;

capital of Nevada
n1
capital of the state of Nevada;

- located in western Nevada;

- syn. Carson City;

capital of New Hampshire
n1
capital of the state of New Hampshire;

- located in south central New Hampshire on the Merrimack river;

- syn. Concord;

capital of New Jersey
n1
capital of the state of New Jersey;

- located in western New Jersey on the Delaware river;

- syn. Trenton;

capital of New Mexico
n1
capital of the state of New Mexico;

- located in north central New Mexico;

- syn. Santa Fe;

capital of New York
n1
state capital of New York;

- located in eastern New York State on the west bank of the Hudson river;

- syn. Albany;

capital of New Zealand
n1
the capital of New Zealand;

- syn. Wellington;

capital of Nicaragua
n1
the capital and largest city of Nicaragua;

- syn. Managua, Nicaraguan capital;

capital of Niger
n1
the capital and largest city of Niger;

- syn. Niamey;

capital of Nigeria
n1
capital of Nigeria in the center of the country;

- syn. Abuja, Nigerian capital;

capital of North Carolina
n1
capital of the state of North Carolina;

- located in the east central part of the North Carolina;

- syn. Raleigh;

capital of North Dakota
n1
capital of the state of North Dakota;

- located in south central North Dakota overlooking the Missouri river;

- syn. Bismarck;

capital of North Korea
n1
capital of North Korea and an industrial center;

- "Pyongyang is Korea's oldest city but little of its history has been preserved";

- syn. Pyongyang;

capital of Northern Ireland
n1
capital and largest city of Northern Ireland;

- the center of Protestantism in Northern Ireland;

- syn. Belfast;

capital of Norway
n1
the capital and largest city of Norway;

- the country's main port;

- located at the head of a fjord on Norway's southern coast;

- syn. Christiania, Oslo;

capital of Ohio
n1
the state capital of Ohio;

- located in the center of the state;

- site of Ohio State University;

- syn. Columbus;

capital of Oklahoma
n1
capital and largest city of Oklahoma;

- the economy is based on oil and livestock;

- syn. Oklahoma City;

capital of Oman
n1
a port on the Gulf of Oman and capital of the sultanate of Oman;

- syn. Masqat, Muscat;

capital of Oregon
n1
capital of the state of Oregon in the northwestern part of the state on the Willamette River;

- syn. Salem;

capital of Pakistan
n1
the capital of Pakistan in the north on a plateau;

- the site was chosen in 1959;

- syn. Islamabad;

capital of Panama
n1
the capital and largest city of Panama;

- syn. Panama City, Panamanian capital;

capital of Papua New Guinea
n1
the administrative capital and largest city of Papua New Guinea;

- syn. Port Moresby;

capital of Paraguay
n1
the capital and chief port of Paraguay;

- syn. Asuncion;

capital of Pennsylvania
n1
capital of Pennsylvania;

- located in southern part of state;

- syn. Harrisburg;

capital of Peru
n1
capital and largest city and economic center of Peru;

- located in western Peru;

- was capital of the Spanish empire in the New World until the 19th century;

- syn. Lima;

capital of Poland
n1
the capital and largest city of Poland;

- located in central Poland;

- syn. Warsaw, Warszawa;

capital of Portugal
n1
capital and largest city and economic and cultural center of Portugal;

- a major port in western Portugal on Tagus River where it broadens and empties into the Atlantic;

- syn. Lisboa, Lisbon;

capital of Qatar
n1
the capital and chief port of Qatar;

- syn. Bida, Doha, El Beda;

capital of Red China
n1
capital of the People's Republic of China in the Hebei province in northeastern China;

- 2nd largest Chinese city;

- syn. Beijing, Peiping, Peking;

capital of Rhode Island
n1
the capital and largest city of Rhode Island;

- located in northeastern Rhode Island on Narragansett Bay;

- site of Brown University;

- syn. Providence;

capital of Romania
n1
national capital and largest city of Romania in southeastern Romania;

- syn. Bucharest, Bucharesti, Bucuresti;

capital of Rwanda
n1
the national capital and largest city of Rwanda;

- located in central Rwanda;

- syn. Kigali;

capital of San Marino
n1
the capital and only city of San Marino;

- syn. San Marino;

capital of Saudi Arabia
n1
joint capital (with Mecca) of Saudi Arabia located in the central oasis;

- largest city in Saudi Arabia;

- syn. Riyadh;

capital of Senegal
n1
the capital and chief port and largest city of Senegal;

- syn. Dakar;

capital of Serbia and Montenegro
n1
capital and largest city of Serbia and Montenegro;

- situated on the Danube;

- syn. Belgrade, Beograd;

capital of Seychelles
n1
port city and the capital of Seychelles;

- syn. Victoria;

capital of Sierra Leone
n1
port city and the capital and largest city of Sierra Leone;

- syn. Freetown;

capital of Singapore
n1
the capital of Singapore;

- one of the world's biggest ports;

- syn. Singapore;

capital of Slovakia
n1
capital and largest city of Slovakia;

- syn. Bratislava, Pozsony, Pressburg;

capital of Somalia
n1
the capital and largest city of Somalia;

- a port on the Indian Ocean;

- syn. Mogadiscio, Mogadishu;

capital of South Africa
n1
city in the Transvaal;

- the seat of the executive branch of the government of South Africa;

- syn. Pretoria;

capital of South Carolina
n1
capital and largest city in South Carolina;

- located in central South Carolina;

- syn. Columbia;

capital of South Dakota
n1
capital of the state of South Dakota;

- located in central South Dakota on the Missouri river;

- syn. Pierre;

capital of South Korea
n1
the capital of South Korea and the largest city of Asia;

- located in northwestern South Korea;

- syn. Seoul;

capital of Spain
n1
the capital and largest city situated centrally in Spain;

- home of an outstanding art museum;

- syn. Madrid, Spanish capital;

capital of Sri Lanka
n1
the capital and largest city of Sri Lanka;

- has one of the largest harbors in the world;

- is located on the western coast of the island of Ceylon;

- syn. Colombo;

capital of Sudan
n1
the capital of Sudan located at the confluence of the Blue Nile and White Nile;

- syn. Khartoum;

capital of Suriname
n1
the capital and largest city and major port of Surinam;

- syn. Paramaribo;

capital of Swaziland
n1
capital of Swaziland;

- located in northwestern Swaziland;

- syn. Mbabane;

capital of Sweden
n1
the capital and largest city of Sweden;

- located in southern Sweden on the Baltic;

- "the Nobel Prize is awarded in Stockholm";

- syn. Stockholm;

capital of Switzerland
n1
the capital of Switzerland;

- located in western Switzerland;

- syn. Bern, Berne;

capital of Syria
n1
an ancient city (widely regarded as the world's oldest) and present capital and largest city of Syria;

- according to the New Testament, the Apostle Paul (then known as Saul) underwent a dramatic conversion on the road to Damascus;

- syn. Damascus, Dimash;

capital of Taiwan
n1
the capital of Nationalist China;

- located in northern Taiwan;

- syn. Taipeh, Taipei;

capital of Tajikistan
n1
the capital of Tajikistan;

- formerly Stalinabad 1926-1991;

- syn. Dusanbe, Dushanbe, Dyushambe, Stalinabad;

capital of Tanzania
n1
the capital and largest port city of Tanzania on the Indian Ocean;

- syn. Dar es Salaam;

capital of Tennessee
n1
capital of the state of Tennessee;

- located in the north central part of the state on the Cumberland River;

- known for country music;

- syn. Nashville;

capital of Texas
n1
state capital of Texas on the Colorado River;

- site of the University of Texas;

- syn. Austin;

capital of Thailand
n1
the capital and largest city and chief port of Thailand;

- a leading city in southeastern Asia;

- noted for Buddhist architecture;

- syn. Bangkok, Krung Thep;

capital of the Bahamas
n1
the capital of the Bahamas;

- syn. Nassau;

capital of the Dominican Republic
n1
the capital and largest city of the Dominican Republic;

- "Santo Domingo is the oldest continually inhabited European settlement in the Americas with the oldest cathedral and the oldest hospital and the oldest monastery in the Western Hemisphere";

- syn. Ciudad Trujillo, Santo Domingo;

capital of The Netherlands
n1
an industrial center and the nominal capital of the Netherlands;

- center of the diamond-cutting industry;

- seat of an important stock exchange;

- known for its canals and art museum;

- syn. Amsterdam, Dutch capital;

capital of the Philippines
n1
the capital and largest city of the Philippines;

- located on southern Luzon;

- syn. Manila;

capital of the Russian Federation
n1
a city of central European Russia;

- formerly capital of both the Soviet Union and Soviet Russia;

- since 1991 the capital of the Russian Federation;

- syn. Moscow, Russian capital;

capital of the Ukraine
n1
capital and largest city of the Ukraine;

- a major manufacturing and transportation center;

- syn. Kiev, Kyyiv;

capital of the United Kingdom
n1
the capital and largest city of England;

- located on the Thames in southeastern England;

- financial and industrial and cultural center;

- syn. British capital, Greater London, London;

capital of the United States
n1
the capital of the United States in the District of Columbia and a tourist mecca;

- George Washington commissioned Charles L'Enfant to lay out the city in 1791;

- syn. American capital, Washington, Washington D.C.;

capital of Tibet
n1
the sacred city of Lamaism;

- known as the Forbidden City for its former inaccessibility and hostility to strangers;

- syn. Forbidden City, Lassa, Lhasa;

capital of Togo
n1
capital and largest city of Togo;

- located in the south on the Gulf of Guinea;

- syn. Lome;

capital of Trinidad and Tobago
n1
the capital and largest city of Trinidad and Tobago on the west coast of the island of Trinidad;

- syn. Port-of-Spain, Port of Spain;

capital of Tunisia
n1
the capital and principal port of Tunisia;

- syn. Tunis;

capital of Turkey
n1
the capital of Turkey;

- located in west-central Turkey;

- it was formerly known as Angora and is the home of Angora goats;

- syn. Angora, Ankara, Turkish capital;

capital of Turkmenistan
n1
the capital and largest city of Turkmenistan;

- syn. Ashkhabad;

capital of Uganda
n1
the capital and largest city of Uganda on the north shore of Lake Victoria;

- syn. Kampala;

capital of Uruguay
n1
the capital and largest city of Uruguay;

- a cosmopolitan city and one of the busiest ports in South America;

- syn. Montevideo;

capital of Utah
n1
the capital and largest city of Utah;

- located near the Great Salt Lake in north central Utah;

- world capital of the Mormon Church;

- syn. Salt Lake City;

capital of Uzbek
n1
the capital of Uzbekistan;

- syn. Tashkent, Taskent;

capital of Vanuatu
n1
capital of Vanuatu;

- syn. Port Vila, Vila;

capital of Venezuela
n1
the capital and largest city of Venezuela;

- syn. Caracas;

capital of Vermont
n1
capital of the state of Vermont;

- located in north central Vermont;

- syn. Montpelier;

capital of Vietnam
n1
the capital city of Vietnam;

- located in North Vietnam;

- syn. Hanoi;

capital of Virginia
n1
capital of the state of Virginia located in the east central part of the state;

- was capital of the Confederacy during the American Civil War;

- syn. Richmond;

capital of Washington
n1
capital of the state of Washington;

- located in western Washington on Puget Sound;

- syn. Olympia;

capital of West Virginia
n1
state capital of West Virginia in the central part of the state on the Kanawha river;

- syn. Charleston;

capital of Western Samoa
n1
the capital of Western Samoa;

- syn. Apia;

capital of Wisconsin
n1
capital of the state of Wisconsin;

- located in the southern part of state;

- site of the main branch of the University of Wisconsin;

- syn. Madison;

capital of Wyoming
n1
the capital and largest city of Wyoming;

- located in the southeastern corner of the state;

- syn. Cheyenne;

capital of Zambia
n1
the capital and largest city of Zambia;

- syn. Lusaka;

capital of Zimbabwe
n1
the capital and largest city of Zimbabwe;

- syn. Harare, Salisbury;

capital offense
n1
a crime so serious that capital punishment is considered appropriate;

capital punishment
n1
putting a condemned person to death;

- syn. death penalty, executing, execution;

capital ship
n1
a warship of the first rank in size and armament;

capital stock
n1
the maximum number of shares authorized under the terms of a corporation's articles of incorporation;

- syn. authorized shares, authorized stock;

n2
the book value of the outstanding shares of a corporation;

capitalisation / k ə p ɪ t ə ɫ aɪ z eɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
writing in capital letters;

- syn. capitalization;

n2
an estimation of the value of a business;

- syn. capitalization;

n3
the act of capitalizing on an opportunity;

- syn. capitalization;

n4
the sale of capital stock;

- syn. capitalization;

capitalise
v1
supply with capital, as of a business by using a combination of capital used by investors and debt capital provided by lenders;

- syn. capitalize;

v2
draw advantages from;

- "he is capitalizing on her mistake";

- "she took advantage of his absence to meet her lover";

- syn. capitalize, take advantage;

v3
write in capital letters;

- syn. capitalize;

v4
compute the present value of a business or an income;

- syn. capitalize;

v5
consider expenditures as capital assets rather than expenses;

- syn. capitalize;

v6
convert (a company's reserve funds) into capital;

- syn. capitalize;

capitalism / k æ p ɪ t ə ɫ ɪ z ə m /
n1
an economic system based on private ownership of capital;

- syn. capitalist economy;

capitalist / k æ p ɪ t ə ɫ ɪ s t /
n1
a conservative advocate of capitalism;

n2
a person who invests capital in a business (especially a large business);

a1
of or relating to capitalism or capitalists;

- "a capitalist nation";

- "capitalistic methods and incentives";

- syn. capitalistic;

a2
favoring or practicing capitalism;

- syn. capitalistic;

- sim. bourgeois, competitive, individualistic;

capitalist economy
n1
an economic system based on private ownership of capital;

- syn. capitalism;

capitalistic / k æ p ɪ t ə ɫ ɪ s t ɪ k /
a1
favoring or practicing capitalism;

- syn. capitalist;

- sim. bourgeois, competitive, individualistic;

a2
of or relating to capitalism or capitalists;

- "a capitalist nation";

- "capitalistic methods and incentives";

- syn. capitalist;

capitalization / k æ p ɪ t ə ɫ aɪ z eɪ ʃ n /
n1
writing in capital letters;

- syn. capitalisation;

n2
an estimation of the value of a business;

- syn. capitalisation;

n3
the act of capitalizing on an opportunity;

- syn. capitalisation;

n4
the sale of capital stock;

- syn. capitalisation;

capitalize / k æ p ɪ t ə ɫ aɪ z /
v1
draw advantages from;

- "he is capitalizing on her mistake";

- "she took advantage of his absence to meet her lover";

- syn. capitalise, take advantage;

v2
supply with capital, as of a business by using a combination of capital used by investors and debt capital provided by lenders;

- syn. capitalise;

v3
write in capital letters;

- syn. capitalise;

v4
compute the present value of a business or an income;

- syn. capitalise;

v5
consider expenditures as capital assets rather than expenses;

- syn. capitalise;

v6
convert (a company's reserve funds) into capital;

- syn. capitalise;

capitate / k æ p ɪ t eɪ t /
n1
the wrist bone with a rounded head shape that articulates with the 3rd metacarpus;

- syn. capitate bone, os capitatum;

a1
being abruptly enlarged and globose at the tip;

- sim. round;

capitate bone
n1
the wrist bone with a rounded head shape that articulates with the 3rd metacarpus;

- syn. capitate, os capitatum;

capitation / k æ p ɪ t eɪ ʃ n /
n1
a tax levied on the basis of a fixed amount per person;

capitol / k æ p ɪ t ɫ /
n1
a building occupied by a state legislature;

n2
the government building in Washington where the United States Senate and the House of Representatives meet;

- syn. Capitol Building;

Capitol Building
n1
the government building in Washington where the United States Senate and the House of Representatives meet;

- syn. Capitol;

Capitol Hill
n1
a hill in Washington, D.C., where the Capitol Building sits and Congress meets;

- "they are debating the budget today on Capitol Hill";

- syn. the Hill;

Capitol Reef National Park
n1
a national park in Utah having colorful rock formations and desert plants and wildlife;

Capitonidae
n1
barbets;

- syn. family Capitonidae;

capitular / k ə p ɪ t j ʊ ɫ ə /
a1
of or pertaining to an ecclesiastical chapter;

- "capitular estates";

- syn. capitulary;

capitulary / k ə p ɪ t j ʊ ɫ ə ɹ i /
a1
of or pertaining to an ecclesiastical chapter;

- "capitular estates";

- syn. capitular;

capitulate / k ə p ɪ tʃ ʊ ɫ eɪ t /
v1
surrender under agreed conditions;

capitulation / k ə p ɪ tʃ ʊ ɫ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
a document containing the terms of surrender;

n2
a summary that enumerates the main parts of a topic;

n3
the act of surrendering (usually under agreed conditions);

- "they were protected until the capitulation of the fort";

- syn. fall, surrender;

capitulum
n1
a dense cluster of flowers or foliage;

- "a head of cauliflower";

- "a head of lettuce";

- syn. head;

n2
fruiting spike of a cereal plant especially corn;

- syn. ear, spike;

n3
an arrangement of leafy branches forming the top or head of a tree;

capiz
n1
marine bivalve common in Philippine coastal waters characterized by a large thin flat translucent shell;

- syn. Placuna placenta, window oyster, windowpane oyster;

caplin / k æ p ɫ ɪ n /
n1
very small northern fish;

- forage for sea birds and marine mammals and other fishes;

- syn. capelan, capelin;

capo / k ɑ p oʊ /
n1
the head of a branch of an organized crime syndicate;

capon / k eɪ p ə n /
n1
flesh of a castrated male chicken;

n2
castrated male chicken;

Capone / k æ p w ʌ n /
n1
United States gangster who terrorized Chicago during prohibition until arrested for tax evasion (1899-1947);

- syn. Al Capone, Alphonse Capone, Scarface;

caponise
v1
convert a cock into a capon;

- syn. caponize;

caponize
v1
convert a cock into a capon;

- syn. caponise;

Caporetto
n1
battle of World War I (1917);

- Italians were defeated by the Austrian and German forces;

- syn. battle of Caporetto;

capote / k ə p oʊ t /
n1
a long overcoat with a hood that can be pulled over the head;

- syn. hooded coat;

n2
a long cloak with a hood that can be pulled over the head;

- syn. hooded cloak;

Capoten / k ɑ p oʊ t ɛ n /
n1
a drug (trade name Capoten) that blocks the formation of angiotensin in the kidneys resulting in vasodilation;

- used in the treatment of hypertension and congestive heart failure;

- syn. captopril;

Cappadocia
n1
an ancient country is eastern Asia Minor;

Cappadocian / k æ p ə d oʊ s j ə n /
a1
of or pertaining to Cappadocia or its people or culture;

Capparidaceae
n1
a dilleniid dicot family of the order Rhoeadales that includes: genera Capparis, Cleome, Crateva, and Polanisia;

- syn. caper family, family Capparidaceae;

Capparis / k æ p p æ ɹ ɪ s /
n1
tropical or subtropical evergreen shrubs or small trees;

- syn. genus Capparis;

Capparis arborea
n1
small Australian tree bearing edible fruit resembling the pomegranate;

- syn. native pomegranate;

Capparis cynophallophora
n1
shrub of southern Florida to West Indies;

- syn. Jamaica caper tree, caper tree;

Capparis flexuosa
n1
shrub or small tree of southern Florida to Central and South America;

- syn. bay-leaved caper, caper tree;

Capparis mitchellii
n1
small Australian tree bearing edible dark purple fruit;

- syn. native orange;

Capparis spinosa
n1
prostrate spiny shrub of the Mediterranean region cultivated for its greenish flower buds which are pickled;

- syn. common caper;

capped / k æ p t /
a1
used especially of front teeth having (artificial) crowns;

- "capped teeth gave her a beautiful smile";

- sim. crowned;

a2
covered as if with a cap or crown especially of a specified kind;

- "cloud-capped mountains";

- "brown-capped mushrooms";

- "snow-capped peaks";

- sim. crowned;

capped macaque
n1
Indian macaque with a bonnet-like tuft of hair;

- syn. Macaca radiata, bonnet macaque, bonnet monkey, crown monkey;

cappelletti
n1
small circular or square cases of dough with savory fillings;

- syn. ravioli;

cappuccino
n1
equal parts of espresso and hot milk topped with cinnamon and nutmeg and usually whipped cream;

- syn. cappuccino coffee, coffee cappuccino;

cappuccino coffee
n1
equal parts of espresso and hot milk topped with cinnamon and nutmeg and usually whipped cream;

- syn. cappuccino, coffee cappuccino;

Capra
n1
United States film maker (1897-1991);

- syn. Frank Capra;

n2
goats;

- syn. genus Capra;

Capra aegagrus
n1
wild goat of Iran and adjacent regions;

- syn. bezoar goat, pasang;

Capra falconeri
n1
large Himalayan goat with large spiraled horns;

- syn. markhoor, markhor;

Capra hircus
n1
any of various breeds of goat raised for milk or meat or wool;

- syn. domestic goat;

Capra ibex
n1
wild goat of mountain areas of Eurasia and northern Africa having large recurved horns;

- syn. ibex;

Caprella
n1
skeleton shrimp;

- syn. genus Caprella;

Capreolus
n1
roe deer;

- syn. genus Capreolus;

Capreolus capreolus
n1
small graceful deer of Eurasian woodlands having small forked antlers;

- syn. roe deer;

Capri
n1
an island (part of Campania) in the Bay of Naples in southern Italy;

- a tourist attraction noted for beautiful scenery;

capric acid
n1
a fatty acid found in animal oils and fats;

- has an unpleasant smell resembling goats;

- syn. decanoic acid;

capriccio / k ə p ɹ ɪ tʃ i oʊ /
n1
an instrumental composition that doesn't adhere to rules for any specific musical form and is played with improvisation;

caprice / k ə p ɹ i s /
n1
a sudden desire;

- "he bought it on an impulse";

- syn. impulse, whim;

capricious / k ə p ɹ ɪ ʃ ə s /
a1
changeable;

- "a capricious summer breeze";

- "freakish weather";

- syn. freakish;

- sim. unpredictable;

a2
determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason;

- "a capricious refusal";

- "authoritarian rulers are frequently capricious";

- "the victim of whimsical persecutions";

- syn. impulsive, whimsical;

- sim. arbitrary;

capriciously / k ə p ɹ ɪ ʃ ə s ɫ i /
r1
unpredictably;

- "the weather has been freakishly variable";

- syn. freakishly;

r2
in a capricious manner;

- "there were Turk's head lilies and patches of iris, islands of brilliant blue set capriciously in the green sea";

capriciousness / k ə p ɹ ɪ ʃ ə s n ɪ s /
n1
the quality of being guided by sudden unpredictable impulses;

- syn. unpredictability;

n2
the trait of acting unpredictably and more from whim or caprice than from reason or judgment;

- "I despair at the flightiness and whimsicality of my memory";

- syn. arbitrariness, flightiness, whimsey, whimsicality, whimsy;

Capricorn / k æ p ɹ ɪ k ɔ n /
n1
(astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Capricorn;

- syn. Goat;

n2
a faint zodiacal constellation in the southern hemisphere;

- between Sagittarius and Aquarius;

- syn. Capricornus;

n3
the tenth sign of the zodiac;

- the sun is in this sign from about December 22 to January 19;

- syn. Capricorn the Goat, Goat;

Capricorn the Goat
n1
the tenth sign of the zodiac;

- the sun is in this sign from about December 22 to January 19;

- syn. Capricorn, Goat;

Capricornis
n1
serows;

- syn. genus Capricornis;

Capricornus
n1
a faint zodiacal constellation in the southern hemisphere;

- between Sagittarius and Aquarius;

- syn. Capricorn;

caprifig
n1
wild variety of the common fig used to facilitate pollination of certain figs;

- syn. Ficus carica sylvestris;

Caprifoliaceae
n1
shrubs and small trees and woody vines;

- syn. family Caprifoliaceae, honeysuckle family;

caprimulgid
n1
mainly crepuscular or nocturnal nonpasserine birds with mottled greyish-brown plumage and large eyes;

- feed on insects;

- syn. goatsucker, nightjar;

Caprimulgidae
n1
goatsuckers;

- syn. family Caprimulgidae;

caprimulgiform bird
n1
long-winged nonpasserine birds;

Caprimulgiformes
n1
goatsuckers;

- frogmouths;

- oilbirds;

- syn. order Caprimulgiformes;

Caprimulgus
n1
type genus of the Caprimulgidae;

- syn. genus Caprimulgus;

Caprimulgus carolinensis
n1
large whippoorwill-like bird of the southern United States;

- syn. chuck-will's-widow;

Caprimulgus europaeus
n1
Old World goatsucker;

- syn. European goatsucker, European nightjar;

Caprimulgus vociferus
n1
American nocturnal goatsucker with grey-and-white plumage;

- syn. whippoorwill;

caprine
a1
being or pertaining to or resembling a goat or goats;

- "caprine creatures";

- "a caprine strain of virus";

- "a caprine voice";

caprine animal
n1
any of numerous agile ruminants related to sheep but having a beard and straight horns;

- syn. goat;

capriole / k æ p ɹ i oʊ ɫ /
n1
(dressage) a vertical jump of a trained horse with a kick of the hind legs at the top of the jump;

n2
a playful leap or hop;

- syn. caper;

v1
perform a capriole, of horses in dressage;

v2
perform a capriole, in ballet;

caproic acid
n1
a fatty acid found in animal oils and fats or made synthetically;

- smells like goats;

- syn. hexanoic acid;

Caproidae
n1
boarfishes;

- syn. family Caproidae;

Capromyidae
n1
coypus;

- syn. family Capromyidae;

Capros
n1
a genus of fish in the family Caproidae;

- syn. genus Capros;

Capros aper
n1
fish with a projecting snout;

- syn. boarfish;

caprylic acid
n1
a fatty acid having a rancid taste;

- found in butter and other fats and oils;

capsaicin
n1
colorless pungent crystalline compound derived from capsicum;

- source of the hotness of hot peppers of the genus Capsicum such as chili and cayenne and jalapeno;

Capsella
n1
shepherd's purse;

- syn. genus Capsella;

Capsella bursa-pastoris
n1
white-flowered annual European herb bearing triangular notched pods;

- nearly cosmopolitan as an introduced weed;

- syn. shepherd's pouch, shepherd's purse;

capsicum / k æ p s ɪ k ə m /
n1
any of various tropical plants of the genus Capsicum bearing peppers;

- syn. capsicum pepper plant, pepper;

n2
chiefly tropical perennial shrubby plants having many-seeded fruits: sweet and hot peppers;

- syn. genus Capsicum;

Capsicum annuum cerasiforme
n1
plant bearing small rounded usually pungent fruits;

- syn. cherry pepper;

Capsicum annuum conoides
n1
plant bearing erect pungent conical red or yellow or purple fruits;

- sometimes grown as an ornamental;

- syn. cone pepper;

Capsicum annuum grossum
n1
plant bearing large mild thick-walled usually bell-shaped fruits;

- the principal salad peppers;

- syn. bell pepper, paprika, pimento, pimiento, sweet pepper, sweet pepper plant;

Capsicum annuum longum
n1
plant bearing very hot and finely tapering long peppers;

- usually red;

- syn. cayenne, cayenne pepper, chili pepper, chilli pepper, jalapeno, long pepper;

Capsicum baccatum
n1
plant bearing very small and very hot oblong red fruits;

- includes wild forms native to tropical America;

- thought to be ancestral to the sweet pepper and many hot peppers;

- syn. Capsicum frutescens baccatum, bird pepper;

Capsicum frutescens
n1
plant bearing very hot medium-sized oblong red peppers;

- grown principally in the Gulf Coast states for production of hot sauce;

- syn. hot pepper, tabasco pepper, tabasco plant;

Capsicum frutescens baccatum
n1
plant bearing very small and very hot oblong red fruits;

- includes wild forms native to tropical America;

- thought to be ancestral to the sweet pepper and many hot peppers;

- syn. Capsicum baccatum, bird pepper;

capsicum pepper plant
n1
any of various tropical plants of the genus Capsicum bearing peppers;

- syn. capsicum, pepper;

capsid / k æ p s ɪ d /
n1
a variety of leaf bug;

- syn. mirid, mirid bug;

n2
the outer covering of protein surrounding the nucleic acid of a virus;

Capsidae
n1
leaf bugs;

- syn. Miridae, family Capsidae, family Miridae;

capsize / k æ p s aɪ z /
v1
overturn accidentally;

- "Don't rock the boat or it will capsize!";

- syn. turn turtle, turtle;

capsizing / k æ p s aɪ z ɪ ŋ /
n1
(nautical) the event of a boat accidentally turning over in the water;

capstan / k æ p s t ə n /
n1
a windlass rotated in a horizontal plane around a vertical axis;

- used on ships for weighing anchor or raising heavy sails;

capstone / k æ p s t oʊ n /
n1
a final touch;

- a crowning achievement;

- a culmination;

- syn. copestone, finishing touch;

n2
a stone that forms the top of wall or building;

- syn. copestone, coping stone, stretcher;

capsula glomeruli
n1
thin double membrane surrounding the glomerulus of a nephron;

- syn. Bowman's capsule, glomerular capsule;

capsular / k æ p s j ʊ ɫ ə /
a1
resembling a capsule;

- "the capsular ligament is a sac surrounding the articular cavity of a freely movable joint and attached to the bones";

a2
of or relating to a capsule;

capsulate / k æ p s j ʊ ɫ eɪ t /
v1
enclose in a capsule;

- syn. capsule, capsulise, capsulize;

a1
used of seeds or spores that are enclosed in a capsule;

- syn. capsulated;

- sim. enclosed;

capsulated / k æ p s j ʊ ɫ eɪ t ɪ d /
a1
used of seeds or spores that are enclosed in a capsule;

- syn. capsulate;

- sim. enclosed;

capsule / k æ p s j u ɫ /
n1
a small container;

n2
a pill in the form of a small rounded gelatinous container with medicine inside;

n3
a dry dehiscent seed vessel or the spore-containing structure of e.g. mosses;

n4
a shortened version of a written work;

- syn. abridgement, abridgment, condensation;

n5
a structure that encloses a body part;

n6
a spacecraft designed to transport people and support human life in outer space;

- syn. space capsule;

n7
a pilot's seat in an airplane that can be forcibly ejected in the case of an emergency;

- then the pilot descends by parachute;

- syn. ejection seat, ejector seat;

v1
enclose in a capsule;

- syn. capsulate, capsulise, capsulize;

v2
put in a short or concise form;

- reduce in volume;

- "capsulize the news";

- syn. capsulise, capsulize, encapsulate;

capsulise
v1
enclose in a capsule;

- syn. capsulate, capsule, capsulize;

v2
put in a short or concise form;

- reduce in volume;

- "capsulize the news";

- syn. capsule, capsulize, encapsulate;

capsulize
v1
enclose in a capsule;

- syn. capsulate, capsule, capsulise;

v2
put in a short or concise form;

- reduce in volume;

- "capsulize the news";

- syn. capsule, capsulise, encapsulate;

captain / k æ p t ɪ n /
n1
an officer holding a rank below a major but above a lieutenant;

n2
the naval officer in command of a military ship;

- syn. skipper;

n3
a policeman in charge of a precinct;

- syn. police captain, police chief;

n4
an officer who is licensed to command a merchant ship;

- syn. master, sea captain, skipper;

n5
the leader of a group of people;

- "a captain of industry";

- syn. chieftain;

n6
the pilot in charge of an airship;

- syn. senior pilot;

n7
a dining-room attendant who is in charge of the waiters and the seating of customers;

- syn. headwaiter, maitre d', maitre d'hotel;

v1
be the captain of a sports team;

captain's chair
n1
a wooden armchair with a saddle seat and a low back that has vertical spindles;

Captain Bligh
n1
British admiral;

- was captain of the H.M.S. Bounty in 1789 when part of the crew mutinied and set him afloat in an open boat;

- a few weeks later he arrived safely in Timor 4,000 miles away (1754-1817);

- syn. Bligh, William Bligh;

Captain Bob
n1
United States explorer who accompanied Peary's expedition to the North Pole and who led many other Arctic trips (1875-1946);

- syn. Bartlett, Robert Abram Bartlett, Robert Bartlett;

Captain Cook
n1
English navigator who claimed the east coast of Australia for Britain and discovered several Pacific islands (1728-1779);

- syn. Captain James Cook, Cook, James Cook;

Captain Hicks
n1
the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one;

- syn. 6, VI, half a dozen, hexad, sestet, sextet, sextuplet, sise, six, sixer;

Captain Horatio Hornblower
n1
a fictional English admiral during the Napoleonic Wars in novels written by C. S. Forester;

- syn. Horatio Hornblower;

Captain James Cook
n1
English navigator who claimed the east coast of Australia for Britain and discovered several Pacific islands (1728-1779);

- syn. Captain Cook, Cook, James Cook;

Captain John Smith
n1
English explorer who helped found the colony at Jamestown, Virginia;

- was said to have been saved by Pocahontas (1580-1631);

- syn. John Smith, Smith;

Captain Kidd
n1
Scottish sea captain who was hired to protect British shipping in the Indian Ocean and then was accused of piracy and hanged (1645-1701);

- syn. Kidd, William Kidd;

captaincy / k æ p t ɪ n s i /
n1
the post of captain;

- syn. captainship;

captainship / k æ p t ɪ n ʃ ɪ p /
n1
the post of captain;

- syn. captaincy;

caption / k æ p ʃ n /
n1
taking exception;

- especially a quibble based on a captious argument;

- "a mere caption unworthy of a reply";

n2
translation of foreign dialogue of a movie or TV program;

- usually displayed at the bottom of the screen;

- syn. subtitle;

n3
brief description accompanying an illustration;

- syn. legend;

v1
provide with a caption, as of a photograph or a drawing;

captious / k æ p ʃ ə s /
a1
tending to find and call attention to faults;

- "a captious pedant";

- "an excessively demanding and faultfinding tutor";

- syn. faultfinding;

- sim. critical;

captiously / k æ p ʃ ə s ɫ i /
r1
in a captious, carping manner;

- "he was captiously pedantic";

captivate / k æ p t ɪ v eɪ t /
v1
attract;

- cause to be enamored;

- "She captured all the men's hearts";

- syn. becharm, beguile, bewitch, capture, catch, charm, enamor, enamour, enchant, entrance, fascinate, trance;

captivated / k æ p t ɪ v eɪ t ɪ d /
a1
strongly attracted;

- syn. charmed;

- sim. loving;

a2
filled with wonder and delight;

- syn. beguiled, charmed, delighted, enthralled, entranced;

- sim. enchanted;

captivating / k æ p t ɪ v eɪ t ɪ ŋ /
a1
capturing interest as if by a spell;

- "bewitching smile";

- "Roosevelt was a captivating speaker";

- "enchanting music";

- "an enthralling book";

- "antique papers of entrancing design";

- "a fascinating woman";

- syn. bewitching, enchanting, enthralling, entrancing, fascinating;

- sim. attractive;

captivatingly / k æ p t ɪ v eɪ t ɪ ŋ ɫ i /
r1
in a bewitching manner;

- "she was bewitchingly beautiful";

- syn. bewitchingly, enchantingly, enthrallingly;

captivation / k æ p t ɪ v eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the state of being intensely interested (as by awe or terror);

- syn. fascination;

n2
a feeling of great liking for something wonderful and unusual;

- syn. enchantment, enthrallment, fascination;

captive / k æ p t ɪ v /
n1
a person who is confined;

- especially a prisoner of war;

- syn. prisoner;

n2
an animal that is confined;

n3
a person held in the grip of a strong emotion or passion;

a1
being in captivity;

- syn. confined, imprisoned, jailed;

- sim. unfree;

a2
giving or marked by complete attention to;

- "that engrossed look or rapt delight";

- "enwrapped in dreams";

- "so intent on this fantastic...narrative that she hardly stirred"- Walter de la Mare;

- "rapt with wonder";

- "wrapped in thought";

- syn. absorbed, engrossed, enwrapped, intent, wrapped;

- sim. attentive;

captive finance company
n1
a finance company owned by a manufacturer to finance dealers' inventories or to make loans to consumers buying the company's products;

captivity / k æ p t ɪ v ɪ t i /
n1
the state of being imprisoned;

- "he was held in captivity until he died";

- "the imprisonment of captured soldiers";

- "his ignominious incarceration in the local jail";

- "he practiced the immurement of his enemies in the castle dungeon";

- syn. immurement, imprisonment, incarceration;

n2
the state of being a slave;

- "So every bondman in his own hand bears the power to cancel his captivity"--Shakespeare;

- syn. enslavement;

captopril
n1
a drug (trade name Capoten) that blocks the formation of angiotensin in the kidneys resulting in vasodilation;

- used in the treatment of hypertension and congestive heart failure;

- syn. Capoten;

captor / k æ p t ə , k æ p t ə ɹ /
n1
a person who captures and holds people or animals;

- syn. capturer;

capture / k æ p tʃ ə , k æ p tʃ ə ɹ /
n1
the act of forcibly dispossessing an owner of property;

- syn. gaining control, seizure;

n2
a process whereby a star or planet holds an object in its gravitational field;

n3
any process in which an atomic or nuclear system acquires an additional particle;

n4
the act of taking of a person by force;

- syn. seizure;

n5
the removal of an opponent's piece from the chess board;

v1
succeed in representing or expressing something intangible;

- "capture the essence of Spring";

- "capture an idea";

v2
attract;

- cause to be enamored;

- "She captured all the men's hearts";

- syn. becharm, beguile, bewitch, captivate, catch, charm, enamor, enamour, enchant, entrance, fascinate, trance;

v3
succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase;

- "We finally got the suspect";

- "Did you catch the thief?";

- syn. catch, get;

v4
bring about the capture of an elementary particle or celestial body and causing it enter a new orbit;

- "This nucleus has captured the slow-moving neutrons";

- "The star captured a comet";

v5
take possession of by force, as after an invasion;

- "the invaders seized the land and property of the inhabitants";

- "The army seized the town";

- "The militia captured the castle";

- syn. appropriate, conquer, seize;

v6
capture as if by hunting, snaring, or trapping;

- "I caught a rabbit in the trap today";

- syn. catch;

capturer / k æ p tʃ ə ax , k æ p tʃ ə ax ɹ , k æ p tʃ ə ɹ ə , k æ p tʃ ə ɹ ə ɹ /
n1
a person who captures and holds people or animals;

- syn. captor;

capuchin / k æ p j ʊ ʃ ɪ n /
n1
a hooded cloak for women;

n2
monkey of Central America and South America having thick hair on the head that resembles a monk's cowl;

- syn. Cebus capucinus, ringtail;

capulin
n1
Mexican black cherry tree having edible fruit;

- syn. Prunus capuli, capulin tree;

n2
Mexican black cherry;

- syn. Mexican black cherry;

capulin tree
n1
Mexican black cherry tree having edible fruit;

- syn. Prunus capuli, capulin;

caput / k ə p ʊ t /
n1
a headlike protuberance on an organ or structure;

- "the caput humeri is the head of the humerus which fits into a cavity in the scapula";

n2
the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals;

- contains the face and brains;

- "he stuck his head out the window";

- syn. head;

capybara
n1
pig-sized tailless South American amphibious rodent with partly webbed feet;

- largest living rodent;

- syn. Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris, capibara;

car / k ɑ , k ɑr /
n1
a motor vehicle with four wheels;

- usually propelled by an internal combustion engine;

- "he needs a car to get to work";

- syn. auto, automobile, machine, motorcar;

n2
a wheeled vehicle adapted to the rails of railroad;

- "three cars had jumped the rails";

- syn. railcar, railroad car, railway car;

n3
the compartment that is suspended from an airship and that carries personnel and the cargo and the power plant;

- syn. gondola;

n4
where passengers ride up and down;

- "the car was on the top floor";

- syn. elevator car;

n5
a conveyance for passengers or freight on a cable railway;

- "they took a cable car to the top of the mountain";

- syn. cable car;

car-ferry / k ɑ f ɛr i /
n1
a ferry that transports motor vehicles;

car-mechanic
n1
someone whose occupation is repairing and maintaining automobiles;

- syn. auto-mechanic, automobile mechanic, grease monkey, mechanic;

car battery
n1
a lead-acid storage battery in a motor vehicle;

- usually a 12-volt battery of six cells;

- the heart of the car's electrical system;

- syn. automobile battery;

car bomb
n1
a bomb placed in a car and wired to explode when the ignition is started or by remote control or by a timing device;

car boot sale
n1
an outdoor sale at which people sell things from the trunk of their car;

- syn. boot sale;

car care
n1
keeping a car in good working order;

car carrier
n1
a trailer that can be loaded with new cars for delivery to sales agencies;

car company
n1
a company that makes and sells automobiles;

- syn. auto company;

car dealer
n1
a firm that sells and buys cars;

car door
n1
the door of a car;

car factory
n1
a factory where automobiles are manufactured;

- syn. auto factory, automobile factory;

car horn
n1
a device on an automobile for making a warning noise;

- syn. automobile horn, hooter, horn, motor horn;

car insurance
n1
insurance against loss due to theft or traffic accidents;

- syn. automobile insurance;

car loan
n1
a personal loan to purchase an automobile;

- syn. auto loan, automobile loan;

car maker
n1
a business engaged in the manufacture of automobiles;

- syn. auto maker, auto manufacturer, automaker, car manufacturer, carmaker;

car manufacturer
n1
a business engaged in the manufacture of automobiles;

- syn. auto maker, auto manufacturer, automaker, car maker, carmaker;

car mirror
n1
a mirror that the driver of a car can use;

car park
n1
a lot where cars are parked;

- syn. park, parking area, parking lot;

car part
n1
a component of an automobile;

- "his business is auto parts";

- syn. auto part;

car pool
n1
a small group of car drivers who arrange to take turns driving while the others are passengers;

car port
n1
garage for one or two cars consisting of a flat roof supported on poles;

- syn. carport;

car race
n1
a race between (usually high-performance) automobiles;

- syn. auto race, automobile race;

car racing
n1
the sport of racing automobiles;

- syn. auto racing;

car rental
n1
a rented car;

- "she picked up a hire car at the airport and drove to her hotel";

- syn. hire car, rent-a-car, self-drive, u-drive, you-drive;

car seat
n1
a seat in a car;

car sickness
n1
motion sickness experienced while traveling in a car;

car tire
n1
a tire consisting of a rubber ring around the rim of an automobile wheel;

- syn. auto tire, automobile tire, rubber tire;

car traffic
n1
cars coming and going;

- syn. automobile traffic;

car train
n1
a train that transports passengers and their automobiles;

car transporter
n1
a long truck for carrying motor vehicles;

- syn. transporter;

car wheel
n1
a wheel that has a tire and rim and hubcap;

- used to propel the car;

car window
n1
a window in a car;

carabao
n1
water buffalo of the Philippines;

carabid beetle
n1
predacious shining black or metallic terrestrial beetle that destroys many injurious insects;

- syn. ground beetle;

Carabidae
n1
ground beetles;

- syn. family Carabidae;

carabineer / k æ ɹ ə b ɪ n ɪə /
n1
a soldier (historically a mounted soldier) who is armed with a carbine;

- syn. carabinier, carbineer;

carabiner / k æ ɹ ə b ɪ n ə , k æ ɹ ə b ɪ n ə ɹ /
n1
an oblong metal ring with a spring clip;

- used in mountaineering to attach a rope to a piton or to connect two ropes;

- syn. karabiner, snap ring;

carabinier
n1
a soldier (historically a mounted soldier) who is armed with a carbine;

- syn. carabineer, carbineer;

caracal / k æ ɹ ə k æ ɫ /
n1
of deserts of northern Africa and southern Asia;

- syn. Lynx caracal, desert lynx;

caracara
n1
any of various long-legged carrion-eating hawks of South America and Central America;

Caracas / k ə ɹ æ k ə s /
n1
the capital and largest city of Venezuela;

- syn. capital of Venezuela;

carack
n1
a large galleon sailed in the Mediterranean as a merchantman;

- syn. carrack;

caracole / k æ ɹ ə k oʊ ɫ /
v1
make a half turn on a horse, in dressage;

caracolito
n1
large Costa Rican tree having light-colored wood suitable for cabinetry;

- similar to the African lepidobotrys in wood structure as well as in fruit and flowers and leaves and seeds;

- often classified in other families;

- syn. Ruptiliocarpon caracolito;

caracul
n1
hardy coarse-haired sheep of central Asia;

- lambs are valued for their soft curly black fur;

- syn. broadtail, karakul;

Carafate
n1
medicine consisting of a tablet (trade name Carafate) used to treat peptic ulcers;

- said to bind to the ulcer site and coat it;

- syn. sucralfate;

carafe / k ə ɹ æ f /
n1
a bottle with a stopper;

- for serving wine or water;

- syn. decanter;

caragana
n1
any plant of the genus Caragana having even-pinnate leaves and mostly yellow flowers followed by seeds in a linear pod;

- syn. pea tree;

Caragana arborescens
n1
large spiny shrub of eastern Asia having clusters of yellow flowers;

- often cultivated in shelterbelts and hedges;

- syn. Siberian pea tree;

Caragana sinica
n1
shrub with dark-green glossy foliage and solitary pale yellow flowers;

- northern China;

- syn. Chinese pea tree;

carageen
n1
dark purple edible seaweed of the Atlantic coasts of Europe and North America;

- syn. Chondrus crispus, Irish moss, carrageen, carragheen;

carambola
n1
East Indian tree bearing deeply ridged yellow-brown fruit;

- syn. Averrhoa carambola, carambola tree;

n2
deeply ridged yellow-brown tropical fruit;

- used raw as a vegetable or in salad or when fully ripe as a dessert;

- syn. star fruit;

carambola tree
n1
East Indian tree bearing deeply ridged yellow-brown fruit;

- syn. Averrhoa carambola, carambola;

caramel / k æ ɹ ə m ə ɫ /
n1
firm chewy candy made from caramelized sugar and butter and milk;

n2
burnt sugar;

- used to color and flavor food;

- syn. caramelized sugar;

n3
a medium to dark tan color;

- syn. buff, caramel brown, raw sienna, yellowish brown;

a1
having the color of caramel;

- of a moderate yellow-brown;

- syn. caramel brown;

- sim. chromatic;

caramel apple
n1
an apple that is covered with a candy-like substance (usually caramelized sugar);

- syn. candied apple, candy apple, taffy apple, toffee apple;

caramel brown
n1
a medium to dark tan color;

- syn. buff, caramel, raw sienna, yellowish brown;

a1
having the color of caramel;

- of a moderate yellow-brown;

- syn. caramel;

- sim. chromatic;

caramel bun
n1
rolled dough spread with sugar and nuts then sliced and baked in muffin tins with honey or sugar and butter in the bottom;

- syn. honey bun, schnecken, sticky bun;

caramelise
v1
be converted into caramel;

- "The sugar caramelized";

- syn. caramelize;

v2
convert to caramel;

- syn. caramelize;

caramelize
v1
be converted into caramel;

- "The sugar caramelized";

- syn. caramelise;

v2
convert to caramel;

- syn. caramelise;

caramelized sugar
n1
burnt sugar;

- used to color and flavor food;

- syn. caramel;

carancha
n1
South American caracara;

- syn. Polyborus plancus;

caranda
n1
South American palm yielding a wax similar to carnauba wax;

- syn. Copernicia alba, Copernicia australis, caranda palm, caranday, wax palm;

caranda palm
n1
South American palm yielding a wax similar to carnauba wax;

- syn. Copernicia alba, Copernicia australis, caranda, caranday, wax palm;

caranday
n1
South American palm yielding a wax similar to carnauba wax;

- syn. Copernicia alba, Copernicia australis, caranda, caranda palm, wax palm;

carangid
n1
a percoid fish of the family Carangidae;

- syn. carangid fish;

a1
of or relating to fish of the family Carangidae;

carangid fish
n1
a percoid fish of the family Carangidae;

- syn. carangid;

Carangidae
n1
large family of narrow-bodied marine food fishes with widely forked tails;

- chiefly of warm seas;

- syn. family Carangidae;

Caranx
n1
type genus of the Carangidae;

- syn. genus Caranx;

Caranx bartholomaei
n1
fish of western Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico;

- syn. yellow jack;

Caranx crysos
n1
fish of western Atlantic: Cape Cod to Brazil;

- syn. blue runner, runner;

Caranx hippos
n1
fish of western Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico;

- syn. crevalle jack, jack crevalle;

carapace / k æ ɹ ə p eɪ s /
n1
hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles;

- syn. cuticle, shell, shield;

Carapidae
n1
pearlfishes: related to the Brotulidae;

- syn. family Carapidae;

Carassius
n1
goldfish;

- syn. genus Carassius;

Carassius auratus
n1
small golden or orange-red freshwater fishes of Eurasia used as pond or aquarium fishes;

- syn. goldfish;

Carassius carassius
n1
European carp closely resembling wild goldfish;

- syn. Carassius vulgaris, crucian carp;

Carassius vulgaris
n1
European carp closely resembling wild goldfish;

- syn. Carassius carassius, crucian carp;

carat / k æ ɹ ə t /
n1
a unit of weight for precious stones = 200 mg;

n2
the unit of measurement for the proportion of gold in an alloy;

- 18-karat gold is 75% gold;

- 24-karat gold is pure gold;

- syn. karat, kt;

Caravaggio
n1
Italian painter noted for his realistic depiction of religious subjects and his novel use of light (1573-1610);

- syn. Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio;

caravan / k æ ɹ ə v æ n /
n1
a procession (of wagons or mules or camels) traveling together in single file;

- "we were part of a caravan of almost a thousand camels";

- "they joined the wagon train for safety";

- syn. train, wagon train;

n2
a camper equipped with living quarters;

- syn. van;

v1
travel in a caravan;

caravan inn
n1
an inn in some eastern countries with a large courtyard that provides accommodation for caravans;

- syn. caravansary, caravanserai, khan;

caravanning / k æ ɹ ə v æ n ɪ ŋ /
n1
the practice of taking holidays in a caravan;

caravansary / k æ ɹ ə v æ n s ə ɹ i /
n1
an inn in some eastern countries with a large courtyard that provides accommodation for caravans;

- syn. caravan inn, caravanserai, khan;

caravanserai / k æ ɹ ə v æ n s ə ɹ aɪ /
n1
an inn in some eastern countries with a large courtyard that provides accommodation for caravans;

- syn. caravan inn, caravansary, khan;

caraway / k æ ɹ ə w eɪ /
n1
a Eurasian plant with small white flowers yielding caraway seed;

- syn. Carum carvi;

n2
leaves used sparingly in soups and stews;

caraway seed
n1
aromatic seeds of the caraway plant;

- used widely as seasoning;

caraway seed bread
n1
bread containing caraway seeds;

carbamate
n1
a salt (or ester) of carbamic acid;

carbamic acid
n1
an acid that is known only by virtue of its salts (as ammonium carbamate) or its esters (as urethane);

carbamide
n1
the chief solid component of mammalian urine;

- synthesized from ammonia and carbon dioxide and used as fertilizer and in animal feed and in plastics;

- syn. urea;

carbide / k ɑ b aɪ d /
n1
a binary compound of carbon with a more electropositive element;

carbine / k ɑ b aɪ n /
n1
light automatic rifle;

carbineer / k ɑ b ɪ n ɪə /
n1
a soldier (historically a mounted soldier) who is armed with a carbine;

- syn. carabineer, carabinier;

carbo loading
n1
a diet of foods high in starch that increases carbohydrate reserves in muscles;

- "carbo loading is used by endurance athletes just before competing";

- syn. carbohydrate loading;

carbocyclic
a1
having or relating to or characterized by a ring composed of carbon atoms;

carbohydrate / k ɑ b ə h aɪ d ɹ eɪ t /
n1
an essential structural component of living cells and source of energy for animals;

- includes simple sugars with small molecules as well as macromolecular substances;

- are classified according to the number of monosaccharide groups they contain;

- syn. saccharide, sugar;

carbohydrate loading
n1
a diet of foods high in starch that increases carbohydrate reserves in muscles;

- "carbo loading is used by endurance athletes just before competing";

- syn. carbo loading;

carbolated
a1
containing or treated with carbolic acid;

carbolic acid
n1
a toxic white soluble crystalline acidic derivative of benzene;

- used in manufacturing and as a disinfectant and antiseptic;

- poisonous if taken internally;

- syn. hydroxybenzene, oxybenzene, phenol, phenylic acid;

Carboloy
n1
an alloy based on tungsten with cobalt or nickel as a binder;

- used in making metal-cutting tools;

carbomycin
n1
a colorless basic antibiotic that inhibits the growth of Gram-positive organisms;

carbon / k ɑ b ə n /
n1
an abundant nonmetallic tetravalent element occurring in three allotropic forms: amorphous carbon and graphite and diamond;

- occurs in all organic compounds;

- syn. C, atomic number 6;

n2
a thin paper coated on one side with a dark waxy substance (often containing carbon);

- used to transfer characters from the original to an under sheet of paper;

- syn. carbon paper;

n3
a copy made with carbon paper;

- syn. carbon copy;

carbon-14 dating
n1
a chemical analysis used to determine the age of organic materials based on their content of the radioisotope carbon 14;

- believed to be reliable up to 40,000 years;

- syn. carbon dating, radiocarbon dating;

carbon 14
n1
a radioactive isotope of carbon;

- syn. radiocarbon;

carbon arc
n1
has carbon electrodes;

- syn. carbon arc lamp;

carbon arc lamp
n1
has carbon electrodes;

- syn. carbon arc;

carbon atom
n1
an atom of carbon;

carbon black
n1
a black colloidal substance consisting wholly or principally of amorphous carbon and used to make pigments and ink;

- syn. crock, lampblack, smut, soot;

carbon copy
n1
a copy made with carbon paper;

- syn. carbon;

carbon cycle
n1
the organic circulation of carbon from the atmosphere into organisms and back again;

n2
a thermonuclear reaction in the interior of stars;

carbon dating
n1
a chemical analysis used to determine the age of organic materials based on their content of the radioisotope carbon 14;

- believed to be reliable up to 40,000 years;

- syn. carbon-14 dating, radiocarbon dating;

carbon dichloride
n1
anthelmintic agent used against hookworm and other nematodes;

- syn. ethylene tetrachloride, tetrachlorethylene, tetrachloroethylene;

carbon dioxide
n1
a heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances;

- absorbed from the air by plants in photosynthesis;

- syn. CO2, carbonic acid gas;

carbon dioxide acidosis
n1
acidosis resulting from reduced gas exchange in the lungs (as in emphysema or pneumonia);

- excess carbon dioxide combines with water to form carbonic acid which increases the acidity of the blood;

- syn. respiratory acidosis;

carbon disulfide
n1
a toxic colorless flammable liquid (CS2);

- used in the manufacture of rayon and cellophane and carbon tetrachloride and as a solvent for rubber;

carbon monoxide
n1
an odorless very poisonous gas that is a product of incomplete combustion of carbon;

- syn. CO, carbon monoxide gas;

carbon monoxide gas
n1
an odorless very poisonous gas that is a product of incomplete combustion of carbon;

- syn. CO, carbon monoxide;

carbon monoxide poisoning
n1
a toxic condition that results from inhaling and absorbing carbon monoxide gas;

- "carbon monoxide combines with hemoglobin and displaces oxygen in the blood";

carbon nanotube
n1
a fullerene molecule having a cylindrical or toroidal shape;

- syn. nanotube;

carbon paper
n1
a thin paper coated on one side with a dark waxy substance (often containing carbon);

- used to transfer characters from the original to an under sheet of paper;

- syn. carbon;

carbon process
n1
a process of printing on paper coated with bichromated gelatin containing pigment;

carbon steel
n1
steel whose characteristics are determined by the amount of carbon it contains;

carbon tet
n1
a colorless nonflammable liquid used as a solvent for fats and oils;

- because of its toxicity its use as a cleaning fluid or fire extinguisher has declined;

- syn. carbon tetrachloride, perchloromethane, tetrachloromethane;

carbon tetrachloride
n1
a colorless nonflammable liquid used as a solvent for fats and oils;

- because of its toxicity its use as a cleaning fluid or fire extinguisher has declined;

- syn. carbon tet, perchloromethane, tetrachloromethane;

carbon tetrahalide
n1
compounds composed of 1 carbon and 4 halogen molecules;

carbonaceous / k ɑ b ə n eɪ ʃ ə s /
a1
relating to or consisting of or yielding carbon;

- syn. carbonic, carboniferous, carbonous;

carbonado / k ɑ b ə n ə d u /
n1
an inferior dark diamond used in industry for drilling and polishing;

- syn. black diamond;

n2
a piece of meat (or fish) that has been scored and broiled;

carbonara
n1
sauce for pasta;

- contains eggs and bacon or ham and grated cheese;

carbonate / k ɑ b ə n ɪ t /
n1
a salt or ester of carbonic acid (containing the anion CO3);

v1
turn into a carbonate;

v2
treat with carbon dioxide;

- "Carbonated soft drinks";

carbonated / k ɑ b ə n eɪ t ɪ d /
a1
having carbonation (especially artificially carbonated);

- sim. effervescent;

carbonated water
n1
effervescent beverage artificially charged with carbon dioxide;

- syn. club soda, seltzer, soda water, sparkling water;

carbonation
n1
saturation with carbon dioxide (as soda water);

Carbondale / k ɑ b ə n d eɪ ɫ /
n1
a town in southern Illinois;

carbonic / k ɑ b ɒ n ɪ k /
a1
relating to or consisting of or yielding carbon;

- syn. carbonaceous, carboniferous, carbonous;

carbonic acid
n1
a weak acid known only in solution;

- formed when carbon dioxide combines with water;

carbonic acid gas
n1
a heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances;

- absorbed from the air by plants in photosynthesis;

- syn. CO2, carbon dioxide;

Carboniferous / k ɑ b ə n ɪ f ə ɹ ə s /
n1
from 345 million to 280 million years ago;

- syn. Carboniferous period;

a1
of or relating to the Carboniferous geologic era;

- "carboniferous rock system";

a2
relating to or consisting of or yielding carbon;

- syn. carbonaceous, carbonic, carbonous;

Carboniferous period
n1
from 345 million to 280 million years ago;

- syn. Carboniferous;

carbonisation / k ɑ b ə n aɪ z eɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
the destructive distillation of coal (as in coke ovens);

- syn. carbonization;

carbonise / k ɑ b ə n ɪ s /
v1
unite with carbon;

- "carburize metal";

- syn. carbonize, carburise, carburize;

v2
turn into carbon, as by burning;

- "carbonize coal";

- syn. carbonize;

carbonization / k ɑ b ə n aɪ z eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the destructive distillation of coal (as in coke ovens);

- syn. carbonisation;

carbonize / k ɑ b ə n aɪ z /
v1
unite with carbon;

- "carburize metal";

- syn. carbonise, carburise, carburize;

v2
turn into carbon, as by burning;

- "carbonize coal";

- syn. carbonise;

carbonnade flamande
n1
beef stewed in beer seasoned with garlic and served with boiled potatoes;

- syn. Belgian beef stew;

carbonous
a1
relating to or consisting of or yielding carbon;

- syn. carbonaceous, carbonic, carboniferous;

carbonyl
n1
a compound containing metal combined with carbon monoxide;

a1
relating to or containing the carbonyl group;

- syn. carbonylic;

carbonyl group
n1
the bivalent radical CO;

carbonylic
a1
relating to or containing the carbonyl group;

- syn. carbonyl;

carborundum / k ɑ b ə ɹ ʌ n d ə m /
n1
an abrasive composed of silicon carbide crystals;

carboxyl
n1
the univalent radical -COOH;

- present in and characteristic of organic acids;

- syn. carboxyl group;

a1
relating to or containing the carboxyl group or carboxyl radical;

- syn. carboxylic;

carboxyl group
n1
the univalent radical -COOH;

- present in and characteristic of organic acids;

- syn. carboxyl;

carboxylate
v1
treat (a chemical compound) with carboxyl or carboxylic acid;

carboxylic
a1
relating to or containing the carboxyl group or carboxyl radical;

- syn. carboxyl;

carboxylic acid
n1
an organic acid characterized by one or more carboxyl groups;

carboxymethyl cellulose
n1
an acid derivative of cellulose;

carboy / k ɑ b ɔɪ /
n1
a large bottle for holding corrosive liquids;

- usually cushioned in a special container;

carbuncle / k ɑ b ʌ ŋ k ɫ /
n1
deep-red cabochon garnet cut without facets;

n2
an infection larger than a boil and with several openings for discharge of pus;

carbuncled / k ɑ b ʌ ŋ k ɫ d /
a1
afflicted with or resembling a carbuncle;

- syn. carbuncular;

- sim. unhealthy;

a2
set with carbuncles;

- sim. adorned;

carbuncular / k ɑ b ʌ ŋ k j ʊ ɫ ə ɹ /
a1
afflicted with or resembling a carbuncle;

- syn. carbuncled;

- sim. unhealthy;

carburet / k ɑ b j ʊr ɛ t /
v1
combine with carbon;

carburetor
n1
mixes air with gasoline vapor prior to explosion;

- syn. carburettor;

carburettor / k ɑ b ə ɹ ɛ t ə , k ɑ b ə ɹ ɛ t ə ɹ /
n1
mixes air with gasoline vapor prior to explosion;

- syn. carburetor;

carburise
v1
unite with carbon;

- "carburize metal";

- syn. carbonise, carbonize, carburize;

carburize / k ɑ b j ʊə ɹ aɪ z /
v1
unite with carbon;

- "carburize metal";

- syn. carbonise, carbonize, carburise;

carcajou
n1
stocky shaggy-coated North American carnivorous mammal;

- syn. Gulo luscus, skunk bear, wolverine;

carcase / k ɑ k ə s /
n1
the dead body of an animal especially one slaughtered and dressed for food;

- syn. carcass;

carcass / k ɑ k ə s /
n1
the dead body of an animal especially one slaughtered and dressed for food;

- syn. carcase;

Carcharhinidae
n1
largest family of living sharks;

- found worldwide especially in tropical waters;

- dorsal fin lacks spines: requiem sharks including tiger sharks and soupfin sharks;

- syn. family Carcharhinidae;

Carcharhinus
n1
type genus of the Carcharhinidae;

- syn. genus Carcharhinus;

Carcharhinus leucas
n1
a most common shark in temperate and tropical coastal waters worldwide;

- heavy-bodied and dangerous;

- syn. bull shark, cub shark;

Carcharhinus limbatus
n1
widely distributed shallow-water shark with fins seemingly dipped in ink;

- syn. blacktip shark, sandbar shark;

Carcharhinus obscurus
n1
relatively slender blue-grey shark;

- nearly worldwide in tropical and temperate waters;

- syn. dusky shark;

Carcharhinus plumbeus
n1
most common grey shark along coasts of middle Atlantic states;

- sluggish and occasionally caught by fishermen;

- syn. sandbar shark;

Carcharias
n1
type and sole genus of Carchariidae: sand sharks;

- syn. Odontaspis, genus Carcharias, genus Odontaspis;

Carcharias taurus
n1
shallow-water shark with sharp jagged teeth found on both sides of Atlantic;

- sometimes dangerous to swimmers;

- syn. Odontaspis taurus, sand shark, sand tiger;

Carchariidae
n1
sand sharks;

- in some classifications coextensive with family Carcharhinidae;

- syn. Odontaspididae, family Carchariidae, family Odontaspididae;

Carcharinus longimanus
n1
large deep-water shark with white-tipped dorsal fin;

- worldwide distribution;

- most dangerous shark;

- syn. oceanic whitetip shark, white-tipped shark, whitetip shark;

Carcharodon
n1
man-eating sharks;

- syn. genus Carcharodon;

Carcharodon carcharias
n1
large aggressive shark widespread in warm seas;

- known to attack humans;

- syn. great white shark, man-eater, man-eating shark, white shark;

carcinogen / k ɑ s ɪ n ə dʒ ɪ n /
n1
any substance that produces cancer;

carcinogenic / k ɑ s ɪ n ə dʒ ɛ n ɪ k /
a1
causing or tending to cause cancer;

- "the carcinogenic action of certain chemicals";

carcinoid
n1
a small tumor (benign or malignant) arising from the mucosa of the gastrointestinal tract;

- usually associated with excessive secretion of serotonin;

carcinoma / k ɑ s ɪ n oʊ m ə /
n1
any malignant tumor derived from epithelial tissue;

- one of the four major types of cancer;

carcinoma in situ
n1
a cluster of malignant cells that has not yet invaded the deeper epithelial tissue or spread to other parts of the body;

- syn. preinvasive cancer;

carcinomatous / k ɑ s ɪ n oʊ m ə t ə s /
a1
being or relating to carcinoma;

- "a carcinomatous lesion";

carcinomatous myopathy
n1
a disease seen in patients with lung cancer and characterized by weakness and fatigue of hip and thigh muscles and an aching back;

- caused by antibodies directed against the neuromuscular junctions;

- syn. Eaton-Lambert syndrome, Lambert-Eaton syndrome, myasthenic syndrome;

carcinosarcoma
n1
a malignant neoplasm composed of carcinoma and sarcoma extensively intermixed;

card / k ɑ d /
n1
one of a set of small pieces of stiff paper marked in various ways and used for playing games or for telling fortunes;

- "he collected cards and traded them with the other boys";

n2
a card certifying the identity of the bearer;

- "he had to show his card to get in";

- syn. identity card;

n3
a rectangular piece of stiff paper used to send messages (may have printed greetings or pictures);

- "they sent us a card from Miami";

n4
thin cardboard, usually rectangular;

n5
a witty amusing person who makes jokes;

- syn. wag, wit;

n6
a sign posted in a public place as an advertisement;

- "a poster advertised the coming attractions";

- syn. bill, notice, placard, poster, posting;

n7
a printed or written greeting that is left to indicate that you have visited;

- syn. calling card, visiting card;

n8
(golf) a record of scores (as in golf);

- "you have to turn in your card to get a handicap";

- syn. scorecard;

n9
a list of dishes available at a restaurant;

- "the menu was in French";

- syn. bill of fare, carte, carte du jour, menu;

n10
(baseball) a list of batters in the order in which they will bat;

- "the managers presented their cards to the umpire at home plate";

- syn. batting order, lineup;

n11
a printed circuit that can be inserted into expansion slots in a computer to increase the computer's capabilities;

- syn. add-in, board, circuit board, circuit card, plug-in;

v1
separate the fibers of;

- "tease wool";

- syn. tease;

v2
ask someone for identification to determine whether he or she is old enough to consume liquor;

- "I was carded when I tried to buy a beer!";

card-house
n1
an unstable construction with playing cards;

- "he built three levels of his cardcastle before it collapsed";

- syn. cardcastle, cardhouse, house of cards;

card-playing
a1
preoccupied with the pursuit of pleasure and especially games of chance;

- "led a dissipated life";

- "a betting man";

- "a card-playing son of a bitch";

- "a gambling fool";

- "sporting gents and their ladies";

- syn. betting, dissipated, sporting;

- sim. indulgent;

card catalog
n1
a library catalog in which each publication is described on a separate file card;

- syn. card catalogue;

n2
an alphabetical listing of items (e.g., books in a library) with a separate card for each item;

- syn. card catalogue, card index;

card catalogue
n1
a library catalog in which each publication is described on a separate file card;

- syn. card catalog;

n2
an alphabetical listing of items (e.g., books in a library) with a separate card for each item;

- syn. card catalog, card index;

card game
n1
a game played with playing cards;

- syn. cards;

card index
n1
an alphabetical listing of items (e.g., books in a library) with a separate card for each item;

- syn. card catalog, card catalogue;

card player
n1
someone who plays (or knows how to play) card games;

card shark
n1
a professional card player who makes a living by cheating at card games;

- syn. card sharp, card sharper, cardsharp, cardsharper, sharper, sharpie, sharpy;

card sharp
n1
a professional card player who makes a living by cheating at card games;

- syn. card shark, card sharper, cardsharp, cardsharper, sharper, sharpie, sharpy;

card sharper
n1
a professional card player who makes a living by cheating at card games;

- syn. card shark, card sharp, cardsharp, cardsharper, sharper, sharpie, sharpy;

card table
n1
a table for playing cards (as in a casino);

n2
a small light table with folding legs;

- can be folded for storage;

card trick
n1
a trick performed with playing cards;

Cardamine / k ɑ d ə m aɪ n /
n1
bittercress, bitter cress;

- syn. genus Cardamine;

Cardamine bulbifera
n1
European bittercress having a knotted white rootstock;

- syn. Dentaria bulbifera, coral-root bittercress, coralroot, coralwort;

Cardamine bulbosa
n1
small white-flowered cress common in wet places in eastern North America;

- syn. spring cress;

Cardamine diphylla
n1
North American herb with pungent scaly or toothed roots;

- syn. Dentaria diphylla, crinkle-root, crinkle root, crinkleroot, pepper root, toothwort;

Cardamine douglasii
n1
small perennial herb of cooler regions of North America with racemose purple flowers;

- syn. purple cress;

Cardamine pratensis
n1
a bitter cress of Europe and America;

- syn. cuckoo flower, cuckooflower, lady's smock, meadow cress;

Cardamine rotundifolia
n1
mat-forming perennial found in cold springs of the eastern United States;

- syn. American watercress, mountain watercress;

cardamom / k ɑ d ə m ə m /
n1
rhizomatous herb of India having aromatic seeds used as seasoning;

- syn. Elettaria cardamomum, cardamon;

n2
aromatic seeds used as seasoning like cinnamon and cloves especially in pickles and barbecue sauces;

- syn. cardamon, cardamum;

cardamon / k ɑ d ə m ə n /
n1
rhizomatous herb of India having aromatic seeds used as seasoning;

- syn. Elettaria cardamomum, cardamom;

n2
aromatic seeds used as seasoning like cinnamon and cloves especially in pickles and barbecue sauces;

- syn. cardamom, cardamum;

cardamum / k ɑ d ə m ə m /
n1
aromatic seeds used as seasoning like cinnamon and cloves especially in pickles and barbecue sauces;

- syn. cardamom, cardamon;

cardboard / k ɑ d b ɔ d /
n1
a stiff moderately thick paper;

- syn. composition board;

a1
without substance;

- "cardboard caricatures of historical figures";

- syn. unlifelike;

- sim. artificial;

cardcase / k ɑ d k eɪ s /
n1
a small case for carrying business cards;

cardcastle
n1
an unstable construction with playing cards;

- "he built three levels of his cardcastle before it collapsed";

- syn. card-house, cardhouse, house of cards;

cardholder / k ɑ d h oʊ ɫ d ə /
n1
a person who holds a credit card or debit card;

n2
a player who holds a card or cards in a card game;

cardhouse
n1
an unstable construction with playing cards;

- "he built three levels of his cardcastle before it collapsed";

- syn. card-house, cardcastle, house of cards;

cardia
n1
the opening into the stomach and that part of the stomach connected to the esophagus;

cardiac / k ɑ d ɪ æ k /
a1
of or relating to the heart;

- "cardiac arrest";

cardiac arrest
n1
absence of systole;

- failure of the ventricles of the heart to contract (usually caused by ventricular fibrillation) with consequent absence of the heart beat leading to oxygen lack and eventually to death;

- syn. asystole, cardiopulmonary arrest;

cardiac arrhythmia
n1
an abnormal rate of muscle contractions in the heart;

- syn. arrhythmia;

cardiac cycle
n1
the complete cycle of events in the heart from the beginning of one heart beat to the beginning of the next;

- an electrical impulse conducted through the heart muscle that constricts the atria which is followed by constriction of the ventricles;

- "the cardiac cycle can be shown on an electrocardiogram";

cardiac glucoside
n1
obtained from a number of plants and used to stimulate the heart in cases of heart failure;

- syn. cardiac glycoside;

cardiac glycoside
n1
obtained from a number of plants and used to stimulate the heart in cases of heart failure;

- syn. cardiac glucoside;

cardiac insufficiency
n1
inadequate blood flow to the heart muscles;

- can cause angina pectoris;

- syn. coronary insufficiency;

cardiac massage
n1
an emergency procedure that employs rhythmic compression of the heart (either through the chest wall or, during surgery, directly to the heart) in an attempt to maintain circulation during cardiac arrest;

- syn. heart massage;

cardiac monitor
n1
a piece of electronic equipment for continual observation of the function of the heart;

- syn. heart monitor;

cardiac murmur
n1
an abnormal sound of the heart;

- sometimes a sign of abnormal function of the heart valves;

- syn. heart murmur, murmur;

cardiac muscle
n1
the muscle tissue of the heart;

- adapted to continued rhythmic contraction;

- syn. heart muscle;

cardiac output
n1
the amount of blood pumped out by the ventricles in a given period of time;

- "a resting adult has a cardiac output of about three quarts a minute";

cardiac pacemaker
n1
a specialized bit of heart tissue that controls the heartbeat;

- syn. SA node, pacemaker, sinoatrial node;

cardiac plexus
n1
a plexus of nerves supplying the heart and nearby structures;

- syn. plexus cardiacus;

cardiac resuscitation
n1
an emergency procedure consisting of external cardiac massage and artificial respiration;

- the first treatment for a person who has collapsed and has no pulse and has stopped breathing;

- attempts to restore circulation of the blood and prevent death or brain damage due to lack of oxygen;

- syn. CPR, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, kiss of life, mouth-to-mouth resuscitation;

cardiac rhythm
n1
the rhythm of a beating heart;

- syn. heart rhythm;

cardiac sphincter
n1
the valve between the distal end of the esophagus and the stomach;

- the physiological sphincter at the esophagogastric junction;

cardiac tamponade
n1
mechanical compression of the heart resulting from large amounts of fluid collecting in the pericardial space and limiting the heart's normal range of motion;

cardiac valve
n1
a valve to control one-way flow of blood;

- syn. heart valve;

Cardiff / k ɑ d ɪ f /
n1
the capital and largest city of Wales;

cardigan / k ɑ d ɪ ɡ ə n /
n1
knitted jacket that is fastened up the front with buttons or a zipper;

n2
slightly bowlegged variety of corgi having rounded ears and a long tail;

- syn. Cardigan Welsh corgi;

Cardigan Welsh corgi
n1
slightly bowlegged variety of corgi having rounded ears and a long tail;

- syn. Cardigan;

Cardiidae
n1
somewhat heart-shaped sand-burrowing bivalve mollusks;

- syn. family Cardiidae;

cardinal / k ɑ d ɪ n ɫ /
n1
(Roman Catholic Church) one of a group of more than 100 prominent bishops in the Sacred College who advise the Pope and elect new Popes;

n2
the number of elements in a mathematical set;

- denotes a quantity but not the order;

- syn. cardinal number;

n3
a variable color averaging a vivid red;

- syn. carmine;

n4
crested thick-billed North American finch having bright red plumage in the male;

- syn. Cardinalis cardinalis, Richmondena Cardinalis, cardinal grosbeak, redbird;

a1
serving as an essential component;

- "a cardinal rule";

- "the central cause of the problem";

- "an example that was fundamental to the argument";

- "computers are fundamental to modern industrial structure";

- syn. central, fundamental, key, primal;

- sim. important;

a2
being or denoting a numerical quantity but not order;

- "cardinal numbers";

- sim. billion, billion, eight, eighteen, eighty, eighty-eight, eighty-five, eighty-four, eighty-nine, eighty-one, eighty-seven, eighty-six, eighty-three, eighty-two, eleven, fifteen, fifty, fifty-eight, fifty-five, fifty-four, fifty-nine, fifty-one, fifty-seven, fifty-six, fifty-three, fifty-two, five, five hundred, forty, forty-eight, forty-five, forty-four, forty-nine, forty-one, forty-seven, forty-six, forty-three, forty-two, four, four hundred, fourteen, hundred, hundred and one, hundred thousand, million, nine, nineteen, ninety, ninety-eight, ninety-five, ninety-four, ninety-nine, ninety-one, ninety-seven, ninety-six, ninety-three, ninety-two, non-zero, one, one hundred eighty, one hundred fifteen, one hundred fifty, one hundred fifty-five, one hundred five, one hundred forty, one hundred forty-five, one hundred ninety, one hundred seventy, one hundred seventy-five, one hundred sixty, one hundred sixty-five, one hundred ten, one hundred thirty, one hundred thirty-five, one hundred twenty, one hundred twenty-five, seven, seventeen, seventy, seventy-eight, seventy-five, seventy-four, seventy-nine, seventy-one, seventy-seven, seventy-six, seventy-three, seventy-two, six, sixteen, sixty, sixty-eight, sixty-five, sixty-four, sixty-nine, sixty-one, sixty-seven, sixty-six, sixty-three, sixty-two, ten, ten thousand, thirteen, thirty, thirty-eight, thirty-five, thirty-four, thirty-nine, thirty-one, thirty-seven, thirty-six, thirty-three, thirty-two, thousand, three, three hundred, trillion, trillion, twelve, twenty, twenty-eight, twenty-five, twenty-four, twenty-nine, twenty-one, twenty-seven, twenty-six, twenty-three, twenty-two, two, two hundred, zero, zillion;

Cardinal Bellarmine
n1
Italian cardinal and theologian (1542-1621);

- syn. Bellarmine, Bellarmino, Roberto Francesco Romolo Bellarmine;

cardinal compass point
n1
one of the four main compass points;

cardinal flower
n1
North American lobelia having brilliant red flowers;

- syn. Indian pink, Lobelia cardinalis;

cardinal grosbeak
n1
crested thick-billed North American finch having bright red plumage in the male;

- syn. Cardinalis cardinalis, Richmondena Cardinalis, cardinal, redbird;

Cardinal Newman
n1
English prelate and theologian who (with John Keble and Edward Pusey) founded the Oxford movement;

- Newman later turned to Roman Catholicism and became a cardinal (1801-1890);

- syn. John Henry Newman, Newman;

cardinal number
n1
the number of elements in a mathematical set;

- denotes a quantity but not the order;

- syn. cardinal;

Cardinal Richelieu
n1
French prelate and statesman;

- principal minister to Louis XIII (1585-1642);

- syn. Armand Jean du Plessis, Duc de Richelieu, Richelieu;

cardinal tetra
n1
small bright red and blue aquarium fish from streams in Brazil and Colombia;

- syn. Paracheirodon axelrodi;

cardinal vein
n1
any of the major venous channels in primitive adult vertebrates and in embryos of higher vertebrates;

cardinal virtue
n1
one of the seven preeminent virtues;

cardinalate / k ɑ d ɪ n ɫ ɛ t /
n1
(Roman Catholic Church) the body of all cardinals of the church;

- elects and advises the pope;

- syn. College of Cardinals, Sacred College, Sacred College of Cardinals;

n2
the office of cardinal;

- "following the scandal, the cardinal resigned his cardinalate";

- syn. cardinalship;

cardinalfish
n1
small red fishes of coral reefs and inshore tropical waters;

Cardinalis cardinalis
n1
crested thick-billed North American finch having bright red plumage in the male;

- syn. Richmondena Cardinalis, cardinal, cardinal grosbeak, redbird;

cardinality / k ɑ d ɪ n æ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
(mathematics) the number of elements in a set or group (considered as a property of that grouping);

cardinalship / k ɑ d ɪ n ə ɫ ʃ ɪ p /
n1
the office of cardinal;

- "following the scandal, the cardinal resigned his cardinalate";

- syn. cardinalate;

cardiogenic shock
n1
shock caused by cardiac arrest;

cardiogram / k ɑ d ɪ oʊ ɡ ɹ æ m /
n1
a graphical recording of the cardiac cycle produced by an electrocardiograph;

- syn. ECG, EKG, electrocardiogram;

cardiograph / k ɑ d ɪ oʊ ɡ ɹ æ f /
n1
medical instrument that records electric currents associated with contractions of the heart;

- syn. electrocardiograph;

n2
a medical instrument that measures the mechanical force of cardiac contractions and the amount of blood passing through the heart during a specified period by measuring the recoil of the body as blood is pumped from the ventricles;

- syn. ballistocardiograph;

cardiographic / k ɑ d ɪ oʊ ɡ ɹ æ f ɪ k /
a1
of or relating to a cardiograph;

cardiography
n1
diagnostic procedure consisting of recording the activity of the heart electronically with a cardiograph (and producing a cardiogram);

- syn. electrocardiography;

cardioid / k ɑ d ɪ ɔɪ d /
n1
an epicycloid in which the rolling circle equals the fixed circle;

cardioid microphone
n1
a directional microphone with a cardioid pattern of sensitivity;

- syn. cardioid mike;

cardioid mike
n1
a directional microphone with a cardioid pattern of sensitivity;

- syn. cardioid microphone;

cardiologic
a1
of or relating to or used in or practicing cardiology;

- "cardiologic evidence";

cardiologist / k ɑ d ɪ ɒ ɫ ə dʒ ɪ s t /
n1
a specialist in cardiology;

- a specialist in the structure and function and disorders of the heart;

- syn. heart specialist, heart surgeon;

cardiology / k ɑ d ɪ ɒ ɫ ə dʒ i /
n1
the branch of medicine dealing with the heart and its diseases;

cardiomegaly
n1
an abnormal enlargement of the heart;

- "mild cardiomegaly is common in athletes";

- syn. enlarged heart, megacardia, megalocardia;

cardiomyopathy
n1
a disorder (usually of unknown origin) of the heart muscle (myocardium);

- syn. myocardiopathy;

cardiopathy
n1
a disease of the heart;

- syn. heart disease;

cardiopulmonary
a1
of or pertaining to or affecting both the heart and the lungs and their functions;

- "cardiopulmonary resuscitation";

- syn. cardiorespiratory;

cardiopulmonary arrest
n1
absence of systole;

- failure of the ventricles of the heart to contract (usually caused by ventricular fibrillation) with consequent absence of the heart beat leading to oxygen lack and eventually to death;

- syn. asystole, cardiac arrest;

cardiopulmonary exercise
n1
exercise intended to strengthen the circulatory system;

cardiopulmonary resuscitation
n1
an emergency procedure consisting of external cardiac massage and artificial respiration;

- the first treatment for a person who has collapsed and has no pulse and has stopped breathing;

- attempts to restore circulation of the blood and prevent death or brain damage due to lack of oxygen;

- syn. CPR, cardiac resuscitation, kiss of life, mouth-to-mouth resuscitation;

cardiorespiratory
a1
of or pertaining to or affecting both the heart and the lungs and their functions;

- "cardiopulmonary resuscitation";

- syn. cardiopulmonary;

cardiospasm
n1
a spasm of the cardiac sphincter (between the esophagus and the stomach);

- if the cardiac sphincter does not relax during swallowing the passage of food into the stomach is obstructed;

Cardiospermum
n1
tendril-climbing herbs or shrubs whose seeds have a white heart-shaped spot;

- syn. genus Cardiospermum;

Cardiospermum grandiflorum
n1
herbaceous vine of tropical America and Africa;

- syn. heartseed;

Cardiospermum halicacabum
n1
woody perennial climbing plant with large ornamental seed pods that resemble balloons;

- tropical India and Africa and America;

- syn. balloon vine, heart pea;

cardiovascular
a1
of or pertaining to or involving the heart and blood vessels;

- "cardiovascular conditioning";

cardiovascular disease
n1
a disease of the heart or blood vessels;

cardiovascular system
n1
the organs and tissues involved in circulating blood and lymph through the body;

- syn. circulatory system;

carditis / k ɑ d aɪ t ɪ s /
n1
inflammation of the heart;

Cardium / k ɑ d j ə m /
n1
type genus of the family Cardiidae: cockles;

- syn. genus Cardium;

Cardium edule
n1
common edible European cockle;

- syn. edible cockle;

Cardizem
n1
a calcium blocker (trade name Cardizem) used in treating hypertension or angina or heart failure;

- syn. diltiazem;

cardoon
n1
southern European plant having spiny leaves and purple flowers cultivated for its edible leafstalks and roots;

- syn. Cynara cardunculus;

n2
only parts eaten are roots and especially stalks (blanched and used as celery);

- related to artichokes;

cardroom / k ɑ d ɹ u m /
n1
a room for gambling on card games;

cards / k ɑ d z /
n1
a game played with playing cards;

- syn. card game;

cardsharp / k ɑ d ʃ ɑ p /
n1
a professional card player who makes a living by cheating at card games;

- syn. card shark, card sharp, card sharper, cardsharper, sharper, sharpie, sharpy;

cardsharper / k ɑ d ʃ ɑ p ə /
n1
a professional card player who makes a living by cheating at card games;

- syn. card shark, card sharp, card sharper, cardsharp, sharper, sharpie, sharpy;

Carducci
n1
Italian poet considered the national poet of modern Italy (1835-1907);

- syn. Giosue Carducci;

Carduelinae
n1
used in some classifications for a subgroup of finches;

- syn. subfamily Carduelinae;

Carduelis
n1
in some classifications considered the type genus of a subfamily Carduelinae of the family Fringillidae: goldfinches;

- siskins;

- redpolls;

- linnets;

- syn. genus Carduelis;

Carduelis cannabina
n1
small Old World finch whose male has a red breast and forehead;

- syn. linnet, lintwhite;

Carduelis carduelis
n1
small European finch having a crimson face and yellow-and-black wings;

- syn. goldfinch;

Carduelis cucullata
n1
South American species of scarlet finch with black head and wings and tail;

- syn. red siskin;

Carduelis flammea
n1
small siskin-like finch with a red crown and a rosy breast and rump;

- syn. redpoll;

Carduelis hornemanni
n1
small siskin-like finch with a red crown;

- syn. redpoll;

Carduelis spinus
n1
small yellow-and-black Eurasian finch with a sharp beak;

- syn. siskin;

Cardura
n1
an antihypertensive drug (trade name Cardura) that works by relaxing blood vessels so that blood passes through them more easily;

- it is also used to treat benign prostatic hyperplasia;

- syn. doxazosin;

Carduus
n1
genus of annual or perennial Old World prickly thistles;

- syn. genus Carduus;

Carduus crispus
n1
European biennial introduced in North America having flower heads in crowded clusters at ends of branches;

- syn. welted thistle;

Carduus nutans
n1
Eurasian perennial naturalized in eastern North America having very spiny white cottony foliage and nodding musky crimson flower heads;

- valuable source of nectar;

- syn. musk thistle, nodding thistle;

care / k eə , k eə ɹ /
n1
the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something;

- "no medical care was required";

- "the old car needs constant attention";

- syn. aid, attention, tending;

n2
judiciousness in avoiding harm or danger;

- "he exercised caution in opening the door";

- "he handled the vase with care";

- syn. caution, forethought, precaution;

n3
an anxious feeling;

- "care had aged him";

- "they hushed it up out of fear of public reaction";

- syn. concern, fear;

n4
a cause for feeling concern;

- "his major care was the illness of his wife";

n5
attention and management implying responsibility for safety;

- "he is in the care of a bodyguard";

- syn. charge, guardianship, tutelage;

n6
activity involved in maintaining something in good working order;

- "he wrote the manual on car care";

- syn. maintenance, upkeep;

v1
feel concern or interest;

- "I really care about my work";

- "I don't care";

- also care, care for;

v2
provide care for;

- "The nurse was caring for the wounded";

- syn. give care;

v3
prefer or wish to do something;

- "Do you care to try this dish?";

- "Would you like to come along to the movies?";

- syn. like, wish;

v4
be in charge of, act on, or dispose of;

- "I can deal with this crew of workers";

- "This blender can't handle nuts";

- "She managed her parents' affairs after they got too old";

- syn. deal, handle, manage;

v5
be concerned with;

- "I worry about my grades";

- syn. worry;

care-laden
a1
burdened by cares;

- "all ye that labor and are heavy-laden"-Matt.11:28;

- syn. heavy-laden;

- sim. troubled;

care a hang
v1
show no concern or interest;

- always used in the negative;

- "I don't give a hoot";

- "She doesn't give a damn about her job";

- syn. give a damn, give a hang, give a hoot;

care delivery
n1
the provision of health care;

- syn. health care delivery, healthcare delivery;

care for
v1
have a liking, fondness, or taste (for);

v2
be fond of;

- be attached to;

- syn. cherish, hold dear, treasure;

v3
provide treatment for;

- "The doctor treated my broken leg";

- "The nurses cared for the bomb victims";

- "The patient must be treated right away or she will die";

- "Treat the infection with antibiotics";

- syn. treat;

cared-for
a1
having needed care and attention;

- "well-cared-for children";

- sim. attended;

careen / k ə ɹ i n /
n1
pitching dangerously to one side;

- syn. rock, sway, tilt;

v1
walk as if unable to control one's movements;

- "The drunken man staggered into the room";

- syn. keel, lurch, reel, stagger, swag;

v2
move sideways or in an unsteady way;

- "The ship careened out of control";

- syn. shift, tilt, wobble;

career / k ə ɹ ɪə , k ə ɹ ɪə ɹ /
n1
the particular occupation for which you are trained;

- syn. calling, vocation;

n2
the general progression of your working or professional life;

- "the general had had a distinguished career";

- "he had a long career in the law";

- syn. life history;

v1
move headlong at high speed;

- "The cars careered down the road";

- "The mob careered through the streets";

career counseling
n1
counseling on career opportunities;

career girl
n1
a woman who is a careerist;

career man
n1
a man who is a careerist;

careerism / k ə ɹ ɪə ɹ ɪ s m /
n1
the practice of advancing your career at the expense of your personal integrity;

careerist / k ə ɹ ɪə ɹ ɪ s t /
n1
a professional who is intent on furthering his or her career by any possible means and often at the expense of their own integrity;

carefree / k eə f ɹ i /
a1
free of trouble and worry and care;

- "the carefree joys of childhood";

- "carefree millionaires, untroubled financially";

- syn. unworried;

- sim. untroubled;

a2
cheerfully irresponsible;

- "carefree with his money";

- "freewheeling urban youths";

- "had a harum-scarum youth";

- syn. devil-may-care, freewheeling, happy-go-lucky, harum-scarum, slaphappy;

- sim. irresponsible;

carefreeness
n1
the cheerful feeling you have when nothing is troubling you;

- syn. insouciance, lightheartedness, lightsomeness;

n2
the trait of being without worry or responsibility;

careful / k eə f ʊ ɫ /
a1
exercising caution or showing care or attention;

- "they were careful when crossing the busy street";

- "be careful to keep her shoes clean";

- "did very careful research";

- "careful art restorers";

- "careful of the rights of others";

- "careful about one's behavior";

- also cautious, diligent, prudent;

- sim. blow-by-blow, certain, close, conscientious, detailed, minute, overcareful, particular, protective, studious, thorough;

a2
cautiously attentive;

- "careful of her feelings";

- "heedful of his father's advice";

- syn. heedful;

- sim. mindful;

a3
unhurried and with care and dignity;

- "walking at the same measured pace";

- "with all deliberate speed";

- syn. deliberate, measured;

- sim. unhurried;

a4
full of cares or anxiety;

- "Thou art careful and troubled about many things"-Luke 10.41;

- sim. troubled;

a5
mindful of the future in spending money;

- "careful with money";

- syn. thrifty;

- sim. provident;

carefully / k eə f ə ɫ i /
r1
taking care or paying attention;

- "they watched carefully";

r2
as if with kid gloves;

- with caution or prudence or tact;

- "she ventured cautiously downstairs";

- "they handled the incident with kid gloves";

- syn. cautiously;

carefulness / k eə f ə ɫ n ə s /
n1
the trait of being cautious;

- being attentive to possible danger;

- "a man of caution";

- syn. caution, cautiousness;

n2
the quality of being careful and painstaking;

- "I admired the carefulness of his work";

caregiver / k eə ɡ ɪ v ə /
n1
a person who helps in identifying or preventing or treating illness or disability;

- syn. PCP, health care provider, health professional, primary care provider;

n2
a person who is responsible for attending to the needs of a child or dependent adult;

careless / k eə ɫ ə s /
a1
marked by lack of attention or consideration or forethought or thoroughness;

- not careful;

- "careless about her clothes";

- "forgotten by some careless person";

- "a careless housekeeper";

- "careless proofreading";

- "it was a careless mistake";

- "hurt by a careless remark";

- also imprudent, inattentive, incautious, negligent, superficial, unconcerned;

- sim. casual, haphazard, heedless, incautious, offhand;

a2
effortless and unstudied;

- "an impression of careless elegance";

- "danced with careless grace";

- sim. artless;

a3
(usually followed by `of') without due thought or consideration;

- "careless of the consequences";

- "crushing the blooms with regardless tread";

- syn. regardless;

- sim. heedless;

carelessly / k eə ɫ ə s ɫ i /
r1
without care or concern;

- "carelessly raised the children's hopes without thinking of their possible disappointment";

- syn. heedlessly;

r2
without caution or prudence;

- "one unfortunately sees historic features carelessly lost when estates fall into unsympathetic hands";

- syn. incautiously;

r3
in a rakish manner;

- "she wore her hat rakishly at an angle";

- syn. raffishly, rakishly;

carelessness / k eə ɫ ə s n ə s /
n1
the quality of not being careful or taking pains;

- syn. sloppiness;

n2
failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances;

- syn. neglect, negligence, nonperformance;

Carelian
n1
a member of the Finnish people living in Karelia in northwestern European Russia;

- syn. Karelian;

n2
a Finnic language spoken by the people of Karelia;

- syn. Karelian;

caress / k ə ɹ ɛ s /
n1
a gentle affectionate stroking (or something resembling it);

- "he showered her with caresses";

- "soft music was a fond caress";

- "the caresses of the breeze played over his face";

v1
touch or stroke lightly in a loving or endearing manner;

- "He caressed her face";

- "They fondled in the back seat of the taxi";

- syn. fondle;

caressing / k ə ɹ ɛ s ɪ ŋ /
n1
affectionate play (or foreplay without contact with the genital organs);

- syn. cuddling, fondling, hugging, kissing, necking, petting, smooching, snuggling;

caret / k æ ɹ ɛ t /
n1
a mark used by an author or editor to indicate where something is to be inserted into a text;

caretaker / k eə t eɪ k ə , k eə t eɪ k ə ɹ /
n1
a custodian who is hired to take care of something (property or a person);

n2
an official who performs the duties of an office temporarily;

- "he acted as a caretaker until a new president could be elected";

Caretta
n1
loggerhead turtles;

- syn. genus Caretta;

Caretta caretta
n1
very large carnivorous sea turtle;

- wide-ranging in warm open seas;

- syn. loggerhead, loggerhead turtle;

Carew
n1
Englishman and Cavalier poet whose lyric poetry was favored by Charles I (1595-1639);

- syn. Thomas Carew;

careworn / k eə w ɔ n /
a1
showing the wearing effects of overwork or care or suffering;

- "looking careworn as she bent over her mending";

- "her face was drawn and haggard from sleeplessness";

- "that raddled but still noble face";

- "shocked to see the worn look of his handsome young face"- Charles Dickens;

- syn. drawn, haggard, raddled, worn;

- sim. tired;

Carex
n1
large genus of plants found in damp woodlands and bogs and ditches or at water margins: sedges;

- syn. genus Carex;

Carex arenaria
n1
European maritime sedge naturalized along Atlantic coast of United States;

- rootstock has properties of sarsaparilla;

- syn. sand reed, sand sedge;

Carex pseudocyperus
n1
tufted sedge of temperate regions;

- nearly cosmopolitan;

- syn. cypress sedge;

carfare / k ɑr f eə ɹ /
n1
the fare charged for riding a bus or streetcar;

- syn. bus fare;

carful
n1
the quantity that a car will hold;

cargo / k ɑ ɡ oʊ /
n1
goods carried by a large vehicle;

- syn. consignment, freight, lading, load, loading, payload, shipment;

cargo area
n1
the space in a ship or aircraft for storing cargo;

- syn. cargo deck, cargo hold, hold, storage area;

cargo container
n1
a large container for freight;

cargo cult
n1
(Melanesia) the followers of one of several millenarian cults that believe salvation will come in the form of wealth (`cargo') brought by westerners;

- some ascribe divine attributes to westerners on first contact (especially to missionaries);

n2
a religious cult that anticipates a time of joy, serenity, and justice when salvation comes;

cargo deck
n1
the space in a ship or aircraft for storing cargo;

- syn. cargo area, cargo hold, hold, storage area;

cargo door
n1
door used to load or unload cargo;

cargo hatch
n1
hatch opening into the cargo compartment;

cargo helicopter
n1
a helicopter that carries cargo;

cargo hold
n1
the space in a ship or aircraft for storing cargo;

- syn. cargo area, cargo deck, hold, storage area;

cargo liner
n1
a liner that carries cargo;

cargo ship
n1
a ship designed to carry cargo;

- syn. cargo vessel;

cargo ships
n1
conveyance provided by the ships belonging to one country or industry;

- syn. merchant marine, merchant vessels, shipping;

cargo vessel
n1
a ship designed to carry cargo;

- syn. cargo ship;

carhop / k ɑr h ɒ p /
n1
a waiter at a drive-in restaurant;

Cariama
n1
the type genus of the Cariamidae comprising only the crested cariama;

- syn. genus Cariama;

Cariama cristata
n1
Brazilian Cariama;

- sole representative of the genus Cariama;

- syn. crested cariama, seriema;

Cariamidae
n1
crane-like South American wading birds;

- syn. family Cariamidae;

Carib
n1
a member of an American Indian peoples of northeastern South America and the Lesser Antilles;

- syn. Carib Indian;

n2
the family of languages spoken by the Carib;

- syn. Caribbean language;

Carib Indian
n1
a member of an American Indian peoples of northeastern South America and the Lesser Antilles;

- syn. Carib;

carib wood
n1
small Dominican tree bearing masses of large crimson flowers before the fine pinnate foliage emerges;

- syn. Sabinea carinalis;

Caribbean / k æ ɹ ɪ b i ə n /
n1
an arm of the Atlantic Ocean between North and South America;

- the origin of the Gulf stream;

- syn. Caribbean Sea;

n2
region including the Caribbean Islands;

Caribbean Island
n1
an island in the Caribbean Sea;

Caribbean language
n1
the family of languages spoken by the Carib;

- syn. Carib;

Caribbean Sea
n1
an arm of the Atlantic Ocean between North and South America;

- the origin of the Gulf stream;

- syn. Caribbean;

caribe
n1
small voraciously carnivorous freshwater fishes of South America that attack and destroy living animals;

- syn. pirana, piranha;

Caribees
n1
a group of islands in the southeastern West Indies;

- syn. Lesser Antilles;

caribou / k æ ɹ ɪ b u /
n1
Arctic deer with large antlers in both sexes;

- called `reindeer' in Eurasia and `caribou' in North America;

- syn. Greenland caribou, Rangifer tarandus, reindeer;

Carica
n1
type genus of the Caricaceae;

- tropical American trees: papayas;

- syn. genus Carica;

Carica papaya
n1
tropical American shrub or small tree having huge deeply palmately cleft leaves and large oblong yellow fruit;

- syn. melon tree, papaia, papaya, papaya tree, pawpaw;

Caricaceae
n1
trees native to tropical America and Africa with milky juice and large palmately lobed leaves;

- syn. family Caricaceae, papaya family;

caricature / k æ ɹ ɪ k ə tʃ ʊə , k æ ɹ ɪ k ə tʃ ʊə ɹ /
n1
a representation of a person that is exaggerated for comic effect;

- syn. imitation, impersonation;

v1
represent in or produce a caricature of;

- "The drawing caricatured the President";

- syn. ape;

caricature plant
n1
tropical Old World shrub having purple or red tubular flowers and leaf markings resembling the profile of a human face;

- syn. Graptophyllum pictum;

caricaturist / k æ ɹ ɪ k ə tʃ u ɹ ɪ s t /
n1
someone who parodies in an exaggerated manner;

caries / k eə ɹ i z /
n1
soft decayed area in a tooth;

- progressive decay can lead to the death of a tooth;

- syn. cavity, dental caries, tooth decay;

carillon / k ə ɹ ɪ ɫ j ə n /
n1
set of bells hung in a bell tower;

n2
playing a set of bells that are (usually) hung in a tower;

- syn. bell ringing, carillon playing;

carillon playing
n1
playing a set of bells that are (usually) hung in a tower;

- syn. bell ringing, carillon;

carillonneur
n1
a musician who plays a carillon;

Carina
n1
a keel-shaped constellation in the southern hemisphere;

- contains the star Canopus;

n2
any of various keel-shaped structures or ridges such as that on the breastbone of a bird or that formed by the fused petals of a pea blossom;

carina fornicis
n1
ridge on the lower surface of the fornix of the brain;

carinal
a1
relating to or resembling a carina;

carinate
n1
birds having keeled breastbones for attachment of flight muscles;

- syn. carinate bird, flying bird;

a1
having a ridge or shaped like a ridge or suggesting the keel of a ship;

- "a carinate sepal";

- syn. carinated, keeled, ridged;

carinate bird
n1
birds having keeled breastbones for attachment of flight muscles;

- syn. carinate, flying bird;

carinated
a1
having a ridge or shaped like a ridge or suggesting the keel of a ship;

- "a carinate sepal";

- syn. carinate, keeled, ridged;

caring / k eə ɹ ɪ ŋ /
n1
a loving feeling;

- syn. lovingness;

a1
feeling and exhibiting concern and empathy for others;

- "caring friends";

- sim. compassionate;

Carioca
n1
a native or inhabitant of Rio de Janeiro;

n2
music composed for dancing the carioca;

n3
a lively ballroom dance that resembles the samba;

carious / k eə ɹ ɪə s /
a1
(of teeth) affected with cavities or decay;

- sim. unhealthy;

carissa / k æ ɹ ɪ s ʌ /
n1
a shrub of the genus Carissa having fragrant white flowers and plumlike red to purple-black fruits;

Carissa bispinosa
n1
South African shrub having forked spines and plumlike fruit;

- frequently used as hedging;

- syn. hedge thorn, natal plum;

Carissa grandiflora
n1
very large closely branched South African shrub having forked bright green spines and shiny leaves;

- syn. Carissa macrocarpa, amatungulu, natal plum;

Carissa macrocarpa
n1
very large closely branched South African shrub having forked bright green spines and shiny leaves;

- syn. Carissa grandiflora, amatungulu, natal plum;

carissa plum
n1
edible scarlet plumlike fruit of a South African plant;

- syn. natal plum;

carjack / k ɑr dʒ æ k /
v1
take someone's car from him by force, usually with the intention of stealing it;

- "My car was carjacked last night!";

carjacking / k ɑr dʒ æ k ɪ ŋ /
n1
the violent theft of an occupied car;

cark
v1
disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed;

- "She was rather perturbed by the news that her father was seriously ill";

- syn. disorder, disquiet, distract, perturb, trouble, unhinge;

Carl Anderson
n1
United States physicist who discovered antimatter in the form of an antielectron that is called the positron (1905-1991);

- syn. Anderson, Carl David Anderson;

Carl August Nielsen
n1
Danish composer (1865-1931);

- syn. Carl Nielsen, Nielsen;

Carl Clinton Van Doren
n1
United States writer and literary critic (1885-1950);

- syn. Carl Van Doren, Van Doren;

Carl David Anderson
n1
United States physicist who discovered antimatter in the form of an antielectron that is called the positron (1905-1991);

- syn. Anderson, Carl Anderson;

Carl Gustaf Mossander
n1
Swedish chemist who discovered rare earth elements (1797-1858);

- syn. Mosander;

Carl Gustav Jung
n1
Swiss psychologist (1875-1961);

- syn. Carl Jung, Jung;

Carl Jung
n1
Swiss psychologist (1875-1961);

- syn. Carl Gustav Jung, Jung;

Carl Lewis
n1
United States athlete who won gold medals at the Olympics for his skill in sprinting and jumping (born in 1961);

- syn. Frederick Carleton Lewis, Lewis;

Carl Maria von Weber
n1
German conductor and composer of romantic operas (1786-1826);

- syn. Baron Karl Maria Friedrich Ernst von Weber, Weber;

Carl Nielsen
n1
Danish composer (1865-1931);

- syn. Carl August Nielsen, Nielsen;

Carl Orff
n1
German musician who developed a widely used system for teaching music to children (1895-1982);

- syn. Orff;

Carl Rogers
n1
United States psychologist who developed client-centered therapy (1902-1987);

- syn. Rogers;

Carl Sandburg
n1
United States writer remembered for his poetry in free verse and his six volume biography of Abraham Lincoln (1878-1967);

- syn. Sandburg;

Carl Van Doren
n1
United States writer and literary critic (1885-1950);

- syn. Carl Clinton Van Doren, Van Doren;

Carl von Linne
n1
Swedish botanist who proposed the modern system of biological nomenclature (1707-1778);

- syn. Carolus Linnaeus, Karl Linne, Linnaeus;

Carl XVI Gustaf
n1
king of Sweden since 1973 (born 1946);

- syn. Carl XVI Gustav;

Carl XVI Gustav
n1
king of Sweden since 1973 (born 1946);

- syn. Carl XVI Gustaf;

Carl Yastrzemski
n1
United States baseball player (born in 1939);

- syn. Yastrzemski;

Carlina
n1
genus of Mediterranean thistles;

- syn. genus Carlina;

Carlina acaulis
n1
stemless perennial having large flowers with white or purple-brown florets nestled in a rosette of long spiny leaves hairy beneath;

- of alpine regions of southern and eastern Europe;

- syn. stemless carline thistle;

Carlina vulgaris
n1
Eurasian thistle growing in sand dunes and dry chalky soils;

- syn. common carline thistle;

carline thistle
n1
a thistle of the genus Carlina;

Carling float
n1
a raft to use if a ship must be abandoned in an emergency;

- syn. life raft;

Carlo Goldoni
n1
prolific Italian dramatist (1707-1793);

- syn. Goldoni;

carload / k ɑr ɫ oʊ d /
n1
a gathering of passengers sufficient to fill an automobile;

n2
the amount of cargo that can be held by a boat or ship or a freight car;

- "he imported wine by the boatload";

- syn. boatload, shipload;

Carlos / k ɑr ɫ ɒ s /
n1
Venezuelan master terrorist raised by a Marxist-Leninist father;

- trained and worked with many terrorist groups (born in 1949);

- syn. Andres Martinez, Carlos the Jackal, Glen Gebhard, Hector Hevodidbon, Ilich Ramirez Sanchez, Ilich Sanchez, Michael Assat, Salim, Sanchez, Taurus;

Carlos Chavez
n1
Mexican composer of nationalistic works using themes from Indian folk music (1899-1978);

- syn. Chavez;

Carlos Fuentes
n1
Mexican novelist (born in 1928);

- syn. Fuentes;

Carlos the Jackal
n1
Venezuelan master terrorist raised by a Marxist-Leninist father;

- trained and worked with many terrorist groups (born in 1949);

- syn. Andres Martinez, Carlos, Glen Gebhard, Hector Hevodidbon, Ilich Ramirez Sanchez, Ilich Sanchez, Michael Assat, Salim, Sanchez, Taurus;

Carlovingian / k ɑ ɫ oʊ v ɪ n dʒ ɪə n /
n1
a member of the Carolingian dynasty;

- syn. Carolingian;

Carlovingian dynasty
n1
a Frankish dynasty founded by Charlemagne's father that ruled from 751 to 987;

- syn. Carolingian dynasty;

Carlsbad / k ɑ ɫ z b æ d /
n1
a town in southeastern New Mexico on the Pecos River near the Mexican border;

- potash deposits;

Carlsbad Caverns
n1
a group of caverns in southeastern New Mexico noted for their stalactites and stalagmites;

Carlsbad Caverns National Park
n1
a national park in New Mexico featuring what is probably the world's largest cavern with spectacular underground formations;

Carlyle
n1
Scottish historian who wrote about the French Revolution (1795-1881);

- syn. Thomas Carlyle;

carmaker / k ɑr m eɪ k ə /
n1
a business engaged in the manufacture of automobiles;

- syn. auto maker, auto manufacturer, automaker, car maker, car manufacturer;

Carmelite / k ɑ m ə ɫ aɪ t /
n1
a Roman Catholic friar wearing the white cloak of the Carmelite order;

- mendicant preachers;

- syn. White Friar;

a1
of or relating to the Carmelite friars;

- "Carmelite monasteries";

Carmelite order
n1
a Roman Catholic mendicant order founded in the 12th century;

- syn. Order of Our Lady of Mount Carmel;

Carmichael / k ɑr m aɪ k ɫ /
n1
United States songwriter (1899-1981);

- syn. Hoagland Howard Carmichael, Hoagy Carmichael;

carminative / k ɑ m ɪ n ə t ɪ v /
n1
medication that prevents the formation of gas in the alimentary tract or eases its passing;

a1
relieving gas in the alimentary tract (colic or flatulence or griping);

- syn. flatus-relieving;

- sim. healthful;

carmine / k ɑ m aɪ n /
n1
a variable color averaging a vivid red;

- syn. cardinal;

v1
color carmine;

a1
of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange);

- resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies;

- syn. blood-red, cerise, cherry, cherry-red, crimson, red, reddish, ruby, ruby-red, ruddy, scarlet;

- sim. chromatic;

carnage / k ɑ n ɪ dʒ /
n1
the savage and excessive killing of many people;

- syn. butchery, mass murder, massacre, slaughter;

carnal / k ɑ n ɫ /
a1
marked by the appetites and passions of the body;

- "animal instincts";

- "carnal knowledge";

- "fleshly desire";

- "a sensual delight in eating";

- "music is the only sensual pleasure without vice";

- syn. animal, fleshly, sensual;

- sim. physical;

a2
of or relating to the body or flesh;

- "carnal remains";

carnal abuse
n1
any lascivious contact by an adult with the sexual organs of a child (especially not involving sexual intercourse);

n2
sexual intercourse with a person (girl or boy) who has not reached the age of consent (even if both parties participate willingly);

- syn. statutory rape;

carnal knowledge
n1
sexual activity between individuals, especially the insertion of a man's penis into a woman's vagina until orgasm and ejaculation occur;

- syn. coition, coitus, copulation, intercourse, relation, sex act, sexual congress, sexual intercourse, sexual relation;

carnalise
v1
debase through carnal gratification;

- syn. carnalize, sensualise, sensualize;

carnality / k ɑ n æ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
feeling morbid sexual desire or a propensity to lewdness;

- syn. lasciviousness, lubricity, prurience, pruriency;

carnalize
v1
represent materialistically, as in a painting or a sculpture;

- syn. sensualize;

v2
ascribe to an origin in sensation;

- syn. sensualize;

v3
debase through carnal gratification;

- syn. carnalise, sensualise, sensualize;

carnallite
n1
a white or reddish mineral consisting of hydrous chlorides of potassium and magnesium;

- used as a fertilizer and as a source of potassium and magnesium;

carnally / k ɑ n ə ɫ i /
r1
in a carnal manner;

carnassial
a1
(of a tooth) adapted for shearing flesh;

- "the carnassial teeth of carnivores";

- sim. sharp;

carnassial tooth
n1
the last upper premolar and first lower molar teeth of a carnivore;

- having sharp edges for cutting flesh;

carnation / k ɑ n eɪ ʃ n /
n1
Eurasian plant with pink to purple-red spice-scented usually double flowers;

- widely cultivated in many varieties and many colors;

- syn. Dianthus caryophyllus, clove pink, gillyflower;

n2
a pink or reddish-pink color;

a1
pink or pinkish;

- sim. chromatic;

carnation family
n1
large family of herbs or subshrubs (usually with stems swollen at the nodes);

- syn. Caryophyllaceae, family Caryophyllaceae, pink family;

carnauba
n1
hard yellowish to brownish wax from leaves of the carnauba palm used especially in floor waxes and polishes;

- syn. carnauba wax;

n2
Brazilian fan palm having an edible root;

- source of a useful leaf fiber and a brittle yellowish wax;

- syn. Copernicia cerifera, Copernicia prunifera, carnauba palm, wax palm;

carnauba palm
n1
Brazilian fan palm having an edible root;

- source of a useful leaf fiber and a brittle yellowish wax;

- syn. Copernicia cerifera, Copernicia prunifera, carnauba, wax palm;

carnauba wax
n1
hard yellowish to brownish wax from leaves of the carnauba palm used especially in floor waxes and polishes;

- syn. carnauba;

Carnegie
n1
United States educator famous for writing a book about how to win friends and influence people (1888-1955);

- syn. Dale Carnegie;

n2
United States industrialist and philanthropist who endowed education and public libraries and research trusts (1835-1919);

- syn. Andrew Carnegie;

Carnegie Mellon University
n1
an engineering university in Pittsburgh;

Carnegiea
n1
caryophylloid dicot genus with only one species: saguaro;

- syn. genus Carnegiea;

Carnegiea gigantea
n1
extremely large treelike cactus of desert regions of southwestern United States having a thick columnar sparsely branched trunk bearing white flowers and edible red pulpy fruit;

- syn. saguaro, sahuaro;

carnelian / k ə n i ɫ j ə n /
n1
a translucent red or orange variety of chalcedony;

- syn. cornelian;

carnify
v1
become muscular or fleshy;

Carniolan bee
n1
greyish highly productive European honeybee that has a quiet disposition;

carnival / k ɑ n ɪ v ɫ /
n1
a festival marked by merrymaking and processions;

n2
a frenetic disorganized (and often comic) disturbance suggestive of a large public entertainment;

- "it was so funny it was a circus";

- "the whole occasion had a carnival atmosphere";

- syn. circus;

n3
a traveling show;

- having sideshows and rides and games of skill etc.;

- syn. fair, funfair;

Carnivora
n1
cats;

- lions;

- tigers;

- panthers;

- dogs;

- wolves;

- jackals;

- bears;

- raccoons;

- skunks;

- and members of the suborder Pinnipedia;

- syn. order Carnivora;

carnivore / k ɑ n ɪ v ɔ , k ɑ n ɪ v ɔ ɹ /
n1
a terrestrial or aquatic flesh-eating mammal;

- "terrestrial carnivores have four or five clawed digits on each limb";

n2
any animal that feeds on flesh;

- "Tyrannosaurus Rex was a large carnivore";

- "insectivorous plants are considered carnivores";

carnivorous / k ɑ n ɪ v ə ɹ ə s /
a1
relating to or characteristic of carnivores;

- "the lion and other carnivorous animals";

a2
(used of plants as well as animals) feeding on animals;

- "carnivorous plants are capable of trapping and digesting small animals especially insects";

- sim. flesh-eating, piscivorous, predacious;

carnivorous bat
n1
typically having large ears and feeding primarily on insects;

- worldwide in distribution;

- syn. microbat;

carnivorous plant
n1
plants adapted to attract and capture and digest primarily insects but also other small animals;

carnosaur
n1
large carnivorous bipedal dinosaur having huge claws;

Carnosaura
n1
largest carnivorous land animals ever known;

- syn. suborder Carnosaura;

Carnot / k ɑr n ɒ t /
n1
French physicist who founded thermodynamics (1796-1832);

- syn. Nicolas Leonard Sadi Carnot, Sadi Carnot;

Carnot's ideal cycle
n1
a cycle (of expansion and compression) of an idealized reversible heat engine that does work without loss of heat;

- syn. Carnot cycle;

Carnot cycle
n1
a cycle (of expansion and compression) of an idealized reversible heat engine that does work without loss of heat;

- syn. Carnot's ideal cycle;

carnotite
n1
a yellow radioactive mineral;

- an ore of uranium and radium and vanadium;

carob
n1
long pod containing small beans and sweetish edible pulp;

- used as animal feed and source of a chocolate substitute;

- syn. algarroba, algarroba bean, carob bean, locust bean, locust pod;

n2
evergreen Mediterranean tree with edible pods;

- the biblical carob;

- syn. Ceratonia siliqua, algarroba, carob bean tree, carob tree;

n3
powder from the ground seeds and pods of the carob tree;

- used as a chocolate substitute;

- syn. Saint-John's-bread, carob powder;

carob bar
n1
a bar of candy made with carob powder;

carob bean
n1
long pod containing small beans and sweetish edible pulp;

- used as animal feed and source of a chocolate substitute;

- syn. algarroba, algarroba bean, carob, locust bean, locust pod;

carob bean tree
n1
evergreen Mediterranean tree with edible pods;

- the biblical carob;

- syn. Ceratonia siliqua, algarroba, carob, carob tree;

carob powder
n1
powder from the ground seeds and pods of the carob tree;

- used as a chocolate substitute;

- syn. Saint-John's-bread, carob;

carob tree
n1
evergreen Mediterranean tree with edible pods;

- the biblical carob;

- syn. Ceratonia siliqua, algarroba, carob, carob bean tree;

caroche
n1
a luxurious carriage suitable for nobility in the 16th and 17th century;

carol / k æ ɹ ə ɫ /
n1
joyful religious song celebrating the birth of Christ;

- syn. Christmas carol;

n2
a joyful song (usually celebrating the birth of Christ);

v1
sing carols;

- "They went caroling on Christmas Day";

Carolean
a1
of or relating to the life and times of kings Charles I or Charles II of England;

- syn. Caroline;

caroler / k æ ɹ ə ɫ ə , k æ ɹ ə ɫ ə ɹ /
n1
a singer of carols;

- syn. caroller;

Carolina / k æ ɹ ə ɫ aɪ n ə /
n1
the area of the states of North Carolina and South Carolina;

- syn. Carolinas;

Carolina allspice
n1
hardy shrub of southeastern United States having clove-scented wood and fragrant red-brown flowers;

- syn. Calycanthus floridus, strawberry bush, strawberry shrub, sweet shrub;

Carolina buckthorn
n1
deciduous shrub of eastern and central United States having black berrylike fruit;

- golden-yellow in autumn;

- syn. Rhamnus carolinianus, indian cherry;

Carolina chickadee
n1
southern United States chickadee similar to the blackcap but smaller;

- syn. Parus carolinensis;

Carolina hemlock
n1
medium-sized evergreen of southeastern United States having spreading branches and widely diverging cone scales;

- syn. Tsuga caroliniana;

Carolina jasmine
n1
poisonous woody evergreen vine of southeastern United States having fragrant yellow funnel-shaped flowers;

- syn. Gelsemium sempervirens, evening trumpet flower, yellow jasmine, yellow jessamine;

Carolina lupine
n1
eastern United States bush pea;

- syn. Thermopsis villosa;

Carolina moonseed
n1
woody vine of southeastern United States resembling the common moonseed but having red fruits;

- syn. Cocculus carolinus;

Carolina parakeet
n1
extinct parakeet whose range extended far into the United States;

- syn. Conuropsis carolinensis;

Carolina pond fern
n1
small free-floating aquatic fern from the eastern United States to tropical America;

- naturalized in western and southern Europe;

- syn. Azolla caroliniana, floating fern, mosquito fern;

Carolina spring beauty
n1
similar to Claytonia virginica but having usually pink flowers;

- eastern North America;

- syn. Claytonia caroliniana;

Carolina wren
n1
large United States wren with a musical call;

- syn. Thryothorus ludovicianus;

Carolinas / k æ ɹ ə ɫ aɪ n ə z /
n1
the area of the states of North Carolina and South Carolina;

- syn. Carolina;

Caroline / k æ ɹ ə ɫ aɪ n /
a1
of or relating to the life and times of kings Charles I or Charles II of England;

- syn. Carolean;

Caroline Islands
n1
a long archipelago of more than 500 islands in Micronesia to the east of the Philippines;

caroling / k æ ɹ ə ɫ ɪ ŋ /
n1
singing joyful religious songs (especially at Christmas);

Carolingian / k æ ɹ ə ɫ ɪ ŋ ɪə n /
n1
a member of the Carolingian dynasty;

- syn. Carlovingian;

a1
of or relating to the Frankish dynasty founded by Charlemagne's father;

Carolingian dynasty
n1
a Frankish dynasty founded by Charlemagne's father that ruled from 751 to 987;

- syn. Carlovingian dynasty;

Carolinian
n1
a native or resident of the Carolinas;

caroller / k æ ɹ ə ɫ ə , k æ ɹ ə ɫ ə ɹ /
n1
a singer of carols;

- syn. caroler;

Carolus / k æ ɹ ə ɫ ə s /
n1
king of the Franks and Holy Roman Emperor;

- conqueror of the Lombards and Saxons (742-814);

- syn. Charlemagne, Charles, Charles I, Charles the Great;

Carolus Linnaeus
n1
Swedish botanist who proposed the modern system of biological nomenclature (1707-1778);

- syn. Carl von Linne, Karl Linne, Linnaeus;

carom
n1
a glancing rebound;

- syn. ricochet;

n2
a shot in billiards in which the cue ball contacts one object ball and then the other;

- syn. cannon;

v1
rebound after hitting;

- "The car caromed off several lampposts";

v2
make a carom;

carotene
n1
an orange isomer of an unsaturated hydrocarbon found in many plants;

- is converted into vitamin A in the liver;

- syn. carotin, provitamin A;

n2
yellow or orange-red fat-soluble pigments in plants;

carotenemia
n1
excess carotene in the blood stream;

- can cause the skin to turn a pale yellow or red color;

- syn. xanthemia;

carotenoid
n1
any of a class of highly unsaturated yellow to red pigments occurring in plants and animals;

Carothers / k ɑr ʌ ð ə z /
n1
United States chemist who developed nylon (1896-1937);

- syn. Wallace Carothers, Wallace Hume Carothers;

carotid / k ə ɹ ɒ t ɪ d /
a1
of or relating to either of the two major arteries supplying blood to the head and neck;

carotid artery
n1
either of two major arteries of the neck and head;

- branches from the aorta;

- syn. arteria carotis;

carotid body
n1
a chemoreceptor located near the bifurcations of the carotid arteries;

- monitors oxygen content of the blood and helps control respiration;

carotid plexus
n1
a plexus of nerves surrounding the internal carotid artery;

- syn. plexus caroticus;

carotin
n1
an orange isomer of an unsaturated hydrocarbon found in many plants;

- is converted into vitamin A in the liver;

- syn. carotene, provitamin A;

carousal / k ə ɹ aʊ z ɫ /
n1
revelry in drinking;

- a merry drinking party;

- syn. bender, booze-up, carouse, toot;

carouse / k ə ɹ aʊ z /
n1
revelry in drinking;

- a merry drinking party;

- syn. bender, booze-up, carousal, toot;

v1
engage in boisterous, drunken merrymaking;

- "They were out carousing last night";

- syn. riot, roister;

carousel / k æ ɹ ə s ɛ ɫ /
n1
a conveyer belt that carries luggage to be claimed by air travelers;

- syn. carrousel, luggage carousel, luggage carrousel;

n2
a large, rotating machine with seats for children to ride or amusement;

- syn. carrousel, merry-go-round, roundabout, whirligig;

carouser / k ə ɹ aʊ z ə , k ə ɹ aʊ z ə ɹ /
n1
someone who enjoys riotous drinking;

- syn. wassailer;

carousing / k ə ɹ aʊ z ɪ ŋ /
a1
used of riotously drunken merrymaking;

- "a night of bacchanalian revelry";

- "carousing bands of drunken soldiers";

- "orgiastic festivity";

- syn. bacchanal, bacchanalian, bacchic, orgiastic;

- sim. intoxicated;

carp / k ɑ p /
n1
the lean flesh of a fish that is often farmed;

- can be baked or braised;

n2
any of various freshwater fish of the family Cyprinidae;

v1
raise trivial objections;

- syn. cavil, chicane;

carpal / k ɑ p ɫ /
n1
any of the eight small bones of the wrist of primates;

- syn. carpal bone, wrist bone;

a1
of or relating to the wrist;

- "Carpal tunnel syndrome";

carpal bone
n1
any of the eight small bones of the wrist of primates;

- syn. carpal, wrist bone;

carpal tunnel
n1
a passageway in the wrist through which nerves and the flexor muscles of the hands pass;

carpal tunnel syndrome
n1
a painful disorder caused by compression of a nerve in the carpal tunnel;

- characterized by discomfort and weakness in the hands and fingers and by sensations of tingling, burning or numbness;

Carpathian Mountains
n1
a mountain range in central Europe that extends from Slovakia and southern Poland southeastward through western Ukraine to northeastern Romania;

- a popular resort area;

- syn. Carpathians;

Carpathians / k ɑ p eɪ θ j ə n z /
n1
a mountain range in central Europe that extends from Slovakia and southern Poland southeastward through western Ukraine to northeastern Romania;

- a popular resort area;

- syn. Carpathian Mountains;

carpel / k ɑ p ɛ ɫ /
n1
a simple pistil or one element of a compound pistil;

carpellary
a1
belonging to or forming or containing carpels;

carpellate
a1
bearing or consisting of carpels;

- syn. pistillate;

Carpentaria
n1
a wide shallow inlet of the Arafura Sea in northern Australia;

- syn. Gulf of Carpentaria;

carpenter / k ɑ p ɪ n t ə , k ɑ p ɪ n t ə ɹ /
n1
a woodworker who makes or repairs wooden objects;

v1
work as a carpenter;

carpenter's hammer
n1
a hammer with a cleft at one end for pulling nails;

- syn. claw hammer, clawhammer;

carpenter's kit
n1
a set of carpenter's tools;

- syn. tool kit;

carpenter's level
n1
a straight bar of light metal with a spirit level in it;

carpenter's mallet
n1
a short-handled mallet with a wooden head used to strike a chisel or wedge;

carpenter's plane
n1
a carpenter's hand tool with an adjustable blade for smoothing or shaping wood;

- "the cabinetmaker used a plane for the finish work";

- syn. plane, woodworking plane;

carpenter's rule
n1
a rule used by a carpenter;

carpenter's saw
n1
a saw used with one hand for cutting wood;

- syn. hand saw, handsaw;

carpenter's square
n1
a steel square used by carpenters;

- larger than a try square;

carpenter ant
n1
ant that nests in decaying wood in which it bores tunnels for depositing eggs;

carpenter bee
n1
large solitary bee that lays eggs in tunnels bored into wood or plant stems;

carpenteria
n1
California evergreen shrub having glossy opposite leaves and terminal clusters of a few fragrant white flowers;

- syn. Carpenteria californica;

Carpenteria californica
n1
California evergreen shrub having glossy opposite leaves and terminal clusters of a few fragrant white flowers;

- syn. carpenteria;

carpentry / k ɑ p ɪ n t ɹ i /
n1
the craft of a carpenter: making things out of wood;

- syn. woodwork, woodworking;

carper / k ɑ p ə /
n1
someone who constantly criticizes in a petty way;

- syn. niggler;

carpet / k ɑ p ɪ t /
n1
floor covering consisting of a piece of thick heavy fabric (usually with nap or pile);

- syn. carpeting, rug;

n2
a natural object that resembles or suggests a carpet;

- "a carpet of flowers";

- "the larvae of some moths spin a web that resembles a carpet";

v1
form a carpet-like cover (over);

v2
cover completely, as if with a carpet;

- "flowers carpeted the meadows";

v3
cover with a carpet;

- "carpet the floors of the house";

carpet beater
n1
implement for beating dust out of carpets;

- syn. rug beater;

carpet beetle
n1
small beetle whose larvae are household pests feeding on woolen fabrics;

- syn. carpet bug;

carpet bomb
v1
bomb a large area systematically and extensively;

- "The U.S. decided to carpet bomb Vietnam";

carpet bombing
n1
an extensive and systematic bombing intended to devastate a large target;

- syn. area bombing, saturation bombing;

carpet bug
n1
small beetle whose larvae are household pests feeding on woolen fabrics;

- syn. carpet beetle;

carpet grass
n1
grass native to West Indies but common in southern United States having tufted wiry stems often infested with a dark fungus;

- syn. Sporobolus poiretii, blackseed, smut grass;

carpet knight
n1
a knight who spends his time in luxury and idleness (knighted on the carpet at court rather than on the field of battle);

carpet loom
n1
a loom for weaving carpeting;

carpet moth
n1
larvae feed on carpets and other woolens;

- syn. Trichophaga tapetzella, tapestry moth;

carpet pad
n1
a pad placed under a carpet;

- syn. rug pad, underlay, underlayment;

carpet shark
n1
shark of the western Pacific with flattened body and mottled skin;

- syn. Orectolobus barbatus;

carpet slipper
n1
low footwear that can be slipped on and off easily;

- usually worn indoors;

- syn. slipper;

carpet snake
n1
Australian python with a variegated pattern on its back;

- syn. Morelia spilotes variegatus, Python variegatus;

carpet sweeper
n1
a cleaning implement with revolving brushes that pick up dirt as the implement is pushed over a carpet;

- syn. sweeper;

carpet tack
n1
a tack used to nail down carpets;

carpetbag / k ɑ p ɪ t b æ ɡ /
n1
traveling bag made of carpet;

- widely used in 19th century;

a1
following the practices or characteristic of carpetbaggers;

- "carpetbag adventurers";

- "a carpetbag government";

a2
presumptuously seeking success or a position in a new locality;

- "a carpetbag stranger";

- "a capetbag politician";

- syn. carpetbagging;

- sim. expedient;

carpetbagger / k ɑ p ɪ t b æ ɡ ə , k ɑ p ɪ t b æ ɡ ə ɹ /
n1
an outsider who seeks power or success presumptuously;

- "after the Civil War the carpetbaggers from the north tried to take over the south";

carpetbagging / k ɑ p ɪ t b æ ɡ ɪ ŋ /
a1
presumptuously seeking success or a position in a new locality;

- "a carpetbag stranger";

- "a capetbag politician";

- syn. carpetbag;

- sim. expedient;

carpeted / k ɑ p ɪ t ɪ d /
a1
covered with or as if with carpeting or with carpeting as specified;

- often used in combination;

- "the carpeted hallway";

- "a flower-carpeted hillside";

carpeting / k ɑ p ɪ t ɪ ŋ /
n1
floor covering consisting of a piece of thick heavy fabric (usually with nap or pile);

- syn. carpet, rug;

carpetweed
n1
annual prostrate mat-forming weed having whorled leaves and small greenish-white flowers;

- widespread throughout North America;

- syn. Indian chickweed, Molluga verticillata;

carpetweed family
n1
succulent herbs or small shrubs mostly of South Africa but also New Zealand and North America: carpetweeds;

- fig marigolds;

- syn. Aizoaceae, Tetragoniaceae, family Aizoaceae, family Tetragoniaceae;

Carphophis
n1
thunder snake;

- syn. genus Carphophis;

Carphophis amoenus
n1
small reddish wormlike snake of eastern United States;

- syn. thunder snake, worm snake;

Carpinaceae
n1
used in some classification systems for the genera Carpinus, Ostryopsis, and Ostryopsis;

- syn. family Carpinaceae, subfamily Carpinaceae;

carping / k ɑ p ɪ ŋ /
n1
persistent petty and unjustified criticism;

- syn. faultfinding;

Carpinus
n1
mostly deciduous monoecious trees or shrubs: hornbeams;

- sometimes placed in subfamily Carpinaceae;

- syn. genus Carpinus;

Carpinus betulus
n1
medium-sized Old World tree with smooth grey bark and leaves like beech that turn yellow-orange in autumn;

- syn. European hornbeam;

Carpinus caroliniana
n1
tree or large shrub with grey bark and blue-green leaves that turn red-orange in autumn;

- syn. American hornbeam;

Carpobrotus
n1
a caryophyllaceous genus of Carpobrotus;

- syn. genus Carpobrotus;

Carpobrotus edulis
n1
low-growing South African succulent plant having a capsular fruit containing edible pulp;

- syn. Hottentot's fig, Hottentot fig, Mesembryanthemum edule, sour fig;

Carpocapsa
n1
codling moths;

- syn. genus Carpocapsa;

Carpocapsa pomonella
n1
a small grey moth whose larvae live in apples and English walnuts;

- syn. codlin moth, codling moth;

Carpodacus
n1
house finches and purple finches;

- syn. genus Carpodacus;

Carpodacus mexicanus
n1
small finch originally of the western United States and Mexico;

- syn. house finch, linnet;

Carpodacus purpureus
n1
North American finch having a raspberry-red head and breast and rump;

- syn. purple finch;

carpophagous
a1
feeding on fruit;

- syn. fruit-eating;

- sim. herbivorous;

carpophore
n1
a slender stalk that furnishes an axis for a carpel;

carport / k ɑ p ɔ t /
n1
garage for one or two cars consisting of a flat roof supported on poles;

- syn. car port;

carpospore
n1
a nonmotile spore of red algae;

carposporic
a1
relating to or resembling a carpospore;

carposporous
a1
having carpospores;

carpus / k ɑr p ʌ s /
n1
a joint between the distal end of the radius and the proximal row of carpal bones;

- syn. articulatio radiocarpea, radiocarpal joint, wrist, wrist joint;

carrack / k ɑr ɹ æ k /
n1
a large galleon sailed in the Mediterranean as a merchantman;

- syn. carack;

carrageen / k æ ɹ ə ɡ i n /
n1
dark purple edible seaweed of the Atlantic coasts of Europe and North America;

- syn. Chondrus crispus, Irish moss, carageen, carragheen;

carrageenan
n1
a colloidal extract from carrageen seaweed and other red algae;

- syn. carrageenin;

carrageenin
n1
a colloidal extract from carrageen seaweed and other red algae;

- syn. carrageenan;

carragheen / k æ ɹ ə ɡ i n /
n1
dark purple edible seaweed of the Atlantic coasts of Europe and North America;

- syn. Chondrus crispus, Irish moss, carageen, carrageen;

carrefour
n1
a junction where one street or road crosses another;

- syn. crossing, crossroad, crossway, intersection;

Carrel
n1
French surgeon and biologist who developed a way to suture and graft blood vessels (1873-1944);

- syn. Alexis Carrel;

n2
small individual study area in a library;

- syn. carrell, cubicle, stall;

carrell
n1
small individual study area in a library;

- syn. carrel, cubicle, stall;

Carrere
n1
United States architect who with his partner Thomas Hastings designed many important public buildings (1858-1911);

- syn. John Merven Carrere;

carriage / k æ ɹ ɪ dʒ /
n1
a railcar where passengers ride;

- syn. coach, passenger car;

n2
a vehicle with wheels drawn by one or more horses;

- syn. equipage, rig;

n3
characteristic way of bearing one's body;

- "stood with good posture";

- syn. bearing, posture;

n4
a machine part that carries something else;

n5
a small vehicle with four wheels in which a baby or child is pushed around;

- syn. baby buggy, baby carriage, go-cart, perambulator, pram, pushchair, pusher, stroller;

carriage bolt
n1
a roundheaded bolt for timber;

- threaded along part of the shank;

- inserted into holes already drilled;

carriage dog
n1
a large breed having a smooth white coat with black or brown spots;

- originated in Dalmatia;

- syn. coach dog, dalmatian;

carriage house
n1
a small building for housing coaches and carriages and other vehicles;

- syn. coach house, remise;

carriage return
n1
the operation that prepares for the next character to be printed or displayed as the first character on a line;

carriage trade
n1
trade from upper-class customers;

carriage wrench
n1
a wrench designed for use with carriage bolts;

carriageway / k æ ɹ ɪ dʒ w eɪ /
n1
one of the two sides of a motorway where traffic travels in one direction only usually in two or three lanes;

carrick bend
n1
a knot used to connect the ends of two large ropes or hawsers;

carrick bitt
n1
either of a pair of strong posts that support a windlass on a ship's deck;

carrier / k æ ɹ ɪə , k æ ɹ ɪə ɹ /
n1
someone whose employment involves carrying something;

- "the bonds were transmitted by carrier";

- syn. bearer, toter;

n2
a self-propelled wheeled vehicle designed specifically to carry something;

- "refrigerated carriers have revolutionized the grocery business";

n3
a large warship that carries planes and has a long flat deck for takeoffs and landings;

- syn. aircraft carrier, attack aircraft carrier, flattop;

n4
an inactive substance that is a vehicle for a radioactive tracer of the same substance and that assists in its recovery after some chemical reaction;

n5
a person or firm in the business of transporting people or goods or messages;

- syn. common carrier;

n6
a radio wave that can be modulated in order to transmit a signal;

- syn. carrier wave;

n7
a man who delivers the mail;

- syn. letter carrier, mail carrier, mailman, postman;

n8
a boy who delivers newspapers;

- syn. newsboy;

n9
(medicine) a person (or animal) who has some pathogen to which he is immune but who can pass it on to others;

- syn. immune carrier;

n10
a rack attached to a vehicle;

- for carrying luggage or skis or the like;

n11
(genetics) an organism that possesses a recessive gene whose effect is masked by a dominant allele;

- the associated trait is not apparent but can be passed on to offspring;

carrier bag
n1
a bag made of paper or plastic for holding customer's purchases;

- syn. paper bag, poke, sack;

carrier electrophoresis
n1
electrophoresis carried out on filter paper;

- syn. paper electrophoresis;

carrier pigeon
n1
a homing pigeon used to carry messages;

carrier wave
n1
a radio wave that can be modulated in order to transmit a signal;

- syn. carrier;

carrion / k æ ɹ ɪə n /
n1
the dead and rotting body of an animal;

- unfit for human food;

carrion crow
n1
American vulture smaller than the turkey buzzard;

- syn. Coragyps atratus, black vulture;

carrion flower
n1
any of various plants of the genus Stapelia having succulent leafless toothed stems resembling cacti and large foul-smelling (often star-shaped) flowers;

- syn. stapelia, starfish flower;

carrion fungus
n1
any of various ill-smelling brown-capped fungi of the order Phallales;

- "the foul smell of the stinkhorn attracts insects that carry the spores away on their feet";

- syn. stinkhorn;

carrizo
n1
tall North American reed having relative wide leaves and large plumelike panicles;

- widely distributed in moist areas;

- used for mats, screens and arrow shafts;

- syn. Phragmites communis, common reed, ditch reed;

Carroll / k ɑr ɹ oʊ ɫ /
n1
English author;

- Charles Dodgson was an Oxford don of mathematics who is remembered for the children's stories he wrote under the pen name Lewis Carroll (1832-1898);

- syn. Charles Dodgson, Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, Dodgson, Lewis Carroll, Reverend Dodgson;

carron oil
n1
an ointment formerly used to treat burns;

carrot / k æ ɹ ə t /
n1
deep orange edible root of the cultivated carrot plant;

n2
perennial plant widely cultivated as an annual in many varieties for its long conical orange edible roots;

- temperate and tropical regions;

- syn. Daucus carota sativa, cultivated carrot;

n3
orange root;

- important source of carotene;

n4
promise of reward as in "carrot and stick";

- "used the carrot of subsidized housing for the workers to get their vote";

carrot family
n1
plants having flowers in umbels: parsley;

- carrot;

- anise;

- caraway;

- celery;

- dill;

- syn. Apiaceae, Umbelliferae, family Apiaceae, family Umbelliferae;

carrot juice
n1
usually freshly squeezed juice of carrots;

carrot pudding
n1
pudding made with grated carrots;

carrot stick
n1
a stick of carrot eaten raw;

carrottop
n1
someone who has red hair;

- syn. red-header, redhead, redheader;

carroty / k æ ɹ ə t i /
a1
resembling the bright orange of the root of the carrot plant;

- "a boy with carroty hair";

carrousel
n1
a conveyer belt that carries luggage to be claimed by air travelers;

- syn. carousel, luggage carousel, luggage carrousel;

n2
a large, rotating machine with seats for children to ride or amusement;

- syn. carousel, merry-go-round, roundabout, whirligig;

carry / k æ ɹ i /
n1
the act of carrying something;

v1
move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body;

- "You must carry your camping gear";

- "carry the suitcases to the car";

- "This train is carrying nuclear waste";

- "These pipes carry waste water into the river";

- syn. transport;

v2
have with oneself;

- have on one's person;

- "She always takes an umbrella";

- "I always carry money";

- "She packs a gun when she goes into the mountains";

- syn. pack, take;

v3
transmit or serve as the medium for transmission;

- "Sound carries well over water";

- "The airwaves carry the sound";

- "Many metals conduct heat";

- syn. channel, conduct, convey, impart, transmit;

v4
serve as a means for expressing something;

- "The painting of Mary carries motherly love";

- "His voice carried a lot of anger";

- syn. convey, express;

v5
bear or be able to bear the weight, pressure,or responsibility of;

- "His efforts carried the entire project";

- "How many credits is this student carrying?";

- "We carry a very large mortgage";

v6
support or hold in a certain manner;

- "She holds her head high";

- "He carried himself upright";

- syn. bear, hold;

v7
contain or hold;

- have within;

- "The jar carries wine";

- "The canteen holds fresh water";

- "This can contains water";

- syn. bear, contain, hold;

v8
extend to a certain degree;

- "carry too far";

- "She carries her ideas to the extreme";

v9
continue or extend;

- "The civil war carried into the neighboring province";

- "The disease extended into the remote mountain provinces";

- syn. extend;

v10
be necessarily associated with or result in or involve;

- "This crime carries a penalty of five years in prison";

v11
win in an election;

- "The senator carried his home state";

v12
include, as on a list;

- "How many people are carried on the payroll?";

v13
behave in a certain manner;

- "She carried herself well";

- "he bore himself with dignity";

- "They conducted themselves well during these difficult times";

- syn. acquit, bear, behave, comport, conduct, deport;

v14
have on hand;

- "Do you carry kerosene heaters?";

- syn. stock, stockpile;

v15
include as the content;

- broadcast or publicize;

- "We ran the ad three times";

- "This paper carries a restaurant review";

- "All major networks carried the press conference";

- syn. run;

v16
propel;

- "Carry the ball";

- "dribble the ball";

- syn. dribble;

v17
pass on a communication;

- "The news was carried to every village in the province";

v18
have as an inherent or characteristic feature or have as a consequence;

- "This new washer carries a two year guarantee";

- "The loan carries a high interest rate";

- "this undertaking carries many dangers";

- "She carries her mother's genes";

- "These bonds carry warrants";

- "The restaurant carries an unusual name";

v19
be conveyed over a certain distance;

- "Her voice carries very well in this big opera house";

v20
keep up with financial support;

- "The Federal Government carried the province for many years";

v21
have or possess something abstract;

- "I carry her image in my mind's eye";

- "I will carry the secret to my grave";

- "I carry these thoughts in the back of my head";

- "I carry a lot of life insurance";

v22
be equipped with (a mast or sail);

- "This boat can only carry a small sail";

v23
win approval or support for;

- "Carry all before one";

- "His speech did not sway the voters";

- syn. persuade, sway;

v24
compensate for a weaker partner or member by one's own performance;

- "I resent having to carry her all the time";

v25
take further or advance;

- "carry a cause";

v26
have on the surface or on the skin;

- "carry scars";

v27
capture after a fight;

- "The troops carried the town after a brief fight";

v28
transfer (entries) from one account book to another;

- syn. post;

v29
transfer (a number, cipher, or remainder) to the next column or unit's place before or after, in addition or multiplication;

- "put down 5 and carry 2";

v30
pursue a line of scent or be a bearer;

- "the dog was taught to fetch and carry";

v31
bear (a crop);

- "this land does not carry olives";

v32
propel or give impetus to;

- "The sudden gust of air propelled the ball to the other side of the fence";

v33
drink alcohol without showing ill effects;

- "He can hold his liquor";

- "he had drunk more than he could carry";

- syn. hold;

v34
be able to feed;

- "This land will carry ten cows to the acre";

v35
have a certain range;

- "This rifle carries for 3,000 feet";

v36
cover a certain distance or advance beyond;

- "The drive carried to the green";

v37
secure the passage or adoption (of bills and motions);

- "The motion carried easily";

v38
be successful in;

- "She lost the game but carried the match";

v39
sing or play against other voices or parts;

- "He cannot carry a tune";

v40
be pregnant with;

- "She is bearing his child";

- "The are expecting another child in January";

- "I am carrying his child";

- syn. bear, expect, gestate, have a bun in the oven;

carry-forward
n1
the accumulated and undivided profits of a corporation after provision has been made for dividends and reserves;

- syn. carry-over;

carry-over
n1
application of a skill learned in one situation to a different but similar situation;

- syn. transfer, transfer of training;

n2
the accumulated and undivided profits of a corporation after provision has been made for dividends and reserves;

- syn. carry-forward;

Carry Amelia Moore Nation
n1
United States prohibitionist who raided saloons and destroyed bottles of liquor with a hatchet (1846-1911);

- syn. Carry Nation, Nation;

carry away
v1
remove from a certain place, environment, or mental or emotional state;

- transport into a new location or state;

- "Their dreams carried the Romantics away into distant lands";

- "The car carried us off to the meeting";

- "I'll take you away on a holiday";

- "I got carried away when I saw the dead man and I started to cry";

- syn. bear away, bear off, carry off, take away;

carry back
v1
deduct a loss or an unused credit from taxable income for a prior period;

carry forward
v1
transfer from one time period to the next;

- syn. carry over;

Carry Nation
n1
United States prohibitionist who raided saloons and destroyed bottles of liquor with a hatchet (1846-1911);

- syn. Carry Amelia Moore Nation, Nation;

carry off
v1
be successful;

- achieve a goal;

- "She succeeded in persuading us all";

- "I managed to carry the box upstairs";

- "She pulled it off, even though we never thought her capable of it";

- "The pianist negociated the difficult runs";

- syn. bring off, manage, negociate, pull off;

v2
remove from a certain place, environment, or mental or emotional state;

- transport into a new location or state;

- "Their dreams carried the Romantics away into distant lands";

- "The car carried us off to the meeting";

- "I'll take you away on a holiday";

- "I got carried away when I saw the dead man and I started to cry";

- syn. bear away, bear off, carry away, take away;

v3
kill in large numbers;

- "the plague wiped out an entire population";

- syn. annihilate, decimate, eliminate, eradicate, extinguish, wipe out;

carry on
v1
direct the course of;

- manage or control;

- "You cannot conduct business like this";

- syn. conduct, deal;

v2
keep or maintain in unaltered condition;

- cause to remain or last;

- "preserve the peace in the family";

- "continue the family tradition";

- "Carry on the old traditions";

- syn. bear on, continue, preserve, uphold;

v3
continue talking;

- "`I know it's hard', he continued, `but there is no choice'";

- "carry on--pretend we are not in the room";

- syn. continue, go on, proceed;

v4
misbehave badly;

- act in a silly or improper way;

- "The children acted up when they were not bored";

- syn. act up;

carry out
v1
put in effect;

- "carry out a task";

- "execute the decision of the people";

- "He actioned the operation";

- syn. accomplish, action, carry through, execute, fulfil, fulfill;

v2
pursue to a conclusion or bring to a successful issue;

- "Did he go through with the treatment?";

- "He implemented a new economic plan";

- "She followed up his recommendations with a written proposal";

- syn. follow out, follow through, follow up, go through with, implement, put through;

carry over
v1
transfer or persist from one stage or sphere of activity to another;

v2
transport from one place or state to another;

- "Adam would have been carried over into the life eternal";

v3
hold over goods to be sold for the next season;

- syn. hold over;

v4
transfer from one time period to the next;

- syn. carry forward;

carry the can
v1
accept the unpleasant consequences of one's actions;

- syn. face the music;

carry through
v1
put in effect;

- "carry out a task";

- "execute the decision of the people";

- "He actioned the operation";

- syn. accomplish, action, carry out, execute, fulfil, fulfill;

v2
bring into safety;

- "We pulled through most of the victims of the bomb attack";

- syn. bring through, pull through, save;

carry to term
v1
carry out a pregnancy;

- "She decided to carry the child to term, even though the foetus was shown to be defective";

carry weight
v1
have influence to a specified degree;

- "Her opinion carries a lot of weight";

carryall / k æ ɹ i ɔ ɫ /
n1
a capacious bag or basket;

- syn. holdall, tote, tote bag;

carrycot / k æ ɹ ɪ k ɒ t /
n1
box-shaped baby bed with handles (for a baby to sleep in while being carried);

carrying charge
n1
charge made for carrying an account or for merchandise sold on an installment plan;

n2
the opportunity cost of unproductive assets;

- the expense incurred by ownership;

- syn. carrying cost;

carrying cost
n1
the opportunity cost of unproductive assets;

- the expense incurred by ownership;

- syn. carrying charge;

carrying into action
n1
the act of performing;

- of doing something successfully;

- using knowledge as distinguished from merely possessing it;

- "they criticised his performance as mayor";

- "experience generally improves performance";

- syn. carrying out, execution, performance;

carrying out
n1
the act of accomplishing some aim or executing some order;

- "the agency was created for the implementation of the policy";

- syn. execution, implementation;

n2
the act of performing;

- of doing something successfully;

- using knowledge as distinguished from merely possessing it;

- "they criticised his performance as mayor";

- "experience generally improves performance";

- syn. carrying into action, execution, performance;

carsick / k ɑ s ɪ k /
a1
experiencing motion sickness;

- syn. air sick, airsick, seasick;

- sim. ill;

Carson / k ɑr s ʌ n /
n1
United States biologist remembered for her opposition to the use of pesticides that were hazardous to wildlife (1907-1964);

- syn. Rachel Carson, Rachel Louise Carson;

n2
United States frontiersman who guided Fremont's expeditions in the 1840s and served as a Union general in the American Civil War (1809-1868);

- syn. Christopher Carson, Kit Carson;

Carson City
n1
capital of the state of Nevada;

- located in western Nevada;

- syn. capital of Nevada;

Carson McCullers
n1
United States novelist (1917-1967);

- syn. Carson Smith McCullers, McCullers;

Carson Smith McCullers
n1
United States novelist (1917-1967);

- syn. Carson McCullers, McCullers;

cart / k ɑ t /
n1
a heavy open wagon usually having two wheels and drawn by an animal;

n2
wheeled vehicle that can be pushed by a person;

- may have one or two or four wheels;

- "he used a handcart to carry the rocks away";

- "their pushcart was piled high with groceries";

- syn. go-cart, handcart, pushcart;

v1
draw slowly or heavily;

- "haul stones";

- "haul nets";

- syn. drag, hale, haul;

v2
transport something in a cart;

cart-track plant
n1
common European perennial naturalized worldwide;

- a troublesome weed;

- syn. Plantago major, broad-leaved plantain, common plantain, white-man's foot, whiteman's foot;

cart away
v1
take away by means of a vehicle;

- "They carted off the old furniture";

- syn. cart off, haul away, haul off;

cart horse
n1
draft horse kept for pulling carts;

- syn. carthorse, drayhorse;

cart off
v1
take away by means of a vehicle;

- "They carted off the old furniture";

- syn. cart away, haul away, haul off;

cart track
n1
any road or path affording passage especially a rough one;

- syn. cartroad, track;

cartage / k ɑ t ɪ dʒ /
n1
the work of taking something away in a cart or truck and disposing of it;

- syn. carting;

Cartagena / k ɑ t ə dʒ i n ə /
n1
a port in southeastern Spain on the Mediterranean;

n2
a port city in northwestern Colombia on the Caribbean;

Cartagena bark
n1
Colombian tree;

- source of Cartagena bark (a cinchona bark);

- syn. Cinchona cordifolia, Cinchona lancifolia;

carte / k ɑ t /
n1
a list of dishes available at a restaurant;

- "the menu was in French";

- syn. bill of fare, card, carte du jour, menu;

carte blanche / k ɑ t b ɫ ɒ n ʃ /
n1
complete freedom or authority to act;

carte du jour
n1
a list of dishes available at a restaurant;

- "the menu was in French";

- syn. bill of fare, card, carte, menu;

cartel / k ɑ t ɛ ɫ /
n1
a consortium of independent organizations formed to limit competition by controlling the production and distribution of a product or service;

- "they set up the trust in the hope of gaining a monopoly";

- syn. combine, corporate trust, trust;

Carter / k ɑ t ə , k ɑ t ə ɹ /
n1
Englishman and Egyptologist who in 1922 discovered and excavated the tomb of Tutankhamen (1873-1939);

- syn. Howard Carter;

n2
39th President of the United States (1924-);

- syn. James Earl Carter, James Earl Carter Jr., Jimmy Carter, President Carter;

n3
someone whose work is driving carts;

Carter administration
n1
the executive under President Carter;

Cartesian / k ɑ t i z j ə n /
n1
a follower of Cartesian thought;

a1
of or relating to Rene Descartes or his works;

- "Cartesian linguistics";

Cartesian coordinate
n1
one of the coordinates in a system of coordinates that locates a point on a plane or in space by its distance from two lines or three planes respectively;

- the two lines or the intersections of the three planes are the coordinate axes;

Cartesian coordinate system
n1
a coordinate system for which the coordinates of a point are its distances from a set perpendicular lines that intersect at the origin of the system;

Cartesian plane
n1
a plane in which all points can be described in Cartesian coordinates;

Cartesian product
n1
the set of elements common to two or more sets;

- "the set of red hats is the intersection of the set of hats and the set of red things";

- syn. intersection, product;

Carthage
n1
an ancient city state on the north African coast near modern Tunis;

- founded by Phoenicians;

- destroyed and rebuilt by Romans;

- razed by Arabs in 697;

Carthaginian / k ɑ θ ə dʒ ɪ n ɪə n /
n1
a native or inhabitant of ancient Carthage;

a1
of or relating to or characteristic of ancient Carthage or its people or their language;

- "the Punic Wars";

- "Carthaginian peace";

- syn. Punic;

Carthamus
n1
safflower;

- syn. genus Carthamus;

Carthamus tinctorius
n1
thistlelike Eurasian plant widely grown for its red or orange flower heads and seeds that yield a valuable oil;

- syn. false saffron, safflower;

carthorse / k ɑ t h ɔ s /
n1
draft horse kept for pulling carts;

- syn. cart horse, drayhorse;

Carthusian / k ɑ θ j u z j ə n /
n1
a member of the Carthusian order;

a1
of or relating to the Carthusian order;

Carthusian order
n1
an austere contemplative Roman Catholic order founded by St. Bruno in 1084;

Cartier / k ɑr t ɪə /
n1
French explorer who explored the St. Lawrence river and laid claim to the region for France (1491-1557);

- syn. Jacques Cartier;

cartilage / k ɑ t ɪ ɫ ɪ dʒ /
n1
tough elastic tissue;

- mostly converted to bone in adults;

- syn. gristle;

cartilage bone
n1
any bone that develops within cartilage rather than a fibrous tissue;

cartilaginification
n1
abnormal formation of cartilage from other tissues;

- observed in some Asians;

cartilaginous / k ɑ t ɪ ɫ æ dʒ ɪ n ə s /
a1
of or relating to cartilage;

a2
difficult to chew;

- syn. gristly, rubbery;

- sim. tough;

cartilaginous fish
n1
fishes in which the skeleton may be calcified but not ossified;

- syn. chondrichthian;

cartilaginous structure
n1
body structure given shape by cartilage;

cartilaginous tube
n1
a duct with cartilaginous walls;

carting / k ɑ t ɪ ŋ /
n1
the work of taking something away in a cart or truck and disposing of it;

- syn. cartage;

cartload / k ɑ t ɫ oʊ d /
n1
the quantity that a cart holds;

cartographer / k ɑ t ɒ ɡ ɹ ə f ə , k ɑ t ɒ ɡ ɹ ə f ə ɹ /
n1
a person who makes maps;

- syn. map maker;

cartographic
a1
of or relating to the making of maps or charts;

- syn. cartographical;

cartographical
a1
of or relating to the making of maps or charts;

- syn. cartographic;

cartography / k ɑ t ɒ ɡ ɹ ə f i /
n1
the making of maps and charts;

- syn. mapmaking;

carton / k ɑ t n /
n1
the quantity contained in a carton;

- syn. cartonful;

n2
a box made of cardboard;

- opens by flaps on top;

cartonful
n1
the quantity contained in a carton;

- syn. carton;

cartoon / k ɑ t u n /
n1
a humorous or satirical drawing published in a newspaper or magazine;

- syn. sketch;

n2
a film made by photographing a series of cartoon drawings to give the illusion of movement when projected in rapid sequence;

- syn. animated cartoon, toon;

v1
draw cartoons of;

cartoon strip
n1
a sequence of drawings telling a story in a newspaper or comic book;

- syn. comic strip, funnies, strip;

cartoonist / k ɑ t u n ɪ s t /
n1
a person who draws cartoons;

cartouch
n1
a cartridge (usually with paper casing);

- syn. cartouche;

cartouche / k ɑ t u ʃ /
n1
a cartridge (usually with paper casing);

- syn. cartouch;

cartridge / k ɑ t ɹ ɪ dʒ /
n1
ammunition consisting of a cylindrical casing containing an explosive charge and a bullet;

- fired from a rifle or handgun;

n2
a light-tight supply chamber holding the film and supplying it for exposure as required;

- syn. magazine;

n3
a module designed to be inserted into a larger piece of equipment;

- "he loaded a cartridge of fresh tape into the tape deck";

n4
an electro-acoustic transducer that is the part of the arm of a record player that holds the needle and that is removable;

- syn. pickup;

cartridge belt
n1
a broad belt with loops or pockets for holding ammunition;

cartridge brass
n1
an alloy of copper and zinc (containing about 30% zinc) that is wrought into cartridges or tubing;

cartridge clip
n1
a metal frame or container holding cartridges;

- can be inserted into an automatic gun;

- syn. cartridge holder, clip, magazine;

cartridge ejector
n1
a mechanism in a firearm that ejects the empty shell case after firing;

- syn. ejector;

cartridge extractor
n1
a mechanism in a firearm that pulls an empty shell case out of the chamber and passes it to the ejector;

- syn. cartridge remover, extractor;

cartridge font
n1
any font that is contained in a cartridge that can be plugged into a computer printer;

- syn. font cartridge;

cartridge fuse
n1
a fuse cased in a tube;

cartridge holder
n1
a metal frame or container holding cartridges;

- can be inserted into an automatic gun;

- syn. cartridge clip, clip, magazine;

cartridge paper
n1
thick white paper for pencil and ink drawings;

n2
paper for making cartridge cases;

cartridge remover
n1
a mechanism in a firearm that pulls an empty shell case out of the chamber and passes it to the ejector;

- syn. cartridge extractor, extractor;

cartroad / k ɑ t ɹ oʊ d /
n1
any road or path affording passage especially a rough one;

- syn. cart track, track;

cartwheel / k ɑ t w i ɫ /
n1
a wheel that has wooden spokes and a metal rim;

n2
acrobatic revolutions with the body turned sideways and the arms and legs outstretched like the spokes of a wheel;

n3
a dollar made of silver;

- syn. silver dollar;

v1
do cartwheels: perform an acrobatic movement using both hands and feet;

Cartwright / k ɑ t ɹ aɪ t /
n1
English clergyman who invented the power loom (1743-1823);

- syn. Edmund Cartwright;

n2
a workman who makes and repairs carts and wagons;

Carum
n1
caraway;

- syn. genus Carum;

Carum carvi
n1
a Eurasian plant with small white flowers yielding caraway seed;

- syn. caraway;

caruncle / k æ ɹ ə ŋ k ɫ /
n1
an outgrowth on a plant or animal such as a fowl's wattle or a protuberance near the hilum of certain seeds;

- syn. caruncula;

caruncula
n1
an outgrowth on a plant or animal such as a fowl's wattle or a protuberance near the hilum of certain seeds;

- syn. caruncle;

caruncular
a1
resembling a caruncle;

- syn. carunculous;

carunculate
a1
having a caruncle;

- syn. carunculated;

carunculated
a1
having a caruncle;

- syn. carunculate;

carunculous
a1
resembling a caruncle;

- syn. caruncular;

Caruso
n1
outstanding Italian operatic tenor (1873-1921);

- syn. Enrico Caruso;

carve / k ɑ v /
v1
form by carving;

- "Carve a flower from the ice";

v2
engrave or cut by chipping away at a surface;

- "carve one's name into the bark";

- syn. chip at;

v3
cut to pieces;

- "Father carved the ham";

- syn. cut up;

- also carve up;

carve out
v1
establish or create through painstaking effort;

- "She carved out a reputation among her male colleagues";

v2
remove from a larger whole;

- "the new start-up company carved out a large chunk of the market within a year";

carve up
v1
separate into parts or portions;

- "divide the cake into three equal parts";

- "The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I";

- syn. dissever, divide, separate, split, split up;

carved / k ɑ v d /
a1
made for or formed by carving (`carven' is archaic or literary);

- "the carved fretwork";

- "an intricately carved door";

- "stood as if carven from stone";

- syn. carven;

- sim. engraved, graven, lapidarian, sliced;

carved in stone
a1
no longer changeable;

- "the agreement is not yet set in stone";

- syn. set in stone;

- sim. unchangeable;

carvedilol
n1
beta blocker that can reduce the progression of heart failure in individuals whose disease is not advanced;

carvel-built
a1
(of ships) built with flush (rather than overlapping) hull planks;

- sim. flush-seamed;

carven
a1
made for or formed by carving (`carven' is archaic or literary);

- "the carved fretwork";

- "an intricately carved door";

- "stood as if carven from stone";

- syn. carved;

- sim. engraved, graven, lapidarian, sliced;

Carver / k ɑ v ə , k ɑ v ə ɹ /
n1
United States botanist and agricultural chemist who developed many uses for peanuts and soy beans and sweet potatoes (1864-1943);

- syn. George Washington Carver;

n2
makes decorative wooden panels;

- syn. woodcarver;

n3
an artist who creates sculptures;

- syn. sculptor, sculpturer, statue maker;

n4
someone who carves the meat;

- syn. cutter;

carving / k ɑ v ɪ ŋ /
n1
a sculpture created by removing material (as wood or ivory or stone) in order to create a desired shape;

n2
removing parts from hard material to create a desired pattern or shape;

- syn. cutting;

n3
creating figures or designs in three dimensions;

- syn. sculpture;

carving fork
n1
a large fork used in carving cooked meat;

carving knife
n1
a large knife used to carve cooked meat;

Cary Grant
n1
United States actor (born in England) who was the elegant leading man in many films (1904-1986);

- syn. Grant;

Carya
n1
genus of large deciduous nut-bearing trees;

- United States and China;

- syn. genus Carya;

Carya aquatica
n1
hickory of southern United States having many narrow leaflets and rather bitter nuts;

- syn. bitter pecan, water bitternut, water hickory;

Carya cordiformis
n1
hickory of the eastern United States having a leaves with 7 or 9 leaflets and thin-shelled very bitter nuts;

- syn. bitter hickory, bitter pignut, bitternut, bitternut hickory, swamp hickory;

Carya glabra
n1
an American hickory tree having bitter nuts;

- syn. black hickory, brown hickory, pignut, pignut hickory;

Carya illinoensis
n1
tree of southern United States and Mexico cultivated for its nuts;

- syn. Carya illinoinsis, pecan, pecan tree;

Carya illinoinsis
n1
tree of southern United States and Mexico cultivated for its nuts;

- syn. Carya illinoensis, pecan, pecan tree;

Carya laciniosa
n1
hickory of the eastern United States resembling the shagbark but having a much larger nut;

- syn. big shagbark, big shellbark, big shellbark hickory, king nut, king nut hickory;

Carya myristicaeformis
n1
hickory of southern United States and Mexico having hard nutmeg-shaped nuts;

- syn. Carya myristiciformis, nutmeg hickory;

Carya myristiciformis
n1
hickory of southern United States and Mexico having hard nutmeg-shaped nuts;

- syn. Carya myristicaeformis, nutmeg hickory;

Carya ovata
n1
North American hickory having loose grey shaggy bark and edible nuts;

- syn. shagbark, shagbark hickory, shellbark, shellbark hickory;

Carya tomentosa
n1
smooth-barked North American hickory with 7 to 9 leaflets bearing a hard-shelled edible nut;

- syn. big-bud hickory, black hickory, mockernut, mockernut hickory, white-heart hickory;

caryatid / k æ ɹ ɪ æ t ɪ d /
n1
a supporting column carved in the shape of a person;

Caryocar
n1
type genus of the Caryocaraceae;

- South American trees yielding strong fine-grained wood and edible nuts;

- syn. genus Caryocar;

Caryocar nuciferum
n1
large South American evergreen tree trifoliate leaves and drupes with nutlike seeds used as food and a source of cooking oil;

- syn. souari, souari nut, souari tree;

Caryocaraceae
n1
small genus of tropical South American trees;

- syn. family Caryocaraceae;

Caryophyllaceae
n1
large family of herbs or subshrubs (usually with stems swollen at the nodes);

- syn. carnation family, family Caryophyllaceae, pink family;

caryophyllaceous
a1
of or pertaining to plants of the family Caryophyllaceae;

caryophyllaceous plant
n1
a plant of the family Caryophyllaceae;

Caryophyllales
n1
corresponds approximately to the older group Centrospermae;

- syn. Chenopodiales, order-Chenopodiales, order Caryophyllales;

Caryophyllidae
n1
a group of families of mostly flowers having basal or central placentation and trinucleate pollen (binucleate pollen is commoner in flowering plants);

- contains 14 families including: Caryophyllaceae (carnations and pinks);

- Aizoaceae;

- Amaranthaceae;

- Batidaceae;

- Chenopodiaceae;

- Cactaceae (order Opuntiales);

- Nyctaginaceae;

- Phytolaccaceae;

- corresponds approximately to order Caryophyllales;

- sometimes classified as a superorder;

- syn. subclass Caryophyllidae;

caryophylloid dicot family
n1
family of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers;

caryophylloid dicot genus
n1
genus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers;

caryopsis
n1
dry seed-like fruit produced by the cereal grasses: e.g. wheat, barley, Indian corn;

- syn. grain;

Caryota
n1
fishtail palms;

- syn. genus Caryota;

Caryota urens
n1
fishtail palm of India to Malay Peninsula;

- sap yields a brown sugar (jaggery) and trunk pith yields sago;

- syn. jaggery palm, kittul, kitul, kitul tree, toddy palm, wine palm;

casaba
n1
melon having yellowish rind and whitish flesh;

- syn. casaba melon;

casaba melon
n1
melon having yellowish rind and whitish flesh;

- syn. casaba;

Casablanca / k æ s ə b ɫ æ ŋ k ə /
n1
a port on the Atlantic and the largest city of Morocco;

Casals
n1
an outstanding Spanish cellist noted for his interpretation of Bach's cello suites (1876-1973);

- syn. Pablo Casals;

Casanova
n1
an Italian adventurer who wrote vivid accounts of his sexual encounters (1725-1798);

- syn. Casanova de Seingalt, Giovanni Jacopo Casanova, Giovanni Jacopo Casanova de Seingalt;

n2
any man noted for his amorous adventures;

Casanova de Seingalt
n1
an Italian adventurer who wrote vivid accounts of his sexual encounters (1725-1798);

- syn. Casanova, Giovanni Jacopo Casanova, Giovanni Jacopo Casanova de Seingalt;

casava
n1
any of several plants of the genus Manihot having fleshy roots yielding a nutritious starch;

- syn. cassava;

casbah
n1
an older or native quarter of many cities in northern Africa;

- the quarter in which the citadel is located;

- syn. kasbah;

cascabel
n1
a bell attached to a sleigh, or to the harness of a horse that is pulling a sleigh;

- syn. sleigh bell;

cascade / k æ s k eɪ d /
n1
a small waterfall or series of small waterfalls;

n2
a succession of stages or operations or processes or units;

- "progressing in severity as though a cascade of genetic damage was occurring";

- "separation of isotopes by a cascade of processes";

n3
a sudden downpour (as of tears or sparks etc) likened to a rain shower;

- "a little shower of rose petals";

- "a sudden cascade of sparks";

- syn. shower;

v1
rush down in big quantities, like a cascade;

- syn. cascade down;

v2
arrange (open windows) on a computer desktop so that they overlap each other, with the title bars visible;

cascade down
v1
rush down in big quantities, like a cascade;

- syn. cascade;

cascade everlasting
n1
shrub with white woolly branches and woolly leaves having fragrant flowers forming long sprays;

- flowers suitable for drying;

- sometimes placed in genus Helichrysum;

- syn. Helichrysum secundiflorum, Ozothamnus secundiflorus;

cascade liquefier
n1
an apparatus used to liquefy air or oxygen etc.;

Cascade Mountains
n1
a mountain range in the northwestern United States extending through Washington and Oregon and northern California;

- a part of the Coast Range;

- syn. Cascade Range, Cascades;

cascade penstemon
n1
whorls of deep blue to dark purple flowers at tips of erect leafy stems;

- moist places from British Columbia to Oregon;

- syn. Penstemon serrulatus;

Cascade Range
n1
a mountain range in the northwestern United States extending through Washington and Oregon and northern California;

- a part of the Coast Range;

- syn. Cascade Mountains, Cascades;

cascade transformer
n1
a number of transformers in series;

- provides a high-voltage source;

Cascades / k æ s k eɪ d z /
n1
a mountain range in the northwestern United States extending through Washington and Oregon and northern California;

- a part of the Coast Range;

- syn. Cascade Mountains, Cascade Range;

cascades frog
n1
mountain frog found near water;

- of United States Northwest to California;

- syn. Rana cascadae;

cascading menu
n1
a secondary menu that appears while you are holding the cursor over an item on the primary menu;

- syn. hierarchical menu, submenu;

cascara / k æ s k ɑr ə /
n1
dried bark of the cascara buckthorn used as a laxative;

- syn. cascara sagrada, chittam bark, chittem bark;

cascara buckthorn
n1
shrubby tree of the Pacific coast of the United States;

- yields cascara sagrada;

- syn. Rhamnus purshianus, bearberry, bearwood, chittamwood, chittimwood;

cascara sagrada
n1
dried bark of the cascara buckthorn used as a laxative;

- syn. cascara, chittam bark, chittem bark;

cascarilla / k æ s k ə ɹ ɪ ɫ ə /
n1
West Indian shrub with aromatic bark;

- syn. Croton eluteria;

cascarilla bark
n1
aromatic bark of cascarilla;

- used as a tonic and for making incense;

- syn. eleuthera bark, sweetwood bark;

case / k eɪ s /
n1
an occurrence of something;

- "it was a case of bad judgment";

- "another instance occurred yesterday";

- "but there is always the famous example of the Smiths";

- syn. example, instance;

n2
a special set of circumstances;

- "in that event, the first possibility is excluded";

- "it may rain in which case the picnic will be canceled";

- syn. event;

n3
a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy;

- "the family brought suit against the landlord";

- syn. causa, cause, lawsuit, suit;

n4
the actual state of things;

- "that was not the case";

n5
a portable container for carrying several objects;

- "the musicians left their instrument cases backstage";

n6
a person requiring professional services;

- "a typical case was the suburban housewife described by a marriage counselor";

n7
a person who is subjected to experimental or other observational procedures;

- someone who is an object of investigation;

- "the subjects for this investigation were selected randomly";

- "the cases that we studied were drawn from two different communities";

- syn. guinea pig, subject;

n8
a problem requiring investigation;

- "Perry Mason solved the case of the missing heir";

n9
a statement of facts and reasons used to support an argument;

- "he stated his case clearly";

n10
the quantity contained in a case;

- syn. caseful;

n11
nouns or pronouns or adjectives (often marked by inflection) related in some way to other words in a sentence;

- syn. grammatical case;

n12
a specific state of mind that is temporary;

- "a case of the jitters";

n13
a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities);

- "a real character";

- "a strange character";

- "a friendly eccentric";

- "the capable type";

- "a mental case";

- syn. character, eccentric, type;

n14
a specific size and style of type within a type family;

- syn. face, font, fount, typeface;

n15
an enveloping structure or covering enclosing an animal or plant organ or part;

- syn. sheath;

n16
the housing or outer covering of something;

- "the clock has a walnut case";

- syn. casing, shell;

n17
the enclosing frame around a door or window opening;

- "the casings had rotted away and had to be replaced";

- syn. casing;

n18
(printing) the receptacle in which a compositor has his type, which is divided into compartments for the different letters, spaces, or numbers;

- "for English, a compositor will ordinarily have two such cases, the upper case containing the capitals and the lower case containing the small letters";

- syn. compositor's case, typesetter's case;

n19
bed linen consisting of a cover for a pillow;

- "the burglar carried his loot in a pillowcase";

- syn. pillow slip, pillowcase, slip;

n20
a glass container used to store and display items in a shop or museum or home;

- syn. display case, showcase, vitrine;

v1
look over, usually with the intention to rob;

- "They men cased the housed";

v2
enclose in, or as if in, a case;

- "my feet were encased in mud";

- syn. encase, incase;

case-by-case
a1
separate and distinct from others of the same kind;

- "mark the individual pages";

- "on a case-by-case basis";

- syn. individual, item-by-item;

- sim. independent;

case-fatality proportion
n1
the number of cases of a disease ending in death divided by the number of cases of the disease;

- usually expressed as a percentage or as the number of deaths per 1000 cases;

case-hardened / k eɪ s h ɑ d ə n d /
a1
used of persons;

- emotionally hardened;

- "faced a case-hardened judge";

- syn. hard-boiled, hardened;

- sim. hard;

case-hardened steel
n1
steel with a surface that is much harder than the interior metal;

case-to-infection proportion
n1
the number of cases of a disease divided by the number of infections with the agent that causes the disease;

- syn. case-to-infection ratio;

case-to-infection ratio
n1
the number of cases of a disease divided by the number of infections with the agent that causes the disease;

- syn. case-to-infection proportion;

case agreement
n1
agreement in grammatical case between words in the same construction;

case history
n1
detailed record of the background of a person or group under study or treatment;

case in point
n1
an example that is used to justify similar occurrences at a later time;

- syn. precedent;

case knife
n1
a metal blade with a handle;

- used as cutlery;

n2
a knife with a fixed blade that is carried in a sheath;

- syn. sheath knife;

case law
n1
a system of jurisprudence based on judicial precedents rather than statutory laws;

- "common law originated in the unwritten laws of England and was later applied in the United States";

- syn. common law, precedent;

n2
(civil law) a law established by following earlier judicial decisions;

- syn. common law, precedent;

case load
n1
the number of cases handled in a given period of time (as by a court or agency);

case officer
n1
an operative who also serves as an official staffer of an intelligence service;

case shot
n1
a metallic cylinder packed with shot and used as ammunition in a firearm;

- syn. canister, canister shot;

case study
n1
a careful study of some social unit (as a corporation or division within a corporation) that attempts to determine what factors led to its success or failure;

n2
a detailed analysis of a person or group from a social or psychological or medical point of view;

caseate
v1
turn into cheese;

- "The milk caseated";

v2
become cheeselike;

- "necrotic tissue caseates";

casebook / k eɪ s b ʊ k /
n1
a book in which detailed written records of a case are kept and which are a source of information for subsequent work;

a1
according to or characteristic of a casebook or textbook;

- typical;

- "a casebook schizophrenic";

- "a textbook example";

- syn. textbook;

- sim. standard;

cased / k eɪ s t /
a1
covered or protected with or as if with a case;

- "knights cased in steel";

- "products encased in leatherette";

- syn. encased, incased;

- sim. sheathed;

a2
enclosed in a case;

- sim. bound;

caseful
n1
the quantity contained in a case;

- syn. case;

casein / k eɪ s i n /
n1
a milk protein used in making e.g. plastics and adhesives;

n2
a water-base paint made with a protein precipitated from milk;

- syn. casein paint;

casein glue
n1
made from casein;

- used for e.g. plywood and cabinetwork;

casein paint
n1
a water-base paint made with a protein precipitated from milk;

- syn. casein;

casemaking clothes moth
n1
the larvae live in tubes of its food material fastened with silk that it spins;

- syn. Tinea pellionella;

casement / k eɪ s m ə n t /
n1
a window sash that is hinged (usually on one side);

casement window
n1
a window with one or more casements;

caseous
a1
of damaged or necrotic tissue;

- cheeselike;

- sim. unhealthy;

casern / k ə z ɝ n /
n1
military barracks in a garrison town;

casework / k eɪ s w ɝ k /
n1
close sociological study of a maladjusted person or family for diagnosis and treatment;

caseworker / k eɪ s w ɝ k ə , k eɪ s w ɝ k ə ɹ /
n1
someone employed to provide social services (especially to the disadvantaged);

- syn. social worker, welfare worker;

caseworm
n1
insect larva that constructs a protective case around its body;

Casey Jones
n1
United States railroad engineer who died trying to stop his train from crashing into another train;

- a friend wrote a famous ballad describing the incident (1864-1900);

- syn. John Luther Jones, Jones;

Casey Stengel
n1
United States baseball manager (1890-1975);

- syn. Charles Dillon Stengel, Stengel;

cash / k æ ʃ /
n1
money in the form of bills or coins;

- "there is a desperate shortage of hard cash";

- syn. hard cash, hard currency;

n2
prompt payment for goods or services in currency or by check;

- syn. immediate payment;

n3
United States country music singer and songwriter (1932-2003);

- syn. John Cash, Johnny Cash;

v1
exchange for cash;

- "I cashed the check as soon as it arrived in the mail";

- syn. cash in;

- also cash in on;

cash-and-carry
a1
sold for cash and the customer carries it away (no delivery service);

- "cash-and-carry business";

cash account
n1
an account with a securities brokerage whose transactions are settled on a cash basis;

cash advance
n1
an amount paid before it is earned;

- syn. advance;

cash bar
n1
a counter at a large party where you can purchase drinks by the glass;

cash basis
n1
a method of accounting in which each item is entered as payments are received or made;

cash card
n1
a credit card that entitles the holder to receive cash;

- syn. cashcard;

cash cow
n1
a project that generates a continuous flow of money;

- syn. money-spinner, moneymaker;

cash crop
n1
a readily salable crop that is grown and gathered for the market (as vegetables or cotton or tobacco);

cash dispenser
n1
an unattended machine (outside some banks) that dispenses money when a personal coded card is used;

- syn. ATM, automated teller, automated teller machine, automatic teller, automatic teller machine, cash machine;

cash equivalent
n1
a highly liquid debt instrument with maturities of less than three months;

cash flow
n1
the excess of cash revenues over cash outlays in a give period of time (not including non-cash expenses);

cash in
v1
exchange for cash;

- "I cashed the check as soon as it arrived in the mail";

- syn. cash;

cash in hand
n1
assets in the form of money;

- syn. finances, funds, monetary resource, pecuniary resource;

cash in on
v1
take advantage of or capitalize on;

cash in one's chips
v1
pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life;

- "She died from cancer";

- "The children perished in the fire";

- "The patient went peacefully";

- "The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102";

- syn. buy the farm, choke, conk, croak, decease, die, drop dead, exit, expire, give-up the ghost, go, kick the bucket, pass, pass away, perish, pop off, snuff it;

cash machine
n1
an unattended machine (outside some banks) that dispenses money when a personal coded card is used;

- syn. ATM, automated teller, automated teller machine, automatic teller, automatic teller machine, cash dispenser;

cash on delivery
r1
collecting the charges upon delivery;

- "mail a package C.O.D.";

- syn. C.O.D., COD;

cash out
v1
choose a simpler life style after questioning personal and career satisfaction goals;

- "After 3 decades in politics, she cashed out and moved to Polynesia";

cash price
n1
the current delivery price of a commodity traded in the spot market;

- syn. spot price;

cash register
n1
a cashbox with an adding machine to register transactions;

- used in shops to add up the bill;

- syn. register;

cash surrender value
n1
the amount that the insurance company will pay on a given life insurance policy if the policy is cancelled prior to the death of the insured;

cashable / k æ ʃ ə b ɫ /
a1
able to be converted into ready money or the equivalent;

- "a cashable check";

- "cashable gambling chips";

- "redeemable stocks and bonds";

- "a redeemable coupon";

- syn. redeemable;

- sim. convertible;

cashbox / k æ ʃ b ɒ k s /
n1
a strongbox for holding cash;

- syn. money box, till;

cashcard
n1
a credit card that entitles the holder to receive cash;

- syn. cash card;

cashed / k æ ʃ t /
a1
for which money has been paid;

- "a cashed check";

- sim. paid;

cashew / k æ ʃ u /
n1
tropical American evergreen tree bearing kidney-shaped nuts that are edible only when roasted;

- syn. Anacardium occidentale, cashew tree;

n2
kidney-shaped nut edible only when roasted;

- syn. cashew nut;

cashew nut
n1
kidney-shaped nut edible only when roasted;

- syn. cashew;

cashew tree
n1
tropical American evergreen tree bearing kidney-shaped nuts that are edible only when roasted;

- syn. Anacardium occidentale, cashew;

cashier / k æ ʃ ɪə , k æ ʃ ɪə ɹ /
n1
an employee of a bank who receives and pays out money;

- syn. bank clerk, teller;

n2
a person responsible for receiving payments for goods and services (as in a shop or restaurant);

v1
discard or do away with;

- "cashier the literal sense of this word";

v2
discharge with dishonor, as in the army;

cashier's check
n1
a check issued by the officer of a bank on the banks own account (not that of a private person);

- "cashier's checks are as good as cash";

- syn. cashier's cheque, treasurer's check, treasurer's cheque;

cashier's cheque
n1
a check issued by the officer of a bank on the banks own account (not that of a private person);

- "cashier's checks are as good as cash";

- syn. cashier's check, treasurer's check, treasurer's cheque;

cashmere / k æ ʃ m ɪə , k æ ʃ m ɪə ɹ /
n1
a soft fabric made from the wool of the Cashmere goat;

n2
the wool of the Kashmir goat;

n3
an area in southwestern Asia whose sovereignty is disputed between Pakistan and India;

- syn. Jammu and Kashmir, Kashmir;

Cashmere goat
n1
Himalayan goat having a silky undercoat highly prized as cashmere wool;

- syn. Kashmir goat;

Casimir Funk
n1
United States biochemist (born in Poland) who showed that several diseases were caused by dietary deficiencies and who coined the term `vitamin' for the chemicals involved (1884-1967);

- syn. Funk;

casing / k eɪ s ɪ ŋ /
n1
the housing or outer covering of something;

- "the clock has a walnut case";

- syn. case, shell;

n2
the outermost covering of a pneumatic tire;

n3
the enclosing frame around a door or window opening;

- "the casings had rotted away and had to be replaced";

- syn. case;

casino / k ə s i n oʊ /
n1
a public building for gambling and entertainment;

- syn. gambling casino;

n2
a card game in which cards face up on the table are taken with eligible cards in the hand;

- syn. cassino;

casino-hotel
n1
a business establishment that combines a casino and a hotel;

- syn. hotel-casino;

n2
a building that houses both a hotel and a casino;

- syn. hotel-casino;

cask / k ɑ s k /
n1
the quantity a cask will hold;

- syn. caskful;

n2
a cylindrical container that holds liquids;

- syn. barrel;

casket / k ɑ s k ɪ t /
n1
box in which a corpse is buried or cremated;

- syn. coffin;

n2
small and often ornate box for holding jewels or other valuables;

- syn. jewel casket;

v1
enclose in a casket;

caskful
n1
the quantity a cask will hold;

- syn. cask;

Casmerodius
n1
a white egrets;

- syn. genus Casmerodius;

Casmerodius albus
n1
widely distributed Old World white egret;

- syn. great white heron;

Caspar / k æ s p ɑr /
n1
(New Testament) one of the three sages from the east who came bearing gifts for the infant Jesus;

- syn. Gaspar;

Caspar Bartholin
n1
Danish physician who discovered Bartholin's gland (1585-1629);

- syn. Bartholin;

caspase
n1
any of a group of proteases that mediate apoptosis;

caspase-mediated cell death
n1
a type of cell death in which the cell uses specialized cellular machinery to kill itself;

- a cell suicide mechanism that enables metazoans to control cell number and eliminate cells that threaten the animal's survival;

- syn. apoptosis, programmed cell death;

Casper / k æ s p ə /
n1
a city of east central Wyoming on the North Platte river;

Caspian / k æ s p ɪə n /
n1
a large saltwater lake between Iran and Russia fed by the Volga River;

- the largest inland body of water in the world;

- syn. Caspian Sea;

Caspian Sea
n1
a large saltwater lake between Iran and Russia fed by the Volga River;

- the largest inland body of water in the world;

- syn. Caspian;

casque
n1
(15-16th century) any armor for the head;

- usually ornate without a visor;

casquet
n1
a light open casque without a visor or beaver;

- syn. casquetel;

casquetel
n1
a light open casque without a visor or beaver;

- syn. casquet;

Cass Gilbert
n1
United States architect who influenced the development of the skyscraper (1859-1934);

- syn. Gilbert;

Cassandra
n1
(Greek mythology) a prophetess in Troy during the Trojan War whose predictions were true but were never believed;

cassareep
n1
a flavoring made by boiling down the juice of the bitter cassava;

- used in West Indian cooking;

cassava / k ə s ɑ v ə /
n1
a starch made by leaching and drying the root of the cassava plant;

- the source of tapioca;

- a staple food in the tropics;

- syn. cassava starch, manioc, manioca;

n2
cassava root eaten as a staple food after drying and leaching;

- source of tapioca;

- syn. manioc;

n3
any of several plants of the genus Manihot having fleshy roots yielding a nutritious starch;

- syn. casava;

cassava starch
n1
a starch made by leaching and drying the root of the cassava plant;

- the source of tapioca;

- a staple food in the tropics;

- syn. cassava, manioc, manioca;

Cassegrainian telescope
n1
a reflecting telescope that has a paraboloidal primary mirror and a hyperboloidal secondary mirror;

- light is brought to a focus through an aperture in the center of the primary mirror;

- syn. Gregorian telescope;

casserole / k æ s ə ɹ oʊ ɫ /
n1
food cooked and served in a casserole;

n2
large deep dish in which food can be cooked and served;

cassette / k ə s ɛ t /
n1
a container that holds a magnetic tape used for recording or playing sound or video;

cassette deck
n1
a tape deck for playing and recording cassette tapes;

cassette player
n1
electronic equipment for playing cassettes;

cassette recorder
n1
a recorder for recording or playing cassettes;

cassette tape
n1
a cassette that contains magnetic tape;

cassia / k æ s ɪə /
n1
any of various trees or shrubs of the genus Cassia having pinnately compound leaves and usually yellow flowers followed by long seedpods;

n2
some genus Cassia species often classified as members of the genus Senna or genus Chamaecrista;

- syn. genus Cassia;

n3
Chinese tree with aromatic bark;

- yields a less desirable cinnamon than Ceylon cinnamon;

- syn. Cinnamomum cassia, cassia-bark tree;

cassia-bark tree
n1
Chinese tree with aromatic bark;

- yields a less desirable cinnamon than Ceylon cinnamon;

- syn. Cinnamomum cassia, cassia;

Cassia acutifolia
n1
erect shrub having racemes of tawny yellow flowers;

- the dried leaves are used medicinally as a cathartic;

- sometimes placed in genus Cassia;

- syn. Alexandria senna, Alexandrian senna, Cassia augustifolia, Indian senna, Senna alexandrina, tinnevelly senna, true senna;

Cassia alata
n1
tropical shrub (especially of Americas) having yellow flowers and large leaves whose juice is used as a cure for ringworm and poisonous bites;

- sometimes placed in genus Cassia;

- syn. Senna alata, ringworm bush, ringworm cassia, ringworm shrub;

Cassia augustifolia
n1
erect shrub having racemes of tawny yellow flowers;

- the dried leaves are used medicinally as a cathartic;

- sometimes placed in genus Cassia;

- syn. Alexandria senna, Alexandrian senna, Cassia acutifolia, Indian senna, Senna alexandrina, tinnevelly senna, true senna;

Cassia auriculata
n1
evergreen Indian shrub with vivid yellow flowers whose bark is used in tanning;

- sometimes placed in genus Cassia;

- syn. Senna auriculata, avaram, tanner's cassia;

cassia bark
n1
aromatic bark of the cassia-bark tree;

- less desirable as a spice than Ceylon cinnamon bark;

- syn. Chinese cinnamon;

Cassia fasciculata
n1
tropical American plant having leaflets somewhat sensitive to the touch;

- sometimes placed in genus Cassia;

- syn. Chamaecrista fasciculata, partridge pea, sensitive pea, wild sensitive plant;

Cassia fistula
n1
deciduous or semi-evergreen tree having scented sepia to yellow flowers in drooping racemes and pods whose pulp is used medicinally;

- tropical Asia and Central and South America and Australia;

- syn. canafistola, canafistula, drumstick tree, golden shower tree, pudding pipe tree, purging cassia;

Cassia grandis
n1
tropical American semi-evergreen tree having erect racemes of pink or rose-colored flowers;

- used as an ornamental;

- syn. horse cassia, pink shower, pink shower tree;

Cassia javonica
n1
deciduous ornamental hybrid of southeastern Asia and Hawaii having racemes of flowers ranging in color from cream-colored to orange and red;

- syn. rainbow shower;

Cassia marginata
n1
East Indian tree having long pods containing a black cathartic pulp used as a horse medicine;

- syn. Cassia roxburghii, horse cassia;

Cassia marilandica
n1
North American perennial herb;

- leaves are used medicinally;

- sometimes placed in genus Cassia;

- syn. Senna marilandica, wild senna;

Cassia occidentalis
n1
very leafy malodorous tropical weedy shrub whose seeds have been used as an adulterant for coffee;

- sometimes classified in genus Cassia;

- syn. Senna occidentalis, coffee senna, mogdad coffee, stinking weed, styptic weed;

Cassia roxburghii
n1
East Indian tree having long pods containing a black cathartic pulp used as a horse medicine;

- syn. Cassia marginata, horse cassia;

Cassia tora
n1
cosmopolitan tropical herb or subshrub with yellow flowers and slender curved pods;

- a weed;

- sometimes placed in genus Cassia;

- syn. Senna obtusifolia, sicklepod;

cassie
n1
tropical American thorny shrub or small tree;

- fragrant yellow flowers used in making perfumery;

- syn. Acacia farnesiana, flame tree, huisache, mimosa bush, scented wattle, sweet acacia, sweet wattle;

Cassin's kingbird
n1
a kingbird seen in the southwestern United States;

- largely grey with a yellow abdomen;

- syn. Tyrannus vociferans;

cassino
n1
a card game in which cards face up on the table are taken with eligible cards in the hand;

- syn. casino;

Cassiope
n1
low tufted evergreen shrubs of colder parts of north temperate regions having moss-like foliage and nodding white or pink flowers;

- syn. genus Cassiope;

Cassiope mertensiana
n1
heath of mountains of western United States having bell-shaped white flowers;

- syn. white heather;

Cassiopeia
n1
(Greek mythology) the wife of Cepheus and mother of Andromeda;

n2
a W-shaped constellation in the northern hemisphere near Polaris;

Cassirer
n1
German philosopher concerned with concept formation in the human mind and with symbolic forms in human culture generally (1874-1945);

- syn. Ernst Cassirer;

cassiri
n1
a drink resembling beer;

- made from fermented cassava juice;

Cassite
n1
an ancient language spoken by the Kassites;

- syn. Kassite;

n2
a member of an ancient people who ruled Babylonia between 1600 and 1200 BC;

- syn. Kassite;

cassiterite
n1
a hard heavy dark mineral that is the chief source of tin;

Cassius
n1
prime mover in the conspiracy against Julius Caesar (died in 42 BC);

- syn. Cassius Longinus, Gaius Cassius Longinus;

Cassius Clay
n1
United States prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942);

- syn. Ali, Cassius Marcellus Clay, Muhammad Ali;

Cassius Longinus
n1
prime mover in the conspiracy against Julius Caesar (died in 42 BC);

- syn. Cassius, Gaius Cassius Longinus;

Cassius Marcellus Clay
n1
United States prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942);

- syn. Ali, Cassius Clay, Muhammad Ali;

cassock / k æ s ə k /
n1
a black garment reaching down to the ankles;

- worn by priests or choristers;

cassocked / k æ s ə k t /
a1
dressed in a cassock;

- "cassocked monks";

- sim. clothed;

cassowary / k æ s ə w eə ɹ i /
n1
large black flightless bird of Australia and New Guinea having a horny head crest;

cast / k ɑ s t /
n1
the actors in a play;

- syn. cast of characters, dramatis personae;

n2
container into which liquid is poured to create a given shape when it hardens;

- syn. mold, mould;

n3
the distinctive form in which a thing is made;

- "pottery of this cast was found throughout the region";

- syn. mold, mould, stamp;

n4
the visual appearance of something or someone;

- "the delicate cast of his features";

- syn. form, shape;

n5
bandage consisting of a firm covering (often made of plaster of Paris) that immobilizes broken bones while they heal;

- syn. plaster bandage, plaster cast;

n6
object formed by a mold;

- syn. casting;

n7
the act of throwing dice;

- syn. roll;

n8
the act of throwing a fishing line out over the water by means of a rod and reel;

- syn. casting;

n9
a violent throw;

- syn. hurl;

v1
put or send forth;

- "She threw the flashlight beam into the corner";

- "The setting sun threw long shadows";

- "cast a spell";

- "cast a warm light";

- syn. contrive, project, throw;

v2
deposit;

- "cast a vote";

- "cast a ballot";

v3
select to play,sing, or dance a part in a play, movie, musical, opera, or ballet;

- "He cast a young woman in the role of Desdemona";

v4
throw forcefully;

- syn. hurl, hurtle;

- also cast anchor;

v5
assign the roles of (a movie or a play) to actors;

- "Who cast this beautiful movie?";

v6
move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment;

- "The gypsies roamed the woods";

- "roving vagabonds";

- "the wandering Jew";

- "The cattle roam across the prairie";

- "the laborers drift from one town to the next";

- "They rolled from town to town";

- syn. drift, ramble, range, roam, roll, rove, stray, swan, tramp, vagabond, wander;

v7
form by pouring (e.g., wax or hot metal) into a cast or mold;

- "cast a bronze sculpture";

- syn. mold, mould;

v8
get rid of;

- "he shed his image as a pushy boss";

- "shed your clothes";

- syn. cast off, drop, shake off, shed, throw, throw away, throw off;

v9
choose at random;

- "draw a card";

- "cast lots";

- syn. draw;

v10
formulate in a particular style or language;

- "I wouldn't put it that way";

- "She cast her request in very polite language";

- syn. couch, frame, put, redact;

v11
eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth;

- "After drinking too much, the students vomited";

- "He purged continuously";

- "The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night";

- syn. barf, be sick, cat, chuck, disgorge, honk, puke, purge, regorge, regurgitate, retch, sick, spew, spue, throw up, upchuck, vomit, vomit up;

cast-iron / k ɑ s t aɪ ə n /
a1
extremely robust;

- "an iron constitution";

- syn. iron;

- sim. robust;

cast-iron plant
n1
evergreen perennial with large handsome basal leaves;

- grown primarily as a foliage houseplant;

- syn. Aspidistra elatio, aspidistra, bar-room plant;

cast-off / k ɑ s t ɒ f /
a1
thrown away;

- "wearing someone's cast-off clothes";

- "throwaway children living on the streets";

- "salvaged some thrown-away furniture";

- syn. discarded, throwaway, thrown-away;

- sim. unwanted;

cast about
v1
search anxiously;

- syn. beat about, cast around;

cast anchor
v1
secure a vessel with an anchor;

- "We anchored at Baltimore";

- syn. anchor, drop anchor;

cast around
v1
search anxiously;

- syn. beat about, cast about;

cast aside
v1
throw or cast away;

- "Put away your worries";

- syn. cast away, cast out, chuck out, discard, dispose, fling, put away, throw away, throw out, toss, toss away, toss out;

cast away
v1
throw or cast away;

- "Put away your worries";

- syn. cast aside, cast out, chuck out, discard, dispose, fling, put away, throw away, throw out, toss, toss away, toss out;

cast down
v1
lower someone's spirits;

- make downhearted;

- "These news depressed her";

- "The bad state of her child's health demoralizes her";

- syn. deject, demoralise, demoralize, depress, dismay, dispirit, get down;

cast iron
n1
an alloy of iron containing so much carbon that it is brittle and so cannot be wrought but must be shaped by casting;

cast of characters
n1
the actors in a play;

- syn. cast, dramatis personae;

cast off
v1
get rid of;

- "he shed his image as a pushy boss";

- "shed your clothes";

- syn. cast, drop, shake off, shed, throw, throw away, throw off;

v2
make the last row of stitches when knitting;

cast on
v1
make the first row of stitches when knitting;

cast out
v1
expel from a community or group;

- syn. ban, banish, blackball, ostracise, ostracize, shun;

v2
throw or cast away;

- "Put away your worries";

- syn. cast aside, cast away, chuck out, discard, dispose, fling, put away, throw away, throw out, toss, toss away, toss out;

Castanea
n1
chestnuts;

- chinkapins;

- syn. genus Castanea;

Castanea chrysophylla
n1
small ornamental evergreen tree of Pacific Coast whose glossy yellow-green leaves are yellow beneath;

- bears edible nuts;

- syn. Castanopsis chrysophylla, Chrysolepis chrysophylla, giant chinkapin, golden chinkapin;

Castanea crenata
n1
a spreading tree of Japan that has a short trunk;

- syn. Japanese chestnut;

Castanea dentata
n1
large tree found from Maine to Alabama;

- syn. American chestnut, American sweet chestnut;

Castanea mollissima
n1
a small tree with small sweet nuts;

- wild or naturalized in Korea and China;

- syn. Chinese chestnut;

Castanea ozarkensis
n1
shrubby tree closely related to the Allegheny chinkapin but with larger leaves;

- southern midwestern United States;

- syn. Ozark chinkapin, Ozark chinquapin, chinquapin;

Castanea pumila
n1
shrubby chestnut tree of southeastern United States having small edible nuts;

- syn. Allegheny chinkapin, chinquapin, dwarf chestnut, eastern chinquapin;

Castanea sativa
n1
wild or cultivated throughout southern Europe, northwestern Africa and southwestern Asia;

- syn. European chestnut, Spanish chestnut, sweet chestnut;

castanets / k æ s t ə n ɛ t s /
n1
(used in the plural) a percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance;

- syn. bones, clappers, finger cymbals;

Castanopsis
n1
evergreen trees and shrubs of warm regions valued for their foliage;

- southeastern United States and eastern Australia and northern New Zealand;

- syn. genus Castanopsis;

Castanopsis chrysophylla
n1
small ornamental evergreen tree of Pacific Coast whose glossy yellow-green leaves are yellow beneath;

- bears edible nuts;

- syn. Castanea chrysophylla, Chrysolepis chrysophylla, giant chinkapin, golden chinkapin;

Castanospermum
n1
a rosid dicot genus of the subfamily Papilionoideae having one species: Moreton Bay chestnut;

- syn. genus Castanospermum;

castaway / k ɑ s t ə w eɪ /
n1
a person who is rejected (from society or home);

- syn. Ishmael, outcast, pariah;

n2
a shipwrecked person;

- syn. shipwreck survivor;

caste / k ɑ s t /
n1
social status or position conferred by a system based on class;

- "lose caste by doing work beneath one's station";

n2
(Hinduism) a hereditary social class among Hindus;

- stratified according to ritual purity;

n3
a social class separated from others by distinctions of hereditary rank or profession or wealth;

n4
in some social insects (such as ants) a physically distinct individual or group of individuals specialized to perform certain functions in the colony;

caste system
n1
a social structure in which classes are determined by heredity;

casteless / k ɑ s t ɫ ɛ s /
a1
not belonging to or having been expelled from a caste and thus having no place or status in society;

- "the foreigner was a casteless person";

- syn. outcaste;

- sim. unwanted;

castellated / k æ s t ə ɫ eɪ t ɪ d /
a1
having or resembling repeated square indentations like those in a battlement;

- "a crenelated molding";

- syn. battlemented, castled, embattled;

- sim. fancy;

caster / k ɑ s t ə , k ɑ s t ə ɹ /
n1
a worker who casts molten metal into finished products;

n2
a shaker with a perforated top for sprinkling powdered sugar;

- syn. castor;

n3
a pivoting roller attached to the bottom of furniture or trucks or portable machines to make them movable;

- syn. castor;

caster sugar
n1
very finely granulated sugar that was formerly sprinkled from a castor;

- syn. castor sugar;

castigate / k æ s t ɪ ɡ eɪ t /
v1
censure severely;

- "She chastised him for his insensitive remarks";

- syn. chasten, chastise, correct, objurgate;

v2
inflict severe punishment on;

castigation / k æ s t ɪ ɡ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
a severe scolding;

- syn. bawling out, chewing out, dressing down, earful, going-over, upbraiding;

n2
verbal punishment;

- syn. chastisement;

Castile
n1
a region of central Spain;

- a former kingdom that comprised most of modern Spain and united with Aragon to form Spain in 1479;

- syn. Castilla;

castile soap
n1
a good hard soap made from olive oil and sodium hydroxide;

Castilian / k æ s t ɪ ɫ ɪə n /
n1
the Spanish language as spoken in Castile;

Castilla / k æ s t ɪ ɫ ʌ /
n1
a region of central Spain;

- a former kingdom that comprised most of modern Spain and united with Aragon to form Spain in 1479;

- syn. Castile;

Castilleia
n1
genus of western North and South American perennials often partially parasitic on roots of grasses;

- syn. Castilleja, genus Castilleia, genus Castilleja;

Castilleja
n1
genus of western North and South American perennials often partially parasitic on roots of grasses;

- syn. Castilleia, genus Castilleia, genus Castilleja;

Castilleja chromosa
n1
most common paintbrush of western United States dry lands;

- having erect stems ending in dense spikes of bright orange to red flowers;

- syn. desert paintbrush;

Castilleja miniata
n1
wildflower of western North America having ragged clusters of crimson or scarlet flowers;

- syn. giant red paintbrush;

Castilleja sessiliflora
n1
hairy plant with pinkish flowers;

- Great Plains to northern Mexico;

- syn. great plains paintbrush;

Castilleja sulphurea
n1
plant of moist highland meadows having ragged clusters of pale yellow flowers;

- syn. sulfur paintbrush;

Castillian / k æ s t ɪ ɫ ɪə n /
n1
a native or inhabitant of Castile;

casting / k ɑ s t ɪ ŋ /
n1
object formed by a mold;

- syn. cast;

n2
the act of creating something by casting it in a mold;

- syn. molding;

n3
the act of throwing a fishing line out over the water by means of a rod and reel;

- syn. cast;

n4
the choice of actors to play particular roles in a play or movie;

casting lots
n1
making a chance decision by using lots (straws or pebbles etc.) that are thrown or drawn;

- syn. drawing lots, sortition;

casting vote
n1
the deciding vote cast by the presiding officer to resolve a tie;

castle / k ɑ s ɫ /
n1
a large and stately mansion;

- syn. palace;

n2
a large building formerly occupied by a ruler and fortified against attack;

n3
(chess) the piece that can move any number of unoccupied squares in a direction parallel to the sides of the chessboard;

- syn. rook;

n4
interchanging the positions of the king and a rook;

- syn. castling;

v1
move the king two squares toward a rook and in the same move the rook to the square next past the king;

castle in Spain
n1
absentminded dreaming while awake;

- syn. air castle, castle in the air, daydream, daydreaming, oneirism, reverie, revery;

castle in the air
n1
absentminded dreaming while awake;

- syn. air castle, castle in Spain, daydream, daydreaming, oneirism, reverie, revery;

castled / k ɑ s ɫ d /
a1
having or resembling repeated square indentations like those in a battlement;

- "a crenelated molding";

- syn. battlemented, castellated, embattled;

- sim. fancy;

castling / k ɑ s ɫ ɪ ŋ /
n1
interchanging the positions of the king and a rook;

- syn. castle;

Castor / k ɑ s t ə , k ɑ s t ə ɹ /
n1
a multiple star with 6 components;

- second brightest in Gemini;

- close to Pollux;

- syn. Alpha Geminorum;

n2
a shaker with a perforated top for sprinkling powdered sugar;

- syn. caster;

n3
a pivoting roller attached to the bottom of furniture or trucks or portable machines to make them movable;

- syn. caster;

n4
a hat made with the fur of a beaver (or similar material);

- syn. beaver;

n5
type genus of the Castoridae: beavers;

- syn. genus Castor;

castor-oil plant
n1
large shrub of tropical Africa and Asia having large palmate leaves and spiny capsules containing seeds that are the source of castor oil and ricin;

- widely naturalized throughout the tropics;

- syn. Ricinus communis, castor bean plant, palma christ, palma christi;

castor bean
n1
the toxic seed of the castor-oil plant;

- source of castor oil;

castor bean plant
n1
large shrub of tropical Africa and Asia having large palmate leaves and spiny capsules containing seeds that are the source of castor oil and ricin;

- widely naturalized throughout the tropics;

- syn. Ricinus communis, castor-oil plant, palma christ, palma christi;

Castor canadensis
n1
a variety of beaver found in almost all areas of North America except Florida;

- syn. New World beaver;

Castor fiber
n1
a European variety of beaver;

- syn. Old World beaver;

castor oil / k ɑ s t ə ɹ ɔɪ ɫ /
n1
a purgative extracted from the seed of the castor-oil plant;

- used in paint and varnish as well as medically;

castor sugar
n1
very finely granulated sugar that was formerly sprinkled from a castor;

- syn. caster sugar;

Castoridae
n1
beavers;

- syn. family Castoridae;

Castoroides
n1
extinct beavers of the Pleistocene;

- of eastern and southern United States;

- syn. genus Castoroides;

castrate / k æ s t ɹ eɪ t /
n1
a man who has been castrated and is incapable of reproduction;

- "eunuchs guarded the harem";

- syn. eunuch;

v1
deprive of strength or vigor;

- "The Senate emasculated the law";

- syn. emasculate;

v2
edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate;

- "bowdlerize a novel";

- syn. bowdlerise, bowdlerize, expurgate, shorten;

v3
remove the testicles of a male animal;

- syn. demasculinise, demasculinize, emasculate;

v4
remove the ovaries of;

- "Is your cat spayed?";

- syn. alter, neuter, spay;

castrated / k æ s t ɹ eɪ t ɪ d /
a1
deprived of sexual capacity or sexual attributes;

- syn. unsexed;

- sim. altered, cut, spayed;

castration / k æ s t ɹ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
neutering a male animal by removing the testicles;

- syn. emasculation;

n2
surgical removal of the testes or ovaries (usually to inhibit hormone secretion in cases of breast cancer in women or prostate cancer in men);

- "bilateral castration results in sterilization";

n3
the deletion of objectionable parts from a literary work;

- syn. expurgation;

castration anxiety
n1
(psychoanalysis) anxiety resulting from real or imagined threats to your sexual functions;

- originally applied only to men but can in principle apply to women;

castrato / k æ s t ɹ ɑ t oʊ /
n1
a male singer who was castrated before puberty and retains a soprano or alto voice;

Castries / k æ s t ɹ ɪ z /
n1
a port on the island of Saint Lucia;

- capital and largest city of Saint Lucia;

Castro / k æ s t ɹ oʊ /
n1
Cuban socialist leader who overthrew a dictator in 1959 and established a Marxist socialist state in Cuba (born in 1927);

- syn. Fidel Castro, Fidel Castro Ruz;

Castroism
n1
a form of communism developed in Cuba by Fidel Castro;

casual / k æ ʒ ʊə ɫ /
a1
marked by blithe unconcern;

- "an ability to interest casual students";

- "showed a casual disregard for cold weather";

- "an utterly insouciant financial policy";

- "an elegantly insouciant manner";

- "drove his car with nonchalant abandon";

- "was polite in a teasing nonchalant manner";

- syn. insouciant, nonchalant;

- sim. unconcerned;

a2
without or seeming to be without plan or method;

- offhand;

- "a casual remark";

- "information collected by casual methods and in their spare time";

- sim. unplanned;

a3
appropriate for ordinary or routine occasions;

- "casual clothes";

- "everyday clothes";

- syn. daily, everyday;

- sim. informal;

a4
occurring or appearing or singled out by chance;

- "seek help from casual passers-by";

- "a casual meeting";

- "a chance occurrence";

- syn. chance;

- sim. unplanned;

a5
hasty and without attention to detail;

- not thorough;

- "a casual (or cursory) inspection failed to reveal the house's structural flaws";

- "a passing glance";

- "perfunctory courtesy";

- "In his paper, he showed a very superficial understanding of psychoanalytic theory";

- syn. cursory, passing, perfunctory, superficial;

- sim. careless;

a6
occurring on a temporary or irregular basis;

- "casual employment";

- "a casual correspondence with a former teacher";

- "an occasional worker";

- syn. occasional;

- sim. irregular;

a7
characterized by a feeling of irresponsibility;

- "a broken back is nothing to be casual about;

- it is no fooling matter";

- syn. fooling;

- sim. light;

a8
natural and unstudied;

- "using their Christian names in a casual way";

- "lectured in a free-and-easy style";

- syn. free-and-easy;

- sim. informal;

a9
not showing effort or strain;

- "a difficult feat performed with casual mastery";

- "careless grace";

- syn. effortless;

- sim. easy;

casually / k æ ʒ ʊə ɫ i /
r1
not methodically or according to plan;

- "he dealt with his course work casually";

r2
in an unconcerned manner;

- "glanced casually at the headlines";

- syn. nonchalantly;

casualness / k æ ʒ ʊə ɫ n ɛ s /
n1
a casual manner;

- syn. familiarity;

casualty / k æ ʒ ʊə ɫ t i /
n1
someone injured or killed or captured or missing in a military engagement;

n2
someone injured or killed in an accident;

- syn. injured party;

n3
an accident that causes someone to die;

- syn. fatal accident;

n4
a decrease of military personnel or equipment;

Casualty Care Research Center
n1
an agency in the Department of Defense that is a national center for research on all aspects of injury control and casualty care;

- syn. CCRC;

Casuaridae
n1
a family of large ostrich-like birds including cassowaries;

- syn. family Casuaridae;

Casuariiformes
n1
a ratite bird order: cassowaries and emus;

- syn. order Casuariiformes;

casuarina
n1
any of various trees and shrubs of the genus Casuarina having jointed stems and whorls of scalelike leaves;

- some yield heavy hardwood;

Casuarina equisetfolia
n1
common Australian tree widely grown as an ornamental in tropical regions;

- yields heavy hard red wood;

- syn. Australian pine;

Casuarinaceae
n1
one genus: genus Casuarina;

- syn. family Casuarinaceae;

Casuarinales
n1
order of chiefly Australian trees and shrubs comprising the casuarinas;

- 1 family: Casuarinaceae;

- syn. order Casuarinales;

Casuarius
n1
type and sole genus of the Casuaridae: cassowaries;

- syn. genus Casuarius;

casuist / k æ z j ʊ ɪ s t /
n1
someone whose reasoning is subtle and often specious;

- syn. sophist;

casuistic / k æ z j ʊ ɪ s t ɪ k /
a1
of or relating to or practicing casuistry;

- "overly subtle casuistic reasoning";

- syn. casuistical;

a2
of or relating to the use of ethical principles to resolve moral problems;

- syn. casuistical;

casuistical / k æ z j ʊ ɪ s t ɪ k ɫ /
a1
of or relating to or practicing casuistry;

- "overly subtle casuistic reasoning";

- syn. casuistic;

a2
of or relating to the use of ethical principles to resolve moral problems;

- syn. casuistic;

casuistry / k æ z j ʊ ɪ s t ɹ i /
n1
argumentation that is specious or excessively subtle and intended to be misleading;

n2
moral philosophy based on the application of general ethical principles to resolve moral dilemmas;

casus belli / k eɪ s ə s b ɛ ɫ aɪ /
n1
an event used to justify starting a war;

cat / k æ t /
n1
feline mammal usually having thick soft fur and no ability to roar: domestic cats;

- wildcats;

- syn. true cat;

n2
an informal term for a youth or man;

- "a nice guy";

- "the guy's only doing it for some doll";

- "the poor sod couldn't even buy a drink";

- syn. bozo, guy, hombre, sod;

n3
a spiteful woman gossip;

- "what a cat she is!";

n4
the leaves of the shrub Catha edulis which are chewed like tobacco or used to make tea;

- has the effect of a euphoric stimulant;

- "in Yemen kat is used daily by 85% of adults";

- syn. African tea, Arabian tea, kat, khat, qat, quat;

n5
a whip with nine knotted cords;

- "British sailors feared the cat";

- syn. cat-o'-nine-tails;

n6
a large tracked vehicle that is propelled by two endless metal belts;

- frequently used for moving earth in construction and farm work;

- syn. Caterpillar;

n7
any of several large cats typically able to roar and living in the wild;

- syn. big cat;

n8
a method of examining body organs by scanning them with X rays and using a computer to construct a series of cross-sectional scans along a single axis;

- syn. CT, computed axial tomography, computed tomography, computerized axial tomography, computerized tomography;

v1
beat with a cat-o'-nine-tails;

v2
eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth;

- "After drinking too much, the students vomited";

- "He purged continuously";

- "The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night";

- syn. barf, be sick, cast, chuck, disgorge, honk, puke, purge, regorge, regurgitate, retch, sick, spew, spue, throw up, upchuck, vomit, vomit up;

cat's-claw
n1
erect shrub with small if any spines having racemes of white to yellow flowers followed by curved pointed pods and black shiny seeds;

- West Indies and Florida;

- syn. Pithecellobium unguis-cati, black bead, catclaw;

cat's-ear
n1
any of several plants of the genus Calochortus having flowers with petals shaped like cat's ears;

n2
European weed widely naturalized in North America having yellow flower heads and leaves resembling a cat's ears;

- syn. California dandelion, Hypochaeris radicata, capeweed, gosmore;

cat's-paw
n1
a person used by another to gain an end;

- syn. instrument, pawn;

n2
a hitch in the middle of rope that has two eyes into which tackle can be hooked;

cat's-tail
n1
tall marsh plant with cylindrical seed heads that explode when mature shedding large quantities of down;

- its long flat leaves are used for making mats and chair seats;

- of North America, Europe, Asia and North Africa;

- syn. Typha latifolia, bullrush, bulrush, nailrod, reed mace, reedmace;

cat's cradle
n1
a game played with string looped over the fingers;

cat's eye
n1
any of various gems (as chrysoberyl or chalcedony) that reflect light when cut in a rounded shape;

cat's feet
n1
low-growing perennial herb having leaves with whitish down and clusters of small white flowers;

- syn. Antennaria dioica, cat's foot, pussytoes;

cat's foot
n1
low-growing perennial herb having leaves with whitish down and clusters of small white flowers;

- syn. Antennaria dioica, cat's feet, pussytoes;

cat-o'-nine-tails / k æ t ə n aɪ n t eɪ ɫ z /
n1
a whip with nine knotted cords;

- "British sailors feared the cat";

- syn. cat;

cat and mouse
n1
a game for children in which the players form a circle and join hands;

- they raise their hands to let a player inside the circle or lower their hands to bar a second player who is chasing the first;

- syn. cat and rat;

cat and rat
n1
a game for children in which the players form a circle and join hands;

- they raise their hands to let a player inside the circle or lower their hands to bar a second player who is chasing the first;

- syn. cat and mouse;

cat bear
n1
reddish-brown Old World raccoon-like carnivore;

- in some classifications considered unrelated to the giant pandas;

- syn. Ailurus fulgens, bear cat, lesser panda, panda, red panda;

cat box
n1
a receptacle for cat excrement;

cat burglar
n1
a burglar who unlawfully breaks into and enters another person's house;

- syn. housebreaker;

cat cracker
n1
a chemical reactor for converting oils with high boiling points into fuels with lower boiling points in the presence of a catalyst;

- syn. catalytic cracker;

cat fancier
n1
a person who breeds and cares for cats;

cat flea
n1
flea that breeds chiefly on cats and dogs and rats;

- syn. Ctenocephalides felis;

cat food
n1
food prepared for cats;

cat rig
n1
rig of a catboat;

CAT scan
n1
an image produced by scanning;

- "he analyzed the brain scan";

- "you could see the tumor in the CAT scan";

- syn. scan;

CAT scanner
n1
a tomograph that constructs a 3-D model of an object by combining parallel planes;

- syn. computerized axial tomography scanner;

cat scratch disease
n1
a disease thought to be transmitted to humans by a scratch from a cat;

cat shark
n1
small bottom-dwelling sharks with cat-like eyes;

- found along continental slopes;

cat squirrel
n1
common reddish-brown squirrel of Europe and parts of Asia;

- syn. Sciurus vulgaris, red squirrel;

n2
common medium-large squirrel of eastern North America;

- now introduced into England;

- syn. Sciurus carolinensis, eastern gray squirrel, eastern grey squirrel;

cat suit
n1
a tight-fitting garment of stretchy material that covers the body from the shoulders to the thighs (and may have long sleeves or legs reaching down to the ankles);

- worn by ballet dancers and acrobats for practice or performance;

- syn. body suit, leotard, unitard;

cat thyme
n1
Mediterranean germander having small hairy leaves and reddish purple flowers;

- attractive to cats;

- syn. Teucrium marum, marum;

cat valium
n1
street names for ketamine;

- syn. K, green, honey oil, jet, special K, super C, super acid;

cata-cornered
a1
slanted across a polygon on a diagonal line;

- "set off in a catty-corner direction across the vacant lot";

- syn. catacorner, cater-cornered, catercorner, catty-corner, catty-cornered, kitty-corner, kitty-cornered;

- sim. oblique;

catabatic
a1
of an air current or wind;

- moving downward or down a slope because of cooling especially at night;

- syn. katabatic;

catabatic wind
n1
a wind caused by the downward motion of cold air;

- syn. katabatic wind;

catabiosis
n1
normal aging of cells;

catabolic / k æ t ə b ɒ ɫ ɪ k /
a1
relating to or characterized by catabolism;

- syn. katabolic;

a2
characterized by destructive metabolism;

- syn. katabolic;

- sim. destructive-metabolic;

catabolise
v1
subject to catabolism;

- syn. catabolize;

catabolism
n1
breakdown in living organisms of more complex substances into simpler ones together with release of energy;

- syn. destructive metabolism, dissimilation, katabolism;

catabolize
v1
subject to catabolism;

- syn. catabolise;

Catacala
n1
moths whose larvae are cutworms: underwings;

- syn. genus Catacala;

catachresis
n1
strained or paradoxical use of words either in error (as `blatant' to mean `flagrant') or deliberately (as in a mixed metaphor: `blind mouths');

catachrestic
a1
constituting or characterized by or given to catachresis;

- syn. catachrestical;

catachrestical
a1
constituting or characterized by or given to catachresis;

- syn. catachrestic;

cataclinal
a1
of valleys and rivers;

- running in the direction of the dip in surrounding rock strata;

cataclysm / k æ t ə k ɫ ɪ z ə m /
n1
a sudden violent change in the earth's surface;

- syn. catastrophe;

n2
an event resulting in great loss and misfortune;

- "the whole city was affected by the irremediable calamity";

- "the earthquake was a disaster";

- syn. calamity, catastrophe, disaster, tragedy;

cataclysmal
a1
severely destructive;

- "cataclysmic nuclear war";

- "a cataclysmic earthquake";

- syn. cataclysmic;

- sim. destructive;

cataclysmic / k æ t ə k ɫ ɪ z m ɪ k /
a1
severely destructive;

- "cataclysmic nuclear war";

- "a cataclysmic earthquake";

- syn. cataclysmal;

- sim. destructive;

catacomb / k æ t ə k oʊ m /
n1
an underground tunnel with recesses where bodies were buried (as in ancient Rome);

catacorner
a1
slanted across a polygon on a diagonal line;

- "set off in a catty-corner direction across the vacant lot";

- syn. cata-cornered, cater-cornered, catercorner, catty-corner, catty-cornered, kitty-corner, kitty-cornered;

- sim. oblique;

catadromous
a1
migrating from fresh water to the sea to spawn;

catafalque / k æ t ə f æ ɫ k /
n1
a decorated bier on which a coffin rests in state during a funeral;

Cataflam
n1
a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Cataflam);

- syn. diclofenac potassium;

Catalan / k æ t ə ɫ æ n /
n1
a native or inhabitant of Catalonia;

n2
the Romance language spoken in Catalonia in eastern Spain (related to Spanish and Occitan);

a1
relating to or denoting or characteristic of Catalonia or its inhabitants;

- "Catalan independence movement";

a2
relating to or characteristic of the Catalan language;

- "Catalan poetry";

catalase
n1
enzyme found in most plant and animal cells that functions as an oxidative catalyst;

- decomposes hydrogen peroxide into oxygen and water;

catalatic / k æ t ə ɫ ə t ɪ k /
a1
of or relating to the enzyme catalase;

catalectic / k æ t ə ɫ ɛ k t ɪ k /
n1
(prosody) a line of verse that lacks a syllable in the last metrical foot;

a1
(verse) metrically incomplete;

- especially lacking one or more syllables in the final metrical foot;

catalepsy / k æ t ə ɫ ɛ p s i /
n1
a trancelike state with loss of voluntary motion and failure to react to stimuli;

cataleptic / k æ t ə ɫ ɛ p t ɪ k /
n1
a person suffering from catalepsy;

a1
of or having characteristics of or affected with catalepsy;

- "cataleptic persons";

- "cataleptic state";

catalexis / k æ t ə ɫ ɛ k s ɪ s /
n1
the absence of a syllable in the last foot of a line or verse;

Catalina cherry
n1
evergreen shrub or small tree found on Catalina Island (California);

- syn. Prunus lyonii;

Catalina Island
n1
an island resort in the Pacific off the southwestern coast of California;

- syn. Santa Catalina;

catalog / k æ t ə ɫ ɒ ɡ /
n1
a book or pamphlet containing an enumeration of things;

- "he found it in the Sears catalog";

- syn. catalogue;

n2
a complete list of things;

- usually arranged systematically;

- "it does not pretend to be a catalog of his achievements";

- syn. catalogue;

v1
make a catalogue, compile a catalogue;

- "She spends her weekends cataloguing";

- syn. catalogue;

v2
make an itemized list or catalog of;

- classify;

- "He is cataloguing his photographic negatives";

- syn. catalogue;

catalog buying
n1
buying goods to be shipped through the mail;

- syn. mail-order buying;

cataloged procedure
n1
a set of control statements that have been placed in a library and can be retrieved by name;

cataloger / k æ t ə ɫ ɒ ɡ ə , k æ t ə ɫ ɒ ɡ ə ɹ , k æ t ə ɫ ɒ dʒ ə , k æ t ə ɫ ɒ dʒ ə ɹ /
n1
a librarian who classifies publications according to a categorial system;

- syn. cataloguer;

catalogue / k æ t ə ɫ ɒ ɡ /
n1
a complete list of things;

- usually arranged systematically;

- "it does not pretend to be a catalog of his achievements";

- syn. catalog;

n2
a book or pamphlet containing an enumeration of things;

- "he found it in the Sears catalog";

- syn. catalog;

v1
make an itemized list or catalog of;

- classify;

- "He is cataloguing his photographic negatives";

- syn. catalog;

v2
make a catalogue, compile a catalogue;

- "She spends her weekends cataloguing";

- syn. catalog;

cataloguer / k æ t ə ɫ ɒ ɡ ə , k æ t ə ɫ ɒ ɡ ə ɹ /
n1
a librarian who classifies publications according to a categorial system;

- syn. cataloger;

Catalonia / k æ t ə ɫ oʊ n ɪə /
n1
a region of northeastern Spain;

catalpa / k ə t æ ɫ p ə /
n1
tree of the genus Catalpa with large leaves and white flowers followed by long slender pods;

- syn. Indian bean;

Catalpa bignioides
n1
catalpa tree of southern United States;

Catalpa speciosa
n1
catalpa tree of central United States;

catalufa
n1
brightly colored carnivorous fish of western Atlantic and West Indies waters;

- syn. Priacanthus arenatus;

catalyse
v1
change by catalysis or cause to catalyze;

- syn. catalyze;

catalysis / k ə t æ ɫ ə s ɪ s /
n1
acceleration of a chemical reaction induced the presence of material that is chemically unchanged at the end of the reaction;

- "of the top 50 commodity chemicals, 30 are created directly by catalysis and another 6 are made from raw materials that are catalytically produced";

- syn. contact action;

catalyst / k æ t ə ɫ ɪ s t /
n1
(chemistry) a substance that initiates or accelerates a chemical reaction without itself being affected;

- syn. accelerator;

n2
something that causes an important event to happen;

- "the invasion acted as a catalyst to unite the country";

catalytic / k æ t ə ɫ ɪ t ɪ k /
a1
relating to or causing or involving catalysis;

- "catalytic reactions";

catalytic converter
n1
a converter that uses a platinum-iridium catalyst to oxidize pollutants and carbon monoxide into carbon dioxide and water;

- an antipollution device on an automotive exhaust system;

catalytic cracker
n1
a chemical reactor for converting oils with high boiling points into fuels with lower boiling points in the presence of a catalyst;

- syn. cat cracker;

catalytically / k æ t ə ɫ ɪ t ɪ k ɫ i /
r1
by catalytic action;

- in a catalytic manner;

- "catalytically stabilized combustion of propane";

catalyze
v1
change by catalysis or cause to catalyze;

- syn. catalyse;

catamaran / k æ t ə m ə ɹ æ n /
n1
a boat with two parallel hulls held together by single deck;

catamenia
n1
the monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause;

- "the women were sickly and subject to excessive menstruation";

- "a woman does not take the gout unless her menses be stopped"--Hippocrates;

- "the semen begins to appear in males and to be emitted at the same time of life that the catamenia begin to flow in females"--Aristotle;

- syn. flow, menses, menstruation, menstruum, period;

catamenial
a1
of or relating to menstruation or the menses;

- "menstrual period";

- syn. menstrual;

catamite
n1
a boy who submits to a sexual relationship with a man;

catamount / k æ t ə m aʊ n t /
n1
short-tailed wildcats with usually tufted ears;

- valued for their fur;

- syn. lynx;

n2
large American feline resembling a lion;

- syn. Felis concolor, cougar, mountain lion, painter, panther, puma;

catamountain
n1
bushy-tailed wildcat of Europe that resembles the domestic cat and is regarded as the ancestor of the domestic cat;

- syn. European wildcat, Felis silvestris;

catananche
n1
any of several plants of the genus Catananche having long-stalked heads of blue or yellow flowers;

Catananche caerulea
n1
south European plant having dark-eyed flowers with flat blue rays;

- syn. blue succory, cupid's dart;

cataphasia
n1
a speech disorder in which the same word is repeated several times in succession;

cataphatic
a1
of or relating to the religious belief that God can be known to humans positively or affirmatively;

cataphatism
n1
the religious belief that God has given enough clues to be known to humans positively and affirmatively (e.g., God created Adam `in his own image');

cataphoresis
n1
the motion of charged particles in a colloid under the influence of an electric field;

- particles with a positive charge go to the cathode and negative to the anode;

- syn. dielectrolysis, electrophoresis, ionophoresis;

cataphoretic
a1
of or relating to electrophoresis;

- syn. electrophoretic;

cataphract
n1
armor that protects the wearer's whole body;

- syn. body armor, body armour, coat of mail, suit of armor, suit of armour;

cataphyll
n1
a reduced or scarcely developed leaf at the start of a plant's life (i.e., cotyledons) or in the early stages of leaf development;

cataplasia
n1
(biology) degenerative reversion of cells or tissue to a less differentiated or more primitive form;

cataplasm / k æ t ə p ɫ æ z ə m /
n1
a medical dressing consisting of a soft heated mass of meal or clay that is spread on a cloth and applied to the skin to treat inflamed areas or improve circulation etc.;

- syn. plaster, poultice;

cataplastic / k æ t ə p ɫ æ s t ɪ k /
a1
of or relating to cataplasia;

Catapres
n1
an antihypertensive (trade name Catapres) that can be administered orally or via transdermal patches;

- syn. clonidine;

catapult / k æ t ə p ʌ ɫ t /
n1
a plaything consisting of a Y-shaped stick with elastic between the arms;

- used to propel small stones;

- syn. sling, slingshot;

n2
a device that launches aircraft from a warship;

- syn. launcher;

n3
an engine that provided medieval artillery used during sieges;

- a heavy war engine for hurling large stones and other missiles;

- syn. arbalest, arbalist, ballista, bricole, mangonel, onager, trebuchet, trebucket;

v1
shoot forth or launch, as if from a catapult;

- "the enemy catapulted rocks towards the fort";

v2
hurl as if with a sling;

- syn. sling;

catapultian
a1
of or like a catapult;

- "a catapultic kind of action";

- syn. catapultic;

catapultic / k æ t ə p ʌ ɫ t ɪ k /
a1
of or like a catapult;

- "a catapultic kind of action";

- syn. catapultian;

cataract / k æ t ə ɹ æ k t /
n1
an eye disease that involves the clouding or opacification of the natural lens of the eye;

n2
a large waterfall;

- violent rush of water over a precipice;

Cataract Canyon
n1
a tributary of the Grand Canyon;

cataract surgery
n1
eye surgery that involves removing all or part of the lens and replacing it with an intraocular lens implant;

catarrh / k ə t ɑ , k ə t ɑr /
n1
inflammation of the nose and throat with increased production of mucus;

catarrhal
a1
of or relating to a catarrh;

- "catarrhal fever is any of several respiratory or oral diseases of livestock such as bluetongue in horses and sheep";

catarrhal fever
n1
any of several disease of livestock marked by fever and edema of the respiratory tract;

catarrhine
n1
of Africa or Arabia or Asia;

- having nonprehensile tails and nostrils close together;

- syn. Old World monkey;

a1
of or related to Old World monkeys that have nostrils together and opening downward;

- syn. catarrhinian;

catarrhinian
a1
of or related to Old World monkeys that have nostrils together and opening downward;

- syn. catarrhine;

Catasetum
n1
genus of tropical American orchids having showy male and female flowers usually on separate inflorescences;

- syn. genus Catasetum;

Catasetum macrocarpum
n1
orchid having both male and female flowers in the same raceme;

- when a sensitive projection at the base of the column of the male flower is touched the pollen is suddenly ejected;

- syn. jumping orchid;

catastrophe / k ə t æ s t ɹ ə f i /
n1
an event resulting in great loss and misfortune;

- "the whole city was affected by the irremediable calamity";

- "the earthquake was a disaster";

- syn. calamity, cataclysm, disaster, tragedy;

n2
a state of extreme (usually irremediable) ruin and misfortune;

- "lack of funds has resulted in a catastrophe for our school system";

- "his policies were a disaster";

- syn. disaster;

n3
a sudden violent change in the earth's surface;

- syn. cataclysm;

catastrophic / k æ t ə s t ɹ ɒ f ɪ k /
a1
extremely harmful;

- bringing physical or financial ruin;

- "a catastrophic depression";

- "catastrophic illness";

- "a ruinous course of action";

- syn. ruinous;

- sim. harmful;

catastrophic illness
n1
severe illness requiring prolonged hospitalization or recovery;

- usually involves high costs for hospitals and doctors and medicines;

catastrophically / k æ t ə s t ɹ ɒ f ɪ k ɫ i /
r1
with unfortunate consequences;

- "catastrophically complex";

catatonia
n1
extreme tonus;

- muscular rigidity;

- a common symptom in catatonic schizophrenia;

n2
a form of schizophrenia characterized by a tendency to remain in a fixed stuporous state for long periods;

- the catatonia may give way to short periods of extreme excitement;

- syn. catatonic schizophrenia, catatonic type schizophrenia;

catatonic / k æ t æ t ɒ n ɪ k /
a1
characterized by catatonia especially either rigidity or extreme laxness of limbs;

catatonic schizophrenia
n1
a form of schizophrenia characterized by a tendency to remain in a fixed stuporous state for long periods;

- the catatonia may give way to short periods of extreme excitement;

- syn. catatonia, catatonic type schizophrenia;

catatonic type schizophrenia
n1
a form of schizophrenia characterized by a tendency to remain in a fixed stuporous state for long periods;

- the catatonia may give way to short periods of extreme excitement;

- syn. catatonia, catatonic schizophrenia;

Catawba / k ə t ɔ b ə /
n1
a member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Carolinas;

n2
slipskin grape;

- a reddish American table grape;

n3
the Siouan language spoken by the Catawba;

catbird / k æ t b ɝ d /
n1
any of various birds of the Australian region whose males build ornamented structures resembling bowers in order to attract females;

- syn. bowerbird;

n2
North American songbird whose call resembles a cat's mewing;

- syn. Dumetella carolinensis, gray catbird, grey catbird;

catboat / k æ t b oʊ t /
n1
a sailboat with a single mast set far forward;

catbrier
n1
a very prickly woody vine of the eastern United States growing in tangled masses having tough round stems with shiny leathery leaves and small greenish flowers followed by clusters of inedible shiny black berries;

- syn. Smilax rotundifolia, briar, brier, bullbrier, greenbrier, horse-brier, horse brier;

catcall / k æ t k ɑ ɫ /
n1
a cry expressing disapproval;

v1
utter catcalls at;

catch / k æ tʃ /
n1
a drawback or difficulty that is not readily evident;

- "it sounds good but what's the catch?";

- syn. gimmick;

n2
the quantity that was caught;

- "the catch was only 10 fish";

- syn. haul;

n3
a person regarded as a good matrimonial prospect;

- syn. match;

n4
anything that is caught (especially if it is worth catching);

- "he shared his catch with the others";

n5
a break or check in the voice (usually a sign of strong emotion);

n6
a restraint that checks the motion of something;

- "he used a book as a stop to hold the door open";

- syn. stop;

n7
a fastener that fastens or locks a door or window;

n8
a cooperative game in which a ball is passed back and forth;

- "he played catch with his son in the backyard";

n9
the act of catching an object with the hands;

- "Mays made the catch with his back to the plate";

- "he made a grab for the ball before it landed";

- "Martin's snatch at the bridle failed and the horse raced away";

- "the infielder's snap and throw was a single motion";

- syn. grab, snap, snatch;

n10
the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal);

- "the policeman on the beat got credit for the collar";

- syn. apprehension, arrest, collar, pinch, taking into custody;

v1
discover or come upon accidentally, suddenly, or unexpectedly;

- catch somebody doing something or in a certain state;

- "She caught her son eating candy";

- "She was caught shoplifting";

v2
perceive with the senses quickly, suddenly, or momentarily;

- "I caught the aroma of coffee";

- "He caught the allusion in her glance";

- "ears open to catch every sound";

- "The dog picked up the scent";

- "Catch a glimpse";

- syn. pick up;

v3
reach with a blow or hit in a particular spot;

- "the rock caught her in the back of the head";

- "The blow got him in the back";

- "The punch caught him in the stomach";

- syn. get;

v4
take hold of so as to seize or restrain or stop the motion of;

- "Catch the ball!";

- "Grab the elevator door!";

- syn. grab, take hold of;

- also catch up;

v5
succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase;

- "We finally got the suspect";

- "Did you catch the thief?";

- syn. capture, get;

v6
to hook or entangle;

- "One foot caught in the stirrup";

- syn. hitch;

v7
attract and fix;

- "His look caught her";

- "She caught his eye";

- "Catch the attention of the waiter";

- syn. arrest, get;

v8
capture as if by hunting, snaring, or trapping;

- "I caught a rabbit in the trap today";

- syn. capture;

v9
reach in time;

- "I have to catch a train at 7 o'clock";

v10
get or regain something necessary, usually quickly or briefly;

- "Catch some sleep";

- "catch one's breath";

v11
catch up with and possibly overtake;

- "The Rolls Royce caught us near the exit ramp";

- syn. catch up with, overtake;

v12
be struck or affected by;

- "catch fire";

- "catch the mood";

v13
check oneself during an action;

- "She managed to catch herself before telling her boss what was on her mind";

v14
hear, usually without the knowledge of the speakers;

- "We overheard the conversation at the next table";

- syn. overhear, take in;

v15
see or watch;

- "view a show on television";

- "This program will be seen all over the world";

- "view an exhibition";

- "Catch a show on Broadway";

- "see a movie";

- syn. see, take in, view, watch;

v16
cause to become accidentally or suddenly caught, ensnared, or entangled;

- "I caught the hem of my dress in the brambles";

v17
detect a blunder or misstep;

- "The reporter tripped up the senator";

- syn. trip up;

v18
grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of;

- "did you catch that allusion?";

- "We caught something of his theory in the lecture";

- "don't catch your meaning";

- "did you get it?";

- "She didn't get the joke";

- "I just don't get him";

- syn. get;

v19
contract;

- "did you catch a cold?";

v20
start burning;

- "The fire caught";

v21
perceive by hearing;

- "I didn't catch your name";

- "She didn't get his name when they met the first time";

- syn. get;

v22
suffer from the receipt of;

- "She will catch hell for this behavior!";

- syn. get;

v23
attract;

- cause to be enamored;

- "She captured all the men's hearts";

- syn. becharm, beguile, bewitch, captivate, capture, charm, enamor, enamour, enchant, entrance, fascinate, trance;

v24
apprehend and reproduce accurately;

- "She really caught the spirit of the place in her drawings";

- "She got the mood just right in her photographs";

- syn. get;

v25
take in and retain;

- "We have a big barrel to catch the rainwater";

v26
spread or be communicated;

- "The fashion did not catch";

v27
be the catcher;

- "Who is catching?";

v28
become aware of;

- "he caught her staring out the window";

v29
delay or hold up;

- prevent from proceeding on schedule or as planned;

- "I was caught in traffic and missed the meeting";

catch a glimpse
v1
see something for a brief time;

- syn. catch sight, get a look;

catch a wink
v1
take a siesta;

- "She naps everyday after lunch for an hour";

- syn. catnap, nap;

catch cold
v1
come down with a cold;

catch crop
n1
a crop that grows quickly (e.g. lettuce) and can be planted between two regular crops grown in successive seasons or between two rows of crops in the same season;

catch fire
v1
start to burn or burst into flames;

- "Marsh gases ignited suddenly";

- "The oily rags combusted spontaneously";

- syn. combust, conflagrate, erupt, ignite, take fire;

catch it
v1
receive punishment;

- be scolded or reprimanded;

- "I really caught it the other day!";

catch on
v1
understand, usually after some initial difficulty;

- "She didn't know what her classmates were plotting but finally caught on";

- syn. cotton on, get it, get onto, get wise, latch on, tumble, twig;

v2
become popular;

- "This fashion caught on in Paris";

catch one's breath
v1
take a short break from one's activities in order to relax;

- syn. breathe, rest, take a breather;

catch out
v1
trap;

- especially in an error or in a reprehensible act;

- "He was caught out";

- "She was found out when she tried to cash the stolen checks";

- syn. find out;

catch phrase
n1
a phrase that has become a catchword;

- syn. catchphrase;

catch sight
v1
see something for a brief time;

- syn. catch a glimpse, get a look;

catch some Z's
v1
be asleep;

- syn. kip, log Z's, sleep, slumber;

catch up
v1
reach the point where one should be after a delay;

- "I caught up on my homework";

v2
learn belatedly;

- find out about something after it happened;

- "I'm trying to catch up with the latest developments in molecular biology";

catch up with
v1
catch up with and possibly overtake;

- "The Rolls Royce caught us near the exit ramp";

- syn. catch, overtake;

v2
make up work that was missed due to absence at a later point;

- "I have to make up a French exam";

- "Can I catch up with the material or is it too late?";

- syn. make up;

catchall / k æ tʃ ɔ ɫ /
n1
an enclosure or receptacle for odds and ends;

catcher / k æ tʃ ə , k æ tʃ ə ɹ /
n1
(baseball) the person who plays the position of catcher;

- syn. backstop;

n2
the position on a baseball team of the player who is stationed behind home plate and who catches the balls that the pitcher throws;

- "a catcher needs a lot of protective equipment";

- "a catcher plays behind the plate";

catcher's mask
n1
a mask to protect the face of the catcher in baseball;

catchfly
n1
any plant of the genus Silene;

- syn. campion, silene;

n2
mostly perennial herbs with sticky stems that catch insects;

- widespread in north temperate zone;

- syn. lychnis;

catching / k æ tʃ ɪ ŋ /
n1
(baseball) playing the position of catcher on a baseball team;

n2
the act of detecting something;

- catching sight of something;

- syn. detection, espial, spotting, spying;

n3
becoming infected;

- "catching cold is sometimes unavoidable";

- "the contracting of a serious illness can be financially catastrophic";

- syn. contracting;

a1
(of disease) capable of being transmitted by infection;

- syn. communicable, contagious, contractable, transmissible, transmittable;

- sim. infectious;

catchment / k æ tʃ m ə n t /
n1
a structure in which water is collected (especially a natural drainage area);

catchment area
n1
the entire geographical area drained by a river and its tributaries;

- an area characterized by all runoff being conveyed to the same outlet;

- "flood control in the Missouri basin";

- syn. basin, catchment basin, drainage area, drainage basin, river basin, watershed;

catchment basin
n1
the entire geographical area drained by a river and its tributaries;

- an area characterized by all runoff being conveyed to the same outlet;

- "flood control in the Missouri basin";

- syn. basin, catchment area, drainage area, drainage basin, river basin, watershed;

catchpenny / k æ tʃ p ɛ n i /
a1
designed to sell quickly without concern for quality;

- "catchpenny ornaments";

- sim. cheap;

catchphrase
n1
a phrase that has become a catchword;

- syn. catch phrase;

catchweed
n1
annual having the stem beset with curved prickles;

- North America and Europe and Asia;

- syn. Galium aparine, cleavers, clivers, goose grass, spring cleavers;

catchword / k æ tʃ w ɝ d /
n1
a favorite saying of a sect or political group;

- syn. motto, shibboleth, slogan;

n2
a word printed at the top of the page of a dictionary or other reference book to indicate the first or last item on that page;

- syn. guide word, guideword;

catchy / k æ tʃ i /
a1
having concealed difficulty;

- "a catchy question";

- "a tricky recipe to follow";

- syn. tricky;

- sim. difficult;

a2
likely to attract attention;

- "a catchy title for a movie";

- syn. attention-getting;

- sim. appealing;

catclaw
n1
erect shrub with small if any spines having racemes of white to yellow flowers followed by curved pointed pods and black shiny seeds;

- West Indies and Florida;

- syn. Pithecellobium unguis-cati, black bead, cat's-claw;

catechesis
n1
oral religious instruction (as before baptism or confirmation);

catechetic / k æ t ɪ k ɛ t ɪ k /
a1
of or relating to or resembling a rigorous catechism;

- "the catechistic method";

- syn. catechistic;

a2
of or relating to or involving catechesis;

- syn. catechetical;

catechetical / k æ t ɪ k ɛ t ɪ k ə ɫ /
a1
of or relating to or involving catechesis;

- syn. catechetic;

catechetical instruction
n1
teaching religious principles by questions and answers;

catechin
n1
a tannic acid that is extracted from black catechu as a white crystalline substance;

catechise
v1
give religious instructions to;

- syn. catechize;

v2
examine through questioning and answering;

- syn. catechize;

catechism / k æ t ə k ɪ z ə m /
n1
a series of question put to an individual (such as a political candidate) to elicit their views;

n2
an elementary book summarizing the principles of a Christian religion;

- written as questions and answers;

catechismal
a1
of or relating to a catechism summarizing the principles of Christianity;

catechist / k æ t ɪ k ɪ s t /
n1
one who instructs catechumens in preparation for baptism (especially one using a catechism);

catechistic
a1
of or relating to or resembling a rigorous catechism;

- "the catechistic method";

- syn. catechetic;

catechize / k æ t ə k aɪ z /
v1
examine through questioning and answering;

- syn. catechise;

v2
give religious instructions to;

- syn. catechise;

catecholamine
n1
any of a group of chemicals including epinephrine and norepinephrine that are produced in the medulla of the adrenal gland;

catechu / k æ t ɪ tʃ u /
n1
extract of the heartwood of Acacia catechu used for dyeing and tanning and preserving fishnets and sails;

- formerly used medicinally;

- syn. black catechu;

n2
East Indian spiny tree having twice-pinnate leaves and yellow flowers followed by flat pods;

- source of black catechu;

- syn. Acacia catechu, Jerusalem thorn;

catechumen / k æ t ɪ k j u m ɛ n /
n1
a new convert being taught the principles of Christianity by a catechist;

- syn. neophyte;

categorem
n1
a categorematic expression;

- a term capable of standing alone as the subject or predicate of a logical proposition;

- "names are called categorems";

- syn. categoreme;

categorematic
a1
of a term or phrase capable of standing as the subject or (especially) the predicate of a proposition;

- sim. autosemantic;

categoreme
n1
a categorematic expression;

- a term capable of standing alone as the subject or predicate of a logical proposition;

- "names are called categorems";

- syn. categorem;

categorial
a1
of or relating to the concept of categories;

categoric / k æ t ɪ ɡ ɒ ɹ ɪ k /
a1
relating to or included in a category or categories;

- syn. categorical;

a2
not modified or restricted by reservations;

- "a categorical denial";

- "a flat refusal";

- syn. categorical, flat, unconditional;

- sim. unqualified;

categorical / k æ t ɪ ɡ ɒ ɹ ɪ k ɫ /
a1
relating to or included in a category or categories;

- syn. categoric;

a2
not modified or restricted by reservations;

- "a categorical denial";

- "a flat refusal";

- syn. categoric, flat, unconditional;

- sim. unqualified;

categorical imperative
n1
the moral principle that behavior should be determined by duty;

categorically / k æ t ɪ ɡ ɒ ɹ ɪ k ɫ i /
r1
in an unqualified manner;

- "he flatly denied the charges";

- syn. flatly, unconditionally;

categorisation
n1
a group of people or things arranged by class or category;

- syn. categorization, classification;

n2
the basic cognitive process of arranging into classes or categories;

- syn. categorization, classification, sorting;

n3
the act of distributing things into classes or categories of the same type;

- syn. assortment, categorization, classification, compartmentalisation, compartmentalization;

categorise
v1
place into or assign to a category;

- "Children learn early on to categorize";

- syn. categorize;

categorised
a1
arranged into categories;

- syn. categorized;

- sim. classified;

categorization / k æ t ɪ ɡ ə ɹ aɪ z eɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
a group of people or things arranged by class or category;

- syn. categorisation, classification;

n2
the basic cognitive process of arranging into classes or categories;

- syn. categorisation, classification, sorting;

n3
the act of distributing things into classes or categories of the same type;

- syn. assortment, categorisation, classification, compartmentalisation, compartmentalization;

categorize / k æ t ɪ ɡ ə ɹ aɪ z /
v1
place into or assign to a category;

- "Children learn early on to categorize";

- syn. categorise;

categorized / k æ t ɪ ɡ ə ɹ aɪ z d /
a1
arranged into categories;

- syn. categorised;

- sim. classified;

category / k æ t ɪ ɡ ə ɹ i /
n1
a collection of things sharing a common attribute;

- "there are two classes of detergents";

- syn. class, family;

n2
a general concept that marks divisions or coordinations in a conceptual scheme;

catena / k ə t i n ə /
n1
a chain of connected ideas or passages or objects so arranged that each member is closely related to the preceding and following members (especially a series of patristic comments elucidating Christian dogma);

catenary / k ə t i n ə ɹ i /
n1
the curve theoretically assumed by a perfectly flexible and inextensible cord of uniform density and cross section hanging freely from two fixed points;

catenate / k æ t ɪ n eɪ t /
v1
arrange in a series of rings or chains, as for spores;

- syn. catenulate;

catenulate
v1
arrange in a series of rings or chains, as for spores;

- syn. catenate;

a1
having a chainlike form;

- "catenulate bacterial cell colonies";

- syn. chainlike;

- sim. formed;

cater / k eɪ t ə , k eɪ t ə ɹ /
v1
give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance;

- "The hostess provided lunch for all the guests";

- syn. ply, provide, supply;

v2
supply food ready to eat;

- for parties and banquets;

cater-cornered
a1
slanted across a polygon on a diagonal line;

- "set off in a catty-corner direction across the vacant lot";

- syn. cata-cornered, catacorner, catercorner, catty-corner, catty-cornered, kitty-corner, kitty-cornered;

- sim. oblique;

catercorner
a1
slanted across a polygon on a diagonal line;

- "set off in a catty-corner direction across the vacant lot";

- syn. cata-cornered, catacorner, cater-cornered, catty-corner, catty-cornered, kitty-corner, kitty-cornered;

- sim. oblique;

caterer / k eɪ t ə ɹ ə , k eɪ t ə ɹ ə ɹ /
n1
someone who provides food and service (as for a party);

catering / k eɪ t ə ɹ ɪ ŋ /
n1
providing food and services;

caterpillar / k æ t ə p ɪ ɫ ə , k æ t ə p ɪ ɫ ə ɹ /
n1
a wormlike and often brightly colored and hairy or spiny larva of a butterfly or moth;

n2
a large tracked vehicle that is propelled by two endless metal belts;

- frequently used for moving earth in construction and farm work;

- syn. cat;

caterpillar-tracked
a1
having caterpillar treads or tracks on the wheels;

- "a caterpillar-tracked earthmover";

- sim. tracked;

caterpillar track
n1
an endless metal belt on which tracked vehicles move over the ground;

- syn. caterpillar tread, track;

caterpillar tread
n1
an endless metal belt on which tracked vehicles move over the ground;

- syn. caterpillar track, track;

caterwaul / k æ t ə w ɔ ɫ /
n1
the yowling sound made by a cat in heat;

v1
utter shrieks, as of cats;

- syn. yowl;

catfish / k æ t f ɪ ʃ /
n1
flesh of scaleless food fish of the southern United States;

- often farmed;

- syn. mudcat;

n2
large ferocious northern deep-sea food fishes with strong teeth and no pelvic fins;

- syn. wolf fish, wolffish;

n3
any of numerous mostly freshwater bottom-living fishes of Eurasia and North America with barbels like whiskers around the mouth;

- syn. siluriform fish;

catgut / k æ t ɡ ʌ t /
n1
perennial subshrub of eastern North America having downy leaves yellowish and rose flowers and;

- source of rotenone;

- syn. Tephrosia virginiana, goat's rue, wild sweet pea;

n2
a strong cord made from the intestines of sheep and used in surgery;

- syn. gut;

Catha
n1
a genus of African evergreen shrubs characterized by thick leaves and white flowers;

- syn. genus Catha;

Catha edulis
n1
a shrub that is cultivated by Arabs for its leaves which are chewed or used to make tea;

Catharacta
n1
skuas;

- syn. genus Catharacta;

Catharacta skua
n1
large brown skua of the northern Atlantic;

- syn. great skua;

Catharanthus
n1
small genus of erect annual or perennial herbs native to Madagascar;

- widely naturalized in the tropics;

- formerly included in genus Vinca;

- syn. genus Catharanthus;

Catharanthus roseus
n1
commonly cultivated Old World woody herb having large pinkish to red flowers;

- syn. Cape periwinkle, Madagascar periwinkle, Vinca rosea, cayenne jasmine, old maid, periwinkle, red periwinkle, rose periwinkle;

Cathari
n1
a Christian religious sect in southern France in the 12th and 13th centuries;

- believers in Albigensianism;

- syn. Albigenses, Cathars;

Catharism / k æ θ ə ɹ ɪ z ə m /
n1
a Christian movement considered to be a medieval descendant of Manichaeism in southern France in the 12th and 13th centuries;

- characterized by dualism (asserted the coexistence of two mutually opposed principles, one good and one evil);

- was exterminated for heresy during the Inquisition;

- syn. Albigensianism;

Cathars
n1
a Christian religious sect in southern France in the 12th and 13th centuries;

- believers in Albigensianism;

- syn. Albigenses, Cathari;

catharsis / k ə θ ɑ s ɪ s /
n1
(psychoanalysis) purging of emotional tensions;

- syn. abreaction, katharsis;

n2
purging the body by the use of a cathartic to stimulate evacuation of the bowels;

- syn. katharsis, purgation;

Cathartes / k æ t h ɑ t s /
n1
type genus of the Cathartidae: turkey vultures;

- syn. genus Cathartes;

Cathartes aura
n1
a New World vulture that is common in South America and Central America and the southern United States;

- syn. buzzard, turkey buzzard, turkey vulture;

cathartic / k ə θ ɑ t ɪ k /
n1
a purging medicine;

- stimulates evacuation of the bowels;

- syn. aperient, physic, purgative;

a1
emotionally purging;

- syn. psychotherapeutic;

- sim. healthful;

a2
emotionally purging (of e.g. art);

- syn. releasing;

- sim. emotional;

a3
strongly laxative;

- syn. evacuant, purgative;

- sim. laxative;

cathartid
n1
large birds of prey superficially similar to Old World vultures;

- syn. New World vulture;

Cathartidae
n1
condors;

- turkey buzzards;

- king vultures;

- syn. family Cathartidae;

Cathay / k æ t h eɪ /
n1
a communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia;

- the most populous country in the world;

- syn. China, Communist China, PRC, People's Republic of China, Red China, mainland China;

Cathaya
n1
Chinese evergreen conifer discovered in 1955;

- not yet cultivated elsewhere;

cathect
v1
inject with libidinal energy;

cathectic
a1
of or relating to cathexis;

cathedra / k ə θ i d ɹ ə /
n1
a throne that is the official chair of a bishop;

- syn. bishop's throne;

cathedral / k ə θ i d ɹ ə ɫ /
n1
any large and important church;

n2
the principal Christian church building of a bishop's diocese;

- syn. duomo;

a1
relating to or containing or issuing from a bishop's office or throne;

- "a cathedral church";

Cather / k æ θ ə , k æ θ ə ɹ /
n1
United States writer who wrote about frontier life (1873-1947);

- syn. Willa Cather, Willa Sibert Cather;

Catherine / k æ θ ɹ ɪ n /
n1
first wife of Henry VIII;

- Henry VIII's divorce from her was the initial step of the Reformation in England (1485-1536);

- syn. Catherine of Aragon;

n2
empress of Russia who greatly increased the territory of the empire (1729-1796);

- syn. Catherine II, Catherine the Great;

Catherine de Medicis
n1
queen of France as the wife of Henry II and regent during the minority of her son Charles IX (1519-1589);

Catherine Howard
n1
Queen of England as the fifth wife of Henry VIII who was accused of adultery and executed (1520-1542);

- syn. Howard;

Catherine I
n1
empress of Russia who succeeded her husband Peter the Great (1684-1727);

Catherine II
n1
empress of Russia who greatly increased the territory of the empire (1729-1796);

- syn. Catherine, Catherine the Great;

Catherine of Aragon
n1
first wife of Henry VIII;

- Henry VIII's divorce from her was the initial step of the Reformation in England (1485-1536);

- syn. Catherine;

Catherine Parr
n1
Queen of England as the 6th wife of Henry VIII (1512-1548);

- syn. Parr;

Catherine the Great
n1
empress of Russia who greatly increased the territory of the empire (1729-1796);

- syn. Catherine, Catherine II;

catherine wheel
n1
a circular firework that spins round and round emitting colored fire;

- syn. pinwheel;

catheter / k æ θ ɪ t ə /
n1
a thin flexible tube inserted into the body to permit introduction or withdrawal of fluids or to keep the passageway open;

catheterisation
n1
the operation of introducing a catheter into the body;

- syn. catheterization;

catheterise
v1
insert a catheter into (a body part);

- "catheterize the patient's bladder";

- syn. catheterize;

catheterization
n1
the operation of introducing a catheter into the body;

- syn. catheterisation;

catheterize / k æ t h ɛ t ə ɹ aɪ z /
v1
insert a catheter into (a body part);

- "catheterize the patient's bladder";

- syn. catheterise;

cathexis
n1
(psychoanalysis) the libidinal energy invested in some idea or person or object;

- "Freud thought of cathexis as a psychic analog of an electrical charge";

- syn. charge;

cathode / k æ θ oʊ d /
n1
a negatively charged electrode that is the source of electrons entering an electrical device;

n2
the positively charged terminal of a voltaic cell or storage battery that supplies current;

cathode-ray oscilloscope
n1
electronic equipment that provides visual images of varying electrical quantities;

- syn. CRO, oscilloscope, scope;

cathode-ray tube
n1
a vacuum tube in which a hot cathode emits a beam of electrons that pass through a high voltage anode and are focused or deflected before hitting a phosphorescent screen;

- syn. CRT;

cathode ray
n1
a beam of electrons emitted by the cathode of an electrical discharge tube;

cathodic
a1
of or at or pertaining to a cathode;

- "cathodic deposition of metals";

Catholic / k æ θ ə ɫ ɪ k , k æ θ ɫ ɪ k /
n1
a member of a Catholic church;

a1
of or relating to or supporting Catholicism;

- "the Catholic Church";

a2
free from provincial prejudices or attachments;

- "catholic in one's tastes";

- sim. broad-minded;

Catholic Church
n1
any of several churches claiming to have maintained historical continuity with the original Christian Church;

Catholic Pope
n1
the head of the Roman Catholic Church;

- syn. Bishop of Rome, Holy Father, Roman Catholic Pope, Vicar of Christ, pontiff, pope;

Catholic Reaction Force
n1
a radical terrorist group dedicated to the removal of British forces from Northern Ireland and the unification of Ireland;

- syn. INLA, Irish National Liberation Army, People's Liberation Army, People's Republican Army;

Catholic school
n1
a parochial school maintained by the Catholic Church;

catholicise / k ə θ ɒ ɫ ɪ s aɪ s /
v1
cause to adopt Catholicism;

- syn. catholicize, latinise, latinize;

Catholicism / k ə θ ɒ ɫ ɪ s i z m /
n1
the beliefs and practices of a Catholic Church;

- syn. Catholicity;

Catholicity / k æ θ ə ɫ ɪ s ɪ t i /
n1
the beliefs and practices of a Catholic Church;

- syn. Catholicism;

n2
the quality of being universal;

- existing everywhere;

- syn. universality;

catholicize / k ə θ ɒ ɫ ɪ s aɪ z /
v1
cause to adopt Catholicism;

- syn. catholicise, latinise, latinize;

catholicon / k æ θ ə ɫ ɪ k ə n /
n1
hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases;

- once sought by the alchemists;

- syn. cure-all, nostrum, panacea;

Catholicos / k æ θ ə ɫ ɪ k oʊ z /
n1
the ecclesiastical title of the leaders of the Nestorian and Armenian churches;

cathouse / k æ t h aʊ z /
n1
a building where prostitutes are available;

- syn. bagnio, bawdyhouse, bordello, brothel, house of ill repute, house of prostitution, sporting house, whorehouse;

cation / k æ t aɪ ə n /
n1
a positively charged ion;

cationic
a1
of or relating to cations;

cationic detergent
n1
a class of synthetic detergents in which the surface-active part of the molecule is the cation;

- syn. invert soap;

catjang pea
n1
tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods;

- much cultivated in the tropics;

- syn. Cajanus cajan, cajan pea, dahl, dhal, pigeon-pea plant, pigeon pea, red gram;

catkin / k æ t k ɪ n /
n1
a cylindrical spikelike inflorescence;

- syn. ament;

catkinate
a1
resembling a catkin;

catling / k æ t ɫ ɪ ŋ /
n1
a long double-edged knife used for amputations;

catmint / k æ t m ɪ n t /
n1
hairy aromatic perennial herb having whorls of small white purple-spotted flowers in a terminal spike;

- used in the past as a domestic remedy;

- strongly attractive to cats;

- syn. Nepeta cataria, catnip;

catnap / k æ t n æ p /
n1
sleeping for a short period of time (usually not in bed);

- syn. forty winks, light sleep, nap, short sleep, snooze;

v1
take a siesta;

- "She naps everyday after lunch for an hour";

- syn. catch a wink, nap;

catnip / k æ t n ɪ p /
n1
hairy aromatic perennial herb having whorls of small white purple-spotted flowers in a terminal spike;

- used in the past as a domestic remedy;

- strongly attractive to cats;

- syn. Nepeta cataria, catmint;

Catocala nupta
n1
moth having dull forewings and red-marked hind wings;

- syn. red underwing;

catoptric
a1
of or relating to catoptrics;

- produced by or based on mirrors;

- syn. catoptrical;

catoptrical
a1
of or relating to catoptrics;

- produced by or based on mirrors;

- syn. catoptric;

catoptrics
n1
branch of optics dealing with formation of images by mirrors;

Catoptrophorus
n1
willet;

- syn. genus Catoptrophorus;

Catoptrophorus semipalmatus
n1
large North American shorebird of eastern and Gulf Coasts;

- syn. willet;

catostomid
n1
a cypriniform fish of the family Catostomidae;

Catostomidae
n1
suckers;

- closely related to the family Cyprinidae;

- syn. family Catostomidae;

Catostomus
n1
type genus of the family Catostomidae;

- syn. genus Catostomus;

Catskill Mountains
n1
a range of the Appalachians to the west of the Hudson in southeastern New York;

- includes many popular resort areas;

- syn. Catskills;

Catskills / k æ t s k ɪ ɫ z /
n1
a range of the Appalachians to the west of the Hudson in southeastern New York;

- includes many popular resort areas;

- syn. Catskill Mountains;

catsup / k æ t s ə p /
n1
thick spicy sauce made from tomatoes;

- syn. cetchup, ketchup, tomato ketchup;

catsup bottle
n1
a bottle that holds catsup;

- syn. ketchup bottle;

cattail / k æ t t eɪ ɫ /
n1
tall erect herbs with sword-shaped leaves;

- cosmopolitan in fresh and salt marshes;

cattail family
n1
perennial marsh plants with creeping rootstocks and long linear leaves;

- syn. Typhaceae, family Typhaceae;

cattail millet
n1
tall grass having cattail like spikes;

- grown in Africa and Asia for its grain and in the United States chiefly for forage;

- sometimes used in making beer;

- syn. Pennisetum Americanum, Pennisetum glaucum, bulrush millet, pearl millet;

cattalo
n1
hardy breed of cattle resulting from crossing domestic cattle with the American buffalo;

- yields leaner beef than conventional breeds;

- syn. beefalo;

Cattell / k æ t t ɛ ɫ /
n1
American psychologist (born in England) who developed a broad theory of human behavior based on multivariate research (1905-1998);

- syn. R. B. Cattell, Ray Cattell, Raymond B. Cattell, Raymond Bernard Cattell;

n2
American psychologist and editor (1860-1944);

- syn. James McKeen Cattell;

cattie
n1
any of various units of weight used in southeastern Asia (especially a Chinese measure equal to 500 grams);

- syn. catty;

cattiness / k æ t ɪ n ə s /
n1
malevolence by virtue of being malicious or spiteful or nasty;

- syn. bitchiness, nastiness, spite, spitefulness;

cattish / k æ t ɪ ʃ /
a1
marked by or arising from malice;

- "a catty remark";

- syn. bitchy, catty;

- sim. malicious;

cattle / k æ t ɫ /
n1
domesticated bovine animals as a group regardless of sex or age;

- "so many head of cattle";

- "wait till the cows come home";

- "seven thin and ill-favored kine"- Bible;

- "a team of oxen";

- syn. Bos taurus, cows, kine, oxen;

cattle boat
n1
a cargo ship for the transport of livestock;

- syn. cattleship;

cattle breeding
n1
breeding cattle;

cattle cake
n1
a concentrated feed for cattle;

- processed in the form of blocks or cakes;

cattle car
n1
a freight car for transporting cattle;

cattle drive
n1
driving a bovine herd (as cows or bulls or steers);

cattle egret
n1
small white egret widely distributed in warm regions often found around grazing animals;

- syn. Bubulcus ibis;

cattle farm
n1
farm consisting of a large tract of land along with facilities needed to raise livestock (especially cattle);

- syn. cattle ranch, ranch, spread;

cattle grid
n1
a bridge over a ditch consisting of parallel metal bars that allow pedestrians and vehicles to pass, but not cattle;

- syn. cattle guard;

cattle guard
n1
a bridge over a ditch consisting of parallel metal bars that allow pedestrians and vehicles to pass, but not cattle;

- syn. cattle grid;

cattle pen
n1
a pen for cattle;

- syn. corral, cow pen;

cattle plague
n1
an acute infectious viral disease of cattle (usually fatal);

- characterized by fever and diarrhea and inflammation of mucous membranes;

- syn. rinderpest;

cattle ranch
n1
farm consisting of a large tract of land along with facilities needed to raise livestock (especially cattle);

- syn. cattle farm, ranch, spread;

cattle thief
n1
someone who steals livestock (especially cattle);

- syn. rustler;

cattle trail
n1
a trail over which cattle were driven to market;

cattleman / k æ t ɫ m ə n /
n1
a man who raises (or tends) cattle;

- syn. beef man, cow man;

n2
a hired hand who tends cattle and performs other duties on horseback;

- syn. cowboy, cowhand, cowherd, cowman, cowpoke, cowpuncher, puncher;

cattleship
n1
a cargo ship for the transport of livestock;

- syn. cattle boat;

cattley guava
n1
small tropical shrubby tree bearing deep red oval fruit;

- syn. Psidium cattleianum, Psidium littorale longipes, purple strawberry guava;

cattleya
n1
any orchid of the genus Cattleya characterized by a three-lobed lip enclosing the column;

- among the most popular and most extravagantly beautiful orchids known;

Cattleya citrina
n1
Mexican epiphytic orchid with glaucous grey-green leaves and lemon- to golden-yellow flowers appearing only partially opened;

- sometimes placed in genus Cattleya;

- syn. Encyclia citrina, tulip orchid;

catty / k æ t i /
n1
any of various units of weight used in southeastern Asia (especially a Chinese measure equal to 500 grams);

- syn. cattie;

a1
marked by or arising from malice;

- "a catty remark";

- syn. bitchy, cattish;

- sim. malicious;

catty-corner
a1
slanted across a polygon on a diagonal line;

- "set off in a catty-corner direction across the vacant lot";

- syn. cata-cornered, catacorner, cater-cornered, catercorner, catty-cornered, kitty-corner, kitty-cornered;

- sim. oblique;

catty-cornered
a1
slanted across a polygon on a diagonal line;

- "set off in a catty-corner direction across the vacant lot";

- syn. cata-cornered, catacorner, cater-cornered, catercorner, catty-corner, kitty-corner, kitty-cornered;

- sim. oblique;

Catullus
n1
Roman lyric poet remembered for his love poems to an aristocratic Roman woman (84-54 BC);

- syn. Gaius Valerius Catullus;

catwalk / k æ t w ɔ k /
n1
narrow platform extending out into an auditorium;

- "models displayed clothes on a catwalk at the fashion show";

n2
narrow pathway high in the air (as above a stage or between parts of a building or along a bridge);

Caucasia / k ɔ k eɪ z ɪə /
n1
a large region between the Black and Caspian seas that contains the Caucasus Mountains;

- oil is its major resource;

- syn. Caucasus;

Caucasian / k ɔ k eɪ z ɪə n /
n1
a Caucasian;

- syn. White, White person;

n2
a number of languages spoken in the Caucasus that are unrelated to languages spoken elsewhere;

- syn. Caucasian language;

a1
of or relating to the geographical region of Caucasia;

- "Caucasian languages";

- syn. Caucasic;

a2
of or relating to Caucasian people;

- syn. Caucasoid;

- sim. white;

Caucasian language
n1
a number of languages spoken in the Caucasus that are unrelated to languages spoken elsewhere;

- syn. Caucasian;

Caucasian walnut
n1
medium-sized Caucasian much-branched tree distinguished from other walnut trees by its winged fruit;

- syn. Pterocarya fraxinifolia;

Caucasic
a1
of or relating to the geographical region of Caucasia;

- "Caucasian languages";

- syn. Caucasian;

Caucasoid
a1
of or relating to Caucasian people;

- syn. Caucasian;

- sim. white;

Caucasus
n1
the mountain range in Caucasia between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea that forms part of the traditional border between Europe and Asia;

- syn. Caucasus Mountains;

n2
a large region between the Black and Caspian seas that contains the Caucasus Mountains;

- oil is its major resource;

- syn. Caucasia;

Caucasus Mountains
n1
the mountain range in Caucasia between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea that forms part of the traditional border between Europe and Asia;

- syn. Caucasus;

caucus / k ɔ k ə s /
n1
a closed political meeting;

v1
meet to select a candidate or promote a policy;

cauda
n1
any taillike structure;

caudal / k ɔ d ɫ /
a1
constituting or relating to a tail;

- "caudal appendage";

a2
resembling a tail;

- syn. taillike;

- sim. caudate;

a3
situated in or directed toward the part of the body from which the tail arises;

- "caudal fins";

- "the caudal end of the body";

- sim. posterior;

r1
toward the posterior end of the body;

- syn. caudally;

caudal anaesthesia
n1
regional anesthesia resulting from injection of an anesthetic into the caudal end of the spinal canal;

- now largely replaced by epidural anesthesia;

- syn. caudal anesthesia, caudal block;

caudal anesthesia
n1
regional anesthesia resulting from injection of an anesthetic into the caudal end of the spinal canal;

- now largely replaced by epidural anesthesia;

- syn. caudal anaesthesia, caudal block;

caudal appendage
n1
tail especially of a mammal posterior to and above the anus;

caudal block
n1
regional anesthesia resulting from injection of an anesthetic into the caudal end of the spinal canal;

- now largely replaced by epidural anesthesia;

- syn. caudal anaesthesia, caudal anesthesia;

caudal fin
n1
the tail of fishes and some other aquatic vertebrates;

- syn. tail fin;

caudal vertebra
n1
one of 4 vertebrae in the human coccyx;

- syn. coccygeal vertebra;

caudally
r1
toward the posterior end of the body;

- syn. caudal;

Caudata
n1
salamanders;

- newts;

- congo snakes;

- syn. Urodella, order Caudata, order Urodella;

caudate
n1
a tail-shaped basal ganglion located in a lateral ventricle of the brain;

- syn. caudate nucleus;

n2
amphibians that resemble lizards;

- syn. urodele;

a1
having a tail or taillike appendage;

- syn. caudated;

- sim. bobtail, caudal, scaly-tailed, scissor-tailed, short-tailed, square-tailed, stiff-tailed, swallow-tailed, tail-shaped, tailed;

a2
(of a leaf shape) tapering gradually into a long taillike tip;

- sim. simple;

caudate nucleus
n1
a tail-shaped basal ganglion located in a lateral ventricle of the brain;

- syn. caudate;

caudated
a1
having a tail or taillike appendage;

- syn. caudate;

- sim. bobtail, caudal, scaly-tailed, scissor-tailed, short-tailed, square-tailed, stiff-tailed, swallow-tailed, tail-shaped, tailed;

caudex
n1
persistent thickened stem of a herbaceous perennial plant;

- syn. stock;

n2
woody stem of palms and tree ferns;

Caudine Forks
n1
a battle in the Apennines in 321 BC in which the Samnites defeated the Romans;

caught up
a1
having become involved involuntarily;

- "caught up in the excitement of the crowd";

- "caught up in the scandal";

- sim. involved;

caul / k ɔ ɫ /
n1
part of the peritoneum attached to the stomach and to the colon and covering the intestines;

- syn. gastrocolic omentum, greater omentum;

n2
the inner membrane of embryos in higher vertebrates (especially when covering the head at birth);

- syn. embryonic membrane, veil;

cauldron / k ɔ ɫ d ɹ ə n /
n1
a very large pot that is used for boiling;

- syn. caldron;

caulescent
a1
(of plants) producing a well-developed stem above ground;

- syn. cauline, stemmed;

- sim. cylindrical-stemmed, leafy-stemmed, multi-stemmed, short-stemmed, spiny-stemmed, stout-stemmed, thick-stemmed, weak-stemmed, wiry-stemmed, woody-stemmed, woolly-stemmed;

cauliflower / k ɒ ɫ ɪ f ɫ aʊ ə , k ɒ ɫ ɪ f ɫ aʊ ə ɹ /
n1
a plant having a large edible head of crowded white flower buds;

- syn. Brassica oleracea botrytis;

n2
compact head of white undeveloped flowers;

cauliflower ear
n1
an auricle deformed by injury;

- common among boxers;

cauline
a1
(of plants) producing a well-developed stem above ground;

- syn. caulescent, stemmed;

- sim. cylindrical-stemmed, leafy-stemmed, multi-stemmed, short-stemmed, spiny-stemmed, stout-stemmed, thick-stemmed, weak-stemmed, wiry-stemmed, woody-stemmed, woolly-stemmed;

a2
especially of leaves;

- growing on a stem especially on the upper part of a stem;

- "cauline leaves";

caulk / k ɔ k /
n1
a waterproof filler and sealant that is used in building and repair to make watertight;

- syn. caulking;

v1
seal with caulking;

- "caulk the window";

- syn. calk;

caulked / k ɔ k t /
a1
having cracks and crevices stopped up with a filler;

- sim. chinked, weather-stripped;

caulking / k ɔ k ɪ ŋ /
n1
a waterproof filler and sealant that is used in building and repair to make watertight;

- syn. caulk;

Caulophyllum
n1
blue cohosh;

- syn. genus Caulophyllum;

Caulophyllum thalictrioides
n1
tall herb of eastern North America and Asia having blue berrylike fruit and a thick knotty rootstock formerly used medicinally;

- syn. Caulophyllum thalictroides, blue cohosh, blueberry root, papoose root, papooseroot, squaw root, squawroot;

Caulophyllum thalictroides
n1
tall herb of eastern North America and Asia having blue berrylike fruit and a thick knotty rootstock formerly used medicinally;

- syn. Caulophyllum thalictrioides, blue cohosh, blueberry root, papoose root, papooseroot, squaw root, squawroot;

causa
n1
a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy;

- "the family brought suit against the landlord";

- syn. case, cause, lawsuit, suit;

causal / k ɔ z ɫ /
a1
involving or constituting a cause;

- causing;

- "a causal relationship between scarcity and higher prices";

- sim. causative;

causal agency
n1
any entity that produces an effect or is responsible for events or results;

- syn. causal agent, cause;

causal agent
n1
any entity that produces an effect or is responsible for events or results;

- syn. causal agency, cause;

causal factor
n1
a determining or causal element or factor;

- "education is an important determinant of one's outlook on life";

- syn. determinant, determinative, determiner, determining factor;

causalgia
n1
a burning pain in a limb along the course of a peripheral nerve;

- usually associated with skin changes;

causality / k ɔ z æ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
the relation between causes and effects;

causally
r1
in a causal fashion;

- "causally efficacious powers";

causation / k ɔ z eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the act of causing something to happen;

- syn. causing;

causative / k ɔ z ə t ɪ v /
a1
producing an effect;

- "poverty as a causative factor in crime";

- sim. abortifacient, activating, anorectic, causal, conducive, errhine, fast, inductive, motivative, motive, precipitating, responsible, sternutatory;

cause / k ɔ z /
n1
events that provide the generative force that is the origin of something;

- "they are trying to determine the cause of the crash";

n2
a justification for something existing or happening;

- "he had no cause to complain";

- "they had good reason to rejoice";

- syn. grounds, reason;

n3
a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end;

- "he supported populist campaigns";

- "they worked in the cause of world peace";

- "the team was ready for a drive toward the pennant";

- "the movement to end slavery";

- "contributed to the war effort";

- syn. campaign, crusade, drive, effort, movement;

n4
any entity that produces an effect or is responsible for events or results;

- syn. causal agency, causal agent;

n5
a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy;

- "the family brought suit against the landlord";

- syn. case, causa, lawsuit, suit;

v1
give rise to;

- cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally;

- "cause a commotion";

- "make a stir";

- "cause an accident";

- syn. do, make;

v2
cause to do;

- cause to act in a specified manner;

- "The ads induced me to buy a VCR";

- "My children finally got me to buy a computer";

- "My wife made me buy a new sofa";

- syn. get, have, induce, make, stimulate;

cause celebre
n1
an incident that attracts great public attention;

cause of action
n1
a claim sufficient to demand judicial attention;

- the facts that give rise to right of action;

cause of death
n1
the causal agent resulting in death;

- "heart disease is the biggest killer in the United States";

- syn. killer;

cause to be perceived
v1
have perceptible qualities;

cause to sleep
v1
make fall asleep;

- "The soft music caused us to fall asleep";

causeless / k ɔ z ɫ ə s /
a1
having no justifying cause or reason;

- "a senseless, causeless murder";

- "a causeless war that never had an aim";

- "an apparently arbitrary and reasonless change";

- syn. reasonless;

- sim. unmotivated;

a2
having no cause or apparent cause;

- "a causeless miracle";

- "fortuitous encounters--strange accidents of fortune";

- "we cannot regard artistic invention as...uncaused and unrelated to the times";

- syn. fortuitous, uncaused;

- sim. unintended;

causerie / k oʊ z ə ɹ i /
n1
light informal conversation for social occasions;

- syn. chin-wag, chin-wagging, chin wag, chin wagging, chit-chat, chit chat, chitchat, gab, gabfest, gossip, small talk, tittle-tattle;

causeway / k ɔ z w eɪ /
n1
a road that is raised above water or marshland or sand;

v1
provide with a causeway;

- "A causewayed swamp";

v2
pave a road with cobblestones or pebbles;

causing / k ɔ z ɪ ŋ /
n1
the act of causing something to happen;

- syn. causation;

caustic / k ɔ s t ɪ k /
n1
any chemical substance that burns or destroys living tissue;

a1
harsh or corrosive in tone;

- "an acerbic tone piercing otherwise flowery prose";

- "a barrage of acid comments";

- "her acrid remarks make her many enemies";

- "bitter words";

- "blistering criticism";

- "caustic jokes about political assassination, talk-show hosts and medical ethics";

- "a sulfurous denunciation";

- "a vitriolic critique";

- syn. acerb, acerbic, acid, acrid, bitter, blistering, sulfurous, sulphurous, virulent, vitriolic;

- sim. unpleasant;

a2
of a substance, especially a strong acid;

- capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action;

- syn. corrosive, erosive, mordant, vitriolic;

- sim. destructive;

caustic lime
n1
a caustic substance produced by heating limestone;

- syn. calcium hydrate, calcium hydroxide, hydrated lime, lime, lime hydrate, slaked lime;

caustic potash
n1
a potassium compound often used in agriculture and industry;

- syn. potash, potassium hydroxide;

caustic remark
n1
witty language used to convey insults or scorn;

- "he used sarcasm to upset his opponent";

- "irony is wasted on the stupid";

- "Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally discover everybody's face but their own"--Jonathan Swift;

- syn. irony, sarcasm, satire;

caustic soda
n1
a strongly alkaline caustic used in manufacturing soap and paper and aluminum and various sodium compounds;

- syn. sodium hydroxide;

caustically / k ɔ s t ɪ k ɫ i /
r1
in a caustic vitriolic manner;

- "he addressed her caustically";

- syn. vitriolically;

cauterant / k ɔ t ə ɹ ə n t /
n1
an instrument or substance used to destroy tissue for medical reasons (eg removal of a wart) by burning it with a hot iron or an electric current or a caustic or by freezing it;

- syn. cautery;

cauterisation / k ɔ t ə ɹ aɪ z eɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
the act of coagulating blood and destroying tissue with a hot iron or caustic agent or by freezing;

- syn. cauterization, cautery;

cauterise / k ɔ t ə ɹ aɪ z /
v1
burn, sear, or freeze (tissue) using a hot iron or electric current or a caustic agent;

- "The surgeon cauterized the wart";

- syn. burn, cauterize;

v2
make insensitive or callous;

- deaden feelings or morals;

- syn. callous, cauterize;

cauterization / k ɔ t ə ɹ aɪ z eɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
the act of coagulating blood and destroying tissue with a hot iron or caustic agent or by freezing;

- syn. cauterisation, cautery;

cauterize / k ɔ t ə ɹ aɪ z /
v1
burn, sear, or freeze (tissue) using a hot iron or electric current or a caustic agent;

- "The surgeon cauterized the wart";

- syn. burn, cauterise;

v2
make insensitive or callous;

- deaden feelings or morals;

- syn. callous, cauterise;

cautery / k ɔ t ə ɹ i /
n1
an instrument or substance used to destroy tissue for medical reasons (eg removal of a wart) by burning it with a hot iron or an electric current or a caustic or by freezing it;

- syn. cauterant;

n2
the act of coagulating blood and destroying tissue with a hot iron or caustic agent or by freezing;

- syn. cauterisation, cauterization;

caution / k ɔ ʃ n /
n1
the trait of being cautious;

- being attentive to possible danger;

- "a man of caution";

- syn. carefulness, cautiousness;

n2
a warning against certain acts;

- "a caveat against unfair practices";

- syn. caveat;

n3
judiciousness in avoiding harm or danger;

- "he exercised caution in opening the door";

- "he handled the vase with care";

- syn. care, forethought, precaution;

n4
the trait of being circumspect and prudent;

- syn. circumspection;

v1
warn strongly;

- put on guard;

- syn. admonish, monish;

cautionary / k ɔ ʃ ə n ɹ i /
a1
warding off;

- "the swastika...a very ancient prophylactic symbol occurring among all peoples"- Victor Schultze;

- syn. prophylactic;

- sim. protective;

a2
serving to warn;

- "shook a monitory finger at him";

- "an exemplary jail sentence";

- syn. admonitory, exemplary, monitory, warning;

- sim. dissuasive;

cautious / k ɔ ʃ ə s /
n1
people who are fearful and cautious;

- "whitewater rafting is not for the timid";

- syn. timid;

a1
showing careful forethought;

- "reserved and cautious;

- never making swift decisions";

- "a cautious driver";

- also careful, unadventurous;

- sim. cagey, fabian, gingerly, guarded, overcautious;

a2
avoiding excess;

- "a conservative estimate";

- syn. conservative;

- sim. moderate;

cautious statement
n1
a statement made with careful qualifications;

cautiously / k ɔ ʃ ə s ɫ i /
r1
as if with kid gloves;

- with caution or prudence or tact;

- "she ventured cautiously downstairs";

- "they handled the incident with kid gloves";

- syn. carefully;

r2
in a conservative manner;

- "we estimated the number of demonstrators conservatively at 200,000.";

- syn. conservatively, guardedly;

cautiousness / k ɔ ʃ ə s n ə s /
n1
the trait of being cautious;

- being attentive to possible danger;

- "a man of caution";

- syn. carefulness, caution;

cavalcade / k æ v ə ɫ k eɪ d /
n1
a procession of people traveling on horseback;

cavalier / k æ v ə ɫ ɪə , k æ v ə ɫ ɪə ɹ /
n1
a gallant or courtly gentleman;

- syn. chevalier;

n2
a royalist supporter of Charles I during the English Civil War;

- syn. Royalist;

a1
given to haughty disregard of others;

- syn. high-handed;

- sim. domineering;

cavalier hat
n1
a soft felt hat with a wide flexible brim;

- syn. slouch hat;

cavalierly / k æ v ə ɫ ɪə ɫ i /
r1
in a proud and domineering manner;

- "he treated his staff cavalierly";

- syn. disdainfully;

cavalla
n1
large mackerel with long pointed snout;

- important food and game fish of the eastern Atlantic coast southward to Brazil;

- syn. Scomberomorus cavalla, cero, king mackerel;

cavalry / k æ v ə ɫ ɹ i /
n1
troops trained to fight on horseback;

- "500 horse led the attack";

- syn. horse, horse cavalry;

n2
a highly mobile army unit;

cavalry horse
n1
horse trained for battle;

cavalry sword
n1
a stout sword with a curved blade and thick back;

- syn. saber, sabre;

cavalryman / k æ v ə ɫ ɹ ɪ m ə n /
n1
a soldier in a motorized army unit;

- syn. trooper;

n2
a soldier mounted on horseback;

- "a cavalryman always takes good care of his mount";

- syn. trooper;

cave / k eɪ v , k eɪ v i /
n1
a geological formation consisting of an underground enclosure with access from the surface of the ground or from the sea;

v1
hollow out as if making a cave or opening;

- "The river was caving the banks";

- syn. undermine;

v2
explore natural caves;

- syn. spelunk;

cave bat
n1
drab yellowish big-eared bat that lives in caves;

- syn. Antrozous pallidus, pallid bat;

cave dweller
n1
someone who lives in a cave;

- syn. cave man, caveman, troglodyte;

cave in
n1
the sudden collapse of something into a hollow beneath it;

- syn. subsidence;

v1
break down, literally or metaphorically;

- "The wall collapsed";

- "The business collapsed";

- "The dam broke";

- "The roof collapsed";

- "The wall gave in";

- "The roof finally gave under the weight of the ice";

- syn. break, collapse, fall in, founder, give, give way;

cave man
n1
someone who lives in a cave;

- syn. cave dweller, caveman, troglodyte;

cave myotis
n1
small bat of southwest United States that lives in caves etc.;

- syn. Myotis velifer;

caveat / k eɪ v ɪ æ t /
n1
a warning against certain acts;

- "a caveat against unfair practices";

- syn. caution;

n2
(law) a formal notice filed with a court or officer to suspend a proceeding until filer is given a hearing;

- "a caveat filed against the probate of a will";

caveat emptor
n1
a commercial principle that without a warranty the buyer takes upon himself the risk of quality;

Cavell
n1
English nurse who remained in Brussels after the German occupation in order to help Allied prisoners escape;

- was caught and executed by the Germans (1865-1915);

- syn. Edith Cavell, Edith Louisa Cavell;

caveman / k eɪ v m æ n /
n1
someone who lives in a cave;

- syn. cave dweller, cave man, troglodyte;

Cavendish
n1
British chemist and physicist who established that water is a compound of hydrogen and oxygen and who calculated the density of the earth (1731-1810);

- syn. Henry Cavendish;

cavern / k æ v ə n /
n1
any large dark enclosed space;

- "his eyes were dark caverns";

n2
a large cave or a large chamber in a cave;

v1
hollow out as if making a cavern;

- syn. cavern out;

cavern out
v1
hollow out as if making a cavern;

- syn. cavern;

cavernous / k æ v ə n ə s /
a1
being or suggesting a cavern;

- "vast cavernous chambers hollowed out of limestone";

- sim. hollow;

a2
filled with vascular sinuses and capable of becoming distended and rigid as the result of being filled with blood;

- "erectile tissue";

- "the penis is an erectile organ";

- syn. erectile;

- sim. expansive;

cavernous sinus
n1
either of a pair of large venous sinuses in the cranial cavity;

- syn. sinus cavernosus;

cavetto
n1
a concave molding shaped like a quarter circle in cross section;

Cavia
n1
type genus of the Caviidae: guinea pigs;

- syn. genus Cavia;

Cavia cobaya
n1
stout-bodied nearly tailless domesticated cavy;

- often kept as a pet and widely used in research;

- syn. guinea pig;

Cavia porcellus
n1
South American cavy;

- possibly ancestral to the domestic guinea pig;

- syn. aperea, wild cavy;

caviar / k æ v ɪ ɑ , k æ v ɪ ɑr /
n1
salted roe of sturgeon or other large fish;

- usually served as an hors d'oeuvre;

- syn. caviare;

caviare / k æ v ɪ ɑ , k æ v ɪ ɑr /
n1
salted roe of sturgeon or other large fish;

- usually served as an hors d'oeuvre;

- syn. caviar;

Caviidae
n1
a family of Hystricomorpha;

- syn. family Caviidae;

cavil / k æ v ə ɫ , k æ v ɪ ɫ /
n1
an evasion of the point of an argument by raising irrelevant distinctions or objections;

- syn. quibble, quiddity;

v1
raise trivial objections;

- syn. carp, chicane;

caviler / k æ v ə ɫ ə , k æ v ə ɫ ə ɹ , k æ v ɪ ɫ ə , k æ v ɪ ɫ ə ɹ /
n1
a disputant who quibbles;

- someone who raises annoying petty objections;

- syn. caviller, pettifogger, quibbler;

caviller / k æ v ɪ ɫ ə /
n1
a disputant who quibbles;

- someone who raises annoying petty objections;

- syn. caviler, pettifogger, quibbler;

cavitied / k æ v ɪ t ɪ d /
a1
pitted with cell-like cavities (as a honeycomb);

- syn. alveolate, faveolate, honeycombed, pitted;

- sim. cellular;

cavity / k æ v ɪ t i /
n1
a sizeable hole (usually in the ground);

- "they dug a pit to bury the body";

- syn. pit;

n2
space that is surrounded by something;

- syn. enclosed space;

n3
soft decayed area in a tooth;

- progressive decay can lead to the death of a tooth;

- syn. caries, dental caries, tooth decay;

n4
(anatomy) a natural hollow or sinus within the body;

- syn. bodily cavity, cavum;

cavity resonator
n1
a hollow chamber whose dimensions allow the resonant oscillation of electromagnetic or acoustic waves;

- syn. resonating chamber, resonator;

cavity wall
n1
a wall formed of two thicknesses of masonry with a space between them;

caviuna wood
n1
an important Brazilian timber tree yielding a heavy hard dark-colored wood streaked with black;

- syn. Brazilian rosewood, Dalbergia nigra, jacaranda;

cavort / k ə v ɔ t /
v1
play boisterously;

- "The children frolicked in the garden";

- "the gamboling lambs in the meadows";

- "The toddlers romped in the playroom";

- syn. disport, frisk, frolic, gambol, lark, lark about, rollick, romp, run around, skylark, sport;

cavum
n1
(anatomy) a natural hollow or sinus within the body;

- syn. bodily cavity, cavity;

cavy / k eɪ v i /
n1
short-tailed rough-haired South American rodent;

caw / k ɔ /
n1
the sound made by corvine birds;

v1
utter a cry, characteristic of crows, rooks, or ravens;

Caxton
n1
English printer who in 1474 printed the first book in English (1422-1491);

- syn. William Caxton;

cay
n1
a coral reef off the southern coast of Florida;

- syn. Florida key, key;

cayenne / k eɪ ɛ n /
n1
plant bearing very hot and finely tapering long peppers;

- usually red;

- syn. Capsicum annuum longum, cayenne pepper, chili pepper, chilli pepper, jalapeno, long pepper;

n2
ground pods and seeds of pungent red peppers of the genus Capsicum;

- syn. cayenne pepper, red pepper;

n3
a long and often twisted hot red pepper;

- syn. cayenne pepper;

cayenne jasmine
n1
commonly cultivated Old World woody herb having large pinkish to red flowers;

- syn. Cape periwinkle, Catharanthus roseus, Madagascar periwinkle, Vinca rosea, old maid, periwinkle, red periwinkle, rose periwinkle;

cayenne pepper / k eɪ ɛ n p ɛ p ə , k eɪ ɛ n p ɛ p ə ɹ /
n1
plant bearing very hot and finely tapering long peppers;

- usually red;

- syn. Capsicum annuum longum, cayenne, chili pepper, chilli pepper, jalapeno, long pepper;

n2
ground pods and seeds of pungent red peppers of the genus Capsicum;

- syn. cayenne, red pepper;

n3
a long and often twisted hot red pepper;

- syn. cayenne;

cayman / k eɪ m ə n /
n1
a semiaquatic reptile of Central and South America that resembles an alligator but has a more heavily armored belly;

- syn. caiman;

Cayman Islands
n1
a British colony in the Caribbean to the northwest of Jamaica;

- an international banking center;

Cayman Islands dollar
n1
the basic unit of money in the Cayman Islands;

Cayuga
n1
a member of an Iroquoian people formerly living around Cayuga Lake in New York State;

n2
the Iroquoian language spoken by the Cayuga;

Cayuga Lake
n1
a glacial lake in central New York;

- the longest of the Finger Lakes;

- syn. Lake Cayuga;

cayuse
n1
a small native range horse;

- syn. Indian pony;

cazique
n1
black-and-red or black-and-yellow orioles of the American tropics;

- syn. cacique;

CBC
n1
counting the number of white and red blood cells and the number of platelets in 1 cubic millimeter of blood;

- syn. blood profile, complete blood count;

CBR
n1
(cosmology) the cooled remnant of the hot big bang that fills the entire universe and can be observed today with an average temperature of about 2.725 kelvin;

- syn. CMB, CMBR, cosmic background radiation, cosmic microwave background, cosmic microwave background radiation;

cc / s i s i /
n1
a metric unit of volume equal to one thousandth of a liter;

- syn. cubic centimeter, cubic centimetre, mil, milliliter, millilitre, ml;

a1
being ten more than one hundred ninety;

- syn. 200, two hundred;

- sim. cardinal;

ccc
a1
being one hundred more than two hundred;

- syn. 300, three hundred;

- sim. cardinal;

CCRC
n1
an agency in the Department of Defense that is a national center for research on all aspects of injury control and casualty care;

- syn. Casualty Care Research Center;

Cd / s i d i /
n1
a soft bluish-white ductile malleable toxic bivalent metallic element;

- occurs in association with zinc ores;

- syn. atomic number 48, cadmium;

n2
the basic unit of luminous intensity adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites;

- equal to 1/60 of the luminous intensity per square centimeter of a black body radiating at the temperature of 2,046 degrees Kelvin;

- syn. candela, candle, standard candle;

n3
a debt instrument issued by a bank;

- usually pays interest;

- syn. certificate of deposit;

n4
a digitally encoded recording on an optical disk that is smaller than a phonograph record;

- played back by a laser;

- syn. compact disc, compact disk;

a1
being one hundred more than three hundred;

- syn. 400, four hundred;

- sim. cardinal;

CD-R
n1
a compact disc on which you can write only once and thereafter is read-only memory;

- syn. CD-WO, compact disc recordable, compact disc write-once;

CD-ROM
n1
a compact disk that is used with a computer (rather than with an audio system);

- a large amount of digital information can be stored and accessed but it cannot be altered by the user;

- syn. compact disc read-only memory;

CD-ROM drive
n1
a drive that is connected to a computer and on which a CD-ROM can be `played';

CD-WO
n1
a compact disc on which you can write only once and thereafter is read-only memory;

- syn. CD-R, compact disc recordable, compact disc write-once;

CD4
n1
a glycoprotein that is found primarily on the surface of helper T cells;

- "CD4 is a receptor for HIV in humans";

- syn. cluster of differentiation 4;

CD4 cell
n1
T cell with CD4 receptor that recognizes antigens on the surface of a virus-infected cell and secretes lymphokines that stimulate B cells and killer T cells;

- helper T cells are infected and killed by the AIDS virus;

- syn. CD4 T cell, helper T cell, helper cell;

CD4 T cell
n1
T cell with CD4 receptor that recognizes antigens on the surface of a virus-infected cell and secretes lymphokines that stimulate B cells and killer T cells;

- helper T cells are infected and killed by the AIDS virus;

- syn. CD4 cell, helper T cell, helper cell;

CD8
n1
a membrane glycoprotein that is found primarily on the surface of cytotoxic T cells;

- syn. cluster of differentiation 8;

CD8 cell
n1
T cell with CD8 receptor that recognizes antigens on the surface of a virus-infected cell and binds to the infected cell and kill it;

- syn. CD8 T cell, cytotoxic T cell, killer T cell, killer cell;

CD8 T cell
n1
T cell with CD8 receptor that recognizes antigens on the surface of a virus-infected cell and binds to the infected cell and kill it;

- syn. CD8 cell, cytotoxic T cell, killer T cell, killer cell;

CD burner
n1
recording equipment for making compact disks;

- syn. compact-disk burner;

CD drive
n1
a drive that reads a compact disc and that is connected to an audio system;

CD player
n1
a stand-alone piece of electronic equipment that either has its own display or attaches to a television set;

CDC
n1
a federal agency in the Department of Health and Human Services;

- located in Atlanta;

- investigates and diagnoses and tries to control or prevent diseases (especially new and unusual diseases);

- syn. Center for Disease Control and Prevention;

cDNA
n1
single-stranded DNA that is complementary to messenger RNA or DNA that has been synthesized from messenger RNA by reverse transcriptase;

- syn. complementary DNA;

Ce
n1
a ductile grey metallic element of the lanthanide series;

- used in lighter flints;

- the most abundant of the rare-earth group;

- syn. atomic number 58, cerium;

r1
of the period coinciding with the Christian era;

- preferred by some writers who are not Christians;

- "in 200 CE";

- syn. C.E., Common Era;

cease / s i s /
n1
(`cease' is a noun only in the phrase `without cease') end;

v1
put an end to a state or an activity;

- "Quit teasing your little brother";

- syn. discontinue, give up, lay off, quit, stop;

v2
have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense;

- either spatial or metaphorical;

- "the bronchioles terminate in a capillary bed";

- "Your rights stop where you infringe upon the rights of other";

- "My property ends by the bushes";

- "The symphony ends in a pianissimo";

- syn. end, finish, stop, terminate;

cease-fire / s i s f aɪ ə , s i s f aɪ ə ɹ /
n1
a state of peace agreed to between opponents so they can discuss peace terms;

- syn. armistice, truce;

cease and desist order
n1
(law) a judicial remedy issued in order to prohibit a party from doing or continuing to do a certain activity;

- "injunction were formerly obtained by writ but now by a judicial order";

- syn. enjoining, enjoinment, injunction;

ceaseless / s i s ɫ ə s /
a1
uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing;

- "the ceaseless thunder of surf";

- "in constant pain";

- "night and day we live with the incessant noise of the city";

- "the never-ending search for happiness";

- "the perpetual struggle to maintain standards in a democracy";

- "man's unceasing warfare with drought and isolation";

- "unremitting demands of hunger";

- syn. constant, incessant, never-ending, perpetual, unceasing, unremitting;

- sim. continuous;

ceaselessly / s i s ɫ ə s ɫ i /
r1
with unflagging resolve;

- "dance inspires him ceaselessly to strive higher and higher toward the shining pinnacle of perfection that is the goal of every artiste";

- syn. continuously, endlessly, incessantly, unceasingly, unendingly;

ceaselessness / s i s ɫ ə s n ə s /
n1
the quality of something that continues without end or interruption;

- syn. continuousness, incessancy, incessantness;

Cebidae
n1
all the New World monkeys except marmosets and tamarins;

- syn. family Cebidae;

Cebu
n1
an important seaport on the island of Cebu in the Philippines;

- syn. Cebu City;

n2
one of the Visayan islands of the central Philippines;

- important for its fine harbor;

Cebu City
n1
an important seaport on the island of Cebu in the Philippines;

- syn. Cebu;

Cebu maguey
n1
hard fiber used in making coarse twine;

- from Philippine agave plants;

- syn. cantala, manila maguey;

Cebuan
n1
inhabitant of the island of Cebu;

- a member of the Visayan people of the Philippines;

n2
language of the people of Cebu in the Philippines;

- its lexicon contributes to the official language of the Philippines;

- syn. Cebuano;

Cebuano
n1
language of the people of Cebu in the Philippines;

- its lexicon contributes to the official language of the Philippines;

- syn. Cebuan;

Cebuella
n1
pygmy marmosets;

- syn. genus Cebuella;

Cebuella pygmaea
n1
the smallest monkey;

- of tropical forests of the Amazon;

- syn. pygmy marmoset;

Cebus
n1
type genus of the Cebidae;

- syn. genus Cebus;

Cebus capucinus
n1
monkey of Central America and South America having thick hair on the head that resembles a monk's cowl;

- syn. capuchin, ringtail;

cecal
a1
of or like a cecum;

- syn. caecal;

cecal appendage
n1
a vestigial process that extends from the lower end of the cecum and that resembles a small pouch;

- syn. appendix, vermiform appendix, vermiform process;

Cecidomyidae
n1
gall midges;

- syn. family Cecidomyidae;

Cecil B. DeMille
n1
United States film maker remembered for his extravagant and spectacular epic productions (1881-1959);

- syn. Cecil Blount DeMille, DeMille;

Cecil Blount DeMille
n1
United States film maker remembered for his extravagant and spectacular epic productions (1881-1959);

- syn. Cecil B. DeMille, DeMille;

Cecil Frank Powell
n1
English physicist who discovered the pion (the first known meson) which is a subatomic particle involved in holding the nucleus together (1903-1969);

- syn. Powell;

Cecil J. Rhodes
n1
British colonial financier and statesman in South Africa;

- made a fortune in gold and diamond mining;

- helped colonize the territory now known as Zimbabwe;

- he endowed annual fellowships for British Commonwealth and United States students to study at Oxford University (1853-1902);

- syn. Cecil John Rhodes, Cecil Rhodes, Rhodes;

Cecil John Rhodes
n1
British colonial financier and statesman in South Africa;

- made a fortune in gold and diamond mining;

- helped colonize the territory now known as Zimbabwe;

- he endowed annual fellowships for British Commonwealth and United States students to study at Oxford University (1853-1902);

- syn. Cecil J. Rhodes, Cecil Rhodes, Rhodes;

Cecil Rhodes
n1
British colonial financier and statesman in South Africa;

- made a fortune in gold and diamond mining;

- helped colonize the territory now known as Zimbabwe;

- he endowed annual fellowships for British Commonwealth and United States students to study at Oxford University (1853-1902);

- syn. Cecil J. Rhodes, Cecil John Rhodes, Rhodes;

Cecil Scott Forester
n1
English writer of adventure novels featuring Captain Horatio Hornblower (1899-1966);

- syn. C. S. Forester, Forester;

cecity
n1
the state of being blind or lacking sight;

- syn. blindness, sightlessness;

Cecropia
n1
large genus of tropical American trees that yield a bast fiber used for cordage and bark used in tanning;

- milky juice yields caoutchouc;

- syn. genus Cecropia;

n2
North American silkworm moth;

- larvae feed on the leaves of forest trees;

- syn. Hyalophora cecropia, cecropia moth;

cecropia moth
n1
North American silkworm moth;

- larvae feed on the leaves of forest trees;

- syn. Hyalophora cecropia, cecropia;

Cecropia peltata
n1
tropical American tree with large peltate leaves and hollow stems;

- syn. imbauba, snake wood, trumpet-wood, trumpet tree, trumpetwood;

Cecropiaceae
n1
in some classifications included in family Moraceae;

- syn. family Cecropiaceae;

cecum
n1
the cavity in which the large intestine begins and into which the ileum opens;

- "the appendix is an offshoot of the cecum";

- syn. blind gut, caecum;

cedar / s i d ə , s i d ə ɹ /
n1
any of numerous trees of the family Cupressaceae that resemble cedars;

- syn. cedar tree;

n2
durable aromatic wood of any of numerous cedar trees;

- especially wood of the red cedar often used for cedar chests;

- syn. cedarwood;

n3
any cedar of the genus Cedrus;

- syn. cedar tree, true cedar;

cedar-apple rust
n1
rust fungus causing rust spots on apples and pears etc;

- syn. Gymnosporangium juniperi-virginianae, apple rust;

cedar-scented
a1
smelling like cedar;

- sim. odorous;

cedar chest
n1
a chest made of cedar;

cedar elm
n1
elm of southern United States and Mexico having spreading pendulous corky branches;

- syn. Ulmus crassifolia;

cedar mahogany
n1
African tree having rather lightweight cedar-scented wood varying in color from pink to reddish brown;

- syn. African scented mahogany, Entandrophragma cylindricum, sapele mahogany;

cedar nut
n1
the seed of the Swiss pine;

- syn. cembra nut;

cedar of Goa
n1
tall spreading evergreen found in Mexico having drooping branches;

- believed to have been introduced into Portugal from Goa;

- syn. Cupressus lusitanica, Mexican cypress, Portuguese cypress;

cedar of Lebanon
n1
cedar of Lebanon and northwestern Syria that attains great age and height;

- syn. Cedrus libani;

Cedar Rapids
n1
a city in eastern Iowa;

cedar tree
n1
any of numerous trees of the family Cupressaceae that resemble cedars;

- syn. cedar;

n2
any cedar of the genus Cedrus;

- syn. cedar, true cedar;

cedar waxwing
n1
widely distributed over temperate North America;

- syn. Bombycilla cedrorun, cedarbird;

cedarbird
n1
widely distributed over temperate North America;

- syn. Bombycilla cedrorun, cedar waxwing;

cedarn
a1
consisting of or made of cedar;

- "carved cedarn doors";

- sim. woody;

cedarwood / s i d ə ɹ w ʊ d /
n1
durable aromatic wood of any of numerous cedar trees;

- especially wood of the red cedar often used for cedar chests;

- syn. cedar;

cede / s i d /
v1
give over;

- surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another;

- syn. concede, grant, yield;

v2
relinquish possession or control over;

- "The squatters had to surrender the building after the police moved in";

- syn. deliver, give up, surrender;

cedi
n1
the basic unit of money in Ghana;

cedilla / s ɪ d ɪ ɫ ə /
n1
a diacritical mark (,) placed below the letter c to indicate that it is pronounced as an s;

ceding / s i d ɪ ŋ /
n1
the act of ceding;

- syn. cession;

ceding back
n1
the act of ceding back;

- syn. recession;

Cedrela
n1
tropical American trees;

- syn. genus Cedrela;

Cedrela calantas
n1
Philippine timber tree having hard red fragrant wood;

- syn. Philippine cedar, Philippine mahogany, Toona calantas, kalantas;

Cedrela odorata
n1
tropical American tree yielding fragrant wood used especially for boxes;

- syn. Spanish cedar, Spanish cedar tree;

Cedrus
n1
true cedars;

- syn. genus Cedrus;

Cedrus atlantica
n1
tall Algerian evergreen of Atlas mountains with blue-green leaves;

- widely planted as an ornamental;

- syn. Atlas cedar;

Cedrus deodara
n1
tall East Indian cedar having spreading branches with nodding tips;

- highly valued for its appearance as well as its timber;

- syn. Himalayan cedar, deodar, deodar cedar;

Cedrus libani
n1
cedar of Lebanon and northwestern Syria that attains great age and height;

- syn. cedar of Lebanon;

cefadroxil
n1
a cephalosporin antibiotic (trade name Ultracef);

- syn. Ultracef;

Cefobid
n1
a parenteral cephalosporin (trade name Cefobid) used for severe infections;

- syn. cefoperazone;

cefoperazone
n1
a parenteral cephalosporin (trade name Cefobid) used for severe infections;

- syn. Cefobid;

cefotaxime
n1
a parenteral cephalosporin (trade name Claforan) used for severe infections of the lungs or throat or ears or urinary tract;

- syn. Claforan;

ceftazidime
n1
a parenteral cephalosporin (trade names Fortaz and Tazicef) used to treat moderate infections;

- syn. Fortaz, Tazicef;

Ceftin
n1
a cephalosporin that can be given parenterally (trade name Zinacef) or orally by tablets (trade name Ceftin);

- indicated for infections of the lungs or throat or ears or urinary tract or meninges;

- syn. Zinacef, cefuroxime;

ceftriaxone
n1
a parenteral cephalosporin (trade name Rocephin) used for severe infection of the lungs or throat or ears or urinary tract;

- syn. Rocephin;

cefuroxime
n1
a cephalosporin that can be given parenterally (trade name Zinacef) or orally by tablets (trade name Ceftin);

- indicated for infections of the lungs or throat or ears or urinary tract or meninges;

- syn. Ceftin, Zinacef;

Ceiba
n1
tropical American trees with palmately compound leaves and showy bell-shaped flowers;

- syn. genus Ceiba;

Ceiba pentandra
n1
massive tropical tree with deep ridges on its massive trunk and bearing large pods of seeds covered with silky floss;

- source of the silky kapok fiber;

- syn. Bombay ceiba, God tree, ceiba tree, kapok, silk-cotton tree, white silk-cotton tree;

ceiba tree
n1
massive tropical tree with deep ridges on its massive trunk and bearing large pods of seeds covered with silky floss;

- source of the silky kapok fiber;

- syn. Bombay ceiba, Ceiba pentandra, God tree, kapok, silk-cotton tree, white silk-cotton tree;

ceibo
n1
small South American spiny tree with dark crimson and scarlet flowers solitary or clustered;

- syn. Erythrina crista-galli, common coral tree, cry-baby tree, crybaby tree;

ceilidh / k eɪ ɫ i /
n1
an informal social gathering at which there is Scottish or Irish folk music and singing and folk dancing and story telling;

ceiling / s i ɫ ɪ ŋ /
n1
the overhead upper surface of a covered space;

- "he hated painting the ceiling";

n2
(meteorology) altitude of the lowest layer of clouds;

n3
an upper limit on what is allowed;

- "he put a ceiling on the number of women who worked for him";

- "there was a roof on salaries";

- "they established a cap for prices";

- syn. cap, roof;

n4
maximum altitude at which a plane can fly (under specified conditions);

ceilinged / s i ɫ ɪ ŋ d /
a1
provided with a ceiling especially the overhead interior surface;

- "the large beam-ceilinged living room";

- sim. high-ceilinged, low-ceilinged, raftered;

celandine / s ɛ ɫ ə n d aɪ n /
n1
North American annual plant with usually yellow or orange flowers;

- grows chiefly on wet rather acid soil;

- syn. Impatiens capensis, jewelweed, lady's earrings, orange balsam, touch-me-not;

n2
perennial herb with branched woody stock and bright yellow flowers;

- syn. Chelidonium majus, greater celandine, swallow wort, swallowwort;

celandine poppy
n1
perennial herb native to woodland of the eastern United States having yellow flowers;

- syn. Stylophorum diphyllum, wood poppy;

Celastraceae
n1
trees and shrubs and woody vines usually having bright-colored fruits;

- syn. family Celastraceae, spindle-tree family, staff-tree family;

Celastric articulatus
n1
ornamental Asiatic vine with showy orange-yellow fruit with a scarlet aril;

- naturalized in North America;

- syn. Celastrus orbiculatus, Japan bittersweet, Japanese bittersweet, oriental bittersweet;

Celastrus
n1
genus of woody vines and erect shrubs (type genus of the Celastraceae) that is native chiefly to Asia and Australia: includes bittersweet;

- syn. genus Celastrus;

Celastrus orbiculatus
n1
ornamental Asiatic vine with showy orange-yellow fruit with a scarlet aril;

- naturalized in North America;

- syn. Celastric articulatus, Japan bittersweet, Japanese bittersweet, oriental bittersweet;

Celastrus scandens
n1
twining shrub of North America having yellow capsules enclosing scarlet seeds;

- syn. American bittersweet, bittersweet, climbing bittersweet, false bittersweet, shrubby bittersweet, staff vine, waxwork;

Celebes
n1
a mountainous island in eastern Indonesia;

- syn. Sulawesi;

celebrant / s ɛ ɫ ɪ b ɹ ə n t /
n1
a person who is celebrating;

- syn. celebrater, celebrator;

n2
an officiating priest celebrating the Eucharist;

celebrate / s ɛ ɫ ɪ b ɹ eɪ t /
v1
behave as expected during of holidays or rites;

- "Keep the commandments";

- "celebrate Christmas";

- "Observe Yom Kippur";

- syn. keep, observe;

v2
have a celebration;

- "They were feting the patriarch of the family";

- "After the exam, the students were celebrating";

- syn. fete;

v3
assign great social importance to;

- "The film director was celebrated all over Hollywood";

- "The tenor was lionized in Vienna";

- syn. lionise, lionize;

celebrated / s ɛ ɫ ɪ b ɹ eɪ t ɪ d /
a1
widely known and esteemed;

- "a famous actor";

- "a celebrated musician";

- "a famed scientist";

- "an illustrious judge";

- "a notable historian";

- "a renowned painter";

- syn. famed, famous, far-famed, illustrious, notable, noted, renowned;

- sim. known;

a2
having an illustrious past;

- syn. historied, storied;

- sim. glorious;

celebrater / s ɛ ɫ ɪ b ɹ eɪ t ə , s ɛ ɫ ɪ b ɹ eɪ t ə ɹ /
n1
a person who is celebrating;

- syn. celebrant, celebrator;

celebration / s ɛ ɫ ɪ b ɹ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
a joyful occasion for special festivities to mark some happy event;

- syn. jubilation;

n2
any joyous diversion;

- syn. festivity;

n3
the public performance of a sacrament or solemn ceremony with all appropriate ritual;

- "the celebration of marriage";

- syn. solemnisation, solemnization;

celebrator / s ɛ ɫ ɪ b ɹ eɪ t ə /
n1
a person who is celebrating;

- syn. celebrant, celebrater;

celebratory / s ɛ ɫ ɪ b ɹ ə t ɔ ɹ i /
a1
used for celebrating;

Celebrex
n1
a Cox-2 inhibitor (trade name Celebrex) that relieves pain and inflammation without harming the digestive tract;

- syn. celecoxib;

celebrity / s ɪ ɫ ɛ b ɹ ɪ t i /
n1
a widely known person;

- "he was a baseball celebrity";

- syn. famous person;

n2
the state or quality of being widely honored and acclaimed;

- syn. fame, renown;

celecoxib
n1
a Cox-2 inhibitor (trade name Celebrex) that relieves pain and inflammation without harming the digestive tract;

- syn. Celebrex;

celeriac / s ɪ ɫ ɛr ɪ æ k /
n1
grown for its thickened edible aromatic root;

- syn. Apium graveolens rapaceum, celery root, knob celery, root celery, turnip-rooted celery;

n2
thickened edible aromatic root of a variety of celery plant;

- syn. celery root;

celerity / s ɪ ɫ ɛr ɪ t i /
n1
a rate that is rapid;

- syn. quickness, rapidity, rapidness, speediness;

celery / s ɛ ɫ ə ɹ i /
n1
widely cultivated herb with aromatic leaf stalks that are eaten raw or cooked;

- syn. Apium graveolens dulce, cultivated celery;

n2
stalks eaten raw or cooked or used as seasoning;

celery-leaved buttercup
n1
annual herb growing in marshy places;

- syn. Ranunculus sceleratus, cursed crowfoot;

celery-topped pine
n1
medium tall celery pine of Tasmania;

- syn. Phyllocladus asplenifolius, celery top pine;

celery blight
n1
a fungous leaf spot disease of the celery plant;

celery cabbage
n1
plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery;

- used as a vegetable in east Asia;

- syn. Brassica rapa pekinensis, Chinese cabbage, napa, pe-tsai;

n2
elongated head of crisp celery-like stalks and light green leaves;

- syn. Chinese cabbage, Chinese celery;

celery pine
n1
Australasian evergreen conifer having a graceful head of foliage resembling celery that is composed of phyllodes borne in the axils of scalelike leaves;

celery root
n1
grown for its thickened edible aromatic root;

- syn. Apium graveolens rapaceum, celeriac, knob celery, root celery, turnip-rooted celery;

n2
thickened edible aromatic root of a variety of celery plant;

- syn. celeriac;

celery salt
n1
ground celery seed and salt;

celery seed
n1
seed of the celery plant used as seasoning;

celery stick
n1
celery stalks cut into small sticks;

celery top pine
n1
medium tall celery pine of Tasmania;

- syn. Phyllocladus asplenifolius, celery-topped pine;

celesta / s ɪ ɫ ɛ s t ə /
n1
a musical instrument consisting of graduated steel plates that are struck by hammers activated by a keyboard;

celestial / s ɪ ɫ ɛ s t ɪə ɫ /
a1
of or relating to the sky;

- "celestial map";

- "a heavenly body";

- syn. heavenly;

a2
relating to or inhabiting a divine heaven;

- "celestial beings";

- "heavenly hosts";

- syn. heavenly;

a3
of heaven or the spirit;

- "celestial peace";

- "ethereal melodies";

- "the supernal happiness of a quiet death";

- syn. ethereal, supernal;

- sim. heavenly;

celestial body
n1
natural objects visible in the sky;

- syn. heavenly body;

Celestial City
n1
phrases used to refer to Heaven;

- "the Celestial City was Christian's goal in Bunyan's `Pilgrim's Progress'";

- syn. City of God, Heavenly City, Holy City;

celestial equator
n1
the great circle on the celestial sphere midway between the celestial poles;

- syn. equinoctial, equinoctial circle, equinoctial line;

celestial globe
n1
a globe that is a spherical model of the heavens;

celestial guidance
n1
a method of controlling the flight of a missile or spacecraft by reference to the positions of celestial bodies;

celestial hierarchy
n1
the collective body of angels;

celestial horizon
n1
the great circle on the celestial sphere whose plane passes through the sensible horizon and the center of the Earth;

- syn. horizon;

celestial latitude
n1
(astronomy) the angular distance of a celestial body north or to the south of the celestial equator;

- expressed in degrees;

- used with right ascension to specify positions on the celestial sphere;

- syn. dec, declination;

celestial longitude
n1
(astronomy) the equatorial coordinate specifying the angle, measured eastward along the celestial equator, from the vernal equinox to the intersection of the hour circle that passes through an object in the sky;

- usually expressed in hours and minutes and seconds;

- used with declination to specify positions on the celestial sphere;

- "one hour of right ascension equals fifteen degrees";

- syn. RA, right ascension;

celestial mechanics
n1
the branch of astronomy concerned with the application of Newton's laws of motion to the motions of heavenly bodies;

celestial navigation
n1
navigating according to the positions of the stars;

- syn. astronavigation;

celestial orbit
n1
the (usually elliptical) path described by one celestial body in its revolution about another;

- "he plotted the orbit of the moon";

- syn. orbit;

celestial point
n1
a point in the heavens (on the celestial sphere);

celestial pole
n1
one of two points of intersection of the Earth's axis and the celestial sphere;

- syn. pole;

celestial sphere
n1
the apparent surface of the imaginary sphere on which celestial bodies appear to be projected;

- syn. empyrean, firmament, heavens, sphere, vault of heaven, welkin;

celestite / s ɪ ɫ ɛ s t aɪ t /
n1
a mineral consisting of strontium sulphate;

celiac
a1
belonging to or prescribed for celiac disease;

- "a celiac diet";

a2
of or in or belonging to the cavity of the abdomen;

- syn. coeliac;

celiac artery
n1
an artery that originates from the abdominal aorta just below the diaphragm and branches into the left gastric artery and the common hepatic artery and the splenic artery;

- syn. arteria celiaca, celiac trunk, truncus celiacus;

celiac disease
n1
a disorder in children and adults;

- inability to tolerate wheat protein (gluten);

- symptoms include foul-smelling diarrhea and emaciation;

- often accompanied by lactose intolerance;

celiac trunk
n1
an artery that originates from the abdominal aorta just below the diaphragm and branches into the left gastric artery and the common hepatic artery and the splenic artery;

- syn. arteria celiaca, celiac artery, truncus celiacus;

celibacy / s ɛ ɫ ɪ b ə s i /
n1
an unmarried status;

n2
abstaining from sexual relations (as because of religious vows);

- syn. chastity, sexual abstention;

celibate / s ɛ ɫ ɪ b ə t /
n1
an unmarried person who has taken a religious vow of chastity;

a1
abstaining from sexual intercourse;

- "celibate priests";

- syn. continent;

- sim. chaste;

celiocentesis
n1
removal of fluid from the abdomen by centesis;

celioma
n1
an abdominal tumor;

celioscopy
n1
endoscopic examination of the abdomen through the abdominal wall;

cell / s ɛ ɫ /
n1
any small compartment;

- "the cells of a honeycomb";

n2
(biology) the basic structural and functional unit of all organisms;

- they may exist as independent units of life (as in monads) or may form colonies or tissues as in higher plants and animals;

n3
a device that delivers an electric current as the result of a chemical reaction;

- syn. electric cell;

n4
a small unit serving as part of or as the nucleus of a larger political movement;

- syn. cadre;

n5
a hand-held mobile radiotelephone for use in an area divided into small sections, each with its own short-range transmitter/receiver;

- syn. cellphone, cellular phone, cellular telephone, mobile phone;

n6
small room in which a monk or nun lives;

- syn. cubicle;

n7
a room where a prisoner is kept;

- syn. jail cell, prison cell;

cell-free
a1
lacking cells;

- "cell-free systems";

- "a cell-free homogenate of the thyroid";

- sim. noncellular;

cell-like
a1
resembling a cell;

- sim. cellular;

cell-mediated immune response
n1
an immune response (chiefly against viral or fungal invasions or transplanted tissue) that involves T cells;

cell death
n1
(physiology) the normal degeneration and death of living cells (as in various epithelial cells);

- syn. necrobiosis;

cell division
n1
the process in reproduction and growth by which a cell divides to form daughter cells;

- syn. cellular division;

cell doctrine
n1
(biology) the theory that cells form the fundamental structural and functional units of all living organisms;

- proposed in 1838 by Matthias Schleiden and by Theodor Schwann;

- syn. cell theory;

cell membrane
n1
a thin membrane (a double layer of lipids) enclosing the cytoplasm of a cell;

- proteins in the membrane control passage of ions (like sodium or potassium or calcium) in and out of the cell;

- "all cells have a cell membrane";

- syn. cytomembrane, plasma membrane;

cell nucleus
n1
a part of the cell containing DNA and RNA and responsible for growth and reproduction;

- syn. karyon, nucleus;

cell organ
n1
a specialized part of a cell;

- analogous to an organ;

- "the first organelle to be identified was the nucleus";

- syn. cell organelle, organelle;

cell organelle
n1
a specialized part of a cell;

- analogous to an organ;

- "the first organelle to be identified was the nucleus";

- syn. cell organ, organelle;

cell phone
v1
call up by using a cellular phone;

- "If the train is late, I will cell phone you";

cell theory
n1
(biology) the theory that cells form the fundamental structural and functional units of all living organisms;

- proposed in 1838 by Matthias Schleiden and by Theodor Schwann;

- syn. cell doctrine;

cell wall
n1
a rigid layer of polysaccharides enclosing the membrane of plant and prokaryotic cells;

- maintains the shape of the cell and serves as a protective barrier;

cellar / s ɛ ɫ ə , s ɛ ɫ ə ɹ /
n1
the lowermost portion of a structure partly or wholly below ground level;

- often used for storage;

- syn. basement;

n2
an excavation where root vegetables are stored;

- syn. root cellar;

n3
storage space where wines are stored;

- syn. wine cellar;

cellarage / s ɛ ɫ ə ɹ ɪ dʒ /
n1
a charge for storing goods in a cellar;

n2
a storage area in a cellar;

cellaret / s ɛ ɫ ə ɹ ɛ t /
n1
sideboard with compartments for holding bottles;

- syn. minibar;

cellblock / s ɛ ɫ b ɫ ɒ k /
n1
a division of a prison (usually consisting of several cells);

- syn. ward;

Cellini
n1
Italian sculptor (1500-1571);

- syn. Benvenuto Cellini;

cellist / tʃ ɛ ɫ ɪ s t /
n1
someone who plays a violoncello;

- syn. violoncellist;

cello / tʃ ɛ ɫ oʊ /
n1
a large stringed instrument;

- seated player holds it upright while playing;

- syn. violoncello;

cellophane / s ɛ ɫ ə f eɪ n /
n1
a transparent paperlike product that is impervious to moisture and used to wrap candy or cigarettes etc.;

cellphone
n1
a hand-held mobile radiotelephone for use in an area divided into small sections, each with its own short-range transmitter/receiver;

- syn. cell, cellular phone, cellular telephone, mobile phone;

cellular / s ɛ ɫ j ʊ ɫ ə , s ɛ ɫ j ʊ ɫ ə ɹ /
a1
relating to cells;

- "cellular walls";

- "cellular physiology";

a2
characterized by or divided into or containing cells or compartments (the smallest organizational or structural unit of an organism or organization);

- "the cellular construction of a beehive";

- "any effective opposition to a totalitarian regime must be secretive and cellular";

- sim. alveolate, cancellate, cell-like, lymphoblast-like, multicellular;

cellular division
n1
the process in reproduction and growth by which a cell divides to form daughter cells;

- syn. cell division;

cellular inclusion
n1
any small intracellular body found within another (characteristic of certain diseases);

- "an inclusion in the cytoplasm of the cell";

- syn. inclusion, inclusion body;

cellular phone
n1
a hand-held mobile radiotelephone for use in an area divided into small sections, each with its own short-range transmitter/receiver;

- syn. cell, cellphone, cellular telephone, mobile phone;

cellular respiration
n1
the metabolic processes whereby certain organisms obtain energy from organic molecules;

- processes that take place in the cells and tissues during which energy is released and carbon dioxide is produced and absorbed by the blood to be transported to the lungs;

- syn. internal respiration, respiration;

cellular slime mold
n1
differing from true slime molds in being cellular and nucleate throughout the life cycle;

cellular telephone
n1
a hand-held mobile radiotelephone for use in an area divided into small sections, each with its own short-range transmitter/receiver;

- syn. cell, cellphone, cellular phone, mobile phone;

cellularity / s ɛ ɫ j ʊ ɫ æ ɹ ɪ t i /
n1
the state of having cells;

cellulite
n1
lumpy deposits of body fat especially on women's thighs etc.;

cellulitis
n1
an inflammation of body tissue (especially that below the skin) characterized by fever and swelling and redness and pain;

celluloid / s ɛ ɫ j ʊ ɫ ɔɪ d /
n1
highly flammable substance made from cellulose nitrate and camphor;

- used in e.g. motion-picture and X-ray film;

- its use has decreased with the development of nonflammable thermoplastics;

n2
a medium that disseminates moving pictures;

- "theater pieces transferred to celluloid";

- "this story would be good cinema";

- "film coverage of sporting events";

- syn. cinema, film;

a1
artificial as if portrayed in a film;

- "a novel with flat celluloid characters";

- syn. synthetic;

- sim. artificial;

cellulose / s ɛ ɫ j ʊ ɫ oʊ s /
n1
a polysaccharide that is the chief constituent of all plant tissues and fibers;

cellulose acetate
n1
an ester of acetic acid;

- used in fibers and fabrics;

- photographic films and varnishes;

cellulose ester
n1
any ester of cellulose with an acid;

cellulose nitrate
n1
a nitric acid ester;

- used in lacquers and explosives;

- syn. guncotton, nitrocellulose, nitrocotton;

cellulose tape
n1
transparent or semitransparent adhesive tape (trade names Scotch tape and Sellotape) used for sealing or attaching or mending;

- syn. Scotch tape, Sellotape;

cellulose triacetate
n1
cellulose acetate that is relatively slow to burn;

- used instead of celluloid for motion-picture film;

- syn. triacetate;

cellulose xanthate
n1
a cellulose ester obtained by treating cellulose with caustic soda;

- syn. viscose;

cellulosic
n1
a plastic made from cellulose (or a derivative of cellulose);

cellulosid
a1
of or containing or made from cellulose;

- "cellulosic fibers";

celom
n1
a cavity in the mesoderm of an embryo that gives rise in humans to the pleural cavity and pericardial cavity and peritoneal cavity;

- syn. celoma, coelom;

celoma
n1
a cavity in the mesoderm of an embryo that gives rise in humans to the pleural cavity and pericardial cavity and peritoneal cavity;

- syn. celom, coelom;

Celosia
n1
annual or perennial herbs or vines of tropical and subtropical America and Asia and Africa;

- syn. genus Celosia;

Celosia argentea
n1
weedy annual with spikes of silver-white flowers;

- syn. red fox;

Celosia argentea cristata
n1
garden annual with featherlike spikes of red or yellow flowers;

- syn. Celosia cristata, cockscomb, common cockscomb;

Celosia cristata
n1
garden annual with featherlike spikes of red or yellow flowers;

- syn. Celosia argentea cristata, cockscomb, common cockscomb;

Celsius / s ɛ ɫ s ɪə s /
n1
Swedish astronomer who devised the centigrade thermometer (1701-1744);

- syn. Anders Celsius;

Celsius scale
n1
a temperature scale that defines the freezing point of water as 0 degrees and the boiling point of water as 100 degrees;

- syn. centigrade scale, international scale;

Celt / k ɛ ɫ t /
n1
a member of a European people who once occupied Britain and Spain and Gaul prior to Roman times;

- syn. Kelt;

Celtic / k ɛ ɫ t ɪ k /
n1
a branch of the Indo-European languages that (judging from inscriptions and place names) was spread widely over Europe in the pre-Christian era;

- syn. Celtic language;

a1
relating to or characteristic of the Celts;

- syn. Gaelic;

Celtic cross
n1
a Latin cross with a ring surrounding the intersection;

Celtic deity
n1
a deity worshipped by the Celts;

Celtic language
n1
a branch of the Indo-European languages that (judging from inscriptions and place names) was spread widely over Europe in the pre-Christian era;

- syn. Celtic;

Celtis / k ɛ ɫ t ɪ z /
n1
large genus of trees and shrubs with berrylike fruit;

- syn. genus Celtis;

Celtis australis
n1
bright green deciduous shade tree of southern Europe;

- syn. European hackberry, Mediterranean hackberry;

Celtis laevigata
n1
deciduous shade tree with small black berries;

- southern United States;

- yields soft yellowish wood;

- syn. sugarberry;

Celtis occidentalis
n1
large deciduous shade tree of southern United States with small deep purple berries;

- syn. American hackberry;

celtuce
n1
lettuce valued especially for its edible stems;

- syn. Lactuca sativa asparagina, stem lettuce;

n2
leaves having celery-like stems eaten raw or cooked;

cembalo / tʃ ɛ m b ə ɫ oʊ /
n1
a clavier with strings that are plucked by plectra mounted on pivots;

- syn. harpsichord;

cembra nut
n1
the seed of the Swiss pine;

- syn. cedar nut;

cembra nut tree
n1
large five-needled European pine;

- yields cembra nuts and a resinous exudate;

- syn. Pinus cembra, Swiss pine, Swiss stone pine, arolla pine;

cement / s ɪ m ɛ n t /
n1
concrete pavement is sometimes referred to as cement;

- "they stood on the grey cement beside the pool";

n2
a building material that is a powder made of a mixture of calcined limestone and clay;

- used with water and sand or gravel to make concrete and mortar;

n3
something that hardens to act as adhesive material;

n4
any of various materials used by dentists to fill cavities in teeth;

n5
a specialized bony substance covering the root of a tooth;

- syn. cementum;

v1
make fast as if with cement;

- "We cemented our friendship";

v2
cover or coat with cement;

v3
bind or join with or as if with cement;

cement mixer
n1
a machine with a large revolving drum in which cement is mixed with other materials to make concrete;

- syn. concrete mixer;

cementite
n1
a chemical compound that is a constituent of steel and cast iron;

- very hard and brittle;

- syn. iron carbide;

cementitious / s ɪ m ɛ n t ɪ ʃ ə s /
a1
like or relevant to or having the properties of cement;

- "the adhesion of cementitious materials";

cementum / s ɪ m ɛ n t ə m /
n1
a specialized bony substance covering the root of a tooth;

- syn. cement;

cemetery / s ɛ m ə t ɹ i /
n1
a tract of land used for burials;

- syn. burial ground, burial site, burying ground, graveyard, memorial park, necropolis;

Cenchrus
n1
a genus of grasses of the family Gramineae that have burs;

- syn. genus Cenchrus;

Cenchrus ciliaris
n1
erect tussock-forming perennial bur grass used particularly in South Africa and Australia for pasture and forage;

- syn. Pennisetum cenchroides, buffel grass;

Cenchrus tribuloides
n1
grass of the eastern United States and tropical America having spikelets enclosed in prickly burs;

- syn. field sandbur, sandbur, sandspur;

cenobite / s i n oʊ b aɪ t /
n1
a member of a religious order living in common;

- syn. coenobite;

cenobitic
a1
of or relating to or befitting cenobites or their practices of communal living;

- syn. cenobitical, coenobitic, coenobitical;

cenobitical
a1
of or relating to or befitting cenobites or their practices of communal living;

- syn. cenobitic, coenobitic, coenobitical;

cenogenesis
n1
introduction during embryonic development of characters or structure not present in the earlier evolutionary history of the strain or species (such as the addition of the placenta in mammalian evolution);

- syn. caenogenesis, cainogenesis, kainogenesis, kenogenesis;

cenogenetic
a1
of or relating to cenogenesis;

cenotaph / s ɛ n ə t ɑ f /
n1
a monument built to honor people whose remains are interred elsewhere or whose remains cannot be recovered;

- syn. empty tomb;

Cenozoic
n1
approximately the last 63 million years;

- syn. Age of Mammals, Cenozoic era;

a1
of or relating to or denoting the Cenozoic era;

Cenozoic era
n1
approximately the last 63 million years;

- syn. Age of Mammals, Cenozoic;

cense / s ɛ n s /
v1
perfume especially with a censer;

- syn. incense, thurify;

censer / s ɛ n s ə , s ɛ n s ə ɹ /
n1
a container for burning incense (especially one that is swung on a chain in a religious ritual);

- syn. thurible;

censor / s ɛ n s ə , s ɛ n s ə ɹ /
n1
someone who censures or condemns;

n2
a person who is authorized to read publications or correspondence or to watch theatrical performances and suppress in whole or in part anything considered obscene or politically unacceptable;

v1
forbid the public distribution of ( a movie or a newspaper);

- syn. ban;

v2
subject to political, religious, or moral censorship;

- "This magazine is censored by the government";

censored / s ɛ n s ə d /
a1
suppressed or subject to censorship;

- "the censored press in some countries";

- sim. expurgated;

censorial / s ɛ n s ɔ ɹ ɪə ɫ /
a1
belonging or relating to a censor or a censor's functions;

censoring / s ɛ n s ə ɹ ɪ ŋ /
n1
counterintelligence achieved by banning or deleting any information of value to the enemy;

- syn. censorship, security review;

n2
deleting parts of publications or correspondence or theatrical performances;

- syn. censorship;

censorious / s ɛ n s ɔ ɹ ɪə s /
a1
harshly critical or expressing censure;

- "was censorious of petty failings";

- sim. critical;

censorship / s ɛ n s ə ʃ ɪ p /
n1
counterintelligence achieved by banning or deleting any information of value to the enemy;

- syn. censoring, security review;

n2
deleting parts of publications or correspondence or theatrical performances;

- syn. censoring;

censurable / s ɛ n ʃ ə ɹ ə b ɫ /
a1
deserving blame or censure as being wrong or evil or injurious;

- "blameworthy if not criminal behavior";

- "censurable misconduct";

- "culpable negligence";

- syn. blamable, blameable, blameful, blameworthy, culpable;

- sim. guilty;

censure / s ɛ n ʃ ə , s ɛ n ʃ ə ɹ /
n1
harsh criticism or disapproval;

- syn. animadversion;

n2
the state of being excommunicated;

- syn. exclusion, excommunication;

v1
rebuke formally;

- syn. criminate, reprimand;

census / s ɛ n s ə s /
n1
a periodic count of the population;

- syn. nose count, nosecount;

v1
conduct a census;

- "They censused the deer in the forest";

Census Bureau
n1
the bureau of the Commerce Department responsible for taking the census;

- provides demographic information and analyses about the population of the United States;

- syn. Bureau of the Census;

census taker
n1
someone who collects census data by visiting individual homes;

- syn. enumerator;

cent / s ɛ n t /
n1
a fractional monetary unit of several countries;

n2
a coin worth one-hundredth of the value of the basic unit;

- syn. centime, penny;

cental / s ɛ n t ɫ /
n1
a United States unit of weight equivalent to 100 pounds;

- syn. centner, cwt, hundredweight, quintal, short hundredweight;

centare / s ɛ n t ɑr /
n1
a centare is 1/100th of an are;

- syn. square meter, square metre;

centas
n1
100 centas equal 1 litas in Lithuania;

centaur / s ɛ n t ɔ , s ɛ n t ɔ ɹ /
n1
(classical mythology) a mythical being that is half man and half horse;

n2
a conspicuous constellation in the southern hemisphere near the Southern Cross;

- syn. Centaurus;

Centaurea
n1
knapweed;

- star thistle;

- syn. genus Centaurea;

Centaurea americana
n1
annual of southwestern United States cultivated for its purple flower heads and its bracts that resemble small baskets;

- syn. basket flower;

Centaurea cineraria
n1
a plant having leaves and stems covered with down that resembles dust;

- syn. Centaurea gymnocarpa, dusty miller;

Centaurea cyanus
n1
an annual Eurasian plant cultivated in North America having showy heads of blue or purple or pink or white flowers;

- syn. bachelor's button, bluebottle, cornflower;

Centaurea gymnocarpa
n1
a plant having leaves and stems covered with down that resembles dust;

- syn. Centaurea cineraria, dusty miller;

Centaurea imperialis
n1
perennial of mountains of Iran and Iraq;

- cultivated for its fragrant rose-pink flowers;

- syn. sweet sultan;

Centaurea moschata
n1
Asian plant widely grown for its sweetly fragrant pink flowers;

- sometimes placed in genus Centaurea;

- syn. Amberboa moschata, sweet sultan;

Centaurea nigra
n1
a weedy perennial with tough wiry stems and purple flowers;

- native to Europe but widely naturalized;

- syn. black knapweed, hardheads, lesser knapweed;

Centaurea scabiosa
n1
tall European perennial having purple flower heads;

- syn. great knapweed, greater knapweed;

Centaurea solstitialis
n1
European weed having a winged stem and hairy leaves;

- adventive in the eastern United States;

- syn. Barnaby's thistle, yellow star-thistle;

Centauria calcitrapa
n1
Mediterranean annual or biennial herb having pinkish to purple flowers surrounded by spine-tipped scales;

- naturalized in America;

- syn. caltrop, star-thistle;

Centaurium
n1
genus of low-growing herbs mostly of northern hemisphere having flowers with protruding spirally twisted anthers;

- syn. genus Centaurium;

Centaurium calycosum
n1
erect plant with small clusters of pink trumpet-shaped flowers of southwestern United States;

- syn. rosita;

Centaurium minus
n1
common European glabrous annual centaury with flowers in dense cymes;

- syn. lesser centaury;

Centaurium scilloides
n1
tufted perennial of western Europe and Azores having bright pink to white flowers;

- syn. tufted centaury;

Centaurus
n1
a conspicuous constellation in the southern hemisphere near the Southern Cross;

- syn. Centaur;

centaury / s ɛ n t ɔ ɹ i /
n1
any of various plants of the genus Centaurium;

n2
any plant of the genus Centaurea;

centavo
n1
a fractional monetary unit of several countries: El Salvador and Sao Tome and Principe and Brazil and Argentina and Bolivia and Colombia and Cuba and the Dominican Republic and Ecuador and El Salvador and Guatemala and Honduras and Mexico and Nicaragua and Peru and the Philippines and Portugal;

centenarian / s ɛ n t ɪ n eə ɹ ɪə n /
n1
someone who is at least 100 years old;

a1
being at least 100 years old;

- sim. old;

centenary / s ɛ n t i n ə ɹ i /
n1
the 100th anniversary (or the celebration of it);

- syn. centennial;

a1
of or relating to or completing a period of 100 years;

- "centennial celebration";

- syn. centennial;

centennial / s ɛ n t ɛ n ɪə ɫ /
n1
the 100th anniversary (or the celebration of it);

- syn. centenary;

a1
of or relating to or completing a period of 100 years;

- "centennial celebration";

- syn. centenary;

Centennial State
n1
a state in west central United States in the Rocky Mountains;

- syn. CO, Colo., Colorado;

centennially / s ɛ n t ɛ n ɪə ɫ i /
r1
every hundred years;

- once in a century;

- "the birthday of this city is being celebrated centennially";

center / s ɛ n t ə /
n1
an area that is approximately central within some larger region;

- "it is in the center of town";

- "they ran forward into the heart of the struggle";

- "they were in the eye of the storm";

- syn. centre, eye, heart, middle;

n2
the piece of ground in the outfield directly ahead of the catcher;

- "he hit the ball to deep center";

- syn. center field, centerfield;

n3
a building dedicated to a particular activity;

- "they were raising money to build a new center for research";

- syn. centre;

n4
a point equidistant from the ends of a line or the extremities of a figure;

- syn. centre, midpoint;

n5
the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience;

- "the gist of the prosecutor's argument";

- "the heart and soul of the Republican Party";

- "the nub of the story";

- syn. centre, core, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, kernel, marrow, meat, nitty-gritty, nub, pith, substance, sum;

n6
the object upon which interest and attention focuses;

- "his stories made him the center of the party";

- syn. center of attention, centre, centre of attention;

n7
a cluster of nerve cells governing a specific bodily process;

- "in most people the speech center is in the left hemisphere";

- syn. centre, nerve center, nerve centre;

n8
the middle of a military or naval formation;

- "they had to reinforce the center";

n9
(basketball) the person who plays center on a basketball team;

n10
(football) the person who plays center on the line of scrimmage and snaps the ball to the quarterback;

- "the center fumbled the handoff";

- syn. snapper;

n11
a place where some particular activity is concentrated;

- "they received messages from several centers";

- syn. centre;

n12
politically moderate persons;

- centrists;

n13
(ice hockey) the person who plays center on a hockey team;

n14
the sweet central portion of a piece of candy that is enclosed in chocolate or some other covering;

- syn. centre;

n15
mercantile establishment consisting of a carefully landscaped complex of shops representing leading merchandisers;

- usually includes restaurants and a convenient parking area;

- a modern version of the traditional marketplace;

- "a good plaza should have a movie house";

- "they spent their weekends at the local malls";

- syn. mall, plaza, shopping center, shopping centre, shopping mall;

n16
the position on a hockey team of the player who participates in the face off at the beginning of the game;

n17
(American football) the position of the player on the line of scrimmage who puts the ball in play;

- "it is a center's responsibility to get the football to the quarterback";

n18
a position on a basketball team of the player who participates in the jump that starts the game;

v1
center upon;

- "Her entire attention centered on her children";

- "Our day revolved around our work";

- syn. center on, concentrate on, focus on, revolve about, revolve around;

v2
direct one's attention on something;

- "Please focus on your studies and not on your hobbies";

- syn. centre, concentrate, focus, pore, rivet;

v3
move into the center;

- "That vase in the picture is not centered";

- syn. centre;

- also center on;

a1
equally distant from the extremes;

- syn. halfway, middle, midway;

- sim. central;

a2
of or belonging to neither the right nor the left politically or intellectually;

- sim. centrist;

center bit
n1
a bit with a sharp center point for guidance and two side cutters;

- syn. centre bit;

center field
n1
the piece of ground in the outfield directly ahead of the catcher;

- "he hit the ball to deep center";

- syn. center, centerfield;

n2
the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is expected to field balls in the central third of the outfield;

- syn. centerfield;

center fielder
n1
the person who plays center field;

- syn. centerfielder;

Center for Disease Control and Prevention
n1
a federal agency in the Department of Health and Human Services;

- located in Atlanta;

- investigates and diagnoses and tries to control or prevent diseases (especially new and unusual diseases);

- syn. CDC;

center line
n1
a line that bisects a plane figure;

- syn. centerline;

center of attention
n1
the object upon which interest and attention focuses;

- "his stories made him the center of the party";

- syn. center, centre, centre of attention;

center of buoyancy
n1
(physics) the center of mass of the immersed part of ship or other floating object;

- syn. center of immersion, centre of buoyancy, centre of immersion;

center of curvature
n1
the center of the circle of curvature;

- syn. centre of curvature;

center of flotation
n1
the center of gravity of a floating object;

- syn. centre of flotation;

center of gravity
n1
the point within something at which gravity can be considered to act;

- in uniform gravity it is equal to the center of mass;

- syn. centre of gravity;

center of immersion
n1
(physics) the center of mass of the immersed part of ship or other floating object;

- syn. center of buoyancy, centre of buoyancy, centre of immersion;

center of mass
n1
point representing the mean position of the matter in a body;

- syn. centre of mass;

center on
v1
center upon;

- "Her entire attention centered on her children";

- "Our day revolved around our work";

- syn. center, concentrate on, focus on, revolve about, revolve around;

v2
have as a center;

- "The region centers on Charleston";

center punch
n1
a tool with a conical point that is used to make indentations in metal (especially to mark points for drilling);

v1
make a small hole in something as a guide for a drill;

center spread
n1
the spread at the center of a magazine;

- syn. centre spread;

center stage
n1
a position of prominence or importance;

- syn. centre stage;

n2
the central area on a theater stage;

- syn. centre stage;

centerboard / s ɛ n t ə b ɔ d /
n1
a retractable fin keel used on sailboats to prevent drifting to leeward;

- syn. centreboard, drop keel, sliding keel;

centered / s ɛ n t ə d /
a1
being or placed in the center;

- sim. central;

centerfield / s ɛ n t ə f i ɫ d /
n1
the piece of ground in the outfield directly ahead of the catcher;

- "he hit the ball to deep center";

- syn. center, center field;

n2
the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is expected to field balls in the central third of the outfield;

- syn. center field;

centerfielder / s ɛ n t ə f i ɫ d ə /
n1
the person who plays center field;

- syn. center fielder;

centerfold / s ɛ n t ə f oʊ ɫ d /
n1
a magazine center spread;

- especially a foldout of a large photograph or map or other feature;

- syn. centrefold;

centering / s ɛ n t ə ɪ ŋ /
n1
the concentration of attention or energy on something;

- "the focus of activity shifted to molecular biology";

- "he had no direction in his life";

- syn. direction, focal point, focus, focusing, focussing;

n2
(American football) putting the ball in play by passing it (between the legs) to a back;

- "the quarterback fumbled the snap";

- syn. snap;

centerline / s ɛ n t ə ɫ aɪ n /
n1
a line that bisects a plane figure;

- syn. center line;

centerpiece / s ɛ n t ə p i s /
n1
the central or most important feature;

- "education was the centerpiece of the Democratic Party's political platform";

- syn. centrepiece;

n2
something placed at the center of something else (as on a table);

- syn. centrepiece;

centesimal / s ɛ n t ɛ s ɪ m ə ɫ /
a1
relating to or divided into hundredths;

a2
the ordinal number of one hundred in counting order;

- syn. 100th, hundredth;

- sim. ordinal;

centesimo / s ɛ n t ɛ s ɪ m oʊ /
n1
a fractional monetary unit of several countries: Panama and Italy and Uruguay and Chile;

centesis
n1
(surgery) the act of puncturing a body cavity or organ with a hollow needle in order to draw out fluid;

centigrade / s ɛ n t ɪ ɡ ɹ eɪ d /
a1
of or relating to a temperature scale on which the freezing point of water is 0 degrees and the boiling point of water is 100 degrees;

centigrade scale
n1
a temperature scale that defines the freezing point of water as 0 degrees and the boiling point of water as 100 degrees;

- syn. Celsius scale, international scale;

Centigrade thermometer
n1
a thermometer calibrated in degrees centigrade;

centile / s ɛ n t aɪ ɫ /
n1
(statistics) any of the 99 numbered points that divide an ordered set of scores into 100 parts each of which contains one-hundredth of the total;

- syn. percentile;

centiliter / s ɛ n t ɪ ɫ ɪ t ə /
n1
a metric unit of volume equal to one hundredth of a liter;

- syn. centilitre, cl;

centilitre / s ɛ n t ɪ ɫ i t ə /
n1
a metric unit of volume equal to one hundredth of a liter;

- syn. centiliter, cl;

centime / s ɒ n t i m /
n1
a fractional monetary unit of several countries: France and Algeria and Belgium and Burkina Faso and Burundi and Cameroon and Chad and the Congo and Gabon and Haiti and the Ivory Coast and Luxembourg and Mali and Morocco and Niger and Rwanda and Senegal and Switzerland and Togo;

n2
a coin worth one-hundredth of the value of the basic unit;

- syn. cent, penny;

centimeter / s ɛ n t ɪ m i t ə /
n1
a metric unit of length equal to one hundredth of a meter;

- syn. centimetre, cm;

centimetre / s ɛ n t ɪ m i t ə , s ɛ n t ɪ m i t ə ɹ /
n1
a metric unit of length equal to one hundredth of a meter;

- syn. centimeter, cm;

centimo
n1
a fractional monetary unit of Venezuela and Costa Rica and Equatorial Guinea and Paraguay and Spain;

centipede / s ɛ n t ɪ p i d /
n1
chiefly nocturnal predacious arthropod having a flattened body of 15 to 173 segments each with a pair of legs, the foremost pair being modified as prehensors;

centner / s ɛ n t n ə /
n1
a unit of weight equal to 100 kilograms;

- syn. doppelzentner, hundredweight, metric hundredweight;

n2
in some European countries: a unit of weight equivalent to 50 kilograms;

n3
a United States unit of weight equivalent to 100 pounds;

- syn. cental, cwt, hundredweight, quintal, short hundredweight;

central / s ɛ n t ɹ ə ɫ /
n1
a workplace that serves as a telecommunications facility where lines from telephones can be connected together to permit communication;

- syn. exchange, telephone exchange;

a1
serving as an essential component;

- "a cardinal rule";

- "the central cause of the problem";

- "an example that was fundamental to the argument";

- "computers are fundamental to modern industrial structure";

- syn. cardinal, fundamental, key, primal;

- sim. important;

a2
in or near a center or constituting a center;

- the inner area;

- "a central position";

- sim. amidship, bicentric, bifocal, center, centered, centric, focal, median, middlemost, nuclear;

Central Africa
n1
a landlocked country in central Africa;

- formerly under French control;

- became independent in 1960;

- syn. Central African Republic;

Central African Republic
n1
a landlocked country in central Africa;

- formerly under French control;

- became independent in 1960;

- syn. Central Africa;

Central African Republic franc
n1
the basic unit of money in the Central African Republic;

Central America
n1
the isthmus joining North America and South America;

- extends from the southern border of Mexico to the northern border of Colombia;

n2
the nations of Central America collectively;

Central American
n1
a native or inhabitant of Central America;

a1
of or relating to or characteristic of Central America or its people or languages;

Central American country
n1
any one of the countries occupying Central America;

- these countries (except for Belize and Costa Rica) are characterized by low per capita income and unstable governments;

- syn. Central American nation;

Central American nation
n1
any one of the countries occupying Central America;

- these countries (except for Belize and Costa Rica) are characterized by low per capita income and unstable governments;

- syn. Central American country;

Central American strap fern
n1
fern with shorter and narrower leaves than Florida strap fern;

- Florida to West Indies and Mexico and south to Argentina;

- syn. Campyloneurum augustifolium, narrow-leaved strap fern;

central artery of the retina
n1
a branch of the ophthalmic artery;

- enters the eyeball with the optic nerve;

- syn. arteria centralis retinae;

central bank
n1
a government monetary authority that issues currency and regulates the supply of credit and holds the reserves of other banks and sells new issues of securities for the government;

central body
n1
small region of cytoplasm adjacent to the nucleus;

- contains the centrioles and serves to organize the microtubules;

- syn. centrosome;

central chimpanzee
n1
black-faced chimpanzees of central Africa;

- closely related to eastern chimpanzees;

- syn. Pan troglodytes troglodytes;

central city
n1
the central part of a city;

- syn. city center, city centre;

Central Dravidian
n1
a Dravidian language spoken primarily in central India;

central gyrus
n1
either of two gyri on either side of the central sulcus;

central heating
n1
a heating system in which air or water is heated at a central furnace and sent through the building via vents or pipes and radiators;

Central Intelligence Agency
n1
an independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest;

- headed by the Director of Central Intelligence under the supervision of the President and National Security Council;

- syn. CIA;

Central Intelligence Machinery
n1
the United Kingdom's central unit for the tasking and coordination and funding of intelligence and security agencies;

- syn. CIM;

central nervous system
n1
the portion of the vertebrate nervous system consisting of the brain and spinal cord;

- syn. CNS, systema nervosum centrale;

central office
n1
(usually plural) the office that serves as the administrative center of an enterprise;

- "many companies have their headquarters in New York";

- syn. headquarters, home base, home office, main office;

Central Park
n1
a large park in Manhattan;

Central Powers
n1
in World War I the alliance of Germany and Austria-Hungary and other nations allied with them in opposing the Allies;

central processing unit
n1
(computer science) the part of a computer (a microprocessor chip) that does most of the data processing;

- "the CPU and the memory form the central part of a computer to which the peripherals are attached";

- syn. C.P.U., CPU, central processor, mainframe, processor;

central processor
n1
(computer science) the part of a computer (a microprocessor chip) that does most of the data processing;

- "the CPU and the memory form the central part of a computer to which the peripherals are attached";

- syn. C.P.U., CPU, central processing unit, mainframe, processor;

central scotoma
n1
a scotoma that involves the fixation point;

Central Standard Time
n1
standard time in the 6th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 90th meridian;

- used in the central United States;

- syn. CST, Central Time;

central sulcus
n1
a brain fissure extending upward on the lateral surface of both hemispheres;

- separates the frontal and parietal lobes;

- syn. Rolando's fissure, fissure of Rolando, sulcus centralis;

Central Thai
n1
a branch of the Tai languages;

- syn. Siamese, Thai;

Central Time
n1
standard time in the 6th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 90th meridian;

- used in the central United States;

- syn. CST, Central Standard Time;

central vein of retina
n1
vein formed by the union of the retinal veins;

- accompanies central arteries of the retina in the optic nerve;

- syn. vena centrales retinae;

central vein of suprarenal gland
n1
a single draining vein;

- on the right it empties into the inferior vena cava;

- on the left it empties into the left renal vein;

- syn. vena centralis glandulae suprarenalis;

central veins of liver
n1
terminal branches of the hepatic veins that lie in the hepatic lobules and receive blood from the liver sinusoids;

- syn. venae centrales hepatis;

central vision
n1
vision using the fovea and parafovea;

- the middle part of the visual field;

centralisation / s ɛ n t ɹ ə ɫ aɪ z eɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
the act of consolidating power under a central control;

- syn. centralization;

n2
gathering to a center;

- syn. centralization;

centralise
v1
make central;

- "The Russian government centralized the distribution of food";

- syn. centralize, concentrate;

centralised / s ɛ n t ɹ ə ɫ aɪ z d /
a1
drawn toward a center or brought under the control of a central authority;

- "centralized control of emergency relief efforts";

- "centralized government";

- syn. centralized;

centralising / s ɛ n t ɹ ə ɫ aɪ z ɪ ŋ /
a1
tending to draw to a central point;

- syn. centralizing;

- sim. centripetal, consolidative;

centralism / s ɛ n t ɹ ə ɫ ɪ z ə m /
n1
the political policy of concentrating power in a central organization;

centralist / s ɛ n t ɹ ə ɫ ɪ s t /
a1
advocating centralization;

- syn. centralistic;

centralistic / s ɛ n t ɹ ə ɫ ɪ s t ɪ k /
a1
advocating centralization;

- syn. centralist;

centrality / s ɛ n t ɹ æ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
the property of being central;

centralization / s ɛ n t ɹ ə ɫ aɪ z eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the act of consolidating power under a central control;

- syn. centralisation;

n2
gathering to a center;

- syn. centralisation;

centralize / s ɛ n t ɹ ə ɫ aɪ z /
v1
make central;

- "The Russian government centralized the distribution of food";

- syn. centralise, concentrate;

centralized / s ɛ n t ɹ ə ɫ aɪ z d /
a1
drawn toward a center or brought under the control of a central authority;

- "centralized control of emergency relief efforts";

- "centralized government";

- syn. centralised;

centralizing / s ɛ n t ɹ ə ɫ aɪ z ɪ ŋ /
a1
tending to draw to a central point;

- syn. centralising;

- sim. centripetal, consolidative;

centrally / s ɛ n t ɹ ə ɫ i /
r1
in or near or toward a center or according to a central role or function;

- "The theater is centrally located";

Centranthus / s ɛ n t ɹ ə n ð ʌ s /
n1
genus of southern European herbs and subshrubs;

- syn. genus Centranthus;

Centranthus ruber
n1
European herb with small fragrant crimson or white spurred flowers;

- syn. French honeysuckle, red valerian;

centrarchid
n1
small carnivorous freshwater percoid fishes of North America usually having a laterally compressed body and metallic luster: crappies;

- black bass;

- bluegills;

- pumpkinseed;

- syn. sunfish;

Centrarchidae
n1
sunfish family;

- syn. family Centrarchidae;

Centre / s ɛ n t ə , s ɛ n t ə ɹ /
n1
a low-lying region in central France;

n2
an area that is approximately central within some larger region;

- "it is in the center of town";

- "they ran forward into the heart of the struggle";

- "they were in the eye of the storm";

- syn. center, eye, heart, middle;

n3
a point equidistant from the ends of a line or the extremities of a figure;

- syn. center, midpoint;

n4
a place where some particular activity is concentrated;

- "they received messages from several centers";

- syn. center;

n5
the sweet central portion of a piece of candy that is enclosed in chocolate or some other covering;

- syn. center;

n6
the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience;

- "the gist of the prosecutor's argument";

- "the heart and soul of the Republican Party";

- "the nub of the story";

- syn. center, core, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, kernel, marrow, meat, nitty-gritty, nub, pith, substance, sum;

n7
the object upon which interest and attention focuses;

- "his stories made him the center of the party";

- syn. center, center of attention, centre of attention;

n8
a cluster of nerve cells governing a specific bodily process;

- "in most people the speech center is in the left hemisphere";

- syn. center, nerve center, nerve centre;

n9
a building dedicated to a particular activity;

- "they were raising money to build a new center for research";

- syn. center;

v1
move into the center;

- "That vase in the picture is not centered";

- syn. center;

v2
direct one's attention on something;

- "Please focus on your studies and not on your hobbies";

- syn. center, concentrate, focus, pore, rivet;

centre bit
n1
a bit with a sharp center point for guidance and two side cutters;

- syn. center bit;

Centre for International Crime Prevention
n1
the United Nations office responsible for crime prevention and criminal justice and law reform;

- syn. United Nations Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice;

centre of attention
n1
the object upon which interest and attention focuses;

- "his stories made him the center of the party";

- syn. center, center of attention, centre;

centre of buoyancy
n1
(physics) the center of mass of the immersed part of ship or other floating object;

- syn. center of buoyancy, center of immersion, centre of immersion;

centre of curvature
n1
the center of the circle of curvature;

- syn. center of curvature;

centre of flotation
n1
the center of gravity of a floating object;

- syn. center of flotation;

centre of gravity
n1
the point within something at which gravity can be considered to act;

- in uniform gravity it is equal to the center of mass;

- syn. center of gravity;

centre of immersion
n1
(physics) the center of mass of the immersed part of ship or other floating object;

- syn. center of buoyancy, center of immersion, centre of buoyancy;

centre of mass
n1
point representing the mean position of the matter in a body;

- syn. center of mass;

centre spread
n1
the spread at the center of a magazine;

- syn. center spread;

centre stage
n1
a position of prominence or importance;

- syn. center stage;

n2
the central area on a theater stage;

- syn. center stage;

centreboard
n1
a retractable fin keel used on sailboats to prevent drifting to leeward;

- syn. centerboard, drop keel, sliding keel;

centrefold
n1
a magazine center spread;

- especially a foldout of a large photograph or map or other feature;

- syn. centerfold;

centrepiece / s ɛ n t ə p i s /
n1
the central or most important feature;

- "education was the centerpiece of the Democratic Party's political platform";

- syn. centerpiece;

n2
something placed at the center of something else (as on a table);

- syn. centerpiece;

centrex / s ɛ n t ɹ ɛ k s /
n1
(CENTRal EXchange) a kind of telephone exchange;

centric / s ɛ n t ɹ ɪ k /
a1
having or situated at or near a center;

- syn. centrical;

- sim. central;

centrical / s ɛ n t ɹ ɪ k ə ɫ /
a1
having or situated at or near a center;

- syn. centric;

- sim. central;

centrifugal / s ɛ n t ɹ ɪ f j ʊ ɡ ɫ /
a1
tending to move away from a center;

- "centrifugal force";

- sim. outward-developing, outward-moving;

a2
tending away from centralization, as of authority;

- "the division of Europe into warring blocs produces ever-increasing centrifugal stress";

- sim. decentralizing;

a3
conveying information to the muscles from the CNS;

- "motor nerves";

- syn. motor;

- sim. efferent;

centrifugal force
n1
the outward force on a body moving in a curved path around another body;

centrifugal pump
n1
a pump that use centrifugal force to discharge fluid into a pipe;

centrifugate
v1
rotate at very high speed in order to separate the liquids from the solids;

- syn. centrifuge;

centrifugation
n1
the process of separating substances of different densities by the use of a centrifuge;

centrifuge / s ɛ n t ɹ ɪ f j u dʒ /
n1
an apparatus that uses centrifugal force to separate particles from a suspension;

- syn. extractor, separator;

v1
rotate at very high speed in order to separate the liquids from the solids;

- syn. centrifugate;

centriole
n1
one of a pair of small cylindrical cell organelles near the nucleus in animal cells;

- composed of nine triplet microtubules and form the asters during mitosis;

centripetal / s ɛ n t ɹ ɪ p ɪ t ɫ /
a1
tending to move toward a center;

- "centripetal force";

- sim. inward-developing, inward-moving;

a2
tending to unify;

- syn. unifying;

- sim. centralizing;

a3
of a nerve fiber or impulse originating outside and passing toward the central nervous system;

- "sensory neurons";

- syn. receptive, sensory;

- sim. afferent;

centripetal acceleration
n1
the acceleration toward the center that holds a satellite in elliptical orbit;

centripetal force
n1
the inward force on a body moving in a curved path around another body;

Centriscidae
n1
shrimpfishes;

- syn. family Centriscidae;

centrism
n1
a political philosophy of avoiding the extremes of left and right by taking a moderate position or course of action;

- syn. moderatism;

centrist / s ɛ n t ɹ ɪ s t /
n1
a person who takes a position in the political center;

- syn. middle of the roader, moderate, moderationist;

a1
supporting or pursuing a course of action that is neither liberal nor conservative;

- syn. middle-of-the-road;

- sim. center;

Centrocercus
n1
sage grouse;

- syn. genus Centrocercus;

Centrocercus urophasianus
n1
large grouse of sagebrush regions of North America;

- syn. sage grouse, sage hen;

centroid
n1
the center of mass of an object of uniform density;

centroidal
a1
of or relating to (especially passing through) a centroid;

Centrolobium
n1
a genus of Centrolobium;

- syn. genus Centrolobium;

Centrolobium robustum
n1
Brazilian tree with handsomely marked wood;

- syn. arariba;

centromere
n1
a specialized condensed region of each chromosome that appears during mitosis where the chromatids are held together to form an X shape;

- "the centromere is difficult to sequence";

- syn. kinetochore;

centromeric
a1
pertaining to the dense specialized portion of a chromosome to which the spindle attaches during mitosis;

Centropistes striata
n1
bluish black-striped sea bass of the Atlantic coast of the United States;

- syn. black bass, black sea bass;

Centropomidae
n1
a family of fish or the order Perciformes including robalos;

- syn. family Centropomidae;

Centropomus
n1
type genus of the Centropomidae: snooks;

- syn. genus Centropomus;

Centropristis
n1
sea basses;

- syn. genus Centropristis;

Centropristis philadelphica
n1
a kind of sea bass;

- syn. rock bass, rock sea bass;

Centropus
n1
a genus of Cuculidae;

- syn. genus Centropus;

Centropus phasianinus
n1
Australian bird with a tail like a pheasant;

- syn. pheasant coucal, pheasant cuckoo;

Centropus sinensis
n1
common coucal of India and China;

- syn. crow pheasant;

Centrosema
n1
a genus of chiefly tropical American vines of the family Leguminosae having trifoliate leaves and large flowers;

- syn. genus Centrosema;

Centrosema virginianum
n1
large-flowered weakly twining or prostrate vine of New Jersey to tropical eastern North America, sometimes cultivated for its purple and white flowers;

- syn. butterfly pea;

centrosome
n1
small region of cytoplasm adjacent to the nucleus;

- contains the centrioles and serves to organize the microtubules;

- syn. central body;

centrosomic
a1
of or relating to a centrosome;

Centrospermae
n1
used in former classification systems;

- approximately synonymous with order Caryophyllales;

- syn. group Centrospermae;

centrosymmetric
a1
having a symmetrical arrangement of radiating parts about a central point;

- syn. radially symmetrical;

- sim. symmetrical;

centrum / s ɛ n t ɹ ə m /
n1
the main body of a vertebra;

Centunculus
n1
a dicotyledonous genus of the family Primulaceae;

- syn. genus Centunculus;

centurion / s ɛ n t j ʊə ɹ ɪə n /
n1
(ancient Rome) the leader of 100 soldiers;

century / s ɛ n tʃ ə ɹ i /
n1
a period of 100 years;

n2
ten 10s;

- syn. 100, C, hundred, one C;

century plant
n1
tropical American plants with basal rosettes of fibrous sword-shaped leaves and flowers in tall spikes;

- some cultivated for ornament or for fiber;

- syn. American aloe, agave;

CEO
n1
the corporate executive responsible for the operations of the firm;

- reports to a board of directors;

- may appoint other managers (including a president);

- syn. chief executive officer, chief operating officer;

cephalalgia
n1
pain in the head caused by dilation of cerebral arteries or muscle contractions or a reaction to drugs;

- syn. head ache, headache;

Cephalanthera
n1
small genus of temperate Old World terrestrial orchids;

- syn. genus Cephalanthera;

Cephalanthera rubra
n1
orchid of Mediterranean and Asia having a lax spike of bright rose-pink flowers;

- syn. red helleborine;

cephalaspid
n1
extinct jawless fish of the Devonian with armored head;

- syn. osteostracan;

Cephalaspida
n1
extinct group of armored fish-like vertebrates;

- taxonomy is not clear;

- syn. Osteostraci, suborder Cephalaspida, suborder Osteostraci;

cephalexin
n1
an oral cephalosporin (trade names Keflex and Keflin and Keftab) commonly prescribe for mild to moderately severe infections of the skin or ears or throat or lungs or urinary tract;

- syn. Keflex, Keflin, Keftab;

cephalhematoma
n1
a collection of blood under the scalp of a newborn;

- caused by pressure during birth;

- syn. cephalohematoma;

cephalic / k ɛ f æ ɫ ɪ k /
a1
of or relating to the head;

cephalic index
n1
ratio (in percent) of the maximum breadth to the maximum length of a skull;

- syn. breadth index, cranial index;

cephalic vein
n1
a large vein of the arm that empties into the axillary vein;

- syn. vena cephalica;

cephalitis / k ɛ f ə ɫ aɪ t ɪ s /
n1
inflammation of the brain usually caused by a virus;

- symptoms include headache and neck pain and drowsiness and nausea and fever (`phrenitis' is no longer in scientific use);

- syn. encephalitis, phrenitis;

Cephalobidae
n1
a family of Nematoda;

- syn. family Cephalobidae;

Cephalochordata
n1
lancelets;

- syn. subphylum Cephalochordata;

cephalochordate
n1
fish-like animals having a notochord rather than a true spinal column;

cephaloglycin
n1
antibiotic related to cephalosporin but no longer in common use;

- syn. Kafocin;

cephalohematoma
n1
a collection of blood under the scalp of a newborn;

- caused by pressure during birth;

- syn. cephalhematoma;

cephalometry
n1
measurement of human heads;

cephalopod / s ɛ f ə ɫ oʊ p ɒ d /
n1
marine mollusk characterized by well-developed head and eyes and sucker-bearing tentacles;

- syn. cephalopod mollusk;

a1
relating or belonging to the class Cephalopoda;

- syn. cephalopodan;

cephalopod mollusk
n1
marine mollusk characterized by well-developed head and eyes and sucker-bearing tentacles;

- syn. cephalopod;

Cephalopoda / s ɛ f ə ɫ ɒ p ə d ə /
n1
octopuses;

- squids;

- cuttlefish;

- pearly nautilus;

- syn. class Cephalopoda;

cephalopodan
a1
relating or belonging to the class Cephalopoda;

- syn. cephalopod;

Cephalopterus
n1
a genus of Cotingidae;

- syn. genus Cephalopterus;

Cephalopterus ornatus
n1
black tropical American bird having a large overhanging crest and long feathered wattle;

- syn. umbrella bird;

cephaloridine
n1
a broad spectrum semisynthetic antibiotic produced by modifying cephalosporin;

cephalosporin
n1
one of several broad spectrum antibiotic substances obtained from fungi and related to penicillin (trade names Mefoxin);

- addition of side chains has produced semisynthetic antibiotics with greater antibacterial activity;

- syn. Mefoxin;

Cephalotaceae
n1
a family of plants of order Rosales;

- coextensive with the genus Cephalotus;

- syn. family Cephalotaceae;

Cephalotaxaceae
n1
a family of Cephalotaxaceae;

- syn. family Cephalotaxaceae, plum-yew family;

Cephalotaxus
n1
the genus of Cephalotaxus (see plum-yews);

- syn. genus Cephalotaxus;

cephalothin
n1
a semisynthetic analogue of cephalosporin;

Cephalotus
n1
one species: Australian pitcher plant;

- syn. genus Cephalotus;

Cephalotus follicularis
n1
a carnivorous perennial herb having a green pitcher and hinged lid both with red edges;

- western Australia;

- syn. Australian pitcher plant;

Cepheus
n1
(Greek mythology) king of Ethiopia and husband of Cassiopeia;

n2
a faint constellation in the northern hemisphere near Cassiopeia and the pole star;

Cepphus
n1
a genus of birds including: guillemots;

- syn. genus Cepphus;

Cepphus columba
n1
northern Pacific guillemot;

- syn. pigeon guillemot;

Cepphus grylle
n1
northern Atlantic guillemot;

- syn. black guillemot;

CER
n1
an emotional response that has been acquired by conditioning;

- syn. conditioned emotion, conditioned emotional response;

Cerambycidae
n1
long-horned beetles;

- syn. family Cerambycidae;

ceramic / s ə ɹ æ m ɪ k /
n1
an artifact made of hard brittle material produced from nonmetallic minerals by firing at high temperatures;

a1
of or relating to or made from a ceramic;

- "a ceramic dish";

ceramic ware
n1
utensils made from ceramic material;

ceramicist
n1
a craftsman who shapes pottery on a potter's wheel and bakes them it a kiln;

- syn. ceramist, potter, thrower;

ceramics / s ə ɹ æ m ɪ k s /
n1
the art of making and decorating pottery;

ceramist
n1
a craftsman who shapes pottery on a potter's wheel and bakes them it a kiln;

- syn. ceramicist, potter, thrower;

Cerapteryx
n1
antler moths;

- syn. genus Cerapteryx;

Cerapteryx graminis
n1
European moth with white antler-like markings on the forewings;

- the larvae damage pastures and grasslands;

- syn. antler moth;

ceras
n1
one of the often brightly colored and branching hornlike structures on the back of the nudibranch (and other related mollusks) that serve as gills;

cerastes / s ɪr æ s t i z /
n1
highly venomous viper of northern Africa and southwestern Asia having a horny spine above each eye;

- syn. Cerastes cornutus, horned asp, horned viper, sand viper;

Cerastes cornutus
n1
highly venomous viper of northern Africa and southwestern Asia having a horny spine above each eye;

- syn. cerastes, horned asp, horned viper, sand viper;

Cerastium
n1
mouse-eared chickweed;

- syn. genus Cerastium;

Cerastium alpinum
n1
widespread in the Arctic and on mountains in Europe;

- syn. Alpine mouse-ear, Arctic mouse-ear;

Cerastium arvense
n1
densely tufted perennial chickweed of north temperate zone;

- syn. field chickweed, field mouse-ear;

Cerastium tomentosum
n1
chickweed with hairy silver-grey leaves and rather large white flowers;

- syn. love-in-a-mist, snow-in-summer;

cerate / s ɪə ɹ ɪ t /
n1
a hard medicated paste made of lard or oil mixed with wax or resin;

ceratin
n1
a fibrous scleroprotein that occurs in the outer layer of the skin and in horny tissues such as hair, feathers, nails, and hooves;

- syn. keratin;

Ceratitis
n1
Mediterranean fruit flies;

- syn. genus Ceratitis;

Ceratitis capitata
n1
small black-and-white fly that damages citrus and other fruits by implanting eggs that hatch inside the fruit;

- syn. Mediterranean fruit fly, medfly;

Ceratodontidae
n1
lungfishes having hornlike ridges on the teeth;

- syn. family Ceratodontidae;

ceratodus
n1
extinct lungfish;

Ceratonia
n1
carobs;

- syn. genus Ceratonia;

Ceratonia siliqua
n1
evergreen Mediterranean tree with edible pods;

- the biblical carob;

- syn. algarroba, carob, carob bean tree, carob tree;

Ceratopetalum
n1
a dicotyledonous genus of the family Cunoniaceae;

- syn. genus Ceratopetalum;

Ceratopetalum gummiferum
n1
Australian tree or shrub with red flowers;

- often used in Christmas decoration;

- syn. Christmas bush, Christmas tree;

Ceratophyllaceae
n1
coextensive with the genus Ceratophyllum: hornworts;

- syn. family Ceratophyllaceae;

Ceratophyllum
n1
constituting the family Ceratophyllaceae: hornworts;

- syn. genus Ceratophyllum;

Ceratopogon
n1
type genus of the Ceratopogonidae;

- syn. genus Ceratopogon;

Ceratopogonidae
n1
biting midges;

- sand flies;

- syn. family Ceratopogonidae;

Ceratopsia
n1
horned dinosaurs;

- syn. suborder Ceratopsia;

ceratopsian
n1
any of several four-footed herbivorous dinosaurs with enormous beaked skulls;

- of the late Cretaceous in North America and Mongolia;

- syn. horned dinosaur;

Ceratopsidae
n1
American ceratopsian dinosaurs;

- syn. family Ceratopsidae;

Ceratopteris
n1
water ferns;

- syn. genus Ceratopteris;

Ceratopteris pteridioides
n1
aquatic fern of tropical America often used in aquariums;

- syn. floating fern, water sprite;

Ceratopteris thalictroides
n1
pantropical aquatic fern;

- syn. floating fern;

ceratosaur
n1
primitive medium-sized theropod;

- swift-running bipedal carnivorous dinosaur having grasping hands with sharp claws and a short horn between the nostrils;

- Jurassic in North America;

- syn. ceratosaurus;

ceratosaurus
n1
primitive medium-sized theropod;

- swift-running bipedal carnivorous dinosaur having grasping hands with sharp claws and a short horn between the nostrils;

- Jurassic in North America;

- syn. ceratosaur;

Ceratostomataceae
n1
fungi having carbonous perithecia with long necks;

- syn. family Ceratostomataceae;

Ceratostomella
n1
genus of fungi forming continuous hyaline spores;

- syn. genus Ceratostomella;

Ceratostomella ulmi
n1
fungus causing Dutch elm disease;

- syn. Dutch elm fungus;

Ceratotherium
n1
African genus;

- syn. genus Ceratotherium;

Ceratotherium simum
n1
large light-grey African rhinoceros having two horns;

- endangered;

- sometimes placed in genus Diceros;

- syn. Diceros simus, white rhinoceros;

ceratozamia
n1
a small cycad of the genus Ceratozamia having a short scaly woody trunk and fernlike foliage and woody cones;

- Mexico;

Cerberus
n1
(Greek mythology) the three-headed dog guarding the entrance to Hades;

- son of Typhon;

- syn. hellhound;

cercaria / s ɝ k eə ɹ ɪə /
n1
tadpole-shaped parasitic larva of a trematode worm;

- tail disappears in adult stage;

cercarial / s ɝ k eə ɹ ɪə ɫ /
a1
of or relating to cercaria;

Cercidiphyllaceae
n1
one genus;

- syn. family Cercidiphyllaceae;

Cercidiphyllum
n1
one species: katsura tree;

- syn. genus Cercidiphyllum;

Cercidiphyllum japonicum
n1
rapidly growing deciduous tree of low mountainsides of China and Japan;

- grown as an ornamental for its dark blue-green candy-scented foliage that becomes yellow to scarlet in autumn;

- syn. katsura tree;

Cercidium
n1
spiny shrubs or small trees sometimes placed in genus Parkinsonia: paloverde;

- syn. genus Cercidium;

Cercidium floridum
n1
densely branched spiny tree of southwestern United States having showy yellow flowers and blue-green bark;

- sometimes placed in genus Cercidium;

- syn. Parkinsonia florida, palo verde;

Cercis
n1
deciduous shrubs and trees of eastern Asia, southern Europe and the United States;

- syn. genus Cercis;

Cercis canadensis
n1
small shrubby tree of eastern North America similar to the Judas tree having usually pink flowers;

- found in damp sheltered underwood;

- syn. redbud;

Cercis occidentalis
n1
shrub of western United States having pink or crimson flowers;

- often forms thickets;

- syn. California redbud, western redbud;

Cercocebus
n1
mangabeys;

- syn. genus Cercocebus;

Cercopidae
n1
froghoppers or spittlebugs;

- syn. family Cercopidae;

Cercopithecidae
n1
Old World monkeys: guenon;

- baboon;

- colobus monkey;

- langur;

- macaque;

- mandrill;

- mangabey;

- patas;

- proboscis monkey;

- syn. family Cercopithecidae;

Cercopithecus
n1
type genus of the Cercopithecidae: guenons;

- syn. genus Cercopithecus;

Cercopithecus aethiops
n1
white and olive green East African monkey with long white tufts of hair beside the face;

- syn. grivet;

Cercopithecus aethiops pygerythrus
n1
South African monkey with black face and hands;

- syn. vervet, vervet monkey;

Cercopithecus aethiops sabaeus
n1
common savannah monkey with greenish-grey back and yellow tail;

- syn. African green monkey, green monkey;

Cercopithecus talapoin
n1
smallest guenon monkey;

- of swampy central and west African forests;

- syn. talapoin;

Cercospora
n1
form genus of imperfect fungi that are leaf parasites with long slender spores;

- syn. genus Cercospora;

Cercospora kopkei
n1
fungus causing yellow spot (a sugarcane disease in Australia);

- syn. yellow spot fungus;

Cercosporella
n1
form genus of imperfect fungi lacking pigment in the spores and conidiophores;

- syn. genus Cercosporella;

cere / s ɪə /
n1
the fleshy, waxy covering at the base of the upper beak of some birds;

v1
wrap up in a cerecloth;

- "cere a corpse";

cereal / s ɪə ɹ ɪə ɫ /
n1
grass whose starchy grains are used as food: wheat;

- rice;

- rye;

- oats;

- maize;

- buckwheat;

- millet;

- syn. cereal grass;

n2
foodstuff prepared from the starchy grains of cereal grasses;

- syn. food grain, grain;

n3
a breakfast food prepared from grain;

a1
made of grain or relating to grain or the plants that produce it;

- "a cereal beverage";

- "cereal grasses";

cereal bowl
n1
a bowl for holding breakfast cereal;

cereal box
n1
a paper box in which breakfast cereals are sold;

cereal grass
n1
grass whose starchy grains are used as food: wheat;

- rice;

- rye;

- oats;

- maize;

- buckwheat;

- millet;

- syn. cereal;

cereal oat
n1
widely cultivated in temperate regions for its edible grains;

- syn. Avena sativa;

cerebellar / s ɪə b ɛ ɫ ə ax , s ɪə b ɛ ɫ ə ax ɹ /
a1
relating to or associated with the cerebellum;

- "cerebellar artery";

cerebellar artery
n1
an artery that supplies the cerebellum;

- syn. arteria cerebelli;

cerebellar hemisphere
n1
either of two lateral lobes of the cerebellum;

cerebellar vein
n1
the veins draining the cerebellum;

- syn. vena cerebellum;

cerebellum / s ɛr ɪ b ɛ ɫ ə m /
n1
a major division of the vertebrate brain;

- situated above the medulla oblongata and beneath the cerebrum in humans;

cerebral / s ɛr ə b ɹ ə ɫ , s ɛr ɪ b ɹ ə ɫ /
a1
involving intelligence rather than emotions or instinct;

- "a cerebral approach to the problem";

- "cerebral drama";

- syn. intellectual;

a2
of or relating to the cerebrum or brain;

- "cerebral hemisphere";

- "cerebral activity";

cerebral aneurysm
n1
an aneurysm of the carotid artery;

cerebral aqueduct
n1
a canal connecting the third and fourth ventricles;

- syn. Sylvian aqueduct, aqueductus cerebri;

cerebral artery
n1
any of the arteries supplying blood to the cerebral cortex;

- syn. arteria cerebri;

cerebral cortex
n1
the layer of unmyelinated neurons (the grey matter) forming the cortex of the cerebrum;

- syn. cerebral mantle, cortex, pallium;

cerebral death
n1
death when respiration and other reflexes are absent;

- consciousness is gone;

- organs can be removed for transplantation before the heartbeat stops;

- syn. brain death;

cerebral edema
n1
swelling of the brain due to the uptake of water in the neuropile and white matter;

- syn. brain edema;

cerebral hemisphere
n1
either half of the cerebrum;

- syn. hemisphere;

cerebral hemorrhage
n1
bleeding from a ruptured blood vessel in the brain;

cerebral mantle
n1
the layer of unmyelinated neurons (the grey matter) forming the cortex of the cerebrum;

- syn. cerebral cortex, cortex, pallium;

cerebral palsy
n1
a loss or deficiency of motor control with involuntary spasms caused by permanent brain damage present at birth;

- syn. spastic paralysis;

cerebral peduncle
n1
a bundle of myelinated neurons joining different parts of the brain;

- syn. peduncle;

cerebral thrombosis
n1
a blood clot in a cerebral artery or vein;

cerebral vein
n1
any of several veins serving the cerebral hemispheres of the brain;

- syn. vena cerebri;

cerebrally
r1
in an intellectual manner;

- "cerebrally active";

r2
in the brain;

- "bleeding cerebrally";

cerebrate / s ɛr ɪ b ɹ eɪ t /
v1
use or exercise the mind or one's power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments;

- "I've been thinking all day and getting nowhere";

- syn. cogitate, think;

cerebration / s ɛr ɪ b ɹ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the process of using your mind to consider something carefully;

- "thinking always made him frown";

- "she paused for thought";

- syn. intellection, mentation, thinking, thought, thought process;

cerebromeningitis
n1
inflammation of the brain and spinal cord and their meninges;

- syn. encephalomeningitis, meningoencephalitis;

cerebrospinal
a1
of or relating to the brain and spinal cord;

- "cerebrospinal fluid";

cerebrospinal fever
n1
meningitis caused by bacteria and often fatal;

- syn. brain fever, cerebrospinal meningitis, epidemic meningitis;

cerebrospinal fluid
n1
clear liquid produced in the ventricles of the brain;

- fills and protects cavities in the brain and spinal cord;

- syn. spinal fluid;

cerebrospinal meningitis
n1
meningitis caused by bacteria and often fatal;

- syn. brain fever, cerebrospinal fever, epidemic meningitis;

cerebrovascular
a1
of or relating to the brain and the blood vessels that supply it;

- "a cerebrovascular accident";

cerebrovascular accident
n1
a sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain;

- syn. CVA, apoplexy, stroke;

cerebrum / s ɛr ɪ b ɹ ə m /
n1
anterior portion of the brain consisting of two hemispheres;

- dominant part of the brain in humans;

cerecloth / s ɪə k ɫ ɒ θ /
n1
a waterproof waxed cloth once used as a shroud;

cerement / s ɪə m ə n t /
n1
burial garment in which a corpse is wrapped;

- syn. pall, shroud, winding-clothes, winding-sheet;

ceremonial / s ɛr ɪ m oʊ n ɪə ɫ /
n1
a formal event performed on a special occasion;

- "a ceremony commemorating Pearl Harbor";

- syn. ceremonial occasion, ceremony, observance;

a1
marked by pomp or ceremony or formality;

- "a ceremonial occasion";

- "ceremonial garb";

- sim. formal;

ceremonial dance
n1
a dance that is part of a religious ritual;

- syn. ritual dance, ritual dancing;

ceremonial occasion
n1
a formal event performed on a special occasion;

- "a ceremony commemorating Pearl Harbor";

- syn. ceremonial, ceremony, observance;

ceremonially / s ɛr ɪ m oʊ n ɪə ɫ i /
r1
in a ceremonious manner;

- "my mother advised her children ceremoniously";

- syn. ceremoniously;

r2
in a ceremonial manner;

- "he was ceremonially sworn in as President";

- syn. ritually;

ceremonious / s ɛr ɪ m oʊ n ɪə s /
a1
characterized by pomp and ceremony and stately display;

- syn. pompous;

a2
rigidly formal or bound by convention;

- "their ceremonious greetings did not seem heartfelt";

- syn. conventional;

- sim. formal;

ceremoniously / s ɛr ɪ m oʊ n ɪə s ɫ i /
r1
in a ceremonious manner;

- "my mother advised her children ceremoniously";

- syn. ceremonially;

ceremoniousness / s ɛr ɪ m oʊ n ɪə s n ə s /
n1
a ceremonial manner;

ceremony / s ɛr ɪ m ə n i /
n1
a formal event performed on a special occasion;

- "a ceremony commemorating Pearl Harbor";

- syn. ceremonial, ceremonial occasion, observance;

n2
any activity that is performed in an especially solemn elaborate or formal way;

- "the ceremony of smelling the cork and tasting the wine";

- "he makes a ceremony of addressing his golf ball";

- "he disposed of it without ceremony";

n3
the proper or conventional behavior on some solemn occasion;

- "an inaugural ceremony";

Ceres / s ɪə z /
n1
(Roman mythology) goddess of agriculture;

- counterpart of Greek Demeter;

n2
the largest asteroid and the first discovered;

ceresin
n1
a white wax extracted from ozokerite;

Cereus
n1
genus of much-branched treelike or shrubby cacti with pronounced ribs and rounded needlelike spines and nocturnal flowers usually white;

- syn. genus Cereus;

ceric
a1
of or relating to or containing cerium especially with valence 4;

ceriman
n1
tropical American vine having roots that hang like cords and cylindrical fruit with a pineapple and banana flavor;

- syn. Monstera deliciosa;

n2
tropical cylindrical fruit resembling a pinecone with pineapple-banana flavor;

- syn. monstera;

cerise / s ə ɹ i z /
n1
a red the color of ripe cherries;

- syn. cherry, cherry red;

a1
of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange);

- resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies;

- syn. blood-red, carmine, cherry, cherry-red, crimson, red, reddish, ruby, ruby-red, ruddy, scarlet;

- sim. chromatic;

cerium
n1
a ductile grey metallic element of the lanthanide series;

- used in lighter flints;

- the most abundant of the rare-earth group;

- syn. Ce, atomic number 58;

cerivastatin
n1
an oral drug (trade name Baycol) to reduce blood cholesterol levels;

- syn. Baycol;

cernuous
a1
having branches or flower heads that bend downward;

- "nodding daffodils";

- "the pendulous branches of a weeping willow";

- "lilacs with drooping panicles of fragrant flowers";

- syn. drooping, nodding, pendulous, weeping;

- sim. unerect;

cero
n1
large edible mackerel of temperate United States coastal Atlantic waters;

- syn. Scomberomorus regalis, kingfish, pintado;

n2
large mackerel with long pointed snout;

- important food and game fish of the eastern Atlantic coast southward to Brazil;

- syn. Scomberomorus cavalla, cavalla, king mackerel;

cerotic acid
n1
a white solid fatty acid found in waxes (such as beeswax);

- syn. hexacosanoic acid;

cerous
a1
of or relating to or containing cerium with valence 3;

Ceroxylon
n1
wax palms;

- syn. genus Ceroxylon;

Ceroxylon alpinum
n1
palm of the Andes yielding a resinous wax which is mixed with tallow to make candles;

- syn. Ceroxylon andicola, wax palm;

Ceroxylon andicola
n1
palm of the Andes yielding a resinous wax which is mixed with tallow to make candles;

- syn. Ceroxylon alpinum, wax palm;

cert / s ɝ t /
n1
an absolute certainty;

- "it's a dead cert";

certain / s ɝ t n /
a1
definite but not specified or identified;

- "set aside a certain sum each week";

- "to a certain degree";

- "certain breeds do not make good pets";

- "certain members have not paid their dues";

- "a certain popular teacher";

- "a certain Mrs. Jones";

- sim. definite;

a2
having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty;

- confident and assured;

- "felt certain of success";

- "was sure (or certain) she had seen it";

- "was very sure in his beliefs";

- "sure of her friends";

- syn. sure;

- sim. convinced;

a3
established beyond doubt or question;

- definitely known;

- "what is certain is that every effect must have a cause";

- "it is certain that they were on the bus";

- "his fate is certain";

- "the date for the invasion is certain";

- sim. definite, indisputable, sure as shooting;

a4
certain to occur;

- destined or inevitable;

- "he was certain to fail";

- "his fate is certain";

- "In this life nothing is certain but death and taxes"- Benjamin Franklin;

- "he faced certain death";

- "sudden but sure regret";

- "he is sure to win";

- syn. sure;

- also predictable;

- sim. bound, doomed, foreordained, in for;

a5
established irrevocably;

- "his fate is sealed";

- syn. sealed;

a6
reliable in operation or effect;

- "a quick and certain remedy";

- "a sure way to distinguish the two";

- "wood dust is a sure sign of termites";

- syn. sure;

- sim. reliable;

a7
exercising or taking care great enough to bring assurance;

- "be certain to disconnect the iron when you are through";

- "be sure to lock the doors";

- syn. sure;

- sim. careful;

certainly / s ɝ t n ɫ i /
r1
definitely or positively (`sure' is sometimes used informally for `surely');

- "the results are surely encouraging";

- "she certainly is a hard worker";

- "it's going to be a good day for sure";

- "they are coming, for certain";

- "they thought he had been killed sure enough";

- "he'll win sure as shooting";

- "they sure smell good";

- "sure he'll come";

- syn. for certain, for sure, sure, sure as shooting, sure enough, surely;

certainty / s ɝ t n t i /
n1
the state of being certain;

- "his certainty reassured the others";

n2
something that is certain;

- "his victory is a certainty";

- syn. foregone conclusion, sure thing;

Certhia
n1
type genus of the Certhiidae;

- syn. genus Certhia;

Certhia americana
n1
a common creeper in North America with a down-curved bill;

- syn. American creeper, brown creeper;

Certhia familiaris
n1
common European brown-and-buff tree creeper with down-curved bill;

- syn. European creeper;

Certhiidae
n1
creepers;

- syn. family Certhiidae;

certifiable / s ɝ t ɪ f aɪ ə b ɫ /
a1
fit to be certified as insane (and treated accordingly);

- syn. certified;

- sim. insane;

a2
capable of being guaranteed or certified;

- "a certifiable fact";

- sim. certified;

certificate / s ə t ɪ f ɪ k ə t , s ə t ɪ f ɪ k eɪ t /
n1
a document attesting to the truth of certain stated facts;

- syn. certification, credential, credentials;

n2
a formal declaration that documents a fact of relevance to finance and investment;

- the holder has a right to receive interest or dividends;

- "he held several valuable securities";

- syn. security;

v1
present someone with a certificate;

v2
authorize by certificate;

certificate of deposit
n1
a debt instrument issued by a bank;

- usually pays interest;

- syn. CD;

certificate of incorporation
n1
state approval of the articles of incorporation of a corporation;

certificate of indebtedness
n1
a written promise to repay a debt;

- syn. debt instrument, obligation;

certificated / s ə t ɪ f ɪ k ə t ɪ d , s ə t ɪ f ɪ k eɪ t ɪ d /
a1
furnished with or authorized by a certificate: "certificated teachers";

- sim. certified;

certification / s ɝ t ɪ f ɪ k eɪ ʃ ə n , s ɝ t ɪ f ɪ k eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the act of certifying or bestowing a franchise on;

- syn. enfranchisement;

n2
confirmation that some fact or statement is true through the use of documentary evidence;

- syn. corroboration, documentation;

n3
a document attesting to the truth of certain stated facts;

- syn. certificate, credential, credentials;

n4
validating the authenticity of something or someone;

- syn. authentication;

certificatory / s ə t ɪ f ɪ k ə t ə ɹ i /
a1
serving to certify or endorse authoritatively;

- sim. supportive;

certified / s ɝ t ɪ f aɪ d /
a1
endorsed authoritatively as having met certain requirements;

- "a certified public accountant";

- also authorised, authorized, documented;

- sim. certifiable, certificated, credentialled;

a2
fit to be certified as insane (and treated accordingly);

- syn. certifiable;

- sim. insane;

a3
holding appropriate documentation and officially on record as qualified to perform a specified function or practice a specified skill;

- "a registered pharmacist";

- "a registered hospital";

- syn. qualified;

- sim. registered;

certified check
n1
a check containing certification that the person who issued the check has sufficient funds on deposit to cover payment;

- syn. certified cheque;

certified cheque
n1
a check containing certification that the person who issued the check has sufficient funds on deposit to cover payment;

- syn. certified check;

certified milk
n1
milk from dairies regulated by an authorized medical milk commission;

certified public accountant
n1
an accountant who has passed certain examinations and met all other statutory and licensing requirements of a United States state to be certified by that state;

- "in addition to accounting and auditing, CPAs also prepare tax returns for individuals and corporations";

- syn. CPA;

certify / s ɝ t ɪ f aɪ /
v1
provide evidence for;

- stand as proof of;

- show by one's behavior, attitude, or external attributes;

- "His high fever attested to his illness";

- "The buildings in Rome manifest a high level of architectural sophistication";

- "This decision demonstrates his sense of fairness";

- syn. attest, demonstrate, evidence, manifest;

v2
guarantee payment on;

- of checks;

v3
authorize officially;

- "I am licensed to practice law in this state";

- syn. licence, license;

v4
guarantee as meeting a certain standard;

- "certified grade AAA meat";

- syn. endorse, indorse;

v5
declare legally insane;

certiorari / s ɝ t ɪ ɔ ɹ eə ɹ aɪ /
n1
a common law writ issued by a superior court to one of inferior jurisdiction demanding the record of a particular case;

- syn. writ of certiorari;

certitude / s ɝ t ɪ t j u d /
n1
total certainty or greater certainty than circumstances warrant;

- syn. cocksureness, overconfidence;

cerulean / s ɪr u ɫ ɪə n /
n1
a light shade of blue;

- syn. azure, lazuline, sapphire, sky-blue;

a1
of a deep somewhat purplish blue color similar to that of a clear October sky;

- "October's bright blue weather";

- syn. azure, bright blue, sky-blue;

- sim. chromatic;

cerulean blue
n1
light greenish-blue pigment consisting essentially of oxides of cobalt and tin;

cerumen / s ɪr u m ɛ n /
n1
a soft yellow wax secreted by glands in the ear canal;

- syn. earwax;

ceruminous / s ɪr u m ɪ n ə s /
a1
relating to or secreting cerumen;

ceruse / s ɪə ɹ u s /
n1
a poisonous white pigment that contains lead;

- syn. lead carbonate, white lead;

cerussite
n1
a mineral consisting of lead carbonate that is an important source of lead;

- syn. white lead ore;

Cervantes / s ɝ v ə n t s /
n1
Spanish writer best remembered for `Don Quixote' which satirizes chivalry and influenced the development of the novel form (1547-1616);

- syn. Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de Cervantes, Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra;

Cervantes Saavedra
n1
Spanish writer best remembered for `Don Quixote' which satirizes chivalry and influenced the development of the novel form (1547-1616);

- syn. Cervantes, Miguel de Cervantes, Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra;

cervical / s ɝ v aɪ k ɫ /
a1
of or relating to the cervix of the uterus;

- "cervical cancer";

a2
relating to or associated with the neck;

cervical artery
n1
an artery that supplies the muscles of the neck;

- syn. areteria cervicalis;

cervical canal
n1
a spindle-shaped canal extending from the uterus to the vagina;

- syn. canalis cervicis uteri;

cervical cap
n1
a contraceptive device consisting of a small thimble-shaped cup that is placed over the uterine cervix to prevent the entrance of spermatozoa;

cervical disc syndrome
n1
an abnormal condition resulting from compression of spinal nerve roots in the neck region;

- involves neck pains and muscular weakness and paresthesia;

- syn. cervical root syndrome;

cervical glands
n1
mucus-secreting glands in the mucosa of the uterine cervix;

- syn. cervical glands of the uterus, glandulae cervicales uteri;

cervical glands of the uterus
n1
mucus-secreting glands in the mucosa of the uterine cervix;

- syn. cervical glands, glandulae cervicales uteri;

cervical nerve
n1
any of eight pairs of spinal nerves emerging from the cervical section of the spinal cord;

cervical plexus
n1
a nerve plexus lying beneath the sternocleidomastoid muscle;

- syn. plexus cervicalis;

cervical root syndrome
n1
an abnormal condition resulting from compression of spinal nerve roots in the neck region;

- involves neck pains and muscular weakness and paresthesia;

- syn. cervical disc syndrome;

cervical smear
n1
a sample of secretions and superficial cells of the uterine cervix and uterus;

- examined with a microscope to detect any abnormal cells;

- syn. Pap smear, Papanicolaou smear;

cervical vein
n1
a vein that accompanies an artery of the same name;

- syn. deep cervical vein, vena cervicalis profunda;

cervical vertebra
n1
one of 7 vertebrae in the human spine located in the neck region;

- syn. neck bone;

cervicitis
n1
inflammation of the uterine cervix;

cervicofacial actinomycosis
n1
the commonest and least severe form of actinomycosis;

- affects the face and neck regions;

- syn. lumpy jaw;

cervid
n1
distinguished from Bovidae by the male's having solid deciduous antlers;

- syn. deer;

Cervidae
n1
deer: reindeer;

- moose or elks;

- muntjacs;

- roe deer;

- syn. family Cervidae;

cervine / s ɝ v aɪ n /
a1
relating to or resembling deer;

cervix / s ɝ v ɪ k s /
n1
the part of an organism (human or animal) that connects the head to the rest of the body;

- "he admired her long graceful neck";

- "the horse won by a neck";

- syn. neck;

n2
necklike opening to the uterus;

- syn. cervix uteri, uterine cervix;

cervix uteri
n1
necklike opening to the uterus;

- syn. cervix, uterine cervix;

Cervus
n1
the type genus of the Cervidae;

- syn. genus Cervus;

Cervus elaphus
n1
common deer of temperate Europe and Asia;

- syn. American elk, elk, red deer, wapiti;

Cervus elaphus canadensis
n1
large North American deer with large much-branched antlers in the male;

- syn. American elk, elk, wapiti;

Cervus nipon
n1
small deer of Japan with slightly forked antlers;

- syn. Cervus sika, Japanese deer, sika;

Cervus sika
n1
small deer of Japan with slightly forked antlers;

- syn. Cervus nipon, Japanese deer, sika;

Cervus unicolor
n1
a deer of southern Asia with antlers that have three tines;

- syn. sambar, sambur;

Ceryle
n1
a genus of birds of the family Alcedinidae;

- syn. genus Ceryle;

Ceryle alcyon
n1
greyish-blue North American kingfisher with a chestnut band on its chest;

- syn. belted kingfisher;

Cesar Chavez
n1
United States labor leader who organized farm workers (born 1927);

- syn. Cesar Estrada Chavez, Chavez;

Cesar Estrada Chavez
n1
United States labor leader who organized farm workers (born 1927);

- syn. Cesar Chavez, Chavez;

Cesar Franck
n1
French composer and teacher who influenced a generation of composers (1822-1890);

- syn. Franck;

Cesar Ritz
n1
Swiss hotelier who created a chain of elegant hotels (1850-1918);

- syn. Ritz;

Cesare Borgia
n1
Italian cardinal and military leader;

- model for Machiavelli's prince (1475-1507);

- syn. Borgia;

cesarean / s ɪ z eə ɹ ɪə n /
n1
the delivery of a fetus by surgical incision through the abdominal wall and uterus (from the belief that Julius Caesar was born that way);

- syn. C-section, abdominal delivery, caesarean, caesarean delivery, caesarean section, caesarian, caesarian delivery, caesarian section, cesarean delivery, cesarean section, cesarian, cesarian section;

a1
relating to abdominal delivery;

- syn. caesarean, caesarian, cesarian;

cesarean delivery
n1
the delivery of a fetus by surgical incision through the abdominal wall and uterus (from the belief that Julius Caesar was born that way);

- syn. C-section, abdominal delivery, caesarean, caesarean delivery, caesarean section, caesarian, caesarian delivery, caesarian section, cesarean, cesarean section, cesarian, cesarian section;

cesarean section
n1
the delivery of a fetus by surgical incision through the abdominal wall and uterus (from the belief that Julius Caesar was born that way);

- syn. C-section, abdominal delivery, caesarean, caesarean delivery, caesarean section, caesarian, caesarian delivery, caesarian section, cesarean, cesarean delivery, cesarian, cesarian section;

cesarian / s ɪ z eə ɹ ɪə n /
n1
the delivery of a fetus by surgical incision through the abdominal wall and uterus (from the belief that Julius Caesar was born that way);

- syn. C-section, abdominal delivery, caesarean, caesarean delivery, caesarean section, caesarian, caesarian delivery, caesarian section, cesarean, cesarean delivery, cesarean section, cesarian section;

a1
relating to abdominal delivery;

- syn. caesarean, caesarian, cesarean;

cesarian section
n1
the delivery of a fetus by surgical incision through the abdominal wall and uterus (from the belief that Julius Caesar was born that way);

- syn. C-section, abdominal delivery, caesarean, caesarean delivery, caesarean section, caesarian, caesarian delivery, caesarian section, cesarean, cesarean delivery, cesarean section, cesarian;

cesium
n1
a soft silver-white ductile metallic element (liquid at normal temperatures);

- the most electropositive and alkaline metal;

- syn. Cs, atomic number 55, caesium;

cesium 137
n1
a radioactive isotope of cesium used in radiation therapy;

cespitose
a1
(of plants) growing in small dense clumps or tufts;

- syn. caespitose, tufted;

- sim. ungregarious;

cessation / s ɛ s eɪ ʃ n /
n1
a stopping;

- "a cessation of the thunder";

- syn. surcease;

cession / s ɛ ʃ n /
n1
the act of ceding;

- syn. ceding;

cesspit / s ɛ s p ɪ t /
n1
a covered cistern;

- waste water and sewage flow into it;

- syn. cesspool, sink, sump;

cesspool / s ɛ s p u ɫ /
n1
a covered cistern;

- waste water and sewage flow into it;

- syn. cesspit, sink, sump;

Cestida
n1
ctenophore having short tentacles;

- one family;

- syn. order Cestida;

Cestidae
n1
coextensive with the order Cestida;

- ctenophores having a greatly flattened and elongated body;

- syn. family Cestidae;

Cestoda
n1
tapeworms;

- syn. class Cestoda;

cestode
n1
ribbonlike flatworms that are parasitic in the intestines of humans and other vertebrates;

- syn. tapeworm;

Cestrum / s ɛ s t ɹ ʌ m /
n1
genus of fragrant tropical American shrubs;

- syn. genus Cestrum;

Cestrum diurnum
n1
West Indian evergreen shrub having clusters of funnel-shaped white flowers that are fragrant by day;

- syn. day jessamine;

Cestrum nocturnum
n1
West Indian evergreen shrub having clusters of funnel-shaped yellow-white flowers that are fragrant by night;

- syn. night jasmine, night jessamine;

Cestum
n1
Venus's girdle;

- syn. genus Cestum;

Cestum veneris
n1
ctenophore having a ribbon-shaped iridescent gelatinous body;

- syn. Venus's girdle;

Cetacea / s ɪ t eɪ ʃ j ə /
n1
an order of Eutheria;

- syn. order Cetacea;

cetacean / s ɪ t eɪ ʃ j ə n /
n1
large aquatic carnivorous mammal with fin-like forelimbs no hind limbs, including: whales;

- dolphins;

- porpoises;

- narwhals;

- syn. blower, cetacean mammal;

a1
of or relating to whales and dolphins etc;

- syn. cetaceous;

cetacean mammal
n1
large aquatic carnivorous mammal with fin-like forelimbs no hind limbs, including: whales;

- dolphins;

- porpoises;

- narwhals;

- syn. blower, cetacean;

cetaceous / s ɪ t eɪ ʃ j ə s /
a1
of or relating to whales and dolphins etc;

- syn. cetacean;

cetchup
n1
thick spicy sauce made from tomatoes;

- syn. catsup, ketchup, tomato ketchup;

Ceterach
n1
small genus of Old World ferns;

- superseded in some classification systems which place plants of this genus in e.g. genera Asplenium and Pleurosorus;

- syn. genus Ceterach;

Ceterach officinarum
n1
small European fern with chaffy leathery fronds;

- syn. Asplenium ceterach, scale fern, scaly fern;

ceteris paribus
r1
all other things being equal;

Cetonia
n1
a genus of Cetoniidae;

- syn. genus Cetonia;

Cetonia aurata
n1
a common metallic green European beetle: larvae feed on plant roots and adults on leaves and flowers of e.g. roses;

- syn. rose beetle, rose chafer;

Cetoniidae
n1
considered a separate family in some classification systems;

- syn. subfamily Cetoniidae;

Cetorhinidae
n1
in some older classifications considered the family of the basking sharks;

- syn. family Cetorhinidae;

Cetorhinus
n1
comprising only the basking sharks;

- in some classifications considered the type genus of a separate family Cetorhinidae;

- syn. genus Cetorhinus;

Cetorhinus maximus
n1
large harmless plankton-eating northern shark;

- often swims slowly or floats at the sea surface;

- syn. basking shark;

Cetraria
n1
foliose lichens chiefly of northern latitudes;

- syn. genus Cetraria;

Cetraria islandica
n1
lichen with branched flattened partly erect thallus that grows in mountainous and Arctic regions;

- used as a medicine or food for humans and livestock;

- a source of glycerol;

- syn. Iceland lichen, Iceland moss;

cetrimide
n1
a cationic detergent that is a powerful disinfectant;

Cetus
n1
a large constellation on the equator near Pisces and Aquarius;

Cewa
n1
a member of the Bantu-speaking people of Malawi and eastern Zambia and northern Zimbabwe;

- syn. Chewa, Chichewa;

Ceylon / s ɪ ɫ ɒ n /
n1
an island in the Indian Ocean off the southeastern coast of India;

n2
a republic on the island of Ceylon;

- became independent of the United Kingdom in 1948;

- syn. Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka;

Ceylon bowstring hemp
n1
plant having thick fibrous leaves transversely banded in light and dark green;

- syn. Sansevieria zeylanica;

Ceylon cinnamon
n1
tropical Asian tree with aromatic yellowish-brown bark;

- source of the spice cinnamon;

- syn. Ceylon cinnamon tree, Cinnamomum zeylanicum, cinnamon;

Ceylon cinnamon tree
n1
tropical Asian tree with aromatic yellowish-brown bark;

- source of the spice cinnamon;

- syn. Ceylon cinnamon, Cinnamomum zeylanicum, cinnamon;

Ceylon gooseberry
n1
a small shrubby spiny tree cultivated for its maroon-purple fruit with sweet purple pulp tasting like gooseberries;

- Sri Lanka and India;

- syn. Dovyalis hebecarpa, ketembilla, ketembilla tree, kitambilla, kitembilla;

Ceylonese
a1
of or relating to Sri Lanka (formerly Ceylon) or its people or culture;

- "Sri Lankan beaches";

- "Sri Lankan forces fighting the Sinhalese rebels";

- syn. Sri Lankan;

Ceylonite
n1
a dark-colored spinel containing iron;

- syn. pleonaste;

Cezanne
n1
French Post-impressionist painter who influenced modern art (especially cubism) by stressing the structural components latent in nature (1839-1906);

- syn. Paul Cezanne;

Cf / s i ɛ f /
n1
a radioactive transuranic element;

- discovered by bombarding curium with alpha particles;

- syn. atomic number 98, californium;

n2
the most common hereditary disease;

- the child's lungs and intestines and pancreas become clogged with thick mucus;

- caused by defect in a single gene;

- no cure is known;

- syn. cystic fibrosis, fibrocystic disease of the pancreas, mucoviscidosis, pancreatic fibrosis;

r1
compare (used in texts to point the reader to another location in the text);

- syn. cf.;

cf.
r1
compare (used in texts to point the reader to another location in the text);

- syn. cf;

CFC
n1
a fluorocarbon with chlorine;

- formerly used as a refrigerant and as a propellant in aerosol cans;

- "the chlorine in CFCs causes depletion of atmospheric ozone";

- syn. chlorofluorocarbon;

CFO
n1
the corporate executive having financial authority to make appropriations and authorize expenditures for a firm;

- syn. chief financial officer;

CFTR
n1
the gene that is mutated in cystic fibrosis;

- syn. cystic fibrosis transport regulator;

cgs
n1
system of measurement based on centimeters and grams and seconds;

- syn. cgs system;

cgs system
n1
system of measurement based on centimeters and grams and seconds;

- syn. cgs;

ch'i
n1
the circulating life energy that in Chinese philosophy is thought to be inherent in all things;

- in traditional Chinese medicine the balance of negative and positive forms in the body is believed to be essential for good health;

- syn. chi, ki, qi;

Ch'in
n1
the Chinese dynasty (from 246 BC to 206 BC) that established the first centralized imperial government and built much of the Great Wall;

- syn. Ch'in dynasty, Qin, Qin dynasty;

Ch'in dynasty
n1
the Chinese dynasty (from 246 BC to 206 BC) that established the first centralized imperial government and built much of the Great Wall;

- syn. Ch'in, Qin, Qin dynasty;

Ch'in Shih Huang Ti
n1
the first Qin emperor who unified China, built much of the Great Wall, standardized weights and measures, and created a common currency and legal system (died 210 BC);

- syn. Qin Shi Huang Ti;

Ch'ing
n1
the last imperial dynasty of China (from 1644 to 1912) which was overthrown by revolutionaries;

- during the Qing dynasty China was ruled by the Manchu;

- syn. Ch'ing dynasty, Manchu, Manchu dynasty, Qing, Qing dynasty;

Ch'ing dynasty
n1
the last imperial dynasty of China (from 1644 to 1912) which was overthrown by revolutionaries;

- during the Qing dynasty China was ruled by the Manchu;

- syn. Ch'ing, Manchu, Manchu dynasty, Qing, Qing dynasty;

cha-cha
n1
a modern ballroom dance from Latin America;

- small steps and swaying movements of the hips;

- syn. cha-cha-cha;

v1
dance the cha-cha;

cha-cha-cha
n1
a modern ballroom dance from Latin America;

- small steps and swaying movements of the hips;

- syn. cha-cha;

Chabad
n1
a large missionary Hasidic movement known for their hospitality, technological expertise, optimism and emphasis on religious study;

- syn. Chabad-Lubavitch, Lubavitch, Lubavitch movement;

n2
a form of Hasidism practiced by Lithuanian and Russian Jews under communist rule;

- the beliefs and practices of the Lubavitch movement;

- syn. Chabad Hasidism;

Chabad-Lubavitch
n1
a large missionary Hasidic movement known for their hospitality, technological expertise, optimism and emphasis on religious study;

- syn. Chabad, Lubavitch, Lubavitch movement;

Chabad Hasidism
n1
a form of Hasidism practiced by Lithuanian and Russian Jews under communist rule;

- the beliefs and practices of the Lubavitch movement;

- syn. Chabad;

chabasite
n1
a group of minerals of the zeolite family consisting of a hydrous silicate of calcium and aluminum;

- syn. chabazite;

chabazite
n1
a group of minerals of the zeolite family consisting of a hydrous silicate of calcium and aluminum;

- syn. chabasite;

Chablis
n1
a town in north central France noted for white Burgundy wines;

n2
dry white table wine of Chablis, France or a wine resembling it;

- syn. white Burgundy;

chachalaca
n1
slender arboreal guan resembling a wild turkey;

- native to Central America and Mexico;

- highly regarded as game birds;

chachka
n1
(Yiddish) an attractive, unconventional woman;

- syn. tchotchke, tchotchkeleh, tsatske, tshatshke;

n2
(Yiddish) an inexpensive showy trinket;

- syn. tchotchke, tsatske, tshatshke;

chacma
n1
greyish baboon of southern and eastern Africa;

- syn. Papio ursinus, chacma baboon;

chacma baboon
n1
greyish baboon of southern and eastern Africa;

- syn. Papio ursinus, chacma;

chad / tʃ æ d /
n1
a small piece of paper that is supposed to be removed when a hole is punched in a card or paper tape;

n2
a lake in north central Africa;

- fed by the Shari river;

- syn. Lake Chad;

n3
a landlocked desert republic in north-central Africa;

- was under French control until 1960;

- syn. Republic of Chad, Tchad;

n4
a family of Afroasiatic tonal languages (mostly two tones) spoken in the regions west and south of Lake Chad in north central Africa;

- syn. Chadic, Chadic language;

chadar
n1
a cloth used as a head covering (and veil and shawl) by Muslim and Hindu women;

- syn. chaddar, chador, chuddar;

chaddar
n1
a cloth used as a head covering (and veil and shawl) by Muslim and Hindu women;

- syn. chadar, chador, chuddar;

Chadian / tʃ æ d ɪə n /
n1
a native or inhabitant of Chad;

a1
of or relating to or characteristic of the Republic of Chad or its people or language;

- "the Chadian desert";

- "Chad soldiers";

- "Chadian folktales";

Chadian franc
n1
the basic unit of money in Chad;

Chadic
n1
a family of Afroasiatic tonal languages (mostly two tones) spoken in the regions west and south of Lake Chad in north central Africa;

- syn. Chad, Chadic language;

Chadic language
n1
a family of Afroasiatic tonal languages (mostly two tones) spoken in the regions west and south of Lake Chad in north central Africa;

- syn. Chad, Chadic;

chadlock
n1
weedy Eurasian plant often a pest in grain fields;

- syn. Brassica kaber, Sinapis arvensis, charlock, field mustard, wild mustard;

chador
n1
a cloth used as a head covering (and veil and shawl) by Muslim and Hindu women;

- syn. chadar, chaddar, chuddar;

chaenactis
n1
any of several United States plants having long stalks of funnel-shaped white or yellow flowers;

Chaenomeles
n1
flowering quince;

- syn. genus Chaenomeles;

Chaenomeles japonica
n1
deciduous thorny shrub native to Japan having red blossoms;

- syn. japonica, maule's quince;

Chaenomeles speciosa
n1
deciduous thorny shrub native to China having red or white blossoms;

- syn. Japanese quince;

Chaenopsis
n1
a genus of fish of the family Clinidae including pikeblennies;

- syn. genus Chaenopsis;

Chaenopsis ocellata
n1
found from Florida to Cuba;

- syn. bluethroat pikeblenny;

Chaeronea
n1
a battle in which Philip II of Macedon defeated the Athenians and Thebans (338 BC) and also Sulla defeated Mithridates (86 BC);

chaeta
n1
a stiff chitinous seta or bristle especially of an annelid worm;

chaetal
a1
of or relating to chaetae (setae or bristles);

Chaetodipterus
n1
a genus of Ephippidae;

- syn. genus Chaetodipterus;

Chaetodipterus faber
n1
deep-bodied disk-shaped food fish of warmer western Atlantic coastal waters;

- syn. angelfish, spadefish;

chaetodon
n1
any fish of the genus Chaetodon;

Chaetodontidae
n1
butterfly fishes;

- syn. family Chaetodontidae;

chaetognath
n1
any worm of the Chaetognatha;

- transparent marine worm with horizontal lateral and caudal fins and a row of movable curved spines at each side of the mouth;

- syn. arrowworm;

Chaetognatha
n1
arrowworms: a group of small active transparent marine worms;

- syn. phylum Chaetognatha;

chaetognathan
a1
of or relating to arrowworms;

- syn. chaetognathous;

chaetognathous
a1
of or relating to arrowworms;

- syn. chaetognathan;

chafe / tʃ eɪ f /
n1
soreness and warmth caused by friction;

- "he had a nasty chafe on his knee";

n2
anger produced by some annoying irritation;

- syn. annoyance, vexation;

v1
become or make sore by or as if by rubbing;

- syn. fret, gall;

v2
feel extreme irritation or anger;

- "He was chafing at her suggestion that he stay at home while she went on a vacation";

v3
cause annoyance in;

- disturb, especially by minor irritations;

- "Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me";

- "It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves";

- syn. annoy, bother, devil, get at, get to, gravel, irritate, nark, nettle, rag, rile, vex;

v4
tear or wear off the skin or make sore by abrading;

- "This leash chafes the dog's neck";

- syn. excoriate;

v5
cause friction;

- "my sweater scratches";

- syn. fray, fret, rub, scratch;

v6
warm by rubbing, as with the hands;

chafed / tʃ eɪ f t /
a1
painful from having the skin abraded;

- syn. galled;

- sim. painful;

chafeweed
n1
weedy perennial of north temperate regions having woolly foliage and dirty white flowers in a leafy spike;

- syn. Gnaphalium sylvaticum, wood cudweed;

chaff / tʃ ɑ f /
n1
material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds;

- syn. husk, shuck, stalk, straw, stubble;

n2
foil in thin strips;

- ejected into the air as a radar countermeasure;

v1
be silly or tease one another;

- "After we relaxed, we just kidded around";

- syn. banter, jolly, josh, kid;

chaffer / tʃ ɑ f ə , tʃ æ f ə /
v1
wrangle (over a price, terms of an agreement, etc.);

- "Let's not haggle over a few dollars";

- syn. haggle, higgle, huckster;

v2
talk socially without exchanging too much information;

- "the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze";

- syn. chat, chatter, chew the fat, chit-chat, chitchat, claver, confab, confabulate, gossip, jaw, natter, shoot the breeze, visit;

chaffinch / tʃ æ f ɪ n tʃ /
n1
small European finch with a cheerful song;

- syn. Fringilla coelebs;

chafflike
a1
abounding in or covered with or resembling or consisting of chaff;

- syn. chaffy;

chaffweed
n1
weedy plant having short dry chafflike leaves;

- syn. bastard pimpernel, false pimpernel;

chaffy / tʃ ɑ f i /
a1
abounding in or covered with or resembling or consisting of chaff;

- syn. chafflike;

a2
value;

- "an empty chaffy book by a foolish chaffy fellow";

- sim. worthless;

chafing / tʃ eɪ f ɪ ŋ /
n1
soreness or irritation of the skin caused by friction;

chafing dish / tʃ eɪ f ɪ ŋ d ɪ ʃ /
n1
a metal pan over a heater;

- used to cook or to keep things warm at the table;

chafing gear
n1
covering (usually rope or canvas) of a line or spar to protect it from friction;

Chaga
n1
a Bantu language spoken by the Chaga in northern Tanzania;

- syn. Chagga, Kichaga;

Chagall
n1
French painter (born in Russia) noted for his imagery and brilliant colors (1887-1985);

- syn. Marc Chagall;

Chagatai
n1
a Turkic literary language of medieval central Asia (named for one of the sons of Genghis Khan);

- syn. Eastern Turki, Jagatai, Jaghatai;

Chagga
n1
a Bantu language spoken by the Chaga in northern Tanzania;

- syn. Chaga, Kichaga;

chagrin / ʃ æ ɡ ɹ ɪ n /
n1
strong feelings of embarrassment;

- syn. humiliation, mortification;

v1
cause to feel shame;

- hurt the pride of;

- "He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss";

- syn. abase, humble, humiliate, mortify;

chagrined / ʃ æ ɡ ɹ ɪ n d /
a1
feeling or caused to feel ill at ease or self-conscious or ashamed;

- "felt abashed at the extravagant praise";

- "chagrined at the poor sales of his book";

- "was embarrassed by her child's tantrums";

- syn. abashed, embarrassed;

- sim. discomposed;

Chahta
n1
the Muskhogean language of the Choctaw;

- syn. Choctaw;

Chaim Azriel Weizmann
n1
Israeli statesman who persuaded the United States to recognize the new state of Israel and became its first president (1874-1952);

- syn. Chaim Weizmann, Weizmann;

Chaim Soutine
n1
French expressionist painter (born in Lithuania) (1893-1943);

- syn. Soutine;

Chaim Weizmann
n1
Israeli statesman who persuaded the United States to recognize the new state of Israel and became its first president (1874-1952);

- syn. Chaim Azriel Weizmann, Weizmann;

chain / tʃ eɪ n /
n1
a series of things depending on each other as if linked together;

- "the chain of command";

- "a complicated concatenation of circumstances";

- syn. concatenation;

n2
(chemistry) a series of linked atoms (generally in an organic molecule);

- syn. chemical chain;

n3
a series of (usually metal) rings or links fitted into one another to make a flexible ligament;

n4
(business) a number of similar establishments (stores or restaurants or banks or hotels or theaters) under one ownership;

n5
anything that acts as a restraint;

n6
a unit of length;

n7
British biochemist (born in Germany) who isolated and purified penicillin, which had been discovered in 1928 by Sir Alexander Fleming (1906-1979);

- syn. Ernst Boris Chain, Sir Ernst Boris Chain;

n8
a series of hills or mountains;

- "the valley was between two ranges of hills";

- "the plains lay just beyond the mountain range";

- syn. chain of mountains, mountain chain, mountain range, range, range of mountains;

n9
a linked or connected series of objects;

- "a chain of daisies";

n10
a necklace made by stringing objects together;

- "a string of beads";

- "a strand of pearls";

- syn. strand, string;

v1
connect or arrange into a chain by linking;

v2
fasten or secure with chains;

- "Chain the chairs together";

chain-smoke
v1
smoke one cigarette after another;

- light one cigarette from the preceding one;

chain-smoker / tʃ eɪ n s m oʊ k ə , tʃ eɪ n s m oʊ k ə ɹ /
n1
a heavy smoker (usually of cigarettes) who lights one off of another;

chain armor
n1
(Middle Ages) flexible armor made of interlinked metal rings;

- syn. chain armour, chain mail, mail, ring armor, ring armour, ring mail;

chain armour
n1
(Middle Ages) flexible armor made of interlinked metal rings;

- syn. chain armor, chain mail, mail, ring armor, ring armour, ring mail;

chain fern
n1
a fern of the genus Woodwardia having the sori in chainlike rows;

chain gang
n1
a gang of convicts chained together;

chain letter
n1
a letter that is sent successively to several people;

chain lightning
n1
a form of lightning that moves rapidly in a zigzag path with one end divided (fork-like);

- syn. forked lightning;

chain mail
n1
(Middle Ages) flexible armor made of interlinked metal rings;

- syn. chain armor, chain armour, mail, ring armor, ring armour, ring mail;

chain of mountains
n1
a series of hills or mountains;

- "the valley was between two ranges of hills";

- "the plains lay just beyond the mountain range";

- syn. chain, mountain chain, mountain range, range, range of mountains;

chain pickerel
n1
common in quiet waters of eastern United States;

- syn. Esox niger, chain pike;

chain pike
n1
common in quiet waters of eastern United States;

- syn. Esox niger, chain pickerel;

chain printer
n1
an impact printer that carries the type slugs by links of a revolving chain;

chain reaction
n1
a series of chemical reactions in which the product of one is a reactant in the next;

n2
a self-sustaining nuclear reaction;

- a series of nuclear fissions in which neutrons released by splitting one atom leads to the splitting of others;

chain reactor
n1
a nuclear reactor that uses controlled nuclear fission to generate energy;

- syn. atomic pile, atomic reactor, pile;

chain saw
n1
portable power saw;

- teeth linked to form an endless chain;

- syn. chainsaw;

chain stitch
n1
the most basic of all crochet stitches made by pulling a loop of yarn through another loop;

n2
a looped stitch resembling the links of a chain;

- used in embroidery and in sewing;

chain store
n1
one of a chain of retail stores under the same management and selling the same merchandise;

chain tongs
n1
a pipe wrench used for turning large pipes;

- an adjustable chain circles the pipe with its ends connected to the head whose teeth engage the pipe;

chain up
v1
tie up with chains;

- "chain up the prisoners";

chain wrench
n1
another name for chain tongs;

chained / tʃ eɪ n d /
a1
bound with chains;

- "enchained demons strained in anger to gnaw on his bones";

- "prisoners in chains";

- syn. enchained;

- sim. bound;

chainlike / tʃ eɪ n ɫ aɪ k /
a1
having a chainlike form;

- "catenulate bacterial cell colonies";

- syn. catenulate;

- sim. formed;

chainlink fence
n1
a fence of steel wires woven into a diamond pattern;

chains / tʃ eɪ n z /
n1
metal shackles;

- for hands or legs;

- syn. irons;

chainsaw / tʃ eɪ n s ɔ /
n1
portable power saw;

- teeth linked to form an endless chain;

- syn. chain saw;

chair / tʃ eə , tʃ eə ɹ /
n1
a seat for one person, with a support for the back;

- "he put his coat over the back of the chair and sat down";

n2
the position of professor;

- "he was awarded an endowed chair in economics";

- syn. professorship;

n3
the officer who presides at the meetings of an organization;

- "address your remarks to the chairperson";

- syn. chairman, chairperson, chairwoman, president;

n4
an instrument of execution by electrocution;

- resembles an ordinary seat for one person;

- "the murderer was sentenced to die in the chair";

- syn. death chair, electric chair, hot seat;

n5
a particular seat in an orchestra;

- "he is second chair violin";

v1
act or preside as chair, as of an academic department in a university;

- "She chaired the department for many years";

- syn. chairman;

v2
preside over;

- "John moderated the discussion";

- syn. lead, moderate;

chair car
n1
a passenger car for day travel;

- you pay extra fare for individual chairs;

- syn. drawing-room car, palace car, parlor car, parlour car;

chair lift
n1
a ski lift on which riders (skiers or sightseers) are seated and carried up or down a mountainside;

- seats are hung from an endless overhead cable;

- syn. chairlift;

chair of state
n1
a ceremonial chair for an exalted or powerful person;

chairlift
n1
a ski lift on which riders (skiers or sightseers) are seated and carried up or down a mountainside;

- seats are hung from an endless overhead cable;

- syn. chair lift;

chairman / tʃ eə m ə n /
n1
the officer who presides at the meetings of an organization;

- "address your remarks to the chairperson";

- syn. chair, chairperson, chairwoman, president;

v1
act or preside as chair, as of an academic department in a university;

- "She chaired the department for many years";

- syn. chair;

chairman of the board
n1
the chairman of the board of directors of a corporation;

chairmanship / tʃ eə m ə n ʃ ɪ p /
n1
the position of chairman;

chairperson / tʃ eə ɹ p ɝ s n /
n1
the officer who presides at the meetings of an organization;

- "address your remarks to the chairperson";

- syn. chair, chairman, chairwoman, president;

chairwoman / tʃ eə w ʊ m ə n /
n1
the officer who presides at the meetings of an organization;

- "address your remarks to the chairperson";

- syn. chair, chairman, chairperson, president;

chaise / ʃ eɪ z /
n1
a long chair;

- for reclining;

- syn. chaise longue, daybed;

n2
a carriage consisting of two wheels and a calash top;

- drawn by a single horse;

- syn. shay;

chaise longue / ʃ eɪ z ɫ ɒ ŋ /
n1
a long chair;

- for reclining;

- syn. chaise, daybed;

Chait
n1
the first Hindu calendar month (corresponding to March in the Gregorian calendar);

- syn. Caitra;

chaja
n1
largest crested screamer;

- native to southern Brazil and Argentina;

- syn. Chauna torquata;

chalaza
n1
basal part of a plant ovule opposite the micropyle;

- where integument and nucellus are joined;

n2
one of two spiral bands of tissue connecting the egg yolk to the enclosing membrane at either end of the shell;

chalazion
n1
a small sebaceous cyst of the eyelid resulting when a Meibomian gland is blocked;

- syn. Meibomian cyst;

chalcanthite
n1
hydrated blue crystalline form of copper sulfate;

- syn. blue copperas, blue stone, blue vitriol;

Chalcedon / k æ ɫ s ɛ d ə n /
n1
a former town on the Bosporus (now part of Istanbul);

- site of the Council of Chalcedon;

- syn. Kadikoy;

n2
the fourth ecumenical council in 451 which defined the two natures (human and divine) of Christ;

- syn. Council of Chalcedon;

chalcedony / k æ ɫ s ɛ d ə n i /
n1
a milky or greyish translucent to transparent quartz;

- syn. calcedony;

chalcid
n1
any of various tiny insects whose larvae are parasites on eggs and larvae of other insects;

- many are beneficial in destroying injurious insects;

- syn. chalcid fly, chalcid wasp, chalcidfly;

chalcid fly
n1
any of various tiny insects whose larvae are parasites on eggs and larvae of other insects;

- many are beneficial in destroying injurious insects;

- syn. chalcid, chalcid wasp, chalcidfly;

chalcid wasp
n1
any of various tiny insects whose larvae are parasites on eggs and larvae of other insects;

- many are beneficial in destroying injurious insects;

- syn. chalcid, chalcid fly, chalcidfly;

Chalcidae
n1
an arthropod family including: chalcidflies;

- syn. Chalcididae, family Chalcidae, family Chalcididae;

chalcidfly
n1
any of various tiny insects whose larvae are parasites on eggs and larvae of other insects;

- many are beneficial in destroying injurious insects;

- syn. chalcid, chalcid fly, chalcid wasp;

Chalcididae
n1
an arthropod family including: chalcidflies;

- syn. Chalcidae, family Chalcidae, family Chalcididae;

Chalcis
n1
type genus of the Chalcididae;

- syn. genus Chalcis;

chalcis fly
n1
a variety of chalcid fly;

chalcocite
n1
a heavy grey mineral that is an ore of copper;

- syn. copper glance;

chalcopyrite
n1
a yellow copper ore (CuFeS2) made up of copper and iron sulfide;

- syn. copper pyrites;

Chalcostigma
n1
thornbills;

- syn. genus Chalcostigma;

Chaldaea
n1
an ancient region of Mesopotamia lying between the Euphrates delta and the Persian Gulf and the Arabian Desert;

- settled in 1000 BC and destroyed by the Persians in 539 BC;

- reached the height of its power under Nebuchadnezzar II;

- syn. Chaldea;

n2
an ancient kingdom in southern Mesopotamia;

- Babylonia conquered Israel in the 6th century BC and exiled the Jews to Babylon (where Daniel became a counselor to the king);

- syn. Babylonia, Chaldea;

Chaldaean
n1
a wise man skilled in occult learning;

- syn. Chaldean, Chaldee;

n2
an inhabitant of ancient Chaldea;

- syn. Chaldean, Chaldee;

a1
of or relating to ancient Chaldea or its people or language or culture;

- syn. Chaldean, Chaldee;

Chaldea
n1
an ancient region of Mesopotamia lying between the Euphrates delta and the Persian Gulf and the Arabian Desert;

- settled in 1000 BC and destroyed by the Persians in 539 BC;

- reached the height of its power under Nebuchadnezzar II;

- syn. Chaldaea;

n2
an ancient kingdom in southern Mesopotamia;

- Babylonia conquered Israel in the 6th century BC and exiled the Jews to Babylon (where Daniel became a counselor to the king);

- syn. Babylonia, Chaldaea;

Chaldean / k æ ɫ d i ə n /
n1
a wise man skilled in occult learning;

- syn. Chaldaean, Chaldee;

n2
an inhabitant of ancient Chaldea;

- syn. Chaldaean, Chaldee;

a1
of or relating to ancient Chaldea or its people or language or culture;

- syn. Chaldaean, Chaldee;

Chaldee
n1
a wise man skilled in occult learning;

- syn. Chaldaean, Chaldean;

n2
an inhabitant of ancient Chaldea;

- syn. Chaldaean, Chaldean;

a1
of or relating to ancient Chaldea or its people or language or culture;

- syn. Chaldaean, Chaldean;

chaldron / tʃ ɔ ɫ d ɹ ə n /
n1
a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 36 bushels;

chalet / ʃ æ ɫ eɪ /
n1
a Swiss house with a sloping roof and wide eaves or a house built in this style;

chalice / tʃ æ ɫ ɪ s /
n1
a bowl-shaped drinking vessel;

- especially the Eucharistic cup;

- syn. goblet;

chalice vine
n1
Mexican evergreen climbing plant having large solitary funnel-shaped fragrant yellow flowers with purple-brown ridges in the throat;

- syn. Solandra guttata, cupflower, trumpet flower;

chalk / tʃ ɔ k /
n1
a soft whitish calcite;

n2
a pure flat white with little reflectance;

n3
an amphetamine derivative (trade name Methedrine) used in the form of a crystalline hydrochloride;

- used as a stimulant to the nervous system and as an appetite suppressant;

- syn. Methedrine, chicken feed, crank, deoxyephedrine, glass, ice, meth, methamphetamine, methamphetamine hydrochloride, shabu, trash;

n4
a piece of calcite or a similar substance, usually in the shape of a crayon, that is used to write or draw on blackboards or other flat surfaces;

v1
write, draw, or trace with chalk;

chalk dust
n1
dust resulting from writing with a piece of chalk;

- "chalk dust covered the teacher's hands";

chalk line
n1
a chalked string used in the building trades to make a straight line on a vertical surface;

- syn. snap line, snapline;

chalk out
v1
make a sketch of;

- "sketch the building";

- syn. sketch;

chalk pit
n1
a quarry for chalk;

- syn. chalkpit;

chalk talk
n1
a talk that uses a blackboard and chalk;

chalk up
v1
accumulate as a debt;

- "he chalked up $100 in the course of the evening";

- syn. run up;

v2
keep score, as in games;

- syn. tally;

chalkboard / tʃ ɔ k b ɔ d /
n1
sheet of slate;

- for writing with chalk;

- syn. blackboard;

chalkpit / tʃ ɔ k p ɪ t /
n1
a quarry for chalk;

- syn. chalk pit;

chalkstone
n1
a deposit of urates around a joint or in the external ear;

- diagnostic of advanced or chronic gout;

- syn. tophus;

chalky / tʃ ɔ k i /
a1
composed of or containing or resembling calcium carbonate or calcite or chalk;

- syn. calcareous;

a2
of something having the color of chalk;

- "she turned chalky white";

- sim. achromatic;

challah / tʃ æ ɫ ə /
n1
(Judaism) a loaf of white bread containing eggs and leavened with yeast;

- often formed into braided loaves and glazed with eggs before baking;

- syn. hallah;

challenge / tʃ æ ɫ ə n dʒ /
n1
a demanding or stimulating situation;

- "they reacted irrationally to the challenge of Russian power";

n2
a call to engage in a contest or fight;

n3
questioning a statement and demanding an explanation;

- "his challenge of the assumption that Japan is still our enemy";

n4
a formal objection to the selection of a particular person as a juror;

n5
a demand by a sentry for a password or identification;

v1
take exception to;

- "She challenged his claims";

- syn. dispute, gainsay;

v2
issue a challenge to;

- "Fischer challenged Spassky to a match";

v3
ask for identification;

- "The illegal immigrant was challenged by the border guard";

v4
raise a formal objection in a court of law;

- syn. take exception;

challengeable / tʃ æ ɫ ə n dʒ ə b ɫ /
a1
capable of being challenged;

- sim. contestable;

challenger / tʃ æ ɫ ə n dʒ ə , tʃ æ ɫ ə n dʒ ə ɹ /
n1
the contestant you hope to defeat;

- "he had respect for his rivals";

- "he wanted to know what the competition was doing";

- syn. competition, competitor, contender, rival;

challenging / tʃ æ ɫ ə n dʒ ɪ ŋ /
a1
requiring full use of your abilities or resources;

- "ambitious schedule";

- "performed the most challenging task without a mistake";

- syn. ambitious;

- sim. difficult;

a2
stimulating interest or thought;

- "a challenging hypothesis";

- "a thought-provoking book";

- syn. thought-provoking;

- sim. stimulating;

a3
disturbingly provocative;

- "an intriguing smile";

- syn. intriguing;

- sim. provocative;

challis / ʃ æ ɫ ɪ s /
n1
a soft lightweight fabric (usually printed);

Chalons
n1
the battle in which Attila the Hun was defeated by the Romans and Visigoths in 451;

- syn. Chalons-sur-Marne;

Chalons-sur-Marne
n1
the battle in which Attila the Hun was defeated by the Romans and Visigoths in 451;

- syn. Chalons;

chalybeate / k ə ɫ ɪ b ɪ ih t /
a1
containing or impregnated with or tasting of iron;

chalybite
n1
iron ore in the form of ferrous carbonate;

- syn. siderite;

Chamaea
n1
a genus of Paridae;

- syn. genus Chamaea;

Chamaea fasciata
n1
small brown bird of California resembling a wren;

- syn. wren-tit;

Chamaecrista
n1
genus of tropical herbs or subshrubs having sensitive leaves and suddenly dehiscing pods;

- some species placed in genus Cassia;

- syn. genus Chamaecrista;

Chamaecrista fasciculata
n1
tropical American plant having leaflets somewhat sensitive to the touch;

- sometimes placed in genus Cassia;

- syn. Cassia fasciculata, partridge pea, sensitive pea, wild sensitive plant;

Chamaecyparis
n1
a genus of Chamaecyparis;

- syn. genus Chamaecyparis;

Chamaecyparis lawsoniana
n1
large timber tree of western North America with trunk diameter to 12 feet and height to 200 feet;

- syn. Lawson's cedar, Lawson's cypress, Oregon cedar, Port Orford cedar;

Chamaecyparis nootkatensis
n1
tall evergreen of the Pacific coast of North America often cultivated for ornament;

- syn. Alaska cedar, Nootka cypress, yellow cedar, yellow cypress;

Chamaecyparis thyoides
n1
slow-growing medium-sized cedar of east coast of the United States;

- resembles American arborvitae;

- syn. Atlantic white cedar, coast white cedar, southern white cedar, white cedar, white cypress;

Chamaecytisus
n1
small late-flowering trees or subshrubs having yellow to red flowers and leathery or woody pods;

- often especially formerly included in genus Cytisus;

- syn. genus Chamaecytisus;

Chamaecytisus palmensis
n1
shrub of Canary Islands having bristle-tipped oblanceolate leaves;

- used as cattle fodder;

- syn. Cytesis proliferus, tagasaste;

Chamaedaphne
n1
one species: leatherleaf;

- syn. genus Chamaedaphne;

Chamaedaphne calyculata
n1
north temperate bog shrub with evergreen leathery leaves and small white cylindrical flowers;

- syn. leatherleaf;

Chamaeleo
n1
type genus of the Chamaeleontidae;

- syn. genus Chamaeleo, genus Chamaeleon;

Chamaeleo chamaeleon
n1
a chameleon found in Africa;

- syn. African chameleon;

Chamaeleo oweni
n1
a kind of chameleon;

- syn. horned chameleon;

Chamaeleon
n1
a faint constellation in the polar region of the southern hemisphere near Apus and Mensa;

- syn. Chameleon;

n2
lizard of Africa and Madagascar able to change skin color and having a projectile tongue;

- syn. chameleon;

Chamaeleonidae
n1
Old World chameleons;

- in some classifications they are considered a superfamily of Sauria;

- syn. Chamaeleontidae, Rhiptoglossa, family Chamaeleonidae, family Chamaeleontidae, family Rhiptoglossa;

Chamaeleontidae
n1
Old World chameleons;

- in some classifications they are considered a superfamily of Sauria;

- syn. Chamaeleonidae, Rhiptoglossa, family Chamaeleonidae, family Chamaeleontidae, family Rhiptoglossa;

Chamaemelum
n1
small genus of plants sometimes included in genus Anthemis: chamomile;

- syn. genus Chamaemelum;

Chamaemelum nobilis
n1
Eurasian plant with apple-scented foliage and white-rayed flowers and feathery leaves used medicinally;

- in some classification systems placed in genus Anthemis;

- syn. Anthemis nobilis, camomile, chamomile;

chamber / tʃ eɪ m b ə , tʃ eɪ m b ə ɹ /
n1
a natural or artificial enclosed space;

n2
an enclosed volume in the body;

- "the chambers of his heart were healthy";

n3
a room where a judge transacts business;

n4
a deliberative or legislative or administrative or judicial assembly;

- "the upper chamber is the senate";

n5
a room used primarily for sleeping;

- syn. bedchamber, bedroom, sleeping accommodation, sleeping room;

v1
place in a chamber;

chamber music
n1
serious music performed by a small group of musicians;

chamber of commerce
n1
an association of businessmen to protect and promote business interests;

chamber orchestra
n1
small orchestra;

- usually plays classical music;

chambered / tʃ eɪ m b ə d , tʃ eɪ m b ə ɹ d /
a1
having compartmental chambers;

- "a spiral chambered seashell";

- sim. divided;

chambered nautilus
n1
cephalopod of the Indian and Pacific oceans having a spiral shell with pale pearly partitions;

- syn. nautilus, pearly nautilus;

Chamberlain / tʃ eɪ m b ə ɫ ɪ n /
n1
British statesman who as Prime Minister pursued a policy of appeasement toward fascist Germany (1869-1940);

- syn. Arthur Neville Chamberlain, Neville Chamberlain;

n2
the treasurer of a municipal corporation;

n3
an officer who manages the household of a king or nobleman;

chambermaid / tʃ eɪ m b ə m eɪ d /
n1
a maid who is employed to clean and care for bedrooms (now primarily in hotels);

- syn. fille de chambre;

chamberpot / tʃ eɪ m b ə p ɒ t /
n1
a receptacle for urination or defecation in the bedroom;

- syn. potty, thunder mug;

Chambers / tʃ eɪ m b ə z /
n1
English architect (1723-1796);

- syn. Sir William Chambers, William Chambers;

chambray
n1
a lightweight fabric woven with white threads across a colored warp;

chameleon / k ə m i ɫ ɪə n /
n1
a changeable or inconstant person;

n2
a faint constellation in the polar region of the southern hemisphere near Apus and Mensa;

- syn. Chamaeleon;

n3
lizard of Africa and Madagascar able to change skin color and having a projectile tongue;

- syn. chamaeleon;

chameleon tree frog
n1
a form of tree toad;

chamfer / tʃ æ m f ə /
n1
two surfaces meeting at an angle different from 90 degrees;

- syn. bevel, cant;

v1
cut a bevel on;

- shape to a bevel;

- "bevel the surface";

- syn. bevel;

v2
cut a furrow into a columns;

- syn. chase, furrow;

chamfer bit
n1
a bit that is used for beveling;

chamfer plane
n1
a plane that makes a beveled edge;

chamfron
n1
medieval plate armor to protect a horse's head;

- syn. chanfron, front-stall, frontstall, testiere;

chammy / ʃ æ m i /
n1
a soft suede leather formerly from the skin of the chamois antelope but now from sheepskin;

- syn. chammy leather, chamois, chamois leather, shammy, shammy leather;

chammy leather
n1
a soft suede leather formerly from the skin of the chamois antelope but now from sheepskin;

- syn. chammy, chamois, chamois leather, shammy, shammy leather;

chamois / ʃ æ m w ɑ /
n1
a soft suede leather formerly from the skin of the chamois antelope but now from sheepskin;

- syn. chammy, chammy leather, chamois leather, shammy, shammy leather;

n2
hoofed mammal of mountains of Eurasia having upright horns with backward-hooked tips;

- syn. Rupicapra rupicapra;

chamois cloth
n1
a piece of chamois used for washing windows or cars;

chamois cress
n1
small tufted perennial herb of mountains of central and southern Europe having very small flowers of usually leafless stems;

- sometimes placed in genus Lepidium;

- syn. Lepidium alpina, Pritzelago alpina;

chamois leather
n1
a soft suede leather formerly from the skin of the chamois antelope but now from sheepskin;

- syn. chammy, chammy leather, chamois, shammy, shammy leather;

chamomile
n1
Eurasian plant with apple-scented foliage and white-rayed flowers and feathery leaves used medicinally;

- in some classification systems placed in genus Anthemis;

- syn. Anthemis nobilis, Chamaemelum nobilis, camomile;

chamosite
n1
a greenish grey or black silicate of iron and aluminum;

champ / tʃ æ m p /
n1
someone who has won first place in a competition;

- syn. champion, title-holder;

v1
chafe at the bit, like horses;

v2
chew noisily;

- "The boy chomped his sandwich";

- syn. chomp;

champagne / ʃ æ m p eɪ n /
n1
a white sparkling wine either produced in Champagne or resembling that produced there;

- syn. bubbly;

n2
a region of northeastern France;

- syn. Champagne-Ardenne;

Champagne-Ardenne
n1
a region of northeastern France;

- syn. Champagne;

champagne cup
n1
a punch containing a sparkling wine;

champagne flute
n1
a tall narrow wineglass;

- syn. flute, flute glass;

champaign / tʃ æ m p eɪ n /
n1
extensive tract of level open land;

- "they emerged from the woods onto a vast open plain";

- "he longed for the fields of his youth";

- syn. field, plain;

n2
a university town in east central Illinois adjoining Urbana;

champerty / tʃ æ m p ɝ t i /
n1
an unethical agreement between an attorney and client that the attorney would sue and pay the costs of the client's suit in return for a portion of the damages awarded;

- "soliciting personal injury cases may constitute champerty";

champion / tʃ æ m p ɪə n /
n1
someone who has won first place in a competition;

- syn. champ, title-holder;

n2
someone who fights for a cause;

- syn. fighter, hero, paladin;

n3
a person who backs a politician or a team etc.;

- "all their supporters came out for the game";

- "they are friends of the library";

- syn. admirer, booster, friend, protagonist, supporter;

n4
someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field;

- syn. ace, adept, genius, hotshot, maven, mavin, sensation, star, superstar, virtuoso, whiz, whizz, wiz, wizard;

v1
protect or fight for as a champion;

- syn. defend;

a1
holding first place in a contest;

- "a champion show dog";

- "a prizewinning wine";

- syn. prizewinning;

- sim. best;

champion lode
n1
the main vein of ore in a deposit;

- syn. mother lode;

championship / tʃ æ m p ɪə n ʃ ɪ p /
n1
the status of being a champion;

- "he held the title for two years";

- syn. title;

n2
a competition at which a champion is chosen;

n3
the act of providing approval and support;

- "his vigorous backing of the conservatives got him in trouble with progressives";

- syn. backing, backup, patronage;

Champlain / tʃ æ m p ɫ eɪ n /
n1
French explorer in Nova Scotia who established a settlement on the site of modern Quebec (1567-1635);

- syn. Samuel de Champlain;

n2
a lake in northeastern New York, northwestern Vermont and southern Quebec;

- site of many battles in the French and Indian War and in the American Revolution and in the War of 1812;

- syn. Lake Champlain;

champleve
a1
(for metals) having areas separated by metal and filled with colored enamel and fired;

- syn. cloisonne;

- sim. adorned;

Champollion
n1
Frenchman and Egyptologist who studied the Rosetta Stone and in 1821 became the first person to decipher Egyptian hieroglyphics (1790-1832);

- syn. Jean Francois Champollion;

Champs Elysees
n1
a major avenue in Paris famous for elegant shops and cafes;

chanal
n1
thorny shrub or small tree common in central Argentina having small orange or yellow flowers followed by edible berries;

- syn. Geoffroea decorticans, chanar;

chanar
n1
thorny shrub or small tree common in central Argentina having small orange or yellow flowers followed by edible berries;

- syn. Geoffroea decorticans, chanal;

chance / tʃ ɑ n s /
n1
a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances;

- "the holiday gave us the opportunity to visit Washington";

- "now is your chance";

- syn. opportunity;

n2
an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another;

- "bad luck caused his downfall";

- "we ran into each other by pure chance";

- syn. fortune, hazard, luck;

n3
a risk involving danger;

- "you take a chance when you let her drive";

n4
a measure of how likely it is that some event will occur;

- a number expressing the ratio of favorable cases to the whole number of cases possible;

- "the probability that an unbiased coin will fall with the head up is 0.5";

- "if that phone call is for me, chances are it's my wife";

- syn. probability;

n5
the possibility of future success;

- "his prospects as a writer are excellent";

- syn. prospect;

v1
be the case by chance;

- "I chanced to meet my old friend in the street";

v2
take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome;

- "When you buy these stocks you are gambling";

- syn. adventure, gamble, hazard, risk, run a risk, take a chance, take chances;

v3
come upon, as if by accident;

- meet with;

- "We find this idea in Plato";

- "I happened upon the most wonderful bakery not very far from here";

- "She chanced upon an interesting book in the bookstore the other day";

- syn. bump, encounter, find, happen;

a1
occurring or appearing or singled out by chance;

- "seek help from casual passers-by";

- "a casual meeting";

- "a chance occurrence";

- syn. casual;

- sim. unplanned;

chance-half correlation
n1
a correlation coefficient calculated between scores on two halves of a test;

- taken as an indication of the reliability of the test;

- syn. split-half correlation;

chance-medley
n1
an unpremeditated killing of a human being in self defense;

chance event
n1
anything that happens suddenly or by chance without an apparent cause;

- "winning the lottery was a happy accident";

- "the pregnancy was a stroke of bad luck";

- "it was due to an accident or fortuity";

- syn. accident, fortuity, stroke;

chance on
v1
find unexpectedly;

- "the archeologists chanced upon an old tomb";

- "she struck a goldmine";

- "The hikers finally struck the main path to the lake";

- syn. attain, chance upon, come across, come upon, discover, fall upon, happen upon, light upon, strike;

chance upon
v1
find unexpectedly;

- "the archeologists chanced upon an old tomb";

- "she struck a goldmine";

- "The hikers finally struck the main path to the lake";

- syn. attain, chance on, come across, come upon, discover, fall upon, happen upon, light upon, strike;

chance variable
n1
a variable quantity that is random;

- syn. random variable, stochastic variable, variant, variate;

chanceful
a1
of uncertain outcome;

- especially fraught with risk;

- "an extremely dicey future on a brave new world of liquid nitrogen, tar, and smog"- New Yorker;

- syn. chancy, dicey, dodgy;

- sim. dangerous;

chancel / tʃ ɑ n s ɫ /
n1
area around the altar of a church for the clergy and choir;

- often enclosed by a lattice or railing;

- syn. bema, sanctuary;

chancellery / tʃ ɑ n s ə ɫ ɹ i /
n1
a government building housing the office of a chancellor;

Chancellor / tʃ ɑ n s ə ɫ ə , tʃ ɑ n s ə ɫ ə ɹ /
n1
the British cabinet minister responsible for finance;

- syn. Chancellor of the Exchequer;

n2
the person who is head of government (in several countries);

- syn. premier, prime minister;

n3
the honorary or titular head of a university;

Chancellor of the Exchequer
n1
the British cabinet minister responsible for finance;

- syn. Chancellor;

chancellorship / tʃ ɑ n s ə ɫ ə ʃ ɪ p /
n1
the office of chancellor;

Chancellorsville
n1
a village in northeastern Virginia;

n2
a major battle in the American Civil War (1863);

- the Confederates under Robert E. Lee defeated the Union forces under Joseph Hooker;

chancery / tʃ ɑ n s ə ɹ i /
n1
a court with jurisdiction in equity;

- syn. court of chancery;

n2
an office of archives for public or ecclesiastic records;

- a court of public records;

chancre / ʃ æ ŋ k ə /
n1
a small hard painless nodule at the site of entry of a pathogen (as syphilis);

chancroid
n1
infectious venereal ulcer;

chancroidal
a1
of or relating to or having chancroids;

chancrous
a1
of or having chancres;

chancy / tʃ ɑ n s i /
a1
of uncertain outcome;

- especially fraught with risk;

- "an extremely dicey future on a brave new world of liquid nitrogen, tar, and smog"- New Yorker;

- syn. chanceful, dicey, dodgy;

- sim. dangerous;

a2
subject to accident or chance or change;

- "a chancy appeal at best";

- "getting that job was definitely fluky";

- "a fluky wind";

- "an iffy proposition";

- syn. flukey, fluky, iffy;

- sim. uncertain;

chandelier / ʃ æ n d ə ɫ ɪə , ʃ æ n d ə ɫ ɪə ɹ /
n1
branched lighting fixture;

- often ornate;

- hangs from the ceiling;

- syn. pendant, pendent;

chandelle
n1
a flight maneuver consisting of a steep climbing turn executed to gain altitude while changing direction;

v1
climb suddenly and steeply;

- "The airplane chandelled";

Chandi / ʃ æ n d i /
n1
malevolent aspect of Devi;

- "the fierce";

Chandler / tʃ ɑ n d ɫ ə , tʃ ɑ n d ɫ ə ɹ /
n1
United States writer of detective thrillers featuring the character of Philip Marlowe (1888-1959);

- syn. Raymond Chandler, Raymond Thornton Chandler;

n2
a retail dealer in provisions and supplies;

n3
a maker (and seller) of candles and soap and oils and paints;

chandlery / tʃ ɑ n d ɫ ə ɹ i /
n1
candles and other commodities sold by a chandler;

n2
a storeroom where candles are kept;

chanfron
n1
medieval plate armor to protect a horse's head;

- syn. chamfron, front-stall, frontstall, testiere;

Chang / tʃ æ ŋ /
n1
the longest river of Asia;

- flows eastward from Tibet into the East China Sea near Shanghai;

- syn. Chang Jiang, Changjiang, Yangtze, Yangtze Kiang, Yangtze River;

Chang Jiang
n1
the longest river of Asia;

- flows eastward from Tibet into the East China Sea near Shanghai;

- syn. Chang, Changjiang, Yangtze, Yangtze Kiang, Yangtze River;

Chang Kuo
n1
one of the 8 immortals of Taoism;

- syn. Chang Kuo-lao;

Chang Kuo-lao
n1
one of the 8 immortals of Taoism;

- syn. Chang Kuo;

Changan
n1
a city of central China;

- capital of ancient Chinese empire 221-206 BC;

- syn. Hsian, Sian, Singan, Xian;

change / tʃ eɪ n dʒ /
n1
an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another;

- "the change was intended to increase sales";

- "this storm is certainly a change for the worse";

- "the neighborhood had undergone few modifications since his last visit years ago";

- syn. alteration, modification;

n2
a relational difference between states;

- especially between states before and after some event;

- "he attributed the change to their marriage";

n3
the action of changing something;

- "the change of government had no impact on the economy";

- "his change on abortion cost him the election";

n4
the result of alteration or modification;

- "there were marked changes in the lining of the lungs";

- "there had been no change in the mountains";

n5
the balance of money received when the amount you tender is greater than the amount due;

- "I paid with a twenty and pocketed the change";

n6
a thing that is different;

- "he inspected several changes before selecting one";

n7
a different or fresh set of clothes;

- "she brought a change in her overnight bag";

n8
coins of small denomination regarded collectively;

- "he had a pocketful of change";

n9
money received in return for its equivalent in a larger denomination or a different currency;

- "he got change for a twenty and used it to pay the taxi driver";

n10
a difference that is usually pleasant;

- "he goes to France for variety";

- "it is a refreshing change to meet a woman mechanic";

- syn. variety;

v1
cause to change;

- make different;

- cause a transformation;

- "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city";

- "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue";

- syn. alter, modify;

v2
undergo a change;

- become different in essence;

- losing one's or its original nature;

- "She changed completely as she grew older";

- "The weather changed last night";

v3
become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence;

- "her mood changes in accordance with the weather";

- "The supermarket's selection of vegetables varies according to the season";

- syn. alter, vary;

v4
lay aside, abandon, or leave for another;

- "switch to a different brand of beer";

- "She switched psychiatrists";

- "The car changed lanes";

- syn. shift, switch;

v5
change clothes;

- put on different clothes;

- "Change before you go to the opera";

v6
exchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind or category;

- "Could you convert my dollars into pounds?";

- "He changed his name";

- "convert centimeters into inches";

- "convert holdings into shares";

- syn. commute, convert, exchange;

v7
give to, and receive from, one another;

- "Would you change places with me?";

- "We have been exchanging letters for a year";

- syn. exchange, interchange;

v8
change from one vehicle or transportation line to another;

- "She changed in Chicago on her way to the East coast";

- syn. transfer;

v9
become deeper in tone;

- "His voice began to change when he was 12 years old";

- "Her voice deepened when she whispered the password";

- syn. deepen;

v10
remove or replace the coverings of;

- "Father had to learn how to change the baby";

- "After each guest we changed the bed linens";

change-of-pace
n1
a baseball thrown with little velocity when the batter is expecting a fastball;

- syn. change-of-pace ball, change-up, off-speed pitch;

change-of-pace ball
n1
a baseball thrown with little velocity when the batter is expecting a fastball;

- syn. change-of-pace, change-up, off-speed pitch;

change-up
n1
a baseball thrown with little velocity when the batter is expecting a fastball;

- syn. change-of-pace, change-of-pace ball, off-speed pitch;

change by reversal
v1
change to the contrary;

- "The trend was reversed";

- "the tides turned against him";

- "public opinion turned when it was revealed that the president had an affair with a White House intern";

- syn. reverse, turn;

change course
v1
shift from one side of the ship to the other;

- "The sail jibbed wildly";

- syn. gybe, jib, jibe;

change form
v1
assume a different shape or form;

- syn. change shape, deform;

change hands
v1
be transferred to another owner;

- "This restaurant changed hands twice last year";

- syn. change owners;

change integrity
v1
change in physical make-up;

change intensity
v1
increase or decrease in intensity;

change magnitude
v1
change in size or magnitude;

change of color
n1
an act that changes the light that something reflects;

change of course
n1
a change in the direction that you are moving;

change of direction
n1
the act of changing the direction in which something is oriented;

- syn. reorientation;

change of integrity
n1
the act of changing the unity or wholeness of something;

change of life
n1
the time in a woman's life in which the menstrual cycle ends;

- syn. climacteric, menopause;

change of location
n1
a movement through space that changes the location of something;

- syn. travel;

change of magnitude
n1
the act of changing the amount or size of something;

change of mind
n1
a decision to reverse an earlier decision;

- syn. flip-flop, reversal, turnabout, turnaround;

change of shape
n1
an action that changes the shape of something;

change of state
n1
the act of changing something into something different in essential characteristics;

change over
v1
make a shift in or exchange of;

- "First Joe led;

- then we switched";

- syn. shift, switch;

v2
change from one system to another or to a new plan or policy;

- "We converted from 220 to 110 Volt";

- syn. convert;

change owners
v1
be transferred to another owner;

- "This restaurant changed hands twice last year";

- syn. change hands;

change posture
v1
undergo a change in bodily posture;

change ringing
n1
ringing tuned bells in a fixed order that is continually changing;

change shape
v1
assume a different shape or form;

- syn. change form, deform;

change state
v1
undergo a transformation or a change of position or action;

- "We turned from Socialism to Capitalism";

- "The people turned against the President when he stole the election";

- syn. turn;

change surface
v1
undergo or cause to undergo a change in the surface;

change taste
v1
alter the flavor of;

changeability / tʃ eɪ n dʒ ə b ɪ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
the quality of being changeable;

- having a marked tendency to change;

- "the changeableness of the weather";

- syn. changeableness;

changeable / tʃ eɪ n dʒ ə b ə ɫ /
a1
capable of or tending to change in form or quality or nature;

- "a mutable substance";

- "mutable weather patterns";

- "a mutable foreign policy";

- syn. mutable;

a2
such that alteration is possible;

- having a marked tendency to change;

- "changeable behavior";

- "changeable moods";

- "changeable prices";

- syn. changeful;

- also exchangeable, inconstant;

- sim. adjustable, astatic, checkered, distortable, erratic, fluid, fluid, jittering, kaleidoscopic, mobile, mutable, open-ended, quick-change, quick-drying, reversible, volatile;

a3
subject to change;

- "a changeable climate";

- "the weather is uncertain";

- "unsettled weather with rain and hail and sunshine coming one right after the other";

- syn. uncertain, unsettled;

- sim. variable;

a4
varying in color when seen in different lights or from different angles;

- "changeable taffeta";

- "chatoyant (or shot) silk";

- "a dragonfly hovered, vibrating and iridescent";

- syn. chatoyant, iridescent, shot;

- sim. colorful;

changeableness / tʃ eɪ n dʒ ə b ə ɫ n ə s /
n1
the quality of being changeable;

- having a marked tendency to change;

- "the changeableness of the weather";

- syn. changeability;

changed / tʃ eɪ n dʒ d /
a1
made or become different in nature or form;

- "changed attitudes";

- "changed styles of dress";

- "a greatly changed country after the war";

- sim. denatured, exchanged, transformed, varied;

a2
made or become different in some respect;

- "he's an altered (or changed) man since his election to Congress";

- sim. altered;

a3
changed in constitution or structure or composition by metamorphism;

- "metamorphic rocks";

- sim. metamorphic;

changeful / tʃ eɪ n dʒ f ə ɫ /
a1
such that alteration is possible;

- having a marked tendency to change;

- "changeable behavior";

- "changeable moods";

- "changeable prices";

- syn. changeable;

- also exchangeable, inconstant;

- sim. adjustable, astatic, checkered, distortable, erratic, fluid, fluid, jittering, kaleidoscopic, mobile, mutable, open-ended, quick-change, quick-drying, reversible, volatile;

changefulness / tʃ eɪ n dʒ f ə ɫ n ɛ s /
n1
the quality of being changeable and variable;

- syn. inconstancy;

changeless / tʃ eɪ n dʒ ɫ ə s /
a1
not subject or susceptible to change or variation in form or quality or nature;

- "the view of that time was that all species were immutable, created by God";

- syn. immutable;

a2
unvarying in nature;

- "maintained a constant temperature";

- "principles of unvarying validity";

- syn. constant, invariant, unvarying;

- sim. invariable;

a3
remaining the same for indefinitely long times;

- syn. unalterable;

- sim. unchangeable;

changelessness / tʃ eɪ n dʒ ɫ ə s n ə s /
n1
the property of remaining unchanged;

n2
the quality of being unchangeable;

- having a marked tendency to remain unchanged;

- syn. unchangeability, unchangeableness, unchangingness;

changeling / tʃ eɪ n dʒ ɫ ɪ ŋ /
n1
a person of subnormal intelligence;

- syn. cretin, half-wit, idiot, imbecile, moron, retard;

n2
a child secretly exchanged for another in infancy;

changeover / tʃ eɪ n dʒ oʊ v ə , tʃ eɪ n dʒ oʊ v ə ɹ /
n1
an event that results in a transformation;

- syn. conversion, transition;

changer / tʃ eɪ n dʒ ə /
n1
a person who changes something;

- "an inveterate changer of the menu";

- syn. modifier;

n2
an automatic mechanical device on a record player that causes new records to be played without manual intervention;

- syn. auto-changer, record changer;

changing / tʃ eɪ n dʒ ɪ ŋ /
a1
marked by continuous change or effective action;

- syn. ever-changing;

- sim. dynamic;

Changjiang
n1
the longest river of Asia;

- flows eastward from Tibet into the East China Sea near Shanghai;

- syn. Chang, Chang Jiang, Yangtze, Yangtze Kiang, Yangtze River;

Changtzu
n1
a mountain in the central Himalayas on the border of Tibet and Nepal (24,780 feet high);

channel / tʃ æ n ɫ /
n1
a path over which electrical signals can pass;

- "a channel is typically what you rent from a telephone company";

- syn. transmission channel;

n2
a passage for water (or other fluids) to flow through;

- "the fields were crossed with irrigation channels";

- "gutters carried off the rainwater into a series of channels under the street";

n3
a long narrow furrow cut either by a natural process (such as erosion) or by a tool (as e.g. a groove in a phonograph record);

- syn. groove;

n4
a deep and relatively narrow body of water (as in a river or a harbor or a strait linking two larger bodies) that allows the best passage for vessels;

- "the ship went aground in the channel";

n5
(often plural) a means of communication or access;

- "it must go through official channels";

- "lines of communication were set up between the two firms";

- syn. communication channel, line;

n6
a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance;

- "the tear duct was obstructed";

- "the alimentary canal";

- "poison is released through a channel in the snake's fangs";

- syn. canal, duct, epithelial duct;

n7
a television station and its programs;

- "a satellite TV channel";

- "surfing through the channels";

- "they offer more than one hundred channels";

- syn. TV channel, television channel;

n8
a way of selling a company's product either directly or via distributors;

- "possible distribution channels are wholesalers or small retailers or retail chains or direct mailers or your own stores";

- syn. distribution channel;

v1
transmit or serve as the medium for transmission;

- "Sound carries well over water";

- "The airwaves carry the sound";

- "Many metals conduct heat";

- syn. carry, conduct, convey, impart, transmit;

v2
direct the flow of;

- "channel information towards a broad audience";

v3
send from one person or place to another;

- "transmit a message";

- syn. channelise, channelize, transfer, transmit, transport;

channel-surf
v1
switch channels, on television;

- syn. surf;

channel bass
n1
large edible fish found off coast of United States from Massachusetts to Mexico;

- syn. Sciaenops ocellatus, red drum, redfish;

channel capacity
n1
the maximum data rate that can be attained over a given channel;

channel cat
n1
freshwater food fish common throughout central United States;

- syn. Ictalurus punctatus, channel catfish;

channel catfish
n1
freshwater food fish common throughout central United States;

- syn. Ictalurus punctatus, channel cat;

Channel Island
n1
any of a group of British islands in the English Channel off the northern coast of France;

Channel Islands National Park
n1
a national park in California featuring sea birds and marine life;

Channel Tunnel
n1
the railroad tunnel between France and England under the English Channel;

- syn. chunnel;

channelisation
n1
management through specified channels of communication;

- syn. canalisation, canalization, channelization;

channelise
v1
direct the course;

- determine the direction of travelling;

- syn. channelize, direct, guide, head, maneuver, manoeuver, manoeuvre, point, steer;

v2
make a channel for;

- provide with a channel;

- "channelize the country for better transportation";

- syn. channelize;

v3
send from one person or place to another;

- "transmit a message";

- syn. channel, channelize, transfer, transmit, transport;

v4
cause to form a channel;

- "channelize a stream";

- syn. channelize;

channelization
n1
management through specified channels of communication;

- syn. canalisation, canalization, channelisation;

channelize
v1
direct the course;

- determine the direction of travelling;

- syn. channelise, direct, guide, head, maneuver, manoeuver, manoeuvre, point, steer;

v2
make a channel for;

- provide with a channel;

- "channelize the country for better transportation";

- syn. channelise;

v3
send from one person or place to another;

- "transmit a message";

- syn. channel, channelise, transfer, transmit, transport;

v4
cause to form a channel;

- "channelize a stream";

- syn. channelise;

channels / tʃ æ n ɫ z /
n1
official routes of communication;

- "you have to go through channels";

Channidae
n1
snakeheads;

- syn. class Channidae;

Channukah
n1
(Judaism) an eight-day Jewish holiday commemorating the rededication of the Temple of Jerusalem in 165 BC;

- syn. Channukkah, Chanukah, Chanukkah, Feast of Dedication, Feast of Lights, Feast of the Dedication, Festival of Lights, Hannukah, Hanukah, Hanukkah;

Channukkah
n1
(Judaism) an eight-day Jewish holiday commemorating the rededication of the Temple of Jerusalem in 165 BC;

- syn. Channukah, Chanukah, Chanukkah, Feast of Dedication, Feast of Lights, Feast of the Dedication, Festival of Lights, Hannukah, Hanukah, Hanukkah;

chanoyu
n1
an ancient ritual for preparing and serving and drinking tea;

- syn. tea ceremony;

chanson de geste
n1
Old French epic poems;

chant / tʃ ɑ n t /
n1
a repetitive song in which as many syllables as necessary are assigned to a single tone;

v1
recite with musical intonation;

- recite as a chant or a psalm;

- "The rabbi chanted a prayer";

- syn. cantillate, intonate, intone;

v2
utter monotonously and repetitively and rhythmically;

- "The students chanted the same slogan over and over again";

- syn. intone, tone;

chantarelle
n1
widely distributed edible mushroom rich yellow in color with a smooth cap and a pleasant apricot aroma;

- syn. Cantharellus cibarius, chanterelle;

chanted / tʃ ɑ n t ɪ d /
a1
sung or uttered rhythmically in a monotone;

- "a chanted psalm";

- sim. musical;

chanter / tʃ ɑ n t ə /
n1
reed pipe with finger holes on which the melody is played;

- syn. melody pipe;

chanterelle / tʃ æ n t ə ɹ ɛ ɫ /
n1
widely distributed edible mushroom rich yellow in color with a smooth cap and a pleasant apricot aroma;

- syn. Cantharellus cibarius, chantarelle;

chantey
n1
a rhythmical work song originally sung by sailors;

- syn. chanty, sea chantey, shanty;

chanting / tʃ ɑ n t ɪ ŋ /
n1
the act of singing in a monotonous tone;

- syn. intonation;

chantlike / tʃ ɑ n t ɫ aɪ k /
a1
uttered in a monotonous cadence or rhythm as in chanting;

- "their chantlike intoned prayers";

- "a singsong manner of speaking";

- syn. intoned, singsong;

- sim. rhythmical;

chantry / tʃ ɑ n t ɹ i /
n1
an endowment for the singing of Masses;

n2
a chapel endowed for singing Masses for the soul of the donor;

chanty / tʃ ɑ n t i /
n1
a rhythmical work song originally sung by sailors;

- syn. chantey, sea chantey, shanty;

Chanukah
n1
(Judaism) an eight-day Jewish holiday commemorating the rededication of the Temple of Jerusalem in 165 BC;

- syn. Channukah, Channukkah, Chanukkah, Feast of Dedication, Feast of Lights, Feast of the Dedication, Festival of Lights, Hannukah, Hanukah, Hanukkah;

Chanukkah
n1
(Judaism) an eight-day Jewish holiday commemorating the rededication of the Temple of Jerusalem in 165 BC;

- syn. Channukah, Channukkah, Chanukah, Feast of Dedication, Feast of Lights, Feast of the Dedication, Festival of Lights, Hannukah, Hanukah, Hanukkah;

Chao Phraya
n1
a river in Thailand formed by the confluence of the Nan and Ping Rivers;

- flows southward past Bangkok and empties into the Gulf of Thailand;

chaos / k eɪ ɒ s /
n1
a state of extreme confusion and disorder;

- syn. bedlam, pandemonium, topsy-turvydom, topsy-turvyness;

n2
the formless and disordered state of matter before the creation of the cosmos;

n3
(Greek mythology) the most ancient of gods;

- the personification of the infinity of space preceding creation of the universe;

n4
(physics) a dynamical system that is extremely sensitive to its initial conditions;

chaotic / k eɪ ɒ t ɪ k /
a1
lacking a visible order or organization;

- syn. helter-skelter;

- sim. disorganized;

a2
completely unordered and unpredictable and confusing;

- syn. disorderly;

- sim. wild;

a3
of or relating to a sensitive dependence on initial conditions;

chaotic attractor
n1
an attractor for which the approach to its final point in phase space is chaotic;

- syn. strange attractor;

chaotically / k eɪ ɒ t ɪ k ɫ i /
r1
in a wild and confused manner;

- "the drugged man was talking chaotically";

r2
in a manner suggestive of chaos;

- "the room was chaotically disorganized";

chap / tʃ æ p /
n1
a boy or man;

- "that chap is your host";

- "there's a fellow at the door";

- "he's a likable cuss";

- "he's a good bloke";

- syn. blighter, bloke, cuss, fella, feller, fellow, gent, lad;

n2
a long narrow depression in a surface;

- syn. crack, cranny, crevice, fissure;

n3
a crack in a lip caused usually by cold;

n4
(usually in the plural) leather leggings without a seat;

- joined by a belt;

- often have flared outer flaps;

- worn over trousers by cowboys to protect their legs;

v1
crack due to dehydration;

- "My lips chap in this dry weather";

chaparral
n1
dense vegetation consisting of stunted trees or bushes;

- syn. bush, scrub;

chaparral broom
n1
widely spreading evergreen shrub of southwestern United States with flower heads in a leafy panicle;

- syn. Baccharis pilularis, coyote brush, coyote bush, kidney wort;

chaparral cock
n1
speedy largely terrestrial bird found from California and Mexico to Texas;

- syn. Geococcyx californianus, roadrunner;

chaparral mallow
n1
shrub of coastal ranges of California and Baja California having hairy branches and spikes of numerous mauve flowers;

- sometimes placed in genus Sphaeralcea;

- syn. Malacothamnus fasciculatus, Sphaeralcea fasciculata;

chaparral pea
n1
spiny evergreen xerophytic shrub having showy rose and purple flowers and forming dense thickets;

- of dry rocky mountain slopes of California;

- syn. Pickeringia montana, stingaree-bush;

chaparral sage
n1
silvery-leaved California herb with purple flowers;

- syn. Salvia leucophylla, purple sage;

chapati
n1
flat pancake-like bread cooked on a griddle;

- syn. chapatti;

chapatti
n1
flat pancake-like bread cooked on a griddle;

- syn. chapati;

chapeau / tʃ æ p oʊ /
n1
headdress that protects the head from bad weather;

- has shaped crown and usually a brim;

- syn. hat, lid;

chapel / tʃ æ p ɫ /
n1
a place of worship that has its own altar;

n2
a service conducted in a place of worship that has its own altar;

- "he was late for chapel";

- syn. chapel service;

Chapel Hill
n1
a town in central North Carolina;

- site of the University of North Carolina;

chapel service
n1
a service conducted in a place of worship that has its own altar;

- "he was late for chapel";

- syn. chapel;

chapelgoer / tʃ æ p ɫ ɡ oʊ ə , tʃ æ p ɫ ɡ oʊ ə ɹ /
n1
a Protestant in England who is not a member of the Church of England;

- syn. Nonconformist;

chaperon / ʃ æ p ə ɹ oʊ n /
n1
one who accompanies and supervises a young woman or gatherings of young people;

- syn. chaperone;

v1
accompany as a chaperone;

- syn. chaperone;

chaperone / tʃ æ p ə w ʌ n /
n1
one who accompanies and supervises a young woman or gatherings of young people;

- syn. chaperon;

v1
accompany as a chaperone;

- syn. chaperon;

chapfallen / tʃ æ p f ɔ ɫ ə n /
a1
brought low in spirit;

- "left us fatigued and deflated spiritually";

- syn. chopfallen, crestfallen, deflated;

- sim. dejected;

chapiter
n1
the upper part of a column that supports the entablature;

- syn. cap, capital;

chaplain / tʃ æ p ɫ ɪ n /
n1
a clergyman ministering to some institution;

chaplaincy / tʃ æ p ɫ ɪ n s i /
n1
the position of chaplain;

- syn. chaplainship;

chaplainship / tʃ æ p ɫ ɪ n ʃ ɪ p /
n1
the position of chaplain;

- syn. chaplaincy;

chaplet / tʃ æ p ɫ ɪ t /
n1
flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes;

- syn. coronal, garland, lei, wreath;

chapleted / tʃ æ p ɫ ɪ t ɪ d /
a1
provided with a chaplet;

- sim. crowned;

Chaplin / tʃ æ p ɫ ɪ n /
n1
English comedian and film maker;

- portrayed a downtrodden little man in baggy pants and bowler hat (1889-1977);

- syn. Charlie Chaplin, Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin;

Chapman / tʃ æ p m ə n /
n1
United States pioneer who planted apple trees as he traveled (1774-1845);

- syn. John Chapman, Johnny Appleseed;

n2
archaic term for an itinerant peddler;

chapped / tʃ æ p t /
a1
used of skin roughened as a result of cold or exposure;

- "chapped lips";

- syn. cracked, roughened;

- sim. rough;

chapter / tʃ æ p t ə , tʃ æ p t ə ɹ /
n1
a subdivision of a written work;

- usually numbered and titled;

- "he read a chapter every night before falling asleep";

n2
any distinct period in history or in a person's life;

- "the industrial revolution opened a new chapter in British history";

- "the divorce was an ugly chapter in their relationship";

n3
a local branch of some fraternity or association;

- "he joined the Atlanta chapter";

n4
an ecclesiastical assembly of the monks in a monastery or even of the canons of a church;

n5
a series of related events forming an episode;

- "a chapter of disasters";

chapterhouse / tʃ æ p t ə h aʊ s /
n1
a building attached to a monastery or cathedral;

- used as a meeting place for the chapter;

n2
a house used as a residence by a chapter of a fraternity;

- syn. frat house, fraternity house;

Chapultepec
n1
a pitched battle in the Mexican War that resulted in a major victory for American forces over Mexican forces at a locality south of Mexico City (1847);

char / tʃ ɑ , tʃ ɑr /
n1
a charred substance;

n2
a human female employed to do housework;

- "the char will clean the carpet";

- "I have a woman who comes in four hours a day while I write";

- syn. charwoman, cleaning lady, cleaning woman, woman;

n3
any of several small trout-like fish of the genus Salvelinus;

- syn. charr;

v1
burn to charcoal;

- "Without a drenching rain, the forest fire will char everything";

- syn. coal;

v2
burn slightly and superficially so as to affect color;

- "The cook blackened the chicken breast";

- "The fire charred the ceiling above the mantelpiece";

- "the flames scorched the ceiling";

- syn. blacken, scorch, sear;

Chara
n1
green algae common in freshwater lakes of limestone districts;

- syn. genus Chara;

charabanc / ʃ æ ɹ ə b æ ŋ /
n1
a vehicle carrying many passengers;

- used for public transport;

- "he always rode the bus to work";

- syn. autobus, bus, coach, double-decker, jitney, motorbus, motorcoach, omnibus, passenger vehicle;

Characeae
n1
green algae superficially resembling horsetail ferns: stoneworts;

- syn. family Characeae;

characid
n1
any freshwater fish of the family Characinidae;

- syn. characin, characin fish;

Characidae
n1
tropical freshwater fishes of Africa and South America and Central America;

- syn. family Characidae;

characin
n1
any freshwater fish of the family Characinidae;

- syn. characid, characin fish;

characin fish
n1
any freshwater fish of the family Characinidae;

- syn. characid, characin;

Characinidae
n1
former name of the Characidae;

- syn. family Characinidae;

character / k æ ɹ ə k t ə , k æ ɹ ə k t ə ɹ /
n1
an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story);

- "she is the main character in the novel";

- syn. fictional character, fictitious character;

n2
a characteristic property that defines the apparent individual nature of something;

- "each town has a quality all its own";

- "the radical character of our demands";

- syn. lineament, quality;

n3
the inherent complex of attributes that determines a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions;

- "education has for its object the formation of character"- Herbert Spencer;

- syn. fiber, fibre;

n4
an actor's portrayal of someone in a play;

- "she played the part of Desdemona";

- syn. part, persona, role, theatrical role;

n5
a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities);

- "a real character";

- "a strange character";

- "a friendly eccentric";

- "the capable type";

- "a mental case";

- syn. case, eccentric, type;

n6
good repute;

- "he is a man of character";

n7
a formal recommendation by a former employer to a potential future employer describing the person's qualifications and dependability;

- "requests for character references are all too often answered evasively";

- syn. character reference, reference;

n8
a written symbol that is used to represent speech;

- "the Greek alphabet has 24 characters";

- syn. graph, grapheme, graphic symbol;

n9
(genetics) an attribute (structural or functional) that is determined by a gene or group of genes;

v1
engrave or inscribe characters on;

character-at-a-time printer
n1
a printer that prints a single character at a time;

- syn. character printer, serial printer;

character actor
n1
an actor who specializes in playing supporting roles;

character assassination
n1
an attack intended to ruin someone's reputation;

- syn. assassination, blackwash;

character printer
n1
a printer that prints a single character at a time;

- syn. character-at-a-time printer, serial printer;

character reference
n1
a formal recommendation by a former employer to a potential future employer describing the person's qualifications and dependability;

- "requests for character references are all too often answered evasively";

- syn. character, reference;

character set
n1
an ordered list of characters that are used together in writing or printing;

character witness
n1
a witness who testifies under oath as to the good reputation of another person in the community where that person lives;

characterisation / k æ ɹ ɪ k t ə ɹ aɪ z eɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
a graphic or vivid verbal description;

- "too often the narrative was interrupted by long word pictures";

- "the author gives a depressing picture of life in Poland";

- "the pamphlet contained brief characterizations of famous Vermonters";

- syn. characterization, delineation, depiction, picture, word-painting, word picture;

n2
the act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features;

- "the media's characterization of Al Gore as a nerd";

- syn. characterization;

characterise / k æ ɹ ɪ k t ə ɹ aɪ z /
v1
be characteristic of;

- "What characterizes a Venetian painting?";

- syn. characterize;

v2
describe or portray the character or the qualities or peculiarities of;

- "You can characterize his behavior as that of an egotist";

- "This poem can be characterized as a lament for a dead lover";

- syn. characterize, qualify;

characterisic function
n1
(electronics) graph showing how a particular characteristic of a device varies with other parameters;

- syn. characteristic curve;

characteristic / k æ ɹ ə k t ə ɹ ɪ s t ɪ k , k æ ɹ ɪ k t ə ɹ ɪ s t ɪ k /
n1
a prominent attribute or aspect of something;

- "the map showed roads and other features";

- "generosity is one of his best characteristics";

- syn. feature;

n2
a distinguishing quality;

n3
the integer part (positive or negative) of the representation of a logarithm;

- in the expression log 643 = 2.808 the characteristic is 2;

n4
any measurable property of a device measured under closely specified conditions;

- syn. device characteristic;

a1
typical or distinctive;

- "heard my friend's characteristic laugh";

- "red and gold are the characteristic colors of autumn";

- "stripes characteristic of the zebra";

- also typical;

- sim. diagnostic, distinctive, peculiar;

characteristic curve
n1
(electronics) graph showing how a particular characteristic of a device varies with other parameters;

- syn. characterisic function;

characteristic root of a square matrix
n1
(mathematics) any number such that a given square matrix minus that number times the identity matrix has a zero determinant;

- syn. eigenvalue, eigenvalue of a matrix, eigenvalue of a square matrix;

characteristically / k æ ɹ ə k t ə ɹ ɪ s t ɪ k ɫ i /
r1
in characteristic manner;

- "he arrived characteristically late";

characterization / k æ ɹ ə k t ə ɹ aɪ z eɪ ʃ n , k æ ɹ ɪ k t ə ɹ aɪ z eɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
a graphic or vivid verbal description;

- "too often the narrative was interrupted by long word pictures";

- "the author gives a depressing picture of life in Poland";

- "the pamphlet contained brief characterizations of famous Vermonters";

- syn. characterisation, delineation, depiction, picture, word-painting, word picture;

n2
the act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features;

- "the media's characterization of Al Gore as a nerd";

- syn. characterisation;

n3
acting the part of a character on stage;

- dramatically representing the character by speech and action and gesture;

- syn. enactment, personation, portrayal;

characterize / k æ ɹ ə k t ə ɹ aɪ z /
v1
describe or portray the character or the qualities or peculiarities of;

- "You can characterize his behavior as that of an egotist";

- "This poem can be characterized as a lament for a dead lover";

- syn. characterise, qualify;

v2
be characteristic of;

- "What characterizes a Venetian painting?";

- syn. characterise;

characterless / k æ ɹ ə k t ə ɫ ə s /
a1
lacking distinct or individual characteristics;

- dull and uninteresting;

- "women dressed in nondescript clothes";

- "a nondescript novel";

- syn. nondescript;

- sim. ordinary;

charade / ʃ ə ɹ ɑ d /
n1
a word acted out in an episode of the game of charades;

n2
making a false outward show;

- "a beggar's masquerade of wealth";

- syn. masquerade;

charades / ʃ ə ɹ ɑ d z /
n1
guessing game in which one player pantomimes a word or phrase for others to guess;

Charadrii
n1
shorebirds: plovers;

- sandpipers;

- avocets;

- phalaropes;

- coursers;

- stone curlews;

- syn. suborder Charadrii;

Charadriidae
n1
plover family;

- syn. family Charadriidae;

Charadriiformes
n1
large diverse order of aquatic birds found along seacoasts and inland waters: shorebirds and coastal diving birds;

- most feed on anima life;

- syn. order Charadriiformes;

Charadrius
n1
type genus of the Charadriidae: plovers;

- syn. genus Charadrius;

Charadrius melodus
n1
small plover of eastern North America;

- syn. piping plover;

Charadrius morinellus
n1
rare plover of upland areas of Eurasia;

- syn. Eudromias morinellus, dotrel, dotterel;

Charadrius vociferus
n1
American plover of inland waters and fields having a distinctive cry;

- syn. kildeer, killdeer, killdeer plover;

Charales / tʃ ɑr eɪ ɫ z /
n1
small order of macroscopic fresh and brackish water algae with a distinct axis: stoneworts;

- syn. order Charales;

charcoal / tʃ ɑ k oʊ ɫ /
n1
a carbonaceous material obtained by heating wood or other organic matter in the absence of air;

- syn. wood coal;

n2
a stick of black carbon material used for drawing;

- syn. fusain;

n3
a very dark grey color;

- syn. charcoal gray, charcoal grey, oxford gray, oxford grey;

n4
a drawing made with a stick of black carbon material;

v1
draw, trace, or represent with charcoal;

a1
of a very dark grey;

- syn. charcoal-gray, charcoal-grey;

- sim. achromatic;

charcoal-gray
a1
of a very dark grey;

- syn. charcoal, charcoal-grey;

- sim. achromatic;

charcoal-grey
a1
of a very dark grey;

- syn. charcoal, charcoal-gray;

- sim. achromatic;

charcoal burner
n1
a worker whose job is to make charcoal;

n2
a stove that burns charcoal as fuel;

charcoal gray
n1
a very dark grey color;

- syn. charcoal, charcoal grey, oxford gray, oxford grey;

charcoal grey
n1
a very dark grey color;

- syn. charcoal, charcoal gray, oxford gray, oxford grey;

Charcot
n1
French neurologist who tried to use hypnotism to cure hysteria (1825-1893);

- syn. Jean Martin Charcot;

Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease
n1
a form of neuropathy that can begin between childhood and young adulthood;

- characterized by weakness and atrophy of the muscles of the hands and lower legs;

- progression is slow and individuals affected can have a normal life span;

- inheritance is X-linked recessive or X-linked dominant;

- syn. hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy;

charcuterie
n1
a delicatessen that specializes in meats;

chard / tʃ ɑ d /
n1
beet lacking swollen root;

- grown as a vegetable for its edible leaves and stalks;

- syn. Beta vulgaris cicla, Swiss chard, chard plant, leaf beet, spinach beet;

n2
long succulent whitish stalks with large green leaves;

- syn. Swiss chard, leaf beet, spinach beet;

chard plant
n1
beet lacking swollen root;

- grown as a vegetable for its edible leaves and stalks;

- syn. Beta vulgaris cicla, Swiss chard, chard, leaf beet, spinach beet;

Chardonnay / tʃ ɑr d ɒ n n eɪ /
n1
white wine grape;

- syn. chardonnay grape;

n2
dry white table wine resembling Chablis but made from Chardonnay grapes;

- syn. Pinot Chardonnay;

chardonnay grape
n1
white wine grape;

- syn. Chardonnay;

charge / tʃ ɑ dʒ /
n1
an impetuous rush toward someone or something;

- "the wrestler's charge carried him past his adversary";

- "the battle began with a cavalry charge";

n2
(criminal law) a pleading describing some wrong or offense;

- "he was arrested on a charge of larceny";

- syn. complaint;

n3
the price charged for some article or service;

- "the admission charge";

n4
the quantity of unbalanced electricity in a body (either positive or negative) and construed as an excess or deficiency of electrons;

- "the battery needed a fresh charge";

- syn. electric charge;

n5
attention and management implying responsibility for safety;

- "he is in the care of a bodyguard";

- syn. care, guardianship, tutelage;

n6
a special assignment that is given to a person or group;

- "a confidential mission to London";

- "his charge was deliver a message";

- syn. commission, mission;

n7
a person committed to your care;

- "the teacher led her charges across the street";

n8
financial liabilities (such as a tax);

- "the charges against the estate";

n9
(psychoanalysis) the libidinal energy invested in some idea or person or object;

- "Freud thought of cathexis as a psychic analog of an electrical charge";

- syn. cathexis;

n10
the swift release of a store of affective force;

- "they got a great bang out of it";

- "what a boot!";

- "he got a quick rush from injecting heroin";

- "he does it for kicks";

- syn. bang, boot, flush, kick, rush, thrill;

n11
request for payment of a debt;

- "they submitted their charges at the end of each month";

- syn. billing;

n12
a formal statement of a command or injunction to do something;

- "the judge's charge to the jury";

- syn. commission, direction;

n13
an assertion that someone is guilty of a fault or offence;

- "the newspaper published charges that Jones was guilty of drunken driving";

- syn. accusation;

n14
heraldry consisting of a design or image depicted on a shield;

- syn. armorial bearing, bearing, heraldic bearing;

n15
a quantity of explosive to be set off at one time;

- "this cartridge has a powder charge of 50 grains";

- syn. burster, bursting charge, explosive charge;

v1
to make a rush at or sudden attack upon, as in battle;

- "he saw Jess charging at him with a pitchfork";

- syn. bear down;

v2
blame for, make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior against;

- "he charged the director with indifference";

- syn. accuse;

v3
demand payment;

- "Will I get charged for this service?";

- "We were billed for 4 nights in the hotel, although we stayed only 3 nights";

- syn. bill;

v4
move quickly and violently;

- "The car tore down the street";

- "He came charging into my office";

- syn. buck, shoot, shoot down, tear;

v5
assign a duty, responsibility or obligation to;

- "He was appointed deputy manager";

- "She was charged with supervising the creation of a concordance";

- syn. appoint;

v6
file a formal charge against;

- "The suspect was charged with murdering his wife";

- syn. file, lodge;

v7
make an accusatory claim;

- "The defense attorney charged that the jurors were biased";

v8
fill or load to capacity;

- "charge the wagon with hay";

v9
enter a certain amount as a charge;

- "he charged me $15";

v10
cause to be admitted;

- of persons to an institution;

- "After the second episode, she had to be committed";

- "he was committed to prison";

- syn. commit, institutionalise, institutionalize, send;

v11
give over to another for care or safekeeping;

- "consign your baggage";

- syn. consign;

v12
pay with a credit card;

- pay with plastic money;

- postpone payment by recording a purchase as a debt;

- "Will you pay cash or charge the purchase?";

v13
lie down on command, of hunting dogs;

v14
cause to be agitated, excited, or roused;

- "The speaker charged up the crowd with his inflammatory remarks";

- syn. agitate, charge up, commove, excite, rouse, turn on;

v15
place a heraldic bearing on;

- "charge all weapons, shields, and banners";

v16
provide (a device) with something necessary;

- "He loaded his gun carefully";

- "load the camera";

- syn. load;

v17
direct into a position for use;

- "point a gun";

- "He charged his weapon at me";

- syn. level, point;

v18
impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to;

- "He charged her with cleaning up all the files over the weekend";

- syn. burden, saddle;

v19
instruct (a jury) about the law, its application, and the weighing of evidence;

v20
instruct or command with authority;

- "The teacher charged the children to memorize the poem";

v21
attribute responsibility to;

- "We blamed the accident on her";

- "The tragedy was charged to her inexperience";

- syn. blame;

v22
set or ask for a certain price;

- "How much do you charge for lunch?";

- "This fellow charges $100 for a massage";

v23
cause formation of a net electrical charge in or on;

- "charge a conductor";

v24
energize a battery by passing a current through it in the direction opposite to discharge;

- "I need to charge my car battery";

v25
saturate;

- "The room was charged with tension and anxiety";

charge-exchange accelerator
n1
an accelerator in which high-energy ions escape from plasma following charge exchange;

charge account
n1
credit extended by a business to a customer;

- syn. credit account, open account;

charge account credit
n1
a consumer credit line that can be used up to a certain limit or paid down at any time;

- syn. open-end credit, revolving credit;

charge card
n1
a card (usually plastic) that assures a seller that the person using it has a satisfactory credit rating and that the issuer will see to it that the seller receives payment for the merchandise delivered;

- "do you take plastic?";

- syn. charge plate, credit card, plastic;

charge d'affaires
n1
the official temporarily in charge of a diplomatic mission in the absence of the ambassador;

charge of quarters
n1
an enlisted man who handles his unit's administrative matters after hours;

charge per unit
n1
amount of a charge or payment relative to some basis;

- "a 10-minute phone call at that rate would cost $5";

- syn. rate;

charge plate
n1
a card (usually plastic) that assures a seller that the person using it has a satisfactory credit rating and that the issuer will see to it that the seller receives payment for the merchandise delivered;

- "do you take plastic?";

- syn. charge card, credit card, plastic;

charge sheet
n1
the daily written record of events (as arrests) in a police station;

- syn. blotter, day book, police blotter, rap sheet;

charge unit
n1
a measure of the quantity of electricity (determined by the amount of an electric current and the time for which it flows);

- syn. quantity unit;

charge up
v1
cause to be agitated, excited, or roused;

- "The speaker charged up the crowd with his inflammatory remarks";

- syn. agitate, charge, commove, excite, rouse, turn on;

chargeable / tʃ ɑ dʒ ə b ɫ /
a1
liable to be accused, or cause for such liability;

- "the suspect was chargeable";

- "an indictable offense";

- syn. indictable;

- sim. guilty;

charged / tʃ ɑ dʒ d /
a1
of a particle or body or system;

- having a net amount of positive or negative electric charge;

- "charged particles";

- "a charged battery";

- sim. hot, negative, polar, positive;

a2
fraught with great emotion;

- "an atmosphere charged with excitement";

- "an emotionally charged speech";

- syn. supercharged;

- sim. emotional;

a3
supplied with carbon dioxide;

- syn. aerated;

- sim. effervescent;

a4
capable of producing violent emotion or arousing controversy;

- "the highly charged issue of abortion";

- sim. provocative;

chargeman
n1
a workman employed to blast with explosives;

- syn. blaster;

charger / tʃ ɑ dʒ ə , tʃ ɑ dʒ ə ɹ /
n1
formerly a strong swift horse ridden into battle;

- syn. courser;

n2
a device that can hold a rechargeable battery by means of an electrical cable;

- syn. battery charger;

Chari
n1
an African river that flows northwest into Lake Chad;

- syn. Chari River, Shari, Shari River;

Chari-Nile
n1
a group of Nilo-Saharan language spoken in parts of the Sudan and Zaire and Uganda and Tanzania;

Chari River
n1
an African river that flows northwest into Lake Chad;

- syn. Chari, Shari, Shari River;

charily / tʃ eə ɹ ɪ ɫ i /
r1
with great caution;

- warily;

Charina
n1
boas of western North America;

- syn. genus Charina;

Charina bottae
n1
boa of grasslands and woodlands of western North America;

- looks and feels like rubber with tail and head of similar shape;

- syn. rubber boa, tow-headed snake;

chariness
n1
the trait of being cautious and watchful;

- syn. wariness;

chariot / tʃ æ ɹ ɪə t /
n1
a light four-wheel horse-drawn ceremonial carriage;

n2
a two-wheeled horse-drawn battle vehicle;

- used in war and races in ancient Egypt and Greece and Rome;

v1
transport in a chariot;

v2
ride in a chariot;

chariot race
n1
a race between ancient chariots;

charioteer / tʃ æ ɹ ɪə t ɪə , tʃ æ ɹ ɪə t ɪə ɹ /
n1
the driver of a chariot;

n2
a conspicuous constellation in the northern hemisphere;

- between Great Bear and Orion at edge of Milky Way;

- syn. Auriga;

charisma / k ə ɹ ɪ z m ə /
n1
a personal attractiveness or interestingness that enables you to influence others;

- syn. personal appeal, personal magnetism;

charismatic / k æ ɹ ɪ z m æ t ɪ k /
a1
possessing an extraordinary ability to attract;

- "a charismatic leader";

- "a magnetic personality";

- syn. magnetic;

- sim. attractive;

charitable / tʃ æ ɹ ɪ t ə b ɫ /
a1
relating to or characterized by charity;

- "a charitable foundation";

a2
full of love and generosity;

- "charitable to the poor";

- "a charitable trust";

- also generous;

- sim. beneficent;

a3
showing or motivated by sympathy and understanding and generosity;

- "was charitable in his opinions of others";

- "kindly criticism";

- "a kindly act";

- "sympathetic words";

- "a large-hearted mentor";

- syn. benevolent, good-hearted, kindly, large-hearted, openhearted, sympathetic;

- sim. kind;

charitable trust
n1
a trust created for charitable or religious or educational or scientific purposes;

- syn. public trust;

charitableness / tʃ æ ɹ ɪ t ə b ɫ n ə s /
n1
generosity as manifested by practicing charity (as for the poor or unfortunate);

charitably / tʃ æ ɹ ɪ t ə b ɫ i /
r1
in a charitable manner;

- "she treated him charitably";

charity / tʃ æ ɹ ɪ t i /
n1
a foundation created to promote the public good (not for assistance to any particular individuals);

n2
a kindly and lenient attitude toward people;

- syn. brotherly love;

n3
an activity or gift that benefits the public at large;

n4
pinnate-leaved European perennial having bright blue or white flowers;

- syn. Greek valerian, Jacob's ladder, Polemonium caeruleum, Polemonium van-bruntiae, Polymonium caeruleum van-bruntiae;

n5
an institution set up to provide help to the needy;

charity case
n1
a case for a welfare worker;

- syn. welfare case;

charity shot
n1
an unhindered basketball shot from the foul line;

- given to penalize the other team for committing a foul;

- syn. charity throw, charity toss, foul shot, free throw, penalty free throw;

charity throw
n1
an unhindered basketball shot from the foul line;

- given to penalize the other team for committing a foul;

- syn. charity shot, charity toss, foul shot, free throw, penalty free throw;

charity toss
n1
an unhindered basketball shot from the foul line;

- given to penalize the other team for committing a foul;

- syn. charity shot, charity throw, foul shot, free throw, penalty free throw;

charivari / ʃ ɑr ɪ v ɑr i /
n1
a noisy mock serenade (made by banging pans and kettles) to a newly married couple;

- syn. belling, callathump, callithump, chivaree, shivaree;

charlatan / ʃ ɑ ɫ ə t ə n /
n1
a flamboyant deceiver;

- one who attracts customers with tricks or jokes;

- syn. mountebank;

charlatanism / ʃ ɑ ɫ ə t ə n ɪ z ə m /
n1
the dishonesty of a charlatan;

- syn. quackery;

Charlemagne
n1
king of the Franks and Holy Roman Emperor;

- conqueror of the Lombards and Saxons (742-814);

- syn. Carolus, Charles, Charles I, Charles the Great;

Charleroi
n1
city in southwestern Belgium;

- center of an industrial region;

Charles / tʃ ɑ ɫ z /
n1
King of France from 1560 to 1574 whose reign was dominated by his mother Catherine de Medicis (1550-1574);

- syn. Charles IX;

n2
King of France who began his reign with most of northern France under English control;

- after the intervention of Jeanne d'Arc the French were able to defeat the English and end the Hundred Years' War (1403-1461);

- syn. Charles VII;

n3
as Charles II he was Holy Roman Emperor and as Charles I he was king of France (823-877);

- syn. Charles I, Charles II, Charles the Bald;

n4
King of England and Scotland and Ireland during the Restoration (1630-1685);

- syn. Charles II;

n5
son of James I who was King of England and Scotland and Ireland;

- was deposed and executed by Oliver Cromwell (1600-1649);

- syn. Charles I, Charles Stuart;

n6
the eldest son of Elizabeth II and heir to the English throne (born in 1948);

- syn. Prince Charles;

n7
French physicist and author of Charles's law which anticipated Gay-Lussac's law (1746-1823);

- syn. Jacques Alexandre Cesar Charles, Jacques Charles;

n8
king of the Franks and Holy Roman Emperor;

- conqueror of the Lombards and Saxons (742-814);

- syn. Carolus, Charlemagne, Charles I, Charles the Great;

n9
a river in eastern Massachusetts that empties into Boston Harbor and that separates Cambridge from Boston;

- syn. Charles River;

Charles's law
n1
(physics) the density of an ideal gas at constant pressure varies inversely with the temperature;

- syn. Gay-Lussac's law, law of volumes;

Charles's Wain
n1
a group of seven bright stars in the constellation Ursa Major;

- syn. Big Dipper, Dipper, Plough, Wagon, Wain;

Charles A. Lindbergh
n1
United States aviator who in 1927 made the first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean (1902-1974);

- syn. Charles Augustus Lindbergh, Charles Lindbergh, Lindbergh, Lucky Lindy;

Charles Andre Joseph Marie de Gaulle
n1
French general and statesman who became very popular during World War II as the leader of the Free French forces in exile (1890-1970);

- syn. Charles de Gaulle, General Charles de Gaulle, General de Gaulle, de Gaulle;

Charles Augustin de Coulomb
n1
French physicist famous for his discoveries in the field of electricity and magnetism;

- formulated Coulomb's Law (1736-1806);

- syn. Coulomb;

Charles Augustus Lindbergh
n1
United States aviator who in 1927 made the first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean (1902-1974);

- syn. Charles A. Lindbergh, Charles Lindbergh, Lindbergh, Lucky Lindy;

Charles Baudelaire
n1
a French poet noted for macabre imagery and evocative language (1821-1867);

- syn. Baudelaire, Charles Pierre Baudelaire;

Charles Bullfinch
n1
United States architect who designed the Capitol Building in Washington which served as a model for state capitols throughout the United States (1763-1844);

- syn. Bullfinch;

Charles Camille Saint-Saens
n1
French pianist and composer (1835-1921);

- syn. Saint-Saens;

Charles Christopher Parker
n1
United States saxophonist and leader of the bop style of jazz (1920-1955);

- syn. Bird Parker, Charlie Parker, Parker, Yardbird Parker;

Charles Cornwallis
n1
commander of the British forces in the American War of Independence;

- was defeated by American and French troops at Yorktown (1738-1805);

- syn. Cornwallis, First Marquess Cornwallis;

Charles Dana Gibson
n1
United States illustrator remembered for his creation of the `Gibson girl' (1867-1944);

- syn. C. D. Gibson, Gibson;

Charles Darwin
n1
English natural scientist who formulated a theory of evolution by natural selection (1809-1882);

- syn. Charles Robert Darwin, Darwin;

Charles de Gaulle
n1
French general and statesman who became very popular during World War II as the leader of the Free French forces in exile (1890-1970);

- syn. Charles Andre Joseph Marie de Gaulle, General Charles de Gaulle, General de Gaulle, de Gaulle;

Charles Dickens
n1
English writer whose novels depicted and criticized social injustice (1812-1870);

- syn. Charles John Huffam Dickens, Dickens;

Charles Digby Harrod
n1
English merchant who expanded his father's shop in London into a prestigious department store (1841-1905);

- syn. Harrod;

Charles Dillon Stengel
n1
United States baseball manager (1890-1975);

- syn. Casey Stengel, Stengel;

Charles Dodgson
n1
English author;

- Charles Dodgson was an Oxford don of mathematics who is remembered for the children's stories he wrote under the pen name Lewis Carroll (1832-1898);

- syn. Carroll, Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, Dodgson, Lewis Carroll, Reverend Dodgson;

Charles Dudley Warner
n1
United States filmmaker who with his brothers founded the movie studio that produced the first talking picture (1881-1958);

- syn. Warner;

Charles Eames
n1
United States designer noted for an innovative series of chairs (1907-1978);

- syn. Eames;

Charles Edouard Jeanneret
n1
French architect (born in Switzerland) (1887-1965);

- syn. Le Corbusier;

Charles Edward Berry
n1
United States rock singer (born in 1931);

- syn. Berry, Chuck Berry;

Charles Edward Ives
n1
United States composer noted for his innovative use of polytonality (1874-1954);

- syn. Ives;

Charles Evans Hughes
n1
United States jurist who served as chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1862-1948);

- syn. Hughes;

Charles Farrar Browne
n1
United States writer of humorous tales of an itinerant showman (1834-1867);

- syn. Artemus Ward, Browne;

Charles Follen McKim
n1
United States neoclassical architect (1847-1909);

- syn. McKim;

Charles Fourier
n1
French sociologist and reformer who hoped to achieve universal harmony by reorganizing society (1772-1837);

- syn. Fourier, Francois Marie Charles Fourier;

Charles Francis Hall
n1
United States explorer who led three expeditions to the Arctic (1821-1871);

- syn. Hall;

Charles Francois Gounod
n1
French composer best remembered for his operas (1818-1893);

- syn. Gounod;

Charles Franklin Kettering
n1
United States electrical engineer who made numerous automotive improvements (including the electric starter) (1876-1958);

- syn. Charles Kettering, Kettering;

Charles Frederick Menninger
n1
United States psychiatrist who with his sons founded a famous psychiatric clinic in Topeka (1862-1953);

- syn. Charles Menninger, Menninger;

Charles Frederick Worth
n1
French couturier (born in England) regarded as the founder of Parisian haute couture;

- noted for introducing the bustle (1825-1895);

- syn. Worth;

Charles Goodyear
n1
United States inventor of vulcanized rubber (1800-1860);

- syn. Goodyear;

Charles Grey
n1
Englishman who as Prime Minister implemented social reforms including the abolition of slavery throughout the British Empire (1764-1845);

- syn. Grey, Second Earl Grey;

Charles Hard Townes
n1
United States physicist who developed the laser and maser principles for producing high-intensity radiation (1915-);

- syn. Charles Townes, Townes;

Charles Hardin Holley
n1
United States rock star (1936-1959);

- syn. Buddy Holly, Holly;

Charles Henry Harrod
n1
English merchant who took over a shop in London that was expanded by his son into a prestigious department store (1800-1885);

- syn. Harrod;

Charles Herbert Best
n1
Canadian physiologist (born in the United States) who assisted F. G. Banting in research leading to the discovery of insulin (1899-1978);

- syn. Best, C. H. Best;

Charles I
n1
as Charles II he was Holy Roman Emperor and as Charles I he was king of France (823-877);

- syn. Charles, Charles II, Charles the Bald;

n2
son of James I who was King of England and Scotland and Ireland;

- was deposed and executed by Oliver Cromwell (1600-1649);

- syn. Charles, Charles Stuart;

n3
king of the Franks and Holy Roman Emperor;

- conqueror of the Lombards and Saxons (742-814);

- syn. Carolus, Charlemagne, Charles, Charles the Great;

Charles II
n1
as Charles II he was Holy Roman Emperor and as Charles I he was king of France (823-877);

- syn. Charles, Charles I, Charles the Bald;

n2
King of England and Scotland and Ireland during the Restoration (1630-1685);

- syn. Charles;

Charles IX
n1
King of France from 1560 to 1574 whose reign was dominated by his mother Catherine de Medicis (1550-1574);

- syn. Charles;

Charles James Fox
n1
English statesman who supported American independence and the French Revolution (1749-1806);

- syn. Fox;

Charles John Huffam Dickens
n1
English writer whose novels depicted and criticized social injustice (1812-1870);

- syn. Charles Dickens, Dickens;

Charles Joseph Clark
n1
Canadian politician who served as prime minister (1939-);

- syn. Clark, Joe Clark;

Charles Kay Ogden
n1
English psychologist who collaborated with I. A. Richards in designing Basic English (1889-1957);

- syn. C. K. Ogden, Ogden;

Charles Kettering
n1
United States electrical engineer who made numerous automotive improvements (including the electric starter) (1876-1958);

- syn. Charles Franklin Kettering, Kettering;

Charles L'Enfant
n1
United States architect (born in France) who laid out the city plan for Washington (1754-1825);

- syn. L'Enfant, Pierre Charles L'Enfant;

Charles Lamb
n1
English essayist (1775-1834);

- syn. Elia, Lamb;

Charles Laughton
n1
United States film actor (born in England) (1899-1962);

- syn. Laughton;

Charles Lindbergh
n1
United States aviator who in 1927 made the first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean (1902-1974);

- syn. Charles A. Lindbergh, Charles Augustus Lindbergh, Lindbergh, Lucky Lindy;

Charles Liston
n1
United States prizefighter who lost his world heavyweight championship to Cassius Clay in 1964 (1932-1970);

- syn. Liston, Sonny Liston;

Charles Louis de Secondat
n1
French political philosopher who advocated the separation of executive and legislative and judicial powers (1689-1755);

- syn. Baron de la Brede et de Montesquieu, Montesquieu;

Charles Louis Napoleon Bonaparte
n1
nephew of Napoleon I and emperor of the French from 1852 to 1871 (1808-1873);

- syn. Emperor Napoleon III, Napoleon III;

Charles Lutwidge Dodgson
n1
English author;

- Charles Dodgson was an Oxford don of mathematics who is remembered for the children's stories he wrote under the pen name Lewis Carroll (1832-1898);

- syn. Carroll, Charles Dodgson, Dodgson, Lewis Carroll, Reverend Dodgson;

Charles M. Schulz
n1
United States cartoonist whose comic strip included the beagle Snoopy (1922-2000);

- syn. Charles Munroe Schulz, Charles Schulz, Schulz;

Charles Martin Hall
n1
United States chemist who developed an economical method of producing aluminum from bauxite (1863-1914);

- syn. Hall;

Charles Maurice de Talleyrand
n1
French statesman (1754-1838);

- syn. Talleyrand;

Charles Menninger
n1
United States psychiatrist who with his sons founded a famous psychiatric clinic in Topeka (1862-1953);

- syn. Charles Frederick Menninger, Menninger;

Charles Munroe Schulz
n1
United States cartoonist whose comic strip included the beagle Snoopy (1922-2000);

- syn. Charles M. Schulz, Charles Schulz, Schulz;

Charles Peirce
n1
United States philosopher and logician;

- pioneer of pragmatism (1839-1914);

- syn. Charles Sanders Peirce, Peirce;

Charles Percy Snow
n1
English writer of novels about moral dilemmas in academe (1905-1980);

- syn. Baron Snow of Leicester, C. P. Snow, Snow;

Charles Pierre Baudelaire
n1
a French poet noted for macabre imagery and evocative language (1821-1867);

- syn. Baudelaire, Charles Baudelaire;

Charles Proteus Steinmetz
n1
United States electrical engineer and inventor (born in Germany) (1865-1923);

- syn. Steinmetz;

Charles Ringling
n1
United States showman whose song-and-dance troop evolved into a circus (1863-1926);

- syn. Ringling;

Charles River
n1
a river in eastern Massachusetts that empties into Boston Harbor and that separates Cambridge from Boston;

- syn. Charles;

Charles Robert Darwin
n1
English natural scientist who formulated a theory of evolution by natural selection (1809-1882);

- syn. Charles Darwin, Darwin;

Charles Robert Redford
n1
United States actor and filmmaker who starred with Paul Newman in several films (born in 1936);

- syn. Redford, Robert Redford;

Charles Sanders Peirce
n1
United States philosopher and logician;

- pioneer of pragmatism (1839-1914);

- syn. Charles Peirce, Peirce;

Charles Schulz
n1
United States cartoonist whose comic strip included the beagle Snoopy (1922-2000);

- syn. Charles M. Schulz, Charles Munroe Schulz, Schulz;

Charles Stewart Parnell
n1
Irish nationalist leader (1846-1891);

- syn. Parnell;

Charles Stuart
n1
son of James I who was King of England and Scotland and Ireland;

- was deposed and executed by Oliver Cromwell (1600-1649);

- syn. Charles, Charles I;

Charles Taze Russell
n1
United States religious leader who founded the sect that is now called Jehovah's Witnesses (1852-1916);

- syn. Russell;

Charles the Bald
n1
as Charles II he was Holy Roman Emperor and as Charles I he was king of France (823-877);

- syn. Charles, Charles I, Charles II;

Charles the Great
n1
king of the Franks and Holy Roman Emperor;

- conqueror of the Lombards and Saxons (742-814);

- syn. Carolus, Charlemagne, Charles, Charles I;

Charles Thomson Rees Wilson
n1
Scottish physicist who invented the cloud chamber (1869-1959);

- syn. Wilson;

Charles Townes
n1
United States physicist who developed the laser and maser principles for producing high-intensity radiation (1915-);

- syn. Charles Hard Townes, Townes;

Charles VII
n1
King of France who began his reign with most of northern France under English control;

- after the intervention of Jeanne d'Arc the French were able to defeat the English and end the Hundred Years' War (1403-1461);

- syn. Charles;

Charles Watson-Wentworth
n1
English statesman who served as prime minister and who opposed the war with the American colonies (1730-1782);

- syn. Rockingham, Second Marquis of Rockingham;

Charles Wesley
n1
English clergyman and brother of John Wesley who wrote many hymns (1707-1788);

- syn. Wesley;

Charles Wilkes
n1
United States explorer of Antarctica (1798-1877);

- syn. Wilkes;

Charles William Post
n1
United States manufacturer of breakfast cereals and Postum (1854-1914);

- syn. C. W. Post, Post;

Charleston / tʃ ɑ ɫ s t ə n /
n1
state capital of West Virginia in the central part of the state on the Kanawha river;

- syn. capital of West Virginia;

n2
a port city in southeastern South Carolina;

n3
an American ballroom dance in syncopated rhythm;

- popular early in the 20th century;

v1
dance the Charleston;

Charlestown / tʃ ɑ ɫ z t aʊ n /
n1
a former town and present-day neighborhood of Boston;

- settled in 1629;

Charlestown Navy Yard
n1
the navy yard in Boston where the frigate `Constitution' is anchored;

charley-horse
n1
a muscular cramp (especially in the thigh or calf) following vigorous exercise;

- syn. charley horse;

charley horse
n1
a muscular cramp (especially in the thigh or calf) following vigorous exercise;

- syn. charley-horse;

Charlie Chaplin
n1
English comedian and film maker;

- portrayed a downtrodden little man in baggy pants and bowler hat (1889-1977);

- syn. Chaplin, Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin;

Charlie Parker
n1
United States saxophonist and leader of the bop style of jazz (1920-1955);

- syn. Bird Parker, Charles Christopher Parker, Parker, Yardbird Parker;

charlock / tʃ ɑ ɫ ɒ k /
n1
weedy Eurasian plant often a pest in grain fields;

- syn. Brassica kaber, Sinapis arvensis, chadlock, field mustard, wild mustard;

Charlotte / ʃ ɑ ɫ ə t /
n1
the largest city in North Carolina;

- located in south central North Carolina;

- syn. Queen City;

n2
a mold lined with cake or crumbs and filled with fruit or whipped cream or custard;

Charlotte Anna Perkins Gilman
n1
United States feminist (1860-1935);

- syn. Gilman;

Charlotte Bronte
n1
English novelist;

- oldest of three Bronte sisters (1816-1855);

- syn. Bronte;

Charlotte Corday
n1
French revolutionary heroine (a Girondist) who assassinated Marat (1768-1793);

- syn. Corday, Marie Anne Charlotte Corday d'Armont;

charlotte russe
n1
lady fingers enclosing Bavarian cream;

Charlottetown / ʃ ɑ ɫ ə t t aʊ n /
n1
the provincial capital and largest city of Prince Edward Island;

charm / tʃ ɑ m /
n1
attractiveness that interests or pleases or stimulates;

- "his smile was part of his appeal to her";

- syn. appeal, appealingness;

n2
a verbal formula believed to have magical force;

- "he whispered a spell as he moved his hands";

- "inscribed around its base is a charm in Balinese";

- syn. magic spell, magical spell, spell;

n3
something believed to bring good luck;

- syn. good luck charm;

n4
(physics) one of the six flavors of quark;

v1
attract;

- cause to be enamored;

- "She captured all the men's hearts";

- syn. becharm, beguile, bewitch, captivate, capture, catch, enamor, enamour, enchant, entrance, fascinate, trance;

v2
control by magic spells, as by practicing witchcraft;

- syn. becharm;

v3
protect through supernatural powers or charms;

v4
induce into action by using one's charm;

- "She charmed him into giving her all his money";

- syn. influence, tempt;

charm campaign
n1
a campaign of flattery and friendliness (by a company, politician, etc.) to become more popular and gain support;

charm quark
n1
a quark with an electric charge of +2/3 and a mass 2900 times that of an electron and a charm of +1;

charmed / tʃ ɑ m d /
a1
strongly attracted;

- syn. captivated;

- sim. loving;

a2
filled with wonder and delight;

- syn. beguiled, captivated, delighted, enthralled, entranced;

- sim. enchanted;

charmer / tʃ ɑ m ə , tʃ ɑ m ə ɹ /
n1
someone with an assured and ingratiating manner;

- syn. smoothie, smoothy, sweet talker;

n2
a person who charms others (usually by personal attractiveness);

- syn. beguiler;

charming / tʃ ɑ m ɪ ŋ /
a1
pleasing or delighting;

- "endowed with charming manners";

- "a charming little cottage";

- "a charming personality";

- sim. pleasing;

a2
possessing or using or characteristic of or appropriate to supernatural powers;

- "charming incantations";

- "magic signs that protect against adverse influence";

- "a magical spell";

- "'tis now the very witching time of night"- Shakespeare;

- "wizard wands";

- "wizardly powers";

- syn. magic, magical, sorcerous, witching, wizard, wizardly;

- sim. supernatural;

charmingly / tʃ ɑ m ɪ ŋ ɫ i /
r1
in a charming manner;

charnel / tʃ ɑ n ə ɫ , tʃ ɑ n ɫ /
n1
a vault or building where corpses or bones are deposited;

- syn. charnel house;

a1
gruesomely indicative of death or the dead;

- "a charnel smell came from the chest filled with dead men's bones";

- "ghastly shrieks";

- "the sepulchral darkness of the catacombs";

- syn. ghastly, sepulchral;

- sim. offensive;

charnel house / tʃ ɑ n ɫ h aʊ s /
n1
a vault or building where corpses or bones are deposited;

- syn. charnel;

Charolais
n1
large white or cream-colored breed from France;

Charon
n1
(Greek mythology) the ferryman who brought the souls of the dead across the river Styx or the river Acheron to Hades;

Charophyceae
n1
in some classifications: contains only the order Charales;

- syn. class Charophyceae;

charr
n1
any of several small trout-like fish of the genus Salvelinus;

- syn. char;

charred pancake cup
n1
a common name for a variety of Sarcosomataceae;

Charronia
n1
a genus of Mustelidae;

- syn. genus Charronia;

Charronia flavigula
n1
large yellow and black marten of southern China and Burma;

- syn. yellow-throated marten;

chart / tʃ ɑ t /
n1
a visual display of information;

- syn. graph;

n2
a map designed to assist navigation by air or sea;

n3
(usually plural) a listing of best-selling recorded music;

- "number 2 on the charts";

v1
make a chart of;

- "chart the territory";

v2
plan in detail;

- "Bush is charting a course to destroy Saddam Hussein";

v3
represent by means of a graph;

- "chart the data";

- syn. graph;

chartaceous
a1
of or like paper;

- syn. paperlike, papery;

charter / tʃ ɑ t ə , tʃ ɑ t ə ɹ /
n1
a document incorporating an institution and specifying its rights;

- includes the articles of incorporation and the certificate of incorporation;

n2
a contract to hire or lease transportation;

v1
hold under a lease or rental agreement;

- of goods and services;

- syn. hire, lease, rent;

v2
grant a charter to;

v3
engage for service under a term of contract;

- "We took an apartment on a quiet street";

- "Let's rent a car";

- "Shall we take a guide in Rome?";

- syn. engage, hire, lease, rent, take;

charter member
n1
one of the original members when an organization was founded;

charter school
n1
an experimental public school for kindergarten through grade 12;

- created and organized by teachers and parents and community leaders;

- operates independently of other schools;

chartered / tʃ ɑ t ə d /
a1
hired for the exclusive temporary use of a group of travelers;

- "a chartered plane";

- "the chartered buses arrived on time";

- syn. hired, leased;

chartered accountant
n1
a British or Canadian accountant who is a member of a professional body that has a royal charter;

charterhouse / tʃ ɑ t ə h aʊ z /
n1
a Carthusian monastery;

Chartism / tʃ ɑ t ɪ z ə m /
n1
the principles of a body of 19th century English reformers who advocated better social and economic conditions for working people;

Chartist / tʃ ɑ t ɪ s t /
n1
a 19th century English reformer who advocated better social and economic conditions for working people;

n2
a stock market analyst who tries to predict market trends from graphs of recent prices of securities;

- syn. technical analyst;

chartless / tʃ ɑ t ɫ ɛ s /
a1
(of unknown regions) not yet surveyed or investigated;

- "uncharted seas";

- syn. uncharted, unmapped;

- sim. unknown;

Chartres / tʃ ɑ t ɹ i z /
n1
a town in northern France that is noted for its Gothic Cathedral;

Chartres Cathedral
n1
a Gothic cathedral in northern France;

- built in 13th century;

Chartreuse / ʃ ɑ t ɹ ɝ z /
n1
aromatic green or yellow liqueur flavored with orange peel and hyssop and peppermint oils;

- made at monastery near Grenoble, France;

n2
a shade of green tinged with yellow;

- syn. Paris green, pea green, yellow green, yellowish green;

a1
of something having the yellowish green color of Chartreuse liqueur;

- sim. chromatic;

charwoman / tʃ ɑ w ɪ m ɪ n , tʃ ɑ w ʊ m ə n /
n1
a human female employed to do housework;

- "the char will clean the carpet";

- "I have a woman who comes in four hours a day while I write";

- syn. char, cleaning lady, cleaning woman, woman;

chary / tʃ eə ɹ i /
a1
characterized by great caution and wariness;

- "a cagey avoidance of a definite answer";

- "chary of the risks involved";

- "a chary investor";

- syn. cagey, cagy;

- sim. cautious;

Charybdis / k ə ɹ ɪ b d ɪ s /
n1
(Greek mythology) a ship-devouring whirlpool lying on the other side of a narrow strait from Scylla;

chase / tʃ eɪ s /
n1
the act of pursuing in an effort to overtake or capture;

- "the culprit started to run and the cop took off in pursuit";

- syn. following, pursual, pursuit;

n2
United States politician and jurist who served as chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1808-1873);

- syn. Salmon P. Chase, Salmon Portland Chase;

n3
a rectangular metal frame used in letterpress printing to hold together the pages or columns of composed type that are printed at one time;

v1
go after with the intent to catch;

- "The policeman chased the mugger down the alley";

- "the dog chased the rabbit";

- syn. chase after, dog, give chase, go after, tag, tail, track, trail;

- also chase away;

v2
pursue someone sexually or romantically;

- syn. chase after;

v3
cut a groove into;

- "chase silver";

v4
cut a furrow into a columns;

- syn. chamfer, furrow;

chase after
v1
pursue someone sexually or romantically;

- syn. chase;

v2
go after with the intent to catch;

- "The policeman chased the mugger down the alley";

- "the dog chased the rabbit";

- syn. chase, dog, give chase, go after, tag, tail, track, trail;

chase away
v1
force to go away;

- used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings;

- "Drive away potential burglars";

- "drive away bad thoughts";

- "dispel doubts";

- "The supermarket had to turn back many disappointed customers";

- syn. dispel, drive away, drive off, drive out, run off, turn back;

chased / tʃ eɪ s t /
n1
a person who is being chased;

- "the film jumped back and forth from the pursuer to the pursued";

- syn. pursued;

chaser / tʃ eɪ s ə , tʃ eɪ s ə ɹ /
n1
a person who is pursuing and trying to overtake or capture;

- "always before he had been able to outwit his pursuers";

- syn. pursuer;

n2
a drink to follow immediately after another drink;

Chasid
n1
a member of a Jewish sect that observes a form of strict Orthodox Judaism;

- syn. Chassid, Hasid, Hassid;

Chasidic
a1
of or relating to the Jewish Hasidim or its members or their beliefs and practices;

- syn. Chassidic, Hasidic, Hassidic;

Chasidim
n1
a sect of Orthodox Jews that arose out of a pietistic movement originating in eastern Europe in the second half of the 18th century;

- a sect that follows the Mosaic law strictly;

- syn. Chassidim, Hasidim, Hasidism, Hassidim;

Chasidism
n1
beliefs and practices of a sect of Orthodox Jews;

- syn. Chassidism, Hasidism, Hassidism;

chasm / k æ z ə m /
n1
a deep opening in the earth's surface;

chasse / ʃ æ s eɪ /
n1
(ballet) quick gliding steps with one foot always leading;

- syn. sashay;

v1
perform a chasse step, in ballet;

- syn. sashay;

Chassid
n1
a member of a Jewish sect that observes a form of strict Orthodox Judaism;

- syn. Chasid, Hasid, Hassid;

Chassidic
a1
of or relating to the Jewish Hasidim or its members or their beliefs and practices;

- syn. Chasidic, Hasidic, Hassidic;

Chassidim
n1
a sect of Orthodox Jews that arose out of a pietistic movement originating in eastern Europe in the second half of the 18th century;

- a sect that follows the Mosaic law strictly;

- syn. Chasidim, Hasidim, Hasidism, Hassidim;

Chassidism
n1
beliefs and practices of a sect of Orthodox Jews;

- syn. Chasidism, Hasidism, Hassidism;

chassis / ʃ æ s i /
n1
alternative names for the body of a human being;

- "Leonardo studied the human body";

- "he has a strong physique";

- "the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak";

- syn. anatomy, bod, build, figure, flesh, form, frame, human body, material body, physical body, physique, shape, soma;

n2
a metal mounting for the circuit components of an electronic device;

n3
the skeleton of a motor vehicle consisting of a steel frame supported on springs that holds the body and motor;

chaste / tʃ eɪ s t /
a1
morally pure (especially not having experienced sexual intercourse);

- "a holy woman innocent and chaste";

- also moral, pure, virtuous;

- sim. celibate, pure;

a2
pure and simple in design or style;

- "a chaste border of conventionalized flowers";

- sim. plain;

a3
abstaining from unlawful sexual intercourse;

- sim. moral;

chastely / tʃ eɪ s t ɫ i /
r1
in a chaste and virtuous manner;

- "she lived chastely";

- syn. virtuously;

chasten / tʃ eɪ s n /
v1
censure severely;

- "She chastised him for his insensitive remarks";

- syn. castigate, chastise, correct, objurgate;

v2
change by restraining or moderating;

- syn. temper;

v3
correct by punishment or discipline;

- syn. subdue, tame;

chasteness / tʃ eɪ s t n ɛ s /
n1
lack of ornamentation;

- "the room was simply decorated with great restraint";

- syn. restraint, simpleness, simplicity;

chastening / tʃ eɪ s n ɪ ŋ /
n1
a rebuke for making a mistake;

- syn. chastisement, correction;

chastise / tʃ æ s t aɪ z /
v1
censure severely;

- "She chastised him for his insensitive remarks";

- syn. castigate, chasten, correct, objurgate;

chastisement / tʃ æ s t aɪ z m ə n t /
n1
verbal punishment;

- syn. castigation;

n2
a rebuke for making a mistake;

- syn. chastening, correction;

chastity / tʃ æ s t ɪ t i /
n1
abstaining from sexual relations (as because of religious vows);

- syn. celibacy, sexual abstention;

n2
morality with respect to sexual relations;

- syn. sexual morality, virtue;

chasuble / tʃ æ z j ʊ b ɫ /
n1
a long sleeveless vestment worn by a priest when celebrating Mass;

chat / tʃ æ t /
n1
an informal conversation;

- syn. confab, confabulation, schmoose, schmooze;

n2
birds having a chattering call;

- syn. New World chat;

n3
songbirds having a chattering call;

- syn. Old World chat;

v1
talk socially without exchanging too much information;

- "the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze";

- syn. chaffer, chatter, chew the fat, chit-chat, chitchat, claver, confab, confabulate, gossip, jaw, natter, shoot the breeze, visit;

chat room
n1
a site on the internet where a number of users can communicate in real time (typically one dedicated to a particular topic);

- syn. chatroom;

chat show
n1
a program during which well-known people discuss a topic or answer questions telephoned in by the audience;

- "in England they call a talk show a chat show";

- syn. talk show;

chat up
v1
talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions;

- "The guys always try to chat up the new secretaries";

- "My husband never flirts with other women";

- syn. butterfly, coquet, coquette, dally, flirt, mash, philander, romance;

v2
talk to someone with the aim of persuading him;

chateau / ʃ æ t oʊ /
n1
an impressive country house (or castle) in France;

Chateau-Thierry
n1
a World War I battle in northwestern France where the Allies defeated the Germans in 1918;

- syn. Battle of the Marne, Belleau Wood, Marne River;

Chateaubriand
n1
French statesman and writer;

- considered a precursor of the romantic movement in France (1768-1848);

- syn. Francois Rene Chateaubriand, Vicomte de Chateaubriand;

n2
a very thick center cut of beef tenderloin;

chatelaine / ʃ æ t ə ɫ eɪ n /
n1
the mistress of a chateau or large country house;

n2
a chain formerly worn at the waist by women;

- for carrying a purse or bunch of keys etc.;

Chateura
n1
a genus of Apodidae;

- syn. genus Chateura;

Chateura pelagica
n1
American swift that nests in e.g. unused chimneys;

- syn. chimney swallow, chimney swift;

chatoyant
a1
varying in color when seen in different lights or from different angles;

- "changeable taffeta";

- "chatoyant (or shot) silk";

- "a dragonfly hovered, vibrating and iridescent";

- syn. changeable, iridescent, shot;

- sim. colorful;

chatroom
n1
a site on the internet where a number of users can communicate in real time (typically one dedicated to a particular topic);

- syn. chat room;

Chattahoochee
n1
a river rising in northern Georgia and flowing southwest and south to join the Flint River at the Florida border where they form the Apalachicola River;

- syn. Chattahoochee River;

Chattahoochee River
n1
a river rising in northern Georgia and flowing southwest and south to join the Flint River at the Florida border where they form the Apalachicola River;

- syn. Chattahoochee;

Chattanooga
n1
a city in eastern Tennessee;

n2
in the American Civil War (1863) the Union armies of Hooker, Thomas, and Sherman under the command of Ulysses S. Grant won a decisive victory over the Confederate Army under Braxton Bragg;

- syn. battle of Chattanooga;

chattel / tʃ æ t ɫ /
n1
personal as opposed to real property;

- any tangible movable property (furniture or domestic animals or a car etc);

- syn. movable, personal chattel;

chattel mortgage
n1
a loan to buy some personal item;

- the item (or chattel) is security for the loan;

chatter / tʃ æ t ə , tʃ æ t ə ɹ /
n1
noisy talk;

- syn. cackle, yack, yak, yakety-yak;

n2
the rapid series of noises made by the parts of a machine;

- syn. chattering;

n3
the high-pitched continuing noise made by animals (birds or monkeys);

- syn. chattering;

v1
click repeatedly or uncontrollably;

- "Chattering teeth";

- syn. click;

v2
cut unevenly with a chattering tool;

v3
talk socially without exchanging too much information;

- "the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze";

- syn. chaffer, chat, chew the fat, chit-chat, chitchat, claver, confab, confabulate, gossip, jaw, natter, shoot the breeze, visit;

v4
speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly;

- syn. blab, blabber, clack, gabble, gibber, maunder, palaver, piffle, prate, prattle, tattle, tittle-tattle, twaddle;

v5
make noise as if chattering away;

- "The magpies were chattering in the trees";

chatter mark
n1
marks on a glaciated rock caused by the movement of a glacier;

n2
a mark made by a chattering tool on the surface of a workpiece;

chatterbox / tʃ æ t ə b ɒ k s /
n1
orchid growing along streams or ponds of western North America having leafy stems and 1 greenish-brown and pinkish flower in the axil of each upper leaf;

- syn. Epipactis gigantea, giant helleborine, stream orchid;

n2
an obnoxious and foolish and loquacious talker;

- syn. babbler, chatterer, magpie, prater, spouter;

chatterer / tʃ æ t ə ɹ ə /
n1
an obnoxious and foolish and loquacious talker;

- syn. babbler, chatterbox, magpie, prater, spouter;

n2
passerine bird of New World tropics;

- syn. cotinga;

chattering / tʃ æ t ə ɹ ɪ ŋ /
n1
the rapid series of noises made by the parts of a machine;

- syn. chatter;

n2
the high-pitched continuing noise made by animals (birds or monkeys);

- syn. chatter;

chattily / tʃ æ t ɪ ɫ i /
r1
in a chatty manner;

- "`when I was a girl,' she said chattily, `I used to ride a bicycle'";

- syn. volubly;

chatty / tʃ æ t i /
a1
full of trivial conversation;

- "kept from her housework by gabby neighbors";

- syn. gabby, garrulous, loquacious, talkative, talky;

- sim. voluble;

a2
prone to friendly informal communication;

- syn. gossipy, newsy;

- sim. communicative;

Chaucer
n1
English poet remembered as author of the Canterbury Tales (1340-1400);

- syn. Geoffrey Chaucer;

chauffeur / ʃ oʊ f ə , ʃ oʊ f ə ɹ /
n1
a man paid to drive a privately owned car;

v1
drive someone in a vehicle;

- syn. drive around;

chauffeuse / ʃ oʊ f ɝ z /
n1
a woman chauffeur;

chaulmoogra
n1
East Indian tree with oily seeds yield chaulmoogra oil used to treat leprosy;

- syn. Hydnocarpus kurzii, Taraktagenos kurzii, Taraktogenos kurzii, chaulmoogra tree, chaulmugra;

chaulmoogra oil
n1
an oil from chaulmoogra trees;

- used in treatment of skin diseases and leprosy;

chaulmoogra tree
n1
East Indian tree with oily seeds yield chaulmoogra oil used to treat leprosy;

- syn. Hydnocarpus kurzii, Taraktagenos kurzii, Taraktogenos kurzii, chaulmoogra, chaulmugra;

chaulmugra
n1
East Indian tree with oily seeds yield chaulmoogra oil used to treat leprosy;

- syn. Hydnocarpus kurzii, Taraktagenos kurzii, Taraktogenos kurzii, chaulmoogra, chaulmoogra tree;

Chauna
n1
crested screamers;

- syn. genus Chauna;

Chauna torquata
n1
largest crested screamer;

- native to southern Brazil and Argentina;

- syn. chaja;

chauvinism / ʃ oʊ v ɪ n ɪ z ə m /
n1
fanatical patriotism;

- syn. jingoism, superpatriotism, ultranationalism;

n2
activity indicative of belief in the superiority of men over women;

- syn. antifeminism, male chauvinism;

chauvinist / ʃ oʊ v ɪ n ɪ s t /
n1
a person with a prejudiced belief in the superiority of his or her own kind;

n2
an extreme bellicose nationalist;

- syn. flag-waver, hundred-percenter, jingo, jingoist, patrioteer;

chauvinistic / ʃ oʊ v ɪ n ɪ s t ɪ k /
a1
of or relating to persons convinced of the superiority of their own gender or kind;

a2
fanatically patriotic;

- syn. flag-waving, jingoistic, nationalistic, superpatriotic, ultranationalistic;

- sim. patriotic;

Chavez
n1
Mexican composer of nationalistic works using themes from Indian folk music (1899-1978);

- syn. Carlos Chavez;

n2
United States labor leader who organized farm workers (born 1927);

- syn. Cesar Chavez, Cesar Estrada Chavez;

chaw / tʃ ɔ /
n1
a wad of something chewable as tobacco;

- syn. chew, cud, plug, quid, wad;

v1
chew without swallowing;

- "chaw tobacco";

chawbacon
n1
a person who is not very intelligent or interested in culture;

- syn. bumpkin, hayseed, hick, rube, yahoo, yokel;

Che Guevara
n1
an Argentine revolutionary leader who was Fidel Castro's chief lieutenant in the Cuban revolution;

- active in other Latin American countries;

- was captured and executed by the Bolivian army (1928-1967);

- syn. Ernesto Guevara, Guevara;

cheap / tʃ i p /
a1
relatively low in price or charging low prices;

- "it would have been cheap at twice the price";

- "inexpensive family restaurants";

- syn. inexpensive;

- sim. bargain-priced, catchpenny, dirt cheap, low-budget, low-cost, nickel-and-dime, sixpenny;

a2
tastelessly showy;

- "a flash car";

- "a flashy ring";

- "garish colors";

- "a gaudy costume";

- "loud sport shirts";

- "a meretricious yet stylish book";

- "tawdry ornaments";

- syn. brassy, flash, flashy, garish, gaudy, gimcrack, loud, meretricious, tacky, tatty, tawdry, trashy;

- sim. tasteless;

a3
of very poor quality;

- flimsy;

- syn. bum, cheesy, chintzy, crummy, punk, sleazy, tinny;

- sim. inferior;

a4
embarrassingly stingy;

- syn. chinchy, chintzy;

- sim. stingy;

cheap-jack
n1
a seller of shoddy goods;

- syn. huckster;

cheap money
n1
credit available at low rates of interest;

cheap shot
n1
an unnecessarily aggressive and unfair remark directed at a defenseless person;

n2
an illegal and unsportsmanlike act of unnecessary violence;

- "he called a penalty on them when the lineman took a cheap shot at the quarterback";

cheapen / tʃ i p ə n /
v1
lower the grade of something;

- reduce its worth;

- syn. degrade;

cheapjack / tʃ i p dʒ æ k /
n1
a peddler of inferior goods;

a1
made of inferior workmanship and materials;

- "cheapjack moviemaking...that feeds on the low taste of the mob"- Judith Crist;

- syn. shoddy, tawdry;

- sim. inferior;

cheaply / tʃ i p ɫ i /
r1
in a stingy manner;

- "their rich uncle treated them rather chintzily";

- syn. chintzily, stingily;

r2
in a cheap manner;

- "a cheaply dressed woman approached him in the bar";

- syn. inexpensively, tattily;

r3
with little expenditure of money;

- "I bought this car very cheaply";

- syn. inexpensively;

cheapness / tʃ i p n ə s /
n1
a price below the standard price;

- syn. bargain rate, cut price, cut rate;

n2
tastelessness by virtue of being cheap and vulgar;

- syn. sleaze, tackiness, tat;

cheapskate / tʃ i p s k eɪ t /
n1
a miserly person;

- syn. tightwad;

cheat / tʃ i t /
n1
weedy annual grass often occurs in grainfields and other cultivated land;

- seeds sometimes considered poisonous;

- syn. Lolium temulentum, bearded darnel, darnel, tare;

n2
weedy annual native to Europe but widely distributed as a weed especially in wheat;

- syn. Bromus secalinus, chess;

n3
someone who leads you to believe something that is not true;

- syn. beguiler, cheater, deceiver, slicker, trickster;

n4
the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme;

- "that book is a fraud";

- syn. rig, swindle;

n5
a deception for profit to yourself;

- syn. cheating;

v1
deprive somebody of something by deceit;

- "The con-man beat me out of $50";

- "This salesman ripped us off!";

- "we were cheated by their clever-sounding scheme";

- "They chiseled me out of my money";

- syn. chisel, rip off;

v2
defeat someone through trickery or deceit;

- syn. chicane, chouse, jockey, screw, shaft;

v3
engage in deceitful behavior;

- practice trickery or fraud;

- "Who's chiseling on the side?";

- syn. chisel;

v4
be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage;

- "She cheats on her husband";

- "Might her husband be wandering?";

- syn. betray, cheat on, cuckold, wander;

cheat on
v1
be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage;

- "She cheats on her husband";

- "Might her husband be wandering?";

- syn. betray, cheat, cuckold, wander;

cheater / tʃ i t ə , tʃ i t ə ɹ /
n1
someone who leads you to believe something that is not true;

- syn. beguiler, cheat, deceiver, slicker, trickster;

cheatgrass
n1
annual or winter annual grass with softly hairy leaves of the Mediterranean;

- syn. Bromus tectorum, downy brome, downy bromegrass, downy cheat, downy chess, drooping brome;

cheating / tʃ i t ɪ ŋ /
n1
a deception for profit to yourself;

- syn. cheat;

a1
not faithful to a spouse or lover;

- "adulterous husbands and wives";

- "a two-timing boyfriend";

- syn. adulterous, two-timing;

- sim. unfaithful;

a2
violating accepted standards or rules;

- "a dirty fighter";

- "used foul means to gain power";

- "a nasty unsporting serve";

- "fined for unsportsmanlike behavior";

- syn. dirty, foul, unsporting, unsportsmanlike;

- sim. unfair;

chebab
n1
a Palestinian juvenile 10-15 years old who fights against the Israelis;

Chechen
n1
a native or inhabitant of Chechnya;

n2
a northern Caucasian language spoken by the Chechen;

a1
of or relating to Chechnya or its people or culture;

Chechen Republic
n1
an autonomous republic in southwestern Russia in the northern Caucasus Mountains bordering on Georgia;

- declared independence from the USSR in 1991 but Russian troops invaded and continue to prosecute a relentless military campaign in the largely Muslim republic;

- syn. Chechenia, Chechnya;

Chechenia
n1
an autonomous republic in southwestern Russia in the northern Caucasus Mountains bordering on Georgia;

- declared independence from the USSR in 1991 but Russian troops invaded and continue to prosecute a relentless military campaign in the largely Muslim republic;

- syn. Chechen Republic, Chechnya;

Chechnya
n1
an autonomous republic in southwestern Russia in the northern Caucasus Mountains bordering on Georgia;

- declared independence from the USSR in 1991 but Russian troops invaded and continue to prosecute a relentless military campaign in the largely Muslim republic;

- syn. Chechen Republic, Chechenia;

check / tʃ ɛ k /
n1
a written order directing a bank to pay money;

- "he paid all his bills by check";

- syn. bank check, cheque;

n2
an appraisal of the state of affairs;

- "they made an assay of the contents";

- "a check on its dependability under stress";

- syn. assay;

n3
the bill in a restaurant;

- "he asked the waiter for the check";

- syn. chit, tab;

n4
the state of inactivity following an interruption;

- "the negotiations were in arrest";

- "held them in check";

- "during the halt he got some lunch";

- "the momentary stay enabled him to escape the blow";

- "he spent the entire stop in his seat";

- syn. arrest, halt, hitch, stay, stop, stoppage;

n5
additional proof that something that was believed (some fact or hypothesis or theory) is correct;

- "fossils provided further confirmation of the evolutionary theory";

- syn. confirmation, substantiation, verification;

n6
the act of inspecting or verifying;

- "they made a check of their equipment";

- "the pilot ran through the check-out procedure";

- syn. check-out procedure, checkout;

n7
a mark indicating that something has been noted or completed etc.;

- "as he called the role he put a check mark by each student's name";

- syn. check mark, tick;

n8
something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress;

- syn. balk, baulk, deterrent, handicap, hinderance, hindrance, impediment;

n9
a mark left after a small piece has been chopped or broken off of something;

- syn. chip;

n10
a textile pattern of squares or crossed lines (resembling a checkerboard);

- "she wore a skirt with checks";

n11
the act of restraining power or action or limiting excess;

- "his common sense is a bridle to his quick temper";

- syn. bridle, curb;

n12
obstructing an opponent in ice hockey;

n13
(chess) a direct attack on an opponent's king;

v1
examine so as to determine accuracy, quality, or condition;

- "check the brakes";

- "Check out the engine";

- syn. check into, check out, check over, check up on, go over, look into, suss out;

v2
make an examination or investigation;

- "check into the rumor";

- "check the time of the class";

v3
be careful or certain to do something;

- make certain of something;

- "He verified that the valves were closed";

- "See that the curtains are closed";

- "control the quality of the product";

- syn. ascertain, assure, control, ensure, insure, see, see to it;

v4
lessen the intensity of;

- temper;

- hold in restraint;

- hold or keep within limits;

- "moderate your alcohol intake";

- "hold your tongue";

- "hold your temper";

- "control your anger";

- syn. contain, control, curb, hold, hold in, moderate;

v5
stop for a moment, as if out of uncertainty or caution;

- "She checked for an instant and missed a step";

v6
put a check mark on or near or next to;

- "Please check each name on the list";

- "tick off the items";

- "mark off the units";

- syn. check off, mark, mark off, tick, tick off;

v7
slow the growth or development of;

- "The brain damage will retard the child's language development";

- syn. delay, retard;

v8
be verified or confirmed;

- pass inspection;

- "These stories don't check!";

- syn. check out;

v9
be compatible, similar or consistent;

- coincide in their characteristics;

- "The two stories don't agree in many details";

- "The handwriting checks with the signature on the check";

- "The suspect's fingerprints don't match those on the gun";

- syn. agree, correspond, fit, gibe, jibe, match, tally;

v10
block or impede (a player from the opposing team) in ice hockey;

v11
develop (a child's or animal's) behavior by instruction and practice;

- especially to teach self-control;

- "Parents must discipline their children";

- "Is this dog trained?";

- syn. condition, discipline, train;

v12
consign for shipment on a vehicle;

- "check your luggage before boarding";

v13
hand over something to somebody as for temporary safekeeping;

- "Check your coat at the door";

v14
abandon the intended prey, turn, and pursue an inferior prey;

v15
stop in a chase especially when scent is lost;

- "The dog checked";

v16
mark into squares or draw squares on;

- draw crossed lines on;

- syn. checker, chequer;

v17
decline to initiate betting;

v18
hold back, as of a danger or an enemy;

- check the expansion or influence of;

- "Arrest the downward trend";

- "Check the growth of communism in South East Asia";

- "Contain the rebel movement";

- "Turn back the tide of communism";

- syn. arrest, contain, hold back, stop, turn back;

v19
place into check;

- "He checked my kings";

v20
write out a check on a bank account;

v21
find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort;

- "I want to see whether she speaks French";

- "See whether it works";

- "find out if he speaks Russian";

- "Check whether the train leaves on time";

- syn. ascertain, determine, find out, learn, see, watch;

v22
verify by consulting a source or authority;

- "check the spelling of this word";

- "check your facts";

v23
arrest the motion (of something) abruptly;

- "He checked the flow of water by shutting off the main valve";

v24
make cracks or chinks in;

- "The heat checked the paint";

- syn. chink;

v25
become fractured;

- break or crack on the surface only;

- "The glass cracked when it was heated";

- syn. break, crack;

check-in
n1
the act of reporting your presence (as at an airport or a hotel);

check-out procedure
n1
the act of inspecting or verifying;

- "they made a check of their equipment";

- "the pilot ran through the check-out procedure";

- syn. check, checkout;

check bit
n1
(computer science) a bit that is used in an error detection procedure in which a 0 or 1 is added to each group of bits so that it will have either an odd number of 1's or an even number of 1's;

- e.g., if the parity is odd then any group of bits that arrives with an even number of 1's must contain an error;

- syn. parity, parity bit;

check character
n1
a character that is added to the end of a block of transmitted data and used to check the accuracy of the transmission;

check girl
n1
a female checker;

- syn. hatcheck girl;

check in
v1
announce one's arrival, e.g. at hotels or airports;

- syn. sign in;

check into
v1
examine so as to determine accuracy, quality, or condition;

- "check the brakes";

- "Check out the engine";

- syn. check, check out, check over, check up on, go over, look into, suss out;

check mark
n1
a mark indicating that something has been noted or completed etc.;

- "as he called the role he put a check mark by each student's name";

- syn. check, tick;

check off
v1
put a check mark on or near or next to;

- "Please check each name on the list";

- "tick off the items";

- "mark off the units";

- syn. check, mark, mark off, tick, tick off;

check out
v1
examine so as to determine accuracy, quality, or condition;

- "check the brakes";

- "Check out the engine";

- syn. check, check into, check over, check up on, go over, look into, suss out;

v2
announce one's departure from a hotel;

v3
be verified or confirmed;

- pass inspection;

- "These stories don't check!";

- syn. check;

v4
trace;

- "We are running down a few tips";

- syn. run down;

v5
record, add up, and receive payment for items purchased;

- "She was checking out the apples that the customer had put on the conveyer belt";

v6
withdraw money by writing a check;

- syn. cheque;

v7
try to learn someone's opinions and intentions;

- "I have to sound out the new professor";

- syn. feel out, sound out;

check over
v1
examine so as to determine accuracy, quality, or condition;

- "check the brakes";

- "Check out the engine";

- syn. check, check into, check out, check up on, go over, look into, suss out;

check overdraft credit
n1
credit provided by a bank in honoring a customer's overdrafts;

- syn. overdraft credit;

check register
n1
a register of checks issued (usually in numeric order);

check stub
n1
the part of a check that is retained as a record;

- syn. counterfoil, stub;

check up on
v1
examine so as to determine accuracy, quality, or condition;

- "check the brakes";

- "Check out the engine";

- syn. check, check into, check out, check over, go over, look into, suss out;

checkbook / tʃ ɛ k b ʊ k /
n1
a book issued to holders of checking accounts;

- syn. chequebook;

checked / tʃ ɛ k t /
a1
patterned with alternating squares of color;

- syn. checkered, chequered;

- sim. patterned;

checker / tʃ ɛ k ə , tʃ ɛ k ə ɹ /
n1
an attendant who checks coats or baggage;

n2
one who checks the correctness of something;

n3
one of the flat round pieces used in playing the game of checkers;

- syn. chequer;

v1
mark into squares or draw squares on;

- draw crossed lines on;

- syn. check, chequer;

v2
variegate with different colors, shades, or patterns;

- syn. chequer;

checker board
n1
a board having 64 squares of two alternating colors;

- syn. checkerboard;

checkerberry
n1
creeping shrub of eastern North America having white bell-shaped flowers followed by spicy red berrylike fruit and shiny aromatic leaves that yield wintergreen oil;

- syn. Gaultheria procumbens, creeping wintergreen, ground-berry, groundberry, mountain tea, teaberry, wintergreen;

n2
spicy red berrylike fruit;

- source of wintergreen oil;

- syn. boxberry, spiceberry, teaberry, wintergreen;

checkerbloom / tʃ ɛ k ə b ɫ u m /
n1
perennial purple-flowered wild mallow of western North America that is also cultivated;

- syn. Sidalcea malviflora, wild hollyhock;

checkerboard / tʃ ɛ k ə b ɔ d /
n1
a board having 64 squares of two alternating colors;

- syn. checker board;

checkered / tʃ ɛ k ə d /
a1
patterned with alternating squares of color;

- syn. checked, chequered;

- sim. patterned;

a2
marked by changeable fortune;

- "a checkered business career";

- sim. changeable;

checkered adder
n1
nonvenomous tan and brown king snake with an arrow-shaped occipital spot;

- southeastern ones have red stripes like coral snakes;

- syn. Lampropeltis triangulum, house snake, milk adder, milk snake;

checkered daffodil
n1
Eurasian checkered lily with pendant flowers usually veined and checkered with purple or maroon on a pale ground and shaped like the bells carried by lepers in medieval times;

- widely grown as an ornamental;

- syn. Fritillaria meleagris, guinea-hen flower, leper lily, snake's head fritillary;

checkered lily
n1
any liliaceous plant of the genus Fritillaria having nodding variously colored flowers;

- syn. fritillary;

checkered whiptail
n1
markings are darker and more marked than in western whiptail;

- from southeastern Colorado to eastern Chihuahua;

- syn. Cnemidophorus tesselatus;

checkers / tʃ ɛ k ə z /
n1
a checkerboard game for two players who each have 12 pieces;

- the object is to jump over and so capture the opponent's pieces;

- syn. draughts;

checking account
n1
a bank account against which the depositor can draw checks that are payable on demand;

- syn. chequing account, current account;

checking program
n1
a program that examines other computer programs for syntax errors;

checklist / tʃ ɛ k ɫ ɪ s t /
n1
a list of items (names or tasks etc.) to be checked or consulted;

checkmate / tʃ ɛ k m eɪ t /
n1
complete victory;

n2
a chess move constituting an inescapable and indefensible attack on the opponent's king;

- syn. mate;

v1
place an opponent's king under an attack from which it cannot escape and thus ending the game;

- "Kasparov checkmated his opponent after only a few moves";

- syn. mate;

checkout / tʃ ɛ k aʊ t /
n1
the act of inspecting or verifying;

- "they made a check of their equipment";

- "the pilot ran through the check-out procedure";

- syn. check, check-out procedure;

n2
the latest time for vacating a hotel room;

- "the checkout here is 12 noon";

- syn. checkout time;

n3
a counter in a supermarket where you pay for your purchases;

- syn. checkout counter;

checkout counter
n1
a counter in a supermarket where you pay for your purchases;

- syn. checkout;

checkout line
n1
a queue of people waiting to pay for purchases;

checkout time
n1
the latest time for vacating a hotel room;

- "the checkout here is 12 noon";

- syn. checkout;

checkpoint / tʃ ɛ k p ɔɪ n t /
n1
a place (as at a frontier) where travellers are stopped for inspection and clearance;

checkrein
n1
a rein designed to keep the horse's head in the desired position;

- syn. bearing rein;

checkroom / tʃ ɛ k ɹ u m /
n1
a room where baggage or parcels are checked;

- syn. left-luggage office;

checkrow
v1
plant in checkrows;

checksum / tʃ ɛ k s ʌ m /
n1
a digit representing the sum of the digits in an instance of digital data;

- used to check whether errors have occurred in transmission or storage;

checkup / tʃ ɛ k ʌ p /
n1
a thorough physical examination;

- includes a variety of tests depending on the age and sex and health of the person;

- syn. health check, medical, medical checkup, medical exam, medical examination;

Cheddar / tʃ ɛ d ə , tʃ ɛ d ə ɹ /
n1
a village in southwestern England where cheddar cheese was first made;

n2
hard smooth-textured cheese;

- originally made in Cheddar in southwestern England;

- syn. American cheese, Armerican cheddar, cheddar cheese;

cheddar cheese
n1
hard smooth-textured cheese;

- originally made in Cheddar in southwestern England;

- syn. American cheese, Armerican cheddar, cheddar;

cheddar pink
n1
mat-forming perennial of central Europe with large fragrant pink or red flowers;

- syn. Diangus gratianopolitanus;

cheek / tʃ i k /
n1
either side of the face below the eyes;

n2
an impudent statement;

- syn. impertinence, impudence;

n3
either of the two large fleshy masses of muscular tissue that form the human rump;

- syn. buttock;

n4
impudent aggressiveness;

- "I couldn't believe her boldness";

- "he had the effrontery to question my honesty";

- syn. boldness, brass, face, nerve;

v1
speak impudently to;

cheek by jowl
r1
in close proximity;

- "the houses were jumbled together cheek by jowl";

cheek muscle
n1
a muscle that flattens the cheek and retracts the angle of the mouth;

- syn. buccinator muscle, musculus buccinator;

cheek pouch
n1
a membranous pouch inside the mouth of many rodents (as a gopher);

cheekbone / tʃ i k b oʊ n /
n1
the arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek;

- syn. jugal bone, malar, malar bone, os zygomaticum, zygomatic, zygomatic bone;

cheekily / tʃ i k ɪ ɫ i /
r1
in a brash cheeky manner;

- "brashly, she asked for a rebate";

- syn. brashly, nervily;

cheekiness / tʃ i k ɪ n ə s /
n1
the trait of being rude and impertinent;

- inclined to take liberties;

- syn. crust, freshness, gall, impertinence, impudence, insolence;

cheekpiece
n1
either of two straps of a bridle that connect the bit to the headpiece;

cheeky / tʃ i k i /
a1
offensively bold;

- "a brash newcomer disputed the age-old rules for admission to the club";

- "a nervy thing to say";

- syn. brash, nervy;

- sim. forward;

cheep / tʃ i p /
n1
the short weak cry of a young bird;

- syn. peep;

v1
make high-pitched sounds;

- "the birds were chirping in the bushes";

- syn. chirp, chirrup, peep;

cheer / tʃ ɪə , tʃ ɪə ɹ /
n1
a cry or shout of approval;

n2
the quality of being cheerful and dispelling gloom;

- "flowers added a note of cheerfulness to the drab room";

- syn. cheerfulness, sunniness, sunshine;

v1
give encouragement to;

- syn. embolden, hearten, recreate;

v2
show approval or good wishes by shouting;

- "everybody cheered the birthday boy";

v3
cause (somebody) to feel happier or more cheerful;

- "She tried to cheer up the disappointed child when he failed to win the spelling bee";

- syn. cheer up, jolly along, jolly up;

v4
become cheerful;

- syn. cheer up, chirk up;

v5
spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts;

- "The crowd cheered the demonstrating strikers";

- syn. barrack, exhort, inspire, pep up, root on, urge, urge on;

cheer up
v1
cause (somebody) to feel happier or more cheerful;

- "She tried to cheer up the disappointed child when he failed to win the spelling bee";

- syn. cheer, jolly along, jolly up;

v2
become cheerful;

- syn. cheer, chirk up;

cheerer / tʃ ɪə ə , tʃ ɪə ə ɹ , tʃ ɪə ɹ ə , tʃ ɪə ɹ ə ɹ /
n1
a spectator who shouts encouragement;

cheerful / tʃ ɪə f ə ɫ /
a1
being full of or promoting cheer;

- having or showing good spirits;

- "her cheerful nature";

- "a cheerful greeting";

- "a cheerful room";

- "as cheerful as anyone confined to a hospital bed could be";

- also glad, happy;

- sim. beaming, beamish, blithe, buoyant, cheery, chipper;

a2
pleasantly (even unrealistically) optimistic;

- syn. pollyannaish, upbeat;

- sim. optimistic;

cheerfully / tʃ ɪə f ə ɫ i /
r1
in a cheerful manner;

- "he cheerfully agreed to do it";

cheerfulness / tʃ ɪə f ə ɫ n ə s /
n1
the quality of being cheerful and dispelling gloom;

- "flowers added a note of cheerfulness to the drab room";

- syn. cheer, sunniness, sunshine;

n2
a feeling of spontaneous good spirits;

- "his cheerfulness made everyone feel better";

- syn. blitheness;

cheerily / tʃ ɪə ɹ ə ɫ i /
r1
in a cheerful manner;

- "`I'll do the dishes,' he said pleasantly";

- syn. pleasantly, sunnily;

cheering / tʃ ɪə ɹ ɪ ŋ /
n1
encouragement in the form of cheers from spectators;

- "it's all over but the shouting";

- syn. shouting;

a1
providing freedom from worry;

- syn. comforting, satisfying;

- sim. satisfactory;

cheerio / tʃ ɪə ɹ ɪ oʊ /
n1
a farewell remark;

- "they said their good-byes";

- syn. adieu, adios, arrivederci, au revoir, auf wiedersehen, bye, bye-bye, good-by, good-bye, good day, goodby, goodbye, sayonara, so long;

cheerlead / tʃ ɪə ɹ ɫ ɛ d /
v1
act as a cheerleader in a sports event;

cheerleader / tʃ ɪə ɫ i d ə , tʃ ɪə ɫ i d ə ɹ /
n1
an enthusiastic and vocal supporter;

- "he has become a cheerleader for therapeutic cloning";

n2
someone who leads the cheers by spectators at a sporting event;

cheerless / tʃ ɪə ɫ ə s /
a1
causing sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy;

- "the economic outlook is depressing";

- "something cheerless about the room";

- "a moody and uncheerful person";

- "an uncheerful place";

- syn. depressing, uncheerful;

- also joyless, unhappy;

- sim. blue, somber;

cheerlessly / tʃ ɪə ɫ ə s ɫ i /
r1
in an unhappy manner;

- "he cheerlessly set out to do the task";

cheerlessness / tʃ ɪə ɫ ə s n ə s /
n1
a feeling of dreary or pessimistic sadness;

- syn. uncheerfulness;

cheery / tʃ ɪə ɹ i /
a1
bright and pleasant;

- promoting a feeling of cheer;

- "a cheery hello";

- "a gay sunny room";

- "a sunny smile";

- syn. gay, sunny;

- sim. cheerful;

cheese / tʃ i z /
n1
a solid food prepared from the pressed curd of milk;

n2
erect or decumbent Old World perennial with axillary clusters of rosy-purple flowers;

- introduced in United States;

- syn. Malva sylvestris, cheeseflower, high mallow, tall mallow;

v1
used in the imperative (get away, or stop it);

- "Cheese it!";

v2
wind onto a cheese;

- "cheese the yarn";

cheese cutter
n1
a kitchen utensil (board or handle) with a wire for cutting cheese;

cheese dip
n1
a dip made of cheeses;

cheese fondue
n1
fondue made of cheese melted in wine for dipping bread and sometimes fruits;

cheese pizza
n1
pizza with lots of cheese;

cheese press
n1
a press for shaping cheese curd;

cheese rind
n1
the rind of a cheese;

cheese sauce
n1
white sauce with grated cheese;

cheese souffle
n1
puffy dish of cheese and eggs (whites beaten separately) and white sauce;

cheese spread
n1
spread made of cheese mixed with butter or cream or cream cheese and seasonings;

cheese tray
n1
tray on which cheeses are served;

- syn. cheeseboard;

cheeseboard
n1
tray on which cheeses are served;

- syn. cheese tray;

cheeseburger / tʃ i z b ɝ ɡ ə ɹ /
n1
a hamburger with melted cheese on it;

cheesecake / tʃ i z k eɪ k /
n1
made with sweetened cream cheese and eggs and cream baked in a crumb crust;

n2
a photograph of an attractive woman in minimal attire;

cheesecloth / tʃ i z k ɫ ɒ θ /
n1
a coarse loosely woven cotton gauze;

- originally used to wrap cheeses;

cheesed off
a1
greatly annoyed;

- out of patience;

- "had an exasperated look on his face";

- "felt exasperated beyond endurance";

- syn. browned off, exasperated;

- sim. displeased;

cheeseflower
n1
erect or decumbent Old World perennial with axillary clusters of rosy-purple flowers;

- introduced in United States;

- syn. Malva sylvestris, cheese, high mallow, tall mallow;

cheeselike
a1
having the consistency of cheese;

- sim. soft;

cheesemonger / tʃ i z m ʌ ŋ ɡ ə /
n1
someone who sells cheese;

cheeseparing / tʃ i z p eə ɹ ɪ ŋ /
a1
giving or spending with reluctance;

- "our cheeseparing administration";

- "very close (or near) with his money";

- "a penny-pinching miserly old man";

- syn. close, near, penny-pinching, skinny;

- sim. stingy;

cheesy / tʃ i z i /
a1
of very poor quality;

- flimsy;

- syn. bum, cheap, chintzy, crummy, punk, sleazy, tinny;

- sim. inferior;

cheetah / tʃ i t ə /
n1
long-legged spotted cat of Africa and southwestern Asia having nonretractile claws;

- the swiftest mammal;

- can be trained to run down game;

- syn. Acinonyx jubatus, chetah;

Cheever
n1
United States writer of novels and short stories (1912-1982);

- syn. John Cheever;

cheewink
n1
common towhee of eastern North America;

- syn. Pipilo erythrophthalmus, chewink;

chef / ʃ ɛ f /
n1
a professional cook;

chef's salad
n1
the combination salad prepared as a particular chef's specialty;

chef-d'oeuvre / ʃ eɪ d ɝ v ɹ ə /
n1
the most outstanding work of a creative artist or craftsman;

- syn. masterpiece;

Cheilanthes
n1
small evergreen ferns: lipferns;

- in some classifications placed in family Polypodiaceae or Adiantaceae;

- syn. genus Cheilanthes;

Cheilanthes alabamensis
n1
southeastern United States to northern Mexico and Jamaica;

- syn. Alabama lip fern, smooth lip fern;

Cheilanthes eatonii
n1
lip fern of Texas to Oklahoma and Colorado and Arizona and Mexico having tall erect tufted fronds;

- syn. southwestern lip fern;

Cheilanthes gracillima
n1
small tufted fern of northwestern America;

- syn. lace fern;

Cheilanthes lanosa
n1
small North American evergreen fern whose stipes and lower frond surfaces are densely wooly;

- syn. hairy lip fern, wooly lip fern;

cheilitis
n1
inflammation and cracking of the skin of the lips;

cheiloschisis
n1
a congenital cleft in the middle of the upper lip;

- syn. cleft lip, harelip;

cheilosis
n1
a disorder of the lips marked by scaling and fissures at the corners of the mouth;

- caused by a deficiency of riboflavin;

- syn. perleche;

Cheiranthus
n1
Old World perennial plants grown for their showy flowers;

- syn. genus Cheiranthus;

Cheiranthus allionii
n1
showy erect biennial or short-lived perennial cultivated for its terminal racemes of orange-yellow flowers;

- sometimes placed in genus Cheiranthus;

- syn. Erysimum allionii, Siberian wall flower;

Cheiranthus asperus
n1
biennial or short-lived perennial prairie rocket having orange-yellow flowers;

- western North America to Minnesota and Kansas;

- sometimes placed in genus Cheiranthus;

- syn. Erysimum arkansanum, Erysimum asperum, western wall flower;

Cheiranthus cheiri
n1
perennial of southern Europe having clusters of fragrant flowers of all colors especially yellow and orange;

- often naturalized on old walls or cliffs;

- sometimes placed in genus Erysimum;

- syn. Erysimum cheiri, wallflower;

Chekhov
n1
Russian dramatist whose plays are concerned with the difficulty of communication between people (1860-1904);

- syn. Anton Chekhov, Anton Chekov, Anton Pavlovich Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich Chekov, Chekov;

Chekov
n1
Russian dramatist whose plays are concerned with the difficulty of communication between people (1860-1904);

- syn. Anton Chekhov, Anton Chekov, Anton Pavlovich Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich Chekov, Chekhov;

chela / tʃ eɪ ɫ ə , k i ɫ ə /
n1
a Hindu disciple of a swami;

n2
a grasping structure on the limb of a crustacean or other arthropods;

- syn. claw, nipper, pincer;

chelate
n1
a heterocyclic compound having a metal ion attached by coordinate bonds to at least two nonmetal ions;

- syn. chelate compound;

v1
form a chelate, in chemistry;

a1
relating to or characterized by chelation;

- syn. chelated;

a2
having or resembling chelae or claws;

chelate compound
n1
a heterocyclic compound having a metal ion attached by coordinate bonds to at least two nonmetal ions;

- syn. chelate;

chelated / k i ɫ ə t ɛ d /
a1
relating to or characterized by chelation;

- syn. chelate;

chelation
n1
(medicine) the process of removing a heavy metal from the bloodstream by means of a chelate as in treating lead or mercury poisoning;

n2
the process of forming a ring by forming one or more hydrogen bonds;

chelicera
n1
either of the first pair of fang-like appendages near the mouth of an arachnid;

- often modified for grasping and piercing;

cheliceral
a1
of or relating to or resembling chelicerae;

- syn. chelicerate;

Chelicerata
n1
spiders;

- scorpions;

- horseshoe crabs;

- syn. superclass Chelicerata;

chelicerate
a1
of or relating to or resembling chelicerae;

- syn. cheliceral;

chelicerous
a1
having chelicerae;

Chelidonium
n1
one species: greater celandine;

- syn. genus Chelidonium;

Chelidonium majus
n1
perennial herb with branched woody stock and bright yellow flowers;

- syn. celandine, greater celandine, swallow wort, swallowwort;

Chelifer
n1
a genus of Chelonethida;

- syn. genus Chelifer;

Chelifer cancroides
n1
minute arachnid sometimes found in old papers;

- syn. book scorpion;

cheliferous
a1
having chelae;

cheloid
n1
raised pinkish scar tissue at the site of an injury;

- results from excessive tissue repair;

- syn. keloid;

Chelone
n1
herbaceous perennials: shellflower;

- syn. genus Chelone;

Chelone glabra
n1
showy perennial of marshlands of eastern and central North America having waxy lanceolate leaves and flower with lower part creamy white and upper parts pale pink to deep purple;

- syn. shell-flower, shellflower, snake-head, snakehead, turtlehead;

Chelonethida
n1
false scorpions;

- syn. Pseudoscorpiones, Pseudoscorpionida, order Chelonethida, order Pseudoscorpiones, order Pseudoscorpionida;

Chelonia
n1
green turtles;

- syn. genus Chelonia;

n2
tortoises and turtles;

- syn. Testudinata, Testudines, order Chelonia, order Testudinata, order Testudines;

Chelonia mydas
n1
large tropical turtle with greenish flesh used for turtle soup;

- syn. green turtle;

chelonian
n1
a reptile of the order Chelonia;

- syn. chelonian reptile;

a1
of or relating to or resembling or being a turtle or tortoise;

chelonian reptile
n1
a reptile of the order Chelonia;

- syn. chelonian;

Chelonidae
n1
green turtles;

- hawksbills;

- syn. Cheloniidae, family Chelonidae, family Cheloniidae;

Cheloniidae
n1
green turtles;

- hawksbills;

- syn. Chelonidae, family Chelonidae, family Cheloniidae;

Chelyabinsk / tʃ ɪ ɫ ɪə b ɪ n s k /
n1
a city in the Asian part of Russia;

Chelydra
n1
snapping turtles;

- syn. genus Chelydra;

Chelydra serpentina
n1
large-headed turtle with powerful hooked jaws found in or near water;

- prone to bite;

- syn. common snapping turtle, snapper;

Chelydridae
n1
snapping turtles;

- syn. family Chelydridae;

chem lab
n1
a laboratory for research in chemistry;

- syn. chemistry lab, chemistry laboratory;

Chemakuan
n1
a group of Mosan languages spoken in Washington;

Chemakum
n1
a Chemakuan language spoken by the Chemakum;

chemic / k ɛ m ɪ k /
a1
relating to or used in chemistry;

- "chemical engineer";

- "chemical balance";

- syn. chemical;

chemical / k ɛ m ɪ k ɫ /
n1
material produced by or used in a reaction involving changes in atoms or molecules;

- syn. chemical substance;

a1
relating to or used in chemistry;

- "chemical engineer";

- "chemical balance";

- syn. chemic;

a2
of or made from or using substances produced by or used in reactions involving atomic or molecular changes;

- "chemical fertilizer";

chemical action
n1
(chemistry) any process determined by the atomic and molecular composition and structure of the substances involved;

- syn. chemical change, chemical process;

chemical agent
n1
an agent that produces chemical reactions;

chemical analysis
n1
the act of decomposing a substance into its constituent elements;

- syn. qualitative analysis;

chemical attraction
n1
the force attracting atoms to each other and binding them together in a molecule;

- "basic dyes have an affinity for wool and silk";

- syn. affinity;

chemical balance
n1
a beam balance of great precision used in quantitative chemical analysis;

- syn. analytical balance;

chemical bomb
n1
a bomb laden with chemical agents that are released when the bomb explodes;

- syn. gas bomb;

chemical bond
n1
an electrical force linking atoms;

- syn. bond;

chemical chain
n1
(chemistry) a series of linked atoms (generally in an organic molecule);

- syn. chain;

chemical change
n1
(chemistry) any process determined by the atomic and molecular composition and structure of the substances involved;

- syn. chemical action, chemical process;

chemical compound
n1
(chemistry) a substance formed by chemical union of two or more elements or ingredients in definite proportion by weight;

- syn. compound;

chemical decomposition reaction
n1
(chemistry) separation of a substance into two or more substances that may differ from each other and from the original substance;

- syn. decomposition, decomposition reaction;

chemical defence
n1
procedures involved in taking defensive measures against attacks using chemical agents;

- syn. chemical defense;

chemical defense
n1
procedures involved in taking defensive measures against attacks using chemical agents;

- syn. chemical defence;

chemical diabetes
n1
a mild form of diabetes mellitus in which there are no overt symptoms but there are abnormal responses to some diagnostic procedures;

- syn. latent diabetes;

chemical element
n1
any of the more than 100 known substances (of which 92 occur naturally) that cannot be separated into simpler substances and that singly or in combination constitute all matter;

- syn. element;

chemical energy
n1
that part of the energy in a substance that can be released by a chemical reaction;

chemical engineering
n1
the branch of engineering that is concerned with the design and construction and operation of the plants and machinery used in industrial chemical processes;

n2
the activity of applying chemistry to the solution of practical problems;

chemical equilibrium
n1
a chemical reaction and its reverse proceed at equal rates;

- syn. equilibrium;

chemical formula
n1
a representation of a substance using symbols for its constituent elements;

- syn. formula;

chemical group
n1
(chemistry) two or more atoms bound together as a single unit and forming part of a molecule;

- syn. group, radical;

chemical industry
n1
the manufacturers of chemicals considered collectively;

chemical irritant
n1
a substance producing irritation;

Chemical Mace
n1
(trademark) a liquid that temporarily disables a person;

- prepared as an aerosol and sprayed in the face, it irritates the eyes and causes dizziness and immobilization;

- syn. Mace;

chemical mechanism
n1
the atomic process that occurs during a chemical reaction;

- "he determined unique mechanisms for the photochemical reactions";

- syn. mechanism;

chemical notation
n1
a notation used by chemists to express technical facts in chemistry;

chemical operations
n1
warfare using chemical agents to kill or injure or incapacitate the enemy;

- syn. chemical warfare;

chemical phenomenon
n1
any natural phenomenon involving chemistry (as changes to atoms or molecules);

chemical plant
n1
an industrial plant where chemicals are produced;

chemical process
n1
(chemistry) any process determined by the atomic and molecular composition and structure of the substances involved;

- syn. chemical action, chemical change;

chemical property
n1
a property used to characterize materials in reactions that change their identity;

chemical reaction
n1
(chemistry) a process in which one or more substances are changed into others;

- "there was a chemical reaction of the lime with the ground water";

- syn. reaction;

chemical reactor
n1
an apparatus for holding substances that are undergoing a chemical reaction;

chemical science
n1
the science of matter;

- the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions;

- syn. chemistry;

chemical substance
n1
material produced by or used in a reaction involving changes in atoms or molecules;

- syn. chemical;

chemical terrorism
n1
terrorism using the chemical agents of chemical warfare;

- can undermine the personal security of citizens;

- "a good agent for chemical terrorism should be colorless and odorless and inexpensive and readily available and not detectable until symptoms are experienced";

chemical warfare
n1
warfare using chemical agents to kill or injure or incapacitate the enemy;

- syn. chemical operations;

chemical weapon
n1
chemical substances that can be delivered using munitions and dispersal devices to cause death or severe harm to people and animals and plants;

Chemical Weapons Convention
n1
a global treaty banning the production or acquisition or stockpiling or transfer or use of chemical weapons;

chemically / k ɛ m ɪ k ɫ i /
r1
with chemicals;

- "chemically fertilized";

r2
with respect to chemistry;

- "chemically different substances";

- "chemically related";

chemiluminescence
n1
luminescence resulting from a chemical reaction as the oxidation of luciferin in fireflies;

chemiluminescent
a1
relating to the phenomenon of chemiluminescence;

- "fireflies are chemiluminescent";

chemin de fer
n1
a card game played in casinos in which two or more punters gamble against the banker;

- the player wins who holds 2 or 3 cards that total closest to nine;

- syn. baccarat;

chemise / ʃ ə m i z /
n1
a woman's sleeveless undergarment;

- syn. shift, shimmy, slip, teddy;

n2
a loose-fitting dress hanging straight from the shoulders without a waist;

- syn. sack, shift;

chemisorb
v1
take up a substance by chemisorption;

chemisorption
n1
adsorption (especially when irreversible) by means of chemical instead of physical forces;

- "chemisorption of gaseous nitrogen on iron catalysts";

- syn. chemosorption;

chemisorptive
a1
having the capacity to adsorb by chemical as contrasted with physical forces;

- syn. chemosorptive;

- sim. adsorbent;

chemist / k ɛ m ɪ s t /
n1
a scientist who specializes in chemistry;

n2
a health professional trained in the art of preparing and dispensing drugs;

- syn. apothecary, druggist, pharmacist, pill pusher, pill roller;

chemist's / k ɛ m ɪ s t s /
n1
a retail shop where medicine and other articles are sold;

- syn. apothecary's shop, chemist's shop, drugstore, pharmacy;

chemist's shop
n1
a retail shop where medicine and other articles are sold;

- syn. apothecary's shop, chemist's, drugstore, pharmacy;

chemistry / k ɛ m ɪ s t ɹ i /
n1
the science of matter;

- the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions;

- syn. chemical science;

n2
the chemical composition and properties of a substance or object;

- "the chemistry of soil";

n3
the way two individuals relate to each other;

- "their chemistry was wrong from the beginning -- they hated each other";

- "a mysterious alchemy brought them together";

- syn. alchemy, interpersonal chemistry;

chemistry department
n1
the academic department responsible for teaching and research in chemistry;

- syn. department of chemistry;

chemistry lab
n1
a laboratory for research in chemistry;

- syn. chem lab, chemistry laboratory;

chemistry laboratory
n1
a laboratory for research in chemistry;

- syn. chem lab, chemistry lab;

Chemnitz
n1
a city in east central Germany;

- formerly called Karl-Marx-Stadt until 1990;

- noted for textile manufacturing;

- syn. Karl-Marx-Stadt;

Chemnitzer concertina
n1
a hand-held and bellows-driven accordion;

chemoimmunology
n1
the field of chemistry concerned with chemical processes in immunology (such as chemical studies of antigens and antibodies);

- syn. immunochemistry;

chemoreceptive
a1
of or relating to chemoreceptors;

chemoreceptor
n1
a sensory receptor that responds to chemical stimuli;

chemosis
n1
edema of the mucous membrane of the eyeball and eyelid lining;

chemosorption
n1
adsorption (especially when irreversible) by means of chemical instead of physical forces;

- "chemisorption of gaseous nitrogen on iron catalysts";

- syn. chemisorption;

chemosorptive
a1
having the capacity to adsorb by chemical as contrasted with physical forces;

- syn. chemisorptive;

- sim. adsorbent;

chemosurgery
n1
use of chemical to destroy diseased or malignant tissue;

- used in treatment of skin cancer;

chemosynthesis
n1
synthesis of carbohydrate from carbon dioxide and water;

- limited to certain bacteria and fungi;

chemotaxis
n1
movement by a cell or organism in reaction to a chemical stimulus;

chemotherapeutic / k ɛ m oʊ θ ɛr ə p j u t ɪ k /
a1
of or relating to chemotherapy;

- syn. chemotherapeutical;

chemotherapeutical / k ɛ m oʊ θ ɛr ə p j u t ɪ k ɫ /
a1
of or relating to chemotherapy;

- syn. chemotherapeutic;

chemotherapy / k ɛ m oʊ θ ɛr ə p i /
n1
the use of chemical agents to treat or control disease (or mental illness);

Chemulpo
n1
a port city in western South Korea on the Yellow Sea;

- syn. Incheon, Inchon;

Chen
n1
wild goose having white adult plumage;

- syn. subgenus Chen;

Chen caerulescens
n1
North American wild goose having dark plumage in summer but white in winter;

- syn. blue goose;

Chen N. Yang
n1
United States physicist (born in China) who collaborated with Tsung Dao Lee in disproving the principle of conservation of parity (born in 1922);

- syn. Yang Chen Ning;

chenfish
n1
small silvery marine food fish found off California;

- syn. Genyonemus lineatus, kingfish, white croaker;

chenille / ʃ ə n i ɫ /
n1
a soft tufted cord used in embroidery;

- syn. chenille cord;

n2
a heavy fabric woven with chenille cord;

- used in rugs and bedspreads;

chenille cord
n1
a soft tufted cord used in embroidery;

- syn. chenille;

Chenin blanc
n1
white grape grown especially in California and the lower Loire valley of France;

n2
made in California and the Loire valley in France;

Chennai
n1
a city in Tamil Nadu on the Bay of Bengal;

- formerly Madras;

- syn. Madras;

Chenopodiaceae
n1
includes spinach and beets;

- syn. family Chenopodiaceae, goosefoot family;

Chenopodiales
n1
corresponds approximately to the older group Centrospermae;

- syn. Caryophyllales, order-Chenopodiales, order Caryophyllales;

Chenopodium
n1
goosefoot;

- pigweed;

- syn. genus Chenopodium;

Chenopodium album
n1
common weedy European plant introduced into North America;

- often used as a potherb;

- syn. lamb's-quarters, pigweed, wild spinach;

Chenopodium ambrosioides
n1
rank-smelling tropical American pigweed;

- syn. American wormseed, Mexican tea, Spanish tea, wormseed;

Chenopodium bonus-henricus
n1
European plant naturalized in North America;

- often collected from the wild as a potherb;

- syn. allgood, fat hen, good-king-henry, wild spinach;

Chenopodium botrys
n1
Eurasian aromatic oak-leaved goosefoot with many yellow-green flowers;

- naturalized North America;

- syn. Atriplex mexicana, Jerusalem oak, Mexican tea, feather geranium;

Chenopodium capitatum
n1
European annual with clusters of greenish flowers followed by red pulpy berrylike fruit;

- naturalized North America;

- syn. Indian paint, strawberry blite, strawberry pigweed;

Chenopodium glaucum
n1
annual European plant with spikes of greenish flowers and leaves that are white and hairy on the underside;

- common as a weed in North America;

- syn. oak-leaved goosefoot, oakleaf goosefoot;

Chenopodium hybridum
n1
herb considered fatal to swine;

- syn. red goosefoot, sowbane;

Chenopodium murale
n1
European annual with coarsely dentate leaves;

- widespread in United States and southern Canada;

- syn. nettle-leaved goosefoot, nettleleaf goosefoot;

Chenopodium rubrum
n1
common Eurasian weed;

- naturalized in United States;

- syn. French spinach, red goosefoot;

Chenopodium vulvaria
n1
European goosefoot with strong-scented foliage;

- adventive in eastern North America;

- syn. stinking goosefoot;

cheoplastic metal
n1
any alloy that fuses at low temperatures and can be used molding artificial teeth;

Cheops
n1
Egyptian Pharaoh of the 27th century BC who commissioned the Great Pyramid at Giza;

- syn. Khufu;

cheque / tʃ ɛ k /
n1
a written order directing a bank to pay money;

- "he paid all his bills by check";

- syn. bank check, check;

v1
withdraw money by writing a check;

- syn. check out;

chequebook / tʃ ɛ k b ʊ k /
n1
a book issued to holders of checking accounts;

- syn. checkbook;

chequer / tʃ ɛ k ə , tʃ ɛ k ə ɹ /
n1
one of the flat round pieces used in playing the game of checkers;

- syn. checker;

v1
mark into squares or draw squares on;

- draw crossed lines on;

- syn. check, checker;

v2
variegate with different colors, shades, or patterns;

- syn. checker;

chequered / tʃ ɛ k ə d /
a1
patterned with alternating squares of color;

- syn. checked, checkered;

- sim. patterned;

chequing account
n1
a bank account against which the depositor can draw checks that are payable on demand;

- syn. checking account, current account;

Cherbourg
n1
a port town in northwestern France on the English Channel;

- site of a naval base;

Cheremis
n1
a member of a rural Finnish people living in eastern Russia;

- syn. Cheremiss, Mari;

n2
the Finnic language spoken by the Cheremis;

- syn. Cheremiss, Mari;

Cheremiss
n1
a member of a rural Finnish people living in eastern Russia;

- syn. Cheremis, Mari;

n2
the Finnic language spoken by the Cheremis;

- syn. Cheremis, Mari;

Cherepovets
n1
a city of east central Russia to the north of Moscow;

cherimolla
n1
large tropical fruit with leathery skin and soft pulp;

- related to custard apples;

- syn. cherimoya;

cherimoya
n1
small tropical American tree bearing round or oblong fruit;

- syn. Annona cherimola, cherimoya tree;

n2
large tropical fruit with leathery skin and soft pulp;

- related to custard apples;

- syn. cherimolla;

cherimoya tree
n1
small tropical American tree bearing round or oblong fruit;

- syn. Annona cherimola, cherimoya;

cherish / tʃ ɛr ɪ ʃ /
v1
be fond of;

- be attached to;

- syn. care for, hold dear, treasure;

cherished / tʃ ɛr ɪ ʃ t /
a1
characterized by feeling or showing fond affection for;

- "a cherished friend";

- "children are precious";

- "a treasured heirloom";

- "so good to feel wanted";

- syn. precious, treasured, wanted;

- sim. loved;

Chermidae
n1
jumping plant lice;

- syn. Psyllidae, family Chermidae, family Psyllidae;

Chernobyl
n1
a city in north central Ukraine;

- site of a major disaster at a nuclear power plant (26 April 1986);

chernozemic soil
n1
a rich black loam of Russia;

Cherokee
n1
the Iroquoian language spoken by the Cherokee;

n2
a member of an Iroquoian people formerly living in the Appalachian Mountains but now chiefly in Oklahoma;

Cherokee rose
n1
Chinese climbing rose with fragrant white blossoms;

- syn. Rosa laevigata;

cheroot / ʃ ə ɹ u t /
n1
a cigar with both ends cut flat;

cherry / tʃ ɛr i /
n1
wood of any of various cherry trees especially the black cherry;

n2
any of numerous trees and shrubs producing a small fleshy round fruit with a single hard stone;

- many also produce a valuable hardwood;

- syn. cherry tree;

n3
a red fruit with a single hard stone;

n4
a red the color of ripe cherries;

- syn. cerise, cherry red;

a1
of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange);

- resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies;

- syn. blood-red, carmine, cerise, cherry-red, crimson, red, reddish, ruby, ruby-red, ruddy, scarlet;

- sim. chromatic;

cherry-red
a1
of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange);

- resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies;

- syn. blood-red, carmine, cerise, cherry, crimson, red, reddish, ruby, ruby-red, ruddy, scarlet;

- sim. chromatic;

cherry-sized
a1
having the approximate size of a cherry;

- sim. sized;

cherry-tree gum
n1
exudation from trees of the Prunus genus;

- resembles gum arabic;

cherry apple
n1
Asian wild crab apple cultivated in many varieties for it small acid usually red fruit used for preserving;

- syn. Malus baccata, Siberian crab, Siberian crab apple, cherry crab;

cherry birch
n1
common birch of the eastern United States having spicy brown bark yielding a volatile oil and hard dark wood used for furniture;

- syn. Betula lenta, black birch, sweet birch;

cherry bomb
n1
a red ball-shaped firecracker with high explosive power;

cherry crab
n1
Asian wild crab apple cultivated in many varieties for it small acid usually red fruit used for preserving;

- syn. Malus baccata, Siberian crab, Siberian crab apple, cherry apple;

cherry laurel
n1
frequently cultivated Eurasian evergreen shrub or small tree having showy clusters of white flowers and glossy foliage and yielding oil similar to bitter almond oil;

- syn. Prunus laurocerasus, laurel cherry;

n2
small flowering evergreen tree of southern United States;

- syn. Prunus caroliniana, laurel cherry, mock orange, wild orange;

cherry pepper
n1
plant bearing small rounded usually pungent fruits;

- syn. Capsicum annuum cerasiforme;

cherry plum
n1
small Asiatic tree bearing edible red or yellow fruit;

- syn. Prunus cerasifera, myrobalan, myrobalan plum;

cherry red
n1
a red the color of ripe cherries;

- syn. cerise, cherry;

cherry stone
n1
the stone seed of a cherry;

cherry tomato
n1
plant bearing small red to yellow fruit;

- syn. Lycopersicon esculentum cerasiforme;

n2
small red to yellow tomatoes;

cherry tree
n1
any of numerous trees and shrubs producing a small fleshy round fruit with a single hard stone;

- many also produce a valuable hardwood;

- syn. cherry;

cherrystone / tʃ ɛr i s t oʊ n /
n1
small quahog larger than a littleneck;

- eaten raw or cooked as in e.g. clams casino;

- syn. cherrystone clam;

n2
a half-grown quahog;

- syn. cherrystone clam;

cherrystone clam
n1
small quahog larger than a littleneck;

- eaten raw or cooked as in e.g. clams casino;

- syn. cherrystone;

n2
a half-grown quahog;

- syn. cherrystone;

chert
n1
variety of silica containing microcrystalline quartz;

cherty
a1
resembling or containing chert;

cherub / tʃ ɛr ə b /
n1
a sweet innocent baby;

n2
an angel of the second order whose gift is knowledge;

- usually portrayed as a winged child;

cherubic / tʃ ɪr u b ɪ k /
a1
having a sweet nature befitting an angel or cherub;

- "an angelic smile";

- "a cherubic face";

- "looking so seraphic when he slept";

- "a sweet disposition";

- syn. angelic, angelical, seraphic, sweet;

- sim. lovable;

Cherubini
n1
Italian composer of church music and operas (1760-1842);

- syn. Luigi Cherubini, Maria Luigi Carlo Zenobio Cherubini;

chervil / tʃ ɝ v ɪ ɫ /
n1
aromatic annual Old World herb cultivated for its finely divided and often curly leaves for use especially in soups and salads;

- syn. Anthriscus cereifolium, beaked parsley;

n2
fresh ferny parsley-like leaves used as a garnish with chicken and veal and omelets and green salads and spinach;

Chesapeake Bay
n1
a large inlet of the North Atlantic between Virginia and Maryland;

- fed by Susquehanna River;

Chesapeake Bay retriever
n1
American breed having a short thick oily coat ranging from brown to light tan;

Cheshire cat
n1
a fictional cat with a broad fixed smile on its face;

- created by Lewis Carroll;

Cheshire cheese
n1
a mild yellow English cheese with a crumbly texture;

chess / tʃ ɛ s /
n1
weedy annual native to Europe but widely distributed as a weed especially in wheat;

- syn. Bromus secalinus, cheat;

n2
a board game for two players who move their 16 pieces according to specific rules;

- the object is to checkmate the opponent's king;

- syn. chess game;

chess board
n1
a checkerboard used to play chess;

- syn. chessboard;

chess club
n1
a club of people to play chess;

chess game
n1
a board game for two players who move their 16 pieces according to specific rules;

- the object is to checkmate the opponent's king;

- syn. chess;

chess master
n1
a chess player of great skill;

chess match
n1
a match between chess players;

chess move
n1
the act of moving a chess piece;

chess opening
n1
a recognized sequence of moves at the beginning of a game of chess;

- "he memorized all the important chess openings";

- syn. opening;

chess piece
n1
any of 16 white and 16 black pieces used in playing the game of chess;

- syn. chessman;

chess player
n1
someone who plays the game of chess;

chess set
n1
checkerboard and a set of 32 pieces used to play chess;

chessboard / tʃ ɛ s b ɔ d /
n1
a checkerboard used to play chess;

- syn. chess board;

chessman / tʃ ɛ s m æ n /
n1
any of 16 white and 16 black pieces used in playing the game of chess;

- syn. chess piece;

chest / tʃ ɛ s t /
n1
the part of the human torso between the neck and the diaphragm or the corresponding part in other vertebrates;

- syn. pectus, thorax;

n2
box with a lid;

- used for storage;

- usually large and sturdy;

n3
the front of the trunk from the neck to the abdomen;

- "he beat his breast in anger";

- syn. breast;

n4
furniture with drawers for keeping clothes;

- syn. bureau, chest of drawers, dresser;

chest cavity
n1
the cavity in the vertebrate body enclosed by the ribs between the diaphragm and the neck and containing the lungs and heart;

- syn. thoracic cavity;

chest of drawers
n1
furniture with drawers for keeping clothes;

- syn. bureau, chest, dresser;

chest pain
n1
pain in the chest;

chest protector
n1
protective garment consisting of a pad worn in baseball by catchers and by football players;

chest register
n1
the lower ranges of the voice in speaking or singing;

- syn. chest tone, chest voice;

chest tone
n1
the lower ranges of the voice in speaking or singing;

- syn. chest register, chest voice;

chest voice
n1
the lower ranges of the voice in speaking or singing;

- syn. chest register, chest tone;

Chester / tʃ ɛ s t ə , tʃ ɛ s t ə ɹ /
n1
a city of southeastern Pennsylvania on the Delaware river (an industrial suburb of Philadelphia);

Chester A. Arthur
n1
elected vice president and became 21st President of the United States when Garfield was assassinated (1830-1886);

- syn. Arthur, Chester Alan Arthur, President Arthur;

Chester Alan Arthur
n1
elected vice president and became 21st President of the United States when Garfield was assassinated (1830-1886);

- syn. Arthur, Chester A. Arthur, President Arthur;

Chester Nimitz
n1
United States admiral of the Pacific fleet during World War II who used aircraft carriers to destroy the Japanese navy (1885-1966);

- syn. Admiral Nimitz, Chester William Nimitz, Nimitz;

Chester William Nimitz
n1
United States admiral of the Pacific fleet during World War II who used aircraft carriers to destroy the Japanese navy (1885-1966);

- syn. Admiral Nimitz, Chester Nimitz, Nimitz;

Chesterfield / tʃ ɛ s t ə f i ɫ d /
n1
suave and witty English statesman remembered mostly for letters to his son (1694-1773);

- syn. Fourth Earl of Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope;

n2
an overstuffed davenport with upright armrests;

n3
a fitted overcoat with a velvet collar;

Chesterton / tʃ ɛ s t ə t ʌ n /
n1
conservative English writer of the Roman Catholic persuasion;

- in addition to volumes of criticism and polemics he wrote detective novels featuring Father Brown (1874-1936);

- syn. G. K. Chesterton, Gilbert Keith Chesterton;

chestnut / tʃ ɛ s n ʌ t /
n1
wood of any of various chestnut trees of the genus Castanea;

n2
any of several attractive deciduous trees yellow-brown in autumn;

- yield a hard wood and edible nuts in a prickly bur;

- syn. chestnut tree;

n3
edible nut of any of various chestnut trees of the genus Castanea;

n4
the brown color of chestnuts;

n5
a small horny callus on the inner surface of a horse's leg;

n6
a dark golden-brown or reddish-brown horse;

a1
(of hair or feathers) of a golden brown to reddish brown color;

- "a chestnut horse";

- "chestnut hair";

- sim. chromatic;

chestnut-bark disease
n1
a disease of American chestnut trees;

- syn. chestnut blight, chestnut canker;

chestnut-brown
a1
(of hair or feathers) of brown tinged with chestnut;

- sim. chromatic;

chestnut-colored
a1
having the brown color of chestnuts;

- syn. chestnut-coloured;

- sim. colored;

chestnut-coloured
a1
having the brown color of chestnuts;

- syn. chestnut-colored;

- sim. colored;

chestnut blight
n1
a disease of American chestnut trees;

- syn. chestnut-bark disease, chestnut canker;

chestnut canker
n1
a disease of American chestnut trees;

- syn. chestnut-bark disease, chestnut blight;

chestnut oak
n1
an oak having leaves resembling those of chestnut trees;

chestnut tree
n1
any of several attractive deciduous trees yellow-brown in autumn;

- yield a hard wood and edible nuts in a prickly bur;

- syn. chestnut;

chesty
a1
marked by a large or well-developed chest;

- "he was big-chested, big-shouldered and heavy-armed";

- syn. big-chested;

- sim. robust;

a2
having or showing feelings of unwarranted importance out of overbearing pride;

- "an arrogant official";

- "arrogant claims";

- "chesty as a peacock";

- syn. arrogant, self-important;

- sim. proud;

chetah
n1
long-legged spotted cat of Africa and southwestern Asia having nonretractile claws;

- the swiftest mammal;

- can be trained to run down game;

- syn. Acinonyx jubatus, cheetah;

chetrum
n1
100 chetrums equal 1 ngultrum in Bhutan;

cheval-de-frise
n1
defensive structure consisting of a movable obstacle composed of barbed wire or spikes attached to a wooden frame;

- used to obstruct cavalry;

- syn. chevaux-de-frise;

cheval glass / ʃ ə v æ ɫ ɡ ɫ ɑ s /
n1
a full length mirror mounted in a frame in which it can be tilted;

Chevalier / ʃ ɛ v ə ɫ ɪə /
n1
French actor and cabaret singer (1888-1972);

- syn. Maurice Chevalier;

n2
a gallant or courtly gentleman;

- syn. cavalier;

Chevalier de Bayard
n1
French soldier said to be fearless and chivalrous (1473-1524);

- syn. Bayard, Pierre Terrail, Pierre de Terrail, Seigneur de Bayard;

Chevalier de Lamarck
n1
French naturalist who proposed that evolution resulted from the inheritance of acquired characteristics (1744-1829);

- syn. Jean Baptiste de Lamarck, Lamarck;

chevaux-de-frise
n1
defensive structure consisting of a movable obstacle composed of barbed wire or spikes attached to a wooden frame;

- used to obstruct cavalry;

- syn. cheval-de-frise;

Cheviot
n1
hardy hornless sheep of the Cheviot Hills noted for its short thick wool;

Cheviot Hills
n1
a range of hills on the border between England and Scotland;

- syn. Cheviots;

Cheviots
n1
a range of hills on the border between England and Scotland;

- syn. Cheviot Hills;

chevre
n1
made from goats' milk;

- syn. goat cheese;

chevron / ʃ ɛ v ɹ ə n /
n1
V-shaped sleeve badge indicating military rank and service;

- "they earned their stripes in Kuwait";

- syn. grade insignia, stripe, stripes;

n2
an inverted V-shaped charge;

chevrotain
n1
very small hornless deer-like ruminant of tropical Asia and west Africa;

- syn. mouse deer;

chevvy
v1
annoy continually or chronically;

- "He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked";

- "This man harasses his female co-workers";

- syn. beset, chevy, chivvy, chivy, harass, harry, hassle, molest, plague, provoke;

chevy / tʃ ɛ v i /
v1
annoy continually or chronically;

- "He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked";

- "This man harasses his female co-workers";

- syn. beset, chevvy, chivvy, chivy, harass, harry, hassle, molest, plague, provoke;

chew / tʃ u /
n1
a wad of something chewable as tobacco;

- syn. chaw, cud, plug, quid, wad;

n2
biting and grinding food in your mouth so it becomes soft enough to swallow;

- syn. chewing, manduction, mastication;

v1
chew (food);

- to bite and grind with the teeth;

- "He jawed his bubble gum";

- "Chew your food and don't swallow it!";

- "The cows were masticating the grass";

- syn. jaw, manducate, masticate;

chew out
v1
censure severely or angrily;

- "The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car";

- "The deputy ragged the Prime Minister";

- "The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup";

- syn. bawl out, berate, call down, call on the carpet, chew up, chide, dress down, have words, jaw, lambast, lambaste, lecture, rag, rebuke, remonstrate, reprimand, scold, take to task, trounce;

chew over
v1
reflect deeply on a subject;

- "I mulled over the events of the afternoon";

- "philosophers have speculated on the question of God for thousands of years";

- "The scientist must stop to observe and start to excogitate";

- syn. contemplate, excogitate, meditate, mull, mull over, muse, ponder, reflect, ruminate, speculate, think over;

chew the fat
v1
talk socially without exchanging too much information;

- "the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze";

- syn. chaffer, chat, chatter, chit-chat, chitchat, claver, confab, confabulate, gossip, jaw, natter, shoot the breeze, visit;

chew up
v1
censure severely or angrily;

- "The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car";

- "The deputy ragged the Prime Minister";

- "The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup";

- syn. bawl out, berate, call down, call on the carpet, chew out, chide, dress down, have words, jaw, lambast, lambaste, lecture, rag, rebuke, remonstrate, reprimand, scold, take to task, trounce;

Chewa
n1
a member of the Bantu-speaking people of Malawi and eastern Zambia and northern Zimbabwe;

- syn. Cewa, Chichewa;

chewable / tʃ u eɪ b ɫ /
a1
able to be chewed or cut;

- syn. cuttable;

- sim. tender;

chewer / tʃ u ə , tʃ u ə ɹ /
n1
someone who chews (especially someone who chews tobacco);

chewing / tʃ u ɪ ŋ /
n1
biting and grinding food in your mouth so it becomes soft enough to swallow;

- syn. chew, manduction, mastication;

chewing gum
n1
a preparation (usually made of sweetened chicle) for chewing;

- syn. gum;

chewing out
n1
a severe scolding;

- syn. bawling out, castigation, dressing down, earful, going-over, upbraiding;

chewink
n1
common towhee of eastern North America;

- syn. Pipilo erythrophthalmus, cheewink;

chewy
a1
requiring much chewing;

- sim. tough;

a2
(of a consistency) requiring chewing;

- "chewy caramels";

- sim. elastic;

Cheyenne
n1
the capital and largest city of Wyoming;

- located in the southeastern corner of the state;

- syn. capital of Wyoming;

n2
the Algonquian language spoken by the Cheyenne;

n3
a member of a North American Indian people living on the western plains (now living in Oklahoma and Montana);

Cheyne-Stokes respiration
n1
abnormal respiration in which periods of shallow and deep breathing alternate;

- syn. periodic breathing;

chi
n1
the circulating life energy that in Chinese philosophy is thought to be inherent in all things;

- in traditional Chinese medicine the balance of negative and positive forms in the body is believed to be essential for good health;

- syn. ch'i, ki, qi;

n2
the 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet;

- syn. khi;

Chiacoan peccary
n1
a recently discovered large wild pig of Paraguay;

Chian
a1
of or relating to Chios;

Chian turpentine
n1
a turpentine exuded by the terebinth;

Chiang Chung-cheng
n1
Chinese military and political figure;

- in the Chinese civil war that followed World War II he was defeated by the Chinese communists and in 1949 was forced to withdraw to Taiwan where he served as president of Nationalist China until his death (1897-1975);

- syn. Chiang Kai-shek;

Chiang Kai-shek
n1
Chinese military and political figure;

- in the Chinese civil war that followed World War II he was defeated by the Chinese communists and in 1949 was forced to withdraw to Taiwan where he served as president of Nationalist China until his death (1897-1975);

- syn. Chiang Chung-cheng;

Chianti / k ɪ æ n t i /
n1
dry red Italian table wine from the Chianti region of Tuscany;

chiaroscuro / k ɪ ɑr ə s k ʊə ɹ oʊ /
n1
a monochrome picture made by using several different shades of the same color;

chiasm
n1
an intersection or crossing of two tracts in the form of the letter X;

- syn. chiasma, decussation;

chiasma
n1
an intersection or crossing of two tracts in the form of the letter X;

- syn. chiasm, decussation;

chiasma opticum
n1
the crossing of the optic nerves from the two eyes at the base of the brain;

- syn. optic chiasm, optic chiasma;

chiasmal
a1
of or relating to a chiasm;

- syn. chiasmatic, chiasmic;

chiasmatic
a1
of or relating to a chiasm;

- syn. chiasmal, chiasmic;

chiasmic
a1
of or relating to a chiasm;

- syn. chiasmal, chiasmatic;

chiasmus
n1
inversion in the second of two parallel phrases;

chic / ʃ i k /
n1
elegance by virtue of being fashionable;

- syn. chichi, chicness, last word, modishness, smartness, stylishness, swank;

a1
elegant and stylish;

- "chic elegance";

- "a smart new dress";

- "a suit of voguish cut";

- syn. smart, voguish;

- sim. stylish;

Chicago / ʃ ɪ k ɑ ɡ oʊ /
n1
largest city in Illinois;

- a bustling Great Lakes port that extends 26 miles along the southwestern shoreline of Lake Michigan;

- syn. Windy City;

n2
a gambling card game in which chips are placed on the ace and king and queen and jack of separate suits (taken from a separate deck);

- a player plays the lowest card of a suit in his hand and successively higher cards are played until the sequence stops;

- the player who plays a card matching one in the layout wins all the chips on that card;

- syn. Michigan, Newmarket, boodle, stops;

chicane / ʃ ɪ k eɪ n /
n1
a bridge hand that is void of trumps;

n2
a movable barrier used in motor racing;

- sometimes placed before a dangerous corner to reduce speed as cars pass in single file;

n3
the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them);

- syn. chicanery, guile, shenanigan, trickery, wile;

v1
defeat someone through trickery or deceit;

- syn. cheat, chouse, jockey, screw, shaft;

v2
raise trivial objections;

- syn. carp, cavil;

chicanery / ʃ ɪ k eɪ n ə ɹ i /
n1
the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them);

- syn. chicane, guile, shenanigan, trickery, wile;

Chicano
n1
a person of Mexican descent;

chicha
n1
an oriental tobacco pipe with a long flexible tube connected to a container where the smoke is cooled by passing through water;

- "a bipolar world with the hookah and Turkish coffee versus hamburgers and Coca Cola";

- syn. calean, hookah, hubble-bubble, hubbly-bubbly, kalian, narghile, nargileh, sheesha, shisha, water pipe;

Chichewa
n1
a member of the Bantu-speaking people of Malawi and eastern Zambia and northern Zimbabwe;

- syn. Cewa, Chewa;

n2
the Bantu language of the Chewa of east central Africa;

chichi / ʃ i ʃ i /
n1
someone who dresses in a trendy fashionable way;

n2
elegance by virtue of being fashionable;

- syn. chic, chicness, last word, modishness, smartness, stylishness, swank;

a1
affectedly trendy and fashionable;

- sim. stylish;

chichipe
n1
tall treelike Mexican cactus with edible red fruit;

- syn. Lemaireocereus chichipe;

chick / tʃ ɪ k /
n1
young bird especially of domestic fowl;

- syn. biddy;

n2
informal terms for a (young) woman;

- syn. bird, dame, doll, skirt, wench;

chickadee
n1
any of various small grey-and-black songbirds of North America;

Chickamauga
n1
a Confederate victory in the American Civil War (1863);

- Confederate forces under Braxton Bragg defeated Union forces;

- syn. battle of Chickamauga;

Chickasaw
n1
a member of the Muskhogean people formerly living in northern Mississippi;

n2
the Muskhogean language of the Chickasaw;

chickasaw plum
n1
small native American shrubby tree bearing small edible yellow to reddish fruit;

- syn. Prunus angustifolia, hog plum, hog plum bush;

chicken / tʃ ɪ k ɪ n /
n1
the flesh of a chicken used for food;

- syn. poulet, volaille;

n2
a domestic fowl bred for flesh or eggs;

- believed to have been developed from the red jungle fowl;

- syn. Gallus gallus;

n3
a person who lacks confidence, is irresolute and wishy-washy;

- syn. crybaby, wimp;

n4
a foolhardy competition;

- a dangerous activity that is continued until one competitor becomes afraid and stops;

a1
easily frightened;

- syn. chickenhearted, lily-livered, white-livered, yellow, yellow-bellied;

- sim. cowardly;

chicken-breasted
a1
having a chest deformity marked by a projecting breastbone caused by infantile rickets;

- syn. pigeon-breasted;

- sim. unshapely;

chicken-fight
v1
fight while sitting on somebody's shoulders;

- syn. chickenfight;

chicken and rice
n1
rice and chicken cooked together with or without other ingredients and variously seasoned;

chicken breast
n1
abnormal protrusion of the breastbone caused by rickets;

- syn. pigeon breast;

chicken broth
n1
a stock made with chicken;

- syn. chicken stock;

chicken cacciatora
n1
chicken casserole prepared with tomatoes and mushrooms and herbs in the Italian style;

- syn. chicken cacciatore, hunter's chicken;

chicken cacciatore
n1
chicken casserole prepared with tomatoes and mushrooms and herbs in the Italian style;

- syn. chicken cacciatora, hunter's chicken;

chicken casserole
n1
chicken cooked and served in a casserole;

chicken coop
n1
a farm building for housing poultry;

- syn. coop, hencoop, henhouse;

chicken cordon bleu
n1
thin slices of chicken stuffed with cheese and ham and then sauteed;

chicken drumstick
n1
the lower joint of the leg of a chicken;

- syn. chicken leg;

chicken farm
n1
farm where chickens are raised for sale;

chicken feed
n1
dry mash for poultry;

- syn. scratch;

n2
an amphetamine derivative (trade name Methedrine) used in the form of a crystalline hydrochloride;

- used as a stimulant to the nervous system and as an appetite suppressant;

- syn. Methedrine, chalk, crank, deoxyephedrine, glass, ice, meth, methamphetamine, methamphetamine hydrochloride, shabu, trash;

chicken hawk
n1
nontechnical term for any hawks said to prey on poultry;

- syn. hen hawk;

chicken Kiev
n1
pounded chicken cutlets rolled around butter (that has been seasoned with herbs) and then covered with crumbs and fried;

chicken leg
n1
the lower joint of the leg of a chicken;

- syn. chicken drumstick;

Chicken Little
n1
a fictional character who was hit on the head with an acorn and believed that the sky was falling;

chicken liver
n1
liver of a chicken used as meat;

chicken louse
n1
a louse parasitic on poultry;

- syn. Menopon gallinae, Menopon palladum, shaft louse;

chicken manure
n1
chicken excreta used as fertilizer;

chicken Marengo
n1
braised chicken with onions and mushrooms in a wine and tomato sauce;

chicken mousse
n1
mousse made with chicken;

chicken out
v1
remove oneself from an obligation;

- "He bowed out when he heard how much work was involved";

- syn. back down, back off, bow out, pull out;

chicken paprika
n1
chicken simmered in broth with onions and paprika then mixed with sour cream;

- syn. chicken paprikash;

chicken paprikash
n1
chicken simmered in broth with onions and paprika then mixed with sour cream;

- syn. chicken paprika;

chicken provencale
n1
chicken cooked in a sauce made with tomatoes, garlic, and olive oil;

chicken purloo
n1
thick stew made of rice and chicken and small game;

- southern U.S.;

- syn. poilu, purloo;

chicken roundworm
n1
intestinal parasite of domestic fowl;

- syn. Ascaridia galli;

chicken run
n1
an enclosed yard for keeping poultry;

- syn. chicken yard, fowl run, hen yard;

chicken salad
n1
salad composed primarily of chopped chicken meat;

chicken sandwich
n1
a sandwich made with a filling of sliced chicken;

chicken scratch
n1
cramped or illegible handwriting;

chicken snake
n1
large North American snake;

chicken soup
n1
soup made from chicken broth;

chicken stew
n1
a stew made with chicken;

chicken stock
n1
a stock made with chicken;

- syn. chicken broth;

chicken taco
n1
a taco with a chicken filling;

chicken Tetrazzini
n1
chicken prepared in a cream sauce with mushrooms and served over pasta;

- usually topped with cheese;

chicken wing
n1
the wing of a chicken;

chicken wire
n1
a galvanized wire network with a hexagonal mesh;

- used to build fences;

chicken yard
n1
an enclosed yard for keeping poultry;

- syn. chicken run, fowl run, hen yard;

chickenfeed / tʃ ɪ k ɪ n f i d /
n1
a trifling sum of money;

- syn. chump change, small change;

chickenfight
v1
fight while sitting on somebody's shoulders;

- syn. chicken-fight;

chickenhearted
a1
easily frightened;

- syn. chicken, lily-livered, white-livered, yellow, yellow-bellied;

- sim. cowardly;

chickenpox / tʃ ɪ k ɪ n p ɒ k s /
n1
an acute contagious disease caused by herpes varicella zoster virus;

- causes a rash of vesicles on the face and body;

- syn. varicella;

chickenshit
n1
a false statement that is considered to indicate timidity or fear;

chickeree
n1
far western United States counterpart of the red squirrel;

- syn. Douglas squirrel, Tamiasciurus douglasi;

chickpea / tʃ ɪ k p i /
n1
the seed of the chickpea plant;

- syn. garbanzo;

n2
Asiatic herb cultivated for its short pods with one or two edible seeds;

- syn. Cicer arietinum, Egyptian pea, chickpea plant;

n3
large white roundish Asiatic legume;

- usually dried;

- syn. garbanzo;

chickpea plant
n1
Asiatic herb cultivated for its short pods with one or two edible seeds;

- syn. Cicer arietinum, Egyptian pea, chickpea;

chickweed / tʃ ɪ k w i d /
n1
any of various plants of the genus Stellaria;

n2
any of various plants related to the common chickweed;

- syn. clammy chickweed, mouse-ear chickweed, mouse ear, mouse eared chickweed;

chickweed phlox
n1
low mat-forming herb of rocky places in United States;

- syn. Phlox bifida, Phlox stellaria, sand phlox;

chicle / tʃ ɪ k ɫ /
n1
gum-like substance from the sapodilla;

- syn. chicle gum;

chicle gum
n1
gum-like substance from the sapodilla;

- syn. chicle;

chicness / ʃ i k n ɛ s /
n1
elegance by virtue of being fashionable;

- syn. chic, chichi, last word, modishness, smartness, stylishness, swank;

Chico
n1
United States comedian;

- one of four brothers who made motion pictures together (1891-1961);

- syn. Leonard Marx, Marx;

chicory / tʃ ɪ k ə ɹ i /
n1
the dried root of the chicory plant: used as a coffee substitute;

- syn. chicory root;

n2
perennial Old World herb having rayed flower heads with blue florets cultivated for its root and its heads of crisp edible leaves used in salads;

- syn. Cichorium intybus, chicory plant, succory;

n3
root of the chicory plant roasted and ground to substitute for or adulterate coffee;

- syn. chicory root;

n4
crisp spiky leaves with somewhat bitter taste;

- syn. curly endive;

chicory escarole
n1
variety of endive having leaves with irregular frilled edges;

- syn. endive, escarole;

chicory plant
n1
perennial Old World herb having rayed flower heads with blue florets cultivated for its root and its heads of crisp edible leaves used in salads;

- syn. Cichorium intybus, chicory, succory;

chicory root
n1
the dried root of the chicory plant: used as a coffee substitute;

- syn. chicory;

n2
root of the chicory plant roasted and ground to substitute for or adulterate coffee;

- syn. chicory;

chicot
n1
handsome tree of central and eastern North America having large bipinnate leaves and green-white flowers followed by large woody brown pods whose seeds are used as a coffee substitute;

- syn. Gymnocladus dioica, Kentucky coffee tree, bonduc;

chide / tʃ aɪ d /
v1
censure severely or angrily;

- "The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car";

- "The deputy ragged the Prime Minister";

- "The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup";

- syn. bawl out, berate, call down, call on the carpet, chew out, chew up, dress down, have words, jaw, lambast, lambaste, lecture, rag, rebuke, remonstrate, reprimand, scold, take to task, trounce;

chiding / tʃ aɪ d ɪ ŋ /
n1
rebuking a person harshly;

- syn. objurgation, scolding, tongue-lashing;

chief / tʃ i f /
n1
a person who is in charge;

- "the head of the whole operation";

- syn. head, top dog;

n2
a person who exercises control over workers;

- "if you want to leave early you have to ask the foreman";

- syn. boss, foreman, gaffer, honcho;

n3
the head of a tribe or clan;

- syn. chieftain, headman, tribal chief;

a1
most important element;

- "the chief aim of living";

- "the main doors were of solid glass";

- "the principal rivers of America";

- "the principal example";

- "policemen were primary targets";

- "the master bedroom";

- "a master switch";

- syn. main, master, primary, principal;

- sim. important;

chief assistant
n1
the most helpful assistant;

- syn. man Friday, right-hand man;

Chief Constable
n1
the head of the police force in a county (or similar area);

Chief Executive
n1
the person who holds the office of head of state of the United States government;

- "the President likes to jog every morning";

- syn. President, President of the United States, United States President;

n2
the office of the United States head of state;

- "a President is elected every four years";

- syn. President, President of the United States;

chief executive officer
n1
the corporate executive responsible for the operations of the firm;

- reports to a board of directors;

- may appoint other managers (including a president);

- syn. CEO, chief operating officer;

chief financial officer
n1
the corporate executive having financial authority to make appropriations and authorize expenditures for a firm;

- syn. CFO;

Chief Joseph
n1
leader of the Nez Perce in their retreat from United States troops (1840-1904);

- syn. Joseph;

chief justice
n1
the judge who presides over a supreme court;

chief of staff
n1
the senior officer of a service of the armed forces;

chief of state
n1
the chief public representative of a country who may also be the head of government;

- syn. head of state;

chief operating officer
n1
the corporate executive responsible for the operations of the firm;

- reports to a board of directors;

- may appoint other managers (including a president);

- syn. CEO, chief executive officer;

chief petty officer
n1
a person with the senior noncommissioned naval rank;

Chief Secretary
n1
a member of the British Cabinet;

chiefly / tʃ i f ɫ i /
r1
for the most part;

- "he is mainly interested in butterflies";

- syn. in the main, mainly, primarily, principally;

chieftain / tʃ i f t ə n /
n1
the leader of a group of people;

- "a captain of industry";

- syn. captain;

n2
the head of a tribe or clan;

- syn. chief, headman, tribal chief;

chieftaincy / tʃ i f t ə n s i /
n1
the position of chieftain;

- syn. chieftainship;

chieftainship / tʃ i f t ə n ʃ ɪ p /
n1
the position of chieftain;

- syn. chieftaincy;

chiffon / ʃ ɪ f ɒ n /
n1
a sheer fabric of silk or rayon;

chiffon cake
n1
very light cake;

chiffonier / ʃ ɪ f ə n ɪə , ʃ ɪ f ə n ɪə ɹ /
n1
a tall elegant chest of drawers;

- syn. commode;

chigetai
n1
Mongolian wild ass;

- syn. Equus hemionus hemionus, dziggetai;

chigger
n1
small tropical flea;

- the fertile female burrows under the skin of the host including humans;

- syn. Tunga penetrans, chigoe, chigoe flea;

n2
larval mite that sucks the blood of vertebrates including human beings causing intense irritation;

- syn. harvest mite, jigger, redbug;

chigger flower
n1
erect perennial of eastern and southern United States having showy orange flowers;

- syn. Asclepias tuberosa, Indian paintbrush, butterfly weed, chiggerflower, orange milkweed, pleurisy root, tuber root;

chiggerflower
n1
erect perennial of eastern and southern United States having showy orange flowers;

- syn. Asclepias tuberosa, Indian paintbrush, butterfly weed, chigger flower, orange milkweed, pleurisy root, tuber root;

chignon / ʃ i n j ɒ n /
n1
a roll of hair worn at the nape of the neck;

chigoe
n1
small tropical flea;

- the fertile female burrows under the skin of the host including humans;

- syn. Tunga penetrans, chigger, chigoe flea;

chigoe flea
n1
small tropical flea;

- the fertile female burrows under the skin of the host including humans;

- syn. Tunga penetrans, chigger, chigoe;

Chihuahua
n1
a city in northern Mexico in the state of Chihuahua;

- commercial center of northern Mexico;

n2
a state in northern Mexico;

- mostly high plateau;

n3
an old breed of tiny short-haired dog with protruding eyes from Mexico held to antedate Aztec civilization;

Chihuahuan Desert
n1
a desert in western Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and northern Mexico;

Chihuahuan spotted whiptail
n1
having longitudinal stripes overlaid with light spots;

- upland lizard of United States southwest and Mexico;

- syn. Cnemidophorus exsanguis;

chilblain / tʃ ɪ ɫ b ɫ eɪ n /
n1
inflammation of the hands and feet caused by exposure to cold and moisture;

- syn. chilblains, pernio;

chilblained / tʃ ɪ ɫ b ɫ eɪ n d /
a1
having chilblains;

- "her poor chilblained hands";

- sim. unhealthy;

chilblains / tʃ ɪ ɫ b ɫ eɪ n z /
n1
inflammation of the hands and feet caused by exposure to cold and moisture;

- syn. chilblain, pernio;

child / tʃ aɪ ɫ d /
n1
a young person of either sex;

- "she writes books for children";

- "they're just kids";

- "`tiddler' is a British term for youngster";

- syn. fry, kid, minor, nestling, nipper, shaver, small fry, tiddler, tike, tyke, youngster;

n2
a human offspring (son or daughter) of any age;

- "they had three children";

- "they were able to send their kids to college";

- syn. kid;

n3
an immature childish person;

- "he remained a child in practical matters as long as he lived";

- "stop being a baby!";

- syn. baby;

n4
a member of a clan or tribe;

- "the children of Israel";

child's body
n1
the body of a human child;

child's game
n1
a game enjoyed by children;

child's play
n1
any undertaking that is easy to do;

- "marketing this product will be no picnic";

- syn. breeze, cinch, duck soup, picnic, piece of cake, pushover, snap, walkover;

n2
activity by children that is guided more by imagination than by fixed rules;

- "Freud believed in the utility of play to a small child";

- syn. play;

child's room
n1
a bedroom for a child;

child-centered
a1
designed to promote a child's personal qualities rather than to provide training or information;

- sim. humane;

child-proof
v1
make safe against children;

- "childproof the apartment";

- syn. childproof;

child abuse
n1
the physical or emotional or sexual mistreatment of children;

child care
n1
a service involving care for other people's children;

- syn. childcare;

child molester
n1
a man who has sex (usually sodomy) with a boy as the passive partner;

- syn. paederast, pederast;

child neglect
n1
failure of caretakers to provide adequate emotional and physical care for a child;

child pornography
n1
the illegal use of children in pornographic pictures or films;

- syn. kiddie porn, kiddy porn;

child prodigy
n1
a prodigy whose talents are recognized at an early age;

- "Mozart was a child prodigy";

- syn. infant prodigy, wonder child;

child psychology
n1
the branch of psychology that studies the social and mental development of children;

- syn. developmental psychology, genetic psychology;

child support
n1
court-ordered support paid by one spouse to the other who has custody of the children after the parents are separated;

child welfare agency
n1
an administrative unit responsible for social work concerned with the welfare and vocational training of children;

- syn. child welfare service;

child welfare service
n1
an administrative unit responsible for social work concerned with the welfare and vocational training of children;

- syn. child welfare agency;

childbearing / tʃ aɪ ɫ d b eə ɹ ɪ ŋ /
n1
the parturition process in human beings;

- having a baby;

- the process of giving birth to a child;

- syn. accouchement, childbirth, vaginal birth;

a1
relating to or suitable for childbirth;

- "of childbearing age";

childbed / tʃ aɪ ɫ d b ɛ d /
n1
concluding state of pregnancy;

- from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child;

- "she was in labor for six hours";

- syn. confinement, labor, labour, lying-in, parturiency, travail;

childbed fever
n1
serious form of septicemia contracted by a woman during childbirth or abortion (usually attributable to unsanitary conditions);

- formerly widespread but now uncommon;

- syn. puerperal fever;

childbirth / tʃ aɪ ɫ d b ɝ θ /
n1
the parturition process in human beings;

- having a baby;

- the process of giving birth to a child;

- syn. accouchement, childbearing, vaginal birth;

childbirth-preparation class
n1
a course that teaches pregnant women to use breathing and concentration and exercise techniques to use during labor;

childcare / tʃ aɪ ɫ d k eə /
n1
a service involving care for other people's children;

- syn. child care;

Childe Hassam
n1
United States painter noted for brilliant colors and bold brushwork (1859-1935);

- syn. Frederick Childe Hassam, Hassam;

childhood / tʃ aɪ ɫ d h ʊ d /
n1
the time of person's life when they are a child;

n2
the state of a child between infancy and adolescence;

- syn. puerility;

childish / tʃ aɪ ɫ d ɪ ʃ /
a1
indicating a lack of maturity;

- "childish tantrums";

- "infantile behavior";

- syn. infantile;

- sim. immature;

childishly / tʃ aɪ ɫ d ɪ ʃ ɫ i /
r1
in a childlike manner;

- "he acted very childishly";

childishness / tʃ aɪ ɫ d ɪ ʃ n ə s /
n1
a property characteristic of a child;

- syn. puerility;

childless / tʃ aɪ ɫ d ɫ ə s /
a1
without offspring;

- "in some societies a childless woman is rejected by her tribesmen";

- sim. unfruitful;

childlessness / tʃ aɪ ɫ d ɫ ə s n ə s /
n1
the condition of being without offspring;

childlike / tʃ aɪ ɫ d ɫ aɪ k /
a1
befitting a young child;

- "childlike charm";

- syn. childly;

- sim. young;

a2
exhibiting childlike simplicity and credulity;

- "childlike trust";

- "dewy-eyed innocence";

- "listened in round-eyed wonder";

- syn. dewy-eyed, round-eyed, simple, wide-eyed;

- sim. naive;

childly / tʃ aɪ ɫ d ɫ i /
a1
befitting a young child;

- "childlike charm";

- syn. childlike;

- sim. young;

childproof / tʃ aɪ ɫ d p ɹ u f /
v1
make safe against children;

- "childproof the apartment";

- syn. child-proof;

Chile / tʃ ɪ ɫ i /
n1
a republic in southern South America on the western slopes of the Andes on the south Pacific coast;

- syn. Republic of Chile;

n2
very hot and finely tapering pepper of special pungency;

- syn. chili, chili pepper, chilli, chilly;

Chile bonito
n1
common bonito of Pacific coast of the Americas;

- its dark oily flesh cans well;

- syn. Chilean bonito, Pacific bonito, Sarda chiliensis;

Chile hazel
n1
Chilean shrub bearing coral-red fruit with an edible seed resembling a hazelnut;

- syn. Chile nut, Chilean hazelnut, Chilean nut, Guevina avellana, Guevina heterophylla;

Chile nut
n1
Chilean shrub bearing coral-red fruit with an edible seed resembling a hazelnut;

- syn. Chile hazel, Chilean hazelnut, Chilean nut, Guevina avellana, Guevina heterophylla;

chile pine
n1
large Chilean evergreen conifer having intertwined branches and bearing edible nuts;

- syn. Araucaria araucana, monkey puzzle;

Chile tarweed
n1
South American herb with sticky glandular foliage;

- source of madia oil;

- syn. Madia sativa, madia oil plant, melosa;

Chilean / tʃ ɪ ɫ ɪə n /
n1
a native or inhabitant of Chile;

a1
of or relating to or characteristic of Chile or its people;

- "Chilean volcanoes";

Chilean bonito
n1
common bonito of Pacific coast of the Americas;

- its dark oily flesh cans well;

- syn. Chile bonito, Pacific bonito, Sarda chiliensis;

Chilean cedar
n1
a small South American evergreen having coppery bark and pretty foliage;

- syn. Austrocedrus chilensis;

Chilean firebush
n1
grown for outstanding display of brilliant usually scarlet-crimson flowers;

- Andes;

- syn. Chilean flameflower, Embothrium coccineum;

Chilean flameflower
n1
grown for outstanding display of brilliant usually scarlet-crimson flowers;

- Andes;

- syn. Chilean firebush, Embothrium coccineum;

Chilean hazelnut
n1
Chilean shrub bearing coral-red fruit with an edible seed resembling a hazelnut;

- syn. Chile hazel, Chile nut, Chilean nut, Guevina avellana, Guevina heterophylla;

Chilean jasmine
n1
woody vine of Argentina grown as an ornamental for its glossy leaves and racemes of large fragrant funnel-shaped creamy-white flowers;

- syn. Mandevilla laxa;

Chilean monetary unit
n1
monetary unit in Chile;

Chilean nut
n1
Chilean shrub bearing coral-red fruit with an edible seed resembling a hazelnut;

- syn. Chile hazel, Chile nut, Chilean hazelnut, Guevina avellana, Guevina heterophylla;

Chilean peso
n1
the basic unit of money in Chile;

- equal to 100 centesimos;

- syn. peso;

Chilean rimu
n1
about the hardiest Podocarpaceae species;

- prostrate spreading shrub similar to mountain rimu;

- mountains of southern Chile;

- syn. Lepidothamnus fonkii;

Chilean strawberry
n1
wild strawberry of western United States and South America;

- source of many varieties of cultivated strawberries;

- syn. Fragaria chiloensis, beach strawberry;

chili
n1
ground beef and chili peppers or chili powder often with tomatoes and kidney beans;

- syn. chili con carne;

n2
very hot and finely tapering pepper of special pungency;

- syn. chile, chili pepper, chilli, chilly;

chili con carne
n1
ground beef and chili peppers or chili powder often with tomatoes and kidney beans;

- syn. chili;

chili dog
n1
a hotdog with chili con carne on it;

chili pepper
n1
plant bearing very hot and finely tapering long peppers;

- usually red;

- syn. Capsicum annuum longum, cayenne, cayenne pepper, chilli pepper, jalapeno, long pepper;

n2
very hot and finely tapering pepper of special pungency;

- syn. chile, chili, chilli, chilly;

chili powder
n1
powder made of ground chili peppers mixed with e.g. cumin and garlic and oregano;

chili sauce
n1
tomatoes and onions and peppers (sweet or hot) simmered with vinegar and sugar and various seasonings;

chili vinegar
n1
fiery vinegar flavored with chili peppers;

chiliad / k ɪ ɫ ɪ æ d /
n1
the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100;

- syn. 1000, G, K, M, grand, one thousand, thou, thousand, yard;

chiliasm / k ɪ ɫ ɪ æ z ə m /
n1
belief in the Christian doctrine of the millennium mentioned in the Book of Revelations;

- syn. millenarianism, millenarism, millenniumism;

chiliast / k ɪ ɫ ɪ æ s t /
n1
a person who believes in the coming of the millennium (a time of great peace and prosperity);

- syn. millenarian, millenarist;

chiliastic / k ɪ ɫ ɪ æ s t ɪ k /
a1
relating to or believing in the millennium of peace and happiness;

- syn. millenarian;

chill / tʃ ɪ ɫ /
n1
coldness due to a cold environment;

- syn. gelidity, iciness;

n2
an almost pleasurable sensation of fright;

- "a frisson of surprise shot through him";

- syn. frisson, quiver, shiver, shudder, thrill, tingle;

n3
a sensation of cold that often marks the start of an infection and the development of a fever;

- syn. shivering;

n4
a sudden numbing dread;

- syn. pall;

v1
depress or discourage;

- "The news of the city's surrender chilled the soldiers";

v2
make cool or cooler;

- "Chill the food";

- syn. cool, cool down;

v3
loose heat;

- "The air cooled considerably after the thunderstorm";

- syn. cool, cool down;

chill out
v1
become quiet or calm, especially after a state of agitation;

- "After the fight both men need to cool off.";

- "It took a while after the baby was born for things to settle down again.";

- syn. calm, calm down, cool it, cool off, settle down, simmer down;

chiller / tʃ ɪ ɫ ə , tʃ ɪ ɫ ə ɹ /
n1
excitation that makes your hair stand up or that chills your bones;

- "the movie was an old-fashioned hair-raiser";

- syn. hair-raiser;

chilli / tʃ ɪ ɫ i /
n1
very hot and finely tapering pepper of special pungency;

- syn. chile, chili, chili pepper, chilly;

chilli pepper
n1
plant bearing very hot and finely tapering long peppers;

- usually red;

- syn. Capsicum annuum longum, cayenne, cayenne pepper, chili pepper, jalapeno, long pepper;

chilliness / tʃ ɪ ɫ ɪ n ə s /
n1
the property of being moderately cold;

- "the chilliness of early morning";

- syn. coolness, nip;

n2
a lack of affection or enthusiasm;

- "a distressing coldness of tone and manner";

- syn. coldness, coolness, frigidity, frigidness, iciness;

chilling / tʃ ɪ ɫ ɪ ŋ /
n1
the process of becoming cooler;

- a falling temperature;

- syn. cooling, temperature reduction;

a1
provoking fear terror;

- "a scary movie";

- "the most terrible and shuddery...tales of murder and revenge";

- syn. scary, shivery, shuddery;

- sim. alarming;

chills and fever
n1
successive stages of chills and fever that is a symptom of malaria;

- syn. ague;

chilly / tʃ ɪ ɫ i /
n1
very hot and finely tapering pepper of special pungency;

- syn. chile, chili, chili pepper, chilli;

a1
not characterized by emotion;

- "a female form in marble--a chilly but ideal medium for depicting abstract virtues"-C.W.Cunningham;

- sim. unemotional;

a2
appreciably or disagreeably cold;

- syn. parky;

- sim. cold;

a3
lacking warmth of feeling;

- "a chilly greeting";

- sim. unfriendly;

Chiloe
n1
the largest Chilean island and the only one to be settled;

- located off south-central Chile;

Chilomastix
n1
flagellates parasitic in intestines of vertebrates including humans;

- syn. genus Chilomastix;

Chilomeniscus
n1
sand snakes;

- syn. genus Chilomeniscus;

Chilomeniscus cinctus
n1
a sand snake of southwestern United States;

- lives in fine to coarse sand or loamy soil in which it `swims';

- banding resembles that of coral snakes;

- syn. banded sand snake;

Chilomycterus
n1
burrfishes;

- syn. genus Chilomycterus;

Chilopoda
n1
arthropods having the trunk composed of numerous somites each bearing one pair of legs: centipedes;

- syn. class Chilopoda;

Chilopsis
n1
one species: desert willow;

- syn. genus Chilopsis;

Chilopsis linearis
n1
evergreen shrubby tree resembling a willow of dry regions of southwestern North America having showy purplish flowers and long seed pods;

- syn. desert willow;

Chiluba
n1
a member of a Bantu people in southeastern Congo;

- syn. Luba;

Chimaera / k aɪ m ɪə ɹ ə /
n1
(Greek mythology) fire-breathing female monster with a lion's head and a goat's body and a serpent's tail;

- daughter of Typhon;

- syn. Chimera;

n2
a grotesque product of the imagination;

- syn. chimera;

n3
a deep-sea fish with a tapering body, smooth skin, and long threadlike tail;

Chimaera monstrosa
n1
large European chimaera;

- syn. rabbitfish;

Chimaeridae
n1
a family of Holocephali;

- syn. family Chimaeridae;

Chimakum
n1
a member of the Salishan people living in northwestern Washington;

Chimaphila
n1
small genus of evergreen herbs with long creeping rootstocks and shining leaves;

- North America;

- Europe;

- east Asia;

- syn. genus Chimaphila;

Chimaphila corymbosa
n1
Eurasian herb with white or pinkish flowers in a terminal corymb;

- syn. Chimaphila umbellata, love-in-winter, western prince's pine;

Chimaphila umbellata
n1
Eurasian herb with white or pinkish flowers in a terminal corymb;

- syn. Chimaphila corymbosa, love-in-winter, western prince's pine;

Chimariko
n1
a member of an extinct North American Indian people formerly living in California;

n2
the Hokan language spoken by the Chimariko;

Chimborazo
n1
a mountain peak in the Andes in Ecuador (20,560 feet high);

chime / tʃ aɪ m /
n1
a percussion instrument consisting of a set of tuned bells that are struck with a hammer;

- used as an orchestral instrument;

- syn. bell, gong;

v1
emit a sound;

- "bells and gongs chimed";

- also chime in;

chime in
v1
break into a conversation;

- "her husband always chimes in, even when he is not involved in the conversation";

- syn. barge in, break in, butt in, chisel in, cut in, put in;

Chimera / k aɪ m ɪə ɹ ə /
n1
(Greek mythology) fire-breathing female monster with a lion's head and a goat's body and a serpent's tail;

- daughter of Typhon;

- syn. Chimaera;

n2
a grotesque product of the imagination;

- syn. chimaera;

chimeral
a1
being or relating to or like a chimera;

- "his Utopia is not as chimeric commonwealth but a practical improvement on what already exists"- Douglas Bush;

- syn. chimeric, chimerical;

chimeric / k aɪ m ɛr ɪ k /
a1
being or relating to or like a chimera;

- "his Utopia is not as chimeric commonwealth but a practical improvement on what already exists"- Douglas Bush;

- syn. chimeral, chimerical;

chimerical / k aɪ m ɛr ɪ k ɫ /
a1
being or relating to or like a chimera;

- "his Utopia is not as chimeric commonwealth but a practical improvement on what already exists"- Douglas Bush;

- syn. chimeral, chimeric;

a2
produced by a wildly fanciful imagination;

- "his Utopia is not a chimerical commonwealth but a practical improvement on what already exists"- Douglas Bush;

- sim. unrealistic;

chimney / tʃ ɪ m n i /
n1
a vertical flue that provides a path through which smoke from a fire is carried away through the wall or roof of a building;

n2
a glass flue surrounding the wick of an oil lamp;

- syn. lamp chimney;

chimney bellflower
n1
bellflower of southeastern Europe;

- syn. Campanula pyramidalis, chimney plant;

chimney breast
n1
walls that project out from the wall of a room and surround the chimney base;

chimney corner
n1
a corner by a fireplace;

- syn. inglenook;

chimney plant
n1
bellflower of southeastern Europe;

- syn. Campanula pyramidalis, chimney bellflower;

chimney swallow
n1
American swift that nests in e.g. unused chimneys;

- syn. Chateura pelagica, chimney swift;

n2
common swallow of North America and Europe that nests in barns etc.;

- syn. Hirundo rustica, barn swallow;

chimney swift
n1
American swift that nests in e.g. unused chimneys;

- syn. Chateura pelagica, chimney swallow;

chimneypiece / tʃ ɪ m n ɪ p i s /
n1
shelf that projects from wall above fireplace;

- syn. mantel, mantelpiece, mantle, mantlepiece;

chimneypot / tʃ ɪ m n ɪ p ɒ t /
n1
a short earthenware pipe on the top of a chimney to increase the draft;

chimneystack / tʃ ɪ m n ɪ s t æ k /
n1
the part of the chimney that is above the roof;

- usually has several flues;

chimneysweep / tʃ ɪ m n ɪ s w i p /
n1
someone who cleans soot from chimneys;

- syn. chimneysweeper, sweep;

chimneysweeper / tʃ ɪ m n ɪ s w i p ə , tʃ ɪ m n ɪ s w i p ə ɹ /
n1
someone who cleans soot from chimneys;

- syn. chimneysweep, sweep;

Chimonanthus
n1
small genus of Asian deciduous or evergreen shrubs having fragrant flowers: winter sweet;

- syn. genus Chimonanthus;

Chimonanthus praecox
n1
deciduous Japanese shrub cultivated for its fragrant yellow flowers;

- syn. Japan allspice, Japanese allspice, winter sweet;

chimp / tʃ ɪ m p /
n1
intelligent somewhat arboreal ape of equatorial African forests;

- syn. Pan troglodytes, chimpanzee;

chimpanzee / tʃ ɪ m p æ n z i /
n1
intelligent somewhat arboreal ape of equatorial African forests;

- syn. Pan troglodytes, chimp;

ChiMwini
n1
a Bantu language spoken in southern Somalia;

chin / tʃ ɪ n /
n1
the protruding part of the lower jaw;

- syn. mentum;

n2
Kamarupan languages spoken in western Burma and Bangladesh and easternmost India;

- syn. Kuki, Kuki-Chin;

v1
raise oneself while hanging from one's hands until one's chin is level with the support bar;

- syn. chin up;

chin-up
n1
an arm exercise performed by pulling yourself up on a horizontal bar until your chin is level with the bar;

- syn. pull-up;

chin-wag
n1
light informal conversation for social occasions;

- syn. causerie, chin-wagging, chin wag, chin wagging, chit-chat, chit chat, chitchat, gab, gabfest, gossip, small talk, tittle-tattle;

chin-wagging / tʃ ɪ n w æ ɡ ɪ ŋ /
n1
light informal conversation for social occasions;

- syn. causerie, chin-wag, chin wag, chin wagging, chit-chat, chit chat, chitchat, gab, gabfest, gossip, small talk, tittle-tattle;

chin music
n1
idle or foolish and irrelevant talk;

- syn. blether, idle talk, prate, prattle;

chin rest
n1
a rest on which a violinist can place the chin;

chin strap
n1
a strap attached to a hat;

- passes under the chin and holds the hat in place;

chin up
v1
raise oneself while hanging from one's hands until one's chin is level with the support bar;

- syn. chin;

chin wag
n1
light informal conversation for social occasions;

- syn. causerie, chin-wag, chin-wagging, chin wagging, chit-chat, chit chat, chitchat, gab, gabfest, gossip, small talk, tittle-tattle;

chin wagging
n1
light informal conversation for social occasions;

- syn. causerie, chin-wag, chin-wagging, chin wag, chit-chat, chit chat, chitchat, gab, gabfest, gossip, small talk, tittle-tattle;

China / tʃ aɪ n ə /
n1
a communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia;

- the most populous country in the world;

- syn. Cathay, Communist China, PRC, People's Republic of China, Red China, mainland China;

n2
high quality porcelain originally made only in China;

n3
a government on the island of Taiwan established in 1949 by Chiang Kai-shek after the conquest of mainland China by the Communists led by Mao Zedong;

- syn. Nationalist China, Republic of China, Taiwan;

n4
dishware made of high quality porcelain;

- syn. chinaware;

China aster
n1
valued for their beautiful flowers in a wide range of clear bright colors;

- grown primarily for cutting;

- syn. Callistephus chinensis;

china cabinet
n1
a cabinet (usually with glass doors) for storing and displaying china;

- syn. china closet;

china clay
n1
a fine usually white clay formed by the weathering of aluminous minerals (as feldspar);

- used in ceramics and as an absorbent and as a filler (e.g., in paper);

- syn. china stone, kaolin, kaoline, porcelain clay, terra alba;

china closet
n1
a cabinet (usually with glass doors) for storing and displaying china;

- syn. china cabinet;

China fleece vine
n1
twining perennial vine having racemes of fragrant greenish flowers;

- western China to Russia;

- syn. Polygonum aubertii, Russian vine, silver lace vine;

China grass
n1
tall perennial herb of tropical Asia with dark green leaves;

- cultivated for the fiber from its woody stems that resembles flax;

- syn. Boehmeria nivea, Chinese silk plant, ramee, ramie;

China jute
n1
tall annual herb or subshrub of tropical Asia having velvety leaves and yellow flowers and yielding a strong fiber;

- naturalized in southeastern Europe and United States;

- syn. Abutilon theophrasti, Indian mallow, butter-print, velvet-leaf, velvetleaf, velvetweed;

china pink
n1
Chinese pink with deeply toothed rose-lilac flowers with a purplish eye;

- usually raised as an annual;

- syn. Dianthus chinensis, rainbow pink;

China rose
n1
shrubby Chinese rose;

- ancestor of many cultivated garden roses;

- syn. Bengal rose, Rosa chinensis;

n2
large showy Asiatic shrub or small tree having large single or double red to deep-red flowers;

- syn. Chinese hibiscus, Hibiscus rosa-sinensis, Rose of China, shoe black, shoeblack plant;

china stone
n1
a fine usually white clay formed by the weathering of aluminous minerals (as feldspar);

- used in ceramics and as an absorbent and as a filler (e.g., in paper);

- syn. china clay, kaolin, kaoline, porcelain clay, terra alba;

China tree
n1
evergreen of tropical America having pulpy fruit containing saponin which was used as soap by Native Americans;

- syn. Sapindus saponaria, chinaberry, false dogwood, jaboncillo;

n2
tree of northern India and China having purple blossoms and small inedible yellow fruits;

- naturalized in the southern United States as a shade tree;

- syn. Melia azedarach, Melia azederach, Persian lilac, azedarach, azederach, chinaberry, chinaberry tree, pride-of-India;

chinaberry
n1
evergreen of tropical America having pulpy fruit containing saponin which was used as soap by Native Americans;

- syn. China tree, Sapindus saponaria, false dogwood, jaboncillo;

n2
tree of northern India and China having purple blossoms and small inedible yellow fruits;

- naturalized in the southern United States as a shade tree;

- syn. China tree, Melia azedarach, Melia azederach, Persian lilac, azedarach, azederach, chinaberry tree, pride-of-India;

chinaberry tree
n1
tree of northern India and China having purple blossoms and small inedible yellow fruits;

- naturalized in the southern United States as a shade tree;

- syn. China tree, Melia azedarach, Melia azederach, Persian lilac, azedarach, azederach, chinaberry, pride-of-India;

Chinaman / tʃ aɪ n ə m ə n /
n1
(ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Chinese descent;

- syn. chink;

n2
a ball bowled by a left-handed bowler to a right-handed batsman that spins from off to leg;

chinaware / tʃ aɪ n ə w eə , tʃ aɪ n ə w eə ɹ /
n1
dishware made of high quality porcelain;

- syn. china;

chincapin
n1
small nut of either of two small chestnut trees of the southern United States;

- resembles a hazelnut;

- syn. chinkapin, chinquapin;

chinch / tʃ ɪ n tʃ /
n1
bug of temperate regions that infests especially beds and feeds on human blood;

- syn. Cimex lectularius, bed bug, bedbug;

chinch bug
n1
small black-and-white insect that feeds on cereal grasses;

- syn. Blissus leucopterus;

chincherinchee
n1
South African perennial with long-lasting spikes of white blossoms that are shipped in to Europe and America for use as winter cut flowers;

- syn. Ornithogalum thyrsoides, wonder flower;

chinchilla / tʃ ɪ n tʃ ɪ ɫ ə /
n1
the expensive silvery grey fur of the chinchilla;

n2
a thick twilled fabric of wool and cotton;

n3
small rodent with soft pearly grey fur;

- native to the Andes but bred in captivity for fur;

- syn. Chinchilla laniger;

Chinchilla laniger
n1
small rodent with soft pearly grey fur;

- native to the Andes but bred in captivity for fur;

- syn. chinchilla;

chinchilla rat
n1
ratlike rodent with soft fur and large ears of the Andes;

- syn. abrocome, rat chinchilla;

Chinchillidae
n1
small bushy-tailed South American burrowing rodents;

- syn. family Chinchillidae;

chinchillon
n1
gregarious burrowing rodent larger than the chinchillas;

- syn. Lagostomus maximus, viscacha;

chinchona
n1
any of several trees of the genus Cinchona;

- syn. cinchona;

chinchy
a1
embarrassingly stingy;

- syn. cheap, chintzy;

- sim. stingy;

chine / tʃ aɪ n /
n1
cut of meat or fish including at least part of the backbone;

n2
backbone of an animal;

v1
cut through the backbone of an animal;

Chinese / tʃ aɪ n i z /
n1
any of the Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in China;

- regarded as dialects of a single language (even though they are mutually unintelligible) because they share an ideographic writing system;

n2
a native or inhabitant of Communist China or of Nationalist China;

a1
of or pertaining to China or its peoples or cultures;

- "Chinese food";

a2
of or relating to or characteristic of the island republic on Taiwan or its residents or their language;

- "the Taiwanese capital is Taipeh";

- syn. Formosan, Taiwanese;

Chinese-red
a1
of a vivid red to reddish-orange color;

- syn. cinnabar, vermilion, vermillion;

- sim. chromatic;

Chinese alligator
n1
small alligator of the Yangtze valley of China having unwebbed digits;

- syn. Alligator sinensis;

Chinese angelica
n1
similar to American angelica tree but less prickly;

- China;

- syn. Aralia stipulata, Chinese angelica tree;

Chinese angelica tree
n1
similar to American angelica tree but less prickly;

- China;

- syn. Aralia stipulata, Chinese angelica;

Chinese anise
n1
small tree of China and Vietnam bearing anise-scented star-shaped fruit used in food and medicinally as a carminative;

- syn. Illicium verum, star anise;

n2
anise-scented star-shaped fruit or seed used in Asian cooking and medicine;

- syn. star anise, star aniseed;

Chinese black mushroom
n1
edible east Asian mushroom having a golden or dark brown to blackish cap and an inedible stipe;

- syn. Lentinus edodes, Oriental black mushroom, golden oak mushroom, shiitake, shiitake mushroom;

Chinese brown sauce
n1
a sauce based on soy sauce;

- syn. brown sauce;

Chinese cabbage
n1
plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery;

- used as a vegetable in east Asia;

- syn. Brassica rapa pekinensis, celery cabbage, napa, pe-tsai;

n2
elongated head of crisp celery-like stalks and light green leaves;

- syn. Chinese celery, celery cabbage;

Chinese celery
n1
elongated head of crisp celery-like stalks and light green leaves;

- syn. Chinese cabbage, celery cabbage;

Chinese checkers
n1
a board game in which each player tries to move a set of marbles through a set of holes from one point of a six-pointed star to the opposite point;

- syn. Chinese chequers;

Chinese chequers
n1
a board game in which each player tries to move a set of marbles through a set of holes from one point of a six-pointed star to the opposite point;

- syn. Chinese checkers;

Chinese chestnut
n1
a small tree with small sweet nuts;

- wild or naturalized in Korea and China;

- syn. Castanea mollissima;

Chinese chive
n1
a plant of eastern Asia;

- larger than Allium schoenoprasum;

- syn. Allium tuberosum, Oriental garlic, garlic chive;

Chinese cinnamon
n1
aromatic bark of the cassia-bark tree;

- less desirable as a spice than Ceylon cinnamon bark;

- syn. cassia bark;

Chinese cork oak
n1
medium to large deciduous tree of China, Japan, and Korea having thick corky bark;

- syn. Quercus variabilis;

Chinese date
n1
dark red plumlike fruit of Old World buckthorn trees;

- syn. Chinese jujube, jujube;

Chinese deity
n1
a deity worshipped by the ancient Chinese;

Chinese elm
n1
fast-growing shrubby Asian tree naturalized in United States for shelter or ornament;

- syn. Siberian elm, Ulmus pumila, dwarf elm;

n2
small fast-growing tree native to Asia;

- widely grown as shelterbelts and hedges;

- syn. Ulmus parvifolia;

Chinese evergreen
n1
erect or partially climbing herb having large green or variegated leaves;

- syn. Aglaonema modestum, Japanese leaf;

Chinese forget-me-not
n1
biennial east Asian herb grown for its usually bright blue flowers;

- syn. Cynoglossum amabile;

Chinese fried rice
n1
boiled rice mixed with scallions and minced pork or shrimp and quickly scrambled with eggs;

- syn. fried rice;

Chinese goose
n1
very large wild goose of northeast Asia;

- interbreeds freely with the greylag;

- syn. Anser cygnoides;

Chinese gooseberry
n1
climbing vine native to China;

- cultivated in New Zealand for its fuzzy edible fruit with green meat;

- syn. Actinidia chinensis, Actinidia deliciosa, kiwi, kiwi vine;

n2
fuzzy brown egg-shaped fruit with slightly tart green flesh;

- syn. kiwi, kiwi fruit;

Chinese hibiscus
n1
large showy Asiatic shrub or small tree having large single or double red to deep-red flowers;

- syn. China rose, Hibiscus rosa-sinensis, Rose of China, shoe black, shoeblack plant;

Chinese holly
n1
dense rounded evergreen shrub of China having spiny leaves;

- widely cultivated as an ornamental;

- syn. Ilex cornuta;

Chinese jujube
n1
dark red plumlike fruit of Old World buckthorn trees;

- syn. Chinese date, jujube;

Chinese lacquer tree
n1
small Asiatic tree yielding a toxic exudate from which lacquer is obtained;

- syn. Japanese lacquer tree, Japanese sumac, Japanese varnish tree, Rhus verniciflua, Toxicodendron vernicifluum, lacquer tree, varnish tree;

Chinese lantern
n1
a collapsible paper lantern in bright colors;

- used for decorative purposes;

Chinese lantern plant
n1
Old World perennial cultivated for its ornamental inflated papery orange-red calyx;

- syn. Physalis alkekengi, bladder cherry, winter cherry;

Chinese magnolia
n1
large deciduous shrub or small tree having large open rosy to purplish flowers;

- native to Asia;

- prized as an ornamental in eastern North America;

- syn. Magnolia soulangiana, saucer magnolia;

Chinese monetary unit
n1
the monetary unit in the People's Republic of China;

Chinese mushroom
n1
small tropical and subtropical edible mushroom having a white cap and long stem;

- an expensive delicacy in China and other Asian countries where it is grown commercially;

- syn. Volvariella volvacea, straw mushroom;

chinese mustard
n1
Asiatic mustard used as a potherb;

- syn. Brassica juncea, gai choi, indian mustard, leaf mustard;

n2
very hot prepared mustard;

Chinese paddlefish
n1
fish of larger rivers of China similar to the Mississippi paddlefish;

- syn. Psephurus gladis;

Chinese parasol
n1
deciduous tree widely grown in southern United States as an ornamental for its handsome maplelike foliage and long racemes of yellow-green flowers followed by curious leaflike pods;

- syn. Chinese parasol tree, Firmiana simplex, Japanese varnish tree, phoenix tree;

Chinese parasol tree
n1
deciduous tree widely grown in southern United States as an ornamental for its handsome maplelike foliage and long racemes of yellow-green flowers followed by curious leaflike pods;

- syn. Chinese parasol, Firmiana simplex, Japanese varnish tree, phoenix tree;

Chinese parsley
n1
Old World herb with aromatic leaves and seed resembling parsley;

- syn. Coriandrum sativum, cilantro, coriander, coriander plant;

n2
parsley-like herb used as seasoning or garnish;

- syn. cilantro, coriander;

Chinese pea tree
n1
shrub with dark-green glossy foliage and solitary pale yellow flowers;

- northern China;

- syn. Caragana sinica;

Chinese primrose
n1
cultivated Asiatic primrose;

- syn. Primula sinensis;

Chinese privet
n1
erect evergreen treelike shrub of China and Korea and Japan having acuminate leaves and flowers in long erect panicles;

- resembles Japanese privet;

- syn. Ligustrum lucidum, white wax tree;

Chinese puzzle
n1
intricate or ingenious puzzle consisting of boxes within boxes;

Chinese restaurant syndrome
n1
headache and tingling or burning feelings and sweating caused by eating food that contains monosodium glutamate;

Chinese Revolution
n1
the republican revolution against the Manchu dynasty in China;

- 1911-1912;

Chinese rhubarb
n1
long used for laxative properties;

- syn. Rheum palmatum;

Chinese scholar tree
n1
handsome roundheaded deciduous tree having compound dark green leaves and profuse panicles of fragrant creamy-white flowers;

- China and Japan;

- syn. Chinese scholartree, Japanese pagoda tree, Sophora japonica, Sophora sinensis;

Chinese scholartree
n1
handsome roundheaded deciduous tree having compound dark green leaves and profuse panicles of fragrant creamy-white flowers;

- China and Japan;

- syn. Chinese scholar tree, Japanese pagoda tree, Sophora japonica, Sophora sinensis;

Chinese Shan
n1
a branch of the Tai languages;

- syn. Dehong Dai, Tai Nuea;

Chinese silk plant
n1
tall perennial herb of tropical Asia with dark green leaves;

- cultivated for the fiber from its woody stems that resembles flax;

- syn. Boehmeria nivea, China grass, ramee, ramie;

Chinese Wall
n1
a fortification 1,500 miles long built across northern China in the 3rd century BC;

- it averages 6 meters in width;

- syn. Great Wall, Great Wall of China;

Chinese water chestnut
n1
Chinese sedge yielding edible bulb-shaped tubers;

- syn. Eleocharis dulcis, water chestnut;

Chinese white
n1
a white pigment used in house paints;

- consists of zinc oxide;

- syn. zinc white;

Chinese white cabbage
n1
Asiatic plant grown for its cluster of edible white stalks with dark green leaves;

- syn. Brassica rapa chinensis, bok choi, bok choy, pak choi, pakchoi;

Chinese wistaria
n1
having deep purple flowers;

- syn. Wisteria chinensis;

Chinese wood oil
n1
a yellow oil obtained from the seeds of the tung tree;

- syn. tung oil;

Chinese yam
n1
hardy Chinese vine naturalized in United States and cultivated as an ornamental climber for its glossy heart-shaped cinnamon-scented leaves and in the tropics for its edible tubers;

- syn. Dioscorea batata, cinnamon vine;

Chingpo
n1
a Kachinic language;

- syn. Jinghpaw, Jinghpo;

chink / tʃ ɪ ŋ k /
n1
(ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Chinese descent;

- syn. Chinaman;

n2
a narrow opening as e.g. between planks in a wall;

n3
a short light metallic sound;

- syn. click, clink;

v1
make or emit a high sound;

- "tinkling bells";

- syn. clink, tink, tinkle;

v2
fill the chinks of, as with caulking;

v3
make cracks or chinks in;

- "The heat checked the paint";

- syn. check;

chinkapin
n1
small nut of either of two small chestnut trees of the southern United States;

- resembles a hazelnut;

- syn. chincapin, chinquapin;

chinkapin oak
n1
medium-sized deciduous tree of the eastern United States that yields a strong durable wood;

- syn. Quercus muehlenbergii, chinquapin oak, yellow chestnut oak;

chinked / tʃ ɪ ŋ k t /
a1
having narrow opening filled;

- syn. stopped-up;

- sim. caulked;

chinless / tʃ ɪ n ɫ ɛ s /
a1
having a receding chin;

- sim. opisthognathous;

chinning bar
n1
a horizontal bar on which you can chin yourself;

chino
n1
a coarse twilled cotton fabric frequently used for uniforms;

Chino-Japanese War
n1
a war between China and Japan (1894 and 1895) over the control of the Korean Peninsula;

- China was overwhelmingly defeated at Port Arthur;

- syn. Sino-Japanese War;

chinoiserie
n1
a style in art reflecting Chinese influence;

- elaborately decorated and intricately patterned;

chinook
n1
a warm dry wind blowing down the eastern slopes of the Rockies;

- syn. chinook wind, snow eater;

n2
a member of an important North American Indian people who controlled the mouth of the Columbia river;

- they were organized into settlements rather than tribes;

n3
pink or white flesh of large Pacific salmon;

- syn. chinook salmon, king salmon;

n4
a Penutian language spoken by the Chinook;

- syn. Chinookan;

n5
large Pacific salmon valued as food;

- adults die after spawning;

- syn. Oncorhynchus tshawytscha, chinook salmon, king salmon, quinnat salmon;

Chinook Jargon
n1
a pidgin incorporating Chinook and French and English words;

- formerly used as a lingua franca in northwestern North America;

- syn. Oregon Jargon;

chinook salmon
n1
pink or white flesh of large Pacific salmon;

- syn. chinook, king salmon;

n2
large Pacific salmon valued as food;

- adults die after spawning;

- syn. Oncorhynchus tshawytscha, chinook, king salmon, quinnat salmon;

chinook wind
n1
a warm dry wind blowing down the eastern slopes of the Rockies;

- syn. chinook, snow eater;

Chinookan
n1
a Penutian language spoken by the Chinook;

- syn. Chinook;

chinos / tʃ ɪ n oʊ z /
n1
(plural) trousers made with chino cloth;

chinquapin
n1
shrubby tree closely related to the Allegheny chinkapin but with larger leaves;

- southern midwestern United States;

- syn. Castanea ozarkensis, Ozark chinkapin, Ozark chinquapin;

n2
shrubby chestnut tree of southeastern United States having small edible nuts;

- syn. Allegheny chinkapin, Castanea pumila, dwarf chestnut, eastern chinquapin;

n3
small nut of either of two small chestnut trees of the southern United States;

- resembles a hazelnut;

- syn. chincapin, chinkapin;

chinquapin oak
n1
medium-sized deciduous tree of the eastern United States that yields a strong durable wood;

- syn. Quercus muehlenbergii, chinkapin oak, yellow chestnut oak;

chintz / tʃ ɪ n t s /
n1
a brightly printed and glazed cotton fabric;

chintzily
r1
in a stingy manner;

- "their rich uncle treated them rather chintzily";

- syn. cheaply, stingily;

chintzy
a1
of very poor quality;

- flimsy;

- syn. bum, cheap, cheesy, crummy, punk, sleazy, tinny;

- sim. inferior;

a2
embarrassingly stingy;

- syn. cheap, chinchy;

- sim. stingy;

Chiococca
n1
shrubs of tropical and subtropical New World;

- syn. genus Chiococca;

Chiococca alba
n1
evergreen climbing shrub of southern Florida and West Indies grown for its racemes of fragrant white to creamy flowers followed by globose white succulent berries;

- syn. West Indian snowberry, blolly;

Chionanthus
n1
deciduous trees or shrubs: fringe tree;

- syn. genus Chionanthus;

Chionanthus virginicus
n1
small bushy tree of southeastern United States having profuse clusters of white flowers;

- syn. fringe bush;

Chionochloa conspicua
n1
used by Maoris for thatching;

- syn. Arundo conspicua, toetoe, toitoi;

Chios
n1
an island in the Aegean Sea off the west coast of Turkey;

- belongs to Greece;

- syn. Khios;

chip / tʃ ɪ p /
n1
a small fragment of something broken off from the whole;

- "a bit of rock caught him in the eye";

- syn. bit, flake, fleck, scrap;

n2
a triangular wooden float attached to the end of a log line;

n3
a piece of dried bovine dung;

- syn. buffalo chip, cow chip, cow dung;

n4
a thin crisp slice of potato fried in deep fat;

- syn. Saratoga chip, crisp, potato chip;

n5
a mark left after a small piece has been chopped or broken off of something;

- syn. check;

n6
a small disk-shaped counter used to represent money when gambling;

- syn. poker chip;

n7
electronic equipment consisting of a small crystal of a silicon semiconductor fabricated to carry out a number of electronic functions in an integrated circuit;

- syn. micro chip, microchip, microprocessor chip, silicon chip;

n8
(golf) a low running approach shot;

- syn. chip shot;

n9
the act of chipping something;

- syn. chipping, splintering;

v1
break off (a piece from a whole);

- "Her tooth chipped";

- syn. break away, break off, chip off, come off;

v2
cut a nick into;

- syn. nick;

v3
play a chip shot;

v4
form by chipping;

- "They chipped their names in the stone";

v5
break a small piece off from;

- "chip the glass";

- "chip a tooth";

- syn. break off, cut off, knap;

- also chip at;

chip at
v1
engrave or cut by chipping away at a surface;

- "carve one's name into the bark";

- syn. carve;

- also chip;

chip away
v1
remove or withdraw gradually: "These new customs are chipping away at the quality of life";

- syn. chip away at;

chip away at
v1
remove or withdraw gradually: "These new customs are chipping away at the quality of life";

- syn. chip away;

chip in
v1
contribute to some cause;

- "I gave at the office";

- syn. contribute, give, kick in;

chip off
v1
break off (a piece from a whole);

- "Her tooth chipped";

- syn. break away, break off, chip, come off;

chip shot
n1
(golf) a low running approach shot;

- syn. chip;

chipboard / tʃ ɪ p b ɔ d /
n1
a cheap hard material made from wood chips that are pressed together and bound with synthetic resin;

- syn. hardboard;

Chipewyan
n1
a member of the Athapaskan people living in western Canada between Great Slave Lake and Hudson Bay;

n2
the language spoken by the Chipewyan;

- syn. Chippewaian, Chippewyan;

chipmunk / tʃ ɪ p m ʌ ŋ k /
n1
a burrowing ground squirrel of western America and Asia;

- has cheek pouches and a light and dark stripe running down the body;

chipolata / tʃ ɪ p ə ɫ ɑ t ə /
n1
a small thin sausage;

chipotle
n1
a ripe jalapeno that has been dried for use in cooking;

Chippendale / tʃ ɪ p ə n d eɪ ɫ /
n1
a British cabinetmaker remembered for his graceful designs (especially of chairs) which influenced his contemporaries (1718-1779);

- syn. Thomas Chippendale;

a1
of or relating to an 18th-century style of furniture made by Thomas Chippendale;

- graceful outlines and Greek motifs and massive rococo carvings;

chipper / tʃ ɪ p p ɝ /
a1
having a cheerful, lively, and self-confident air;

- "looking chipper, like a man...diverted by his own wit"- Frances G. Patton;

- "life that is gay, brisk, and debonair"- H.M.Reynolds;

- "walked with a jaunty step";

- "a jaunty optimist";

- syn. debonair, debonaire, jaunty;

- sim. cheerful;

Chippewa
n1
a member of an Algonquian people who lived west of Lake Superior;

- syn. Ojibwa, Ojibway;

n2
the Algonquian language spoken by the Ojibwa;

- syn. Ojibwa, Ojibway;

Chippewaian
n1
the language spoken by the Chipewyan;

- syn. Chipewyan, Chippewyan;

Chippewyan
n1
the language spoken by the Chipewyan;

- syn. Chipewyan, Chippewaian;

chipping / tʃ ɪ p ɪ ŋ /
n1
the act of chipping something;

- syn. chip, splintering;

chipping sparrow
n1
small North American finch common in urban areas;

- syn. Spizella passerina;

chips / tʃ ɪ p s /
n1
strips of potato fried in deep fat;

- syn. french-fried potatoes, french fries, fries;

chiralgia
n1
a pain in the hand that is not traumatic;

Chiricahua Apache
n1
an Apache language;

Chirico
n1
Italian painter (born in Greece) whose deep shadows and barren landscapes strongly influenced the surrealists (1888-1978);

- syn. Giorgio de Chirico;

chirk
v1
make a shrill creaking, squeaking, or noise, as of a door, mouse, or bird;

chirk up
v1
become cheerful;

- syn. cheer, cheer up;

Chirocephalus
n1
fairy shrimp;

- brine shrimp;

- syn. Artemia, genus Artemia, genus Chirocephalus;

chirography / k aɪ ə ɹ ɒ ɡ ɹ ə f i /
n1
beautiful handwriting;

- syn. calligraphy, penmanship;

chirology / k aɪ ə ɹ ɒ ɫ ə dʒ i /
n1
telling fortunes by lines on the palm of the hand;

- syn. chiromancy, palm reading, palmistry;

chiromance / k aɪ ə ɹ ə m æ n s /
v1
divine by reading someone's palms;

- "The Gypsies chiromanced";

- "She refused to chiromance my fate";

chiromancer / k aɪ ə ɹ ə m æ n s ə /
n1
fortuneteller who predicts your future by the lines on your palms;

- syn. palmist, palmister;

chiromancy / k aɪ ə ɹ ə m æ n s i /
n1
telling fortunes by lines on the palm of the hand;

- syn. chirology, palm reading, palmistry;

chiromantic / k aɪ ə ɹ ə m æ n t ɪ k /
a1
of or relating to palmistry;

Chiron
n1
(Greek mythology) the learned centaur who tutored Achilles, Asclepius, Hercules, Jason, and other heroes;

n2
an asteroid discovered in 1977;

- it is unique in having an orbit lying mainly between the orbits of Saturn and Uranus;

Chironomidae
n1
midges;

- syn. family Chironomidae;

Chironomus
n1
type genus of the Chironomidae;

- syn. genus Chironomus;

chiropodist / k ɪr ɒ p ə d ɪ s t /
n1
a specialist in care for the feet;

- syn. foot doctor, podiatrist;

chiropody / k ɪr ɒ p ə d i /
n1
the branch of medicine concerned with the feet;

- syn. podiatry;

chiropractic / k aɪ ə ɹ oʊ p ɹ æ k t ɪ k /
n1
a method of treatment that manipulates body structures (especially the spine) to relieve low back pain or even headache or high blood pressure;

chiropractor / k aɪ ə ɹ oʊ p ɹ æ k t ə , k aɪ ə ɹ oʊ p ɹ æ k t ə ɹ /
n1
a therapist who practices chiropractic;

Chiroptera
n1
an old order dating to early Eocene: bats: suborder Megachiroptera (fruit bats);

- suborder Microchiroptera (insectivorous bats);

- syn. order Chiroptera;

chiropteran
n1
nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate;

- syn. bat;

chirp / tʃ ɝ p /
n1
a sharp sound made by small birds or insects;

v1
make high-pitched sounds;

- "the birds were chirping in the bushes";

- syn. cheep, chirrup, peep;

v2
sing in modulation;

- syn. tweedle;

chirpily / tʃ ɝ p ɪ ɫ i /
r1
in a cheerfully buoyant manner;

- "we accepted the opportunity buoyantly";

- syn. buoyantly;

chirpiness / tʃ ɝ p ɪ n ə s /
n1
cheerful and lively;

chirpy / tʃ ɝ p i /
a1
(birds or insects) characterized by or tending to chirp;

a2
characterized by liveliness and lightheartedness;

- "buoyant spirits";

- "his quick wit and chirpy humor";

- "looking bright and well and chirpy";

- "a perky little widow in her 70s";

- syn. buoyant, perky;

- sim. cheerful;

chirr
v1
make a vibrant noise, of grasshoppers or cicadas;

chirrup / tʃ ɪr ə p /
n1
a series of chirps;

- syn. twitter;

v1
make high-pitched sounds;

- "the birds were chirping in the bushes";

- syn. cheep, chirp, peep;

chisel / tʃ ɪ z ɫ /
n1
an edge tool with a flat steel blade with a cutting edge;

v1
engage in deceitful behavior;

- practice trickery or fraud;

- "Who's chiseling on the side?";

- syn. cheat;

v2
deprive somebody of something by deceit;

- "The con-man beat me out of $50";

- "This salesman ripped us off!";

- "we were cheated by their clever-sounding scheme";

- "They chiseled me out of my money";

- syn. cheat, rip off;

v3
carve with a chisel;

- "chisel the marble";

chisel-like
a1
resembling a chisel;

- sim. sharp;

chisel in
v1
break into a conversation;

- "her husband always chimes in, even when he is not involved in the conversation";

- syn. barge in, break in, butt in, chime in, cut in, put in;

chisel steel
n1
steel used in making chisels;

chiseled / tʃ ɪ z ɫ d /
a1
having a clean and distinct outline as if precisely cut along the edges;

- "a finely chiseled nose";

- "well-defined features";

- syn. well-defined;

- sim. distinct;

chiseler / tʃ ɪ z ɫ ə , tʃ ɪ z ɫ ə ɹ /
n1
a person who swindles you by means of deception or fraud;

- syn. chiseller, defrauder, gouger, grifter, scammer, swindler;

chiseller / tʃ ɪ z ə ɫ ə , tʃ ɪ z ə ɫ ə ɹ /
n1
a person who swindles you by means of deception or fraud;

- syn. chiseler, defrauder, gouger, grifter, scammer, swindler;

Chisholm Trail
n1
a former cattle trail from San Antonio in Texas to Abilene in Kansas;

- not used after the 1880s;

Chishona
n1
a Bantu language that is one of the two major languages of Zimbabwe;

Chisinau
n1
the capital of Moldova;

- syn. Kishinev, capital of Moldova;

Chislev
n1
the third month of the civil year;

- the ninth month of the ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar (in November and December);

- syn. Kislev;

chit / tʃ ɪ t /
n1
a dismissive term for a girl who is immature or who lacks respect;

- "she was incensed that this chit of a girl should dare to make a fool of her in front of the class";

- "she's a saucy chit";

n2
the bill in a restaurant;

- "he asked the waiter for the check";

- syn. check, tab;

chit-chat / tʃ ɪ t tʃ æ t /
n1
light informal conversation for social occasions;

- syn. causerie, chin-wag, chin-wagging, chin wag, chin wagging, chit chat, chitchat, gab, gabfest, gossip, small talk, tittle-tattle;

v1
talk socially without exchanging too much information;

- "the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze";

- syn. chaffer, chat, chatter, chew the fat, chitchat, claver, confab, confabulate, gossip, jaw, natter, shoot the breeze, visit;

chit chat
n1
light informal conversation for social occasions;

- syn. causerie, chin-wag, chin-wagging, chin wag, chin wagging, chit-chat, chitchat, gab, gabfest, gossip, small talk, tittle-tattle;

chitchat / tʃ ɪ t tʃ æ t /
n1
light informal conversation for social occasions;

- syn. causerie, chin-wag, chin-wagging, chin wag, chin wagging, chit-chat, chit chat, gab, gabfest, gossip, small talk, tittle-tattle;

v1
talk socially without exchanging too much information;

- "the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze";

- syn. chaffer, chat, chatter, chew the fat, chit-chat, claver, confab, confabulate, gossip, jaw, natter, shoot the breeze, visit;

chitin / k aɪ t ɪ n /
n1
a tough semitransparent horny substance;

- the principal component of the exoskeletons of arthropods and the cell walls of certain fungi;

chitinous / k aɪ t ɪ n ə s /
a1
of or resembling chitin;

chitlings / tʃ ɪ t ɫ ɪ ŋ z /
n1
small intestines of hogs prepared as food;

- syn. chitlins, chitterlings;

chitlins / tʃ ɪ t ɫ ɪ n z /
n1
small intestines of hogs prepared as food;

- syn. chitlings, chitterlings;

chiton
n1
a woolen tunic worn by men and women in ancient Greece;

n2
primitive elongated bilaterally symmetrical marine mollusk having a mantle covered with eight calcareous plates;

- syn. coat-of-mail shell, polyplacophore, sea cradle;

Chittagong
n1
a port city and industrial center in southeastern Bangladesh on the Bay of Bengal;

chittam bark
n1
dried bark of the cascara buckthorn used as a laxative;

- syn. cascara, cascara sagrada, chittem bark;

chittamwood
n1
shrubby tree of the Pacific coast of the United States;

- yields cascara sagrada;

- syn. Rhamnus purshianus, bearberry, bearwood, cascara buckthorn, chittimwood;

n2
deciduous tree of southeastern United States and Mexico;

- syn. Bumelia lanuginosa, black haw, chittimwood, false buckthorn, shittimwood;

n3
shrubby tree of southern United States having large plumes of feathery flowers resembling puffs of smoke;

- syn. American smokewood, Cotinus americanus, Cotinus obovatus;

chittem bark
n1
dried bark of the cascara buckthorn used as a laxative;

- syn. cascara, cascara sagrada, chittam bark;

chitter / tʃ ɪ t t ɝ /
v1
make high-pitched sounds, as of birds;

- syn. twitter;

chitterlings / tʃ ɪ t t ɝ ɫ ɪ ŋ z /
n1
small intestines of hogs prepared as food;

- syn. chitlings, chitlins;

chittimwood
n1
shrubby tree of the Pacific coast of the United States;

- yields cascara sagrada;

- syn. Rhamnus purshianus, bearberry, bearwood, cascara buckthorn, chittamwood;

n2
deciduous tree of southeastern United States and Mexico;

- syn. Bumelia lanuginosa, black haw, chittamwood, false buckthorn, shittimwood;

chivalric / ʃ ɪ v ə ɫ ɹ ɪ k /
a1
characteristic of the time of chivalry and knighthood in the Middle Ages;

- "chivalric rites";

- "the knightly years";

- syn. knightly, medieval;

- sim. past;

chivalrous / ʃ ɪ v ə ɫ ɹ ə s /
a1
being attentive to women like an ideal knight;

- syn. gallant, knightly;

- sim. courteous;

chivalrously / ʃ ɪ v ɫ ɹ ə s ɫ i /
r1
in a gallant manner;

- "he gallantly offered to take her home";

- syn. gallantly;

chivalry / ʃ ɪ v ə ɫ ɹ i /
n1
courtesy towards women;

- syn. gallantry, politesse;

n2
the medieval principles governing knighthood and knightly conduct;

- syn. knightliness;

chivaree
n1
a noisy mock serenade (made by banging pans and kettles) to a newly married couple;

- syn. belling, callathump, callithump, charivari, shivaree;

chive / tʃ aɪ v /
n1
perennial having hollow cylindrical leaves used for seasoning;

- syn. Allium schoenoprasum, chives, cive, schnittlaugh;

chives / tʃ aɪ v z /
n1
perennial having hollow cylindrical leaves used for seasoning;

- syn. Allium schoenoprasum, chive, cive, schnittlaugh;

n2
cylindrical leaves used fresh as a mild onion-flavored seasoning;

chivvy / tʃ ɪ v i /
v1
annoy continually or chronically;

- "He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked";

- "This man harasses his female co-workers";

- syn. beset, chevvy, chevy, chivy, harass, harry, hassle, molest, plague, provoke;

chivy / tʃ ɪ v i /
v1
annoy continually or chronically;

- "He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked";

- "This man harasses his female co-workers";

- syn. beset, chevvy, chevy, chivvy, harass, harry, hassle, molest, plague, provoke;

Chiwere
n1
the Siouan language spoken by the Iowa and Oto and Missouri;

chlamydeous
a1
having a floral envelope or perianth consisting of a calyx and/or corolla;

Chlamydera
n1
a genus of Ptilonorhynchidae;

- syn. genus Chlamydera;

Chlamydera nuchalis
n1
large bowerbird of northern Australia;

- syn. great bowerbird;

chlamydia
n1
a sexually transmitted infection caused by bacteria of the genus Chlamydia;

n2
coccoid rickettsia infesting birds and mammals;

- cause infections of eyes and lungs and genitourinary tract;

Chlamydia psittaci
n1
bacteria responsible for the sexually transmitted disease chlamydia;

- syn. C. psittaci;

Chlamydia trachomatis
n1
bacteria responsible for the sexually transmitted diseases chlamydia and lymphogranuloma venereum;

- syn. C. trachomatis;

Chlamydiaceae
n1
Gram-negative parasites in warm-blooded vertebrates;

- syn. family Chlamydiaceae;

chlamydial
a1
of or pertaining to the sexually transmitted infection or to the parasite;

Chlamydomonadaceae
n1
green algae some of which are colored red by hematochrome;

- syn. family Chlamydomonadaceae;

Chlamydomonas
n1
type genus of the Chlamydomonadaceae;

- solitary doubly-flagellated plant-like algae common in fresh water and damp soil;

- multiply freely;

- often a pest around filtration plants;

- syn. genus Chlamydomonas;

Chlamydosaurus
n1
frilled lizards;

- syn. genus Chlamydosaurus;

Chlamydosaurus kingi
n1
large arboreal insectivorous Australian lizard with a ruff of skin around the neck;

- syn. frilled lizard;

chlamydospore
n1
thick-walled asexual resting spore of certain fungi and algae;

chlamyphore
n1
very small Argentine armadillo with pale silky hair and pink plates on head and neck;

- syn. Chlamyphorus truncatus, fairy armadillo, pichiciago, pichiciego;

Chlamyphorus
n1
pichiciago;

- syn. genus Chlamyphorus;

Chlamyphorus truncatus
n1
very small Argentine armadillo with pale silky hair and pink plates on head and neck;

- syn. chlamyphore, fairy armadillo, pichiciago, pichiciego;

chlamys / k ɫ æ m ɪ s /
n1
collective term for the outer parts of a flower consisting of the calyx and corolla and enclosing the stamens and pistils;

- syn. floral envelope, perianth, perigone, perigonium;

n2
a short mantle or cape fastened at the shoulder;

- worn by men in ancient Greece;

chloasma
n1
a tan discoloration of a woman's face that is associated with pregnancy or with the use of oral contraceptives;

- syn. mask of pregnancy, melasma;

Chloe Anthony Wofford
n1
United States writer whose novels describe the lives of African-Americans (born in 1931);

- syn. Morrison, Toni Morrison;

Chlor-Trimeton
n1
an antihistamine (trade names Coricidin and Chlor-Trimeton);

- syn. Coricidin, chlorpheniramine maleate;

chloral hydrate
n1
a colorless crystalline drug used as a sedative;

- irritates the stomach and can be addictive;

chlorambucil
n1
an alkylating agent (trade name Leukeran) used to treat some kinds of cancer;

- syn. Leukeran;

chloramine
n1
any of several compounds containing chlorine and nitrogen;

- used as an antiseptic in wounds;

- syn. chloramine-T;

chloramine-T
n1
any of several compounds containing chlorine and nitrogen;

- used as an antiseptic in wounds;

- syn. chloramine;

chloramphenicol
n1
an oral antibiotic (trade name Chloromycetin) used to treat serious infections (especially typhoid fever);

- syn. Chloromycetin;

Chloranthaceae
n1
small family of tropical herbs and shrubs and trees;

- syn. family Chloranthaceae;

Chloranthus / k ɫ ɔ ɹ æ n θ ə s /
n1
type genus of the Chloranthaceae;

- syn. genus Chloranthus;

chlorate / k ɫ ɔ ɹ ɪ t /
n1
any salt of chloric acid;

chlordiazepoxide
n1
a tranquilizer (trade names Librium and Libritabs) used in the treatment of alcoholism;

- syn. Libritabs, Librium;

chlorella
n1
any alga of the genus Chlorella;

chlorenchyma
n1
parenchyma whose cells contain chloroplasts;

chlorhexidine
n1
a long-lasting liquid antiseptic;

- used by surgeons to wash their hands before performing surgery;

chloric acid
n1
(HClO3) a strong unstable acid with an acrid odor found in chlorate salts;

chloride / k ɫ ɔ ɹ aɪ d /
n1
any compound containing a chlorine atom;

n2
any salt of hydrochloric acid (containing the chloride ion);

chloride of lime
n1
a white powder comprised of calcium hydroxide and chloride and hypochlorite and used to bleach and/or disinfect;

- syn. bleaching powder, chlorinated lime;

chlorinate / k ɫ ɒ ɹ ɪ n eɪ t /
v1
treat or combine with chlorine;

- "chlorinated water";

v2
disinfect with chlorine;

- "chlorinate a pool";

chlorinated lime
n1
a white powder comprised of calcium hydroxide and chloride and hypochlorite and used to bleach and/or disinfect;

- syn. bleaching powder, chloride of lime;

chlorination / k ɫ ɒ ɹ ɪ n eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the addition or substitution of chlorine in organic compounds;

n2
disinfection of water by the addition of small amounts of chlorine or a chlorine compound;

chlorine / k ɫ ɔ ɹ i n /
n1
a common nonmetallic element belonging to the halogens;

- best known as a heavy yellow irritating toxic gas;

- used to purify water and as a bleaching agent and disinfectant;

- occurs naturally only as a salt (as in sea water);

- syn. Cl, atomic number 17;

chlorine dioxide
n1
an explosive gas (ClO2) used chiefly in bleaching paper or starch or soap or flour and in water purification;

chlorine water
n1
an aqueous solution of chlorine used as a bleaching agent;

chlorinity
n1
a measure of the quantity of chlorine or other halides in water (especially seawater);

Chloris / k ɫ ɔ ɹ ɪ s /
n1
tufted or perennial or annual grasses having runners: finger grass;

- windmill grass;

- syn. genus Chloris;

Chloris gayana
n1
perennial grass of South Africa introduced into United States;

- cultivated as forage grass in dry regions;

- syn. Rhodes grass;

Chloris truncata
n1
perennial Australian grass having numerous long spikes arranged like the vanes of a windmill;

- syn. creeping windmill grass, star grass, windmill grass;

chlorite / k ɫ ɔ ɹ aɪ t /
n1
a generally green or black mineral;

- it occurs as a constituent of many rocks typically in the form of a flat crystal;

chloroacetophenone
n1
a tear gas that is weaker than CS gas but lasts longer;

- syn. CN gas;

chlorobenzene
n1
a colorless volatile flammable liquid with an almond odor that is made from chlorine and benzene;

- used as a solvent and in the production of phenol and DDT and other organic compounds;

chlorobenzylidenemalononitrile
n1
a tear gas that is stronger than CN gas but wears off faster;

- can be deployed by grenades or cluster bombs;

- can cause skin burns and fatal pulmonary edema;

- syn. CS gas;

Chlorococcales
n1
unicellular green algae that reproduce by spores;

- syn. order Chlorococcales;

Chlorococcum
n1
type genus of Chlorococcales;

- unicellular green algae occurring singly or in a layer on soil or damp rock;

- syn. genus Chlorococcum;

chlorofluorocarbon
n1
a fluorocarbon with chlorine;

- formerly used as a refrigerant and as a propellant in aerosol cans;

- "the chlorine in CFCs causes depletion of atmospheric ozone";

- syn. CFC;

chloroform / k ɫ ɒ ɹ ə f ɔ m /
n1
a volatile liquid haloform (CHCl3);

- formerly used as an anesthetic;

- "chloroform was the first inhalation anesthetic";

- syn. trichloromethane;

v1
anesthetize with chloroform;

- "Doctors used to put people under by chloroforming them";

chlorofucin
n1
the chlorophyll present in brown algae, diatoms, and flagellates;

- syn. chlorophyll c;

chlorohydric acid
n1
an aqueous solution of hydrogen chloride;

- a strongly corrosive acid;

- syn. hydrochloric acid;

Chloromycetin / k ɫ ɔ ɹ oʊ m aɪ s i t ɪ n /
n1
an oral antibiotic (trade name Chloromycetin) used to treat serious infections (especially typhoid fever);

- syn. chloramphenicol;

Chlorophis
n1
African green snakes;

- syn. genus Chlorophis;

Chlorophoneus
n1
a genus of Malaconotinae;

- syn. genus Chlorophoneus;

Chlorophoneus nigrifrons
n1
a kind of bush shrike;

- syn. black-fronted bush shrike;

Chlorophthalmidae
n1
small family of soft-finned bottom-dwellers with large eyes;

- relatives of lizardfishes;

- syn. family Chlorophthalmidae;

Chlorophyceae
n1
algae distinguished chiefly by having flagella and a clear green color, their chlorophyll being masked little if at all by other pigments;

- syn. class Chlorophyceae;

chlorophyl
n1
any of a group of green pigments found in photosynthetic organisms;

- there are four naturally occurring forms;

- syn. chlorophyll;

chlorophyll / k ɫ ɒ ɹ ə f ɪ ɫ /
n1
any of a group of green pigments found in photosynthetic organisms;

- there are four naturally occurring forms;

- syn. chlorophyl;

chlorophyll a
n1
a blue-black plant pigment having a blue-green alcohol solution;

- found in all higher plants;

chlorophyll b
n1
a dark-green plant pigment having a brilliant green alcohol solution;

- generally characteristic of higher plants;

chlorophyll c
n1
the chlorophyll present in brown algae, diatoms, and flagellates;

- syn. chlorofucin;

chlorophyll d
n1
the chlorophyll found (together with chlorophyll a) in red algae;

chlorophyllose
a1
relating to or being or containing chlorophyll;

- syn. chlorophyllous;

chlorophyllous
a1
relating to or being or containing chlorophyll;

- syn. chlorophyllose;

Chlorophyllum molybdites
n1
a poisonous agaric with a fibrillose cap and brown scales on a white ground color;

- cap can reach a diameter of 30 cm;

- often forms `fairy rings';

Chlorophyta
n1
large division of chiefly freshwater eukaryotic algae that possess chlorophyll a and b, store food as starch, and cellulose cell walls;

- classes Chlorophyceae, Ulvophyceae, and Charophyceae;

- obviously ancestral to land plants;

- syn. division Chlorophyta;

chlorophyte
n1
algae that are clear green in color;

- often growing on wet ricks or damp wood or the surface of stagnant water;

- syn. green algae;

chloropicrin
n1
a heavy colorless insoluble liquid compound that causes tears and vomiting;

- used as a pesticide and as tear gas;

- syn. nitrochloroform;

chloroplast
n1
plastid containing chlorophyll and other pigments;

- in plants that carry out photosynthesis;

chloroprene
n1
derivative of butadiene used in making neoprene by polymerization;

chloroquine
n1
an antimalarial drug used to treat malaria and amebic dysentery and systemic lupus erythematosus;

chlorosis
n1
iron deficiency anemia in young women;

- characterized by weakness and menstrual disturbances and a green color to the skin;

- syn. greensickness;

chlorothiazide
n1
a diuretic drug (trade name Diuril) used in the treatment of edema and hypertension;

- syn. Diuril;

chlorotic
a1
of or pertaining to or suffering from chlorosis;

- syn. greensick;

chlorous acid
n1
(HClO2) a strongly oxidizing acid;

- known only in solution;

Chloroxylon
n1
deciduous trees of India and Sri Lanka;

- syn. genus Chloroxylon;

Chloroxylon swietenia
n1
East Indian tree with valuable hard lustrous yellowish wood;

- syn. satinwood, satinwood tree;

chlorpheniramine maleate
n1
an antihistamine (trade names Coricidin and Chlor-Trimeton);

- syn. Chlor-Trimeton, Coricidin;

chlorpromazine
n1
a drug (trade name Thorazine) derived from phenothiazine that has antipsychotic effects and is used as a sedative and tranquilizer;

- syn. Thorazine;

chlorpyrifos
n1
a common organophosphate insecticide;

chlortetracycline
n1
a yellow crystalline antibiotic (trade name Aureomycin) used to treat certain bacterial and rickettsial diseases;

- syn. Aureomycin;

chlorthalidone
n1
a diuretic (trade names Hygroton and Thalidone) used to control hypertension and conditions that cause edema;

- effective in lowering blood pressure to prevent heart attacks;

- syn. Hygroton, Thalidone;

Chlorura
n1
towhees;

- syn. genus Chlorura;

Chlorura chlorura
n1
towhee of the Rocky Mountains;

- syn. green-tailed towhee;

choanocyte
n1
any of the flagellated cells in sponges having a collar of cytoplasm around the flagellum;

- they maintain a flow of water through the body;

- syn. collar cell;

choc / tʃ ɒ k /
n1
colloquial British abbreviation;

- "a box of chocs";

choc-ice / tʃ ɒ k aɪ s /
n1
colloquial British abbreviation for chocolate ice cream;

chock / tʃ ɒ k /
n1
a block of wood used to prevent the sliding or rolling of a heavy object;

- syn. wedge;

v1
secure with chocks;

v2
support on chocks;

- "chock the boat";

r1
as completely as possible;

- "it was chock-a-block full";

- syn. chock-a-block;

chock-a-block / tʃ ɒ k ə b ɫ ɒ k /
r1
as completely as possible;

- "it was chock-a-block full";

- syn. chock;

chock-full / tʃ ɒ k f ʊ ɫ /
a1
packed full to capacity;

- "chowder chockablock with pieces of fish";

- syn. chockablock, chockful, choke-full, chuck-full, cram full;

- sim. full;

chock up
v1
crowd or pack to capacity;

- "the theater was jampacked";

- syn. cram, jam, jampack, ram, wad;

chockablock
a1
packed full to capacity;

- "chowder chockablock with pieces of fish";

- syn. chock-full, chockful, choke-full, chuck-full, cram full;

- sim. full;

chockful
a1
packed full to capacity;

- "chowder chockablock with pieces of fish";

- syn. chock-full, chockablock, choke-full, chuck-full, cram full;

- sim. full;

chocolate / tʃ ɒ k ɫ ə t /
n1
a beverage made from cocoa powder and milk and sugar;

- usually drunk hot;

- syn. cocoa, drinking chocolate, hot chocolate;

n2
a food made from roasted ground cacao beans;

n3
a medium brown to dark-brown color;

- syn. burnt umber, coffee, deep brown, umber;

chocolate-brown
a1
of a color similar to that of wood or earth;

- syn. brown, brownish, dark-brown;

- sim. chromatic;

chocolate-colored
a1
having the color of dark chocolate;

- syn. chocolate-coloured;

- sim. colored;

chocolate-coloured
a1
having the color of dark chocolate;

- syn. chocolate-colored;

- sim. colored;

chocolate bar
n1
a bar of chocolate candy;

chocolate cake
n1
cake containing chocolate;

chocolate candy
n1
candy made with chocolate;

chocolate chip cookie
n1
cookies containing chocolate chips;

- syn. Toll House cookie;

chocolate eclair
n1
eclair topped with chocolate;

chocolate egg
n1
egg-shaped chocolate candy;

chocolate fondue
n1
fondue made of chocolate melted with milk or cream for dipping fruits;

chocolate fudge
n1
fudge made with chocolate or cocoa;

chocolate ice cream
n1
ice cream flavored with chocolate;

chocolate kiss
n1
a kiss that consists of a conical bite-sized piece of chocolate;

chocolate liquor
n1
the liquid or paste that is produced when cocoa beans are roasted and ground;

- the basis of all chocolate;

chocolate milk
n1
milk flavored with chocolate syrup;

chocolate mousse
n1
dessert mousse made with chocolate;

chocolate pudding
n1
sweet chocolate flavored custard-like pudding usually thickened with flour rather than eggs;

chocolate root
n1
erect perennial of north temperate zone having pinnate leaves and a few nodding flowers with a brown-purple calyx and orange and pink petals;

- syn. Geum rivale, Indian chocolate, purple avens, water avens;

chocolate sauce
n1
sauce made with unsweetened chocolate or cocoa and sugar and water;

- syn. chocolate syrup;

chocolate syrup
n1
sauce made with unsweetened chocolate or cocoa and sugar and water;

- syn. chocolate sauce;

chocolate tree
n1
tropical American tree producing cacao beans;

- syn. Theobroma cacao, cacao, cacao tree;

chocolate truffle
n1
creamy chocolate candy;

- syn. truffle;

Choctaw / tʃ ɒ k t ɔ /
n1
a member of the Muskhogean people formerly living in Alabama;

n2
the Muskhogean language of the Choctaw;

- syn. Chahta;

Choeronycteris
n1
a genus of Phyllostomatidae;

- syn. genus Choeronycteris;

Choeronycteris mexicana
n1
small-eared Mexican bat with a long slender nose;

- syn. hognose bat;

choice / tʃ ɔɪ s /
n1
the person or thing chosen or selected;

- "he was my pick for mayor";

- syn. pick, selection;

n2
the act of choosing or selecting;

- "your choice of colors was unfortunate";

- "you can take your pick";

- syn. option, pick, selection;

n3
one of a number of things from which only one can be chosen;

- "what option did I have?";

- "there is no other alternative";

- "my only choice is to refuse";

- syn. alternative, option;

a1
of superior grade;

- "choice wines";

- "prime beef";

- "prize carnations";

- "quality paper";

- "select peaches";

- syn. prime, prize, quality, select;

- sim. superior;

a2
appealing to refined taste;

- "choice wine";

- sim. tasty;

choice morsel
n1
a small tasty bit of food;

- syn. tidbit, titbit;

choice of words
n1
the manner in which something is expressed in words;

- "use concise military verbiage"- G.S.Patton;

- syn. diction, phraseology, phrasing, verbiage, wording;

choiceness / tʃ ɔɪ s n ɛ s /
n1
the quality of being very good indeed;

- "the inn is distinguished by the fineness of its cuisine";

- syn. fineness;

choir / k w aɪ ə , k w aɪ ə ɹ /
n1
a chorus that sings as part of a religious ceremony;

n2
a family of similar musical instrument playing together;

- syn. consort;

n3
the area occupied by singers;

- the part of the chancel between sanctuary and nave;

v1
sing in a choir;

- syn. chorus;

choir loft
n1
a gallery in a church occupied by the choir;

choir school
n1
a school that is part of a cathedral or monastery where boys with singing ability can receive a general education;

- syn. schola cantorum;

choirboy / k w aɪ ə b ɔɪ /
n1
a boy who sings in a choir;

choirmaster / k w aɪ ə m ɑ s t ə /
n1
the musical director of a choir;

- syn. cantor, precentor;

choke / tʃ oʊ k /
n1
a coil of low resistance and high inductance used in electrical circuits to pass direct current and attenuate alternating current;

- syn. choke coil, choking coil;

n2
a valve that controls the flow of air into the carburetor of a gasoline engine;

v1
breathe with great difficulty, as when experiencing a strong emotion;

- "She choked with emotion when she spoke about her deceased husband";

v2
be too tight;

- rub or press;

- "This neckband is choking the cat";

- syn. fret, gag;

v3
wring the neck of;

- "The man choked his opponent";

- syn. scrag;

v4
constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing;

- syn. strangle;

v5
struggle for breath;

- have insufficient oxygen intake;

- "he swallowed a fishbone and gagged";

- syn. gag, strangle, suffocate;

v6
fail to perform adequately due to tension or agitation;

- "The team should have won hands down but choked, disappointing the coach and the audience";

v7
check or slow down the action or effect of;

- "She choked her anger";

v8
become or cause to become obstructed;

- "The leaves clog our drains in the Fall";

- "The water pipe is backed up";

- syn. back up, choke off, clog, clog up, congest, foul;

v9
impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of;

- "The foul air was slowly suffocating the children";

- syn. asphyxiate, stifle, suffocate;

v10
become stultified, suppressed, or stifled;

- "He is suffocating--living at home with his aged parents in the small village";

- syn. suffocate;

v11
suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of;

- "His job suffocated him";

- syn. suffocate;

v12
pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life;

- "She died from cancer";

- "The children perished in the fire";

- "The patient went peacefully";

- "The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102";

- syn. buy the farm, cash in one's chips, conk, croak, decease, die, drop dead, exit, expire, give-up the ghost, go, kick the bucket, pass, pass away, perish, pop off, snuff it;

v13
reduce the air supply;

- "choke a carburetor";

- syn. throttle;

v14
cause to retch or choke;

- syn. gag;

choke-full
a1
packed full to capacity;

- "chowder chockablock with pieces of fish";

- syn. chock-full, chockablock, chockful, chuck-full, cram full;

- sim. full;

choke back
v1
suppress;

- "He choked down his rage";

- syn. choke down, choke off;

choke coil
n1
a coil of low resistance and high inductance used in electrical circuits to pass direct current and attenuate alternating current;

- syn. choke, choking coil;

choke down
v1
suppress;

- "He choked down his rage";

- syn. choke back, choke off;

choke hold
n1
a restraining hold;

- someone loops the arm around the neck of another person in a tight grip, usually from behind;

- "he grabbed the woman in a chokehold, demanded her cash and jewelry, and then fled";

- syn. chokehold;

choke off
v1
suppress;

- "He choked down his rage";

- syn. choke back, choke down;

v2
become or cause to become obstructed;

- "The leaves clog our drains in the Fall";

- "The water pipe is backed up";

- syn. back up, choke, clog, clog up, congest, foul;

choke up
v1
obstruct;

- "My nose is all stuffed";

- "Her arteries are blocked";

- syn. block, lug, stuff;

chokecherry
n1
the fruit of the chokecherry tree;

n2
a common wild cherry of eastern North America having small bitter black berries favored by birds;

- syn. Prunus virginiana, chokecherry tree;

chokecherry tree
n1
a common wild cherry of eastern North America having small bitter black berries favored by birds;

- syn. Prunus virginiana, chokecherry;

choked / tʃ oʊ k t /
a1
stopped up;

- clogged up;

- "clogged pipes";

- "clogged up freeways";

- "streets choked with traffic";

- syn. clogged;

- sim. obstructed;

chokedamp
n1
the atmosphere in a mine following an explosion;

- high in carbon dioxide and incapable of supporting life;

- syn. blackdamp;

chokehold
n1
complete power over a person or situation;

- "corporations have a stranglehold on the media";

- "the president applied a chokehold to labor disputes that inconvenienced the public";

- syn. stranglehold, throttlehold;

n2
a restraining hold;

- someone loops the arm around the neck of another person in a tight grip, usually from behind;

- "he grabbed the woman in a chokehold, demanded her cash and jewelry, and then fled";

- syn. choke hold;

chokepoint
n1
a narrowing that reduces the flow through a channel;

- syn. bottleneck, constriction;

n2
a point of congestion or blockage;

- "the bridge is always a chokepoint at rush hour";

choker / tʃ oʊ k ə , tʃ oʊ k ə ɹ /
n1
someone who kills by strangling;

- syn. garroter, garrotter, strangler, throttler;

n2
an unfortunate person who is unable to perform effectively because of nervous tension or agitation;

- "he could win if he wasn't a choker";

n3
necklace that fits tightly around a woman's neck;

- syn. collar, dog collar, neckband;

n4
a high tight collar;

- syn. neck ruff, ruff, ruffle;

chokey / tʃ oʊ k i /
n1
British slang (dated) for a prison;

- syn. choky;

choking / tʃ oʊ k ɪ ŋ /
n1
a condition caused by blocking the airways to the lungs (as with food or swelling of the larynx);

n2
the act of suffocating (someone) by constricting the windpipe;

- "no evidence that the choking was done by the accused";

- syn. strangling, strangulation, throttling;

choking coil
n1
a coil of low resistance and high inductance used in electrical circuits to pass direct current and attenuate alternating current;

- syn. choke, choke coil;

choky / tʃ oʊ k i /
n1
British slang (dated) for a prison;

- syn. chokey;

a1
so tight as to tend to choke;

- "a choky collar";

- sim. tight;

cholangiography
n1
roentgenographic examination of the bile ducts after a contrast medium has been injected;

cholangitis
n1
inflammation of the bile ducts;

cholecalciferol
n1
a fat-soluble vitamin that prevents rickets;

- syn. D, calciferol, ergocalciferol, viosterol, vitamin D;

cholecystectomy
n1
surgical removal of the gall bladder (usually for relief of gallstone pain);

cholecystitis
n1
inflammation of the gall bladder;

cholecystokinin
n1
a gastrointestinal hormone that stimulates the secretion of pancreatic enzymes and the contraction and emptying of the gall bladder;

- its release is stimulated by the presence of fatty acids and amino acids in the small intestine;

cholelithiasis
n1
the presence of gallstones in the gallbladder;

cholelithotomy
n1
removal of gallstone through an incision in the gallbladder;

choler / k ɒ ɫ ə , k ɒ ɫ ə ɹ /
n1
an irritable petulant feeling;

- syn. crossness, fretfulness, fussiness, irritability, peevishness, petulance;

n2
a strong emotion;

- a feeling that is oriented toward some real or supposed grievance;

- syn. anger, ire;

n3
a humor that was once believed to be secreted by the liver and to cause irritability and anger;

- syn. yellow bile;

cholera / k ɒ ɫ ə ɹ ə /
n1
an acute intestinal infection caused by ingestion of contaminated water or food;

- syn. Asiatic cholera, Indian cholera, epidemic cholera;

cholera infantum
n1
often fatal form of gastroenteritis occurring in children;

- not true cholera but having similar symptoms;

cholera morbus
n1
severe gastroenteritis of unknown etiology;

- characterized by severe colic and vomiting and diarrhea;

- syn. collywobbles;

choleraic / k ɒ ɫ ə ɹ eɪ ɪ k /
a1
relating to or resulting from or resembling cholera;

choleric / k ɒ ɫ ə ɹ ɪ k /
a1
easily moved to anger;

- "men of the choleric type take to kicking and smashing"- H.G.Wells;

- sim. passionate;

a2
quickly aroused to anger;

- "a hotheaded commander";

- syn. hot-tempered, hotheaded, irascible, quick-tempered, short-tempered;

- sim. ill-natured;

a3
characterized by anger;

- "a choleric outburst";

- "an irascible response";

- syn. irascible;

- sim. angry;

cholestasis
n1
a condition in which little or no bile is secreted or the flow of bile into the digestive tract is obstructed;

- syn. acholia;

cholesterin
n1
an animal sterol that is normally synthesized by the liver;

- the most abundant steroid in animal tissues;

- syn. cholesterol;

cholesterol / k ɒ ɫ ɛ s t ə ɹ ɒ ɫ /
n1
an animal sterol that is normally synthesized by the liver;

- the most abundant steroid in animal tissues;

- syn. cholesterin;

cholesterosis cutis
n1
widespread xanthomas (especially on elbows and knees);

- often associated with a disorder of lipid metabolism;

- syn. lipid granulomatosis, lipoid granulomatosis, xanthoma multiplex, xanthomatosis;

cholic acid
n1
an insoluble crystalline acid present in bile;

choline
n1
a B-complex vitamin that is a constituent of lecithin;

- essential in the metabolism of fat;

cholinergic
a1
releasing or activated by acetylcholine or a related compound;

cholinesterase
n1
an enzyme that hydrolyses acetylcholine (into choline and acetic acid);

cholla
n1
arborescent cacti having very spiny cylindrical stem segments;

- southwestern United States and Mexico;

- syn. Opuntia cholla;

Choloepus
n1
a genus of Megalonychidae consisting of the two-toed sloth;

- syn. genus Choloepus;

Choloepus didactylus
n1
relatively small fast-moving sloth with two long claws on each front foot;

- syn. two-toed sloth, unai, unau;

Choloepus hoffmanni
n1
a sloth of Central America that has two long claws on each forefoot and three long claws on each hindfoot;

- syn. two-toed sloth, unai, unau;

chomp
n1
the act of gripping or chewing off with the teeth and jaws;

- syn. bite;

v1
chew noisily;

- "The boy chomped his sandwich";

- syn. champ;

chomping
n1
the act of chewing noisily;

Chomsky
n1
United States linguist whose theory of generative grammar redefined the field of linguistics (born 1928);

- syn. A. Noam Chomsky, Noam Chomsky;

chon
n1
100 chon equal 1 won in South Korea;

n2
100 chon equal 1 won in North Korea;

chondrichthian
n1
fishes in which the skeleton may be calcified but not ossified;

- syn. cartilaginous fish;

Chondrichthyes
n1
cartilaginous fishes;

- syn. class Chondrichthyes;

chondrify
v1
turn into cartilage;

- "The tissue chondrifies";

chondrin
n1
a substance that resembles gelatin and is obtained by boiling cartilage in water;

chondriosome
n1
an organelle containing enzymes responsible for producing energy;

- syn. mitochondrion;

chondrite
n1
a rock of meteoric origin containing chondrules;

chondritic
a1
having a granular structure like that of chondrites;

- syn. granular;

chondrodystrophy
n1
an inherited skeletal disorder beginning before birth;

- cartilage is converted to bone resulting in dwarfism;

- syn. achondroplasia, achondroplasty, osteosclerosis congenita;

chondroma
n1
a common benign tumor of cartilage cells;

chondrosarcoma
n1
a malignant neoplasm of cartilage cells;

chondrule
n1
small granule (of e.g. chrysolite) found in some meteoric rocks;

Chondrus
n1
a genus of protoctist;

- syn. genus Chondrus;

Chondrus crispus
n1
dark purple edible seaweed of the Atlantic coasts of Europe and North America;

- syn. Irish moss, carageen, carrageen, carragheen;

Chongqing
n1
a city in south-central China on the Chang Jiang;

- a commercial center for western China;

- syn. Chungking;

choo-choo
n1
a child's word for locomotive;

choose / tʃ u z /
v1
pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives;

- "Take any one of these cards";

- "Choose a good husband for your daughter";

- "She selected a pair of shoes from among the dozen the salesgirl had shown her";

- syn. pick out, select, take;

v2
select as an alternative over another;

- "I always choose the fish over the meat courses in this restaurant";

- "She opted for the job on the East coast";

- syn. opt, prefer;

v3
see fit or proper to act in a certain way;

- decide to act in a certain way;

- "She chose not to attend classes and now she failed the exam";

choose up
v1
form sides, as for a game;

chooser / tʃ u z ə /
n1
a person who chooses or selects out;

- syn. picker, selector;

choosey / tʃ u z i /
a1
difficult to please;

- syn. choosy;

- sim. fastidious;

choosy / tʃ u z i /
a1
difficult to please;

- syn. choosey;

- sim. fastidious;

chop / tʃ ɒ p /
n1
the irregular motion of waves (usually caused by wind blowing in a direction opposite to the tide);

- "the boat headed into the chop";

n2
a small cut of meat including part of a rib;

n3
a jaw;

- "I'll hit him on the chops";

n4
a tennis return made with a downward motion that puts backspin on the ball;

- syn. chop shot;

n5
a grounder that bounces high in the air;

- syn. chopper;

v1
cut into pieces;

- "Chop wood";

- "chop meat";

- syn. chop up;

v2
move suddenly;

v3
form or shape by chopping;

- "chop a hole in the ground";

v4
strike sharply, as in some sports;

v5
cut with a hacking tool;

- syn. hack;

- also chop down, chop off, chop up;

v6
hit sharply;

chop-chop / tʃ ɒ p tʃ ɒ p /
r1
with speed;

- "he works quickly";

- "John got ready in short order";

- syn. apace, in short order, quickly, rapidly, speedily;

chop-suey greens
n1
grown for its succulent edible leaves used in Asian cooking;

- syn. Chrysanthemum coronarium spatiosum, shun giku, tong ho;

n2
succulent and aromatic young dark green leaves used in Chinese and Vietnamese and Japanese cooking;

chop down
v1
cut down;

- "George chopped down the cherry tree";

chop off
v1
remove by or as if by cutting;

- "cut off the ear";

- "lop off the dead branch";

- syn. cut off, lop off;

chop shop
n1
a place where stolen cars are disassembled for their parts;

chop shot
n1
a tennis return made with a downward motion that puts backspin on the ball;

- syn. chop;

chop steak
n1
a patty of ground cooked beef;

- syn. beef patty, chopped steak, chopsteak, hamburger steak;

chop suey / tʃ ɒ p s u i /
n1
meat or fish stir-fried with vegetables (e.g., celery, onions, peppers or bean sprouts) seasoned with ginger and garlic and soy sauce;

- served with rice;

- created in the United States and frequently served in Chinese restaurants there;

chop up
v1
cut into pieces;

- "Chop wood";

- "chop meat";

- syn. chop;

chopfallen
a1
brought low in spirit;

- "left us fatigued and deflated spiritually";

- syn. chapfallen, crestfallen, deflated;

- sim. dejected;

chophouse / tʃ ɒ p h aʊ z /
n1
a restaurant that specializes in steaks;

- syn. steakhouse;

Chopin / tʃ ɒ p ɪ n /
n1
the music of Chopin;

- "he practiced Chopin day and night";

n2
United States writer who described Creole life in Louisiana (1851-1904);

- syn. Kate Chopin, Kate O'Flaherty Chopin;

n3
French composer (born in Poland) and pianist of the romantic school (1810-1849);

- syn. Frederic Francois Chopin;

chopine
n1
a woman's shoe with a very high thick sole;

- syn. platform;

chopped / tʃ ɒ p t /
a1
prepared by cutting;

- "sliced tomatoes";

- "sliced ham";

- "chopped clams";

- "chopped meat";

- "shredded cabbage";

- syn. shredded, sliced;

- sim. cut;

chopped steak
n1
a patty of ground cooked beef;

- syn. beef patty, chop steak, chopsteak, hamburger steak;

chopper / tʃ ɒ p ə , tʃ ɒ p ə ɹ /
n1
a grounder that bounces high in the air;

- syn. chop;

n2
informal terms for a human `tooth';

- syn. pearly;

n3
an aircraft without wings that obtains its lift from the rotation of overhead blades;

- syn. eggbeater, helicopter, whirlybird;

n4
a butcher's knife having a large square blade;

- syn. cleaver, meat cleaver;

choppiness / tʃ ɒ p ɪ n ə s /
n1
used of the sea during inclement or stormy weather;

- syn. rough water, roughness;

chopping block
n1
a steady wooden block on which food can be cut or diced or wood can be split;

chopping board
n1
a wooden board where meats or vegetables can be cut;

- syn. cutting board;

choppy / tʃ ɒ p i /
a1
marked by abrupt transitions;

- "choppy prose";

- syn. jerky;

- sim. sudden;

a2
rough with small waves;

- "choppy seas";

- sim. stormy;

chopsteak
n1
a patty of ground cooked beef;

- syn. beef patty, chop steak, chopped steak, hamburger steak;

chopstick / tʃ ɒ p s t ɪ k /
n1
one of a pair of slender sticks used as oriental tableware to eat food with;

choragic
a1
pertaining to or characteristic of a choragus;

choragus
n1
(ancient Greece) leader of a group or festival;

- leader of a chorus;

choral / k ɔ ɹ ə ɫ /
n1
a stately Protestant (especially Lutheran) hymn tune;

- syn. chorale;

a1
related to or written for or performed by a chorus or choir;

- "choral composition";

- "choral ensemble";

choral ode
n1
ode sung by the chorus in classical Greek drama;

chorale / k ə ɹ ɑ ɫ /
n1
a stately Protestant (especially Lutheran) hymn tune;

- syn. choral;

chorale prelude
n1
a composition for organ using a chorale as a basis for variations;

chorally / k ɔ ɹ ə ɫ i /
r1
by a chorus;

- "chorally accompanied";

chord / k ɔ d /
n1
a straight line connecting two points on a curve;

n2
a combination of three or more notes that blend harmoniously when sounded together;

v1
play chords on (a stringed instrument);

v2
bring into consonance, harmony, or accord while making music or singing;

- syn. harmonise, harmonize;

chordal
a1
relating to or consisting of or emphasizing chords;

- "chordal assonance in modern music";

- "chordal rather than contrapuntal music";

chordamesoderm
n1
the area of mesoderm that forms the notochord;

- syn. chordomesoderm;

Chordata
n1
comprises true vertebrates and animals having a notochord;

- syn. phylum Chordata;

chordate / k ɔ d ɛ t /
n1
any animal of the phylum Chordata having a notochord or spinal column;

a1
of or relating to or characteristic of the Chordata;

chordate family
n1
any family in the phylum Chordata;

chordate genus
n1
any genus in the phylum Chordata;

Chordeiles
n1
a genus of Caprimulgidae;

- syn. genus Chordeiles;

chorditis / k ɔ d aɪ t ɪ s /
n1
inflammation of the spermatic cord;

n2
inflammation of the vocal cords;

chordomesoderm
n1
the area of mesoderm that forms the notochord;

- syn. chordamesoderm;

chordophone
n1
a stringed instrument of the group including harps, lutes, lyres, and zithers;

Chordospartium
n1
2 species of small New Zealand trees: weeping tree broom;

- endangered;

- syn. genus Chordospartium;

chore / tʃ ɔ , tʃ ɔ ɹ /
n1
a specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee;

- "estimates of the city's loss on that job ranged as high as a million dollars";

- "the job of repairing the engine took several hours";

- "the endless task of classifying the samples";

- "the farmer's morning chores";

- syn. job, task;

chorea / k ɒ ɹ ɪə /
n1
chorea in dogs;

- syn. canine chorea;

n2
any of several degenerative nervous disorders characterized by spasmodic movements of the body and limbs;

choreic abasia
n1
abasia related to abnormal movements of the legs;

choreograph
v1
compose a sequence of dance steps, often to music;

- "Balanchine choreographed many pieces to Stravinsky's music";

v2
plan and oversee the development and details of;

- "The meeting between the two Presidents had been carefully choreographed";

choreographer / k ɒ ɹ ɪ ɒ ɡ ɹ ə f ə , k ɒ ɹ ɪ ɒ ɡ ɹ ə f ə ɹ /
n1
someone who creates new dances;

choreographic / k ɒ ɹ ɪə ɡ ɹ æ f ɪ k /
a1
of or concerned with choreography;

choreography / k ɒ ɹ ɪ ɒ ɡ ɹ ə f i /
n1
a show involving artistic dancing;

- syn. stage dancing;

n2
the representation of dancing by symbols as music is represented by notes;

n3
a notation used by choreographers;

choric / k ɒ ɹ ɪ k /
a1
relating to or written for or in the style of a Greek chorus;

- "a choric Greek tragedy";

chorine
n1
a woman who dances in a chorus line;

- syn. chorus girl, showgirl;

chorioallantoic membrane
n1
the very vascular fetal membrane composed of the fused chorion and adjacent wall of the allantois;

- syn. chorioallantois;

chorioallantois
n1
the very vascular fetal membrane composed of the fused chorion and adjacent wall of the allantois;

- syn. chorioallantoic membrane;

choriomeningitis
n1
a cerebral meningitis with cellular infiltration of the meninges;

chorion
n1
the outermost membranous sac enclosing the embryo in higher vertebrates (reptiles, birds and mammals);

chorionic
a1
of or relating to a chorion;

- "a chorionic villus is a minute vascular projection on the fetal chorion";

chorionic villus
n1
one of the tiny villi that stick out of the fetal chorion and combine with the mother's uterine tissue to form the placenta;

chorionic villus biopsy
n1
a prenatal test to detect birth defects at an early stage of pregnancy;

- tissue from the chorionic villi is assayed;

- syn. chorionic villus sampling;

chorionic villus sampling
n1
a prenatal test to detect birth defects at an early stage of pregnancy;

- tissue from the chorionic villi is assayed;

- syn. chorionic villus biopsy;

chorioretinitis
n1
inflammation of the choroid layer behind the retina;

Choriotis
n1
Australian bustard;

- syn. genus Choriotis;

Choriotis australis
n1
popular Australian game bird;

- syn. plain turkey;

chorister / k ɒ ɹ ɪ s t ə , k ɒ ɹ ɪ s t ə ɹ /
n1
a singer in a choir;

Chorizagrotis
n1
moths whose larvae are army cutworms;

- syn. genus Chorizagrotis;

Chorizagrotis auxiliaris
n1
larvae (of a noctuid moth) that travel in large groups and destroy grains and alfalfa in the midwestern states;

- syn. army cutworm;

Chorizema
n1
genus of Australian twining vines and small shrubs: flame peas;

- syn. genus Chorizema;

chorizo
n1
a spicy Spanish pork sausage;

choroid
n1
a highly vascular membrane in the eye between the retina and the sclera;

- a dark pigmentation minimizes the scattering of light inside the eye;

- syn. choroid coat;

choroid coat
n1
a highly vascular membrane in the eye between the retina and the sclera;

- a dark pigmentation minimizes the scattering of light inside the eye;

- syn. choroid;

choroid plexus
n1
a vascular plexus of the cerebral ventricles that regulate intraventricular pressure;

- syn. plexus choroideus;

choroid vein
n1
either of two veins serving the choroid coat of the eye;

- syn. vena choroidea;

choroidal artery
n1
an artery that supplies the choroid plexus;

- syn. arteria choroidea;

choropleth map
n1
a map that uses graded differences in shading or color or the placing of symbols inside defined areas on the map in order to indicate the average values of some property or quantity in those areas;

chortle / tʃ ɔ t ɫ /
n1
a soft partly suppressed laugh;

- syn. chuckle;

v1
laugh quietly or with restraint;

- syn. chuckle, laugh softly;

chorus / k ɔ ɹ ə s /
n1
any utterance produced simultaneously by a group;

- "a chorus of boos";

n2
a group of people assembled to sing together;

n3
the part of a song where a soloist is joined by a group of singers;

- syn. refrain;

n4
a body of dancers or singers who perform together;

- syn. chorus line;

n5
a company of actors who comment (by speaking or singing in unison) on the action in a classical Greek play;

- syn. Greek chorus;

v1
utter in unison;

- "`yes,' the children chorused";

v2
sing in a choir;

- syn. choir;

chorus frog
n1
any of several small North American frogs having a loud call;

chorus girl
n1
a woman who dances in a chorus line;

- syn. chorine, showgirl;

chorus line
n1
a body of dancers or singers who perform together;

- syn. chorus;

chosen / tʃ oʊ z ə n , tʃ oʊ z n /
n1
one who is the object of choice;

- who is given preference;

- "she was Mama's chosen";

n2
the name for Korea as a Japanese province (1910-1945);

n3
an exclusive group of people;

- "one of the elect who have power inside the government";

- syn. elect;

chosen people
n1
any people believing themselves to be chosen by God;

Chou
n1
the imperial dynasty of China from 1122 to 221 BC;

- notable for the rise of Confucianism and Taoism;

- syn. Chou dynasty, Chow, Chow dynasty, Zhou, Zhou dynasty;

n2
any of various types of cabbage;

- syn. cabbage;

n3
puff filled with cream or custard;

- syn. cream puff;

Chou dynasty
n1
the imperial dynasty of China from 1122 to 221 BC;

- notable for the rise of Confucianism and Taoism;

- syn. Chou, Chow, Chow dynasty, Zhou, Zhou dynasty;

Chou En-lai
n1
Chinese revolutionary and communist leader (1898-1976);

- syn. Zhou En-lai;

chough / tʃ ʌ f /
n1
a European corvine bird of small or medium size with red legs and glossy black plumage;

chouse / tʃ aʊ s /
v1
defeat someone through trickery or deceit;

- syn. cheat, chicane, jockey, screw, shaft;

Chow / tʃ aʊ /
n1
the imperial dynasty of China from 1122 to 221 BC;

- notable for the rise of Confucianism and Taoism;

- syn. Chou, Chou dynasty, Chow dynasty, Zhou, Zhou dynasty;

n2
informal terms for a meal;

- syn. chuck, eats, grub;

n3
breed of medium-sized dogs with a thick coat and fluffy curled tails and distinctive blue-black tongues;

- believed to have originated in northern China;

- syn. chow chow;

chow chow
n1
breed of medium-sized dogs with a thick coat and fluffy curled tails and distinctive blue-black tongues;

- believed to have originated in northern China;

- syn. chow;

Chow dynasty
n1
the imperial dynasty of China from 1122 to 221 BC;

- notable for the rise of Confucianism and Taoism;

- syn. Chou, Chou dynasty, Chow, Zhou, Zhou dynasty;

chow line
n1
a queue of people waiting for food to be served (especially at a military camp);

chow mein
n1
chop suey served with fried noodles;

chowchow / tʃ aʊ tʃ aʊ /
n1
chopped pickles in mustard sauce;

n2
a Chinese preserve of mixed fruits and ginger;

chowder / tʃ aʊ d ə , tʃ aʊ d ə ɹ /
n1
a thick soup or stew made with milk and bacon and onions and potatoes;

chrestomathy / k ɹ ɛ s t ɒ m ə θ i /
n1
a selection of passages from different authors that is compiled as an aid in learning a language;

Chris Evert
n1
United States tennis player who won women's singles titles in the United States and at Wimbledon (born in 1954);

- syn. Chrissie Evert, Christine Marie Evert, Evert;

chrism / k ɹ ɪ z ə m /
n1
a consecrated ointment consisting of a mixture of oil and balsam;

- syn. chrisom, holy oil, sacramental oil;

chrisom / k ɹ ɪ z ə m /
n1
a consecrated ointment consisting of a mixture of oil and balsam;

- syn. chrism, holy oil, sacramental oil;

Chrissie Evert
n1
United States tennis player who won women's singles titles in the United States and at Wimbledon (born in 1954);

- syn. Chris Evert, Christine Marie Evert, Evert;

Christ / k ɹ aɪ s t /
n1
a teacher and prophet born in Bethlehem and active in Nazareth;

- his life and sermons form the basis for Christianity (circa 4 BC - AD 29);

- syn. Deliverer, Good Shepherd, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Jesus of Nazareth, Redeemer, Savior, Saviour, the Nazarene;

n2
any expected deliverer;

- syn. messiah;

Christ's-thorn
n1
thorny Eurasian shrub with dry woody winged fruit;

- syn. Jerusalem thorn, Paliurus spina-christi;

n2
spiny tree having dark red edible fruits;

- syn. Jerusalem thorn, Ziziphus jujuba, jujube, jujube bush;

Christ's Resurrection
n1
(New Testament) the rising of Christ on the third day after the Crucifixion;

- syn. Resurrection, Resurrection of Christ;

Christ plant
n1
somewhat climbing bushy spurge of Madagascar having long woody spiny stems with few leaves and flowers with scarlet bracts;

- syn. Christ thorn, Euphorbia milii, crown of thorns;

Christ thorn
n1
somewhat climbing bushy spurge of Madagascar having long woody spiny stems with few leaves and flowers with scarlet bracts;

- syn. Christ plant, Euphorbia milii, crown of thorns;

Christ Within
n1
a divine presence believed by Quakers to enlighten and guide the soul;

- syn. Inner Light, Light, Light Within;

Christchurch / k ɹ aɪ s tʃ ɝ tʃ /
n1
industrial city at the center of a rich agricultural region;

christella
n1
any of several tropical ferns of the genus Christella having thin brittle fronds;

christen / k ɹ ɪ s n /
v1
administer baptism to;

- "The parents had the child baptized";

- syn. baptise, baptize;

Christendom / k ɹ ɪ s n d ə m /
n1
the collective body of Christians throughout the world and history (found predominantly in Europe and the Americas and Australia);

- "for a thousand years the Roman Catholic Church was the principal church of Christendom";

- syn. Christianity;

christening / k ɹ ɪ s n ɪ ŋ /
n1
giving a Christian name at baptism;

Christiaan Eijkman
n1
Dutch physician who discovered that beriberi is caused by a nutritional deficiency (1858-1930);

- syn. Eijkman;

Christiaan Huygens
n1
Dutch physicist who first formulated the wave theory of light (1629-1695);

- syn. Christian Huygens, Huygens;

Christian / k ɹ ɪ s tʃ ə n /
n1
a religious person who believes Jesus is the Christ and who is a member of a Christian denomination;

a1
relating to or characteristic of Christianity;

- "Christian rites";

a2
following the teachings or manifesting the qualities or spirit of Jesus Christ;

- sim. christianly, christlike;

Christian Bible
n1
the sacred writings of the Christian religions;

- "he went to carry the Word to the heathen";

- syn. Bible, Book, Good Book, Holy Scripture, Holy Writ, Scripture, Word, Word of God;

Christian church
n1
one of the groups of Christians who have their own beliefs and forms of worship;

- syn. church;

n2
a Protestant church that accepts the Bible as the only source of true Christian faith and practices baptism by immersion;

- syn. Disciples of Christ;

Christian Dior
n1
French couturier whose first collection in 1947 created a style that became known as the New Look (1905-1957);

- syn. Dior;

Christian era
n1
the time period beginning with the supposed year of Christ's birth;

- syn. Common era;

Christian Friedrich Hebbel
n1
German dramatist (1813-1863);

- syn. Friedrich Hebbel, Hebbel;

Christian Friedrich Schonbein
n1
German chemist who discovered ozone and developed guncotton as a propellant in firearms (1799-1868);

- syn. Christian Schonbein, Schonbein;

Christian holy day
n1
a religious holiday for Christians;

Christian Huygens
n1
Dutch physicist who first formulated the wave theory of light (1629-1695);

- syn. Christiaan Huygens, Huygens;

Christian Johann Doppler
n1
Austrian physicist famous for his discovery of the Doppler effect (1803-1853);

- syn. Doppler;

Christian liturgy
n1
the Christian worship services;

Christian name
n1
the first name given to Christians at birth or christening;

- syn. baptismal name;

Christian religion
n1
a monotheistic system of beliefs and practices based on the Old Testament and the teachings of Jesus as embodied in the New Testament and emphasizing the role of Jesus as savior;

- syn. Christianity;

Christian Schonbein
n1
German chemist who discovered ozone and developed guncotton as a propellant in firearms (1799-1868);

- syn. Christian Friedrich Schonbein, Schonbein;

Christian Science
n1
Protestant denomination founded by Mary Baker Eddy in 1866;

- syn. Church of Christ Scientist;

n2
religious system based on teachings of Mary Baker Eddy emphasizing spiritual healing;

Christian Scientist
n1
a member of the Protestant church founded in the United States by Mary Baker Eddy;

Christian theology
n1
the teachings of Christian churches;

Christian year
n1
the year in the ecclesiastical calendar;

- especially feast days and special seasons;

- syn. church year;

Christiania
n1
the capital and largest city of Norway;

- the country's main port;

- located at the head of a fjord on Norway's southern coast;

- syn. Oslo, capital of Norway;

Christianisation
n1
conversion to Christianity;

- syn. Christianization;

Christianise / k ɹ ɪ s t ɪ æ n ɪ s /
v1
convert to Christianity;

- "missionaries have tried to Christianize native people all over the world";

- syn. Christianize;

Christianity / k ɹ ɪ s t ɪ æ n ɪ t i /
n1
a monotheistic system of beliefs and practices based on the Old Testament and the teachings of Jesus as embodied in the New Testament and emphasizing the role of Jesus as savior;

- syn. Christian religion;

n2
the collective body of Christians throughout the world and history (found predominantly in Europe and the Americas and Australia);

- "for a thousand years the Roman Catholic Church was the principal church of Christendom";

- syn. Christendom;

Christianization / k ɹ ɪ s t j ə n aɪ z eɪ ʃ n /
n1
conversion to Christianity;

- syn. Christianisation;

Christianize / k ɹ ɪ s t j ə n aɪ z /
v1
adapt in the name of Christianity;

- "some people want to Christianize ancient pagan sites";

v2
convert to Christianity;

- "missionaries have tried to Christianize native people all over the world";

- syn. Christianise;

christianly
a1
becoming to or like a Christian;

- "gentle christianly behavior";

- sim. christian;

Christie / k ɹ ɪ s t aɪ /
n1
prolific English writer of detective stories (1890-1976);

- syn. Agatha Christie, Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie;

Christine Marie Evert
n1
United States tennis player who won women's singles titles in the United States and at Wimbledon (born in 1954);

- syn. Chris Evert, Chrissie Evert, Evert;

christless / k ɹ aɪ s t ɫ ɛ s /
a1
not believing in Christ;

- syn. nonchristian;

- sim. unchristian;

christlike / k ɹ aɪ s ɫ aɪ k /
a1
resembling or showing the spirit of Christ;

- syn. christly;

- sim. christian;

christly
a1
resembling or showing the spirit of Christ;

- syn. christlike;

- sim. christian;

Christmas / k ɹ ɪ s m ə s /
n1
period extending from Dec. 24 to Jan. 6;

- syn. Christmastide, Christmastime, Noel, Yule, Yuletide;

n2
a Christian holiday celebrating the birth of Christ;

- a quarter day in England, Wales, and Ireland;

- syn. Christmas Day, Dec 25, Xmas;

Christmas begonia
n1
hybrid winter-blooming begonia grown for its many large pink flowers;

- syn. Begonia cheimantha, blooming-fool begonia;

Christmas bells
n1
any of several plants of the genus Blandfordia having large orange or crimson flowers;

Christmas berry
n1
spiny evergreen shrub of southeastern United States having spreading branches usually blue or mauve flowers and red berries;

- syn. Christmasberry, Lycium carolinianum;

n2
ornamental evergreen treelike shrub of the Pacific coast of the United States having large white flowers and red berrylike fruits;

- often placed in genus Photinia;

- syn. Christmasberry, Heteromeles arbutifolia, Photinia arbutifolia, tollon, toyon;

Christmas box
n1
a present given at Christmas for services during the year;

Christmas bush
n1
Australian tree or shrub with red flowers;

- often used in Christmas decoration;

- syn. Ceratopetalum gummiferum, Christmas tree;

Christmas cactus
n1
epiphytic cactus of Brazilian ancestry widely cultivated as a houseplant having jointed flat segments and usually rose-purple flowers that bloom in winter;

- syn. Schlumbergera baridgesii, Schlumbergera buckleyi;

Christmas cake
n1
a rich fruitcake (usually covered with icing and marzipan) and eaten at Christmas;

Christmas card
n1
a card expressing a Christmas greeting;

Christmas carol
n1
joyful religious song celebrating the birth of Christ;

- syn. carol;

Christmas Day
n1
a Christian holiday celebrating the birth of Christ;

- a quarter day in England, Wales, and Ireland;

- syn. Christmas, Dec 25, Xmas;

Christmas disease
n1
a clotting disorder similar to hemophilia A but caused by a congenital deficiency of factor IX;

- syn. haemophilia B, hemophilia B;

Christmas Eve
n1
the day before Christmas;

- syn. Dec 24;

Christmas factor
n1
coagulation factor whose absence is associated with hemophilia B;

- syn. factor IX;

Christmas fern
n1
North American evergreen fern having pinnate leaves and dense clusters of lance-shaped fronds;

- syn. Polystichum acrostichoides, canker brake, dagger fern, evergreen wood fern;

Christmas flower
n1
tropical American plant having poisonous milk and showy tapering usually scarlet petallike leaves surrounding small yellow flowers;

- syn. Christmas star, Euphorbia pulcherrima, Mexican flameleaf, lobster plant, painted leaf, poinsettia;

Christmas gift
n1
a present given at Christmas time;

- syn. Christmas present;

Christmas green
n1
any of several club mosses having long creeping stems and erect branches;

- syn. ground pine;

Christmas holly
n1
an evergreen tree;

- syn. American holly;

Christmas present
n1
a present given at Christmas time;

- syn. Christmas gift;

Christmas pudding
n1
a rich steamed or boiled pudding that resembles cake;

- syn. plum pudding;

Christmas rose
n1
European evergreen plant with white or purplish rose-like winter-blooming flowers;

- syn. Helleborus niger, black hellebore, winter rose;

Christmas star
n1
tropical American plant having poisonous milk and showy tapering usually scarlet petallike leaves surrounding small yellow flowers;

- syn. Christmas flower, Euphorbia pulcherrima, Mexican flameleaf, lobster plant, painted leaf, poinsettia;

Christmas stocking
n1
a stocking that is filled with small Christmas presents;

Christmas tree
n1
Australian tree or shrub with red flowers;

- often used in Christmas decoration;

- syn. Ceratopetalum gummiferum, Christmas bush;

n2
a terrestrial evergreen shrub or small tree of western Australia having brilliant yellow-orange flowers;

- parasitic on roots of grasses;

- syn. Nuytsia floribunda, fire tree, flame tree;

n3
tall timber tree of central and southern Europe having a regular crown and grey bark;

- syn. Abies alba, European silver fir;

n4
medium to tall fir of western North America having a conic crown and branches in tiers;

- leaves smell of orange when crushed;

- syn. Abies amabilis, Pacific silver fir, amabilis fir, red silver fir, white fir;

n5
an ornamented evergreen used as a Christmas decoration;

Christmasberry
n1
spiny evergreen shrub of southeastern United States having spreading branches usually blue or mauve flowers and red berries;

- syn. Christmas berry, Lycium carolinianum;

n2
ornamental evergreen treelike shrub of the Pacific coast of the United States having large white flowers and red berrylike fruits;

- often placed in genus Photinia;

- syn. Christmas berry, Heteromeles arbutifolia, Photinia arbutifolia, tollon, toyon;

Christmastide / k ɹ ɪ s m ə s t aɪ d /
n1
period extending from Dec. 24 to Jan. 6;

- syn. Christmas, Christmastime, Noel, Yule, Yuletide;

Christmastime / k ɹ ɪ s m ə s t aɪ m /
n1
period extending from Dec. 24 to Jan. 6;

- syn. Christmas, Christmastide, Noel, Yule, Yuletide;

Christological / k ɹ ɪ s t ə ɫ ɒ dʒ ɪ k ə ɫ /
a1
of or relating to Christology;

Christology / k ɹ aɪ s t ɒ ɫ ə dʒ i /
n1
a religious doctrine or theory based on Jesus or Jesus' teachings;

n2
the branch of theology concerned with the person and attributes and deeds of Christ;

Christoph Willibald von Gluck
n1
German composer of more than 100 operas (1714-1787);

- syn. Gluck;

Christopher / k ɹ ɪ s t ə f ə , k ɹ ɪ s t ə f ə ɹ /
n1
Christian martyr and patron saint of travellers (3rd century);

- syn. Saint Christopher, St. Christopher;

Christopher Carson
n1
United States frontiersman who guided Fremont's expeditions in the 1840s and served as a Union general in the American Civil War (1809-1868);

- syn. Carson, Kit Carson;

Christopher Columbus
n1
Italian navigator who discovered the New World in the service of Spain while looking for a route to China (1451-1506);

- syn. Columbus, Cristobal Colon, Cristoforo Colombo;

Christopher Fry
n1
English dramatist noted for his comic verse dramas (born 1907);

- syn. Fry;

Christopher Isherwood
n1
United States writer (born in England) whose best known novels portray Berlin in the 1930's and who collaborated with W. H. Auden in writing plays in verse (1904-1986);

- syn. Christopher William Bradshaw Isherwood, Isherwood;

Christopher Marlowe
n1
English poet and playwright who introduced blank verse as a form of dramatic expression;

- was stabbed to death in a tavern brawl (1564-1593);

- syn. Marlowe;

Christopher William Bradshaw Isherwood
n1
United States writer (born in England) whose best known novels portray Berlin in the 1930's and who collaborated with W. H. Auden in writing plays in verse (1904-1986);

- syn. Christopher Isherwood, Isherwood;

chroma / k ɹ oʊ m ə /
n1
chromatic purity: freedom from dilution with white and hence vivid in hue;

- syn. intensity, saturation, vividness;

chromaesthesia
n1
a form of synesthesia in which nonvisual stimulation results in the experience of color sensations;

- syn. chromesthesia;

chromate / k ɹ oʊ m ɪ t /
n1
any salt or ester of chromic acid;

chromatic / k ɹ oʊ m æ t ɪ k /
a1
able to refract light without spectral color separation;

- "chromatic lens";

a2
based on a scale consisting of 12 semitones;

- "a chromatic scale";

a3
being or having or characterized by hue;

- also colored, colorful;

- sim. amber, amber-green, amethyst, auburn, aureate, avocado, azure, beige, blackish-brown, blackish-red, blae, blue, blue-lilac, blue-purple, blue-violet, bluish green, blushful, bottle-green, bright-red, bronze, bronze-red, brown, brown-green, brown-purple, buff, buff-brown, canary, caramel, carnation, chartreuse, chestnut, chestnut-brown, coppery, coral, coral-red, creamy, creamy-yellow, cress green, crimson-magenta, crimson-purple, crimson-yellow, dark-blue, deep-pink, deep-yellow, dull-purple, dun, earthlike, fuscous, golden-brown, golden-green, golden-yellow, green, greenish-brown, grey-blue, grey-brown, grey-green, grey-pink, hazel, hazel-brown, honey, jade, khaki, lavender, lavender-tinged, light-blue, lilac-blue, lilac-pink, lilac-purple, magenta, magenta pink, maroon, maroon-purple, mauve, mauve-blue, mauve-pink, moss green, mousy, ocher, olive, olive-brown, olive-drab, orange, orange-brown, orange-red, pea-green, peachy, peacock-blue, pink, pink-lavender, pink-orange, pink-purple, pink-red, pink-tinged, powder blue, purple, purple-blue, purple-brown, purple-green, purple-lilac, purple-red, purple-tinged, red, red-brown, red-lavender, red-orange, red-purple, red-violet, reddish-pink, rose, rose-lilac, rose-mauve, rose-purple, rose-red, rose-tinted, russet, rust, rust-red, rusty-brown, sage, sapphire, scarlet-crimson, scarlet-pink, sea-green, silver-blue, silver-green, snuff, sorrel, stone, straw, sulfur-yellow, tan, tangerine, tannish, tawny, ultramarine, umber, vermilion, vinaceous, violet-tinged, white-pink, wine-red, yellow, yellow-beige, yellow-green, yellow-orange, yellow-tinged;

chromatic aberration
n1
an optical aberration in which the image has colored fringes;

chromatic color
n1
a color that has hue;

- syn. chromatic colour, spectral color, spectral colour;

chromatic colour
n1
a color that has hue;

- syn. chromatic color, spectral color, spectral colour;

chromatic scale
n1
a 12-note scale including all the semitones of the octave;

chromatic vision
n1
the normal ability to see colors;

- syn. color vision, trichromacy;

chromatically / k ɹ oʊ m æ t ɪ k ɫ i /
r1
with respect to color;

- "chromatically pure";

chromaticity
n1
the quality of a color as determined by its dominant wavelength;

- syn. hue;

chromatid / k ɹ oʊ m æ t ɪ d /
n1
one of two identical strands into which a chromosome splits during mitosis;

chromatin
n1
the readily stainable substance of a cell nucleus consisting of DNA and RNA and various proteins;

- during mitotic division it condenses into chromosomes;

- syn. chromatin granule;

chromatin granule
n1
the readily stainable substance of a cell nucleus consisting of DNA and RNA and various proteins;

- during mitotic division it condenses into chromosomes;

- syn. chromatin;

chromatinic
a1
(of substance of a cell nucleus) readily colored by stains;

chromatism / k ɹ oʊ m ə t ɪ z ə m /
n1
hallucinatory perception of colored lights;

n2
abnormal pigmentation;

chromatogram / k ɹ oʊ m ə t ə ɡ ɹ æ m /
n1
the recording (column or paper strip) on which the constituents of a mixture are adsorbed in chromatography;

chromatographic
a1
of or relating to chromatography;

- syn. chromatographical;

chromatographical
a1
of or relating to chromatography;

- syn. chromatographic;

chromatographically
r1
by means of a chromatographic process;

chromatography / k ɹ oʊ m ə t ɒ ɡ ɹ ə f i /
n1
a process used for separating mixtures by virtue of differences in absorbency;

chromatography column
n1
a vertical glass tube used in column chromatography;

- a mixture is poured in the top and washed through a stationary substance where components of the mixture are adsorbed selectively to form colored bands;

- syn. column;

chrome / k ɹ oʊ m /
n1
another word for chromium when it is used in dyes or pigments;

v1
plate with chromium;

- "chrome bathroom fixtures";

- syn. chromium-plate;

v2
treat with a chromium compound;

chrome-nickel steel
n1
Elinvar is a trademark for a kind of steel used for watch springs because its elasticity is constant over a wide range of temperatures;

- syn. Elinvar;

chrome-tungsten steel
n1
a steel alloy made with chromium and tungsten;

chrome alum
n1
a violet-colored salt used in hide tanning and as a mordant in dyeing;

chrome green
n1
any of a class of green pigments consisting of chrome yellow and iron blue;

n2
a brilliant green color;

chrome red
n1
a red pigment used in paints;

- basic lead chromate;

chrome yellow
n1
any of several yellow pigments consisting of normal lead chromate and other lead compounds;

chromesthesia
n1
a form of synesthesia in which nonvisual stimulation results in the experience of color sensations;

- syn. chromaesthesia;

chromic acid
n1
an unstable acid known only in solution and as chromate salts;

chromite / k ɹ oʊ m aɪ t /
n1
a brownish-black mineral;

- the major source of chromium;

chromium / k ɹ oʊ m ɪə m /
n1
a hard brittle multivalent metallic element;

- resistant to corrosion and tarnishing;

- syn. Cr, atomic number 24;

chromium-plate
v1
plate with chromium;

- "chrome bathroom fixtures";

- syn. chrome;

chromium steel
n1
steel containing chromium that makes it resistant to corrosion;

- syn. stainless, stainless steel;

chromoblastomycosis
n1
a fungal infection characterized by itchy warty nodules on the skin;

chromogen
n1
a compound that can be converted to a pigment;

chromolithography / k ɹ oʊ m oʊ ɫ ɪ θ ɒ ɡ ɹ ə f i /
n1
single- or multi-color lithography;

chromophore
n1
the chemical group that gives color to a molecule;

chromoplast
n1
plastid containing pigments other than chlorophyll usually yellow or orange carotenoids;

chromosomal
a1
of or relating to a chromosome;

- "chromosomal defect";

chromosomal aberration
n1
any change in the normal structure or number of chromosomes;

- often results in physical or mental abnormalities;

- syn. chromosomal anomaly, chromosonal disorder, chrosomal abnormality;

chromosomal anomaly
n1
any change in the normal structure or number of chromosomes;

- often results in physical or mental abnormalities;

- syn. chromosomal aberration, chromosonal disorder, chrosomal abnormality;

chromosomal mutation
n1
(genetics) any event that changes genetic structure;

- any alteration in the inherited nucleic acid sequence of the genotype of an organism;

- syn. genetic mutation, mutation;

chromosome / k ɹ oʊ m ə s oʊ m /
n1
a threadlike strand of DNA in the cell nucleus that carries the genes in a linear order;

- "humans have 22 chromosome pairs plus two sex chromosomes";

chromosome mapping
n1
(genetics) the process of locating genes on a chromosome;

- syn. mapping;

chromosonal disorder
n1
any change in the normal structure or number of chromosomes;

- often results in physical or mental abnormalities;

- syn. chromosomal aberration, chromosomal anomaly, chrosomal abnormality;

chromosphere / k ɹ oʊ m ə s f ɪə /
n1
a gaseous layer of the sun's atmosphere (extending from the photosphere to the corona) that is visible during a total eclipse of the sun;

chronic / k ɹ ɒ n ɪ k /
a1
being long-lasting and recurrent or characterized by long suffering;

- "chronic indigestion";

- "a chronic shortage of funds";

- "a chronic invalid";

- sim. degenerative;

a2
of long duration;

- "chronic money problems";

- syn. continuing;

- sim. long;

a3
habitual;

- "a chronic smoker";

- syn. inveterate;

- sim. usual;

chronic bronchitis
n1
a form of bronchitis characterized by excess production of sputum leading to a chronic cough and obstruction of air flow;

chronic eczema
n1
eczema characterized by thickening of the skin with accentuated skin lines;

- syn. eczema hypertrophicum, lichtenoid eczema;

chronic gastritis
n1
persistent gastritis can be a symptom of a gastric ulcer or pernicious anemia or stomach cancer or other disorders;

chronic glaucoma
n1
glaucoma caused by blockage of the canal of Schlemm;

- produces gradual loss of peripheral vision;

- "open-angle glaucoma is the most common type of glaucoma";

- syn. open-angle glaucoma;

chronic glossitis
n1
glossitis with atrophy of tongue tissue;

- sometimes accompanies pernicious anemia;

chronic kidney failure
n1
renal failure that can result from a variety of systemic disorders;

- syn. chronic renal failure;

chronic leukemia
n1
slowly progressing leukemia;

chronic lymphocytic leukemia
n1
chronic leukemia characterized by lymphoblast-like cells;

- more common in older men;

chronic myelocytic leukemia
n1
chronic leukemia characterized by granular leukocytes;

- more common in older people;

- syn. myeloid leukemia;

chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
n1
a nonreversible lung disease that is a combination of emphysema and chronic bronchitis;

- usually patients have been heavy cigarette smokers;

chronic pyelonephritis
n1
pyelonephritis that develops slowly and can lead to renal failure if untreated;

- often associated with a kidney stone or with narrowing of the urinary passageways;

chronic renal failure
n1
renal failure that can result from a variety of systemic disorders;

- syn. chronic kidney failure;

chronic wasting disease
n1
a wildlife disease (akin to bovine spongiform encephalitis) that affects deer and elk;

chronically / k ɹ ɒ n ɪ k ɫ i /
r1
in a habitual and longstanding manner;

- "smoking chronically";

- syn. inveterate;

r2
in a slowly developing and long lasting manner;

- "chronically ill persons";

chronicle / k ɹ ɒ n ɪ k ɫ /
n1
a record or narrative description of past events;

- "a history of France";

- "he gave an inaccurate account of the plot to kill the president";

- "the story of exposure to lead";

- syn. account, history, story;

v1
record in chronological order;

- make a historical record;

chronicler / k ɹ ɒ n ɪ k ɫ ə , k ɹ ɒ n ɪ k ɫ ə ɹ /
n1
someone who writes chronicles;

chronograph / k ɹ ɒ n ə ɡ ɹ ɑ f /
n1
an accurate timer for recording time;

chronological / k ɹ ɒ n ə ɫ ɒ dʒ ɪ k ɫ /
a1
relating to or arranged according to temporal order;

- "chronological age";

chronological age
n1
age measured by the time (years and months) that something or someone has existed;

- "his chronological age was 71 years";

chronological record
n1
a chronological account of events in successive years;

- syn. annals;

chronological sequence
n1
a following of one thing after another in time;

- "the doctor saw a sequence of patients";

- syn. chronological succession, sequence, succession, successiveness;

chronological succession
n1
a following of one thing after another in time;

- "the doctor saw a sequence of patients";

- syn. chronological sequence, sequence, succession, successiveness;

chronologically / k ɹ ɒ n ə ɫ ɒ dʒ ɪ k ɫ i /
r1
with respect to chronology;

- "he is chronologically older";

chronologise / k ɹ ə n ɒ ɫ ə n d eɪ z /
v1
establish the order in time of something;

- "The archivist chronologized the documents";

- syn. chronologize;

chronologize
v1
establish the order in time of something;

- "The archivist chronologized the documents";

- syn. chronologise;

chronology / k ɹ ə n ɒ ɫ ə dʒ i /
n1
an arrangement of events in time;

n2
a record of events in the order of their occurrence;

n3
the determination of the actual temporal sequence of past events;

chronometer / k ɹ ə n ɒ m ɪ t ə , k ɹ ə n ɒ m ɪ t ə ɹ /
n1
an accurate clock (especially used in navigation);

Chronoperates
n1
a reptile genus of Therapsida;

- syn. genus Chronoperates;

Chronoperates paradoxus
n1
shrew-sized protomammal from the Alberta region of Canada;

- from about 55 million years ago (much more recent than other mammal-like reptiles);

chronoscope / k ɹ ɒ n ə s k oʊ p /
n1
an instrument for accurate measurements of small intervals of time;

chrosomal abnormality
n1
any change in the normal structure or number of chromosomes;

- often results in physical or mental abnormalities;

- syn. chromosomal aberration, chromosomal anomaly, chromosonal disorder;

chrysalis / k ɹ ɪ s ə ɫ ɪ s /
n1
pupa of a moth or butterfly enclosed in a cocoon;

chrysanthemum / k ɹ ɪ s æ n θ ə m ə m /
n1
the flower of a chrysanthemum plant;

n2
any of numerous perennial Old World herbs having showy brightly colored flower heads of the genera Chrysanthemum, Argyranthemum, Dendranthema, Tanacetum;

- widely cultivated;

Chrysanthemum balsamita
n1
tansy-scented Eurasian perennial herb with buttonlike yellow flowers;

- used as potherb or salad green and sometimes for potpourri or tea or flavoring;

- sometimes placed in genus Chrysanthemum;

- syn. Tanacetum balsamita, alecost, balsam herb, bible leaf, costmary, mint geranium;

Chrysanthemum cinerariifolium
n1
white-flowered pyrethrum of Balkan area whose pinnate leaves are white and silky-hairy below;

- source of an insecticide;

- sometimes placed in genus Chrysanthemum;

- syn. Dalmatia pyrethrum, Dalmatian pyrethrum, Tanacetum cinerariifolium, pyrethrum;

Chrysanthemum coccineum
n1
spring-flowering garden perennial of Asiatic origin having finely divided aromatic leaves and white to pink-purple flowers;

- source of an insecticide;

- sometimes placed in genus Chrysanthemum;

- syn. Tanacetum coccineum, painted daisy, pyrethrum;

Chrysanthemum coronarium
n1
shrubby annual of the Mediterranean region with yellowish-white flowers;

- syn. crown daisy;

Chrysanthemum coronarium spatiosum
n1
grown for its succulent edible leaves used in Asian cooking;

- syn. chop-suey greens, shun giku, tong ho;

chrysanthemum dog
n1
breed of medium-sized terriers bred in Tibet resembling Old English sheepdogs with fluffy curled tails;

- syn. Tibetan terrier;

Chrysanthemum frutescens
n1
perennial subshrub of the Canary Islands having usually pale yellow daisylike flowers;

- often included in genus Chrysanthemum;

- syn. Argyranthemum frutescens, Paris daisy, marguerite, marguerite daisy;

Chrysanthemum lacustre
n1
perennial of Portugal similar to the oxeye daisy;

- syn. Leucanthemum lacustre, Pyrenees daisy;

Chrysanthemum leucanthemum
n1
tall leafy-stemmed Eurasian perennial with white flowers;

- widely naturalized;

- often placed in genus Chrysanthemum;

- syn. Leucanthemum vulgare, marguerite, moon daisy, ox-eyed daisy, oxeye daisy, white daisy;

Chrysanthemum maximum
n1
similar to oxeye daisy;

- syn. Leucanthemum maximum, oxeye daisy;

Chrysanthemum maximum maximum
n1
hybrid garden flower derived from Chrysanthemum maximum and Chrysanthemum lacustre having large white flower heads resembling oxeye daisies;

- often placed in the genus Chrysanthemum;

- syn. Leucanthemum superbum, shasta daisy;

Chrysanthemum morifolium
n1
of China;

- syn. Dendranthema grandifloruom, florist's chrysanthemum, florists' chrysanthemum, mum;

Chrysanthemum parthenium
n1
bushy aromatic European perennial herb having clusters of buttonlike white-rayed flower heads;

- valued traditionally for medicinal uses;

- sometimes placed in genus Chrysanthemum;

- syn. Tanacetum parthenium, feverfew;

Chrysanthemum ptarmiciflorum
n1
shrubby perennial of the Canary Islands having white flowers and leaves and hairy stems covered with dustlike down;

- sometimes placed in genus Chrysanthemum;

- syn. Tanacetum ptarmiciflorum, dusty miller, silver-lace, silver lace;

Chrysanthemum segetum
n1
European herb with bright yellow flowers;

- a common weed in grain fields;

- syn. corn marigold, field marigold;

Chrysaora
n1
a genus of Scyphozoa;

- syn. genus Chrysaora;

Chrysaora quinquecirrha
n1
a type of jellyfish;

chrysarobin
n1
a bitter yellow powder used to treat skin diseases;

- syn. Goa powder, araroba;

Chrysemys
n1
painted turtles;

- syn. genus Chrysemys;

Chrysemys picta
n1
freshwater turtles having bright yellow and red markings;

- common in the eastern United States;

- syn. painted terrapin, painted tortoise, painted turtle;

Chrysobalanus
n1
coco plums;

- syn. genus Chrysobalanus;

Chrysobalanus icaco
n1
small tropical American tree bearing edible plumlike fruit;

- syn. coco plum, coco plum tree, cocoa plum, icaco;

chrysoberyl
n1
a rare hard yellow green mineral consisting of beryllium aluminate in crystal form;

- used as a gemstone;

Chrysochloridae
n1
golden moles;

- syn. family Chrysochloridae;

Chrysochloris
n1
type genus of the Chrysochloridae;

- syn. genus Chrysochloris;

Chrysolepis
n1
two species: golden chinkapins;

- syn. genus Chrysolepis;

Chrysolepis chrysophylla
n1
small ornamental evergreen tree of Pacific Coast whose glossy yellow-green leaves are yellow beneath;

- bears edible nuts;

- syn. Castanea chrysophylla, Castanopsis chrysophylla, giant chinkapin, golden chinkapin;

Chrysolepis sempervirens
n1
evergreen shrub similar to golden chinkapin;

- mountains of California;

- syn. dwarf golden chinkapin;

chrysolite / k ɹ ɪ s ə ɫ aɪ t /
n1
a brown or yellow-green olivine found in igneous and metamorphic rocks and used as a gemstone;

Chrysolophus
n1
golden pheasants;

- syn. genus Chrysolophus;

Chrysolophus pictus
n1
brightly colored crested pheasant of mountains of western and central Asia;

- syn. golden pheasant;

chrysomelid
n1
brightly colored beetle that feeds on plant leaves;

- larvae infest roots and stems;

- syn. leaf beetle;

Chrysomelidae
n1
leaf beetles;

- syn. family Chrysomelidae;

Chrysophrys
n1
Australian snapper;

- syn. genus Chrysophrys;

Chrysophrys auratus
n1
Australian food fish having a pinkish body with blue spots;

- syn. snapper;

Chrysophrys australis
n1
important dark-colored edible food and game fish of Australia;

- syn. black bream;

Chrysophyceae
n1
all the yellow-green algae having flagella of unequal length;

- syn. Heterokontae, class Chrysophyceae, class Heterokontae;

Chrysophyllum
n1
tropical American evergreen trees or shrubs;

- syn. genus Chrysophyllum;

Chrysophyllum cainito
n1
evergreen tree of West Indies and Central America having edible purple fruit star-shaped in cross section and dark green leaves with golden silky undersides;

- syn. caimito, star apple;

Chrysophyllum oliviforme
n1
tropical American timber tree with dark hard heavy wood and small plumlike purple fruit;

- syn. caimitillo, damson plum, satin leaf, satinleaf;

Chrysophyta
n1
mostly freshwater eukaryotic algae having the chlorophyll masked by brown or yellow pigment;

- yellow-green and golden-brown algae and diatoms: Xanthophyceae, Chrysophyceae, Bacillariophyceae;

- some classification systems superseded or subsumed by Heterokontophyta;

- syn. division Chrysophyta;

chrysopid
n1
pale green unpleasant-smelling lacewing fly having carnivorous larvae;

- syn. green lacewing, stink fly;

Chrysopidae
n1
green lacewings;

- syn. family Chrysopidae;

chrysoprase / k ɹ ɪ s ə p ɹ eɪ z /
n1
a green variety of chalcedony valued as a gemstone;

Chrysopsis
n1
golden aster;

- syn. genus Chrysopsis;

Chrysopsis mariana
n1
perennial golden aster of southeastern United States;

- syn. Maryland golden aster;

Chrysopsis villosa
n1
hairy perennial with yellow flower heads in branched clusters;

- found almost everywhere in dry places from Canada to west central and western United States;

- sometimes placed in genus Chrysopsis;

- syn. Heterotheca villosa, hairy golden aster, prairie golden aster;

Chrysosplenium
n1
genus of widely distributed semiaquatic herbs with minute greenish-yellow apetalous flowers;

- syn. genus Chrysosplenium;

Chrysosplenium americanum
n1
aquatic herb with yellowish flowers;

- central and western United States;

- syn. water carpet, water mat;

Chrysothamnus
n1
genus of low branching shrubs of western North America;

- syn. genus Chrysothamnus;

Chrysothamnus nauseosus
n1
pleasantly aromatic shrub having erect slender flexible hairy branches and dense clusters of small yellow flowers covering vast areas of western alkali plains and affording a retreat for jackrabbits;

- source of a yellow dye used by the Navajo;

- syn. rabbit brush, rabbit bush;

chrysotherapy
n1
the use of chemicals containing gold for treating diseases (such as rheumatoid arthritis);

chrysotile
n1
a grey or green fibrous mineral;

- an important source of commercial asbestos;

chthonian
a1
dwelling beneath the surface of the earth;

- "nether regions";

- syn. chthonic, nether;

- sim. infernal;

chthonic
a1
dwelling beneath the surface of the earth;

- "nether regions";

- syn. chthonian, nether;

- sim. infernal;

Chu Kiang
n1
a river in southeast China that flows into the South China Sea;

- syn. Canton River, Pearl River, Zhu Jiang;

Chuang-tzu
n1
4th-century Chinese philosopher on whose teachings Lao-tse based Taoism;

chub / tʃ ʌ b /
n1
European freshwater game fish with a thick spindle-shaped body;

- syn. Leuciscus cephalus;

chub mackerel
n1
small mackerel found nearly worldwide;

- syn. Scomber japonicus, tinker;

chubbiness
n1
the property of having a plump and round body;

- syn. pudginess, rolypoliness, tubbiness;

chubby / tʃ ʌ b i /
a1
sufficiently fat so as to have a pleasing fullness of figure;

- "a chubby child";

- "pleasingly plump";

- syn. embonpoint, plump;

- sim. fat;

chuck / tʃ ʌ k /
n1
informal terms for a meal;

- syn. chow, eats, grub;

n2
the part of a forequarter from the neck to the ribs and including the shoulder blade;

n3
a holding device consisting of adjustable jaws that center a workpiece in a lathe or center a tool in a drill;

v1
throw carelessly;

- "chuck the ball";

- syn. toss;

v2
throw away;

- "Chuck these old notes";

- syn. ditch;

v3
pat or squeeze fondly or playfully, especially under the chin;

- syn. pat;

v4
eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth;

- "After drinking too much, the students vomited";

- "He purged continuously";

- "The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night";

- syn. barf, be sick, cast, cat, disgorge, honk, puke, purge, regorge, regurgitate, retch, sick, spew, spue, throw up, upchuck, vomit, vomit up;

chuck-full
a1
packed full to capacity;

- "chowder chockablock with pieces of fish";

- syn. chock-full, chockablock, chockful, choke-full, cram full;

- sim. full;

chuck-will's-widow
n1
large whippoorwill-like bird of the southern United States;

- syn. Caprimulgus carolinensis;

Chuck Berry
n1
United States rock singer (born in 1931);

- syn. Berry, Charles Edward Berry;

chuck out
v1
throw or cast away;

- "Put away your worries";

- syn. cast aside, cast away, cast out, discard, dispose, fling, put away, throw away, throw out, toss, toss away, toss out;

v2
put out or expel from a place;

- "The unruly student was excluded from the game";

- syn. boot out, eject, exclude, turf out, turn out;

chuck short ribs
n1
between the chuck and the brisket;

chuck up the sponge
v1
give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope;

- admit defeat;

- "In the second round, the challenger gave up";

- syn. drop by the wayside, drop out, fall by the wayside, give up, quit, throw in, throw in the towel;

chuck wagon
n1
a wagon equipped with a cookstove and provisions (for cowboys);

chucker-out / tʃ ʌ k ə ɹ aʊ t /
n1
a person whose duty is to throw troublemakers out of a bar or public meeting;

- syn. bouncer;

chuckhole / tʃ ʌ k h oʊ ɫ /
n1
a pit or hole produced by wear or weathering (especially in a road surface);

- syn. pothole;

chuckle / tʃ ʌ k ɫ /
n1
a soft partly suppressed laugh;

- syn. chortle;

v1
laugh quietly or with restraint;

- syn. chortle, laugh softly;

chuckwalla
n1
a herbivorous lizard that lives among rocks in the arid parts of southwestern United States and Mexico;

- syn. Sauromalus obesus;

chuddar
n1
a cloth used as a head covering (and veil and shawl) by Muslim and Hindu women;

- syn. chadar, chaddar, chador;

chufa
n1
European sedge having small edible nutlike tubers;

- syn. Cyperus esculentus, earth almond, ground almond, rush nut, yellow nutgrass;

chuff / tʃ ʌ f /
v1
blow hard and loudly;

- "he huffed and puffed as he made his way up the mountain";

- syn. huff, puff;

chuffed / tʃ ʌ f t /
a1
very pleased;

- "I'm chuffed to have won";

- sim. pleased;

chug / tʃ ʌ ɡ /
n1
the dull explosive noise made by an engine;

v1
make a dull, explosive sound;

- "the engine chugged down the street";

Chukaku-Ha
n1
an ultra-leftist militant group founded in 1957 from the breakup of the Japanese Communist Party;

- includes a covert action wing;

- "Chukaku-Ha attacks tend to cause property damage rather than casualties";

Chukchi
n1
a member of an indigenous people living on the Chukchi Peninsula;

n2
an indigenous and isolated language of unknown origin spoken by the Chukchi that is pronounced differently by men and women;

- syn. Chukchi language;

Chukchi language
n1
an indigenous and isolated language of unknown origin spoken by the Chukchi that is pronounced differently by men and women;

- syn. Chukchi;

Chukchi Peninsula
n1
peninsula of northeastern Siberia across the Bering Strait from northwestern Alaska;

Chukchi Sea
n1
part of the Arctic Ocean just to the north of the Bering Strait;

chukka / tʃ ʌ k ə /
n1
(polo) one of six divisions into which a polo match is divided;

- syn. chukker;

n2
a shoe that comes up to the ankle and is laced through two or three pairs of eyelets;

- often made of suede;

- syn. chukka boot;

chukka boot
n1
a shoe that comes up to the ankle and is laced through two or three pairs of eyelets;

- often made of suede;

- syn. chukka;

chukker / tʃ ʌ k ə , tʃ ʌ k ə ɹ /
n1
(polo) one of six divisions into which a polo match is divided;

- syn. chukka;

chukker-brown
a1
snuff colored;

- of a greyish to yellowish brown;

- syn. mummy-brown, snuff, snuff-brown;

- sim. chromatic;

Chula Vista
n1
an industrial city in southern California (south of San Diego) near the Mexican border;

chum / tʃ ʌ m /
n1
a close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities;

- syn. brother, buddy, crony, pal, sidekick;

n2
bait consisting of chopped fish and fish oils that are dumped overboard to attract fish;

n3
a large Pacific salmon with small spots on its back;

- an important food fish;

- syn. Oncorhynchus keta, chum salmon;

chum salmon
n1
a large Pacific salmon with small spots on its back;

- an important food fish;

- syn. Oncorhynchus keta, chum;

chum up
v1
become friends;

- act friendly towards;

- syn. pal, pal up;

chumminess
n1
the quality of affording easy familiarity and sociability;

- syn. camaraderie, comradeliness, comradery, comradeship;

chummy / tʃ ʌ m i /
a1
(used colloquially) having the relationship of friends or pals;

- syn. matey, pally, palsy-walsy;

- sim. friendly;

a2
(used informally) associated on close terms;

- "a close friend";

- "the bartender was chummy with the regular customers";

- "the two were thick as thieves for months";

- syn. buddy-buddy, thick;

- sim. close;

chump / tʃ ʌ m p /
n1
a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of;

- syn. fall guy, fool, gull, mark, mug, patsy, soft touch, sucker;

chump change
n1
a trifling sum of money;

- syn. chickenfeed, small change;

chunga
n1
Argentinian Cariama;

- syn. Chunga burmeisteri, seriema;

Chunga burmeisteri
n1
Argentinian Cariama;

- syn. chunga, seriema;

Chungking / tʃ ʊ ŋ k ɪ ŋ /
n1
a city in south-central China on the Chang Jiang;

- a commercial center for western China;

- syn. Chongqing;

chunk / tʃ ʌ ŋ k /
n1
a compact mass;

- "a ball of mud caught him on the shoulder";

- syn. ball, clod, clump, glob, lump;

n2
a substantial amount;

- "we won a chunk of money";

v1
put together indiscriminately;

- "lump together all the applicants";

- syn. lump;

v2
group or chunk together in a certain order or place side by side;

- syn. collocate, lump;

chunking / tʃ ʌ ŋ k ɪ ŋ /
n1
(psychology) the configuration of smaller units of information into large coordinated units;

- syn. unitisation, unitization;

chunky / tʃ ʌ ŋ k i /
a1
like or containing small sticky lumps;

- "the dumplings were chunky pieces of uncooked dough";

- syn. lumpy;

- sim. unshapely;

a2
short and thick;

- as e.g. having short legs and heavy musculature;

- "some people seem born to be square and chunky";

- "a dumpy little dumpling of a woman";

- "dachshunds are long lowset dogs with drooping ears";

- "a little church with a squat tower";

- "a squatty red smokestack";

- "a stumpy ungainly figure";

- syn. dumpy, low-set, squat, squatty, stumpy;

- sim. short;

chunnel
n1
the railroad tunnel between France and England under the English Channel;

- syn. Channel Tunnel;

church / tʃ ɝ tʃ /
n1
one of the groups of Christians who have their own beliefs and forms of worship;

- syn. Christian church;

n2
a place for public (especially Christian) worship;

- "the church was empty";

- syn. church building;

n3
a service conducted in a house of worship;

- "don't be late for church";

- syn. church service;

n4
the body of people who attend or belong to a particular local church;

- "our church is hosting a picnic next week";

v1
perform a special church rite or service for;

- "church a woman after childbirth";

church-state
n1
a state ruled by religious authority;

church bell
n1
a bell in a church tower (usually sounded to summon people to church);

- "church bells were ringing all over town";

church bench
n1
long bench with backs;

- used in church by the congregation;

- syn. pew;

church building
n1
a place for public (especially Christian) worship;

- "the church was empty";

- syn. church;

church calendar
n1
a calendar of the Christian year indicating the dates of fasts and festivals;

- syn. ecclesiastical calendar;

church doctrine
n1
the written body of teachings of a religious group that are generally accepted by that group;

- syn. creed, gospel, religious doctrine;

Church Father
n1
(Christianity) any of about 70 theologians in the period from the 2nd to the 7th century whose writing established and confirmed official church doctrine;

- in the Roman Catholic Church some were later declared saints and became Doctor of the Church;

- the best known Latin Church Fathers are Ambrose, Augustine, Gregory the Great, and Jerome;

- those who wrote in Greek include Athanasius, Basil, Gregory Nazianzen, and John Chrysostom;

- syn. Father, Father of the Church;

church festival
n1
a festival having religious significance;

- syn. religious festival;

church hat
n1
a fanciful hat of the kind worn by Black women for Sunday worship;

church key
n1
can opener that has a triangular pointed end that pierces the tops of cans;

church member
n1
a religious person who goes to church regularly;

- syn. churchgoer;

church mode
n1
any of a system of modes used in Gregorian chants up until 1600;

- derived historically from the Greek mode;

- syn. Gregorian mode, ecclesiastical mode, medieval mode;

church mouse
n1
a fictional mouse created by Lewis Carroll;

church music
n1
genre of music composed for performance as part of religious ceremonies;

- syn. religious music;

Church of Christ Scientist
n1
Protestant denomination founded by Mary Baker Eddy in 1866;

- syn. Christian Science;

Church of England
n1
the national church of England (and all other churches in other countries that share its beliefs);

- has its see in Canterbury and the sovereign as its temporal head;

- syn. Anglican Church, Anglican Communion;

Church of Ireland
n1
autonomous branch of the Church of England in Ireland;

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
n1
church founded by Joseph Smith in 1830 with headquarters in Salt Lake City, Utah;

- syn. Mormon Church, Mormons;

Church of Rome
n1
the Christian Church based in the Vatican and presided over by a pope and an episcopal hierarchy;

- syn. Roman Catholic, Roman Catholic Church, Roman Church, Western Church;

Church of Scientology
n1
a new religion founded by L. Ron Hubbard in 1955 and characterized by a belief in the power of a person's spirit to clear itself of past painful experiences through self-knowledge and spiritual fulfillment;

- syn. Scientology;

Church of the Brethren
n1
a Baptist denomination founded in 1708 by Americans of German descent;

- opposed to military service and taking legal oaths;

- practiced trine immersion;

- syn. Dippers, Dunkers;

church officer
n1
a church official;

church property
n1
property or income owned by a church;

- syn. spirituality, spiritualty;

church roll
n1
a list of the members of church;

church school
n1
a private religious school run by a church or parish;

- syn. parochial school;

church service
n1
a service conducted in a house of worship;

- "don't be late for church";

- syn. church;

Church Slavic
n1
the Slavic language into which the Bible was translated in the 9th century;

- syn. Old Bulgarian, Old Church Slavic, Old Church Slavonic;

church tower
n1
the tower of a church;

church year
n1
the year in the ecclesiastical calendar;

- especially feast days and special seasons;

- syn. Christian year;

churchgoer / tʃ ɝ tʃ ɡ oʊ ə , tʃ ɝ tʃ ɡ oʊ ə ɹ /
n1
a religious person who goes to church regularly;

- syn. church member;

churchgoing / tʃ ɝ tʃ ɡ oʊ ɪ ŋ /
a1
actively practicing a religion;

- sim. religious;

Churchill / tʃ ɝ tʃ ɪ ɫ /
n1
English general considered one of the greatest generals in history (1650-1722);

- syn. Duke of Marlborough, First Duke of Marlborough, John Churchill;

n2
British statesman and leader during World War II;

- received Nobel prize for literature in 1953 (1874-1965);

- syn. Sir Winston Leonard Spenser Churchill, Winston Churchill, Winston S. Churchill;

n3
a Canadian town in northern Manitoba on Hudson Bay;

- important port for shipping grain;

Churchill Downs
n1
a racetrack for thoroughbred racing in Louisville;

- site of the Kentucky Derby;

Churchillian
a1
of or relating to or suggestive of Winston Churchill;

churchly
a1
resembling or suggesting or appropriate to a church;

- "churchlike silence";

- "the pure fragrance of churchly incense";

- sim. religious;

churchman / tʃ ɝ tʃ m ə n /
n1
a clergyman or other person in religious orders;

- syn. cleric, divine, ecclesiastic;

churchwarden / tʃ ɝ tʃ w ɔ d n /
n1
an officer in the Episcopal church who helps a parish priest with secular matters;

churchyard / tʃ ɝ tʃ j ɑ d /
n1
the yard associated with a church;

- syn. God's acre;

churidars
n1
tight trousers worn by people from the Indian subcontinent (typically with a kameez or kurta);

churl / tʃ ɝ ɫ /
n1
a crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement;

- syn. Goth, barbarian, boor, peasant, tike, tyke;

n2
a selfish person who is unwilling to give or spend;

- syn. niggard, scrooge, skinflint;

n3
a bad-tempered person;

- syn. crank, crosspatch, grouch, grump;

churlish / tʃ ɝ ɫ ɪ ʃ /
a1
rude and boorish;

- sim. ungracious;

a2
having a bad disposition;

- surly;

- "churlish as a bear"- Shakespeare;

- sim. ill-natured;

churlishly / tʃ ɝ ɫ ɪ ʃ ɫ i /
r1
in a churlish manner;

- "the store owner treated his customers churlishly";

- syn. surlily;

churn / tʃ ɝ n /
n1
a vessel in which cream is agitated to separate butterfat from buttermilk;

- syn. butter churn;

v1
stir (cream) vigorously in order to make butter;

v2
be agitated;

- "the sea was churning in the storm";

- syn. boil, moil, roil;

churn out
v1
perform in a mechanical way;

v2
produce something at a fast rate;

- "He churns out papers, but they are all about the same topic";

churn up
v1
cause aversion in;

- offend the moral sense of;

- "The pornographic pictures sickened us";

- syn. disgust, nauseate, revolt, sicken;

churned-up
a1
moving with or producing or produced by vigorous agitation;

- "winds whipped the piled leaves into churning masses";

- "a car stuck in the churned-up mud";

- syn. churning;

- sim. agitated;

churning / tʃ ɝ n ɪ ŋ /
a1
moving with or producing or produced by vigorous agitation;

- "winds whipped the piled leaves into churning masses";

- "a car stuck in the churned-up mud";

- syn. churned-up;

- sim. agitated;

a2
(of a liquid) agitated vigorously;

- in a state of turbulence;

- "the river's roiling current";

- "turbulent rapids";

- syn. roiled, roiling, roily, turbulent;

- sim. agitated;

churr
v1
make a vibrant sound, as of some birds;

- syn. whirr;

churrigueresco
a1
having elaborate symmetrical ornamentation;

- "the building...frantically baroque"-William Dean Howells;

- syn. baroque, churrigueresque;

- sim. fancy;

churrigueresque
a1
having elaborate symmetrical ornamentation;

- "the building...frantically baroque"-William Dean Howells;

- syn. baroque, churrigueresco;

- sim. fancy;

chute / ʃ u t /
n1
rescue equipment consisting of a device that fills with air and retards your fall;

- syn. parachute;

n2
sloping channel through which things can descend;

- syn. slide, slideway, sloping trough;

v1
jump from an airplane and descend with a parachute;

- syn. jump, parachute;

chute-the-chute
n1
elevated railway in an amusement park (usually with sharp curves and steep inclines);

- syn. big dipper, roller coaster;

chutney / tʃ ʌ t n i /
n1
a spicy condiment made of chopped fruits or vegetables cooked in vinegar and sugar with ginger and spices;

- syn. Indian relish;

chutzpa
n1
(Yiddish) unbelievable gall;

- insolence;

- audacity;

- syn. chutzpah, hutzpah;

chutzpah
n1
(Yiddish) unbelievable gall;

- insolence;

- audacity;

- syn. chutzpa, hutzpah;

chutzpanik
n1
(Yiddish) a person characterized by chutzpa;

Chuvash
n1
a member of a people of Turkic speech living in the Volga region in eastern Russia;

n2
the Turkic language spoken by the Chuvash;

chylaceous
a1
consisting of chyle or having the properties of chyle;

- syn. chylous;

chyle / k aɪ ɫ /
n1
a milky fluid consisting of lymph and emulsified fats;

- formed in the small intestine during digestion of ingested fats;

chylifactive
a1
producing or converting into chyle;

- syn. chylifactory, chylific;

chylifactory
a1
producing or converting into chyle;

- syn. chylifactive, chylific;

chyliferous
a1
transmitting chyle;

- "chyliferous vessels";

chylific
a1
producing or converting into chyle;

- syn. chylifactive, chylifactory;

chyloderma
n1
swelling of the scrotum resulting from chronic lymphatic obstruction;

- syn. elephantiasis scroti;

chylomicron
n1
a microscopic particle of triglycerides produced in the intestines during digestion;

- in the bloodstream they release their fatty acids into the blood;

chylous
a1
consisting of chyle or having the properties of chyle;

- syn. chylaceous;

chyme / k aɪ m /
n1
a semiliquid mass of partially digested food that passes from the stomach through the pyloric sphincter into the duodenum;

chymosin
n1
an enzyme that occurs in gastric juice;

- causes milk to coagulate;

- syn. rennin;

Chytridiaceae
n1
a family of aquatic fungi of order Chytridiales;

- syn. family Chytridiaceae;

Chytridiales
n1
simple aquatic fungi mostly saprophytic but some parasitic on higher plants or animals or fresh water fungi;

- sometimes placed in class Oomycetes;

- syn. order Chytridiales;

Chytridiomycetes
n1
a class of mostly aquatic fungi;

- saprophytic or parasitic on algae or fungi or plants;

- syn. class Chytridiomycetes;

Ci
n1
a unit of radioactivity equal to the amount of a radioactive isotope that decays at the rate of 37,000,000,000 disintegrations per second;

- syn. curie;

a1
being one more than one hundred;

- syn. 101, hundred and one, one hundred one;

- sim. cardinal;

CIA / s ɪ aɪ eɪ /
n1
an independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest;

- headed by the Director of Central Intelligence under the supervision of the President and National Security Council;

- syn. Central Intelligence Agency;

Cialis
n1
virility drug (trade name Cialis) used to treat erectile dysfunction in men;

- syn. tadalafil;

ciao
n1
an acknowledgment that can be used to say hello or goodbye (aloha is Hawaiian and ciao is Italian);

- syn. aloha;

Ciardi
n1
United States poet and critic (1916-1986);

- syn. John Anthony Ciardi, John Ciardi;

Cibotium
n1
in some classification systems placed in family Cyatheaceae: ornamental tree ferns with coarse gracefully drooping fronds;

- syn. genus Cibotium;

Cibotium barometz
n1
Asiatic tree fern having dense matted hairs sometimes used as a styptic;

- syn. Scythian lamb;

cicada / s ɪ k ɑ d ə /
n1
stout-bodied insect with large membranous wings;

- male has drum-like organs for producing a high-pitched drone;

- syn. cicala;

cicada killer
n1
large black or rust-colored wasp that preys on cicadas;

- syn. Sphecius speciosis;

Cicadellidae
n1
leafhoppers;

- syn. family Cicadellidae;

Cicadidae
n1
cicadas;

- syn. family Cicadidae;

cicala / s ɪ k ɑ ɫ ə /
n1
stout-bodied insect with large membranous wings;

- male has drum-like organs for producing a high-pitched drone;

- syn. cicada;

cicatrice / s ɪ k ə t ɹ ɪ s /
n1
a mark left (usually on the skin) by the healing of injured tissue;

- syn. cicatrix, scar;

cicatrise
v1
form a scar, after an injury;

- "the skin will cicatrize and it will heal soon";

- syn. cicatrize;

cicatrix / s ɪ k ə t ɹ ɪ k s /
n1
a mark left (usually on the skin) by the healing of injured tissue;

- syn. cicatrice, scar;

cicatrize / s ɪ k ə t ɹ aɪ z /
v1
form a scar, after an injury;

- "the skin will cicatrize and it will heal soon";

- syn. cicatrise;

Cicer
n1
chickpea plant;

- Asiatic herbs;

- syn. genus Cicer;

Cicer arietinum
n1
Asiatic herb cultivated for its short pods with one or two edible seeds;

- syn. Egyptian pea, chickpea, chickpea plant;

cicero
n1
a linear unit of the size of type slightly larger than an em;

n2
a Roman statesman and orator remembered for his mastery of Latin prose (106-43 BC);

- syn. Marcus Tullius Cicero, Tully;

cicerone / tʃ ɪ tʃ ə ɹ oʊ n i /
n1
a guide who conducts and informs sightseers;

cichlid
n1
freshwater fishes of tropical America and Africa and Asia similar to American sunfishes;

- some are food fishes;

- many small ones are popular in aquariums;

- syn. cichlid fish;

cichlid fish
n1
freshwater fishes of tropical America and Africa and Asia similar to American sunfishes;

- some are food fishes;

- many small ones are popular in aquariums;

- syn. cichlid;

Cichlidae
n1
cichlids;

- syn. family Cichlidae;

Cichorium
n1
chicory;

- syn. genus Cichorium;

Cichorium endivia
n1
widely cultivated herb with leaves valued as salad green;

- either curly serrated leaves or broad flat ones that are usually blanched;

- syn. endive, witloof;

Cichorium intybus
n1
perennial Old World herb having rayed flower heads with blue florets cultivated for its root and its heads of crisp edible leaves used in salads;

- syn. chicory, chicory plant, succory;

Cicily Isabel Fairfield
n1
British writer (born in Ireland) (1892-1983);

- syn. Dame Rebecca West, Rebecca West, West;

Cicindelidae
n1
tiger beetles;

- syn. family Cicindelidae;

Ciconia
n1
type genus of the Ciconiidae: European storks;

- syn. genus Ciconia;

Ciconia ciconia
n1
the common stork of Europe;

- white with black wing feathers and a red bill;

- syn. white stork;

Ciconia nigra
n1
Old World stork that is glossy black above and white below;

- syn. black stork;

Ciconiidae
n1
storks;

- syn. family Ciconiidae;

Ciconiiformes
n1
order of chiefly tropical marsh-dwelling fish-eating wading birds with long legs and bills and (except for flamingos) unwebbed feet: herons;

- storks;

- spoonbills;

- flamingos;

- ibises;

- syn. order Ciconiiformes;

Cicuta
n1
small genus of perennial herbs having deadly poisonous tuberous roots: water hemlock;

- syn. genus Cicuta;

Cicuta verosa
n1
tall erect highly poisonous Eurasiatic perennial herb locally abundant in marshy areas;

- syn. water hemlock;

CID / s i aɪ d i /
n1
the United States Army's principal law enforcement agency responsible for the conduct of criminal investigations for all levels of the Army anywhere in the world;

- syn. Criminal Investigation Command;

Cidade de Praia
n1
the capital of Cape Verde on Sao Tiago Island;

- syn. Praia, capital of Cape Verde;

cider / s aɪ d ə , s aɪ d ə ɹ /
n1
a beverage made from juice pressed from apples;

- syn. cyder;

cider gum
n1
small to medium-sized tree of Tasmania;

- syn. Eucalypt gunnii;

cider mill
n1
mill that extracts juice from apples to make apple cider;

cider vinegar
n1
vinegar made from cider;

ciderpress / s aɪ d ə p ɹ ɛ s /
n1
a press that is used to extract the juice from apples;

cigar / s ɪ ɡ ɑ , s ɪ ɡ ɑr /
n1
a roll of tobacco for smoking;

cigar-box cedar
n1
fragrant wood much used for cigar boxes;

cigar-shaped / s ɪ ɡ ɑ ʃ eɪ p t /
a1
tapering at each end;

- syn. fusiform, spindle-shaped;

- sim. pointed;

cigar band
n1
a narrow paper band around a cigar;

cigar box
n1
a box for holding cigars;

cigar butt
n1
small part of a cigar that is left after smoking;

cigar cutter
n1
an implement for cutting the tip off of a cigar;

cigar lighter
n1
a lighter for cigars or cigarettes;

- syn. cigarette lighter, pocket lighter;

cigar smoker
n1
a smoker of cigars;

cigaret
n1
finely ground tobacco wrapped in paper;

- for smoking;

- syn. butt, cigarette, coffin nail, fag;

cigarette / s ɪ ɡ ə ɹ ɛ t /
n1
finely ground tobacco wrapped in paper;

- for smoking;

- syn. butt, cigaret, coffin nail, fag;

cigarette burn
n1
a burn mark left by a smoldering cigarette;

- "a cigarette burn on the edge of the table";

cigarette butt
n1
small part of a cigarette that is left after smoking;

cigarette case
n1
a small flat case for holding cigarettes;

- can be carried in a purse or a pocket;

cigarette holder
n1
a tube that holds a cigarette while it is being smoked;

cigarette lighter
n1
a lighter for cigars or cigarettes;

- syn. cigar lighter, pocket lighter;

cigarette paper
n1
a strong tissue paper that burns evenly and is sufficiently porous to control the burning of the tobacco in a cigarette;

- syn. rolling paper;

cigarette smoker
n1
a smoker of cigarettes;

cigarfish
n1
small fusiform fish of western Atlantic;

- syn. Decapterus punctatus, quiaquia, round scad;

cigarillo
n1
small cigar or cigarette wrapped in tobacco instead of paper;

cilantro
n1
Old World herb with aromatic leaves and seed resembling parsley;

- syn. Chinese parsley, Coriandrum sativum, coriander, coriander plant;

n2
parsley-like herb used as seasoning or garnish;

- syn. Chinese parsley, coriander;

cilial
a1
of or relating to cilia projecting from the surface of a cell;

- syn. ciliary, ciliate;

ciliary / s ɪ ɫ ɪə ɹ i /
a1
relating to the ciliary body and associated structures of the eye;

a2
of or relating to cilia projecting from the surface of a cell;

- syn. cilial, ciliate;

a3
of or relating to the human eyelash;

- syn. ciliate;

ciliary artery
n1
one of several arteries supplying the choroid coat of the eye;

- syn. arteria ciliaris;

ciliary body
n1
the part of the tunic of the eye between the choroid coat and the iris;

- "the ciliary body produces aqueous humor";

ciliary veins
n1
small veins coming from the ciliary body;

- syn. venae ciliares;

Ciliata
n1
class of protozoa having cilia or hairlike appendages on part or all of the surface during some part of the life cycle;

- syn. Ciliophora, class Ciliata, class Ciliophora;

ciliate / s ɪ ɫ ɪ eɪ t /
n1
a protozoan with a microscopic appendage extending from the surface of the cell;

- syn. ciliated protozoan, ciliophoran;

a1
of or relating to cilia projecting from the surface of a cell;

- syn. cilial, ciliary;

a2
of or relating to the human eyelash;

- syn. ciliary;

a3
having a margin or fringe of hairlike projections;

- syn. ciliated;

- sim. rough;

ciliated / s ɪ ɫ ɪə t ɛ d /
a1
having a margin or fringe of hairlike projections;

- syn. ciliate;

- sim. rough;

ciliated protozoan
n1
a protozoan with a microscopic appendage extending from the surface of the cell;

- syn. ciliate, ciliophoran;

Cilioflagellata
n1
in some classifications considered a phylum of the kingdom Protista;

- in others included in the plant phylum Pyrrophyta;

- syn. Dinoflagellata, order Cilioflagellata, order Dinoflagellata;

Ciliophora
n1
class of protozoa having cilia or hairlike appendages on part or all of the surface during some part of the life cycle;

- syn. Ciliata, class Ciliata, class Ciliophora;

ciliophoran
n1
a protozoan with a microscopic appendage extending from the surface of the cell;

- syn. ciliate, ciliated protozoan;

cilium / s ɪ ɫ ɪə m /
n1
a hairlike projection from the surface of a cell;

- provides locomotion in free-swimming unicellular organisms;

n2
any of the short curved hairs that grow from the edges of the eyelids;

- syn. eyelash, lash;

CIM
n1
the United Kingdom's central unit for the tasking and coordination and funding of intelligence and security agencies;

- syn. Central Intelligence Machinery;

Cimabue
n1
painter of the Florentine school;

- anticipated the move from Byzantine to naturalistic art (1240-1302);

- syn. Giovanni Cimabue;

Cimarron
n1
a river that rises in northeastern New Mexico and flows eastward into Oklahoma where it becomes a tributary of the Arkansas River;

- syn. Cimarron River;

n2
wild sheep of mountainous regions of western North America having massive curled horns;

- syn. Ovis canadensis, Rocky Mountain bighorn, Rocky Mountain sheep, bighorn, bighorn sheep;

Cimarron River
n1
a river that rises in northeastern New Mexico and flows eastward into Oklahoma where it becomes a tributary of the Arkansas River;

- syn. Cimarron;

cimetidine
n1
a drug (trade name Tagamet) used to treat peptic ulcers by decreasing the secretion of stomach acid;

- syn. Tagamet;

Cimex
n1
type genus of the Cimicidae: bedbugs;

- syn. genus Cimex;

Cimex lectularius
n1
bug of temperate regions that infests especially beds and feeds on human blood;

- syn. bed bug, bedbug, chinch;

Cimicidae
n1
wingless flat-bodied bloodsucking insects;

- syn. family Cimicidae;

Cimicifuga
n1
small genus of perennial herbs of north temperate regions: bugbane;

- syn. genus Cimicifuga;

Cimicifuga americana
n1
bugbane of the eastern United States having erect racemes of white flowers;

- syn. American bugbane, summer cohosh;

Cimicifuga foetida
n1
bugbane of Siberia and eastern Asia having ill-smelling green-white flowers;

- syn. fetid bugbane, foetid bugbane;

Cimicifuga racemosa
n1
North American bugbane found from Maine and Ontario to Wisconsin and south to Georgia;

- syn. black cohosh, black snakeroot, rattle-top;

Cimmerian / s ɪ m ɪə ɹ ɪə n /
a1
intensely dark and gloomy as with perpetual darkness;

- "the Cimmerian gloom...a darkness that could be felt"-Norman Douglas;

- sim. dark;

cinch / s ɪ n tʃ /
n1
any undertaking that is easy to do;

- "marketing this product will be no picnic";

- syn. breeze, child's play, duck soup, picnic, piece of cake, pushover, snap, walkover;

n2
stable gear consisting of a band around a horse's belly that holds the saddle in place;

- syn. girth;

n3
a form of all fours in which the players bid for the privilege of naming trumps;

v1
tie a cinch around;

- "cinch horses";

- syn. girth;

v2
make sure of;

v3
get a grip on;

- get mastery of;

cinchona / s ɪ ŋ k oʊ n ə /
n1
medicinal bark of cinchona trees;

- source of quinine and quinidine;

- syn. Jesuit's bark, Peruvian bark, cinchona bark;

n2
any of several trees of the genus Cinchona;

- syn. chinchona;

cinchona bark
n1
medicinal bark of cinchona trees;

- source of quinine and quinidine;

- syn. Jesuit's bark, Peruvian bark, cinchona;

Cinchona calisaya
n1
Peruvian shrub or small tree having large glossy leaves and cymes of fragrant yellow to green or red flowers;

- cultivated for its medicinal bark;

- syn. Cinchona ledgeriana, Cinchona officinalis, calisaya;

Cinchona cordifolia
n1
Colombian tree;

- source of Cartagena bark (a cinchona bark);

- syn. Cartagena bark, Cinchona lancifolia;

Cinchona lancifolia
n1
Colombian tree;

- source of Cartagena bark (a cinchona bark);

- syn. Cartagena bark, Cinchona cordifolia;

Cinchona ledgeriana
n1
Peruvian shrub or small tree having large glossy leaves and cymes of fragrant yellow to green or red flowers;

- cultivated for its medicinal bark;

- syn. Cinchona calisaya, Cinchona officinalis, calisaya;

Cinchona officinalis
n1
Peruvian shrub or small tree having large glossy leaves and cymes of fragrant yellow to green or red flowers;

- cultivated for its medicinal bark;

- syn. Cinchona calisaya, Cinchona ledgeriana, calisaya;

Cinchona pubescens
n1
small tree of Ecuador and Peru having very large glossy leaves and large panicles of fragrant pink flowers;

- cultivated for its medicinal bark;

- syn. cinchona tree;

cinchona tree
n1
small tree of Ecuador and Peru having very large glossy leaves and large panicles of fragrant pink flowers;

- cultivated for its medicinal bark;

- syn. Cinchona pubescens;

cinchonine
n1
an alkaloid derivative of the bark of cinchona trees that is used as an antimalarial drug;

Cincinnati / s ɪ n s ɪ n æ t i /
n1
a city in southern Ohio on the Ohio river;

Cincinnatus
n1
Roman statesman regarded as a model of simple virtue;

- he twice was called to assume dictatorship of Rome and each time retired to his farm (519-438 BC);

- syn. Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus;

Cinclidae
n1
water ouzels;

- syn. family Cinclidae;

Cinclus
n1
type genus of the family Cinclidae;

- syn. genus Cinclus;

Cinclus aquaticus
n1
a water ouzel of Europe;

- syn. European water ouzel;

Cinclus mexicanus
n1
a water ouzel of western North America;

- syn. American water ouzel;

Cinco de Mayo
n1
the fifth of May which is observed in Mexico and Mexican-American communities in the United States to commemorate the Mexican victory over the French in the Battle of Puebla in 1862;

cincture / s ɪ ŋ k tʃ ə , s ɪ ŋ k tʃ ə ɹ /
n1
a band of material around the waist that strengthens a skirt or trousers;

- syn. girdle, sash, waistband, waistcloth;

cinder / s ɪ n d ə , s ɪ n d ə ɹ /
n1
a fragment of incombustible matter left after a wood or coal or charcoal fire;

- syn. clinker;

cinder block
n1
a light concrete building block made with cinder aggregate;

- "cinder blocks are called breeze blocks in Britain";

- syn. breeze block, clinker block;

cinder pig
n1
pig iron containing a substantial proportion of slag;

cinder track
n1
a racetrack paved with fine cinders;

Cinderella / s ɪ n d ə ɹ ɛ ɫ ə /
n1
a woman whose merits were not been recognized but who then achieves sudden success and recognition;

n2
a fictional young girl who is saved from her stepmother and stepsisters by her fairy godmother and a handsome prince;

cine-camera / s ɪ n ɪ k æ m ɹ ə /
n1
a camera that takes a sequence of photographs that can give the illusion of motion when viewed in rapid succession;

- syn. motion-picture camera, movie camera;

cine-film / s ɪ n ɪ f ɪ ɫ m /
n1
photographic film several hundred feet long and wound on a spool;

- to be used in a movie camera;

- syn. motion-picture film, movie film;

cine projector
n1
projects successive frames from a reel of film to create moving pictures;

- syn. film projector, movie projector;

cinema / s ɪ n ə m ə /
n1
a medium that disseminates moving pictures;

- "theater pieces transferred to celluloid";

- "this story would be good cinema";

- "film coverage of sporting events";

- syn. celluloid, film;

n2
a theater where films are shown;

- syn. movie house, movie theater, movie theatre, picture palace;

cinema verite
n1
a movie that shows ordinary people in actual activities without being controlled by a director;

cinematic / s ɪ n ə m æ t ɪ k /
a1
of or pertaining to or characteristic of the cinema;

cinematise
v1
make a film of or adopt so as to make into a film;

- "cinematize history";

- syn. cinematize;

cinematize
v1
make a film of or adopt so as to make into a film;

- "cinematize history";

- syn. cinematise;

cinematographer / s ɪ n ɪ m æ t ə ɡ ɹ ɑ f ə , s ɪ n ɪ m æ t ə ɡ ɹ ɑ f ə ɹ /
n1
a photographer who operates a movie camera;

- syn. camera operator, cameraman;

cinematography / s ɪ n ə m ə t ɒ ɡ ɹ ə f i /
n1
the act of making a film;

- syn. filming, motion-picture photography;

cineraria / s ɪ n ə ɹ eə ɹ ɪə /
n1
herb of Canary Islands widely cultivated for its blue or purple or red or variegated daisylike flowers;

- syn. Pericallis cruenta, Senecio cruentus;

Cineraria maritima
n1
stiff much-branched perennial of the Mediterranean region having very white woolly stems and leaves;

- syn. Senecio cineraria, dusty miller;

cinerarium / s ɪ n ə ɹ eə ɹ ɪə m /
n1
a niche for a funeral urn containing the ashes of the cremated dead;

- syn. columbarium;

cinerary / s ɪ n ə ɹ ə ɹ i /
a1
containing or used for ashes of the cremated dead;

- "a cinerary urn";

cingulate gyrus
n1
a long curved structure on the medial surface of the cerebral hemispheres;

- the cortical part of the limbic system;

- syn. gyrus cinguli;

cingulum / s ɪ ŋ ɡ j ʊ ɫ ə m /
n1
(anatomy) an encircling structure (as the ridge around the base of a tooth);

cinnabar / s ɪ n ə b ɑ /
n1
a heavy reddish mineral consisting of mercuric sulfide;

- the chief source of mercury;

n2
large red-and-black European moth;

- larvae feed on leaves of ragwort;

- introduced into United States to control ragwort;

- syn. Callimorpha jacobeae, cinnabar moth;

a1
of a vivid red to reddish-orange color;

- syn. Chinese-red, vermilion, vermillion;

- sim. chromatic;

cinnabar chanterelle
n1
mushroom with a distinctive pink to vermillion fruiting body;

- syn. Cantharellus cinnabarinus;

cinnabar moth
n1
large red-and-black European moth;

- larvae feed on leaves of ragwort;

- introduced into United States to control ragwort;

- syn. Callimorpha jacobeae, cinnabar;

cinnamene
n1
a colorless oily liquid;

- the monomer for polystyrene;

- syn. phenylethylene, styrene, vinylbenzene;

Cinnamomum
n1
Asiatic and Australian aromatic trees and shrubs;

- syn. genus Cinnamomum;

Cinnamomum camphora
n1
large evergreen tree of warm regions whose aromatic wood yields camphor;

- syn. camphor tree;

Cinnamomum cassia
n1
Chinese tree with aromatic bark;

- yields a less desirable cinnamon than Ceylon cinnamon;

- syn. cassia, cassia-bark tree;

Cinnamomum loureirii
n1
tropical southeast Asian tree with aromatic bark;

- yields a bark used medicinally;

- syn. Saigon cinnamon;

Cinnamomum zeylanicum
n1
tropical Asian tree with aromatic yellowish-brown bark;

- source of the spice cinnamon;

- syn. Ceylon cinnamon, Ceylon cinnamon tree, cinnamon;

cinnamon / s ɪ n ə m ə n /
n1
aromatic bark used as a spice;

- syn. cinnamon bark;

n2
tropical Asian tree with aromatic yellowish-brown bark;

- source of the spice cinnamon;

- syn. Ceylon cinnamon, Ceylon cinnamon tree, Cinnamomum zeylanicum;

n3
spice from the dried aromatic bark of the Ceylon cinnamon tree;

- used as rolled strips or ground;

cinnamon-colored
a1
having the color of cinnamon;

- syn. cinnamon-coloured, cinnamon colored, cinnamon coloured;

- sim. colored;

cinnamon-coloured
a1
having the color of cinnamon;

- syn. cinnamon-colored, cinnamon colored, cinnamon coloured;

- sim. colored;

cinnamon-red
a1
red tinged with cinnamon;

- sim. colored;

cinnamon-scented
a1
smelling of cinnamon;

- sim. odorous;

cinnamon bark
n1
aromatic bark of Saigon cinnamon used medicinally as a carminative;

n2
aromatic bark used as a spice;

- syn. cinnamon;

cinnamon bear
n1
reddish-brown color phase of the American black bear;

cinnamon bread
n1
bread flavored with cinnamon often containing raisins;

cinnamon bun
n1
rolled dough spread with cinnamon and sugar (and raisins) then sliced before baking;

- syn. cinnamon roll, cinnamon snail;

cinnamon colored
a1
having the color of cinnamon;

- syn. cinnamon-colored, cinnamon-coloured, cinnamon coloured;

- sim. colored;

cinnamon coloured
a1
having the color of cinnamon;

- syn. cinnamon-colored, cinnamon-coloured, cinnamon colored;

- sim. colored;

cinnamon fern
n1
New World fern having woolly cinnamon-colored spore-bearing fronds in early spring later surrounded by green fronds;

- the early uncurling fronds are edible;

- syn. Osmunda cinnamonea, fiddlehead, fiddlehead fern;

cinnamon roll
n1
rolled dough spread with cinnamon and sugar (and raisins) then sliced before baking;

- syn. cinnamon bun, cinnamon snail;

cinnamon snail
n1
rolled dough spread with cinnamon and sugar (and raisins) then sliced before baking;

- syn. cinnamon bun, cinnamon roll;

cinnamon stone
n1
a garnet ranging in color from yellow to brown;

- syn. essonite, hessonite;

cinnamon toast
n1
buttered toast with sugar and cinnamon (and nutmeg and grated lemon peel);

cinnamon vine
n1
hardy Chinese vine naturalized in United States and cultivated as an ornamental climber for its glossy heart-shaped cinnamon-scented leaves and in the tropics for its edible tubers;

- syn. Chinese yam, Dioscorea batata;

cinque / s ɪ ŋ k /
n1
the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one;

- syn. 5, Little Phoebe, Phoebe, V, fin, five, fivesome, pentad, quint, quintet, quintuplet;

cinquefoil / s ɪ ŋ k f ɔɪ ɫ /
n1
any of a numerous plants grown for their five-petaled flowers;

- abundant in temperate regions;

- alleged to have medicinal properties;

- syn. five-finger;

n2
an ornamental carving consisting of five arcs arranged in a circle;

CIO
n1
a federation of North American industrial unions that merged with the American Federation of Labor in 1955;

- syn. Congress of Industrial Organizations;

cipher / s aɪ f ə , s aɪ f ə ɹ /
n1
a message written in a secret code;

- syn. cypher;

n2
a mathematical element that when added to another number yields the same number;

- syn. 0, cypher, nought, zero;

n3
a quantity of no importance;

- "it looked like nothing I had ever seen before";

- "reduced to nil all the work we had done";

- "we racked up a pathetic goose egg";

- "it was all for naught";

- "I didn't hear zilch about it";

- syn. aught, cypher, goose egg, nada, naught, nil, nix, nothing, null, zero, zilch, zip, zippo;

n4
a person of no influence;

- syn. cypher, nobody, nonentity;

n5
a secret method of writing;

- syn. cryptograph, cypher, secret code;

v1
convert ordinary language into code;

- "We should encode the message for security reasons";

- syn. code, cypher, encipher, encrypt, inscribe, write in code;

v2
make a mathematical calculation or computation;

- syn. calculate, compute, cypher, figure, reckon, work out;

Cipro
n1
an oral antibiotic (trade name Cipro) used against serious bacterial infections of the skin or respiratory tract or urinary tract or bones or joints;

- syn. ciprofloxacin;

ciprofloxacin
n1
an oral antibiotic (trade name Cipro) used against serious bacterial infections of the skin or respiratory tract or urinary tract or bones or joints;

- syn. Cipro;

CIRA
n1
a terrorist organization formed in Ireland in 1994 as a clandestine armed wing of Sinn Fein;

- syn. Continuity Army Council, Continuity Irish Republican Army;

circadian
a1
of or relating to biological processes occurring at 24-hour intervals;

- "circadian rhythms";

circadian rhythm
n1
a daily cycle of activity observed in many living organisms;

Circaea
n1
enchanter's nightshade;

- syn. genus Circaea;

Circaea alpina
n1
an Alpine variety of enchanter's nightshade;

- syn. Alpine enchanter's nightshade;

Circaea lutetiana
n1
tall evening primrose with inconspicuous flowers;

Circaetus
n1
harrier eagles;

- syn. genus Circaetus;

Circassian / s ɝ k æ s ɪə n /
n1
a member of the Sunni Muslim people living in northwestern Caucasia;

n2
a mostly Sunni Muslim community living in northwestern Caucasia;

n3
a northern Caucasian language spoken by the Circassian;

Circassian walnut
n1
Eurasian walnut valued for its large edible nut and its hard richly figured wood;

- widely cultivated;

- syn. English walnut, English walnut tree, Juglans regia, Persian walnut;

Circe
n1
(Greek mythology) a sorceress who detained Odysseus on her island and turned his men into swine;

circinate
a1
shaped like a ring;

- syn. annular, annulate, annulated, doughnut-shaped, ring-shaped, ringed;

- sim. rounded;

Circinus
n1
a small faint constellation in the southern hemisphere near Musca and Triangulum Australe;

Circis siliquastrum
n1
small tree of the eastern Mediterranean having abundant purplish-red flowers growing on old wood directly from stems and appearing before the leaves: widely cultivated in mild regions;

- wood valuable for veneers;

- syn. Judas tree, love tree;

circle / s ɝ k ɫ /
n1
ellipse in which the two axes are of equal length;

- a plane curve generated by one point moving at a constant distance from a fixed point;

- "he calculated the circumference of the circle";

n2
an unofficial association of people or groups;

- "the smart set goes there";

- "they were an angry lot";

- syn. band, lot, set;

n3
something approximating the shape of a circle;

- "the chairs were arranged in a circle";

n4
movement once around a course;

- "he drove an extra lap just for insurance";

- syn. circuit, lap;

n5
a road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island;

- "the accident blocked all traffic at the rotary";

- syn. rotary, roundabout, traffic circle;

n6
street names for flunitrazepan;

- syn. Mexican valium, R-2, forget me drug, roach, roofy, rope, rophy;

n7
a curved section or tier of seats in a hall or theater or opera house;

- usually the first tier above the orchestra;

- "they had excellent seats in the dress circle";

- syn. dress circle;

n8
any circular or rotating mechanism;

- "the machine punched out metal circles";

- syn. round;

v1
travel around something;

- "circle the globe";

v2
move in a circular path above (someone or something);

- "the plane circled, looking for a landing spot";

v3
form or draw a circle around;

- "encircle the errors";

- syn. encircle;

circle around
v1
move around in a circular motion;

- "The Earth revolves around the Sun";

- syn. circle round, revolve around;

circle of curvature
n1
the circle that touches a curve (on the concave side) and whose radius is the radius of curvature;

- syn. osculating circle;

circle of Willis
n1
a ring of arteries at the base of the brain;

circle round
v1
move around in a circular motion;

- "The Earth revolves around the Sun";

- syn. circle around, revolve around;

circlet / s ɝ k ɫ ɪ t /
n1
a small circle;

n2
decorated metal band worn around the head;

circuit / s ɝ k ɪ t /
n1
an electrical device that provides a path for electrical current to flow;

- syn. electric circuit, electrical circuit;

n2
a journey or route all the way around a particular place or area;

- "they took an extended tour of Europe";

- "we took a quick circuit of the park";

- "a ten-day coach circuit of the island";

- syn. tour;

n3
an established itinerary of venues or events that a particular group of people travel to;

- "she's a familiar name on the club circuit";

- "on the lecture circuit";

- "the judge makes a circuit of the courts in his district";

- "the international tennis circuit";

n4
the boundary line encompassing an area or object;

- "he had walked the full circumference of his land";

- "a danger to all races over the whole circumference of the globe";

- syn. circumference;

n5
(law) a judicial division of a state or the United States (so-called because originally judges traveled and held court in different locations);

- one of the twelve groups of states in the United States that is covered by a particular circuit court of appeals;

n6
a racetrack for automobile races;

- syn. racing circuit;

n7
movement once around a course;

- "he drove an extra lap just for insurance";

- syn. circle, lap;

v1
make a circuit;

- "They were circuiting about the state";

circuit board
n1
a printed circuit that can be inserted into expansion slots in a computer to increase the computer's capabilities;

- syn. add-in, board, card, circuit card, plug-in;

circuit breaker
n1
a device that trips like a switch and opens the circuit when overloaded;

- syn. breaker;

circuit card
n1
a printed circuit that can be inserted into expansion slots in a computer to increase the computer's capabilities;

- syn. add-in, board, card, circuit board, plug-in;

circuit court of appeals
n1
one of the twelve federal United States courts of appeals that cover a group of states known as a `circuit';

circuitous / s ɝ k j u ɪ t ə s /
a1
marked by obliqueness or indirection in speech or conduct;

- "the explanation was circuitous and puzzling";

- "a roundabout paragraph";

- "hear in a roundabout way that her ex-husband was marrying her best friend";

- syn. roundabout;

- sim. indirect;

a2
deviating from a straight course;

- "a scenic but devious route";

- "a long and circuitous journey by train and boat";

- "a roundabout route avoided rush-hour traffic";

- syn. devious, roundabout;

- sim. indirect;

circuitry
n1
electronic equipment consisting of a system of circuits;

circular / s ɝ k j ʊ ɫ ə , s ɝ k j ʊ ɫ ə ɹ /
n1
an advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet) intended for wide distribution;

- "he mailed the circular to all subscribers";

- syn. bill, broadsheet, broadside, flier, flyer, handbill, throwaway;

a1
having the shape or form of a circle;

- syn. round;

- also rounded;

- sim. apple-shaped, ball-shaped, barrel-shaped, bulblike, capitate, coccoid, cumuliform, discoid, goblet-shaped, moonlike, nutlike, pancake-like, pear-shaped, pinwheel-shaped, ringlike, roundish, wheel-like;

a2
describing a circle;

- moving in a circle;

- "the circular motion of the wheel";

- syn. orbitual, rotary;

- sim. cyclic;

circular-knit
a1
knitted in tubular form;

- "circular-knit sweaters without seams";

- sim. seamless;

circular file
n1
a container with an open top;

- for discarded paper and other rubbish;

- syn. waste-paper basket, waste basket, wastebasket, wastepaper basket;

circular function
n1
function of an angle expressed as a ratio of the length of the sides of right-angled triangle containing the angle;

- syn. trigonometric function;

circular measure
n1
measurement of angles in radians;

circular plane
n1
a plane with a flexible face that can plane concave or convex surfaces;

- syn. compass plane;

circular saw
n1
a power saw that has a steel disk with cutting teeth on the periphery;

- rotates on a spindle;

- syn. buzz saw;

circularisation / s ɝ k j ʊ ɫ ə ɹ aɪ z eɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
circulating printed notices as a means of advertising;

- syn. circularization;

circularise / s ɝ k j ʊ ɫ ə ɹ aɪ z /
v1
canvass by distributing letters;

- syn. circularize;

v2
distribute circulars to;

- syn. circularize;

v3
cause to become widely known;

- "spread information";

- "circulate a rumor";

- "broadcast the news";

- syn. broadcast, circularize, circulate, diffuse, disperse, disseminate, distribute, pass around, propagate, spread;

circularity / s ɝ k j ʊ ɫ æ ɹ ɪ t i /
n1
the roundness of a 2-dimensional figure;

- syn. disk shape;

circularization / s ɝ k j ʊ ɫ ə ɹ aɪ z eɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
circulating printed notices as a means of advertising;

- syn. circularisation;

circularize / s ɝ k j ʊ ɫ ə ɹ aɪ z /
v1
canvass by distributing letters;

- syn. circularise;

v2
canvass by using a questionnaire;

v3
distribute circulars to;

- syn. circularise;

v4
cause to become widely known;

- "spread information";

- "circulate a rumor";

- "broadcast the news";

- syn. broadcast, circularise, circulate, diffuse, disperse, disseminate, distribute, pass around, propagate, spread;

v5
make circular;

circularly / s ɝ k j ʊ ɫ ə ɫ i /
r1
in a circular manner;

circulate / s ɝ k j ʊ ɫ eɪ t /
v1
become widely known and passed on;

- "the rumor spread";

- "the story went around in the office";

- syn. go around, spread;

v2
cause to become widely known;

- "spread information";

- "circulate a rumor";

- "broadcast the news";

- syn. broadcast, circularise, circularize, diffuse, disperse, disseminate, distribute, pass around, propagate, spread;

v3
cause to be distributed;

- "This letter is being circulated among the faculty";

- syn. distribute, pass around, pass on;

v4
move through a space, circuit or system, returning to the starting point;

- "Blood circulates in my veins";

- "The air here does not circulate";

v5
cause to move in a circuit or system;

- "The fan circulates the air in the room";

v6
move around freely from person to person or from place to place;

- "She circulates among royalty";

circulating / s ɝ k j ʊ ɫ eɪ t ɪ ŋ /
a1
passing from one to another;

- "circulating bills and coins";

- sim. current;

circulating decimal
n1
a decimal with a sequence of digits that repeats itself indefinitely;

- syn. recurring decimal, repeating decimal;

circulating library
n1
library that provides books for use outside the building;

- syn. lending library;

circulation / s ɝ k j ʊ ɫ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the dissemination of copies of periodicals (as newspapers or magazines);

n2
movement through a circuit;

- especially the movement of blood through the heart and blood vessels;

n3
(library science) the count of books that are loaned by a library over a specified period;

n4
number of copies of a newspaper or magazine that are sold;

- "by increasing its circulation the newspaper hoped to increase its advertising";

n5
free movement or passage (as of cytoplasm within a cell or sap through a plant);

- "ocean circulation is an important part of global climate";

- "a fan aids air circulation";

n6
the spread or transmission of something (as news or money) to a wider group or area;

circulative / s ɝ k j ʊ ɫ ə t ɪ v /
a1
of or relating to circulation;

- syn. circulatory;

circulatory / s ɝ k j ʊ ɫ ə t ə ɹ i /
a1
of or relating to circulation;

- syn. circulative;

a2
relating to circulatory system or to circulation of the blood;

circulatory failure
n1
failure of the cardiovascular system to supply adequate amounts of blood to body tissues;

circulatory system
n1
the organs and tissues involved in circulating blood and lymph through the body;

- syn. cardiovascular system;

circumambulate / s ɝ k ə m æ m b j ʊ ɫ eɪ t /
v1
walk around something;

- syn. walk around;

circumboreal
a1
comprising or throughout far northern regions;

- syn. boreal;

- sim. northern;

circumcise / s ɝ k ə m s aɪ z /
v1
cut the skin over the clitoris;

v2
cut the foreskin off male babies or teenage boys;

- "During the bris, the baby boy is circumcised";

Circumcision / s ɝ k ə m s ɪ ʒ n /
n1
(Roman Catholic Church and Anglican Church) feast day celebrating the circumcision of Jesus;

- celebrated on January 1st;

- syn. Feast of the Circumcision, January 1;

n2
the act of circumcising performed on males eight days after birth as a Jewish and Muslim religious rite;

n3
the act of circumcising;

- surgical removal of the foreskin of males;

circumduction
n1
a circular movement of a limb or eye;

circumference / s ɝ k ʌ m f ə ɹ ə n s /
n1
the size of something as given by the distance around it;

- syn. perimeter;

n2
the boundary line encompassing an area or object;

- "he had walked the full circumference of his land";

- "a danger to all races over the whole circumference of the globe";

- syn. circuit;

n3
the length of the closed curve of a circle;

circumferent
a1
closely encircling;

- "encompassing mountain ranges";

- "the surrounding countryside";

- syn. encompassing, surrounding;

- sim. close;

circumferential / s ɝ k ʌ m f ə ɹ ɛ n ʃ ɫ /
a1
lying around or just outside the edges or outskirts;

- "circumferential highways around cities";

- sim. peripheral;

circumflex / s ɝ k ə m f ɫ ɛ k s /
n1
a diacritical mark (^) placed above a vowel in some languages to indicate a special phonetic quality;

circumflex artery
n1
any of several paired curving arteries;

circumflex artery of the thigh
n1
an artery that supplies the hip joint and thigh muscles;

- syn. arteria circumflexa femoris;

circumflex femoral vein
n1
either of two veins that accompany arteries of the same name serving the hip and thigh;

- syn. vena circumflexus femoris;

circumflex humeral artery
n1
an artery that supplies the shoulder joint and shoulder muscles;

- syn. arteria circumflexa humeri;

circumflex iliac artery
n1
an artery that supplies the lower abdominal walls and skin and the sartorius muscle;

- syn. arteria circumflexa ilium;

circumflex iliac vein
n1
accompanies the artery of the same name;

- syn. vena circumflexa ilium;

circumflex scapular artery
n1
an artery that serves the muscles of the shoulder and scapular area;

- syn. arteria circumflexa scapulae;

circumflex vein
n1
any of several curved parallel veins accompanying arteries of the same name;

- syn. vena circumflexa;

circumfuse
v1
spread something around something;

circumlocution / s ɝ k ə m ɫ ə k j u ʃ n /
n1
a style that involves indirect ways of expressing things;

- syn. ambage, periphrasis;

n2
an indirect way of expressing something;

- syn. indirect expression;

circumlocutious
a1
roundabout and unnecessarily wordy;

- "had a preference for circumlocutious (or circumlocutory) rather than forthright expression";

- "A periphrastic study in a worn-out poetical fashion,/ Leaving one still with the intolerable wrestle/ With words and meanings."-T.S.Eliot;

- (`ambagious' is archaic);

- syn. ambagious, circumlocutory, periphrastic;

- sim. indirect;

circumlocutory / s ɝ k ə m ɫ ɒ k j ʊ t ə ɹ i /
a1
roundabout and unnecessarily wordy;

- "had a preference for circumlocutious (or circumlocutory) rather than forthright expression";

- "A periphrastic study in a worn-out poetical fashion,/ Leaving one still with the intolerable wrestle/ With words and meanings."-T.S.Eliot;

- (`ambagious' is archaic);

- syn. ambagious, circumlocutious, periphrastic;

- sim. indirect;

circumnavigate / s ɝ k ə m n æ v ɪ ɡ eɪ t /
v1
travel around, either by plane or ship;

- "We compassed the earth";

- syn. compass;

circumnavigation / s ɝ k ə m n æ v ɪ ɡ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
traveling around something (by ship or plane);

- "Magellan's circumnavigation of the earth proved that it is a globe";

circumpolar / s ɝ k ə m p oʊ ɫ ə /
a1
(of a celestial body) continually visible above the horizon during the entire 360 degrees of daily travel;

- "a circumpolar star";

- sim. visible;

a2
located or found throughout a polar region;

- sim. polar;

circumscribe / s ɝ k ə m s k ɹ aɪ b /
v1
draw a line around;

- "He drew a circle around the points";

v2
restrict or confine within limits;

- "I limit you to two visits to the pub a day";

- "please confine your questions to the topic";

- "our actions are circumscribed by our biology, personality, and by the social and cultural context into which we are born";

- syn. confine to, limit;

v3
to draw a geometric figure around another figure so that the two are in contact but do not intersect;

circumscribed / s ɝ k ə m s k ɹ aɪ b d /
a1
subject to limits or subjected to limits;

- syn. limited;

- sim. restricted;

circumscription / s ɝ k ə m s k ɹ ɪ p ʃ n /
n1
the act of circumscribing;

circumspect / s ɝ k ə m s p ɛ k t /
a1
heedful of potential consequences;

- "circumspect actions";

- "physicians are now more circumspect about recommending its use";

- "a discreet investor";

- syn. discreet;

- sim. prudent;

circumspection / s ɝ k ə m s p ɛ k ʃ n /
n1
knowing how to avoid embarrassment or distress;

- "the servants showed great tact and discretion";

- syn. discreetness, discretion, prudence;

n2
the trait of being circumspect and prudent;

- syn. caution;

circumspectly / s ɝ k ə m s p ɛ k t ɫ i /
r1
in a cagey manner;

- "`I don't know yet,' he answered cagily";

- syn. cagily;

circumstance / s ɝ k ə m s t ə n s /
n1
a condition that accompanies or influences some event or activity;

n2
the set of facts or circumstances that surround a situation or event;

- "the historical context";

- syn. context, setting;

n3
information that should be kept in mind when making a decision;

- "another consideration is the time it would take";

- syn. condition, consideration;

n4
formal ceremony about important occasions;

- "pomp and circumstance";

circumstances / s ɝ k ə m s t ə n s ɪ z /
n1
your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you);

- "whatever my fortune may be";

- "deserved a better fate";

- "has a happy lot";

- "the luck of the Irish";

- "a victim of circumstances";

- "success that was her portion";

- syn. destiny, fate, fortune, lot, luck, portion;

n2
a person's financial situation (good or bad);

- "he found himself in straitened circumstances";

circumstantial / s ɝ k ə m s t æ n ʃ ɫ /
a1
fully detailed and specific about particulars;

- "a circumstantial report about the debate";

- sim. specific;

circumstantial evidence
n1
evidence providing only a basis for inference about the fact in dispute;

- syn. indirect evidence;

circumstantially / s ɝ k ə m s t æ n ʃ ə ɫ i /
r1
according to circumstances;

- "he was convicted circumstantially";

r2
insofar as the circumstances are concerned;

- "the account was circumstantially accurate";

r3
in minute detail;

- "our inability to see everything minutely and clearly is due merely to the infirmity of our senses";

- syn. minutely;

r4
without advance planning;

- "they met accidentally";

- syn. accidentally, by chance, unexpectedly;

circumstantiate / s ɝ k ə m s t æ n ʃ ɪ eɪ t /
v1
give circumstantial evidence for;

circumvallate / s ɝ k ə m v ə ɫ eɪ t /
v1
surround with or as if with a rampart or other fortification;

circumvent / s ɝ k ə m v ɛ n t /
v1
surround so as to force to give up;

- "The Turks besieged Vienna";

- syn. beleaguer, besiege, hem in, surround;

v2
beat through cleverness and wit;

- "I beat the traffic";

- "She outfoxed her competitors";

- syn. beat, outfox, outsmart, outwit, overreach;

v3
avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues);

- "He dodged the issue";

- "she skirted the problem";

- "They tend to evade their responsibilities";

- "he evaded the questions skillfully";

- syn. dodge, duck, elude, evade, fudge, hedge, parry, put off, sidestep, skirt;

circumvention / s ɝ k ə m v ɛ n ʃ n /
n1
the act of evading by going around;

circumvolute
v1
wind or turn in volutions, especially in an inward spiral, as of snail;

circumvolution
n1
the act of turning or winding or folding around a central axis;

circumvolve
v1
cause to turn on an axis or center;

- "Rotate the handle";

- syn. rotate;

circus / s ɝ k ə s /
n1
a travelling company of entertainers;

- including trained animals;

- "he ran away from home to join the circus";

n2
a performance given by a traveling company of acrobats, clowns, and trained animals;

- "the children always love to go to the circus";

n3
a frenetic disorganized (and often comic) disturbance suggestive of a large public entertainment;

- "it was so funny it was a circus";

- "the whole occasion had a carnival atmosphere";

- syn. carnival;

n4
(antiquity) an open-air stadium for chariot races and gladiatorial games;

n5
an arena consisting of an oval or circular area enclosed by tiers of seats and usually covered by a tent;

- "they used the elephants to help put up the circus";

n6
a genus of haws comprising the harriers;

- syn. genus Circus;

circus acrobat
n1
an acrobat who performs acrobatic feats in a circus;

Circus Aeruginosus
n1
Old World harrier frequenting marshy regions;

- syn. marsh harrier;

Circus cyaneus
n1
common harrier of North America and Europe;

- nests in marshes and open land;

- syn. hen harrier, marsh hawk, northern harrier;

Circus pygargus
n1
brownish European harrier;

- syn. Montagu's harrier;

circus tent
n1
a canvas tent to house the audience at a circus performance;

- "he was afraid of a fire in the circus tent";

- "they had the big top up in less than an hour";

- syn. big top, round top, top;

cirio
n1
candlewood of Mexico and southwestern California having tall columnar stems and bearing honey-scented creamy yellow flowers;

- syn. Fouquieria columnaris, Idria columnaris, boojum tree;

cirque / s ɝ k /
n1
a steep-walled semicircular basin in a mountain;

- may contain a lake;

- syn. corrie, cwm;

cirrhosis / s ɪr oʊ s ɪ s /
n1
a chronic disease interfering with the normal functioning of the liver;

- the major cause is chronic alcoholism;

- syn. cirrhosis of the liver;

cirrhosis of the liver
n1
a chronic disease interfering with the normal functioning of the liver;

- the major cause is chronic alcoholism;

- syn. cirrhosis;

cirrhus
n1
usually coiled;

- syn. cirrus;

cirriped
n1
marine crustaceans with feathery food-catching appendages;

- free-swimming as larvae;

- as adults form a hard shell and live attached to submerged surfaces;

- syn. barnacle, cirripede;

cirripede
n1
marine crustaceans with feathery food-catching appendages;

- free-swimming as larvae;

- as adults form a hard shell and live attached to submerged surfaces;

- syn. barnacle, cirriped;

Cirripedia
n1
barnacles;

- syn. subclass Cirripedia;

cirrocumulus
n1
a cloud at a high altitude consisting of a series of regularly arranged small clouds resembling ripples;

- syn. cirrocumulus cloud;

cirrocumulus cloud
n1
a cloud at a high altitude consisting of a series of regularly arranged small clouds resembling ripples;

- syn. cirrocumulus;

cirrostratus
n1
a thin uniform layer of hazy cloud at high altitude;

- syn. cirrostratus cloud;

cirrostratus cloud
n1
a thin uniform layer of hazy cloud at high altitude;

- syn. cirrostratus;

cirrus / s ɪr ə s /
n1
usually coiled;

- syn. cirrhus;

n2
a wispy white cloud (usually of fine ice crystals) at a high altitude (4 to 8 miles);

- syn. cirrus cloud;

n3
a slender flexible animal appendage as on barnacles or crinoids or many insects;

- often tactile;

cirrus cloud
n1
a wispy white cloud (usually of fine ice crystals) at a high altitude (4 to 8 miles);

- syn. cirrus;

Cirsium
n1
plume thistles;

- syn. genus Cirsium;

Cirsium arvense
n1
European thistle naturalized in United States and Canada where it is a pernicious weed;

- syn. Canada thistle, creeping thistle;

Cirsium discolor
n1
stout North American thistle with purplish-pink flower heads;

- syn. field thistle;

Cirsium eriophorum
n1
woolly thistle of western and central Europe and Balkan Peninsula;

- syn. European woolly thistle;

Cirsium flodmanii
n1
thistle of western North America having white woolly leaves;

- syn. woolly thistle;

Cirsium helenioides
n1
perennial stoloniferous thistle of northern Europe with lanceolate basal leaves and usually solitary heads of reddish-purple flowers;

- syn. Cirsium heterophylum, melancholy thistle;

Cirsium heterophylum
n1
perennial stoloniferous thistle of northern Europe with lanceolate basal leaves and usually solitary heads of reddish-purple flowers;

- syn. Cirsium helenioides, melancholy thistle;

Cirsium lanceolatum
n1
European thistle with rather large heads and prickly leaves;

- extensively naturalized as a weed in the United States;

- syn. Cirsium vulgare, boar thistle, bull thistle, spear thistle;

Cirsium rivulare
n1
of central and southwestern Europe;

- syn. brook thistle;

Cirsium vulgare
n1
European thistle with rather large heads and prickly leaves;

- extensively naturalized as a weed in the United States;

- syn. Cirsium lanceolatum, boar thistle, bull thistle, spear thistle;

CIS
n1
an alliance made up of states that had been Soviet Socialist Republics in the Soviet Union prior to its dissolution in Dec 1991;

- syn. Commonwealth of Independent States;

cisalpine / s ɪ s æ ɫ p aɪ n /
a1
on the Italian or Roman side of the Alps;

- "ancient cisalpine Gaul included an area south and east of the Alps";

- syn. ultramontane;

- sim. cismontane;

CISC
n1
an agency of the Canadian government that unifies the intelligence units of Canadian law enforcement agencies;

- syn. Criminal Intelligence Services of Canada;

n2
(computer science) a kind of computer architecture that has a large number of instructions hard coded into the CPU chip;

- syn. complex instruction set computer, complex instruction set computing;

cisco
n1
cold-water fish caught in Lake Superior and northward;

- syn. lake herring;

n2
important food fish of cold deep lakes of North America;

- syn. Coregonus artedi, lake herring;

cislunar
a1
situated between the earth and the moon;

- syn. sublunar, sublunary;

cismontane
a1
on this (the speaker's) side of the mountains;

- "a contest in Virginia between a cismontane and a tramontane people";

- sim. cisalpine;

cissy / s ɪ s i /
a1
having unsuitable feminine qualities;

- syn. effeminate, emasculate, epicene, sissified, sissy, sissyish;

- sim. unmanly;

Cistaceae
n1
shrubs or woody herbs of temperate regions especially Mediterranean;

- syn. family Cistaceae, rockrose family;

Cistercian / s ɪ s t ɝ ʃ j ə n /
n1
member of an order of monks noted for austerity and a vow of silence;

- syn. Trappist;

cistern / s ɪ s t ə n /
n1
a sac or cavity containing fluid especially lymph or cerebrospinal fluid;

- syn. cisterna;

n2
a tank that holds the water used to flush a toilet;

- syn. water tank;

n3
an artificial reservoir for storing liquids;

- especially an underground tank for storing rainwater;

cisterna
n1
a sac or cavity containing fluid especially lymph or cerebrospinal fluid;

- syn. cistern;

Cistothorus
n1
marsh wrens;

- syn. genus Cistothorus;

Cistothorus palustris
n1
American wren that inhabits tall reed beds;

- syn. long-billed marsh wren;

Cistothorus platensis
n1
small American wren inhabiting wet sedgy meadows;

- syn. sedge wren, short-billed marsh wren;

cistron / s ɪ s t ɹ ɒ n /
n1
(genetics) a segment of DNA that is involved in producing a polypeptide chain;

- it can include regions preceding and following the coding DNA as well as introns between the exons;

- it is considered a unit of heredity;

- "genes were formerly called factors";

- syn. factor, gene;

Cistus / s ɪ s t ə s /
n1
small to medium-sized evergreen shrubs of southern Europe and North Africa;

- syn. genus Cistus;

Cistus albidus
n1
compact white pubescent shrub of southwestern Europe having pink flowers;

- syn. white-leaved rockrose;

Cistus ladanifer
n1
shrub having white flowers and viscid stems and leaves yielding a fragrant oleoresin used in perfumes especially as a fixative;

- syn. Cistus ladanum, common gum cistus;

Cistus ladanum
n1
shrub having white flowers and viscid stems and leaves yielding a fragrant oleoresin used in perfumes especially as a fixative;

- syn. Cistus ladanifer, common gum cistus;

citadel / s ɪ t ə d ə ɫ /
n1
a stronghold into which people could go for shelter during a battle;

- syn. bastion;

citation / s aɪ t eɪ ʃ n /
n1
an official award (as for bravery or service) usually given as formal public statement;

- syn. commendation;

n2
(law) the act of citing (as of spoken words or written passages or legal precedents etc.);

n3
a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage;

- "the student's essay failed to list several important citations";

- "the acknowledgments are usually printed at the front of a book";

- "the article includes mention of similar clinical cases";

- syn. acknowledgment, cite, credit, mention, quotation, reference;

n4
a passage or expression that is quoted or cited;

- syn. quotation, quote;

n5
a summons that commands the appearance of a party at a proceeding;

n6
thoroughbred that won the triple crown in 1948;

citation form
n1
the form of a word that heads a lexical entry and is alphabetized in a dictionary;

- syn. entry word, main entry word;

cite / s aɪ t /
n1
a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage;

- "the student's essay failed to list several important citations";

- "the acknowledgments are usually printed at the front of a book";

- "the article includes mention of similar clinical cases";

- syn. acknowledgment, citation, credit, mention, quotation, reference;

v1
make reference to;

- "His name was mentioned in connection with the invention";

- syn. advert, bring up, mention, name, refer;

v2
commend;

- "he was cited for his outstanding achievements";

- syn. mention;

v3
refer to;

- "he referenced his colleagues' work";

- syn. reference;

v4
repeat a passage from;

- "He quoted the Bible to her";

- syn. quote;

v5
refer to for illustration or proof;

- "He said he could quote several instances of this behavior";

- syn. quote;

v6
advance evidence for;

- syn. abduce, adduce;

v7
call in an official matter, such as to attend court;

- syn. summon, summons;

Citellus
n1
typical ground squirrels;

- syn. Spermophilus, genus Citellus, genus Spermophilus;

Citellus citellus
n1
rather large central Eurasian ground squirrel;

- syn. souslik, suslik;

Citellus lateralis
n1
common black-striped reddish-brown ground squirrel of western North America;

- resembles a large chipmunk;

- syn. mantled ground squirrel;

Citellus leucurus
n1
small ground squirrel of western United States;

- syn. antelope chipmunk, antelope squirrel, whitetail antelope squirrel;

Citellus parryi
n1
large ground squirrel of the North American far north;

- syn. Arctic ground squirrel, parka squirrel;

Citellus richardsoni
n1
of sagebrush and grassland areas of western United States and Canada;

- syn. Richardson ground squirrel, flickertail;

Citellus variegatus
n1
large grey ground squirrel of rocky areas of the southwestern United States;

- syn. rock squirrel;

Citharichthys
n1
a genus of Bothidae;

- syn. genus Citharichthys;

Citharichthys cornutus
n1
a whiff found in waters from the Bahamas and northern Gulf of Mexico to Brazil;

- syn. horned whiff;

cither / s ɪ θ ə /
n1
a musical stringed instrument with strings stretched over a flat sounding board;

- it is laid flat and played with a plectrum and with fingers;

- syn. zither, zithern;

n2
a 16th century musical instrument resembling a guitar with a pear-shaped soundbox and wire strings;

- syn. cithern, citole, cittern, gittern;

cithern / s ɪ θ ə n /
n1
a 16th century musical instrument resembling a guitar with a pear-shaped soundbox and wire strings;

- syn. cither, citole, cittern, gittern;

citified
a1
being or having the customs or manners or dress of a city person;

- syn. city-born, city-bred, cityfied;

- sim. urban;

citify
v1
accustom to urban ways;

- "Immigration will citify the country?";

citizen / s ɪ t ɪ z ə n /
n1
a native or naturalized member of a state or other political community;

Citizen Genet
n1
French diplomat who in 1793 tried to draw the United States into the war between France and England (1763-1834);

- syn. Edmund Charles Edouard Genet, Genet;

citizenry
n1
the body of citizens of a state or country;

- "the Spanish people";

- syn. people;

citizens committee
n1
a self-constituted organization to promote something;

- syn. committee;

citizenship / s ɪ t ɪ z ə n ʃ ɪ p /
n1
the status of a citizen with rights and duties;

n2
conduct as a citizen;

- "award for good citizenship";

Citizenship Day
n1
celebrated in the United States;

- syn. September 17;

Citlaltepetl
n1
an extinct volcano in southern Mexico between Mexico City and Veracruz;

- the highest peak in Mexico (18,695 feet);

- syn. Mount Orizaba, Mt Orizaba, Pico de Orizaba;

citole / s ɪ t oʊ ɫ /
n1
a 16th century musical instrument resembling a guitar with a pear-shaped soundbox and wire strings;

- syn. cither, cithern, cittern, gittern;

citrange / s ɪ t ɹ eɪ n dʒ /
n1
more aromatic and acidic than oranges;

- syn. Citroncirus webberi, citrange tree;

n2
more aromatic and acid tasting than oranges;

- used in beverages and marmalade;

citrange tree
n1
more aromatic and acidic than oranges;

- syn. Citroncirus webberi, citrange;

citrate / s ɪ t ɹ ɪ t /
n1
a salt or ester of citric acid;

v1
cause to form a salt or ester of citric acid;

citric / s ɪ t ɹ ɪ k /
a1
of or related to citric acid;

citric acid
n1
a weak water-soluble acid found in many fruits (especially citrus fruits);

- used as a flavoring agent;

citric acid cycle
n1
in all plants and animals: a series of enzymatic reactions in mitochondria involving oxidative metabolism of acetyl compounds to produce high-energy phosphate compounds that are the source of cellular energy;

- syn. Krebs citric acid cycle, Krebs cycle, tricarboxylic acid cycle;

citrin / s ɪ t ɹ ɪ n /
n1
a vitamin that maintains the resistance of cell and capillary walls to permeation;

- syn. bioflavinoid, vitamin P;

citrine
n1
semiprecious yellow quartz resembling topaz;

citron / s ɪ t ɹ ə n /
n1
large lemonlike fruit with thick aromatic rind;

- usually preserved;

n2
thorny evergreen small tree or shrub of India widely cultivated for its large lemonlike fruits that have thick warty rind;

- syn. Citrus medica, citron tree;

citron tree
n1
thorny evergreen small tree or shrub of India widely cultivated for its large lemonlike fruits that have thick warty rind;

- syn. Citrus medica, citron;

Citroncirus
n1
a cross between Citrus sinensis and Poncirus trifoliata;

- syn. genus Citroncirus;

Citroncirus webberi
n1
more aromatic and acidic than oranges;

- syn. citrange, citrange tree;

citronwood
n1
wood of a citron tree;

n2
durable fragrant wood;

- used in building (as in the roof of the cathedral at Cordova, Spain);

- syn. sandarac;

citrophilous mealybug
n1
destructive especially to citrus;

- syn. Pseudococcus fragilis, citrophilus mealybug;

citrophilus mealybug
n1
destructive especially to citrus;

- syn. Pseudococcus fragilis, citrophilous mealybug;

citrous / s ɪ t ɹ ə s /
a1
of or relating to plants of the genus Citrus;

- "a citrous disease";

a2
of or relating to or producing fruit of the plants of the genus Citrus;

- "the citrus production of Florida";

citrous fruit
n1
any of numerous fruits of the genus Citrus having thick rind and juicy pulp;

- grown in warm regions;

- syn. citrus, citrus fruit;

citrulline
n1
an amino acid that does not occur in proteins but is an intermediate in the conversion of ornithine to arginine;

Citrullus
n1
a dicot genus of the family Cucurbitaceae including watermelons;

- syn. genus Citrullus;

Citrullus vulgaris
n1
an African melon;

- syn. watermelon, watermelon vine;

citrus / s ɪ t ɹ ə s /
n1
any of numerous fruits of the genus Citrus having thick rind and juicy pulp;

- grown in warm regions;

- syn. citrous fruit, citrus fruit;

n2
any of numerous tropical usually thorny evergreen trees of the genus Citrus having leathery evergreen leaves and widely cultivated for their juicy edible fruits having leathery aromatic rinds;

- syn. citrus tree;

Citrus aurantifolia
n1
any of various related trees bearing limes;

- syn. lime, lime tree;

Citrus aurantium
n1
any of various common orange trees yielding sour or bitter fruit;

- used as grafting stock;

- syn. Seville orange, bigarade, bitter orange, bitter orange tree, marmalade orange, sour orange;

Citrus bergamia
n1
small tree with pear-shaped fruit whose oil is used in perfumery;

- Italy;

- syn. bergamot, bergamot orange;

Citrus decumana
n1
southeastern Asian tree producing large fruits resembling grapefruits;

- syn. Citrus grandis, Citrus maxima, pomelo, pomelo tree, pummelo, shaddock;

citrus fruit
n1
any of numerous fruits of the genus Citrus having thick rind and juicy pulp;

- grown in warm regions;

- syn. citrous fruit, citrus;

Citrus grandis
n1
southeastern Asian tree producing large fruits resembling grapefruits;

- syn. Citrus decumana, Citrus maxima, pomelo, pomelo tree, pummelo, shaddock;

Citrus limetta
n1
lemon tree having fruit with a somewhat insipid sweetish pulp;

- syn. sweet lemon, sweet lime;

Citrus limon
n1
a small evergreen tree that originated in Asia but is widely cultivated for its fruit;

- syn. lemon, lemon tree;

Citrus limonia
n1
hybrid between mandarin orange and lemon having very acid fruit with orange peel;

- syn. lemanderin, rangpur, rangpur lime;

Citrus maxima
n1
southeastern Asian tree producing large fruits resembling grapefruits;

- syn. Citrus decumana, Citrus grandis, pomelo, pomelo tree, pummelo, shaddock;

citrus mealybug
n1
feeds on a wide variety of cultivated plants but especially destructive to citrus;

- syn. Planococcus citri;

Citrus medica
n1
thorny evergreen small tree or shrub of India widely cultivated for its large lemonlike fruits that have thick warty rind;

- syn. citron, citron tree;

Citrus nobilis
n1
large citrus tree having large sweet deep orange fruit that is easily peeled;

- widely cultivated in Florida;

- syn. king orange, tangor, temple orange, temple orange tree;

Citrus paradisi
n1
citrus tree bearing large round edible fruit having a thick yellow rind and juicy somewhat acid pulp;

- syn. grapefruit;

Citrus reticulata
n1
shrub or small tree having flattened globose fruit with very sweet aromatic pulp and thin yellow-orange to flame-orange rind that is loose and easily removed;

- native to southeastern Asia;

- syn. mandarin, mandarin orange, mandarin orange tree;

Citrus sinensis
n1
probably native to southern China;

- widely cultivated as source of table and juice oranges;

- syn. sweet orange, sweet orange tree;

Citrus tangelo
n1
hybrid between grapefruit and mandarin orange;

- cultivated especially in Florida;

- syn. tangelo, tangelo tree, ugli fruit;

citrus tree
n1
any of numerous tropical usually thorny evergreen trees of the genus Citrus having leathery evergreen leaves and widely cultivated for their juicy edible fruits having leathery aromatic rinds;

- syn. citrus;

citrus whitefly
n1
whitefly that attacks citrus trees;

- syn. Dialeurodes citri;

Citta del Vaticano
n1
the capital of the State of the Vatican City;

- syn. Vatican City;

cittern / s ɪ t ɝ n /
n1
a 16th century musical instrument resembling a guitar with a pear-shaped soundbox and wire strings;

- syn. cither, cithern, citole, gittern;

city / s ɪ t i /
n1
a large and densely populated urban area;

- may include several independent administrative districts;

- "Ancient Troy was a great city";

- syn. metropolis, urban center;

n2
an incorporated administrative district established by state charter;

- "the city raised the tax rate";

n3
people living in a large densely populated municipality;

- "the city voted for Republicans in 1994";

- syn. metropolis;

city-born
a1
being or having the customs or manners or dress of a city person;

- syn. citified, city-bred, cityfied;

- sim. urban;

city-bred
a1
being or having the customs or manners or dress of a city person;

- syn. citified, city-born, cityfied;

- sim. urban;

city-like
a1
resembling a city;

- sim. urban;

city-state
n1
a state consisting of a sovereign city;

- syn. city state;

city block
n1
a rectangular area in a city surrounded by streets and usually containing several buildings;

- "he lives in the next block";

- syn. block;

city boy
n1
a city dweller with sophisticated manners and clothing;

- syn. city slicker;

city center
n1
the central part of a city;

- syn. central city, city centre;

city centre
n1
the central part of a city;

- syn. central city, city center;

city council
n1
a municipal body that can pass ordinances and appropriate funds etc.;

city desk
n1
the editorial department of a newspaper that edits the local news;

- syn. city room;

city district
n1
a district of a town or city;

city editor
n1
the newspaper editor in charge of editing local news;

city father
n1
an important municipal official;

city hall
n1
a building that houses administrative offices of a municipal government;

city limit
n1
the limits of the area occupied by a city or town;

- syn. city limits;

city limits
n1
the limits of the area occupied by a city or town;

- syn. city limit;

city line
n1
the boundary of a city;

city man
n1
a financier who works in one of the banks in the City of London;

city manager
n1
the head of a city government;

- syn. mayor;

City of Bridges
n1
a city in northwestern Belgium that is connected by canal to the North Sea;

- in the 13th century it was a leading member of the Hanseatic League;

- the old city (known as the City of Bridges) is a popular tourist attraction;

- syn. Bruges;

City of Brotherly Love
n1
the largest city in Pennsylvania;

- located in the southeastern part of the state on the Delaware river;

- site of Independence Hall where the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution were signed;

- site of the University of Pennsylvania;

- syn. Philadelphia;

City of God
n1
phrases used to refer to Heaven;

- "the Celestial City was Christian's goal in Bunyan's `Pilgrim's Progress'";

- syn. Celestial City, Heavenly City, Holy City;

City of Light
n1
the capital and largest city of France;

- and international center of culture and commerce;

- syn. French capital, Paris, capital of France;

City of London
n1
the part of London situated within the ancient boundaries;

- the commercial and financial center of London;

- syn. the City;

City of the Angels
n1
a city in southern California;

- motion picture capital of the world;

- most populous city of California and second largest in the United States;

- syn. L.A., Los Angeles;

City of Westminster
n1
a borough of Greater London on the Thames;

- contains Buckingham Palace and the Houses of Parliament and Westminster Abbey;

- syn. Westminster;

city planning
n1
determining and drawing up plans for the future physical arrangement and condition of a community;

- syn. town planning, urban planning;

city room
n1
the editorial department of a newspaper that edits the local news;

- syn. city desk;

city slicker
n1
a city dweller with sophisticated manners and clothing;

- syn. city boy;

city state
n1
a state consisting of a sovereign city;

- syn. city-state;

city university
n1
an urban university in a large city;

cityfied
a1
being or having the customs or manners or dress of a city person;

- syn. citified, city-born, city-bred;

- sim. urban;

cityscape
n1
a viewpoint toward a city or other heavily populated area;

- "the dominant character of the cityscape is it poverty";

n2
painting depicting a city or urban area;

citywide / s ɪ t i w aɪ d /
a1
occurring or extending throughout a city;

- "citywide bussing";

- "a citywide strike";

- sim. comprehensive;

Ciudad Bolivar
n1
a port in eastern Venezuela on the Orinoco river;

Ciudad de Mexico
n1
the capital and largest city of Mexico is a political and cultural and commercial and industrial center;

- one of the world's largest cities;

- syn. Mexican capital, Mexico City, capital of Mexico;

Ciudad Juarez
n1
a city in northern Mexico on the Rio Grande opposite El Paso;

- syn. Juarez;

Ciudad Trujillo
n1
the capital and largest city of the Dominican Republic;

- "Santo Domingo is the oldest continually inhabited European settlement in the Americas with the oldest cathedral and the oldest hospital and the oldest monastery in the Western Hemisphere";

- syn. Santo Domingo, capital of the Dominican Republic;

Ciudad Victoria
n1
a city in east central Mexico;

cive
n1
perennial having hollow cylindrical leaves used for seasoning;

- syn. Allium schoenoprasum, chive, chives, schnittlaugh;

civet / s ɪ v ɪ t /
n1
cat-like mammal typically secreting musk used in perfumes;

- syn. civet cat;

civet bean
n1
small flat green bean similar to lima beans;

- syn. butter bean, butterbean, sieva bean;

civet cat
n1
raccoon-like omnivorous mammal of Mexico and the southwestern United States having a long bushy tail with black and white rings;

- syn. Bassariscus astutus, bassarisk, cacomistle, cacomixle, coon cat, miner's cat, raccoon fox, ring-tailed cat, ringtail;

n2
cat-like mammal typically secreting musk used in perfumes;

- syn. civet;

civic / s ɪ v ɪ k /
a1
of or relating or belonging to a city;

- "civic center";

- "civic problems";

a2
of or relating to or befitting citizens as individuals;

- "civil rights";

- "civil liberty";

- "civic duties";

- "civic pride";

- syn. civil;

civic center
n1
a center where the members of a community can gather for social or cultural activities;

- syn. community center;

n2
the center of a city;

- syn. down town, municipal center;

civic duty
n1
the responsibilities of a citizen;

- syn. civic responsibility;

civic leader
n1
a leader in municipal affairs;

- syn. civil leader;

civic pride
n1
pride in your city;

- syn. civic spirit;

civic responsibility
n1
the responsibilities of a citizen;

- syn. civic duty;

civic spirit
n1
pride in your city;

- syn. civic pride;

civics / s ɪ v ɪ k s /
n1
the social science of municipal affairs;

civies / s ɪ v ɪ z /
n1
civilian garb as opposed to a military uniform;

- syn. civvies;

civil / s ɪ v ə ɫ /
a1
applying to ordinary citizens as contrasted with the military;

- "civil authorities";

- sim. civilian;

a2
not rude;

- marked by satisfactory (or especially minimal) adherence to social usages and sufficient but not noteworthy consideration for others;

- "even if he didn't like them he should have been civil"- W.S. Maugham;

- syn. polite;

a3
of or occurring within the state or between or among citizens of the state;

- "civil affairs";

- "civil strife";

- "civil disobedience";

- "civil branches of government";

a4
of or relating to or befitting citizens as individuals;

- "civil rights";

- "civil liberty";

- "civic duties";

- "civic pride";

- syn. civic;

a5
(of divisions of time) legally recognized in ordinary affairs of life;

- "the civil calendar";

- "a civil day begins at mean midnight";

a6
of or in a condition of social order;

- "civil peoples";

- sim. civilized;

civil-libertarian
a1
having or showing active concern for protection of civil liberties protected by law;

- sim. liberal;

civil action
n1
legal action to protect a private civil right or to compel a civil remedy (as distinguished from criminal prosecution);

civil authority
n1
a person who exercises authority over civilian affairs;

- syn. civil officer;

civil censorship
n1
military censorship of civilian communications (correspondence or printed matter of films) entering or leaving of circulating within territories controlled by armed forces;

civil contempt
n1
a failure to follow a court order that benefits someone else;

civil day
n1
a day reckoned from midnight to midnight;

- syn. calendar day;

civil death
n1
the legal status of a person who is alive but who has been deprived of the rights and privileges of a citizen or a member of society;

- the legal status of one sentenced to life imprisonment;

n2
cancellation of civil rights;

- syn. attainder;

civil defense
n1
activities organized by civilians for their own protection in time of war or disaster;

civil disobedience
n1
a group's refusal to obey a law because they believe the law is immoral (as in protest against discrimination);

- "Thoreau wrote a famous essay justifying civil disobedience";

civil engineer
n1
an engineer trained to design and construct and maintain public works (roads or bridges or harbors etc.);

civil engineering
n1
the branch of engineering concerned with the design and construction of such public works as dams or bridges;

civil law
n1
the body of laws established by a state or nation for its own regulation;

n2
the legal code of ancient Rome;

- codified under Justinian;

- the basis for many modern systems of civil law;

- syn. Justinian code, Roman law, jus civile;

civil leader
n1
a leader in municipal affairs;

- syn. civic leader;

civil libertarian
n1
a libertarian who is actively concerned with the protection of civil liberties;

civil liberty
n1
one's freedom to exercise one's rights as guaranteed under the laws of the country;

- syn. political liberty;

n2
fundamental individual right protected by law and expressed as immunity from unwarranted governmental interference;

Civil List
n1
a sum of money voted by British Parliament each year for the expenses of the British royal family;

civil marriage
n1
a marriage performed by a government official rather than by a clergyman;

civil officer
n1
a person who exercises authority over civilian affairs;

- syn. civil authority;

civil order
n1
the form of government of a social organization;

- syn. polity;

civil right
n1
right or rights belonging to a person by reason of citizenship including especially the fundamental freedoms and privileges guaranteed by the 13th and 14th amendments and subsequent acts of Congress including the right to legal and social and economic equality;

civil rights activist
n1
a leader of the political movement dedicated to securing equal opportunity for members of minority groups;

- syn. civil rights leader, civil rights worker;

civil rights leader
n1
a leader of the political movement dedicated to securing equal opportunity for members of minority groups;

- syn. civil rights activist, civil rights worker;

Civil Rights movement
n1
movement in the United States beginning in the 1960s and led primarily by Blacks in an effort to establish the civil rights of individual Black citizens;

civil rights worker
n1
a leader of the political movement dedicated to securing equal opportunity for members of minority groups;

- syn. civil rights activist, civil rights leader;

civil servant
n1
a public official who is a member of the civil service;

civil service
n1
government workers;

- usually hired on the basis of competitive examinations;

civil suit
n1
a lawsuit alleging violations of civil law by the defendant;

civil time
n1
the official time in a local region (adjusted for location around the Earth);

- established by law or custom;

- syn. local time, standard time;

civil union
n1
a voluntary union for life (or until divorce) of adult parties of the same sex;

- "parties to a civil union have all the same benefits, protections, and responsibilities under Vermont law as spouses in a marriage";

civil war
n1
a war between factions in the same country;

civil wrong
n1
(law) any wrongdoing for which an action for damages may be brought;

- syn. tort;

civil year
n1
the year (reckoned from January 1 to December 31) according to Gregorian calendar;

- syn. calendar year;

civilian / s ɪ v ɪ ɫ ɪə n /
n1
a nonmilitary citizen;

a1
associated with civil life or performed by persons who are not active members of the military;

- "civilian clothing";

- "civilian life";

- sim. civil, noncombatant;

civilian clothing
n1
ordinary clothing as distinguished from uniforms, work clothes, clerical garb, etc.;

- syn. civilian dress, civilian garb, plain clothes;

civilian dress
n1
ordinary clothing as distinguished from uniforms, work clothes, clerical garb, etc.;

- syn. civilian clothing, civilian garb, plain clothes;

civilian garb
n1
ordinary clothing as distinguished from uniforms, work clothes, clerical garb, etc.;

- syn. civilian clothing, civilian dress, plain clothes;

civilisation / s ɪ v ɪ ɫ aɪ z eɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
the social process whereby societies achieve an advanced stage of development and organization;

- syn. civilization;

n2
a particular society at a particular time and place;

- "early Mayan civilization";

- syn. civilization, culture;

n3
a society in an advanced state of social development (e.g., with complex legal and political and religious organizations);

- "the people slowly progressed from barbarism to civilization";

- syn. civilization;

n4
the quality of excellence in thought and manners and taste;

- "a man of intellectual refinement";

- "he is remembered for his generosity and civilization";

- syn. civilization, refinement;

civilise / s ɪ v ɪ ɫ aɪ z /
v1
teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment;

- "Cultivate your musical taste";

- "Train your tastebuds";

- "She is well schooled in poetry";

- syn. civilize, cultivate, educate, school, train;

v2
raise from a barbaric to a civilized state;

- "The wild child found wandering in the forest was gradually civilized";

- syn. civilize;

civilised / s ɪ v ɪ ɫ aɪ z d /
a1
having a high state of culture and development both social and technological;

- "terrorist acts that shocked the civilized world";

- syn. civilized;

- also educated, refined;

- sim. advanced, civil, humane;

a2
marked by refinement in taste and manners;

- "cultivated speech";

- "cultured Bostonians";

- "cultured tastes";

- "a genteel old lady";

- "polite society";

- syn. civilized, cultivated, cultured, genteel, polite;

- sim. refined;

civility / s ɪ v ɪ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
formal or perfunctory politeness;

n2
the act of showing regard for others;

- syn. politeness;

civilization / s ɪ v ɪ ɫ aɪ z eɪ ʃ n /
n1
a society in an advanced state of social development (e.g., with complex legal and political and religious organizations);

- "the people slowly progressed from barbarism to civilization";

- syn. civilisation;

n2
the social process whereby societies achieve an advanced stage of development and organization;

- syn. civilisation;

n3
a particular society at a particular time and place;

- "early Mayan civilization";

- syn. civilisation, culture;

n4
the quality of excellence in thought and manners and taste;

- "a man of intellectual refinement";

- "he is remembered for his generosity and civilization";

- syn. civilisation, refinement;

civilize / s ɪ v ɪ ɫ aɪ z /
v1
teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment;

- "Cultivate your musical taste";

- "Train your tastebuds";

- "She is well schooled in poetry";

- syn. civilise, cultivate, educate, school, train;

v2
raise from a barbaric to a civilized state;

- "The wild child found wandering in the forest was gradually civilized";

- syn. civilise;

civilized / s ɪ v ɪ ɫ aɪ z d /
a1
having a high state of culture and development both social and technological;

- "terrorist acts that shocked the civilized world";

- syn. civilised;

- also educated, refined;

- sim. advanced, civil, humane;

a2
marked by refinement in taste and manners;

- "cultivated speech";

- "cultured Bostonians";

- "cultured tastes";

- "a genteel old lady";

- "polite society";

- syn. civilised, cultivated, cultured, genteel, polite;

- sim. refined;

civilly / s ɪ v ə ɫ i /
r1
in a civil manner;

- "he treats his former wife civilly";

civvies / s ɪ v ɪ z /
n1
civilian garb as opposed to a military uniform;

- syn. civies;

CJD / s i dʒ eɪ d i /
n1
rare (usually fatal) brain disease (usually in middle age) caused by an unidentified slow virus;

- characterized by progressive dementia and gradual loss of muscle control;

- syn. Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, Jakob-Creutzfeldt disease;

Cl
n1
a common nonmetallic element belonging to the halogens;

- best known as a heavy yellow irritating toxic gas;

- used to purify water and as a bleaching agent and disinfectant;

- occurs naturally only as a salt (as in sea water);

- syn. atomic number 17, chlorine;

n2
a metric unit of volume equal to one hundredth of a liter;

- syn. centiliter, centilitre;

a1
being ten more than one hundred forty;

- syn. 150, one hundred fifty;

- sim. cardinal;

clabber
n1
raw milk that has soured and thickened;

v1
turn into curds;

- "curdled milk";

- syn. clot, curdle;

clack / k ɫ æ k /
n1
a sharp abrupt noise as if two objects hit together;

- may be repeated;

- syn. clap;

n2
a simple valve with a hinge on one side;

- allows fluid to flow in only one direction;

- syn. clack valve, clapper valve;

v1
make a rattling sound;

- "clattering dishes";

- syn. brattle, clatter;

v2
make a clucking sounds, characteristic of hens;

- syn. click, cluck;

v3
speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly;

- syn. blab, blabber, chatter, gabble, gibber, maunder, palaver, piffle, prate, prattle, tattle, tittle-tattle, twaddle;

clack valve
n1
a simple valve with a hinge on one side;

- allows fluid to flow in only one direction;

- syn. clack, clapper valve;

clad / k ɫ æ d /
a1
wearing or provided with clothing;

- sometimes used in combination;

- "clothed and in his right mind"- Bible;

- "proud of her well-clothed family";

- "nurses clad in white";

- "white-clad nurses";

- syn. clothed;

- also adorned, decorated;

- sim. appareled, arrayed, breeched, bundled-up, caparisoned, cassocked, coated, costumed, cowled, dighted, dressed, gowned, habited, heavy-coated, overdressed, petticoated, red-coated, suited, surpliced, togged, turned out, tuxedoed, underdressed, uniformed, vestmented;

a2
having an outer covering especially of thin metal;

- "steel-clad";

- "armor-clad";

- sim. sheathed;

cladding / k ɫ æ d d ɪ ŋ /
n1
a protective covering that protects the outside of a building;

- syn. facing;

clade
n1
a group of biological taxa or species that share features inherited from a common ancestor;

cladistic analysis
n1
a taxonomic system of classifying species based on the branching patterns of cladograms that are built to infer phylogenetic relations;

- syn. cladistics;

cladistics
n1
a taxonomic system of classifying species based on the branching patterns of cladograms that are built to infer phylogenetic relations;

- syn. cladistic analysis;

cladode
n1
a flattened stem resembling and functioning as a leaf;

- syn. cladophyll, phylloclad, phylloclade;

cladogram
n1
a tree diagram used to illustrate phylogenetic relationships;

Cladonia
n1
type genus of Cladoniaceae;

- lichens characterized by a crustose thallus and capitate fruiting bodies borne on simple or branched podetia;

- syn. genus Cladonia;

Cladonia rangiferina
n1
an erect greyish branching lichen of Arctic and even some north temperate regions constituting the chief food for reindeer and caribou and sometimes being eaten by humans;

- syn. arctic moss, reindeer lichen, reindeer moss;

Cladoniaceae
n1
a family of lichens;

- syn. family Cladoniaceae;

cladophyll
n1
a flattened stem resembling and functioning as a leaf;

- syn. cladode, phylloclad, phylloclade;

Cladorhyncus
n1
one of two genera of stilts;

- similar to avocets but with straight bills;

- syn. genus Cladorhyncus;

Cladorhyncus leucocephalum
n1
web-footed Australian stilt with reddish-brown pectoral markings;

- syn. banded stilt;

Cladrastis
n1
yellowwoods;

- syn. genus Cladrastis;

Cladrastis kentukea
n1
small handsome roundheaded deciduous tree having showy white flowers in terminal clusters and heavy hardwood yielding yellow dye;

- syn. Cladrastis lutea, Kentucky yellowwood, gopherwood;

Cladrastis lutea
n1
small handsome roundheaded deciduous tree having showy white flowers in terminal clusters and heavy hardwood yielding yellow dye;

- syn. Cladrastis kentukea, Kentucky yellowwood, gopherwood;

Claes Oldenburg
n1
United States sculptor (born in Sweden);

- a leader of the pop art movement who was noted for giant sculptures of common objects (born in 1929);

- syn. Claes Thure Oldenburg, Oldenburg;

Claes Thure Oldenburg
n1
United States sculptor (born in Sweden);

- a leader of the pop art movement who was noted for giant sculptures of common objects (born in 1929);

- syn. Claes Oldenburg, Oldenburg;

Claforan
n1
a parenteral cephalosporin (trade name Claforan) used for severe infections of the lungs or throat or ears or urinary tract;

- syn. cefotaxime;

claim / k ɫ eɪ m /
n1
an assertion of a right (as to money or property);

- "his claim asked for damages";

n2
an assertion that something is true or factual;

- "his claim that he was innocent";

- "evidence contradicted the government's claims";

n3
demand for something as rightful or due;

- "they struck in support of their claim for a shorter work day";

n4
an informal right to something;

- "his claim on her attentions";

- "his title to fame";

- syn. title;

n5
an established or recognized right;

- "a strong legal claim to the property";

- "he had no documents confirming his title to his father's estate";

- "he staked his claim";

- syn. title;

n6
a demand especially in the phrase "the call of duty";

- syn. call;

v1
assert or affirm strongly;

- state to be true or existing;

- "He claimed that he killed the burglar";

v2
demand as being one's due or property;

- assert one's right or title to;

- "He claimed his suitcases at the airline counter";

- "Mr. Smith claims special tax exemptions because he is a foreign resident";

- syn. arrogate, lay claim;

v3
ask for legally or make a legal claim to, as of debts, for example;

- "They claimed on the maximum allowable amount";

v4
lay claim to;

- as of an idea;

- "She took credit for the whole idea";

- syn. take;

v5
take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs;

- "the accident claimed three lives";

- "The hard work took its toll on her";

- syn. exact, take;

claim agent
n1
one who investigates insurance claims or claims for damages and recommends an effective settlement;

- syn. adjuster, adjustor, claims adjuster, claims adjustor;

claim form
n1
a form to use when filing a claim;

claim jumper
n1
one who illegally occupies property to which another has a legal claim;

claimant / k ɫ eɪ m ə n t /
n1
someone who claims a benefit or right or title;

- "claimants of unemployment compensation";

- "he was a claimant to the throne";

claiming race
n1
a horse race in which each owner declares before the race at what price his horse will be offered for sale after the race;

claims adjuster
n1
one who investigates insurance claims or claims for damages and recommends an effective settlement;

- syn. adjuster, adjustor, claim agent, claims adjustor;

claims adjustor
n1
one who investigates insurance claims or claims for damages and recommends an effective settlement;

- syn. adjuster, adjustor, claim agent, claims adjuster;

clairvoyance / k ɫ eə v ɔɪ ə n s /
n1
apparent power to perceive things that are not present to the senses;

- syn. E.S.P., ESP, extrasensory perception, second sight;

clairvoyant / k ɫ eə v ɔɪ ə n t /
n1
someone who has the power of clairvoyance;

a1
perceiving things beyond the natural range of the senses;

- sim. extrasensory;

a2
foreseeing the future;

- syn. precognitive, second-sighted;

- sim. prophetic;

clam / k ɫ æ m /
n1
burrowing marine mollusk living on sand or mud;

- the shell closes with viselike firmness;

n2
a piece of paper money worth one dollar;

- syn. buck, dollar, dollar bill, one dollar bill;

n3
flesh of either hard-shell or soft-shell clams;

v1
gather clams, by digging in the sand by the ocean;

clam chowder
n1
chowder containing clams;

clam dip
n1
a dip made of clams and soft cream cheese;

clam up
v1
refuse to talk or stop talking;

- fall silent;

- "The children shut up when their father approached";

- syn. be quiet, belt up, button up, close up, dummy up, keep mum, shut up;

clamant / k ɫ eɪ m ə n t /
a1
conspicuously and offensively loud;

- given to vehement outcry;

- "blatant radios";

- "a clamorous uproar";

- "strident demands";

- "a vociferous mob";

- syn. blatant, clamorous, strident, vociferous;

- sim. noisy;

a2
demanding attention;

- "clamant needs";

- "a crying need";

- "regarded literary questions as exigent and momentous"- H.L.Mencken;

- "insistent hunger";

- "an instant need";

- syn. crying, exigent, insistent, instant;

- sim. imperative;

Clamatores
n1
used in some classification systems;

- a suborder or superfamily nearly coextensive with suborder Tyranni;

- Passeriformes having relatively simple vocal organs and little power of song;

- clamatorial birds;

- syn. suborder Clamatores;

clamatorial
a1
of or relating to Clamatores;

clambake / k ɫ æ m b eɪ k /
n1
a cookout at the seashore where clams and fish and other foods are cooked--usually on heated stones covered with seaweed;

clamber / k ɫ æ m b ə , k ɫ æ m b ə ɹ /
n1
an awkward climb;

- "reaching the crest was a real clamber";

v1
climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling;

- syn. scramble, shin, shinny, skin, sputter, struggle;

clammily / k ɫ æ m ɪ ɫ i /
r1
in a clammy manner;

clamminess
n1
unpleasant wetness;

- syn. dankness;

clammy / k ɫ æ m i /
a1
unpleasantly cool and humid;

- "a clammy handshake";

- "clammy weather";

- "a dank cellar";

- "dank rain forests";

- syn. dank;

- sim. wet;

clammy chickweed
n1
any of various plants related to the common chickweed;

- syn. chickweed, mouse-ear chickweed, mouse ear, mouse eared chickweed;

clammy locust
n1
small rough-barked locust of southeastern United States having racemes of pink flowers and glutinous branches and seeds;

- syn. Robinia viscosa;

clammyweed
n1
strong-scented herb common in southern United States covered with intermixed gland and hairs;

- syn. Polanisia dodecandra, Polanisia graveolens;

clamor / k ɫ æ m ə ɹ /
n1
a loud harsh or strident noise;

- syn. blare, blaring, cacophony, din;

n2
loud and persistent outcry from many people;

- "he ignored the clamor of the crowd";

- syn. clamoring, clamour, clamouring, hue and cry;

v1
make loud demands;

- "he clamored for justice and tolerance";

- syn. clamour;

v2
utter or proclaim insistently and noisily;

- "The delegates clamored their disappointment";

- syn. clamour;

v3
compel someone to do something by insistent clamoring;

- "They clamored the mayor into building a new park";

clamoring / k ɫ æ m ə ɹ ɪ ŋ /
n1
loud and persistent outcry from many people;

- "he ignored the clamor of the crowd";

- syn. clamor, clamour, clamouring, hue and cry;

clamorous / k ɫ æ m ə ɹ ə s /
a1
conspicuously and offensively loud;

- given to vehement outcry;

- "blatant radios";

- "a clamorous uproar";

- "strident demands";

- "a vociferous mob";

- syn. blatant, clamant, strident, vociferous;

- sim. noisy;

clamorously / k ɫ æ m ə ɹ ə s ɫ i /
r1
in manner that attracts attention;

- "obstreperously, he demanded to get service";

- syn. loudly, obstreperously;

clamour / k ɫ æ m ə , k ɫ æ m ə ɹ /
n1
loud and persistent outcry from many people;

- "he ignored the clamor of the crowd";

- syn. clamor, clamoring, clamouring, hue and cry;

v1
utter or proclaim insistently and noisily;

- "The delegates clamored their disappointment";

- syn. clamor;

v2
make loud demands;

- "he clamored for justice and tolerance";

- syn. clamor;

clamouring / k ɫ æ m ə ɹ ɪ ŋ /
n1
loud and persistent outcry from many people;

- "he ignored the clamor of the crowd";

- syn. clamor, clamoring, clamour, hue and cry;

clamp / k ɫ æ m p /
n1
a device (generally used by carpenters) that holds things firmly together;

- syn. clinch;

v1
fasten or fix with a clamp;

- "clamp the chair together until the glue has hardened";

v2
impose or inflict forcefully;

- "The military government clamped a curfew onto the capital";

clamp down
v1
repress or suppress (something regarded as undesirable);

- "The police clamped down on illegal drugs";

- syn. crack down;

clampdown / k ɫ æ m p d aʊ n /
n1
sudden restriction on an activity;

clams / k ɫ æ m z /
n1
informal terms for money;

- syn. boodle, bread, cabbage, dinero, dough, gelt, kale, lettuce, lolly, loot, lucre, moolah, pelf, scratch, shekels, simoleons, sugar, wampum;

clamshell / k ɫ æ m ʃ ɛ ɫ /
n1
the shell of a clam;

n2
a dredging bucket with hinges like the shell of a clam;

- syn. grapple;

clan / k ɫ æ n /
n1
group of people related by blood or marriage;

- syn. kin, kin group, kindred, kinship group, tribe;

clan member
n1
a member of a clan;

- syn. clansman, clanswoman;

clandestine / k ɫ æ n d ɛ s t ɪ n /
a1
conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods;

- "clandestine intelligence operations";

- "cloak-and-dagger activities behind enemy lines";

- "hole-and-corner intrigue";

- "secret missions";

- "a secret agent";

- "secret sales of arms";

- "surreptitious mobilization of troops";

- "an undercover investigation";

- "underground resistance";

- syn. cloak-and-dagger, hole-and-corner, hugger-mugger, hush-hush, secret, surreptitious, undercover, underground;

- sim. covert;

clandestine operation
n1
an intelligence operation so planned and executed as to insure concealment;

clang / k ɫ æ ŋ /
n1
a loud resonant repeating noise;

- "he could hear the clang of distant bells";

- syn. clangor, clangoring, clangour, clank, clash, crash;

v1
make a loud noise;

- "clanging metal";

- syn. clangor;

clanger / k ɫ æ ŋ ə , k ɫ æ ŋ ə ɹ /
n1
a conspicuous mistake whose effects seem to reverberate;

- "he dropped a clanger";

clanging / k ɫ æ ŋ ɪ ŋ /
a1
having a loud resonant metallic sound;

- "the clangorous locomotive works";

- "a clanging gong";

- syn. clangorous;

- sim. noisy;

clangor
n1
a loud resonant repeating noise;

- "he could hear the clang of distant bells";

- syn. clang, clangoring, clangour, clank, clash, crash;

v1
make a loud resonant noise;

- "the alarm clangored throughout the building";

- syn. clangour;

v2
make a loud noise;

- "clanging metal";

- syn. clang;

clangoring / k ɫ æ n ɡ ɔ ɹ ɪ ŋ /
n1
a loud resonant repeating noise;

- "he could hear the clang of distant bells";

- syn. clang, clangor, clangour, clank, clash, crash;

clangorous / k ɫ æ ŋ ə ɹ ə s /
a1
having a loud resonant metallic sound;

- "the clangorous locomotive works";

- "a clanging gong";

- syn. clanging;

- sim. noisy;

clangour / k ɫ æ ŋ ə , k ɫ æ ŋ ə ɹ /
n1
a loud resonant repeating noise;

- "he could hear the clang of distant bells";

- syn. clang, clangor, clangoring, clank, clash, crash;

v1
make a loud resonant noise;

- "the alarm clangored throughout the building";

- syn. clangor;

Clangula / k ɫ æ ŋ ɡ j ʊ ɫ ə /
n1
a genus of ducks;

- syn. genus Clangula;

Clangula hyemalis
n1
a common long-tailed sea duck of the northern parts of the United States;

- syn. old squaw, oldwife;

clank / k ɫ æ ŋ k /
n1
a loud resonant repeating noise;

- "he could hear the clang of distant bells";

- syn. clang, clangor, clangoring, clangour, clash, crash;

v1
make a clank;

- "the train clanked through the village";

clanking / k ɫ æ ŋ k ɪ ŋ /
a1
having a hard nonresonant metallic sound;

- "clanking chains";

- "the clanking arms of the soldiers near him";

- sim. noisy;

clannish / k ɫ æ n ɪ ʃ /
a1
characteristic of a clan especially in being unified;

- "clannish loyalty";

- sim. joint;

a2
befitting or characteristic of those who incline to social exclusiveness and who rebuff the advances of people considered inferior;

- syn. cliquish, clubby, snobbish, snobby;

- sim. private;

clannishly / k ɫ æ n ɪ ʃ ɫ i /
r1
in a clannish manner;

- "these four friends always act clannishly, and don't let us participate in their activities";

- syn. cliquishly;

clannishness / k ɫ æ n ɪ ʃ n ə s /
n1
tendency to associate with only a select group;

- syn. cliquishness, exclusiveness;

clansman / k ɫ æ n z m ə n /
n1
a member of a clan;

- syn. clan member, clanswoman;

clanswoman / k ɫ æ n z w ʊ m ə n /
n1
a member of a clan;

- syn. clan member, clansman;

clap / k ɫ æ p /
n1
a sudden very loud noise;

- syn. bam, bang, blast, eruption;

n2
a common venereal disease caused by the bacterium Neisseria gonorrhoeae;

- symptoms are painful urination and pain around the urethra;

- syn. gonorrhea, gonorrhoea;

n3
a sharp abrupt noise as if two objects hit together;

- may be repeated;

- syn. clack;

v1
put quickly or forcibly;

- "The judge clapped him in jail";

v2
cause to strike the air in flight;

- "The big bird clapped its wings";

v3
clap one's hands or shout after performances to indicate approval;

- syn. acclaim, applaud, spat;

v4
clap one's hands together;

- "The children were clapping to the music";

- syn. spat;

v5
strike the air in flight;

- "the wings of the birds clapped loudly";

v6
strike with the flat of the hand;

- usually in a friendly way, as in encouragement or greeting;

v7
strike together so as to produce a sharp percussive noise;

- "clap two boards together";

clap on
v1
apply carelessly;

- "slap some paint onto the wall";

- syn. slam on, slap on;

clap together
v1
make hastily and carelessly;

- syn. clap up, slap together;

clap up
v1
make hastily and carelessly;

- syn. clap together, slap together;

clapboard / k ɫ æ p b ɔ d , k ɫ æ p b ɔ ɹ d /
n1
a long thin board with one edge thicker than the other;

- used as siding by lapping one board over the board below;

- syn. weatherboard, weatherboarding;

v1
cover with clapboards;

clapped out
a1
worn from age or heavy use and no longer able to operate (of cars or machines or people);

- sim. worn;

clapper / k ɫ æ p ə , k ɫ æ p ə ɹ /
n1
someone who applauds;

- syn. applauder;

n2
a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity;

- syn. glossa, lingua, tongue;

n3
metal striker that hangs inside a bell and makes a sound by hitting the side;

- syn. tongue;

clapper valve
n1
a simple valve with a hinge on one side;

- allows fluid to flow in only one direction;

- syn. clack, clack valve;

clapperboard / k ɫ æ p ə b ɔ d /
n1
photographic equipment used to synchronize sound and motion picture;

- boards held in front of a movie camera are banged together;

clapperclaw
v1
claw with the nails;

v2
use foul or abusive language towards;

- "The actress abused the policeman who gave her a parking ticket";

- "The angry mother shouted at the teacher";

- syn. abuse, blackguard, shout;

clappers / k ɫ æ p ə z /
n1
(used in the plural) a percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance;

- syn. bones, castanets, finger cymbals;

clapping / k ɫ æ p ɪ ŋ /
n1
a demonstration of approval by clapping the hands together;

- syn. applause, hand clapping;

claptrap / k ɫ æ p t ɹ æ p /
n1
pompous or pretentious talk or writing;

- syn. blah, bombast, fustian, rant;

claque / k ɫ æ k /
n1
a group of followers hired to applaud at a performance;

Clara Josephine Schumann
n1
German pianist and composer of piano music;

- renowned for her interpretation of music, especially the music of her husband Robert Schumann (1819-1896);

- syn. Schumann;

Clare Booth Luce
n1
United States playwright and public official (1902-1987);

- syn. Luce;

clarence / k ɫ æ ɹ ə n s /
n1
a closed carriage with four wheels and seats for four passengers;

Clarence Darrow
n1
United States lawyer famous for his defense of lost causes (1857-1938);

- syn. Clarence Seward Darrow, Darrow;

Clarence Day
n1
United States writer best known for his autobiographical works (1874-1935);

- syn. Clarence Shepard Day Jr., Day;

Clarence Malcolm Lowry
n1
English novelist (1909-1957);

- syn. Lowry, Malcolm Lowry;

Clarence Seward Darrow
n1
United States lawyer famous for his defense of lost causes (1857-1938);

- syn. Clarence Darrow, Darrow;

Clarence Shepard Day Jr.
n1
United States writer best known for his autobiographical works (1874-1935);

- syn. Clarence Day, Day;

claret / k ɫ æ ɹ ə t /
n1
a dark purplish-red color;

n2
dry red Bordeaux or Bordeaux-like wine;

- syn. red Bordeaux;

v1
drink claret;

- "They were clareting until well past midnight";

claret cup
n1
a punch made of claret and brandy with lemon juice and sugar and sometimes sherry or curacao and fresh fruit;

clarification / k ɫ æ ɹ ɪ f ɪ k eɪ ʃ n /
n1
an interpretation that removes obstacles to understanding;

- "the professor's clarification helped her to understand the textbook";

- syn. elucidation, illumination;

n2
the act of removing solid particles from a liquid;

- syn. clearing;

clarified butter
n1
butter made clear by heating and removing the sediment of milk solids;

- syn. drawn butter;

clarify / k ɫ æ ɹ ɪ f aɪ /
v1
make clear and (more) comprehensible;

- "clarify the mystery surrounding her death";

- syn. clear up, elucidate;

v2
make clear by removing impurities or solids, as by heating;

- "clarify the butter";

- "clarify beer";

clarifying / k ɫ æ ɹ ɪ f aɪ ɪ ŋ /
a1
that makes clear;

- "a clarifying example";

- syn. elucidative;

- sim. instructive;

clarinet / k ɫ æ ɹ ɪ n ɛ t /
n1
a single-reed instrument with a straight tube;

clarinet section
n1
the section of a band or orchestra that plays clarinets;

clarinetist / k ɫ æ ɹ ɪ n ɛ t ɪ s t /
n1
a musician who plays the clarinet;

- syn. clarinettist;

clarinettist / k ɫ æ ɹ ɪ n ɛ t ɪ s t /
n1
a musician who plays the clarinet;

- syn. clarinetist;

clarion / k ɫ æ ɹ ɪə n /
n1
a medieval brass instrument with a clear shrill tone;

v1
blow the clarion;

v2
proclaim on, or as if on, a clarion;

a1
loud and clear;

- "a clarion call";

- sim. loud;

clarity / k ɫ æ ɹ ɪ t i /
n1
free from obscurity and easy to understand;

- the comprehensibility of clear expression;

- syn. clearness, limpidity, lucidity, lucidness, pellucidity;

n2
the quality of clear water;

- "when she awoke the clarity was back in her eyes";

- syn. clearness, uncloudedness;

Clark / k ɫ ɑ k /
n1
United States explorer who (with Meriwether Lewis) led an expedition from St. Louis to the mouth of the Columbia River;

- Clark was responsible for making maps of the area (1770-1838);

- syn. William Clark;

n2
United States general who was Allied commander in Africa and Italy in World War II and was commander of the United Nations forces in Korea (1896-1984);

- syn. Mark Clark, Mark Wayne Clark;

n3
United States psychologist (born in Panama) whose research persuaded the Supreme Court that segregated schools were discriminatory (1914-2005);

- syn. Kenneth Bancroft Clark, Kenneth Clark;

n4
Canadian politician who served as prime minister (1939-);

- syn. Charles Joseph Clark, Joe Clark;

Clark's nutcracker
n1
nutcracker of the western United States;

- syn. Nucifraga columbiana;

Clark cell
n1
a form of voltaic cell once used as a standard for electromotive force;

- syn. Clark standard cell;

Clark Gable
n1
United States film actor (1901-1960);

- syn. Gable, William Clark Gable;

Clark standard cell
n1
a form of voltaic cell once used as a standard for electromotive force;

- syn. Clark cell;

Clarksburg / k ɫ ɑ k s b ɝ ɡ /
n1
a city in northern West Virginia;

claro
n1
a cigar made with light-colored tobacco;

clary
n1
aromatic herb of southern Europe;

- cultivated in Great Britain as a potherb and widely as an ornamental;

- syn. Salvia sclarea;

clary sage
n1
stout Mediterranean sage with white or pink or violet flowers;

- yields oil used as a flavoring and in perfumery;

- syn. Salvia clarea;

n2
fresh leaves used in omelets and fritters and with lamb;

clash / k ɫ æ ʃ /
n1
a loud resonant repeating noise;

- "he could hear the clang of distant bells";

- syn. clang, clangor, clangoring, clangour, clank, crash;

n2
a state of conflict between persons;

- syn. friction;

n3
a state of conflict between colors;

- "her dress was a disturbing clash of colors";

n4
a minor short-term fight;

- syn. brush, encounter, skirmish;

v1
crash together with violent impact;

- "The cars collided";

- "Two meteors clashed";

- syn. collide;

v2
be incompatible;

- be or come into conflict;

- "These colors clash";

- syn. collide, jar;

v3
disagree violently;

- "We clashed over the new farm policies";

clashing / k ɫ æ ʃ ɪ ŋ /
a1
sharply and harshly discordant;

- "clashing interests of loggers and conservationists";

- "clashing colors";

- sim. incompatible;

clasp / k ɫ ɑ s p /
n1
a fastener (as a buckle or hook) that is used to hold two things together;

n2
the act of grasping;

- "he released his clasp on my arm";

- "he has a strong grip for an old man";

- "she kept a firm hold on the railing";

- syn. clench, clutch, clutches, grasp, grip, hold;

v1
hold firmly and tightly;

v2
fasten with or as if with a brooch;

- syn. brooch;

v3
fasten with a buckle or buckles;

- syn. buckle;

v4
grasp firmly;

- "The child clasped my hands";

clasp knife
n1
a large knife with one or more folding blades;

- syn. jackknife;

class / k ɫ ɑ s /
n1
a collection of things sharing a common attribute;

- "there are two classes of detergents";

- syn. category, family;

n2
a body of students who are taught together;

- "early morning classes are always sleepy";

- syn. course, form, grade;

n3
people having the same social, economic, or educational status;

- "the working class";

- "an emerging professional class";

- syn. social class, socio-economic class, stratum;

n4
education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings;

- "he took a course in basket weaving";

- "flirting is not unknown in college classes";

- syn. course, course of instruction, course of study;

n5
a league ranked by quality;

- "he played baseball in class D for two years";

- "Princeton is in the NCAA Division 1-AA";

- syn. division;

n6
a body of students who graduate together;

- "the class of '97";

- "she was in my year at Hoehandle High";

- syn. year;

n7
(biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders;

n8
elegance in dress or behavior;

- "she has a lot of class";

v1
arrange or order by classes or categories;

- "How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?";

- syn. assort, classify, separate, sort, sort out;

class-action suit
n1
a lawsuit brought by a representative member of a large group of people on behalf of all members of the group;

- syn. class action;

class-conscious / k ɫ ɑ s k ɒ n ʃ ə s /
a1
(used of society) socially hierarchical;

- "American society is becoming increasingly stratified";

- syn. stratified;

- sim. hierarchical;

class Acrasiomycetes
n1
cellular slime molds;

- in some classifications placed in kingdom Protoctista;

- syn. Acrasiomycetes;

class act
n1
someone who shows impressive and stylish excellence;

class Actinozoa
n1
a large class of sedentary marine coelenterates that includes sea anemones and corals;

- the medusoid phase is entirely suppressed;

- syn. Actinozoa, Anthozoa, class Anthozoa;

class action
n1
a lawsuit brought by a representative member of a large group of people on behalf of all members of the group;

- syn. class-action suit;

class Amphibia
n1
the class of vertebrates that live on land but breed in water;

- frogs;

- toads;

- newts;

- salamanders;

- caecilians;

- syn. amphibia;

class Angiospermae
n1
comprising flowering plants that produce seeds enclosed in an ovary;

- in some systems considered a class (Angiospermae) and in others a division (Magnoliophyta or Anthophyta);

- syn. Angiospermae, Anthophyta, Magnoliophyta, division Anthophyta, division Magnoliophyta;

class Anthoceropsida
n1
hornworts: in some classification systems included in the class Hepaticopsida;

- syn. Anthoceropsida;

class Anthozoa
n1
a large class of sedentary marine coelenterates that includes sea anemones and corals;

- the medusoid phase is entirely suppressed;

- syn. Actinozoa, Anthozoa, class Actinozoa;

class Aphasmidia
n1
one of two subgroups of Nematoda used in some classification systems;

- syn. Aphasmidia;

class Arachnida
n1
a large class of arthropods including spiders and ticks and scorpions and daddy longlegs;

- have four pairs of walking legs and no wings;

- syn. Arachnida;

class Archiannelida
n1
a class of Annelida;

- syn. Archiannelida;

class Ascidiaceae
n1
sometimes classified as an order: sea squirts;

- syn. Ascidiaceae;

class Ascomycetes
n1
large class of higher fungi coextensive with division Ascomycota: sac fungi;

- syn. Ascomycetes;

class Asteroidea
n1
sea stars;

- syn. Asteroidea;

class Aves
n1
(ornithology) the class of birds;

- syn. Aves;

class Bacillariophyceae
n1
marine and freshwater eukaryotic algae: diatoms;

- syn. Bacillariophyceae, Diatomophyceae, class Diatomophyceae;

class Basidiomycetes
n1
large class of higher fungi coextensive with subdivision Basidiomycota;

- syn. Basidiomycetes;

class Bivalvia
n1
oysters;

- clams;

- scallops;

- mussels;

- syn. Bivalvia, Lamellibranchia, class Lamellibranchia, class Pelecypoda;

class Bryopsida
n1
true mosses: bryophytes having leafy rather than thalloid gametophytes: comprises orders Andreaeales;

- Bryales;

- Dicranales;

- Eubryales;

- Sphagnales;

- syn. Bryopsida, Musci, class Musci;

class Cephalopoda
n1
octopuses;

- squids;

- cuttlefish;

- pearly nautilus;

- syn. Cephalopoda;

class Cestoda
n1
tapeworms;

- syn. Cestoda;

class Channidae
n1
snakeheads;

- syn. Channidae;

class Charophyceae
n1
in some classifications: contains only the order Charales;

- syn. Charophyceae;

class Chilopoda
n1
arthropods having the trunk composed of numerous somites each bearing one pair of legs: centipedes;

- syn. Chilopoda;

class Chlorophyceae
n1
algae distinguished chiefly by having flagella and a clear green color, their chlorophyll being masked little if at all by other pigments;

- syn. Chlorophyceae;

class Chondrichthyes
n1
cartilaginous fishes;

- syn. Chondrichthyes;

class Chrysophyceae
n1
all the yellow-green algae having flagella of unequal length;

- syn. Chrysophyceae, Heterokontae, class Heterokontae;

class Chytridiomycetes
n1
a class of mostly aquatic fungi;

- saprophytic or parasitic on algae or fungi or plants;

- syn. Chytridiomycetes;

class Ciliata
n1
class of protozoa having cilia or hairlike appendages on part or all of the surface during some part of the life cycle;

- syn. Ciliata, Ciliophora, class Ciliophora;

class Ciliophora
n1
class of protozoa having cilia or hairlike appendages on part or all of the surface during some part of the life cycle;

- syn. Ciliata, Ciliophora, class Ciliata;

class Coniferopsida
n1
cone-bearing gymnosperms dating from the Carboniferous period;

- most are substantial trees;

- includes the classes Pinopsida (subdivision Pinophytina) and Ginkgopsida (subdivision Ginkgophytina) and Taxopsida (subdivision Taxophytina) which in turn include the surviving orders Coniferales and Taxales (yews) and sometimes Ginkgoales as well as extinct orders such as Cordaitales (of the Carboniferous and Permian);

- syn. Coniferophyta, Coniferophytina, Coniferopsida, subdivision Coniferophytina;

class Crinoidea
n1
sea lilies;

- syn. Crinoidea;

class Crustacea
n1
class of mandibulate arthropods including: lobsters;

- crabs;

- shrimps;

- woodlice;

- barnacles;

- decapods;

- water fleas;

- syn. Crustacea;

class Cryptophyceae
n1
motile usually brownish-green protozoa-like algae;

- syn. Cryptophyceae;

class Cyanobacteria
n1
photosynthetic bacteria found in fresh and salt water, having chlorophyll a and phycobilins;

- once thought to be algae: blue-green algae;

- syn. Cyanophyceae, class Cyanophyceae;

class Cyanophyceae
n1
photosynthetic bacteria found in fresh and salt water, having chlorophyll a and phycobilins;

- once thought to be algae: blue-green algae;

- syn. Cyanophyceae, class Cyanobacteria;

class Cycadopsida
n1
palmlike gymnosperms: includes the surviving order Cycadales and several extinct orders;

- possibly not a natural group;

- in some systems considered a class (Cycadopsida) and in others a subdivision (Cycadophytina or Cycadophyta);

- syn. Cycadophyta, Cycadophytina, Cycadopsida, subdivision Cycadophyta, subdivision Cycadophytina;

class Cyclosporeae
n1
in more recent classifications superseded by the order Fucales;

- syn. Cyclosporeae;

class Deuteromycetes
n1
form class;

- coextensive with subdivision Deuteromycota;

- syn. Deuteromycetes;

class Diatomophyceae
n1
marine and freshwater eukaryotic algae: diatoms;

- syn. Bacillariophyceae, Diatomophyceae, class Bacillariophyceae;

class Dicotyledonae
n1
comprising seed plants that produce an embryo with paired cotyledons and net-veined leaves;

- divided into six (not always well distinguished) subclasses (or superorders): Magnoliidae and Hamamelidae (considered primitive);

- Caryophyllidae (an early and distinctive offshoot);

- and three more or less advanced groups: Dilleniidae;

- Rosidae;

- Asteridae;

- syn. Dicotyledonae, Dicotyledones, Magnoliopsida, class Dicotyledones, class Magnoliopsida;

class Dicotyledones
n1
comprising seed plants that produce an embryo with paired cotyledons and net-veined leaves;

- divided into six (not always well distinguished) subclasses (or superorders): Magnoliidae and Hamamelidae (considered primitive);

- Caryophyllidae (an early and distinctive offshoot);

- and three more or less advanced groups: Dilleniidae;

- Rosidae;

- Asteridae;

- syn. Dicotyledonae, Dicotyledones, Magnoliopsida, class Dicotyledonae, class Magnoliopsida;

class Diplopoda
n1
arthropods having the body composed of numerous double somites each with two pairs of legs: millipedes;

- syn. Diplopoda, Myriapoda, class Myriapoda;

class Echinoidea
n1
sea urchins and sand dollars;

- syn. Echinoidea;

class Equisetatae
n1
horsetails and related forms;

- syn. Equisetatae, Sphenopsida, class Sphenopsida;

class Euglenophyceae
n1
coextensive with the division Euglenophyta;

- syn. Euglenophyceae;

class Eumycetes
n1
category used in some classifications: coextensive with division Eumycota;

- syn. Eumycetes;

class feeling
n1
feelings of envy and resentment of one social or economic class for toward another;

class fellow
n1
an acquaintance that you go to school with;

- syn. classmate, schoolfellow, schoolmate;

class Filicinae
n1
ferns;

- syn. Filicinae, Filicopsida, class Filicopsida;

class Filicopsida
n1
ferns;

- syn. Filicinae, Filicopsida, class Filicinae;

class Flagellata
n1
protozoa having flagella;

- syn. Flagellata, Mastigophora, class Mastigophora;

class Gasteromycetes
n1
fungi in which the hymenium is enclosed until after spores have matured: puffballs;

- earth stars;

- stinkhorn fungi;

- syn. Gasteromycetes, Gastromycetes, class Gastromycetes;

class Gasteropoda
n1
snails and slugs and their relatives;

- syn. Gasteropoda, Gastropoda, class Gastropoda;

class Gastromycetes
n1
fungi in which the hymenium is enclosed until after spores have matured: puffballs;

- earth stars;

- stinkhorn fungi;

- syn. Gasteromycetes, Gastromycetes, class Gasteromycetes;

class Gastropoda
n1
snails and slugs and their relatives;

- syn. Gasteropoda, Gastropoda, class Gasteropoda;

class Ginkgophytina
n1
ginkgos: in some systems classified as a class and in others as a subdivision;

- used in some classifications for one of five subdivisions of Gymnospermophyta;

- syn. Ginkgophytina, Ginkgopsida, class Ginkgopsida, subdivision Ginkgophyta, subdivision Ginkgophytina;

class Ginkgopsida
n1
ginkgos: in some systems classified as a class and in others as a subdivision;

- used in some classifications for one of five subdivisions of Gymnospermophyta;

- syn. Ginkgophytina, Ginkgopsida, class Ginkgophytina, subdivision Ginkgophyta, subdivision Ginkgophytina;

class Gnetopsida
n1
gymnospermous flowering plants;

- supposed link between conifers and angiosperms;

- in some systems classified as a class (Gnetopsida) and in others as a subdivision (Gnetophytina or Gnetophyta);

- syn. Gnetophyta, Gnetophytina, Gnetopsida, subdivision Gnetophytina;

class Gymnospermae
n1
plants having naked seeds not enclosed in an ovary;

- in some systems considered a class (Gymnospermae) and in others a division (Gymnospermophyta);

- comprises three subdivisions (or classes): Cycadophytina (class Cycadopsida) and Gnetophytina (class Gnetopsida) and Coniferophytina (class Coniferopsida);

- in some classifications the Coniferophytina are divided into three groups: Pinophytina (class Pinopsida) and Ginkgophytina (class Ginkgopsida) and Taxophytina (class Taxopsida);

- syn. Gymnospermae, Gymnospermophyta, division Gymnospermophyta;

class Hemiascomycetes
n1
class of fungi in which no ascocarps are formed: yeasts and some plant parasites;

- syn. Hemiascomycetes;

class Hepaticae
n1
liverworts: comprises orders Anthocerotales;

- Jungermanniales;

- Marchantiales;

- Sphaerocarpales;

- syn. Hepaticae, Hepaticopsida, class Hepaticopsida;

class Hepaticopsida
n1
liverworts: comprises orders Anthocerotales;

- Jungermanniales;

- Marchantiales;

- Sphaerocarpales;

- syn. Hepaticae, Hepaticopsida, class Hepaticae;

class Heterokontae
n1
all the yellow-green algae having flagella of unequal length;

- syn. Chrysophyceae, Heterokontae, class Chrysophyceae;

class Hexapoda
n1
insects;

- about five-sixths of all known animal species;

- syn. Hexapoda, Insecta, class Insecta;

class Hirudinea
n1
hermaphroditic aquatic or terrestrial or parasitic annelids;

- syn. Hirudinea;

class Holothuroidea
n1
class of echinoderms including the sea cucumbers;

- syn. Holothuroidea;

class Hyalospongiae
n1
sponges with siliceous spicules that have six rays;

- choanocytes are restricted to finger-shaped chambers;

- syn. Hyalospongiae;

class Hydrozoa
n1
coelenterates typically having alternation of generations;

- hydroid phase is usually colonial giving rise to the medusoid phase by budding: hydras and jellyfishes;

- syn. Hydrozoa;

class Hymenomycetes
n1
used in some classifications;

- usually coextensive with order Agaricales: mushrooms;

- toadstools;

- agarics;

- bracket fungi;

- syn. Hymenomycetes;

class Insecta
n1
insects;

- about five-sixths of all known animal species;

- syn. Hexapoda, Insecta, class Hexapoda;

class Lamellibranchia
n1
oysters;

- clams;

- scallops;

- mussels;

- syn. Bivalvia, Lamellibranchia, class Bivalvia, class Pelecypoda;

class Larvacea
n1
small free-swimming tunicates;

- sometimes classified as an order;

- syn. Larvacea;

class Liliopsida
n1
comprising seed plants that produce an embryo with a single cotyledon and parallel-veined leaves: includes grasses and lilies and palms and orchids;

- divided into four subclasses or superorders: Alismatidae;

- Arecidae;

- Commelinidae;

- and Liliidae;

- syn. Liliopsida, Monocotyledonae, Monocotyledones, class Monocotyledonae, class Monocotyledones;

class list
n1
a list issued by examiners that categorizes students according to the class of honours they achieved in their degree examinations;

- syn. honours list;

class Lycopodiate
n1
club mosses and related forms: includes Lycopodiales;

- Isoetales;

- Selaginellales;

- and extinct Lepidodendrales;

- sometimes considered a subdivision of Tracheophyta;

- syn. Lycopodiate, Lycopsida, class Lycopsida;

class Lycopodineae
n1
alternative designation for the class Lycopsida;

- syn. Lycopodineae;

class Lycopsida
n1
club mosses and related forms: includes Lycopodiales;

- Isoetales;

- Selaginellales;

- and extinct Lepidodendrales;

- sometimes considered a subdivision of Tracheophyta;

- syn. Lycopodiate, Lycopsida, class Lycopodiate;

class Magnoliopsida
n1
comprising seed plants that produce an embryo with paired cotyledons and net-veined leaves;

- divided into six (not always well distinguished) subclasses (or superorders): Magnoliidae and Hamamelidae (considered primitive);

- Caryophyllidae (an early and distinctive offshoot);

- and three more or less advanced groups: Dilleniidae;

- Rosidae;

- Asteridae;

- syn. Dicotyledonae, Dicotyledones, Magnoliopsida, class Dicotyledonae, class Dicotyledones;

class Mammalia
n1
warm-blooded vertebrates characterized by mammary glands in the female;

- syn. Mammalia;

class Mastigophora
n1
protozoa having flagella;

- syn. Flagellata, Mastigophora, class Flagellata;

class Merostomata
n1
used in some classifications;

- includes the orders Xiphosura and Eurypterida;

- syn. Merostomata;

class Monocotyledonae
n1
comprising seed plants that produce an embryo with a single cotyledon and parallel-veined leaves: includes grasses and lilies and palms and orchids;

- divided into four subclasses or superorders: Alismatidae;

- Arecidae;

- Commelinidae;

- and Liliidae;

- syn. Liliopsida, Monocotyledonae, Monocotyledones, class Liliopsida, class Monocotyledones;

class Monocotyledones
n1
comprising seed plants that produce an embryo with a single cotyledon and parallel-veined leaves: includes grasses and lilies and palms and orchids;

- divided into four subclasses or superorders: Alismatidae;

- Arecidae;

- Commelinidae;

- and Liliidae;

- syn. Liliopsida, Monocotyledonae, Monocotyledones, class Liliopsida, class Monocotyledonae;

class Musci
n1
true mosses: bryophytes having leafy rather than thalloid gametophytes: comprises orders Andreaeales;

- Bryales;

- Dicranales;

- Eubryales;

- Sphagnales;

- syn. Bryopsida, Musci, class Bryopsida;

class Myriapoda
n1
arthropods having the body composed of numerous double somites each with two pairs of legs: millipedes;

- syn. Diplopoda, Myriapoda, class Diplopoda;

class Myxomycetes
n1
the class of true slime molds;

- essentially equivalent to the division Myxomycota;

- syn. Myxomycetes;

class Nuda
n1
ctenophores lacking tentacles;

- comprises one genus: beroe;

- syn. Nuda;

class Oligochaeta
n1
earthworms;

- syn. Oligochaeta;

class Onychophora
n1
enigmatic small elongated wormlike terrestrial invertebrates of damp dark habitats in warm regions;

- distinct from the phylum Annelida;

- resemble slugs with legs and are sometimes described as the missing link between arthropods and annelids;

- syn. Onychophora;

class Oomycetes
n1
nonphotosynthetic fungi that resemble algae and that reproduce by forming oospores;

- sometimes classified as protoctists;

- syn. Oomycetes;

class Ophiuroidea
n1
brittle stars and basket stars;

- syn. Ophiuroidea;

class Osteichthyes
n1
a class of fish having a skeleton composed of bone in addition to cartilage;

- syn. Osteichthyes;

class Pauropoda
n1
an obscure class of minute arthropods with branched antennae and 8 to 10 pairs of legs;

- syn. Pauropoda;

class Pelecypoda
n1
oysters;

- clams;

- scallops;

- mussels;

- syn. Bivalvia, Lamellibranchia, class Bivalvia, class Lamellibranchia;

class period
n1
a regularly scheduled session as part of a course of study;

- syn. course session, recitation;

class Phaeophyceae
n1
brown algae;

- mostly marine and littoral eukaryotic algae;

- syn. Phaeophyceae;

class Phasmidia
n1
one of two subgroups of Nematoda used in some classification systems;

- syn. Phasmidia;

class Pinopsida
n1
most conifers: in some systems classified as a class (Pinopsida) and in others as a subdivision (Pinophytina);

- used in some classifications for one of five subdivisions of Gymnospermophyta;

- syn. Pinophytina, Pinopsida, subdivision Pinophytina;

class Placodermi
n1
extinct group of bony-plated fishes with primitive jaws;

- syn. Placodermi;

class Plectomycetes
n1
class of fungi in which the fruiting body is a cleistothecium (it releases spores only on decay or disintegration);

- syn. Plectomycetes;

class Polychaeta
n1
marine annelid worms;

- syn. Polychaeta;

class Polyplacophora
n1
small class of marine mollusks comprising the chitons;

- sometimes considered an order of the subclass Amphineura;

- syn. Polyplacophora;

class Psilopsida
n1
whisk ferns;

- comprising the family Psilotaceae or Psilotatae: vascular plants with no roots, partial if any leaf differentiation, and rudimentary spore sacs;

- syn. Psilopsida, Psilotatae, class Psilotatae;

class Psilotatae
n1
whisk ferns;

- comprising the family Psilotaceae or Psilotatae: vascular plants with no roots, partial if any leaf differentiation, and rudimentary spore sacs;

- syn. Psilopsida, Psilotatae, class Psilopsida;

class Pteridospermopsida
n1
extinct gymnosperms most of Carboniferous to Jurassic: seed ferns and allies;

- syn. Pteridospermopsida;

class Pyrenomycetes
n1
class of fungi in which the fruiting body is a perithecium;

- includes powdery mildews and ergot and Neurospora;

- syn. Pyrenomycetes;

class Reptilia
n1
class of cold-blooded air-breathing vertebrates with completely ossified skeleton and a body usually covered with scales or horny plates;

- once the dominant land animals;

- syn. Reptilia;

class Rhodophyceae
n1
coextensive with the Rhodophyta: red algae;

- syn. Rhodophyceae;

class Sarcodina
n1
characterized by the formation of pseudopods for locomotion and taking food: Actinopoda;

- Rhizopoda;

- syn. Sarcodina;

class Scaphopoda
n1
small class of bilaterally symmetrical marine forms comprising the tooth shells;

- syn. Scaphopoda;

class Schizomycetes
n1
a former classification;

- syn. Schizomycetes;

class Scyphozoa
n1
coelenterates in which the polyp stage is absent or at least inconspicuous: jellyfishes;

- syn. Scyphozoa;

class Sphenopsida
n1
horsetails and related forms;

- syn. Equisetatae, Sphenopsida, class Equisetatae;

class Sporozoa
n1
strictly parasitic protozoans that are usually immobile;

- includes plasmodia and coccidia and piroplasms and malaria parasites;

- syn. Sporozoa;

class structure
n1
the organization of classes within a society;

class struggle
n1
conflict between social or economic classes (especially between the capitalist and proletariat classes);

- syn. class war, class warfare;

class Symphyla
n1
small class of minute arthropods;

- unimportant except for the garden centipede;

- syn. Symphyla;

class Tardigrada
n1
in some classifications considered a separate phylum: microscopic arachnid-like invertebrates living in water or damp moss having 4 pairs of legs and instead of a mouth a pair of stylets or needlelike piercing organs connected with the pharynx;

- syn. Tardigrada;

class Taxopsida
n1
yews: in some systems classified as a class (Taxopsida) and in others as a subdivision (Taxophytina) used in some classifications for one of five subdivisions of Gymnospermophyta;

- syn. Taxophytina, Taxopsida, subdivision Taxophytina;

class Tentaculata
n1
ctenophores have retractile tentacles;

- syn. Tentaculata;

class Thaliacea
n1
small class of free-swimming tunicates;

- sometimes classified as an order;

- syn. Thaliacea;

class Tiliomycetes
n1
category used in some systems to comprise the two orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts);

- syn. Tiliomycetes;

class Trematoda
n1
parasitic flatworms (including flukes);

- syn. Trematoda;

class Turbellaria
n1
free-living flatworms;

- syn. Turbellaria;

class Ulvophyceae
n1
alternative name for the class Chlorophyceae in some classifications;

- syn. Ulvophyceae;

class war
n1
conflict between social or economic classes (especially between the capitalist and proletariat classes);

- syn. class struggle, class warfare;

class warfare
n1
conflict between social or economic classes (especially between the capitalist and proletariat classes);

- syn. class struggle, class war;

class Xanthophyceae
n1
yellow-green algae;

- syn. Xanthophyceae;

class Zygomycetes
n1
class of fungi coextensive with subdivision Zygomycota;

- syn. Zygomycetes;

classic / k ɫ æ s ɪ k /
n1
a creation of the highest excellence;

n2
an artist who has created classic works;

a1
of or relating to the first significant period of a civilization, culture, area of study, etc.;

- "classic Chinese pottery";

- "classical Marxism";

- syn. classical;

- sim. classical, classical, classical, neoclassic;

a2
of a well-known type;

- remarkably typical;

- "the classic struggle between good and evil";

- "I woke up with all the classic symptoms of the flu";

- "she made the classic mistake of choosing style over substance";

- sim. typical;

a3
considered of the highest quality and lasting significance or worth;

- "a classic car";

- "`War and Peace' is a classic novel";

- sim. superior;

a4
well-known and long-established in form or style;

- "a classical ballet";

- "classic double-breasted suit";

- "the classic struggle between good and evil";

- syn. classical;

- sim. traditional;

classic hemochromatosis
n1
inherited form of hemochromatosis;

- syn. idiopathic hemochromatosis;

classical / k ɫ æ s ɪ k ɫ /
n1
traditional genre of music conforming to an established form and appealing to critical interest and developed musical taste;

- syn. classical music, serious music;

a1
of or relating to the first significant period of a civilization, culture, area of study, etc.;

- "classic Chinese pottery";

- "classical Marxism";

- syn. classic;

- sim. classical, classical, classical, neoclassic;

a2
of or relating to the study of the literary works of ancient Greece and Rome;

- "a classical scholar";

a3
of or relating to the languages used by ancient standard authors;

- "classical Greek";

- sim. standard;

a4
well-known and long-established in form or style;

- "a classical ballet";

- "classic double-breasted suit";

- "the classic struggle between good and evil";

- syn. classic;

- sim. traditional;

a5
(physics) relating to or based on concepts that preceded the theories of relativity and quantum mechanics;

- sim. classical;

a6
of or relating to music in the European tradition, such as symphonies and operas;

- "classical music";

- sim. classical;

a7
of or pertaining to or characteristic of the ancient Greeks and Romans, especially their art, literature, or culture;

- "classical mythology";

- "the classical world";

- syn. Graeco-Roman, Greco-Roman;

- sim. classical;

classical architecture
n1
architecture influenced by the ancient Greeks or Romans;

- syn. Greco-Roman architecture;

classical ballet
n1
a style of ballet based on precise conventional steps performed with graceful and flowing movements;

classical conditioning
n1
conditioning that pairs a neutral stimulus with a stimulus that evokes a reflex;

- the stimulus that evokes the reflex is given whether or not the conditioned response occurs until eventually the neutral stimulus comes to evoke the reflex;

Classical Greek
n1
the dialect of Ancient Greek spoken and written in Attica and Athens and Ionia;

- syn. Attic, Ionic, Ionic dialect;

classical haemophilia
n1
hemophilia caused by a congenital deficiency of factor VIII;

- occurs almost exclusively in men;

- syn. classical hemophilia, haemophilia A, hemophilia A;

classical hemophilia
n1
hemophilia caused by a congenital deficiency of factor VIII;

- occurs almost exclusively in men;

- syn. classical haemophilia, haemophilia A, hemophilia A;

classical Latin
n1
the language of educated people in ancient Rome;

- "Latin is a language as dead as dead can be. It killed the ancient Romans--and now it's killing me";

classical mechanics
n1
the branch of mechanics based on Newton's laws of motion;

- syn. Newtonian mechanics;

classical music
n1
traditional genre of music conforming to an established form and appealing to critical interest and developed musical taste;

- syn. classical, serious music;

classical mythology
n1
the system of mythology of the Greeks and Romans together;

- much of Roman mythology (especially the gods) was borrowed from the Greeks;

classical scholar
n1
a student of ancient Greek and Latin;

- syn. classicist;

classical style
n1
the artistic style of ancient Greek art with its emphasis on proportion and harmony;

classicalism / k ɫ æ s ɪ k ɫ ɪ z ə m /
n1
a movement in literature and art during the 17th and 18th centuries in Europe that favored rationality and restraint and strict forms;

- "classicism often derived its models from the ancient Greeks and Romans";

- syn. classicism;

classically / k ɫ æ s ɪ k ɫ i /
r1
in the manner of Greek and Roman culture;

- "this exercise develops a classically shaped body";

classicise
v1
make classic or classical;

- syn. classicize;

classicism / k ɫ æ s ɪ s ɪ z ə m , k ɫ æ s ɪ s ɪ z m /
n1
a movement in literature and art during the 17th and 18th centuries in Europe that favored rationality and restraint and strict forms;

- "classicism often derived its models from the ancient Greeks and Romans";

- syn. classicalism;

classicist / k ɫ æ s ɪ s ɪ s t /
n1
an artistic person who adheres to classicism;

n2
a student of ancient Greek and Latin;

- syn. classical scholar;

classicistic / k ɫ æ s ɪ s ɪ s t ɪ k /
a1
of or relating to classicism;

- "the classicistic tradition";

classicize
v1
make classic or classical;

- syn. classicise;

classics / k ɫ æ s ɪ k s /
n1
study of the literary works of ancient Greece and Rome;

classifiable / k ɫ æ s ɪ f aɪ ə b ɫ /
a1
capable of being classified;

- syn. distinctive;

- sim. identifiable;

classification / k ɫ æ s ɪ f ɪ k eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the act of distributing things into classes or categories of the same type;

- syn. assortment, categorisation, categorization, compartmentalisation, compartmentalization;

n2
a group of people or things arranged by class or category;

- syn. categorisation, categorization;

n3
the basic cognitive process of arranging into classes or categories;

- syn. categorisation, categorization, sorting;

n4
restriction imposed by the government on documents or weapons that are available only to certain authorized people;

classification system
n1
a system for classifying things;

classificatory / k ɫ æ s ɪ f ɪ k ə t ə ɹ i /
a1
relating to or involving classification;

- "classificatory criteria";

classified / k ɫ æ s ɪ f aɪ d /
n1
a short ad in a newspaper or magazine (usually in small print) and appearing along with other ads of the same type;

- syn. classified ad, classified advertisement;

a1
arranged into classes;

- sim. categorized, grouped;

a2
official classification of information or documents;

- withheld from general circulation;

- "thousands of classified documents have now been declassified";

- sim. confidential, eyes-only, restricted, secret, sensitive, top-secret;

classified ad
n1
a short ad in a newspaper or magazine (usually in small print) and appearing along with other ads of the same type;

- syn. classified, classified advertisement;

classified advertisement
n1
a short ad in a newspaper or magazine (usually in small print) and appearing along with other ads of the same type;

- syn. classified, classified ad;

classified stock
n1
common stock classified as A or B where A has certain advantages (e.g., voting power) that B does not;

classifier / k ɫ æ s ɪ f aɪ ə /
n1
a person who creates classifications;

n2
a word or morpheme used in some languages in certain contexts (such as counting) to indicate the semantic class to which the counted item belongs;

classify / k ɫ æ s ɪ f aɪ /
v1
arrange or order by classes or categories;

- "How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?";

- syn. assort, class, separate, sort, sort out;

v2
declare unavailable, as for security reasons;

- "Classify these documents";

v3
assign to a class or kind;

- "How should algae be classified?";

- "People argue about how to relegate certain mushrooms";

- syn. relegate;

classifying adjective
n1
an adjective that classifies its noun (e.g., `a nervous disease' or `a musical instrument');

- syn. relational adjective;

classless / k ɫ ɑ s ɫ ə s /
a1
favoring social equality;

- "a classless society";

- syn. egalitarian;

- sim. democratic;

classmate / k ɫ ɑ s m eɪ t /
n1
an acquaintance that you go to school with;

- syn. class fellow, schoolfellow, schoolmate;

classroom / k ɫ æ s ɹ u m /
n1
a room in a school where lessons take place;

- syn. schoolroom;

classroom project
n1
a school task requiring considerable effort;

classwork / k ɫ ɑ s w ɝ k /
n1
the part of a student's work that is done in the classroom;

classy / k ɫ ɑ s i /
a1
elegant and fashionable;

- "classy clothes";

- "a classy dame";

- "a posh restaurant";

- "a swish pastry shop on the Rue du Bac"- Julia Child;

- syn. posh, swish;

- sim. stylish;

clast
n1
(geology) a constituent fragment of a clastic rock;

clastic / k ɫ æ s t ɪ k /
a1
of or belonging to or being a rock composed of fragments of older rocks (e.g., conglomerates or sandstone);

- sim. disintegrative;

a2
capable of being taken apart;

- "the professor had a clastic model of the human brain";

- sim. detachable;

clastic rock
n1
(geology) a rock composed of broken pieces of older rocks;

Clathraceae
n1
family of fleshy fungi resembling stinkhorns;

- syn. family Clathraceae;

clathrate
a1
having a latticelike structure pierced with holes or windows;

- syn. cancellate, cancellated;

- sim. reticulate;

a2
designating or relating to a compound in which one component is physically enclosed within the crystal structure of another;

- sim. enclosed;

Clathrus
n1
type genus of the Clathraceae;

- syn. genus Clathrus;

Clatonia lanceolata
n1
small slender plant having one pair of succulent leaves at the middle of the stem and a loose raceme of white or pink or rose bowl-shaped flowers and an edible corm;

- syn. spring beauty;

clatter / k ɫ æ t ə , k ɫ æ t ə ɹ /
n1
a rattling noise (often produced by rapid movement);

- "the shutters clattered against the house";

- "the clatter of iron wheels on cobblestones";

v1
make a rattling sound;

- "clattering dishes";

- syn. brattle, clack;

clattery / k ɫ æ t ə ɹ i /
a1
a rattling sound as of hard things striking together;

- "a clattery typewriter";

- "the clattery sound of dishes";

- sim. noisy;

Claude Achille Debussy
n1
French composer who is said to have created Impressionism in music (1862-1918);

- syn. Claude Debussy, Debussy;

Claude Bernard
n1
French physiologist noted for research on secretions of the alimentary canal and the glycogenic function of the liver (1813-1878);

- syn. Bernard;

Claude Debussy
n1
French composer who is said to have created Impressionism in music (1862-1918);

- syn. Claude Achille Debussy, Debussy;

Claude E. Shannon
n1
United States electrical engineer who pioneered mathematical communication theory (1916-2001);

- syn. Claude Elwood Shannon, Claude Shannon, Shannon;

Claude Elwood Shannon
n1
United States electrical engineer who pioneered mathematical communication theory (1916-2001);

- syn. Claude E. Shannon, Claude Shannon, Shannon;

Claude Levi-Strauss
n1
French cultural anthropologist who promoted structural analysis of social systems (born in 1908);

- syn. Levi-Strauss;

Claude Monet
n1
French impressionist painter (1840-1926);

- syn. Monet;

Claude Shannon
n1
United States electrical engineer who pioneered mathematical communication theory (1916-2001);

- syn. Claude E. Shannon, Claude Elwood Shannon, Shannon;

claudication
n1
disability of walking due to crippling of the legs or feet;

- syn. gameness, gimp, gimpiness, lameness, limping;

Claudio Monteverdi
n1
Italian composer (1567-1643);

- syn. Monteverdi;

Claudius
n1
Roman Emperor after his nephew Caligula was murdered;

- consolidated the Roman Empire and conquered southern Britain;

- was poisoned by his fourth wife Agrippina after her son Nero was named as Claudius' heir (10 BC to AD 54);

- syn. Claudius I, Tiberius Claudius Drusus Nero Germanicus;

Claudius I
n1
Roman Emperor after his nephew Caligula was murdered;

- consolidated the Roman Empire and conquered southern Britain;

- was poisoned by his fourth wife Agrippina after her son Nero was named as Claudius' heir (10 BC to AD 54);

- syn. Claudius, Tiberius Claudius Drusus Nero Germanicus;

Claudius Ptolemaeus
n1
Alexandrian astronomer (of the 2nd century) who proposed a geocentric system of astronomy that was undisputed until the late Renaissance;

- syn. Ptolemy;

clausal
a1
of or relating to or functioning as a clause;

- "clausal structure";

clause / k ɫ ɔ z /
n1
(grammar) an expression including a subject and predicate functioning as a part of a complex sentence;

n2
a separate section of a legal document (as a statute or contract or will);

- syn. article;

Clausewitz
n1
Prussian general and military theorist who proposed a doctrine of total war and war as an extension of diplomacy (1780-1831);

- syn. Karl von Clausewitz;

claustrophobe / k ɫ ɔ s t ɹ ə f oʊ b /
n1
a person suffering from claustrophobia;

claustrophobia / k ɫ ɔ s t ɹ ə f oʊ b ɪə /
n1
a morbid fear of being closed in a confined space;

claustrophobic / k ɫ ɔ s t ɹ ə f oʊ b ɪ k /
a1
uncomfortably closed or hemmed in;

- "a claustrophobic little room";

- sim. confined;

a2
suffering from claustrophobia;

- abnormally afraid of closed-in places;

- sim. afraid;

claustrum / k ɫ ɔ s t ɹ ə m /
n1
a layer of grey matter in the brain adjacent to the lenticular nucleus;

Clavariaceae
n1
fleshy fungi: coral fungi;

- syn. family Clavariaceae;

claver / k ɫ eɪ v ə , k ɫ eɪ v ə ɹ /
v1
talk socially without exchanging too much information;

- "the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze";

- syn. chaffer, chat, chatter, chew the fat, chit-chat, chitchat, confab, confabulate, gossip, jaw, natter, shoot the breeze, visit;

Claviceps
n1
fungi parasitic upon the ovaries of various grasses;

- syn. genus Claviceps;

Claviceps purpurea
n1
a fungus that infects various cereal plants forming compact black masses of branching filaments that replace many grains of the plant;

- source of medicinally important alkaloids and of lysergic acid;

- syn. ergot;

clavichord / k ɫ æ v ɪ k ɔ d /
n1
an early stringed instrument like a piano but with more delicate sound;

Clavicipitaceae
n1
any of various mushrooms of the class Ascomycetes;

- syn. grainy club mushrooms;

clavicle / k ɫ æ v ɪ k ɫ /
n1
bone linking the scapula and sternum;

- syn. collarbone;

clavier / k ɫ æ v ɪə , k ɫ ə v ɪə /
n1
a bank of keys on a musical instrument;

- syn. fingerboard, piano keyboard;

n2
a stringed instrument that has a keyboard;

- syn. Klavier;

clavus
n1
a hard thickening of the skin (especially on the top or sides of the toes) caused by the pressure of ill-fitting shoes;

- syn. corn;

claw / k ɫ ɔ /
n1
sharp curved horny process on the toe of a bird or some mammals or reptiles;

n2
a mechanical device that is curved or bent to suspend or hold or pull something;

- syn. hook;

n3
a grasping structure on the limb of a crustacean or other arthropods;

- syn. chela, nipper, pincer;

n4
a bird's foot;

v1
move as if by clawing, seizing, or digging;

- "They clawed their way to the top of the mountain";

v2
clutch as if in panic;

- "She clawed the doorknob";

v3
scratch, scrape, pull, or dig with claws or nails;

v4
attack as if with claws;

- "The politician clawed his rival";

claw-shaped
a1
shaped like a claw;

- sim. formed;

claw hammer
n1
a hammer with a cleft at one end for pulling nails;

- syn. carpenter's hammer, clawhammer;

claw hatchet
n1
a hatchet that has a cleft for pulling nails;

clawback / k ɫ ɔ b æ k /
n1
finding a way to take money back from people that they were given in another way;

- "the Treasury will find some clawback for the extra benefits members received";

clawed / k ɫ ɔ d /
a1
having or resembling a claw or claws;

- often used as a combining form;

- "sharp-clawed";

- sim. unguiculate;

a2
(of predatory animals) armed with claws or talons;

- syn. taloned;

- sim. armed;

clawfoot
n1
a deformity of the foot characterized by an abnormally high arch and hyperextension of the toes which gives the foot the appearance of a claw;

- syn. pes cavus;

clawhammer / k ɫ ɔ h æ m ə , k ɫ ɔ h æ m ə ɹ /
n1
a hammer with a cleft at one end for pulling nails;

- syn. carpenter's hammer, claw hammer;

clawlike
a1
resembling a claw;

- sim. unguiculate;

claxon
n1
a kind of loud horn formerly used on motor vehicles;

- syn. klaxon;

v1
make a loud noise;

- "The horns of the taxis blared";

- syn. beep, blare, honk, toot;

v2
use the horn of a car;

- syn. honk;

clay / k ɫ eɪ /
n1
a very fine-grained soil that is plastic when moist but hard when fired;

n2
water soaked soil;

- soft wet earth;

- syn. mud;

n3
United States general who commanded United States forces in Europe from 1945 to 1949 and who oversaw the Berlin airlift (1897-1978);

- syn. Lucius Clay, Lucius DuBignon Clay;

n4
United States politician responsible for the Missouri Compromise between free and slave states (1777-1852);

- syn. Henry Clay, the Great Compromiser;

n5
the dead body of a human being;

- "the cadaver was intended for dissection";

- "the end of the police search was the discovery of a corpse";

- "the murderer confessed that he threw the stiff in the river";

- "honor comes to bless the turf that wraps their clay";

- syn. cadaver, corpse, remains, stiff;

clay-colored robin
n1
robin of Mexico and Central America;

- syn. Turdus greyi;

clay pigeon
n1
target used in skeet or trapshooting;

clay pipe
n1
a pipe made of clay;

clay sculpture
n1
sculpture produced by molding;

- syn. modeling, mold, molding, mould, moulding;

clayey / k ɫ eɪ i /
a1
resembling or containing clay;

- "argillaceous rocks";

- syn. argillaceous;

a2
(used of soil) compact and fine-grained;

- "the clayey soil was heavy and easily saturated";

- syn. cloggy, heavy;

- sim. compact;

claymore / k ɫ eɪ m ɔ /
n1
a large double-edged broadsword;

- formerly used by Scottish Highlanders;

n2
an antipersonnel land mine whose blast is aimed at the oncoming enemy;

- syn. claymore mine;

claymore mine
n1
an antipersonnel land mine whose blast is aimed at the oncoming enemy;

- syn. claymore;

claystone
n1
fine-grained rock consisting of compacted clay particles;

Claytonia
n1
genus of mainly North American succulent herbs with white or pink flowers usually in terminal racemes;

- syn. genus Claytonia;

Claytonia caroliniana
n1
similar to Claytonia virginica but having usually pink flowers;

- eastern North America;

- syn. Carolina spring beauty;

Claytonia virginica
n1
small cormous perennial grown for its low rosette of succulent foliage and racemes of pink-tinged white flowers;

- eastern North America;

- syn. Virginia spring beauty;

clayware / k ɫ eɪ w eə /
n1
ceramic ware made from clay and baked in a kiln;

- syn. pottery;

clean / k ɫ i n /
n1
a weightlift in which the barbell is lifted to shoulder height and then jerked overhead;

- syn. clean and jerk;

v1
make clean by removing dirt, filth, or unwanted substances from;

- "Clean the stove!";

- "The dentist cleaned my teeth";

- syn. make clean;

v2
remove unwanted substances from, such as feathers or pits;

- "Clean the turkey";

- syn. pick;

v3
clean and tidy up the house;

- "She housecleans every week";

- syn. clean house, houseclean;

v4
clean one's body or parts thereof, as by washing;

- "clean up before you see your grandparents";

- "clean your fingernails before dinner";

- syn. cleanse;

v5
be cleanable;

- "This stove cleans easily";

v6
deprive wholly of money in a gambling game, robbery, etc.;

- "The other players cleaned him completely";

v7
remove all contents or possession from, or empty completely;

- "The boys cleaned the sandwich platters";

- "The trees were cleaned of apples by the storm";

- syn. strip;

v8
remove while making clean;

- "Clean the spots off the rug";

v9
remove unwanted substances from;

- syn. scavenge;

v10
remove shells or husks from;

- "clean grain before milling it";

a1
free from dirt or impurities;

- or having clean habits;

- "children with clean shining faces";

- "clean white shirts";

- "clean dishes";

- "a spotlessly clean house";

- "cats are clean animals";

- also antiseptic, tidy;

- sim. cleanable, cleanly, dry-cleaned, fresh, immaculate, pristine, scrubbed, unsoiled, unsullied, washed;

a2
free of restrictions or qualifications;

- "a clean bill of health";

- "a clear winner";

- syn. clear;

- sim. unqualified;

a3
(of sound or color) free from anything that dulls or dims;

- "efforts to obtain a clean bass in orchestral recordings";

- "clear laughter like a waterfall";

- "clear reds and blues";

- "a light lilting voice like a silver bell";

- syn. clear, light, unclouded;

- sim. pure;

a4
free from impurities;

- "clean water";

- "fresh air";

- syn. fresh;

- sim. pure;

a5
(of a record) having no marks of discredit or offense;

- "a clean voting record";

- "a clean driver's license";

- sim. perfect;

a6
ritually clean or pure;

- also clean, pure;

- sim. halal, kosher;

a7
not spreading pollution or contamination;

- especially radioactive contamination;

- "a clean fuel";

- "cleaner and more efficient engines";

- "the tactical bomb is reasonably clean";

- syn. uncontaminating;

a8
(of behavior or especially language) free from objectionable elements;

- fit for all observers;

- "good clean fun";

- "a clean joke";

- syn. unobjectionable;

- also decent;

- sim. antiseptic;

a9
free from sepsis or infection;

- "a clean (or uninfected) wound";

- syn. uninfected;

- sim. antiseptic;

a10
morally pure;

- "led a clean life";

- syn. clean-living;

- sim. moral;

a11
(of a manuscript) having few alterations or corrections;

- "fair copy";

- "a clean manuscript";

- syn. fair;

- sim. legible;

a12
(of a surface) not written or printed on;

- "blank pages";

- "fill in the blank spaces";

- "a clean page";

- "wide white margins";

- syn. blank, white;

- sim. empty;

a13
exhibiting or calling for sportsmanship or fair play;

- "a clean fight";

- "a sporting solution of the disagreement";

- "sportsmanlike conduct";

- syn. sporting, sportsmanlike, sporty;

- sim. fair;

a14
without difficulties or problems;

- "a clean test flight";

- sim. easy;

a15
thorough and without qualification;

- "a clean getaway";

- "a clean sweep";

- "a clean break";

- sim. complete;

a16
not carrying concealed weapons;

- sim. unarmed;

a17
free from clumsiness;

- precisely or deftly executed;

- "he landed a clean left on his opponent's cheek";

- "a clean throw";

- "the neat exactness of the surgeon's knife";

- syn. neat;

- sim. adroit;

a18
free of drugs;

- "after a long dependency on heroin she has been clean for 4 years";

- sim. unaddicted;

r1
completely;

- used as intensifiers;

- "clean forgot the appointment";

- "I'm plumb (or plum) tuckered out";

- syn. plum, plumb;

r2
in conformity with the rules or laws and without fraud or cheating;

- "they played fairly";

- syn. fair, fairly;

clean-burning
a1
leaving little contamination while consuming fuel;

- "natural gas is a clean-burning fuel";

- sim. fueled;

clean-cut / k ɫ i n k ʌ t /
a1
neat and smart in appearance;

- "a clean-cut and well-bred young man";

- "the trig corporal in his jaunty cap";

- "a trim beard";

- syn. trig, trim;

- sim. tidy;

a2
clear and distinct to the senses;

- easily perceptible;

- "as clear as a whistle";

- "clear footprints in the snow";

- "the letter brought back a clear image of his grandfather";

- "a spire clean-cut against the sky";

- "a clear-cut pattern";

- syn. clear, clear-cut;

- sim. distinct;

clean-handed
a1
free from evil or guilt;

- "an innocent child";

- "the principle that one is innocent until proved guilty";

- syn. guiltless, innocent;

- also exculpatory, righteous;

- sim. absolved, acquitted, blameless;

clean-limbed / k ɫ i n ɫ ɪ m d /
a1
having well-proportioned limbs;

- sim. shapely;

clean-living / k ɫ i n ɫ ɪ v ɪ ŋ /
a1
morally pure;

- "led a clean life";

- syn. clean;

- sim. moral;

clean-shaven / k ɫ i n ʃ eɪ v n /
a1
closely shaved recently;

- syn. smooth-shaven, well-shaven;

- sim. shaven;

clean and jerk
n1
a weightlift in which the barbell is lifted to shoulder height and then jerked overhead;

- syn. clean;

clean bill of health
n1
an assurance that someone is healthy or something is in good condition;

- "the doctor gave him a clean bill of health";

clean bomb
n1
an atom bomb leaving little or no radioactive contamination;

clean house
v1
clean and tidy up the house;

- "She housecleans every week";

- syn. clean, houseclean;

clean out
v1
empty completely;

- "We cleaned out all the drawers";

- syn. clear out;

v2
force out;

- "The new boss cleaned out the lazy workers";

v3
deprive completely of money or goods;

- "The robbers cleaned us out in a couple of hours";

clean room
n1
a room that is virtually free of dust or bacteria;

- used in laboratory work and in assembly or repair of precision equipment;

- syn. white room;

clean slate
n1
an opportunity to start over without prejudice;

- syn. fresh start, tabula rasa;

clean up
v1
put (things or places) in order;

- "Tidy up your room!";

- syn. neaten, square away, straighten, straighten out, tidy, tidy up;

v2
make a big profit;

- often in a short period of time;

- "The investor really cleaned up when the stock market went up";

v3
dispose of;

- "settle the bills";

v4
make oneself clean, presentable or neat;

- "Clean up before you go to the party";

cleanable / k ɫ i n eɪ b ɫ /
a1
capable of being cleaned;

- sim. clean;

cleaner / k ɫ i n ə , k ɫ i n ə ɹ /
n1
a preparation used in cleaning something;

- syn. cleanser, cleansing agent;

n2
the operator of dry-cleaning establishment;

- syn. dry cleaner;

n3
someone whose occupation is cleaning;

cleaners / k ɫ i n ə z /
n1
shop where dry cleaning is done;

- syn. dry cleaners;

cleaning / k ɫ i n ɪ ŋ /
n1
the act of making something clean;

- "he gave his shoes a good cleaning";

- syn. cleansing, cleanup;

cleaning device
n1
any of a large class of implements used for cleaning;

- syn. cleaning equipment, cleaning implement;

cleaning equipment
n1
any of a large class of implements used for cleaning;

- syn. cleaning device, cleaning implement;

cleaning implement
n1
any of a large class of implements used for cleaning;

- syn. cleaning device, cleaning equipment;

cleaning lady
n1
a human female employed to do housework;

- "the char will clean the carpet";

- "I have a woman who comes in four hours a day while I write";

- syn. char, charwoman, cleaning woman, woman;

cleaning pad
n1
a pad used as a cleaning implement;

cleaning woman
n1
a human female employed to do housework;

- "the char will clean the carpet";

- "I have a woman who comes in four hours a day while I write";

- syn. char, charwoman, cleaning lady, woman;

cleanliness / k ɫ ɛ n ɫ ɪ n ə s /
n1
the habit of keeping free of superficial imperfections;

n2
diligence in keeping clean;

cleanly / k ɫ ɛ n ɫ i , k ɫ i n ɫ i /
a1
habitually clean;

- "cleanly in their persons and habitations";

- sim. clean;

r1
smoothly and without difficulty;

- precisely and deftly;

- "the gymnast landed flawlessly";

- "she played the piano accompaniment cleanly";

- "he bounced it cleanly off the wall";

- syn. flawlessly;

r2
in a manner that minimizes dirt and pollution;

- "the motor burns cleanly";

cleanness / k ɫ i n n ɛ s /
n1
the state of being clean;

- without dirt or other impurities;

n2
without moral defects;

cleanse / k ɫ ɛ n z /
v1
clean one's body or parts thereof, as by washing;

- "clean up before you see your grandparents";

- "clean your fingernails before dinner";

- syn. clean;

v2
purge of an ideology, bad thoughts, or sins;

- "Purgatory is supposed to cleanse you from your sins";

cleanser / k ɫ ɛ n z ə , k ɫ ɛ n z ə ɹ /
n1
a preparation used in cleaning something;

- syn. cleaner, cleansing agent;

cleansing / k ɫ ɛ n z ɪ ŋ /
n1
the act of making something clean;

- "he gave his shoes a good cleaning";

- syn. cleaning, cleanup;

a1
cleansing the body by washing;

- especially ritual washing of e.g. hands;

- "ablutionary rituals";

- syn. ablutionary;

- sim. purifying;

a2
acting like an antiseptic;

- syn. purifying;

- sim. antiseptic;

cleansing agent
n1
a preparation used in cleaning something;

- syn. cleaner, cleanser;

Cleanthes
n1
ancient Greek philosopher who succeeded Zeno of Citium as the leader of the Stoic school (300-232 BC);

cleanup
n1
a very large profit;

- syn. killing;

n2
(baseball) the fourth position in the batting order (usually filled by the best batter on the team);

- syn. cleanup position, cleanup spot;

n3
the act of making something clean;

- "he gave his shoes a good cleaning";

- syn. cleaning, cleansing;

cleanup position
n1
(baseball) the fourth position in the batting order (usually filled by the best batter on the team);

- syn. cleanup, cleanup spot;

cleanup spot
n1
(baseball) the fourth position in the batting order (usually filled by the best batter on the team);

- syn. cleanup, cleanup position;

clear / k ɫ ɪə , k ɫ ɪə ɹ /
n1
the state of being free of suspicion;

- "investigation showed that he was in the clear";

n2
a clear or unobstructed space or expanse of land or water;

- "finally broke out of the forest into the open";

- syn. open;

v1
rid of obstructions;

- "Clear your desk";

- syn. unclutter;

- also clear away, clear off;

v2
make a way or path by removing objects;

- "Clear a path through the dense forest";

v3
become clear;

- "The sky cleared after the storm";

- syn. brighten, clear up, light up;

v4
grant authorization or clearance for;

- "Clear the manuscript for publication";

- "The rock star never authorized this slanderous biography";

- syn. authorise, authorize, pass;

v5
remove;

- "clear the leaves from the lawn";

- "Clear snow from the road";

v6
go unchallenged;

- be approved;

- "The bill cleared the House";

- syn. pass;

v7
be debited and credited to the proper bank accounts;

- "The check will clear within 2 business days";

v8
go away or disappear;

- "The fog cleared in the afternoon";

v9
pass by, over, or under without making contact;

- "the balloon cleared the tree tops";

- syn. top;

v10
make free from confusion or ambiguity;

- make clear;

- "Could you clarify these remarks?";

- "Clear up the question of who is at fault";

- syn. clear up, crystalise, crystalize, crystallise, crystallize, elucidate, enlighten, illuminate, shed light on, sort out, straighten out;

v11
free from payment of customs duties, as of a shipment;

- "Clear the ship and let it dock";

v12
clear from impurities, blemishes, pollution, etc.;

- "clear the water before it can be drunk";

v13
yield as a net profit;

- "This sale netted me $1 million";

- syn. net;

v14
make as a net profit;

- "The company cleared $1 million";

- syn. net, sack, sack up;

v15
earn on some commercial or business transaction;

- earn as salary or wages;

- "How much do you make a month in your new job?";

- "She earns a lot in her new job";

- "this merger brought in lots of money";

- "He clears $5,000 each month";

- syn. bring in, earn, gain, make, pull in, realise, realize, take in;

v16
sell;

- "We cleared a lot of the old model cars";

v17
pass an inspection or receive authorization;

- "clear customs";

v18
pronounce not guilty of criminal charges;

- "The suspect was cleared of the murder charges";

- syn. acquit, assoil, discharge, exculpate, exonerate;

v19
settle, as of a debt;

- "clear a debt";

- "solve an old debt";

- syn. solve;

v20
make clear, bright, light, or translucent;

- "The water had to be cleared through filtering";

v21
rid of instructions or data;

- "clear a memory buffer";

v22
remove (people) from a building;

- "clear the patrons from the theater after the bomb threat";

v23
remove the occupants of;

- "Clear the building";

v24
free (the throat) by making a rasping sound;

- "Clear the throat";

- syn. clear up;

a1
readily apparent to the mind;

- "a clear and present danger";

- "a clear explanation";

- "a clear case of murder";

- "a clear indication that she was angry";

- "gave us a clear idea of human nature";

- also comprehendible, comprehensible, definite, distinct, unambiguous;

- sim. broad, clear-cut, limpid, prima facie, unmistakable, vivid;

a2
free from confusion or doubt;

- "a complex problem requiring a clear head";

- "not clear about what is expected of us";

- sim. clearheaded;

a3
affording free passage or view;

- "a clear view";

- "a clear path to victory";

- "open waters";

- "the open countryside";

- syn. open;

- sim. unobstructed;

a4
allowing light to pass through;

- "clear water";

- "clear plastic bags";

- "clear glass";

- "the air is clear and clean";

- sim. crystalline, hyaline, liquid, translucent, unclouded, unfrosted;

a5
free from contact or proximity or connection;

- "we were clear of the danger";

- "the ship was clear of the reef";

- sim. free;

a6
characterized by freedom from troubling thoughts (especially guilt);

- "a clear conscience";

- "regarded her questioner with clear untroubled eyes";

- sim. untroubled;

a7
(of sound or color) free from anything that dulls or dims;

- "efforts to obtain a clean bass in orchestral recordings";

- "clear laughter like a waterfall";

- "clear reds and blues";

- "a light lilting voice like a silver bell";

- syn. clean, light, unclouded;

- sim. pure;

a8
(especially of a title) free from any encumbrance or limitation that presents a question of fact or law;

- "I have clear title to this property";

- syn. unmortgaged;

- sim. unencumbered;

a9
clear and distinct to the senses;

- easily perceptible;

- "as clear as a whistle";

- "clear footprints in the snow";

- "the letter brought back a clear image of his grandfather";

- "a spire clean-cut against the sky";

- "a clear-cut pattern";

- syn. clean-cut, clear-cut;

- sim. distinct;

a10
accurately stated or described;

- "a set of well-defined values";

- syn. well-defined;

a11
free from clouds or mist or haze;

- "on a clear day";

- sim. cloudless, fair, serene;

a12
free of restrictions or qualifications;

- "a clean bill of health";

- "a clear winner";

- syn. clean;

- sim. unqualified;

a13
free from flaw or blemish or impurity;

- "a clear perfect diamond";

- "the clear complexion of a healthy young woman";

- sim. perfect;

a14
clear of charges or deductions;

- "a clear profit";

- sim. net;

a15
easily deciphered;

- syn. decipherable, readable;

- sim. legible;

a16
freed from any question of guilt;

- "is absolved from all blame";

- "was now clear of the charge of cowardice";

- "his official honor is vindicated";

- syn. absolved, cleared, exculpated, exonerated, vindicated;

- sim. innocent;

a17
characterized by ease and quickness in perceiving;

- "clear mind";

- "a percipient author";

- syn. percipient;

- sim. discerning;

r1
completely;

- "read the book clear to the end";

- "slept clear through the night";

- "there were open fields clear to the horizon";

- syn. all the way;

r2
in an easily perceptible manner;

- "could be seen clearly under the microscope";

- "She cried loud and clear";

- syn. clearly;

clear-air turbulence
n1
strong turbulence in an otherwise cloudless region that subjects aircraft to violent updrafts or downdrafts;

clear-cut / k ɫ ɪə k ʌ t /
v1
remove all the trees at one time;

- "clear-cut an acre of forest";

a1
clearly or sharply defined to the mind;

- "clear-cut evidence of tampering";

- "Claudius was the first to invade Britain with distinct...intentions of conquest";

- "trenchant distinctions between right and wrong";

- syn. distinct, trenchant;

- sim. clear;

a2
having had all the trees removed at one time;

- "clear-cut hillsides are subject to erosion";

- sim. cleared;

a3
clear and distinct to the senses;

- easily perceptible;

- "as clear as a whistle";

- "clear footprints in the snow";

- "the letter brought back a clear image of his grandfather";

- "a spire clean-cut against the sky";

- "a clear-cut pattern";

- syn. clean-cut, clear;

- sim. distinct;

clear-eyed
a1
mentally acute or penetratingly discerning;

- "too clear-eyed not to see what problems would follow";

- "chaos could be prevented only by clear-sighted leadership";

- "much too perspicacious to be taken in by so spurious an argument";

- syn. clear-sighted, perspicacious;

- sim. discerning;

clear-sighted / k ɫ ɪə s aɪ t ɪ d /
a1
having sharp clear vision;

- sim. sighted;

a2
mentally acute or penetratingly discerning;

- "too clear-eyed not to see what problems would follow";

- "chaos could be prevented only by clear-sighted leadership";

- "much too perspicacious to be taken in by so spurious an argument";

- syn. clear-eyed, perspicacious;

- sim. discerning;

clear-thinking
a1
not mentally confused;

- able to think clearly and act intelligently;

- syn. clearheaded;

- sim. clear, unclouded;

clear and present danger
n1
a standard for judging when freedom of speech can be abridged;

- "no one has a right to shout `fire' in a crowded theater when there is no fire because such an action would pose a clear and present danger to public safety";

clear away
v1
remove from sight;

- syn. clear off;

clear liquid diet
n1
a diet of fluids with minimal residues (fat-free broth or strained fruit juices or gelatin);

- cannot be used for more than one day postoperative;

clear off
v1
remove from sight;

- syn. clear away;

clear out
v1
move out and leave nothing behind;

v2
clear out the chest and lungs;

- "This drug expectorates quickly";

- syn. drive out, expectorate;

v3
empty completely;

- "We cleaned out all the drawers";

- syn. clean out;

clear sailing
n1
easy unobstructed progress;

- "after we solved that problem the rest was plain sailing";

- syn. easy going, plain sailing;

clear the air
v1
dispel differences or negative emotions;

- "The group called a meeting to finally clear the air";

clear the throat
v1
clear mucus or food from one's throat;

- "he cleared his throat before he started to speak";

- syn. hawk;

clear up
v1
make clear and (more) comprehensible;

- "clarify the mystery surrounding her death";

- syn. clarify, elucidate;

v2
finish a task completely;

- "I finally got through this homework assignment";

- syn. finish off, finish up, get through, mop up, polish off, wrap up;

v3
free (the throat) by making a rasping sound;

- "Clear the throat";

- syn. clear;

v4
become clear;

- "The sky cleared after the storm";

- syn. brighten, clear, light up;

v5
make free from confusion or ambiguity;

- make clear;

- "Could you clarify these remarks?";

- "Clear up the question of who is at fault";

- syn. clear, crystalise, crystalize, crystallise, crystallize, elucidate, enlighten, illuminate, shed light on, sort out, straighten out;

clearance / k ɫ ɪə ɹ ə n s /
n1
the distance by which one thing clears another;

- the space between them;

n2
vertical space available to allow easy passage under something;

- syn. headroom, headway;

n3
permission to proceed;

- "the plane was given clearance to land";

clearance sale
n1
a sale to reduce inventory;

- syn. inventory-clearance sale;

clearcutness
n1
clarity as a consequence of precision;

- syn. preciseness;

cleared / k ɫ ɪə d /
a1
rid of objects or obstructions such as e.g. trees and brush;

- "cleared land";

- "cleared streets free of fallen trees and debris";

- "a cleared passage through the underbrush";

- "played poker on the cleared dining room table";

- also treeless, unwooded;

- sim. clear-cut, improved;

a2
freed from any question of guilt;

- "is absolved from all blame";

- "was now clear of the charge of cowardice";

- "his official honor is vindicated";

- syn. absolved, clear, exculpated, exonerated, vindicated;

- sim. innocent;

clearheaded / k ɫ ɪə h ɛ d ɪ d /
a1
not mentally confused;

- able to think clearly and act intelligently;

- syn. clear-thinking;

- sim. clear, unclouded;

clearing / k ɫ ɪə ɹ ɪ ŋ /
n1
a tract of land with few or no trees in the middle of a wooded area;

- syn. glade;

n2
the act of freeing from suspicion;

n3
the act of removing solid particles from a liquid;

- syn. clarification;

clearing house
n1
a central collection place where banks exchange checks or drafts;

- participants maintain an account against which credits or debits are posted;

clearly / k ɫ ɪə ɫ i /
r1
without doubt or question;

- "they were clearly lost";

- "history has clearly shown the folly of that policy";

r2
in an intelligible manner;

- "the foreigner spoke to us quite intelligibly";

- syn. intelligibly, understandably;

r3
clear to the mind;

- with distinct mental discernment;

- "it's distinctly possible";

- "I could clearly see myself in his situation";

- syn. distinctly;

r4
in an easily perceptible manner;

- "could be seen clearly under the microscope";

- "She cried loud and clear";

- syn. clear;

clearness / k ɫ ɪə n ə s /
n1
free from obscurity and easy to understand;

- the comprehensibility of clear expression;

- syn. clarity, limpidity, lucidity, lucidness, pellucidity;

n2
the quality of clear water;

- "when she awoke the clarity was back in her eyes";

- syn. clarity, uncloudedness;

clearstory / k ɫ ɪə s t ə ɹ i /
n1
part of an interior wall rising above the adjacent roof with windows admitting light;

- syn. clerestory;

clearway / k ɫ ɪə w eɪ /
n1
a road on which you are not allowed to stop (unless you have a breakdown);

clearweed
n1
a plants of the genus Pilea having drooping green flower clusters and smooth translucent stems and leaves;

- syn. Pilea pumilla, dead nettle, richweed;

cleat / k ɫ i t /
n1
a metal or leather projection (as from the sole of a shoe);

- prevents slipping;

n2
a fastener (usually with two projecting horns) around which a rope can be secured;

n3
a strip of wood or metal used to strengthen the surface to which it is attached;

v1
provide with cleats;

- "cleat running shoes for better traction";

v2
secure on a cleat;

- "cleat a line";

cleats / k ɫ i t s /
n1
shoes with leather or metal projections on the soles;

- "the football players all wore cleats";

cleavable
a1
capable of being cleaved;

- sim. divisible;

cleavage / k ɫ i v ɪ dʒ /
n1
the state of being split or cleft;

- "there was a cleavage between the liberal and conservative members";

n2
the breaking of a chemical bond in a molecule resulting in smaller molecules;

n3
(embryology) the repeated division of a fertilised ovum;

- syn. segmentation;

n4
the line formed by a groove between two parts (especially the separation between a woman's breasts);

n5
the act of cleaving or splitting;

cleavage cavity
n1
the fluid-filled cavity inside a blastula;

- syn. blastocele, blastocoel, blastocoele, segmentation cavity;

cleave / k ɫ i v /
v1
separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument;

- "cleave the bone";

- syn. rive, split;

v2
make by cutting into;

- "The water is going to cleave a channel into the rock";

v3
come or be in close contact with;

- stick or hold together and resist separation;

- "The dress clings to her body";

- "The label stuck to the box";

- "The sushi rice grains cohere";

- syn. adhere, cling, cohere, stick;

cleaver / k ɫ i v ə , k ɫ i v ə ɹ /
n1
a butcher's knife having a large square blade;

- syn. chopper, meat cleaver;

cleavers / k ɫ i v ə z /
n1
annual having the stem beset with curved prickles;

- North America and Europe and Asia;

- syn. Galium aparine, catchweed, clivers, goose grass, spring cleavers;

clef / k ɫ ɛ f /
n1
a musical notation written on a staff indicating the pitch of the notes following it;

cleft / k ɫ ɛ f t /
n1
a split or indentation in something (as the palate or chin);

n2
a long narrow opening;

- syn. crack, crevice, fissure, scissure;

a1
split or divided;

- "he had a cleft chin and strong jaw";

- "the infant was born with a double harelip and cleft palate";

- "a cleft stick";

- sim. divided;

a2
having one or more indentations reaching nearly to the midrib;

- syn. dissected;

- sim. compound;

cleft foot
n1
a deformity in which the space between the third and fourth toes extends up into the foot;

cleft lip
n1
a congenital cleft in the middle of the upper lip;

- syn. cheiloschisis, harelip;

cleft palate
n1
a congenital fissure of the hard palate;

cleg / k ɫ ɛ ɡ /
n1
large swift fly the female of which sucks blood of various animals;

- syn. clegg, horse fly, horsefly;

clegg
n1
large swift fly the female of which sucks blood of various animals;

- syn. cleg, horse fly, horsefly;

Cleistes
n1
terrestrial orchids of North and South America having slender fibrous roots;

- allied to genus Pogonia;

- syn. genus Cleistes;

Cleistes divaricata
n1
orchid of northeastern United States with magenta-pink flowers having funnel-shaped lip;

- sometimes placed in genus Pogonia;

- syn. Pogonia divaricata, funnel-crest rosebud orchid, spreading pogonia;

Cleistes rosea
n1
orchid of central and northern South America having 1- to 3-blossomed racemes of large showy rose-colored flowers;

- sometimes placed in genus Pogonia;

- syn. Pogonia rosea, rosebud orchid;

cleistocarp
n1
closed spore-bearing structure of some fungi (especially Aspergillaceae and Erysiphaceae) from which spores are released only by decay or disintegration;

- syn. cleistothecium;

cleistogamic
a1
exhibiting or relating to cleistogamy;

- syn. cleistogamous;

cleistogamous
a1
exhibiting or relating to cleistogamy;

- syn. cleistogamic;

cleistogamy
n1
the production of small nonopening self-pollinating flowers;

cleistothecium
n1
closed spore-bearing structure of some fungi (especially Aspergillaceae and Erysiphaceae) from which spores are released only by decay or disintegration;

- syn. cleistocarp;

clematis / k ɫ ɛ m ə t ɪ s /
n1
any of various ornamental climbing plants of the genus Clematis usually having showy flowers;

Clematis baldwinii
n1
erect clematis of Florida having pink to purple flowers;

- syn. Viorna baldwinii, pine hyacinth;

Clematis crispa
n1
climber of southern United States having bluish-purple flowers;

- syn. blue jasmine, blue jessamine, curly clematis, marsh clematis;

Clematis lasiantha
n1
clematis of California;

- syn. pipestem clematis;

Clematis ochreleuca
n1
shrubby clematis of the eastern United States having curly foliage;

- syn. curly-heads;

Clematis tangutica
n1
Chinese clematis with serrate leaves and large yellow flowers;

- syn. golden clematis;

Clematis texensis
n1
woody vine of Texas having showy solitary nodding scarlet flowers;

- syn. scarlet clematis;

Clematis versicolor
n1
woody vine of the southern United States having purple or blue flowers with leathery recurved sepals;

- syn. leather flower;

Clematis verticillaris
n1
climber of northeastern North America having waxy purplish-blue flowers;

- syn. mountain clematis, purple clematis, purple virgin's bower;

Clematis viorna
n1
scandent subshrub of southeastern United States having large red-purple bell-shaped flowers with leathery recurved sepals;

- syn. leather flower, vase-fine, vase vine;

Clematis virginiana
n1
common climber of eastern North America that sprawls over other plants and bears numerous panicles of small creamy white flowers;

- syn. devil's darning needle, old man's beard, virgin's bower;

Clematis vitalba
n1
vigorous deciduous climber of Europe to Afghanistan and Lebanon having panicles of fragrant green-white flowers in summer and autumn;

- syn. old man's beard, traveler's joy, traveller's joy;

Clemence Sophia Harned Lozier
n1
United States physician who in 1863 founded a medical school for women (1813-1888);

- syn. Lozier;

Clemenceau
n1
French statesman who played a key role in negotiating the Treaty of Versailles (1841-1929);

- syn. Georges Clemenceau, Georges Eugene Benjamin Clemenceau;

clemency / k ɫ ɛ m ə n s i /
n1
good weather with comfortable temperatures;

- syn. mildness;

n2
leniency and compassion shown toward offenders by a person or agency charged with administering justice;

- "he threw himself on the mercy of the court";

- syn. mercifulness, mercy;

Clemens / k ɫ ɛ m ə n z /
n1
United States writer and humorist best known for his novels about Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn (1835-1910);

- syn. Mark Twain, Samuel Langhorne Clemens;

clement / k ɫ ɛ m ə n t /
a1
(of weather or climate) physically mild;

- "clement weather";

- also temperate;

- sim. balmy;

a2
(used of persons or behavior) inclined to show mercy;

- "a more clement judge reduced the sentence";

- also merciful;

- sim. lenient;

Clement Attlee
n1
British statesman and leader of the Labour Party who instituted the welfare state in Britain (1883-1967);

- syn. 1st Earl Attlee, Attlee, Clement Richard Attlee;

Clement III
n1
Italian antipope from 1080 to 1100 who was installed as pope by the Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV who consistently opposed efforts at papal reform (died in 1100);

- syn. Guibert of Ravenna;

Clement Philibert Leo Delibes
n1
French composer of operas (1836-1891);

- syn. Delibes, Leo Delibes;

Clement Richard Attlee
n1
British statesman and leader of the Labour Party who instituted the welfare state in Britain (1883-1967);

- syn. 1st Earl Attlee, Attlee, Clement Attlee;

Clement VII
n1
Italian pope from 1523 to 1534 who broke with Henry VIII of England after Henry VIII divorced Catherine of Aragon and married Anne Boleyn (1478-1534);

- syn. Giulio de' Medici;

Clement XI
n1
Italian pope from 1700 to 1721 who condemned Jansenist ideas on papal infallibility;

- syn. Giovanni Francesco Albani;

Clement XIV
n1
Italian pope from 1769 to 1774 who lost whatever support remained of Catholic Europe, causing the church to fall into the hands of secular princes (1705-1774);

- syn. Lorenzo Ganganelli;

clementine
n1
a variety of mandarin orange that is grown around the Mediterranean and in South Africa;

- syn. clementine tree;

n2
a mandarin orange of a deep reddish orange color and few seeds;

clementine tree
n1
a variety of mandarin orange that is grown around the Mediterranean and in South Africa;

- syn. clementine;

clench / k ɫ ɛ n tʃ /
n1
a small slip noose made with seizing;

- syn. clinch;

n2
the act of grasping;

- "he released his clasp on my arm";

- "he has a strong grip for an old man";

- "she kept a firm hold on the railing";

- syn. clasp, clutch, clutches, grasp, grip, hold;

v1
hold in a tight grasp;

- "clench a steering wheel";

- syn. clinch;

v2
squeeze together tightly;

- "clench one's jaw";

clenched / k ɫ ɛ n tʃ t /
a1
closed or squeezed together tightly;

- "a clenched fist";

- "his clenched (or clinched) teeth";

- syn. clinched;

- sim. tight;

clenched fist
n1
a hand with the fingers clenched in the palm (as for hitting);

- syn. fist;

cleome
n1
any of various often strong-smelling plants of the genus Cleome having showy spider-shaped flowers;

- syn. spiderflower;

n2
tropical and subtropical annual or perennial herbs or low shrubs;

- syn. genus Cleome;

Cleome hassleriana
n1
native to South America but naturalized in warm parts of United States;

- grown for its long-lasting spider-shaped white to pink-purple flowers;

- syn. spider flower, spider plant;

Cleome pinnata
n1
perennial of southwestern United States having leathery blue-green pinnatifid leaves and thick plumelike spikes of yellow flowers;

- sometimes placed in genus Cleome;

- syn. Stanleya pinnata, desert plume, prince's-plume;

Cleome serrulata
n1
plant of western North America having trifoliate leaves and white or pink spider-shaped flowers;

- sometimes used as an ornamental;

- syn. Rocky Mountain bee plant, stinking clover;

Cleopatra
n1
beautiful and charismatic queen of Egypt;

- mistress of Julius Caesar and later of Mark Antony;

- killed herself to avoid capture by Octavian (69-30 BC);

clepsydra / k ɫ ɛ p s ɪ d ɹ ə /
n1
clock that measures time by the escape of water;

- syn. water clock, water glass;

clerestory / k ɫ ɪə s t ɔ ɹ i /
n1
part of an interior wall rising above the adjacent roof with windows admitting light;

- syn. clearstory;

clergy / k ɫ ɝ dʒ i /
n1
in Christianity, clergymen collectively (as distinguished from the laity);

clergyman / k ɫ ɝ dʒ ɪ m ə n /
n1
a member of the clergy and a spiritual leader of the Christian Church;

- syn. man of the cloth, reverend;

cleric / k ɫ ɛr ɪ k /
n1
a clergyman or other person in religious orders;

- syn. churchman, divine, ecclesiastic;

clerical / k ɫ ɛr ɪ k ɫ /
a1
of or relating to clerks;

- "clerical work";

a2
of or relating to the clergy;

- "clerical collar";

a3
appropriate for or engaged in office work;

- "clerical skills";

- "a clerical job";

- "the clerical staff";

- sim. white-collar;

clerical collar
n1
a stiff white collar with no opening in the front;

- a distinctive symbol of the clergy;

- syn. Roman collar, dog collar;

clericalism / k ɫ ɛr ɪ k ɫ ɪ z ə m /
n1
a policy of supporting the influence and power of the clergy in secular or political matters;

clericalist / k ɫ ɛr ɪ k ə ɫ ɪ s t /
n1
one who advocates clericalism;

clerid
n1
predacious on other insects;

- usually brightly colored or metallic;

- syn. clerid beetle;

clerid beetle
n1
predacious on other insects;

- usually brightly colored or metallic;

- syn. clerid;

Cleridae
n1
beetles that prey on other insects;

- syn. family Cleridae;

clerihew / k ɫ ɛr ɪ h j u /
n1
a witty satiric verse containing two rhymed couplets and mentioning a famous person;

- "`The president is George W. Bush, Who is happy to sit on his tush, While sending his armies to fight, For anything he thinks is right' is a clerihew";

clerisy
n1
an educated and intellectual elite;

- syn. intelligentsia;

clerk / k ɫ ɑ k /
n1
an employee who performs clerical work (e.g., keeps records or accounts);

n2
a salesperson in a store;

- syn. salesclerk, shop assistant, shop clerk;

v1
work as a clerk, as in the legal business;

clerking / k ɫ ɑ k ɪ ŋ /
n1
the activity of recording business transactions;

- syn. bookkeeping;

clerkship / k ɫ ɑ k ʃ ɪ p /
n1
the job of clerk;

Clethra
n1
type and sole genus of the Clethraceae;

- deciduous shrubs or small trees: white alder, summer-sweet;

- syn. genus Clethra;

Clethra alnifolia
n1
shrub of eastern and southern coastal United States having beautiful racemes of spice-scented white flowers;

- syn. pepper bush, summer sweet, sweet pepperbush, white alder;

Clethraceae
n1
coextensive with the genus Clethra;

- syn. family Clethraceae, white-alder family;

Clethrionomys
n1
a genus of Cricetidae;

- syn. genus Clethrionomys;

Cleveland / k ɫ i v ɫ ə n d /
n1
the largest city in Ohio;

- located in northeastern Ohio on Lake Erie;

- a major Great Lakes port;

n2
22nd and 24th President of the United States (1837-1908);

- syn. Grover Cleveland, President Cleveland, Stephen Grover Cleveland;

clever / k ɫ ɛ v ə , k ɫ ɛ v ə ɹ /
a1
showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with others;

- "a cagey lawyer";

- "too clever to be sound";

- syn. cagey, cagy, canny;

- sim. smart;

a2
mentally quick and resourceful;

- "an apt pupil";

- "you are a clever man...you reason well and your wit is bold"-Bram Stoker;

- syn. apt;

- sim. intelligent;

a3
showing inventiveness and skill;

- "a clever gadget";

- "the cunning maneuvers leading to his success";

- "an ingenious solution to the problem";

- syn. cunning, ingenious;

- sim. adroit;

clever clogs
n1
an intellectual who is ostentatiously and irritatingly knowledgeable;

- syn. clever Dick;

clever Dick
n1
an intellectual who is ostentatiously and irritatingly knowledgeable;

- syn. clever clogs;

cleverly / k ɫ ɛ v ə ɫ i /
r1
in a clever manner;

- "they were cleverly arranged";

- "a smartly managed business";

- syn. smartly;

cleverness / k ɫ ɛ v ə n ə s /
n1
the power of creative imagination;

- syn. ingeniousness, ingenuity, inventiveness;

n2
intelligence as manifested in being quick and witty;

- syn. brightness, smartness;

n3
the property of being ingenious;

- "a plot of great ingenuity";

- "the cleverness of its design";

- syn. ingeniousness, ingenuity;

clevis / k ɫ i v aɪ z /
n1
a coupler shaped like the letter U with holes through each end so a bolt or pin can pass through the holes to complete the coupling;

- used to attach a drawbar to a plow or wagon or trailer etc.;

clew / k ɫ u /
n1
a ball of yarn or cord or thread;

n2
evidence that helps to solve a problem;

- syn. clue, cue;

v1
roll into a ball;

- syn. clue;

clews / k ɫ u z /
n1
the cords used to suspend a hammock;

CLI
n1
a user interface in which you type commands instead of choosing them from a menu or selecting an icon;

- syn. command line interface;

clianthus
n1
any of various shrubs or vines of the genus Clianthus having compound leaves and pea-like red flowers in drooping racemes;

- syn. glory pea;

Clianthus formosus
n1
sprawling shrubby perennial noted for its scarlet black-marked flowers;

- widely distributed in dry parts of Australia;

- syn. Clianthus speciosus, Sturt's desert pea, Sturt pea, desert pea;

Clianthus puniceus
n1
evergreen shrub with scarlet to white clawlike or beaklike flowers;

- New Zealand;

- syn. parrot's beak, parrot's bill;

Clianthus speciosus
n1
sprawling shrubby perennial noted for its scarlet black-marked flowers;

- widely distributed in dry parts of Australia;

- syn. Clianthus formosus, Sturt's desert pea, Sturt pea, desert pea;

cliche / k ɫ i ʃ eɪ /
n1
a trite or obvious remark;

- syn. banality, bromide, commonplace, platitude;

cliched / k ɫ i ʃ eɪ d /
a1
repeated regularly without thought or originality;

- "ready-made phrases";

- syn. ready-made;

- sim. unoriginal;

Clichy
n1
a northwestern suburb of Paris;

- the residence of the Merovingian royalty in the 7th century;

- syn. Clichy-la-Garenne;

Clichy-la-Garenne
n1
a northwestern suburb of Paris;

- the residence of the Merovingian royalty in the 7th century;

- syn. Clichy;

click / k ɫ ɪ k /
n1
a short light metallic sound;

- syn. chink, clink;

n2
a stop consonant made by the suction of air into the mouth (as in Bantu);

- syn. suction stop;

n3
a hinged catch that fits into a notch of a ratchet to move a wheel forward or prevent it from moving backward;

- syn. detent, dog, pawl;

n4
depression of a button on a computer mouse;

- "a click on the right button for example";

- syn. mouse click;

v1
move or strike with a noise;

- "he clicked on the light";

- "his arm was snapped forward";

- syn. snap;

v2
make a clicking or ticking sound;

- "The clock ticked away";

- syn. tick;

v3
click repeatedly or uncontrollably;

- "Chattering teeth";

- syn. chatter;

v4
cause to make a snapping sound;

- "snap your fingers";

- syn. flick, snap;

v5
produce a click;

- "Xhosa speakers click";

v6
make a clucking sounds, characteristic of hens;

- syn. clack, cluck;

v7
become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions;

- "It dawned on him that she had betrayed him";

- "she was penetrated with sorrow";

- syn. come home, dawn, fall into place, get across, get through, penetrate, sink in;

click-clack
n1
a succession of clicks;

click beetle
n1
able to right itself when on its back by flipping into the air with a clicking sound;

- syn. skipjack, snapping beetle;

click off
v1
perform or finish an action rapidly;

- "The game was clicked off in 1:48";

click open
v1
open with a clicking sound;

- "These keys have clicked open many doors";

clickety-clack
n1
a fast and rhythmic click-clack;

- "the clickety-clack of the typewriters";

- syn. clickety-click;

clickety-click
n1
a fast and rhythmic click-clack;

- "the clickety-clack of the typewriters";

- syn. clickety-clack;

client / k ɫ aɪ ə n t /
n1
a person who seeks the advice of a lawyer;

n2
someone who pays for goods or services;

- syn. customer;

n3
(computer science) any computer that is hooked up to a computer network;

- syn. guest, node;

client-centered therapy
n1
a method of psychotherapy developed by Carl Rogers in which the client determines the focus and pace of each session;

client-server
a1
relating to a computer system in which a central server supports a number of networked workstations;

clientage / k ɫ aɪ ə n t eɪ dʒ /
n1
relation of a client to a patron;

clientele / k ɫ i ə n t ɛ ɫ /
n1
customers collectively;

- "they have an upper class clientele";

- syn. business, patronage;

cliff / k ɫ ɪ f /
n1
a steep high face of rock;

- "he stood on a high cliff overlooking the town";

- "a steep drop";

- syn. drop, drop-off;

cliff-brake
n1
any of several small lithophytic ferns of tropical and warm temperate regions;

- syn. cliff brake, rock brake;

cliff-hanging
a1
(of a situation) characterized by or causing suspense;

- syn. nail-biting, suspenseful, suspensive;

- sim. tense;

cliff brake
n1
any of several small lithophytic ferns of tropical and warm temperate regions;

- syn. cliff-brake, rock brake;

cliff diving
n1
diving into the water from a steep overhanging cliff;

cliff dweller
n1
a member of the Anasazi people living in the southwestern United States who built rock or adobe dwellings on ledges in the sides of caves;

cliff dwelling
n1
a rock and adobe dwelling built on sheltered ledges in the sides of a cliff;

- "the Anasazi built cliff dwellings in the southwestern United States";

cliff penstemon
n1
one of the West's most beautiful wildflowers;

- large brilliant pink or rose flowers in many racemes above thick mats of stems and leaves;

- ledges and cliffs from Washington to California;

- syn. Penstemon rupicola, rock penstemon;

cliff rose
n1
tufted thrift of seacoasts and mountains of north temperate zone;

- occasionally grown as a ground cover;

- syn. Armeria maritima, sea pink;

cliff swallow
n1
North American swallow that lives in colonies and builds bottle-shaped mud nests on cliffs and walls;

- syn. Hirundo pyrrhonota;

cliffhanger / k ɫ ɪ f h æ ŋ ə ɹ /
n1
a contest whose outcome is uncertain up to the very end;

n2
an episode that ends in suspense;

Clifford Odets
n1
United States playwright (1906-1963);

- syn. Odets;

Clifford trust
n1
a trust established to shift the income to someone who is taxed at a lower rate than the grantor for a period of 10 years or more;

- syn. grantor trust;

Cliftonia
n1
one species: titi;

- syn. genus Cliftonia;

Cliftonia monophylla
n1
tree of low-lying coastal areas of southeastern United States having glossy leaves and racemes of fragrant white flowers;

- syn. buckwheat tree, titi;

climacteric / k ɫ aɪ m æ k t ə ɹ ɪ k /
n1
a period in a man's life corresponding to menopause;

n2
the time in a woman's life in which the menstrual cycle ends;

- syn. change of life, menopause;

climactic / k ɫ aɪ m æ k t ɪ k /
a1
consisting of or causing a climax;

- "a climactic development";

climate / k ɫ aɪ m ə t /
n1
the weather in some location averaged over some long period of time;

- "the dank climate of southern Wales";

- "plants from a cold clime travel best in winter";

- syn. clime;

n2
the prevailing psychological state;

- "the climate of opinion";

- "the national mood had changed radically since the last election";

- syn. mood;

climate change
n1
a change in the world's climate;

- syn. global climate change;

climatic / k ɫ aɪ m æ t ɪ k /
a1
of or relating to a climate;

- "climatic changes";

- syn. climatical;

climatic zone
n1
any of the geographical zones loosely divided according to prevailing climate and latitude;

climatical / k ɫ aɪ m æ t ɪ k ə ɫ /
a1
of or relating to a climate;

- "climatic changes";

- syn. climatic;

climatically / k ɫ aɪ m æ t ɪ k ɫ i /
r1
with respect to climate;

- "they were used to a climatically different environment";

climatologist / k ɫ aɪ m ə t ɒ ɫ ə dʒ ɪ s t /
n1
someone who is expert in climatology;

climatology / k ɫ aɪ m ə t ɒ ɫ ə dʒ i /
n1
meteorology of climates and their phenomena;

climax / k ɫ aɪ m æ k s /
n1
the highest point of anything conceived of as growing or developing or unfolding;

- "the climax of the artist's career";

- "in the flood tide of his success";

- syn. flood tide;

n2
the decisive moment in a novel or play;

- "the deathbed scene is the climax of the play";

- syn. culmination;

n3
the moment of most intense pleasure in sexual intercourse;

- syn. coming, orgasm, sexual climax;

n4
the most severe stage of a disease;

n5
arrangement of clauses in ascending order of forcefulness;

v1
end, especially to reach a final or climactic stage;

- "The meeting culminated in a tearful embrace";

- syn. culminate;

climb / k ɫ aɪ m /
n1
an upward slope or grade (as in a road);

- "the car couldn't make it up the rise";

- syn. acclivity, ascent, raise, rise, upgrade;

n2
an event that involves rising to a higher point (as in altitude or temperature or intensity etc.);

- syn. climbing, mounting;

n3
the act of climbing something;

- "it was a difficult climb to the top";

- syn. mount;

v1
go upward with gradual or continuous progress;

- "Did you ever climb up the hill behind your house?";

- syn. climb up, go up, mount;

- also climb down, climb on;

v2
move with difficulty, by grasping;

v3
go up or advance;

- "Sales were climbing after prices were lowered";

- syn. mount, rise, wax;

v4
slope upward;

- "The path climbed all the way to the top of the hill";

v5
improve one's social status;

- "This young man knows how to climb the social ladder";

v6
increase in value or to a higher point;

- "prices climbed steeply";

- "the value of our house rose sharply last year";

- syn. go up, rise;

climb-down / k ɫ aɪ m d aʊ n /
n1
a retraction of a previously held position;

- syn. backdown, withdrawal;

climb down
v1
come down;

- "the birds alighted";

- syn. alight;

climb on
v1
get up on the back of;

- "mount a horse";

- syn. bestride, get on, hop on, jump on, mount, mount up;

climb up
v1
go upward with gradual or continuous progress;

- "Did you ever climb up the hill behind your house?";

- syn. climb, go up, mount;

v2
appear to be moving upward, as by means of tendrils;

- "the vine climbed up the side of the house";

- syn. ascend;

v3
rise in rank or status;

- "Her new novel jumped high on the bestseller list";

- syn. jump, rise;

climbable / k ɫ aɪ m eɪ b ɫ /
a1
capable of being ascended;

- syn. ascendable, ascendible;

- sim. scalable;

a2
capable of being surmounted;

- syn. surmountable;

- sim. passable;

climber / k ɫ aɪ m ə , k ɫ aɪ m ə ɹ /
n1
a vine or climbing plant that readily grows up a support or over other plants;

n2
someone seeking social prominence by obsequious behavior;

- syn. social climber;

n3
someone who ascends on foot;

- "a solitary mounter of the staircase";

- syn. mounter;

n4
someone who climbs as a sport;

- especially someone who climbs mountains;

- "the lead climber looked strong still but his partner often slumped in his ropes";

n5
an iron spike attached to the shoe to prevent slipping on ice when walking or climbing;

- syn. climbing iron, crampon, crampoon;

climbing / k ɫ aɪ m ɪ ŋ /
n1
an event that involves rising to a higher point (as in altitude or temperature or intensity etc.);

- syn. climb, mounting;

climbing bird's nest fern
n1
tropical Africa to Australasia and Polynesia;

- syn. Microsorium punctatum;

climbing bittersweet
n1
twining shrub of North America having yellow capsules enclosing scarlet seeds;

- syn. American bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, bittersweet, false bittersweet, shrubby bittersweet, staff vine, waxwork;

climbing boneset
n1
herb of tropical America having vanilla-scented flowers;

- climbs up trees;

- syn. Mikania scandens, climbing hemp-vine, climbing hempweed, wild climbing hempweed;

climbing corydalis
n1
annual vine with decompound leaves and racemes of yellow and pink flowers;

- syn. Corydalis claviculata, Fumaria claviculata;

climbing fern
n1
any of several ferns of the genus Lygodium that climb by twining;

climbing frame
n1
a framework of bars or logs for children to climb on;

climbing fumitory
n1
vine with feathery leaves and white or pinkish flowers;

- sometimes placed in genus Fumaria;

- syn. Adlumia fungosa, Allegheny vine, Fumaria fungosa;

climbing hemp-vine
n1
herb of tropical America having vanilla-scented flowers;

- climbs up trees;

- syn. Mikania scandens, climbing boneset, climbing hempweed, wild climbing hempweed;

climbing hempweed
n1
herb of tropical America having vanilla-scented flowers;

- climbs up trees;

- syn. Mikania scandens, climbing boneset, climbing hemp-vine, wild climbing hempweed;

climbing hydrangea
n1
climbing shrub with adhesive aerial roots having opposite leaves and small white flowers in terminal cymes;

- Himalayas to Taiwan and Japan;

- syn. Schizophragma hydrangeoides;

n2
deciduous climber with aerial roots having large flat flower heads;

- syn. Hydrangea petiolaris;

n3
deciduous climber with aerial roots having white to creamy flowers in fairly flat heads;

- syn. Hydrangea anomala;

climbing iron
n1
an iron spike attached to the shoe to prevent slipping on ice when walking or climbing;

- syn. climber, crampon, crampoon;

climbing lily
n1
any plant of the genus Gloriosa of tropical Africa and Asia;

- a perennial herb climbing by means of tendrils at leaf tips having showy yellow to red or purple flowers;

- all parts are poisonous;

- syn. Gloriosa superba, creeping lily, gloriosa, glory lily;

climbing maidenhair
n1
tropical fern widespread in Old World;

- naturalized in Jamaica and Florida;

- syn. Lygodium microphyllum, climbing maidenhair fern, snake fern;

climbing maidenhair fern
n1
tropical fern widespread in Old World;

- naturalized in Jamaica and Florida;

- syn. Lygodium microphyllum, climbing maidenhair, snake fern;

climbing nightshade
n1
poisonous perennial Old World vine having violet flowers and oval coral-red berries;

- widespread weed in North America;

- syn. Solanum dulcamara, bittersweet, bittersweet nightshade, deadly nightshade, poisonous nightshade, woody nightshade;

climbing onion
n1
much-branched leafless twining South African herb cultivated as an ornamental for its bright green stems growing from large aboveground bulbs;

- syn. Bowiea volubilis;

climbing perch
n1
a small perch of India whose gills are modified to allow it to breathe air;

- has spiny pectoral fins that enable it to travel on land;

- syn. A. testudineus, Anabas testudineus;

climbing salamander
n1
any of several North American salamanders adapted for climbing with well-developed limbs and long somewhat squared-off toes;

clime / k ɫ aɪ m /
n1
the weather in some location averaged over some long period of time;

- "the dank climate of southern Wales";

- "plants from a cold clime travel best in winter";

- syn. climate;

clinch / k ɫ ɪ n tʃ /
n1
(boxing) the act of one boxer holding onto the other to avoid being hit and to rest momentarily;

n2
a small slip noose made with seizing;

- syn. clench;

n3
the flattened part of a nail or bolt or rivet;

n4
a device (generally used by carpenters) that holds things firmly together;

- syn. clamp;

n5
a tight or amorous embrace;

- "come here and give me a big hug";

- syn. hug, squeeze;

v1
secure or fasten by flattening the ends of nails or bolts;

- "The girder was clinched into the wall";

v2
hold a boxing opponent with one or both arms so as to prevent punches;

v3
hold in a tight grasp;

- "clench a steering wheel";

- syn. clench;

v4
embrace amorously;

v5
flatten the ends (of nails and rivets);

- "the nails were clinched";

v6
settle conclusively;

- "clinch a deal";

Clinch River
n1
a river that rises in southwestern Virginia and flows generally southwestward across eastern Tennessee to the Tennessee River;

clinched / k ɫ ɪ n tʃ t /
a1
closed or squeezed together tightly;

- "a clenched fist";

- "his clenched (or clinched) teeth";

- syn. clenched;

- sim. tight;

clincher / k ɫ ɪ n tʃ ə , k ɫ ɪ n tʃ ə ɹ /
n1
an argument that is conclusive;

- syn. determiner, determining factor;

n2
a point or fact or remark that settles something conclusively;

- syn. decisive factor;

n3
a tool used to clinch nails or bolts or rivets;

clincher-built
a1
having overlapping hull planks;

- syn. clinker-built, lap-strake, lap-straked, lap-streak, lap-streaked;

Cline
n1
American geneticist who succeeded in transferring a functioning gene from one mouse to another (born in 1934);

- syn. Martin Cline;

cling / k ɫ ɪ ŋ /
n1
fruit (especially peach) whose flesh adheres strongly to the pit;

- syn. clingstone;

v1
come or be in close contact with;

- stick or hold together and resist separation;

- "The dress clings to her body";

- "The label stuck to the box";

- "The sushi rice grains cohere";

- syn. adhere, cleave, cohere, stick;

v2
to remain emotionally or intellectually attached;

- "He clings to the idea that she might still love him.";

v3
hold on tightly or tenaciously;

- "hang on to your father's hands";

- "The child clung to his mother's apron";

- syn. hang;

cling film
n1
a thin plastic film made of saran (trade name Saran Wrap) that sticks to itself;

- used for wrapping food;

- syn. Saran Wrap, clingfilm;

cling to
v1
hold firmly, usually with one's hands;

- "She clutched my arm when she got scared";

- syn. clutch, hold close, hold tight;

clingfilm
n1
a thin plastic film made of saran (trade name Saran Wrap) that sticks to itself;

- used for wrapping food;

- syn. Saran Wrap, cling film;

clingfish
n1
very small (to 3 inches) flattened marine fish with a sucking disc on the abdomen for clinging to rocks etc.;

clingstone / k ɫ ɪ ŋ s t oʊ n /
n1
fruit (especially peach) whose flesh adheres strongly to the pit;

- syn. cling;

clinic / k ɫ ɪ n ɪ k /
n1
a medical establishment run by a group of medical specialists;

n2
meeting for diagnosis of problems and instruction or remedial work in a particular activity;

n3
a healthcare facility for outpatient care;

clinical / k ɫ ɪ n ɪ k ɫ /
a1
relating to a clinic or conducted in or as if in a clinic and depending on direct observation of patients;

- "clinical observation";

- "clinical case study";

a2
scientifically detached;

- unemotional;

- "he spoke in the clipped clinical monotones typical of police testimony";

- sim. objective;

clinical anatomy
n1
the practical application of anatomical knowledge to diagnosis and treatment;

- syn. applied anatomy;

clinical depression
n1
a state of depression and anhedonia so severe as to require clinical intervention;

- syn. depression, depressive disorder;

clinical neurology
n1
(neurology) the branch of medicine that deals with the nervous system and its disorders;

- syn. neurology;

clinical psychologist
n1
a therapist who deals with mental and emotional disorders;

- syn. psychotherapist;

clinical psychology
n1
the branch of psychology concerned with the treatment of abnormal mentation and behavior;

clinical test
n1
a rigorously controlled test of a new drug or a new invasive medical device on human subjects;

- in the United States it is conducted under the direction of the FDA before being made available for general clinical use;

- syn. clinical trial;

clinical thermometer
n1
a mercury thermometer designed to measure the temperature of the human body;

- graduated to cover a range a few degrees on either side of the normal body temperature;

- syn. mercury-in-glass clinical thermometer;

clinical trial
n1
a rigorously controlled test of a new drug or a new invasive medical device on human subjects;

- in the United States it is conducted under the direction of the FDA before being made available for general clinical use;

- syn. clinical test;

clinically / k ɫ ɪ n ɪ k ɫ i /
r1
in a clinical manner;

- "she is clinically qualified";

clinician / k ɫ ɪ n ɪ k i ə n /
n1
a practitioner (of medicine or psychology) who does clinical work instead of laboratory experiments;

clinid
n1
mostly small blennioid fishes of coral reefs and seagrass beds;

- syn. clinid fish;

clinid fish
n1
mostly small blennioid fishes of coral reefs and seagrass beds;

- syn. clinid;

Clinidae
n1
viviparous blennies of temperate and tropical seas;

- syn. family Clinidae;

clink / k ɫ ɪ ŋ k /
n1
a short light metallic sound;

- syn. chink, click;

n2
a correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence);

- syn. gaol, jail, jailhouse, pokey, poky, slammer;

v1
make a high sound typical of glass;

- "champagne glasses clinked to make a toast";

v2
make or emit a high sound;

- "tinkling bells";

- syn. chink, tink, tinkle;

clinker / k ɫ ɪ ŋ k ə , k ɫ ɪ ŋ k ə ɹ /
n1
a fragment of incombustible matter left after a wood or coal or charcoal fire;

- syn. cinder;

n2
a hard brick used as a paving stone;

- syn. clinker brick;

v1
clear out the cinders and clinker from;

- "we clinkered the fire frequently";

v2
turn to clinker or form clinker under excessive heat in burning;

clinker-built / k ɫ ɪ ŋ k ə b ɪ ɫ t /
a1
having overlapping hull planks;

- syn. clincher-built, lap-strake, lap-straked, lap-streak, lap-streaked;

clinker block
n1
a light concrete building block made with cinder aggregate;

- "cinder blocks are called breeze blocks in Britain";

- syn. breeze block, cinder block;

clinker brick
n1
a hard brick used as a paving stone;

- syn. clinker;

clinking / k ɫ ɪ ŋ k ɪ ŋ /
a1
like the light sharp ringing sound of glasses being tapped;

- sim. reverberant;

clinocephalism
n1
a congenital defect in which the top of the head is depressed (concave instead of convex);

- syn. clinocephaly;

clinocephaly
n1
a congenital defect in which the top of the head is depressed (concave instead of convex);

- syn. clinocephalism;

clinodactyly
n1
a congenital defect in which one or more toes or fingers are abnormally positioned;

clinometer / k ɫ aɪ n ɒ m ɪ t ə /
n1
an instrument used by surveyors in order to measure an angle of inclination or elevation;

- syn. inclinometer;

Clinopodium
n1
wild basil;

- syn. genus Clinopodium;

Clinopodium grandiflorum
n1
aromatic herb with large pink flowers;

- southern and southeastern Europe;

- Anatolia;

- northern Iran;

- syn. Calamintha grandiflora, Satureja grandiflora, large-flowered calamint;

Clinopodium vulgare
n1
aromatic herb having heads of small pink or whitish flowers;

- widely distributed in United States, Europe and Asia;

- syn. Satureja vulgaris, cushion calamint, wild basil;

Clinoril
n1
a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Clinoril);

- syn. sulindac;

clinquant / k ɫ ɪ ŋ k ə n t /
a1
glittering with gold or silver;

- syn. tinseled, tinselly;

- sim. adorned;

Clinton / k ɫ ɪ n t ə n /
n1
wife of President Clinton and later a woman member of the United States Senate (1947-);

- syn. Hilary Clinton, Hilary Rodham Clinton;

n2
42nd President of the United States (1946-);

- syn. Bill Clinton, President Clinton, William Jefferson Clinton;

n3
United States politician who as governor of New York supported the project to build the Erie Canal (1769-1828);

- syn. DeWitt Clinton;

n4
a town in east central Iowa;

Clinton's lily
n1
any temperate liliaceous plant of the genus Clintonia having broad basal leaves and white or yellowish or purplish flowers followed by blue or black berries;

- syn. clintonia;

Clinton administration
n1
the executive under President Clinton;

clintonia
n1
any temperate liliaceous plant of the genus Clintonia having broad basal leaves and white or yellowish or purplish flowers followed by blue or black berries;

- syn. Clinton's lily;

Clintonia andrewsiana
n1
plant with nearly leafless stalk topped by a cluster of red or reddish lavender flowers;

- California to Oregon;

- syn. Andrew's clintonia, red Clintonia;

Clintonia borealis
n1
common woodland herb of temperate North America having yellow nodding flowers and small round blue fruits;

- syn. heal all, yellow clintonia;

Clintonia uniflora
n1
plant with 1 or 2 white starlike flowers on short leafless stalks;

- Alaska to California and east to Oregon and Montana;

- syn. bride's bonnet, queen's cup;

Clio
n1
(Greek mythology) the Muse of history;

Clioquinol
n1
drug used to treat certain fungal infection (as athlete's foot);

- syn. iodochlorhydroxyquin;

clip / k ɫ ɪ p /
n1
a metal frame or container holding cartridges;

- can be inserted into an automatic gun;

- syn. cartridge clip, cartridge holder, magazine;

n2
an instance or single occasion for some event;

- "this time he succeeded";

- "he called four times";

- "he could do ten at a clip";

- syn. time;

n3
any of various small fasteners used to hold loose articles together;

n4
an article of jewelry that can be clipped onto a hat or dress;

n5
the act of clipping or snipping;

- syn. clipping, snip;

n6
a sharp slanting blow;

- "he gave me a clip on the ear";

v1
sever or remove by pinching or snipping;

- "nip off the flowers";

- syn. nip, nip off, snip, snip off;

v2
run at a moderately swift pace;

- syn. jog, trot;

v3
attach with a clip;

- "clip the papers together";

v4
cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of;

- "dress the plants in the garden";

- syn. crop, cut back, dress, lop, prune, snip, trim;

v5
terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end or its full extent;

- "My speech was cut short";

- "Personal freedom is curtailed in many countries";

- syn. curtail, cut short;

clip-clop
n1
the sound of a horse's hoofs hitting on a hard surface;

- syn. clippety-clop, clop, clopping, clumping, clunking;

clip-on / k ɫ ɪ p ɒ n /
n1
a device (as an earring, sunglasses, microphone etc.) that is attached by clips;

a1
attachable by a clip;

- "clip-on earrings";

- "a clip-on bow tie";

- sim. attachable;

clip art
n1
ready-made pieces of computerized graphic art that can be used to decorate a document;

clip artist
n1
a swindler who fleeces the victim;

clip joint
n1
a place of entertainment where high prices are charged for poor entertainment;

clip lead
n1
a short piece of wire with alligator clips on both ends;

clipboard / k ɫ ɪ p b ɔ d /
n1
a small writing board with a clip at the top for holding papers;

clipped / k ɫ ɪ p t /
a1
cut or trimmed by clipping;

- "a handsome man with a clipped moustache";

- "clipped hedges";

- "close-clipped lawns";

- "a clipped poodle";

- sim. trimmed;

a2
(of speech) having quick short sounds;

- "a clipped upper-class accent";

- sim. short;

clipper / k ɫ ɪ p ə , k ɫ ɪ p ə ɹ /
n1
(electronics) a nonlinear electronic circuit whose output is limited in amplitude;

- used to limit the instantaneous amplitude of a waveform (to clip off the peaks of a waveform);

- "a limiter introduces amplitude distortion";

- syn. limiter;

n2
a fast sailing ship used in former times;

- syn. clipper ship;

n3
shears for cutting grass or shrubbery (often used in the plural);

n4
scissors for cutting hair or finger nails (often used in the plural);

clipper ship
n1
a fast sailing ship used in former times;

- syn. clipper;

clippety-clop
n1
the sound of a horse's hoofs hitting on a hard surface;

- syn. clip-clop, clop, clopping, clumping, clunking;

clipping / k ɫ ɪ p ɪ ŋ /
n1
an excerpt cut from a newspaper or magazine;

- "he searched through piles of letters and clippings";

- syn. cutting, newspaper clipping, press clipping, press cutting;

n2
cutting down to the desired size or shape;

- syn. trim, trimming;

n3
the act of clipping or snipping;

- syn. clip, snip;

clique / k ɫ i k /
n1
an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose;

- syn. camp, coterie, ingroup, inner circle, pack;

cliquish / k ɫ i k ɪ ʃ /
a1
befitting or characteristic of those who incline to social exclusiveness and who rebuff the advances of people considered inferior;

- syn. clannish, clubby, snobbish, snobby;

- sim. private;

cliquishly
r1
in a clannish manner;

- "these four friends always act clannishly, and don't let us participate in their activities";

- syn. clannishly;

cliquishness / k ɫ i k ɪ ʃ n ɛ s /
n1
tendency to associate with only a select group;

- syn. clannishness, exclusiveness;

clit
n1
a female sexual organ homologous to the penis;

- syn. button, clitoris;

Clitocybe
n1
a genus of agarics with white to pale yellow spore deposits and fleshy stalks centrally attached to the cap and closely attached gills;

- syn. genus Clitocybe;

Clitocybe clavipes
n1
an agaric with a flat cap that is greyish or yellowish brown with pallid gills and a stalk that bulges toward the base;

Clitocybe dealbata
n1
a small poisonous agaric;

- has a dry white cap with crowded gills and a short stalk;

Clitocybe inornata
n1
a fungus with a cap that is creamy grey when young and turns brown with age and a whitish stalk that stains yellow when handled;

Clitocybe irina
n1
an edible agaric with large silky white caps and thick stalks;

- syn. Lepista irina, Tricholoma irinum;

Clitocybe nuda
n1
edible agaric that is pale lilac when young;

- has a smooth moist cap;

- syn. blewits;

Clitocybe robusta
n1
a large white agaric;

- edible but not palatable;

- syn. Clytocybe alba;

Clitocybe subconnexa
n1
an edible white agaric that fruits in dense clusters;

- the gills are narrow and crowded and the stalk is fleshy and unpolished;

clitoral / k ɫ ɪ t ə ɹ ə ɫ /
a1
of or relating to the clitoris;

- syn. clitoric;

clitoral vein
n1
veins that serve the clitoris;

- syn. vena clitoridis;

Clitoria
n1
genus of tropical shrubs or vines having pinnate leaves and large axillary flowers;

- syn. genus Clitoria;

Clitoria mariana
n1
large-flowered wild twining vine of southeastern and central United States having pale blue flowers;

- syn. butterfly pea;

Clitoria turnatea
n1
vine of tropical Asia having pinnate leaves and bright blue flowers with yellow centers;

- syn. blue pea, butterfly pea;

clitoric
a1
of or relating to the clitoris;

- syn. clitoral;

clitoridectomy
n1
excision of the clitoris;

- syn. female circumcision;

clitoris / k ɫ ɪ t ə ɹ ɪ s /
n1
a female sexual organ homologous to the penis;

- syn. button, clit;

clitter
v1
make a shrill creaking noise by rubbing together special bodily structures;

- "male insects such as crickets or grasshoppers stridulate";

- syn. stridulate;

Clive / k ɫ aɪ v /
n1
British general and statesman whose victory at Plassey in 1757 strengthened British control of India (1725-1774);

- syn. Baron Clive, Baron Clive of Plassey, Robert Clive;

Clive Sinclair
n1
English electrical engineer who founded a company that introduced many innovative products (born in 1940);

- syn. Sinclair, Sir Clive Marles Sinclair;

Clive Staples Lewis
n1
English critic and novelist;

- author of theological works and of books for children (1898-1963);

- syn. C. S. Lewis, Lewis;

clivers / k ɫ aɪ v ə ɹ z , k ɫ aɪ v ə z /
n1
annual having the stem beset with curved prickles;

- North America and Europe and Asia;

- syn. Galium aparine, catchweed, cleavers, goose grass, spring cleavers;

cloaca / k ɫ oʊ eɪ k ə /
n1
(zoology) the cavity (in birds, reptiles, amphibians, most fish, and monotremes but not mammals) at the end of the digestive tract into which the intestinal, genital, and urinary tracts open;

n2
a waste pipe that carries away sewage or surface water;

- syn. sewer, sewerage;

cloak / k ɫ oʊ k /
n1
anything that covers or conceals;

n2
a loose outer garment;

v1
hide under a false appearance;

- "He masked his disappointment";

- syn. dissemble, mask;

v2
cover as if with clothing;

- "the mountain was clothed in tropical trees";

- syn. clothe, drape, robe;

v3
cover with or as if with a cloak;

- "cloaked monks";

cloak-and-dagger
a1
conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods;

- "clandestine intelligence operations";

- "cloak-and-dagger activities behind enemy lines";

- "hole-and-corner intrigue";

- "secret missions";

- "a secret agent";

- "secret sales of arms";

- "surreptitious mobilization of troops";

- "an undercover investigation";

- "underground resistance";

- syn. clandestine, hole-and-corner, hugger-mugger, hush-hush, secret, surreptitious, undercover, underground;

- sim. covert;

cloaked / k ɫ oʊ k t /
a1
having its true character concealed with the intent of misleading;

- "hidden agenda";

- "masked threat";

- syn. disguised, masked;

- sim. covert;

a2
covered with or as if with clothes or a wrap or cloak;

- "leaf-clothed trees";

- "fog-cloaked meadows";

- "a beam draped with cobwebs";

- "cloud-wrapped peaks";

- syn. clothed, draped, mantled, wrapped;

- sim. covered;

cloakmaker
n1
someone whose occupation is making or repairing fur garments;

- syn. furrier;

cloakroom / k ɫ oʊ k ɹ u m /
n1
a private lounge off of a legislative chamber;

n2
a room where coats and other articles can be left temporarily;

- syn. coatroom;

clobber / k ɫ ɒ b ə , k ɫ ɒ b ə ɹ /
n1
informal terms for personal possessions;

- "did you take all your clobber?";

- syn. stuff;

v1
strike violently and repeatedly;

- "She clobbered the man who tried to attack her";

- syn. baste, batter;

v2
beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight;

- "We licked the other team on Sunday!";

- syn. bat, cream, drub, lick, thrash;

clochard
n1
a wanderer who has no established residence or visible means of support;

- syn. drifter, floater, vagabond, vagrant;

cloche / k ɫ ɒ ʃ /
n1
a low transparent cover put over young plants to protect them from cold;

n2
a woman's close-fitting hat that resembles a helmet;

clock / k ɫ ɒ k /
n1
a timepiece that shows the time of day;

v1
measure the time or duration of an event or action or the person who performs an action in a certain period of time;

- "he clocked the runners";

- syn. time;

clock-watching / k ɫ ɒ k w ɒ tʃ ɪ ŋ /
n1
paying excessive attention to the clock (in anticipation of stopping work);

clock dial
n1
the face of a clock showing hours and minutes of the day;

- syn. clock face;

clock face
n1
the face of a clock showing hours and minutes of the day;

- syn. clock dial;

clock golf
n1
a form of golf in which you putt from positions arranged on the circumference of a circle around the hole;

clock in
v1
register one's arrival at work;

- syn. clock on, punch in;

clock off
v1
register one's departure from work;

- syn. clock out, punch out;

clock on
v1
register one's arrival at work;

- syn. clock in, punch in;

clock out
v1
register one's departure from work;

- syn. clock off, punch out;

clock pendulum
n1
a physical pendulum used to regulate a clockwork mechanism;

clock radio
n1
a radio that includes a clock that can be set to turn it on automatically;

clock time
n1
a reading of a point in time as given by a clock;

- "do you know what time it is?";

- "the time is 10 o'clock";

- syn. time;

clock tower
n1
a tower with a large clock visible high up on an outside face;

clock up
v1
record a distance travelled;

- on planes and cars;

- syn. log up;

clock watcher
n1
a worker preoccupied with the arrival of quitting time;

clocking / k ɫ ɒ k ɪ ŋ /
n1
the time taken to traverse a measured course;

- "it was a world record clocking";

clockmaker
n1
someone whose occupation is making or repairing clocks and watches;

- syn. clocksmith;

clocks / k ɫ ɒ k s /
n1
European weed naturalized in southwestern United States and Mexico having reddish decumbent stems with small fernlike leaves and small deep reddish-lavender flowers followed by slender fruits that stick straight up;

- often grown for forage;

- syn. Erodium cicutarium, alfilaria, alfileria, filaree, filaria, pin clover, pin grass, redstem storksbill;

clocksmith / k ɫ ɒ k s m ɪ θ /
n1
someone whose occupation is making or repairing clocks and watches;

- syn. clockmaker;

clockwise / k ɫ ɒ k w aɪ z /
a1
in the same direction as the rotating hands of a clock;

- also dextral;

- sim. dextrorotary;

r1
in the direction that the hands of a clock move;

- "please move clockwise in a circle";

clockwise rotation
n1
rotation to the right;

- syn. dextrorotation;

clockwork / k ɫ ɒ k w ɝ k /
n1
any mechanism of geared wheels that is driven by a coiled spring;

- resembles the works of a mechanical clock;

clockwork universe
n1
the view that the universe resembles a clock built by God and ticking along according to Newtonian mechanics;

clod / k ɫ ɒ d /
n1
a compact mass;

- "a ball of mud caught him on the shoulder";

- syn. ball, chunk, clump, glob, lump;

n2
an awkward stupid person;

- syn. gawk, goon, lout, lubber, lummox, lump, oaf, stumblebum;

cloddish / k ɫ ɒ d d ɪ ʃ /
a1
heavy and dull and stupid;

- syn. doltish;

- sim. stupid;

clodhopper / k ɫ ɒ d h ɒ p ə , k ɫ ɒ d h ɒ p ə ɹ /
n1
a thick and heavy shoe;

- syn. brogan, brogue, work shoe;

clofibrate
n1
a drug (trade name Atromid-S) that reduces lipids in the blood serum;

- used to treat some cardiovascular diseases;

- syn. Atromid-S;

clog / k ɫ ɒ ɡ /
n1
footwear usually with wooden soles;

- syn. geta, patten, sabot;

n2
any object that acts as a hindrance or obstruction;

n3
a dance performed while wearing shoes with wooden soles;

- has heavy stamping steps;

- syn. clog dance, clog dancing;

v1
become or cause to become obstructed;

- "The leaves clog our drains in the Fall";

- "The water pipe is backed up";

- syn. back up, choke, choke off, clog up, congest, foul;

v2
dance a clog dance;

v3
impede the motion of, as with a chain or a burden;

- "horses were clogged until they were tamed";

v4
impede with a clog or as if with a clog;

- "The market is being clogged by these operations";

- "My mind is constipated today";

- syn. constipate;

v5
coalesce or unite in a mass;

- "Blood clots";

- syn. clot;

v6
fill to excess so that function is impaired;

- "Fear clogged her mind";

- "The story was clogged with too many details";

- syn. overload;

clog dance
n1
a dance performed while wearing shoes with wooden soles;

- has heavy stamping steps;

- syn. clog, clog dancing;

clog dancer
n1
someone who does clog dancing;

clog dancing
n1
a dance performed while wearing shoes with wooden soles;

- has heavy stamping steps;

- syn. clog, clog dance;

clog up
v1
become or cause to become obstructed;

- "The leaves clog our drains in the Fall";

- "The water pipe is backed up";

- syn. back up, choke, choke off, clog, congest, foul;

clogged / k ɫ ɒ ɡ d /
a1
thickened or coalesced in soft thick lumps (such as clogs or clots);

- "clotted blood";

- "seeds clogged together";

- syn. clotted;

- sim. thick;

a2
stopped up;

- clogged up;

- "clogged pipes";

- "clogged up freeways";

- "streets choked with traffic";

- syn. choked;

- sim. obstructed;

a3
loaded with something that hinders motion;

- "The wings of birds were clogged with ice and snow"-Dryden;

- sim. encumbered;

clogging / k ɫ ɒ ɡ ɪ ŋ /
a1
preventing movement;

- "the clogging crowds of revelers overflowing into the street";

- syn. hindering, impeding, obstructive;

- sim. preventive;

cloggy / k ɫ ɒ ɡ i /
a1
(used of soil) compact and fine-grained;

- "the clayey soil was heavy and easily saturated";

- syn. clayey, heavy;

- sim. compact;

cloisonne
n1
enamelware in which colored areas are separated by thin metal strips;

a1
(for metals) having areas separated by metal and filled with colored enamel and fired;

- syn. champleve;

- sim. adorned;

cloister / k ɫ ɔɪ s t ə , k ɫ ɔɪ s t ə ɹ /
n1
residence that is a place of religious seclusion (such as a monastery);

- syn. religious residence;

n2
a courtyard with covered walks (as in religious institutions);

v1
surround with a cloister, as of a garden;

v2
surround with a cloister;

- "cloister the garden";

v3
seclude from the world in or as if in a cloister;

- "She cloistered herself in the office";

cloistered / k ɫ ɔɪ s t ə d /
a1
of communal life sequestered from the world under religious vows;

- syn. cloistral, conventual, monastic, monastical;

- sim. unworldly;

a2
providing privacy or seclusion;

- "the cloistered academic world of books";

- "sat close together in the sequestered pergola";

- "sitting under the reclusive calm of a shade tree";

- "a secluded romantic spot";

- syn. reclusive, secluded, sequestered;

- sim. private;

cloistral / k ɫ ɔɪ s t ɹ ə ɫ /
a1
of communal life sequestered from the world under religious vows;

- syn. cloistered, conventual, monastic, monastical;

- sim. unworldly;

Clomid
n1
a fertility drug (trade name Clomid) that is used to stimulate ovulation and that has been associated with multiple births;

- syn. clomiphene, clomiphene citrate;

clomiphene
n1
a fertility drug (trade name Clomid) that is used to stimulate ovulation and that has been associated with multiple births;

- syn. Clomid, clomiphene citrate;

clomiphene citrate
n1
a fertility drug (trade name Clomid) that is used to stimulate ovulation and that has been associated with multiple births;

- syn. Clomid, clomiphene;

clomipramine
n1
a tricyclic antidepressant drug;

clomp
v1
walk clumsily;

- syn. clump;

clon
n1
a group of genetically identical cells or organisms derived from a single cell or individual by some kind of asexual reproduction;

- syn. clone;

clonal
a1
of or relating to a clone;

clone / k ɫ oʊ n /
n1
a person who is almost identical to another;

- syn. dead ringer, ringer;

n2
a group of genetically identical cells or organisms derived from a single cell or individual by some kind of asexual reproduction;

- syn. clon;

n3
an unauthorized copy or imitation;

- syn. knockoff;

v1
make multiple identical copies of;

- "people can clone a sheep nowadays";

clonic
a1
of or relating to abnormal neuromuscular activity characterized by rapidly alternating muscle contraction and relaxation;

- "clonic spasm";

clonidine
n1
an antihypertensive (trade name Catapres) that can be administered orally or via transdermal patches;

- syn. Catapres;

cloning
n1
a general term for the research activity that creates a copy of some biological entity (a gene or organism or cell);

clonus
n1
convulsion characterized by alternating contractions and relaxations;

clop
n1
the sound of a horse's hoofs hitting on a hard surface;

- syn. clip-clop, clippety-clop, clopping, clumping, clunking;

v1
make or move along with a sound as of a horse's hooves striking the ground;

- syn. clump, clunk, plunk;

clopidogrel bisulfate
n1
a blood thinner (trade name Plavix) approved for the treatment of mild heart attacks;

- works by preventing blood platelets from sticking together to form clots that would restrict blood flow;

- syn. Plavix;

clopping
n1
the sound of a horse's hoofs hitting on a hard surface;

- syn. clip-clop, clippety-clop, clop, clumping, clunking;

Clorox
n1
a commercial bleaching agent;

close / k ɫ oʊ s , k ɫ oʊ z /
n1
the temporal end;

- the concluding time;

- "the stopping point of each round was signaled by a bell";

- "the market was up at the finish";

- "they were playing better at the close of the season";

- syn. conclusion, finale, finis, finish, last, stopping point;

n2
the last section of a communication;

- "in conclusion I want to say...";

- syn. closing, conclusion, end, ending;

n3
the concluding part of any performance;

- syn. closing curtain, finale, finis;

v1
move so that an opening or passage is obstructed;

- make shut;

- "Close the door";

- "shut the window";

- syn. shut;

v2
become closed;

- "The windows closed with a loud bang";

- syn. shut;

v3
cease to operate or cause to cease operating;

- "The owners decided to move and to close the factory";

- "My business closes every night at 8 P.M.";

- "close up the shop";

- syn. close down, close up, fold, shut down;

v4
finish or terminate (meetings, speeches, etc.);

- "The meeting was closed with a charge by the chairman of the board";

v5
come to a close;

- "The concert closed with a nocturne by Chopin";

- syn. conclude;

v6
complete a business deal, negotiation, or an agreement;

- "We closed on the house on Friday";

- "They closed the deal on the building";

v7
be priced or listed when trading stops;

- "The stock market closed high this Friday";

- "My new stocks closed at $59 last night";

v8
engage at close quarters;

- "close with the enemy";

v9
cause a window or an application to disappear on a computer desktop;

v10
change one's body stance so that the forward shoulder and foot are closer to the intended point of impact;

v11
come together, as if in an embrace;

- "Her arms closed around her long lost relative";

- syn. come together;

v12
draw near;

- "The probe closed with the space station";

v13
bring together all the elements or parts of;

- "Management closed ranks";

v14
bar access to;

- "Due to the accident, the road had to be closed for several hours";

v15
fill or stop up;

- "Can you close the cracks with caulking?";

- syn. fill up;

v16
unite or bring into contact or bring together the edges of;

- "close the circuit";

- "close a wound";

- "close a book";

- "close up an umbrella";

- syn. close up;

v17
finish a game in baseball by protecting a lead;

- "The relief pitcher closed with two runs in the second inning";

a1
at or within a short distance in space or time or having elements near each other;

- "close to noon";

- "how close are we to town?";

- "a close formation of ships";

- sim. adjacent, ambient, appressed, approximate, at hand, at hand, close-hauled, close-set, contiguous, encompassing, enveloping, hand-to-hand, juxtaposed, nestled, proximate, scalelike, walk-to;

a2
close in relevance or relationship;

- "a close family";

- "we are all...in close sympathy with...";

- "close kin";

- "a close resemblance";

- sim. approximate, boon, chummy, close-knit, confidential, cozy, dear, familiar, intimate;

a3
not far distant in time or space or degree or circumstances;

- "near neighbors";

- "in the near future";

- "they are near equals";

- "his nearest approach to success";

- "a very near thing";

- "a near hit by the bomb";

- "she was near tears";

- "she was close to tears";

- "had a close call";

- syn. near, nigh;

- sim. adjacent, hot, nearby, warm;

a4
rigorously attentive;

- strict and thorough;

- "close supervision";

- "paid close attention";

- "a close study";

- "kept a close watch on expenditures";

- sim. careful;

a5
marked by fidelity to an original;

- "a close translation";

- "a faithful copy of the portrait";

- "a faithful rendering of the observed facts";

- syn. faithful;

- sim. accurate;

a6
(of a contest or contestants) evenly matched;

- "a close contest";

- "a close election";

- "a tight game";

- syn. tight;

- sim. equal;

a7
crowded;

- "close quarters";

- syn. confining;

- sim. confined;

a8
lacking fresh air;

- "a dusty airless attic";

- "the dreadfully close atmosphere";

- "hot and stuffy and the air was blue with smoke";

- syn. airless, stuffy, unaired;

- sim. unventilated;

a9
of textiles;

- "a close weave";

- "smooth percale with a very tight weave";

- syn. tight;

- sim. fine;

a10
strictly confined or guarded;

- "kept under close custody";

- sim. restrained;

a11
confined to specific persons;

- "a close secret";

- sim. private;

a12
fitting closely but comfortably;

- "a close fit";

- syn. close-fitting, snug;

- sim. tight;

a13
used of hair or haircuts;

- "a close military haircut";

- sim. short;

a14
giving or spending with reluctance;

- "our cheeseparing administration";

- "very close (or near) with his money";

- "a penny-pinching miserly old man";

- syn. cheeseparing, near, penny-pinching, skinny;

- sim. stingy;

a15
inclined to secrecy or reticence about divulging information;

- "although they knew her whereabouts her friends kept close about it";

- syn. closelipped, closemouthed, secretive, tightlipped;

- sim. uncommunicative;

r1
near in time or place or relationship;

- "as the wedding day drew near";

- "stood near the door";

- "don't shoot until they come near";

- "getting near to the true explanation";

- "her mother is always near";

- "The end draws nigh";

- "the bullet didn't come close";

- "don't get too close to the fire";

- syn. near, nigh;

r2
in an attentive manner;

- "he remained close on his guard";

- syn. closely, tight;

close-fitting / k ɫ oʊ s f ɪ t ɪ ŋ /
a1
fitting closely but comfortably;

- "a close fit";

- syn. close, snug;

- sim. tight;

close-grained / k ɫ oʊ s ɡ ɹ eɪ n d /
a1
dense or compact in structure or texture, as a wood composed of small-diameter cells;

- "close-grained birch";

- "fine-grained rock";

- syn. fine-grained;

- sim. fine;

close-hauled / k ɫ oʊ s h ɔ ɫ d /
a1
having the sails trimmed for sailing as close to the wind as possible;

- sim. close;

close-knit
a1
held together as by social or cultural ties;

- "a close-knit family";

- "close-knit little villages";

- "the group was closely knit";

- syn. closely knit;

- sim. close;

close-minded
a1
not ready to receive to new ideas;

- syn. closed-minded;

- sim. narrow-minded;

close-order drill
n1
(military) military drill of troops in standard marching (shoulder-to-shoulder);

close-packed
a1
packed especially tightly;

- sim. compact;

close-quarter fighting
n1
hand-to-hand fighting at close quarters;

close-set / k ɫ oʊ s s ɛ t /
a1
set close together;

- "close-set eyes";

- "close-set teeth";

- "her eyes are close set";

- syn. close set;

- sim. close;

close at hand
a1
close in space;

- within reach;

- "the town is close at hand";

- syn. at hand;

- sim. close;

a2
close in time;

- about to occur;

- "retribution is at hand";

- "some people believe the day of judgment is close at hand";

- "in imminent danger";

- "his impending retirement";

- syn. at hand, imminent, impendent, impending;

- sim. close;

close call
n1
something achieved (or escaped) by a narrow margin;

- syn. close shave, narrow escape, squeak, squeaker;

close corporation
n1
a corporation owned by a few people;

- shares have no public market;

- syn. closed corporation, private corporation, privately held corporation;

close down
v1
cease to operate or cause to cease operating;

- "The owners decided to move and to close the factory";

- "My business closes every night at 8 P.M.";

- "close up the shop";

- syn. close, close up, fold, shut down;

close in
v1
advance or converge on;

- "The police were closing in on him";

- syn. draw in;

v2
surround completely;

- "Darkness enclosed him";

- "They closed in the porch with a fence";

- syn. enclose, inclose, shut in;

close off
v1
stem the flow of;

- "shut off the gas when you leave for a vacation";

- syn. shut off;

v2
isolate or separate;

- "She was shut off from the friends";

- syn. shut off;

v3
block off the passage through;

- "We shut off the valve";

- syn. block off, shut off;

close order
n1
a military formation for drill or marching;

close out
v1
make impossible, especially beforehand;

- syn. preclude, rule out;

v2
terminate by selling off or disposing of;

- "He closed out his line of sports cars";

v3
terminate;

- "We closed out our account";

close quarters
n1
a situation of being uncomfortably close to someone or something;

close set
a1
set close together;

- "close-set eyes";

- "close-set teeth";

- "her eyes are close set";

- syn. close-set;

- sim. close;

close shave
n1
something achieved (or escaped) by a narrow margin;

- syn. close call, narrow escape, squeak, squeaker;

close support
n1
close-in firing by one unit against an enemy engaged by another unit;

close supporting fire
n1
fire on enemy troops or weapons or positions that are near the supported unit and are the most immediate and serious threat to it;

close to
r1
(of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct;

- "lasted approximately an hour";

- "in just about a minute";

- "he's about 30 years old";

- "I've had about all I can stand";

- "we meet about once a month";

- "some forty people came";

- "weighs around a hundred pounds";

- "roughly $3,000";

- "holds 3 gallons, more or less";

- "20 or so people were at the party";

- syn. about, approximately, around, just about, more or less, or so, roughly, some;

close to the wind
r1
nearly opposite to the direction from which wind is coming;

- "sailing close to the wind";

close together
a1
located close together;

- "with heads close together";

- "approximate leaves grow together but are not united";

- syn. approximate;

- sim. close;

close up
v1
cease to operate or cause to cease operating;

- "The owners decided to move and to close the factory";

- "My business closes every night at 8 P.M.";

- "close up the shop";

- syn. close, close down, fold, shut down;

v2
block passage through;

- "obstruct the path";

- syn. block, impede, jam, obstruct, obturate, occlude;

v3
unite or bring into contact or bring together the edges of;

- "close the circuit";

- "close a wound";

- "close a book";

- "close up an umbrella";

- syn. close;

v4
refuse to talk or stop talking;

- fall silent;

- "The children shut up when their father approached";

- syn. be quiet, belt up, button up, clam up, dummy up, keep mum, shut up;

r1
very close;

- "without my reading glasses I can hardly see things close up";

- "even firing at close range he missed";

- syn. at close range;

closed / k ɫ oʊ z d /
a1
not open or affording passage or access;

- "the many closed streets made travel difficult";

- "our neighbors peeped from behind closed curtains";

- also closed, obstructed, sealed, shut;

- sim. blocked, drawn, nonopening, stoppered;

a2
(set theory) of an interval that contains both its endpoints;

a3
not open;

- "the door slammed shut";

- syn. shut, unopen;

- also closed;

a4
used especially of mouth or eyes;

- "he sat quietly with closed eyes";

- "his eyes were shut against the sunlight";

- syn. shut;

- sim. blinking, compressed, squinched;

a5
requiring union membership;

- "a closed shop";

- sim. union;

a6
with shutters closed;

- sim. shuttered;

a7
not open to the general public;

- "a closed meeting";

- sim. restricted;

a8
not having an open mind;

- "a closed mind unreceptive to new ideas";

- syn. unsympathetic;

- sim. unreceptive;

a9
blocked against entry;

- "a closed porch";

- syn. closed in;

- sim. enclosed;

closed-angle glaucoma
n1
glaucoma in which the iris blocks the outflow of aqueous humor;

- "closed-angle glaucoma can cause a rapid buildup of high intraocular pressure that results in permanent visual damage in a couple of days";

- syn. acute glaucoma, angle-closure glaucoma;

closed-captioned
a1
broadcast with captions that are seen only on receivers having special equipment;

- can be provided for hard-of-hearing viewers;

closed-chain
a1
having atoms linked by bonds represented in circular or triangular form;

- syn. closed-ring;

- sim. cyclic;

closed-circuit
a1
relating to or consisting of a closed circuit;

- "closed-circuit television";

closed-circuit television
n1
a television system that is not used for broadcasting but is connected by cables to designated monitors (as in a factory or theater);

closed-class word
n1
a word that is uninflected and serves a grammatical function but has little identifiable meaning;

- syn. function word;

closed-door
a1
not open to the public;

- "a closed-door meeting";

- sim. private;

closed-end fund
n1
a regulated investment company that issues a fixed number of shares which are listed on a stock market;

- syn. closed-end investment company;

closed-end investment company
n1
a regulated investment company that issues a fixed number of shares which are listed on a stock market;

- syn. closed-end fund;

closed-heart surgery
n1
heart surgery in which a small incision is made (the chest cavity is not opened);

closed-loop system
n1
a control system with a feedback loop that is active;

- syn. closed loop;

closed-minded
a1
not ready to receive to new ideas;

- syn. close-minded;

- sim. narrow-minded;

closed-ring
a1
having atoms linked by bonds represented in circular or triangular form;

- syn. closed-chain;

- sim. cyclic;

closed book
n1
something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained;

- "how it got out is a mystery";

- "it remains one of nature's secrets";

- syn. enigma, mystery, secret;

closed chain
n1
(chemistry) a chain of atoms in a molecule that forms a closed loop;

- syn. ring;

closed circuit
n1
a complete electrical circuit around which current flows or a signal circulates;

- syn. loop;

closed corporation
n1
a corporation owned by a few people;

- shares have no public market;

- syn. close corporation, private corporation, privately held corporation;

closed couplet
n1
a rhymed couplet that forms a complete syntactic unit;

closed curve
n1
a curve (such as a circle) having no endpoints;

closed fracture
n1
an uncomplicated fracture in which the broken bones to not pierce the skin;

- syn. simple fracture;

closed gentian
n1
similar to Gentiana andrewsii but with larger flowers;

- syn. Gentiana clausa, blind gentian;

n2
gentian of eastern North America having tubular blue or white flowers that open little if at all;

- syn. Gentiana andrewsii, blind gentian, bottle gentian;

closed in
a1
blocked against entry;

- "a closed porch";

- syn. closed;

- sim. enclosed;

closed interval
n1
an interval that includes its endpoints;

- syn. bounded interval;

closed loop
n1
a control system with a feedback loop that is active;

- syn. closed-loop system;

closed primary
n1
a primary in which only registered members of a particular political party can vote;

- "closed primaries strengthen party unity";

closed session
n1
a session (usually of a legislative body) that is closed to the public;

- syn. executive session;

closed shop
n1
a company that hires only union members;

closed universe
n1
(cosmology) a universe that is spatially closed and in which there is sufficient matter to halt the expansion that began with the big bang;

- the visible matter is only 10 percent of the matter required for closure but there may be large amounts of dark matter;

closedown / k ɫ oʊ s d aʊ n /
n1
termination of operations;

- "they regretted the closure of the day care center";

- syn. closing, closure, shutdown;

closefisted / k ɫ oʊ s f ɪ s t ɪ d /
a1
unwilling to part with money;

- syn. hardfisted, tightfisted;

- sim. stingy;

closelipped
a1
inclined to secrecy or reticence about divulging information;

- "although they knew her whereabouts her friends kept close about it";

- syn. close, closemouthed, secretive, tightlipped;

- sim. uncommunicative;

closely / k ɫ oʊ s ɫ i /
r1
in a close relation or position in time or space;

- "the onsets were closely timed";

- "houses set closely together";

- "was closely involved in monitoring daily progress";

r2
in an attentive manner;

- "he remained close on his guard";

- syn. close, tight;

r3
in a close manner;

- "the two phenomena are intimately connected";

- "the person most nearly concerned";

- syn. intimately, nearly;

closely-held
a1
owned by a relatively few shareholders;

- "a closely-held corporation";

- sim. owned;

closely held corporation
n1
stock is publicly traded but most is held by a few shareholders who have no plans to sell;

closely knit
a1
held together as by social or cultural ties;

- "a close-knit family";

- "close-knit little villages";

- "the group was closely knit";

- syn. close-knit;

- sim. close;

closemouthed / k ɫ oʊ s m aʊ ð d /
a1
inclined to secrecy or reticence about divulging information;

- "although they knew her whereabouts her friends kept close about it";

- syn. close, closelipped, secretive, tightlipped;

- sim. uncommunicative;

closeness / k ɫ oʊ s n ə s /
n1
a feeling of being intimate and belonging together;

- "their closeness grew as the night wore on";

- syn. intimacy;

n2
the quality of being close and poorly ventilated;

- syn. stuffiness;

n3
the spatial property resulting from a relatively small distance;

- "the sudden closeness of the dock sent him into action";

- syn. nearness;

n4
extreme stinginess;

- syn. meanness, minginess, niggardliness, niggardness, parsimoniousness, parsimony, tightfistedness, tightness;

n5
characterized by a lack of openness (especially about one's actions or purposes);

- syn. secretiveness;

n6
close or warm friendship;

- "the absence of fences created a mysterious intimacy in which no one knew privacy";

- syn. familiarity, intimacy;

closeout / k ɫ oʊ s aʊ t /
n1
a sale intended to dispose of all remaining stock;

closer / k ɫ oʊ s ə , k ɫ oʊ s ə ɹ , k ɫ oʊ z ə /
n1
a person who closes something;

- "whoever is the closer has to turn out the lights and lock up";

n2
(baseball) a relief pitcher who can protect a lead in the last inning or two of the game;

- syn. finisher;

r1
(comparative of `near' or `close') within a shorter distance;

- "come closer, my dear!";

- "they drew nearer";

- "getting nearer to the true explanation";

- syn. nearer, nigher;

closest / k ɫ oʊ s ɪ s t /
r1
(superlative of `near' or `close') within the shortest distance;

- "that was the time he came nearest to death";

- syn. nearest, nighest;

closet / k ɫ ɒ z ɪ t /
n1
a small room (or recess) or cabinet used for storage space;

- syn. cupboard;

n2
a toilet in Britain;

- syn. W.C., loo, water closet;

n3
a tall piece of furniture that provides storage space for clothes;

- has a door and rails or hooks for hanging clothes;

- syn. press, wardrobe;

n4
a small private room for study or prayer;

v1
confine to a small space, as for intensive work;

closet auger
n1
a snake used to unblock toilets;

closet drama
n1
drama more suitable for reading that for performing;

closet queen
n1
a negative term for a homosexual man who chooses not to reveal his sexual orientation;

closeup
n1
a photograph taken at close range;

closeup lens
n1
a photographic lens with a short focal length used to take pictures at short ranges;

closing / k ɫ oʊ z ɪ ŋ /
n1
the act of closing something;

- syn. shutting;

n2
the last section of a communication;

- "in conclusion I want to say...";

- syn. close, conclusion, end, ending;

n3
approaching a particular destination;

- a coming closer;

- a narrowing of a gap;

- "the ship's rapid rate of closing gave them little time to avoid a collision";

- syn. closure;

n4
termination of operations;

- "they regretted the closure of the day care center";

- syn. closedown, closure, shutdown;

n5
a concluding action;

- syn. completion, culmination, mop up, windup;

a1
final or ending;

- "the closing stages of the election";

- "the closing weeks of the year";

- "the closing scene of the film";

- "closing remarks";

- sim. concluding, terminative, year-end;

closing curtain
n1
the concluding part of any performance;

- syn. close, finale, finis;

closing off
n1
the act of isolating something;

- setting something apart from others;

- syn. isolation;

closing price
n1
(stock market) the price of the last transaction completed during a day's trading session;

closing time
n1
the regular time of day when an establishment closes to the public;

clostridia
n1
spindle-shaped bacterial cell especially one swollen at the center by an endospore;

- syn. clostridium;

clostridial myonecrosis
n1
(pathology) a deadly form of gangrene usually caused by clostridium bacteria that produce toxins that cause tissue death;

- can be used as a bioweapon;

- syn. emphysematous gangrene, emphysematous phlegmon, gangrenous emphysema, gas gangrene, gas phlegmon, progressive emphysematous necrosis;

clostridium
n1
spindle-shaped bacterial cell especially one swollen at the center by an endospore;

- syn. clostridia;

Clostridium botulinum
n1
anaerobic bacterium producing botulin the toxin that causes botulism;

- syn. botulinum, botulinus;

clostridium perfringens
n1
anaerobic Gram-positive rod bacterium that produces epsilon toxin;

- can be used as a bioweapon;

Clostridium perfringens epsilon toxin
n1
a bacterial toxin produced by clostridium perfringens;

- causes intense abdominal cramps and diarrhea that begins 8-22 hours after consumption of foods containing large numbers of these bacteria;

- syn. epsilon toxin;

closure / k ɫ oʊ ʒ ə , k ɫ oʊ ʒ ə ɹ /
n1
approaching a particular destination;

- a coming closer;

- a narrowing of a gap;

- "the ship's rapid rate of closing gave them little time to avoid a collision";

- syn. closing;

n2
a rule for limiting or ending debate in a deliberative body;

- syn. cloture, gag law, gag rule;

n3
a Gestalt principle of organization holding that there is an innate tendency to perceive incomplete objects as complete and to close or fill gaps and to perceive asymmetric stimuli as symmetric;

- syn. law of closure;

n4
something settled or resolved;

- the outcome of decision making;

- "they finally reached a settlement with the union";

- "they never did achieve a final resolution of their differences";

- "he needed to grieve before he could achieve a sense of closure";

- syn. resolution, settlement;

n5
an obstruction in a pipe or tube;

- "we had to call a plumber to clear out the blockage in the drainpipe";

- syn. block, blockage, occlusion, stop, stoppage;

n6
the act of blocking;

- syn. blockage, occlusion;

n7
termination of operations;

- "they regretted the closure of the day care center";

- syn. closedown, closing, shutdown;

v1
terminate debate by calling for a vote;

- "debate was closured";

- "cloture the discussion";

- syn. cloture;

closure by compartment
n1
closure imposed on the debate of specific sections of a bill;

- syn. guillotine;

clot / k ɫ ɒ t /
n1
a lump of material formed from the content of a liquid;

- syn. coagulum;

v1
change from a liquid to a thickened or solid state;

- "coagulated blood";

- syn. coagulate;

v2
cause to change from a liquid to a solid or thickened state;

- syn. coagulate;

v3
turn into curds;

- "curdled milk";

- syn. clabber, curdle;

v4
coalesce or unite in a mass;

- "Blood clots";

- syn. clog;

clot buster
n1
a kind of pharmaceutical that can break up clots blocking the flow of blood to the heart muscle;

- syn. thrombolytic, thrombolytic agent;

clotbur
n1
any of several erect biennial herbs of temperate Eurasia having stout taproots and producing burs;

- syn. burdock;

cloth / k ɫ ɒ θ /
n1
artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers;

- "the fabric in the curtains was light and semitransparent";

- "woven cloth originated in Mesopotamia around 5000 BC";

- "she measured off enough material for a dress";

- syn. fabric, material, textile;

cloth cap
n1
a flat woolen cap with a stiff peak;

- syn. flat cap;

cloth covering
n1
a covering made of cloth;

clothe / k ɫ oʊ ð /
v1
provide with clothes or put clothes on;

- "Parents must feed and dress their child";

- syn. apparel, dress, enclothe, fit out, garb, garment, habilitate, raiment, tog;

v2
furnish with power or authority;

- of kings or emperors;

- syn. adorn, invest;

v3
cover as if with clothing;

- "the mountain was clothed in tropical trees";

- syn. cloak, drape, robe;

clothed / k ɫ oʊ ð d /
a1
wearing or provided with clothing;

- sometimes used in combination;

- "clothed and in his right mind"- Bible;

- "proud of her well-clothed family";

- "nurses clad in white";

- "white-clad nurses";

- syn. clad;

- also adorned;

- sim. appareled, arrayed, breeched, bundled-up, caparisoned, cassocked, coated, costumed, cowled, dighted, dressed, gowned, habited, heavy-coated, overdressed, petticoated, red-coated, suited, surpliced, togged, turned out, tuxedoed, underdressed, uniformed, vestmented;

a2
covered with or as if with clothes or a wrap or cloak;

- "leaf-clothed trees";

- "fog-cloaked meadows";

- "a beam draped with cobwebs";

- "cloud-wrapped peaks";

- syn. cloaked, draped, mantled, wrapped;

- sim. covered;

clothes / k ɫ oʊ ð z /
n1
clothing in general;

- "she was refined in her choice of apparel";

- "he always bought his clothes at the same store";

- "fastidious about his dress";

- syn. apparel, dress, wearing apparel;

clothes basket
n1
a hamper that holds dirty clothes to be washed or wet clothes to be dried;

- syn. clothes hamper, laundry basket, voider;

clothes closet
n1
a closet where clothes are stored;

- syn. clothespress;

clothes designer
n1
someone who designs clothing;

- syn. couturier, designer, fashion designer;

clothes drier
n1
a dryer that dries clothes wet from washing;

- syn. clothes dryer;

clothes dryer
n1
a dryer that dries clothes wet from washing;

- syn. clothes drier;

clothes hamper
n1
a hamper that holds dirty clothes to be washed or wet clothes to be dried;

- syn. clothes basket, laundry basket, voider;

clothes hanger
n1
a hanger that is shaped like a person's shoulders and used to hang garments on;

- syn. coat hanger, dress hanger;

clothes moth
n1
any of several small yellowish or buff-colored moths whose larvae eat organic matter e.g. woolens;

clothes peg
n1
wood or plastic fastener;

- for holding clothes on a clothesline;

- syn. clothes pin, clothespin;

clothes pin
n1
wood or plastic fastener;

- for holding clothes on a clothesline;

- syn. clothes peg, clothespin;

clothes tree
n1
an upright pole with pegs or hooks on which to hang clothing;

- syn. coat stand, coat tree;

clothesbrush
n1
a brush used for cleaning clothing;

clotheshorse / k ɫ oʊ ð z h ɔ s /
n1
a framework on which to hang clothes (as for drying);

n2
a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance;

- syn. beau, dandy, dude, fashion plate, fop, gallant, sheik, swell;

clothesless
a1
possessing no clothing;

- syn. garmentless, raimentless;

- sim. unclothed;

clothesline / k ɫ oʊ ð z ɫ aɪ n /
n1
a cord on which clothes are hung to dry;

clothespin / k ɫ oʊ ð s p ɪ n /
n1
wood or plastic fastener;

- for holding clothes on a clothesline;

- syn. clothes peg, clothes pin;

clothespress / k ɫ oʊ ð z p ɹ ɛ s /
n1
a closet where clothes are stored;

- syn. clothes closet;

clothier / k ɫ oʊ ð ɪə , k ɫ oʊ ð ɪə ɹ /
n1
a merchant who sells men's clothing;

- syn. haberdasher;

clothing / k ɫ oʊ ð ɪ ŋ /
n1
a covering designed to be worn on a person's body;

- syn. article of clothing, habiliment, vesture, wear, wearable;

clothing store
n1
a store where men's clothes are sold;

- syn. haberdashery, haberdashery store, mens store;

Clotho
n1
the Greek goddess of fate who spins the thread of life;

- syn. Klotho;

clotted / k ɫ ɒ t ɪ d /
a1
thickened or coalesced in soft thick lumps (such as clogs or clots);

- "clotted blood";

- "seeds clogged together";

- syn. clogged;

- sim. thick;

clotted cream
n1
thick cream made from scalded milk;

- syn. Devonshire cream;

clotting / k ɫ ɒ t ɪ ŋ /
n1
the process of forming semisolid lumps in a liquid;

- syn. coagulation, curdling;

clotting factor
n1
any of the factors in the blood whose actions are essential for blood coagulation;

- syn. coagulation factor;

clotting time
n1
the time it takes for a sample of blood to clot;

- used to diagnose some clotting disorders;

cloture
n1
a rule for limiting or ending debate in a deliberative body;

- syn. closure, gag law, gag rule;

v1
terminate debate by calling for a vote;

- "debate was closured";

- "cloture the discussion";

- syn. closure;

cloud / k ɫ aʊ d /
n1
any collection of particles (e.g., smoke or dust) or gases that is visible;

n2
a visible mass of water or ice particles suspended at a considerable altitude;

n3
out of touch with reality;

- "his head was in the clouds";

n4
a cause of worry or gloom or trouble;

- "the only cloud on the horizon was the possibility of dissent by the French";

n5
suspicion affecting your reputation;

- "after that mistake he was under a cloud";

n6
a group of many things in the air or on the ground;

- "a swarm of insects obscured the light";

- "clouds of blossoms";

- "it discharged a cloud of spores";

- syn. swarm;

v1
make overcast or cloudy;

- "Fall weather often overcasts our beaches";

- syn. overcast;

- also cloud over, cloud up;

v2
make less visible or unclear;

- "The stars are obscured by the clouds";

- "the big elm tree obscures our view of the valley";

- syn. becloud, befog, fog, haze over, mist, obnubilate, obscure;

v3
billow up in the form of a cloud;

- "The smoke clouded above the houses";

v4
make gloomy or depressed;

- "Their faces were clouded with sadness";

v5
place under suspicion or cast doubt upon;

- "sully someone's reputation";

- syn. corrupt, defile, sully, taint;

v6
make less clear;

- "the stroke clouded memories of her youth";

v7
colour with streaks or blotches of different shades;

- syn. dapple, mottle;

v8
make milky or dull;

- "The chemical clouded the liquid to which it was added";

cloud-covered
a1
filled or abounding with clouds;

- syn. clouded, overcast, sunless;

- sim. cloudy;

cloud-cuckoo-land / k ɫ aʊ d k ʊ k u ɫ æ n d /
n1
an imaginary place where you say people are when they seem optimistically out of touch with reality;

cloud bank
n1
a layer of clouds seen from a distance;

cloud chamber
n1
apparatus that detects the path of high-energy particles passing through a supersaturated vapor;

- each particle ionizes molecules along its path and small droplets condense on them to produce a visible track;

- syn. Wilson cloud chamber;

cloud cover
n1
the state of the sky when it is covered by clouds;

- syn. cloudiness, overcast;

cloud grass
n1
Spanish grass with light feathery panicles grown for dried bouquets;

- syn. Agrostis nebulosa;

cloud nine
n1
a state of extreme happiness;

- syn. bliss, blissfulness, seventh heaven, walking on air;

cloud over
v1
become covered with clouds;

- "The sky clouded over";

- syn. cloud up, overcloud;

v2
become overcast;

- "the sky clouded over";

cloud seeder
n1
a person who seeds clouds;

- syn. seeder;

cloud up
v1
become covered with clouds;

- "The sky clouded over";

- syn. cloud over, overcloud;

cloudberry / k ɫ aʊ d b ɛr i /
n1
creeping raspberry of north temperate regions with yellow or orange berries;

- syn. Rubus chamaemorus, bakeapple, baked-apple berry, dwarf mulberry, salmonberry;

cloudburst / k ɫ aʊ d b ɝ s t /
n1
a heavy rain;

- syn. deluge, downpour, pelter, soaker, torrent, waterspout;

clouded / k ɫ aʊ d ɪ d /
a1
made troubled or apprehensive or distressed in appearance;

- "his face was clouded with unhappiness";

- sim. troubled;

a2
filled or abounding with clouds;

- syn. cloud-covered, overcast, sunless;

- sim. cloudy;

a3
mentally disordered;

- "a mind clouded by sorrow";

- sim. confused;

a4
unclear in form or expression;

- "the blurred aims of the group";

- "sometimes one understood clearly and sometimes the meaning was clouded"- H.G.Wells;

- syn. blurred;

- sim. unclear;

cloudiness
n1
the state of the sky when it is covered by clouds;

- syn. cloud cover, overcast;

n2
gloomy semidarkness caused by cloud cover;

- syn. overcast;

n3
the quality of being cloudy;

- syn. muddiness, murkiness;

clouding / k ɫ aʊ d ɪ ŋ /
n1
the process whereby water particles become visible in the sky;

- syn. clouding up;

clouding up
n1
the process whereby water particles become visible in the sky;

- syn. clouding;

cloudless / k ɫ aʊ d ɫ ə s /
a1
free from clouds;

- "under a cloudless sky";

- syn. unclouded;

- sim. clear;

cloudlessness / k ɫ aʊ d ɫ ə s n ə s /
n1
the lightness of a sunny day when there are no clouds in the sky;

cloudlike / k ɫ aʊ d ɫ aɪ k /
a1
resembling a cloud;

- syn. nebular;

- sim. cloudy;

cloudy / k ɫ aʊ d i /
a1
lacking definite form or limits;

- "gropes among cloudy issues toward a feeble conclusion"- H.T.Moore;

- "nebulous distinction between pride and conceit";

- syn. nebulose, nebulous;

- sim. indistinct;

a2
full of or covered with clouds;

- "cloudy skies";

- sim. brumous, cloud-covered, cloudlike, dull, fogbound, heavy, miasmal, smoggy;

a3
(of liquids) clouded as with sediment;

- "a cloudy liquid";

- "muddy coffee";

- "murky waters";

- syn. mirky, muddy, murky, turbid;

- sim. opaque;

clout / k ɫ aʊ t /
n1
a target used in archery;

n2
special advantage or influence;

- "the chairman's nephew has a lot of pull";

- syn. pull;

n3
a short nail with a flat head;

- used to attach sheet metal to wood;

- syn. clout nail;

n4
(boxing) a blow with the fist;

- "I gave him a clout on his nose";

- syn. biff, lick, poke, punch, slug;

v1
strike hard, especially with the fist;

- "He clouted his attacker";

clout nail
n1
a short nail with a flat head;

- used to attach sheet metal to wood;

- syn. clout;

clove / k ɫ oʊ v /
n1
aromatic flower bud of a clove tree;

- yields a spice;

n2
moderate sized very symmetrical red-flowered evergreen widely cultivated in the tropics for its flower buds which are source of cloves;

- syn. Eugenia aromaticum, Eugenia caryophyllatum, Syzygium aromaticum, clove tree;

n3
one of the small bulblets that can be split off of the axis of a larger garlic bulb;

- syn. garlic clove;

n4
spice from dried unopened flower bud of the clove tree;

- used whole or ground;

clove-scented
a1
smelling of clove;

- sim. odorous;

clove hitch / k ɫ oʊ v h ɪ tʃ /
n1
a knot used to fasten a line temporarily to a post or spar;

clove oil
n1
essential oil obtained from cloves and used to flavor medicines;

- syn. oil of cloves;

clove pink
n1
Eurasian plant with pink to purple-red spice-scented usually double flowers;

- widely cultivated in many varieties and many colors;

- syn. Dianthus caryophyllus, carnation, gillyflower;

clove tree
n1
moderate sized very symmetrical red-flowered evergreen widely cultivated in the tropics for its flower buds which are source of cloves;

- syn. Eugenia aromaticum, Eugenia caryophyllatum, Syzygium aromaticum, clove;

cloven / k ɫ oʊ v n /
a1
(used of hooves) split, divided;

- "bisulcate hoof";

- syn. bisulcate;

- sim. divided;

cloven-footed
a1
of or relating to the cloven feet of ruminants or swine;

- syn. cloven-hoofed;

cloven-hoofed
a1
of or relating to the cloven feet of ruminants or swine;

- syn. cloven-footed;

cloven foot
n1
the mark of Satan;

- syn. cloven hoof;

n2
a hoof divided into two parts at its distal extremity (as of ruminants or swine);

- syn. cloven hoof;

cloven hoof
n1
the mark of Satan;

- syn. cloven foot;

n2
a hoof divided into two parts at its distal extremity (as of ruminants or swine);

- syn. cloven foot;

clover / k ɫ oʊ v ə , k ɫ oʊ v ə ɹ /
n1
a plant of the genus Trifolium;

- syn. trefoil;

clover-leaf roll
n1
yeast-raised dinner roll made by baking three small balls of dough in each cup of a muffin pan;

clover-root
n1
hairy Eurasian plant with small yellow flowers and an astringent root formerly used medicinally;

- syn. Geum urbanum, cloveroot, herb bennet, wood avens;

clover fern
n1
any of several water ferns of the genus Marsilea having four leaflets;

- syn. pepperwort;

cloverleaf / k ɫ oʊ v ə ɫ i f /
n1
an interchange that does not require left-hand turns;

cloveroot
n1
hairy Eurasian plant with small yellow flowers and an astringent root formerly used medicinally;

- syn. Geum urbanum, clover-root, herb bennet, wood avens;

Clovis
n1
king of the Franks who unified Gaul and established his capital at Paris and founded the Frankish monarchy;

- his name was rendered as Gallic `Louis' (466-511);

- syn. Clovis I;

Clovis culture
n1
the Paleo-American culture of Central America and North America;

- distinguished chiefly by sharp fluted projectile points made of obsidian or chalcedony;

Clovis I
n1
king of the Franks who unified Gaul and established his capital at Paris and founded the Frankish monarchy;

- his name was rendered as Gallic `Louis' (466-511);

- syn. Clovis;

clowder
n1
a group of cats;

clown / k ɫ aʊ n /
n1
a rude or vulgar fool;

- syn. buffoon;

n2
a person who amuses others by ridiculous behavior;

- syn. buffoon, goof, goofball, merry andrew;

v1
act as or like a clown;

- syn. antic, clown around;

clown anemone fish
n1
an anemone fish of the genus Amphiprion;

- syn. Amphiprion percula;

clown around
v1
act as or like a clown;

- syn. antic, clown;

clowning / k ɫ aʊ n ɪ ŋ /
n1
acting like a clown or buffoon;

- syn. buffoonery, frivolity, harlequinade, japery, prank;

n2
a comic incident or series of incidents;

- syn. comedy, drollery, funniness;

clownish / k ɫ aʊ n ɪ ʃ /
a1
like a clown;

- "a buffoonish walk";

- "a clownish face";

- "a zany sense of humor";

- syn. buffoonish, clownlike, zany;

- sim. humorous;

clownlike
a1
like a clown;

- "a buffoonish walk";

- "a clownish face";

- "a zany sense of humor";

- syn. buffoonish, clownish, zany;

- sim. humorous;

cloy / k ɫ ɔɪ /
v1
supply or feed to surfeit;

- syn. surfeit;

v2
cause surfeit through excess though initially pleasing;

- "Too much spicy food cloyed his appetite";

- syn. pall;

cloying / k ɫ ɔɪ ɪ ŋ /
a1
overly sweet;

- syn. saccharine, syrupy, treacly;

- sim. sweet;

cloyingly
r1
in an overly sweet manner;

clozapine
n1
an antipsychotic drug (trade name Clozaril) used as a sedative and for treatment-resistant schizophrenia;

- know to have few side effects;

- syn. Clozaril;

Clozaril
n1
an antipsychotic drug (trade name Clozaril) used as a sedative and for treatment-resistant schizophrenia;

- know to have few side effects;

- syn. clozapine;

cloze
a1
based on or being a test of reading skill using the cloze procedure;

cloze procedure
n1
a test for diagnosing reading ability;

- words are deleted from a prose passage and the reader is required to fill in the blanks;

- syn. cloze test;

cloze test
n1
a test for diagnosing reading ability;

- words are deleted from a prose passage and the reader is required to fill in the blanks;

- syn. cloze procedure;

club / k ɫ ʌ b /
n1
a team of professional baseball players who play and travel together;

- "each club played six home games with teams in its own division";

- syn. ball club, baseball club, nine;

n2
a formal association of people with similar interests;

- "he joined a golf club";

- "they formed a small lunch society";

- "men from the fraternal order will staff the soup kitchen today";

- syn. gild, guild, lodge, order, social club, society;

n3
stout stick that is larger at one end;

- "he carried a club in self defense";

- "he felt as if he had been hit with a club";

n4
a building that is occupied by a social club;

- "the clubhouse needed a new roof";

- syn. clubhouse;

n5
golf equipment used by a golfer to hit a golf ball;

- syn. golf-club, golf club, golfclub;

n6
a playing card in the minor suit that has one or more black trefoils on it;

- "he led a small club";

- "clubs were trumps";

n7
a spot that is open late at night and that provides entertainment (as singers or dancers) as well as dancing and food and drink;

- "don't expect a good meal at a cabaret";

- "the gossip columnist got his information by visiting nightclubs every night";

- "he played the drums at a jazz club";

- syn. cabaret, night club, nightclub, nightspot;

v1
unite with a common purpose;

- "The two men clubbed together";

v2
gather and spend time together;

- "They always club together";

v3
strike with a club or a bludgeon;

- syn. bludgeon;

v4
gather into a club-like mass;

- "club hair";

club-head
n1
(golf) the head of the club which strikes the ball;

- syn. club head, clubhead, golf-club head;

club-moss
n1
primitive evergreen moss-like plant with spores in club-shaped strobiles;

- syn. club moss, lycopod;

club-shaped
a1
shaped in the form of the black trefoil or clover leaf on some playing cards;

- sim. formed;

a2
shaped in the form of a club that is larger at one end;

- sim. formed;

club car
n1
railroad car having a bar and tables and lounge chairs;

- syn. lounge car;

club drug
n1
a controlled substance that is usually taken by young people at dance clubs and raves;

club fungus
n1
a club-shaped coral fungus;

club head
n1
(golf) the head of the club which strikes the ball;

- syn. club-head, clubhead, golf-club head;

club member
n1
someone who is a member of a club;

club moss
n1
primitive evergreen moss-like plant with spores in club-shaped strobiles;

- syn. club-moss, lycopod;

club sandwich
n1
made with three slices of usually toasted bread;

- syn. three-decker, triple-decker;

club soda
n1
effervescent beverage artificially charged with carbon dioxide;

- syn. carbonated water, seltzer, soda water, sparkling water;

club steak
n1
small steak from the front of the short loin of beef;

- syn. Delmonico steak;

clubable / k ɫ ʌ b eɪ b ɫ /
a1
inclined to club together;

- "a clubbable man";

- syn. clubbable;

- sim. sociable;

clubbable / k ɫ ʌ b ə b ə ɫ /
a1
inclined to club together;

- "a clubbable man";

- syn. clubable;

- sim. sociable;

clubbing / k ɫ ʌ b ɪ ŋ /
n1
a condition in which the ends of toes and fingers become wide and thick;

- a symptom of heart or lung disease;

clubbish
a1
effusively sociable;

- "a clubbish set";

- "we got rather clubby";

- syn. clubby;

- sim. sociable;

clubby
a1
effusively sociable;

- "a clubbish set";

- "we got rather clubby";

- syn. clubbish;

- sim. sociable;

a2
befitting or characteristic of those who incline to social exclusiveness and who rebuff the advances of people considered inferior;

- syn. clannish, cliquish, snobbish, snobby;

- sim. private;

clubfoot / k ɫ ʌ b f ʊ t /
n1
congenital deformity of the foot usually marked by a curled shape or twisted position of the ankle and heel and toes;

- syn. talipes;

clubfooted / k ɫ ʌ b f ʊ t ɪ d /
a1
having a deformed foot;

- syn. taliped;

- sim. unshapely;

clubhead / k ɫ ʌ b h ɛ d /
n1
(golf) the head of the club which strikes the ball;

- syn. club-head, club head, golf-club head;

clubhouse / k ɫ ʌ b h aʊ s /
n1
a building that is occupied by a social club;

- "the clubhouse needed a new roof";

- syn. club;

clubmoss family
n1
a family of ferns belonging to the order Lycopodiales;

- syn. Lycopodiaceae, family Lycopodiaceae;

clubroom
n1
a room used for the activities of a club;

clubroot fungus
n1
a fungus resembling slime mold that causes swellings or distortions of the roots of cabbages and related plants;

- syn. Plasmodiophora brassicae;

cluck / k ɫ ʌ k /
n1
the sound made by a hen (as in calling her chicks);

- syn. clucking;

v1
make a clucking sounds, characteristic of hens;

- syn. clack, click;

clucking / k ɫ ʌ k ɪ ŋ /
n1
the sound made by a hen (as in calling her chicks);

- syn. cluck;

clue / k ɫ u /
n1
a slight indication;

- syn. hint;

n2
evidence that helps to solve a problem;

- syn. clew, cue;

v1
roll into a ball;

- syn. clew;

clue in
v1
provide someone with a clue;

- "Can you clue me in?";

clueless / k ɫ u ɫ ɛ s /
a1
totally uninformed about what is going on;

- not having even a clue from which to infer what is occurring;

- sim. uninformed;

clumber / k ɫ ʌ m b ə /
n1
a thickset spaniel with longish silky hair;

- syn. clumber spaniel;

clumber spaniel
n1
a thickset spaniel with longish silky hair;

- syn. clumber;

clump / k ɫ ʌ m p /
n1
a grouping of a number of similar things;

- "a bunch of trees";

- "a cluster of admirers";

- syn. bunch, cluster, clustering;

n2
a compact mass;

- "a ball of mud caught him on the shoulder";

- syn. ball, chunk, clod, glob, lump;

n3
a heavy dull sound (as made by impact of heavy objects);

- syn. clunk, thud, thump, thumping;

v1
make or move along with a sound as of a horse's hooves striking the ground;

- syn. clop, clunk, plunk;

v2
come together as in a cluster or flock;

- "The poets constellate in this town every summer";

- syn. cluster, constellate, flock;

v3
walk clumsily;

- syn. clomp;

v4
gather or cause to gather into a cluster;

- "She bunched her fingers into a fist";

- syn. bunch, bundle, cluster;

clumping / k ɫ ʌ m p ɪ ŋ /
n1
the sound of a horse's hoofs hitting on a hard surface;

- syn. clip-clop, clippety-clop, clop, clopping, clunking;

clumsily / k ɫ ʌ m z ɪ ɫ i /
r1
in a clumsy manner;

- "he snatched the bills clumsily";

clumsiness / k ɫ ʌ m z ɪ n ə s /
n1
unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training;

- syn. awkwardness, ineptitude, ineptness, maladroitness, slowness;

n2
the carriage of someone whose movements and posture are ungainly or inelegant;

- syn. awkwardness;

n3
the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment);

- syn. awkwardness, gracelessness, stiffness;

clumsy / k ɫ ʌ m z i /
a1
lacking grace in movement or posture;

- "a gawky lad with long ungainly legs";

- "clumsy fingers";

- "what an ungainly creature a giraffe is";

- "heaved his unwieldy figure out of his chair";

- syn. clunky, gawky, ungainly, unwieldy;

- sim. awkward;

a2
not elegant or graceful in expression;

- "an awkward prose style";

- "a clumsy apology";

- "his cumbersome writing style";

- "if the rumor is true, can anything be more inept than to repeat it now?";

- syn. awkward, cumbersome, ill-chosen, inapt, inept;

- sim. infelicitous;

a3
difficult to handle or manage especially because of shape;

- "an awkward bundle to carry";

- "a load of bunglesome paraphernalia";

- "clumsy wooden shoes";

- "the cello, a rather ungainly instrument for a girl";

- syn. awkward, bunglesome, ungainly;

- sim. unwieldy;

a4
showing lack of skill or aptitude;

- "a bungling workman";

- "did a clumsy job";

- "his fumbling attempt to put up a shelf";

- syn. bungling, fumbling, incompetent;

- sim. unskilled;

clumsy person
n1
a person with poor motor coordination;

clunch / k ɫ ʌ n tʃ /
n1
hardened clay;

clunk / k ɫ ʌ ŋ k /
n1
a heavy dull sound (as made by impact of heavy objects);

- syn. clump, thud, thump, thumping;

v1
make or move along with a sound as of a horse's hooves striking the ground;

- syn. clop, clump, plunk;

clunking / k ɫ ʌ ŋ k ɪ ŋ /
n1
the sound of a horse's hoofs hitting on a hard surface;

- syn. clip-clop, clippety-clop, clop, clopping, clumping;

clunky / k ɫ ʌ ŋ k i /
a1
lacking grace in movement or posture;

- "a gawky lad with long ungainly legs";

- "clumsy fingers";

- "what an ungainly creature a giraffe is";

- "heaved his unwieldy figure out of his chair";

- syn. clumsy, gawky, ungainly, unwieldy;

- sim. awkward;

a2
making a clunking sound;

- sim. audible;

Clupea
n1
type genus of the Clupeidae: typical herrings;

- syn. genus Clupea;

Clupea harangus
n1
commercially important food fish of northern waters of both Atlantic and Pacific;

- syn. herring;

Clupea harengus harengus
n1
important food fish;

- found in enormous shoals in the northern Atlantic;

- syn. Atlantic herring;

Clupea harengus pallasii
n1
important food fish of the northern Pacific;

- syn. Pacific herring;

Clupea sprattus
n1
small herring processed like a sardine;

- syn. brisling, sprat;

clupeid
n1
any of numerous soft-finned schooling food fishes of shallow waters of northern seas;

- syn. clupeid fish;

clupeid fish
n1
any of numerous soft-finned schooling food fishes of shallow waters of northern seas;

- syn. clupeid;

Clupeidae
n1
herrings;

- shad;

- sardines;

- etc.;

- syn. family Clupeidae;

clusia
n1
an aromatic tree of the genus Clusia having large white or yellow or pink flowers;

Clusia flava
n1
a West Indies clusia having fig-shaped fruit;

- syn. wild fig;

Clusia insignis
n1
epiphytic clusia of British Guiana;

- syn. waxflower;

Clusia major
n1
a common tropical American clusia having solitary white or rose flowers;

- syn. Clusia rosea, pitch apple, strangler fig;

Clusia rosea
n1
a common tropical American clusia having solitary white or rose flowers;

- syn. Clusia major, pitch apple, strangler fig;

Clusiaceae
n1
widely distributed family of chiefly tropical trees and shrubs and vines that produce oils and resins and some usable timber;

- syn. Guttiferae, St John's wort family, family Clusiaceae, family Guttiferae;

cluster / k ɫ ʌ s t ə , k ɫ ʌ s t ə ɹ /
n1
a grouping of a number of similar things;

- "a bunch of trees";

- "a cluster of admirers";

- syn. bunch, clump, clustering;

v1
come together as in a cluster or flock;

- "The poets constellate in this town every summer";

- syn. clump, constellate, flock;

v2
gather or cause to gather into a cluster;

- "She bunched her fingers into a fist";

- syn. bunch, bundle, clump;

cluster bean
n1
drought-tolerant herb grown for forage and for its seed which yield a gum used as a thickening agent or sizing material;

- syn. Cyamopsis psoraloides, Cyamopsis tetragonolobus, guar;

cluster bomb
n1
bomb consisting of a canister that is dropped from a plane and that opens to release a cluster of bomblets (usually fragmentation bombs) over a wide area;

- "cluster bombs cannot be targeted precisely";

cluster bomblet
n1
one of the smaller bombs that are released from a cluster bomb;

- syn. bomblet;

cluster headache
n1
a painful recurring headache associated with the release of histamine from cells;

- syn. histamine headache;

cluster of differentiation 4
n1
a glycoprotein that is found primarily on the surface of helper T cells;

- "CD4 is a receptor for HIV in humans";

- syn. CD4;

cluster of differentiation 8
n1
a membrane glycoprotein that is found primarily on the surface of cytotoxic T cells;

- syn. CD8;

clustered / k ɫ ʌ s t ə d /
a1
growing close together but not in dense mats;

- sim. gregarious;

a2
clustered together but not coherent;

- "an agglomerated flower head";

- syn. agglomerate, agglomerated, agglomerative;

- sim. collective;

clustered bellflower
n1
bellflower of Europe to temperate Asia having dense spikes of violet-blue to white flowers;

- syn. Campanula glomerata;

clustered lady's slipper
n1
clusters of several short stems each having 2 broad leaves and 2-4 drooping brownish to greenish flowers with pouches mottled with purple;

- British Columbia to central California and northern Colorado;

- syn. Cypripedium fasciculatum;

clustered poppy mallow
n1
densely hairy perennial having mostly triangular basal leaves and rose-purple flowers in panicled clusters;

- syn. Callirhoe triangulata;

clustering / k ɫ ʌ s t ə ɹ ɪ ŋ /
n1
a grouping of a number of similar things;

- "a bunch of trees";

- "a cluster of admirers";

- syn. bunch, clump, cluster;

clutch / k ɫ ʌ tʃ /
n1
the act of grasping;

- "he released his clasp on my arm";

- "he has a strong grip for an old man";

- "she kept a firm hold on the railing";

- syn. clasp, clench, clutches, grasp, grip, hold;

n2
a tense critical situation;

- "he is a good man in the clutch";

n3
a number of birds hatched at the same time;

n4
a collection of things or persons to be handled together;

- syn. batch;

n5
a woman's strapless purse that is carried in the hand;

- syn. clutch bag;

n6
a pedal or lever that engages or disengages a rotating shaft and a driving mechanism;

- "he smoothely released the clutch with one foot and stepped on the gas with the other";

- syn. clutch pedal;

n7
a coupling that connects or disconnects driving and driven parts of a driving mechanism;

- "this year's model has an improved clutch";

v1
take hold of;

- grab;

- "The sales clerk quickly seized the money on the counter";

- "She clutched her purse";

- "The mother seized her child by the arm";

- "Birds of prey often seize small mammals";

- syn. prehend, seize;

v2
hold firmly, usually with one's hands;

- "She clutched my arm when she got scared";

- syn. cling to, hold close, hold tight;

v3
affect;

- "Fear seized the prisoners";

- "The patient was seized with unbearable pains";

- "He was seized with a dreadful disease";

- syn. get hold of, seize;

clutch bag
n1
a woman's strapless purse that is carried in the hand;

- syn. clutch;

clutch pedal
n1
a pedal or lever that engages or disengages a rotating shaft and a driving mechanism;

- "he smoothely released the clutch with one foot and stepped on the gas with the other";

- syn. clutch;

clutches / k ɫ ʌ tʃ ɪ z /
n1
the act of grasping;

- "he released his clasp on my arm";

- "he has a strong grip for an old man";

- "she kept a firm hold on the railing";

- syn. clasp, clench, clutch, grasp, grip, hold;

clutter / k ɫ ʌ t ə , k ɫ ʌ t ə ɹ /
n1
a confused multitude of things;

- syn. fuddle, jumble, mare's nest, muddle, smother, welter;

n2
unwanted echoes that interfere with the observation of signals on a radar screen;

v1
fill a space in a disorderly way;

- syn. clutter up;

clutter up
v1
fill a space in a disorderly way;

- syn. clutter;

cluttered / k ɫ ʌ t ə d /
a1
filled or scattered with a disorderly accumulation of objects or rubbish;

- "the storm left the drivewaylittered with sticks nd debris";

- "his library was a cluttered room with piles of books on every chair";

- syn. littered;

- sim. untidy;

clv
a1
being five more than one hundred fifty;

- syn. 155, one hundred fifty-five;

- sim. cardinal;

clx
a1
being ten more than one hundred fifty;

- syn. 160, one hundred sixty;

- sim. cardinal;

clxv
a1
being five more than one hundred sixty;

- syn. 165, one hundred sixty-five;

- sim. cardinal;

clxx
a1
being ten more than one hundred sixty;

- syn. 170, one hundred seventy;

- sim. cardinal;

clxxv
a1
being five more than one hundred seventy;

- syn. 175, one hundred seventy-five;

- sim. cardinal;

clxxx
a1
being ten more than one hundred seventy;

- syn. 180, one hundred eighty;

- sim. cardinal;

Clyde / k ɫ aɪ d /
n1
a river in western Scotland that flows from the southern uplands into the Firth of Clyde;

- navigable by oceangoing vessels as far as Glasgow;

Clyde Tombaugh
n1
United States astronomer who discovered the planet Pluto (1906-1997);

- syn. Clyde William Tombaugh, Tombaugh;

Clyde William Tombaugh
n1
United States astronomer who discovered the planet Pluto (1906-1997);

- syn. Clyde Tombaugh, Tombaugh;

Clydesdale
n1
heavy feathered-legged breed of draft horse originally from Scotland;

Clydesdale terrier
n1
selectively bred small Skye terrier with erect ears and a long silky coat;

clypeus / k ɫ ɪ p ɪə s /
n1
a shield-like plate on the front of an insect's head;

clyster / k ɫ ɪ s t ə /
n1
an injection of a liquid through the anus to stimulate evacuation;

- sometimes used for diagnostic purposes;

- syn. enema;

Clytemnestra
n1
(Greek mythology) wife of Agamemnon who had him murdered when he returned from the Trojan War;

Clytocybe alba
n1
a large white agaric;

- edible but not palatable;

- syn. Clitocybe robusta;

cm / s i ɛ m /
n1
a metric unit of length equal to one hundredth of a meter;

- syn. centimeter, centimetre;

n2
a radioactive transuranic metallic element;

- produced by bombarding plutonium with helium nuclei;

- syn. atomic number 96, curium;

CMB
n1
(cosmology) the cooled remnant of the hot big bang that fills the entire universe and can be observed today with an average temperature of about 2.725 kelvin;

- syn. CBR, CMBR, cosmic background radiation, cosmic microwave background, cosmic microwave background radiation;

CMBR
n1
(cosmology) the cooled remnant of the hot big bang that fills the entire universe and can be observed today with an average temperature of about 2.725 kelvin;

- syn. CBR, CMB, cosmic background radiation, cosmic microwave background, cosmic microwave background radiation;

CMV
n1
any of a group of herpes viruses that enlarge epithelial cells and can cause birth defects;

- can affect humans with impaired immunological systems;

- syn. cytomegalovirus;

CN gas
n1
a tear gas that is weaker than CS gas but lasts longer;

- syn. chloroacetophenone;

CN Tower
n1
a tower in Toronto;

- 1815 feet tall for broadcasting widely;

Cnemidophorus
n1
whiptails;

- syn. genus Cnemidophorus;

Cnemidophorus exsanguis
n1
having longitudinal stripes overlaid with light spots;

- upland lizard of United States southwest and Mexico;

- syn. Chihuahuan spotted whiptail;

Cnemidophorus sexlineatus
n1
very swift lizard of eastern and central United States;

- syn. race runner, racerunner, six-lined racerunner;

Cnemidophorus tesselatus
n1
markings are darker and more marked than in western whiptail;

- from southeastern Colorado to eastern Chihuahua;

- syn. checkered whiptail;

Cnemidophorus tigris
n1
active lizard having a network of dusky dark markings;

- of semiarid areas from Oregon and Idaho to Baja California;

- syn. western whiptail;

Cnemidophorus velox
n1
having distinct longitudinal stripes: of Colorado Plateau from Arizona to western Colorado;

- syn. plateau striped whiptail;

Cnicus
n1
one species: blessed thistle;

- syn. genus Cnicus;

Cnicus benedictus
n1
annual of Mediterranean to Portugal having hairy stems and minutely spiny-toothed leaves and large heads of yellow flowers;

- syn. blessed thistle, sweet sultan;

Cnidaria
n1
hydras;

- polyps;

- jellyfishes;

- sea anemones;

- corals;

- syn. Coelenterata, phylum Cnidaria, phylum Coelenterata;

cnidarian
n1
radially symmetrical animals having saclike bodies with only one opening and tentacles with stinging structures;

- they occur in polyp and medusa forms;

- syn. coelenterate;

Cnidoscolus
n1
a genus of perennial plant with bristles;

- belonging to the family Euphorbiaceae;

- syn. genus Cnidoscolus;

Cnidoscolus urens
n1
a stinging herb of tropical America;

- syn. Jatropha stimulosus, Jatropha urens, devil nettle, pica-pica, spurge nettle, tread-softly;

Cnidosporidia
n1
single-host parasites of lower vertebrates and invertebrates;

- syn. subclass Cnidosporidia;

Cnossos
n1
an ancient town on Crete where Bronze Age culture flourished from about 2000 BC to 1400 BC;

- syn. Cnossus, Knossos;

Cnossus
n1
an ancient town on Crete where Bronze Age culture flourished from about 2000 BC to 1400 BC;

- syn. Cnossos, Knossos;

CNPZ
n1
a terrorist organization in Bolivia that acts as an umbrella for numerous small indigenous subversive groups;

- a revival of a group with Marxist-Leninist ideologies originally established by Che Guevara in the 1960s;

- syn. ELN, National Liberation Army, Nestor Paz Zamora Commission;

CNS
n1
the portion of the vertebrate nervous system consisting of the brain and spinal cord;

- syn. central nervous system, systema nervosum centrale;

Cnut
n1
king of Denmark and Norway who forced Edmund II to divide England with him;

- on the death of Edmund II, Canute became king of all England (994-1035);

- syn. Canute, Canute the Great, Knut;

CO / s i oʊ , k oʊ /
n1
an odorless very poisonous gas that is a product of incomplete combustion of carbon;

- syn. carbon monoxide, carbon monoxide gas;

n2
a hard ferromagnetic silver-white bivalent or trivalent metallic element;

- a trace element in plant and animal nutrition;

- syn. atomic number 27, cobalt;

n3
one who refuses to serve in the armed forces on grounds of conscience;

- syn. conscientious objector;

n4
a state in west central United States in the Rocky Mountains;

- syn. Centennial State, Colo., Colorado;

co-author
v1
be a co-author on (a book, a paper);

co-beneficiary
n1
one of two or more beneficiaries of the same benefit;

co-defendant
n1
a defendant who has been joined together with one or more other defendants in a single action;

- syn. codefendant;

co-discoverer
n1
someone who is the first of two or more people to discover something;

co-ed / k oʊ ɛ d /
n1
a female student at a coeducational college or university;

- syn. college girl;

a1
attended by members of both sexes;

- syn. coeducational;

- sim. integrated;

co-educate
v1
educate persons of both sexes together;

- syn. coeducate;

co-occur
v1
go with, fall together;

- syn. coincide, cooccur;

co-occur with
v1
go or occur together;

- "The word `hot' tends to cooccur with `cold'";

- syn. collocate with, construe with, cooccur with, go with;

co-occurrence
n1
an event or situation that happens at the same time as or in connection with another;

- syn. accompaniment, attendant, concomitant;

n2
the temporal property of two things happening at the same time;

- "the interval determining the coincidence gate is adjustable";

- syn. coincidence, concurrence, conjunction;

co-occurrent
a1
occurring or operating at the same time;

- "a series of coincident events";

- syn. coincident, coincidental, coinciding, concurrent, cooccurring, simultaneous;

- sim. synchronous;

co-op / k oʊ ɒ p /
n1
a jointly owned commercial enterprise (usually organized by farmers or consumers) that produces and distributes goods and services and is run for the benefit of its owners;

- syn. cooperative;

Co-operative Republic of Guyana
n1
a republic in northeastern South America;

- formerly part of the British Empire, but it achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1966;

- syn. British Guiana, Guyana;

co-opt / k oʊ ɒ p t /
v1
choose or elect as a fellow member or colleague;

- "The church members co-opted individuals from similar backgrounds to replenish the congregation";

v2
neutralize or win over through assimilation into an established group;

- "We co-opted the independent minority tribes by pulling them into the Northern Alliance";

v3
appoint summarily or commandeer;

- "The army tried to co-opt peasants into civil defence groups";

v4
take or assume for one's own use;

- "He co-opted the criticism and embraced it";

co-optation
n1
the selection of a new member (usually by a vote of the existing membership);

- syn. co-option;

n2
the act of appointing summarily (with or without the appointee's consent);

- syn. co-option;

co-option
n1
the selection of a new member (usually by a vote of the existing membership);

- syn. co-optation;

n2
the act of appointing summarily (with or without the appointee's consent);

- syn. co-optation;

co-ordinate / k oʊ ɔ d ə n ə t , k oʊ ɔ d ɪ n eɪ t /
n1
a number that identifies a position relative to an axis;

- syn. coordinate;

co-ordinated / k oʊ ɔ d ɪ n eɪ t ɪ d /
a1
intentionally matched;

- "curtains and walls were color coordinated";

- syn. coordinated, matching;

- sim. matched;

a2
operating as a unit;

- "a unified utility system";

- "a coordinated program";

- syn. coordinated, interconnected, unified;

- sim. integrated;

a3
being dexterous in the use of more than one set of muscle movements;

- "she was usually good with her hands and well coordinated"- Mary McCarthy;

- syn. coordinated;

- sim. adroit;

co-ordinator / k oʊ ɔ d ɪ n eɪ t ə /
n1
someone whose task is to see that work goes harmoniously;

- syn. coordinator;

co-pilot
n1
a relief pilot on an airplane;

- syn. copilot;

co-referent
a1
relating to coreference;

- syn. coreferential;

co-respondent / k oʊ ɹ ɪ s p ɒ n d ə n t /
n1
the codefendant charged with adultery with the estranged spouse in a divorce proceeding;

- syn. corespondent;

co-sign
v1
sign jointly;

- "Husband and wife co-signed the lease";

- syn. cosign;

v2
sign and endorse (another person's signature), as for a loan;

- syn. cosign;

co-star / k oʊ s t ɑ , k oʊ s t ɑr /
n1
one of two actors who are given equal status as stars in a play or film;

v1
feature as the co-star in a performance;

v2
be the co-star in a performance;

co-vary
v1
vary in the same time period (of two random variables);

co-worker
n1
an associate that one works with;

- syn. colleague, fellow worker, workfellow;

CO2
n1
a heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances;

- absorbed from the air by plants in photosynthesis;

- syn. carbon dioxide, carbonic acid gas;

coach / k oʊ tʃ /
n1
(sports) someone in charge of training an athlete or a team;

- syn. handler, manager;

n2
a person who gives private instruction (as in singing, acting, etc.);

- syn. private instructor, tutor;

n3
a railcar where passengers ride;

- syn. carriage, passenger car;

n4
a carriage pulled by four horses with one driver;

- syn. coach-and-four, four-in-hand;

n5
a vehicle carrying many passengers;

- used for public transport;

- "he always rode the bus to work";

- syn. autobus, bus, charabanc, double-decker, jitney, motorbus, motorcoach, omnibus, passenger vehicle;

v1
teach and supervise (someone);

- act as a trainer or coach (to), as in sports;

- "He is training our Olympic team";

- "She is coaching the crew";

- syn. train;

v2
drive a coach;

coach-and-four
n1
a carriage pulled by four horses with one driver;

- syn. coach, four-in-hand;

coach dog
n1
a large breed having a smooth white coat with black or brown spots;

- originated in Dalmatia;

- syn. carriage dog, dalmatian;

coach horse
n1
strong draft horse for drawing coaches;

coach house
n1
a small building for housing coaches and carriages and other vehicles;

- syn. carriage house, remise;

coach station
n1
a terminal that serves bus passengers;

- syn. bus depot, bus station, bus terminal;

coachbuilder
n1
a craftsman who makes the bodies of motor vehicles;

coaching / k oʊ tʃ ɪ ŋ /
n1
the job of a professional coach;

- syn. coaching job;

coaching job
n1
the job of a professional coach;

- syn. coaching;

coachman / k oʊ tʃ m ə n /
n1
a man who drives a coach (or carriage);

coachwhip
n1
desert shrub of southwestern United States and Mexico having slender naked spiny branches that after the rainy season put forth foliage and clusters of red flowers;

- syn. Fouquieria splendens, Jacob's staff, ocotillo, vine cactus;

n2
a whipsnake of southern United States and Mexico;

- tail resembles a braided whip;

- syn. Masticophis flagellum, coachwhip snake;

coachwhip snake
n1
a whipsnake of southern United States and Mexico;

- tail resembles a braided whip;

- syn. Masticophis flagellum, coachwhip;

coact / k oʊ æ k t /
v1
act together, as of organisms;

coaction / k oʊ æ k ʃ ə n /
n1
act of working jointly;

- "they worked either in collaboration or independently";

- syn. collaboration;

coadjutor / k oʊ æ dʒ ʊ t ə /
n1
an assistant to a bishop;

coagulable / k oʊ æ ɡ j ʊ ɫ ə b ɫ /
a1
capable of coagulating and becoming thick;

- sim. thick;

coagulant / k oʊ æ ɡ j ʊ ɫ ə n t /
n1
an agent that produces coagulation;

- syn. coagulator;

coagulase
n1
an enzyme that induces coagulation;

coagulate / k oʊ æ ɡ j ʊ ɫ eɪ t /
v1
change from a liquid to a thickened or solid state;

- "coagulated blood";

- syn. clot;

v2
cause to change from a liquid to a solid or thickened state;

- syn. clot;

a1
transformed from a liquid into a soft semisolid or solid mass;

- "coagulated blood";

- "curdled milk";

- "grumous blood";

- syn. coagulated, curdled, grumose, grumous;

- sim. thick;

coagulated / k oʊ æ ɡ j ʊ ɫ eɪ t ɪ d /
a1
transformed from a liquid into a soft semisolid or solid mass;

- "coagulated blood";

- "curdled milk";

- "grumous blood";

- syn. coagulate, curdled, grumose, grumous;

- sim. thick;

a2
changed into a solid mass;

- syn. solidified;

- sim. solid;

coagulation / k oʊ æ ɡ j ʊ ɫ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the process of forming semisolid lumps in a liquid;

- syn. clotting, curdling;

coagulation factor
n1
any of the factors in the blood whose actions are essential for blood coagulation;

- syn. clotting factor;

coagulator / k oʊ æ ɡ j ʊ ɫ eɪ t ə ɹ /
n1
an agent that produces coagulation;

- syn. coagulant;

coagulum / k oʊ æ ɡ j ʊ ɫ ə m /
n1
a lump of material formed from the content of a liquid;

- syn. clot;

Coahuila
n1
a state in northern Mexico;

- mostly high plateau;

coal / k oʊ ɫ /
n1
fossil fuel consisting of carbonized vegetable matter deposited in the Carboniferous period;

n2
a hot fragment of wood or coal that is left from a fire and is glowing or smoldering;

- syn. ember;

v1
burn to charcoal;

- "Without a drenching rain, the forest fire will char everything";

- syn. char;

v2
supply with coal;

v3
take in coal;

- "The big ship coaled";

coal-black
a1
of the blackest black;

- similar to the color of jet or coal;

- syn. jet, jet-black, pitchy, sooty;

- sim. achromatic;

coal-burning
a1
fueled by burning coal;

- "a coal-fired ship";

- syn. coal-fired;

- sim. fueled;

coal-fired
a1
fueled by burning coal;

- "a coal-fired ship";

- syn. coal-burning;

- sim. fueled;

coal-tar creosote
n1
a dark oily liquid obtained by distillation of coal tar;

- used as a preservative for wood;

- syn. creosote;

coal black
n1
a very dark black;

- syn. ebony, jet black, pitch black, sable, soot black;

coal car
n1
freight car with fixed sides and no roof;

- for transporting coal;

coal chute
n1
a chute for coal;

coal gas
n1
gaseous mixture produced by distillation of bituminous coal and used for heating and lighting;

coal house
n1
a shed for storing coal;

coal industry
n1
the producers of coal considered collectively;

coal mine
n1
a mine where coal is dug from the ground;

- syn. coalpit;

coal miner
n1
someone who works in a coal mine;

- syn. collier, pitman;

coal miner's lung
n1
lung disease caused by inhaling coal dust;

- syn. anthracosis, black lung, black lung disease;

coal oil
n1
a flammable hydrocarbon oil used as fuel in lamps and heaters;

- syn. kerosene, kerosine, lamp oil;

coal scuttle
n1
container for coal;

- shaped to permit pouring the coal onto the fire;

- syn. scuttle;

coal seam
n1
a seam of coal;

coal shovel
n1
a hand shovel for shoveling coal;

coal tar
n1
a tar formed from distillation of bituminous coal;

- coal tar can be further distilled to give various aromatic compounds;

coal tongs
n1
tongs for taking hold of burning coals;

- syn. fire tongs;

coalbin / k oʊ ɫ b ɪ n /
n1
a bin for holding coal;

- syn. coalhole;

coalesce / k oʊ ə ɫ ɛ s /
v1
mix together different elements;

- "The colors blend well";

- syn. blend, combine, commingle, conflate, flux, fuse, immix, meld, merge, mix;

v2
fuse or cause to grow together;

coalesced / k oʊ ə ɫ ɛ s t /
a1
joined together into a whole;

- "United Industries";

- "the amalgamated colleges constituted a university";

- "a consolidated school";

- syn. amalgamate, amalgamated, consolidated, fused;

- sim. united;

coalescence / k oʊ ə ɫ ɛ s ə n s /
n1
the union of diverse things into one body or form or group;

- the growing together of parts;

- syn. coalescency, coalition, concretion, conglutination;

coalescency / k oʊ ə ɫ ɛ s n s i /
n1
the union of diverse things into one body or form or group;

- the growing together of parts;

- syn. coalescence, coalition, concretion, conglutination;

coalescent / k oʊ ə ɫ ɛ s n t /
a1
growing together, fusing;

- "coalescent tradititions";

- "coalescent bones";

- syn. coalescing;

- sim. united;

coalescing / k oʊ ə ɫ ɛ s ɪ ŋ /
a1
growing together, fusing;

- "coalescent tradititions";

- "coalescent bones";

- syn. coalescent;

- sim. united;

coalface / k oʊ ɫ f eɪ s /
n1
the part of a coal seam that is being cut;

coalfield / k oʊ ɫ f i ɫ d /
n1
a region where there is coal underground;

coalhole / k oʊ ɫ h oʊ ɫ /
n1
a bin for holding coal;

- syn. coalbin;

coaling station
n1
a seaport where ships can take on supplies of coal;

coalition / k oʊ ə ɫ ɪ ʃ n /
n1
an organization of people (or countries) involved in a pact or treaty;

- syn. alignment, alinement, alliance;

n2
the state of being combined into one body;

- syn. fusion;

n3
the union of diverse things into one body or form or group;

- the growing together of parts;

- syn. coalescence, coalescency, concretion, conglutination;

coalman / k oʊ ɫ m ə n /
n1
someone who delivers coal;

coalpit / k oʊ ɫ p ɪ t /
n1
a mine where coal is dug from the ground;

- syn. coal mine;

coaming / k oʊ m ɪ ŋ /
n1
a raised framework around a hatchway on a ship to keep water out;

coapt
v1
cause to adhere;

- "The wounds were coapted";

- syn. conglutinate;

v2
fit tightly and fasten;

coarctate
a1
(of an insect pupa) enclosed in a rigid case;

- sim. enclosed;

coarctation
n1
tight or narrow compression;

- syn. constriction;

n2
(biology) a narrowing or constriction of a vessel or canal;

- especially a congenital narrowing of the aorta;

coarse / k ɔ s /
a1
of textures that are rough to the touch or substances consisting of relatively large particles;

- "coarse meal";

- "coarse sand";

- "a coarse weave";

- syn. harsh;

- also rough;

- sim. coarse-grained, farinaceous, granulated, loose, plushy;

a2
lacking refinement or cultivation or taste;

- "he had coarse manners but a first-rate mind";

- "behavior that branded him as common";

- "an untutored and uncouth human being";

- "an uncouth soldier--a real tough guy";

- "appealing to the vulgar taste for violence";

- "the vulgar display of the newly rich";

- syn. common, rough-cut, uncouth, vulgar;

- sim. unrefined;

a3
of low or inferior quality or value;

- "of what coarse metal ye are molded"- Shakespeare;

- "produced...the common cloths used by the poorer population";

- syn. common;

- sim. inferior;

coarse-furred
a1
having coarse hair or fur;

- syn. coarse-haired;

- sim. hairy;

coarse-grained
a1
composed of or covered with particles resembling meal in texture or consistency;

- "granular sugar";

- "the photographs were grainy and indistinct";

- "it left a mealy residue";

- syn. farinaceous, grainy, granular, granulose, gritty, mealy;

- sim. coarse;

a2
not having a fine texture;

- "coarse-grained wood";

- "large-grained sand";

- syn. large-grained;

- sim. coarse;

coarse-haired
a1
having coarse hair or fur;

- syn. coarse-furred;

- sim. hairy;

coarse-textured
a1
having surface roughness;

- "a textured wall of stucco";

- "a rough-textured tweed";

- syn. rough-textured, textured;

- sim. rough;

coarsely / k ɔ s ɫ i /
r1
in coarse pieces;

- "the surfaces were coarsely granular";

coarsen / k ɔ s n /
v1
make or become coarse or coarser;

- "coarsen the surface";

- "Their minds coarsened";

v2
make less subtle or refined;

- "coarsen one's ideals";

coarsened / k ɔ s n d /
a1
made coarse or crude by lack of skill;

- sim. inferior;

coarseness / k ɔ s n ə s /
n1
language or humor that is down-to-earth;

- "the saltiness of their language was inappropriate";

- "self-parody and saltiness riddled their core genre";

- syn. saltiness;

n2
the quality of being composed of relatively large particles;

- syn. graininess, granularity;

n3
looseness or roughness in texture (as of cloth);

- syn. nubbiness, tweediness;

n4
the quality of lacking taste and refinement;

- syn. commonness, grossness, raunch, vulgarism, vulgarity;

coast / k oʊ s t /
n1
the shore of a sea or ocean;

- syn. sea-coast, seacoast, seashore;

n2
a slope down which sleds may coast;

- "when it snowed they made a coast on the golf course";

n3
the area within view;

- "the coast is clear";

n4
the act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in contact with it;

- "his slide didn't stop until the bottom of the hill";

- "the children lined up for a coast down the snowy slope";

- syn. glide, slide;

v1
move effortlessly;

- by force of gravity;

coast banksia
n1
shrubby tree with silky foliage and spikes of cylindrical yellow nectarous flowers;

- syn. Australian honeysuckle, Banksia integrifolia, honeysuckle;

coast boykinia
n1
plant with leaves mostly at the base and openly branched clusters of small white flowers;

- western North America;

- syn. Boykinia elata, Boykinia occidentalis;

coast lily
n1
orange-flowered lily of Pacific coast of United States;

- syn. Lilium maritinum;

coast live oak
n1
highly variable often shrubby evergreen oak of coastal zone of western North America having small thick usually spiny-toothed dark-green leaves;

- syn. California live oak, Quercus agrifolia;

Coast Mountains
n1
a string of mountain ranges along the Pacific coast of North America from southeastern Alaska to Lower California;

- syn. Coast Range;

coast polypody
n1
stiff leathery-leaved fern of western North America having ovate fronds parted to the midrib;

- syn. Polypodium scouleri, leatherleaf, leathery polypody;

Coast Range
n1
a string of mountain ranges along the Pacific coast of North America from southeastern Alaska to Lower California;

- syn. Coast Mountains;

coast redwood
n1
lofty evergreen of United States coastal foothills from Oregon to Big Sur;

- it flourishes in wet, rainy, foggy habitats;

- syn. California redwood, Sequoia sempervirens;

coast rhododendron
n1
medium-sized rhododendron of Pacific coast of North America having large rosy brown-spotted flowers;

- syn. Rhododendron californicum;

coast white cedar
n1
slow-growing medium-sized cedar of east coast of the United States;

- resembles American arborvitae;

- syn. Atlantic white cedar, Chamaecyparis thyoides, southern white cedar, white cedar, white cypress;

coastal / k oʊ s t ɫ /
a1
of or relating to a coast;

- "coastal erosion";

a2
located on or near or bordering on a coast;

- "coastal marshes";

- "coastal waters";

- "the Atlantic coastal plain";

- sim. coastwise, inshore, maritime, seaward;

coastal diving bird
n1
gull family;

- skimmer family;

- jaeger family;

- auk family;

coastal plain
n1
a plain adjacent to a coast;

coastal rein orchid
n1
stout orchid of central California to northern Washington having racemes of white fragrant bilaterally symmetrical flowers;

- syn. Habenaria greenei;

coaster / k oʊ s t ə , k oʊ s t ə ɹ /
n1
a resident of a coastal area;

n2
someone who coasts;

n3
a covering (plate or mat) that protects the surface of a table (i.e., from the condensation on a cold glass or bottle);

coaster brake
n1
a brake on a bicycle that engages with reverse pressure on the pedals;

coaster wagon
n1
a child's four-wheeled toy cart sometimes used for coasting;

- syn. wagon;

coastguard / k oʊ s t ɡ ɑ d /
n1
a military service responsible for the safety of maritime traffic in coastal waters;

coastguardsman / k oʊ s t ɡ ɑ d z m ə n /
n1
a member of a coastguard;

coastland / k oʊ s t ɫ æ n d /
n1
land in a coastal area;

coastline / k oʊ s t ɫ aɪ n /
n1
the outline of a coast;

coastward / k oʊ s t w ə d /
r1
in the direction of the coast;

coastwise / k oʊ s t w aɪ z /
a1
along or following a coast;

- "coastal shipping";

- "coastwise winds contributed to the storm";

- sim. coastal;

r1
by way of, or along the coast;

- "we were travelling coastwise";

coat / k oʊ t /
n1
an outer garment that has sleeves and covers the body from shoulder down;

- worn outdoors;

n2
a thin layer covering something;

- "a second coat of paint";

- syn. coating;

n3
growth of hair or wool or fur covering the body of an animal;

- syn. pelage;

v1
put a coat on;

- cover the surface of;

- furnish with a surface;

- "coat the cake with chocolate";

- syn. surface;

v2
cover or provide with a coat;

v3
form a coat over;

- "Dirt had coated her face";

- syn. cake;

coat-of-mail shell
n1
primitive elongated bilaterally symmetrical marine mollusk having a mantle covered with eight calcareous plates;

- syn. chiton, polyplacophore, sea cradle;

coat button
n1
a button on a coat;

coat closet
n1
a closet for storing outerwear;

coat hanger
n1
a hanger that is shaped like a person's shoulders and used to hang garments on;

- syn. clothes hanger, dress hanger;

coat of arms
n1
the official symbols of a family, state, etc.;

- syn. arms, blazon, blazonry;

coat of mail
n1
armor that protects the wearer's whole body;

- syn. body armor, body armour, cataphract, suit of armor, suit of armour;

coat of paint
n1
a layer of paint covering something else;

coat rack
n1
a rack with hooks for temporarily holding coats and hats;

- syn. coatrack, hatrack;

coat stand
n1
an upright pole with pegs or hooks on which to hang clothing;

- syn. clothes tree, coat tree;

coat tree
n1
an upright pole with pegs or hooks on which to hang clothing;

- syn. clothes tree, coat stand;

coatdress
n1
a dress that is tailored like a coat and buttons up the front;

coated / k oʊ t ɪ d /
a1
having a coating;

- covered with an outer layer or film;

- often used in combination;

- "coated paper has a smooth polished coating especially suitable for halftone printing";

- "sugar-coated pills";

- sim. backed, black-coated, glazed, oily;

a2
having or dressed in a coat;

- sim. clothed;

coatee / k oʊ t i /
n1
a short close-fitting coat;

coati
n1
omnivorous mammal of Central America and South America;

- syn. Nasua narica, coati-mondi, coati-mundi, coon cat;

coati-mondi
n1
omnivorous mammal of Central America and South America;

- syn. Nasua narica, coati, coati-mundi, coon cat;

coati-mundi
n1
omnivorous mammal of Central America and South America;

- syn. Nasua narica, coati, coati-mondi, coon cat;

coating / k oʊ t ɪ ŋ /
n1
a thin layer covering something;

- "a second coat of paint";

- syn. coat;

n2
a decorative texture or appearance of a surface (or the substance that gives it that appearance);

- "the boat had a metallic finish";

- "he applied a coat of a clear finish";

- "when the finish is too thin it is difficult to apply evenly";

- syn. finish, finishing;

n3
a heavy fabric suitable for coats;

n4
the work of applying something;

- "the doctor prescribed a topical application of iodine";

- "a complete bleach requires several applications";

- "the surface was ready for a coating of paint";

- syn. application, covering;

coatrack / k oʊ t ɹ æ k /
n1
a rack with hooks for temporarily holding coats and hats;

- syn. coat rack, hatrack;

coatroom / k oʊ t ɹ u m /
n1
a room where coats and other articles can be left temporarily;

- syn. cloakroom;

Coats Land
n1
a region of western Antarctica along the southeastern shore of the Weddell Sea;

coattail / k oʊ t t eɪ ɫ /
n1
the loose back flap of a coat that hangs below the waist;

coattails effect
n1
(politics) the consequence of one popular candidate in an election drawing votes for other members of the same political party;

- "he counted on the coattails effect to win him the election";

coauthor
n1
a writer who collaborates with others in writing something;

- syn. joint author;

coax / k oʊ k s /
n1
a transmission line for high-frequency signals;

- syn. coax cable, coaxial cable;

v1
influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering;

- "He palavered her into going along";

- syn. blarney, cajole, inveigle, palaver, sweet-talk, wheedle;

coax cable
n1
a transmission line for high-frequency signals;

- syn. coax, coaxial cable;

coaxal
a1
having a common axis;

- syn. coaxial;

- sim. concentric;

coaxer / k oʊ k s ə /
n1
someone who tries to persuade by blandishment and coaxing;

- syn. wheedler;

coaxial
a1
having a common axis;

- syn. coaxal;

- sim. concentric;

coaxial cable
n1
a transmission line for high-frequency signals;

- syn. coax, coax cable;

coaxing / k oʊ k s ɪ ŋ /
n1
flattery designed to gain favor;

- syn. blarney, soft soap, sweet talk;

a1
pleasingly persuasive or intended to persuade;

- "a coaxing and obsequious voice";

- "her manner is quiet and ingratiatory and a little too agreeable";

- syn. ingratiatory;

- sim. persuasive;

coaxingly / k oʊ k s ɪ ŋ ɫ i /
r1
in a cajoling manner;

- "`Come here,' she said coaxingly";

- syn. cajolingly;

cob / k ɒ b /
n1
nut of any of several trees of the genus Corylus;

- syn. cobnut, filbert, hazelnut;

n2
stocky short-legged harness horse;

n3
white gull having a black back and wings;

- syn. Larus marinus, black-backed gull, great black-backed gull;

n4
adult male swan;

cobalamin
n1
a B vitamin that is used to treat pernicious anemia;

- syn. antipernicious anemia factor, cyanocobalamin, vitamin B12;

cobalt / k oʊ b ɔ ɫ t /
n1
a hard ferromagnetic silver-white bivalent or trivalent metallic element;

- a trace element in plant and animal nutrition;

- syn. Co, atomic number 27;

cobalt 60
n1
a radioactive isotope of cobalt with mass number 60;

- a source of exceptionally intense gamma rays;

- used in radiation therapy;

cobalt bloom
n1
a reddish mineral consisting of hydrated cobalt arsenate in monoclinic crystalline form and used in coloring glass;

- usually found in veins bearing cobalt and arsenic;

- syn. erythrite;

cobalt blue
n1
a shade of blue tinged with green;

- syn. aqua, aquamarine, greenish blue, peacock blue, turquoise;

n2
greenish-blue pigment consisting essentially of cobalt oxide and alumina;

- syn. cobalt ultramarine;

cobalt ultramarine
n1
greenish-blue pigment consisting essentially of cobalt oxide and alumina;

- syn. cobalt blue;

cobaltite
n1
a rare silvery-white mineral;

- important ore of cobalt;

cobber / k ɒ b ə , k ɒ b ə ɹ /
n1
Australian term for a pal;

cobble / k ɒ b ɫ /
n1
rectangular paving stone with curved top;

- once used to make roads;

- syn. cobblestone, sett;

v1
pave with cobblestones;

- syn. cobblestone;

v2
repair or mend;

- "cobble shoes";

cobble together
v1
put together hastily;

- syn. cobble up;

cobble up
v1
put together hastily;

- syn. cobble together;

cobbler / k ɒ b ɫ ə , k ɒ b ɫ ə ɹ /
n1
a person who makes or repairs shoes;

- syn. shoemaker;

n2
tall sweetened iced drink of wine or liquor with fruit;

n3
a pie made of fruit with rich biscuit dough usually only on top of the fruit;

- syn. deep-dish pie;

cobbler's last
n1
holding device shaped like a human foot that is used to fashion or repair shoes;

- syn. last, shoemaker's last;

cobblers / k ɒ b ɫ ə z /
n1
nonsense;

- "I think that is a load of cobblers";

n2
a man's testicles (from Cockney rhyming slang: cobbler's awl rhymes with ball);

cobblestone / k ɒ b ɫ s t oʊ n /
n1
rectangular paving stone with curved top;

- once used to make roads;

- syn. cobble, sett;

v1
pave with cobblestones;

- syn. cobble;

cobbling / k ɒ b ɫ ɪ ŋ /
n1
the shoemaker's trade;

- syn. shoe repairing, shoemaking;

cobia
n1
large dark-striped tropical food and game fish related to remoras;

- found worldwide in coastal to open waters;

- syn. Rachycentron canadum, sergeant fish;

Cobitidae
n1
loaches;

- syn. family Cobitidae;

cobnut / k ɒ b n ʌ t /
n1
small nut-bearing tree much grown in Europe;

- syn. Corylus avellana, Corylus avellana grandis, filbert;

n2
nut of any of several trees of the genus Corylus;

- syn. cob, filbert, hazelnut;

COBOL
n1
common business-oriented language;

cobra / k oʊ b ɹ ə /
n1
venomous Asiatic and African elapid snakes that can expand the skin of the neck into a hood;

cobweb / k ɒ b w ɛ b /
n1
a fabric so delicate and transparent as to resemble a web of a spider;

n2
filaments from a web that was spun by a spider;

- syn. gossamer;

n3
a dense elaborate spider web that is more efficient than the orb web;

cobwebby / k ɒ b w ɛ b i /
a1
so thin as to transmit light;

- "a hat with a diaphanous veil";

- "filmy wings of a moth";

- "gauzy clouds of dandelion down";

- "gossamer cobwebs";

- "sheer silk stockings";

- "transparent chiffon";

- "vaporous silks";

- syn. diaphanous, filmy, gauze-like, gauzy, gossamer, see-through, sheer, transparent, vaporous, vapourous;

- sim. thin;

a2
covered with cobwebs;

- sim. dirty;

coca / k oʊ k ə /
n1
a South American shrub whose leaves are chewed by natives of the Andes;

- a source of cocaine;

- syn. Erythroxylon coca, coca plant;

n2
United States comedienne who starred in early television shows with Sid Caesar (1908-2001);

- syn. Imogene Coca;

n3
dried leaves of the coca plant (and related plants that also contain cocaine);

- chewed by Andean people for their stimulating effect;

Coca Cola
n1
Coca Cola is a trademarked cola;

- syn. Coke;

coca plant
n1
a South American shrub whose leaves are chewed by natives of the Andes;

- a source of cocaine;

- syn. Erythroxylon coca, coca;

cocain / k oʊ k eɪ n /
n1
a narcotic (alkaloid) extracted from coca leaves;

- used as a surface anesthetic or taken for pleasure;

- can become powerfully addictive;

- syn. cocaine;

cocaine / k oʊ k eɪ n /
n1
a narcotic (alkaloid) extracted from coca leaves;

- used as a surface anesthetic or taken for pleasure;

- can become powerfully addictive;

- syn. cocain;

cocaine addict
n1
a person addicted to cocaine;

cocaine addiction
n1
an addiction to cocaine;

cocainise
v1
anesthetize with cocaine;

- syn. cocainize;

cocainize
v1
anesthetize with cocaine;

- syn. cocainise;

cocarboxylase
n1
a coenzyme important in respiration in the Krebs cycle;

- syn. thiamine pyrophosphate;

coccal
a1
of or pertaining to or resembling a coccus;

cocci / k ɒ k aɪ /
n1
any spherical or nearly spherical bacteria;

- syn. coccus;

coccid insect
n1
scale insects and mealybugs;

Coccidae
n1
scale insects;

- syn. family Coccidae;

Coccidia
n1
an order in the subclass Telosporidia;

- syn. order Coccidia;

coccidioidomycosis
n1
an infection of the lungs and skin characterized by excessive sputum and nodules;

- syn. coccidiomycosis, desert rheumatism, valley fever;

coccidiomycosis
n1
an infection of the lungs and skin characterized by excessive sputum and nodules;

- syn. coccidioidomycosis, desert rheumatism, valley fever;

coccidiosis
n1
(veterinary medicine) infestation with coccidia;

coccidium
n1
parasitic on the digestive epithelium of vertebrates and higher invertebrates;

- syn. eimeria;

Coccinellidae
n1
the ladybugs;

- syn. family Coccinellidae;

coccobacillus
n1
a bacterial cell intermediate in morphology between a coccus and a bacillus;

- a very short bacillus;

coccoid
a1
spherical;

- like a coccus;

- "a coccoid microorganism";

- sim. round;

Coccoidea
n1
scale insects and mealybugs;

- syn. superfamily Coccoidea;

Coccothraustes
n1
large finches;

- syn. genus Coccothraustes;

Coccothraustes coccothraustes
n1
a common large finch of Eurasia;

- syn. hawfinch;

Cocculus
n1
climbing plants or shrubs;

- syn. genus Cocculus;

Cocculus carolinus
n1
woody vine of southeastern United States resembling the common moonseed but having red fruits;

- syn. Carolina moonseed;

coccus / k ɒ k ə s /
n1
any spherical or nearly spherical bacteria;

- syn. cocci;

Coccus hesperidum
n1
pest on citrus trees;

- syn. brown soft scale;

coccygeal
a1
of or relating to or near the coccyx;

coccygeal nerve
n1
the lowest pair of spinal nerves;

- syn. nervus coccygeus;

coccygeal plexus
n1
a small plexus formed by the fifth sacral and coccygeal nerves;

- syn. plexus coccygeus;

coccygeal vertebra
n1
one of 4 vertebrae in the human coccyx;

- syn. caudal vertebra;

coccyx / k ɒ k s ɪ k s /
n1
the end of the vertebral column in humans and tailless apes;

- syn. tail bone;

Coccyzus
n1
a genus of Cuculidae;

- syn. genus Coccyzus;

Coccyzus erythropthalmus
n1
North American cuckoo;

- builds a nest and rears its own young;

- syn. black-billed cuckoo;

Cochimi
n1
a member of a North American Indian people living in central Baja California;

n2
the Yuman language spoken by the Cochimi;

cochin / k ɒ tʃ ɪ n /
n1
Asian breed of large fowl with dense plumage and feathered legs;

- syn. cochin china;

cochin china
n1
Asian breed of large fowl with dense plumage and feathered legs;

- syn. cochin;

cochineal / k ɒ tʃ ɪ n i ɫ /
n1
a red dyestuff consisting of dried bodies of female cochineal insects;

n2
Mexican red scale insect that feeds on cacti;

- the source of a red dye;

- syn. Dactylopius coccus, cochineal insect;

cochineal insect
n1
Mexican red scale insect that feeds on cacti;

- the source of a red dye;

- syn. Dactylopius coccus, cochineal;

Cochise
n1
Apache leader of the resistance to United States troops in Arizona (1812-1874);

cochlea / k ɒ k ɫ ɪə /
n1
the snail-shaped tube (in the inner ear coiled around the modiolus) where sound vibrations are converted into nerve impulses by the organ of Corti;

cochlear / k ɒ k ɫ ɪə ə , k ɒ k ɫ ɪə ə ɹ /
a1
of or relating to the cochlea of the ear;

- "cochlear implant";

Cochlearia
n1
a genus of the family Cruciferae;

- syn. genus Cochlearia;

Cochlearia officinalis
n1
a widely distributed Arctic cress reputed to have value in treatment or prevention of scurvy;

- a concentrated source of vitamin C;

- syn. common scurvy grass, scurvy grass;

Cochlearius
n1
boatbills;

- syn. genus Cochlearius;

Cochlearius cochlearius
n1
tropical American heron related to night herons;

- syn. boat-billed heron, boatbill, broadbill;

cochon de lait
n1
whole young pig suitable for roasting;

- syn. suckling pig;

Cochran
n1
United States aviator who held several speed records and headed the women's Air Force pilots in World War II (1910-1980);

- syn. Jacqueline Cochran;

cock / k ɒ k /
n1
obscene terms for penis;

- syn. dick, pecker, prick, putz, shaft, tool;

n2
faucet consisting of a rotating device for regulating flow of a liquid;

- syn. stopcock, turncock;

n3
the part of a gunlock that strikes the percussion cap when the trigger is pulled;

- syn. hammer;

n4
adult male chicken;

- syn. rooster;

n5
adult male bird;

v1
tilt or slant to one side;

- "cock one's head";

v2
set the trigger of a firearm back for firing;

v3
to walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others;

- "He struts around like a rooster in a hen house";

- syn. prance, ruffle, sashay, strut, swagger, tittup;

cock's eggs
n1
weedy vine of Argentina having solitary white flowers followed by egg-shaped white or yellow fruit;

- syn. Salpichroa organifolia, Salpichroa rhomboidea;

cock-a-doodle-doo / k ɒ k ə d u d ɫ d u /
n1
an imitation of the crow of a cock;

cock-a-hoop / k ɒ k ə h u p /
a1
exhibiting self-importance;

- "big talk";

- syn. big, boastful, braggart, bragging, braggy, crowing, self-aggrandising, self-aggrandizing;

- sim. proud;

cock-a-leekie
n1
soup made from chicken boiled with leeks;

- syn. cocky-leeky;

cock-and-bull story
n1
an interesting but highly implausible story;

- often told as an excuse;

- syn. fairy story, fairy tale, fairytale, song and dance;

cock of the rock
n1
bird of the Andes similar to Rupicola rupicola;

- syn. Rupicola peruviana;

n2
tropical bird of northern South America the male having brilliant red or orange plumage and an erectile disklike crest;

- syn. Rupicola rupicola;

cock sucking
n1
slang for fellatio;

- syn. blowjob;

cock up
v1
raise;

- "The dog pricked up his ears";

- syn. prick, prick up;

cockade / k ɒ k eɪ d /
n1
an ornament (such as a knot of ribbon or a rosette) usually worn on the hat;

Cockaigne
n1
(Middle Ages) an imaginary land of luxury and idleness;

cockamamie
a1
informal term for ridiculous and implausible;

- "he gave me a cockamamie reason for not going";

- syn. cockamamy;

- sim. implausible;

cockamamy
a1
informal term for ridiculous and implausible;

- "he gave me a cockamamie reason for not going";

- syn. cockamamie;

- sim. implausible;

cockateel
n1
small grey Australian parrot with a yellow crested head;

- syn. Nymphicus hollandicus, cockatiel, cockatoo parrot;

cockatiel
n1
small grey Australian parrot with a yellow crested head;

- syn. Nymphicus hollandicus, cockateel, cockatoo parrot;

cockatoo / k ɒ k ə t u /
n1
white or light-colored crested parrot of the Australian region;

- often kept as cage birds;

cockatoo parrot
n1
small grey Australian parrot with a yellow crested head;

- syn. Nymphicus hollandicus, cockateel, cockatiel;

cockatrice / k ɒ k ə t ɹ aɪ s /
n1
monster hatched by a reptile from a cock's egg;

- able to kill with a glance;

cockchafer / k ɒ k tʃ eɪ f ə , k ɒ k tʃ eɪ f ə ɹ /
n1
any of various large European beetles destructive to vegetation as both larvae and adult;

- syn. May beetle, May bug, Melolontha melolontha;

Cockcroft / k ɒ k k ɹ ɒ f t /
n1
British physicist who (with Ernest Walton in 1931) first split an atom (1897-1967);

- syn. Sir John Cockcroft, Sir John Douglas Cockcroft;

Cockcroft-Walton accelerator
n1
a high-voltage machine in which rectifiers charge capacitors that discharge and drive charged particles through an accelerating tube;

- syn. Cockcroft-Walton voltage multiplier, Cockcroft and Walton accelerator, Cockcroft and Walton voltage multiplier;

Cockcroft-Walton voltage multiplier
n1
a high-voltage machine in which rectifiers charge capacitors that discharge and drive charged particles through an accelerating tube;

- syn. Cockcroft-Walton accelerator, Cockcroft and Walton accelerator, Cockcroft and Walton voltage multiplier;

Cockcroft and Walton accelerator
n1
a high-voltage machine in which rectifiers charge capacitors that discharge and drive charged particles through an accelerating tube;

- syn. Cockcroft-Walton accelerator, Cockcroft-Walton voltage multiplier, Cockcroft and Walton voltage multiplier;

Cockcroft and Walton voltage multiplier
n1
a high-voltage machine in which rectifiers charge capacitors that discharge and drive charged particles through an accelerating tube;

- syn. Cockcroft-Walton accelerator, Cockcroft-Walton voltage multiplier, Cockcroft and Walton accelerator;

cockcrow / k ɒ k k ɹ oʊ /
n1
the first light of day;

- "we got up before dawn";

- "they talked until morning";

- syn. aurora, break of day, break of the day, dawn, dawning, daybreak, dayspring, first light, morning, sunrise, sunup;

cocked hat
n1
hat with opposing brims turned up and caught together to form points;

cocker / k ɒ k ə , k ɒ k ə ɹ /
n1
a small breed with wavy silky hair;

- originally developed in England;

- syn. English cocker spaniel, cocker spaniel;

v1
treat with excessive indulgence;

- "grandparents often pamper the children";

- "Let's not mollycoddle our students!";

- syn. baby, coddle, cosset, featherbed, indulge, mollycoddle, pamper, spoil;

cocker spaniel
n1
a small breed with wavy silky hair;

- originally developed in England;

- syn. English cocker spaniel, cocker;

cockerel / k ɒ k ə ɹ ə ɫ /
n1
a young domestic cock;

- not older than one year;

cockeyed / k ɒ k aɪ d /
a1
turned or twisted toward one side;

- "a...youth with a gorgeous red necktie all awry"- G.K.Chesterton;

- "his wig was, as the British say, skew-whiff";

- syn. askew, awry, lopsided, skew-whiff, wonky;

- sim. crooked;

a2
so unreasonable as to invite derision;

- "the absurd excuse that the dog ate his homework";

- "that's a cockeyed idea";

- "ask a nonsensical question and get a nonsensical answer";

- "a contribution so small as to be laughable";

- "it is ludicrous to call a cottage a mansion";

- "a preposterous attempt to turn back the pages of history";

- "her conceited assumption of universal interest in her rather dull children was ridiculous";

- syn. absurd, derisory, idiotic, laughable, ludicrous, nonsensical, preposterous, ridiculous;

- sim. foolish;

a3
very drunk;

- syn. besotted, blind drunk, blotto, crocked, fuddled, loaded, pie-eyed, pissed, pixilated, plastered, slopped, sloshed, smashed, soaked, soused, sozzled, squiffy, stiff, tight, wet;

- sim. intoxicated;

cockfight / k ɒ k f aɪ t /
n1
a match in a cockpit between two fighting cocks heeled with metal gaffs;

cockfighting / k ɒ k f aɪ t ɪ ŋ /
n1
participation in the sport of matching gamecocks in a cockfight;

cockhorse / k ɒ k h ɔ s /
n1
anything used as a toy horse (such as a rocking horse or one knee of an adult);

cockiness / k ɒ k ɪ n ɪ s /
n1
offensive boldness and assertiveness;

- syn. bumptiousness, forwardness, pushiness;

cockle / k ɒ k ɫ /
n1
common edible European bivalve;

n2
common edible, burrowing European bivalve mollusk that has a strong, rounded shell with radiating ribs;

v1
stir up (water) so as to form ripples;

- syn. riffle, ripple, ruffle, undulate;

v2
to gather something into small wrinkles or folds;

- "She puckered her lips";

- syn. crumple, knit, pucker, rumple;

cockle-bur
n1
any coarse weed of the genus Xanthium having spiny burrs;

- syn. cockle-burr, cocklebur, cockleburr;

cockle-burr
n1
any coarse weed of the genus Xanthium having spiny burrs;

- syn. cockle-bur, cocklebur, cockleburr;

cocklebur
n1
any coarse weed of the genus Xanthium having spiny burrs;

- syn. cockle-bur, cockle-burr, cockleburr;

n2
burdock having heart-shaped leaves found in open woodland, hedgerows and rough grassland of Europe (except extreme N) and Asia Minor;

- sometimes cultivated for medicinal and culinary use;

- syn. Arctium lappa, great burdock, greater burdock;

cockleburr
n1
any coarse weed of the genus Xanthium having spiny burrs;

- syn. cockle-bur, cockle-burr, cocklebur;

cockleshell / k ɒ k ɫ ʃ ɛ ɫ /
n1
a small light flimsy boat;

cockloft
n1
a small loft or garret;

Cockney / k ɒ k n i /
n1
a native of the east end of London;

n2
the nonstandard dialect of natives of the east end of London;

a1
characteristic of Cockneys or their dialect;

- "cockney vowels";

a2
relating to or resembling a cockney;

- "Cockney street urchins";

cockpit / k ɒ k p ɪ t /
n1
compartment where the pilot sits while flying the aircraft;

n2
a pit for cockfights;

n3
seat where the driver sits while driving a racing car;

cockroach / k ɒ k ɹ oʊ tʃ /
n1
any of numerous chiefly nocturnal insects;

- some are domestic pests;

- syn. roach;

cockscomb / k ɒ k s k oʊ m /
n1
garden annual with featherlike spikes of red or yellow flowers;

- syn. Celosia argentea cristata, Celosia cristata, common cockscomb;

n2
a conceited dandy who is overly impressed by his own accomplishments;

- syn. coxcomb;

n3
a cap worn by court jesters;

- adorned with a strip of red;

- syn. coxcomb;

n4
the fleshy red crest on the head of the domestic fowl and other gallinaceous birds;

- syn. comb, coxcomb;

cocksfoot
n1
widely grown stout Old World hay and pasture grass;

- syn. Dactylis glomerata, cockspur, orchard grass;

cockspur
n1
widely grown stout Old World hay and pasture grass;

- syn. Dactylis glomerata, cocksfoot, orchard grass;

n2
small spiny West Indian tree;

- syn. Pisonia aculeata;

cockspur hawthorn
n1
eastern United States hawthorn with long straight thorns;

- syn. Crataegus crus-galli, cockspur thorn;

cockspur thorn
n1
eastern United States hawthorn with long straight thorns;

- syn. Crataegus crus-galli, cockspur hawthorn;

cocksucker
n1
a person who performs fellatio;

n2
insulting terms of address for people who are stupid or irritating or ridiculous;

- syn. SOB, asshole, bastard, dickhead, mother fucker, motherfucker, prick, shit, son of a bitch, whoreson;

cocksure / k ɒ k ʃ ʊə , k ɒ k ʃ ʊə ɹ /
a1
marked by excessive confidence;

- "an arrogant and cocksure materialist";

- "so overconfident and impudent as to speak to the queen";

- "the less he knows the more positive he gets";

- syn. overconfident, positive;

- sim. confident;

cocksureness
n1
total certainty or greater certainty than circumstances warrant;

- syn. certitude, overconfidence;

cocktail / k ɒ k t eɪ ɫ /
n1
a short mixed drink;

n2
an appetizer served as a first course at a meal;

cocktail dress
n1
a dress suitable for formal occasions;

- syn. sheath;

cocktail lounge
n1
a barroom in a hotel or restaurant where cocktails are served;

cocktail party
n1
an afternoon party at which cocktails are served;

cocktail sauce
n1
usually catsup with horseradish and lemon juice;

- syn. seafood sauce;

cocktail shaker
n1
a shaker for mixing cocktails;

cocktail table
n1
low table where magazines can be placed and coffee or cocktails are served;

- syn. coffee table;

cockup / k ɒ k ʌ p /
n1
something badly botched or muddled;

- syn. balls-up, ballup, mess-up;

cocky / k ɒ k i /
a1
overly self-confident or self-assertive;

- "a very cocky young man";

- sim. assertive;

cocky-leeky
n1
soup made from chicken boiled with leeks;

- syn. cock-a-leekie;

coco / k oʊ k oʊ /
n1
tall palm tree bearing coconuts as fruits;

- widely planted throughout the tropics;

- syn. Cocos nucifera, coco palm, cocoa palm, coconut, coconut palm, coconut tree;

coco de macao
n1
tall feather palm of northern Brazil with hard-shelled nuts yielding valuable oil and a kind of vegetable ivory;

- syn. Orbignya martiana, Orbignya phalerata, Orbignya spesiosa, babassu, babassu palm;

coco palm
n1
tall palm tree bearing coconuts as fruits;

- widely planted throughout the tropics;

- syn. Cocos nucifera, coco, cocoa palm, coconut, coconut palm, coconut tree;

coco plum
n1
small tropical American tree bearing edible plumlike fruit;

- syn. Chrysobalanus icaco, coco plum tree, cocoa plum, icaco;

n2
plum-shaped whitish to almost black fruit used for preserves;

- tropical American;

- syn. cocoa plum, icaco;

coco plum tree
n1
small tropical American tree bearing edible plumlike fruit;

- syn. Chrysobalanus icaco, coco plum, cocoa plum, icaco;

cocoa / k oʊ k oʊ /
n1
a beverage made from cocoa powder and milk and sugar;

- usually drunk hot;

- syn. chocolate, drinking chocolate, hot chocolate;

n2
powder of ground roasted cacao beans with most of the fat removed;

cocoa bean
n1
seed of the cacao tree;

- ground roasted beans are source of chocolate;

- syn. cacao bean;

cocoa butter
n1
a yellow-white fat from cocoa beans;

n2
the vegetable fat from the cacao that is extracted from chocolate liquor;

- the basis for white chocolate;

cocoa palm
n1
tall palm tree bearing coconuts as fruits;

- widely planted throughout the tropics;

- syn. Cocos nucifera, coco, coco palm, coconut, coconut palm, coconut tree;

cocoa plum
n1
small tropical American tree bearing edible plumlike fruit;

- syn. Chrysobalanus icaco, coco plum, coco plum tree, icaco;

n2
plum-shaped whitish to almost black fruit used for preserves;

- tropical American;

- syn. coco plum, icaco;

cocoa powder
n1
the powdery remains of chocolate liquor after cocoa butter is removed;

- used in baking and in low fat and low calorie recipes and as a flavoring for ice cream;

cocoanut / k oʊ k ə n ʌ t /
n1
large hard-shelled oval nut with a fibrous husk containing thick white meat surrounding a central cavity filled (when fresh) with fluid or milk;

- syn. coconut;

cocobolo / k oʊ k oʊ b oʊ ɫ oʊ /
n1
a valuable timber tree of tropical South America;

- syn. Dalbergia retusa;

coconspirator / k oʊ k ə n s p ɪr ə t ə ɹ /
n1
a member of a conspiracy;

- syn. conspirator, machinator, plotter;

coconspire
v1
conspire together;

- "The two men coconspired to cover up the Federal investigation";

coconut / k oʊ k ə n ʌ t /
n1
the edible white meat of a coconut;

- often shredded for use in e.g. cakes and curries;

- syn. coconut meat;

n2
large hard-shelled oval nut with a fibrous husk containing thick white meat surrounding a central cavity filled (when fresh) with fluid or milk;

- syn. cocoanut;

n3
tall palm tree bearing coconuts as fruits;

- widely planted throughout the tropics;

- syn. Cocos nucifera, coco, coco palm, cocoa palm, coconut palm, coconut tree;

coconut cake
n1
cake containing shredded coconut in batter and frosting;

coconut cream
n1
white liquid obtained from compressing fresh coconut meat;

- syn. coconut milk;

coconut macaroon
n1
macaroon containing coconut;

coconut meat
n1
the edible white meat of a coconut;

- often shredded for use in e.g. cakes and curries;

- syn. coconut;

coconut milk
n1
white liquid obtained from compressing fresh coconut meat;

- syn. coconut cream;

n2
clear to whitish fluid from within a fresh coconut;

- syn. coconut water;

coconut oil
n1
oil from coconuts;

- syn. copra oil;

coconut palm
n1
tall palm tree bearing coconuts as fruits;

- widely planted throughout the tropics;

- syn. Cocos nucifera, coco, coco palm, cocoa palm, coconut, coconut tree;

coconut tree
n1
tall palm tree bearing coconuts as fruits;

- widely planted throughout the tropics;

- syn. Cocos nucifera, coco, coco palm, cocoa palm, coconut, coconut palm;

coconut water
n1
clear to whitish fluid from within a fresh coconut;

- syn. coconut milk;

cocoon / k ə k u n /
n1
silky envelope spun by the larvae of many insects to protect pupas and by spiders to protect eggs;

v1
retreat as if into a cocoon, as from an unfriendly environment;

- "Families cocoon around the T.V. set most evenings";

- "She loves to stay at home and cocoon";

v2
wrap in or as if in a cocoon, as for protection;

cocooning / k ə k u n ɪ ŋ /
n1
retreating to the seclusion of your home (as for privacy or escape);

Cocopa
n1
a member of a North American Indian people living around the mouth of the Colorado River;

- syn. Cocopah;

n2
the Yuman language spoken by the Cocopa;

- syn. Cocopah;

Cocopah
n1
a member of a North American Indian people living around the mouth of the Colorado River;

- syn. Cocopa;

n2
the Yuman language spoken by the Cocopa;

- syn. Cocopa;

Cocos / k oʊ k oʊ z /
n1
coconut palms;

- syn. genus Cocos;

Cocos nucifera
n1
tall palm tree bearing coconuts as fruits;

- widely planted throughout the tropics;

- syn. coco, coco palm, cocoa palm, coconut, coconut palm, coconut tree;

cocoswood
n1
wood of the granadilla tree used for making musical instruments especially clarinets;

- syn. cocuswood, granadilla wood;

cocotte / k ɒ k ɒ t /
n1
a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money;

- syn. bawd, cyprian, fancy woman, harlot, lady of pleasure, prostitute, sporting lady, tart, whore, woman of the street, working girl;

n2
a small casserole in which individual portions can be cooked and served;

cocoyam
n1
edible starchy tuberous root of taro plants;

- syn. dasheen, eddo, taro;

n2
tropical starchy tuberous root;

- syn. dasheen, edda, taro, taro root;

cocozelle
n1
squash plant having dark green fruit with skin mottled with light green or yellow;

- syn. Italian vegetable marrow;

n2
squash resembling zucchini;

Cocteau
n1
French writer and film maker who worked in many artistic media (1889-1963);

- syn. Jean Cocteau;

Cocus
n1
(Greek mythology) one of the Titans;

cocuswood
n1
wood of the granadilla tree used for making musical instruments especially clarinets;

- syn. cocoswood, granadilla wood;

Cocytus
n1
(Greek mythology) a river in Hades that was said to be a tributary of the Acheron;

- syn. River Cocytus;

cod / s i oʊ d i , k ɒ d /
n1
the vessel that contains the seeds of a plant (not the seeds themselves);

- syn. pod, seedcase;

n2
lean white flesh of important North Atlantic food fish;

- usually baked or poached;

- syn. codfish;

n3
major food fish of Arctic and cold-temperate waters;

- syn. codfish;

v1
fool or hoax;

- "The immigrant was duped because he trusted everyone";

- "You can't fool me!";

- syn. befool, dupe, fool, gull, put on, put one across, put one over, slang, take in;

v2
harass with persistent criticism or carping;

- "The children teased the new teacher";

- "Don't ride me so hard over my failure";

- "His fellow workers razzed him when he wore a jacket and tie";

- syn. bait, rag, rally, razz, ride, tantalise, tantalize, taunt, tease, twit;

a1
payable by the recipient on delivery;

- "a collect call";

- "the letter came collect";

- "a COD parcel";

- syn. collect;

- sim. due;

r1
collecting the charges upon delivery;

- "mail a package C.O.D.";

- syn. C.O.D., cash on delivery;

cod-liver oil / k ɒ d ɫ ɪ v ə ɹ ɔɪ ɫ /
n1
an oil obtained from the livers of cod and similar fishes;

- taken orally as a source of vitamins A and D;

- syn. cod liver oil;

cod liver oil
n1
an oil obtained from the livers of cod and similar fishes;

- taken orally as a source of vitamins A and D;

- syn. cod-liver oil;

cod oil
n1
an inferior cod-liver oil that is used in leather manufacturing;

coda / k oʊ d ə /
n1
the closing section of a musical composition;

- syn. finale;

Codariocalyx
n1
used in some classifications for plants usually included in genus Desmodium;

- syn. genus Codariocalyx;

Codariocalyx motorius
n1
erect tropical Asian shrub whose small lateral leaflets rotate on their axes and jerk up and down under the influence of sunshine;

- syn. Desmodium gyrans, Desmodium motorium, semaphore plant, telegraph plant;

coddle / k ɒ d ɫ /
v1
treat with excessive indulgence;

- "grandparents often pamper the children";

- "Let's not mollycoddle our students!";

- syn. baby, cocker, cosset, featherbed, indulge, mollycoddle, pamper, spoil;

v2
cook in nearly boiling water;

- "coddle eggs";

coddled egg
n1
egg cooked briefly in the shell in gently boiling water;

- syn. boiled egg;

coddler / k ɒ d ɫ ə , k ɒ d ɫ ə ɹ /
n1
someone who pampers or spoils by excessive indulgence;

- syn. mollycoddler, pamperer, spoiler;

code / k oʊ d /
n1
a set of rules or principles or laws (especially written ones);

- syn. codification;

n2
a coding system used for transmitting messages requiring brevity or secrecy;

n3
(computer science) the symbolic arrangement of data or instructions in a computer program or the set of such instructions;

- syn. computer code;

v1
attach a code to;

- "Code the pieces with numbers so that you can identify them later";

v2
convert ordinary language into code;

- "We should encode the message for security reasons";

- syn. cipher, cypher, encipher, encrypt, inscribe, write in code;

code flag
n1
one of an international code of flag signals used between ships;

- syn. nautical signal flag;

code of behavior
n1
a set of conventional principles and expectations that are considered binding on any person who is a member of a particular group;

- syn. code of conduct;

code of conduct
n1
a set of conventional principles and expectations that are considered binding on any person who is a member of a particular group;

- syn. code of behavior;

codefendant / k oʊ d f ɛ n d æ n t /
n1
a defendant who has been joined together with one or more other defendants in a single action;

- syn. co-defendant;

codeine / k oʊ d i n /
n1
derivative of opium;

- used as an antitussive (to relieve coughing) and an analgesic (to relieve pain);

coder / k ɒ d ə , k ɒ d ə ɹ , k oʊ d ə , k oʊ d ə ɹ /
n1
a person who designs and writes and tests computer programs;

- syn. computer programmer, programmer, software engineer;

codetalker
n1
a secret agent who was one of the Navajos who devised and used a code based on their native language;

- the code was unbroken by the Japanese during World War II;

- syn. windtalker;

codex / k oʊ d ɛ k s /
n1
an official list of chemicals or medicines etc.;

n2
an unbound manuscript of some ancient classic (as distinguished from a scroll);

- syn. leaf-book;

codfish / k ɒ d f ɪ ʃ /
n1
lean white flesh of important North Atlantic food fish;

- usually baked or poached;

- syn. cod;

n2
major food fish of Arctic and cold-temperate waters;

- syn. cod;

codfish ball
n1
usually made of flaked salt cod and mashed potatoes;

- syn. codfish cake;

codfish cake
n1
usually made of flaked salt cod and mashed potatoes;

- syn. codfish ball;

codger / k ɒ dʒ ə , k ɒ dʒ ə ɹ /
n1
used affectionately to refer to an eccentric but amusing old man;

- syn. old codger;

Codiaeum
n1
evergreen tropical trees and shrubs with thick and colorful leathery leaves;

- Malaya and Pacific islands;

- syn. genus Codiaeum;

Codiaeum variegatum
n1
grown in many varieties for their brightly colored foliage;

- widely cultivated as a houseplant;

- syn. croton;

codicil / k oʊ d ɪ s ɪ ɫ /
n1
a supplement to a will;

- a testamentary instrument intended to alter an already executed will;

codification / k oʊ d ɪ f ɪ k eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the act of codifying;

- arranging in a systematic order;

n2
a set of rules or principles or laws (especially written ones);

- syn. code;

codified / k oʊ d ɪ f aɪ d /
a1
enacted by a legislative body;

- "statute law";

- "codified written laws";

- syn. statute;

- sim. written;

codify / k oʊ d ɪ f aɪ /
v1
organize into a code or system, such as a body of law;

- "Hammurabi codified the laws";

coding / k oʊ d ɪ ŋ /
n1
act of writing in code or cipher;

- syn. cryptography, secret writing, steganography;

coding DNA
n1
sequence of a gene's DNA that transcribes into protein structures;

- "exons are interspersed with introns";

- syn. exon;

coding system
n1
a system of signals used to represent letters or numbers in transmitting messages;

codlin moth
n1
a small grey moth whose larvae live in apples and English walnuts;

- syn. Carpocapsa pomonella, codling moth;

codling / k ɒ d ɫ ɪ ŋ /
n1
young codfish;

codling moth
n1
a small grey moth whose larvae live in apples and English walnuts;

- syn. Carpocapsa pomonella, codlin moth;

codlins-and-cream
n1
plant of Europe and Asia having purplish-red flowers and hairy stems and leaves;

- introduced into North America;

- syn. Epilobium hirsutum, hairy willowherb;

codon
n1
a specific sequence of three adjacent nucleotides on a strand of DNA or RNA that specifies the genetic code information for synthesizing a particular amino acid;

codpiece / k ɒ d p i s /
n1
(15th-16th century) a flap for the crotch of men's tight-fitting breeches;

codswallop
n1
nonsensical talk or writing;

- syn. applesauce, folderol, rubbish, trash, tripe, trumpery, wish-wash;

Cody
n1
United States showman famous for his Wild West Show (1846-1917);

- syn. Buffalo Bill, Buffalo Bill Cody, William F. Cody, William Frederick Cody;

coeducate
v1
educate persons of both sexes together;

- syn. co-educate;

coeducation / k oʊ ɛ d j u k eɪ ʃ ə n , k oʊ ɛ dʒ ʊ k eɪ ʃ n /
n1
education of men and women in the same institutions;

coeducational / k oʊ ɛ d j u k eɪ ʃ ə n ə ɫ , k oʊ ɪ d j ə k eɪ ʃ ə n ə ɫ /
a1
attended by members of both sexes;

- syn. co-ed;

- sim. integrated;

coefficient / k oʊ ɪ f ɪ ʃ ə n t , k oʊ ɪ f ɪ ʃ n t /
n1
a constant number that serves as a measure of some property or characteristic;

coefficient of absorption
n1
a measure of the rate of decrease in the intensity of electromagnetic radiation (as light) as it passes through a given substance;

- the fraction of incident radiant energy absorbed per unit mass or thickness of an absorber;

- "absorptance equals 1 minus transmittance";

- syn. absorptance, absorption coefficient;

coefficient of concordance
n1
a coefficient of agreement (concordance) between different sets of rank orderings of the same set of things;

coefficient of correlation
n1
a statistic representing how closely two variables co-vary;

- it can vary from -1 (perfect negative correlation) through 0 (no correlation) to +1 (perfect positive correlation);

- "what is the correlation between those two variables?";

- syn. correlation, correlation coefficient;

coefficient of drag
n1
the ratio of the drag on a body moving through air to the product of the velocity and the surface area of the body;

- syn. drag coefficient;

coefficient of elasticity
n1
(physics) the ratio of the applied stress to the change in shape of an elastic body;

- syn. elastic modulus, modulus of elasticity;

coefficient of expansion
n1
the fractional change in length or area or volume per unit change in temperature at a given constant pressure;

- syn. expansivity;

coefficient of friction
n1
the ratio of the weight of an object being moved along a surface and the force that maintains contact between the object and the surface;

coefficient of mutual induction
n1
a measure of the induction between two circuits;

- the ratio of the electromotive force in a circuit to the corresponding change of current in a neighboring circuit;

- usually measured in henries;

- syn. mutual inductance;

coefficient of reflection
n1
the fraction of radiant energy that is reflected from a surface;

- syn. reflectance, reflection factor, reflectivity;

coefficient of self induction
n1
the ratio of the electromotive force produced in a circuit by self-induction to the rate of change of current producing it, expressed in henries;

- syn. self-inductance;

coefficient of viscosity
n1
a measure of the resistance to flow of a fluid under an applied force;

- syn. absolute viscosity, dynamic viscosity;

coelacanth / s i ɫ ə k æ n θ /
n1
fish thought to have been extinct since the Cretaceous period but found in 1938 off the coast of Africa;

- syn. Latimeria chalumnae;

Coelenterata
n1
hydras;

- polyps;

- jellyfishes;

- sea anemones;

- corals;

- syn. Cnidaria, phylum Cnidaria, phylum Coelenterata;

coelenterate
n1
radially symmetrical animals having saclike bodies with only one opening and tentacles with stinging structures;

- they occur in polyp and medusa forms;

- syn. cnidarian;

coelenterate family
n1
a family of coelenterates;

coelenterate genus
n1
a genus of coelenterates;

coelenteron
n1
the saclike body cavity of a coelenterate;

coeliac
a1
of or in or belonging to the cavity of the abdomen;

- syn. celiac;

coeliac plexus
n1
a large plexus of sympathetic nerves in the abdomen behind the stomach;

- syn. abdominal nerve plexus, plexus celiacus, solar plexus;

Coeloglossum
n1
terrestrial orchids of cooler parts of North America and Europe: satyr orchid;

- syn. genus Coeloglossum;

Coeloglossum bracteatum
n1
orchid with broad ovate leaves and long-bracted green very irregular flowers;

- syn. satyr orchid;

Coeloglossum viride
n1
orchid having hooded long-bracted green to yellow-green flowers suffused with purple;

- syn. frog orchid;

coelogyne
n1
any of various orchids of the genus Coelogyne with: clusters of fragrant lacy snow-white flowers;

- salmon-pink solitary flowers;

- chainlike racemes of topaz and chocolate brown flowers;

- spikes of delicate white spice-scented flowers;

- emerald green flowers marked with blue-black;

coelom
n1
a cavity in the mesoderm of an embryo that gives rise in humans to the pleural cavity and pericardial cavity and peritoneal cavity;

- syn. celom, celoma;

coelophysis
n1
one of the oldest known dinosaurs;

- late Triassic;

- cannibalistic;

coelostat
n1
optical device used to follow the path of a celestial body and reflect its light into a telescope;

- has a movable and a fixed mirror;

coenobite / s i n ə b aɪ t /
n1
a member of a religious order living in common;

- syn. cenobite;

coenobitic
a1
of or relating to or befitting cenobites or their practices of communal living;

- syn. cenobitic, cenobitical, coenobitical;

coenobitical
a1
of or relating to or befitting cenobites or their practices of communal living;

- syn. cenobitic, cenobitical, coenobitic;

coenzyme
n1
a small molecule (not a protein but sometimes a vitamin) essential for the activity of some enzymes;

coenzyme A
n1
a coenzyme present in all living cells;

- essential to metabolism of carbohydrates and fats and some amino acids;

coenzyme Q
n1
any of several quinones found in living cells and that function as coenzymes that transfer electrons from one molecule to another in cell respiration;

- syn. ubiquinone;

coequal / k oʊ i k w ə ɫ /
a1
having the same standing before the law;

- sim. equal;

coerce / k oʊ ɝ s /
v1
to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means;

- "She forced him to take a job in the city";

- "He squeezed her for information";

- syn. force, hale, pressure, squeeze;

coercion / k oʊ ɝ ʃ n /
n1
the act of compelling by force of authority;

n2
using force to cause something to occur;

- "though pressed into rugby under compulsion I began to enjoy the game";

- "they didn't have to use coercion";

- syn. compulsion;

coercive / k oʊ ɝ s ɪ v /
a1
serving or intended to coerce;

- "authority is directional instead of coercive";

- sim. powerful;

Coereba
n1
type genus of the Coerebidae;

- syn. genus Coereba;

Coerebidae
n1
the honeycreepers;

- syn. Dacninae, family Coerebidae, family Dacninae;

coetaneous
a1
of the same period;

- syn. coeval, contemporaneous;

- sim. synchronous;

Coeur d'Alene
n1
a member of an Amerindian people living in northern Idaho around Coeur d'Alene Lake;

n2
a town in the northern panhandle of Idaho;

- popular resort area;

Coeur d'Alene Lake
n1
a lake in northern Idaho;

coeval / k oʊ i v ɫ /
n1
a person of nearly the same age as another;

- syn. contemporary;

a1
of the same period;

- syn. coetaneous, contemporaneous;

- sim. synchronous;

coevals / k oʊ i v ɫ z /
n1
all the people living at the same time or of approximately the same age;

- syn. contemporaries, generation;

coexist / k oʊ ɪ ɡ z ɪ s t /
v1
coexist peacefully, as of nations;

v2
exist together;

- syn. cohabit;

coexistence / k oʊ ɪ ɡ z ɪ s t ə n s /
n1
existing peacefully together;

coexistent / k oʊ ɪ ɡ z ɪ s t ə n t /
a1
existing at the same time;

- syn. coexisting;

- sim. synchronous;

coexisting / k oʊ ɪ ɡ z ɪ s t ɪ ŋ /
a1
existing at the same time;

- syn. coexistent;

- sim. synchronous;

coextension
n1
equality of extension or duration;

coextensive
a1
being of equal extent or scope or duration;

- syn. conterminous, coterminous;

- sim. commensurate;

cofactor
n1
a substance (as a coenzyme) that must join with another to produce a given result;

Coffea
n1
coffee trees;

- syn. genus Coffea;

Coffea arabica
n1
shrubby tree of northeastern tropical Africa widely cultivated in tropical or near tropical regions for its seed which form most of the commercial coffee;

- syn. Arabian coffee;

Coffea canephora
n1
native to West Africa but grown in Java and elsewhere;

- resistant to coffee rust;

- syn. Coffea robusta, Rio Nunez coffee, robusta coffee;

Coffea liberica
n1
small tree of West Africa;

- syn. Liberian coffee;

Coffea robusta
n1
native to West Africa but grown in Java and elsewhere;

- resistant to coffee rust;

- syn. Coffea canephora, Rio Nunez coffee, robusta coffee;

coffee / k ɒ f i /
n1
a beverage consisting of an infusion of ground coffee beans;

- "he ordered a cup of coffee";

- syn. java;

n2
any of several small trees and shrubs native to the tropical Old World yielding coffee beans;

- syn. coffee tree;

n3
a seed of the coffee tree;

- ground to make coffee;

- syn. coffee bean, coffee berry;

n4
a medium brown to dark-brown color;

- syn. burnt umber, chocolate, deep brown, umber;

coffee-table book
n1
an elaborate oversize book suitable for displaying on a coffee table;

coffee bar
n1
a small restaurant where drinks and snacks are sold;

- syn. cafe, coffee shop, coffeehouse;

coffee bean
n1
a seed of the coffee tree;

- ground to make coffee;

- syn. coffee, coffee berry;

coffee berry
n1
a seed of the coffee tree;

- ground to make coffee;

- syn. coffee, coffee bean;

coffee blight
n1
a blight affecting the coffee plant;

coffee break
n1
a snack taken during a break in the work day;

- "a ten-minute coffee break";

- "the British have tea breaks";

- syn. tea break;

coffee cake
n1
a cake or sweet bread usually served with coffee;

- syn. coffeecake;

coffee can
n1
a can for storing ground coffee;

coffee cappuccino
n1
equal parts of espresso and hot milk topped with cinnamon and nutmeg and usually whipped cream;

- syn. cappuccino, cappuccino coffee;

coffee cream
n1
cream that has at least 18% butterfat;

- "in England they call light cream `single cream'";

- syn. light cream, single cream;

coffee cup
n1
a cup from which coffee is drunk;

coffee fern
n1
evergreen fern of California and Baja California;

- syn. Pellaea andromedifolia;

coffee filter
n1
filter (usually of paper) that passes the coffee and retains the coffee grounds;

coffee fungus
n1
fungus causing a disease in coffee and some other tropical plants;

- syn. Pellicularia koleroga;

coffee grinder
n1
a mill that grinds roasted coffee beans;

- syn. coffee mill;

coffee grounds
n1
the dregs remaining after brewing coffee;

coffee liqueur
n1
coffee-flavored liqueur;

coffee maker
n1
a kitchen appliance for brewing coffee automatically;

coffee mill
n1
a mill that grinds roasted coffee beans;

- syn. coffee grinder;

coffee mug
n1
a mug intended for serving coffee;

coffee ring
n1
ring-shaped coffeecake with fruits or nuts and often iced;

coffee roll
n1
any of numerous yeast-raised sweet rolls with our without raisins or nuts or spices or a glaze;

- syn. sweet roll;

coffee rose
n1
tropical shrub having glossy foliage and fragrant nocturnal flowers with crimped or wavy corollas;

- northern India to Thailand;

- syn. Adam's apple, East Indian rosebay, Nero's crown, Tabernaemontana divaricate, crape jasmine, crepe gardenia, crepe jasmine, pinwheel flower;

coffee royal
n1
black coffee with Cognac and lemon peel and sugar;

- syn. cafe royale;

coffee senna
n1
very leafy malodorous tropical weedy shrub whose seeds have been used as an adulterant for coffee;

- sometimes classified in genus Cassia;

- syn. Cassia occidentalis, Senna occidentalis, mogdad coffee, stinking weed, styptic weed;

coffee shop
n1
a small restaurant where drinks and snacks are sold;

- syn. cafe, coffee bar, coffeehouse;

coffee stall
n1
a stand (usually movable) selling hot coffee and food (especially at night);

coffee substitute
n1
a drink resembling coffee that is sometimes substituted for it;

coffee table
n1
low table where magazines can be placed and coffee or cocktails are served;

- syn. cocktail table;

coffee tree
n1
any of several small trees and shrubs native to the tropical Old World yielding coffee beans;

- syn. coffee;

coffee urn
n1
an urn in which coffee is made and kept hot;

coffeeberry
n1
evergreen shrub of western United States bearing small red or black fruits;

- syn. California buckthorn, California coffee, Rhamnus californicus;

coffeecake / k ɒ f i k eɪ k /
n1
a cake or sweet bread usually served with coffee;

- syn. coffee cake;

coffeehouse / k ɒ f i h aʊ z /
n1
a small restaurant where drinks and snacks are sold;

- syn. cafe, coffee bar, coffee shop;

coffeepot / k ɒ f i p ɒ t /
n1
tall pot in which coffee is brewed;

coffer / k ɒ f ə , k ɒ f ə ɹ /
n1
an ornamental sunken panel in a ceiling or dome;

- syn. caisson, lacunar;

n2
a chest especially for storing valuables;

cofferdam / k ɒ f ə d æ m /
n1
large watertight chamber used for construction under water;

- syn. caisson, pneumatic caisson;

Coffey still
n1
a still consisting of an apparatus for the fractional distillation of ethanol from fermentation on an industrial scale;

coffin / k ɒ f ɪ n /
n1
box in which a corpse is buried or cremated;

- syn. casket;

v1
place into a coffin;

- "her body was coffined";

coffin nail
n1
finely ground tobacco wrapped in paper;

- for smoking;

- syn. butt, cigaret, cigarette, fag;

cofounder
n1
one of a group of founders;

cog / k ɒ ɡ /
n1
a subordinate who performs an important but routine function;

- "he was a small cog in a large machine";

n2
tooth on the rim of gear wheel;

- syn. sprocket;

v1
roll steel ingots;

v2
join pieces of wood with cogs;

cog railway
n1
railway for steep mountains;

- a cogwheel on the locomotive engages cogs on a center rail to provide traction;

- syn. rack railway;

cogency / k oʊ dʒ ə n s i /
n1
persuasive relevance;

n2
the quality of being valid and rigorous;

- syn. rigor, rigour, validity;

cogent / k oʊ dʒ ə n t /
a1
powerfully persuasive;

- "a cogent argument";

- "a telling presentation";

- "a weighty argument";

- syn. telling, weighty;

- sim. persuasive;

cogent evidence
n1
any factual evidence that helps to establish the truth of something;

- "if you have any proof for what you say, now is the time to produce it";

- syn. proof;

cogged
a1
having cogs;

- "a cogged wheel";

- sim. toothed;

coggle
v1
walk unsteadily;

- "small children toddle";

- syn. dodder, paddle, toddle, totter, waddle;

v2
move unsteadily;

- "His knees wobbled";

- "The old cart wobbled down the street";

- syn. wobble;

cogitable
a1
capable of being thought about;

- "space flight to other galaxies becomes more cogitable";

- syn. ponderable;

- sim. thinkable;

cogitate / k ɒ dʒ ɪ t eɪ t /
v1
consider carefully and deeply;

- reflect upon;

- turn over in one's mind;

v2
use or exercise the mind or one's power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments;

- "I've been thinking all day and getting nowhere";

- syn. cerebrate, think;

cogitation / k ɒ dʒ ɪ t eɪ ʃ n /
n1
a carefully considered thought about something;

- "his cogitations were dutifully recorded in his daybook";

n2
attentive consideration and meditation;

- "after much cogitation he rejected the offer";

- syn. study;

cogitative / k ɒ dʒ ɪ t ə t ɪ v /
a1
of or relating to having capacities for cogitation;

- "the cogitative faculty";

a2
given to cogitation;

- "he looked at me with cogitative eyes";

- sim. thoughtful;

Cognac / k ɒ n j æ k /
n1
high quality grape brandy distilled in the Cognac district of France;

cognate / k ɒ ɡ n eɪ t /
n1
one related by blood or origin;

- especially on sharing an ancestor with another;

- syn. blood relation, blood relative, sib;

n2
a word is cognate with another if both derive from the same word in an ancestral language;

- syn. cognate word;

a1
related in nature;

- "connate qualities";

- syn. connate;

- sim. related;

a2
having the same ancestral language;

- "cognate languages";

- sim. related;

a3
related by blood;

- syn. akin, blood-related, consanguine, consanguineal, consanguineous, kin;

- sim. related;

cognate word
n1
a word is cognate with another if both derive from the same word in an ancestral language;

- syn. cognate;

cognation / k ɒ ɡ n eɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
line of descent traced through the maternal side of the family;

- syn. enation, matrilineage;

n2
(anthropology) related by blood;

- syn. blood kinship, consanguinity;

cognisable / k ɒ ɡ n ɪ z ə b ɫ /
a1
capable of being known;

- syn. cognizable, cognoscible, knowable;

cognisance / k ɒ ɡ n ɪ z ə n s /
n1
having knowledge of;

- "he had no awareness of his mistakes";

- "his sudden consciousness of the problem he faced";

- "their intelligence and general knowingness was impressive";

- syn. awareness, cognizance, consciousness, knowingness;

cognisant / k ɒ ɡ n ɪ z ə n t /
a1
(sometimes followed by `of') having or showing knowledge or understanding or realization or perception;

- "was aware of his opponent's hostility";

- "became aware of her surroundings";

- "aware that he had exceeded the speed limit";

- syn. aware, cognizant;

- also awake, conscious, sensible, sensitive, witting;

- sim. alert, conscious, sensible;

cognise
v1
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information;

- possess knowledge or information about;

- "I know that the President lied to the people";

- "I want to know who is winning the game!";

- "I know it's time";

- syn. cognize, know;

cognition / k ɒ ɡ n ɪ ʃ n /
n1
the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning;

- syn. knowledge, noesis;

cognitive / k ɒ ɡ n ɪ t ɪ v /
a1
of or being or relating to or involving cognition;

- "cognitive psychology";

- "cognitive style";

cognitive content
n1
the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned;

- syn. content, mental object;

cognitive factor
n1
something immaterial (as a circumstance or influence) that contributes to producing a result;

cognitive neuroscience
n1
the branch of neuroscience that studies the biological foundations of mental phenomena;

cognitive neuroscientist
n1
a cognitive scientist who studies the neurophysiological foundations of mental phenomena;

cognitive operation
n1
(psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity;

- an operation that affects mental contents;

- "the process of thinking";

- "the cognitive operation of remembering";

- syn. cognitive process, mental process, operation, process;

cognitive process
n1
(psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity;

- an operation that affects mental contents;

- "the process of thinking";

- "the cognitive operation of remembering";

- syn. cognitive operation, mental process, operation, process;

cognitive psychology
n1
an approach to psychology that emphasizes internal mental processes;

cognitive science
n1
the field of science concerned with cognition;

- includes parts of cognitive psychology and linguistics and computer science and cognitive neuroscience and philosophy of mind;

cognitive scientist
n1
a scientist who studies cognitive processes;

cognitive semantics
n1
the branch of semantics that studies the cognitive aspects of meaning;

- syn. conceptual semantics, semasiology;

cognitive state
n1
the state of a person's cognitive processes;

- syn. state of mind;

cognitively / k ɒ ɡ n ɪ t ɪ v ɫ i /
r1
with regard to cognition;

- "cognitively skillful";

cognizable / k ɒ ɡ n ɪ z ə b ɫ /
a1
capable of being known;

- syn. cognisable, cognoscible, knowable;

cognizance / k ɒ ɡ n ɪ z ə n s /
n1
having knowledge of;

- "he had no awareness of his mistakes";

- "his sudden consciousness of the problem he faced";

- "their intelligence and general knowingness was impressive";

- syn. awareness, cognisance, consciousness, knowingness;

n2
range of what one can know or understand;

- "beyond my ken";

- syn. ken;

n3
range or scope of what is perceived;

cognizant / k ɒ ɡ n ɪ z ə n t /
a1
(sometimes followed by `of') having or showing knowledge or understanding or realization or perception;

- "was aware of his opponent's hostility";

- "became aware of her surroundings";

- "aware that he had exceeded the speed limit";

- syn. aware, cognisant;

- also awake, conscious, sensible, witting;

- sim. alert, conscious, sensible;

cognize / k ɒ ɡ n aɪ z /
v1
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information;

- possess knowledge or information about;

- "I know that the President lied to the people";

- "I want to know who is winning the game!";

- "I know it's time";

- syn. cognise, know;

cognomen / k ɒ ɡ n oʊ m ə n /
n1
a familiar name for a person (often a shortened version of a person's given name);

- "Joe's mother would not use his nickname and always called him Joseph";

- "Henry's nickname was Slim";

- syn. byname, moniker, nickname, sobriquet, soubriquet;

n2
the name used to identify the members of a family (as distinguished from each member's given name);

- syn. family name, last name, surname;

cognoscente / k ɒ n j oʊ ʃ ɛ n t i /
n1
an expert able to appreciate a field;

- especially in the fine arts;

- syn. connoisseur;

cognoscible
a1
capable of being known;

- syn. cognisable, cognizable, knowable;

cognovit judgement
n1
a judgment entered after a written confession by the debtor without the expense of ordinary legal proceedings;

- syn. cognovit judgment, confession of judgement, confession of judgment;

cognovit judgment
n1
a judgment entered after a written confession by the debtor without the expense of ordinary legal proceedings;

- syn. cognovit judgement, confession of judgement, confession of judgment;

cogwheel / k ɒ ɡ w i ɫ /
n1
a toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion;

- syn. gear, gear wheel, geared wheel;

cohabit / k oʊ h æ b ɪ t /
v1
share living quarters;

- usually said of people who are not married and live together as a couple;

- syn. live together, shack up;

v2
exist together;

- syn. coexist;

cohabitation / k oʊ h æ b ɪ t eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the act of living together and having a sexual relationship (especially without being married);

Cohan
n1
United States songwriter and playwright famous for his patriotic songs (1878-1942);

- syn. George M. Cohan, George Michael Cohan;

cohere / k oʊ h ɪə , k oʊ h ɪə ɹ /
v1
come or be in close contact with;

- stick or hold together and resist separation;

- "The dress clings to her body";

- "The label stuck to the box";

- "The sushi rice grains cohere";

- syn. adhere, cleave, cling, stick;

v2
cause to form a united, orderly, and aesthetically consistent whole;

- "Religion can cohere social groups";

v3
have internal elements or parts logically connected so that aesthetic consistency results;

- "the principles by which societies cohere";

coherence / k oʊ h ɪə ɹ ə n s /
n1
the state of cohering or sticking together;

- syn. coherency, cohesion, cohesiveness;

n2
logical and orderly and consistent relation of parts;

- syn. coherency;

coherency / k oʊ h ɪə ɹ ə n s i /
n1
the state of cohering or sticking together;

- syn. coherence, cohesion, cohesiveness;

n2
logical and orderly and consistent relation of parts;

- syn. coherence;

coherent / k ə h ɪə ɹ ə n t /
a1
marked by an orderly, logical, and aesthetically consistent relation of parts;

- "a coherent argument";

- syn. consistent, logical, ordered;

- also logical, rational;

- sim. seamless;

a2
capable of thinking and expressing yourself in a clear and consistent manner;

- "a lucid thinker";

- "she was more coherent than she had been just after the accident";

- syn. logical, lucid;

- sim. rational;

a3
(physics) of waves having a constant phase relation;

a4
sticking together;

- "two coherent sheets";

- "tenacious burrs";

- syn. tenacious;

- sim. adhesive;

coherently / k ə h ɪə ɹ ə n t ɫ i /
r1
in a coherent manner;

- "she could not talk coherently after the accident";

cohesion / k oʊ h i ʒ n /
n1
the state of cohering or sticking together;

- syn. coherence, coherency, cohesiveness;

n2
(botany) the process in some plants of parts growing together that are usually separate (such as petals);

n3
(physics) the intermolecular force that holds together the molecules in a solid or liquid;

cohesive / k oʊ h i s ɪ v /
a1
causing cohesion;

- "a cohesive agent";

- sim. adhesive;

a2
cohering or tending to cohere;

- well integrated;

- "a cohesive organization";

- sim. united;

cohesiveness / k oʊ h i s ɪ v n ə s /
n1
the state of cohering or sticking together;

- syn. coherence, coherency, cohesion;

n2
the property of being cohesive and sticky;

- syn. glueyness, gluiness, gumminess, ropiness, tackiness, viscidity, viscidness;

Cohn
n1
German botanist who is generally recognized as founding bacteriology when he recognized bacteria as plants;

- syn. Ferdinand Julius Cohn;

coho
n1
fatty pinkish flesh of small salmon caught in the Pacific and Great Lakes;

- syn. coho salmon, cohoe, silver salmon;

n2
small salmon of northern Pacific coasts and the Great Lakes;

- syn. Oncorhynchus kisutch, blue jack, coho salmon, cohoe, silver salmon;

coho salmon
n1
fatty pinkish flesh of small salmon caught in the Pacific and Great Lakes;

- syn. coho, cohoe, silver salmon;

n2
small salmon of northern Pacific coasts and the Great Lakes;

- syn. Oncorhynchus kisutch, blue jack, coho, cohoe, silver salmon;

cohoe
n1
fatty pinkish flesh of small salmon caught in the Pacific and Great Lakes;

- syn. coho, coho salmon, silver salmon;

n2
small salmon of northern Pacific coasts and the Great Lakes;

- syn. Oncorhynchus kisutch, blue jack, coho, coho salmon, silver salmon;

cohort / k oʊ h ɔ t /
n1
a company of companions or supporters;

n2
a band of warriors (originally a unit of a Roman Legion);

n3
a group of people having approximately the same age;

- syn. age bracket, age group;

cohosh
n1
a plant of the genus Actaea having acrid poisonous berries;

- syn. baneberry, herb Christopher;

cohune
n1
tropical American feather palm whose large nuts yield valuable oil and a kind of vegetable ivory;

- syn. Orbignya cohune, cohune palm;

cohune-nut oil
n1
semisolid fat from nuts of the cohune palm;

- used in cooking and soap making;

- syn. cohune fat, cohune oil;

cohune fat
n1
semisolid fat from nuts of the cohune palm;

- used in cooking and soap making;

- syn. cohune-nut oil, cohune oil;

cohune nut
n1
nut of the cohune palm having hard white shells like those of ivory nuts;

cohune oil
n1
semisolid fat from nuts of the cohune palm;

- used in cooking and soap making;

- syn. cohune-nut oil, cohune fat;

cohune palm
n1
tropical American feather palm whose large nuts yield valuable oil and a kind of vegetable ivory;

- syn. Orbignya cohune, cohune;

coif / k ɔɪ f /
n1
the arrangement of the hair (especially a woman's hair);

- syn. coiffure, hair style, hairdo, hairstyle;

n2
a skullcap worn by nuns under a veil or by soldiers under a hood of mail or formerly by British sergeants-at-law;

v1
cover with a coif;

v2
arrange attractively;

- "dress my hair for the wedding";

- syn. arrange, coiffe, coiffure, do, dress, set;

coiffe / k w ɑ f eɪ /
v1
arrange attractively;

- "dress my hair for the wedding";

- syn. arrange, coif, coiffure, do, dress, set;

coiffeur / k w ɑ f ɝ , k w ɑ f ɝ ɹ /
n1
a man hairdresser;

coiffeuse / k w ɑ f eɪ j u s /
n1
a woman hairdresser;

coiffure / k w ɑ f j ʊə , k w ɑ f j ʊə ɹ /
n1
the arrangement of the hair (especially a woman's hair);

- syn. coif, hair style, hairdo, hairstyle;

v1
arrange attractively;

- "dress my hair for the wedding";

- syn. arrange, coif, coiffe, do, dress, set;

coign / k ɔɪ n /
n1
expandable metal or wooden wedge used by printers to lock up a form within a chase;

- syn. coigne, quoin;

n2
the keystone of an arch;

- syn. coigne, quoin;

coigne
n1
expandable metal or wooden wedge used by printers to lock up a form within a chase;

- syn. coign, quoin;

n2
the keystone of an arch;

- syn. coign, quoin;

Coigue
n1
Chilean evergreen whose leafy boughs are used for thatching;

- syn. Nothofagus dombeyi;

coil / k ɔɪ ɫ /
n1
a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops;

- "a coil of rope";

- syn. helix, spiral, volute, whorl;

n2
a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals);

- syn. curl, curlicue, gyre, ringlet, roll, scroll, whorl;

n3
a transformer that supplies high voltage to spark plugs in a gasoline engine;

n4
a contraceptive device placed inside a woman's womb;

n5
tubing that is wound in a spiral;

n6
reactor consisting of a spiral of insulated wire that introduces inductance into a circuit;

v1
to wind or move in a spiral course;

- "the muscles and nerves of his fine drawn body were coiling for action";

- "black smoke coiling up into the sky";

- "the young people gyrated on the dance floor";

- syn. gyrate, spiral;

v2
make without a potter's wheel;

- "This famous potter hand-builds all of her vessels";

- syn. hand-build, handbuild;

v3
wind around something in coils or loops;

- syn. curl, loop;

coil spring
n1
a spring in the shape of a coil;

- syn. volute spring;

coiled / k ɔɪ ɫ d /
a1
curled or wound (especially in concentric rings or spirals);

- "a coiled snake ready to strike";

- "the rope lay coiled on the deck";

- sim. coiling, convolute, involute, involute, wound;

coiling / k ɔɪ ɫ ɪ ŋ /
a1
in the shape of a coil;

- syn. helical, spiral, spiraling, turbinate, volute, voluted, whorled;

- sim. coiled;

coin / k ɔɪ n /
n1
a flat metal piece (usually a disc) used as money;

v1
make up;

- "coin phrases or words";

v2
form by stamping, punching, or printing;

- "strike coins";

- "strike a medal";

- syn. mint, strike;

coin-operated
a1
of devices that do not operate without the prior insertion of one or more coins;

- "a coin-operated telephone";

coin bank
n1
a container (usually with a slot in the top) for keeping money at home;

- "the coin bank was empty";

- syn. bank, money box, savings bank;

coin blank
n1
a flat metal disk ready for stamping as a coin;

- syn. planchet;

coin box
n1
the part of a slot machine that serves as a receptacle for the coins;

coin collecting
n1
the collection and study of money (and coins in particular);

- syn. coin collection, numismatics, numismatology;

coin collection
n1
a collection of coins;

n2
the collection and study of money (and coins in particular);

- syn. coin collecting, numismatics, numismatology;

coin collector
n1
a collector and student of money (and coins in particular);

- syn. numismatist, numismatologist;

coin machine
n1
a machine that is operated by the insertion of a coin in a slot;

- syn. slot machine;

coin silver
n1
a silver of the degree of purity established for making legal silver coins;

coin slot
n1
a slot through which coins can be inserted into a slot machine;

coinage / k ɔɪ n ɪ dʒ /
n1
coins collectively;

- syn. metal money, mintage, specie;

n2
a newly invented word or phrase;

- syn. neologism, neology;

n3
the act of inventing a word or phrase;

- syn. neologism, neology;

coincide / k oʊ ɪ n s aɪ d /
v1
go with, fall together;

- syn. co-occur, cooccur;

v2
happen simultaneously;

- "The two events coincided";

- syn. concur;

v3
be the same;

- "our views on this matter coincided";

coincidence / k oʊ ɪ n s ɪ d ə n s /
n1
an event that might have been arranged although it was really accidental;

- syn. happenstance;

n2
the quality of occupying the same position or area in space;

- "he waited for the coincidence of the target and the cross hairs";

n3
the temporal property of two things happening at the same time;

- "the interval determining the coincidence gate is adjustable";

- syn. co-occurrence, concurrence, conjunction;

coincident / k oʊ ɪ n s ɪ d ə n t /
a1
occurring or operating at the same time;

- "a series of coincident events";

- syn. co-occurrent, coincidental, coinciding, concurrent, cooccurring, simultaneous;

- sim. synchronous;

a2
matching point for point;

- "coincident circles";

- sim. congruent;

coincidental / k oʊ ɪ n s ɪ d ɛ n t ɫ /
a1
occurring or operating at the same time;

- "a series of coincident events";

- syn. co-occurrent, coincident, coinciding, concurrent, cooccurring, simultaneous;

- sim. synchronous;

coincidentally / k oʊ ɪ n s ɪ d ɛ n t ə ɫ i /
r1
happening at the same time;

- syn. coincidently;

coincidently / k oʊ ɪ n s ɪ d ə n t ɫ i /
r1
happening at the same time;

- syn. coincidentally;

coinciding / k oʊ ɪ n s aɪ d ɪ ŋ /
a1
occurring or operating at the same time;

- "a series of coincident events";

- syn. co-occurrent, coincident, coincidental, concurrent, cooccurring, simultaneous;

- sim. synchronous;

coiner / k ɔɪ n ə , k ɔɪ n ə ɹ /
n1
a maker of counterfeit coins;

n2
someone who is a source of new words or new expressions;

n3
a skilled worker who coins or stamps money;

- syn. minter, moneyer;

coinsurance / k ɔɪ n ʃ ʊə ɹ ə n s /
n1
insurance issued jointly by two or more underwriters;

coinsure / k ɔɪ n ʃ ʊə /
v1
take out coinsurance;

coir / k ɔɪ ə , k ɔɪ ə ɹ /
n1
stiff coarse fiber from the outer husk of a coconut;

coital
a1
of or relating to coitus or copulation;

- syn. copulatory;

coition / k oʊ ɪ ʃ n /
n1
sexual activity between individuals, especially the insertion of a man's penis into a woman's vagina until orgasm and ejaculation occur;

- syn. carnal knowledge, coitus, copulation, intercourse, relation, sex act, sexual congress, sexual intercourse, sexual relation;

coitus / k oʊ ɪ t ə s /
n1
sexual activity between individuals, especially the insertion of a man's penis into a woman's vagina until orgasm and ejaculation occur;

- syn. carnal knowledge, coition, copulation, intercourse, relation, sex act, sexual congress, sexual intercourse, sexual relation;

coitus interruptus
n1
a method of birth control in which coitus is initiated but the penis is deliberately withdrawn before ejaculation;

- syn. onanism, pulling out, withdrawal, withdrawal method;

coke / k oʊ k /
n1
carbon fuel produced by distillation of coal;

n2
Coca Cola is a trademarked cola;

- syn. Coca Cola;

n3
street names for cocaine;

- syn. C, blow, nose candy, snow;

v1
become coke;

- "petroleum oils coke after distillation";

col / k ɒ ɫ /
n1
a pass between mountain peaks;

- syn. gap;

Cola / k oʊ ɫ ə /
n1
large genus of African trees bearing kola nuts;

- syn. genus Cola;

n2
carbonated drink flavored with extract from kola nuts (`dope' is a southernism in the United States);

- syn. dope;

Cola acuminata
n1
tree bearing large brown nuts containing e.g. caffeine;

- source of cola extract;

- syn. goora nut, kola, kola nut, kola nut tree;

cola extract
n1
a flavoring extracted from the kola nut;

cola nut
n1
bitter brown seed containing caffein;

- source of cola extract;

- syn. kola nut;

colander / k ʌ ɫ ə n d ə , k ʌ ɫ ə n d ə ɹ /
n1
bowl-shaped strainer;

- used to wash or drain foods;

- syn. cullender;

Colaptes
n1
a genus of Picidae;

- syn. genus Colaptes;

Colaptes auratus
n1
large flicker of eastern North America with a red neck and yellow undersurface to wings and tail;

- syn. yellow-shafted flicker, yellowhammer;

Colaptes caper collaris
n1
western United States bird with red undersurface to wings and tail;

- syn. red-shafted flicker;

Colaptes chrysoides
n1
southwestern United States bird like the yellow-shafted flicker but lacking the red neck;

- syn. gilded flicker;

Colbert / k ɒ ɫ b ɝ t /
n1
butter creamed with parsley and tarragon and beef extract;

- syn. Colbert butter;

Colbert butter
n1
butter creamed with parsley and tarragon and beef extract;

- syn. Colbert;

Colchicaceae
n1
one of many subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted: genera Colchicum and Gloriosa;

- syn. family Colchicaceae;

colchicine
n1
an analgesic drug derived from the saffron plant and used to treat gout;

Colchicum / k ɒ ɫ tʃ ɪ k ə m /
n1
chiefly fall-blooming perennial cormous herbs;

- sometimes placed in family Colchicaceae;

- syn. genus Colchicum;

Colchicum autumnale
n1
bulbous autumn-flowering herb with white, purple or lavender-and-white flowers;

- native to western and central Europe;

- syn. autumn crocus, meadow saffron, naked lady;

Colchis
n1
(Greek mythology) a region on the Black Sea to the south of the Caucasus that was the site of an ancient country where (according to Greek mythology) Jason sought the Golden Fleece;

cold / k oʊ ɫ d /
n1
a mild viral infection involving the nose and respiratory passages (but not the lungs);

- "will they never find a cure for the common cold?";

- syn. common cold;

n2
the absence of heat;

- "the coldness made our breath visible";

- "come in out of the cold";

- "cold is a vasoconstrictor";

- syn. coldness, frigidity, frigidness, low temperature;

n3
the sensation produced by low temperatures;

- "he shivered from the cold";

- "the cold helped clear his head";

- syn. coldness;

a1
having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration;

- "a cold climate";

- "a cold room";

- "dinner has gotten cold";

- "cold fingers";

- "if you are cold, turn up the heat";

- "a cold beer";

- also cool, frozen;

- sim. acold, algid, arctic, bleak, chilly, crisp, frigorific, frore, frosty, heatless, ice-cold, refrigerant, refrigerated, shivery, stone-cold, unheated;

a2
extended meanings;

- especially of psychological coldness;

- without human warmth or emotion;

- "a cold unfriendly nod";

- "a cold and unaffectionate person";

- "a cold impersonal manner";

- "cold logic";

- "the concert left me cold";

- also cool, passionless;

- sim. emotionless, frigid;

a3
having lost freshness through passage of time;

- "a cold trail";

- "dogs attempting to catch a cold scent";

- sim. stale;

a4
(color) giving no sensation of warmth;

- "a cold bluish grey";

- sim. cool;

a5
marked by errorless familiarity;

- "had her lines cold before rehearsals started";

- sim. perfect;

a6
lacking originality or spontaneity;

- no longer new;

- "moth-eaten theories about race";

- "stale news";

- syn. dusty, moth-eaten, stale;

- sim. unoriginal;

a7
so intense as to be almost uncontrollable;

- "cold fury gripped him";

- sim. intense;

a8
sexually unresponsive;

- "was cold to his advances";

- "a frigid woman";

- syn. frigid;

- sim. unloving;

a9
without compunction or human feeling;

- "in cold blood";

- "cold-blooded killing";

- "insensate destruction";

- syn. cold-blooded, inhuman, insensate;

- sim. inhumane;

a10
feeling or showing no enthusiasm;

- "a cold audience";

- "a cold response to the new play";

- sim. unenthusiastic;

a11
unconscious from a blow or shock or intoxication;

- "the boxer was out cold";

- "pass out cold";

- sim. unconscious;

a12
of a seeker;

- far from the object sought;

- sim. far;

a13
lacking the warmth of life;

- "cold in his grave";

- sim. dead;

cold-blooded / k oʊ ɫ d b ɫ ʌ d ɪ d , k oʊ ɫ d h ɑ t ɪ d /
a1
without compunction or human feeling;

- "in cold blood";

- "cold-blooded killing";

- "insensate destruction";

- syn. cold, inhuman, insensate;

- sim. inhumane;

a2
having cold blood (in animals whose body temperature is not internally regulated);

- sim. poikilothermic;

cold-bloodedly
r1
emotionlessly and heartlessly;

- with deliberate cruelty or callousness;

- "he cold-bloodedly planned the murder of his boss";

- syn. in cold blood;

cold-cream
v1
put cold cream on one's face;

cold-eyed
a1
unaffected by strong emotion or prejudice;

- "a journalist should be a dispassionate reporter of fact";

- syn. dispassionate;

- sim. impartial;

cold-shoulder / k oʊ ɫ d ʃ oʊ ɫ d ə , k oʊ ɫ d ʃ oʊ ɫ d ə ɹ /
v1
pay no attention to, disrespect;

- "She cold-shouldered her ex-fiance";

- syn. slight;

cold-temperate
a1
the colder parts of temperate waters;

- sim. temperate;

cold-water flat
n1
an apartment without modern conveniences;

cold cash
n1
money in the form of cash that is readily available;

- "his wife was always a good source of ready cash";

- "he paid cold cash for the TV set";

- syn. ready cash, ready money;

cold cathode
n1
a cathode that is a source of electrons without being heated;

cold cereal
n1
a cereal that is not heated before serving;

- syn. dry cereal;

cold chisel
n1
narrow chisel made of steel;

- used to cut stone or bricks;

- syn. set chisel;

cold comfort
n1
very limited consolation or empathy;

- "he told me that time heals all wounds but that was cold comfort to me";

cold cream
n1
a cream used cosmetically (mostly by women) for softening and cleaning the skin;

- syn. coldcream, face cream, vanishing cream;

cold cuts
n1
sliced assorted cold meats;

cold duck
n1
pink sparkling wine originally from Germany;

cold feet
n1
timidity that prevents the continuation of a course of action;

- "I was going to tell him but I got cold feet";

cold fish
n1
an aloof unemotional person;

cold frame
n1
protective covering consisting of a wooden frame with a glass top in which small plants are protected from the cold;

cold front
n1
the front of an advancing mass of colder air;

- syn. polar front;

cold fusion
n1
nuclear fusion at or near room temperatures;

- claims to have discovered it are generally considered to have been mistaken;

cold gangrene
n1
(pathology) gangrene that develops in the presence of arterial obstruction and is characterized by dryness of the dead tissue and a dark brown color;

- syn. dry gangrene, mumification necrosis, mummification;

cold medicine
n1
medicine intended to relieve the symptoms of the common cold;

cold medium
n1
a medium that usually, but not always, provides little involvement together with substantial stimulus;

- includes speech, television, cartoons;

- syn. cool medium;

cold rubber
n1
a rubber made at low temperatures (5 degrees Centigrade) which is tougher than conventional rubber and is often used in car tires;

cold shoulder
n1
a refusal to recognize someone you know;

- "the snub was clearly intentional";

- syn. cut, snub;

cold snap
n1
a spell of cold weather;

- syn. cold spell;

cold sober
a1
totally sober;

- syn. stone-sober;

- sim. sober;

cold sore
n1
caused by herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1);

- syn. fever blister, herpes labialis, oral herpes;

cold spell
n1
a spell of cold weather;

- syn. cold snap;

cold storage
n1
in a state of abeyance or postponement;

n2
refrigerated storage for preservation;

cold stuffed tomato
n1
tomato cases filled with various salad mixtures and served cold;

- syn. stuffed tomato;

cold sweat
n1
the physical condition of concurrent perspiration and chill;

- associated with fear;

cold turkey
n1
a blunt expression of views;

- "I told him cold turkey";

n2
complete and abrupt withdrawal of all addictive drugs or anything else on which you have become dependent;

- "he quit smoking cold turkey";

- "she quit her job cold turkey";

cold war
n1
a state of political hostility between countries using means short of armed warfare;

n2
a state of political hostility that existed from 1945 until 1990 between countries led by the Soviet Union and countries led by the United States;

cold water
n1
disparagement of a plan or hope or expectation;

- "she poured cold water on the whole idea of going to Africa";

cold wave
n1
a wave of unusually cold weather;

cold weather
n1
a period of unusually cold weather;

cold work
v1
shape (metal) without heat;

- syn. coldwork;

coldcock
v1
knock down with force;

- "He decked his opponent";

- syn. deck, dump, floor, knock down;

coldcream
n1
a cream used cosmetically (mostly by women) for softening and cleaning the skin;

- syn. cold cream, face cream, vanishing cream;

coldhearted
a1
lacking in sympathy or feeling;

- also unloving;

- sim. brittle;

coldheartedness
n1
an absence of concern for the welfare of others;

- syn. hardheartedness, heartlessness;

coldly / k oʊ ɫ d ɫ i /
r1
lacking warmth of feeling;

- in a cold, unemotional manner;

- "he addressed her coldly";

coldness / k oʊ ɫ d n ə s /
n1
the sensation produced by low temperatures;

- "he shivered from the cold";

- "the cold helped clear his head";

- syn. cold;

n2
a lack of affection or enthusiasm;

- "a distressing coldness of tone and manner";

- syn. chilliness, coolness, frigidity, frigidness, iciness;

n3
the absence of heat;

- "the coldness made our breath visible";

- "come in out of the cold";

- "cold is a vasoconstrictor";

- syn. cold, frigidity, frigidness, low temperature;

coldwork
v1
shape (metal) without heat;

- syn. cold work;

cole / k oʊ ɫ /
n1
a hardy cabbage with coarse curly leaves that do not form a head;

- syn. Brassica oleracea acephala, borecole, colewort, kail, kale;

n2
coarse curly-leafed cabbage;

- syn. kail, kale;

Cole Albert Porter
n1
United States composer and lyricist of musical comedies (1891-1946);

- syn. Cole Porter, Porter;

Cole Porter
n1
United States composer and lyricist of musical comedies (1891-1946);

- syn. Cole Albert Porter, Porter;

Coleman Hawkins
n1
United States jazz saxophonist (1904-1969);

- syn. Hawkins;

Coleonyx
n1
banded geckos;

- syn. genus Coleonyx;

Coleoptera / k ɒ ɫ ɪ ɒ p t ə ɹ ə /
n1
beetles;

- syn. order Coleoptera;

Coleridge / k oʊ ɫ ɹ ɪ dʒ /
n1
English romantic poet (1772-1834);

- syn. Samuel Taylor Coleridge;

Coleridgean
a1
of or relating to Samuel Taylor Coleridge or his writings;

- syn. Coleridgian;

Coleridgian
a1
of or relating to Samuel Taylor Coleridge or his writings;

- syn. Coleridgean;

coleslaw / k oʊ ɫ s ɫ ɔ /
n1
basically shredded cabbage;

- syn. slaw;

Colette
n1
French writer of novels about women (1873-1954);

- syn. Sidonie-Gabrielle Claudine Colette, Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette;

coleus
n1
any of various Old World tropical plants of the genus Coleus having multicolored decorative leaves and spikes of blue flowers;

- syn. flame nettle;

Coleus amboinicus
n1
an aromatic fleshy herb of India and Ceylon to South Africa;

- sometimes placed in genus Plectranthus;

- syn. Coleus aromaticus, Plectranthus amboinicus, country borage;

Coleus aromaticus
n1
an aromatic fleshy herb of India and Ceylon to South Africa;

- sometimes placed in genus Plectranthus;

- syn. Coleus amboinicus, Plectranthus amboinicus, country borage;

Coleus blumei
n1
perennial aromatic herb of southeastern Asia having large usually bright-colored or blotched leaves and spikes of blue-violet flowers;

- sometimes placed in genus Solenostemon;

- syn. Joseph's coat, Solenostemon blumei, Solenostemon scutellarioides, painted nettle;

colewort / k oʊ ɫ w ɝ t /
n1
a hardy cabbage with coarse curly leaves that do not form a head;

- syn. Brassica oleracea acephala, borecole, cole, kail, kale;

colic / k ɒ ɫ ɪ k /
n1
acute abdominal pain (especially in infants);

- syn. gripes, griping, intestinal colic;

colic artery
n1
arteries that supply blood to the colon;

- syn. arteria colica;

colic root
n1
any of several perennials of the genus Aletris having grasslike leaves and bitter roots reputed to cure colic;

- syn. colicroot, crow corn, star grass, unicorn root;

colic vein
n1
vein serving the large intestine;

- syn. vena colica;

colicky
a1
suffering from excessive gas in the alimentary canal;

- syn. flatulent, gassy;

- sim. unhealthy;

colicroot
n1
any of several perennials of the genus Aletris having grasslike leaves and bitter roots reputed to cure colic;

- syn. colic root, crow corn, star grass, unicorn root;

Colima
n1
an active volcano in southwestern Mexico;

- syn. Nevado de Colima, Volcan de Colima;

Colin luther Powell
n1
United States general who was the first African American to serve as chief of staff;

- later served as Secretary of State under President George W. Bush (born 1937);

- syn. Colin Powell, Powell;

Colin Powell
n1
United States general who was the first African American to serve as chief of staff;

- later served as Secretary of State under President George W. Bush (born 1937);

- syn. Colin luther Powell, Powell;

Colinus
n1
New World quail: the bobwhites;

- syn. genus Colinus;

Colinus virginianus
n1
a favorite game bird of eastern and central United States;

- syn. northern bobwhite;

coliphage
n1
a bacteriophage that infects the bacterium Escherichia coli;

coliseum / k ɒ ɫ ɪ s ɪə m /
n1
an oval large stadium with tiers of seats;

- an arena in which contests and spectacles are held;

- syn. amphitheater, amphitheatre;

colitis / k ə ɫ aɪ t ɪ s /
n1
inflammation of the colon;

- syn. inflammatory bowel disease;

collaborate / k ə ɫ æ b ə ɹ eɪ t /
v1
work together on a common enterprise of project;

- "The soprano and the pianist did not get together very well";

- "We joined forces with another research group";

- syn. cooperate, get together, join forces;

v2
cooperate as a traitor;

- "he collaborated with the Nazis when they occupied Paris";

collaboration / k ə ɫ æ b ə ɹ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
act of working jointly;

- "they worked either in collaboration or independently";

- syn. coaction;

n2
act of cooperating traitorously with an enemy that is occupying your country;

- syn. collaborationism, quislingism;

collaborationism / k ə ɫ æ b ə ɹ eɪ ʃ n ɪ z ə m /
n1
act of cooperating traitorously with an enemy that is occupying your country;

- syn. collaboration, quislingism;

collaborationist / k ə ɫ æ b ə ɹ eɪ ʃ ə n ɪ s t /
n1
someone who collaborates with an enemy occupying force;

- syn. collaborator, quisling;

collaborative / k ə ɫ æ b ə ɹ ə t ɪ v /
a1
accomplished by collaboration;

- "collaborative research";

- sim. cooperative;

collaborator / k ə ɫ æ b ə ɹ eɪ t ə , k ə ɫ æ b ə ɹ eɪ t ə ɹ /
n1
someone who assists in a plot;

- syn. confederate, henchman, partner in crime;

n2
someone who collaborates with an enemy occupying force;

- syn. collaborationist, quisling;

n3
an associate in an activity or endeavor or sphere of common interest;

- "the musician and the librettist were collaborators";

- "sexual partners";

- syn. cooperator, pardner, partner;

collage / k ɒ ɫ ɑ ʒ /
n1
a paste-up made by sticking together pieces of paper or photographs to form an artistic image;

- "he used his computer to make a collage of pictures superimposed on a map";

- syn. montage;

n2
any collection of diverse things;

- "a collage of memories";

collage film
n1
a movie that juxtaposes different kinds of footage;

collagen
n1
a fibrous scleroprotein in bone and cartilage and tendon and other connective tissue;

- yields gelatin on boiling;

collagenase
n1
any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of collagen and gelatin;

collagenic
a1
relating to or consisting of collagen;

- syn. collagenous;

collagenous
a1
relating to or consisting of collagen;

- syn. collagenic;

collapsable / k ə ɫ æ p s ə b ɫ /
a1
capable of collapsing or being collapsed;

- "a collapsible boat";

- syn. collapsible;

- sim. foldable, telescopic, tip-up;

collapse / k ə ɫ æ p s /
n1
an abrupt failure of function or complete physical exhaustion;

- "the commander's prostration demoralized his men";

- syn. prostration;

n2
a natural event caused by something suddenly falling down or caving in;

- "the roof is in danger of collapse";

- "the collapse of the old star under its own gravity";

n3
the act of throwing yourself down;

- "he landed on the bed with a great flop";

- syn. flop;

n4
a sudden large decline of business or the prices of stocks (especially one that causes additional failures);

- syn. crash;

v1
break down, literally or metaphorically;

- "The wall collapsed";

- "The business collapsed";

- "The dam broke";

- "The roof collapsed";

- "The wall gave in";

- "The roof finally gave under the weight of the ice";

- syn. break, cave in, fall in, founder, give, give way;

v2
collapse due to fatigue, an illness, or a sudden attack;

- syn. break down;

v3
fold or close up;

- "fold up your umbrella";

- "collapse the music stand";

v4
fall apart;

- "the building crumbled after the explosion";

- "Negotiations broke down";

- syn. break down, crumble, crumple, tumble;

v5
cause to burst;

- "The ice broke the pipe";

- syn. burst;

v6
suffer a nervous breakdown;

- syn. break up, crack, crack up, crock up;

v7
lose significance, effectiveness, or value;

- "The school system is collapsing";

- "The stock market collapsed";

collapsible / k ə ɫ æ p s ə b ɫ /
a1
capable of collapsing or being collapsed;

- "a collapsible boat";

- syn. collapsable;

- sim. foldable, telescopic, tip-up;

collapsible shelter
n1
a portable shelter (usually of canvas stretched over supporting poles and fastened to the ground with ropes and pegs);

- "he pitched his tent near the creek";

- syn. tent;

collar / k ɒ ɫ ə , k ɒ ɫ ə ɹ /
n1
a band that fits around the neck and is usually folded over;

- syn. neckband;

n2
(zoology) an encircling band or marking around the neck of any animal;

n3
anything worn or placed about the neck;

- "the thief was forced to wear a heavy wooden collar";

- "a collar of flowers was placed about the neck of the winning horse";

n4
a short ring fastened over a rod or shaft to limit, guide, or secure a machine part;

n5
the stitching that forms the rim of a shoe or boot;

- syn. shoe collar;

n6
a band of leather or rope that is placed around an animal's neck as a harness or to identify it;

n7
necklace that fits tightly around a woman's neck;

- syn. choker, dog collar, neckband;

n8
a figurative restraint;

- "asked for a collar on program trading in the stock market";

- "kept a tight leash on his emotions";

- "he's always gotten a long leash";

- syn. leash;

n9
the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal);

- "the policeman on the beat got credit for the collar";

- syn. apprehension, arrest, catch, pinch, taking into custody;

v1
take into custody;

- "the police nabbed the suspected criminals";

- syn. apprehend, arrest, cop, nab, nail, pick up;

v2
seize by the neck or collar;

v3
furnish with a collar;

- "collar the dog";

collar blight
n1
a disease affecting the trunks of pear and apple trees;

collar cell
n1
any of the flagellated cells in sponges having a collar of cytoplasm around the flagellum;

- they maintain a flow of water through the body;

- syn. choanocyte;

collarbone / k ɒ ɫ ə b oʊ n /
n1
bone linking the scapula and sternum;

- syn. clavicle;

collard / k ɒ ɫ ə d , k ɒ ɫ ə ɹ d /
n1
variety of kale having smooth leaves;

collard greens
n1
kale that has smooth leaves;

- syn. collards;

collards / k ɒ ɫ ə d z /
n1
kale that has smooth leaves;

- syn. collard greens;

collared lizard
n1
any of several robust long-tailed lizards with collars of two dark bands;

- of central and western United States and northern Mexico;

collared peccary
n1
dark grey peccary with an indistinct white collar;

- of semi desert areas of Mexico and southwestern United States;

- syn. Peccari angulatus, Tayassu angulatus, Tayassu tajacu, javelina;

collared pika
n1
similar to little chief hare and may be same species;

- syn. Ochotona collaris;

collarless / k ɒ ɫ ə ɹ ɫ ɛ s /
a1
without a collar;

collate / k ə ɫ eɪ t /
v1
compare critically;

- of texts;

v2
to assemble in proper sequence;

- "collate the papers";

collateral / k ə ɫ æ t ə ɹ ə ɫ /
n1
a security pledged for the repayment of a loan;

a1
descended from a common ancestor but through different lines;

- "cousins are collateral relatives";

- "an indirect descendant of the Stuarts";

- syn. indirect;

- also related;

a2
serving to support or corroborate;

- "collateral evidence";

- syn. confirmative, confirmatory, confirming, corroborative, corroboratory, substantiating, substantiative, validating, validatory, verificatory, verifying;

- sim. supportive;

a3
additional but secondary;

- auxiliary;

- sim. secondary;

a4
situated or running side by side;

- "collateral ridges of mountains";

- sim. parallel;

a5
occurring with or following as a consequence;

- "an excessive growth of bureaucracy, with attendant problems";

- "snags incidental to the changeover in management";

- "attendant circumstances";

- "the period of tension and consequent need for military preparedness";

- "the ensuant response to his appeal";

- "the resultant savings were considerable";

- "collateral target damage from a bombing run";

- syn. accompanying, attendant, concomitant, consequent, ensuant, incidental, resultant, sequent;

- sim. subsequent;

collateral damage
n1
(euphemism) inadvertent casualties and destruction inflicted on civilians in the course of military operations;

collateral fraud
n1
fraud that prevents a party from knowing their rights or from having a fair opportunity of presenting them at trial;

- syn. extrinsic fraud;

collateralize / k ə ɫ æ t ə ɹ ə ɫ aɪ z /
v1
pledge as a collateral;

- "The loan was collateralized by government bonds";

collation / k ə ɫ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
a light informal meal;

- syn. bite, snack;

n2
assembling in proper numerical or logical sequence;

n3
careful examination and comparison to note points of disagreement;

colleague / k ɒ ɫ i ɡ /
n1
an associate that one works with;

- syn. co-worker, fellow worker, workfellow;

n2
a person who is member of one's class or profession;

- "the surgeon consulted his colleagues";

- "he sent e-mail to his fellow hackers";

- syn. confrere, fellow;

collect / k ə ɫ ɛ k t , k ɒ ɫ ɛ k t /
n1
a short prayer generally preceding the lesson in the Church of Rome or the Church of England;

v1
get or gather together;

- "I am accumulating evidence for the man's unfaithfulness to his wife";

- "She is amassing a lot of data for her thesis";

- "She rolled up a small fortune";

- syn. accumulate, amass, compile, hoard, pile up, roll up;

v2
call for and obtain payment of;

- "we collected over a million dollars in outstanding debts";

- "he collected the rent";

- syn. take in;

v3
assemble or get together;

- "gather some stones";

- "pull your thoughts together";

- syn. garner, gather, pull together;

v4
get or bring together;

- "accumulate evidence";

- syn. pull in;

v5
gather or collect;

- "You can get the results on Monday";

- "She picked up the children at the day care center";

- "They pick up our trash twice a week";

- syn. call for, gather up, pick up;

a1
payable by the recipient on delivery;

- "a collect call";

- "the letter came collect";

- "a COD parcel";

- syn. cod;

- sim. due;

r1
make a telephone call or mail a package so that the recipient pays;

- "call collect";

- "send a package collect";

collect call
n1
a telephone call that the receiving party is asked to pay for;

collectable / k ɒ ɫ ɛ k t eɪ b ɫ /
n1
things considered to be worth collecting (not necessarily valuable or antique);

- syn. collectible;

a1
subject to or requiring payment especially as specified;

- "a collectible bill";

- "a note payable on demand";

- "a check payable to John Doe";

- syn. collectible, payable;

- sim. due;

collected / k ə ɫ ɛ k t ɪ d /
a1
brought together in one place;

- "the collected works of Milton";

- "the gathered folds of the skirt";

- syn. gathered;

a2
in full control of your faculties;

- "the witness remained collected throughout the cross-examination";

- "perfectly poised and sure of himself";

- "more self-contained and more dependable than many of the early frontiersmen";

- "strong and self-possessed in the face of trouble";

- syn. equanimous, poised, self-collected, self-contained, self-possessed;

- sim. composed;

collectedly / k ə ɫ ɛ k t ɪ d ɫ i /
r1
in a self-collected or self-possessed manner;

- "he announced the death of his father collectedly";

- syn. composedly;

collectible / k ə ɫ ɛ k t ə b ɫ /
n1
things considered to be worth collecting (not necessarily valuable or antique);

- syn. collectable;

a1
subject to or requiring payment especially as specified;

- "a collectible bill";

- "a note payable on demand";

- "a check payable to John Doe";

- syn. collectable, payable;

- sim. due;

collecting / k ə ɫ ɛ k t ɪ ŋ /
n1
the act of gathering something together;

- syn. aggregation, assembling, collection;

collection / k ə ɫ ɛ k ʃ n /
n1
several things grouped together or considered as a whole;

- syn. accumulation, aggregation, assemblage;

n2
a publication containing a variety of works;

- syn. compendium;

n3
request for a sum of money;

- "an appeal to raise money for starving children";

- syn. appeal, ingathering, solicitation;

n4
the act of gathering something together;

- syn. aggregation, assembling, collecting;

collection plate
n1
a shallow receptacle for collection in church;

- syn. plate;

collective / k ə ɫ ɛ k t ɪ v /
n1
members of a cooperative enterprise;

a1
done by or characteristic of individuals acting together;

- "a joint identity";

- "the collective mind";

- "the corporate good";

- syn. corporate;

- sim. joint;

a2
forming a whole or aggregate;

- also integrative, joint, united;

- sim. agglomerate, aggregate, collectivized, knockdown;

a3
set up on the principle of collectivism or ownership and production by the workers involved usually under the supervision of a government;

- "collective farms";

- sim. socialistic;

collective agreement
n1
contract between labor and management governing wages and benefits and working conditions;

- syn. labor agreement, labor contract;

collective bargaining
n1
negotiation between an employer and trade union;

collective farm
n1
a farm operated collectively;

collective noun
n1
a noun that is singular in form but refers to a group of people or things;

collective security
n1
a system for international peace;

collectively / k ə ɫ ɛ k t ɪ v ɫ ɪ /
r1
in conjunction with;

- combined;

- "our salaries put together couldn't pay for the damage";

- "we couldn't pay for the damages with all our salaries put together";

- syn. conjointly, jointly, together with;

collectivisation
n1
the organization of a nation or economy on the basis of collectivism;

- syn. collectivization;

collectivise
v1
bring under collective control;

- of farms and industrial enterprises;

- syn. collectivize;

collectivised / k ə ɫ ɛ k t ɪ v ɪ s t /
a1
characterized by the principle of ownership by the state or the people of the means of production;

- syn. collectivized;

- sim. collective;

a2
subscribing to the socialistic doctrine of ownership by the people collectively;

- syn. collectivist, collectivistic, collectivized, state-controlled;

- sim. socialistic;

collectivism / k ə ɫ ɛ k t ɪ v ɪ z ə m /
n1
Soviet communism;

- syn. Bolshevism, sovietism;

n2
a political theory that the people should own the means of production;

collectivist / k ə ɫ ɛ k t ɪ v ɪ s t /
n1
a person who belongs to the political left;

- syn. left-winger, leftist;

a1
subscribing to the socialistic doctrine of ownership by the people collectively;

- syn. collectivised, collectivistic, collectivized, state-controlled;

- sim. socialistic;

collectivistic / k ə ɫ ɛ k t ɪ v ɪ s t ɪ k /
a1
subscribing to the socialistic doctrine of ownership by the people collectively;

- syn. collectivised, collectivist, collectivized, state-controlled;

- sim. socialistic;

collectivization / k ə ɫ ɛ k t ɪ v aɪ z eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the organization of a nation or economy on the basis of collectivism;

- syn. collectivisation;

collectivize / k ə ɫ ɛ k t ɪ v aɪ z /
v1
bring under collective control;

- of farms and industrial enterprises;

- syn. collectivise;

collectivized / k ə ɫ ɛ k t ɪ v aɪ z d /
a1
characterized by the principle of ownership by the state or the people of the means of production;

- syn. collectivised;

- sim. collective;

a2
subscribing to the socialistic doctrine of ownership by the people collectively;

- syn. collectivised, collectivist, collectivistic, state-controlled;

- sim. socialistic;

collector / k ə ɫ ɛ k t ə , k ə ɫ ɛ k t ə ɹ /
n1
a person who collects things;

- syn. aggregator;

n2
a person who is employed to collect payments (as for rent or taxes);

- syn. accumulator, gatherer;

n3
a crater that has collected cosmic material hitting the earth;

n4
the electrode in a transistor through which a primary flow of carriers leaves the region between the electrodes;

collector's item
n1
the outstanding item (the prize piece or main exhibit) in a collection;

- syn. piece de resistance, showpiece;

collector of internal revenue
n1
someone who collects taxes for the government;

- syn. exciseman, internal revenue agent, tax collector, taxman;

colleen / k ɒ ɫ i n /
n1
an Irish girl;

college / k ɒ ɫ ɪ dʒ /
n1
the body of faculty and students of a college;

n2
an institution of higher education created to educate and grant degrees;

- often a part of a university;

n3
a complex of buildings in which an institution of higher education is housed;

college boy
n1
a student (or former student) at a college or university;

- syn. college man, collegian;

college girl
n1
a female student at a coeducational college or university;

- syn. co-ed;

college level
n1
the level of education that college students are assumed to have attained;

college man
n1
a student (or former student) at a college or university;

- syn. college boy, collegian;

College of Cardinals
n1
(Roman Catholic Church) the body of all cardinals of the church;

- elects and advises the pope;

- syn. Sacred College, Sacred College of Cardinals, cardinalate;

college student
n1
a student enrolled in a college or university;

- syn. university student;

collegial
a1
characterized by or having authority vested equally among colleagues;

- "collegial harmony";

- "a tendency to turn from collegial to one-man management"- Merle Fainsod;

a2
of or resembling or typical of a college or college students;

- "collegiate living";

- "collegiate attitudes";

- "collegiate clothes";

- syn. collegiate;

collegian / k ə ɫ i dʒ j ə n /
n1
a student (or former student) at a college or university;

- syn. college boy, college man;

collegiate / k ə ɫ i dʒ ɪə t /
a1
of or resembling or typical of a college or college students;

- "collegiate living";

- "collegiate attitudes";

- "collegiate clothes";

- syn. collegial;

collegiate dictionary
n1
an abridged dictionary of a size convenient to hold in the hand;

- syn. desk dictionary;

Collembola
n1
minute wingless arthropods: springtails;

- syn. order Collembola;

collembolan
n1
any of numerous minute wingless primitive insects possessing a special abdominal appendage that allows the characteristic nearly perpetual springing pattern;

- found in soil rich in organic debris or on the surface of snow or water;

- syn. springtail;

collet / k ɒ ɫ ɪ t /
n1
a metal cap or band placed on a wooden pole to prevent splitting;

- syn. ferrule;

n2
a cone-shaped chuck used for holding cylindrical pieces in a lathe;

- syn. collet chuck;

n3
a band or collar that holds an individual stone in a jewelry setting;

collet chuck
n1
a cone-shaped chuck used for holding cylindrical pieces in a lathe;

- syn. collet;

collide / k ə ɫ aɪ d /
v1
be incompatible;

- be or come into conflict;

- "These colors clash";

- syn. clash, jar;

v2
cause to collide;

- "The physicists collided the particles";

v3
crash together with violent impact;

- "The cars collided";

- "Two meteors clashed";

- syn. clash;

collide with
v1
hit against;

- come into sudden contact with;

- "The car hit a tree";

- "He struck the table with his elbow";

- syn. hit, impinge on, run into, strike;

collider / k ə ɫ aɪ d ə , k ə ɫ aɪ d ə ɹ /
n1
an accelerator in which two beams of particles are forced to collide head on;

collie / k ɒ ɫ i /
n1
a silky-coated sheepdog with a long ruff and long narrow head developed in Scotland;

collier / k ɒ ɫ ɪə , k ɒ ɫ ɪə ɹ /
n1
someone who works in a coal mine;

- syn. coal miner, pitman;

colliery / k ɒ ɫ j ə ɹ i /
n1
a workplace consisting of a coal mine plus all the buildings and equipment connected with it;

- syn. pit;

colligate / k ɒ ɫ l ɪ ɡ eɪ t /
v1
make a logical or causal connection;

- "I cannot connect these two pieces of evidence in my mind";

- "colligate these facts";

- "I cannot relate these events at all";

- syn. associate, connect, link, link up, relate, tie in;

v2
consider (an instance of something) as part of a general rule or principle;

- syn. subsume;

colligation / k ɒ ɫ l ɪ ɡ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the state of being joined together;

- syn. conjugation, conjunction, junction;

n2
the connection of isolated facts by a general hypothesis;

collimate / k ɒ ɫ ɪ m eɪ t /
v1
make or place parallel to something;

- "They paralleled the ditch to the highway";

- syn. parallel;

v2
adjust the line of sight of (an optical instrument);

collimation / k ɒ ɫ ɪ m eɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
the accurate adjustment of the line of sight of a telescope;

collimator / k ɒ ɫ ɪ m eɪ t ə /
n1
a small telescope attached to a large telescope to use in setting the line of the larger one;

n2
optical device consisting of a tube containing a convex achromatic lens at one end and a slit at the other with the slit at the focus of the lens;

- light rays leave the slit as a parallel beam;

collinear / k ɒ ɫ ɪ n j ə /
a1
lying on the same line;

- sim. linear;

Collins / k ɒ ɫ ɪ n z /
n1
English writer noted for early detective novels (1824-1889);

- syn. Wilkie Collins, William Wilkie Collins;

n2
tall iced drink of liquor (usually gin) with fruit juice;

- syn. Tom Collins;

Collinsia
n1
genus of hardy annual herbs of western United States;

- syn. genus Collinsia;

Collinsia bicolor
n1
white and lavender to pale-blue flowers grow in perfect rings of widely spaced bands around the stems forming a kind of pagoda;

- California;

- syn. Collinsia heterophylla, innocense, purple chinese houses;

Collinsia heterophylla
n1
white and lavender to pale-blue flowers grow in perfect rings of widely spaced bands around the stems forming a kind of pagoda;

- California;

- syn. Collinsia bicolor, innocense, purple chinese houses;

Collinsia parviflora
n1
small widely branching western plant with tiny blue-and-white flowers;

- British Columbia to Ontario and south to California and Colorado;

- syn. maiden blue-eyed Mary;

Collinsia verna
n1
eastern United States plant with whorls of blue-and-white flowers;

- syn. blue-eyed Mary;

Collinsonia / k ɒ ɫ ɪ n s ɒ n ɪə /
n1
small genus of perennial erect or spreading aromatic herbs;

- United States;

- syn. genus Collinsonia;

Collinsonia canadensis
n1
erect perennial strong-scented with serrate pointed leaves and a loose panicle of yellowish flowers;

- the eastern United States;

- syn. horse balm, horseweed, richweed, stone-root, stone root, stoneroot;

Collis Potter Huntington
n1
United States railroad executive who built the western section of the first United States transcontinental railroad (1821-1900);

- syn. Huntington;

collision / k ə ɫ ɪ ʒ n /
n1
(physics) a brief event in which two or more bodies come together;

- "the collision of the particles resulted in an exchange of energy and a change of direction";

- syn. hit;

n2
an accident resulting from violent impact of a moving object;

- "three passengers were killed in the collision";

- "the collision of the two ships resulted in a serious oil spill";

n3
a conflict of opposed ideas or attitudes or goals;

- "a collision of interests";

collision course
n1
a course of a moving object that will lead to a collision if it continues unchanged;

n2
a course of action (following a given idea) that will lead to conflict if it continues unabated;

Collocalia
n1
a genus of Apodidae;

- syn. genus Collocalia;

Collocalia inexpectata
n1
swift of eastern Asia;

- produces the edible bird's nest;

- syn. swiftlet;

collocate / k ɒ ɫ ə k eɪ t /
v1
have a strong tendency to occur side by side;

- "The words `new' and `world' collocate";

v2
group or chunk together in a certain order or place side by side;

- syn. chunk, lump;

collocate with
v1
go or occur together;

- "The word `hot' tends to cooccur with `cold'";

- syn. co-occur with, construe with, cooccur with, go with;

collocation / k ɒ ɫ ə k eɪ ʃ n /
n1
a grouping of words in a sentence;

n2
the act of positioning close together (or side by side);

- "it is the result of the juxtaposition of contrasting colors";

- syn. apposition, juxtaposition;

collodion / k ə ɫ oʊ d j ə n /
n1
a colorless syrupy solution of pyroxylin in ether and alcohol;

- used as a coating for wounds or photographic films;

collogue
v1
confer secretly;

colloid / k ɒ ɫ ɔɪ d /
n1
a mixture with properties between those of a solution and fine suspension;

colloidal / k ɒ ɫ ɔɪ d ɫ /
a1
of or relating to or having the properties of a colloid;

colloidal gel
n1
a colloid in a more solid form than a sol;

- syn. gel;

colloidal solution
n1
a colloid that has a continuous liquid phase in which a solid is suspended in a liquid;

- syn. colloidal suspension, sol;

colloidal suspension
n1
a colloid that has a continuous liquid phase in which a solid is suspended in a liquid;

- syn. colloidal solution, sol;

colloidally
r1
in a colloidal manner;

- "particles were colloidally dispersed in the medium";

colloquial / k ə ɫ oʊ k w ɪə ɫ /
a1
characteristic of informal spoken language or conversation;

- "wrote her letters in a colloquial style";

- "the broken syntax and casual enunciation of conversational English";

- syn. conversational;

- sim. informal;

colloquialism / k ə ɫ oʊ k w ɪə ɫ ɪ z ə m /
n1
a colloquial expression;

- characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech;

colloquially / k ə ɫ oʊ k w ɪə ɫ i /
r1
with the use of colloquial expressions;

- "this building is colloquially referred to as The Barn";

- syn. conversationally, informally;

colloquium
n1
an academic meeting or seminar usually led by a different lecturer and on a different topic at each meeting;

n2
an address to an academic meeting or seminar;

colloquy / k ɒ ɫ ə k w i /
n1
a conversation especially a formal one;

n2
formal conversation;

collotype / k ɒ ɫ oʊ t aɪ p /
n1
a photomechanical printing process that uses a glass plate with a gelatin surface that carries the image to be reproduced;

- can be used with one or more colors;

- syn. collotype printing, photogelatin process;

collotype printing
n1
a photomechanical printing process that uses a glass plate with a gelatin surface that carries the image to be reproduced;

- can be used with one or more colors;

- syn. collotype, photogelatin process;

collude / k ə ɫ u d /
v1
act in unison or agreement and in secret towards a deceitful or illegal purpose;

- "The two companies conspired to cause the value of the stock to fall";

- syn. conspire;

collusion / k ə ɫ u ʒ n /
n1
secret agreement;

n2
agreement on a secret plot;

- syn. connivance;

collusive / k ə ɫ u s ɪ v /
a1
acting together in secret toward a fraudulent or illegal end;

- syn. conniving;

- sim. covert;

colly
v1
make soiled, filthy, or dirty;

- "don't soil your clothes when you play outside!";

- syn. begrime, bemire, dirty, grime, soil;

collyrium
n1
lotion consisting of a solution used as a cleanser for the eyes;

- syn. eye-lotion, eyewash;

collywobbles / k ɒ ɫ ɪ w ɒ b ɫ z /
n1
severe gastroenteritis of unknown etiology;

- characterized by severe colic and vomiting and diarrhea;

- syn. cholera morbus;

Colo.
n1
a state in west central United States in the Rocky Mountains;

- syn. CO, Centennial State, Colorado;

colobus
n1
arboreal monkey of western and central Africa with long silky fur and reduced thumbs;

- syn. colobus monkey;

Colobus guereza
n1
a colobus monkey with a reddish brown coat and white silky fringes down both sides of the body;

- syn. guereza;

colobus monkey
n1
arboreal monkey of western and central Africa with long silky fur and reduced thumbs;

- syn. colobus;

Colocasia
n1
small genus of perennial tuberous herbs of tropical Asia: taro;

- syn. genus Colocasia;

Colocasia esculenta
n1
herb of the Pacific islands grown throughout the tropics for its edible root and in temperate areas as an ornamental for its large glossy leaves;

- syn. dalo, dasheen, taro, taro plant;

Cologne / k ə ɫ oʊ n /
n1
a commercial center and river port in western Germany on the Rhine River;

- flourished during the 15th century as a member of the Hanseatic League;

- syn. Koln;

n2
a perfumed liquid made of essential oils and alcohol;

- syn. cologne water, eau de cologne;

cologne water
n1
a perfumed liquid made of essential oils and alcohol;

- syn. cologne, eau de cologne;

Colombia / k ə ɫ ɒ m b ɪə /
n1
a republic in northwestern South America with a coastline on the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea;

- achieved independence from Spain in 1821 under the leadership of Simon Bolivar;

- Spanish is the official language;

- syn. Republic of Colombia;

Colombian / k ə ɫ ɒ m b ɪə n /
n1
a native or inhabitant of Colombia;

a1
of or relating to or characteristic of Colombia or its people;

- "Colombian coffee";

Colombian monetary unit
n1
monetary unit in Colombia;

Colombian peso
n1
the basic unit of money in Colombia;

- equal to 100 centavos;

- syn. peso;

Colombo / k ə ɫ ɒ m b oʊ /
n1
the capital and largest city of Sri Lanka;

- has one of the largest harbors in the world;

- is located on the western coast of the island of Ceylon;

- syn. capital of Sri Lanka;

colon / k oʊ ɫ ə n /
n1
the part of the large intestine between the cecum and the rectum;

- it extracts moisture from food residues before they are excreted;

n2
the basic unit of money in El Salvador;

- equal to 100 centavos;

- syn. El Salvadoran colon;

n3
the basic unit of money in Costa Rica;

- equal to 100 centimos;

- syn. Costa Rican colon;

n4
a port city at the Caribbean entrance to the Panama Canal;

- syn. Aspinwall;

n5
a punctuation mark (:) used after a word introducing a series or an example or an explanation (or after the salutation of a business letter);

colon cancer
n1
a malignant tumor of the colon;

- early symptom is bloody stools;

colonel / k ɝ n ɫ /
n1
a commissioned military officer in the United States Army or Air Force or Marines who ranks above a lieutenant colonel and below a brigadier general;

Colonel Blimp
n1
any elderly pompous reactionary ultranationalistic person (after the cartoon character created by Sir David Low);

- syn. Blimp;

n2
a pompous reactionary cartoon character created by Sir David Low;

colonial / k ə ɫ oʊ n ɪə ɫ /
n1
a resident of a colony;

a1
of or relating to or characteristic of or inhabiting a colony;

a2
of animals who live in colonies, such as ants;

a3
composed of many distinct individuals united to form a whole or colony;

- "coral is a colonial organism";

- syn. compound;

- sim. complex;

colonialism / k ə ɫ oʊ n ɪə ɫ ɪ z ə m /
n1
exploitation by a stronger country of weaker one;

- the use of the weaker country's resources to strengthen and enrich the stronger country;

colonialist / k ə ɫ oʊ n ɪə ɫ ɪ s t /
n1
a believer in colonialism;

colonic / k ɒ ɫ ɒ n ɪ k /
n1
a water enema given to flush out the colon;

- syn. colonic irrigation;

a1
of or relating to the colon;

colonic irrigation
n1
a water enema given to flush out the colon;

- syn. colonic;

colonisation / k ɒ ɫ ə n aɪ z eɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
the act of colonizing;

- the establishment of colonies;

- "the British colonization of America";

- syn. colonization, settlement;

colonise
v1
settle as a colony;

- of countries in the developing world;

- "Europeans colonized Africa in the 17th century";

- syn. colonize;

v2
settle as colonists or establish a colony (in);

- "The British colonized the East Coast";

- syn. colonize;

colonised / k ɒ ɫ ə n aɪ z d /
a1
inhabited by colonists;

- syn. colonized, settled;

- sim. inhabited;

coloniser / k ɒ ɫ ə n aɪ z ə /
n1
someone who helps to found a colony;

- syn. colonizer;

colonist / k ɒ ɫ ə n ɪ s t /
n1
a person who settles in a new colony or moves into new country;

- syn. settler;

colonization / k ɒ ɫ ə n aɪ z eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the act of colonizing;

- the establishment of colonies;

- "the British colonization of America";

- syn. colonisation, settlement;

colonize / k ɒ ɫ ə n aɪ z /
v1
settle as a colony;

- of countries in the developing world;

- "Europeans colonized Africa in the 17th century";

- syn. colonise;

v2
settle as colonists or establish a colony (in);

- "The British colonized the East Coast";

- syn. colonise;

colonized / k ɒ ɫ ə n aɪ z d /
a1
inhabited by colonists;

- syn. colonised, settled;

- sim. inhabited;

colonizer / k ɒ ɫ ə n aɪ z ə , k ɒ ɫ ə n aɪ z ə ɹ /
n1
someone who helps to found a colony;

- syn. coloniser;

colonnade / k ɒ ɫ ə n eɪ d /
n1
structure consisting of a row of evenly spaced columns;

n2
a structure composed of a series of arches supported by columns;

- syn. arcade;

colonnaded / k ɒ ɫ ə n eɪ d ɪ d /
a1
having a series of columns arranged at regular intervals;

- sim. columned;

colonoscope
n1
an elongated fiberoptic endoscope for examining the entire colon from cecum to rectum;

colonoscopy
n1
visual examination of the colon (with a colonoscope) from the cecum to the rectum;

- requires sedation;

colony / k ɒ ɫ ə n i /
n1
a body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland;

- inhabitants remain nationals of their home state but are not literally under the home state's system of government;

- "the American colony in Paris";

- syn. settlement;

n2
a group of organisms of the same type living or growing together;

n3
one of the 13 British colonies that formed the original states of the United States;

n4
a place where a group of people with the same interest or occupation are concentrated;

- "a nudist colony";

- "an artists' colony";

n5
a geographical area politically controlled by a distant country;

- syn. dependency;

n6
(microbiology) a group of organisms grown from a single parent cell;

colophon / k ɒ ɫ ə f ə n /
n1
a publisher's emblem printed in a book (usually on the title page);

colophony / k ɒ ɫ ə f ə n i /
n1
translucent brittle substance produced from pine oleoresin;

- used especially in varnishes and inks and on the bows of stringed instruments;

color / k ɒ ɫ ə ɹ /
n1
a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect;

- "a white color is made up of many different wavelengths of light";

- syn. coloring, colour, colouring;

n2
interest and variety and intensity;

- "the Puritan Period was lacking in color";

- "the characters were delineated with exceptional vividness";

- syn. colour, vividness;

n3
the timbre of a musical sound;

- "the recording fails to capture the true color of the original music";

- syn. coloration, colour, colouration;

n4
an outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading;

- "he hoped his claims would have a semblance of authenticity";

- "he tried to give his falsehood the gloss of moral sanction";

- "the situation soon took on a different color";

- syn. colour, gloss, semblance;

n5
any material used for its color;

- "she used a different color for the trim";

- syn. coloring material, colour, colouring material;

n6
(physics) the characteristic of quarks that determines their role in the strong interaction;

- "each flavor of quarks comes in three colors";

- syn. colour;

n7
the appearance of objects (or light sources) described in terms of a person's perception of their hue and lightness (or brightness) and saturation;

- syn. colour;

v1
add color to;

- "The child colored the drawings";

- "Fall colored the trees";

- "colorize black and white film";

- syn. color in, colorise, colorize, colour, colour in, colourise, colourize;

v2
affect as in thought or feeling;

- "My personal feelings color my judgment in this case";

- "The sadness tinged his life";

- syn. colour, distort, tinge;

v3
modify or bias;

- "His political ideas color his lectures";

- syn. colour;

v4
decorate with colors;

- "color the walls with paint in warm tones";

- syn. colour, emblazon;

v5
give a deceptive explanation or excuse for;

- "color a lie";

- syn. colour, gloss;

v6
change color, often in an undesired manner;

- "The shirts discolored";

- syn. colour, discolor, discolour;

a1
having or capable of producing colors;

- "color film";

- "he rented a color television";

- "marvelous color illustrations";

- syn. colour;

color-blind
a1
unable to distinguish one or more chromatic colors;

- syn. colour-blind;

- sim. blind;

a2
unprejudiced about race;

- syn. colour-blind, nonracist;

- sim. unprejudiced;

color-blind person
n1
a person unable to distinguish differences in hue;

color bar
n1
barrier preventing blacks from participating in various activities with whites;

- syn. Jim Crow, color line, colour bar, colour line;

color barrier
n1
the barrier preventing Blacks from participating in various activities with whites;

color bearer
n1
the soldier who carries the standard of the unit in military parades or in battle;

- syn. standard-bearer;

color blindness
n1
genetic inability to distinguish differences in hue;

- syn. color vision deficiency, colour blindness, colour vision deficiency;

color chart
n1
a chart displaying colors;

color circle
n1
a chart in which complementary colors (or their names) are arranged on opposite sides of a circle;

- syn. color wheel;

color code
n1
system using colors to designate classifications;

color constancy
n1
the tendency for a color to look the same under widely different viewing conditions;

- syn. colour constancy;

color force
n1
(physics) the interaction that binds protons and neutrons together in the nuclei of atoms;

- mediated by gluons;

- syn. strong force, strong interaction;

color guard
n1
a ceremonial escort for the (regimental) colors;

color in
v1
add color to;

- "The child colored the drawings";

- "Fall colored the trees";

- "colorize black and white film";

- syn. color, colorise, colorize, colour, colour in, colourise, colourize;

color line
n1
barrier preventing blacks from participating in various activities with whites;

- syn. Jim Crow, color bar, colour bar, colour line;

color of law
n1
a mere semblance of legal right;

- something done with the apparent authority of law but actually in contravention of law;

- "the plaintiff claimed that under color of law the officer had deprived him of his civil rights";

- syn. colour of law;

color property
n1
an attribute of color;

color scheme
n1
a planned combination of colors;

- "the color scheme for this room was determined by an interior decorator";

- syn. colour scheme;

color sergeant
n1
a sergeant in a color guard who carries one of the colors;

color spectrum
n1
the distribution of colors produced when light is dispersed by a prism;

- syn. visible spectrum;

color television
n1
a television that transmits images in color;

- syn. color TV, color television system, colour TV, colour television, colour television system;

color television system
n1
a television that transmits images in color;

- syn. color TV, color television, colour TV, colour television, colour television system;

color television tube
n1
a television tube that displays images in full color;

- syn. color TV tube, color tube, colour TV tube, colour television tube, colour tube;

color tube
n1
a television tube that displays images in full color;

- syn. color TV tube, color television tube, colour TV tube, colour television tube, colour tube;

color TV
n1
a television that transmits images in color;

- syn. color television, color television system, colour TV, colour television, colour television system;

color TV tube
n1
a television tube that displays images in full color;

- syn. color television tube, color tube, colour TV tube, colour television tube, colour tube;

color vision
n1
the normal ability to see colors;

- syn. chromatic vision, trichromacy;

color vision deficiency
n1
genetic inability to distinguish differences in hue;

- syn. color blindness, colour blindness, colour vision deficiency;

color wash
n1
a wash of whitewash or other water-base paint tinted with a colored pigment;

- syn. colour wash;

color wheel
n1
a chart in which complementary colors (or their names) are arranged on opposite sides of a circle;

- syn. color circle;

Coloradan
n1
a native or resident of Colorado;

coloradillo
n1
handsome shrub with showy orange to scarlet or crimson flowers;

- Florida and West Indies to Mexico and Brazil;

- syn. Hamelia erecta, Hamelia patens, scarlet bush, scarlet hamelia;

Colorado / k ɒ ɫ ə ɹ ɑ d oʊ /
n1
a state in west central United States in the Rocky Mountains;

- syn. CO, Centennial State, Colo.;

n2
a river in Texas;

- flows southeast into the Gulf of Mexico;

- syn. Colorado River;

n3
an important river in the southwestern United States;

- rises in the Rocky Mountains of northern Colorado and flows southwest through Utah into Arizona (where it flows through the Grand Canyon) and then southward through the southern tip of Nevada, then forming the border between California and Arizona and finally into Mexico where it empties into the Gulf of California;

- the main source of water in the southwestern United States;

- syn. Colorado River;

Colorado beetle
n1
black-and-yellow beetle that feeds in adult and larval stages on potato leaves;

- originally of eastern Rocky Mountains;

- now worldwide;

- syn. Colorado potato beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlineata, potato beetle, potato bug;

Colorado blue spruce
n1
tall spruce with blue-green needles and dense conic crown;

- older trees become columnar with lower branches sweeping downward;

- syn. Colorado spruce, Picea pungens, silver spruce;

Colorado Desert
n1
an arid region of southeastern California;

Colorado fir
n1
medium to tall fir of central to western United States having a narrow erect crown and soft wood;

- syn. Abies concolor, Abies lowiana, California white fir, white fir;

Colorado four o'clock
n1
wildflower having vibrant deep pink tubular evening-blooming flowers;

- found in sandy and desert areas from southern California to southern Colorado and into Mexico;

- syn. Mirabilis multiflora, desert four o'clock, maravilla;

Colorado Plateau
n1
a large plateau to the south and west of the Rocky Mountains;

- abuts mountains on the north and east and ends in an escarpment overlooking lowlands to the south and west;

- the Grand Canyon is carved out of the southwestern corner;

Colorado potato beetle
n1
black-and-yellow beetle that feeds in adult and larval stages on potato leaves;

- originally of eastern Rocky Mountains;

- now worldwide;

- syn. Colorado beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlineata, potato beetle, potato bug;

Colorado River
n1
a river in Texas;

- flows southeast into the Gulf of Mexico;

- syn. Colorado;

n2
an important river in the southwestern United States;

- rises in the Rocky Mountains of northern Colorado and flows southwest through Utah into Arizona (where it flows through the Grand Canyon) and then southward through the southern tip of Nevada, then forming the border between California and Arizona and finally into Mexico where it empties into the Gulf of California;

- the main source of water in the southwestern United States;

- syn. Colorado;

Colorado River hemp
n1
tall-growing annual of southwestern United States widely grown as green manure;

- yields a strong tough bast fiber formerly used by Indians for cordage;

- syn. Sesbania exaltata;

Colorado Springs
n1
a city in east central Colorado on the eastern edge of the Rocky Mountains;

- popular tourist center and site of the United States Air Force Academy;

Colorado spruce
n1
tall spruce with blue-green needles and dense conic crown;

- older trees become columnar with lower branches sweeping downward;

- syn. Colorado blue spruce, Picea pungens, silver spruce;

coloration / k ʌ ɫ ə ɹ eɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
the timbre of a musical sound;

- "the recording fails to capture the true color of the original music";

- syn. color, colour, colouration;

n2
appearance with regard to color;

- "her healthy coloration";

- syn. colouration;

n3
choice and use of colors (as by an artist);

- syn. colouration;

coloratura / k ɒ ɫ ə ɹ ə t ʊə ɹ ə /
n1
a lyric soprano who specializes in coloratura vocal music;

- syn. coloratura soprano;

n2
singing with florid ornamentation;

coloratura soprano
n1
a lyric soprano who specializes in coloratura vocal music;

- syn. coloratura;

colorcast / k ɒ ɫ ə ɹ k ɑ s t /
n1
a television program that is broadcast in color;

- syn. colourcast;

v1
broadcast in color;

colorectal / k ʌ ɫ ə ɹ ɛ k t ə ɫ /
a1
relating to or affecting the colon and the rectum;

- "most colorectal cancers arise from adenomatous polyps";

colored / k ɒ ɫ ə ɹ d /
a1
having color or a certain color;

- sometimes used in combination;

- "colored crepe paper";

- "the film was in color";

- "amber-colored heads of grain";

- syn. colorful, coloured;

- sim. bay, bicolor, black, blue-flowered, brightly-colored, buff-colored, chestnut-colored, chocolate-colored, cinnamon-red, cinnamon colored, cream-colored, crimson, dark-colored, dun-colored, fawn-colored, flame-colored, flesh-colored, garnet-colored, ginger, gold-colored, honey-colored, indigo, lead-colored, liver-colored, metal-colored, monochromatic, motley, neutral-colored, olive-colored, orange-colored, orange-flowered, pale-colored, pastel-colored, peach-colored, polychromatic, purple-flowered, red-flowered, roan, rose-colored, rust-colored, silver-colored, straw-colored, tawny-colored, trichromatic, violet-colored, violet-purple;

a2
having skin rich in melanin pigments;

- syn. coloured, negro;

- sim. black;

a3
favoring one person or side over another;

- "a biased account of the trial";

- "a decision that was partial to the defendant";

- syn. biased, coloured, one-sided, slanted;

- sim. partial;

a4
(used of color) artificially produced;

- not natural;

- "a bleached blonde";

- syn. bleached, coloured, dyed;

- sim. artificial;

colored audition
n1
a form of chromesthesia in which experiences of color accompany auditory stimuli;

- syn. colored hearing;

colored hearing
n1
a form of chromesthesia in which experiences of color accompany auditory stimuli;

- syn. colored audition;

colorfast / k ɒ ɫ ə ɹ f ɑ s t /
a1
having color that is resistant to fading or running;

- sim. impervious;

colorful / k ɒ ɫ ə ɹ f ʊ ɫ /
a1
having much or varied color;

- "colorful autumn leaves";

- syn. colourful;

- also chromatic;

- sim. ablaze, bright, changeable, deep, fluorescent, prismatic, psychedelic, shrill, vibrant;

a2
striking in variety and interest;

- "a colorful period of history";

- "a colorful character";

- "colorful language";

- syn. colourful;

- sim. brave, flashy, many-sided, noisy, picturesque;

a3
having color or a certain color;

- sometimes used in combination;

- "colored crepe paper";

- "the film was in color";

- "amber-colored heads of grain";

- syn. colored, coloured;

- sim. bay, bicolor, black, blue-flowered, brightly-colored, buff-colored, chestnut-colored, chocolate-colored, cinnamon-red, cinnamon colored, cream-colored, crimson, dark-colored, dun-colored, fawn-colored, flame-colored, flesh-colored, garnet-colored, ginger, gold-colored, honey-colored, indigo, lead-colored, liver-colored, metal-colored, monochromatic, motley, neutral-colored, olive-colored, orange-colored, orange-flowered, pale-colored, pastel-colored, peach-colored, polychromatic, purple-flowered, red-flowered, roan, rose-colored, rust-colored, silver-colored, straw-colored, tawny-colored, trichromatic, violet-colored, violet-purple;

colorimeter / k ɒ ɫ ə ɹ ɪ m ɪ t ə /
n1
a measuring instrument used in colorimetric analysis to determine the quantity of a substance from the color it yields with specific reagents;

- syn. tintometer;

colorimetric
a1
of or relating to colorimetry;

- syn. colorimetrical;

colorimetric analysis
n1
quantitative chemical analysis by color using a colorimeter;

- syn. colorimetry;

colorimetrical
a1
of or relating to colorimetry;

- syn. colorimetric;

colorimetry / k ɒ ɫ ə ɹ ɪ m ɪ t ɹ i /
n1
quantitative chemical analysis by color using a colorimeter;

- syn. colorimetric analysis;

coloring / k ɒ ɫ ə ɹ ɪ ŋ /
n1
a digestible substance used to give color to food;

- "food color made from vegetable dyes";

- syn. colouring, food color, food coloring, food colour, food colouring;

n2
a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect;

- "a white color is made up of many different wavelengths of light";

- syn. color, colour, colouring;

n3
the act or process of changing the color of something;

- syn. colouring;

coloring book
n1
a picture book with line drawings intended to be colored with crayons by children;

coloring material
n1
any material used for its color;

- "she used a different color for the trim";

- syn. color, colour, colouring material;

colorise
v1
add color to;

- "The child colored the drawings";

- "Fall colored the trees";

- "colorize black and white film";

- syn. color, color in, colorize, colour, colour in, colourise, colourize;

colorist / k ɒ ɫ ə ɹ ɪ s t /
n1
a painter able to achieve special effects with color;

colorize / k ɒ ɫ ə ɹ aɪ z /
v1
add color to;

- "The child colored the drawings";

- "Fall colored the trees";

- "colorize black and white film";

- syn. color, color in, colorise, colour, colour in, colourise, colourize;

colorless / k ɒ ɫ ə ɹ ɫ ɛ s /
a1
lacking in variety and interest;

- "a colorless and unimaginative person";

- "a colorless description of the parade";

- syn. colourless;

- also dull;

- sim. neutral, pale;

a2
weak in color;

- not colorful;

- syn. colourless;

- also achromatic;

- sim. ashen, bleached, drab, dulled, etiolate, lurid, pale, pasty, prefaded, waxen, white;

colorlessness / k ɒ ɫ ə ɹ ɫ ɛ s n ɛ s /
n1
the visual property of being without chromatic color;

- syn. achromaticity, achromatism, colourlessness;

colors / k ɒ ɫ ə ɹ z /
n1
a flag that shows its nationality;

- syn. colours;

n2
a distinguishing emblem;

- "his tie proclaimed his school colors";

- syn. colours;

Colossae
n1
an ancient city in south western Phrygia in Asia Minor;

- site of an early Christian Church;

colossal / k ə ɫ ɒ s ɫ /
a1
so great in size or force or extent as to elicit awe;

- "colossal crumbling ruins of an ancient temple";

- "has a colossal nerve";

- "a prodigious storm";

- "a stupendous field of grass";

- "stupendous demand";

- syn. prodigious, stupendous;

- sim. large;

Colosseum
n1
a large amphitheater in Rome whose construction was begun by Vespasian about AD 75 or 80;

- syn. Amphitheatrum Flavium;

Colossian / k ə ɫ ɒ ʃ ə n /
n1
a native or inhabitant of the city of Colossae in ancient Phrygia;

Colossians / k ə ɫ ɒ ʃ ə n z /
n1
a New Testament book containing an epistle from Saint Paul to the Colossians in ancient Phrygia;

- syn. Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Colossians, Epistle to the Colossians;

colossus / k ə ɫ ɒ s ə s /
n1
someone or something that is abnormally large and powerful;

- syn. behemoth, giant, goliath, monster;

n2
a person of exceptional importance and reputation;

- syn. behemoth, giant, heavyweight, titan;

Colossus of Rhodes
n1
a huge bronze statue of the sun god Helios that was built around 285 BC and that stood beside the harbor entrance on the island of Rhodes for about 50 years before it was toppled by an earthquake;

colostomy
n1
a surgical operation that creates an opening from the colon to the surface of the body to function as an anus;

colostrum / k ɒ ɫ ɒ s t ɹ ə m /
n1
milky fluid secreted for the first day or two after parturition;

- syn. foremilk;

colour / k ʌ ɫ ə , k ʌ ɫ ə ɹ /
n1
any material used for its color;

- "she used a different color for the trim";

- syn. color, coloring material, colouring material;

n2
(physics) the characteristic of quarks that determines their role in the strong interaction;

- "each flavor of quarks comes in three colors";

- syn. color;

n3
interest and variety and intensity;

- "the Puritan Period was lacking in color";

- "the characters were delineated with exceptional vividness";

- syn. color, vividness;

n4
the timbre of a musical sound;

- "the recording fails to capture the true color of the original music";

- syn. color, coloration, colouration;

n5
a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect;

- "a white color is made up of many different wavelengths of light";

- syn. color, coloring, colouring;

n6
an outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading;

- "he hoped his claims would have a semblance of authenticity";

- "he tried to give his falsehood the gloss of moral sanction";

- "the situation soon took on a different color";

- syn. color, gloss, semblance;

n7
the appearance of objects (or light sources) described in terms of a person's perception of their hue and lightness (or brightness) and saturation;

- syn. color;

v1
modify or bias;

- "His political ideas color his lectures";

- syn. color;

v2
decorate with colors;

- "color the walls with paint in warm tones";

- syn. color, emblazon;

v3
give a deceptive explanation or excuse for;

- "color a lie";

- syn. color, gloss;

v4
affect as in thought or feeling;

- "My personal feelings color my judgment in this case";

- "The sadness tinged his life";

- syn. color, distort, tinge;

v5
add color to;

- "The child colored the drawings";

- "Fall colored the trees";

- "colorize black and white film";

- syn. color, color in, colorise, colorize, colour in, colourise, colourize;

v6
change color, often in an undesired manner;

- "The shirts discolored";

- syn. color, discolor, discolour;

a1
having or capable of producing colors;

- "color film";

- "he rented a color television";

- "marvelous color illustrations";

- syn. color;

colour-blind / k ʌ ɫ ə b ɫ aɪ n d /
a1
unable to distinguish one or more chromatic colors;

- syn. color-blind;

- sim. blind;

a2
unprejudiced about race;

- syn. color-blind, nonracist;

- sim. unprejudiced;

colour bar
n1
barrier preventing blacks from participating in various activities with whites;

- syn. Jim Crow, color bar, color line, colour line;

colour blindness
n1
genetic inability to distinguish differences in hue;

- syn. color blindness, color vision deficiency, colour vision deficiency;

colour constancy
n1
the tendency for a color to look the same under widely different viewing conditions;

- syn. color constancy;

colour in
v1
add color to;

- "The child colored the drawings";

- "Fall colored the trees";

- "colorize black and white film";

- syn. color, color in, colorise, colorize, colour, colourise, colourize;

colour line
n1
barrier preventing blacks from participating in various activities with whites;

- syn. Jim Crow, color bar, color line, colour bar;

colour of law
n1
a mere semblance of legal right;

- something done with the apparent authority of law but actually in contravention of law;

- "the plaintiff claimed that under color of law the officer had deprived him of his civil rights";

- syn. color of law;

colour scheme
n1
a planned combination of colors;

- "the color scheme for this room was determined by an interior decorator";

- syn. color scheme;

colour supplement
n1
(British) a magazine that is printed in color and circulated with a newspaper (especially on weekends);

colour television
n1
a television that transmits images in color;

- syn. color TV, color television, color television system, colour TV, colour television system;

colour television system
n1
a television that transmits images in color;

- syn. color TV, color television, color television system, colour TV, colour television;

colour television tube
n1
a television tube that displays images in full color;

- syn. color TV tube, color television tube, color tube, colour TV tube, colour tube;

colour tube
n1
a television tube that displays images in full color;

- syn. color TV tube, color television tube, color tube, colour TV tube, colour television tube;

colour TV
n1
a television that transmits images in color;

- syn. color TV, color television, color television system, colour television, colour television system;

colour TV tube
n1
a television tube that displays images in full color;

- syn. color TV tube, color television tube, color tube, colour television tube, colour tube;

colour vision deficiency
n1
genetic inability to distinguish differences in hue;

- syn. color blindness, color vision deficiency, colour blindness;

colour wash
n1
a wash of whitewash or other water-base paint tinted with a colored pigment;

- syn. color wash;

colouration / k ʌ ɫ ə ɹ eɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
the timbre of a musical sound;

- "the recording fails to capture the true color of the original music";

- syn. color, coloration, colour;

n2
appearance with regard to color;

- "her healthy coloration";

- syn. coloration;

n3
choice and use of colors (as by an artist);

- syn. coloration;

colourcast
n1
a television program that is broadcast in color;

- syn. colorcast;

coloured / k ʌ ɫ ə d /
a1
having color or a certain color;

- sometimes used in combination;

- "colored crepe paper";

- "the film was in color";

- "amber-colored heads of grain";

- syn. colored, colorful;

- sim. bay, bicolor, black, blue-flowered, brightly-colored, buff-colored, chestnut-colored, chocolate-colored, cinnamon-red, cinnamon colored, cream-colored, crimson, dark-colored, dun-colored, fawn-colored, flame-colored, flesh-colored, garnet-colored, ginger, gold-colored, honey-colored, indigo, lead-colored, liver-colored, metal-colored, monochromatic, motley, neutral-colored, olive-colored, orange-colored, orange-flowered, pale-colored, pastel-colored, peach-colored, polychromatic, purple-flowered, red-flowered, roan, rose-colored, rust-colored, silver-colored, straw-colored, tawny-colored, trichromatic, violet-colored, violet-purple;

a2
favoring one person or side over another;

- "a biased account of the trial";

- "a decision that was partial to the defendant";

- syn. biased, colored, one-sided, slanted;

- sim. partial;

a3
(used of color) artificially produced;

- not natural;

- "a bleached blonde";

- syn. bleached, colored, dyed;

- sim. artificial;

a4
having skin rich in melanin pigments;

- syn. colored, negro;

- sim. black;

colourful / k ʌ ɫ ə f ə ɫ /
a1
striking in variety and interest;

- "a colorful period of history";

- "a colorful character";

- "colorful language";

- syn. colorful;

- sim. brave, flashy, many-sided, noisy, picturesque;

a2
having much or varied color;

- "colorful autumn leaves";

- syn. colorful;

- also chromatic;

- sim. ablaze, bright, changeable, deep, fluorescent, prismatic, psychedelic, shrill, vibrant;

colouring / k ʌ ɫ ə ɹ ɪ ŋ /
n1
a digestible substance used to give color to food;

- "food color made from vegetable dyes";

- syn. coloring, food color, food coloring, food colour, food colouring;

n2
a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect;

- "a white color is made up of many different wavelengths of light";

- syn. color, coloring, colour;

n3
the act or process of changing the color of something;

- syn. coloring;

colouring material
n1
any material used for its color;

- "she used a different color for the trim";

- syn. color, coloring material, colour;

colourise / k ʌ ɫ ə ɹ aɪ z /
v1
add color to;

- "The child colored the drawings";

- "Fall colored the trees";

- "colorize black and white film";

- syn. color, color in, colorise, colorize, colour, colour in, colourize;

colourize
v1
add color to;

- "The child colored the drawings";

- "Fall colored the trees";

- "colorize black and white film";

- syn. color, color in, colorise, colorize, colour, colour in, colourise;

colourless / k ʌ ɫ ə ɫ ə s /
a1
lacking in variety and interest;

- "a colorless and unimaginative person";

- "a colorless description of the parade";

- syn. colorless;

- also dull;

- sim. neutral, pale;

a2
weak in color;

- not colorful;

- syn. colorless;

- also achromatic, neutral;

- sim. ashen, bleached, drab, dulled, etiolate, lurid, pale, pasty, prefaded, waxen, white;

colourlessness / k ʌ ɫ ə ɫ ə s n ə s /
n1
the visual property of being without chromatic color;

- syn. achromaticity, achromatism, colorlessness;

colours / k ʌ ɫ ə z /
n1
a distinguishing emblem;

- "his tie proclaimed his school colors";

- syn. colors;

n2
a flag that shows its nationality;

- syn. colors;

colpitis / k ɒ ɫ p ɪ t i z /
n1
inflammation of the vagina;

colpocele
n1
hernia projecting into the vagina;

- syn. vaginocele;

colpocystitis
n1
inflammation of the vagina and bladder;

colpocystocele
n1
hernia in which the urinary bladder protrudes through the wall of the vagina;

- sometimes occurs after childbirth;

- syn. cystocele;

colpoxerosis
n1
a condition in which the vagina is unusually dry;

colt / k oʊ ɫ t /
n1
a young male horse under the age of four;

n2
a kind of revolver;

coltan
n1
a valuable black mineral combining niobite and tantalite;

- used in cell phones and computer chips;

- syn. columbite-tantalite;

colter / k oʊ ɫ t ə , k oʊ ɫ t ə ɹ /
n1
a sharp steel wedge that precedes the plow and cuts vertically through the soil;

- syn. coulter;

coltish / k oʊ ɫ t ɪ ʃ /
a1
given to merry frolicking;

- "frolicsome students celebrated their graduation with parties and practical jokes";

- syn. frolicky, frolicsome, rollicking, sportive;

- sim. playful;

coltsfoot / k oʊ ɫ t s f ʊ t /
n1
tufted evergreen perennial herb having spikes of tiny white flowers and glossy green round to heart-shaped leaves that become coppery to maroon or purplish in fall;

- syn. Galax urceolata, beetleweed, galax, galaxy, wandflower;

n2
perennial herb with large rounded leaves resembling a colt's foot and yellow flowers appearing before the leaves do;

- native to Europe but now nearly cosmopolitan;

- used medicinally especially formerly;

- syn. Tussilago farfara;

Coluber / k ɒ ɫ j ʊ b ə /
n1
racers;

- syn. genus Coluber;

Coluber constrictor
n1
blackish racer of the eastern United States that grows to six feet;

- syn. black racer, blacksnake;

Coluber constrictor flaviventris
n1
bluish-green blacksnake found from Ohio to Texas;

- syn. blue racer;

Coluber hippocrepis
n1
slender fast-moving Eurasian snake;

- syn. horseshoe whipsnake;

colubrid
n1
mostly harmless temperate-to-tropical terrestrial or arboreal or aquatic snakes;

- syn. colubrid snake;

colubrid snake
n1
mostly harmless temperate-to-tropical terrestrial or arboreal or aquatic snakes;

- syn. colubrid;

Colubridae
n1
nonvenomous snakes;

- about two-thirds of all living species;

- syn. family Colubridae;

Colubrina
n1
mostly tropical American shrubs or small trees with small yellowish flowers and yellow or red fruits;

- syn. genus Colubrina;

colugo
n1
arboreal nocturnal mammal of southeast Asia and the Philippines resembling a lemur and having a fold of skin on each side from neck to tail that is used for long gliding leaps;

- syn. flying cat, flying lemur;

Columba
n1
a constellation in the southern hemisphere near Puppis and Caelum;

- syn. Dove;

n2
type genus of the Columbidae: typical pigeons;

- syn. genus Columba;

Columba fasciata
n1
wild pigeon of western North America;

- often mistaken for the now extinct passenger pigeon;

- syn. band-tail pigeon, band-tailed pigeon, bandtail;

Columba livia
n1
pale grey Eurasian pigeon having black-striped wings from which most domestic species are descended;

- syn. rock dove, rock pigeon;

Columba palumbus
n1
Eurasian pigeon with white patches on wings and neck;

- syn. cushat, ringdove, wood pigeon;

columbarium / k ɒ ɫ ə m b eə ɹ ɪə m /
n1
a birdhouse for pigeons;

- syn. columbary, dovecote;

n2
a niche for a funeral urn containing the ashes of the cremated dead;

- syn. cinerarium;

n3
a sepulchral vault or other structure having recesses in the walls to receive cinerary urns;

columbary
n1
a birdhouse for pigeons;

- syn. columbarium, dovecote;

Columbia / k ə ɫ ʌ m b ɪə /
n1
a North American river;

- rises in southwestern Canada and flows southward across Washington to form the border between Washington and Oregon before emptying into the Pacific;

- known for its salmon runs in the spring;

- syn. Columbia River;

n2
a town in west central Tennessee;

n3
capital and largest city in South Carolina;

- located in central South Carolina;

- syn. capital of South Carolina;

n4
a university town in central Missouri;

n5
a university in New York City;

- syn. Columbia University;

Columbia River
n1
a North American river;

- rises in southwestern Canada and flows southward across Washington to form the border between Washington and Oregon before emptying into the Pacific;

- known for its salmon runs in the spring;

- syn. Columbia;

Columbia tiger lily
n1
lily of western North America with showy orange-red purple-spotted flowers;

- syn. Lilium columbianum, Oregon lily;

Columbia University
n1
a university in New York City;

- syn. Columbia;

Columbian / k ə ɫ ʌ m b ɪə n /
a1
of or relating to Christopher Columbus;

columbian mammoth
n1
a variety of mammoth;

- syn. Mammuthus columbi;

Columbidae
n1
doves and pigeons;

- syn. family Columbidae;

columbiform bird
n1
a cosmopolitan order of land birds having small heads and short legs with four unwebbed toes;

Columbiformes
n1
sand grouse;

- pigeons;

- doves;

- extinct dodos and solitaires;

- syn. order Columbiformes;

columbine / k ɒ ɫ ə m b aɪ n /
n1
a plant of the genus Aquilegia having irregular showy spurred flowers;

- north temperate regions especially mountains;

- syn. aquilege, aquilegia;

columbite
n1
a black mineral that is an ore of niobium and tantalum;

- syn. niobite;

columbite-tantalite
n1
a valuable black mineral combining niobite and tantalite;

- used in cell phones and computer chips;

- syn. coltan;

columbium
n1
a former name for niobium;

columbo / k ɒ ɫ ʌ m b oʊ /
n1
any of various tall perennial herbs constituting the genus Frasera;

- widely distributed in warm dry upland areas of California, Oregon, and Washington;

- syn. American columbo, American gentian, deer's-ear, deer's-ears, pyramid plant;

Columbus / k ə ɫ ʌ m b ə s /
n1
the state capital of Ohio;

- located in the center of the state;

- site of Ohio State University;

- syn. capital of Ohio;

n2
Italian navigator who discovered the New World in the service of Spain while looking for a route to China (1451-1506);

- syn. Christopher Columbus, Cristobal Colon, Cristoforo Colombo;

n3
a town in eastern Mississippi near the border with Alabama;

n4
a city in western Georgia on the Chattahoochee River;

- industrial center;

Columbus Day
n1
a legal holiday commemorating the discovery of America by Christopher Columbus;

- syn. Discovery Day, October 12;

columella / k ɒ ɫ j ʊ m ɛ ɫ ə /
n1
a small column (or structure resembling a column) that is a part of a plant or animal;

column / k ɒ ɫ ə m /
n1
a line of units following one after another;

n2
a vertical glass tube used in column chromatography;

- a mixture is poured in the top and washed through a stationary substance where components of the mixture are adsorbed selectively to form colored bands;

- syn. chromatography column;

n3
a vertical array of numbers or other information;

- "he added a column of numbers";

n4
anything that approximates the shape of a column or tower;

- "the test tube held a column of white powder";

- "a tower of dust rose above the horizon";

- "a thin pillar of smoke betrayed their campsite";

- syn. pillar, tower;

n5
an article giving opinions or perspectives;

- syn. editorial, newspaper column;

n6
a vertical cylindrical structure standing alone and not supporting anything (such as a monument);

- syn. pillar;

n7
(architecture) a tall vertical cylindrical structure standing upright and used to support a structure;

- syn. pillar;

n8
a page or text that is vertically divided;

- "the newspaper devoted several columns to the subject";

- "the bookkeeper used pages that were divided into columns";

n9
any tubular or pillar-like supporting structure in the body;

column chromatography
n1
chromatography that uses selective adsorption by a column of powders;

column inch
n1
a unit of measurement for advertising space;

- syn. inch;

columnar / k ə ɫ ʌ m n ə /
a1
having the form of a column;

- "trees with columniform trunks";

- "columnar forms";

- "a columnlike tree trunk";

- syn. columniform, columnlike;

- sim. columned;

a2
characterized by columns;

- "columnar construction";

- sim. columned;

columnar cell
n1
an epithelial cell that is shaped like a column;

- some have cilia;

- syn. columnar epithelial cell;

columnar epithelial cell
n1
an epithelial cell that is shaped like a column;

- some have cilia;

- syn. columnar cell;

columnea
n1
tropical plant having thick hairy somewhat toothed leaves and solitary or clustered yellow to scarlet flowers;

- many cultivated for their flowers and ornamental foliage;

columned / k ɒ ɫ ə m d /
a1
having or resembling columns;

- having columns of a specified kind (often used as a combining form);

- "a columned portico";

- "trees with columned trunks";

- "white-columned houses";

- sim. amphistylar, colonnaded, columnar, columniform, pillared;

columniation / k ɒ ɫ ə m n ɪ eɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
(architecture) the arrangement of columns (especially freestanding columns) in a structure;

columniform / k ɒ ɫ ə m n ɪ f ɔ m /
a1
having the form of a column;

- "trees with columniform trunks";

- "columnar forms";

- "a columnlike tree trunk";

- syn. columnar, columnlike;

- sim. columned;

columnist / k ɒ ɫ ə m n ɪ s t /
n1
a journalist who writes editorials;

- syn. editorialist;

columnlike
a1
having the form of a column;

- "trees with columniform trunks";

- "columnar forms";

- "a columnlike tree trunk";

- syn. columnar, columniform;

- sim. columned;

Colutea
n1
small genus of Eurasian shrubs with yellow flowers and bladdery pods;

- syn. genus Colutea;

Colutea arborescens
n1
yellow-flowered European shrub cultivated for its succession of yellow flowers and very inflated bladdery pods and as a source of wildlife food;

- syn. bladder senna;

Colymbiformes
n1
grebes;

- syn. Podicipediformes, Podicipitiformes, order Colymbiformes, order Podicipediformes, order Podicipitiformes;

colza / k ɒ ɫ z ə /
n1
Eurasian plant cultivated for its seed and as a forage crop;

- syn. Brassica napus, rape;

colza oil
n1
edible light yellow to brown oil from rapeseed used also as a lubricant or illuminant;

- syn. rape oil, rapeseed oil;

coma / k oʊ m ə /
n1
a state of deep and often prolonged unconsciousness;

- usually the result of disease or injury;

- syn. comatoseness;

n2
(botany) a usually terminal tuft of bracts (as in the pineapple) or tuft of hairs (especially on certain seeds);

n3
(astronomy) the luminous cloud of particles surrounding the frozen nucleus of a comet;

- forms as the comet approaches the sun and is warmed;

Coma Berenices
n1
a constellation in the northern hemisphere between Ursa Major and Bootes;

- contains a cluster of some 10,000 galaxies;

comal
a1
of certain seeds (such as cotton) having a tuft or tufts of hair;

- "comate (or comose) seeds";

- "a comal tuft";

- syn. comate, comose;

- sim. hairy;

Comanche
n1
a member of the Shoshonean people who formerly lived between Wyoming and the Mexican border but are now chiefly in Oklahoma;

n2
the Shoshonean language spoken by the Comanche;

Comandra
n1
small genus of chiefly North American parasitic plants;

- syn. genus Comandra;

Comandra pallida
n1
woody creeping parasite of western North America having numerous thick powdery leaves and panicles of small dull-white flowers;

- syn. bastard toadflax;

comate
a1
bearing a coma;

- crowned with an assemblage of branches or leaves or bracts;

- "comate royal palms";

- "pineapples are comate";

- syn. comose;

- sim. crowned;

a2
of certain seeds (such as cotton) having a tuft or tufts of hair;

- "comate (or comose) seeds";

- "a comal tuft";

- syn. comal, comose;

- sim. hairy;

comatose / k oʊ m ə t oʊ s /
a1
relating to or associated with a coma;

- "comatose breathing";

- "comatose state";

a2
in a state of deep and usually prolonged unconsciousness;

- unable to respond to external stimuli;

- "a comatose patient";

- sim. unconscious;

comatoseness
n1
a state of deep and often prolonged unconsciousness;

- usually the result of disease or injury;

- syn. coma;

Comatula
n1
former usage synonymous with Antedon;

- syn. genus Comatula;

comatulid
n1
free-swimming stalkless crinoid with ten feathery arms;

- found on muddy sea bottoms;

- syn. feather star;

Comatulidae
n1
former usage synonymous with Antedonidae;

- syn. family Comatulidae;

comb / k oʊ m /
n1
a flat device with narrow pointed teeth on one edge;

- disentangles or arranges hair;

n2
the fleshy red crest on the head of the domestic fowl and other gallinaceous birds;

- syn. cockscomb, coxcomb;

n3
any of several tools for straightening fibers;

n4
ciliated comb-like swimming plate of a ctenophore;

n5
the act of drawing a comb through hair;

- "his hair needed a comb";

- syn. combing;

v1
straighten with a comb;

- "comb your hair";

v2
search thoroughly;

- "They combed the area for the missing child";

- syn. ransack;

v3
smoothen and neaten with or as with a comb;

- "comb your hair before dinner";

- "comb the wool";

- syn. comb out, disentangle;

comb-footed spider
n1
spider having a comb-like row of bristles on each hind foot;

- syn. theridiid;

comb-like
a1
resembling a comb;

- having projections like the teeth of a comb;

- syn. ctenoid;

comb-out / k oʊ m aʊ t /
n1
the act of removing tangles from you hair with a comb;

- syn. teasing;

n2
the act of carefully weeding out unwanted things or people;

- "the department got a good comb-out";

comb-plate
n1
a locomotor organ consisting of a row of strong cilia whose bases are fused;

- syn. ctene;

comb jelly
n1
biradially symmetrical hermaphroditic solitary marine animals resembling jellyfishes having for locomotion eight rows of cilia arranged like teeth in a comb;

- syn. ctenophore;

comb out
v1
remove unwanted elements;

- "The company weeded out the incompetent people";

- "The new law weeds out the old inequities";

- syn. weed out;

v2
smoothen and neaten with or as with a comb;

- "comb your hair before dinner";

- "comb the wool";

- syn. comb, disentangle;

combat / k ɒ m b ɑ , k ɒ m b æ t /
n1
an engagement fought between two military forces;

- syn. armed combat;

n2
the act of fighting;

- any contest or struggle;

- "a fight broke out at the hockey game";

- "there was fighting in the streets";

- "the unhappy couple got into a terrible scrap";

- syn. fight, fighting, scrap;

v1
battle or contend against in or as if in a battle;

- "The Kurds are combating Iraqi troops in Northern Iraq";

- "We must combat the prejudices against other races";

- "they battled over the budget";

- syn. battle;

combat-ready
a1
engaged in or ready for military or naval operations;

- "on active duty";

- "the platoon is combat-ready";

- "review the fighting forces";

- syn. active, fighting;

- sim. operational;

combat area
n1
a military area where combat forces operate;

- syn. combat zone;

combat boot
n1
a boot reaching halfway up to the knee;

- syn. buskin, desert boot, half boot, top boot;

combat casualty
n1
loss of military equipment in battle;

- syn. battle damage;

combat ceiling
n1
altitude above which a plane cannot climb faster than a given rate;

- syn. service ceiling;

combat fatigue
n1
a mental disorder caused by stress of active warfare;

- syn. battle fatigue, combat neurosis, shell shock;

combat injury
n1
a casualty to military personnel resulting from combat;

- syn. injury, wound;

combat intelligence
n1
intelligence that is required for the planning and conduct of tactical operations;

- syn. tactical intelligence;

combat mission
n1
a mission to capture or defend something;

combat neurosis
n1
a mental disorder caused by stress of active warfare;

- syn. battle fatigue, combat fatigue, shell shock;

combat pay
n1
extra pay for soldiers engaged in active combat;

combat pilot
n1
airplane pilot who fights in an action between two military forces;

combat ship
n1
a government ship that is available for waging war;

- syn. war vessel, warship;

combat zone
n1
a city district known for its vice and high crime rate;

- syn. tenderloin;

n2
a military area where combat forces operate;

- syn. combat area;

combatant / k ɒ m b ə t ə n t /
n1
someone who fights (or is fighting);

- syn. battler, belligerent, fighter, scrapper;

a1
engaging in or ready for combat;

- sim. military;

combative / k ɒ m b ə t ɪ v /
a1
inclined or showing an inclination to dispute or disagree, even to engage in law suits;

- "a style described as abrasive and contentious";

- "a disputatious lawyer";

- "a litigious and acrimonious spirit";

- syn. contentious, disputatious, disputative, litigious;

- sim. argumentative;

a2
striving to overcome in argument;

- "a dialectical and agonistic approach";

- syn. agonistic, agonistical;

- sim. competitive;

a3
having or showing a ready disposition to fight;

- "bellicose young officers";

- "a combative impulse";

- "a contentious nature";

- syn. battleful, bellicose;

- sim. aggressive;

combatively / k ɒ m b ə t ɪ v ɫ i /
r1
in a bellicose contentious manner;

- "`Don't trespass onto my property,' the neighbor shouted combatively";

- syn. scrappily;

combativeness / k ɒ m b ə t ɪ v n ə s /
n1
a militant aggressiveness;

- syn. militance, militancy;

combed / k oʊ m d /
a1
(of hair) made tidy with a comb;

- "with hair combed to the side";

comber / k ɒ m b ə , k oʊ m ə /
n1
a person who separates and straightens the fibers of cotton or wool;

n2
a long curling sea wave;

n3
a machine that separates and straightens the fibers of cotton or wool;

combinable / k oʊ m ɪ n ə b ɫ /
a1
able to or tending to combine;

- syn. combinational, combinatory;

- sim. combinative;

combination / k ɒ m b ɪ n eɪ ʃ n /
n1
a collection of things that have been combined;

- an assemblage of separate parts or qualities;

n2
a coordinated sequence of chess moves;

n3
a sequence of numbers or letters that opens a combination lock;

- "he forgot the combination to the safe";

n4
a group of people (often temporary) having a common purpose;

- "they were a winning combination";

n5
an alliance of people or corporations or countries for a special purpose (formerly to achieve some antisocial end but now for general political or economic purposes);

n6
the act of arranging elements into specified groups without regard to order;

n7
the act of combining things to form a new whole;

- syn. combining, compounding;

combination in restraint of trade
n1
(law) any monopoly or contract or combination or conspiracy intended to restrain commerce (which are illegal according to antitrust laws of the United States);

combination lock
n1
lock that can be opened only by turning dials in a special sequence;

combination plane
n1
a woodworking plane that has interchangeable cutters of various shapes;

combination salad
n1
containing meat or chicken or cheese in addition to greens and vegetables;

combinational / k ɒ m b ɪ n eɪ ʃ n ə ɫ /
a1
able to or tending to combine;

- syn. combinable, combinatory;

- sim. combinative;

combinative / k ɒ m b ɪ n ə t ɪ v /
a1
marked by or relating to or resulting from combination;

- syn. combinatory;

- also integrative;

- sim. combinable, combinatorial;

a2
relating to or involving combinations;

- syn. combinatorial, combinatory;

- sim. integrative;

combinatorial
a1
relating to or involving combinations;

- syn. combinative, combinatory;

- sim. integrative;

a2
relating to the combination and arrangement of elements in sets;

- sim. combinative;

combinatory
a1
marked by or relating to or resulting from combination;

- syn. combinative;

- also integrative;

- sim. combinable, combinatorial;

a2
relating to or involving combinations;

- syn. combinative, combinatorial;

- sim. integrative;

a3
able to or tending to combine;

- syn. combinable, combinational;

- sim. combinative;

combine / k ə m b aɪ n , k ɒ m b aɪ n /
n1
harvester that heads and threshes and cleans grain while moving across the field;

n2
a consortium of independent organizations formed to limit competition by controlling the production and distribution of a product or service;

- "they set up the trust in the hope of gaining a monopoly";

- syn. cartel, corporate trust, trust;

n3
an occurrence that results in things being united;

- syn. combining;

v1
have or possess in combination;

- "she unites charm with a good business sense";

- syn. unite;

v2
put or add together;

- "combine resources";

- syn. compound;

v3
combine so as to form a whole;

- mix;

- "compound the ingredients";

- syn. compound;

v4
add together from different sources;

- "combine resources";

v5
join for a common purpose or in a common action;

- "These forces combined with others";

v6
gather in a mass, sum, or whole;

- syn. aggregate;

v7
mix together different elements;

- "The colors blend well";

- syn. blend, coalesce, commingle, conflate, flux, fuse, immix, meld, merge, mix;

combined / k ə m b aɪ n d /
a1
made or joined or united into one;

- sim. compounded, conglomerate, occluded, one, rolled into one;

Combined DNA Index System
n1
the DNA file maintained by the Federal Bureau of Investigation;

combined operation
n1
a military operation carried out cooperatively by two or more allied nations or a military operation carried out by coordination of sea, land, and air forces;

combing / k oʊ m ɪ ŋ /
n1
the act of drawing a comb through hair;

- "his hair needed a comb";

- syn. comb;

combining / k ə m b aɪ n ɪ ŋ /
n1
an occurrence that results in things being united;

- syn. combine;

n2
the act of combining things to form a new whole;

- syn. combination, compounding;

combining form
n1
a bound form used only in compounds;

- "`hemato-' is a combining form in words like `hematology'";

combining weight
n1
the atomic weight of an element that has the same combining capacity as a given weight of another element;

- the standard is 8 for oxygen;

- syn. eq, equivalent, equivalent weight;

combo
n1
a small band of jazz musicians;

- syn. jazz band, jazz group;

Combretaceae
n1
a family of tropical trees and shrubs of the order Myrtales;

- syn. combretum family, family Combretaceae;

combretum
n1
any of numerous shrubs or small trees of the genus Combretum having spikes of small flowers;

Combretum appiculatum
n1
small deciduous tree of the Transvaal having spikes of yellow flowers;

- syn. bush willow;

Combretum bracteosum
n1
ornamental African shrub or climber with red flowers;

- syn. hiccough nut, hiccup nut;

Combretum erythrophyllum
n1
small South African tree having creamy yellow fragrant flowers usually growing on stream banks;

- syn. bush willow;

combretum family
n1
a family of tropical trees and shrubs of the order Myrtales;

- syn. Combretaceae, family Combretaceae;

combtooth blenny
n1
small usually scaleless fishes with comb-like teeth living about rocky shores;

- are territorial and live in holes between rocks;

- syn. blenny;

comburant
a1
supporting combustion;

- syn. comburent, combustive;

- sim. combustible;

comburent
a1
supporting combustion;

- syn. comburant, combustive;

- sim. combustible;

combust / k ə m b ʌ s t /
v1
cause to burn or combust;

- "The sun burned off the fog";

- "We combust coal and other fossil fuels";

- syn. burn;

v2
start to burn or burst into flames;

- "Marsh gases ignited suddenly";

- "The oily rags combusted spontaneously";

- syn. catch fire, conflagrate, erupt, ignite, take fire;

v3
get very angry and fly into a rage;

- "The professor combusted when the student didn't know the answer to a very elementary question";

- "Spam makes me go ballistic";

- syn. blow a fuse, blow one's stack, blow up, flip one's lid, flip one's wig, fly off the handle, go ballistic, have a fit, have kittens, hit the ceiling, hit the roof, lose one's temper, throw a fit;

v4
cause to become violent or angry;

- "Riots combusted Pakistan after the U.S. air attacks on Afghanistan";

v5
undergo combustion;

- "Maple wood burns well";

- syn. burn;

combustibility / k ə m b ʌ s t ə b ɪ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
the quality of being capable of igniting and burning;

- syn. burnability, combustibleness;

combustible / k ə m b ʌ s t ə b ɫ /
n1
a substance that can be burned to provide heat or power;

- syn. combustible material;

a1
capable of igniting and burning;

- sim. burnable, comburent, flammable, ignescent, incendiary;

combustible material
n1
a substance that can be burned to provide heat or power;

- syn. combustible;

combustibleness
n1
the quality of being capable of igniting and burning;

- syn. burnability, combustibility;

combustion / k ə m b ʌ s tʃ ə n /
n1
a process in which a substance reacts with oxygen to give heat and light;

- syn. burning;

n2
a state of violent disturbance and excitement;

- "combustion grew until revolt was unavoidable";

n3
the act of burning something;

- "the burning of leaves was prohibited by a town ordinance";

- syn. burning;

combustive
a1
supporting combustion;

- syn. comburant, comburent;

- sim. combustible;

come / k ʌ m /
n1
the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract;

- syn. cum, ejaculate, seed, semen, seminal fluid;

v1
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody;

- "He came singing down the road";

- "Come with me to the Casbah";

- "come down here!";

- "come out of the closet!";

- "come into the room";

- syn. come up;

- also come in, come through, come through, come up, come up, come with;

v2
reach a destination;

- arrive by movement or progress;

- "She arrived home at 7 o'clock";

- "She didn't get to Chicago until after midnight";

- syn. arrive, get;

v3
come to pass;

- arrive, as in due course;

- "The first success came three days later";

- "It came as a shock";

- "Dawn comes early in June";

v4
reach or enter a state, relation, condition, use, or position;

- "The water came to a boil";

- "We came to understand the true meaning of life";

- "Their anger came to a boil";

- "I came to realize the true meaning of life";

- "The shoes came untied";

- "come into contact with a terrorist group";

- "his face went red";

- "your wish will come true";

v5
to be the product or result;

- "Melons come from a vine";

- "Understanding comes from experience";

- syn. follow;

v6
be found or available;

- "These shoes come in three colors;

- The furniture comes unassembled";

v7
come forth;

- "A scream came from the woman's mouth";

- "His breath came hard";

- syn. issue forth;

v8
be a native of;

- "She hails from Kalamazoo";

- syn. hail;

v9
extend or reach;

- "The water came up to my waist";

- "The sleeves come to your knuckles";

v10
exist or occur in a certain point in a series;

- "Next came the student from France";

v11
cover a certain distance;

- "She came a long way";

v12
come under, be classified or included;

- "fall into a category";

- "This comes under a new heading";

- syn. fall;

v13
happen as a result;

- "Nothing good will come of this";

v14
add up in number or quantity;

- "The bills amounted to $2,000";

- "The bill came to $2,000";

- syn. add up, amount, number, total;

v15
develop into;

- "This idea will never amount to anything";

- "nothing came of his grandiose plans";

- syn. add up, amount;

v16
be received;

- "News came in of the massacre in Rwanda";

- syn. come in;

v17
come to one's mind;

- suggest itself;

- "It occurred to me that we should hire another secretary";

- "A great idea then came to her";

- syn. occur;

v18
come from;

- be connected by a relationship of blood, for example;

- "She was descended from an old Italian noble family";

- "he comes from humble origins";

- syn. derive, descend;

v19
proceed or get along;

- "How is she doing in her new job?";

- "How are you making out in graduate school?";

- "He's come a long way";

- syn. do, fare, get along, make out;

v20
experience orgasm;

- "she could not come because she was too upset";

v21
have a certain priority;

- "My family comes first";

come-at-able / k ʌ m æ t ə b ɫ /
a1
capable of being attained or accomplished;

- "choose an attainable goal";

- "art is not something that is come-at-able by dint of study";

- syn. attainable;

- sim. possible;

a2
capable of being reached or attained;

- "a very getatable man";

- "both oil and coal are there but not in getatable locations";

- syn. get-at-able, getatable;

- sim. accessible;

come-on / k ʌ m ɒ n /
n1
anything that serves as an enticement;

- syn. bait, hook, lure, sweetener;

n2
qualities that attract by seeming to promise some kind of reward;

- syn. enticement, lure;

come about
v1
come to pass;

- "What is happening?";

- "The meeting took place off without an incidence";

- "Nothing occurred that seemed important";

- syn. fall out, go on, hap, happen, occur, pass, pass off, take place;

come across
v1
find unexpectedly;

- "the archeologists chanced upon an old tomb";

- "she struck a goldmine";

- "The hikers finally struck the main path to the lake";

- syn. attain, chance on, chance upon, come upon, discover, fall upon, happen upon, light upon, strike;

v2
be perceived in a certain way;

- make a certain impression;

v3
come together;

- "I'll probably see you at the meeting";

- "How nice to see you again!";

- syn. encounter, meet, run across, run into, see;

v4
communicate the intended meaning or impression;

- "He came across very clearly";

- syn. come over;

v5
be received or understood;

- syn. resonate;

come after
v1
come after in time, as a result;

- "A terrible tsunami followed the earthquake";

- syn. follow;

v2
be the successor (of);

- "Carter followed Ford";

- "Will Charles succeed to the throne?";

- syn. follow, succeed;

come alive
v1
stop sleeping;

- "She woke up to the sound of the alarm clock";

- syn. arouse, awake, awaken, wake, wake up, waken;

come along
v1
come into being or existence, or appear on the scene;

- "Then the computer came along and changed our lives";

- "Homo sapiens appeared millions of years ago";

- syn. appear;

v2
develop in a positive way;

- "He progressed well in school";

- "My plants are coming along";

- "Plans are shaping up";

- syn. advance, come on, get along, get on, progress, shape up;

come apart
v1
become separated into pieces or fragments;

- "The figurine broke";

- "The freshly baked loaf fell apart";

- syn. break, fall apart, separate, split up;

come around
v1
change one's position or opinion;

- "He came around to our point of view";

- syn. come round;

v2
happen regularly;

- "Christmas rolled around again";

- syn. roll around;

come away
v1
come to be detached;

- "His retina detached and he had to be rushed into surgery";

- syn. come off, detach;

v2
leave in a certain condition;

- "She came away angry";

come back
v1
be restored;

- "Her old vigor returned";

- syn. return;

v2
go back to something earlier;

- "This harks back to a previous remark of his";

- syn. hark back, recall, return;

v3
even the score, in sports;

v4
answer back;

- syn. rejoin, repay, retort, return, riposte;

come before
v1
be the predecessor of;

- "Bill preceded John in the long line of Susan's husbands";

- syn. precede;

come by
v1
visit informally and spontaneously;

- "We frequently drop by the neighbors' house for a cup of coffee";

- syn. drop by, drop in;

v2
obtain, especially accidentally;

- syn. come into;

come close
v1
nearly do something;

- "She came close to quitting her job";

v2
be close or similar;

- "Her results approximate my own";

- syn. approximate;

come down
v1
move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way;

- "The temperature is going down";

- "The barometer is falling";

- "The curtain fell on the diva";

- "Her hand went up and then fell again";

- syn. descend, fall, go down;

v2
be the essential element;

- "The proposal boils down to a compromise";

- syn. boil down, reduce;

v3
fall from clouds;

- "rain, snow and sleet were falling";

- "Vesuvius precipitated its fiery, destructive rage on Herculaneum";

- syn. fall, precipitate;

v4
get sick;

- "She fell sick last Friday, and now she is in the hospital";

- syn. sicken;

v5
criticize or reprimand harshly;

- "The critics came down hard on the new play";

come forth
v1
come out of;

- "Water issued from the hole in the wall";

- "The words seemed to come out by themselves";

- syn. come out, egress, emerge, go forth, issue;

v2
happen or occur as a result of something;

- syn. emerge;

come forward
v1
make oneself visible;

- take action;

- "Young people should step to the fore and help their peers";

- syn. come out, come to the fore, step forward, step to the fore, step up;

come hell or high water
r1
in spite of all obstacles;

- "we'll go to Tibet come hell or high water";

- syn. no matter what happens, whatever may come;

come home
v1
become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions;

- "It dawned on him that she had betrayed him";

- "she was penetrated with sorrow";

- syn. click, dawn, fall into place, get across, get through, penetrate, sink in;

come in
v1
to come or go into;

- "the boat entered an area of shallow marshes";

- syn. enter, get in, get into, go in, go into, move into;

v2
be received;

- "News came in of the massacre in Rwanda";

- syn. come;

v3
come into fashion;

- become fashionable;

v4
to insert between other elements;

- "She interjected clever remarks";

- syn. inject, interject, interpose, put in, throw in;

v5
take a place in a competition;

- often followed by an ordinal;

- "Jerry came in third in the Marathon";

- syn. come out, place;

come in for
v1
be subject to or the object of;

- "The governor came in for a lot of criticism";

come in handy
v1
be useful for a certain purpose;

come into
v1
obtain, especially accidentally;

- syn. come by;

come into being
v1
be born or come into existence;

- "All these flowers come to life when the rains come";

- syn. come to life;

come near
v1
almost do or experience something;

- "She came near to screaming with fear";

v2
move towards;

- "We were approaching our destination";

- "They are drawing near";

- "The enemy army came nearer and nearer";

- syn. approach, come on, draw close, draw near, go up, near;

v3
come near in time;

- "Winter is approaching";

- "approaching old age";

- syn. approach;

come of age
v1
reach a certain age that marks a transition to maturity;

come off
v1
come to be detached;

- "His retina detached and he had to be rushed into surgery";

- syn. come away, detach;

v2
happen in a particular manner;

- "how did your talk go over?";

- syn. go off, go over;

v3
break off (a piece from a whole);

- "Her tooth chipped";

- syn. break away, break off, chip, chip off;

come on
v1
appear or become visible;

- make a showing;

- "She turned up at the funeral";

- "I hope the list key is going to surface again";

- syn. come out, show up, surface, turn up;

v2
move towards;

- "We were approaching our destination";

- "They are drawing near";

- "The enemy army came nearer and nearer";

- syn. approach, come near, draw close, draw near, go up, near;

v3
develop in a positive way;

- "He progressed well in school";

- "My plants are coming along";

- "Plans are shaping up";

- syn. advance, come along, get along, get on, progress, shape up;

v4
start running, functioning, or operating;

- "the lights went on";

- "the computer came up";

- syn. come up, go on;

v5
occur or become available;

- "water or electricity came on again after the earthquake";

come out
v1
appear or become visible;

- make a showing;

- "She turned up at the funeral";

- "I hope the list key is going to surface again";

- syn. come on, show up, surface, turn up;

v2
be issued or published;

- "Did your latest book appear yet?";

- "The new Woody Allen film hasn't come out yet";

- syn. appear;

v3
come out of;

- "Water issued from the hole in the wall";

- "The words seemed to come out by themselves";

- syn. come forth, egress, emerge, go forth, issue;

v4
result or end;

- "How will the game turn out?";

- syn. turn out;

v5
come off;

- "His hair and teeth fell out";

- syn. fall out;

v6
take a place in a competition;

- often followed by an ordinal;

- "Jerry came in third in the Marathon";

- syn. come in, place;

v7
make oneself visible;

- take action;

- "Young people should step to the fore and help their peers";

- syn. come forward, come to the fore, step forward, step to the fore, step up;

v8
bulge outward;

- "His eyes popped";

- syn. bug out, bulge, bulge out, pop, pop out, protrude, start;

v9
to state openly and publicly one's homosexuality;

- "This actor outed last year";

- syn. come out of the closet, out;

v10
be made known;

- be disclosed or revealed;

- "The truth will out";

- syn. out;

v11
break out;

- "The tooth erupted and had to be extracted";

- syn. break through, erupt, push through;

come out of the closet
v1
to state openly and publicly one's homosexuality;

- "This actor outed last year";

- syn. come out, out;

come over
v1
communicate the intended meaning or impression;

- "He came across very clearly";

- syn. come across;

come round
v1
change one's position or opinion;

- "He came around to our point of view";

- syn. come around;

come short
v1
fail to meet (expectations or standards);

- syn. fall short;

come through
v1
penetrate;

- "The sun broke through the clouds";

- "The rescue team broke through the wall in the mine shaft";

- syn. break through;

v2
succeed in reaching a real or abstract destination after overcoming problems;

- "We finally got through the bureaucracy and could talk to the Minister";

- syn. get through;

v3
continue in existence after (an adversity, etc.);

- "He survived the cancer against all odds";

- syn. make it, pull round, pull through, survive;

v4
attain success or reach a desired goal;

- "The enterprise succeeded";

- "We succeeded in getting tickets to the show";

- "she struggled to overcome her handicap and won";

- syn. bring home the bacon, deliver the goods, succeed, win;

come to
v1
cause to experience suddenly;

- "Panic struck me";

- "An interesting idea hit her";

- "A thought came to me";

- "The thought struck terror in our minds";

- "They were struck with fear";

- syn. hit, strike;

v2
be relevant to;

- "There were lots of questions referring to her talk";

- "My remark pertained to your earlier comments";

- syn. bear on, concern, have to do with, pertain, refer, relate, touch, touch on;

v3
attain;

- "The horse finally struck a pace";

- syn. strike;

v4
return to consciousness;

- "The patient came to quickly";

- "She revived after the doctor gave her an injection";

- syn. resuscitate, revive;

come to grips
v1
deal with (a problem or a subject);

- "I still have not come to grips with the death of my parents";

- syn. get to grips;

come to hand
v1
be revealed or disclosed;

- "The truth finally came to light";

- syn. come to light;

come to life
v1
be born or come into existence;

- "All these flowers come to life when the rains come";

- syn. come into being;

v2
be lifelike, as of a painting;

- "If you look at it long enough, this portrait comes to life!";

come to light
v1
be revealed or disclosed;

- "The truth finally came to light";

- syn. come to hand;

come to mind
v1
be remembered;

- "His name comes to mind when you mention the strike";

- syn. spring to mind;

come to the fore
v1
make oneself visible;

- take action;

- "Young people should step to the fore and help their peers";

- syn. come forward, come out, step forward, step to the fore, step up;

come together
v1
come together, as if in an embrace;

- "Her arms closed around her long lost relative";

- syn. close;

come up
v1
bring forth, usually something desirable;

- "The committee came up with some interesting recommendations";

v2
result or issue;

- "A slight unpleasantness arose from this discussion";

- syn. arise;

v3
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody;

- "He came singing down the road";

- "Come with me to the Casbah";

- "come down here!";

- "come out of the closet!";

- "come into the room";

- syn. come;

v4
come to the surface;

- syn. rise, rise up, surface;

v5
originate or come into being;

- "a question arose";

- syn. arise, bob up;

v6
move upward;

- "The fog lifted";

- "The smoke arose from the forest fire";

- "The mist uprose from the meadows";

- syn. arise, go up, lift, move up, rise, uprise;

v7
be mentioned;

- "These names came up in the discussion";

v8
start running, functioning, or operating;

- "the lights went on";

- "the computer came up";

- syn. come on, go on;

v9
get something or somebody for a specific purpose;

- "I found this gadget that will serve as a bottle opener";

- "I got hold of these tools to fix our plumbing";

- "The chairman got hold of a secretary on Friday night to type the urgent letter";

- syn. find, get hold, line up;

v10
come up, of celestial bodies;

- "The sun also rises";

- "The sun uprising sees the dusk night fled...";

- "Jupiter ascends";

- syn. ascend, rise, uprise;

v11
gather (money or other resources) together over time;

- "She had scraped together enough money for college";

- "they scratched a meager living";

- syn. scrape, scrape up, scratch;

v12
gather or bring together;

- "muster the courage to do something";

- "she rallied her intellect";

- "Summon all your courage";

- syn. muster, muster up, rally, summon;

come up to
v1
speak to someone;

- syn. accost, address;

come upon
v1
find unexpectedly;

- "the archeologists chanced upon an old tomb";

- "she struck a goldmine";

- "The hikers finally struck the main path to the lake";

- syn. attain, chance on, chance upon, come across, discover, fall upon, happen upon, light upon, strike;

v2
take possession of;

- "She entered upon the estate of her rich relatives";

- syn. enter upon, luck into;

come with
v1
be present or associated with an event or entity;

- "French fries come with the hamburger";

- "heart attacks are accompanied by distruction of heart tissue";

- "fish usually goes with white wine";

- "this kind of vein accompanies certain arteries";

- syn. accompany, attach to, go with;

comeback / k ʌ m b æ k /
n1
a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one);

- "it brought a sharp rejoinder from the teacher";

- syn. counter, rejoinder, replication, retort, return, riposte;

n2
return by a celebrity to some previously successful activity;

comedian / k ə m i d ɪə n /
n1
a professional performer who tells jokes and performs comical acts;

- syn. comic;

n2
an actor in a comedy;

comedienne / k ə m i d ɪ ɛ n /
n1
a female actor in a comedy;

n2
a female comedian;

comedo
n1
a black-tipped plug clogging a pore of the skin;

- syn. blackhead;

comedown / k ʌ m d aʊ n /
n1
decline to a lower status or level;

comedy / k ɒ m ə d i /
n1
light and humorous drama with a happy ending;

n2
a comic incident or series of incidents;

- syn. clowning, drollery, funniness;

comedy ballet
n1
a ballet that stresses the drama with features of comedy;

comeliness / k ʌ m ɫ ɪ n ə s /
n1
the quality of being good looking and attractive;

- syn. beauteousness, fairness, loveliness;

comely / k ʌ m ɫ i /
a1
according with custom or propriety;

- "her becoming modesty";

- "comely behavior";

- "it is not comme il faut for a gentleman to be constantly asking for money";

- "seemly behavior";

- syn. becoming, comme il faut, decorous, seemly;

- sim. proper;

a2
very pleasing to the eye;

- "my bonny lass";

- "there's a bonny bay beyond";

- "a comely face";

- "young fair maidens";

- syn. bonnie, bonny, fair, sightly;

- sim. beautiful;

Comenius
n1
Czech educational reformer (1592-1670);

- syn. Jan Amos Komensky, John Amos Comenius;

comer / k ʌ m ə , k ʌ m ə ɹ /
n1
someone with a promising future;

n2
someone who arrives (or has arrived);

- syn. arrival, arriver;

Comer Vann Woodward
n1
United States historian (1908-1999);

- syn. C. Vann Woodward, Woodward;

comestible / k ə m ɛ s t ə b ɫ /
n1
any substance that can be used as food;

- syn. eatable, edible, pabulum, victual, victuals;

a1
suitable for use as food;

- syn. eatable, edible;

- also digestible, palatable, tender;

- sim. killable, nonpoisonous, pareve;

comet / k ɒ m ɪ t /
n1
(astronomy) a relatively small extraterrestrial body consisting of a frozen mass that travels around the sun in a highly elliptical orbit;

comet-like
a1
resembling a comet;

- sim. starry;

cometary / k ɒ m ɪ t ə ɹ i /
a1
of or relating to or resembling a comet;

- syn. cometic;

cometic / k ʌ m t ɪ k /
a1
of or relating to or resembling a comet;

- syn. cometary;

comeupance
n1
an outcome (good or bad) that is well deserved and fitting;

- syn. comeuppance, just deserts, poetic jstice;

comeuppance
n1
an outcome (good or bad) that is well deserved and fitting;

- syn. comeupance, just deserts, poetic jstice;

comfit / k ʌ m f ɪ t /
n1
candy containing a fruit or nut;

v1
make into a confection;

- "This medicine is home-confected";

- syn. confect, confection;

comfort / k ʌ m f ə t /
n1
a state of being relaxed and feeling no pain;

- "he is a man who enjoys his comfort";

- "she longed for the comfortableness of her armchair";

- syn. comfortableness;

n2
a feeling of freedom from worry or disappointment;

n3
the act of consoling;

- giving relief in affliction;

- "his presence was a consolation to her";

- syn. consolation, solace;

n4
a freedom from financial difficulty that promotes a comfortable state;

- "a life of luxury and ease";

- "he had all the material comforts of this world";

- syn. ease;

n5
satisfaction or physical well-being provided by a person or thing;

- "his friendship was a comfort";

- "a padded chair was one of the room's few comforts";

n6
bedding made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing and stitched together;

- syn. comforter, puff, quilt;

n7
assistance, such as that provided to an enemy or to a known criminal;

- "it gave comfort to the enemy";

v1
give moral or emotional strength to;

- syn. console, solace, soothe;

v2
lessen pain or discomfort;

- alleviate;

- "ease the pain in your legs";

- syn. ease;

comfort food
n1
food that is simply prepared and gives a sense of wellbeing;

- typically food with a high sugar or carbohydrate content that is associated with childhood or with home cooking;

comfort station
n1
a toilet that is available to the public;

- syn. convenience, public convenience, public lavatory, public toilet, restroom, toilet facility, wash room;

comfort woman
n1
a woman forced into prostitution for Japanese servicemen during World War II;

- "she wrote a book about her harsh experiences as a comfort woman";

- syn. ianfu;

comfort zone
n1
the temperature range (between 28 and 30 degrees Centigrade) at which the naked human body is able to maintain a heat balance without shivering or sweating;

comfortable / k ʌ m f t ə b ɫ /
a1
providing or experiencing physical well-being or relief (`comfy' is informal);

- "comfortable clothes";

- "comfortable suburban houses";

- "made himself comfortable in an armchair";

- "the antihistamine made her feel more comfortable";

- "are you comfortable?";

- "feeling comfy now?";

- syn. comfy;

- sim. cozy, easy, homelike, soothing;

a2
free from stress or conducive to mental ease;

- having or affording peace of mind;

- "was settled in a comfortable job, one for which he was well prepared";

- "the comfortable thought that nothing could go wrong";

- "was comfortable in his religious beliefs";

- "she's a comfortable person to be with";

- "she felt comfortable with her fiance's parents";

- also easy;

- sim. comforted;

a3
more than adequate;

- "the home team had a comfortable lead";

- sim. wide;

a4
sufficient to provide comfort;

- "a comfortable salary";

- sim. sufficient;

a5
in fortunate circumstances financially;

- moderately rich;

- "they were comfortable or even wealthy by some standards";

- "easy living";

- "a prosperous family";

- "his family is well-situated financially";

- "well-to-do members of the community";

- syn. easy, prosperous, well-fixed, well-heeled, well-off, well-situated, well-to-do;

- sim. rich;

comfortableness / k ʌ m f t ə b ɫ n ɪ s /
n1
a state of being relaxed and feeling no pain;

- "he is a man who enjoys his comfort";

- "she longed for the comfortableness of her armchair";

- syn. comfort;

n2
a feeling of being at ease in a relationship;

comfortably / k ʌ m f t ə b ɫ i /
r1
in mental comfort;

- without stress;

- "he works comfortably on three continents";

r2
in physical comfort;

- "she could have been lying comfortably in bed getting the same relief";

r3
in financial comfort;

- "They live well";

- "she has been able to live comfortably since her husband died";

- syn. well;

comforted / k ʌ m f ə t ɪ d /
a1
made comfortable or more comfortable in a time of distress;

- "the news make her feel comforted";

- sim. comfortable;

comforter / k ʌ m f ə t ə , k ʌ m f ə t ə ɹ /
n1
a person who commiserates with someone who has had misfortune;

- syn. sympathiser, sympathizer;

n2
a person who reduces the intensity (e.g., of fears) and calms and pacifies;

- "a reliever of anxiety";

- "an allayer of fears";

- syn. allayer, reliever;

n3
bedding made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing and stitched together;

- syn. comfort, puff, quilt;

n4
device used for an infant to suck or bite on;

- syn. baby's dummy, pacifier, teething ring;

comforting / k ʌ m f ə t ɪ ŋ /
a1
providing freedom from worry;

- syn. cheering, satisfying;

- sim. satisfactory;

a2
affording comfort or solace;

- syn. consolatory, consoling;

- sim. reassuring;

comfortingly / k ʌ m f ə t ɪ ŋ ɫ i /
r1
in a comforting or consoling manner;

- "one part of a strange world should be given a comfortingly familiar form";

- syn. consolingly;

comfortless / k ʌ m f ə t ɫ ə s /
a1
without comfort;

- "a comfortless room";

- sim. uncomfortable;

comforts / k ʌ m f ə t s /
n1
things that make you comfortable and at ease;

- "all the comforts of home";

- syn. amenities, conveniences, creature comforts;

comfrey / k ʌ m f ɹ i /
n1
perennial herbs of Europe and Iran;

- make rapidly growing groundcover for shaded areas;

- syn. cumfrey;

n2
leaves make a popular tisane;

- young leaves used in salads or cooked;

- syn. healing herb;

comfy / k ʌ m f i /
a1
providing or experiencing physical well-being or relief (`comfy' is informal);

- "comfortable clothes";

- "comfortable suburban houses";

- "made himself comfortable in an armchair";

- "the antihistamine made her feel more comfortable";

- "are you comfortable?";

- "feeling comfy now?";

- syn. comfortable;

- sim. cozy, easy, homelike, soothing;

comic / k ɒ m ɪ k /
n1
a professional performer who tells jokes and performs comical acts;

- syn. comedian;

a1
arousing or provoking laughter;

- "an amusing film with a steady stream of pranks and pratfalls";

- "an amusing fellow";

- "a comic hat";

- "a comical look of surprise";

- "funny stories that made everybody laugh";

- "a very funny writer";

- "it would have been laughable if it hadn't hurt so much";

- "a mirthful experience";

- "risible courtroom antics";

- syn. amusing, comical, funny, laughable, mirthful, risible;

- sim. humorous;

a2
of or relating to or characteristic of comedy;

- "comic hero";

comic book
n1
a magazine devoted to comic strips;

comic opera
n1
opera with a happy ending and in which some of the text is spoken;

- syn. bouffe, opera bouffe, opera comique;

comic strip
n1
a sequence of drawings telling a story in a newspaper or comic book;

- syn. cartoon strip, funnies, strip;

comical / k ɒ m ɪ k ɫ /
a1
arousing or provoking laughter;

- "an amusing film with a steady stream of pranks and pratfalls";

- "an amusing fellow";

- "a comic hat";

- "a comical look of surprise";

- "funny stories that made everybody laugh";

- "a very funny writer";

- "it would have been laughable if it hadn't hurt so much";

- "a mirthful experience";

- "risible courtroom antics";

- syn. amusing, comic, funny, laughable, mirthful, risible;

- sim. humorous;

comicality
n1
the quality of being comical;

comically / k ɒ m ɪ k ɫ i /
r1
in a comical manner;

- "the tone was comically desperate";

coming / k ʌ m ɪ ŋ /
n1
the act of drawing spatially closer to something;

- "the hunter's approach scattered the geese";

- syn. approach, approaching;

n2
arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous);

- "the advent of the computer";

- syn. advent;

n3
the temporal property of becoming nearer in time;

- "the approach of winter";

- syn. approach, approaching;

n4
the moment of most intense pleasure in sexual intercourse;

- syn. climax, orgasm, sexual climax;

a1
of the relatively near future;

- "the approaching election";

- "this coming Thursday";

- "the forthcoming holidays";

- "the upcoming spring fashions";

- syn. approaching, forthcoming, upcoming;

- sim. future;

coming attraction
n1
a movie that is advertised to draw customers;

coming back
n1
the occurrence of a change in direction back in the opposite direction;

- syn. return;

coming into court
n1
formal attendance (in court or at a hearing) of a party in an action;

- syn. appearance, appearing;

coming together
n1
the social act of assembling for some common purpose;

- "his meeting with the salesmen was the high point of his day";

- "the lovers met discreetly for the purposes of sexual congress";

- syn. congress, meeting;

n2
the act of joining together as one;

- "the merging of the two groups occurred quickly";

- "there was no meeting of minds";

- syn. meeting, merging;

coming upon
n1
a casual meeting with a person or thing;

- syn. encounter;

COMINT / k ɒ m ɪ n t /
n1
technical and intelligence information derived from foreign communications by other than the intended recipients;

- syn. communications intelligence;

comity / k ɒ m ɪ t i /
n1
a state or atmosphere of harmony or mutual civility and respect;

comity of nations
n1
courteous respect by one nation for the laws and institutions of another;

comma / k ɒ m ə /
n1
a punctuation mark (,) used to indicate the separation of elements within the grammatical structure of a sentence;

n2
anglewing butterfly with a comma-shaped mark on the underside of each hind wing;

- syn. Polygonia comma, comma butterfly;

comma bacillus
n1
comma-shaped bacteria that cause Asiatic cholera;

- syn. Vibrio comma;

comma butterfly
n1
anglewing butterfly with a comma-shaped mark on the underside of each hind wing;

- syn. Polygonia comma, comma;

command / k ə m ɑ n d /
n1
an authoritative direction or instruction to do something;

- syn. bid, bidding, dictation;

n2
a military unit or region under the control of a single officer;

n3
the power or authority to command;

- "an admiral in command";

n4
availability for use;

- "the materials at the command of the potters grew";

n5
a position of highest authority;

- "the corporation has just undergone a change in command";

n6
great skillfulness and knowledge of some subject or activity;

- "a good command of French";

- syn. control, mastery;

n7
(computer science) a line of code written as part of a computer program;

- syn. instruction, program line, statement;

v1
be in command of;

- "The general commanded a huge army";

v2
make someone do something;

- syn. require;

v3
demand as one's due;

- "This speaker commands a high fee";

- "The author commands a fair hearing from his readers";

v4
look down on;

- "The villa dominates the town";

- syn. dominate, overlook, overtop;

v5
exercise authoritative control or power over;

- "control the budget";

- "Command the military forces";

- syn. control;

command guidance
n1
a method of controlling the flight of a missile by commands originating from the ground or from another missile;

command key
n1
(computer science) the key on a computer keyboard that is used (in combination with some other key) to type control characters;

- syn. control key;

command language
n1
a source language consisting of procedural operators that invoke functions to be executed;

- syn. query language, search language;

command line
n1
commands that a user types in order to run an application;

command line interface
n1
a user interface in which you type commands instead of choosing them from a menu or selecting an icon;

- syn. CLI;

command module
n1
a space module in which astronauts can live and control the spacecraft and communicate with earth;

command overhead
n1
(computer science) the processing time required by a device prior to the execution of a command;

- syn. command processing overhead, command processing overhead time, overhead;

command post
n1
military headquarters from which a military commander controls and organizes the forces;

- syn. GHQ, general headquarters;

command processing overhead
n1
(computer science) the processing time required by a device prior to the execution of a command;

- syn. command overhead, command processing overhead time, overhead;

command processing overhead time
n1
(computer science) the processing time required by a device prior to the execution of a command;

- syn. command overhead, command processing overhead, overhead;

command prompt
n1
(computer science) a symbol that appears on the computer screen to indicate that the computer is ready to receive a command;

- syn. prompt;

command sergeant major
n1
a noncommissioned officer serving as chief administrative officer of a headquarters unit of the Army;

- syn. sergeant major;

commandant / k ɒ m ə n d æ n t /
n1
an officer in command of a military unit;

- syn. commander, commanding officer;

commandeer / k ɒ m ə n d ɪə , k ɒ m ə n d ɪə ɹ /
v1
take arbitrarily or by force;

- "The Cubans commandeered the plane and flew it to Miami";

- syn. highjack, hijack, pirate;

commander / k ə m ɑ n d ə , k ə m ɑ n d ə ɹ /
n1
an officer in command of a military unit;

- syn. commandant, commanding officer;

n2
someone in an official position of authority who can command or control others;

n3
a commissioned naval officer who ranks above a lieutenant commander and below a captain;

n4
an officer in the airforce;

- syn. air force officer;

commander-in-chief
n1
the officer who holds the supreme command;

- "in the U.S. the president is the commander in chief";

- syn. commander in chief, generalissimo;

commander in chief
n1
the officer who holds the supreme command;

- "in the U.S. the president is the commander in chief";

- syn. commander-in-chief, generalissimo;

commandership / k ə m ɑ n d ə ʃ ɪ p /
n1
the position or office of commander;

- syn. commandery;

commandery / k ə m ɑ n d ə ɹ i /
n1
the position or office of commander;

- syn. commandership;

commanding / k ə m ɑ n d ɪ ŋ /
a1
used of a height or viewpoint;

- "a commanding view of the ocean";

- "looked up at the castle dominating the countryside";

- "the balcony overlooking the ballroom";

- syn. dominating, overlooking;

- sim. high;

commanding officer
n1
an officer in command of a military unit;

- syn. commandant, commander;

commandment / k ə m ɑ n d m ə n t /
n1
something that is commanded;

n2
a doctrine that is taught;

- "the teachings of religion";

- "he believed all the Christian precepts";

- syn. precept, teaching;

commando / k ə m ɑ n d oʊ /
n1
a member of a military unit trained as shock troops for hit-and-run raids;

- syn. ranger;

n2
an amphibious military unit trained for raids into enemy territory;

comme il faut
a1
according with custom or propriety;

- "her becoming modesty";

- "comely behavior";

- "it is not comme il faut for a gentleman to be constantly asking for money";

- "seemly behavior";

- syn. becoming, comely, decorous, seemly;

- sim. proper;

commedia dell'arte
n1
Italian comedy of the 16th to 18th centuries improvised from standardized situations and stock characters;

commelina
n1
any plant of the genus Commelina;

Commelinaceae
n1
large widely distributed family of chiefly perennial herbs or climbers: spiderworts;

- syn. family Commelinaceae, spiderwort family;

Commelinales
n1
an order of monocotyledonous herbs;

- syn. Xyridales, order Commelinales, order Xyridales;

Commelinidae
n1
one of four subclasses or superorders of Monocotyledones;

- comprises about 19,000 species in 25 families of mostly terrestrial herbs especially of moist places including: Cyperaceae;

- Gramineae;

- Bromeliaceae;

- and Zingiberaceae;

- syn. subclass Commelinidae;

commemorate / k ə m ɛ m ə ɹ eɪ t /
v1
celebrate by some ceremony or observation;

- "The citizens mark the anniversary of the revolution with a march and a parade";

- syn. mark;

v2
call to remembrance;

- keep alive the memory of someone or something, as in a ceremony;

- "We remembered the 50th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz";

- "Remember the dead of the First World War";

- syn. remember;

v3
be or provide a memorial to a person or an event;

- "This sculpture commemorates the victims of the concentration camps";

- "We memorialized the Dead";

- syn. immortalise, immortalize, memorialise, memorialize;

commemorating / k ə m ɛ m ə ɹ eɪ t ɪ ŋ /
a1
intended as a commemoration;

- "a commemorative plaque";

- syn. commemorative;

commemoration / k ə m ɛ m ə ɹ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
a ceremony to honor the memory of someone or something;

- syn. memorialisation, memorialization;

n2
a recognition of meritorious service;

- syn. memorial, remembrance;

commemorative / k ə m ɛ m ə ɹ ə t ɪ v /
n1
an object (such as a coin or postage stamp) made to mark an event or honor a person;

a1
intended as a commemoration;

- "a commemorative plaque";

- syn. commemorating;

commence / k ə m ɛ n s /
v1
take the first step or steps in carrying out an action;

- "We began working at dawn";

- "Who will start?";

- "Get working as soon as the sun rises!";

- "The first tourists began to arrive in Cambodia";

- "He began early in the day";

- "Let's get down to work now";

- syn. begin, get, get down, set about, set out, start, start out;

v2
set in motion, cause to start;

- "The U.S. started a war in the Middle East";

- "The Iraqis began hostilities";

- "begin a new chapter in your life";

- syn. begin, lead off, start;

v3
get off the ground;

- "Who started this company?";

- "We embarked on an exciting enterprise";

- "I start my day with a good breakfast";

- "We began the new semester";

- "The afternoon session begins at 4 PM";

- "The blood shed started when the partisans launched a surprise attack";

- syn. embark on, start, start up;

commencement / k ə m ɛ n s m ə n t /
n1
the time at which something is supposed to begin;

- "they got an early start";

- "she knew from the get-go that he was the man for her";

- syn. beginning, first, get-go, kickoff, offset, outset, showtime, start, starting time;

n2
an academic exercise in which diplomas are conferred;

- syn. commencement ceremony, commencement exercise, graduation, graduation exercise;

n3
the act of starting something;

- "he was responsible for the beginning of negotiations";

- syn. beginning, start;

commencement ceremony
n1
an academic exercise in which diplomas are conferred;

- syn. commencement, commencement exercise, graduation, graduation exercise;

commencement day
n1
the day on which university degrees are conferred;

- syn. degree day;

commencement exercise
n1
an academic exercise in which diplomas are conferred;

- syn. commencement, commencement ceremony, graduation, graduation exercise;

commend / k ə m ɛ n d /
v1
express approval of;

v2
present as worthy of regard, kindness, or confidence;

- "His paintings commend him to the artistic world";

v3
give to in charge;

- "I commend my children to you";

v4
express a good opinion of;

- syn. recommend;

v5
mention as by way of greeting or to indicate friendship;

- "Remember me to your wife";

- syn. remember;

commendable / k ə m ɛ n d ə b ɫ /
a1
worthy of high praise;

- "applaudable efforts to save the environment";

- "a commendable sense of purpose";

- "laudable motives of improving housing conditions";

- "a significant and praiseworthy increase in computer intelligence";

- syn. applaudable, laudable, praiseworthy;

- sim. worthy;

r1
in an admirable manner;

- "the children's responses were admirably normal";

- syn. admirably, laudably, praiseworthily;

commendation / k ɒ m ɛ n d eɪ ʃ n /
n1
an official award (as for bravery or service) usually given as formal public statement;

- syn. citation;

n2
a message expressing a favorable opinion;

- "words of approval seldom passed his lips";

- syn. approval;

commensal
n1
either of two different animal or plant species living in close association but not interdependent;

a1
living in a state of commensalism;

commensalism
n1
the relation between two different kinds of organisms when one receives benefits from the other without damaging it;

commensally
r1
in a commensal manner;

commensurable / k ə m ɛ n ʃ ə ɹ ə b ɫ /
a1
capable of being measured by a common standard;

- "hours and minutes are commensurable";

- sim. commensurate;

commensurate / k ə m ɛ n ʃ ə ɹ ə t /
a1
corresponding in size or degree or extent;

- "pay should be commensurate with the time worked";

- also equal;

- sim. coextensive, commensurable, proportionate;

commensurateness / k ə m ɛ n ʃ ə ɹ ə t n ə s /
n1
the relation of corresponding in degree or size or amount;

- syn. correspondence, proportionateness;

comment / k ɒ m ɛ n t /
n1
a statement that expresses a personal opinion or belief or adds information;

- "from time to time she contributed a personal comment on his account";

- "we would appreciate input from our users on how we can improve our software";

- syn. input, remark;

n2
a written explanation or criticism or illustration that is added to a book or other textual material;

- "he wrote an extended comment on the proposal";

- syn. commentary;

n3
a report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people;

- "the divorce caused much gossip";

- syn. gossip, scuttlebutt;

v1
make or write a comment on;

- "he commented the paper of his colleague";

- syn. notice, point out, remark;

v2
explain or interpret something;

v3
provide interlinear explanations for words or phrases;

- "He annotated on what his teacher had written";

- syn. annotate, gloss;

commentary / k ɒ m ə n t ɹ i /
n1
a written explanation or criticism or illustration that is added to a book or other textual material;

- "he wrote an extended comment on the proposal";

- syn. comment;

commentate / k ɒ m ə n t eɪ t /
v1
make a commentary on;

v2
serve as a commentator, as in sportscasting;

commentator / k ɒ m ə n t eɪ t ə , k ɒ m ə n t eɪ t ə ɹ /
n1
an expert who observes and comments on something;

- syn. observer;

n2
a writer who reports and analyzes events of the day;

- syn. reviewer;

commerce / k ɒ m ɝ s /
n1
transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services);

- syn. commercialism, mercantilism;

n2
the United States federal department that promotes and administers domestic and foreign trade (including management of the census and the patent office);

- created in 1913;

- syn. Commerce Department, Department of Commerce, DoC;

n3
social exchange, especially of opinions, attitudes, etc.;

Commerce Department
n1
the United States federal department that promotes and administers domestic and foreign trade (including management of the census and the patent office);

- created in 1913;

- syn. Commerce, Department of Commerce, DoC;

Commerce Secretary
n1
the person who holds the secretaryship of the Department of Commerce;

- "the first Commerce Secretary was William C. Redfield who was appointed by Wilson";

- syn. Secretary of Commerce;

n2
the position of the head of the Department of Commerce;

- "the position of Commerce Secretary was created in 1913";

- syn. Secretary of Commerce;

commercial / k ə m ɝ ʃ ɫ /
n1
a commercially sponsored ad on radio or television;

- syn. commercial message;

a1
connected with or engaged in or sponsored by or used in commerce or commercial enterprises;

- "commercial trucker";

- "commercial TV";

- "commercial diamonds";

- sim. commercialized, mercantile, mercantile, technical;

a2
of or relating to commercialism;

- "a commercial attache";

- "commercial paper";

- "commercial law";

a3
of the kind or quality used in commerce;

- average or inferior;

- "commercial grade of beef";

- "commercial oxalic acid";

- syn. commercial-grade;

- sim. inferior;

commercial-grade
a1
of the kind or quality used in commerce;

- average or inferior;

- "commercial grade of beef";

- "commercial oxalic acid";

- syn. commercial;

- sim. inferior;

commercial activity
n1
activity undertaken as part of a commercial enterprise;

- syn. business activity;

commercial agency
n1
an organization that provides businesses with credit ratings of other firms;

- "Dun & Bradstreet is the largest mercantile agency in the United States";

- syn. mercantile agency;

commercial art
n1
art used for commercial purposes (as in advertising);

commercial artist
n1
an illustrator who is supported by advertising;

commercial bank
n1
a financial institution that accepts demand deposits and makes loans and provides other services for the public;

- syn. full service bank;

commercial bribery
n1
bribery of a purchasing agent in order to induce the agent to enter into a transaction;

commercial credit
n1
credit granted by a bank to a business concern for commercial purposes;

commercial credit company
n1
a finance company that makes loans to manufacturers and wholesalers;

- syn. commercial finance company;

commercial document
n1
a document of or relating to commerce;

- syn. commercial instrument;

commercial enterprise
n1
an enterprise connected with commerce;

n2
the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects;

- "computers are now widely used in business";

- syn. business, business enterprise;

commercial finance company
n1
a finance company that makes loans to manufacturers and wholesalers;

- syn. commercial credit company;

commercial instrument
n1
a document of or relating to commerce;

- syn. commercial document;

commercial law
n1
the body of rules applied to commercial transactions;

- derived from the practices of traders rather than from jurisprudence;

- syn. law merchant, mercantile law;

commercial letter of credit
n1
a letter of credit given to a business concern for commercial purposes;

commercial loan
n1
a bank loan granted for the use of a business;

- syn. business loan;

commercial message
n1
a commercially sponsored ad on radio or television;

- syn. commercial;

commercial paper
n1
an unsecured and unregistered short-term obligation issued by an institutional borrower to investors who have temporarily idle cash;

commercial traveler
n1
a salesman who travels to call on customers;

- syn. bagman, commercial traveller, roadman, traveling salesman, travelling salesman;

commercial traveller
n1
a salesman who travels to call on customers;

- syn. bagman, commercial traveler, roadman, traveling salesman, travelling salesman;

commercial treaty
n1
a treaty governing commerce between two or more nations;

commercialisation / k ə m ɝ ʃ ə ɫ aɪ z eɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
the act of commercializing something;

- involving something in commerce;

- "my father considered the commercialization of Christmas to be a sacrilege";

- "the government tried to accelerate the commercialization of this development";

- "both companies will retain control over the commercialization of their own products";

- syn. commercialization;

commercialise
v1
make commercial;

- "Some Amish people have commercialized their way of life";

- syn. commercialize, market;

commercialised / k ə m ɝ ʃ ə ɫ ɪ s t /
a1
organized principally for financial gain;

- "Christmas has become a commercialized spectacle";

- syn. commercialized;

- sim. commercial;

commercialism / k ə m ɝ ʃ ə ɫ ɪ z ə m , k ə m ɝ ʃ ɫ ɪ z m /
n1
transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services);

- syn. commerce, mercantilism;

commercialization / k ə m ɝ ʃ ə ɫ aɪ z eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the act of commercializing something;

- involving something in commerce;

- "my father considered the commercialization of Christmas to be a sacrilege";

- "the government tried to accelerate the commercialization of this development";

- "both companies will retain control over the commercialization of their own products";

- syn. commercialisation;

commercialize / k ə m ɝ ʃ ə ɫ aɪ z /
v1
exploit for maximal profit, usually by sacrificing quality;

- "The hotel owners are commercializing the beaches";

v2
make commercial;

- "Some Amish people have commercialized their way of life";

- syn. commercialise, market;

commercialized / k ə m ɝ ʃ ə ɫ aɪ z d /
a1
organized principally for financial gain;

- "Christmas has become a commercialized spectacle";

- syn. commercialised;

- sim. commercial;

commercially / k ə m ɝ ʃ ɫ i /
r1
in a commercial manner;

- "the product is commercially available";

commie
n1
a socialist who advocates communism;

- syn. communist;

comminate / k ɒ m ɪ n eɪ t /
v1
curse or declare to be evil or anathema or threaten with divine punishment;

- syn. accurse, anathematise, anathematize, anathemise, anathemize, execrate;

commination / k ɒ m ɪ n eɪ ʃ n /
n1
prayers proclaiming God's anger against sinners;

- read in the Church of England on Ash Wednesday;

n2
a threat of divine punishment or vengeance;

comminatory / k ɒ m ɪ n ə t ɹ i /
a1
containing warning of punishment;

- syn. denunciative, denunciatory;

- sim. inculpatory;

commingle / k ə m ɪ ŋ ɡ ɫ /
v1
mix or blend;

- "His book commingles sarcasm and sadness";

v2
mix together different elements;

- "The colors blend well";

- syn. blend, coalesce, combine, conflate, flux, fuse, immix, meld, merge, mix;

comminute / k ɒ m ɪ n j u t /
v1
reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading;

- "grind the spices in a mortar";

- "mash the garlic";

- syn. bray, crunch, grind, mash;

comminuted fracture
n1
fracture in which the bone is splintered or crushed;

Commiphora
n1
genus of East Indian and African trees yielding balsamic products;

- syn. genus Commiphora;

Commiphora meccanensis
n1
small evergreen tree of Africa and Asia;

- leaves have a strong aromatic odor when bruised;

- syn. balm of gilead;

Commiphora myrrha
n1
tree of eastern Africa and Asia yielding myrrh;

- syn. myrrh tree;

commiserate / k ə m ɪ z ə ɹ eɪ t /
v1
to feel or express sympathy or compassion;

- syn. sympathise, sympathize;

commiseration / k ə m ɪ z ə ɹ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others;

- "the blind are too often objects of pity";

- syn. pathos, pity, ruth;

n2
an expression of sympathy with another's grief;

- "they sent their condolences";

- syn. condolence;

commiserative
a1
feeling or expressing sympathy;

- "made commiserative clicking sounds with his tongue"- Kenneth Roberts;

- sim. sympathetic;

Commissaire Maigret
n1
a fictional detective in novels by Georges Simenon;

- syn. Inspector Maigret;

commissar / k ɒ m ɪ s ɑ , k ɒ m ɪ s ɑr /
n1
an official of the Communist Party who was assigned to teach party principles to a military unit;

- syn. political commissar;

commissariat / k ɒ m ɪ s eə ɹ ɪə t /
n1
a stock or supply of foods;

- syn. provender, provisions, viands, victuals;

commissary / k ɒ m ɪ s ə ɹ i /
n1
a retail store that sells equipment and provisions (usually to military personnel);

n2
a snack bar in a film studio;

commission / k ə m ɪ ʃ n /
n1
a special group delegated to consider some matter;

- "a committee is a group that keeps minutes and loses hours" - Milton Berle;

- syn. committee;

n2
a fee for services rendered based on a percentage of an amount received or collected or agreed to be paid (as distinguished from a salary);

- "he works on commission";

n3
the act of granting authority to undertake certain functions;

- syn. commissioning;

n4
the state of being in good working order and ready for operation;

- "put the ships into commission";

- "the motor was out of commission";

n5
a group of representatives or delegates;

- syn. delegacy, delegation, deputation, mission;

n6
a formal statement of a command or injunction to do something;

- "the judge's charge to the jury";

- syn. charge, direction;

n7
an official document issued by a government and conferring on the recipient the rank of an officer in the armed forces;

- syn. military commission;

n8
the act of committing a crime;

- syn. committal, perpetration;

n9
a special assignment that is given to a person or group;

- "a confidential mission to London";

- "his charge was deliver a message";

- syn. charge, mission;

v1
put into commission;

- equip for service;

- of ships;

v2
place an order for;

v3
charge with a task;

Commission on Human Rights
n1
the commission of the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations that is concerned with human rights;

Commission on Narcotic Drugs
n1
the commission of the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations that is concerned with drug traffic;

Commission on the Status of Women
n1
the commission of the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations that is concerned with the status of women in different societies;

commission plan
n1
a municipal government that combines legislative and executive authority in the members of a commission;

commissionaire / k ə m ɪ ʃ ə n eə , k ə m ɪ ʃ ə n eə ɹ /
n1
a uniformed doorman;

commissioned / k ə m ɪ ʃ n d /
a1
(of military officers) holding by virtue of a commission a rank of second lieutenant or ensign or above;

a2
given official approval to act;

- "an accredited college";

- "commissioned broker";

- "licensed pharmacist";

- "authorized representative";

- syn. accredited, licenced, licensed;

- sim. authorized;

commissioned military officer
n1
a commissioned officer in the Army or Air Force or Marine Corps;

commissioned naval officer
n1
a commissioned officer in the navy;

commissioned officer
n1
a military officer holding a commission;

commissioner / k ə m ɪ ʃ ə n ə , k ə m ɪ ʃ ə n ə ɹ /
n1
a government administrator;

n2
a member of a commission;

commissioning / k ə m ɪ ʃ n ɪ ŋ /
n1
the act of granting authority to undertake certain functions;

- syn. commission;

commissure / k ɒ m ɪ s j ʊə /
n1
a bundle of nerve fibers passing from one side to the other of the brain or spinal cord;

commit / k ə m ɪ t /
v1
perform an act, usually with a negative connotation;

- "perpetrate a crime";

- "pull a bank robbery";

- syn. perpetrate, pull;

v2
give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause;

- "She committed herself to the work of God";

- "give one's talents to a good cause";

- "consecrate your life to the church";

- syn. consecrate, dedicate, devote, give;

v3
cause to be admitted;

- of persons to an institution;

- "After the second episode, she had to be committed";

- "he was committed to prison";

- syn. charge, institutionalise, institutionalize, send;

v4
confer a trust upon;

- "The messenger was entrusted with the general's secret";

- "I commit my soul to God";

- syn. confide, entrust, intrust, trust;

v5
make an investment;

- "Put money into bonds";

- syn. invest, place, put;

v6
engage in or perform;

- "practice safe sex";

- "commit a random act of kindness";

- syn. practice;

commit suicide
v1
kill oneself;

- "the terminally ill patient committed suicide";

commitment / k ə m ɪ t m ə n t /
n1
the trait of sincere and steadfast fixity of purpose;

- "a man of energy and commitment";

- syn. committedness;

n2
the act of binding yourself (intellectually or emotionally) to a course of action;

- "his long commitment to public service";

- "they felt no loyalty to a losing team";

- syn. allegiance, dedication, loyalty;

n3
an engagement by contract involving financial obligation;

- "his business commitments took him to London";

n4
a message that makes a pledge;

- syn. dedication;

n5
the official act of consigning a person to confinement (as in a prison or mental hospital);

- syn. committal, consignment;

committal / k ə m ɪ t ɫ /
n1
the official act of consigning a person to confinement (as in a prison or mental hospital);

- syn. commitment, consignment;

n2
the act of committing a crime;

- syn. commission, perpetration;

committal service
n1
service committing a body to the grave;

- "the committal service will be held next Monday";

committal to memory
n1
learning so as to be able to remember verbatim;

- "the actor's memorization of his lines";

- syn. memorisation, memorization;

committal to writing
n1
the activity of putting something in written form;

- "she did the thinking while he did the writing";

- syn. writing;

committed / k ə m ɪ t ɪ d /
a1
bound or obligated, as under a pledge to a particular cause, action, or attitude;

- "committed church members";

- "a committed Marxist";

- sim. bound up, pledged;

a2
associated in an exclusive sexual relationship;

- syn. attached;

- also loving;

- sim. bespoken, intended, involved;

committedness
n1
the trait of sincere and steadfast fixity of purpose;

- "a man of energy and commitment";

- syn. commitment;

committee / k ə m ɪ t i /
n1
a special group delegated to consider some matter;

- "a committee is a group that keeps minutes and loses hours" - Milton Berle;

- syn. commission;

n2
a self-constituted organization to promote something;

- syn. citizens committee;

Committee for State Security
n1
formerly the predominant security police organization of Soviet Russia;

- syn. KGB, Soviet KGB;

committee meeting
n1
a meeting for administrative purposes;

- syn. board meeting;

committee member
n1
a member of a committee;

committeeman / k ə m ɪ t i m æ n /
n1
a man who is a member of committee;

committeewoman / k ə m ɪ t i w ʊ m ə n /
n1
a woman who is a member of a committee;

commix / k ɒ m ɪ k s /
v1
to bring or combine together or with something else;

- "resourcefully he mingled music and dance";

- syn. amalgamate, mingle, mix, unify;

commixture / k ɒ m ɪ k s tʃ ə ɹ /
n1
the act of mixing together;

- "paste made by a mix of flour and water";

- "the mixing of sound channels in the recording studio";

- syn. admixture, intermixture, mix, mixing, mixture;

commode / k ə m oʊ d /
n1
a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination;

- syn. can, crapper, pot, potty, stool, throne, toilet;

n2
a tall elegant chest of drawers;

- syn. chiffonier;

commodious / k ə m oʊ d ɪə s /
a1
large and roomy (`convenient' is archaic in this sense);

- "a commodious harbor";

- "a commodious building suitable for conventions";

- syn. convenient;

- sim. roomy;

commodiousness / k ə m oʊ d ɪə s n ə s /
n1
spatial largeness and extensiveness (especially inside a building);

- "the capaciousness of Santa's bag astounded the child";

- "roominess in this size car is always a compromise";

- "his new office lacked the spaciousness that he had become accustomed to";

- syn. capaciousness, roominess, spaciousness;

commodities exchange
n1
an exchange for buying and selling commodities for future delivery;

- syn. commodities market, commodity exchange;

commodities market
n1
an exchange for buying and selling commodities for future delivery;

- syn. commodities exchange, commodity exchange;

commodity / k ə m ɒ d ɪ t i /
n1
articles of commerce;

- syn. good, trade good;

commodity brokerage
n1
a brokerage firm dealing in commodities;

commodity exchange
n1
an exchange for buying and selling commodities for future delivery;

- syn. commodities exchange, commodities market;

commodore / k ɒ m ə d ɔ , k ɒ m ə d ɔ ɹ /
n1
a commissioned naval officer who ranks above a captain and below a rear admiral;

- the lowest grade of admiral;

Commodore John Barry Bridge
n1
a cantilever bridge in Chester, Pennsylvania;

Commodore Perry
n1
United States commodore who led the fleet that defeated the British on Lake Erie during the War of 1812;

- brother of Matthew Calbraith Perry (1785-1819);

- syn. Oliver Hazard Perry, Perry;

Commodore Vanderbilt
n1
United States financier who accumulated great wealth from railroad and shipping businesses (1794-1877);

- syn. Cornelius Vanderbilt, Vanderbilt;

common / k ɒ m ə n /
n1
a piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area;

- "they went for a walk in the park";

- syn. commons, green, park;

a1
belonging to or participated in by a community as a whole;

- public;

- "for the common good";

- "common lands are set aside for use by all members of a community";

- also joint;

- sim. communal, public;

a2
having no special distinction or quality;

- widely known or commonly encountered;

- average or ordinary or usual;

- "the common man";

- "a common sailor";

- "the common cold";

- "a common nuisance";

- "followed common procedure";

- "it is common knowledge that she lives alone";

- "the common housefly";

- "a common brand of soap";

- also ordinary, usual;

- sim. average, democratic, demotic, frequent, general, grassroots, standard;

a3
common to or shared by two or more parties;

- "a common friend";

- "the mutual interests of management and labor";

- syn. mutual;

- sim. shared;

a4
commonly encountered;

- "a common (or familiar) complaint";

- "the usual greeting";

- syn. usual;

- sim. familiar;

a5
being or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday language;

- "common parlance";

- "a vernacular term";

- "vernacular speakers";

- "the vulgar tongue of the masses";

- "the technical and vulgar names for an animal species";

- syn. vernacular, vulgar;

- sim. informal;

a6
of or associated with the great masses of people;

- "the common people in those days suffered greatly";

- "behavior that branded him as common";

- "his square plebeian nose";

- "a vulgar and objectionable person";

- "the unwashed masses";

- syn. plebeian, unwashed, vulgar;

- sim. lowborn;

a7
of low or inferior quality or value;

- "of what coarse metal ye are molded"- Shakespeare;

- "produced...the common cloths used by the poorer population";

- syn. coarse;

- sim. inferior;

a8
lacking refinement or cultivation or taste;

- "he had coarse manners but a first-rate mind";

- "behavior that branded him as common";

- "an untutored and uncouth human being";

- "an uncouth soldier--a real tough guy";

- "appealing to the vulgar taste for violence";

- "the vulgar display of the newly rich";

- syn. coarse, rough-cut, uncouth, vulgar;

- sim. unrefined;

a9
to be expected;

- standard;

- "common decency";

- sim. ordinary;

common-law
a1
based on common law;

- "a common-law right";

- sim. unwritten;

common-law marriage
n1
a marriage relationship created by agreement and cohabitation rather than by ceremony;

common ageratum
n1
small tender herb grown for its fluffy brushlike blue to lavender blooms;

- syn. Ageratum houstonianum;

common alder
n1
medium-sized tree with brown-black bark and woody fruiting catkins;

- leaves are hairy beneath;

- syn. Alnus glutinosa, Alnus vulgaris, European black alder;

common allamanda
n1
vigorous evergreen climbing plant of South America having glossy leathery foliage and golden yellow flowers;

- syn. Allamanda cathartica, golden trumpet;

common American shad
n1
shad of Atlantic coast of North America;

- naturalized to Pacific coast;

- syn. Alosa sapidissima;

common amsinckia
n1
annual of western United States with coiled spikes of yellow-orange coiled flowers;

- syn. Amsinckia intermedia;

common apricot
n1
temperate zone tree bearing downy yellow to rosy fruits;

- syn. Prunus armeniaca;

common arrowhead
n1
a weed;

common ax
n1
an ax with a long handle and a head that has one cutting edge and one blunt side;

- syn. Dayton ax, Dayton axe, common axe;

common axe
n1
an ax with a long handle and a head that has one cutting edge and one blunt side;

- syn. Dayton ax, Dayton axe, common ax;

common bamboo
n1
extremely vigorous bamboo having thin-walled culms striped green and yellow;

- so widely cultivated that native area is uncertain;

- syn. Bambusa vulgaris;

common barberry
n1
upright deciduous European shrub widely naturalized in United States having clusters of juicy berries;

- syn. Berberis vulgaris, European barberry;

common barley
n1
grass yielding grain used for breakfast food and animal feed and in malt beverages;

- syn. Hordeum vulgare;

common basil
n1
annual or perennial of tropical Asia having spikes of small white flowers and aromatic leaves;

- one of the most important culinary herbs;

- used in salads, casseroles, sauces and some liqueurs;

- syn. Ocimum basilicum, sweet basil;

common bean
n1
the common annual twining or bushy bean plant grown for its edible seeds or pods;

- syn. Phaseolus vulgaris, common bean plant;

n2
any of numerous beans eaten either fresh or dried;

common bean plant
n1
the common annual twining or bushy bean plant grown for its edible seeds or pods;

- syn. Phaseolus vulgaris, common bean;

common bearberry
n1
evergreen mat-forming shrub of North America and northern Eurasia having small white flowers and red berries;

- leaves turn red in autumn;

- syn. Arctostaphylos uva-ursi, bear's grape, creashak, hog cranberry, mealberry, mountain box, red bearberry, sand berry, sandberry, wild cranberry;

common beech
n1
large European beech with minutely-toothed leaves;

- widely planted as an ornamental in North America;

- syn. European beech, Fagus sylvatica;

common beet
n1
biennial Eurasian plant usually having a swollen edible root;

- widely cultivated as a food crop;

- syn. Beta vulgaris, beet;

common bile duct
n1
a duct formed by the hepatic and cystic ducts;

- opens into the duodenum;

- syn. bile duct;

common birch
n1
European birch with silvery white peeling bark and markedly drooping branches;

- syn. Betula pendula, European white birch, silver birch;

common bird cherry
n1
small European cherry tree closely resembling the American chokecherry;

- syn. European bird cherry, Prunus padus, hagberry tree;

common blackfish
n1
small dark-colored whale of the Atlantic coast of the United States;

- the largest male acts as pilot or leader for the school;

- syn. Globicephala melaena, black whale, blackfish, pilot whale;

common bog rosemary
n1
erect to procumbent evergreen shrub having pendent clusters of white or pink flowers;

- of sphagnum peat bogs and other wet acidic areas in northern Europe;

- syn. Andromeda polifolia, marsh andromeda;

common booklouse
n1
a variety of booklouse;

- syn. Trogium pulsatorium;

common box
n1
large slow-growing evergreen shrub or small tree with multiple stems;

- extensively used for hedges or borders and topiary figures;

- syn. Buxus sempervirens, European box;

common brant goose
n1
the best known variety of brant goose;

- syn. Branta bernicla;

common broom
n1
deciduous erect spreading broom native to western Europe;

- widely cultivated for its rich yellow flowers;

- syn. Cytisus scoparius, Scotch broom, green broom;

common burdock
n1
a plant that is ubiquitous in all but very acid soil;

- found in most of Europe and North Africa;

- syn. Arctium minus, lesser burdock;

common buttercup
n1
perennial Old World buttercup with golden to sulphur yellow flowers in late spring to early summer;

- naturalized in North America;

- syn. Ranunculus bulbosus;

common calamint
n1
mint-scented perennial of central and southern Europe;

- syn. Calamintha sylvatica, Satureja calamintha officinalis;

common camas
n1
plant having a large edible bulb and linear basal leaves and racemes of light to deep violet-blue star-shaped flowers on tall green scapes;

- western North America;

- syn. Camassia quamash;

common canary
n1
native to the Canary Islands and Azores;

- popular usually yellow cage bird noted for its song;

- syn. Serinus canaria;

common caper
n1
prostrate spiny shrub of the Mediterranean region cultivated for its greenish flower buds which are pickled;

- syn. Capparis spinosa;

common cardinal vein
n1
the major return channels to the heart;

- formed by anastomosis of the anterior and posterior cardinal veins;

common carline thistle
n1
Eurasian thistle growing in sand dunes and dry chalky soils;

- syn. Carlina vulgaris;

common carotid
n1
runs upward in the neck and divides into the external and internal carotid arteries;

- syn. common carotid artery;

common carotid artery
n1
runs upward in the neck and divides into the external and internal carotid arteries;

- syn. common carotid;

common carrier
n1
a person or firm in the business of transporting people or goods or messages;

- syn. carrier;

common chickweed
n1
a common low-growing annual garden weed with small white flowers;

- cosmopolitan;

- so-called because it is eaten by chickens;

- syn. Stellaria media;

common chord
n1
a three-note major or minor chord;

- a note and its third and fifth tones;

- syn. triad;

common cockscomb
n1
garden annual with featherlike spikes of red or yellow flowers;

- syn. Celosia argentea cristata, Celosia cristata, cockscomb;

common cold
n1
a mild viral infection involving the nose and respiratory passages (but not the lungs);

- "will they never find a cure for the common cold?";

- syn. cold;

common comfrey
n1
European herb having small white, pink or purple flowers;

- naturalized as a weed in North America;

- syn. Symphytum officinale, boneset;

common coral tree
n1
small South American spiny tree with dark crimson and scarlet flowers solitary or clustered;

- syn. Erythrina crista-galli, ceibo, cry-baby tree, crybaby tree;

common corn salad
n1
widely cultivated as a salad crop and pot herb;

- often a weed;

- syn. Valerianella locusta, Valerianella olitoria, lamb's lettuce;

common cotton grass
n1
having densely tufted white cottony or downlike glumes;

- syn. Eriophorum angustifolium;

common daisy
n1
low-growing Eurasian plant with yellow central disc flowers and pinkish-white outer ray flowers;

- syn. Bellis perennis, English daisy;

common dandelion
n1
Eurasian plant widely naturalized as a weed in North America;

- used as salad greens and to make wine;

- syn. Taraxacum officinale, Taraxacum ruderalia;

common denominator
n1
an integer that is a common multiple of the denominators of two or more fractions;

n2
an attribute that is common to all members of a category;

common devil's claw
n1
annual of southern United States to Mexico having large whitish or yellowish flowers mottled with purple and a long curving beak;

- syn. Proboscidea louisianica, common unicorn plant, devil's claw, elephant-tusk, proboscis flower, ram's horn;

common divisor
n1
an integer that divides two (or more) other integers evenly;

- syn. common factor, common measure;

common dogbane
n1
North American perennial having pinkish flowers in loose cymes;

- used in folk medicine for pain or inflammation in joints;

- syn. Apocynum androsaemifolium, rheumatism weed, spreading dogbane;

common dolphin
n1
black-and-white dolphin that leaps high out of the water;

- syn. Delphinus delphis;

common duckweed
n1
of temperate regions except eastern Asia and Australia;

- syn. Lemna minor, lesser duckweed;

common eel
n1
eels that live in fresh water as adults but return to sea to spawn;

- found in Europe and America;

- marketed both fresh and smoked;

- syn. freshwater eel;

common eland
n1
dark fawn-colored eland of southern and eastern Africa;

- syn. Taurotragus oryx;

common elder
n1
a common shrub with black fruit or a small tree of Europe and Asia;

- fruit used for wines and jellies;

- syn. European elder, Sambucus nigra, black elder, bourtree, elderberry;

Common era
n1
the time period beginning with the supposed year of Christ's birth;

- syn. Christian era;

r1
of the period coinciding with the Christian era;

- preferred by some writers who are not Christians;

- "in 200 CE";

- syn. C.E., CE;

common European ash
n1
tall ash of Europe to the Caucasus having leaves shiny dark-green above and pale downy beneath;

- syn. European ash, Fraxinus excelsior;

common European dogwood
n1
European deciduous shrub turning red in autumn having dull white flowers;

- syn. Cornus sanguinea, blood-twig, pedwood, red dogwood;

common European earwig
n1
sometimes destructive to cultivated bulbs;

- syn. Forficula auricularia;

common European jay
n1
fawn-colored jay with black-and-white crest and blue-and-black wings;

- syn. Garullus garullus;

common evening primrose
n1
a coarse biennial of eastern North America with yellow flowers that open in the evening;

- naturalized in Europe;

- syn. German rampion, Oenothera biennis;

common facial vein
n1
vein formed by union of facial vein and the retromandibular vein and emptying into the jugular vein;

common factor
n1
an integer that divides two (or more) other integers evenly;

- syn. common divisor, common measure;

common fate
n1
a Gestalt principle of organization holding that aspects of perceptual field that move or function in a similar manner will be perceived as a unit;

- syn. law of common fate;

common fault
n1
an inclined fault in which the hanging wall appears to have slipped downward relative to the footwall;

- syn. gravity fault, normal fault;

common fennel
n1
strongly aromatic with a smell of aniseed;

- leaves and seeds used for seasoning;

- syn. Foeniculum vulgare;

n2
leaves used for seasoning;

- syn. fennel;

common fig
n1
Mediterranean tree widely cultivated for its edible fruit;

- syn. Ficus carica, common fig tree, fig;

common fig tree
n1
Mediterranean tree widely cultivated for its edible fruit;

- syn. Ficus carica, common fig, fig;

common flat pea
n1
low spreading evergreen shrub of southern Australia having triangular to somewhat heart-shaped foliage and orange-yellow flowers followed by flat winged pods;

- syn. Playlobium obtusangulum, native holly;

common four-o'clock
n1
common garden plant of North America having fragrant red or purple or yellow or white flowers that open in late afternoon;

- syn. Mirabilis jalapa, Mirabilis uniflora, marvel-of-Peru;

common foxglove
n1
tall leafy European biennial or perennial having spectacular clusters of large tubular pink-purple flowers;

- leaves yield drug digitalis and are poisonous to livestock;

- syn. Digitalis purpurea, fairy bell, finger-flower, finger-root, fingerflower, fingerroot;

common fraction
n1
the quotient of two integers;

- syn. simple fraction;

common front
n1
a movement in which several individuals or groups with different interests join together;

- "the unions presented a common front at the bargaining table";

common garden cress
n1
annual herb used as salad green and garnish;

- syn. Lepidium sativum, garden pepper cress, pepper grass, pepperwort;

common garter snake
n1
a garter snake that is widespread in North America;

- syn. Thamnophis sirtalis;

common ginger
n1
tropical Asian plant widely cultivated for its pungent root;

- source of gingerroot and powdered ginger;

- syn. Canton ginger, Zingiber officinale, stem ginger;

common good
n1
the good of a community;

- syn. commonweal;

common grape hyacinth
n1
prolific species having particularly beautiful dark blue flowers;

- syn. Muscari neglectum;

common grape vine
n1
common European grape cultivated in many varieties;

- chief source of Old World wine and table grapes;

- syn. Vitis vinifera, vinifera, vinifera grape;

common ground
n1
a basis agreed to by all parties for reaching a mutual understanding;

common gum cistus
n1
shrub having white flowers and viscid stems and leaves yielding a fragrant oleoresin used in perfumes especially as a fixative;

- syn. Cistus ladanifer, Cistus ladanum;

common heath
n1
small erect shrub of Australia and Tasmania with fragrant ivory flowers;

- syn. Epacris obtusifolia, blunt-leaf heath;

n2
spindly upright shrub of southern Australia and Tasmania having white to rose or purple-red flowers;

- syn. Epacris impressa;

common hop
n1
European twining plant whose flowers are used chiefly to flavor malt liquors;

- cultivated in America;

- syn. European hop, Humulus lupulus, bine, common hops;

common hops
n1
European twining plant whose flowers are used chiefly to flavor malt liquors;

- cultivated in America;

- syn. European hop, Humulus lupulus, bine, common hop;

common horehound
n1
European aromatic herb with hairy leaves and numerous white flowers in axillary cymes;

- leaves yield a bitter extract use medicinally and as flavoring;

- syn. Marrubium vulgare, white horehound;

common horsetail
n1
of Eurasia and Greenland and North America;

- syn. Equisetum arvense, field horsetail;

common hyacinth
n1
widely grown for its fragrance and its white, pink, blue, or purplish flowers;

- syn. Hyacinthus orientalis;

common iguana
n1
large herbivorous tropical American arboreal lizards with a spiny crest along the back;

- used as human food in Central America and South America;

- syn. Iguana iguana, iguana;

common iliac artery
n1
terminal branches of the abdominal aorta;

common iliac vein
n1
formed by the internal and external iliac veins;

- unites with its fellow from the opposite side of the body to form the inferior vena cava;

common ivy
n1
Old World vine with lobed evergreen leaves and black berrylike fruits;

- syn. English ivy, Hedera helix, ivy;

common jasmine
n1
a climbing deciduous shrub with fragrant white or yellow or red flowers used in perfume and to flavor tea;

- syn. Jasminum officinale, jessamine, true jasmine;

common juniper
n1
densely branching shrub or small tree having pungent blue berries used to flavor gin;

- widespread in northern hemisphere;

- only conifer on coasts of Iceland and Greenland;

- syn. Juniperus communis;

common kingsnake
n1
widespread in United States except northern regions;

- black or brown with yellow bands;

- syn. Lampropeltis getulus;

common knowledge
n1
anything generally known to everyone;

common laburnum
n1
an ornamental shrub or tree of the genus Laburnum;

- often cultivated for Easter decorations;

- syn. Laburnum anagyroides, golden chain, golden rain;

common lady's-slipper
n1
pale pink wild orchid of northeastern America having an inflated pouchlike lip;

- syn. Cypripedium album, Cypripedium reginae, showy lady's-slipper, showy lady slipper;

common land
n1
a pasture subject to common use;

- syn. commons;

common law
n1
(civil law) a law established by following earlier judicial decisions;

- syn. case law, precedent;

n2
a system of jurisprudence based on judicial precedents rather than statutory laws;

- "common law originated in the unwritten laws of England and was later applied in the United States";

- syn. case law, precedent;

common lettuce
n1
annual or perennial garden plant having succulent leaves used in salads;

- widely grown;

- syn. Lactuca sativa, garden lettuce;

common lilac
n1
large European lilac naturalized in North America having heart-shaped ovate leaves and large panicles of highly fragrant lilac or white flowers;

- syn. Syringa vulgaris;

common limpet
n1
marine limpet;

- syn. Patella vulgata;

common logarithm
n1
a logarithm to the base 10;

common louse
n1
head or body louse;

- syn. Pediculus humanus;

common lynx
n1
of northern Eurasia;

- syn. Lynx lynx;

common mackerel
n1
important food fish of the northern Atlantic and Mediterranean;

- its body is greenish-blue with dark bars and small if any scales;

- syn. Scomber scombrus, shiner;

common madia
n1
California annual having red-brown spots near the base of its yellow flower rays;

- syn. Madia elegans, common tarweed;

common maidenhair
n1
delicate maidenhair fern with slender shining black leaf stalks;

- cosmopolitan;

- syn. Adiantum capillus-veneris, Venus'-hair fern, Venus maidenhair, Venushair, southern maidenhair;

common mallow
n1
annual Old World plant with clusters of pink or white flowers;

- naturalized in United States;

- syn. Malva neglecta;

common man
n1
a person who holds no title;

- syn. common person, commoner;

common marigold
n1
the common European annual marigold;

- syn. Calendula officinalis, Scotch marigold, pot marigold, ruddles;

Common Market
n1
an international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members;

- "he tried to take Britain into the Europen Union";

- syn. EC, EEC, EU, Europe, European Community, European Economic Community, European Union;

common matrimony vine
n1
deciduous erect or spreading shrub with spiny branches and violet-purple flowers followed by orange-red berries;

- southeastern Europe to China;

- syn. Duke of Argyll's tea tree, Lycium barbarum, Lycium halimifolium;

common measure
n1
a time signature indicating four beats to the bar;

- syn. common time, four-four time, quadruple time;

n2
an integer that divides two (or more) other integers evenly;

- syn. common divisor, common factor;

n3
the usual (iambic) meter of a ballad;

- syn. common meter;

common meter
n1
the usual (iambic) meter of a ballad;

- syn. common measure;

common milkwort
n1
small European perennial with numerous branches having racemes of blue, pink or white flowers;

- formerly reputed to promote human lactation;

- syn. Polygala vulgaris, gand flower;

common mood
n1
a mood (grammatically unmarked) that represents the act or state as an objective fact;

- syn. declarative, declarative mood, fact mood, indicative, indicative mood;

common moonseed
n1
a woody vine of eastern North America having large oval leaves and small white flowers and purple to blue-black fruits;

- syn. Canada moonseed, Menispermum canadense, yellow parilla;

common moonwort
n1
of America and Eurasia and Australia;

- syn. Botrychium lunaria, moonwort;

common morel
n1
an edible and choice morel with a globular to elongate head with an irregular pattern of pits and ridges;

- syn. Morchella esculenta, sponge morel, sponge mushroom;

common morning glory
n1
annual or perennial climbing herb of Central America having sky-blue flowers;

- most commonly cultivated morning glory;

- syn. Ipomoea tricolor;

n2
pantropical annual climbing herb with funnel-shaped blue, purple, pink or white flowers;

- syn. Ipomoea purpurea;

common mosquito
n1
common house mosquito;

- syn. Culex pipiens;

common mugwort
n1
European tufted aromatic perennial herb having hairy red or purple stems and dark green leaves downy white below and red-brown florets;

- syn. Artemisia vulgaris;

common mullein
n1
tall-stalked very woolly mullein with densely packed yellow flowers;

- ancient Greeks and Romans dipped the stalks in tallow for funeral torches;

- syn. Aaron's rod, Verbascum thapsus, flannel mullein, great mullein, torch, woolly mullein;

common multiple
n1
an integer that is a multiple of two or more other integers;

common murre
n1
the most frequent variety of murre;

- syn. Uria aalge;

common myrtle
n1
European shrub with white or rosy flowers followed by black berries;

- syn. Myrtus communis;

common nardoo
n1
Australian clover fern;

- syn. Marsilea drummondii, nardo, nardoo;

common newt
n1
small semiaquatic salamander;

- syn. Triturus vulgaris;

common nightshade
n1
Eurasian herb naturalized in America having white flowers and poisonous hairy foliage and bearing black berries that are sometimes poisonous but sometimes edible;

- syn. Solanum nigrum, black nightshade, poison-berry, poisonberry;

common noun
n1
a noun that denotes any or all members of a class;

common nuisance
n1
a nuisance that unreasonably interferes with a right that is common to the general public;

- "a public nuisance offends the public at large";

- syn. public nuisance;

common nutcracker
n1
Old World nutcracker;

- syn. Nucifraga caryocatactes;

common oak
n1
medium to large deciduous European oak having smooth leaves with rounded lobes;

- yields hard strong light-colored wood;

- syn. English oak, Quercus robur, pedunculate oak;

common opossum
n1
omnivorous opossum of the eastern United States;

- noted for feigning death when in danger;

- esteemed as food in some areas;

- considered same species as the crab-eating opossum of South America;

- syn. Didelphis marsupialis, Didelphis virginiana;

common osier
n1
willow with long flexible twigs used in basketry;

- syn. Salix viminalis, hemp willow, velvet osier;

common pea
n1
plant producing peas usually eaten fresh rather than dried;

- syn. Pisum sativum, garden pea, garden pea plant;

common people
n1
people in general (often used in the plural);

- "they're just country folk";

- "folks around here drink moonshine";

- "the common people determine the group character and preserve its customs from one generation to the next";

- syn. folk, folks;

common pepper
n1
climber having dark red berries (peppercorns) when fully ripe;

- southern India and Sri Lanka;

- naturalized in northern Burma and Assam;

- syn. Madagascar pepper, Piper nigrum, black pepper, pepper, white pepper;

common person
n1
a person who holds no title;

- syn. common man, commoner;

common pitcher plant
n1
perennial bog herb having dark red flowers and decumbent broadly winged pitchers forming a rosette;

- of northeastern North America and naturalized in Europe especially Ireland;

- syn. Sarracenia purpurea, huntsman's cup, huntsman's cups;

common plantain
n1
common European perennial naturalized worldwide;

- a troublesome weed;

- syn. Plantago major, broad-leaved plantain, cart-track plant, white-man's foot, whiteman's foot;

common plum
n1
any of various widely distributed plums grown in the cooler temperate areas;

- syn. Prunus domestica;

common polypody
n1
mat-forming lithophytic or terrestrial fern with creeping rootstocks and large pinnatifid fronds found throughout North America and Europe and Africa and east Asia;

- syn. Polypodium vulgare, adder's fern, golden maidenhair, golden polypody, sweet fern, wall fern;

common pond-skater
n1
a variety of water strider;

- syn. Gerris lacustris;

common privet
n1
deciduous semi-evergreen shrub used for hedges;

- syn. Ligustrum vulgare;

common purslane
n1
weedy trailing mat-forming herb with bright yellow flowers cultivated for its edible mildly acid leaves eaten raw or cooked especially in Indian and Greek and Middle Eastern cuisine;

- cosmopolitan;

- syn. Portulaca oleracea, pussley, pussly, verdolagas;

common raccoon
n1
North American raccoon;

- syn. Procyon lotor, common racoon, coon, ringtail;

common racoon
n1
North American raccoon;

- syn. Procyon lotor, common raccoon, coon, ringtail;

common ragweed
n1
annual weed with finely divided foliage and spikes of green flowers;

- common in North America;

- introduced elsewhere accidentally;

- syn. Ambrosia artemisiifolia;

common reed
n1
tall North American reed having relative wide leaves and large plumelike panicles;

- widely distributed in moist areas;

- used for mats, screens and arrow shafts;

- syn. Phragmites communis, carrizo, ditch reed;

common room
n1
a sitting room (usually at school or university);

common rorqual
n1
large flat-headed whalebone whale having deep furrows along the throat;

- of Atlantic and Pacific;

- syn. Balaenoptera physalus, fin whale, finback, finback whale;

common rose mallow
n1
showy shrub of salt marshes of the eastern United States having large rose-colored flowers;

- syn. Hibiscus moscheutos, rose mallow, swamp mallow, swamp rose mallow;

common roundworm
n1
intestinal parasite of humans and pigs;

- syn. Ascaris lumbricoides;

common rush
n1
tall rush with soft erect or arching stems found in Eurasia, Australia, New Zealand, and common in North America;

- syn. Juncus effusus, bullrush, bulrush, soft rush;

common sage
n1
shrubby plant with aromatic greyish-green leaves used as a cooking herb;

- syn. Salvia officinalis, ramona;

common salt
n1
a white crystalline solid consisting mainly of sodium chloride (NaCl);

- syn. sodium chloride;

n2
white crystalline form of especially sodium chloride used to season and preserve food;

- syn. salt, table salt;

common scold
n1
someone (especially a woman) who annoys people by constantly finding fault;

- syn. nag, nagger, scold, scolder;

common scoter
n1
a variety of scoter;

- syn. Melanitta nigra;

common scurvy grass
n1
a widely distributed Arctic cress reputed to have value in treatment or prevention of scurvy;

- a concentrated source of vitamin C;

- syn. Cochlearia officinalis, scurvy grass;

common seal
n1
small spotted seal of coastal waters of the northern hemisphere;

- syn. Phoca vitulina, harbor seal;

common sense
n1
sound practical judgment;

- "Common sense is not so common";

- "he hasn't got the sense God gave little green apples";

- "fortunately she had the good sense to run away";

- syn. good sense, gumption, horse sense, mother wit, sense;

common shares
n1
stock other than preferred stock;

- entitles the owner to a share of the corporation's profits and a share of the voting power in shareholder elections;

- "over 40 million Americans invest in common stocks";

- syn. common stock, ordinary shares;

common shiner
n1
the common North American shiner;

- syn. Notropis cornutus, silversides;

common shrew
n1
common American shrew;

- syn. Sorex araneus;

common sickle pine
n1
small tropical rain forest tree of Indonesia and Malaysia;

- syn. Falcatifolium falciforme;

common snapping turtle
n1
large-headed turtle with powerful hooked jaws found in or near water;

- prone to bite;

- syn. Chelydra serpentina, snapper;

common snowberry
n1
deciduous shrub of western North America having spikes of pink flowers followed by round white berries;

- syn. Symphoricarpos alba, snowberry, waxberry;

common soldier
n1
an enlisted man of the lowest rank in the Army or Marines;

- "our prisoner was just a private and knew nothing of value";

- syn. buck private, private;

common sorrel
n1
large sour-tasting arrowhead-shaped leaves used in salads and sauces;

- syn. sorrel;

common speedwell
n1
common hairy European perennial with pale blue or lilac flowers in axillary racemes;

- syn. Veronica officinalis, gypsyweed;

common spindle tree
n1
small erect deciduous shrub having tough white wood and cathartic bark and fruit;

- syn. Euonymus europaeus;

common spoonbill
n1
pure white crested spoonbill of southern Eurasia and northeastern Africa;

- syn. Platalea leucorodia;

common spotted orchid
n1
European orchid having lanceolate leaves spotted purple and pink to white or mauve flowers spotted or lined deep red or purple;

- syn. Dactylorhiza fuchsii, Dactylorhiza maculata fuchsii;

common St John's wort
n1
deciduous bushy Eurasian shrub with golden yellow flowers and reddish-purple fruits from which a soothing salve is made in Spain;

- syn. Hypericum androsaemum, tutsan;

common staghorn fern
n1
commonly cultivated fern of Australia and southeastern Asia and Polynesia;

- syn. Platycerium alcicorne, Platycerium bifurcatum, elkhorn fern;

common starling
n1
gregarious bird having plumage with dark metallic gloss;

- builds nests around dwellings and other structures;

- naturalized worldwide;

- syn. Sturnus vulgaris;

common stinkhorn
n1
a common fungus formerly used in preparing a salve for rheumatism;

- syn. Phallus impudicus;

common stock
n1
stock other than preferred stock;

- entitles the owner to a share of the corporation's profits and a share of the voting power in shareholder elections;

- "over 40 million Americans invest in common stocks";

- syn. common shares, ordinary shares;

common stock equivalent
n1
preferred stock or convertible bonds or warrants that can be converted into common stock;

common sunflower
n1
annual sunflower grown for silage and for its seeds which are a source of oil;

- common throughout United States and much of North America;

- syn. Helianthus annuus, mirasol;

common tarweed
n1
California annual having red-brown spots near the base of its yellow flower rays;

- syn. Madia elegans, common madia;

common teasel
n1
teasel with lilac flowers native to Old World but naturalized in North America;

- dried flower heads used to raise a nap on woolen cloth;

- syn. Dipsacus fullonum;

common thorn apple
n1
intensely poisonous tall coarse annual tropical weed having rank-smelling foliage, large white or violet trumpet-shaped flowers and prickly fruits;

- syn. Datura stramonium, Jamestown weed, apple of Peru, jimson weed, jimsonweed;

common thyme
n1
common aromatic garden perennial native to the western Mediterranean;

- used in seasonings and formerly as medicine;

- syn. Thymus vulgaris;

common time
n1
a time signature indicating four beats to the bar;

- syn. common measure, four-four time, quadruple time;

common tobacco
n1
tall erect South American herb with large ovate leaves and terminal clusters of tubular white or pink flowers;

- cultivated for its leaves;

- syn. Nicotiana tabacum;

common topaz
n1
a yellow quartz;

- syn. false topaz, topaz;

common touch
n1
the property of appealing to people in general (usually by appearing to have qualities in common with them);

common unicorn plant
n1
annual of southern United States to Mexico having large whitish or yellowish flowers mottled with purple and a long curving beak;

- syn. Proboscidea louisianica, common devil's claw, devil's claw, elephant-tusk, proboscis flower, ram's horn;

common valerian
n1
tall rhizomatous plant having very fragrant flowers and rhizomes used medicinally;

- syn. Valeriana officinalis, garden heliotrope;

common vetchling
n1
scrambling perennial Eurasian wild pea having yellowish flowers and compressed seed pods;

- cultivated for forage;

- syn. Lathyrus pratensis, meadow pea, yellow vetchling;

common viper
n1
small terrestrial viper common in northern Eurasia;

- syn. Vipera berus, adder;

common wallaby
n1
a small wallaby having a height of 30 inches;

- syn. Macropus agiles;

common wart
n1
a benign growth (often with a rough surface);

common wasp
n1
a variety of vespid wasp;

- syn. Vespula vulgaris;

common water snake
n1
in some classifications placed in the genus Nerodia;

- western United States snake that seldom ventures far from water;

- syn. Natrix sipedon, Nerodia sipedon, banded water snake;

common watercress
n1
perennial Eurasian cress growing chiefly in springs or running water having fleshy pungent leaves used in salads or as a potherb or garnish;

- introduced in North America and elsewhere;

- syn. Nasturtium officinale, Rorippa nasturtium-aquaticum;

common wheat
n1
widely cultivated in temperate regions in many varieties for its commercially important grain;

- syn. Triticum aestivum;

common white dogwood
n1
deciduous tree;

- celebrated for its large white or pink bracts and stunning autumn color that is followed by red berries;

- syn. Cornus florida, eastern flowering dogwood;

common winterberry holly
n1
a holly shrub;

common wolffia
n1
smallest flowering plants known;

- of the Americas;

- syn. Wolffia columbiana;

common wood sorrel
n1
Eurasian plant with heart-shaped trifoliate leaves and white purple-veined flowers;

- syn. Oxalis acetosella, cuckoo bread, shamrock;

common wormwood
n1
aromatic herb of temperate Eurasia and North Africa having a bitter taste used in making the liqueur absinthe;

- syn. Artemisia absinthium, absinthe, lad's love, old man;

common year
n1
a year that is not a leap year;

- syn. 365 days;

common yellowthroat
n1
an American warbler;

- syn. Geothlypis trichas, Maryland yellowthroat;

common yellowwood
n1
medium-sized tree of South Africa;

- syn. Afrocarpus falcata, bastard yellowwood;

common zebra
n1
of the plains of central and eastern Africa;

- syn. Burchell's zebra, Equus Burchelli;

commonage / k ɒ m ə n ɪ dʒ /
n1
property held in common;

commonality
n1
a class composed of persons lacking clerical or noble rank;

- syn. commonalty, commons;

n2
sharing of common attributes;

- syn. commonness;

commonalty / k ɒ m ə n ə ɫ t i /
n1
a class composed of persons lacking clerical or noble rank;

- syn. commonality, commons;

commoner / k ɒ m ə n ə , k ɒ m ə n ə ɹ /
n1
a person who holds no title;

- syn. common man, common person;

commonly / k ɒ m ə n ɫ i /
r1
under normal conditions;

- "usually she was late";

- syn. normally, ordinarily, unremarkably, usually;

commonness / k ɒ m ə n n ɛ s /
n1
the state of being that is commonly observed;

- syn. expectedness;

n2
the quality of lacking taste and refinement;

- syn. coarseness, grossness, raunch, vulgarism, vulgarity;

n3
ordinariness as a consequence of being frequent and commonplace;

- syn. commonplaceness, everydayness;

n4
sharing of common attributes;

- syn. commonality;

commonplace / k ɒ m ə n p ɫ eɪ s /
n1
a trite or obvious remark;

- syn. banality, bromide, cliche, platitude;

a1
completely ordinary and unremarkable;

- "air travel has now become commonplace";

- "commonplace everyday activities";

- sim. ordinary;

a2
not challenging;

- dull and lacking excitement;

- "an unglamorous job greasing engines";

- syn. humdrum, prosaic, unglamorous, unglamourous;

- sim. unexciting;

a3
repeated too often;

- overfamiliar through overuse;

- "bromidic sermons";

- "his remarks were trite and commonplace";

- "hackneyed phrases";

- "a stock answer";

- "repeating threadbare jokes";

- "parroting some timeworn axiom";

- "the trite metaphor `hard as nails'";

- syn. banal, hackneyed, old-hat, shopworn, stock, threadbare, timeworn, tired, trite, well-worn;

- sim. unoriginal;

commonplace book
n1
a notebook in which you enter memorabilia;

commonplaceness
n1
ordinariness as a consequence of being frequent and commonplace;

- syn. commonness, everydayness;

commons / k ɒ m ə n z /
n1
a piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area;

- "they went for a walk in the park";

- syn. common, green, park;

n2
a pasture subject to common use;

- syn. common land;

n3
a class composed of persons lacking clerical or noble rank;

- syn. commonality, commonalty;

n4
the common people;

- syn. third estate;

commonsense / k ɒ m ə n s ɛ n s /
a1
exhibiting native good judgment;

- "arrive home at a reasonable hour";

- "commonsense scholarship on the foibles of a genius";

- "unlearned and commonsensical countryfolk were capable of solving problems that beset the more sophisticated";

- syn. commonsensible, commonsensical;

- sim. reasonable;

commonsensible / k ɒ m ə n s ɛ n s ə b ɫ /
a1
exhibiting native good judgment;

- "arrive home at a reasonable hour";

- "commonsense scholarship on the foibles of a genius";

- "unlearned and commonsensical countryfolk were capable of solving problems that beset the more sophisticated";

- syn. commonsense, commonsensical;

- sim. reasonable;

commonsensical / k ɒ m ə n s ɛ n s ɪ k ɫ /
a1
exhibiting native good judgment;

- "arrive home at a reasonable hour";

- "commonsense scholarship on the foibles of a genius";

- "unlearned and commonsensical countryfolk were capable of solving problems that beset the more sophisticated";

- syn. commonsense, commonsensible;

- sim. reasonable;

commonweal / k ɒ m ə n w i ɫ /
n1
the good of a community;

- syn. common good;

commonwealth / k ɒ m ə n w ɛ ɫ θ /
n1
the official name of some states in the United States (Massachusetts and Pennsylvania and Virginia and Kentucky) and associated territories (Puerto Rico);

n2
a politically organized body of people under a single government;

- "the state has elected a new president";

- "African nations";

- "students who had come to the nation's capitol";

- "the country's largest manufacturer";

- "an industrialized land";

- syn. body politic, country, land, nation, res publica, state;

n3
a world organization of autonomous states that are united in allegiance to a central power but are not subordinate to it or to one another;

n4
a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them;

- syn. democracy, republic;

commonwealth country
n1
any of the countries in the British Commonwealth;

Commonwealth Day
n1
British, anniversary of Queen Victoria's birth;

- syn. Empire day, May 24;

Commonwealth of Australia
n1
a nation occupying the whole of the Australian continent;

- Aboriginal tribes are thought to have migrated from southeastern Asia 20,000 years ago;

- first Europeans were British convicts sent there as a penal colony;

- syn. Australia;

Commonwealth of Dominica
n1
a country on the island of Dominica;

- syn. Dominica;

Commonwealth of Independent States
n1
an alliance made up of states that had been Soviet Socialist Republics in the Soviet Union prior to its dissolution in Dec 1991;

- syn. CIS;

Commonwealth of Nations
n1
an association of nations consisting of the United Kingdom and several former British colonies that are now sovereign states but still pay allegiance to the British Crown;

- syn. British Commonwealth;

Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
n1
a self-governing commonwealth associated with the United States occupying the island of Puerto Rico;

- syn. PR, Porto Rico, Puerto Rico;

Commonwealth of the Bahamas
n1
island country in the Atlantic to the east of Florida and Cuba;

- a popular winter resort;

- syn. Bahama Islands, Bahamas;

commotion / k ə m oʊ ʃ n /
n1
a disorderly outburst or tumult;

- "they were amazed by the furious disturbance they had caused";

- syn. disruption, disturbance, flutter, hoo-ha, hoo-hah, hurly burly, kerfuffle, to-do;

n2
the act of making a noisy disturbance;

- syn. din, ruckus, ruction, rumpus, tumult;

n3
confused movement;

- "he was caught up in a whirl of work";

- "a commotion of people fought for the exits";

- syn. whirl;

commove
v1
cause to be agitated, excited, or roused;

- "The speaker charged up the crowd with his inflammatory remarks";

- syn. agitate, charge, charge up, excite, rouse, turn on;

v2
change the arrangement or position of;

- syn. agitate, disturb, raise up, shake up, stir up, vex;

communal / k ɒ m j ʊ n ɫ /
a1
for or by a group rather than individuals;

- "dipping each his bread into a communal dish of stew"- Paul Roche;

- "a communal settlement in which all earnings and food were shared";

- "a group effort";

- sim. common;

a2
relating to a small administrative district or community;

- "communal elections in several European countries";

communalise
v1
make something the property of the commune or community;

- syn. communalize;

communalism / k ɒ m j ʊ n ɫ ɪ z ə m /
n1
the practice of communal living and common ownership;

n2
loyalty and commitment to the interests of your own minority or ethnic group rather than to society as a whole;

communalize
v1
make something the property of the commune or community;

- syn. communalise;

communally / k ɒ m j ʊ n ə ɫ i /
r1
by a group of people rather than an individual;

- "the mills were owned communally";

commune / k ə m j u n , k ɒ m j u n /
n1
the smallest administrative district of several European countries;

n2
a body of people or families living together and sharing everything;

v1
communicate intimately with;

- be in a state of heightened, intimate receptivity;

- "He seemed to commune with nature";

v2
receive Communion, in the Catholic church;

- syn. communicate;

communicable / k ə m j u n ɪ k ə b ɫ /
a1
(of disease) capable of being transmitted by infection;

- syn. catching, contagious, contractable, transmissible, transmittable;

- sim. infectious;

a2
readily communicated;

- "communicable ideas";

- sim. communicative;

communicable disease
n1
a disease that can be communicated from one person to another;

communicant / k ə m j u n ɪ k ə n t /
n1
a person entitled to receive Communion;

communicate / k ə m j u n ɪ k eɪ t /
v1
transmit information;

- "Please communicate this message to all employees";

- "pass along the good news";

- syn. pass, pass along, pass on, put across;

v2
transmit thoughts or feelings;

- "He communicated his anxieties to the psychiatrist";

- syn. intercommunicate;

v3
transfer to another;

- "communicate a disease";

- syn. convey, transmit;

v4
join or connect;

- "The rooms communicated";

v5
be in verbal contact;

- interchange information or ideas;

- "He and his sons haven't communicated for years";

- "Do you communicate well with your advisor?";

v6
administer Communion;

- in church;

v7
receive Communion, in the Catholic church;

- syn. commune;

communicating / k ə m j u n ɪ k eɪ t ɪ ŋ /
n1
the activity of communicating;

- the activity of conveying information;

- "they could not act without official communication from Moscow";

- syn. communication;

communicating artery
n1
any of three arteries in the brain that make up the circle of Willis;

- syn. arteria communicans;

communication / k ə m j u n ɪ k eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the activity of communicating;

- the activity of conveying information;

- "they could not act without official communication from Moscow";

- syn. communicating;

n2
something that is communicated by or to or between people or groups;

n3
a connection allowing access between persons or places;

- "how many lines of communication can there be among four people?";

- "a secret passageway provided communication between the two rooms";

communication channel
n1
(often plural) a means of communication or access;

- "it must go through official channels";

- "lines of communication were set up between the two firms";

- syn. channel, line;

communication equipment
n1
facility consisting of the physical plants and equipment for disseminating information;

- syn. communication system;

communication system
n1
a system for communicating;

n2
facility consisting of the physical plants and equipment for disseminating information;

- syn. communication equipment;

communication theory
n1
the discipline that studies the principles of transmiting information and the methods by which it is delivered (as print or radio or television etc.);

- "communications is his major field of study";

- syn. communications;

communication trench
n1
a trench that provides protected passage between the rear and front lines of a defensive position;

- syn. approach trench;

communicational / k ə m j u n ɪ k eɪ ʃ n ə ɫ /
a1
used in communication;

- "he had few communicational grooves available for use";

- sim. communicative;

communications / k ə m j u n ɪ k eɪ ʃ n z /
n1
the discipline that studies the principles of transmiting information and the methods by which it is delivered (as print or radio or television etc.);

- "communications is his major field of study";

- syn. communication theory;

communications intelligence
n1
technical and intelligence information derived from foreign communications by other than the intended recipients;

- syn. COMINT;

communications protocol
n1
(computer science) rules determining the format and transmission of data;

- syn. protocol;

communications satellite
n1
an artificial satellite that relays signals back to earth;

- moves in a geostationary orbit;

Communications Security Establishment
n1
Canadian agency that gathers communications intelligence and assist law enforcement and security agencies;

- syn. CSE;

communications technology
n1
the activity of designing and constructing and maintaining communication systems;

communicative / k ə m j u n ɪ k ə t ɪ v /
a1
of or relating to communication;

- "communicative arts";

a2
able or tending to communicate;

- "was a communicative person and quickly told all she knew"- W.M.Thackeray;

- syn. communicatory;

- also articulate, voluble;

- sim. Bantu-speaking, English-speaking, Finno-Ugric-speaking, Flemish-speaking, French-speaking, Gaelic-speaking, German-speaking, Icelandic-speaking, Italian-speaking, Japanese-speaking, Kannada-speaking, Livonian-speaking, Oscan-speaking, Russian-speaking, Samoyedic-speaking, Semitic-speaking, Siouan-speaking, Spanish-speaking, Turkic-speaking, anecdotic, blabbermouthed, chatty, communicable, communicational, expansive, expressive, gesticulating, gestural, gestural, heraldic, narrative, nonverbal, nonverbal, openhearted, outspoken, verbal, yarn-spinning;

communicativeness / k ə m j u n ɪ k ə t ɪ v n ə s /
n1
the trait of being communicative;

communicator / k ə m j u n ɪ k eɪ t ə /
n1
a person who communicates with others;

communicatory
a1
able or tending to communicate;

- "was a communicative person and quickly told all she knew"- W.M.Thackeray;

- syn. communicative;

- also articulate, voluble;

- sim. Bantu-speaking, English-speaking, Finno-Ugric-speaking, Flemish-speaking, French-speaking, Gaelic-speaking, German-speaking, Icelandic-speaking, Italian-speaking, Japanese-speaking, Kannada-speaking, Livonian-speaking, Oscan-speaking, Russian-speaking, Samoyedic-speaking, Semitic-speaking, Siouan-speaking, Spanish-speaking, Turkic-speaking, anecdotic, blabbermouthed, chatty, communicable, communicational, expansive, expressive, gesticulating, gestural, gestural, heraldic, narrative, nonverbal, nonverbal, openhearted, outspoken, verbal, yarn-spinning;

Communion / k ə m j u n ɪə n /
n1
the act of participating in the celebration of the Eucharist;

- "the governor took Communion with the rest of the congregation";

- syn. Holy Communion, manduction, sacramental manduction;

n2
sharing thoughts and feelings;

- syn. sharing;

n3
(Christianity) a group of Christians with a common religious faith who practice the same rites;

communion table
n1
the table in Christian churches where communion is given;

- syn. Lord's table, altar;

communique / k ə m j u n ɪ k eɪ /
n1
an official report (usually sent in haste);

- syn. despatch, dispatch;

communisation
n1
a change from private property to public property owned by the community;

- syn. communization;

n2
the organization of a nation of the basis of communism;

- syn. communization;

n3
changing something from private to state ownership or control;

- syn. communization, nationalisation, nationalization;

communise
v1
make Communist or bring in accord with Communist principles;

- "communize the government";

- syn. bolshevise, bolshevize, communize;

v2
make into property owned by the state;

- "The new government communized all banks";

- syn. communize;

communism / k ɒ m j ʊ n ɪ z ə m /
n1
a form of socialism that abolishes private ownership;

n2
a political theory favoring collectivism in a classless society;

Communism Peak
n1
the highest mountain peak in the Pamir Mountains;

- near the Chinese border in northeastern Tajikistan (24,590 feet high);

- syn. Mount Communism, Mount Garmo, Stalin Peak;

Communist / k ɒ m j ʊ n ɪ s t /
n1
a member of the communist party;

n2
a socialist who advocates communism;

- syn. commie;

a1
relating to or marked by communism;

- "Communist Party";

- "communist governments";

- "communistic propaganda";

- syn. communistic;

Communist China
n1
a communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia;

- the most populous country in the world;

- syn. Cathay, China, PRC, People's Republic of China, Red China, mainland China;

communist economy
n1
the managed economy of a communist state;

Communist Manifesto
n1
a socialist manifesto written by Marx and Engels (1842) describing the history of the working-class movement according to their views;

Communist Party
n1
a political party that actively advocates a communist form of government;

- in Communist countries it is the sole political party of the state;

Communist Party of Kampuchea
n1
a communist organization formed in Cambodia in 1970;

- became a terrorist organization in 1975 when it captured Phnom Penh and created a government that killed an estimated three million people;

- was defeated by Vietnamese troops but remained active until 1999;

- syn. KR, Khmer Rouge, Party of Democratic Kampuchea;

communistic / k ɒ m j ʊ n ɪ s t ɪ k /
a1
relating to or marked by communism;

- "Communist Party";

- "communist governments";

- "communistic propaganda";

- syn. communist;

community / k ə m j u n ɪ t i /
n1
a group of people living in a particular local area;

- "the team is drawn from all parts of the community";

n2
a group of people having a religion, ethnic, profession, or other particular characteristic in common;

- "he was well known throughout the Catholic community";

- "the news spread rapidly through the medical community";

- "they formed a community of scientists";

n3
common ownership;

- "they shared a community of possessions";

n4
a group of nations having common interests;

- "they hoped to join the NATO community";

n5
agreement as to goals;

- "the preachers and the bootleggers found they had a community of interests";

- syn. community of interests;

n6
a district where people live;

- occupied primarily by private residences;

- syn. residential area, residential district;

n7
(ecology) a group of interdependent organisms inhabiting the same region and interacting with each other;

- syn. biotic community;

community center
n1
a center where the members of a community can gather for social or cultural activities;

- syn. civic center;

community chest
n1
a charity supported by individual subscriptions;

- defrays the demands on a community for social welfare;

community college
n1
a nonresidential junior college offering a curriculum fitted to the needs of the community;

community of interests
n1
agreement as to goals;

- "the preachers and the bootleggers found they had a community of interests";

- syn. community;

community of scholars
n1
the body of individuals holding advanced academic degrees;

community property
n1
property and income belonging jointly to a married couple;

community service
n1
a service that is performed for the benefit of the public or its institutions;

- syn. public service;

n2
an unpaid service for the benefit of the public that is performed by lawbreakers as part (or all) of their sentence;

communization
n1
a change from private property to public property owned by the community;

- syn. communisation;

n2
the organization of a nation of the basis of communism;

- syn. communisation;

n3
changing something from private to state ownership or control;

- syn. communisation, nationalisation, nationalization;

communize
v1
make Communist or bring in accord with Communist principles;

- "communize the government";

- syn. bolshevise, bolshevize, communise;

v2
make into property owned by the state;

- "The new government communized all banks";

- syn. communise;

commutability / k ə m j u t ə b ɪ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
exchangeability by virtue of being replaceable;

- syn. replaceability, substitutability;

n2
the quality of being commutable;

- syn. transmutability;

commutable / k ə m j u t ə b ɫ /
a1
subject to alteration or change;

- "the death sentence was commutable to life imprisonment";

- sim. alterable, convertible;

a2
capable of being exchanged for another or for something else that is equivalent;

- syn. substitutable;

- sim. exchangeable;

commutate / k ɒ m j u t eɪ t /
v1
reverse the direction of (an alternating electric current) each half cycle so as to produce a unidirectional current;

commutation / k ɒ m j u t eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the travel of a commuter;

- syn. commuting;

n2
a warrant substituting a lesser punishment for a greater one;

n3
(law) the reduction in severity of a punishment imposed by law;

- syn. re-sentencing;

n4
the act of putting one thing or person in the place of another: "he sent Smith in for Jones but the substitution came too late to help";

- syn. exchange, substitution;

commutation ticket
n1
a ticket good for several trips or to attend a season of entertainments;

- sold at a reduced rate;

- syn. season ticket;

commutative / k ə m j u t ə t ɪ v /
a1
(of a binary operation) independent of order;

- as in e.g. "a x b = b x a";

- sim. independent;

commutative group
n1
a group that satisfies the commutative law;

- syn. Abelian group;

commutator / k ɒ m j u t eɪ t ə , k ɒ m j u t eɪ t ə ɹ /
n1
switch for reversing the direction of an electric current;

commute / k ə m j u t /
n1
a regular journey of some distance to and from your place of work;

- "there is standing room only on the high-speed commute";

v1
exchange positions without a change in value;

- "These operators commute with each other";

- syn. transpose;

v2
travel back and forth regularly, as between one's place of work and home;

v3
change the order or arrangement of;

- "Dyslexics often transpose letters in a word";

- syn. permute, transpose;

v4
exchange a penalty for a less severe one;

- syn. convert, exchange;

v5
exchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind or category;

- "Could you convert my dollars into pounds?";

- "He changed his name";

- "convert centimeters into inches";

- "convert holdings into shares";

- syn. change, convert, exchange;

commuter / k ə m j u t ə , k ə m j u t ə ɹ /
n1
a passenger train that is ridden primarily by passengers who travel regularly from one place to another;

- syn. commuter train;

n2
someone who travels regularly from home in a suburb to work in a city;

commuter traffic
n1
traffic created by people going to or returning from work;

commuter train
n1
a passenger train that is ridden primarily by passengers who travel regularly from one place to another;

- syn. commuter;

commuting / k ə m j u t ɪ ŋ /
n1
the travel of a commuter;

- syn. commutation;

Comoro Islands
n1
three main islands and numerous islets in the Indian Ocean between Mozambique and Madagascar;

- syn. Iles Comores;

Comoros
n1
a country on the Comoro Islands;

- syn. Federal Islamic Republic of the Comoros;

comose / k oʊ m oʊ s /
a1
bearing a coma;

- crowned with an assemblage of branches or leaves or bracts;

- "comate royal palms";

- "pineapples are comate";

- syn. comate;

- sim. crowned;

a2
of certain seeds (such as cotton) having a tuft or tufts of hair;

- "comate (or comose) seeds";

- "a comal tuft";

- syn. comal, comate;

- sim. hairy;

comp
n1
an intensive examination testing a student's proficiency in some special field of knowledge;

- "she took her comps in English literature";

- syn. comprehensive, comprehensive examination;

compact / k ə m p æ k t , k ɒ m p æ k t /
n1
a small cosmetics case with a mirror;

- to be carried in a woman's purse;

- syn. powder compact;

n2
a signed written agreement between two or more parties (nations) to perform some action;

- syn. concordat, covenant;

n3
a small and economical car;

- syn. compact car;

v1
have the property of being packable or of compacting easily;

- "This powder compacts easily";

- "Such odd-shaped items do not pack well";

- syn. pack;

v2
compress into a wad;

- "wad paper into the box";

- syn. bundle, pack, wad;

v3
make more compact by or as if by pressing;

- "compress the data";

- syn. compress, pack together;

v4
squeeze or press together;

- "she compressed her lips";

- "the spasm contracted the muscle";

- syn. compress, constrict, contract, press, squeeze;

a1
closely and firmly united or packed together;

- "compact soil";

- "compact clusters of flowers";

- also concentrated;

- sim. clayey, close-packed, consolidated, impacted, packed, serried, tight;

a2
having a short and solid form or stature;

- "a wrestler of compact build";

- "he was tall and heavyset";

- "stocky legs";

- "a thickset young man";

- syn. heavyset, stocky, thick, thickset;

- sim. short;

a3
briefly giving the gist of something;

- "a short and compendious book";

- "a compact style is brief and pithy";

- "succinct comparisons";

- "a summary formulation of a wide-ranging subject";

- syn. compendious, succinct, summary;

- sim. concise;

compact-disk burner
n1
recording equipment for making compact disks;

- syn. CD burner;

compact car
n1
a small and economical car;

- syn. compact;

compact disc
n1
a digitally encoded recording on an optical disk that is smaller than a phonograph record;

- played back by a laser;

- syn. CD, compact disk;

compact disc read-only memory
n1
a compact disk that is used with a computer (rather than with an audio system);

- a large amount of digital information can be stored and accessed but it cannot be altered by the user;

- syn. CD-ROM;

compact disc recordable
n1
a compact disc on which you can write only once and thereafter is read-only memory;

- syn. CD-R, CD-WO, compact disc write-once;

compact disc write-once
n1
a compact disc on which you can write only once and thereafter is read-only memory;

- syn. CD-R, CD-WO, compact disc recordable;

compact disk
n1
a digitally encoded recording on an optical disk that is smaller than a phonograph record;

- played back by a laser;

- syn. CD, compact disc;

compaction / k ə m p æ k t aɪ ə n /
n1
an increase in the density of something;

- syn. compression, concretion, densification;

n2
the act of crushing;

- syn. crunch, crush;

compactly / k ə m p æ k t ɫ i /
r1
in a compact manner or state;

- "The children were packed compactly into the car";

r2
with concise and precise brevity;

- to the point;

- "Please state your case as succinctly as possible";

- "he wrote compactly but clearly";

- syn. succinctly;

r3
taking up no more space than necessary;

- "liquid food compactly stored in a pressurized tank";

compactness / k ə m p æ k t n ə s /
n1
the spatial property of being crowded together;

- syn. concentration, denseness, density, tightness;

n2
the consistency of a compact solid;

companion / k ə m p æ n ɪə n /
n1
a friend who is frequently in the company of another;

- "drinking companions";

- "comrades in arms";

- syn. associate, comrade, familiar, fellow;

n2
a traveler who accompanies you;

- syn. fellow traveler, fellow traveller;

n3
one paid to accompany or assist or live with another;

v1
be a companion to somebody;

- syn. accompany, company, keep company;

companionability
n1
suitability to be a companion;

- syn. companionableness;

companionable / k ə m p æ n ɪə n ə b ɫ /
a1
suggestive of companionship;

- "a companionable pet";

- sim. sociable;

companionableness / k ə m p æ n ɪə n ə b ɫ n ə s /
n1
suitability to be a companion;

- syn. companionability;

companionate / k ə m p æ n j ə n ɪ t /
a1
like a companion;

- "companionate marriage";

- "a companionate dog";

- sim. friendly;

companionship / k ə m p æ n ɪə n ʃ ɪ p /
n1
the state of being with someone;

- "he missed their company";

- "he enjoyed the society of his friends";

- syn. company, fellowship, society;

companionway / k ə m p æ n ɪə n w eɪ /
n1
a stairway or ladder that leads from one deck to another on a ship;

company / k ʌ m p ə n i /
n1
an institution created to conduct business;

- "he only invests in large well-established companies";

- "he started the company in his garage";

n2
small military unit;

- usually two or three platoons;

n3
the state of being with someone;

- "he missed their company";

- "he enjoyed the society of his friends";

- syn. companionship, fellowship, society;

n4
organization of performers and associated personnel (especially theatrical);

- "the traveling company all stayed at the same hotel";

- syn. troupe;

n5
a social or business visitor;

- "the room was a mess because he hadn't expected company";

- syn. caller;

n6
a social gathering of guests or companions;

- "the house was filled with company when I arrived";

n7
a band of people associated temporarily in some activity;

- "they organized a party to search for food";

- "the company of cooks walked into the kitchen";

- syn. party;

n8
crew of a ship including the officers;

- the whole force or personnel of a ship;

- syn. ship's company;

n9
a unit of firefighters including their equipment;

- "a hook-and-ladder company";

v1
be a companion to somebody;

- syn. accompany, companion, keep company;

company man
n1
an employee whose first loyalty is to the company rather than to fellow workers;

company name
n1
the name by which a corporation is identified;

company operator
n1
an operator who works for a company;

company union
n1
a union of workers for a single company;

- a union not affiliated with a larger union;

comparability / k ɒ m p ə ɹ ə b ɪ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
qualities that are comparable;

- "no comparison between the two books";

- "beyond compare";

- syn. compare, comparison, equivalence;

comparable / k ɒ m p ə ɹ ə b ɫ /
a1
able to be compared or worthy of comparison;

- also equal, parallel;

- sim. comparable to, comparable with;

a2
conforming in every respect;

- "boxes with corresponding dimensions";

- "the like period of the preceding year";

- syn. corresponding, like;

- sim. same;

comparable to
a1
worthy of comparison;

- as good as;

- "at that moment nothing in the world seemed comparable to sleep";

- sim. comparable;

comparable with
a1
similar in some respect and so able to be compared in order to show differences and similarities;

- "pianists of comparable ability";

- "cars comparable with each other in terms of fuel consumption";

- sim. comparable;

comparably / k ɒ m p ɹ ə b ɫ i /
r1
in a comparable manner or to a comparable degree;

- "you will have to work comparably harder";

comparative / k ə m p æ ɹ ə t ɪ v /
n1
the comparative form of an adjective or adverb;

- "`faster' is the comparative of the adjective `fast'";

- "`less famous' is the comparative degree of the adjective `famous'";

- "`more surely' is the comparative of the adverb `surely'";

- syn. comparative degree;

a1
relating to or based on or involving comparison;

- "comparative linguistics";

- "the comparative form of an adjective";

a2
estimated by comparison;

- not absolute or complete;

- "a relative stranger";

- syn. relative;

- sim. relational;

comparative anatomist
n1
anatomist who compares the anatomy of different animals;

comparative anatomy
n1
the study of anatomical features of animals of different species;

comparative degree
n1
the comparative form of an adjective or adverb;

- "`faster' is the comparative of the adjective `fast'";

- "`less famous' is the comparative degree of the adjective `famous'";

- "`more surely' is the comparative of the adverb `surely'";

- syn. comparative;

comparative literature
n1
study of literary works from different cultures (often in translation);

comparative negligence
n1
(law) negligence allocated between the plaintiff and the defendant with a corresponding reduction in damages paid to the plaintiff;

comparative psychology
n1
the branch of psychology concerned with the behavior of animals;

- syn. animal psychology;

comparatively / k ə m p æ ɹ ə t ɪ v ɫ i /
r1
in a relative manner;

- by comparison to something else;

- "the situation is relatively calm now";

- syn. relatively;

compare / k ə m p eə , k ə m p eə ɹ /
n1
qualities that are comparable;

- "no comparison between the two books";

- "beyond compare";

- syn. comparability, comparison, equivalence;

v1
examine and note the similarities or differences of;

- "John compared his haircut to his friend's";

- "We compared notes after we had both seen the movie";

v2
be comparable;

- "This car does not compare with our line of Mercedes";

v3
consider or describe as similar, equal, or analogous;

- "We can compare the Han dynasty to the Romans";

- "You cannot equate success in financial matters with greed";

- syn. equate, liken;

v4
to form the comparative or superlative form on an adjective or adverb;

comparing / k ə m p eə ɹ ɪ ŋ /
n1
the act of examining resemblances;

- "they made a comparison of noise levels";

- "the fractions selected for comparison must require pupils to consider both numerator and denominator";

- syn. comparison;

comparison / k ə m p æ ɹ ɪ s n /
n1
the act of examining resemblances;

- "they made a comparison of noise levels";

- "the fractions selected for comparison must require pupils to consider both numerator and denominator";

- syn. comparing;

n2
relation based on similarities and differences;

n3
qualities that are comparable;

- "no comparison between the two books";

- "beyond compare";

- syn. comparability, compare, equivalence;

comparison-shop
v1
compare prices for a given item;

compart / k ə m p ɑ t /
v1
lay out in parts according to a plan;

compartment / k ə m p ɑ t m ə n t /
n1
a space into which an area is subdivided;

n2
a partitioned section, chamber, or separate room within a larger enclosed area;

compartment pressure
n1
the air pressure maintained in an air-tight compartment (as in an aircraft);

compartmental / k ɒ m p ɑ t m ɛ n t ɫ /
a1
divided up into compartments or categories;

- "most sciences have become woefully compartmentalized";

- syn. compartmentalised, compartmentalized;

- sim. compartmented;

compartmentalisation / k ɒ m p ɑ t m ɛ n t ə ɫ aɪ z eɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
a mild state of dissociation;

- syn. compartmentalization;

n2
the act of distributing things into classes or categories of the same type;

- syn. assortment, categorisation, categorization, classification, compartmentalization;

compartmentalise
v1
separate into isolated compartments or categories;

- "You cannot compartmentalize your life like this!";

- syn. compartmentalize, cut up;

compartmentalised / k ɒ m p ɑ t m ɛ n t ə ɫ aɪ z d /
a1
divided up into compartments or categories;

- "most sciences have become woefully compartmentalized";

- syn. compartmental, compartmentalized;

- sim. compartmented;

compartmentalization / k ɒ m p ɑ t m ɛ n t ə ɫ aɪ z eɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
a mild state of dissociation;

- syn. compartmentalisation;

n2
the act of distributing things into classes or categories of the same type;

- syn. assortment, categorisation, categorization, classification, compartmentalisation;

compartmentalize / k ɒ m p ɑ t m ɛ n t ə ɫ aɪ z /
v1
separate into isolated compartments or categories;

- "You cannot compartmentalize your life like this!";

- syn. compartmentalise, cut up;

compartmentalized / k ɒ m p ɑ t m ɛ n t ə ɫ aɪ z d /
a1
divided up into compartments or categories;

- "most sciences have become woefully compartmentalized";

- syn. compartmental, compartmentalised;

- sim. compartmented;

compartmented / k ə m p ɑ t m ə n t ɪ d /
a1
divided up or separated into compartments or isolated units;

- "a compartmented box";

- "the protected and compartmented society of Beacon Hill"- John Mason Brown;

- sim. compartmental;

compass / k ʌ m p ə s /
n1
navigational instrument for finding directions;

n2
an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control: "the range of a supersonic jet";

- "a piano has a greater range than the human voice";

- "the ambit of municipal legislation";

- "within the compass of this article";

- "within the scope of an investigation";

- "outside the reach of the law";

- "in the political orbit of a world power";

- syn. ambit, orbit, range, reach, scope;

n3
the limit of capability;

- "within the compass of education";

- syn. grasp, range, reach;

n4
drafting instrument used for drawing circles;

v1
bring about;

- accomplish;

- "This writer attempts more than his talents can compass";

v2
travel around, either by plane or ship;

- "We compassed the earth";

- syn. circumnavigate;

v3
get the meaning of something;

- "Do you comprehend the meaning of this letter?";

- syn. apprehend, comprehend, dig, get the picture, grasp, grok, savvy;

compass card
n1
compass in the form of a card that rotates so that 0 degrees or North points to magnetic north;

- syn. mariner's compass;

compass flower
n1
any of several plants having leaves so arranged on the axis as to indicate the cardinal points of the compass;

- syn. compass plant;

compass north
n1
the direction in which a compass needle points;

- syn. magnetic north, north;

compass plane
n1
a plane with a flexible face that can plane concave or convex surfaces;

- syn. circular plane;

compass plant
n1
North American annual with red or rose-colored flowers;

- syn. Lotus americanus, prairie bird's-foot trefoil, prairie lotus, prairie trefoil;

n2
any of several plants having leaves so arranged on the axis as to indicate the cardinal points of the compass;

- syn. compass flower;

compass point
n1
any of 32 horizontal directions indicated on the card of a compass;

- "he checked the point on his compass";

- syn. point;

compass saw
n1
a handsaw with a narrow triangular blade for cutting curves;

compassion / k ə m p æ ʃ n /
n1
a deep awareness of and sympathy for another's suffering;

- syn. compassionateness;

n2
the humane quality of understanding the suffering of others and wanting to do something about it;

- syn. pity;

compassionate / k ə m p æ ʃ ə n ə t /
v1
share the suffering of;

- syn. condole with, feel for, pity, sympathize with;

a1
showing or having compassion;

- "heard the soft and compassionate voices of women";

- also humane, merciful, sympathetic;

- sim. caring, nurturant, tenderhearted;

compassionate leave
n1
(military) leave granted in an emergency such as family sickness or death;

compassionately / k ə m p æ ʃ ə n ə t ɫ i /
r1
in a compassionate manner;

- "the nurse looked at him pityingly";

- syn. pityingly;

compassionateness / k ə m p æ ʃ ə n ə t n ə s /
n1
a deep awareness of and sympathy for another's suffering;

- syn. compassion;

compatibility / k ə m p æ t ə b ɪ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
a feeling of sympathetic understanding;

n2
capability of existing or performing in harmonious or congenial combination;

compatible / k ə m p æ t ə b ɫ /
a1
able to exist and perform in harmonious or agreeable combination;

- "a compatible married couple";

- "her deeds were compatible with her ideology";

- also congenial, harmonious, matched;

- sim. congenial, congruous, harmonious;

a2
capable of being used with or connected to other devices or components without modification;

a3
capable of forming a homogeneous mixture that neither separates nor is altered by chemical interaction;

- sim. miscible;

compatible software
n1
application software programs that share common conventions so they can be utilized together;

n2
software that can run on different computers without modification;

compatibly / k ə m p æ t ə b ɫ i /
r1
with compatibility;

compatriot / k ə m p æ t ɹ ɪə t /
n1
a person from your own country;

compeer / k ɒ m p ɪə , k ɒ m p ɪə ɹ /
n1
a person who is of equal standing with another in a group;

- syn. equal, match, peer;

compel / k ə m p ɛ ɫ /
v1
force somebody to do something;

- "We compel all students to fill out this form";

- syn. obligate, oblige;

v2
necessitate or exact;

- "the water shortage compels conservation";

compelling / k ə m p ɛ ɫ ɪ ŋ /
a1
driving or forcing;

- "compelling ambition";

- sim. powerful;

a2
tending to persuade by forcefulness of argument;

- "new and compelling evidence";

- sim. persuasive;

compendious / k ə m p ɛ n d ɪə s /
a1
briefly giving the gist of something;

- "a short and compendious book";

- "a compact style is brief and pithy";

- "succinct comparisons";

- "a summary formulation of a wide-ranging subject";

- syn. compact, succinct, summary;

- sim. concise;

compendium / k ə m p ɛ n d ɪə m /
n1
a publication containing a variety of works;

- syn. collection;

n2
a concise but comprehensive summary of a larger work;

compensable
a1
for which money is paid;

- "a paying job";

- "remunerative work";

- "salaried employment";

- "stipendiary services";

- syn. paying, remunerative, salaried, stipendiary;

- sim. paid;

compensate / k ɒ m p ə n s eɪ t /
v1
adjust for;

- "engineers will work to correct the effects or air resistance";

- syn. correct, counterbalance, even off, even out, even up, make up;

v2
make amends for;

- pay compensation for;

- "One can never fully repair the suffering and losses of the Jews in the Third Reich";

- "She was compensated for the loss of her arm in the accident";

- syn. indemnify, recompense, repair;

v3
make up for shortcomings or a feeling of inferiority by exaggerating good qualities;

- "he is compensating for being a bad father";

- syn. cover, overcompensate;

v4
make reparations or amends for;

- "right a wrongs done to the victims of the Holocaust";

- syn. correct, redress, right;

- also compensate;

v5
do or give something to somebody in return;

- "Does she pay you for the work you are doing?";

- syn. make up, pay, pay off;

v6
make payment to;

- compensate;

- "My efforts were not remunerated";

- syn. recompense, remunerate;

compensated / k ɒ m p ə n s eɪ t ɪ d /
a1
receiving or eligible for compensation;

- "salaried workers";

- "a stipendiary magistrate";

- syn. remunerated, salaried, stipendiary;

- sim. paid;

compensating balance
n1
a minimum credit balance that a bank may require a borrower to keep on deposit as a condition for granting a loan;

- a common requirement for establishing a line of credit at a bank;

- "the compensating balance increases the effective interest rate to the bank since the net amount loaned is reduced but the interest paid is unchanged";

- syn. offsetting balance;

compensation / k ɒ m p ɛ n s eɪ ʃ n /
n1
something (such as money) given or received as payment or reparation (as for a service or loss or injury);

n2
(psychiatry) a defense mechanism that conceals your undesirable shortcomings by exaggerating desirable behaviors;

n3
the act of compensating for service or loss or injury;

- syn. recompense;

compensatory damages
n1
(law) compensation for losses that can readily be proven to have occurred and for which the injured party has the right to be compensated;

- syn. actual damages, general damages;

compensatory spending
n1
spending money raised by borrowing;

- used by governments to stimulate their economy;

- syn. deficit spending, pump priming;

compensatory time
n1
time off that is granted to a worker as compensation for working overtime;

compere / k ɒ m p eə /
n1
British term for someone who introduces television acts or cabarets etc;

v1
act as a master of ceremonies;

- syn. emcee;

compete / k ə m p i t /
v1
compete for something;

- engage in a contest;

- measure oneself against others;

- syn. contend, vie;

competence / k ɒ m p ɪ t ə n s /
n1
the quality of being adequately or well qualified physically and intellectually;

- syn. competency;

competence hearing
n1
a hearing to determine legal capacity (to determine whether the defendant can understand the charges and cooperate with a lawyer in preparing a defense);

competency / k ɒ m p ɪ t ə n s i /
n1
the quality of being adequately or well qualified physically and intellectually;

- syn. competence;

competent / k ɒ m p ɪ t ə n t /
a1
properly or sufficiently qualified or capable or efficient;

- "a competent typist";

- also capable, efficient, qualified, skilled;

- sim. able, effective, workmanlike;

a2
adequate, but not outstanding or exceptional;

- "a competent performance";

- sim. adequate;

a3
legally qualified or sufficient;

- "a competent court";

- "competent testimony";

competently / k ɒ m p ɪ t ə n t ɫ i /
r1
with competence;

- in a competent capable manner;

- "they worked competently";

- syn. ably, aptly, capably;

competition / k ɒ m p ə t ɪ ʃ n /
n1
a business relation in which two parties compete to gain customers;

- "business competition can be fiendish at times";

n2
an occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants;

- syn. contest;

n3
the act of competing as for profit or a prize;

- "the teams were in fierce contention for first place";

- syn. contention, rivalry;

n4
the contestant you hope to defeat;

- "he had respect for his rivals";

- "he wanted to know what the competition was doing";

- syn. challenger, competitor, contender, rival;

competitive / k ə m p ɛ t ə t ɪ v /
a1
involving competition or competitiveness;

- "competitive games";

- "to improve one's competitive position";

- syn. competitory;

- sim. agonistic, emulous, matched;

a2
subscribing to capitalistic competition;

- syn. free-enterprise, private-enterprise;

- sim. capitalistic;

a3
showing a fighting disposition;

- "highly competitive sales representative";

- "militant in fighting for better wages for workers";

- "his self-assertive and ubiquitous energy";

- syn. militant;

- sim. aggressive;

competitively / k ə m p ɛ t ə t ɪ v ɫ i /
r1
in competition;

- "the companies should bid competitively";

competitiveness / k ə m p ɛ t ə t ɪ v n ɪ s /
n1
an aggressive willingness to compete;

- "the team was full of fight";

- syn. fight;

competitor / k ə m p ɛ t ɪ t ə , k ə m p ɛ t ɪ t ə ɹ /
n1
the contestant you hope to defeat;

- "he had respect for his rivals";

- "he wanted to know what the competition was doing";

- syn. challenger, competition, contender, rival;

competitory
a1
involving competition or competitiveness;

- "competitive games";

- "to improve one's competitive position";

- syn. competitive;

- sim. agonistic, emulous, matched;

compilation / k ɒ m p ɪ ɫ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
something that is compiled (as into a single book or file);

- syn. digest;

n2
the act of compiling (as into a single book or file or list);

- "the job of compiling the inventory took several hours";

- syn. compiling;

compile / k ə m p aɪ ɫ /
v1
get or gather together;

- "I am accumulating evidence for the man's unfaithfulness to his wife";

- "She is amassing a lot of data for her thesis";

- "She rolled up a small fortune";

- syn. accumulate, amass, collect, hoard, pile up, roll up;

v2
put together out of existing material;

- "compile a list";

- syn. compose;

v3
use a computer program to translate source code written in a particular programming language into computer-readable machine code that can be executed;

compiler / k ə m p aɪ ɫ ə , k ə m p aɪ ɫ ə ɹ /
n1
a person who compiles information (as for reference purposes);

n2
(computer science) a program that decodes instructions written in a higher order language and produces an assembly language program;

- syn. compiling program;

compiling / k ə m p aɪ ɫ ɪ ŋ /
n1
the act of compiling (as into a single book or file or list);

- "the job of compiling the inventory took several hours";

- syn. compilation;

compiling program
n1
(computer science) a program that decodes instructions written in a higher order language and produces an assembly language program;

- syn. compiler;

complacence / k ə m p ɫ eɪ s ə n s /
n1
the feeling you have when you are satisfied with yourself;

- "his complacency was absolutely disgusting";

- syn. complacency, self-complacency, self-satisfaction;

complacency / k ə m p ɫ eɪ s ə n s i /
n1
the feeling you have when you are satisfied with yourself;

- "his complacency was absolutely disgusting";

- syn. complacence, self-complacency, self-satisfaction;

complacent / k ə m p ɫ eɪ s ə n t /
a1
contented to a fault with oneself or one's actions;

- "he had become complacent after years of success";

- "his self-satisfied dignity";

- syn. self-complacent, self-satisfied;

- sim. contented;

complacently / k ə m p ɫ eɪ s ə n t ɫ i /
r1
in a self-satisfied manner;

- "he complacently lived out his life as a village school teacher";

complain / k ə m p ɫ eɪ n /
v1
express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness;

- "My mother complains all day";

- "She has a lot to kick about";

- syn. kick, kvetch, plain, quetch, sound off;

v2
make a formal accusation;

- bring a formal charge;

- "The plaintiff's lawyer complained that he defendant had physically abused his client";

complainant / k ə m p ɫ eɪ n ə n t /
n1
a person who brings an action in a court of law;

- syn. plaintiff;

complainer / k ə m p ɫ eɪ n ə /
n1
a person given to excessive complaints and crying and whining;

- syn. bellyacher, crybaby, grumbler, moaner, sniveller, squawker, whiner;

complaining / k ə m p ɫ eɪ n ɪ ŋ /
a1
expressing pain or dissatisfaction of resentment;

- "a complaining boss";

- syn. complaintive;

- sim. fretful, protestant;

complainingly / k ə m p ɫ eɪ n ɪ ŋ ɫ i /
r1
with complaints;

- "she did her work, but she did so complainingly";

complaint / k ə m p ɫ eɪ n t /
n1
an often persistent bodily disorder or disease;

- a cause for complaining;

- syn. ailment, ill;

n2
(formerly) a loud cry (or repeated cries) of pain or rage or sorrow;

n3
an expression of grievance or resentment;

n4
(civil law) the first pleading of the plaintiff setting out the facts on which the claim for relief is based;

n5
(criminal law) a pleading describing some wrong or offense;

- "he was arrested on a charge of larceny";

- syn. charge;

complaintive / k ə m p ɫ eɪ n t ɪ v /
a1
expressing pain or dissatisfaction of resentment;

- "a complaining boss";

- syn. complaining;

- sim. fretful, protestant;

complaisance / k ə m p ɫ eɪ z ə n s /
n1
a disposition or tendency to yield to the will of others;

- syn. compliance, compliancy, deference, obligingness;

complaisant / k ə m p ɫ eɪ z ə n t /
a1
showing a cheerful willingness to do favors for others;

- "to close one's eyes like a complaisant husband whose wife has taken a lover";

- "the obliging waiter was in no hurry for us to leave";

- syn. obliging;

- sim. accommodating;

complect
v1
be interwoven or interconnected;

- "The bones are interconnected via the muscle";

- syn. interconnect, interlink;

complement / k ɒ m p ɫ ɪ m ə n t /
n1
a word or phrase used to complete a grammatical construction;

n2
a complete number or quantity;

- "a full complement";

n3
number needed to make up a whole force;

- "a full complement of workers";

- syn. full complement;

n4
something added to complete or embellish or make perfect;

- "a fine wine is a perfect complement to the dinner";

- "wild rice was served as an accompaniment to the main dish";

- syn. accompaniment;

n5
one of a series of enzymes in the blood serum that are part of the immune response;

n6
either of two parts that mutually complete each other;

v1
make complete or perfect;

- supply what is wanting or form the complement to;

- "I need some pepper to complement the sweet touch in the soup";

complement fixation
n1
an immune response in which an antigen-antibody combination inactivates a complement (so it is unavailable to participate in a second antigen-antibody combination);

complement fixation test
n1
a blood test in which a sample of serum is exposed to a particular antigen and complement in order to determine whether or not antibodies to that particular antigen are present;

- used as a diagnostic test;

complemental / k ɒ m p ɫ ɪ m ɛ n t ɫ /
a1
acting as or providing a complement (something that completes the whole);

- syn. complementary, completing;

- sim. additive;

complementarity
n1
a relation between two opposite states or principles that together exhaust the possibilities;

n2
the interrelation of reciprocity whereby one thing supplements or depends on the other;

- "the complementarity of the sexes";

complementary / k ɒ m p ɫ ɪ m ɛ n t ɹ i /
n1
either one of two chromatic colors that when mixed together give white (in the case of lights) or grey (in the case of pigments);

- "yellow and blue are complementaries";

- syn. complementary color;

a1
of words or propositions so related that each is the negation of the other;

- "`male' and `female' are complementary terms";

- sim. antonymous;

a2
acting as or providing a complement (something that completes the whole);

- syn. complemental, completing;

- sim. additive;

complementary angles
n1
two angles whose sum is a right angle;

complementary color
n1
either one of two chromatic colors that when mixed together give white (in the case of lights) or grey (in the case of pigments);

- "yellow and blue are complementaries";

- syn. complementary;

complementary distribution
n1
(linguistics) a distribution of related speech sounds or forms in such a way that they only appear in different contexts;

- syn. complementation;

complementary DNA
n1
single-stranded DNA that is complementary to messenger RNA or DNA that has been synthesized from messenger RNA by reverse transcriptase;

- syn. cDNA;

complementary medicine
n1
the practice of medicine that combines traditional medicine with alternative medicine;

complementation / k ɒ m p ɫ ɪ m ɛ n t eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the grammatical relation of a word or phrase to a predicate;

n2
(linguistics) a distribution of related speech sounds or forms in such a way that they only appear in different contexts;

- syn. complementary distribution;

complete / k ə m p ɫ i t /
v1
come or bring to a finish or an end;

- "He finished the dishes";

- "She completed the requirements for her Master's Degree";

- "The fastest runner finished the race in just over 2 hours;

- others finished in over 4 hours";

- syn. finish;

v2
bring to a whole, with all the necessary parts or elements;

- "A child would complete the family";

v3
complete or carry out;

- "discharge one's duties";

- syn. discharge, dispatch;

v4
complete a pass;

- syn. nail;

v5
write all the required information onto a form;

- "fill out this questionnaire, please!";

- "make out a form";

- syn. fill in, fill out, make out;

a1
having every necessary or normal part or component or step;

- "a complete meal";

- "a complete wardrobe";

- "a complete set of the Britannica";

- "a complete set of china";

- "a complete defeat";

- "a complete accounting";

- also comprehensive, whole;

- sim. absolute, accomplished, all, all-or-none, all-out, allover, blank, clean, completed, dead, exhaustive, fleshed out, full, full-blown, full-dress, good, hearty, self-contained, sound, stand-alone;

a2
perfect and complete in every respect;

- having all necessary qualities;

- "a complete gentleman";

- "consummate happiness";

- "a consummate performance";

- syn. consummate;

- sim. perfect;

a3
highly skilled;

- "an accomplished pianist";

- "a complete musician";

- syn. accomplished;

- sim. skilled;

a4
without qualification;

- used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers;

- "an arrant fool";

- "a complete coward";

- "a consummate fool";

- "a double-dyed villain";

- "gross negligence";

- "a perfect idiot";

- "pure folly";

- "what a sodding mess";

- "stark staring mad";

- "a thorough nuisance";

- "a thoroughgoing villain";

- "utter nonsense";

- "the unadulterated truth";

- syn. arrant, consummate, double-dyed, everlasting, gross, perfect, pure, sodding, staring, stark, thorough, thoroughgoing, unadulterated, utter;

- sim. unmitigated;

a5
having come or been brought to a conclusion;

- "the harvesting was complete";

- "the affair is over, ended, finished";

- "the abruptly terminated interview";

- syn. all over, concluded, ended, over, terminated;

- sim. finished;

complete blood count
n1
counting the number of white and red blood cells and the number of platelets in 1 cubic millimeter of blood;

- syn. CBC, blood profile;

complete fracture
n1
break involving the entire width of the bone;

completed / k ə m p ɫ i t ɪ d /
a1
successfully completed or brought to an end;

- "his mission accomplished he took a vacation";

- "the completed project";

- "the joy of a realized ambition overcame him";

- syn. accomplished, realised, realized;

- sim. complete;

a2
(of a marriage) completed by the first act of sexual intercourse after the ceremony;

- sim. consummated;

a3
caught;

- "a completed forward pass";

- sim. complete;

completely / k ə m p ɫ i t ɫ i /
r1
to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent (`whole' is often used informally for `wholly');

- "he was wholly convinced";

- "entirely satisfied with the meal";

- "it was completely different from what we expected";

- "was completely at fault";

- "a totally new situation";

- "the directions were all wrong";

- "it was not altogether her fault";

- "an altogether new approach";

- "a whole new idea";

- "she felt right at home";

- "he fell right into the trap";

- syn. all, altogether, entirely, right, totally, whole, wholly;

r2
so as to be complete;

- with everything necessary;

- "he had filled out the form completely";

- "the apartment was completely furnished";

completeness / k ə m p ɫ i t n ə s /
n1
the state of being complete and entire;

- having everything that is needed;

n2
(logic) an attribute of a logical system that is so constituted that a contradiction arises if any proposition is introduced that cannot be derived from the axioms of the system;

completing / k ə m p ɫ i t ɪ ŋ /
a1
acting as or providing a complement (something that completes the whole);

- syn. complemental, complementary;

- sim. additive;

completion / k ə m p ɫ i ʃ n /
n1
(American football) a successful forward pass in football;

- syn. pass completion;

n2
a concluding action;

- syn. closing, culmination, mop up, windup;

complex / k ɒ m p ɫ ɛ k s /
n1
a conceptual whole made up of complicated and related parts;

- "the complex of shopping malls, houses, and roads created a new town";

- syn. composite;

n2
a compound described in terms of the central atom to which other atoms are bound or coordinated;

- syn. coordination compound;

n3
(psychoanalysis) a combination of emotions and impulses that have been rejected from awareness but still influence a person's behavior;

n4
a whole structure (as a building) made up of interconnected or related structures;

- syn. building complex;

a1
complicated in structure;

- consisting of interconnected parts;

- "a complex set of variations based on a simple folk melody";

- "a complex mass of diverse laws and customs";

- also compound, difficult, hard;

- sim. Byzantine, Gordian, analyzable, colonial, complicated, composite, compound, daedal, interlacing, intricate, labyrinthine, multifactorial, multiplex, thickening;

a2
difficult to analyze or understand;

- "a complicated problem";

- "complicated Middle East politics";

- "he's more complex than he seems on the surface";

- syn. complicated;

- sim. complex;

complex absence
n1
an absence seizure accompanied by other abnormalities (atonia or automatisms or vasomotor changes);

complex body part
n1
a particular complex anatomical part of a living thing and its construction and arrangement;

- "he has good bone structure";

- syn. anatomical structure, bodily structure, body structure, structure;

complex conjugate
n1
either of two complex numbers whose real parts are identical and whose imaginary parts differ only in sign;

complex fraction
n1
a fraction with fractions in the numerator or denominator;

- syn. compound fraction;

complex instruction set computer
n1
(computer science) a kind of computer architecture that has a large number of instructions hard coded into the CPU chip;

- syn. CISC, complex instruction set computing;

complex instruction set computing
n1
(computer science) a kind of computer architecture that has a large number of instructions hard coded into the CPU chip;

- syn. CISC, complex instruction set computer;

complex number
n1
(mathematics) a number of the form a+bi where a and b are real numbers and i is the square root of -1;

- syn. complex quantity, imaginary, imaginary number;

complex plane
n1
a geometric representation of the complex numbers established by the real axis and the orthogonal imaginary axis;

- it can be thought of as a modified Cartesian plane, with the real part of a complex number represented by a displacement along the x-axis, and the imaginary part by a displacement along the y-axis;

complex quantity
n1
(mathematics) a number of the form a+bi where a and b are real numbers and i is the square root of -1;

- syn. complex number, imaginary, imaginary number;

complex sentence
n1
a sentence composed of at least one main clause and one subordinate clause;

complexifier
n1
someone makes things complex;

complexify
v1
have or develop complicating consequences;

- "These actions will ramify";

- syn. ramify;

v2
make complex;

- "he unnecessarily complexified every problem";

complexion / k ə m p ɫ ɛ k ʃ n /
n1
the coloring of a person's face;

- syn. skin color, skin colour;

n2
a combination that results from coupling or interlinking;

- "diphthongs are complexions of vowels";

n3
a point of view or general attitude or inclination;

- "he altered the complexion of his times";

- "a liberal political complexion";

n4
texture and appearance of the skin of the face;

n5
(obsolete) a combination of elements (of dryness and warmth or of the four humors) that was once believed to determine a person's health and temperament;

v1
give a certain color to;

- "The setting sun complexioned the hills";

complexity / k ə m p ɫ ɛ k s ɪ t i /
n1
the quality of being intricate and compounded;

- "he enjoyed the complexity of modern computers";

- syn. complexness;

complexly
r1
in a complex manner;

complexness / k ɒ m p ɫ ɛ k s n ɛ s /
n1
the quality of being intricate and compounded;

- "he enjoyed the complexity of modern computers";

- syn. complexity;

compliance / k ə m p ɫ aɪ ə n s /
n1
acting according to certain accepted standards;

- "their financial statements are in conformity with generally accepted accounting practices";

- syn. abidance, conformation, conformity;

n2
a disposition or tendency to yield to the will of others;

- syn. complaisance, compliancy, deference, obligingness;

n3
the act of submitting;

- usually surrendering power to another;

- syn. submission;

compliancy / k ə m p ɫ aɪ ə n s i /
n1
a disposition or tendency to yield to the will of others;

- syn. complaisance, compliance, deference, obligingness;

compliant / k ə m p ɫ aɪ ə n t /
a1
inclined to comply;

- "children compliant with the parental will";

- also manageable, manipulable, obedient, tractable, willing;

- sim. amenable, lamblike, nonresistant;

complicate / k ɒ m p ɫ ɪ k eɪ t /
v1
make more complicated;

- "There was a new development that complicated the matter";

- syn. perplex;

v2
make more complex, intricate, or richer;

- "refine a design or pattern";

- syn. elaborate, rarify, refine;

complicated / k ɒ m p ɫ ɪ k eɪ t ɪ d /
a1
difficult to analyze or understand;

- "a complicated problem";

- "complicated Middle East politics";

- "he's more complex than he seems on the surface";

- syn. complex;

- sim. complex;

complicatedness / k ɒ m p ɫ ɪ k eɪ t ɪ d n ə s /
n1
puzzling complexity;

- syn. complication, knottiness, tortuousness;

complication / k ɒ m p ɫ ɪ k eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the act or process of complicating;

n2
a situation or condition that is complex or confused;

- "her coming was a serious complication";

n3
any disease or disorder that occurs during the course of (or because of) another disease;

- "bed sores are a common complication in cases of paralysis";

n4
a development that complicates a situation;

- "the court's decision had many unforeseen ramifications";

- syn. ramification;

n5
puzzling complexity;

- syn. complicatedness, knottiness, tortuousness;

complicity / k ə m p ɫ ɪ s ɪ t i /
n1
guilt as an accomplice in a crime or offense;

compliment / k ɒ m p ɫ ɪ m ə n t , k ɒ m p ɫ ɪ m ɛ n t /
n1
a remark (or act) expressing praise and admiration;

v1
say something to someone that expresses praise;

- "He complimented her on her last physics paper";

- syn. congratulate;

v2
express respect or esteem for;

complimentary / k ɒ m p ɫ ɪ m ɛ n t ə ɹ i , k ɒ m p ɫ ɪ m ɛ n t ɹ i /
a1
conveying or resembling a compliment;

- "a complimentary remark";

- also favorable, favourable;

- sim. encomiastic, laudatory;

a2
costing nothing;

- "complimentary tickets";

- "free admission";

- syn. costless, free, gratis, gratuitous;

- sim. unpaid;

compliments / k ɒ m p ɫ ɪ m ə n t s , k ɒ m p ɫ ɪ m ɛ n t s /
n1
(usually plural) a polite expression of desire for someone's welfare;

- "give him my kind regards";

- "my best wishes";

- syn. regard, wish;

complin / k ɒ m p ɫ ɪ n /
n1
last of the seven canonical hours just before retiring;

- syn. compline;

compline / k ɒ m p ɫ ɪ n /
n1
last of the seven canonical hours just before retiring;

- syn. complin;

complot
v1
engage in plotting or enter into a conspiracy, swear together;

- "They conspired to overthrow the government";

- syn. cabal, conjure, conspire, machinate;

comply / k ə m p ɫ aɪ /
v1
act in accordance with someone's rules, commands, or wishes;

- "He complied with my instructions";

- "You must comply or else!";

- "Follow these simple rules";

- "abide by the rules";

- syn. abide by, follow;

component / k ə m p oʊ n ə n t /
n1
an abstract part of something;

- "jealousy was a component of his character";

- "two constituents of a musical composition are melody and harmony";

- "the grammatical elements of a sentence";

- "a key factor in her success";

- "humor: an effective ingredient of a speech";

- syn. constituent, element, factor, ingredient;

n2
something determined in relation to something that includes it;

- "he wanted to feel a part of something bigger than himself";

- "I read a portion of the manuscript";

- "the smaller component is hard to reach";

- "the animal constituent of plankton";

- syn. component part, constituent, part, portion;

n3
an artifact that is one of the individual parts of which a composite entity is made up;

- especially a part that can be separated from or attached to a system;

- "spare components for cars";

- "a component or constituent element of a system";

- syn. constituent, element;

component part
n1
something determined in relation to something that includes it;

- "he wanted to feel a part of something bigger than himself";

- "I read a portion of the manuscript";

- "the smaller component is hard to reach";

- "the animal constituent of plankton";

- syn. component, constituent, part, portion;

comport / k ə m p ɔ t /
v1
behave well or properly;

- "The children must learn to behave";

- syn. behave;

v2
behave in a certain manner;

- "She carried herself well";

- "he bore himself with dignity";

- "They conducted themselves well during these difficult times";

- syn. acquit, bear, behave, carry, conduct, deport;

comportment / k ə m p ɔ t m ə n t /
n1
dignified manner or conduct;

- syn. bearing, mien, presence;

compos mentis / k ɒ m p ə s m ɛ n t ɪ s /
a1
of sound mind, memory, and understanding;

- in law, competent to go to trial;

- syn. of sound mind;

- sim. sane;

compose / k ə m p oʊ z , k ə m p oʊ ʒ /
v1
form the substance of;

- "Greed and ambition composed his personality";

v2
write music;

- "Beethoven composed nine symphonies";

- syn. write;

v3
produce a literary work;

- "She composed a poem";

- "He wrote four novels";

- syn. indite, pen, write;

v4
put together out of existing material;

- "compile a list";

- syn. compile;

v5
calm (someone, especially oneself);

- make quiet;

- "She had to compose herself before she could reply to this terrible insult";

v6
make up plans or basic details for;

- "frame a policy";

- syn. draw up, frame;

composed / k ə m p oʊ z d , k ə m p oʊ ʒ d /
a1
serenely self-possessed and free from agitation especially in times of stress;

- "the performer seemed completely composed as she stepped onto the stage";

- "I felt calm and more composed than I had in a long time";

- also dignified, unagitated;

- sim. calm, collected, cool, imperturbable, unflurried;

composedly / k ə m p oʊ z ɪ d ɫ i /
r1
in a self-collected or self-possessed manner;

- "he announced the death of his father collectedly";

- syn. collectedly;

composer / k ə m p oʊ z ə , k ə m p oʊ z ə ɹ /
n1
someone who composes music as a profession;

composing / k ə m p oʊ z ɪ ŋ , k ə m p oʊ ʒ ɪ ŋ /
n1
the spatial property resulting from the arrangement of parts in relation to each other and to the whole;

- "harmonious composition is essential in a serious work of art";

- syn. composition;

n2
musical creation;

- syn. composition;

Compositae
n1
plants with heads composed of many florets: aster;

- daisy;

- dandelion;

- goldenrod;

- marigold;

- lettuces;

- ragweed;

- sunflower;

- thistle;

- zinnia;

- syn. Asteraceae, aster family, family Asteraceae, family Compositae;

composite / k ɒ m p ə z ɪ t /
n1
a conceptual whole made up of complicated and related parts;

- "the complex of shopping malls, houses, and roads created a new town";

- syn. complex;

n2
considered the most highly evolved dicotyledonous plants, characterized by florets arranged in dense heads that resemble single flowers;

- syn. composite plant;

a1
consisting of separate interconnected parts;

- sim. complex;

a2
of or relating to or belonging to the plant family Compositae;

composite material
n1
strong lightweight material developed in the laboratory;

- fibers of more than one kind are bonded together chemically;

composite number
n1
an integer that is divisible without remainder by at least one positive integer other than itself and one;

Composite order
n1
a Roman order that combines the Corinthian acanthus leaves with the spiral scrolls of the Ionic order;

composite plant
n1
considered the most highly evolved dicotyledonous plants, characterized by florets arranged in dense heads that resemble single flowers;

- syn. composite;

composite school
n1
a large British or Canadian secondary school for children of all abilities;

- syn. comprehensive school;

compositeness / k ɒ m p ə z ɪ t n ə s /
n1
the property of being a composite number;

composition / k ɒ m p ə z ɪ ʃ n /
n1
the spatial property resulting from the arrangement of parts in relation to each other and to the whole;

- "harmonious composition is essential in a serious work of art";

- syn. composing;

n2
the way in which someone or something is composed;

- syn. constitution, make-up, makeup, physical composition;

n3
a mixture of ingredients;

n4
a musical work that has been created;

- "the composition is written in four movements";

- syn. musical composition, opus, piece, piece of music;

n5
musical creation;

- syn. composing;

n6
the act of creating written works;

- "writing was a form of therapy for him";

- "it was a matter of disputed authorship";

- syn. authorship, penning, writing;

n7
art and technique of printing with movable type;

- syn. typography;

n8
an essay (especially one written as an assignment);

- "he got an A on his composition";

- syn. paper, report, theme;

n9
something that is created by arranging several things to form a unified whole;

- "he envied the composition of their faculty";

composition board
n1
a stiff moderately thick paper;

- syn. cardboard;

compositional / k ɒ m p ə z ɪ ʃ ə n ə ɫ /
a1
arranging or grouping;

- sim. integrative;

compositor / k ə m p ɒ z ɪ t ə , k ə m p ɒ z ɪ t ə ɹ /
n1
one who sets written material into type;

- syn. setter, typesetter, typographer;

compositor's case
n1
(printing) the receptacle in which a compositor has his type, which is divided into compartments for the different letters, spaces, or numbers;

- "for English, a compositor will ordinarily have two such cases, the upper case containing the capitals and the lower case containing the small letters";

- syn. case, typesetter's case;

compost / k ɒ m p ɒ s t /
n1
a mixture of decaying vegetation and manure;

- used as a fertilizer;

v1
convert to compost;

- "compost organic debris";

compost heap
n1
a heap of manure and vegetation and other organic residues that are decaying to become compost;

- syn. compost pile;

compost pile
n1
a heap of manure and vegetation and other organic residues that are decaying to become compost;

- syn. compost heap;

composure / k ə m p oʊ ʒ ə , k ə m p oʊ ʒ ə ɹ /
n1
steadiness of mind under stress;

- "he accepted their problems with composure and she with equanimity";

- syn. calm, calmness, equanimity;

compote / k ɒ m p ɒ t /
n1
dessert of stewed or baked fruit;

- syn. fruit compote;

compound / k ə m p aʊ n d , k ɒ m p aʊ n d /
n1
a whole formed by a union of two or more elements or parts;

n2
(chemistry) a substance formed by chemical union of two or more elements or ingredients in definite proportion by weight;

- syn. chemical compound;

n3
an enclosure of residences and other building (especially in the Orient);

v1
make more intense, stronger, or more marked;

- "The efforts were intensified";

- "Her rudeness intensified his dislike for her";

- "Pot smokers claim it heightens their awareness";

- "This event only deepened my convictions";

- syn. deepen, heighten, intensify;

v2
put or add together;

- "combine resources";

- syn. combine;

v3
calculate principal and interest;

v4
create by mixing or combining;

v5
combine so as to form a whole;

- mix;

- "compound the ingredients";

- syn. combine;

a1
composed of more than one part;

- "compound leaves are composed of several lobes";

- "compound flower heads";

- also complex, rough, smooth;

- sim. bilobate, binate, bipartite, bipinnate, bipinnatifid, cleft, conjugate, decompound, even-pinnate, incised, lobed, odd-pinnate, palmate, palmatifid, parted, pedate, pinnate, pinnatifid, pinnatisect, quinquefoliate, radiate, ternate, trifoliate, trilobate, tripinnate, tripinnatifid;

a2
consisting of two or more substances or ingredients or elements or parts;

- "soap is a compound substance";

- "housetop is a compound word";

- "a blackberry is a compound fruit";

- sim. complex;

a3
composed of many distinct individuals united to form a whole or colony;

- "coral is a colonial organism";

- syn. colonial;

- sim. complex;

compound eye
n1
in insects and some crustaceans: composed of many light-sensitive elements each forming a portion of an image;

compound fraction
n1
a fraction with fractions in the numerator or denominator;

- syn. complex fraction;

compound fracture
n1
bone fracture associated with lacerated soft tissue or an open wound;

- syn. open fracture;

compound interest
n1
interest calculated on both the principal and the accrued interest;

compound leaf
n1
a leaf composed of a number of leaflets on a common stalk;

compound lens
n1
a lens system consisting of two or more lenses on the same axis;

compound lever
n1
a pair of levers hinged at the fulcrum;

compound microscope
n1
light microscope that has two converging lens systems: the objective and the eyepiece;

compound morphology
n1
the part of grammar that deals with combinations of simple words into compound words;

compound number
n1
a quantity expressed in two different units;

- "one hour and ten minutes";

compound pendulum
n1
pendulum consisting of an actual object allowed to rotate freely around a horizontal axis;

- syn. physical pendulum;

compound pistil
n1
consists of two or more fused carpels;

compound protein
n1
a protein complex combining amino acids with other substances;

- syn. conjugated protein;

compound sentence
n1
a sentence composed of at least two coordinate independent clauses;

compounded / k ə m p aʊ n d ɪ d /
a1
combined into or constituting a chemical compound;

- sim. combined;

compounding / k ə m p aʊ n d ɪ ŋ /
n1
the act of combining things to form a new whole;

- syn. combination, combining;

comprehend / k ɒ m p ɹ ɪ h ɛ n d /
v1
get the meaning of something;

- "Do you comprehend the meaning of this letter?";

- syn. apprehend, compass, dig, get the picture, grasp, grok, savvy;

v2
to become aware of through the senses;

- "I could perceive the ship coming over the horizon";

- syn. perceive;

v3
include in scope;

- include as part of something broader;

- have as one's sphere or territory;

- "This group encompasses a wide range of people from different backgrounds";

- "this should cover everyone in the group";

- syn. cover, embrace, encompass;

comprehended / k ɒ m p ɹ ɪ h ɛ n d ɪ d /
a1
fully understood or grasped;

- "dangers not yet appreciated";

- "these apprehended truths";

- "a thing comprehended is a thing known as fully as it can be known";

- syn. appreciated, apprehended;

- sim. understood;

comprehendible / k ɒ m p ɹ ɪ h ɛ n d ə b ɫ /
a1
capable of being comprehended or understood;

- "an idea comprehensible to the average mind";

- syn. comprehensible;

- also clear, explicable, intelligible;

- sim. accessible, apprehensible, fathomable;

comprehensibility / k ɒ m p ɹ ɪ h ɛ n s ə b ɪ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
the quality of comprehensible language or thought;

- syn. understandability;

comprehensible / k ɒ m p ɹ ɪ h ɛ n s ə b ɫ /
a1
capable of being comprehended or understood;

- "an idea comprehensible to the average mind";

- syn. comprehendible;

- also clear, explicable, intelligible;

- sim. accessible, apprehensible, fathomable;

comprehension / k ɒ m p ɹ ɪ h ɛ n ʃ n /
n1
an ability to understand the meaning or importance of something (or the knowledge acquired as a result);

- "how you can do that is beyond my comprehension";

- "he was famous for his comprehension of American literature";

n2
the relation of comprising something;

- "he admired the inclusion of so many ideas in such a short work";

- syn. inclusion;

comprehensive / k ɒ m p ɹ ɪ h ɛ n s ɪ v /
n1
an intensive examination testing a student's proficiency in some special field of knowledge;

- "she took her comps in English literature";

- syn. comp, comprehensive examination;

a1
including all or everything;

- "comprehensive coverage";

- "a comprehensive history of the revolution";

- "a comprehensive survey";

- "a comprehensive education";

- also broad, complete, general, wide;

- sim. across-the-board, all-around, citywide, cosmopolitan, countrywide, countywide, door-to-door, encyclopedic, large, omnibus, plenary, schoolwide, spatiotemporal, statewide, super, umbrella;

a2
broad in scope;

- "a comprehensive survey of world affairs";

- sim. inclusive;

comprehensive examination
n1
an intensive examination testing a student's proficiency in some special field of knowledge;

- "she took her comps in English literature";

- syn. comp, comprehensive;

comprehensive school
n1
a large British or Canadian secondary school for children of all abilities;

- syn. composite school;

comprehensively / k ɒ m p ɹ ɪ h ɛ n s ɪ v ɫ i /
r1
in an all-inclusive manner;

comprehensiveness / k ɒ m p ɹ ɪ h ɛ n s ɪ v n ə s /
n1
completeness over a broad scope;

- syn. fullness;

n2
the capacity to understand a broad range of topics;

- "a teacher must have a breadth of knowledge of the subject";

- "a man distinguished by the largeness and scope of his views";

- syn. breadth, largeness;

compress / k ə m p ɹ ɛ s , k ɒ m p ɹ ɛ s /
n1
a cloth pad or dressing (with or without medication) applied firmly to some part of the body (to relieve discomfort or reduce fever);

v1
make more compact by or as if by pressing;

- "compress the data";

- syn. compact, pack together;

v2
squeeze or press together;

- "she compressed her lips";

- "the spasm contracted the muscle";

- syn. compact, constrict, contract, press, squeeze;

compressed / k ə m p ɹ ɛ s t /
a1
pressed tightly together;

- "with lips compressed";

- syn. tight;

- sim. closed;

a2
reduced in volume by pressure;

- "compressed air";

- sim. compressible;

a3
flattened laterally along the whole length (e.g., certain leafstalks or flatfishes);

- syn. flat;

- sim. thin;

compressed air
n1
air at a pressure greater than that of the atmosphere;

- "compressed air is often used to power machines";

compressed gas
n1
gas at a high pressure that can be used as a propellant;

compressibility / k ə m p ɹ ɛ s ɪ b ɪ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
the property of being able to occupy less space;

- syn. sponginess, squeezability;

compressible / k ə m p ɹ ɛ s ə b ɫ /
a1
capable of being compressed or made more compact;

- "compressible packing materials";

- "a compressible box";

- sim. compressed;

a2
capable of being easily compressed;

- syn. squeezable;

- sim. soft;

compressing / k ə m p ɹ ɛ s ɪ ŋ /
n1
applying pressure;

- syn. compression;

compression / k ə m p ɹ ɛ ʃ n /
n1
an increase in the density of something;

- syn. compaction, concretion, densification;

n2
the process or result of becoming smaller or pressed together;

- "the contraction of a gas on cooling";

- syn. condensation, contraction;

n3
encoding information while reducing the bandwidth or bits required;

n4
applying pressure;

- syn. compressing;

compression bandage
n1
bandage that stops the flow of blood from an artery by applying pressure;

- syn. tourniquet;

compression fracture
n1
fracture in which the bone collapses (especially in short bones such as vertebrae);

compressor / k ə m p ɹ ɛ s ə , k ə m p ɹ ɛ s ə ɹ /
n1
a mechanical device that compresses gasses;

comprise / k ə m p ɹ aɪ z /
v1
be composed of;

- "The land he conquered comprised several provinces";

- "What does this dish consist of?";

- syn. consist;

v2
include or contain;

- have as a component;

- "A totally new idea is comprised in this paper";

- "The record contains many old songs from the 1930's";

- syn. contain, incorporate;

v3
form or compose;

- "This money is my only income";

- "The stone wall was the backdrop for the performance";

- "These constitute my entire belonging";

- "The children made up the chorus";

- "This sum represents my entire income for a year";

- "These few men comprise his entire army";

- syn. be, constitute, make up, represent;

compromise / k ɒ m p ɹ ə m aɪ z /
n1
a middle way between two extremes;

- syn. via media;

n2
an accommodation in which both sides make concessions;

- "the newly elected congressmen rejected a compromise because they considered it `business as usual'";

v1
make a compromise;

- arrive at a compromise;

- "nobody will get everything he wants;

- we all must compromise";

v2
settle by concession;

v3
expose or make liable to danger, suspicion, or disrepute;

- "The nuclear secrets of the state were compromised by the spy";

compromise verdict
n1
a verdict resulting from improper compromises between jurors on material issues;

compromiser / k ɒ m p ɹ ə m aɪ z ə /
n1
a negotiator willing to compromise;

- "Henry Clay was known as the Great Compromiser";

compromising / k ɒ m p ɹ ə m aɪ z ɪ ŋ /
a1
making or willing to make concessions;

- "loneliness tore through him...whenever he thought of...even the compromising Louis du Tillet";

- syn. conciliatory, flexible;

- sim. yielding;

a2
vulnerable to danger especially of discredit or suspicion;

- "she found herself in a compromising situation";

- sim. vulnerable;

compsognathus
n1
very small bipedal carnivorous dinosaur of the late Jurassic in Bavaria;

Compton / k ɒ m p t ʌ n /
n1
United States physicist noted for research on x-rays and gamma rays and nuclear energy;

- his observation that X-rays behave like miniature bowling balls in their interactions with electrons provided evidence for the quantal nature of light (1892-1962);

- syn. Arthur Compton, Arthur Holly Compton;

Comptonia
n1
one species: sweet fern;

- syn. genus Comptonia;

Comptonia asplenifolia
n1
deciduous shrub of eastern North America with sweet scented fernlike leaves and tiny white flowers;

- syn. Comptonia peregrina, sweet fern;

Comptonia peregrina
n1
deciduous shrub of eastern North America with sweet scented fernlike leaves and tiny white flowers;

- syn. Comptonia asplenifolia, sweet fern;

comptroller / k ə n t ɹ oʊ ɫ ə , k ə n t ɹ oʊ ɫ ə ɹ /
n1
someone who maintains and audits business accounts;

- syn. accountant, controller;

Comptroller General
n1
a United States federal official who supervises expenditures and settles claims against the government;

Comptroller of the Currency
n1
a United States federal official who regulates the national banks;

n2
the agency of the Treasury Department responsible for controlling the currency;

comptrollership
n1
the position of comptroller;

compulsion / k ə m p ʌ ɫ ʃ n /
n1
an urge to do or say something that might be better left undone or unsaid;

- "he felt a compulsion to babble on about the accident";

- syn. irresistible impulse;

n2
an irrational motive for performing trivial or repetitive actions, even against your will;

- "her compulsion to wash her hands repeatedly";

- syn. obsession;

n3
using force to cause something to occur;

- "though pressed into rugby under compulsion I began to enjoy the game";

- "they didn't have to use coercion";

- syn. coercion;

compulsive / k ə m p ʌ ɫ s ɪ v /
n1
a person with a compulsive disposition;

- someone who feels compelled to do certain things;

a1
caused by or suggestive of psychological compulsion;

- "compulsive drinking";

- sim. neurotic;

a2
strongly motivated to succeed;

- syn. determined, driven;

- sim. ambitious;

compulsively / k ə m p ʌ ɫ s ɪ v ɫ i /
r1
in a compulsive manner;

- "he cleaned his shoes compulsively after every walk";

- syn. obsessionally, obsessively;

compulsiveness / k ə m p ʌ ɫ s ɪ v n ə s /
n1
the trait of acting compulsively;

- syn. compulsivity;

compulsivity / k ə m p ʌ ɫ s ɪ v ɪ t i /
n1
the trait of acting compulsively;

- syn. compulsiveness;

compulsorily / k ə m p ʌ ɫ s ə ɹ ə ɫ i /
r1
in a manner that cannot be evaded;

- "the ministry considers that contributions to such a fund should be met from voluntary donations rather than from rates compulsorily levied.";

- syn. mandatorily, obligatorily;

compulsory / k ə m p ʌ ɫ s ə ɹ i /
a1
required by rule;

- "in most schools physical education is compulsory";

- "attendance is mandatory";

- "required reading";

- syn. mandatory, required;

- sim. obligatory;

compulsory process
n1
the right of a defendant to have a court use its subpoena power to compel the appearance of material witnesses before the court;

compunction / k ə m p ʌ ŋ k ʃ n , k ɒ m p j ʊ t eɪ ʃ n /
n1
a feeling of deep regret (usually for some misdeed);

- syn. remorse, self-reproach;

computable / k ə m p j u t ə b ɫ /
a1
may be computed or estimated;

- "a calculable risk";

- "computable odds";

- "estimable assets";

- syn. estimable;

- sim. calculable;

computation / k ɒ m p j ʊ t eɪ ʃ n , k ɒ m p j u t eɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
the procedure of calculating;

- determining something by mathematical or logical methods;

- syn. calculation, computing;

n2
problem solving that involves numbers or quantities;

- syn. calculation, figuring, reckoning;

computational / k ɒ m p j ʊ t eɪ ʃ ə n ɫ /
a1
of or involving computation or computers;

- "computational linguistics";

computational linguist
n1
someone trained in computer science and linguistics who uses computers for natural language processing;

computational linguistics
n1
the use of computers for linguistic research and applications;

computationally / k ɒ m p j ʊ t eɪ ʃ n ə ɫ i /
r1
with regard to computation;

- "computationally, this is a tricky problem";

compute / k ə m p j u t /
v1
make a mathematical calculation or computation;

- syn. calculate, cipher, cypher, figure, reckon, work out;

computed axial tomography
n1
a method of examining body organs by scanning them with X rays and using a computer to construct a series of cross-sectional scans along a single axis;

- syn. CAT, CT, computed tomography, computerized axial tomography, computerized tomography;

computed tomography
n1
a method of examining body organs by scanning them with X rays and using a computer to construct a series of cross-sectional scans along a single axis;

- syn. CAT, CT, computed axial tomography, computerized axial tomography, computerized tomography;

computer / k ə m p j u t ə , k ə m p j u t ə ɹ /
n1
a machine for performing calculations automatically;

- syn. computing device, computing machine, data processor, electronic computer, information processing system;

n2
an expert at calculation (or at operating calculating machines);

- syn. calculator, estimator, figurer, reckoner;

computer-aided design
n1
software used in art and architecture and engineering and manufacturing to assist in precision drawing;

- syn. CAD;

computer-oriented language
n1
a programming language designed for use on a specific class of computers;

- syn. computer language, machine-oriented language, machine language;

computer accessory
n1
an accessory for a computer;

- "when you add in all the computer accessories you are going to need the computer gets pretty expensive";

computer address
n1
(computer science) the code that identifies where a piece of information is stored;

- syn. address, reference;

computer architecture
n1
the art of assembling logical elements into a computing device;

- the specification of the relation between parts of a computer system;

n2
(computer science) the structure and organization of a computer's hardware or system software;

- "the architecture of a computer's system software";

- syn. architecture;

computer backup
n1
(computer science) a copy of a file or directory on a separate storage device;

- "he made a backup in case the original was accidentally damaged or erased";

- syn. backup;

computer business
n1
a business that manufactures and sells computers;

computer circuit
n1
a circuit that is part of a computer;

computer code
n1
(computer science) the symbolic arrangement of data or instructions in a computer program or the set of such instructions;

- syn. code;

computer database
n1
(computer science) a database that can be accessed by computers;

- syn. electronic database, electronic information service, on-line database;

computer dealer
n1
a firm that sells and buys computers;

computer display
n1
a screen used to display the output of a computer to the user;

- syn. computer screen;

computer error
n1
(computer science) the occurrence of an incorrect result produced by a computer;

- syn. error;

computer expert
n1
an authority on computers and computing;

- syn. computer guru;

computer file
n1
(computer science) a file maintained in computer-readable form;

computer file name
n1
(computer science) the name given to a computer file in order to distinguish it from other files;

- may contain an extension that indicates the type of file;

- syn. computer filename, file name, filename;

computer filename
n1
(computer science) the name given to a computer file in order to distinguish it from other files;

- may contain an extension that indicates the type of file;

- syn. computer file name, file name, filename;

computer game
n1
a game played against a computer;

- syn. video game;

computer graphic
n1
an image that is generated by a computer;

- syn. graphic;

computer graphics
n1
the pictorial representation and manipulation of data by a computer;

computer guru
n1
an authority on computers and computing;

- syn. computer expert;

computer hardware
n1
(computer science) the mechanical, magnetic, electronic, and electrical components making up a computer system;

- syn. hardware;

computer industry
n1
the manufacturers of computers considered collectively;

computer keyboard
n1
a keyboard that is a data input device for computers;

- arrangement of keys is modelled after the typewriter keyboard;

- syn. keypad;

computer language
n1
a programming language designed for use on a specific class of computers;

- syn. computer-oriented language, machine-oriented language, machine language;

computer memory
n1
an electronic memory device;

- "a memory and the CPU form the central part of a computer to which peripherals are attached";

- syn. computer storage, memory, memory board, storage, store;

computer memory unit
n1
a unit for measuring computer memory;

computer menu
n1
(computer science) a list of options available to a computer user;

- syn. menu;

computer monitor
n1
a device that displays signals on a computer screen;

computer mouse
n1
a hand-operated electronic device that controls the coordinates of a cursor on your computer screen as you move it around on a pad;

- on the bottom of the device is a ball that rolls on the surface of the pad;

- "a mouse takes much more room than a trackball";

- syn. mouse;

computer network
n1
(computer science) a network of computers;

computer operation
n1
an elementary operation that a computer is designed and built to perform;

- syn. machine operation;

computer paper
n1
paper folded to permit continuous printing controlled by a computer;

computer peripheral
n1
electronic equipment external to the circuit board that contains the CPU of a computer;

- "disk drives and printers are important peripherals";

- syn. peripheral, peripheral device;

computer program
n1
(computer science) a sequence of instructions that a computer can interpret and execute;

- "the program required several hundred lines of code";

- syn. computer programme, program, programme;

computer programing
n1
creating a sequence of instructions to enable the computer to do something;

- syn. computer programming, programing, programming;

computer programme
n1
(computer science) a sequence of instructions that a computer can interpret and execute;

- "the program required several hundred lines of code";

- syn. computer program, program, programme;

computer programmer
n1
a person who designs and writes and tests computer programs;

- syn. coder, programmer, software engineer;

computer programming
n1
creating a sequence of instructions to enable the computer to do something;

- syn. computer programing, programing, programming;

computer readable
a1
suitable for feeding directly into a computer;

- syn. machine readable;

computer science
n1
the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures;

- syn. computing;

computer scientist
n1
a scientist who specializes in the theory of computation and the design of computers;

computer screen
n1
a screen used to display the output of a computer to the user;

- syn. computer display;

computer simulation
n1
(computer science) the technique of representing the real world by a computer program;

- "a simulation should imitate the internal processes and not merely the results of the thing being simulated";

- syn. simulation;

computer software
n1
(computer science) written programs or procedures or rules and associated documentation pertaining to the operation of a computer system and that are stored in read/write memory;

- "the market for software is expected to expand";

- syn. package, software, software package, software program, software system;

computer storage
n1
an electronic memory device;

- "a memory and the CPU form the central part of a computer to which peripherals are attached";

- syn. computer memory, memory, memory board, storage, store;

computer store
n1
a store that sells computers to the small businessperson or personal user;

computer system
n1
a system of one or more computers and associated software with common storage;

- syn. ADPS, ADP system, automatic data processing system, computing system;

computer technology
n1
the activity of designing and constructing and programming computers;

computer user
n1
a person who uses computers for work or entertainment or communication or business;

computer virus
n1
a software program capable of reproducing itself and usually capable of causing great harm to files or other programs on the same computer;

- "a true virus cannot spread to another computer without human assistance";

- syn. virus;

computerise / k ə m p j u t ɹ aɪ z /
v1
provide with computers;

- "Our office is fully computerized now";

- syn. computerize;

v2
store in a computer;

- "computerized dictionary";

- syn. computerize;

v3
control a function, process, or creation by a computer;

- "They computerized the car industry";

- "we live in a cybernated age";

- "cybernate a factory";

- syn. computerize, cybernate;

computerization / k ə m p j u t ə ɹ aɪ z eɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
the control of processes by computer;

- syn. cybernation;

computerize / k ə m p j u t ə ɹ aɪ z /
v1
provide with computers;

- "Our office is fully computerized now";

- syn. computerise;

v2
store in a computer;

- "computerized dictionary";

- syn. computerise;

v3
control a function, process, or creation by a computer;

- "They computerized the car industry";

- "we live in a cybernated age";

- "cybernate a factory";

- syn. computerise, cybernate;

computerized axial tomography
n1
a method of examining body organs by scanning them with X rays and using a computer to construct a series of cross-sectional scans along a single axis;

- syn. CAT, CT, computed axial tomography, computed tomography, computerized tomography;

computerized axial tomography scanner
n1
a tomograph that constructs a 3-D model of an object by combining parallel planes;

- syn. CAT scanner;

computerized tomography
n1
a method of examining body organs by scanning them with X rays and using a computer to construct a series of cross-sectional scans along a single axis;

- syn. CAT, CT, computed axial tomography, computed tomography, computerized axial tomography;

computing / k ə m p j u t ɪ ŋ /
n1
the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures;

- syn. computer science;

n2
the procedure of calculating;

- determining something by mathematical or logical methods;

- syn. calculation, computation;

computing device
n1
a machine for performing calculations automatically;

- syn. computer, computing machine, data processor, electronic computer, information processing system;

computing machine
n1
a machine for performing calculations automatically;

- syn. computer, computing device, data processor, electronic computer, information processing system;

computing system
n1
a system of one or more computers and associated software with common storage;

- syn. ADPS, ADP system, automatic data processing system, computer system;

comrade / k ɒ m ɹ eɪ d /
n1
a friend who is frequently in the company of another;

- "drinking companions";

- "comrades in arms";

- syn. associate, companion, familiar, fellow;

n2
a fellow member of the Communist Party;

n3
used as a term of address for those male persons engaged in the same movement;

- "Greetings, comrade!";

- syn. brother;

comradeliness
n1
the quality of affording easy familiarity and sociability;

- syn. camaraderie, chumminess, comradery, comradeship;

comradely / k ɒ m ɹ eɪ d ɫ i /
a1
heartily friendly and congenial;

- syn. hail-fellow, hail-fellow-well-met;

- sim. friendly;

comradery
n1
the quality of affording easy familiarity and sociability;

- syn. camaraderie, chumminess, comradeliness, comradeship;

comradeship / k ɒ m ɹ eɪ d ʃ ɪ p /
n1
the quality of affording easy familiarity and sociability;

- syn. camaraderie, chumminess, comradeliness, comradery;

Comstock
n1
United States reformer who led moral crusades against art and literature that he considered obscene (1844-1915);

- syn. Anthony Comstock;

Comstock's mealybug
n1
Asiatic insect introduced accidentally into United States;

- pest on citrus and apple trees;

- syn. Comstock mealybug, Pseudococcus comstocki;

Comstock mealybug
n1
Asiatic insect introduced accidentally into United States;

- pest on citrus and apple trees;

- syn. Comstock's mealybug, Pseudococcus comstocki;

Comstockery
n1
censorship because of perceived obscenity or immorality;

Comte
n1
French philosopher remembered as the founder of positivism;

- he also established sociology as a systematic field of study;

- syn. Auguste Comte, Isidore Auguste Marie Francois Comte;

Comte de Mirabeau
n1
French revolutionary who was prominent in the early days of the French Revolution (1749-1791);

- syn. Honore-Gabriel Victor Riqueti, Mirabeau;

Comte de Rochambeau
n1
French general who commanded French troops in the American Revolution, notably at Yorktown (1725-1807);

- syn. Jean Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, Rochambeau;

comte de Saxe
n1
a French marshal who distinguished himself in the War of the Austrian Succession (1696-1750);

- syn. Hermann Maurice Saxe, Marshal Saxe, Saxe;

Comte Donatien Alphonse Francois de Sade
n1
French soldier and writer whose descriptions of sexual perversion gave rise to the term `sadism' (1740-1814);

- syn. Marquis de Sade, Sade, de Sade;

Comtesse Du Barry
n1
courtier and influential mistress of Louis XV who was guillotined during the French Revolution (1743-1793);

- syn. Du Barry, Marie Jeanne Becu;

Comtism
n1
Auguste Comte's positivistic philosophy that metaphysics and theology should be replaced by a hierarchy of sciences from mathematics at the base to sociology at the top;

con / k ɒ n /
n1
an argument opposed to a proposal;

n2
a person serving a sentence in a jail or prison;

- syn. convict, inmate, yard bird, yardbird;

n3
a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property;

- syn. bunco, bunco game, bunko, bunko game, con game, confidence game, confidence trick, flimflam, hustle, sting;

v1
deprive of by deceit;

- "He swindled me out of my inheritance";

- "She defrauded the customers who trusted her";

- syn. bunco, defraud, diddle, goldbrick, hornswoggle, mulct, nobble, rook, scam, short-change, swindle, victimize;

v2
commit to memory;

- learn by heart;

- "Have you memorized your lines for the play yet?";

- syn. learn, memorise, memorize;

r1
in opposition to a proposition, opinion, etc.;

- "much was written pro and con";

con artist
n1
a swindler who exploits the confidence of his victim;

- syn. con man, confidence man;

con brio
a1
with vigor;

- sim. spirited;

r1
(music) with vigor;

- "allegro con brio";

con game
n1
a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property;

- syn. bunco, bunco game, bunko, bunko game, con, confidence game, confidence trick, flimflam, hustle, sting;

con man
n1
a swindler who exploits the confidence of his victim;

- syn. con artist, confidence man;

conacaste
n1
tropical South American tree having a wide-spreading crown of bipinnate leaves and coiled ear-shaped fruits;

- grown for shade and ornament as well as valuable timber;

- syn. Enterolobium cyclocarpa, elephant's ear;

Conakry
n1
a port and the capital of Guinea;

- syn. Konakri, capital of Guinea;

Conan Doyle
n1
British author who created Sherlock Holmes (1859-1930);

- syn. A. Conan Doyle, Arthur Conan Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle;

concatenate / k ɒ n k æ t ɪ n eɪ t /
v1
combine two strings to form a single one;

v2
add by linking or joining so as to form a chain or series;

- "concatenate terms";

- "concatenate characters";

concatenation / k ɒ n k æ t ə n eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the state of being linked together as in a chain;

- union in a linked series;

n2
the linking together of a consecutive series of symbols or events or ideas etc;

- "it was caused by an improbable concatenation of circumstances";

n3
a series of things depending on each other as if linked together;

- "the chain of command";

- "a complicated concatenation of circumstances";

- syn. chain;

n4
the act of linking together as in a series or chain;

concave / k ɒ ŋ k eɪ v /
a1
curving inward;

- also intrusive;

- sim. acetabular, biconcave, boat-shaped, bowl-shaped, bursiform, concavo-convex, cuplike, cupular, dished, planoconcave, recessed, saucer-shaped, umbilicate, urn-shaped;

concave lens
n1
a lens such that a parallel beam of light passing through it is caused to diverge or spread out;

- syn. diverging lens;

concave polygon
n1
a polygon such that there is a straight line that cuts it in four or more points;

concave polyhedron
n1
a polyhedron some of whose plane sections are concave polygons;

concave shape
n1
a shape that curves or bends inward;

- syn. concavity, incurvation, incurvature;

concavely
r1
in a concave way;

- "shaped concavely";

concaveness / k ɒ ŋ k eɪ v n ɛ s /
n1
the property possessed by a concave shape;

- syn. concavity;

concavity / k ɒ n k æ v ɪ t i /
n1
a shape that curves or bends inward;

- syn. concave shape, incurvation, incurvature;

n2
the property possessed by a concave shape;

- syn. concaveness;

concavo-concave
a1
concave on both sides;

- syn. biconcave;

- sim. concave;

concavo-convex
a1
concave on one side and convex on the other with the concavity being greater than the convexity;

- sim. concave;

conceal / k ə n s i ɫ /
v1
prevent from being seen or discovered;

- "hide the money";

- syn. hide;

v2
hold back;

- keep from being perceived by others;

- "She conceals her anger well";

- syn. hold back, hold in;

concealed / k ə n s i ɫ d /
a1
not accessible to view;

- "concealed (or hidden) damage";

- "in stormy weather the stars are out of sight";

- syn. hidden, out of sight;

- sim. invisible;

a2
hidden on any grounds for any motive;

- "a concealed weapon";

- "a concealed compartment in his briefcase";

- also covert;

- sim. bushwhacking, dark, furtive, hidden, hidden, incognito, sealed, secret, shady, sneaking;

concealing / k ə n s i ɫ ɪ ŋ /
n1
the activity of keeping something secret;

- syn. concealment, hiding;

a1
covering or hiding;

- "the concealing darkness";

- "concealing curtains prevented discovery";

concealment / k ə n s i ɫ m ə n t /
n1
the condition of being concealed or hidden;

- syn. privacy, privateness, secrecy;

n2
a covering that serves to conceal or shelter something;

- "a screen of trees afforded privacy";

- "under cover of darkness";

- "the brush provided a covert for game";

- "the simplest concealment is to match perfectly the color of the background";

- syn. cover, covert, screen;

n3
the activity of keeping something secret;

- syn. concealing, hiding;

concede / k ə n s i d /
v1
admit (to a wrongdoing);

- "She confessed that she had taken the money";

- syn. confess, profess;

v2
be willing to concede;

- "I grant you this much";

- syn. grant, yield;

v3
give over;

- surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another;

- syn. cede, grant, yield;

v4
acknowledge defeat;

- "The candidate conceded after enough votes had come in to show that he would lose";

conceding / k ə n s i d ɪ ŋ /
n1
the act of conceding or yielding;

- syn. concession, yielding;

conceit / k ə n s i t /
n1
feelings of excessive pride;

- syn. amour propre, self-love, vanity;

n2
an elaborate poetic image or a far-fetched comparison of very dissimilar things;

n3
a witty or ingenious turn of phrase;

- "he could always come up with some inspired off-the-wall conceit";

n4
an artistic device or effect;

- "the architect's brilliant conceit was to build the house around the tree";

n5
the trait of being unduly vain and conceited;

- false pride;

- syn. conceitedness, vanity;

conceited / k ə n s i t ɪ d /
a1
characteristic of false pride;

- having an exaggerated sense of self-importance;

- "a conceited fool";

- "an attitude of self-conceited arrogance";

- "an egotistical disregard of others";

- "so swollen by victory that he was unfit for normal duty";

- "growing ever more swollen-headed and arbitrary";

- "vain about her clothes";

- syn. egotistic, egotistical, self-conceited, swollen, swollen-headed, vain;

- sim. proud;

conceitedly / k ə n s i t ɪ d ɫ i /
r1
with conceit;

- in a conceited manner;

- "he always acts so conceitedly!";

- syn. self-conceitedly;

conceitedness / k ə n s i t ɪ d n ə s /
n1
the trait of being unduly vain and conceited;

- false pride;

- syn. conceit, vanity;

conceivability / k ə n s i v ə b ɪ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
the state of being conceivable;

- syn. conceivableness;

conceivable / k ə n s i v ə b ɫ /
a1
capable of being imagined;

- "that is one possible answer";

- syn. imaginable;

- sim. thinkable;

conceivableness / k ə n s i v ə b ɫ n ə s /
n1
the state of being conceivable;

- syn. conceivability;

conceivably / k ə n s i v ə b ɫ i /
r1
within the realm of possibility;

- "the weather may conceivably change";

conceive / k ə n s i v /
v1
have the idea for;

- "He conceived of a robot that would help paralyzed patients";

- "This library was well conceived";

- syn. conceptualise, conceptualize, gestate;

v2
judge or regard;

- look upon;

- judge;

- "I think he is very smart";

- "I believe her to be very smart";

- "I think that he is her boyfriend";

- "The racist conceives such people to be inferior";

- syn. believe, consider, think;

v3
become pregnant;

- undergo conception;

- "She cannot conceive";

- "My daughter was conceived in Christmas Day";

conceive of
v1
form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case;

- "Can you conceive of him as the president?";

- syn. envisage, ideate, imagine;

conceiver / k ə n s i v ə , k ə n s i v ə ɹ /
n1
someone who creates new things;

- syn. mastermind, originator;

concenter / k ɒ n s ɛ n t ə /
v1
bring into focus or alignment;

- to converge or cause to converge;

- of ideas or emotions;

- syn. concentre, focalise, focalize, focus;

concentrate / k ɒ n s ə n t ɹ eɪ t /
n1
the desired mineral that is left after impurities have been removed from mined ore;

- syn. dressed ore;

n2
a concentrated form of a foodstuff;

- the bulk is reduced by removing water;

n3
a concentrated example of something;

- "the concentrate of contemporary despair";

v1
make denser, stronger, or purer;

- "concentrate juice";

v2
direct one's attention on something;

- "Please focus on your studies and not on your hobbies";

- syn. center, centre, focus, pore, rivet;

v3
make central;

- "The Russian government centralized the distribution of food";

- syn. centralise, centralize;

v4
make more concise;

- "condense the contents of a book into a summary";

- syn. condense, digest;

v5
draw together or meet in one common center;

- "These groups concentrate in the inner cities";

v6
compress or concentrate;

- "Congress condensed the three-year plan into a six-month plan";

- syn. condense, contract;

v7
be cooked until very little liquid is left;

- "The sauce should reduce to one cup";

- syn. boil down, decoct, reduce;

v8
cook until very little liquid is left;

- "The cook reduced the sauce by boiling it for a long time";

- syn. boil down, reduce;

concentrate on
v1
center upon;

- "Her entire attention centered on her children";

- "Our day revolved around our work";

- syn. center, center on, focus on, revolve about, revolve around;

concentrated / k ɒ n s ə n t ɹ eɪ t ɪ d /
a1
gathered together or made less diffuse;

- "their concentrated efforts";

- "his concentrated attention";

- "concentrated study";

- "a narrow thread of concentrated ore";

- also compact;

- sim. bunchy, cumulous, single, thick, thickset;

a2
of or relating to a solution whose dilution has been reduced;

- sim. undiluted;

a3
intensely focused;

- "her concentrated passion held them at bay";

- sim. intense;

a4
(of light) transmitted directly from a pointed light source;

- syn. hard;

a5
being the most concentrated solution possible at a given temperature;

- unable to dissolve still more of a substance;

- "a saturated solution";

- syn. saturated;

- sim. supersaturated;

concentrated fire
n1
fire from two or more weapons directed at a single target or area (as fire by batteries of two or more warships);

- syn. massed fire;

concentration / k ɒ n s ə n t ɹ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the strength of a solution;

- number of molecules of a substance in a given volume;

n2
the spatial property of being crowded together;

- syn. compactness, denseness, density, tightness;

n3
strengthening the concentration (as of a solute in a mixture) by removing diluting material;

n4
increase in density;

n5
complete attention;

- intense mental effort;

- syn. absorption, engrossment, immersion;

n6
bringing together military forces;

n7
great and constant diligence and attention;

- syn. assiduity, assiduousness;

concentration camp
n1
a penal camp where political prisoners or prisoners of war are confined (usually under harsh conditions);

- syn. stockade;

n2
a situation characterized by crowding and extremely harsh conditions;

concentration gradient
n1
a gradient in concentration of a solute as a function of distance through a solution;

- "the movement of a solute down its concentration gradient is called diffusion";

concentre / k ɒ n s ɛ n t ə /
v1
bring into focus or alignment;

- to converge or cause to converge;

- of ideas or emotions;

- syn. concenter, focalise, focalize, focus;

concentric / k ə n s ɛ n t ɹ ɪ k /
a1
having a common center;

- "concentric rings";

- syn. concentrical, homocentric;

- sim. coaxial;

concentrical
a1
having a common center;

- "concentric rings";

- syn. concentric, homocentric;

- sim. coaxial;

concentricity / k ə n s ɛ n t ɹ ɪ s ɪ t i /
n1
the quality of having the same center (as circles inside one another);

Concepcion
n1
an industrial city in Chile to the south of Santiago;

concept / k ɒ n s ɛ p t /
n1
an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances;

- syn. conception, construct;

concept album
n1
an album whose recordings are unified by some theme (instrumental or lyrical or narrative or compositional);

conception / k ə n s ɛ p ʃ n /
n1
an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances;

- syn. concept, construct;

n2
the act of becoming pregnant;

- fertilization of an ovum by a spermatozoon;

n3
the event that occurred at the beginning of something;

- "from its creation the plan was doomed to failure";

- syn. creation;

n4
the creation of something in the mind;

- syn. design, excogitation, innovation, invention;

conceptional / k ə n s ɛ p ʃ ə n ɫ /
a1
being of the nature of a notion or concept;

- "a plan abstract and conceptional";

- "to improve notional comprehension";

- "a notional response to the question";

- syn. ideational, notional;

- sim. abstract;

conceptive / k ə n s ɛ p t ɪ v /
a1
capable of conceiving;

- syn. impregnable;

- sim. fertile;

conceptual / k ə n s ɛ p t j ʊə ɫ /
a1
being or characterized by concepts or their formation;

- "conceptual discussions";

- "the schizophrenic loses ability to abstract or do conceptual thinking";

- "sex is a notional category, gender is a grammatical category";

- sim. abstract;

conceptual semantics
n1
the branch of semantics that studies the cognitive aspects of meaning;

- syn. cognitive semantics, semasiology;

conceptualisation / k ə n s ɛ p t j ʊə ɫ aɪ z eɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
an elaborated concept;

- syn. conceptuality, conceptualization;

n2
inventing or contriving an idea or explanation and formulating it mentally;

- syn. conceptualization, formulation;

conceptualise
v1
have the idea for;

- "He conceived of a robot that would help paralyzed patients";

- "This library was well conceived";

- syn. conceive, conceptualize, gestate;

conceptualism / k ə n s ɛ p t j ʊə ɫ ɪ z ə m /
n1
the doctrine that the application of a general term to various objects indicates the existence of a mental entity that mediates the application;

conceptualistic / k ə n s ɛ p t j ʊə ɫ ɪ s t ɪ k /
a1
involving or characteristic of conceptualism;

conceptuality
n1
an elaborated concept;

- syn. conceptualisation, conceptualization;

conceptualization / k ə n s ɛ p t j ʊə ɫ aɪ z eɪ ʃ n /
n1
inventing or contriving an idea or explanation and formulating it mentally;

- syn. conceptualisation, formulation;

n2
an elaborated concept;

- syn. conceptualisation, conceptuality;

conceptualize / k ə n s ɛ p t j ʊə ɫ aɪ z /
v1
have the idea for;

- "He conceived of a robot that would help paralyzed patients";

- "This library was well conceived";

- syn. conceive, conceptualise, gestate;

conceptually / k ə n s ɛ p t j ʊə ɫ i /
r1
in a conceptual manner;

- "he can no longer think conceptually";

- "conceptually, the idea is quite simple";

conceptus / k ɒ n s ɛ p t ə s /
n1
an animal organism in the early stages of growth and differentiation that in higher forms merge into fetal stages but in lower forms terminate in commencement of larval life;

- syn. embryo, fertilized egg;

concern / k ə n s ɝ n /
n1
something that interests you because it is important or affects you;

- "the safety of the ship is the captain's concern";

n2
an anxious feeling;

- "care had aged him";

- "they hushed it up out of fear of public reaction";

- syn. care, fear;

n3
a feeling of sympathy for someone or something;

- "She felt strong concern for those less fortunate";

n4
something or someone that causes anxiety;

- a source of unhappiness;

- "New York traffic is a constant concern";

- "it's a major worry";

- syn. headache, vexation, worry;

n5
a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it;

- "he bought his brother's business";

- "a small mom-and-pop business";

- "a racially integrated business concern";

- syn. business, business concern, business organisation, business organization;

v1
be relevant to;

- "There were lots of questions referring to her talk";

- "My remark pertained to your earlier comments";

- syn. bear on, come to, have to do with, pertain, refer, relate, touch, touch on;

v2
be on the mind of;

- "I worry about the second Germanic consonant shift";

- syn. interest, occupy, worry;

concerned / k ə n s ɝ n d /
a1
feeling or showing worry or solicitude;

- "concerned parents of youthful offenders";

- "was concerned about the future";

- "we feel concerned about accomplishing the task at hand";

- "greatly concerned not to disappoint a small child";

- also attentive, troubled;

- sim. afraid, afraid, haunted, solicitous;

a2
involved in or affected by or having a claim to or share in;

- "a memorandum to those concerned";

- "an enterprise in which three men are concerned";

- "factors concerned in the rise and fall of epidemics";

- "the interested parties met to discuss the business";

- syn. interested;

- sim. involved;

a3
culpably involved;

- "all those concerned in the bribery case have been identified";

- "named three officials implicated in the plot";

- "an innocent person implicated by circumstances in a crime";

- syn. implicated;

- sim. involved;

concernedly / k ə n s ɝ n ɪ d ɫ i /
r1
in a manner showing concern;

- "`Are you all right,' he asked concernedly";

concert / k ə n s ɝ t , k ɒ n s ə t /
n1
a performance of music by players or singers not involving theatrical staging;

v1
contrive (a plan) by mutual agreement;

v2
settle by agreement;

- "concert one's differences";

concert-goer
n1
someone who attends concerts;

- syn. music lover;

concert band
n1
a group of musicians playing brass and woodwind and percussion instruments;

- syn. military band;

concert dance
n1
a theatrical representation of a story that is performed to music by trained dancers;

- syn. ballet;

concert grand
n1
a grand piano suitable for concert performances;

- syn. concert piano;

concert hall
n1
a hall where concerts are given;

concert piano
n1
a grand piano suitable for concert performances;

- syn. concert grand;

concert pitch
n1
the pitch used to tune instruments for concert performances;

- usually assigns 440 Hz to the A above middle C;

- syn. international pitch, philharmonic pitch;

concerted / k ə n s ɝ t ɪ d /
a1
involving the joint activity of two or more;

- "concerted action";

- "the conjunct influence of fire and strong wind";

- "the conjunctive focus of political opposition";

- "a cooperative effort";

- "a united effort";

- "joint military activities";

- syn. conjunct, conjunctive, cooperative;

- sim. joint;

concerted music
n1
music arranged in parts for several voices or instruments;

- syn. polyphonic music, polyphony;

concertina / k ɒ n s ə t i n ə /
n1
coiled barbed wire used as an obstacle;

n2
free-reed instrument played like an accordion by pushing its ends together to force air through the reeds;

v1
collapse like a concertina;

concertinist
n1
a person who plays the concertina;

concertise
v1
give concerts;

- perform in concerts;

- "My niece is off concertizing in Europe";

- syn. concertize;

concertize
v1
give concerts;

- perform in concerts;

- "My niece is off concertizing in Europe";

- syn. concertise;

concerto / k ə n tʃ eə t oʊ /
n1
a composition for orchestra and a soloist;

concerto grosso
n1
a baroque composition for orchestra and a group of solo instruments;

concession / k ə n s ɛ ʃ n /
n1
a contract granting the right to operate a subsidiary business;

- "he got the beer concession at the ball park";

- syn. grant;

n2
the act of conceding or yielding;

- syn. conceding, yielding;

n3
a point conceded or yielded;

- "they won all the concessions they asked for";

concessionaire / k ə n s ɛ ʃ ə n eə , k ə n s ɛ ʃ ə n eə ɹ /
n1
someone who holds or operates a concession;

- syn. concessioner;

concessioner / k ə n s ɛ ʃ n ə , k ə n s ɛ ʃ n ə ɹ /
n1
someone who holds or operates a concession;

- syn. concessionaire;

concessive / k ə n s ɛ s ɪ v /
a1
of or pertaining to concession;

conch / k ɒ n tʃ /
n1
any of various edible tropical marine gastropods of the genus Strombus having a brightly-colored spiral shell with large outer lip;

concha / k ɒ ŋ k ə /
n1
(anatomy) a structure that resembles a shell in shape;

conchfish
n1
found in West Indies;

- lives in mantle cavity of a living conch;

- syn. Astropogon stellatus;

conchologist / k ɒ ŋ k ɒ ɫ ə dʒ ɪ s t /
n1
a collector and student of mollusc shells;

conchology / k ɒ ŋ k ɒ ɫ ə dʒ i /
n1
the collection and study of mollusc shells;

- syn. shell collecting;

concierge / k ɒ n s ɪ eə ʒ /
n1
a French caretaker of apartments or a hotel;

- lives on the premises and oversees people entering and leaving and handles mail and acts as janitor or porter;

conciliable
a1
capable of being pacified;

- syn. appeasable;

- sim. placable;

conciliate / k ə n s ɪ ɫ ɪ eɪ t /
v1
cause to be more favorably inclined;

- gain the good will of;

- "She managed to mollify the angry customer";

- syn. appease, assuage, gentle, gruntle, lenify, mollify, pacify, placate;

v2
come to terms;

- "After some discussion we finally made up";

- syn. make up, patch up, reconcile, settle;

v3
make (one thing) compatible with (another);

- "The scientists had to accommodate the new results with the existing theories";

- syn. accommodate, reconcile;

conciliation / k ə n s ɪ ɫ ɪ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the state of manifesting goodwill and cooperation after being reconciled;

- "there was a brief period of conciliation but the fighting soon resumed";

n2
any of various forms of mediation whereby disputes may be settled short of arbitration;

n3
the act of placating and overcoming distrust and animosity;

- syn. placation, propitiation;

conciliative / k ə n s ɪ ɫ ɪə t ɪ v /
a1
intended to placate;

- "spoke in a conciliating tone";

- "a conciliatory visit";

- syn. conciliatory;

- sim. appeasing, pacific, propitiative, soft;

conciliator / k ə n s ɪ ɫ ɪ eɪ t ə /
n1
someone who tries to bring peace;

- syn. make-peace, pacifier, peacemaker, reconciler;

conciliatory / k ə n s ɪ ɫ ɪə t ə ɹ i /
a1
making or willing to make concessions;

- "loneliness tore through him...whenever he thought of...even the compromising Louis du Tillet";

- syn. compromising, flexible;

- sim. yielding;

a2
intended to placate;

- "spoke in a conciliating tone";

- "a conciliatory visit";

- syn. conciliative;

- sim. appeasing, pacific, propitiative, soft;

concise / k ə n s aɪ s /
a1
expressing much in few words;

- "a concise explanation";

- also taciturn;

- sim. aphoristic, brief, compendious, crisp, cryptic, elliptic, pithy, telegraphic;

concisely / k ə n s aɪ s ɫ i /
r1
in a concise manner;

- in a few words;

- "the history is summed up concisely in this book";

- "she replied briefly";

- "briefly, we have a problem";

- "to put it shortly";

- syn. briefly, in brief, in short, shortly;

conciseness / k ə n s aɪ s n ə s /
n1
terseness and economy in writing and speaking achieved by expressing a great deal in just a few words;

- syn. concision, pithiness, succinctness;

concision / k ə n s ɪ ʒ ə n /
n1
terseness and economy in writing and speaking achieved by expressing a great deal in just a few words;

- syn. conciseness, pithiness, succinctness;

conclave / k ɒ n k ɫ eɪ v /
n1
a confidential or secret meeting;

conclude / k ə n k ɫ u d /
v1
decide by reasoning;

- draw or come to a conclusion;

- "We reasoned that it was cheaper to rent than to buy a house";

- syn. reason, reason out;

v2
bring to a close;

- "The committee concluded the meeting";

v3
reach a conclusion after a discussion or deliberation;

- syn. resolve;

v4
come to a close;

- "The concert closed with a nocturne by Chopin";

- syn. close;

v5
reach agreement on;

- "They concluded an economic agreement";

- "We concluded a cease-fire";

concluded / k ə n k ɫ u d ɪ d /
a1
having come or been brought to a conclusion;

- "the harvesting was complete";

- "the affair is over, ended, finished";

- "the abruptly terminated interview";

- syn. all over, complete, ended, over, terminated;

- sim. finished;

concluding / k ə n k ɫ u d ɪ ŋ /
a1
occurring at or forming an end or termination;

- "his concluding words came as a surprise";

- "the final chapter";

- "the last days of the dinosaurs";

- "terminal leave";

- syn. final, last, terminal;

- sim. closing;

conclusion / k ə n k ɫ u ʒ n /
n1
a position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration;

- "a decision unfavorable to the opposition";

- "his conclusion took the evidence into account";

- "satisfied with the panel's determination";

- syn. decision, determination;

n2
an intuitive assumption;

- "jump to a conclusion";

n3
the temporal end;

- the concluding time;

- "the stopping point of each round was signaled by a bell";

- "the market was up at the finish";

- "they were playing better at the close of the season";

- syn. close, finale, finis, finish, last, stopping point;

n4
event whose occurrence ends something;

- "his death marked the ending of an era";

- "when these final episodes are broadcast it will be the finish of the show";

- syn. ending, finish;

n5
the proposition arrived at by logical reasoning (such as the proposition that must follow from the major and minor premises of a syllogism);

- syn. ratiocination;

n6
the act of ending something;

- "the termination of the agreement";

- syn. ending, termination;

n7
a final settlement;

- "the conclusion of a business deal";

- "the conclusion of the peace treaty";

n8
the last section of a communication;

- "in conclusion I want to say...";

- syn. close, closing, end, ending;

n9
the act of making up your mind about something;

- "the burden of decision was his";

- "he drew his conclusions quickly";

- syn. decision, determination;

conclusion of law
n1
a finding as to the applicability of a rule of law to particular facts;

- syn. finding of law;

conclusive / k ə n k ɫ u s ɪ v /
a1
forming an end or termination;

- especially putting an end to doubt or question;

- "conclusive proof";

- "the evidence is conclusive";

- also decisive;

- sim. definitive;

conclusively / k ə n k ɫ u s ɪ v ɫ i /
r1
in a conclusive way;

- "we settled the problem conclusively";

- syn. once and for all;

conclusiveness / k ə n k ɫ u s ɪ v n ə s /
n1
the quality of being final or definitely settled;

- "the finality of death";

- syn. decisiveness, finality;

concoct / k ə n k ɒ k t /
v1
make a concoction (of) by mixing;

v2
prepare or cook by mixing ingredients;

- "concoct a strange mixture";

- syn. cook up;

v3
invent;

- "trump up charges";

- syn. trump up;

v4
devise or invent;

- "He thought up a plan to get rich quickly";

- "no-one had ever thought of such a clever piece of software";

- syn. dream up, hatch, think of, think up;

concoction / k ə n k ɒ k ʃ n /
n1
any foodstuff made by combining different ingredients;

- "he volunteered to taste her latest concoction";

- "he drank a mixture of beer and lemonade";

- syn. intermixture, mixture;

n2
an occurrence of an unusual mixture;

- "it suddenly spewed out a thick green concoction";

n3
the invention of a scheme or story to suit some purpose;

- "his testimony was a concoction";

- "she has no peer in the concoction of mystery stories";

n4
the act of creating something (a medicine or drink or soup etc.) by compounding or mixing a variety of components;

- syn. confection;

concomitance / k ə n k ɒ m ɪ t ə n s /
n1
occurrence or existence together or in connection with one another;

concomitant / k ə n k ɒ m ɪ t ə n t /
n1
an event or situation that happens at the same time as or in connection with another;

- syn. accompaniment, attendant, co-occurrence;

a1
occurring with or following as a consequence;

- "an excessive growth of bureaucracy, with attendant problems";

- "snags incidental to the changeover in management";

- "attendant circumstances";

- "the period of tension and consequent need for military preparedness";

- "the ensuant response to his appeal";

- "the resultant savings were considerable";

- "collateral target damage from a bombing run";

- syn. accompanying, attendant, collateral, consequent, ensuant, incidental, resultant, sequent;

- sim. subsequent;

Concord / k ə n k ɔ d , k ɒ ŋ k ɔ d /
n1
capital of the state of New Hampshire;

- located in south central New Hampshire on the Merrimack river;

- syn. capital of New Hampshire;

n2
a harmonious state of things in general and of their properties (as of colors and sounds);

- congruity of parts with one another and with the whole;

- syn. concordance, harmony;

n3
the determination of grammatical inflection on the basis of word relations;

- syn. agreement;

n4
town in eastern Massachusetts near Boston where the first battle of the American Revolution was fought;

n5
agreement of opinions;

- syn. concordance, harmony;

n6
the first battle of the American Revolution (April 19, 1775);

- syn. Lexington, Lexington and Concord;

v1
go together;

- "The colors don't harmonize";

- "Their ideas concorded";

- syn. accord, agree, consort, fit in, harmonise, harmonize;

v2
arrange by concord or agreement;

- "Concord the conditions for the marriage of the Prince of Wales with a commoner";

v3
arrange the words of a text so as to create a concordance;

- "The team concorded several thousand nouns, verbs, and adjectives";

v4
be in accord;

- be in agreement;

- "We agreed on the terms of the settlement";

- "I can't agree with you!";

- "I hold with those who say life is sacred";

- "Both philosophers concord on this point";

- syn. agree, concur, hold;

Concord grape
n1
slipskin grape;

- a purple table grape of the northeastern United States;

concordance / k ə n k ɔ d ə n s /
n1
a harmonious state of things in general and of their properties (as of colors and sounds);

- congruity of parts with one another and with the whole;

- syn. concord, harmony;

n2
agreement of opinions;

- syn. concord, harmony;

n3
an index of all main words in a book along with their immediate contexts;

concordant / k ə n k ɔ d ə n t /
a1
in keeping;

- "salaries agreeable with current trends";

- "plans conformable with your wishes";

- "expressed views concordant with his background";

- syn. accordant, agreeable, conformable, consonant;

- sim. consistent;

a2
being of the same opinion;

- syn. concurring;

- sim. accordant;

concordat / k ə n k ɔ d æ t /
n1
a signed written agreement between two or more parties (nations) to perform some action;

- syn. compact, covenant;

concourse / k ɒ ŋ k ɔ s /
n1
a large gathering of people;

- syn. multitude, throng;

n2
a wide hallway in a building where people can walk;

n3
a coming together of people;

- syn. confluence;

concrete / k ɒ n k ɹ i t , k ɒ ŋ k ɹ i t /
n1
a strong hard building material composed of sand and gravel and cement and water;

v1
cover with cement;

- "concrete the walls";

v2
form into a solid mass;

- coalesce;

a1
capable of being perceived by the senses;

- not abstract or imaginary;

- "concrete objects such as trees";

- also existent, practical, real, tangible, touchable;

- sim. objective, real;

a2
formed by the coalescence of particles;

- sim. solid;

concrete jungle
n1
an area in a city with large modern buildings that is perceived as dangerous and unpleasant;

concrete mixer
n1
a machine with a large revolving drum in which cement is mixed with other materials to make concrete;

- syn. cement mixer;

concrete representation
n1
a representation of an abstract idea in concrete terms;

- syn. concretism;

concretely / k ə n k ɹ i t ɫ i , k ɒ n k ɹ i t ɫ i /
r1
in concrete terms;

- "concretely, this meant that he was broke";

concreteness / k ɒ ŋ k ɹ i t n ɛ s /
n1
the quality of being concrete (not abstract);

concretion / k ə n k ɹ i ʃ n /
n1
the formation of stonelike objects within a body organ (e.g., the kidneys);

n2
a hard lump produced by the concretion of mineral salts;

- found in hollow organs or ducts of the body;

- "renal calculi can be very painful";

- syn. calculus;

n3
an increase in the density of something;

- syn. compaction, compression, densification;

n4
the union of diverse things into one body or form or group;

- the growing together of parts;

- syn. coalescence, coalescency, coalition, conglutination;

concretise
v1
become specific;

- "the idea concretized in her mind";

- syn. concretize;

concretism
n1
a representation of an abstract idea in concrete terms;

- syn. concrete representation;

concretistic / k ɒ ŋ k ɹ i t ɪ s t ɪ k /
a1
of or relating to concrete representations of abstractions;

- "a concretistic-seeming statement";

concretize / k ɒ n k ɹ i t aɪ z /
v1
make something concrete;

v2
become specific;

- "the idea concretized in her mind";

- syn. concretise;

concubinage / k ɒ n k j u b ɪ n ɪ dʒ /
n1
cohabitation without being legally married;

concubine / k ɒ ŋ k j ʊ b aɪ n /
n1
a woman who cohabits with an important man;

- syn. courtesan, doxy, paramour;

concupiscence / k ə n k j u p ɪ s ə n s /
n1
a desire for sexual intimacy;

- syn. eros, physical attraction, sexual desire;

concupiscent / k ə n k j u p ɪ s ə n t /
a1
vigorously passionate;

- syn. lustful, lusty;

- sim. passionate;

concur / k ə n k ɝ , k ə n k ɝ ɹ /
v1
be in accord;

- be in agreement;

- "We agreed on the terms of the settlement";

- "I can't agree with you!";

- "I hold with those who say life is sacred";

- "Both philosophers concord on this point";

- syn. agree, concord, hold;

v2
happen simultaneously;

- "The two events coincided";

- syn. coincide;

concurrence / k ə n k ʌ ɹ ə n s /
n1
agreement of results or opinions;

- syn. concurrency;

n2
acting together, as agents or circumstances or events;

- syn. concurrency;

n3
a state of cooperation;

- syn. meeting of minds;

n4
the temporal property of two things happening at the same time;

- "the interval determining the coincidence gate is adjustable";

- syn. co-occurrence, coincidence, conjunction;

concurrency / k ə n k ʌ ɹ ə n s i /
n1
agreement of results or opinions;

- syn. concurrence;

n2
acting together, as agents or circumstances or events;

- syn. concurrence;

concurrent / k ə n k ʌ ɹ ə n t /
a1
occurring or operating at the same time;

- "a series of coincident events";

- syn. co-occurrent, coincident, coincidental, coinciding, cooccurring, simultaneous;

- sim. synchronous;

concurrent execution
n1
the execution of two or more computer programs by a single computer;

- syn. multiprogramming;

concurrent negligence
n1
(law) negligence of two of more persons acting independently;

- the plaintiff may sue both together or separately;

concurrent operation
n1
two or more operations performed at the same time (or within a give interval);

concurrently / k ə n k ʌ ɹ ə n t ɫ i /
r1
overlapping in duration;

- "concurrently with the conference an exhibition of things associated with Rutherford was held";

- "going to school and holding a job at the same time";

- syn. at the same time;

concurring / k ə n k ɝ ɹ ɪ ŋ /
a1
being of the same opinion;

- syn. concordant;

- sim. accordant;

concurring opinion
n1
an opinion that agrees with the court's disposition of the case but is written to express a particular judge's reasoning;

concuss / k ə n k ʌ s /
v1
shake violently;

v2
injure the brain;

- sustain a concussion;

concussion / k ə n k ʌ ʃ n /
n1
injury to the brain caused by a blow;

- usually resulting in loss of consciousness;

n2
any violent blow;

condemn / k ə n d ɛ m /
v1
express strong disapproval of;

- "We condemn the racism in South Africa";

- "These ideas were reprobated";

- syn. decry, excoriate, objurgate, reprobate;

v2
declare or judge unfit for use or habitation;

- "The building was condemned by the inspector";

v3
compel or force into a particular state or activity;

- "His devotion to his sick wife condemned him to a lonely existence";

v4
demonstrate the guilt of (someone);

- "Her strange behavior condemned her";

v5
pronounce a sentence on (somebody) in a court of law;

- "He was condemned to ten years in prison";

- syn. doom, sentence;

v6
appropriate (property) for public use;

- "the county condemned the land to build a highway";

condemnable / k ə n d ɛ m n ə b ɫ /
a1
bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure;

- "a criminal waste of talent";

- "a deplorable act of violence";

- "adultery is as reprehensible for a husband as for a wife";

- syn. criminal, deplorable, reprehensible, vicious;

- sim. wrong;

condemnation / k ɒ n d ɛ m n eɪ ʃ n /
n1
an expression of strong disapproval;

- pronouncing as wrong or morally culpable;

- "his uncompromising condemnation of racism";

- syn. disapprobation;

n2
(law) the act of condemning (as land forfeited for public use) or judging to be unfit for use (as a food product or an unsafe building);

n3
an appeal to some supernatural power to inflict evil on someone or some group;

- syn. curse, execration;

n4
the condition of being strongly disapproved of;

- "he deserved nothing but condemnation";

n5
(criminal law) a final judgment of guilty in a criminal case and the punishment that is imposed;

- "the conviction came as no surprise";

- syn. conviction, judgment of conviction, sentence;

condemnatory / k ə n d ɛ m n ə t ə ɹ i /
a1
containing or imposing condemnation or censure;

- "a condemnatory decree";

- syn. condemning;

- sim. inculpatory;

condemning / k ə n d ɛ m ɪ ŋ /
a1
containing or imposing condemnation or censure;

- "a condemnatory decree";

- syn. condemnatory;

- sim. inculpatory;

condensate / k ɒ n d ɛ n s eɪ t /
n1
a product of condensation;

n2
atmospheric moisture that has condensed because of cold;

- syn. condensation;

condensation / k ɒ n d ɛ n s eɪ ʃ n /
n1
(psychoanalysis) an unconscious process whereby two ideas or images combine into a single symbol;

- especially in dreams;

n2
the process of changing from a gaseous to a liquid or solid state;

n3
atmospheric moisture that has condensed because of cold;

- syn. condensate;

n4
the process or result of becoming smaller or pressed together;

- "the contraction of a gas on cooling";

- syn. compression, contraction;

n5
a shortened version of a written work;

- syn. abridgement, abridgment, capsule;

n6
the act of increasing the density of something;

- syn. condensing;

condensation pump
n1
vacuum pump used to obtain a high vacuum;

- syn. diffusion pump;

condensation trail
n1
an artificial cloud created by an aircraft;

- caused either by condensation due to the reduction in air pressure above the wing surface or by water vapor in the engine exhaust;

- syn. contrail;

condense / k ə n d ɛ n s /
v1
undergo condensation;

- change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops;

- "water condenses";

- "The acid distills at a specific temperature";

- syn. distil, distill;

v2
make more concise;

- "condense the contents of a book into a summary";

- syn. concentrate, digest;

v3
remove water from;

- "condense the milk";

v4
cause a gas or vapor to change into a liquid;

- "The cold air condensed the steam";

v5
become more compact or concentrated;

- "Her feelings condensed";

v6
develop due to condensation;

- "All our planets condensed out of the same material";

v7
compress or concentrate;

- "Congress condensed the three-year plan into a six-month plan";

- syn. concentrate, contract;

condensed milk
n1
sweetened evaporated milk;

condenser / k ə n d ɛ n s ə , k ə n d ɛ n s ə ɹ /
n1
an electrical device characterized by its capacity to store an electric charge;

- syn. capacitance, capacitor, electrical condenser;

n2
an apparatus that converts vapor into liquid;

n3
a hollow coil that condenses by abstracting heat;

n4
lens used to concentrate light on an object;

- syn. optical condenser;

condenser microphone
n1
microphone consisting of a capacitor with one plate fixed and the other forming the diaphragm moved by sound waves;

- syn. capacitor microphone, capacitor mike, condenser mike;

condenser mike
n1
microphone consisting of a capacitor with one plate fixed and the other forming the diaphragm moved by sound waves;

- syn. capacitor microphone, capacitor mike, condenser microphone;

condensing / k ə n d ɛ n s ɪ ŋ /
n1
the act of increasing the density of something;

- syn. condensation;

condescend / k ɒ n d ɪ s ɛ n d /
v1
behave in a patronizing and condescending manner;

v2
do something that one considers to be below one's dignity;

- syn. deign, descend;

v3
debase oneself morally, act in an undignified, unworthy, or dishonorable way;

- "I won't stoop to reading other people's mail";

- syn. lower oneself, stoop;

v4
treat condescendingly;

- syn. patronise, patronize;

condescending / k ɒ n d ɪ s ɛ n d ɪ ŋ /
a1
(used of behavior or attitude) characteristic of those who treat others with condescension;

- syn. arch, patronising, patronizing;

- sim. superior;

condescendingly / k ɒ n d ɪ s ɛ n d ɪ ŋ ɫ i /
r1
with condescension;

- in a patronizing manner;

- "he treats his secretary condescendingly";

- syn. patronisingly, patronizingly;

condescendingness
n1
affability to your inferiors and temporary disregard for differences of position or rank;

- "the queen's condescension was intended to make us feel comfortable";

- syn. condescension;

condescension / k ɒ n d ɪ s ɛ n ʃ n /
n1
the trait of displaying arrogance by patronizing those considered inferior;

- syn. disdainfulness, superciliousness;

n2
a communication that indicates lack of respect by patronizing the recipient;

- syn. disdain, patronage;

n3
affability to your inferiors and temporary disregard for differences of position or rank;

- "the queen's condescension was intended to make us feel comfortable";

- syn. condescendingness;

condign / k ə n d aɪ n /
a1
fitting or appropriate and deserved;

- used especially of punishment;

- "condign censure";

- sim. merited;

condiment / k ɒ n d ɪ m ə n t /
n1
a preparation (a sauce or relish or spice) to enhance flavor or enjoyment;

- "mustard and ketchup are condiments";

condition / k ə n d ɪ ʃ n /
n1
a state at a particular time;

- "a condition (or state) of disrepair";

- "the current status of the arms negotiations";

- syn. status;

n2
an assumption on which rests the validity or effect of something else;

- syn. precondition, stipulation;

n3
a mode of being or form of existence of a person or thing;

- "the human condition";

n4
information that should be kept in mind when making a decision;

- "another consideration is the time it would take";

- syn. circumstance, consideration;

n5
the state of (good) health (especially in the phrases `in condition' or `in shape' or `out of condition' or `out of shape');

- syn. shape;

n6
an illness, disease, or other medical problem;

- "a heart condition";

- "a skin condition";

n7
(usually plural) a statement of what is required as part of an agreement;

- "the contract set out the conditions of the lease";

- "the terms of the treaty were generous";

- syn. strings, term;

n8
the procedure that is varied in order to estimate a variable's effect by comparison with a control condition;

- syn. experimental condition;

v1
establish a conditioned response;

v2
develop (a child's or animal's) behavior by instruction and practice;

- especially to teach self-control;

- "Parents must discipline their children";

- "Is this dog trained?";

- syn. check, discipline, train;

v3
specify as a condition or requirement in a contract or agreement;

- make an express demand or provision in an agreement;

- "The will stipulates that she can live in the house for the rest of her life";

- "The contract stipulates the dates of the payments";

- syn. qualify, specify, stipulate;

v4
put into a better state;

- "he conditions old cars";

v5
apply conditioner to in order to make smooth and shiny;

- "I condition my hair after washing it";

conditional / k ə n d ɪ ʃ ə n ə ɫ , k ə n d ɪ ʃ ə n ɫ /
a1
qualified by reservations;

- sim. qualified;

a2
imposing or depending on or containing a condition;

- "conditional acceptance of the terms";

- "lent conditional support";

- "the conditional sale will not be complete until the full purchase price is paid";

- also qualified;

- sim. contingent, counterfactual, dependent, probationary, provisory;

conditional contract
n1
a contract whose performance depends on a fact or event that affects legal relations;

conditional probability
n1
the probability that an event will occur given that one or more other events have occurred;

- syn. contingent probability;

conditional reaction
n1
an acquired response that is under the control of (conditional on the occurrence of) a stimulus;

- syn. acquired reflex, conditional reflex, conditional response, conditioned reaction, conditioned reflex, conditioned response;

conditional reflex
n1
an acquired response that is under the control of (conditional on the occurrence of) a stimulus;

- syn. acquired reflex, conditional reaction, conditional response, conditioned reaction, conditioned reflex, conditioned response;

conditional relation
n1
a logical relation between propositions p and q of the form `if p then q';

- if p is true then q cannot be false;

- syn. implication, logical implication;

conditional response
n1
an acquired response that is under the control of (conditional on the occurrence of) a stimulus;

- syn. acquired reflex, conditional reaction, conditional reflex, conditioned reaction, conditioned reflex, conditioned response;

conditional sale
n1
a security interest taken by the seller in return for credit;

n2
a sale in which the buyer receives title to the property only upon the performance of some condition (usually the full payment of the purchase price);

conditionality / k ə n d ɪ ʃ ə n æ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
the state of being conditional;

conditionally / k ə n d ɪ ʃ ə n ə ɫ i /
r1
subject to a condition;

- "he accepted the offer conditionally";

conditioned / k ə n d ɪ ʃ ə n d , k ə n d ɪ ʃ n d /
a1
established by conditioning or learning;

- "a conditioned response";

- syn. learned;

a2
physically fit;

- "exercised daily to keep herself in condition";

- syn. in condition;

- sim. fit;

conditioned avoidance
n1
a conditioned response that anticipates the occurrence of an aversive stimulus;

- syn. conditioned avoidance response;

conditioned avoidance response
n1
a conditioned response that anticipates the occurrence of an aversive stimulus;

- syn. conditioned avoidance;

conditioned emotion
n1
an emotional response that has been acquired by conditioning;

- syn. CER, conditioned emotional response;

conditioned emotional response
n1
an emotional response that has been acquired by conditioning;

- syn. CER, conditioned emotion;

conditioned reaction
n1
an acquired response that is under the control of (conditional on the occurrence of) a stimulus;

- syn. acquired reflex, conditional reaction, conditional reflex, conditional response, conditioned reflex, conditioned response;

conditioned reflex
n1
an acquired response that is under the control of (conditional on the occurrence of) a stimulus;

- syn. acquired reflex, conditional reaction, conditional reflex, conditional response, conditioned reaction, conditioned response;

conditioned response
n1
an acquired response that is under the control of (conditional on the occurrence of) a stimulus;

- syn. acquired reflex, conditional reaction, conditional reflex, conditional response, conditioned reaction, conditioned reflex;

conditioned stimulus
n1
the stimulus that is the occasion for a conditioned response;

conditioner / k ə n d ɪ ʃ ə n ə , k ə n d ɪ ʃ ə n ə ɹ /
n1
exercise that conditions the body;

- "farm work can be a good conditioner";

n2
a trainer of athletes;

n3
a substance used in washing (clothing or hair) to make things softer;

conditioning / k ə n d ɪ ʃ n ɪ ŋ /
n1
a learning process in which an organism's behavior becomes dependent on the occurrence of a stimulus in its environment;

conditions / k ə n d ɪ ʃ n z /
n1
the prevailing context that influences the performance or the outcome of a process;

- "there were wide variations in the conditions of observation";

n2
the set of circumstances that affect someone's welfare;

- "hazardous working conditions";

- "harsh living conditions";

n3
the atmospheric conditions that comprise the state of the atmosphere in terms of temperature and wind and clouds and precipitation;

- "they were hoping for good weather";

- "every day we have weather conditions and yesterday was no exception";

- "the conditions were too rainy for playing in the snow";

- syn. atmospheric condition, weather, weather condition;

condo / k ɒ n d oʊ /
n1
one of the dwelling units in a condominium;

- syn. condominium;

condole / k ə n d oʊ ɫ /
v1
express one's sympathetic grief, on the occasion of someone's death;

- "You must condole the widow";

condole with
v1
share the suffering of;

- syn. compassionate, feel for, pity, sympathize with;

condolence / k ə n d oʊ ɫ ə n s /
n1
an expression of sympathy with another's grief;

- "they sent their condolences";

- syn. commiseration;

condolent / k ə n d oʊ ɫ ə n t /
a1
expressing sympathy with a person who experienced the death of a loved one;

- sim. sympathetic;

condom / k ɒ n d ə m /
n1
contraceptive device consisting of a sheath of thin rubber or latex that is worn over the penis during intercourse;

- syn. prophylactic, rubber, safe, safety;

condominium / k ɒ n d ə m ɪ n ɪə m /
n1
one of the dwelling units in a condominium;

- syn. condo;

n2
housing consisting of a complex of dwelling units (as an apartment house) in which each unit is individually owned;

condonation / k ɒ n d oʊ n eɪ ʃ n /
n1
a pardon by treating the offender as if the offense had not occurred;

condone / k ə n d oʊ n /
v1
excuse, overlook, or make allowances for;

- be lenient with;

- "excuse someone's behavior";

- "She condoned her husband's occasional infidelities";

- syn. excuse;

condor / k ɒ n d ɔ , k ɒ n d ɔ ɹ /
n1
the largest flying birds in the western hemisphere;

Condorcet
n1
French mathematician and philosopher (1743-1794);

- syn. Marie Jean Antoine Nicolas Caritat, Marquis de Condorcet;

conduce / k ə n d j u s /
v1
be conducive to;

- "The use of computers in the classroom lead to better writing";

- syn. contribute, lead;

conducive / k ə n d j u s ɪ v /
a1
tending to bring about;

- being partly responsible for;

- "working conditions are not conducive to productivity";

- "the seaport was a contributing factor in the growth of the city";

- "a contributory factor";

- syn. contributing, contributive, contributory, tributary;

- sim. causative;

conduct / k ə n d ʌ k t , k ɒ n d ʌ k t /
n1
manner of acting or controlling yourself;

- syn. behavior, behaviour, doings;

n2
(behavioral attributes) the way a person behaves toward other people;

- syn. behavior, behaviour, demeanor, demeanour, deportment;

v1
direct the course of;

- manage or control;

- "You cannot conduct business like this";

- syn. carry on, deal;

v2
lead, as in the performance of a composition;

- "conduct an orchestra;

- Barenboim conducted the Chicago symphony for years";

- syn. direct, lead;

v3
behave in a certain manner;

- "She carried herself well";

- "he bore himself with dignity";

- "They conducted themselves well during these difficult times";

- syn. acquit, bear, behave, carry, comport, deport;

v4
take somebody somewhere;

- "We lead him to our chief";

- "can you take me to the main entrance?";

- "He conducted us to the palace";

- syn. direct, guide, lead, take;

v5
transmit or serve as the medium for transmission;

- "Sound carries well over water";

- "The airwaves carry the sound";

- "Many metals conduct heat";

- syn. carry, channel, convey, impart, transmit;

v6
lead musicians in the performance of;

- "Bernstein conducted Mahler like no other conductor";

- "she cannot conduct modern pieces";

conductance / k ə n d ʌ k t ə n s /
n1
a material's capacity to conduct electricity;

- measured as the reciprocal of electrical resistance;

conductance unit
n1
a measure of a material's ability to conduct an electrical charge;

conducting / k ə n d ʌ k t ɪ ŋ /
n1
the way of administering a business;

n2
the direction of an orchestra or choir;

- "he does not use a baton for conducting";

conducting wire
n1
a metal conductor that carries electricity over a distance;

- syn. wire;

conduction / k ə n d ʌ k ʃ n /
n1
the transmission of heat or electricity or sound;

- syn. conductivity;

conduction anaesthesia
n1
anesthesia of an area supplied by a nerve;

- produced by an anesthetic agent applied to the nerve;

- syn. block anaesthesia, block anesthesia, conduction anesthesia, nerve block anaesthesia, nerve block anesthesia;

conduction anesthesia
n1
anesthesia of an area supplied by a nerve;

- produced by an anesthetic agent applied to the nerve;

- syn. block anaesthesia, block anesthesia, conduction anaesthesia, nerve block anaesthesia, nerve block anesthesia;

conduction aphasia
n1
aphasia in which the lesion is assumed to be in the association tracts connecting the various language centers in the brain;

- patient's have difficulty repeating a sentence just heard;

- syn. associative aphasia;

conduction deafness
n1
hearing loss due to problems with the bones of the middle ear;

- syn. conductive hearing loss, middle-ear deafness;

conductive / k ə n d ʌ k t ɪ v /
a1
having the quality or power of conducting heat or electricity or sound;

- exhibiting conductivity;

- sim. semiconducting;

conductive hearing loss
n1
hearing loss due to problems with the bones of the middle ear;

- syn. conduction deafness, middle-ear deafness;

conductivity / k ɒ n d ʌ k t ɪ v ɪ t i /
n1
the transmission of heat or electricity or sound;

- syn. conduction;

conductor / k ə n d ʌ k t ə , k ə n d ʌ k t ə ɹ /
n1
the person who leads a musical group;

- syn. director, music director;

n2
a substance that readily conducts e.g. electricity and heat;

n3
the person who collects fares on a public conveyance;

n4
a device designed to transmit electricity, heat, etc.;

conductress / k ə n d ʌ k t ɹ ɪ s /
n1
a woman conductor;

conduit / k ɒ n d w ɪ t /
n1
a passage (a pipe or tunnel) through which water or electric wires can pass;

- "the computers were connected through a system of conduits";

condylar
a1
of or relating to or resembling a condyle;

condylar process
n1
the condyle of the ramus of the mandible that articulates with the skull;

- syn. condyloid process, mandibular condyle;

condyle / k ɒ n d ɪ ɫ /
n1
a round bump on a bone where it forms a joint with another bone;

condylion
n1
the craniometric point at the tip of the mandibular condyle;

condyloid process
n1
the condyle of the ramus of the mandible that articulates with the skull;

- syn. condylar process, mandibular condyle;

condyloma acuminatum
n1
a small benign wart on or around the genitals and anus;

- syn. genital wart, venereal wart, verruca acuminata;

Condylura
n1
star-nosed moles;

- syn. genus Condylura;

Condylura cristata
n1
amphibious mole of eastern North America having pink fleshy tentacles around the nose;

- syn. star-nosed mole, starnose mole;

cone / k oʊ n /
n1
any cone-shaped artifact;

n2
a shape whose base is a circle and whose sides taper up to a point;

- syn. cone shape, conoid;

n3
cone-shaped mass of ovule- or spore-bearing scales or bracts;

- syn. strobile, strobilus;

n4
a visual receptor cell in the retina that is sensitive to bright light and to color;

- syn. cone cell, retinal cone;

v1
make cone-shaped;

- "cone a tire";

cone-bearing
a1
of or relating to or part of trees or shrubs bearing cones and evergreen leaves;

- syn. coniferous;

- sim. evergreen;

cone-nosed bug
n1
large bloodsucking bug;

- syn. big bedbug, conenose, conenose bug, kissing bug;

cone-shaped
a1
relating to or resembling a cone;

- "conical mountains";

- "conelike fruit";

- syn. conelike, conic, conical;

cone cell
n1
a visual receptor cell in the retina that is sensitive to bright light and to color;

- syn. cone, retinal cone;

cone clutch
n1
a friction clutch in which the frictional surfaces are cone-shaped;

- syn. cone friction clutch;

cone friction clutch
n1
a friction clutch in which the frictional surfaces are cone-shaped;

- syn. cone clutch;

cone pepper
n1
plant bearing erect pungent conical red or yellow or purple fruits;

- sometimes grown as an ornamental;

- syn. Capsicum annuum conoides;

cone shape
n1
a shape whose base is a circle and whose sides taper up to a point;

- syn. cone, conoid;

coneflower / k oʊ n f ɫ aʊ ə ɹ /
n1
any of various plants of the genus Rudbeckia cultivated for their large usually yellow daisies with prominent central cones;

n2
a wildflower of the genus Ratibida;

n3
any of various perennials of the eastern United States having thick rough leaves and long-stalked showy flowers with drooping rays and a conelike center;

conelike
a1
relating to or resembling a cone;

- "conical mountains";

- "conelike fruit";

- syn. cone-shaped, conic, conical;

conenose
n1
large bloodsucking bug;

- syn. big bedbug, cone-nosed bug, conenose bug, kissing bug;

conenose bug
n1
large bloodsucking bug;

- syn. big bedbug, cone-nosed bug, conenose, kissing bug;

Conepatus
n1
a genus of Mustelidae;

- syn. genus Conepatus;

Conepatus leuconotus
n1
large naked-muzzled skunk with white back and tail;

- of southwestern North America and Mexico;

- syn. badger skunk, hog-nosed skunk, hognosed skunk, rooter skunk;

conessi
n1
tropical Asian tree with hard white wood and bark formerly used as a remedy for dysentery and diarrhea;

- syn. Holarrhena antidysenterica, Holarrhena pubescens, ivory tree, kurchee, kurchi;

Conestoga / k oʊ n z t oʊ ɡ ə /
n1
a large wagon with broad wheels and an arched canvas top;

- used by the United States pioneers to cross the prairies in the 19th century;

- syn. Conestoga wagon, covered wagon, prairie schooner, prairie wagon;

Conestoga wagon
n1
a large wagon with broad wheels and an arched canvas top;

- used by the United States pioneers to cross the prairies in the 19th century;

- syn. Conestoga, covered wagon, prairie schooner, prairie wagon;

coney / k oʊ n i /
n1
black-spotted usually dusky-colored fish with reddish fins;

- syn. Epinephelus fulvus;

n2
any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes;

- syn. cony, das, dassie, hyrax;

n3
small short-eared burrowing mammal of rocky uplands of Asia and western North America;

- syn. cony, mouse hare, pika, rock rabbit;

n4
any of various burrowing animals of the family Leporidae having long ears and short tails;

- some domesticated and raised for pets or food;

- syn. cony, rabbit;

Coney Island
n1
a section of Brooklyn on the Atlantic;

- known as an amusement center;

confab / k ɒ n f æ b /
n1
an informal conversation;

- syn. chat, confabulation, schmoose, schmooze;

v1
talk socially without exchanging too much information;

- "the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze";

- syn. chaffer, chat, chatter, chew the fat, chit-chat, chitchat, claver, confabulate, gossip, jaw, natter, shoot the breeze, visit;

v2
have a conference in order to talk something over;

- "We conferred about a plan of action";

- syn. confabulate, confer, consult;

confabulate / k ə n f æ b j ʊ ɫ eɪ t /
v1
unconsciously replace fact with fantasy in one's memory;

v2
talk socially without exchanging too much information;

- "the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze";

- syn. chaffer, chat, chatter, chew the fat, chit-chat, chitchat, claver, confab, gossip, jaw, natter, shoot the breeze, visit;

v3
have a conference in order to talk something over;

- "We conferred about a plan of action";

- syn. confab, confer, consult;

confabulation / k ə n f æ b j ʊ ɫ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
an informal conversation;

- syn. chat, confab, schmoose, schmooze;

n2
(psychiatry) a plausible but imagined memory that fills in gaps in what is remembered;

confect / k ə n f ɛ k t , k ɒ n f ɛ k t /
n1
a rich sweet made of flavored sugar and often combined with fruit or nuts;

- syn. candy;

v1
make or construct;

v2
make into a confection;

- "This medicine is home-confected";

- syn. comfit, confection;

confection / k ə n f ɛ k ʃ ə n , k ə n f ɛ k ʃ n /
n1
a food rich in sugar;

- syn. sweet;

n2
the act of creating something (a medicine or drink or soup etc.) by compounding or mixing a variety of components;

- syn. concoction;

v1
make into a confection;

- "This medicine is home-confected";

- syn. comfit, confect;

confectionary / k ə n f ɛ k ʃ ŋ ə ɹ i /
n1
a confectioner's shop;

- syn. candy store, confectionery;

confectioner / k ə n f ɛ k ʃ n ə , k ə n f ɛ k ʃ n ə ɹ /
n1
someone who makes candies and other sweets;

- syn. candymaker;

confectionery / k ə n f ɛ k ʃ ə n ə ɹ i /
n1
candy and other sweets considered collectively;

- "the business decided to concentrate on confectionery and soft drinks";

n2
a confectioner's shop;

- syn. candy store, confectionary;

n3
the occupation and skills of a confectioner;

Confederacy / k ə n f ɛ d ə ɹ ə s i /
n1
the southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861;

- syn. Confederate States, Confederate States of America, Dixie, Dixieland, South;

n2
a union of political organizations;

- syn. confederation, federation;

n3
a group of conspirators banded together to achieve some harmful or illegal purpose;

- syn. conspiracy;

n4
a secret agreement between two or more people to perform an unlawful act;

- syn. conspiracy;

Confederate / k ə n f ɛ d ə ɹ ə t , k ə n f ɛ d ə ɹ eɪ t /
n1
a supporter of the Confederate States of America;

n2
someone who assists in a plot;

- syn. collaborator, henchman, partner in crime;

n3
a person who joins with another in carrying out some plan (especially an unethical or illegal plan);

- syn. accomplice;

v1
form a group or unite;

- "The groups banded together";

- syn. band together;

v2
form a confederation with;

- of nations;

a1
of or having to do with the southern Confederacy during the American Civil War;

- "Confederate soldiers";

- sim. southern;

a2
united in a confederacy or league;

- syn. allied, confederative;

- sim. united;

Confederate Army
n1
the southern army during the American Civil War;

- syn. Army of the Confederacy;

Confederate flag
n1
the first flag of the Confederate States of America;

- syn. Stars and Bars;

confederate jasmine
n1
evergreen Chinese woody climber with shiny dark green leaves and intensely fragrant white flowers;

- syn. Trachelospermum jasminoides, star jasmine;

Confederate rose
n1
Chinese shrub or small tree having white or pink flowers becoming deep red at night;

- widely cultivated;

- naturalized in southeastern United States;

- syn. Confederate rose mallow, Hibiscus mutabilis, cotton rose;

Confederate rose mallow
n1
Chinese shrub or small tree having white or pink flowers becoming deep red at night;

- widely cultivated;

- naturalized in southeastern United States;

- syn. Confederate rose, Hibiscus mutabilis, cotton rose;

Confederate soldier
n1
a soldier in the Army of the Confederacy during the American Civil War;

Confederate States
n1
the southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861;

- syn. Confederacy, Confederate States of America, Dixie, Dixieland, South;

Confederate States of America
n1
the southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861;

- syn. Confederacy, Confederate States, Dixie, Dixieland, South;

confederation / k ə n f ɛ d ə ɹ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the state of being allied or confederated;

- syn. alliance;

n2
a union of political organizations;

- syn. confederacy, federation;

n3
the act of forming an alliance or confederation;

- syn. alliance;

confederative / k ə n f ɛ d ə ɹ ə t ɪ v /
a1
united in a confederacy or league;

- syn. allied, confederate;

- sim. united;

confer / k ə n f ɝ , k ə n f ɝ ɹ /
v1
have a conference in order to talk something over;

- "We conferred about a plan of action";

- syn. confab, confabulate, consult;

v2
present;

- "The university conferred a degree on its most famous former student, who never graduated";

- "bestow an honor on someone";

- syn. bestow;

confer with
v1
get or ask advice from;

- "Consult your local broker";

- "They had to consult before arriving at a decision";

- syn. consult;

conferee / k ɒ n f ə ɹ i /
n1
a person on whom something is bestowed;

- "six honorary were conferred;

- the conferees were...";

n2
a member of a conference;

conference / k ɒ n f ə ɹ ə n s /
n1
a prearranged meeting for consultation or exchange of information or discussion (especially one with a formal agenda);

n2
an association of sports teams that organizes matches for its members;

- syn. league;

n3
a discussion among participants who have an agreed (serious) topic;

- syn. group discussion;

conference call
n1
a telephone call in which more than two people participate;

conference center
n1
a center where conferences can be conducted;

- syn. conference house;

conference house
n1
a center where conferences can be conducted;

- syn. conference center;

conference room
n1
a room in which a conference can be held;

conference table
n1
the table that conferees sit around as they hold a meeting;

- syn. council board, council table;

conferment / k ə n f ɝ m ə n t /
n1
the act of conferring an honor or presenting a gift;

- syn. bestowal, bestowment, conferral;

conferral
n1
the act of conferring an honor or presenting a gift;

- syn. bestowal, bestowment, conferment;

conferrer
n1
person who makes a gift of property;

- syn. bestower, donor, giver, presenter;

n2
someone who converses or confers (as in a conference);

conferva
n1
any of various algae of the genus Tribonema;

- algae with branching filaments that form scum in still or stagnant fresh water;

confervoid algae
n1
algae resembling confervae especially in having branching filaments;

confess / k ə n f ɛ s /
v1
confess to a punishable or reprehensible deed, usually under pressure;

- syn. fink, squeal;

v2
admit (to a wrongdoing);

- "She confessed that she had taken the money";

- syn. concede, profess;

v3
confess to God in the presence of a priest, as in the Catholic faith;

confessedly / k ə n f ɛ s ɪ d ɫ i /
r1
as acknowledged;

- "true, she is the smartest in her class";

- syn. admittedly, avowedly, true;

confession / k ə n f ɛ ʃ n /
n1
an admission of misdeeds or faults;

n2
a written document acknowledging an offense and signed by the guilty party;

n3
(Roman Catholic Church) the act of a penitent disclosing his sinfulness before a priest in the sacrament of penance in the hope of absolution;

n4
a public declaration of your faith;

n5
the document that spells out the belief system of a given church (especially the Reformation churches of the 16th century);

confession of judgement
n1
a judgment entered after a written confession by the debtor without the expense of ordinary legal proceedings;

- syn. cognovit judgement, cognovit judgment, confession of judgment;

confession of judgment
n1
a judgment entered after a written confession by the debtor without the expense of ordinary legal proceedings;

- syn. cognovit judgement, cognovit judgment, confession of judgement;

confessional / k ə n f ɛ ʃ ə n ɫ /
n1
a booth where a priest sits to hear confessions;

confessor / k ə n f ɛ s ə , k ə n f ɛ s ə ɹ /
n1
a priest who hears confession and gives absolution;

n2
someone who confesses (discloses information damaging to themselves);

confetti / k ə n f ɛ t i /
n1
small pieces or streamers of colored paper that are thrown around on festive occasions (as at a wedding);

confidant / k ɒ n f ɪ d æ n t /
n1
someone to whom private matters are confided;

- syn. intimate;

confidante / k ɒ n f ɪ d æ n t /
n1
a female confidant;

confide / k ə n f aɪ d /
v1
reveal in private;

- tell confidentially;

v2
confer a trust upon;

- "The messenger was entrusted with the general's secret";

- "I commit my soul to God";

- syn. commit, entrust, intrust, trust;

confidence / k ɒ n f ɪ d ə n s /
n1
freedom from doubt;

- belief in yourself and your abilities;

- "his assurance in his superiority did not make him popular";

- "after that failure he lost his confidence";

- "she spoke with authority";

- syn. assurance, authority, self-assurance, self-confidence, sureness;

n2
a feeling of trust (in someone or something);

- "I have confidence in our team";

- "confidence is always borrowed, never owned";

n3
a state of confident hopefulness that events will be favorable;

- "public confidence in the economy";

n4
a trustful relationship;

- "he took me into his confidence";

- "he betrayed their trust";

- syn. trust;

n5
a secret that is confided or entrusted to another;

- "everyone trusted him with their confidences";

- "the priest could not reveal her confidences";

confidence game
n1
a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property;

- syn. bunco, bunco game, bunko, bunko game, con, con game, confidence trick, flimflam, hustle, sting;

confidence man
n1
a swindler who exploits the confidence of his victim;

- syn. con artist, con man;

confidence trick
n1
a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property;

- syn. bunco, bunco game, bunko, bunko game, con, con game, confidence game, flimflam, hustle, sting;

confident / k ɒ n f ɪ d ə n t /
a1
having or marked by confidence or assurance;

- "a confident speaker";

- "a confident reply";

- "his manner is more confident these days";

- "confident of fulfillment";

- sim. assured, cocksure, reassured, self-assured;

a2
persuaded of;

- very sure;

- "were convinced that it would be to their advantage to join";

- "I am positive he is lying";

- "was confident he would win";

- syn. convinced, positive;

- sim. certain;

a3
not liable to error in judgment or action;

- "most surefooted of the statesmen who dealt with the depression"- Walter Lippman;

- "demonstrates a surefooted storytelling talent"- Michiko Kakutani;

- syn. sure-footed, surefooted;

- sim. capable;

confidential / k ɒ n f ɪ d ɛ n ʃ ɫ /
a1
entrusted with private information and the confidence of another;

- "a confidential secretary";

- sim. private;

a2
(of information) given in confidence or in secret;

- "this arrangement must be kept confidential";

- "their secret communications";

- syn. secret;

- sim. private;

a3
denoting confidence or intimacy;

- "a confidential approach";

- "in confidential tone of voice";

- sim. close;

a4
the level of official classification for documents next above restricted and below secret;

- available only to persons authorized to see documents so classified;

- sim. classified;

confidential adviser-advisee relation
n1
the responsibility of a confidential adviser to act in the best interest of the advisee;

confidential information
n1
an indication of potential opportunity;

- "he got a tip on the stock market";

- "a good lead for a job";

- syn. hint, lead, steer, tip, wind;

confidentiality / k ɒ n f ɪ d ɛ n ʃ ɪ æ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
the state of being secret;

- "you must respect the confidentiality of your client's communications";

n2
discretion in keeping secret information;

confidentially / k ɒ n f ɪ d ɛ n ʃ ə ɫ i /
r1
in a confidential manner;

- "spoke to him intimately and confidentially";

confidently / k ɒ n f ɪ d ə n t ɫ i /
r1
with confidence;

- in a confident manner;

- "we have to do what is right confidently";

confiding / k ə n f aɪ d ɪ ŋ /
a1
willing to entrust personal matters;

- "first she was suspicious, then she became confiding";

- sim. trustful;

confidingly / k ə n f aɪ d ɪ ŋ ɫ i /
r1
with trust;

- in a trusting manner;

- "she looked at her father trustingly";

- syn. trustfully, trustingly;

configuration / k ə n f ɪ ɡ ə ɹ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
an arrangement of parts or elements;

- "the outcome depends on the configuration of influences at the time";

- syn. constellation;

n2
any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline);

- "he could barely make out their shapes";

- syn. conformation, contour, form, shape;

configurational
a1
of or relating to or characterized by configuration;

configurationism / k ə n f ɪ ɡ ə ɹ eɪ ʃ n ɪ z ə m /
n1
(psychology) a theory of psychology that emphasizes the importance of configurational properties;

- syn. Gestalt psychology;

configure / k ə n f ɪ ɡ ə , k ə n f ɪ ɡ ə ɹ /
v1
set up for a particular purpose;

- "configure my new computer";

- "configure a plane for a combat mission";

configured / k ə n f ɪ ɡ ə d /
a1
organized so as to give configuration to;

- "a magnet is surrounded by a configured field";

- sim. organized;

confine / k ə n f aɪ n , k ɒ n f aɪ n /
v1
place limits on (extent or amount or access);

- "restrict the use of this parking lot";

- "limit the time you can spend with your friends";

- syn. bound, limit, restrict, throttle, trammel;

v2
prevent from leaving or from being removed;

v3
close in;

- "darkness enclosed him";

- syn. enclose, hold in;

v4
deprive of freedom;

- take into confinement;

- syn. detain;

v5
to close within bounds, or otherwise limit or deprive of free movement;

- "This holds the local until the express passengers change trains";

- "About a dozen animals were held inside the stockade";

- "The illegal immigrants were held at a detention center";

- "The terrorists held the journalists for ransom";

- syn. constrain, hold, restrain;

confine to
v1
restrict or confine within limits;

- "I limit you to two visits to the pub a day";

- "please confine your questions to the topic";

- "our actions are circumscribed by our biology, personality, and by the social and cultural context into which we are born";

- syn. circumscribe, limit;

confined / k ə n f aɪ n d /
a1
not invading healthy tissue;

a2
not free to move about;

- also restricted, unfree;

- sim. claustrophobic, close, homebound, pent, snowbound, stormbound, weather-bound;

a3
being in captivity;

- syn. captive, imprisoned, jailed;

- sim. unfree;

confinement / k ə n f aɪ n m ə n t /
n1
concluding state of pregnancy;

- from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child;

- "she was in labor for six hours";

- syn. childbed, labor, labour, lying-in, parturiency, travail;

n2
the act of restraining of a person's liberty by confining them;

n3
the state of being confined;

- "he was held in confinement";

n4
the act of keeping something within specified bounds (by force if necessary);

- "the restriction of the infection to a focal area";

- syn. restriction;

confines / k ə n f aɪ n z , k ɒ n f aɪ n z /
n1
a bounded scope;

- "he stayed within the confines of the city";

confining / k ə n f aɪ n ɪ ŋ /
a1
restricting the scope or freedom of action;

- syn. constraining, constrictive, limiting, restricting;

- sim. restrictive;

a2
crowded;

- "close quarters";

- syn. close;

- sim. confined;

confirm / k ə n f ɝ m /
v1
establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts;

- "his story confirmed my doubts";

- "The evidence supports the defendant";

- syn. affirm, corroborate, substantiate, support, sustain;

v2
strengthen or make more firm;

- "The witnesses confirmed the victim's account";

- syn. reassert;

v3
make more firm;

- "Confirm thy soul in self-control!";

v4
support a person for a position;

- "The Senate confirmed the President's candidate for Secretary of Defense";

v5
administer the rite of confirmation to;

- "the children were confirmed in their mother's faith";

confirmable / k ə n f ɝ m eɪ b ɫ /
a1
capable of being tested (verified or falsified) by experiment or observation;

- syn. falsifiable, verifiable;

- sim. empirical;

confirmation / k ɒ n f ə m eɪ ʃ n /
n1
additional proof that something that was believed (some fact or hypothesis or theory) is correct;

- "fossils provided further confirmation of the evolutionary theory";

- syn. check, substantiation, verification;

n2
information that confirms or verifies;

n3
making something valid by formally ratifying or confirming it;

- "the ratification of the treaty";

- "confirmation of the appointment";

- syn. ratification;

n4
a ceremony held in the synagogue (usually at Pentecost) to admit as adult members of the Jewish community young men and women who have successfully completed a course of study in Judaism;

n5
a sacrament admitting a baptized person to full participation in the church;

confirmation hearing
n1
a hearing held by the US Senate to gather information on whether to approve or reject candidates for high federal office who are nominated by the president;

confirmative / k ə n f ɝ m ə t ɪ v /
a1
serving to support or corroborate;

- "collateral evidence";

- syn. collateral, confirmatory, confirming, corroborative, corroboratory, substantiating, substantiative, validating, validatory, verificatory, verifying;

- sim. supportive;

confirmatory / k ə n f ɝ m ə t ə ɹ i /
a1
serving to support or corroborate;

- "collateral evidence";

- syn. collateral, confirmative, confirming, corroborative, corroboratory, substantiating, substantiative, validating, validatory, verificatory, verifying;

- sim. supportive;

confirmed / k ə n f ɝ m d /
a1
of persons;

- not subject to change;

- "a confirmed bachelor";

- "a confirmed invalid";

- sim. unchangeable;

a2
having been established or made firm or received the rite of confirmation;

- "confirmed reservations";

- "received confirmed reports of casualties";

- "a confirmed Catholic";

- sim. official;

confirming / k ə n f ɝ m ɪ ŋ /
a1
indicating existence or presence of a suspected condition or pathogen;

- "a positive pregnancy test";

- syn. positive;

- sim. Gram-positive;

a2
serving to support or corroborate;

- "collateral evidence";

- syn. collateral, confirmative, confirmatory, corroborative, corroboratory, substantiating, substantiative, validating, validatory, verificatory, verifying;

- sim. supportive;

confiscate / k ɒ n f ɪ s k eɪ t /
v1
take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority;

- "The FBI seized the drugs";

- "The customs agents impounded the illegal shipment";

- "The police confiscated the stolen artwork";

- syn. attach, impound, seize, sequester;

a1
surrendered as a penalty;

- syn. forfeit, forfeited;

- sim. lost;

confiscation / k ɒ n f ɪ s k eɪ ʃ n /
n1
seizure by the government;

- syn. arrogation;

confit / k ɒ n f ɪ t /
n1
a piece of meat (especially a duck) cooked slowly in its own fat;

confiture
n1
preserved or candied fruit;

conflagrate / k ɒ n f ɫ ə ɡ ɹ eɪ t /
v1
cause to start burning;

- "The setting sun kindled the sky with oranges and reds";

- syn. enkindle, inflame, kindle;

v2
start to burn or burst into flames;

- "Marsh gases ignited suddenly";

- "The oily rags combusted spontaneously";

- syn. catch fire, combust, erupt, ignite, take fire;

conflagration / k ɒ n f ɫ ə ɡ ɹ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
a very intense and uncontrolled fire;

- syn. inferno;

conflate / k ɒ n f ɫ eɪ t /
v1
mix together different elements;

- "The colors blend well";

- syn. blend, coalesce, combine, commingle, flux, fuse, immix, meld, merge, mix;

conflict / k ə n f ɫ ɪ k t , k ɒ n f ɫ ɪ k t /
n1
an open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals);

- "the harder the conflict the more glorious the triumph"--Thomas Paine;

- "police tried to control the battle between the pro- and anti-abortion mobs";

- syn. battle, struggle;

n2
opposition between two simultaneous but incompatible feelings;

- "he was immobilized by conflict and indecision";

n3
a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war;

- "Grant won a decisive victory in the battle of Chickamauga";

- "he lost his romantic ideas about war when he got into a real engagement";

- syn. battle, engagement, fight;

n4
a state of opposition between persons or ideas or interests;

- "his conflict of interest made him ineligible for the post";

- "a conflict of loyalties";

n5
an incompatibility of dates or events;

- "he noticed a conflict in the dates of the two meetings";

n6
opposition in a work of drama or fiction between characters or forces (especially an opposition that motivates the development of the plot);

- "this form of conflict is essential to Mann's writing";

n7
a disagreement or argument about something important;

- "he had a dispute with his wife";

- "there were irreconcilable differences";

- "the familiar conflict between Republicans and Democrats";

- syn. difference, difference of opinion, dispute;

v1
be in conflict;

- "The two proposals conflict!";

v2
go against, as of rules and laws;

- "He ran afoul of the law";

- "This behavior conflicts with our rules";

- syn. contravene, infringe, run afoul;

conflict of interest
n1
a situation in which a public official's decisions are influenced by the official's personal interests;

conflicting / k ə n f ɫ ɪ k t ɪ ŋ /
a1
in disagreement;

- "the figures are at odds with our findings";

- "contradictory attributes of unjust justice and loving vindictiveness"- John Morley;

- syn. at odds, contradictory, self-contradictory;

- sim. inconsistent;

a2
on bad terms;

- "they were usually at odds over politics";

- "conflicting opinions";

- sim. opposed;

confluence / k ɒ n f ɫ ʊə n s /
n1
a place where things merge or flow together (especially rivers);

- "Pittsburgh is located at the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers";

- syn. meeting;

n2
a flowing together;

- syn. conflux, merging;

n3
a coming together of people;

- syn. concourse;

confluent / k ɒ n f ɫ ʊə n t /
n1
a branch that flows into the main stream;

- syn. affluent, feeder, tributary;

a1
flowing together;

- syn. merging;

- sim. convergent;

conflux / k ɒ n f ɫ ʌ k s /
n1
a flowing together;

- syn. confluence, merging;

conform / k ə n f ɔ m /
v1
be similar, be in line with;

v2
adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions;

- "We must adjust to the bad economic situation";

- syn. adapt, adjust;

conform to
v1
observe;

- "conform to the rules";

v2
behave in accordance or in agreement with;

- "Follow a pattern";

- "Follow my example";

- syn. follow;

v3
fill, satisfy or meet a want or need or condtion ro restriction;

- "does this paper meet the requirements for the degree?";

- "This job doesn't match my dreams";

- "meet a need";

- syn. fill, fit, fulfil, fulfill, meet, satisfy;

conformable / k ə n f ɔ m ə b ɫ /
a1
quick to comply;

- "I have been to you a true and humble wife, at all times to your will conformable"-Shakespeare;

- sim. obedient;

a2
disposed or willing to conform;

- "someone amenable to the instruction of others";

- syn. amenable;

- sim. compliant;

a3
in keeping;

- "salaries agreeable with current trends";

- "plans conformable with your wishes";

- "expressed views concordant with his background";

- syn. accordant, agreeable, concordant, consonant;

- sim. consistent;

conformably / k ə n f ɔ m ə b ɫ i /
r1
in a conformable manner;

conformal projection
n1
a map projection in which a small area is rendered in its true shape;

- syn. orthomorphic projection;

conformance / k ə n f ɔ m ə n s /
n1
correspondence in form or appearance;

- syn. conformity;

conformation / k ɒ n f ɔ m eɪ ʃ n /
n1
a symmetrical arrangement of the parts of a thing;

n2
any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline);

- "he could barely make out their shapes";

- syn. configuration, contour, form, shape;

n3
acting according to certain accepted standards;

- "their financial statements are in conformity with generally accepted accounting practices";

- syn. abidance, compliance, conformity;

conformational entropy
n1
entropy calculated from the probability that a state could be reached by chance alone;

conforming / k ə n f ɔ m ɪ ŋ /
a1
adhering to established customs or doctrines (especially in religion);

- syn. conformist;

- sim. orthodox;

conformism / k ə n f ɔ m ɪ z ə m /
n1
orthodoxy in thoughts and belief;

- syn. conformity;

conformist / k ə n f ɔ m ɪ s t /
n1
someone who conforms to established standards of conduct (especially in religious matters);

a1
marked by convention and conformity to customs or rules or styles;

- "underneath the radical image teenagers are surprisingly conformist";

a2
adhering to established customs or doctrines (especially in religion);

- syn. conforming;

- sim. orthodox;

conformity / k ə n f ɔ m ɪ t i /
n1
correspondence in form or appearance;

- syn. conformance;

n2
acting according to certain accepted standards;

- "their financial statements are in conformity with generally accepted accounting practices";

- syn. abidance, compliance, conformation;

n3
orthodoxy in thoughts and belief;

- syn. conformism;

n4
concurrence of opinion;

- "we are in accord with your proposal";

- syn. accord, accordance;

n5
hardened conventionality;

- syn. ossification;

confound / k ə n f aʊ n d /
v1
be confusing or perplexing to;

- cause to be unable to think clearly;

- "These questions confuse even the experts";

- "This question completely threw me";

- "This question befuddled even the teacher";

- syn. bedevil, befuddle, confuse, discombobulate, fox, fuddle, throw;

v2
mistake one thing for another;

- "you are confusing me with the other candidate";

- "I mistook her for the secretary";

- syn. confuse;

confounded / k ə n f aʊ n d ɪ d /
a1
perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements;

- filled with bewilderment;

- "obviously bemused by his questions";

- "bewildered and confused";

- "a cloudy and confounded philosopher";

- "just a mixed-up kid";

- "she felt lost on the first day of school";

- syn. at sea, baffled, befuddled, bemused, bewildered, confused, lost, mazed, mixed-up;

- sim. perplexed;

confoundedly / k ə n f aʊ n d ɪ d ɫ i /
r1
in a perplexed manner;

- "he looked at his professor perplexedly";

- syn. perplexedly;

confounding / k ə n f aʊ n d ɪ ŋ /
a1
that confounds or contradicts or confuses;

- syn. contradictory;

- sim. unsupportive;

confrere
n1
a person who is member of one's class or profession;

- "the surgeon consulted his colleagues";

- "he sent e-mail to his fellow hackers";

- syn. colleague, fellow;

confront / k ə n f ɹ ʌ n t /
v1
oppose, as in hostility or a competition;

- "You must confront your opponent";

- "Jackson faced Smith in the boxing ring";

- "The two enemies finally confronted each other";

- syn. face;

v2
deal with (something unpleasant) head on;

- "You must confront your problems";

- "He faced the terrible consequences of his mistakes";

- syn. face, face up;

v3
present somebody with something, usually to accuse or criticize;

- "We confronted him with the evidence";

- "He was faced with all the evidence and could no longer deny his actions";

- "An enormous dilemma faces us";

- syn. face, present;

v4
be face to face with;

- "The child screamed when he confronted the man in the Halloween costume";

confrontation / k ɒ n f ɹ ʌ n t eɪ ʃ n /
n1
a bold challenge;

n2
discord resulting from a clash of ideas or opinions;

n3
a hostile disagreement face-to-face;

- syn. encounter, face-off, showdown;

n4
the act of hostile groups opposing each other;

- "the government was not ready for a confrontation with the unions";

- "the invaders encountered stiff opposition";

- syn. opposition;

n5
a focussed comparison;

- bringing together for a careful comparison;

confrontational / k ɒ n f ɹ ʌ n t eɪ ʃ ə n ɫ /
a1
of or relating to confrontation;

Confucian / k ə n f j u ʃ n /
n1
a believer in the teachings of Confucius;

- syn. Confucianist;

a1
relating to or characteristic of Confucianism;

- "Confucian ethics";

Confucianism / k ə n f j u ʃ j ə n ɪ z ə m /
n1
the teachings of Confucius emphasizing love for humanity;

- high value given to learning and to devotion to family (including ancestors);

- peace;

- justice;

- influenced the traditional culture of China;

Confucianist / k ə n f j u ʃ j ə n ɪ s t /
n1
a believer in the teachings of Confucius;

- syn. Confucian;

Confucius
n1
Chinese philosopher whose ideas and sayings were collected after his death and became the basis of a philosophical doctrine known a Confucianism (circa 551-478 BC);

- syn. K'ung Futzu, Kong the Master, Kongfuze;

confusable / k ə n f j u z ə b ɫ /
a1
so similar as to be easily identified for another thing;

- "potentially confusable senses of words";

- "easily mistakable signals";

- syn. mistakable;

- sim. similar;

confuse / k ə n f j u z /
v1
mistake one thing for another;

- "you are confusing me with the other candidate";

- "I mistook her for the secretary";

- syn. confound;

v2
be confusing or perplexing to;

- cause to be unable to think clearly;

- "These questions confuse even the experts";

- "This question completely threw me";

- "This question befuddled even the teacher";

- syn. bedevil, befuddle, confound, discombobulate, fox, fuddle, throw;

v3
cause to feel embarrassment;

- "The constant attention of the young man confused her";

- syn. disconcert, flurry, put off;

v4
assemble without order or sense;

- "She jumbles the words when she is supposed to write a sentence";

- syn. jumble, mix up;

v5
make unclear, indistinct, or blurred;

- "Her remarks confused the debate";

- "Their words obnubilate their intentions";

- syn. blur, obnubilate, obscure;

confused / k ə n f j u z d /
a1
perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements;

- filled with bewilderment;

- "obviously bemused by his questions";

- "bewildered and confused";

- "a cloudy and confounded philosopher";

- "just a mixed-up kid";

- "she felt lost on the first day of school";

- syn. at sea, baffled, befuddled, bemused, bewildered, confounded, lost, mazed, mixed-up;

- sim. perplexed;

a2
lacking orderly continuity;

- "a confused set of instructions";

- "a confused dream about the end of the world";

- "disconnected fragments of a story";

- "scattered thoughts";

- syn. disconnected, disjointed, disordered, garbled, illogical, scattered, unconnected;

- sim. incoherent;

a3
having lost your bearings;

- confused as to time or place or personal identity;

- "I frequently find myself disoriented when I come up out of the subway";

- "the anesthetic left her completely disoriented";

- syn. disoriented, lost;

- sim. unoriented;

a4
thrown into a state of disarray or confusion;

- "troops fleeing in broken ranks";

- "a confused mass of papers on the desk";

- "the small disordered room";

- "with everything so upset";

- syn. broken, disordered, upset;

- sim. disorganized;

a5
mentally confused;

- unable to think with clarity or act intelligently;

- "the flood of questions left her bewildered and confused";

- also perplexed;

- sim. addlebrained, addled, befogged, clouded, dazed, dazzled, punch-drunk, spaced-out, trancelike;

confusedly / k ə n f j u z ɪ d ɫ i /
r1
in a confused manner;

- "Queen Augusta wrote him an hysterical letter in which she confusedly sympathised with him";

confusedness
n1
a mental state characterized by a lack of clear and orderly thought and behavior;

- "a confusion of impressions";

- syn. confusion, disarray, mental confusion, muddiness;

confusing / k ə n f j u z ɪ ŋ /
a1
causing confusion or disorientation;

- "a confusing jumble of road signs";

- "being hospitalized can be confusing and distressing for a small child";

- sim. disorienting;

a2
lacking clarity of meaning;

- causing confusion or perplexity;

- "sent confusing signals to Iraq";

- "perplexing to someone who knew nothing about it";

- "a puzzling statement";

- syn. perplexing, puzzling;

- sim. unclear;

confusingly / k ə n f j u z ɪ ŋ ɫ i /
r1
in a bewildering and confusing manner;

- "her situation was bewilderingly unclear";

- syn. bewilderingly;

confusion / k ə n f j u ʒ n /
n1
disorder resulting from a failure to behave predictably;

- "the army retreated in confusion";

n2
a mental state characterized by a lack of clear and orderly thought and behavior;

- "a confusion of impressions";

- syn. confusedness, disarray, mental confusion, muddiness;

n3
a feeling of embarrassment that leaves you confused;

- syn. discombobulation;

n4
an act causing a disorderly combination of elements with identities lost and distinctions blended;

- "the confusion of tongues at the Tower of Babel";

n5
a mistake that results from taking one thing to be another;

- "he changed his name in order to avoid confusion with the notorious outlaw";

- syn. mix-up;

confutable / k ə n f j u t ə b ɫ /
a1
able to be refuted;

- syn. confutative, questionable, refutable;

- sim. deniable;

confutation / k ɒ n f j u t eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the speech act of refuting conclusively;

n2
evidence that refutes conclusively;

confutative / k ɒ n f j u t ə t ɪ v /
a1
able to be refuted;

- syn. confutable, questionable, refutable;

- sim. deniable;

confute / k ə n f j u t /
v1
prove to be false;

- "The physicist disproved his colleagues' theories";

- syn. disprove;

confuter / k ə n f j u t ə , k ə n f j u t ə ɹ /
n1
a debater who refutes or disproves by offering contrary evidence or argument;

- syn. disprover, rebutter, refuter;

conga / k ɒ ŋ ɡ ə /
n1
music composed for dancing the conga;

n2
a Latin American dance of 3 steps and a kick by people in single file;

v1
dance the conga;

conga line
n1
a line of people in single file performing the conga dance;

conge
n1
(architecture) a concave molding;

- syn. congee;

n2
formal permission to depart;

- "he gave me his conge";

- syn. congee;

n3
an abrupt and unceremonious dismissal;

- syn. congee;

v1
perform a ceremonious bow;

- syn. congee;

congeal / k ə n dʒ i ɫ /
v1
become gelatinous;

- "the liquid jelled after we added the enzyme";

- syn. jell, set;

congealed / k ə n dʒ i ɫ d /
a1
congealed into jelly;

- solidified by cooling;

- "in Georgia they serve congealed salads";

- syn. jelled, jellied;

- sim. solid;

congealment / k ə n s i ɫ m ə n t /
n1
the process of congealing;

- solidification by (or as if by) freezing;

- syn. congelation;

congee / k ɒ n dʒ i /
n1
a Chinese rice gruel eaten for breakfast;

- syn. jook;

n2
(architecture) a concave molding;

- syn. conge;

n3
formal permission to depart;

- "he gave me his conge";

- syn. conge;

n4
an abrupt and unceremonious dismissal;

- syn. conge;

v1
depart after obtaining formal permission;

- "He has congeed with the King";

v2
perform a ceremonious bow;

- syn. conge;

congelation / k ɒ n dʒ ɪ ɫ eɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
the process of congealing;

- solidification by (or as if by) freezing;

- syn. congealment;

congenator
n1
an animal or plant that bears a relationship to another (as related by common descent or by membership in the same genus);

- syn. congener, congeneric, relative;

congener / k ɒ n dʒ ɪ n ə /
n1
a minor chemical constituent that gives a wine or liquor its distinctive character;

n2
an animal or plant that bears a relationship to another (as related by common descent or by membership in the same genus);

- syn. congenator, congeneric, relative;

n3
a whole (a thing or person) of the same kind or category as another;

- "lard was also used, though its congener, butter, was more frequently employed";

- "the American shopkeeper differs from his European congener";

congeneric / k ɒ n dʒ ɪ n ɛr ɪ k /
n1
an animal or plant that bears a relationship to another (as related by common descent or by membership in the same genus);

- syn. congenator, congener, relative;

a1
belonging to the same genus;

- syn. congenerical, congenerous;

congenerical / k ɒ n dʒ ɪ n ɛr ɪ k ɫ /
a1
belonging to the same genus;

- syn. congeneric, congenerous;

congenerous
a1
belonging to the same genus;

- syn. congeneric, congenerical;

congenial / k ə n dʒ i n ɪə ɫ /
a1
suitable to your needs;

- "a congenial atmosphere to work in";

- "two congenial spirits united...by mutual confidence and reciprocal virtues"- T.L.Peacock;

- also compatible, friendly, sympathetic;

- sim. sociable;

a2
(used of plants) capable of cross-fertilization or of being grafted;

- sim. compatible;

congeniality / k ə n dʒ i n ɪ æ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
compatibility between persons;

- syn. congenialness;

n2
a congenial disposition;

congenially / k ə n dʒ i n ɪə ɫ i /
r1
in a congenial manner;

- "`Let's all have a drink together,' he said congenially";

congenialness
n1
compatibility between persons;

- syn. congeniality;

congenital / k ə n dʒ ɛ n ɪ t ɫ /
a1
present at birth but not necessarily hereditary;

- acquired during fetal development;

- syn. inborn, innate;

- sim. noninheritable;

congenital abnormality
n1
a defect that is present at birth;

- syn. birth defect, congenital anomaly, congenital defect, congenital disorder;

congenital afibrinogenemia
n1
a rare congenital disorder of blood coagulation in which no fibrinogen is found in the blood plasma;

congenital anomaly
n1
a defect that is present at birth;

- syn. birth defect, congenital abnormality, congenital defect, congenital disorder;

congenital defect
n1
a defect that is present at birth;

- syn. birth defect, congenital abnormality, congenital anomaly, congenital disorder;

congenital disease
n1
a disease or disorder that is inherited genetically;

- syn. genetic abnormality, genetic defect, genetic disease, genetic disorder, hereditary condition, hereditary disease, inherited disease, inherited disorder;

congenital disorder
n1
a defect that is present at birth;

- syn. birth defect, congenital abnormality, congenital anomaly, congenital defect;

congenital heart defect
n1
a birth defect involving the heart;

congenital megacolon
n1
congenital condition in which the colon does not have the normal network of nerves;

- there is little urge to defecate so the feces accumulate and cause megacolon;

- syn. Hirschsprung's disease;

congenital pancytopenia
n1
a rare congenital anemia characterized by pancytopenia and hypoplasia of the bone marrow;

- syn. Fanconi's anaemia, Fanconi's anemia;

conger / k ɒ ŋ ɡ ə , k ɒ ŋ ɡ ə ɹ /
n1
large dark-colored scaleless marine eel found in temperate and tropical coastal waters;

- some used for food;

- syn. conger eel;

conger eel
n1
large dark-colored scaleless marine eel found in temperate and tropical coastal waters;

- some used for food;

- syn. conger;

congeries / k ɒ n dʒ ɪə ɹ i z /
n1
a sum total of many heterogenous things taken together;

- syn. aggregate, conglomeration;

congest / k ə n dʒ ɛ s t /
v1
become or cause to become obstructed;

- "The leaves clog our drains in the Fall";

- "The water pipe is backed up";

- syn. back up, choke, choke off, clog, clog up, foul;

congested / k ə n dʒ ɛ s t ɪ d /
a1
overfull as with blood;

- syn. engorged;

- sim. full;

congestion / k ə n dʒ ɛ s tʃ ə n /
n1
excessive accumulation of blood or other fluid in a body part;

n2
excessive crowding;

- "traffic congestion";

- syn. over-crowding;

congestive / k ə n dʒ ɛ s t ɪ v /
a1
relating to or affected by an abnormal collection of blood or other fluid;

- "congestive heart disease";

congestive heart failure
n1
inability to pump enough blood to avoid congestion in the tissues;

congius
n1
a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 4 quarts or 4.545 liters;

- syn. Imperial gallon, gallon;

conglobate / k ɒ n ɡ ɫ oʊ b eɪ t /
v1
assume a globular shape;

- syn. conglobe;

conglobation / k ɒ n ɡ ɫ oʊ b eɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
a rounded spherical form;

- syn. conglomeration;

n2
an occurrence combining miscellaneous things into a (more or less) rounded mass;

- syn. conglomeration;

conglobe / k ɒ n ɡ ɫ oʊ b /
v1
assume a globular shape;

- syn. conglobate;

conglomerate / k ə n ɡ ɫ ɒ m ə ɹ ə t , k ə n ɡ ɫ ɒ m ə ɹ eɪ t /
n1
a composite rock made up of particles of varying size;

- syn. pudding stone;

n2
a group of diverse companies under common ownership and run as a single organization;

- syn. empire;

v1
collect or gather;

- "Journals are accumulating in my office";

- "The work keeps piling up";

- syn. accumulate, amass, cumulate, gather, pile up;

a1
composed of heterogeneous elements gathered into a mass;

- "the conglomerate peoples of New England";

- sim. combined;

conglomeration / k ə n ɡ ɫ ɒ m ə ɹ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
a rounded spherical form;

- syn. conglobation;

n2
a sum total of many heterogenous things taken together;

- syn. aggregate, congeries;

n3
an occurrence combining miscellaneous things into a (more or less) rounded mass;

- syn. conglobation;

conglutinate / k ɒ n ɡ ɫ u t ɪ n eɪ t /
v1
cause to adhere;

- "The wounds were coapted";

- syn. coapt;

v2
stick together;

- "the edges of the wound conglutinated";

conglutination / k ɒ n ɡ ɫ u t ɪ n eɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
healing process involving the growing together of the edges of a wound or the growing together of broken bones;

- syn. union;

n2
the union of diverse things into one body or form or group;

- the growing together of parts;

- syn. coalescence, coalescency, coalition, concretion;

Congo / k ɒ ŋ ɡ oʊ /
n1
a republic in central Africa;

- achieved independence from Belgium in 1960;

- syn. Belgian Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zaire;

n2
a major African river (one of the world's longest);

- flows through Congo into the South Atlantic;

- syn. Congo River, Zaire River;

n3
a republic in west-central Africa;

- achieved independence from France in 1960;

- syn. French Congo, Republic of the Congo;

n4
black tea grown in China;

- syn. English breakfast tea, congou, congou tea;

congo copal
n1
copal found usually as a fossil;

- syn. congo gum;

congo eel
n1
aquatic eel-shaped salamander having two pairs of very small feet;

- of still muddy waters in the southern United States;

- syn. amphiuma, blind eel, congo snake;

Congo franc
n1
the basic unit of money in the Congo;

congo gum
n1
copal found usually as a fossil;

- syn. congo copal;

Congo peafowl
n1
both sexes are brightly colored;

- syn. Afropavo congensis, afropavo;

congo red
n1
a red-brown azo dye especially as a chemical pH indicator (congo red is red in basic and blue in acidic solutions);

Congo River
n1
a major African river (one of the world's longest);

- flows through Congo into the South Atlantic;

- syn. Congo, Zaire River;

congo snake
n1
aquatic eel-shaped salamander having two pairs of very small feet;

- of still muddy waters in the southern United States;

- syn. amphiuma, blind eel, congo eel;

Congolese / k ɒ ŋ ɡ ə ɫ i z /
n1
a native or inhabitant of the Republic of the Congo;

a1
of or relating to or characteristic of the Congo region or its people;

- "Congolese rulers";

- "the Congolese republic";

congoo mallee
n1
small shrubby mallee;

- syn. Eucalyptus dumosa, white mallee;

congou
n1
black tea grown in China;

- syn. English breakfast tea, congo, congou tea;

congou tea
n1
black tea grown in China;

- syn. English breakfast tea, congo, congou;

congratulate / k ə n ɡ ɹ æ tʃ ʊ ɫ eɪ t /
v1
say something to someone that expresses praise;

- "He complimented her on her last physics paper";

- syn. compliment;

v2
express congratulations;

- syn. felicitate;

v3
be proud of;

- "He prides himself on making it into law school";

- syn. plume, pride;

v4
pride or congratulate (oneself) for an achievement;

- syn. preen;

congratulation / k ə n ɡ ɹ æ tʃ ʊ ɫ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the act of acknowledging that someone has an occasion for celebration;

- syn. felicitation;

n2
(usually plural) an expression of pleasure at the success or good fortune of another;

- "I sent them my sincere congratulations on their marriage";

- syn. felicitation;

congratulations / k ə n ɡ ɹ æ tʃ ʊ ɫ eɪ ʃ n z /
n1
an expression of approval and commendation;

- "he always appreciated praise for his work";

- syn. extolment, kudos, praise;

congratulatory / k ə n ɡ ɹ æ tʃ ʊ ɫ ə t ə ɹ i /
a1
expressive of sympathetic pleasure or joy on account of someone's success or good fortune;

- "a congratulatory telegram";

- "the usual congratulatory crowd was conspicuously absent";

- "a gratulatory address";

- syn. gratulatory;

- sim. felicitous;

congregant / k ɒ ŋ ɡ ɹ ɪ ɡ ə n t /
n1
a member of a congregation (especially that of a church or synagogue);

congregate / k ɒ ŋ ɡ ɹ ɪ ɡ eɪ t /
v1
come together, usually for a purpose;

- "The crowds congregated in front of the Vatican on Christmas Eve";

congregating / k ɒ ŋ ɡ ɹ ɪ ɡ eɪ t ɪ ŋ /
n1
the act of congregating;

- syn. congregation;

congregation / k ɒ ŋ ɡ ɹ ɪ ɡ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
a group of people who adhere to a common faith and habitually attend a given church;

- syn. faithful, fold;

n2
an assemblage of people or animals or things collected together;

- "a congregation of children pleaded for his autograph";

- "a great congregation of birds flew over";

n3
the act of congregating;

- syn. congregating;

Congregation of the Inquisition
n1
an inquisition set up in Italy in 1542 to curb the number of Protestants;

- "it was the Roman Inquisition that put Galileo on trial";

- syn. Roman Inquisition;

congregational / k ɒ ŋ ɡ ɹ ɪ ɡ eɪ ʃ ə n ə ɫ , k ɒ ŋ ɡ ɹ ɪ ɡ eɪ ʃ n ə ɫ /
a1
relating to or conducted or participated in by a congregation;

- "congregational membership";

- "congregational singing";

a2
of or pertaining to or characteristic of a Congregational church;

- syn. Congregationalist;

Congregational Christian Church
n1
merger of the Congregational Church and the Christian Church;

Congregational Church
n1
a Protestant denomination holding that each individual congregation should be self-governing;

Congregationalism / k ɒ ŋ ɡ ɹ ɪ ɡ eɪ ʃ n ə ɫ ɪ z ə m /
n1
system of beliefs and church government of a Protestant denomination in which each member church is self-governing;

Congregationalist / k ɒ ŋ ɡ ɹ ɪ ɡ eɪ ʃ n ə ɫ ɪ s t /
n1
a member of the Congregational Church;

a1
of or pertaining to or characteristic of a Congregational church;

- syn. Congregational;

Congress / k ɒ ŋ ɡ ɹ ɛ s /
n1
the legislature of the United States government;

- syn. U.S. Congress, US Congress, United States Congress;

n2
a meeting of elected or appointed representatives;

n3
a national legislative assembly;

n4
the social act of assembling for some common purpose;

- "his meeting with the salesmen was the high point of his day";

- "the lovers met discreetly for the purposes of sexual congress";

- syn. coming together, meeting;

congress boot
n1
an ankle high shoe with elastic gussets in the sides;

- syn. congress gaiter, congress shoe;

congress gaiter
n1
an ankle high shoe with elastic gussets in the sides;

- syn. congress boot, congress shoe;

Congress of Industrial Organizations
n1
a federation of North American industrial unions that merged with the American Federation of Labor in 1955;

- syn. CIO;

Congress of Racial Equality
n1
an organization founded by James Leonard Farmer in 1942 to work for racial equality;

- syn. CORE;

congress shoe
n1
an ankle high shoe with elastic gussets in the sides;

- syn. congress boot, congress gaiter;

congressional / k ə n ɡ ɹ ɛ ʃ ə n ɫ /
a1
of or relating to congress;

- "congressional hearing";

congressional district
n1
a territorial division of a state;

- entitled to elect one member to the United States House of Representatives;

Congressional Medal of Honor
n1
the highest U.S. military decoration awarded for bravery and valor in action `above and beyond the call of duty';

- syn. Medal of Honor;

Congressional Record
n1
a published written account of the speeches and debates and votes of the United States Congress;

congressman / k ɒ ŋ ɡ ɹ ɛ s m ə n /
n1
a member of the United States House of Representatives;

- syn. congresswoman, representative;

congresswoman / k ɒ ŋ ɡ ɹ ɛ s w ʊ m ə n /
n1
a member of the United States House of Representatives;

- syn. congressman, representative;

Congreve
n1
English playwright remembered for his comedies (1670-1729);

- syn. William Congreve;

Congridae
n1
marine eels;

- syn. family Congridae;

congruence / k ɒ ŋ ɡ ɹ ʊə n s /
n1
the quality of agreeing;

- being suitable and appropriate;

- syn. congruity, congruousness;

congruent / k ɒ ŋ ɡ ɹ ʊə n t /
a1
corresponding in character or kind;

- syn. congruous;

- also appropriate;

- sim. harmonious;

a2
coinciding when superimposed;

- sim. coincident, identical;

congruity / k ɒ ŋ ɡ ɹ u ɪ t i /
n1
the quality of agreeing;

- being suitable and appropriate;

- syn. congruence, congruousness;

congruous / k ɒ ŋ ɡ ɹ ʊə s /
a1
corresponding in character or kind;

- syn. congruent;

- also appropriate;

- sim. harmonious;

a2
suitable or appropriate together;

- sim. compatible;

congruousness
n1
the quality of agreeing;

- being suitable and appropriate;

- syn. congruence, congruity;

conic / k ɒ n ɪ k /
n1
(geometry) a curve generated by the intersection of a plane and a circular cone;

- syn. conic section;

a1
relating to or resembling a cone;

- "conical mountains";

- "conelike fruit";

- syn. cone-shaped, conelike, conical;

conic morel
n1
a morel whose pitted fertile body is attached to the stalk with little free skirt around it;

- the fertile body is grey when young and black in old age;

- syn. Morchella angusticeps, Morchella conica, black morel, narrowhead morel;

conic projection
n1
a map projection of the globe onto a cone with its point over one of the earth's poles;

- syn. conical projection;

conic section
n1
(geometry) a curve generated by the intersection of a plane and a circular cone;

- syn. conic;

conic Verpa
n1
a morel with a fertile portion that has a relatively smooth surface;

- the stalk is fragile;

- syn. Verpa conica;

conic waxycap
n1
a fungus having an acutely conic cap and dry stalks;

- syn. Hygrocybe acutoconica;

conical / k ɒ n ɪ k ɫ /
a1
relating to or resembling a cone;

- "conical mountains";

- "conelike fruit";

- syn. cone-shaped, conelike, conic;

conical buoy
n1
a buoy resembling a cone;

- syn. nun, nun buoy;

conical projection
n1
a map projection of the globe onto a cone with its point over one of the earth's poles;

- syn. conic projection;

conically / k ɒ n ɪ k ɫ i /
r1
in a conical manner;

- "conically shaped";

conidiophore
n1
a specialized fungal hypha that produces conidia;

conidiospore
n1
an asexually produced fungal spore formed on a conidiophore;

- syn. conidium;

conidium
n1
an asexually produced fungal spore formed on a conidiophore;

- syn. conidiospore;

conifer / k ɒ n ɪ f ə , k ɒ n ɪ f ə ɹ /
n1
any gymnospermous tree or shrub bearing cones;

- syn. coniferous tree;

Coniferales
n1
profusely branching and chiefly evergreen trees and some shrubs having narrow or needlelike leaves;

- syn. order Coniferales;

Coniferophyta
n1
cone-bearing gymnosperms dating from the Carboniferous period;

- most are substantial trees;

- includes the classes Pinopsida (subdivision Pinophytina) and Ginkgopsida (subdivision Ginkgophytina) and Taxopsida (subdivision Taxophytina) which in turn include the surviving orders Coniferales and Taxales (yews) and sometimes Ginkgoales as well as extinct orders such as Cordaitales (of the Carboniferous and Permian);

- syn. Coniferophytina, Coniferopsida, class Coniferopsida, subdivision Coniferophytina;

Coniferophytina
n1
cone-bearing gymnosperms dating from the Carboniferous period;

- most are substantial trees;

- includes the classes Pinopsida (subdivision Pinophytina) and Ginkgopsida (subdivision Ginkgophytina) and Taxopsida (subdivision Taxophytina) which in turn include the surviving orders Coniferales and Taxales (yews) and sometimes Ginkgoales as well as extinct orders such as Cordaitales (of the Carboniferous and Permian);

- syn. Coniferophyta, Coniferopsida, class Coniferopsida, subdivision Coniferophytina;

Coniferopsida
n1
cone-bearing gymnosperms dating from the Carboniferous period;

- most are substantial trees;

- includes the classes Pinopsida (subdivision Pinophytina) and Ginkgopsida (subdivision Ginkgophytina) and Taxopsida (subdivision Taxophytina) which in turn include the surviving orders Coniferales and Taxales (yews) and sometimes Ginkgoales as well as extinct orders such as Cordaitales (of the Carboniferous and Permian);

- syn. Coniferophyta, Coniferophytina, class Coniferopsida, subdivision Coniferophytina;

coniferous / k ə n ɪ f ə ɹ ə s /
a1
of or relating to or part of trees or shrubs bearing cones and evergreen leaves;

- syn. cone-bearing;

- sim. evergreen;

coniferous tree
n1
any gymnospermous tree or shrub bearing cones;

- syn. conifer;

Conilurus
n1
jerboa rats;

- syn. genus Conilurus;

conima
n1
a gum resin from the poison hemlock, Conium maculatum;

Coniogramme
n1
terrestrial ferns of Pacific islands and Asia;

- syn. genus Coniogramme;

Coniogramme japonica
n1
fast-growing sturdy Japanese fern;

- cultivated for their attractive broad dark-green pinnate fronds;

- syn. bamboo fern;

Conium
n1
small genus of highly toxic biennials: hemlock;

- syn. genus Conium;

Conium maculatum
n1
large branching biennial herb native to Eurasia and Africa and adventive in North America having large fernlike leaves and white flowers;

- usually found in damp habitats;

- all parts extremely poisonous;

- syn. California fern, Nebraska fern, hemlock, poison hemlock, poison parsley, winter fern;

conjectural / k ə n dʒ ɛ k tʃ ə ɹ ə ɫ /
a1
based primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence;

- "theories about the extinction of dinosaurs are still highly conjectural";

- "the supposed reason for his absence";

- "suppositious reconstructions of dead languages";

- "hypothetical situation";

- syn. divinatory, hypothetic, hypothetical, supposed, suppositional, suppositious, supposititious;

- sim. theoretical;

conjecturally / k ə n dʒ ɛ k tʃ ə ɹ ə ɫ i /
r1
in a manner involving or inclined to conjecture and supposition;

conjecture / k ə n dʒ ɛ k tʃ ə , k ə n dʒ ɛ k tʃ ə ɹ /
n1
a hypothesis that has been formed by speculating or conjecturing (usually with little hard evidence);

- "speculations about the outcome of the election";

- "he dismissed it as mere conjecture";

- syn. speculation;

n2
a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence;

- syn. guess, hypothesis, speculation, supposition, surmisal, surmise;

n3
reasoning that involves the formation of conclusions from incomplete evidence;

v1
to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds;

- "Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps";

- syn. hypothecate, hypothesise, hypothesize, speculate, suppose, theorise, theorize;

conjoin / k ə n dʒ ɔɪ n /
v1
make contact or come together;

- "The two roads join here";

- syn. join;

v2
take in marriage;

- syn. espouse, get hitched with, get married, hook up with, marry, wed;

conjoined / k ə n dʒ ɔɪ n d /
a1
consisting of two or more associated entities;

- "the interplay of these conjoined yet opposed factors";

- "social order and prosperity, the conjoint aims of government"- J.K.Fairbank;

- syn. conjoint;

- sim. joint;

conjoined twin
n1
one of a pair of identical twins born with their bodies joined at some point;

- syn. Siamese twin;

conjoint / k ə n dʒ ɔɪ n t /
a1
consisting of two or more associated entities;

- "the interplay of these conjoined yet opposed factors";

- "social order and prosperity, the conjoint aims of government"- J.K.Fairbank;

- syn. conjoined;

- sim. joint;

conjointly / k ə n dʒ ɔɪ n t ɫ i /
r1
in conjunction with;

- combined;

- "our salaries put together couldn't pay for the damage";

- "we couldn't pay for the damages with all our salaries put together";

- syn. collectively, jointly, together with;

conjugal / k ɒ n dʒ ʊ ɡ ə ɫ /
a1
of or relating to marriage or to the relationship between a wife and husband;

- "connubial bliss";

- "conjugal visits";

- syn. connubial;

conjugal family
n1
a family consisting of parents and their children and grandparents of a marital partner;

- syn. nuclear family;

conjugal right
n1
the right of married persons to the enjoyment of association and sympathy and confidence and domestic happiness and the comfort of living together and eating meals at the same table and profiting from joint property right and the intimacies of domestic relations;

conjugal visitation
n1
the legal right in a prison for the inmate and spouse to have sexual intercourse;

- syn. conjugal visitation right;

conjugal visitation right
n1
the legal right in a prison for the inmate and spouse to have sexual intercourse;

- syn. conjugal visitation;

conjugally / k ɒ n dʒ ʊ ɡ ə ɫ i /
r1
in a conjugal manner;

- syn. connubial;

conjugate / k ɒ n dʒ ʊ ɡ eɪ t , k ɒ n dʒ ʊ ɡ ɪ t /
n1
a mixture of two partially miscible liquids A and B produces two conjugate solutions: one of A in B and another of B in A;

- syn. conjugate solution;

v1
unite chemically so that the product is easily broken down into the original compounds;

v2
add inflections showing person, number, gender, tense, aspect, etc.;

- "conjugate the verb";

v3
undergo conjugation;

a1
joined together especially in a pair or pairs;

- syn. conjugated, coupled;

- sim. united;

a2
(of a pinnate leaflet) having only one pair of leaflets;

- sim. compound;

a3
formed by the union of two compounds;

- "a conjugated protein";

- syn. conjugated;

- sim. bound;

a4
of an organic compound;

- containing two or more double bonds each separated from the other by a single bond;

- syn. conjugated;

- sim. bound;

conjugate solution
n1
a mixture of two partially miscible liquids A and B produces two conjugate solutions: one of A in B and another of B in A;

- syn. conjugate;

conjugated / k ɒ n dʒ ʊ ɡ eɪ t ɪ d /
a1
formed by the union of two compounds;

- "a conjugated protein";

- syn. conjugate;

- sim. bound;

a2
joined together especially in a pair or pairs;

- syn. conjugate, coupled;

- sim. united;

a3
of an organic compound;

- containing two or more double bonds each separated from the other by a single bond;

- syn. conjugate;

- sim. bound;

conjugated protein
n1
a protein complex combining amino acids with other substances;

- syn. compound protein;

conjugation / k ɒ n dʒ ʊ ɡ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the state of being joined together;

- syn. colligation, conjunction, junction;

n2
the inflection of verbs;

n3
the complete set of inflected forms of a verb;

n4
a class of verbs having the same inflectional forms;

n5
the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes;

- "the casual couplings of adolescents";

- "the mating of some species occurs only in the spring";

- syn. coupling, mating, pairing, sexual union, union;

n6
the act of making or becoming a single unit;

- "the union of opposing factions";

- "he looked forward to the unification of his family for the holidays";

- syn. jointure, unification, union, uniting;

conjunct / k ə n dʒ ʌ ŋ k t /
a1
progressing melodically by intervals of a second;

- "conjunct motion of an ascending scale";

a2
bound in close association;

- "conjunct influences";

- "conjunct ideas";

- sim. united;

a3
involving the joint activity of two or more;

- "concerted action";

- "the conjunct influence of fire and strong wind";

- "the conjunctive focus of political opposition";

- "a cooperative effort";

- "a united effort";

- "joint military activities";

- syn. concerted, conjunctive, cooperative;

- sim. joint;

conjunction / k ə n dʒ ʌ ŋ k ʃ n /
n1
the temporal property of two things happening at the same time;

- "the interval determining the coincidence gate is adjustable";

- syn. co-occurrence, coincidence, concurrence;

n2
the state of being joined together;

- syn. colligation, conjugation, junction;

n3
an uninflected function word that serves to conjoin words or phrases or clauses or sentences;

- syn. conjunctive, connective, continuative;

n4
the grammatical relation between linguistic units (words or phrases or clauses) that are connected by a conjunction;

n5
(astronomy) apparent meeting or passing of two or more celestial bodies in the same degree of the zodiac;

- syn. alignment;

n6
something that joins or connects;

- syn. junction;

conjunctiva / k ɒ n dʒ ʌ ŋ k t aɪ v ə /
n1
a transparent lubricating mucous membrane that covers the eyeball and the under surface of the eyelid;

conjunctival / k ɒ n dʒ ʌ ŋ k t aɪ v ɫ /
a1
of or relating to the conjunctiva;

conjunctival layer of bulb
n1
the part of the conjunctiva covering the anterior face of the sclera and the surface epithelium of the cornea;

- syn. bulbar conjunctiva, tunica conjunctiva bulbi;

conjunctival layer of eyelids
n1
the part of the conjunctiva lining the posterior surface of the eyelids;

- continuous with the bulbar conjunctiva;

- syn. palpebra conjunctiva, tunica conjunctiva palpebrarum;

conjunctival veins
n1
veins draining the conjunctiva;

- syn. venae conjunctivales;

conjunctive / k ə n dʒ ʌ ŋ k t ɪ v /
n1
an uninflected function word that serves to conjoin words or phrases or clauses or sentences;

- syn. conjunction, connective, continuative;

a1
serving or tending to connect;

- sim. connective, copulative;

a2
involving the joint activity of two or more;

- "concerted action";

- "the conjunct influence of fire and strong wind";

- "the conjunctive focus of political opposition";

- "a cooperative effort";

- "a united effort";

- "joint military activities";

- syn. concerted, conjunct, cooperative;

- sim. joint;

conjunctivitis / k ə n dʒ ʌ ŋ k t ɪ v aɪ t ɪ s /
n1
inflammation of the conjunctiva of the eye;

- syn. pinkeye;

conjunctivitis arida
n1
abnormal dryness of the conjunctiva and cornea of the eyes;

- may be due to a systemic deficiency of vitamin A;

- syn. xeroma, xerophthalmia, xerophthalmus;

conjuncture / k ə n dʒ ʌ ŋ k tʃ ə , k ə n dʒ ʌ ŋ k tʃ ə ɹ /
n1
a critical combination of events or circumstances;

conjuration / k ɒ n dʒ ʊr eɪ ʃ n /
n1
a ritual recitation of words or sounds believed to have a magical effect;

- syn. incantation;

n2
calling up a spirit or devil;

- syn. conjuring, conjury, invocation;

n3
an illusory feat;

- considered magical by naive observers;

- syn. conjuring trick, deception, illusion, legerdemain, magic, magic trick, thaumaturgy, trick;

conjure / k ʌ n dʒ ə , k ʌ n dʒ ə ɹ , k ə n dʒ ʊə /
v1
summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic;

- "raise the specter of unemployment";

- "he conjured wild birds in the air";

- "call down the spirits from the mountain";

- syn. arouse, bring up, call down, call forth, conjure up, evoke, invoke, put forward, raise, stir;

v2
ask for or request earnestly;

- "The prophet bid all people to become good persons";

- syn. adjure, beseech, bid, entreat, press;

v3
engage in plotting or enter into a conspiracy, swear together;

- "They conspired to overthrow the government";

- syn. cabal, complot, conspire, machinate;

conjure man
n1
a witch doctor who practices conjury;

- syn. conjurer, conjuror;

conjure up
v1
summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic;

- "raise the specter of unemployment";

- "he conjured wild birds in the air";

- "call down the spirits from the mountain";

- syn. arouse, bring up, call down, call forth, conjure, evoke, invoke, put forward, raise, stir;

conjurer / k ʌ n dʒ ə ɹ ə , k ʌ n dʒ ə ɹ ə ɹ /
n1
someone who performs magic tricks to amuse an audience;

- syn. conjuror, illusionist, magician, prestidigitator;

n2
a witch doctor who practices conjury;

- syn. conjure man, conjuror;

conjuring / k ʌ n dʒ ə ɹ ɪ ŋ /
n1
calling up a spirit or devil;

- syn. conjuration, conjury, invocation;

conjuring trick
n1
an illusory feat;

- considered magical by naive observers;

- syn. conjuration, deception, illusion, legerdemain, magic, magic trick, thaumaturgy, trick;

conjuror / k ʌ n dʒ ə ɹ ə , k ʌ n dʒ ə ɹ ə ɹ /
n1
someone who performs magic tricks to amuse an audience;

- syn. conjurer, illusionist, magician, prestidigitator;

n2
a witch doctor who practices conjury;

- syn. conjure man, conjurer;

conjury / k ɒ n dʒ ʊə ɹ i /
n1
calling up a spirit or devil;

- syn. conjuration, conjuring, invocation;

conk / k ɒ ŋ k /
n1
informal term for the nose;

v1
come to a stop;

- "The car stalled in the driveway";

- syn. stall;

v2
hit, especially on the head;

- "The stranger conked him and he fainted";

v3
pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life;

- "She died from cancer";

- "The children perished in the fire";

- "The patient went peacefully";

- "The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102";

- syn. buy the farm, cash in one's chips, choke, croak, decease, die, drop dead, exit, expire, give-up the ghost, go, kick the bucket, pass, pass away, perish, pop off, snuff it;

v4
pass out from weakness, physical or emotional distress due to a loss of blood supply to the brain;

- syn. faint, pass out, swoon;

conk out
v1
stop operating or functioning;

- "The engine finally went";

- "The car died on the road";

- "The bus we travelled in broke down on the way to town";

- "The coffee maker broke";

- "The engine failed on the way to town";

- "her eyesight went after the accident";

- syn. break, break down, die, fail, give out, give way, go, go bad;

v2
use up all one's strength and energy and stop working;

- "At the end of the march, I pooped out";

- syn. peter out, poop out, run down, run out;

conker / k ɒ ŋ k ə , k ɒ ŋ k ə ɹ /
n1
the inedible nutlike seed of the horse chestnut;

- syn. buckeye, horse chestnut;

conn
v1
conduct or direct the steering of a ship or plane;

Conn's syndrome
n1
disturbances in saltwater balance and symptoms of weakness and muscular cramps and twitching and convulsions and sometimes paralysis;

- usually caused by a benign tumor of the cortex of the adrenal gland that leads to excess secretion of aldosterone;

Connaraceae
n1
mostly tropical climbing shrubs or small trees;

- closely related to Leguminosae;

- syn. family Connaraceae, zebrawood family;

Connarus
n1
large genus of tropical trees and shrubs;

- type genus of the Connaraceae;

- syn. genus Connarus;

Connarus guianensis
n1
tropical American and east African tree with strikingly marked hardwood used in cabinetwork;

connate / k ɒ n eɪ t /
a1
of similar parts or organs;

- closely joined or united;

- "a connate tomato flower";

a2
related in nature;

- "connate qualities";

- syn. cognate;

- sim. related;

connatural
a1
similar in nature;

- "and mix with our connatural dust"- John Milton;

- sim. similar;

a2
normally existing at birth;

- "mankind's connatural sense of the good";

- syn. inborn, inbred;

- sim. native;

connect / k ə n ɛ k t /
v1
connect, fasten, or put together two or more pieces;

- "Can you connect the two loudspeakers?";

- "Tie the ropes together";

- "Link arms";

- syn. link, link up, tie;

v2
make a logical or causal connection;

- "I cannot connect these two pieces of evidence in my mind";

- "colligate these facts";

- "I cannot relate these events at all";

- syn. associate, colligate, link, link up, relate, tie in;

v3
be or become joined or united or linked;

- "The two streets connect to become a highway";

- "Our paths joined";

- "The travelers linked up again at the airport";

- syn. join, link, link up, unite;

v4
join by means of communication equipment;

- "The telephone company finally put in lines to connect the towns in this area";

v5
land on or hit solidly;

- "The brick connected on her head, knocking her out";

v6
join for the purpose of communication;

- "Operator, could you connect me to the Raffles in Singapore?";

v7
be scheduled so as to provide continuing service, as in transportation;

- "The local train does not connect with the Amtrak train";

- "The planes don't connect and you will have to wait for four hours";

v8
establish a rapport or relationship;

- "The President of this university really connects with the faculty";

v9
establish communication with someone;

- "did you finally connect with your long-lost cousin?";

- syn. get in touch, touch base;

v10
plug into an outlet;

- "Please plug in the toaster!";

- "Connect the TV so we can watch the football game tonight";

- syn. plug in, plug into;

v11
hit or play a ball successfully;

- "The batter connected for a home run";

connected / k ə n ɛ k t ɪ d /
a1
being joined in close association;

- "affiliated clubs";

- "all art schools whether independent or attached to universities";

- syn. affiliated, attached;

- sim. related;

a2
joined or linked together;

- sim. adjacent, adjunctive, affined, conterminous, coupled, engaged, well-connected;

a3
wired together to an alarm system;

- "all the window alarms are connected";

- sim. wired;

a4
plugged in;

- "first check to see whether the appliance is connected";

- sim. on;

a5
stored in, controlled by, or in direct communication with a central computer;

- syn. machine-accessible;

- sim. on-line;

connectedness / k ə n ɛ k t ɪ d n ɪ s /
n1
the state of being connected;

- "the connection between church and state is inescapable";

- syn. connection, link;

n2
a relation between things or events (as in the case of one causing the other or sharing features with it);

- "there was a connection between eating that pickle and having that nightmare";

- syn. connection, connexion;

connecter / k ə n ɛ k t ə , k ə n ɛ k t ə ɹ /
n1
an instrumentality that connects;

- "he soldered the connection";

- "he didn't have the right connector between the amplifier and the speakers";

- syn. connection, connective, connector, connexion;

Connecticut / k ə n ɛ t ɪ k ə t /
n1
a New England state;

- one of the original 13 colonies;

- syn. CT, Constitution State, Ct., Nutmeg State;

n2
a river in the northeastern United States;

- flows south from northern New Hampshire along the border between New Hampshire and Vermont and through Massachusetts and Connecticut where it empties into Long Island Sound;

- syn. Connecticut River;

n3
one of the British colonies that formed the United States;

Connecticut River
n1
a river in the northeastern United States;

- flows south from northern New Hampshire along the border between New Hampshire and Vermont and through Massachusetts and Connecticut where it empties into Long Island Sound;

- syn. Connecticut;

Connecticuter
n1
a native or resident of Connecticut;

connecting flight
n1
a flight with an intermediate stop and a change of aircraft (possibly a change of airlines);

connecting rod
n1
a rod that transmits motion (especially one that connects a rotating wheel to a reciprocating shaft);

connecting room
n1
a hotel room that shares a wall with an adjoining room and is connected by a private door;

connection / k ə n ɛ k ʃ n /
n1
a relation between things or events (as in the case of one causing the other or sharing features with it);

- "there was a connection between eating that pickle and having that nightmare";

- syn. connectedness, connexion;

n2
the state of being connected;

- "the connection between church and state is inescapable";

- syn. connectedness, link;

n3
an instrumentality that connects;

- "he soldered the connection";

- "he didn't have the right connector between the amplifier and the speakers";

- syn. connecter, connective, connector, connexion;

n4
(usually plural) a person who is influential and to whom you are connected in some way (as by family or friendship);

- "he has powerful connections";

n5
the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination;

- "conditioning is a form of learning by association";

- syn. association, connexion;

n6
a connecting shape;

- syn. connexion, link;

n7
a supplier (especially of narcotics);

n8
shifting from one form of transportation to another;

- "the plane was late and he missed his connection in Atlanta";

- syn. connexion;

n9
the act of bringing two things into contact (especially for communication);

- "the joining of hands around the table";

- "there was a connection via the internet";

- syn. connexion, joining;

connective / k ə n ɛ k t ɪ v /
n1
an uninflected function word that serves to conjoin words or phrases or clauses or sentences;

- syn. conjunction, conjunctive, continuative;

n2
an instrumentality that connects;

- "he soldered the connection";

- "he didn't have the right connector between the amplifier and the speakers";

- syn. connecter, connection, connector, connexion;

a1
connecting or tending to connect;

- "connective remarks between chapters";

- "connective tissue in animals";

- "conjunctive tissue in plants";

- sim. conjunctive;

connective tissue
n1
tissue of mesodermal origin consisting of e.g. collagen fibroblasts and fatty cells;

- supports organs and fills spaces between them and forms tendons and ligaments;

connectivity / k ə n ɛ k t ə b ɪ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
the property of being connected or the degree to which something has connections;

connector / k ə n ɛ k t ə /
n1
an instrumentality that connects;

- "he soldered the connection";

- "he didn't have the right connector between the amplifier and the speakers";

- syn. connecter, connection, connective, connexion;

Connemara heath
n1
low straggling evergreen shrub of western Europe represented by several varieties with flowers from white to rose-purple;

- syn. Daboecia cantabrica, St. Dabeoc's heath;

connexion / k ə n ɛ k ʃ n /
n1
a connecting shape;

- syn. connection, link;

n2
a relation between things or events (as in the case of one causing the other or sharing features with it);

- "there was a connection between eating that pickle and having that nightmare";

- syn. connectedness, connection;

n3
the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination;

- "conditioning is a form of learning by association";

- syn. association, connection;

n4
an instrumentality that connects;

- "he soldered the connection";

- "he didn't have the right connector between the amplifier and the speakers";

- syn. connecter, connection, connective, connector;

n5
shifting from one form of transportation to another;

- "the plane was late and he missed his connection in Atlanta";

- syn. connection;

n6
the act of bringing two things into contact (especially for communication);

- "the joining of hands around the table";

- "there was a connection via the internet";

- syn. connection, joining;

conning tower
n1
an armored pilothouse on a warship;

n2
a raised bridge on a submarine;

- often used for entering and exiting;

conniption
n1
a display of bad temper;

- "he had a fit";

- "she threw a tantrum";

- "he made a scene";

- syn. fit, scene, tantrum;

connivance / k ə n aɪ v ə n s /
n1
agreement on a secret plot;

- syn. collusion;

n2
(law) tacit approval of someone's wrongdoing;

- syn. secret approval, tacit consent;

connive / k ə n aɪ v /
v1
encourage or assent to illegally or criminally;

v2
form intrigues (for) in an underhand manner;

- syn. intrigue, scheme;

connive at
v1
give one's silent approval to;

- syn. wink at;

conniving / k ə n aɪ v ɪ ŋ /
a1
acting together in secret toward a fraudulent or illegal end;

- syn. collusive;

- sim. covert;

a2
acting with a specific goal;

- "the most calculating and selfish men in the community";

- syn. calculating, calculative, scheming, shrewd;

- sim. hard;

Connochaetes
n1
African antelopes: gnus;

- syn. genus Connochaetes;

connoisseur / k ɒ n ə s ɝ , k ɒ n ə s ɝ ɹ /
n1
an expert able to appreciate a field;

- especially in the fine arts;

- syn. cognoscente;

connoisseurship
n1
love of or taste for fine objects of art;

- syn. vertu, virtu;

Connolly
n1
United States tennis player who was the first woman to win the United States, British, French, and Australian championships in the same year (1953) (1934-1969);

- syn. Little Mo Connolly, Maureen Catherine Connolly;

Connors / k ɒ n n ɔ ɹ z /
n1
outstanding United States tennis player (born in 1952);

- syn. James Scott Connors, Jimmy Conors;

connotation / k ɒ n ə t eɪ ʃ n /
n1
what you must know in order to determine the reference of an expression;

- syn. intension;

n2
an idea that is implied or suggested;

connotational / k ɒ n ə t eɪ ʃ ə n ɫ /
a1
of or relating to a connotation;

- syn. connotative of;

- sim. connotative;

connotative / k ɒ n oʊ t eɪ t ɪ v /
a1
having the power of implying or suggesting something in addition to what is explicit;

- also implicit, inexplicit;

- sim. connotational, implicative, inferential, intensional;

connotative of
a1
of or relating to a connotation;

- syn. connotational;

- sim. connotative;

connote / k ə n oʊ t /
v1
express or state indirectly;

- syn. imply;

v2
involve as a necessary condition of consequence;

- as in logic;

- "solving the problem is predicated on understanding it well";

- syn. predicate;

connubial / k ə n j u b ɪə ɫ /
a1
of or relating to marriage or to the relationship between a wife and husband;

- "connubial bliss";

- "conjugal visits";

- syn. conjugal;

r1
in a conjugal manner;

- syn. conjugally;

Conocarpus
n1
monotypic genus of tropical American trees: button tree;

- syn. genus Conocarpus;

Conocarpus erectus
n1
evergreen tree or shrub with fruit resembling buttons and yielding heavy hard compact wood;

- syn. button mangrove, button tree;

Conoclinium
n1
mistflower;

- syn. genus Conoclinium;

Conoclinium coelestinum
n1
rhizomatous plant of central and southeastern United States and West Indies having large showy heads of clear blue flowers;

- sometimes placed in genus Eupatorium;

- syn. Eupatorium coelestinum, ageratum, mist-flower, mistflower;

conodont
n1
the tiny fossil cone-shaped tooth of a primitive vertebrate of order Conodonta;

n2
small (2 inches long) extinct eellike fish with a finned tail and a notochord and having cone-shaped teeth containing cellular bone;

- late Cambrian to late Triassic;

- possible predecessor of the cyclostomes;

Conodonta
n1
extinct order of primitive vertebrates;

- the precise taxonomy is not clear;

- in some classifications considered a separate phylum;

- syn. Conodontophorida, order Conodonta, order Conodontophorida;

Conodontophorida
n1
extinct order of primitive vertebrates;

- the precise taxonomy is not clear;

- in some classifications considered a separate phylum;

- syn. Conodonta, order Conodonta, order Conodontophorida;

conoid / k oʊ n ɔɪ d /
n1
a shape whose base is a circle and whose sides taper up to a point;

- syn. cone, cone shape;

Conopodium
n1
a genus of dicotyledonous plants of the family Umbelliferae;

- syn. genus Conopodium;

Conopodium denudatum
n1
a common European plant having edible tubers with the flavor of roasted chestnuts;

- syn. earthnut;

Conospermum
n1
Australian shrubs (some trees) with flowers in dense spikes: smoke bush;

- syn. genus Conospermum;

Conoy
n1
a member of an Algonquian people formerly living in Maryland between Chesapeake Bay and the Potomac river;

- allies of the Nanticoke people;

conquer / k ɒ ŋ k ə , k ɒ ŋ k ə ɹ /
v1
bring under control by force or authority;

- "suppress a nascent uprising";

- "stamp down on littering";

- "conquer one's desires";

- syn. stamp down, subdue, suppress;

v2
take possession of by force, as after an invasion;

- "the invaders seized the land and property of the inhabitants";

- "The army seized the town";

- "The militia captured the castle";

- syn. appropriate, capture, seize;

v3
overcome by conquest;

- "conquer your fears";

- "conquer a country";

conquerable / k ɒ ŋ k ə ɹ ə b ɫ /
a1
subject to being conquered or overcome;

- "knew her fears were ultimately conquerable";

- also surmountable, vulnerable;

- sim. beatable, subduable;

a2
capable of being surmounted or excelled;

- syn. superable;

- sim. surmountable;

conquering / k ɒ ŋ k ə ɹ ɪ ŋ /
n1
the act of conquering;

- syn. conquest, subjection, subjugation;

conqueror / k ɒ ŋ k ə ɹ ə , k ɒ ŋ k ə ɹ ə ɹ /
n1
someone who is victorious by force of arms;

- syn. vanquisher;

conquest / k ɒ ŋ k w ɛ s t /
n1
the act of conquering;

- syn. conquering, subjection, subjugation;

n2
success in mastering something difficult;

- "the conquest of space";

n3
an act of winning the love or sexual favor of someone;

- syn. seduction;

conquistador / k ɒ n k w ɪ s t ə d ɔ , k ɒ n k w ɪ s t ə d ɔ ɹ /
n1
an adventurer (especially one who led the Spanish conquest of Mexico and Peru in the 16th century);

Conrad / k ɒ n ɹ æ d /
n1
English novelist (born in Poland) noted for sea stories and for his narrative technique (1857-1924);

- syn. Joseph Conrad, Teodor Josef Konrad Korzeniowski;

Conrad Aiken
n1
United States writer (1889-1973);

- syn. Aiken, Conrad Potter Aiken;

Conrad Potter Aiken
n1
United States writer (1889-1973);

- syn. Aiken, Conrad Aiken;

Conradina
n1
small genus of low aromatic shrubs of southeastern United States;

- syn. genus Conradina;

Conradina glabra
n1
small shrub of Apalachicola River area in southeastern United States having highly aromatic pinkish flowers;

- a threatened species;

- syn. Apalachicola rosemary;

consanguine / k ɒ n s æ ŋ ɡ w ɪ n /
a1
related by blood;

- syn. akin, blood-related, cognate, consanguineal, consanguineous, kin;

- sim. related;

consanguineal
a1
related by blood;

- syn. akin, blood-related, cognate, consanguine, consanguineous, kin;

- sim. related;

consanguineous / k ɒ n s æ ŋ ɡ w ɪ n ɪə s /
a1
related by blood;

- syn. akin, blood-related, cognate, consanguine, consanguineal, kin;

- sim. related;

consanguinity / k ɒ n s æ ŋ ɡ w ɪ n ɪ t i /
n1
(anthropology) related by blood;

- syn. blood kinship, cognation;

conscience / k ɒ n ʃ ə n s /
n1
motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles that govern a person's thoughts and actions;

- syn. moral sense, scruples, sense of right and wrong;

n2
conformity to one's own sense of right conduct;

- "a person of unflagging conscience";

n3
a feeling of shame when you do something immoral;

- "he has no conscience about his cruelty";

conscience-smitten / k ɒ n ʃ ə n s s m ɪ t n /
a1
affected by conscience;

- sim. guilty;

conscience money
n1
payment made voluntarily to reduce guilt over dishonest dealings;

conscienceless / k ɒ n ʃ ə n s ɫ ɛ s /
a1
lacking a conscience;

- "a conscienceless villain";

- "brash, unprincipled, and conscienceless";

- "an unconscionable liar";

- syn. unconscionable;

- sim. unconscientious;

conscientious / k ɒ n ʃ ɪ ɛ n ʃ ə s /
a1
characterized by extreme care and great effort;

- "conscientious application to the work at hand";

- "painstaking research";

- "scrupulous attention to details";

- syn. painstaking, scrupulous;

- sim. careful;

a2
guided by or in accordance with conscience or sense of right and wrong;

- "a conscientious decision to speak out about injustice";

conscientious objector
n1
one who refuses to serve in the armed forces on grounds of conscience;

- syn. CO;

conscientiously / k ɒ n ʃ ɪ ɛ n ʃ ə s ɫ i /
r1
with extreme conscientiousness;

- "he came religiously every morning at 8 o'clock";

- syn. religiously, scrupulously;

conscientiousness / k ɒ n ʃ ɪ ɛ n ʃ ə s n ə s /
n1
the quality of being in accord with the dictates of conscience;

n2
the trait of being painstaking and careful;

- syn. painstakingness;

conscionable / k ɒ n ʃ ŋ ə b ɫ /
a1
acceptable to your conscience;

- sim. just;

conscious / k ɒ n ʃ ə s /
a1
intentionally conceived;

- "a conscious effort to speak more slowly";

- "a conscious policy";

- syn. witting;

- sim. intended;

a2
knowing and perceiving;

- having awareness of surroundings and sensations and thoughts;

- "remained conscious during the operation";

- "conscious of his faults";

- "became conscious that he was being followed";

- also awake, aware, cognisant, sensible, sensitive, voluntary;

- sim. self-conscious, semiconscious, sentient;

a3
(followed by `of') showing realization or recognition of something;

- "few voters seem conscious of the issue's importance";

- "conscious of having succeeded";

- "the careful tread of one conscious of his alcoholic load"- Thomas Hardy;

- sim. aware;

consciously / k ɒ n ʃ ə s ɫ i /
r1
with awareness;

- "she consciously played with the idea of inviting them";

consciousness / k ɒ n ʃ ə s n ə s /
n1
an alert cognitive state in which you are aware of yourself and your situation;

- "he lost consciousness";

n2
having knowledge of;

- "he had no awareness of his mistakes";

- "his sudden consciousness of the problem he faced";

- "their intelligence and general knowingness was impressive";

- syn. awareness, cognisance, cognizance, knowingness;

consciousness-altering drug
n1
a drug that can produce mood changes and distorted perceptions;

- syn. mind-altering drug, psychoactive drug, psychoactive substance;

conscript / k ə n s k ɹ ɪ p t , k ɒ n s k ɹ ɪ p t /
n1
someone who is drafted into military service;

- syn. draftee, inductee;

v1
enroll into service compulsorily;

- "The men were conscripted";

conscription / k ə n s k ɹ ɪ p ʃ n /
n1
compulsory military service;

- syn. draft, muster, selective service;

consecrate / k ɒ n s ɪ k ɹ eɪ t /
v1
appoint to a clerical posts;

- "he was ordained in the Church";

- syn. ordain, order, ordinate;

v2
give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause;

- "She committed herself to the work of God";

- "give one's talents to a good cause";

- "consecrate your life to the church";

- syn. commit, dedicate, devote, give;

v3
dedicate to a deity by a vow;

- syn. vow;

v4
render holy by means of religious rites;

- syn. bless, hallow, sanctify;

a1
solemnly dedicated to or set apart for a high or sacred purpose;

- "a life consecrated to science";

- "the consecrated chapel";

- "a chapel dedicated to the dead of World War II";

- syn. consecrated, dedicated;

- also holy, sacred;

- sim. ordained, votive;

consecrated / k ɒ n s ɪ k ɹ eɪ t ɪ d /
a1
solemnly dedicated to or set apart for a high or sacred purpose;

- "a life consecrated to science";

- "the consecrated chapel";

- "a chapel dedicated to the dead of World War II";

- syn. consecrate, dedicated;

- also holy, sacred;

- sim. ordained, votive;

a2
made or declared or believed to be holy;

- devoted to a deity or some religious ceremony or use;

- "a consecrated church";

- "the sacred mosque";

- "sacred elephants";

- "sacred bread and wine";

- "sanctified wine";

- syn. sacred, sanctified;

- sim. holy;

consecration / k ɒ n s ɪ k ɹ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
a solemn commitment of your life or your time to some cherished purpose (to a service or a goal);

- "his consecration to study";

n2
(religion) sanctification of something by setting it apart (usually with religious rites) as dedicated to God;

- "the Cardinal attended the consecration of the church";

consecutive / k ə n s ɛ k j ʊ t ɪ v /
a1
one after the other;

- "back-to-back home runs";

- syn. back-to-back;

- sim. succeeding;

a2
in regular succession without gaps;

- "serial concerts";

- syn. sequent, sequential, serial, successive;

- sim. ordered;

a3
successive (without a break);

- "sick for five straight days";

- syn. straight;

- sim. continuous;

r1
in a consecutive manner;

- "we numbered the papers consecutively";

- syn. sequentially;

consecutive operation
n1
the sequential execution of operations one after another;

- syn. sequential operation, serial operation;

consecutively / k ə n s ɛ k j ʊ t ɪ v ɫ i /
r1
in a consecutive manner;

- "he was consecutively ill, then well, then ill again";

consensual / k ə n s ɛ n ʃ ʊə ɫ /
a1
existing by consent;

- "a consensual contract";

- sim. accordant;

consensus / k ə n s ɛ n s ə s /
n1
agreement in the judgment or opinion reached by a group as a whole;

- "the lack of consensus reflected differences in theoretical positions";

- "those rights and obligations are based on an unstated consensus";

consent / k ə n s ɛ n t /
n1
permission to do something;

- "he indicated his consent";

v1
give an affirmative reply to;

- respond favorably to;

- "I cannot accept your invitation";

- "I go for this resolution";

- syn. accept, go for;

consent decree
n1
an agreement between two parties that is sanctioned by the court;

- for example, a company might agree to stop certain questionable practices without admitting guilt;

consentaneous / k ə n s ɛ n t ə n t eɪ n ɪə s /
a1
in complete agreement;

- "a unanimous decision";

- syn. consentient, unanimous;

- sim. accordant;

consentient / k ə n s ɛ n ʃ n t /
a1
in complete agreement;

- "a unanimous decision";

- syn. consentaneous, unanimous;

- sim. accordant;

consenting / k ə n s ɛ n t ɪ ŋ /
a1
having given consent;

- "consenting adults";

- sim. willing;

consequence / k ɒ n s ɪ k w ə n s /
n1
a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon;

- "the magnetic effect was greater when the rod was lengthwise";

- "his decision had depressing consequences for business";

- "he acted very wise after the event";

- syn. effect, event, issue, outcome, result, upshot;

n2
the outcome of an event especially as relative to an individual;

- syn. aftermath;

n3
having important effects or influence;

- "decisions of great consequence are made by the president himself";

- "virtue is of more moment than security";

- "that result is of no consequence";

- syn. import, moment;

consequent / k ɒ n s ɪ k w ə n t /
a1
occurring with or following as a consequence;

- "an excessive growth of bureaucracy, with attendant problems";

- "snags incidental to the changeover in management";

- "attendant circumstances";

- "the period of tension and consequent need for military preparedness";

- "the ensuant response to his appeal";

- "the resultant savings were considerable";

- "collateral target damage from a bombing run";

- syn. accompanying, attendant, collateral, concomitant, ensuant, incidental, resultant, sequent;

- sim. subsequent;

consequential / k ɒ n s ɪ k w ɛ n ʃ ɫ /
a1
having important issues or results;

- "the year's only really consequential legislation";

- "an eventful decision";

- syn. eventful;

- sim. important;

consequentially / k ɒ n s ɪ k w ɛ n ʃ ə ɫ i /
r1
having consequence;

consequently / k ɒ n s ɪ k w ə n t ɫ i /
r1
(sentence connectors) because of the reason given;

- "consequently, he didn't do it";

- "continued to have severe headaches and accordingly returned to the doctor";

- syn. accordingly;

r2
as a consequence;

- "he had good reason to be grateful for the opportunities which they had made available to him and which consequently led to the good position he now held";

- syn. therefore;

conservancy / k ə n s ɝ v ə n s i /
n1
a commission with jurisdiction over fisheries and navigation in a port or river;

n2
the official conservation of trees and soil and rivers etc.;

conservation / k ɒ n s ə v eɪ ʃ n /
n1
an occurrence of improvement by virtue of preventing loss or injury or other change;

- syn. preservation;

n2
the preservation and careful management of the environment and of natural resources;

n3
(physics) the maintenance of a certain quantities unchanged during chemical reactions or physical transformations;

conservation of charge
n1
the principle that the total electric charge of a system remains constant despite changes inside the system;

- syn. conservation of electricity;

conservation of electricity
n1
the principle that the total electric charge of a system remains constant despite changes inside the system;

- syn. conservation of charge;

conservation of energy
n1
the fundamental principle of physics that the total energy of an isolated system is constant despite internal changes;

- syn. first law of thermodynamics, law of conservation of energy;

conservation of mass
n1
a fundamental principle of classical physics that matter cannot be created or destroyed in an isolated system;

- syn. conservation of matter, law of conservation of mass, law of conservation of matter;

conservation of matter
n1
a fundamental principle of classical physics that matter cannot be created or destroyed in an isolated system;

- syn. conservation of mass, law of conservation of mass, law of conservation of matter;

conservation of momentum
n1
the principle that the total linear momentum in a closed system is constant and is not affected by processes occurring inside the system;

conservation of parity
n1
(physics) parity is conserved in a universe in which the laws of physics are the same in a right-handed system of coordinates as in a left-handed system;

- syn. mirror symmetry, parity, space-reflection symmetry;

conservationist / k ɒ n s ə v eɪ ʃ ŋ ɪ s t /
n1
someone who works to protect the environment from destruction or pollution;

- syn. environmentalist;

conservatism / k ə n s ɝ v ə t ɪ z ə m /
n1
a political or theological orientation advocating the preservation of the best in society and opposing radical changes;

- syn. conservativism;

conservative / k ə n s ɝ v ə t ɪ v /
n1
a person who is reluctant to accept changes and new ideas;

- syn. conservativist;

n2
a member of a Conservative Party;

a1
resistant to change, particularly in relation to politics or religion;

- also orthodox, right;

- sim. blimpish, buttoned-up, fusty, hidebound, ultraconservative;

a2
having social or political views favoring conservatism;

- sim. right;

a3
avoiding excess;

- "a conservative estimate";

- syn. cautious;

- sim. moderate;

a4
unimaginatively conventional;

- "a colorful character in the buttoned-down, dull-grey world of business"- Newsweek;

- syn. button-down, buttoned-down;

- sim. conventional;

a5
conforming to the standards and conventions of the middle class;

- "a bourgeois mentality";

- syn. bourgeois, materialistic;

- sim. middle-class;

Conservative Jew
n1
Jew who keeps some requirements of Mosaic law but adapts others to suit modern circumstances;

Conservative Judaism
n1
Jews who keep some of the requirements of the Mosaic law but allow for adaptation of other requirements (as some of the dietary laws) to fit modern circumstances;

n2
beliefs and practices of Conservative Jews;

Conservative Party
n1
a political party (especially in Great Britain or Australia) that believes in the importance of a capitalist economy with private ownership rather than state control;

conservatively / k ə n s ɝ v ə t ɪ v ɫ i /
r1
in a conservative manner;

- "we estimated the number of demonstrators conservatively at 200,000.";

- syn. cautiously, guardedly;

conservativism / k ə n s ɝ v ə t ɪ v ɪ z ə m /
n1
a political or theological orientation advocating the preservation of the best in society and opposing radical changes;

- syn. conservatism;

conservativist
n1
a person who is reluctant to accept changes and new ideas;

- syn. conservative;

conservatoire / k ə n s ɝ v ə t w ɑ , k ə n s ɝ v ə t w ɑr /
n1
a schoolhouse with special facilities for fine arts;

- syn. conservatory;

conservator / k ɒ n s ɝ v eɪ t ə /
n1
the custodian of a collection (as a museum or library);

- syn. curator;

n2
someone appointed by a court to assume responsibility for the interests of a minor or incompetent person;

conservator-ward relation
n1
the responsibility of a conservator to act in the best interests of the ward;

conservatory / k ə n s ɝ v ə t ɹ i /
n1
the faculty and students of a school specializing in one of the fine arts;

n2
a schoolhouse with special facilities for fine arts;

- syn. conservatoire;

n3
a greenhouse in which plants are arranged in a pleasing manner;

- syn. hothouse, indoor garden;

conserve / k ə n s ɝ v /
n1
fruit preserved by cooking with sugar;

- syn. conserves, preserve, preserves;

v1
keep constant through physical or chemical reactions or evolutionary change;

- "Energy is conserved in this process";

v2
keep in safety and protect from harm, decay, loss, or destruction;

- "We preserve these archeological findings";

- "The old lady could not keep up the building";

- "children must be taught to conserve our national heritage";

- "The museum curator conserved the ancient manuscripts";

- syn. keep up, maintain, preserve;

v3
use cautiously and frugally;

- "I try to economize my spare time";

- "conserve your energy for the ascent to the summit";

- syn. economise, economize, husband;

v4
preserve with sugar;

- "Mom always conserved the strawberries we grew in the backyard";

conserved / k ə n s ɝ v d /
a1
protected from harm or loss;

- sim. preserved;

conserves / k ə n s ɝ v z /
n1
fruit preserved by cooking with sugar;

- syn. conserve, preserve, preserves;

consider / k ə n s ɪ d ə , k ə n s ɪ d ə ɹ /
v1
deem to be;

- "She views this quite differently from me";

- "I consider her to be shallow";

- "I don't see the situation quite as negatively as you do";

- syn. reckon, regard, see, view;

v2
give careful consideration to;

- "consider the possibility of moving";

- syn. study;

v3
take into consideration for exemplifying purposes;

- "Take the case of China";

- "Consider the following case";

- syn. deal, look at, take;

v4
show consideration for;

- take into account;

- "You must consider her age";

- "The judge considered the offender's youth and was lenient";

- syn. count, weigh;

v5
think about carefully;

- weigh;

- "They considered the possibility of a strike";

- "Turn the proposal over in your mind";

- syn. debate, deliberate, moot, turn over;

v6
judge or regard;

- look upon;

- judge;

- "I think he is very smart";

- "I believe her to be very smart";

- "I think that he is her boyfriend";

- "The racist conceives such people to be inferior";

- syn. believe, conceive, think;

v7
look at attentively;

- syn. regard;

v8
look at carefully;

- study mentally;

- "view a problem";

- syn. look at, view;

v9
regard or treat with consideration, respect, and esteem;

- "Please consider your family";

considerable / k ə n s ɪ d ə ɹ ə b ɫ /
a1
large or relatively large in number or amount or extent or degree;

- "a considerable quantity";

- "the economy was a considerable issue in the campaign";

- "went to considerable trouble for us";

- "spent a considerable amount of time on the problem";

- also big, large;

- sim. appreciable, goodly, right smart, significant;

considerably / k ə n s ɪ d ə ɹ ə b ɫ i /
r1
to a great extent or degree;

- "I'm afraid the film was well over budget";

- "painting the room white made it seem considerably (or substantially) larger";

- "the house has fallen considerably in value";

- "the price went up substantially";

- syn. substantially, well;

considerate / k ə n s ɪ d ə ɹ ə t /
a1
showing concern for the rights and feelings of others;

- "friends considerate enough to leave us alone";

- also kind, tactful, unselfish;

- sim. thoughtful;

considerately / k ə n s ɪ d ə ɹ ə t ɫ i /
r1
in a considerate manner;

- "they considerately withdrew";

considerateness / k ə n s ɪ d ə ɹ ə t n ə s /
n1
kind and considerate regard for others;

- "he showed no consideration for her feelings";

- syn. consideration, thoughtfulness;

consideration / k ə n s ɪ d ə ɹ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the process of giving careful thought to something;

n2
information that should be kept in mind when making a decision;

- "another consideration is the time it would take";

- syn. circumstance, condition;

n3
a discussion of a topic (as in a meeting);

- "consideration of the traffic problem took more than an hour";

n4
kind and considerate regard for others;

- "he showed no consideration for her feelings";

- syn. considerateness, thoughtfulness;

n5
a fee charged in advance to retain the services of someone;

- syn. retainer;

n6
a considerate and thoughtful act;

- syn. thoughtfulness;

considered / k ə n s ɪ d ə d /
a1
carefully weighed;

- "a considered opinion";

- sim. well-advised;

consign / k ə n s aɪ n /
v1
commit forever;

- commit irrevocably;

v2
give over to another for care or safekeeping;

- "consign your baggage";

- syn. charge;

v3
send to an address;

consignee / k ɒ n s aɪ n i /
n1
the person to whom merchandise is delivered over;

consigner / k ə n s aɪ n ə , k ə n s aɪ n ə ɹ /
n1
the person who delivers over or commits merchandise;

- syn. consignor;

consignment / k ə n s aɪ n m ə n t /
n1
goods carried by a large vehicle;

- syn. cargo, freight, lading, load, loading, payload, shipment;

n2
the official act of consigning a person to confinement (as in a prison or mental hospital);

- syn. commitment, committal;

n3
the delivery of goods for sale or disposal;

consignor / k ə n s aɪ n ə , k ə n s aɪ n ə ɹ /
n1
the person who delivers over or commits merchandise;

- syn. consigner;

consist / k ə n s ɪ s t /
v1
originate (in);

- "The problems dwell in the social injustices in this country";

- syn. dwell, lie, lie in;

v2
have its essential character;

- be comprised or contained in;

- be embodied in;

- "The payment consists in food";

- "What does love consist in?";

v3
be consistent in form, tenor, or character;

- be congruous;

- "Desires are to be satisfied only so far as consists with an approved end";

v4
be composed of;

- "The land he conquered comprised several provinces";

- "What does this dish consist of?";

- syn. comprise;

consistence / k ə n s ɪ s t ə n s /
n1
a harmonious uniformity or agreement among things or parts;

- syn. consistency;

n2
the property of holding together and retaining its shape;

- "wool has more body than rayon";

- "when the dough has enough consistency it is ready to bake";

- syn. body, consistency, substance;

consistency / k ə n s ɪ s t ə n s i /
n1
the property of holding together and retaining its shape;

- "wool has more body than rayon";

- "when the dough has enough consistency it is ready to bake";

- syn. body, consistence, substance;

n2
a harmonious uniformity or agreement among things or parts;

- syn. consistence;

n3
logical coherence and accordance with the facts;

- "a rambling argument that lacked any consistency";

n4
(logic) an attribute of a logical system that is so constituted that none of the propositions deducible from the axioms contradict one another;

consistent / k ə n s ɪ s t ə n t /
a1
(sometimes followed by `with') in agreement or consistent or reliable;

- "testimony consistent with the known facts";

- "I have decided that the course of conduct which I am following is consistent with my sense of responsibility as president in time of war"- FDR;

- also invariable;

- sim. accordant, pursuant, reconciled, self-consistent, unchanging;

a2
capable of being reproduced;

- "astonishingly reproducible results can be obtained";

- syn. reproducible;

- sim. duplicable;

a3
marked by an orderly, logical, and aesthetically consistent relation of parts;

- "a coherent argument";

- syn. coherent, logical, ordered;

- also logical, rational;

- sim. seamless;

a4
the same throughout in structure or composition;

- "bituminous coal is often treated as a consistent and homogeneous product";

- syn. uniform;

- sim. homogeneous;

consistently / k ə n s ɪ s t ə n t ɫ i /
r1
in a systematic or consistent manner;

- "they systematically excluded women";

- syn. systematically;

consistory / k ə n s ɪ s t ə ɹ i /
n1
a church tribunal or governing body;

consociate
v1
bring or come into association or action;

- "The churches consociated to fight their dissolution";

- syn. associate;

consolable / k ə n s oʊ ɫ ə b ɫ /
a1
able to be consoled;

consolation / k ɒ n s ə ɫ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the comfort you feel when consoled in times of disappointment;

- "second place was no consolation to him";

- syn. solace, solacement;

n2
the act of consoling;

- giving relief in affliction;

- "his presence was a consolation to her";

- syn. comfort, solace;

consolatory / k ə n s ɒ ɫ ə t ə ɹ i /
a1
affording comfort or solace;

- syn. comforting, consoling;

- sim. reassuring;

console / k ə n s oʊ ɫ , k ɒ n s oʊ ɫ /
n1
a small table fixed to a wall or designed to stand against a wall;

- syn. console table;

n2
a scientific instrument consisting of displays and an input device that an operator can use to monitor and control a system (especially a computer system);

n3
an ornamental scroll-shaped bracket (especially one used to support a wall fixture);

- "the bust of Napoleon stood on a console";

n4
housing for electronic instruments, as radio or television;

- syn. cabinet;

v1
give moral or emotional strength to;

- syn. comfort, solace, soothe;

console table
n1
a small table fixed to a wall or designed to stand against a wall;

- syn. console;

Consolida
n1
plants having flowers resembling the larkspur's but differing from larkspur's in the arrangement of petals;

- sometimes included in genus Delphinium;

- syn. genus Consolida;

Consolida ambigua
n1
commonly cultivated larkspur of southern Europe having unbranched spikelike racemes of blue or sometimes purplish or pinkish flowers;

- sometime placed in genus Delphinium;

- syn. Delphinium ajacis, rocket larkspur;

consolidate / k ə n s ɒ ɫ ɪ d eɪ t /
v1
unite into one;

- "The companies consolidated";

v2
make firm or secure;

- strengthen;

- "consolidate one's gains";

- "consolidate one's hold on first place";

v3
bring together into a single whole or system;

- "The town and county schools are being consolidated";

v4
form into a solid mass or whole;

- "The mud had consolidated overnight";

v5
make or form into a solid or hardened mass;

- "consolidate fibers into boards";

consolidated / k ə n s ɒ ɫ ɪ d eɪ t ɪ d /
a1
joined together into a whole;

- "United Industries";

- "the amalgamated colleges constituted a university";

- "a consolidated school";

- syn. amalgamate, amalgamated, coalesced, fused;

- sim. united;

a2
forming a solid mass;

- sim. compact;

consolidation / k ə n s ɒ ɫ ɪ d eɪ ʃ n /
n1
combining into a solid mass;

n2
the act of combining into an integral whole;

- "a consolidation of two corporations";

- "after their consolidation the two bills were passed unanimously";

- "the defendants asked for a consolidation of the actions against them";

- syn. integration;

n3
something that has consolidated into a compact mass;

- "he dropped the consolidation into the acid bath";

consolidative / k ə n s ɒ ɫ ɪ d eɪ t ɪ v /
a1
combining into a single unit;

- syn. unifying;

- sim. integrative;

a2
tending to consolidate;

- syn. integrative;

- sim. centralizing;

consoling / k ə n s oʊ ɫ ɪ ŋ /
a1
affording comfort or solace;

- syn. comforting, consolatory;

- sim. reassuring;

consolingly / k ə n s oʊ ɫ ɪ ŋ ɫ i /
r1
in a comforting or consoling manner;

- "one part of a strange world should be given a comfortingly familiar form";

- syn. comfortingly;

consomme / k ə n s ɒ m eɪ /
n1
clear soup usually of beef or veal or chicken;

consonance / k ɒ n s ə n ə n s /
n1
the repetition of consonants (or consonant patterns) especially at the ends of words;

- syn. consonant rhyme;

n2
the property of sounding harmonious;

- syn. harmoniousness;

consonant / k ɒ n s ə n ə n t /
n1
a speech sound that is not a vowel;

n2
a letter of the alphabet standing for a spoken consonant;

a1
involving or characterized by harmony;

- syn. harmonic, harmonical, harmonised, harmonized;

- sim. harmonious;

a2
in keeping;

- "salaries agreeable with current trends";

- "plans conformable with your wishes";

- "expressed views concordant with his background";

- syn. accordant, agreeable, concordant, conformable;

- sim. consistent;

consonant rhyme
n1
the repetition of consonants (or consonant patterns) especially at the ends of words;

- syn. consonance;

consonant system
n1
the system of consonants used in a particular language;

- syn. consonantal system;

consonantal / k ɒ n s ə n æ n t ɫ /
a1
being or marked by or containing or functioning as a consonant;

- "consonantal sounds";

- "a consonantal Hebrew text";

- "consonantal alliteration";

- "a consonantal cluster";

a2
relating to or having the nature of a consonant;

consonantal system
n1
the system of consonants used in a particular language;

- syn. consonant system;

consonate / k ɒ n s ʌ n ɛ t /
v1
sound in sympathy;

consort / k ə n s ɔ t , k ɒ n s ɔ t /
n1
the husband or wife of a reigning monarch;

n2
a family of similar musical instrument playing together;

- syn. choir;

v1
keep company with;

- hang out with;

- "He associates with strange people";

- "She affiliates with her colleagues";

- syn. affiliate, associate, assort;

v2
go together;

- "The colors don't harmonize";

- "Their ideas concorded";

- syn. accord, agree, concord, fit in, harmonise, harmonize;

v3
keep company;

- "the heifers run with the bulls to produce offspring";

- syn. run;

consortium / k ə n s ɔ t ɪə m /
n1
an association of companies for some definite purpose;

- syn. pool, syndicate;

conspecific / k ə n s p ə s ɪ f ɪ k /
n1
an organism belonging to the same species as another organism;

a1
belonging to the same species;

- "cultivated cabbage and wild cabbage are conspecific";

conspectus / k ə n s p ɛ k t ə s /
n1
an overall summary;

conspicuous / k ə n s p ɪ k j ʊə s /
a1
obvious to the eye or mind;

- "a tower conspicuous at a great distance";

- "wore conspicuous neckties";

- "made herself conspicuous by her exhibitionistic preening";

- also indiscreet;

- sim. attention-getting, big, bold, crying, featured, in evidence, marked, outstanding;

a2
without any attempt at concealment;

- completely obvious;

- "blatant disregard of the law";

- "a blatant appeal to vanity";

- "a blazing indiscretion";

- syn. blatant, blazing;

- sim. unconcealed;

conspicuous consumption
n1
buying expensive services and products in order to flaunt your wealth;

conspicuously / k ə n s p ɪ k j ʊə s ɫ i /
r1
in a manner tending to attract attention;

- "there have been plenty of general declarations about willingness to meet and talk, but conspicuously no mention of time and place";

r2
in a prominent way;

- "the new car was prominently displayed in the driveway";

- syn. prominently;

conspicuousness / k ə n s p ɪ k j ʊə s n ə s /
n1
the state of being conspicuous;

n2
high visibility;

conspiracy / k ə n s p ɪr ə s i /
n1
a secret agreement between two or more people to perform an unlawful act;

- syn. confederacy;

n2
a plot to carry out some harmful or illegal act (especially a political plot);

- syn. cabal;

n3
a group of conspirators banded together to achieve some harmful or illegal purpose;

- syn. confederacy;

conspiracy of silence
n1
a conspiracy not to talk about some situation or event;

- "there was a conspiracy of silence about police brutality";

conspirative / k ə n s p ɪr ə t ɪ v /
a1
relating to or characteristic of conspiracy or conspirators;

- "a conspiratorial whisper";

- "the discovery of possible conspirative codes";

- syn. conspiratorial;

conspirator / k ə n s p ɪr ə t ə , k ə n s p ɪr ə t ə ɹ /
n1
a member of a conspiracy;

- syn. coconspirator, machinator, plotter;

conspiratorial / k ə n s p ɪr ə t ɔ ɹ ɪə ɫ /
a1
relating to or characteristic of conspiracy or conspirators;

- "a conspiratorial whisper";

- "the discovery of possible conspirative codes";

- syn. conspirative;

conspire / k ə n s p aɪ ə , k ə n s p aɪ ə ɹ /
v1
engage in plotting or enter into a conspiracy, swear together;

- "They conspired to overthrow the government";

- syn. cabal, complot, conjure, machinate;

v2
act in unison or agreement and in secret towards a deceitful or illegal purpose;

- "The two companies conspired to cause the value of the stock to fall";

- syn. collude;

constable / k ɒ n s t ə b ɫ /
n1
a lawman with less authority and jurisdiction than a sheriff;

n2
English landscape painter (1776-1837);

- syn. John Constable;

n3
a police officer of the lowest rank;

- syn. police constable;

constabulary / k ə n s t æ b j ʊ ɫ ə ɹ i /
n1
the force of policemen and officers;

- "the law came looking for him";

- syn. law, police, police force;

Constance / k ɒ n s t ə n s /
n1
a lake in southeastern Germany on the northern side of the Swiss Alps;

- forms part of the Rhine River;

- syn. Bodensee, Lake Constance;

n2
the council in 1414-1418 that succeeded in ending the Great Schism in the Roman Catholic Church;

- syn. Council of Constance;

constancy / k ɒ n s t ə n s i /
n1
the quality of being enduring and free from change or variation;

- "early mariners relied on the constancy of the trade winds";

- syn. stability;

n2
(psychology) the tendency for perceived objects to give rise to very similar perceptual experiences in spite of wide variations in the conditions of observation;

- syn. perceptual constancy;

n3
faithfulness and dependability in personal attachments (especially sexual fidelity);

constant / k ɒ n s t ə n t /
n1
a quantity that does not vary;

- syn. constant quantity, invariable;

n2
a number representing a quantity assumed to have a fixed value in a specified mathematical context;

- "the velocity of light is a constant";

a1
unvarying in nature;

- "maintained a constant temperature";

- "principles of unvarying validity";

- syn. changeless, invariant, unvarying;

- sim. invariable;

a2
steadfast in purpose or devotion or affection;

- "a man constant in adherence to his ideals";

- "a constant lover";

- "constant as the northern star";

- also faithful, invariable, stable, unchangeable;

- sim. immutable, steadfast, unfailing;

a3
uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing;

- "the ceaseless thunder of surf";

- "in constant pain";

- "night and day we live with the incessant noise of the city";

- "the never-ending search for happiness";

- "the perpetual struggle to maintain standards in a democracy";

- "man's unceasing warfare with drought and isolation";

- "unremitting demands of hunger";

- syn. ceaseless, incessant, never-ending, perpetual, unceasing, unremitting;

- sim. continuous;

constant-width font
n1
a typeface is which each character is given the same width (as by a typewriter);

- syn. fixed-width font, monospaced font, typewriter font;

Constant Lambert
n1
English composer and conductor (1905-1951);

- syn. Lambert, Leonard Constant Lambert;

constant of gravitation
n1
(physics) the universal constant relating force to mass and distance in Newton's law of gravitation;

- syn. G, gravitational constant, universal gravitational constant;

constant of proportionality
n1
the constant value of the ratio of two proportional quantities x and y;

- usually written y = kx, where k is the factor of proportionality;

- syn. factor of proportionality;

constant quantity
n1
a quantity that does not vary;

- syn. constant, invariable;

constantan / k ɒ n s t æ n t æ n /
n1
an alloy of copper and nickel with high electrical resistance and a low temperature coefficient;

- used as resistance wire;

- syn. Eureka;

Constantin Brancusi
n1
Romanian sculptor noted for abstractions of animal forms (1876-1957);

- syn. Brancusi;

Constantina / k ɒ n s t æ n t i n ə /
n1
a Romanian resort city on the Black Sea;

Constantine / k ɒ n s t ə n t aɪ n /
n1
Emperor of Rome who stopped the persecution of Christians and in 324 made Christianity the official religion of the Roman Empire;

- in 330 he moved his capital from Rome to Byzantium and renamed it Constantinople (280-337);

- syn. Constantine I, Constantine the Great, Flavius Valerius Constantinus;

n2
a walled city in northeastern Algeria to the east of Algiers;

- was destroyed in warfare in the 4th century and rebuilt by Constantine I;

Constantine I
n1
Emperor of Rome who stopped the persecution of Christians and in 324 made Christianity the official religion of the Roman Empire;

- in 330 he moved his capital from Rome to Byzantium and renamed it Constantinople (280-337);

- syn. Constantine, Constantine the Great, Flavius Valerius Constantinus;

Constantine the Great
n1
Emperor of Rome who stopped the persecution of Christians and in 324 made Christianity the official religion of the Roman Empire;

- in 330 he moved his capital from Rome to Byzantium and renamed it Constantinople (280-337);

- syn. Constantine, Constantine I, Flavius Valerius Constantinus;

Constantinople
n1
the largest city and former capital of Turkey;

- rebuilt on the site of ancient Byzantium by Constantine I in the fourth century;

- renamed Constantinople by Constantine who made it the capital of the Byzantine Empire;

- now the seat of the Eastern Orthodox Church;

- syn. Istanbul, Stamboul, Stambul;

n2
the council in 869 that condemned Photius who had become the patriarch of Constantinople without approval from the Vatican, thereby precipitating the schism between the eastern and western churches;

- syn. Fourth Council of Constantinople;

n3
the sixth ecumenical council in 680-681 which condemned Monothelitism by defining two wills in Christ, divine and human;

- syn. Third Council of Constantinople;

n4
the fifth ecumenical council in 553 which held Origen's writings to be heretic;

- syn. Second Council of Constantinople;

n5
the second ecumenical council in 381 which added wording about the Holy Spirit to the Nicene Creed;

- syn. First Council of Constantinople;

constantly / k ɒ n s t ə n t ɫ i /
r1
without variation or change, in every case;

- "constantly kind and gracious";

- "he always arrives on time";

- syn. always, invariably;

r2
without interruption;

- "the world is constantly changing";

- syn. always, forever, incessantly, perpetually;

constatation
n1
an assumption that is basic to an argument;

- syn. basic assumption, self-evident truth;

constellate / k ɒ n s t ə ɫ eɪ t /
v1
scatter or intersperse like dots or studs;

- "Hills constellated with lights";

- syn. dot, stud;

v2
come together as in a cluster or flock;

- "The poets constellate in this town every summer";

- syn. clump, cluster, flock;

v3
form a constellation or cluster;

constellation / k ɒ n s t ə ɫ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
an arrangement of parts or elements;

- "the outcome depends on the configuration of influences at the time";

- syn. configuration;

n2
a configuration of stars as seen from the earth;

consternate / k ɒ n s t ɝ n eɪ t /
v1
fill with anxiety, dread, dismay, or confusion;

- "After the terrorist attack, people look consternated";

consternation / k ɒ n s t ə n eɪ ʃ n /
n1
fear resulting from the awareness of danger;

- syn. alarm, dismay;

constipate / k ɒ n s t ɪ p eɪ t /
v1
impede with a clog or as if with a clog;

- "The market is being clogged by these operations";

- "My mind is constipated today";

- syn. clog;

v2
cause to be constipated;

- "These foods tend to constipate you";

- syn. bind;

constipated / k ɒ n s t ɪ p eɪ t ɪ d /
a1
have difficult or incomplete or infrequent evacuation of the bowels;

- sim. bound;

constipation / k ɒ n s t ɪ p eɪ ʃ n /
n1
irregular and infrequent or difficult evacuation of the bowels;

- can be a symptom of intestinal obstruction or diverticulitis;

- syn. irregularity;

n2
the act of making something futile and useless (as by routine);

- syn. deadening, impairment, stultification;

constituency / k ə n s t ɪ t j ʊə n s i /
n1
the body of voters who elect a representative for their area;

constituent / k ə n s t ɪ t j ʊə n t /
n1
an artifact that is one of the individual parts of which a composite entity is made up;

- especially a part that can be separated from or attached to a system;

- "spare components for cars";

- "a component or constituent element of a system";

- syn. component, element;

n2
a member of a constituency;

- a citizen who is represented in a government by officials for whom he or she votes;

- "needs continued support by constituents to be re-elected";

n3
something determined in relation to something that includes it;

- "he wanted to feel a part of something bigger than himself";

- "I read a portion of the manuscript";

- "the smaller component is hard to reach";

- "the animal constituent of plankton";

- syn. component, component part, part, portion;

n4
(grammar) a word or phrase or clause forming part of a larger grammatical construction;

- syn. grammatical constituent;

n5
an abstract part of something;

- "jealousy was a component of his character";

- "two constituents of a musical composition are melody and harmony";

- "the grammatical elements of a sentence";

- "a key factor in her success";

- "humor: an effective ingredient of a speech";

- syn. component, element, factor, ingredient;

a1
constitutional in the structure of something (especially your physical makeup);

- syn. constitutional, constitutive, organic;

- sim. essential;

constitute / k ɒ n s t ɪ t j u t /
v1
form or compose;

- "This money is my only income";

- "The stone wall was the backdrop for the performance";

- "These constitute my entire belonging";

- "The children made up the chorus";

- "This sum represents my entire income for a year";

- "These few men comprise his entire army";

- syn. be, comprise, make up, represent;

v2
create and charge with a task or function;

- "nominate a committee";

- syn. appoint, name, nominate;

v3
to compose or represent;

- "This wall forms the background of the stage setting";

- "The branches made a roof";

- "This makes a fine introduction";

- syn. form, make;

v4
set up or lay the groundwork for;

- "establish a new department";

- syn. establish, found, institute, plant;

constituted / k ɒ n s t ɪ t j u t ɪ d /
a1
brought about or set up or accepted;

- especially long established;

- "the established social order";

- "distrust the constituted authority";

- "a team established as a member of a major league";

- "enjoyed his prestige as an established writer";

- "an established precedent";

- "the established Church";

- syn. established;

- sim. deep-rooted, entrenched, grooved, legitimate, official, oldline, recognized, self-constituted;

constitution / k ɒ n s t ɪ t j u ʃ n /
n1
law determining the fundamental political principles of a government;

- syn. fundamental law, organic law;

n2
the act of forming or establishing something;

- "the constitution of a PTA group last year";

- "it was the establishment of his reputation";

- "he still remembers the organization of the club";

- syn. establishment, formation, organisation, organization;

n3
the constitution written at the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia in 1787 and subsequently ratified by the original thirteen states;

- syn. Constitution of the United States, U.S. Constitution, US Constitution, United States Constitution;

n4
the way in which someone or something is composed;

- syn. composition, make-up, makeup, physical composition;

n5
a United States 44-gun frigate that was one of the first three naval ships built by the United States;

- it won brilliant victories over British frigates during the War of 1812 and is without doubt the most famous ship in the history of the United States Navy;

- it has been rebuilt and is anchored in the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston;

- syn. Old Ironsides;

Constitution of the United States
n1
the constitution written at the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia in 1787 and subsequently ratified by the original thirteen states;

- syn. Constitution, U.S. Constitution, US Constitution, United States Constitution;

Constitution State
n1
a New England state;

- one of the original 13 colonies;

- syn. CT, Connecticut, Ct., Nutmeg State;

constitutional / k ɒ n s t ɪ t j u ʃ ə n ɫ /
n1
a regular walk taken as a form of exercise;

a1
of benefit to or intended to benefit your physical makeup;

- "constitutional walk";

a2
sanctioned by or consistent with or operating under the law determining the fundamental political principles of a government;

- "the constitutional right of free speech";

- "constitutional government";

- "constitutional guarantees";

a3
existing as an essential constituent or characteristic;

- "the Ptolemaic system with its built-in concept of periodicity";

- "a constitutional inability to tell the truth";

- syn. built-in, inbuilt, inherent, integral;

- sim. intrinsic;

a4
constitutional in the structure of something (especially your physical makeup);

- syn. constituent, constitutive, organic;

- sim. essential;

Constitutional Convention
n1
the convention of United States statesmen who drafted the United States Constitution in 1787;

Constitutional Union Party
n1
a former political party in the United States;

- formed in 1859 by former Whigs who hoped to preserve the Union;

constitutionalise
v1
incorporate into a constitution, make constitutional;

- "A woman's right to an abortion was constitutionalized in the 1970's";

- syn. constitutionalize;

constitutionalism / k ɒ n s t ɪ t j u ʃ ə n ə ɫ ɪ z ə m /
n1
a constitutional system of government (usually with a written constitution);

n2
advocacy of a system of government according to constitutional principles;

constitutionalist / k ɒ n s t ɪ t j u ʃ n ə ɫ ɪ s t /
n1
an advocate of constitutional government;

constitutionalize / k ɒ n s t ɪ t j u ʃ n ə ɫ aɪ z /
v1
provide with a constitution, as of a country;

- "The United States were constitutionalized in the late 18th century";

v2
take a walk for one's health or to aid digestion, as after a meal;

- "A good way of exercising is to constitutionalize";

v3
incorporate into a constitution, make constitutional;

- "A woman's right to an abortion was constitutionalized in the 1970's";

- syn. constitutionalise;

constitutionally / k ɒ n s t ɪ t j u ʃ ə n ə ɫ i /
r1
according to the constitution;

- "this was constitutionally ruled out";

constitutive / k ə n s t ɪ t j ʊ t ɪ v /
a1
constitutional in the structure of something (especially your physical makeup);

- syn. constituent, constitutional, organic;

- sim. essential;

constrain / k ə n s t ɹ eɪ n /
v1
compel to behave in a certain way;

- "Social relations impose courtesy";

- "duty constrains one to act often contrary to one's desires or inclinations";

- syn. enforce, impose;

v2
to close within bounds, or otherwise limit or deprive of free movement;

- "This holds the local until the express passengers change trains";

- "About a dozen animals were held inside the stockade";

- "The illegal immigrants were held at a detention center";

- "The terrorists held the journalists for ransom";

- syn. confine, hold, restrain;

v3
severely restrict in scope or extent;

- "tighten the rules";

- "stiffen the regulations";

- syn. stiffen, tighten, tighten up;

constrained / k ə n s t ɹ eɪ n d /
a1
lacking spontaneity;

- not natural;

- "a constrained smile";

- "forced heartiness";

- "a strained smile";

- syn. forced, strained;

- sim. affected;

constrainedly / k ə n s t ɹ eɪ n ə d ɫ i /
r1
in a constrained manner;

constraining / k ə n s t ɹ eɪ n ɪ ŋ /
a1
restricting the scope or freedom of action;

- syn. confining, constrictive, limiting, restricting;

- sim. restrictive;

constraint / k ə n s t ɹ eɪ n t /
n1
the state of being physically constrained;

- "dogs should be kept under restraint";

- syn. restraint;

n2
a device that retards something's motion;

- "the car did not have proper restraints fitted";

- syn. restraint;

n3
the act of constraining;

- the threat or use of force to control the thoughts or behavior of others;

constrict / k ə n s t ɹ ɪ k t /
v1
squeeze or press together;

- "she compressed her lips";

- "the spasm contracted the muscle";

- syn. compact, compress, contract, press, squeeze;

v2
become tight or as if tight;

- "Her throat constricted";

- syn. constringe, narrow;

constricted / k ə n s t ɹ ɪ k t ɪ d /
a1
especially tense;

- especially in some dialects;

- sim. tense;

a2
drawn together or squeezed physically or by extension psychologically;

- "a constricted blood vessel";

- "a constricted view of life";

- sim. narrowed, pinched, stenosed;

constricting / k ə n s t ɹ ɪ k t ɪ ŋ /
a1
(of circumstances) tending to constrict freedom;

- syn. constrictive, narrowing;

- sim. narrow;

constriction / k ə n s t ɹ ɪ k ʃ n /
n1
a narrowing that reduces the flow through a channel;

- syn. bottleneck, chokepoint;

n2
tight or narrow compression;

- syn. coarctation;

n3
a tight feeling in some part of the body;

- "he felt a constriction in her chest";

- "she felt an alarming tightness in her chest";

- "emotion caused a constriction of his throat";

- syn. tightness;

n4
the action or process of compressing;

constrictive / k ə n s t ɹ ɪ k t ɪ v /
a1
(of circumstances) tending to constrict freedom;

- syn. constricting, narrowing;

- sim. narrow;

a2
restricting the scope or freedom of action;

- syn. confining, constraining, limiting, restricting;

- sim. restrictive;

constrictor / k ə n s t ɹ ɪ k t ə /
n1
any of various large nonvenomous snakes that kill their prey by crushing it in its coils;

Constrictor constrictor
n1
very large boa of tropical America and West Indies;

- syn. boa constrictor;

constringe / k ə n s t ɹ ɪ n dʒ /
v1
become tight or as if tight;

- "Her throat constricted";

- syn. constrict, narrow;

construal / k ə n s t ɹ ʊə ɫ /
n1
an interpretation of the meaning of something;

- the act of construing;

construct / k ə n s t ɹ ʌ k t /
n1
an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances;

- syn. concept, conception;

v1
make by combining materials and parts;

- "this little pig made his house out of straw";

- "Some eccentric constructed an electric brassiere warmer";

- syn. build, make;

v2
put together out of artificial or natural components or parts;

- "the company fabricates plastic chairs";

- "They manufacture small toys";

- "He manufactured a popular cereal";

- syn. fabricate, manufacture;

v3
draw with suitable instruments and under specified conditions;

- "construct an equilateral triangle";

v4
create by linking linguistic units;

- "construct a sentence";

- "construct a paragraph";

v5
create by organizing and linking ideas, arguments, or concepts;

- "construct a proof";

- "construct an argument";

v6
reassemble mentally;

- "reconstruct the events of 20 years ago";

- syn. reconstruct, retrace;

construction / k ə n s t ɹ ʌ k ʃ n /
n1
the act of constructing something;

- "during the construction we had to take a detour";

- "his hobby was the building of boats";

- syn. building;

n2
a group of words that form a constituent of a sentence and are considered as a single unit;

- "I concluded from his awkward constructions that he was a foreigner";

- syn. expression, grammatical construction;

n3
the creation of a construct;

- the process of combining ideas into a congruous object of thought;

- syn. mental synthesis;

n4
a thing constructed;

- a complex entity constructed of many parts;

- "the structure consisted of a series of arches";

- "she wore her hair in an amazing construction of whirls and ribbons";

- syn. structure;

n5
drawing a figure satisfying certain conditions as part of solving a problem or proving a theorem;

- "the assignment was to make a construction that could be used in proving the Pythagorean theorem";

n6
an interpretation of a text or action;

- "they put an unsympathetic construction on his conduct";

- syn. twist;

n7
the commercial activity involved in repairing old structures or constructing new ones;

- "their main business is home construction";

- "workers in the building trades";

- syn. building;

construction industry
n1
an industry that builds housing;

- syn. housing industry;

construction paper
n1
paper suitable for drawing and making cutouts;

construction worker
n1
a worker skilled in building offices or dwellings etc.;

- syn. hard hat;

constructive / k ə n s t ɹ ʌ k t ɪ v /
a1
constructing or tending to construct or improve or promote development;

- "constructive criticism";

- "a constructive attitude";

- "a constructive philosophy";

- "constructive permission";

- also positive;

- sim. creative, formative, formative, inferential, reconstructive, structural;

a2
emphasizing what is laudable or hopeful or to the good;

- "constructive criticism";

- sim. positive;

constructive-metabolic
a1
of or relating to anabolism;

- syn. energy-storing;

- sim. anabolic;

constructive breach
n1
a breach of contract committed prior to the time of required performance;

- syn. anticipatory breach;

constructive eviction
n1
action by a landlord that compels a tenant to leave the premises (as by rendering the premises unfit for occupancy);

- no physical expulsion or legal process is involved;

- syn. eviction;

constructive fraud
n1
comprises all acts or omissions or concealments involving breach of equitable or legal duty or trust or confidence;

- syn. legal fraud;

constructive metabolism
n1
the synthesis in living organisms of more complex substances (e.g., living tissue) from simpler ones together with the storage of energy;

- syn. anabolism;

constructive possession
n1
(law) having the power and intention to have and control property but without direct control or actual presence upon it;

constructive trust
n1
a trust created by a court (regardless of the intent of the parties) to benefit a party that has been wrongfully deprived of its rights;

- syn. involuntary trust;

constructively / k ə n s t ɹ ʌ k t ɪ v ɫ i /
r1
in a constructive manner;

- "it is my task to look critically and constructively at the flaws and the failures";

constructiveness / k ə n s t ɹ ʌ k t ɪ v n ə s /
n1
the quality of serving to build or improve;

constructivism / k ə n s t ɹ ʌ k t ɪ v ɪ z ə m /
n1
an abstractionist artistic movement in Russia after World War I;

- industrial materials were used to construct nonrepresentational objects;

constructivist / k ə n s t ɹ ʌ k t ɪ v ɪ s t /
n1
an artist of the school of constructivism;

constructor / k ə n s t ɹ ʌ k t ə , k ə n s t ɹ ʌ k t ə ɹ /
n1
someone who contracts for and supervises construction (as of a building);

- syn. builder;

construe / k ə n s t ɹ u /
v1
make sense of;

- assign a meaning to;

- "What message do you see in this letter?";

- "How do you interpret his behavior?";

- syn. interpret, see;

- also construe with;

construe with
v1
go or occur together;

- "The word `hot' tends to cooccur with `cold'";

- syn. co-occur with, collocate with, cooccur with, go with;

consubstantial / k ɒ n s ə b s t æ n ʃ ə ɫ /
a1
regarded as the same in substance or essence (as of the three persons of the Trinity);

consubstantiate / k ɒ n s ə b s t æ n ʃ ɪ eɪ t /
v1
become united in substance;

- "thought and the object consubstantiate";

v2
unite in one common substance;

- "Thought is consubstantiated with the object";

consubstantiation / k ɒ n s ə b s t æ n ʃ ɪ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the doctrine of the High Anglican Church that after the consecration of the Eucharist the substance of the body and blood of Christ coexists with the substance of the consecrated bread and wine;

consuetude
n1
a custom or usage that has acquired the force of law;

consuetudinal
n1
a manual describing the customs of a particular group (especially the ceremonial practices of a monastic order);

- syn. consuetudinary;

consuetudinary
n1
a manual describing the customs of a particular group (especially the ceremonial practices of a monastic order);

- syn. consuetudinal;

consul / k ɒ n s ɫ /
n1
a diplomat appointed by a government to protect its commercial interests and help its citizens in a foreign country;

consular / k ɒ n s j ʊ ɫ ə , k ɒ n s j ʊ ɫ ə ɹ /
a1
having to do with a consul or his office or duties;

consulate / k ɒ n s j ʊ ɫ ə t /
n1
diplomatic building that serves as the residence or workplace of a consul;

consulship / k ɒ n s ə ɫ ʃ ɪ p /
n1
the post of consul;

consult / k ə n s ʌ ɫ t /
v1
get or ask advice from;

- "Consult your local broker";

- "They had to consult before arriving at a decision";

- syn. confer with;

v2
seek information from;

- "You should consult the dictionary";

- "refer to your notes";

- syn. look up, refer;

v3
have a conference in order to talk something over;

- "We conferred about a plan of action";

- syn. confab, confabulate, confer;

v4
advise professionally;

- "The professor consults for industry";

consultancy
n1
the practice of giving expert advice within a particular field;

- "a business management consultancy";

consultant / k ə n s ʌ ɫ t ə n t /
n1
an expert who gives advice;

- "an adviser helped students select their courses";

- "the United States sent military advisors to Guatemala";

- syn. adviser, advisor;

consultation / k ɒ n s ɫ t eɪ ʃ n /
n1
a conference (usually with someone important);

- "he had a consultation with the judge";

- "he requested an audience with the king";

- syn. audience, interview;

n2
a conference between two or more people to consider a particular question;

- "frequent consultations with his lawyer";

- "a consultation of several medical specialists";

n3
the act of referring or consulting;

- "reference to an encyclopedia produced the answer";

- syn. reference;

consultative / k ə n s ʌ ɫ t ə t ɪ v /
a1
giving advice;

- "an advisory memorandum";

- "his function was purely consultative";

- syn. advisory, consultatory, consultive;

- sim. informative;

consultatory / k ə n s ʌ ɫ t ə t ə ɹ i /
a1
giving advice;

- "an advisory memorandum";

- "his function was purely consultative";

- syn. advisory, consultative, consultive;

- sim. informative;

consulting company
n1
a firm of experts providing professional advice to an organization for a fee;

- syn. consulting firm;

consulting firm
n1
a firm of experts providing professional advice to an organization for a fee;

- syn. consulting company;

consulting service
n1
service provided by a professional advisor (e.g., a lawyer or doctor or CPA etc.);

consultive
a1
giving advice;

- "an advisory memorandum";

- "his function was purely consultative";

- syn. advisory, consultative, consultatory;

- sim. informative;

consumable / k ə n s j u m ə b ɫ /
a1
may be used up;

- sim. expendable;

consume / k ə n s j u m /
v1
eat up completely, as with great appetite;

- "Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal";

- "The teenagers demolished four pizzas among them";

- syn. demolish, devour, down, go through;

v2
serve oneself to, or consume regularly;

- "Have another bowl of chicken soup!";

- "I don't take sugar in my coffee";

- syn. have, ingest, take, take in;

v3
spend extravagantly;

- "waste not, want not";

- syn. squander, ware, waste;

v4
destroy completely;

- "The fire consumed the building";

v5
use up (resources or materials);

- "this car consumes a lot of gas";

- "We exhausted our savings";

- "They run through 20 bottles of wine a week";

- syn. deplete, eat, eat up, exhaust, run through, use up, wipe out;

v6
engage fully;

- "The effort to pass the exam consumed all his energy";

consumer / k ə n s j u m ə , k ə n s j u m ə ɹ /
n1
a person who uses goods or services;

consumer credit
n1
a line of credit extended for personal or household use;

consumer durables
n1
consumer goods that are not destroyed by use;

- syn. durable goods, durables;

consumer finance company
n1
a finance company that makes loans to people who have trouble getting a bank loan;

- syn. small loan company;

consumer goods
n1
goods (as food or clothing) intended for direct use or consumption;

consumer loan
n1
a loan that establishes consumer credit that is granted for personal use;

- usually unsecured and based on the borrower's integrity and ability to pay;

- syn. personal loan;

consumer price index
n1
an index of the cost of all goods and services to a typical consumer;

- syn. CPI, cost-of-living index;

consumer research
n1
marketing research that yields information about the motives and needs of different classes of consumers;

consumerism / k ə n s j u m ə ɹ ɪ z ə m /
n1
the theory that an increasing consumption of goods is economically beneficial;

n2
a movement advocating greater protection of the interests of consumers;

consuming / k ə n s j u m ɪ ŋ /
a1
very strong;

- urgently felt;

- "politics is his consuming passion";

- "overwhelming joy";

- syn. overwhelming;

- sim. intense;

consummate / k ə n s ʌ m ə t , k ɒ n s ə m eɪ t /
v1
fulfill sexually;

- "consummate a marriage";

v2
make perfect;

- bring to perfection;

a1
having or revealing supreme mastery or skill;

- "a consummate artist";

- "consummate skill";

- "a masterful speaker";

- "masterful technique";

- "a masterly performance of the sonata";

- "a virtuoso performance";

- syn. masterful, masterly, virtuoso;

- sim. skilled;

a2
perfect and complete in every respect;

- having all necessary qualities;

- "a complete gentleman";

- "consummate happiness";

- "a consummate performance";

- syn. complete;

- sim. perfect;

a3
without qualification;

- used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers;

- "an arrant fool";

- "a complete coward";

- "a consummate fool";

- "a double-dyed villain";

- "gross negligence";

- "a perfect idiot";

- "pure folly";

- "what a sodding mess";

- "stark staring mad";

- "a thorough nuisance";

- "a thoroughgoing villain";

- "utter nonsense";

- "the unadulterated truth";

- syn. arrant, complete, double-dyed, everlasting, gross, perfect, pure, sodding, staring, stark, thorough, thoroughgoing, unadulterated, utter;

- sim. unmitigated;

consummated / k ɒ n s ə m eɪ t ɪ d /
a1
brought to completion;

- "a consummated transaction";

- sim. completed, fulfilled;

consummation / k ɒ n s ə m eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the completion of marriage by sexual intercourse;

n2
the act of bringing to completion or fruition;

consumption / k ə n s ʌ m p ʃ n /
n1
the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating);

- syn. ingestion, intake, uptake;

n2
involving the lungs with progressive wasting of the body;

- syn. phthisis, pulmonary tuberculosis, wasting disease, white plague;

n3
(economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing;

- "the consumption of energy has increased steadily";

- syn. economic consumption, usance, use, use of goods and services;

n4
the act of consuming something;

- syn. expenditure, using up;

consumption weed
n1
a shrub of salt marshes of eastern and south central North America and West Indies;

- fruit is surrounded with white plumelike hairy tufts;

- syn. Baccharis halimifolia, cotton-seed tree, groundsel bush, groundsel tree;

consumptive / k ə n s ʌ m p t ɪ v /
n1
a person with pulmonary tuberculosis;

- syn. lunger, tubercular;

a1
tending to consume or use often wastefully;

- "water suitable for beneficial consumptive uses";

- "duties consumptive of time and energy";

- "consumptive fires";

- sim. exploitative;

a2
afflicted with or associated with pulmonary tuberculosis;

- "a consumptive patient";

- "a consumptive cough";

- sim. ill;

contact / k ɒ n t æ k t /
n1
close interaction;

- "they kept in daily contact";

- "they claimed that they had been in contact with extraterrestrial beings";

n2
the act of touching physically;

- "her fingers came in contact with the light switch";

- syn. physical contact;

n3
the state or condition of touching or of being in immediate proximity;

- "litmus paper turns red on contact with an acid";

n4
the physical coming together of two or more things;

- "contact with the pier scraped paint from the hull";

- syn. impinging, striking;

n5
a person who is in a position to give you special assistance;

- "he used his business contacts to get an introduction to the governor";

- syn. middleman;

n6
a channel for communication between groups;

- "he provided a liaison with the guerrillas";

- syn. inter-group communication, liaison, link;

n7
(electronics) a junction where things (as two electrical conductors) touch or are in physical contact;

- "they forget to solder the contacts";

- syn. tangency;

n8
a communicative interaction;

- "the pilot made contact with the base";

- "he got in touch with his colleagues";

- syn. touch;

n9
a thin curved glass or plastic lens designed to fit over the cornea in order to correct vision or to deliver medication;

- syn. contact lens;

v1
be in or establish communication with;

- "Our advertisements reach millions";

- "He never contacted his children after he emigrated to Australia";

- syn. get hold of, get through, reach;

v2
be in direct physical contact with;

- make contact;

- "The two buildings touch";

- "Their hands touched";

- "The wire must not contact the metal cover";

- "The surfaces contact at this point";

- syn. adjoin, meet, touch;

contact action
n1
acceleration of a chemical reaction induced the presence of material that is chemically unchanged at the end of the reaction;

- "of the top 50 commodity chemicals, 30 are created directly by catalysis and another 6 are made from raw materials that are catalytically produced";

- syn. catalysis;

contact arm
n1
contact consisting of a conducting arm that rotates over a series of fixed contacts and comes to rest on an outlet;

- syn. wiper, wiper arm;

contact dermatitis
n1
a delayed type of allergic reaction of the skin resulting from skin contact with a specific allergen (such as poison ivy);

contact lens
n1
a thin curved glass or plastic lens designed to fit over the cornea in order to correct vision or to deliver medication;

- syn. contact;

contact microphone
n1
a microphone designed to be used in contact with a source of sound (or with a resonating surface);

- syn. contact mike;

contact mike
n1
a microphone designed to be used in contact with a source of sound (or with a resonating surface);

- syn. contact microphone;

contact print
n1
a print made by exposing a photosensitive surface to direct contact with a photographic negative;

contact sport
n1
a sport that necessarily involves body contact between opposing players;

contadino
n1
an Italian farmer;

contagion / k ə n t eɪ dʒ ə n /
n1
any disease easily transmitted by contact;

- syn. contagious disease;

n2
an incident in which an infectious disease is transmitted;

- syn. infection, transmission;

n3
the communication of an attitude or emotional state among a number of people;

- "a contagion of mirth";

- "the infection of his enthusiasm for poetry";

- syn. infection;

contagious / k ə n t eɪ dʒ ə s /
a1
easily diffused or spread as from one person to another;

- "a contagious grin";

- sim. infectious;

a2
(of disease) capable of being transmitted by infection;

- syn. catching, communicable, contractable, transmissible, transmittable;

- sim. infectious;

contagious abortion
n1
an infectious disease of domestic animals often resulting in spontaneous abortion;

- transmittable to human beings;

- syn. Bang's disease, brucellosis;

contagious disease
n1
any disease easily transmitted by contact;

- syn. contagion;

contagiously / k ə n t eɪ dʒ ə s ɫ i /
r1
in a contagious manner;

- "she was contagiously bubbly";

- syn. infectiously;

contain / k ə n t eɪ n /
v1
include or contain;

- have as a component;

- "A totally new idea is comprised in this paper";

- "The record contains many old songs from the 1930's";

- syn. comprise, incorporate;

v2
contain or hold;

- have within;

- "The jar carries wine";

- "The canteen holds fresh water";

- "This can contains water";

- syn. bear, carry, hold;

v3
lessen the intensity of;

- temper;

- hold in restraint;

- hold or keep within limits;

- "moderate your alcohol intake";

- "hold your tongue";

- "hold your temper";

- "control your anger";

- syn. check, control, curb, hold, hold in, moderate;

v4
be divisible by;

- "24 contains 6";

v5
be capable of holding or containing;

- "This box won't take all the items";

- "The flask holds one gallon";

- syn. hold, take;

v6
hold back, as of a danger or an enemy;

- check the expansion or influence of;

- "Arrest the downward trend";

- "Check the growth of communism in South East Asia";

- "Contain the rebel movement";

- "Turn back the tide of communism";

- syn. arrest, check, hold back, stop, turn back;

contained / k ə n t eɪ n d /
a1
gotten under control;

- "the oil spill is contained";

- sim. controlled;

container / k ə n t eɪ n ə , k ə n t eɪ n ə ɹ /
n1
any object that can be used to hold things (especially a large metal boxlike object of standardized dimensions that can be loaded from one form of transport to another);

container ship
n1
a cargo ship designed to hold containerized cargoes;

- "the weight of the documentation of all the consignments on board a contemporary container ship can exceed 90 pounds";

- syn. container vessel, containership;

container vessel
n1
a cargo ship designed to hold containerized cargoes;

- "the weight of the documentation of all the consignments on board a contemporary container ship can exceed 90 pounds";

- syn. container ship, containership;

containerful
n1
the quantity that a container will hold;

containerise
v1
package in a container;

- "The cargo was containerized for safe and efficient shipping";

- syn. containerize;

containerize
v1
package in a container;

- "The cargo was containerized for safe and efficient shipping";

- syn. containerise;

containership / k ə n t eɪ n ə ʃ ɪ p /
n1
a cargo ship designed to hold containerized cargoes;

- "the weight of the documentation of all the consignments on board a contemporary container ship can exceed 90 pounds";

- syn. container ship, container vessel;

containment / k ə n t eɪ n m ə n t /
n1
a policy of creating strategic alliances in order to check the expansion of a hostile power or ideology or to force it to negotiate peacefully;

- "containment of communist expansion was a central principle of United States' foreign policy from 1947 to the 1975";

n2
(physics) a system designed to prevent the accidental release of radioactive material from a reactor;

n3
the act of containing;

- keeping something from spreading;

- "the containment of the AIDS epidemic";

- "the containment of the rebellion";

contaminant / k ə n t æ m ɪ n ə n t /
n1
a substance that contaminates;

- syn. contamination;

contaminate / k ə n t æ m ɪ n eɪ t /
v1
make impure;

- "The industrial wastes polluted the lake";

- syn. foul, pollute;

v2
make radioactive by adding radioactive material;

- "Don't drink the water--it's contaminated";

contaminated / k ə n t æ m ɪ n eɪ t ɪ d /
a1
corrupted by contact or association;

- "contaminated evidence";

- sim. mercury-contaminated;

a2
rendered unwholesome by contaminants and pollution;

- "had to boil the contaminated water";

- "polluted lakes and streams";

- syn. polluted;

- sim. impure;

contaminating / k ə n t æ m ɪ n eɪ t ɪ ŋ /
a1
spreading pollution or contamination;

- especially radioactive contamination;

- "the air near the foundry was always dirty";

- "a dirty bomb releases enormous amounts of long-lived radioactive fallout";

- syn. dirty;

a2
that infects or taints;

- syn. corrupting;

- sim. infectious;

contamination / k ə n t æ m ɪ n eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the state of being contaminated;

- syn. taint;

n2
a substance that contaminates;

- syn. contaminant;

n3
the act of contaminating or polluting;

- including (either intentionally or accidentally) unwanted substances or factors;

- syn. pollution;

contaminative / k ə n t æ m ɪ n ə t ɪ v /
a1
making impure by contact or mixing;

- sim. septic;

Conte Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio Volta
n1
Italian physicist after whom the volt is named;

- studied electric currents and invented the voltaic pile (1745-1827);

- syn. Conte Alessandro Volta, Count Alessandro Volta, Volta;

Conte Alessandro Volta
n1
Italian physicist after whom the volt is named;

- studied electric currents and invented the voltaic pile (1745-1827);

- syn. Conte Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio Volta, Count Alessandro Volta, Volta;

contemn / k ə n t ɛ m /
v1
look down on with disdain;

- "He despises the people he has to work for";

- "The professor scorns the students who don't catch on immediately";

- syn. despise, disdain, scorn;

contemplate / k ɒ n t ə m p ɫ eɪ t /
v1
look at thoughtfully;

- observe deep in thought;

- "contemplate one's navel";

v2
consider as a possibility;

- "I contemplated leaving school and taking a full-time job";

v3
think intently and at length, as for spiritual purposes;

- "He is meditating in his study";

- syn. meditate, study;

v4
reflect deeply on a subject;

- "I mulled over the events of the afternoon";

- "philosophers have speculated on the question of God for thousands of years";

- "The scientist must stop to observe and start to excogitate";

- syn. chew over, excogitate, meditate, mull, mull over, muse, ponder, reflect, ruminate, speculate, think over;

contemplation / k ɒ n t ə m p ɫ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
a long and thoughtful observation;

n2
a calm, lengthy, intent consideration;

- syn. musing, reflection, reflexion, rumination, thoughtfulness;

contemplative / k ə n t ɛ m p ɫ ə t ɪ v /
n1
a person devoted to the contemplative life;

a1
deeply or seriously thoughtful;

- "Byron lives on not only in his poetry, but also in his creation of the `Byronic hero' - the persona of a brooding melancholy young man";

- syn. brooding, broody, meditative, musing, pensive, pondering, reflective, ruminative;

- sim. thoughtful;

contemplativeness / k ə n t ɛ m p ɫ ə t ɪ v n ə s /
n1
deep serious thoughtfulness;

- syn. meditativeness, pensiveness;

contemporaneity
n1
the quality of being current or of the present;

- "a shopping mall would instill a spirit of modernity into this village";

- syn. contemporaneousness, modernism, modernity, modernness;

n2
the quality of belonging to the same period of time;

- syn. contemporaneousness;

contemporaneous / k ə n t ɛ m p ə ɹ eɪ n ɪə s /
a1
occurring in the same period of time;

- "a rise in interest rates is often contemporaneous with an increase in inflation";

- "the composer Salieri was contemporary with Mozart";

- syn. contemporary;

- sim. synchronous;

a2
of the same period;

- syn. coetaneous, coeval;

- sim. synchronous;

contemporaneously / k ə n t ɛ m p ə ɹ eɪ n ɪə s ɫ i /
r1
during the same period of time;

- "contemporaneously, or possibly a little later, there developed a great Sumerian civilisation";

contemporaneousness / k ə n t ɛ m p ə ɹ eɪ n ɪə s n ə s /
n1
the quality of being current or of the present;

- "a shopping mall would instill a spirit of modernity into this village";

- syn. contemporaneity, modernism, modernity, modernness;

n2
the quality of belonging to the same period of time;

- syn. contemporaneity;

contemporaries / k ə n t ɛ m p ɹ ə ɹ ɪ z /
n1
all the people living at the same time or of approximately the same age;

- syn. coevals, generation;

contemporary / k ə n t ɛ m p ɹ ə ɹ i /
n1
a person of nearly the same age as another;

- syn. coeval;

a1
characteristic of the present;

- "contemporary trends in design";

- "the role of computers in modern-day medicine";

- syn. modern-day;

- sim. modern;

a2
belonging to the present time;

- "contemporary leaders";

- syn. present-day;

- sim. current;

a3
occurring in the same period of time;

- "a rise in interest rates is often contemporaneous with an increase in inflation";

- "the composer Salieri was contemporary with Mozart";

- syn. contemporaneous;

- sim. synchronous;

contemporary world
n1
the circumstances and ideas of the present age;

- "in modern times like these";

- syn. modern times, modern world, present times;

contemporise
v1
happen at the same time;

- syn. contemporize, synchronise, synchronize;

v2
arrange or represent events so that they co-occur;

- "synchronize biblical events";

- syn. contemporize, synchronise, synchronize;

contemporize / k ə n t ɛ m p ə ɹ aɪ z /
v1
happen at the same time;

- syn. contemporise, synchronise, synchronize;

v2
arrange or represent events so that they co-occur;

- "synchronize biblical events";

- syn. contemporise, synchronise, synchronize;

contempt / k ə n t ɛ m p t /
n1
lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike;

- "he was held in contempt";

- "the despite in which outsiders were held is legendary";

- syn. despite, disdain, scorn;

n2
a manner that is generally disrespectful and contemptuous;

- syn. disrespect;

n3
open disrespect for a person or thing;

- syn. scorn;

n4
a willful disobedience to or disrespect for the authority of a court or legislative body;

contempt of Congress
n1
deliberate obstruction of the operation of the federal legislative branch;

contempt of court
n1
disrespect for the rules of a court of law;

contemptibility / k ə n t ɛ m p t ə b ɪ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
unworthiness by virtue of lacking higher values;

- syn. baseness, despicability, despicableness, sordidness;

contemptible / k ə n t ɛ m p t ə b ɫ /
a1
deserving of contempt or scorn;

- also ignoble, unworthy;

- sim. abject, bastardly, pathetic;

contemptibly / k ə n t ɛ m p t ə b ɫ i /
r1
in a manner deserving contempt;

contemptuous / k ə n t ɛ m p tʃ ʊə s /
a1
expressing extreme contempt;

- syn. disdainful, insulting, scornful;

- sim. disrespectful;

contemptuously / k ə n t ɛ m p tʃ ʊə s ɫ i /
r1
without respect;

- in a disdainful manner;

- "she spoke of him contemptuously";

- syn. contumeliously, disdainfully, scornfully;

contemptuousness / k ə n t ɛ m p tʃ ʊə s n ə s /
n1
the manifestation of scorn and contempt;

- "every subordinate sensed his contemptuousness and hated him in return";

contend / k ə n t ɛ n d /
v1
maintain or assert;

- "He contended that Communism had no future";

- syn. postulate;

v2
have an argument about something;

- syn. argue, debate, fence;

v3
to make the subject of dispute, contention, or litigation;

- "They contested the outcome of the race";

- syn. contest, repugn;

v4
succeed in doing, achieving, or producing (something) with the limited or inadequate means available;

- "We got by on just a gallon of gas";

- "They made do on half a loaf of bread every day";

- syn. cope, deal, get by, grapple, make do, make out, manage;

v5
compete for something;

- engage in a contest;

- measure oneself against others;

- syn. compete, vie;

v6
be engaged in a fight;

- carry on a fight;

- "the tribesmen fought each other";

- "Siblings are always fighting";

- "Militant groups are contending for control of the country";

- syn. fight, struggle;

contender / k ə n t ɛ n d ə , k ə n t ɛ n d ə ɹ /
n1
the contestant you hope to defeat;

- "he had respect for his rivals";

- "he wanted to know what the competition was doing";

- syn. challenger, competition, competitor, rival;

content / k ə n t ɛ n t , k ɒ n t ɛ n t /
n1
(usually plural) everything that is included in a collection and that is held or included in something;

- "he emptied the contents of his pockets";

- "the two groups were similar in content";

- syn. contents;

n2
what a communication that is about something is about;

- syn. message, subject matter, substance;

n3
the proportion of a substance that is contained in a mixture or alloy etc.;

n4
the amount that can be contained;

- "the gas tank has a capacity of 12 gallons";

- syn. capacity;

n5
the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned;

- syn. cognitive content, mental object;

n6
the state of being contented with your situation in life;

- "he relaxed in sleepy contentedness";

- "they could read to their heart's content";

- syn. contentedness;

n7
something (a person or object or scene) selected by an artist or photographer for graphic representation;

- "a moving picture of a train is more dramatic than a still picture of the same subject";

- syn. depicted object, subject;

v1
satisfy in a limited way;

- "He contented himself with one glass of beer per day";

v2
make content;

- "I am contented";

a1
satisfied or showing satisfaction with things as they are;

- "a contented smile";

- syn. contented;

- also happy, pleased;

- sim. complacent, satisfied, smug;

content word
n1
a word to which an independent meaning can be assigned;

- syn. open-class word;

contented / k ə n t ɛ n t ɪ d /
a1
satisfied or showing satisfaction with things as they are;

- "a contented smile";

- syn. content;

- also happy, pleased;

- sim. complacent, satisfied, smug;

contentedly / k ə n t ɛ n t ɪ d ɫ i /
r1
with equanimity;

- "`I bought it,' she said contentedly";

contentedness / k ə n t ɛ n t ɪ d n ə s /
n1
the state of being contented with your situation in life;

- "he relaxed in sleepy contentedness";

- "they could read to their heart's content";

- syn. content;

contention / k ə n t ɛ n ʃ n /
n1
a point asserted as part of an argument;

n2
a contentious speech act;

- a dispute where there is strong disagreement;

- "they were involved in a violent argument";

- syn. arguing, argument, contestation, controversy, disceptation, disputation, tilt;

n3
the act of competing as for profit or a prize;

- "the teams were in fierce contention for first place";

- syn. competition, rivalry;

contentious / k ə n t ɛ n ʃ ə s /
a1
inclined or showing an inclination to dispute or disagree, even to engage in law suits;

- "a style described as abrasive and contentious";

- "a disputatious lawyer";

- "a litigious and acrimonious spirit";

- syn. combative, disputatious, disputative, litigious;

- sim. argumentative;

a2
involving or likely to cause controversy;

- "a central and contentious element of the book"- Tim W.Ferfuson;

- sim. controversial;

contentiousness / k ə n t ɛ n ʃ ə s n ə s /
n1
an inclination to be quarrelsome and contentious;

- syn. quarrelsomeness;

contentment / k ə n t ɛ n t m ə n t /
n1
happiness with one's situation in life;

contents / k ə n t ɛ n t s , k ɒ n t ɛ n t s /
n1
(usually plural) everything that is included in a collection and that is held or included in something;

- "he emptied the contents of his pockets";

- "the two groups were similar in content";

- syn. content;

n2
a list of divisions (chapters or articles) and the pages on which they start;

- syn. table of contents;

conterminous / k ɒ n t ɝ m ɪ n ə s /
a1
connecting without a break;

- within a common boundary;

- "the 48 conterminous states";

- "the contiguous 48 states";

- syn. contiguous;

- sim. connected;

a2
having a common boundary or edge;

- abutting;

- touching;

- "Rhode Island has two bordering states;

- Massachusetts and Connecticut";

- "the side of Germany conterminous with France";

- "Utah and the contiguous state of Idaho";

- "neighboring cities";

- syn. adjacent, contiguous, neighboring;

- sim. connected;

a3
being of equal extent or scope or duration;

- syn. coextensive, coterminous;

- sim. commensurate;

contest / k ə n t ɛ s t , k ɒ n t ɛ s t /
n1
an occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants;

- syn. competition;

n2
a struggle between rivals;

v1
to make the subject of dispute, contention, or litigation;

- "They contested the outcome of the race";

- syn. contend, repugn;

contestable / k ə n t ɛ s t ə b ɫ /
a1
capable of being contested;

- also questionable;

- sim. challengeable, debatable, shakable;

contestant / k ə n t ɛ s t ə n t /
n1
a person who participates in competitions;

n2
a person who dissents from some established policy;

- syn. dissenter, dissident, objector, protester;

contestation / k ɒ n t ɛ s t eɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
a contentious speech act;

- a dispute where there is strong disagreement;

- "they were involved in a violent argument";

- syn. arguing, argument, contention, controversy, disceptation, disputation, tilt;

contested / k ə n t ɛ s t ɪ d /
a1
disputed or made the object of contention or competition;

- "a contested election";

contestee / k ɒ n t ɪ s t i /
n1
a winner (of a race or an election etc.) whose victory is contested;

contester / k ə n t ɛ s t ə , k ə n t ɛ s t ə ɹ , k ɒ n t ɛ s t ə , k ɒ n t ɛ s t ə ɹ /
n1
someone who contests an outcome (of a race or an election etc.);

context / k ɒ n t ɛ k s t /
n1
discourse that surrounds a language unit and helps to determine its interpretation;

- syn. context of use, linguistic context;

n2
the set of facts or circumstances that surround a situation or event;

- "the historical context";

- syn. circumstance, setting;

context of use
n1
discourse that surrounds a language unit and helps to determine its interpretation;

- syn. context, linguistic context;

contextual / k ə n t ɛ k s tʃ ʊə ɫ /
a1
relating to or determined by or in context;

- "contextual information";

contextual definition
n1
a definition in which the term is used by embedding it in a larger expression containing its explanation;

- "a contextual definition of `legal duty' might be `X has a legal duty to do Y means that X is required to do Y by a contract relationship that would be upheld in a court of law'";

contextualism / k ə n t ɛ k s tʃ ʊə ɫ ɪ z ə m /
n1
any doctrine emphasizing the importance of the context in solving problems or establishing the meaning of terms;

contextually
r1
in a manner dependent on context;

contiguity / k ɒ n t ɪ ɡ j u ɪ t i /
n1
the attribute of being so near as to be touching;

- syn. adjacency, contiguousness;

contiguous / k ə n t ɪ ɡ j ʊə s /
a1
very close or connected in space or time;

- "contiguous events";

- "immediate contact";

- "the immediate vicinity";

- "the immediate past";

- syn. immediate;

- sim. close;

a2
connecting without a break;

- within a common boundary;

- "the 48 conterminous states";

- "the contiguous 48 states";

- syn. conterminous;

- sim. connected;

a3
having a common boundary or edge;

- abutting;

- touching;

- "Rhode Island has two bordering states;

- Massachusetts and Connecticut";

- "the side of Germany conterminous with France";

- "Utah and the contiguous state of Idaho";

- "neighboring cities";

- syn. adjacent, conterminous, neighboring;

- sim. connected;

contiguousness / k ə n s p ɪ k j ʊə s n ə s /
n1
the attribute of being so near as to be touching;

- syn. adjacency, contiguity;

continence / k ɒ n t ɪ n ə n s /
n1
the exercise of self constraint in sexual matters;

- syn. continency;

n2
voluntary control over urinary and fecal discharge;

continency / k ɒ n t ɪ n ə n s i /
n1
the exercise of self constraint in sexual matters;

- syn. continence;

continent / k ɒ n t ɪ n ə n t /
n1
one of the large landmasses of the earth;

- "there are seven continents";

- "pioneers had to cross the continent on foot";

n2
the European mainland;

- "Englishmen like to visit the Continent but they wouldn't like to live there";

a1
having control over urination and defecation;

a2
abstaining from sexual intercourse;

- "celibate priests";

- syn. celibate;

- sim. chaste;

continent-wide
a1
involving the entire continent;

- sim. continental;

Continental / k ɒ n t ɪ n ɛ n t ɫ /
a1
of or pertaining to or typical of Europe;

- "a Continental breakfast";

a2
of or relating to or concerning the American colonies during and immediately after the American Revolutionary War;

- "the Continental Army";

- "the Continental Congress";

a3
of or relating to or characteristic of a continent;

- "the continental divide";

- "continental drift";

a4
being or concerning or limited to a continent especially the continents of North America or Europe;

- "the continental United States";

- "continental Europe";

- "continental waters";

- sim. continent-wide, transcontinental;

Continental Army
n1
the American army during the American Revolution;

continental breakfast
n1
a breakfast that usually includes a roll and coffee or tea;

- syn. petit dejeuner;

Continental Congress
n1
the legislative assembly composed of delegates from the rebel colonies who met during and after the American Revolution;

- they issued the Declaration of Independence and framed Articles of Confederation;

continental divide
n1
the watershed of a continent (especially the watershed of North America formed by a series of mountain ridges extending from Alaska to Mexico);

continental drift
n1
the gradual movement and formation of continents (as described by plate tectonics);

continental glacier
n1
a glacier that spreads out from a central mass of ice;

continental plan
n1
a hotel plan that provides a continental breakfast daily;

- syn. European plan;

continental quilt
n1
a soft quilt usually filled with the down of the eider;

- syn. duvet, eiderdown;

continental shelf
n1
the relatively shallow (up to 200 meters) seabed surrounding a continent;

continental slope
n1
the steep descent of the seabed from the continental shelf to the abyssal zone;

- syn. bathyal district, bathyal zone;

contingence / k ə n t ɪ n dʒ ə n s /
n1
a possible event or occurrence or result;

- syn. contingency, eventuality;

contingency / k ə n t ɪ n dʒ ə n s i /
n1
a possible event or occurrence or result;

- syn. contingence, eventuality;

n2
the state of being contingent on something;

contingency fee
n1
a fee that is payable only if the outcome is successful (as for an attorney's services);

contingency procedure
n1
an alternative to the normal procedure;

- triggered if an unusual but anticipated situation arises;

contingent / k ə n t ɪ n dʒ ə n t /
n1
a gathering of persons representative of some larger group;

- "each nation sent a contingent of athletes to the Olympics";

n2
a temporary military unit;

- "the peacekeeping force includes one British contingent";

- syn. detail;

a1
possible but not certain to occur;

- "they had to plan for contingent expenses";

- sim. possible;

a2
being determined by conditions or circumstances that follow;

- "arms sales contingent on the approval of congress";

- syn. contingent on, contingent upon, dependant on, dependant upon, dependent on, dependent upon, depending on;

- sim. conditional;

a3
uncertain because of uncontrollable circumstances;

- "the results of confession were not contingent, they were certain"- George Eliot;

- sim. uncertain;

contingent on
a1
being determined by conditions or circumstances that follow;

- "arms sales contingent on the approval of congress";

- syn. contingent, contingent upon, dependant on, dependant upon, dependent on, dependent upon, depending on;

- sim. conditional;

contingent probability
n1
the probability that an event will occur given that one or more other events have occurred;

- syn. conditional probability;

contingent upon
a1
being determined by conditions or circumstances that follow;

- "arms sales contingent on the approval of congress";

- syn. contingent, contingent on, dependant on, dependant upon, dependent on, dependent upon, depending on;

- sim. conditional;

continual / k ə n t ɪ n j ʊə ɫ /
a1
recurring regularly or frequently in a prolonged and closely spaced series;

- "the continual banging of the shutters";

- sim. insistent, perennial, persistent, recurring, running;

a2
having no interruptions;

- "`continual' is often used interchangeably with `continuous'";

- sim. continuous;

continually / k ə n t ɪ n j ʊə ɫ i /
r1
seemingly without interruption;

- "complained continually that there wasn't enough money";

continuance / k ə n t ɪ n j ʊə n s /
n1
the act of continuing an activity without interruption;

- syn. continuation;

n2
the period of time during which something continues;

- syn. duration;

n3
the property of enduring or continuing in time;

- syn. duration;

continuant / k ə n t ɪ n j ʊə n t /
n1
consonant articulated by constricting (but not closing) the vocal tract;

- syn. continuant consonant;

a1
of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as `f', `s', `z', or `th' in both `thin' and `then');

- syn. fricative, sibilant, spirant, strident;

- sim. soft;

continuant consonant
n1
consonant articulated by constricting (but not closing) the vocal tract;

- syn. continuant;

continuation / k ə n t ɪ n j ʊ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the act of continuing an activity without interruption;

- syn. continuance;

n2
a part added to a book or play that continues and extends it;

- syn. sequel;

n3
a Gestalt principle of organization holding that there is an innate tendency to perceive a line as continuing its established direction;

- syn. good continuation, law of continuation;

n4
the consequence of being lengthened in duration;

- syn. lengthiness, prolongation, protraction;

continuative / k ə n t ɪ n j ʊə t ɪ v /
n1
an uninflected function word that serves to conjoin words or phrases or clauses or sentences;

- syn. conjunction, conjunctive, connective;

continue / k ə n t ɪ n j u /
v1
continue a certain state, condition, or activity;

- "Keep on working!";

- "We continued to work into the night";

- "Keep smiling";

- "We went on working until well past midnight";

- syn. go along, go on, keep, proceed;

v2
continue talking;

- "`I know it's hard', he continued, `but there is no choice'";

- "carry on--pretend we are not in the room";

- syn. carry on, go on, proceed;

v3
keep or maintain in unaltered condition;

- cause to remain or last;

- "preserve the peace in the family";

- "continue the family tradition";

- "Carry on the old traditions";

- syn. bear on, carry on, preserve, uphold;

v4
move ahead;

- travel onward in time or space;

- "We proceeded towards Washington";

- "She continued in the direction of the hills";

- "We are moving ahead in time now";

- syn. go forward, proceed;

v5
allow to remain in a place or position or maintain a property or feature;

- "We cannot continue several servants any longer";

- "She retains a lawyer";

- "The family's fortune waned and they could not keep their household staff";

- "Our grant has run out and we cannot keep you on";

- "We kept the work going as long as we could";

- "She retained her composure";

- "this garment retains its shape even after many washings";

- syn. keep, keep on, retain;

v6
do something repeatedly and showing no intention to stop;

- "We continued our research into the cause of the illness";

- "The landlord persists in asking us to move";

- syn. persist in;

v7
continue after an interruption;

- "The demonstration continued after a break for lunch";

v8
continue in a place, position, or situation;

- "After graduation, she stayed on in Cambridge as a student adviser";

- "Stay with me, please";

- "despite student protests, he remained Dean for another year";

- "She continued as deputy mayor for another year";

- syn. remain, stay, stay on;

v9
span an interval of distance, space or time;

- "The war extended over five years";

- "The period covered the turn of the century";

- "My land extends over the hills on the horizon";

- "This farm covers some 200 acres";

- "The Archipelago continues for another 500 miles";

- syn. cover, extend;

v10
exist over a prolonged period of time;

- "The bad weather continued for two more weeks";

continued / k ə n t ɪ n j u d /
a1
without stop or interruption;

- "to insure the continued success of the war";

- "the continued existence of nationalism";

- "the continued popularity of Westerns";

- sim. continuing;

continued fraction
n1
a fraction whose numerator is an integer and whose denominator is an integer plus a fraction whose numerator is an integer and whose denominator is an integer plus a fraction and so on;

continuing / k ə n t ɪ n j u ɪ ŋ /
a1
remaining in force or being carried on without letup;

- "the act provided a continuing annual appropriation";

- "the continuing struggle to put food on the table";

- sim. continued;

a2
of long duration;

- "chronic money problems";

- syn. chronic;

- sim. long;

continuing education
n1
a program of instruction designed primarily for adult students who participate part-time;

continuing trespass
n1
trespass that is not transient or intermittent but continues as long as the offending object remains;

- "dumping his garbage on my land was a case of continuing trespass";

continuity / k ɒ n t ɪ n j u ɪ t i /
n1
uninterrupted connection or union;

n2
a detailed script used in making a film in order to avoid discontinuities from shot to shot;

n3
the property of a continuous and connected period of time;

- syn. persistence;

Continuity Army Council
n1
a terrorist organization formed in Ireland in 1994 as a clandestine armed wing of Sinn Fein;

- syn. CIRA, Continuity Irish Republican Army;

Continuity Irish Republican Army
n1
a terrorist organization formed in Ireland in 1994 as a clandestine armed wing of Sinn Fein;

- syn. CIRA, Continuity Army Council;

continuo
n1
a bass part written out in full and accompanied by numbers to indicate the chords to be played;

- syn. basso continuo, figured bass, thorough bass;

continuous / k ə n t ɪ n j ʊə s /
a1
continuing in time or space without interruption;

- "a continuous rearrangement of electrons in the solar atoms results in the emission of light"- James Jeans;

- "a continuous bout of illness lasting six months";

- "lived in continuous fear";

- "a continuous row of warehouses";

- "a continuous line has no gaps or breaks in it";

- "moving midweek holidays to the nearest Monday or Friday allows uninterrupted work weeks";

- syn. uninterrupted;

- also unbroken;

- sim. around-the-clock, ceaseless, continual, dogging, endless, free burning, straight, sustained;

a2
of a function or curve;

- extending without break or irregularity;

continuous creation theory
n1
(cosmology) the theory that the universe maintains a constant average density with matter created to fill the void left by galaxies that are receding from each other;

- "the steady state theory has been abandoned in favor of the big bang theory";

- syn. steady state theory;

continuous receiver watch
n1
a watch established for the reception of traffic of interest to the unit maintaining the watch;

- syn. listening watch;

continuous tense
n1
a tense of verbs used in describing action that is on-going;

- syn. imperfect, imperfect tense, progressive, progressive tense;

continuously / k ə n t ɪ n j ʊə s ɫ i /
r1
at every point;

- "The function is continuously differentiable";

r2
with unflagging resolve;

- "dance inspires him ceaselessly to strive higher and higher toward the shining pinnacle of perfection that is the goal of every artiste";

- syn. ceaselessly, endlessly, incessantly, unceasingly, unendingly;

continuousness / k ə n t ɪ n j ʊə s n ə s /
n1
the quality of something that continues without end or interruption;

- syn. ceaselessness, incessancy, incessantness;

continuum / k ə n t ɪ n j ʊə m /
n1
a continuous nonspatial whole or extent or succession in which no part or portion is distinct or distinguishable from adjacent parts;

conto / k ɒ n t oʊ /
n1
1 conto equals 1,000 escudos in Portugal;

Contopus
n1
pewees;

- syn. genus Contopus;

Contopus sordidulus
n1
small flycatcher of western North America;

- syn. western wood pewee;

Contopus virens
n1
small olive-colored woodland flycatchers of eastern North America;

- syn. peewee, peewit, pewee, pewit, wood pewee;

contort / k ə n t ɔ t /
v1
twist and press out of shape;

- syn. deform, distort, wring;

contorted / k ə n t ɔ t ɪ d /
a1
twisted (especially as in pain or struggle);

- "his mad contorted smile";

- "writhed lips";

- "my writhen features"- Walter scott;

- syn. writhed, writhen;

- sim. crooked;

contortion / k ə n t ɔ ʃ n /
n1
the act of twisting or deforming the shape of something (e.g., yourself);

- syn. deformation;

n2
a tortuous and twisted shape or position;

- "they built a tree house in the tortuosities of its boughs";

- "the acrobat performed incredible contortions";

- syn. crookedness, torsion, tortuosity, tortuousness;

contortionist / k ə n t ɔ ʃ ə n ɪ s t /
n1
an acrobat able to twist into unusual positions;

contour / k ɒ n t ʊə , k ɒ n t ʊə ɹ /
n1
a line drawn on a map connecting points of equal height;

- syn. contour line;

n2
any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline);

- "he could barely make out their shapes";

- syn. configuration, conformation, form, shape;

n3
a feature (or the order or arrangement of features) of anything having a complex structure;

- "the contours of the melody";

- "it defines a major contour of this administration";

v1
form the contours of;

contour feather
n1
feathers covering the body of an adult bird and determining its shape;

contour language
n1
a tone language that uses pitch changes;

contour line
n1
a line drawn on a map connecting points of equal height;

- syn. contour;

contour map
n1
a map having contour lines through points of equal elevation;

- syn. relief map;

contour sheet
n1
a sheet (usually with elastic edges) tailored to fit a particular mattress;

- syn. fitted sheet;

Contra / k ɒ n t ɹ ə /
n1
a member of the guerrilla force that opposed a left-wing government in Nicaragua;

contra danse
n1
a type of folk dance in which couples are arranged in sets or face one another in a line;

- syn. contradance, contredanse, country-dance, country dancing;

v1
perform a contradance;

- syn. contradance, contredanse, country-dance;

contraband / k ɒ n t ɹ ə b æ n d /
n1
goods whose importation or exportation or possession is prohibited by law;

a1
distributed or sold illicitly;

- "the black economy pays no taxes";

- syn. black, black-market, bootleg, smuggled;

- sim. illegal;

contrabandist / k ɒ n t ɹ ə b æ n d ɪ s t /
n1
someone who imports or exports without paying duties;

- syn. moon-curser, moon curser, runner, smuggler;

contrabass / k ɒ n t ɹ ə b eɪ s /
n1
largest and lowest member of the violin family;

- syn. bass fiddle, bass viol, bull fiddle, double bass, string bass;

a1
pitched an octave below normal bass instrumental or vocal range;

- "contrabass or double-bass clarinet";

- syn. double-bass;

- sim. low;

contrabassoon / k ɒ n t ɹ ə b ə s u n /
n1
the bassoon that is the largest instrument in the oboe family;

- syn. contrafagotto, double bassoon;

contraception / k ɒ n t ɹ ə s ɛ p ʃ n /
n1
birth control by the use of devices (diaphragm or intrauterine device or condom) or drugs or surgery;

- syn. contraceptive method;

contraceptive / k ɒ n t ɹ ə s ɛ p t ɪ v /
n1
an agent or device intended to prevent conception;

- syn. birth control device, contraceptive device, preventative, preventive, prophylactic device;

a1
capable of preventing conception or impregnation;

- "contraceptive devices and medications";

- syn. antifertility, prophylactic;

- sim. protective;

contraceptive device
n1
an agent or device intended to prevent conception;

- syn. birth control device, contraceptive, preventative, preventive, prophylactic device;

contraceptive diaphragm
n1
a contraceptive device consisting of a flexible dome-shaped cup made of rubber or plastic;

- it is filled with spermicide and fitted over the uterine cervix;

- syn. diaphragm, pessary;

contraceptive method
n1
birth control by the use of devices (diaphragm or intrauterine device or condom) or drugs or surgery;

- syn. contraception;

contraceptive pill
n1
a contraceptive in the form of a pill containing estrogen and progestin to inhibit ovulation and so prevent conception;

- syn. anovulant, anovulatory drug, birth control pill, oral contraceptive, oral contraceptive pill, pill;

contraclockwise
a1
in the direction opposite to the rotation of the hands of a clock;

- syn. anticlockwise, counterclockwise;

- also sinistral;

- sim. levorotary;

contract / k ə n t ɹ æ k t , k ɒ n t ɹ æ k t /
n1
a binding agreement between two or more persons that is enforceable by law;

n2
(contract bridge) the highest bid becomes the contract setting the number of tricks that the bidder must make;

- syn. declaration;

n3
a variety of bridge in which the bidder receives points toward game only for the number of tricks he bid;

- syn. contract bridge;

v1
enter into a contractual arrangement;

- syn. undertake;

v2
engage by written agreement;

- "They signed two new pitchers for the next season";

- syn. sign, sign on, sign up;

v3
squeeze or press together;

- "she compressed her lips";

- "the spasm contracted the muscle";

- syn. compact, compress, constrict, press, squeeze;

v4
be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness;

- "He got AIDS";

- "She came down with pneumonia";

- "She took a chill";

- syn. get, take;

v5
become smaller or draw together;

- "The fabric shrank";

- "The balloon shrank";

- syn. shrink;

v6
make smaller;

- "The heat contracted the woollen garment";

v7
compress or concentrate;

- "Congress condensed the three-year plan into a six-month plan";

- syn. concentrate, condense;

v8
make or become more narrow or restricted;

- "The selection was narrowed";

- "The road narrowed";

- syn. narrow;

v9
reduce in scope while retaining essential elements;

- "The manuscript must be shortened";

- syn. abbreviate, abridge, cut, foreshorten, reduce, shorten;

contract bridge
n1
a variety of bridge in which the bidder receives points toward game only for the number of tricks he bid;

- syn. contract;

contract in
v1
consent in writing to pay money to a trade union for political use;

contract killing
n1
a murder carried out on agreement with a hired killer;

contract law
n1
that branch of jurisprudence that studies the rights and obligations of parties entering into contracts;

contract of adhesion
n1
a contract that heavily restricts one party while leaving the other free (as some standard form printed contracts);

- implies inequality in bargaining power;

- syn. adhesion contract;

contract of hazard
n1
a sale of a tract of land as a whole without a warranty as to the acreage;

- syn. sale in gross;

contract offer
n1
offer by an employer to contract to pay an employee at a given rate;

contract out
v1
assign a job to someone outside one's own business;

v2
refuse to pay a levy to a union for political use;

contract under seal
n1
a contract that is signed and has the (wax) seal of the signer attached;

- syn. sealed instrument, special contract;

contractable / k ə n t ɹ æ k t ə b ɫ /
a1
(of disease) capable of being transmitted by infection;

- syn. catching, communicable, contagious, transmissible, transmittable;

- sim. infectious;

contracted / k ə n t ɹ æ k t ɪ d /
a1
reduced in size or pulled together;

- "the contracted pupils of her eyes";

- sim. contractile;

contractile / k ə n t ɹ æ k t aɪ ɫ /
a1
capable of contracting or being contracted;

- "the contractile wings of an insect";

- sim. contracted;

contractile organ
n1
a bodily organ that contracts;

- syn. contractor;

contractility
n1
the capability or quality of shrinking or contracting, especially by muscle fibers and even some other forms of living matter;

contracting / k ə n t ɹ æ k t ɪ ŋ /
n1
becoming infected;

- "catching cold is sometimes unavoidable";

- "the contracting of a serious illness can be financially catastrophic";

- syn. catching;

contraction / k ə n t ɹ æ k ʃ n /
n1
(physiology) a shortening or tensing of a part or organ (especially of a muscle or muscle fiber);

- syn. muscle contraction, muscular contraction;

n2
the process or result of becoming smaller or pressed together;

- "the contraction of a gas on cooling";

- syn. compression, condensation;

n3
a word formed from two or more words by omitting or combining some sounds;

- "`won't' is a contraction of `will not'";

- "`o'clock' is a contraction of `of the clock'";

n4
the act of decreasing (something) in size or volume or quantity or scope;

contractor / k ɒ n t ɹ æ k t ə , k ɒ n t ɹ æ k t ə ɹ /
n1
someone (a person or firm) who contracts to build things;

n2
the bridge player in contract bridge who wins the bidding and can declare which suit is to be trumps;

- syn. declarer;

n3
(law) a party to a contract;

n4
a bodily organ that contracts;

- syn. contractile organ;

contractual / k ə n t ɹ æ k tʃ ʊə ɫ /
a1
relating to or part of a binding legal agreement;

- "contractual obligations";

contractually / k ə n t ɹ æ k tʃ ʊ ɫ i /
r1
by virtue of a contract;

- "they were contractually responsible";

contracture / k ə n t ɹ æ k tʃ ə ɹ /
n1
an abnormal and usually permanent contraction of a muscle;

contradance
n1
a type of folk dance in which couples are arranged in sets or face one another in a line;

- syn. contra danse, contredanse, country-dance, country dancing;

v1
perform a contradance;

- syn. contra danse, contredanse, country-dance;

contradict / k ɒ n t ɹ ə d ɪ k t /
v1
be in contradiction with;

- syn. belie, negate;

v2
deny the truth of;

- syn. contravene, negate;

v3
be resistant to;

- "The board opposed his motion";

- syn. controvert, oppose;

v4
prove negative;

- show to be false;

- syn. negate;

contradiction / k ɒ n t ɹ ə d ɪ k ʃ n /
n1
opposition between two conflicting forces or ideas;

n2
(logic) a statement that is necessarily false;

- "the statement `he is brave and he is not brave' is a contradiction";

- syn. contradiction in terms;

n3
the speech act of contradicting someone;

- "he spoke as if he thought his claims were immune to contradiction";

contradiction in terms
n1
(logic) a statement that is necessarily false;

- "the statement `he is brave and he is not brave' is a contradiction";

- syn. contradiction;

contradictorily / k ɒ n t ɹ ə d ɪ k t ə ɹ ɪ ɫ i /
r1
in a contradictory manner;

- "he argued contradictorily";

contradictoriness
n1
the relation that exists when opposites cannot coexist;

contradictory / k ɒ n t ɹ ə d ɪ k t ə ɹ i /
n1
two propositions are contradictories if both cannot be true (or both cannot be false) at the same time;

a1
of words or propositions so related that both cannot be true and both cannot be false;

- "`perfect' and `imperfect' are contradictory terms";

- sim. antonymous;

a2
that confounds or contradicts or confuses;

- syn. confounding;

- sim. unsupportive;

a3
in disagreement;

- "the figures are at odds with our findings";

- "contradictory attributes of unjust justice and loving vindictiveness"- John Morley;

- syn. at odds, conflicting, self-contradictory;

- sim. inconsistent;

a4
unable for both to exist or be true at the same time;

- syn. mutually exclusive;

- sim. incompatible;

contradistinction / k ɒ n t ɹ ə d ɪ s t ɪ ŋ k ʃ n /
n1
a distinction drawn on the basis of contrast;

- "sculpture in contradistinction to painting";

contradistinguish / k ɒ n t ɹ ə d ɪ s t ɪ ŋ ɡ w ɪ ʃ /
v1
distinguish by contrasting qualities;

contrafagotto
n1
the bassoon that is the largest instrument in the oboe family;

- syn. contrabassoon, double bassoon;

contrail / k ɒ n t ɹ eɪ ɫ /
n1
an artificial cloud created by an aircraft;

- caused either by condensation due to the reduction in air pressure above the wing surface or by water vapor in the engine exhaust;

- syn. condensation trail;

contraindicate / k ɒ n t ɹ ə ɪ n d ɪ k eɪ t /
v1
make a treatment inadvisable;

contraindication / k ɒ n t ɹ ə ɪ n d ɪ k eɪ ʃ n /
n1
(medicine) a reason that makes it inadvisable to prescribe a particular drug or employ a particular procedure or treatment;

contralateral
a1
on or relating to the opposite side (of the body);

contralto / k ə n t ɹ æ ɫ t oʊ /
n1
a woman singer having a contralto voice;

n2
the lowest female singing voice;

- syn. alto;

a1
of or being the lowest female voice;

- syn. alto;

- sim. low;

contraption / k ə n t ɹ æ p ʃ n /
n1
a device or control that is very useful for a particular job;

- syn. appliance, contrivance, convenience, gadget, gismo, gizmo, widget;

contrapuntal / k ɒ n t ɹ ə p ʌ n t ɫ /
a1
relating to or characteristic of or according to the rules of counterpoint;

- "contrapuntal base";

a2
having two or more independent but harmonically related melodic parts sounding together;

- syn. polyphonic;

contrapuntist / k ɒ n t ɹ ə p ʌ n t ɪ s t /
n1
a composer who specializes in counterpoint;

contrarian / k ə n t ɹ eə ɹ ɪə n /
n1
an investor who deliberately decides to go against the prevailing wisdom of other investors;

contrariety / k ɒ n t ɹ ə ɹ aɪ ə t i /
n1
the relation between contraries;

contrarily / k ɒ n t ɹ ə ɹ ə ɫ i /
r1
in a contrary disobedient manner;

- syn. contrariwise, perversely;

r2
contrary to expectations;

- "he didn't stay home;

- on the contrary, he went out with his friends";

- syn. contrariwise, on the contrary, to the contrary;

contrariness / k ə n t ɹ eə ɹ ɪ n ə s /
n1
deliberate and stubborn unruliness and resistance to guidance or discipline;

- syn. perverseness, perversity;

n2
a fussy and eccentric disposition;

- syn. crankiness, crotchetiness, grumpiness;

contrarious / k ə n t ɹ eə ɹ ɪə s /
a1
difficult to deal with;

- syn. cross-grained;

- sim. stubborn;

contrariwise / k ɒ n t ɹ eə ɹ ɪ w aɪ z /
r1
in a contrary disobedient manner;

- syn. contrarily, perversely;

r2
with the order reversed;

- "she hates him and vice versa";

- syn. the other way around, vice versa;

r3
contrary to expectations;

- "he didn't stay home;

- on the contrary, he went out with his friends";

- syn. contrarily, on the contrary, to the contrary;

contrary / k ə n t ɹ eə ɹ i , k ɒ n t ɹ ə ɹ i /
n1
a relation of direct opposition;

- "we thought Sue was older than Bill but just the reverse was true";

- syn. opposite, reverse;

n2
exact opposition;

- "public opinion to the contrary he is not guilty";

n3
a logical relation such that two propositions are contraries if both cannot be true but both can be false;

a1
very opposed in nature or character or purpose;

- "acts contrary to our code of ethics";

- "the facts point to a contrary conclusion";

- sim. different;

a2
of words or propositions so related that both cannot be true but both may be false;

- "`hot' and `cold' are contrary terms";

- sim. antonymous;

a3
resistant to guidance or discipline;

- "Mary Mary quite contrary";

- "an obstinate child with a violent temper";

- "a perverse mood";

- "wayward behavior";

- syn. obstinate, perverse, wayward;

- sim. disobedient;

a4
in an opposing direction;

- "adverse currents";

- "a contrary wind";

- syn. adverse;

- sim. unfavorable;

contrary to fact
a1
going counter to the facts (usually as a hypothesis);

- syn. counterfactual;

- sim. conditional;

Contras / k ɒ n t ɹ ə z /
n1
a Nicaraguan counterrevolutionary guerrilla force from 1979 to 1990;

- it opposed a left-wing government, with support from the United States;

contrast / k ə n t ɹ ɑ s t , k ɒ n t ɹ ɑ s t /
n1
the opposition or dissimilarity of things that are compared;

- "in contrast to";

- "by contrast";

- syn. direct contrast;

n2
the act of distinguishing by comparing differences;

n3
a conceptual separation or distinction;

- "there is a narrow line between sanity and insanity";

- syn. demarcation, dividing line, line;

n4
the perceptual effect of the juxtaposition of very different colors;

n5
the range of optical density and tone on a photographic negative or print (or the extent to which adjacent areas on a television screen differ in brightness);

v1
put in opposition to show or emphasize differences;

- "The middle school teacher contrasted her best student's work with that of her weakest student";

v2
to show differences when compared;

- be different;

- "the students contrast considerably in their artistic abilities";

- syn. counterpoint;

contrast material
n1
a substance that is opaque to x-rays;

- when administered it allows a radiologist to examine the organ or tissue it fills;

- syn. contrast medium;

contrast medium
n1
a substance that is opaque to x-rays;

- when administered it allows a radiologist to examine the organ or tissue it fills;

- syn. contrast material;

contrasting / k ə n t ɹ ɑ s t ɪ ŋ /
a1
strikingly different;

- tending to contrast;

- "contrasting (or contrastive) colors";

- syn. contrastive;

- sim. different;

contrastingly / k ə n t ɹ ɑ s t ɪ ŋ ɫ i /
r1
in a contrasting manner;

- "contrastingly, both the rooms leading off it gave an immediate impression of being disgraced";

contrastive / k ə n t ɹ ɑ s t ɪ v /
a1
of words so related that one contrasts with the other;

- "`rich' and `hard-up' are contrastive terms";

- syn. incompatible;

- sim. antonymous;

a2
strikingly different;

- tending to contrast;

- "contrasting (or contrastive) colors";

- syn. contrasting;

- sim. different;

a3
syntactically establishing a relation of contrast between sentences or elements of a sentence;

- "disjunctive conjunctions like `but', `or', or `though' serve a contrastive function";

- sim. disjunctive;

contrasty / k ɒ n t ɹ ə s t aɪ /
a1
having sharp differences between black and white;

contravene / k ɒ n t ɹ ə v i n /
v1
go against, as of rules and laws;

- "He ran afoul of the law";

- "This behavior conflicts with our rules";

- syn. conflict, infringe, run afoul;

v2
deny the truth of;

- syn. contradict, negate;

contravention / k ɒ n t ɹ ə v ɛ n ʃ n /
n1
coming into conflict with;

- syn. dispute;

contredanse
n1
a type of folk dance in which couples are arranged in sets or face one another in a line;

- syn. contra danse, contradance, country-dance, country dancing;

v1
perform a contradance;

- syn. contra danse, contradance, country-dance;

contretemps / k ɒ n t ɹ ə t ɒ m /
n1
an awkward clash;

- "he tried to smooth over his contretemps with the policeman";

contribute / k ə n t ɹ ɪ b j u t /
v1
bestow a quality on;

- "Her presence lends a certain cachet to the company";

- "The music added a lot to the play";

- "She brings a special atmosphere to our meetings";

- "This adds a light note to the program";

- syn. add, bestow, bring, impart, lend;

v2
contribute to some cause;

- "I gave at the office";

- syn. chip in, give, kick in;

v3
be conducive to;

- "The use of computers in the classroom lead to better writing";

- syn. conduce, lead;

v4
provide;

- "The city has to put up half the required amount";

- syn. put up;

contributing / k ə n t ɹ ɪ b j u t ɪ ŋ /
a1
tending to bring about;

- being partly responsible for;

- "working conditions are not conducive to productivity";

- "the seaport was a contributing factor in the growth of the city";

- "a contributory factor";

- syn. conducive, contributive, contributory, tributary;

- sim. causative;

contribution / k ɒ n t ɹ ɪ b j u ʃ n /
n1
the effort contributed by a person in bringing about a result;

- "I am proud of my contribution in advancing the project";

- "they all did their share of the work";

- syn. part, share;

n2
a voluntary gift (as of money or service or ideas) made to some worthwhile cause;

- syn. donation;

n3
act of giving in common with others for a common purpose especially to a charity;

- syn. donation;

n4
an amount of money contributed;

- "he expected his contribution to be repaid with interest";

n5
a writing for publication especially one of a collection of writings as an article or story;

contributive / k ə n t ɹ ɪ b j ʊ t ɪ v /
a1
tending to bring about;

- being partly responsible for;

- "working conditions are not conducive to productivity";

- "the seaport was a contributing factor in the growth of the city";

- "a contributory factor";

- syn. conducive, contributing, contributory, tributary;

- sim. causative;

contributor / k ə n t ɹ ɪ b j u t ə , k ə n t ɹ ɪ b j u t ə ɹ /
n1
someone who contributes (or promises to contribute) a sum of money;

- syn. subscriber;

n2
a writer whose work is published in a newspaper or magazine or as part of a book;

contributory / k ə n t ɹ ɪ b j ʊ t ə ɹ i /
a1
tending to bring about;

- being partly responsible for;

- "working conditions are not conducive to productivity";

- "the seaport was a contributing factor in the growth of the city";

- "a contributory factor";

- syn. conducive, contributing, contributive, tributary;

- sim. causative;

contributory negligence
n1
(law) behavior by the plaintiff that contributes to the harm resulting from the defendant's negligence;

- "in common law any degree of contributory negligence would bar the plaintiff from collecting damages";

contrite / k ə n t ɹ aɪ t /
a1
feeling or expressing pain or sorrow for sins or offenses;

- syn. remorseful, rueful, ruthful;

- sim. penitent;

contritely / k ə n t ɹ aɪ t ɫ i /
r1
in a rueful manner;

- "`I made a big mistake,' he said ruefully";

- syn. remorsefully, ruefully;

contriteness / k ə n t ɹ aɪ t n ə s /
n1
sorrow for sin arising from fear of damnation;

- syn. attrition, contrition;

contrition / k ə n t ɹ ɪ ʃ n /
n1
sorrow for sin arising from fear of damnation;

- syn. attrition, contriteness;

contrivance / k ə n t ɹ aɪ v ə n s /
n1
a device or control that is very useful for a particular job;

- syn. appliance, contraption, convenience, gadget, gismo, gizmo, widget;

n2
the faculty of contriving;

- inventive skill;

- "his skillful contrivance of answers to every problem";

n3
an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade;

- "his testimony was just a contrivance to throw us off the track";

- syn. dodge, stratagem;

n4
an artificial or unnatural or obviously contrived arrangement of details or parts etc.;

- "the plot contained too many improbable contrivances to be believable";

n5
any improvised arrangement for temporary use;

- syn. lash-up;

n6
the act of devising something;

- syn. devisal;

contrive / k ə n t ɹ aɪ v /
v1
make or work out a plan for;

- devise;

- "They contrived to murder their boss";

- "design a new sales strategy";

- "plan an attack";

- syn. design, plan, project;

v2
come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort;

- "excogitate a way to measure the speed of light";

- syn. devise, excogitate, forge, formulate, invent;

v3
put or send forth;

- "She threw the flashlight beam into the corner";

- "The setting sun threw long shadows";

- "cast a spell";

- "cast a warm light";

- syn. cast, project, throw;

contrived / k ə n t ɹ aɪ v d /
a1
showing effects of planning or manipulation;

- "a novel with a contrived ending";

- sim. planned;

a2
artificially formal;

- "that artificial humility that her husband hated";

- "contrived coyness";

- "a stilted letter of acknowledgment";

- "when people try to correct their speech they develop a stilted pronunciation";

- syn. artificial, hokey, stilted;

- sim. affected;

contriver / k ə n t ɹ aɪ v ə , k ə n t ɹ aɪ v ə ɹ /
n1
a person who makes plans;

- syn. deviser, planner;

control / k ə n t ɹ oʊ ɫ /
n1
power to direct or determine;

- "under control";

n2
a relation of constraint of one entity (thing or person or group) by another;

- "measures for the control of disease";

- "they instituted controls over drinking on campus";

n3
(physiology) regulation or maintenance of a function or action or reflex etc;

- "the timing and control of his movements were unimpaired";

- "he had lost control of his sphincters";

n4
a standard against which other conditions can be compared in a scientific experiment;

- "the control condition was inappropriate for the conclusions he wished to draw";

- syn. control condition;

n5
the activity of managing or exerting control over something;

- "the control of the mob by the police was admirable";

n6
the state that exists when one person or group has power over another;

- "her apparent dominance of her husband was really her attempt to make him pay attention to her";

- syn. ascendance, ascendancy, ascendence, ascendency, dominance;

n7
discipline in personal and social activities;

- "he was a model of polite restraint";

- "she never lost control of herself";

- syn. restraint;

n8
great skillfulness and knowledge of some subject or activity;

- "a good command of French";

- syn. command, mastery;

n9
a mechanism that controls the operation of a machine;

- "the speed controller on his turntable was not working properly";

- "I turned the controls over to her";

- syn. controller;

n10
a spiritual agency that is assumed to assist the medium during a seance;

n11
the economic policy of controlling or limiting or curbing prices or wages etc.;

- "they wanted to repeal all the legislation that imposed economic controls";

v1
exercise authoritative control or power over;

- "control the budget";

- "Command the military forces";

- syn. command;

v2
lessen the intensity of;

- temper;

- hold in restraint;

- hold or keep within limits;

- "moderate your alcohol intake";

- "hold your tongue";

- "hold your temper";

- "control your anger";

- syn. check, contain, curb, hold, hold in, moderate;

v3
handle and cause to function;

- "do not operate machinery after imbibing alcohol";

- "control the lever";

- syn. operate;

v4
maintain influence over (others or oneself) skillfully, usually to one's advantage;

- "She manipulates her boss";

- "She is a very controlling mother and doesn't let her children grow up";

- "The teacher knew how to keep the class in line";

- "she keeps in line";

- syn. keep in line, manipulate;

v5
check or regulate (a scientific experiment) by conducting a parallel experiment or comparing with another standard;

- "Are you controlling for the temperature?";

- syn. verify;

v6
place under restrictions;

- limit access to by law;

- "this substance is controlled";

- "that area is restricted to security personnel only";

- syn. restrict;

v7
verify by using a duplicate register for comparison;

- "control an account";

v8
be careful or certain to do something;

- make certain of something;

- "He verified that the valves were closed";

- "See that the curtains are closed";

- "control the quality of the product";

- syn. ascertain, assure, check, ensure, insure, see, see to it;

v9
have a firm understanding or knowledge of;

- be on top of;

- "Do you control these data?";

- syn. master;

control account
n1
an account that shows totals of amounts entered in a subsidiary ledger;

control board
n1
electrical device consisting of a flat insulated surface that contains switches and dials and meters for controlling other electrical devices;

- "he checked the instrument panel";

- "suddenly the board lit up like a Christmas tree";

- syn. board, control panel, instrument panel, panel;

control center
n1
the operational center for a group of related activities;

- "the general in command never left the control center";

control character
n1
ASCII characters to indicate carriage return or tab or backspace;

- typed by depressing a key and the control key at the same time;

- syn. ASCII control character;

control circuit
n1
a feedback circuit that subtracts from the input;

- syn. negative feedback circuit;

control condition
n1
a standard against which other conditions can be compared in a scientific experiment;

- "the control condition was inappropriate for the conclusions he wished to draw";

- syn. control;

control experiment
n1
an experiment designed to control for variables affecting the results of another experiment;

control freak
n1
someone with a compulsive desire to exert control over situations and people;

control function
n1
an operation that controls the recording or processing or transmission of interpretation of data;

- "a control operation started the data processing";

- syn. control operation;

control grid
n1
an electrode placed between the cathode and anode of a vacuum tube to control the flow of electrons through the tube;

- syn. grid;

control key
n1
(computer science) the key on a computer keyboard that is used (in combination with some other key) to type control characters;

- syn. command key;

control operation
n1
an operation that controls the recording or processing or transmission of interpretation of data;

- "a control operation started the data processing";

- syn. control function;

control panel
n1
electrical device consisting of a flat insulated surface that contains switches and dials and meters for controlling other electrical devices;

- "he checked the instrument panel";

- "suddenly the board lit up like a Christmas tree";

- syn. board, control board, instrument panel, panel;

control rod
n1
a steel or aluminum rod that can be moved up or down to control the rate of the nuclear reaction;

control room
n1
a room housing control equipment (as in a recording studio);

control stick
n1
a lever used by a pilot to control the ailerons and elevators of an airplane;

- syn. joystick, stick;

control stock
n1
shares owned by shareholders who have a controlling interest;

control surface
n1
a device that provides reactive force when in motion relative to the surrounding air;

- can lift or control a plane in flight;

- syn. aerofoil, airfoil, surface;

control system
n1
a system for controlling the operation of another system;

control tower
n1
a tower with an elevated workspace enclosed in glass for the visual observation of aircraft around an airport;

controllable / k ə n t ɹ oʊ ɫ ə b ɫ /
a1
capable of being controlled;

- syn. governable;

- sim. manageable;

controlled / k ə n t ɹ oʊ ɫ d /
a1
restrained or managed or kept within certain bounds;

- "controlled emotions";

- "the controlled release of water from reservoirs";

- also restrained;

- sim. contained, disciplined, dominated, harnessed, obsessed, price-controlled, regimented;

controlled substance
n1
a drug or chemical substance whose possession and use are controlled by law;

controller / k ə n t ɹ oʊ ɫ ə , k ə n t ɹ oʊ ɫ ə ɹ /
n1
someone who maintains and audits business accounts;

- syn. accountant, comptroller;

n2
a person who directs and restrains;

- syn. restrainer;

n3
a mechanism that controls the operation of a machine;

- "the speed controller on his turntable was not working properly";

- "I turned the controls over to her";

- syn. control;

controllership
n1
the position of controller;

controlling / k ə n t ɹ oʊ ɫ ɪ ŋ /
a1
able to control or determine policy;

- "a controlling interest in the firm";

- sim. dominant;

controlling interest
n1
ownership of more than 50% of a corporation's voting shares;

controversial / k ɒ n t ɹ ə v ɝ ʃ ɫ /
a1
marked by or capable of arousing controversy;

- "the issue of the death penalty is highly controversial";

- "Rushdie's controversial book";

- "a controversial decision on affirmative action";

- sim. arguable, contentious, disputed, polemic;

controversialist / k ɒ n t ɹ ə v ɝ ʃ ə ɫ ɪ s t /
n1
a person who disputes;

- who is good at or enjoys controversy;

- syn. disputant, eristic;

controversially / k ɒ n t ɹ ə v ɝ ʃ ə ɫ i /
r1
involving controversy;

- "criticism too polemically stated";

- syn. polemically;

controversy / k ɒ n t ɹ ə v ɝ s i /
n1
a contentious speech act;

- a dispute where there is strong disagreement;

- "they were involved in a violent argument";

- syn. arguing, argument, contention, contestation, disceptation, disputation, tilt;

controvert / k ɒ n t ɹ ə v ɝ t /
v1
be resistant to;

- "The board opposed his motion";

- syn. contradict, oppose;

v2
prove to be false or incorrect;

- syn. rebut, refute;

contumacious / k ɒ n t j u m eɪ ʃ ə s /
a1
wilfully obstinate;

- stubbornly disobedient;

- "a contumaceous witness is subject to punishment";

- sim. insubordinate;

contumaciously / k ɒ n t j u m eɪ ʃ ə s ɫ i /
r1
in a rebellious manner;

- "he rejected her words rebelliously";

- syn. defiantly, rebelliously;

contumacy / k ɒ n t j ʊ m ə s i /
n1
willful refusal to appear before a court or comply with a court order;

- can result in a finding of contempt of court;

n2
obstinate rebelliousness and insubordination;

- resistance to authority;

contumelious / k ɒ n t j u m i ɫ ɪə s /
a1
arrogantly insolent;

- sim. disrespectful;

contumeliously / k ɒ n t j u m i ɫ ɪə s ɫ i /
r1
without respect;

- in a disdainful manner;

- "she spoke of him contemptuously";

- syn. contemptuously, disdainfully, scornfully;

contumely / k ɒ n t j u m ɫ i /
n1
a rude expression intended to offend or hurt;

- "when a student made a stupid mistake he spared them no abuse";

- "they yelled insults at the visiting team";

- syn. abuse, insult, revilement, vilification;

contuse / k ə n t j u z /
v1
injure the underlying soft tissue or bone of;

- "I bruised my knee";

- syn. bruise;

contusion / k ə n t j u ʒ n /
n1
an injury that doesn't break the skin but results in some discoloration;

- syn. bruise;

n2
the action of bruising;

- "the bruise resulted from a contusion";

conundrum / k ə n ʌ n d ɹ ə m /
n1
a difficult problem;

- syn. brain-teaser, enigma, riddle;

conurbation / k ɒ n ɝ b eɪ ʃ n /
n1
an aggregation or continuous network of urban communities;

- syn. sprawl, urban sprawl;

Conuropsis
n1
a genus of Psittacidae;

- syn. genus Conuropsis;

Conuropsis carolinensis
n1
extinct parakeet whose range extended far into the United States;

- syn. Carolina parakeet;

convalesce / k ɒ n v ə ɫ ɛ s /
v1
get over an illness or shock;

- "The patient is recuperating";

- syn. recover, recuperate;

convalescence / k ɒ n v ə ɫ ɛ s n s /
n1
gradual healing (through rest) after sickness or injury;

- syn. recovery, recuperation;

convalescent / k ɒ n v ə ɫ ɛ s n t /
n1
a person who is recovering from illness;

a1
returning to health after illness or debility;

- "convalescent children are difficult to keep in bed";

- syn. recovering;

- sim. ill;

Convallaria
n1
sometimes placed in family Convallariaceae: lily of the valley;

- syn. genus Convallaria;

Convallaria majalis
n1
low-growing perennial plant having usually two large oblong lanceolate leaves and a raceme of small fragrant nodding bell-shaped flowers followed by scarlet berries;

- syn. May lily, lily of the valley;

Convallariaceae
n1
one of many subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted;

- syn. family Convallariaceae;

convect / k ə n v ɛ k t /
v1
circulate hot air by convection;

convection / k ə n v ɛ k ʃ n /
n1
the transfer of heat through a fluid (liquid or gas) caused by molecular motion;

n2
(meteorology) the vertical movement of heat or other properties by massive motion within the atmosphere;

convector / k ə n v ɛ k t ə , k ə n v ɛ k t ə ɹ /
n1
a space heater that transfers heat to the surrounding air by convection;

convene / k ə n v i n /
v1
meet formally;

- "The council convened last week";

v2
call together;

- "The students were convened in the auditorium";

- syn. convoke;

convener / k ə n v i n ə , k ə n v i n ə ɹ /
n1
the member of a group whose duty it is to convene meetings;

convenience / k ə n v i n ɪə n s /
n1
the state of being suitable or opportune;

- "chairs arranged for his own convenience";

n2
the quality of being useful and convenient;

- "they offered the convenience of an installment plan";

n3
a toilet that is available to the public;

- syn. comfort station, public convenience, public lavatory, public toilet, restroom, toilet facility, wash room;

n4
a device or control that is very useful for a particular job;

- syn. appliance, contraption, contrivance, gadget, gismo, gizmo, widget;

convenience food
n1
any packaged dish or food that can be prepared quickly and easily as by thawing or heating;

convenience store
n1
a store selling a limited variety of food and pharmaceutical items;

- open long hours for the convenience of customers;

conveniences / k ə n v i n ɪə n s ɪ z /
n1
things that make you comfortable and at ease;

- "all the comforts of home";

- syn. amenities, comforts, creature comforts;

convenient / k ə n v i n ɪə n t /
a1
suited to your comfort or purpose or needs;

- "a convenient excuse for not going";

- also accessible, expedient;

a2
large and roomy (`convenient' is archaic in this sense);

- "a commodious harbor";

- "a commodious building suitable for conventions";

- syn. commodious;

- sim. roomy;

conveniently / k ə n v i n ɪə n t ɫ i /
r1
in a convenient manner;

- "the switch was conveniently located";

- syn. handily;

convening / k ə n v i n ɪ ŋ /
n1
the act of convening;

- syn. convention;

convent / k ɒ n v ə n t /
n1
a religious residence especially for nuns;

n2
a community of people in a religious order (especially nuns) living together;

conventicle / k ə n v ɛ n t ɪ k ɫ /
n1
a secret unauthorized meeting for religious worship;

n2
a building for religious assembly (especially Nonconformists, e.g., Quakers);

- syn. meetinghouse;

convention / k ə n v ɛ n ʃ n /
n1
a large formal assembly;

- "political convention";

n2
something regarded as a normative example;

- "the convention of not naming the main character";

- "violence is the rule not the exception";

- "his formula for impressing visitors";

- syn. formula, normal, pattern, rule;

n3
(diplomacy) an international agreement;

n4
orthodoxy as a consequence of being conventional;

- syn. conventionalism, conventionality;

n5
the act of convening;

- syn. convening;

conventional / k ə n v ɛ n ʃ ə n ɫ /
a1
following accepted customs and proprieties;

- "conventional wisdom";

- "she had strayed from the path of conventional behavior";

- "conventional forms of address";

- also formal, unoriginal;

- sim. customary, formulaic, received, stodgy;

a2
conforming with accepted standards;

- "a conventional view of the world";

- syn. established;

- sim. orthodox;

a3
(weapons) using energy for propulsion or destruction that is not nuclear energy;

- "conventional warfare";

- "conventional weapons";

a4
unimaginative and conformist;

- "conventional bourgeois lives";

- "conventional attitudes";

- sim. button-down, square, stereotyped, white-bread;

a5
represented in simplified or symbolic form;

- syn. formal, schematic;

- sim. nonrepresentational;

a6
in accord with or being a tradition or practice accepted from the past;

- "a conventional church wedding with the bride in traditional white";

- "the conventional handshake";

- sim. traditional;

a7
rigidly formal or bound by convention;

- "their ceremonious greetings did not seem heartfelt";

- syn. ceremonious;

- sim. formal;

conventionalisation / k ə n v ɛ n ʃ ŋ ə ɫ aɪ z eɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
the act of conventionalizing;

- conforming to a conventional style;

- syn. conventionalization;

conventionalise
v1
make conventional or adapt to conventions;

- "conventionalized behavior";

- syn. conventionalize;

conventionalised / k ə n v ɛ n ʃ ŋ ə ɫ aɪ z d /
a1
using artistic forms and conventions to create effects;

- not natural or spontaneous;

- "a stylized mode of theater production";

- syn. conventionalized, stylised, stylized;

- sim. artificial;

conventionalism / k ə n v ɛ n ʃ ŋ ə ɫ ɪ z ə m /
n1
orthodoxy as a consequence of being conventional;

- syn. convention, conventionality;

conventionality / k ə n v ɛ n ʃ ə n æ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
conformity with conventional thought and behavior;

n2
unoriginality as a result of being too conventional;

n3
orthodoxy as a consequence of being conventional;

- syn. convention, conventionalism;

conventionalization / k ə n v ɛ n ʃ ŋ ə ɫ aɪ z eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the act of conventionalizing;

- conforming to a conventional style;

- syn. conventionalisation;

conventionalize / k ə n v ɛ n ʃ ŋ ə ɫ aɪ z /
v1
make conventional or adapt to conventions;

- "conventionalized behavior";

- syn. conventionalise;

v2
represent according to a conventional style;

- "a stylized female head";

- syn. stylise, stylize;

conventionalized / k ə n v ɛ n ʃ ŋ ə ɫ aɪ z d /
a1
using artistic forms and conventions to create effects;

- not natural or spontaneous;

- "a stylized mode of theater production";

- syn. conventionalised, stylised, stylized;

- sim. artificial;

conventionally / k ə n v ɛ n ʃ ə n ə ɫ i /
r1
in a conventional manner;

- "he usually behaves rather conventionally";

conventioneer
n1
someone who attends a convention;

conventual / k ə n v ɛ n t j ʊə ɫ /
a1
of communal life sequestered from the world under religious vows;

- syn. cloistered, cloistral, monastic, monastical;

- sim. unworldly;

converge / k ə n v ɝ dʒ /
v1
be adjacent or come together;

- "The lines converge at this point";

- syn. meet;

v2
approach a limit as the number of terms increases without limit;

v3
move or draw together at a certain location;

- "The crowd converged on the movie star";

v4
come together so as to form a single product;

- "Social forces converged to bring the Fascists back to power";

convergence / k ə n v ɝ dʒ ə n s /
n1
the occurrence of two or more things coming together;

n2
the approach of an infinite series to a finite limit;

- syn. convergency;

n3
a representation of common ground between theories or phenomena;

- "there was no overlap between their proposals";

- syn. intersection, overlap;

n4
the act of converging (coming closer);

- syn. convergency, converging;

convergency / k ə n v ɝ dʒ ə n s i /
n1
the approach of an infinite series to a finite limit;

- syn. convergence;

n2
the act of converging (coming closer);

- syn. convergence, converging;

convergent / k ə n v ɝ dʒ ə n t /
a1
tending to come together from different directions;

- also oblique;

- sim. confluent, focused;

convergent strabismus
n1
strabismus in which one or both eyes turn inward toward the nose;

- syn. cross-eye, crossed eye, esotropia;

convergent thinker
n1
a thinker who focuses on the problem as stated and tries to synthesize information and knowledge to achieve a solution;

- syn. problem solver, solver;

convergent thinking
n1
thinking that brings together information focussed on solving a problem (especially solving problems that have a single correct solution);

converging / k ə n v ɝ dʒ ɪ ŋ /
n1
the act of converging (coming closer);

- syn. convergence, convergency;

converging lens
n1
lens such that a beam of light passing through it is brought to a point or focus;

- syn. convex lens;

conversance / k ə n v ɝ s ə n s /
n1
personal knowledge or information about someone or something;

- syn. acquaintance, conversancy, familiarity;

conversancy / k ə n v ɝ s ə n s i /
n1
personal knowledge or information about someone or something;

- syn. acquaintance, conversance, familiarity;

conversant / k ə n v ɝ s n t /
a1
(usually followed by `with') well informed about or knowing thoroughly;

- "conversant with business trends";

- "familiar with the complex machinery";

- "he was familiar with those roads";

- syn. familiar;

- sim. informed;

conversation / k ɒ n v ə s eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the use of speech for informal exchange of views or ideas or information etc.;

conversation piece
n1
something interesting that stimulates conversation;

conversation stopper
n1
a remark to which there is no polite conversational reply;

- syn. stopper;

conversational / k ɒ n v ə s eɪ ʃ n ə ɫ /
a1
characteristic of informal spoken language or conversation;

- "wrote her letters in a colloquial style";

- "the broken syntax and casual enunciation of conversational English";

- syn. colloquial;

- sim. informal;

conversational partner
n1
a person who takes part in a conversation;

- syn. interlocutor;

conversationalist / k ɒ n v ə s eɪ ʃ n ə ɫ ɪ s t , k ɒ n v ə s eɪ ʃ ŋ ə ɫ ɪ s t /
n1
someone skilled at conversation;

- syn. conversationist, schmoozer;

conversationally / k ɒ n v ə s eɪ ʃ n ə ɫ i /
r1
with the use of colloquial expressions;

- "this building is colloquially referred to as The Barn";

- syn. colloquially, informally;

conversationist
n1
someone skilled at conversation;

- syn. conversationalist, schmoozer;

converse / k ə n v ɝ s , k ɒ n v ɝ s /
n1
a proposition obtained by conversion;

v1
carry on a conversation;

- syn. discourse;

a1
of words so related that one reverses the relation denoted by the other;

- "`parental' and `filial' are converse terms";

- sim. antonymous;

a2
turned about in order or relation;

- "transposed letters";

- syn. reversed, transposed;

- sim. backward;

conversely / k ə n v ɝ s ɫ i , k ɒ n v ɝ s ɫ i /
r1
with the terms of the relation reversed;

- "conversely, not all women are mothers";

conversion / k ə n v ɝ ʃ n /
n1
an event that results in a transformation;

- syn. changeover, transition;

n2
a change in the units or form of an expression: "conversion from Fahrenheit to Centigrade";

n3
a successful free throw or try for point after a touchdown;

n4
a spiritual enlightenment causing a person to lead a new life;

- syn. rebirth, spiritual rebirth;

n5
(psychiatry) a defense mechanism represses emotional conflicts which are then converted into physical symptoms that have no organic basis;

n6
a change of religion;

- "his conversion to the Catholic faith";

n7
interchange of subject and predicate of a proposition;

n8
act of exchanging one type of money or security for another;

n9
the act of changing from one use or function or purpose to another;

conversion disorder
n1
a mental disorder characterized by the conversion of mental conflict into somatic forms (into paralysis or anesthesia having no apparent cause);

- syn. conversion hysteria, conversion reaction;

conversion factor
n1
factor by which a quantity that is expressed in one set of units must be multiplied in order to convert it into another set of units;

conversion hysteria
n1
a mental disorder characterized by the conversion of mental conflict into somatic forms (into paralysis or anesthesia having no apparent cause);

- syn. conversion disorder, conversion reaction;

conversion reaction
n1
a mental disorder characterized by the conversion of mental conflict into somatic forms (into paralysis or anesthesia having no apparent cause);

- syn. conversion disorder, conversion hysteria;

Converso
n1
(medieval Spain and Portugal) a Jew or Moor who professed to convert to Christianity in order to avoid persecution or expulsion;

convert / k ə n v ɝ t , k ɒ n v ɝ t /
n1
a person who has been converted to another religious or political belief;

v1
change from one system to another or to a new plan or policy;

- "We converted from 220 to 110 Volt";

- syn. change over;

v2
change the nature, purpose, or function of something;

- "convert lead into gold";

- "convert hotels into jails";

- "convert slaves to laborers";

v3
change religious beliefs, or adopt a religious belief;

- "She converted to Buddhism";

v4
exchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind or category;

- "Could you convert my dollars into pounds?";

- "He changed his name";

- "convert centimeters into inches";

- "convert holdings into shares";

- syn. change, commute, exchange;

v5
cause to adopt a new or different faith;

- "The missionaries converted the Indian population";

v6
score an extra point or points after touchdown by kicking the ball through the uprights or advancing the ball into the end zone;

- "Smith converted and his team won";

v7
complete successfully;

- "score a penalty shot or free throw";

v8
score (a spare);

v9
make (someone) agree, understand, or realize the truth or validity of something;

- "He had finally convinced several customers of the advantages of his product";

- syn. convince, win over;

v10
exchange a penalty for a less severe one;

- syn. commute, exchange;

v11
change in nature, purpose, or function;

- undergo a chemical change;

- "The substance converts to an acid";

converter / k ə n v ɝ t ə , k ə n v ɝ t ə ɹ /
n1
a device for changing one substance or form or state into another;

- syn. convertor;

convertibility / k ə n v ɝ t ə b ɪ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
the quality of being exchangeable (especially the ability to convert a currency into gold or other currencies without restriction);

convertible / k ə n v ɝ t ə b ɫ /
n1
a car that has top that can be folded or removed;

n2
a corporate security (usually bonds or preferred stock) that can be exchanged for another form of security (usually common stock);

- syn. convertible security;

n3
a sofa that can be converted into a bed;

- syn. sofa bed;

a1
capable of being exchanged for or replaced by something of equal value;

- "convertible securities";

- syn. exchangeable;

- sim. cashable;

a2
designed to be changed from one use or form to another;

- "a convertible sofa";

- "a convertible coupe";

- sim. adaptable;

a3
capable of being changed in substance as if by alchemy;

- "is lead really transmutable into gold?";

- "ideas translatable into reality";

- syn. transformable, translatable, transmutable;

- sim. commutable;

convertible bond
n1
a bond that can be converted to other securities under certain conditions;

convertible security
n1
a corporate security (usually bonds or preferred stock) that can be exchanged for another form of security (usually common stock);

- syn. convertible;

convertor
n1
a device for changing one substance or form or state into another;

- syn. converter;

convex / k ɒ n v ɛ k s /
a1
curving or bulging outward;

- syn. bulging;

- also protrusive;

- sim. bell-shaped, biconvex, broken-backed, convexo-concave, gibbous, helmet-shaped, planoconvex, umbellate;

convex lens
n1
lens such that a beam of light passing through it is brought to a point or focus;

- syn. converging lens;

convex polygon
n1
a polygon such that no side extended cuts any other side or vertex;

- it can be cut by a straight line in at most two points;

convex polyhedron
n1
a polyhedron any plane section of which is a convex polygon;

convex shape
n1
a shape that curves or bulges outward;

- syn. convexity;

convexity / k ə n v ɛ k s ɪ t i /
n1
the property possessed by a convex shape;

- syn. convexness;

n2
a shape that curves or bulges outward;

- syn. convex shape;

convexly / k ɒ n v ɛ k s ɫ i /
r1
in a convex way;

- "bulging out convexly";

convexness
n1
the property possessed by a convex shape;

- syn. convexity;

convexo-concave
a1
convex on one side and concave on the other with the convexity being greater than the concavity;

- sim. convex;

convexo-convex
a1
convex on both sides;

- shaped like a lentil;

- syn. biconvex, lenticular, lentiform;

- sim. convex;

convey / k ə n v eɪ /
v1
(of information) make known;

- pass on;

- "She conveyed the message to me";

v2
serve as a means for expressing something;

- "The painting of Mary carries motherly love";

- "His voice carried a lot of anger";

- syn. carry, express;

v3
transfer to another;

- "communicate a disease";

- syn. communicate, transmit;

v4
transmit a title or property;

v5
transmit or serve as the medium for transmission;

- "Sound carries well over water";

- "The airwaves carry the sound";

- "Many metals conduct heat";

- syn. carry, channel, conduct, impart, transmit;

v6
take something or somebody with oneself somewhere;

- "Bring me the box from the other room";

- "Take these letters to the boss";

- "This brings me to the main point";

- syn. bring, take;

v7
go or come after and bring or take back;

- "Get me those books over there, please";

- "Could you bring the wine?";

- "The dog fetched the hat";

- syn. bring, fetch, get;

conveyable / k ə n v eɪ ə b ɫ /
a1
legally transferable to the ownership of another;

- "negotiable bonds";

- syn. assignable, negotiable, transferable, transferrable;

- sim. alienable;

conveyance / k ə n v eɪ ə n s /
n1
document effecting a property transfer;

n2
the transmission of information;

- syn. impartation, imparting;

n3
something that serves as a means of transportation;

- syn. transport;

n4
act of transferring property title from one person to another;

- syn. conveyance of title, conveyancing, conveying;

n5
the act of moving something from one location to another;

- syn. transfer, transferral, transport, transportation;

conveyance of title
n1
act of transferring property title from one person to another;

- syn. conveyance, conveyancing, conveying;

conveyancer / k ə n v eɪ ə n s ə , k ə n v eɪ ə n s ə ɹ /
n1
a lawyer who specializes in the business of conveying properties;

conveyancing / k ə n v eɪ ə n s ɪ ŋ /
n1
act of transferring property title from one person to another;

- syn. conveyance, conveyance of title, conveying;

conveyer / k ə n v eɪ ə , k ə n v eɪ ə ɹ /
n1
a person who conveys (carries or transmits);

- "the conveyer of good tidings";

- syn. conveyor;

n2
a moving belt that transports objects (as in a factory);

- syn. conveyer belt, conveyor, conveyor belt, transporter;

conveyer belt
n1
a moving belt that transports objects (as in a factory);

- syn. conveyer, conveyor, conveyor belt, transporter;

conveying / k ə n v eɪ ɪ ŋ /
n1
act of transferring property title from one person to another;

- syn. conveyance, conveyance of title, conveyancing;

conveyor / k ə n v eɪ ə , k ə n v eɪ ə ɹ /
n1
a person who conveys (carries or transmits);

- "the conveyer of good tidings";

- syn. conveyer;

n2
a moving belt that transports objects (as in a factory);

- syn. conveyer, conveyer belt, conveyor belt, transporter;

conveyor belt
n1
a moving belt that transports objects (as in a factory);

- syn. conveyer, conveyer belt, conveyor, transporter;

convict / k ə n v ɪ k t , k ɒ n v ɪ k t /
n1
a person serving a sentence in a jail or prison;

- syn. con, inmate, yard bird, yardbird;

n2
a person who has been convicted of a criminal offense;

v1
find or declare guilty;

- "The man was convicted of fraud and sentenced";

convict fish
n1
greenling with whitish body marked with black bands;

- syn. Oxylebius pictus, convictfish, painted greenling;

convictfish
n1
greenling with whitish body marked with black bands;

- syn. Oxylebius pictus, convict fish, painted greenling;

conviction / k ə n v ɪ k ʃ n /
n1
an unshakable belief in something without need for proof or evidence;

- syn. article of faith, strong belief;

n2
(criminal law) a final judgment of guilty in a criminal case and the punishment that is imposed;

- "the conviction came as no surprise";

- syn. condemnation, judgment of conviction, sentence;

convince / k ə n v ɪ n s /
v1
make (someone) agree, understand, or realize the truth or validity of something;

- "He had finally convinced several customers of the advantages of his product";

- syn. convert, win over;

convinced / k ə n v ɪ n s t /
a1
persuaded of;

- very sure;

- "were convinced that it would be to their advantage to join";

- "I am positive he is lying";

- "was confident he would win";

- syn. confident, positive;

- sim. certain;

a2
having a strong belief or conviction;

- "a convinced and fanatical pacifist";

convincible / k ə n v ɪ n s ə b ɫ /
a1
being susceptible to persuasion;

- syn. persuadable, persuasible, suasible;

- sim. susceptible;

convincing / k ə n v ɪ n s ɪ ŋ /
a1
causing one to believe the truth of something;

- "a convincing story";

- "a convincing manner";

- also persuasive;

- sim. credible, disenchanting;

convincingly / k ə n v ɪ n s ɪ ŋ ɫ i /
r1
in a convincing manner;

- "he argued convincingly";

convincingness
n1
the power of argument or evidence to cause belief;

convivial / k ə n v ɪ v ɪə ɫ /
a1
occupied with or fond of the pleasures of good company;

- "a convivial atmosphere at the reunion";

- "a woman of convivial nature";

- "he was a real good-time Charlie";

- syn. good-time;

- sim. sociable;

conviviality / k ə n v ɪ v ɪ æ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
a jovial nature;

- syn. joviality;

n2
a boisterous celebration;

- a merry festivity;

- syn. jollification, merrymaking;

convivially / k ə n v ɪ v ɪə ɫ i /
r1
in a convivial manner;

- "`Let's go and have a drink,' she said convivially";

convocation / k ɒ n v ə k ə ɪ ʃ n , k ɒ n v ə k eɪ ʃ n /
n1
a group gathered in response to a summons;

n2
the act of convoking;

- syn. calling together;

convoke / k ə n v oʊ k /
v1
call together;

- "The students were convened in the auditorium";

- syn. convene;

convolute / k ɒ n v ə ɫ u t /
v1
curl, wind, or twist together;

- syn. convolve;

v2
practice sophistry;

- change the meaning of or be vague about in order to mislead or deceive;

- "Don't twist my words";

- syn. pervert, sophisticate, twist, twist around;

a1
rolled longitudinally upon itself;

- "a convolute petal";

- syn. convoluted;

- sim. coiled;

convoluted / k ɒ n v ə ɫ u t ɪ d /
a1
rolled longitudinally upon itself;

- "a convolute petal";

- syn. convolute;

- sim. coiled;

a2
highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious;

- "the Byzantine tax structure";

- "Byzantine methods for holding on to his chairmanship";

- "convoluted legal language";

- "convoluted reasoning";

- "the plot was too involved";

- "a knotty problem";

- "got his way by labyrinthine maneuvering";

- "Oh, what a tangled web we weave"- Sir Walter Scott;

- "tortuous legal procedures";

- "tortuous negotiations lasting for months";

- syn. Byzantine, involved, knotty, tangled, tortuous;

- sim. complex;

convolution / k ɒ n v ə ɫ u ʃ n /
n1
the shape of something rotating rapidly;

- syn. swirl, vortex, whirl;

n2
a convex fold or elevation in the surface of the brain;

- syn. gyrus;

n3
the action of coiling or twisting or winding together;

convolution of Broca
n1
the motor speech center in the left hemisphere of the brain in most people;

- syn. Broca's area, Broca's center, Broca's convolution, Broca's gyrus;

convolve / k ə n v ɒ ɫ v /
v1
curl, wind, or twist together;

- syn. convolute;

Convolvulaceae
n1
morning glory;

- bindweed;

- sweet potato;

- plants having trumpet-shaped flowers and a climbing or twining habit;

- syn. family Convolvulaceae, morning-glory family;

convolvulus / k ə n v ɒ ɫ v j ʊ ɫ ə s /
n1
any of numerous plants of the genus Convolvulus;

Convolvulus arvensis
n1
weakly climbing European perennial with white or pink flowers;

- naturalized in North America and an invasive weed;

- syn. field bindweed, wild morning-glory;

Convolvulus scammonia
n1
twining plant of Asia Minor having cream-colored to purple flowers and long thick roots yielding a cathartic resin;

- syn. scammony;

Convolvulus sepium
n1
common Eurasian and American wild climber with pink flowers;

- sometimes placed in genus Convolvulus;

- syn. Calystegia sepium, hedge bindweed, wild morning-glory;

convoy / k ɒ n v ɔɪ /
n1
a procession of land vehicles traveling together;

n2
a collection of merchant ships with an escort of warships;

n3
the act of escorting while in transit;

v1
escort in transit;

- "the trucks convoyed the cars across the battle zone";

- "the warships convoyed the merchant ships across the Pacific";

convulse / k ə n v ʌ ɫ s /
v1
make someone convulse with laughter;

- "The comedian convulsed the crowd";

v2
be overcome with laughter;

v3
move or stir about violently;

- "The feverish patient thrashed around in his bed";

- syn. jactitate, slash, thrash, thrash about, thresh, thresh about, toss;

v4
shake uncontrollably;

- "earthquakes convulsed the countryside";

v5
cause to contract;

- "The spasm convulses her facial muscles";

v6
contract involuntarily, as in a spasm;

- "The muscles in her face convulsed";

convulsion / k ə n v ʌ ɫ ʃ n /
n1
a sudden uncontrollable attack;

- "a paroxysm of giggling";

- "a fit of coughing";

- "convulsions of laughter";

- syn. fit, paroxysm;

n2
violent uncontrollable contractions of muscles;

n3
a violent disturbance;

- "the convulsions of the stock market";

- syn. turmoil, upheaval;

n4
a physical disturbance such as an earthquake or upheaval;

convulsive / k ə n v ʌ ɫ s ɪ v /
a1
affected by involuntary jerky muscular contractions;

- resembling a spasm;

- "convulsive motions";

- "his body made a spasmodic jerk";

- "spastic movements";

- syn. spasmodic, spastic;

- sim. unsteady;

a2
resembling a convulsion in being sudden and violent;

- "a convulsive rage";

- "convulsive laughter";

- sim. violent;

convulsively / k ə n v ʌ ɫ s ɪ v ɫ i /
r1
with convulsions, in a convulsive way;

- "her leg twitched convulsively";

cony / k oʊ n i /
n1
any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes;

- syn. coney, das, dassie, hyrax;

n2
small short-eared burrowing mammal of rocky uplands of Asia and western North America;

- syn. coney, mouse hare, pika, rock rabbit;

n3
any of various burrowing animals of the family Leporidae having long ears and short tails;

- some domesticated and raised for pets or food;

- syn. coney, rabbit;

Conyza
n1
common American weed or wildflower;

- syn. genus Conyza;

Conyza canadensis
n1
common North American weed with linear leaves and small discoid heads of yellowish flowers;

- widely naturalized throughout temperate regions;

- sometimes placed in genus Erigeron;

- syn. Canadian fleabane, Erigeron canadensis, fleabane, horseweed;

coo / k u /
n1
the sound made by a pigeon;

v1
speak softly or lovingly;

- "The mother who held her baby was cooing softly";

v2
cry softly, as of pigeons;

cooccur
v1
go with, fall together;

- syn. co-occur, coincide;

- also cooccur with;

cooccur with
v1
go or occur together;

- "The word `hot' tends to cooccur with `cold'";

- syn. co-occur with, collocate with, construe with, go with;

cooccurring
a1
occurring or operating at the same time;

- "a series of coincident events";

- syn. co-occurrent, coincident, coincidental, coinciding, concurrent, simultaneous;

- sim. synchronous;

cook / k ʊ k /
n1
someone who cooks food;

n2
English navigator who claimed the east coast of Australia for Britain and discovered several Pacific islands (1728-1779);

- syn. Captain Cook, Captain James Cook, James Cook;

v1
prepare a hot meal;

- "My husband doesn't cook";

v2
prepare for eating by applying heat;

- "Cook me dinner, please";

- "can you make me an omelette?";

- "fix breakfast for the guests, please";

- syn. fix, make, prepare, ready;

v3
transform and make suitable for consumption by heating;

- "These potatoes have to cook for 20 minutes";

v4
tamper, with the purpose of deception;

- "Fudge the figures";

- "cook the books";

- "falsify the data";

- syn. fake, falsify, fudge, manipulate, misrepresent, wangle;

- also cook up;

v5
transform by heating;

- "The apothecary cooked the medicinal mixture in a big iron kettle";

cook out
v1
cook outdoors on a barbecue grill;

- "let's barbecue that meat";

- "We cooked out in the forest";

- syn. barbecue, barbeque;

Cook Strait
n1
a narrow strait separating the North Island and South Island in New Zealand;

cook up
v1
prepare or cook by mixing ingredients;

- "concoct a strange mixture";

- syn. concoct;

v2
concoct something artificial or untrue;

- syn. fabricate, invent, make up, manufacture;

cookbook / k ʊ k b ʊ k /
n1
a book of recipes and cooking directions;

- syn. cookery book;

Cooke
n1
United States journalist (born in England in 1908);

- syn. Alfred Alistair Cooke, Alistair Cooke;

n2
United States financier who marketed Union bonds to finance the American Civil War;

- the failure of his bank resulted in a financial panic in 1873 (1821-1905);

- syn. Jay Cooke;

cooked / k ʊ k t /
a1
having been prepared for eating by the application of heat;

- sim. au gratin, baked, barbecued, batter-fried, boiled, braised, broiled, burned, candy-like, done, fried, hard-baked, hard-boiled, lyonnaise, medium, overdone, pancake-style, parched, rare-roasted, ready-cooked, roast, saute, seared, soft-boiled, souffle-like, steamed, sunny-side up, toasted, wafer-like, well-done;

cooker / k ʊ k ə , k ʊ k ə ɹ /
n1
a utensil for cooking;

cookery / k ʊ k ə ɹ i /
n1
the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat;

- "cooking can be a great art";

- "people are needed who have experience in cookery";

- "he left the preparation of meals to his wife";

- syn. cooking, preparation;

cookery book
n1
a book of recipes and cooking directions;

- syn. cookbook;

cookfire
n1
a fire for cooking;

cookhouse / k ʊ k h aʊ s /
n1
the area for food preparation on a ship;

- syn. caboose, galley, ship's galley;

n2
a detached or outdoor shelter for cooking;

- "the circus used a tent as their cookhouse";

cookie / k ʊ k i /
n1
any of various small flat sweet cakes (`biscuit' is the British term);

- syn. biscuit, cooky;

n2
the cook on a ranch or at a camp;

- syn. cooky;

n3
a short line of text that a web site puts on your computer's hard drive when you access the web site;

cookie-cutter
a1
having the same appearance (as if mass-produced);

- "a suburb of cookie-cutter houses";

- sim. same;

cookie-sized
a1
having the approximate size of a cookie;

- sim. sized;

cookie cutter
n1
a kitchen utensil used to cut a sheet of cookie dough into desired shapes before baking;

cookie jar
n1
a jar in which cookies are kept (and sometimes money is hidden);

- syn. cooky jar;

cookie jar reserve
n1
a hidden reserve that can be used to adjust quarterly earning reports;

cookie sheet
n1
a cooking utensil consisting of a flat rectangular metal sheet used for baking cookies or biscuits;

- syn. baking tray;

cooking / k ʊ k ɪ ŋ /
n1
the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat;

- "cooking can be a great art";

- "people are needed who have experience in cookery";

- "he left the preparation of meals to his wife";

- syn. cookery, preparation;

cooking apple
n1
an apple used primarily in cooking for pies and applesauce etc;

cooking chocolate
n1
pure unsweetened chocolate used in baking and icings and sauces and candy;

- syn. baking chocolate, bitter chocolate;

cooking oil
n1
any of numerous vegetable oils used in cooking;

cooking pan
n1
cooking utensil consisting of a wide metal vessel;

- syn. pan;

cooking stove
n1
a kitchen appliance used for cooking food;

- "dinner was already on the stove";

- syn. kitchen range, kitchen stove, range, stove;

cooking utensil
n1
a kitchen utensil made of material that does not melt easily;

- used for cooking;

- syn. cookware;

cookout / k ʊ k aʊ t /
n1
an informal meal cooked and eaten outdoors;

cookstove
n1
a stove for cooking (especially a wood- or coal-burning kitchen stove);

cookware / k ʊ k w eə /
n1
a kitchen utensil made of material that does not melt easily;

- used for cooking;

- syn. cooking utensil;

cooky / k ʊ k i /
n1
the cook on a ranch or at a camp;

- syn. cookie;

n2
any of various small flat sweet cakes (`biscuit' is the British term);

- syn. biscuit, cookie;

cooky jar
n1
a jar in which cookies are kept (and sometimes money is hidden);

- syn. cookie jar;

cool / k u ɫ /
n1
the quality of being at a refreshingly low temperature;

- "the cool of early morning";

n2
great coolness and composure under strain;

- "keep your cool";

- syn. aplomb, assuredness, poise, sang-froid;

v1
make cool or cooler;

- "Chill the food";

- syn. chill, cool down;

v2
loose heat;

- "The air cooled considerably after the thunderstorm";

- syn. chill, cool down;

v3
lose intensity;

- "His enthusiasm cooled considerably";

- syn. cool down, cool off;

a1
neither warm nor very cold;

- giving relief from heat;

- "a cool autumn day";

- "a cool room";

- "cool summer dresses";

- "cool drinks";

- "a cool breeze";

- also cold;

- sim. air-conditioned, air-cooled, caller, precooled, water-cooled;

a2
marked by calm self-control (especially in trying circumstances);

- unemotional;

- "play it cool";

- "keep cool";

- "stayed coolheaded in the crisis";

- "the most nerveless winner in the history of the tournament";

- syn. coolheaded, nerveless;

- sim. composed;

a3
inducing the impression of coolness;

- used especially of greens and blues and violets when referring to color;

- "cool greens and blues and violets";

- "the cool sound of rushing water";

- sim. cold;

a4
psychologically cool and unenthusiastic;

- unfriendly or unresponsive or showing dislike;

- "relations were cool and polite";

- "a cool reception";

- "cool to the idea of higher taxes";

- also cold, unagitated, unemotional, unfriendly;

- sim. unresponsive;

a5
being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition;

- "an all-right movie";

- "the passengers were shaken up but are all right";

- "is everything all right?";

- "everything's fine";

- "things are okay";

- "dinner and the movies had been fine";

- "another minute I'd have been fine";

- syn. all right, fine, hunky-dory, o.k., ok, okay;

- sim. satisfactory;

a6
used of a quantity or amount (especially of money) for emphasis;

- "a cool million bucks";

- sim. unqualified;

a7
fashionable and attractive at the time;

- often skilled or socially adept;

- "he's a cool dude";

- "that's cool";

- "Mary's dress is really cool";

- "it's not cool to arrive at a party too early";

- sim. fashionable;

cool-white
a1
of white tinged with blue;

- syn. blue-white, bluish-white;

- sim. achromatic;

cool down
v1
make cool or cooler;

- "Chill the food";

- syn. chill, cool;

v2
lose intensity;

- "His enthusiasm cooled considerably";

- syn. cool, cool off;

v3
loose heat;

- "The air cooled considerably after the thunderstorm";

- syn. chill, cool;

cool it
v1
become quiet or calm, especially after a state of agitation;

- "After the fight both men need to cool off.";

- "It took a while after the baby was born for things to settle down again.";

- syn. calm, calm down, chill out, cool off, settle down, simmer down;

cool jazz
n1
jazz that is restrained and fluid and marked by intricate harmonic structures often lagging slightly behind the beat;

cool medium
n1
a medium that usually, but not always, provides little involvement together with substantial stimulus;

- includes speech, television, cartoons;

- syn. cold medium;

cool off
v1
become quiet or calm, especially after a state of agitation;

- "After the fight both men need to cool off.";

- "It took a while after the baby was born for things to settle down again.";

- syn. calm, calm down, chill out, cool it, settle down, simmer down;

v2
lose intensity;

- "His enthusiasm cooled considerably";

- syn. cool, cool down;

v3
feel less enamoured of something or somebody;

cool one's heels
v1
wait or pass the time aimlessly or futilely;

- be kept waiting;

- "She kicked her heels for hours at the gate of the Embassy";

- syn. kick one's heels;

coolant / k u ɫ ə n t /
n1
a fluid agent (gas or liquid) that produces cooling;

- especially one used to cool a system by transferring heat away from one part to another;

- "he added more coolant to the car's radiator";

- "the atomic reactor used a gas coolant";

- "lathe operators use an emulsion of oil and water as a coolant for the cutting tool";

coolant system
n1
a cooling system that uses a fluid to transfer heat from one place to another;

cooler / k u ɫ ə , k u ɫ ə ɹ /
n1
a refrigerator for cooling liquids;

- syn. ice chest;

n2
an iced drink especially white wine and fruit juice;

n3
a cell for violent prisoners;

- syn. tank;

Cooley's anaemia
n1
a fatal form of homozygous thalassemia (inherited from both parents) in which there is no hemoglobin;

- skeletal deformations;

- heart and spleen and liver enlarged;

- syn. Cooley's anemia, thalassaemia major, thalassemia major;

Cooley's anemia
n1
a fatal form of homozygous thalassemia (inherited from both parents) in which there is no hemoglobin;

- skeletal deformations;

- heart and spleen and liver enlarged;

- syn. Cooley's anaemia, thalassaemia major, thalassemia major;

coolheaded
a1
marked by calm self-control (especially in trying circumstances);

- unemotional;

- "play it cool";

- "keep cool";

- "stayed coolheaded in the crisis";

- "the most nerveless winner in the history of the tournament";

- syn. cool, nerveless;

- sim. composed;

Coolidge
n1
elected vice president and succeeded as 30th President of the United States when Harding died in 1923 (1872-1933);

- syn. Calvin Coolidge, President Coolidge;

coolie / k u ɫ i /
n1
(ethnic slur) an offensive name for an unskilled Asian laborer;

- syn. cooly;

cooling / k u ɫ ɪ ŋ /
n1
the process of becoming cooler;

- a falling temperature;

- syn. chilling, temperature reduction;

n2
a mechanism for keeping something cool;

- "the cooling was overhead fans";

- syn. cooling system;

cooling system
n1
equipment in a motor vehicle that cools the engine;

- syn. engine cooling system;

n2
a mechanism for keeping something cool;

- "the cooling was overhead fans";

- syn. cooling;

cooling tower
n1
a cooling system used in industry to cool hot water (by partial evaporation) before reusing it as a coolant;

coolly / k u ɫ l i /
r1
in a composed and unconcerned manner;

- "without more ado Barker borrowed a knife from his brigade Major and honed it on a carborundum stone as coolly as a butcher";

- syn. nervelessly, nonchalantly;

coolness / k u ɫ n ə s /
n1
calm and unruffled self-assurance;

- "he performed with all the coolness of a veteran";

- syn. imperturbability, imperturbableness;

n2
the property of being moderately cold;

- "the chilliness of early morning";

- syn. chilliness, nip;

n3
fearless self-possession in the face of danger;

- syn. nervelessness;

n4
a lack of affection or enthusiasm;

- "a distressing coldness of tone and manner";

- syn. chilliness, coldness, frigidity, frigidness, iciness;

coolwart
n1
stoloniferous white-flowered spring-blooming woodland plant;

- syn. Tiarella cordifolia, false miterwort, false mitrewort, foamflower;

cooly
n1
(ethnic slur) an offensive name for an unskilled Asian laborer;

- syn. coolie;

coon / k u n /
n1
an eccentric or undignified rustic;

- "I'll be a gone coon when the battle starts";

n2
North American raccoon;

- syn. Procyon lotor, common raccoon, common racoon, ringtail;

coon bear
n1
large black-and-white herbivorous mammal of bamboo forests of China and Tibet;

- in some classifications considered a member of the bear family or of a separate family Ailuropodidae;

- syn. Ailuropoda melanoleuca, giant panda, panda, panda bear;

coon cat
n1
omnivorous mammal of Central America and South America;

- syn. Nasua narica, coati, coati-mondi, coati-mundi;

n2
raccoon-like omnivorous mammal of Mexico and the southwestern United States having a long bushy tail with black and white rings;

- syn. Bassariscus astutus, bassarisk, cacomistle, cacomixle, civet cat, miner's cat, raccoon fox, ring-tailed cat, ringtail;

coondog
n1
any dog trained to hunt raccoons;

coonhound / k u n h aʊ n d /
n1
any of several breeds of hound developed for hunting raccoons;

coonskin / k u n s k ɪ n /
n1
a raccoon cap with the tail hanging down the back;

- syn. coonskin cap;

coonskin cap
n1
a raccoon cap with the tail hanging down the back;

- syn. coonskin;

coontie
n1
small tough woody zamia of Florida and West Indies and Cuba;

- roots and half-buried stems yield an arrowroot;

- syn. Florida arrowroot, Seminole bread, Zamia pumila;

coop / k u p /
n1
a farm building for housing poultry;

- syn. chicken coop, hencoop, henhouse;

n2
an enclosure made or wire or metal bars in which birds or animals can be kept;

- syn. cage;

coop in
v1
confine in or as if in a coop;

- "she coops herself up in the library all day";

- syn. coop up;

coop up
v1
confine in or as if in a coop;

- "she coops herself up in the library all day";

- syn. coop in;

Cooper / k u p ə , k u p ə ɹ /
n1
United States industrialist who built the first American locomotive;

- founded Cooper Union in New York City to offer free courses in the arts and sciences (1791-1883);

- syn. Peter Cooper;

n2
United States film actor noted for his portrayals of strong silent heroes (1901-1961);

- syn. Frank Cooper, Gary Cooper;

n3
United States novelist noted for his stories of American Indians and the frontier life (1789-1851);

- syn. James Fenimore Cooper;

n4
a craftsman who makes or repairs wooden barrels or tubs;

- syn. barrel maker;

v1
make barrels and casks;

Cooper's hawk
n1
bluish-grey North American hawk having a darting flight;

- syn. Accipiter cooperii, blue darter;

Cooper Union
n1
university founded in 1859 by Peter Cooper to offer free courses in the arts and sciences;

- syn. Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art;

Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art
n1
university founded in 1859 by Peter Cooper to offer free courses in the arts and sciences;

- syn. Cooper Union;

cooperate / k oʊ ɒ p ə ɹ eɪ t /
v1
work together on a common enterprise of project;

- "The soprano and the pianist did not get together very well";

- "We joined forces with another research group";

- syn. collaborate, get together, join forces;

cooperation / k oʊ ɒ p ə ɹ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
joint operation or action;

- "their cooperation with us was essential for the success of our mission";

n2
the practice of cooperating;

- "economic cooperation";

- "they agreed on a policy of cooperation";

cooperative / k oʊ ɒ p ə ɹ ə t ɪ v /
n1
a jointly owned commercial enterprise (usually organized by farmers or consumers) that produces and distributes goods and services and is run for the benefit of its owners;

- syn. co-op;

n2
an association formed and operated for the benefit of those using it;

a1
involving the joint activity of two or more;

- "concerted action";

- "the conjunct influence of fire and strong wind";

- "the conjunctive focus of political opposition";

- "a cooperative effort";

- "a united effort";

- "joint military activities";

- syn. concerted, conjunct, conjunctive;

- sim. joint;

a2
done with or working with others for a common purpose or benefit;

- "a cooperative effort";

- also helpful;

- sim. collaborative, synergetic;

a3
willing to adjust to differences in order to obtain agreement;

- syn. accommodative;

- sim. noncompetitive;

cooperatively / k oʊ ɒ p ə ɹ ə t ɪ v ɫ i /
r1
in close cooperation;

- "they work hand in glove";

- syn. hand and glove, hand in glove;

cooperativeness / k oʊ ɒ p ə ɹ ə t ɪ v n ə s /
n1
the trait of being cooperative;

- syn. amenability, amenableness;

cooperator / k oʊ ɒ p ə ɹ eɪ t ə , k oʊ ɒ p ə ɹ eɪ t ə ɹ /
n1
an associate in an activity or endeavor or sphere of common interest;

- "the musician and the librettist were collaborators";

- "sexual partners";

- syn. collaborator, pardner, partner;

Cooperstown / k u p ə z t aʊ n /
n1
a small town in east central New York;

- site of the National Baseball Hall of Fame;

coordinate / k oʊ ɔ d ə n ə t , k oʊ ɔ d ɪ n eɪ t /
n1
a number that identifies a position relative to an axis;

- syn. co-ordinate;

v1
bring order and organization to;

- "Can you help me organize my files?";

- syn. organise, organize;

v2
bring into common action, movement, or condition;

- "coordinate the painters, masons, and plumbers";

- "coordinate his actions with that of his colleagues";

- "coordinate our efforts";

v3
be co-ordinated;

- "These activities coordinate well";

v4
bring (components or parts) into proper or desirable coordination correlation;

- "align the wheels of my car";

- "ordinate similar parts";

- syn. align, ordinate;

a1
of equal importance, rank, or degree;

- sim. equal;

coordinate axis
n1
one of the fixed reference lines of a coordinate system;

coordinate bond
n1
a covalent bond in which both electrons are provided by one of the atoms;

- syn. dative bond;

coordinate clause
n1
a clause in a complex sentence that is grammatically equivalent to the main clause and that performs the same grammatical function;

coordinate geometry
n1
the use of algebra to study geometric properties;

- operates on symbols defined in a coordinate system;

- syn. analytic geometry, analytical geometry;

coordinate system
n1
a system that uses coordinates to establish position;

- syn. frame of reference, reference frame, reference system;

coordinated / k oʊ ɔ d ɪ n eɪ t ɪ d /
a1
operating as a unit;

- "a unified utility system";

- "a coordinated program";

- syn. co-ordinated, interconnected, unified;

- sim. integrated;

a2
being dexterous in the use of more than one set of muscle movements;

- "she was usually good with her hands and well coordinated"- Mary McCarthy;

- syn. co-ordinated;

- sim. adroit;

a3
intentionally matched;

- "curtains and walls were color coordinated";

- syn. co-ordinated, matching;

- sim. matched;

coordinated universal time
n1
Greenwich Mean Time updated with leap seconds;

- syn. UTC;

coordinately / k oʊ ɔ d ɪ n ə t ɫ i /
r1
in a coordinated manner;

coordinating / k oʊ ɔ d ɪ n eɪ t ɪ ŋ /
a1
serving to connect two grammatical constituents of identical construction;

- "`and' in `John and Mary' or in `John walked and Mary rode' is a coordinating conjunction;

- and so is `or' in `will you go or stay?'";

- syn. coordinative;

coordinating conjunction
n1
the coordination by conjunction of linguistic units of the same status;

n2
a conjunction (like `and' or `or') that connects two identically constructed grammatical constituents;

coordination / k oʊ ɔ d ɪ n eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the skillful and effective interaction of movements;

n2
the regulation of diverse elements into an integrated and harmonious operation;

n3
the grammatical relation of two constituents having the same grammatical form;

n4
being of coordinate importance, rank, or degree;

coordination compound
n1
a compound described in terms of the central atom to which other atoms are bound or coordinated;

- syn. complex;

coordinative / k oʊ ɔ d ɪ n ə t ɪ v /
a1
serving to connect two grammatical constituents of identical construction;

- "`and' in `John and Mary' or in `John walked and Mary rode' is a coordinating conjunction;

- and so is `or' in `will you go or stay?'";

- syn. coordinating;

coordinator / k oʊ ɔ d ɪ n eɪ t ə , k oʊ ɔ d ɪ n eɪ t ə ɹ /
n1
someone whose task is to see that work goes harmoniously;

- syn. co-ordinator;

Coosa
n1
river that rises in northwestern Georgia and flows southwest through eastern Alabama to join the Tallapoosa River near Montgomery and form the Alabama River;

- syn. Coosa River;

Coosa River
n1
river that rises in northwestern Georgia and flows southwest through eastern Alabama to join the Tallapoosa River near Montgomery and form the Alabama River;

- syn. Coosa;

coot / k u t /
n1
slate-black slow-flying birds somewhat resembling ducks;

cooter / k u t ə , k u t ə ɹ /
n1
large river turtle of the southern United States and northern Mexico;

- syn. Pseudemys concinna, river cooter;

cootie / k u t aɪ /
n1
a parasitic louse that infests the body of human beings;

- syn. Pediculus corporis, body louse;

cop / k ɒ p /
n1
uncomplimentary terms for a policeman;

- syn. bull, copper, fuzz, pig;

v1
take by theft;

- "Someone snitched my wallet!";

- syn. glom, hook, knock off, snitch, thieve;

v2
take into custody;

- "the police nabbed the suspected criminals";

- syn. apprehend, arrest, collar, nab, nail, pick up;

cop out
v1
choose not to do something, as out of fear of failing;

- "She copped out when she was supposed to get into the hang glider";

- syn. opt out;

copacetic
a1
completely satisfactory;

- "his smile said that everything was copacetic";

- "You had to be a good judge of what a man was like, and the English was copacetic"- John O'Hara;

- syn. copasetic, copesetic, copesettic;

- sim. satisfactory;

copaiba / k ɒ p aɪ b ə /
n1
an oleoresin used in varnishes and ointments;

- syn. balsam capivi, copaiba balsam;

copaiba balsam
n1
an oleoresin used in varnishes and ointments;

- syn. balsam capivi, copaiba;

copal / k oʊ p ə ɫ /
n1
a brittle aromatic resin used in varnishes;

copaline
n1
partly mineralized copal dug from the ground;

- syn. copalite, fossil copal;

copalite
n1
partly mineralized copal dug from the ground;

- syn. copaline, fossil copal;

copartner / k oʊ p ɑ t n ə , k oʊ p ɑ t n ə ɹ /
n1
a joint partner (as in a business enterprise);

copartnership / k oʊ p ɑ t n ə ʃ ɪ p /
n1
a partnership in which employees get a share of the profits in addition to their wages;

copasetic
a1
completely satisfactory;

- "his smile said that everything was copacetic";

- "You had to be a good judge of what a man was like, and the English was copacetic"- John O'Hara;

- syn. copacetic, copesetic, copesettic;

- sim. satisfactory;

cope / k oʊ p /
n1
brick that is laid sideways at the top of a wall;

- syn. coping, header;

n2
a long cloak;

- worn by a priest or bishop on ceremonial occasions;

v1
succeed in doing, achieving, or producing (something) with the limited or inadequate means available;

- "We got by on just a gallon of gas";

- "They made do on half a loaf of bread every day";

- syn. contend, deal, get by, grapple, make do, make out, manage;

copeck / k oʊ p ɛ k /
n1
100 kopecks equal 1 ruble in Russia;

- syn. kopeck, kopek;

Copehan
n1
a group of Penutian languages spoken to the west of the Sacramento river;

Copenhagen / k oʊ p ə n h eɪ ɡ ə n /
n1
the capital and largest city of Denmark;

- located on the island of Zealand;

- "Copenhagen is sometimes called the Paris of the North";

- syn. Danish capital, Kobenhavn;

copepod / k oʊ p p ɒ d /
n1
minute marine or freshwater crustaceans usually having six pairs of limbs on the thorax;

- some abundant in plankton and others parasitic on fish;

- syn. copepod crustacean;

copepod crustacean
n1
minute marine or freshwater crustaceans usually having six pairs of limbs on the thorax;

- some abundant in plankton and others parasitic on fish;

- syn. copepod;

Copepoda
n1
minute planktonic or parasitic crustaceans;

- syn. subclass Copepoda;

Copernican / k ə p ɝ n ɪ k ə n /
a1
of radical or major importance;

- "a Copernican revolution in modern art";

- sim. important;

a2
according to Copernicus;

- "in the Copernican system the earth and other planets revolve around the sun";

- sim. heliocentric;

Copernican system
n1
(astronomy) Copernicus' astronomical model in which the Earth rotates around the sun;

Copernicia
n1
slow-growing tropical fan palms;

- syn. genus Copernicia;

Copernicia alba
n1
South American palm yielding a wax similar to carnauba wax;

- syn. Copernicia australis, caranda, caranda palm, caranday, wax palm;

Copernicia australis
n1
South American palm yielding a wax similar to carnauba wax;

- syn. Copernicia alba, caranda, caranda palm, caranday, wax palm;

Copernicia cerifera
n1
Brazilian fan palm having an edible root;

- source of a useful leaf fiber and a brittle yellowish wax;

- syn. Copernicia prunifera, carnauba, carnauba palm, wax palm;

Copernicia prunifera
n1
Brazilian fan palm having an edible root;

- source of a useful leaf fiber and a brittle yellowish wax;

- syn. Copernicia cerifera, carnauba, carnauba palm, wax palm;

Copernicus
n1
Polish astronomer who produced a workable model of the solar system with the sun in the center (1473-1543);

- syn. Mikolaj Kopernik, Nicolaus Copernicus;

n2
a conspicuous crater on the Moon;

copesetic
a1
completely satisfactory;

- "his smile said that everything was copacetic";

- "You had to be a good judge of what a man was like, and the English was copacetic"- John O'Hara;

- syn. copacetic, copasetic, copesettic;

- sim. satisfactory;

copesettic
a1
completely satisfactory;

- "his smile said that everything was copacetic";

- "You had to be a good judge of what a man was like, and the English was copacetic"- John O'Hara;

- syn. copacetic, copasetic, copesetic;

- sim. satisfactory;

copestone
n1
a final touch;

- a crowning achievement;

- a culmination;

- syn. capstone, finishing touch;

n2
a stone that forms the top of wall or building;

- syn. capstone, coping stone, stretcher;

copier / k ɒ p ɪə /
n1
apparatus that makes copies of typed, written or drawn material;

- syn. duplicator;

copilot
n1
a relief pilot on an airplane;

- syn. co-pilot;

coping / k oʊ p ɪ ŋ /
n1
brick that is laid sideways at the top of a wall;

- syn. cope, header;

coping saw
n1
a handsaw with a taut thin blade;

- used for cutting small curves in wood;

coping stone
n1
a stone that forms the top of wall or building;

- syn. capstone, copestone, stretcher;

copious / k oʊ p ɪə s /
a1
large in number or quantity (especially of discourse);

- "she took copious notes";

- "a subject of voluminous legislation";

- syn. voluminous;

- sim. abundant;

a2
affording an abundant supply;

- "had ample food for the party";

- "copious provisions";

- "food is plentiful";

- "a plenteous grape harvest";

- "a rich supply";

- syn. ample, plenteous, plentiful, rich;

- sim. abundant;

copiously / k oʊ p ɪə s ɫ i /
r1
in an abundant manner;

- "they were abundantly supplied with food";

- "he thanked her profusely";

- syn. abundantly, extravagantly, profusely;

copiousness / k oʊ p ɪə s n ɛ s /
n1
the property of a more than adequate quantity or supply;

- "an age of abundance";

- syn. abundance, teemingness;

coplanar
a1
lying in the same plane;

- sim. planar;

Copland / k ɒ p ɫ æ n d /
n1
United States composer who developed a distinctly American music (1900-1990);

- syn. Aaron Copland;

Copley / k ɒ p ɫ eɪ /
n1
American painter who did portraits of Paul Revere and John Hancock before fleeing to England to avoid the American Revolution (1738-1815);

- syn. John Copley, John Singleton Copley;

copolymer
n1
a polymer consisting of two or more different monomers;

copolymerise
v1
polymerize together;

- "the two substances copolymerized";

- syn. copolymerize;

copolymerize
v1
polymerize together;

- "the two substances copolymerized";

- syn. copolymerise;

copout / k ɒ p aʊ t /
n1
a failure to face some difficulty squarely;

copper / k ɒ p ə , k ɒ p ə ɹ /
n1
a ductile malleable reddish-brown corrosion-resistant diamagnetic metallic element;

- occurs in various minerals but is the only metal that occurs abundantly in large masses;

- used as an electrical and thermal conductor;

- syn. Cu, atomic number 29;

n2
a copper penny;

n3
uncomplimentary terms for a policeman;

- syn. bull, cop, fuzz, pig;

n4
a reddish-brown color resembling the color of polished copper;

- syn. copper color;

n5
any of various small butterflies of the family Lycaenidae having coppery wings;

v1
coat with a layer of copper;

copper's nark
n1
an informer or spy working for the police;

- syn. nark;

copper-base alloy
n1
any alloy whose principal component is copper;

copper-bottom / k ɒ p ə b ɒ t ə m /
v1
provide with a copper bottom;

- "copper-bottom a frying pan";

copper-bottomed / k ɒ p ə b ɒ t ə m d /
a1
having a bottom of copper or sheathed with copper;

- "copper-bottomed pots";

- "a copper-bottomed ship";

- sim. bottomed;

copper beech
n1
variety of European beech with shining purple or copper-colored leaves;

- syn. Fagus purpurea, Fagus sylvatica atropunicea, Fagus sylvatica purpurea, purple beech;

copper color
n1
a reddish-brown color resembling the color of polished copper;

- syn. copper;

copper colored
a1
of something having the color of copper;

- syn. coppery;

- sim. chromatic;

copper glance
n1
a heavy grey mineral that is an ore of copper;

- syn. chalcocite;

copper mine
n1
a mine where copper is dug from the ground;

copper nose
n1
enlargement of the nose with dilation of follicles and redness and prominent vascularity of the skin;

- often associated with excessive consumption of alcohol;

- syn. brandy nose, hammer nose, hypertrophic rosacea, potato nose, rhinophyma, rum-blossom, rum nose, toper's nose;

copper oxide
n1
an oxide of copper;

copper pyrites
n1
a yellow copper ore (CuFeS2) made up of copper and iron sulfide;

- syn. chalcopyrite;

copper rockfish
n1
a rockfish of the Pacific coastal waters of North America;

- syn. Sebastodes caurinus;

copper sulfate
n1
a copper salt made by the action of sulfuric acid on copper oxide;

- syn. copper sulphate, cupric sulfate, cupric sulphate;

copper sulphate
n1
a copper salt made by the action of sulfuric acid on copper oxide;

- syn. copper sulfate, cupric sulfate, cupric sulphate;

copperhead / k ɒ p ə h ɛ d /
n1
common coppery brown pit viper of upland eastern United States;

- syn. Agkistrodon contortrix;

n2
venomous but sluggish reddish-brown snake of Australia;

- syn. Denisonia superba;

copperplate / k ɒ p ə p ɫ eɪ t /
n1
a graceful style of handwriting based on the writing used on copperplate engravings;

n2
a print made from an engraved copperplate;

n3
an engraving consisting of a smooth plate of copper that has been etched or engraved;

- syn. copperplate engraving;

copperplate engraving
n1
an engraving consisting of a smooth plate of copper that has been etched or engraved;

- syn. copperplate;

coppersmith / k ɒ p ə s m ɪ θ /
n1
someone who makes articles from copper;

copperware / k ɒ p ə w eə /
n1
utensils made with copper;

coppery / k ɒ p ə ɹ i /
a1
of something having the color of copper;

- syn. copper colored;

- sim. chromatic;

coppice / k ɒ p ɪ s /
n1
a dense growth of bushes;

- syn. brush, brushwood, copse, thicket;

Coppola
n1
United States filmmaker (born in 1939);

- syn. Francis Ford Coppola;

copra / k ɒ p ɹ ə /
n1
the dried meat of the coconut from which oil is extracted;

copra oil
n1
oil from coconuts;

- syn. coconut oil;

Coprinaceae
n1
used in some classifications for the genus Coprinus;

- syn. family Coprinaceae;

Coprinus
n1
genus of black-spotted agarics in which the cap breaks down at maturity into an inky fluid;

- sometimes placed in its own family Coprinaceae;

- syn. genus Coprinus;

Coprinus atramentarius
n1
having a cap that melts into an inky fluid after spores have matured;

- syn. inky-cap mushroom, inky cap;

Coprinus comatus
n1
common edible mushroom having an elongated shaggy white cap and black spores;

- syn. shaggy cap, shaggymane, shaggymane mushroom;

coprolalia
n1
an uncontrollable use of obscene language;

- often accompanied by mental disorders;

coprolite
n1
fossil excrement;

- petrified dung;

coprolith
n1
a hard mass of fecal matter;

- syn. faecalith, fecalith, stercolith;

coprophagia
n1
eating feces;

- in human a symptom of some kinds of insanity;

- syn. coprophagy;

coprophagy
n1
eating feces;

- in human a symptom of some kinds of insanity;

- syn. coprophagia;

copse / k ɒ p s /
n1
a dense growth of bushes;

- syn. brush, brushwood, coppice, thicket;

Copt / k ɒ p t /
n1
an Egyptian descended from the ancient Egyptians;

n2
a member of the Coptic Church;

Coptic / k ɒ p t ɪ k /
n1
the liturgical language of the Coptic Church used in Egypt and Ethiopia;

- written in the Greek alphabet;

a1
of or relating to the Copts or their church or language or art;

- "the distinctive Coptic art of 6th-century Christian Egypt";

Coptic Church
n1
the ancient Christian church of Egypt;

Coptis
n1
small genus of low perennial herbs having yellow rhizomes and white or yellow flowers;

- syn. genus Coptis;

Coptis groenlandica
n1
low-growing perennial of North America woodlands having trifoliate leaves and yellow rootstock and white flowers;

- syn. Coptis trifolia groenlandica, golden thread, goldthread;

Coptis trifolia groenlandica
n1
low-growing perennial of North America woodlands having trifoliate leaves and yellow rootstock and white flowers;

- syn. Coptis groenlandica, golden thread, goldthread;

copula / k ɒ p j ʊ ɫ ə /
n1
an equating verb (such as `be' or `become') that links the subject with the complement of a sentence;

- syn. copulative, linking verb;

copular / k ɒ p j ʊ ɫ ə ax , k ɒ p j ʊ ɫ ə ax ɹ /
a1
of or relating to a copula;

- "a copular verb";

copulate / k ɒ p j ʊ ɫ eɪ t /
v1
engage in sexual intercourse;

- "Birds mate in the Spring";

- syn. couple, mate, pair;

copulation / k ɒ p j ʊ ɫ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
sexual activity between individuals, especially the insertion of a man's penis into a woman's vagina until orgasm and ejaculation occur;

- syn. carnal knowledge, coition, coitus, intercourse, relation, sex act, sexual congress, sexual intercourse, sexual relation;

copulative / k ɒ p j ʊ ɫ ə t ɪ v /
n1
an equating verb (such as `be' or `become') that links the subject with the complement of a sentence;

- syn. copula, linking verb;

a1
syntactically connecting sentences or elements of a sentence;

- "`and' is a copulative conjunction";

- sim. conjunctive;

copulative conjunction
n1
the conjunctive relation of units that expresses the addition of their meanings;

copulatory / k ɒ p j ʊ ɫ ə t ə ɹ i /
a1
of or relating to coitus or copulation;

- syn. coital;

copy / k ɒ p i /
n1
a reproduction of a written record (e.g. of a legal or school record);

- syn. transcript;

n2
a thing made to be similar or identical to another thing;

- "she made a copy of the designer dress";

- "the clone was a copy of its ancestor";

n3
matter to be printed;

- exclusive of graphical materials;

- syn. written matter;

n4
material suitable for a journalistic account;

- "catastrophes make good copy";

v1
copy down as is;

- "The students were made to copy the alphabet over and over";

v2
reproduce someone's behavior or looks;

- "The mime imitated the passers-by";

- "Children often copy their parents or older siblings";

- syn. imitate, simulate;

v3
reproduce or make an exact copy of;

- "replicate the cell";

- "copy the genetic information";

- syn. replicate;

v4
make a replica of;

- "copy that drawing";

- "re-create a picture by Rembrandt";

- syn. re-create;

copy editing
n1
putting something into a form suitable for a printer;

copy editor
n1
an editor who prepares text for publication;

- syn. copyreader, text editor;

copy out
v1
copy very carefully and as accurately as possible;

copybook / k ɒ p ɪ b ʊ k /
n1
a book containing models of good penmanship;

- used in teaching penmanship;

copycat / k ɒ p ɪ k æ t /
n1
someone who copies the words or behavior of another;

- syn. ape, aper, emulator, imitator;

copyedit
v1
edit and correct (written or printed material);

- syn. copyread, subedit;

copyhold / k ɒ p ɪ h oʊ ɫ d /
n1
a medieval form of land tenure in England;

- a copyhold was a parcel of land granted to a peasant by the lord of the manor in return for agricultural services;

copyholder / k ɒ p ɪ h oʊ ɫ d ə , k ɒ p ɪ h oʊ ɫ d ə ɹ /
n1
mechanical device used in printing;

- holds the copy for the compositor;

copying / k ɒ p ɪ ih ŋ /
n1
an act of copying;

copyist / k ɒ p ɪ ih s t /
n1
someone employed to make written copies of documents and manuscripts;

- syn. scribe, scrivener;

copyread
v1
edit and correct (written or printed material);

- syn. copyedit, subedit;

copyreader / k ɒ p ɪr i d ə /
n1
an editor who prepares text for publication;

- syn. copy editor, text editor;

copyright / k ɒ p ɪr aɪ t /
n1
a document granting exclusive right to publish and sell literary or musical or artistic work;

- syn. right of first publication;

v1
secure a copyright on a written work;

- "did you copyright your manuscript?";

copyright infringement
n1
a violation of the rights secured by a copyright;

- syn. infringement of copyright;

copyrighted / k ɒ p ɪr aɪ t ɪ d /
a1
(of literary or musical or dramatic or artistic work) protected by copyright;

- "permission to publish copyright material";

- sim. proprietary;

copywriter / k ɒ p ɪr aɪ t ə , k ɒ p ɪr aɪ t ə ɹ /
n1
a person employed to write advertising or publicity copy;

coq au vin
n1
chicken and onions and mushrooms braised in red wine and seasonings;

coquet / k oʊ k ɛ t /
v1
talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions;

- "The guys always try to chat up the new secretaries";

- "My husband never flirts with other women";

- syn. butterfly, chat up, coquette, dally, flirt, mash, philander, romance;

coquetry / k ɒ k ɪ t ɹ i /
n1
playful behavior intended to arouse sexual interest;

- syn. dalliance, flirt, flirtation, flirting, toying;

coquette / k ɒ k ɛ t /
n1
a seductive woman who uses her sex appeal to exploit men;

- syn. flirt, minx, prickteaser, tease, vamp, vamper;

v1
talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions;

- "The guys always try to chat up the new secretaries";

- "My husband never flirts with other women";

- syn. butterfly, chat up, coquet, dally, flirt, mash, philander, romance;

coquettish / k oʊ k ɛ t ɪ ʃ /
a1
like a coquette;

- syn. flirtatious;

- sim. sexy;

coquettishly / k oʊ k ɛ t ɪ ʃ ɫ i /
r1
in a flirtatious manner;

- "she smiled coquettishly";

- syn. flirtatiously;

coquilla nut
n1
nut having a hard hazel-brown shell used like vegetable ivory;

coquille
n1
seafood served in a scallop shell;

n2
a dish in the form of a scallop shell;

coquilles Saint-Jacques
n1
scallops in white wine sauce served in scallop shells;

cor anglais / k ɔ ɹ ɒ ŋ ɡ ɫ eɪ /
n1
a double-reed woodwind instrument similar to an oboe but lower in pitch;

- syn. English horn;

cor pulmonale
n1
enlargement of the right ventricle of the heart due to disease of the lungs or of the pulmonary blood vessels;

Cora
n1
(Greek mythology) daughter of Zeus and Demeter;

- made queen of the underworld by Pluto in ancient mythology;

- identified with Roman Proserpina;

- syn. Despoina, Kore, Persephone;

coracan
n1
East Indian cereal grass whose seed yield a somewhat bitter flour, a staple in the Orient;

- syn. African millet, Eleusine coracana, corakan, finger millet, kurakkan, ragee, ragi;

Coracias
n1
type genus of the Coraciidae;

- syn. genus Coracias;

Coracias garrulus
n1
common European blue-and-green roller with a reddish-brown back;

- syn. European roller;

Coraciidae
n1
rollers;

- syn. family Coraciidae;

coraciiform bird
n1
chiefly short-legged arboreal nonpasserine birds that nest in holes;

Coraciiformes
n1
rollers;

- kingfishers;

- hornbills;

- hoopoes;

- motmots;

- bee eaters;

- todies;

- syn. order Coraciiformes;

coracle / k ɒ ɹ ə k ɫ /
n1
a small rounded boat made of hides stretched over a wicker frame;

- still used in some parts of Great Britain;

Coragyps
n1
a genus of Cathartidae;

- syn. genus Coragyps;

Coragyps atratus
n1
American vulture smaller than the turkey buzzard;

- syn. black vulture, carrion crow;

corakan
n1
East Indian cereal grass whose seed yield a somewhat bitter flour, a staple in the Orient;

- syn. African millet, Eleusine coracana, coracan, finger millet, kurakkan, ragee, ragi;

coral / k ɒ ɹ ə ɫ /
n1
a variable color averaging a deep pink;

n2
the hard stony skeleton of a Mediterranean coral that has a delicate red or pink color and is used for jewelry;

- syn. precious coral, red coral;

n3
unfertilized lobster roe;

- reddens in cooking;

- used as garnish or to color sauces;

n4
marine colonial polyp characterized by a calcareous skeleton;

- masses in a variety of shapes often forming reefs;

a1
of a strong pink to yellowish-pink color;

- sim. chromatic;

coral-red
a1
of red tinged with coral;

- sim. chromatic;

coral-root bittercress
n1
European bittercress having a knotted white rootstock;

- syn. Cardamine bulbifera, Dentaria bulbifera, coralroot, coralwort;

coral-wood
n1
East Indian tree with racemes of yellow-white flowers;

- cultivated as an ornamental;

- syn. Adenanthera pavonina, Barbados pride, coralwood, peacock flower fence, red sandalwood;

coral bean
n1
shrub or small tree having pinnate leaves poisonous to livestock and dense racemes of intensely fragrant blue flowers and red beans;

- syn. Sophora secundiflora, frijolillo, frijolito, mescal bean;

coral bean tree
n1
deciduous shrub having racemes of deep red flowers and black-spotted red seeds;

- syn. Erythrina corallodendrum;

coral bush
n1
Australian shrub having simple obovate leaves and brilliant scarlet flowers;

- syn. Templetonia retusa, flame bush;

coral drops
n1
half-hardy Mexican herb cultivated for its drooping terminal umbels of showy red-and-white flowers;

- syn. Bessera elegans;

coral fungus
n1
any of numerous fungi of the family Clavariaceae often brightly colored that grow in often intricately branched clusters like coral;

coral gem
n1
low-growing much-branched perennial of Canary Islands having orange-red to scarlet or purple flowers;

- naturalized in United States;

- syn. Lotus berthelotii;

coral honeysuckle
n1
evergreen North American honeysuckle vine having coral-red or orange flowers;

- syn. Lonicera sempervirens, trumpet flower, trumpet honeysuckle, trumpet vine;

coral necklace
n1
glabrous annual with slender taproot and clusters of white flowers;

- western Europe especially western Mediterranean and Atlantic coastal areas;

- syn. Illecebrum verticullatum;

coral pea
n1
any of various Australian climbing plants of the genus Kennedia having scarlet flowers;

coral reef
n1
a reef consisting of coral consolidated into limestone;

coral root
n1
a wildflower of the genus Corallorhiza growing from a hard mass of rhizomes associated with a fungus that aids in absorbing nutrients from the forest floor;

Coral Sea
n1
an arm of the South Pacific to the northeast of Australia;

n2
a Japanese defeat in World War II (May 1942);

- the first naval battle fought entirely by planes based on aircraft carriers;

- syn. battle of the Coral Sea;

coral snake
n1
any of various venomous elapid snakes of Asia and Africa and Australia;

- syn. Old World coral snake;

n2
any of several venomous New World snakes brilliantly banded in red and black and either yellow or white;

- widely distributed in South America and Central America;

- syn. New World coral snake, harlequin-snake;

coral tree
n1
any of various shrubs or shrubby trees of the genus Erythrina having trifoliate leaves and racemes of scarlet to coral red flowers and black seeds;

- cultivated as an ornamental;

- syn. erythrina;

coral vine
n1
prostrate or twining woody vine with small leathery leaves and umbels of red flowers;

- Australia and Tasmania;

- syn. Kennedia coccinea;

coralbells
n1
perennial plant of the western United States having bright red flowers in feathery spikes;

- used as an ornamental;

- syn. Heuchera sanguinea;

coralberry
n1
North American deciduous shrub cultivated for it abundant clusters of coral-red berrylike fruits;

- syn. Indian currant, Symphoricarpos orbiculatus;

n2
shrub with coral-red berries;

- Japan to northern India;

- syn. Ardisia crenata, spiceberry;

Corallorhiza
n1
genus of leafless root-parasitic orchids having small purplish or yellowish racemose flowers with lobed lips;

- widely distributed in temperate regions;

- syn. genus Corallorhiza;

Corallorhiza maculata
n1
common coral root having yellowish- or reddish- or purplish-brown leafless stems bearing loose racemes of similarly colored flowers with white purple-spotted lips;

- Guatemala to Canada;

- syn. spotted coral root;

Corallorhiza striata
n1
nearly leafless wildflower with erect reddish-purple stems bearing racemes of pale pinkish and brownish-striped flowers;

- western Canada to Mexico;

- syn. striped coral root;

Corallorhiza trifida
n1
plant having clumps of nearly leafless pale yellowish to greenish stems bearing similarly colored flowers with white lower lips;

- northern New Mexico north through South Dakota and Washington to Alaska;

- syn. early coral root, pale coral root;

coralroot
n1
European bittercress having a knotted white rootstock;

- syn. Cardamine bulbifera, Dentaria bulbifera, coral-root bittercress, coralwort;

coralwood
n1
East Indian tree with racemes of yellow-white flowers;

- cultivated as an ornamental;

- syn. Adenanthera pavonina, Barbados pride, coral-wood, peacock flower fence, red sandalwood;

coralwort
n1
European bittercress having a knotted white rootstock;

- syn. Cardamine bulbifera, Dentaria bulbifera, coral-root bittercress, coralroot;

corbel / k ɔ b ɫ /
n1
(architecture) a triangular bracket of brick or stone (usually of slight extent);

- syn. truss;

v1
furnish with a corbel;

corbel arch
n1
(architecture) an arch constructed of masonry courses that are corbelled until they meet;

corbel step
n1
(architecture) a step on the top of a gable wall;

- syn. corbie-step, corbiestep, crow step;

corbelled / k ɔ ɹ b ɛ ɫ d /
a1
having a corbel;

Corbett
n1
United States heavyweight boxing champion (1866-1933);

- syn. Gentleman Jim, James John Corbett, Jim Corbett;

corbie-step
n1
(architecture) a step on the top of a gable wall;

- syn. corbel step, corbiestep, crow step;

corbie gable
n1
(architecture) a gable having corbie-steps or corbel steps;

corbiestep
n1
(architecture) a step on the top of a gable wall;

- syn. corbel step, corbie-step, crow step;

corbina
n1
bluish-grey whiting of California coast;

- syn. Menticirrhus undulatus;

corchorus
n1
any of various plants of the genus Corchorus having large leaves and cymose clusters of yellow flowers;

- a source of jute;

n2
widely distributed genus of tropical herbs or subshrubs;

- especially Asia;

- syn. genus Corchorus;

cord / k ɔ d /
n1
a line made of twisted fibers or threads;

- "the bundle was tied with a cord";

n2
a unit of amount of wood cut for burning;

- 128 cubic feet;

n3
a light insulated conductor for household use;

- syn. electric cord;

n4
a cut pile fabric with vertical ribs;

- usually made of cotton;

- syn. corduroy;

v1
stack in cords;

- "cord firewood";

v2
bind or tie with a cord;

cord blood
n1
blood obtained from the umbilical cord at birth;

cord grass
n1
any of several perennial grasses of the genus Spartina;

- some important as coastal soil binders;

- syn. cordgrass;

cordage / k ɔ d ɪ dʒ /
n1
the amount of wood in an area as measured in cords;

n2
the ropes in the rigging of a ship;

Cordaitaceae
n1
chiefly Paleozoic plants;

- Cordaites is the chief and typical genus;

- syn. family Cordaitaceae;

Cordaitales
n1
extinct plants having tall arborescent trunks comparable to or more advanced than cycads;

- known from the Pennsylvanian period;

- probably extinct since the Mesozoic era;

- syn. order Cordaitales;

Cordaites
n1
tall Paleozoic trees superficially resembling modern screw pines;

- structurally intermediate in some ways between cycads and conifers;

- syn. genus Cordaites;

Cordarone
n1
an antiarrhythmic drug (trade name Cordarone) that has potentially fatal side effects and is used to control serious heart rhythm problems only when safer agents have been ineffective;

- syn. amiodarone;

cordate / k ɔ ɹ d eɪ t /
a1
(of a leaf) shaped like a heart;

- syn. cordiform, heart-shaped;

- sim. simple;

cordate leaf
n1
a heart-shaped leaf;

Corday / k ɔ ɹ d eɪ /
n1
French revolutionary heroine (a Girondist) who assassinated Marat (1768-1793);

- syn. Charlotte Corday, Marie Anne Charlotte Corday d'Armont;

corded / k ɔ d ɪ d /
a1
of textiles;

- having parallel raised lines;

- syn. twilled;

- sim. rough;

Cordell Hull
n1
United States diplomat who did the groundwork for creating the United Nations (1871-1955);

- syn. Hull;

cordgrass
n1
any of several perennial grasses of the genus Spartina;

- some important as coastal soil binders;

- syn. cord grass;

Cordia
n1
tropical deciduous or evergreen trees or shrubs of the family Boraginaceae;

- syn. genus Cordia;

Cordia alliodora
n1
large tropical American tree of the genus Cordia grown for its abundant creamy white flowers and valuable wood;

- syn. Equador laurel, Spanish elm, cypre, princewood, salmwood;

Cordia gerascanthus
n1
tropical American timber tree;

- syn. Spanish elm, princewood;

cordial / k ɔ d ɪə ɫ /
n1
strong highly flavored sweet liquor usually drunk after a meal;

- syn. liqueur;

a1
diffusing warmth and friendliness;

- "an affable smile";

- "an amiable gathering";

- "cordial relations";

- "a cordial greeting";

- "a genial host";

- syn. affable, amiable, genial;

- sim. friendly;

a2
politely warm and friendly;

- "a cordial handshake";

- sim. warm;

a3
sincerely or intensely felt;

- "a cordial regard for his visitor's comfort";

- "a cordial abhorrence of waste";

- sim. sincere;

cordial reception
n1
kindness in welcoming guests or strangers;

- syn. hospitality;

cordiality / k ɔ d ɪ æ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
a cordial disposition;

- syn. amity;

cordially / k ɔ d ɪə ɫ i /
r1
in a hearty manner;

- "`Yes,' the children chorused heartily";

- "We welcomed her warmly";

- syn. heartily, warmly;

cordierite
n1
a blue mineral of magnesium and iron and aluminum and silicon and oxygen;

- often used as a gemstone;

cordiform
a1
(of a leaf) shaped like a heart;

- syn. cordate, heart-shaped;

- sim. simple;

cordite / k ɔ d aɪ t /
n1
explosive powder (nitroglycerin and guncotton and petrolatum) dissolved in acetone and dried and extruded in brown cords;

corditis / k ɔ d aɪ t ɪ s /
n1
inflammation of the spermatic cord;

cordless / k ɔ d ɫ ɛ s /
a1
not having a cord;

- "cordless telephone";

cordoba / k ɔ d ə b ə /
n1
the basic unit of money in Nicaragua;

- equal to 100 centavos;

n2
Spanish explorer who discovered Yucatan (1475-1526);

- syn. Cordova, Francisco Fernandez Cordoba, Francisco Fernandez de Cordova;

n3
a city in southern Spain;

- center of Moorish culture;

- syn. Cordova;

n4
a city in central Argentina;

- site of a university founded in 1613;

- syn. Cordova;

cordon / k ɔ d n , k ɔ d ɒ n /
n1
a series of sentinels or of military posts enclosing or guarding some place or thing;

n2
cord or ribbon worn as an insignia of honor or rank;

n3
adornment consisting of an ornamental ribbon or cord;

cordon bleu / k ɔ d ɒ n b ɫ ɝ /
n1
a chef famous for his great skill;

n2
an honor or award gained for excellence;

- syn. blue ribbon;

cordon off
v1
divide by means of a rope;

- "The police roped off the area where the crime occurred";

- syn. rope in, rope off;

Cordova / k ɔ d oʊ v ə /
n1
Spanish explorer who discovered Yucatan (1475-1526);

- syn. Cordoba, Francisco Fernandez Cordoba, Francisco Fernandez de Cordova;

n2
a city in southern Spain;

- center of Moorish culture;

- syn. Cordoba;

n3
a city in central Argentina;

- site of a university founded in 1613;

- syn. Cordoba;

cordovan
n1
a fine leather originally made in Cordoba, Spain;

cords / k ɔ d z /
n1
cotton trousers made of corduroy cloth;

- syn. corduroys;

corduroy / k ɔ d ə ɹ ɔɪ /
n1
a cut pile fabric with vertical ribs;

- usually made of cotton;

- syn. cord;

n2
a road made of logs laid crosswise;

v1
build (a road) from logs laid side by side;

corduroys / k ɔ d ə ɹ ɔɪ z /
n1
cotton trousers made of corduroy cloth;

- syn. cords;

cordwood / k ɔ d w ʊ d /
n1
firewood cut and stacked in cords;

- wood sold by the cord;

Cordylidae
n1
small family of spiny ovoviviparous African lizards;

- syn. family Cordylidae;

Cordyline
n1
Asiatic and Pacific trees or shrubs;

- fragments of the trunk will regrow to form whole plants;

- syn. genus Cordyline;

Cordyline australis
n1
elegant tree having either a single trunk or a branching trunk each with terminal clusters of long narrow leaves and large panicles of fragrant white, yellow or red flowers;

- New Zealand;

- syn. cabbage tree, grass tree;

Cordyline terminalis
n1
shrub with terminal tufts of elongated leaves used locally for thatching and clothing;

- thick sweet roots are used as food;

- tropical southeastern Asia, Australia and Hawaii;

- syn. ti;

Cordylus
n1
type genus of the Cordylidae;

- spiny lizards somewhat resembling tiny crocodiles;

- syn. genus Cordylus;

core / k ɔ , k ɔ ɹ /
n1
a small group of indispensable persons or things;

- "five periodicals make up the core of their publishing program";

- syn. core group, nucleus;

n2
the center of an object;

- "the ball has a titanium core";

n3
the central part of the Earth;

n4
the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience;

- "the gist of the prosecutor's argument";

- "the heart and soul of the Republican Party";

- "the nub of the story";

- syn. center, centre, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, kernel, marrow, meat, nitty-gritty, nub, pith, substance, sum;

n5
a cylindrical sample of soil or rock obtained with a hollow drill;

n6
an organization founded by James Leonard Farmer in 1942 to work for racial equality;

- syn. Congress of Racial Equality;

n7
the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work;

- syn. burden, effect, essence, gist;

n8
(computer science) a tiny ferrite toroid formerly used in a random access memory to store one bit of data;

- now superseded by semiconductor memories;

- "each core has three wires passing through it, providing the means to select and detect the contents of each bit";

- syn. magnetic core;

n9
the chamber of a nuclear reactor containing the fissile material where the reaction takes place;

n10
a bar of magnetic material (as soft iron) that passes through a coil and serves to increase the inductance of the coil;

v1
remove the core or center from;

- "core an apple";

core bit
n1
a hollow drilling bit that is the cutting part of a core drill;

- allows core samples to be taken;

core drill
n1
a drill that removes a cylindrical core from the drill hole;

core dump
n1
(computer science) dump of the contents of the chief registers in the CPU;

- usually used for debugging;

core group
n1
a small group of indispensable persons or things;

- "five periodicals make up the core of their publishing program";

- syn. core, nucleus;

core memory
n1
(computer science) a computer memory consisting of an array of magnetic cores;

- now superseded by semiconductor memories;

- syn. magnetic core memory;

core out
v1
remove the interior of;

- "hollow out a tree trunk";

- syn. hollow, hollow out;

coreference
n1
the grammatical relation between two words that have a common referent;

coreferent
a1
related by sharing a symbolic link to a concrete object or an abstraction;

- "two expressions are coreferent if they denote the same object or individual";

- sim. related;

coreferential
a1
relating to coreference;

- syn. co-referent;

Coregonidae
n1
soft-finned fishes comprising the freshwater whitefishes;

- formerly included in the family Salmonidae;

- syn. family Coregonidae;

Coregonus
n1
type genus of the Coregonidae: whitefishes;

- syn. genus Coregonus;

Coregonus artedi
n1
important food fish of cold deep lakes of North America;

- syn. cisco, lake herring;

Coregonus clupeaformis
n1
found in the Great Lakes and north to Alaska;

- syn. lake whitefish;

coreid
n1
a true bug;

- syn. coreid bug;

coreid bug
n1
a true bug;

- syn. coreid;

Coreidae
n1
squash bugs and leaf-footed bugs;

- syn. family Coreidae;

coreligionist / k oʊ ɹ ɪ ɫ ɪ dʒ ə n ɪ s t /
n1
someone having the same religion as another person;

Corelli
n1
Italian violinist and composer of violin concertos (1653-1713);

- syn. Arcangelo Corelli;

coreopsis
n1
any of numerous plants of the genus Coreopsis having a profusion of showy usually yellow daisylike flowers over long periods;

- North and South America;

- syn. tick-weed, tickseed, tickweed;

Coreopsis gigantea
n1
large treelike shrub having feathery leaves and clusters of large yellow flower heads;

- coastal southern California;

- syn. giant coreopsis;

Coreopsis maritima
n1
stout herb with flowers one to a stalk;

- ornamental developed from a Mexican wildflower;

- syn. sea dahlia;

Coreopsis tinctoria
n1
North American annual widely cultivated for its yellow flowers with purple-red to brownish centers;

- in some classifications placed in a subgenus Calliopsis;

- syn. calliopsis;

corer / k ɔ ɹ ə /
n1
a device for removing the core from apples;

corespondent
n1
the codefendant charged with adultery with the estranged spouse in a divorce proceeding;

- syn. co-respondent;

Corgard
n1
a beta-adrenergic blocking agent (trade name Corgard) that is used to treat hypertension and angina;

- syn. nadolol;

corgi / k ɔ ɡ i /
n1
either of two Welsh breeds of long-bodied short-legged dogs with erect ears and a fox-like head;

- syn. Welsh corgi;

coriaceous / k ɒ ɹ ɪ eɪ ʃ ə s /
a1
resembling or made to resemble leather;

- tough but pliable;

- syn. leathered, leatherlike, leathery;

- sim. tough;

coriander / k ɒ ɹ ɪ æ n d ə /
n1
Old World herb with aromatic leaves and seed resembling parsley;

- syn. Chinese parsley, Coriandrum sativum, cilantro, coriander plant;

n2
dried coriander seeds used whole or ground;

- syn. coriander seed;

n3
parsley-like herb used as seasoning or garnish;

- syn. Chinese parsley, cilantro;

coriander plant
n1
Old World herb with aromatic leaves and seed resembling parsley;

- syn. Chinese parsley, Coriandrum sativum, cilantro, coriander;

coriander seed
n1
dried coriander seeds used whole or ground;

- syn. coriander;

Coriandrum / k ɒ ɹ ɪ æ n d ɹ ə m /
n1
small genus of annual Mediterranean herbs;

- syn. genus Coriandrum;

Coriandrum sativum
n1
Old World herb with aromatic leaves and seed resembling parsley;

- syn. Chinese parsley, cilantro, coriander, coriander plant;

Coricidin
n1
an antihistamine (trade names Coricidin and Chlor-Trimeton);

- syn. Chlor-Trimeton, chlorpheniramine maleate;

Corinth / k ə ɹ ɪ n θ /
n1
the modern Greek port near the site of the ancient city that was second only to Athens;

- syn. Korinthos;

Corinthian / k ə ɹ ɪ n θ ɪə n /
n1
a man devoted to the pursuit of pleasure;

- syn. man-about-town, playboy;

n2
a resident of Corinth;

a1
or pertaining to the Corinthian style of architecture;

a2
of or relating to or characteristic of Corinth or its inhabitants;

Corinthian order
n1
the last Greek order;

- similar to the Ionic order except the capital is decorated with carvings of acanthus leaves;

Coriolis effect
n1
(physics) an effect whereby a body moving in a rotating frame of reference experiences the Coriolis force acting perpendicular to the direction of motion and to the axis of rotation;

- on Earth the Coriolis effect deflects moving bodies to the right in the northern hemisphere and to the left in the southern hemisphere;

Coriolis force
n1
(physics) a force due to the earth's rotation;

- acts on a body in motion (airplane or projectile) in a rotating reference frame;

- in a rotating frame of reference Newton's second law of motion can be made to apply if in addition to the real forces acting on a body a Coriolis force and a centrifugal force are introduced;

corium
n1
the deep vascular inner layer of the skin;

- syn. derma, dermis;

Corixa
n1
type genus of the Corixidae: boat bugs;

- syn. genus Corixa;

Corixidae
n1
water bugs;

- syn. family Corixidae;

cork / k ɔ k /
n1
outer bark of the cork oak;

- used for stoppers for bottles etc.;

n2
(botany) outer tissue of bark;

- a protective layer of dead cells;

- syn. phellem;

n3
a port city in southern Ireland;

n4
the plug in the mouth of a bottle (especially a wine bottle);

- syn. bottle cork;

n5
a small float usually made of cork;

- attached to a fishing line;

- syn. bob, bobber, bobfloat;

v1
close a bottle with a cork;

- syn. cork up;

v2
stuff with cork;

- "The baseball player stuffed his bat with cork to make it lighter";

cork jacket
n1
life preserver consisting of a sleeveless jacket of buoyant or inflatable design;

- syn. life jacket, life vest;

cork oak
n1
medium-sized evergreen oak of southern Europe and northern Africa having thick corky bark that is periodically stripped to yield commercial cork;

- syn. Quercus suber;

cork tree
n1
deciduous tree of China and Manchuria having a turpentine aroma and handsome compound leaves turning yellow in autumn and deeply fissured corky bark;

- syn. Phellodendron amurense;

n2
prickly Australian coral tree having soft spongy wood;

- syn. Erythrina vespertilio;

cork up
v1
close a bottle with a cork;

- syn. cork;

corkage / k ɔ k ɪ dʒ /
n1
a charge added at a restaurant for every bottle of wine served that was not bought on the premises;

corkboard
n1
a heat-insulating building material consisting of cork granules that are made into sheets by compressing and baking;

corked / k ɔ k t /
a1
(of wine) tainted in flavor by a cork containing excess tannin;

- "a corked port";

- syn. corky;

- sim. bad;

corker / k ɔ k ə , k ɔ k ə ɹ /
n1
(dated slang) a remarkable or excellent thing or person;

- "that story was a corker";

n2
a machine that is used to put corks in bottles;

corking / k ɔ k ɪ ŋ /
a1
very good;

- "he did a bully job";

- "a neat sports car";

- "had a great time at the party";

- "you look simply smashing";

- "we had a grand old time";

- syn. bang-up, bully, cracking, dandy, great, groovy, keen, neat, nifty, not bad, old, peachy, slap-up, smashing, swell;

- sim. good;

corkscrew / k ɔ k s k ɹ u /
n1
a bottle opener that pulls corks;

- syn. bottle screw;

v1
move in a spiral or zigzag course;

- syn. spiral;

corkscrew flower
n1
perennial tropical American vine cultivated for its racemes of showy yellow and purple flowers having the corolla keel coiled like a snail shell;

- sometimes placed in genus Phaseolus;

- syn. Phaseolus caracalla, Vigna caracalla, snail-flower, snail bean, snail flower, snailflower;

corkwood / k ɔ k w ʊ d /
n1
very small deciduous dioecious tree or shrub of damp habitats in southeastern United States having extremely light wood;

- syn. Leitneria floridana, corkwood tree;

corkwood family
n1
coextensive with the genus Leitneria;

- commonly isolated in a distinct order;

- syn. Leitneriaceae, family Leitneriaceae;

corkwood tree
n1
very small deciduous dioecious tree or shrub of damp habitats in southeastern United States having extremely light wood;

- syn. Leitneria floridana, corkwood;

corky / k ɔ k i /
a1
(of wine) tainted in flavor by a cork containing excess tannin;

- "a corked port";

- syn. corked;

- sim. bad;

corm / k ɔ m /
n1
solid swollen underground bulb-shaped stem or stem base and serving as a reproductive structure;

cormorant / k ɔ m ə ɹ ə n t /
n1
large voracious dark-colored long-necked seabird with a distensible pouch for holding fish;

- used in Asia to catch fish;

- syn. Phalacrocorax carbo;

cormose
a1
having or producing corms;

- syn. cormous;

cormous / k ɔ m ə s /
a1
having or producing corms;

- syn. cormose;

cormous plant
n1
plant growing from a corm;

corn / k ɔ n /
n1
tall annual cereal grass bearing kernels on large ears: widely cultivated in America in many varieties;

- the principal cereal in Mexico and Central and South America since pre-Columbian times;

- syn. Indian corn, Zea mays, maize;

n2
the dried grains or kernels or corn used as animal feed or ground for meal;

n3
ears of corn that can be prepared and served for human food;

- syn. edible corn;

n4
a hard thickening of the skin (especially on the top or sides of the toes) caused by the pressure of ill-fitting shoes;

- syn. clavus;

n5
(Great Britain) any of various cereal plants (especially the dominant crop of the region--wheat in Great Britain or oats in Scotland and Ireland);

n6
whiskey distilled from a mash of not less than 80 percent corn;

- syn. corn whiskey, corn whisky;

n7
something sentimental or trite;

- "that movie was pure corn";

v1
feed (cattle) with corn;

v2
preserve with salt;

- "corned beef";

corn-fed
a1
fed on corn;

- "corn-fed livestock";

- sim. nourished;

a2
strong and healthy but not sophisticated;

- sim. provincial;

corn beef
n1
beef cured or pickled in brine;

- syn. bully beef, corned beef;

Corn Belt
n1
the midwestern states in the U.S. where corn is grown;

- Iowa and Illinois are excellent for raising corn and corn-fed livestock;

corn borer
n1
larva of the European corn borer moth;

- a serious pest of maize;

- syn. Pyrausta nubilalis;

n2
native to Europe;

- in America the larvae bore into the stem and crown of corn and other plants;

- syn. European corn borer moth, Pyrausta nubilalis, corn borer moth;

corn borer moth
n1
native to Europe;

- in America the larvae bore into the stem and crown of corn and other plants;

- syn. European corn borer moth, Pyrausta nubilalis, corn borer;

corn cake
n1
baked in a pan or on a griddle (southern and midland);

corn campion
n1
European annual having large trumpet-shaped reddish-purple flowers and poisonous seed;

- a common weed in grainfields and beside roadways;

- naturalized in America;

- syn. Agrostemma githago, corn cockle, crown-of-the-field;

corn chamomile
n1
European white-flowered weed naturalized in North America;

- syn. Anthemis arvensis, corn mayweed, field chamomile;

corn chip
n1
thin piece of cornmeal dough fried;

corn chowder
n1
chowder containing corn;

corn cob
n1
the hard cylindrical core that bears the kernels of an ear of corn;

- syn. corncob;

corn cockle
n1
European annual having large trumpet-shaped reddish-purple flowers and poisonous seed;

- a common weed in grainfields and beside roadways;

- naturalized in America;

- syn. Agrostemma githago, corn campion, crown-of-the-field;

corn dab
n1
small oval cake of corn bread baked or fried (chiefly southern);

- syn. corn dodger, dodger;

corn dance
n1
a rain dance of Amerindians;

corn dodger
n1
small oval cake of corn bread baked or fried (chiefly southern);

- syn. corn dab, dodger;

corn earworm
n1
larva of a noctuid moth;

- highly destructive to especially corn and cotton and tomato crops;

- syn. Heliothis zia, cotton bollworm, tobacco budworm, tomato fruitworm, vetchworm;

corn exchange
n1
an exchange where grains are bought and sold;

corn field
n1
a field planted with corn;

- syn. cornfield;

corn flake
n1
crisp flake made from corn;

corn fritter
n1
fritter containing corn or corn kernels;

corn gluten
n1
gluten prepared from corn;

corn gluten feed
n1
a feed consisting primarily of corn gluten;

corn lily
n1
any of several South African plants of the genus Ixia having grasslike leaves and clusters of showy variously colored lily-like flowers;

- widely cultivated;

corn liquor
n1
whiskey illegally distilled from a corn mash;

- syn. bootleg, moonshine;

corn marigold
n1
European herb with bright yellow flowers;

- a common weed in grain fields;

- syn. Chrysanthemum segetum, field marigold;

corn mayweed
n1
ubiquitous European annual weed with white flowers and finely divided leaves naturalized and sometimes cultivated in eastern North America;

- sometimes included in genus Matricaria;

- syn. Matricaria inodorum, Tripleurospermum inodorum, scentless camomile, scentless false camomile, scentless hayweed, scentless mayweed;

n2
European white-flowered weed naturalized in North America;

- syn. Anthemis arvensis, corn chamomile, field chamomile;

corn mint
n1
European mint naturalized in United States;

- syn. Mentha arvensis, field mint;

corn muffin
n1
cornbread muffin;

corn oil
n1
oil from the germs of corn grains;

corn poppy
n1
annual European poppy common in grain fields and often cultivated;

- syn. Flanders poppy, Papaver rhoeas, field poppy;

corn pudding
n1
pudding made of corn and cream and egg;

corn salad
n1
a plant of the genus Valerianella;

corn silk
n1
each of the long filamentous styles that grow as a silky tuft at the tip of an ear of Indian corn;

- syn. cornsilk;

corn smut
n1
a smut fungus attacking Indian corn;

- syn. cornsmut;

corn snake
n1
large harmless snake of southeastern United States;

- often on farms;

- syn. Elaphe guttata, red rat snake;

corn snow
n1
granular snow formed by alternate thawing and freezing;

corn speedwell
n1
erect or procumbent blue-flowered annual found in waste places of Europe and America;

- syn. Veronica arvensis;

corn spurrey
n1
small European weed with whorled leaves and white flowers;

- syn. Spergula arvensis, corn spurry;

corn spurry
n1
small European weed with whorled leaves and white flowers;

- syn. Spergula arvensis, corn spurrey;

corn stalk
n1
the stalk of a corn plant;

- syn. cornstalk;

corn sugar
n1
dextrose made by hydrolysis of cornstarch;

n2
dextrose used as sweetening agent;

corn syrup
n1
syrup prepared from corn;

corn tash
n1
corn bread wrapped in cabbage leaves and baked in hot ashes (southern);

- syn. ash cake, ashcake;

corn whiskey
n1
whiskey distilled from a mash of not less than 80 percent corn;

- syn. corn, corn whisky;

corn whisky
n1
whiskey distilled from a mash of not less than 80 percent corn;

- syn. corn, corn whiskey;

Cornaceae
n1
a rosid dicot family of the order Umbellales including: genera Aucuba, Cornus, Corokia, Curtisia, Griselinia, Helwingia;

- syn. dogwood family, family Cornaceae;

cornbread / k ɔ n b ɹ ɛ d /
n1
bread made primarily of cornmeal;

corncob / k ɔ n k ɒ b /
n1
the hard cylindrical core that bears the kernels of an ear of corn;

- syn. corn cob;

corncrake / k ɔ n k ɹ eɪ k /
n1
common Eurasian rail that frequents grain fields;

- syn. Crex crex, land rail;

corncrib / k ɔ n k ɹ ɪ b /
n1
a crib for storing and drying ears of corn;

cornea / k ɔ n ɪə /
n1
the transparent dome-shaped anterior portion of the outer covering of the eye;

- it covers the iris and pupil and is continuous with the sclera;

corneal
a1
of or related to the cornea;

corneal graft
n1
a surgical procedure in which part or all of a damaged or diseased cornea is replaced by healthy corneal tissue from a donor;

- syn. corneal transplant, keratoplasty;

corneal transplant
n1
a surgical procedure in which part or all of a damaged or diseased cornea is replaced by healthy corneal tissue from a donor;

- syn. corneal graft, keratoplasty;

corned / k ɔ n d /
a1
(used especially of meat) cured in brine;

- syn. cured;

- sim. preserved;

corned beef
n1
beef cured or pickled in brine;

- syn. bully beef, corn beef;

corned beef hash
n1
hash made with corned beef;

Corneille
n1
French tragic dramatist whose plays treat grand moral themes in elegant verse (1606-1684);

- syn. Pierre Corneille;

cornel
n1
a tree of shrub of the genus Cornus often having showy bracts resembling flowers;

- syn. dogwood, dogwood tree;

Cornelia Otis Skinner
n1
United States actress noted for her one-woman shows (1901-1979);

- syn. Skinner;

cornelian / k ɔ n i ɫ ɪə n /
n1
a translucent red or orange variety of chalcedony;

- syn. carnelian;

cornelian cherry
n1
deciduous European shrub or small tree having bright red fruit;

- syn. Cornus mas;

Cornelis Jansen
n1
a Dutch Roman Catholic theologian (1585-1638);

- syn. Cornelius Jansenius, Jansen;

Cornelius Jansenius
n1
a Dutch Roman Catholic theologian (1585-1638);

- syn. Cornelis Jansen, Jansen;

Cornelius Vanderbilt
n1
United States financier who accumulated great wealth from railroad and shipping businesses (1794-1877);

- syn. Commodore Vanderbilt, Vanderbilt;

Cornell / k ɔ ɹ n ɛ ɫ /
n1
United States actress noted for her performances in Broadway plays (1893-1974);

- syn. Katherine Cornell;

n2
United States businessman who unified the telegraph system in the United States and who in 1865 (with Andrew D. White) founded Cornell University (1807-1874);

- syn. Ezra Cornell;

Cornell University
n1
a university in Ithaca, New York;

corneous
a1
made of horn (or of a substance resembling horn);

- syn. hornlike, horny;

- sim. hard;

corner / k ɔ n ə , k ɔ n ə ɹ /
n1
a place off to the side of an area;

- "he tripled to the rightfield corner";

- "the southeastern corner of the Mediterranean";

n2
the point where two lines meet or intersect;

- "the corners of a rectangle";

n3
an interior angle formed by two meeting walls;

- "a piano was in one corner of the room";

- syn. nook;

n4
the intersection of two streets;

- "standing on the corner watching all the girls go by";

- syn. street corner, turning point;

n5
the point where three areas or surfaces meet or intersect;

- "the corners of a cube";

n6
a small concavity;

- syn. niche, recess, recession;

n7
a temporary monopoly on a kind of commercial trade;

- "a corner on the silver market";

n8
a predicament from which a skillful or graceful escape is impossible;

- "his lying got him into a tight corner";

- syn. box;

n9
a projecting part where two sides or edges meet;

- "he knocked off the corners";

n10
a remote area;

- "in many corners of the world they still practice slavery";

n11
(architecture) solid exterior angle of a building;

- especially one formed by a cornerstone;

- syn. quoin;

v1
gain control over;

- "corner the gold market";

v2
force a person or an animal into a position from which he cannot escape;

- syn. tree;

v3
turn a corner;

- "the car corners";

corner kick
n1
a free kick from the corner awarded to the other side when a player has sent the ball behind his own goal line;

corner man
n1
a man at one end of line of performers in a minstrel show;

- carries on humorous dialogue with the interlocutor;

- syn. end man;

corner pocket
n1
a pocket at the corner of a billiard table;

corner post
n1
a square post supporting a structural member at the corner of a building;

cornerback / k ɔ n ə b æ k /
n1
a defensive football player stationed outside the linebackers;

cornered / k ɔ n ə d /
a1
forced to turn and face attackers;

- "a stag at bay";

- "she had me cornered between the porch and her car";

- "like a trapped animal";

- syn. at bay, trapped, treed;

- sim. unfree;

cornerstone / k ɔ n ə s t oʊ n /
n1
the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained;

- "the whole argument rested on a basis of conjecture";

- syn. base, basis, foundation, fundament, groundwork;

n2
a stone in the exterior of a large and important building;

- usually carved with a date and laid with appropriate ceremonies;

n3
a stone at the outer corner of two intersecting masonry walls;

cornet / k ɔ n ɪ t /
n1
a brass musical instrument with a brilliant tone;

- has a narrow tube and a flared bell and is played by means of valves;

- syn. horn, trump, trumpet;

cornetfish
n1
slender tropical fish with a long tubular snout and bony plates instead of scales;

cornetist / k ɔ n ɪ t ɪ s t /
n1
a musician who plays the trumpet or cornet;

- syn. trumpeter;

corneum
n1
the outermost layer of the epidermis consisting of dead cells that slough off;

- syn. horny layer, stratum corneum;

cornfield / k ɔ n f i ɫ d /
n1
a field planted with corn;

- syn. corn field;

cornflour / k ɔ n f ɫ aʊ ə , k ɔ n f ɫ aʊ ə ɹ /
n1
starch prepared from the grains of corn;

- used in cooking as a thickener;

- syn. cornstarch;

cornflower / k ɔ n f ɫ aʊ ə , k ɔ n f ɫ aʊ ə ɹ /
n1
plant of southern and southeastern United States grown for its yellow flowers that can be dried;

- syn. Uvularia grandiflora, strawflower;

n2
an annual Eurasian plant cultivated in North America having showy heads of blue or purple or pink or white flowers;

- syn. Centaurea cyanus, bachelor's button, bluebottle;

cornflower aster
n1
erect perennial of southeastern United States having large heads of usually blue flowers;

- syn. Stokesia laevis, stokes' aster;

cornhusk / k ɔ n h ʌ s k /
n1
the husk of an ear of corn;

cornhusker / k ɔ n h ʌ s k ə , k ɔ n h ʌ s k ə ɹ /
n1
a worker who husks corn;

n2
a native or resident of Nebraska;

- syn. Nebraskan;

Cornhusker State
n1
a midwestern state on the Great Plains;

- syn. NE, Neb., Nebraska;

cornhusking / k ɔ n h ʌ s k ɪ ŋ /
n1
a social gathering for the purpose of husking corn;

- syn. husking bee;

n2
the act of removing the husks from ears of corn;

cornice / k ɔ n ɪ s /
n1
a decorative framework to conceal curtain fixtures at the top of a window casing;

- syn. pelmet, valance, valance board;

n2
a molding at the corner between the ceiling and the top of a wall;

n3
the topmost projecting part of an entablature;

v1
furnish with a cornice;

Cornish / k ɔ n ɪ ʃ /
n1
a Celtic language spoken in Cornwall;

n2
English breed of compact domestic fowl;

- raised primarily to crossbreed to produce roasters;

- syn. Cornish fowl;

a1
of or related to Cornwall or its people or the Cornish language;

Cornish fowl
n1
English breed of compact domestic fowl;

- raised primarily to crossbreed to produce roasters;

- syn. Cornish;

Cornish heath
n1
bushy shrub having pink to white flowers;

- common on the moors of Cornwall and in southwestern Europe;

- cultivated elsewhere;

- syn. Erica vagans;

Cornish pasty
n1
meat pie with filling of meat and vegetables;

Cornishman / k ɔ n ɪ ʃ m ə n /
n1
a man who is a native or inhabitant of Cornwall;

Cornishwoman
n1
a woman who is a native or resident of Cornwall;

cornmeal / k ɔ n m i ɫ /
n1
coarsely ground corn;

- syn. Indian meal;

cornmeal mush
n1
cornmeal boiled in water;

- syn. mush;

cornpone / k ɔ n p oʊ n /
n1
cornbread often made without milk or eggs and baked or fried (southern);

- syn. pone;

cornsilk
n1
each of the long filamentous styles that grow as a silky tuft at the tip of an ear of Indian corn;

- syn. corn silk;

cornsmut
n1
a smut fungus attacking Indian corn;

- syn. corn smut;

cornstalk / k ɔ n s t ɔ k /
n1
the stalk of a corn plant;

- syn. corn stalk;

cornstarch / k ɔ n s t ɑ tʃ /
n1
starch prepared from the grains of corn;

- used in cooking as a thickener;

- syn. cornflour;

cornu
n1
(anatomy) any structure that resembles a horn in shape;

cornucopia / k ɔ n j ʊ k oʊ p ɪə /
n1
a goat's horn filled with grain and flowers and fruit symbolizing prosperity;

- syn. horn of plenty;

n2
the property of being extremely abundant;

- "the profusion of detail";

- "the idiomatic richness of English";

- syn. profuseness, profusion, richness;

Cornus
n1
a rosid dicot genus of the family Cornaceae including: dogwood;

- cornel: perennial chiefly deciduous shrubs or small trees of temperate regions of northern hemisphere;

- syn. genus Cornus;

Cornus amomum
n1
shrub of eastern North America having purplish stems and blue fruit;

- syn. silky cornel, silky dogwood;

Cornus canadensis
n1
creeping perennial herb distinguished by red berries and clustered leaf whorls at the tips of shoots;

- Greenland to Alaska;

- syn. bunchberry, crackerberry, dwarf cornel, pudding berry;

Cornus florida
n1
deciduous tree;

- celebrated for its large white or pink bracts and stunning autumn color that is followed by red berries;

- syn. common white dogwood, eastern flowering dogwood;

Cornus mas
n1
deciduous European shrub or small tree having bright red fruit;

- syn. cornelian cherry;

Cornus obliqua
n1
shrub of eastern North America closely resembling silky cornel;

- syn. silky dogwood;

Cornus sanguinea
n1
European deciduous shrub turning red in autumn having dull white flowers;

- syn. blood-twig, common European dogwood, pedwood, red dogwood;

Cornus stolonifera
n1
common North American shrub with reddish purple twigs and white flowers;

- syn. American dogwood, red dogwood, red osier, red osier dogwood, redbrush;

Cornwall / k ɔ n w ɔ ɫ /
n1
a hilly county in southwestern England;

Cornwallis
n1
commander of the British forces in the American War of Independence;

- was defeated by American and French troops at Yorktown (1738-1805);

- syn. Charles Cornwallis, First Marquess Cornwallis;

corny / k ɔ n i /
a1
dull and tiresome but with pretensions of significance or originality;

- "bromidic sermons";

- syn. bromidic, platitudinal, platitudinous;

- sim. unoriginal;

Corokia
n1
evergreen shrubs with intricately twisted wiry stems that in summer are smothered in small yellow flowers;

- grows in New Zealand;

- syn. genus Corokia;

corolla / k ə ɹ ɒ ɫ ə /
n1
(botany) the whorl of petals of a flower that collectively form an inner floral envelope or layer of the perianth;

- "we cultivate the flower for its corolla";

corollary / k ə ɹ ɒ ɫ ə ɹ i /
n1
a practical consequence that follows naturally;

- "blind jealousy is a frequent corollary of passionate love";

n2
(logic) an inference that follows directly from the proof of another proposition;

corona / k ə ɹ oʊ n ə /
n1
the outermost region of the sun's atmosphere;

- visible as a white halo during a solar eclipse;

- syn. aureole;

n2
(botany) the trumpet-shaped or cup-shaped outgrowth of the corolla of a daffodil or narcissus flower;

n3
an electrical discharge accompanied by ionization of surrounding atmosphere;

- syn. Saint Elmo's fire, Saint Elmo's light, Saint Ulmo's fire, Saint Ulmo's light, St. Elmo's fire, corona discharge, corposant, electric glow;

n4
one or more circles of light seen around a luminous object;

n5
(anatomy) any structure that resembles a crown in shape;

n6
a long cigar with blunt ends;

Corona Borealis
n1
a small constellation in the northern hemisphere between Bootes and Hercules;

corona discharge
n1
an electrical discharge accompanied by ionization of surrounding atmosphere;

- syn. Saint Elmo's fire, Saint Elmo's light, Saint Ulmo's fire, Saint Ulmo's light, St. Elmo's fire, corona, corposant, electric glow;

coronach / k ɒ ɹ ə n ə k /
n1
a song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person;

- syn. dirge, lament, requiem, threnody;

coronal / k ə ɹ oʊ n ə ɫ , k ɒ ɹ ə n ə ɫ /
n1
flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes;

- syn. chaplet, garland, lei, wreath;

coronal suture
n1
the suture between the parietal and frontal bones of the skull;

- syn. sutura coronalis;

coronary / k ɒ ɹ ə n ɹ i /
n1
obstruction of blood flow in a coronary artery by a blood clot (thrombus);

- syn. coronary thrombosis;

a1
surrounding like a crown (especially of the blood vessels surrounding the heart);

- "coronary arteries";

coronary-artery disease
n1
sclerosis of the arterial walls;

- syn. arterial sclerosis, arteriosclerosis, hardening of the arteries, induration of the arteries;

coronary artery
n1
the artery that branches from the aorta to supply blood to the heart;

- syn. arteria coronaria;

coronary artery bypass graft
n1
open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart;

- syn. CABG, coronary bypass, coronary bypass surgery;

coronary artery disease
n1
a stage of arteriosclerosis involving fatty deposits (atheromas) inside the arterial walls, thus narrowing the arteries;

- syn. atherosclerosis;

coronary bypass
n1
open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart;

- syn. CABG, coronary artery bypass graft, coronary bypass surgery;

coronary bypass surgery
n1
open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart;

- syn. CABG, coronary artery bypass graft, coronary bypass;

coronary care unit
n1
a hospital unit specially staffed and equipped to treat patients with serious cardiac problems;

coronary failure
n1
inability of the heart to pump enough blood to sustain normal bodily functions;

- syn. heart failure;

coronary heart disease
n1
a heart disease due to an abnormality of the arteries that supply blood and oxygen to the heart;

coronary insufficiency
n1
inadequate blood flow to the heart muscles;

- can cause angina pectoris;

- syn. cardiac insufficiency;

coronary occlusion
n1
occlusion of a coronary artery caused either by progressive atherosclerosis or by a blood clot;

coronary sinus
n1
a short sinus receiving most of the veins of the heart;

- empties into the right atrium;

- syn. sinus coronarius;

coronary thrombosis
n1
obstruction of blood flow in a coronary artery by a blood clot (thrombus);

- syn. coronary;

coronate
v1
invest with regal power;

- enthrone;

- "The prince was crowned in Westminster Abbey";

- syn. crown;

coronation / k ɒ ɹ ə n eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the ceremony of installing a new monarch;

- syn. enthronement, enthronisation, enthronization, investiture;

coroner / k ɒ ɹ ə n ə , k ɒ ɹ ə n ə ɹ /
n1
a public official who investigates by inquest any death not due to natural causes;

- syn. medical examiner;

coronet / k ɒ ɹ ə n ɛ t /
n1
a small crown;

- usually indicates a high rank but below that of sovereign;

n2
margin between the skin of the pastern and the horn of the hoof;

coroneted / k ɒ ɹ ə n ɛ t ɪ d /
a1
belonging to the peerage;

- "the princess and her coroneted companions";

- "the titled classes";

- syn. highborn, titled;

- sim. noble;

coronilla
n1
any of various plants of the genus Coronilla having purple or pink or yellow flowers in long axillary heads or umbels;

Coronilla varia
n1
European herb resembling vetch;

- naturalized in the eastern United States;

- having umbels of pink-and-white flowers and sharp-angled pods;

- syn. axseed, crown vetch;

coronion
n1
the craniometric point at the tip of the coronoid process of the mandible;

coronoid process
n1
a sharp triangular process projecting from a bone;

- syn. processus coronoideus;

coronoid process of the mandible
n1
the coronoid process that provides an attachment for the temporal muscle;

Coropuna
n1
a mountain peak in the Andes in Peru (21,083 feet high);

Corot
n1
French painter of Italian landscapes (1796-1875);

- syn. Jean Baptiste Camille Corot;

corozo
n1
any of several tropical American palms bearing corozo nuts;

- syn. corozo palm;

corozo palm
n1
any of several tropical American palms bearing corozo nuts;

- syn. corozo;

corp / k ɔ p /
n1
a business firm whose articles of incorporation have been approved in some state;

- syn. corporation;

corporal / k ɔ p ə ɹ ə ɫ /
n1
a noncommissioned officer in the Army or Air Force or Marines;

a1
affecting or characteristic of the body as opposed to the mind or spirit;

- "bodily needs";

- "a corporal defect";

- "corporeal suffering";

- "a somatic symptom or somatic illness";

- syn. bodily, corporeal, somatic;

- sim. physical;

a2
possessing or existing in bodily form;

- "what seemed corporal melted as breath into the wind"- Shakespeare;

- "an incarnate spirit";

- "`corporate' is an archaic term";

- syn. bodied, corporate, embodied, incarnate;

- sim. corporeal;

corporal punishment
n1
the infliction of physical injury on someone convicted of committing a crime;

corporality / k ɔ p ə ɹ æ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
the quality of being physical;

- consisting of matter;

- syn. corporeality, materiality, physicalness;

corporate / k ɔ p ə ɹ ə t /
a1
of or belonging to a corporation;

- "corporate rates";

- "corporate structure";

a2
possessing or existing in bodily form;

- "what seemed corporal melted as breath into the wind"- Shakespeare;

- "an incarnate spirit";

- "`corporate' is an archaic term";

- syn. bodied, corporal, embodied, incarnate;

- sim. corporeal;

a3
done by or characteristic of individuals acting together;

- "a joint identity";

- "the collective mind";

- "the corporate good";

- syn. collective;

- sim. joint;

a4
organized and maintained as a legal corporation;

- "a special agency set up in corporate form";

- "an incorporated town";

- syn. incorporated;

- sim. organized;

corporate bond
n1
a bond issued by a corporation;

- carries no claim to ownership and pays no dividends but payments to bondholders have priority over payments to stockholders;

- "a corporate bond is a safer investment than common stock in the same company";

corporate executive
n1
an executive in a business corporation;

- syn. business executive;

corporate finance
n1
the financial activities of corporation;

corporate investor
n1
a company that invests in (acquires control of) other companies;

corporate trust
n1
a consortium of independent organizations formed to limit competition by controlling the production and distribution of a product or service;

- "they set up the trust in the hope of gaining a monopoly";

- syn. cartel, combine, trust;

corporation / k ɔ p ə ɹ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
a business firm whose articles of incorporation have been approved in some state;

- syn. corp;

n2
slang for a paunch;

- syn. bay window, pot, potbelly, tummy;

corporation law
n1
that branch of jurisprudence that studies the laws governing corporations;

corporatism / k ɔ p ə ɹ ə t ɪ z ə m /
n1
control of a state or organization by large interest groups;

- "individualism is in danger of being swamped by a kind of corporatism";

corporatist / k ɔ p ə ɹ ə t ɪ s t /
n1
a supporter of corporatism;

a1
of or relating to corporatism;

corporeal / k ɔ p ɔ ɹ ɪə ɫ /
a1
having material or physical form or substance;

- "that which is created is of necessity corporeal and visible and tangible" - Benjamin Jowett;

- syn. material;

- also bodied;

- sim. bodied, bodily, reincarnate;

a2
affecting or characteristic of the body as opposed to the mind or spirit;

- "bodily needs";

- "a corporal defect";

- "corporeal suffering";

- "a somatic symptom or somatic illness";

- syn. bodily, corporal, somatic;

- sim. physical;

corporeality
n1
the quality of being physical;

- consisting of matter;

- syn. corporality, materiality, physicalness;

corposant
n1
an electrical discharge accompanied by ionization of surrounding atmosphere;

- syn. Saint Elmo's fire, Saint Elmo's light, Saint Ulmo's fire, Saint Ulmo's light, St. Elmo's fire, corona, corona discharge, electric glow;

corps / k ɔ , k ɔ ɹ , k ɔ z /
n1
an army unit usually consisting of two or more divisions and their support;

- syn. army corps;

n2
a body of people associated together;

- "diplomatic corps";

corps de ballet / k ɔ d ə b æ ɫ eɪ /
n1
the chorus of a ballet company;

- syn. ensemble;

corps diplomatique / k ɔ d ɪ p ɫ ə m æ t i k /
n1
the body of diplomatic personnel;

- syn. diplomatic corps, diplomatic service;

corpse / k ɔ p s /
n1
the dead body of a human being;

- "the cadaver was intended for dissection";

- "the end of the police search was the discovery of a corpse";

- "the murderer confessed that he threw the stiff in the river";

- "honor comes to bless the turf that wraps their clay";

- syn. cadaver, clay, remains, stiff;

corpulence / k ɔ p j ʊ ɫ ə n s /
n1
the property of excessive fatness;

- syn. adiposis, overweight, stoutness;

corpulency / k ɔ p j ʊ ɫ ə n s i /
n1
more than average fatness;

- syn. fleshiness, obesity;

corpulent / k ɔ p j ʊ ɫ ə n t /
a1
excessively fat;

- "a weighty man";

- syn. obese, rotund, weighty;

- sim. fat;

corpus / k ɔ p ə s /
n1
capital as contrasted with the income derived from it;

- syn. principal, principal sum;

n2
a collection of writings;

- "he edited the Hemingway corpus";

n3
the main part of an organ or other bodily structure;

corpus amygdaloideum
n1
an almond-shaped neural structure in the anterior part of the temporal lobe of the cerebrum;

- intimately connected with the hypothalamus and the hippocampus and the cingulate gyrus;

- as part of the limbic system it plays an important role in motivation and emotional behavior;

- syn. amygdala, amygdaloid nucleus;

corpus callosum
n1
a broad transverse nerve tract connecting the two cerebral hemispheres;

Corpus Christi
n1
Thursday after Trinity Sunday;

- first celebrated in 1246;

n2
a city in southern Texas on an arm of the Gulf of Mexico;

corpus delicti
n1
the body of evidence that constitute the offence;

- the objective proof that a crime has been committed (sometimes mistakenly thought to refer to the body of a homicide victim);

corpus geniculatum laterale
n1
a neural structure that serves as a processing station on the way from the retina to the occipital lobe of the cerebral cortex;

- syn. lateral geniculate, lateral geniculate body;

corpus geniculatum mediale
n1
a neural structure that serves as the last of a series of processing centers along the auditory pathway from the cochlea to the temporal lobe of the cerebral cortex;

- syn. medial geniculate, medial geniculate body;

corpus luteum
n1
yellow endocrine tissue that forms in a ruptured Graafian follicle following the release of an ovum;

- it degenerates after a few days unless pregnancy has begun;

corpus mamillare
n1
one of two small round structures on the undersurface of the brain that form the terminals of the anterior arches of the fornix;

- syn. mamillary body, mammillary body;

corpus sternum
n1
the large central part of the breastbone;

- syn. gladiolus;

corpus striatum
n1
a striped mass of white and grey matter located in front of the thalamus in each cerebral hemisphere;

- consists of the caudate nucleus and the lenticular nucleus;

- syn. striate body, striatum;

corpuscle / k ɔ p ʌ s ɫ /
n1
(nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything;

- syn. atom, molecule, mote, particle, speck;

n2
either of two types of cells (erythrocytes and leukocytes) and sometimes including platelets;

- syn. blood cell, blood corpuscle;

corpuscular / k ɔ p ʌ s k j ʊ ɫ ə /
a1
of or relating to corpuscles;

corpuscular-radiation pressure
n1
the minute pressure exerted on a surface normal to the direction of propagation of a wave;

- syn. radiation pressure;

corpuscular radiation
n1
a stream of atomic or subatomic particles that may be charged positively (e.g. alpha particles) or negatively (e.g. beta particles) or not at all (e.g. neutrons);

- syn. particulate radiation;

corpuscular theory
n1
(physics) the theory that light is transmitted as a stream of particles;

- syn. corpuscular theory of light;

corpuscular theory of light
n1
(physics) the theory that light is transmitted as a stream of particles;

- syn. corpuscular theory;

corrade
v1
wear away;

- syn. abrade, abrase, rub down, rub off;

corral / k ə ɹ ɑ ɫ /
n1
a pen for cattle;

- syn. cattle pen, cow pen;

v1
enclose in a corral;

- "corral the horses";

v2
arrange wagons so that they form a corral;

v3
collect or gather;

- "corralling votes for an election";

corrasion
n1
erosion by friction;

- syn. abrasion, attrition, detrition;

correct / k ə ɹ ɛ k t /
v1
make right or correct;

- "Correct the mistakes";

- "rectify the calculation";

- syn. rectify, right;

v2
make reparations or amends for;

- "right a wrongs done to the victims of the Holocaust";

- syn. compensate, redress, right;

v3
censure severely;

- "She chastised him for his insensitive remarks";

- syn. castigate, chasten, chastise, objurgate;

v4
adjust for;

- "engineers will work to correct the effects or air resistance";

- syn. compensate, counterbalance, even off, even out, even up, make up;

v5
punish in order to gain control or enforce obedience;

- "The teacher disciplined the pupils rather frequently";

- syn. discipline, sort out;

v6
go down in value;

- "the stock market corrected";

- "prices slumped";

- syn. decline, slump;

v7
alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard;

- "Adjust the clock, please";

- "correct the alignment of the front wheels";

- syn. adjust, set;

v8
treat a defect;

- "The new contact lenses will correct for his myopia";

a1
free from error;

- especially conforming to fact or truth;

- "the correct answer";

- "the correct version";

- "the right answer";

- "took the right road";

- "the right decision";

- syn. right;

- also accurate, proper, true;

- sim. accurate, letter-perfect, straight;

a2
socially right or correct;

- "it isn't right to leave the party without saying goodbye";

- "correct behavior";

- syn. right;

- sim. proper;

a3
in accord with accepted standards of usage or procedure;

- "what's the right word for this?";

- "the right way to open oysters";

- syn. right;

- sim. proper;

a4
correct in opinion or judgment;

- "time proved him right";

- syn. right;

- sim. right-minded;

correctable / k ə ɹ ɛ k t ə b ɫ /
a1
capable of being returned to the original condition;

- not necessarily permanent;

- "a correctable image";

- sim. reversible;

a2
capable of being corrected by additions;

- "an amendable flaw";

- syn. amendable;

- sim. corrigible;

corrected / k ə ɹ ɛ k t ɪ d /
a1
having something undesirable neutralized;

- "with glasses her corrected vision was 20:20";

- sim. aplanatic, apochromatic, rectified;

correction / k ə ɹ ɛ k ʃ n /
n1
the act of offering an improvement to replace a mistake;

- setting right;

- syn. rectification;

n2
a quantity that is added or subtracted in order to increase the accuracy of a scientific measure;

- syn. fudge factor;

n3
something substituted for an error;

n4
a rebuke for making a mistake;

- syn. chastening, chastisement;

n5
a drop in stock market activity or stock prices following a period of increases;

- "market runups are invariably followed by a correction";

n6
the act of disciplining;

- "the offenders deserved the harsh discipline they received";

- syn. discipline;

n7
treatment of a specific defect;

- "the correction of his vision with eye glasses";

correctional / k ə ɹ ɛ k ʃ ə n ə ɫ /
a1
concerned with or providing correction;

- "a correctional institution";

- sim. punitive;

correctional institution
n1
a penal institution maintained by the government;

correctional rehabilitation
n1
providing penal custody or probation or parole for convicted offenders;

corrections / k ə ɹ ɛ k ʃ n z /
n1
the department of local government that is responsible for managing the treatment of convicted offenders;

- "for a career in corrections turn to the web site of the New Jersey Department of Corrections";

- syn. department of corrections;

n2
the social control of offenders through a system of imprisonment and rehabilitation and probation and parole;

correctitude / k ə ɹ ɛ k t ɪ t j u d /
n1
correct or appropriate behavior;

- syn. properness, propriety;

corrective / k ə ɹ ɛ k t ɪ v /
n1
a device for treating injury or disease;

- syn. restorative;

a1
designed to promote discipline;

- "the teacher's action was corrective rather than instructional";

- "disciplinal measures";

- "the mother was stern and disciplinary";

- syn. disciplinal, disciplinary;

- sim. nonindulgent;

a2
tending or intended to correct or counteract or restore to a normal condition;

- "corrective measures";

- "corrective lenses";

- sim. bettering;

correctly / k ə ɹ ɛ k t ɫ i /
r1
in an accurate manner;

- "the flower had been correctly depicted by his son";

- "he guessed right";

- syn. aright, right;

correctness / k ə ɹ ɛ k t n ə s /
n1
conformity to fact or truth;

- syn. rightness;

n2
the quality of conformity to social expectations;

Correggio
n1
Italian painter noted for his use of chiaroscuro and perspective (1494-1534);

- syn. Antonio Allegri da Correggio;

Corregidor
n1
the peninsula and island in the Philippines where Japanese forces besieged American forces in World War II;

- United States forces surrendered in 1942 and recaptured the area in 1945;

- syn. Bataan;

correlate / k ɒ ɹ ə ɫ eɪ t /
n1
either of two or more related or complementary variables;

- syn. correlative;

v1
to bear a reciprocal or mutual relation;

- "Do these facts correlate?";

v2
bring into a mutual, complementary, or reciprocal relation;

- "I cannot correlate these two pieces of information";

a1
mutually related;

- syn. correlated, correlative;

- sim. related;

correlated / k ɒ ɹ ə ɫ eɪ t ɪ d /
a1
mutually related;

- syn. correlate, correlative;

- sim. related;

correlation / k ɒ ɹ ə ɫ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
a reciprocal relation between two or more things;

- syn. correlativity;

n2
a statistic representing how closely two variables co-vary;

- it can vary from -1 (perfect negative correlation) through 0 (no correlation) to +1 (perfect positive correlation);

- "what is the correlation between those two variables?";

- syn. coefficient of correlation, correlation coefficient;

n3
a statistical relation between two or more variables such that systematic changes in the value of one variable are accompanied by systematic changes in the other;

- syn. correlational statistics;

correlation coefficient
n1
a statistic representing how closely two variables co-vary;

- it can vary from -1 (perfect negative correlation) through 0 (no correlation) to +1 (perfect positive correlation);

- "what is the correlation between those two variables?";

- syn. coefficient of correlation, correlation;

correlation matrix
n1
a matrix giving the correlations between all pairs of data sets;

correlation table
n1
a two-way tabulation of the relations between correlates;

- row headings are the scores on one variable and column headings are the scores on the second variables and a cell shows how many times the score on that row was associated with the score in that column;

correlational / k ɒ ɹ ə ɫ eɪ ʃ n ə ɫ /
a1
relating to or employing correlation;

correlational analysis
n1
the use of statistical correlation to evaluate the strength of the relations between variables;

correlational statistics
n1
a statistical relation between two or more variables such that systematic changes in the value of one variable are accompanied by systematic changes in the other;

- syn. correlation;

correlative / k ɒ ɹ ɛ ɫ ə t ɪ v /
n1
either of two or more related or complementary variables;

- syn. correlate;

a1
mutually related;

- syn. correlate, correlated;

- sim. related;

a2
expressing a reciprocal or complementary relation;

- "correlative conjunctions";

- sim. reciprocal;

correlativity / k ɒ ɹ ɛ ɫ ə t ɪ v ɪ t i /
n1
a reciprocal relation between two or more things;

- syn. correlation;

correspond / k ɒ ɹ ɪ s p ɒ n d /
v1
be compatible, similar or consistent;

- coincide in their characteristics;

- "The two stories don't agree in many details";

- "The handwriting checks with the signature on the check";

- "The suspect's fingerprints don't match those on the gun";

- syn. agree, check, fit, gibe, jibe, match, tally;

v2
be equivalent or parallel, in mathematics;

- syn. equate;

v3
exchange messages;

- "My Russian pen pal and I have been corresponding for several years";

v4
take the place of or be parallel or equivalent to;

- "Because of the sound changes in the course of history, an `h' in Greek stands for an `s' in Latin";

- syn. represent, stand for;

correspondence / k ɒ ɹ ɪ s p ɒ n d ə n s /
n1
communication by the exchange of letters;

n2
compatibility of observations;

- "there was no agreement between theory and measurement";

- "the results of two tests were in correspondence";

- syn. agreement;

n3
the relation of corresponding in degree or size or amount;

- syn. commensurateness, proportionateness;

n4
(mathematics) an attribute of a shape or relation;

- exact reflection of form on opposite sides of a dividing line or plane;

- syn. balance, symmetricalness, symmetry;

n5
similarity by virtue of corresponding;

- syn. parallelism;

correspondence course
n1
a course offered (by mail) by a correspondence school;

correspondence school
n1
a school that teaches nonresident students by mail;

correspondent / k ɒ ɹ ɪ s p ɒ n d ə n t /
n1
someone who communicates by means of letters;

- syn. letter writer;

n2
a journalist employed to provide news stories for newspapers or broadcast media;

- syn. newspaperman, newspaperwoman, newswriter, pressman;

a1
similar or equivalent in some respects though otherwise dissimilar;

- "brains and computers are often considered analogous";

- "salmon roe is marketed as analogous to caviar";

- syn. analogous;

- sim. similar;

corresponding / k ɒ ɹ ɪ s p ɒ n d ɪ ŋ /
a1
accompanying;

- "all rights carry with them corresponding responsibilities";

- sim. related;

a2
similar especially in position or purpose;

- "a number of corresponding diagonal points";

- sim. similar;

a3
conforming in every respect;

- "boxes with corresponding dimensions";

- "the like period of the preceding year";

- syn. comparable, like;

- sim. same;

correspondingly / k ɒ ɹ ɪ s p ɒ n d ɪ ŋ ɫ i /
r1
in a corresponding manner;

- "the temperature decreases correspondingly";

corrida / k ɒ ɹ ɪ d ə /
n1
a Spanish or Portuguese or Latin American spectacle;

- a matador baits and (usually) kills a bull in an arena before many spectators;

- syn. bullfight;

corridor / k ɒ ɹ ɪ d ɔ , k ɒ ɹ ɪ d ɔ ɹ /
n1
an enclosed passageway;

- rooms usually open onto it;

corrie / k ɒ ɹ i /
n1
a steep-walled semicircular basin in a mountain;

- may contain a lake;

- syn. cirque, cwm;

corrigenda / k ɒ ɹ ɪ dʒ ɛ n d ə /
n1
a list of printing errors in a book along with their corrections;

corrigendum / k ɒ ɹ ɪ dʒ ɛ n d ə m /
n1
a printer's error;

- to be corrected;

corrigible / k ɒ ɹ ɪ dʒ ə b ɫ /
a1
capable of being corrected or set right;

- "a corrigible defect";

- "a corrigible prisoner";

- sim. amendable, improvable, redeemable;

corroborant / k ə ɹ ɒ b ə ɹ ə n t /
a1
used of a medicine that is strengthening;

- sim. invigorating;

corroborate / k ə ɹ ɒ b ə ɹ eɪ t /
v1
establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts;

- "his story confirmed my doubts";

- "The evidence supports the defendant";

- syn. affirm, confirm, substantiate, support, sustain;

v2
give evidence for;

- syn. validate;

v3
support with evidence or authority or make more certain or confirm;

- "The stories and claims were born out by the evidence";

- syn. bear out, support, underpin;

corroborating evidence
n1
additional evidence or evidence of different kind that supports a proof already offered in a proceeding;

corroboration / k ə ɹ ɒ b ə ɹ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
confirmation that some fact or statement is true through the use of documentary evidence;

- syn. certification, documentation;

corroborative / k ə ɹ ɒ b ə ɹ ə t ɪ v /
a1
serving to support or corroborate;

- "collateral evidence";

- syn. collateral, confirmative, confirmatory, confirming, corroboratory, substantiating, substantiative, validating, validatory, verificatory, verifying;

- sim. supportive;

corroboratory
a1
serving to support or corroborate;

- "collateral evidence";

- syn. collateral, confirmative, confirmatory, confirming, corroborative, substantiating, substantiative, validating, validatory, verificatory, verifying;

- sim. supportive;

corrode / k ə ɹ oʊ d /
v1
cause to deteriorate due to the action of water, air, or an acid;

- "The acid corroded the metal";

- "The steady dripping of water rusted the metal stopper in the sink";

- syn. eat, rust;

v2
become destroyed by water, air, or a corrosive such as an acid;

- "The metal corroded";

- "The pipes rusted";

- syn. rust;

corroded / k ə ɹ oʊ d ɪ d /
a1
eaten away as by acid or oxidation;

- sim. unsound;

Corrodentia
n1
an order of insects: includes booklice and bark-lice;

- syn. Psocoptera, order Corrodentia, order Psocoptera;

corroding / k ə ɹ oʊ d ɪ ŋ /
n1
erosion by chemical action;

- syn. corrosion, erosion;

corrosion / k ə ɹ oʊ ʒ n /
n1
a state of deterioration in metals caused by oxidation or chemical action;

n2
erosion by chemical action;

- syn. corroding, erosion;

corrosion-resistant
a1
impervious to corrosion;

- "he was a great believer in the corrosion-resistant qualities of cast iron";

- sim. impervious;

corrosive / k ə ɹ oʊ s ɪ v /
n1
a substance having the tendency to cause corrosion (such a strong acids or alkali);

a1
of a substance, especially a strong acid;

- capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action;

- syn. caustic, erosive, mordant, vitriolic;

- sim. destructive;

a2
spitefully sarcastic;

- "corrosive cristism";

- sim. sarcastic;

corrosive sublimate
n1
a white poisonous soluble crystalline sublimate of mercury;

- used as a pesticide or antiseptic or wood preservative;

- syn. bichloride of mercury, mercuric chloride, mercury chloride;

corrugate / k ɒ ɹ ə ɡ eɪ t /
v1
fold into ridges;

- "corrugate iron";

corrugated / k ɒ ɹ ə ɡ eɪ t ɪ d /
a1
shaped into alternating parallel grooves and ridges;

- "the surface of the ocean was rippled and corrugated";

- sim. furrowed;

corrugated board
n1
cardboard with corrugations (can be glued to flat cardboard on one or both sides);

- syn. corrugated cardboard;

corrugated cardboard
n1
cardboard with corrugations (can be glued to flat cardboard on one or both sides);

- syn. corrugated board;

corrugated fastener
n1
a small strip of corrugated steel with sharp points on one side;

- hammered across wood joints in rough carpentry;

- syn. wiggle nail;

corrugated iron
n1
usually galvanized sheet iron or sheet steel shaped into straight parallel ridges and hollows;

corrugation / k ɒ ɹ ə ɡ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
a ridge on a corrugated surface;

n2
the act of shaping into parallel ridges and grooves;

corrupt / k ə ɹ ʌ p t /
v1
corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality;

- "debauch the young people with wine and women";

- "Socrates was accused of corrupting young men";

- "Do school counselors subvert young children?";

- "corrupt the morals";

- syn. debase, debauch, demoralise, demoralize, deprave, misdirect, pervert, profane, subvert, vitiate;

v2
make illegal payments to in exchange for favors or influence;

- "This judge can be bought";

- syn. bribe, buy, grease one's palms;

v3
place under suspicion or cast doubt upon;

- "sully someone's reputation";

- syn. cloud, defile, sully, taint;

v4
alter from the original;

- syn. spoil;

a1
lacking in integrity;

- "humanity they knew to be corrupt...from the day of Adam's creation";

- "a corrupt and incompetent city government";

- also immoral;

- sim. Praetorian, corrupted, corruptible, depraved, dirty, putrid, sold-out;

a2
not straight;

- dishonest or immoral or evasive;

- syn. crooked;

- also dishonest, dishonorable, unlawful;

- sim. sneaky;

a3
containing errors or alterations;

- "a corrupt text";

- "spoke a corrupted version of the language";

- syn. corrupted;

- sim. imperfect;

a4
touched by rot or decay;

- "tainted bacon";

- "`corrupt' is archaic";

- syn. tainted;

- sim. stale;

corrupted / k ə ɹ ʌ p t ɪ d /
a1
containing errors or alterations;

- "a corrupt text";

- "spoke a corrupted version of the language";

- syn. corrupt;

- sim. imperfect;

a2
ruined in character or quality;

- syn. debased, vitiated;

- sim. corrupt;

corruptedly / k ə ɹ ʌ p t ɪ d ɫ i /
r1
in a corrupt manner;

- syn. corruptly;

corruptibility / k ə ɹ ʌ p t ə b ɪ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
the capability of being corrupted;

corruptible / k ə ɹ ʌ p t ə b ɫ /
a1
capable of being corrupted;

- "corruptible judges";

- "dishonest politicians";

- "a purchasable senator";

- "a venal police officer";

- syn. bribable, dishonest, purchasable, venal;

- sim. corrupt;

corrupting / k ə ɹ ʌ p t ɪ ŋ /
a1
seducing into corrupt practices;

- sim. seductive;

a2
harmful to the mind or morals;

- "corrupt judges and their corrupting influence";

- "the vicious and degrading cult of violence";

- syn. degrading;

- sim. noxious;

a3
that infects or taints;

- syn. contaminating;

- sim. infectious;

corruption / k ə ɹ ʌ p ʃ n /
n1
lack of integrity or honesty (especially susceptibility to bribery);

- use of a position of trust for dishonest gain;

- syn. corruptness;

n2
in a state of progressive putrefaction;

- syn. putrescence, putridness, rottenness;

n3
decay of matter (as by rot or oxidation);

n4
moral perversion;

- impairment of virtue and moral principles;

- "the luxury and corruption among the upper classes";

- "moral degeneracy followed intellectual degeneration";

- "its brothels, its opium parlors, its depravity";

- "Rome had fallen into moral putrefaction";

- syn. degeneracy, depravation, depravity, putrefaction;

n5
destroying someone's (or some group's) honesty or loyalty;

- undermining moral integrity;

- "corruption of a minor";

- "the big city's subversion of rural innocence";

- syn. subversion;

n6
inducement (as of a public official) by improper means (as bribery) to violate duty (as by commiting a felony);

- "he was held on charges of corruption and racketeering";

corruptive / k ə ɹ ʌ p t ɪ v /
a1
tending to corrupt or pervert;

- syn. perversive, pestiferous;

- sim. evil;

corruptly / k ə ɹ ʌ p t ɫ i /
r1
in a corrupt manner;

- syn. corruptedly;

corruptness / k ə ɹ ʌ p t n ə s /
n1
the state of being corrupt;

n2
lack of integrity or honesty (especially susceptibility to bribery);

- use of a position of trust for dishonest gain;

- syn. corruption;

corsage / k ɔ s ɑ ʒ /
n1
an arrangement of flowers that is usually given as a present;

- syn. bouquet, nosegay, posy;

corsair / k ɔ s eə , k ɔ s eə ɹ /
n1
a pirate along the Barbary Coast;

- syn. Barbary pirate;

n2
a swift pirate ship (often operating with official sanction);

Corse / k ɔ s /
n1
an island in the Mediterranean;

- with adjacent islets it constitutes a region of France;

- syn. Corsica;

n2
a region of France on the island of Corsica;

- birthplace of Napoleon Bonaparte;

- syn. Corsica;

corselet / k ɔ s ɫ ɪ t /
n1
a piece of body armor for the trunk;

- usually consists of a breastplate and back piece;

- syn. corslet;

corset / k ɔ s ɪ t /
n1
a woman's close-fitting foundation garment;

- syn. girdle, stays;

v1
dress with a corset;

Corsica / k ɔ s ɪ k ə /
n1
an island in the Mediterranean;

- with adjacent islets it constitutes a region of France;

- syn. Corse;

n2
a region of France on the island of Corsica;

- birthplace of Napoleon Bonaparte;

- syn. Corse;

Corsican / k ɔ s ɪ k ə n /
a1
of or relating to or characteristic of Corsica or its people;

Corsican Army
n1
a terrorist organization founded in 1999 to oppose the link between nationalists and the Corsican mafia;

- "the attacks of Armata Corsa are aimed at symbolic targets of colonialism in Corsica";

- syn. Armata Corsa;

corslet / k ɔ s ɫ ɪ t /
n1
a piece of body armor for the trunk;

- usually consists of a breastplate and back piece;

- syn. corselet;

Cortaderia
n1
tall ornamental grasses of South America and New Zealand and New Guinea: pampas grass;

- syn. genus Cortaderia;

Cortaderia richardii
n1
tall grass of New Zealand grown for plumelike flower heads;

- syn. Arundo richardii, plumed tussock, toe toe, toetoe;

Cortaderia selloana
n1
tall perennial grass of pampas of South America having silvery plumes and growing in large dense clumps;

- syn. pampas grass;

Cortef
n1
an adrenal-cortex hormone (trade names Hydrocortone or Cortef) that is active in carbohydrate and protein metabolism;

- syn. Hydrocortone, cortisol, hydrocortisone;

cortege / k ɔ t eɪ ʒ /
n1
a funeral procession;

n2
the group following and attending to some important person;

- syn. entourage, retinue, suite;

Cortes / k ɔ t eɪ z /
n1
Spanish conquistador who defeated the Aztecs and conquered Mexico (1485-1547);

- syn. Cortez, Hernan Cortes, Hernan Cortez, Hernando Cortes, Hernando Cortez;

cortex / k ɔ t ɛ k s /
n1
the layer of unmyelinated neurons (the grey matter) forming the cortex of the cerebrum;

- syn. cerebral cortex, cerebral mantle, pallium;

n2
the tissue forming the outer layer of an organ or structure in plant or animal;

n3
the tissue that surrounds the lens nucleus;

- syn. lens cortex;

Cortez
n1
Spanish conquistador who defeated the Aztecs and conquered Mexico (1485-1547);

- syn. Cortes, Hernan Cortes, Hernan Cortez, Hernando Cortes, Hernando Cortez;

cortical / k ɔ t ɪ k ɫ /
a1
of or relating to a cortex;

cortical area
n1
any of various regions of the cerebral cortex;

- syn. cortical region;

cortical cataract
n1
a cataract that affects the lens cortex;

cortical epilepsy
n1
epilepsy in which the attacks begins with an isolated disturbance of cerebral function (as a twitching of a limb or an illusory sensation or a mental disturbance);

- syn. focal epilepsy;

cortical potential
n1
(neurophysiology) rapid fluctuations of voltage between parts of the cerebral cortex that are detectable with an electroencephalograph;

- syn. brain wave, brainwave;

cortical region
n1
any of various regions of the cerebral cortex;

- syn. cortical area;

cortically / k ɔ t ɪ k ɫ i /
r1
with respect to the cortex;

- "cortically induced arousal";

corticifugal
a1
of a nerve fiber passing outward from the cerebral cortex;

- "corticofugal discharges";

- syn. corticoefferent, corticofugal;

- sim. efferent;

corticipetal
a1
of a nerve fiber or impulse originating outside and passing toward the cerebral cortex;

- syn. corticoafferent;

- sim. afferent;

Corticium
n1
genus of fungi having simple smooth sporophores;

- some are parasitic on wood or economic crops;

- some species formerly placed in form genus Rhizoctinia;

- syn. genus Corticium;

Corticium salmonicolor
n1
fungus causing pink disease in citrus and coffee and rubber trees etc;

- syn. pink disease fungus;

Corticium solani
n1
fungus causing bottom rot in lettuce;

- syn. bottom rot fungus;

cortico-hypothalamic
a1
of or relating to the cortex and the hypothalamus;

corticoafferent
a1
of a nerve fiber or impulse originating outside and passing toward the cerebral cortex;

- syn. corticipetal;

- sim. afferent;

corticoefferent
a1
of a nerve fiber passing outward from the cerebral cortex;

- "corticofugal discharges";

- syn. corticifugal, corticofugal;

- sim. efferent;

corticofugal
a1
of a nerve fiber passing outward from the cerebral cortex;

- "corticofugal discharges";

- syn. corticifugal, corticoefferent;

- sim. efferent;

corticoid
n1
a steroid hormone produced by the adrenal cortex or synthesized;

- administered as drugs they reduce swelling and decrease the body's immune response;

- "adrenal cortical steroids are used to treat many different conditions";

- syn. adrenal cortical steroid, corticosteroid;

corticospinal tract
n1
any of the important motor nerves on each side of the central nervous system that run from the sensorimotor areas of the cortex through the brainstem to motor neurons of the cranial nerve nuclei and the ventral root of the spinal cord;

- syn. pyramidal motor system, pyramidal tract;

corticosteroid
n1
a steroid hormone produced by the adrenal cortex or synthesized;

- administered as drugs they reduce swelling and decrease the body's immune response;

- "adrenal cortical steroids are used to treat many different conditions";

- syn. adrenal cortical steroid, corticoid;

corticosterone
n1
secreted by the adrenal cortex;

- involved in regulating water and electrolyte balance in the body;

corticotrophin
n1
a hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland that stimulates the adrenal cortex;

- syn. ACTH, adrenocorticotrophic hormone, adrenocorticotrophin, adrenocorticotropic hormone, adrenocorticotropin, corticotropin;

corticotropin
n1
a hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland that stimulates the adrenal cortex;

- syn. ACTH, adrenocorticotrophic hormone, adrenocorticotrophin, adrenocorticotropic hormone, adrenocorticotropin, corticotrophin;

cortina / k ɔ ɹ t i n ə /
n1
a cobwebby partial veil consisting of silky fibrils;

Cortinariaceae
n1
a family of fungi belonging to the order Agaricales;

- syn. family Cortinariaceae;

Cortinarius
n1
the largest genus in the Agaricales;

- agarics having rusty spores and prominent cortinae (cobwebby partial veils);

- syn. genus Cortinarius;

Cortinarius armillatus
n1
a fungus with large tawny caps and pale cinnamon gills and a red band of veil around the stalk;

- usually found near birch trees;

Cortinarius atkinsonianus
n1
an edible fungus with a slimy viscid cap that is initially yellow but turns olive and then tawny;

- flesh is lavender;

Cortinarius corrugatus
n1
a fungus with a viscid wrinkled tawny cap;

- the stalk has a basal bulb that diminishes as the stalk elongates;

- the gills are dark violet at first but soon turn brown;

Cortinarius gentilis
n1
a poisonous fungus with a bright yellow brown cap and a long cinnamon colored stalk;

Cortinarius mutabilis
n1
a fungus with a reddish purple cap having a smooth slimy surface;

- close violet gills;

- all parts stain dark purple when bruised;

- syn. purple-staining Cortinarius;

Cortinarius semisanguineus
n1
a fungus with a dry brown cap and rusty red gills and a yellowish stalk;

Cortinarius subfoetidus
n1
a fungus with a sticky lavender cap and stalk that whitish above and covered with a silky lavender sheath;

Cortinarius violaceus
n1
a fungus that is violet overall with a squamulose cap;

cortisol
n1
an adrenal-cortex hormone (trade names Hydrocortone or Cortef) that is active in carbohydrate and protein metabolism;

- syn. Cortef, Hydrocortone, hydrocortisone;

cortisone / k ɔ t ɪ z oʊ n /
n1
a corticosteroid hormone (trade name Cortone Acetate) normally produced by the adrenal cortex;

- is converted to hydrocortisone;

- syn. Cortone Acetate;

Cortland
n1
large apple with a red skin;

Cortone Acetate
n1
a corticosteroid hormone (trade name Cortone Acetate) normally produced by the adrenal cortex;

- is converted to hydrocortisone;

- syn. cortisone;

corundom
n1
very hard mineral used as an abrasive;

- syn. corundum;

corundum / k ə ɹ ʌ n d ə m /
n1
very hard mineral used as an abrasive;

- syn. corundom;

coruscant
a1
having brief brilliant points or flashes of light;

- "bugle beads all aglitter";

- "glinting eyes";

- "glinting water";

- "his glittering eyes were cold and malevolent";

- "shop window full of glittering Christmas trees";

- "glittery costume jewelry";

- "scintillant mica";

- "the scintillating stars";

- "a dress with sparkly sequins";

- "`glistering' is an archaic term";

- syn. aglitter, fulgid, glinting, glistering, glittering, glittery, scintillant, scintillating, sparkly;

- sim. bright;

coruscate / k ɒ ɹ ə s k eɪ t /
v1
reflect brightly;

- "Unquarried marble sparkled on the hillside";

- syn. scintillate, sparkle;

v2
be lively or brilliant or exhibit virtuosity;

- "The musical performance sparkled";

- "A scintillating conversation";

- "his playing coruscated throughout the concert hall";

- syn. scintillate, sparkle;

coruscation / k ɒ ɹ ə s k eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the occurrence of a small flash or spark;

- syn. glitter, sparkle;

n2
a sudden or striking display of brilliance;

- "coruscations of great wit";

corvee / k ɔ v eɪ /
n1
unpaid labor (as for the maintenance of roads) required by a lord of his vassals in lieu of taxes;

corvette / k ɔ v ɛ t /
n1
a highly maneuverable escort warship;

- smaller than a destroyer;

Corvidae
n1
crow;

- raven;

- rook;

- jackdaw;

- chough;

- magpie;

- jay;

- syn. family Corvidae;

corvine / k ɔ ɹ v aɪ n /
a1
relating to or resembling a crow;

corvine bird
n1
birds of the crow family;

Corvus
n1
a small quadrilateral constellation in the southern hemisphere near Virgo;

- syn. Crow;

n2
type genus of the Corvidae: crows and ravens;

- syn. genus Corvus;

Corvus brachyrhyncos
n1
common crow of North America;

- syn. American crow;

Corvus corax
n1
large black bird with a straight bill and long wedge-shaped tail;

- syn. raven;

Corvus frugilegus
n1
common gregarious Old World bird about the size and color of the American crow;

- syn. rook;

Corvus monedula
n1
common black-and-grey Eurasian bird noted for thievery;

- syn. daw, jackdaw;

Coryanthes
n1
small genus of tropical American epiphytic or lithophytic orchids;

- syn. genus Coryanthes;

Corydalidae
n1
dobsons;

- syn. family Corydalidae;

corydalis
n1
a plant of the genus Corydalis with beautiful compound foliage and spurred tubular flowers;

n2
annual or perennial herbs of Himalayan China and South Africa;

- syn. genus Corydalis;

n3
type genus of the Corydalidae;

- syn. Corydalus, genus Corydalis, genus Corydalus;

Corydalis claviculata
n1
annual vine with decompound leaves and racemes of yellow and pink flowers;

- syn. Fumaria claviculata, climbing corydalis;

Corydalis sempervirens
n1
glaucous herb of northeastern United States and Canada having loose racemes of yellow-tipped pink flowers;

- sometimes placed in genus Fumaria;

- syn. Fumaria sempervirens, Roman wormwood, rock harlequin;

Corydalis solida
n1
herb of northern Europe and Asia having erect racemes of red flowers;

- syn. fumeroot, fumewort;

Corydalus
n1
type genus of the Corydalidae;

- syn. Corydalis, genus Corydalis, genus Corydalus;

Corydalus cornutus
n1
large soft-bodied insect having long slender mandibles in the male;

- aquatic larvae often used as bait;

- syn. dobson, dobson fly, dobsonfly;

Corylaceae
n1
used in some classification systems for the genus Corylus;

- syn. family Corylaceae, subfamily Corylaceae;

Corylopsis
n1
small genus of deciduous shrubs of temperate regions of Asia;

- syn. genus Corylopsis;

Corylus
n1
deciduous monoecious nut-bearing shrubs of small trees: hazel;

- sometimes placed in the subfamily or family Corylaceae;

- syn. genus Corylus;

Corylus americana
n1
nut-bearing shrub of eastern North America;

- syn. American hazel;

Corylus avellana
n1
small nut-bearing tree much grown in Europe;

- syn. Corylus avellana grandis, cobnut, filbert;

Corylus avellana grandis
n1
small nut-bearing tree much grown in Europe;

- syn. Corylus avellana, cobnut, filbert;

Corylus cornuta
n1
hazel of western United States with conspicuous beaklike involucres on the nuts;

- syn. beaked hazelnut;

corymb
n1
flat-topped or convex inflorescence in which the individual flower stalks grow upward from various points on the main stem to approximately the same height;

- outer flowers open first;

corymbose
a1
resembling a corymb;

Corynebacteriaceae
n1
a large family of mostly Gram-positive and aerobic and nonmotile rod-shaped bacteria of the order Eubacteriales;

- syn. family Corynebacteriaceae;

corynebacterium
n1
any species of the genus Corynebacterium;

Corynebacterium diphtheriae
n1
a species of bacterium that causes diphtheria;

- syn. C. diphtheriae, Klebs-Loeffler bacillus;

Corypha / k ɒ ɹ ɪ f ə /
n1
large fan palms of tropical Asia to Australia;

- syn. genus Corypha;

Corypha gebanga
n1
large-leaved palm of Malay to Philippines and northern Australia;

- leaves used for thatching or plaiting into containers;

- syn. Corypha utan, gebang palm;

Corypha umbraculifera
n1
tall palm of southern India and Sri Lanka with gigantic leaves used as umbrellas and fans or cut into strips for writing paper;

- syn. talipot, talipot palm;

Corypha utan
n1
large-leaved palm of Malay to Philippines and northern Australia;

- leaves used for thatching or plaiting into containers;

- syn. Corypha gebanga, gebang palm;

Coryphaena equisetis
n1
a kind of dolphinfish;

Coryphaena hippurus
n1
the more common dolphinfish valued as food;

- about six feet long;

Coryphaenidae
n1
large active pelagic percoid fish;

- syn. family Coryphaenidae;

coryphantha
n1
a cactus of the genus Coryphantha;

corythosaur
n1
duck-billed dinosaur with nasal passages that expand into a crest like a hollow helmet;

- syn. corythosaurus;

corythosaurus
n1
duck-billed dinosaur with nasal passages that expand into a crest like a hollow helmet;

- syn. corythosaur;

coryza
n1
an inflammation of the mucous membrane lining the nose (usually associated with nasal discharge);

- syn. rhinitis;

cos / k ə z , k ɒ s /
n1
ratio of the adjacent side to the hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle;

- syn. cosine;

n2
lettuce with long dark-green leaves in a loosely packed elongated head;

- syn. cos lettuce, romaine, romaine lettuce;

cos lettuce
n1
lettuce with long dark-green spoon-shaped leaves;

- syn. Lactuca sativa longifolia, romaine lettuce;

n2
lettuce with long dark-green leaves in a loosely packed elongated head;

- syn. cos, romaine, romaine lettuce;

Cosa Nostra
n1
a crime syndicate in the United States;

- organized in families;

- believed to have important relations to the Sicilian Mafia;

- syn. Maffia, Mafia;

coscoroba
n1
large white South American bird intermediate in some respects between ducks and swans;

cosec / k oʊ s ɛ k /
n1
ratio of the hypotenuse to the opposite side of a right-angled triangle;

- syn. cosecant;

cosecant / k oʊ s i k ə n t /
n1
ratio of the hypotenuse to the opposite side of a right-angled triangle;

- syn. cosec;

coseismal
a1
being where earthquake waves arrive simultaneously;

- syn. coseismic;

- sim. unstable;

coseismic
a1
being where earthquake waves arrive simultaneously;

- syn. coseismal;

- sim. unstable;

cosh / k ɒ ʃ /
n1
a piece of metal covered by leather with a flexible handle;

- used for hitting people;

- syn. blackjack, sap;

v1
hit with a cosh, usually on the head;

cosher / k ɒ ʃ ə , k oʊ f ə , k oʊ ʃ ə , k oʊ ʃ ə ɹ /
a1
conforming to dietary laws;

- "kosher meat";

- "a kosher kitchen";

- syn. kosher;

- sim. clean;

cosign
v1
sign jointly;

- "Husband and wife co-signed the lease";

- syn. co-sign;

v2
sign and endorse (another person's signature), as for a loan;

- syn. co-sign;

cosignatory / k oʊ s ɪ ɡ n ə t ə ɹ i /
n1
one of two or more signers of the same document (as a treaty or declaration);

- syn. cosigner;

a1
signing jointly with others;

- sim. joint;

cosigner
n1
one of two or more signers of the same document (as a treaty or declaration);

- syn. cosignatory;

n2
a signer in addition to the principal signer (to verify the authenticity of the principal signature or to provide surety);

cosily / k oʊ z ɪ ɫ i /
r1
in a cozy manner;

- "nestled cozily by the fire";

- syn. cozily;

Cosimo de Medici
n1
Italian financier and statesman and friend of the papal court (1389-1464);

- syn. Cosimo the Elder;

Cosimo the Elder
n1
Italian financier and statesman and friend of the papal court (1389-1464);

- syn. Cosimo de Medici;

cosine / k oʊ s aɪ n /
n1
ratio of the adjacent side to the hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle;

- syn. cos;

cosiness / k oʊ z ɪ n ə s /
n1
a state of warm snug comfort;

- syn. coziness, snugness;

cosmea
n1
any of various mostly Mexican herbs of the genus Cosmos having radiate heads of variously colored flowers and pinnate leaves;

- popular fall-blooming annuals;

- syn. cosmos;

cosmetic / k ɒ z m ɛ t ɪ k /
n1
a toiletry designed to beautify the body;

a1
serving an esthetic rather than a useful purpose;

- "cosmetic fenders on cars";

- "the buildings were utilitarian rather than decorative";

- syn. decorative, ornamental;

- sim. nonfunctional;

a2
serving an aesthetic purpose in beautifying the body;

- "cosmetic surgery";

- "enhansive makeup";

- syn. enhancive;

- sim. aesthetic;

cosmetic dentistry
n1
the branch of dentistry dealing with the appearance of the teeth;

cosmetic surgeon
n1
a surgeon who beautifies the body (especially the face);

- syn. plastic surgeon;

cosmetic surgery
n1
plastic surgery to remove wrinkles and other signs of aging from your face;

- an incision is made near the hair line and skin is pulled back and excess tissue is excised;

- "some actresses have more than one face lift";

- syn. face lift, face lifting, facelift, lift, nip and tuck, rhytidectomy, rhytidoplasty;

cosmetically / k ɒ z m ɛ t ɪ k ɫ i /
r1
for cosmetic purposes to improve appearance;

- "it is used cosmetically by many women";

cosmetician / k ɒ z m ə t ɪ ʃ n /
n1
someone who sells or applies cosmetics;

n2
someone who works in a beauty parlor;

- syn. beautician;

cosmetologist
n1
an expert in the use of cosmetics;

cosmetology
n1
the practice of beautifying the face and hair and skin;

cosmic / k ɒ z m ɪ k /
a1
of or from or pertaining to or characteristic of the cosmos or universe;

- "cosmic laws";

- "cosmic catastrophe";

- "cosmic rays";

a2
inconceivably extended in space or time;

- sim. large;

cosmic background radiation
n1
(cosmology) the cooled remnant of the hot big bang that fills the entire universe and can be observed today with an average temperature of about 2.725 kelvin;

- syn. CBR, CMB, CMBR, cosmic microwave background, cosmic microwave background radiation;

cosmic dust
n1
clouds of particles or gases occurring throughout interstellar space;

cosmic microwave background
n1
(cosmology) the cooled remnant of the hot big bang that fills the entire universe and can be observed today with an average temperature of about 2.725 kelvin;

- syn. CBR, CMB, CMBR, cosmic background radiation, cosmic microwave background radiation;

cosmic microwave background radiation
n1
(cosmology) the cooled remnant of the hot big bang that fills the entire universe and can be observed today with an average temperature of about 2.725 kelvin;

- syn. CBR, CMB, CMBR, cosmic background radiation, cosmic microwave background;

cosmic radiation
n1
radiation coming from outside the solar system;

cosmic ray
n1
highly penetrating ionizing radiation of extraterrestrial origin;

- consisting chiefly of protons and alpha particles;

- collision with atmospheric particles results in rays and particles of many kinds;

cosmic string
n1
(cosmology) a hypothetical one-dimensional subatomic particle having a concentration of energy and the dynamic properties of a flexible loop;

- syn. string;

cosmic time
n1
the time covered by the physical formation and development of the universe;

cosmid
n1
(genetics) a large vector that is made from a bacteriophage and used to clone genes or gene fragments;

Cosmocampus
n1
a genus of fish in the family Syngnathidae;

- syn. genus Cosmocampus;

Cosmocampus profundus
n1
a fish 8 inches long;

- found from eastern Florida to western Caribbean;

- syn. deepwater pipefish;

cosmogenic
a1
pertaining to the branch of astronomy dealing with the origin and history and structure and dynamics of the universe;

- "cosmologic science";

- "cosmological redshift";

- "cosmogonic theories of the origin of the universe";

- syn. cosmogonic, cosmogonical, cosmologic, cosmological;

cosmogeny
n1
the branch of astrophysics that studies the origin and evolution and structure of the universe;

- syn. cosmogony, cosmology;

cosmogonic / k ɒ z m oʊ ɡ ɒ n ɪ k /
a1
pertaining to the branch of astronomy dealing with the origin and history and structure and dynamics of the universe;

- "cosmologic science";

- "cosmological redshift";

- "cosmogonic theories of the origin of the universe";

- syn. cosmogenic, cosmogonical, cosmologic, cosmological;

cosmogonical / k ɒ z m oʊ ɡ ɒ n ɪ k ə ɫ /
a1
pertaining to the branch of astronomy dealing with the origin and history and structure and dynamics of the universe;

- "cosmologic science";

- "cosmological redshift";

- "cosmogonic theories of the origin of the universe";

- syn. cosmogenic, cosmogonic, cosmologic, cosmological;

cosmogony / k ɒ z m ɒ ɡ ə n i /
n1
the branch of astrophysics that studies the origin and evolution and structure of the universe;

- syn. cosmogeny, cosmology;

cosmographer / k ɒ z m ɒ ɡ ɹ ə f ə /
n1
a scientist knowledgeable about cosmography;

- syn. cosmographist;

cosmographist
n1
a scientist knowledgeable about cosmography;

- syn. cosmographer;

cosmography / k ɒ z m ɒ ɡ ɹ ə f i /
n1
the science that maps the general features of the universe;

- describes both heaven and earth (but without encroaching on geography or astronomy);

n2
a representation of the earth or the heavens;

- "the cosmography of Ptolemy";

cosmolatry
n1
the worship of the cosmos;

cosmologic / k ɒ z m ə ɫ ɒ dʒ ɪ k /
a1
pertaining to the branch of astronomy dealing with the origin and history and structure and dynamics of the universe;

- "cosmologic science";

- "cosmological redshift";

- "cosmogonic theories of the origin of the universe";

- syn. cosmogenic, cosmogonic, cosmogonical, cosmological;

a2
pertaining to the branch of philosophy dealing with the elements and laws and especially the characteristics of the universe such as space and time and causality;

- "cosmologic philosophy";

- "a cosmological argument is an argument that the universe demands the admission of an adequate external cause which is God";

- syn. cosmological;

cosmological / k ɒ z m ə ɫ ɒ dʒ ɪ k ə ɫ /
a1
pertaining to the branch of astronomy dealing with the origin and history and structure and dynamics of the universe;

- "cosmologic science";

- "cosmological redshift";

- "cosmogonic theories of the origin of the universe";

- syn. cosmogenic, cosmogonic, cosmogonical, cosmologic;

a2
pertaining to the branch of philosophy dealing with the elements and laws and especially the characteristics of the universe such as space and time and causality;

- "cosmologic philosophy";

- "a cosmological argument is an argument that the universe demands the admission of an adequate external cause which is God";

- syn. cosmologic;

cosmological constant
n1
an arbitrary constant in the equations of general relativity theory;

cosmologist / k ɒ z m ɒ ɫ ə dʒ ɪ s t /
n1
an astronomer who studies the evolution and space-time relations of the universe;

cosmology / k ɒ z m ɒ ɫ ə dʒ i /
n1
the metaphysical study of the origin and nature of the universe;

n2
the branch of astrophysics that studies the origin and evolution and structure of the universe;

- syn. cosmogeny, cosmogony;

cosmonaut / k ɒ z m ə n ɔ t /
n1
a person trained to travel in a spacecraft;

- "the Russians called their astronauts cosmonauts";

- syn. astronaut, spaceman;

cosmopolitan / k ɒ z m ə p ɒ ɫ ɪ t ə n /
n1
a sophisticated person who has travelled in many countries;

- syn. cosmopolite;

a1
growing or occurring in many parts of the world;

- "a cosmopolitan herb";

- "cosmopolitan in distribution";

- syn. widely distributed;

a2
composed of people from or at home in many parts of the world;

- especially not provincial in attitudes or interests;

- "his cosmopolitan benevolence impartially extended to all races and to all creeds"- T.B. Macaulay;

- "the ancient and cosmopolitan societies of Syria and Egypt";

- "that queer, cosmopolitan, rather sinister crowd found around the Marseilles docks";

- sim. traveled;

a3
of worldwide scope or applicability;

- "an issue of cosmopolitan import";

- "the shrewdest political and ecumenical comment of our time"- Christopher Morley;

- "universal experience";

- syn. ecumenical, general, oecumenical, universal, world-wide, worldwide;

- sim. comprehensive;

cosmopolite / k ɒ z m ɒ p ə ɫ aɪ t /
n1
a sophisticated person who has travelled in many countries;

- syn. cosmopolitan;

cosmos / k ɒ z m ɒ s /
n1
everything that exists anywhere;

- "they study the evolution of the universe";

- "the biggest tree in existence";

- syn. creation, existence, macrocosm, universe, world;

n2
any of various mostly Mexican herbs of the genus Cosmos having radiate heads of variously colored flowers and pinnate leaves;

- popular fall-blooming annuals;

- syn. cosmea;

cosmotron
n1
a large proton synchrotron;

- uses frequency modulation of an electric field to accelerate protons;

cosponsor / k ɒ s p ɒ n s ə ɹ /
v1
sponsor together with another sponsor;

coss
n1
(in India) a unit of length having different values in different localities;

- syn. kos;

Cossack / k ɒ s s æ k /
n1
a member of a Slavic people living in southern European Russia and Ukraine and adjacent parts of Asia and noted for their horsemanship and military skill;

- they formed an elite cavalry corps in czarist Russia;

cosset / k ɒ s ɪ t /
v1
treat with excessive indulgence;

- "grandparents often pamper the children";

- "Let's not mollycoddle our students!";

- syn. baby, cocker, coddle, featherbed, indulge, mollycoddle, pamper, spoil;

cost / k ɒ s t /
n1
the total spent for goods or services including money and time and labor;

n2
the property of having material worth (often indicated by the amount of money something would bring if sold);

- "the fluctuating monetary value of gold and silver";

- "he puts a high price on his services";

- "he couldn't calculate the cost of the collection";

- syn. monetary value, price;

n3
value measured by what must be given or done or undergone to obtain something;

- "the cost in human life was enormous";

- "the price of success is hard work";

- "what price glory?";

- syn. price, toll;

v1
be priced at;

- "These shoes cost $100";

- syn. be;

v2
require to lose, suffer, or sacrifice;

- "This mistake cost him his job";

cost-benefit analysis
n1
an analysis of the cost effectiveness of different alternatives in order to see whether the benefits outweigh the costs;

cost-effective
a1
productive relative to the cost;

- syn. cost-efficient;

- sim. efficient;

cost-efficient
a1
productive relative to the cost;

- syn. cost-effective;

- sim. efficient;

cost-of-living allowance
n1
an allowance for changes in the consumer price index;

cost-of-living benefit
n1
a benefit that goes to anyone whose money receipts increase automatically as prices rise;

cost-of-living index
n1
an index of the cost of all goods and services to a typical consumer;

- syn. CPI, consumer price index;

cost-plus
a1
determining payment based on the actual cost of production plus an agreed-upon fee or rate of profit;

- "a cost-plus government contract";

- sim. indeterminate;

cost-plus contract
n1
a contract in which the contractor is paid his total cost plus a stated percentage of profit;

cost-pull inflation
n1
inflation caused by an increase in the costs of production;

cost accountant
n1
a specialist in the systematic recording and analysis of the costs incident to production;

cost accounting
n1
keeping account of the costs of items in production;

cost analysis
n1
breaking down the costs of some operation and reporting on each factor separately;

cost cutting
n1
the act of cutting costs;

cost increase
n1
an increase in cost;

- "they asked for a 10% rise in rates";

- syn. boost, hike, rise;

cost ledger
n1
ledger showing the accumulated costs classified in various ways;

cost of capital
n1
the opportunity cost of the funds employed as the result of an investment decision;

- the rate of return that a business could earn if it chose another investment with equivalent risk;

- syn. capital cost;

cost of living
n1
average cost of basic necessities of life (as food and shelter and clothing);

- "a rise in the cost of living reflects the rate of inflation";

cost overrun
n1
excess of cost over budget;

- "the cost overrun necessitated an additional allocation of funds in the budget";

costa / k ɒ s t ə /
n1
a riblike part of a plant or animal (such as a middle rib of a leaf or a thickened vein of an insect wing);

n2
any of the 12 pairs of curved arches of bone extending from the spine to or toward the sternum in humans (and similar bones in most vertebrates);

- syn. rib;

Costa Rica / k ɒ s t ə ɹ i k ə /
n1
a republic in Central America;

- one of the most politically stable countries in Latin America;

- syn. Republic of Costa Rica;

Costa Rican / k ɒ s t ə ɹ i k ə n /
n1
a native or inhabitant of Costa Rica;

a1
of or relating to Costa Rica or its people;

- "the Costa Rican rain forest";

- "our Costa Rican neighbors";

Costa Rican colon
n1
the basic unit of money in Costa Rica;

- equal to 100 centimos;

- syn. colon;

Costa Rican monetary unit
n1
monetary unit in Costa Rica;

costal / k ɒ s t ɫ /
a1
of or relating to or near a rib;

costal cartilage
n1
the cartilages that connect the sternum and the ends of the ribs;

- its elasticity allows the chest to move in respiration;

costal groove
n1
groove between the ribs where the nerves and blood vessels are;

costalgia / k ɒ s t æ ɫ dʒ ə /
n1
pain in the chest caused by inflammation of the muscles between the ribs;

- syn. pleuralgia, pleurodynia;

Costanoan
n1
a member of a North American Indian people living in coastal California between Monterey and San Francisco Bay;

n2
a Penutian language spoken by the Costanoan;

costate / k ɒ s t ɛ t /
a1
(of the surface) having a rough, riblike texture;

- syn. ribbed;

- sim. rough;

a2
having ribs;

- sim. ribbed;

costermonger / k ɒ s t ə m ʌ ŋ ɡ ə , k ɒ s t ə m ʌ ŋ ɡ ə ɹ /
n1
a hawker of fruit and vegetables from a barrow;

- syn. barrow-boy, barrow-man;

costia / k ɒ s t ɪə /
n1
a flagellate that is the cause of the frequently fatal fish disease costiasis;

- syn. Costia necatrix;

Costia necatrix
n1
a flagellate that is the cause of the frequently fatal fish disease costiasis;

- syn. costia;

costiasis
n1
a fatal disease of freshwater fish caused by a flagellated protozoan invading the skin;

costing / k ɒ s t ɪ ŋ /
n1
cost accounting;

costive / k ɒ s t ɪ v /
a1
retarding evacuation of feces;

- binding;

- constipating;

costless / k ɒ s t ɫ ə s /
a1
costing nothing;

- "complimentary tickets";

- "free admission";

- syn. complimentary, free, gratis, gratuitous;

- sim. unpaid;

costliness / k ɒ s t ɫ ɪ n ə s /
n1
the quality possessed by something with a great price or value;

- syn. dearness, preciousness;

costly / k ɒ s t ɫ i /
a1
entailing great loss or sacrifice;

- "a dearly-won victory";

- syn. dearly-won;

- sim. expensive;

a2
having a high price;

- "costly jewelry";

- "high-priced merchandise";

- "much too dear for my pocketbook";

- "a pricey restaurant";

- syn. dear, high-priced, pricey, pricy;

- sim. expensive;

costmary / k ɒ s t m eə ɹ i /
n1
tansy-scented Eurasian perennial herb with buttonlike yellow flowers;

- used as potherb or salad green and sometimes for potpourri or tea or flavoring;

- sometimes placed in genus Chrysanthemum;

- syn. Chrysanthemum balsamita, Tanacetum balsamita, alecost, balsam herb, bible leaf, mint geranium;

n2
leaves used sparingly (because of bitter overtones) in sauces and soups and stuffings;

costoaxillary vein
n1
one of several veins connecting intercostal veins with the lateral thoracic vein or the thoracoepigastric vein;

costochondritis
n1
inflammation at the junction of a rib and its cartilage;

costs / k ɒ s t s /
n1
pecuniary reimbursement to the winning party for the expenses of litigation;

costume / k ɒ s t j u m /
n1
the attire worn in a play or at a fancy dress ball;

- "he won the prize for best costume";

n2
unusual or period attire not characteristic of or appropriate to the time and place;

- "in spite of the heat he insisted on his woolen costume";

n3
the prevalent fashion of dress (including accessories and hair style as well as garments);

n4
the attire characteristic of a country or a time or a social class;

- "he wore his national costume";

v1
dress in a costume;

- "We dressed up for Halloween as pumpkins";

- syn. dress up;

v2
furnish with costumes;

- as for a film or play;

costume designer
n1
someone who designs or supplies costumes (as for a play or masquerade);

- syn. costumer, costumier;

costumed / k ɒ s t j u m d /
a1
dressed in clothing characteristic of a period, country, or class;

- sim. clothed;

costumer / k ɒ s t j u m ə , k ɒ s t j u m ə ɹ /
n1
someone who designs or supplies costumes (as for a play or masquerade);

- syn. costume designer, costumier;

costumier / k ɒ s t j u m ɪə , k ɒ s t j u m ɪə ɹ /
n1
someone who designs or supplies costumes (as for a play or masquerade);

- syn. costume designer, costumer;

costus oil
n1
a yellow volatile essential oil obtained from costusroot;

- used in perfumes;

costusroot
n1
annual herb of the eastern Himalayas (Kashmir) having purple florets and a fragrant root that yields a volatile oil used in perfumery and for preserving furs;

- syn. Saussurea costus, Saussurea lappa;

cosy / k oʊ z i /
n1
a padded cloth covering to keep a teapot warm;

- syn. cozy, tea cosy, tea cozy;

a1
enjoying or affording comforting warmth and shelter especially in a small space;

- "a cozy nook near the fire";

- "snug in bed";

- "a snug little apartment";

- syn. cozy, snug;

- sim. comfortable;

cot / k ɒ t /
n1
a sheath worn to protect a finger;

- syn. fingerstall;

n2
baby bed with high sides made of slats;

- syn. crib;

n3
a small bed that folds up for storage or transport;

- syn. camp bed;

cot death
n1
sudden and unexpected death of an apparently healthy infant during sleep;

- syn. SIDS, crib death, infant death, sudden infant death syndrome;

Cotacachi
n1
an Andean volcano in northern Ecuador;

- last erupted in 1955;

cotan / k oʊ t æ n /
n1
ratio of the adjacent to the opposite side of a right-angled triangle;

- syn. cotangent;

cotangent / k oʊ t æ n dʒ ə n t /
n1
ratio of the adjacent to the opposite side of a right-angled triangle;

- syn. cotan;

cote / k oʊ t /
n1
a small shelter for domestic animals (as sheep or pigeons);

Cote d'Azur
n1
the French part of the Riviera;

- syn. French Riviera;

Cote d'Ivoire
n1
a republic in western Africa on the Gulf of Guinea;

- one of the most prosperous and politically stable countries in Africa;

- syn. Ivory Coast, Republic of Cote d'Ivoire;

Cote d'Ivoire franc
n1
the basic unit of money in the Ivory Coast;

- syn. Ivory Coast franc;

cotenant / k oʊ t ɛ n ə n t /
n1
one of two or more tenants holding title to the same property;

coterie / k oʊ t ə ɹ i /
n1
an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose;

- syn. camp, clique, ingroup, inner circle, pack;

coterminous / k oʊ t ɝ m ɪ n ə s /
a1
being of equal extent or scope or duration;

- syn. coextensive, conterminous;

- sim. commensurate;

coterminously / k oʊ t ɝ m ɪ n ə s ɫ i /
r1
in a coterminous manner;

Cotes de Provence
n1
a wine from southeastern France on the Mediterranean coast;

cothromboplastin
n1
a coagulation factor formed in the kidney under the influence of vitamin K;

- syn. factor VII, proconvertin, stable factor;

cotilion / k ə t ɪ ɫ ɪə n /
n1
a ball at which young ladies are presented to society;

- syn. cotillion;

n2
a lively dance originating in France in the 18th century;

- syn. cotillion;

cotillion / k ə t ɪ ɫ ɪə n /
n1
a ball at which young ladies are presented to society;

- syn. cotilion;

n2
a lively dance originating in France in the 18th century;

- syn. cotilion;

cotinga
n1
passerine bird of New World tropics;

- syn. chatterer;

Cotingidae
n1
cotingas;

- umbrella birds;

- syn. family Cotingidae;

Cotinus
n1
smoke trees;

- syn. genus Cotinus;

Cotinus americanus
n1
shrubby tree of southern United States having large plumes of feathery flowers resembling puffs of smoke;

- syn. American smokewood, Cotinus obovatus, chittamwood;

Cotinus coggygria
n1
Old World shrub having large plumes of yellowish feathery flowers resembling puffs of smoke;

- syn. Venetian sumac, wig tree;

Cotinus obovatus
n1
shrubby tree of southern United States having large plumes of feathery flowers resembling puffs of smoke;

- syn. American smokewood, Cotinus americanus, chittamwood;

cotoneaster / k ə t oʊ n ɪ æ s t ə /
n1
any shrub of the genus Cotoneaster: erect or creeping shrubs having richly colored autumn foliage and many small white to pinkish flowers followed by tiny red or black fruits;

Cotoneaster dammeri
n1
climbing evergreen shrub with white flowers and red berries;

- often used as ground cover;

Cotoneaster horizontalis
n1
deciduous flat-growing shrub with a fanned herringbone pattern and having reddish flowers and orange-red berries;

- used as a ground cover;

Cotonou
n1
chief port of Benin on the Bight of Benin;

Cotopaxi
n1
the world's largest active volcano;

- located in the Andes in north central Ecuador;

Cotswold
n1
sheep with long wool originating in the Cotswold Hills;

Cotswold Hills
n1
a range of low hills in southwestern England;

- syn. Cotswolds;

Cotswolds
n1
a range of low hills in southwestern England;

- syn. Cotswold Hills;

cottage / k ɒ t ɪ dʒ /
n1
a small house with a single story;

- syn. bungalow;

cottage cheese
n1
mild white cheese made from curds of soured skim milk;

- syn. farm cheese, farmer's cheese, pot cheese;

cottage dweller
n1
someone who lives in a cottage;

- syn. cottager;

cottage industry
n1
small-scale industry that can be carried on at home by family members using their own equipment;

cottage pie
n1
a dish of minced meat topped with mashed potatoes;

cottage pink
n1
European pink cultivated for its very fragrant pink or rosy flowers;

- syn. Dianthus plumarius, grass pink;

cottage tent
n1
a tent providing shelter for a family;

cottage tulip
n1
any of several long-stemmed tulips that flower in May;

- have egg-shaped variously colored flowers;

cottager / k ɒ t ɪ dʒ ə /
n1
someone who lives in a cottage;

- syn. cottage dweller;

cottar / k ɒ t ə , k ɒ t ə ɹ /
n1
a peasant farmer in the Scottish Highlands;

- syn. cotter;

n2
fastener consisting of a wedge or pin inserted through a slot to hold two other pieces together;

- syn. cotter;

cotter / k ɒ t ə , k ɒ t ə ɹ /
n1
a peasant farmer in the Scottish Highlands;

- syn. cottar;

n2
a medieval English villein;

- syn. cottier;

n3
fastener consisting of a wedge or pin inserted through a slot to hold two other pieces together;

- syn. cottar;

cotter pin
n1
a cotter consisting of a split pin that is secured (after passing through a hole) by splitting the ends apart;

Cottidae
n1
sculpins;

- syn. family Cottidae;

cottier / k ɒ t t ɪə /
n1
a medieval English villein;

- syn. cotter;

cotton / k ɒ t n /
n1
soft silky fibers from cotton plants in their raw state;

- syn. cotton fiber, cotton wool;

n2
fabric woven from cotton fibers;

n3
erect bushy mallow plant or small tree bearing bolls containing seeds with many long hairy fibers;

- syn. cotton plant;

n4
thread made of cotton fibers;

v1
take a liking to;

- "cotton to something";

cotton-seed tree
n1
a shrub of salt marshes of eastern and south central North America and West Indies;

- fruit is surrounded with white plumelike hairy tufts;

- syn. Baccharis halimifolia, consumption weed, groundsel bush, groundsel tree;

cotton ball
n1
a fungus disease of cranberries;

cotton bollworm
n1
larva of a noctuid moth;

- highly destructive to especially corn and cotton and tomato crops;

- syn. Heliothis zia, corn earworm, tobacco budworm, tomato fruitworm, vetchworm;

cotton cake
n1
the solid matter remaining after oil has been pressed from cottonseeds;

- syn. cottonseed cake;

cotton candy
n1
a candy made by spinning sugar that has been boiled to a high temperature;

- syn. candyfloss, spun sugar;

cotton fiber
n1
soft silky fibers from cotton plants in their raw state;

- syn. cotton, cotton wool;

cotton flannel
n1
a stout cotton fabric with nap on only one side;

- syn. Canton flannel;

cotton gin
n1
a machine that separates the seeds from raw cotton fibers;

- syn. gin;

cotton grass
n1
any sedge of the genus Eriophorum;

- north temperate bog plants with tufted spikes;

- syn. cotton rush;

cotton mill
n1
a textile mill for making cotton textiles;

cotton mouse
n1
large dark mouse of southeastern United States;

- syn. Peromyscus gossypinus;

cotton on
v1
understand, usually after some initial difficulty;

- "She didn't know what her classmates were plotting but finally caught on";

- syn. catch on, get it, get onto, get wise, latch on, tumble, twig;

cotton plant
n1
erect bushy mallow plant or small tree bearing bolls containing seeds with many long hairy fibers;

- syn. cotton;

cotton rat
n1
destructive long-haired burrowing rat of southern North America and Central America;

- syn. Sigmodon hispidus;

cotton rose
n1
Chinese shrub or small tree having white or pink flowers becoming deep red at night;

- widely cultivated;

- naturalized in southeastern United States;

- syn. Confederate rose, Confederate rose mallow, Hibiscus mutabilis;

n2
any plant of the genus Filago having capitate clusters of small woolly flower heads;

- syn. cudweed, filago;

cotton rush
n1
any sedge of the genus Eriophorum;

- north temperate bog plants with tufted spikes;

- syn. cotton grass;

cotton stainer
n1
a true bug: bug that damages and stains the lint of developing cotton;

cotton strain
n1
feeds primarily on cotton;

cotton thistle
n1
biennial Eurasian white hairy thistle having pale purple flowers;

- naturalized in North America;

- syn. Onopordon acanthium, Onopordum acanthium, Scotch thistle, woolly thistle;

cotton up
v1
ingratiate oneself to;

- often with insincere behavior;

- "She is playing up to the chairman";

- syn. cozy up, play up, shine up, sidle up, suck up;

cotton wool
n1
soft silky fibers from cotton plants in their raw state;

- syn. cotton, cotton fiber;

cottonmouth / k ɒ t n m aʊ ð /
n1
venomous semiaquatic snake of swamps in southern United States;

- syn. Agkistrodon piscivorus, cottonmouth moccasin, water moccasin;

cottonmouth moccasin
n1
venomous semiaquatic snake of swamps in southern United States;

- syn. Agkistrodon piscivorus, cottonmouth, water moccasin;

cottonseed / k ɒ t n s i d /
n1
seed of cotton plants;

- source of cottonseed oil;

cottonseed cake
n1
the solid matter remaining after oil has been pressed from cottonseeds;

- syn. cotton cake;

cottonseed oil
n1
edible oil pressed from cottonseeds;

cottontail / k ɒ t n t eɪ ɫ /
n1
common small rabbit of North America having greyish or brownish fur and a tail with a white underside;

- a host for Ixodes pacificus and Ixodes scapularis (Lyme disease ticks);

- syn. cottontail rabbit, wood rabbit;

cottontail rabbit
n1
common small rabbit of North America having greyish or brownish fur and a tail with a white underside;

- a host for Ixodes pacificus and Ixodes scapularis (Lyme disease ticks);

- syn. cottontail, wood rabbit;

cottonweed
n1
an American everlasting having foliage with soft wooly hairs and corymbose heads with pearly white bracts;

- syn. Anaphalis margaritacea, pearly everlasting;

n2
any of various plants of the genus Froelichia found in sandy soils and on rocky slopes in warmer regions of America;

- grown for their spikes of woolly white flowers;

cottonwick
n1
of warm Atlantic waters;

- syn. Haemulon malanurum;

cottonwood / k ɒ t n w ʊ d /
n1
any of several North American trees of the genus Populus having a tuft of cottony hairs on the seed;

n2
American basswood of the Allegheny region;

- syn. Tilia heterophylla, white basswood;

cottony / k ɒ t ŋ i /
a1
resembling cotton;

- as soft as cotton;

- sim. soft;

cottony-white
a1
of something as white as cotton;

- "cottony-white clouds";

- sim. achromatic;

Cottrell precipitator
n1
removes dust particles from gases by electrostatic precipitation;

- syn. electrostatic precipitator, precipitator;

Cottus
n1
type genus of the Cottidae: sculpins;

- syn. genus Cottus;

Cotula
n1
cosmopolitan herbs especially southern hemisphere;

- many used as ground covers;

- syn. genus Cotula;

Cotula coronopifolia
n1
South African herb with golden-yellow globose flower heads;

- naturalized in moist areas along coast of California;

- cultivated as an ornamental;

- syn. brass buttons;

Coturnix
n1
Old World quail;

- syn. genus Coturnix;

Coturnix communis
n1
the typical Old World quail;

- syn. Coturnix coturnix, migratory quail;

Coturnix coturnix
n1
the typical Old World quail;

- syn. Coturnix communis, migratory quail;

cotyledon / k ɒ t ɪ ɫ i d n /
n1
embryonic leaf in seed-bearing plants;

- syn. seed leaf;

cotyloid
a1
of the cup-shaped socket that receives the head of the thigh bone;

- syn. acetabular, cotyloidal;

- sim. concave;

cotyloid cavity
n1
the cup-shaped hollow in the hipbone into which the head of the femur fits to form a ball-and-socket joint;

- syn. acetabulum;

cotyloid joint
n1
a freely moving joint in which a sphere on the head of one bone fits into a rounded cavity in the other bone;

- syn. articulatio spheroidea, ball-and-socket joint, enarthrodial joint, enarthrosis, spheroid joint;

cotyloidal
a1
of the cup-shaped socket that receives the head of the thigh bone;

- syn. acetabular, cotyloid;

- sim. concave;

coucal
n1
Old World ground-living cuckoo having a long dagger-like hind claw;

couch / k aʊ tʃ /
n1
an upholstered seat for more than one person;

- syn. lounge, sofa;

n2
a flat coat of paint or varnish used by artists as a primer;

n3
a narrow bed on which a patient lies during psychiatric or psychoanalytic treatment;

v1
formulate in a particular style or language;

- "I wouldn't put it that way";

- "She cast her request in very polite language";

- syn. cast, frame, put, redact;

couch grass
n1
European grass spreading rapidly by creeping rhizomes;

- naturalized in North America as a weed;

- syn. Agropyron repens, dog grass, quack grass, quackgrass, quick grass, witch grass, witchgrass;

couch potato
n1
an idler who spends much time on a couch (usually watching television);

couchant / k aʊ tʃ ə n t /
a1
lying on the stomach with head raised with legs pointed forward;

- sim. unerect;

couchette / k u ʃ ɛ t /
n1
a compartment on a European passenger train;

- contains 4 to 6 berths for sleeping;

coude system
n1
a reflecting telescope so constructed that the light is led to a plate holder or spectrograph;

- syn. coude telescope;

coude telescope
n1
a reflecting telescope so constructed that the light is led to a plate holder or spectrograph;

- syn. coude system;

Coue
n1
French psychotherapist who claimed that if one imagined one was getting better, one would get better (1857-1926);

- syn. Emile Coue;

cougar / k u ɡ ə , k u ɡ ə ɹ /
n1
large American feline resembling a lion;

- syn. Felis concolor, catamount, mountain lion, painter, panther, puma;

cough / k ɒ f /
n1
a sudden noisy expulsion of air from the lungs that clears the air passages;

- a common symptom of upper respiratory infection or bronchitis or pneumonia or tuberculosis;

- syn. coughing;

v1
exhale abruptly, as when one has a chest cold or congestion;

- "The smoker coughs all day";

- also cough out, cough up, cough up;

cough drop
n1
a medicated lozenge used to soothe the throat;

- syn. pastil, pastille, troche;

cough out
v1
discharge (phlegm or sputum) from the lungs and out of the mouth;

- syn. cough up, expectorate, spit out, spit up;

cough up
v1
give reluctantly;

- "He coughed up some money for his children's tuition";

- syn. pony up, spit up;

v2
discharge (phlegm or sputum) from the lungs and out of the mouth;

- syn. cough out, expectorate, spit out, spit up;

coughing / k ɒ f ɪ ŋ /
n1
a sudden noisy expulsion of air from the lungs that clears the air passages;

- a common symptom of upper respiratory infection or bronchitis or pneumonia or tuberculosis;

- syn. cough;

coughing up
n1
the act of expelling (food or phlegm) by coughing;

coulisse / k u ɫ i s /
n1
a flat situated in the wings;

- syn. wing flat;

n2
a timber member grooved to take a sliding panel;

coulomb / k u ɫ ɒ m /
n1
a unit of electrical charge equal to the amount of charge transferred by a current of 1 ampere in 1 second;

- syn. C, ampere-second;

n2
French physicist famous for his discoveries in the field of electricity and magnetism;

- formulated Coulomb's Law (1736-1806);

- syn. Charles Augustin de Coulomb;

Coulomb's Law
n1
a fundamental principle of electrostatics;

- the force of attraction or repulsion between two charged particles is directly proportional to the product of the charges and inversely proportional to the distance between them;

- principle also holds for magnetic poles;

coulter / k oʊ ɫ t ə , k oʊ ɫ t ə ɹ /
n1
a sharp steel wedge that precedes the plow and cuts vertically through the soil;

- syn. colter;

Coumadin
n1
an anticoagulant (trade name Coumadin) use to prevent and treat a thrombus or embolus;

- syn. warfarin;

coumara nut
n1
fragrant black nutlike seeds of the tonka bean tree;

- used in perfumes and medicines and as a substitute for vanilla;

- syn. tonka bean;

coumarone
n1
a colorless oily compound extracted from coal tar and used in manufacturing synthetic resins;

- syn. benzofuran, cumarone;

coumarone-indene resin
n1
a thermoplastic resin obtained by polymerization of indene and coumarone;

- used in coatings and paint and asphalt tile;

- syn. coumarone resin;

coumarone resin
n1
a thermoplastic resin obtained by polymerization of indene and coumarone;

- used in coatings and paint and asphalt tile;

- syn. coumarone-indene resin;

Coumarouna
n1
tropical American trees: tonka beans;

- syn. Dipteryx, genus Coumarouna, genus Dipteryx;

Coumarouna odorata
n1
tall tropical South American tree having pulpy egg-shaped pods of fragrant black almond-shaped seeds used for flavoring;

- syn. Dipteryx odorata, tonka bean, tonka bean tree;

council / k aʊ n s ɫ /
n1
a body serving in an administrative capacity;

- "student council";

n2
(Christianity) an assembly of theologians and bishops and other representatives of different churches or dioceses that is convened to regulate matters of discipline or doctrine;

n3
a meeting of people for consultation;

- "emergency council";

Council Bluffs
n1
a town in southwest Iowa on the Missouri River across from Omaha;

council board
n1
the table that conferees sit around as they hold a meeting;

- syn. conference table, council table;

council chamber
n1
a room where a committee meets (such as the board of directors of a company);

- syn. boardroom;

council member
n1
a member of a council;

- syn. councillor;

Council of Basel-Ferrara-Florence
n1
the council in 1431-1439 that concentrated on the elimination of heresies and on reforms within the Roman Catholic Church;

Council of Chalcedon
n1
the fourth ecumenical council in 451 which defined the two natures (human and divine) of Christ;

- syn. Chalcedon;

Council of Constance
n1
the council in 1414-1418 that succeeded in ending the Great Schism in the Roman Catholic Church;

- syn. Constance;

Council of Economic Advisors
n1
an executive agency responsible for providing economic advice to the President;

Council of Ephesus
n1
the third ecumenical council in 431 which declared Mary as mother of God and condemned Pelagius;

- syn. Ephesus;

Council of Trent
n1
a council of the Roman Catholic Church convened in Trento in three sessions between 1545 and 1563 to examine and condemn the teachings of Martin Luther and other Protestant reformers;

- redefined the Roman Catholic doctrine and abolished various ecclesiastical abuses and strengthened the papacy;

Council of Vienne
n1
the council in 1311-1313 that dealt with alleged crimes of the Knights Templar, planned a new crusade, and took on the reformation of the clergy;

- syn. Vienne;

Council on Environmental Policy
n1
the executive agency that advises the President on protecting the environment;

council table
n1
the table that conferees sit around as they hold a meeting;

- syn. conference table, council board;

council tax
n1
a tax levied on households by local authorities;

- based on the estimated value of the property and the number of people living in it;

councillor / k aʊ n s ə ɫ ə , k aʊ n s ə ɫ ə ɹ /
n1
a member of a council;

- syn. council member;

councillorship / k aʊ n s ə ɫ ə ʃ ɪ p /
n1
the position of council member;

- syn. councilorship;

councilman / k aʊ n s ɫ m æ n /
n1
a man who is a council member;

councilorship
n1
the position of council member;

- syn. councillorship;

councilwoman / k aʊ n s ɫ w ʊ m ə n /
n1
a woman who is a council member;

counsel / k aʊ n s ɫ /
n1
a lawyer who pleads cases in court;

- syn. advocate, counsellor, counselor, counselor-at-law, pleader;

n2
something that provides direction or advice as to a decision or course of action;

- syn. counseling, counselling, direction, guidance;

v1
give advice to;

- "The teacher counsels troubled students";

- "The lawyer counselled me when I was accused of tax fraud";

- syn. advise, rede;

Counsel to the Crown
n1
a barrister selected to serve as counsel to the British ruler;

counseling / k aʊ n s ɫ ɪ ŋ /
n1
something that provides direction or advice as to a decision or course of action;

- syn. counsel, counselling, direction, guidance;

counselling / k aʊ n s ə ɫ ɪ ŋ , k aʊ n s ɫ ɪ ŋ /
n1
something that provides direction or advice as to a decision or course of action;

- syn. counsel, counseling, direction, guidance;

counsellor / k aʊ n s ə ɫ ə , k aʊ n s ə ɫ ə ɹ /
n1
someone who has supervisory duties at a summer camp;

- syn. counselor;

n2
someone who gives advice about problems;

- syn. counselor;

n3
a lawyer who pleads cases in court;

- syn. advocate, counsel, counselor, counselor-at-law, pleader;

counsellorship / k aʊ n s ə ɫ ə ʃ ɪ p /
n1
the position of counselor;

- syn. counselorship;

counselor
n1
someone who gives advice about problems;

- syn. counsellor;

n2
someone who has supervisory duties at a summer camp;

- syn. counsellor;

n3
a lawyer who pleads cases in court;

- syn. advocate, counsel, counsellor, counselor-at-law, pleader;

counselor-at-law
n1
a lawyer who pleads cases in court;

- syn. advocate, counsel, counsellor, counselor, pleader;

counselorship
n1
the position of counselor;

- syn. counsellorship;

count / k aʊ n t /
n1
the total number counted;

- "a blood count";

n2
the act of counting;

- reciting numbers in ascending order;

- "the counting continued for several hours";

- syn. counting, enumeration, numeration, reckoning, tally;

n3
a nobleman (in various countries) having rank equal to a British earl;

v1
determine the number or amount of;

- "Can you count the books on your shelf?";

- "Count your change";

- syn. enumerate, number, numerate;

v2
have weight;

- have import, carry weight;

- "It does not matter much";

- syn. matter, weigh;

v3
show consideration for;

- take into account;

- "You must consider her age";

- "The judge considered the offender's youth and was lenient";

- syn. consider, weigh;

v4
name or recite the numbers in ascending order;

- "The toddler could count to 100";

- also count down, count out;

v5
put into a group;

- "The academy counts several Nobel Prize winners among its members";

- syn. number;

v6
include as if by counting;

- "I can count my colleagues in the opposition";

v7
have a certain value or carry a certain weight;

- "each answer counts as three points";

v8
have faith or confidence in;

- "you can count on me to help you any time";

- "Look to your friends for support";

- "You can bet on that!";

- "Depend on your family in times of crisis";

- syn. bank, bet, calculate, depend, look, reckon, rely, swear;

v9
take account of;

- "You have to reckon with our opponents";

- "Count on the monsoon";

- syn. reckon;

Count Alessandro di Cagliostro
n1
Italian who was famous as a magician and alchemist (1743-1795);

- syn. Cagliostro, Giuseppe Balsamo;

Count Alessandro Volta
n1
Italian physicist after whom the volt is named;

- studied electric currents and invented the voltaic pile (1745-1827);

- syn. Conte Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio Volta, Conte Alessandro Volta, Volta;

count down
v1
count backwards;

- before detonating a bomb, for example;

Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin
n1
German inventor who designed and built the first rigid motorized dirigible (1838-1917);

- syn. Zeppelin;

Count Fleet
n1
thoroughbred that won the triple crown in 1943;

Count Lev Nikolayevitch Tolstoy
n1
Russian author remembered for two great novels (1828-1910);

- syn. Leo Tolstoy, Tolstoy;

Count Maurice Maeterlinck
n1
Belgian playwright (1862-1949);

- syn. Maeterlinck;

Count Nikolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf
n1
German theologian (1700-1760);

- syn. Zinzendorf;

count noun
n1
a noun that forms plurals;

count off
v1
call in turn from right to left or from back to front numbers that determine some position or function;

count on
v1
judge to be probable;

- syn. calculate, estimate, figure, forecast, reckon;

count out
v1
declare the loser;

count palatine
n1
a count who exercised royal authority in his own domain;

count per minute
n1
frequency per minute;

- syn. counts/minute;

Count Rumford
n1
English physicist (born in America) who studied heat and friction;

- experiments convinced him that heat is caused by moving particles (1753-1814);

- syn. Benjamin Thompson, Thompson;

countable / k aʊ n t ə b ɫ /
a1
that can be counted;

- "countable sins";

- "numerable assets";

- syn. denumerable, enumerable, numerable;

- sim. calculable;

countdown / k aʊ n t d aʊ n /
n1
counting backward from an arbitrary number to indicate the time remaining before some event (such as launching a space vehicle);

countenance / k aʊ n t ɪ n ə n s /
n1
the appearance conveyed by a person's face;

- "a pleasant countenance";

- "a stern visage";

- syn. visage;

n2
formal and explicit approval;

- "a Democrat usually gets the union's endorsement";

- syn. endorsement, imprimatur, indorsement, sanction, warrant;

n3
the human face (`kisser' and `smiler' and `mug' are informal terms for `face' and `phiz' is British);

- syn. kisser, mug, phiz, physiognomy, smiler, visage;

v1
consent to, give permission;

- "She permitted her son to visit her estranged husband";

- "I won't let the police search her basement";

- "I cannot allow you to see your exam";

- syn. allow, let, permit;

counter / k aʊ n t ə , k aʊ n t ə ɹ /
n1
table consisting of a horizontal surface over which business is transacted;

n2
game equipment (as a piece of wood, plastic, or ivory) used for keeping a count or reserving a space in various card or board games;

n3
a calculator that keeps a record of the number of times something happens;

- syn. tabulator;

n4
a piece of furniture that stands at the side of a dining room;

- has shelves and drawers;

- syn. buffet, sideboard;

n5
a person who counts things;

n6
a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one);

- "it brought a sharp rejoinder from the teacher";

- syn. comeback, rejoinder, replication, retort, return, riposte;

n7
(computer science) a register whose contents go through a regular series of states (usually states indicating consecutive integers);

n8
a piece of leather forming the back of a shoe or boot;

- "a counter may be used to stiffen the material around the heel and to give support to the foot";

- syn. heel counter;

n9
a return punch (especially by a boxer);

- syn. counterpunch, parry;

v1
speak in response;

- "He countered with some very persuasive arguments";

v2
act in advance of;

- deal with ahead of time;

- syn. anticipate, foresee, forestall;

a1
indicating opposition or resistance;

- syn. antagonistic;

- sim. negative;

r1
in the opposite direction;

- "run counter";

counter-drill
v1
drill in an opposite direction;

counter-revolutionist
n1
a revolutionary whose aim is to reverse the changes introduced by an earlier revolution;

- syn. counterrevolutionary, counterrevolutionist;

counter-sabotage
n1
counterintelligence designed to detect and counteract sabotage;

counter check
n1
a blank check provided by a bank for the convenience of customers who are making withdrawals;

counter conditioning
n1
conditioning in which a second incompatible response is conditioned to an already conditioned stimulus;

- "counter conditioning lies behind many of the procedures used in behavior therapy";

Counter Reformation
n1
the reaction of the Roman Catholic Church to the Reformation reaffirming the veneration of saints and the authority of the Pope (to which Protestants objected);

- many leaders were Jesuits;

counter tube
n1
a measuring instrument for counting individual ionizing events;

counteract / k aʊ n t ə ɹ æ k t /
v1
act in opposition to;

- syn. antagonise, antagonize;

v2
oppose or check by a counteraction;

- syn. countercheck;

v3
oppose and mitigate the effects of by contrary actions;

- "This will counteract the foolish actions of my colleagues";

- syn. counterbalance, countervail, neutralize;

v4
destroy property or hinder normal operations;

- "The Resistance sabotaged railroad operations during the war";

- syn. countermine, sabotage, subvert, undermine, weaken;

counteraction / k aʊ n t ə ɹ æ k ʃ n /
n1
action intended to nullify the effects of some previous action;

- syn. neutralisation, neutralization;

counteractive / k aʊ n t ə ɹ æ k t ɪ v /
a1
opposing or neutralizing or mitigating an effect by contrary action;

- sim. active;

counteractively / k aʊ n t ə ɹ æ k t ɪ v ɫ i /
r1
in a counteractive manner;

counterargument
n1
an argument offered in opposition to another argument;

counterattack / k aʊ n t ə ɹ ə t æ k /
n1
an attack by a defending force against an attacking enemy force in order to regain lost ground or cut off enemy advance units etc.;

- syn. countermove;

n2
(chess) an attack that is intended to counter the opponent's advantage in another part of the board;

- syn. counterplay;

v1
make a counterattack;

- syn. counterstrike;

counterattraction / k aʊ n t ə ɹ ə t ɹ æ k ʃ n /
n1
a rival attraction;

counterbalance / k aʊ n t ə b æ ɫ ə n s /
n1
a weight that balances another weight;

- syn. balance, counterpoise, counterweight, equaliser, equalizer;

n2
equality of distribution;

- syn. balance, equilibrium, equipoise;

n3
a compensating equivalent;

- syn. offset;

v1
adjust for;

- "engineers will work to correct the effects or air resistance";

- syn. compensate, correct, even off, even out, even up, make up;

v2
contrast with equal weight or force;

- syn. oppose;

v3
oppose and mitigate the effects of by contrary actions;

- "This will counteract the foolish actions of my colleagues";

- syn. counteract, countervail, neutralize;

counterbalanced / k aʊ n t ə b æ ɫ ə n s t /
a1
brought into equipoise by means of a weight or force that offsets another;

- syn. counterpoised;

- sim. balanced;

counterbattery fire
n1
fire delivered to neutralize or destroy indirect fire weapon systems;

counterblast / k aʊ n t ə b ɫ ɑ s t /
n1
a vigorous and unrestrained response;

- "her tirade provoked a counterblast from her husband";

counterblow / k aʊ n t ə b ɫ oʊ /
n1
a return blow;

- a retaliatory blow;

counterbombardment
n1
bombardment intended to destroy or neutralize enemy weapons;

counterbore
n1
a bit for enlarging the upper part of a hole;

- syn. countersink, countersink bit;

counterchallenge / k aʊ n t ə tʃ æ ɫ ə n dʒ /
v1
challenge in turn;

- "The authentication was counterchallenged";

counterchange / k aʊ n t ə tʃ eɪ n dʒ /
v1
cause to change places;

- "interchange this screw for one of a smaller size";

- syn. interchange, transpose;

countercharge / k aʊ n t ə tʃ ɑ dʒ /
n1
a charge brought by an accused person against the accuser;

n2
a retaliatory charge;

countercheck
n1
a check that restrains another check;

n2
something that checks the correctness of a previous check;

- syn. double check;

v1
oppose or check by a counteraction;

- syn. counteract;

v2
check a second time;

counterclaim / k aʊ n t ə k ɫ eɪ m /
n1
a claim filed in opposition to another claim in a legal action;

v1
set up a claim in opposition to a previous claim;

counterclockwise / k aʊ n t ə k ɫ ɒ k w aɪ z /
a1
in the direction opposite to the rotation of the hands of a clock;

- syn. anticlockwise, contraclockwise;

- also sinistral;

- sim. levorotary;

r1
in a direction opposite to the direction in which the hands of a clock move;

- "please move counterclockwise in a circle!";

- syn. anticlockwise;

counterclockwise rotation
n1
rotation to the left;

- syn. levorotation;

countercoup
n1
a sudden and decisive overthrow of a government that gained power by a coup d'etat;

counterculture / k aʊ n t ə k ʌ ɫ tʃ ə ɹ /
n1
a culture with lifestyles and values opposed to those of the established culture;

countercurrent / k aʊ n t ə k ʌ ɹ ə n t /
n1
a stretch of turbulent water in a river or the sea caused by one current flowing into or across another current;

- syn. crosscurrent, rip, riptide, tide rip;

n2
actions counter to the main group activity;

- "political crosscurrents disrupted the conference";

- syn. crosscurrent;

counterdemonstration
n1
a demonstration held in opposition to another demonstration;

- "supporters of the president organized a counterdemonstration in his support";

counterdemonstrator
n1
someone who demonstrates in opposition to another demonstration;

counterespionage / k aʊ n t ə ɹ ɛ s p ɪə n ɑ ʒ /
n1
spying on the spies;

counterexample
n1
refutation by example;

counterfactual
a1
going counter to the facts (usually as a hypothesis);

- syn. contrary to fact;

- sim. conditional;

counterfactuality
n1
the quality of being contrary to fact;

counterfeit / k aʊ n t ə f ɪ t /
n1
a copy that is represented as the original;

- syn. forgery;

v1
make a copy of with the intent to deceive;

- "he faked the signature";

- "they counterfeited dollar bills";

- "She forged a Green Card";

- syn. fake, forge;

a1
not genuine;

- imitating something superior;

- "counterfeit emotion";

- "counterfeit money";

- "counterfeit works of art";

- "a counterfeit prince";

- syn. imitative;

- also artificial, false, insincere, unreal;

- sim. assumed, bad, base, bogus, inauthentic, mock, ostensible, pinchbeck, pseudo, synthetic;

counterfeiter / k aʊ n t ə f ɪ t ə , k aʊ n t ə f ɪ t ə ɹ /
n1
someone who makes copies illegally;

- syn. forger;

counterfire
n1
fire intended to neutralize or destroy enemy weapons;

counterfoil / k aʊ n t ə f ɔɪ ɫ /
n1
the part of a check that is retained as a record;

- syn. check stub, stub;

counterglow
n1
a faint spot of light in the night sky that appears directly opposite the position of the sun;

- a reflection of sunlight by micrometeoric material in space;

- syn. gegenschein;

counterinsurgency / k aʊ n t ə ɪ n s ɝ dʒ ə n s i /
n1
actions taken by a government to defeat insurgency;

- syn. pacification;

counterinsurgent / k aʊ n t ə ɪ n s ɝ dʒ ə n t /
a1
of or relating or characteristic of actions taken by a government to defeat insurgency;

counterintelligence / k aʊ n t ə ɹ ɪ n t ɛ ɫ ɪ dʒ ə n s /
n1
intelligence activities concerned with identifying and counteracting the threat to security posed by hostile intelligence organizations or by individuals engaged in espionage or sabotage or subversion or terrorism;

counterintuitive / k aʊ n t ə ɹ ɪ n t j u ɪ t ɪ v /
a1
contrary to what common sense would suggest;

- sim. unreasonable;

counterintuitively
r1
in a counterintuitive manner;

counterirritant / k aʊ n t ə ɹ ɪr ɪ t ə n t /
n1
a medicine applied locally to produce superficial inflammation in order to reduce deeper inflammation;

counterman / k aʊ n t ə m ə n /
n1
someone who attends a counter (as in a diner);

- syn. counterperson, counterwoman;

countermand / k aʊ n t ə m ɑ n d /
n1
a contrary command cancelling or reversing a previous command;

v1
cancel officially;

- "He revoked the ban on smoking";

- "lift an embargo";

- "vacate a death sentence";

- syn. annul, lift, overturn, repeal, rescind, reverse, revoke, vacate;

countermarch
n1
(military) a march in the reverse direction or back along the same route;

v1
march back along the same way;

v2
change the order of soldiers during a march;

countermeasure / k aʊ n t ə m ɛ ʒ ə /
n1
an action taken to offset another action;

countermine / k aʊ n t ə m aɪ n /
n1
(military) a tunnel dug to defeat similar activities by the enemy;

v1
destroy property or hinder normal operations;

- "The Resistance sabotaged railroad operations during the war";

- syn. counteract, sabotage, subvert, undermine, weaken;

v2
destroy enemy mines with one's own mines;

- "We countermined the banks of the river";

countermortar fire
n1
mortar fire intended to destroy or neutralize enemy weapons;

countermove / k aʊ n t ə m u v /
n1
an attack by a defending force against an attacking enemy force in order to regain lost ground or cut off enemy advance units etc.;

- syn. counterattack;

counteroffensive / k aʊ n t ə ax f ɛ n s ɪ v /
n1
a large scale offensive (more than a counterattack) undertaken by a defending force to seize the initiative from an attacking force;

counteroffer / k aʊ n t ə ɹ ɒ f ə , k aʊ n t ə ɹ ɒ f ə ɹ /
n1
an offer made by someone who has rejected a prior offer;

counterpane / k aʊ n t ə p eɪ n /
n1
decorative cover for a bed;

- syn. bed cover, bed covering, bedcover, bedspread, spread;

counterpart / k aʊ n t ə p ɑ t /
n1
a person or thing having the same function or characteristics as another;

- syn. opposite number, vis-a-vis;

n2
a duplicate copy;

- syn. similitude, twin;

counterperson
n1
someone who attends a counter (as in a diner);

- syn. counterman, counterwoman;

counterplan / k aʊ n t ə p ɫ æ n /
n1
a plot intended to subvert another plot;

- syn. counterplot;

counterplay / k aʊ n t ə p ɫ eɪ /
n1
(chess) an attack that is intended to counter the opponent's advantage in another part of the board;

- syn. counterattack;

counterplea / k aʊ n t ə p ɫ i /
n1
a plaintiff's reply to a defendant's plea;

counterplot / k aʊ n t ə p ɫ ɒ t /
n1
a plot intended to subvert another plot;

- syn. counterplan;

v1
make a plot in response to another plot;

counterpoint / k aʊ n t ə p ɔɪ n t /
n1
a musical form involving the simultaneous sound of two or more melodies;

v1
to show differences when compared;

- be different;

- "the students contrast considerably in their artistic abilities";

- syn. contrast;

v2
write in counterpoint;

- "Bach perfected the art of counterpointing";

counterpoise / k aʊ n t ə p ɔɪ z /
n1
a weight that balances another weight;

- syn. balance, counterbalance, counterweight, equaliser, equalizer;

v1
constitute a counterweight or counterbalance to;

- syn. counterpose, counterweight;

counterpoised / k aʊ n t ə p ɔɪ z d /
a1
brought into equipoise by means of a weight or force that offsets another;

- syn. counterbalanced;

- sim. balanced;

counterpoison / k aʊ n t ə p ɔɪ z n /
n1
a remedy that stops or controls the effects of a poison;

- syn. antidote;

counterpose / k aʊ n t ə p oʊ z /
v1
constitute a counterweight or counterbalance to;

- syn. counterpoise, counterweight;

counterpreparation fire
n1
intensive prearranged fire delivered when the immanence of enemy attack is discovered;

counterproductive / k aʊ n t ə p ɹ ə d ʌ k t ɪ v /
a1
tending to hinder the achievement of a goal;

- sim. harmful;

counterproposal / k aʊ n t ə p ɹ ə p oʊ z ɫ /
n1
a proposal offered as an alternative to an earlier proposal;

counterpunch / k aʊ n t ə p ʌ n tʃ /
n1
a return punch (especially by a boxer);

- syn. counter, parry;

counterreformation
n1
a reformation intended to counter the results of a prior reformation;

counterrevolution / k aʊ n t ə ɹ ɛ v ə ɫ u ʃ n /
n1
a revolution whose aim is to reverse the changes introduced by a previous revolution;

counterrevolutionary / k aʊ n t ə ɹ ɛ v ə ɫ u ʃ ŋ ə ɹ i /
n1
a revolutionary whose aim is to reverse the changes introduced by an earlier revolution;

- syn. counter-revolutionist, counterrevolutionist;

a1
relating to or being a counterrevolution;

a2
marked by opposition or antipathy to revolution;

- "ostracized for his counterrevolutionary tendencies";

counterrevolutionist / k aʊ n t ə ɹ ɛ v ə ɫ u ʃ ŋ ɪ s t /
n1
a revolutionary whose aim is to reverse the changes introduced by an earlier revolution;

- syn. counter-revolutionist, counterrevolutionary;

countershot
n1
a return shot;

- a retaliatory shot;

countersign / k aʊ n t ə s aɪ n /
n1
a secret word or phrase known only to a restricted group;

- "he forgot the password";

- syn. parole, password, watchword, word;

n2
a second confirming signature endorsing a document already signed;

- syn. countersignature;

v1
add one's signature to after another's to attest authenticity;

- "You must countersign on this line of the contract";

countersignature / k aʊ n t ə s ɪ ɡ n ə tʃ ə ɹ /
n1
a second confirming signature endorsing a document already signed;

- syn. countersign;

countersink / k aʊ n t ə s ɪ ŋ k /
n1
a hole (usually in wood) with the top part enlarged so that a screw or bolt will fit into it and lie below the surface;

n2
a bit for enlarging the upper part of a hole;

- syn. counterbore, countersink bit;

v1
insert (a nail or screw below the surface, as into a countersink);

- syn. set;

countersink bit
n1
a bit for enlarging the upper part of a hole;

- syn. counterbore, countersink;

counterspy / k aʊ n t ə s p aɪ /
n1
a spy who works against enemy espionage;

- syn. mole;

counterstain / k aʊ n t ə s t eɪ n /
n1
a stain of contrasting color that is used when the principal stain does not show the structure clearly;

counterstrike / k aʊ n t ə s t ɹ aɪ k /
v1
make a counterattack;

- syn. counterattack;

countersubversion
n1
the aspect of counterintelligence designed to detect and prevent subversive activities;

countersuit / k aʊ n t ə s u t /
n1
a suit brought against someone who has sued you;

countertenor / k aʊ n t ə t ɛ n ə , k aʊ n t ə t ɛ n ə ɹ /
n1
a male singer with a voice above that of a tenor;

n2
the highest adult male singing voice;

- syn. alto;

a1
of or being the highest male voice;

- having a range above that of tenor;

- syn. alto;

- sim. high;

counterterror / k aʊ n t ə t ɛr ə /
a1
intended to prevent terrorism;

- "the government took counterterror measures";

- syn. counterterrorist;

counterterrorism / k aʊ n t ə t ɛr ə ɹ ɪ z ə m /
n1
a strategy intended to prevent or counter terrorism;

counterterrorist / k aʊ n t ə t ɛr ə ɹ ɪ s t /
n1
someone who attempts to prevent terrorism;

a1
intended to prevent terrorism;

- "the government took counterterror measures";

- syn. counterterror;

Counterterrorist Center
n1
an agency that helps the Director of Central Intelligence coordinate counterterrorist efforts in order to preempt and disrupt and defeat terrorist activities at the earliest possible stage;

- syn. CTC;

countertop / k aʊ n t ə t ɒ p /
n1
the top side of a counter;

countertransference
n1
the psychoanalyst's displacement of emotion onto the patient or more generally the psychoanalyst's emotional involvement in the therapeutic interaction;

countervail / k aʊ n t ə v eɪ ɫ /
v1
compensate for or counterbalance;

- "offset deposits and withdrawals";

- syn. offset;

v2
oppose and mitigate the effects of by contrary actions;

- "This will counteract the foolish actions of my colleagues";

- syn. counteract, counterbalance, neutralize;

countervailing duty
n1
a duty imposed to offset subsidies by foreign governments;

counterweight / k aʊ n t ə w eɪ t /
n1
a weight that balances another weight;

- syn. balance, counterbalance, counterpoise, equaliser, equalizer;

v1
constitute a counterweight or counterbalance to;

- syn. counterpoise, counterpose;

counterwoman
n1
someone who attends a counter (as in a diner);

- syn. counterman, counterperson;

countess / k aʊ n t ɪ s /
n1
female equivalent of a count or earl;

counting / k aʊ n t ɪ ŋ /
n1
the act of counting;

- reciting numbers in ascending order;

- "the counting continued for several hours";

- syn. count, enumeration, numeration, reckoning, tally;

countinghouse / k aʊ n t ɪ ŋ h aʊ z /
n1
office used by the accountants of a business;

countless / k aʊ n t ɫ ə s /
a1
too numerous to be counted;

- "countless hours";

- "an infinite number of reasons";

- "innumerable difficulties";

- "the multitudinous seas";

- "myriad stars";

- syn. infinite, innumerable, innumerous, multitudinous, myriad, numberless, uncounted, unnumberable, unnumbered, unnumerable;

- sim. incalculable;

countlessness
n1
a number beyond counting;

- syn. innumerableness;

countrified / k ʌ n t ɹ ɪ f aɪ d /
a1
characteristic of rural life;

- "countrified clothes";

- "rustic awkwardness";

- syn. countryfied, rustic;

- sim. rural;

country / k ʌ n t ɹ i /
n1
a politically organized body of people under a single government;

- "the state has elected a new president";

- "African nations";

- "students who had come to the nation's capitol";

- "the country's largest manufacturer";

- "an industrialized land";

- syn. body politic, commonwealth, land, nation, res publica, state;

n2
the territory occupied by a nation;

- "he returned to the land of his birth";

- "he visited several European countries";

- syn. land, state;

n3
the people who live in a nation or country;

- "a statement that sums up the nation's mood";

- "the news was announced to the nation";

- "the whole country worshipped him";

- syn. land, nation;

n4
an area outside of cities and towns;

- "his poetry celebrated the slower pace of life in the country";

- syn. rural area;

n5
a particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography);

- "it was a mountainous area";

- "Bible country";

- syn. area;

country-bred
a1
rough and uncouth;

- "a country boy";

- sim. rural;

country-dance
n1
a type of folk dance in which couples are arranged in sets or face one another in a line;

- syn. contra danse, contradance, contredanse, country dancing;

v1
perform a contradance;

- syn. contra danse, contradance, contredanse;

country-style
a1
typical of the country;

- "country-style sausage";

- "country music";

- sim. rural;

country and western
n1
a simple style of folk music heard mostly in the southern United States;

- usually played on stringed instruments;

- syn. C and W, country music;

country borage
n1
an aromatic fleshy herb of India and Ceylon to South Africa;

- sometimes placed in genus Plectranthus;

- syn. Coleus amboinicus, Coleus aromaticus, Plectranthus amboinicus;

country club
n1
a suburban club for recreation and socializing;

country dancing
n1
a type of folk dance in which couples are arranged in sets or face one another in a line;

- syn. contra danse, contradance, contredanse, country-dance;

country doctor
n1
a doctor who practices in the country (rather than in a city) usually remote from a modern hospital;

- "do country doctors still make house calls?";

country house
n1
a house (usually large and impressive) on an estate in the country;

country music
n1
a simple style of folk music heard mostly in the southern United States;

- usually played on stringed instruments;

- syn. C and W, country and western;

country of origin
n1
the country where you were born;

- syn. fatherland, homeland, mother country, motherland, native land;

country people
n1
people living in the same country;

- compatriots;

- syn. countryfolk;

n2
people raised in or living in a rural environment;

- rustics;

- syn. countryfolk;

country store
n1
a retail store serving a sparsely populated region;

- usually stocked with a wide variety of merchandise;

- syn. general store, trading post;

countryfied
a1
characteristic of rural life;

- "countrified clothes";

- "rustic awkwardness";

- syn. countrified, rustic;

- sim. rural;

countryfolk / k ʌ n t ɹ i f oʊ k /
n1
people living in the same country;

- compatriots;

- syn. country people;

n2
people raised in or living in a rural environment;

- rustics;

- syn. country people;

countryman / k ʌ n t ɹ ɪ m ə n /
n1
a man from your own country;

n2
a man who lives in the country and has country ways;

- syn. ruralist;

countryseat
n1
an estate in the country;

countryside / k ʌ n t ɹ ɪ s aɪ d /
n1
rural regions;

countrywide / k ʌ n t ɹ i w aɪ d /
a1
occurring or extending throughout a country or nation;

- "the event aroused nationwide interest";

- "a countrywide fund-raising campaign";

- syn. nationwide;

- sim. comprehensive;

countrywoman / k ʌ n t ɹ ɪ w ɪ m ɪ n , k ʌ n t ɹ ɪ w ʊ m ə n /
n1
a woman who lives in the country and has country ways;

n2
a woman from your own country;

counts/minute
n1
frequency per minute;

- syn. count per minute;

county / k aʊ n t i /
n1
(United Kingdom) a region created by territorial division for the purpose of local government;

- "the county has a population of 12,345 people";

n2
(United States) the largest administrative district within a state;

- "the county plans to build a new road";

county agent
n1
an advisor employed by the government to assist people in rural areas with methods of farming and home economics;

- syn. agricultural agent, extension agent;

county council
n1
the elected governing body of a county;

county courthouse
n1
the town or city that is the seat of government for a county;

- syn. county seat;

county line
n1
the boundary between two counties;

county palatine
n1
the territory of a count palatine;

county seat
n1
the town or city that is the seat of government for a county;

- syn. county courthouse;

county town
n1
the town or city that is the seat of government for a shire;

- syn. shire town;

countywide / k ʌ n t ɹ i w aɪ d /
a1
occurring or extending throughout a county;

- "a countywide war on drugs";

- "countywide elections";

- sim. comprehensive;

coup / k u /
n1
a sudden and decisive change of government illegally or by force;

- syn. coup d'etat, putsch, takeover;

n2
a brilliant and notable success;

coup d'etat / k u d eɪ t ɑ /
n1
a sudden and decisive change of government illegally or by force;

- syn. coup, putsch, takeover;

coup d'oeil
n1
a quick look;

- syn. glance, glimpse;

coup de grace / k u d ə ɡ ɹ ɑ s /
n1
the blow that kills (usually mercifully);

- syn. deathblow;

coup de main
n1
an attack without warning;

- syn. surprise attack;

coup de theatre
n1
a dramatic surprise;

n2
a sensational bit of stagecraft;

n3
a highly successful theatrical production;

coupe / k u p eɪ /
n1
a car with two doors and front seats and a luggage compartment;

Couperin
n1
French composer of music for organ and a member of a family of distinguished organists (1668-1733);

- syn. Francois Couperin;

couple / k ʌ p ɫ /
n1
a pair who associate with one another;

- "the engaged couple";

- "an inseparable twosome";

- syn. duet, duo, twosome;

n2
a pair of people who live together;

- "a married couple from Chicago";

- syn. match, mates;

n3
a small indefinite number;

- "he's coming for a couple of days";

n4
two items of the same kind;

- syn. brace, couplet, distich, duad, duet, duo, dyad, pair, span, twain, twosome, yoke;

n5
(physics) something joined by two equal and opposite forces that act along parallel lines;

v1
bring two objects, ideas, or people together;

- "This fact is coupled to the other one";

- "Matchmaker, can you match my daughter with a nice young man?";

- "The student was paired with a partner for collaboration on the project";

- syn. match, mate, pair, twin;

v2
link together;

- "can we couple these proposals?";

- syn. couple on, couple up;

v3
form a pair or pairs;

- "The two old friends paired off";

- syn. pair, pair off, partner off;

v4
engage in sexual intercourse;

- "Birds mate in the Spring";

- syn. copulate, mate, pair;

couple on
v1
link together;

- "can we couple these proposals?";

- syn. couple, couple up;

couple up
v1
link together;

- "can we couple these proposals?";

- syn. couple, couple on;

coupled / k ʌ p ɫ d /
a1
joined together especially in a pair or pairs;

- syn. conjugate, conjugated;

- sim. united;

a2
connected by a link, as railway cars or trailer trucks;

- syn. joined, linked;

- sim. connected;

coupler / k ʌ p ɫ ə /
n1
a mechanical device that serves to connect the ends of adjacent objects;

- syn. coupling;

couplet / k ʌ p ɫ ɪ t /
n1
two items of the same kind;

- syn. brace, couple, distich, duad, duet, duo, dyad, pair, span, twain, twosome, yoke;

n2
a stanza consisting of two successive lines of verse;

- usually rhymed;

coupling / k ʌ p ɫ ɪ ŋ /
n1
a connection (like a clamp or vise) between two things so they move together;

- syn. yoke;

n2
a mechanical device that serves to connect the ends of adjacent objects;

- syn. coupler;

n3
the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes;

- "the casual couplings of adolescents";

- "the mating of some species occurs only in the spring";

- syn. conjugation, mating, pairing, sexual union, union;

coupon / k u p ɒ n /
n1
a negotiable certificate that can be detached and redeemed as needed;

- syn. voucher;

n2
a test sample of some substance;

coupon bond
n1
a bond issued with detachable coupons that must be presented to the issuer for interest payments;

- syn. bearer bond;

courage / k ʌ ɹ ɪ dʒ /
n1
a quality of spirit that enables you to face danger or pain without showing fear;

- syn. braveness, bravery, courageousness;

courageous / k ə ɹ eɪ dʒ ə s /
a1
possessing or displaying courage;

- able to face and deal with danger or fear without flinching;

- "Familiarity with danger makes a brave man braver but less daring"- Herman Melville;

- "a frank courageous heart...triumphed over pain"- William Wordsworth;

- "set a courageous example by leading them safely into and out of enemy-held territory";

- syn. brave;

- also adventuresome, adventurous, bold, fearless, resolute, unafraid;

- sim. desperate, gallant, game, lionhearted, stalwart, undaunted, valiant;

courageously / k ə ɹ eɪ dʒ ə s ɫ i /
r1
in a courageous manner;

- "bravely he went into the burning house";

- syn. bravely;

courageousness / k ə ɹ eɪ dʒ ə s n ɛ s /
n1
a quality of spirit that enables you to face danger or pain without showing fear;

- syn. braveness, bravery, courage;

courante / k ʊr æ n t i /
n1
a court dance of the 16th century;

- consisted of short advances and retreats;

courbaril
n1
West Indian locust tree having pinnate leaves and panicles of large white or purplish flowers;

- yields very hard tough wood;

- syn. Hymenaea courbaril;

courbaril copal
n1
resin from the courbaril tree;

Courbet
n1
French painter noted for his realistic depiction of everyday scenes (1819-1877);

- syn. Gustave Courbet;

coureur de bois
n1
a French Canadian trapper;

courgette / k ʊə ʒ ɛ t /
n1
marrow squash plant whose fruit are eaten when small;

- syn. zucchini;

n2
small cucumber-shaped vegetable marrow;

- typically dark green;

- syn. zucchini;

courier / k ʊr ɪə , k ʊr ɪə ɹ /
n1
a person who carries a message;

- syn. messenger;

courlan
n1
wading bird of South America and Central America;

- syn. Aramus guarauna;

course / k ɔ s /
n1
education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings;

- "he took a course in basket weaving";

- "flirting is not unknown in college classes";

- syn. class, course of instruction, course of study;

n2
a connected series of events or actions or developments;

- "the government took a firm course";

- "historians can only point out those lines for which evidence is available";

- syn. line;

n3
general line of orientation;

- "the river takes a southern course";

- "the northeastern trend of the coast";

- syn. trend;

n4
a mode of action;

- "if you persist in that course you will surely fail";

- "once a nation is embarked on a course of action it becomes extremely difficult for any retraction to take place";

- syn. course of action;

n5
a line or route along which something travels or moves;

- "the hurricane demolished houses in its path";

- "the track of an animal";

- "the course of the river";

- syn. path, track;

n6
a body of students who are taught together;

- "early morning classes are always sleepy";

- syn. class, form, grade;

n7
part of a meal served at one time;

- "she prepared a three course meal";

n8
(construction) a layer of masonry;

- "a course of bricks";

- syn. row;

n9
facility consisting of a circumscribed area of land or water laid out for a sport;

- "the course had only nine holes";

- "the course was less than a mile";

v1
move swiftly through or over;

- "ships coursing the Atlantic";

v2
move along, of liquids;

- "Water flowed into the cave";

- "the Missouri feeds into the Mississippi";

- syn. feed, flow, run;

v3
hunt with hounds;

- "He often courses hares";

r1
as might be expected;

- "naturally, the lawyer sent us a huge bill";

- syn. naturally, of course;

course catalog
n1
a catalog listing the courses offered by a college or university;

- syn. course catalogue, prospectus;

course catalogue
n1
a catalog listing the courses offered by a college or university;

- syn. course catalog, prospectus;

course credit
n1
recognition by a college or university that a course of studies has been successfully completed;

- typically measured in semester hours;

- syn. credit;

course of action
n1
a mode of action;

- "if you persist in that course you will surely fail";

- "once a nation is embarked on a course of action it becomes extremely difficult for any retraction to take place";

- syn. course;

course of instruction
n1
education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings;

- "he took a course in basket weaving";

- "flirting is not unknown in college classes";

- syn. class, course, course of study;

course of lectures
n1
a series of lectures dealing with a subject;

course of study
n1
an integrated course of academic studies;

- "he was admitted to a new program at the university";

- syn. curriculum, program, programme, syllabus;

n2
education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings;

- "he took a course in basket weaving";

- "flirting is not unknown in college classes";

- syn. class, course, course of instruction;

course session
n1
a regularly scheduled session as part of a course of study;

- syn. class period, recitation;

courser / k ɔ s ə , k ɔ s ə ɹ /
n1
a huntsman who hunts small animals with fast dogs that use sight rather than scent to follow their prey;

n2
formerly a strong swift horse ridden into battle;

- syn. charger;

n3
a dog trained for coursing;

n4
swift-footed terrestrial plover-like bird of southern Asia and Africa;

- related to the pratincoles;

coursework / k ɔ s w ɝ k /
n1
work assigned to and done by a student during a course of study;

- usually it is evaluated as part of the student's grade in the course;

coursing / k ɔ s ɪ ŋ /
n1
hunting with dogs (usually greyhounds) that are trained to chase game (such as hares) by sight instead of by scent;

court / k ɔ t /
n1
an assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business;

- syn. judicature, tribunal;

n2
a room in which a lawcourt sits;

- "television cameras were admitted in the courtroom";

- syn. courtroom;

n3
the sovereign and his advisers who are the governing power of a state;

- syn. royal court;

n4
a specially marked horizontal area within which a game is played;

- "players had to reserve a court in advance";

n5
Australian woman tennis player who won many major championships (born in 1947);

- syn. Margaret Court;

n6
the family and retinue of a sovereign or prince;

- syn. royal court;

n7
a hotel for motorists;

- provides direct access from rooms to parking area;

- syn. motor hotel, motor inn, motor lodge, tourist court;

n8
a tribunal that is presided over by a magistrate or by one or more judges who administer justice according to the laws;

- syn. court of justice, court of law, law court, lawcourt;

n9
the residence of a sovereign or nobleman;

- "the king will visit the duke's court";

n10
an area wholly or partly surrounded by walls or buildings;

- "the house was built around an inner court";

- syn. courtyard;

n11
respectful deference;

- "pay court to the emperor";

- syn. homage;

v1
make amorous advances towards;

- "John is courting Mary";

- syn. romance, solicit, woo;

v2
seek someone's favor;

- "China is wooing Russia";

- syn. woo;

v3
engage in social activities leading to marriage;

- "We were courting for over ten years";

court-martial / k ɔ t m ɑ ʃ ɫ /
n1
a military court to try members of the armed services who are accused of serious breaches of martial law;

n2
a trial that is conducted by a military court;

v1
subject to trial by court-martial;

court-ordered
a1
ordered by a court of law;

- sim. legal;

court card
n1
one of the twelve cards in a deck bearing a picture of a face;

- syn. face card, picture card;

court favor
v1
seek favor by fawning or flattery;

- "This employee is currying favor with his superordinates";

- syn. court favour, curry favor, curry favour;

court favour
v1
seek favor by fawning or flattery;

- "This employee is currying favor with his superordinates";

- syn. court favor, curry favor, curry favour;

court game
n1
an athletic game played on a court;

court of appeals
n1
a court whose jurisdiction is to review decisions of lower courts or agencies;

- syn. appeals court, appellate court;

court of assize
n1
the county courts of England (replaced in 1971 by Crown courts);

- syn. assizes, court of assize and nisi prius;

court of assize and nisi prius
n1
the county courts of England (replaced in 1971 by Crown courts);

- syn. assizes, court of assize;

court of chancery
n1
a court with jurisdiction in equity;

- syn. chancery;

court of domestic relations
n1
a court in some states in the United States that has jurisdiction over family disputes (especially those involving children);

- syn. domestic relations court, family court;

court of justice
n1
a tribunal that is presided over by a magistrate or by one or more judges who administer justice according to the laws;

- syn. court, court of law, law court, lawcourt;

court of law
n1
a tribunal that is presided over by a magistrate or by one or more judges who administer justice according to the laws;

- syn. court, court of justice, law court, lawcourt;

Court of Saint James's
n1
the British royal court;

court order
n1
a writ issued by a court of law requiring a person to do something or to refrain from doing something;

court plaster
n1
a plaster composed of isinglass on silk;

- formerly used to dress superficial wounds;

court tennis
n1
an ancient form of tennis played in a four-walled court;

- syn. real tennis, royal tennis;

Courtelle
n1
an acrylic fabric resembling wool;

courteous / k ɝ t ɪə s /
a1
exhibiting courtesy and politeness;

- "a nice gesture";

- syn. gracious, nice;

- sim. polite;

a2
characterized by courtesy and gracious good manners;

- "if a man be gracious and courteous to strangers it shows he is a citizen of the world"-Francis Bacon;

- also respectful;

- sim. chivalrous;

courteously / k ɝ t ɪə s ɫ i /
r1
in a polite manner;

- "the policeman answered politely, `Now look here, lady...'";

- syn. politely;

courtesan / k ɔ t ɪ z æ n /
n1
a woman who cohabits with an important man;

- syn. concubine, doxy, paramour;

courtesy / k ɝ t ə s i /
n1
a courteous or respectful or considerate act;

n2
a courteous or respectful or considerate remark;

n3
a courteous manner;

- syn. good manners;

courthouse / k ɔ t h aʊ z /
n1
a government building that houses the offices of a county government;

n2
a building that houses judicial courts;

courtier / k ɔ t ɪə , k ɔ t ɪə ɹ /
n1
an attendant at the court of a sovereign;

courting / k ɔ t ɪ ŋ /
n1
a man's courting of a woman;

- seeking the affections of a woman (usually with the hope of marriage);

- "its was a brief and intense courtship";

- syn. courtship, suit, wooing;

courtliness / k ɔ t ɫ ɪ n ə s /
n1
elegance suggestive of a royal court;

courtly / k ɔ t ɫ i /
a1
refined or imposing in manner or appearance;

- befitting a royal court;

- "a courtly gentleman";

- syn. formal, stately;

- sim. dignified;

courtly love
n1
(Middle Ages) a highly conventionalized code of conduct for lovers;

courtroom / k ɔ t ɹ u m /
n1
a room in which a lawcourt sits;

- "television cameras were admitted in the courtroom";

- syn. court;

courtship / k ɔ t ʃ ɪ p /
n1
a man's courting of a woman;

- seeking the affections of a woman (usually with the hope of marriage);

- "its was a brief and intense courtship";

- syn. courting, suit, wooing;

courtyard / k ɔ t j ɑ d /
n1
an area wholly or partly surrounded by walls or buildings;

- "the house was built around an inner court";

- syn. court;

couscous
n1
a spicy dish that originated in northern Africa;

- consists of pasta steamed with a meat and vegetable stew;

n2
a pasta made in northern Africa of crushed and steamed semolina;

cousin / k ʌ z n /
n1
the child of your aunt or uncle;

- syn. cousin-german, first cousin, full cousin;

cousin-german
n1
the child of your aunt or uncle;

- syn. cousin, first cousin, full cousin;

cousinly / k ʌ z n ɫ i /
a1
like or befitting a cousin;

- "a cousinly kiss";

Cousteau
n1
French underwater explorer (born in 1910);

- syn. Jacques Costeau, Jacques Yves Costeau;

couth
n1
(used facetiously) refinement;

a1
(used facetiously) refined and well-mannered;

- sim. refined;

couthie
a1
(chiefly Scottish) agreeable and genial;

- syn. couthy;

- sim. friendly;

couthy
a1
(chiefly Scottish) agreeable and genial;

- syn. couthie;

- sim. friendly;

couture
n1
high fashion designing and dressmaking;

couturier
n1
someone who designs clothing;

- syn. clothes designer, designer, fashion designer;

couvade
n1
a custom among some peoples whereby the husband of a pregnant wife is put to bed at the time of bearing the child;

couverture
n1
chocolate that contains at least 32 percent cocoa butter;

covalence
n1
valence characterized by the sharing of electrons in a chemical compound;

- the number of pairs of electrons an atom can share;

- syn. covalency;

covalency
n1
valence characterized by the sharing of electrons in a chemical compound;

- the number of pairs of electrons an atom can share;

- syn. covalence;

covalent
a1
of or relating to or characterized by covalence;

- "covalent bond";

covalent bond
n1
a chemical bond that involves sharing a pair of electrons between atoms in a molecule;

covariance
n1
(statistics) the mean value of the product of the deviations of two variates from their respective means;

covariant
a1
changing so that interrelations with another variable quantity or set of quantities remain unchanged;

- sim. variable;

covariation
n1
(statistics) correlated variation;

cove / k oʊ v /
n1
a small inlet;

n2
small or narrow cave in the side of a cliff or mountain;

coven / k ʌ v n /
n1
an assembly of witches;

- usually 13 witches;

covenant / k ʌ v ə n ə n t /
n1
a signed written agreement between two or more parties (nations) to perform some action;

- syn. compact, concordat;

n2
(Bible) an agreement between God and his people in which God makes certain promises and requires certain behavior from them in return;

v1
enter into a covenant;

v2
enter into a covenant or formal agreement;

- "They covenanted with Judas for 30 pieces of silver";

- "The nations covenanted to fight terrorism around the world";

Coventry / k ɒ v n t ɹ i /
n1
the state of being banished or ostracized (excluded from society by general consent);

- "the association should get rid of its elderly members--not by euthanasia, of course, but by Coventry";

- syn. banishment, ostracism;

n2
an industrial city in central England;

- devastated by air raids during World War II;

- remembered as the home of Lady Godiva in the 11th century;

cover / k ʌ v ə , k ʌ v ə ɹ /
n1
a covering that serves to conceal or shelter something;

- "a screen of trees afforded privacy";

- "under cover of darkness";

- "the brush provided a covert for game";

- "the simplest concealment is to match perfectly the color of the background";

- syn. concealment, covert, screen;

n2
bedding that keeps a person warm in bed;

- "he pulled the covers over his head and went to sleep";

- syn. blanket;

n3
the act of concealing the existence of something by obstructing the view of it;

- "the cover concealed their guns from enemy aircraft";

- syn. covering, masking, screening;

n4
the protective covering on the front, back, and spine of a book;

- "the book had a leather binding";

- syn. back, binding, book binding;

n5
a natural object that covers or envelops;

- "under a covering of dust";

- "the fox was flushed from its cover";

- syn. covering, natural covering;

n6
covering for a hole (especially a hole in the top of a container);

- "he removed the top of the carton";

- "he couldn't get the top off of the bottle";

- "put the cover back on the kettle";

- syn. top;

n7
fire that makes it difficult for the enemy to fire on your own individuals or formations;

- "artillery provided covering fire for the withdrawal";

- syn. covering fire;

n8
a fixed charge by a restaurant or nightclub over and above the charge for food and drink;

- syn. cover charge;

n9
a recording of a song that was first recorded or made popular by somebody else;

- "they made a cover of a Beatles' song";

- syn. cover song, cover version;

n10
a false identity and background (especially one created for an undercover agent);

- "her new name and passport are cover for her next assignment";

v1
provide with a covering or cause to be covered;

- "cover her face with a handkerchief";

- "cover the child with a blanket";

- "cover the grave with flowers";

v2
form a cover over;

- "The grass covered the grave";

- syn. spread over;

v3
span an interval of distance, space or time;

- "The war extended over five years";

- "The period covered the turn of the century";

- "My land extends over the hills on the horizon";

- "This farm covers some 200 acres";

- "The Archipelago continues for another 500 miles";

- syn. continue, extend;

v4
provide for;

- "The grant doesn't cover my salary";

v5
act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression;

- "This book deals with incest";

- "The course covered all of Western Civilization";

- "The new book treats the history of China";

- syn. address, deal, handle, plow, treat;

v6
include in scope;

- include as part of something broader;

- have as one's sphere or territory;

- "This group encompasses a wide range of people from different backgrounds";

- "this should cover everyone in the group";

- syn. comprehend, embrace, encompass;

v7
travel across or pass over;

- "The caravan covered almost 100 miles each day";

- syn. cross, cut across, cut through, get across, get over, pass over, track, traverse;

v8
be responsible for reporting the details of, as in journalism;

- "Snow reported on China in the 1950's";

- "The cub reporter covered New York City";

- syn. report;

v9
hold within range of an aimed firearm;

v10
to take an action to protect against future problems;

- "Count the cash in the drawer twice just to cover yourself";

v11
hide from view or knowledge;

- "The President covered the fact that he bugged the offices in the White House";

- syn. cover up;

v12
protect or defend (a position in a game);

- "he covered left field";

v13
maintain a check on;

- especially by patrolling;

- "The second officer covered the top floor";

v14
protect by insurance;

- "The insurance won't cover this";

- syn. insure, underwrite;

v15
make up for shortcomings or a feeling of inferiority by exaggerating good qualities;

- "he is compensating for being a bad father";

- syn. compensate, overcompensate;

v16
invest with a large or excessive amount of something;

- "She covered herself with glory";

v17
help out by taking someone's place and temporarily assuming his responsibilities;

- "She is covering for our secretary who is ill this week";

v18
be sufficient to meet, defray, or offset the charge or cost of;

- "Is this enough to cover the check?";

v19
spread over a surface to conceal or protect;

- "This paint covers well";

v20
cover as if with a shroud;

- "The origins of this civilization are shrouded in mystery";

- syn. enshroud, hide, shroud;

v21
copulate with a female, used especially of horses;

- "The horse covers the mare";

- syn. breed;

v22
put something on top of something else;

- "cover the meat with a lot of gravy";

- syn. overlay;

v23
play a higher card than the one previously played;

- "Smith covered again";

v24
be responsible for guarding an opponent in a game;

v25
sit on (eggs);

- "Birds brood";

- "The female covers the eggs";

- syn. brood, hatch, incubate;

v26
clothe, as if for protection from the elements;

- "cover your head!";

- syn. wrap up;

cover-up / k ʌ v ə ɹ ʌ p /
n1
concealment that attempts to prevent something scandalous from becoming public;

cover charge
n1
a fixed charge by a restaurant or nightclub over and above the charge for food and drink;

- syn. cover;

cover crop
n1
crop planted to prevent soil erosion and provide green manure;

cover for
v1
provide an excuse or alibi for someone so as to cover up guilt;

- "I won't lie and cover for you";

cover girl
n1
a very pretty girl who works as a photographer's model;

- syn. lovely, pin-up;

cover glass
n1
a small and very thin piece of glass used to cover the specimen on a microscope slide;

- syn. cover slip;

cover letter
n1
a letter sent along with other documents to provide additional information;

- syn. covering letter;

cover plate
n1
covering consisting of a plate used to cover over or close in a chamber or receptacle;

cover slip
n1
a small and very thin piece of glass used to cover the specimen on a microscope slide;

- syn. cover glass;

cover song
n1
a recording of a song that was first recorded or made popular by somebody else;

- "they made a cover of a Beatles' song";

- syn. cover, cover version;

cover up
v1
hide from view or knowledge;

- "The President covered the fact that he bugged the offices in the White House";

- syn. cover;

cover version
n1
a recording of a song that was first recorded or made popular by somebody else;

- "they made a cover of a Beatles' song";

- syn. cover, cover song;

coverage / k ʌ v ə ɹ ɪ dʒ /
n1
the total amount and type of insurance carried;

- syn. insurance coverage;

n2
the extent to which something is covered;

- "the dictionary's coverage of standard English is excellent";

n3
the news as presented by reporters for newspapers or radio or television;

- "they accused the paper of biased coverage of race relations";

- syn. reportage, reporting;

coverall / k ʌ v ə ɹ ɔ ɫ /
n1
a loose-fitting protective garment that is worn over other clothing;

covered / k ʌ v ə d /
a1
overlaid or spread or topped with or enclosed within something;

- sometimes used as a combining form;

- "women with covered faces";

- "covered wagons";

- "a covered balcony";

- sim. ariled, awninged, beaded, blanketed, canopied, cloaked, crusted, dabbled, drenched, dusty, moon-splashed, moss-grown, mud-beplastered, muffled, overgrown, peritrichous, plastered, sealed, smothered, snow-clad, splashy, sun-drenched, thickspread, tiled, white;

covered bridge
n1
a bridge whose passageway is protected by a roof and enclosing sides;

covered couch
n1
a litter with a cover for privacy;

covered option
n1
a put or call option backed by the shares underlying the option;

covered smut
n1
a smut fungus causing a smut disease of grains in which the spore masses are covered or held together by the grain membranes;

covered stadium
n1
a stadium that has a roof;

- syn. dome, domed stadium;

covered stand
n1
a stand at a racecourse or stadium consisting of tiers with rows of individual seats that are under a protective roof;

- syn. grandstand;

covered wagon
n1
a large wagon with broad wheels and an arched canvas top;

- used by the United States pioneers to cross the prairies in the 19th century;

- syn. Conestoga, Conestoga wagon, prairie schooner, prairie wagon;

covering / k ʌ v ə ɹ ɪ ŋ /
n1
a natural object that covers or envelops;

- "under a covering of dust";

- "the fox was flushed from its cover";

- syn. cover, natural covering;

n2
an artifact that covers something else (usually to protect or shelter or conceal it);

n3
the act of concealing the existence of something by obstructing the view of it;

- "the cover concealed their guns from enemy aircraft";

- syn. cover, masking, screening;

n4
the act of protecting something by covering it;

n5
the work of applying something;

- "the doctor prescribed a topical application of iodine";

- "a complete bleach requires several applications";

- "the surface was ready for a coating of paint";

- syn. application, coating;

covering fire
n1
fire that makes it difficult for the enemy to fire on your own individuals or formations;

- "artillery provided covering fire for the withdrawal";

- syn. cover;

covering letter
n1
a letter sent along with other documents to provide additional information;

- syn. cover letter;

covering material
n1
a material used by builders to cover surfaces;

coverlet / k ʌ v ə ɫ ɪ t /
n1
a decorative bedspread (usually quilted);

covert / k ʌ v ə t /
n1
a flock of coots;

n2
a covering that serves to conceal or shelter something;

- "a screen of trees afforded privacy";

- "under cover of darkness";

- "the brush provided a covert for game";

- "the simplest concealment is to match perfectly the color of the background";

- syn. concealment, cover, screen;

a1
secret or hidden;

- not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed;

- "covert actions by the CIA";

- "covert funding for the rebels";

- also concealed, implicit, inexplicit, invisible, unseeable;

- sim. backstair, black, clandestine, cloaked, collusive, secret, secret, sub-rosa, subterranean, under wraps, undisclosed;

a2
(of a wife) being under the protection of her husband;

- "a woman covert";

- sim. protected;

covert operation
n1
an intelligence operation so planned as to permit plausible denial by the sponsor;

covertly / k ʌ v ə t ɫ i /
r1
in a covert manner;

- "he did it covertly";

covertness / k ʌ v ə t n ɛ s /
n1
the state of being covert and hidden;

- syn. hiddenness;

covet / k ʌ v ɪ t /
v1
wish, long, or crave for (something, especially the property of another person);

- "She covets her sister's house";

coveted / k ʌ v ɪ t ɪ d /
a1
greatly desired;

- syn. in demand, sought-after, sought after;

- sim. desirable;

covetous / k ʌ v ɪ t ə s /
a1
showing extreme cupidity;

- painfully desirous of another's advantages;

- "he was never covetous before he met her";

- "jealous of his success and covetous of his possessions";

- "envious of their art collection";

- syn. envious, jealous;

- sim. desirous;

a2
immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth;

- "they are avaricious and will do anything for money";

- "casting covetous eyes on his neighbor's fields";

- "a grasping old miser";

- "grasping commercialism";

- "greedy for money and power";

- "grew richer and greedier";

- "prehensile employers stingy with raises for their employees";

- syn. avaricious, grabby, grasping, greedy, prehensile;

- sim. acquisitive;

covetously / k ʌ v ɪ t ə s ɫ i /
r1
with jealousy;

- in an envious manner;

- "he looked at his friend's new car jealously";

- syn. enviously, jealously;

r2
in a greedy manner;

- syn. avariciously, greedily;

covetousness / k ʌ v ɪ t ə s n ə s /
n1
an envious eagerness to possess something;

n2
extreme greed for material wealth;

- syn. avarice, avariciousness, cupidity;

n3
reprehensible acquisitiveness;

- insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins);

- syn. avarice, avaritia, greed, rapacity;

covey / k ʌ v i , k oʊ v i /
n1
a small collection of people;

n2
a small flock of grouse or partridge;

coville
n1
desert shrub of southwestern United States and New Mexico having persistent resinous aromatic foliage and small yellow flowers;

- syn. Larrea tridentata, creosote bush, hediondilla;

cow / k aʊ /
n1
female of domestic cattle: "`moo-cow' is a child's term";

- syn. moo-cow;

n2
mature female of mammals of which the male is called `bull';

n3
a large unpleasant woman;

v1
subdue, restrain, or overcome by affecting with a feeling of awe;

- frighten (as with threats);

- syn. overawe;

cow's head
n1
a morel with the ridged and pitted fertile portion attached to the stipe for about half its length;

- syn. Morchella semilibera, half-free morel;

cow-nosed ray
n1
large ray found along eastern coast of North America;

- syn. Rhinoptera bonasus, cownose ray;

cow-tongue fern
n1
common epiphytic or sometimes terrestrial fern having pale yellow-green strap-shaped leaves;

- Florida to West Indies and Mexico and south to Uruguay;

- syn. Florida strap fern, hart's-tongue fern;

cow barn
n1
a barn for cows;

- syn. byre, cowbarn, cowhouse, cowshed;

cow chip
n1
a piece of dried bovine dung;

- syn. buffalo chip, chip, cow dung;

cow cockle
n1
European annual with pale rose-colored flowers;

- cultivated flower or self-sown grainfield weed;

- introduced in North America;

- sometimes classified as a soapwort;

- syn. Saponaria vaccaria, Vaccaria hispanica, Vaccaria pyramidata, cowherb;

cow dung
n1
a piece of dried bovine dung;

- syn. buffalo chip, chip, cow chip;

cow lily
n1
common water lily of eastern and central North America, having broad leaves and globe-shaped yellow flowers;

- in sluggish fresh or slightly brackish water;

- syn. Nuphar advena, spatterdock, yellow pond lily;

cow man
n1
a man who raises (or tends) cattle;

- syn. beef man, cattleman;

cow manure
n1
cow excreta used as fertilizer;

cow oak
n1
medium to large deciduous tree of the eastern United States;

- its durable wood is used as timber or split and woven into baskets or chair seats;

- syn. Quercus montana, Quercus prinus, basket oak;

cow parsley
n1
coarse erect biennial Old World herb introduced as a weed in eastern North America;

- syn. Anthriscus sylvestris, wild chervil;

cow parsnip
n1
tall coarse plant having thick stems and cluster of white to purple flowers;

- syn. Heracleum sphondylium, hogweed;

cow pasture
n1
a pasture for cows;

cow pen
n1
a pen for cattle;

- syn. cattle pen, corral;

cow pie
n1
fecal matter of a cow;

- syn. cowpie;

cow pony
n1
a light saddle horse trained for herding cattle;

cow shark
n1
large primitive shark widely distributed in warm seas;

- syn. Hexanchus griseus, six-gilled shark;

cow town
n1
a small town in a cattle-raising area of western North America;

- syn. cowtown;

cowage
n1
pods of the cowage plant or the stinging hairs covering them;

- used as a vermifuge when mixed with e.g. honey;

n2
the annual woody vine of Asia having long clusters of purplish flowers and densely hairy pods;

- cultivated in southern United States for green manure and grazing;

- syn. Bengal bean, Benghal bean, Florida bean, Mucuna aterrima, Mucuna deeringiana, Mucuna pruriens utilis, Stizolobium deeringiana, velvet bean;

coward / k aʊ ə d /
n1
a person who shows fear or timidity;

n2
English dramatist and actor and composer noted for his witty and sophisticated comedies (1899-1973);

- syn. Noel Coward, Sir Noel Pierce Coward;

cowardice / k aʊ ə d ɪ s /
n1
the trait of lacking courage;

- syn. cowardliness;

cowardliness / k aʊ ə d ɫ ɪ n ə s /
n1
the trait of lacking courage;

- syn. cowardice;

cowardly / k aʊ ə d ɫ i /
a1
lacking courage;

- ignobly timid and faint-hearted;

- "cowardly dogs, ye will not aid me then"- P.B.Shelley;

- syn. fearful;

- also afraid, ignoble, timid;

- sim. caitiff, chicken, craven, dastard, faint, funky, poltroon, pusillanimous;

cowbarn
n1
a barn for cows;

- syn. byre, cow barn, cowhouse, cowshed;

cowbell / k aʊ b ɛ ɫ /
n1
a bell hung around the neck of cow so that the cow can be easily located;

cowberry
n1
low evergreen shrub of high north temperate regions of Europe and Asia and America bearing red edible berries;

- syn. Vaccinium vitis-idaea, foxberry, lingberry, lingenberry, lingonberry, mountain cranberry;

n2
tart red berries similar to American cranberries but smaller;

- syn. lingonberry, lowbush cranberry, mountain cranberry;

cowbird / k aʊ b ɝ d /
n1
North American blackbird that follows cattle and lays eggs in other birds' nests;

cowboy / k aʊ b ɔɪ /
n1
a hired hand who tends cattle and performs other duties on horseback;

- syn. cattleman, cowhand, cowherd, cowman, cowpoke, cowpuncher, puncher;

n2
a performer who gives exhibitions of riding and roping and bulldogging;

- syn. rodeo rider;

n3
someone who is reckless or irresponsible (especially in driving vehicles);

cowboy boot
n1
a boot with a high arch and fancy stitching;

- worn by American cowboys;

cowboy hat
n1
a hat with a wide brim and a soft crown;

- worn by American ranch hands;

- syn. ten-gallon hat;

cowcatcher / k aʊ k æ tʃ ə , k aʊ k æ tʃ ə ɹ /
n1
an inclined metal frame at the front of a locomotive to clear the track;

- syn. buffer, fender, pilot;

cower / k aʊ ə , k aʊ ə ɹ /
v1
crouch or curl up;

- "They huddled outside in the rain";

- syn. huddle;

v2
show submission or fear;

- syn. crawl, creep, cringe, fawn, grovel;

cowfish / k aʊ f ɪ ʃ /
n1
trunkfish having hornlike spines over the eyes;

- syn. Lactophrys quadricornis;

cowgirl / k aʊ ɡ ɝ ɫ /
n1
a woman cowboy;

cowhand / k aʊ h æ n d /
n1
a hired hand who tends cattle and performs other duties on horseback;

- syn. cattleman, cowboy, cowherd, cowman, cowpoke, cowpuncher, puncher;

cowherb / k aʊ h ɝ b /
n1
European annual with pale rose-colored flowers;

- cultivated flower or self-sown grainfield weed;

- introduced in North America;

- sometimes classified as a soapwort;

- syn. Saponaria vaccaria, Vaccaria hispanica, Vaccaria pyramidata, cow cockle;

cowherd / k aʊ h ɝ d /
n1
a hired hand who tends cattle and performs other duties on horseback;

- syn. cattleman, cowboy, cowhand, cowman, cowpoke, cowpuncher, puncher;

cowhide / k aʊ h aɪ d /
n1
leather made from the hide of a cow;

- syn. cowskin;

n2
the hide of a cow;

n3
a heavy flexible whip braided from leather made from the hide of a cow;

v1
flog with a cowhide;

cowhouse / k aʊ h aʊ s /
n1
a barn for cows;

- syn. byre, cow barn, cowbarn, cowshed;

cowl / k aʊ ɫ /
n1
protective covering consisting of a metal part that covers the engine;

- "there are powerful engines under the hoods of new cars";

- "the mechanic removed the cowling in order to repair the plane's engine";

- syn. bonnet, cowling, hood;

n2
a loose hood or hooded robe (as worn by a monk);

v1
cover with or as with a cowl;

- "cowl the boys and veil the girls";

cowl-shaped
a1
shaped like a cowl;

- sim. formed;

cowl muscle
n1
either of two flat triangular muscles of the shoulder and upper back that are involved in moving the shoulders and arms;

- syn. musculus trapezius, trapezius, trapezius muscle;

cowled / k aʊ ɫ d /
a1
having the head enclosed in a cowl or hood;

- "a cowled monk";

- sim. clothed;

cowlick / k aʊ ɫ ɪ k /
n1
a tuft of hair that grows in a different direction from the rest of the hair and usually will not lie flat;

cowling / k aʊ ɫ ɪ ŋ /
n1
protective covering consisting of a metal part that covers the engine;

- "there are powerful engines under the hoods of new cars";

- "the mechanic removed the cowling in order to repair the plane's engine";

- syn. bonnet, cowl, hood;

cowman / k aʊ m æ n /
n1
a hired hand who tends cattle and performs other duties on horseback;

- syn. cattleman, cowboy, cowhand, cowherd, cowpoke, cowpuncher, puncher;

cownose ray
n1
large ray found along eastern coast of North America;

- syn. Rhinoptera bonasus, cow-nosed ray;

cowpea / k aʊ p i /
n1
fruit or seed of the cowpea plant;

- syn. black-eyed pea;

n2
sprawling Old World annual cultivated especially in southern United States for food and forage and green manure;

- syn. Vigna sinensis, Vigna unguiculata, black-eyed pea, cowpea plant;

n3
eaten fresh as shell beans or dried;

- syn. black-eyed pea;

cowpea plant
n1
sprawling Old World annual cultivated especially in southern United States for food and forage and green manure;

- syn. Vigna sinensis, Vigna unguiculata, black-eyed pea, cowpea;

cowpen daisy
n1
coarse greyish-green annual yellow-flowered herb;

- southwestern United States to Mexico;

- syn. Verbesina encelioides, Ximenesia encelioides, butter daisy, golden crown beard, golden crownbeard;

Cowpens
n1
battle in the American Revolution;

- Americans under Daniel Morgan defeated the British;

- syn. battle of Cowpens;

Cowper / k aʊ p ɝ /
n1
English surgeon who discovered Cowper's gland (1666-1709);

- syn. William Cowper;

n2
English poet who wrote hymns and poetry about nature (1731-1800);

- syn. William Cowper;

Cowper's gland
n1
either of two glands that discharge a component of seminal fluid into the urethra;

- homologous to Bartholin's gland in the female;

- syn. bulbourethral gland;

cowpie
n1
fecal matter of a cow;

- syn. cow pie;

cowpoke / k aʊ p oʊ k /
n1
a hired hand who tends cattle and performs other duties on horseback;

- syn. cattleman, cowboy, cowhand, cowherd, cowman, cowpuncher, puncher;

cowpox / k aʊ p ɒ k s /
n1
a viral disease of cattle causing a mild skin disease affecting the udder;

- formerly used to inoculate humans against smallpox;

- syn. vaccinia;

cowpuncher / k aʊ p ʌ n tʃ ə /
n1
a hired hand who tends cattle and performs other duties on horseback;

- syn. cattleman, cowboy, cowhand, cowherd, cowman, cowpoke, puncher;

cowrie / k aʊr i /
n1
any of numerous tropical marine gastropods of the genus Cypraea having highly polished usually brightly marked shells;

- syn. cowry;

cowry
n1
any of numerous tropical marine gastropods of the genus Cypraea having highly polished usually brightly marked shells;

- syn. cowrie;

cows / k aʊ z /
n1
domesticated bovine animals as a group regardless of sex or age;

- "so many head of cattle";

- "wait till the cows come home";

- "seven thin and ill-favored kine"- Bible;

- "a team of oxen";

- syn. Bos taurus, cattle, kine, oxen;

cows' milk
n1
milk obtained from dairy cows;

cowshed / k aʊ ʃ ɛ d /
n1
a barn for cows;

- syn. byre, cow barn, cowbarn, cowhouse;

cowskin / k aʊ s k ɪ n /
n1
leather made from the hide of a cow;

- syn. cowhide;

cowslip / k aʊ s ɫ ɪ p /
n1
early spring flower common in British isles having fragrant yellow or sometimes purple flowers;

- syn. Primula veris, paigle;

n2
swamp plant of Europe and North America having bright yellow flowers resembling buttercups;

- syn. Caltha palustris, May blob, kingcup, marsh marigold, meadow bright, water dragon;

cowtown
n1
a small town in a cattle-raising area of western North America;

- syn. cow town;

Cox / k ɒ k s /
n1
either of two related enzymes that control the production of prostaglandins and are blocked by aspirin;

- syn. cyclooxygenase;

n2
the helmsman of a ship's boat or a racing crew;

- syn. coxswain;

v1
act as the coxswain, in a boat race;

Cox's Orange Pippin
n1
a yellow Pippin with distinctive flavor;

Cox-1
n1
an enzyme that regulates prostaglandins that are important for the health of the stomach lining and kidneys;

- "an unfortunate side effect of NSAIDs is that they block Cox-1";

- syn. cyclooxygenase-1;

Cox-2
n1
an enzyme that makes prostaglandins that cause inflammation and pain and fever;

- "the beneficial effects of NSAIDs result from their ability to block Cox-2";

- syn. cyclooxygenase-2;

Cox-2 inhibitor
n1
an anti-inflammatory drug that fights pain and blocks Cox-2 activity without impeding the activity of Cox-1;

- increases the risk of heart attacks;

- "Cox-2 inhibitors reduce the symptoms of arthritis without endangering the stomach and kidneys";

coxa
n1
the ball-and-socket joint between the head of the femur and the acetabulum;

- syn. articulatio coxae, hip, hip joint;

coxcomb / k ɒ k s k oʊ m /
n1
a conceited dandy who is overly impressed by his own accomplishments;

- syn. cockscomb;

n2
a cap worn by court jesters;

- adorned with a strip of red;

- syn. cockscomb;

n3
the fleshy red crest on the head of the domestic fowl and other gallinaceous birds;

- syn. cockscomb, comb;

Coxsackie virus
n1
enterovirus causing a disease resembling poliomyelitis but without paralysis;

- syn. coxsackievirus;

coxsackievirus
n1
enterovirus causing a disease resembling poliomyelitis but without paralysis;

- syn. Coxsackie virus;

coxswain / k ɒ k s n /
n1
the helmsman of a ship's boat or a racing crew;

- syn. cox;

coy / k ɔɪ /
a1
affectedly modest or shy especially in a playful or provocative way;

- syn. demure, overmodest;

- sim. modest;

a2
showing marked and often playful or irritating evasiveness or reluctance to make a definite or committing statement;

- "a politician coy about his intentions";

- sim. indefinite;

a3
modestly or warily rejecting approaches or overtures;

- "like a wild young colt, very inquisitive but very coy and not to be easily cajoled";

- sim. timid;

coydog
n1
offspring of a coyote and a dog;

coyly / k ɔɪ ɫ i /
r1
in a coy manner;

- "she pouted and looked at him coyly";

coyness / k ɔɪ n ə s /
n1
the affectation of being demure in a provocative way;

- syn. demureness;

coyol
n1
tropical American palm having edible nuts and yielding a useful fiber;

- syn. Acrocomia vinifera, coyol palm;

coyol palm
n1
tropical American palm having edible nuts and yielding a useful fiber;

- syn. Acrocomia vinifera, coyol;

coyote / k ɔɪ oʊ t /
n1
small wolf native to western North America;

- syn. Canis latrans, brush wolf, prairie wolf;

n2
someone who smuggles illegal immigrants into the United States (usually across the Mexican border);

n3
a forest fire fighter who is sent to battle remote and severe forest fires (often for days at a time);

coyote brush
n1
widely spreading evergreen shrub of southwestern United States with flower heads in a leafy panicle;

- syn. Baccharis pilularis, chaparral broom, coyote bush, kidney wort;

coyote bush
n1
widely spreading evergreen shrub of southwestern United States with flower heads in a leafy panicle;

- syn. Baccharis pilularis, chaparral broom, coyote brush, kidney wort;

Coyote State
n1
a state in north central United States;

- syn. Mount Rushmore State, S.D., SD, South Dakota;

coypu / k ɔɪ p u /
n1
aquatic South American rodent resembling a small beaver;

- bred for its fur;

- syn. Myocastor coypus, nutria;

cozen / k ʌ z n /
v1
be false to;

- be dishonest with;

- syn. deceive, delude, lead on;

v2
act with artful deceit;

v3
cheat or trick;

- "He cozened the money out of the old man";

cozenage / k ʌ z n eɪ dʒ /
n1
a fraudulent business scheme;

- syn. scam;

cozily
r1
in a cozy manner;

- "nestled cozily by the fire";

- syn. cosily;

coziness
n1
a state of warm snug comfort;

- syn. cosiness, snugness;

cozy / k oʊ z i /
n1
a padded cloth covering to keep a teapot warm;

- syn. cosy, tea cosy, tea cozy;

a1
enjoying or affording comforting warmth and shelter especially in a small space;

- "a cozy nook near the fire";

- "snug in bed";

- "a snug little apartment";

- syn. cosy, snug;

- sim. comfortable;

a2
having or fostering a warm or friendly and informal atmosphere;

- "had a cozy chat";

- "a relaxed informal manner";

- "an intimate cocktail lounge";

- "the small room was cozy and intimate";

- syn. informal, intimate;

- sim. friendly;

a3
suggesting connivance;

- "a cozy arrangement with the police";

- sim. close;

cozy up
v1
ingratiate oneself to;

- often with insincere behavior;

- "She is playing up to the chairman";

- syn. cotton up, play up, shine up, sidle up, suck up;

CPA
n1
an accountant who has passed certain examinations and met all other statutory and licensing requirements of a United States state to be certified by that state;

- "in addition to accounting and auditing, CPAs also prepare tax returns for individuals and corporations";

- syn. certified public accountant;

CPI
n1
an index of the cost of all goods and services to a typical consumer;

- syn. consumer price index, cost-of-living index;

n2
a self-report personality inventory originally derived from the MMPI;

- consists of several hundred yes-no questions and yields scores on a number of scales including dominance and self acceptance and self control and socialization and achievement etc.;

- syn. California Personality Inventory;

CPR
n1
an emergency procedure consisting of external cardiac massage and artificial respiration;

- the first treatment for a person who has collapsed and has no pulse and has stopped breathing;

- attempts to restore circulation of the blood and prevent death or brain damage due to lack of oxygen;

- syn. cardiac resuscitation, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, kiss of life, mouth-to-mouth resuscitation;

cps
n1
the unit of frequency;

- one hertz has a periodic interval of one second (named for Heinrich Rudolph Hertz);

- syn. Hz, cycle, cycle per second, cycles/second, hertz;

CPU
n1
(computer science) the part of a computer (a microprocessor chip) that does most of the data processing;

- "the CPU and the memory form the central part of a computer to which the peripherals are attached";

- syn. C.P.U., central processing unit, central processor, mainframe, processor;

CPU board
n1
the main circuit board for a computer;

- syn. mother board;

Cr
n1
a hard brittle multivalent metallic element;

- resistant to corrosion and tarnishing;

- syn. atomic number 24, chromium;

crab / k ɹ æ b /
n1
decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers;

n2
a quarrelsome grouch;

- syn. crabby person;

n3
(astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Cancer;

- syn. Cancer;

n4
the fourth sign of the zodiac;

- the sun is in this sign from about June 21 to July 22;

- syn. Cancer, Cancer the Crab;

n5
the edible flesh of any of various crabs;

- syn. crabmeat;

n6
a louse that infests the pubic region of the human body;

- syn. Phthirius pubis, crab louse, pubic louse;

n7
a stroke of the oar that either misses the water or digs too deeply;

- "he caught a crab and lost the race";

v1
direct (an aircraft) into a crosswind;

v2
scurry sideways like a crab;

v3
fish for crab;

v4
complain;

- "What was he hollering about?";

- syn. beef, bellyache, bitch, gripe, grouse, holler, squawk;

crab-eating dog
n1
wild dog of northern South America;

- syn. Dusicyon cancrivorus, crab-eating fox;

crab-eating fox
n1
wild dog of northern South America;

- syn. Dusicyon cancrivorus, crab-eating dog;

crab-eating macaque
n1
monkey of southeast Asia, Borneo and the Philippines;

- syn. Macaca irus, croo monkey;

crab-eating opossum
n1
South American opossum;

crab-eating raccoon
n1
a South American raccoon;

- syn. Procyon cancrivorus;

crab-eating seal
n1
silvery grey Antarctic seal subsisting on crustaceans;

- syn. crabeater seal;

crab apple
n1
any of numerous varieties of crab apples cultivated for their small acidic (usually bright red) fruit used for preserves or as ornamentals for their blossoms;

- syn. crabapple, cultivated crab apple;

n2
any of numerous wild apple trees usually with small acidic fruit;

- syn. crabapple, wild apple;

n3
small sour apple;

- suitable for preserving;

- "crabapples make a tangy jelly";

- syn. crabapple;

crab cactus
n1
South American jointed cactus with usually red flowers;

- often cultivated as a houseplant;

- sometimes classified as genus Schlumbergera;

- syn. Schlumbergera truncatus, Thanksgiving cactus, Zygocactus truncatus;

crab cocktail
n1
a cocktail of cold cooked crabmeat and a sauce;

crab grass
n1
grasses with creeping stems that root freely;

- a pest in lawns;

- syn. crabgrass, finger grass;

crab legs
n1
legs of especially Alaska king crabs;

crab Louis
n1
lettuce and crabmeat dressed with sauce Louis;

crab louse
n1
a louse that infests the pubic region of the human body;

- syn. Phthirius pubis, crab, pubic louse;

Crab Nebula
n1
a remnant of a supernova detected first in 1054 AD;

crabapple / k ɹ æ b æ p ɫ /
n1
any of numerous varieties of crab apples cultivated for their small acidic (usually bright red) fruit used for preserves or as ornamentals for their blossoms;

- syn. crab apple, cultivated crab apple;

n2
any of numerous wild apple trees usually with small acidic fruit;

- syn. crab apple, wild apple;

n3
small sour apple;

- suitable for preserving;

- "crabapples make a tangy jelly";

- syn. crab apple;

crabapple jelly
n1
a tart apple jelly made from crab apples;

crabbed / k ɹ æ b d , k ɹ æ b ɪ d /
a1
annoyed and irritable;

- syn. bad-tempered, crabby, cross, fussy, grouchy, grumpy, ill-tempered;

- sim. ill-natured;

crabbedness / k ɹ æ b d n ɛ s /
n1
a disposition to be ill-tempered;

- syn. crabbiness, crossness;

crabbiness / k ɹ æ b ɪ n ə s /
n1
a disposition to be ill-tempered;

- syn. crabbedness, crossness;

crabby
a1
annoyed and irritable;

- syn. bad-tempered, crabbed, cross, fussy, grouchy, grumpy, ill-tempered;

- sim. ill-natured;

crabby person
n1
a quarrelsome grouch;

- syn. crab;

crabeater seal
n1
silvery grey Antarctic seal subsisting on crustaceans;

- syn. crab-eating seal;

crabgrass / k ɹ æ b ɡ ɹ ɑ s /
n1
grasses with creeping stems that root freely;

- a pest in lawns;

- syn. crab grass, finger grass;

crabmeat / k ɹ æ b m i t /
n1
the edible flesh of any of various crabs;

- syn. crab;

crabs / k ɹ æ b z /
n1
infestation of the pubic hair by crab lice;

- syn. pediculosis pubis;

crabwise / k ɹ æ b w aɪ z /
a1
(of movement) at an angle;

- syn. sideways;

- sim. oblique;

Cracidae
n1
curassows;

- guans;

- chachalacas;

- syn. family Cracidae;

crack / k ɹ æ k /
n1
a long narrow opening;

- syn. cleft, crevice, fissure, scissure;

n2
a narrow opening;

- "he opened the window a crack";

- syn. gap;

n3
a long narrow depression in a surface;

- syn. chap, cranny, crevice, fissure;

n4
a sudden sharp noise;

- "the crack of a whip";

- "he heard the cracking of the ice";

- "he can hear the snap of a twig";

- syn. cracking, snap;

n5
a chance to do something;

- "he wanted a shot at the champion";

- syn. shot;

n6
witty remark;

- syn. quip, sally, wisecrack;

n7
a blemish resulting from a break without complete separation of the parts;

- "there was a crack in the mirror";

n8
a purified and potent form of cocaine that is smoked rather than snorted;

- highly addictive;

- syn. crack cocaine, tornado;

n9
a usually brief attempt;

- "he took a crack at it";

- "I gave it a whirl";

- syn. fling, go, offer, pass, whirl;

n10
the act of cracking something;

- syn. cracking, fracture;

v1
become fractured;

- break or crack on the surface only;

- "The glass cracked when it was heated";

- syn. break, check;

v2
make a very sharp explosive sound;

- "His gun cracked";

v3
make a sharp sound;

- "his fingers snapped";

- syn. snap;

v4
hit forcefully;

- deal a hard blow, making a cracking noise;

- "The teacher cracked him across the face with a ruler";

v5
pass through (a barrier);

- "Registrations cracked through the 30,000 mark in the county";

- syn. break through;

v6
break partially but keep its integrity;

- "The glass cracked";

v7
break suddenly and abruptly, as under tension;

- "The pipe snapped";

- syn. snap;

v8
gain unauthorized access computers with malicious intentions;

- "she cracked my password";

- "crack a safe";

v9
suffer a nervous breakdown;

- syn. break up, collapse, crack up, crock up;

v10
tell spontaneously;

- "crack a joke";

v11
cause to become cracked;

- "heat and light cracked the back of the leather chair";

v12
reduce (petroleum) to a simpler compound by cracking;

v13
break into simpler molecules by means of heat;

- "The petroleum cracked";

a1
of the highest quality;

- "an ace reporter";

- "a crack shot";

- "a first-rate golfer";

- "a super party";

- "played top-notch tennis";

- "an athlete in tiptop condition";

- "she is absolutely tops";

- syn. A-one, ace, first-rate, super, tiptop, top-notch, topnotch, tops;

- sim. superior;

crack-up / k ɹ æ k ʌ p /
n1
a mental or physical breakdown;

- syn. breakdown;

crack addict
n1
someone addicted to crack cocaine;

- syn. binger;

crack cocaine
n1
a purified and potent form of cocaine that is smoked rather than snorted;

- highly addictive;

- syn. crack, tornado;

crack down
v1
repress or suppress (something regarded as undesirable);

- "The police clamped down on illegal drugs";

- syn. clamp down;

crack of doom
n1
(New Testament) day at the end of time following Armageddon when God will decree the fates of all individual humans according to the good and evil of their earthly lives;

- syn. Day of Judgement, Day of Judgment, Doomsday, Judgement Day, Judgment Day, Last Day, Last Judgement, Last Judgment, day of reckoning, doomsday, end of the world, eschaton;

crack shot
n1
someone skilled in shooting;

- syn. marksman, sharpshooter;

crack up
v1
suffer a nervous breakdown;

- syn. break up, collapse, crack, crock up;

v2
rhapsodize about;

v3
laugh unrestrainedly;

- syn. break up;

crack willow
n1
large willow tree with stiff branches that are easily broken;

- syn. Salix fragilis, brittle willow, snap willow;

crackbrained
a1
insanely irresponsible;

- "an idiotic idea";

- syn. idiotic;

- sim. insane;

crackdown / k ɹ æ k d aʊ n /
n1
severely repressive actions;

cracked / k ɹ æ k t /
a1
used of skin roughened as a result of cold or exposure;

- "chapped lips";

- syn. chapped, roughened;

- sim. rough;

a2
of paint or varnish;

- having the appearance of alligator hide;

- syn. alligatored;

- sim. rough;

a3
informal or slang terms for mentally irregular;

- "it used to drive my husband balmy";

- syn. around the bend, balmy, barmy, bats, batty, bonkers, buggy, crackers, daft, dotty, fruity, haywire, kookie, kooky, loco, loony, loopy, nuts, nutty, round the bend, wacky, whacky;

- sim. insane;

cracked-wheat bread
n1
bread made with cracked wheat that has been ground fine;

cracked wheat
n1
grains of wheat that have been crushed into small pieces;

cracker / k ɹ æ k ə , k ɹ æ k ə ɹ /
n1
a thin crisp wafer made of flour and water with or without leavening and shortening;

- unsweetened or semisweet;

n2
a poor White person in the southern United States;

- syn. redneck;

n3
a programmer who cracks (gains unauthorized access to) computers, typically to do malicious things;

- "crackers are often mistakenly called hackers";

n4
firework consisting of a small explosive charge and fuse in a heavy paper casing;

- syn. banger, firecracker;

n5
a party favor consisting of a paper roll (usually containing candy or a small favor) that pops when pulled at both ends;

- syn. cracker bonbon, snapper;

cracker-barrel
a1
characteristic of country life;

- "cracker-barrel philosophy";

- "the air of homespun country boys";

- syn. homespun;

- sim. rural;

cracker bonbon
n1
a party favor consisting of a paper roll (usually containing candy or a small favor) that pops when pulled at both ends;

- syn. cracker, snapper;

cracker crumbs
n1
crumbs of crackers used especially for coating or thickening;

crackerberry
n1
creeping perennial herb distinguished by red berries and clustered leaf whorls at the tips of shoots;

- Greenland to Alaska;

- syn. Cornus canadensis, bunchberry, dwarf cornel, pudding berry;

crackerjack / k ɹ æ k ə dʒ æ k /
n1
someone excellent of their kind;

- "he's a jimdandy of a soldier";

- syn. jimdandy, jimhickey;

n2
something excellent of its kind;

- "the bike was a jimdandy";

- syn. jimdandy, jimhickey;

crackers / k ɹ æ k ə z /
a1
informal or slang terms for mentally irregular;

- "it used to drive my husband balmy";

- syn. around the bend, balmy, barmy, bats, batty, bonkers, buggy, cracked, daft, dotty, fruity, haywire, kookie, kooky, loco, loony, loopy, nuts, nutty, round the bend, wacky, whacky;

- sim. insane;

cracking / k ɹ æ k ɪ ŋ /
n1
a sudden sharp noise;

- "the crack of a whip";

- "he heard the cracking of the ice";

- "he can hear the snap of a twig";

- syn. crack, snap;

n2
the act of cracking something;

- syn. crack, fracture;

n3
the process whereby heavy molecules of naphtha or petroleum are broken down into hydrocarbons of lower molecular weight (especially in the oil-refining process);

a1
very good;

- "he did a bully job";

- "a neat sports car";

- "had a great time at the party";

- "you look simply smashing";

- "we had a grand old time";

- syn. bang-up, bully, corking, dandy, great, groovy, keen, neat, nifty, not bad, old, peachy, slap-up, smashing, swell;

- sim. good;

crackle / k ɹ æ k ɫ /
n1
the sharp sound of snapping noises;

- syn. crackling, crepitation;

n2
glazed china with a network of fine cracks on the surface;

- syn. crackle china, crackleware;

v1
make a crackling sound;

- "My Rice Krispies crackled in the bowl";

- syn. crepitate;

v2
make a crushing noise;

- "his shoes were crunching on the gravel";

- syn. crunch, scranch, scraunch;

v3
to become, or to cause to become, covered with a network of small cracks;

- "The blazing sun crackled the desert sand";

a1
having the surface decorated with a network of fine cracks, as in crackleware;

- "a crackle glaze";

- sim. fancy;

crackle china
n1
glazed china with a network of fine cracks on the surface;

- syn. crackle, crackleware;

crackleware / k ɹ æ k ɫ w eə , k ɹ æ k ɫ w eə ɹ /
n1
glazed china with a network of fine cracks on the surface;

- syn. crackle, crackle china;

crackling / k ɹ æ k ɫ ɪ ŋ /
n1
the residue that remains after animal fat has been rendered;

- syn. greaves;

n2
the sharp sound of snapping noises;

- syn. crackle, crepitation;

cracklings / k ɹ æ k ɫ ɪ ŋ z /
n1
the crisp residue left after lard has been rendered;

crackpot / k ɹ æ k p ɒ t /
n1
a whimsically eccentric person;

- syn. crank, fruitcake, nut, nut case, screwball;

cracksman / k ɹ æ k s m ə n /
n1
a thief who breaks open safes to steal valuable contents;

- syn. safebreaker, safecracker;

Cracow
n1
an industrial city in southern Poland on the Vistula;

- syn. Krakau, Krakow;

Cracticidae
n1
Australian birds formerly included in the family Laniidae;

- syn. family Cracticidae;

Cracticus
n1
type genus of the Cracticidae: Australian butcherbirds;

- syn. genus Cracticus;

cradle / k ɹ eɪ d ɫ /
n1
a baby bed with sides and rockers;

n2
where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence;

- "the birthplace of civilization";

- syn. birthplace, place of origin, provenance, provenience;

n3
birth of a person;

- "he was taught from the cradle never to cry";

n4
a trough that can be rocked back and forth;

- used by gold miners to shake auriferous earth in water in order to separate the gold;

- syn. rocker;

v1
hold gently and carefully;

- "He cradles the child in his arms";

v2
bring up from infancy;

v3
hold or place in or as if in a cradle;

- "He cradled the infant in his arms";

v4
cut grain with a cradle scythe;

v5
wash in a cradle;

- "cradle gold";

v6
run with the stick;

cradle cap
n1
a dermatitis of the scalp that is common in infants;

cradlesong / k ɹ eɪ d ɫ s ɒ ŋ /
n1
a quiet song intended to lull a child to sleep;

- syn. berceuse, lullaby;

n2
the act of singing a quiet song to lull a child to sleep;

- syn. lullaby;

craft / k ɹ ɑ f t /
n1
the skilled practice of a practical occupation;

- "he learned his trade as an apprentice";

- syn. trade;

n2
a vehicle designed for navigation in or on water or air or through outer space;

n3
people who perform a particular kind of skilled work;

- "he represented the craft of brewers";

- "as they say in the trade";

- syn. trade;

n4
skill in an occupation or trade;

- syn. craftsmanship, workmanship;

n5
shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception;

- syn. craftiness, cunning, foxiness, guile, slyness, wiliness;

v1
make by hand and with much skill;

- "The artisan crafted a complicated tool";

craft fair
n1
a fair at which objects made by craftsmen are offered for sale;

craft union
n1
a labor union whose membership is restricted to workers in a particular craft;

crafter / k ɹ ɑ f t ə , k ɹ ɑ f t ə ɹ /
n1
a creator of great skill in the manual arts;

- "the jewelry was made by internationally famous craftsmen";

- syn. craftsman;

craftily / k ɹ ɑ f t ɪ ɫ i /
r1
in an artful manner;

- "he craftily arranged to be there when the decision was announced";

- "had ever circumstances conspired so cunningly?";

- syn. artfully, cunningly, foxily, knavishly, slyly, trickily;

craftiness / k ɹ ɑ f t ɪ n ə s , k ɹ æ f t ɪ n ə s /
n1
shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception;

- syn. craft, cunning, foxiness, guile, slyness, wiliness;

n2
the quality of being crafty;

- syn. deceitfulness, guile;

craftsman / k ɹ ɑ f t s m ə n /
n1
a professional whose work is consistently of high quality;

- "as an actor he was a consummate craftsman";

n2
a creator of great skill in the manual arts;

- "the jewelry was made by internationally famous craftsmen";

- syn. crafter;

n3
a skilled worker who practices some trade or handicraft;

- syn. artificer, artisan, journeyman;

craftsmanship / k ɹ ɑ f t m ə n ʃ ɪ p /
n1
skill in an occupation or trade;

- syn. craft, workmanship;

crafty / k ɹ ɑ f t i /
a1
marked by skill in deception;

- "cunning men often pass for wise";

- "deep political machinations";

- "a foxy scheme";

- "a slick evasive answer";

- "sly as a fox";

- "tricky Dick";

- "a wily old attorney";

- syn. cunning, dodgy, foxy, guileful, knavish, slick, sly, tricksy, tricky, wily;

- sim. artful;

crag / k ɹ æ ɡ /
n1
a steep rugged rock or cliff;

cragfast
a1
stranded on or as if on a crag;

- "cragfast climbers";

- sim. stuck;

cragged / k ɹ æ ɡ ɪ d /
a1
having hills and crags;

- "hilly terrain";

- syn. craggy, hilly, mountainous;

- sim. rough;

craggy / k ɹ æ ɡ i /
a1
having hills and crags;

- "hilly terrain";

- syn. cragged, hilly, mountainous;

- sim. rough;

cragsman / k ɹ æ ɡ z m ə n /
n1
a climber of vertical rock faces;

- syn. rock climber;

Craig Ventner
n1
United States geneticist who published the complete base sequences for all the genes of a free-living organism, the influenza bacterium;

- later led team that developed a first draft of the entire human genome (born in 1946);

- syn. J. Craig Ventner, Ventner;

Craigie
n1
English lexicographer who was a joint editor of the Oxford English Dictionary (1872-1966);

- syn. Sir William Alexander Craigie, William A. Craigie;

crake / k ɹ eɪ k /
n1
any of several short-billed Old World rails;

cram / k ɹ æ m /
v1
crowd or pack to capacity;

- "the theater was jampacked";

- syn. chock up, jam, jampack, ram, wad;

v2
put something somewhere so that the space is completely filled;

- "cram books into the suitcase";

v3
study intensively, as before an exam;

- "I had to bone up on my Latin verbs before the final exam";

- syn. bone, bone up, drum, get up, grind away, mug up, swot, swot up;

v4
prepare (students) hastily for an impending exam;

cram full
a1
packed full to capacity;

- "chowder chockablock with pieces of fish";

- syn. chock-full, chockablock, chockful, choke-full, chuck-full;

- sim. full;

Crambe
n1
annual or perennial herbs with large leaves that resemble the leaves of cabbages;

- syn. genus Crambe;

Crambe maritima
n1
perennial of coastal sands and shingles of northern Europe and Baltic and Black Seas having racemes of small white flowers and large fleshy blue-green leaves often used as potherbs;

- syn. sea cole, sea kale;

crammer / k ɹ æ m ə , k ɹ æ m ə ɹ /
n1
a student who crams;

n2
a teacher who is paid to cram students for examinations;

n3
a special school where students are crammed;

n4
a textbook designed for cramming;

cramp / k ɹ æ m p /
n1
a painful and involuntary muscular contraction;

- syn. muscle spasm, spasm;

n2
a clamp for holding pieces of wood together while they are glued;

n3
a strip of metal with ends bent at right angles;

- used to hold masonry together;

- syn. cramp iron;

v1
secure with a cramp;

- "cramp the wood";

v2
prevent the progress or free movement of;

- "He was hampered in his efforts by the bad weather";

- "the imperialist nation wanted to strangle the free trade between the two small countries";

- syn. halter, hamper, strangle;

v3
affect with or as if with a cramp;

v4
suffer from sudden painful contraction of a muscle;

cramp iron
n1
a strip of metal with ends bent at right angles;

- used to hold masonry together;

- syn. cramp;

crampbark
n1
deciduous thicket-forming Old World shrub with clusters of white flowers and small bright red berries;

- syn. European cranberry bush, European cranberrybush, Viburnum opulus, cranberry tree, guelder rose;

cramped / k ɹ æ m p t /
a1
constricted in size;

- "cramped quarters";

- "trying to bring children up in cramped high-rise apartments";

- sim. incommodious;

crampfish
n1
any sluggish bottom-dwelling ray of the order Torpediniformes having a rounded body and electric organs on each side of the head capable of emitting strong electric discharges;

- syn. electric ray, numbfish, torpedo;

crampon / k ɹ æ m p ɒ n /
n1
a hinged pair of curved iron bars;

- used to raise heavy objects;

- syn. crampoon;

n2
an iron spike attached to the shoe to prevent slipping on ice when walking or climbing;

- syn. climber, climbing iron, crampoon;

crampoon
n1
a hinged pair of curved iron bars;

- used to raise heavy objects;

- syn. crampon;

n2
an iron spike attached to the shoe to prevent slipping on ice when walking or climbing;

- syn. climber, climbing iron, crampon;

cran / k ɹ æ n /
n1
a capacity unit used for measuring fresh herring;

cranberry / k ɹ æ n b ə ɹ i /
n1
any of numerous shrubs of genus Vaccinium bearing cranberries;

n2
very tart red berry used for sauce or juice;

cranberry bush
n1
deciduous North American shrub or small tree having three-lobed leaves and red berries;

- syn. American cranberry bush, Viburnum trilobum, cranberry tree, highbush cranberry;

cranberry culture
n1
the cultivation of cranberries;

cranberry heath
n1
small prostrate or ascending shrub having scarlet flowers and succulent fruit resembling cranberries;

- sometimes placed in genus Styphelia;

- syn. Astroloma humifusum, Styphelia humifusum, ground-berry, groundberry, native cranberry;

cranberry juice
n1
the juice of cranberries (always diluted and sweetened);

cranberry sauce
n1
sauce made of cranberries and sugar;

cranberry tree
n1
deciduous thicket-forming Old World shrub with clusters of white flowers and small bright red berries;

- syn. European cranberry bush, European cranberrybush, Viburnum opulus, crampbark, guelder rose;

n2
deciduous North American shrub or small tree having three-lobed leaves and red berries;

- syn. American cranberry bush, Viburnum trilobum, cranberry bush, highbush cranberry;

cranch
v1
press or grind with a crushing noise;

- syn. craunch, crunch, grind;

Crane / k ɹ eɪ n /
n1
United States writer (1871-1900);

- syn. Stephen Crane;

n2
United States poet (1899-1932);

- syn. Harold Hart Crane, Hart Crane;

n3
a small constellation in the southern hemisphere near Phoenix;

- syn. Grus;

n4
lifts and moves heavy objects;

- lifting tackle is suspended from a pivoted boom that rotates around a vertical axis;

n5
large long-necked wading bird of marshes and plains in many parts of the world;

v1
stretch (the neck) so as to see better;

- "The women craned their necks to see the President drive by";

- syn. stretch out;

crane's bill
n1
any of numerous geraniums of the genus Geranium;

- syn. cranesbill;

crane fly
n1
long-legged slender flies that resemble large mosquitoes but do not bite;

- syn. daddy longlegs;

cranesbill / k ɹ eɪ n z b ɪ ɫ /
n1
any of numerous geraniums of the genus Geranium;

- syn. crane's bill;

Crangon
n1
type genus of the family Crangonidae;

- syn. genus Crangon;

Crangonidae
n1
shrimps;

- syn. family Crangonidae;

cranial / k ɹ eɪ n ɪə ɫ /
a1
of or relating to the cranium which encloses the brain;

- "cranial pressure";

cranial cavity
n1
the cavity enclosed by the cranium;

- syn. intracranial cavity;

cranial index
n1
ratio (in percent) of the maximum breadth to the maximum length of a skull;

- syn. breadth index, cephalic index;

cranial nerve
n1
any of the 12 paired nerves that originate in the brain stem;

cranial orbit
n1
the bony cavity in the skull containing the eyeball;

- syn. eye socket, orbit, orbital cavity;

Craniata
n1
fishes;

- amphibians;

- reptiles;

- birds;

- mammals;

- syn. Vertebrata, subphylum Craniata, subphylum Vertebrata;

craniate
n1
animals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column and a large brain enclosed in a skull or cranium;

- syn. vertebrate;

craniologist / k ɹ eɪ n ɪ ɒ ɫ ə dʒ ɪ s t /
n1
someone who claims to be able to read your character from the shape of your skull;

- syn. phrenologist;

craniology / k ɹ eɪ n ɪ ɒ ɫ ə dʒ i /
n1
the scientific study of the skulls of various human races;

craniometer / k ɹ eɪ n ɪ ɒ m ɪ t ə /
n1
an instrument for measuring skull sizes;

craniometric / k ɹ eɪ n ɪ ɒ m ɪ t ɹ ɪ k /
a1
of or relating to craniometry;

- syn. craniometrical;

craniometric point
n1
a landmark on the skull from which craniometric measurements can be taken;

craniometrical / k ɹ eɪ n ɪ ɒ m ɪ t ɹ ɪ k ɫ /
a1
of or relating to craniometry;

- syn. craniometric;

craniometry / k ɹ eɪ n ɪ ɒ m ɪ t ɹ i /
n1
the branch of physical anthropology dealing with the study and measurement of dry skulls after removal of its soft parts;

craniotomy
n1
a surgical opening through the skull;

cranium / k ɹ eɪ n ɪə m /
n1
the part of the skull that encloses the brain;

- syn. braincase, brainpan;

crank / k ɹ æ ŋ k /
n1
a bad-tempered person;

- syn. churl, crosspatch, grouch, grump;

n2
a whimsically eccentric person;

- syn. crackpot, fruitcake, nut, nut case, screwball;

n3
an amphetamine derivative (trade name Methedrine) used in the form of a crystalline hydrochloride;

- used as a stimulant to the nervous system and as an appetite suppressant;

- syn. Methedrine, chalk, chicken feed, deoxyephedrine, glass, ice, meth, methamphetamine, methamphetamine hydrochloride, shabu, trash;

n4
a hand tool consisting of a rotating shaft with parallel handle;

- syn. starter;

v1
travel along a zigzag path;

- "The river zigzags through the countryside";

- syn. zigzag;

v2
start by cranking;

- "crank up the engine";

- syn. crank up;

v3
rotate with a crank;

- syn. crank up;

v4
fasten with a crank;

v5
bend into the shape of a crank;

a1
(used of boats) inclined to heel over easily under sail;

- syn. cranky, tender, tippy;

- sim. unstable;

crank call
n1
a hostile telephone call (from a crank);

crank handle
n1
crank used to start an engine;

- syn. starting handle;

crank letter
n1
a hostile (usually anonymous) letter;

crank out
v1
produce in a routine or monotonous manner;

- "We have to crank out publications in order to receive funding";

- syn. grind out;

crank up
v1
start by cranking;

- "crank up the engine";

- syn. crank;

v2
rotate with a crank;

- syn. crank;

crankcase / k ɹ æ ŋ k k eɪ s /
n1
housing for a crankshaft;

crankiness / k ɹ æ n k ɪ n ə s /
n1
a fussy and eccentric disposition;

- syn. contrariness, crotchetiness, grumpiness;

crankshaft / k ɹ æ n k ʃ ɑ f t /
n1
a rotating shaft driven by (or driving) a crank;

cranky / k ɹ æ ŋ k i /
a1
(used of boats) inclined to heel over easily under sail;

- syn. crank, tender, tippy;

- sim. unstable;

a2
easily irritated or annoyed;

- "an incorrigibly fractious young man";

- "not the least nettlesome of his countrymen";

- syn. fractious, irritable, nettlesome, peckish, peevish, pettish, petulant, scratchy, techy, testy, tetchy;

- sim. ill-natured;

crannied / k ɹ æ n ɪ d /
a1
having small chinks or crannies (especially in or between rocks or stones);

- "a crannied wall";

cranny / k ɹ æ n i /
n1
a long narrow depression in a surface;

- syn. chap, crack, crevice, fissure;

n2
a small opening or crevice (especially in a rock face or wall);

crap / k ɹ æ p /
n1
obscene terms for feces;

- syn. dirt, poop, shit, shite, turd;

n2
obscene words for unacceptable behavior;

- "I put up with a lot of bullshit from that jerk";

- "what he said was mostly bull";

- syn. Irish bull, bull, bullshit, dogshit, horseshit, shit;

v1
have a bowel movement;

- "The dog had made in the flower beds";

- syn. ca-ca, defecate, make, shit, stool, take a crap, take a shit;

crap-shooter
n1
a gambler who throws dice in the game of craps;

- syn. shooter;

crap game
n1
playing craps;

- syn. crap shooting, crapshoot;

crap shooting
n1
playing craps;

- syn. crap game, crapshoot;

crap up
v1
become obstructed or chocked up;

- "The drains clogged up";

crapaud
n1
large toothed frog of South America and Central America resembling the bullfrog;

- syn. Leptodactylus pentadactylus, South American bullfrog;

crape / k ɹ eɪ p /
n1
small very thin pancake;

- syn. French pancake, crepe;

n2
a soft thin light fabric with a crinkled surface;

- syn. crepe;

v1
cover or drape with crape;

- "crape the mirror";

- syn. crepe;

v2
curl tightly;

- "crimp hair";

- syn. crimp, frizz, frizzle, kink, kink up;

crape fern
n1
New Zealand with pinnate fronds and a densely woolly stalks;

- sometimes included in genus Todea;

- syn. Leptopteris superba, Prince-of-Wales feather, Prince-of-Wales fern, Prince-of-Wales plume, Todea superba;

crape jasmine
n1
tropical shrub having glossy foliage and fragrant nocturnal flowers with crimped or wavy corollas;

- northern India to Thailand;

- syn. Adam's apple, East Indian rosebay, Nero's crown, Tabernaemontana divaricate, coffee rose, crepe gardenia, crepe jasmine, pinwheel flower;

crape myrtle
n1
ornamental shrub from eastern India commonly planted in the southern United States;

- syn. Lagerstroemia indica, crepe flower, crepe myrtle;

crapette
n1
solitaire with two players using separate packs;

- syn. Russian bank;

crapper / k ɹ æ p ə ɹ /
n1
a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination;

- syn. can, commode, pot, potty, stool, throne, toilet;

crappie / k ɹ æ p p aɪ /
n1
small sunfishes of the genus Pomoxis of central United States rivers;

n2
small sunfishes of central United States rivers;

crappy / k ɹ æ p i /
a1
very bad;

- "a lousy play";

- "it's a stinking world";

- syn. icky, lousy, rotten, shitty, stinking, stinky;

- sim. bad;

craps / k ɹ æ p s /
n1
expressions used when when two dice are thrown and both come up showing one spot;

- syn. snake eyes;

n2
a gambling game played with two dice;

- a first throw of 7 or 11 wins and a first throw of 2, 3, or 12 loses and a first throw of any other number must be repeated to win before a 7 is thrown, which loses the bet and the dice;

crapshoot / k ɹ æ p ʃ u t /
n1
a risky and uncertain venture;

- "getting admitted to the college of your choice has become a crapshoot";

n2
playing craps;

- syn. crap game, crap shooting;

crapshooter / k ɹ æ p ʃ u t ə ɹ /
n1
a gambler who plays the game of craps;

crapulence / k ɹ æ p j ʊ ɫ ə n s /
n1
the act of drinking alcoholic beverages to excess;

- "drink was his downfall";

- syn. boozing, drink, drinking, drunkenness;

crapulent / k ɹ æ p j ʊ ɫ ə n t /
a1
suffering from excessive eating or drinking;

- "crapulent sleep";

- "a crapulous stomach";

- syn. crapulous;

- sim. gluttonous;

crapulous / k ɹ æ p j ʊ ɫ ə s /
a1
suffering from excessive eating or drinking;

- "crapulent sleep";

- "a crapulous stomach";

- syn. crapulent;

- sim. gluttonous;

a2
given to gross intemperance in eating or drinking;

- "a crapulous old reprobate";

- sim. gluttonous;

crash / k ɹ æ ʃ /
n1
a loud resonant repeating noise;

- "he could hear the clang of distant bells";

- syn. clang, clangor, clangoring, clangour, clank, clash;

n2
a serious accident (usually involving one or more vehicles);

- "they are still investigating the crash of the TWA plane";

- syn. wreck;

n3
a sudden large decline of business or the prices of stocks (especially one that causes additional failures);

- syn. collapse;

n4
the act of colliding with something;

- "his crash through the window";

- "the fullback's smash into the defensive line";

- syn. smash;

n5
(computer science) an event that causes a computer system to become inoperative;

- "the crash occurred during a thunderstorm and the system has been down ever since";

v1
fall or come down violently;

- "The branch crashed down on my car";

- "The plane crashed in the sea";

v2
move with, or as if with, a crashing noise;

- "The car crashed through the glass door";

v3
undergo damage or destruction on impact;

- "the plane crashed into the ocean";

- "The car crashed into the lamp post";

- syn. ram;

v4
move violently as through a barrier;

- "The terrorists crashed the gate";

v5
break violently or noisily;

- smash;

- syn. break apart, break up;

v6
occupy, usually uninvited;

- "My son's friends crashed our house last weekend";

v7
make a sudden loud sound;

- "the waves crashed on the shore and kept us awake all night";

v8
enter uninvited;

- informal;

- "let's crash the party!";

- syn. barge in, gate-crash;

v9
cause to crash;

- "The terrorists crashed the plane into the palace";

- "Mother crashed the motorbike into the lamppost";

v10
hurl or thrust violently;

- "He dashed the plate against the wall";

- "Waves were dashing against the rock";

- syn. dash;

v11
undergo a sudden and severe downturn;

- "the economy crashed";

- "will the stock market crash again?";

v12
stop operating;

- "My computer crashed last night";

- "The system goes down at least once a week";

- syn. go down;

v13
sleep in a convenient place;

- "You can crash here, though it's not very comfortable";

- syn. doss, doss down;

crash-dive / k ɹ æ ʃ d aɪ v /
v1
descend steeply and rapidly;

crash barrier
n1
a strong protective barrier that is erected around a racetrack or in the middle of a dual-lane highway in order to reduce the likelihood of severe accidents;

crash course
n1
a rapid and intense course of training or research (usually undertaken in an emergency);

- "he took a crash course in Italian on his way to Italy";

- "his first job was a crash course in survival and in learning how to get along with people";

- "a crash programme is needed to create new jobs";

- syn. crash program, crash programme;

crash dive
n1
a rapid descent by a submarine;

crash helmet
n1
a padded helmet worn by people riding bicycles or motorcycles;

- protects the head in case of accidents;

crash land
v1
make an emergency landing;

crash landing
n1
an emergency landing under circumstances where a normal landing is impossible (usually damaging the aircraft);

crash program
n1
a rapid and intense course of training or research (usually undertaken in an emergency);

- "he took a crash course in Italian on his way to Italy";

- "his first job was a crash course in survival and in learning how to get along with people";

- "a crash programme is needed to create new jobs";

- syn. crash course, crash programme;

crash programme
n1
a rapid and intense course of training or research (usually undertaken in an emergency);

- "he took a crash course in Italian on his way to Italy";

- "his first job was a crash course in survival and in learning how to get along with people";

- "a crash programme is needed to create new jobs";

- syn. crash course, crash program;

crasher / k ɹ æ ʃ ə , k ɹ æ ʃ ə ɹ /
n1
someone who gets in (to a party) without an invitation or without paying;

- syn. gatecrasher, unwelcome guest;

crashing / k ɹ æ ʃ ɪ ŋ /
a1
informal intensifiers;

- "what a bally (or blinking) nuisance";

- "a bloody fool";

- "a crashing bore";

- "you flaming idiot";

- syn. bally, blinking, bloody, blooming, flaming, fucking;

- sim. unmitigated;

Craspedia
n1
herbs of Australia and New Zealand;

- syn. genus Craspedia;

crass / k ɹ æ s /
a1
(of persons) so unrefined as to be lacking in discrimination and sensibility;

- sim. unrefined;

crassitude / k ɹ æ s ɪ t j u d /
n1
the quality of being crass--devoid of refinement;

- syn. crassness;

crassness / k ɹ æ s n ɛ s /
n1
the quality of being crass--devoid of refinement;

- syn. crassitude;

Crassostrea
n1
Virginia oysters;

- syn. genus Crassostrea;

Crassula
n1
type genus of Crassulaceae;

- herbs and small shrubs having woody stems and succulent aerial parts;

- syn. genus Crassula;

Crassulaceae
n1
succulent shrubs and herbs;

- syn. family Crassulaceae, stonecrop family;

Crataegus
n1
thorny shrubs and small trees: hawthorn;

- thorn;

- thorn apple;

- syn. genus Crataegus;

Crataegus aestivalis
n1
hawthorn of southern United States bearing a juicy, acidic, scarlet fruit that is often used in jellies or preserves;

- syn. mayhaw, summer haw;

Crataegus apiifolia
n1
southern United States hawthorn with pinnately lobed leaves;

- syn. Crataegus marshallii, parsley-leaved thorn, parsley haw;

Crataegus biltmoreana
n1
common shrub or small tree of the eastern United States having few thorns and white flowers in corymbs followed by bright orange-red berries;

- syn. scarlet haw;

Crataegus calpodendron
n1
erect and almost thornless American hawthorn with somewhat pear-shaped berries;

- syn. Crataegus tomentosa, blackthorn, pear haw, pear hawthorn;

Crataegus coccinea
n1
American red-fruited hawthorn with dense corymbs of pink-red flowers;

- syn. Crataegus pedicellata, red haw;

Crataegus coccinea mollis
n1
American red-fruited hawthorn with stems and leaves densely covered with short woolly hairs;

- syn. Crataegus mollis, downy haw, red haw;

Crataegus crus-galli
n1
eastern United States hawthorn with long straight thorns;

- syn. cockspur hawthorn, cockspur thorn;

Crataegus laevigata
n1
thorny Eurasian shrub of small tree having dense clusters of white to scarlet flowers followed by deep red berries;

- established as an escape in eastern North America;

- syn. Crataegus oxycantha, English hawthorn, may, whitethorn;

Crataegus marshallii
n1
southern United States hawthorn with pinnately lobed leaves;

- syn. Crataegus apiifolia, parsley-leaved thorn, parsley haw;

Crataegus mollis
n1
American red-fruited hawthorn with stems and leaves densely covered with short woolly hairs;

- syn. Crataegus coccinea mollis, downy haw, red haw;

Crataegus monogyna
n1
European hawthorn having deeply cleft leaves and bright red fruits;

- widely cultivated in many varieties and often grown as impenetrable hedges;

- established as an escape in eastern North America;

- syn. English hawthorn;

Crataegus oxyacantha
n1
evergreen hawthorn of southeastern Europe;

- syn. evergreen thorn;

Crataegus oxycantha
n1
thorny Eurasian shrub of small tree having dense clusters of white to scarlet flowers followed by deep red berries;

- established as an escape in eastern North America;

- syn. Crataegus laevigata, English hawthorn, may, whitethorn;

Crataegus pedicellata
n1
American red-fruited hawthorn with dense corymbs of pink-red flowers;

- syn. Crataegus coccinea, red haw;

Crataegus tomentosa
n1
erect and almost thornless American hawthorn with somewhat pear-shaped berries;

- syn. Crataegus calpodendron, blackthorn, pear haw, pear hawthorn;

crate / k ɹ eɪ t /
n1
a rugged box (usually made of wood);

- used for shipping;

n2
the quantity contained in a crate;

- syn. crateful;

v1
put into a crate;

- as for protection;

- "crate the paintings before shipping them to the museum";

crateful / k ɹ eɪ t f ə ɫ /
n1
the quantity contained in a crate;

- syn. crate;

crater / k ɹ eɪ t ə , k ɹ eɪ t ə ɹ /
n1
a bowl-shaped geological formation at the top of a volcano;

- syn. volcanic crater;

n2
a faint constellation in the southern hemisphere near Hydra and Corvus;

n3
a bowl-shaped depression formed by the impact of a meteorite or bomb;

Crater Lake National Park
n1
a national park in Oregon having the deepest lake in the United States in the crater of an extinct volcano;

Crateva
n1
tropical genus of small trees or shrubs;

- syn. genus Crateva;

craton
n1
the part of a continent that is stable and forms the central mass of the continent;

- typically Precambrian;

craunch
v1
press or grind with a crushing noise;

- syn. cranch, crunch, grind;

cravat / k ɹ ə v æ t /
n1
neckwear worn in a slipknot with long ends overlapping vertically in front;

crave / k ɹ eɪ v /
v1
have a craving, appetite, or great desire for;

- syn. hunger, lust, starve, thirst;

v2
plead or ask for earnestly;

craved / k ɹ eɪ v d /
a1
wanted intensely;

- "the child could no longer resist taking one of the craved cookies";

- "it produced the desired effect";

- syn. desired;

- sim. wanted;

craven / k ɹ eɪ v n /
n1
an abject coward;

- syn. poltroon, recreant;

a1
lacking even the rudiments of courage;

- abjectly fearful;

- "the craven fellow turned and ran";

- "a craven proposal to raise the white flag";

- "this recreant knight"- Spenser;

- syn. recreant;

- sim. cowardly;

cravenness / k ɹ eɪ v n n ɛ s /
n1
meanspirited cowardice;

craving / k ɹ eɪ v ɪ ŋ /
n1
an intense desire for some particular thing;

craw / k ɹ ɔ /
n1
a pouch in many birds and some lower animals that resembles a stomach for storage and preliminary maceration of food;

- syn. crop;

crawdad / k ɹ ɔ d æ d /
n1
tiny lobster-like crustaceans usually boiled briefly;

- syn. crawfish, crayfish, ecrevisse;

n2
small freshwater decapod crustacean that resembles a lobster;

- syn. crawdaddy, crawfish, crayfish;

crawdaddy
n1
small freshwater decapod crustacean that resembles a lobster;

- syn. crawdad, crawfish, crayfish;

crawfish / k ɹ ɔ f ɪ ʃ /
n1
tiny lobster-like crustaceans usually boiled briefly;

- syn. crawdad, crayfish, ecrevisse;

n2
small freshwater decapod crustacean that resembles a lobster;

- syn. crawdad, crawdaddy, crayfish;

n3
large edible marine crustacean having a spiny carapace but lacking the large pincers of true lobsters;

- syn. crayfish, langouste, rock lobster, sea crawfish, spiny lobster;

v1
make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity;

- "We'll have to crawfish out from meeting with him";

- "He backed out of his earlier promise";

- "The aggressive investment company pulled in its horns";

- syn. back away, back out, crawfish out, pull back, pull in one's horns, retreat, withdraw;

crawfish out
v1
make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity;

- "We'll have to crawfish out from meeting with him";

- "He backed out of his earlier promise";

- "The aggressive investment company pulled in its horns";

- syn. back away, back out, crawfish, pull back, pull in one's horns, retreat, withdraw;

Crawford / k ɹ ɔ f ɔ d /
n1
United States neoclassical sculptor (1814-1857);

- syn. Thomas Crawford;

n2
United States film actress (1908-1977);

- syn. Joan Crawford;

crawl / k ɹ ɔ ɫ /
n1
a very slow movement;

- "the traffic advanced at a crawl";

n2
a swimming stroke;

- arms are moved alternately overhead accompanied by a flutter kick;

- syn. Australian crawl, front crawl;

n3
a slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body;

- "a crawl was all that the injured man could manage";

- "the traffic moved at a creep";

- syn. crawling, creep, creeping;

v1
move slowly;

- in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground;

- "The crocodile was crawling along the riverbed";

- syn. creep;

v2
feel as if crawling with insects;

- "My skin crawled--I was terrified";

v3
be full of;

- "The old cheese was crawling with maggots";

v4
show submission or fear;

- syn. cower, creep, cringe, fawn, grovel;

v5
swim by doing the crawl;

- "European children learn the breast stroke;

- they often don't know how to crawl";

crawl in
v1
prepare for sleep;

- "I usually turn in at midnight";

- "He goes to bed at the crack of dawn";

- syn. bed, go to bed, go to sleep, hit the hay, hit the sack, kip down, retire, sack out, turn in;

crawl space
n1
low space beneath a floor of a building;

- gives workers access to wiring or plumbing;

- syn. crawlspace;

crawler / k ɹ ɔ ɫ ə , k ɹ ɔ ɫ ə ɹ /
n1
a person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage;

- syn. ass-kisser, lackey, sycophant, toady;

n2
a person who crawls or creeps along the ground;

- syn. creeper;

n3
terrestrial worm that burrows into and helps aerate soil;

- often surfaces when the ground is cool or wet;

- used as bait by anglers;

- syn. angleworm, dew worm, earthworm, fishing worm, fishworm, nightcrawler, nightwalker, red worm, wiggler;

crawling / k ɹ ɔ ɫ ɪ ŋ /
n1
a slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body;

- "a crawl was all that the injured man could manage";

- "the traffic moved at a creep";

- syn. crawl, creep, creeping;

crawlspace / k ɹ ɔ ɫ s p eɪ s /
n1
low space beneath a floor of a building;

- gives workers access to wiring or plumbing;

- syn. crawl space;

Crax
n1
type genus of the Cracidae: curassows;

- syn. genus Crax;

crayfish / k ɹ eɪ f ɪ ʃ /
n1
warm-water lobsters without claws;

- those from Australia and South Africa usually marketed as frozen tails;

- caught also in Florida and California;

- syn. langouste, rock lobster, spiny lobster;

n2
tiny lobster-like crustaceans usually boiled briefly;

- syn. crawdad, crawfish, ecrevisse;

n3
small freshwater decapod crustacean that resembles a lobster;

- syn. crawdad, crawdaddy, crawfish;

n4
large edible marine crustacean having a spiny carapace but lacking the large pincers of true lobsters;

- syn. crawfish, langouste, rock lobster, sea crawfish, spiny lobster;

crayon / k ɹ eɪ ə n /
n1
writing implement consisting of a colored stick of composition wax used for writing and drawing;

- syn. wax crayon;

v1
write, draw, or trace with a crayon;

craze / k ɹ eɪ z /
n1
an interest followed with exaggerated zeal;

- "he always follows the latest fads";

- "it was all the rage that season";

- syn. cult, fad, furor, furore, rage;

n2
state of violent mental agitation;

- syn. delirium, frenzy, fury, hysteria;

n3
a fine crack in a glaze or other surface;

v1
cause to go crazy;

- cause to lose one's mind;

- syn. madden;

v2
develop a fine network of cracks;

- "Crazed ceramics";

crazed / k ɹ eɪ z d /
a1
driven insane;

- syn. deranged, half-crazed;

- sim. insane;

crazily / k ɹ eɪ z ɪ ɫ i /
r1
in an insane manner;

- "she behaved insanely";

- "he behaves crazily when he is off his medication";

- "the witch cackled madly";

- "screaming dementedly";

- syn. dementedly, insanely, madly;

craziness / k ɹ eɪ z ɪ n ə s /
n1
informal terms for insanity;

- syn. daftness, flakiness;

n2
the quality of being rash and foolish;

- "trying to drive through a blizzard is the height of folly";

- "adjusting to an insane society is total foolishness";

- syn. folly, foolishness, madness;

n3
foolish or senseless behavior;

- syn. folly, foolery, indulgence, lunacy, tomfoolery;

crazy / k ɹ eɪ z i /
n1
someone deranged and possibly dangerous;

- syn. looney, loony, nutcase, weirdo;

a1
affected with madness or insanity;

- "a man who had gone mad";

- syn. brainsick, demented, disturbed, mad, sick, unbalanced, unhinged;

- sim. insane;

a2
foolish;

- totally unsound;

- "a crazy scheme";

- "half-baked ideas";

- "a screwball proposal without a prayer of working";

- syn. half-baked, screwball, softheaded;

- sim. impractical;

a3
possessed by inordinate excitement;

- "the crowd went crazy";

- "was crazy to try his new bicycle";

- sim. excited;

a4
bizarre or fantastic;

- "had a crazy dream";

- "wore a crazy hat";

- sim. strange;

a5
intensely enthusiastic about or preoccupied with;

- "crazy about cars and racing";

- "they are dotty about each other";

- "gaga over the rock group's new album";

- syn. dotty, gaga, wild;

- sim. enthusiastic;

crazy bone
n1
a point on the elbow where the ulnar nerve passes near the surface;

- a sharp tingling sensation results when the nerve is knocked against the bone;

- "the funny bone is not humerus";

- syn. funny bone;

Crazy Glue
n1
a commercial brand of epoxy glue;

Crazy Horse
n1
a chief of the Sioux who resisted the invasion of the Black Hills and joined Sitting Bull in the defeat of General Custer at Little Bighorn (1849-1877);

- syn. Tashunca-Uitco;

crazy house
n1
pejorative terms for an insane asylum;

- syn. Bedlam, booby hatch, cuckoo's nest, funny farm, funny house, loony bin, madhouse, nut house, nuthouse, sanatorium, snake pit;

crazy quilt
n1
a patchwork quilt without a design;

crazy weed
n1
any of several leguminous plants of western North America causing locoism in livestock;

- syn. crazyweed, locoweed;

crazyweed
n1
any of several leguminous plants of western North America causing locoism in livestock;

- syn. crazy weed, locoweed;

creak / k ɹ i k /
n1
a squeaking sound;

- "the creak of the floorboards gave him away";

- syn. creaking;

v1
make a high-pitched, screeching noise;

- "The door creaked when I opened it slowly";

- "My car engine makes a whining noise";

- syn. screak, screech, skreak, squeak, whine;

creakily / k ɹ i k ɪ ɫ i /
r1
in a creaky manner;

- "the old boat was moving along creakily";

- syn. creakingly, screakily;

creaking / k ɹ i k ɪ ŋ /
n1
a squeaking sound;

- "the creak of the floorboards gave him away";

- syn. creak;

creakingly / k ɹ i k ɪ ŋ ɫ i /
r1
in a creaky manner;

- "the old boat was moving along creakily";

- syn. creakily, screakily;

creaky / k ɹ i k i /
a1
worn and broken down by hard use;

- "a creaky shack";

- "a decrepit bus...its seats held together with friction tape";

- "a flea-bitten sofa";

- "a run-down neighborhood";

- "a woebegone old shack";

- syn. decrepit, derelict, flea-bitten, run-down, woebegone;

- sim. worn;

a2
having a rasping or grating sound;

- "creaky stairs";

- syn. screaky;

- sim. noisy;

a3
of or pertaining to arthritis;

- "my creaky old joints";

- "rheumy with age and grief";

- syn. arthritic, rheumatic, rheumatoid, rheumy;

- sim. unhealthy;

cream / k ɹ i m /
n1
the best people or things in a group;

- "the cream of England's young men were killed in the Great War";

- syn. pick;

n2
the part of milk containing the butterfat;

n3
toiletry consisting of any of various substances in the form of a thick liquid that have a soothing and moisturizing effect when applied to the skin;

- syn. emollient, ointment;

v1
make creamy by beating;

- "Cream the butter";

v2
beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight;

- "We licked the other team on Sunday!";

- syn. bat, clobber, drub, lick, thrash;

v3
put on cream, as on one's face or body;

- "She creams her face every night";

v4
remove from the surface;

- "skim cream from the surface of milk";

- syn. cream off, skim, skim off;

- also cream off;

v5
add cream to one's coffee, for example;

cream-colored
a1
having the color of fresh cream;

- syn. creamy-colored, creamy-white;

- sim. colored;

cream-colored courser
n1
courser of desert and semidesert regions of the Old World;

- syn. Cursorius cursor;

cream-of-tartar tree
n1
Australian tree having an agreeably acid fruit that resembles a gourd;

- syn. Adansonia gregorii, sour gourd;

cream cheese
n1
soft unripened cheese made of sweet milk and cream;

cream of tartar
n1
a salt used especially in baking powder;

- syn. potassium bitartrate, potassium hydrogen tartrate, tartar;

cream off
v1
remove from the surface;

- "skim cream from the surface of milk";

- syn. cream, skim, skim off;

v2
pick the best;

- syn. skim off;

cream pitcher
n1
a small pitcher for serving cream;

- syn. creamer;

cream puff
n1
puff filled with cream or custard;

- syn. chou;

cream sauce
n1
white sauce made with cream;

cream soda
n1
sweet carbonated drink flavored with vanilla;

cream violet
n1
leafy-stemmed violet of eastern North America having large white or creamy flowers faintly marked with purple;

- syn. Viola striata, pale violet, striped violet;

creamcups
n1
California plant with small pale yellow flowers;

- syn. Platystemon californicus;

creamer / k ɹ i m ə , k ɹ i m ə ɹ /
n1
a small pitcher for serving cream;

- syn. cream pitcher;

creamery / k ɹ i m ə ɹ i /
n1
a workplace where dairy products (butter and cheese etc.) are produced or sold;

creaminess
n1
the property of having the thickness of heavy cream;

- syn. soupiness;

creamy / k ɹ i m i /
a1
of the color of cream;

- "creamy translucent pebbles";

- sim. chromatic;

a2
thick like cream;

- sim. thick;

creamy-colored
a1
having the color of fresh cream;

- syn. cream-colored, creamy-white;

- sim. colored;

creamy-white
a1
having the color of fresh cream;

- syn. cream-colored, creamy-colored;

- sim. colored;

creamy-yellow
a1
yellow with a creamy tinge;

- sim. chromatic;

crease / k ɹ i s /
n1
an angular or rounded shape made by folding;

- "a fold in the napkin";

- "a crease in his trousers";

- "a plication on her blouse";

- "a flexure of the colon";

- "a bend of his elbow";

- syn. bend, crimp, flexure, fold, plication;

n2
a slight depression or fold in the smoothness of a surface;

- "his face has many lines";

- "ironing gets rid of most wrinkles";

- syn. crinkle, furrow, line, seam, wrinkle;

n3
a Malayan dagger with a wavy blade;

- syn. creese, kris;

v1
make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface;

- make a pressed, folded or wrinkled line in;

- `crisp' is archaic;

- "The dress got wrinkled";

- "crease the paper like this to make a crane";

- syn. crinkle, crisp, ruckle, scrunch, scrunch up, wrinkle;

v2
make wrinkled or creased;

- "furrow one's brow";

- syn. furrow, wrinkle;

v3
scrape gently;

- "graze the skin";

- syn. graze, rake;

v4
become wrinkled or crumpled or creased;

- "This fabric won't wrinkle";

- syn. crinkle, crumple, rumple, wrinkle;

crease-resistant
a1
of fabric that does not wrinkle easily;

- syn. creaseproof, wrinkle-resistant, wrinkleproof;

creaseless
a1
used especially of fabrics;

- "uncreased trousers";

- syn. uncreased;

- sim. smooth;

creaseproof
a1
of fabric that does not wrinkle easily;

- syn. crease-resistant, wrinkle-resistant, wrinkleproof;

creashak
n1
evergreen mat-forming shrub of North America and northern Eurasia having small white flowers and red berries;

- leaves turn red in autumn;

- syn. Arctostaphylos uva-ursi, bear's grape, common bearberry, hog cranberry, mealberry, mountain box, red bearberry, sand berry, sandberry, wild cranberry;

create / k ɹ i eɪ t /
v1
make or cause to be or to become;

- "make a mess in one's office";

- "create a furor";

- syn. make;

v2
bring into existence;

- "The company was created 25 years ago";

- "He created a new movement in painting";

v3
pursue a creative activity;

- be engaged in a creative activity;

- "Don't disturb him--he is creating";

v4
invest with a new title, office, or rank;

- "Create one a peer";

v5
create by artistic means;

- "create a poem";

- "Schoenberg created twelve-tone music";

- "Picasso created Cubism";

- "Auden made verses";

- syn. make;

v6
create or manufacture a man-made product;

- "We produce more cars than we can sell";

- "The company has been making toys for two centuries";

- syn. make, produce;

create by mental act
v1
create mentally and abstractly rather than with one's hands;

- syn. create mentally;

create from raw material
v1
make from scratch;

- syn. create from raw stuff;

create from raw stuff
v1
make from scratch;

- syn. create from raw material;

create mentally
v1
create mentally and abstractly rather than with one's hands;

- syn. create by mental act;

create verbally
v1
create with or from words;

creatin
n1
an amino acid that does not occur in proteins but is found in the muscle tissue of vertebrates both in the free form and as phosphocreatine;

- supplies energy for muscle contraction;

- syn. creatine;

creatine
n1
an amino acid that does not occur in proteins but is found in the muscle tissue of vertebrates both in the free form and as phosphocreatine;

- supplies energy for muscle contraction;

- syn. creatin;

creatine phosphate
n1
an organic compound of creatine and phosphoric acid;

- found in the muscles of vertebrates where its hydrolysis releases energy for muscular contraction;

- syn. creatine phosphoric acid, phosphocreatine;

creatine phosphoric acid
n1
an organic compound of creatine and phosphoric acid;

- found in the muscles of vertebrates where its hydrolysis releases energy for muscular contraction;

- syn. creatine phosphate, phosphocreatine;

creating by mental acts
n1
the act of creating something by thinking;

creating by removal
n1
the act of creating by removing something;

creating from raw materials
n1
the act of creating something that is different from the materials that went into it;

creation / k ɹ i eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the human act of creating;

- syn. creative activity;

n2
an artifact that has been brought into existence by someone;

n3
the event that occurred at the beginning of something;

- "from its creation the plan was doomed to failure";

- syn. conception;

n4
the act of starting something for the first time;

- introducing something new;

- "she looked forward to her initiation as an adult";

- "the foundation of a new scientific society";

- syn. foundation, founding, initiation, innovation, instauration, institution, introduction, origination;

n5
(theology) God's act of bringing the universe into existence;

n6
everything that exists anywhere;

- "they study the evolution of the universe";

- "the biggest tree in existence";

- syn. cosmos, existence, macrocosm, universe, world;

creation science
n1
an effort to give scientific support for the truth of the account of Creation given in the Book of Genesis;

creationism / k ɹ i eɪ ʃ ŋ ɪ z ə m /
n1
the literal belief in the account of Creation given in the Book of Genesis;

- "creationism denies the theory of evolution of species";

creative / k ɹ i eɪ t ɪ v /
a1
having the ability or power to create;

- "a creative imagination";

- syn. originative;

- also original, productive;

- sim. fanciful, fictive, imaginative, yeasty;

a2
promoting construction or creation;

- "creative work";

- sim. constructive;

creative activity
n1
the human act of creating;

- syn. creation;

creative person
n1
a person whose creative work shows sensitivity and imagination;

- syn. artist;

creative thinker
n1
an important intellectual;

- "the great minds of the 17th century";

- syn. mind, thinker;

creative thinking
n1
the ability to create;

- syn. creativeness, creativity;

creatively / k ɹ i eɪ t ɪ v ɫ i /
r1
in a creative manner;

- "she solved the problem creatively";

creativeness / k ɹ i eɪ t ɪ v n ə s /
n1
the ability to create;

- syn. creative thinking, creativity;

creativity / k ɹ i eɪ t ɪ v ɪ t i /
n1
the ability to create;

- syn. creative thinking, creativeness;

Creator / k ɹ i eɪ t ə , k ɹ i eɪ t ə ɹ /
n1
terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God;

- syn. Almighty, Divine, God Almighty, Godhead, Jehovah, Lord, Maker;

n2
a person who grows or makes or invents things;

creature / k ɹ i tʃ ə , k ɹ i tʃ ə ɹ /
n1
a living organism characterized by voluntary movement;

- syn. animal, animate being, beast, brute, fauna;

n2
a human being;

- `wight' is an archaic term;

- syn. wight;

n3
a person who is controlled by others and is used to perform unpleasant or dishonest tasks for someone else;

- syn. puppet, tool;

creature comforts
n1
things that make you comfortable and at ease;

- "all the comforts of home";

- syn. amenities, comforts, conveniences;

creche / k ɹ ɛ ʃ /
n1
a hospital where foundlings (infant children of unknown parents) are taken in and cared for;

- syn. foundling hospital;

n2
a representation of Christ's nativity in the stable at Bethlehem;

Crecy
n1
the first decisive battle of the Hundred Years' War;

- in 1346 the English under Edward III defeated the French under Philip of Valois;

- syn. battle of Crecy;

cred
n1
credibility among young fashionable urban individuals;

- syn. street cred, street credibility;

credal
a1
of or relating to a creed;

- syn. creedal;

credence / k ɹ i d n s /
n1
the mental attitude that something is believable and should be accepted as true;

- "he gave credence to the gossip";

- "acceptance of Newtonian mechanics was unquestioned for 200 years";

- syn. acceptance;

n2
a kind of sideboard or buffet;

- syn. credenza;

credendum
n1
(Christianity) any of the sections into which a creed or other statement of doctrine is divided;

- syn. article of faith;

credential / k ɹ ɪ d ɛ n ʃ ə ɫ /
n1
a document attesting to the truth of certain stated facts;

- syn. certificate, certification, credentials;

credentialled
a1
certified as professional by evidence or testimonials;

- "credentialled day care workers";

- sim. certified;

credentials / k ɹ ɪ d ɛ n ʃ ɫ z /
n1
a document attesting to the truth of certain stated facts;

- syn. certificate, certification, credential;

credenza
n1
a kind of sideboard or buffet;

- syn. credence;

credibility / k ɹ ɛ d ɪ b ɪ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
the quality of being believable or trustworthy;

- syn. believability, credibleness;

credible / k ɹ ɛ d ə b ɫ /
a1
capable of being believed;

- "completely credible testimony";

- "credible information";

- syn. believable;

- also plausible, thinkable;

- sim. likely, presumptive;

a2
(a common but incorrect usage where `credulous' would be appropriate) credulous;

- "she was not the...credible fool he expected";

- sim. credulous;

a3
appearing to merit belief or acceptance;

- "a credible witness";

- sim. convincing;

credibleness / k ɹ ɛ d ə b ɫ n ə s /
n1
the quality of being believable or trustworthy;

- syn. believability, credibility;

credibly / k ɹ ɛ d ə b ɫ i /
r1
easy to believe on the basis of available evidence;

- "he talked plausibly before the committee";

- "he will probably win the election";

- syn. believably, plausibly, probably;

credit / k ɹ ɛ d ɪ t /
n1
approval;

- "give her recognition for trying";

- "he was given credit for his work";

- "give her credit for trying";

- syn. recognition;

n2
money available for a client to borrow;

n3
an accounting entry acknowledging income or capital items;

- syn. credit entry;

n4
used in the phrase `to your credit' in order to indicate an achievement deserving praise;

- "she already had several performances to her credit";

n5
arrangement for deferred payment for goods and services;

- syn. deferred payment;

n6
recognition by a college or university that a course of studies has been successfully completed;

- typically measured in semester hours;

- syn. course credit;

n7
a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage;

- "the student's essay failed to list several important citations";

- "the acknowledgments are usually printed at the front of a book";

- "the article includes mention of similar clinical cases";

- syn. acknowledgment, citation, cite, mention, quotation, reference;

n8
an entry on a list of persons who contributed to a film or written work;

- "the credits were given at the end of the film";

n9
an estimate, based on previous dealings, of a person's or an organization's ability to fulfill their financial commitments;

- syn. credit rating;

v1
give someone credit for something;

- "We credited her for saving our jobs";

v2
ascribe an achievement to;

- "She was not properly credited in the program";

- syn. accredit;

v3
accounting: enter as credit;

- "We credit your account with $100";

v4
have trust in;

- trust in the truth or veracity of;

credit account
n1
credit extended by a business to a customer;

- syn. charge account, open account;

credit analyst
n1
an analyst who studies the financial statements and financial history of applicants for credit in order to evaluate their creditworthiness;

credit application
n1
an application for a line of credit;

credit bureau
n1
a private firm that maintains consumer credit data files and provides credit information to authorized users for a fee;

credit card
n1
a card (usually plastic) that assures a seller that the person using it has a satisfactory credit rating and that the issuer will see to it that the seller receives payment for the merchandise delivered;

- "do you take plastic?";

- syn. charge card, charge plate, plastic;

credit crunch
n1
a state in which there is a short supply of cash to lend to businesses and consumers and interest rates are high;

- syn. liquidity crisis, squeeze;

credit entry
n1
an accounting entry acknowledging income or capital items;

- syn. credit;

credit hour
n1
a unit of academic credit;

- one hour a week for an academic semester;

- syn. semester hour;

credit line
n1
the maximum credit that a customer is allowed;

- syn. bank line, line, line of credit, personal credit line, personal line of credit;

n2
a line giving the name of the writer of a story or article;

- syn. by-line;

credit order
n1
an order that is received without payment;

- requires billing at a later date;

- syn. bill-me order;

credit rating
n1
an estimate, based on previous dealings, of a person's or an organization's ability to fulfill their financial commitments;

- syn. credit;

credit side
n1
account of payments received;

- usually the right side of a financial statement;

credit system
n1
a system for allowing people to purchase things on credit;

credit union
n1
a cooperative depository financial institution whose members can obtain loans from their combined savings;

creditable / k ɹ ɛ d ɪ t ə b ɫ /
a1
worthy of often limited commendation;

- "the student's effort on the essay--though not outstanding--was creditable";

- sim. worthy;

creditably / k ɹ ɛ d ɪ t ə b ɫ i /
r1
to a tolerably worthy extent;

- "he did respectably well for his age";

- syn. respectably;

credited / k ɹ ɛ d ɪ t ɪ d /
a1
(usually followed by `to') given credit for;

- "an invention credited to Edison";

- sim. attributable;

creditor / k ɹ ɛ d ɪ t ə , k ɹ ɛ d ɪ t ə ɹ /
n1
a person to whom money is owed by a debtor;

- someone to whom an obligation exists;

credits / k ɹ ɛ d ɪ t s /
n1
a list of acknowledgements of those who contributed to the creation of a film (usually run at the end of the film);

creditworthiness / k ɹ ɛ d ɪ t w ɝ ð ɪ n ə s /
n1
trustworthiness with money as based on a person's credit history;

- a general qualification for borrowing;

creditworthy / k ɹ ɛ d ɪ t w ɝ ð i /
a1
having an acceptable credit rating;

- "a responsible borrower";

- syn. responsible;

- sim. trustworthy;

credo / k ɹ i d oʊ /
n1
any system of principles or beliefs;

- syn. creed;

credulity / k ɹ ɪ d j u ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
tendency to believe readily;

credulous / k ɹ ɛ d j ʊ ɫ ə s /
a1
disposed to believe on little evidence;

- "the gimmick would convince none but the most credulous";

- also naif, naive, trustful, trusting;

- sim. credible, overcredulous, unquestioning;

a2
showing a lack of judgment or experience;

- "so credulous he believes everything he reads";

- sim. naive;

credulously / k ɹ ɛ d j ʊ ɫ ə s ɫ i /
r1
in a credulous manner;

- "the children followed the teacher credulously";

- syn. believingly;

credulousness / k ɹ ɛ d j ʊ ɫ ə s n ɪ s /
n1
tendency to believe too readily and therefore to be easily deceived;

- syn. gullibility;

Cree
n1
a member of an Algonquian people living in central Canada;

n2
the Algonquian language spoken by the Cree;

creed / k ɹ i d /
n1
any system of principles or beliefs;

- syn. credo;

n2
the written body of teachings of a religious group that are generally accepted by that group;

- syn. church doctrine, gospel, religious doctrine;

creedal
a1
of or relating to a creed;

- syn. credal;

creek / k ɹ i k /
n1
a natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river);

- "the creek dried up every summer";

- syn. brook;

n2
any member of the Creek Confederacy (especially the Muskogee) formerly living in Georgia and Alabama but now chiefly in Oklahoma;

creek bed
n1
a channel occupied (or formerly occupied) by a stream;

- syn. streambed;

Creek Confederacy
n1
a North American Indian confederacy organized by the Muskogee that dominated the southeastern part of the United States before being removed to Oklahoma;

creel / k ɹ i ɫ /
n1
a wicker basket used by anglers to hold fish;

creep / k ɹ i p /
n1
someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric;

- syn. spook, weirdie, weirdo, weirdy;

n2
a slow longitudinal movement or deformation;

n3
a pen that is fenced so that young animals can enter but adults cannot;

n4
a slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body;

- "a crawl was all that the injured man could manage";

- "the traffic moved at a creep";

- syn. crawl, crawling, creeping;

v1
move slowly;

- in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground;

- "The crocodile was crawling along the riverbed";

- syn. crawl;

v2
to go stealthily or furtively;

- "..stead of sneaking around spying on the neighbor's house";

- syn. mouse, pussyfoot, sneak;

v3
grow or spread, often in such a way as to cover (a surface);

- "ivy crept over the walls of the university buildings";

v4
show submission or fear;

- syn. cower, crawl, cringe, fawn, grovel;

creep feed
n1
feed given to young animals isolated in a creep;

creep in
v1
enter surreptitiously;

- "He sneaked in under cover of darkness";

- "In this essay, the author's personal feelings creep in";

- syn. sneak in;

creep up
v1
advance stealthily or unnoticed;

- "Age creeps up on you";

- syn. sneak up;

creeper / k ɹ i p ə , k ɹ i p ə ɹ /
n1
any plant (as ivy or periwinkle) that grows by creeping;

n2
a person who crawls or creeps along the ground;

- syn. crawler;

n3
any of various small insectivorous birds of the northern hemisphere that climb up a tree trunk supporting themselves on stiff tail feathers and their feet;

- syn. tree creeper;

creepiness / k ɹ i p ɪ n ə s /
n1
an uneasy sensation as of insects creeping on your skin;

creeping / k ɹ i p ɪ ŋ /
n1
a slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body;

- "a crawl was all that the injured man could manage";

- "the traffic moved at a creep";

- syn. crawl, crawling, creep;

creeping bellflower
n1
erect European herb with creeping rootstocks and nodding spikelike racemes of blue to violet flowers;

- syn. Campanula rapunculoides;

creeping bent
n1
common pasture or lawn grass spread by long runners;

- syn. Agrostis palustris, creeping bentgrass;

creeping bentgrass
n1
common pasture or lawn grass spread by long runners;

- syn. Agrostis palustris, creeping bent;

creeping bugle
n1
low rhizomatous European carpeting plant having spikes of blue flowers;

- naturalized in parts of United States;

- syn. Ajuga reptans;

creeping buttercup
n1
perennial European herb with long creeping stolons;

- syn. Ranunculus repens, creeping crowfoot;

creeping Charlie
n1
a loosestrife vine;

- syn. Lysimachia nummularia, creeping Jenny, moneywort;

creeping crowfoot
n1
perennial European herb with long creeping stolons;

- syn. Ranunculus repens, creeping buttercup;

creeping fern
n1
delicate fern of the eastern United States having a twining stem and palmately-lobed sterile fronds and forked fertile fronds;

- syn. Hartford fern, Lygodium palmatum;

creeping Jenny
n1
a loosestrife vine;

- syn. Lysimachia nummularia, creeping Charlie, moneywort;

creeping juniper
n1
low to prostrate shrub of Canada and northern United States;

- bronzed purple in winter;

- syn. Juniperus horizontalis;

creeping lily
n1
any plant of the genus Gloriosa of tropical Africa and Asia;

- a perennial herb climbing by means of tendrils at leaf tips having showy yellow to red or purple flowers;

- all parts are poisonous;

- syn. Gloriosa superba, climbing lily, gloriosa, glory lily;

creeping oxalis
n1
creeping much-branched mat-forming weed;

- cosmopolitan;

- syn. Oxalis corniculata, creeping wood sorrel;

creeping snowberry
n1
slow-growing procumbent evergreen shrublet of northern North America and Japan having white flowers and numerous white fleshy rough and hairy seeds;

- syn. Gaultheria hispidula, maidenhair berry, moxie plum;

creeping soft grass
n1
European perennial grass with soft velvety foliage;

- syn. Holcus mollis;

creeping spike rush
n1
cylindrical-stemmed sedge;

- syn. Eleocharis palustris;

creeping St John's wort
n1
creeping evergreen shrub with bright yellow star-shaped summer flowers;

- useful as ground cover;

- syn. Hypericum calycinum;

creeping thistle
n1
European thistle naturalized in United States and Canada where it is a pernicious weed;

- syn. Canada thistle, Cirsium arvense;

creeping thyme
n1
aromatic dwarf shrub common on banks and hillsides in Europe;

- naturalized in United States;

- syn. Thymus serpyllum, wild thyme;

creeping willow
n1
small trailing bush of Europe and Asia having straggling branches with silky green leaves of which several varieties are cultivated;

- syn. Salix repens;

creeping windmill grass
n1
perennial Australian grass having numerous long spikes arranged like the vanes of a windmill;

- syn. Chloris truncata, star grass, windmill grass;

creeping wintergreen
n1
creeping shrub of eastern North America having white bell-shaped flowers followed by spicy red berrylike fruit and shiny aromatic leaves that yield wintergreen oil;

- syn. Gaultheria procumbens, checkerberry, ground-berry, groundberry, mountain tea, teaberry, wintergreen;

creeping wood sorrel
n1
creeping much-branched mat-forming weed;

- cosmopolitan;

- syn. Oxalis corniculata, creeping oxalis;

creeping zinnia
n1
low-branching leafy annual with flower heads resembling zinnias;

- found in southwestern United States and Mexico to Guatemala;

- syn. Sanvitalia procumbens;

creeps / k ɹ i p s /
n1
a disease of cattle and sheep attributed to a dietary deficiency;

- characterized by anemia and softening of the bones and a slow stiff gait;

n2
a feeling of fear and revulsion;

- "he gives me the creeps";

creepy / k ɹ i p i /
a1
annoying and unpleasant;

- "some creepy kids were bothering her";

- sim. offensive;

a2
causing a sensation as of things crawling on your skin;

- "a creepy story";

- "I had a creepy-crawly feeling";

- syn. creepy-crawly;

- sim. alarming;

creepy-crawlies
n1
feelings of dislike and anxiety;

- "the cave gave me the creepy-crawlies";

creepy-crawly
n1
an animal that creeps or crawls (such as worms or spiders or insects);

a1
causing a sensation as of things crawling on your skin;

- "a creepy story";

- "I had a creepy-crawly feeling";

- syn. creepy;

- sim. alarming;

creese / k ɹ i s /
n1
a Malayan dagger with a wavy blade;

- syn. crease, kris;

cremains / k ɹ ɪ m eɪ n z /
n1
the remains of a dead body after cremation;

cremate / k ɹ ɪ m eɪ t /
v1
reduce to ashes;

- "Cremate a corpse";

cremation / k ɹ ɪ m eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the incineration of a dead body;

cremation chamber
n1
a furnace where a corpse can be burned and reduced to ashes;

- syn. crematorium, crematory;

crematorium / k ɹ ɛ m ə t ɔ ɹ ɪə m /
n1
a mortuary where corpses are cremated;

- syn. crematory;

n2
a furnace where a corpse can be burned and reduced to ashes;

- syn. cremation chamber, crematory;

crematory / k ɹ ɛ m ə t ə ɹ i /
n1
a mortuary where corpses are cremated;

- syn. crematorium;

n2
a furnace where a corpse can be burned and reduced to ashes;

- syn. cremation chamber, crematorium;

creme anglais
n1
custard sauce flavored with vanilla or a liqueur;

creme brulee
n1
custard sprinkled with sugar and broiled;

creme caramel
n1
baked custard topped with caramel;

creme de cacao
n1
sweet liqueur flavored with vanilla and cacao beans;

creme de fraise
n1
strawberry-flavored liqueur;

creme de menthe
n1
sweet green or white mint-flavored liqueur;

Cremona
n1
a city in Lombardy on the Po River;

- noted for the manufacture of fine violins from the 16th to the 18th centuries;

crenate / k ɹ i n eɪ t /
a1
having a margin with rounded scallops;

- syn. crenated, scalloped;

- sim. rough;

crenate leaf
n1
a leaf having a scalloped margin;

crenated / k ɹ i n eɪ t ɪ d /
a1
having a margin with rounded scallops;

- syn. crenate, scalloped;

- sim. rough;

crenation
n1
one of a series of rounded projections (or the notches between them) formed by curves along an edge (as the edge of a leaf or piece of cloth or the margin of a shell or a shriveled red blood cell observed in a hypertonic solution etc.);

- syn. crenature, crenel, crenelle, scallop;

crenature
n1
one of a series of rounded projections (or the notches between them) formed by curves along an edge (as the edge of a leaf or piece of cloth or the margin of a shell or a shriveled red blood cell observed in a hypertonic solution etc.);

- syn. crenation, crenel, crenelle, scallop;

crenel
n1
one of a series of rounded projections (or the notches between them) formed by curves along an edge (as the edge of a leaf or piece of cloth or the margin of a shell or a shriveled red blood cell observed in a hypertonic solution etc.);

- syn. crenation, crenature, crenelle, scallop;

n2
a notch or open space between two merlons in a crenelated battlement;

- syn. crenelle;

v1
supply with battlements;

- syn. crenelate, crenellate;

crenelate / k ɹ ɛ n ɪ ɫ eɪ t /
v1
supply with battlements;

- syn. crenel, crenellate;

crenelation / k ɹ ɛ n ɪ ɫ eɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
a rampart built around the top of a castle with regular gaps for firing arrows or guns;

- syn. battlement, crenellation;

n2
the action of constructing ramparts with gaps for firing guns or arrows;

- syn. crenellation;

crenellate / k ɹ ɛ n ɪ ɫ eɪ t /
v1
supply with battlements;

- syn. crenel, crenelate;

crenellation / k ɹ ɛ n ɪ ɫ eɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
a rampart built around the top of a castle with regular gaps for firing arrows or guns;

- syn. battlement, crenelation;

n2
the action of constructing ramparts with gaps for firing guns or arrows;

- syn. crenelation;

crenelle
n1
one of a series of rounded projections (or the notches between them) formed by curves along an edge (as the edge of a leaf or piece of cloth or the margin of a shell or a shriveled red blood cell observed in a hypertonic solution etc.);

- syn. crenation, crenature, crenel, scallop;

n2
a notch or open space between two merlons in a crenelated battlement;

- syn. crenel;

crenulate
a1
having a margin with small rounded teeth;

- "a crenulate leaf";

- syn. crenulated;

- sim. rough;

crenulated
a1
having a margin with small rounded teeth;

- "a crenulate leaf";

- syn. crenulate;

- sim. rough;

Creole / k ɹ i oʊ ɫ /
n1
a person of European descent born in the West Indies or Latin America;

n2
a person descended from French ancestors in southern United States (especially Louisiana);

n3
a mother tongue that originates from contact between two languages;

a1
of or relating to a language that arises from contact between two other languages and has features of both;

- "Creole grammars";

a2
of or relating to or characteristic of native-born persons of French descent in Louisiana;

- "Creole cooking";

creole-fish
n1
deep-sea fish of tropical Atlantic;

- syn. Paranthias furcifer;

creolize
v1
develop into a creole;

- "pidgins often creolize";

Creon
n1
(Greek mythology) the brother of Jocasta and uncle of Antigone who became king of Thebes after the fall of Oedipus;

creosol
n1
a colorless to yellow aromatic liquid that is a constituent of creosote;

creosote / k ɹ ɪə s oʊ t /
n1
a colorless or yellowish oily liquid obtained by distillation of wood tar;

- used as an antiseptic;

n2
a dark oily liquid obtained by distillation of coal tar;

- used as a preservative for wood;

- syn. coal-tar creosote;

v1
treat with creosote;

- "creosoted wood";

creosote bush
n1
desert shrub of southwestern United States and New Mexico having persistent resinous aromatic foliage and small yellow flowers;

- syn. Larrea tridentata, coville, hediondilla;

crepe / k ɹ eɪ p /
n1
paper with a crinkled texture;

- usually colored and used for decorations;

- syn. crepe paper;

n2
small very thin pancake;

- syn. French pancake, crape;

n3
a soft thin light fabric with a crinkled surface;

- syn. crape;

v1
cover or drape with crape;

- "crape the mirror";

- syn. crape;

crepe de Chine
n1
a very thin crepe of silk or silklike fabric;

crepe fern
n1
fern of rain forests of tropical Australia and New Zealand and South Africa;

- syn. Todea barbara, king fern;

crepe flower
n1
ornamental shrub from eastern India commonly planted in the southern United States;

- syn. Lagerstroemia indica, crape myrtle, crepe myrtle;

crepe gardenia
n1
tropical shrub having glossy foliage and fragrant nocturnal flowers with crimped or wavy corollas;

- northern India to Thailand;

- syn. Adam's apple, East Indian rosebay, Nero's crown, Tabernaemontana divaricate, coffee rose, crape jasmine, crepe jasmine, pinwheel flower;

crepe jasmine
n1
tropical shrub having glossy foliage and fragrant nocturnal flowers with crimped or wavy corollas;

- northern India to Thailand;

- syn. Adam's apple, East Indian rosebay, Nero's crown, Tabernaemontana divaricate, coffee rose, crape jasmine, crepe gardenia, pinwheel flower;

crepe marocain
n1
a dress crepe;

- similar to Canton crepe;

- syn. marocain;

crepe myrtle
n1
ornamental shrub from eastern India commonly planted in the southern United States;

- syn. Lagerstroemia indica, crape myrtle, crepe flower;

crepe paper
n1
paper with a crinkled texture;

- usually colored and used for decorations;

- syn. crepe;

crepe rubber
n1
crude natural rubber;

- used mainly for shoe soles;

crepe Suzette
n1
crepes flamed in a sweet orange-and-lemon flavored liqueur sauce;

Crepis
n1
hawk's-beard;

- cosmopolitan in northern hemisphere;

- syn. genus Crepis;

crepitate / k ɹ ɛ p ɪ t eɪ t /
v1
make a crackling sound;

- "My Rice Krispies crackled in the bowl";

- syn. crackle;

crepitation / k ɹ ɛ p ɪ t eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the sharp sound of snapping noises;

- syn. crackle, crackling;

crepitation rale
n1
the crackling sound heard on auscultation when patients with respiratory diseases inhale;

- associated with tuberculosis and pneumonia and congestive heart failure;

crepuscle / k ɹ ɪ p ʌ s ɫ /
n1
the time of day immediately following sunset;

- "he loved the twilight";

- "they finished before the fall of night";

- syn. crepuscule, dusk, evenfall, fall, gloam, gloaming, nightfall, twilight;

crepuscular / k ɹ ɪ p ʌ s k j ʊ ɫ ə , k ɹ ɪ p ʌ s k j ʊ ɫ ə ɹ /
a1
like twilight;

- dim;

- "the evening's crepuscular charm";

- sim. dark;

crepuscule / k ɹ ɛ p ə s k j u ɫ /
n1
the time of day immediately following sunset;

- "he loved the twilight";

- "they finished before the fall of night";

- syn. crepuscle, dusk, evenfall, fall, gloam, gloaming, nightfall, twilight;

crescendo / k ɹ ɪ ʃ ɛ n d oʊ /
n1
(music) a gradual increase in loudness;

v1
grow louder;

- "The music crescendoes here";

a1
(music) gradually increasing in volume;

- sim. increasing;

crescent / k ɹ ɛ s n t /
n1
any shape resembling the curved shape of the moon in its first or last quarters;

a1
resembling the new moon in shape;

- syn. crescent-shaped, lunate, semilunar;

- sim. rounded;

crescent-cell anaemia
n1
a congenital form of anemia occurring mostly in blacks;

- characterized by abnormal blood cells having a crescent shape;

- syn. crescent-cell anemia, drepanocytic anaemia, drepanocytic anemia, sickle-cell anaemia, sickle-cell anemia, sickle-cell disease;

crescent-cell anemia
n1
a congenital form of anemia occurring mostly in blacks;

- characterized by abnormal blood cells having a crescent shape;

- syn. crescent-cell anaemia, drepanocytic anaemia, drepanocytic anemia, sickle-cell anaemia, sickle-cell anemia, sickle-cell disease;

crescent-shaped
a1
resembling the new moon in shape;

- syn. crescent, lunate, semilunar;

- sim. rounded;

crescent roll
n1
very rich flaky crescent-shaped roll;

- syn. croissant;

crescent wrench
n1
an adjustable wrench designed to fit hexagonal nuts with the adjusting screw built into the head of the wrench;

Crescentia
n1
a genus of tropical American trees of the family Bignoniaceae;

- has a short trunk and crooked limbs and drooping branches;

- syn. genus Crescentia;

Crescentia cujete
n1
tropical American evergreen that produces large round gourds;

- syn. calabash, calabash tree;

cresol
n1
any of three poisonous colorless isomeric phenols;

- derived from coal or wood tar;

- used as a disinfectant;

- syn. methyl phenol;

cress / k ɹ ɛ s /
n1
any of various plants of the family Cruciferae with edible leaves that have a pungent taste;

- syn. cress plant;

n2
pungent leaves of any of numerous cruciferous herbs;

cress green
a1
of a moderate yellow-green color that is greener and deeper than moss green and yellower and darker than pea green;

- syn. cresson, watercress;

- sim. chromatic;

cress plant
n1
any of various plants of the family Cruciferae with edible leaves that have a pungent taste;

- syn. cress;

cresson / k ɹ ɛ z s ʌ n /
a1
of a moderate yellow-green color that is greener and deeper than moss green and yellower and darker than pea green;

- syn. cress green, watercress;

- sim. chromatic;

crest / k ɹ ɛ s t /
n1
the top line of a hill, mountain, or wave;

n2
the top or extreme point of something (usually a mountain or hill);

- "the view from the peak was magnificent";

- "they clambered to the tip of Monadnock";

- "the region is a few molecules wide at the summit";

- syn. crown, peak, summit, tip, top;

n3
the center of a cambered road;

- syn. crown;

n4
(heraldry) in medieval times, an emblem used to decorate a helmet;

n5
a showy growth of e.g. feathers or skin on the head of a bird or other animal;

v1
lie at the top of;

- "Snow capped the mountains";

- syn. cap;

v2
reach a high point;

- "The river crested last night";

crested / k ɹ ɛ s t ɪ d /
a1
bearing an heraldic device;

- sim. adorned;

a2
(of a bird or animal) having a usually ornamental tuft or process on the head;

- often used in combination;

- "golden crested";

- "crested iris";

- "crested oriole";

- "tufted duck";

- "tufted loosestrife";

- syn. topknotted, tufted;

- sim. adorned;

a3
(of a knight's helmet) having a decorative plume;

- syn. plumed;

- sim. adorned;

crested cariama
n1
Brazilian Cariama;

- sole representative of the genus Cariama;

- syn. Cariama cristata, seriema;

crested coral root
n1
orchid with yellowish-brown flowers with dark veins;

- southeastern Arizona to the eastern United States;

- syn. Hexalectris spicata;

crested myna
n1
dark brown crested bird of southeastern Asia;

- syn. Acridotheres tristis;

crested penguin
n1
small penguin of the Falkland Islands and New Zealand;

- syn. rock hopper;

crested screamer
n1
distinguished from the horned screamer by a feathery crest on the back of the head;

crested swift
n1
birds of southeast Asia and East Indies differing from true swifts in having upright crests and nesting in trees;

- syn. tree swift;

crested wheat grass
n1
Eurasian grass grown in United States great plains area for forage and erosion control;

- syn. Agropyron cristatum, crested wheatgrass, fairway crested wheat grass;

crested wheatgrass
n1
Eurasian grass grown in United States great plains area for forage and erosion control;

- syn. Agropyron cristatum, crested wheat grass, fairway crested wheat grass;

crestfallen / k ɹ ɛ s t f ɔ ɫ ə n /
a1
brought low in spirit;

- "left us fatigued and deflated spiritually";

- syn. chapfallen, chopfallen, deflated;

- sim. dejected;

crestless wave
n1
the undulating movement of the surface of the open sea;

- syn. swell;

Cretaceous / k ɹ ɪ t eɪ ʃ ə s /
n1
from 135 million to 63 million years ago;

- end of the age of reptiles;

- appearance of modern insects and flowering plants;

- syn. Cretaceous period;

a1
abounding in chalk;

a2
of or relating to or denoting the third period of the Mesozoic era;

Cretaceous period
n1
from 135 million to 63 million years ago;

- end of the age of reptiles;

- appearance of modern insects and flowering plants;

- syn. Cretaceous;

Cretan
n1
a native or inhabitant of Crete;

cretan dittany
n1
dwarf aromatic shrub of Crete;

- syn. Origanum dictamnus, crete dittany, dittany of crete, hop marjoram, winter sweet;

Crete
n1
the largest Greek island in the Mediterranean;

- site of the Minoan civilization that reached its peak in 1600 BC;

- syn. Kriti;

crete dittany
n1
dwarf aromatic shrub of Crete;

- syn. Origanum dictamnus, cretan dittany, dittany of crete, hop marjoram, winter sweet;

cretin / k ɹ ɛ t ɪ n /
n1
a person of subnormal intelligence;

- syn. changeling, half-wit, idiot, imbecile, moron, retard;

cretinism / k ɹ ɛ t ɪ n ɪ z ə m /
n1
severe hypothyroidism resulting in physical and mental stunting;

cretinous / k ɹ ɛ t ɪ n ə s /
a1
afflicted with cretinism;

- sim. retarded;

cretonne / k ɹ ɛ t ɒ n , k ɹ ɪ v æ s /
n1
an unglazed heavy fabric;

- brightly printed;

- used for slipcovers and draperies;

Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
n1
rare (usually fatal) brain disease (usually in middle age) caused by an unidentified slow virus;

- characterized by progressive dementia and gradual loss of muscle control;

- syn. CJD, Jakob-Creutzfeldt disease;

crevalle jack
n1
fish of western Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico;

- syn. Caranx hippos, jack crevalle;

crevasse / k ɹ ɪ v æ s /
n1
a deep fissure;

crevice / k ɹ ɛ v ɪ s /
n1
a long narrow depression in a surface;

- syn. chap, crack, cranny, fissure;

n2
a long narrow opening;

- syn. cleft, crack, fissure, scissure;

crew / k ɹ u /
n1
the men and women who man a vehicle (ship, aircraft, etc.);

n2
an organized group of workmen;

- syn. gang, work party;

n3
an informal body of friends;

- "he still hangs out with the same crowd";

- syn. bunch, crowd, gang;

n4
the team of men manning a racing shell;

v1
serve as a crew member on;

crew cut
n1
a closely cropped haircut;

- usually for men or boys;

- syn. butch, flattop;

crew member
n1
a member of a flight crew;

- syn. crewman;

crew neck
n1
a plain straight neckline opening from shoulder to shoulder of sweaters;

- syn. crew neckline;

crew neckline
n1
a plain straight neckline opening from shoulder to shoulder of sweaters;

- syn. crew neck;

crewelwork / k ɹ u ɪ ɫ w ɝ k /
n1
embroidery done with loosely twisted worsted yarn;

crewet
n1
bottle that holds wine or oil or vinegar for the table;

- syn. cruet;

crewman / k ɹ u m æ n /
n1
any member of a ship's crew;

- syn. sailor;

n2
a member of a flight crew;

- syn. crew member;

n3
a member of a work crew;

Crex
n1
corncrakes;

- syn. genus Crex;

Crex crex
n1
common Eurasian rail that frequents grain fields;

- syn. corncrake, land rail;

crib / k ɹ ɪ b /
n1
baby bed with high sides made of slats;

- syn. cot;

n2
a literal translation used in studying a foreign language (often used illicitly);

- syn. pony, trot;

n3
a bin or granary for storing grains;

n4
the cards discarded by players at cribbage;

n5
a card game (usually for two players) in which each player is dealt six cards and discards one or two;

- syn. cribbage;

v1
use a crib, as in an exam;

v2
take unauthorized (intellectual material);

v3
line with beams or planks;

- "crib a construction hole";

crib death
n1
sudden and unexpected death of an apparently healthy infant during sleep;

- syn. SIDS, cot death, infant death, sudden infant death syndrome;

cribbage / k ɹ ɪ b ɪ dʒ /
n1
a card game (usually for two players) in which each player is dealt six cards and discards one or two;

- syn. crib;

cribbage board
n1
a board with pegs and regularly spaced holes for holding the pegs;

- used for keeping the score in a game of cribbage;

Cricetidae
n1
mostly small New World rodents including New World mice and lemmings and voles and hamsters;

- syn. family Cricetidae;

Cricetus
n1
type genus of the Cricetidae: Old World hamsters;

- syn. genus Cricetus;

Cricetus cricetus
n1
a variety of hamster common to Europe and Asia;

- syn. Eurasian hamster;

Crichton
n1
Scottish man of letters and adventurer (1560-1582);

- syn. James Crichton, The Admirable Crichton;

crick / k ɹ ɪ k /
n1
a painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (`rick' and `wrick' are British);

- syn. kink, rick, wrick;

n2
English biochemist who (with Watson in 1953) helped discover the helical structure of DNA (1916-2004);

- syn. Francis Crick, Francis Henry Compton Crick;

v1
twist (a body part) into a strained position;

- "crick your neck";

cricket / k ɹ ɪ k ɪ t /
n1
leaping insect;

- male makes chirping noises by rubbing the forewings together;

n2
a game played with a ball and bat by two teams of 11 players;

- teams take turns trying to score runs;

v1
play cricket;

cricket-bat willow
n1
Eurasian willow tree having greyish leaves and ascending branches;

- syn. Salix alba caerulea;

cricket ball
n1
the ball used in playing cricket;

cricket bat
n1
the club used in playing cricket;

- "a cricket bat has a narrow handle and a broad flat end for hitting";

- syn. bat;

cricket equipment
n1
sports equipment used in playing cricket;

cricket frog
n1
either of two frogs with a clicking call;

cricket match
n1
a match between two cricket teams;

cricketer / k ɹ ɪ k ɪ t ə , k ɹ ɪ k ɪ t ə ɹ /
n1
an athlete who plays cricket;

crier / k ɹ aɪ ə , k ɹ aɪ ə ɹ /
n1
a person who weeps;

- syn. weeper;

n2
(formerly) an official who made public announcements;

- syn. town crier;

n3
a peddler who shouts to advertise the goods he sells;

crime / k ɹ aɪ m /
n1
(criminal law) an act punishable by law;

- usually considered an evil act;

- "a long record of crimes";

- syn. criminal offence, criminal offense, law-breaking;

n2
an evil act not necessarily punishable by law;

- "crimes of the heart";

crime rate
n1
the ratio of crimes in an area to the population of that area;

- expressed per 1000 population per year;

crime syndicate
n1
a loose affiliation of gangsters in charge of organized criminal activities;

- syn. family, mob, syndicate;

crime wave
n1
a sudden rise in the crime rate;

Crimea
n1
a Ukrainian peninsula between the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov;

Crimea-Congo hemorrhagic fever
n1
an infection common in Arab states caused by a bunyavirus;

- transmitted by a tick that thrives on sheep;

Crimean War
n1
a war in Crimea between Russia and a group of nations including England and France and Turkey and Sardinia;

- 1853-1856;

criminal / k ɹ ɪ m ɪ n ɫ /
n1
someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime;

- syn. crook, felon, malefactor, outlaw;

a1
bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure;

- "a criminal waste of talent";

- "a deplorable act of violence";

- "adultery is as reprehensible for a husband as for a wife";

- syn. condemnable, deplorable, reprehensible, vicious;

- sim. wrong;

a2
guilty of crime or serious offense;

- "criminal in the sight of God and man";

- sim. guilty;

a3
involving or being or having the nature of a crime;

- "a criminal offense";

- "criminal abuse";

- "felonious intent";

- syn. felonious;

- sim. illegal;

criminal congress
n1
forbidden or tabu sexual intercourse between individuals;

- syn. unlawful carnal knowledge;

criminal contempt
n1
an act of disrespect that impedes the administration of justice;

criminal conversation
n1
extramarital sex that willfully and maliciously interferes with marriage relations;

- "adultery is often cited as grounds for divorce";

- syn. adultery, fornication;

criminal court
n1
a court having jurisdiction over criminal cases;

Criminal Intelligence Services of Canada
n1
an agency of the Canadian government that unifies the intelligence units of Canadian law enforcement agencies;

- syn. CISC;

Criminal Investigation Command
n1
the United States Army's principal law enforcement agency responsible for the conduct of criminal investigations for all levels of the Army anywhere in the world;

- syn. CID;

criminal law
n1
the body of law dealing with crimes and their punishment;

criminal maintenance
n1
the unauthorized interference in a legal action by a person having no interest in it (as by helping one party with money or otherwise to continue the action) so as to obstruct justice or promote unnecessary litigation or unsettle the peace of the community;

- "unlike champerty, criminal maintenance does not necessarily involve personal profit";

- syn. maintenance;

criminal negligence
n1
(law) recklessly acting without reasonable caution and putting another person at risk of injury or death (or failing to do something with the same consequences);

- syn. culpable negligence;

criminal offence
n1
(criminal law) an act punishable by law;

- usually considered an evil act;

- "a long record of crimes";

- syn. crime, criminal offense, law-breaking;

criminal offense
n1
(criminal law) an act punishable by law;

- usually considered an evil act;

- "a long record of crimes";

- syn. crime, criminal offence, law-breaking;

criminal possession
n1
(law) possession for which criminal sanctions are provided because the property may not lawfully be possessed or may not be possessed under certain circumstances;

criminal prosecution
n1
the institution and conduct of legal proceedings against a defendant for criminal behavior;

- syn. prosecution;

criminal record
n1
a list of crimes for which an accused person has been previously convicted;

- "he ruled that the criminal record of the defendant could not be disclosed to the court";

- "the prostitute had a record a mile long";

- syn. record;

criminal suit
n1
a lawsuit alleging violations of criminal law by the defendant;

criminalisation
n1
legislation that makes something illegal;

- "the criminalization of marijuana";

- syn. criminalization;

criminalise
v1
declare illegal;

- outlaw;

- "Marijuana is criminalized in the U.S.";

- syn. criminalize, illegalise, illegalize, outlaw;

criminalism / k ɹ ɪ m ɪ n ɫ ɪ z ə m /
n1
the state of being a criminal;

- syn. criminality, criminalness;

criminality / k ɹ ɪ m ɪ n æ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
the state of being a criminal;

- syn. criminalism, criminalness;

criminalization
n1
legislation that makes something illegal;

- "the criminalization of marijuana";

- syn. criminalisation;

criminalize
v1
treat as a criminal;

v2
declare illegal;

- outlaw;

- "Marijuana is criminalized in the U.S.";

- syn. criminalise, illegalise, illegalize, outlaw;

criminally / k ɹ ɪ m ɪ n ə ɫ i /
r1
in a shameful manner;

- "the garden was criminally neglected";

- syn. reprehensively;

r2
in violation of the law;

- in a criminal manner;

- "the alterations in the document were ruled to be criminally fraudulent";

criminalness / k ɹ ɪ m ɪ n ɫ n ɛ s /
n1
the state of being a criminal;

- syn. criminalism, criminality;

criminate / k ɹ ɪ m ɪ n eɪ t /
v1
bring an accusation against;

- level a charge against;

- "The neighbors accused the man of spousal abuse";

- syn. accuse, impeach, incriminate;

v2
rebuke formally;

- syn. censure, reprimand;

criminative / k ɹ ɪ m ɪ n ə t ɪ v /
a1
charging or suggestive of guilt or blame;

- "incriminatory testimony";

- syn. criminatory, incriminating, incriminatory;

- sim. inculpatory;

criminatory / k ɹ ɪ m ɪ n ə t ɹ i /
a1
charging or suggestive of guilt or blame;

- "incriminatory testimony";

- syn. criminative, incriminating, incriminatory;

- sim. inculpatory;

criminological / k ɹ ɪ m ɪ n ə ɫ ɒ dʒ ɪ k ɫ /
a1
of or relating to or involved in criminology;

criminologist / k ɹ ɪ m ɪ n ɒ ɫ ə dʒ ɪ s t /
n1
a specialist in criminology;

criminology / k ɹ ɪ m ɪ n ɒ ɫ ə dʒ i /
n1
the scientific study of crime and criminal behavior and law enforcement;

crimp / k ɹ ɪ m p /
n1
an angular or rounded shape made by folding;

- "a fold in the napkin";

- "a crease in his trousers";

- "a plication on her blouse";

- "a flexure of the colon";

- "a bend of his elbow";

- syn. bend, crease, flexure, fold, plication;

n2
someone who tricks or coerces men into service as sailors or soldiers;

- syn. crimper;

n3
a lock of hair that has been artificially waved or curled;

v1
make ridges into by pinching together;

- syn. pinch;

v2
curl tightly;

- "crimp hair";

- syn. crape, frizz, frizzle, kink, kink up;

crimper / k ɹ ɪ m p ə , k ɹ ɪ m p ə ɹ /
n1
someone who tricks or coerces men into service as sailors or soldiers;

- syn. crimp;

n2
a mechanical device consisting of a cylindrical tube around which the hair is wound to curl it;

- "a woman with her head full of curlers is not a pretty sight";

- syn. curler, hair curler, roller;

crimson / k ɹ ɪ m z n /
n1
a deep and vivid red color;

- syn. deep red, ruby;

v1
turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame;

- "The girl blushed when a young man whistled as she walked by";

- syn. blush, flush, redden;

a1
of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange);

- resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies;

- syn. blood-red, carmine, cerise, cherry, cherry-red, red, reddish, ruby, ruby-red, ruddy, scarlet;

- sim. chromatic;

a2
characterized by violence or bloodshed;

- "writes of crimson deeds and barbaric days"- Andrea Parke;

- "fann'd by Conquest's crimson wing"- Thomas Gray;

- "convulsed with red rage"- Hudson Strode;

- syn. red, violent;

- sim. bloody;

a3
(especially of the face) reddened or suffused with or as if with blood from emotion or exertion;

- "crimson with fury";

- "turned red from exertion";

- "with puffy reddened eyes";

- "red-faced and violent";

- "flushed (or crimson) with embarrassment";

- syn. flushed, red, red-faced, reddened;

- sim. colored;

crimson-magenta
a1
magenta tinged with crimson;

- sim. chromatic;

crimson-purple
a1
purple tinged with crimson;

- sim. chromatic;

crimson-yellow
a1
yellow tinged with crimson;

- sim. chromatic;

crimson clover
n1
southern European annual with spiky heads of crimson flower;

- extensively cultivated in United States for forage;

- syn. Italian clover, Trifolium incarnatum;

cringe / k ɹ ɪ n dʒ /
v1
draw back, as with fear or pain;

- "she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf";

- syn. flinch, funk, quail, recoil, shrink, squinch, wince;

v2
show submission or fear;

- syn. cower, crawl, creep, fawn, grovel;

cringing / k ɹ ɪ n dʒ ɪ ŋ /
a1
totally submissive;

- syn. groveling, grovelling, wormlike, wormy;

- sim. submissive;

cringle
n1
fastener consisting of a metal ring for lining a small hole to permit the attachment of cords or lines;

- syn. eyelet, grommet, grummet, loop;

crinion
n1
point where the hairline meets the midpoint of the forehead;

- syn. trichion;

crinkle / k ɹ ɪ ŋ k ɫ /
n1
a slight depression or fold in the smoothness of a surface;

- "his face has many lines";

- "ironing gets rid of most wrinkles";

- syn. crease, furrow, line, seam, wrinkle;

v1
make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface;

- make a pressed, folded or wrinkled line in;

- `crisp' is archaic;

- "The dress got wrinkled";

- "crease the paper like this to make a crane";

- syn. crease, crisp, ruckle, scrunch, scrunch up, wrinkle;

v2
become wrinkled or crumpled or creased;

- "This fabric won't wrinkle";

- syn. crease, crumple, rumple, wrinkle;

crinkle-root
n1
North American herb with pungent scaly or toothed roots;

- syn. Cardamine diphylla, Dentaria diphylla, crinkle root, crinkleroot, pepper root, toothwort;

crinkle root
n1
North American herb with pungent scaly or toothed roots;

- syn. Cardamine diphylla, Dentaria diphylla, crinkle-root, crinkleroot, pepper root, toothwort;

crinkled / k ɹ ɪ ŋ k ɫ d /
a1
uneven by virtue of having wrinkles or waves;

- syn. crinkly, rippled, wavelike, wavy;

- sim. uneven;

crinkleroot
n1
North American herb with pungent scaly or toothed roots;

- syn. Cardamine diphylla, Dentaria diphylla, crinkle-root, crinkle root, pepper root, toothwort;

crinkly / k ɹ ɪ ŋ k ɫ i /
a1
uneven by virtue of having wrinkles or waves;

- syn. crinkled, rippled, wavelike, wavy;

- sim. uneven;

crinoid / k ɹ aɪ n ɔɪ d /
n1
primitive echinoderms having five or more feathery arms radiating from a central disk;

a1
of or relating to or belonging to the class Crinoidea;

Crinoidea
n1
sea lilies;

- syn. class Crinoidea;

crinoline / k ɹ ɪ n ə ɫ ɪ n /
n1
a skirt stiffened with hoops;

- syn. hoopskirt;

n2
a full stiff petticoat made of crinoline fabric;

n3
a stiff coarse fabric used to stiffen hats or clothing;

criollo
n1
a Spanish American of pure European stock (usually Spanish);

- "Mexico is a country of mestizos, criollos, and indigenes";

n2
cocoa of superior quality;

cripple / k ɹ ɪ p ɫ /
n1
someone who is unable to walk normally because of an injury or disability to the legs or back;

v1
deprive of strength or efficiency;

- make useless or worthless;

- "This measure crippled our efforts";

- "Their behavior stultified the boss's hard work";

- syn. stultify;

v2
deprive of the use of a limb, especially a leg;

- "The accident has crippled her for life";

- syn. lame;

crippled / k ɹ ɪ p ɫ d /
a1
disabled in the feet or legs;

- "a crippled soldier";

- "a game leg";

- syn. game, gimpy, halt, halting, lame;

- sim. unfit;

crippling / k ɹ ɪ p ɫ ɪ ŋ /
a1
that cripples or disables or incapacitates;

- "a crippling injury";

- syn. disabling, incapacitating;

- sim. unhealthful;

crisis / k ɹ aɪ s ɪ s /
n1
an unstable situation of extreme danger or difficulty;

- "they went bankrupt during the economic crisis";

n2
a crucial stage or turning point in the course of something;

- "after the crisis the patient either dies or gets better";

crisis intervention
n1
psychotherapy that focuses on acute critical situations (depressive episodes or attempted suicides or drug overdoses) with the aim of restoring the person to the level of functioning before the crisis;

crisp / k ɹ ɪ s p /
n1
a thin crisp slice of potato fried in deep fat;

- syn. Saratoga chip, chip, potato chip;

v1
make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface;

- make a pressed, folded or wrinkled line in;

- `crisp' is archaic;

- "The dress got wrinkled";

- "crease the paper like this to make a crane";

- syn. crease, crinkle, ruckle, scrunch, scrunch up, wrinkle;

v2
make brown and crisp by heating;

- "toast bread";

- "crisp potatoes";

- syn. crispen, toast;

a1
(of something seen or heard) clearly defined;

- "a sharp photographic image";

- "the sharp crack of a twig";

- "the crisp snap of dry leaves underfoot";

- syn. sharp;

- sim. distinct;

a2
tender and brittle;

- "crisp potato chips";

- syn. crispy;

- sim. tender;

a3
pleasantly cold and invigorating;

- "crisp clear nights and frosty mornings";

- "a nipping wind";

- "a nippy fall day";

- "snappy weather";

- syn. frosty, nipping, nippy, snappy;

- sim. cold;

a4
pleasingly firm and fresh;

- "crisp lettuce";

- sim. fresh;

a5
(of hair) in small tight curls;

- syn. frizzly, frizzy, kinky, nappy;

- sim. curly;

a6
brief and to the point;

- effectively cut short;

- "a crisp retort";

- "a response so curt as to be almost rude";

- "the laconic reply;

- `yes'";

- "short and terse and easy to understand";

- syn. curt, laconic, terse;

- sim. concise;

crispate
a1
wavy or notched and curled very irregularly;

- sim. rough;

crispen / k ɹ ɪ s p ɛ n /
v1
make brown and crisp by heating;

- "toast bread";

- "crisp potatoes";

- syn. crisp, toast;

crisphead lettuce
n1
lettuce with crisp tightly packed light-green leaves in a firm head;

- "iceberg is still the most popular lettuce";

- syn. iceberg, iceberg lettuce;

Crispin / k ɹ ɪ s p ɪ n /
n1
patron saint of shoemakers;

- he and his brother were martyred for trying to spread Christianity (3rd century);

- syn. Saint Crispin, St. Crispin;

crispiness / k ɹ ɪ s p ɪ n ə s /
n1
firm but easily broken;

- syn. brittleness, crispness;

crisply / k ɹ ɪ s p ɫ i /
r1
in a well delineated manner;

- "the new style of Minoan pottery was sharply defined";

- syn. sharply;

crispness / k ɹ ɪ s p n ə s /
n1
a pleasing firmness and freshness;

- "crispness of new dollar bills";

- "crispness of fresh lettuce";

n2
an expressive style that is direct and to the point;

- "the crispness of his reply";

n3
firm but easily broken;

- syn. brittleness, crispiness;

crispy / k ɹ ɪ s p i /
a1
tender and brittle;

- "crisp potato chips";

- syn. crisp;

- sim. tender;

crisscross / k ɹ ɪ s k ɹ ɒ s /
n1
a marking that consists of lines that cross each other;

- syn. cross, mark;

v1
cross in a pattern, often random;

v2
mark with or consist of a pattern of crossed lines;

- "wrinkles crisscrossed her face";

v3
mark with a pattern of crossing lines;

- "crisscross the sheet of paper";

a1
marked with crossing lines;

- syn. crisscrossed;

- sim. reticulate;

r1
crossing one another in opposite directions;

crisscrossed / k ɹ ɪ s k ɹ ɒ s t /
a1
marked with crossing lines;

- syn. crisscross;

- sim. reticulate;

cristal
n1
street names for methylenedioxymethamphetamine;

- syn. Adam, X, XTC, disco biscuit, ecstasy, go, hug drug;

Cristobal Balenciaga
n1
Spanish fashion designer known for his stark elegant designs (1895-1972);

- syn. Balenciaga;

Cristobal Colon
n1
Italian navigator who discovered the New World in the service of Spain while looking for a route to China (1451-1506);

- syn. Christopher Columbus, Columbus, Cristoforo Colombo;

cristobalite
n1
a white mineral consisting of silica;

- found in volcanic rocks;

Cristoforo Colombo
n1
Italian navigator who discovered the New World in the service of Spain while looking for a route to China (1451-1506);

- syn. Christopher Columbus, Columbus, Cristobal Colon;

crit
n1
a bicycle race held on a short course (usually less than 5 km or 3 miles);

- syn. criterium;

criterial / k ɹ aɪ t ɪə ɹ ɪə ɫ /
a1
serving as a basis for evaluation;

- syn. criterional;

- sim. standard;

criterion / k ɹ aɪ t ɪə ɹ ɪə n /
n1
a basis for comparison;

- a reference point against which other things can be evaluated;

- "the schools comply with federal standards";

- "they set the measure for all subsequent work";

- syn. measure, standard, touchstone;

n2
the ideal in terms of which something can be judged;

- "they live by the standards of their community";

- syn. standard;

criterional
a1
serving as a basis for evaluation;

- syn. criterial;

- sim. standard;

criterium / k ɹ aɪ t ɪə ɹ ɪə m /
n1
a bicycle race held on a short course (usually less than 5 km or 3 miles);

- syn. crit;

crith
n1
the weight of a liter of hydrogen (at 0 centigrade and 760 millimeters pressure);

critic / k ɹ ɪ t ɪ k /
n1
a person who is professionally engaged in the analysis and interpretation of works of art;

n2
anyone who expresses a reasoned judgment of something;

n3
someone who frequently finds fault or makes harsh and unfair judgments;

critical / k ɹ ɪ t ɪ k ɫ /
a1
marked by a tendency to find and call attention to errors and flaws;

- "a critical attitude";

- also sarcastic, unfavorable, unfavourable;

- sim. captious, censorious, deprecative, hypercritical, scathing, searing;

a2
at or of a point at which a property or phenomenon suffers an abrupt change especially having enough mass to sustain a chain reaction;

- "a critical temperature of water is 100 degrees C--its boiling point at standard atmospheric pressure";

- "critical mass";

- "go critical";

- sim. supercritical;

a3
characterized by careful evaluation and judgment;

- "a critical reading";

- "a critical dissertation";

- "a critical analysis of Melville's writings";

- also discerning, scholarly;

- sim. appraising, discriminative;

a4
urgently needed;

- absolutely necessary;

- "a critical element of the plan";

- "critical medical supplies";

- "vital for a healthy society";

- "of vital interest";

- syn. vital;

- sim. indispensable;

a5
forming or having the nature of a turning point or crisis;

- "a critical point in the campaign";

- "the critical test";

- syn. decisive;

- sim. crucial;

a6
being in or verging on a state of crisis or emergency;

- "a critical shortage of food";

- "a critical illness";

- "an illness at the critical stage";

- also crucial, important;

- sim. acute, dangerous, desperate;

a7
of or involving or characteristic of critics or criticism;

- "critical acclaim";

critical analysis
n1
an appraisal based on careful analytical evaluation;

- syn. critical appraisal;

critical angle
n1
the smallest angle of incidence for which light is totally reflected;

critical appraisal
n1
an appraisal based on careful analytical evaluation;

- syn. critical analysis;

critical mass
n1
the minimum amount (of something) required to start or maintain a venture;

- "the battle for the computer market has now reached critical mass";

- "there is now a critical mass of successful women to take the lead";

- "they sold the business because it lacked critical mass";

n2
the minimum mass of fissionable material that can sustain a chain reaction;

critical point
n1
a crisis situation or point in time when a critical decision must be made;

- "at that juncture he had no idea what to do";

- "he must be made to realize that the company stands at a critical point";

- syn. crossroads, juncture;

critical review
n1
an essay or article that gives a critical evaluation (as of a book or play);

- syn. critique, review, review article;

criticality / k ɹ ɪ t ɪ k æ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
a state of critical urgency;

- syn. criticalness, cruciality;

n2
a critical state;

- especially the point at which a nuclear reaction is self-sustaining;

critically / k ɹ ɪ t ɪ k ɫ i /
r1
in a critical manner;

- "this must be examined critically";

criticalness / k ɹ ɪ t ɪ k ɫ n ə s /
n1
a state of critical urgency;

- syn. criticality, cruciality;

criticise / k ɹ ɪ t ɪ s aɪ s /
v1
find fault with;

- express criticism of;

- point out real or perceived flaws;

- "The paper criticized the new movie";

- "Don't knock the food--it's free";

- syn. criticize, knock, pick apart;

v2
act as a critic;

- "Those who criticize others often are not perfect, either";

- syn. criticize;

criticism / k ɹ ɪ t ɪ s ɪ z ə m /
n1
disapproval expressed by pointing out faults or shortcomings;

- "the senator received severe criticism from his opponent";

- syn. unfavorable judgment;

n2
a serious examination and judgment of something;

- "constructive criticism is always appreciated";

- syn. critique;

n3
a written evaluation of a work of literature;

- syn. literary criticism;

criticize / k ɹ ɪ t ɪ s aɪ z /
v1
find fault with;

- express criticism of;

- point out real or perceived flaws;

- "The paper criticized the new movie";

- "Don't knock the food--it's free";

- syn. criticise, knock, pick apart;

v2
act as a critic;

- "Those who criticize others often are not perfect, either";

- syn. criticise;

critique / k ɹ ɪ t i k /
n1
an essay or article that gives a critical evaluation (as of a book or play);

- syn. critical review, review, review article;

n2
a serious examination and judgment of something;

- "constructive criticism is always appreciated";

- syn. criticism;

v1
appraise critically;

- "She reviews books for the New York Times";

- "Please critique this performance";

- syn. review;

critter / k ɹ aɪ t ə ɹ /
n1
a regional term for `creature' (especially for domestic animals);

critter sitter
n1
someone left in charge of pets while their owners are away from home;

- syn. pet sitter;

Crius
n1
(Greek mythology) one of the Titans;

Crixivan
n1
a protease inhibitor (trade name Crixivan) used for treating HIV;

- syn. indinavir;

Crna Gora
n1
a former country bordering on the Adriatic Sea;

- now part of the Union of Serbia and Montenegro;

- syn. Montenegro;

CRO
n1
electronic equipment that provides visual images of varying electrical quantities;

- syn. cathode-ray oscilloscope, oscilloscope, scope;

Cro-magnon
n1
extinct human of Upper Paleolithic in Europe;

croak / k ɹ oʊ k /
n1
a harsh hoarse utterance (as of a frog);

- syn. croaking;

v1
pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life;

- "She died from cancer";

- "The children perished in the fire";

- "The patient went peacefully";

- "The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102";

- syn. buy the farm, cash in one's chips, choke, conk, decease, die, drop dead, exit, expire, give-up the ghost, go, kick the bucket, pass, pass away, perish, pop off, snuff it;

v2
utter a hoarse sound, like a raven;

- syn. cronk;

v3
make complaining remarks or noises under one's breath;

- "she grumbles when she feels overworked";

- syn. gnarl, grumble, murmur, mutter;

croaker / k ɹ oʊ k ə /
n1
the lean flesh of a saltwater fish caught along Atlantic coast of southern U.S.;

n2
any of several fishes that make a croaking noise;

croaking / k ɹ oʊ k ɪ ŋ /
n1
a harsh hoarse utterance (as of a frog);

- syn. croak;

croaky / k ɹ oʊ k i /
a1
like the sounds of frogs and crows;

- "a guttural voice";

- "acres of guttural frogs";

- syn. guttural;

- sim. cacophonous;

Croat / k ɹ oʊ æ t /
n1
a member of the Slavic people living in Croatia;

- syn. Croatian;

Croatia / k ɹ oʊ eɪ ʃ j ə /
n1
a republic in the western Balkans in south-central Europe in the eastern Adriatic coastal area;

- formerly part of the Habsburg monarchy and Yugoslavia;

- became independent in 1991;

- syn. Hrvatska, Republic of Croatia;

Croatian / k ɹ oʊ eɪ ʃ j ə n /
n1
a member of the Slavic people living in Croatia;

- syn. Croat;

a1
of or relating to or characteristic of Croatia or its people or language;

- "Croatian villages";

Crocanthemum canadense
n1
perennial of the eastern United States having early solitary yellow flowers followed by late petalless flowers;

- so-called because ice crystals form on it during first frosts;

- syn. Helianthemum canadense, frost-weed, frostweed, frostwort;

Crocethia
n1
a genus of Scolopacidae;

- syn. genus Crocethia;

Crocethia alba
n1
small sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and migrates southward along sandy coasts in most of world;

- syn. sanderling;

crochet / k ɹ oʊ ʃ eɪ /
n1
needlework done by interlocking looped stitches with a hooked needle;

- syn. crocheting;

v1
create by looping or crocheting;

- "crochet a bedspread";

v2
make a piece of needlework by interlocking and looping thread with a hooked needle;

- "She sat there crocheting all day";

- syn. hook;

crochet hook
n1
a needle with a hook on the end;

- used in crocheting;

- syn. crochet needle;

crochet needle
n1
a needle with a hook on the end;

- used in crocheting;

- syn. crochet hook;

crochet stitch
n1
any one of a number of stitches made by pulling a loop of yarn through another loop with a crochet needle;

crocheting / k ɹ oʊ ʃ eɪ ɪ ŋ /
n1
needlework done by interlocking looped stitches with a hooked needle;

- syn. crochet;

n2
creating a garment of needlework;

crock / k ɹ ɒ k /
n1
a black colloidal substance consisting wholly or principally of amorphous carbon and used to make pigments and ink;

- syn. carbon black, lampblack, smut, soot;

n2
nonsense;

- foolish talk;

- "that's a crock";

n3
an earthen jar (made of baked clay);

- syn. earthenware jar;

v1
release color when rubbed, of badly dyed fabric;

v2
soil with or as with crock;

Crock Pot
n1
an electric cooker that maintains a relatively low temperature;

crock up
v1
suffer a nervous breakdown;

- syn. break up, collapse, crack, crack up;

crocked / k ɹ ɒ k t /
a1
very drunk;

- syn. besotted, blind drunk, blotto, cockeyed, fuddled, loaded, pie-eyed, pissed, pixilated, plastered, slopped, sloshed, smashed, soaked, soused, sozzled, squiffy, stiff, tight, wet;

- sim. intoxicated;

crockery / k ɹ ɒ k ə ɹ i /
n1
tableware (eating and serving dishes) collectively;

- syn. dishware;

crocket / k ɹ ɒ k ɪ t /
n1
an architectural ornament of curved foliage used at the edge of a spire or gable;

crocketed / k ɹ ɒ k ɪ t ɪ d /
a1
(of a gable or spire) furnished with a crocket (an ornament in the form of curved or bent foliage);

- "a crocketed spire";

- sim. adorned;

Crockett
n1
United States frontiersman and Tennessee politician who died at the siege of the Alamo (1786-1836);

- syn. David Crockett, Davy Crockett;

crocodile / k ɹ ɒ k ə d aɪ ɫ /
n1
large voracious aquatic reptile having a long snout with massive jaws and sharp teeth and a body covered with bony plates;

- of sluggish tropical waters;

crocodile bird
n1
African courser that feeds on insect parasites on crocodiles;

- syn. Pluvianus aegyptius;

Crocodile River
n1
an African river;

- flows into the Indian Ocean;

- syn. Limpopo;

crocodile tears
n1
a hypocritical display of sorrow;

- false or insincere weeping;

- "the secretaries wept crocodile tears over the manager's dilemma";

- "politicians shed crocodile tears over the plight of the unemployed";

Crocodilia / k ɹ ɒ k ə d aɪ ɫ j ə /
n1
crocodiles;

- alligators;

- caimans;

- gavials;

- syn. Crocodylia, order Crocodilia, order Crocodylia;

crocodilian
n1
extant archosaurian reptile;

- syn. crocodilian reptile;

crocodilian reptile
n1
extant archosaurian reptile;

- syn. crocodilian;

Crocodilus
n1
type genus of the Crocodylidae;

- syn. Crocodylus, genus Crocodilus, genus Crocodylus;

Crocodylia
n1
crocodiles;

- alligators;

- caimans;

- gavials;

- syn. Crocodilia, order Crocodilia, order Crocodylia;

Crocodylidae
n1
true crocodiles;

- syn. family Crocodylidae;

Crocodylus
n1
type genus of the Crocodylidae;

- syn. Crocodilus, genus Crocodilus, genus Crocodylus;

Crocodylus niloticus
n1
a dangerous crocodile widely distributed in Africa;

- syn. African crocodile, Nile crocodile;

Crocodylus porosus
n1
estuarine crocodile of eastern Asia and Pacific islands;

- syn. Asian crocodile;

crocolite
n1
a rare lead chromite mineral that forms bright orange crystals;

crocus / k ɹ oʊ k ə s /
n1
any of numerous low-growing plants of the genus Crocus having slender grasslike leaves and white or yellow or purple flowers;

- native chiefly to the Mediterranean region but widely cultivated;

Crocus sativus
n1
Old World crocus having purple or white flowers with aromatic pungent orange stigmas used in flavoring food;

- syn. saffron, saffron crocus;

Crocuta
n1
a genus of Hyaenidae;

- syn. genus Crocuta;

Crocuta crocuta
n1
African hyena noted for its distinctive howl;

- syn. laughing hyena, spotted hyena;

Croesus / k ɹ i s ə s /
n1
last king of Lydia (died in 546 BC);

n2
a very wealthy man;

croft / k ɹ ɒ f t /
n1
a small farm worked by a crofter;

crofter / k ɹ ɒ f t ə , k ɹ ɒ f t ə ɹ /
n1
an owner or tenant of a small farm in Great Britain;

Crohn
n1
United States physician who specialized in diseases of the intestines;

- he was the first to describe regional ileitis which is now known as Crohn's disease (1884-1983);

- syn. Burrill Bernard Crohn;

Crohn's disease
n1
a serious chronic and progressive inflammation of the ileum producing frequent bouts of diarrhea with abdominal pain and nausea and fever and weight loss;

- syn. regional enteritis, regional ileitis;

croissant
n1
very rich flaky crescent-shaped roll;

- syn. crescent roll;

Croix de Guerre
n1
a French military decoration for gallantry;

cromlech / k ɹ ɒ m ɫ ɛ k /
n1
a prehistoric megalithic tomb typically having two large upright stones and a capstone;

- syn. dolmen, portal tomb;

cromorne
n1
a Renaissance woodwind with a double reed and a curving tube (crooked horn);

- syn. crumhorn, krummhorn;

Cromwell / k ɹ ɒ m w ə ɫ /
n1
English general and statesman who led the parliamentary army in the English Civil War (1599-1658);

- syn. Ironsides, Oliver Cromwell;

Cromwellian / k ɹ ɒ m w ɛ ɫ ɪə n /
a1
of or relating to or in the manner of Oliver Cromwell;

Cronartium
n1
rust fungi having aecia produced in raised or swollen sori and teliospores borne in waxy columns;

- syn. genus Cronartium;

Cronartium ribicola
n1
fungus causing white pine blister rust and having a complex life cycle requiring a plant of genus Ribes as alternate host;

- syn. blister rust;

crone / k ɹ oʊ n /
n1
an ugly evil-looking old woman;

- syn. beldam, beldame, hag, witch;

cronk
v1
utter a hoarse sound, like a raven;

- syn. croak;

v2
cry like a goose;

- "The geese were honking";

- syn. honk;

Cronus
n1
(Greek mythology) the supreme god until Zeus dethroned him;

- son of Uranus and Gaea in ancient Greek mythology;

- identified with Roman Saturn;

crony / k ɹ oʊ n i /
n1
a close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities;

- syn. brother, buddy, chum, pal, sidekick;

cronyism / k ɹ oʊ n i ɪ z ə m /
n1
favoritism shown to friends and associates (as by appointing them to positions without regard for their qualifications);

Cronyn
n1
Canadian actor who frequently played character parts with his wife Jessica Tandy (1911-2003);

- syn. Hume Blake Cronyn, Hume Cronyn;

croo monkey
n1
monkey of southeast Asia, Borneo and the Philippines;

- syn. Macaca irus, crab-eating macaque;

crook / k ɹ ʊ k /
n1
someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime;

- syn. criminal, felon, malefactor, outlaw;

n2
a circular segment of a curve;

- "a bend in the road";

- "a crook in the path";

- syn. bend, turn, twist;

n3
a long staff with one end being hook shaped;

- syn. shepherd's crook;

v1
bend or cause to bend;

- "He crooked his index finger";

- "the road curved sharply";

- syn. curve;

crookback
n1
a person whose back is hunched because of abnormal curvature of the upper spine;

- syn. humpback, hunchback;

a1
characteristic of or suffering from kyphosis, an abnormality of the vertebral column;

- syn. crookbacked, gibbous, humpbacked, humped, hunchbacked, kyphotic;

- sim. unfit;

crookbacked
a1
characteristic of or suffering from kyphosis, an abnormality of the vertebral column;

- syn. crookback, gibbous, humpbacked, humped, hunchbacked, kyphotic;

- sim. unfit;

crooked / k ɹ ʊ k ɪ d , k ɹ ʊ k t /
a1
having or marked by bends or angles;

- not straight or aligned;

- "crooked country roads";

- "crooked teeth";

- also coiled, indirect;

- sim. akimbo, anfractuous, aquiline, askew, contorted, deflective, geniculate, gnarled, malposed, reflexed, squiggly, tortuous, warped, windblown, wry, zigzag;

a2
not straight;

- dishonest or immoral or evasive;

- syn. corrupt;

- also dishonest, unlawful;

- sim. sneaky;

a3
irregular in shape or outline;

- "asymmetrical features";

- "a dress with a crooked hemline";

- syn. asymmetrical;

- sim. irregular;

a4
having the back and shoulders rounded;

- not erect;

- "a little oldish misshapen stooping woman";

- syn. hunched, round-backed, round-shouldered, stooped, stooping;

- sim. unerect;

crooked-stemmed aster
n1
a variety of aster;

crookedly / k ɹ ʊ k ɪ d ɫ i /
r1
in a crooked lopsided manner;

- "he smiled lopsidedly";

- syn. lopsidedly;

crookedness / k ɹ ʊ k ɪ d n ə s /
n1
a tortuous and twisted shape or position;

- "they built a tree house in the tortuosities of its boughs";

- "the acrobat performed incredible contortions";

- syn. contortion, torsion, tortuosity, tortuousness;

n2
having or distinguished by crooks or curves or bends or angles;

n3
the quality of being deceitful and underhanded;

- syn. deviousness;

Crookes / k ɹ ʊ k s /
n1
English chemist and physicist;

- discovered thallium;

- invented the radiometer and studied cathode rays (1832-1919);

- syn. Sir William Crookes, William Crookes;

Crookes radiometer
n1
electromagnetic radiometer consisting of a small paddlewheel that rotates when placed in daylight;

Crookes tube
n1
the original gas-discharge cathode-ray tube;

crookneck / k ɹ ʊ k n ɛ k /
n1
yellow squash with a thin curved neck and somewhat warty skin;

- syn. crookneck squash, summer crookneck;

crookneck squash
n1
yellow squash with a thin curved neck and somewhat warty skin;

- syn. crookneck, summer crookneck;

croon / k ɹ u n /
v1
sing softly;

crooner / k ɹ u n ə , k ɹ u n ə ɹ /
n1
a singer of popular ballads;

- syn. balladeer;

crooning / k ɹ u n ɪ ŋ /
n1
singing in a soft low tone;

- "her crooning soon put the child to sleep";

n2
the act of singing popular songs in a sentimental manner;

crop / k ɹ ɒ p /
n1
the yield from plants in a single growing season;

- syn. harvest;

n2
a cultivated plant that is grown commercially on a large scale;

n3
a collection of people or things appearing together;

- "the annual crop of students brings a new crop of ideas";

n4
the output of something in a season;

- "the latest crop of fashions is about to hit the stores";

n5
the stock or handle of a whip;

n6
a pouch in many birds and some lower animals that resembles a stomach for storage and preliminary maceration of food;

- syn. craw;

v1
cut short;

- "She wanted her hair cropped short";

v2
prepare for crops;

- "Work the soil";

- "cultivate the land";

- syn. cultivate, work;

v3
yield crops;

- "This land crops well";

v4
let feed in a field or pasture or meadow;

- syn. graze, pasture;

v5
feed as in a meadow or pasture;

- "the herd was grazing";

- syn. browse, graze, pasture, range;

v6
cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of;

- "dress the plants in the garden";

- syn. clip, cut back, dress, lop, prune, snip, trim;

crop-dusting / k ɹ ɒ p d ʌ s t ɪ ŋ /
n1
the dispersion of fungicides or insecticides or fertilizer on growing crops (often from a low-flying aircraft);

- syn. spraying;

crop failure
n1
the failure of crops to produce a marketable surplus;

crop out
v1
appear at the surface;

- "A seam of coal bassets";

- syn. basset;

crop up
v1
appear suddenly or unexpectedly;

- "The farm popped into view as we turned the corner";

- "He suddenly popped up out of nowhere";

- syn. pop, pop up;

cropped / k ɹ ɒ p t /
a1
(of land or soil) used for growing crops;

- "cropped soil";

- sim. planted;

cropper / k ɹ ɒ p ə , k ɹ ɒ p ə ɹ /
n1
small farmers and tenants;

- syn. sharecrop farmer, sharecropper;

croquet / k ɹ oʊ k eɪ /
n1
a game in which players hit a wooden ball through a series of hoops;

- the winner is the first to traverse all the hoops and hit a peg;

v1
drive away by hitting with one's ball;

- "croquet the opponent's ball";

v2
play a game in which players hit a wooden ball through a series of hoops;

croquet ball
n1
a wooden ball used in playing croquet;

croquet equipment
n1
sports equipment used in playing croquet;

croquet mallet
n1
a mallet used to strike the ball in croquet;

croquette / k ɹ oʊ k ɛ t /
n1
minced cooked meats (or vegetables) in thick white sauce;

- breaded and deep-fried;

crore / k ɹ ɔ , k ɹ ɔ ɹ /
n1
the number that is represented as a one followed by 7 zeros;

- ten million;

Crosby / k ɹ ɒ s b i /
n1
United States singer and film actor (1903-1977);

- syn. Bing Crosby, Harry Lillis Crosby;

crosier / k ɹ oʊ z ɪə , k ɹ oʊ z ɪə ɹ /
n1
a staff surmounted by a crook or cross carried by bishops as a symbol of pastoral office;

- syn. crozier;

cross / k ɹ ɒ s /
n1
a wooden structure consisting of an upright post with a transverse piece;

n2
a marking that consists of lines that cross each other;

- syn. crisscross, mark;

n3
a representation of the structure on which Jesus was crucified;

- used as an emblem of Christianity or in heraldry;

n4
any affliction that causes great suffering;

- "that is his cross to bear";

- "he bears his afflictions like a crown of thorns";

- syn. crown of thorns;

n5
(genetics) an organism that is the offspring of genetically dissimilar parents or stock;

- especially offspring produced by breeding plants or animals of different varieties or breeds or species;

- "a mule is a cross between a horse and a donkey";

- syn. crossbreed, hybrid;

n6
(genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids;

- syn. crossbreeding, crossing, hybridisation, hybridization, hybridizing, interbreeding;

v1
travel across or pass over;

- "The caravan covered almost 100 miles each day";

- syn. cover, cut across, cut through, get across, get over, pass over, track, traverse;

v2
meet at a point;

- syn. intersect;

v3
hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of;

- "What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge";

- "foil your opponent";

- syn. baffle, bilk, foil, frustrate, queer, scotch, spoil, thwart;

- also double cross;

v4
fold so as to resemble a cross;

- "she crossed her legs";

v5
to cover or extend over an area or time period;

- "Rivers traverse the valley floor";

- "The parking lot spans 3 acres";

- "The novel spans three centuries";

- syn. span, sweep, traverse;

v6
meet and pass;

- "the trains crossed";

v7
trace a line through or across;

- "cross your `t'";

v8
breed animals or plants using parents of different races and varieties;

- "cross a horse and a donkey";

- "Mendel tried crossbreeding";

- "these species do not interbreed";

- syn. crossbreed, hybridise, hybridize, interbreed;

a1
extending or lying across;

- in a crosswise direction;

- at right angles to the long axis;

- "cross members should be all steel";

- "from the transverse hall the stairway ascends gracefully";

- "transversal vibrations";

- "transverse colon";

- syn. thwartwise, transversal, transverse;

- sim. crosswise;

a2
annoyed and irritable;

- syn. bad-tempered, crabbed, crabby, fussy, grouchy, grumpy, ill-tempered;

- sim. ill-natured;

cross-banded
a1
(of snakes) having crossing bands on the back;

- sim. patterned;

cross-check / k ɹ ɒ s tʃ ɛ k /
v1
check out conflicting sources;

- crosscheck facts, for example;

cross-classification
n1
classification according to more than one attribute at the same time;

- "the cross-classification of cases was done by age and sex";

- syn. cross-division;

cross-country
r1
not following tracks or roads;

- "they liked to race cross-country";

r2
across the countryside;

- "the river runs cross-country";

- "the road runs cross-country";

cross-country jumping
n1
riding horses across country over obstructions to demonstrate horsemanship;

- syn. cross-country riding;

cross-country riding
n1
riding horses across country over obstructions to demonstrate horsemanship;

- syn. cross-country jumping;

cross-country skiing
n1
the sport of skiing across the countryside (rather than downhill);

cross-cultural
a1
dealing with or comparing two or more cultures;

- "a cross-cultural survey";

cross-division / k ɹ ɒ s d ɪ v ɪ z n /
n1
classification according to more than one attribute at the same time;

- "the cross-classification of cases was done by age and sex";

- syn. cross-classification;

cross-dress
v1
dress in the clothes of the other sex;

cross-dresser
n1
someone who adopts the dress or manner or sexual role of the opposite sex;

- syn. transvestite;

cross-examination / k ɹ ɒ s ɪ ɡ z æ m ɪ n eɪ ʃ n /
n1
(law) close questioning of a hostile witness in a court of law to discredit or throw a new light on the testimony already provided in direct examination;

cross-examiner / k ɹ ɒ s ɪ ɡ z æ m ɪ n ə , k ɹ ɒ s ɪ ɡ z æ m ɪ n ə ɹ /
n1
someone who questions a witness carefully (especially about testimony given earlier);

- syn. cross-questioner;

cross-eye
n1
strabismus in which one or both eyes turn inward toward the nose;

- syn. convergent strabismus, crossed eye, esotropia;

cross-eyed
a1
having convergent strabismus;

- sim. boss-eyed;

cross-fertilisation
n1
fertilization by the union of male and female gametes from different individual of the same species;

- syn. cross-fertilization;

n2
interchange between different cultures or different ways of thinking that is mutually productive and beneficial;

- "the cross-fertilization of science and the creative arts";

- syn. cross-fertilization;

cross-fertilise
v1
undergo cross-fertilization;

- become fertile;

- syn. cross-fertilize;

v2
cause to undergo cross-fertilization;

- "Mendel cross-fertilized different kinds of beans";

- syn. cross-fertilize;

cross-fertilization / k ɹ ɒ s f ɝ t ə ɫ aɪ z eɪ ʃ n /
n1
fertilization by the union of male and female gametes from different individual of the same species;

- syn. cross-fertilisation;

n2
interchange between different cultures or different ways of thinking that is mutually productive and beneficial;

- "the cross-fertilization of science and the creative arts";

- syn. cross-fertilisation;

cross-fertilize / k ɹ ɒ s f ɝ t ə ɫ aɪ z /
v1
undergo cross-fertilization;

- become fertile;

- syn. cross-fertilise;

v2
cause to undergo cross-fertilization;

- "Mendel cross-fertilized different kinds of beans";

- syn. cross-fertilise;

cross-file
v1
have one's name listed as a candidate for several parties;

- syn. register;

Cross-Florida Waterway
n1
a waterway used by small boats to travel between the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico through Lake Okeechobee and the Caloosahatchee Canal and the Caloosahatchee River;

- syn. Okeechobee Waterway;

cross-grained / k ɹ ɒ s ɡ ɹ eɪ n d /
a1
difficult to deal with;

- syn. contrarious;

- sim. stubborn;

a2
of timber;

- having fibers running irregularly rather than in parallel;

- syn. curly-grained, wavy-grained;

- sim. uneven;

cross-index / k ɹ ɒ s ɪ n d ɛ k s /
n1
a reference at one place in a work to information at another place in the same work;

- syn. cross-reference;

v1
make an index that refers from one point to the next;

- "These references are cross-indexed";

cross-leaved heath
n1
dwarf European shrub with rose-colored flowers;

- syn. Erica tetralix, bell heather;

cross-legged / k ɹ ɒ s ɫ ɛ ɡ d /
r1
with the legs crossed;

- "he sat on the floor cross-legged and meditated";

cross-linguistic
a1
relating to different languages;

- "cross-linguistic evidence";

cross-linguistically
r1
by comparing languages;

- "she studied the phenomenon cross-linguistically";

cross-link
n1
a side bond that links two adjacent chains of atoms in a complex molecule;

- syn. cross-linkage;

v1
join by creating covalent bonds (of adjacent chains of a polymer or protein);

cross-linkage
n1
a side bond that links two adjacent chains of atoms in a complex molecule;

- syn. cross-link;

cross-modal
a1
relating to different sense modalities;

cross-ply
a1
of or relating to an older kind of automobile tire that had a flexible tread and relatively stiff sidewalls;

cross-pollinate
v1
fertilize by transfering pollen;

- syn. pollenate, pollinate;

cross-pollinating
a1
of or relating to or characteristic of cross-pollination;

cross-pollination
n1
fertilization by transfer of pollen from the anthers of one flower to the stigma of another;

n2
stimulating influence among diverse elements;

- "the cross-pollination of the arts";

cross-purpose
n1
a contrary aim;

- "at cross-purposes";

cross-question / k ɹ ɒ s k w ɛ s tʃ ə n /
n1
a question asked in cross-examination;

cross-questioner
n1
someone who questions a witness carefully (especially about testimony given earlier);

- syn. cross-examiner;

cross-refer
v1
refer from one entry to another, as in catalogues, books, and lists;

cross-reference / k ɹ ɒ s ɹ ɛ f ə ɹ ə n s /
n1
a reference at one place in a work to information at another place in the same work;

- syn. cross-index;

cross-section / k ɹ ɒ s s ɛ k ʃ n /
a1
representing a plane made by cutting across something at right angles to its length;

- "cross-section views of the neck";

- syn. cross-sectional;

- sim. crosswise;

cross-sectional / k ɹ ɒ s s ɛ k ʃ ə n ɫ /
a1
of or relating to a cross section;

- "a cross-sectional slice";

a2
representing a plane made by cutting across something at right angles to its length;

- "cross-section views of the neck";

- syn. cross-section;

- sim. crosswise;

cross-sentential
a1
of or relating to relations between sentences;

cross-shaped
a1
shaped in the form of a cross;

- sim. formed;

cross-stitch / k ɹ ɒ s s t ɪ tʃ /
n1
two stitches forming a cross or X;

n2
embroidery done with pairs of stitches that cross each other;

cross-town
a1
going or extending across a town or city;

- "the crosstown bus";

- "crosstown traffic";

- syn. crosstown;

- sim. crossed;

cross bit
n1
a rock drill having cruciform cutting edges;

- used in mining;

cross bun
n1
moderately sweet raised roll containing spices and raisins and citron and decorated with a cross-shaped sugar glaze;

- syn. hot cross bun;

cross country
n1
a long race run over open country;

cross dressing
n1
the practice of adopting the clothes or the manner or the sexual role of the opposite sex;

- syn. transvestism, transvestitism;

cross examine
v1
question closely, or question a witness that has already been questioned by the opposing side;

- "The witness was cross-examined by the defense";

- syn. cross question;

cross hair
n1
either of two fine mutually perpendicular lines that cross in the focus plane of an optical instrument and are use for sighting or calibration;

- "he had the target in his cross hairs";

- syn. cross wire;

cross infection
n1
an infection that is acquired at a hospital or other healthcare facility;

- syn. nonsocial infection;

cross of Calvary
n1
a Latin cross set on three steps;

- syn. Calvary cross;

cross of Lorraine
n1
a cross with two crossbars, one above and one below the midpoint of the vertical, the lower longer than the upper;

- syn. Lorraine cross;

cross off
v1
remove from a list;

- "Cross the name of the dead person off the list";

- syn. cross out, mark, strike off, strike out;

cross oneself
v1
make the sign of the cross;

- in the Catholic religion;

cross out
v1
remove from a list;

- "Cross the name of the dead person off the list";

- syn. cross off, mark, strike off, strike out;

cross product
n1
a vector that is the product of two other vectors;

- syn. vector product;

cross question
v1
question closely, or question a witness that has already been questioned by the opposing side;

- "The witness was cross-examined by the defense";

- syn. cross examine;

cross section
n1
a section created by a plane cutting a solid perpendicular to its longest axis;

n2
a sample meant to be representative of a whole population;

n3
(physics) the probability that a particular interaction (as capture or ionization) will take place between particles;

- measured in barns;

cross street
n1
a street intersecting a main street (usually at right angles) and continuing on both sides of it;

cross thwart
n1
a crosspiece spreading the gunnels of a boat;

- used as a seat in a rowboat;

- syn. thwart;

cross vine
n1
woody flowering vine of southern United States;

- stems show a cross in transverse section;

- syn. Bignonia capreolata, quarter-vine, quartervine, trumpet flower;

cross wire
n1
either of two fine mutually perpendicular lines that cross in the focus plane of an optical instrument and are use for sighting or calibration;

- "he had the target in his cross hairs";

- syn. cross hair;

crossbar / k ɹ ɒ s b ɑ , k ɹ ɒ s b ɑr /
n1
a horizontal bar that goes across something;

n2
game equipment consisting of a horizontal bar to be jumped or vaulted over;

n3
long thin horizontal crosspiece between two vertical posts;

crossbeam / k ɹ ɒ s b i m /
n1
a horizontal beam that extends across something;

- syn. crosspiece, trave, traverse;

crossbench
n1
any of the seats in the House of Commons used by members who do not vote regularly with either the government or the Opposition;

crossbencher
n1
a member of the House of Commons who does not vote regularly with either the government or the Opposition;

crossbill / k ɹ ɒ s b ɪ ɫ /
n1
finch with a bill whose tips cross when closed;

- syn. Loxia curvirostra;

crossbones / k ɹ ɒ s b oʊ n z /
n1
two crossed bones (or a representation of two crossed bones) used as a symbol danger or death;

crossbow / k ɹ ɒ s b oʊ /
n1
a bow fixed transversely on a wooden stock grooved to direct the arrow (quarrel);

crossbred / k ɹ ɒ s b ɹ ɛ d /
a1
bred from parents of different varieties or species;

- also outbred;

- sim. bigeneric, half-blooded, hybrid, underbred;

crossbreed / k ɹ ɒ s b ɹ i d /
n1
(genetics) an organism that is the offspring of genetically dissimilar parents or stock;

- especially offspring produced by breeding plants or animals of different varieties or breeds or species;

- "a mule is a cross between a horse and a donkey";

- syn. cross, hybrid;

v1
breed animals or plants using parents of different races and varieties;

- "cross a horse and a donkey";

- "Mendel tried crossbreeding";

- "these species do not interbreed";

- syn. cross, hybridise, hybridize, interbreed;

crossbreeding / k ɹ ɒ s b ɹ i d ɪ ŋ /
n1
(genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids;

- syn. cross, crossing, hybridisation, hybridization, hybridizing, interbreeding;

n2
reproduction by parents of different races (especially by white and non-white persons);

- syn. interbreeding, miscegenation;

crosscheck / k ɹ ɒ s tʃ ɛ k /
n1
an instance of confirming something by considering information from several sources;

n2
an illegal check (chopping at an opponent's arms or stick);

crosscurrent / k ɹ ɒ s k ʌ ɹ ə n t /
n1
a stretch of turbulent water in a river or the sea caused by one current flowing into or across another current;

- syn. countercurrent, rip, riptide, tide rip;

n2
actions counter to the main group activity;

- "political crosscurrents disrupted the conference";

- syn. countercurrent;

crosscut / k ɹ ɒ s k ʌ t /
n1
a diagonal path;

n2
a route shorter than the usual one;

- syn. cutoff, shortcut;

v1
cut using a diagonal line;

- syn. cut across;

crosscut handsaw
n1
handsaw that cuts at right angles to the grain (or major axis);

- syn. crosscut saw, cutoff saw;

crosscut saw
n1
handsaw that cuts at right angles to the grain (or major axis);

- syn. crosscut handsaw, cutoff saw;

crosse / k ɹ ɒ s /
n1
a long racket with a triangular frame;

- used in playing lacrosse;

crossed / k ɹ ɒ s t /
a1
placed crosswise;

- "spoken with a straight face but crossed fingers";

- "crossed forks";

- "seated with arms crossed";

- sim. crosstown, decussate;

a2
(of a check) marked for deposit only as indicated by having two lines drawn across it;

crossed eye
n1
strabismus in which one or both eyes turn inward toward the nose;

- syn. convergent strabismus, cross-eye, esotropia;

crossfire / k ɹ ɒ s f aɪ ə , k ɹ ɒ s f aɪ ə ɹ /
n1
a lively or heated interchange of ideas and opinions;

n2
fire from two or more points so that the lines of fire cross;

crosshairs
n1
a center of interest;

- "the war on terrorism has put Saddam Hussein in the crosshairs";

crosshatch / k ɹ ɒ s h æ tʃ /
n1
shading consisting of multiple crossing lines;

- syn. hachure, hatch, hatching;

v1
shade with multiple crossing lines;

- "the draftsman crosshatched the area";

crosshatched / k ɹ ɒ s h æ tʃ t /
a1
shaded by means of fine parallel or crossed lines;

- syn. hatched;

- sim. shaded;

crosshead
n1
a heading of a subsection printed within the body of the text;

- syn. crossheading;

n2
metal block that connects to a piston;

- it slides on parallel guides and moves a connecting rod back and forth;

crossheading
n1
a heading of a subsection printed within the body of the text;

- syn. crosshead;

crossing / k ɹ ɒ s ɪ ŋ /
n1
traveling across;

n2
a shallow area in a stream that can be forded;

- syn. ford;

n3
a point where two lines (paths or arcs etc.) intersect;

n4
a junction where one street or road crosses another;

- syn. carrefour, crossroad, crossway, intersection;

n5
a path (often marked) where something (as a street or railroad) can be crossed to get from one side to the other;

- syn. crossover, crosswalk;

n6
(genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids;

- syn. cross, crossbreeding, hybridisation, hybridization, hybridizing, interbreeding;

n7
a voyage across a body of water (usually across the Atlantic Ocean);

crossing guard
n1
someone who helps people (especially children) at a traffic crossing;

crossing over
n1
the interchange of sections between pairing homologous chromosomes during the prophase of meiosis;

- syn. crossover;

crossjack
n1
the lowermost sail on a mizzenmast;

- syn. mizzen course;

crossly / k ɹ ɒ s ɫ i /
r1
in an ill-natured manner;

- "she looked at her husband crossly";

- syn. grouchily, grumpily;

crossness / k ɹ ɒ s n ə s /
n1
an irritable petulant feeling;

- syn. choler, fretfulness, fussiness, irritability, peevishness, petulance;

n2
a disposition to be ill-tempered;

- syn. crabbedness, crabbiness;

crossopterygian
n1
any fish of the order Crossopterygii;

- most known only in fossil form;

- syn. lobe-finned fish, lobefin;

Crossopterygii
n1
fishes having paired fins resembling limbs and regarded as ancestral to amphibians;

- syn. subclass Crossopterygii;

crossover / k ɹ ɒ s oʊ v ə /
n1
the interchange of sections between pairing homologous chromosomes during the prophase of meiosis;

- syn. crossing over;

n2
a voter who is registered as a member of one political party but who votes in the primary of another party;

- syn. crossover voter;

n3
the appropriation of a new style (especially in popular music) by combining elements of different genres in order to appeal to a wider audience;

- "a jazz-classical crossover album";

n4
a path (often marked) where something (as a street or railroad) can be crossed to get from one side to the other;

- syn. crossing, crosswalk;

crossover voter
n1
a voter who is registered as a member of one political party but who votes in the primary of another party;

- syn. crossover;

crosspatch / k ɹ ɒ s p æ tʃ /
n1
a bad-tempered person;

- syn. churl, crank, grouch, grump;

crosspiece / k ɹ ɒ s p i s /
n1
a horizontal beam that extends across something;

- syn. crossbeam, trave, traverse;

n2
a transverse brace;

crossroad / k ɹ ɒ s ɹ oʊ d /
n1
a junction where one street or road crosses another;

- syn. carrefour, crossing, crossway, intersection;

crossroads / k ɹ ɒ s ɹ oʊ d z /
n1
a community of people smaller than a village;

- syn. hamlet;

n2
a crisis situation or point in time when a critical decision must be made;

- "at that juncture he had no idea what to do";

- "he must be made to realize that the company stands at a critical point";

- syn. critical point, juncture;

n3
a point where a choice must be made;

- "Freud's work stands at the crossroads between psychology and neurology";

crossruff
v1
trump alternately in two hands;

crosstalk / k ɹ ɒ s t ɔ k /
n1
the presence of an unwanted signal via an accidental coupling;

- syn. XT;

crosstie / k ɹ ɒ s t aɪ /
n1
one of the cross braces that support the rails on a railway track;

- "the British call a railroad tie a sleeper";

- syn. railroad tie, sleeper, tie;

crosstown / k ɹ ɒ s t aʊ n /
a1
going or extending across a town or city;

- "the crosstown bus";

- "crosstown traffic";

- syn. cross-town;

- sim. crossed;

r1
across a town or city;

- "he traveled crosstown";

crosswalk / k ɹ ɒ s w ɔ k /
n1
a path (often marked) where something (as a street or railroad) can be crossed to get from one side to the other;

- syn. crossing, crossover;

crossway / k ɹ ɒ s w eɪ /
n1
a junction where one street or road crosses another;

- syn. carrefour, crossing, crossroad, intersection;

crossways / k ɹ ɒ s w eɪ z /
r1
transversely;

- "the marble slabs were cut across";

- syn. across, crosswise;

crosswind / k ɹ ɒ s w ɪ n d /
n1
wind blowing across the path of a ship or aircraft;

crosswise / k ɹ ɒ s w aɪ z /
a1
lying or extending across the length of a thing or in a cross direction;

- "a crosswise street";

- "the crosswise dimension";

- sim. cross, cross-section;

a2
in the shape of (a horizontal piece on) a cross;

- sim. horizontal;

r1
not in the intended manner;

- "things are going crosswise";

r2
transversely;

- "the marble slabs were cut across";

- syn. across, crossways;

crossword / k ɹ ɒ s w ɝ d /
n1
a puzzle in which words corresponding to numbered clues are to be found and written in to squares in the puzzle;

- syn. crossword puzzle;

crossword puzzle
n1
a puzzle in which words corresponding to numbered clues are to be found and written in to squares in the puzzle;

- syn. crossword;

crotal
n1
any of several lichens of the genus Parmelia from which reddish brown or purple dyes are made;

- syn. crottal, crottle;

crotalaria
n1
any of various plants of the genus Crotalaria having inflated pods within which the seeds rattle;

- used for pasture and green-manure crops;

- syn. rattlebox;

Crotalaria sagitallis
n1
tropical American annual herb having an inflated pod in which the ripe seeds rattle;

- syn. American rattlebox;

Crotalaria spectabilis
n1
erect subshrub having purple-tinted flowers and an inflated pod in which the ripe seeds rattle;

- India;

- syn. Indian rattlebox;

Crotalidae
n1
New World vipers: pit vipers;

- syn. family Crotalidae;

Crotalus
n1
large rattlesnakes;

- seldom bite unless startled or pursuing prey;

- syn. genus Crotalus;

Crotalus adamanteus
n1
large deadly rattlesnake with diamond-shaped markings;

- syn. diamondback, diamondback rattlesnake;

Crotalus atrox
n1
largest and most dangerous North American snake;

- of southwestern United States and Mexico;

- syn. Western diamondback, Western diamondback rattlesnake;

Crotalus cerastes
n1
small pale-colored desert rattlesnake of southwestern United States;

- body moves in an s-shaped curve;

- syn. horned rattlesnake, sidewinder;

Crotalus horridus atricaudatus
n1
southern variety;

- syn. canebrake rattler, canebrake rattlesnake;

Crotalus horridus horridus
n1
widely distributed in rugged ground of eastern United States;

- syn. banded rattlesnake, timber rattlesnake;

Crotalus lepidus
n1
mountain rock dweller of Mexico and most southern parts of United States southwest;

- syn. rock rattlesnake;

Crotalus mitchellii
n1
markings vary but usually harmonize with background;

- of southwestern Arizona and Baja California;

- syn. speckled rattlesnake;

Crotalus scutulatus
n1
extremely dangerous;

- most common in areas of scattered scrubby growth;

- from Mojave Desert to western Texas and into Mexico;

- syn. Mojave rattlesnake;

Crotalus tigris
n1
having irregularly cross-banded back;

- of arid foothills and canyons of southern Arizona and Mexico;

- syn. tiger rattlesnake;

Crotalus viridis
n1
widely distributed between the Mississippi and the Rockies;

- syn. Western rattlesnake, prairie rattler, prairie rattlesnake;

crotaphion
n1
the tip of the greater wing of the sphenoid bone;

Crotaphytus
n1
collared lizards;

- syn. genus Crotaphytus;

crotch / k ɹ ɒ tʃ /
n1
the region of the angle formed by the junction of two branches;

- "they took the south fork";

- "he climbed into the crotch of a tree";

- syn. fork;

n2
the angle formed by the inner sides of the legs where they join the human trunk;

- syn. fork;

n3
external sex organ;

- syn. genital organ, genitalia, genitals, private parts, privates;

crotch hair
n1
hair growing in the pubic area;

- syn. bush, pubic hair;

crotchet / k ɹ ɒ tʃ ɪ t /
n1
a sharp curve or crook;

- a shape resembling a hook;

- syn. hook;

n2
a musical note having the time value of a quarter of a whole note;

- syn. quarter note;

n3
a strange attitude or habit;

- syn. oddity, queerness, quirk, quirkiness;

n4
a small tool or hooklike implement;

crotchetiness
n1
a fussy and eccentric disposition;

- syn. contrariness, crankiness, grumpiness;

crotchety / k ɹ ɒ tʃ ɪ t i /
a1
having a difficult and contrary disposition;

- "a cantankerous and venomous-tongued old lady"- Dorothy Sayers;

- syn. cantankerous, ornery;

- sim. ill-natured;

croton / k ɹ oʊ t ə n /
n1
grown in many varieties for their brightly colored foliage;

- widely cultivated as a houseplant;

- syn. Codiaeum variegatum;

n2
tropical Asiatic shrub;

- source of croton oil;

- syn. Croton tiglium;

Croton bug
n1
small light-brown cockroach brought to United States from Europe;

- a common household pest;

- syn. Blattella germanica, German cockroach, crotonbug, water bug;

Croton eluteria
n1
West Indian shrub with aromatic bark;

- syn. cascarilla;

croton oil
n1
viscid acrid brownish-yellow oil from the seeds of Croton tiglium having a violent cathartic action;

Croton tiglium
n1
tropical Asiatic shrub;

- source of croton oil;

- syn. croton;

crotonbug
n1
small light-brown cockroach brought to United States from Europe;

- a common household pest;

- syn. Blattella germanica, Croton bug, German cockroach, water bug;

Crotophaga
n1
ani;

- syn. genus Crotophaga;

crottal
n1
any of several lichens of the genus Parmelia from which reddish brown or purple dyes are made;

- syn. crotal, crottle;

crottle / k ɹ ɒ t ɫ /
n1
any of several lichens of the genus Parmelia from which reddish brown or purple dyes are made;

- syn. crotal, crottal;

crouch / k ɹ aʊ tʃ /
n1
the act of bending low with the limbs close to the body;

v1
bend one's back forward from the waist on down;

- "he crouched down";

- "She bowed before the Queen";

- "The young man stooped to pick up the girl's purse";

- syn. bend, bow, stoop;

v2
sit on one's heels;

- "In some cultures, the women give birth while squatting";

- "The children hunkered down to protect themselves from the sandstorm";

- syn. hunker, hunker down, scrunch, scrunch up, squat;

croup / k ɹ u p /
n1
a disease of infants and young children;

- harsh coughing and hoarseness and fever and difficult breathing;

- syn. spasmodic laryngitis;

n2
the part of an animal that corresponds to the human buttocks;

- syn. croupe, hindquarters, rump;

croupe / k ɹ u p /
n1
the part of an animal that corresponds to the human buttocks;

- syn. croup, hindquarters, rump;

croupier / k ɹ u p ɪ eɪ /
n1
someone who collects and pays bets at a gaming table;

croupier's rake
n1
a small rake used by a croupier to move chips around on the table;

croupy
a1
resembling or arising from or indicating croup;

Crouse
n1
United States playwright (1893-1966);

- syn. Russel Crouse;

crouton
n1
a small piece of toasted or fried bread;

- served in soup or salads;

crow / k ɹ oʊ /
n1
black birds having a raucous call;

n2
the cry of a cock (or an imitation of it);

n3
a member of the Siouan people formerly living in eastern Montana;

n4
a small quadrilateral constellation in the southern hemisphere near Virgo;

- syn. Corvus;

n5
an instance of boastful talk;

- "his brag is worse than his fight";

- "whenever he won we were exposed to his gasconade";

- syn. brag, bragging, crowing, gasconade, line-shooting, vaporing;

n6
a Siouan language spoken by the Crow;

v1
dwell on with satisfaction;

- syn. gloat, triumph;

v2
express pleasure verbally;

- "She crowed with joy";

v3
utter shrill sounds;

- "The cocks crowed all morning";

crow's feet
n1
a wrinkle in the skin at the outer corner of your eyes;

- syn. crow's foot, laugh line;

crow's foot
n1
a wrinkle in the skin at the outer corner of your eyes;

- syn. crow's feet, laugh line;

n2
large tree of Australasia;

- syn. Heritiera trifoliolata, Terrietia trifoliolata, booyong, brown oak, red beech, silky elm, stave wood;

crow's nest
n1
platform for a lookout at or near the top of a mast;

crow-bait
n1
an emaciated horse likely soon to become carrion and so attractive to crows;

- syn. crowbait;

crow-sized
a1
having the approximate size of a crow;

- sim. sized;

crow blackbird
n1
long-tailed American blackbird having iridescent black plumage;

- syn. grackle;

crow corn
n1
any of several perennials of the genus Aletris having grasslike leaves and bitter roots reputed to cure colic;

- syn. colic root, colicroot, star grass, unicorn root;

crow garlic
n1
pungent Old World wild onion;

- syn. Allium vineale, false garlic, field garlic, stag's garlic, wild garlic;

crow pheasant
n1
common coucal of India and China;

- syn. Centropus sinensis;

crow step
n1
(architecture) a step on the top of a gable wall;

- syn. corbel step, corbie-step, corbiestep;

crowbait
n1
an emaciated horse likely soon to become carrion and so attractive to crows;

- syn. crow-bait;

crowbar / k ɹ oʊ b ɑ , k ɹ oʊ b ɑr /
n1
a heavy iron lever with one end forged into a wedge;

- syn. pry, pry bar, wrecking bar;

crowberry
n1
a low evergreen shrub with small purple flowers and black berrylike fruit;

crowberry family
n1
heathlike shrubs;

- syn. Empetraceae, family Empetraceae;

crowd / k ɹ aʊ d /
n1
a large number of things or people considered together;

- "a crowd of insects assembled around the flowers";

n2
an informal body of friends;

- "he still hangs out with the same crowd";

- syn. bunch, crew, gang;

v1
cause to herd, drive, or crowd together;

- "We herded the children into a spare classroom";

- syn. herd;

v2
fill or occupy to the point of overflowing;

- "The students crowded the auditorium";

v3
to gather together in large numbers;

- "men in straw boaters and waxed mustaches crowded the verandah";

- syn. crowd together;

v4
approach a certain age or speed;

- "She is pushing fifty";

- syn. push;

crowd control
n1
activity of controlling a crowd;

crowd out
v1
press, force, or thrust out of a small space;

- "The weeds crowded out the flowers";

- syn. force out;

crowd together
v1
to gather together in large numbers;

- "men in straw boaters and waxed mustaches crowded the verandah";

- syn. crowd;

crowded / k ɹ aʊ d ɪ d /
a1
overfilled or compacted or concentrated;

- "a crowded theater";

- "a crowded program";

- "crowded trains";

- "a young mother's crowded days";

- sim. huddled, jammed, thronged;

crowding / k ɹ aʊ d ɪ ŋ /
n1
a situation in which people or things are crowded together;

- "he didn't like the crowding on the beach";

crowfoot / k ɹ oʊ f ʊ t /
n1
any of various plants of the genus Ranunculus;

- syn. butter-flower, buttercup, butterflower, goldcup, kingcup;

crowfoot family
n1
a family of Ranunculaceae;

- syn. Ranunculaceae, buttercup family, family Ranunculaceae;

crowfoot grass
n1
a creeping grass with spikes like fingers;

- syn. Dactyloctenium aegypticum, Egyptian grass;

crowing / k ɹ oʊ ɪ ŋ /
n1
an instance of boastful talk;

- "his brag is worse than his fight";

- "whenever he won we were exposed to his gasconade";

- syn. brag, bragging, crow, gasconade, line-shooting, vaporing;

a1
exhibiting self-importance;

- "big talk";

- syn. big, boastful, braggart, bragging, braggy, cock-a-hoop, self-aggrandising, self-aggrandizing;

- sim. proud;

Crown / k ɹ aʊ n /
n1
the Crown (or the reigning monarch) as the symbol of the power and authority of a monarchy;

- "the colonies revolted against the Crown";

n2
the part of a tooth above the gum that is covered with enamel;

n3
a wreath or garland worn on the head to signify victory;

n4
an ornamental jeweled headdress signifying sovereignty;

- syn. diadem;

n5
the part of a hat (the vertex) that covers the crown of the head;

n6
an English coin worth 5 shillings;

n7
the upper branches and leaves of a tree or other plant;

- syn. treetop;

n8
the top or extreme point of something (usually a mountain or hill);

- "the view from the peak was magnificent";

- "they clambered to the tip of Monadnock";

- "the region is a few molecules wide at the summit";

- syn. crest, peak, summit, tip, top;

n9
the award given to the champion;

- syn. pennant;

n10
the top of the head;

- syn. pate, poll;

n11
(dentistry) dental appliance consisting of an artificial crown for a broken or decayed tooth;

- "tomorrow my dentist will fit me for a crown";

- syn. cap, crownwork, jacket, jacket crown;

n12
the center of a cambered road;

- syn. crest;

v1
invest with regal power;

- enthrone;

- "The prince was crowned in Westminster Abbey";

- syn. coronate;

v2
be the culminating event;

- "The speech crowned the meeting";

- syn. top;

v3
form the topmost part of;

- "A weather vane crowns the building";

v4
put an enamel cover on;

- "crown my teeth";

crown-beard
n1
any plant of the genus Verbesina having clustered white or yellow flower heads;

- syn. crown beard, crownbeard;

crown-of-the-field
n1
European annual having large trumpet-shaped reddish-purple flowers and poisonous seed;

- a common weed in grainfields and beside roadways;

- naturalized in America;

- syn. Agrostemma githago, corn campion, corn cockle;

crown beard
n1
any plant of the genus Verbesina having clustered white or yellow flower heads;

- syn. crown-beard, crownbeard;

Crown Colony
n1
a British colony controlled by the British Crown, represented by a governor;

crown daisy
n1
shrubby annual of the Mediterranean region with yellowish-white flowers;

- syn. Chrysanthemum coronarium;

crown fire
n1
a forest fire that advances with great speed jumping from crown to crown ahead of the ground fire;

crown gall
n1
a bacterial disease of plants (especially pome and stone fruits and grapes and roses) which forms excrescences on the stem near the ground;

crown glass
n1
a glass blown into a globe which is later flattened and spun to form a disk;

n2
optical glass of low dispersion and low refractive index;

- syn. optical crown, optical crown glass;

crown imperial
n1
Eurasian herb with a cluster of leaves and orange-red bell-shaped flowers at the top of the stem;

- syn. Fritillaria imperialis;

crown jewel
n1
the most desirable assets of a corporation;

- "their crown jewels figured prominently in the takeover attempt";

n2
a precious stone that is a valuable part of a sovereign's regalia;

crown jewels
n1
regalia (jewelry and other paraphernalia) worn by a sovereign on state occasions;

Crown land
n1
land that belongs to the Crown;

crown lens
n1
a lens made of optical crown glass;

crown monkey
n1
Indian macaque with a bonnet-like tuft of hair;

- syn. Macaca radiata, bonnet macaque, bonnet monkey, capped macaque;

crown of thorns
n1
any affliction that causes great suffering;

- "that is his cross to bear";

- "he bears his afflictions like a crown of thorns";

- syn. cross;

n2
somewhat climbing bushy spurge of Madagascar having long woody spiny stems with few leaves and flowers with scarlet bracts;

- syn. Christ plant, Christ thorn, Euphorbia milii;

n3
a mock crown made of thorn branches that Roman soldiers placed on Jesus before the Crucifixion;

crown prince
n1
a male heir apparent to a throne;

crown princess
n1
the wife of a crown prince;

n2
a female heir apparent to a throne;

crown roast
n1
a roast of the rib section of lamb;

- syn. rack of lamb;

crown saw
n1
a saw having teeth around the edge of a hollow cylinder;

crown vetch
n1
European herb resembling vetch;

- naturalized in the eastern United States;

- having umbels of pink-and-white flowers and sharp-angled pods;

- syn. Coronilla varia, axseed;

crown wart
n1
a fungous disease of alfalfa which forms white excrescences at the base of the stem;

crownbeard
n1
any plant of the genus Verbesina having clustered white or yellow flower heads;

- syn. crown-beard, crown beard;

crowned / k ɹ aʊ n d /
a1
having an (artificial) crown on a tooth;

- "had many crowned teeth";

- sim. capped;

a2
crowned with or as if with laurel symbolizing victory;

- syn. laureled, laurelled;

a3
provided with or as if with a crown or a crown as specified;

- often used in combination;

- "a high-crowned hat";

- "an orange-crowned bird";

- "a crowned signet ring";

- sim. capped, chapleted, comate, high-crowned, royal;

crowned head
n1
a nation's ruler or head of state usually by hereditary right;

- syn. monarch, sovereign;

crowning / k ɹ aʊ n ɪ ŋ /
a1
representing a level of the highest possible achievement or attainment;

- "the crowning accomplishment of his career";

- sim. ultimate;

a2
forming or providing a crown or summit;

- "the crowning star on a Christmas tree";

- "her hair was her crowning glory";

- sim. top;

crownless
a1
not (especially not yet) provided with a crown;

- "the uncrowned king";

- syn. uncrowned;

- sim. quasi-royal;

crownwork
n1
(dentistry) dental appliance consisting of an artificial crown for a broken or decayed tooth;

- "tomorrow my dentist will fit me for a crown";

- syn. cap, crown, jacket, jacket crown;

crozier / k ɹ oʊ z ɪə , k ɹ oʊ z ɪə ɹ /
n1
a staff surmounted by a crook or cross carried by bishops as a symbol of pastoral office;

- syn. crosier;

CRP
n1
a byproduct of inflammation;

- a globulin that is found in the blood in some cases of acute inflammation;

- syn. C-reactive protein;

CRT
n1
a vacuum tube in which a hot cathode emits a beam of electrons that pass through a high voltage anode and are focused or deflected before hitting a phosphorescent screen;

- syn. cathode-ray tube;

CRT screen
n1
the display that is electronically created on the surface of the large end of a cathode-ray tube;

- syn. screen;

crucial / k ɹ u ʃ ɫ /
a1
of extreme importance;

- vital to the resolution of a crisis;

- "a crucial moment in his career";

- "a crucial election";

- "a crucial issue for women";

- syn. important;

- also critical, decisive, essential;

- sim. critical, life-and-death, pivotal;

a2
having crucial relevance;

- "crucial to the case";

- "relevant testimony";

- sim. material;

a3
of the greatest importance;

- "the all-important subject of disarmament";

- "crucial information";

- "in chess cool nerves are of the essence";

- syn. all-important, all important, essential, of the essence;

- sim. important;

cruciality
n1
a state of critical urgency;

- syn. criticality, criticalness;

crucially / k ɹ u ʃ ə ɫ i /
r1
to a crucial degree;

- "crucially important";

- "crucially, he must meet us at the airport";

crucian carp
n1
European carp closely resembling wild goldfish;

- syn. Carassius carassius, Carassius vulgaris;

cruciate / k ɹ u ʃ ɪ eɪ t /
a1
shaped like a cross;

- syn. cruciform;

- sim. symmetrical;

crucible / k ɹ u s ɪ b ɫ /
n1
a vessel made of material that does not melt easily;

- used for high temperature chemical reactions;

- syn. melting pot;

crucible steel
n1
steel made by the mixture of molten wrought iron, charcoal, and other substances in a crucible;

crucifer / k ɹ u s ɪ f ə /
n1
any of various plants of the family Cruciferae;

- syn. cruciferous plant;

Cruciferae / k ɹ u s ɪ f ə ɹ i /
n1
a large family of plants with four-petaled flowers;

- includes mustards, cabbages, broccoli, turnips, cresses, and their many relatives;

- syn. Brassicaceae, family Brassicaceae, family Cruciferae, mustard family;

cruciferous / k ɹ u s ɪ f ə ɹ ə s /
a1
of or relating to or belonging to the plant family Cruciferae;

cruciferous plant
n1
any of various plants of the family Cruciferae;

- syn. crucifer;

cruciferous vegetable
n1
a vegetable of the mustard family: especially mustard greens;

- various cabbages;

- broccoli;

- cauliflower;

- brussels sprouts;

crucifix / k ɹ u s ɪ f ɪ k s /
n1
representation of the cross on which Jesus died;

- syn. rood, rood-tree;

n2
a gymnastic exercise performed on the rings when the gymnast supports himself with both arms extended horizontally;

crucifix fish
n1
sea catfish of the Caribbean area;

crucifixion / k ɹ u s ɪ f ɪ k ʃ n /
n1
the act of executing by a method widespread in the ancient world;

- the victim's hands and feet are bound or nailed to a cross;

n2
the death of Jesus by crucifixion;

n3
the infliction of extremely painful punishment or suffering;

- syn. excruciation;

cruciform / k ɹ u s ɪ f ɔ m /
a1
shaped like a cross;

- syn. cruciate;

- sim. symmetrical;

crucify / k ɹ u s ɪ f aɪ /
v1
kill by nailing onto a cross;

- "Jesus Christ was crucified";

v2
treat cruelly;

- "The children tormented the stuttering teacher";

- syn. bedevil, dun, frustrate, rag, torment;

v3
hold within limits and control;

- "subdue one's appetites";

- "mortify the flesh";

- syn. mortify, subdue;

v4
criticize harshly or violently;

- "The press savaged the new President";

- "The critics crucified the author for plagiarizing a famous passage";

- syn. blast, pillory, savage;

crud
n1
heavy wet snow that is unsuitable for skiing;

n2
any substance considered disgustingly foul or unpleasant;

- syn. filth, skank;

n3
an ill-defined bodily ailment;

- "he said he had the crud and needed a doctor";

cruddy
a1
characterized by obscenity;

- "had a filthy mouth";

- "foul language";

- "smutty jokes";

- syn. filthy, foul, nasty, smutty;

- sim. dirty;

crude / k ɹ u d /
n1
a dark oil consisting mainly of hydrocarbons;

- syn. crude oil, fossil oil, oil, petroleum, rock oil;

a1
not carefully or expertly made;

- "managed to make a crude splint";

- "a crude cabin of logs with bark still on them";

- "rough carpentry";

- syn. rough;

- sim. unskilled;

a2
conspicuously and tastelessly indecent;

- "coarse language";

- "a crude joke";

- "crude behavior";

- "an earthy sense of humor";

- "a revoltingly gross expletive";

- "a vulgar gesture";

- "full of language so vulgar it should have been edited";

- syn. earthy, gross, vulgar;

- sim. indecent;

a3
not refined or processed;

- "unrefined ore";

- "crude oil";

- syn. unprocessed, unrefined;

a4
belonging to an early stage of technical development;

- characterized by simplicity and (often) crudeness;

- "the crude weapons and rude agricultural implements of early man";

- "primitive movies of the 1890s";

- "primitive living conditions in the Appalachian mountains";

- syn. primitive, rude;

- sim. early;

a5
devoid of any qualifications or disguise or adornment;

- "the blunt truth";

- "the crude facts";

- "facing the stark reality of the deadline";

- syn. blunt, stark;

- sim. unconditional;

a6
not processed or subjected to analysis;

- "raw data";

- "the raw cost of production";

- "only the crude vital statistics";

- syn. raw;

- sim. unanalyzed;

crude oil
n1
a dark oil consisting mainly of hydrocarbons;

- syn. crude, fossil oil, oil, petroleum, rock oil;

crudely / k ɹ u d ɫ i /
r1
in a crude or unrefined manner;

- "he was crudely bold";

r2
in a crude and unskilled manner;

- "an inexpertly constructed lean-to";

- syn. artlessly, inexpertly;

crudeness / k ɹ u d n ɪ s /
n1
a wild or unrefined state;

- syn. crudity, primitiveness, primitivism, rudeness;

n2
an impolite manner that is vulgar and lacking tact or refinement;

- "the whole town was famous for its crudeness";

- syn. crudity, gaucheness;

n3
an unpolished unrefined quality;

- "the crudeness of frontier dwellings depressed her";

- syn. roughness;

crudites / k ɹ u d aɪ t s /
n1
raw vegetables cut into bite-sized strips and served with a dip;

crudity / k ɹ u d ɪ t i /
n1
a wild or unrefined state;

- syn. crudeness, primitiveness, primitivism, rudeness;

n2
an impolite manner that is vulgar and lacking tact or refinement;

- "the whole town was famous for its crudeness";

- syn. crudeness, gaucheness;

cruel / k ɹ ʊə ɫ /
a1
(of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering;

- "a barbarous crime";

- "brutal beatings";

- "cruel tortures";

- "Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks";

- "a savage slap";

- "vicious kicks";

- syn. barbarous, brutal, fell, roughshod, savage, vicious;

- sim. inhumane;

cruel and unusual punishment
n1
punishment prohibited by the 8th amendment to the U.S. Constitution;

- includes torture or degradation or punishment too severe for the crime committed;

cruel plant
n1
robust twining shrub having racemes of fragrant white or pink flowers with flat spreading terminal petals that trap nocturnal moths and hold them until dawn;

- syn. Araujia sericofera;

cruelly / k ɹ ʊə ɫ i /
r1
excessively;

- "a cruelly bitter winter";

r2
with cruelty;

- "he treated his students cruelly";

cruelness / k ɹ ʊə ɫ n ɛ s /
n1
the quality of being cruel and causing tension or annoyance;

- syn. cruelty, harshness;

cruelty / k ɹ u ə ɫ t i /
n1
a cruel act;

- a deliberate infliction of pain and suffering;

- syn. inhuman treatment;

n2
feelings of extreme heartlessness;

- syn. mercilessness, pitilessness, ruthlessness;

n3
the quality of being cruel and causing tension or annoyance;

- syn. cruelness, harshness;

cruet / k ɹ u ɪ t /
n1
bottle that holds wine or oil or vinegar for the table;

- syn. crewet;

cruet-stand / k ɹ u ɪ t s t æ n d /
n1
a stand for cruets containing various condiments;

cruise / k ɹ u z /
n1
an ocean trip taken for pleasure;

- syn. sail;

v1
drive around aimlessly but ostentatiously and at leisure;

- "She cruised the neighborhood in her new convertible";

v2
travel at a moderate speed;

- "Please keep your seat belt fastened while the plane is reaching cruising altitude";

v3
look for a sexual partner in a public place;

- "The men were cruising the park";

v4
sail or travel about for pleasure, relaxation, or sightseeing;

- "We were cruising in the Caribbean";

cruise control
n1
control mechanism for keeping an automobile at a set speed;

cruise liner
n1
a passenger ship used commercially for pleasure cruises;

- syn. cruise ship;

cruise missile
n1
an unmanned aircraft that is a self-contained bomb;

cruise ship
n1
a passenger ship used commercially for pleasure cruises;

- syn. cruise liner;

cruiser / k ɹ u z ə , k ɹ u z ə ɹ /
n1
a car in which policemen cruise the streets;

- equipped with radiotelephonic communications to headquarters;

- syn. patrol car, police car, police cruiser, prowl car, squad car;

n2
a large fast warship;

- smaller than a battleship and larger than a destroyer;

n3
a large motorboat that has a cabin and plumbing and other conveniences necessary for living on board;

- syn. cabin cruiser, pleasure boat, pleasure craft;

cruiserweight
n1
a professional boxer who weighs between 169 and 175 pounds;

- syn. light heavyweight;

cruller
n1
small friedcake formed into twisted strips and fried;

- richer than doughnuts;

- syn. twister;

crumb / k ɹ ʌ m /
n1
a very small quantity of something;

- "he gave only a crumb of information about his plans";

- "there were few crumbs of comfort in the report";

n2
a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible;

- "only a rotter would do that";

- "kill the rat";

- "throw the bum out";

- "you cowardly little pukes!";

- "the British call a contemptible person a `git'";

- syn. bum, dirty dog, git, lowlife, puke, rat, rotter, scum bag, skunk, so-and-so, stinker, stinkpot;

n3
small piece of e.g. bread or cake;

v1
coat with bread crumbs;

- "crumb a cutlet";

v2
break into crumbs;

v3
remove crumbs from;

- "crumb the table";

crumb cake
n1
cake or coffeecake topped with a mixture of sugar and butter and flour;

crumble / k ɹ ʌ m b ɫ /
v1
fall apart;

- "the building crumbled after the explosion";

- "Negotiations broke down";

- syn. break down, collapse, crumple, tumble;

v2
break or fall apart into fragments;

- "The cookies crumbled";

- "The Sphinx is crumbling";

- syn. fall apart;

v3
fall into decay or ruin;

- "The unoccupied house started to decay";

- syn. decay, dilapidate;

crumbliness
n1
excessive breakableness;

- syn. friability;

crumbly / k ɹ ʌ m b ɫ i /
a1
easily broken into small fragments or reduced to powder;

- "friable sandstone";

- "friable carcinomatous tissue";

- "friable curds formed in the stomach";

- "crumbly cookies";

- syn. friable;

- sim. breakable;

crumhorn
n1
a Renaissance woodwind with a double reed and a curving tube (crooked horn);

- syn. cromorne, krummhorn;

crummy / k ɹ ʌ m i /
a1
of very poor quality;

- flimsy;

- syn. bum, cheap, cheesy, chintzy, punk, sleazy, tinny;

- sim. inferior;

crump / k ɹ ʌ m p /
v1
make a noise typical of an engine lacking lubricants;

- syn. scrunch, thud;

v2
bombard with heavy shells;

v3
explode heavily or with a loud dull noise;

crumpet / k ɹ ʌ m p ɪ t /
n1
a thick soft cake with a porous texture;

- cooked on a griddle;

crumple / k ɹ ʌ m p ɫ /
v1
fall apart;

- "the building crumbled after the explosion";

- "Negotiations broke down";

- syn. break down, collapse, crumble, tumble;

v2
fold or collapse;

- "His knees buckled";

- syn. buckle;

v3
to gather something into small wrinkles or folds;

- "She puckered her lips";

- syn. cockle, knit, pucker, rumple;

v4
become wrinkled or crumpled or creased;

- "This fabric won't wrinkle";

- syn. crease, crinkle, rumple, wrinkle;

crumpled / k ɹ ʌ m p ɫ d /
a1
of metal e.g.;

- "bent nails";

- "a car with a crumpled front end";

- "dented fenders";

- syn. bent, dented;

- sim. damaged;

crunch / k ɹ ʌ n tʃ /
n1
the sound of something crunching;

- "he heard the crunch of footsteps on the gravel path";

n2
a critical situation that arises because of a shortage (as a shortage of time or money or resources);

- "an end-of-the year crunch";

- "a financial crunch";

n3
the act of crushing;

- syn. compaction, crush;

v1
make a crushing noise;

- "his shoes were crunching on the gravel";

- syn. crackle, scranch, scraunch;

v2
press or grind with a crushing noise;

- syn. cranch, craunch, grind;

v3
chew noisily;

- "The children crunched the celery sticks";

- syn. munch;

v4
reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading;

- "grind the spices in a mortar";

- "mash the garlic";

- syn. bray, comminute, grind, mash;

crupper / k ɹ ʌ p ə , k ɹ ʌ p ə ɹ /
n1
a strap from the back of a saddle passing under the horse's tail;

- prevents saddle from slipping forward;

crural
a1
of or relating the leg from the knee to the foot;

crus
n1
the leg from the knee to foot;

crusade / k ɹ u s eɪ d /
n1
a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end;

- "he supported populist campaigns";

- "they worked in the cause of world peace";

- "the team was ready for a drive toward the pennant";

- "the movement to end slavery";

- "contributed to the war effort";

- syn. campaign, cause, drive, effort, movement;

n2
any of the more or less continuous military expeditions in the 11th to 13th centuries when Christian powers of Europe tried to recapture the Holy Land from the Muslims;

v1
exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person;

- be an advocate for;

- "The liberal party pushed for reforms";

- "She is crusading for women's rights";

- "The Dean is pushing for his favorite candidate";

- syn. agitate, campaign, fight, press, push;

v2
go on a crusade;

- fight a holy war;

crusader / k ɹ u s eɪ d ə , k ɹ u s eɪ d ə ɹ /
n1
a disputant who advocates reform;

- syn. meliorist, reformer, reformist, social reformer;

n2
a warrior who engages in a holy war;

- "the Crusaders tried to recapture the Holy Land from the Muslims";

cruse / k ɹ u z /
n1
small jar;

- holds liquid (oil or water);

crush / k ɹ ʌ ʃ /
n1
leather that has had its grain pattern accentuated;

- syn. crushed leather;

n2
a dense crowd of people;

- syn. jam, press;

n3
temporary love of an adolescent;

- syn. calf love, infatuation, puppy love;

n4
the act of crushing;

- syn. compaction, crunch;

v1
come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority;

- "The government oppresses political activists";

- syn. oppress, suppress;

v2
to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition;

- "crush an aluminum can";

- "squeeze a lemon";

- syn. mash, squash, squeeze, squelch;

v3
come out better in a competition, race, or conflict;

- "Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship";

- "We beat the competition";

- "Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game";

- syn. beat, beat out, shell, trounce, vanquish;

v4
break into small pieces;

- "The car crushed the toy";

v5
humiliate or depress completely;

- "She was crushed by his refusal of her invitation";

- "The death of her son smashed her";

- syn. smash;

v6
crush or bruise;

- "jam a toe";

- syn. jam;

v7
make ineffective;

- "Martin Luther King tried to break down racial discrimination";

- syn. break down;

v8
become injured, broken, or distorted by pressure;

- "The plastic bottle crushed against the wall";

crush out
v1
extinguish by crushing;

- "stub out your cigar";

- syn. extinguish, press out, stub out;

crushed / k ɹ ʌ ʃ t /
a1
treated so as to have a permanently wrinkled appearance;

- "crushed velvet";

- sim. rough;

a2
subdued or brought low in condition or status;

- "brought low";

- "a broken man";

- "his broken spirit";

- syn. broken, humbled, humiliated, low;

- sim. humble;

crushed leather
n1
leather that has had its grain pattern accentuated;

- syn. crush;

crushed rock
n1
rock fragments and pebbles;

- syn. gravel;

crusher / k ɹ ʌ ʃ ə /
n1
a device that crushes something;

crushing / k ɹ ʌ ʃ ɪ ŋ /
n1
forceful prevention;

- putting down by power or authority;

- "the suppression of heresy";

- "the quelling of the rebellion";

- "the stifling of all dissent";

- syn. quelling, stifling, suppression;

a1
physically or spiritually devastating;

- often used in combination;

- "a crushing blow";

- "a crushing rejection";

- "bone-crushing";

- syn. devastating;

- sim. destructive;

crushingly / k ɹ ʌ ʃ ɪ ŋ ɫ i /
r1
in a crushing manner;

- "the team was crushingly defeated";

crust / k ɹ ʌ s t /
n1
the outer layer of the Earth;

- syn. Earth's crust;

n2
a hard outer layer that covers something;

- syn. encrustation, incrustation;

n3
the trait of being rude and impertinent;

- inclined to take liberties;

- syn. cheekiness, freshness, gall, impertinence, impudence, insolence;

v1
form a crust or form into a crust;

- "The bread crusted in the oven";

Crustacea / k ɹ ʌ s t eɪ ʃ j ə /
n1
class of mandibulate arthropods including: lobsters;

- crabs;

- shrimps;

- woodlice;

- barnacles;

- decapods;

- water fleas;

- syn. class Crustacea;

crustacean / k ɹ ʌ s t eɪ ʃ n , k ɹ ʌ s t eɪ ʃ j ə n /
n1
any mainly aquatic arthropod usually having a segmented body and chitinous exoskeleton;

a1
of or belonging to the class Crustacea;

- syn. crustaceous;

crustaceous / k ɹ ʌ s t eɪ ʃ j ə s /
a1
of or belonging to the class Crustacea;

- syn. crustacean;

a2
being or having or resembling a hard crust or shell;

crustal
a1
of or relating to or characteristic of the crust of the earth or moon;

crustal movement
n1
movement resulting from or causing deformation of the earth's crust;

- syn. tectonic movement;

crustal plate
n1
a rigid layer of the Earth's crust that is believed to drift slowly;

- syn. plate;

crusted / k ɹ ʌ s t ɪ d /
a1
having a hardened crust as a covering;

- syn. crustlike, crusty, encrusted;

- sim. covered;

crustlike
a1
having a hardened crust as a covering;

- syn. crusted, crusty, encrusted;

- sim. covered;

crustose / k ɹ ʌ s t oʊ s /
a1
(of lichens) having a thin crusty thallus that adheres closely to the surface on which it is growing;

- "crustose lichens";

crustose thallus
n1
thin crusty lichen thallus;

- adheres closely to or is embedded in the surface on which it grows;

crusty / k ɹ ʌ s t i /
a1
having a hardened crust as a covering;

- syn. crusted, crustlike, encrusted;

- sim. covered;

a2
brusque and surly and forbidding;

- "crusty remarks";

- "a crusty old man";

- "his curmudgeonly temper";

- "gruff manner";

- "a gruff reply";

- syn. curmudgeonly, gruff, ill-humored, ill-humoured;

- sim. ill-natured;

crutch / k ɹ ʌ tʃ /
n1
a wooden or metal staff that fits under the armpit and reaches to the ground;

- used by disabled person while walking;

n2
anything that serves as an expedient;

- "he uses drugs as a psychological crutch";

Crux / k ɹ ʌ k s /
n1
a small conspicuous constellation in the southern hemisphere in the Milky Way near Centaurus;

- syn. Crux Australis, Southern Cross;

n2
the most important point;

- syn. crux of the matter;

Crux Australis
n1
a small conspicuous constellation in the southern hemisphere in the Milky Way near Centaurus;

- syn. Crux, Southern Cross;

crux of the matter
n1
the most important point;

- syn. crux;

cry / k ɹ aɪ /
n1
a loud utterance;

- often in protest or opposition;

- "the speaker was interrupted by loud cries from the rear of the audience";

- syn. call, outcry, shout, vociferation, yell;

n2
a loud utterance of emotion (especially when inarticulate);

- "a cry of rage";

- "a yell of pain";

- syn. yell;

n3
a slogan used to rally support for a cause;

- "a cry to arms";

- "our watchword will be `democracy'";

- syn. battle cry, rallying cry, war cry, watchword;

n4
a fit of weeping;

- "had a good cry";

n5
the characteristic utterance of an animal;

- "animal cries filled the night";

v1
utter a sudden loud cry;

- "she cried with pain when the doctor inserted the needle";

- "I yelled to her from the window but she couldn't hear me";

- syn. call, holler, hollo, scream, shout, shout out, squall, yell;

- also cry out;

v2
shed tears because of sadness, rage, or pain;

- "She cried bitterly when she heard the news of his death";

- "The girl in the wheelchair wept with frustration when she could not get up the stairs";

- syn. weep;

v3
utter aloud;

- often with surprise, horror, or joy;

- "`I won!' he exclaimed";

- "`Help!' she cried";

- "`I'm here,' the mother shouted when she saw her child looking lost";

- syn. call out, cry out, exclaim, outcry, shout;

v4
proclaim or announce in public;

- "before we had newspapers, a town crier would cry the news";

- "He cried his merchandise in the market square";

- syn. blazon out;

v5
demand immediate action;

- "This situation is crying for attention";

v6
utter a characteristic sound;

- "The cat was crying";

v7
bring into a particular state by crying;

- "The little boy cried himself to sleep";

cry-baby tree
n1
small South American spiny tree with dark crimson and scarlet flowers solitary or clustered;

- syn. Erythrina crista-galli, ceibo, common coral tree, crybaby tree;

cry for
v1
need badly or desperately;

- "This question cries out for an answer";

- syn. cry out for;

cry out
v1
utter aloud;

- often with surprise, horror, or joy;

- "`I won!' he exclaimed";

- "`Help!' she cried";

- "`I'm here,' the mother shouted when she saw her child looking lost";

- syn. call out, cry, exclaim, outcry, shout;

cry out for
v1
need badly or desperately;

- "This question cries out for an answer";

- syn. cry for;

cryaesthesia
n1
hypersensitivity to cold;

- syn. cryesthesia;

crybaby / k ɹ aɪ b eɪ b i /
n1
a person who lacks confidence, is irresolute and wishy-washy;

- syn. chicken, wimp;

n2
a person given to excessive complaints and crying and whining;

- syn. bellyacher, complainer, grumbler, moaner, sniveller, squawker, whiner;

crybaby tree
n1
small South American spiny tree with dark crimson and scarlet flowers solitary or clustered;

- syn. Erythrina crista-galli, ceibo, common coral tree, cry-baby tree;

cryesthesia
n1
hypersensitivity to cold;

- syn. cryaesthesia;

crying / k ɹ aɪ ɪ ŋ /
n1
the process of shedding tears (usually accompanied by sobs or other inarticulate sounds);

- "I hate to hear the crying of a child";

- "she was in tears";

- syn. tears, weeping;

a1
demanding attention;

- "clamant needs";

- "a crying need";

- "regarded literary questions as exigent and momentous"- H.L.Mencken;

- "insistent hunger";

- "an instant need";

- syn. clamant, exigent, insistent, instant;

- sim. imperative;

a2
conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible;

- "a crying shame";

- "an egregious lie";

- "flagrant violation of human rights";

- "a glaring error";

- "gross ineptitude";

- "gross injustice";

- "rank treachery";

- syn. egregious, flagrant, glaring, gross, rank;

- sim. conspicuous;

cryoanaesthesia
n1
insensibility resulting from cold;

- syn. cryoanesthesia;

cryoanesthesia
n1
insensibility resulting from cold;

- syn. cryoanaesthesia;

cryobiology
n1
the branch of biology that studies the effects of low temperatures on living tissues or organs or organisms;

cryocautery
n1
an instrument for destroying tissue by freezing it;

n2
application of a substance that destroys tissue by freezing it;

cryogen
n1
a liquid that boils at below -160 C and is used as a refrigerant;

cryogenic
a1
of or relating to very low temperatures;

cryogenics
n1
the branch of physics that studies the phenomena that occur at very low temperatures;

- syn. cryogeny;

cryogeny
n1
the branch of physics that studies the phenomena that occur at very low temperatures;

- syn. cryogenics;

cryolite
n1
a white mineral consisting of fluorides of aluminum and sodium;

- a source of fluorine;

- syn. Greenland spar;

cryometer
n1
a thermometer designed to measure low temperatures;

cryonic
a1
of or relating to cryonics;

cryonics
n1
the freezing of a seriously ill or recently deceased person to stop tissues from decomposing;

- the body is preserved until new medical cures are developed that might bring the person back to life;

- "cryonics is more science fiction than serious science";

cryopathy
n1
destruction of tissue by freezing and characterized by tingling, blistering and possibly gangrene;

- syn. frostbite;

cryophobia
n1
a morbid fear of freezing;

cryoscope
n1
a measuring instrument for measuring freezing and melting points;

cryostat
n1
a thermostat that operates at very low temperatures;

cryosurgery
n1
the use of extreme cold (usually liquid nitrogen) to destroy unwanted tissue (warts or cataracts or skin cancers);

crypt / k ɹ ɪ p t /
n1
a cellar or vault or underground burial chamber (especially beneath a church);

Cryptacanthodes
n1
a genus of Stichaeidae;

- syn. genus Cryptacanthodes;

Cryptacanthodes maculatus
n1
eellike Atlantic bottom fish with large almost vertical mouth;

- syn. ghostfish, wrymouth;

cryptanalysis
n1
the science of analyzing and deciphering codes and ciphers and cryptograms;

- syn. cryptanalytics, cryptography, cryptology;

cryptanalyst
n1
decoder skilled in the analysis of codes and cryptograms;

- syn. cryptographer, cryptologist;

cryptanalytic
a1
of or relating to cryptanalysis;

- syn. cryptographic, cryptographical, cryptologic, cryptological;

cryptanalytics
n1
the science of analyzing and deciphering codes and ciphers and cryptograms;

- syn. cryptanalysis, cryptography, cryptology;

cryptic / k ɹ ɪ p t ɪ k /
a1
of an obscure nature;

- "the new insurance policy is written without cryptic or mysterious terms";

- "a deep dark secret";

- "the inscrutable workings of Providence";

- "in its mysterious past it encompasses all the dim origins of life"- Rachel Carson;

- "rituals totally mystifying to visitors from other lands";

- syn. cryptical, deep, inscrutable, mysterious, mystifying;

- sim. inexplicable;

a2
having a secret or hidden meaning;

- "cabalistic symbols engraved in stone";

- "cryptic writings";

- "thoroughly sibylline in most of his pronouncements"- John Gunther;

- syn. cabalistic, cryptical, kabbalistic, qabalistic, sibylline;

- sim. esoteric;

a3
having a puzzling terseness;

- "a cryptic note";

- sim. concise;

cryptic coloration
n1
coloring that conceals or disguises an animal's shape;

cryptical / k ɹ ɪ p t ɪ k ə ɫ /
a1
of an obscure nature;

- "the new insurance policy is written without cryptic or mysterious terms";

- "a deep dark secret";

- "the inscrutable workings of Providence";

- "in its mysterious past it encompasses all the dim origins of life"- Rachel Carson;

- "rituals totally mystifying to visitors from other lands";

- syn. cryptic, deep, inscrutable, mysterious, mystifying;

- sim. inexplicable;

a2
having a secret or hidden meaning;

- "cabalistic symbols engraved in stone";

- "cryptic writings";

- "thoroughly sibylline in most of his pronouncements"- John Gunther;

- syn. cabalistic, cryptic, kabbalistic, qabalistic, sibylline;

- sim. esoteric;

cryptically / k ɹ ɪ p t ɪ k ɫ i /
r1
in a cryptic manner;

- "`we will meet again', he said cryptically";

- syn. enigmatically, mysteriously;

cryptobiosis
n1
a state in which an animal's metabolic activities come to a reversible standstill;

cryptobiotic
a1
of or related to the state of cryptobiosis;

Cryptobranchidae
n1
large aquatic salamanders: hellbenders;

- giant salamanders;

- syn. family Cryptobranchidae;

Cryptobranchus
n1
type genus of the Cryptobranchidae;

- syn. genus Cryptobranchus;

Cryptobranchus alleganiensis
n1
large salamander of North American rivers and streams;

- syn. hellbender, mud puppy;

Cryptocercidae
n1
a family of Blattodea;

- syn. family Cryptocercidae;

Cryptocercus
n1
cockroaches;

- syn. genus Cryptocercus;

cryptococcosis
n1
a fungal infection characterized by nodular lesions--first in the lungs and spreading to the nervous system;

cryptocoryne
n1
any plant of the genus Cryptocoryne;

- evergreen perennials growing in fresh or brackish water;

- tropical Asia;

- syn. water trumpet;

cryptogam / k ɹ ɪ p t oʊ ɡ æ m /
n1
formerly recognized taxonomic group including all flowerless and seedless plants that reproduce by means of spores: ferns, mosses, algae, fungi;

Cryptogamia
n1
in former classification systems: one of two major plant divisions, including all plants that do not bear seeds: ferns, mosses, algae, fungi;

cryptogamic / k ɹ ɪ p t oʊ ɡ æ m ɪ k /
a1
of or relating to a cryptogam;

- syn. cryptogamous;

cryptogamous
a1
of or relating to a cryptogam;

- syn. cryptogamic;

cryptogram / k ɹ ɪ p t ə ɡ ɹ æ m /
n1
a piece of writing in code or cipher;

- syn. cryptograph, secret writing;

Cryptogramma / k ɹ ɪ p t ə ɡ ɹ æ m ə /
n1
sometimes placed in family Polypodiaceae or Cryptogrammataceae;

- syn. genus Cryptogramma;

Cryptogramma acrostichoides
n1
rock-inhabiting fern of northern North America growing in massive tufts and having fronds resembling parsley;

- syn. American parsley fern, American rock brake;

Cryptogramma crispa
n1
fern of Europe and Asia Minor having short slender rhizome and densely tufted bright green fronds resembling parsley;

- syn. European parsley fern, mountain parsley fern;

Cryptogrammataceae
n1
one of a number of families into which the family Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems;

- syn. family Cryptogrammataceae;

cryptograph / k ɹ ɪ p t oʊ ɡ ɹ ɑ f /
n1
a secret method of writing;

- syn. cipher, cypher, secret code;

n2
a piece of writing in code or cipher;

- syn. cryptogram, secret writing;

n3
a device for deciphering codes and ciphers;

cryptographer / k ɹ ɪ p t ɒ ɡ ɹ ə f ə /
n1
decoder skilled in the analysis of codes and cryptograms;

- syn. cryptanalyst, cryptologist;

cryptographic / k ɹ ɪ p t oʊ ɡ ɹ æ f ɪ k /
a1
of or relating to cryptanalysis;

- syn. cryptanalytic, cryptographical, cryptologic, cryptological;

cryptographical
a1
of or relating to cryptanalysis;

- syn. cryptanalytic, cryptographic, cryptologic, cryptological;

cryptographically
r1
in a cryptographic manner;

cryptography / k ɹ ɪ p t ɒ ɡ ɹ ə f i /
n1
the science of analyzing and deciphering codes and ciphers and cryptograms;

- syn. cryptanalysis, cryptanalytics, cryptology;

n2
act of writing in code or cipher;

- syn. coding, secret writing, steganography;

cryptologic
a1
of or relating to cryptanalysis;

- syn. cryptanalytic, cryptographic, cryptographical, cryptological;

cryptological
a1
of or relating to cryptanalysis;

- syn. cryptanalytic, cryptographic, cryptographical, cryptologic;

cryptologist / k ɹ ɪ p t ɒ ɫ ə dʒ ɪ s t /
n1
decoder skilled in the analysis of codes and cryptograms;

- syn. cryptanalyst, cryptographer;

cryptology / k ɹ ɪ p t ɒ ɫ ə dʒ i /
n1
the science of analyzing and deciphering codes and ciphers and cryptograms;

- syn. cryptanalysis, cryptanalytics, cryptography;

Cryptomeria
n1
Japanese cedar;

- sugi;

- syn. genus Cryptomeria;

Cryptomeria japonica
n1
tall evergreen of Japan and China yielding valuable soft wood;

- syn. Japan cedar, Japanese cedar, sugi;

cryptomonad
n1
common in fresh and salt water appearing along the shore as algal blooms;

- syn. cryptophyte;

Cryptophyceae
n1
motile usually brownish-green protozoa-like algae;

- syn. class Cryptophyceae;

Cryptophyta
n1
a phylum in the kingdom Protoctista;

- syn. phylum Cryptophyta;

cryptophyte
n1
common in fresh and salt water appearing along the shore as algal blooms;

- syn. cryptomonad;

Cryptoprocta
n1
large primitive cat-like carnivores inhabiting forests of Madagascar;

- syn. genus Cryptoprocta;

Cryptoprocta ferox
n1
largest carnivore of Madagascar;

- intermediate in some respects between cats and civets;

- syn. fossa, fossa cat;

cryptorchidism
n1
failure of one or both testes to move into the scrotum as the male fetus develops;

- syn. cryptorchidy, cryptorchism;

cryptorchidy
n1
failure of one or both testes to move into the scrotum as the male fetus develops;

- syn. cryptorchidism, cryptorchism;

cryptorchism
n1
failure of one or both testes to move into the scrotum as the male fetus develops;

- syn. cryptorchidism, cryptorchidy;

Cryptotermes
n1
genus of dry wood termites;

- cosmopolitan in distribution;

- sometimes considered a subgenus of Kalotermes;

- syn. genus Cryptotermes;

Cryptotermes brevis
n1
extremely destructive dry-wood termite of warm regions;

- syn. powder-post termite;

Cryptotis
n1
least shrews;

- syn. genus Cryptotis;

Cryptotis parva
n1
small brown shrew of grassy regions of eastern United States;

- syn. least shrew;

crystal / k ɹ ɪ s t ɫ /
n1
a solid formed by the solidification of a chemical and having a highly regular atomic structure;

n2
a crystalline element used as a component in various electronic devices;

n3
a rock formed by the solidification of a substance;

- has regularly repeating internal structure;

- external plane faces;

- syn. crystallization;

n4
colorless glass made of almost pure silica;

- syn. lechatelierite, quartz, quartz glass, vitreous silica;

n5
glassware made of quartz;

n6
a protective cover that protects the face of a watch;

- syn. watch crystal, watch glass;

crystal ball
n1
a glass or crystal globe used in crystal gazing by fortunetellers;

crystal clear
a1
transmitting light;

- able to be seen through with clarity;

- "the cold crystalline water of melted snow";

- "crystal clear skies";

- "could see the sand on the bottom of the limpid pool";

- "lucid air";

- "a pellucid brook";

- "transparent crystal";

- syn. crystalline, limpid, lucid, pellucid, transparent;

- sim. clear;

a2
(of language) transparently clear;

- easily understandable;

- "writes in a limpid style";

- "lucid directions";

- "a luculent oration"- Robert Burton;

- "pellucid prose";

- "a crystal clear explanation";

- "a perspicuous argument";

- syn. limpid, lucid, luculent, pellucid, perspicuous;

- sim. clear;

crystal counter
n1
a counter tube in which an ionizing event increases conductivity;

crystal detector
n1
a detector consisting of a fine wire in contact with a galena crystal;

- acts as a rectifier;

crystal gazing
n1
staring into a crystal ball to arouse visions of future or distant events;

crystal lattice
n1
a 3-dimensional geometric arrangement of the atoms or molecules or ions composing a crystal;

- syn. Bravais lattice, space lattice;

crystal microphone
n1
a microphone in which sound waves vibrate a piezoelectric crystal that generates a varying voltage;

- syn. crystal mike;

crystal mike
n1
a microphone in which sound waves vibrate a piezoelectric crystal that generates a varying voltage;

- syn. crystal microphone;

crystal oscillator
n1
an oscillator that produces electrical oscillations at a frequency determined by the physical characteristics of a piezoelectric quartz crystal;

- syn. quartz oscillator;

crystal pickup
n1
a cartridge in which an output voltage is produced by the vibration of a piezoelectric crystal;

crystal rectifier
n1
a semiconductor that consists of a p-n junction;

- syn. diode, junction rectifier, semiconductor diode;

crystal set
n1
an early radio receiver using a crystal detector;

crystal tea
n1
evergreen shrub of eastern North America having white or creamy bell-shaped flowers and dark green hairy leaves used for tea during American Revolution;

- syn. Labrador tea, Ledum groenlandicum;

crystal violet
n1
a green crystal (violet in water) used as a dye or stain or bactericide or fungicide or anthelmintic or burn treatment;

- syn. gentian violet;

crystalise
v1
make free from confusion or ambiguity;

- make clear;

- "Could you clarify these remarks?";

- "Clear up the question of who is at fault";

- syn. clear, clear up, crystalize, crystallise, crystallize, elucidate, enlighten, illuminate, shed light on, sort out, straighten out;

v2
cause to form crystals or assume crystalline form;

- "crystallize minerals";

- syn. crystalize, crystallise, crystallize;

v3
assume crystalline form;

- become crystallized;

- syn. crystalize, crystallize, effloresce;

v4
cause to take on a definite and clear shape;

- "He tried to crystallize his thoughts";

- syn. crystalize, crystallise, crystallize;

crystalised
a1
(used especially of fruits) preserved by coating with or allowing to absorb sugar;

- syn. candied, crystalized, glace;

- sim. preserved;

a2
having both internal structure and external form of a crystal;

- "quartz crystal is perfectly crystallized";

- syn. crystallized;

- sim. crystalline;

crystalize
v1
make free from confusion or ambiguity;

- make clear;

- "Could you clarify these remarks?";

- "Clear up the question of who is at fault";

- syn. clear, clear up, crystalise, crystallise, crystallize, elucidate, enlighten, illuminate, shed light on, sort out, straighten out;

v2
cause to form crystals or assume crystalline form;

- "crystallize minerals";

- syn. crystalise, crystallise, crystallize;

v3
assume crystalline form;

- become crystallized;

- syn. crystalise, crystallize, effloresce;

v4
cause to take on a definite and clear shape;

- "He tried to crystallize his thoughts";

- syn. crystalise, crystallise, crystallize;

crystalized
a1
(used especially of fruits) preserved by coating with or allowing to absorb sugar;

- syn. candied, crystalised, glace;

- sim. preserved;

crystalline / k ɹ ɪ s t ə ɫ aɪ n /
a1
consisting of or containing or of the nature of crystals;

- "granite is crystalline";

- sim. crystallized, microcrystalline, polycrystalline;

a2
distinctly or sharply outlined;

- "crystalline sharpness of outline"- John Buchan;

- sim. distinct;

a3
transmitting light;

- able to be seen through with clarity;

- "the cold crystalline water of melted snow";

- "crystal clear skies";

- "could see the sand on the bottom of the limpid pool";

- "lucid air";

- "a pellucid brook";

- "transparent crystal";

- syn. crystal clear, limpid, lucid, pellucid, transparent;

- sim. clear;

crystalline lens
n1
biconvex transparent body situated behind the iris in the eye;

- its role (along with the cornea) is to focus light on the retina;

- syn. lens, lens of the eye;

crystallisation / k ɹ ɪ s t ə ɫ aɪ z eɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
the formation of crystals;

- syn. crystallization, crystallizing;

crystallise
v1
make free from confusion or ambiguity;

- make clear;

- "Could you clarify these remarks?";

- "Clear up the question of who is at fault";

- syn. clear, clear up, crystalise, crystalize, crystallize, elucidate, enlighten, illuminate, shed light on, sort out, straighten out;

v2
cause to form crystals or assume crystalline form;

- "crystallize minerals";

- syn. crystalise, crystalize, crystallize;

v3
cause to take on a definite and clear shape;

- "He tried to crystallize his thoughts";

- syn. crystalise, crystalize, crystallize;

crystallised
a1
having become fixed and definite in form;

- "distinguish between crystallized and uncrystallized opinion"- Psychological Abstracts;

- syn. crystallized;

crystallite / k ɹ ɪ s t ə ɫ aɪ t /
n1
any of numerous minute rudimentary crystalline bodies of unknown composition found in glassy igneous rock;

crystallization / k ɹ ɪ s t ə ɫ aɪ z eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the formation of crystals;

- syn. crystallisation, crystallizing;

n2
a rock formed by the solidification of a substance;

- has regularly repeating internal structure;

- external plane faces;

- syn. crystal;

n3
a mental synthesis that becomes fixed or concrete by a process resembling crystal formation;

crystallize / k ɹ ɪ s t ə ɫ aɪ z /
v1
cause to take on a definite and clear shape;

- "He tried to crystallize his thoughts";

- syn. crystalise, crystalize, crystallise;

v2
make free from confusion or ambiguity;

- make clear;

- "Could you clarify these remarks?";

- "Clear up the question of who is at fault";

- syn. clear, clear up, crystalise, crystalize, crystallise, elucidate, enlighten, illuminate, shed light on, sort out, straighten out;

v3
cause to form crystals or assume crystalline form;

- "crystallize minerals";

- syn. crystalise, crystalize, crystallise;

v4
assume crystalline form;

- become crystallized;

- syn. crystalise, crystalize, effloresce;

crystallized / k ɹ ɪ s t ə ɫ aɪ z d /
a1
having become fixed and definite in form;

- "distinguish between crystallized and uncrystallized opinion"- Psychological Abstracts;

- syn. crystallised;

a2
having both internal structure and external form of a crystal;

- "quartz crystal is perfectly crystallized";

- syn. crystalised;

- sim. crystalline;

crystallized fruit
n1
fruit cooked in sugar syrup and encrusted with a sugar crystals;

- syn. candied fruit, succade;

crystallized ginger
n1
strips of gingerroot cooked in sugar syrup and coated with sugar;

crystallizing / k ɹ ɪ s t ə ɫ aɪ z ɪ ŋ /
n1
the formation of crystals;

- syn. crystallisation, crystallization;

crystallographer / k ɹ ɪ s t ə ɫ ɒ ɡ ɹ ə f ə /
n1
a specialist in crystallography;

crystallography / k ɹ ɪ s t ə ɫ ɒ ɡ ɹ ə f i /
n1
the branch of science that studies the formation and structure of crystals;

Cs
n1
a soft silver-white ductile metallic element (liquid at normal temperatures);

- the most electropositive and alkaline metal;

- syn. atomic number 55, caesium, cesium;

CS gas
n1
a tear gas that is stronger than CN gas but wears off faster;

- can be deployed by grenades or cluster bombs;

- can cause skin burns and fatal pulmonary edema;

- syn. chlorobenzylidenemalononitrile;

CSE
n1
Canadian agency that gathers communications intelligence and assist law enforcement and security agencies;

- syn. Communications Security Establishment;

CSIS
n1
Canada's main foreign intelligence agency that gathers and analyzes information to provide security intelligence for the Canadian government;

- syn. Canadian Security Intelligence Service;

CST
n1
standard time in the 6th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 90th meridian;

- used in the central United States;

- syn. Central Standard Time, Central Time;

CT
n1
a New England state;

- one of the original 13 colonies;

- syn. Connecticut, Constitution State, Ct., Nutmeg State;

n2
a method of examining body organs by scanning them with X rays and using a computer to construct a series of cross-sectional scans along a single axis;

- syn. CAT, computed axial tomography, computed tomography, computerized axial tomography, computerized tomography;

Ct.
n1
a New England state;

- one of the original 13 colonies;

- syn. CT, Connecticut, Constitution State, Nutmeg State;

CTC
n1
an agency that helps the Director of Central Intelligence coordinate counterterrorist efforts in order to preempt and disrupt and defeat terrorist activities at the earliest possible stage;

- syn. Counterterrorist Center;

ctene
n1
a locomotor organ consisting of a row of strong cilia whose bases are fused;

- syn. comb-plate;

ctenidium
n1
comb-like respiratory structure serving as the gill of certain mollusks;

Ctenizidae
n1
large burrowing spiders;

- syn. family Ctenizidae;

Ctenocephalides
n1
an arthropod genus of fleas;

- syn. genus Ctenocephalides;

Ctenocephalides canis
n1
flea that attacks dogs and cats;

- syn. dog flea;

Ctenocephalides felis
n1
flea that breeds chiefly on cats and dogs and rats;

- syn. cat flea;

Ctenocephalus
n1
a former usage synonymous with Ctenocephalides;

- syn. genus Ctenocephalus;

ctenoid
a1
resembling a comb;

- having projections like the teeth of a comb;

- syn. comb-like;

Ctenophora
n1
comb jellies;

- sea acorns;

- a small phylum formerly considered a class of Coelenterata;

- syn. phylum Ctenophora;

ctenophore
n1
biradially symmetrical hermaphroditic solitary marine animals resembling jellyfishes having for locomotion eight rows of cilia arranged like teeth in a comb;

- syn. comb jelly;

ctenophore family
n1
a family of ctenophores;

ctenophore genus
n1
a genus of ctenophores;

Cu
n1
a ductile malleable reddish-brown corrosion-resistant diamagnetic metallic element;

- occurs in various minerals but is the only metal that occurs abundantly in large masses;

- used as an electrical and thermal conductor;

- syn. atomic number 29, copper;

cu ft
n1
the volume equal to a cube one foot on each side;

- syn. cubic foot;

cu in
n1
the volume equal to a cube one inch on each side;

- syn. cubic inch;

cub / k ʌ b /
n1
an awkward and inexperienced youth;

- syn. greenhorn, rookie;

n2
a male child (a familiar term of address to a boy);

- syn. lad, laddie, sonny, sonny boy;

n3
the young of certain carnivorous mammals such as the bear or wolf or lion;

- syn. young carnivore;

v1
give birth to cubs;

- "bears cub every year";

Cub Scout
n1
a junior Boy Scout;

cub shark
n1
a most common shark in temperate and tropical coastal waters worldwide;

- heavy-bodied and dangerous;

- syn. Carcharhinus leucas, bull shark;

Cuba / k j u b ə /
n1
a communist state in the Caribbean on the island of Cuba;

- syn. Republic of Cuba;

n2
the largest island in the West Indies;

cubage unit
n1
a unit of measurement of volume or capacity;

- syn. capacity measure, capacity unit, cubature unit, cubic content unit, cubic measure, displacement unit, volume unit;

Cuban / k j u b ə n /
n1
a native or inhabitant of Cuba;

a1
of or relating to or characteristic of Cuba or the people of Cuba;

- "Cuban rum";

Cuban bast
n1
erect forest tree of Cuba and Jamaica having variably hairy leaves and orange-yellow or orange-red flowers;

- yields a moderately dense timber for cabinetwork and gunstocks;

- syn. Hibiscus elatus, blue mahoe, mahagua, mahoe, majagua;

Cuban capital
n1
the capital and largest city of Cuba;

- located in western Cuba;

- one of the oldest cities in the Americas;

- syn. Havana, capital of Cuba;

Cuban heel
n1
a broad heel of medium height on women's shoes;

Cuban itch
n1
a mild form of smallpox caused by a less virulent form of the virus;

- syn. Kaffir pox, West Indian smallpox, alastrim, milk pox, pseudosmallpox, pseudovariola, variola minor, white pox;

Cuban mahogany
n1
mahogany tree of West Indies;

- syn. Dominican mahogany, Swietinia mahogani, true mahogany;

Cuban monetary unit
n1
monetary unit in Cuba;

Cuban peso
n1
the basic unit of money in Cuba;

- equal to 100 centavos;

- syn. peso;

Cuban Revolution
n1
the revolution led by Fidel Castro and a small band of guerrilla fighters against a corrupt dictatorship in Cuba;

- 1956-1959;

Cuban sandwich
n1
a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments);

- different names are used in different sections of the United States;

- syn. Italian sandwich, bomber, grinder, hero, hero sandwich, hoagie, hoagy, poor boy, sub, submarine, submarine sandwich, torpedo, wedge, zep;

Cuban spinach
n1
succulent herb sometimes grown as a salad or pot herb;

- grows on dunes and waste ground of Pacific coast of North America;

- syn. Montia perfoliata, miner's lettuce, winter purslane;

cubature unit
n1
a unit of measurement of volume or capacity;

- syn. capacity measure, capacity unit, cubage unit, cubic content unit, cubic measure, displacement unit, volume unit;

cubby / k ʌ b i /
n1
a small secluded room;

- syn. cubbyhole, snug, snuggery;

cubbyhole / k ʌ b ɪ h oʊ ɫ /
n1
a small compartment;

- syn. pigeonhole;

n2
a small secluded room;

- syn. cubby, snug, snuggery;

cube / k j u b /
n1
a hexahedron with six equal squares as faces;

- syn. regular hexahedron;

n2
a three-dimensional shape with six square or rectangular sides;

- syn. block;

n3
the product of three equal terms;

- syn. third power;

n4
any of several tropical American woody plants of the genus Lonchocarpus whose roots are used locally as a fish poison and commercially as a source of rotenone;

n5
a block in the (approximate) shape of a cube;

- syn. square block;

v1
raise to the third power;

v2
cut into cubes;

- "cube the cheese";

- syn. dice;

cube-shaped
a1
shaped like a cube;

- syn. cubelike, cubical, cubiform, cuboid, cuboidal;

- sim. cubic;

cube root
n1
a number that when multiplied three times equals a given number;

cubeb
n1
spicy fruit of the cubeb vine;

- when dried and crushed is used medicinally or in perfumery and sometimes smoked in cigarettes;

n2
tropical southeast Asian shrubby vine bearing spicy berrylike fruits;

- syn. Java pepper, Piper cubeba, cubeb vine;

n3
a cigarette containing cubeb;

- syn. cubeb cigarette;

cubeb cigarette
n1
a cigarette containing cubeb;

- syn. cubeb;

cubeb vine
n1
tropical southeast Asian shrubby vine bearing spicy berrylike fruits;

- syn. Java pepper, Piper cubeba, cubeb;

cubelike
a1
shaped like a cube;

- syn. cube-shaped, cubical, cubiform, cuboid, cuboidal;

- sim. cubic;

cubic / k j u b ɪ k /
a1
involving the cube and no higher power of a quantity or variable;

- "a cubic equation";

a2
having the shape of a cube;

- having three dimensions;

- syn. three-dimensional;

- sim. blockish, boxlike, brick-shaped, cubelike, isometric, solid;

cubic centimeter
n1
a metric unit of volume equal to one thousandth of a liter;

- syn. cc, cubic centimetre, mil, milliliter, millilitre, ml;

cubic centimetre
n1
a metric unit of volume equal to one thousandth of a liter;

- syn. cc, cubic centimeter, mil, milliliter, millilitre, ml;

cubic content unit
n1
a unit of measurement of volume or capacity;

- syn. capacity measure, capacity unit, cubage unit, cubature unit, cubic measure, displacement unit, volume unit;

cubic decimeter
n1
a metric unit of capacity, formerly defined as the volume of one kilogram of pure water under standard conditions;

- now equal to 1,000 cubic centimeters (or approximately 1.75 pints);

- syn. cubic decimetre, l, liter, litre;

cubic decimetre
n1
a metric unit of capacity, formerly defined as the volume of one kilogram of pure water under standard conditions;

- now equal to 1,000 cubic centimeters (or approximately 1.75 pints);

- syn. cubic decimeter, l, liter, litre;

cubic foot
n1
the volume equal to a cube one foot on each side;

- syn. cu ft;

cubic inch
n1
the volume equal to a cube one inch on each side;

- syn. cu in;

cubic kilometer
n1
a unit of capacity equal to the volume of a cube one kilometer on each edge;

- syn. cubic kilometre;

cubic kilometre
n1
a unit of capacity equal to the volume of a cube one kilometer on each edge;

- syn. cubic kilometer;

cubic measure
n1
a unit of measurement of volume or capacity;

- syn. capacity measure, capacity unit, cubage unit, cubature unit, cubic content unit, displacement unit, volume unit;

cubic meter
n1
a metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 1000 liters;

- syn. cubic metre, kiloliter, kilolitre;

cubic metre
n1
a metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 1000 liters;

- syn. cubic meter, kiloliter, kilolitre;

cubic millimeter
n1
a metric measure of volume or capacity equal to a cube 1 millimeter on each edge;

- syn. cubic millimetre;

cubic millimetre
n1
a metric measure of volume or capacity equal to a cube 1 millimeter on each edge;

- syn. cubic millimeter;

cubic yard
n1
a unit of volume (as for sand or gravel);

- syn. yard;

cubical / k j u b ɪ k ɫ /
a1
shaped like a cube;

- syn. cube-shaped, cubelike, cubiform, cuboid, cuboidal;

- sim. cubic;

cubicity
n1
the property of resembling a cube;

cubicle / k j u b ɪ k ɫ /
n1
small room in which a monk or nun lives;

- syn. cell;

n2
small individual study area in a library;

- syn. carrel, carrell, stall;

n3
small area set off by walls for special use;

- syn. booth, kiosk, stall;

cubiform / k j u b ɪ f ɔ m /
a1
shaped like a cube;

- syn. cube-shaped, cubelike, cubical, cuboid, cuboidal;

- sim. cubic;

cubism / k j u b ɪ z ə m /
n1
an artistic movement in France beginning in 1907 that featured surfaces of geometrical planes;

cubist / k j u b ɪ s t /
n1
an artist who adheres to the principles of cubism;

a1
relating to or characteristic of cubism;

- "cubist art";

- syn. cubistic;

cubistic / k j u b ɪ s t ɪ k /
a1
relating to or characteristic of cubism;

- "cubist art";

- syn. cubist;

cubit / k j u b ɪ t /
n1
an ancient unit of length based on the length of the forearm;

cubital / k j u b ɪ t ɫ /
a1
of or relating to the elbow;

cubital joint
n1
hinge joint between the forearm and upper arm and the corresponding joint in the forelimb of a quadruped;

- syn. articulatio cubiti, cubitus, elbow, elbow joint, human elbow;

cubital nerve
n1
a nerve running along the inner side of the arm and passing near the elbow;

- supplies intrinsic muscles of the hand and the skin of the medial side of the hand;

- syn. nervus ulnaris, ulnar nerve;

cubitiere
n1
body armor that protects the elbow;

cubitus
n1
hinge joint between the forearm and upper arm and the corresponding joint in the forelimb of a quadruped;

- syn. articulatio cubiti, cubital joint, elbow, elbow joint, human elbow;

n2
the arm from the elbow to the fingertips;

cuboid / k j u b ɔɪ d /
n1
a rectangular parallelepiped;

a1
shaped like a cube;

- syn. cube-shaped, cubelike, cubical, cubiform, cuboidal;

- sim. cubic;

cuboid bone
n1
the cube shaped bone on the outer side of the tarsus;

cuboidal
a1
shaped like a cube;

- syn. cube-shaped, cubelike, cubical, cubiform, cuboid;

- sim. cubic;

cuboidal cell
n1
an epithelial cell that shaped like a cube;

- syn. cuboidal epithelial cell;

cuboidal epithelial cell
n1
an epithelial cell that shaped like a cube;

- syn. cuboidal cell;

cucking stool
n1
an instrument of punishment consisting of a chair in which offenders were ducked in water;

- syn. ducking stool;

cuckold / k ʌ k oʊ ɫ d /
n1
a man whose wife committed adultery;

v1
be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage;

- "She cheats on her husband";

- "Might her husband be wandering?";

- syn. betray, cheat, cheat on, wander;

cuckoldom
n1
the state of a husband whose wife has committed adultery;

cuckoldry
n1
the practice of making cuckolds;

- sexual conquests of married women;

cuckoo / k ʊ k u /
n1
a man who is a stupid incompetent fool;

- syn. bozo, fathead, goof, goofball, goose, jackass, twat, zany;

n2
any of numerous European and North American birds having pointed wings and a long tail;

v1
repeat monotonously, like a cuckoo repeats his call;

cuckoo's nest
n1
pejorative terms for an insane asylum;

- syn. Bedlam, booby hatch, crazy house, funny farm, funny house, loony bin, madhouse, nut house, nuthouse, sanatorium, snake pit;

cuckoo-bumblebee
n1
a bee that is parasitic in the nests of bumblebees;

cuckoo bread
n1
Eurasian plant with heart-shaped trifoliate leaves and white purple-veined flowers;

- syn. Oxalis acetosella, common wood sorrel, shamrock;

cuckoo clock
n1
clock that announces the hours with a sound like the call of the cuckoo;

cuckoo flower
n1
a bitter cress of Europe and America;

- syn. Cardamine pratensis, cuckooflower, lady's smock, meadow cress;

n2
common perennial native to Europe and western Asia having usually pink flowers with ragged petals;

- syn. Lychins floscuculi, Lychnis flos-cuculi, ragged robin;

cuckooflower
n1
a bitter cress of Europe and America;

- syn. Cardamine pratensis, cuckoo flower, lady's smock, meadow cress;

cuckoopint
n1
common European arum with lanceolate spathe and short purple spadix;

- emerges in early spring;

- source of a starch called arum;

- syn. Arum maculatum, jack-in-the-pulpit, lords-and-ladies;

Cuculidae
n1
includes cuckoo;

- ani;

- roadrunner;

- syn. family Cuculidae;

cuculiform bird
n1
birds having zygodactyl feet (except for the touracos);

Cuculiformes
n1
cuckoos;

- touracos;

- etc.;

- syn. order Cuculiformes;

Cuculus
n1
type genus of the Cuculidae;

- syn. genus Cuculus;

Cuculus canorus
n1
common cuckoo of Europe having a distinctive two-note call;

- lays eggs in the nests of other birds;

- syn. European cuckoo;

cucumber / k j u k ʌ m b ə , k j u k ʌ m b ə ɹ /
n1
a melon vine of the genus Cucumis;

- cultivated from earliest times for its cylindrical green fruit;

- syn. Cucumis sativus, cucumber vine;

n2
cylindrical green fruit with thin green rind and white flesh eaten as a vegetable;

- related to melons;

- syn. cuke;

cucumber-shaped
a1
shaped like a cucumber;

- sim. prolate;

cucumber tree
n1
American deciduous magnolia having large leaves and fruit like a small cucumber;

- syn. Magnolia acuminata;

cucumber vine
n1
a melon vine of the genus Cucumis;

- cultivated from earliest times for its cylindrical green fruit;

- syn. Cucumis sativus, cucumber;

Cucumis
n1
cucumbers;

- muskmelons;

- syn. genus Cucumis;

Cucumis melo
n1
any of several varieties of vine whose fruit has a netted rind and edible flesh and a musky smell;

- syn. muskmelon, sweet melon, sweet melon vine;

Cucumis melo cantalupensis
n1
a variety of muskmelon vine having fruit with a tan rind and orange flesh;

- syn. cantaloup, cantaloup vine, cantaloupe, cantaloupe vine;

Cucumis melo inodorus
n1
any of a variety of muskmelon vines having fruit with a smooth white rind and white or greenish flesh that does not have a musky smell;

- syn. Persian melon, honeydew melon, winter melon, winter melon vine;

Cucumis melo reticulatus
n1
a muskmelon vine with fruit that has a thin reticulated rind and sweet green flesh;

- syn. net melon, netted melon, nutmeg melon;

Cucumis sativus
n1
a melon vine of the genus Cucumis;

- cultivated from earliest times for its cylindrical green fruit;

- syn. cucumber, cucumber vine;

cucurbit
n1
any plant of the family Cucurbitaceae;

Cucurbita
n1
type genus of the Cucurbitaceae;

- syn. genus Cucurbita;

Cucurbita argyrosperma
n1
plant bearing squash having globose to ovoid fruit with variously striped grey and green and white warty rinds;

- syn. Cucurbita mixta, cushaw;

Cucurbita foetidissima
n1
perennial vine of dry parts of central and southwestern United States and Mexico having small hard mottled green inedible fruit;

- syn. Missouri gourd, buffalo gourd, calabazilla, prairie gourd, prairie gourd vine, wild pumpkin;

Cucurbita maxima
n1
plant bearing buff-colored squash having somewhat bottle-shaped fruit with fine-textured edible flesh and a smooth thin rind;

- syn. butternut squash;

n2
any of several winter squash plants producing large greyish-green football-shaped fruit with a rough warty rind;

- syn. hubbard squash;

Cucurbita maxima turbaniformis
n1
squash plants bearing hard-shelled fruit shaped somewhat like a turban with a rounded central portion protruding from the end opposite the stem;

- syn. turban squash;

Cucurbita mixta
n1
plant bearing squash having globose to ovoid fruit with variously striped grey and green and white warty rinds;

- syn. Cucurbita argyrosperma, cushaw;

Cucurbita moschata
n1
any of various plants bearing squash having hard rinds and elongated recurved necks;

- syn. winter crookneck, winter crookneck squash;

Cucurbita pepo
n1
a coarse vine widely cultivated for its large pulpy round orange fruit with firm orange skin and numerous seeds;

- subspecies of Cucurbita pepo include the summer squashes and a few autumn squashes;

- syn. autumn pumpkin, pumpkin, pumpkin vine;

Cucurbita pepo melopepo
n1
any of various usually bushy plants producing fruit that is eaten while immature and before the rind or seeds harden;

- syn. summer squash, summer squash vine;

Cucurbitaceae
n1
a family of herbaceous vines (such as cucumber or melon or squash or pumpkin);

- syn. family Cucurbitaceae, gourd family;

cucurbitaceous
a1
of or relating to plants of the family Cucurbitaceae;

cud / k ʌ d /
n1
food of a ruminant regurgitated to be chewed again;

- syn. rechewed food;

n2
a wad of something chewable as tobacco;

- syn. chaw, chew, plug, quid, wad;

cudbear
n1
a purplish dye obtained from orchil lichens;

- syn. archil, orchil;

cuddle / k ʌ d ɫ /
n1
a close and affectionate (and often prolonged) embrace;

- syn. nestle, snuggle;

v1
move or arrange oneself in a comfortable and cozy position;

- "We cuddled against each other to keep warm";

- "The children snuggled into their sleeping bags";

- syn. draw close, nest, nestle, nuzzle, snuggle;

v2
hold (a person or thing) close, as for affection, comfort, or warmth;

- "I cuddled the baby";

cuddlesome / k ʌ d ɫ s ə m /
a1
inviting cuddling or hugging;

- "a cuddlesome baby";

- "a cuddly teddybear";

- syn. cuddly;

- sim. lovable;

cuddling / k ʌ d ɫ ɪ ŋ /
n1
affectionate play (or foreplay without contact with the genital organs);

- syn. caressing, fondling, hugging, kissing, necking, petting, smooching, snuggling;

cuddly / k ʌ d ɫ i /
a1
inviting cuddling or hugging;

- "a cuddlesome baby";

- "a cuddly teddybear";

- syn. cuddlesome;

- sim. lovable;

cuddy / k ʌ d i /
n1
the galley or pantry of a small ship;

cudgel / k ʌ dʒ ə ɫ /
n1
a club that is used as a weapon;

v1
strike with a cudgel;

- syn. fustigate;

cudweed / k ʌ d w i d /
n1
any of numerous plants of the genus Gnaphalium having flowers that can be dried without loss of form or color;

n2
any plant of the genus Filago having capitate clusters of small woolly flower heads;

- syn. cotton rose, filago;

n3
perennial cottony-white herb of southwestern United States;

- syn. Artemisia gnaphalodes, Artemisia ludoviciana, prairie sage, western mugwort, white sage;

cue / k j u /
n1
an actor's line that immediately precedes and serves as a reminder for some action or speech;

n2
evidence that helps to solve a problem;

- syn. clew, clue;

n3
a stimulus that provides information about what to do;

- syn. discriminative stimulus;

n4
sports implement consisting of a tapering rod used to strike a cue ball in pool or billiards;

- syn. cue stick, pool cue, pool stick;

v1
assist (somebody acting or reciting) by suggesting the next words of something forgotten or imperfectly learned;

- syn. prompt, remind;

cue ball
n1
the ball that the billiard player or pool player strikes with his cue;

cue stick
n1
sports implement consisting of a tapering rod used to strike a cue ball in pool or billiards;

- syn. cue, pool cue, pool stick;

cuff / k ʌ f /
n1
the lap consisting of a turned-back hem encircling the end of the sleeve or leg;

- syn. turnup;

n2
shackle that consists of a metal loop that can be locked around the wrist;

- usually used in pairs;

- syn. handcuff, handlock, manacle;

v1
hit with the hand;

- syn. whomp;

v2
confine or restrain with or as if with manacles or handcuffs;

- "The police handcuffed the suspect at the scene of the crime";

- syn. handcuff, manacle;

cufflink / k ʌ f ɫ ɪ ŋ k /
n1
jewelry consisting of one of a pair of linked buttons used to fasten the cuffs of a shirt;

cuirass / k w ɪr æ s /
n1
medieval body armor that covers the chest and back;

cuirassier / k w ɪr ə s ɪə , k w ɪr ə s ɪə ɹ /
n1
a cavalryman equipped with a cuirass;

cuisine / k w ɪ z i n /
n1
the practice or manner of preparing food or the food so prepared;

- syn. culinary art;

cuisse / k w ɪ s /
n1
armor plate that protects the thigh;

cuke
n1
cylindrical green fruit with thin green rind and white flesh eaten as a vegetable;

- related to melons;

- syn. cucumber;

cul
n1
a passage with access only at one end;

- syn. cul de sac, dead end;

cul de sac
n1
a passage with access only at one end;

- syn. cul, dead end;

n2
a street with only one way in or out;

- syn. blind alley, dead-end street, impasse;

Culbertson
n1
United States authority on contract bridge whose books helped to popularize the game (1891-1955);

- syn. Ely Culbertson;

Culcita
n1
includes some plants usually placed in e.g. genus Dicksonia: terrestrial ferns resembling bracken;

- tropical America;

- Malaysia to Australia and Polynesia;

- southwestern Europe and Atlantic islands;

- syn. genus Culcita;

Culcita dubia
n1
resembles Pteridium aquilinum;

- of Queensland, Australia;

- syn. false bracken;

culdoscope
n1
a specialized endoscope for visually examining a woman's pelvic organs;

culdoscopy
n1
endoscopic examination of a woman's pelvic organs by the insertion of a culdoscope through the vagina;

Culebra
n1
a small island off the coast of Puerto Rico with miles of beautiful beaches;

Culex
n1
type genus of the Culicidae: widespread genus of mosquitoes distinguished by holding the body parallel to the resting surface;

- syn. genus Culex;

Culex fatigans
n1
widespread tropical mosquito that transmits filarial worms;

- syn. Culex quinquefasciatus;

Culex pipiens
n1
common house mosquito;

- syn. common mosquito;

Culex quinquefasciatus
n1
widespread tropical mosquito that transmits filarial worms;

- syn. Culex fatigans;

Culiacan
n1
a city in northwestern Mexico;

Culicidae
n1
mosquitoes;

- syn. family Culicidae;

culinary / k ʌ ɫ ɪ n ə ɹ i /
a1
of or relating to or used in cooking;

culinary art
n1
the practice or manner of preparing food or the food so prepared;

- syn. cuisine;

cull / k ʌ ɫ /
n1
the person or thing that is rejected or set aside as inferior in quality;

- syn. reject;

v1
remove something that has been rejected;

- "cull the sick members of the herd";

v2
look for and gather;

- "pick mushrooms";

- "pick flowers";

- syn. pick, pluck;

- also cull out;

cull out
v1
select desirable parts from a group or list;

- "cull out the interesting letters from the poet's correspondence";

- "winnow the finalists from the long list of applicants";

- syn. winnow;

cullender / k ʌ ɫ ə n d ə , k ʌ ɫ ə n d ə ɹ /
n1
bowl-shaped strainer;

- used to wash or drain foods;

- syn. colander;

cullis / k ʌ ɫ ɪ s /
n1
a gutter in a roof;

culm / k ʌ ɫ m /
n1
stem of plants of the Gramineae;

culminate / k ʌ ɫ m ɪ n eɪ t /
v1
end, especially to reach a final or climactic stage;

- "The meeting culminated in a tearful embrace";

- syn. climax;

v2
bring to a head or to the highest point;

- "Seurat culminated pointillism";

v3
reach the highest or most decisive point;

v4
reach the highest altitude or the meridian, of a celestial body;

v5
rise to, or form, a summit;

- "The helmet culminated in a crest";

culmination / k ʌ ɫ m ɪ n eɪ ʃ n /
n1
a final climactic stage;

- "their achievements stand as a culmination of centuries of development";

- syn. apogee;

n2
(astronomy) a heavenly body's highest celestial point above an observer's horizon;

n3
the decisive moment in a novel or play;

- "the deathbed scene is the climax of the play";

- syn. climax;

n4
a concluding action;

- syn. closing, completion, mop up, windup;

culotte / k j u ɫ ɒ t /
n1
a divided skirt;

culpability / k ʌ ɫ p ə b ɪ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
a state of guilt;

- syn. blameworthiness, culpableness;

culpable / k ʌ ɫ p ə b ɫ /
a1
deserving blame or censure as being wrong or evil or injurious;

- "blameworthy if not criminal behavior";

- "censurable misconduct";

- "culpable negligence";

- syn. blamable, blameable, blameful, blameworthy, censurable;

- sim. guilty;

culpable negligence
n1
(law) recklessly acting without reasonable caution and putting another person at risk of injury or death (or failing to do something with the same consequences);

- syn. criminal negligence;

culpableness / k ʌ ɫ p ə b ɫ n ə s /
n1
a state of guilt;

- syn. blameworthiness, culpability;

culpably / k ʌ ɫ p ə b ɫ i /
r1
in a manner or to a degree deserving blame or censure;

- syn. reprehensibly;

culprit / k ʌ ɫ p ɹ ɪ t /
n1
someone who perpetrates wrongdoing;

- syn. perpetrator;

cult / k ʌ ɫ t /
n1
followers of an exclusive system of beliefs and practices;

n2
an interest followed with exaggerated zeal;

- "he always follows the latest fads";

- "it was all the rage that season";

- syn. craze, fad, furor, furore, rage;

n3
followers of an unorthodox, extremist, or false religion or sect who often live outside of conventional society under the direction of a charismatic leader;

n4
a religion or sect that is generally considered to be unorthodox, extremist, or false;

- "it was a satanic cult";

n5
a system of religious beliefs and rituals;

- "devoted to the cultus of the Blessed Virgin";

- syn. cultus, religious cult;

cult of personality
n1
intense devotion to a particular person;

cultism / k ʌ ɫ t ɪ z ə m /
n1
devotion to the doctrine or a cult or to the practices of a cult;

n2
religious zeal;

- the willingness to serve God;

- syn. devotion, veneration;

cultist / k ʌ ɫ t ɪ s t /
n1
a member of a religious cult;

n2
a member of an unorthodox cult who generally lives outside of conventional society under the direction of a charismatic leader;

cultivable / k ʌ ɫ t ɪ v ə b ɫ /
a1
(of farmland) capable of being farmed productively;

- syn. arable, cultivatable, tillable;

- sim. productive;

cultivar
n1
a variety of a plant developed from a natural species and maintained under cultivation;

cultivatable / k ʌ ɫ t ɪ v eɪ t ə b ɫ /
a1
(of farmland) capable of being farmed productively;

- syn. arable, cultivable, tillable;

- sim. productive;

cultivate / k ʌ ɫ t ɪ v eɪ t /
v1
foster the growth of;

v2
prepare for crops;

- "Work the soil";

- "cultivate the land";

- syn. crop, work;

v3
teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment;

- "Cultivate your musical taste";

- "Train your tastebuds";

- "She is well schooled in poetry";

- syn. civilise, civilize, educate, school, train;

v4
adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment;

- "domesticate oats";

- "tame the soil";

- syn. domesticate, naturalise, naturalize, tame;

cultivated / k ʌ ɫ t ɪ v eɪ t ɪ d /
a1
(of land or fields) prepared for raising crops by plowing or fertilizing;

- "cultivated land";

a2
no longer in the natural state;

- developed by human care and for human use;

- "cultivated roses";

- "cultivated blackberries";

- sim. tame;

a3
marked by refinement in taste and manners;

- "cultivated speech";

- "cultured Bostonians";

- "cultured tastes";

- "a genteel old lady";

- "polite society";

- syn. civilised, civilized, cultured, genteel, polite;

- sim. refined;

cultivated cabbage
n1
any of various cultivars of the genus Brassica oleracea grown for their edible leaves or flowers;

- syn. Brassica oleracea, cabbage;

cultivated carrot
n1
perennial plant widely cultivated as an annual in many varieties for its long conical orange edible roots;

- temperate and tropical regions;

- syn. Daucus carota sativa, carrot;

cultivated celery
n1
widely cultivated herb with aromatic leaf stalks that are eaten raw or cooked;

- syn. Apium graveolens dulce, celery;

cultivated crab apple
n1
any of numerous varieties of crab apples cultivated for their small acidic (usually bright red) fruit used for preserves or as ornamentals for their blossoms;

- syn. crab apple, crabapple;

cultivated land
n1
arable land that is worked by plowing and sowing and raising crops;

- syn. farmland, ploughland, plowland, tillage, tilled land, tilth;

cultivated parsnip
n1
European biennial having a long fusiform root that has been made palatable through cultivation;

cultivated plant
n1
plants that are grown for their produce;

cultivated rice
n1
yields the staple food of 50 percent of world's population;

- syn. Oryza sativa;

cultivated strawberry
n1
widely cultivated;

- syn. Fragaria ananassa, garden strawberry;

cultivation / k ʌ ɫ t ɪ v eɪ ʃ n /
n1
socialization through training and education to develop one's mind or manners;

- "her cultivation was remarkable";

n2
(agriculture) production of food by preparing the land to grow crops (especially on a large scale);

n3
a highly developed state of perfection;

- having a flawless or impeccable quality;

- "they performed with great polish";

- "I admired the exquisite refinement of his prose";

- "almost an inspiration which gives to all work that finish which is almost art"--Joseph Conrad;

- syn. culture, finish, polish, refinement;

n4
the process of fostering the growth of something;

- "the cultivation of bees for honey";

n5
the act of raising or growing plants (especially on a large scale);

cultivator / k ʌ ɫ t ɪ v eɪ t ə , k ʌ ɫ t ɪ v eɪ t ə ɹ /
n1
someone concerned with the science or art or business of cultivating the soil;

- syn. agriculturalist, agriculturist, grower, raiser;

n2
a farm implement used to break up the surface of the soil (for aeration and weed control and conservation of moisture);

- syn. tiller;

cultural / k ʌ ɫ tʃ ə ɹ ə ɫ /
a1
of or relating to the arts and manners that a group favors;

- "cultural events";

- "a person of broad cultural interests";

a2
denoting or deriving from or distinctive of the ways of living built up by a group of people;

- "influenced by ethnic and cultural ties"- J.F.Kennedy;

- "ethnic food";

- syn. ethnic, ethnical;

- sim. social;

a3
of or relating to the shared knowledge and values of a society;

- "cultural roots";

a4
relating to the raising of plants or animals;

- "a cultural variety";

cultural anthropologist
n1
an anthropologist who studies such cultural phenomena as kinship systems;

- syn. social anthropologist;

cultural anthropology
n1
the branch of anthropology that deals with human culture and society;

- syn. social anthropology;

cultural attache
n1
an attache who is a specialist in cultural matters;

cultural movement
n1
a group of people working together to advance certain cultural goals;

Cultural Revolution
n1
a radical reform in China initiated by Mao Zedong in 1965 and carried out largely by the Red Guard;

- intended to eliminate counterrevolutionary elements in the government it resulted in purges of the intellectuals and socioeconomic chaos;

- syn. Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution;

culturally / k ʌ ɫ tʃ ə ɹ ə ɫ i /
r1
with regard to a culture;

- "culturally integrated";

culturati
n1
people interested in culture and cultural activities;

culture / k ʌ ɫ tʃ ə , k ʌ ɫ tʃ ə ɹ /
n1
a particular society at a particular time and place;

- "early Mayan civilization";

- syn. civilisation, civilization;

n2
the tastes in art and manners that are favored by a social group;

n3
all the knowledge and values shared by a society;

- syn. acculturation;

n4
(biology) the growing of microorganisms in a nutrient medium (such as gelatin or agar);

- "the culture of cells in a Petri dish";

n5
a highly developed state of perfection;

- having a flawless or impeccable quality;

- "they performed with great polish";

- "I admired the exquisite refinement of his prose";

- "almost an inspiration which gives to all work that finish which is almost art"--Joseph Conrad;

- syn. cultivation, finish, polish, refinement;

n6
the attitudes and behavior that are characteristic of a particular social group or organization;

- "the developing drug culture";

- "the reason that the agency is doomed to inaction has something to do with the FBI culture";

n7
the raising of plants or animals;

- "the culture of oysters";

v1
grow in a special preparation;

- "the biologist grows microorganisms";

culture medium
n1
(bacteriology) a nutrient substance (solid or liquid) that is used to cultivate micro-organisms;

- syn. medium;

culture shock
n1
a condition of disorientation affecting someone who is suddenly exposed to an unfamiliar culture or way of life or set of attitudes;

cultured / k ʌ ɫ tʃ ə d /
a1
marked by refinement in taste and manners;

- "cultivated speech";

- "cultured Bostonians";

- "cultured tastes";

- "a genteel old lady";

- "polite society";

- syn. civilised, civilized, cultivated, genteel, polite;

- sim. refined;

cultus
n1
a system of religious beliefs and rituals;

- "devoted to the cultus of the Blessed Virgin";

- syn. cult, religious cult;

Culver's physic
n1
a tall perennial herb having spikes of small white or purple flowers;

- common in eastern North America;

- syn. Culver's root, Culvers physic, Culvers root, Veronicastrum virginicum, whorlywort;

Culver's root
n1
a tall perennial herb having spikes of small white or purple flowers;

- common in eastern North America;

- syn. Culver's physic, Culvers physic, Culvers root, Veronicastrum virginicum, whorlywort;

culverin / k ʌ ɫ v ə ɹ ɪ n /
n1
a heavy cannon with a long barrel used in the 16th and 17th centuries;

n2
a medieval musket;

Culvers physic
n1
a tall perennial herb having spikes of small white or purple flowers;

- common in eastern North America;

- syn. Culver's physic, Culver's root, Culvers root, Veronicastrum virginicum, whorlywort;

Culvers root
n1
a tall perennial herb having spikes of small white or purple flowers;

- common in eastern North America;

- syn. Culver's physic, Culver's root, Culvers physic, Veronicastrum virginicum, whorlywort;

culvert / k ʌ ɫ v ə t /
n1
a transverse and totally enclosed drain under a road or railway;

cum / k ʌ m /
n1
the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract;

- syn. come, ejaculate, seed, semen, seminal fluid;

cum laude
a1
with honor;

- with academic distinction;

- "a cum laude graduate";

- sim. worthy;

r1
with honor;

- "he graduated cum laude";

Cumana
n1
a port city in northeastern Venezuela on the Caribbean Sea;

- founded in 1523, it is the oldest European settlement in South America;

cumarone
n1
a colorless oily compound extracted from coal tar and used in manufacturing synthetic resins;

- syn. benzofuran, coumarone;

cumber / k ʌ m b ə , k ʌ m b ə ɹ /
v1
restrict (someone or something) so as to make free movement difficult;

- syn. encumber, restrain;

Cumberland / k ʌ m b ə ɫ ə n d /
n1
English general;

- son of George II;

- fought unsuccessfully in the battle of Fontenoy (1721-1765);

- syn. Butcher Cumberland, Duke of Cumberland, William Augustus;

n2
a river that rises in southeastern Kentucky and flows westward through northern Tennessee to become a tributary of the Ohio River in southwestern Kentucky;

- syn. Cumberland River;

Cumberland Gap
n1
a pass through the Cumberland Mountains between Virginia and Kentucky that early settlers used in order to move west;

Cumberland Mountains
n1
the southwestern part of the Appalachians;

- syn. Cumberland Plateau;

Cumberland Plateau
n1
the southwestern part of the Appalachians;

- syn. Cumberland Mountains;

Cumberland River
n1
a river that rises in southeastern Kentucky and flows westward through northern Tennessee to become a tributary of the Ohio River in southwestern Kentucky;

- syn. Cumberland;

cumbersome / k ʌ m b ə s ə m /
a1
difficult to handle or use especially because of size or weight;

- "a cumbersome piece of machinery";

- "cumbrous protective clothing";

- syn. cumbrous;

- sim. unwieldy;

a2
not elegant or graceful in expression;

- "an awkward prose style";

- "a clumsy apology";

- "his cumbersome writing style";

- "if the rumor is true, can anything be more inept than to repeat it now?";

- syn. awkward, clumsy, ill-chosen, inapt, inept;

- sim. infelicitous;

cumbersomeness / k ʌ m b ə s ə m n ə s /
n1
trouble in carrying or managing caused by bulk or shape;

- "the movers cursed the unwieldiness of the big piano";

- syn. awkwardness, unwieldiness;

Cumbria / k ʌ m b ɹ ɪə /
n1
a former Celtic kingdom in northwestern England;

- the name continued to be used for the hilly northwestern region of England including the Lake District and the northern Pennines;

n2
a county of northwestern England;

cumbrous / k ʌ m b ɹ ə s /
a1
difficult to handle or use especially because of size or weight;

- "a cumbersome piece of machinery";

- "cumbrous protective clothing";

- syn. cumbersome;

- sim. unwieldy;

cumfrey
n1
perennial herbs of Europe and Iran;

- make rapidly growing groundcover for shaded areas;

- syn. comfrey;

cumin / k ʌ m ɪ n /
n1
dwarf Mediterranean annual long cultivated for its aromatic seeds;

- syn. Cuminum cyminum;

n2
aromatic seeds of the cumin herb of the carrot family;

- syn. cumin seed;

cumin seed
n1
aromatic seeds of the cumin herb of the carrot family;

- syn. cumin;

Cuminum
n1
cumin;

- syn. genus Cuminum;

Cuminum cyminum
n1
dwarf Mediterranean annual long cultivated for its aromatic seeds;

- syn. cumin;

cummerbund / k ʌ m ə b ʌ n d /
n1
a broad pleated sash worn as formal dress with a tuxedo;

cummings / k ʌ m ɪ ŋ z /
n1
United States writer noted for his typographically eccentric poetry (1894-1962);

- syn. Edward Estlin Cummings, e. e. cummings;

cumquat
n1
any of several trees or shrubs of the genus Fortunella bearing small orange-colored edible fruits with thick sweet-flavored skin and sour pulp;

- syn. kumquat, kumquat tree;

cumulate / k j u m j ʊ ɫ eɪ t , k j u m j ʊ ɫ ɪ t /
v1
collect or gather;

- "Journals are accumulating in my office";

- "The work keeps piling up";

- syn. accumulate, amass, conglomerate, gather, pile up;

cumulation / k j u m j ʊ ɫ eɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
a collection of objects laid on top of each other;

- syn. agglomerate, cumulus, heap, mound, pile;

cumulative / k j u m j ʊ ɫ ə t ɪ v /
a1
increasing by successive addition;

- "the benefits are cumulative";

- "the eventual accumulative effect of these substances";

- syn. accumulative;

- sim. additive;

cumulative preferred
n1
preferred stock whose dividends if omitted accumulate until paid out;

- syn. cumulative preferred stock;

cumulative preferred stock
n1
preferred stock whose dividends if omitted accumulate until paid out;

- syn. cumulative preferred;

cumulative vote
n1
an election in which each person has as many votes as there are positions to be filled and they can all be cast for one candidate or can be distributed in any manner;

cumulatively / k j u m j ʊ ɫ ə t ɪ v ɫ i /
r1
in a cumulative manner;

- "mind has become self-reproducing through man's capacity to transmit experience and its products cumulatively";

cumuliform
a1
shaped like a cumulus cloud;

- sim. round;

cumulonimbus
n1
a dark cloud of great vertical extent charged with electricity;

- associated with thunderstorms;

- syn. cumulonimbus cloud, thundercloud;

cumulonimbus cloud
n1
a dark cloud of great vertical extent charged with electricity;

- associated with thunderstorms;

- syn. cumulonimbus, thundercloud;

cumulous / k j u m j ʊ ɫ ə s /
a1
thrown together in a pile;

- "a desk heaped with books";

- "heaped-up ears of corn";

- "ungraded papers piled high";

- sim. concentrated;

cumulus / k j u m j ʊ ɫ ə s /
n1
a globular cloud;

- syn. cumulus cloud;

n2
a collection of objects laid on top of each other;

- syn. agglomerate, cumulation, heap, mound, pile;

cumulus cloud
n1
a globular cloud;

- syn. cumulus;

Cunaxa
n1
battle in 401 BC when the Artaxerxes II defeated his younger brother who tried to usurp the throne;

- syn. battle of Cunaxa;

cunctation / k ʌ ŋ k t eɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
the act of procrastinating;

- putting off or delaying or defering an action to a later time;

- syn. procrastination, shillyshally;

cunctator / k ʌ ŋ k t eɪ t ə /
n1
someone who postpones work (especially out of laziness or habitual carelessness);

- syn. postponer, procrastinator;

cuneal
a1
shaped like a wedge;

- syn. cuneiform, wedge-shaped;

cuneate
a1
(of a leaf shape) narrowly triangular, wider at the apex and tapering toward the base;

- syn. wedge-shaped;

- sim. simple;

cuneate leaf
n1
a wedge-shaped leaf having the acute angle at the base;

cuneiform / k j u n ɪ f ɔ m , k j u n ɪ ih f ɔ m /
n1
an ancient wedge-shaped script used in Mesopotamia and Persia;

a1
shaped like a wedge;

- syn. cuneal, wedge-shaped;

a2
of or relating to the tarsal bones (or other wedge-shaped bones);

cuneiform bone
n1
a wrist bone that articulates with the pisiform and hamate and lunate bones;

- syn. os triquetrum, pyramidal bone, triquetral, triquetral bone;

cuneus
n1
any shape that is triangular in cross section;

- syn. wedge, wedge shape;

Cuniculus
n1
pacas;

- syn. genus Cuniculus;

Cuniculus paca
n1
large burrowing rodent of South America and Central America;

- highly esteemed as food;

- syn. paca;

cunner
n1
common in north Atlantic coastal waters of the United States;

- syn. Tautogolabrus adspersus, bergall;

cunnilinctus
n1
oral stimulation of the vulva or clitoris;

- syn. cunnilingus;

cunnilingus
n1
oral stimulation of the vulva or clitoris;

- syn. cunnilinctus;

cunning / k ʌ n ɪ ŋ /
n1
shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception;

- syn. craft, craftiness, foxiness, guile, slyness, wiliness;

n2
crafty artfulness (especially in deception);

a1
attractive especially by means of smallness or prettiness or quaintness;

- "a cute kid with pigtails";

- "a cute little apartment";

- "cunning kittens";

- "a cunning baby";

- syn. cute;

- sim. attractive;

a2
marked by skill in deception;

- "cunning men often pass for wise";

- "deep political machinations";

- "a foxy scheme";

- "a slick evasive answer";

- "sly as a fox";

- "tricky Dick";

- "a wily old attorney";

- syn. crafty, dodgy, foxy, guileful, knavish, slick, sly, tricksy, tricky, wily;

- sim. artful;

a3
showing inventiveness and skill;

- "a clever gadget";

- "the cunning maneuvers leading to his success";

- "an ingenious solution to the problem";

- syn. clever, ingenious;

- sim. adroit;

Cunningham / k ʌ n ɪ ŋ h æ m /
n1
United States dancer and choreographer (born in 1922);

- syn. Merce Cunningham;

cunningly / k ʌ n ɪ ŋ ɫ i /
r1
in an attractive manner;

- "how cunningly the olive-green dress with its underskirt of rose-brocade fitted her perfect figure";

- syn. cutely;

r2
in an artful manner;

- "he craftily arranged to be there when the decision was announced";

- "had ever circumstances conspired so cunningly?";

- syn. artfully, craftily, foxily, knavishly, slyly, trickily;

cunonia family
n1
trees or shrubs or climbers;

- mostly southern hemisphere;

- syn. Cunoniaceae, family Cunoniaceae;

Cunoniaceae
n1
trees or shrubs or climbers;

- mostly southern hemisphere;

- syn. cunonia family, family Cunoniaceae;

cunt / k ʌ n t /
n1
a person (usually but not necessarily a woman) who is thoroughly disliked;

- "she said her son thought Hillary was a bitch";

- syn. bitch;

n2
obscene terms for female genitals;

- syn. puss, pussy, slit, snatch, twat;

Cuon
n1
Asiatic wild dog;

- syn. Cyon, genus Cuon, genus Cyon;

Cuon alpinus
n1
fierce wild dog of the forests of central and southeast Asia that hunts in packs;

- syn. dhole;

cup / k ʌ p /
n1
a small open container usually used for drinking;

- usually has a handle;

- "he put the cup back in the saucer";

- "the handle of the cup was missing";

n2
the quantity a cup will hold;

- "he drank a cup of coffee";

- "he borrowed a cup of sugar";

- syn. cupful;

n3
any cup-shaped concavity;

- "bees filled the waxen cups with honey";

- "he wore a jock strap with a metal cup";

- "the cup of her bra";

n4
a United States liquid unit equal to 8 fluid ounces;

n5
cup-shaped plant organ;

n6
a punch served in a pitcher instead of a punch bowl;

n7
the hole (or metal container in the hole) on a golf green;

- "he swore as the ball rimmed the cup and rolled away";

- "put the flag back in the cup";

n8
a large metal vessel with two handles that is awarded as a trophy to the winner of a competition;

- "the school kept the cups is a special glass case";

- syn. loving cup;

v1
form into the shape of a cup;

- "She cupped her hands";

v2
put into a cup;

- "cup the milk";

v3
treat by applying evacuated cups to the patient's skin;

- syn. transfuse;

cup and saucer
n1
European biennial widely cultivated for its blue or violet or white flowers;

- syn. Campanula medium, Canterbury bell;

cup final
n1
the final match of any cup competition (such as the annual final of the English soccer competition at Wembley);

cup fungus
n1
any fungus that is a member of the subclass Discomycetes;

- syn. discomycete;

cup hook
n1
hook (usually on the underside of a shelf) for hanging cups;

cup morel
n1
an edible morel with a cup-shaped or saucer-shaped fruiting body can be up to 20 cm wide;

- the fertile surface inside the cup has wrinkles radiating from the center;

- can be easily confused with inedible mushrooms;

- syn. Disciotis venosa;

cup of tea
n1
an activity that you like or at which you are superior;

- "chemistry is not my cup of tea";

- "his bag now is learning to play golf";

- "marriage was scarcely his dish";

- syn. bag, dish;

cup tie
n1
an eliminating game between teams in a cup competition;

cupbearer / k ʌ p b eə ɹ ə ɹ /
n1
the attendant (usually an officer of a nobleman's household) whose duty is to fill and serve cups of wine;

cupboard / k ʌ b ə d /
n1
a small room (or recess) or cabinet used for storage space;

- syn. closet;

cupboard love
n1
a show of affection motivated by selfishness;

cupcake / k ʌ p k eɪ k /
n1
small cake baked in a muffin tin;

cupel
n1
a small porous bowl made of bone ash used in assaying to separate precious metals from e.g. lead;

- syn. bone-ash cup, refractory pot;

cupflower
n1
Mexican evergreen climbing plant having large solitary funnel-shaped fragrant yellow flowers with purple-brown ridges in the throat;

- syn. Solandra guttata, chalice vine, trumpet flower;

n2
any of various plants of the genus Nierembergia having upturned bell-shaped flowers;

- syn. nierembergia;

cupful / k ʌ p f ʊ ɫ /
n1
the quantity a cup will hold;

- "he drank a cup of coffee";

- "he borrowed a cup of sugar";

- syn. cup;

Cupid / k j u p ɪ d /
n1
(Roman mythology) god of love;

- counterpart of Greek Eros;

- syn. Amor;

n2
a symbol for love in the form of a cherubic naked boy with wings and a bow and arrow;

Cupid's bow
n1
the double curve of the upper lip when considered to resemble Cupid's bow;

n2
a curved bow with reversed curve ends;

cupid's dart
n1
south European plant having dark-eyed flowers with flat blue rays;

- syn. Catananche caerulea, blue succory;

Cupid's disease
n1
a communicable infection transmitted by sexual intercourse or genital contact;

- syn. Cupid's itch, STD, VD, Venus's curse, dose, sexually transmitted disease, social disease, venereal disease, venereal infection;

Cupid's itch
n1
a communicable infection transmitted by sexual intercourse or genital contact;

- syn. Cupid's disease, STD, VD, Venus's curse, dose, sexually transmitted disease, social disease, venereal disease, venereal infection;

cupidity / k j u p ɪ d ɪ t i /
n1
extreme greed for material wealth;

- syn. avarice, avariciousness, covetousness;

cuplike
a1
resembling the shape of a cup;

- sim. concave;

cupola / k j u p ə ɫ ə /
n1
a vertical cylindrical furnace for melting iron for casting;

n2
a roof in the form of a dome;

cuppa / k ʌ p ə /
n1
a cup of tea;

- syn. cupper;

cupper / k ʌ p p ɝ /
n1
a cup of tea;

- syn. cuppa;

cupping / k ʌ p ɪ ŋ /
n1
a treatment in which evacuated cups are applied to the skin to draw blood through the surface;

Cupressaceae
n1
cypresses and junipers and many cedars;

- syn. cypress family, family Cupressaceae;

Cupressus
n1
type genus of Cupressaceae;

- syn. genus Cupressus;

Cupressus abramsiana
n1
rare California cypress taller than but closely related to gowen cypress and sometimes considered the same species;

- syn. Cupressus goveniana abramsiana, Santa Cruz cypress;

Cupressus arizonica
n1
Arizona timber tree with bluish silvery foliage;

- syn. Arizona cypress;

Cupressus goveniana
n1
small sometimes shrubby tree native to California;

- often used as an ornamental;

- in some classification systems includes the pygmy cypress and the Santa Cruz cypress;

- syn. gowen cypress;

Cupressus goveniana abramsiana
n1
rare California cypress taller than but closely related to gowen cypress and sometimes considered the same species;

- syn. Cupressus abramsiana, Santa Cruz cypress;

Cupressus goveniana pigmaea
n1
rare small cypress native to northern California;

- sometimes considered the same species as gowen cypress;

- syn. Cupressus pigmaea, pygmy cypress;

Cupressus guadalupensis
n1
relatively low wide-spreading endemic on Guadalupe Island;

- cultivated for its bluish foliage;

- syn. Guadalupe cypress;

Cupressus lusitanica
n1
tall spreading evergreen found in Mexico having drooping branches;

- believed to have been introduced into Portugal from Goa;

- syn. Mexican cypress, Portuguese cypress, cedar of Goa;

Cupressus macrocarpa
n1
tall California cypress endemic on Monterey Bay;

- widely used for ornament as well as reforestation and shelterbelt planting;

- syn. Monterey cypress;

Cupressus pigmaea
n1
rare small cypress native to northern California;

- sometimes considered the same species as gowen cypress;

- syn. Cupressus goveniana pigmaea, pygmy cypress;

Cupressus sempervirens
n1
tall Eurasian cypress with thin grey bark and ascending branches;

- syn. Italian cypress, Mediterranean cypress;

cupric / k j u p ɹ ɪ k /
a1
of or containing divalent copper;

- syn. cuprous;

cupric acetate
n1
a blue or green powder used as a paint pigment;

- syn. verdigris;

cupric sulfate
n1
a copper salt made by the action of sulfuric acid on copper oxide;

- syn. copper sulfate, copper sulphate, cupric sulphate;

cupric sulphate
n1
a copper salt made by the action of sulfuric acid on copper oxide;

- syn. copper sulfate, copper sulphate, cupric sulfate;

Cuprimine
n1
a drug (trade name Cuprimine) used to treat heavy metal poisoning and Wilson's disease and severe arthritis;

- syn. penicillamine;

cuprite / k ʌ p ɹ aɪ t /
n1
a mineral consisting of cuprous oxide that is a source of copper;

cupronickel
n1
a 60/40 alloy of copper and nickel;

cuprous / k j u p ɹ ə s /
a1
of or containing divalent copper;

- syn. cupric;

cupular
a1
shaped like (or supporting) a cupule;

- syn. cupulate;

- sim. concave;

cupulate
a1
shaped like (or supporting) a cupule;

- syn. cupular;

- sim. concave;

cupule
n1
cup-shaped structure of hardened bracts at the base of an acorn;

- syn. acorn cup;

n2
a sucker on the feet of certain flies;

Cuquenan
n1
a famous waterfall in Venezuela;

- syn. Cuquenan Falls, Kukenaam, Kukenaam Falls;

Cuquenan Falls
n1
a famous waterfall in Venezuela;

- syn. Cuquenan, Kukenaam, Kukenaam Falls;

cur / k ɝ , k ɝ ɹ /
n1
an inferior dog or one of mixed breed;

- syn. mongrel, mutt;

n2
a cowardly and despicable person;

curability / k j ʊə ɹ ə b ɪ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
capability of being cured or healed;

- syn. curableness;

curable / k j ʊə ɹ ə b ɫ /
a1
able to be cured or healed;

- "curable diseases";

a2
capable of being hardened by some additive or other agent;

- sim. tempered;

curableness / k j ʊə ɹ ə b ɫ n ɪ s /
n1
capability of being cured or healed;

- syn. curability;

Curacao
n1
a popular island resort in the Netherlands Antilles;

n2
flavored with sour orange peel;

- syn. curacoa;

curacoa
n1
flavored with sour orange peel;

- syn. curacao;

curacy / k j ʊə ɹ ə s i /
n1
the position of a curate;

curandera
n1
a Mexican woman who practices healing techniques inherited from the Mayans;

curandero
n1
a Mexican man who practices healing techniques inherited from the Mayans;

curare / k j ʊr ɑr i /
n1
a toxic alkaloid found in certain tropical South American trees that is a powerful relaxant for striated muscles;

- "curare acts by blocking cholinergic transmission at the myoneural junction";

- syn. tubocurarine;

curassow
n1
large crested arboreal game bird of warm parts of the Americas having long legs and tails;

- highly esteemed as game and food;

curate / k j ʊə ɹ ə t /
n1
a person authorized to conduct religious worship;

- "clergymen are usually called ministers in Protestant churches";

- syn. minister, minister of religion, parson, pastor, rector;

curative / k j ʊə ɹ ə t ɪ v /
n1
a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain;

- syn. cure, remedy, therapeutic;

a1
tending to cure or restore to health;

- "curative powers of herbal remedies";

- "her gentle healing hand";

- "remedial surgery";

- "a sanative environment of mountains and fresh air";

- "a therapeutic agent";

- "therapeutic diets";

- syn. alterative, healing, remedial, sanative, therapeutic;

- sim. healthful;

curator / k j ʊə ɹ eɪ t ə , k j ʊə ɹ eɪ t ə ɹ /
n1
the custodian of a collection (as a museum or library);

- syn. conservator;

curatorial
a1
of or relating to a curator or the duties of a curator;

- "curatorial duties";

curatorship / k j ʊə ɹ eɪ t ə ʃ ɪ p /
n1
the position of curator;

curb / k ɝ b /
n1
an edge between a sidewalk and a roadway consisting of a line of curbstones (usually forming part of a gutter);

- syn. curbing, kerb;

n2
a horse's bit with an attached chain or strap to check the horse;

- syn. curb bit;

n3
a stock exchange in New York;

- syn. AMEX, American Stock Exchange;

n4
the act of restraining power or action or limiting excess;

- "his common sense is a bridle to his quick temper";

- syn. bridle, check;

v1
lessen the intensity of;

- temper;

- hold in restraint;

- hold or keep within limits;

- "moderate your alcohol intake";

- "hold your tongue";

- "hold your temper";

- "control your anger";

- syn. check, contain, control, hold, hold in, moderate;

v2
keep to the curb;

- "curb your dogs";

v3
place restrictions on;

- "curtail drinking in school";

- syn. curtail, cut back, restrict;

curb bit
n1
a horse's bit with an attached chain or strap to check the horse;

- syn. curb;

curb market
n1
a stock market for trading in securities not listed on the New York Stock Exchange;

curb roof
n1
a roof with two or more slopes on each side of the ridge;

curb service
n1
service provided to customers who remain in their vehicles;

curbing / k ɝ b ɪ ŋ /
n1
an edge between a sidewalk and a roadway consisting of a line of curbstones (usually forming part of a gutter);

- syn. curb, kerb;

curbside / k ɝ b s aɪ d /
n1
the side of a sidewalk that is bordered by a curb;

- "policemen stood at intervals along the curbside";

curbstone / k ɝ b s t oʊ n /
n1
a paving stone forming part of a curb;

- syn. kerbstone;

Curculionidae
n1
true weevils: snout beetles;

- syn. family Curculionidae;

Curcuma
n1
tropical Asiatic perennial herbs;

- syn. genus Curcuma;

Curcuma domestica
n1
widely cultivated tropical plant of India having yellow flowers and a large aromatic deep yellow rhizome;

- source of a condiment and a yellow dye;

- syn. Curcuma longa, turmeric;

Curcuma longa
n1
widely cultivated tropical plant of India having yellow flowers and a large aromatic deep yellow rhizome;

- source of a condiment and a yellow dye;

- syn. Curcuma domestica, turmeric;

curd / k ɝ d /
n1
a coagulated liquid resembling milk curd;

- "bean curd";

- "lemon curd";

n2
coagulated milk;

- used to make cheese;

- "Little Miss Muffet sat on a tuffet eating some curds and whey";

curdle / k ɝ d ɫ /
v1
turn into curds;

- "curdled milk";

- syn. clabber, clot;

v2
go bad or sour;

- "The milk curdled";

v3
turn from a liquid to a solid mass;

- "his blood curdled";

curdled / k ɝ d ɫ d /
a1
transformed from a liquid into a soft semisolid or solid mass;

- "coagulated blood";

- "curdled milk";

- "grumous blood";

- syn. coagulate, coagulated, grumose, grumous;

- sim. thick;

curdling / k ɝ d ɫ ɪ ŋ /
n1
the process of forming semisolid lumps in a liquid;

- syn. clotting, coagulation;

cure / k j ʊə , k j ʊə ɹ /
n1
a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain;

- syn. curative, remedy, therapeutic;

v1
provide a cure for, make healthy again;

- "The treatment cured the boy's acne";

- "The quack pretended to heal patients but never managed to";

- syn. bring around, heal;

v2
prepare by drying, salting, or chemical processing in order to preserve;

- "cure meats";

- "cure pickles";

- "cure hay";

v3
make (substances) hard and improve their usability;

- "cure resin";

- "cure cement";

- "cure soap";

v4
be or become preserved;

- "the apricots cure in the sun";

cure-all / k j ʊə ɹ ɔ ɫ /
n1
hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases;

- once sought by the alchemists;

- syn. catholicon, nostrum, panacea;

cured / k j ʊə d /
a1
freed from illness or injury;

- "the patient appears cured";

- "the incision is healed";

- "appears to be entirely recovered";

- "when the recovered patient tries to remember what occurred during his delirium"- Normon Cameron;

- syn. healed, recovered;

- sim. well;

a2
(used of rubber) treated by a chemical or physical process to improve its properties (hardness and strength and odor and elasticity);

- syn. vulcanised, vulcanized;

- sim. processed;

a3
(used of concrete or mortar) kept moist to assist the hardening;

- sim. seasoned;

a4
(used of hay e.g.) allowed to dry;

- sim. preserved;

a5
(used especially of meat) cured in brine;

- syn. corned;

- sim. preserved;

a6
(used of tobacco) aging as a preservative process (`aged' is pronounced as one syllable);

- syn. aged;

- sim. preserved;

curet
n1
a surgical instrument shaped like a scoop to remove tissue from a bodily cavity;

- syn. curette;

curettage
n1
surgery to remove tissue or growths from a bodily cavity (as the uterus) by scraping with a curette;

- syn. curettement;

curette / k j ʊə ɹ ɛ t /
n1
a surgical instrument shaped like a scoop to remove tissue from a bodily cavity;

- syn. curet;

curettement
n1
surgery to remove tissue or growths from a bodily cavity (as the uterus) by scraping with a curette;

- syn. curettage;

curfew / k ɝ f j u /
n1
the time that the curfew signal is sounded;

n2
a signal (usually a bell) announcing the start of curfew restrictions;

n3
an order that after a specific time certain activities (as being outside on the streets) are prohibited;

Curia / k j ʊə ɹ ɪə /
n1
(Roman Catholic Church) the central administration governing the Roman Catholic Church;

curie / k j ʊə ɹ i /
n1
a unit of radioactivity equal to the amount of a radioactive isotope that decays at the rate of 37,000,000,000 disintegrations per second;

- syn. Ci;

n2
French physicist;

- husband of Marie Curie (1859-1906);

- syn. Pierre Curie;

n3
French chemist (born in Poland) who won two Nobel prizes;

- one (with her husband and Henri Becquerel) for research on radioactivity and another for her discovery of radium and polonium (1867-1934);

- syn. Madame Curie, Marie Curie, Marya Sklodowska;

Curie point
n1
the temperature above which a ferromagnetic substance loses its ferromagnetism and becomes paramagnetic;

- syn. Curie temperature;

Curie temperature
n1
the temperature above which a ferromagnetic substance loses its ferromagnetism and becomes paramagnetic;

- syn. Curie point;

Curietherapy
n1
the use of radium in radiation therapy;

- syn. radium therapy;

curing / k j ʊə ɹ ɪ ŋ /
n1
the process of becoming hard or solid by cooling or drying or crystallization;

- "the hardening of concrete";

- "he tested the set of the glue";

- syn. hardening, set, solidification, solidifying;

curio / k j ʊə ɹ i oʊ /
n1
something unusual -- perhaps worthy of collecting;

- syn. curiosity, oddity, oddment, peculiarity, rarity;

curiosa
n1
books on strange or unusual subjects (especially erotica);

curiosity / k j ʊə ɹ ɪ ɒ s ɪ t i /
n1
a state in which you want to learn more about something;

- syn. wonder;

n2
something unusual -- perhaps worthy of collecting;

- syn. curio, oddity, oddment, peculiarity, rarity;

curious / k j ʊə ɹ ɪə s /
a1
beyond or deviating from the usual or expected;

- "a curious hybrid accent";

- "her speech has a funny twang";

- "they have some funny ideas about war";

- "had an odd name";

- "the peculiar aromatic odor of cloves";

- "something definitely queer about this town";

- "what a rum fellow";

- "singular behavior";

- syn. funny, odd, peculiar, queer, rum, rummy, singular;

- sim. strange;

a2
eager to investigate and learn or learn more (sometimes about others' concerns);

- "a curious child is a teacher's delight";

- "a trap door that made me curious";

- "curious investigators";

- "traffic was slowed by curious rubberneckers";

- "curious about the neighbor's doings";

- also inquiring, interested;

- sim. inquisitive, nosy, overcurious;

curiously / k j ʊə ɹ ɪə s ɫ i /
r1
in a manner differing from the usual or expected;

- "had a curiously husky voice";

- "he's behaving rather peculiarly";

- syn. inexplicably, oddly, peculiarly;

r2
with curiosity;

- "the baby looked around curiously";

- syn. inquisitively, interrogatively;

curiousness / k j ʊə ɹ ɪə s n ə s /
n1
a state of active curiosity;

- syn. inquisitiveness;

n2
the quality of being alien or not native;

- "the strangeness of a foreigner";

- syn. foreignness, strangeness;

Curitiba / k ʊə ɹ ɪ t i b ə /
n1
a city in southeastern Brazil;

curium / k j ʊə ɹ ɪə m /
n1
a radioactive transuranic metallic element;

- produced by bombarding plutonium with helium nuclei;

- syn. Cm, atomic number 96;

curl / k ɝ ɫ /
n1
a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals);

- syn. coil, curlicue, gyre, ringlet, roll, scroll, whorl;

n2
American chemist who with Richard Smalley and Harold Kroto discovered fullerenes and opened a new branch of chemistry (born in 1933);

- syn. Robert Curl, Robert F. Curl, Robert Floyd Curl Jr.;

n3
a strand or cluster of hair;

- syn. lock, ringlet, whorl;

v1
form a curl, curve, or kink;

- "the cigar smoke curled up at the ceiling";

- syn. curve, kink;

v2
shape one's body into a curl;

- "She curled farther down under the covers";

- "She fell and drew in";

- syn. curl up, draw in;

v3
wind around something in coils or loops;

- syn. coil, loop;

v4
twist or roll into coils or ringlets;

- "curl my hair, please";

- syn. wave;

v5
play the Scottish game of curling;

curl up
v1
shape one's body into a curl;

- "She curled farther down under the covers";

- "She fell and drew in";

- syn. curl, draw in;

curled / k ɝ ɫ d /
a1
(of hair) making curls or having been made to curl;

- syn. curling;

- sim. curly;

curled leaf pondweed
n1
European herb naturalized in the eastern United States and California;

- syn. Potamogeton crispus, curly pondweed;

curler / k ɝ ɫ ə , k ɝ ɫ ə ɹ /
n1
a mechanical device consisting of a cylindrical tube around which the hair is wound to curl it;

- "a woman with her head full of curlers is not a pretty sight";

- syn. crimper, hair curler, roller;

curlew / k ɝ ɫ j u /
n1
large migratory shorebirds of the sandpiper family;

- closely related to woodcocks but having a down-curved bill;

curlew sandpiper
n1
Old World sandpiper with a curved bill like a curlew;

- syn. Calidris Ferruginea;

curlicue
n1
a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals);

- syn. coil, curl, gyre, ringlet, roll, scroll, whorl;

n2
a short twisting line;

- syn. squiggle;

curliness / k ɝ ɫ ɪ n ə s /
n1
(of hair) a tendency to curl;

- syn. waviness;

curling / k ɝ ɫ ɪ ŋ /
n1
a game played on ice in which heavy stones with handles are slid toward a target;

a1
(of hair) making curls or having been made to curl;

- syn. curled;

- sim. curly;

curling iron
n1
a cylindrical metal home appliance that heats a lock of hair that has been curled around it;

curly / k ɝ ɫ i /
a1
(of hair) having curls or waves;

- "they envied her naturally curly hair";

- sim. crisp, curled, permed, ringleted, wavy;

curly-coated
a1
covered with curly hair;

- "a curly-coated water spaniel";

- syn. curly-haired;

- sim. hairy;

curly-coated retriever
n1
an English breed having a tightly curled black or liver-colored coat;

- retrieves game from land or water;

curly-grained
a1
of timber;

- having fibers running irregularly rather than in parallel;

- syn. cross-grained, wavy-grained;

- sim. uneven;

curly-haired
a1
covered with curly hair;

- "a curly-coated water spaniel";

- syn. curly-coated;

- sim. hairy;

curly-heads
n1
shrubby clematis of the eastern United States having curly foliage;

- syn. Clematis ochreleuca;

curly-leafed
a1
having curly leaves;

- syn. curly-leaved;

- sim. leafy;

curly-leaved
a1
having curly leaves;

- syn. curly-leafed;

- sim. leafy;

curly clematis
n1
climber of southern United States having bluish-purple flowers;

- syn. Clematis crispa, blue jasmine, blue jessamine, marsh clematis;

curly endive
n1
crisp spiky leaves with somewhat bitter taste;

- syn. chicory;

curly grass
n1
rare small fern of northeastern North America having numerous slender spiraling fronds and forming dense tufts;

- syn. Schizaea pusilla, curly grass fern;

curly grass fern
n1
rare small fern of northeastern North America having numerous slender spiraling fronds and forming dense tufts;

- syn. Schizaea pusilla, curly grass;

curly pondweed
n1
European herb naturalized in the eastern United States and California;

- syn. Potamogeton crispus, curled leaf pondweed;

curlycup gumweed
n1
perennial gumweed of western and central North America;

- syn. Grindelia squarrosa;

curmudgeon / k ɝ m ʌ dʒ ə n /
n1
a crusty irascible cantankerous old person full of stubborn ideas;

curmudgeonly
a1
brusque and surly and forbidding;

- "crusty remarks";

- "a crusty old man";

- "his curmudgeonly temper";

- "gruff manner";

- "a gruff reply";

- syn. crusty, gruff, ill-humored, ill-humoured;

- sim. ill-natured;

currajong
n1
widely distributed tree of eastern Australia yielding a tough durable fiber and soft light attractively grained wood;

- foliage is an important emergency food for cattle;

- syn. Brachychiton populneus, kurrajong;

currant / k ʌ ɹ ə n t /
n1
any of several tart red or black berries used primarily for jellies and jams;

n2
any of various deciduous shrubs of the genus Ribes bearing currants;

- syn. currant bush;

n3
small dried seedless raisin grown in the Mediterranean region and California;

- used in cooking;

currant bush
n1
any of various deciduous shrubs of the genus Ribes bearing currants;

- syn. currant;

currawong
n1
bluish black fruit-eating bird with a bell-like call;

- syn. bell magpie;

currency / k ʌ ɹ ə n s i /
n1
the metal or paper medium of exchange that is presently used;

n2
general acceptance or use;

- "the currency of ideas";

n3
the property of belonging to the present time;

- "the currency of a slang term";

- syn. currentness, up-to-dateness;

current / k ʌ ɹ ə n t /
n1
a flow of electricity through a conductor;

- "the current was measured in amperes";

- syn. electric current;

n2
a steady flow of a fluid (usually from natural causes);

- "the raft floated downstream on the current";

- "he felt a stream of air";

- "the hose ejected a stream of water";

- syn. stream;

n3
dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas;

- "two streams of development run through American history";

- "stream of consciousness";

- "the flow of thought";

- "the current of history";

- syn. flow, stream;

a1
occurring in or belonging to the present time;

- "current events";

- "the current topic";

- "current negotiations";

- "current psychoanalytic theories";

- "the ship's current position";

- also modern, new;

- sim. actual, afoot, circulating, contemporary, incumbent, live, live, occurrent, on-line, ongoing, topical, up-to-date, up-to-the-minute;

current account
n1
that part of the balance of payments recording a nation's exports and imports of goods and services and transfer payments;

n2
a bank account against which the depositor can draw checks that are payable on demand;

- syn. checking account, chequing account;

current assets
n1
assets in the form of cash (or easily convertible into cash);

- syn. liquid assets, quick assets;

current electricity
n1
a flow of electric charge;

- syn. dynamic electricity;

current intelligence
n1
intelligence of all types and forms of immediate interest;

- usually disseminated without delays for evaluation or interpretation;

current of air
n1
air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure;

- "trees bent under the fierce winds";

- "when there is no wind, row";

- "the radioactivity was being swept upwards by the air current and out into the atmosphere";

- syn. air current, wind;

current unit
n1
a measure of the amount of electric charge flowing past a circuit point at a specific time;

currently / k ʌ ɹ ə n t ɫ i /
r1
at this time or period;

- now;

- "he is presently our ambassador to the United Nations";

- "currently they live in Connecticut";

- syn. presently;

currentness / k ʌ ɹ ə n t n ɛ s /
n1
the property of belonging to the present time;

- "the currency of a slang term";

- syn. currency, up-to-dateness;

Currer Bell
n1
English novelist;

- one of three Bronte sisters (1818-1848);

- syn. Bronte, Emily Bronte, Emily Jane Bronte;

curricular / k ə ɹ ɪ k j ʊ ɫ ə ax , k ə ɹ ɪ k j ʊ ɫ ə ax ɹ /
a1
of or relating to an academic course of study;

curriculum / k ə ɹ ɪ k j ʊ ɫ ə m /
n1
an integrated course of academic studies;

- "he was admitted to a new program at the university";

- syn. course of study, program, programme, syllabus;

curriculum vitae / k ə ɹ ɪ k j ʊ ɫ ə m v i t aɪ /
n1
a summary of your academic and work history;

- syn. CV, resume;

Currier / k ʌ ɹ ɪə /
n1
United States lithographer who (with his partner James Ives) produced thousands of prints signed `Currier & Ives' (1813-1888);

- syn. Nathaniel Currier;

n2
a craftsman who curries leather for use;

currish / k ɝ ɹ ɪ ʃ /
a1
base and cowardly;

- sim. ignoble;

a2
resembling a cur;

- snarling and rude;

- sim. ill-natured;

currishly / k ɝ ɹ ɪ ʃ ɫ i /
r1
in a currish manner;

- meanspiritedly;

- "he behaved ignobly";

- syn. ignobly;

curry / k ʌ ɹ i /
n1
(East Indian cookery) a pungent dish of vegetables or meats flavored with curry powder and usually eaten with rice;

v1
season with a mixture of spices;

- typical of Indian cooking;

v2
treat by incorporating fat;

- "curry tanned leather";

v3
give a neat appearance to;

- "groom the dogs";

- "dress the horses";

- syn. dress, groom;

curry favor
v1
seek favor by fawning or flattery;

- "This employee is currying favor with his superordinates";

- syn. court favor, court favour, curry favour;

curry favour
v1
seek favor by fawning or flattery;

- "This employee is currying favor with his superordinates";

- syn. court favor, court favour, curry favor;

curry powder
n1
pungent blend of cumin and ground coriander seed and turmeric and other spices;

curry sauce
n1
allemande sauce with curry powder and coconut milk instead of stock;

currycomb / k ʌ ɹ i k oʊ m /
n1
a square comb with rows of small teeth;

- used to curry horses;

v1
clean (a horse) with a currycomb;

curse / k ɝ s /
n1
profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger;

- "expletives were deleted";

- syn. curse word, cuss, expletive, oath, swearing, swearword;

n2
an appeal to some supernatural power to inflict evil on someone or some group;

- syn. condemnation, execration;

n3
an evil spell;

- "a witch put a curse on his whole family";

- "he put the whammy on me";

- syn. hex, jinx, whammy;

n4
something causing misery or death;

- "the bane of my life";

- syn. bane, nemesis, scourge;

n5
a severe affliction;

- syn. torment;

v1
utter obscenities or profanities;

- "The drunken men were cursing loudly in the street";

- syn. blaspheme, cuss, imprecate, swear;

v2
heap obscenities upon;

- "The taxi driver who felt he didn't get a high enough tip cursed the passenger";

v3
wish harm upon;

- invoke evil upon;

- "The bad witch cursed the child";

- syn. anathemise, anathemize, bedamn, beshrew, damn, imprecate, maledict;

v4
exclude from a church or a religious community;

- "The gay priest was excommunicated when he married his partner";

- syn. excommunicate, unchurch;

curse word
n1
profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger;

- "expletives were deleted";

- syn. curse, cuss, expletive, oath, swearing, swearword;

cursed / k ɝ s ɪ d , k ɝ s t /
a1
deserving a curse;

- sometimes used as an intensifier;

- "villagers shun the area believing it to be cursed";

- "cursed with four daughter";

- "not a cursed drop";

- "his cursed stupidity";

- "I'll be cursed if I can see your reasoning";

- syn. curst;

- sim. accursed, blasted, cursed with, damn, damnable;

a2
in danger of the eternal punishment of Hell;

- "poor damned souls";

- syn. damned, doomed, unredeemed, unsaved;

- sim. lost;

cursed crowfoot
n1
annual herb growing in marshy places;

- syn. Ranunculus sceleratus, celery-leaved buttercup;

cursed with
a1
burdened with;

- "stuck with the tab";

- syn. stuck with;

- sim. cursed;

cursedly / k ɝ s ɪ d ɫ i /
r1
in a damnable manner;

- "kindly Arthur--so damnably, politely, endlessly persistent!";

- syn. damnably, damned;

cursive / k ɝ s ɪ v /
n1
rapid handwriting in which letters are set down in full and are cursively connected within words without lifting the writing implement from the paper;

- syn. cursive script, longhand, running hand;

a1
having successive letter joined together;

- "cursive script";

- sim. written;

cursive script
n1
rapid handwriting in which letters are set down in full and are cursively connected within words without lifting the writing implement from the paper;

- syn. cursive, longhand, running hand;

cursively / k ɝ s ɪ v ɫ i /
r1
in a cursive manner;

cursor / k ɝ s ə ɹ /
n1
(computer science) indicator consisting of a movable spot of light (an icon) on a visual display;

- moving it allows the user to point to commands or screen positions;

- syn. pointer;

cursorial
a1
(of limbs and feet) adapted for running;

cursorily / k ɝ s ə ɹ ə ɫ i /
r1
without taking pains;

- "he looked cursorily through the magazine";

- syn. quickly;

Cursorius
n1
coursers;

- syn. genus Cursorius;

Cursorius cursor
n1
courser of desert and semidesert regions of the Old World;

- syn. cream-colored courser;

cursory / k ɝ s ə ɹ i /
a1
hasty and without attention to detail;

- not thorough;

- "a casual (or cursory) inspection failed to reveal the house's structural flaws";

- "a passing glance";

- "perfunctory courtesy";

- "In his paper, he showed a very superficial understanding of psychoanalytic theory";

- syn. casual, passing, perfunctory, superficial;

- sim. careless;

curst / k ɝ s t /
a1
deserving a curse;

- sometimes used as an intensifier;

- "villagers shun the area believing it to be cursed";

- "cursed with four daughter";

- "not a cursed drop";

- "his cursed stupidity";

- "I'll be cursed if I can see your reasoning";

- syn. cursed;

- sim. accursed, blasted, cursed with, damn, damnable;

curt / k ɝ t /
a1
marked by rude or peremptory shortness;

- "try to cultivate a less brusque manner";

- "a curt reply";

- "the salesgirl was very short with him";

- syn. brusk, brusque, short;

- sim. discourteous;

a2
brief and to the point;

- effectively cut short;

- "a crisp retort";

- "a response so curt as to be almost rude";

- "the laconic reply;

- `yes'";

- "short and terse and easy to understand";

- syn. crisp, laconic, terse;

- sim. concise;

curtail / k ɝ t eɪ ɫ /
v1
place restrictions on;

- "curtail drinking in school";

- syn. curb, cut back, restrict;

v2
terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end or its full extent;

- "My speech was cut short";

- "Personal freedom is curtailed in many countries";

- syn. clip, cut short;

curtailment / k ɝ t eɪ ɫ m ə n t /
n1
the temporal property of being cut short;

n2
the act of withholding or withdrawing some book or writing from publication or circulation;

- "a suppression of the newspaper";

- syn. suppression;

n3
the reduction of expenditures in order to become financially stable;

- syn. downsizing, retrenchment;

curtain / k ɝ t n /
n1
hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window);

- syn. drape, drapery, mantle, pall;

n2
any barrier to communication or vision;

- "a curtain of secrecy";

- "a curtain of trees";

v1
provide with drapery;

- "curtain the bedrooms";

curtain call
n1
an appearance by actors or performers at the end of the concert or play in order to acknowledge the applause of the audience;

- syn. bow;

curtain lecture
n1
a private lecture to a husband by his wife;

curtain off
v1
separate by means of a curtain;

curtain raiser
n1
any preliminary activity;

n2
a short play presented before the main play;

curtain raising
n1
the first performance (as of a theatrical production);

- "the opening received good critical reviews";

- syn. opening, opening night;

curtain ring
n1
a circular ring for holding up a curtain;

curtained / k ɝ t n d /
a1
furnished or concealed with curtains or draperies;

- "a curtained alcove";

- sim. draped;

curtainless
a1
not provided with curtains;

- "blank, curtainless windows stared back at her";

- syn. uncurtained;

curtal
a1
(archaic) cut short;

- "a dog with a curtal tail";

- sim. short;

curtate cycloid
n1
a cycloid generated by a point inside the rolling circle;

curtilage
n1
the enclosed land around a house or other building;

- "it was a small house with almost no yard";

- syn. grounds, yard;

Curtis / k ɝ ɹ t ɪ z /
n1
English botanical writer and publisher (1746-1799);

- syn. William Curtis;

Curtisia
n1
a large evergreen tree of South Africa;

- syn. genus Curtisia;

Curtiss
n1
United States industrialist and aviation pioneer (1878-1930);

- syn. Glenn Curtiss, Glenn Hammond Curtiss;

curtly / k ɝ t ɫ i /
r1
in a curt, abrupt and discourteous manner;

- "he told me curtly to get on with it";

- "he talked short with everyone";

- "he said shortly that he didn't like it";

- syn. short, shortly;

curtness / k ɝ t n ə s /
n1
an abrupt discourteous manner;

- syn. abruptness, brusqueness, gruffness, shortness;

curtsey / k ɝ t s i /
n1
bending the knees;

- a gesture of respect made by women;

- syn. curtsy;

v1
bend the knees in a gesture of respectful greeting;

- syn. curtsy;

curtsy / k ɝ t s i /
n1
bending the knees;

- a gesture of respect made by women;

- syn. curtsey;

v1
bend the knees in a gesture of respectful greeting;

- syn. curtsey;

v2
make a curtsy;

- usually done only by girls and women;

- as a sign of respect;

- "She curtsied when she shook the Queen's hand";

- syn. bob;

curvaceous
a1
(of a woman's body) having a large bosom and pleasing curves;

- "Hollywood seems full of curvaceous blondes";

- "a curvy young woman in a tight dress";

- syn. bosomy, busty, buxom, curvy, full-bosomed, sonsie, sonsy, stacked, voluptuous, well-endowed;

- sim. shapely;

curvaceously
r1
in a curvaceous way;

- "his date was curvaceously beguiling";

- syn. buxomly;

curvaceousness
n1
the quality of having a well-rounded body;

- syn. shapeliness, voluptuousness;

curvature / k ɝ v ə tʃ ə , k ɝ v ə tʃ ə ɹ /
n1
(medicine) a curving or bending;

- often abnormal;

- "curvature of the spine";

n2
the rate of change (at a point) of the angle between a curve and a tangent to the curve;

n3
the property possessed by the curving of a line or surface;

- syn. curve;

curve / k ɝ v /
n1
the trace of a point whose direction of motion changes;

- syn. curved shape;

n2
a line on a graph representing data;

n3
a pitch of a baseball that is thrown with spin so that its path curves as it approaches the batter;

- syn. bender, breaking ball, curve ball;

n4
the property possessed by the curving of a line or surface;

- syn. curvature;

n5
curved segment (of a road or river or railroad track etc.);

- syn. bend;

v1
turn sharply;

- change direction abruptly;

- "The car cut to the left at the intersection";

- "The motorbike veered to the right";

- syn. cut, sheer, slew, slue, swerve, trend, veer;

v2
extend in curves and turns;

- "The road winds around the lake";

- "the path twisted through the forest";

- syn. twist, wind;

v3
form an arch or curve;

- "her back arches";

- "her hips curve nicely";

- syn. arc, arch;

v4
bend or cause to bend;

- "He crooked his index finger";

- "the road curved sharply";

- syn. crook;

v5
form a curl, curve, or kink;

- "the cigar smoke curled up at the ceiling";

- syn. curl, kink;

curve ball
n1
a pitch of a baseball that is thrown with spin so that its path curves as it approaches the batter;

- syn. bender, breaking ball, curve;

curved / k ɝ v d /
a1
having or marked by a curve or smoothly rounded bend;

- "the curved tusks of a walrus";

- "his curved lips suggested a smile but his eyes were hard";

- syn. curving;

- sim. arced, curvilineal, curvy, eellike, falcate, flexuous, hooklike, incurvate, recurved, semicircular, serpentine, sinuate, sinusoidal, upcurved;

curved shape
n1
the trace of a point whose direction of motion changes;

- syn. curve;

curvet / k ɝ v ɛ t /
n1
a light leap by a horse in which both hind legs leave the ground before the forelegs come down;

- syn. vaulting;

v1
perform a leap where both hind legs come off the ground, of a horse;

curvey
a1
having curves;

- "a settee with only one curvy end";

- syn. curvy;

- sim. curved;

curvilineal / k ɝ v ɪ ɫ ɪ n ɪə ɫ /
a1
characterized by or following a curved line;

- "curvilinear tracery";

- "curvilinear motion";

- syn. curvilinear;

- sim. curved;

curvilinear / k ɝ v ɪ ɫ ɪ n ɪə /
a1
characterized by or following a curved line;

- "curvilinear tracery";

- "curvilinear motion";

- syn. curvilineal;

- sim. curved;

curvilinear correlation
n1
any correlation in which the rates of change of the variables is not constant;

- syn. nonlinear correlation, skew correlation;

curvilinear regression
n1
the relation between variables when the regression equation is nonlinear (quadratic or higher order);

curving / k ɝ v ɪ ŋ /
a1
having or marked by a curve or smoothly rounded bend;

- "the curved tusks of a walrus";

- "his curved lips suggested a smile but his eyes were hard";

- syn. curved;

- sim. arced, curvilineal, curvy, eellike, falcate, flexuous, hooklike, incurvate, recurved, semicircular, serpentine, sinuate, sinusoidal, upcurved;

curvy / k ɝ v i /
a1
having curves;

- "a settee with only one curvy end";

- syn. curvey;

- sim. curved;

a2
(of a woman's body) having a large bosom and pleasing curves;

- "Hollywood seems full of curvaceous blondes";

- "a curvy young woman in a tight dress";

- syn. bosomy, busty, buxom, curvaceous, full-bosomed, sonsie, sonsy, stacked, voluptuous, well-endowed;

- sim. shapely;

Cusco
n1
a town in the Andes in southern Peru;

- formerly the capital of the Inca empire;

- syn. Cuzco;

cuscus
n1
woolly-haired monkey-like arboreal marsupial of New Guinea and northern Australia;

Cuscuta
n1
genus of twining leafless parasitic herbs lacking chlorophyll: dodder;

- syn. genus Cuscuta;

Cuscuta gronovii
n1
leafless parasitic vine with dense clusters of small white bell-shaped flowers on orange-yellow stems that twine around clover or flax;

- syn. love vine;

cush-cush
n1
tropical American yam with small yellow edible tubers;

- syn. Dioscorea trifida;

cushat / k ʌ ʃ ə t /
n1
Eurasian pigeon with white patches on wings and neck;

- syn. Columba palumbus, ringdove, wood pigeon;

cushaw
n1
plant bearing squash having globose to ovoid fruit with variously striped grey and green and white warty rinds;

- syn. Cucurbita argyrosperma, Cucurbita mixta;

n2
globose or ovoid squash with striped grey and green warty rind;

Cushing
n1
United States neurologist noted for his study of the brain and pituitary gland and who identified Cushing's syndrome (1869-1939);

- syn. Harvery Williams Cushing, Harvey Cushing;

Cushing's disease
n1
a glandular disorder caused by excessive ACTH resulting in greater than normal functioning of the adrenal gland;

- characterized by obesity;

- syn. hyperadrenalism;

Cushing's syndrome
n1
a glandular disorder caused by excessive cortisol;

- syn. hyperadrenocorticism;

cushion / k ʊ ʃ n /
n1
a mechanical damper;

- absorbs energy of sudden impulses;

- "the old car needed a new set of shocks";

- syn. shock, shock absorber;

n2
the layer of air that supports a hovercraft or similar vehicle;

n3
a soft bag filled with air or a mass of padding such as feathers or foam rubber etc.;

v1
protect from impact;

- "cushion the blow";

- syn. buffer, soften;

cushion calamint
n1
aromatic herb having heads of small pink or whitish flowers;

- widely distributed in United States, Europe and Asia;

- syn. Clinopodium vulgare, Satureja vulgaris, wild basil;

cushion flower
n1
tall straggling shrub with large globose crimson-yellow flowers;

- western Australia;

- syn. Hakea laurina, pincushion hakea;

cushioned / k ʊ ʃ n d /
a1
softened by the addition of cushions or padding;

- syn. cushiony, padded;

- sim. soft;

cushioning / k ʊ ʃ n ɪ ŋ /
n1
artifact consisting of soft or resilient material used to fill or give shape or protect or add comfort;

- syn. padding;

cushiony
a1
softened by the addition of cushions or padding;

- syn. cushioned, padded;

- sim. soft;

Cushitic
n1
a group of languages spoken in Ethiopia and Somalia and northwestern Kenya and adjacent regions;

cushy / k ʊ ʃ i /
a1
not burdensome or demanding;

- borne or done easily and without hardship;

- "what a cushy job!";

- "the easygoing life of a parttime consultant";

- "a soft job";

- syn. easygoing, soft;

- sim. easy;

cusk
n1
the lean flesh of a cod-like fish of North Atlantic waters;

n2
large edible marine fish of northern coastal waters;

- related to cod;

- syn. Brosme brosme, torsk;

n3
elongate freshwater cod of northern Europe and Asia and North America having barbels around its mouth;

- syn. Lota lota, burbot, eelpout, ling;

cusk-eel
n1
elongate compressed somewhat eel-shaped fishes;

cusp / k ʌ s p /
n1
point formed by two intersecting arcs (as from the intrados of a Gothic arch);

n2
a thin triangular flap of a heart valve;

- syn. leaflet;

n3
small elevation on the grinding surface of a tooth;

cuspate
a1
having cusps or points;

- syn. cuspated, cusped, cuspidal, cuspidate, cuspidated;

- sim. angular;

cuspated
a1
having cusps or points;

- syn. cuspate, cusped, cuspidal, cuspidate, cuspidated;

- sim. angular;

cusped / k ʌ s p t /
a1
having cusps or points;

- syn. cuspate, cuspated, cuspidal, cuspidate, cuspidated;

- sim. angular;

cuspid / k ʌ s p ɪ d /
n1
one of the four pointed conical teeth (two in each jaw) located between the incisors and the premolars;

- syn. canine, canine tooth, dogtooth, eye tooth, eyetooth;

cuspidal
a1
having cusps or points;

- syn. cuspate, cuspated, cusped, cuspidate, cuspidated;

- sim. angular;

cuspidate / k ʌ s p ɪ d eɪ t /
a1
having cusps or points;

- syn. cuspate, cuspated, cusped, cuspidal, cuspidated;

- sim. angular;

cuspidated / k ʌ s p ɪ d eɪ t ɪ d /
a1
having cusps or points;

- syn. cuspate, cuspated, cusped, cuspidal, cuspidate;

- sim. angular;

cuspidation / k ʌ s p ɪ d eɪ ʃ n /
n1
a decoration using cusps;

cuspidor / k ʌ s p ɪ d ɔ , k ʌ s p ɪ d ɔ ɹ /
n1
a receptacle for spit (usually in a public place);

- syn. spittoon;

cuss / k ʌ s /
n1
a persistently annoying person;

- syn. blighter, gadfly, pest, pesterer;

n2
a boy or man;

- "that chap is your host";

- "there's a fellow at the door";

- "he's a likable cuss";

- "he's a good bloke";

- syn. blighter, bloke, chap, fella, feller, fellow, gent, lad;

n3
profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger;

- "expletives were deleted";

- syn. curse, curse word, expletive, oath, swearing, swearword;

v1
utter obscenities or profanities;

- "The drunken men were cursing loudly in the street";

- syn. blaspheme, curse, imprecate, swear;

cussed / k ʌ s ɪ d /
a1
stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing;

- syn. obdurate, obstinate, unrepentant;

- sim. unregenerate;

cussedly / k ʌ s ɪ d ɫ i /
r1
in a stubborn unregenerate manner;

- "she remained stubbornly in the same position";

- syn. mulishly, obdurately, obstinately, pig-headedly, stubbornly;

cussedness / k ʌ s ɪ d n ə s /
n1
meanspirited disagreeable contrariness;

- syn. orneriness;

custard / k ʌ s t ə d /
n1
sweetened mixture of milk and eggs baked or boiled or frozen;

custard-apple family
n1
chiefly tropical trees or shrubs;

- syn. Annonaceae, family Annonaceae;

custard-like
a1
resembling custard in consistency;

custard apple
n1
any of several tropical American trees bearing fruit with soft edible pulp;

- syn. custard apple tree;

n2
the fruit of any of several tropical American trees of the genus Annona having soft edible pulp;

custard apple tree
n1
any of several tropical American trees bearing fruit with soft edible pulp;

- syn. custard apple;

custard pie
n1
a prop consisting of an open pie filled with real or artificial custard;

- thrown in slapstick comedies;

Custer / k ʌ s t ə /
n1
United States general who was killed along with all his command by the Sioux at the Battle of Little Bighorn (1839-1876);

- syn. General Custer, George Armstrong Custer;

Custer's Last Stand
n1
a battle in Montana near the Little Bighorn River between United States cavalry under Custer and several groups of Native Americans (1876);

- Custer was pursuing Sioux led by Sitting Bull;

- Custer underestimated the size of the Sioux forces (which were supported by Cheyenne warriors) and was killed along with all his command;

- syn. Battle of Little Bighorn, Battle of the Little Bighorn, Little Bighorn;

custodial / k ʌ s t oʊ d ɪə ɫ , k ʌ s t oʊ d j ə ɫ /
a1
providing protective supervision;

- watching over or safeguarding;

- "daycare that is educational and not just custodial";

- "a guardian angel";

- "tutelary gods";

- syn. tutelar, tutelary;

- sim. protective;

custodial account
n1
a brokerage firm account that parents have created for a minor;

custodian / k ʌ s t oʊ d ɪə n /
n1
one having charge of buildings or grounds or animals;

- syn. keeper, steward;

custodianship / k ʌ s t oʊ d ɪə n ʃ ɪ p /
n1
the position of custodian;

custody / k ʌ s t ə d i /
n1
a state of being confined (usually for a short time);

- "his detention was politically motivated";

- "the prisoner is on hold";

- "he is in the custody of police";

- syn. detainment, detention, hold;

n2
holding by the police;

- "the suspect is in custody";

n3
(with `in') guardianship over;

- in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child;

- "my fate is in your hands";

- "too much power in the president's hands";

- "your guests are now in my custody";

- "the mother was awarded custody of the children";

- syn. hands;

custody battle
n1
litigation to settle custody of the children of a divorced couple;

custody case
n1
a legal action to determine custody (usually of children following a divorce);

custom / k ʌ s t ə m /
n1
accepted or habitual practice;

- syn. usage, usance;

n2
a specific practice of long standing;

- syn. tradition;

n3
money collected under a tariff;

- syn. customs, customs duty, impost;

n4
habitual patronage;

- "I have given this tailor my custom for many years";

a1
made according to the specifications of an individual;

- syn. custom-made;

- sim. bespoke, custom-built;

custom-built / k ʌ s t ə m b ɪ ɫ t /
n1
an item made to the customer's specifications;

- syn. custom-made;

a1
built for a particular individual;

- syn. made-to-order;

- sim. custom-made;

custom-made / k ʌ s t ə m m eɪ d /
n1
an item made to the customer's specifications;

- syn. custom-built;

a1
made according to the specifications of an individual;

- syn. custom;

- sim. bespoke, custom-built;

custom-make
v1
make to specifications;

- "I had this desk custom-made for me";

- syn. customise, customize, tailor-make;

customarily / k ʌ s t ə m ə ɹ ə ɫ i /
r1
by custom;

- according to common practice;

- "children are customarily expected to be seen but not heard";

customary / k ʌ s t ə m ə ɹ i /
a1
in accordance with convention or custom;

- "sealed the deal with the customary handshake";

- sim. conventional;

a2
commonly used or practiced;

- usual;

- "his accustomed thoroughness";

- "took his customary morning walk";

- "his habitual comment";

- "with her wonted candor";

- syn. accustomed, habitual, wonted;

- sim. usual;

customer / k ʌ s t ə m ə , k ʌ s t ə m ə ɹ /
n1
someone who pays for goods or services;

- syn. client;

customer's broker
n1
someone in charge of a client's account for an advertising agency or brokerage or other service business;

- syn. account executive, account representative, customer's man, registered representative;

customer's man
n1
someone in charge of a client's account for an advertising agency or brokerage or other service business;

- syn. account executive, account representative, customer's broker, registered representative;

customer agent
n1
a foreign purchaser who buys goods outright for resale;

customhouse / k ʌ s t ə m h aʊ z /
n1
a government building where customs are collected and where ships are cleared to enter or leave the country;

- syn. customshouse;

customise / k ʌ s t ə m ɪ s /
v1
make to specifications;

- "I had this desk custom-made for me";

- syn. custom-make, customize, tailor-make;

v2
make according to requirements;

- "customize a car";

- syn. customize;

customize / k ʌ s t ə m aɪ z /
v1
make to specifications;

- "I had this desk custom-made for me";

- syn. custom-make, customise, tailor-make;

v2
make according to requirements;

- "customize a car";

- syn. customise;

customs / k ʌ s t ə m z /
n1
money collected under a tariff;

- syn. custom, customs duty, impost;

Customs Bureau
n1
the agency of the Treasury Department that enforces import tariffs;

- syn. Bureau of Customs, Customs Service, USCB;

customs duty
n1
money collected under a tariff;

- syn. custom, customs, impost;

Customs Service
n1
the agency of the Treasury Department that enforces import tariffs;

- syn. Bureau of Customs, Customs Bureau, USCB;

customs union
n1
an association of nations to promote free trade within the union and set common tariffs for nations that are not members;

customshouse / k ʌ s t ə m z h aʊ z /
n1
a government building where customs are collected and where ships are cleared to enter or leave the country;

- syn. customhouse;

cut / k ʌ t /
n1
a share of the profits;

- "everyone got a cut of the earnings";

n2
(film) an immediate transition from one shot to the next;

- "the cut from the accident scene to the hospital seemed too abrupt";

n3
a trench resembling a furrow that was made by erosion or excavation;

- syn. gash;

n4
a step on some scale;

- "he is a cut above the rest";

n5
a wound made by cutting;

- "he put a bandage over the cut";

- syn. gash, slash, slice;

n6
a piece of meat that has been cut from an animal carcass;

- syn. cut of meat;

n7
a remark capable of wounding mentally;

- "the unkindest cut of all";

- syn. stinger;

n8
a distinct selection of music from a recording or a compact disc;

- "he played the first cut on the cd";

- "the title track of the album";

- syn. track;

n9
the omission that is made when an editorial change shortens a written passage;

- "an editor's deletions frequently upset young authors";

- "both parties agreed on the excision of the proposed clause";

- syn. deletion, excision;

n10
the style in which a garment is cut;

- "a dress of traditional cut";

n11
a canal made by erosion or excavation;

n12
a refusal to recognize someone you know;

- "the snub was clearly intentional";

- syn. cold shoulder, snub;

n13
in baseball;

- a batter's attempt to hit a pitched ball;

- "he took a vicious cut at the ball";

- syn. baseball swing, swing;

n14
(sports) a stroke that puts reverse spin on the ball;

- "cuts do not bother a good tennis player";

- syn. undercut;

n15
the division of a deck of cards before dealing;

- "he insisted that we give him the last cut before every deal";

- "the cutting of the cards soon became a ritual";

- syn. cutting;

n16
the act of penetrating or opening open with a sharp edge;

- "his cut in the lining revealed the hidden jewels";

- syn. cutting;

n17
the act of cutting something into parts;

- "his cuts were skillful";

- "his cutting of the cake made a terrible mess";

- syn. cutting;

n18
the act of shortening something by chopping off the ends;

- "the barber gave him a good cut";

- syn. cutting, cutting off;

n19
the act of reducing the amount or number;

- "the mayor proposed extensive cuts in the city budget";

n20
an unexcused absence from class;

- "he was punished for taking too many cuts in his math class";

v1
separate with or as if with an instrument;

- "Cut the rope";

- also cut away, cut into, cut off, cut out, cut out, cut up;

v2
cut down on;

- make a reduction in;

- "reduce your daily fat intake";

- "The employer wants to cut back health benefits";

- syn. bring down, cut back, cut down, reduce, trim, trim back, trim down;

v3
turn sharply;

- change direction abruptly;

- "The car cut to the left at the intersection";

- "The motorbike veered to the right";

- syn. curve, sheer, slew, slue, swerve, trend, veer;

v4
make an incision or separation;

- "cut along the dotted line";

v5
discharge from a group;

- "The coach cut two players from the team";

v6
form by probing, penetrating, or digging;

- "cut a hole";

- "cut trenches";

- "The sweat cut little rivulets into her face";

v7
style and tailor in a certain fashion;

- "cut a dress";

- syn. tailor;

v8
hit (a ball) with a spin so that it turns in the opposite direction;

- "cut a Ping-Pong ball";

v9
make out and issue;

- "write out a check";

- "cut a ticket";

- "Please make the check out to me";

- syn. issue, make out, write out;

v10
cut and assemble the components of;

- "edit film";

- "cut recording tape";

- syn. edit, edit out;

v11
intentionally fail to attend;

- "cut class";

- syn. skip;

v12
be able to manage or manage successfully;

- "I can't hack it anymore";

- "she could not cut the long days in the office";

- syn. hack;

v13
give the appearance or impression of;

- "cut a nice figure";

v14
move (one's fist);

- "his opponent cut upward toward his chin";

v15
pass directly and often in haste;

- "We cut through the neighbor's yard to get home sooner";

v16
pass through or across;

- "The boat cut the water";

v17
make an abrupt change of image or sound;

- "cut from one scene to another";

- also cut to;

v18
stop filming;

- "cut a movie scene";

v19
make a recording of;

- "cut the songs";

- "She cut all of her major titles again";

v20
record a performance on (a medium);

- "cut a record";

v21
create by duplicating data;

- "cut a disk";

- "burn a CD";

- syn. burn;

v22
form or shape by cutting or incising;

- "cut paper dolls";

v23
perform or carry out;

- "cut a caper";

v24
function as a cutting instrument;

- "This knife cuts well";

v25
allow incision or separation;

- "This bread cuts easily";

v26
divide a deck of cards at random into two parts to make selection difficult;

- "Wayne cut";

- "She cut the deck for a long time";

v27
cause to stop operating by disengaging a switch;

- "Turn off the stereo, please";

- "cut the engine";

- "turn out the lights";

- syn. switch off, turn off, turn out;

v28
reap or harvest;

- "cut grain";

v29
fell by sawing;

- hew;

- "The Vietnamese cut a lot of timber while they occupied Cambodia";

v30
penetrate injuriously;

- "The glass from the shattered windshield cut into her forehead";

v31
refuse to acknowledge;

- "She cut him dead at the meeting";

- syn. disregard, ignore, snub;

v32
shorten as if by severing the edges or ends of;

- "cut my hair";

v33
weed out unwanted or unnecessary things;

- "We had to lose weight, so we cut the sugar from our diet";

- syn. prune, rationalise, rationalize;

- also cut back, cut back, cut out;

v34
dissolve by breaking down the fat of;

- "soap cuts grease";

v35
have a reducing effect;

- "This cuts into my earnings";

v36
cease, stop;

- "cut the noise";

- "We had to cut short the conversation";

- syn. cut off;

- also cut off;

v37
reduce in scope while retaining essential elements;

- "The manuscript must be shortened";

- syn. abbreviate, abridge, contract, foreshorten, reduce, shorten;

v38
lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture;

- "cut bourbon";

- syn. dilute, reduce, thin, thin out;

v39
have grow through the gums;

- "The baby cut a tooth";

v40
grow through the gums;

- "The new tooth is cutting";

v41
cut off the testicles (of male animals such as horses);

- "the vet gelded the young horse";

- syn. geld;

a1
separated into parts or laid open or penetrated with a sharp edge or instrument;

- "the cut surface was mottled";

- "cut tobacco";

- "blood from his cut forehead";

- "bandages on her cut wrists";

- sim. chopped, cut up, incised, perforated, pierced, severed, split;

a2
fashioned or shaped by cutting;

- "a well-cut suit";

- "cut diamonds";

- "cut velvet";

- sim. cut out, hewn, sheared, slashed;

a3
with parts removed;

- "the drastically cut film";

- syn. shortened;

- sim. abridged;

a4
made neat and tidy by trimming;

- "his neatly trimmed hair";

- syn. trimmed;

- sim. clipped;

a5
(used of grass or vegetation) cut down with a hand implement or machine;

- "the smell of newly mown hay";

- syn. mown;

- sim. new-mown;

a6
(of pages of a book) having the folds of the leaves trimmed or slit;

- "the cut pages of the book";

a7
(of a male animal) having the testicles removed;

- "a cut horse";

- syn. emasculated, gelded;

- sim. castrated;

a8
(used of rates or prices) reduced usually sharply;

- "the slashed prices attracted buyers";

- syn. slashed;

- sim. decreased;

a9
mixed with water;

- "sold cut whiskey";

- "a cup of thinned soup";

- syn. thinned, weakened;

- sim. diluted;

cut-and-dried
a1
according to ordinary expectations;

- syn. cut-and-dry;

- sim. ordinary;

cut-and-dry
a1
according to ordinary expectations;

- syn. cut-and-dried;

- sim. ordinary;

cut-and-thrust
n1
fighting with knives;

- syn. knife fight, snickersnee;

cut-in
n1
(broadcasting) a local announcement inserted into a network program;

- syn. insert;

n2
(film) a still picture that is introduced and that interrupts the action of a film;

- syn. insert;

cut-price / k ʌ t p ɹ aɪ s /
a1
costing less than standard price;

- "buying bargain-priced clothes for the children";

- "cut-rate goods";

- syn. bargain-priced, cut-rate;

- sim. cheap;

cut-rate / k ʌ t ɹ eɪ t /
a1
costing less than standard price;

- "buying bargain-priced clothes for the children";

- "cut-rate goods";

- syn. bargain-priced, cut-price;

- sim. cheap;

cut-rate sale
n1
an occasion (usually brief) for buying at specially reduced prices;

- "they held a sale to reduce their inventory";

- "I got some great bargains at their annual sale";

- syn. sale, sales event;

cut-up
n1
someone who plays practical jokes on others;

- syn. hoaxer, practical joker, prankster, tricker, trickster;

cut across
v1
travel across or pass over;

- "The caravan covered almost 100 miles each day";

- syn. cover, cross, cut through, get across, get over, pass over, track, traverse;

v2
be contrary to ordinary procedure or limitations;

- "Opinions on bombing the Serbs cut across party lines";

v3
cut using a diagonal line;

- syn. crosscut;

cut away
v1
move quickly to another scene or focus when filming;

- "`cut away now!' the director shouted";

v2
remove by cutting off or away;

- "cut away the branch that sticks out";

cut back
v1
return in time;

- "the film cut back to an earlier event in the story";

- syn. flash back;

v2
cut down on;

- make a reduction in;

- "reduce your daily fat intake";

- "The employer wants to cut back health benefits";

- syn. bring down, cut, cut down, reduce, trim, trim back, trim down;

v3
cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of;

- "dress the plants in the garden";

- syn. clip, crop, dress, lop, prune, snip, trim;

v4
place restrictions on;

- "curtail drinking in school";

- syn. curb, curtail, restrict;

cut corners
v1
do something the cheapest or easiest way;

- "Cut corners to make a cheaper product";

cut down
v1
cut down on;

- make a reduction in;

- "reduce your daily fat intake";

- "The employer wants to cut back health benefits";

- syn. bring down, cut, cut back, reduce, trim, trim back, trim down;

v2
cut with sweeping strokes;

- as with an ax or machete;

- syn. slash;

v3
cause to come or go down;

- "The policeman downed the heavily armed suspect";

- "The mugger knocked down the old lady after she refused to hand over her wallet";

- syn. down, knock down, pull down, push down;

v4
intercept (a player);

- syn. cut out;

v5
cut with a blade or mower;

- "mow the grass";

- syn. mow;

v6
cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow;

- "strike down a tree";

- "Lightning struck down the hikers";

- syn. drop, fell, strike down;

cut glass
n1
glass decorated by cutting or grinding facets;

cut in
v1
allow someone to have a share or profit;

v2
drive in front of another vehicle leaving too little space for that vehicle to maneuver comfortably;

v3
break into a conversation;

- "her husband always chimes in, even when he is not involved in the conversation";

- syn. barge in, break in, butt in, chime in, chisel in, put in;

v4
interrupt a dancing couple in order to take one of them as one's own partner;

- "Jim always cuts in!";

v5
mix in with cutting motions;

cut into
v1
turn up, loosen, or remove earth;

- "Dig we must";

- "turn over the soil for aeration";

- syn. delve, dig, turn over;

cut of beef
n1
cut of meat from beef cattle;

cut of lamb
n1
cut of meat from a lamb;

cut of meat
n1
a piece of meat that has been cut from an animal carcass;

- syn. cut;

cut of mutton
n1
cut of meat from a mature sheep;

cut of pork
n1
cut of meat from a hog or pig;

cut of veal
n1
cut of meat from a calf;

cut off
v1
make a break in;

- "We interrupt the program for the following messages";

- syn. break up, disrupt, interrupt;

v2
cease, stop;

- "cut the noise";

- "We had to cut short the conversation";

- syn. cut;

v3
remove by or as if by cutting;

- "cut off the ear";

- "lop off the dead branch";

- syn. chop off, lop off;

v4
cut off and stop;

- "The bicyclist was cut out by the van";

- syn. cut out;

v5
break a small piece off from;

- "chip the glass";

- "chip a tooth";

- syn. break off, chip, knap;

v6
remove surgically;

- "amputate limbs";

- syn. amputate;

a1
detached by cutting;

- "cut flowers";

- "a severed head";

- "an old tale of Anne Bolyn walking the castle walls with her poor cut-off head under her arm";

- syn. severed;

- sim. cut;

cut out
v1
delete or remove;

- "Cut out the extra text";

- "cut out the newspaper article";

v2
form and create by cutting out;

- "Picasso cut out a guitar from a piece of paper";

v3
cut off and stop;

- "The bicyclist was cut out by the van";

- syn. cut off;

v4
strike or cancel by or as if by rubbing or crossing out;

- "scratch out my name on that list";

- syn. scratch out;

v5
intercept (a player);

- syn. cut down;

v6
cease operating;

- "The pump suddenly cut out";

a1
having been cut out;

- "the cut-out pieces of the dress";

- sim. cut;

cut price
n1
a price below the standard price;

- syn. bargain rate, cheapness, cut rate;

cut rate
n1
a price below the standard price;

- syn. bargain rate, cheapness, cut price;

cut short
v1
interrupt before its natural or planned end;

- "We had to cut short our vacation";

- syn. break off, break short;

v2
cause to end earlier than intended;

- "The spontaneous applause cut the singer short";

v3
make shorter as if by cutting off;

- "truncate a word";

- "Erosion has truncated the ridges of the mountains";

- syn. truncate;

v4
terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end or its full extent;

- "My speech was cut short";

- "Personal freedom is curtailed in many countries";

- syn. clip, curtail;

cut through
v1
travel across or pass over;

- "The caravan covered almost 100 miles each day";

- syn. cover, cross, cut across, get across, get over, pass over, track, traverse;

cut to
v1
move to another scene when filming;

- "The camera cut to the sky";

cut to ribbons
v1
defeat totally;

- "We must cut the other team to ribbons!";

cut up
v1
cut to pieces;

- "Father carved the ham";

- syn. carve;

v2
destroy or injure severely;

- "The madman mutilates art work";

- syn. mangle, mutilate;

v3
separate into isolated compartments or categories;

- "You cannot compartmentalize your life like this!";

- syn. compartmentalise, compartmentalize;

v4
significantly cut up a manuscript;

- syn. hack;

a1
cut into pieces;

- sim. cut;

cutaneal
a1
relating to or existing on or affecting the skin;

- "cutaneous nerves";

- "a cutaneous infection";

- syn. cutaneous, dermal;

cutaneous / k j u t eɪ n j ə s /
a1
relating to or existing on or affecting the skin;

- "cutaneous nerves";

- "a cutaneous infection";

- syn. cutaneal, dermal;

cutaneous anthrax
n1
a form of anthrax infection that begins as papule that becomes a vesicle and breaks with a discharge of toxins;

- symptoms of septicemia are severe with vomiting and high fever and profuse sweating;

- the infection is often fatal;

- syn. malignant pustule;

cutaneous leishmaniasis
n1
leishmaniasis of the skin;

- characterized by ulcerative skin lesions;

- syn. Aleppo boil, Delhi boil, Old World leishmaniasis, oriental sore, tropical sore;

cutaneous sensation
n1
a sensation localized on the skin;

- syn. haptic sensation, skin sensation;

cutaneous senses
n1
the faculty by which external objects or forces are perceived through contact with the body (especially the hands);

- "only sight and touch enable us to locate objects in the space around us";

- syn. sense of touch, skin senses, touch, touch modality;

cutaneous vein
n1
one of a number of veins in the subcutaneous tissue that empty into deep veins;

- syn. vena cutanea;

cutaway / k ʌ t ə w eɪ /
n1
a representation (drawing or model) of something in which the outside is omitted to reveal the inner parts;

- syn. cutaway drawing, cutaway model;

n2
a man's coat cut diagonally from the waist to the back of the knees;

cutaway drawing
n1
a representation (drawing or model) of something in which the outside is omitted to reveal the inner parts;

- syn. cutaway, cutaway model;

cutaway model
n1
a representation (drawing or model) of something in which the outside is omitted to reveal the inner parts;

- syn. cutaway, cutaway drawing;

cutback / k ʌ t b æ k /
n1
a reduction in quantity or rate;

cutch
n1
tannin extract derived from any of several mangrove barks of Pacific areas;

- syn. kutch;

cute / k j u t /
a1
attractive especially by means of smallness or prettiness or quaintness;

- "a cute kid with pigtails";

- "a cute little apartment";

- "cunning kittens";

- "a cunning baby";

- syn. cunning;

- sim. attractive;

a2
obviously contrived to charm;

- "an insufferably precious performance";

- "a child with intolerably cute mannerisms";

- syn. precious;

- sim. artful;

cutely / k j u t ɫ i /
r1
in an attractive manner;

- "how cunningly the olive-green dress with its underskirt of rose-brocade fitted her perfect figure";

- syn. cunningly;

cuteness / k j u t n ə s /
n1
the quality of being appealing in a delicate or graceful way (of a girl or young woman);

- syn. prettiness;

Cuterebra
n1
type genus of the Cuterebridae;

- syn. genus Cuterebra;

Cuterebridae
n1
New World botflies;

- syn. family Cuterebridae;

cuticle / k j u t ɪ k ɫ /
n1
the dead skin at the base of a fingernail or toenail;

n2
the outer layer of the skin covering the exterior body surface of vertebrates;

- syn. epidermis;

n3
hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles;

- syn. carapace, shell, shield;

cuticula
n1
the outer body wall of an insect;

cuticular / k j u t ɪ k j ʊ ɫ ə /
a1
of or relating to a cuticle or cuticula;

- syn. dermal, epidermal, epidermic;

cutin
n1
(biochemistry) a waxy transparent material that occurs in the cuticle of plants and consists of highly polymerized esters of fatty acids;

cutinize
v1
convert into cutin;

cutis / k j u t ɪ s /
n1
a natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch;

- "your skin is the largest organ of your body";

- syn. skin, tegument;

cutlas / k ʌ t ɫ ə s /
n1
a short heavy curved sword with one edge;

- formerly used by sailors;

- syn. cutlass;

cutlass / k ʌ t ɫ ə s /
n1
a short heavy curved sword with one edge;

- formerly used by sailors;

- syn. cutlas;

cutlassfish
n1
long-bodied marine fishes having a long whiplike scaleless body and sharp teeth;

- closely related to snake mackerel;

- syn. frost fish, hairtail;

cutleaved coneflower
n1
tall leafy plant with erect branches ending in large yellow flower heads with downward-arching rays;

- grow in Rocky Mountains south to Arizona and east to the Atlantic coast;

- syn. Rudbeckia laciniata;

cutler / k ʌ t ɫ ə , k ʌ t ɫ ə ɹ /
n1
a dealer in cutlery;

cutlery / k ʌ t ɫ ə ɹ i /
n1
a cutting implement;

- a tool for cutting;

- syn. cutter, cutting tool;

n2
tableware implements for cutting and eating food;

- syn. eating utensil;

cutlet / k ʌ t ɫ ɪ t /
n1
thin slice of meat (especially veal) usually fried or broiled;

- syn. escallop, scallop, scollop;

cutoff / k ʌ t ɔ f /
n1
a designated limit beyond which something cannot function or must be terminated;

n2
a route shorter than the usual one;

- syn. crosscut, shortcut;

n3
a device that terminates the flow in a pipe;

cutoff saw
n1
handsaw that cuts at right angles to the grain (or major axis);

- syn. crosscut handsaw, crosscut saw;

cutout / k ʌ t aʊ t /
n1
a switch that interrupts an electric circuit in the event of an overload;

n2
a photograph from which the background has been cut away;

n3
a part that is cut out or is intended to be cut out;

cutpurse / k ʌ t p ɝ s /
n1
a thief who steals from the pockets or purses of others in public places;

- syn. dip, pickpocket;

cuttable / k ʌ t ə b ɫ /
a1
able to be chewed or cut;

- syn. chewable;

- sim. tender;

cutter / k ʌ t ə , k ʌ t ə ɹ /
n1
someone who cuts or carves stone;

- syn. stonecutter;

n2
someone who carves the meat;

- syn. carver;

n3
someone whose work is cutting (as e.g. cutting cloth for garments);

n4
a boat for communication between ship and shore;

- syn. pinnace, ship's boat, tender;

n5
a sailing vessel with a single mast set further back than the mast of a sloop;

n6
a cutting implement;

- a tool for cutting;

- syn. cutlery, cutting tool;

cutthroat / k ʌ t θ ɹ oʊ t /
n1
someone who murders by cutting the victim's throat;

a1
ruthless in competition;

- "cutthroat competition";

- "bowelless readiness to take advantage";

- syn. bowelless, fierce;

- sim. merciless;

cutting / k ʌ t ɪ ŋ /
n1
the activity of selecting the scenes to be shown and putting them together to create a film;

- syn. film editing;

n2
a part (sometimes a root or leaf or bud) removed from a plant to propagate a new plant through rooting or grafting;

- syn. slip;

n3
the act of cutting something into parts;

- "his cuts were skillful";

- "his cutting of the cake made a terrible mess";

- syn. cut;

n4
a piece cut off from the main part of something;

n5
an excerpt cut from a newspaper or magazine;

- "he searched through piles of letters and clippings";

- syn. clipping, newspaper clipping, press clipping, press cutting;

n6
removing parts from hard material to create a desired pattern or shape;

- syn. carving;

n7
the division of a deck of cards before dealing;

- "he insisted that we give him the last cut before every deal";

- "the cutting of the cards soon became a ritual";

- syn. cut;

n8
the act of penetrating or opening open with a sharp edge;

- "his cut in the lining revealed the hidden jewels";

- syn. cut;

n9
the act of diluting something;

- "the cutting of whiskey with water";

- "the thinning of paint with turpentine";

- syn. thinning;

n10
the act of shortening something by chopping off the ends;

- "the barber gave him a good cut";

- syn. cut, cutting off;

a1
(of speech) harsh or hurtful in tone or character;

- "cutting remarks";

- "edged satire";

- "a stinging comment";

- syn. edged, stinging;

- sim. unkind;

a2
unpleasantly cold and damp;

- "bleak winds of the North Atlantic";

- syn. bleak, raw;

- sim. cold;

a3
painful as if caused by a sharp instrument;

- "a cutting wind";

- "keen winds";

- "knifelike cold";

- "piercing knifelike pains";

- "piercing cold";

- "piercing criticism";

- "a stabbing pain";

- "lancinating pain";

- syn. keen, knifelike, lancinate, lancinating, piercing, stabbing;

- sim. sharp;

cutting-edge
a1
in accord with the most fashionable ideas or style;

- "wears only the latest style";

- "the last thing in swimwear";

- "cutting-edge technology";

- "a with-it boutique";

- syn. up-to-date, up to date, with-it;

- sim. fashionable;

cutting angle
n1
the angle between the face of a cutting tool and the surface of the work;

cutting board
n1
a wooden board where meats or vegetables can be cut;

- syn. chopping board;

cutting edge
n1
the position of greatest importance or advancement;

- the leading position in any movement or field;

- "the Cotswolds were once at the forefront of woollen manufacturing in England";

- "the idea of motion was always to the forefront of his mind and central to his philosophy";

- syn. forefront, vanguard;

n2
the sharp cutting side of the blade of a knife;

- syn. knife edge;

cutting implement
n1
a tool used for cutting or slicing;

cutting off
n1
the act of cutting something off;

- syn. abscission;

n2
the act of shortening something by chopping off the ends;

- "the barber gave him a good cut";

- syn. cut, cutting;

cutting out
n1
surgical removal of a body part or tissue;

- syn. ablation, excision, extirpation;

cutting room
n1
a room where films or tapes are edited (by cutting out unwanted parts);

cutting tool
n1
a cutting implement;

- a tool for cutting;

- syn. cutlery, cutter;

cuttingly / k ʌ t ɪ ŋ ɫ i /
r1
in an intentionally unkind way;

- "a cutting remark";

cuttle / k ʌ t ɫ /
n1
ten-armed oval-bodied cephalopod with narrow fins as long as the body and a large calcareous internal shell;

- syn. cuttlefish;

cuttlefish / k ʌ t ɫ f ɪ ʃ /
n1
ten-armed oval-bodied cephalopod with narrow fins as long as the body and a large calcareous internal shell;

- syn. cuttle;

cutty stool
n1
a low stool;

- formerly in Scotland, a seat in a church where an offender was publicly rebuked;

cutwork / k ʌ t w ɝ k /
n1
embroidery in which the design is outlined in a buttonhole stitch and the intervening material is cut away;

cutworm / k ʌ t w ɝ m /
n1
North American moth whose larvae feed on young plant stems cutting them off at the ground;

Cuvier
n1
French naturalist known as the father of comparative anatomy (1769-1832);

- syn. Baron Georges Cuvier, Georges Cuvier, Georges Leopold Chretien Frederic Dagobert Cuvier;

Cuzco
n1
a town in the Andes in southern Peru;

- formerly the capital of the Inca empire;

- syn. Cusco;

CV
n1
a summary of your academic and work history;

- syn. curriculum vitae, resume;

a1
being five more than one hundred;

- syn. 105, one hundred five;

- sim. cardinal;

CVA
n1
a sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain;

- syn. apoplexy, cerebrovascular accident, stroke;

cwm
n1
a steep-walled semicircular basin in a mountain;

- may contain a lake;

- syn. cirque, corrie;

cwt
n1
a United States unit of weight equivalent to 100 pounds;

- syn. cental, centner, hundredweight, quintal, short hundredweight;

n2
a British unit of weight equivalent to 112 pounds;

- syn. hundredweight, long hundredweight;

cx
a1
being ten more than one hundred;

- syn. 110, one hundred ten;

- sim. cardinal;

cxl
a1
being ten more than one hundred thirty;

- syn. 140, one hundred forty;

- sim. cardinal;

cxlv
a1
being five more than one hundred forty;

- syn. 145, one hundred forty-five;

- sim. cardinal;

cxv
a1
being five more than one hundred ten;

- syn. 115, one hundred fifteen;

- sim. cardinal;

cxx
a1
being ten more than one hundred ten;

- syn. 120, one hundred twenty;

- sim. cardinal;

cxxv
a1
being five more than one hundred twenty;

- syn. 125, one hundred twenty-five;

- sim. cardinal;

cxxx
a1
being ten more than one hundred twenty;

- syn. 130, one hundred thirty;

- sim. cardinal;

cxxxv
a1
being five more than one hundred thirty;

- syn. 135, one hundred thirty-five;

- sim. cardinal;

cy pres
n1
a rule that when literal compliance is impossible the intention of a donor or testator should be carried out as nearly as possible;

- syn. cy pres doctrine, rule of cy pres;

cy pres doctrine
n1
a rule that when literal compliance is impossible the intention of a donor or testator should be carried out as nearly as possible;

- syn. cy pres, rule of cy pres;

Cy Young
n1
United States baseball player and famous pitcher (1867-1955);

- syn. Danton True Young, Young;

Cyamopsis
n1
small genus of annual usually hairy herbs of tropical Africa and Arabia;

- syn. genus Cyamopsis;

Cyamopsis psoraloides
n1
drought-tolerant herb grown for forage and for its seed which yield a gum used as a thickening agent or sizing material;

- syn. Cyamopsis tetragonolobus, cluster bean, guar;

Cyamopsis tetragonolobus
n1
drought-tolerant herb grown for forage and for its seed which yield a gum used as a thickening agent or sizing material;

- syn. Cyamopsis psoraloides, cluster bean, guar;

Cyamus
n1
whale lice;

- syn. genus Cyamus;

cyan
n1
a primary subtractive color for light;

- has a blue-green color;

a1
of a bluish shade of green;

- syn. blue-green, bluish green, teal;

- sim. chromatic;

cyanamid
n1
a weak soluble dibasic acid (the parent acid of cyanamide salts);

- syn. cyanamide;

cyanamide
n1
a weak soluble dibasic acid (the parent acid of cyanamide salts);

- syn. cyanamid;

n2
a compound used as a fertilizer and as a source of nitrogen compounds;

- syn. calcium-cyanamide;

cyanic acid
n1
a colorless poisonous volatile liquid acid that hydrolyzes readily to ammonia and carbon dioxide;

cyanide / s aɪ ə n aɪ d /
n1
any of a class of organic compounds containing the cyano radical -CN;

- syn. nitril, nitrile;

n2
an extremely poisonous salt of hydrocyanic acid;

cyanide group
n1
the monovalent group -CN in a chemical compound;

- syn. cyanide radical, cyano group, cyano radical;

cyanide poisoning
n1
poisoning due to ingesting or inhaling cyanide;

- common in smoke from fires and in industrial chemicals;

cyanide process
n1
an industrial process for extracting gold and silver by treating ore with a sodium cyanide solution;

cyanide radical
n1
the monovalent group -CN in a chemical compound;

- syn. cyanide group, cyano group, cyano radical;

cyanine dye
n1
any of a class of dyes containing a -CH= group linking two heterocyclic rings containing nitrogen;

- used as sensitizers in photography;

cyanite
n1
a grey or greenish-blue mineral consisting of aluminum silicate in crystalline form;

- occurs in metaphoric rock, used as a refractory;

- syn. kyanite;

cyano group
n1
the monovalent group -CN in a chemical compound;

- syn. cyanide group, cyanide radical, cyano radical;

cyano radical
n1
the monovalent group -CN in a chemical compound;

- syn. cyanide group, cyanide radical, cyano group;

cyanobacteria
n1
predominantly photosynthetic prokaryotic organisms containing a blue pigment in addition to chlorophyll;

- occur singly or in colonies in diverse habitats;

- important as phytoplankton;

- syn. blue-green algae;

cyanobacterial
a1
relating to or caused by photosynthetic bacteria of the class Cyanobacteria;

- syn. cyanophyte;

Cyanocitta
n1
New World jays;

- syn. genus Cyanocitta;

Cyanocitta cristata
n1
common jay of eastern North America;

- bright blue with grey breast;

- syn. blue jay, jaybird;

cyanocobalamin
n1
a B vitamin that is used to treat pernicious anemia;

- syn. antipernicious anemia factor, cobalamin, vitamin B12;

cyanogen / s aɪ æ n ə dʒ ɪ n /
n1
a colorless toxic gas with a pungent almond odor;

- has been used in chemical warfare;

cyanogenetic / s aɪ æ n ə dʒ ɪ n ɛ t ɪ k /
a1
capable of producing cyanide;

- "amygdalin is a cyanogenetic glucoside";

- syn. cyanogenic;

- sim. toxic;

cyanogenic / s aɪ æ n ə dʒ ɛ n ɪ k /
a1
capable of producing cyanide;

- "amygdalin is a cyanogenetic glucoside";

- syn. cyanogenetic;

- sim. toxic;

cyanohydrin
n1
any organic compound in which the cyano radical -CN and the hydroxyl radical -OH are attached to the same carbon atom;

Cyanophyceae
n1
photosynthetic bacteria found in fresh and salt water, having chlorophyll a and phycobilins;

- once thought to be algae: blue-green algae;

- syn. class Cyanobacteria, class Cyanophyceae;

Cyanophyta
n1
prokaryotic organisms sometimes considered a class or phylum or subkingdom;

- coextensive with the Cyanophyceae: cyanobacteria (blue-green algae);

- syn. division Cyanophyta;

cyanophyte
a1
relating to or caused by photosynthetic bacteria of the class Cyanobacteria;

- syn. cyanobacterial;

cyanosis
n1
a bluish discoloration of the skin and mucous membranes;

cyanuramide
n1
a white crystalline organic base;

- used mainly in making melamine resins;

- syn. melamine;

cyanuric acid
n1
a trimer of cyanic acid;

Cyathea
n1
type genus of the Cyatheaceae: tree ferns of the tropical rain forest to temperate woodlands;

- syn. genus Cyathea;

Cyathea medullaris
n1
a showy tree fern of New Zealand and Australia having a crown of pinnated fronds with whitish undersides;

- syn. black tree fern, sago fern, silver tree fern;

Cyatheaceae
n1
tropical tree ferns;

- syn. family Cyatheaceae;

Cybele
n1
great nature goddess of ancient Phrygia in Asia Minor;

- counterpart of Greek Rhea and Roman Ops;

- syn. Dindymene, Great Mother, Magna Mater, Mater Turrita;

cyber-terrorism
n1
an assault on electronic communication networks;

- syn. cyberwar;

cyber-terrorist
n1
a programmer who breaks into computer systems in order to steal or change or destroy information as a form of cyber-terrorism;

- syn. cyberpunk;

cyberart
n1
art that is produced with the help of computer hardware and software;

cybercafe
n1
a cafe whose customers sit at computer terminals and log on to the internet while they eat and drink;

cybercrime
n1
crime committed using a computer and the internet to steal a person's identity or sell contraband or stalk victims or disrupt operations with malevolent programs;

cyberculture
n1
the culture that emerges from the use of computers for communication and entertainment and business;

cybernate / s aɪ b ə n eɪ t /
v1
control a function, process, or creation by a computer;

- "They computerized the car industry";

- "we live in a cybernated age";

- "cybernate a factory";

- syn. computerise, computerize;

cybernation / s aɪ b ə n eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the control of processes by computer;

- syn. computerization;

cybernaut
n1
a computer user who uses the internet;

- someone who explores cyberspace;

cybernetic / s aɪ b ə n ɛ t ɪ k /
a1
of or relating the principles of cybernetics;

- "cybernetic research";

cybernetics / s aɪ b ə n ɛ t ɪ k s /
n1
(biology) the field of science concerned with processes of communication and control (especially the comparison of these processes in biological and artificial systems);

cyberphobia
n1
irrational fear of computers or technology;

cyberpunk
n1
a programmer who breaks into computer systems in order to steal or change or destroy information as a form of cyber-terrorism;

- syn. cyber-terrorist;

n2
a writer of science fiction set in a lawless subculture of an oppressive society dominated by computer technology;

n3
a genre of fast-paced science fiction involving oppressive futuristic computerized societies;

cybersex
n1
sexual arousal involving communication on the internet;

cyberspace
n1
a computer network consisting of a worldwide network of computer networks that use the TCP/IP network protocols to facilitate data transmission and exchange;

- syn. internet, net;

cyberwar
n1
an assault on electronic communication networks;

- syn. cyber-terrorism;

cyborg
n1
a human being whose body has been taken over in whole or in part by electromechanical devices;

- "a cyborg is a cybernetic organism";

- syn. bionic man, bionic woman;

cycad
n1
any tropical gymnosperm of the order Cycadales;

- having unbranched stems with a crown of fernlike leaves;

cycad family
n1
ancient palmlike plants closely related to ferns in that fertilization is by means of spermatozoids;

- syn. Cycadaceae, family Cycadaceae;

Cycadaceae
n1
ancient palmlike plants closely related to ferns in that fertilization is by means of spermatozoids;

- syn. cycad family, family Cycadaceae;

Cycadales
n1
primitive tropical gymnosperms abundant in the Mesozoic, now reduced to a few scattered tropical forms;

- syn. order Cycadales;

Cycadofilicales
n1
fossil gymnospermous trees or climbing plants from the Devonian: seed ferns;

- syn. Lyginopteridales, order Cycadofilicales, order Lyginopteridales;

Cycadophyta
n1
palmlike gymnosperms: includes the surviving order Cycadales and several extinct orders;

- possibly not a natural group;

- in some systems considered a class (Cycadopsida) and in others a subdivision (Cycadophytina or Cycadophyta);

- syn. Cycadophytina, Cycadopsida, class Cycadopsida, subdivision Cycadophyta, subdivision Cycadophytina;

Cycadophytina
n1
palmlike gymnosperms: includes the surviving order Cycadales and several extinct orders;

- possibly not a natural group;

- in some systems considered a class (Cycadopsida) and in others a subdivision (Cycadophytina or Cycadophyta);

- syn. Cycadophyta, Cycadopsida, class Cycadopsida, subdivision Cycadophyta, subdivision Cycadophytina;

Cycadopsida
n1
palmlike gymnosperms: includes the surviving order Cycadales and several extinct orders;

- possibly not a natural group;

- in some systems considered a class (Cycadopsida) and in others a subdivision (Cycadophytina or Cycadophyta);

- syn. Cycadophyta, Cycadophytina, class Cycadopsida, subdivision Cycadophyta, subdivision Cycadophytina;

Cycas
n1
type genus of Cycadaceae: genus of widely distributed Old World evergreen tropical trees having pinnate leaves and columnar stems covered with persistent bases of old leaves;

- syn. genus Cycas;

Cycas circinalis
n1
southeastern Indian cycad with palmlike foliage;

- syn. false sago, fern palm;

Cycas revoluta
n1
dwarf palmlike cycad of Japan that yields sago;

- syn. sago palm;

Cyclades
n1
the Bronze Age civilization on the Cyclades islands in the southern Aegean Sea that flourished 3000-1100 BC;

- syn. Cycladic civilisation, Cycladic civilization, Cycladic culture;

n2
a group of over 200 islands in the southern Aegean;

- syn. Kikladhes;

Cycladic civilisation
n1
the Bronze Age civilization on the Cyclades islands in the southern Aegean Sea that flourished 3000-1100 BC;

- syn. Cyclades, Cycladic civilization, Cycladic culture;

Cycladic civilization
n1
the Bronze Age civilization on the Cyclades islands in the southern Aegean Sea that flourished 3000-1100 BC;

- syn. Cyclades, Cycladic civilisation, Cycladic culture;

Cycladic culture
n1
the Bronze Age civilization on the Cyclades islands in the southern Aegean Sea that flourished 3000-1100 BC;

- syn. Cyclades, Cycladic civilisation, Cycladic civilization;

cyclamen / s ɪ k ɫ ə m ə n /
n1
Mediterranean plant widely cultivated as a houseplant for its showy dark green leaves splotched with silver and nodding white or pink to reddish flowers with reflexed petals;

- syn. Cyclamen purpurascens;

Cyclamen hederifolium
n1
common wild European cyclamen with pink flowers;

- syn. Cyclamen neopolitanum, sowbread;

Cyclamen neopolitanum
n1
common wild European cyclamen with pink flowers;

- syn. Cyclamen hederifolium, sowbread;

Cyclamen purpurascens
n1
Mediterranean plant widely cultivated as a houseplant for its showy dark green leaves splotched with silver and nodding white or pink to reddish flowers with reflexed petals;

- syn. cyclamen;

cycle / s aɪ k ɫ /
n1
an interval during which a recurring sequence of events occurs;

- "the never-ending cycle of the seasons";

- syn. rhythm, round;

n2
a series of poems or songs on the same theme;

- "Schubert's song cycles";

n3
a periodically repeated sequence of events;

- "a cycle of reprisal and retaliation";

n4
the unit of frequency;

- one hertz has a periodic interval of one second (named for Heinrich Rudolph Hertz);

- syn. Hz, cps, cycle per second, cycles/second, hertz;

n5
a single complete execution of a periodically repeated phenomenon;

- "a year constitutes a cycle of the seasons";

- syn. oscillation;

n6
a wheeled vehicle that has two wheels and is moved by foot pedals;

- syn. bicycle, bike, wheel;

v1
cause to go through a recurring sequence;

- "cycle the laundry in this washing program";

v2
pass through a cycle;

- "This machine automatically cycles";

v3
ride a motorcycle;

- syn. motorbike, motorcycle;

v4
ride a bicycle;

- syn. bicycle, bike, pedal, wheel;

v5
recur in repeating sequences;

cycle of rebirth
n1
(Hinduism) repeated rebirth in new forms;

cycle on
v1
come to the starting point of a cycle;

cycle per second
n1
the unit of frequency;

- one hertz has a periodic interval of one second (named for Heinrich Rudolph Hertz);

- syn. Hz, cps, cycle, cycles/second, hertz;

cycle rickshaw
n1
a tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling);

- used in the Orient for transporting passengers for hire;

- "boys who once pulled rickshaws now pedal pedicabs";

- syn. pedicab;

cycles/second
n1
the unit of frequency;

- one hertz has a periodic interval of one second (named for Heinrich Rudolph Hertz);

- syn. Hz, cps, cycle, cycle per second, hertz;

cyclic / s aɪ k ɫ ɪ k /
a1
conforming to the Carnot cycle;

a2
forming a whorl or having parts arranged in a whorl;

- "cyclic petals";

- "cyclic flowers";

- sim. verticillate;

a3
of a compound having atoms arranged in a ring structure;

- sim. bicyclic, closed-chain, heterocyclic, homocyclic;

a4
recurring in cycles;

- syn. cyclical;

- sim. alternate, alternate, circular;

a5
marked by repeated cycles;

- sim. periodic;

cyclic disorder
n1
a mild bipolar disorder that persists over a long time;

- syn. cyclothymia, cyclothymic disorder;

cyclic neutropenia
n1
neutropenia that occurs periodically;

cyclic redundancy check
n1
an error correction code that is recorded in each sector of a magnetic disk and used to catch errors in the data;

cyclical / s aɪ k ɫ ɪ k ɫ /
a1
recurring in cycles;

- syn. cyclic;

- sim. alternate, alternate, circular;

cyclicity
n1
the quality of recurring at regular intervals;

- syn. periodicity;

cycling / s aɪ k ɫ ɪ ŋ /
n1
the sport of traveling on a bicycle or motorcycle;

Cycliophora
n1
tiny marine organisms each the size of a period found in great numbers on lobsters' lips;

- identified tentatively in 1995 as a new phylum or as possible link between Entoprocta and Ectoprocta;

- syn. phylum Cycliophora;

cyclist / s aɪ k ɫ ɪ s t /
n1
a person who rides a bicycle;

- syn. bicycler, bicyclist, biker, wheeler;

cyclobenzaprine
n1
muscle relaxant (trade name Flexeril) used for muscle spasms or acute injury;

- syn. Flexeril;

cyclodestructive surgery
n1
an eye operation that treats glaucoma by destroying the ciliary body with a laser;

cyclohexanol
n1
a colorless oily alcohol that smells like camphor;

cyclohexanol phthalate
n1
the cyclohexanol ester of phthalic acid;

cycloid / s aɪ k ɫ ɔɪ d /
n1
a line generated by a point on a circle rolling along a straight line;

a1
resembling a circle;

- syn. cycloidal;

- sim. rounded;

cycloidal / s aɪ k ɫ ɔɪ d ɫ /
a1
resembling a circle;

- syn. cycloid;

- sim. rounded;

Cycloloma
n1
a caryophyllaceous genus of the family Chenopodiaceae;

- syn. genus Cycloloma;

Cycloloma atriplicifolium
n1
bushy annual weed of central North America having greenish flowers and winged seeds;

- syn. tumbleweed, winged pigweed;

cyclonal
a1
of or relating to or characteristic of the atmosphere around a low pressure center;

- "cyclonic cloud pattern";

- syn. cyclonic, cyclonical;

a2
of or relating to or characteristic of a violent tropical storm;

- "cyclonic destruction";

- syn. cyclonic, cyclonical;

cyclone / s aɪ k ɫ oʊ n /
n1
(meteorology) rapid inward circulation of air masses about a low pressure center;

- circling counterclockwise in the northern hemisphere and clockwise in the southern;

n2
a violent rotating windstorm;

cyclone cellar
n1
an underground shelter where you can go until a storm passes;

- syn. storm cellar, tornado cellar;

cyclonic / s aɪ k ɫ ɒ n ɪ k /
a1
of or relating to or characteristic of the atmosphere around a low pressure center;

- "cyclonic cloud pattern";

- syn. cyclonal, cyclonical;

a2
of or relating to or characteristic of a violent tropical storm;

- "cyclonic destruction";

- syn. cyclonal, cyclonical;

cyclonical / s aɪ k ɫ ɒ n ɪ k ɫ /
a1
of or relating to or characteristic of the atmosphere around a low pressure center;

- "cyclonic cloud pattern";

- syn. cyclonal, cyclonic;

a2
of or relating to or characteristic of a violent tropical storm;

- "cyclonic destruction";

- syn. cyclonal, cyclonic;

cyclooxygenase
n1
either of two related enzymes that control the production of prostaglandins and are blocked by aspirin;

- syn. Cox;

cyclooxygenase-1
n1
an enzyme that regulates prostaglandins that are important for the health of the stomach lining and kidneys;

- "an unfortunate side effect of NSAIDs is that they block Cox-1";

- syn. Cox-1;

cyclooxygenase-2
n1
an enzyme that makes prostaglandins that cause inflammation and pain and fever;

- "the beneficial effects of NSAIDs result from their ability to block Cox-2";

- syn. Cox-2;

cyclopaedia / s aɪ k ɫ ə p i d ɪə /
n1
a reference work (often in several volumes) containing articles on various topics (often arranged in alphabetical order) dealing with the entire range of human knowledge or with some particular specialty;

- syn. cyclopedia, encyclopaedia, encyclopedia;

cyclopean / s aɪ k ɫ oʊ p ɪə n /
a1
of or relating to or resembling the Cyclops;

- "Cyclopean eye";

cyclopean masonry
n1
a primitive style of masonry characterized by use of massive stones of irregular shape and size;

cyclopedia / s aɪ k ɫ ə p i d j ə /
n1
a reference work (often in several volumes) containing articles on various topics (often arranged in alphabetical order) dealing with the entire range of human knowledge or with some particular specialty;

- syn. cyclopaedia, encyclopaedia, encyclopedia;

Cyclopes / s aɪ k ɫ oʊ p i z /
n1
only the silky anteater;

- syn. genus Cyclopes;

Cyclopes didactylus
n1
squirrel-sized South American toothless anteater with long silky golden fur;

- syn. silky anteater, two-toed anteater;

Cyclophorus
n1
tropical Old World ferns having closely crowded circular sori and no indusia;

- syn. genus Cyclophorus;

Cyclophorus lingua
n1
east Asian fern having fronds shaped like tongues;

- sometimes placed in genus Cyclophorus;

- syn. Pyrrosia lingua, felt fern, tongue fern;

cyclopia
n1
a developmental abnormality in which there is only one eye;

cyclopropane
n1
a colorless flammable gas sometimes used as an inhalation anesthetic;

Cyclops / s aɪ k ɫ ɒ p s /
n1
(Greek mythology) one of a group of giants having a single eye in the middle of their forehead;

n2
minute free-swimming freshwater copepod having a large median eye and pear-shaped body and long antennae used in swimming;

- important in some food chains and as intermediate hosts of parasitic worms that affect man e.g. Guinea worms;

- syn. water flea;

Cyclopteridae
n1
lumpfishes;

- syn. family Cyclopteridae;

Cyclopterus
n1
type genus of the Cyclopteridae: lumpfishes;

- syn. genus Cyclopterus;

Cyclopterus lumpus
n1
clumsy soft thick-bodied northern Atlantic fish with pelvic fins fused into a sucker;

- edible roe used for caviar;

- syn. lumpfish;

cyclorama
n1
a picture (or series of pictures) representing a continuous scene;

- syn. diorama, panorama;

cycloserine
n1
an antibiotic that is especially active against the tubercle bacillus;

cyclosis
n1
the circulation of cytoplasm within a cell;

- syn. streaming;

Cyclosorus
n1
small genus of terrestrial ferns of tropical and subtropical southern hemisphere;

- syn. genus Cyclosorus;

Cyclosporeae
n1
in more recent classifications superseded by the order Fucales;

- syn. class Cyclosporeae;

Cyclostomata
n1
primitive jawless aquatic vertebrate: lampreys;

- hagfishes;

- syn. order Cyclostomata;

cyclostome
n1
primitive aquatic vertebrate;

cyclostyle / s aɪ k ɫ ə s t aɪ ɫ /
n1
a writing implement with a small toothed wheel that cuts small holes in a stencil;

v1
print with an implement with small toothed wheels that cuts small holes in a stencil;

cyclothymia
n1
a mild bipolar disorder that persists over a long time;

- syn. cyclic disorder, cyclothymic disorder;

cyclothymic
a1
of or relating to or exhibiting cyclothymia;

cyclothymic disorder
n1
a mild bipolar disorder that persists over a long time;

- syn. cyclic disorder, cyclothymia;

cyclotron / s aɪ k ɫ ə t ɹ ɒ n /
n1
an accelerator that imparts energies of several million electron-volts to rapidly moving particles;

Cycnoches
n1
genus of epiphytic or terrestrial tropical American orchids;

- syn. genus Cycnoches;

cyder / s aɪ d ə , s aɪ d ə ɹ /
n1
a beverage made from juice pressed from apples;

- syn. cider;

Cydippea
n1
ctenophores having two long pinnate tentacles;

- syn. Cydippida, Cydippidea, order Cydippea, order Cydippida, order Cydippidea;

Cydippida
n1
ctenophores having two long pinnate tentacles;

- syn. Cydippea, Cydippidea, order Cydippea, order Cydippida, order Cydippidea;

Cydippidea
n1
ctenophores having two long pinnate tentacles;

- syn. Cydippea, Cydippida, order Cydippea, order Cydippida, order Cydippidea;

Cydonia
n1
quince;

- syn. genus Cydonia;

Cydonia oblonga
n1
small Asian tree with pinkish flowers and pear-shaped fruit;

- widely cultivated;

- syn. quince, quince bush;

cygnet / s ɪ ɡ n ɪ t /
n1
a young swan;

Cygnus
n1
a constellation in the northern hemisphere between Pegasus and Draco in the Milky Way;

- contains a black hole;

n2
a genus of Anatidae;

- syn. genus Cygnus;

Cygnus atratus
n1
large Australian swan having black plumage and a red bill;

- syn. black swan;

Cygnus buccinator
n1
large pure white wild swan of western North America having a sonorous cry;

- syn. trumpeter, trumpeter swan;

Cygnus columbianus
n1
swan that nests in tundra regions of the New and Old Worlds;

- syn. tundra swan;

Cygnus columbianus bewickii
n1
Eurasian subspecies of tundra swan;

- smaller than the whooper;

- syn. Bewick's swan;

Cygnus columbianus columbianus
n1
North American subspecies of tundra swan having a soft whistling note;

- syn. whistling swan;

Cygnus cygnus
n1
common Old World swan noted for its whooping call;

- syn. whooper, whooper swan;

Cygnus olor
n1
soundless Eurasian swan;

- commonly domesticated;

- syn. mute swan;

cylinder / s ɪ ɫ ɪ n d ə , s ɪ ɫ ɪ n d ə ɹ /
n1
a solid bounded by a cylindrical surface and two parallel planes (the bases);

n2
a surface generated by rotating a parallel line around a fixed line;

n3
a chamber within which piston moves;

- syn. piston chamber;

n4
a cylindrical container for oxygen or compressed air;

cylinder block
n1
a metal casting containing the cylinders and cooling ducts of an engine;

- "the engine had to be replaced because the block was cracked";

- syn. block, engine block;

cylinder head
n1
a detachable plate that covers the closed end of a cylinder chamber in a reciprocating engine or pump;

cylinder lock
n1
a lock in which a cylinder rotates to move a bolt;

- tumblers are pins;

- inserting the key lifts and aligns the pins to free the cylinder to rotate;

cylinder press
n1
a printing press where the type is carried on a flat bed under a cylinder that holds paper and rolls over the type;

- syn. flatbed press;

cylindric / s ɪ ɫ ɪ n d ɹ ɪ k /
a1
having the form of a cylinder;

- syn. cylindrical;

- sim. rounded;

cylindrical / s ɪ ɫ ɪ n d ɹ ɪ k ɫ /
a1
having the form of a cylinder;

- syn. cylindric;

- sim. rounded;

cylindrical-stemmed
a1
having a cylindrical stem;

- sim. caulescent;

cylindrical lining
n1
a cylindrical metal lining used to reduce friction;

- syn. bushing;

cylindricality / s ɪ ɫ ɪ n d ɹ ɪ k æ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
the roundness of a 3-dimensional cylinder;

- syn. cylindricalness;

cylindricalness / s ɪ ɫ ɪ n d ɹ ɪ k ɫ n ə s /
n1
the roundness of a 3-dimensional cylinder;

- syn. cylindricality;

cylix / s aɪ ɫ ɪ k s /
n1
a shallow drinking cup with two handles;

- used in ancient Greece;

- syn. kylix;

cyma / s aɪ m ə /
n1
(architecture) a molding for a cornice;

- in profile it is shaped like an S (partly concave and partly convex);

- syn. cymatium;

cyma recta
n1
a cyma in which the upper section is concave and the lower section is convex;

cyma reversa
n1
a molding that (in section) has the shape of an S with the convex part above and the concave part below;

- syn. ogee;

Cymatiidae
n1
tritons;

- syn. family Cymatiidae;

cymatium
n1
(architecture) a molding for a cornice;

- in profile it is shaped like an S (partly concave and partly convex);

- syn. cyma;

cymbal / s ɪ m b ɫ /
n1
a percussion instrument consisting of a concave brass disk;

- makes a loud crashing sound when hit with a drumstick or when two are struck together;

cymbalist
n1
a performer on the cymbals;

cymbid
n1
any of various plants of the genus Cymbidium having narrow leaves and a long drooping cluster of numerous showy and variously colored boat-shaped flowers;

- extensively hybridized and cultivated as houseplants and important florists' flowers;

- syn. cymbidium;

cymbidium
n1
any of various plants of the genus Cymbidium having narrow leaves and a long drooping cluster of numerous showy and variously colored boat-shaped flowers;

- extensively hybridized and cultivated as houseplants and important florists' flowers;

- syn. cymbid;

cyme / s aɪ m /
n1
more or less flat-topped cluster of flowers in which the central or terminal flower opens first;

cymene
n1
any of three isotopes of a colorless aromatic liquid hydrocarbon occurring in the volatile oil of cumin and thyme and used in the manufacture of synthetic resins;

cymling
n1
squash plant having flattened round fruit with a scalloped edge;

- usually greenish white;

- syn. pattypan squash;

cymograph / s aɪ m ə ɡ ɹ ɑ f /
n1
scientific instrument consisting of a rotating drum holding paper on which a stylus traces a continuous record (as of breathing or blood pressure);

- syn. kymograph;

cymose
a1
having a usually flat-topped flower cluster in which the main and branch stems each end in a flower that opens before those below it or to its side;

- sim. determinate;

Cymric
n1
a Celtic language of Wales;

- syn. Welsh;

Cymru
n1
one of the four countries that make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland;

- during Roman times the region was known as Cambria;

- syn. Cambria, Wales;

Cymry
n1
a native or resident of Wales;

- syn. Cambrian, Welsh, Welshman;

cymule
n1
a small cyme, generally with few flowers;

cynancum
n1
any of various mostly giant tropical lianas of Africa and Madagascar having greenish or purple flowers and long smooth pods;

- roots formerly used as an emetic;

Cynara
n1
artichoke;

- cardoon;

- syn. genus Cynara;

Cynara cardunculus
n1
southern European plant having spiny leaves and purple flowers cultivated for its edible leafstalks and roots;

- syn. cardoon;

Cynara scolymus
n1
Mediterranean thistlelike plant widely cultivated for its large edible flower head;

- syn. artichoke, artichoke plant, globe artichoke;

Cynewulf
n1
Anglo-Saxon poet (circa 9th century);

- syn. Cynwulf;

cynic / s ɪ n ɪ k /
n1
someone who is critical of the motives of others;

- syn. faultfinder;

n2
a member of a group of ancient Greek philosophers who advocated the doctrine that virtue is the only good and that the essence of virtue is self-control;

cynical / s ɪ n ɪ k ɫ /
a1
believing the worst of human nature and motives;

- having a sneering disbelief in e.g. selflessness of others;

- syn. misanthropic, misanthropical;

- sim. distrustful;

cynically / s ɪ n ɪ k ɫ i /
r1
with cynicism;

- in a cynical manner;

- "Larsen's frost-blackened lips curved cynically";

cynicism / s ɪ n ɪ s ɪ z ə m /
n1
a cynical feeling of distrust;

cynipid gall wasp
n1
small solitary wasp that produces galls on oaks and other plants;

- syn. cynipid wasp, gall wasp, gallfly;

cynipid wasp
n1
small solitary wasp that produces galls on oaks and other plants;

- syn. cynipid gall wasp, gall wasp, gallfly;

Cynipidae
n1
a family of Hymenoptera;

- syn. family Cynipidae;

Cynips
n1
type genus of the Cynipidae: gall wasps;

- syn. genus Cynips;

Cynocephalidae
n1
a family of Dermoptera;

- syn. family Cynocephalidae;

Cynocephalus / s aɪ n oʊ s ɛ f ə ɫ ə s /
n1
type genus of the family Cynocephalidae;

- syn. genus Cynocephalus;

Cynocephalus variegatus
n1
a variety of flying lemur;

Cynodon
n1
creeping perennial grasses of tropical and southern Africa;

- syn. genus Cynodon;

Cynodon dactylon
n1
trailing grass native to Europe now cosmopolitan in warm regions;

- used for lawns and pastures especially in southern United States and India;

- syn. Bahama grass, Bermuda grass, devil grass, doob, kweek, scutch grass, star grass;

Cynodon plectostachyum
n1
perennial grass having stems 3 to 4 feet high;

- used especially in Africa and India for pasture and hay;

- syn. giant star grass;

cynodont
n1
small carnivorous reptiles;

Cynodontia
n1
a division of the order Therapsida from the Triassic period comprising small carnivorous tetrapod reptiles often with mammal-like teeth;

- syn. division Cynodontia;

Cynoglossidae
n1
tonguefishes;

- syn. family Cynoglossidae;

Cynoglossum
n1
a large genus of tall rough herbs belonging to the family Boraginaceae;

- syn. genus Cynoglossum;

Cynoglossum amabile
n1
biennial east Asian herb grown for its usually bright blue flowers;

- syn. Chinese forget-me-not;

Cynoglossum officinale
n1
biennial shrub of Europe and western Asia having coarse tongue-shaped leaves and dark reddish-purple flowers;

- syn. hound's-tongue;

Cynoglossum virginaticum
n1
perennial shrub of North America having coarse tongue-shaped leaves and pale-blue to purple flowers;

- syn. hound's-tongue;

Cynomys
n1
prairie dogs;

- syn. genus Cynomys;

Cynomys gunnisoni
n1
tail is white tipped;

- syn. whitetail prairie dog;

Cynomys ludovicianus
n1
tail is black tipped;

- syn. blacktail prairie dog;

cynophobia
n1
a morbid fear of dogs;

Cynopterus
n1
a genus of Megachiroptera;

- syn. genus Cynopterus;

Cynopterus sphinx
n1
a variety of fruit eating bat;

Cynoscephalae
n1
the fields in Thessaly where in 197 BC the Romans defeated the Macedonians;

n2
the battle that ended the second Macedonian War (197 BC);

- the Romans defeated Philip V who lost his control of Greece;

- syn. battle of Cynoscephalae;

Cynoscion
n1
sea trout;

- syn. genus Cynoscion;

Cynoscion nebulosus
n1
weakfish of southern Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of United States;

- syn. spotted sea trout, spotted squeateague, spotted weakfish;

Cynoscion regalis
n1
food and game fish of North American coastal waters with a mouth from which hooks easily tear out;

- syn. weakfish;

cynosure / s ɪ n ə z j ʊə , s ɪ n ə z j ʊə ɹ /
n1
something that provides guidance (as Polaris guides mariners);

- "let faith be your cynosure to walk by";

n2
something that strongly attracts attention and admiration;

- "if he was the cynosure of all eyes he didn't notice";

Cynthia / s ɪ n θ ɪə /
n1
(Greek mythology) the virgin goddess of the hunt and the Moon;

- daughter of Leto and twin sister of Apollo;

- identified with Roman Diana;

- syn. Artemis;

cynthia moth
n1
large Asiatic moth introduced into the United States;

- larvae feed on the ailanthus;

- syn. Samia cynthia, Samia walkeri;

Cynwulf
n1
Anglo-Saxon poet (circa 9th century);

- syn. Cynewulf;

Cyon
n1
Asiatic wild dog;

- syn. Cuon, genus Cuon, genus Cyon;

Cyperaceae
n1
bulrush;

- chufa;

- cotton grass;

- papyrus;

- umbrella plant;

- syn. family Cyperaceae, sedge family;

Cyperus
n1
type genus of Cyperaceae;

- grasslike rhizomatous herbs;

- cosmopolitan except very cold regions;

- syn. genus Cyperus;

Cyperus alternifolius
n1
African sedge widely cultivated as an ornamental water plant for its terminal umbrellalike cluster of slender grasslike leaves;

- syn. umbrella plant, umbrella sedge;

Cyperus esculentus
n1
European sedge having small edible nutlike tubers;

- syn. chufa, earth almond, ground almond, rush nut, yellow nutgrass;

Cyperus longus
n1
European sedge having rough-edged leaves and spikelets of reddish flowers and aromatic roots;

- syn. galangal, galingale;

Cyperus papyrus
n1
tall sedge of the Nile valley yielding fiber that served many purposes in historic times;

- syn. Egyptian paper reed, Egyptian paper rush, paper plant, paper rush, papyrus;

Cyperus rotundus
n1
a widely distributed perennial sedge having small edible nutlike tubers;

- syn. nut grass, nut sedge, nutgrass, nutsedge;

cypher / s aɪ f ə , s aɪ f ə ɹ /
n1
a mathematical element that when added to another number yields the same number;

- syn. 0, cipher, nought, zero;

n2
a quantity of no importance;

- "it looked like nothing I had ever seen before";

- "reduced to nil all the work we had done";

- "we racked up a pathetic goose egg";

- "it was all for naught";

- "I didn't hear zilch about it";

- syn. aught, cipher, goose egg, nada, naught, nil, nix, nothing, null, zero, zilch, zip, zippo;

n3
a person of no influence;

- syn. cipher, nobody, nonentity;

n4
a secret method of writing;

- syn. cipher, cryptograph, secret code;

n5
a message written in a secret code;

- syn. cipher;

v1
convert ordinary language into code;

- "We should encode the message for security reasons";

- syn. cipher, code, encipher, encrypt, inscribe, write in code;

v2
make a mathematical calculation or computation;

- syn. calculate, cipher, compute, figure, reckon, work out;

Cyphomandra
n1
tree tomato;

- syn. genus Cyphomandra;

Cypraea
n1
type genus of the family Cypraeidae: the typical cowries;

- syn. genus Cypraea;

Cypraea moneta
n1
cowrie whose shell is used for money in parts of the southern Pacific and in parts of Africa;

- syn. money cowrie;

Cypraea tigris
n1
cowrie whose shell is used for ornament;

- syn. tiger cowrie;

Cypraeidae
n1
family of marine gastropods comprising the cowries;

- syn. family Cypraeidae;

cypre
n1
large tropical American tree of the genus Cordia grown for its abundant creamy white flowers and valuable wood;

- syn. Cordia alliodora, Equador laurel, Spanish elm, princewood, salmwood;

cypress / s aɪ p ɹ ə s /
n1
wood of any of various cypress trees especially of the genus Cupressus;

n2
any of numerous evergreen conifers of the genus Cupressus of north temperate regions having dark scalelike leaves and rounded cones;

- syn. cypress tree;

cypress family
n1
cypresses and junipers and many cedars;

- syn. Cupressaceae, family Cupressaceae;

cypress pine
n1
any of several evergreen trees or shrubs of Australia and northern New Caledonia;

cypress sedge
n1
tufted sedge of temperate regions;

- nearly cosmopolitan;

- syn. Carex pseudocyperus;

cypress spurge
n1
Old World perennial having foliage resembling cypress;

- naturalized as a weed in the United States;

- syn. Euphorbia cyparissias;

cypress tree
n1
any of numerous evergreen conifers of the genus Cupressus of north temperate regions having dark scalelike leaves and rounded cones;

- syn. cypress;

cypress vine
n1
tropical American annual climber having red (sometimes white) flowers and finely dissected leaves;

- naturalized in United States and elsewhere;

- syn. Indian pink, Ipomoea quamoclit, Quamoclit pennata, star-glory;

cyprian / s ɪ p ɹ ɪə n /
n1
a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money;

- syn. bawd, cocotte, fancy woman, harlot, lady of pleasure, prostitute, sporting lady, tart, whore, woman of the street, working girl;

n2
a native or inhabitant of Cyprus;

- syn. Cypriot, Cypriote;

a1
of or relating to Cyprus or its people or culture;

- "Cypriot expatriates";

- "Cypriote monasteries";

- syn. Cypriot, Cypriote;

a2
resembling the ancient orgiastic worship of Aphrodite on Cyprus;

- sim. unchaste;

cyprinid
n1
soft-finned mainly freshwater fishes typically having toothless jaws and cycloid scales;

- syn. cyprinid fish;

a1
of or relating to members of fish family Cyprinidae;

- syn. cyprinoid;

cyprinid fish
n1
soft-finned mainly freshwater fishes typically having toothless jaws and cycloid scales;

- syn. cyprinid;

Cyprinidae
n1
a family of fish including: carp;

- tench;

- roach;

- rudd;

- dace;

- syn. family Cyprinidae;

cypriniform fish
n1
a soft-finned fish of the order Cypriniformes;

Cypriniformes
n1
an order of animals including almost entirely freshwater fishes: characins;

- loaches;

- carp;

- suckers;

- sometimes classified as a suborder of Ostariophysi;

- syn. order Cypriniformes;

cyprinodont
n1
any member of the family Cyprinodontidae;

Cyprinodontidae
n1
large family of small soft-finned fishes;

- killifishes;

- flagfishes;

- swordtails;

- guppies;

- syn. family Cyprinodontidae;

cyprinoid
a1
of or relating to members of fish family Cyprinidae;

- syn. cyprinid;

Cyprinus
n1
type genus of the family Cyprinidae: carp;

- syn. genus Cyprinus;

Cyprinus carpio
n1
large Old World freshwater bottom-feeding fish introduced into Europe from Asia;

- inhabits ponds and sluggish streams and often raised for food;

- introduced into United States where it has become a pest;

- syn. domestic carp;

Cypriot / s ɪ p ɹ ɪə t /
n1
a native or inhabitant of Cyprus;

- syn. Cyprian, Cypriote;

a1
of or relating to Cyprus or its people or culture;

- "Cypriot expatriates";

- "Cypriote monasteries";

- syn. Cyprian, Cypriote;

Cypriot monetary unit
n1
monetary unit in Cyprus;

Cypriot pound
n1
the basic unit of money in Cyprus;

- equal to 100 cents;

- syn. pound;

Cypriote / s ɪ p ɹ i oʊ t /
n1
a native or inhabitant of Cyprus;

- syn. Cyprian, Cypriot;

a1
of or relating to Cyprus or its people or culture;

- "Cypriot expatriates";

- "Cypriote monasteries";

- syn. Cyprian, Cypriot;

cypripedia
n1
a plant or flower of the genus Cypripedium;

Cypripedium
n1
genus of chiefly American perennial leafy-stemmed orchids: lady's slippers;

- sometimes includes species of genus Paphiopedilum;

- syn. genus Cypripedium;

Cypripedium acaule
n1
once common rose pink woodland orchid of eastern North America;

- syn. moccasin flower, nerveroot;

Cypripedium album
n1
pale pink wild orchid of northeastern America having an inflated pouchlike lip;

- syn. Cypripedium reginae, common lady's-slipper, showy lady's-slipper, showy lady slipper;

Cypripedium arietinum
n1
orchid of northern North America having a brownish-green flower and red-and-white lip suggestive of a ram's head;

- syn. ram's-head, ram's-head lady's slipper;

Cypripedium calceolus
n1
maroon to purple-brown orchid with yellow lip;

- Europe, North America and Japan;

- syn. Cypripedium parviflorum, yellow lady's slipper, yellow lady-slipper;

Cypripedium calceolus pubescens
n1
plant of eastern and central North America having slightly fragrant purple-marked greenish-yellow flowers;

- syn. large yellow lady's slipper;

Cypripedium californicum
n1
often having many yellow-green orchids with white pouches growing along streams and seeps of southwestern Oregon and northern California;

- syn. California lady's slipper;

Cypripedium fasciculatum
n1
clusters of several short stems each having 2 broad leaves and 2-4 drooping brownish to greenish flowers with pouches mottled with purple;

- British Columbia to central California and northern Colorado;

- syn. clustered lady's slipper;

Cypripedium montanum
n1
leafy plant having a few stems in a clump with 1 white and dull purple flower in each upper leaf axil;

- Alaska to northern California and Wyoming;

- syn. mountain lady's slipper;

Cypripedium parviflorum
n1
maroon to purple-brown orchid with yellow lip;

- Europe, North America and Japan;

- syn. Cypripedium calceolus, yellow lady's slipper, yellow lady-slipper;

Cypripedium reginae
n1
pale pink wild orchid of northeastern America having an inflated pouchlike lip;

- syn. Cypripedium album, common lady's-slipper, showy lady's-slipper, showy lady slipper;

cyproheptadine
n1
an antihistamine (trade name Periactin) used to treat some allergic reactions;

- syn. Periactin;

Cyprus / s aɪ p ɹ ə s /
n1
a country on the island of Cyprus;

- 80% of the people are of Greek origin and 20% or Turkish origin;

- syn. Republic of Cyprus;

n2
an island in the eastern Mediterranean;

Cyrano de Bergerac
n1
a French soldier and dramatist remembered chiefly for fighting many duels (often over the size of his nose);

- was immortalized in 1897 in a play by Edmond Rostand (1619-1655);

- syn. Savinien Cyrano de Bergerac;

Cyril / s ɪr ə ɫ /
n1
Greek missionary;

- the invention of the Cyrillic alphabet is attributed to him (826-869);

- syn. Saint Cyril, St. Cyril;

Cyril Burt
n1
English psychologist whose studies of twins were later said to have used fabricated data (1883-1971);

- syn. Burt, Cyril Lodowic Burt;

Cyril Lodowic Burt
n1
English psychologist whose studies of twins were later said to have used fabricated data (1883-1971);

- syn. Burt, Cyril Burt;

Cyril Northcote Parkinson
n1
British historian noted for ridicule of bureaucracies (1909-1993);

- syn. C. Northcote Parkinson, Parkinson;

cyrilla / s ɪr ɪ ɫ ə /
n1
shrub or small tree of southeastern United States to West Indies and Brazil;

- grown for the slender racemes of white flowers and orange and crimson foliage;

- syn. Cyrilla racemiflora, leatherwood, white titi;

cyrilla family
n1
shrubs and trees with leathery leaves and small white flowers in racemes: genera Cyrilla and Cliftonia;

- syn. Cyrilliaceae, family Cyrilliaceae, titi family;

Cyrilla racemiflora
n1
shrub or small tree of southeastern United States to West Indies and Brazil;

- grown for the slender racemes of white flowers and orange and crimson foliage;

- syn. cyrilla, leatherwood, white titi;

Cyrilliaceae
n1
shrubs and trees with leathery leaves and small white flowers in racemes: genera Cyrilla and Cliftonia;

- syn. cyrilla family, family Cyrilliaceae, titi family;

Cyrillic / s ɪr ɪ ɫ ɪ k /
n1
an alphabet derived from the Greek alphabet and used for writing Slavic languages (Russian, Bulgarian, Serbian, Ukrainian, and some other Slavic languages);

- syn. Cyrillic alphabet;

a1
relating to or written in the alphabet used for writing Slavic languages;

- "Cyrillic writing";

Cyrillic alphabet
n1
an alphabet derived from the Greek alphabet and used for writing Slavic languages (Russian, Bulgarian, Serbian, Ukrainian, and some other Slavic languages);

- syn. Cyrillic;

Cyrtomium
n1
small genus of tropical Asiatic greenhouse ferns;

- in some classifications placed in Polypodiaceae;

- syn. genus Cyrtomium;

Cyrtomium aculeatum
n1
tropical Old World fern having glossy fronds suggestive of holly;

- sometimes placed in genus Polystichum;

- syn. Polystichum aculeatum, holly fern;

Cyrus
n1
Persian prince who was defeated in battle by his brother Artaxerxes II (424-401 BC);

- syn. Cyrus the Younger;

Cyrus Hall McCormick
n1
United States inventor and manufacturer of a mechanical harvester (1809-1884);

- syn. Cyrus McCormick, McCormick;

Cyrus II
n1
king of Persia and founder of the Persian Empire (circa 600-529 BC);

- syn. Cyrus the Elder, Cyrus the Great;

Cyrus McCormick
n1
United States inventor and manufacturer of a mechanical harvester (1809-1884);

- syn. Cyrus Hall McCormick, McCormick;

Cyrus the Elder
n1
king of Persia and founder of the Persian Empire (circa 600-529 BC);

- syn. Cyrus II, Cyrus the Great;

Cyrus the Great
n1
king of Persia and founder of the Persian Empire (circa 600-529 BC);

- syn. Cyrus II, Cyrus the Elder;

Cyrus the Younger
n1
Persian prince who was defeated in battle by his brother Artaxerxes II (424-401 BC);

- syn. Cyrus;

cyst / s ɪ s t /
n1
a closed sac that develops abnormally in some body structure;

n2
a small anatomically normal sac or bladderlike structure (especially one containing fluid);

- syn. vesicle;

cysteine
n1
an amino acid containing sulfur that is found in most proteins;

- oxidizes on exposure to air to form cystine;

cystic / s ɪ s t ɪ k /
a1
of or relating to a normal cyst (as the gallbladder or urinary bladder);

a2
of or relating to or resembling a cyst;

cystic artery
n1
a branch of the hepatic artery;

- supplies the gall bladder and the surface of the liver;

- syn. arteria cystica;

cystic breast disease
n1
the presence of one or more cysts in a breast;

- syn. cystic mastitis, fibrocystic breast disease, fibrocystic disease of the breast;

cystic fibrosis
n1
the most common hereditary disease;

- the child's lungs and intestines and pancreas become clogged with thick mucus;

- caused by defect in a single gene;

- no cure is known;

- syn. CF, fibrocystic disease of the pancreas, mucoviscidosis, pancreatic fibrosis;

cystic fibrosis transport regulator
n1
the gene that is mutated in cystic fibrosis;

- syn. CFTR;

cystic mastitis
n1
the presence of one or more cysts in a breast;

- syn. cystic breast disease, fibrocystic breast disease, fibrocystic disease of the breast;

cystic vein
n1
vein that drains the gallbladder;

- syn. vena cystica;

cystine / s ɪ s t aɪ n /
n1
a crystalline amino acid found in proteins (especially keratin);

- discovered in bladder stones;

cystitis / s ɪ s t aɪ t ɪ s /
n1
inflammation of the urinary bladder and ureters;

cystocele
n1
hernia in which the urinary bladder protrudes through the wall of the vagina;

- sometimes occurs after childbirth;

- syn. colpocystocele;

cystoid macular edema
n1
a specific pattern of swelling in the central retina;

cystolith
n1
a calculus formed in the bladder;

- syn. bladder stone;

cystoparalysis
n1
paralysis of the urinary bladder;

- syn. cystoplegia;

Cystophora
n1
hooded seals;

- syn. genus Cystophora;

Cystophora cristata
n1
medium-sized blackish-grey seal with large inflatable sac on the head;

- of Arctic and northern Atlantic waters;

- syn. bladdernose, hooded seal;

cystoplegia
n1
paralysis of the urinary bladder;

- syn. cystoparalysis;

Cystopteris
n1
chiefly small perennial rock ferns: bladder ferns;

- in some classifications placed in Polypodiaceae;

- syn. genus Cystopteris;

Cystopteris bulbifera
n1
North American fern often bearing bulbils on the leaflets;

- syn. berry fern, bulblet bladder fern, bulblet fern;

Cystopteris fragilis
n1
delicate fern widely distributed in North America and European having thin pinnatifid fronds with brittle stems;

- syn. brittle bladder fern, brittle fern, fragile fern;

Cystopteris montana
n1
fern of rocky mountainous areas of hemisphere;

- syn. mountain bladder fern;

Cytesis proliferus
n1
shrub of Canary Islands having bristle-tipped oblanceolate leaves;

- used as cattle fodder;

- syn. Chamaecytisus palmensis, tagasaste;

Cytherea
n1
goddess of love and beauty and daughter of Zeus in ancient mythology;

- identified with Roman Venus;

- syn. Aphrodite;

cytidine
n1
a nucleoside component of DNA;

- composed of cytosine and deoxyribose;

- syn. deoxycytidine;

Cytisus
n1
large genus of stiff or spiny evergreen or deciduous Old World shrubs: broom;

- syn. genus Cytisus;

Cytisus albus
n1
low European broom having trifoliate leaves and yellowish-white flowers;

- syn. Cytisus multiflorus, white Spanish broom, white broom;

Cytisus multiflorus
n1
low European broom having trifoliate leaves and yellowish-white flowers;

- syn. Cytisus albus, white Spanish broom, white broom;

Cytisus ramentaceus
n1
erect shrub having large trifoliate leaves and dense clusters of yellow flowers followed by poisonous seeds;

- Yugoslavia;

- sometimes placed in genus Cytisus;

- syn. Dalmatian laburnum, Petteria ramentacea;

Cytisus scoparius
n1
deciduous erect spreading broom native to western Europe;

- widely cultivated for its rich yellow flowers;

- syn. Scotch broom, common broom, green broom;

cytoarchitectonic
a1
of or relating to cytoarchitecture;

- syn. cytoarchitectural;

cytoarchitectonics
n1
the cellular composition of a bodily structure;

- syn. cytoarchitecture;

cytoarchitectural
a1
of or relating to cytoarchitecture;

- syn. cytoarchitectonic;

cytoarchitecture
n1
the cellular composition of a bodily structure;

- syn. cytoarchitectonics;

cytochrome
n1
(biochemistry) a class of hemoprotein whose principal biological function is electron transfer (especially in cellular respiration);

cytochrome c
n1
the most abundant and stable cytochrome;

- involved in energy transfer;

cytogenesis
n1
the origin and development and variation of cells;

- syn. cytogeny;

cytogenetic
a1
of or relating to cytogenetics;

- syn. cytogenetical;

cytogenetical
a1
of or relating to cytogenetics;

- syn. cytogenetic;

cytogeneticist
n1
a geneticist who specializes in the cellular components associated with heredity;

cytogenetics
n1
the branch of biology that studies the cellular aspects of heredity (especially the chromosomes);

cytogeny
n1
the origin and development and variation of cells;

- syn. cytogenesis;

cytokine
n1
any of various protein molecules secreted by cells of the immune system that serve to regulate the immune system;

cytokinesis
n1
organic process consisting of the division of the cytoplasm of a cell following karyokinesis bringing about the separation into two daughter cells;

cytokinetic
a1
of or relating to the division of the cytoplasm of a cell following the division of the nucleus;

cytokinin
n1
any of a class of plant hormones that promote cell division and delay the senescence of leaves;

- syn. kinin;

cytol
n1
the protoplasm of a cell excluding the nucleus;

- is full of proteins that control cell metabolism;

- syn. cytoplasm;

cytologic
a1
of or relating to the science of cytology;

- syn. cytological;

cytologic smear
n1
a thin tissue or blood sample spread on a glass slide and stained for cytologic examination and diagnosis under a microscope;

- syn. cytosmear, smear;

cytologic specimen
n1
a specimen used for cytologic examination and diagnosis;

cytological
a1
of or relating to the science of cytology;

- syn. cytologic;

cytologist / s aɪ t ɒ ɫ ə dʒ ɪ s t /
n1
a biologist who studies the structure and function of cells;

cytology / s aɪ t ɒ ɫ ə dʒ i /
n1
the branch of biology that studies the structure and function of cells;

cytolysin
n1
a substance that partly or completely destroys animal cells;

cytolysis
n1
pathological breakdown of cells by the destruction of their outer membrane;

cytolytic
a1
of or relating to cytolysis, the dissolution or destruction of a cell;

cytomegalic
a1
of or relating to or characterized by greatly enlarged cells;

- sim. unhealthy;

cytomegalovirus
n1
any of a group of herpes viruses that enlarge epithelial cells and can cause birth defects;

- can affect humans with impaired immunological systems;

- syn. CMV;

cytomembrane
n1
a thin membrane (a double layer of lipids) enclosing the cytoplasm of a cell;

- proteins in the membrane control passage of ions (like sodium or potassium or calcium) in and out of the cell;

- "all cells have a cell membrane";

- syn. cell membrane, plasma membrane;

cytopathogenic
a1
of or relating to or causing pathological changes in cells;

- sim. unhealthful;

cytopenia
n1
a deficiency of some cellular element of the blood;

cytophotometer
n1
a photometer that can be used to locate and identify chemical compounds in a cell by measuring the intensity of the light that passes through stained sections of the cytoplasm;

cytophotometric
a1
of or relating to the study of cells by means of a cytophotometer;

cytophotometrically
r1
by cytophotometric means;

cytophotometry
n1
the study of chemical compounds inside a cell by means of a cytophotometer;

cytoplasm
n1
the protoplasm of a cell excluding the nucleus;

- is full of proteins that control cell metabolism;

- syn. cytol;

cytoplasmatic
a1
of or relating to cytoplasm;

- syn. cytoplasmic;

cytoplasmic
a1
of or relating to cytoplasm;

- syn. cytoplasmatic;

cytoplasmically
r1
by means of cytoplasm;

cytoplast
n1
the intact cytoplasmic content of a cell;

cytoplastic
a1
of or relating to a cytoplast;

cytosine
n1
a base found in DNA and RNA and derived from pyrimidine;

- pairs with guanine;

- syn. C;

cytoskeleton
n1
a microscopic network of actin filaments and microtubules in the cytoplasm of many living cells that gives the cell shape and coherence;

cytosmear
n1
a thin tissue or blood sample spread on a glass slide and stained for cytologic examination and diagnosis under a microscope;

- syn. cytologic smear, smear;

cytosol
n1
the aqueous part of the cytoplasm within which various particles and organelles are suspended;

cytostome
n1
mouth of a protozoan;

cytotoxic
a1
of or relating to substances that are toxic to cells;

cytotoxic drug
n1
any drug that has a toxic effect on cells;

- commonly used in chemotherapy to inhibit the proliferation of cancerous cells;

cytotoxic T cell
n1
T cell with CD8 receptor that recognizes antigens on the surface of a virus-infected cell and binds to the infected cell and kill it;

- syn. CD8 T cell, CD8 cell, killer T cell, killer cell;

cytotoxicity
n1
the degree to which something is toxic to living cells;

cytotoxin
n1
any substance that has a toxic effect on cells;

czar / z ɑ , z ɑr /
n1
a male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917);

- syn. tsar, tzar;

n2
a person having great power;

Czar Alexander I
n1
the czar of Russia whose plans to liberalize the government of Russia were unrealized because of the wars with Napoleon (1777-1825);

- syn. Aleksandr Pavlovich, Alexander I;

Czar Alexander II
n1
the son of Nicholas I who, as czar of Russia, introduced reforms that included limited emancipation of the serfs (1818-1881);

- syn. Alexander II, Alexander the Liberator;

Czar Alexander III
n1
son of Alexander II who was czar of Russia (1845-1894);

- syn. Alexander III;

Czar Nicholas I
n1
czar of Russia from 1825 to 1855 who led Russia into the Crimean War (1796-1855);

- syn. Nicholas I;

Czar Peter I
n1
czar of Russia who introduced ideas from western Europe to reform the government;

- he extended his territories in the Baltic and founded St. Petersburg (1682-1725);

- syn. Peter I, Peter the Great;

czarina / z ɑr i n ə /
n1
the wife or widow of a czar;

- syn. czaritza, tsarina, tsaritsa, tzarina;

czarist
a1
of or relating to or characteristic of a czar;

- syn. czaristic, tsarist, tsaristic, tzarist;

czaristic
a1
of or relating to or characteristic of a czar;

- syn. czarist, tsarist, tsaristic, tzarist;

czaritza
n1
the wife or widow of a czar;

- syn. czarina, tsarina, tsaritsa, tzarina;

Czech / tʃ ɛ k /
n1
a native of inhabitant of the Czech Republic;

n2
a native or inhabitant of the former republic of Czechoslovakia;

- syn. Czechoslovak, Czechoslovakian;

n3
the Slavic language of Czechs;

a1
of or relating to Czechoslovakia or its people or their language;

- "The Czech border";

- "Czechoslovak nationalists";

- "The Czechoslovakian population";

- syn. Czechoslovakian;

Czech capital
n1
the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic in the western part of the country;

- a cultural and commercial center since the 14th century;

- syn. Prag, Prague, Praha;

Czech monetary unit
n1
monetary unit in Czech Republic;

Czech Republic
n1
a landlocked republic in central Europe;

- separated from Slovakia in 1993;

Czechoslovak / tʃ ɛ k oʊ s ɫ oʊ v æ k /
n1
a native or inhabitant of the former republic of Czechoslovakia;

- syn. Czech, Czechoslovakian;

Czechoslovakia / tʃ ɛ k oʊ s ɫ ə v æ k ɪə /
n1
a former republic in central Europe;

- divided into Czech Republic and Slovakia in 1993;

Czechoslovakian / tʃ ɛ k oʊ s ɫ ə v æ k ɪə n /
n1
a native or inhabitant of the former republic of Czechoslovakia;

- syn. Czech, Czechoslovak;

a1
of or relating to Czechoslovakia or its people or their language;

- "The Czech border";

- "Czechoslovak nationalists";

- "The Czechoslovakian population";

- syn. Czech;

Czerny
n1
Austrian virtuoso pianist and composer of many works for the piano;

- studied with Beethoven and was a teacher of Liszt (1791-1857);

- syn. Karl Czerny;

Czestochowa
n1
a city of southern Poland whose church contains the statue of the black Madonna which attracts many pilgrims;

D / d i /
n1
a fat-soluble vitamin that prevents rickets;

- syn. calciferol, cholecalciferol, ergocalciferol, viosterol, vitamin D;

n2
the cardinal number that is the product of one hundred and five;

- syn. 500, five hundred;

n3
the 4th letter of the Roman alphabet;

a1
denoting a quantity consisting of 500 items or units;

- syn. 500, five hundred;

- sim. cardinal;

d'Holbach
n1
French philosopher (born in Germany) famous as being one of the first self-described atheists in Europe;

- syn. Dietrich, Paul-Henri Thiry, Paul Heinrich Dietrich, Thiry, baron d'Holbach;

D'Oyly Carte
n1
English impresario who brought Gilbert and Sullivan together and produced many of their operettas in London (1844-1901);

- syn. Richard D'Oyly Carte;

D-day / d i d eɪ /
n1
date of the Allied landing in France, World War II;

- syn. 6 June 1944;

D-layer
n1
the lowest region of the ionosphere (35 to 50 miles up) that reflects low-frequency radio waves;

- syn. D region;

D. H. Lawrence
n1
English novelist and poet and essayist whose work condemned industrial society and explored sexual relationships (1885-1930);

- syn. David Herbert Lawrence, Lawrence;

D. W. Griffith
n1
United States film maker who was the first to use flashbacks and fade-outs (1875-1948);

- syn. David Lewelyn Wark Griffith, Griffith;

D.A.
n1
a doctor's degree with a special disciplinary focus;

- syn. Doctor of Arts;

D.C.
n1
the district occupied entirely by the city of Washington;

- chosen by George Washington as the site of the capital of the United States and created out of land ceded by Maryland and Virginia;

- syn. DC, District of Columbia;

d.j.
n1
a person who announces and plays popular recorded music;

- syn. DJ, disc jockey, disk jockey;

d.o.a.
a1
abbreviation for `dead on arrival' at the emergency room;

- sim. dead;

D.P.R.K.
n1
a communist country in the northern half of the Korean Peninsula;

- established in 1948;

- syn. DPRK, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, North Korea;

D and C
n1
a surgical procedure usually performed under local anesthesia in which the cervix is dilated and the endometrial lining of the uterus is scraped with a curet;

- performed to obtain tissue samples or to stop prolonged bleeding or to remove small tumors or to remove fragments of placenta after childbirth or as a method of abortion;

- syn. dilatation and curettage, dilation and curettage;

D region
n1
the lowest region of the ionosphere (35 to 50 miles up) that reflects low-frequency radio waves;

- syn. D-layer;

DA / d ɑ /
n1
an official prosecutor for a judicial district;

- syn. district attorney;

da'wah
n1
missionary work for Islam;

- syn. dawah;

da Gamma
n1
Portuguese navigator who led an expedition around the Cape of Good Hope in 1497;

- he sighted and named Natal on Christmas Day before crossing the Indian Ocean (1469-1524);

- syn. Gamma, Vasco da Gamma;

da Vinci
n1
Italian painter and sculptor and engineer and scientist and architect;

- the most versatile genius of the Italian Renaissance (1452-1519);

- syn. Leonardo, Leonardo da Vinci;

dab / d æ b /
n1
a light touch or stroke;

- syn. pat, tap;

n2
a small quantity of something moist or liquid;

- "a dab of paint";

- "a splatter of mud";

- "just a splash of whiskey";

- syn. splash, splatter;

v1
apply (usually a liquid) to a surface;

- "dab the wall with paint";

- syn. swab, swob;

v2
hit lightly;

- "pat him on the shoulder";

- syn. pat;

Daba
n1
a Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad;

- syn. Kola, Musgoi;

dabble / d æ b ɫ /
v1
dip a foot or hand briefly into a liquid;

v2
play in or as if in water, as of small children;

- syn. paddle, splash around;

v3
work with in an amateurish manner;

- "She dabbles in astronomy";

- "He plays around with investments but he never makes any money";

- syn. play around, smatter;

v4
bob forward and under so as to feed off the bottom of a body of water;

- "dabbling ducks";

dabbled / d æ b ɫ d /
a1
covered with bright patches (often used in combination);

- "waves dabbled with moonlight";

- "a blood-spattered room";

- "gardens splashed with color";

- "kitchen walls splattered with grease";

- syn. spattered, splashed, splattered;

- sim. covered;

dabbler / d æ b ɫ ə , d æ b ɫ ə ɹ /
n1
an amateur who engages in an activity without serious intentions and who pretends to have knowledge;

- syn. dilettante, sciolist;

n2
any of numerous shallow-water ducks that feed by upending and dabbling;

- syn. dabbling duck;

dabbling duck
n1
any of numerous shallow-water ducks that feed by upending and dabbling;

- syn. dabbler;

dabchick / d æ b tʃ ɪ k /
n1
small European grebe;

- syn. Podiceps ruficollis, little grebe;

Daboecia
n1
a dicotyledonous genus of the family Ericaceae;

- syn. genus Daboecia;

Daboecia cantabrica
n1
low straggling evergreen shrub of western Europe represented by several varieties with flowers from white to rose-purple;

- syn. Connemara heath, St. Dabeoc's heath;

Dacca / d æ k ə /
n1
the capital and largest city of Bangladesh;

- syn. Dhaka, capital of Bangladesh;

dace / d eɪ s /
n1
small European freshwater fish with a slender bluish-green body;

- syn. Leuciscus leuciscus;

Dacelo
n1
Australasian kingfishers;

- syn. genus Dacelo;

Dacelo gigas
n1
Australian kingfisher having a loud cackling cry;

- syn. kookaburra, laughing jackass;

dacha / d æ tʃ ə /
n1
Russian country house;

Dachau
n1
a concentration camp for Jews created by the Nazis near Munich in southern Germany;

dachshund / d æ k s h ʊ n d /
n1
small long-bodied short-legged German breed of dog having a short sleek coat and long drooping ears;

- suited for following game into burrows;

- syn. badger dog, dachsie;

dachsie
n1
small long-bodied short-legged German breed of dog having a short sleek coat and long drooping ears;

- suited for following game into burrows;

- syn. badger dog, dachshund;

dacite
n1
a grey volcanic rock containing plagioclase and quartz and other crystalline minerals;

dacitic
a1
relating to or consisting of dacite;

- "dacitic magma is highly viscous";

Dacninae
n1
the honeycreepers;

- syn. Coerebidae, family Coerebidae, family Dacninae;

dacoit / d ə k ɔɪ t /
n1
a member of an armed gang of robbers;

- syn. dakoit;

dacoity / d ə k ɔɪ t i /
n1
robbery by a gang of armed dacoits;

- syn. dakoity;

Dacridium laxifolius
n1
low-growing to prostrate shrub with slender trailing branches;

- New Zealand;

- syn. Lepidothamnus laxifolius, mountain rimu;

Dacron
n1
a kind of polyester fabric;

- syn. Terylene;

Dacrycarpus
n1
evergreen coniferous shrubs or trees of New Zealand to Malaysia and Philippines;

- syn. genus Dacrycarpus;

Dacrycarpus dacrydioides
n1
New Zealand evergreen valued for its light easily worked wood;

- syn. New Zealand Dacryberry, New Zealand white pine, Podocarpus dacrydioides, kahikatea;

Dacrydium
n1
Australasian evergreen trees or shrubs;

- syn. genus Dacrydium;

Dacrydium bidwilli
n1
New Zealand shrub;

- syn. Halocarpus bidwilli, New Zealand mountain pine, tar-wood, tarwood;

Dacrydium colensoi
n1
New Zealand silver pine of conical habit with long slender flexuous branches;

- adapted to cold wet summers and high altitudes;

- syn. tar-wood, tarwood;

Dacrydium cupressinum
n1
tall New Zealand timber tree;

- syn. imou pine, red pine, rimu;

Dacrydium franklinii
n1
Tasmanian timber tree with yellow aromatic wavy-grained wood used for carving and ship building;

- sometimes placed in genus Dacrydium;

- syn. Lagarostrobus franklinii, huon pine;

Dacrymyces
n1
type genus of the Dacrymycetaceae: fungi with a bifurcate basidium that lacks septa;

- syn. genus Dacrymyces;

Dacrymycetaceae
n1
a family of basidiomycetous fungi belonging to the order Tremellales having a bifurcate basidium that lacks septa;

- syn. family Dacrymycetaceae;

dacryocyst
n1
either of the two dilated ends of the lacrimal ducts at the nasal ends of the eyes that fill with tears secreted by the lacrimal glands;

- syn. lacrimal sac, tear sac;

dacryocystitis
n1
inflammation of the lacrimal sac causing obstruction of the tube draining tears into the nose;

dacryon
n1
the craniometric point at the junction of the anterior border of the lacrimal bone with the frontal bone;

dactyl / d æ k t ɪ ɫ /
n1
a metrical unit with stressed-unstressed-unstressed syllables;

n2
a finger or toe in human beings or corresponding body part in other vertebrates;

- syn. digit;

dactylic / d æ k t ɪ ɫ ɪ k /
a1
of or consisting of dactyls;

- "dactylic meter";

Dactylis
n1
a monocotyledonous grass of the family Gramineae (has only one species);

- syn. genus Dactylis;

Dactylis glomerata
n1
widely grown stout Old World hay and pasture grass;

- syn. cocksfoot, cockspur, orchard grass;

Dactyloctenium
n1
a monocotyledonous genus of the family Gramineae;

- syn. genus Dactyloctenium;

Dactyloctenium aegypticum
n1
a creeping grass with spikes like fingers;

- syn. Egyptian grass, crowfoot grass;

dactylomegaly
n1
abnormally large fingers or toes;

Dactylopiidae
n1
cochineal insects;

- syn. family Dactylopiidae;

Dactylopius
n1
type genus of the Dactylopiidae;

- syn. genus Dactylopius;

Dactylopius coccus
n1
Mexican red scale insect that feeds on cacti;

- the source of a red dye;

- syn. cochineal, cochineal insect;

Dactylopteridae
n1
flying gurnards;

- syn. family Dactylopteridae;

Dactylopterus
n1
a genus of Dactylopteridae;

- syn. genus Dactylopterus;

Dactylorhiza
n1
genus of terrestrial orchids of Europe and Asia and North Africa;

- syn. genus Dactylorhiza;

Dactylorhiza fuchsii
n1
European orchid having lanceolate leaves spotted purple and pink to white or mauve flowers spotted or lined deep red or purple;

- syn. Dactylorhiza maculata fuchsii, common spotted orchid;

Dactylorhiza maculata fuchsii
n1
European orchid having lanceolate leaves spotted purple and pink to white or mauve flowers spotted or lined deep red or purple;

- syn. Dactylorhiza fuchsii, common spotted orchid;

Dactyloscopidae
n1
sand stargazers;

- syn. family Dactyloscopidae;

dad / d æ d /
n1
an informal term for a father;

- probably derived from baby talk;

- syn. dada, daddy, pa, papa, pappa, pop;

dada
n1
an informal term for a father;

- probably derived from baby talk;

- syn. dad, daddy, pa, papa, pappa, pop;

n2
a nihilistic art movement (especially in painting) that flourished in Europe early in the 20th century;

- based on irrationality and negation of the accepted laws of beauty;

- syn. dadaism;

dadaism
n1
a nihilistic art movement (especially in painting) that flourished in Europe early in the 20th century;

- based on irrationality and negation of the accepted laws of beauty;

- syn. dada;

daddy / d æ d i /
n1
an informal term for a father;

- probably derived from baby talk;

- syn. dad, dada, pa, papa, pappa, pop;

daddy longlegs
n1
long-legged slender flies that resemble large mosquitoes but do not bite;

- syn. crane fly;

n2
spiderlike arachnid with a small rounded body and very long thin legs;

- syn. Phalangium opilio, harvestman;

dado / d eɪ d oʊ /
n1
panel forming the lower part of an interior wall when it is finished differently from the rest of the wall;

- syn. wainscot;

n2
the section of a pedestal between the base and the surbase;

n3
a rectangular groove cut into a board so that another piece can fit into it;

v1
provide with a dado;

- "The owners wanted to dado their dining room";

v2
cut a dado into or fit into a dado;

dado plane
n1
a plane for making a dado groove;

Dae-Han-Min-Gook
n1
an Asian peninsula (off Manchuria) separating the Yellow Sea and the Sea of Japan;

- the Korean name is Dae-Han-Min-Gook or Han-Gook;

- syn. Han-Gook, Korea, Korean Peninsula;

Daedal
n1
(Greek mythology) an Athenian inventor who built the labyrinth of Minos;

- to escape the labyrinth he fashioned wings for himself and his son Icarus;

- syn. Daedalus;

a1
complex and ingenious in design or function;

- "the daedal hand of nature";

- sim. complex;

Daedalus
n1
(Greek mythology) an Athenian inventor who built the labyrinth of Minos;

- to escape the labyrinth he fashioned wings for himself and his son Icarus;

- syn. Daedal;

daemon / d i m ə n /
n1
an evil supernatural being;

- syn. daimon, demon, devil, fiend;

n2
a person who is part mortal and part god;

- syn. demigod;

Daffo
n1
a Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria;

- syn. Bokkos, Ron;

daffodil / d æ f ə d ɪ ɫ /
n1
any of numerous varieties of Narcissus plants having showy often yellow flowers with a trumpet-shaped central crown;

- syn. Narcissus pseudonarcissus;

daffodil garlic
n1
European onion with white flowers;

- syn. Allium neopolitanum, Naples garlic, flowering onion;

Dafla
n1
little known Kamarupan languages;

- syn. Abor, Miri, Mirish;

daft / d ɑ f t /
a1
informal or slang terms for mentally irregular;

- "it used to drive my husband balmy";

- syn. around the bend, balmy, barmy, bats, batty, bonkers, buggy, cracked, crackers, dotty, fruity, haywire, kookie, kooky, loco, loony, loopy, nuts, nutty, round the bend, wacky, whacky;

- sim. insane;

daftly / d ɑ f t ɫ i /
r1
in a mildly insane manner;

- "the old lady is beginning to behave quite dottily";

- syn. balmily, dottily, nuttily, wackily;

daftness / d ɑ f t n ɛ s /
n1
informal terms for insanity;

- syn. craziness, flakiness;

dag / d æ ɡ /
n1
10 grams;

- syn. decagram, dekagram, dkg;

n2
a flap along the edge of a garment;

- used in medieval clothing;

- syn. jag;

Dag Hammarskjold
n1
Swedish diplomat who greatly extended the influence of the United Nations in peacekeeping matters (1905-1961);

- syn. Dag Hjalmar Agne Carl Hammarskjold, Hammarskjold;

Dag Hjalmar Agne Carl Hammarskjold
n1
Swedish diplomat who greatly extended the influence of the United Nations in peacekeeping matters (1905-1961);

- syn. Dag Hammarskjold, Hammarskjold;

dagame
n1
source of a tough elastic wood;

- syn. Calycophyllum candidissimum, lemonwood tree;

Dagan
n1
god of agriculture and earth;

- counterpart of Phoenician Dagon;

Dagda
n1
chief Celtic god of the Tuatha De Danann;

- father of Angus Og and Brigit;

Dagestani
n1
an ethnic minority living on the Caspian Sea in southwestern Russia and Azerbaijan;

dagga
n1
relatively nontoxic South African herb smoked like tobacco;

- syn. Cape dagga, Leonotis leonurus, red dagga, wilde dagga;

dagger / d æ ɡ ə , d æ ɡ ə ɹ /
n1
a short knife with a pointed blade used for piercing or stabbing;

- syn. sticker;

n2
a character used in printing to indicate a cross reference or footnote;

- syn. obelisk;

dagger-like
a1
resembling a dagger;

- sim. sharp;

dagger fern
n1
North American evergreen fern having pinnate leaves and dense clusters of lance-shaped fronds;

- syn. Christmas fern, Polystichum acrostichoides, canker brake, evergreen wood fern;

daggerboard
n1
a removable centerboard on a small sailboat that can be lowered into the water to serve as a keel;

dago / d eɪ ɡ oʊ /
n1
(ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Italian descent;

- syn. Guinea, ginzo, greaseball, wop;

Dagon
n1
god of agriculture and the earth;

- national god of Philistines;

Daguerre
n1
French inventor of the first practical photographic process, the daguerreotype (1789-1851);

- syn. Louis Jacques Mande Daguerre;

daguerreotype / d ə ɡ ɛr ə t aɪ p /
n1
a photograph made by an early photographic process;

- the image was produced on a silver plate sensitized to iodine and developed in mercury vapor;

dah
n1
the longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code;

- syn. dash;

dahl
n1
tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods;

- much cultivated in the tropics;

- syn. Cajanus cajan, cajan pea, catjang pea, dhal, pigeon-pea plant, pigeon pea, red gram;

n2
small highly nutritious seed of the tropical pigeon-pea plant;

- syn. cajan pea, pigeon pea;

dahlia / d eɪ ɫ ɪə /
n1
any of several plants of or developed from the species Dahlia pinnata having tuberous roots and showy rayed variously colored flower heads;

- native to the mountains of Mexico and Central America and Colombia;

- syn. Dahlia pinnata;

Dahlia pinnata
n1
any of several plants of or developed from the species Dahlia pinnata having tuberous roots and showy rayed variously colored flower heads;

- native to the mountains of Mexico and Central America and Colombia;

- syn. dahlia;

Dahna
n1
a desert in southern Saudi Arabia;

- syn. Ar Rimsal, Great Sandy Desert, Rub al-Khali;

Dahomey
n1
a country on western coast of Africa;

- formerly under French control;

- syn. Benin, Republic of Benin;

daikon
n1
radish of Japan with a long hard durable root eaten raw or cooked;

- syn. Japanese radish, Raphanus sativus longipinnatus, radish;

Dail / d ɔɪ ɫ /
n1
the lower house of the parliament of the Irish Republic;

- syn. Dail Eireann;

Dail Eireann / d ɔɪ ɫ eə ɹ ə n /
n1
the lower house of the parliament of the Irish Republic;

- syn. Dail;

daily / d eɪ ɫ i /
n1
a newspaper that is published every day;

a1
of or belonging to or occurring every day;

- "daily routine";

- "a daily paper";

- syn. day-after-day, day-by-day, day-to-day;

- sim. periodic;

a2
appropriate for ordinary or routine occasions;

- "casual clothes";

- "everyday clothes";

- syn. casual, everyday;

- sim. informal;

r1
every day;

- without missing a day;

- "he stops by daily";

r2
gradually and progressively;

- "his health weakened day by day";

- syn. day by day;

daily dew
n1
any of various bog plants of the genus Drosera having leaves covered with sticky hairs that trap and digest insects;

- cosmopolitan in distribution;

- syn. sundew, sundew plant;

daily double
n1
a single bet on two horse races in the same day;

daily round
n1
the usual activities in your day;

- "the doctor made his rounds";

- syn. round;

daily variation
n1
fluctuations that occur between one day and the next;

Daimler
n1
German engineer and automobile manufacturer who produced the first high-speed internal combustion engine (1834-1900);

- syn. Gottlieb Daimler;

daimon
n1
an evil supernatural being;

- syn. daemon, demon, devil, fiend;

daintily / d eɪ n t ɪ ɫ i /
r1
in a dainty and fastidious manner;

- "she nibbled daintily at her cake";

r2
in a delicate manner;

- "the invitation cards were written up daintily in white and gold";

daintiness / d eɪ n t ɪ n ə s /
n1
the quality of being beautiful and delicate in appearance;

- "the daintiness of her touch";

- "the fineness of her features";

- syn. delicacy, fineness;

dainty / d eɪ n t i /
n1
something considered choice to eat;

- syn. delicacy, goody, kickshaw, treat;

a1
delicately beautiful;

- "a dainty teacup";

- "an exquisite cameo";

- syn. exquisite;

- sim. delicate;

a2
especially pleasing to the taste;

- "a dainty dish to set before a kind";

- sim. tasty;

a3
excessively fastidious and easily disgusted;

- "too nice about his food to take to camp cooking";

- "so squeamish he would only touch the toilet handle with his elbow";

- syn. nice, overnice, prissy, squeamish;

- sim. fastidious;

daiquiri
n1
a cocktail made with rum and lime or lemon juice;

- syn. rum cocktail;

Dairen
n1
a port and shipbuilding center in northeastern China on the Liaodong Peninsula;

- now a part of Luda;

- syn. Dalian, Talien;

dairy / d eə ɹ i /
n1
a farm where dairy products are produced;

- syn. dairy farm;

dairy cattle
n1
cattle that are reared for their milk;

- syn. dairy cow, milch cow, milcher, milk cow, milker;

dairy cow
n1
cattle that are reared for their milk;

- syn. dairy cattle, milch cow, milcher, milk cow, milker;

dairy farm
n1
a farm where dairy products are produced;

- syn. dairy;

dairy farmer
n1
the owner or manager of a dairy;

- syn. dairyman;

dairy farming
n1
the business of a dairy;

- syn. dairying;

dairy product
n1
milk and butter and cheese;

dairying / d eə ɹ ɪ ih ŋ /
n1
the business of a dairy;

- syn. dairy farming;

dairymaid / d eə ɹ ɪ m eɪ d /
n1
a woman who works in a dairy;

- syn. milkmaid;

dairyman / d eə ɹ ɪ m æ n , d eə ɹ ɪ m ə n /
n1
the owner or manager of a dairy;

- syn. dairy farmer;

n2
a man who works in a dairy;

dais / d eɪ ɪ s /
n1
a platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it;

- syn. ambo, podium, pulpit, rostrum, soapbox, stump;

daishiki
n1
a loose and brightly colored African shirt;

- syn. dashiki;

daisy / d eɪ z i /
n1
any of numerous composite plants having flower heads with well-developed ray flowers usually arranged in a single whorl;

daisy-bush
n1
any of various mostly Australian attractively shaped shrubs of the genus Olearia grown for their handsome and sometimes fragrant evergreen foliage and profusion of daisy flowers with white or purple or blue rays;

- syn. daisy bush, daisybush;

daisy-chain
v1
connect devices on a part of a chip or circuit board in a computer;

daisy-leaved grape fern
n1
of North America and Eurasia;

- syn. Botrychium matricariifolium, daisyleaf grape fern;

daisy bush
n1
any of various mostly Australian attractively shaped shrubs of the genus Olearia grown for their handsome and sometimes fragrant evergreen foliage and profusion of daisy flowers with white or purple or blue rays;

- syn. daisy-bush, daisybush;

daisy chain
n1
(figurative) a series of associated things or people or experiences;

n2
flower chain consisting of a string of daisies linked by their stems;

- worn by students on class day at some schools;

daisy cutter
n1
a bomb with only 10 to 20 per cent explosive and the remainder consisting of casings designed to break into many small high-velocity fragments;

- most effective against troops and vehicles;

- syn. anti-personnel bomb, antipersonnel bomb, fragmentation bomb;

n2
a batted or served ball that skims along close to the ground;

daisy fleabane
n1
widely naturalized white-flowered North American herb;

- syn. Erigeron annuus;

daisy print wheel
n1
a wheel around which is a set of print characters that make a typing impression on paper;

- syn. daisy wheel;

daisy wheel
n1
a wheel around which is a set of print characters that make a typing impression on paper;

- syn. daisy print wheel;

daisybush
n1
any of various mostly Australian attractively shaped shrubs of the genus Olearia grown for their handsome and sometimes fragrant evergreen foliage and profusion of daisy flowers with white or purple or blue rays;

- syn. daisy-bush, daisy bush;

daisyleaf grape fern
n1
of North America and Eurasia;

- syn. Botrychium matricariifolium, daisy-leaved grape fern;

daisylike
a1
resembling a daisy;

daisywheel printer
n1
a printer that uses a daisy print wheel;

dak / d ɑ k /
n1
East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye;

- syn. Butea frondosa, Butea monosperma, dhak, palas;

Dakar / d æ k ə , d æ k ə ɹ /
n1
the capital and chief port and largest city of Senegal;

- syn. capital of Senegal;

dakoit
n1
a member of an armed gang of robbers;

- syn. dacoit;

dakoity
n1
robbery by a gang of armed dacoits;

- syn. dacoity;

Dakota / d ə k oʊ t ə /
n1
a member of the Siouan people of the northern Mississippi valley;

- commonly called the Sioux;

n2
the area of the states of North Dakota and South Dakota;

n3
the Siouan language spoken by the Dakota;

dal
n1
a metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters;

- syn. decaliter, decalitre, dekaliter, dekalitre, dkl;

Dalai Lama
n1
chief lama and once ruler of Tibet;

- syn. Grand Lama;

dalasi
n1
the basic unit of money in Gambia;

Dalbergia
n1
large genus of tropical trees having pinnate leaves and paniculate flowers and cultivated commercially for their dramatically grained and colored timbers;

- syn. genus Dalbergia;

Dalbergia cearensis
n1
Brazilian tree yielding a handsome cabinet wood;

- syn. kingwood, kingwood tree;

Dalbergia latifolia
n1
East Indian tree having a useful dark purple wood;

- syn. East India rosewood, East Indian rosewood, Indian blackwood, Indian rosewood;

Dalbergia nigra
n1
an important Brazilian timber tree yielding a heavy hard dark-colored wood streaked with black;

- syn. Brazilian rosewood, caviuna wood, jacaranda;

Dalbergia retusa
n1
a valuable timber tree of tropical South America;

- syn. cocobolo;

Dalbergia sissoo
n1
East Indian tree whose leaves are used for fodder;

- yields a compact dark brown durable timber used in shipbuilding and making railroad ties;

- syn. sisham, sissoo, sissu;

Dalbergia stevensonii
n1
Central American tree yielding a valuable dark streaked rosewood;

- syn. Honduras rosewood;

dale / d eɪ ɫ /
n1
an open river valley (in a hilly area);

Dale Carnegie
n1
United States educator famous for writing a book about how to win friends and influence people (1888-1955);

- syn. Carnegie;

Dalea
n1
indigo bush;

- syn. genus Dalea;

Dalea spinosa
n1
greyish-green shrub of desert regions of southwestern United States and Mexico having sparse foliage and terminal spikes of bluish violet flowers;

- locally important as source of a light-colored honey of excellent flavor;

- syn. smoke tree;

dalesman / d eɪ ɫ z m ə n /
n1
a person who lives in the dales of northern England;

daleth
n1
the 4th letter of the Hebrew alphabet;

Dali
n1
surrealist Spanish painter (1904-1989);

- syn. Salvador Dali;

Dalian / d eɪ ɫ ɪə n /
n1
a port and shipbuilding center in northeastern China on the Liaodong Peninsula;

- now a part of Luda;

- syn. Dairen, Talien;

Dall's sheep
n1
large white wild sheep of northwestern Canada and Alaska;

- syn. Dall sheep, Ovis montana dalli, white sheep;

Dall sheep
n1
large white wild sheep of northwestern Canada and Alaska;

- syn. Dall's sheep, Ovis montana dalli, white sheep;

Dallas / d æ ɫ ə s /
n1
a large commercial and industrial city in northeastern Texas located in the heart of the northern Texas oil fields;

dalliance / d æ ɫ ɪə n s /
n1
the deliberate act of delaying and playing instead of working;

- syn. dawdling, trifling;

n2
playful behavior intended to arouse sexual interest;

- syn. coquetry, flirt, flirtation, flirting, toying;

dallier / d æ ɫ ɪə /
n1
someone who wastes time;

- syn. dilly-dallier, dillydallier, lounger, mope;

dallis grass
n1
tall tufted perennial tropical American grass naturalized as pasture and forage grass in southern United States;

- syn. Paspalum dilatatum, dallisgrass, paspalum;

dallisgrass
n1
tall tufted perennial tropical American grass naturalized as pasture and forage grass in southern United States;

- syn. Paspalum dilatatum, dallis grass, paspalum;

dally / d æ ɫ i /
v1
behave carelessly or indifferently;

- "Play about with a young girl's affection";

- syn. flirt, play, toy;

v2
waste time;

- "Get busy--don't dally!";

- syn. dawdle;

v3
talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions;

- "The guys always try to chat up the new secretaries";

- "My husband never flirts with other women";

- syn. butterfly, chat up, coquet, coquette, flirt, mash, philander, romance;

v4
consider not very seriously;

- "He is trifling with her";

- "She plays with the thought of moving to Tasmania";

- syn. play, trifle;

Dalmane
n1
tranquilizer (trade name Dalmane) used to treat insomnia;

- syn. flurazepam, flurazepam hydrochloride;

Dalmatia
n1
a historical region of Croatia on the Adriatic Sea;

- mountainous with many islands;

Dalmatia pyrethrum
n1
white-flowered pyrethrum of Balkan area whose pinnate leaves are white and silky-hairy below;

- source of an insecticide;

- sometimes placed in genus Chrysanthemum;

- syn. Chrysanthemum cinerariifolium, Dalmatian pyrethrum, Tanacetum cinerariifolium, pyrethrum;

Dalmatian / d æ ɫ m eɪ ʃ n , d æ ɫ m eɪ ʃ j ə n /
n1
a native or inhabitant of Dalmatia;

n2
a large breed having a smooth white coat with black or brown spots;

- originated in Dalmatia;

- syn. carriage dog, coach dog;

a1
of or relating to Dalmatia or its inhabitants;

Dalmatian iris
n1
European iris having soft lilac-blue flowers;

- syn. Iris pallida;

Dalmatian laburnum
n1
erect shrub having large trifoliate leaves and dense clusters of yellow flowers followed by poisonous seeds;

- Yugoslavia;

- sometimes placed in genus Cytisus;

- syn. Cytisus ramentaceus, Petteria ramentacea;

Dalmatian pyrethrum
n1
white-flowered pyrethrum of Balkan area whose pinnate leaves are white and silky-hairy below;

- source of an insecticide;

- sometimes placed in genus Chrysanthemum;

- syn. Chrysanthemum cinerariifolium, Dalmatia pyrethrum, Tanacetum cinerariifolium, pyrethrum;

dalo
n1
herb of the Pacific islands grown throughout the tropics for its edible root and in temperate areas as an ornamental for its large glossy leaves;

- syn. Colocasia esculenta, dasheen, taro, taro plant;

Dalton / d ɒ ɫ t n /
n1
English chemist and physicist who formulated atomic theory and the law of partial pressures;

- gave the first description of red-green color blindness (1766-1844);

- syn. John Dalton;

Dalton's law
n1
(chemistry) law stating that when two elements can combine to form more than one compound the amounts of one of them that combines with a fixed amount of the other will exhibit a simple multiple relation;

- syn. law of multiple proportions;

n2
(chemistry and physics) law stating that the pressure exerted by a mixture of gases equals the sum of the partial pressures of the gases in the mixture;

- the pressure of a gas in a mixture equals the pressure it would exert if it occupied the same volume alone at the same temperature;

- syn. Dalton's law of partial pressures, law of partial pressures;

Dalton's law of partial pressures
n1
(chemistry and physics) law stating that the pressure exerted by a mixture of gases equals the sum of the partial pressures of the gases in the mixture;

- the pressure of a gas in a mixture equals the pressure it would exert if it occupied the same volume alone at the same temperature;

- syn. Dalton's law, law of partial pressures;

Dalton Trumbo
n1
United States screenwriter who was blacklisted and imprisoned for refusing to cooperate with congressional investigations of communism in America (1905-1976);

- syn. Trumbo;

Daltonism
n1
dichromacy characterized by a lowered sensitivity to green light resulting in an inability to distinguish green and purplish-red;

- syn. deuteranopia, green-blindness;

dam / d æ m /
n1
a barrier constructed to contain the flow of water or to keep out the sea;

- syn. dike, dyke;

n2
a metric unit of length equal to ten meters;

- syn. decameter, decametre, dekameter, dekametre, dkm;

n3
female parent of an animal especially domestic livestock;

v1
obstruct with, or as if with, a dam;

- "dam the gorges of the Yangtse River";

- syn. dam up;

dam up
v1
obstruct with, or as if with, a dam;

- "dam the gorges of the Yangtse River";

- syn. dam;

Dama
n1
fallow deer;

- syn. genus Dama;

Dama dama
n1
small Eurasian deer;

- syn. fallow deer;

damage / d æ m ɪ dʒ /
n1
the occurrence of a change for the worse;

- syn. harm, impairment;

n2
loss of military equipment;

- syn. equipment casualty;

n3
the act of damaging something or someone;

- syn. harm, hurt, scathe;

n4
the amount of money needed to purchase something;

- "the price of gasoline";

- "he got his new car on excellent terms";

- "how much is the damage?";

- syn. price, terms;

n5
any harm or injury resulting from a violation of a legal right;

- syn. legal injury, wrong;

v1
inflict damage upon;

- "The snow damaged the roof";

- "She damaged the car when she hit the tree";

v2
suffer or be susceptible to damage;

- "These fine china cups damage easily";

damage control
n1
an effort to minimize or curtail damage or loss;

damaged / d æ m ɪ dʒ d /
a1
harmed or injured or spoiled;

- "I won't buy damaged goods";

- "the storm left a wake of badly damaged buildings";

- also blemished, broken, destroyed, impaired, injured;

- sim. battered, bedraggled, bent, broken, broken-backed, hurt, knocked-out, riddled, storm-beaten;

a2
being unjustly brought into disrepute;

- "a discredited politician";

- "her damaged reputation";

- syn. discredited;

- sim. disreputable;

damages / d æ m ɪ dʒ ɪ z /
n1
a sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury;

- syn. amends, indemnification, indemnity, redress, restitution;

damaging / d æ m ɪ dʒ ɪ ŋ /
a1
(sometimes followed by `to') causing harm or injury;

- "damaging to career and reputation";

- "the reporter's coverage resulted in prejudicial publicity for the defendant";

- syn. detrimental, prejudicial, prejudicious;

- sim. harmful;

a2
designed or tending to discredit, especially without positive or helpful suggestions;

- "negative criticism";

- syn. negative;

- sim. destructive;

Damaliscus
n1
African antelopes: sassabies;

- syn. genus Damaliscus;

Damaliscus lunatus
n1
a large South African antelope;

- considered the swiftest hoofed mammal;

- syn. sassaby, topi;

damar
n1
any of various hard resins from trees of the family Dipterocarpaceae and of the genus Agathis;

- especially the amboyna pine;

- syn. dammar, dammar resin, gum dammar;

Damaraland mole rat
n1
colonial mole rat of western Africa;

- similar to naked mole rat;

Damascene / d æ m ə s i n /
n1
a native or inhabitant of Damascus;

n2
a design produced by inlaying gold or silver into steel;

v1
inlay metal with gold and silver;

a1
of or relating to or characteristic of Damascus or its people;

- "damascene city gates";

a2
(of metals) decorated or inlaid with a wavy pattern of different (especially precious) metals;

- "a damascened sword";

- sim. fancy;

Damascus / d ə m æ s k ə s /
n1
an ancient city (widely regarded as the world's oldest) and present capital and largest city of Syria;

- according to the New Testament, the Apostle Paul (then known as Saul) underwent a dramatic conversion on the road to Damascus;

- syn. Dimash, capital of Syria;

Damascus steel
n1
a hard resilient steel often decorated and used for sword blades;

- syn. Damask steel;

damask / d æ m ə s k /
n1
a table linen made from linen with a damask pattern;

n2
a fabric of linen or cotton or silk or wool with a reversible pattern woven into it;

a1
having a woven pattern;

- "damask table linens";

- sim. fancy;

damask rose
n1
large hardy very fragrant pink rose;

- cultivated in Asia Minor as source of attar of roses;

- parent of many hybrids;

- syn. Rosa damascena, summer damask rose;

Damask steel
n1
a hard resilient steel often decorated and used for sword blades;

- syn. Damascus steel;

damask violet
n1
long cultivated herb having flowers whose scent is more pronounced in the evening;

- naturalized throughout Europe to Siberia and into North America;

- syn. Dame's violet, Hesperis matronalis, sweet rocket;

dame / d eɪ m /
n1
informal terms for a (young) woman;

- syn. bird, chick, doll, skirt, wench;

n2
a woman of refinement;

- "a chauffeur opened the door of the limousine for the grand lady";

- syn. gentlewoman, lady, ma'am, madam;

Dame's violet
n1
long cultivated herb having flowers whose scent is more pronounced in the evening;

- naturalized throughout Europe to Siberia and into North America;

- syn. Hesperis matronalis, damask violet, sweet rocket;

Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie
n1
prolific English writer of detective stories (1890-1976);

- syn. Agatha Christie, Christie;

Dame Alice Ellen Terry
n1
English actress (1847-1928);

- syn. Dame Ellen Terry, Terry;

Dame Alicia Markova
n1
English ballet dancer (born in 1910);

- syn. Lilian Alicia Marks, Markova;

Dame Barbara Hepworth
n1
British sculptor (1902-1975);

- syn. Barbara Hepworth, Hepworth;

Dame Daphne du Maurier
n1
English writer of melodramatic novels (1907-1989);

- syn. Daphne du Maurier, du Maurier;

Dame Edith Louisa Sitwell
n1
English poet (1887-1964);

- syn. Dame Edith Sitwell, Sitwell;

Dame Edith Sitwell
n1
English poet (1887-1964);

- syn. Dame Edith Louisa Sitwell, Sitwell;

Dame Ellen Terry
n1
English actress (1847-1928);

- syn. Dame Alice Ellen Terry, Terry;

Dame Jean Iris Murdoch
n1
British writer (born in Ireland) known primarily for her novels (1919-1999);

- syn. Iris Murdoch, Murdoch;

Dame Joan Sutherland
n1
Australian operatic soprano (born in 1926);

- syn. Joan Sutherland, Sutherland;

Dame Kiri Janette Te Kanawa
n1
New Zealand operatic soprano (born in 1944);

- syn. Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, Te Kanawa;

Dame Kiri Te Kanawa
n1
New Zealand operatic soprano (born in 1944);

- syn. Dame Kiri Janette Te Kanawa, Te Kanawa;

Dame Margot Fonteyn
n1
English dancer who danced with Rudolf Nureyev (born in 1919);

- syn. Fonteyn;

Dame Muriel Spark
n1
Scottish writer of satirical novels (born in 1918);

- syn. Muriel Sarah Spark, Muriel Spark, Spark;

Dame Myra Hess
n1
English pianist (1890-1965);

- syn. Hess;

Dame Nellie Melba
n1
Australian operatic soprano (1861-1931);

- syn. Helen Porter Mitchell, Melba;

Dame Rebecca West
n1
British writer (born in Ireland) (1892-1983);

- syn. Cicily Isabel Fairfield, Rebecca West, West;

Dame Sybil Thorndike
n1
English actress (1882-1976);

- syn. Thorndike;

Damgalnunna
n1
(Babylonian) earth goddess;

- consort of Ea and mother of Marduk;

- syn. Damkina;

daminozide
n1
a chemical sprayed on fruit trees to regulate their growth so the entire crop can be harvested at one time;

- syn. Alar;

Damkina
n1
(Babylonian) earth goddess;

- consort of Ea and mother of Marduk;

- syn. Damgalnunna;

dammar
n1
any of various hard resins from trees of the family Dipterocarpaceae and of the genus Agathis;

- especially the amboyna pine;

- syn. damar, dammar resin, gum dammar;

dammar pine
n1
any of various trees of the genus Agathis;

- yield dammar resin;

- syn. kauri pine;

dammar resin
n1
any of various hard resins from trees of the family Dipterocarpaceae and of the genus Agathis;

- especially the amboyna pine;

- syn. damar, dammar, gum dammar;

damn / d æ m /
n1
something of little value;

- "his promise is not worth a damn";

- "not worth one red cent";

- "not worth shucks";

- syn. darn, hoot, red cent, shit, shucks, tinker's dam, tinker's damn;

v1
wish harm upon;

- invoke evil upon;

- "The bad witch cursed the child";

- syn. anathemise, anathemize, bedamn, beshrew, curse, imprecate, maledict;

a1
used as expletives;

- "oh, damn (or goddamn)!";

- syn. goddamn;

- sim. cursed;

a2
expletives used informally as intensifiers;

- "he's a blasted idiot";

- "it's a blamed shame";

- "a blame cold winter";

- "not a blessed dime";

- "I'll be damned (or blessed or darned or goddamned) if I'll do any such thing";

- "he's a damn (or goddam or goddamned) fool";

- "a deuced idiot";

- "an infernal nuisance";

- syn. blame, blamed, blasted, blessed, damned, darned, deuced, goddam, goddamn, goddamned, infernal;

- sim. cursed;

r1
extremely;

- "you are bloody right";

- "Why are you so all-fired aggressive?";

- syn. all-fired, all-firedly, bloody;

damnable / d æ m n ə b ɫ /
a1
deserving a curse;

- "her damnable pride";

- syn. execrable;

- sim. cursed;

damnably / d æ m n ə b ɫ i /
r1
in a damnable manner;

- "kindly Arthur--so damnably, politely, endlessly persistent!";

- syn. cursedly, damned;

damnation / d æ m n eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the act of damning;

n2
the state of being condemned to eternal punishment in Hell;

- syn. eternal damnation;

damnatory / d æ m n ə t ə ɹ i /
a1
threatening with damnation;

- syn. damning;

- sim. inculpatory;

damned / d æ m d /
n1
people who are condemned to eternal punishment;

- "he felt he had visited the realm of the damned";

a1
expletives used informally as intensifiers;

- "he's a blasted idiot";

- "it's a blamed shame";

- "a blame cold winter";

- "not a blessed dime";

- "I'll be damned (or blessed or darned or goddamned) if I'll do any such thing";

- "he's a damn (or goddam or goddamned) fool";

- "a deuced idiot";

- "an infernal nuisance";

- syn. blame, blamed, blasted, blessed, damn, darned, deuced, goddam, goddamn, goddamned, infernal;

- sim. cursed;

a2
in danger of the eternal punishment of Hell;

- "poor damned souls";

- syn. cursed, doomed, unredeemed, unsaved;

- sim. lost;

r1
in a damnable manner;

- "kindly Arthur--so damnably, politely, endlessly persistent!";

- syn. cursedly, damnably;

damning / d æ m ɪ ŋ /
a1
threatening with damnation;

- syn. damnatory;

- sim. inculpatory;

Damocles / d æ m ə k ɫ i z /
n1
the Greek courtier to Dionysius the Elder who (according to legend) was condemned to sit under a naked sword that was suspended by a hair in order to demonstrate to him that being a king was not the happy state Damocles had said it was (4th century BC);

damoiselle
n1
a young unmarried woman;

- syn. damosel, damozel, damsel, demoiselle;

Damon
n1
the friend of Phintias who pledged his life that Phintias would return (4th century BC);

Damon and Pythias
n1
(Greek mythology) according to a Greek legend: when Pythias was sentenced to be executed Damon took his place to allow Pythias to get his affairs in order;

- when Pythias returned in time to save Damon the king was so impressed that he let them both live;

Damon Runyon
n1
United States writer of humorous stylized stories about Broadway and the New York underground (1884-1946);

- syn. Alfred Damon Runyon, Runyon;

damosel / d æ m ə z ɛ ɫ /
n1
a young unmarried woman;

- syn. damoiselle, damozel, damsel, demoiselle;

damourite
n1
a variety of muscovite;

damozel
n1
a young unmarried woman;

- syn. damoiselle, damosel, damsel, demoiselle;

damp / d æ m p /
n1
a slight wetness;

- syn. dampness, moistness;

v1
deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping;

- syn. dampen, dull, muffle, mute, tone down;

v2
restrain or discourage;

- "the sudden bad news damped the joyous atmosphere";

v3
make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible;

- "muffle the message";

- syn. dampen, deaden;

v4
lessen in force or effect;

- "soften a shock";

- "break a fall";

- syn. break, dampen, soften, weaken;

a1
slightly wet;

- "clothes damp with perspiration";

- "a moist breeze";

- "eyes moist with tears";

- syn. dampish, moist;

- sim. wet;

damp-proof course
n1
a course of some impermeable material laid in the foundation walls of building near the ground to prevent dampness from rising into the building;

- syn. damp course;

damp course
n1
a course of some impermeable material laid in the foundation walls of building near the ground to prevent dampness from rising into the building;

- syn. damp-proof course;

dampen / d æ m p ə n /
v1
suppress or constrain so as to lessen in intensity;

- "Stifle your curiosity";

- syn. stifle;

v2
make moist;

- "The dew moistened the meadows";

- syn. moisten, wash;

v3
deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping;

- syn. damp, dull, muffle, mute, tone down;

v4
reduce the amplitude (of oscillations or waves);

v5
make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible;

- "muffle the message";

- syn. damp, deaden;

v6
check;

- keep in check (a fire);

v7
lessen in force or effect;

- "soften a shock";

- "break a fall";

- syn. break, damp, soften, weaken;

dampener / d æ m p ə n ə , d æ m p ə n ə ɹ /
n1
a device that dampens or moistens something;

- "he used a dampener to moisten the shirts before he ironed them";

- syn. moistener;

dampening / d æ m p ə n ɪ ŋ /
n1
the act of making something slightly wet;

- syn. moistening;

damper / d æ m p ə , d æ m p ə ɹ /
n1
a movable iron plate that regulates the draft in a stove or chimney or furnace;

n2
a device that decreases the amplitude of electronic, mechanical, acoustical, or aerodynamic oscillations;

- syn. muffler;

n3
a depressing restraint;

- "rain put a damper on our picnic plans";

damper block
n1
damper consisting of a small felted block that drops onto a piano string to stop its vibration;

- syn. piano damper;

damping off
n1
a plant disease caused by a fungus;

- diseased condition of seedlings in excessive moisture;

damping off fungus
n1
fungus causing damping off disease in seedlings;

- syn. Pythium debaryanum;

dampish / d æ m p ɪ ʃ /
a1
slightly wet;

- "clothes damp with perspiration";

- "a moist breeze";

- "eyes moist with tears";

- syn. damp, moist;

- sim. wet;

damply / d æ m p ɫ i /
r1
in a damp manner;

- "a scarf was tied round her head but the rebellious curl had escaped and hung damply over her left eye";

- syn. moistly;

dampness / d æ m p n ə s /
n1
a slight wetness;

- syn. damp, moistness;

damsel / d æ m z ɫ /
n1
a young unmarried woman;

- syn. damoiselle, damosel, damozel, demoiselle;

damselfish
n1
small brilliantly colored tropical marine fishes of coral reefs;

- syn. demoiselle;

damselfly / d æ m z ɫ f ɫ aɪ /
n1
slender non-stinging insect similar to but smaller than the dragonfly but having wings folded when at rest;

damson / d æ m z ə n /
n1
dark purple plum of the damson tree;

- syn. damson plum;

damson plum
n1
tropical American timber tree with dark hard heavy wood and small plumlike purple fruit;

- syn. Chrysophyllum oliviforme, caimitillo, satin leaf, satinleaf;

n2
plum tree long cultivated for its edible fruit;

- syn. Prunus domestica insititia, damson plum tree;

n3
dark purple plum of the damson tree;

- syn. damson;

damson plum tree
n1
plum tree long cultivated for its edible fruit;

- syn. Prunus domestica insititia, damson plum;

Dana
n1
Celtic goddess who was the mother of the Tuatha De Danann;

- identified with the Welsh Don;

- syn. Danu;

Danaea
n1
fairly small terrestrial ferns of tropical America;

- syn. genus Danaea;

danaid
n1
large tropical butterfly with degenerate forelegs and an unpleasant taste;

- syn. danaid butterfly;

danaid butterfly
n1
large tropical butterfly with degenerate forelegs and an unpleasant taste;

- syn. danaid;

Danaidae
n1
small family of usually tropical butterflies: monarch butterflies;

- syn. family Danaidae;

Danau
n1
the 2nd longest European river (after the Volga);

- flows from southwestern Germany to the Black Sea;

- "Vienna, Budapest, and Belgrade are on the banks of the Danube";

- syn. Danube, Danube River;

Danaus
n1
type genus of the Danaidae: monarch butterflies;

- syn. genus Danaus;

Danaus plexippus
n1
large migratory American butterfly having deep orange wings with black and white markings;

- the larvae feed on milkweed;

- syn. milkweed butterfly, monarch, monarch butterfly;

dance / d ɑ n s /
n1
an artistic form of nonverbal communication;

n2
a party of people assembled for dancing;

n3
taking a series of rhythmical steps (and movements) in time to music;

- syn. dancing, saltation, terpsichore;

n4
a party for social dancing;

v1
move in a graceful and rhythmical way;

- "The young girl danced into the room";

v2
move in a pattern;

- usually to musical accompaniment;

- do or perform a dance;

- "My husband and I like to dance at home to the radio";

- syn. trip the light fantastic, trip the light fantastic toe;

v3
skip, leap, or move up and down or sideways;

- "Dancing flames";

- "The children danced with joy";

dance band
n1
a group of musicians playing popular music for dancing;

- syn. band, dance orchestra;

dance floor
n1
a bare floor polished for dancing;

dance hall
n1
large room used mainly for dancing;

- syn. ballroom, dance palace;

dance lesson
n1
a lesson in dancing;

dance master
n1
a professional teacher of dancing;

- syn. dancing-master;

dance music
n1
a genre of popular music composed for ballroom dancing;

- syn. ballroom music, danceroom music;

n2
music to dance to;

dance of death
n1
a medieval dance in which a skeleton representing death leads a procession of others to the grave;

- syn. danse macabre;

dance orchestra
n1
a group of musicians playing popular music for dancing;

- syn. band, dance band;

dance palace
n1
large room used mainly for dancing;

- syn. ballroom, dance hall;

dance school
n1
a school where students are taught to dance;

dance step
n1
a sequence of foot movements that make up a particular dance;

- "he taught them the waltz step";

- syn. step;

danceable / d ɑ n s eɪ b ɫ /
a1
suitable for dancing;

- sim. rhythmical;

dancer / d ɑ n s ə , d ɑ n s ə ɹ /
n1
a performer who dances professionally;

- syn. professional dancer, terpsichorean;

n2
a person who participates in a social gathering arranged for dancing (as a ball);

- syn. social dancer;

danceroom music
n1
a genre of popular music composed for ballroom dancing;

- syn. ballroom music, dance music;

dancing / d ɑ n s ɪ ŋ /
n1
taking a series of rhythmical steps (and movements) in time to music;

- syn. dance, saltation, terpsichore;

dancing-master
n1
a professional teacher of dancing;

- syn. dance master;

dancing lady orchid
n1
any orchid of the genus Oncidium: characterized by slender branching sprays of small yellow and brown flowers;

- often grown as houseplants;

- syn. butterfly orchid, butterfly plant, oncidium;

dancing partner
n1
one of a pair of people who dance together;

dancing school
n1
a school in which students learn to dance;

dandelion / d æ n d ɪ ɫ aɪ ə n /
n1
any of several herbs of the genus Taraxacum having long tap roots and deeply notched leaves and bright yellow flowers followed by fluffy seed balls;

- syn. blowball;

dandelion green
n1
the foliage of the dandelion plant;

n2
edible leaves of the common dandelion collected from the wild;

- used in salads and in making wine;

dander / d æ n d ə , d æ n d ə ɹ /
n1
small scales from animal skins or hair or bird feathers that can cause allergic reactions in some people;

n2
a feeling of anger and animosity;

- "having one's hackles or dander up";

- syn. hackles;

Dandie Dinmont
n1
a breed of small terrier with long wiry coat and drooping ears;

- syn. Dandie Dinmont terrier;

Dandie Dinmont terrier
n1
a breed of small terrier with long wiry coat and drooping ears;

- syn. Dandie Dinmont;

dandified / d æ n d ɪ f aɪ d /
a1
affecting extreme elegance in dress and manner;

- syn. dandyish, foppish;

- sim. elegant;

dandify / d æ n d ɪ f aɪ /
v1
dress like a dandy;

dandily / d æ n d ɪ ɫ i /
r1
in a dandy manner;

- "she had shown her talents dandily";

dandle / d æ n d ɫ /
v1
move (a baby) up and down in one's arms or on one's knees;

v2
pet;

- "the grandfather dandled the small child";

dandle board
n1
a plaything consisting of a board balanced on a fulcrum;

- the board is ridden up and down by children at either end;

- syn. seesaw, teeter, teeter-totter, teeterboard, teetertotter, tilting board;

dandruff / d æ n d ɹ ʌ f /
n1
a condition in which white scales of dead skin are shed by the scalp;

n2
loose scales shed from the scalp;

- "I could see the dandruff on her shoulders";

dandy / d æ n d i /
n1
a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance;

- syn. beau, clotheshorse, dude, fashion plate, fop, gallant, sheik, swell;

n2
a sailing vessel with two masts;

- a small mizzen is aft of the rudderpost;

- syn. yawl;

a1
very good;

- "he did a bully job";

- "a neat sports car";

- "had a great time at the party";

- "you look simply smashing";

- "we had a grand old time";

- syn. bang-up, bully, corking, cracking, great, groovy, keen, neat, nifty, not bad, old, peachy, slap-up, smashing, swell;

- sim. good;

dandy fever
n1
an infectious disease of the tropics transmitted by mosquitoes and characterized by rash and aching head and joints;

- syn. breakbone fever, dengue, dengue fever;

dandyish / d æ n d ɪ ih ʃ /
a1
affecting extreme elegance in dress and manner;

- syn. dandified, foppish;

- sim. elegant;

dandyism / d æ n d ɪ ih z ə m /
n1
the manner and dress of a fop or dandy;

- syn. foppishness;

Dane / d eɪ n /
n1
a native or inhabitant of Denmark;

danewort / d eɪ n w ɝ t /
n1
dwarf herbaceous elder of Europe having pink flowers and a nauseous odor;

- syn. Sambucus ebulus, dwarf elder;

Dangaleat
n1
a Chadic language spoken in Chad;

- uses seven vowels plus differences in vowel length;

- syn. Dangla;

danger / d eɪ n dʒ ə , d eɪ n dʒ ə ɹ /
n1
the condition of being susceptible to harm or injury;

- "you are in no danger";

- "there was widespread danger of disease";

n2
a venture undertaken without regard to possible loss or injury;

- "he saw the rewards but not the risks of crime";

- "there was a danger he would do the wrong thing";

- syn. peril, risk;

n3
a cause of pain or injury or loss;

- "he feared the dangers of traveling by air";

n4
a dangerous place;

- "He moved out of danger";

danger line
n1
a line beyond which it is dangerous to go;

danger zone
n1
a dangerous area;

dangerous / d eɪ n dʒ ə ɹ ə s /
a1
involving or causing danger or risk;

- liable to hurt or harm;

- "a dangerous criminal";

- "a dangerous bridge";

- "unemployment reached dangerous proportions";

- syn. unsafe;

- also insecure, vulnerable;

- sim. breakneck, chancy, desperate, hazardous, insidious, mordacious, on the hook, parlous, self-destructive, treacherous;

a2
causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm;

- "a dangerous operation";

- "a grave situation";

- "a grave illness";

- "grievous bodily harm";

- "a serious wound";

- "a serious turn of events";

- "a severe case of pneumonia";

- "a life-threatening disease";

- syn. grave, grievous, life-threatening, serious, severe;

- sim. critical;

dangerous undertaking
n1
a wild and exciting undertaking (not necessarily lawful);

- syn. adventure, escapade, risky venture;

dangerously / d eɪ n dʒ ə ɹ ə s ɫ i /
r1
in a dangerous manner;

- "he came dangerously close to falling off the ledge";

- syn. hazardously, perilously;

dangerousness / d eɪ n dʒ ə ɹ ə s n ə s /
n1
the quality of not being safe;

Dangla
n1
a Chadic language spoken in Chad;

- uses seven vowels plus differences in vowel length;

- syn. Dangaleat;

dangle / d æ ŋ ɡ ɫ /
v1
hang freely;

- "the ornaments dangled from the tree";

- "The light dropped from the ceiling";

- syn. drop, swing;

v2
cause to dangle or hang freely;

- "He dangled the ornaments from the Christmas tree";

dangle-berry
n1
huckleberry of the eastern United States with pink flowers and sweet blue fruit;

- syn. Gaylussacia frondosa, dangleberry;

dangleberry
n1
huckleberry of the eastern United States with pink flowers and sweet blue fruit;

- syn. Gaylussacia frondosa, dangle-berry;

dangling / d æ ŋ ɡ ɫ ɪ ŋ /
n1
the act of suspending something (hanging it from above so it moves freely);

- "there was a small ceremony for the hanging of the portrait";

- syn. hanging, suspension;

dangling modifier
n1
a word or phrase apparently modifying an unintended word because of its placement in a sentence: e.g., `when young' in `when young, circuses appeal to all of us';

- syn. misplaced modifier;

dangling participle
n1
a participle (usually at the beginning of a sentence) apparently modifying a word other than the word intended: e.g., `flying across the country' in `flying across the country the Rockies came into view';

Daniel / d ɑ n ɪə ɫ /
n1
(Old Testament) a youth who was taken into the court of Nebuchadnezzar and given divine protection when thrown into a den of lions (6th century BC);

n2
a wise and upright judge;

- "a Daniel come to judgment" -- Shakespeare;

n3
an Old Testament book that tells of the apocalyptic visions and the experiences of Daniel in the court of Nebuchadnezzar;

- syn. Book of Daniel, Book of the Prophet Daniel;

Daniel Bernoulli
n1
Swiss physicist who contributed to hydrodynamics and mathematical physics (1700-1782);

- syn. Bernoulli;

Daniel Boone
n1
an American pioneer and guide and explorer (1734-1820);

- syn. Boone;

Daniel Chester French
n1
United States sculptor who created the seated marble figure of Abraham Lincoln in the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. (1850-1931);

- syn. French;

Daniel Defoe
n1
English writer remembered particularly for his novel about Robinson Crusoe (1660-1731);

- syn. Defoe;

Daniel Garrison Brinton
n1
United States anthropologist who was the first to attempt a systematic classification of Native American languages (1837-1899);

- syn. Brinton;

Daniel Hudson Burnham
n1
United States architect who designed the first important skyscraper with a skeleton (1846-1912);

- syn. Burnham;

Daniel Jones
n1
English phonetician (1881-1967);

- syn. Jones;

Daniel Morgan
n1
soldier in the American Revolution who defeated the British in the battle of Cowpens, South Carolina (1736-1802);

- syn. Morgan;

Daniel Ortega
n1
Nicaraguan statesman (born in 1945);

- syn. Daniel Ortega Saavedra, Ortega;

Daniel Ortega Saavedra
n1
Nicaraguan statesman (born in 1945);

- syn. Daniel Ortega, Ortega;

Daniel Patrick Moynihan
n1
United States politician and educator (1927-2003);

- syn. Moynihan;

Daniel Rutherford
n1
British chemist who isolated nitrogen (1749-1819);

- syn. Rutherford;

Daniel Webster
n1
United States politician and orator (1782-1817);

- syn. Webster;

Danish / d eɪ n ɪ ʃ /
n1
a Scandinavian language that is the official language of Denmark;

n2
light sweet yeast-raised roll usually filled with fruits or cheese;

- syn. danish pastry;

a1
of or relating to or characteristic of Denmark or the Danes or their language;

- "Danish furniture";

Danish blue
n1
blue cheese of Denmark;

Danish capital
n1
the capital and largest city of Denmark;

- located on the island of Zealand;

- "Copenhagen is sometimes called the Paris of the North";

- syn. Copenhagen, Kobenhavn;

Danish krone
n1
the basic unit of money in Denmark;

- syn. krone;

Danish monetary unit
n1
monetary unit in Denmark;

danish pastry
n1
light sweet yeast-raised roll usually filled with fruits or cheese;

- syn. danish;

dank / d æ ŋ k /
a1
unpleasantly cool and humid;

- "a clammy handshake";

- "clammy weather";

- "a dank cellar";

- "dank rain forests";

- syn. clammy;

- sim. wet;

dankness / d æ ŋ k n ɛ s /
n1
unpleasant wetness;

- syn. clamminess;

Danmark
n1
a constitutional monarchy in northern Europe;

- consists of the mainland of Jutland and many islands between the North Sea and the Baltic Sea;

- syn. Denmark, Kingdom of Denmark;

Dano-Norwegian
n1
book language;

- one of two official languages of Norway;

- closely related to Danish;

- syn. Bokmaal, Bokmal;

danse du ventre
n1
a Middle Eastern dance in which the dancer makes sensuous movements of the hips and abdomen;

- syn. belly dance, belly dancing;

danse macabre / d ɑ n s m ə k ɑ b ɹ ə /
n1
a medieval dance in which a skeleton representing death leads a procession of others to the grave;

- syn. dance of death;

danseur
n1
a male ballet dancer who is the partner of a ballerina;

- syn. danseur noble;

danseur noble
n1
a male ballet dancer who is the partner of a ballerina;

- syn. danseur;

danseuse / d ɑ n s ɝ z /
n1
a female ballet dancer;

- syn. ballerina;

Dante / d æ n t /
n1
an Italian poet famous for writing the Divine Comedy that describes a journey through Hell and purgatory and paradise guided by Virgil and his idealized Beatrice (1265-1321);

- syn. Dante Alighieri;

Dante Alighieri
n1
an Italian poet famous for writing the Divine Comedy that describes a journey through Hell and purgatory and paradise guided by Virgil and his idealized Beatrice (1265-1321);

- syn. Dante;

Dante Gabriel Rossetti
n1
English poet and painter who was a leader of the Pre-Raphaelites (1828-1882);

- syn. Rossetti;

Dantean / d æ n t i ə n /
a1
of or relating to Dante Alighieri or his writings;

- syn. Dantesque;

Dantesque / d æ n t ɛ s k /
a1
of or relating to Dante Alighieri or his writings;

- syn. Dantean;

Danton / d æ n t ʌ n /
n1
French revolutionary leader who stormed the Paris bastille and who supported the execution of Louis XVI but was guillotined by Robespierre for his opposition to the Reign of Terror (1759-1794);

- syn. Georges Jacques Danton;

Danton True Young
n1
United States baseball player and famous pitcher (1867-1955);

- syn. Cy Young, Young;

Danu
n1
Celtic goddess who was the mother of the Tuatha De Danann;

- identified with the Welsh Don;

- syn. Dana;

Danube
n1
the 2nd longest European river (after the Volga);

- flows from southwestern Germany to the Black Sea;

- "Vienna, Budapest, and Belgrade are on the banks of the Danube";

- syn. Danau, Danube River;

Danube River
n1
the 2nd longest European river (after the Volga);

- flows from southwestern Germany to the Black Sea;

- "Vienna, Budapest, and Belgrade are on the banks of the Danube";

- syn. Danau, Danube;

Danzig
n1
a port city of northern Poland near the mouth of the Vistula River on a gulf of the Baltic Sea;

- a member of the Hanseatic League in the 14th century;

- syn. Gdansk;

Daoism
n1
philosophical system developed by Lao-tzu and Chuang-tzu advocating a simple honest life and noninterference with the course of natural events;

- syn. Taoism;

daphne / d æ f n i /
n1
any of several ornamental shrubs with shiny mostly evergreen leaves and clusters of small bell-shaped flowers;

n2
(Greek mythology) a nymph who was transformed into a laurel tree to escape the amorous Apollo;

Daphne cneorum
n1
widely cultivated low evergreen shrub with dense clusters of fragrant pink to deep rose flowers;

- syn. garland flower;

Daphne du Maurier
n1
English writer of melodramatic novels (1907-1989);

- syn. Dame Daphne du Maurier, du Maurier;

daphne family
n1
family of trees and shrubs and herbs having tough bark that are found especially in Australia and tropical Africa;

- syn. Thymelaeaceae, family Thymelaeaceae;

Daphne laureola
n1
bushy Eurasian shrub with glossy leathery oblong leaves and yellow-green flowers;

- syn. spurge laurel, wood laurel;

Daphne mezereum
n1
small European deciduous shrub with fragrant lilac-colored flowers followed by red berries on highly toxic twigs;

- syn. February daphne, mezereon;

daphnia
n1
minute freshwater crustacean having a round body enclosed in a transparent shell;

- moves about like a flea by means of hairy branched antennae;

- syn. water flea;

dapper / d æ p ə , d æ p ə ɹ /
a1
marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners;

- "a dapper young man";

- "a jaunty red hat";

- syn. dashing, jaunty, natty, raffish, rakish, snappy, spiffy, spruce;

- sim. fashionable;

dapperness / d æ p ə ɹ n ɛ s /
n1
stylishness as evidenced by a smart appearance;

- syn. jauntiness, nattiness, rakishness;

dapple / d æ p ɫ /
n1
a small contrasting part of something;

- "a bald spot";

- "a leopard's spots";

- "a patch of clouds";

- "patches of thin ice";

- "a fleck of red";

- syn. fleck, maculation, patch, speckle, spot;

v1
colour with streaks or blotches of different shades;

- syn. cloud, mottle;

dapple-gray
n1
grey with a mottled pattern of darker grey markings;

- syn. dapple-grey, dappled-gray, dappled-grey;

dapple-grey / d æ p ɫ ɡ ɹ eɪ /
n1
grey with a mottled pattern of darker grey markings;

- syn. dapple-gray, dappled-gray, dappled-grey;

dappled / d æ p ɫ d /
a1
having spots or patches of color;

- syn. mottled;

- sim. patterned;

dappled-gray
n1
grey with a mottled pattern of darker grey markings;

- syn. dapple-gray, dapple-grey, dappled-grey;

dappled-grey
n1
grey with a mottled pattern of darker grey markings;

- syn. dapple-gray, dapple-grey, dappled-gray;

Dapsang
n1
a mountain peak in the Karakoram Range in northern Kashmir;

- the 2nd highest peak in the world (28,250 feet high);

- syn. Godwin Austen, K2, Mount Godwin Austen;

dapsone
n1
antibacterial drug used to treat leprosy and some kinds of skin diseases;

Dar al-harb
n1
areas where Muslims are in the minority and are persecuted;

- syn. House of War;

Dar al-Islam
n1
areas where Muslims are in the majority;

- syn. House of Islam;

Dar es Salaam
n1
the capital and largest port city of Tanzania on the Indian Ocean;

- syn. capital of Tanzania;

daraf
n1
a unit of elastance equal to the reciprocal of a farad;

Dard
n1
any of a group of Indic languages spoken in Kashmir and eastern Afghanistan and northern Pakistan;

- syn. Dardic, Dardic language;

Dardan
n1
a native of ancient Troy;

- syn. Dardanian, Trojan;

Dardanelles
n1
the strait between the Aegean and the Sea of Marmara that separates European Turkey from Asian Turkey;

- syn. Canakkale Bogazi, Hellespont;

n2
the unsuccessful campaign in World War I (1915) by the English and French to open a passage for aid to Russia;

- defeated by the Turks;

- syn. Dardanelles campaign;

Dardanelles campaign
n1
the unsuccessful campaign in World War I (1915) by the English and French to open a passage for aid to Russia;

- defeated by the Turks;

- syn. Dardanelles;

Dardanian
n1
a native of ancient Troy;

- syn. Dardan, Trojan;

Dardanus
n1
(Greek mythology) founder of Troy;

Dardic
n1
any of a group of Indic languages spoken in Kashmir and eastern Afghanistan and northern Pakistan;

- syn. Dard, Dardic language;

Dardic language
n1
any of a group of Indic languages spoken in Kashmir and eastern Afghanistan and northern Pakistan;

- syn. Dard, Dardic;

dare / d eə , d eə ɹ /
n1
a challenge to do something dangerous or foolhardy;

- "he could never refuse a dare";

- syn. daring;

v1
take upon oneself;

- act presumptuously, without permission;

- "How dare you call my lawyer?";

- syn. make bold, presume;

v2
to be courageous enough to try or do something;

- "I don't dare call him";

- "she dares to dress differently from the others";

v3
challenge;

- "I dare you!";

- syn. defy;

daredevil / d eə d ɛ v ɫ /
n1
a reckless impetuous irresponsible person;

- syn. harum-scarum, hothead, lunatic, madcap, swashbuckler;

a1
presumptuously daring;

- "a daredevil test pilot having the right stuff";

- syn. temerarious;

- sim. bold;

daredevilry / d eə ɹ d ɛ v ɫ ɹ i /
n1
boldness as manifested in rash and daredevil behavior;

- syn. daredeviltry;

daredeviltry
n1
boldness as manifested in rash and daredevil behavior;

- syn. daredevilry;

Darfur
n1
an impoverished region of western Sudan;

- "Darfur was a semi-independent sultanate until 1917 and is ethnically distinct from central Sudan";

Dari
n1
an Iranian language spoken in Afghanistan;

- syn. Dari Persian;

Dari Persian
n1
an Iranian language spoken in Afghanistan;

- syn. Dari;

Daricon
n1
an anticholinergic drug (trade name Daricon) used in treating peptic ulcers;

- syn. oxyphencyclimine;

Darier's disease
n1
a rare hereditary condition marked by dark crusted patches (sometimes containing pus);

- syn. keratosis follicularis;

daring / d eə ɹ ɪ ŋ /
n1
a challenge to do something dangerous or foolhardy;

- "he could never refuse a dare";

- syn. dare;

n2
the trait of being willing to undertake things that involve risk or danger;

- "the proposal required great boldness";

- "the plan required great hardiness of heart";

- syn. boldness, hardihood, hardiness;

a1
disposed to venture or take risks;

- "audacious visions of the total conquest of space";

- "an audacious interpretation of two Jacobean dramas";

- "the most daring of contemporary fiction writers";

- "a venturesome investor";

- "a venturous spirit";

- syn. audacious, venturesome, venturous;

- sim. adventurous;

a2
radically new or original;

- "an avant-garde theater piece";

- syn. avant-garde;

- sim. original;

daringly / d eə ɹ ɪ ŋ ɫ i /
r1
in an original manner;

- "daringly he took the first step";

r2
in an adventurous manner;

- "daringly, he set out on a camping trip in East Africa";

Darius I
n1
king of Persia who expanded the Persian Empire and invaded Greece but was defeated at the battle of Marathon (550-486 BC);

- syn. Darius the Great;

Darius III
n1
king of Persia who was defeated by Alexander the Great;

- his murder effectively ended the Persian Empire (died in 330 BC);

Darius Milhaud
n1
French composer of works that combine jazz and polytonality and Brazilian music (1892-1974);

- syn. Milhaud;

Darius the Great
n1
king of Persia who expanded the Persian Empire and invaded Greece but was defeated at the battle of Marathon (550-486 BC);

- syn. Darius I;

Darjeeling
n1
a fine variety of black tea grown in northern India;

dark / d ɑ k /
n1
absence of light or illumination;

- syn. darkness;

n2
absence of moral or spiritual values;

- "the powers of darkness";

- syn. darkness, wickedness;

n3
an unilluminated area;

- "he moved off into the darkness";

- syn. darkness, shadow;

n4
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside;

- syn. night, nighttime;

n5
an unenlightened state;

- "he was in the dark concerning their intentions";

- "his lectures dispelled the darkness";

- syn. darkness;

a1
devoid of or deficient in light or brightness;

- shadowed or black;

- "sitting in a dark corner";

- "a dark day";

- "dark shadows";

- "dark as the inside of a black cat";

- sim. Acheronian, Cimmerian, aphotic, black, caliginous, crepuscular, darkened, darkening, darkling, darkling, dim, dusky, glooming, lightless, semidark, tenebrous;

a2
(used of color) having a dark hue;

- "dark green";

- "dark glasses";

- "dark colors like wine red or navy blue";

- also black;

- sim. darkish;

a3
brunet (used of hair or skin or eyes);

- "dark eyes";

- sim. brunet;

a4
stemming from evil characteristics or forces;

- wicked or dishonorable;

- "black deeds";

- "a black lie";

- "his black heart has concocted yet another black deed";

- "Darth Vader of the dark side";

- "a dark purpose";

- "dark undercurrents of ethnic hostility";

- "the scheme of some sinister intelligence bent on punishing him"-Thomas Hardy;

- syn. black, sinister;

- sim. evil;

a5
secret;

- "keep it dark";

- sim. concealed;

a6
showing a brooding ill humor;

- "a dark scowl";

- "the proverbially dour New England Puritan";

- "a glum, hopeless shrug";

- "he sat in moody silence";

- "a morose and unsociable manner";

- "a saturnine, almost misanthropic young genius"- Bruce Bliven;

- "a sour temper";

- "a sullen crowd";

- syn. dour, glowering, glum, moody, morose, saturnine, sour, sullen;

- sim. ill-natured;

a7
lacking enlightenment or knowledge or culture;

- "this benighted country";

- "benighted ages of barbarism and superstition";

- "the dark ages";

- "a dark age in the history of education";

- syn. benighted;

- sim. unenlightened;

a8
marked by difficulty of style or expression;

- "much that was dark is now quite clear to me";

- "those who do not appreciate Kafka's work say his style is obscure";

- syn. obscure;

- sim. incomprehensible;

a9
causing dejection;

- "a blue day";

- "the dark days of the war";

- "a week of rainy depressing weather";

- "a disconsolate winter landscape";

- "the first dismal dispiriting days of November";

- "a dark gloomy day";

- "grim rainy weather";

- syn. blue, dingy, disconsolate, dismal, drab, drear, dreary, gloomy, grim, sorry;

- sim. depressing;

a10
not giving performances;

- closed;

- "the theater is dark on Mondays";

- sim. inactive;

dark-blue
a1
of a dark shade of blue;

- sim. chromatic;

dark-brown
a1
of a color similar to that of wood or earth;

- syn. brown, brownish, chocolate-brown;

- sim. chromatic;

dark-coated
a1
covered with dark hair;

- syn. dark-haired;

- sim. hairy;

dark-colored
a1
having a dark color;

- syn. dark-coloured, dusky-colored, dusky-coloured;

- sim. colored;

dark-coloured
a1
having a dark color;

- syn. dark-colored, dusky-colored, dusky-coloured;

- sim. colored;

dark-eyed junco
n1
common North American junco having grey plumage and eyes with dark brown irises;

- syn. Junco hyemalis, slate-colored junco;

dark-field microscope
n1
light microscope that uses scattered light to show particles too small to see with ordinary microscopes;

- syn. ultramicroscope;

dark-fruited
a1
bearing dark fruit;

- sim. fruitful;

dark-gray
a1
of a dark shade of grey;

- syn. dark-grey, oxford-gray, oxford-grey;

- sim. achromatic;

dark-green
a1
of the color between blue and yellow in the color spectrum;

- similar to the color of fresh grass;

- "a green tree";

- "green fields";

- "green paint";

- syn. green, greenish, light-green;

- sim. chromatic;

dark-grey
a1
of a dark shade of grey;

- syn. dark-gray, oxford-gray, oxford-grey;

- sim. achromatic;

dark-haired
a1
having hair of a dark color;

- "a dark-haired beauty";

- syn. black-haired, brown-haired;

- sim. brunet;

a2
covered with dark hair;

- syn. dark-coated;

- sim. hairy;

dark-skinned
a1
naturally having skin of a dark color;

- "a dark-skinned beauty";

- "gold earrings gleamed against her dusky cheeks";

- "a smile on his swarthy face";

- "`swart' is archaic";

- syn. dusky, swart, swarthy;

- sim. brunet;

dark-spotted
a1
having dark spots;

- sim. patterned;

dark adaptation
n1
the process of adjusting the eyes to low levels of illumination;

- cones adapt first;

- rods continue to adapt for up to four hours;

Dark Ages
n1
the period of history between classical antiquity and the Italian Renaissance;

- syn. Middle Ages;

dark blue
n1
a dark shade of blue;

- syn. navy, navy blue;

dark bread
n1
bread made with whole wheat flour;

- syn. brown bread, whole meal bread, whole wheat bread;

dark chocolate
n1
chocolate liquor with cocoa butter and small amounts of sugar and vanilla;

- lecithin is usually added;

- syn. bittersweet chocolate, semi-sweet chocolate;

dark comedy
n1
a comedy characterized by grim or satiric humor;

- a comedy having gloomy or disturbing elements;

dark field illumination
n1
a form of microscopic examination of living material by scattered light;

- specimens appear luminous against a dark background;

- syn. dark ground illumination;

dark glasses
n1
(plural) spectacles that are darkened or polarized to protect the eyes from the glare of the sun;

- "he was wearing a pair of mirrored shades";

- syn. shades, sunglasses;

dark ground illumination
n1
a form of microscopic examination of living material by scattered light;

- specimens appear luminous against a dark background;

- syn. dark field illumination;

dark horse
n1
a political candidate who is not well known but could win unexpectedly;

n2
a racehorse about which little is known;

dark lantern
n1
a lantern with a single opening and a sliding panel that can be closed to conceal the light;

- syn. bull's-eye;

dark matter
n1
(cosmology) a hypothetical form of matter that is believed to make up 90 percent of the universe;

- it is invisible (does not absorb or emit light) and does not collide with atomic particles but exerts gravitational force;

dark meat
n1
the flesh of the legs of fowl used as food;

dark red
n1
a red color that reflects little light;

darken / d ɑ k ə n /
v1
become dark or darker;

- "The sky darkened";

v2
tarnish or stain;

- "a scandal that darkened the family's good name";

v3
make dark or darker;

- "darken a room";

darkened / d ɑ k ə n d /
a1
(of fabrics and paper) grown dark in color over time;

- "the darkened margins of the paper";

- sim. old;

a2
become or made dark by lack of light;

- "a darkened house";

- "the darkened theater";

- sim. dark;

darkening / d ɑ k ə n ɪ ŋ /
n1
changing to a darker color;

- syn. blackening;

a1
becoming dark or darker as from waning light or clouding over;

- "the darkening sky";

- sim. dark;

darkish / d ɑ k ɪ ʃ /
a1
slightly dark;

- "darkish red";

- sim. dark;

darkling / d ɑ k ɫ ɪ ŋ /
a1
uncannily or threateningly dark or obscure;

- "a darkling glance";

- "secret operatives and darkling conspiracies"-Archibald MacLeish;

- sim. dark;

a2
(poetic) occurring in the dark or night;

- "a darkling journey";

- sim. dark;

darkling beetle
n1
sluggish hard-bodied black terrestrial weevil whose larvae feed on e.g. decaying plant material or grain;

- syn. darkling groung beetle, tenebrionid;

darkling groung beetle
n1
sluggish hard-bodied black terrestrial weevil whose larvae feed on e.g. decaying plant material or grain;

- syn. darkling beetle, tenebrionid;

darkly / d ɑ k ɫ i /
r1
without light;

- "the river was sliding darkly under the mist";

- syn. in darkness;

r2
in a dark glowering menacing manner;

- "he stared darkly at her";

darkness / d ɑ k n ə s /
n1
absence of light or illumination;

- syn. dark;

n2
an unilluminated area;

- "he moved off into the darkness";

- syn. dark, shadow;

n3
absence of moral or spiritual values;

- "the powers of darkness";

- syn. dark, wickedness;

n4
an unenlightened state;

- "he was in the dark concerning their intentions";

- "his lectures dispelled the darkness";

- syn. dark;

n5
having a dark or somber color;

n6
a swarthy complexion;

- syn. duskiness, swarthiness;

darkroom / d ɑ k ɹ u m /
n1
a room in which photographs are developed;

darling / d ɑ ɫ ɪ ŋ /
n1
a special loved one;

- syn. dearie, deary, ducky, favorite, favourite, pet;

n2
an Australian river;

- tributary of the Murray River;

- syn. Darling River;

a1
dearly loved;

- syn. beloved, dear;

- sim. loved;

darling pea
n1
either of two Australian plants of the genus Swainsona that are poisonous to sheep;

- syn. poison bush;

Darling River
n1
an Australian river;

- tributary of the Murray River;

- syn. Darling;

Darlingtonia / d ɑ ɫ ɪ ŋ t oʊ n j ə /
n1
one species: California pitcher plant;

- syn. genus Darlingtonia;

Darlingtonia californica
n1
marsh or bog herb having solitary pendulous yellow-green flowers and somewhat twisted pitchers with broad wings below;

- syn. California pitcher plant;

Darmera
n1
one species;

- syn. Peltiphyllum, genus Darmera, genus Peltiphyllum;

Darmera peltata
n1
rhizomatous perennial herb with large dramatic peltate leaves and white to bright pink flowers in round heads on leafless stems;

- colonizes stream banks in the Sierra Nevada in California;

- syn. Indian rhubarb, Peltiphyllum peltatum, umbrella plant;

darmstadtium
n1
a radioactive transuranic element;

- syn. Ds, atomic number 110, element 110;

darn / d ɑ n /
n1
something of little value;

- "his promise is not worth a damn";

- "not worth one red cent";

- "not worth shucks";

- syn. damn, hoot, red cent, shit, shucks, tinker's dam, tinker's damn;

n2
sewing that repairs a worn or torn hole (especially in a garment);

- "her stockings had several mends";

- syn. mend, patch;

v1
repair by sewing;

- "darn socks";

darned / d ɑ n d /
a1
expletives used informally as intensifiers;

- "he's a blasted idiot";

- "it's a blamed shame";

- "a blame cold winter";

- "not a blessed dime";

- "I'll be damned (or blessed or darned or goddamned) if I'll do any such thing";

- "he's a damn (or goddam or goddamned) fool";

- "a deuced idiot";

- "an infernal nuisance";

- syn. blame, blamed, blasted, blessed, damn, damned, deuced, goddam, goddamn, goddamned, infernal;

- sim. cursed;

darnel / d ɑ n ə ɫ /
n1
weedy annual grass often occurs in grainfields and other cultivated land;

- seeds sometimes considered poisonous;

- syn. Lolium temulentum, bearded darnel, cheat, tare;

darner / d ɑ n ə , d ɑ n ə ɹ /
n1
a person who mends by darning;

darning / d ɑ n ɪ ŋ /
n1
the act of mending a hole in a garment with crossing threads;

darning needle
n1
a long needle with an eye large enough for heavy darning or embroidery thread;

- syn. embroidery needle;

n2
slender-bodied non-stinging insect having iridescent wings that are outspread at rest;

- adults and nymphs feed on mosquitoes etc.;

- syn. devil's darning needle, dragonfly, mosquito hawk, sewing needle, skeeter hawk, snake doctor, snake feeder;

DARPA
n1
the central research and development organization for the United States Department of Defense;

- responsible for developing new surveillance technologies since 9/11;

- syn. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency;

Darrow
n1
United States lawyer famous for his defense of lost causes (1857-1938);

- syn. Clarence Darrow, Clarence Seward Darrow;

Darryl Francis Zanuck
n1
United States filmmaker whose works include the first full-length feature film with sound sequences (1902-1979);

- syn. Darryl Zanuck, Zanuck;

Darryl Zanuck
n1
United States filmmaker whose works include the first full-length feature film with sound sequences (1902-1979);

- syn. Darryl Francis Zanuck, Zanuck;

Darsana
n1
(from the Sanskrit word for `to see') one of six orthodox philosophical systems or viewpoints on the nature of reality and the release from bondage to karma;

dart / d ɑ t /
n1
a small narrow pointed missile that is thrown or shot;

n2
a tapered tuck made in dressmaking;

n3
a sudden quick movement;

- syn. flit;

v1
move along rapidly and lightly;

- skim or dart;

- "The hummingbird flitted among the branches";

- syn. fleet, flit, flutter;

v2
run or move very quickly or hastily;

- "She dashed into the yard";

- syn. dash, flash, scoot, scud, shoot;

v3
move with sudden speed;

- "His forefinger darted in all directions as he spoke";

dart board
n1
a circular board of wood or cork used as the target in the game of darts;

- syn. dartboard;

dart player
n1
someone who plays the game of darts;

dart thrower
n1
a device resembling a sling that is used in various primitive societies to propel a dart or spear;

- syn. spear thrower, throwing board, throwing stick;

dartboard / d ɑ t b ɔ d /
n1
a circular board of wood or cork used as the target in the game of darts;

- syn. dart board;

darter / d ɑ t ə /
n1
fish-eating bird of warm inland waters having a long flexible neck and slender sharp-pointed bill;

- syn. anhinga, snakebird;

n2
a person or other animal that moves abruptly and rapidly;

- "squirrels are darters";

Dartmouth / d ɑ t m ə θ /
n1
a college in New Hampshire;

- syn. Dartmouth College;

Dartmouth College
n1
a college in New Hampshire;

- syn. Dartmouth;

darts / d ɑ t s /
n1
a game in which small pointed missiles are thrown at a dartboard;

Darvon
n1
a mildly narcotic analgesic drug (trade name Darvon) related to methadone but less addictive;

- syn. propoxyphene, propoxyphene hydrochloride;

Darwin / d ɑ w ɪ n /
n1
English natural scientist who formulated a theory of evolution by natural selection (1809-1882);

- syn. Charles Darwin, Charles Robert Darwin;

n2
provincial capital of the Northern Territory of Australia;

Darwin tulip
n1
any of several very tall, late blooming tulips bearing large squarish flowers on sturdy stems;

Darwinian / d ɑ w ɪ n ɪə n /
n1
an advocate of Darwinism;

a1
of or relating to Charles Darwin's theory of organic evolution;

- "Darwinian theories";

Darwinism / d ɑ w ɪ n ɪ z ə m /
n1
a theory of organic evolution claiming that new species arise and are perpetuated by natural selection;

Daryacheh-ye Orumiyeh
n1
a shallow saline lake in northwestern Iran between Tabriz and the western border of Turkey;

- syn. Lake Urmia, Urmia;

das
n1
any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes;

- syn. coney, cony, dassie, hyrax;

Das Kapital
n1
a book written by Karl Marx (1867) describing his economic theories;

- syn. Capital;

dash / d æ ʃ /
n1
distinctive and stylish elegance;

- "he wooed her with the confident dash of a cavalry officer";

- syn. elan, flair, panache, style;

n2
a quick run;

- syn. sprint;

n3
a footrace run at top speed;

- "he is preparing for the 100-yard dash";

n4
a punctuation mark (-) used between parts of a compound word or between the syllables of a word when the word is divided at the end of a line of text;

- syn. hyphen;

n5
the longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code;

- syn. dah;

n6
the act of moving with great haste;

- "he made a dash for the door";

- syn. bolt;

v1
run or move very quickly or hastily;

- "She dashed into the yard";

- syn. dart, flash, scoot, scud, shoot;

v2
break into pieces, as by striking or knocking over;

- "Smash a plate";

- syn. smash;

v3
hurl or thrust violently;

- "He dashed the plate against the wall";

- "Waves were dashing against the rock";

- syn. crash;

v4
destroy or break;

- "dashed ambitions and hopes";

v5
cause to lose courage;

- "dashed by the refusal";

- syn. daunt, frighten away, frighten off, pall, scare, scare away, scare off;

v6
add an enlivening or altering element to;

- "blue paint dashed with white";

dash-pot
n1
a mechanical damper;

- the vibrating part is attached to a piston that moves in a chamber filled with liquid;

dash down
v1
write down hastily;

- "She dashed off a letter to her lawyer";

- syn. dash off;

dash off
v1
write quickly;

- "She dashed off a note to her husband saying she would not be home for supper";

- "He scratched off a thank-you note to the hostess";

- syn. fling off, knock off, scratch off, toss off;

v2
write down hastily;

- "She dashed off a letter to her lawyer";

- syn. dash down;

dashboard / d æ ʃ b ɔ d /
n1
protective covering consisting of a panel to protect people from the splashing water or mud etc.;

- syn. splashboard, splasher;

n2
instrument panel on an automobile or airplane containing dials and controls;

- syn. fascia;

dashed / d æ ʃ t /
a1
having gaps or spaces;

- "sign on the dotted line";

- syn. dotted;

- sim. broken;

dasheen
n1
edible starchy tuberous root of taro plants;

- syn. cocoyam, eddo, taro;

n2
herb of the Pacific islands grown throughout the tropics for its edible root and in temperate areas as an ornamental for its large glossy leaves;

- syn. Colocasia esculenta, dalo, taro, taro plant;

n3
tropical starchy tuberous root;

- syn. cocoyam, edda, taro, taro root;

Dashiell Hammett
n1
United States writer of hard-boiled detective fiction (1894-1961);

- syn. Hammett, Samuel Dashiell Hammett;

dashiki
n1
a loose and brightly colored African shirt;

- syn. daishiki;

dashing / d æ ʃ ɪ ŋ /
a1
lively and spirited;

- "a dashing hero";

- syn. gallant;

- sim. spirited;

a2
marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners;

- "a dapper young man";

- "a jaunty red hat";

- syn. dapper, jaunty, natty, raffish, rakish, snappy, spiffy, spruce;

- sim. fashionable;

dashing hopes
n1
an act (or failure to act) that disappoints someone;

- syn. disappointment;

dashingly / d æ ʃ ɪ ŋ ɫ i /
r1
in a highly fashionable manner;

- "he was dashingly handsome";

Dasht-e-Kavir
n1
a salt desert in north central Iran;

- syn. Great Salt Desert, Kavir Desert;

Dasht-e-Lut
n1
a desert in eastern Iran;

- syn. Lut Desert;

dassie
n1
any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes;

- syn. coney, cony, das, hyrax;

dastard / d æ s t ə d /
n1
a despicable coward;

a1
despicably cowardly;

- "the unprovoked and dastardly attack by Japan on...December 7th"- F.D. Roosevelt;

- syn. dastardly;

- sim. cowardly;

dastardliness / d æ s t ə d ɫ ɪ n ə s /
n1
despicable cowardice;

dastardly / d æ s t ə d ɫ i /
a1
despicably cowardly;

- "the unprovoked and dastardly attack by Japan on...December 7th"- F.D. Roosevelt;

- syn. dastard;

- sim. cowardly;

Dasyatidae
n1
sting rays;

- syn. family Dasyatidae;

Dasyatis
n1
type genus of the Dasyatidae;

- syn. genus Dasyatis;

Dasyatis centroura
n1
one of the largest stingrays;

- found from Cape Cod to Cape Hatteras;

- syn. roughtail stingray;

dasymeter
n1
densimeter consisting of a thin glass globe that is weighed in a gas to determine its density;

Dasypodidae
n1
armadillos;

- syn. family Dasypodidae;

Dasyprocta
n1
type genus of the Dasyproctidae: agoutis;

- syn. genus Dasyprocta;

Dasyprocta aguti
n1
agile long-legged rabbit-sized rodent of Central America and South America and the West Indies;

- valued as food;

- syn. agouti;

Dasyproctidae
n1
agoutis and pacas;

- syn. family Dasyproctidae;

Dasypus
n1
type genus of the Dasypodidae;

- syn. genus Dasypus;

Dasypus novemcinctus
n1
having nine hinged bands of bony plates;

- ranges from Texas to Paraguay;

- syn. Texas armadillo, nine-banded armadillo, peba;

dasyure
n1
any of several more or less arboreal marsupials somewhat resembling martens;

dasyurid
n1
small carnivorous nocturnal marsupials of Australia and Tasmania;

- syn. dasyurid marsupial;

dasyurid marsupial
n1
small carnivorous nocturnal marsupials of Australia and Tasmania;

- syn. dasyurid;

Dasyuridae
n1
dasyures;

- native cats;

- pouched mice;

- banded anteaters;

- Tasmanian devils;

- syn. family Dasyuridae, family Dasyurinae;

Dasyurus
n1
type genus of the family Dasyuridae: native cats;

- syn. genus Dasyurus;

Dasyurus quoll
n1
a variety of dasyure;

- syn. eastern dasyure;

Dasyurus viverrinus
n1
carnivorous arboreal cat-like marsupials of Australia and Tasmania;

- syn. native cat;

DAT
n1
a digital tape recording of sound;

- syn. digital audiotape;

data / d eɪ t ə /
n1
a collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn;

- "statistical data";

- syn. information;

data-based
a1
relying on observation or experiment;

- "experimental results that supported the hypothesis";

- syn. experimental, observational;

- sim. empirical;

data-storage medium
n1
a medium for storing information;

- syn. storage medium;

data communication
n1
electronic transmission of information that has been encoded digitally (as for storage and processing by computers);

- syn. digital communication;

data conversion
n1
conversion from one way of encoding data to another way;

data converter
n1
converter for changing information from one code to another;

data encryption
n1
(computer science) the encryption of data for security purposes;

data file
n1
a set of related records (either written or electronic) kept together;

- syn. file;

data format
n1
the organization of information according to preset specifications (usually for computer processing);

- syn. data formatting, format, formatting;

data formatting
n1
the organization of information according to preset specifications (usually for computer processing);

- syn. data format, format, formatting;

data hierarchy
n1
an arrangement of data consisting of sets and subsets such that every subset of a set is of lower rank than the set;

data input device
n1
a device that can be used to insert data into a computer or other computational device;

- syn. input device;

data link
n1
an interconnecting circuit between two or more locations for the purpose of transmitting and receiving data;

- syn. link;

data mining
n1
data processing using sophisticated data search capabilities and statistical algorithms to discover patterns and correlations in large preexisting databases;

- a way to discover new meaning in data;

data multiplexer
n1
a multiplexer that permits two or more data sources to share a common transmission medium;

data point
n1
an item of factual information derived from measurement or research;

- syn. datum;

data processing
n1
(computer science) a series of operations on data by a computer in order to retrieve or transform or classify information;

data processor
n1
a machine for performing calculations automatically;

- syn. computer, computing device, computing machine, electronic computer, information processing system;

data rate
n1
the rate at which circuits or other devices operate when handling digital information;

data structure
n1
(computer science) the organization of data (and its storage allocations in a computer);

data system
n1
system consisting of the network of all communication channels used within an organization;

- syn. information system;

data track
n1
(computer science) one of the circular magnetic paths on a magnetic disk that serve as a guide for writing and reading data;

- syn. track;

database / d eɪ t ə b eɪ s /
n1
an organized body of related information;

database management
n1
creation and maintenance of a database;

database management system
n1
a software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database;

- syn. DBMS;

datable / d eɪ t ə b ɫ /
a1
that can be given a date;

- "a concrete and datable happening"- C.W.Shumaker;

- syn. dateable;

date / d eɪ t /
n1
the specified day of the month;

- "what is the date today?";

- syn. day of the month;

n2
a participant in a date;

- "his date never stopped talking";

- syn. escort;

n3
a meeting arranged in advance;

- "she asked how to avoid kissing at the end of a date";

- syn. appointment, engagement;

n4
the present;

- "they are up to date";

- "we haven't heard from them to date";

n5
the particular day, month, or year (usually according to the Gregorian calendar) that an event occurred;

- "he tried to memorizes all the dates for his history class";

n6
a particular day specified as the time something happens;

- "the date of the election is set by law";

- "we hope to get together at an early date";

- "Mother's Day is always on the same date";

n7
sweet edible fruit of the date palm with a single long woody seed;

v1
go on a date with;

- "Tonight she is dating a former high school sweetheart";

v2
stamp with a date;

- "The package is dated November 24";

- syn. date stamp;

v3
assign a date to;

- determine the (probable) date of;

- "Scientists often cannot date precisely archeological or prehistorical findings";

v4
date regularly;

- have a steady relationship with;

- "Did you know that she is seeing an older man?";

- "He is dating his former wife again!";

- syn. go out, go steady, see;

v5
provide with a dateline;

- mark with a date;

- "She wrote the letter on Monday but she dated it Saturday so as not to reveal that she procrastinated";

date-mark
v1
mark with a date and place;

- "dateline a newspaper article";

- syn. dateline, datemark;

date-nut bread
n1
bread containing chopped dates and nuts;

date back
v1
belong to an earlier time;

- "This story dates back 200 years";

- syn. date from, go back;

date bar
n1
fruit bar containing chopped dates;

date bread
n1
bread containing chopped dates;

date from
v1
belong to an earlier time;

- "This story dates back 200 years";

- syn. date back, go back;

date line
n1
an imaginary line on the surface of the earth following (approximately) the 180th meridian;

- syn. International Date Line, dateline;

date of reference
n1
(astronomy) an arbitrarily fixed date that is the point in time relative to which information (as coordinates of a celestial body) is recorded;

- syn. epoch;

date palm
n1
tall tropical feather palm tree native to Syria bearing sweet edible fruit;

- syn. Phoenix dactylifera;

date plum
n1
an Asiatic persimmon tree cultivated for its small yellow or purplish-black edible fruit much valued by Afghan tribes;

- syn. Diospyros lotus;

date rape
n1
rape in which the rapist is known to the victim (as when they are on a date together);

date stamp
v1
stamp with a date;

- "The package is dated November 24";

- syn. date;

dateable / d eɪ t eɪ b ɫ /
a1
that can be given a date;

- "a concrete and datable happening"- C.W.Shumaker;

- syn. datable;

dated / d eɪ t ɪ d /
a1
marked by features of the immediate and usually discounted past;

- sim. unfashionable;

dateless / d eɪ t ɫ ə s /
a1
having no known beginning and presumably no end;

- "the dateless rise and fall of the tides";

- "time is endless";

- "sempiternal truth";

- syn. endless, sempiternal;

- sim. infinite;

a2
of such great duration as to preclude the possibility of being assigned a date;

- "dateless customs";

- sim. undatable;

a3
not bearing a date;

- "a dateless letter";

- syn. undated;

- sim. undatable;

a4
unaffected by time;

- "few characters are so dateless as Hamlet";

- "Helen's timeless beauty";

- syn. timeless;

- sim. unaltered;

dateline / d eɪ t ɫ aɪ n /
n1
an imaginary line on the surface of the earth following (approximately) the 180th meridian;

- syn. International Date Line, date line;

n2
a line at the beginning of a news article giving the date and place of origin of the news dispatch;

v1
mark with a date and place;

- "dateline a newspaper article";

- syn. date-mark, datemark;

datemark
v1
mark with a date and place;

- "dateline a newspaper article";

- syn. date-mark, dateline;

dating / d eɪ t ɪ ŋ /
n1
use of chemical analysis to estimate the age of geological specimens;

- syn. geological dating;

dative / d eɪ t ɪ v /
n1
the category of nouns serving as the indirect object of a verb;

- syn. dative case;

dative bond
n1
a covalent bond in which both electrons are provided by one of the atoms;

- syn. coordinate bond;

dative case
n1
the category of nouns serving as the indirect object of a verb;

- syn. dative;

Datril
n1
an analgesic for mild pain but not for inflammation;

- also used as an antipyretic;

- (Datril, Tylenol, Panadol, Phenaphen, Tempra, and Anacin III are trademarks of brands of acetaminophen tablets);

- syn. Anacin III, Panadol, Phenaphen, Tempra, Tylenol, acetaminophen;

datum / d eɪ t ə m /
n1
an item of factual information derived from measurement or research;

- syn. data point;

Datura
n1
thorn apple;

- syn. genus Datura;

Datura arborea
n1
a South American plant that is cultivated for its large fragrant trumpet-shaped flowers;

- syn. Brugmansia arborea, angel's trumpet, maikoa;

Datura sanguinea
n1
arborescent South American shrub having very large orange-red flowers;

- syn. Brugmansia sanguinea, red angel's trumpet;

Datura stramonium
n1
intensely poisonous tall coarse annual tropical weed having rank-smelling foliage, large white or violet trumpet-shaped flowers and prickly fruits;

- syn. Jamestown weed, apple of Peru, common thorn apple, jimson weed, jimsonweed;

Datura suaveolens
n1
South American plant cultivated for its very large nocturnally fragrant trumpet-shaped flowers;

- syn. Brugmansia suaveolens, angel's trumpet;

daub / d ɔ b /
n1
material used to daub walls;

n2
a blemish made by dirt;

- "he had a smudge on his cheek";

- syn. blot, slur, smear, smirch, smudge, spot;

n3
an unskillful painting;

v1
coat with plaster;

- "daub the wall";

- syn. plaster;

v2
apply to a surface;

- "daub paint onto the wall";

v3
cover (a surface) by smearing (a substance) over it;

- "smear the wall with paint";

- "daub the ceiling with plaster";

- syn. smear;

Daubentonia
n1
type genus;

- coextensive with the family Daubentoniidae;

- syn. genus Daubentonia;

Daubentonia madagascariensis
n1
nocturnal lemur with long bony fingers and rodent-like incisor teeth closely related to the lemurs;

- syn. aye-aye;

Daubentoniidae
n1
comprising solely the aye-aye;

- syn. family Daubentoniidae;

dauber / d ɔ b ə , d ɔ b ə ɹ /
n1
an unskilled painter;

daubing / d ɔ b ɪ ŋ /
n1
the application of plaster;

- syn. plastering;

Daucus
n1
carrot;

- syn. genus Daucus;

Daucus carota
n1
a widely naturalized Eurasian herb with finely cut foliage and white compound umbels of small white or yellowish flowers and thin yellowish roots;

- syn. Queen Anne's lace, wild carrot;

Daucus carota sativa
n1
perennial plant widely cultivated as an annual in many varieties for its long conical orange edible roots;

- temperate and tropical regions;

- syn. carrot, cultivated carrot;

Daugavpils
n1
a city of southeastern Latvia;

daughter / d ɔ t ə , d ɔ t ə ɹ /
n1
a female human offspring;

- "her daughter cared for her in her old age";

- syn. girl;

daughter-in-law / d ɔ t ə ɹ ɪ n ɫ ɔ /
n1
the wife of your son;

daughter cell
n1
a cell formed by the division or budding of another cell;

- "anthrax grows by dividing into two daughter cells that are generally identical";

daughterly / d ɔ t ə ɫ i /
a1
befitting a daughter;

- "daughterly affection";

- sim. filial;

Daumier
n1
French painter best known for his satirical lithographs of bourgeois society (1808-1879);

- syn. Honore Daumier;

daunt / d ɔ n t /
v1
cause to lose courage;

- "dashed by the refusal";

- syn. dash, frighten away, frighten off, pall, scare, scare away, scare off;

daunted / d ɔ n t ɪ d /
a1
caused to show discomposure;

- "refused to be fazed by the objections";

- syn. bothered, fazed;

- sim. discomposed;

daunting / d ɔ n t ɪ ŋ /
a1
discouraging through fear;

- syn. intimidating;

- sim. discouraging;

dauntingly / d ɔ n t ɪ ŋ ɫ i /
r1
to a degree or in a manner that daunts;

- "dauntingly difficult";

dauntless / d ɔ n t ɫ ɪ s /
a1
invulnerable to fear or intimidation;

- "audacious explorers";

- "fearless reporters and photographers";

- "intrepid pioneers";

- syn. audacious, brave, fearless, hardy, intrepid, unfearing;

- sim. bold;

dauntlessly / d ɔ n t ɫ ɪ s ɫ i /
r1
without fear;

- "fearlessly, he led the troops into combat";

- syn. fearlessly, intrepidly;

dauntlessness / d ɔ n t ɫ ɪ s n ɛ s /
n1
resolute courageousness;

- syn. intrepidity;

dauphin / d ɔ f ɪ n /
n1
formerly, the eldest son of the King of France and direct heir to the throne;

Davalia bullata
n1
feathery fern of tropical Asia and Malaysia;

- syn. Davalia bullata mariesii, Davallia Mariesii, ball fern, squirrel's-foot fern;

Davalia bullata mariesii
n1
feathery fern of tropical Asia and Malaysia;

- syn. Davalia bullata, Davallia Mariesii, ball fern, squirrel's-foot fern;

davallia
n1
any fern of the genus Davallia;

- having scaly creeping rhizomes;

Davallia canariensis
n1
fern of the Canary Islands and Madeira;

- syn. Canary Island hare's foot fern;

Davallia Mariesii
n1
feathery fern of tropical Asia and Malaysia;

- syn. Davalia bullata, Davalia bullata mariesii, ball fern, squirrel's-foot fern;

Davallia pyxidata
n1
a hare's-foot fern of the genus Davallia;

- syn. Australian hare's foot;

Davalliaceae
n1
one of a number of families into which Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems;

- syn. family Davalliaceae;

Davenport / d æ v n p ɔ t /
n1
a city in eastern Iowa on the Mississippi River across from Moline and Rock Island;

n2
a small decorative writing desk;

n3
a large sofa usually convertible into a bed;

David / d eɪ v ɪ d /
n1
patron saint of Wales (circa 520-600);

- syn. Saint David, St. David;

n2
French neoclassical painter who actively supported the French Revolution (1748-1825);

- syn. Jacques Louis David;

n3
(Old Testament) the 2nd king of the Israelites;

- as a young shepherd he fought Goliath (a giant Philistine warrior) and killed him by hitting him in the head with a stone flung from a sling;

- he united Israel with Jerusalem as its capital;

- many of the Psalms are attributed to David (circa 1000-962 BC);

David Alfaro Siqueiros
n1
Mexican painter of murals depicting protest and revolution (1896-1974);

- syn. David Siqueiros, Siqueiros;

David Barnard Steinman
n1
United States civil engineer noted for designing suspension bridges (including the George Washington Bridge) (1886-1960);

- syn. Steinman;

David Ben Gurion
n1
Israeli statesman (born in Poland) and active Zionist who organized resistance against the British after World War II;

- prime minister of Israel (1886-1973);

- syn. Ben Gurion, David Grun;

David Bruce
n1
Australian physician and bacteriologist who described the bacterium that causes undulant fever or brucellosis (1855-1931);

- syn. Bruce, Sir David Bruce;

David Bushnell
n1
American inventor who in 1775 designed a man-propelled submarine that was ineffectual but subsequently earned him recognition as a submarine pioneer (1742-1824);

- syn. Bushnell, Father of the Submarine;

David Crockett
n1
United States frontiersman and Tennessee politician who died at the siege of the Alamo (1786-1836);

- syn. Crockett, Davy Crockett;

David Garrick
n1
English actor and theater manager who was the foremost Shakespearean actor of his day (1717-1779);

- syn. Garrick;

David Glasgow Farragut
n1
United States admiral who commanded Union ships during the American Civil War (1801-1870);

- syn. Farragut;

David Grun
n1
Israeli statesman (born in Poland) and active Zionist who organized resistance against the British after World War II;

- prime minister of Israel (1886-1973);

- syn. Ben Gurion, David Ben Gurion;

David Hartley
n1
English philosopher who introduced the theory of the association of ideas (1705-1757);

- syn. Hartley;

David Herbert Lawrence
n1
English novelist and poet and essayist whose work condemned industrial society and explored sexual relationships (1885-1930);

- syn. D. H. Lawrence, Lawrence;

David Hilbert
n1
German mathematician (1862-1943);

- syn. Hilbert;

David Hubel
n1
United States neuroscientist noted for his studies of the neural basis of vision (born in 1926);

- syn. Hubel;

David Hume
n1
Scottish philosopher skeptical philosophy restricted human knowledge to that which can be perceived by the senses (1711-1776);

- syn. Hume;

David John Moore Cornwell
n1
English writer of novels of espionage (born in 1931);

- syn. John le Carre, le Carre;

David Lewelyn Wark Griffith
n1
United States film maker who was the first to use flashbacks and fade-outs (1875-1948);

- syn. D. W. Griffith, Griffith;

David Livingstone
n1
Scottish missionary and explorer who discovered the Zambezi River and Victoria Falls (1813-1873);

- syn. Livingstone;

David Low
n1
British political cartoonist (born in New Zealand) who created the character Colonel Blimp (1891-1963);

- syn. Low, Sir David Alexander Cecil Low, Sir David Low;

David Mamet
n1
United States playwright (born in 1947);

- syn. Mamet;

David O. Selznick
n1
United States filmmaker noted for his film adaptations of popular novels (1902-1965);

- syn. David Oliver Selznick, Selznick;

David Oliver Selznick
n1
United States filmmaker noted for his film adaptations of popular novels (1902-1965);

- syn. David O. Selznick, Selznick;

David Ricardo
n1
English economist who argued that the laws of supply and demand should operate in a free market (1772-1823);

- syn. Ricardo;

David Riesman
n1
United States sociologist (1909-2002);

- syn. David Riesman Jr., Riesman;

David Riesman Jr.
n1
United States sociologist (1909-2002);

- syn. David Riesman, Riesman;

David Rittenhouse
n1
United States astronomer said to have built the first telescope made in America;

- also the first director of the United States Mint (1732-1796);

- syn. Rittenhouse;

David Roland Smith
n1
United States sculptor (1906-1965);

- syn. David Smith, Smith;

David Sarnoff
n1
United States businessman who pioneered in radio and television broadcasting (1891-1971);

- syn. Sarnoff;

David Siqueiros
n1
Mexican painter of murals depicting protest and revolution (1896-1974);

- syn. David Alfaro Siqueiros, Siqueiros;

David Smith
n1
United States sculptor (1906-1965);

- syn. David Roland Smith, Smith;

Davidson's penstemon
n1
mat-forming plant with blue and lavender flowers clustered on short erect stems;

- British Columbia to northern California;

- syn. Penstemon davidsonii;

Daviesia
n1
genus of Australasian shrubs and subshrubs having small yellow or purple flowers followed by short triangular pods;

- syn. genus Daviesia;

Davis / d eɪ v ɪ s /
n1
English navigator who explored the Arctic while searching for the Northwest Passage (1550-1605);

- syn. Davys, John Davis, John Davys;

n2
United States painter who developed an American version of cubism (1894-1964);

- syn. Stuart Davis;

n3
United States jazz musician;

- noted for his trumpet style (1926-1991);

- syn. Miles Davis, Miles Dewey Davis Jr.;

n4
American statesman;

- president of the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War (1808-1889);

- syn. Jefferson Davis;

n5
United States tennis player who donated the Davis Cup for international team tennis competition (1879-1945);

- syn. Dwight Davis, Dwight Filley Davis;

n6
United States film actress (1908-1989);

- syn. Bette Davis;

Davis' Birthday
n1
celebrated in southern United States;

- syn. Jefferson Davis' Birthday, June 3;

Davis Cup
n1
cup awarded for the annual international team tennis competition;

davit / d æ v ɪ t /
n1
a crane-like device (usually one of a pair) for suspending or lowering equipment (as a lifeboat);

Davy / d eɪ v i /
n1
English chemist who was a pioneer in electrochemistry and who used it to isolate elements sodium and potassium and barium and boron and calcium and magnesium and chlorine (1778-1829);

- syn. Humphrey Davy, Sir Humphrey Davy;

Davy's gray
n1
slightly purplish or bluish dark grey;

- syn. Davy's grey, iron blue, steel gray, steel grey;

Davy's grey
n1
slightly purplish or bluish dark grey;

- syn. Davy's gray, iron blue, steel gray, steel grey;

Davy Crockett
n1
United States frontiersman and Tennessee politician who died at the siege of the Alamo (1786-1836);

- syn. Crockett, David Crockett;

Davy Jones
n1
the bottom of a sea or ocean;

- syn. Davy Jones's locker, ocean bottom, ocean floor, sea bottom, sea floor, seabed;

Davy Jones's locker
n1
the bottom of a sea or ocean;

- syn. Davy Jones, ocean bottom, ocean floor, sea bottom, sea floor, seabed;

Davy lamp
n1
an oil lamp that will not ignite flammable gases (methane);

- syn. safety lamp;

Davys
n1
English navigator who explored the Arctic while searching for the Northwest Passage (1550-1605);

- syn. Davis, John Davis, John Davys;

daw / d ɔ /
n1
common black-and-grey Eurasian bird noted for thievery;

- syn. Corvus monedula, jackdaw;

dawah
n1
missionary work for Islam;

- syn. da'wah;

dawdle / d ɔ d ɫ /
v1
take one's time;

- proceed slowly;

- syn. linger;

v2
waste time;

- "Get busy--don't dally!";

- syn. dally;

v3
hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc.;

- syn. fall back, fall behind, lag;

dawdler / d ɔ d ɫ ə , d ɔ d ɫ ə ɹ /
n1
someone who takes more time than necessary;

- someone who lags behind;

- syn. drone, laggard, lagger, poke, trailer;

dawdling / d ɔ d ɫ ɪ ŋ /
n1
the deliberate act of delaying and playing instead of working;

- syn. dalliance, trifling;

Dawes / d ɔ z /
n1
American patriot who rode with Paul Revere to warn that the British were advancing on Lexington and Concord (1745-1799);

- syn. William Dawes;

dawn / d ɔ n /
n1
the first light of day;

- "we got up before dawn";

- "they talked until morning";

- syn. aurora, break of day, break of the day, cockcrow, dawning, daybreak, dayspring, first light, morning, sunrise, sunup;

n2
the earliest period;

- "the dawn of civilization";

- "the morning of the world";

- syn. morning;

n3
an opening time period;

- "it was the dawn of the Roman Empire";

v1
become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions;

- "It dawned on him that she had betrayed him";

- "she was penetrated with sorrow";

- syn. click, come home, fall into place, get across, get through, penetrate, sink in;

v2
appear or develop;

- "The age of computers had dawned";

v3
become light;

- "It started to dawn, and we had to get up";

dawn horse
n1
earliest horse;

- extinct primitive dog-sized four-toed Eocene animal;

- syn. eohippus;

dawn redwood
n1
large fast-growing Chinese monoecious tree having flat bright-green deciduous leaves and small globular cones;

- commonly cultivated in United States as an ornamental;

- known as a fossil before being discovered in China;

- syn. Metasequoia glyptostrodoides, metasequoia;

dawning / d ɔ n ɪ ŋ /
n1
the first light of day;

- "we got up before dawn";

- "they talked until morning";

- syn. aurora, break of day, break of the day, cockcrow, dawn, daybreak, dayspring, first light, morning, sunrise, sunup;

Dawson / d ɔ s ʌ n /
n1
a town in northwestern Canada in the Yukon on the Yukon River;

- a boom town around 1900 when gold was discovered in the Klondike;

Dawson's encephalitis
n1
a rare chronic progressive encephalitis caused by the measles virus and occurring primarily in children and young adults;

- death usually occurs within three years;

- characterized by primary measles infection before the age of two years;

- syn. Bosin's disease, SSPE, Van Bogaert encephalitis, inclusion body encephalitis, sclerosing leukoencephalitis, subacute inclusion body encephalitis, subacute sclerosing leukoencephalitis, subacute sclerosing panencephalitis;

Dawson River salmon
n1
a species of large fish found in Australian rivers;

- syn. Australian arowana, Scleropages leichardti, saratoga, spotted barramundi, spotted bonytongue;

day / d eɪ /
n1
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis;

- "two days later they left";

- "they put on two performances every day";

- "there are 30,000 passengers per day";

- syn. 24-hour interval, mean solar day, solar day, twenty-four hour period, twenty-four hours;

n2
some point or period in time;

- "it should arrive any day now";

- "after that day she never trusted him again";

- "those were the days";

- "these days it is not unusual";

n3
a day assigned to a particular purpose or observance;

- "Mother's Day";

n4
the time after sunrise and before sunset while it is light outside;

- "the dawn turned night into day";

- "it is easier to make the repairs in the daytime";

- syn. daylight, daytime;

n5
the recurring hours when you are not sleeping (especially those when you are working);

- "my day began early this morning";

- "it was a busy day on the stock exchange";

- "she called it a day and went to bed";

n6
an era of existence or influence;

- "in the day of the dinosaurs";

- "in the days of the Roman Empire";

- "in the days of sailing ships";

- "he was a successful pianist in his day";

n7
the period of time taken by a particular planet (e.g. Mars) to make a complete rotation on its axis;

- "how long is a day on Jupiter?";

n8
the time for one complete rotation of the earth relative to a particular star, about 4 minutes shorter than a mean solar day;

- syn. sidereal day;

n9
a period of opportunity;

- "he deserves his day in court";

- "every dog has his day";

n10
United States writer best known for his autobiographical works (1874-1935);

- syn. Clarence Day, Clarence Shepard Day Jr.;

day-after-day
a1
of or belonging to or occurring every day;

- "daily routine";

- "a daily paper";

- syn. daily, day-by-day, day-to-day;

- sim. periodic;

day-and-night
a1
at all times;

- "around-the-clock nursing care";

- syn. around-the-clock, nonstop, round-the-clock;

- sim. continuous;

day-by-day
a1
of or belonging to or occurring every day;

- "daily routine";

- "a daily paper";

- syn. daily, day-after-day, day-to-day;

- sim. periodic;

day-old
a1
not fresh today;

- "day-old bread is cheaper than fresh";

- sim. stale;

day-to-day
a1
of or belonging to or occurring every day;

- "daily routine";

- "a daily paper";

- syn. daily, day-after-day, day-by-day;

- sim. periodic;

day after day
r1
for an indefinite number of successive days;

- syn. day in day out;

day bed
n1
convertible consisting of an upholstered couch that can be converted into a double bed;

- syn. studio couch;

day blindness
n1
inability to see clearly in bright light;

- syn. hemeralopia;

day boarder
n1
a schoolchild at a boarding school who has meals at school but sleeps at home;

day book
n1
the daily written record of events (as arrests) in a police station;

- syn. blotter, charge sheet, police blotter, rap sheet;

day by day
r1
gradually and progressively;

- "his health weakened day by day";

- syn. daily;

day camp
n1
a camp providing care and activities for children during the daytime;

day care
n1
childcare during the day while parents work;

- syn. daycare;

day care center
n1
a nursery for the supervision of preschool children while the parents work;

- syn. day nursery;

day game
n1
a game played in daylight;

day in and day out
r1
without respite;

- "he plays chess day in and day out";

- syn. all the time;

day in day out
r1
for an indefinite number of successive days;

- syn. day after day;

day jessamine
n1
West Indian evergreen shrub having clusters of funnel-shaped white flowers that are fragrant by day;

- syn. Cestrum diurnum;

day laborer
n1
a laborer who works by the day;

- for daily wages;

- syn. day labourer;

day labourer
n1
a laborer who works by the day;

- for daily wages;

- syn. day laborer;

day lily
n1
any of numerous perennials having mounds of sumptuous broad ribbed leaves and clusters of white, blue, or lilac flowers;

- used as ground cover;

- syn. plantain lily;

n2
any of numerous perennials having tuberous roots and long narrow bladelike leaves and usually yellow lily-like flowers that bloom for only a day;

- syn. daylily;

day nursery
n1
a nursery for the supervision of preschool children while the parents work;

- syn. day care center;

Day of Atonement
n1
(Judaism) a solemn and major fast day on the Jewish calendar;

- 10th of Tishri;

- its observance is one of the requirements of the Mosaic law;

- syn. Yom Kippur;

Day of Judgement
n1
(New Testament) day at the end of time following Armageddon when God will decree the fates of all individual humans according to the good and evil of their earthly lives;

- syn. Day of Judgment, Doomsday, Judgement Day, Judgment Day, Last Day, Last Judgement, Last Judgment, crack of doom, day of reckoning, doomsday, end of the world, eschaton;

Day of Judgment
n1
(New Testament) day at the end of time following Armageddon when God will decree the fates of all individual humans according to the good and evil of their earthly lives;

- syn. Day of Judgement, Doomsday, Judgement Day, Judgment Day, Last Day, Last Judgement, Last Judgment, crack of doom, day of reckoning, doomsday, end of the world, eschaton;

day of reckoning
n1
(New Testament) day at the end of time following Armageddon when God will decree the fates of all individual humans according to the good and evil of their earthly lives;

- syn. Day of Judgement, Day of Judgment, Doomsday, Judgement Day, Judgment Day, Last Day, Last Judgement, Last Judgment, crack of doom, doomsday, end of the world, eschaton;

n2
an unpleasant or disastrous destiny;

- "everyone was aware of the approaching doom but was helpless to avoid it";

- "that's unfortunate but it isn't the end of the world";

- syn. doom, doomsday, end of the world;

day of remembrance
n1
the date on which an event occurred in some previous year (or the celebration of it);

- syn. anniversary;

day of rest
n1
a day set aside for rest;

- syn. rest day;

day of the month
n1
the specified day of the month;

- "what is the date today?";

- syn. date;

day of the week
n1
any one of the seven days in a week;

day off
n1
a day when you are not required to work;

- "Thursday is his day off";

day return
n1
a return ticket (at reduced fare) for traveling both ways in the same day;

day school
n1
a private school taking day students only;

n2
a school giving instruction during the daytime;

n3
a school building without boarding facilities;

day shift
n1
the work shift during the day (as 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.);

n2
workers who work during the day (as 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.);

- syn. day watch;

day watch
n1
workers who work during the day (as 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.);

- syn. day shift;

Dayan
n1
Israeli general and statesman (1915-1981);

- syn. Moshe Dayan;

daybed / d eɪ b ɛ d /
n1
an armless couch;

- a seat by day and a bed by night;

- syn. divan bed;

n2
a long chair;

- for reclining;

- syn. chaise, chaise longue;

daybook / d eɪ b ʊ k /
n1
a ledger in which transactions have been recorded as they occurred;

- syn. journal;

n2
an accounting journal as a physical object;

- "he bought a new daybook";

- syn. ledger;

dayboy / d eɪ b ɔɪ /
n1
a day boarder who is a boy;

daybreak / d eɪ b ɹ eɪ k /
n1
the first light of day;

- "we got up before dawn";

- "they talked until morning";

- syn. aurora, break of day, break of the day, cockcrow, dawn, dawning, dayspring, first light, morning, sunrise, sunup;

daycare / d eɪ k eə /
n1
childcare during the day while parents work;

- syn. day care;

daydream / d eɪ d ɹ i m /
n1
absentminded dreaming while awake;

- syn. air castle, castle in Spain, castle in the air, daydreaming, oneirism, reverie, revery;

v1
have a daydream;

- indulge in a fantasy;

- syn. dream, stargaze, woolgather;

v2
have dreamlike musings or fantasies while awake;

- "She looked out the window, daydreaming";

- syn. moon;

daydreamer / d eɪ d ɹ i m ə , d eɪ d ɹ i m ə ɹ /
n1
someone who indulges in idle or absentminded daydreaming;

- syn. woolgatherer;

daydreaming / d eɪ d ɹ i m ɪ ŋ /
n1
absentminded dreaming while awake;

- syn. air castle, castle in Spain, castle in the air, daydream, oneirism, reverie, revery;

dayflower / d eɪ f ɫ aʊ ə ɹ /
n1
any plant of the family Commelinaceae;

- syn. spiderwort;

dayfly / d eɪ f ɫ aɪ /
n1
slender insect with delicate membranous wings having an aquatic larval stage and terrestrial adult stage usually lasting less than two days;

- syn. mayfly, shadfly;

daygirl / d eɪ ɡ ɝ ɫ /
n1
a day boarder who is a girl;

daylight / d eɪ ɫ aɪ t /
n1
the time after sunrise and before sunset while it is light outside;

- "the dawn turned night into day";

- "it is easier to make the repairs in the daytime";

- syn. day, daytime;

n2
light during the daytime;

daylight-saving time
n1
time during which clocks are set one hour ahead of local standard time;

- widely adopted during summer to provide extra daylight in the evenings;

- syn. daylight-savings time, daylight saving, daylight savings;

daylight-savings time
n1
time during which clocks are set one hour ahead of local standard time;

- widely adopted during summer to provide extra daylight in the evenings;

- syn. daylight-saving time, daylight saving, daylight savings;

daylight saving
n1
time during which clocks are set one hour ahead of local standard time;

- widely adopted during summer to provide extra daylight in the evenings;

- syn. daylight-saving time, daylight-savings time, daylight savings;

daylight savings
n1
time during which clocks are set one hour ahead of local standard time;

- widely adopted during summer to provide extra daylight in the evenings;

- syn. daylight-saving time, daylight-savings time, daylight saving;

daylight vision
n1
normal vision in daylight;

- vision with sufficient illumination that the cones are active and hue is perceived;

- syn. photopic vision;

daylily / d eɪ ɫ ɪ ɫ i /
n1
any of numerous perennials having tuberous roots and long narrow bladelike leaves and usually yellow lily-like flowers that bloom for only a day;

- syn. day lily;

daylong / d eɪ ɫ ɒ ŋ /
a1
lasting through an entire day;

- sim. long;

r1
during the entire day;

- "light pours daylong into the parlor";

- syn. all day long;

Daypro
n1
a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Daypro);

- syn. oxaprozin;

days / d eɪ z /
n1
the time during which someone's life continues;

- "the monarch's last days";

- "in his final years";

- syn. years;

dayspring / d eɪ s p ɹ ɪ ŋ /
n1
the first light of day;

- "we got up before dawn";

- "they talked until morning";

- syn. aurora, break of day, break of the day, cockcrow, dawn, dawning, daybreak, first light, morning, sunrise, sunup;

daystar / d eɪ s t ɑr /
n1
a planet (usually Venus) seen just before sunrise in the eastern sky;

- syn. Lucifer, Phosphorus, morning star;

daytime / d eɪ t aɪ m /
n1
the time after sunrise and before sunset while it is light outside;

- "the dawn turned night into day";

- "it is easier to make the repairs in the daytime";

- syn. day, daylight;

Dayton / d eɪ t n /
n1
a city in southwest Ohio;

- manufacturing center;

Dayton ax
n1
an ax with a long handle and a head that has one cutting edge and one blunt side;

- syn. Dayton axe, common ax, common axe;

Dayton axe
n1
an ax with a long handle and a head that has one cutting edge and one blunt side;

- syn. Dayton ax, common ax, common axe;

Daytona Beach
n1
a resort town in northeast Florida on the Atlantic coast;

- hard white beaches have been used for automobile speed trials;

daze / d eɪ z /
n1
the feeling of distress and disbelief that you have when something bad happens accidentally;

- "his mother's death left him in a daze";

- "he was numb with shock";

- syn. shock, stupor;

n2
confusion characterized by lack of clarity;

- syn. fog, haze;

v1
to cause someone to lose clear vision, especially from intense light;

- "She was dazzled by the bright headlights";

- syn. bedazzle, dazzle;

v2
overcome as with astonishment or disbelief;

- "The news stunned her";

- syn. bedaze, stun;

dazed / d eɪ z d /
a1
in a state of mental numbness especially as resulting from shock;

- "he had a dazed expression on his face";

- "lay semiconscious, stunned (or stupefied) by the blow";

- "was stupid from fatigue";

- syn. stunned, stupefied, stupid;

- sim. confused;

a2
stunned or confused and slow to react (as from blows or drunkenness or exhaustion);

- syn. foggy, groggy, logy, stuporous;

- sim. lethargic;

dazedly / d eɪ z ɪ d ɫ i /
r1
in a daze;

- in a dazed manner;

- "he wondered dazedly whether the term after next at his new school wouldn't matter so much";

- syn. torpidly;

dazzle / d æ z ɫ /
n1
brightness enough to blind partially and temporarily;

v1
to cause someone to lose clear vision, especially from intense light;

- "She was dazzled by the bright headlights";

- syn. bedazzle, daze;

v2
amaze or bewilder, as with brilliant wit or intellect or skill;

- "Her arguments dazzled everyone";

- "The dancer dazzled the audience with his turns and jumps";

dazzled / d æ z ɫ d /
a1
having vision overcome temporarily by or as if by intense light;

- "she shut her dazzled eyes against the sun's brilliance";

- sim. blind;

a2
stupefied or dizzied by something overpowering;

- "I fall back dazzled at beholding myself all rosy red, / At having, I myself, caused the sun to rise."- `Chanticler' by Rostand;

- sim. confused;

dazzling / d æ z ɫ ɪ ŋ /
a1
amazingly impressive;

- suggestive of the flashing of lightning;

- "the skater's dazzling virtuosic leaps";

- "these great best canvases still look as astonishing and as invitingly new as they did...when...his fulgurant popularity was in full growth"- Janet Flanner;

- "adventures related...in a style both vivid and fulgurous"- Idwal Jones;

- syn. eye-popping, fulgurant, fulgurous;

- sim. impressive;

a2
shining intensely;

- "the blazing sun";

- "blinding headlights";

- "dazzling snow";

- "fulgent patterns of sunlight";

- "the glaring sun";

- syn. blazing, blinding, fulgent, glaring, glary;

- sim. bright;

dazzlingly / d æ z ɫ ɪ ŋ ɫ i /
r1
in a manner or to a degree that dazzles the beholder;

Db
n1
a transuranic element;

- syn. atomic number 105, dubnium, element 105, hahnium;

n2
a logarithmic unit of sound intensity;

- 10 times the logarithm of the ratio of the sound intensity to some reference intensity;

- syn. decibel;

DBA
n1
(law) a name under which a corporation conducts business that is not the legal name of the corporation as shown in its articles of incorporation;

- syn. Doing Business As, assumed name, fictitious name;

DBMS
n1
a software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database;

- syn. database management system;

DC / d i /
n1
the district occupied entirely by the city of Washington;

- chosen by George Washington as the site of the capital of the United States and created out of land ceded by Maryland and Virginia;

- syn. D.C., District of Columbia;

n2
an electric current that flows in one direction steadily;

- syn. direct current, direct electric current;

DCCP
n1
an agency of the United Nations that promotes drug control and crime prevention;

- syn. United Nations Office for Drug Control and Crime Prevention;

DCI
n1
the head of the United States Intelligence Community and director of the Central Intelligence Agency;

- syn. Director of Central Intelligence;

DD
n1
a doctor's degree in religion;

- syn. Doctor of Divinity;

ddC
n1
an antiviral drug used to combat HIV infection;

- syn. dideoxycytosine, zalcitabine;

ddI
n1
an antiviral drug used to combat HIV infection;

- syn. didanosine, dideoxyinosine;

DDS
n1
a doctor's degree in dental surgery;

- syn. Doctor of Dental Surgery;

DDT / d i d i t i /
n1
an insecticide that is also toxic to animals and humans;

- banned in the United States since 1972;

- syn. dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane;

DE / d ə , d eɪ , d i /
n1
a Mid-Atlantic state;

- one of the original 13 colonies;

- syn. Del., Delaware, Diamond State, First State;

de-access
v1
dispose of by selling;

- "the museum sold off its collection of French impressionists to raise money";

- "the publishing house sold off one of its popular magazines";

de-aerate
v1
remove air or gas from;

- syn. deaerate;

de-emphasise
v1
reduce the emphasis;

- syn. de-emphasize, destress;

de-emphasize
v1
reduce the emphasis;

- syn. de-emphasise, destress;

de-energise
v1
deprive of energy;

- syn. de-energize;

de-energize
v1
deprive of energy;

- syn. de-energise;

de-escalate / d i ɛ s k ə ɫ eɪ t /
v1
diminish in size, scope, or intensity;

- "The war of words between them de-escalated with time";

v2
reduce the level or intensity or size or scope of;

- "de-escalate a crisis";

- syn. step down, weaken;

de-escalation / d i ɛ s k ə ɫ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
(war) a reduction in intensity (of a crisis or a war);

de-ice / d i aɪ s /
v1
make or become free of frost or ice;

- "Defrost the car window";

- syn. defrost, deice;

de-iodinase
n1
an enzyme that removes the iodine radical;

de-iodinate
v1
remove iodine from;

- "de-iodinate the thyroxine";

de-iodinating
a1
removing iodine from;

de-iodination
n1
the removal of iodine atoms from organic compounds;

de-ionate
v1
remove ions from;

- "ionate thyroxine";

de-Nazification
n1
social process of removing Nazis from official positions and giving up any allegiance to Nazism;

- "denazification was a slow process";

- syn. denazification;

de-Stalinisation
n1
social process of neutralizing the influence of Joseph Stalin by revising his policies and removing monuments dedicated to him and renaming places named in his honor;

- "his statue was demolished as part of destalinization";

- syn. de-Stalinization, destalinisation, destalinization;

de-Stalinization
n1
social process of neutralizing the influence of Joseph Stalin by revising his policies and removing monuments dedicated to him and renaming places named in his honor;

- "his statue was demolished as part of destalinization";

- syn. de-Stalinisation, destalinisation, destalinization;

De Bakey
n1
United States heart surgeon who in 1966 implanted the first artificial heart in a human patient (born in 1908);

- syn. Michael Ellis De Bakey;

de Broglie
n1
French nuclear physicist who generalized the wave-particle duality by proposing that particles of matter exhibit wavelike properties (1892-1987);

- syn. Broglie, Louis Victor de Broglie;

de facto / d eɪ f æ k t oʊ /
a1
existing in fact whether with lawful authority or not;

- "de facto segregation is as real as segregation imposed by law";

- "a de facto state of war";

- also existent, real;

r1
in reality or fact;

- "the result was, de facto, a one-party system";

de facto segregation
n1
segregation (especially in schools) that happens in fact although not required by law;

De Forest
n1
United States electrical engineer who in 1907 patented the first triode vacuum tube, which made it possible to detect and amplify radio waves (1873-1961);

- syn. Father of Radio, Lee De Forest;

de Gaulle
n1
French general and statesman who became very popular during World War II as the leader of the Free French forces in exile (1890-1970);

- syn. Charles Andre Joseph Marie de Gaulle, Charles de Gaulle, General Charles de Gaulle, General de Gaulle;

de jure / d eɪ dʒ ʊə ɹ i /
a1
by right;

- according to law;

- "de jure recognition of the new government";

r1
by law;

- conforming to the law;

- "we are lawfully wedded now";

- syn. lawfully, legally;

de jure segregation
n1
segregation that is imposed by law;

de Kooning
n1
United States painter (born in the Netherlands) who was a leading American exponent of abstract expressionism (1904-1997);

- syn. Willem de Kooning;

de l'Orme
n1
French royal architect who built the Tuileries Palace and Gardens in Paris for Catherine de Medicis (1515-1570);

- syn. Delorme, Philibert Delorme, Philibert de l'Orme;

de la Mare
n1
English poet remembered for his verse for children (1873-1956);

- syn. Walter John de la Mare, Walter de la Mare;

de luxe / d ɪ ɫ ʌ k s /
a1
elegant and sumptuous;

- "a deluxe car";

- "luxe accommodations";

- syn. deluxe, luxe;

- sim. elegant;

de Mille
n1
United States dancer and choreographer who introduced formal dance to a wide audience (1905-1993);

- syn. Agnes George de Mille, Agnes de Mille;

De Niro
n1
United States film actor who frequently plays tough characters (born 1943);

- syn. Robert De Niro;

de novo
r1
from the beginning;

De Quincey
n1
English writer who described the psychological effects of addiction to opium (1785-1859);

- syn. Thomas De Quincey;

de rigueur
a1
required by etiquette or usage or fashion;

- "instruction as to when and where a silk hat is de rigueur";

- sim. obligatory;

de Sade
n1
French soldier and writer whose descriptions of sexual perversion gave rise to the term `sadism' (1740-1814);

- syn. Comte Donatien Alphonse Francois de Sade, Marquis de Sade, Sade;

de Saussure
n1
Swiss linguist and expert in historical linguistics whose lectures laid the foundations for synchronic linguistics (1857-1913);

- syn. Ferdinand de Saussure, Saussure;

De Sica
n1
Italian film maker (1901-1974);

- syn. Vittorio De Sica;

de Spinoza
n1
Dutch philosopher who espoused a pantheistic system (1632-1677);

- syn. Baruch de Spinoza, Benedict de Spinoza, Spinoza;

de Valera
n1
Irish statesman (born in the United States);

- as president of the Irish Free State he was responsible for the new constitution of 1937 that created the state of Eire (1882-1975);

- syn. Eamon de Valera;

De Vries
n1
Dutch botanist who rediscovered Mendel's laws and developed the mutation theory of evolution (1848-1935);

- syn. Hugo De Vries, Hugo deVries, deVries;

DEA
n1
federal agency responsible for enforcing laws and regulations governing narcotics and controlled substances;

- goal is to immobilize drug trafficking organizations;

- syn. Drug Enforcement Administration, Drug Enforcement Agency;

deaccession
v1
sell (art works) from a collection, especially in order to raise money for the purchase of other art works;

- "The museum deaccessioned several important works of this painter";

deacon / d i k ə n /
n1
a Protestant layman who assists the minister;

- syn. Protestant deacon;

n2
a cleric ranking just below a priest in Christian churches;

- one of the Holy Orders;

deaconess / d i k ə n ɛ s /
n1
a woman deacon;

deactivate
v1
remove from active military status or reassign;

- "The men were deactivated after five years of service";

v2
make inactive;

- "they deactivated the file";

- syn. inactivate;

deactivation
n1
breaking up a military unit (by transfers or discharges);

- syn. inactivation;

n2
the act of deactivating or making ineffective (as a bomb);

- syn. defusing;

dead / d ɛ d /
n1
people who are no longer living;

- "they buried the dead";

n2
a time when coldness (or some other quality associated with death) is intense;

- "the dead of winter";

a1
no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life;

- "the nerve is dead";

- "a dead pallor";

- "he was marked as a dead man by the assassin";

- sim. asleep, assassinated, bloodless, brain dead, breathless, cold, d.o.a., deathlike, defunct, doomed, executed, fallen, late, lifeless, murdered, nonviable, slain, stillborn, stone-dead;

a2
not showing characteristics of life especially the capacity to sustain life;

- no longer exerting force or having energy or heat;

- "Mars is a dead planet";

- "dead soil";

- "dead coals";

- "the fire is dead";

- also extinct;

- sim. extinct, lifeless, out of play;

a3
very tired;

- "was all in at the end of the day";

- "so beat I could flop down and go to sleep anywhere";

- "bushed after all that exercise";

- "I'm dead after that long trip";

- syn. all in, beat, bushed;

- sim. tired;

a4
unerringly accurate;

- "a dead shot";

- "took dead aim";

- sim. precise;

a5
physically inactive;

- "Crater Lake is in the crater of a dead volcano of the Cascade Range";

- sim. extinct;

a6
(followed by `to') not showing human feeling or sensitivity;

- unresponsive;

- "passersby were dead to our plea for help";

- "numb to the cries for mercy";

- syn. numb;

- sim. insensitive;

a7
devoid of physical sensation;

- numb;

- "his gums were dead from the novocain";

- "she felt no discomfort as the dentist drilled her deadened tooth";

- "a public desensitized by continuous television coverage of atrocities";

- syn. deadened;

- sim. insensitive;

a8
lacking acoustic resonance;

- "dead sounds characteristic of some compact discs";

- "the dead wall surfaces of a recording studio";

- sim. unreverberant;

a9
not yielding a return;

- "dead capital";

- "idle funds";

- syn. idle;

- sim. unprofitable;

a10
not circulating or flowing;

- "dead air";

- "dead water";

- "stagnant water";

- syn. stagnant;

- sim. standing;

a11
not surviving in active use;

- "Latin is a dead language";

- sim. extinct;

a12
lacking resilience or bounce;

- "a dead tennis ball";

- sim. inelastic;

a13
out of use or operation because of a fault or breakdown;

- "a dead telephone line";

- "the motor is dead";

- sim. inoperative;

a14
no longer having force or relevance;

- "a dead issue";

- sim. noncurrent;

a15
the complete stoppage of an action;

- "came to a dead stop";

- sim. complete;

a16
drained of electric charge;

- discharged;

- "a dead battery";

- "left the lights on and came back to find the battery drained";

- syn. drained;

- sim. uncharged;

a17
devoid of activity;

- "this is a dead town;

- nothing ever happens here";

- sim. inactive;

r1
quickly and without warning;

- "he stopped suddenly";

- syn. abruptly, short, suddenly;

r2
completely and without qualification;

- used informally as intensifiers;

- "an absolutely magnificent painting";

- "a perfectly idiotic idea";

- "you're perfectly right";

- "utterly miserable";

- "you can be dead sure of my innocence";

- "was dead tired";

- "dead right";

- syn. absolutely, perfectly, utterly;

dead-air space
n1
an unventilated area where no air circulates;

dead-end
a1
lacking opportunities for development or advancement;

- "stuck in a dead-end job";

- sim. inactive;

dead-end street
n1
a street with only one way in or out;

- syn. blind alley, cul de sac, impasse;

dead-man's-fingers
n1
the fruiting bodies of the fungi of the genus Xylaria;

- syn. Xylaria polymorpha, dead-men's-fingers;

dead-man's float
n1
a floating position with the face down and arms stretched forward;

- syn. prone float;

dead-men's-fingers
n1
the fruiting bodies of the fungi of the genus Xylaria;

- syn. Xylaria polymorpha, dead-man's-fingers;

dead-on
a1
accurate and to the point;

- "a dead-on feel for characterization";

- "She avoids big scenes...preferring to rely on small gestures and dead-on dialogue"- Peter S.Prescott;

- sim. accurate;

dead ahead
r1
exactly ahead or in front;

- "the laboratory is dead ahead";

dead air
n1
an inadvertent interruption in a broadcast during which there is no sound;

dead axle
n1
an axle that carries a wheel but without power to drive it;

dead body
n1
a natural object consisting of a dead animal or person;

- "they found the body in the lake";

- syn. body;

dead center
n1
the position of a crank when it is in line with the connecting rod and not exerting torque;

- syn. dead centre;

dead centre
n1
the position of a crank when it is in line with the connecting rod and not exerting torque;

- syn. dead center;

dead drop
n1
a drop used for the clandestine exchange of intelligence information;

- "a dead drop avoids the need for an intelligence officer and a spy to be present at the same time";

dead duck
n1
something doomed to failure;

- "he finally admitted that the legislation was a dead duck";

- "the idea of another TV channel is now a dead duck";

- "as theories go, that's a dead duck";

dead end
n1
a passage with access only at one end;

- syn. cul, cul de sac;

n2
a situation in which no progress can be made or no advancement is possible;

- "reached an impasse on the negotiations";

- syn. deadlock, impasse, stalemate, standstill;

dead hand
n1
real property held inalienably (as by an ecclesiastical corporation);

- syn. mortmain;

n2
the oppressive influence of past events or decisions;

- syn. dead hand of the past, mortmain;

dead hand of the past
n1
the oppressive influence of past events or decisions;

- syn. dead hand, mortmain;

dead heat
n1
a tie in a race;

dead language
n1
a language that is no longer learned as a native language;

dead letter
n1
the state of something that has outlived its relevance;

- syn. non-issue;

n2
mail that can neither be delivered nor returned;

- syn. dead mail;

dead load
n1
a constant load on a structure (e.g. a bridge) due to the weight of the supported structure itself;

dead mail
n1
mail that can neither be delivered nor returned;

- syn. dead letter;

dead march
n1
a slow march to be played for funeral processions;

- syn. funeral march;

dead metaphor
n1
a metaphor that has occurred so often that it has become a new meaning of the expression (e.g., `he is a snake' may once have been a metaphor but after years of use it has died and become a new sense of the word `snake');

- syn. frozen metaphor;

dead nettle
n1
foul-smelling perennial Eurasiatic herb with a green creeping rhizome;

- syn. Stachys sylvatica, hedge nettle;

n2
any of various plants of the genus Lamium having clusters of small usually purplish flowers with two lips;

n3
coarse bristly Eurasian plant with white or reddish flowers and foliage resembling that of a nettle;

- common as a weed in United States;

- syn. Galeopsis tetrahit, hemp nettle;

n4
a plants of the genus Pilea having drooping green flower clusters and smooth translucent stems and leaves;

- syn. Pilea pumilla, clearweed, richweed;

dead on target
a1
accurately placed or thrown;

- "his aim was true";

- "he was dead on target";

- syn. true;

- sim. accurate;

dead person
n1
someone who is no longer alive;

- "I wonder what the dead person would have done";

- syn. dead soul, deceased, deceased person, decedent, departed;

dead reckoning
n1
an estimate based on little or no information;

- syn. guess, guessing, guesswork, shot;

n2
navigation without the aid of celestial observations;

dead ringer
n1
a person who is almost identical to another;

- syn. clone, ringer;

dead room
n1
a building (or room) where dead bodies are kept before burial or cremation;

- syn. morgue, mortuary;

Dead Sea
n1
a saltwater lake on the border between Israel and Jordan;

- its surface in 1292 feet below sea level;

Dead Sea scrolls
n1
(Old Testament) a collection of written scrolls (containing nearly all of the Old Testament) found in a cave near the Dead Sea in the late 1940s;

- "the Dead Sea Scrolls provide information about Judaism and the Bible around the time of Jesus";

dead set
a1
fixed in your purpose;

- "bent on going to the theater";

- "dead set against intervening";

- "out to win every event";

- syn. bent, bent on, out to;

- sim. resolute;

dead soul
n1
someone who is no longer alive;

- "I wonder what the dead person would have done";

- syn. dead person, deceased, deceased person, decedent, departed;

dead weight
n1
an oppressive encumbrance;

n2
a heavy motionless weight;

deadbeat / d ɛ d b i t /
n1
someone who fails to meet a financial obligation;

- syn. defaulter;

deadbeat dad
n1
a father who willfully defaults on his obligation to provide financial support for his offspring;

deadbolt
n1
the part of a lock that is engaged or withdrawn with a key;

- syn. bolt;

deaden / d ɛ d n /
v1
make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible;

- "muffle the message";

- syn. damp, dampen;

v2
cut a girdle around so as to kill by interrupting the circulation of water and nutrients;

- "girdle the plant";

- syn. girdle;

v3
make vapid or deprive of spirit;

- "deadened wine";

v4
lessen the momentum or velocity of;

- "deaden a ship's headway";

v5
become lifeless, less lively, intense, or active;

- lose life, force, or vigor;

v6
make less lively, intense, or vigorous;

- impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation;

- "Terror blunted her feelings";

- "deaden a sound";

- syn. blunt;

v7
convert (metallic mercury) into a grey powder consisting of minute globules, as by shaking with chalk or fatty oil;

deadened / d ɛ d n d /
a1
devoid of physical sensation;

- numb;

- "his gums were dead from the novocain";

- "she felt no discomfort as the dentist drilled her deadened tooth";

- "a public desensitized by continuous television coverage of atrocities";

- syn. dead;

- sim. insensitive;

a2
made or become less intense;

- "the deadened pangs of hunger";

- sim. dull;

deadening / d ɛ d n ɪ ŋ /
n1
the act of making something futile and useless (as by routine);

- syn. constipation, impairment, stultification;

a1
so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness;

- "a boring evening with uninteresting people";

- "the deadening effect of some routine tasks";

- "a dull play";

- "his competent but dull performance";

- "a ho-hum speaker who couldn't capture their attention";

- "what an irksome task the writing of long letters is"- Edmund Burke;

- "tedious days on the train";

- "the tiresome chirping of a cricket"- Mark Twain;

- "other people's dreams are dreadfully wearisome";

- syn. boring, dull, ho-hum, irksome, slow, tedious, tiresome, wearisome;

- sim. uninteresting;

deadeye / d ɛ d aɪ /
n1
a dead shot;

n2
(nautical) a round hardwood disk with holes and a grooved perimeter used to tighten a shroud;

deadhead / d ɛ d h ɛ d /
n1
a nonenterprising person who is not paying his way;

- "the deadheads on the payroll should be eased out as fast as possible";

n2
a train or bus or taxi traveling empty;

deadlight / d ɛ d ɫ aɪ t /
n1
a strong shutter over a ship's porthole that is closed in stormy weather;

deadline / d ɛ d ɫ aɪ n /
n1
the point in time at which something must be completed;

deadliness
n1
the quality of being deadly;

- syn. lethality;

deadlock / d ɛ d ɫ ɒ k /
n1
a situation in which no progress can be made or no advancement is possible;

- "reached an impasse on the negotiations";

- syn. dead end, impasse, stalemate, standstill;

deadlocked / d ɛ d ɫ ɒ k t /
a1
at a complete standstill because of opposition of two unrelenting forces or factions;

- "the chess game ended with white stalemated";

- "the two factions are deadlocked over fringe benefits";

- syn. stalemated;

- sim. obstructed;

deadly / d ɛ d ɫ i /
a1
causing or capable of causing death;

- "a fatal accident";

- "a deadly enemy";

- "mortal combat";

- "a mortal illness";

- syn. deathly, mortal;

- sim. fatal;

a2
of an instrument of certain death;

- "deadly poisons";

- "lethal weapon";

- "a lethal injection";

- syn. lethal;

- sim. fatal;

a3
extremely poisonous or injurious;

- producing venom;

- "venomous snakes";

- "a virulent insect bite";

- syn. venomous, virulent;

- sim. toxic;

a4
involving loss of divine grace or spiritual death;

- "the seven deadly sins";

- syn. mortal;

- sim. unpardonable;

a5
exceedingly harmful;

- syn. baneful, pernicious, pestilent;

- sim. noxious;

a6
(of a disease) having a rapid course and violent effect;

- sim. virulent;

r1
as if dead;

- syn. lifelessly;

r2
(used as intensives) extremely;

- "she was madly in love";

- "deadly dull";

- "deadly earnest";

- "deucedly clever";

- "insanely jealous";

- syn. deucedly, devilishly, insanely, madly;

deadly nightshade
n1
perennial Eurasian herb with reddish bell-shaped flowers and shining black berries;

- extensively grown in United States;

- roots and leaves yield atropine;

- syn. Atropa belladonna, belladonna, belladonna plant;

n2
poisonous perennial Old World vine having violet flowers and oval coral-red berries;

- widespread weed in North America;

- syn. Solanum dulcamara, bittersweet, bittersweet nightshade, climbing nightshade, poisonous nightshade, woody nightshade;

deadly sin
n1
an unpardonable sin entailing a total loss of grace;

- "theologians list seven mortal sins";

- syn. mortal sin;

deadness / d ɛ d n ɛ s /
n1
the quality of being unresponsive;

- not reacting;

- as a quality of people, it is marked by a failure to respond quickly or with emotion to people or events;

- "she began to recover from her numb unresponsiveness after the accident";

- "in an instant all the deadness and withdrawal were wiped away";

- syn. unresponsiveness;

n2
the physical property of something that has lost its elasticity;

- "he objected to the deadness of the tennis balls";

n3
the inanimate property of something that has died;

deadpan / d ɛ d p æ n /
a1
deliberately impassive in manner;

- "deadpan humor";

- "his face remained expressionless as the verdict was read";

- syn. expressionless, impassive, poker-faced, unexpressive;

- sim. uncommunicative;

r1
without betraying any feeling;

- "she told the joke deadpan";

deadwood / d ɛ d w ʊ d /
n1
a branch or a part of a tree that is dead;

n2
someone or something that is unwanted and unneeded;

- syn. fifth wheel;

DEAE cellulose
n1
used for chromatography;

- syn. diethylaminoethyl cellulose;

deaerate
v1
remove air or gas from;

- syn. de-aerate;

deaf / d ɛ f /
n1
people who have severe hearing impairments;

- "many of the deaf use sign language";

v1
make or render deaf;

- "a deafening noise";

- syn. deafen;

a1
lacking or deprived of the sense of hearing wholly or in part;

- sim. deaf-and-dumb, deafened, hard-of-hearing, profoundly deaf, tone-deaf;

a2
(usually followed by `to') unwilling or refusing to pay heed;

- "deaf to her warnings";

- syn. indifferent;

- sim. heedless;

deaf-aid / d ɛ f eɪ d /
n1
an electronic device that amplifies sound and is worn to compensate for poor hearing;

- syn. hearing aid;

deaf-and-dumb
a1
lacking the sense of hearing and the ability to speak;

- syn. deaf-mute;

- sim. deaf;

deaf-and-dumb person
n1
a deaf person who is unable to speak;

- syn. deaf-mute, mute;

deaf-mute
n1
a deaf person who is unable to speak;

- syn. deaf-and-dumb person, mute;

a1
lacking the sense of hearing and the ability to speak;

- syn. deaf-and-dumb;

- sim. deaf;

deaf-muteness
n1
congenital deafness that results in inability to speak;

- syn. deaf-mutism;

deaf-mutism
n1
congenital deafness that results in inability to speak;

- syn. deaf-muteness;

deaf as a post
a1
totally deaf;

- unable to hear anything;

- syn. profoundly deaf, stone-deaf, unhearing;

- sim. deaf;

deaf person
n1
a person with a severe auditory impairment;

deafen / d ɛ f n /
v1
be unbearably loud;

- "a deafening noise";

v2
make or render deaf;

- "a deafening noise";

- syn. deaf;

v3
make soundproof;

- "deafen a room";

deafened / d ɛ f n d /
a1
caused to hear poorly or not at all;

- sim. deaf;

deafening / d ɛ f n ɪ ŋ /
a1
loud enough to cause (temporary) hearing loss;

- syn. earsplitting, thunderous, thundery;

- sim. loud;

deafness / d ɛ f n ə s /
n1
partial or complete loss of hearing;

- syn. hearing loss;

deal / d i ɫ /
n1
a particular instance of buying or selling;

- "it was a package deal";

- "I had no further trade with him";

- "he's a master of the business deal";

- syn. business deal, trade;

n2
an agreement between parties (usually arrived at after discussion) fixing obligations of each;

- "he made a bargain with the devil";

- "he rose to prominence through a series of shady deals";

- syn. bargain;

n3
(often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent;

- "a batch of letters";

- "a deal of trouble";

- "a lot of money";

- "he made a mint on the stock market";

- "see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos";

- "it must have cost plenty";

- "a slew of journalists";

- "a wad of money";

- syn. batch, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad;

n4
a plank of softwood (fir or pine board);

n5
wood that is easy to saw (from conifers such as pine or fir);

- syn. softwood;

n6
the cards held in a card game by a given player at any given time;

- "I didn't hold a good hand all evening";

- "he kept trying to see my hand";

- syn. hand;

n7
the type of treatment received (especially as the result of an agreement);

- "he got a good deal on his car";

n8
the act of distributing playing cards;

- "the deal was passed around the table clockwise";

n9
the act of apportioning or distributing something;

- "the captain was entrusted with the deal of provisions";

v1
act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression;

- "This book deals with incest";

- "The course covered all of Western Civilization";

- "The new book treats the history of China";

- syn. address, cover, handle, plow, treat;

v2
take into consideration for exemplifying purposes;

- "Take the case of China";

- "Consider the following case";

- syn. consider, look at, take;

v3
take action with respect to (someone or something);

- "How are we going to deal with this problem?";

- "The teacher knew how to deal with these lazy students";

v4
succeed in doing, achieving, or producing (something) with the limited or inadequate means available;

- "We got by on just a gallon of gas";

- "They made do on half a loaf of bread every day";

- syn. contend, cope, get by, grapple, make do, make out, manage;

v5
administer or bestow, as in small portions;

- "administer critical remarks to everyone present";

- "dole out some money";

- "shell out pocket money for the children";

- "deal a blow to someone";

- "the machine dispenses soft drinks";

- syn. administer, allot, deal out, dish out, dispense, distribute, dole out, lot, mete out, parcel out, shell out;

v6
do business;

- offer for sale as for one's livelihood;

- "She deals in gold";

- "The brothers sell shoes";

- syn. sell, trade;

- also deal out, trade;

v7
be in charge of, act on, or dispose of;

- "I can deal with this crew of workers";

- "This blender can't handle nuts";

- "She managed her parents' affairs after they got too old";

- syn. care, handle, manage;

v8
behave in a certain way towards others;

- "He deals fairly with his employees";

v9
distribute cards to the players in a game;

- "Who's dealing?";

v10
direct the course of;

- manage or control;

- "You cannot conduct business like this";

- syn. carry on, conduct;

v11
give out as one's portion or share;

- syn. apportion, divvy up, portion out, share;

v12
give (a specific card) to a player;

- "He dealt me the Queen of Spades";

v13
sell;

- "deal hashish";

deal out
v1
administer or bestow, as in small portions;

- "administer critical remarks to everyone present";

- "dole out some money";

- "shell out pocket money for the children";

- "deal a blow to someone";

- "the machine dispenses soft drinks";

- syn. administer, allot, deal, dish out, dispense, distribute, dole out, lot, mete out, parcel out, shell out;

dealer / d i ɫ ə , d i ɫ ə ɹ /
n1
someone who purchases and maintains an inventory of goods to be sold;

- syn. bargainer, monger, trader;

n2
a firm engaged in trading;

n3
a seller of illicit goods;

- "a dealer in stolen goods";

n4
the major party to a financial transaction at a stock exchange;

- buys and sells for his own account;

- syn. principal;

n5
the person who distributes the playing cards in a card game;

dealership / d i ɫ ə ɹ ʃ ɪ p /
n1
a business established or operated under an authorization to sell or distribute a company's goods or services in a particular area;

- syn. franchise;

dealfish / d i ɫ f ɪ ʃ /
n1
deep-sea ribbonfish;

- syn. Trachipterus arcticus;

dealignment
n1
a process whereby voters are moved toward nonpartisanship thus weakening the structure of political parties;

dealing / d i ɫ ɪ ŋ /
n1
method or manner of conduct in relation to others;

- "honest dealing";

n2
the act of transacting within or between groups (as carrying on commercial activities);

- "no transactions are possible without him";

- "he has always been honest is his dealings with me";

- syn. dealings, transaction;

dealings / d i ɫ ɪ ŋ z /
n1
social or verbal interchange (usually followed by `with');

- syn. traffic;

n2
mutual dealings or connections or communications among persons or groups;

- syn. relations;

n3
the act of transacting within or between groups (as carrying on commercial activities);

- "no transactions are possible without him";

- "he has always been honest is his dealings with me";

- syn. dealing, transaction;

dealt out
a1
given out in portions;

- syn. apportioned, doled out, meted out, parceled out;

- sim. distributed;

deaminate
v1
remove the amino radical (usually by hydrolysis) from an amino compound;

- to perform deamination;

- syn. deaminize;

deamination
n1
removal of the amino radical from an amino acid or other amino compound;

- syn. deaminization;

deaminization
n1
removal of the amino radical from an amino acid or other amino compound;

- syn. deamination;

deaminize
v1
remove the amino radical (usually by hydrolysis) from an amino compound;

- to perform deamination;

- syn. deaminate;

dean / d i n /
n1
an administrator in charge of a division of a university or college;

n2
United States film actor whose moody rebellious roles made him a cult figure (1931-1955);

- syn. James Byron Dean, James Dean;

n3
a man who is the senior member of a group;

- "he is the dean of foreign correspondents";

- syn. doyen;

n4
(Roman Catholic Church) the head of the College of Cardinals;

Dean Acheson
n1
United States statesman who promoted the Marshall Plan and helped establish NATO (1893-1971);

- syn. Acheson, Dean Gooderham Acheson;

Dean Gooderham Acheson
n1
United States statesman who promoted the Marshall Plan and helped establish NATO (1893-1971);

- syn. Acheson, Dean Acheson;

Dean Martin
n1
United States singer (1917-1995);

- syn. Dino Paul Crocetti, Martin;

Dean Swift
n1
an English satirist born in Ireland (1667-1745);

- syn. Jonathan Swift, Swift;

deanery / d i n ə ɹ i /
n1
the official residence of a dean;

n2
the position or office of a dean;

- syn. deanship;

deanship / d i n ʃ ɪ p /
n1
the position or office of a dean;

- syn. deanery;

dear / d ɪə , d ɪə ɹ /
n1
a beloved person;

- used as terms of endearment;

- syn. beloved, dearest, honey, love;

n2
a sweet innocent mild-mannered person (especially a child);

- syn. lamb;

a1
dearly loved;

- syn. beloved, darling;

- sim. loved;

a2
with or in a close or intimate relationship;

- "a good friend";

- "my sisters and brothers are near and dear";

- syn. good, near;

- sim. close;

a3
sincerely earnest;

- "one's dearest wish";

- "devout wishes for their success";

- "heartfelt condolences";

- syn. devout, earnest, heartfelt;

- sim. sincere;

a4
having a high price;

- "costly jewelry";

- "high-priced merchandise";

- "much too dear for my pocketbook";

- "a pricey restaurant";

- syn. costly, high-priced, pricey, pricy;

- sim. expensive;

r1
with affection;

- "she loved him dearly";

- "he treats her affectionately";

- syn. affectionately, dearly;

r2
at a great cost;

- "he paid dearly for the food";

- "this cost him dear";

- syn. dearly;

dearest / d ɪə ɹ ɪ s t /
n1
a beloved person;

- used as terms of endearment;

- syn. beloved, dear, honey, love;

dearie / d ɪə ɹ i /
n1
a special loved one;

- syn. darling, deary, ducky, favorite, favourite, pet;

dearly / d ɪə ɫ i /
r1
in a sincere and heartfelt manner;

- "I would dearly love to know";

- syn. in a heartfelt way;

r2
at a great cost;

- "he paid dearly for the food";

- "this cost him dear";

- syn. dear;

r3
with affection;

- "she loved him dearly";

- "he treats her affectionately";

- syn. affectionately, dear;

dearly-won
a1
entailing great loss or sacrifice;

- "a dearly-won victory";

- syn. costly;

- sim. expensive;

dearness / d ɪə n ə s /
n1
the quality possessed by something with a great price or value;

- syn. costliness, preciousness;

dearth / d ɝ θ /
n1
an acute insufficiency;

- syn. famine, shortage;

n2
an insufficient quantity or number;

- syn. paucity;

deary / d ɪə ɹ i /
n1
a special loved one;

- syn. darling, dearie, ducky, favorite, favourite, pet;

death / d ɛ θ /
n1
the event of dying or departure from life;

- "her death came as a terrible shock";

- "upon your decease the capital will pass to your grandchildren";

- syn. decease, expiry;

n2
the permanent end of all life functions in an organism or part of an organism;

- "the animal died a painful death";

n3
the absence of life or state of being dead;

- "he seemed more content in death than he had ever been in life";

n4
the time when something ends;

- "it was the death of all his plans";

- "a dying of old hopes";

- syn. demise, dying;

n5
the time at which life ends;

- continuing until dead;

- "she stayed until his death";

- "a struggle to the last";

- syn. last;

n6
the personification of death;

- "Death walked the streets of the plague-bound city";

n7
a final state;

- "he came to a bad end";

- "the so-called glorious experiment came to an inglorious end";

- syn. destruction, end;

n8
the act of killing;

- "he had two deaths on his conscience";

death's-head moth
n1
European hawkmoth with markings on the back resembling a human skull;

- syn. Acherontia atropos;

death's head
n1
a human skull (or a representation of a human skull) used as a symbol of death;

death-roll / d ɛ θ ɹ oʊ ɫ /
n1
a list of persons killed in a war or other disaster;

death adder
n1
venomous Australian snake resembling an adder;

- syn. Acanthophis antarcticus;

death angel
n1
extremely poisonous usually white fungus with a prominent cup-shaped base;

- differs from edible Agaricus only in its white gills;

- syn. Amanita phalloides, death cap, death cup, destroying angel;

death bell
n1
a bell rung to announce a death;

- syn. death knell;

death benefit
n1
insurance or pension money payable to a beneficiary of a deceased;

death camas
n1
any of various plants of the genus Zigadenus having glaucous leaves and terminal racemes of mostly white flowers;

- all are poisonous;

- syn. zigadene;

death camp
n1
a concentration camp where prisoners are likely to die or be killed;

death cap
n1
extremely poisonous usually white fungus with a prominent cup-shaped base;

- differs from edible Agaricus only in its white gills;

- syn. Amanita phalloides, death angel, death cup, destroying angel;

death chair
n1
an instrument of execution by electrocution;

- resembles an ordinary seat for one person;

- "the murderer was sentenced to die in the chair";

- syn. chair, electric chair, hot seat;

death chamber
n1
instrument of execution consisting of a sealed chamber into which poison gas is introduced;

- used to kill people or animals;

- syn. gas chamber;

death cup
n1
extremely poisonous usually white fungus with a prominent cup-shaped base;

- differs from edible Agaricus only in its white gills;

- syn. Amanita phalloides, death angel, death cap, destroying angel;

death duty
n1
a tax on the estate of the deceased person;

- syn. death tax, estate tax, inheritance tax;

death house
n1
the cellblock in a prison where those condemned to death await execution;

- syn. death row;

death instinct
n1
(psychoanalysis) an unconscious urge to die;

- syn. Thanatos, death wish;

death knell
n1
an omen of death or destruction;

n2
a bell rung to announce a death;

- syn. death bell;

death mask
n1
a cast taken from the face of a dead person;

death penalty
n1
putting a condemned person to death;

- syn. capital punishment, executing, execution;

death rate
n1
the ratio of deaths in an area to the population of that area;

- expressed per 1000 per year;

- syn. deathrate, fatality rate, mortality, mortality rate;

death row
n1
the cellblock in a prison where those condemned to death await execution;

- syn. death house;

death seat
n1
the car seat beside the driver of an automobile;

- believed to be the most dangerous place to sit in a car in case of an accident;

death squad
n1
a clandestine military or paramilitary team who murder political dissidents or petty criminals (usually with the government's tacit approval);

death tax
n1
a tax on the estate of the deceased person;

- syn. death duty, estate tax, inheritance tax;

death toll
n1
the number of deaths resulting from some particular cause such as an accident or a battle or a natural disaster;

Death Valley
n1
a desert area that is part of the Mojave Desert in eastern California and southwestern Nevada;

- contains the lowest point in North America;

death warrant
n1
a warrant to execute the death sentence;

death wish
n1
(psychoanalysis) an unconscious urge to die;

- syn. Thanatos, death instinct;

deathbed / d ɛ θ b ɛ d /
n1
the last few hours before death;

n2
the bed on which a person dies;

deathblow / d ɛ θ b ɫ oʊ /
n1
the blow that kills (usually mercifully);

- syn. coup de grace;

deathless / d ɛ θ ɫ ɪ s /
a1
never dying;

- "his undying fame";

- syn. undying;

- sim. immortal;

deathlike / d ɛ θ ɫ aɪ k /
a1
having the physical appearance of death;

- "a deathly pallor";

- syn. deathly;

- sim. dead;

deathly / d ɛ θ ɫ i /
a1
having the physical appearance of death;

- "a deathly pallor";

- syn. deathlike;

- sim. dead;

a2
causing or capable of causing death;

- "a fatal accident";

- "a deadly enemy";

- "mortal combat";

- "a mortal illness";

- syn. deadly, mortal;

- sim. fatal;

r1
to a degree resembling death;

- "he was deathly pale";

r2
to an extreme degree;

- "extremely cold";

- "extremely unpleasant";

- "she is super smart";

- "the night was deathly cold";

- "as a child, I was deathly afraid of snakes";

- syn. exceedingly, extremely, super;

deathrate / d ɛ θ ɹ eɪ t /
n1
the ratio of deaths in an area to the population of that area;

- expressed per 1000 per year;

- syn. death rate, fatality rate, mortality, mortality rate;

deathtrap / d ɛ θ t ɹ æ p /
n1
any structure that is very unsafe;

- where people are likely to be killed;

deathwatch / d ɛ θ w ɒ tʃ /
n1
minute wingless psocopterous insects injurious to books and papers;

- syn. Liposcelis divinatorius, book louse, booklouse;

n2
bores through wood making a ticking sound popularly thought to presage death;

- syn. Xestobium rufovillosum, deathwatch beetle;

deathwatch beetle
n1
bores through wood making a ticking sound popularly thought to presage death;

- syn. Xestobium rufovillosum, deathwatch;

deb / d ɛ b /
n1
a young woman making her debut into society;

- syn. debutante;

debacle
n1
a sudden and violent collapse;

- syn. fiasco;

n2
flooding caused by a tumultuous breakup of ice in a river during the spring or summer;

n3
a sound defeat;

- syn. drubbing, slaughter, thrashing, trouncing, walloping, whipping;

debar / d ɪ b ɑ , d ɪ b ɑr /
v1
bar temporarily;

- from school, office, etc.;

- syn. suspend;

v2
prevent the occurrence of;

- prevent from happening;

- "Let's avoid a confrontation";

- "head off a confrontation";

- "avert a strike";

- syn. avert, avoid, deflect, fend off, forefend, forfend, head off, obviate, stave off, ward off;

v3
prevent from entering;

- keep out;

- "He was barred from membership in the club";

- syn. bar, exclude;

debark / d ɪ b ɑ k /
v1
go ashore;

- "The passengers disembarked at Southampton";

- syn. disembark, set down;

debarkation / d i b ɑ k eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the act of passengers and crew getting off of a ship or aircraft;

- syn. disembarkation, disembarkment;

debarment
n1
the state of being debarred (excluded from enjoying certain possessions or rights or practices);

n2
the act of prevention by legal means;

- "they achieved his debarment from holding public office";

debase / d ɪ b eɪ s /
v1
corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality;

- "debauch the young people with wine and women";

- "Socrates was accused of corrupting young men";

- "Do school counselors subvert young children?";

- "corrupt the morals";

- syn. corrupt, debauch, demoralise, demoralize, deprave, misdirect, pervert, profane, subvert, vitiate;

v2
lower in value by increasing the base-metal content;

- syn. alloy;

v3
corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance;

- often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones;

- "adulterate liquor";

- syn. adulterate, dilute, load, stretch;

debased / d ɪ b eɪ s t /
a1
mixed with impurities;

- syn. adulterate, adulterated;

- sim. impure;

a2
lowered in value;

- "the dollar is low";

- "a debased currency";

- syn. degraded, devalued;

- sim. low;

a3
ruined in character or quality;

- syn. corrupted, vitiated;

- sim. corrupt;

debasement / d ɪ b eɪ s m ə n t /
n1
being mixed with extraneous material;

- the product of adulterating;

- syn. adulteration;

n2
changing to a lower state (a less respected state);

- syn. degradation;

debaser / d ɪ b eɪ s ə , d ɪ b eɪ s ə ɹ /
n1
a person who lowers the quality or character or value (as by adding cheaper metal to coins);

- syn. degrader;

debasing / d ɪ b eɪ s ɪ ŋ /
a1
used of conduct;

- characterized by dishonor;

- syn. degrading;

- sim. dishonorable;

debatable / d ɪ b eɪ t ə b ɫ /
a1
open to doubt or debate;

- "If you ever get married, which seems to be extremely problematic";

- syn. problematic, problematical;

- sim. questionable;

a2
open to argument or debate;

- "that is a moot question";

- syn. arguable, disputable, moot;

- sim. controversial;

a3
capable of being disproved;

- syn. disputable;

- sim. contestable;

debate / d ɪ b eɪ t /
n1
a discussion in which reasons are advanced for and against some proposition or proposal;

- "the argument over foreign aid goes on and on";

- syn. argument, argumentation;

n2
the formal presentation of a stated proposition and the opposition to it (usually followed by a vote);

- syn. disputation, public debate;

v1
argue with one another;

- "We debated the question of abortion";

- "John debated Mary";

v2
think about carefully;

- weigh;

- "They considered the possibility of a strike";

- "Turn the proposal over in your mind";

- syn. consider, deliberate, moot, turn over;

v3
discuss the pros and cons of an issue;

- syn. deliberate;

v4
have an argument about something;

- syn. argue, contend, fence;

debater / d ɪ b eɪ t ə , d ɪ b eɪ t ə ɹ /
n1
someone who engages in debate;

- syn. arguer;

debauch / d ɪ b ɔ tʃ /
n1
a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity;

- syn. bacchanal, bacchanalia, debauchery, drunken revelry, orgy, riot, saturnalia;

v1
corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality;

- "debauch the young people with wine and women";

- "Socrates was accused of corrupting young men";

- "Do school counselors subvert young children?";

- "corrupt the morals";

- syn. corrupt, debase, demoralise, demoralize, deprave, misdirect, pervert, profane, subvert, vitiate;

debauched / d ɪ b ɔ tʃ t /
a1
unrestrained by convention or morality;

- "Congreve draws a debauched aristocratic society";

- "deplorably dissipated and degraded";

- "riotous living";

- "fast women";

- syn. degenerate, degraded, dissipated, dissolute, fast, libertine, profligate, riotous;

- sim. immoral;

debauchee / d ɪ b ɔ tʃ i /
n1
a dissolute person;

- usually a man who is morally unrestrained;

- syn. libertine, rounder;

debaucher / d ɪ b ɔ tʃ ə /
n1
someone who assaults others sexually;

- syn. ravisher, violator;

debauchery / d ɪ b ɔ tʃ ə ɹ i /
n1
a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity;

- syn. bacchanal, bacchanalia, debauch, drunken revelry, orgy, riot, saturnalia;

debenture / d ɪ b ɛ n tʃ ə , d ɪ b ɛ n tʃ ə ɹ /
n1
the ability of a customer to obtain goods or services before payment, based on the trust that payment will be made in the future;

- syn. debenture bond, unsecured bond;

n2
a certificate or voucher acknowledging a debt;

debenture bond
n1
the ability of a customer to obtain goods or services before payment, based on the trust that payment will be made in the future;

- syn. debenture, unsecured bond;

debile / d i b aɪ ɫ /
a1
lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality;

- "a feeble old woman";

- "her body looked sapless";

- syn. decrepit, feeble, infirm, rickety, sapless, weak, weakly;

- sim. frail;

debilitate / d ɪ b ɪ ɫ ɪ t eɪ t /
v1
make weak;

- "Life in the camp drained him";

- syn. drain, enfeeble;

debilitated / d ɪ b ɪ ɫ ɪ t eɪ t ɪ d /
a1
lacking energy or vitality;

- syn. adynamic, asthenic, enervated;

- sim. weak;

debilitating / d ɪ b ɪ ɫ ɪ t eɪ t ɪ ŋ /
a1
impairing the strength and vitality;

- sim. debilitative, draining;

debilitation / d ɪ b ɪ ɫ ɪ t eɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
serious weakening and loss of energy;

- syn. enervation, enfeeblement, exhaustion;

debilitative / d ɪ b ɪ ɫ ɪ t ə t ɪ v /
a1
causing debilitation;

- syn. enervating, enfeebling, weakening;

- sim. debilitating;

debility / d ɪ b ɪ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
the state of being weak in health or body (especially from old age);

- syn. feebleness, frailness, frailty, infirmity, valetudinarianism;

debit / d ɛ b ɪ t /
n1
an accounting entry acknowledging sums that are owing;

- syn. debit entry;

v1
enter as debit;

debit card
n1
a card (usually plastic) that enables the holder to withdraw money or to have the cost of purchases charged directly to the holder's bank account;

debit entry
n1
an accounting entry acknowledging sums that are owing;

- syn. debit;

debit side
n1
account of payments owed;

- usually the left side of a financial statement;

debitor / d ɛ b ɪ t ə /
n1
a person who owes a creditor;

- someone who has the obligation of paying a debt;

- syn. debtor;

debonair / d ɛ b ə n eə , d ɛ b ə n eə ɹ /
a1
having a sophisticated charm;

- "a debonair gentleman";

- syn. debonaire, debonnaire, suave;

- sim. refined;

a2
having a cheerful, lively, and self-confident air;

- "looking chipper, like a man...diverted by his own wit"- Frances G. Patton;

- "life that is gay, brisk, and debonair"- H.M.Reynolds;

- "walked with a jaunty step";

- "a jaunty optimist";

- syn. chipper, debonaire, jaunty;

- sim. cheerful;

debonaire
a1
having a sophisticated charm;

- "a debonair gentleman";

- syn. debonair, debonnaire, suave;

- sim. refined;

a2
having a cheerful, lively, and self-confident air;

- "looking chipper, like a man...diverted by his own wit"- Frances G. Patton;

- "life that is gay, brisk, and debonair"- H.M.Reynolds;

- "walked with a jaunty step";

- "a jaunty optimist";

- syn. chipper, debonair, jaunty;

- sim. cheerful;

debone / d ɛ b w ʌ n /
v1
remove the bones from;

- "bone the turkey before roasting it";

- syn. bone;

deboned / d ɛ b w ʌ n d /
a1
having had the bones removed;

- "a boneless rib roast";

- "a boned (or deboned) fish";

- syn. boned;

- sim. boneless;

debonnaire
a1
having a sophisticated charm;

- "a debonair gentleman";

- syn. debonair, debonaire, suave;

- sim. refined;

debouch / d ɪ b aʊ tʃ /
v1
march out (as from a defile) into open ground;

- "The regiments debouched from the valley";

- syn. march out;

v2
pass out or emerge;

- especially of rivers;

- "The tributary debouched into the big river";

debridement
n1
surgical removal of foreign material and dead tissue from a wound in order to prevent infection and promote healing;

debrief / d i b ɹ i f /
v1
put someone through a debriefing and make him report;

- "The released hostages were debriefed";

debriefing / d i b ɹ i f ɪ ŋ /
n1
report of a mission or task;

debris / d eɪ b ɹ i /
n1
the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up;

- syn. detritus, dust, junk, rubble;

debris storm
n1
the sudden spread of dust and debris from a collapsing building;

- "the destruction of the building produced an enormous debris surge";

- syn. debris surge;

debris surge
n1
the sudden spread of dust and debris from a collapsing building;

- "the destruction of the building produced an enormous debris surge";

- syn. debris storm;

Debs / d ɛ b z /
n1
United States labor organizer who ran for President as a socialist (1855-1926);

- syn. Eugene V. Debs, Eugene Victor Debs;

debt / d ɛ t /
n1
the state of owing something (especially money);

- "he is badly in debt";

n2
money or goods or services owed by one person to another;

n3
an obligation to pay or do something;

debt ceiling
n1
the maximum borrowing power of a governmental entity;

- syn. debt limit;

debt instrument
n1
a written promise to repay a debt;

- syn. certificate of indebtedness, obligation;

debt limit
n1
the maximum borrowing power of a governmental entity;

- syn. debt ceiling;

debtor / d ɛ t ə , d ɛ t ə ɹ /
n1
a person who owes a creditor;

- someone who has the obligation of paying a debt;

- syn. debitor;

debug / d i b ʌ ɡ /
v1
locate and correct errors in a computer program code;

- "debug this program";

debugger / d i b ʌ ɡ ə ɹ /
n1
a program that helps in locating and correcting programming errors;

debunk / d i b ʌ ŋ k /
v1
expose while ridiculing;

- especially of pretentious or false claims and ideas;

- "The physicist debunked the psychic's claims";

- syn. expose;

debunking / d i b ʌ ŋ k ɪ ŋ /
n1
the exposure of falseness or pretensions;

- "the debunking of religion has been too successful";

- syn. repudiation;

Debussy
n1
French composer who is said to have created Impressionism in music (1862-1918);

- syn. Claude Achille Debussy, Claude Debussy;

debut / d eɪ b j u /
n1
the act of beginning something new;

- "they looked forward to the debut of their new product line";

- syn. entry, first appearance, introduction, launching, unveiling;

n2
the presentation of a debutante in society;

v1
present for the first time to the public;

- "The band debuts a new song or two each month";

v2
appear for the first time in public;

- "The new ballet that debuts next months at Covent Garden, is already sold out";

v3
make one's debut;

- "This young soprano debuts next month at the Metropolitan Opera";

debutante / d ɛ b j u t ɑ n t /
n1
a young woman making her debut into society;

- syn. deb;

Dec / d ɛ k /
n1
the last (12th) month of the year;

- syn. December;

n2
(astronomy) the angular distance of a celestial body north or to the south of the celestial equator;

- expressed in degrees;

- used with right ascension to specify positions on the celestial sphere;

- syn. celestial latitude, declination;

Dec 24
n1
the day before Christmas;

- syn. Christmas Eve;

Dec 25
n1
a Christian holiday celebrating the birth of Christ;

- a quarter day in England, Wales, and Ireland;

- syn. Christmas, Christmas Day, Xmas;

decade / d ɛ k eɪ d /
n1
a period of 10 years;

- syn. decennary, decennium;

n2
the cardinal number that is the sum of nine and one;

- the base of the decimal system;

- syn. 10, X, ten, tenner;

decadence / d ɛ k ə d ə n s /
n1
the state of being degenerate in mental or moral qualities;

- syn. decadency, degeneracy, degeneration;

decadency / d ɛ k ə d ə n s i /
n1
the state of being degenerate in mental or moral qualities;

- syn. decadence, degeneracy, degeneration;

decadent / d ɛ k ə d ə n t /
n1
a person who has fallen into a decadent state (morally or artistically);

a1
luxuriously self-indulgent;

- "I spent a decadent day at a spa";

- sim. indulgent;

a2
marked by excessive self-indulgence and moral decay;

- "a decadent life of excessive money and no sense of responsibility";

- "a group of effete self-professed intellectuals";

- syn. fin-de-siecle;

- sim. immoral;

Decadron
n1
a corticosteroid drug (trade names Decadron or Dexamethasone Intensol or Dexone or Hexadrol or Oradexon) used to treat allergies or inflammation;

- syn. Dexamethasone Intensol, Dexone, Hexadrol, Oradexon, dexamethasone;

decaf
n1
coffee with the caffeine removed;

- syn. decaffeinated coffee;

decaffeinate
v1
remove caffeine from (coffee);

decaffeinated coffee
n1
coffee with the caffeine removed;

- syn. decaf;

decagon / d ɛ k ə ɡ ə n /
n1
a polygon with 10 sides and 10 angles;

decagram / d ɛ k ə ɡ ɹ æ m /
n1
10 grams;

- syn. dag, dekagram, dkg;

decahedron
n1
any polyhedron having ten plane faces;

decal
n1
either a design that is fixed to some surface or a paper bearing the design which is to be transferred to the surface;

- syn. decalcomania;

decalcification / d i k æ ɫ s ɪ f ɪ k eɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
loss of calcium from bones or teeth;

decalcify / d i k æ ɫ s ɪ f aɪ /
v1
lose calcium or calcium compounds;

v2
remove calcium or lime from;

- "decalcify the rock";

decalcomania
n1
either a design that is fixed to some surface or a paper bearing the design which is to be transferred to the surface;

- syn. decal;

n2
the art of transfering designs from specially prepared paper to a wood or glass or metal surface;

decalescence
n1
phenomenon that occurs when a metal is being heated and there is a sudden slowing in the rate of temperature increase;

- slowing is caused by a change in the internal crystal structure of the metal;

decalescent
a1
absorbing heat without increase in temperature when heated beyond a certain point;

- "the decalescent point of steel";

- sim. endothermic;

decaliter / d ɛ k ə ɫ i t ɝ /
n1
a metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters;

- syn. dal, decalitre, dekaliter, dekalitre, dkl;

decalitre / d ɛ k ə ɫ i t ə /
n1
a metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters;

- syn. dal, decaliter, dekaliter, dekalitre, dkl;

Decalogue / d ɛ k ə ɫ ɒ ɡ /
n1
the biblical commandments of Moses;

- syn. Ten Commandments;

decameter / d ɛ k æ m ɪ t ə /
n1
a metric unit of length equal to ten meters;

- syn. dam, decametre, dekameter, dekametre, dkm;

decametre / d ɛ k ə m i t ə /
n1
a metric unit of length equal to ten meters;

- syn. dam, decameter, dekameter, dekametre, dkm;

decamp / d ɪ k æ m p /
v1
leave a camp;

- "The hikers decamped before dawn";

- syn. break camp;

v2
run away;

- usually includes taking something or somebody along;

- "The thief made off with our silver";

- "the accountant absconded with the cash from the safe";

- syn. abscond, absquatulate, bolt, go off, make off, run off;

v3
leave suddenly;

- "She persuaded him to decamp";

- "skip town";

- syn. skip, vamoose;

decampment / d ɪ k æ m p m ə n t /
n1
the act of running away secretly (as to avoid arrest);

- syn. abscondment;

n2
breaking camp;

decanedioic acid
n1
a dicarboxylic acid used to make resins;

- syn. sebacic acid;

decanoic acid
n1
a fatty acid found in animal oils and fats;

- has an unpleasant smell resembling goats;

- syn. capric acid;

decant / d ɪ k æ n t /
v1
pour out;

- "the sommelier decanted the wines";

- syn. pour, pour out;

decantation / d i k æ n t eɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
the act of gently pouring off a clear liquor (as from its original bottle) without disturbing the lees;

decanter / d ɪ k æ n t ə , d ɪ k æ n t ə ɹ /
n1
a bottle with a stopper;

- for serving wine or water;

- syn. carafe;

decapitate / d ɪ k æ p ɪ t eɪ t /
v1
cut the head of;

- "the French King was beheaded during the Revolution";

- syn. behead, decollate;

decapitated / d ɪ k æ p ɪ t eɪ t ɪ d /
a1
having had the head cut off;

- "the beheaded prisoners";

- syn. beheaded;

- sim. headless;

decapitation / d ɪ k æ p ɪ t eɪ ʃ n /
n1
execution by cutting off the victim's head;

- syn. beheading;

n2
killing by cutting off the head;

- syn. beheading;

decapod / d ɛ k ə p ɒ d /
n1
crustaceans characteristically having five pairs of locomotor appendages each joined to a segment of the thorax;

- syn. decapod crustacean;

n2
cephalopods having eight short tentacles plus two long ones;

decapod crustacean
n1
crustaceans characteristically having five pairs of locomotor appendages each joined to a segment of the thorax;

- syn. decapod;

Decapoda
n1
lobsters;

- crayfish;

- crabs;

- shrimps;

- prawns;

- syn. order Decapoda;

n2
squids and cuttlefishes;

- syn. order Decapoda;

Decapterus
n1
scads especially mackerel scad;

- cosmopolitan in distribution;

- syn. genus Decapterus;

Decapterus macarellus
n1
small silvery fish;

- Nova Scotia to Brazil;

- syn. mackerel scad, mackerel shad;

Decapterus punctatus
n1
small fusiform fish of western Atlantic;

- syn. cigarfish, quiaquia, round scad;

decarbonate / d i k ɑ b ə n ɪ t /
v1
remove carbon dioxide from;

decarbonise / d i k ɑ b ə n ɪ s /
v1
remove carbon from (an engine);

- syn. decarbonize, decarburise, decarburize, decoke;

decarbonize / d i k ɑ b ə n aɪ z /
v1
remove carbon from (an engine);

- syn. decarbonise, decarburise, decarburize, decoke;

decarboxylase
n1
any of the enzymes that hydrolize the carboxyl group;

decarboxylate
v1
lose a carboxyl group;

- "the compound decarboxylated";

v2
remove a carboxyl group from (a chemical compound);

decarboxylation
n1
the process of removing a carboxyl group from a chemical compound (usually replacing it with hydrogen);

decarburise / d i k ʌ ɫ ə ɹ aɪ z /
v1
remove carbon from (an engine);

- syn. decarbonise, decarbonize, decarburize, decoke;

decarburize / d i k ɑ b j ʊə ɹ aɪ z /
v1
remove carbon from (an engine);

- syn. decarbonise, decarbonize, decarburise, decoke;

decasyllabic / d ɛ k ə s ɪ ɫ æ b ɪ k /
a1
having or characterized by or consisting of ten syllables;

- sim. syllabic;

decasyllable / d ɛ k ə s ɪ ɫ ə b ɫ /
n1
a verse line having ten syllables;

decathlon / d ɛ k æ θ ɫ ʌ n /
n1
an athletic contest consisting of ten different events;

Decatur
n1
United States naval officer remembered for his heroic deeds (1779-1820);

- syn. Stephen Decatur;

n2
a city in central Illinois;

- Abraham Lincoln practiced law here;

n3
a town in northern Alabama on the Tennessee River;

decay / d ɪ k eɪ /
n1
the process of gradually becoming inferior;

n2
a gradual decrease;

- as of stored charge or current;

- syn. decline;

n3
the organic phenomenon of rotting;

- syn. decomposition;

n4
an inferior state resulting from the process of decaying;

- "the corpse was in an advanced state of decay";

- "the house had fallen into a serious state of decay and disrepair";

n5
the spontaneous disintegration of a radioactive substance along with the emission of ionizing radiation;

- syn. disintegration, radioactive decay;

v1
lose a stored charge, magnetic flux, or current;

- "the particles disintegrated during the nuclear fission process";

- syn. decompose, disintegrate;

v2
fall into decay or ruin;

- "The unoccupied house started to decay";

- syn. crumble, dilapidate;

v3
undergo decay or decomposition;

- "The body started to decay and needed to be cremated";

decayable / d ɪ k eɪ ey b ɫ /
a1
liable to decay or spoil or become putrid;

- syn. putrefiable, putrescible, spoilable;

- sim. perishable;

decayed / d ɪ k eɪ d /
a1
damaged by decay;

- hence unsound and useless;

- "rotten floor boards";

- "rotted beams";

- "a decayed foundation";

- syn. rotted, rotten;

- sim. unsound;

deccan hemp
n1
fiber from an East Indian plant Hibiscus cannabinus;

- syn. kenaf;

n2
valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation;

- syn. Bombay hemp, Hibiscus cannabinus, Indian hemp, bimli, bimli hemp, kanaf, kenaf;

decease / d ɪ s i s /
n1
the event of dying or departure from life;

- "her death came as a terrible shock";

- "upon your decease the capital will pass to your grandchildren";

- syn. death, expiry;

v1
pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life;

- "She died from cancer";

- "The children perished in the fire";

- "The patient went peacefully";

- "The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102";

- syn. buy the farm, cash in one's chips, choke, conk, croak, die, drop dead, exit, expire, give-up the ghost, go, kick the bucket, pass, pass away, perish, pop off, snuff it;

deceased / d ɪ s i s t /
n1
someone who is no longer alive;

- "I wonder what the dead person would have done";

- syn. dead person, dead soul, deceased person, decedent, departed;

a1
dead;

- "he is deceased";

- "our dear departed friend";

- syn. asleep, at peace, at rest, departed, gone;

- sim. dead;

deceased person
n1
someone who is no longer alive;

- "I wonder what the dead person would have done";

- syn. dead person, dead soul, deceased, decedent, departed;

decedent / d ɪ s i d ə n t /
n1
someone who is no longer alive;

- "I wonder what the dead person would have done";

- syn. dead person, dead soul, deceased, deceased person, departed;

deceit / d ɪ s i t /
n1
the quality of being fraudulent;

- syn. fraudulence;

n2
a misleading falsehood;

- syn. deception, misrepresentation;

n3
the act of deceiving;

- syn. deception, dissembling, dissimulation;

deceitful / d ɪ s i t f ʊ ɫ /
a1
intended to deceive;

- "deceitful advertising";

- "fallacious testimony";

- "smooth, shining, and deceitful as thin ice" - S.T.Coleridge;

- "a fraudulent scheme to escape paying taxes";

- syn. fallacious, fraudulent;

- sim. dishonest;

a2
marked by deliberate deceptiveness especially by pretending one set of feelings and acting under the influence of another;

- "she was a deceitful scheming little thing"- Israel Zangwill;

- "a double-dealing double agent";

- "a double-faced infernal traitor and schemer"- W.M.Thackeray;

- syn. Janus-faced, ambidextrous, double-dealing, double-faced, double-tongued, duplicitous, two-faced;

- sim. dishonest;

deceitfully / d ɪ s i t f ʊ ɫ i /
r1
in a corrupt and deceitful manner;

- "he acted dishonestly when he gave the contract to his best friend";

- syn. dishonestly, venally;

deceitfulness / d ɪ s i t f ʊ ɫ n ə s /
n1
the quality of being crafty;

- syn. craftiness, guile;

deceive / d ɪ s i v /
v1
be false to;

- be dishonest with;

- syn. cozen, delude, lead on;

v2
cause someone to believe an untruth;

- "The insurance company deceived me when they told me they were covering my house";

- syn. betray, lead astray;

deceiver / d ɪ s i v ə , d ɪ s i v ə ɹ /
n1
someone who leads you to believe something that is not true;

- syn. beguiler, cheat, cheater, slicker, trickster;

deceivingly / d ɪ s i v ɪ ŋ ɫ i /
r1
in a misleading way;

- "the exam looked deceptively easy";

- syn. deceptively, misleadingly;

decelerate / d i s ɛ ɫ ə ɹ eɪ t /
v1
lose velocity;

- move more slowly;

- "The car decelerated";

- syn. retard, slow, slow down, slow up;

v2
reduce the speed of;

- "He slowed down the car";

- syn. slow down;

deceleration / d i s ɛ ɫ ə ɹ eɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
a decrease in rate of change;

- "the deceleration of the arms race";

- syn. retardation, slowing;

n2
(physics) a rate of decrease in velocity;

n3
the act of decelerating;

- decreasing the speed;

- "he initiated deceleration by braking";

December / d ɪ s ɛ m b ə , d ɪ s ɛ m b ə ɹ /
n1
the last (12th) month of the year;

- syn. Dec;

December 31
n1
the last day of the year;

- syn. New Year's Eve;

December 8
n1
Roman Catholic holy day first celebrated in 1854;

- syn. Immaculate Conception;

decency / d i s n s i /
n1
the quality of conforming to standards of propriety and morality;

n2
the quality of being polite and respectable;

decennary
n1
a period of 10 years;

- syn. decade, decennium;

decennium
n1
a period of 10 years;

- syn. decade, decennary;

decent / d i s n t /
a1
socially or conventionally correct;

- refined or virtuous;

- "from a decent family";

- "a nice girl";

- syn. nice;

- sim. respectable;

a2
in harmony with the spirit of particular persons or occasion;

- "a decent burial";

- "We have come to dedicate a portion of that field...It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this";

- syn. fitting;

- sim. proper;

a3
conforming to conventions of sexual behavior;

- "speech in this circle, if not always decent, never became lewd"- George Santayana;

- also clean, decorous, proper, unobjectionable;

a4
sufficiently clothed to see visitors or appear in public;

- "are you decent?";

- sim. modest;

a5
observing conventional sexual mores in speech or behavior or dress;

- "though one of her shoulder straps had slipped down, she was perfectly decent by current standards";

- sim. modest;

a6
meeting requirements;

- "the step makes a satisfactory seat";

- "I would kill for a decent cup of coffee";

- "a decent wage";

- syn. acceptable, satisfactory;

- sim. good;

r1
in the right manner;

- correctly;

- suitably;

- "please do your job properly!";

- "can't you carry me decent?";

- syn. decently, properly, right;

decentalisation
n1
the social process in which population and industry moves from urban centers to outlying districts;

- syn. decentralization;

decently / d i s n t ɫ i /
r1
in a decent manner;

- "they don't know how to dress decently";

r2
in the right manner;

- correctly;

- suitably;

- "please do your job properly!";

- "can't you carry me decent?";

- syn. decent, properly, right;

decentralisation / d i s ɛ n t ɹ ə ɫ aɪ z eɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
the spread of power away from the center to local branches or governments;

- syn. decentralization;

decentralise
v1
make less central;

- "After the revolution, food distribution was decentralized";

- syn. decentralize, deconcentrate;

decentralised / d i s ɛ n t ɹ ə ɫ aɪ z d /
a1
withdrawn from a center or place of concentration;

- especially having power or function dispersed from a central to local authorities;

- "a decentralized school administration";

- syn. decentralized;

- sim. localized, redistributed, suburbanized;

decentralising / d i s ɛ n t ɹ ə ɫ aɪ z ɪ ŋ /
a1
tending away from a central point;

- syn. decentralizing;

- sim. centrifugal;

decentralization / d i s ɛ n t ɹ ə ɫ aɪ z eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the social process in which population and industry moves from urban centers to outlying districts;

- syn. decentalisation;

n2
the spread of power away from the center to local branches or governments;

- syn. decentralisation;

decentralize / d i s ɛ n t ɹ ə ɫ aɪ z /
v1
make less central;

- "After the revolution, food distribution was decentralized";

- syn. decentralise, deconcentrate;

decentralized / d i s ɛ n t ɹ ə ɫ aɪ z d /
a1
withdrawn from a center or place of concentration;

- especially having power or function dispersed from a central to local authorities;

- "a decentralized school administration";

- syn. decentralised;

- sim. localized, redistributed, suburbanized;

decentralizing / d i s ɛ n t ɹ ə ɫ aɪ z ɪ ŋ /
a1
tending away from a central point;

- syn. decentralising;

- sim. centrifugal;

deception / d ɪ s ɛ p ʃ n /
n1
a misleading falsehood;

- syn. deceit, misrepresentation;

n2
the act of deceiving;

- syn. deceit, dissembling, dissimulation;

n3
an illusory feat;

- considered magical by naive observers;

- syn. conjuration, conjuring trick, illusion, legerdemain, magic, magic trick, thaumaturgy, trick;

deceptive / d ɪ s ɛ p t ɪ v /
a1
causing one to believe what is not true or fail to believe what is true;

- "deceptive calm";

- "a delusory pleasure";

- syn. delusory;

- sim. unreal;

a2
designed to deceive or mislead either deliberately or inadvertently;

- "the deceptive calm in the eye of the storm";

- "deliberately deceptive packaging";

- "a misleading similarity";

- "statistics can be presented in ways that are misleading";

- syn. misleading;

- sim. dishonest;

deceptively / d ɪ s ɛ p t ɪ v ɫ i /
r1
in a misleading way;

- "the exam looked deceptively easy";

- syn. deceivingly, misleadingly;

deceptiveness / d ɪ s ɛ p t ɪ v n ɪ s /
n1
the quality of being deceptive;

- syn. obliquity;

decerebrate
v1
remove the cerebrum from (a human body);

decertify
v1
cause to be no longer approved or accepted;

- "Carter derecognized Taiwan in 1979 after the U.S. recognized the People's Republic of China";

- syn. derecognise, derecognize;

dechlorinate
v1
remove chlorine from (water);

decibel / d ɛ s ɪ b ɛ ɫ /
n1
a logarithmic unit of sound intensity;

- 10 times the logarithm of the ratio of the sound intensity to some reference intensity;

- syn. dB;

decide / d ɪ s aɪ d /
v1
reach, make, or come to a decision about something;

- "We finally decided after lengthy deliberations";

- syn. determine, make up one's mind;

v2
bring to an end;

- settle conclusively;

- "The case was decided";

- "The judge decided the case in favor of the plaintiff";

- "The father adjudicated when the sons were quarreling over their inheritance";

- syn. adjudicate, resolve, settle;

v3
cause to decide;

- "This new development finally decided me!";

v4
influence or determine;

- "The vote in New Hampshire often decides the outcome of the Presidential election";

decided / d ɪ s aɪ d ɪ d /
a1
recognizable;

- marked;

- "noticed a distinct improvement";

- "at a distinct (or decided) disadvantage";

- syn. distinct;

- sim. definite;

decidedly / d ɪ s aɪ d ɪ d ɫ i /
r1
without question and beyond doubt;

- "it was decidedly too expensive";

- "she told him off in spades";

- "by all odds they should win";

- syn. by all odds, definitely, emphatically, in spades, unquestionably;

deciding / d ɪ s aɪ d ɪ ŋ /
n1
the cognitive process of reaching a decision;

- "a good executive must be good at decision making";

- syn. decision making;

a1
having the power or quality of deciding;

- "the crucial experiment";

- "cast the deciding vote";

- "the determinative (or determinant) battle";

- syn. determinant, determinative, determining;

- sim. decisive;

decidua / d ɪ s ɪ d j ʊə /
n1
the epithelial tissue of the endometrium;

deciduous / d ɪ s ɪ d j ʊə s /
a1
(of plants and shrubs) shedding foliage at the end of the growing season;

- sim. broadleaf;

a2
(of teeth, antlers, etc.) being shed at the end of a period of growth;

- "deciduous teeth";

- sim. caducous;

deciduous holly
n1
a holly tree;

deciduous plant
n1
a plant having foliage that is shed annually at the end of the growing season;

deciduous tooth
n1
one of the first temporary teeth of a young mammal (one of 20 in children);

- syn. baby tooth, milk tooth, primary tooth;

decigram / d ɛ s ɪ ɡ ɹ æ m /
n1
1/10 gram;

- syn. dg;

decile
n1
(statistics) any of nine points that divided a distribution of ranked scores into equal intervals where each interval contains one-tenth of the scores;

deciliter / d ɛ s ɪ ɫ i ɫ ɪ t ə /
n1
a metric unit of volume equal to one tenth of a liter;

- syn. decilitre, dl;

decilitre / d ɛ s ɪ ɫ i t ə /
n1
a metric unit of volume equal to one tenth of a liter;

- syn. deciliter, dl;

decimal / d ɛ s ɪ m ɫ /
n1
a proper fraction whose denominator is a power of 10;

- syn. decimal fraction;

n2
a number in the decimal system;

a1
numbered or proceeding by tens;

- based on ten;

- "the decimal system";

- syn. denary;

- sim. quantitative;

decimal digit
n1
a digit from 0 to 9 in decimal notation;

decimal fraction
n1
a proper fraction whose denominator is a power of 10;

- syn. decimal;

decimal notation
n1
any notation that uses 10 different characters (usually the digits 0 to 9);

decimal number system
n1
a positional system of numeration that uses decimal digits and a base of ten;

- syn. decimal numeration system, decimal system;

decimal numeration system
n1
a positional system of numeration that uses decimal digits and a base of ten;

- syn. decimal number system, decimal system;

decimal point
n1
the dot at the left of a decimal fraction;

- syn. percentage point, point;

decimal system
n1
a positional system of numeration that uses decimal digits and a base of ten;

- syn. decimal number system, decimal numeration system;

decimal system of classification
n1
a system used by libraries to classify nonfictional publications into subject categories;

- the subject is indicated by a three-digit numeral and further specification is given by numerals following a decimal point;

- publications are shelved by number;

- syn. Dewey decimal classification, Dewey decimal system;

decimalisation / d ɛ s ɪ m ə ɫ aɪ z eɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
the act of changing to a decimal system;

- "the decimalization of British currency";

- syn. decimalization;

decimalise
v1
change from fractions to decimals;

- "Stock prices will be decimalized in the year 2000";

- syn. decimalize;

v2
change to the decimal system;

- "The country decimalized the currency in 1975";

- syn. decimalize;

decimalization / d ɛ s ɪ m ə ɫ aɪ z eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the act of changing to a decimal system;

- "the decimalization of British currency";

- syn. decimalisation;

decimalize / d ɛ s ɪ m ə ɫ aɪ z /
v1
change from fractions to decimals;

- "Stock prices will be decimalized in the year 2000";

- syn. decimalise;

v2
change to the decimal system;

- "The country decimalized the currency in 1975";

- syn. decimalise;

decimate / d ɛ s ɪ m eɪ t /
v1
kill one in every ten, as of mutineers in Roman armies;

v2
kill in large numbers;

- "the plague wiped out an entire population";

- syn. annihilate, carry off, eliminate, eradicate, extinguish, wipe out;

decimation / d ɛ s ɪ m eɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
destroying or killing a large part of the population (literally every tenth person as chosen by lot);

decimeter
n1
a metric unit of length equal to one tenth of a meter;

- syn. decimetre, dm;

decimetre / d ɛ s ɪ m i t ə /
n1
a metric unit of length equal to one tenth of a meter;

- syn. decimeter, dm;

Decimus Junius Juvenalis
n1
Roman satirist who denounced the vice and folly of Roman society during the reign of the emperor Domitian (60-140);

- syn. Juvenal;

decipher / d ɪ s aɪ f ə , d ɪ s aɪ f ə ɹ /
v1
convert code into ordinary language;

- syn. decode, decrypt;

v2
read with difficulty;

- "Can you decipher this letter?";

- "The archeologist traced the hieroglyphs";

- syn. trace;

decipherable / d ɪ s aɪ f ɹ ə b ɫ /
a1
easily deciphered;

- syn. clear, readable;

- sim. legible;

decipherably / d ɪ s aɪ f ɹ ə b ɫ i /
r1
in a legible manner;

- "you must write legibly";

- syn. legibly, readably;

deciphered / d ɪ s aɪ f ə d /
a1
converted from cryptic to intelligible language;

decipherer
n1
the kind of intellectual who converts messages from a code to plain text;

- syn. decoder;

n2
a reader capable of reading and interpreting illegible or obscure text;

decipherment
n1
the activity of making clear or converting from code into plain text;

- "a secret key or password is required for decryption";

- syn. decoding, decryption;

decision / d ɪ s ɪ ʒ n /
n1
the act of making up your mind about something;

- "the burden of decision was his";

- "he drew his conclusions quickly";

- syn. conclusion, determination;

n2
a position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration;

- "a decision unfavorable to the opposition";

- "his conclusion took the evidence into account";

- "satisfied with the panel's determination";

- syn. conclusion, determination;

n3
(boxing) a victory won on points when no knockout has occurred;

- "had little trouble in taking a unanimous decision over his opponent";

n4
the outcome of a game or contest;

- "the team dropped three decisions in a row";

n5
the trait of resoluteness as evidenced by firmness of character or purpose;

- "a man of unusual decisiveness";

- syn. decisiveness;

decision maker
n1
someone who administers a business;

- syn. administrator;

decision making
n1
the cognitive process of reaching a decision;

- "a good executive must be good at decision making";

- syn. deciding;

decision table
n1
a table of all contingencies and the actions to be taken for each;

decisive / d ɪ s aɪ s ɪ v /
a1
determining or having the power to determine an outcome;

- "cast the decisive vote";

- "two factors had a decisive influence";

- also conclusive, crucial, important;

- sim. deciding, fateful, peremptory;

a2
unmistakable;

- "had a decisive lead in the polls";

- sim. definite;

a3
characterized by decision and firmness;

- "an able and decisive young woman";

- "we needed decisive leadership";

- "she gave him a decisive answer";

- also resolute;

- sim. unhesitating;

a4
forming or having the nature of a turning point or crisis;

- "a critical point in the campaign";

- "the critical test";

- syn. critical;

- sim. crucial;

decisive factor
n1
a point or fact or remark that settles something conclusively;

- syn. clincher;

decisively / d ɪ s aɪ s ɪ v ɫ i /
r1
with firmness;

- "`I will come along,' she said decisively";

- syn. resolutely;

r2
with finality;

- conclusively;

- "the voted settled the argument decisively";

r3
in an indisputable degree;

- "the Fisher Act of 1918 decisively raised their status and pay";

decisiveness / d ɪ s aɪ s ɪ v n ə s /
n1
the trait of resoluteness as evidenced by firmness of character or purpose;

- "a man of unusual decisiveness";

- syn. decision;

n2
the quality of being final or definitely settled;

- "the finality of death";

- syn. conclusiveness, finality;

Decius
n1
Emperor of Rome who was proclaimed emperor against his will;

- his reign was notable for his severe persecution of Christians (201-251);

deck / d ɛ k /
n1
any of various platforms built into a vessel;

n2
street name for a packet of illegal drugs;

n3
a pack of 52 playing cards;

- syn. deck of cards, pack of cards;

n4
a porch that resembles the deck on a ship;

v1
be beautiful to look at;

- "Flowers adorned the tables everywhere";

- syn. adorn, beautify, decorate, embellish, grace;

v2
decorate;

- "deck the halls with holly";

- syn. bedeck, bedight;

v3
knock down with force;

- "He decked his opponent";

- syn. coldcock, dump, floor, knock down;

deck-house
n1
a superstructure on the upper deck of a ship;

deck chair
n1
a folding chair for use outdoors;

- a wooden frame supports a length of canvas;

- syn. beach chair;

deck of cards
n1
a pack of 52 playing cards;

- syn. deck, pack of cards;

deck out
v1
put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive;

- "She never dresses up, even when she goes to the opera";

- "The young girls were all fancied up for the party";

- syn. attire, deck up, dress up, fancy up, fig out, fig up, get up, gussy up, overdress, prink, rig out, tog out, tog up, trick out, trick up;

deck tennis
n1
game played mainly on board ocean liners;

- players toss a ring back and forth over a net that is stretched across a small court;

deck up
v1
put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive;

- "She never dresses up, even when she goes to the opera";

- "The young girls were all fancied up for the party";

- syn. attire, deck out, dress up, fancy up, fig out, fig up, get up, gussy up, overdress, prink, rig out, tog out, tog up, trick out, trick up;

Decker / d ɛ k ə , d ɛ k ə ɹ /
n1
English dramatist and pamphleteer (1572-1632);

- syn. Dekker, Thomas Decker, Thomas Dekker;

n2
(often used in combinations) something constructed with multiple levels;

- "they rode in a double-decker bus";

deckhand / d ɛ k h æ n d /
n1
a member of a ship's crew who performs manual labor;

- syn. roustabout;

deckle / d ɛ k ɫ /
n1
rough edge left by a deckle on handmade paper or produced artificially on machine-made paper;

- syn. deckle edge;

n2
(paper making) a frame used to form paper pulp into sheets;

deckle-edged / d ɛ k ɫ ɛ dʒ d /
a1
having a rough edge;

- used of handmade paper or paper resembling handmade;

- syn. deckled, featheredged;

- sim. bordered;

deckle edge
n1
rough edge left by a deckle on handmade paper or produced artificially on machine-made paper;

- syn. deckle;

deckled / d ɛ k ɫ d /
a1
having a rough edge;

- used of handmade paper or paper resembling handmade;

- syn. deckle-edged, featheredged;

- sim. bordered;

declaim / d ɪ k ɫ eɪ m /
v1
recite in elocution;

- syn. recite;

v2
speak against in an impassioned manner;

- "he declaimed against the wasteful ways of modern society";

- syn. inveigh;

declamation / d ɛ k ɫ ə m eɪ ʃ n /
n1
vehement oratory;

n2
recitation of a speech from memory with studied gestures and intonation as an exercise in elocution or rhetoric;

declamatory / d ɪ k ɫ æ m ə t ə ɹ i /
a1
ostentatiously lofty in style;

- "a man given to large talk";

- "tumid political prose";

- syn. bombastic, large, orotund, tumid, turgid;

- sim. rhetorical;

declarable / d ɪ k ɫ eə ɹ ə b ɫ /
a1
that must be declared;

- "declarable income";

- sim. acknowledged;

declaration / d ɛ k ɫ ə ɹ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
a statement that is emphatic and explicit (spoken or written);

n2
(law) unsworn statement that can be admitted in evidence in a legal transaction;

- "his declaration of innocence";

n3
a statement of taxable goods or of dutiable properties;

n4
(contract bridge) the highest bid becomes the contract setting the number of tricks that the bidder must make;

- syn. contract;

n5
a formal public statement;

- "the government made an announcement about changes in the drug war";

- "a declaration of independence";

- syn. announcement, annunciation, proclamation;

n6
a formal expression by a meeting;

- agreed to by a vote;

- syn. resolution, resolve;

declaration of estimated tax
n1
return required of a taxpayer whose tax withheld from income does not meet the tax liability for the year;

- syn. estimated tax return;

Declaration of Independence
n1
the document recording the proclamation of the second Continental Congress (4 July 1776) asserting the independence of the Colonies from Great Britain;

declarative / d ɪ k ɫ æ ɹ ə t ɪ v /
n1
a mood (grammatically unmarked) that represents the act or state as an objective fact;

- syn. common mood, declarative mood, fact mood, indicative, indicative mood;

a1
relating to the use of or having the nature of a declaration;

- syn. asserting, declaratory;

a2
relating to the mood of verbs that is used simple in declarative statements;

- "indicative mood";

- syn. indicative;

declarative mood
n1
a mood (grammatically unmarked) that represents the act or state as an objective fact;

- syn. common mood, declarative, fact mood, indicative, indicative mood;

declarative sentence
n1
a sentence (in the indicative mood) that makes a declaration;

- syn. declaratory sentence;

declaratory / d ɪ k ɫ æ ɹ ə t ə ɹ i /
a1
relating to the use of or having the nature of a declaration;

- syn. asserting, declarative;

declaratory sentence
n1
a sentence (in the indicative mood) that makes a declaration;

- syn. declarative sentence;

declare / d ɪ k ɫ eə , d ɪ k ɫ eə ɹ /
v1
state emphatically and authoritatively;

- "He declared that he needed more money to carry out the task he was charged with";

v2
announce publicly or officially;

- "The President declared war";

- syn. announce;

v3
state firmly;

- "He declared that he was innocent";

v4
declare to be;

- "She was declared incompetent";

- "judge held that the defendant was innocent";

- syn. adjudge, hold;

v5
authorize payments of;

- "declare dividends";

v6
designate (a trump suit or no-trump) with the final bid of a hand;

v7
make a declaration (of dutiable goods) to a customs official;

- "Do you have anything to declare?";

v8
proclaim one's support, sympathy, or opinion for or against;

- "His wife declared at once for moving to the West Coast";

declare oneself
v1
ask (someone) to marry you;

- "he popped the question on Sunday night";

- "she proposed marriage to the man she had known for only two months";

- "The old bachelor finally declared himself to the young woman";

- syn. offer, pop the question, propose;

declared / d ɪ k ɫ eə d /
a1
made known or openly avowed;

- "their declared and their covert objectives";

- "a declared liberal";

- sim. alleged, announced, asserted, avowed, professed, self-proclaimed;

a2
declared as fact;

- explicitly stated;

- syn. stated;

- sim. explicit;

declarer / d ɪ k ɫ eə ɹ ə /
n1
the bridge player in contract bridge who wins the bidding and can declare which suit is to be trumps;

- syn. contractor;

n2
someone who claims to speak the truth;

- "a bold asserter";

- "a declarer of his intentions";

- "affirmers of traditional doctrine";

- "an asseverator of strong convictions";

- "an avower of his own great intelligence";

- syn. affirmer, asserter, asseverator, avower;

declassification / d i k ɫ æ s ɪ f ɪ k eɪ ʃ n /
n1
reduction or removal by the government of restrictions on a classified document or weapon;

declassified / d i k ɫ æ s ɪ f aɪ d /
a1
having had security classification removed;

- sim. unclassified;

declassify / d i k ɫ æ s ɪ f aɪ /
v1
lift the restriction on and make available again;

- "reclassify the documents";

declaw
v1
remove the claws from;

- "declaw a cat";

declension / d ɪ k ɫ ɛ n ʃ n /
n1
the inflection of nouns and pronouns and adjectives in Indo-European languages;

n2
process of changing to an inferior state;

- syn. decline in quality, deterioration, worsening;

n3
a downward slope or bend;

- syn. declination, decline, declivity, descent, downslope, fall;

n4
a class of nouns or pronouns or adjectives in Indo-European languages having the same (or very similar) inflectional forms;

- "the first declension in Latin";

declination / d ɛ k ɫ ɪ n eɪ ʃ n /
n1
a condition inferior to an earlier condition;

- a gradual falling off from a better state;

- syn. decline;

n2
a downward slope or bend;

- syn. declension, decline, declivity, descent, downslope, fall;

n3
(astronomy) the angular distance of a celestial body north or to the south of the celestial equator;

- expressed in degrees;

- used with right ascension to specify positions on the celestial sphere;

- syn. celestial latitude, dec;

n4
a polite refusal of an invitation;

- syn. regrets;

decline / d ɪ k ɫ aɪ n /
n1
change toward something smaller or lower;

- syn. diminution;

n2
a condition inferior to an earlier condition;

- a gradual falling off from a better state;

- syn. declination;

n3
a gradual decrease;

- as of stored charge or current;

- syn. decay;

n4
a downward slope or bend;

- syn. declension, declination, declivity, descent, downslope, fall;

v1
grow worse;

- "Conditions in the slum worsened";

- syn. worsen;

v2
refuse to accept;

- "He refused my offer of hospitality";

- syn. pass up, refuse, reject, turn down;

v3
show unwillingness towards;

- "he declined to join the group on a hike";

- syn. refuse;

v4
grow smaller;

- "Interest in the project waned";

- syn. go down, wane;

v5
go down;

- "The roof declines here";

v6
go down in value;

- "the stock market corrected";

- "prices slumped";

- syn. correct, slump;

v7
inflect for number, gender, case, etc.;

- "in many languages, speakers decline nouns, pronouns, and adjectives";

decline in quality
n1
process of changing to an inferior state;

- syn. declension, deterioration, worsening;

declinometer / d ɛ k ɫ ɪ n ɒ m ɪ t ə /
n1
an instrument for measuring magnetic declination;

- syn. transit declinometer;

declivitous / d ɪ k ɫ ɪ v ɪ t ə s /
a1
sloping down rather steeply;

- syn. downhill, downward-sloping;

- sim. descending;

declivity / d ɪ k ɫ ɪ v ɪ t i /
n1
a downward slope or bend;

- syn. declension, declination, decline, descent, downslope, fall;

Declomycin
n1
tetracycline antibacterial (trade name Declomycin) effective in the treatment of some bacterial and rickettsial and other infections;

- syn. demeclocycline hydrochloride;

declutch / d i k ɫ ʌ tʃ /
v1
disengage the clutch of a car;

deco
n1
a style of design that was popular in the 1920s and 1930s;

- marked by stylized forms and geometric designs adapted to mass production;

- syn. art deco;

decoagulant
n1
medicine that prevents or retards the clotting of blood;

- syn. anticoagulant, anticoagulant medication;

decoct / d ɪ k ɒ k t /
v1
extract the essence of something by boiling it;

v2
be cooked until very little liquid is left;

- "The sauce should reduce to one cup";

- syn. boil down, concentrate, reduce;

v3
steep in hot water;

decoction / d ɪ k ɒ k ʃ ə n /
n1
(pharmacology) the extraction of water-soluble drug substances by boiling;

decoction mashing
n1
(brewing) a process in which part of the mash is removed and boiled and then returned;

- syn. decoction process;

decoction process
n1
(brewing) a process in which part of the mash is removed and boiled and then returned;

- syn. decoction mashing;

decode / d i k oʊ d /
v1
convert code into ordinary language;

- syn. decipher, decrypt;

decoder / d i k oʊ d ə , d i k oʊ d ə ɹ /
n1
the kind of intellectual who converts messages from a code to plain text;

- syn. decipherer;

n2
a machine that converts a coded text into ordinary language;

decoding / d i k oʊ d ɪ ŋ /
n1
the activity of making clear or converting from code into plain text;

- "a secret key or password is required for decryption";

- syn. decipherment, decryption;

decoke / d i k oʊ k /
v1
remove carbon from (an engine);

- syn. decarbonise, decarbonize, decarburise, decarburize;

decollate / d eɪ k ɒ ɫ eɪ t /
v1
cut the head of;

- "the French King was beheaded during the Revolution";

- syn. behead, decapitate;

decolletage
n1
a low-cut neckline on a woman's dress;

decollete / d eɪ k ɒ ɫ t eɪ /
a1
(of a garment) having a low-cut neckline;

- "a low-cut neckline";

- syn. low-cut, low-necked;

- sim. necked;

decolonisation / d i k ɒ ɫ ə n aɪ z eɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
the action of changing from colonial to independent status;

- syn. decolonization;

decolonise
v1
grant independence to (a former colony);

- "West Africa was decolonized in the early 1960's";

- syn. decolonize;

decolonization / d i k ɒ ɫ ə n aɪ z eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the action of changing from colonial to independent status;

- syn. decolonisation;

decolonize / d i k ɒ ɫ ə n aɪ z /
v1
grant independence to (a former colony);

- "West Africa was decolonized in the early 1960's";

- syn. decolonise;

decolor / d i k ʌ ɫ ə ɹ /
v1
remove color from;

- "The sun bleached the red shirt";

- syn. bleach, bleach out, decolorise, decolorize, decolour, decolourise, decolourize, discolorise, discolorize, discolourise;

decolorise / d i k ʌ ɫ ə ɹ aɪ z /
v1
remove color from;

- "The sun bleached the red shirt";

- syn. bleach, bleach out, decolor, decolorize, decolour, decolourise, decolourize, discolorise, discolorize, discolourise;

decolorize / d i k ʌ ɫ ə ɹ aɪ z /
v1
remove color from;

- "The sun bleached the red shirt";

- syn. bleach, bleach out, decolor, decolorise, decolour, decolourise, decolourize, discolorise, discolorize, discolourise;

decolour
v1
remove color from;

- "The sun bleached the red shirt";

- syn. bleach, bleach out, decolor, decolorise, decolorize, decolourise, decolourize, discolorise, discolorize, discolourise;

decolourise / d i k ʌ ɫ ə ɹ aɪ z /
v1
remove color from;

- "The sun bleached the red shirt";

- syn. bleach, bleach out, decolor, decolorise, decolorize, decolour, decolourize, discolorise, discolorize, discolourise;

decolourize / d i k ʌ ɫ ə ɹ aɪ z /
v1
remove color from;

- "The sun bleached the red shirt";

- syn. bleach, bleach out, decolor, decolorise, decolorize, decolour, decolourise, discolorise, discolorize, discolourise;

decommission / d i k ə m ɪ ʃ n /
v1
withdraw from active service;

- "The warship was decommissioned in 1998";

decomposable / d i k ə m p oʊ z ə b ɫ /
a1
capable of being partitioned;

- syn. analyzable;

- sim. complex;

decompose / d i k ə m p oʊ z /
v1
separate (substances) into constituent elements or parts;

- syn. break down, break up;

v2
lose a stored charge, magnetic flux, or current;

- "the particles disintegrated during the nuclear fission process";

- syn. decay, disintegrate;

v3
break down;

- "The bodies decomposed in the heat";

- syn. molder, moulder, rot;

decomposition / d i k ɒ m p ə z ɪ ʃ n /
n1
the analysis of a vector field;

- syn. vector decomposition;

n2
in a decomposed state;

- syn. disintegration;

n3
(chemistry) separation of a substance into two or more substances that may differ from each other and from the original substance;

- syn. chemical decomposition reaction, decomposition reaction;

n4
(biology) the process of decay caused by bacterial or fungal action;

- syn. breakdown, putrefaction, rot, rotting;

n5
the organic phenomenon of rotting;

- syn. decay;

decomposition reaction
n1
(chemistry) separation of a substance into two or more substances that may differ from each other and from the original substance;

- syn. chemical decomposition reaction, decomposition;

decompositional / d i k ɒ m p ə z ɪ ʃ ə n ə ɫ /
a1
causing organic decay;

- sim. disintegrative;

decompound / d i k ə m p aʊ n d /
a1
of a compound leaf;

- consisting of divisions that are themselves compound;

- sim. compound;

decompound leaf
n1
a leaf having divisions that are themselves compound;

decompress / d i k ə m p ɹ ɛ s /
v1
restore to its uncompressed form;

- "decompress data";

- syn. uncompress;

v2
decrease the pressure of;

- "depressurize the cabin in the air plane";

- syn. depressurise, depressurize;

v3
become less tense, rest, or take one's ease;

- "He relaxed in the hot tub";

- "Let's all relax after a hard day's work";

- syn. loosen up, relax, slow down, unbend, unwind;

decompressing / d i k ə m p ɹ ɛ s ɪ ŋ /
n1
relieving pressure (especially bringing a compressed person gradually back to atmospheric pressure);

- syn. decompression;

decompression / d i k ə m p ɹ ɛ ʃ n /
n1
restoring compressed information to its normal form for use or display;

n2
relieving pressure (especially bringing a compressed person gradually back to atmospheric pressure);

- syn. decompressing;

decompression sickness
n1
pain resulting from rapid change in pressure;

- syn. aeroembolism, air embolism, bends, caisson disease, gas embolism;

deconcentrate / d i k ɒ n s ɪ k ɹ eɪ t /
v1
make less central;

- "After the revolution, food distribution was decentralized";

- syn. decentralise, decentralize;

decongestant
n1
a drug that decreases pulmonary congestion;

deconsecrate / d i k ɒ n s ɪ k ɹ eɪ t /
v1
remove the consecration from a person or an object;

- syn. desecrate, unhallow;

deconsecrated / d i k ɒ n s ɪ k ɹ eɪ t ɪ d /
a1
divested of consecration;

- sim. desecrated;

deconstruct / d i k ə n s t ɹ ʌ k t /
v1
interpret (a text or an artwork) by the method of deconstructing;

deconstruction / d i k ə n s t ɹ ʌ k ʃ n /
n1
a philosophical theory of criticism (usually of literature or film) that seeks to expose deep-seated contradictions in a work by delving below its surface meaning;

- syn. deconstructionism;

deconstructionism / d i k ə n s t ɹ ʌ k ʃ ə n ɪ z ə m /
n1
a philosophical theory of criticism (usually of literature or film) that seeks to expose deep-seated contradictions in a work by delving below its surface meaning;

- syn. deconstruction;

deconstructionist / d i k ə n s t ɹ ʌ k ʃ ə n ɪ s t /
a1
of or concerned with the philosophical theory of literature known as deconstructionism;

- "deconstructionist criticism";

deconstructivism
n1
a school of architecture based on the philosophical theory of deconstruction;

decontaminate / d i k ə n t æ m ɪ n eɪ t /
v1
rid of contamination;

- "The soil around the housing development had to be decontaminated by the city";

decontamination / d i k ə n t æ m ɪ n eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the removal of contaminants;

decontrol / d i k ə n t ɹ oʊ ɫ /
v1
relax or remove controls of;

- "decontrol marijuana";

decor / d eɪ k ɔ /
n1
decoration consisting of the layout and furnishings of a livable interior;

- syn. interior decoration;

decorate / d ɛ k ə ɹ eɪ t /
v1
make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.;

- "Decorate the room for the party";

- "beautify yourself for the special day";

- syn. adorn, beautify, embellish, grace, ornament;

v2
be beautiful to look at;

- "Flowers adorned the tables everywhere";

- syn. adorn, beautify, deck, embellish, grace;

v3
award a mark of honor, such as a medal, to;

- "He was decorated for his services in the military";

v4
provide with decoration;

- "dress the windows";

- syn. dress;

decorated / d ɛ k ə ɹ eɪ t ɪ d /
a1
provided with something intended to increase its beauty or distinction;

- syn. adorned;

- also clad, clothed, fancy;

- sim. beady, bedaubed, bespectacled, brocaded, buttony, carbuncled, champleve, clinquant, crested, crested, crested, crocketed, feathery, frilled, fringed, gilt-edged, inflamed, inlaid, inwrought, mounted, paneled, studded, tapestried, tasseled, tessellated, tricked-out, tufted;

decoration / d ɛ k ə ɹ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
something used to beautify;

- syn. ornament, ornamentation;

n2
an award for winning a championship or commemorating some other event;

- syn. laurel wreath, medal, medallion, palm, ribbon;

n3
the act of decorating something (in the hope of making it more attractive);

Decoration Day
n1
legal holiday in the United States, last Monday in May;

- commemorates the members of the United States armed forces who were killed in war;

- syn. Memorial Day;

decorative / d ɛ k ə ɹ ə t ɪ v /
a1
serving an esthetic rather than a useful purpose;

- "cosmetic fenders on cars";

- "the buildings were utilitarian rather than decorative";

- syn. cosmetic, ornamental;

- sim. nonfunctional;

decoratively / d ɛ k ə ɹ ə t ɪ v ɫ i /
r1
in a decorative manner;

- "used decoratively at Christmas";

decorativeness / d ɛ k ə ɹ ə t ɪ v n ə s /
n1
an appearance that serves to decorate and make something more attractive;

decorator / d ɛ k ə ɹ eɪ t ə , d ɛ k ə ɹ eɪ t ə ɹ /
n1
a person who specializes in interior decoration;

- syn. house decorator, interior decorator, room decorator;

n2
someone who decorates;

- syn. ornamentalist;

decorous / d ɛ k ə ɹ ə s /
a1
characterized by propriety and dignity and good taste in manners and conduct;

- "the tete-a-tete was decorous in the extreme";

- also proper;

- sim. in good taste, sedate;

a2
according with custom or propriety;

- "her becoming modesty";

- "comely behavior";

- "it is not comme il faut for a gentleman to be constantly asking for money";

- "seemly behavior";

- syn. becoming, comely, comme il faut, seemly;

- sim. proper;

decorously / d ɛ k ə ɹ ə s ɫ i /
r1
in a proper and decorous manner;

- "he pretended to be pleased and applauded decorously";

decorousness / d ɛ k ə ɹ ə s n ə s /
n1
propriety in manners and conduct;

- syn. decorum;

decorticate
v1
remove the outer layer of;

- "decorticate a tree branch";

v2
remove the cortex of (an organ);

decortication
n1
removal of the outer covering of an organ or part;

decorum / d ɪ k ɔ ɹ ə m /
n1
propriety in manners and conduct;

- syn. decorousness;

decoupage
n1
art produced by decorating a surface with cutouts and then coating it with several layers of varnish or lacquer;

n2
the art of decorating a surface with shapes or pictures and then coating it with varnish or lacquer;

decouple
v1
disconnect or separate;

- "uncouple the hounds";

- syn. uncouple;

v2
regard as unconnected;

- "you must dissociate these two events!";

- "decouple our foreign policy from ideology";

- syn. dissociate;

v3
eliminate airborne shock waves from (an explosive);

v4
reduce or eliminate the coupling of (one circuit or part to another);

decoy / d ɪ k ɔɪ , d i k ɔɪ /
n1
a beguiler who leads someone into danger (usually as part of a plot);

- syn. steerer;

n2
something used to lure fish or other animals into danger so they can be trapped or killed;

- syn. bait, lure;

v1
lure or entrap with or as if with a decoy;

decrease / d ɪ k ɹ i s , d i k ɹ i s /
n1
a change downward;

- "there was a decrease in his temperature as the fever subsided";

- "there was a sharp drop-off in sales";

- syn. drop-off, lessening;

n2
a process of becoming smaller or shorter;

- syn. decrement;

n3
the amount by which something decreases;

- syn. decrement;

n4
the act of decreasing or reducing something;

- syn. diminution, reduction, step-down;

v1
decrease in size, extent, or range;

- "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester";

- "The cabin pressure fell dramatically";

- "her weight fell to under a hundred pounds";

- "his voice fell to a whisper";

- syn. diminish, fall, lessen;

v2
make smaller;

- "He decreased his staff";

- syn. lessen, minify;

decreased / d ɪ k ɹ i s t /
a1
made less in size or amount or degree;

- syn. reduced;

- sim. ablated, attenuate, attenuated, bated, belittled, cut, diminished, minimized, remittent, shriveled;

decreasing / d ɪ k ɹ i s ɪ ŋ /
a1
becoming less or smaller;

- sim. depreciating, detractive, diminishing, dwindling, falling;

a2
(music) decreasing in tempo and/or volume;

- sim. allargando, calando, decrescendo, rallentando;

decreasing monotonic
a1
consistently decreasing;

- "a decreasing monotonic function";

- sim. monotonic;

decree / d ɪ k ɹ i /
n1
a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge);

- "a friend in New Mexico said that the order caused no trouble out there";

- syn. edict, fiat, order, rescript;

v1
issue a decree;

- "The King only can decree";

v2
decide with authority;

- "The King decreed that all firstborn males should be killed";

- syn. rule;

decree nisi / d ɪ k ɹ i n aɪ s aɪ /
n1
a decree issued on a first petition for divorce;

- becomes absolute at some later date;

decreed / d ɪ k ɹ i d /
a1
fixed or established especially by order or command;

- "at the time appointed (or the appointed time)";

- syn. appointed, ordained, prescribed;

- sim. settled;

decrement / d ɛ k ɹ ɪ m ə n t /
n1
the amount by which something decreases;

- syn. decrease;

n2
a process of becoming smaller or shorter;

- syn. decrease;

decrepit / d ɪ k ɹ ɛ p ɪ t /
a1
worn and broken down by hard use;

- "a creaky shack";

- "a decrepit bus...its seats held together with friction tape";

- "a flea-bitten sofa";

- "a run-down neighborhood";

- "a woebegone old shack";

- syn. creaky, derelict, flea-bitten, run-down, woebegone;

- sim. worn;

a2
lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality;

- "a feeble old woman";

- "her body looked sapless";

- syn. debile, feeble, infirm, rickety, sapless, weak, weakly;

- sim. frail;

decrepitate / d ɪ k ɹ ɛ p ɪ t eɪ t /
v1
undergo decrepitation and crackle;

- "The salt decrepitated";

v2
to roast or calcine so as to cause to crackle or until crackling stops;

- "decrepitate salts";

decrepitation / d ɪ k ɹ ɛ p ɪ t eɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
the crackling or breaking up of certain crystals when they are heated;

decrepitude / d ɪ k ɹ ɛ p ɪ t j u d /
n1
a state of deterioration due to old age or long use;

- syn. dilapidation;

decrescendo / d i k ɹ ɪ ʃ ɛ n d oʊ /
n1
(music) a gradual decrease in loudness;

- syn. diminuendo;

v1
grow quieter;

- "The music decrescendoes here";

a1
(music) gradually decreasing in volume;

- syn. diminuendo;

- sim. decreasing;

decriminalisation
n1
legislation that makes something legal that was formerly illegal;

- syn. decriminalization;

decriminalise
v1
make legal;

- "Marijuana should be legalized";

- syn. decriminalize, legalise, legalize, legitimate, legitimatise, legitimatize, legitimise, legitimize;

decriminalization
n1
legislation that makes something legal that was formerly illegal;

- syn. decriminalisation;

decriminalize
v1
make legal;

- "Marijuana should be legalized";

- syn. decriminalise, legalise, legalize, legitimate, legitimatise, legitimatize, legitimise, legitimize;

decry / d ɪ k ɹ aɪ /
v1
express strong disapproval of;

- "We condemn the racism in South Africa";

- "These ideas were reprobated";

- syn. condemn, excoriate, objurgate, reprobate;

decrypt
v1
convert code into ordinary language;

- syn. decipher, decode;

decryption
n1
the activity of making clear or converting from code into plain text;

- "a secret key or password is required for decryption";

- syn. decipherment, decoding;

decubitus
n1
a reclining position (as in a bed);

decubitus ulcer
n1
a chronic ulcer of the skin caused by prolonged pressure on it (as in bedridden patients);

- syn. bedsore, pressure sore;

Decumaria
n1
small genus of woody climbers with adhesive aerial roots;

- sometimes placed in family Saxifragaceae;

- syn. genus Decumaria;

Decumaria barbara
n1
woody climber of southeastern United States having white flowers in compound terminal clusters;

- syn. Decumaria barbata, decumary;

Decumaria barbata
n1
woody climber of southeastern United States having white flowers in compound terminal clusters;

- syn. Decumaria barbara, decumary;

decumary
n1
woody climber of southeastern United States having white flowers in compound terminal clusters;

- syn. Decumaria barbara, Decumaria barbata;

decumbent / d ɪ k ʌ m b ə n t /
a1
lying down;

- in a position of comfort or rest;

- syn. accumbent, recumbent;

- sim. unerect;

decurved
a1
bent down or curved downward;

- "the decurved bill of a curlew";

- sim. retrorse;

decussate
v1
cross or intersect so as to form a cross;

- "this nerve decussates the other";

- "the fibers decussate";

a1
crossed or intersected in the form of an X;

- syn. intersectant, intersecting;

- sim. crossed;

decussation
n1
an intersection or crossing of two tracts in the form of the letter X;

- syn. chiasm, chiasma;

DEd
n1
a doctor's degree in education;

- syn. Doctor of Education, EdD;

dedicate / d ɛ d ɪ k eɪ t /
v1
give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause;

- "She committed herself to the work of God";

- "give one's talents to a good cause";

- "consecrate your life to the church";

- syn. commit, consecrate, devote, give;

v2
open to public use, as of a highway, park, or building;

- "The Beauty Queen spends her time dedicating parks and nursing homes";

v3
inscribe or address by way of compliment;

- "She dedicated her book to her parents";

v4
set apart to sacred uses with solemn rites, of a church;

dedicated / d ɛ d ɪ k eɪ t ɪ d /
a1
devoted to a cause or ideal or purpose;

- "a dedicated dancer";

- "dedicated teachers";

- "dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal"- A.Lincoln;

- sim. devoted, devoted, sacred;

a2
solemnly dedicated to or set apart for a high or sacred purpose;

- "a life consecrated to science";

- "the consecrated chapel";

- "a chapel dedicated to the dead of World War II";

- syn. consecrate, consecrated;

- also holy, sacred;

- sim. ordained, votive;

dedicated file server
n1
(computer science) a file server that can be used only as a file server;

dedication / d ɛ d ɪ k eɪ ʃ n /
n1
complete and wholehearted fidelity;

n2
a ceremony in which something (as a building) is dedicated to some goal or purpose;

n3
a message that makes a pledge;

- syn. commitment;

n4
a short message (as in a book or musical work or on a photograph) dedicating it to someone or something;

- syn. inscription;

n5
the act of binding yourself (intellectually or emotionally) to a course of action;

- "his long commitment to public service";

- "they felt no loyalty to a losing team";

- syn. allegiance, commitment, loyalty;

dedifferentiate
v1
lose specialization in form or function;

dedifferentiated
a1
having experienced or undergone dedifferentiation or the loss of specialization in form or function;

- "the hebephrenic--the most severely dedifferentiated of all schizophrenic patients";

- sim. undifferentiated;

dedifferentiation
n1
the loss of specialization in form or function;

deduce / d ɪ d j u s /
v1
reason by deduction;

- establish by deduction;

- syn. deduct, derive, infer;

v2
conclude by reasoning;

- in logic;

- syn. infer;

deducible / d ɪ d j u s ə b ɫ /
a1
capable of being deduced;

- sim. deductive;

deduct / d ɪ d ʌ k t /
v1
make a subtraction;

- "subtract this amount from my paycheck";

- syn. subtract, take off;

v2
retain and refrain from disbursing;

- of payments;

- "My employer is withholding taxes";

- syn. recoup, withhold;

v3
reason by deduction;

- establish by deduction;

- syn. deduce, derive, infer;

deductible / d ɪ d ʌ k t ə b ɫ /
n1
(taxes) an amount that can be deducted (especially for the purposes of calculating income tax);

n2
a clause in an insurance policy that relieves the insurer of responsibility to pay the initial loss up to a stated amount;

a1
acceptable as a deduction (especially as a tax deduction);

- sim. allowable;

deduction / d ɪ d ʌ k ʃ n /
n1
a reduction in the gross amount on which a tax is calculated;

- reduces taxes by the percentage fixed for the taxpayer's income bracket;

- syn. tax deduction, tax write-off;

n2
an amount or percentage deducted;

- syn. discount;

n3
something that is inferred (deduced or entailed or implied);

- "his resignation had political implications";

- syn. entailment, implication;

n4
reasoning from the general to the particular (or from cause to effect);

- syn. deductive reasoning, synthesis;

n5
the act of subtracting (removing a part from the whole);

- "he complained about the subtraction of money from their paychecks";

- syn. subtraction;

n6
the act of reducing the selling price of merchandise;

- syn. discount, price reduction;

deductive / d ɪ d ʌ k t ɪ v /
a1
relating to logical deduction;

- "deductive reasoning";

a2
involving inferences from general principles;

- also a priori, analytic, analytical;

- sim. deducible, illative, illative, inferential;

deductive reasoning
n1
reasoning from the general to the particular (or from cause to effect);

- syn. deduction, synthesis;

deed / d i d /
n1
a legal document signed and sealed and delivered to effect a transfer of property and to show the legal right to possess it;

- "he signed the deed";

- "he kept the title to his car in the glove compartment";

- syn. deed of conveyance, title;

n2
something that people do or cause to happen;

- syn. act, human action, human activity;

deed of conveyance
n1
a legal document signed and sealed and delivered to effect a transfer of property and to show the legal right to possess it;

- "he signed the deed";

- "he kept the title to his car in the glove compartment";

- syn. deed, title;

deed of trust
n1
a written instrument legally conveying property to a trustee often used to secure an obligation such as a mortgage or promissory note;

- syn. trust deed;

deed over
v1
transfer by deed;

- "grant land";

- syn. grant;

deed poll
n1
a deed made and executed by only one party;

deedbox / d i d b ɒ k s /
n1
a strongly made box for holding money or valuables;

- can be locked;

- syn. strongbox;

deeds / d i d z /
n1
performance of moral or religious acts;

- "salvation by deeds";

- "the reward for good works";

- syn. works;

deem / d i m /
v1
keep in mind or convey as a conviction or view;

- "take for granted";

- "view as important";

- "hold these truths to be self-evident";

- "I hold him personally responsible";

- syn. hold, take for, view as;

Deems Taylor
n1
United States composer and music critic (1885-1966);

- syn. Joseph Deems Taylor, Taylor;

deep / d i p /
n1
the central and most intense or profound part;

- "in the deep of night";

- "in the deep of winter";

n2
a long steep-sided depression in the ocean floor;

- syn. oceanic abyss, trench;

n3
literary term for an ocean;

- "denizens of the deep";

a1
relatively deep or strong;

- affecting one deeply;

- "a deep breath";

- "a deep sigh";

- "deep concentration";

- "deep emotion";

- "a deep trance";

- "in a deep sleep";

- sim. heavy, profound;

a2
marked by depth of thinking;

- "deep thoughts";

- "a deep allegory";

- sim. profound;

a3
having great spatial extension or penetration downward or inward from an outer surface or backward or laterally or outward from a center;

- sometimes used in combination;

- "a deep well";

- "a deep dive";

- "deep water";

- "a deep casserole";

- "a deep gash";

- "deep massage";

- "deep pressure receptors in muscles";

- "deep shelves";

- "a deep closet";

- "surrounded by a deep yard";

- "hit the ball to deep center field";

- "in deep space";

- "waist-deep";

- also unfathomable;

- sim. abysmal, bottomless, deep-water, profound, walk-in;

a4
very distant in time or space;

- "deep in the past";

- "deep in enemy territory";

- "deep in the woods";

- "a deep space probe";

- sim. distant;

a5
intense or extreme;

- "in deep trouble";

- "deep happiness";

- sim. intense;

a6
having or denoting a low vocal or instrumental range;

- "a deep voice";

- "a bass voice is lower than a baritone voice";

- "a bass clarinet";

- syn. bass;

- sim. low;

a7
strong;

- intense;

- "deep purple";

- "a rich red";

- syn. rich;

- sim. colorful;

a8
relatively thick from top to bottom;

- "deep carpets";

- "deep snow";

- sim. thick;

a9
extending relatively far inward;

- "a deep border";

- sim. wide;

a10
(of darkness) densely dark;

- "thick night";

- "thick darkness";

- "a face in deep shadow";

- "deep night";

- syn. thick;

- sim. intense;

a11
large in quantity or size;

- "deep cuts in the budget";

- sim. large;

a12
with head or back bent low;

- "a deep bow";

- sim. low;

a13
of an obscure nature;

- "the new insurance policy is written without cryptic or mysterious terms";

- "a deep dark secret";

- "the inscrutable workings of Providence";

- "in its mysterious past it encompasses all the dim origins of life"- Rachel Carson;

- "rituals totally mystifying to visitors from other lands";

- syn. cryptic, cryptical, inscrutable, mysterious, mystifying;

- sim. inexplicable;

a14
difficult to penetrate;

- incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge;

- "the professor's lectures were so abstruse that students tended to avoid them";

- "a deep metaphysical theory";

- "some recondite problem in historiography";

- syn. abstruse, recondite;

- sim. esoteric;

a15
exhibiting great cunning usually with secrecy;

- "deep political machinations";

- "a deep plot";

- sim. artful;

r1
to a great depth;

- far down or in;

- "dived deeply";

- "dug deep";

- syn. deeply;

r2
to an advanced time;

- "deep into the night";

- "talked late into the evening";

- syn. late;

r3
to a great distance;

- "penetrated deep into enemy territory";

- "went deep into the woods";

deep-chested
a1
thick in the chest;

- "a deep-chested breed of dog";

- sim. thick;

deep-dish pie
n1
a pie made of fruit with rich biscuit dough usually only on top of the fruit;

- syn. cobbler;

deep-dye
v1
dye thoroughly;

deep-eyed
a1
characteristic of the bony face of a cadaver;

- syn. hollow-eyed, sunken-eyed;

- sim. thin;

deep-fat-fry
v1
fry in deep fat;

- "deep-fry the potato chips";

deep-freeze / d i p f ɹ i z /
n1
electric refrigerator (trade name Deepfreeze) in which food is frozen and stored for long periods of time;

- syn. Deepfreeze, deep freezer, freezer;

deep-fried
a1
cooked by frying in fat;

- syn. fried;

- sim. cooked;

deep-fry
v1
cook by immersing in fat;

- "french-fry the potatoes";

- syn. french-fry;

deep-laid / d i p ɫ eɪ d /
a1
secretly and carefully planned;

- "deep-laid plans";

- sim. planned;

deep-lobed
a1
having deep bilateral lobes;

- sim. multilateral;

deep-mined / d i p m aɪ n d /
a1
of coal, as contrasted with coal obtained from a strip mine;

- "deep-mined coal";

- sim. mined;

deep-pink
a1
of a deep shade of pink;

- sim. chromatic;

deep-rooted / d i p ɹ u t ɪ d /
a1
(used especially of ideas or principles) deeply rooted;

- firmly fixed or held;

- "deep-rooted prejudice";

- "deep-seated differences of opinion";

- "implanted convictions";

- "ingrained habits of a lifetime";

- "a deeply planted need";

- syn. deep-seated, implanted, ingrained, planted;

- sim. established;

deep-sea / d i p s i /
a1
of or taking place in the deeper parts of the sea;

- "deep-sea fishing";

- "deep-sea exploration";

- sim. marine;

deep-sea diver
n1
a diver in the deeper parts of the sea;

deep-seated / d i p s i t ɪ d /
a1
(used especially of ideas or principles) deeply rooted;

- firmly fixed or held;

- "deep-rooted prejudice";

- "deep-seated differences of opinion";

- "implanted convictions";

- "ingrained habits of a lifetime";

- "a deeply planted need";

- syn. deep-rooted, implanted, ingrained, planted;

- sim. established;

deep-set
a1
having a sunken area;

- "hunger gave their faces a sunken look";

- syn. recessed, sunken;

- sim. hollow;

deep-six
v1
toss out;

- get rid of;

- "deep-six these old souvenirs!";

- syn. give it the deep six;

v2
throw from a boat;

- syn. throw overboard;

deep-water / d i p w ɔ t ə , d i p w ɔ t ə ɹ /
a1
of or carried on in waters of great depth;

- "a deep-water port";

- sim. deep;

deep-yellow
a1
of something having the color of a pumpkin;

- sim. chromatic;

deep brown
n1
a medium brown to dark-brown color;

- syn. burnt umber, chocolate, coffee, umber;

deep cervical vein
n1
a vein that accompanies an artery of the same name;

- syn. cervical vein, vena cervicalis profunda;

deep down
r1
in reality;

- "she is very kind at heart";

- syn. at bottom, at heart, in spite of appearance, inside;

deep fording
n1
fording at a deep place in the stream;

deep freeze
n1
temporary inactivity or suspension;

- "the legislation has now been revived after ten years in the deep freeze";

v1
store in a deep-freeze, as for conservation;

- "deep-freeze the food";

deep freezer
n1
electric refrigerator (trade name Deepfreeze) in which food is frozen and stored for long periods of time;

- syn. Deepfreeze, deep-freeze, freezer;

deep kiss
n1
an openmouthed kiss in which your tongue is inserted into the other's mouth;

- syn. French kiss, soul kiss;

deep middle cerebral vein
n1
accompanies the middle cerebral artery deep in the Sylvian fissure;

- empties into the basal vein;

deep pockets
n1
(plural) a source of substantial wealth;

- "a patron of the arts should have deep pockets";

deep red
n1
a deep and vivid red color;

- syn. crimson, ruby;

Deep South
n1
the southeastern region of the United States: South Carolina and Georgia and Alabama and Mississippi and Louisiana;

- prior to the American Civil War all these states produced cotton and permitted slavery;

deep space
n1
any region in space outside the solar system;

deep supporting fire
n1
fire on objectives not in the immediate vicinity of your forces but with the objective of destroying enemy reserves and weapons and interfering with the enemy command and supply and communications;

deep temporal vein
n1
temporal veins that empty into the pterygoid plexus;

deep water
n1
serious trouble;

deepen / d i p ə n /
v1
make more intense, stronger, or more marked;

- "The efforts were intensified";

- "Her rudeness intensified his dislike for her";

- "Pot smokers claim it heightens their awareness";

- "This event only deepened my convictions";

- syn. compound, heighten, intensify;

v2
become more intense;

- "The debate intensified";

- "His dislike for raw fish only deepened in Japan";

- syn. intensify;

v3
make deeper;

- "They deepened the lake so that bigger pleasure boats could use it";

v4
become deeper in tone;

- "His voice began to change when he was 12 years old";

- "Her voice deepened when she whispered the password";

- syn. change;

deepening / d i p ə n ɪ ŋ /
n1
a process of becoming deeper and more profound;

a1
accumulating and becoming more intense;

- "the deepening gloom";

- "felt a deepening love";

- "the thickening dusk";

- syn. thickening;

- sim. intensifying;

Deepfreeze
n1
electric refrigerator (trade name Deepfreeze) in which food is frozen and stored for long periods of time;

- syn. deep-freeze, deep freezer, freezer;

deeply / d i p ɫ i /
r1
to a great depth psychologically or emotionally;

- "They felt the loss deeply";

- "she loved him intensely";

- syn. intensely, profoundly;

r2
to a great depth;

- far down or in;

- "dived deeply";

- "dug deep";

- syn. deep;

deepness / d i p n ə s /
n1
the intellectual ability to penetrate deeply into ideas;

- syn. astuteness, depth, profoundness, profundity;

n2
the quality of being physically deep;

- "the profundity of the mine was almost a mile";

- syn. profoundness, profundity;

n3
the extent downward or backward or inward;

- "the depth of the water";

- "depth of a shelf";

- "depth of a closet";

- syn. depth;

n4
a low pitch that is loud and voluminous;

deepwater pipefish
n1
a fish 8 inches long;

- found from eastern Florida to western Caribbean;

- syn. Cosmocampus profundus;

deepwater squirrelfish
n1
a squirrelfish found from South Carolina to Bermuda and Gulf of Mexico;

- syn. Holocentrus bullisi;

deer / d ɪə , d ɪə ɹ /
n1
distinguished from Bovidae by the male's having solid deciduous antlers;

- syn. cervid;

deer's-ear
n1
any of various tall perennial herbs constituting the genus Frasera;

- widely distributed in warm dry upland areas of California, Oregon, and Washington;

- syn. American columbo, American gentian, columbo, deer's-ears, pyramid plant;

deer's-ears
n1
any of various tall perennial herbs constituting the genus Frasera;

- widely distributed in warm dry upland areas of California, Oregon, and Washington;

- syn. American columbo, American gentian, columbo, deer's-ear, pyramid plant;

deer fern
n1
fern with erect fronds of Europe and western North America;

- often cultivated for deer browse;

- syn. Blechnum spicant;

deer fly fever
n1
a highly infectious disease of rodents (especially rabbits and squirrels) and sometimes transmitted to humans by ticks or flies or by handling infected animals;

- syn. rabbit fever, tularaemia, tularemia, yatobyo;

deer grass
n1
any of several plants of the genus Rhexia usually having pink-purple to magenta flowers;

- eastern North America;

- syn. meadow beauty;

deer hunt
n1
hunting deer;

- syn. deer hunting;

deer hunter
n1
hunter of deer;

deer hunting
n1
hunting deer;

- syn. deer hunt;

deer mouse
n1
brownish New World mouse;

- most widely distributed member of the genus;

- syn. Peromyscus maniculatus;

deer mushroom
n1
a small edible agaric with a slender stalk;

- usually found on rotting hardwoods;

- syn. Pluteus cervinus;

deer tick
n1
a northeastern tick now recognized as same species as Ixodes scapularis;

- syn. Ixodes dammini;

deer trail
n1
a trail worn by the passage of deer;

deerberry
n1
small branching blueberry common in marshy areas of the eastern United States having greenish or yellowish unpalatable berries reputedly eaten by deer;

- syn. Vaccinium stamineum, squaw huckleberry;

Deere
n1
United States industrialist who manufactured plows suitable for working the prairie soil (1804-1886);

- syn. John Deere;

deerhound
n1
very large and tall rough-coated dog bred for hunting deer;

- known as the royal dog of Scotland;

- syn. Scottish deerhound;

deerskin / d ɪə s k ɪ n /
n1
leather from the hide of a deer;

deerstalker / d ɪə s t ɔ k ə , d ɪə s t ɔ k ə ɹ /
n1
a tight-fitting hat with visors front and back;

- formerly worn by hunters;

deerstalking / d ɪə s t ɔ k ɪ ŋ /
n1
stalking deer;

deface / d ɪ f eɪ s /
v1
mar or spoil the appearance of;

- "scars defaced her cheeks";

- "The vandals disfigured the statue";

- syn. blemish, disfigure;

defacement / d ɪ f eɪ s m ə n t /
n1
the act of damaging the appearance or surface of something;

- "the defacement of an Italian mosaic during the Turkish invasion";

- "he objected to the dam's massive disfigurement of the landscape";

- syn. disfiguration, disfigurement, mutilation;

defalcate / d i f æ ɫ k eɪ t /
v1
appropriate (as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use;

- "The accountant embezzled thousands of dollars while working for the wealthy family";

- syn. embezzle, malversate, misappropriate, peculate;

defalcation / d i f æ ɫ k eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the sum of money that is misappropriated;

n2
the fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted to your care but actually owned by someone else;

- syn. embezzlement, misapplication, misappropriation, peculation;

defalcator / d i f æ ɫ k eɪ t ə /
n1
someone who violates a trust by taking (money) for his own use;

- syn. embezzler, peculator;

defamation / d ɛ f ə m eɪ ʃ n /
n1
a false accusation of an offense or a malicious misrepresentation of someone's words or actions;

- syn. calumniation, calumny, hatchet job, obloquy, traducement;

n2
an abusive attack on a person's character or good name;

- syn. aspersion, calumny, denigration, slander;

defamatory / d ɪ f æ m ə t ɹ i /
a1
(used of statements) harmful and often untrue;

- tending to discredit or malign;

- syn. calumniatory, calumnious, denigrating, denigrative, denigratory, libellous, libelous, slanderous;

- sim. harmful;

defame / d ɪ f eɪ m /
v1
charge falsely or with malicious intent;

- attack the good name and reputation of someone;

- "The journalists have defamed me!";

- "The article in the paper sullied my reputation";

- syn. asperse, besmirch, calumniate, denigrate, slander, smear, smirch, sully;

defamer / d ɪ f eɪ m ə /
n1
one who attacks the reputation of another by slander or libel;

- syn. backbiter, libeler, maligner, slanderer, traducer, vilifier;

defang
v1
remove the fangs from;

- "defang the poisonous snake";

defat / d ɪ f æ t /
v1
remove the fat from;

default / d ɪ f ɔ ɫ t /
n1
loss due to not showing up;

- "he lost the game by default";

n2
act of failing to meet a financial obligation;

- syn. nonpayment, nonremittal;

n3
loss resulting from failure of a debt to be paid;

- syn. nonpayment, nonremittal;

n4
an option that is selected automatically unless an alternative is specified;

- syn. default option;

v1
fail to pay up;

- syn. default on;

default judgement
n1
a judgment entered in favor of the plaintiff when the defendant defaults (fails to appear in court);

- syn. default judgment, judgement by default, judgment by default;

default judgment
n1
a judgment entered in favor of the plaintiff when the defendant defaults (fails to appear in court);

- syn. default judgement, judgement by default, judgment by default;

default on
v1
fail to pay up;

- syn. default;

default option
n1
an option that is selected automatically unless an alternative is specified;

- syn. default;

defaulter / d ɪ f ɔ ɫ t ə , d ɪ f ɔ ɫ t ə ɹ /
n1
someone who fails to make a required appearance in court;

n2
someone who fails to meet a financial obligation;

- syn. deadbeat;

n3
a contestant who forfeits a match;

defeasible / d ɪ f i z ə b ɫ /
a1
capable of being annulled or voided or terminated;

- "a claim to an estate may be defeasible so long as the claimant is under 21 and unmarried";

defeat / d ɪ f i t /
n1
an unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest;

- "it was a narrow defeat";

- "the army's only defeat";

- "they suffered a convincing licking";

- syn. licking;

n2
the feeling that accompanies an experience of being thwarted in attaining your goals;

- syn. frustration;

v1
win a victory over;

- "You must overcome all difficulties";

- "defeat your enemies";

- "He overcame his shyness";

- "He overcame his infirmity";

- "Her anger got the better of her and she blew up";

- syn. get the better of, overcome;

v2
thwart the passage of;

- "kill a motion";

- "he shot down the student's proposal";

- syn. kill, shoot down, vote down, vote out;

defeated / d ɪ f i t ɪ d /
n1
people who are defeated;

- "the Romans had no pity for the defeated";

- syn. discomfited;

a1
beaten or overcome;

- not victorious;

- "the defeated enemy";

- also unsuccessful;

- sim. licked, subjugated;

a2
disappointingly unsuccessful;

- "disappointed expectations and thwarted ambitions";

- "their foiled attempt to capture Calais";

- "many frustrated poets end as pipe-smoking teachers";

- "his best efforts were thwarted";

- syn. disappointed, discomfited, foiled, frustrated, thwarted;

- sim. unsuccessful;

defeatism / d ɪ f i t ɪ z ə m /
n1
acceptance of the inevitability of defeat;

defeatist / d ɪ f i t ɪ s t /
n1
someone who is resigned to defeat without offering positive suggestions;

- syn. negativist;

defecate / d ɛ f ə k eɪ t /
v1
have a bowel movement;

- "The dog had made in the flower beds";

- syn. ca-ca, crap, make, shit, stool, take a crap, take a shit;

defecation / d ɛ f ə k eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the elimination of fecal waste through the anus;

- syn. laxation, shitting;

defecation reflex
n1
normal response to the presence of feces in the rectum;

- syn. rectal reflex;

defecator
n1
a person who defecates;

- syn. shitter, voider;

defect / d ɪ f ɛ k t , d i f ɛ k t /
n1
an imperfection in a bodily system;

- "visual defects";

- "this device permits detection of defects in the lungs";

n2
a failing or deficiency;

- "that interpretation is an unfortunate defect of our lack of information";

- syn. shortcoming;

n3
an imperfection in an object or machine;

- "a flaw caused the crystal to shatter";

- "if there are any defects you should send it back to the manufacturer";

- syn. fault, flaw;

n4
a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body);

- "a facial blemish";

- syn. blemish, mar;

v1
desert (a cause, a country or an army), often in order to join the opposing cause, country, or army;

- "If soldiers deserted Hitler's army, they were shot";

- syn. desert;

defect of speech
n1
a disorder of oral speech;

- syn. speech defect, speech disorder;

defection / d ɪ f ɛ k ʃ n /
n1
withdrawing support or help despite allegiance or responsibility;

- "his abandonment of his wife and children left them penniless";

- syn. abandonment, desertion;

n2
the state of having rejected your religious beliefs or your political party or a cause (often in favor of opposing beliefs or causes);

- syn. apostasy, renunciation;

defective / d ɪ f ɛ k t ɪ v /
a1
having a defect;

- "I returned the appliance because it was defective";

- syn. faulty;

- sim. imperfect;

a2
markedly subnormal in structure or function or intelligence or behavior;

- "defective speech";

- sim. abnormal;

a3
not working properly;

- "a bad telephone connection";

- "a defective appliance";

- syn. bad;

- sim. malfunctioning;

defective pleading
n1
any pleading that fails to conform in form or substance to minimum standards of accuracy or sufficiency;

defectively / d ɪ f ɛ k t ɪ v ɫ i /
r1
in a defective manner;

- "this machine functions only defectively";

defectiveness / d ɪ f ɛ k t ɪ v n ə s /
n1
the state of being defective;

- syn. faultiness;

defector / d ɪ f ɛ k t ə , d ɪ f ɛ k t ə ɹ /
n1
a person who abandons their duty (as on a military post);

- syn. deserter;

defeminise
v1
remove the ovaries of (female mammals such as cats);

- syn. defeminize;

defeminize
v1
remove the ovaries of (female mammals such as cats);

- syn. defeminise;

defence / d ɪ f ɛ n s /
n1
(psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires;

- syn. defence mechanism, defence reaction, defense, defense mechanism, defense reaction;

n2
(sports) the team that is trying to prevent the other team from scoring;

- "his teams are always good on defense";

- syn. defending team, defense;

n3
the defendant and his legal advisors collectively;

- "the defense called for a mistrial";

- syn. defense, defense lawyers, defense team;

n4
an organization of defenders that provides resistance against attack;

- "he joined the defense against invasion";

- syn. defence force, defense, defense force;

n5
the speech act of answering an attack on your assertions;

- "his refutation of the charges was short and persuasive";

- "in defense he said the other man started it";

- syn. defense, refutation;

n6
the justification for some act or belief;

- "he offered a persuasive defense of the theory";

- syn. defense, vindication;

n7
a structure used to defend against attack;

- "the artillery battered down the defenses";

- syn. defense, defensive structure;

n8
a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him;

- "he gave evidence for the defense";

- syn. defense, demurrer, denial;

n9
(military) military action or resources protecting a country against potential enemies;

- "they died in the defense of Stalingrad";

- "they were developed for the defense program";

- syn. defense, defensive measure;

n10
protection from harm;

- "sanitation is the best defense against disease";

- syn. defense;

n11
the act of defending someone or something against attack or injury;

- "a good boxer needs a good defense";

- "defense against hurricanes is an urgent problem";

- syn. defense;

defence force
n1
an organization of defenders that provides resistance against attack;

- "he joined the defense against invasion";

- syn. defence, defense, defense force;

defence mechanism
n1
(psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires;

- syn. defence, defence reaction, defense, defense mechanism, defense reaction;

defence policy
n1
a program for defending a country against its enemies;

- syn. defence program, defense policy, defense program;

defence program
n1
a program for defending a country against its enemies;

- syn. defence policy, defense policy, defense program;

defence reaction
n1
(psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires;

- syn. defence, defence mechanism, defense, defense mechanism, defense reaction;

defence system
n1
the weaponry available for the defense of a region;

- syn. defense system;

defenceless / d ɪ f ɛ n s ɫ ə s /
a1
lacking protection or support;

- "a defenseless child";

- syn. defenseless;

- sim. vulnerable;

a2
lacking weapons for self-defense;

- syn. defenseless;

- sim. unarmed;

r1
without defense;

- "the child was standing in the middle of the crossfire, defenselessly";

- syn. defencelessly, defenseless, defenselessly;

defencelessly / d ɪ f ɛ n s ɫ ə s ɫ i /
r1
without defense;

- "the child was standing in the middle of the crossfire, defenselessly";

- syn. defenceless, defenseless, defenselessly;

defencelessness / d ɪ f ɛ n s ɫ ə s n ə s /
n1
the property of being helpless in the face of attack;

- syn. defenselessness, unprotectedness;

defend / d ɪ f ɛ n d /
v1
argue or speak in defense of;

- "She supported the motion to strike";

- syn. fend for, support;

v2
be on the defensive;

- act against an attack;

v3
protect against a challenge or attack;

- "Hold that position behind the trees!";

- "Hold the bridge against the enemy's attacks";

- syn. guard, hold;

v4
fight against or resist strongly;

- "The senator said he would oppose the bill";

- "Don't fight it!";

- syn. fight, fight back, fight down, oppose;

v5
protect or fight for as a champion;

- syn. champion;

v6
be the defense counsel for someone in a trial;

- "Ms. Smith will represent the defendant";

- syn. represent;

v7
state or assert;

- "He maintained his innocence";

- syn. maintain;

defendable / d ɪ f ɛ n d ə b ɫ /
a1
capable of being defended;

- syn. defensible;

- sim. invulnerable;

defendant / d ɪ f ɛ n d ə n t /
n1
a person or institution against whom an action is brought in a court of law;

- the person being sued or accused;

- syn. suspect;

defender / d ɪ f ɛ n d ə , d ɪ f ɛ n d ə ɹ /
n1
a person who cares for persons or property;

- syn. guardian, protector, shielder;

n2
a fighter who holds out against attack;

- syn. withstander;

Defender of the Faith
n1
a title that Leo X bestowed on Henry VIII and later withdrew;

- parliament restored the title and it has been used by English sovereigns ever since;

defending / d ɪ f ɛ n d ɪ ŋ /
a1
attempting to or designed to prevent an opponent from winning or scoring;

- sim. defensive;

defending team
n1
(sports) the team that is trying to prevent the other team from scoring;

- "his teams are always good on defense";

- syn. defence, defense;

defenestrate
v1
throw through or out of the window;

- "The rebels stormed the palace and defenestrated the President";

defenestration
n1
the act of throwing someone or something out of a window;

defense / d ɪ f ɛ n s /
n1
(military) military action or resources protecting a country against potential enemies;

- "they died in the defense of Stalingrad";

- "they were developed for the defense program";

- syn. defence, defensive measure;

n2
protection from harm;

- "sanitation is the best defense against disease";

- syn. defence;

n3
(sports) the team that is trying to prevent the other team from scoring;

- "his teams are always good on defense";

- syn. defence, defending team;

n4
the justification for some act or belief;

- "he offered a persuasive defense of the theory";

- syn. defence, vindication;

n5
(psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires;

- syn. defence, defence mechanism, defence reaction, defense mechanism, defense reaction;

n6
the federal department responsible for safeguarding national security of the United States;

- created in 1947;

- syn. Defense Department, Department of Defense, DoD, United States Department of Defense;

n7
the defendant and his legal advisors collectively;

- "the defense called for a mistrial";

- syn. defence, defense lawyers, defense team;

n8
the speech act of answering an attack on your assertions;

- "his refutation of the charges was short and persuasive";

- "in defense he said the other man started it";

- syn. defence, refutation;

n9
an organization of defenders that provides resistance against attack;

- "he joined the defense against invasion";

- syn. defence, defence force, defense force;

n10
a structure used to defend against attack;

- "the artillery battered down the defenses";

- syn. defence, defensive structure;

n11
a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him;

- "he gave evidence for the defense";

- syn. defence, demurrer, denial;

n12
the act of defending someone or something against attack or injury;

- "a good boxer needs a good defense";

- "defense against hurricanes is an urgent problem";

- syn. defence;

Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
n1
the central research and development organization for the United States Department of Defense;

- responsible for developing new surveillance technologies since 9/11;

- syn. DARPA;

defense attorney
n1
the lawyer representing the defendant;

- syn. defense lawyer;

defense contractor
n1
a contractor concerned with the development and manufacture of systems of defense;

Defense Department
n1
the federal department responsible for safeguarding national security of the United States;

- created in 1947;

- syn. Defense, Department of Defense, DoD, United States Department of Defense;

defense force
n1
an organization of defenders that provides resistance against attack;

- "he joined the defense against invasion";

- syn. defence, defence force, defense;

Defense Information Systems Agency
n1
a combat support agency in the Department of Defense responsible for developing and operating and supporting information systems to serve the needs of the President and the Secretary of Defense and the Joint Chiefs of Staff;

- syn. DISA;

Defense Intelligence Agency
n1
an intelligence agency of the United States in the Department of Defense;

- is responsible for providing intelligence in support of military planning and operations and weapons acquisition;

- syn. DIA;

defense laboratory
n1
a laboratory devoted to research and development for national defense;

defense lawyer
n1
the lawyer representing the defendant;

- syn. defense attorney;

defense lawyers
n1
the defendant and his legal advisors collectively;

- "the defense called for a mistrial";

- syn. defence, defense, defense team;

Defense Logistics Agency
n1
a logistics combat support agency in the Department of Defense;

- provides worldwide support for military missions;

defense mechanism
n1
(psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires;

- syn. defence, defence mechanism, defence reaction, defense, defense reaction;

defense policy
n1
a program for defending a country against its enemies;

- syn. defence policy, defence program, defense program;

defense program
n1
a program for defending a country against its enemies;

- syn. defence policy, defence program, defense policy;

defense reaction
n1
(psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires;

- syn. defence, defence mechanism, defence reaction, defense, defense mechanism;

Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service
n1
the organization in the Defense Logistics Agency that inventories and evaluates and sells reusable United States government surplus;

- syn. DRMS;

Defense Secretary
n1
the person who holds the secretaryship of the Defense Department;

- "the first Defense Secretary was James V. Forrestal who was appointed by Truman";

- syn. Secretary of Defense;

n2
the position of the head of the Department of Defense;

- "the position of Defense Secretary was created in 1947";

- syn. Secretary of Defense;

defense system
n1
the weaponry available for the defense of a region;

- syn. defence system;

defense team
n1
the defendant and his legal advisors collectively;

- "the defense called for a mistrial";

- syn. defence, defense, defense lawyers;

Defense Technical Information Center
n1
the agency in the Department of Defense that provides scientific and technical information to federal agencies and their contractors;

- syn. DTIC;

defenseless / d ɪ f ɛ n s ɫ ɪ s /
a1
lacking protection or support;

- "a defenseless child";

- syn. defenceless;

- sim. vulnerable;

a2
having no protecting or concealing cover;

- "naked to mine enemies"- Shakespeare;

- syn. naked;

- sim. unprotected;

a3
lacking weapons for self-defense;

- syn. defenceless;

- sim. unarmed;

r1
without defense;

- "the child was standing in the middle of the crossfire, defenselessly";

- syn. defenceless, defencelessly, defenselessly;

defenselessly / d ɪ f ɛ n s ɫ ɪ s ɫ i /
r1
without defense;

- "the child was standing in the middle of the crossfire, defenselessly";

- syn. defenceless, defencelessly, defenseless;

defenselessness / d ɪ f ɛ n s ɫ ɪ s n ə s /
n1
the property of being helpless in the face of attack;

- syn. defencelessness, unprotectedness;

defensibility / d ɪ f ɛ n s ɪ b ɪ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
capability of being defended;

- "they built their castles with an eye to their defensibility";

- "client complaints create a felt need for the defensibility of individual actions";

defensible / d ɪ f ɛ n s ə b ɫ /
a1
capable of being defended;

- syn. defendable;

- sim. invulnerable;

defensive / d ɪ f ɛ n s ɪ v /
n1
an attitude of defensiveness (especially in the phrase `on the defensive');

- syn. defensive attitude;

a1
intended or appropriate for defending against or deterring aggression or attack;

- "defensive weapons";

- "a defensive stance";

- also protective;

- sim. antiaircraft, antisubmarine, antitank, defending, en garde;

a2
attempting to justify or defend in speech or writing;

- syn. justificative, justificatory;

- sim. apologetic;

defensive attitude
n1
an attitude of defensiveness (especially in the phrase `on the defensive');

- syn. defensive;

defensive measure
n1
(military) military action or resources protecting a country against potential enemies;

- "they died in the defense of Stalingrad";

- "they were developed for the defense program";

- syn. defence, defense;

defensive structure
n1
a structure used to defend against attack;

- "the artillery battered down the defenses";

- syn. defence, defense;

defensively / d ɪ f ɛ n s ɪ v ɫ i /
r1
in an apologetic and defensive manner;

- "`I felt it better you should know,' said Sir Cedric defensively";

r2
in a defensive manner;

- "the general conviction that our side is in the right and acting defensively over what Russians call the German question and Americans the Berlin crisis";

defensiveness / d ɪ f ɛ n s ɪ v n ə s /
n1
excessive sensitivity to criticism;

- "his defensiveness was manifested in hurt silence";

- "the fear of being sued for malpractice has magnified physicians' defensiveness";

defer / d ɪ f ɝ , d ɪ f ɝ ɹ /
v1
hold back to a later time;

- "let's postpone the exam";

- syn. hold over, postpone, prorogue, put off, put over, remit, set back, shelve, table;

v2
yield to another's wish or opinion;

- "The government bowed to the military pressure";

- syn. accede, bow, give in, submit;

deference / d ɛ f ə ɹ ə n s /
n1
a courteous expression (by word or deed) of esteem or regard;

- "his deference to her wishes was very flattering";

- "be sure to give my respects to the dean";

- syn. respect;

n2
courteous regard for people's feelings;

- "in deference to your wishes";

- "out of respect for his privacy";

- syn. respect, respectfulness;

n3
a disposition or tendency to yield to the will of others;

- syn. complaisance, compliance, compliancy, obligingness;

deferent / d ɛ f ə ɹ ə n t /
a1
showing deference;

- syn. deferential, regardful;

- sim. respectful;

deferential / d ɛ f ə ɹ ɛ n ʃ ɫ /
a1
showing deference;

- syn. deferent, regardful;

- sim. respectful;

deferentially / d ɛ f ə ɹ ɛ n ʃ ə ɫ i /
r1
in a servile manner;

- "he always acts so deferentially around his supervisor";

- syn. submissively;

r2
in a respectfully deferential manner;

- "he listened deferentially";

deferment / d ɪ f ɝ m ə n t /
n1
act of putting off to a future time;

- syn. deferral, postponement;

deferral
n1
a state of abeyance or suspended business;

- syn. recess;

n2
act of putting off to a future time;

- syn. deferment, postponement;

deferred payment
n1
arrangement for deferred payment for goods and services;

- syn. credit;

defervesce
v1
experience an abatement of a fever;

defervescence
n1
abatement of a fever as indicated by a reduction in body temperature;

defervescent
a1
of or relating to the reduction of a fever;

defiance / d ɪ f aɪ ə n s /
n1
intentionally contemptuous behavior or attitude;

- syn. rebelliousness;

n2
a hostile challenge;

n3
a defiant act;

defiant / d ɪ f aɪ ə n t /
a1
boldly resisting authority or an opposing force;

- "brought up to be aggressive and defiant";

- "a defiant attitude";

- syn. noncompliant;

- also disobedient, insubordinate, intractable, unmanageable, unwilling;

- sim. insubordinate, obstreperous, recalcitrant;

defiantly / d ɪ f aɪ ə n t ɫ i /
r1
in a rebellious manner;

- "he rejected her words rebelliously";

- syn. contumaciously, rebelliously;

defibrillate
v1
stop the fibrillation and restore normal contractions, usually by means of electric shocks;

- "The patient's heart had to be defibrillated to save his life";

defibrillation
n1
treatment by stopping fibrillation of heart muscles (usually by electric shock delivered by a defibrillator);

defibrillator
n1
an electronic device that administers an electric shock of preset voltage to the heart through the chest wall in an attempt to restore the normal rhythm of the heart during ventricular fibrillation;

defibrinate
v1
remove fibrin from (blood);

deficiency / d ɪ f ɪ ʃ n s i /
n1
the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable;

- "there is a serious lack of insight into the problem";

- "water is the critical deficiency in desert regions";

- "for want of a nail the shoe was lost";

- syn. lack, want;

n2
lack of an adequate quantity or number;

- "the inadequacy of unemployment benefits";

- syn. inadequacy, insufficiency;

deficiency disease
n1
any disease caused by a lack of an essential nutrient (as a vitamin or mineral);

deficient / d ɪ f ɪ ʃ n t /
a1
inadequate in amount or degree;

- "a deficient education";

- "deficient in common sense";

- "lacking in stamina";

- "tested and found wanting";

- syn. lacking, wanting;

- sim. inadequate;

a2
of a quantity not able to fulfill a need or requirement;

- "insufficient funds";

- syn. insufficient;

- also meager, scrimpy;

- sim. depleted, inadequate, lean, light, shy;

a3
falling short of some prescribed norm;

- "substandard housing";

- syn. inferior, substandard;

- sim. nonstandard;

deficit / d ɛ f ɪ s ɪ t /
n1
the property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required;

- "new blood vessels bud out from the already dilated vascular bed to make up the nutritional deficit";

- syn. shortage, shortfall;

n2
a deficiency or failure in neurological or mental functioning;

- "the people concerned have a deficit in verbal memory";

- "they have serious linguistic deficits";

n3
(sports) the score by which a team or individual is losing;

n4
an excess of liabilities over assets (usually over a certain period);

- "last year there was a serious budgetary deficit";

deficit spending
n1
spending money raised by borrowing;

- used by governments to stimulate their economy;

- syn. compensatory spending, pump priming;

defilade / d ɛ f ɪ ɫ eɪ d /
n1
the arrangement of defensive fortifications to protect against enemy fire;

defile / d ɪ f aɪ ɫ , d i f aɪ ɫ /
n1
a narrow pass (especially one between mountains);

- syn. gorge;

v1
place under suspicion or cast doubt upon;

- "sully someone's reputation";

- syn. cloud, corrupt, sully, taint;

v2
make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air;

- also used metaphorically;

- "The silver was tarnished by the long exposure to the air";

- "Her reputation was sullied after the affair with a married man";

- syn. maculate, stain, sully, tarnish;

v3
spot, stain, or pollute;

- "The townspeople defiled the river by emptying raw sewage into it";

- syn. befoul, foul, maculate;

defiled / d ɪ f aɪ ɫ d /
a1
morally blemished;

- stained or impure;

- syn. maculate;

- sim. impure;

defilement / d ɪ f aɪ ɫ m ə n t /
n1
the state of being polluted;

- syn. befoulment, pollution;

defiler / d ɪ f aɪ ɫ ə /
n1
a person or organization that causes pollution of the environment;

- syn. polluter;

definable / d ɪ f aɪ n ə b ɫ /
a1
capable of being defined, limited, or explained;

- "definable terms";

- "definable rules";

- sim. determinable;

define / d ɪ f aɪ n /
v1
determine the essential quality of;

- syn. delimit, delimitate, delineate, specify;

v2
give a definition for the meaning of a word;

- "Define `sadness'";

v3
determine the nature of;

- "What defines a good wine?";

v4
show the form or outline of;

- "The tree was clearly defined by the light";

- "The camera could define the smallest object";

- syn. delineate;

v5
decide upon or fix definitely;

- "fix the variables";

- "specify the parameters";

- syn. determine, fix, limit, set, specify;

defined / d ɪ f aɪ n d /
a1
clearly characterized or delimited;

- "lost in a maze of words both defined and undefined";

- "each child has clearly defined duties";

- also definite;

a2
showing clearly the outline or profile or boundary;

- "hills defined against the evening sky";

- "the setting sun showed the outlined figure of a man standing on the hill";

- syn. outlined;

- sim. distinct;

defining / d ɪ f aɪ n ɪ ŋ /
n1
any process serving to define the shape of something;

- syn. shaping;

definite / d ɛ f ɪ n ə t /
a1
precise;

- explicit and clearly defined;

- "I want a definite answer";

- "a definite statement of the terms of the will";

- "a definite amount";

- "definite restrictions on the sale of alcohol";

- "the wedding date is now definite";

- "a definite drop in attendance";

- also clear, defined, distinct, explicit, expressed;

- sim. certain, decisive, distinct;

a2
known for certain;

- "it is definite that they have won";

- sim. certain;

definite article
n1
a determiner (as `the' in English) that indicates specificity of reference;

definite integral
n1
the integral of a function over a definite interval;

definite quantity
n1
a specific measure of amount;

definitely / d ɛ f ɪ n ə t ɫ i /
r1
without question and beyond doubt;

- "it was decidedly too expensive";

- "she told him off in spades";

- "by all odds they should win";

- syn. by all odds, decidedly, emphatically, in spades, unquestionably;

definiteness / d ɛ f ɪ n ə t n ɛ s /
n1
the quality of being predictable with great confidence;

- syn. determinateness;

definition / d ɛ f ɪ n ɪ ʃ n /
n1
a concise explanation of the meaning of a word or phrase or symbol;

n2
clarity of outline;

- "exercise had given his muscles superior definition";

definitive / d ɪ f ɪ n ə t ɪ v /
a1
clearly defined or formulated;

- "the plain and unequivocal language of the laws"- R.B.Taney;

- syn. unequivocal;

- sim. explicit;

a2
of recognized authority or excellence;

- "the definitive work on Greece";

- syn. authoritative;

- sim. standard;

a3
supplying or being a final or conclusive settlement;

- "a definitive verdict";

- "a determinate answer to the problem";

- syn. determinate;

- sim. conclusive;

definitive host
n1
the host in which the sexual reproduction of a parasite takes place;

deflagrate / d ɛ f ɫ ə ɡ ɹ eɪ t /
v1
cause to burn rapidly and with great intensity;

- "care must be exercised when this substance is to be deflagrated";

v2
burn with great heat and intense light;

- "the powder deflagrated";

deflagration / d ɛ f ɫ ə ɡ ɹ eɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
combustion that propagates through a gas or along the surface of an explosive at a rapid rate driven by the transfer of heat;

deflate / d ɪ f ɫ eɪ t /
v1
collapse by releasing contained air or gas;

- "deflate a balloon";

v2
release contained air or gas from;

- "deflate the air mattress";

v3
reduce or lessen the size or importance of;

- "The bad review of his work deflated his self-confidence";

- syn. puncture;

v4
produce deflation in;

- "The new measures deflated the economy";

v5
reduce or cut back the amount or availability of, creating a decline in value or prices;

- "deflate the currency";

v6
become deflated or flaccid, as by losing air;

- "The balloons deflated";

deflated / d ɪ f ɫ eɪ t ɪ d /
a1
brought low in spirit;

- "left us fatigued and deflated spiritually";

- syn. chapfallen, chopfallen, crestfallen;

- sim. dejected;

deflation / d ɪ f ɫ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
(geology) the erosion of soil as a consequence of sand and dust and loose rocks being removed by the wind;

- "a constant deflation of the desert landscape";

n2
a contraction of economic activity resulting in a decline of prices;

n3
the act of letting the air out of something;

deflationary / d i f ɫ eɪ ʃ n ə ɹ i /
a1
associated with or tending to cause decreases in consumer prices or increases in the purchasing power of money;

- "deflationary measures";

deflationary spiral
n1
an episode of deflation in which prices and wages decrease at an increasing rate and currency gains in value;

deflator / d ɪ f ɫ eɪ t ə /
n1
a statistical factor designed to remove the effect of inflation;

- inflation adjusted variables are in constant dollars;

deflect / d ɪ f ɫ ɛ k t /
v1
prevent the occurrence of;

- prevent from happening;

- "Let's avoid a confrontation";

- "head off a confrontation";

- "avert a strike";

- syn. avert, avoid, debar, fend off, forefend, forfend, head off, obviate, stave off, ward off;

v2
turn from a straight course, fixed direction, or line of interest;

- syn. bend, turn away;

v3
turn aside and away from an initial or intended course;

v4
draw someone's attention away from something;

- "The thief distracted the bystanders";

- "He deflected his competitors";

- syn. distract;

v5
impede the movement of (an opponent or a ball);

- "block an attack";

- syn. block, parry;

deflection / d ɪ f ɫ ɛ k ʃ n /
n1
a twist or aberration;

- especially a perverse or abnormal way of judging or acting;

- syn. warp;

n2
the amount by which a propagating wave is bent;

- syn. deflexion, refraction;

n3
the movement of the pointer or pen of a measuring instrument from its zero position;

- syn. deflexion;

n4
the property of being bent or deflected;

- syn. bending, deflexion;

n5
a turning aside (of your course or attention or concern);

- "a diversion from the main highway";

- "a digression into irrelevant details";

- "a deflection from his goal";

- syn. deflexion, deviation, digression, divagation, diversion;

deflective / d ɪ f ɫ ɛ k t ɪ v /
a1
capable of changing the direction (of a light or sound wave);

- syn. refractive;

- sim. crooked;

deflector / d ɪ f ɫ ɛ k t ə /
n1
a device intended to turn aside the flow of something (water or air or smoke etc);

deflexion / d ɪ f ɫ ɛ k ʃ ə n /
n1
the amount by which a propagating wave is bent;

- syn. deflection, refraction;

n2
the movement of the pointer or pen of a measuring instrument from its zero position;

- syn. deflection;

n3
the property of being bent or deflected;

- syn. bending, deflection;

n4
a turning aside (of your course or attention or concern);

- "a diversion from the main highway";

- "a digression into irrelevant details";

- "a deflection from his goal";

- syn. deflection, deviation, digression, divagation, diversion;

defloration / d i f ɫ ɔ ɹ eɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
an act that despoils the innocence or beauty of something;

n2
the act of depriving a woman of her virginity (especially by rupturing the hymen through sexual intercourse);

deflower / d i f ɫ aʊ ə , d i f ɫ aʊ ə ɹ /
v1
deprive of virginity;

- "This dirty old man deflowered several young girls in the village";

- syn. ruin;

v2
make imperfect;

- "nothing marred her beauty";

- syn. impair, mar, spoil, vitiate;

Defoe
n1
English writer remembered particularly for his novel about Robinson Crusoe (1660-1731);

- syn. Daniel Defoe;

defog
v1
free from mist;

- "demist the car windows";

- syn. demist;

defoliant / d i f oʊ ɫ ɪə n t /
n1
a chemical that is sprayed on plants and causes their leaves to fall off;

defoliate / d i f oʊ ɫ ɪ eɪ t /
v1
strip the leaves or branches from;

- "defoliate the trees with pesticides";

a1
deprived of leaves;

- syn. defoliated;

- sim. leafless;

defoliated / d i f oʊ ɫ ɪ eɪ t ɪ d /
a1
deprived of leaves;

- syn. defoliate;

- sim. leafless;

defoliation / d i f oʊ ɫ ɪ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the loss of foliage;

n2
causing the leaves of trees and other plants to fall off (as by the use of chemicals);

defoliator / d i f oʊ ɫ ɪ eɪ t ə /
n1
an insect that strips the leaves from plants;

deforest / d i f ɒ ɹ ɪ s t /
v1
remove the trees from;

- "The landscape was deforested by the enemy attacks";

- syn. disafforest, disforest;

deforestation / d i f ɒ ɹ ɪ s t eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the state of being clear of trees;

n2
the removal of trees;

- syn. disforestation;

deform / d ɪ f ɔ m /
v1
make formless;

- "the heat deformed the plastic sculpture";

v2
twist and press out of shape;

- syn. contort, distort, wring;

v3
cause (a plastic object) to assume a crooked or angular form;

- "bend the rod";

- "twist the dough into a braid";

- "the strong man could turn an iron bar";

- syn. bend, flex, turn, twist;

v4
become misshapen;

- "The sidewalk deformed during the earthquake";

v5
alter the shape of (something) by stress;

- "His body was deformed by leprosy";

- syn. distort, strain;

v6
assume a different shape or form;

- syn. change form, change shape;

deformation / d i f ɔ m eɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
a change for the worse;

- syn. distortion;

n2
alteration in the shape or dimensions of an object as a result of the application of stress to it;

n3
the act of twisting or deforming the shape of something (e.g., yourself);

- syn. contortion;

deformational / d i f ɔ m eɪ ʃ n ə ɫ /
a1
relating to or causing change in either shape or size of a material body or geometric figure;

deformed / d ɪ f ɔ m d /
a1
so badly formed or out of shape as to be ugly;

- "deformed thalidomide babies";

- "his poor distorted limbs";

- "an ill-shapen vase";

- "a limp caused by a malformed foot";

- "misshapen old fingers";

- syn. distorted, ill-shapen, malformed, misshapen;

- sim. unshapely;

deformity / d ɪ f ɔ m ɪ t i /
n1
an affliction in which some part of the body is misshapen or malformed;

- syn. malformation, misshapenness;

n2
an appearance that has been spoiled or is misshapen;

- "there were distinguishing disfigurements on the suspect's back";

- "suffering from facial disfiguration";

- syn. disfiguration, disfigurement;

defraud / d ɪ f ɹ ɔ d /
v1
deprive of by deceit;

- "He swindled me out of my inheritance";

- "She defrauded the customers who trusted her";

- syn. bunco, con, diddle, goldbrick, hornswoggle, mulct, nobble, rook, scam, short-change, swindle, victimize;

defrauder / d ɪ f ɹ ɔ d ə /
n1
a person who swindles you by means of deception or fraud;

- syn. chiseler, chiseller, gouger, grifter, scammer, swindler;

defray / d ɪ f ɹ eɪ /
v1
bear the expenses of;

defrayal / d ɪ f ɹ eɪ ə ɫ /
n1
the act of paying money;

- syn. defrayment, payment;

defrayment / d ɪ f ɹ eɪ m ə n t /
n1
the act of paying money;

- syn. defrayal, payment;

defrock / d i f ɹ ɒ k /
v1
divest of the frock;

- of church officials;

- syn. unfrock;

defrost / d i f ɹ ɒ s t /
v1
make or become free of frost or ice;

- "Defrost the car window";

- syn. de-ice, deice;

defroster / d i f ɹ ɒ s t ə , d i f ɹ ɒ s t ə ɹ /
n1
heater that removes ice or frost (as from a windshield or a refrigerator or the wings of an airplane);

- syn. deicer;

deft / d ɛ f t /
a1
skillful in physical movements;

- especially of the hands;

- "a deft waiter";

- "deft fingers massaged her face";

- "dexterous of hand and inventive of mind";

- syn. dexterous, dextrous;

- sim. adroit;

deftly / d ɛ f t ɫ i /
r1
with dexterity;

- in a dexterous manner;

- "dextrously he untied the knots";

- syn. dexterously, dextrously;

r2
in a deft manner;

- "Lois deftly removed her scarf";

deftness / d ɛ f t n ə s /
n1
skillful performance or ability without difficulty;

- "his quick adeptness was a product of good design";

- "he was famous for his facility as an archer";

- syn. adeptness, adroitness, facility, quickness;

defunct / d ɪ f ʌ ŋ k t /
a1
no longer in force or use;

- inactive;

- "a defunct law";

- "a defunct organization";

- sim. inoperative;

a2
having ceased to exist or live;

- "the will of a defunct aunt";

- "a defunct Indian tribe";

- sim. dead;

defunctness / d ɪ f ʌ ŋ k t n ə s /
n1
no longer in existence;

- "the extinction of a species";

- syn. extinction;

defuse / d i f j u z /
v1
remove the triggering device from;

defusing / d i f j u z ɪ ŋ /
n1
the act of deactivating or making ineffective (as a bomb);

- syn. deactivation;

defy / d ɪ f aɪ /
v1
resist or confront with resistance;

- "The politician defied public opinion";

- "The new material withstands even the greatest wear and tear";

- "The bridge held";

- syn. hold, hold up, withstand;

v2
elude, especially in a baffling way;

- "This behavior defies explanation";

- syn. refuse, resist;

v3
challenge;

- "I dare you!";

- syn. dare;

degage
a1
free and relaxed in manner;

- "rather degage after the nervousness he had shown at dinner"- Edmund Wilson;

- sim. relaxed;

a2
showing lack of emotional involvement;

- "adopted a degage pose on the arm of the easy chair"- J.S.Perelman;

- "she may be detached or even unfeeling but at least she's not hypocritically effusive";

- "an uninvolved bystander";

- syn. detached, uninvolved;

- sim. unconcerned;

Degas / d i ɡ ə z /
n1
French impressionist painter (1834-1917);

- syn. Edgar Degas, Hilaire Germain Edgar Degas;

v1
remove gas from;

degauss / d i ɡ aʊ s /
v1
make nonmagnetic;

- take away the magnetic properties (of);

- "demagnetize the iron shavings";

- "they degaussed the ship";

- syn. demagnetise, demagnetize;

degaussing / d i ɡ aʊ s ɪ ŋ /
n1
the process of making a (steel) ship's hull nonmagnetic by producing an opposing magnetic field;

degeneracy / d ɪ dʒ ɛ n ə ɹ ə s i /
n1
the state of being degenerate in mental or moral qualities;

- syn. decadence, decadency, degeneration;

n2
moral perversion;

- impairment of virtue and moral principles;

- "the luxury and corruption among the upper classes";

- "moral degeneracy followed intellectual degeneration";

- "its brothels, its opium parlors, its depravity";

- "Rome had fallen into moral putrefaction";

- syn. corruption, depravation, depravity, putrefaction;

degenerate / d ɪ dʒ ɛ n ə ɹ ə t , d ɪ dʒ ɛ n ə ɹ eɪ t /
n1
a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior;

- syn. deviant, deviate, pervert;

v1
grow worse;

- "Her condition deteriorated";

- "Conditions in the slums degenerated";

- "The discussion devolved into a shouting match";

- syn. deteriorate, devolve, drop;

a1
unrestrained by convention or morality;

- "Congreve draws a debauched aristocratic society";

- "deplorably dissipated and degraded";

- "riotous living";

- "fast women";

- syn. debauched, degraded, dissipated, dissolute, fast, libertine, profligate, riotous;

- sim. immoral;

degeneration / d ɪ dʒ ɛ n ə ɹ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the process of declining from a higher to a lower level of effective power or vitality or essential quality;

- syn. devolution;

n2
the state of being degenerate in mental or moral qualities;

- syn. decadence, decadency, degeneracy;

n3
passing from a more complex to a simpler biological form;

- syn. retrogression;

degenerative / d ɪ dʒ ɛ n ə ɹ ə t ɪ v /
a1
(of illness) marked by gradual deterioration of organs and cells along with loss of function;

- "degenerative diseases of old age";

- sim. chronic;

degenerative arthritis
n1
chronic breakdown of cartilage in the joints;

- the most common form of arthritis occurring usually after middle age;

- syn. degenerative joint disease, osteoarthritis;

degenerative disorder
n1
condition leading to progressive loss of function;

degenerative joint disease
n1
chronic breakdown of cartilage in the joints;

- the most common form of arthritis occurring usually after middle age;

- syn. degenerative arthritis, osteoarthritis;

deglaze
v1
dissolve cooking juices or solid food in (a pan) by adding liquid and stirring;

deglutition / d i ɡ ɫ u t ɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
the act of swallowing;

- "one swallow of the liquid was enough";

- "he took a drink of his beer and smacked his lips";

- syn. drink, swallow;

deglycerolise
v1
remove from glycerol;

- syn. deglycerolize;

deglycerolize
v1
remove from glycerol;

- syn. deglycerolise;

degradation / d ɛ ɡ ɹ ə d eɪ ʃ n /
n1
changing to a lower state (a less respected state);

- syn. debasement;

n2
a low or downcast state;

- "each confession brought her into an attitude of abasement"- H.L.Menchken;

- syn. abasement, abjection;

degrade / d ɪ ɡ ɹ eɪ d /
v1
reduce the level of land, as by erosion;

v2
reduce in worth or character, usually verbally;

- "She tends to put down younger women colleagues";

- "His critics took him down after the lecture";

- syn. demean, disgrace, put down, take down;

v3
lower the grade of something;

- reduce its worth;

- syn. cheapen;

degraded / d ɪ ɡ ɹ eɪ d ɪ d /
a1
unrestrained by convention or morality;

- "Congreve draws a debauched aristocratic society";

- "deplorably dissipated and degraded";

- "riotous living";

- "fast women";

- syn. debauched, degenerate, dissipated, dissolute, fast, libertine, profligate, riotous;

- sim. immoral;

a2
lowered in value;

- "the dollar is low";

- "a debased currency";

- syn. debased, devalued;

- sim. low;

degrader / d ɪ ɡ ɹ eɪ d ə , d ɪ ɡ ɹ eɪ d ə ɹ /
n1
a person who lowers the quality or character or value (as by adding cheaper metal to coins);

- syn. debaser;

degrading / d ɪ ɡ ɹ eɪ d ɪ ŋ /
a1
harmful to the mind or morals;

- "corrupt judges and their corrupting influence";

- "the vicious and degrading cult of violence";

- syn. corrupting;

- sim. noxious;

a2
used of conduct;

- characterized by dishonor;

- syn. debasing;

- sim. dishonorable;

degrease / d ɪ ɡ ɹ i s /
v1
remove grease or oil from (a pan);

degree / d ɪ ɡ ɹ i /
n1
a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality;

- "a moderate grade of intelligence";

- "a high level of care is required";

- "it is all a matter of degree";

- syn. grade, level;

n2
a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process;

- "a remarkable degree of frankness";

- "at what stage are the social sciences?";

- syn. level, point, stage;

n3
an award conferred by a college or university signifying that the recipient has satisfactorily completed a course of study;

- "he earned his degree at Princeton summa cum laude";

- syn. academic degree;

n4
a measure for arcs and angles;

- "there are 360 degrees in a circle";

- syn. arcdegree;

n5
the highest power of a term or variable;

n6
a unit of temperature on a specified scale;

- "the game was played in spite of the 40-degree temperature";

n7
the seriousness of something (e.g., a burn or crime);

- "murder in the second degree";

- "a second degree burn";

degree Celsius
n1
a degree on the centigrade scale of temperature;

- syn. C, degree centigrade;

degree centigrade
n1
a degree on the centigrade scale of temperature;

- syn. C, degree Celsius;

degree day
n1
the day on which university degrees are conferred;

- syn. commencement day;

n2
a unit used in estimating fuel requirements for heating a building;

degree Fahrenheit
n1
a degree on the Fahrenheit scale of temperature;

- syn. F;

degree of a polynomial
n1
the degree of the term in the polynomial that has the highest degree;

degree of a term
n1
the sum of the exponents of the variables in the term;

degree of freedom
n1
(statistics) an unrestricted variable in a frequency distribution;

n2
one of the minimum number of parameters needed to describe the state of a physical system;

degree program
n1
a course of study leading to an academic degree;

degressive / d ɪ ɡ ɹ ɛ s ɪ v /
a1
going down by steps;

- sim. descending;

a2
(of taxes) gradually decreasing in rate on sums below a certain amount;

- sim. progressive;

degressive tax
n1
any tax in which the rate decreases as the amount subject to taxation increases;

degust
v1
taste with relish;

- "degust this wonderful soup";

degustation
n1
taking a small amount into the mouth to test its quality;

- "cooking was fine but it was the savoring that he enjoyed most";

- syn. relishing, savoring, savouring, tasting;

dehisce / d ɪ h ɪ s /
v1
burst or split open;

- "flowers dehisce when they release pollen";

dehiscence / d ɪ h ɪ s n s /
n1
(biology) release of material by splitting open of an organ or tissue;

- the natural bursting open at maturity of a fruit or other reproductive body to release seeds or spores or the bursting open of a surgically closed wound;

dehiscent / d ɪ h ɪ s n t /
a1
(of e.g. fruits and anthers) opening spontaneously at maturity to release seeds;

Dehong Dai
n1
a branch of the Tai languages;

- syn. Chinese Shan, Tai Nuea;

dehorn / d i h ɔ n /
v1
prevent the growth of horns of certain animals;

v2
take the horns off (an animal);

dehumanisation / d i h j u m ə n aɪ z eɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
the act of degrading people with respect to their best qualities;

- "science has been blamed for the dehumanization of modern life";

- syn. dehumanization;

dehumanise
v1
deprive of human qualities;

- "Life in poverty has dehumanized them";

- syn. dehumanize;

v2
make mechanical or routine;

- syn. dehumanize;

dehumanised / d i h j u m ə n aɪ z d /
a1
divested of human qualities or attributes;

- syn. dehumanized, unhuman;

- sim. nonhuman;

dehumanization / d i h j u m ə n aɪ z eɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
the act of degrading people with respect to their best qualities;

- "science has been blamed for the dehumanization of modern life";

- syn. dehumanisation;

dehumanize / d i h j u m ə n aɪ z /
v1
deprive of human qualities;

- "Life in poverty has dehumanized them";

- syn. dehumanise;

v2
make mechanical or routine;

- syn. dehumanise;

dehumanized / d i h j u m ə n aɪ z d /
a1
divested of human qualities or attributes;

- syn. dehumanised, unhuman;

- sim. nonhuman;

dehumidifier / d i h j u m ɪ d ɪ f aɪ ə /
n1
an applicance to extract moisture from the air and make the environment more comfortable;

- "in summer, we need to run the dehumidifier in the basement";

dehumidify / d i h j u m ɪ d ɪ f aɪ /
v1
make less humid;

- "The air conditioner dehumidifies the air in the summer";

dehydrate / d i h aɪ d ɹ eɪ t /
v1
preserve by removing all water and liquids from;

- "carry dehydrated food on your camping trip";

- syn. desiccate;

v2
remove water from;

- "All this exercise and sweating has dehydrated me";

- syn. desiccate;

v3
lose water or moisture;

- "In the desert, you get dehydrated very quickly";

- syn. desiccate, dry up, exsiccate;

dehydrated / d i h aɪ d ɹ eɪ t ɪ d /
a1
suffering from excessive loss of water from the body;

- "fever resulted from becoming dehydrated";

- "was dehydrated after the marathon";

- sim. unhealthy;

a2
preserved by removing natural moisture;

- "dried beef";

- "dried fruit";

- "dehydrated eggs";

- "shredded and desiccated coconut meat";

- syn. desiccated, dried;

- sim. preserved;

dehydrated food
n1
food preserved by dehydration;

- syn. dehydrated foods;

dehydrated foods
n1
food preserved by dehydration;

- syn. dehydrated food;

dehydration / d i h aɪ d ɹ eɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
dryness resulting from the removal of water;

- syn. desiccation;

n2
depletion of bodily fluids;

n3
the process of extracting moisture;

- syn. desiccation, drying up, evaporation;

dehydrogenate / d i h aɪ d ɹ ə dʒ ə n eɪ t /
v1
remove hydrogen from;

dehydroretinol
n1
a viscous alcohol that is less active in mammals than is vitamin A1;

- syn. vitamin A2;

deice
v1
make or become free of frost or ice;

- "Defrost the car window";

- syn. de-ice, defrost;

deicer
n1
heater that removes ice or frost (as from a windshield or a refrigerator or the wings of an airplane);

- syn. defroster;

deictic / d aɪ k t ɪ k /
n1
a word specifying identity or spatial or temporal location from the perspective of a speaker or hearer in the context in which the communication occurs;

- "words that introduce particulars of the speaker's and hearer's shared cognitive field into the message"- R.Rommetveit;

- syn. deictic word;

a1
relating to or characteristic of a word whose reference depends on the circumstances of its use;

- "deictic pronouns";

deictic word
n1
a word specifying identity or spatial or temporal location from the perspective of a speaker or hearer in the context in which the communication occurs;

- "words that introduce particulars of the speaker's and hearer's shared cognitive field into the message"- R.Rommetveit;

- syn. deictic;

deific / d i ɪ f ɪ k /
a1
characterized by divine or godlike nature;

- sim. immortal;

deification / d i ɪ f ɪ k eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the condition of being treated like a god;

n2
an embodiment of the qualities of a god;

- "the capitalists' deification of capital";

n3
the elevation of a person (as to the status of a god);

- syn. apotheosis, exaltation;

deify / d i ɪ f aɪ /
v1
consider as a god or godlike;

- "These young men deify financial success";

v2
exalt to the position of a God;

- "the people deified their King";

deign / d eɪ n /
v1
do something that one considers to be below one's dignity;

- syn. condescend, descend;

Deimos
n1
the outer of two small satellites of Mars;

deinocheirus
n1
lightly built medium-sized theropod with long limbs and neck;

deinonychus
n1
swift agile wolf-sized bipedal dinosaur having a large curved claw on each hind foot;

- of the Cretaceous;

deionize
v1
remove ions from;

deipnosophist / d aɪ p n ɒ s ə f ɪ s t /
n1
someone skilled at informal chitchat;

deism / d i ɪ z ə m /
n1
the form of theological rationalism that believes in God on the basis of reason without reference to revelation;

- syn. free thought;

deist / d i ɪ s t /
n1
a person who believes that God created the universe and then abandoned it;

a1
of or relating to deism;

- syn. deistic;

deistic / d i ɪ s t ɪ k /
a1
of or relating to deism;

- syn. deist;

deity / d i ɪ t i /
n1
any supernatural being worshipped as controlling some part of the world or some aspect of life or who is the personification of a force;

- syn. divinity, god, immortal;

deixis
n1
the function of pointing or specifying from the perspective of a participant in an act of speech or writing;

- aspects of a communication whose interpretation depends on knowledge of the context in which the communication occurs;

deja vu
n1
the experience of thinking that a new situation had occurred before;

deject / d ɪ dʒ ɛ k t /
v1
lower someone's spirits;

- make downhearted;

- "These news depressed her";

- "The bad state of her child's health demoralizes her";

- syn. cast down, demoralise, demoralize, depress, dismay, dispirit, get down;

dejected / d ɪ dʒ ɛ k t ɪ d /
a1
affected or marked by low spirits;

- "is dejected but trying to look cheerful";

- also dysphoric, unhappy, unhappy;

- sim. amort, chapfallen, gloomy, glum, lonely;

dejectedly / d ɪ dʒ ɛ k t ɪ d ɫ i /
r1
in a dejected manner;

- "when she came back Sophie and Esther were sitting dejectedly in the kitchen";

- syn. in low spirits;

dejectedness / d ɪ dʒ ɛ k t ɪ d n ɪ s /
n1
a feeling of low spirits;

- "he felt responsible for her lowness of spirits";

- syn. dispiritedness, downheartedness, low-spiritedness, lowness;

dejection / d ɪ dʒ ɛ k ʃ n /
n1
a state of melancholy depression;

n2
solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels;

- syn. BM, faecal matter, faeces, fecal matter, feces, ordure, stool;

dejeuner / d eɪ ʒ ə n eɪ /
n1
a midday meal;

- syn. lunch, luncheon, tiffin;

dekagram
n1
10 grams;

- syn. dag, decagram, dkg;

dekaliter
n1
a metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters;

- syn. dal, decaliter, decalitre, dekalitre, dkl;

dekalitre
n1
a metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters;

- syn. dal, decaliter, decalitre, dekaliter, dkl;

dekameter
n1
a metric unit of length equal to ten meters;

- syn. dam, decameter, decametre, dekametre, dkm;

dekametre
n1
a metric unit of length equal to ten meters;

- syn. dam, decameter, decametre, dekameter, dkm;

Dekker
n1
English dramatist and pamphleteer (1572-1632);

- syn. Decker, Thomas Decker, Thomas Dekker;

dekko / d ɛ k oʊ /
n1
British slang for a look;

Del.
n1
a Mid-Atlantic state;

- one of the original 13 colonies;

- syn. DE, Delaware, Diamond State, First State;

Del Rio
n1
a town in southwest Texas on the Rio Grande to the west of San Antonio;

Delacroix
n1
French romantic painter (1798-1863);

- syn. Eugene Delacroix, Ferdinand Victor Eugene Delacroix;

Delairea
n1
one species: German ivy;

- syn. genus Delairea;

Delairea odorata
n1
South African succulent evergreen twining climber with yellow flowers grown primarily as a houseplant for its foliage;

- sometimes placed in genus Senecio;

- syn. German ivy, Senecio milkanioides;

delavirdine
n1
a non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (trade name Rescriptor) used to treat AIDS and HIV;

- syn. Rescriptor;

Delaware / d ɛ ɫ ə w eə , d ɛ ɫ ə w eə ɹ /
n1
a river that rises in the Catskills in southeastern New York and flows southward along the border of Pennsylvania with New York and New Jersey to northern Delaware where it empties into Delaware Bay;

- syn. Delaware River;

n2
a member of an Algonquian people formerly living in New Jersey and New York and parts of Delaware and Pennsylvania;

n3
one of the British colonies that formed the United States;

n4
a Mid-Atlantic state;

- one of the original 13 colonies;

- syn. DE, Del., Diamond State, First State;

n5
the Algonquian language spoken by the Delaware;

Delaware Bay
n1
an inlet of the North Atlantic;

- fed by the Delaware River;

Delaware Memorial Bridge
n1
a suspension bridge across the Delaware River;

Delaware River
n1
a river that rises in the Catskills in southeastern New York and flows southward along the border of Pennsylvania with New York and New Jersey to northern Delaware where it empties into Delaware Bay;

- syn. Delaware;

Delawarean
n1
a native or resident of Delaware;

- syn. Delawarian;

Delawarian
n1
a native or resident of Delaware;

- syn. Delawarean;

delay / d ɪ ɫ eɪ /
n1
time during which some action is awaited;

- "instant replay caused too long a delay";

- "he ordered a hold in the action";

- syn. hold, postponement, time lag, wait;

n2
the act of delaying;

- inactivity resulting in something being put off until a later time;

- syn. holdup;

v1
cause to be slowed down or delayed;

- "Traffic was delayed by the bad weather";

- "she delayed the work that she didn't want to perform";

- syn. detain, hold up;

v2
act later than planned, scheduled, or required;

- "Don't delay your application to graduate school or else it won't be considered";

v3
stop or halt;

- "Please stay the bloodshed!";

- syn. detain, stay;

v4
slow the growth or development of;

- "The brain damage will retard the child's language development";

- syn. check, retard;

delay line
n1
a circuit designed to introduce a calculated delay into the transmission of a signal;

delayed / d ɪ ɫ eɪ d /
a1
not as far along as normal in development;

- sim. retarded;

delayed action
n1
a mechanism that automatically delays the release of a camera shutter for a fixed period of time so that the photographer can appear in the picture;

delayed allergy
n1
an allergic reaction that becomes apparent only hours after contact;

- syn. type IV allergic reaction;

delayer / d ɪ ɫ eɪ ə /
n1
a person who delays;

- to put off until later or cause to be late;

Delbruck
n1
United States biologist (born in Germany) who studied how viruses infect living cells (1906-1981);

- syn. Max Delbruck;

delectability / d ɪ ɫ ɛ k t ə b ɪ ɫ ɪ t ɪ /
n1
extreme appetizingness;

- syn. deliciousness, lusciousness, toothsomeness;

delectable / d ɪ ɫ ɛ k t ə b ɫ /
a1
extremely pleasing to the sense of taste;

- syn. delicious, luscious, pleasant-tasting, scrumptious, toothsome, yummy;

- sim. tasty;

a2
capable of arousing sexual desire;

- "the delectable Miss Haynes";

- syn. sexually attractive;

- sim. desirable;

delectation / d i ɫ ɛ k t eɪ ʃ n /
n1
a feeling of extreme pleasure or satisfaction;

- "his delight to see her was obvious to all";

- syn. delight;

n2
act of receiving pleasure from something;

- syn. enjoyment;

delegacy / d ɛ ɫ ɪ ɡ ə s i /
n1
the state of serving as an official and authorized delegate or agent;

- syn. agency, representation;

n2
a group of representatives or delegates;

- syn. commission, delegation, deputation, mission;

n3
the appointment of a delegate;

delegate / d ɛ ɫ ɪ ɡ ə t , d ɛ ɫ ɪ ɡ eɪ t /
n1
a person appointed or elected to represent others;

v1
transfer power to someone;

- syn. depute;

v2
give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person);

- syn. assign, depute, designate;

delegating / d ɛ ɫ ɪ ɡ eɪ t ɪ ŋ /
n1
authorizing subordinates to make certain decisions;

- syn. delegation, deputation, relegating, relegation;

delegation / d ɛ ɫ ɪ ɡ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
a group of representatives or delegates;

- syn. commission, delegacy, deputation, mission;

n2
authorizing subordinates to make certain decisions;

- syn. delegating, deputation, relegating, relegation;

delete / d ɪ ɫ i t /
v1
remove or make invisible;

- "Please delete my name from your list";

- syn. cancel;

v2
wipe out digitally or magnetically recorded information;

- "Who erased the files from my hard disk?";

- syn. erase;

v3
cut or eliminate;

- "she edited the juiciest scenes";

- syn. blue-pencil, edit;

deleterious / d ɛ ɫ ɪ t ɪə ɹ ɪə s /
a1
harmful to living things;

- "deleterious chemical additives";

- syn. hurtful, injurious;

- sim. harmful;

deletion / d ɪ ɫ i ʃ n /
n1
any process whereby sounds or words are left out of spoken words or phrases;

- syn. omission;

n2
(genetics) the loss or absence of one or more nucleotides from a chromosome;

n3
the omission that is made when an editorial change shortens a written passage;

- "an editor's deletions frequently upset young authors";

- "both parties agreed on the excision of the proposed clause";

- syn. cut, excision;

n4
the act of deleting something written or printed;

delf / d ɛ ɫ f /
n1
an excavation;

- usually a quarry or mine;

delft / d ɛ ɫ f t /
n1
a style of glazed earthenware;

- usually white with blue decoration;

Delhi / d ɛ ɫ i /
n1
a city in north central India;

- syn. New Delhi;

Delhi boil
n1
leishmaniasis of the skin;

- characterized by ulcerative skin lesions;

- syn. Aleppo boil, Old World leishmaniasis, cutaneous leishmaniasis, oriental sore, tropical sore;

deli
n1
a shop selling ready-to-eat food products;

- syn. delicatessen, food shop;

deliberate / d ɪ ɫ ɪ b ə ɹ ə t , d ɪ ɫ ɪ b ə ɹ eɪ t /
v1
think about carefully;

- weigh;

- "They considered the possibility of a strike";

- "Turn the proposal over in your mind";

- syn. consider, debate, moot, turn over;

v2
discuss the pros and cons of an issue;

- syn. debate;

a1
carefully thought out in advance;

- "a calculated insult";

- "with measured irony";

- "he made a deliberate decision not to respond negatively";

- syn. calculated, measured;

- sim. intended;

a2
unhurried and with care and dignity;

- "walking at the same measured pace";

- "with all deliberate speed";

- syn. careful, measured;

- sim. unhurried;

a3
characterized by conscious design or purpose;

- "intentional damage";

- "a knowing act of fraud";

- "a deliberate attempt to provoke a response";

- syn. intentional, knowing;

- sim. intended;

deliberate defence
n1
a defense organized before contact is made with the enemy and while time for organization is available;

- usually includes a fortified zone (with pillboxes) and communication systems;

- syn. deliberate defense;

deliberate defense
n1
a defense organized before contact is made with the enemy and while time for organization is available;

- usually includes a fortified zone (with pillboxes) and communication systems;

- syn. deliberate defence;

deliberately / d ɪ ɫ ɪ b ə ɹ ə t ɫ i /
r1
with intention;

- in an intentional manner;

- "he used that word intentionally";

- "I did this by choice";

- syn. advisedly, by choice, by design, designedly, intentionally, on purpose, purposely;

r2
in a deliberate unhurried manner;

- "she was working deliberately";

- syn. measuredly;

deliberateness / d ɪ ɫ ɪ b ə ɹ ə t n ə s /
n1
a rate demonstrating an absence of haste or hurry;

- syn. deliberation, slowness, unhurriedness;

n2
the trait of thoughtfulness in action or decision;

- "he was a man of judicial deliberation";

- syn. deliberation;

deliberation / d ɪ ɫ ɪ b ə ɹ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
(usually plural) discussion of all sides of a question;

- "the deliberations of the jury";

n2
careful consideration;

- "a little deliberation would have deterred them";

- syn. advisement, weighing;

n3
planning something carefully and intentionally;

- "it was the deliberation of his act that was insulting";

- syn. calculation;

n4
a rate demonstrating an absence of haste or hurry;

- syn. deliberateness, slowness, unhurriedness;

n5
the trait of thoughtfulness in action or decision;

- "he was a man of judicial deliberation";

- syn. deliberateness;

deliberative / d ɪ ɫ ɪ b ə ɹ ə t ɪ v /
a1
involved in or characterized by deliberation and discussion and examination;

- "a deliberative body";

- sim. thoughtful;

deliberative assembly
n1
an assembly of people for the purpose of unhurried consideration and discussion;

Delibes
n1
French composer of operas (1836-1891);

- syn. Clement Philibert Leo Delibes, Leo Delibes;

delible
a1
capable of being deleted;

- sim. eradicable;

delicacy / d ɛ ɫ ɪ k ə s i /
n1
the quality of being beautiful and delicate in appearance;

- "the daintiness of her touch";

- "the fineness of her features";

- syn. daintiness, fineness;

n2
something considered choice to eat;

- syn. dainty, goody, kickshaw, treat;

n3
refined taste;

- tact;

- syn. discretion;

n4
smallness of stature;

- syn. slightness;

n5
lack of physical strength;

- syn. fragility;

n6
subtly skillful handling of a situation;

- syn. diplomacy, discreetness, finesse;

n7
lightness in movement or manner;

- syn. airiness;

delicate / d ɛ ɫ ɪ k ə t /
a1
exquisitely fine and subtle and pleasing;

- susceptible to injury;

- "a delicate violin passage";

- "delicate china";

- "a delicate flavor";

- "the delicate wing of a butterfly";

- also breakable, frail, weak;

- sim. dainty, ethereal, fragile, light-handed, overdelicate, pastel, tender;

a2
marked by great skill especially in meticulous technique;

- "a surgeon's delicate touch";

- sim. skilled;

a3
easily broken or damaged or destroyed;

- "a kite too delicate to fly safely";

- "fragile porcelain plates";

- "fragile old bones";

- "a frail craft";

- syn. fragile, frail;

- sim. breakable;

a4
easily hurt;

- "soft hands";

- "a baby's delicate skin";

- syn. soft;

- sim. tender;

a5
developed with extreme delicacy and subtlety;

- "the satire touches with finespun ridicule every kind of human pretense";

- syn. finespun;

- sim. refined;

a6
difficult to handle;

- requiring great tact;

- "delicate negotiations with the big powers";

- "hesitates to be explicit on so ticklish a matter";

- "a touchy subject";

- syn. ticklish, touchy;

- sim. difficult;

a7
of an instrument or device;

- capable of registering minute differences or changes precisely;

- "almost undetectable with even the most delicate instruments";

- sim. sensitive;

delicately / d ɛ ɫ ɪ k ə t ɫ i /
r1
in a delicate manner;

- "finely shaped features";

- "her fine drawn body";

- syn. exquisitely, fine, finely;

delicatessen / d ɛ ɫ ɪ k ə t ɛ s n /
n1
ready-to-eat food products;

- syn. delicatessen food;

n2
a shop selling ready-to-eat food products;

- syn. deli, food shop;

delicatessen food
n1
ready-to-eat food products;

- syn. delicatessen;

Delichon
n1
a genus of Hirundinidae;

- syn. genus Delichon;

Delichon urbica
n1
common small European martin that builds nests under the eaves of houses;

- syn. house martin;

Delicious / d ɪ ɫ ɪ ʃ ə s /
n1
variety of sweet eating apples;

a1
greatly pleasing or entertaining;

- "a delightful surprise";

- "the comedy was delightful";

- "a delicious joke";

- syn. delightful;

- sim. pleasing;

a2
extremely pleasing to the sense of taste;

- syn. delectable, luscious, pleasant-tasting, scrumptious, toothsome, yummy;

- sim. tasty;

deliciously / d ɪ ɫ ɪ ʃ ə s ɫ i /
r1
in a very pleasurable manner;

- "they were walking along the beach slowly and deliciously";

- syn. pleasurably;

r2
so as to produce a delightful taste;

- "I bought some more of these deliciously sweet peaches";

- syn. lusciously, scrumptiously;

deliciousness / d ɪ ɫ ɪ ʃ ə s n ə s /
n1
extreme appetizingness;

- syn. delectability, lusciousness, toothsomeness;

delight / d ɪ ɫ aɪ t /
n1
a feeling of extreme pleasure or satisfaction;

- "his delight to see her was obvious to all";

- syn. delectation;

n2
something or someone that provides a source of happiness;

- "a joy to behold";

- "the pleasure of his company";

- "the new car is a delight";

- syn. joy, pleasure;

v1
give pleasure to or be pleasing to;

- "These colors please the senses";

- "a pleasing sensation";

- syn. please;

v2
take delight in;

- "he delights in his granddaughter";

- syn. enjoy, revel;

v3
hold spellbound;

- syn. enchant, enrapture, enthral, enthrall, ravish, transport;

delighted / d ɪ ɫ aɪ t ɪ d /
a1
greatly pleased;

- sim. pleased;

a2
filled with wonder and delight;

- syn. beguiled, captivated, charmed, enthralled, entranced;

- sim. enchanted;

delightedly / d ɪ ɫ aɪ t ɪ d ɫ i /
r1
with delight;

- "delightedly, she accepted the invitation";

delightful / d ɪ ɫ aɪ t f ə ɫ /
a1
greatly pleasing or entertaining;

- "a delightful surprise";

- "the comedy was delightful";

- "a delicious joke";

- syn. delicious;

- sim. pleasing;

delightfully / d ɪ ɫ aɪ t f ə ɫ i /
r1
in a delightful manner;

- "the farm house, though in itself a small one, is delightfully situated";

Delilah
n1
(Old Testament) the Philistine mistress of Samson who betrayed him by cutting off his hair and so deprived him of his strength;

n2
a woman who is considered to be dangerously seductive;

- syn. enchantress, femme fatale, siren, temptress;

delimit / d i ɫ ɪ m ɪ t /
v1
determine the essential quality of;

- syn. define, delimitate, delineate, specify;

v2
be opposite to;

- of angles and sides, in geometry;

- syn. subtend;

v3
set, mark, or draw the boundaries of something;

- syn. delimitate, demarcate;

delimitate / d i ɫ ɪ m ɪ t eɪ t /
v1
determine the essential quality of;

- syn. define, delimit, delineate, specify;

v2
set, mark, or draw the boundaries of something;

- syn. delimit, demarcate;

delimitation / d i ɫ ɪ m ɪ t eɪ ʃ n /
n1
a line that indicates a boundary;

- syn. border, borderline, boundary line, mete;

delimited / d i ɫ ɪ m ɪ t ɪ d /
a1
having the limits or boundaries established;

- "a delimited frontier through the disputed region";

- syn. bounded;

- sim. finite;

delineate / d ɪ ɫ ɪ n ɪ eɪ t /
v1
show the form or outline of;

- "The tree was clearly defined by the light";

- "The camera could define the smallest object";

- syn. define;

v2
determine the essential quality of;

- syn. define, delimit, delimitate, specify;

v3
trace the shape of;

- syn. limn, outline;

v4
make a mark or lines on a surface;

- "draw a line";

- "trace the outline of a figure in the sand";

- syn. describe, draw, line, trace;

v5
describe in vivid detail;

a1
represented accurately or precisely;

- syn. delineated, represented;

- sim. depicted, described, diagrammatic;

delineated / d ɪ ɫ ɪ n ɪ eɪ t ɪ d /
a1
represented accurately or precisely;

- syn. delineate, represented;

- sim. depicted, described, diagrammatic;

delineation / d ɪ ɫ ɪ n ɪ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
a graphic or vivid verbal description;

- "too often the narrative was interrupted by long word pictures";

- "the author gives a depressing picture of life in Poland";

- "the pamphlet contained brief characterizations of famous Vermonters";

- syn. characterisation, characterization, depiction, picture, word-painting, word picture;

n2
a drawing of the outlines of forms or objects;

- syn. depiction, limning, line drawing;

n3
representation by drawing or painting etc;

- syn. depiction, portrayal;

delineative / d ɪ ɫ ɪ n ɪ eɪ t ɪ v /
a1
depicted in a recognizable manner;

- syn. depictive;

- sim. representational;

delinquency / d ɪ ɫ ɪ ŋ k w ə n s i /
n1
nonpayment of a debt when due;

n2
a tendency to be negligent and uncaring;

- "he inherited his delinquency from his father";

- "his derelictions were not really intended as crimes";

- "his adolescent protest consisted of willful neglect of all his responsibilities";

- syn. dereliction, willful neglect;

n3
an antisocial misdeed in violation of the law by a minor;

- syn. juvenile delinquency;

delinquent / d ɪ ɫ ɪ ŋ k w ə n t /
n1
a young offender;

- syn. juvenile delinquent;

a1
guilty of a misdeed;

- "delinquent minors";

- sim. guilty;

a2
failing in what duty requires;

- "derelict (or delinquent) in his duty";

- "neglectful of his duties";

- "remiss of you not to pay your bills";

- syn. derelict, neglectful, remiss;

- sim. negligent;

a3
past due;

- not paid at the scheduled time;

- "an overdue installment";

- "a delinquent account";

- syn. overdue;

- sim. due;

deliquesce / d ɛ ɫ ɪ k w ɛ s /
v1
melt away in the process of decay;

- "The fungi eventually deliquesced";

v2
melt or become liquid by absorbing moisture from the air;

- "this type of salt deliquesces easily";

deliquescent / d ɛ ɫ ɪ k w ɛ s n t /
a1
(especially of certain salts) becoming liquid by absorbing moisture from the air;

- sim. hydrophilic;

deliquium
n1
a spontaneous loss of consciousness caused by insufficient blood to the brain;

- syn. faint, swoon, syncope;

delirious / d ɪ ɫ ɪr ɪə s /
a1
experiencing delirium;

- syn. hallucinating;

- sim. ill;

a2
marked by uncontrolled excitement or emotion;

- "a crowd of delirious baseball fans";

- "something frantic in their gaiety";

- "a mad whirl of pleasure";

- syn. excited, frantic, mad, unrestrained;

- sim. wild;

deliriously / d ɪ ɫ ɪr ɪə s ɫ i /
r1
as if in a delirium;

- "he was talking deliriously";

r2
in a delirious manner;

- "her answer made him deliriously happy";

delirium / d ɪ ɫ ɪr ɪə m /
n1
state of violent mental agitation;

- syn. craze, frenzy, fury, hysteria;

n2
a usually brief state of excitement and mental confusion often accompanied by hallucinations;

delirium tremens / d ɪ ɫ ɪr ɪə m t ɹ i m ɛ n z /
n1
acute delirium caused by alcohol poisoning;

- syn. DTs;

delist
v1
remove (a security) from listing at a stock exchange;

Delius
n1
English composer of orchestral works (1862-1934);

- syn. Frederick Delius;

deliver / d ɪ ɫ ɪ v ə , d ɪ ɫ ɪ v ə ɹ /
v1
deliver (a speech, oration, or idea);

- "The commencement speaker presented a forceful speech that impressed the students";

- syn. present;

v2
bring to a destination, make a delivery;

- "our local super market delivers";

v3
to surrender someone or something to another;

- "the guard delivered the criminal to the police";

- "render up the prisoners";

- "render the town to the enemy";

- "fork over the money";

- syn. fork out, fork over, fork up, hand over, render, turn in;

v4
free from harm or evil;

- syn. rescue;

v5
hand over to the authorities of another country;

- "They extradited the fugitive to his native country so he could be tried there";

- syn. deport, extradite;

v6
pass down;

- "render a verdict";

- "deliver a judgment";

- syn. render, return;

v7
utter (an exclamation, noise, etc.);

- "The students delivered a cry of joy";

v8
save from sins;

- syn. redeem, save;

v9
carry out or perform;

- "deliver an attack";

- "deliver a blow";

- "The boxer drove home a solid left";

- syn. drive home;

v10
relinquish possession or control over;

- "The squatters had to surrender the building after the police moved in";

- syn. cede, give up, surrender;

v11
throw or hurl from the mound to the batter, as in baseball;

- "The pitcher delivered the ball";

- syn. pitch;

v12
cause to be born;

- "My wife had twins yesterday!";

- syn. bear, birth, give birth, have;

deliver the goods
v1
attain success or reach a desired goal;

- "The enterprise succeeded";

- "We succeeded in getting tickets to the show";

- "she struggled to overcome her handicap and won";

- syn. bring home the bacon, come through, succeed, win;

deliverable / d ɪ ɫ ɪ v ə ɹ ə b ɫ /
n1
something that can be provided as the product of development;

- "under this contract the deliverables include both software and hardware";

a1
suitable for or ready for delivery;

deliverance / d ɪ ɫ ɪ v ə ɹ ə n s /
n1
recovery or preservation from loss or danger;

- "work is the deliverance of mankind";

- "a surgeon's job is the saving of lives";

- syn. delivery, rescue, saving;

Deliverer / d ɪ ɫ ɪ v ə ɹ ə , d ɪ ɫ ɪ v ə ɹ ə ɹ /
n1
a teacher and prophet born in Bethlehem and active in Nazareth;

- his life and sermons form the basis for Christianity (circa 4 BC - AD 29);

- syn. Christ, Good Shepherd, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Jesus of Nazareth, Redeemer, Savior, Saviour, the Nazarene;

n2
a person who rescues you from harm or danger;

- syn. rescuer, savior, saviour;

n3
someone employed to make deliveries;

- syn. delivery boy, deliveryman;

n4
a person who gives up or transfers money or goods;

delivery / d ɪ ɫ ɪ v ə ɹ i /
n1
the act of delivering or distributing something (as goods or mail);

- "his reluctant delivery of bad news";

- syn. bringing;

n2
the event of giving birth;

- "she had a difficult delivery";

n3
your characteristic style or manner of expressing yourself orally;

- "his manner of speaking was quite abrupt";

- "her speech was barren of southernisms";

- "I detected a slight accent in his speech";

- syn. manner of speaking, speech;

n4
the voluntary transfer of something (title or possession) from one party to another;

- syn. legal transfer, livery;

n5
(baseball) the act of throwing a baseball by a pitcher to a batter;

- syn. pitch;

n6
recovery or preservation from loss or danger;

- "work is the deliverance of mankind";

- "a surgeon's job is the saving of lives";

- syn. deliverance, rescue, saving;

n7
the act of delivering a child;

- syn. obstetrical delivery;

delivery boy
n1
someone employed to make deliveries;

- syn. deliverer, deliveryman;

delivery truck
n1
a van suitable for delivering goods or services to customers;

- syn. delivery van, panel truck;

delivery van
n1
a van suitable for delivering goods or services to customers;

- syn. delivery truck, panel truck;

deliveryman / d ɪ ɫ ɪ v ə ɹ ɪ m ɛ n /
n1
someone employed to make deliveries;

- syn. deliverer, delivery boy;

dell / d ɛ ɫ /
n1
a small wooded hollow;

- syn. dingle;

Delmonico steak
n1
small steak from the front of the short loin of beef;

- syn. club steak;

delocalize
v1
remove from the proper or usual locality;

Delonix
n1
evergreen or deciduous trees of tropical Africa and India;

- syn. genus Delonix;

Delonix regia
n1
showy tropical tree or shrub native to Madagascar;

- widely planted in tropical regions for its immense racemes of scarlet and orange flowers;

- sometimes placed in genus Poinciana;

- syn. Poinciana regia, flamboyant, flame tree, peacock flower, royal poinciana;

Delorme
n1
French royal architect who built the Tuileries Palace and Gardens in Paris for Catherine de Medicis (1515-1570);

- syn. Philibert Delorme, Philibert de l'Orme, de l'Orme;

delouse / d i ɫ aʊ s /
v1
free of lice;

- "They deloused the prisoners after they liberated the camps";

Delphi
n1
an ancient Greek city on the slopes of Mount Parnassus;

- site of the oracle of Delphi;

Delphian / d ɛ ɫ f ɪə n /
a1
of or relating to Delphi or to the oracles of Apollo at Delphi;

- "Delphic oracle";

- syn. Delphic;

Delphic / d ɛ ɫ f ɪ k /
a1
of or relating to Delphi or to the oracles of Apollo at Delphi;

- "Delphic oracle";

- syn. Delphian;

a2
obscurely prophetic;

- "Delphic pronouncements";

- "an oracular message";

- syn. oracular;

- sim. prophetic;

Delphic oracle
n1
(Greek mythology) the oracle at Delphi where a priestess supposedly delivered messages from Apollo to those who sought advice;

- the messages were usually obscure or ambiguous;

- syn. Oracle of Apollo, Temple of Apollo, oracle of Delphi;

Delphinapterus
n1
white whale;

- syn. genus Delphinapterus;

Delphinapterus leucas
n1
small northern whale that is white when adult;

- syn. beluga, white whale;

Delphinidae
n1
dolphins;

- syn. family Delphinidae;

delphinium / d ɛ ɫ f ɪ n ɪə m /
n1
any plant of the genus Delphinium having palmately divided leaves and showy spikes of variously colored spurred flowers;

- some contain extremely poisonous substances;

Delphinium ajacis
n1
commonly cultivated larkspur of southern Europe having unbranched spikelike racemes of blue or sometimes purplish or pinkish flowers;

- sometime placed in genus Delphinium;

- syn. Consolida ambigua, rocket larkspur;

Delphinus
n1
a constellation in the northern hemisphere near Pegasus and Aquila;

n2
type genus of the Delphinidae;

- syn. genus Delphinus;

Delphinus delphis
n1
black-and-white dolphin that leaps high out of the water;

- syn. common dolphin;

delta / d ɛ ɫ t ə /
n1
a low triangular area of alluvial deposits where a river divides before entering a larger body of water;

- "the Mississippi River delta";

- "the Nile delta";

n2
an object shaped like an equilateral triangle;

n3
the 4th letter of the Greek alphabet;

delta hepatitis
n1
a severe form of hepatitis;

- syn. hepatitis delta;

delta iron
n1
an allotrope of iron that is stable between 1403 degrees centigrade and the melting point (= 1532 degrees);

delta ray
n1
an electron ejected from matter by ionizing radiation;

delta rhythm
n1
the normal brainwave in the encephalogram of a person in deep dreamless sleep;

- occurs with high voltage and low frequency (1 to 4 hertz);

- syn. delta wave;

delta wave
n1
the normal brainwave in the encephalogram of a person in deep dreamless sleep;

- occurs with high voltage and low frequency (1 to 4 hertz);

- syn. delta rhythm;

delta wing
n1
an airplane with wings that give it the appearance of an isosceles triangle;

Deltasone
n1
a dehydrogenated analogue of cortisol (trade names Orasone or Deltasone or Liquid Pred or Meticorten);

- used as an anti-inflammatory drug in the treatment of arthritis and as an immunosuppressant;

- syn. Liquid Pred, Meticorten, Orasone, prednisone;

deltoid / d ɛ ɫ t ɔɪ d /
n1
a large triangular muscle covering the shoulder joint and serving to abduct and flex and extend and rotate the arm;

- syn. deltoid muscle, musculus deltoideus;

a1
triangular or suggesting a capital delta, with a point at the apex;

- sim. simple;

deltoid eminence
n1
a bump on the outside of the humerus where the deltoid muscle attaches;

- syn. deltoid tuberosity;

deltoid leaf
n1
a simple leaf shaped like a capital delta;

deltoid muscle
n1
a large triangular muscle covering the shoulder joint and serving to abduct and flex and extend and rotate the arm;

- syn. deltoid, musculus deltoideus;

deltoid tuberosity
n1
a bump on the outside of the humerus where the deltoid muscle attaches;

- syn. deltoid eminence;

delude / d ɪ ɫ u d /
v1
be false to;

- be dishonest with;

- syn. cozen, deceive, lead on;

deluge / d ɛ ɫ j u dʒ /
n1
an overwhelming number or amount;

- "a flood of requests";

- "a torrent of abuse";

- syn. flood, inundation, torrent;

n2
a heavy rain;

- syn. cloudburst, downpour, pelter, soaker, torrent, waterspout;

n3
the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land;

- "plains fertilized by annual inundations";

- syn. alluvion, flood, inundation;

v1
fill quickly beyond capacity;

- as with a liquid;

- "the basement was inundated after the storm";

- "The images flooded his mind";

- syn. flood, inundate, swamp;

v2
charge someone with too many tasks;

- syn. flood out, overwhelm;

v3
fill or cover completely, usually with water;

- syn. inundate, submerge;

delusion / d ɪ ɫ u ʒ n /
n1
(psychology) an erroneous belief that is held in the face of evidence to the contrary;

- syn. psychotic belief;

n2
a mistaken or unfounded opinion or idea;

- "he has delusions of competence";

- "his dreams of vast wealth are a hallucination";

- syn. hallucination;

n3
the act of deluding;

- deception by creating illusory ideas;

- syn. head game, illusion;

delusional
a1
suffering from or characterized by delusions;

- sim. neurotic;

delusional disorder
n1
any mental disorder in which delusions play a significant role;

delusions of grandeur
n1
a delusion (common in paranoia) that you are much greater and more powerful and influential than you really are;

delusions of persecution
n1
a delusion (common in paranoia) that others are out to get you and frustrate and embarrass you or inflict suffering on you;

- a complicated conspiracy is frequently imagined;

delusive / d ɪ ɫ u s ɪ v /
a1
inappropriate to reality or facts;

- "delusive faith in a wonder drug";

- "delusive expectations";

- "false hopes";

- syn. false;

- sim. unrealistic;

delusively / d ɪ ɫ u s ɪ v ɫ i /
r1
in a deceptive and unrealistic manner;

- "the village looked delusively near";

delusory / d ɪ ɫ u s ə ɹ i /
a1
causing one to believe what is not true or fail to believe what is true;

- "deceptive calm";

- "a delusory pleasure";

- syn. deceptive;

- sim. unreal;

deluxe
a1
ostentatiously rich and superior in quality;

- "a princely sum";

- "gilded dining rooms";

- "these architecture magazines are full of the lush interiors of the rich and famous";

- syn. gilded, grand, lush, luxurious, opulent, princely, sumptuous;

- sim. rich;

a2
elegant and sumptuous;

- "a deluxe car";

- "luxe accommodations";

- syn. de luxe, luxe;

- sim. elegant;

delve / d ɛ ɫ v /
v1
turn up, loosen, or remove earth;

- "Dig we must";

- "turn over the soil for aeration";

- syn. cut into, dig, turn over;

demagnetisation / d i m æ ɡ n ɪ t aɪ z eɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
the process of removing magnetization;

- syn. demagnetization;

demagnetise / d i m æ ɡ n ɪ t ɪ s /
v1
erase (a magnetic storage device);

- syn. demagnetize;

v2
make nonmagnetic;

- take away the magnetic properties (of);

- "demagnetize the iron shavings";

- "they degaussed the ship";

- syn. degauss, demagnetize;

demagnetization / d i m æ ɡ n ɪ t aɪ z eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the process of removing magnetization;

- syn. demagnetisation;

demagnetize / d i m æ ɡ n ɪ t aɪ z /
v1
erase (a magnetic storage device);

- syn. demagnetise;

v2
make nonmagnetic;

- take away the magnetic properties (of);

- "demagnetize the iron shavings";

- "they degaussed the ship";

- syn. degauss, demagnetise;

demagog / d ɛ m ə ɡ ɒ ɡ /
n1
a political leader who seeks support by appealing to popular passions and prejudices;

- syn. demagogue, rabble-rouser;

demagogic / d ɛ m ə ɡ ɒ ɡ ɪ k /
a1
characteristic of or resembling a demagogue;

- "demagogic speeches";

- syn. demagogical;

demagogical / d ɛ m ə ɡ ɒ ɡ ɪ k ə ɫ /
a1
characteristic of or resembling a demagogue;

- "demagogic speeches";

- syn. demagogic;

demagogue / d ɛ m ə ɡ ɒ ɡ /
n1
a political leader who seeks support by appealing to popular passions and prejudices;

- syn. demagog, rabble-rouser;

demagoguery
n1
impassioned appeals to the prejudices and emotions of the populace;

- syn. demagogy;

demagogy / d ɛ m ə ɡ ɒ ɡ i /
n1
impassioned appeals to the prejudices and emotions of the populace;

- syn. demagoguery;

demand / d ɪ m ɑ n d /
n1
an urgent or peremptory request;

- "his demands for attention were unceasing";

n2
the ability and desire to purchase goods and services;

- "the automobile reduced the demand for buggywhips";

- "the demand exceeded the supply";

n3
required activity;

- "the requirements of his work affected his health";

- "there were many demands on his time";

- syn. requirement;

n4
the act of demanding;

- "the kidnapper's exorbitant demands for money";

n5
a condition requiring relief;

- "she satisfied his need for affection";

- "God has no need of men to accomplish His work";

- "there is a demand for jobs";

- syn. need;

v1
request urgently and forcefully;

- "The victim's family is demanding compensation";

- "The boss demanded that he be fired immediately";

- "She demanded to see the manager";

v2
require as useful, just, or proper;

- "It takes nerve to do what she did";

- "success usually requires hard work";

- "This job asks a lot of patience and skill";

- "This position demands a lot of personal sacrifice";

- "This dinner calls for a spectacular dessert";

- "This intervention does not postulate a patient's consent";

- syn. ask, call for, involve, necessitate, need, postulate, require, take;

v3
claim as due or just;

- "The bank demanded payment of the loan";

- syn. exact;

v4
lay legal claim to;

v5
summon to court;

v6
ask to be informed of;

- "I demand an explanation";

demand-pull inflation
n1
inflation caused by an increase in demand or in the supply of money;

demand deposit
n1
a bank deposit from which withdrawals can be made without notice;

demand feeding
n1
feeding a baby or animal whenever it shows a need;

demand for explanation
n1
a challenge to defend what someone has said;

- syn. calling into question;

demand for identification
n1
as by a sentry;

demand loan
n1
a loan that is repayable on demand;

- syn. call loan;

demand note
n1
a note payable on demand;

demander / d ɪ m ɑ n d ə , d ɪ m ɑ n d ə ɹ /
n1
a person who makes demands;

demanding / d ɪ m ɑ n d ɪ ŋ /
a1
requiring more than usually expected or thought due;

- especially great patience and effort and skill;

- "found the job very demanding";

- "a baby can be so demanding";

- also difficult, hard;

- sim. exigent, hard-to-please, needy, rigorous, stern;

demandingly / d ɪ m ɑ n d ɪ ŋ ɫ i /
r1
in a demanding manner;

- "he became demandingly dominant over the years";

demantoid
n1
a green andradite used as a gemstone;

demarcate / d i m ɑ k eɪ t /
v1
separate clearly, as if by boundaries;

v2
set, mark, or draw the boundaries of something;

- syn. delimit, delimitate;

demarcation / d i m ɑ k eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the boundary of a specific area;

- syn. demarcation line, limit;

n2
a conceptual separation or distinction;

- "there is a narrow line between sanity and insanity";

- syn. contrast, dividing line, line;

demarcation line
n1
the boundary of a specific area;

- syn. demarcation, limit;

demarche / d eɪ m ɑ ʃ /
n1
a move or step or maneuver in political or diplomatic affairs;

demasculinise
v1
remove the testicles of a male animal;

- syn. castrate, demasculinize, emasculate;

demasculinize
v1
remove the testicles of a male animal;

- syn. castrate, demasculinise, emasculate;

dematerialise
v1
become immaterial;

- disappear;

- syn. dematerialize;

dematerialize / d i m ə t ɪə ɹ ɪə ɫ aɪ z /
v1
become immaterial;

- disappear;

- syn. dematerialise;

Dematiaceae
n1
family of imperfect mushrooms having dark-colored hyphae or conidia;

- syn. family Dematiaceae;

Demavend
n1
an active volcano in northern Iran;

demean / d ɪ m i n /
v1
reduce in worth or character, usually verbally;

- "She tends to put down younger women colleagues";

- "His critics took him down after the lecture";

- syn. degrade, disgrace, put down, take down;

demeaning / d ɪ m i n ɪ ŋ /
a1
causing awareness of your shortcomings;

- "golf is a humbling game";

- syn. humbling, humiliating, mortifying;

- sim. undignified;

demeaningly / d ɪ m i n ɪ ŋ ɫ i /
r1
in a humiliating manner;

- "the painting was reproduced humiliatingly small";

- syn. humiliatingly;

demeanor / d ɪ m i n ə /
n1
(behavioral attributes) the way a person behaves toward other people;

- syn. behavior, behaviour, conduct, demeanour, deportment;

demeanour / d ɪ m i n ə , d ɪ m i n ə ɹ /
n1
(behavioral attributes) the way a person behaves toward other people;

- syn. behavior, behaviour, conduct, demeanor, deportment;

demeclocycline hydrochloride
n1
tetracycline antibacterial (trade name Declomycin) effective in the treatment of some bacterial and rickettsial and other infections;

- syn. Declomycin;

demented / d ɪ m ɛ n t ɪ d /
a1
affected with madness or insanity;

- "a man who had gone mad";

- syn. brainsick, crazy, disturbed, mad, sick, unbalanced, unhinged;

- sim. insane;

dementedly / d ɪ m ɛ n t ɪ d ɫ i /
r1
in an insane manner;

- "she behaved insanely";

- "he behaves crazily when he is off his medication";

- "the witch cackled madly";

- "screaming dementedly";

- syn. crazily, insanely, madly;

dementedness / d ɪ m ɛ n t ɪ d n ə s /
n1
mental deterioration of organic or functional origin;

- syn. dementia;

dementia / d ɪ m ɛ n ʃ ɪə /
n1
mental deterioration of organic or functional origin;

- syn. dementedness;

dementia praecox
n1
any of several psychotic disorders characterized by distortions of reality and disturbances of thought and language and withdrawal from social contact;

- syn. schizophrenia, schizophrenic disorder, schizophrenic psychosis;

demerara / d ɛ m ə ɹ eə ɹ ə /
n1
a light brown raw cane sugar from Guyana;

n2
a river in northern Guyana that flows northward into the Atlantic;

n3
a former Dutch colony in South America;

- now a part of Guyana;

n4
dark rum from Guyana;

- syn. demerara rum;

n5
light brown cane sugar;

- originally from Guyana;

- syn. demerara sugar;

demerara rum
n1
dark rum from Guyana;

- syn. demerara;

demerara sugar
n1
light brown cane sugar;

- originally from Guyana;

- syn. demerara;

demerit / d i m ɛr ɪ t /
n1
a mark against a person for misconduct or failure;

- usually given in school or armed forces;

- "ten demerits and he loses his privileges";

n2
the quality of being inadequate or falling short of perfection;

- "they discussed the merits and demerits of her novel";

- "he knew his own faults much better than she did";

- syn. fault;

Demerol
n1
a synthetic narcotic drug (trade name Demerol) used to treat pain;

- syn. meperidine, meperidine hydrochloride;

demesne / d ɪ m eɪ n /
n1
extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use;

- "the family owned a large estate on Long Island";

- syn. acres, estate, land, landed estate;

n2
territory over which rule or control is exercised;

- "his domain extended into Europe";

- "he made it the law of the land";

- syn. domain, land;

Demeter / d ɪ m i t ə /
n1
(Greek mythology) goddess of fertility and protector of marriage in ancient mythology;

- counterpart of Roman Ceres;

Demetrius
n1
son of Antigonus Cyclops and king of Macedonia;

- he and his father were defeated at the battle of Ipsus (337-283 BC);

- syn. Demetrius I, Demetrius Poliorcetes;

Demetrius I
n1
son of Antigonus Cyclops and king of Macedonia;

- he and his father were defeated at the battle of Ipsus (337-283 BC);

- syn. Demetrius, Demetrius Poliorcetes;

Demetrius Poliorcetes
n1
son of Antigonus Cyclops and king of Macedonia;

- he and his father were defeated at the battle of Ipsus (337-283 BC);

- syn. Demetrius, Demetrius I;

demi-glaze
n1
sauce Espagnole with extra beef stock simmered down and seasoned with dry wine or sherry;

- syn. demiglace;

demiglace
n1
sauce Espagnole with extra beef stock simmered down and seasoned with dry wine or sherry;

- syn. demi-glaze;

demigod / d ɛ m ɪ ɡ ɒ d /
n1
a person with great powers and abilities;

- syn. Ubermensch, superman;

n2
a person who is part mortal and part god;

- syn. daemon;

demijohn / d ɛ m ɪ dʒ ɒ n /
n1
large bottle with a short narrow neck;

- often has small handles at neck and is enclosed in wickerwork;

demilitarise / d i m ɪ ɫ ɪ t ə ɹ aɪ z /
v1
do away with the military organization and potential of;

- syn. demilitarize;

v2
remove offensive capability from;

- syn. demilitarize, disarm;

demilitarize / d i m ɪ ɫ ɪ t ə ɹ aɪ z /
v1
do away with the military organization and potential of;

- syn. demilitarise;

v2
remove offensive capability from;

- syn. demilitarise, disarm;

demilitarized zone
n1
a zone from which military forces or operations or installations are prohibited;

- "tensions exist on both sides of the demilitarized zone separating North Korea and South Korea";

- syn. DMZ;

DeMille
n1
United States film maker remembered for his extravagant and spectacular epic productions (1881-1959);

- syn. Cecil B. DeMille, Cecil Blount DeMille;

demimondaine / d ɛ m ɪ m ɔ n d eɪ n /
n1
a female prostitute;

demimonde / d ɛ m ɪ m ɔ n d /
n1
a class of woman not considered respectable because of indiscreet or promiscuous behavior;

demineralisation
n1
abnormal loss of mineral salts (especially from bone);

- syn. demineralization;

n2
the removal of minerals and mineral salts from a liquid (especially from water);

- syn. demineralization;

demineralise
v1
remove the minerals or salts from;

- "demineralize water";

- syn. demineralize;

demineralization
n1
abnormal loss of mineral salts (especially from bone);

- syn. demineralisation;

n2
the removal of minerals and mineral salts from a liquid (especially from water);

- syn. demineralisation;

demineralize
v1
remove the minerals or salts from;

- "demineralize water";

- syn. demineralise;

demise / d ɪ m aɪ z /
n1
the time when something ends;

- "it was the death of all his plans";

- "a dying of old hopes";

- syn. death, dying;

v1
transfer by a lease or by a will;

demisemiquaver
n1
a musical note having the time value of a thirty-second of a whole note;

- syn. thirty-second note;

demist / d i m ɪ s t /
v1
free from mist;

- "demist the car windows";

- syn. defog;

demister / d i m ɪ s t ə , d i m ɪ s t ə ɹ /
n1
heater that removes mist from the windshield of a car;

demitasse
n1
small cup of strong black coffee without milk or cream;

- syn. cafe noir;

n2
small coffee cup;

- for serving black coffee;

demiurge / d i m ɪ ɝ dʒ /
n1
a subordinate deity, in some philosophies the creator of the universe;

demo / d ɛ m oʊ /
n1
a visual presentation showing how something works;

- "the lecture was accompanied by dramatic demonstrations";

- "the lecturer shot off a pistol as a demonstration of the startle response";

- syn. demonstration;

v1
give an exhibition of to an interested audience;

- "She shows her dogs frequently";

- "We will demo the new software in Washington";

- syn. demonstrate, exhibit, present, show;

demob / d i m ɒ b /
v1
retire from military service;

- syn. demobilise, demobilize;

demobilisation / d i m oʊ b ɪ ɫ aɪ z eɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
act of changing from a war basis to a peace basis including disbanding or discharging troops;

- "demobilization of factories";

- "immediate demobilization of the reserves";

- syn. demobilization;

demobilise / d i m oʊ b ɪ ɫ aɪ z /
v1
release from military service or remove from the active list of military service;

- syn. demobilize, inactivate;

v2
retire from military service;

- syn. demob, demobilize;

demobilization / d ɪ m oʊ b ə ɫ aɪ z eɪ ʃ n /
n1
act of changing from a war basis to a peace basis including disbanding or discharging troops;

- "demobilization of factories";

- "immediate demobilization of the reserves";

- syn. demobilisation;

demobilize / d i m oʊ b ə ɫ aɪ z /
v1
release from military service or remove from the active list of military service;

- syn. demobilise, inactivate;

v2
retire from military service;

- syn. demob, demobilise;

democracy / d ɪ m ɒ k ɹ ə s i /
n1
the political orientation of those who favor government by the people or by their elected representatives;

n2
a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them;

- syn. commonwealth, republic;

n3
the doctrine that the numerical majority of an organized group can make decisions binding on the whole group;

- syn. majority rule;

Democrat / d ɛ m ə k ɹ æ t /
n1
a member of the Democratic Party;

n2
an advocate of democratic principles;

democratic / d ɛ m ə k ɹ æ t ɪ k /
a1
characterized by or advocating or based upon the principles of democracy or social equality;

- "democratic government";

- "a democratic country";

- "a democratic scorn for bloated dukes and lords"- George du Maurier;

- also elected, elective;

- sim. antiauthoritarian, classless, parliamentary, parliamentary, participatory, popular, representative, republican;

a2
belong to or relating to the Democratic Party;

- "Democratic senator";

a3
representing or appealing to or adapted for the benefit of the people at large;

- "democratic art forms";

- "a democratic or popular movement";

- "popular thought";

- "popular science";

- "popular fiction";

- syn. popular;

- sim. common;

Democratic-Republican Party
n1
a former major political party in the United States in the early 19th century;

- opposed the old Federalist party;

- favored a strict interpretation of the constitution in order to limit the powers of the federal government;

Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria
n1
a republic in northwestern Africa on the Mediterranean Sea with a population that is predominantly Sunni Muslim;

- colonized by France in the 19th century but gained autonomy in the early 1960s;

- syn. Algeria, Algerie;

Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine
n1
a Marxist-Leninist group that believes Palestinian goals can only be achieved by revolutionary change;

- "in 1974 the DFLP took over a schoolhouse and massacred Israeli schoolchildren";

- syn. DFLP, PDFLP, Popular Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine;

Democratic Party
n1
the older of two major political parties in the United States;

Democratic People's Republic of Korea
n1
a communist country in the northern half of the Korean Peninsula;

- established in 1948;

- syn. D.P.R.K., DPRK, North Korea;

Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe
n1
island nation in the South Atlantic off the west coast of Africa;

- achieved independence from Portugal in 1975;

- has enormous offshore oil reserves;

- syn. Sao Thome e Principe, Sao Tome and Principe, Sao Tome e Principe, St. Thomas and Principe;

Democratic Republic of the Congo
n1
a republic in central Africa;

- achieved independence from Belgium in 1960;

- syn. Belgian Congo, Congo, Zaire;

Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
n1
a republic on the island of Ceylon;

- became independent of the United Kingdom in 1948;

- syn. Ceylon, Sri Lanka;

democratically / d ɛ m ə k ɹ æ t ɪ k ɫ i /
r1
in a democratic manner;

- based on democratic principles;

- "it was decided democratically";

- "democratically elected government";

democratisation / d ɪ m ɒ k ɹ ə t aɪ z eɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
the action of making something democratic;

- syn. democratization;

democratise / d ɪ m ɒ k ɹ ə t ɪ s /
v1
become (more) democratic;

- of nations;

- syn. democratize;

v2
introduce democratic reforms;

- of nations;

- syn. democratize;

democratization / d ɪ m ɒ k ɹ ə t aɪ z eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the action of making something democratic;

- syn. democratisation;

democratize / d ɪ m ɒ k ɹ ə t aɪ z /
v1
become (more) democratic;

- of nations;

- syn. democratise;

v2
introduce democratic reforms;

- of nations;

- syn. democratise;

Democritus
n1
Greek philosopher who developed an atomistic theory of matter (460-370 BC);

demode
a1
out of fashion;

- "a suit of rather antique appearance";

- "demode (or outmoded) attire";

- "outmoded ideas";

- syn. antique, ex, old-fashioned, old-hat, outmoded, passe, passee;

- sim. unfashionable;

demodulate
v1
extract information from a modulated carrier wave;

demodulation
n1
(electronics) the reception of a signal by extracting it from the carrier wave;

demodulator
n1
rectifier that extracts modulation from a radio carrier wave;

- syn. detector;

Demogorgon / d i m oʊ ɡ ɔ ɡ ə n /
n1
(Greek mythology) a mysterious and terrifying deity of the underworld;

demographer
n1
a scientist who studies the growth and density of populations and their vital statistics;

- syn. demographist, population scientist;

demographic / d ɛ m ə ɡ ɹ æ f ɪ k /
n1
a statistic characterizing human populations (or segments of human populations broken down by age or sex or income etc.);

a1
of or relating to demography;

- "demographic surveys";

demographist
n1
a scientist who studies the growth and density of populations and their vital statistics;

- syn. demographer, population scientist;

demography / d ɪ m ɒ ɡ ɹ ə f i /
n1
the branch of sociology that studies the characteristics of human populations;

- syn. human ecology;

demoiselle
n1
a young unmarried woman;

- syn. damoiselle, damosel, damozel, damsel;

n2
small brilliantly colored tropical marine fishes of coral reefs;

- syn. damselfish;

demolish / d ɪ m ɒ ɫ ɪ ʃ /
v1
destroy completely;

- "the wrecking ball demolished the building";

- syn. pulverise, pulverize;

v2
ruin or destroy;

- "his book demolishes an old myth";

- "demolished my reputation";

- "the professor demolished the student's argument";

v3
eat up completely, as with great appetite;

- "Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal";

- "The teenagers demolished four pizzas among them";

- syn. consume, devour, down, go through;

v4
defeat soundly and humiliatingly;

- "The home team demolished the visitors";

- syn. destroy;

demolished / d ɪ m ɒ ɫ ɪ ʃ t /
a1
torn down and broken up;

- syn. dismantled, razed;

- sim. destroyed;

demolishing / d ɪ m ɒ ɫ ɪ ʃ ɪ ŋ /
n1
complete destruction of a building;

- syn. leveling, razing, tearing down;

demolition / d ɛ m ə ɫ ɪ ʃ n /
n1
an event (or the result of an event) that completely destroys something;

- syn. destruction, wipeout;

n2
the act of demolishing;

- "the demolition of the huge tower was quite a spectacle";

demon / d i m ə n /
n1
an evil supernatural being;

- syn. daemon, daimon, devil, fiend;

n2
a cruel wicked and inhuman person;

- syn. devil, fiend, monster, ogre;

n3
someone extremely diligent or skillful;

- "he worked like a demon to finish the job on time";

- "she's a demon at math";

demon-ridden
a1
as if possessed by demons;

- sim. passionate;

demonetisation / d i m æ ɡ n ɪ t aɪ z eɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
ending something (e.g. gold or silver) as no longer the legal tender of a country;

- syn. demonetization;

demonetise / d i m ʌ n ɪ t ɪ s /
v1
deprive of value for payment;

- "demonetize a coin";

- syn. demonetize;

demonetization / d i m ʌ n ɪ t aɪ z eɪ ʃ n /
n1
ending something (e.g. gold or silver) as no longer the legal tender of a country;

- syn. demonetisation;

demonetize / d i m ʌ n ɪ t aɪ z /
v1
deprive of value for payment;

- "demonetize a coin";

- syn. demonetise;

demoniac / d ɪ m oʊ n ɪ æ k /
n1
someone who acts as if possessed by a demon;

a1
of, pertaining to, or like a demon or possession by a demon;

- syn. demoniacal, possessed;

demoniacal / d i m ə n aɪ ə k ɫ /
a1
of, pertaining to, or like a demon or possession by a demon;

- syn. demoniac, possessed;

demoniacally / d i m ə n aɪ ə k ɫ i /
r1
in a very agitated manner;

- as if possessed by an evil spirit;

- syn. frenetically;

demonic / d i m ɒ n ɪ k /
a1
extremely evil or cruel;

- expressive of cruelty or befitting hell;

- "something demonic in him--something that could be cruel";

- "fires lit up a diabolic scene";

- "diabolical sorcerers under the influence of devils";

- "a fiendish despot";

- "hellish torture";

- "infernal instruments of war";

- "satanic cruelty";

- "unholy grimaces";

- syn. diabolic, diabolical, fiendish, hellish, infernal, satanic, unholy;

- sim. evil;

demonisation / d i m ə n aɪ z eɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
to represent as diabolically evil;

- "the demonization of our enemies";

- syn. demonization;

demonise / d i m ə n ɪ s /
v1
make into a demon;

- "Power had demonized him";

- syn. demonize;

demonism / d i m ə n ɪ z ə m /
n1
a belief in and reverence for devils (especially Satan);

- syn. Satanism, diabolism;

demonization
n1
to represent as diabolically evil;

- "the demonization of our enemies";

- syn. demonisation;

demonize
v1
make into a demon;

- "Power had demonized him";

- syn. demonise;

demonolatry
n1
the acts or rites of worshiping devils;

- syn. devil-worship, diabolatry;

demonstrability / d ɪ m ɒ n s t ɹ ə b ɪ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
capability of being demonstrated or logically proved;

- syn. provability;

demonstrable / d ɛ m ə n s t ɹ ə b ɫ /
a1
necessarily or demonstrably true;

- "demonstrable truths";

- syn. incontrovertible;

- sim. incontestable;

a2
capable of being demonstrated or proved;

- "obvious lies";

- "a demonstrable lack of concern for the general welfare";

- "practical truth provable to all men"- Walter Bagehot;

- syn. provable;

- sim. obvious;

demonstrably / d ɛ m ə n s t ɹ ə b ɫ i /
r1
in an obvious and provable manner;

- "his documentary sources are demonstrably wrong";

- syn. incontrovertibly, provably;

demonstrate / d ɛ m ə n s t ɹ eɪ t /
v1
give an exhibition of to an interested audience;

- "She shows her dogs frequently";

- "We will demo the new software in Washington";

- syn. demo, exhibit, present, show;

v2
establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment;

- "The experiment demonstrated the instability of the compound";

- "The mathematician showed the validity of the conjecture";

- syn. establish, prove, shew, show;

v3
provide evidence for;

- stand as proof of;

- show by one's behavior, attitude, or external attributes;

- "His high fever attested to his illness";

- "The buildings in Rome manifest a high level of architectural sophistication";

- "This decision demonstrates his sense of fairness";

- syn. attest, certify, evidence, manifest;

v4
march in protest;

- take part in a demonstration;

- "Thousands demonstrated against globalization during the meeting of the most powerful economic nations in Seattle";

- syn. march;

demonstrated / d ɛ m ə n s t ɹ eɪ t ɪ d /
a1
having been demonstrated or verified beyond doubt;

- sim. incontestable;

demonstration / d ɛ m ə n s t ɹ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
a show or display;

- the act of presenting something to sight or view;

- "the presentation of new data";

- "he gave the customer a demonstration";

- syn. presentation, presentment;

n2
a show of military force or preparedness;

- "he confused the enemy with feints and demonstrations";

n3
a public display of group feelings (usually of a political nature);

- "there were violent demonstrations against the war";

- syn. manifestation;

n4
proof by a process of argument or a series of proposition proving an asserted conclusion;

- syn. monstrance;

n5
a visual presentation showing how something works;

- "the lecture was accompanied by dramatic demonstrations";

- "the lecturer shot off a pistol as a demonstration of the startle response";

- syn. demo;

demonstrative / d ɪ m ɒ n s t ɹ ə t ɪ v /
n1
a pronoun that points out an intended referent;

- syn. demonstrative pronoun;

a1
given to or marked by the open expression of emotion;

- "an affectionate and demonstrative family";

- also unreserved;

- sim. effusive, epideictic;

a2
serving to demonstrate;

- syn. illustrative;

- sim. instructive;

demonstrative of
a1
serving to prove or demonstrate;

- "the oath of office is...demonstrative of the legislative opinion on this subject"- John Marshall;

- sim. supportive;

demonstrative pronoun
n1
a pronoun that points out an intended referent;

- syn. demonstrative;

demonstratively / d ɪ m ɒ n s t ɹ ə t ɪ v ɫ i /
r1
in a demonstrative manner;

- "he greeted her demonstratively";

demonstrativeness / d ɪ m ɒ n s t ɹ ə t ɪ v n ə s /
n1
tending to express your feelings freely;

demonstrator / d ɛ m ə n s t ɹ eɪ t ə , d ɛ m ə n s t ɹ eɪ t ə ɹ /
n1
a teacher or teacher's assistant who demonstrates the principles that are being taught;

n2
someone who demonstrates an article to a prospective buyer;

- syn. sales demonstrator;

n3
someone who participates in a public display of group feeling;

- syn. protester;

demoralisation / d ɪ m ɒ ɹ ə ɫ aɪ z eɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
a state of disorder and confusion;

- "his inconsistency resulted in the demoralization of his staff";

- syn. demoralization;

n2
depression resulting from an undermining of your morale;

- syn. demoralization;

n3
destroying the moral basis for a doctrine or policy;

- syn. demoralization;

demoralise
v1
corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality;

- "debauch the young people with wine and women";

- "Socrates was accused of corrupting young men";

- "Do school counselors subvert young children?";

- "corrupt the morals";

- syn. corrupt, debase, debauch, demoralize, deprave, misdirect, pervert, profane, subvert, vitiate;

v2
lower someone's spirits;

- make downhearted;

- "These news depressed her";

- "The bad state of her child's health demoralizes her";

- syn. cast down, deject, demoralize, depress, dismay, dispirit, get down;

demoralised / d ɪ m ɒ ɹ ə ɫ aɪ z d /
a1
made less hopeful or enthusiastic;

- "desperate demoralized people looking for work";

- "felt discouraged by the magnitude of the problem";

- "the disheartened instructor tried vainly to arouse their interest";

- syn. demoralized, discouraged, disheartened;

- sim. pessimistic;

demoralising / d ɪ m ɒ ɹ ə ɫ aɪ z ɪ ŋ /
a1
destructive of morale and self-reliance;

- syn. demoralizing, disheartening, dispiriting;

- sim. discouraging;

demoralization / d ɪ m ɒ ɹ ə ɫ aɪ z eɪ ʃ n /
n1
destroying the moral basis for a doctrine or policy;

- syn. demoralisation;

n2
a state of disorder and confusion;

- "his inconsistency resulted in the demoralization of his staff";

- syn. demoralisation;

n3
depression resulting from an undermining of your morale;

- syn. demoralisation;

demoralize / d ɪ m ɒ ɹ ə ɫ aɪ z /
v1
corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality;

- "debauch the young people with wine and women";

- "Socrates was accused of corrupting young men";

- "Do school counselors subvert young children?";

- "corrupt the morals";

- syn. corrupt, debase, debauch, demoralise, deprave, misdirect, pervert, profane, subvert, vitiate;

v2
lower someone's spirits;

- make downhearted;

- "These news depressed her";

- "The bad state of her child's health demoralizes her";

- syn. cast down, deject, demoralise, depress, dismay, dispirit, get down;

v3
confuse or put into disorder;

- "the boss's behavior demoralized everyone in the office";

demoralized / d ɪ m ɒ ɹ ə ɫ aɪ z d /
a1
made less hopeful or enthusiastic;

- "desperate demoralized people looking for work";

- "felt discouraged by the magnitude of the problem";

- "the disheartened instructor tried vainly to arouse their interest";

- syn. demoralised, discouraged, disheartened;

- sim. pessimistic;

demoralizing / d ɪ m ɒ ɹ ə ɫ aɪ z ɪ ŋ /
a1
destructive of morale and self-reliance;

- syn. demoralising, disheartening, dispiriting;

- sim. discouraging;

Demosthenes
n1
Athenian statesman and orator (circa 385-322 BC);

Demosthenic
a1
of or relating to Demosthenes or his oratory;

demote / d i m oʊ t /
v1
assign to a lower position;

- reduce in rank;

- "She was demoted because she always speaks up";

- "He was broken down to Sergeant";

- syn. break, bump, kick downstairs, relegate;

Demotic / d ɪ m ɒ t ɪ k /
n1
a simplified cursive form of the ancient hieratic script;

- "Demotic script was eventually replaced by Greek";

- syn. Demotic script;

n2
the modern Greek vernacular;

- syn. Romaic;

a1
of or written in or belonging to the form of modern Greek based on colloquial use;

a2
of or for the common people;

- "demotic entertainments";

- "demotic speech";

- "a poet with a keen ear for demotic rhythms";

- sim. common;

Demotic script
n1
a simplified cursive form of the ancient hieratic script;

- "Demotic script was eventually replaced by Greek";

- syn. Demotic;

demotion / d i m oʊ ʃ n /
n1
act of lowering in rank or position;

Dempsey
n1
United States prizefighter who was world heavyweight champion (1895-1983);

- syn. Jack Dempsey, Manassa Mauler, William Harrison Dempsey;

demulcent
n1
a medication (in the form of an oil or salve etc.) that soothes inflamed or injured skin;

a1
having a softening or soothing effect especially to the skin;

- syn. emollient, salving, softening;

- sim. soft;

Demulen
n1
trade name for an oral contraceptive;

demulsify
v1
cause to demulsify;

v2
break down into components;

demur / d ɪ m ɝ , d ɪ m ɝ ɹ /
n1
(law) a formal objection to an opponent's pleadings;

- syn. demurral, demurrer;

v1
take exception to;

- "he demurred at my suggestion to work on Saturday";

- syn. except;

v2
enter a demurrer;

demure / d ɪ m j ʊə , d ɪ m j ʊə ɹ /
a1
affectedly modest or shy especially in a playful or provocative way;

- syn. coy, overmodest;

- sim. modest;

demurely / d ɪ m j ʊə ɫ i /
r1
in a demure manner;

- "the army girl, tall and demurely pretty, threw a quick side-glance at her";

demureness / d ɪ m j ʊə n ə s /
n1
the trait of behaving with reserve and decorum;

n2
the affectation of being demure in a provocative way;

- syn. coyness;

demurrage / d ɪ m ʌ ɹ ɪ dʒ /
n1
a charge required as compensation for the delay of a ship or freight car or other cargo beyond its scheduled time of departure;

n2
detention of a ship or freight car or other cargo beyond its scheduled time of departure;

demurral
n1
(law) a formal objection to an opponent's pleadings;

- syn. demur, demurrer;

demurrer / d ɪ m ʌ ɹ ə , d ɪ m ɝ ɹ ə /
n1
(law) a formal objection to an opponent's pleadings;

- syn. demur, demurral;

n2
(law) any pleading that attacks the legal sufficiency of the opponent's pleadings;

n3
a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him;

- "he gave evidence for the defense";

- syn. defence, defense, denial;

demyelinate
v1
destroy the myelin sheath of;

- "the disease demyelinated the nerve fibers";

demyelination
n1
loss of the myelin covering of some nerve fibers resulting in their impaired function;

demystify
v1
make less mysterious or remove the mystery from;

- "let's demystify the event by explaining what it is all about";

demythologisation
n1
the restatement of a message (as a religious one) in rational terms;

- syn. demythologization;

demythologise
v1
remove the mythical element from (writings);

- "the Bible should be demythologized and examined for its historical value";

- syn. demythologize;

demythologised
a1
having mythical elements removed;

- syn. demythologized;

- sim. rational;

demythologization
n1
the restatement of a message (as a religious one) in rational terms;

- syn. demythologisation;

demythologize
v1
remove the mythical element from (writings);

- "the Bible should be demythologized and examined for its historical value";

- syn. demythologise;

demythologized
a1
having mythical elements removed;

- syn. demythologised;

- sim. rational;

den / d ɛ n /
n1
the habitation of wild animals;

- syn. lair;

n2
a hiding place;

- usually a remote place used by outlaws;

- syn. hideaway, hideout;

n3
a unit of 8 to 10 cub scouts;

n4
a room that is comfortable and secluded;

Den Haag
n1
the site of the royal residence and the de facto capital in the western part of the Netherlands;

- seat of the International Court of Justice;

- syn. 's Gravenhage, The Hague;

den mother
n1
someone who plays the role of a den mother;

- "he serves as den mother to all the freshmen in this dormitory";

- "she's the den mother to new secretaries";

n2
a woman who supervises a den of Cub Scouts;

Denali
n1
a mountain in south central Alaska;

- the highest peak in North America (20,300 feet high);

- syn. McKinley, Mount McKinley, Mt. McKinley;

Denali Fault
n1
a major open geological fault in Alaska;

Denali National Park
n1
a large national park in Alaska having peaks of the Alaska Range (including Mount McKinley) and the huge Denali fault;

denary / d i n ə ɹ i /
a1
containing ten or ten parts;

- syn. ten-fold, tenfold;

- sim. multiple;

a2
numbered or proceeding by tens;

- based on ten;

- "the decimal system";

- syn. decimal;

- sim. quantitative;

denationalisation / d i n æ ʃ ŋ ə ɫ aɪ z eɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
changing something from state to private ownership or control;

- syn. denationalization, privatisation, privatization;

denationalise
v1
put under private control or ownership;

- "The steel industry was denationalized";

- syn. denationalize;

denationalization / d i n æ ʃ ə n ə ɫ aɪ z eɪ ʃ n /
n1
changing something from state to private ownership or control;

- syn. denationalisation, privatisation, privatization;

denationalize / d i n æ ʃ ə n ə ɫ aɪ z /
v1
put under private control or ownership;

- "The steel industry was denationalized";

- syn. denationalise;

denaturalise
v1
make less natural or unnatural;

- syn. denaturalize;

v2
strip of the rights and duties of citizenship;

- "The former Nazi was denaturalized";

- syn. denaturalize;

denaturalize / d i n æ tʃ ɹ ə ɫ aɪ z /
v1
make less natural or unnatural;

- syn. denaturalise;

v2
strip of the rights and duties of citizenship;

- "The former Nazi was denaturalized";

- syn. denaturalise;

denaturant
n1
any substance that serves as a denaturing agent;

denature / d i n eɪ tʃ ə /
v1
add nonfissionable material to (fissionable material) so as to make unsuitable for use in an atomic bomb;

v2
modify (as a native protein) especially by heat, acid, alkali, or ultraviolet radiation so that all of the original properties are removed or diminished;

v3
make (alcohol) unfit for drinking without impairing usefulness for other purposes;

denatured / d i n eɪ tʃ ə d /
a1
changed in nature or natural quality;

- "denatured alcohol";

- syn. denaturised, denaturized;

- sim. changed;

denatured alcohol
n1
ethyl alcohol that is unfit for drinking but is still useful for other purposes;

denaturised
a1
changed in nature or natural quality;

- "denatured alcohol";

- syn. denatured, denaturized;

- sim. changed;

denaturized
a1
changed in nature or natural quality;

- "denatured alcohol";

- syn. denatured, denaturised;

- sim. changed;

denazification
n1
social process of removing Nazis from official positions and giving up any allegiance to Nazism;

- "denazification was a slow process";

- syn. de-Nazification;

denazify
v1
free from Nazi ideology or detach from Nazi allegiance;

- "Germany was denazified after WW II";

- "The highest judges were never denazified";

Dendranthema
n1
comprises plants often included in the genus Chrysanthemum;

- syn. genus Dendranthema;

Dendranthema grandifloruom
n1
of China;

- syn. Chrysanthemum morifolium, florist's chrysanthemum, florists' chrysanthemum, mum;

Dendraspis
n1
mambas;

- syn. Dendroaspis, genus Dendraspis, genus Dendroaspis;

dendriform / d ɛ n d ɹ ɪ f ɔ m /
a1
resembling a tree in form and branching structure;

- "arborescent coral found off the coast of Bermuda";

- "dendriform sponges";

- syn. arboreal, arboreous, arborescent, arboresque, arboriform, dendroid, dendroidal, tree-shaped, treelike;

- sim. branchy;

dendrite / d ɛ n d ɹ aɪ t /
n1
short fiber that conducts toward the cell body of the neuron;

dendritic
a1
(neuroscience) of or relating to or resembling a dendrite;

- "dendritic fiber";

Dendroaspis
n1
mambas;

- syn. Dendraspis, genus Dendraspis, genus Dendroaspis;

Dendroaspis augusticeps
n1
a highly venomous southern African mamba dreaded because of its quickness and readiness to bite;

- syn. black mamba;

dendrobium
n1
a plant of the genus Dendrobium having stems like cane and usually showy racemose flowers;

Dendrocalamus
n1
giant clump-forming bamboos;

- syn. genus Dendrocalamus;

Dendrocalamus giganteus
n1
immense tropical southeast Asian bamboo with tough hollow culms that resemble tree trunks;

- syn. giant bamboo, kyo-chiku;

Dendrocolaptes
n1
type genus of the Dendrocolaptidae;

- syn. genus Dendrocolaptes;

Dendrocolaptidae
n1
woodhewers or woodcreepers;

- syn. family Dendrocolaptidae;

Dendroctonus
n1
genus of small bark beetles destructive especially to mature conifers;

- syn. genus Dendroctonus;

Dendroctonus rufipennis
n1
small beetle that likes to bore through the bark of spruce trees and eat the cambium which eventually kills the tree;

- "the spruce bark beetle is the major tree-killing insect pest of Alaska spruce forests";

- syn. spruce bark beetle;

Dendroica
n1
a genus of Parulidae;

- syn. genus Dendroica;

Dendroica auduboni
n1
common warbler of western North America;

- syn. Audubon's warbler, Audubon warbler;

Dendroica coronata
n1
similar to Audubon's warbler;

- syn. myrtle bird, myrtle warbler;

Dendroica fusca
n1
black-and-white North American wood warbler having an orange-and-black head and throat;

- syn. Blackburn, Blackburnian warbler;

Dendroica petechia
n1
yellow-throated American wood warbler;

- syn. golden warbler, yellow warbler, yellowbird;

Dendroica striate
n1
North American warbler having a black-and-white head;

- syn. blackpoll;

Dendroica tigrina
n1
North American wood warbler;

- olive green and yellow striped with black;

- syn. Cape May warbler;

dendroid / d ɛ n d ɹ ɔɪ d /
a1
resembling a tree in form and branching structure;

- "arborescent coral found off the coast of Bermuda";

- "dendriform sponges";

- syn. arboreal, arboreous, arborescent, arboresque, arboriform, dendriform, dendroidal, tree-shaped, treelike;

- sim. branchy;

dendroidal / d ɛ n d ɹ ɔɪ d ɫ /
a1
resembling a tree in form and branching structure;

- "arborescent coral found off the coast of Bermuda";

- "dendriform sponges";

- syn. arboreal, arboreous, arborescent, arboresque, arboriform, dendriform, dendroid, tree-shaped, treelike;

- sim. branchy;

Dendrolagus
n1
tree wallabies;

- syn. genus Dendrolagus;

dendrology / d ɛ n d ɹ ɒ ɫ ə dʒ i /
n1
the study of wooden plants;

Dendromecon
n1
one species: bush poppy;

- syn. genus Dendromecon;

Deneb
n1
the brightest star in Cygnus;

Denebola
n1
a star in Leo approximately 43 light years from Earth;

Deng Xiaoping
n1
Chinese communist statesman (1904-1997);

- syn. Teng Hsiao-ping, Teng Hsiaoping;

dengue / d ɛ ŋ ɡ i /
n1
an infectious disease of the tropics transmitted by mosquitoes and characterized by rash and aching head and joints;

- syn. breakbone fever, dandy fever, dengue fever;

dengue fever
n1
an infectious disease of the tropics transmitted by mosquitoes and characterized by rash and aching head and joints;

- syn. breakbone fever, dandy fever, dengue;

deniable / d ɪ n aɪ ə b ɫ /
a1
capable of being denied or contradicted;

- sim. disavowable, questionable;

denial / d ɪ n aɪ ə ɫ /
n1
the act of refusing to comply (as with a request);

- "it resulted in a complete denial of his privileges";

n2
the act of asserting that something alleged is not true;

- syn. disaffirmation;

n3
(psychiatry) a defense mechanism that denies painful thoughts;

n4
renunciation of your own interests in favor of the interests of others;

- syn. abnegation, self-abnegation, self-denial, self-renunciation;

n5
a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him;

- "he gave evidence for the defense";

- syn. defence, defense, demurrer;

denier / d ɛ n ɪə , d ɛ n ɪə ɹ , d ɛ n ɪ eɪ , d ɪ n aɪ ə /
n1
a unit of measurement for the fineness of silk or nylon or rayon;

- "with an evening dress one wears 10 denier stockings";

n2
any of various former European coins of different denominations;

n3
one who denies;

denigrate / d ɛ n ɪ ɡ ɹ eɪ t /
v1
cause to seem less serious;

- play down;

- "Don't belittle his influence";

- syn. belittle, derogate, minimize;

v2
charge falsely or with malicious intent;

- attack the good name and reputation of someone;

- "The journalists have defamed me!";

- "The article in the paper sullied my reputation";

- syn. asperse, besmirch, calumniate, defame, slander, smear, smirch, sully;

denigrating / d ɛ n ɪ ɡ ɹ eɪ t ɪ ŋ /
a1
(used of statements) harmful and often untrue;

- tending to discredit or malign;

- syn. calumniatory, calumnious, defamatory, denigrative, denigratory, libellous, libelous, slanderous;

- sim. harmful;

denigration / d ɛ n ɪ ɡ ɹ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
a belittling comment;

- syn. belittling;

n2
an abusive attack on a person's character or good name;

- syn. aspersion, calumny, defamation, slander;

n3
the act of expressing disapproval (especially of yourself);

- syn. deprecation;

denigrative
a1
(used of statements) harmful and often untrue;

- tending to discredit or malign;

- syn. calumniatory, calumnious, defamatory, denigrating, denigratory, libellous, libelous, slanderous;

- sim. harmful;

denigratory
a1
(used of statements) harmful and often untrue;

- tending to discredit or malign;

- syn. calumniatory, calumnious, defamatory, denigrating, denigrative, libellous, libelous, slanderous;

- sim. harmful;

denim / d ɛ n ɪ m /
n1
(used in the plural) close-fitting trousers of heavy denim for manual work or casual wear;

- syn. blue jeans, jeans;

n2
a coarse durable twill-weave cotton fabric;

- syn. dungaree, jean;

Denis Diderot
n1
French philosopher who was a leading figure of the Enlightenment in France;

- principal editor of an encyclopedia that disseminated the scientific and philosophical knowledge of the time (1713-1784);

- syn. Diderot;

Denisonia
n1
copperheads;

- syn. genus Denisonia;

Denisonia superba
n1
venomous but sluggish reddish-brown snake of Australia;

- syn. copperhead;

denitrify
v1
remove nitrogen from;

- "Denitrify the soil";

denizen / d ɛ n ɪ z n /
n1
a person who inhabits a particular place;

- syn. dweller, habitant, indweller, inhabitant;

n2
a plant or animal naturalized in a region;

- "denizens of field and forest";

- "denizens of the deep";

Denmark / d ɛ n m ɑ k /
n1
a constitutional monarchy in northern Europe;

- consists of the mainland of Jutland and many islands between the North Sea and the Baltic Sea;

- syn. Danmark, Kingdom of Denmark;

Denmark Vesey
n1
United States freed slave and insurrectionist in South Carolina who was involved in planning an uprising of slaves and was hanged (1767-1822);

- syn. Vesey;

Dennis Gabor
n1
British physicist (born in Hungary) noted for his work on holography (1900-1979);

- syn. Gabor;

Dennstaedtia
n1
chiefly terrestrial ferns;

- in some classification systems placed in family Polypodiaceae;

- syn. genus Dennstaedtia;

Dennstaedtia punctilobula
n1
fern of eastern North America with pale green fronds and an aroma like hay;

- syn. boulder fern, hay-scented, hay-scented fern, scented fern;

Dennstaedtiaceae
n1
one of a number of families into which Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems;

- syn. family Dennstaedtiaceae;

denominate / d ɪ n ɒ m ɪ n eɪ t /
v1
assign a name or title to;

- syn. designate;

denomination / d ɪ n ɒ m ɪ n eɪ ʃ n /
n1
a group of religious congregations having its own organization and a distinctive faith;

n2
a class of one kind of unit in a system of numbers or measures or weights or money;

- "he flashed a fistful of bills of large denominations";

n3
identifying word or words by which someone or something is called and classified or distinguished from others;

- syn. appellation, appellative, designation;

denominational / d ɪ n ɒ m ɪ n eɪ ʃ n ə ɫ /
a1
relating to or characteristic of a particular religious denomination;

- "denominational politics";

a2
relating to the face value of a banknote, coin, or stamp;

a3
adhering or confined to a particular sect or denomination;

- "denominational prejudice";

- sim. sectarian;

denominationalism / d ɪ n ɒ m ɪ n eɪ ʃ ŋ ə ɫ ɪ z ə m /
n1
a narrow-minded adherence to a particular sect or party or denomination;

- "he condemned religious sectarianism";

- syn. sectarianism;

n2
the tendency, in Protestantism, to separate into religious denominations or to advocate such separations;

denominationally / d ɪ n ɒ m ɪ n eɪ ʃ n ə ɫ i /
r1
with respect to denomination;

- "denominationally diverse audiences";

denominator / d ɪ n ɒ m ɪ n eɪ t ə , d ɪ n ɒ m ɪ n eɪ t ə ɹ /
n1
the divisor of a fraction;

denotation / d i n oʊ t eɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
the act of indicating or pointing out by name;

- syn. indication;

n2
the most direct or specific meaning of a word or expression;

- the class of objects that an expression refers to;

- "the extension of `satellite of Mars' is the set containing only Demos and Phobos";

- syn. extension, reference;

denotative / d i n oʊ t eɪ t ɪ v /
a1
having the power of explicitly denoting or designating or naming;

- syn. denotive;

- also explicit;

- sim. appellative, designative, extensional, referent, referential;

a2
in accordance with fact or the primary meaning of a term;

- syn. explicit;

- sim. literal;

denotatum
n1
an actual object referred to by a linguistic expression;

denote / d ɪ n oʊ t /
v1
be a sign or indication of;

- "Her smile denoted that she agreed";

v2
have as a meaning;

- "`multi-' denotes `many' ";

- syn. refer;

v3
make known;

- make an announcement;

- "She denoted her feelings clearly";

- syn. announce;

denotive / d ɪ n oʊ t ɪ v /
a1
having the power of explicitly denoting or designating or naming;

- syn. denotative;

- also explicit, expressed;

- sim. appellative, designative, extensional, referent, referential;

denouement
n1
the outcome of a complex sequence of events;

n2
the final resolution of the main complication of a literary or dramatic work;

denounce / d ɪ n aʊ n s /
v1
speak out against;

- "He denounced the Nazis";

v2
to accuse or condemn or openly or formally or brand as disgraceful;

- "He denounced the government action";

- "She was stigmatized by society because she had a child out of wedlock";

- syn. brand, mark, stigmatise, stigmatize;

v3
announce the termination of, as of treaties;

v4
give away information about somebody;

- "He told on his classmate who had cheated on the exam";

- syn. betray, give away, grass, rat, shit, shop, snitch, stag, tell on;

denouncement / d ɪ n aʊ n s m ə n t /
n1
a public act of denouncing;

- syn. denunciation;

dense / d ɛ n s /
a1
permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter;

- "dense smoke";

- "heavy fog";

- "impenetrable gloom";

- syn. heavy, impenetrable;

- sim. thick;

a2
hard to pass through because of dense growth;

- "dense vegetation";

- "thick woods";

- syn. thick;

- sim. impenetrable;

a3
having high relative density or specific gravity;

- "dense as lead";

- sim. heavy;

a4
slow to learn or understand;

- lacking intellectual acuity;

- "so dense he never understands anything I say to him";

- "never met anyone quite so dim";

- "although dull at classical learning, at mathematics he was uncommonly quick"- Thackeray;

- "dumb officials make some really dumb decisions";

- "he was either normally stupid or being deliberately obtuse";

- "worked with the slow students";

- syn. dim, dull, dumb, obtuse, slow;

- sim. stupid;

dense-leaved elodea
n1
aquatic plant with deep green foliage useful to oxygenate an aquarium;

- sometimes placed in genus Egeria;

- syn. Egeria densa, Elodea densa;

dense blazing star
n1
perennial of southeastern and central United States having very dense spikes of purple flowers;

- often cultivated for cut flowers;

- syn. Liatris pycnostachya;

densely / d ɛ n s ɫ i /
r1
in a stupid manner;

- "he had so rapaciously desired and so obtusely expected to find her alone";

- syn. dumbly, obtusely;

r2
in a concentrated manner;

- "old houses are often so densely packed that perhaps three or four have to be demolished for every new one built";

- "a thickly populated area";

- syn. thickly;

denseness / d ɛ n s n ə s /
n1
the quality of being mentally slow and limited;

- syn. dumbness, slow-wittedness;

n2
the spatial property of being crowded together;

- syn. compactness, concentration, density, tightness;

n3
the amount per unit size;

- syn. density;

densification / d ɛ n s ɪ f ɪ k eɪ ʃ n /
n1
an increase in the density of something;

- syn. compaction, compression, concretion;

densimeter
n1
a measuring instrument for determining density or specific gravity;

- syn. densitometer;

densitometer
n1
a measuring instrument for determining optical or photographic density;

n2
a measuring instrument for determining density or specific gravity;

- syn. densimeter;

densitometry
n1
measuring the optical density of a substance by shining light on it and measuring its transmission;

density / d ɛ n s ɪ t i /
n1
the amount per unit size;

- syn. denseness;

n2
the spatial property of being crowded together;

- syn. compactness, concentration, denseness, tightness;

dent / d ɛ n t /
n1
an appreciable consequence (especially a lessening);

- "it made a dent in my bank account";

n2
a depression scratched or carved into a surface;

- syn. incision, prick, scratch, slit;

n3
an impression in a surface (as made by a blow);

- syn. ding, gouge, nick;

v1
make a depression into;

- "The bicycle dented my car";

- syn. indent;

dent corn
n1
corn whose kernels contain both hard and soft starch and become indented at maturity;

- syn. Zea mays indentata;

dental / d ɛ n t ɫ /
n1
a consonant articulated with the tip of the tongue near the gum ridge;

- syn. alveolar, alveolar consonant, dental consonant;

a1
of or relating to the teeth;

- "dental floss";

a2
of or relating to dentistry;

- "dental student";

dental amalgam
n1
an alloy of mercury with another metal (usually silver) used by dentists to fill cavities in teeth;

- except for iron and platinum all metals dissolve in mercury and chemists refer to the resulting mercury mixtures as amalgams;

- syn. amalgam;

dental anatomy
n1
the branch of gross anatomy concerning with the morphology of teeth;

dental appliance
n1
a device to repair teeth or replace missing teeth;

dental assistant
n1
an assistant to a dentist;

dental care
n1
care for the teeth;

dental caries
n1
soft decayed area in a tooth;

- progressive decay can lead to the death of a tooth;

- syn. caries, cavity, tooth decay;

dental consonant
n1
a consonant articulated with the tip of the tongue near the gum ridge;

- syn. alveolar, alveolar consonant, dental;

dental floss
n1
a soft thread for cleaning the spaces between the teeth;

- syn. floss;

dental gold
n1
an alloy of gold used in dentistry;

dental hygienist
n1
someone trained to provide preventive dental service (cleaning teeth or taking x-rays);

dental implant
n1
an implant that replaces a natural tooth;

dental medicine
n1
the branch of medicine dealing with the anatomy and development and diseases of the teeth;

- syn. dentistry, odontology;

dental orthopaedics
n1
the branch of dentistry dealing with the prevention or correction of irregularities of the teeth;

- syn. dental orthopedics, orthodontia, orthodontics, orthodonture;

dental orthopedics
n1
the branch of dentistry dealing with the prevention or correction of irregularities of the teeth;

- syn. dental orthopaedics, orthodontia, orthodontics, orthodonture;

dental plaque
n1
a film of mucus and bacteria deposited on the teeth that encourages the development of dental caries;

- syn. bacterial plaque;

dental plate
n1
a dental appliance that artificially replaces missing teeth;

- syn. denture, plate;

dental practice
n1
the practice of dentistry;

dental practitioner
n1
a person qualified to practice dentistry;

- syn. dentist, tooth doctor;

dental procedure
n1
a procedure employed by a dentist;

dental school
n1
a graduate school offering study leading to degrees in dentistry;

- syn. school of dentistry;

dental surgeon
n1
a dentist qualified to perform surgical procedures;

dental surgery
n1
the branch of dentistry involving surgical procedures;

dental technician
n1
someone who makes dental appliances (bridges and dentures);

- syn. denturist;

Dentaria
n1
usually included in genus Cardamine;

- in some classifications considered a separate genus;

- syn. genus Dentaria;

Dentaria bulbifera
n1
European bittercress having a knotted white rootstock;

- syn. Cardamine bulbifera, coral-root bittercress, coralroot, coralwort;

Dentaria diphylla
n1
North American herb with pungent scaly or toothed roots;

- syn. Cardamine diphylla, crinkle-root, crinkle root, crinkleroot, pepper root, toothwort;

dentate / d ɛ n t eɪ t /
a1
having toothlike projections in the margin;

- sim. rough;

dentate leaf
n1
a leaf having a toothed margin;

dentate nucleus
n1
a large laminar nucleus of grey matter within the white matter of each cerebral hemisphere;

dented / d ɛ n t ɪ d /
a1
of metal e.g.;

- "bent nails";

- "a car with a crumpled front end";

- "dented fenders";

- syn. bent, crumpled;

- sim. damaged;

denticle / d ɛ n t ɪ k ɫ /
n1
small pointed ridge on the exoskeleton of an arthropod;

denticulate / d ɛ n t ɪ k j ʊ ɫ ə t /
a1
having a very finely toothed margin;

- sim. rough;

denticulate leaf
n1
a leaf having a finely toothed margin;

- minutely dentate;

dentifrice / d ɛ n t ɪ f ɹ ɪ s /
n1
a substance for cleaning the teeth;

- applied with a toothbrush;

dentin / d ɛ n t ɪ n /
n1
a calcareous material harder and denser than bone that comprises the bulk of a tooth;

- syn. dentine;

n2
bone (calcified tissue) surrounding the pulp cavity of a tooth;

- syn. dentine;

dentine / d ɛ n t i n /
n1
a calcareous material harder and denser than bone that comprises the bulk of a tooth;

- syn. dentin;

n2
bone (calcified tissue) surrounding the pulp cavity of a tooth;

- syn. dentin;

dentist / d ɛ n t ɪ s t /
n1
a person qualified to practice dentistry;

- syn. dental practitioner, tooth doctor;

dentist's drill
n1
a high speed drill that dentists use to cut into teeth;

- syn. burr drill;

dentistry / d ɛ n t ɪ s t ɹ i /
n1
the branch of medicine dealing with the anatomy and development and diseases of the teeth;

- syn. dental medicine, odontology;

dentition / d ɛ n t ɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
the eruption through the gums of baby teeth;

- syn. odontiasis, teething;

n2
the kind and number and arrangement of teeth (collectively) in a person or animal;

- syn. teeth;

denture / d ɛ n tʃ ə , d ɛ n tʃ ə ɹ /
n1
a dental appliance that artificially replaces missing teeth;

- syn. dental plate, plate;

denturist / d ɛ n tʃ ə ɹ ɪ s t /
n1
someone who makes dental appliances (bridges and dentures);

- syn. dental technician;

denudate
v1
lay bare;

- "denude a forest";

- syn. bare, denude, strip;

a1
without the natural or usual covering;

- "a bald spot on the lawn";

- "bare hills";

- syn. bald, denuded;

- sim. bare;

denudation / d i n j u d eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the removal of covering;

- syn. baring, husking, stripping, uncovering;

denude / d ɪ n j u d /
v1
lay bare;

- "denude a forest";

- syn. bare, denudate, strip;

denuded / d ɪ n j u d ɪ d /
a1
without the natural or usual covering;

- "a bald spot on the lawn";

- "bare hills";

- syn. bald, denudate;

- sim. bare;

denumerable
a1
that can be counted;

- "countable sins";

- "numerable assets";

- syn. countable, enumerable, numerable;

- sim. calculable;

denunciation / d ɪ n ʌ n s ɪ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
a public act of denouncing;

- syn. denouncement;

denunciative / d ɪ n ʌ n ʃ ɪə t ɪ v /
a1
containing warning of punishment;

- syn. comminatory, denunciatory;

- sim. inculpatory;

denunciatory / d ɪ n ʌ n s ɪə t ə ɹ i /
a1
containing warning of punishment;

- syn. comminatory, denunciative;

- sim. inculpatory;

Denver / d ɛ n v ə , d ɛ n v ə ɹ /
n1
the state capital and largest city of Colorado;

- located in central Colorado on the South Platte river;

- syn. Mile-High City, capital of Colorado;

deny / d ɪ n aɪ /
v1
declare untrue;

- contradict;

- "He denied the allegations";

- "She denied that she had taken money";

v2
refuse to accept or believe;

- "He denied his fatal illness";

v3
refuse to grant, as of a petition or request;

- "The dean denied the students' request for more physics courses";

- "the prisoners were denied the right to exercise for more than 2 hours a day";

v4
refuse to let have;

- "She denies me every pleasure";

- "he denies her her weekly allowance";

- syn. refuse;

v5
deny oneself (something);

- restrain, especially from indulging in some pleasure;

- "She denied herself wine and spirits";

- syn. abnegate;

v6
deny formally (an allegation of fact by the opposing party) in a legal suit;

- syn. traverse;

v7
refuse to recognize or acknowledge;

- "Peter denied Jesus";

deodar / d ɪə d ɑ , d ɪə d ɑr /
n1
tall East Indian cedar having spreading branches with nodding tips;

- highly valued for its appearance as well as its timber;

- syn. Cedrus deodara, Himalayan cedar, deodar cedar;

deodar cedar
n1
tall East Indian cedar having spreading branches with nodding tips;

- highly valued for its appearance as well as its timber;

- syn. Cedrus deodara, Himalayan cedar, deodar;

deodorant / d i oʊ d ə ɹ ə n t /
n1
a toiletry applied to the skin in order to mask unpleasant odors;

- syn. deodourant;

deodorise / d i oʊ d ə ɹ aɪ z /
v1
eliminate the odor from;

- "This stick will deodorize your armpits";

- syn. deodorize, deodourise;

deodorize / d i oʊ d ə ɹ aɪ z /
v1
eliminate the odor from;

- "This stick will deodorize your armpits";

- syn. deodorise, deodourise;

deodourant
n1
a toiletry applied to the skin in order to mask unpleasant odors;

- syn. deodorant;

deodourise
v1
eliminate the odor from;

- "This stick will deodorize your armpits";

- syn. deodorise, deodorize;

deontic logic
n1
the modal logic of obligation and permissibility;

deossification
n1
the loss of the mineral content of bone tissue;

deoxidise
v1
to remove oxygen from a compound, or cause to react with hydrogen or form a hydride, or to undergo an increase in the number of electrons;

- syn. deoxidize, reduce;

deoxidize / d i ɒ k s ɪ d aɪ z /
v1
to remove oxygen from a compound, or cause to react with hydrogen or form a hydride, or to undergo an increase in the number of electrons;

- syn. deoxidise, reduce;

deoxyadenosine
n1
a nucleoside component of DNA;

- composed of adenosine and deoxyribose;

deoxyadenosine monophosphate
n1
one of the four nucleotides used in building DNA;

- all four nucleotides have a common phosphate group and a sugar (ribose);

- syn. A;

deoxycytidine
n1
a nucleoside component of DNA;

- composed of cytosine and deoxyribose;

- syn. cytidine;

deoxycytidine monophosphate
n1
one of the four nucleotides used in building DNA;

- all four nucleotides have a common phosphate group and a sugar (ribose);

- syn. C;

deoxyephedrine
n1
an amphetamine derivative (trade name Methedrine) used in the form of a crystalline hydrochloride;

- used as a stimulant to the nervous system and as an appetite suppressant;

- syn. Methedrine, chalk, chicken feed, crank, glass, ice, meth, methamphetamine, methamphetamine hydrochloride, shabu, trash;

deoxygenate
v1
remove oxygen from (water);

deoxyguanosine
n1
a nucleoside component of DNA;

- composed of guanine and deoxyribose;

- syn. guanosine;

deoxyguanosine monophosphate
n1
one of the four nucleotides used in building DNA;

- all four nucleotides have a common phosphate group and a sugar (ribose);

- syn. G;

deoxyribonucleic acid
n1
(biochemistry) a long linear polymer found in the nucleus of a cell and formed from nucleotides and shaped like a double helix;

- associated with the transmission of genetic information;

- "DNA is the king of molecules";

- syn. DNA, desoxyribonucleic acid;

deoxyribose
n1
a sugar that is a constituent of nucleic acids;

deoxythymidine
n1
a nucleoside component of DNA;

- composed of thymine and deoxyribose;

- syn. thymidine;

deoxythymidine monophosphate
n1
one of the four nucleotides used in building DNA;

- all four nucleotides have a common phosphate group and a sugar (ribose);

- syn. T;

Depardieu
n1
French film actor (born in 1948);

- syn. Gerard Depardieu;

Deparia
n1
classification used for 5 species of terrestrial ferns usually placed in other genera;

- syn. genus Deparia;

Deparia acrostichoides
n1
fern with elongate silvery outgrowths enclosing the developing spores;

- syn. Athyrium thelypteroides, silvery spleenwort;

depart / d ɪ p ɑ t /
v1
move away from a place into another direction;

- "Go away before I start to cry";

- "The train departs at noon";

- syn. go, go away;

v2
be at variance with;

- be out of line with;

- syn. deviate, diverge, vary;

v3
leave;

- "The family took off for Florida";

- syn. part, set forth, set off, set out, start, start out, take off;

v4
go away or leave;

- syn. quit, take leave;

v5
remove oneself from an association with or participation in;

- "She wants to leave";

- "The teenager left home";

- "She left her position with the Red Cross";

- "He left the Senate after two terms";

- "after 20 years with the same company, she pulled up stakes";

- syn. leave, pull up stakes;

v6
wander from a direct or straight course;

- syn. digress, sidetrack, straggle;

departed / d ɪ p ɑ t ɪ d /
n1
someone who is no longer alive;

- "I wonder what the dead person would have done";

- syn. dead person, dead soul, deceased, deceased person, decedent;

a1
well in the past;

- former;

- "bygone days";

- "dreams of foregone times";

- "sweet memories of gone summers";

- "relics of a departed era";

- syn. bygone, bypast, foregone, gone;

- sim. past;

a2
dead;

- "he is deceased";

- "our dear departed friend";

- syn. asleep, at peace, at rest, deceased, gone;

- sim. dead;

departer / d ɪ p ɑ t ə , d ɪ p ɑ t ə ɹ /
n1
someone who leaves;

- syn. goer, leaver;

department / d ɪ p ɑ t m ə n t /
n1
a specialized division of a large organization;

- "you'll find it in the hardware department";

- "she got a job in the historical section of the Treasury";

- syn. section;

n2
the territorial and administrative division of some countries (such as France);

n3
a specialized sphere of knowledge;

- "baking is not my department";

- "his work established a new department of literature";

department head
n1
the head of a department;

Department of Agriculture
n1
the federal department that administers programs that provide services to farmers (including research and soil conservation and efforts to stabilize the farming economy);

- created in 1862;

- syn. Agriculture, Agriculture Department, USDA;

department of anthropology
n1
the academic department responsible for teaching and research in anthropology;

- syn. anthropology department;

department of biology
n1
the academic department responsible for teaching and research in biology;

- syn. biology department;

department of chemistry
n1
the academic department responsible for teaching and research in chemistry;

- syn. chemistry department;

Department of Commerce
n1
the United States federal department that promotes and administers domestic and foreign trade (including management of the census and the patent office);

- created in 1913;

- syn. Commerce, Commerce Department, DoC;

Department of Commerce and Labor
n1
a former executive department of the United States government;

- created in 1903 and split into two departments in 1913;

department of computer science
n1
the academic department responsible for teaching and research in computer science;

department of corrections
n1
the department of local government that is responsible for managing the treatment of convicted offenders;

- "for a career in corrections turn to the web site of the New Jersey Department of Corrections";

- syn. corrections;

Department of Defense
n1
the federal department responsible for safeguarding national security of the United States;

- created in 1947;

- syn. Defense, Defense Department, DoD, United States Department of Defense;

Department of Defense Laboratory System
n1
a defense laboratory that provides essential services in fundamental science for national security and environmental protection and provides technologies that contribute to industrial competitiveness;

- syn. LABLINK;

department of economics
n1
the academic department responsible for teaching and research in economics;

- syn. economics department;

Department of Education
n1
the United States federal department that administers all federal programs dealing with education (including federal aid to educational institutions and students);

- created 1979;

- syn. Education, Education Department;

Department of Energy
n1
the federal department responsible for maintaining a national energy policy of the United States;

- created in 1977;

- syn. DOE, Energy, Energy Department;

Department of Energy Intelligence
n1
an agency that collects political and economic and technical information about energy matters and makes the Department of Energy's technical and analytical expertise available to other members of the Intelligence Community;

- syn. DOEI;

department of English
n1
the academic department responsible for teaching English and American literature;

- syn. English department;

Department of Health and Human Services
n1
the United States federal department that administers all federal programs dealing with health and welfare;

- created in 1979;

- syn. HHS, Health and Human Services;

Department of Health Education and Welfare
n1
a former executive department of the United States government;

- created in 1953 and divided in 1979;

department of history
n1
the academic department responsible for teaching history;

- syn. history department;

Department of Homeland Security
n1
the federal department that administers all matters relating to homeland security;

- syn. Homeland Security;

Department of Housing and Urban Development
n1
the United States federal department that administers federal programs dealing with better housing and urban renewal;

- created in 1965;

- syn. HUD, Housing and Urban Development;

Department of Justice
n1
the United States federal department responsible for enforcing federal laws (including the enforcement of all civil rights legislation);

- created in 1870;

- syn. DoJ, Justice, Justice Department;

Department of Justice Canada
n1
an agency of the Canadian government that provides litigation and legal advice and opinions to the government;

- syn. DoJC;

Department of Labor
n1
the federal department responsible for promoting the working conditions of wage earners in the United States;

- created in 1913;

- syn. DoL, Labor, Labor Department;

department of linguistics
n1
the academic department responsible for teaching and research in linguistics;

- syn. linguistics department;

department of local government
n1
a permanent department created to perform the work of a local government;

- syn. local department;

department of mathematics
n1
the academic department responsible for teaching and research in mathematics;

- syn. mathematics department;

department of music
n1
the academic department responsible for teaching music and music appreciation;

- syn. music department;

department of philosophy
n1
the academic department responsible for teaching philosophy;

- syn. philosophy department;

department of physics
n1
the academic department responsible for teaching and research in physics;

- syn. physics department;

department of psychology
n1
the academic department responsible for teaching and research in psychology;

- syn. psychology department;

department of sociology
n1
the academic department responsible for teaching and research in sociology;

- syn. sociology department;

Department of State
n1
the federal department in the United States that sets and maintains foreign policies;

- "the Department of State was created in 1789";

- syn. DoS, State, State Department, United States Department of State;

department of the federal government
n1
a department of the federal government of the United States;

- syn. federal department, federal office;

Department of the Interior
n1
the United States federal department charged with conservation and the development of natural resources;

- created in 1849;

- syn. DoI, Interior, Interior Department;

Department of the Treasury
n1
the federal department that collects revenue and administers federal finances;

- the Treasury Department was created in 1789;

- syn. Treasury, Treasury Department, United States Treasury;

Department of Transportation
n1
the United States federal department that institutes and coordinates national transportation programs;

- created in 1966;

- syn. DoT, Transportation;

Department of Veterans Affairs
n1
the United States federal department responsible for the interests of military veterans;

- created in 1989;

- syn. VA;

department store
n1
a large retail store organized into departments offering a variety of merchandise;

- commonly part of a retail chain;

- syn. emporium;

departmental / d i p ɑ t m ɛ n t ɫ /
a1
of or relating to a department;

- "departmental policy";

departmentally / d i p ɑ t m ɛ n t ə ɫ i /
r1
dependent on a department;

departure / d ɪ p ɑ tʃ ə , d ɪ p ɑ tʃ ə ɹ /
n1
the act of departing;

- syn. going, going away, leaving;

n2
a variation that deviates from the standard or norm;

- "the deviation from the mean";

- syn. deviation, difference, divergence;

n3
euphemistic expressions for death;

- "thousands mourned his passing";

- syn. exit, expiration, going, loss, passing, release;

departure gate
n1
gate where passengers embark;

departure lounge
n1
lounge where passengers can await departure;

departure tax
n1
a tax that is levied when you are departing a country by land or sea or air;

departure time
n1
the time at which a public conveyance is scheduled to depart from a given point of origin;

- syn. time of departure;

depend / d ɪ p ɛ n d /
v1
be contingent upon (something that is elided);

- "That depends";

v2
have faith or confidence in;

- "you can count on me to help you any time";

- "Look to your friends for support";

- "You can bet on that!";

- "Depend on your family in times of crisis";

- syn. bank, bet, calculate, count, look, reckon, rely, swear;

depend on
v1
be contingent on;

- "The outcomes rides on the results of the election";

- "Your grade will depends on your homework";

- syn. depend upon, devolve on, hinge on, hinge upon, ride, turn on;

v2
put trust in with confidence;

- "she is someone you can really rely on when times get rough";

- "you can rely on his discretion";

- syn. depend upon, rely on, rely upon;

v3
be dependent on, as for support or maintenance;

- "elderly parents often depend on their adult children";

- syn. rely on;

depend upon
v1
be contingent on;

- "The outcomes rides on the results of the election";

- "Your grade will depends on your homework";

- syn. depend on, devolve on, hinge on, hinge upon, ride, turn on;

v2
put trust in with confidence;

- "she is someone you can really rely on when times get rough";

- "you can rely on his discretion";

- syn. depend on, rely on, rely upon;

dependability / d ɪ p ɛ n d ə b ɪ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
the quality of being dependable or reliable;

- syn. dependableness, reliability, reliableness;

dependable / d ɪ p ɛ n d ə b ɫ /
a1
worthy of reliance or trust;

- "a reliable source of information";

- "a dependable worker";

- syn. reliable;

- also trustworthy, trusty;

- sim. certain, tested, undeviating;

a2
worthy of being depended on;

- "a dependable worker";

- "an honest working stiff";

- "a reliable source of information";

- "he was true to his word";

- "I would be true for there are those who trust me";

- syn. honest, reliable, true;

- sim. trustworthy;

a3
consistent in performance or behavior;

- "dependable in one's habits";

- "a steady-going family man";

- syn. rock-steady, steady-going;

- sim. steady;

a4
financially safe;

- "a good investment";

- "a secure investment";

- syn. good, safe, secure;

- sim. sound;

dependableness / d ɪ p ɛ n d ə b ɫ n ə s /
n1
the quality of being dependable or reliable;

- syn. dependability, reliability, reliableness;

dependably / d ɪ p ɛ n d ə b ɫ i /
r1
in a faithful manner;

- "it always came on, faithfully, like the radio";

- syn. faithfully, reliably;

dependance / d ɪ p ɛ n d ə n s /
n1
being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic drugs);

- syn. addiction, dependence, dependency, habituation;

n2
the state of relying on or being controlled by someone or something else;

- syn. dependence, dependency;

dependant / d ɪ p ɛ n d ə n t /
n1
a person who relies on another person for support (especially financial support);

- syn. dependent;

a1
contingent on something else;

- syn. dependent, qualified;

- sim. conditional;

a2
addicted to a drug;

- syn. dependent, drug-addicted, hooked, strung-out;

- sim. addicted;

dependant on
a1
being determined by conditions or circumstances that follow;

- "arms sales contingent on the approval of congress";

- syn. contingent, contingent on, contingent upon, dependant upon, dependent on, dependent upon, depending on;

- sim. conditional;

dependant upon
a1
being determined by conditions or circumstances that follow;

- "arms sales contingent on the approval of congress";

- syn. contingent, contingent on, contingent upon, dependant on, dependent on, dependent upon, depending on;

- sim. conditional;

dependence / d ɪ p ɛ n d ə n s /
n1
the state of relying on or being controlled by someone or something else;

- syn. dependance, dependency;

n2
being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic drugs);

- syn. addiction, dependance, dependency, habituation;

dependency / d ɪ p ɛ n d ə n s i /
n1
the state of relying on or being controlled by someone or something else;

- syn. dependance, dependence;

n2
being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic drugs);

- syn. addiction, dependance, dependence, habituation;

n3
a geographical area politically controlled by a distant country;

- syn. colony;

dependent / d ɪ p ɛ n d ə n t /
n1
a person who relies on another person for support (especially financial support);

- syn. dependant;

a1
relying on or requiring a person or thing for support, supply, or what is needed;

- "dependent children";

- "dependent on moisture";

- also unfree;

- sim. babelike, helpless, interdependent, myrmecophilous, parasitic, reliant, symbiotic, underage;

a2
contingent on something else;

- syn. dependant, qualified;

- sim. conditional;

a3
(of a clause) unable to stand alone syntactically as a complete sentence;

- "a subordinate (or dependent) clause functions as a noun or adjective or adverb within a sentence";

- syn. subordinate;

a4
held from above and hanging down;

- "a pendant bunch of grapes";

- syn. pendant, pendent;

- sim. supported;

a5
being under the power or sovereignty of another or others;

- "subject peoples";

- "a dependent prince";

- syn. subject;

- sim. subordinate;

a6
addicted to a drug;

- syn. dependant, drug-addicted, hooked, strung-out;

- sim. addicted;

dependent clause
n1
a clause in a complex sentence that cannot stand alone as a complete sentence and that functions within the sentence as a noun or adjective or adverb;

- syn. subordinate clause;

dependent on
a1
being determined by conditions or circumstances that follow;

- "arms sales contingent on the approval of congress";

- syn. contingent, contingent on, contingent upon, dependant on, dependant upon, dependent upon, depending on;

- sim. conditional;

dependent upon
a1
being determined by conditions or circumstances that follow;

- "arms sales contingent on the approval of congress";

- syn. contingent, contingent on, contingent upon, dependant on, dependant upon, dependent on, depending on;

- sim. conditional;

dependent variable
n1
(statistics) a variable in a logical or mathematical expression whose value depends on the independent variable;

- "if f(x)=y, y is the dependent variable";

depending on
a1
being determined by conditions or circumstances that follow;

- "arms sales contingent on the approval of congress";

- syn. contingent, contingent on, contingent upon, dependant on, dependant upon, dependent on, dependent upon;

- sim. conditional;

depersonalisation
n1
emotional dissociative disorder in which there is loss of contact with your own personal reality accompanied by feelings of unreality and strangeness;

- syn. depersonalisation disorder, depersonalisation neurosis, depersonalization, depersonalization disorder, depersonalization neurosis;

n2
(existentialism) a loss of personal identity;

- a feeling of being an anonymous cog in an impersonal social machine;

- syn. depersonalization;

n3
representing a human being as a physical thing deprived of personal qualities or individuality;

- "according to Marx, treating labor as a commodity exemplified the reification of the individual";

- syn. depersonalization, reification;

depersonalisation disorder
n1
emotional dissociative disorder in which there is loss of contact with your own personal reality accompanied by feelings of unreality and strangeness;

- syn. depersonalisation, depersonalisation neurosis, depersonalization, depersonalization disorder, depersonalization neurosis;

depersonalisation neurosis
n1
emotional dissociative disorder in which there is loss of contact with your own personal reality accompanied by feelings of unreality and strangeness;

- syn. depersonalisation, depersonalisation disorder, depersonalization, depersonalization disorder, depersonalization neurosis;

depersonalise
v1
make impersonal or present as an object;

- "Will computers depersonalize human interactions?";

- "Pornography objectifies women";

- syn. depersonalize, objectify;

depersonalization
n1
emotional dissociative disorder in which there is loss of contact with your own personal reality accompanied by feelings of unreality and strangeness;

- syn. depersonalisation, depersonalisation disorder, depersonalisation neurosis, depersonalization disorder, depersonalization neurosis;

n2
(existentialism) a loss of personal identity;

- a feeling of being an anonymous cog in an impersonal social machine;

- syn. depersonalisation;

n3
representing a human being as a physical thing deprived of personal qualities or individuality;

- "according to Marx, treating labor as a commodity exemplified the reification of the individual";

- syn. depersonalisation, reification;

depersonalization disorder
n1
emotional dissociative disorder in which there is loss of contact with your own personal reality accompanied by feelings of unreality and strangeness;

- syn. depersonalisation, depersonalisation disorder, depersonalisation neurosis, depersonalization, depersonalization neurosis;

depersonalization neurosis
n1
emotional dissociative disorder in which there is loss of contact with your own personal reality accompanied by feelings of unreality and strangeness;

- syn. depersonalisation, depersonalisation disorder, depersonalisation neurosis, depersonalization, depersonalization disorder;

depersonalize
v1
make impersonal or present as an object;

- "Will computers depersonalize human interactions?";

- "Pornography objectifies women";

- syn. depersonalise, objectify;

depict / d ɪ p ɪ k t /
v1
show in, or as in, a picture;

- "This scene depicts country life";

- "the face of the child is rendered with much tenderness in this painting";

- syn. picture, render, show;

v2
give a description of;

- "He drew an elaborate plan of attack";

- syn. describe, draw;

v3
make a portrait of;

- "Goya wanted to portray his mistress, the Duchess of Alba";

- syn. limn, portray;

depicted / d ɪ p ɪ k t ɪ d /
a1
represented graphically by sketch or design or lines;

- syn. pictured, portrayed;

- sim. delineated;

depicted object
n1
something (a person or object or scene) selected by an artist or photographer for graphic representation;

- "a moving picture of a train is more dramatic than a still picture of the same subject";

- syn. content, subject;

depicting / d ɪ p ɪ k t ɪ ŋ /
n1
a representation by picture or portraiture;

- syn. depiction, portrayal, portraying;

depiction / d ɪ p ɪ k ʃ n /
n1
a graphic or vivid verbal description;

- "too often the narrative was interrupted by long word pictures";

- "the author gives a depressing picture of life in Poland";

- "the pamphlet contained brief characterizations of famous Vermonters";

- syn. characterisation, characterization, delineation, picture, word-painting, word picture;

n2
a representation by picture or portraiture;

- syn. depicting, portrayal, portraying;

n3
a drawing of the outlines of forms or objects;

- syn. delineation, limning, line drawing;

n4
representation by drawing or painting etc;

- syn. delineation, portrayal;

depictive
a1
depicted in a recognizable manner;

- syn. delineative;

- sim. representational;

depigmentation
n1
absence or loss of pigmentation (or less than normal pigmentation) in the skin or hair;

depilate / d ɛ p ɪ ɫ eɪ t /
v1
remove body hair;

- "epilate her legs";

- syn. epilate;

depilation / d ɛ p ɪ ɫ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the condition of being void of hair;

- syn. hairlessness;

n2
the act of removing hair (as from an animal skin);

- syn. epilation;

depilator / d ɪ p ɪ ɫ eɪ t ə /
n1
a cosmetic for temporary removal of undesired hair;

- syn. depilatory, epilator;

depilatory / d ɪ p ɪ ɫ ə t ɹ i /
n1
a chemical (usually a sulfide) used to remove hair or wool or bristles from hides;

n2
a cosmetic for temporary removal of undesired hair;

- syn. depilator, epilator;

a1
able to remove hair or render hairless;

- sim. hairless;

depilous
a1
completely hairless;

- sim. hairless;

deplane / d i p ɫ eɪ n /
v1
get off an airplane;

depletable
a1
capable of being depleted;

- sim. exhaustible;

deplete / d ɪ p ɫ i t /
v1
use up (resources or materials);

- "this car consumes a lot of gas";

- "We exhausted our savings";

- "They run through 20 bottles of wine a week";

- syn. consume, eat, eat up, exhaust, run through, use up, wipe out;

depleted / d ɪ p ɫ i t ɪ d /
a1
no longer sufficient;

- "supplies are low";

- "our funds are depleted";

- syn. low;

- sim. insufficient;

depletion / d ɪ p ɫ i ʃ n /
n1
the act of decreasing something markedly;

n2
the state of being depleted;

deplorable / d ɪ p ɫ ɔ ɹ ə b ɫ /
a1
bad;

- unfortunate;

- "my finances were in a deplorable state";

- "a lamentable decision";

- "her clothes were in sad shape";

- "a sorry state of affairs";

- syn. distressing, lamentable, pitiful, sad, sorry;

- sim. bad;

a2
of very poor quality or condition;

- "deplorable housing conditions in the inner city";

- "woeful treatment of the accused";

- "woeful errors of judgment";

- syn. execrable, miserable, woeful, wretched;

- sim. inferior;

a3
bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure;

- "a criminal waste of talent";

- "a deplorable act of violence";

- "adultery is as reprehensible for a husband as for a wife";

- syn. condemnable, criminal, reprehensible, vicious;

- sim. wrong;

deplorably / d ɪ p ɫ ɔ ɹ ə b ɫ i /
r1
in an unfortunate or deplorable manner;

- "he was sadly neglected";

- "it was woefully inadequate";

- syn. lamentably, sadly, woefully;

deplore / d ɪ p ɫ ɔ , d ɪ p ɫ ɔ ɹ /
v1
express strong disapproval of;

- "We deplore the government's treatment of political prisoners";

v2
regret strongly;

- "I deplore this hostile action";

- "we lamented the loss of benefits";

- syn. bemoan, bewail, lament;

deploy / d ɪ p ɫ ɔɪ /
v1
place troops or weapons in battle formation;

v2
to distribute systematically or strategically;

- "The U.S. deploys its weapons in the Middle East";

deployment / d ɪ p ɫ ɔɪ m ə n t /
n1
the distribution of forces in preparation for battle or work;

deplumate
v1
strip of feathers;

- "pull a chicken";

- "pluck the capon";

- syn. deplume, displume, pluck, pull, tear;

deplume
v1
strip of honors, possessions, or attributes;

- syn. displume;

v2
strip of feathers;

- "pull a chicken";

- "pluck the capon";

- syn. deplumate, displume, pluck, pull, tear;

Depokene
n1
anticonvulsant (trade name Depokene) used to prevent some kinds of seizures;

- syn. valproic acid;

depolarisation / d i p oʊ ɫ ə ɹ aɪ z eɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
a loss of polarity or polarization;

- syn. depolarization;

depolarise / d i p oʊ ɫ ə ɹ aɪ z /
v1
eliminate the polarization of;

- syn. depolarize;

depolarization / d i p oʊ ɫ ə ɹ aɪ z eɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
a loss of polarity or polarization;

- syn. depolarisation;

depolarize / d i p oʊ ɫ ə ɹ aɪ z /
v1
eliminate the polarization of;

- syn. depolarise;

depone / d ɪ p oʊ n /
v1
make a deposition;

- declare under oath;

- syn. depose, swear;

deponent / d ɪ p oʊ n ə n t /
n1
a person who testifies or gives a deposition;

- syn. deposer, testifier;

depopulate / d i p ɒ p j ʊ ɫ eɪ t /
v1
reduce in population;

- "The epidemic depopulated the countryside";

- syn. desolate;

depopulated / d i p ɒ p j ʊ ɫ eɪ t ɪ d /
a1
having lost inhabitants as by war or disease;

- "the 15th century plagues left vast areas of Europe depopulated";

- sim. uninhabited;

depopulation / d i p ɒ p j ʊ ɫ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the condition of having reduced numbers of inhabitants (or no inhabitants at all);

deport / d ɪ p ɔ t /
v1
behave in a certain manner;

- "She carried herself well";

- "he bore himself with dignity";

- "They conducted themselves well during these difficult times";

- syn. acquit, bear, behave, carry, comport, conduct;

v2
hand over to the authorities of another country;

- "They extradited the fugitive to his native country so he could be tried there";

- syn. deliver, extradite;

v3
expel from a country;

- "The poet was exiled because he signed a letter protesting the government's actions";

- syn. exile, expatriate;

deportation / d i p ɔ t eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the act of expelling a person from their native land;

- "men in exile dream of hope";

- "his deportation to a penal colony";

- "the expatriation of wealthy farmers";

- "the sentence was one of transportation for life";

- syn. exile, expatriation, transportation;

n2
the expulsion from a country of an undesirable alien;

deportee / d i p ɔ t i /
n1
a person who is expelled from home or country by authority;

- syn. exile;

deportment / d ɪ p ɔ t m ə n t /
n1
(behavioral attributes) the way a person behaves toward other people;

- syn. behavior, behaviour, conduct, demeanor, demeanour;

depose / d ɪ p oʊ z /
v1
force to leave (an office);

- syn. force out;

v2
make a deposition;

- declare under oath;

- syn. depone, swear;

deposer / d ɪ p oʊ z ə , d ɪ p oʊ z ə ɹ /
n1
a person who testifies or gives a deposition;

- syn. deponent, testifier;

deposit / d ɪ p ɒ z ɪ t /
n1
the phenomenon of sediment or gravel accumulating;

- syn. alluviation, sedimentation;

n2
matter that has been deposited by some natural process;

- syn. sediment;

n3
the natural process of laying down a deposit of something;

- syn. deposition;

n4
money deposited in a bank or some similar institution;

- syn. bank deposit;

n5
a partial payment made at the time of purchase;

- the balance to be paid later;

- syn. down payment;

n6
money given as security for an article acquired for temporary use;

- "his deposit was refunded when he returned the car";

n7
a payment given as a guarantee that an obligation will be met;

n8
a facility where things can be deposited for storage or safekeeping;

- syn. depositary, depository, repository;

n9
the act of putting something somewhere;

- syn. deposition;

v1
put, fix, force, or implant;

- "lodge a bullet in the table";

- "stick your thumb in the crack";

- syn. lodge, stick, wedge;

v2
put into a bank account;

- "She deposits her paycheck every month";

- syn. bank;

v3
put (something somewhere) firmly;

- "She posited her hand on his shoulder";

- "deposit the suitcase on the bench";

- "fix your eyes on this spot";

- syn. fix, posit, situate;

deposit account
n1
a savings account in which the deposit is held for a fixed term or in which withdrawals can be made only after giving notice or with loss of interest;

- syn. time deposit account;

deposit box
n1
a fireproof metal strongbox (usually in a bank) for storing valuables;

- syn. lockbox, safe-deposit, safe-deposit box, safety-deposit, safety deposit box;

depositary / d ɪ p ɒ z ɪ t ə ɹ i /
n1
a facility where things can be deposited for storage or safekeeping;

- syn. deposit, depository, repository;

deposition / d ɛ p ə z ɪ ʃ n /
n1
the natural process of laying down a deposit of something;

- syn. deposit;

n2
(law) a pretrial interrogation of a witness;

- usually conducted in a lawyer's office;

n3
the act of putting something somewhere;

- syn. deposit;

n4
the act of deposing someone;

- removing a powerful person from a position or office;

- syn. dethronement;

depositor / d ɪ p ɒ z ɪ t ə , d ɪ p ɒ z ɪ t ə ɹ /
n1
a person who has deposited money in a bank or similar institution;

depository / d ɪ p ɒ z ɪ t ɹ i /
n1
a facility where things can be deposited for storage or safekeeping;

- syn. deposit, depositary, repository;

depository financial institution
n1
a financial institution that accepts deposits and channels the money into lending activities;

- "he cashed a check at the bank";

- "that bank holds the mortgage on my home";

- syn. bank, banking company, banking concern;

depository library
n1
a depository built to contain books and other materials for reading and study;

- syn. library;

depot / d ɛ p oʊ /
n1
station where transport vehicles load or unload passengers or goods;

- syn. terminal, terminus;

n2
a depository for goods;

- "storehouses were built close to the docks";

- syn. entrepot, storage, store, storehouse;

depravation / d ɛ p ɹ ə v eɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
moral perversion;

- impairment of virtue and moral principles;

- "the luxury and corruption among the upper classes";

- "moral degeneracy followed intellectual degeneration";

- "its brothels, its opium parlors, its depravity";

- "Rome had fallen into moral putrefaction";

- syn. corruption, degeneracy, depravity, putrefaction;

deprave / d ɪ p ɹ eɪ v /
v1
corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality;

- "debauch the young people with wine and women";

- "Socrates was accused of corrupting young men";

- "Do school counselors subvert young children?";

- "corrupt the morals";

- syn. corrupt, debase, debauch, demoralise, demoralize, misdirect, pervert, profane, subvert, vitiate;

depraved / d ɪ p ɹ eɪ v d /
a1
deviating from what is considered moral or right or proper or good;

- "depraved criminals";

- "a perverted sense of loyalty";

- "the reprobate conduct of a gambling aristocrat";

- syn. perverse, perverted, reprobate;

- sim. corrupt;

depravity / d ɪ p ɹ æ v ɪ t i /
n1
moral perversion;

- impairment of virtue and moral principles;

- "the luxury and corruption among the upper classes";

- "moral degeneracy followed intellectual degeneration";

- "its brothels, its opium parlors, its depravity";

- "Rome had fallen into moral putrefaction";

- syn. corruption, degeneracy, depravation, putrefaction;

n2
a corrupt or depraved or degenerate act or practice;

- "the various turpitudes of modern society";

- syn. turpitude;

deprecate / d ɛ p ɹ ə k eɪ t /
v1
express strong disapproval of;

- deplore;

v2
belittle;

- "The teacher should not deprecate his student's efforts";

- syn. depreciate, vilipend;

deprecating / d ɛ p ɹ ə k eɪ t ɪ ŋ /
a1
tending to diminish or disparage;

- "belittling comments";

- "managed a deprecating smile at the compliment";

- "deprecatory remarks about the book";

- "a slighting remark";

- syn. belittling, deprecative, deprecatory, depreciative, depreciatory, slighting;

- sim. uncomplimentary;

deprecation / d ɛ p ɹ ə k eɪ ʃ n /
n1
a prayer to avert or remove some evil or disaster;

n2
the act of expressing disapproval (especially of yourself);

- syn. denigration;

deprecative
a1
tending to diminish or disparage;

- "belittling comments";

- "managed a deprecating smile at the compliment";

- "deprecatory remarks about the book";

- "a slighting remark";

- syn. belittling, deprecating, deprecatory, depreciative, depreciatory, slighting;

- sim. uncomplimentary;

a2
given to expressing disapproval;

- sim. critical;

deprecatively
r1
in a deprecative manner;

deprecatory / d ɛ p ɹ ɪ k ə t ə ɹ i /
a1
tending to diminish or disparage;

- "belittling comments";

- "managed a deprecating smile at the compliment";

- "deprecatory remarks about the book";

- "a slighting remark";

- syn. belittling, deprecating, deprecative, depreciative, depreciatory, slighting;

- sim. uncomplimentary;

depreciate / d ɪ p ɹ i ʃ ɪ eɪ t /
v1
belittle;

- "The teacher should not deprecate his student's efforts";

- syn. deprecate, vilipend;

v2
lower the value of something;

- "The Fed depreciated the dollar once again";

v3
lose in value;

- "The dollar depreciated again";

- syn. devaluate, devalue, undervalue;

depreciating / d ɪ p ɹ i ʃ ɪ eɪ t ɪ ŋ /
a1
tending to decrease or cause a decrease in value;

- "a depreciating currency";

- "depreciatory effects on prices";

- syn. depreciative, depreciatory;

- sim. decreasing;

depreciation / d ɪ p ɹ i ʃ ɪ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
a decrease in price or value;

- "depreciation of the dollar against the yen";

n2
decrease in value of an asset due to obsolescence or use;

- syn. wear and tear;

n3
a communication that belittles somebody or something;

- syn. derogation, disparagement;

depreciation allowance
n1
an allowance for loss due to depreciation;

depreciation charge
n1
an amount periodically charged to expense or against revenue in compensation for depreciation of property;

depreciation rate
n1
the rate at which the value of property is reduced;

- used to calculate tax deduction;

- syn. rate of depreciation;

depreciative / d ɪ p ɹ i ʃ ə t ɪ v /
a1
tending to decrease or cause a decrease in value;

- "a depreciating currency";

- "depreciatory effects on prices";

- syn. depreciating, depreciatory;

- sim. decreasing;

a2
tending to diminish or disparage;

- "belittling comments";

- "managed a deprecating smile at the compliment";

- "deprecatory remarks about the book";

- "a slighting remark";

- syn. belittling, deprecating, deprecative, deprecatory, depreciatory, slighting;

- sim. uncomplimentary;

depreciator / d ɪ p ɹ i ʃ ɪ eɪ t ə /
n1
one who disparages or belittles the worth of something;

- syn. detractor, disparager, knocker;

depreciatory / d ɪ p ɹ i ʃ ə t ə ɹ i /
a1
tending to decrease or cause a decrease in value;

- "a depreciating currency";

- "depreciatory effects on prices";

- syn. depreciating, depreciative;

- sim. decreasing;

a2
tending to diminish or disparage;

- "belittling comments";

- "managed a deprecating smile at the compliment";

- "deprecatory remarks about the book";

- "a slighting remark";

- syn. belittling, deprecating, deprecative, deprecatory, depreciative, slighting;

- sim. uncomplimentary;

depredation / d ɛ p ɹ ə d eɪ ʃ n /
n1
an act of plundering and pillaging and marauding;

- syn. predation;

n2
(usually plural) a destructive action;

- "the ravages of time";

- "the depredations of age and disease";

- syn. ravage;

depress / d ɪ p ɹ ɛ s /
v1
lower someone's spirits;

- make downhearted;

- "These news depressed her";

- "The bad state of her child's health demoralizes her";

- syn. cast down, deject, demoralise, demoralize, dismay, dispirit, get down;

v2
lower (prices or markets);

- "The glut of oil depressed gas prices";

v3
cause to drop or sink;

- "The lack of rain had depressed the water level in the reservoir";

- syn. lower;

v4
press down;

- "Depress the space key";

- syn. press down;

v5
lessen the activity or force of;

- "The rising inflation depressed the economy";

depressant / d ɪ p ɹ ɛ s æ n t /
n1
a drug that reduces excitability and calms a person;

- syn. downer, sedative, sedative drug;

a1
capable of depressing physiological or psychological activity or response by a chemical agent;

- sim. ataractic, narcotic, relaxant, soporific;

depressed / d ɪ p ɹ ɛ s t /
a1
lower than previously;

- "the market is depressed";

- "prices are down";

- syn. down;

- sim. low;

a2
flattened downward as if pressed from above or flattened along the dorsal and ventral surfaces;

- sim. thin;

a3
filled with melancholy and despondency;

- "gloomy at the thought of what he had to face";

- "gloomy predictions";

- "a gloomy silence";

- "took a grim view of the economy";

- "the darkening mood";

- "lonely and blue in a strange city";

- "depressed by the loss of his job";

- "a dispirited and resigned expression on her face";

- "downcast after his defeat";

- "feeling discouraged and downhearted";

- syn. blue, dispirited, down, down in the mouth, downcast, downhearted, gloomy, grim, low, low-spirited;

- sim. dejected;

depressed fracture
n1
fracture of the skull where the bone is pushed in;

depressing / d ɪ p ɹ ɛ s ɪ ŋ /
a1
causing sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy;

- "the economic outlook is depressing";

- "something cheerless about the room";

- "a moody and uncheerful person";

- "an uncheerful place";

- syn. cheerless, uncheerful;

- also joyless, unhappy;

- sim. blue, somber;

depressingly / d ɪ p ɹ ɛ s ɪ ŋ ɫ i /
r1
in a depressing manner or to a depressing degree;

depression / d ɪ p ɹ ɛ ʃ n /
n1
a mental state characterized by a pessimistic sense of inadequacy and a despondent lack of activity;

n2
a long-term economic state characterized by unemployment and low prices and low levels of trade and investment;

- syn. economic crisis, slump;

n3
a sunken or depressed geological formation;

- syn. natural depression;

n4
sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy;

n5
a period during the 1930s when there was a worldwide economic depression and mass unemployment;

- syn. Great Depression;

n6
an air mass of lower pressure;

- often brings precipitation;

- "a low moved in over night bringing sleet and snow";

- syn. low;

n7
a state of depression and anhedonia so severe as to require clinical intervention;

- syn. clinical depression, depressive disorder;

n8
a concavity in a surface produced by pressing;

- "he left the impression of his fingers in the soft mud";

- syn. impression, imprint;

n9
angular distance below the horizon (especially of a celestial object);

n10
pushing down;

- "depression of the space bar on the typewriter";

depressive / d ɪ p ɹ ɛ s ɪ v /
n1
someone suffering psychological depression;

depressive disorder
n1
a state of depression and anhedonia so severe as to require clinical intervention;

- syn. clinical depression, depression;

depressor / d ɪ p ɹ ɛ s ə /
n1
any skeletal muscle that draws a body part down;

- syn. depressor muscle;

n2
any nerve whose activity tends to reduce the activity or tone of the body part it serves;

- syn. depressor nerve;

n3
a device used by physician to press a part down or aside;

depressor muscle
n1
any skeletal muscle that draws a body part down;

- syn. depressor;

depressor nerve
n1
any nerve whose activity tends to reduce the activity or tone of the body part it serves;

- syn. depressor;

depressurise
v1
decrease the pressure of;

- "depressurize the cabin in the air plane";

- syn. decompress, depressurize;

depressurize / d ɪ p ɹ ɛ ʃ ə ɹ aɪ z /
v1
decrease the pressure of;

- "depressurize the cabin in the air plane";

- syn. decompress, depressurise;

deprivation / d ɛ p ɹ ɪ v eɪ ʃ n /
n1
a state of extreme poverty;

- syn. neediness, privation, want;

n2
the disadvantage that results from losing something;

- "his loss of credibility led to his resignation";

- "losing him is no great deprivation";

- syn. loss;

n3
act of depriving someone of food or money or rights;

- "nutritional privation";

- "deprivation of civil rights";

- syn. privation;

deprive / d ɪ p ɹ aɪ v /
v1
take away possessions from someone;

- "The Nazis stripped the Jews of all their assets";

- syn. divest, strip;

v2
keep from having, keeping, or obtaining;

v3
take away;

- syn. impoverish;

deprived / d ɪ p ɹ aɪ v d /
a1
marked by deprivation especially of the necessities of life or healthful environmental influences;

- "a childhood that was unhappy and deprived, the family living off charity";

- "boys from a deprived environment, wherein the family life revealed a pattern of neglect, moral degradation, and disregard for law";

- syn. disadvantaged;

- sim. underprivileged;

depth / d ɛ p θ /
n1
the extent downward or backward or inward;

- "the depth of the water";

- "depth of a shelf";

- "depth of a closet";

- syn. deepness;

n2
degree of psychological or intellectual profundity;

n3
(usually plural) a low moral state;

- "he had sunk to the depths of addiction";

n4
the intellectual ability to penetrate deeply into ideas;

- syn. astuteness, deepness, profoundness, profundity;

n5
the attribute or quality of being deep, strong, or intense;

- "the depth of his breathing";

- "the depth of his sighs";

- "the depth of his emotion";

depth bomb
n1
a bomb that explodes at a preset depth under water;

- antisubmarine device;

- syn. depth charge;

depth charge
n1
a bomb that explodes at a preset depth under water;

- antisubmarine device;

- syn. depth bomb;

depth finder
n1
navigational instrument used to measure the depth of a body of water (as by ultrasound or radar);

depth gage
n1
a gauge for measuring the depth of grooves or holes or other concavities;

- syn. depth gauge;

depth gauge
n1
a gauge for measuring the depth of grooves or holes or other concavities;

- syn. depth gage;

depth psychology
n1
a set of techniques for exploring underlying motives and a method of treating various mental disorders;

- based on the theories of Sigmund Freud;

- "his physician recommended psychoanalysis";

- syn. analysis, psychoanalysis;

depths / d ɛ p θ s /
n1
(plural) the deepest and most remote part;

- "from the depths of darkest Africa";

- "signals received from the depths of space";

deputation / d ɛ p j ʊ t eɪ ʃ n /
n1
a group of representatives or delegates;

- syn. commission, delegacy, delegation, mission;

n2
authorizing subordinates to make certain decisions;

- syn. delegating, delegation, relegating, relegation;

depute / d ɪ p j u t /
v1
transfer power to someone;

- syn. delegate;

v2
appoint as a substitute;

- syn. deputise, deputize;

v3
give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person);

- syn. assign, delegate, designate;

deputise
v1
act as a substitute;

- "She stood in for the soprano who suffered from a cold";

- syn. deputize, step in, substitute;

v2
appoint as a substitute;

- syn. depute, deputize;

deputize / d ɛ p j ʊ t aɪ z /
v1
act as a substitute;

- "She stood in for the soprano who suffered from a cold";

- syn. deputise, step in, substitute;

v2
appoint as a substitute;

- syn. depute, deputise;

deputy / d ɛ p j ʊ t i /
n1
someone authorized to exercise the powers of sheriff in emergencies;

- syn. deputy sheriff;

n2
an assistant with power to act when his superior is absent;

- syn. lieutenant;

n3
a member of the lower chamber of a legislative assembly (such as in France);

n4
a person appointed to represent or act on behalf of others;

- syn. surrogate;

deputy sheriff
n1
someone authorized to exercise the powers of sheriff in emergencies;

- syn. deputy;

Der Fuhrer
n1
German Nazi dictator during World War II (1889-1945);

- syn. Adolf Hitler, Hitler;

deracinate
v1
move (people) forcibly from their homeland into a new and foreign environment;

- "The war uprooted many people";

- syn. uproot;

v2
pull up by or as if by the roots;

- "uproot the vine that has spread all over the garden";

- syn. extirpate, root out, uproot;

deracination
n1
to move something from its natural environment;

- syn. displacement;

n2
the act of pulling up or out;

- uprooting;

- cutting off from existence;

- syn. excision, extirpation;

derail / d ɪr eɪ ɫ /
v1
cause to run off the tracks;

- "they had planned to derail the trains that carried atomic waste";

v2
run off or leave the rails;

- "the train derailed because a cow was standing on the tracks";

- syn. jump;

derailment / d ɪr eɪ ɫ m ə n t /
n1
an accident in which a train runs off its track;

Derain
n1
French painter and exponent of fauvism (1880-1954);

- syn. Andre Derain;

derange / d ɪr eɪ n dʒ /
v1
derange mentally, throw out of mental balance;

- make insane;

- "The death of his parents unbalanced him";

- syn. unbalance;

v2
throw into great confusion or disorder;

- "Fundamentalists threaten to perturb the social order";

- syn. perturb, throw out of kilter;

deranged / d ɪr eɪ n dʒ d /
a1
driven insane;

- syn. crazed, half-crazed;

- sim. insane;

derangement / d ɪr eɪ n dʒ m ə n t /
n1
a state of mental disturbance and disorientation;

- syn. mental unsoundness, unbalance;

n2
the act of disturbing the mind or body;

- "his carelessness could have caused an ecological upset";

- "she was unprepared for this sudden overthrow of their normal way of living";

- syn. overthrow, upset;

derate / d ɪr eɪ t /
v1
lower the rated electrical capability of electrical apparatus;

derby / d ɑ b i , d ɝ b i /
n1
a felt hat that is round and hard with a narrow brim;

- syn. bowler, bowler hat, derby hat, plug hat;

derby hat
n1
a felt hat that is round and hard with a narrow brim;

- syn. bowler, bowler hat, derby, plug hat;

derecognise
v1
cause to be no longer approved or accepted;

- "Carter derecognized Taiwan in 1979 after the U.S. recognized the People's Republic of China";

- syn. decertify, derecognize;

derecognize
v1
cause to be no longer approved or accepted;

- "Carter derecognized Taiwan in 1979 after the U.S. recognized the People's Republic of China";

- syn. decertify, derecognise;

deregulate
v1
lift the regulations on;

deregulating
n1
the act of freeing from regulation (especially from governmental regulations);

- syn. deregulation;

deregulation
n1
the act of freeing from regulation (especially from governmental regulations);

- syn. deregulating;

derelict / d ɛr ə ɫ ɪ k t , d ɛr ɪ ɫ ɪ k t /
n1
a person without a home, job, or property;

n2
a ship abandoned on the high seas;

- syn. abandoned ship;

a1
worn and broken down by hard use;

- "a creaky shack";

- "a decrepit bus...its seats held together with friction tape";

- "a flea-bitten sofa";

- "a run-down neighborhood";

- "a woebegone old shack";

- syn. creaky, decrepit, flea-bitten, run-down, woebegone;

- sim. worn;

a2
forsaken by owner or inhabitants;

- "weed-grown yard of an abandoned farmhouse";

- syn. abandoned, deserted;

- sim. uninhabited;

a3
failing in what duty requires;

- "derelict (or delinquent) in his duty";

- "neglectful of his duties";

- "remiss of you not to pay your bills";

- syn. delinquent, neglectful, remiss;

- sim. negligent;

a4
in deplorable condition;

- "a street of bedraggled tenements";

- "a broken-down fence";

- "a ramshackle old pier";

- "a tumble-down shack";

- syn. bedraggled, broken-down, dilapidated, ramshackle, tatterdemalion, tumble-down;

- sim. damaged;

dereliction / d ɛr ə ɫ ɪ k ʃ n /
n1
a tendency to be negligent and uncaring;

- "he inherited his delinquency from his father";

- "his derelictions were not really intended as crimes";

- "his adolescent protest consisted of willful neglect of all his responsibilities";

- syn. delinquency, willful neglect;

n2
willful negligence;

derequisition / d ɪr ɛ k w ɪ z ɪ ʃ n /
v1
release from government control;

derestrict / d ɪr ɪ s t ɹ ɪ k t /
v1
make free from restrictions;

deride / d ɪr aɪ d /
v1
treat or speak of with contempt;

- "He derided his student's attempt to solve the biggest problem in mathematics";

derision / d ɪr ɪ ʒ n /
n1
contemptuous laughter;

n2
the act of deriding or treating with contempt;

- syn. ridicule;

derisive / d ɪr aɪ s ɪ v /
a1
abusing vocally;

- expressing contempt or ridicule;

- "derisive laughter";

- "a jeering crowd";

- "her mocking smile";

- "taunting shouts of `coward' and `sissy'";

- syn. gibelike, jeering, mocking, taunting;

- sim. disrespectful;

derisively / d ɪr aɪ s ɪ v ɫ i /
r1
in a disrespectful and mocking manner;

- "`Sorry,' she repeated derisively";

- syn. derisorily, mockingly, scoffingly;

derisorily / d ɪr aɪ s ə ɹ ə ɫ i /
r1
in a disrespectful and mocking manner;

- "`Sorry,' she repeated derisively";

- syn. derisively, mockingly, scoffingly;

derisory / d ɪr aɪ s ə ɹ i /
a1
so unreasonable as to invite derision;

- "the absurd excuse that the dog ate his homework";

- "that's a cockeyed idea";

- "ask a nonsensical question and get a nonsensical answer";

- "a contribution so small as to be laughable";

- "it is ludicrous to call a cottage a mansion";

- "a preposterous attempt to turn back the pages of history";

- "her conceited assumption of universal interest in her rather dull children was ridiculous";

- syn. absurd, cockeyed, idiotic, laughable, ludicrous, nonsensical, preposterous, ridiculous;

- sim. foolish;

derivable / d ɪr aɪ v ə b ɫ /
a1
capable of being derived;

- sim. derived;

derivation / d ɛr ɪ v eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the source or origin from which something derives (i.e. comes or issues);

- "he prefers shoes of Italian derivation";

- "music of Turkish derivation";

n2
(historical linguistics) an explanation of the historical origins of a word or phrase;

- syn. deriving, etymologizing;

n3
a line of reasoning that shows how a conclusion follows logically from accepted propositions;

n4
(descriptive linguistics) the process whereby new words are formed from existing words or bases by affixation;

- "`singer' from `sing' or `undo' from `do' are examples of derivations";

n5
inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline;

- syn. ancestry, filiation, lineage;

n6
drawing of fluid or inflammation away from a diseased part of the body;

n7
drawing off water from its main channel as for irrigation;

n8
the act of deriving something or obtaining something from a source or origin;

derivational / d ɛr ɪ v eɪ ʃ ə n ə ɫ /
a1
characterized by inflections indicating a semantic relation between a word and its base;

- "the morphological relation between `sing' and `singer' and `song' is derivational";

derivational morphology
n1
the part of grammar that deals with the derivations of words;

derivative / d ɪr ɪ v ə t ɪ v /
n1
the result of mathematical differentiation;

- the instantaneous change of one quantity relative to another;

- df(x)/dx;

- syn. derived function, differential, differential coefficient, first derivative;

n2
a compound obtained from, or regarded as derived from, another compound;

n3
a financial instrument whose value is based on another security;

- syn. derivative instrument;

n4
(linguistics) a word that is derived from another word;

- "`electricity' is a derivative of `electric'";

a1
resulting from or employing derivation;

- "a derivative process";

- "a highly derivative prose style";

- sim. derived;

derivative instrument
n1
a financial instrument whose value is based on another security;

- syn. derivative;

derive / d ɪr aɪ v /
v1
reason by deduction;

- establish by deduction;

- syn. deduce, deduct, infer;

v2
obtain;

- "derive pleasure from one's garden";

- syn. gain;

v3
come from;

- "The present name derives from an older form";

v4
develop or evolve from a latent or potential state;

- syn. educe;

v5
come from;

- be connected by a relationship of blood, for example;

- "She was descended from an old Italian noble family";

- "he comes from humble origins";

- syn. come, descend;

derived / d ɪr aɪ v d /
a1
formed or developed from something else;

- not original;

- "the belief that classes and organizations are secondary and derived"- John Dewey;

- sim. derivable, derivative, plagiaristic;

derived function
n1
the result of mathematical differentiation;

- the instantaneous change of one quantity relative to another;

- df(x)/dx;

- syn. derivative, differential, differential coefficient, first derivative;

deriving / d ɪr aɪ v ɪ ŋ /
n1
(historical linguistics) an explanation of the historical origins of a word or phrase;

- syn. derivation, etymologizing;

derma / d ɝ m ə /
n1
the deep vascular inner layer of the skin;

- syn. corium, dermis;

dermabrasion / d ɝ m ə b ɹ eɪ ʒ n /
n1
removal of scars or tattoos by anesthetizing the skin surface and then sanding or scraping off some of the outer skin layer;

Dermacentor
n1
vectors of important diseases of man and animals;

- syn. genus Dermacentor;

Dermacentor variabilis
n1
common tick that can transmit Rocky Mountain spotted fever and tularemia;

- syn. American dog tick, wood tick;

dermal / d ɝ m ə ɫ /
a1
of or relating to a cuticle or cuticula;

- syn. cuticular, epidermal, epidermic;

a2
of or relating to or located in the dermis;

- syn. dermic;

a3
relating to or existing on or affecting the skin;

- "cutaneous nerves";

- "a cutaneous infection";

- syn. cutaneal, cutaneous;

Dermaptera
n1
earwigs and a few related forms;

- syn. order Dermaptera;

dermatitis / d ɝ m ə t aɪ t ɪ s /
n1
inflammation of the skin;

- skin becomes itchy and may develop blisters;

Dermatobia
n1
larvae live under the skin of domestic mammals and humans;

- syn. genus Dermatobia;

Dermatobia hominis
n1
large tropical American fly;

- parasitic on humans and other mammals;

- syn. human botfly;

dermatoglyphic
n1
the lines that form patterns on the skin (especially on the fingertips and the palms of the hands and the soles of the feet);

dermatoglyphics
n1
the study of the whorls and loops and arches in the fingertips and on the palms of the hand and the soles of the feet;

- "some criminologists specialize in dermatoglyphics";

dermatologic
a1
of or relating to or practicing dermatology;

- syn. dermatological;

dermatological
a1
of or relating to or practicing dermatology;

- syn. dermatologic;

dermatologist / d ɝ m ə t ɒ ɫ ə dʒ ɪ s t /
n1
a doctor who specializes in the physiology and pathology of the skin;

- syn. skin doctor;

dermatology / d ɝ m ə t ɒ ɫ ə dʒ i /
n1
the branch of medicine dealing with the skin and its diseases;

dermatome / d ɝ m ə t oʊ m /
n1
a surgical instrument used to cut very thin slices of skin;

dermatomycosis
n1
fungal infection of the skin (especially of moist parts covered by clothing);

- syn. dermatophytosis;

dermatomyositis
n1
myositis characterized by weakness of limb and neck muscles and much muscle pain and swelling accompanied by skin rash affecting cheeks and eyelids and neck and chest and limbs;

- progression and severity vary among individuals;

dermatophytosis
n1
fungal infection of the skin (especially of moist parts covered by clothing);

- syn. dermatomycosis;

dermatosclerosis
n1
an autoimmune disease that affects the blood vessels and connective tissue;

- fibrous connective tissue is deposited in the skin;

- syn. scleroderma;

dermatosis / d ɝ m ə t oʊ s ɪ s /
n1
disorder involving lesions or eruptions of the skin (in which there is usually no inflammation);

Dermestidae
n1
carpet beetles;

- syn. family Dermestidae;

dermic / d ɝ m ɪ k /
a1
of or relating to or located in the dermis;

- syn. dermal;

dermis / d ɝ m ɪ s /
n1
the deep vascular inner layer of the skin;

- syn. corium, derma;

Dermochelyidae
n1
sea turtles;

- syn. family Dermochelyidae;

Dermochelys
n1
type genus of the Dermochelyidae: leatherback turtles;

- syn. genus Dermochelys;

Dermochelys coriacea
n1
wide-ranging marine turtle with flexible leathery carapace;

- largest living turtle;

- syn. leatherback, leatherback turtle, leathery turtle;

dermoid cyst
n1
a cystic tumor (usually benign) with a wall lined with epithelium and a cavity containing other material;

Dermoptera
n1
flying lemurs;

- syn. order Dermoptera;

derogate / d ɛr ə ɡ eɪ t /
v1
cause to seem less serious;

- play down;

- "Don't belittle his influence";

- syn. belittle, denigrate, minimize;

derogation / d ɛr ə ɡ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
a communication that belittles somebody or something;

- syn. depreciation, disparagement;

n2
(law) the partial taking away of the effectiveness of a law;

- a partial repeal or abolition of a law;

- "any derogation of the common law is to be strictly construed";

derogative
a1
expressive of low opinion;

- "derogatory comments";

- "disparaging remarks about the new house";

- syn. derogatory, disparaging;

- sim. uncomplimentary;

derogatory / d ɪr ɒ ɡ ə t ɹ i /
a1
expressive of low opinion;

- "derogatory comments";

- "disparaging remarks about the new house";

- syn. derogative, disparaging;

- sim. uncomplimentary;

derrick / d ɛr ɪ k /
n1
a framework erected over an oil well to allow drill tubes to be raised and lowered;

n2
a simple crane having lifting tackle slung from a boom;

Derrida
n1
French philosopher and critic (born in Algeria);

- exponent of deconstructionism (1930-2004);

- syn. Jacques Derrida;

derriere
n1
the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on;

- "he deserves a good kick in the butt";

- "are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?";

- syn. arse, ass, backside, behind, bottom, bum, buns, butt, buttocks, can, fanny, fundament, hind end, hindquarters, keister, nates, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, seat, stern, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush;

derring-do / d ɛr ɪ ŋ d u /
n1
brave and heroic feats;

derringer / d ɛr ɪ n dʒ ə /
n1
a pocket pistol of large caliber with a short barrel;

derris
n1
any of various usually woody vines of the genus Derris of tropical Asia whose roots yield the insecticide rotenone;

- several are sources of native fish and arrow poisons;

Derris elliptica
n1
woody vine having bright green leaves and racemes of rose-tinted white flowers;

- the swollen roots contain rotenone;

- syn. derris root, tuba root;

derris root
n1
woody vine having bright green leaves and racemes of rose-tinted white flowers;

- the swollen roots contain rotenone;

- syn. Derris elliptica, tuba root;

derv / d ɝ v /
n1
diesel oil used in cars and lorries with diesel engines;

- from d(iesel) e(ngine) r(oad) v(ehicle);

dervish / d ɝ v ɪ ʃ /
n1
an ascetic Muslim monk;

- a member of an order noted for devotional exercises involving bodily movements;

DES / d i iy ɛ s , d ɛ z , d eɪ /
n1
a potent estrogen used in medicine and in feed for livestock and poultry;

- syn. diethylstilbestrol, diethylstilboestrol, stilbestrol, stilboestrol;

n2
synthetic nonsteroid with the properties of estrogen;

- formerly used to treat menstrual problems but was found to be associated with vaginal cancers in the daughters of women so treated during pregnancy;

- syn. diethylstilbesterol, stilbesterol;

Des Moines
n1
the capital and largest city in Iowa;

- syn. capital of Iowa;

desacralize
v1
transfer from ecclesiastical to civil possession, use, or control;

- syn. secularize;

desalinate / d i s æ ɫ ɪ n eɪ t /
v1
remove salt from;

- "desalinate water";

- syn. desalinise, desalinize, desalt;

desalination / d i s æ ɫ ɪ n eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the removal of salt (especially from sea water);

- syn. desalinisation, desalinization;

desalinisation
n1
the removal of salt (especially from sea water);

- syn. desalination, desalinization;

desalinise / d i s æ ɫ ɪ n ɪ s /
v1
remove salt from;

- "desalinate water";

- syn. desalinate, desalinize, desalt;

desalinization / d i s æ ɫ ɪ n aɪ z eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the removal of salt (especially from sea water);

- syn. desalination, desalinisation;

desalinize / d i s æ ɫ ɪ n aɪ z /
v1
remove salt from;

- "desalinate water";

- syn. desalinate, desalinise, desalt;

desalt / d i s ɔ ɫ t /
v1
remove salt from;

- "desalinate water";

- syn. desalinate, desalinise, desalinize;

descale / d i s k eɪ ɫ /
v1
remove the scales from;

- "scale fish";

- syn. scale;

descant / d ɛ s k æ n t , d ɪ s k æ n t /
n1
a decorative musical accompaniment (often improvised) added above a basic melody;

- syn. discant;

v1
sing in descant;

v2
sing by changing register;

- sing by yodeling;

- "The Austrians were yodeling in the mountains";

- syn. warble, yodel;

v3
talk at great length about something of one's interest;

descant on
v1
sing a descant on a main tune or melody;

Descartes / d eɪ k ɑ t s /
n1
French philosopher and mathematician;

- developed dualistic theory of mind and matter;

- introduced the use of coordinates to locate a point in two or three dimensions (1596-1650);

- syn. Rene Descartes;

descend / d ɪ s ɛ n d /
v1
move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way;

- "The temperature is going down";

- "The barometer is falling";

- "The curtain fell on the diva";

- "Her hand went up and then fell again";

- syn. come down, fall, go down;

v2
come from;

- be connected by a relationship of blood, for example;

- "She was descended from an old Italian noble family";

- "he comes from humble origins";

- syn. come, derive;

v3
do something that one considers to be below one's dignity;

- syn. condescend, deign;

v4
come as if by falling;

- "Night fell";

- "Silence fell";

- syn. fall, settle;

descendant / d ɪ s ɛ n d ə n t /
n1
a person considered as descended from some ancestor;

- syn. descendent;

a1
going or coming down;

- syn. descendent;

- sim. descending;

a2
proceeding by descent from an ancestor;

- "descendent gene";

- syn. descendent;

- sim. related;

descendants / d ɪ s ɛ n d ə n t s /
n1
all of the offspring of a given progenitor;

- "we must secure the benefits of freedom for ourselves and our posterity";

- syn. posterity;

descendent / d ɪ s ɛ n d ə n t /
n1
a person considered as descended from some ancestor;

- syn. descendant;

a1
going or coming down;

- syn. descendant;

- sim. descending;

a2
proceeding by descent from an ancestor;

- "descendent gene";

- syn. descendant;

- sim. related;

descender / d ɪ s ɛ n d ə , d ɪ s ɛ n d ə ɹ /
n1
someone who descends;

n2
a lowercase letter that has a part extending below other lowercase letters;

n3
(printing) the part of lowercase letters that extends below the other lowercase letters;

descending / d ɪ s ɛ n d ɪ ŋ /
a1
coming down or downward;

- also down;

- sim. declivitous, degressive, descendant, down, downward-arching, drizzling, dropping, raining;

descending aorta
n1
the descending part of the aorta that branches into the thoracic and abdominal aortae;

descending colon
n1
the part of the large intestine that descends from the transverse colon to the sigmoid colon;

descending node
n1
the point at which an orbit crosses the ecliptic plane going south;

descensus
n1
the slipping or falling out of place of an organ (as the uterus);

- syn. prolapse, prolapsus;

descensus uteri
n1
prolapse of the uterus;

- syn. metroptosis;

descent / d ɪ s ɛ n t /
n1
a movement downward;

n2
properties attributable to your ancestry;

- "he comes from good origins";

- syn. extraction, origin;

n3
the act of changing your location in a downward direction;

n4
the kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors;

- syn. filiation, line of descent, lineage;

n5
a downward slope or bend;

- syn. declension, declination, decline, declivity, downslope, fall;

n6
the descendants of one individual;

- "his entire lineage has been warriors";

- syn. ancestry, blood, blood line, bloodline, line, line of descent, lineage, origin, parentage, pedigree, stemma, stock;

describable / d ɪ s k ɹ aɪ b ə b ɫ /
a1
capable of being described;

- sim. expressible;

describe / d ɪ s k ɹ aɪ b /
v1
give a description of;

- "He drew an elaborate plan of attack";

- syn. depict, draw;

v2
to give an account or representation of in words;

- "Discreet Italian police described it in a manner typically continental";

- syn. account, report;

v3
make a mark or lines on a surface;

- "draw a line";

- "trace the outline of a figure in the sand";

- syn. delineate, draw, line, trace;

v4
identify as in botany or biology, for example;

- syn. discover, distinguish, identify, key, key out, name;

described / d ɪ s k ɹ aɪ b d /
a1
represented in words especially with sharpness and detail;

- "the vividly described wars";

- sim. delineated;

description / d ɪ s k ɹ ɪ p ʃ n /
n1
a statement that represents something in words;

- syn. verbal description;

n2
the act of describing something;

n3
sort or variety;

- "every description of book was there";

descriptive / d ɪ s k ɹ ɪ p t ɪ v /
a1
serving to describe or inform or characterized by description;

- "the descriptive variable";

- "a descriptive passage";

a2
of or relating to an approach to linguistic analysis that aims at the description of a language's forms, structures and usage;

- "descriptive grammar";

descriptive adjective
n1
an adjective that ascribes to its noun the value of an attribute of that noun (e.g., `a nervous person' or `a musical speaking voice');

- syn. qualifying adjective;

descriptive anthropology
n1
the branch of anthropology that provides scientific description of individual human societies;

- syn. ethnography;

descriptive clause
n1
a subordinate clause that does not limit or restrict the meaning of the noun phrase it modifies;

- syn. nonrestrictive clause;

descriptive geometry
n1
the geometry of properties that remain invariant under projection;

- syn. projective geometry;

descriptive grammar
n1
a grammar that is produced by descriptive linguistics;

descriptive linguistics
n1
a description (at a given point in time) of a language with respect to its phonology and morphology and syntax and semantics without value judgments;

descriptively / d ɪ s k ɹ ɪ p t ɪ v ɫ i /
r1
by giving a description;

- "these topics need to be treated not just descriptively";

descriptivism / d ɪ s k ɹ ɪ p t ɪ v ɪ z ə m /
n1
(ethics) a doctrine holding that moral statements have a truth value;

n2
(linguistics) a doctrine supporting or promoting descriptive linguistics;

descriptor / d ɪ s k ɹ ɪ p t ɔ ɹ /
n1
the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something;

- "the inflected forms of a word can be represented by a stem and a list of inflections to be attached";

- syn. form, signifier, word form;

n2
a piece of stored information that is used to identify an item in an information storage and retrieval system;

descry / d ɪ s k ɹ aɪ /
v1
catch sight of;

- syn. espy, spot, spy;

Descurainia
n1
includes annual or biennial herbs of America and Europe very similar to and often included among those of genera Sisymbrium or Hugueninia;

- not recognized in some classification systems;

- syn. genus Descurainia;

Descurainia pinnata
n1
North American herb with bitter-tasting pinnate leaves resembling those of tansy;

- syn. tansy mustard;

desecrate / d ɛ s ɪ k ɹ eɪ t /
v1
violate the sacred character of a place or language;

- "desecrate a cemetery";

- "violate the sanctity of the church";

- "profane the name of God";

- syn. outrage, profane, violate;

v2
remove the consecration from a person or an object;

- syn. deconsecrate, unhallow;

desecrated / d ɛ s ɪ k ɹ eɪ t ɪ d /
a1
treated with disrespect and contempt;

- "many desecrated shrines and cemeteries";

- sim. deconsecrated, profaned;

desecration / d ɛ s ɪ k ɹ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
blasphemous behavior;

- the act of depriving something of its sacred character;

- "desecration of the Holy Sabbath";

- syn. blasphemy, profanation, sacrilege;

desegrated
a1
rid of segregation;

- having had segregation ended;

- syn. nonsegregated, unsegregated;

- sim. integrated;

desegregate / d i s ɛ ɡ ɹ ɪ ɡ eɪ t /
v1
open (a place) to members of all races and ethnic groups;

- "This school is completely desegregated";

- syn. integrate, mix;

desegregation / d i s ɛ ɡ ɹ ɪ ɡ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the action of incorporating a racial or religious group into a community;

- syn. integrating, integration;

desensitisation
n1
the process of reducing sensitivity;

- "the patient was desensitized to the allergen";

- syn. desensitization;

desensitisation procedure
n1
a technique used in behavior therapy to treat phobias and other behavior problems involving anxiety;

- client is exposed to the threatening situation under relaxed conditions until the anxiety reaction is extinguished;

- syn. desensitisation technique, desensitization procedure, desensitization technique, systematic desensitisation, systematic desensitization;

desensitisation technique
n1
a technique used in behavior therapy to treat phobias and other behavior problems involving anxiety;

- client is exposed to the threatening situation under relaxed conditions until the anxiety reaction is extinguished;

- syn. desensitisation procedure, desensitization procedure, desensitization technique, systematic desensitisation, systematic desensitization;

desensitise
v1
cause not to be sensitive;

- "The war desensitized many soldiers";

- "The photographic plate was desensitized";

- syn. desensitize;

v2
make insensitive;

- "His military training desensitized him";

- syn. desensitize;

desensitising / d i s ɛ n s ɪ t ɪ s ɪ ŋ /
a1
making less susceptible or sensitive to either physical or emotional stimuli;

- syn. desensitizing;

- sim. numbing;

desensitization / d i s ɛ n s ɪ t aɪ z eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the process of reducing sensitivity;

- "the patient was desensitized to the allergen";

- syn. desensitisation;

desensitization procedure
n1
a technique used in behavior therapy to treat phobias and other behavior problems involving anxiety;

- client is exposed to the threatening situation under relaxed conditions until the anxiety reaction is extinguished;

- syn. desensitisation procedure, desensitisation technique, desensitization technique, systematic desensitisation, systematic desensitization;

desensitization technique
n1
a technique used in behavior therapy to treat phobias and other behavior problems involving anxiety;

- client is exposed to the threatening situation under relaxed conditions until the anxiety reaction is extinguished;

- syn. desensitisation procedure, desensitisation technique, desensitization procedure, systematic desensitisation, systematic desensitization;

desensitize / d i s ɛ n s ɪ t aɪ z /
v1
cause not to be sensitive;

- "The war desensitized many soldiers";

- "The photographic plate was desensitized";

- syn. desensitise;

v2
make insensitive;

- "His military training desensitized him";

- syn. desensitise;

desensitizing / d i s ɛ n s ɪ t aɪ z ɪ ŋ /
a1
making less susceptible or sensitive to either physical or emotional stimuli;

- syn. desensitising;

- sim. numbing;

desert / d ɛ z ə t , d ɪ z ɝ t /
n1
arid land with little or no vegetation;

n2
(usually plural) a person's deservingness of or entitlement to reward or punishment;

v1
leave someone who needs or counts on you;

- leave in the lurch;

- "The mother deserted her children";

- syn. abandon, desolate, forsake;

v2
desert (a cause, a country or an army), often in order to join the opposing cause, country, or army;

- "If soldiers deserted Hitler's army, they were shot";

- syn. defect;

v3
leave behind;

- "the students deserted the campus after the end of exam period";

desert boot
n1
a boot reaching halfway up to the knee;

- syn. buskin, combat boot, half boot, top boot;

desert four o'clock
n1
wildflower having vibrant deep pink tubular evening-blooming flowers;

- found in sandy and desert areas from southern California to southern Colorado and into Mexico;

- syn. Colorado four o'clock, Mirabilis multiflora, maravilla;

Desert Fox
n1
German field marshal noted for brilliant generalship in North Africa during World War II (1891-1944);

- syn. Erwin Rommel, Rommel;

desert holly
n1
handsome low saltbush of arid southwestern United States and Mexico having blue-green prickly-edged leaves often used for Christmas decoration;

- syn. Atriplex hymenelytra;

desert iguana
n1
small long-tailed lizard of arid areas of southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico;

- syn. Dipsosaurus dorsalis;

desert lynx
n1
of deserts of northern Africa and southern Asia;

- syn. Lynx caracal, caracal;

desert mariposa tulip
n1
mariposa with clusters of bell-shaped vermilion or orange or yellow flowers atop short stems;

- southern California to Arizona and Mexico;

- syn. Calochortus kennedyi;

desert olive
n1
spiny branching deciduous shrub of southwestern United States having clusters of insignificant yellow-white flowers appearing before leaves followed by attractive black berrylike fruits;

- syn. Forestiera neomexicana, tanglebush;

desert paintbrush
n1
most common paintbrush of western United States dry lands;

- having erect stems ending in dense spikes of bright orange to red flowers;

- syn. Castilleja chromosa;

desert pea
n1
sprawling shrubby perennial noted for its scarlet black-marked flowers;

- widely distributed in dry parts of Australia;

- syn. Clianthus formosus, Clianthus speciosus, Sturt's desert pea, Sturt pea;

desert plant
n1
plant adapted for life with a limited supply of water;

- compare hydrophyte and mesophyte;

- syn. xerophile, xerophilous plant, xerophyte, xerophytic plant;

desert plume
n1
perennial of southwestern United States having leathery blue-green pinnatifid leaves and thick plumelike spikes of yellow flowers;

- sometimes placed in genus Cleome;

- syn. Cleome pinnata, Stanleya pinnata, prince's-plume;

desert rat
n1
any of various leaping rodents of desert regions of North America and Mexico;

- largest members of the family Heteromyidae;

- syn. Dipodomys phillipsii, kangaroo rat;

desert rheumatism
n1
an infection of the lungs and skin characterized by excessive sputum and nodules;

- syn. coccidioidomycosis, coccidiomycosis, valley fever;

desert rose
n1
South African shrub having a swollen succulent stem and bearing showy pink and white flowers after the leaves fall;

- popular as an ornamental in tropics;

- syn. Adenium multiflorum, Adenium obesum, impala lily, kudu lily, mock azalia;

desert sand verbena
n1
soft-haired sticky plant with heads of bright pink trumpet-shaped flowers;

- found in sandy desert soil;

- after ample rains may carpet miles of desert with pink from the southwestern United States to northern Mexico;

- syn. Abronia villosa;

desert selaginella
n1
prostrate spikemoss;

- California;

- syn. Selaginella eremophila;

desert soil
n1
a type of soil that develops in arid climates;

- syn. desertic soil;

desert sunflower
n1
slender hairy plant with few leaves and golden-yellow flower heads;

- sandy desert areas of southeastern California to southwestern Utah and western Arizona and northwestern Mexico;

- syn. Gerea canescens;

desert tortoise
n1
burrowing tortoise of the arid western United States and northern Mexico;

- may be reclassified as a member of genus Xerobates;

- syn. Gopherus agassizii;

desert willow
n1
evergreen shrubby tree resembling a willow of dry regions of southwestern North America having showy purplish flowers and long seed pods;

- syn. Chilopsis linearis;

deserted / d ɪ z ɝ t ɪ d /
a1
forsaken by owner or inhabitants;

- "weed-grown yard of an abandoned farmhouse";

- syn. abandoned, derelict;

- sim. uninhabited;

deserter / d ɪ z ɝ t ə , d ɪ z ɝ t ə ɹ /
n1
a disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc.;

- syn. apostate, ratter, recreant, renegade, turncoat;

n2
a person who abandons their duty (as on a military post);

- syn. defector;

desertic soil
n1
a type of soil that develops in arid climates;

- syn. desert soil;

desertification / d ɪ z ɝ t ɪ f ɪ k eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the gradual transformation of habitable land into desert;

- is usually caused by climate change or by destructive use of the land;

- "the dust storms in Korea are the result of rapid desertification in China";

desertion / d ɪ z ɝ ʃ n /
n1
withdrawing support or help despite allegiance or responsibility;

- "his abandonment of his wife and children left them penniless";

- syn. abandonment, defection;

n2
the act of giving something up;

- syn. abandonment, forsaking;

deserve / d ɪ z ɝ v /
v1
be worthy or deserving;

- "You deserve a promotion after all the hard work you have done";

- syn. merit;

deserved / d ɪ z ɝ v d /
a1
properly deserved;

- "a merited success";

- syn. merited;

- sim. condign;

deservedly / d ɪ z ɝ v ɪ d ɫ i /
r1
as deserved;

- "he chalked up two goals which deservedly gave Bolton their second victory of the season";

deserving / d ɪ z ɝ v ɪ ŋ /
a1
(often used ironically) worthy of being treated in a particular way;

- "an idea worth considering";

- "the deserving poor";

- "a deserving cause";

- syn. worth;

- sim. worthy;

deservingness
n1
the quality of being deserving (e.g., deserving assistance);

- "there were many children whose deservingness he recognized and rewarded";

- syn. merit, meritoriousness;

desex / d ɛ z ɛ k s /
v1
make infertile;

- "in some countries, people with genetically transmissible disabilites are sterilized";

- syn. desexualise, desexualize, fix, sterilise, sterilize, unsex;

desexualise
v1
direct one's libidinous urges into another direction;

- syn. desexualize;

v2
make infertile;

- "in some countries, people with genetically transmissible disabilites are sterilized";

- syn. desex, desexualize, fix, sterilise, sterilize, unsex;

desexualize
v1
direct one's libidinous urges into another direction;

- syn. desexualise;

v2
make infertile;

- "in some countries, people with genetically transmissible disabilites are sterilized";

- syn. desex, desexualise, fix, sterilise, sterilize, unsex;

deshabille / d ɛ z æ b i ɫ , d eɪ z æ b i eɪ /
n1
the state of being carelessly or partially dressed;

- syn. dishabille;

desiccant / d ɛ s ɪ k ə n t /
n1
a substance that promotes drying (e.g., calcium oxide absorbs water and is used to remove moisture);

- syn. drier, drying agent, siccative;

desiccate / d ɛ s ɪ k eɪ t /
v1
preserve by removing all water and liquids from;

- "carry dehydrated food on your camping trip";

- syn. dehydrate;

v2
remove water from;

- "All this exercise and sweating has dehydrated me";

- syn. dehydrate;

v3
lose water or moisture;

- "In the desert, you get dehydrated very quickly";

- syn. dehydrate, dry up, exsiccate;

a1
lacking vitality or spirit;

- lifeless;

- "a technically perfect but arid performance of the sonata";

- "a desiccate romance";

- "a prissy and emotionless creature...settles into a mold of desiccated snobbery"-C.J.Rolo;

- syn. arid, desiccated;

- sim. dull;

desiccated / d ɛ s ɪ k eɪ t ɪ d /
a1
thoroughly dried out;

- "old boxes of desiccated Cuban cigars";

- "dried-out boards beginning to split";

- syn. dried-out;

- sim. dry;

a2
preserved by removing natural moisture;

- "dried beef";

- "dried fruit";

- "dehydrated eggs";

- "shredded and desiccated coconut meat";

- syn. dehydrated, dried;

- sim. preserved;

a3
lacking vitality or spirit;

- lifeless;

- "a technically perfect but arid performance of the sonata";

- "a desiccate romance";

- "a prissy and emotionless creature...settles into a mold of desiccated snobbery"-C.J.Rolo;

- syn. arid, desiccate;

- sim. dull;

desiccation / d ɛ s ɪ k eɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
dryness resulting from the removal of water;

- syn. dehydration;

n2
the process of extracting moisture;

- syn. dehydration, drying up, evaporation;

desideratum / d ɪ z ɪ d ə ɹ ɑ t ə m /
n1
something desired as a necessity;

- "the desiderata for a vacation are time and money";

Desiderius Erasmus
n1
Dutch humanist and theologian who was the leading Renaissance scholar of northern Europe;

- although his criticisms of the Roman Catholic Church led to the Reformation, he opposed violence and condemned Martin Luther (1466-1536);

- syn. Erasmus, Geert Geerts, Gerhard Gerhards;

design / d ɪ z aɪ n /
n1
the act of working out the form of something (as by making a sketch or outline or plan);

- "he contributed to the design of a new instrument";

- syn. designing;

n2
an arrangement scheme;

- "the awkward design of the keyboard made operation difficult";

- "it was an excellent design for living";

- "a plan for seating guests";

- syn. plan;

n3
something intended as a guide for making something else;

- "a blueprint for a house";

- "a pattern for a skirt";

- syn. blueprint, pattern;

n4
a decorative or artistic work;

- "the coach had a design on the doors";

- syn. figure, pattern;

n5
an anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions;

- "his intent was to provide a new translation";

- "good intentions are not enough";

- "it was created with the conscious aim of answering immediate needs";

- "he made no secret of his designs";

- syn. aim, intent, intention, purpose;

n6
a preliminary sketch indicating the plan for something;

- "the design of a building";

n7
the creation of something in the mind;

- syn. conception, excogitation, innovation, invention;

v1
make or work out a plan for;

- devise;

- "They contrived to murder their boss";

- "design a new sales strategy";

- "plan an attack";

- syn. contrive, plan, project;

v2
plan something for a specific role or purpose or effect;

- "This room is not designed for work";

v3
create the design for;

- create or execute in an artistic or highly skilled manner;

- "Chanel designed the famous suit";

v4
make a design of;

- plan out in systematic, often graphic form;

- "design a better mousetrap";

- "plan the new wing of the museum";

- syn. plan;

v5
create designs;

- "Dupont designs for the house of Chanel";

v6
conceive or fashion in the mind;

- invent;

- "She designed a good excuse for not attending classes that day";

v7
intend or have as a purpose;

- "She designed to go far in the world of business";

design criteria
n1
criteria that designers should meet in designing some system or device;

- "the job specifications summarized the design criteria";

designate / d ɛ z ɪ ɡ n eɪ t /
v1
assign a name or title to;

- syn. denominate;

v2
give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person);

- syn. assign, delegate, depute;

v3
indicate a place, direction, person, or thing;

- either spatially or figuratively;

- "I showed the customer the glove section";

- "He pointed to the empty parking space";

- "he indicated his opponents";

- syn. indicate, point, show;

v4
decree or designate beforehand;

- "She was destined to become a great pianist";

- syn. destine, doom, fate;

v5
design or destine;

- "She was intended to become the director";

- syn. destine, intend, specify;

a1
appointed but not yet installed in office;

- sim. incoming;

designated driver
n1
the member of a party who is designated to refrain from alcohol and so is sober when it is time to drive home;

designated hitter
n1
a ballplayer who is designated to bat in place of the pitcher;

designation / d ɛ z ɪ ɡ n eɪ ʃ n /
n1
identifying word or words by which someone or something is called and classified or distinguished from others;

- syn. appellation, appellative, denomination;

n2
the act of putting a person into a non-elective position;

- "the appointment had to be approved by the whole committee";

- syn. appointment, assignment, naming;

n3
the act of designating or identifying something;

- syn. identification;

designative / d ɛ z ɪ ɡ n eɪ t ɪ v /
a1
serving to designate;

- sim. denotative;

designatum
n1
something (whether existing or not) that is referred to by a linguistic expression;

designed / d ɪ z aɪ n d /
a1
done or made or performed with purpose and intent;

- "style...is more than the deliberate and designed creation"- Havelock Ellis;

- "games designed for all ages";

- "well-designed houses";

- syn. intentional, unintentional;

- sim. fashioned;

designedly / d i z aɪ n ɪ d ɫ i /
r1
with intention;

- in an intentional manner;

- "he used that word intentionally";

- "I did this by choice";

- syn. advisedly, by choice, by design, deliberately, intentionally, on purpose, purposely;

designer / d ɪ z aɪ n ə , d ɪ z aɪ n ə ɹ /
n1
a person who specializes in interior design;

- syn. interior designer;

n2
someone who creates plans to be used in making something (such as buildings);

- syn. architect;

n3
someone who specializes in graphic design;

- syn. graphic designer;

n4
a person who devises plots or intrigues;

- "he is believed to be the principal designer of the terrorist bombing attack";

- syn. intriguer;

n5
someone who designs clothing;

- syn. clothes designer, couturier, fashion designer;

designer drug
n1
a psychoactive drug deliberately synthesized to avoid anti-drug laws;

- mimics the effects of a banned drug;

- law was revised in 1986 to ban designer drugs;

designing / d ɪ z aɪ n ɪ ŋ /
n1
the act of working out the form of something (as by making a sketch or outline or plan);

- "he contributed to the design of a new instrument";

- syn. design;

a1
concealing crafty designs for advancing your own interest;

- "a selfish and designing nation obsessed with the dark schemes of European intrigue"- W.Churchill;

- "a scheming wife";

- "a scheming gold digger";

- syn. scheming;

- sim. artful;

desipramine
n1
a tricyclic antidepressant drug that activates the psychomotor system;

desirability / d ɪ z aɪ ə ɹ ə b ɪ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
the quality of being worthy of desiring;

- syn. desirableness;

n2
attractiveness to the opposite sex;

- syn. desirableness, oomph, sex appeal;

desirable / d ɪ z aɪ ə ɹ ə b ɫ /
a1
worth having or seeking or achieving;

- "a desirable job";

- "computer with many desirable features";

- "a desirable outcome";

- also lovable, loveable, wanted;

- sim. coveted, delectable, enviable, plummy, preferable;

a2
worthy of being chosen especially as a spouse;

- "the parents found the girl suitable for their son";

- syn. suitable, worthy;

- sim. eligible;

desirableness / d ɪ z aɪ ə ɹ ə b ɫ n ɪ s /
n1
the quality of being worthy of desiring;

- syn. desirability;

n2
attractiveness to the opposite sex;

- syn. desirability, oomph, sex appeal;

desire / d ɪ z aɪ ə , d ɪ z aɪ ə ɹ /
n1
the feeling that accompanies an unsatisfied state;

n2
an inclination to want things;

- "a man of many desires";

n3
something that is desired;

v1
feel or have a desire for;

- want strongly;

- "I want to go home now";

- "I want my own room";

- syn. want;

v2
expect and wish;

- "I trust you will behave better from now on";

- "I hope she understands that she cannot expect a raise";

- syn. hope, trust;

v3
express a desire for;

desire to know
n1
curiosity that motivates investigation and study;

- syn. lust for learning, thirst for knowledge;

desired / d ɪ z aɪ ə d /
a1
wanted intensely;

- "the child could no longer resist taking one of the craved cookies";

- "it produced the desired effect";

- syn. craved;

- sim. wanted;

desirous / d ɪ z aɪ ə ɹ ə s /
a1
having or expressing desire for something;

- "desirous of high office";

- "desirous of finding a quick solution to the problem";

- syn. wishful;

- sim. appetent, athirst, avid, covetous, homesick, nostalgic;

desist / d ɪ z ɪ s t /
v1
choose not to consume;

- "I abstain from alcohol";

- syn. abstain, refrain;

desk / d ɛ s k /
n1
a piece of furniture with a writing surface and usually drawers or other compartments;

desk-bound
a1
restricted to working in an office rather than in an active physical capacity;

- syn. deskbound;

- sim. inactive;

desk clerk
n1
a hotel receptionist;

- syn. hotel clerk, hotel desk clerk;

desk dictionary
n1
an abridged dictionary of a size convenient to hold in the hand;

- syn. collegiate dictionary;

desk officer
n1
a military officer who is not assigned to active duty;

desk phone
n1
a telephone set that sits on a desk or table;

desk sergeant
n1
the police sergeant on duty in a police station;

- syn. deskman, station keeper;

deskbound
a1
restricted to working in an office rather than in an active physical capacity;

- syn. desk-bound;

- sim. inactive;

deskman / d ɛ s k m æ n /
n1
the police sergeant on duty in a police station;

- syn. desk sergeant, station keeper;

desktop / d ɛ s k t ɒ p /
n1
the top of a desk;

n2
(computer science) the area of the screen in graphical user interfaces against which icons and windows appear;

- syn. background, screen background;

desktop computer
n1
a personal computer small enough to fit conveniently in an individual workspace;

desktop publishing
n1
(computer science) the use of microcomputers with graphics capacity to produce printed materials;

Desmanthus
n1
genus of American herbs or shrubs with sensitive pinnate leaves and small whitish flowers;

- syn. genus Desmanthus;

Desmanthus ilinoensis
n1
perennial herb of North American prairies having dense heads of small white flowers;

- syn. prairie mimosa, prickle-weed;

desmid / d ɛ z m ɪ d /
n1
freshwater green algae;

Desmidiaceae
n1
unicellular algae;

- syn. family Desmidiaceae;

Desmidium
n1
a genus of protoctist;

- syn. genus Desmidium;

Desmodium
n1
beggarweed;

- tick trefoil;

- syn. genus Desmodium;

Desmodium gyrans
n1
erect tropical Asian shrub whose small lateral leaflets rotate on their axes and jerk up and down under the influence of sunshine;

- syn. Codariocalyx motorius, Desmodium motorium, semaphore plant, telegraph plant;

Desmodium motorium
n1
erect tropical Asian shrub whose small lateral leaflets rotate on their axes and jerk up and down under the influence of sunshine;

- syn. Codariocalyx motorius, Desmodium gyrans, semaphore plant, telegraph plant;

Desmodium purpureum
n1
West Indian forage plant cultivated in southern United States as forage and to improve soil;

- syn. Desmodium tortuosum, beggarweed;

Desmodium tortuosum
n1
West Indian forage plant cultivated in southern United States as forage and to improve soil;

- syn. Desmodium purpureum, beggarweed;

Desmodontidae
n1
true vampire bats;

- syn. family Desmodontidae;

Desmodus
n1
type genus of the Desmodontidae: vampire bats;

- syn. genus Desmodus;

Desmodus rotundus
n1
mouse-sized bat of tropical Central America and South America having sharp incisor and canine teeth;

- feeds on the blood of birds and mammals;

Desmograthus
n1
an amphibian genus of Plethodontidae;

- syn. genus Desmograthus;

Desmond Tutu
n1
South African prelate and leader of the antiapartheid struggle (born in 1931);

- syn. Tutu;

desolate / d ɛ s ə ɫ ə t , d ɛ s ə ɫ eɪ t /
v1
leave someone who needs or counts on you;

- leave in the lurch;

- "The mother deserted her children";

- syn. abandon, desert, forsake;

v2
reduce in population;

- "The epidemic depopulated the countryside";

- syn. depopulate;

v3
cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly;

- "The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion";

- syn. devastate, lay waste to, ravage, scourge, waste;

a1
providing no shelter or sustenance;

- "bare rocky hills";

- "barren lands";

- "the bleak treeless regions of the high Andes";

- "the desolate surface of the moon";

- "a stark landscape";

- syn. bare, barren, bleak, stark;

- sim. inhospitable;

a2
crushed by grief;

- "depressed and desolate of soul";

- "a low desolate wail";

- sim. inconsolable;

desolately / d ɛ s ə ɫ ə t ɫ i /
r1
in grief-stricken loneliness;

- without comforting circumstances or prospects;

- syn. disconsolately;

desolation / d ɛ s ə ɫ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the state of being decayed or destroyed;

- syn. devastation;

n2
a bleak and desolate atmosphere;

- "the nakedness of the landscape";

- syn. bareness, bleakness, nakedness;

n3
sadness resulting from being forsaken or abandoned;

- syn. forlornness, loneliness;

n4
an event that results in total destruction;

- syn. devastation;

desorb
v1
go away from the surface to which (a substance) is adsorbed;

v2
remove from a surface on which it is adsorbed;

- "the substance was desorbed";

desorption
n1
changing from an adsorbed state on a surface to a gaseous or liquid state;

desoxyribonucleic acid
n1
(biochemistry) a long linear polymer found in the nucleus of a cell and formed from nucleotides and shaped like a double helix;

- associated with the transmission of genetic information;

- "DNA is the king of molecules";

- syn. DNA, deoxyribonucleic acid;

despair / d ɪ s p eə , d ɪ s p eə ɹ /
n1
a state in which all hope is lost or absent;

- "in the depths of despair";

- "they were rescued from despair at the last minute";

- "courage born of desperation";

- syn. desperation;

n2
the feeling that everything is wrong and nothing will turn out well;

- "they moaned in despair and dismay";

- "one harsh word would send her into the depths of despair";

v1
abandon hope;

- give up hope;

- lose heart;

- "Don't despair--help is on the way!";

despairing / d ɪ s p eə ɹ ɪ ŋ /
a1
arising from or marked by despair or loss of hope;

- "a despairing view of the world situation";

- "the last despairing plea of the condemned criminal";

- "a desperate cry for help";

- "helpless and desperate--as if at the end of his tether";

- "her desperate screams";

- syn. desperate;

- sim. hopeless;

despairingly / d ɪ s p eə ɹ ɪ ŋ ɫ i /
r1
with desperation;

- "`Why can't you understand?,' she asked despairingly";

- syn. despondently;

despatch / d ɪ s p æ tʃ /
n1
an official report (usually sent in haste);

- syn. communique, dispatch;

n2
the property of being prompt and efficient;

- "it was done with dispatch";

- syn. dispatch, expedition, expeditiousness;

n3
killing a person or animal;

- syn. dispatch;

n4
the act of sending off something;

- syn. dispatch, shipment;

v1
send away towards a designated goal;

- syn. dispatch, send off;

desperado / d ɛ s p ə ɹ ɑ d oʊ /
n1
a bold outlaw (especially on the American frontier);

- syn. desperate criminal;

desperate / d ɛ s p ə ɹ ə t /
n1
a person who is frightened and in need of help;

- "they prey on the hopes of the desperate";

a1
arising from or marked by despair or loss of hope;

- "a despairing view of the world situation";

- "the last despairing plea of the condemned criminal";

- "a desperate cry for help";

- "helpless and desperate--as if at the end of his tether";

- "her desperate screams";

- syn. despairing;

- sim. hopeless;

a2
desperately determined;

- "do-or-die revolutionaries";

- "a do-or-die conflict";

- syn. do-or-die;

- sim. resolute;

a3
(of persons) dangerously reckless or violent as from urgency or despair;

- "a desperate criminal";

- "taken hostage of desperate men";

- sim. dangerous;

a4
showing extreme courage;

- especially of actions courageously undertaken in desperation as a last resort;

- "made a last desperate attempt to reach the climber";

- "the desperate gallantry of our naval task forces marked the turning point in the Pacific war"- G.C.Marshall;

- "they took heroic measures to save his life";

- syn. heroic;

- sim. brave;

a5
showing extreme urgency or intensity especially because of great need or desire;

- "felt a desperate urge to confess";

- "a desperate need for recognition";

- sim. imperative;

a6
fraught with extreme danger;

- nearly hopeless;

- "a desperate illness";

- "on all fronts the Allies were in a desperate situation due to lack of materiel"- G.C.Marshall;

- "a dire emergency";

- syn. dire;

- sim. critical;

desperate criminal
n1
a bold outlaw (especially on the American frontier);

- syn. desperado;

desperate measure
n1
desperate actions taken as a means to an end;

- "he had to resort to desperate measures";

desperate straits
n1
a state of extreme distress;

- syn. dire straits;

desperately / d ɛ s p ə ɹ ə t ɫ i /
r1
with great urgency;

- "health care reform is needed urgently";

- "the soil desperately needed potash";

- syn. urgently;

r2
in intense despair;

- "the child clung desperately to her mother";

desperation / d ɛ s p ə ɹ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
a state in which all hope is lost or absent;

- "in the depths of despair";

- "they were rescued from despair at the last minute";

- "courage born of desperation";

- syn. despair;

n2
desperate recklessness;

- "it was a policy of desperation";

despicability / d ɛ s p ɪ k ə b ɪ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
unworthiness by virtue of lacking higher values;

- syn. baseness, contemptibility, despicableness, sordidness;

despicable / d ɪ s p ɪ k ə b ɫ /
a1
morally reprehensible;

- "would do something as despicable as murder";

- "ugly crimes";

- "the vile development of slavery appalled them";

- "a slimy little liar";

- syn. slimy, ugly, unworthy, vile, worthless, wretched;

- sim. evil;

despicableness / d ɪ s p ɪ k ə b ɫ n ə s /
n1
unworthiness by virtue of lacking higher values;

- syn. baseness, contemptibility, despicability, sordidness;

despicably / d ɪ s p ɪ k ə b ɫ i /
r1
in a despicable manner;

- "he acted despicably";

despisal
n1
a feeling of scornful hatred;

- syn. despising;

despise / d ɪ s p aɪ z /
v1
look down on with disdain;

- "He despises the people he has to work for";

- "The professor scorns the students who don't catch on immediately";

- syn. contemn, disdain, scorn;

despised / d ɪ s p aɪ z d /
a1
treated with dislike or contempt;

- syn. detested, hated, scorned;

- sim. unloved;

despising / d ɪ s p aɪ z ɪ ŋ /
n1
a feeling of scornful hatred;

- syn. despisal;

despite / d ɪ s p aɪ t /
n1
lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike;

- "he was held in contempt";

- "the despite in which outsiders were held is legendary";

- syn. contempt, disdain, scorn;

n2
contemptuous disregard;

- "she wanted neither favor nor despite";

despiteful / d ɪ s p aɪ t f ə ɫ /
a1
showing malicious ill will and a desire to hurt;

- motivated by spite;

- "a despiteful fiend";

- "a truly spiteful child";

- "a vindictive man will look for occasions for resentment";

- syn. spiteful, vindictive;

- sim. malicious;

despitefully / d ɪ s p aɪ t f ə ɫ i /
r1
in a maliciously spiteful manner;

- "pray for them that despitefully use us";

- syn. spitefully;

despoil / d ɪ s p ɔɪ ɫ /
v1
steal goods;

- take as spoils;

- "During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners";

- syn. foray, loot, pillage, plunder, ransack, reave, rifle, strip;

v2
destroy and strip of its possession;

- "The soldiers raped the beautiful country";

- syn. plunder, rape, spoil, violate;

despoilation
n1
the act of stripping and taking by force;

- syn. despoilment, despoliation, spoil, spoilation, spoliation;

despoiled / d ɪ s p ɔɪ ɫ d /
a1
having been robbed and destroyed by force and violence;

- "the raped countryside";

- syn. pillaged, raped, ravaged, sacked;

- sim. destroyed;

despoiler / d ɪ s p ɔɪ ɫ ə /
n1
someone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war);

- syn. freebooter, looter, pillager, plunderer, raider, spoiler;

despoilment
n1
the act of stripping and taking by force;

- syn. despoilation, despoliation, spoil, spoilation, spoliation;

Despoina
n1
(Greek mythology) daughter of Zeus and Demeter;

- made queen of the underworld by Pluto in ancient mythology;

- identified with Roman Proserpina;

- syn. Cora, Kore, Persephone;

despoliation
n1
the act of stripping and taking by force;

- syn. despoilation, despoilment, spoil, spoilation, spoliation;

despond / d ɪ s p ɒ n d /
v1
lose confidence or hope;

- become dejected;

- "The supporters of the Presidential candidate desponded when they learned the early results of the election";

despondence / d ɪ s p ɒ n d ə n s /
n1
feeling downcast and disheartened and hopeless;

- syn. despondency, disconsolateness, heartsickness;

despondency / d ɪ s p ɒ n d ə n s i /
n1
feeling downcast and disheartened and hopeless;

- syn. despondence, disconsolateness, heartsickness;

despondent / d ɪ s p ɒ n d ə n t /
a1
without or almost without hope;

- "despondent about his failure";

- "too heartsick to fight back";

- syn. heartsick;

- sim. hopeless;

despondently / d ɪ s p ɒ n d ə n t ɫ i /
r1
with desperation;

- "`Why can't you understand?,' she asked despairingly";

- syn. despairingly;

despot / d ɛ s p ɒ t /
n1
a cruel and oppressive dictator;

- syn. autocrat, tyrant;

despotic / d ɪ s p ɒ t ɪ k /
a1
belonging to or having the characteristics of a despot;

- syn. despotical;

a2
ruled by or characteristic of a despot;

- "moved from a feudal to a despotic order";

- "his administration was arrogant and despotic";

- sim. undemocratic;

a3
characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule;

- having absolute sovereignty;

- "an authoritarian regime";

- "autocratic government";

- "despotic rulers";

- "a dictatorial rule that lasted for the duration of the war";

- "a tyrannical government";

- syn. authoritarian, autocratic, dictatorial, tyrannic, tyrannical;

- sim. undemocratic;

despotical / d ɛ s p ɒ t ɪ k ə ɫ /
a1
belonging to or having the characteristics of a despot;

- syn. despotic;

despotism / d ɛ s p ə t ɪ z ə m /
n1
dominance through threat of punishment and violence;

- syn. absolutism, tyranny;

n2
a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.);

- syn. Caesarism, Stalinism, absolutism, authoritarianism, dictatorship, monocracy, one-man rule, shogunate, totalitarianism, tyranny;

desquamate
v1
peel off in scales;

- "dry skin desquamates";

- syn. peel off;

desquamation
n1
loss of bits of outer skin by peeling or shedding or coming off in scales;

- syn. peeling, shedding;

dessert / d ɪ z ɝ t /
n1
a dish served as the last course of a meal;

- syn. afters, sweet;

dessert apple
n1
an apple used primarily for eating raw without cooking;

- syn. eating apple;

dessert plate
n1
a small plate on which dessert can be served;

dessert spoon
n1
a spoon larger than a teaspoon and smaller than a tablespoon;

dessert wine
n1
still sweet wine often served with dessert or after a meal;

dessertspoon / d ɪ z ɝ t s p u n /
n1
as much as a dessert spoon will hold;

- syn. dessertspoonful;

dessertspoonful / d ɪ z ɝ t s p u n f ʊ ɫ /
n1
as much as a dessert spoon will hold;

- syn. dessertspoon;

dessiatine
n1
a former Russian unit of area equal to 2.7 acres;

destabilisation
n1
the action of destabilizing;

- making something less stable (especially of a government or country or economy);

- syn. destabilization;

destabilise
v1
become unstable;

- "The economy destabilized rapidly";

- syn. destabilize;

v2
make unstable;

- "Terrorism destabilized the government";

- syn. destabilize;

destabilization
n1
an event that causes a loss of equilibrium (as of a ship or aircraft);

n2
the action of destabilizing;

- making something less stable (especially of a government or country or economy);

- syn. destabilisation;

destabilize
v1
become unstable;

- "The economy destabilized rapidly";

- syn. destabilise;

v2
make unstable;

- "Terrorism destabilized the government";

- syn. destabilise;

destain / d eɪ t eɪ n /
v1
remove stain from (a laboratory specimen) to enhance contrast;

destalinisation
n1
social process of neutralizing the influence of Joseph Stalin by revising his policies and removing monuments dedicated to him and renaming places named in his honor;

- "his statue was demolished as part of destalinization";

- syn. de-Stalinisation, de-Stalinization, destalinization;

destalinise
v1
counteract the effects and policies of Stalinism;

- "Russia was slowly destalinized in the late 1950's";

- syn. destalinize;

destalinization
n1
social process of neutralizing the influence of Joseph Stalin by revising his policies and removing monuments dedicated to him and renaming places named in his honor;

- "his statue was demolished as part of destalinization";

- syn. de-Stalinisation, de-Stalinization, destalinisation;

destalinize
v1
counteract the effects and policies of Stalinism;

- "Russia was slowly destalinized in the late 1950's";

- syn. destalinise;

destination / d ɛ s t ɪ n eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the place designated as the end (as of a race or journey);

- "a crowd assembled at the finish";

- "he was nearly exhausted as their destination came into view";

- syn. finish, goal;

n2
the ultimate goal for which something is done;

- syn. terminus;

n3
written directions for finding some location;

- written on letters or packages that are to be delivered to that location;

- syn. address, name and address;

destine / d ɛ s t ɪ n /
v1
decree or designate beforehand;

- "She was destined to become a great pianist";

- syn. designate, doom, fate;

v2
design or destine;

- "She was intended to become the director";

- syn. designate, intend, specify;

destined / d ɛ s t ɪ n d /
a1
headed or intending to head in a certain direction;

- often used as a combining form as in `college-bound students';

- "children bound for school";

- "a flight destined for New York";

- syn. bound;

- sim. oriented;

a2
(usually followed by `to') governed by fate;

- "bound to happen";

- "an old house destined to be demolished";

- "he is destined to be famous";

- syn. bound;

- sim. certain;

destiny / d ɛ s t ɪ n i /
n1
an event (or a course of events) that will inevitably happen in the future;

- syn. fate;

n2
the ultimate agency regarded as predetermining the course of events (often personified as a woman);

- "we are helpless in the face of destiny";

- syn. fate;

n3
your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you);

- "whatever my fortune may be";

- "deserved a better fate";

- "has a happy lot";

- "the luck of the Irish";

- "a victim of circumstances";

- "success that was her portion";

- syn. circumstances, fate, fortune, lot, luck, portion;

destitute / d ɛ s t ɪ t j u t /
a1
poor enough to need help from others;

- syn. impoverished, indigent, necessitous, needy, poverty-stricken;

- sim. poor;

a2
completely wanting or lacking;

- "writing barren of insight";

- "young recruits destitute of experience";

- "innocent of literary merit";

- "the sentence was devoid of meaning";

- syn. barren, devoid, free, innocent;

- sim. nonexistent;

destitution / d ɛ s t ɪ t j u ʃ n /
n1
a state without friends or money or prospects;

destress / d ɪ s t ɹ ɪ s /
v1
reduce the emphasis;

- syn. de-emphasise, de-emphasize;

destroy / d ɪ s t ɹ ɔɪ /
v1
do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of;

- "The fire destroyed the house";

- syn. destruct;

v2
destroy completely;

- damage irreparably;

- "You have ruined my car by pouring sugar in the tank!";

- "The tears ruined her make-up";

- syn. ruin;

v3
defeat soundly and humiliatingly;

- "The home team demolished the visitors";

- syn. demolish;

v4
put (an animal) to death;

- "The customs agents destroyed the dog that was found to be rabid";

- "the sick cat had to be put down";

- syn. put down;

destroyable / d ɪ s t ɹ ɔɪ eɪ b ɫ /
a1
capable of being destroyed;

- sim. destructible;

destroyed / d ɪ s t ɹ ɔɪ d /
a1
spoiled or ruined or demolished;

- "war left many cities destroyed";

- "Alzheimer's is responsible for her destroyed mind";

- also damaged;

- sim. annihilated, blighted, blotted out, broken, burned, demolished, despoiled, done for, extinguished, fallen, finished, scorched, shattered, totaled, war-torn, wrecked;

a2
destroyed physically or morally;

- syn. ruined;

- sim. lost;

destroyer / d ɪ s t ɹ ɔɪ ə , d ɪ s t ɹ ɔɪ ə ɹ /
n1
a small fast lightly armored but heavily armed warship;

- syn. guided missile destroyer;

n2
a person who destroys or ruins or lays waste to;

- "a destroyer of the environment";

- "jealousy was his undoer";

- "uprooters of gravestones";

- syn. ruiner, undoer, uprooter, waster;

destroyer escort
n1
warship smaller than a destroyer;

- designed to escort fleets or convoys;

destroying angel
n1
fungus similar to Amanita phalloides;

- syn. Amanita verna;

n2
extremely poisonous usually white fungus with a prominent cup-shaped base;

- differs from edible Agaricus only in its white gills;

- syn. Amanita phalloides, death angel, death cap, death cup;

destruct / d ɪ s t ɹ ʌ k t /
v1
destroy (one's own missile or rocket);

- "The engineers had to destruct the rocket for safety reasons";

v2
do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of;

- "The fire destroyed the house";

- syn. destroy;

destructibility / d ɪ s t ɹ ʌ k t ə b ɪ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
vulnerability to destruction;

destructible / d ɪ s t ɹ ʌ k t ə b ɫ /
a1
easily destroyed;

- "destructible glassware";

- sim. abolishable, destroyable;

destruction / d ɪ s t ɹ ʌ k ʃ n /
n1
the termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists;

- syn. devastation;

n2
an event (or the result of an event) that completely destroys something;

- syn. demolition, wipeout;

n3
a final state;

- "he came to a bad end";

- "the so-called glorious experiment came to an inglorious end";

- syn. death, end;

destruction fire
n1
fire delivered for the sole purpose of destroying material objects;

destructive / d ɪ s t ɹ ʌ k t ɪ v /
a1
causing destruction or much damage;

- "a policy that is destructive to the economy";

- "destructive criticism";

- also harmful, negative;

- sim. annihilative, blasting, cataclysmal, caustic, crushing, damaging, erosive, iconoclastic, ravaging, soul-destroying, wasteful;

destructive-metabolic
a1
of or relating to catabolism;

- syn. energy-releasing;

- sim. catabolic;

destructive distillation
n1
heating a solid substance in a closed container and collecting the volatile products;

destructive metabolism
n1
breakdown in living organisms of more complex substances into simpler ones together with release of energy;

- syn. catabolism, dissimilation, katabolism;

destructively / d ɪ s t ɹ ʌ k t ɪ v ɫ i /
r1
in a destructive manner;

- "he is destructively aggressive";

destructiveness / d ɪ s t ɹ ʌ k t ɪ v n ə s /
n1
the quality of causing destruction;

desuetude / d ɪ s j u ɪ t j u d /
n1
a state of inactivity or disuse;

desulfurize
v1
remove sulfur from;

- syn. desulphurize;

desulphurize
v1
remove sulfur from;

- syn. desulfurize;

desultory / d ɛ s ə ɫ t ɹ i /
a1
marked by lack of definite plan or regularity or purpose;

- jumping from one thing to another;

- "desultory thoughts";

- "the desultory conversation characteristic of cocktail parties";

- sim. purposeless;

desynchronisation
n1
the relation that exists when things occur at unrelated times;

- "the stimulus produced a desynchronizing of the brain waves";

- syn. asynchronism, asynchrony, desynchronization, desynchronizing;

desynchronise
v1
cause to become desynchronized;

- cause to occur at unrelated times;

- syn. desynchronize;

desynchronization
n1
the relation that exists when things occur at unrelated times;

- "the stimulus produced a desynchronizing of the brain waves";

- syn. asynchronism, asynchrony, desynchronisation, desynchronizing;

desynchronize
v1
cause to become desynchronized;

- cause to occur at unrelated times;

- syn. desynchronise;

desynchronizing
n1
the relation that exists when things occur at unrelated times;

- "the stimulus produced a desynchronizing of the brain waves";

- syn. asynchronism, asynchrony, desynchronisation, desynchronization;

Desyrel
n1
oral antidepressant (trade name Desyrel) that is a nontricyclic drug used as a sedative;

- syn. trazodone, trazodone hydrochloride;

detach / d ɪ t æ tʃ /
v1
cause to become detached or separated;

- take off;

- "detach the skin from the chicken before you eat it";

v2
separate (a small unit) from a larger, especially for a special assignment;

- "detach a regiment";

v3
come to be detached;

- "His retina detached and he had to be rushed into surgery";

- syn. come away, come off;

detachable / d ɪ t æ tʃ ə b ɫ /
a1
designed to be unfastened or disconnected without damage;

- "shirts with detachable collars";

- sim. clastic;

detached / d ɪ t æ tʃ t /
a1
showing lack of emotional involvement;

- "adopted a degage pose on the arm of the easy chair"- J.S.Perelman;

- "she may be detached or even unfeeling but at least she's not hypocritically effusive";

- "an uninvolved bystander";

- syn. degage, uninvolved;

- sim. unconcerned;

a2
being or feeling set or kept apart from others;

- "she felt detached from the group";

- "could not remain the isolated figure he had been"- Sherwood Anderson;

- "thought of herself as alone and separated from the others";

- "had a set-apart feeling";

- syn. isolated, separated, set-apart;

- sim. separate;

a3
no longer connected or joined;

- "a detached part";

- "on one side of the island was a hugh rock, almost detached";

- "the separated spacecraft will return to their home bases";

- syn. separated;

- sim. unconnected;

a4
used of buildings;

- standing apart from others;

- "detached houses";

- "a detached garage";

- sim. freestanding, semidetached;

a5
lacking affection or warm feeling;

- "an uncaring person";

- syn. unaffectionate, uncaring;

- sim. unloving;

a6
not fixed in position;

- "the detached shutter fell on him";

- "he pulled his arm free and ran";

- syn. free;

- sim. unfixed;

detached house
n1
a house that stands alone;

- syn. single dwelling;

detached retina
n1
visual impairment resulting from the retina becoming separated from the choroid in the back of the eye;

- treated by photocoagulation;

- syn. detachment of the retina, retinal detachment;

detachment / d ɪ t æ tʃ m ə n t /
n1
avoiding emotional involvement;

- syn. withdrawal;

n2
the act of releasing from an attachment or connection;

- syn. disengagement;

n3
the state of being isolated or detached;

- "the insulation of England was preserved by the English Channel";

- syn. insularism, insularity, insulation;

n4
a small unit of troops of special composition;

n5
coming apart;

- syn. breakup, separation;

detachment of the retina
n1
visual impairment resulting from the retina becoming separated from the choroid in the back of the eye;

- treated by photocoagulation;

- syn. detached retina, retinal detachment;

detail / d i t eɪ ɫ /
n1
an isolated fact that is considered separately from the whole;

- "several of the details are similar";

- "a point of information";

- syn. item, point;

n2
a small part that can be considered separately from the whole;

- "it was perfect in all details";

- syn. item, particular;

n3
extended treatment of particulars;

- "the essay contained too much detail";

n4
a crew of workers selected for a particular task;

- "a detail was sent to remove the fallen trees";

n5
a temporary military unit;

- "the peacekeeping force includes one British contingent";

- syn. contingent;

v1
provide details for;

v2
assign to a specific task;

- "The ambulances were detailed to the fire station";

detail file
n1
(computer science) a computer file containing relatively transient data about a particular data processing task;

- syn. transaction file;

detailed / d i t eɪ ɫ d /
a1
developed or executed with care and in minute detail;

- "a detailed plan";

- "the elaborate register of the inhabitants prevented tax evasion"- John Buchan;

- "the carefully elaborated theme";

- syn. elaborate, elaborated;

- sim. careful;

detailing / d i t eɪ ɫ ɪ ŋ /
n1
an individualized description of a particular instance;

- syn. particularisation, particularization;

details / d i t eɪ ɫ z /
n1
true confidential information;

- "after the trial he gave us the real details";

- syn. inside information;

detain / d ɪ t eɪ n /
v1
deprive of freedom;

- take into confinement;

- syn. confine;

v2
stop or halt;

- "Please stay the bloodshed!";

- syn. delay, stay;

v3
cause to be slowed down or delayed;

- "Traffic was delayed by the bad weather";

- "she delayed the work that she didn't want to perform";

- syn. delay, hold up;

detainee / d i t eɪ n i /
n1
some held in custody;

- syn. political detainee;

detainment / d ɪ t eɪ n m ə n t /
n1
a state of being confined (usually for a short time);

- "his detention was politically motivated";

- "the prisoner is on hold";

- "he is in the custody of police";

- syn. custody, detention, hold;

detect / d ɪ t ɛ k t /
v1
discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of;

- "She detected high levels of lead in her drinking water";

- "We found traces of lead in the paint";

- syn. discover, find, notice, observe;

detectable / d ɪ t ɛ k t ə b ɫ /
a1
capable of being detected;

- "after a noticeable pause the lecturer continued";

- syn. noticeable;

- sim. perceptible;

a2
easily seen or detected;

- "a detectable note of sarcasm";

- "he continued after a perceptible pause";

- syn. perceptible;

- sim. noticeable;

detected / d ɪ t ɛ k t ɪ d /
a1
perceived or discerned;

- "the detected micrometeoritic material";

- sim. heard, perceived, sensed;

a2
perceived with the mind;

- "he winced at the detected flicker of irony in her voice";

- sim. noticed;

detecting / d ɪ t ɛ k t ɪ ŋ /
n1
a police investigation to determine the perpetrator;

- "detection is hard on the feet";

- syn. detection, detective work, sleuthing;

detection / d ɪ t ɛ k ʃ n /
n1
the perception that something has occurred or some state exists;

- "early detection can often lead to a cure";

- syn. sensing;

n2
the act of detecting something;

- catching sight of something;

- syn. catching, espial, spotting, spying;

n3
the detection that a signal is being received;

- syn. signal detection;

n4
a police investigation to determine the perpetrator;

- "detection is hard on the feet";

- syn. detecting, detective work, sleuthing;

detective / d ɪ t ɛ k t ɪ v /
n1
a police officer who investigates crimes;

- syn. investigator, police detective, tec;

n2
an investigator engaged or employed in obtaining information not easily available to the public;

detective agency
n1
an agency that makes inquiries for its clients;

detective novel
n1
novel in which the reader is challenged to solve a puzzle before the detective explains it at the end;

- syn. mystery novel;

detective story
n1
a narrative about someone who investigates crimes and obtains evidence leading to their resolution;

detective work
n1
a police investigation to determine the perpetrator;

- "detection is hard on the feet";

- syn. detecting, detection, sleuthing;

detector / d ɪ t ɛ k t ə , d ɪ t ɛ k t ə ɹ /
n1
any device that receives a signal or stimulus (as heat or pressure or light or motion etc.) and responds to it in a distinctive manner;

- syn. sensing element, sensor;

n2
rectifier that extracts modulation from a radio carrier wave;

- syn. demodulator;

n3
electronic equipment that detects the presence of radio signals or radioactivity;

detent / d ɪ t ɛ n t /
n1
a hinged catch that fits into a notch of a ratchet to move a wheel forward or prevent it from moving backward;

- syn. click, dog, pawl;

detente
n1
the easing of tensions or strained relations (especially between nations);

detention / d ɪ t ɛ n ʃ n /
n1
a state of being confined (usually for a short time);

- "his detention was politically motivated";

- "the prisoner is on hold";

- "he is in the custody of police";

- syn. custody, detainment, hold;

n2
a punishment in which a student must stay at school after others have gone home;

- "the detention of tardy pupils";

detention basin
n1
a storage site (such as a small reservoir) that delays the flow of water downstream;

detention camp
n1
an institution where juvenile offenders can be held temporarily (usually under the supervision of a juvenile court);

- syn. detention home, detention house, house of detention;

detention cell
n1
a large cell where prisoners (people awaiting trial or sentence or refugees or illegal immigrants) are confined together temporarily;

- syn. bullpen, detention centre;

detention centre
n1
a large cell where prisoners (people awaiting trial or sentence or refugees or illegal immigrants) are confined together temporarily;

- syn. bullpen, detention cell;

detention home
n1
an institution where juvenile offenders can be held temporarily (usually under the supervision of a juvenile court);

- syn. detention camp, detention house, house of detention;

detention house
n1
an institution where juvenile offenders can be held temporarily (usually under the supervision of a juvenile court);

- syn. detention camp, detention home, house of detention;

deter / d ɪ t ɝ , d ɪ t ɝ ɹ /
v1
try to prevent;

- show opposition to;

- "We should discourage this practice among our youth";

- syn. discourage;

v2
turn away from by persuasion;

- "Negative campaigning will only dissuade people";

- syn. dissuade;

deterge
v1
wipe away;

- to wash off or out, cleanse;

- chiefly in medical use: to clear away foul matter from the body;

- "This drug is powerful enough to deterge";

detergence / d ɪ t ɝ dʒ ə n s /
n1
detergent quality;

- the quality of having cleansing power;

- syn. detergency;

detergency / d ɪ t ɝ dʒ ə n s i /
n1
detergent quality;

- the quality of having cleansing power;

- syn. detergence;

detergent / d ɪ t ɝ dʒ ə n t /
n1
a surface-active chemical widely used in industry and laundering;

n2
a cleansing agent that differs from soap but can also emulsify oils and hold dirt in suspension;

a1
having cleansing power;

- syn. detersive;

- sim. purifying;

detergent builder
n1
a substance added to soaps or detergents to increase their cleansing action;

- syn. builder;

deteriorate / d ɪ t ɪə ɹ ɪə ɹ eɪ t /
v1
become worse or disintegrate;

- "His mind deteriorated";

v2
grow worse;

- "Her condition deteriorated";

- "Conditions in the slums degenerated";

- "The discussion devolved into a shouting match";

- syn. degenerate, devolve, drop;

deterioration / d ɪ t ɪə ɹ ɪə ɹ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
a symptom of reduced quality or strength;

- syn. impairment;

n2
process of changing to an inferior state;

- syn. declension, decline in quality, worsening;

determent / d ɪ t ɝ m ə n t /
n1
a communication that makes you afraid to try something;

- syn. deterrence, intimidation;

determinable / d ɪ t ɝ m ɪ n ə b ɫ /
a1
capable of being determined or limited or fixed;

- "determinable velocities";

- "matters determinable by law";

- also calculable;

- sim. ascertainable, definable, judicable;

determinant / d ɪ t ɝ m ɪ n ə n t /
n1
a determining or causal element or factor;

- "education is an important determinant of one's outlook on life";

- syn. causal factor, determinative, determiner, determining factor;

n2
the site on the surface of an antigen molecule to which an antibody attaches itself;

- syn. antigenic determinant, epitope;

n3
a square matrix used to solve simultaneous equations;

a1
having the power or quality of deciding;

- "the crucial experiment";

- "cast the deciding vote";

- "the determinative (or determinant) battle";

- syn. deciding, determinative, determining;

- sim. decisive;

determinate / d ɪ t ɝ m ɪ n ə t /
a1
precisely determined or limited or defined;

- especially fixed by rule or by a specific and constant cause;

- "a determinate distance";

- "a determinate number";

- "determinate variations in animals";

- sim. fixed;

a2
not continuing to grow indefinitely at the apex;

- "determinate growth";

- sim. cymose;

a3
supplying or being a final or conclusive settlement;

- "a definitive verdict";

- "a determinate answer to the problem";

- syn. definitive;

- sim. conclusive;

determinateness / d ɪ t ɝ m ɪ n ə t n ə s /
n1
the quality of being predictable with great confidence;

- syn. definiteness;

determination / d ɪ t ɝ m ɪ n eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the act of determining the properties of something, usually by research or calculation;

- "the determination of molecular structures";

- syn. finding;

n2
the quality of being determined to do or achieve something;

- firmness of purpose;

- "his determination showed in his every movement";

- "he is a man of purpose";

- syn. purpose;

n3
a position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration;

- "a decision unfavorable to the opposition";

- "his conclusion took the evidence into account";

- "satisfied with the panel's determination";

- syn. conclusion, decision;

n4
deciding or controlling something's outcome or nature;

- "the determination of grammatical inflections";

n5
the act of making up your mind about something;

- "the burden of decision was his";

- "he drew his conclusions quickly";

- syn. conclusion, decision;

determinative / d ɪ t ɝ m ɪ n ə t ɪ v /
n1
one of a limited class of noun modifiers that determine the referents of noun phrases;

- syn. determiner;

n2
a determining or causal element or factor;

- "education is an important determinant of one's outlook on life";

- syn. causal factor, determinant, determiner, determining factor;

a1
having the power or quality of deciding;

- "the crucial experiment";

- "cast the deciding vote";

- "the determinative (or determinant) battle";

- syn. deciding, determinant, determining;

- sim. decisive;

determine / d ɪ t ɝ m ɪ n /
v1
establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study;

- "find the product of two numbers";

- "The physicist who found the elusive particle won the Nobel Prize";

- syn. ascertain, find, find out;

v2
shape or influence;

- give direction to;

- "experience often determines ability";

- "mold public opinion";

- syn. influence, mold, regulate, shape;

v3
fix conclusively or authoritatively;

- "set the rules";

- syn. set;

v4
decide upon or fix definitely;

- "fix the variables";

- "specify the parameters";

- syn. define, fix, limit, set, specify;

v5
reach, make, or come to a decision about something;

- "We finally decided after lengthy deliberations";

- syn. decide, make up one's mind;

v6
fix in scope;

- fix the boundaries of;

- "the tree determines the border of the property";

v7
settle conclusively;

- come to terms;

- "We finally settled the argument";

- syn. settle, square off, square up;

v8
find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort;

- "I want to see whether she speaks French";

- "See whether it works";

- "find out if he speaks Russian";

- "Check whether the train leaves on time";

- syn. ascertain, check, find out, learn, see, watch;

determined / d ɪ t ɝ m ɪ n d /
a1
characterized by great determination;

- "a struggle against a determined enemy";

- sim. resolute;

a2
having been learned or found or determined especially by investigation;

- sim. ascertained;

a3
devoting full strength and concentrated attention to;

- "made continued and determined efforts to find and destroy enemy headquarters";

- sim. stubborn;

a4
determined or decided upon as by an authority;

- "date and place are already determined";

- "the dictated terms of surrender";

- "the time set for the launching";

- syn. dictated, set;

- sim. settled;

a5
strongly motivated to succeed;

- syn. compulsive, driven;

- sim. ambitious;

determinedly / d ɪ t ɝ m ɪ n d ɫ i /
r1
with determination;

- in a determined manner;

- "he clung to the past determinedly";

- syn. unfalteringly, unshakably;

r2
with ambition;

- in an ambitious and energetic manner;

- "she pursued her goals ambitiously";

- syn. ambitiously;

determiner / d ɪ t ɝ m ɪ n ə , d ɪ t ɝ m ɪ n ə ɹ /
n1
an argument that is conclusive;

- syn. clincher, determining factor;

n2
one of a limited class of noun modifiers that determine the referents of noun phrases;

- syn. determinative;

n3
a determining or causal element or factor;

- "education is an important determinant of one's outlook on life";

- syn. causal factor, determinant, determinative, determining factor;

determining / d ɪ t ɝ m ɪ n ɪ ŋ /
a1
having the power or quality of deciding;

- "the crucial experiment";

- "cast the deciding vote";

- "the determinative (or determinant) battle";

- syn. deciding, determinant, determinative;

- sim. decisive;

determining factor
n1
a determining or causal element or factor;

- "education is an important determinant of one's outlook on life";

- syn. causal factor, determinant, determinative, determiner;

n2
an argument that is conclusive;

- syn. clincher, determiner;

determinism / d ɪ t ɝ m ɪ n ɪ z ə m /
n1
(philosophy) a philosophical theory holding that all events are inevitable consequences of antecedent sufficient causes;

- often understood as denying the possibility of free will;

determinist / d ɪ t ɝ m ɪ n ɪ s t /
n1
anyone who submits to the belief that they are powerless to change their destiny;

- syn. fatalist, predestinarian, predestinationist;

deterministic / d ɪ t ɝ m ɪ n ɪ s t ɪ k /
a1
an inevitable consequence of antecedent sufficient causes;

- sim. settled;

deterrence / d ɪ t ɛr ə n s /
n1
a negative motivational influence;

- syn. disincentive;

n2
a communication that makes you afraid to try something;

- syn. determent, intimidation;

n3
the act or process of discouraging actions or preventing occurrences by instilling fear or doubt or anxiety;

deterrent / d ɪ t ɛr ə n t /
n1
something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress;

- syn. balk, baulk, check, handicap, hinderance, hindrance, impediment;

a1
tending to deter;

- "the deterrent effects of high prices";

- sim. preventive;

deterrent example
n1
punishment intended as a warning to others;

- "they decided to make an example of him";

- syn. example, lesson, object lesson;

detersive
a1
having cleansing power;

- syn. detergent;

- sim. purifying;

detest / d ɪ t ɛ s t /
v1
dislike intensely;

- feel antipathy or aversion towards;

- "I hate Mexican food";

- "She detests politicians";

- syn. hate;

detestable / d ɪ t ɛ s t ə b ɫ /
a1
offensive to the mind;

- "an abhorrent deed";

- "the obscene massacre at Wounded Knee";

- "morally repugnant customs";

- "repulsive behavior";

- "the most repulsive character in recent novels";

- syn. abhorrent, obscene, repugnant, repulsive;

- sim. offensive;

a2
unequivocally detestable;

- "abominable treatment of prisoners";

- "detestable vices";

- "execrable crimes";

- "consequences odious to those you govern"- Edmund Burke;

- syn. abominable, execrable, odious;

- sim. hateful;

detestably / d ɪ t ɛ s t ə b ɫ i /
r1
in an offensive and hateful manner;

- "I don't know anyone who could have behaved so abominably";

- syn. abominably, odiously, repulsively;

detestation / d i t ɛ s t eɪ ʃ n /
n1
hate coupled with disgust;

- syn. abhorrence, abomination, execration, loathing, odium;

detested / d ɪ t ɛ s t ɪ d /
a1
treated with dislike or contempt;

- syn. despised, hated, scorned;

- sim. unloved;

dethaw
v1
become or cause to become soft or liquid;

- "The sun melted the ice";

- "the ice thawed";

- "the ice cream melted";

- "The heat melted the wax";

- "The giant iceberg dissolved over the years during the global warming phase";

- "dethaw the meat";

- syn. dissolve, melt, thaw, unfreeze, unthaw;

dethrone / d i θ ɹ oʊ n /
v1
remove a monarch from the throne;

- "If the King does not abdicate, he will have to be dethroned";

dethronement / d i θ ɹ oʊ n m ə n t /
n1
the act of deposing someone;

- removing a powerful person from a position or office;

- syn. deposition;

detick
v1
free (a pet) of ticks;

detonate / d ɛ t ə n eɪ t /
v1
cause to burst with a violent release of energy;

- "We exploded the nuclear bomb";

- syn. blow up, explode, set off;

v2
burst and release energy as through a violent chemical or physical reaction;

- "the bomb detonated at noon";

- "The Molotov cocktail exploded";

- syn. blow up, explode;

detonating device
n1
a mechanical or electrical explosive device or a small amount of explosive;

- can be used to initiate the reaction of a disrupting explosive;

- syn. cap, detonator;

detonating fuse
n1
a fuse containing an explosive;

detonation / d ɛ t ə n eɪ ʃ n /
n1
a violent release of energy caused by a chemical or nuclear reaction;

- syn. blowup, explosion;

n2
the act of detonating an explosive;

detonative
a1
exploding almost instantaneously;

- sim. explosive;

detonator / d ɛ t ə n eɪ t ə , d ɛ t ə n eɪ t ə ɹ /
n1
a mechanical or electrical explosive device or a small amount of explosive;

- can be used to initiate the reaction of a disrupting explosive;

- syn. cap, detonating device;

detour / d i t ʊə , d i t ʊə ɹ /
n1
a roundabout road (especially one that is used temporarily while a main route is blocked);

- syn. roundabout way;

v1
travel via a detour;

detox
n1
the hospital ward or clinic in which patients are detoxified;

v1
treat for alcohol or drug dependence;

- "He was detoxified in the clinic";

- syn. detoxify;

detoxicate
v1
remove poison from;

- "detoxify the soil";

- syn. detoxify;

detoxification
n1
a treatment for addiction to drugs or alcohol intended to remove the physiological effects of the addictive substances;

n2
treatment for poisoning by neutralizing the toxic properties (normally a function of the liver);

detoxify
v1
remove poison from;

- "detoxify the soil";

- syn. detoxicate;

v2
treat for alcohol or drug dependence;

- "He was detoxified in the clinic";

- syn. detox;

detract / d ɪ t ɹ æ k t /
v1
take away a part from;

- diminish;

- "His bad manners detract from his good character";

- syn. take away;

detraction / d ɪ t ɹ æ k ʃ n /
n1
a petty disparagement;

- syn. petty criticism;

n2
the act of discrediting or detracting from someone's reputation (especially by slander);

- "let it be no detraction from his merits to say he is plainspoken";

detractive / d ɪ t ɹ æ k t ɪ v /
a1
causing to decrease in importance or value;

- "detractive influences on the volume of investment";

- sim. decreasing;

detractor / d ɪ t ɹ æ k t ə , d ɪ t ɹ æ k t ə ɹ /
n1
one who disparages or belittles the worth of something;

- syn. depreciator, disparager, knocker;

detrain / d i t ɹ eɪ n /
v1
leave a train;

detransitivise
v1
intransitivize;

- "removing the object will intransitivize the verbs";

- syn. detransitivize, intransitivise, intransitivize;

detransitivize
v1
intransitivize;

- "removing the object will intransitivize the verbs";

- syn. detransitivise, intransitivise, intransitivize;

detribalisation / d i t ɹ aɪ b ə ɫ aɪ z eɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
the act of causing tribal people to abandon their customs and adopt urban ways of living;

- syn. detribalization;

n2
the decline or termination of tribal organization;

- syn. detribalization;

detribalise
v1
cause members of a tribe to lose their cultural identity;

- syn. detribalize;

detribalization / d i t ɹ aɪ b ə ɫ aɪ z eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the act of causing tribal people to abandon their customs and adopt urban ways of living;

- syn. detribalisation;

n2
the decline or termination of tribal organization;

- syn. detribalisation;

detribalize / d i t ɹ aɪ b ə ɫ aɪ z /
v1
cause members of a tribe to lose their cultural identity;

- syn. detribalise;

detriment / d ɛ t ɹ ɪ m ə n t /
n1
a damage or loss;

- syn. hurt;

detrimental / d ɛ t ɹ ɪ m ɛ n t ɫ /
a1
(sometimes followed by `to') causing harm or injury;

- "damaging to career and reputation";

- "the reporter's coverage resulted in prejudicial publicity for the defendant";

- syn. damaging, prejudicial, prejudicious;

- sim. harmful;

detrimentally / d ɛ t ɹ ɪ m ɛ n t ə ɫ i /
r1
in a detrimental manner;

- syn. harmfully, noxiously;

detrition / d ɪ t ɹ ɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
erosion by friction;

- syn. abrasion, attrition, corrasion;

n2
the wearing down of rock particles by friction due to water or wind or ice;

- syn. abrasion, attrition, grinding;

n3
effort expended in moving one object over another with pressure;

- syn. friction, rubbing;

detritus / d ɪ t ɹ aɪ t ə s /
n1
the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up;

- syn. debris, dust, junk, rubble;

n2
loose material (stone fragments and silt etc) that is worn away from rocks;

Detroit / d ɪ t ɹ ɔɪ t /
n1
the largest city in Michigan and a major Great Lakes port;

- center of the United States automobile industry;

- located in southeastern Michigan on the Detroit river across from Windsor;

- syn. Motor City, Motown;

Detroit River
n1
a short river flowing from Lake St. Clair to Lake Erie along the border between the United States and Canada;

- one the busiest inland waterways in the world;

detumescence
n1
diminution of swelling;

- the subsidence of anything swollen;

detusk
v1
remove the tusks of animals;

- "tusk an elephant";

- syn. tusk;

deuce / d j u s /
n1
a tie in tennis or table tennis that requires winning two successive points to win the game;

n2
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number;

- syn. 2, II, two;

n3
a word used in exclamations of confusion;

- "what the devil";

- "the deuce with it";

- "the dickens you say";

- syn. devil, dickens;

n4
one of the four playing cards in a deck that have two spots;

- syn. two;

deuce-ace
n1
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one;

- syn. 3, III, leash, tercet, ternary, ternion, terzetto, three, threesome, tierce, trey, triad, trine, trinity, trio, triplet, troika;

deuced / d j u s t /
a1
expletives used informally as intensifiers;

- "he's a blasted idiot";

- "it's a blamed shame";

- "a blame cold winter";

- "not a blessed dime";

- "I'll be damned (or blessed or darned or goddamned) if I'll do any such thing";

- "he's a damn (or goddam or goddamned) fool";

- "a deuced idiot";

- "an infernal nuisance";

- syn. blame, blamed, blasted, blessed, damn, damned, darned, goddam, goddamn, goddamned, infernal;

- sim. cursed;

deucedly / d j u s ɪ d ɫ i /
r1
(used as intensives) extremely;

- "she was madly in love";

- "deadly dull";

- "deadly earnest";

- "deucedly clever";

- "insanely jealous";

- syn. deadly, devilishly, insanely, madly;

deus ex machina
n1
any active agent who appears unexpectedly to solve an insoluble difficulty;

deuteranopia
n1
dichromacy characterized by a lowered sensitivity to green light resulting in an inability to distinguish green and purplish-red;

- syn. Daltonism, green-blindness;

deuteranopic
a1
inability to see the color green or to distinguish green and purplish-red;

- syn. green-blind;

- sim. blind;

deuterium / d j u t ɪə ɹ ɪə m /
n1
an isotope of hydrogen which has one neutron (as opposed to zero neutrons in hydrogen);

- syn. heavy hydrogen;

deuterium oxide
n1
water containing a substantial proportion of deuterium atoms, used in nuclear reactors;

- syn. heavy water;

Deuteromycetes
n1
form class;

- coextensive with subdivision Deuteromycota;

- syn. class Deuteromycetes;

Deuteromycota
n1
large and heterogeneous form division of fungi comprising forms for which no sexually reproductive stage is known;

- syn. Deuteromycotina, Fungi imperfecti, subdivision Deuteromycota, subdivision Deuteromycotina;

Deuteromycotina
n1
large and heterogeneous form division of fungi comprising forms for which no sexually reproductive stage is known;

- syn. Deuteromycota, Fungi imperfecti, subdivision Deuteromycota, subdivision Deuteromycotina;

deuteron / d j u t ə ɹ ə n /
n1
the nucleus of deuterium;

- consists of one proton and one neutron;

- used as a bombarding particle in accelerators;

Deuteronomy / d j u t ə ɹ ɒ n ə m i /
n1
the fifth book of the Old Testament;

- contains a second statement of Mosaic law;

- syn. Book of Deuteronomy;

Deutsche Mark
n1
formerly the basic unit of money in Germany;

- syn. Deutschmark, German mark, mark;

Deutschland
n1
a republic in central Europe;

- split into East Germany and West Germany after World War II and reunited in 1990;

- syn. FRG, Federal Republic of Germany, Germany;

Deutschmark / d ɔɪ tʃ m ɑ k /
n1
formerly the basic unit of money in Germany;

- syn. Deutsche Mark, German mark, mark;

deutzia / d j u t s j ə /
n1
any of various shrubs of the genus Deutzia having usually toothed opposite leaves and shredding bark and white or pink flowers in loose terminal clusters;

devaluate / d i v æ ɫ j ʊ eɪ t /
v1
remove the value from;

- deprive of its value;

- syn. devalue;

v2
lose in value;

- "The dollar depreciated again";

- syn. depreciate, devalue, undervalue;

devaluation / d i v æ ɫ j ʊ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
an official lowering of a nation's currency;

- a decrease in the value of a country's currency relative to that of foreign countries;

n2
the reduction of something's value or worth;

devalue / d i v æ ɫ j u /
v1
remove the value from;

- deprive of its value;

- syn. devaluate;

v2
lower the value or quality of;

- "The tear devalues the painting";

v3
lose in value;

- "The dollar depreciated again";

- syn. depreciate, devaluate, undervalue;

devalued / d i v æ ɫ j u d /
a1
lowered in value;

- "the dollar is low";

- "a debased currency";

- syn. debased, degraded;

- sim. low;

Devanagari
n1
a syllabic script used in writing Sanskrit and Hindi;

- syn. Devanagari script, Nagari, Nagari script;

Devanagari script
n1
a syllabic script used in writing Sanskrit and Hindi;

- syn. Devanagari, Nagari, Nagari script;

devastate / d ɛ v ə s t eɪ t /
v1
cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly;

- "The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion";

- syn. desolate, lay waste to, ravage, scourge, waste;

v2
overwhelm or overpower;

- "He was devastated by his grief when his son died";

devastating / d ɛ v ə s t eɪ t ɪ ŋ /
a1
making light of;

- "afire with annihilating invective";

- "a devastating portrait of human folly";

- "to compliments inflated I've a withering reply"- W.S.Gilbert;

- syn. annihilating, withering;

- sim. disrespectful;

a2
wreaking or capable of wreaking complete destruction;

- "possessing annihilative power";

- "a devastating hurricane";

- "the guns opened a withering fire";

- syn. annihilating, annihilative, withering;

- sim. destructive;

a3
physically or spiritually devastating;

- often used in combination;

- "a crushing blow";

- "a crushing rejection";

- "bone-crushing";

- syn. crushing;

- sim. destructive;

devastation / d ɛ v ə s t eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the state of being decayed or destroyed;

- syn. desolation;

n2
the feeling of being confounded or overwhelmed;

- "her departure left him in utter devastation";

n3
an event that results in total destruction;

- syn. desolation;

n4
plundering with excessive damage and destruction;

- syn. ravaging;

n5
the termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists;

- syn. destruction;

devein
v1
remove the dark dorsal vein of (a shrimp);

develop / d ɪ v ɛ ɫ ə p /
v1
make something new, such as a product or a mental or artistic creation;

- "Her company developed a new kind of building material that withstands all kinds of weather";

- "They developed a new technique";

v2
work out;

- "We have developed a new theory of evolution";

- syn. evolve, germinate;

v3
gain through experience;

- "I acquired a strong aversion to television";

- "Children must develop a sense of right and wrong";

- "Dave developed leadership qualities in his new position";

- "develop a passion for painting";

- syn. acquire, evolve;

v4
come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes);

- "He grew a beard";

- "The patient developed abdominal pains";

- "I got funny spots all over my body";

- "Well-developed breasts";

- syn. acquire, get, grow, produce;

v5
come into existence;

- take on form or shape;

- "A new religious movement originated in that country";

- "a love that sprang up from friendship";

- "the idea for the book grew out of a short story";

- "An interesting phenomenon uprose";

- syn. arise, grow, originate, rise, spring up, uprise;

v6
change the use of and make available or usable;

- "develop land";

- "The country developed its natural resources";

- "The remote areas of the country were gradually built up";

- syn. build up;

v7
elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses;

- "Could you develop the ideas in your thesis";

- syn. explicate, formulate;

v8
create by training and teaching;

- "The old master is training world-class violinists";

- "we develop the leaders for the future";

- syn. educate, prepare, train;

v9
be gradually disclosed or unfolded;

- become manifest;

- "The plot developed slowly";

v10
grow, progress, unfold, or evolve through a process of evolution, natural growth, differentiation, or a conducive environment;

- "A flower developed on the branch";

- "The country developed into a mighty superpower";

- "The embryo develops into a fetus";

- "This situation has developed over a long time";

v11
become technologically advanced;

- "Many countries in Asia are now developing at a very fast pace";

- "Viet Nam is modernizing rapidly";

- syn. modernise, modernize;

v12
cause to grow and differentiate in ways conforming to its natural development;

- "The perfect climate here develops the grain";

- "He developed a new kind of apple";

- syn. make grow;

v13
generate gradually;

- "We must develop more potential customers";

- "develop a market for the new mobile phone";

v14
grow emotionally or mature;

- "The child developed beautifully in her new kindergarten";

- "When he spent a summer at camp, the boy grew noticeably and no longer showed some of his old adolescent behavior";

- syn. grow;

v15
make visible by means of chemical solutions;

- "Please develop this roll of film for me";

v16
superimpose a three-dimensional surface on a plane without stretching, in geometry;

v17
move one's pieces into strategically more advantageous positions;

- "Spassky developed quickly";

v18
move into a strategically more advantageous position;

- "develop the rook";

v19
elaborate by the unfolding of a musical idea and by the working out of the rhythmic and harmonic changes in the theme;

- "develop the melody and change the key";

v20
happen;

- "Report the news as it develops";

- "These political movements recrudesce from time to time";

- syn. break, recrudesce;

v21
expand in the form of a series;

- "Develop the function in the following form";

developed / d ɪ v ɛ ɫ ə p t /
a1
being changed over time so as to be e.g. stronger or more complete or more useful;

- "the developed qualities of the Hellenic outlook";

- "they have very small limbs with only two fully developed toes on each";

- sim. formulated, mature;

a2
(used of societies) having high industrial development;

- "developed countries";

- syn. highly-developed;

- sim. industrial;

a3
(of real estate) made more useful and profitable as by building or laying out roads;

- "condominiums were built on the developed site";

- sim. improved;

developer / d ɪ v ɛ ɫ ə p ə , d ɪ v ɛ ɫ ə p ə ɹ /
n1
someone who develops real estate (especially someone who prepares a site for residential or commercial use);

n2
photographic equipment consisting of a chemical solution for developing film;

developing / d ɪ v ɛ ɫ ə p ɪ ŋ /
n1
processing a photosensitive material in order to make an image visible;

- "the development and printing of his pictures took only two hours";

- syn. development;

a1
relating to societies in which capital needed to industrialize is in short supply;

- syn. underdeveloped;

- sim. nonindustrial;

developing country
n1
a country that is poor and whose citizens are mostly agricultural workers but that wants to become more advanced socially and economically;

development / d ɪ v ɛ ɫ ə p m ə n t /
n1
act of improving by expanding or enlarging or refining;

- "he congratulated them on their development of a plan to meet the emergency";

- "they funded research and development";

n2
a process in which something passes by degrees to a different stage (especially a more advanced or mature stage);

- "the development of his ideas took many years";

- "the evolution of Greek civilization";

- "the slow development of her skill as a writer";

- syn. evolution;

n3
(biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically;

- a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level;

- "he proposed an indicator of osseous development in children";

- syn. growing, growth, maturation, ontogenesis, ontogeny;

n4
a recent event that has some relevance for the present situation;

- "recent developments in Iraq";

- "what a revolting development!";

n5
the act of making some area of land or water more profitable or productive or useful;

- "the development of Alaskan resources";

- "the exploitation of copper deposits";

- syn. exploitation;

n6
a district that has been developed to serve some purpose;

- "such land is practical for small park developments";

n7
a state in which things are improving;

- the result of developing (as in the early part of a game of chess);

- "after he saw the latest development he changed his mind and became a supporter";

- "in chess your should take care of your development before moving your queen";

n8
processing a photosensitive material in order to make an image visible;

- "the development and printing of his pictures took only two hours";

- syn. developing;

n9
(music) the section of a composition or movement (especially in sonata form) where the major musical themes are developed and elaborated;

developmental / d ɪ v ɛ ɫ ə p m ɛ n t ɫ /
a1
of or relating to or constituting development;

- "developmental psychology";

developmental age
n1
a measure of a child's development (in body size or motor skill or psychological function) expressed in terms of age norms;

developmental anatomy
n1
the branch of anatomy that studies structural changes of an individual from fertilization to maturity;

developmental learning
n1
learning that takes place as a normal part of cognitive development;

developmental psychology
n1
the branch of psychology that studies the social and mental development of children;

- syn. child psychology, genetic psychology;

developmentally / d ɪ v ɛ ɫ ə p m ɛ n t ə ɫ i /
r1
with respect to development;

- "developmentally retarded";

developmentally challenged
n1
people collectively who are mentally retarded;

- "he started a school for the retarded";

- syn. mentally retarded, retarded;

deverbal noun
n1
a noun that is derived from a verb;

- syn. verbal noun;

Devi
n1
Hindu mother goddess;

- supreme power in the universe;

- wife or embodiment of the female energy of Siva having both beneficent and malevolent forms or aspects;

deviance
n1
a state or condition markedly different from the norm;

- syn. aberrance, aberrancy, aberration;

n2
deviate behavior;

- syn. deviation;

deviant / d i v ɪə n t /
n1
a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior;

- syn. degenerate, deviate, pervert;

a1
markedly different from an accepted norm;

- "aberrant behavior";

- "deviant ideas";

- syn. aberrant, deviate;

- sim. abnormal;

deviate / d i v ɪ eɪ t /
n1
a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior;

- syn. degenerate, deviant, pervert;

v1
turn aside;

- turn away from;

- syn. divert;

v2
be at variance with;

- be out of line with;

- syn. depart, diverge, vary;

v3
cause to turn away from a previous or expected course;

- "The river was deviated to prevent flooding";

a1
markedly different from an accepted norm;

- "aberrant behavior";

- "deviant ideas";

- syn. aberrant, deviant;

- sim. abnormal;

deviated nasal septum
n1
abnormal shift in location of the nasal septum;

- a common condition causing obstruction of the nasal passages and difficulty in breathing and recurrent nosebleeds;

deviated septum
n1
abnormal displacement of any wall that separates two chambers (usually in the nasal cavity);

deviation / d i v ɪ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
a variation that deviates from the standard or norm;

- "the deviation from the mean";

- syn. departure, difference, divergence;

n2
the difference between an observed value and the expected value of a variable or function;

n3
the error of a compass due to local magnetic disturbances;

n4
deviate behavior;

- syn. deviance;

n5
a turning aside (of your course or attention or concern);

- "a diversion from the main highway";

- "a digression into irrelevant details";

- "a deflection from his goal";

- syn. deflection, deflexion, digression, divagation, diversion;

deviationism / d i v ɪ eɪ ʃ ə n ɪ z ə m /
n1
ideological defection from the party line (especially from orthodox communism);

deviationist / d i v ɪ eɪ ʃ ə n ɪ s t /
n1
an ideological defector from the party line (especially from orthodox communism);

device / d ɪ v aɪ s /
n1
an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose;

- "the device is small enough to wear on your wrist";

- "a device intended to conserve water";

n2
something in an artistic work designed to achieve a particular effect;

n3
any clever maneuver;

- "he would stoop to any device to win a point";

- "it was a great sales gimmick";

- "a cheap promotions gimmick for greedy businessmen";

- syn. gimmick, twist;

n4
any ornamental pattern or design (as in embroidery);

n5
an emblematic design (especially in heraldry);

- "he was recognized by the device on his shield";

device characteristic
n1
any measurable property of a device measured under closely specified conditions;

- syn. characteristic;

device driver
n1
(computer science) a program that determines how a computer will communicate with a peripheral device;

- syn. driver;

devices / d ɪ v aɪ s ɪ z /
n1
an inclination or desire;

- used in the plural in the phrase `left to your own devices';

- "eventually the family left the house to the devices of this malevolent force";

- "the children were left to their own devices";

Devil / d ɛ v ɫ /
n1
(Judeo-Christian and Islamic religions) chief spirit of evil and adversary of God;

- tempter of mankind;

- master of Hell;

- syn. Beelzebub, Lucifer, Old Nick, Prince of Darkness, Satan, the Tempter;

n2
an evil supernatural being;

- syn. daemon, daimon, demon, fiend;

n3
a word used in exclamations of confusion;

- "what the devil";

- "the deuce with it";

- "the dickens you say";

- syn. deuce, dickens;

n4
a rowdy or mischievous person (usually a young man);

- "he chased the young hellions out of his yard";

- syn. heller, hellion;

n5
a cruel wicked and inhuman person;

- syn. demon, fiend, monster, ogre;

v1
cause annoyance in;

- disturb, especially by minor irritations;

- "Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me";

- "It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves";

- syn. annoy, bother, chafe, get at, get to, gravel, irritate, nark, nettle, rag, rile, vex;

v2
coat or stuff with a spicy paste;

- "devilled eggs";

devil's advocate
n1
someone who takes the worse side just for the sake of argument;

devil's apples
n1
a plant of southern Europe and North Africa having purple flowers, yellow fruits and a forked root formerly thought to have magical powers;

- syn. Mandragora officinarum, mandrake;

devil's cigar
n1
a common name for a variety of Sarcosomataceae;

devil's claw
n1
annual of southern United States to Mexico having large whitish or yellowish flowers mottled with purple and a long curving beak;

- syn. Proboscidea louisianica, common devil's claw, common unicorn plant, elephant-tusk, proboscis flower, ram's horn;

devil's darning needle
n1
common climber of eastern North America that sprawls over other plants and bears numerous panicles of small creamy white flowers;

- syn. Clematis virginiana, old man's beard, virgin's bower;

n2
slender-bodied non-stinging insect having iridescent wings that are outspread at rest;

- adults and nymphs feed on mosquitoes etc.;

- syn. darning needle, dragonfly, mosquito hawk, sewing needle, skeeter hawk, snake doctor, snake feeder;

devil's fig
n1
any plant of the genus Argemone having large white or yellow flowers and prickly leaves and stems and pods;

- chiefly of tropical America;

- syn. argemone, prickly poppy, white thistle;

devil's flax
n1
common European perennial having showy yellow and orange flowers;

- a naturalized weed in North America;

- syn. Linaria vulgaris, butter-and-eggs, toadflax, wild snapdragon;

devil's food
n1
very dark chocolate cake;

- syn. devil's food cake;

devil's food cake
n1
very dark chocolate cake;

- syn. devil's food;

devil's milk
n1
an Old World spurge introduced as a weed in the eastern United States;

- syn. Euphorbia peplus, petty spurge;

n2
not unattractive European weed whose flowers turn toward the sun;

- syn. Euphorbia helioscopia, sun spurge, wartweed, wartwort;

devil's tongue
n1
foul-smelling somewhat fleshy tropical plant of southeastern Asia cultivated for its edible corms or in the greenhouse for its large leaves and showy dark red spathe surrounding a large spadix;

- syn. Amorphophallus rivieri, snake palm, umbrella arum;

devil's turnip
n1
white-flowered vine having thick roots and bearing small black berries;

- Europe to Iran;

- syn. Bryonia alba, white bryony;

devil's urn
n1
a common name for a variety of Sarcosomataceae;

devil's walking stick
n1
small deciduous clump-forming tree or shrub of eastern United States;

- syn. American angelica tree, Aralia spinosa, Hercules'-club;

devil's weed
n1
tropical annual procumbent poisonous subshrub having fruit that splits into five spiny nutlets;

- serious pasture weed;

- syn. Tribulus terestris, caltrop;

devil-may-care / d ɛ v ɫ m eɪ k eə , d ɛ v ɫ m eɪ k eə ɹ /
a1
cheerfully irresponsible;

- "carefree with his money";

- "freewheeling urban youths";

- "had a harum-scarum youth";

- syn. carefree, freewheeling, happy-go-lucky, harum-scarum, slaphappy;

- sim. irresponsible;

a2
marked by a carefree unconventionality or disreputableness;

- "a cocktail party given by some...raffish bachelors"- Crary Moore;

- syn. raffish, rakish;

- sim. unconventional;

devil-worship
n1
the acts or rites of worshiping devils;

- syn. demonolatry, diabolatry;

devil dog
n1
a member of the United States Marine Corps;

- syn. Marine, leatherneck, shipboard soldier;

devil grass
n1
trailing grass native to Europe now cosmopolitan in warm regions;

- used for lawns and pastures especially in southern United States and India;

- syn. Bahama grass, Bermuda grass, Cynodon dactylon, doob, kweek, scutch grass, star grass;

devil lily
n1
east Asian perennial having large reddish-orange black-spotted flowers with reflexed petals;

- syn. Lilium lancifolium, kentan, tiger lily;

devil nettle
n1
a stinging herb of tropical America;

- syn. Cnidoscolus urens, Jatropha stimulosus, Jatropha urens, pica-pica, spurge nettle, tread-softly;

devil ray
n1
small manta (to 4 feet) that travels in schools;

- syn. Mobula hypostoma;

devil tree
n1
evergreen tree of eastern Asia and Philippines having large leathery leaves and small green-white flowers in compact cymes;

- bark formerly used medicinally;

- syn. Alstonia scholaris, dita, dita bark;

devil worshiper
n1
someone who worships devils;

deviled egg
n1
halved hard-cooked egg with the yolk mashed with mayonnaise and seasonings and returned to the white;

- syn. stuffed egg;

devilfish
n1
medium-sized greyish-black whale of the northern Pacific;

- syn. Eschrichtius gibbosus, Eschrichtius robustus, gray whale, grey whale;

n2
bottom-living cephalopod having a soft oval body with eight long tentacles;

- syn. octopus;

n3
extremely large pelagic tropical ray that feeds on plankton and small fishes;

- usually harmless but its size make it dangerous if harpooned;

- syn. manta, manta ray;

devilise
v1
turn into a devil or make devilish;

- "Man devilized by war";

- syn. devilize, diabolise, diabolize;

devilish / d ɛ v ə ɫ ɪ ʃ /
a1
showing the cunning or ingenuity or wickedness typical of a devil;

- "devilish schemes";

- "the cold calculation and diabolic art of some statesmen";

- "the diabolical expression on his face";

- "a mephistophelian glint in his eye";

- syn. diabolic, diabolical, mephistophelean, mephistophelian;

- sim. evil;

a2
playful in an appealingly bold way;

- "a roguish grin";

- syn. rascally, roguish;

- sim. playful;

r1
in a playfully devilish manner;

- "the socialists are further handicapped if they believe that capitalists are not only wicked but also devilishly clever";

- syn. devilishly;

devilishly / d ɛ v ə ɫ ɪ ʃ ɫ i /
r1
as a devil;

- in an evil manner;

- "his writing could be diabolically satiric";

- syn. diabolically, fiendishly;

r2
in a playfully devilish manner;

- "the socialists are further handicapped if they believe that capitalists are not only wicked but also devilishly clever";

- syn. devilish;

r3
(used as intensives) extremely;

- "she was madly in love";

- "deadly dull";

- "deadly earnest";

- "deucedly clever";

- "insanely jealous";

- syn. deadly, deucedly, insanely, madly;

devilize
v1
turn into a devil or make devilish;

- "Man devilized by war";

- syn. devilise, diabolise, diabolize;

devilment / d ɛ v ɫ m ə n t /
n1
reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in others;

- syn. devilry, deviltry, mischief, mischief-making, mischievousness, rascality, roguery, roguishness, shenanigan;

devilry / d ɛ v ɫ ɹ i /
n1
wicked and cruel behavior;

- syn. deviltry;

n2
reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in others;

- syn. devilment, deviltry, mischief, mischief-making, mischievousness, rascality, roguery, roguishness, shenanigan;

deviltry / d ɛ v ɫ t ɹ aɪ /
n1
wicked and cruel behavior;

- syn. devilry;

n2
reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in others;

- syn. devilment, devilry, mischief, mischief-making, mischievousness, rascality, roguery, roguishness, shenanigan;

devilwood / d ɛ v ɫ w ʊ d /
n1
small tree of southern United States having panicles of dull white flowers followed by dark purple fruits;

- syn. American olive, Osmanthus americanus;

devious / d i v ɪə s /
a1
indirect in departing from the accepted or proper way;

- misleading;

- "used devious means to achieve success";

- "gave oblique answers to direct questions";

- "oblique political maneuvers";

- syn. oblique;

- sim. indirect;

a2
characterized by insincerity or deceit;

- evasive;

- "a devious character";

- "shifty eyes";

- syn. shifty;

- sim. untrustworthy;

a3
deviating from a straight course;

- "a scenic but devious route";

- "a long and circuitous journey by train and boat";

- "a roundabout route avoided rush-hour traffic";

- syn. circuitous, roundabout;

- sim. indirect;

deviously / d i v ɪə s ɫ i /
r1
in a devious manner;

- "he got the promotion by behaving deviously";

deviousness / d i v ɪə s n ə s /
n1
the quality of being oblique and rambling indirectly;

- syn. obliqueness;

n2
the quality of being deceitful and underhanded;

- syn. crookedness;

devisal
n1
the act of devising something;

- syn. contrivance;

devise / d ɪ v aɪ z /
n1
a will disposing of real property;

n2
(law) a gift of real property by will;

v1
come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort;

- "excogitate a way to measure the speed of light";

- syn. contrive, excogitate, forge, formulate, invent;

v2
arrange by systematic planning and united effort;

- "machinate a plot";

- "organize a strike";

- "devise a plan to take over the director's office";

- syn. get up, machinate, organise, organize, prepare;

v3
give by will, especially real property;

devisee / d ɛ v ɪ z i /
n1
someone to whom property (especially realty) is devised by will;

deviser / d ɪ v aɪ z ə /
n1
a person who makes plans;

- syn. contriver, planner;

devising / d ɪ v aɪ z ɪ ŋ /
n1
the act that results in something coming to be;

- "the devising of plans";

- "the fashioning of pots and pans";

- "the making of measurements";

- "it was already in the making";

- syn. fashioning, making;

devisor / d ɛ v ɪ z ɔ /
n1
someone who devises real property in a will;

devitalisation / d i v aɪ t ə ɫ aɪ z eɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
the act of reducing the vitality of something;

- syn. devitalization;

devitalise
v1
sap of life or energy;

- "The recession devitalized the economy";

- syn. devitalize;

devitalization / d i v aɪ t ə ɫ aɪ z eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the act of reducing the vitality of something;

- syn. devitalisation;

devitalize / d i v aɪ t ə ɫ aɪ z /
v1
sap of life or energy;

- "The recession devitalized the economy";

- syn. devitalise;

devitrify
v1
become crystalline;

v2
make (glassy materials) brittle or opaque;

devoice / d i v ɔɪ s /
v1
utter with tense vocal chords;

devoid / d ɪ v ɔɪ d /
a1
completely wanting or lacking;

- "writing barren of insight";

- "young recruits destitute of experience";

- "innocent of literary merit";

- "the sentence was devoid of meaning";

- syn. barren, destitute, free, innocent;

- sim. nonexistent;

devoir
n1
formal expression of respect;

devolution / d i v ə ɫ u ʃ n /
n1
the process of declining from a higher to a lower level of effective power or vitality or essential quality;

- syn. degeneration;

n2
the delegation of authority (especially from a central to a regional government);

- syn. devolvement;

devolve / d ɪ v ɒ ɫ v /
v1
pass on or delegate to another;

- "The representative devolved his duties to his aides while he was in the hospital";

v2
be inherited by;

- "The estate fell to my sister";

- "The land returned to the family";

- "The estate devolved to an heir that everybody had assumed to be dead";

- syn. fall, pass, return;

v3
grow worse;

- "Her condition deteriorated";

- "Conditions in the slums degenerated";

- "The discussion devolved into a shouting match";

- syn. degenerate, deteriorate, drop;

devolve on
v1
be contingent on;

- "The outcomes rides on the results of the election";

- "Your grade will depends on your homework";

- syn. depend on, depend upon, hinge on, hinge upon, ride, turn on;

devolvement / d ɪ v ɒ ɫ v m ə n t /
n1
the delegation of authority (especially from a central to a regional government);

- syn. devolution;

Devon / d ɛ v n /
n1
a county in southwestern England;

- syn. Devonshire;

n2
red dual-purpose cattle of English origin;

Devonian / d ɛ v oʊ n j ə n /
n1
from 405 million to 345 million years ago;

- preponderance of fishes and appearance of amphibians and ammonites;

- syn. Age of Fishes, Devonian period;

Devonian period
n1
from 405 million to 345 million years ago;

- preponderance of fishes and appearance of amphibians and ammonites;

- syn. Age of Fishes, Devonian;

Devonshire / d ɛ v n ʃ aɪ ə /
n1
a county in southwestern England;

- syn. Devon;

Devonshire cream
n1
thick cream made from scalded milk;

- syn. clotted cream;

devote / d ɪ v oʊ t /
v1
give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause;

- "She committed herself to the work of God";

- "give one's talents to a good cause";

- "consecrate your life to the church";

- syn. commit, consecrate, dedicate, give;

v2
dedicate;

- "give thought to";

- "give priority to";

- "pay attention to";

- syn. give, pay;

v3
set aside or apart for a specific purpose or use;

- "this land was devoted to mining";

devoted / d ɪ v oʊ t ɪ d /
a1
zealous in devotion or affection;

- "a devoted husband and father";

- "devoted friends";

- sim. dedicated;

a2
(followed by `to') dedicated exclusively to a purpose or use;

- "large sums devoted to the care of the poor";

- "a life devoted to poetry";

- sim. dedicated;

devotedly / d ɪ v oʊ t ɪ d ɫ i /
r1
with devotion;

- "He served his master devotedly";

devotedness / d ɪ v oʊ t ɪ d n ə s /
n1
feelings of ardent love;

- "their devotion to each other was beautiful";

- syn. devotion;

devotee / d ɛ v ə t i /
n1
an ardent follower and admirer;

- syn. buff, fan, lover;

devotion / d ɪ v oʊ ʃ n /
n1
feelings of ardent love;

- "their devotion to each other was beautiful";

- syn. devotedness;

n2
commitment to some purpose;

- "the devotion of his time and wealth to science";

n3
religious zeal;

- the willingness to serve God;

- syn. cultism, veneration;

n4
(usually plural) religious observance or prayers (usually spoken silently);

- "he returned to his devotions";

devotional / d ɪ v oʊ ʃ n ə ɫ /
n1
a short religious service;

a1
relating to worship;

- "a devotional exercise";

- sim. pious;

devour / d ɪ v aʊ ə , d ɪ v aʊ ə ɹ /
v1
destroy completely;

- "Fire had devoured our home";

v2
enjoy avidly;

- "She devoured his novels";

v3
eat up completely, as with great appetite;

- "Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal";

- "The teenagers demolished four pizzas among them";

- syn. consume, demolish, down, go through;

v4
eat greedily;

- "he devoured three sandwiches";

- syn. guttle, pig, raven;

devourer / d ɪ v aʊ ə ɹ ə /
n1
someone who eats greedily or voraciously;

devouring / d ɪ v aʊ ə ɹ ɪ ŋ /
a1
(often followed by `for') ardently or excessively desirous;

- "avid for adventure";

- "an avid ambition to succeed";

- "fierce devouring affection";

- "the esurient eyes of an avid curiosity";

- "greedy for fame";

- syn. avid, esurient, greedy;

- sim. desirous;

devout / d ɪ v aʊ t /
a1
deeply religious;

- "a god-fearing and law-abiding people" H.L.Mencken;

- syn. god-fearing;

- sim. religious;

a2
sincerely earnest;

- "one's dearest wish";

- "devout wishes for their success";

- "heartfelt condolences";

- syn. dear, earnest, heartfelt;

- sim. sincere;

devoutly / d ɪ v aʊ t ɫ i /
r1
in a devout and pious manner;

- "she was devoutly Catholic";

- syn. piously;

devoutness / d ɪ v aʊ t n ə s /
n1
piety by virtue of being devout;

- syn. religiousness;

deVries
n1
Dutch botanist who rediscovered Mendel's laws and developed the mutation theory of evolution (1848-1935);

- syn. De Vries, Hugo De Vries, Hugo deVries;

dew / d j u /
n1
water that has condensed on a cool surface overnight from water vapor in the air;

- "in the morning the grass was wet with dew";

dew point
n1
the temperature at which the water vapor in the air becomes saturated and condensation begins;

dew worm
n1
terrestrial worm that burrows into and helps aerate soil;

- often surfaces when the ground is cool or wet;

- used as bait by anglers;

- syn. angleworm, crawler, earthworm, fishing worm, fishworm, nightcrawler, nightwalker, red worm, wiggler;

Dewar
n1
vacuum flask that holds liquid air or helium for scientific experiments;

- syn. Dewar flask;

n2
Scottish chemist and physicist noted for his work in cryogenics and his invention of the Dewar flask (1842-1923);

- syn. Sir James Dewar;

Dewar flask
n1
vacuum flask that holds liquid air or helium for scientific experiments;

- syn. Dewar;

dewberry / d j u b ɛr i /
n1
any of several trailing blackberry brambles especially of North America;

- syn. dewberry bush, running blackberry;

n2
blackberry-like fruits of any of several trailing blackberry bushes;

dewberry bush
n1
any of several trailing blackberry brambles especially of North America;

- syn. dewberry, running blackberry;

dewdrop / d j u d ɹ ɒ p /
n1
a drop of dew;

Dewey
n1
United States librarian who founded the decimal system of classification (1851-1931);

- syn. Melvil Dewey, Melville Louis Kossuth Dewey;

n2
a United States naval officer remembered for his victory at Manila Bay in the Spanish-American War;

- syn. Admiral Dewey, George Dewey;

n3
United States pragmatic philosopher who advocated progressive education (1859-1952);

- syn. John Dewey;

Dewey decimal classification
n1
a system used by libraries to classify nonfictional publications into subject categories;

- the subject is indicated by a three-digit numeral and further specification is given by numerals following a decimal point;

- publications are shelved by number;

- syn. Dewey decimal system, decimal system of classification;

Dewey decimal system
n1
a system used by libraries to classify nonfictional publications into subject categories;

- the subject is indicated by a three-digit numeral and further specification is given by numerals following a decimal point;

- publications are shelved by number;

- syn. Dewey decimal classification, decimal system of classification;

Deweyan
a1
of or relating to John Dewey or his philosophy;

DeWitt Clinton
n1
United States politician who as governor of New York supported the project to build the Erie Canal (1769-1828);

- syn. Clinton;

dewlap / d j u ɫ æ p /
n1
a hanging fold of loose skin on an elderly person's neck;

dewy / d j u i /
a1
wet with dew;

- syn. bedewed;

- sim. wet;

dewy-eyed
a1
exhibiting childlike simplicity and credulity;

- "childlike trust";

- "dewy-eyed innocence";

- "listened in round-eyed wonder";

- syn. childlike, round-eyed, simple, wide-eyed;

- sim. naive;

dexamethasone
n1
a corticosteroid drug (trade names Decadron or Dexamethasone Intensol or Dexone or Hexadrol or Oradexon) used to treat allergies or inflammation;

- syn. Decadron, Dexamethasone Intensol, Dexone, Hexadrol, Oradexon;

Dexamethasone Intensol
n1
a corticosteroid drug (trade names Decadron or Dexamethasone Intensol or Dexone or Hexadrol or Oradexon) used to treat allergies or inflammation;

- syn. Decadron, Dexone, Hexadrol, Oradexon, dexamethasone;

Dexedrine
n1
an isomer of amphetamine (trade name Dexedrine) used as a central nervous system stimulant;

- syn. dextroamphetamine sulphate;

Dexone
n1
a corticosteroid drug (trade names Decadron or Dexamethasone Intensol or Dexone or Hexadrol or Oradexon) used to treat allergies or inflammation;

- syn. Decadron, Dexamethasone Intensol, Hexadrol, Oradexon, dexamethasone;

dexter / d ɛ k s t ə /
a1
on or starting from the wearer's right;

- sim. dextral;

dexterity / d ɛ k s t ɛr ɪ t i /
n1
adroitness in using the hands;

- syn. manual dexterity, sleight;

dexterous / d ɛ k s t ɹ ə s /
a1
skillful in physical movements;

- especially of the hands;

- "a deft waiter";

- "deft fingers massaged her face";

- "dexterous of hand and inventive of mind";

- syn. deft, dextrous;

- sim. adroit;

dexterously / d ɛ k s t ɹ ə s ɫ i /
r1
with dexterity;

- in a dexterous manner;

- "dextrously he untied the knots";

- syn. deftly, dextrously;

dextral / d ɛ k s t ɹ ə ɫ /
a1
of or on the right;

- "a dextral gastropod shell with the apex upward has its opening on the right when facing the observer";

- "a dextral flatfish lies with the right eye uppermost";

- also clockwise, right-handed;

- sim. dexter, dextrorse;

a2
preferring to use right foot or hand or eye;

- "dextral individuals exhibit dominance of the right hand and eye";

- sim. right-handed;

dextrality
n1
preference for using the right hand;

- syn. right-handedness;

dextrin
n1
any of various polysaccharides obtained by hydrolysis of starch;

- a tasteless and odorless gummy substance that is used as a thickening agent and in adhesives and in dietary supplements;

dextroamphetamine sulphate
n1
an isomer of amphetamine (trade name Dexedrine) used as a central nervous system stimulant;

- syn. Dexedrine;

dextrocardia
n1
abnormal condition where the heart is located toward the right side of the chest;

dextroglucose
n1
an isomer of glucose that is found in honey and sweet fruits;

- syn. dextrose, grape sugar;

dextrorotary / d ɛ k s t ɹ oʊ ɹ oʊ t ə ɹ i /
a1
rotating to the right;

- syn. dextrorotatory, right-handed;

- sim. clockwise;

dextrorotation
n1
rotation to the right;

- syn. clockwise rotation;

dextrorotatory
a1
rotating to the right;

- syn. dextrorotary, right-handed;

- sim. clockwise;

dextrorsal
a1
spiraling upward from left to right;

- "dextrorse vines";

- syn. dextrorse;

- sim. dextral;

dextrorse
a1
spiraling upward from left to right;

- "dextrorse vines";

- syn. dextrorsal;

- sim. dextral;

dextrose / d ɛ k s t ɹ oʊ z /
n1
an isomer of glucose that is found in honey and sweet fruits;

- syn. dextroglucose, grape sugar;

dextrous / d ɛ k s t ɹ ə s /
a1
skillful in physical movements;

- especially of the hands;

- "a deft waiter";

- "deft fingers massaged her face";

- "dexterous of hand and inventive of mind";

- syn. deft, dexterous;

- sim. adroit;

dextrously / d ɛ k s t ɹ ə s ɫ i /
r1
with dexterity;

- in a dexterous manner;

- "dextrously he untied the knots";

- syn. deftly, dexterously;

DFLP
n1
a Marxist-Leninist group that believes Palestinian goals can only be achieved by revolutionary change;

- "in 1974 the DFLP took over a schoolhouse and massacred Israeli schoolchildren";

- syn. Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine, PDFLP, Popular Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine;

dg / d i dʒ i /
n1
1/10 gram;

- syn. decigram;

Dhahran
n1
an oil town in eastern Saudi Arabia on an inlet from the Persian Gulf;

- in June 1996 terrorists bombed an apartment complex in Dhahran killing 19 United States soldiers and wounding more than 300 people;

dhak
n1
East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye;

- syn. Butea frondosa, Butea monosperma, dak, palas;

Dhaka
n1
the capital and largest city of Bangladesh;

- syn. Dacca, capital of Bangladesh;

dhal
n1
tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods;

- much cultivated in the tropics;

- syn. Cajanus cajan, cajan pea, catjang pea, dahl, pigeon-pea plant, pigeon pea, red gram;

Dharma
n1
basic principles of the cosmos;

- also: an ancient sage in Hindu mythology worshipped as a god by some lower castes;

Dhaulagiri
n1
a mountain in the Himalayas in Nepal (26,820 feet high);

dhava
n1
an Indian tree of the family Combretaceae that is a source of timber and gum;

- syn. dhawa;

dhawa
n1
an Indian tree of the family Combretaceae that is a source of timber and gum;

- syn. dhava;

Dhegiha
n1
any member of a Siouan people speaking one of the Dhegiha languages;

n2
a branch of the Siouan languages;

dhobi itch
n1
fungal infection attacking moist parts of the body;

Dhodhekanisos
n1
a group of islands in the southeast Aegean Sea;

- syn. Dodecanese;

dhole
n1
fierce wild dog of the forests of central and southeast Asia that hunts in packs;

- syn. Cuon alpinus;

dhoti / d oʊ t i /
n1
a long loincloth worn by Hindu men;

dhow / d aʊ /
n1
a lateen-rigged sailing vessel used by Arabs;

Dhu'l-Hijja
n1
the twelfth month of the Islamic calendar and the season of the hajj;

- has one extra day in leap years;

- syn. Dhu'l-Hijjah, Dhu al-Hijja, Dhu al-Hijjah;

Dhu'l-Hijjah
n1
the twelfth month of the Islamic calendar and the season of the hajj;

- has one extra day in leap years;

- syn. Dhu'l-Hijja, Dhu al-Hijja, Dhu al-Hijjah;

Dhu'l-Qa'dah
n1
the eleventh month of the Islamic calendar;

- syn. Dhu al-Qadah;

Dhu al-Hijja
n1
the twelfth month of the Islamic calendar and the season of the hajj;

- has one extra day in leap years;

- syn. Dhu'l-Hijja, Dhu'l-Hijjah, Dhu al-Hijjah;

Dhu al-Hijjah
n1
the twelfth month of the Islamic calendar and the season of the hajj;

- has one extra day in leap years;

- syn. Dhu'l-Hijja, Dhu'l-Hijjah, Dhu al-Hijja;

Dhu al-Qadah
n1
the eleventh month of the Islamic calendar;

- syn. Dhu'l-Qa'dah;

di-iodotyrosine
n1
tyrosine with two iodine atoms added;

DIA
n1
an intelligence agency of the United States in the Department of Defense;

- is responsible for providing intelligence in support of military planning and operations and weapons acquisition;

- syn. Defense Intelligence Agency;

diabatic
a1
involving a transfer of heat;

- "a diabatic process";

DiaBeta
n1
an oral antidiabetic drug (trade names DiaBeta and Micronase) that stimulates the release of insulin from the pancreas;

- syn. Micronase, glyburide;

diabetes / d aɪ ə b i t ɪ z /
n1
a polygenic disease characterized by abnormally high glucose levels in the blood;

- any of several metabolic disorders marked by excessive urination and persistent thirst;

diabetes insipidus
n1
a rare form of diabetes resulting from a deficiency of vasopressin (the pituitary hormone that regulates the kidneys);

- characterized by the chronic excretion of large amounts of pale dilute urine which results in dehydration and extreme thirst;

diabetes mellitus
n1
diabetes caused by a relative or absolute deficiency of insulin and characterized by polyuria;

- "when doctors say `diabetes' they usually mean `diabetes mellitus'";

- syn. DM;

diabetic / d aɪ ə b ɛ t ɪ k /
n1
someone who has diabetes;

a1
of or relating to or causing diabetes;

a2
suffering from diabetes;

- sim. ill;

diabetic acidosis
n1
acidosis with an accumulation of ketone bodies;

- occurs primarily in diabetes mellitus;

- syn. ketoacidosis;

diabetic coma
n1
coma that can develop in inadequately treated cases of diabetes mellitus;

- syn. Kussmaul's coma;

diabetic diet
n1
a diet designed to help control the symptoms of diabetes;

diabetic retinopathy
n1
retinopathy involving damage to the small blood vessels in the retina;

- results from chronically high blood glucose levels in people with poorly controlled diabetes;

diabolatry
n1
the acts or rites of worshiping devils;

- syn. demonolatry, devil-worship;

diabolic / d aɪ ə b ɒ ɫ ɪ k /
a1
showing the cunning or ingenuity or wickedness typical of a devil;

- "devilish schemes";

- "the cold calculation and diabolic art of some statesmen";

- "the diabolical expression on his face";

- "a mephistophelian glint in his eye";

- syn. devilish, diabolical, mephistophelean, mephistophelian;

- sim. evil;

a2
extremely evil or cruel;

- expressive of cruelty or befitting hell;

- "something demonic in him--something that could be cruel";

- "fires lit up a diabolic scene";

- "diabolical sorcerers under the influence of devils";

- "a fiendish despot";

- "hellish torture";

- "infernal instruments of war";

- "satanic cruelty";

- "unholy grimaces";

- syn. demonic, diabolical, fiendish, hellish, infernal, satanic, unholy;

- sim. evil;

diabolical / d aɪ ə b ɒ ɫ ɪ k ɫ /
a1
showing the cunning or ingenuity or wickedness typical of a devil;

- "devilish schemes";

- "the cold calculation and diabolic art of some statesmen";

- "the diabolical expression on his face";

- "a mephistophelian glint in his eye";

- syn. devilish, diabolic, mephistophelean, mephistophelian;

- sim. evil;

a2
extremely evil or cruel;

- expressive of cruelty or befitting hell;

- "something demonic in him--something that could be cruel";

- "fires lit up a diabolic scene";

- "diabolical sorcerers under the influence of devils";

- "a fiendish despot";

- "hellish torture";

- "infernal instruments of war";

- "satanic cruelty";

- "unholy grimaces";

- syn. demonic, diabolic, fiendish, hellish, infernal, satanic, unholy;

- sim. evil;

diabolically / d aɪ ə b ɒ ɫ ɪ k ɫ i /
r1
as a devil;

- in an evil manner;

- "his writing could be diabolically satiric";

- syn. devilishly, fiendishly;

diabolise
v1
turn into a devil or make devilish;

- "Man devilized by war";

- syn. devilise, devilize, diabolize;

diabolism / d aɪ æ b ə ɫ ɪ z ə m /
n1
a belief in and reverence for devils (especially Satan);

- syn. Satanism, demonism;

diabolist / d aɪ æ b ə ɫ ɪ s t /
n1
an adherent of Satan or Satanism;

- syn. Satanist;

diabolize / d aɪ æ b ə ɫ aɪ z /
v1
turn into a devil or make devilish;

- "Man devilized by war";

- syn. devilise, devilize, diabolise;

Diacalpa
n1
one species: delicate fern of foothills of Himalayas;

- syn. genus Diacalpa;

diacetylmorphine
n1
a narcotic that is considered a hard drug;

- a highly addictive morphine derivative;

- intravenous injection provides the fastest and most intense rush;

- syn. heroin;

diachronic / d aɪ ə k ɹ ɒ n ɪ k /
a1
used of the study of a phenomenon (especially language) as it changes through time;

- "diachronic linguistics";

- syn. historical;

diachronic linguistics
n1
the study of linguistic change;

- "the synchrony and diachrony of language";

- syn. diachrony, historical linguistics;

diachrony
n1
the study of linguistic change;

- "the synchrony and diachrony of language";

- syn. diachronic linguistics, historical linguistics;

diacritic / d aɪ ə k ɹ ɪ t ɪ k /
n1
a mark added to a letter to indicate a special pronunciation;

- syn. diacritical mark;

a1
capable of distinguishing;

- "students having superior diacritic powers";

- "the diacritic elements in culture"- S.F.Nadel;

- syn. diacritical;

- sim. discriminating;

diacritical / d aɪ ə k ɹ ɪ t ɪ k ə ɫ /
a1
capable of distinguishing;

- "students having superior diacritic powers";

- "the diacritic elements in culture"- S.F.Nadel;

- syn. diacritic;

- sim. discriminating;

diacritical mark
n1
a mark added to a letter to indicate a special pronunciation;

- syn. diacritic;

diadem / d aɪ ə d ɛ m /
n1
an ornamental jeweled headdress signifying sovereignty;

- syn. crown;

Diadophis
n1
a genus of reptiles of the family Colubridae including ringneck snakes;

- syn. genus Diadophis;

diadromous
a1
(used of fish) migratory between fresh and salt waters;

diaeresis / d aɪ ɛr ə s ɪ s , d aɪ ɪə ɹ ɪ s ɪ s /
n1
a diacritical mark (two dots) placed over a vowel to indicate that it does not form a diphthong with an adjacent vowel;

- syn. dieresis;

Diaghilev
n1
Russian ballet impresario who founded the Russian ballet and later introduced it to the West (1872-1929);

- syn. Sergei Diaghilev, Sergei Pavlovich Diaghilev;

diaglyph
n1
glyptic art consisting of a sunken or depressed engraving or carving on a stone or gem (as opposed to cameo);

- syn. intaglio;

diagnosable
a1
capable of being diagnosed;

- sim. identifiable;

diagnose / d aɪ ə ɡ n oʊ z /
v1
determine or distinguish the nature of a problem or an illness through a diagnostic analysis;

- syn. name;

v2
subject to a medical analysis;

diagnosing / d aɪ ə ɡ n oʊ z ɪ ŋ /
n1
identifying the nature or cause of some phenomenon;

- syn. diagnosis;

diagnosis / d aɪ ə ɡ n oʊ s ɪ s /
n1
identifying the nature or cause of some phenomenon;

- syn. diagnosing;

diagnostic / d aɪ ə ɡ n ɒ s t ɪ k /
a1
concerned with diagnosis;

- used for furthering diagnosis;

- "a diagnostic reading test";

a2
characteristic or indicative of a disease;

- "a diagnostic sign of yellow fever";

- "a rash symptomatic of scarlet fever";

- "symptomatic of insanity";

- "a rise in crime symptomatic of social breakdown";

- syn. symptomatic;

- sim. characteristic;

diagnostic assay
n1
an assay conducted for diagnostic purposes;

- syn. diagnostic test;

diagnostic procedure
n1
a procedure followed in making a medical diagnosis;

- syn. diagnostic technique;

diagnostic program
n1
a program that recognizes and explains faults in the equipment or mistakes in a computer program;

diagnostic technique
n1
a procedure followed in making a medical diagnosis;

- syn. diagnostic procedure;

diagnostic test
n1
an assay conducted for diagnostic purposes;

- syn. diagnostic assay;

diagnostician / d aɪ ə ɡ n ɒ s t ɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
a doctor who specializes in medical diagnosis;

- syn. pathologist;

diagnostics / d aɪ ə ɡ n ɒ s t ɪ k s /
n1
the branch of medical science dealing with the classification of disease;

- syn. nosology;

diagonal / d aɪ æ ɡ ə n ɫ /
n1
(geometry) a straight line connecting any two vertices of a polygon that are not adjacent;

n2
a line or cut across a fabric that is not at right angles to a side of the fabric;

- syn. bias;

n3
an oblique line of squares of the same color on a checkerboard;

- "the bishop moves on the diagonals";

n4
(mathematics) a set of entries in a square matrix running diagonally either from the upper left to lower right entry or running from the upper right to lower left entry;

n5
a punctuation mark (/) used to separate related items of information;

- syn. separatrix, slash, solidus, stroke, virgule;

a1
connecting two nonadjacent corners of a plane figure or any two corners of a solid that are not in the same face;

- "a diagonal line across the page";

- sim. oblique;

a2
having an oblique or slanted direction;

- syn. aslant, aslope, slanted, slanting, sloped, sloping;

- sim. inclined;

diagonal matrix
n1
a square matrix with all elements not on the main diagonal equal to zero;

diagonalisation / d aɪ æ ɡ ə n ə ɫ aɪ z eɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
changing a square matrix to diagonal form (with all non-zero elements on the principal diagonal);

- "the diagonalization of a normal matrix by a unitary transformation";

- syn. diagonalization;

diagonalise
v1
transform a matrix to a diagonal matrix;

- syn. diagonalize;

diagonalizable / d aɪ æ ɡ ə n ə ɫ aɪ z ə b ɫ /
a1
capable of being transformed into a diagonal matrix;

diagonalization / d aɪ æ ɡ ə n ə ɫ aɪ z eɪ ʃ n /
n1
changing a square matrix to diagonal form (with all non-zero elements on the principal diagonal);

- "the diagonalization of a normal matrix by a unitary transformation";

- syn. diagonalisation;

diagonalize / d aɪ æ ɡ ə n ə ɫ aɪ z /
v1
transform a matrix to a diagonal matrix;

- syn. diagonalise;

diagonally / d aɪ æ ɡ ə n ə ɫ i /
r1
in a diagonal manner;

- "she lives diagonally across the street from us";

diagram / d aɪ ə ɡ ɹ æ m /
n1
a drawing intended to explain how something works;

- a drawing showing the relation between the parts;

v1
make a schematic or technical drawing of that shows interactions among variables or how something is constructed;

- syn. plot;

diagrammatic / d aɪ ə ɡ ɹ ə m æ t ɪ k /
a1
shown or represented by diagrams;

- syn. diagrammatical;

- sim. delineated;

diagrammatical / d aɪ ə ɡ ɹ ə m æ t ɪ k ɫ /
a1
shown or represented by diagrams;

- syn. diagrammatic;

- sim. delineated;

diagrammatically / d aɪ ə ɡ ɹ ə m æ t ɪ k ɫ i /
r1
in a diagrammatic manner;

- "the landscape unit drawn diagrammatically illustrates the gentle rolling relief, with a peat-filled basin";

- syn. graphically;

diagramming / d aɪ ə ɡ ɹ æ m ɪ ŋ /
n1
providing a chart or outline of a system;

- syn. schematisation, schematization;

diakinesis
n1
the final stage of the prophase of meiosis;

dial / d aɪ ə ɫ /
n1
the face of a timepiece;

- graduated to show the hours;

n2
the control on a radio or television set that is used for tuning;

n3
the circular graduated indicator on various measuring instruments;

n4
a disc on a telephone that is rotated a fixed distance for each number called;

- syn. telephone dial;

v1
operate a dial to select a telephone number;

- "You must take the receiver off the hook before you dial";

v2
choose by means of a dial;

- "dial a telephone number";

dial phone
n1
a telephone with a dial for registering the number to be called;

- syn. dial telephone;

dial telephone
n1
a telephone with a dial for registering the number to be called;

- syn. dial phone;

dialect / d aɪ ə ɫ ɛ k t /
n1
the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people;

- "the immigrants spoke an odd dialect of English";

- "he has a strong German accent";

- "it has been said that a language is a dialect with an army and navy";

- syn. accent, idiom;

dialect atlas
n1
an atlas showing the distribution of distinctive linguistic features;

- syn. linguistic atlas;

dialect geography
n1
the study of the geographical distribution of linguistic features;

- syn. linguistic geography;

dialectal / d aɪ ə ɫ ɛ k t ɫ /
a1
belonging to or characteristic of a dialect;

- "dialectal variation";

dialectic / d aɪ ə ɫ ɛ k t ɪ k /
n1
any formal system of reasoning that arrives at the truth by the exchange of logical arguments;

n2
a contradiction of ideas that serves as the determining factor in their interaction;

- "this situation created the inner dialectic of American history";

a1
of or relating to or employing dialectic;

- "the dialectical method";

- syn. dialectical;

dialectical / d aɪ ə ɫ ɛ k t ɪ k ə ɫ /
a1
of or relating to or employing dialectic;

- "the dialectical method";

- syn. dialectic;

dialectical materialism
n1
the materialistic philosophy of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels;

dialectically / d aɪ ə ɫ ɛ k t ɪ k ɫ i /
r1
in a dialectic manner;

- "his religiousness is dialectically related to his sinfulness";

dialectician / d aɪ ə ɫ ɛ k t ɪ ʃ n /
n1
a logician skilled in dialectic;

dialectics / d aɪ ə ɫ ɛ k t ɪ k s /
n1
a rationale for dialectical materialism based on change through the conflict of opposing forces;

dialectology / d aɪ ə ɫ ɛ k t ɒ ɫ ə dʒ i /
n1
the branch of philology that is devoted to the study of dialects;

Dialeurodes
n1
a genus of Aleyrodidae;

- syn. genus Dialeurodes;

Dialeurodes citri
n1
whitefly that attacks citrus trees;

- syn. citrus whitefly;

dialog
n1
a conversation between two persons;

- syn. dialogue, duologue;

n2
the lines spoken by characters in drama or fiction;

- syn. dialogue;

n3
a literary composition in the form of a conversation between two people;

- "he has read Plato's Dialogues in the original Greek";

- syn. dialogue;

dialog box
n1
(computer science) a small temporary window in a graphical user interface that appears in order to request information from the user;

- after the information has been provided the user dismisses the box with `okay' or `cancel';

- syn. panel;

dialogue / d aɪ ə ɫ ɒ ɡ /
n1
a conversation between two persons;

- syn. dialog, duologue;

n2
the lines spoken by characters in drama or fiction;

- syn. dialog;

n3
a literary composition in the form of a conversation between two people;

- "he has read Plato's Dialogues in the original Greek";

- syn. dialog;

n4
a discussion intended to produce an agreement;

- "the buyout negotiation lasted several days";

- "they disagreed but kept an open dialogue";

- "talks between Israelis and Palestinians";

- syn. negotiation, talks;

dialyse
v1
separate by dialysis;

- syn. dialyze;

dialysis / d aɪ æ ɫ ɪ s ɪ s /
n1
separation of substances in solution by means of their unequal diffusion through semipermeable membranes;

dialysis machine
n1
a medical instrument for separating substances in solution by unequal diffusion through semipermeable membranes;

- syn. dialyzer;

dialyze
v1
separate by dialysis;

- syn. dialyse;

dialyzer
n1
a medical instrument for separating substances in solution by unequal diffusion through semipermeable membranes;

- syn. dialysis machine;

diam
n1
the length of a straight line passing through the center of a circle and connecting two points on the circumference;

- syn. diameter;

diamagnet / d aɪ ə m æ ɡ n ɪ t /
n1
a substance that exhibits diamagnetism;

diamagnetic / d aɪ ə m æ ɡ n ɛ t ɪ k /
a1
relating to or exhibiting diamagnetism;

- slightly repelled by a magnet;

diamagnetism / d aɪ ə m æ ɡ n ɪ t ɪ z ə m /
n1
phenomenon exhibited by materials like copper or bismuth that become magnetized in a magnetic field with a polarity opposite to the magnetic force;

- unlike iron they are slightly repelled by a magnet;

diamante / d aɪ ə m æ n t i /
n1
adornment consisting of a small piece of shiny material used to decorate clothing;

- syn. sequin, spangle;

n2
fabric covered with glittering ornaments such as sequins or rhinestones;

diamantine
a1
consisting of diamonds or resembling diamonds;

diameter / d aɪ æ m ɪ t ə , d aɪ æ m ɪ t ə ɹ /
n1
the length of a straight line passing through the center of a circle and connecting two points on the circumference;

- syn. diam;

n2
a straight line connecting the center of a circle with two points on its perimeter (or the center of a sphere with two points on its surface);

diametral / d aɪ æ m ɪ t ɹ ə ɫ /
a1
related to or along a diameter;

- "the diametral plane";

- syn. diametric, diametrical;

diametric / d aɪ ə m ɛ t ɹ ɪ k /
a1
related to or along a diameter;

- "the diametral plane";

- syn. diametral, diametrical;

a2
characterized by opposite extremes;

- completely opposed;

- "in diametric contradiction to his claims";

- "diametrical (or opposite) points of view";

- "opposite meanings";

- "extreme and indefensible polar positions";

- syn. diametrical, opposite, polar;

- sim. different;

diametrical / d aɪ ə m ɛ t ɹ ɪ k ə ɫ /
a1
related to or along a diameter;

- "the diametral plane";

- syn. diametral, diametric;

a2
characterized by opposite extremes;

- completely opposed;

- "in diametric contradiction to his claims";

- "diametrical (or opposite) points of view";

- "opposite meanings";

- "extreme and indefensible polar positions";

- syn. diametric, opposite, polar;

- sim. different;

diametrical opposition
n1
the relation of opposition along a diameter;

- syn. antipodal, antipodal opposition;

diametrically / d aɪ ə m ɛ t ɹ ɪ k ɫ i /
r1
as from opposite ends of a diameter;

- "when two honest witnesses give accounts of the same event that differ diametrically, how can anyone prove that the evidence you gave was deliberately false?";

- "three of these brushes were approximately 120 feet apart and the fourth diametrically opposite to one of the three";

diamine
n1
any organic compound containing two amino groups;

diamond / d aɪ ə m ə n d /
n1
a transparent piece of diamond that has been cut and polished and is valued as a precious gem;

n2
very hard native crystalline carbon valued as a gem;

- syn. adamant;

n3
a parallelogram with four equal sides;

- an oblique-angled equilateral parallelogram;

- syn. rhomb, rhombus;

n4
a playing card in the minor suit that has one or more red rhombuses on it;

- "he led a small diamond";

- "diamonds were trumps";

n5
the area of a baseball field that is enclosed by 3 bases and home plate;

- syn. baseball diamond, infield;

n6
the baseball playing field;

- syn. ball field, baseball field;

diamond dust
n1
small crystals of ice;

- syn. frost mist, frost snow, ice crystal, ice needle, poudrin, snow mist;

Diamond Jim
n1
United States financier noted for his love of diamonds and his extravagant lifestyle (1856-1917);

- syn. Brady, Diamond Jim Brady, James Buchanan Brady;

Diamond Jim Brady
n1
United States financier noted for his love of diamonds and his extravagant lifestyle (1856-1917);

- syn. Brady, Diamond Jim, James Buchanan Brady;

diamond jubilee
n1
an anniversary celebrating the passage of 60 years;

diamond point
n1
a very hard small point made from a diamond;

Diamond State
n1
a Mid-Atlantic state;

- one of the original 13 colonies;

- syn. DE, Del., Delaware, First State;

diamond wedding
n1
the 60th wedding anniversary;

- syn. diamond wedding anniversary;

diamond wedding anniversary
n1
the 60th wedding anniversary;

- syn. diamond wedding;

diamondback / d aɪ ə m ə n d b æ k /
n1
large deadly rattlesnake with diamond-shaped markings;

- syn. Crotalus adamanteus, diamondback rattlesnake;

diamondback rattlesnake
n1
large deadly rattlesnake with diamond-shaped markings;

- syn. Crotalus adamanteus, diamondback;

diamondback terrapin
n1
of marshes along Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of United States;

- syn. Malaclemys centrata;

Diana / d aɪ æ n ə /
n1
English aristocrat who was the first wife of Prince Charles;

- her death in an automobile accident in Paris produced intense national mourning (1961-1997);

- syn. Lady Diana Frances Spencer, Princess Diana, Princess of Wales;

n2
(Roman mythology) virgin goddess of the hunt and the Moon;

- counterpart of Greek Artemis;

Diane de Poitiers
n1
French noblewoman who was the mistress of Henry II;

- she had more influence over him than did his wife Catherine de Medicis (1499-1566);

- syn. Duchesse de Valentinois;

Diangus gratianopolitanus
n1
mat-forming perennial of central Europe with large fragrant pink or red flowers;

- syn. cheddar pink;

dianoetic
a1
proceeding to a conclusion by reason or argument rather than intuition;

- syn. discursive;

- sim. logical;

Dianthus / d aɪ æ n θ ə s /
n1
carnations and pinks;

- syn. genus Dianthus;

Dianthus barbatus
n1
Eurasian pink widely cultivated for its flat-topped dense clusters of varicolored flowers;

- syn. sweet William;

Dianthus caryophyllus
n1
Eurasian plant with pink to purple-red spice-scented usually double flowers;

- widely cultivated in many varieties and many colors;

- syn. carnation, clove pink, gillyflower;

Dianthus chinensis
n1
Chinese pink with deeply toothed rose-lilac flowers with a purplish eye;

- usually raised as an annual;

- syn. china pink, rainbow pink;

Dianthus chinensis heddewigii
n1
a flowering variety of China pink distinguished by jagged-edged petals;

- syn. Japanese pink;

Dianthus deltoides
n1
low-growing loosely mat-forming Eurasian pink with a single pale pink flower with a crimson center;

- syn. maiden pink;

Dianthus latifolius
n1
much-branched pink with flowers in clusters;

- closely related to sweet William;

- syn. button pink;

Dianthus plumarius
n1
European pink cultivated for its very fragrant pink or rosy flowers;

- syn. cottage pink, grass pink;

Dianthus supurbus
n1
Eurasian perennial pink having fragrant lilac or rose flowers with deeply fringed margins;

- syn. fringed pink;

diapason / d aɪ ə p eɪ s n /
n1
either of the two main stops on a pipe organ;

- syn. diapason stop;

diapason stop
n1
either of the two main stops on a pipe organ;

- syn. diapason;

diapedesis
n1
passage of blood cells (especially white blood cells) through intact capillary walls and into the surrounding tissue;

diapensia
n1
any boreal low-growing evergreen plant of the genus Diapensia;

diapensia family
n1
north temperate low evergreen plants;

- in some classifications placed in its own order Diapensiales;

- syn. Diapensiaceae, family Diapensiaceae;

Diapensiaceae
n1
north temperate low evergreen plants;

- in some classifications placed in its own order Diapensiales;

- syn. diapensia family, family Diapensiaceae;

Diapensiales
n1
used in some classifications: coextensive with family Diapensiaceae;

- syn. order Diapensiales;

diaper / d aɪ ə p ə , d aɪ ə p ə ɹ /
n1
garment consisting of a folded cloth drawn up between the legs and fastened at the waist;

- worn by infants to catch excrement;

- syn. napkin, nappy;

n2
a fabric (usually cotton or linen) with a distinctive woven pattern of small repeated figures;

diaper dermatitis
n1
dermatitis of the thighs and buttocks of infants;

- supposedly caused by ammonia in the urine in the child's diapers;

- syn. diaper rash;

diaper rash
n1
dermatitis of the thighs and buttocks of infants;

- supposedly caused by ammonia in the urine in the child's diapers;

- syn. diaper dermatitis;

diaphanous / d aɪ æ f ə n ə s /
a1
so thin as to transmit light;

- "a hat with a diaphanous veil";

- "filmy wings of a moth";

- "gauzy clouds of dandelion down";

- "gossamer cobwebs";

- "sheer silk stockings";

- "transparent chiffon";

- "vaporous silks";

- syn. cobwebby, filmy, gauze-like, gauzy, gossamer, see-through, sheer, transparent, vaporous, vapourous;

- sim. thin;

diapheromera
n1
a variety of stick insect;

- syn. Diapheromera femorata;

Diapheromera femorata
n1
a variety of stick insect;

- syn. diapheromera;

diaphone / d aɪ ə f oʊ n /
n1
a foghorn that makes a signal consisting of two tones;

diaphoresis
n1
the process of the sweat glands of the skin secreting a salty fluid;

- "perspiration is a homeostatic process";

- syn. hidrosis, perspiration, sudation, sweating;

diaphoretic
n1
used to produce perspiration;

a1
inducing perspiration;

- syn. sudorific;

diaphragm / d aɪ ə f ɹ æ m /
n1
a mechanical device in a camera that controls size of aperture of the lens;

- "the new cameras adjust the diaphragm automatically";

- syn. stop;

n2
(anatomy) a muscular partition separating the abdominal and thoracic cavities;

- functions in respiration;

- syn. midriff;

n3
a contraceptive device consisting of a flexible dome-shaped cup made of rubber or plastic;

- it is filled with spermicide and fitted over the uterine cervix;

- syn. contraceptive diaphragm, pessary;

n4
electro-acoustic transducer that vibrates to receive or produce sound waves;

diaphragmatic hernia
n1
hernia resulting from the protrusion of part of the stomach through the diaphragm;

- syn. hiatal hernia, hiatus hernia;

diaphragmatic pleurisy
n1
an acute infectious disease occurring in epidemic form and featuring paroxysms of pain (usually in the chest);

- syn. Bornholm disease, epidemic myalgia, epidemic pleurodynia, myosis;

diaphyseal
a1
relating to the diaphysis of a bone;

- syn. diaphysial;

diaphysial
a1
relating to the diaphysis of a bone;

- syn. diaphyseal;

diaphysis
n1
the main (mid) section of a long bone;

- syn. shaft;

diapir
n1
a domed rock formation where a core of rock has moved upward and pierced through the more brittle overlying strata;

diapsid
n1
reptile having a pair of openings in the skull behind each eye;

- syn. diapsid reptile;

diapsid reptile
n1
reptile having a pair of openings in the skull behind each eye;

- syn. diapsid;

Diapsida
n1
used in former classifications to include all living reptiles except turtles;

- superseded by the two subclasses Lepidosauria and Archosauria;

- syn. subclass Diapsida;

diarchy / d aɪ ɑ k i /
n1
a form of government having two joint rulers;

- syn. dyarchy;

diarist / d aɪ ə ɹ ɪ s t /
n1
someone who keeps a diary or journal;

- syn. diary keeper, journalist;

diarrhea / d aɪ ə ɹ ɪə /
n1
frequent and watery bowel movements;

- can be a symptom of infection or food poisoning or colitis or a gastrointestinal tumor;

- syn. diarrhoea, looseness, looseness of the bowels;

diarrheal
a1
of or relating to diarrhea;

- syn. diarrheic, diarrhetic, diarrhoeal, diarrhoeic, diarrhoetic;

- sim. unconstipated;

diarrheic
a1
of or relating to diarrhea;

- syn. diarrheal, diarrhetic, diarrhoeal, diarrhoeic, diarrhoetic;

- sim. unconstipated;

diarrhetic
a1
of or relating to diarrhea;

- syn. diarrheal, diarrheic, diarrhoeal, diarrhoeic, diarrhoetic;

- sim. unconstipated;

diarrhoea / d aɪ ə ɹ ɪə /
n1
frequent and watery bowel movements;

- can be a symptom of infection or food poisoning or colitis or a gastrointestinal tumor;

- syn. diarrhea, looseness, looseness of the bowels;

diarrhoeal
a1
of or relating to diarrhea;

- syn. diarrheal, diarrheic, diarrhetic, diarrhoeic, diarrhoetic;

- sim. unconstipated;

diarrhoeic
a1
of or relating to diarrhea;

- syn. diarrheal, diarrheic, diarrhetic, diarrhoeal, diarrhoetic;

- sim. unconstipated;

diarrhoetic
a1
of or relating to diarrhea;

- syn. diarrheal, diarrheic, diarrhetic, diarrhoeal, diarrhoeic;

- sim. unconstipated;

diarthrosis
n1
a joint so articulated as to move freely;

- syn. articulatio synovialis, synovial joint;

diary / d aɪ ə ɹ i /
n1
a daily written record of (usually personal) experiences and observations;

- syn. journal;

n2
a personal journal (as a physical object);

diary keeper
n1
someone who keeps a diary or journal;

- syn. diarist, journalist;

Dias
n1
Portuguese explorer who in 1488 was the first European to get round the Cape of Good Hope (thus establishing a sea route from the Atlantic to Asia) (1450-1500);

- syn. Bartholomeu Dias, Bartholomeu Diaz, Diaz;

Diaspididae
n1
armored scales;

- syn. family Diaspididae;

diaspora / d aɪ æ s p ə ɹ ə /
n1
the body of Jews (or Jewish communities) outside Palestine or modern Israel;

n2
the dispersion of the Jews outside Israel;

- from the destruction of the temple in Jerusalem in 587-86 BC when they were exiled to Babylonia up to the present time;

n3
the dispersion or spreading of something that was originally localized (as a people or language or culture);

diastasis
n1
separation of an epiphysis from the long bone to which it is normally attached without fracture of the bone;

diastema
n1
a gap or vacant space between two teeth;

diastole / d aɪ æ s t ə ɫ i /
n1
the widening of the chambers of the heart between two contractions when the chambers fill with blood;

diastolic
a1
of or relating to a diastole or happening during a diastole;

diastolic pressure
n1
the blood pressure (as measured by a sphygmomanometer) after the contraction of the heart while the chambers of the heart refill with blood;

diastrophism / d aɪ ə s t ɹ ɒ f ɪ z ə m /
n1
the process of deformation that produces continents and ocean basins in the earth's crust;

diathermy
n1
a method of physical therapy that involves generating local heat in body tissues by high-frequency electromagnetic currents;

diathermy machine
n1
a medical instrument for local heating of bodily tissues for medical purposes;

diathesis
n1
constitutional predisposition to a particular disease or abnormality;

diatom / d aɪ ə t ə m /
n1
microscopic unicellular marine or freshwater colonial alga having cell walls impregnated with silica;

diatomaceous earth
n1
a light soil consisting of siliceous diatom remains and often used as a filtering material;

- syn. diatomite, kieselguhr;

diatomic
a1
of or relating to a molecule made up of two atoms;

- "a diatomic molecule";

diatomite
n1
a light soil consisting of siliceous diatom remains and often used as a filtering material;

- syn. diatomaceous earth, kieselguhr;

Diatomophyceae
n1
marine and freshwater eukaryotic algae: diatoms;

- syn. Bacillariophyceae, class Bacillariophyceae, class Diatomophyceae;

diatonic / d aɪ ə t ɒ n ɪ k /
a1
based on the standard major or minor scales consisting of 5 tones and 2 semitones without modulation by accidentals;

a2
based on or using the five tones and two semitones of the major or minor scales of western music;

- sim. tonal;

diatonic scale
n1
a scale with eight notes in an octave;

- all but two are separated by whole tones;

diatribe / d aɪ ə t ɹ aɪ b /
n1
thunderous verbal attack;

- syn. fulmination;

Diaz
n1
Portuguese explorer who in 1488 was the first European to get round the Cape of Good Hope (thus establishing a sea route from the Atlantic to Asia) (1450-1500);

- syn. Bartholomeu Dias, Bartholomeu Diaz, Dias;

diazepam
n1
a tranquilizer (trade name Valium) used to relieve anxiety and relax muscles;

- acts by enhancing the inhibitory actions of the neurotransmitter GABA;

- can also be used as an anticonvulsant drug in cases of nerve agent poisoning;

- syn. Valium;

diazo
a1
relating to or containing diazonium;

diazonium
n1
the univalent cation R-N:N- (where R is an aromatic hydrocarbon);

- found in salts that are used in manufacturing azo dyes;

diazotize
v1
convert (an amine) into a diazo compound;

diazoxide
n1
vasodilator (trade name Hyperstat) used to treat severe hypertension;

- syn. Hyperstat;

dibasic acid
n1
an acid containing two replaceable hydrogen atoms per molecule;

dibasic salt
n1
a salt derived by replacing two hydrogen atoms per molecule;

dibber / d ɪ b ə , d ɪ b ə ɹ /
n1
a wooden hand tool with a pointed end;

- used to make holes in the ground for planting seeds or bulbs;

- syn. dibble;

dibble / d ɪ b ɫ /
n1
a wooden hand tool with a pointed end;

- used to make holes in the ground for planting seeds or bulbs;

- syn. dibber;

v1
plant with a wooden hand tool;

- "dibble Spring bulbs";

v2
make a hole with a wooden hand tool;

- "dibble the ground";

dibbuk
n1
(Jewish folklore) a demon that enters the body of a living person and controls that body's behavior;

- syn. dybbuk;

dibrach
n1
a metrical unit with unstressed-unstressed syllables;

- syn. pyrrhic;

dibranch
n1
cephalopods having two gills;

- syn. dibranchiate, dibranchiate mollusk;

Dibranchia
n1
comprising all living cephalopods except the family Nautilidae: the orders Octopoda (octopuses) and Decapoda (squids and cuttlefish);

- syn. Dibranchiata, subclass Dibranchia, subclass Dibranchiata;

Dibranchiata
n1
comprising all living cephalopods except the family Nautilidae: the orders Octopoda (octopuses) and Decapoda (squids and cuttlefish);

- syn. Dibranchia, subclass Dibranchia, subclass Dibranchiata;

dibranchiate
n1
cephalopods having two gills;

- syn. dibranch, dibranchiate mollusk;

dibranchiate mollusk
n1
cephalopods having two gills;

- syn. dibranch, dibranchiate;

dibs
n1
a claim of rights;

- "I have dibs on that last slice of pizza";

dibucaine
n1
a local anesthetic that is administered by injection;

dicamptodon
n1
salamanders found near cold streams throughout the year;

- syn. dicamptodontid;

Dicamptodon ensatus
n1
large (to 7 inches) salamander of western North America;

- syn. Pacific giant salamander;

dicamptodontid
n1
salamanders found near cold streams throughout the year;

- syn. dicamptodon;

Dicamptodontidae
n1
large and small highly aquatic salamanders;

- syn. family Dicamptodontidae;

dicarboxylic
a1
containing two carboxyls per molecule;

dice / d aɪ s /
n1
a small cube with 1 to 6 spots on the six faces;

- used in gambling to generate random numbers;

- syn. die;

v1
cut into cubes;

- "cube the cheese";

- syn. cube;

v2
play dice;

dice box
n1
a small container (open at one end) in which dice are shaken by hand and from which they are thrown;

- syn. dice cup;

dice cup
n1
a small container (open at one end) in which dice are shaken by hand and from which they are thrown;

- syn. dice box;

Dicentra
n1
North American and Asian herbs with divided leaves and irregular flowers;

- syn. genus Dicentra;

Dicentra canadensis
n1
American plant with cream-colored flowers and tuberous roots resembling kernels of corn;

- syn. squirrel corn;

Dicentra cucullaria
n1
delicate spring-flowering plant of the eastern United States having white flowers with double spurs;

- syn. Dutchman's breeches;

Dicentra spectabilis
n1
garden plant having deep-pink drooping heart-shaped flowers;

- syn. bleeding heart, lyre-flower, lyreflower;

dicer / d aɪ s ə , d aɪ s ə ɹ /
n1
a mechanical device used for dicing food;

Diceros
n1
most common species in Africa;

- syn. genus Diceros;

Diceros bicornis
n1
African rhino;

- in danger of extinction;

- syn. black rhinoceros;

Diceros simus
n1
large light-grey African rhinoceros having two horns;

- endangered;

- sometimes placed in genus Diceros;

- syn. Ceratotherium simum, white rhinoceros;

dicey / d aɪ s i /
a1
of uncertain outcome;

- especially fraught with risk;

- "an extremely dicey future on a brave new world of liquid nitrogen, tar, and smog"- New Yorker;

- syn. chanceful, chancy, dodgy;

- sim. dangerous;

dichloride / d aɪ k ɫ ɔ ɹ aɪ d /
n1
a compound containing two chlorine atoms per molecule;

- syn. bichloride;

dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane
n1
an insecticide that is also toxic to animals and humans;

- banned in the United States since 1972;

- syn. DDT;

dichloroethyl sulfide
n1
a toxic war gas with sulfide based compounds that raises blisters and attacks the eyes and lungs;

- there is no known antidote;

- syn. blistering agent, mustard agent, mustard gas, sulfur mustard;

dichloromethane
n1
a nonflammable liquid used as a solvent and paint remover and refrigerant;

- syn. methylene chloride;

dichondra
n1
a creeping perennial herb with hairy stems and orbicular to reniform leaves and small white to greenish flowers;

- used as a grass substitute in warm regions;

- syn. Dichondra micrantha;

Dichondra micrantha
n1
a creeping perennial herb with hairy stems and orbicular to reniform leaves and small white to greenish flowers;

- used as a grass substitute in warm regions;

- syn. dichondra;

dichotomisation
n1
the act of dividing into two sharply different categories;

- syn. dichotomization;

dichotomise / d aɪ k ɒ t ə m ɪ s /
v1
divide into two opposing groups or kinds;

- syn. dichotomize;

dichotomization / d aɪ k ɒ t ə m aɪ z eɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
the act of dividing into two sharply different categories;

- syn. dichotomisation;

dichotomize / d aɪ k ɒ t ə m aɪ z /
v1
divide into two opposing groups or kinds;

- syn. dichotomise;

dichotomous / d aɪ k ɒ t ə m ə s /
a1
divided or dividing into two sharply distinguished parts or classifications;

- sim. divided;

dichotomously / d aɪ k ɒ t ə m ə s ɫ i /
r1
in a dichotomous manner;

dichotomy / d aɪ k ɒ t ə m i /
n1
being twofold;

- a classification into two opposed parts or subclasses;

- "the dichotomy between eastern and western culture";

- syn. duality;

dichroism
n1
pleochroism of a crystal so that it exhibits two different colors when viewed from two different directions;

dichromacy
n1
a deficiency of color vision in which the person can match any given hue by mixing only two other wavelengths of light (as opposed to the three wavelengths needed by people with normal color vision);

- syn. dichromasy, dichromatism, dichromatopsia, dichromia;

dichromasy
n1
a deficiency of color vision in which the person can match any given hue by mixing only two other wavelengths of light (as opposed to the three wavelengths needed by people with normal color vision);

- syn. dichromacy, dichromatism, dichromatopsia, dichromia;

dichromat
n1
a person with any of the various forms of dichromacy;

dichromate
n1
a salt of the hypothetical dichromic acid;

- syn. bichromate;

dichromatic
a1
of or relating to dichromatism;

a2
having two colors;

- "a bicolor flower";

- "a bicolored postage stamp";

- syn. bichrome, bicolor, bicolored, bicolour, bicoloured;

- sim. colored;

dichromatism
n1
a deficiency of color vision in which the person can match any given hue by mixing only two other wavelengths of light (as opposed to the three wavelengths needed by people with normal color vision);

- syn. dichromacy, dichromasy, dichromatopsia, dichromia;

dichromatopsia
n1
a deficiency of color vision in which the person can match any given hue by mixing only two other wavelengths of light (as opposed to the three wavelengths needed by people with normal color vision);

- syn. dichromacy, dichromasy, dichromatism, dichromia;

dichromia
n1
a deficiency of color vision in which the person can match any given hue by mixing only two other wavelengths of light (as opposed to the three wavelengths needed by people with normal color vision);

- syn. dichromacy, dichromasy, dichromatism, dichromatopsia;

dichromic acid
n1
the hypothetical acid (H2Cr2O7) from which dichromates are derived;

- known only in solution and in the form of dichromate salts;

dick / d ɪ k /
n1
someone who is a detective;

- syn. gumshoe, hawkshaw;

n2
obscene terms for penis;

- syn. cock, pecker, prick, putz, shaft, tool;

Dick Fosbury
n1
United States athlete who revolutionized the high jump by introducing the Fosbury flop in the 1968 Olympics (born in 1947);

- syn. Fosbury, Richard D. Fosbury;

Dick test
n1
a skin test to determine your susceptibility to scarlet fever;

Dick Turpin
n1
English highwayman (1706-1739);

- syn. Turpin;

dickens / d ɪ k ɪ n z /
n1
a word used in exclamations of confusion;

- "what the devil";

- "the deuce with it";

- "the dickens you say";

- syn. deuce, devil;

n2
English writer whose novels depicted and criticized social injustice (1812-1870);

- syn. Charles Dickens, Charles John Huffam Dickens;

Dickensian / d ɪ k ɛ n z ɪə n /
a1
of or like the novels of Charles Dickens (especially with regard to poor social and economic conditions);

dicker / d ɪ k ə , d ɪ k ə ɹ /
v1
negotiate the terms of an exchange;

- "We bargained for a beautiful rug in the bazaar";

- syn. bargain;

dickey / d ɪ k i /
n1
a small third seat in the back of an old-fashioned two-seater;

- syn. dickey-seat, dickie, dickie-seat, dicky, dicky-seat;

n2
a man's detachable insert (usually starched) to simulate the front of a shirt;

- syn. dickie, dicky, shirtfront;

a1
(British informal) faulty;

- "I've got this dicky heart"- John le Carre;

- syn. dicky;

- sim. impaired;

dickey-bird
n1
small bird;

- adults talking to children sometimes use these words to refer to small birds;

- syn. dickeybird, dicky-bird, dickybird;

dickey-seat
n1
a small third seat in the back of an old-fashioned two-seater;

- syn. dickey, dickie, dickie-seat, dicky, dicky-seat;

dickeybird
n1
small bird;

- adults talking to children sometimes use these words to refer to small birds;

- syn. dickey-bird, dicky-bird, dickybird;

dickhead / d ɪ k h ɛ d /
n1
insulting terms of address for people who are stupid or irritating or ridiculous;

- syn. SOB, asshole, bastard, cocksucker, mother fucker, motherfucker, prick, shit, son of a bitch, whoreson;

dickie
n1
a small third seat in the back of an old-fashioned two-seater;

- syn. dickey, dickey-seat, dickie-seat, dicky, dicky-seat;

n2
a man's detachable insert (usually starched) to simulate the front of a shirt;

- syn. dickey, dicky, shirtfront;

dickie-seat
n1
a small third seat in the back of an old-fashioned two-seater;

- syn. dickey, dickey-seat, dickie, dicky, dicky-seat;

Dickinson / d ɪ k ɪ n s ʌ n /
n1
United States poet noted for her mystical and unrhymed poems (1830-1886);

- syn. Emily Dickinson;

Dicksonia
n1
tree ferns of temperate Australasia having bipinnatifid or tripinnatifid fronds and usually marginal sori;

- in some classification systems placed in family Cyatheaceae;

- syn. genus Dicksonia;

Dicksonia antarctica
n1
of Australia and Tasmania;

- often cultivated;

- hardy in cool climates;

- syn. soft tree fern;

Dicksoniaceae
n1
tree ferns: genera Dicksonia, Cibotium, Culcita, and Thyrsopteris elegans;

- syn. family Dicksoniaceae;

dicky / d ɪ k i /
n1
a small third seat in the back of an old-fashioned two-seater;

- syn. dickey, dickey-seat, dickie, dickie-seat, dicky-seat;

n2
a man's detachable insert (usually starched) to simulate the front of a shirt;

- syn. dickey, dickie, shirtfront;

a1
(British informal) faulty;

- "I've got this dicky heart"- John le Carre;

- syn. dickey;

- sim. impaired;

dicky-bird / d ɪ k ɪ b ɝ d /
n1
small bird;

- adults talking to children sometimes use these words to refer to small birds;

- syn. dickey-bird, dickeybird, dickybird;

dicky-seat / d ɪ k ɪ s i t /
n1
a small third seat in the back of an old-fashioned two-seater;

- syn. dickey, dickey-seat, dickie, dickie-seat, dicky;

dickybird / d ɪ k ɪ b ɝ d /
n1
small bird;

- adults talking to children sometimes use these words to refer to small birds;

- syn. dickey-bird, dickeybird, dicky-bird;

diclinous
a1
having pistils and stamens in separate flowers;

diclofenac potassium
n1
a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Cataflam);

- syn. Cataflam;

diclofenac sodium
n1
a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Voltaren) that is administered only orally;

- syn. Voltaren;

dicloxacillin
n1
antibacterial (trade name Dynapen) used to treat staphylococcal infections that are resistant to penicillin;

- syn. Dynapen;

dicot / d aɪ k ɒ t /
n1
flowering plant with two cotyledons;

- the stem grows by deposit on its outside;

- syn. dicotyledon, exogen, magnoliopsid;

dicot family
n1
family of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination;

- syn. magnoliopsid family;

dicot genus
n1
genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination;

- syn. magnoliopsid genus;

dicotyledon / d aɪ k ɒ t ɪ ɫ i d ə n /
n1
flowering plant with two cotyledons;

- the stem grows by deposit on its outside;

- syn. dicot, exogen, magnoliopsid;

Dicotyledonae
n1
comprising seed plants that produce an embryo with paired cotyledons and net-veined leaves;

- divided into six (not always well distinguished) subclasses (or superorders): Magnoliidae and Hamamelidae (considered primitive);

- Caryophyllidae (an early and distinctive offshoot);

- and three more or less advanced groups: Dilleniidae;

- Rosidae;

- Asteridae;

- syn. Dicotyledones, Magnoliopsida, class Dicotyledonae, class Dicotyledones, class Magnoliopsida;

Dicotyledones / d aɪ k ɒ t ɪ ɫ i d ə n z /
n1
comprising seed plants that produce an embryo with paired cotyledons and net-veined leaves;

- divided into six (not always well distinguished) subclasses (or superorders): Magnoliidae and Hamamelidae (considered primitive);

- Caryophyllidae (an early and distinctive offshoot);

- and three more or less advanced groups: Dilleniidae;

- Rosidae;

- Asteridae;

- syn. Dicotyledonae, Magnoliopsida, class Dicotyledonae, class Dicotyledones, class Magnoliopsida;

dicotyledonous / d aɪ k ɒ t ɪ ɫ i d ə n ə s /
a1
(of a flowering plant) having two cotyledons in the seed;

dicoumarol
n1
an anticoagulant drug that has now been largely replaced by warfarin;

- syn. dicumarol;

Dicranaceae
n1
mosses having costate leaves and long-stalked capsules with cleft peristome;

- syn. family Dicranaceae;

Dicranales
n1
widely distributed order of mosses with erect gametophores and sporophytes at the tips of stems;

- syn. order Dicranales;

Dicranopteris
n1
terrestrial ferns of forest margin or open ground;

- pantropical;

- syn. genus Dicranopteris;

Dicranum
n1
type genus of Dicranaceae;

- syn. genus Dicranum;

Dicrostonyx
n1
pied lemmings;

- syn. genus Dicrostonyx;

Dicrostonyx hudsonius
n1
of northern Canada;

- syn. Hudson bay collared lemming;

Dictamnus
n1
a dicotyledonous genus of the family Rutaceae;

- syn. genus Dictamnus;

Dictamnus alba
n1
Eurasian perennial herb with white flowers that emit flammable vapor in hot weather;

- syn. burning bush, dittany, fraxinella, gas plant;

Dictaphone / d ɪ k t ə f oʊ n /
n1
a tape recorder that records and reproduces dictation;

dictate / d ɪ k t eɪ t /
n1
an authoritative rule;

n2
a guiding principle;

- "the dictates of reason";

v1
issue commands or orders for;

- syn. order, prescribe;

v2
say out loud for the purpose of recording;

- "He dictated a report to his secretary";

v3
rule as a dictator;

dictated / d ɪ k t eɪ t ɪ d /
a1
determined or decided upon as by an authority;

- "date and place are already determined";

- "the dictated terms of surrender";

- "the time set for the launching";

- syn. determined, set;

- sim. settled;

dictation / d ɪ k t eɪ ʃ n /
n1
an authoritative direction or instruction to do something;

- syn. bid, bidding, command;

n2
speech intended for reproduction in writing;

n3
matter that has been dictated and transcribed;

- a dictated passage;

- "he signed and mailed his dictation without bothering to read it";

dictator / d ɪ k t eɪ t ə , d ɪ k t eɪ t ə ɹ /
n1
a speaker who dictates to a secretary or a recording machine;

n2
a ruler who is unconstrained by law;

- syn. potentate;

n3
a person who behaves in a tyrannical manner;

- "my boss is a dictator who makes everyone work overtime";

- syn. authoritarian;

dictatorial / d ɪ k t ə t ɔ ɹ ɪə ɫ /
a1
of or characteristic of a dictator;

- "dictatorial powers";

a2
expecting unquestioning obedience;

- "the timid child of authoritarian parents";

- "insufferably overbearing behavior toward the waiter";

- syn. authoritarian, overbearing;

- sim. domineering;

a3
characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule;

- having absolute sovereignty;

- "an authoritarian regime";

- "autocratic government";

- "despotic rulers";

- "a dictatorial rule that lasted for the duration of the war";

- "a tyrannical government";

- syn. authoritarian, autocratic, despotic, tyrannic, tyrannical;

- sim. undemocratic;

dictatorially / d ɪ k t ə t ɔ ɹ ɪə ɫ i /
r1
in an overbearingly domineering manner;

- as a dictator;

- "this manager acts dictatorially toward his colleagues";

- syn. autocratically, magisterially;

dictatorship / d ɪ k t eɪ t ə ʃ ɪ p /
n1
a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.);

- syn. Caesarism, Stalinism, absolutism, authoritarianism, despotism, monocracy, one-man rule, shogunate, totalitarianism, tyranny;

diction / d ɪ k ʃ n /
n1
the articulation of speech regarded from the point of view of its intelligibility to the audience;

- syn. enunciation;

n2
the manner in which something is expressed in words;

- "use concise military verbiage"- G.S.Patton;

- syn. choice of words, phraseology, phrasing, verbiage, wording;

dictionary / d ɪ k ʃ ə n ɹ i /
n1
a reference book containing an alphabetical list of words with information about them;

- syn. lexicon;

dictionary definition
n1
a definition that reports the standard uses of a word or phrase or symbol;

dictionary entry
n1
the entry in a dictionary of information about a word;

- syn. lexical entry;

dictostylium
n1
any slime mold of the genus Dictostylium;

dictum / d ɪ k t ə m /
n1
an authoritative declaration;

- syn. pronouncement, say-so;

n2
an opinion voiced by a judge on a point of law not directly bearing on the case in question and therefore not binding;

- syn. obiter dictum;

Dictyophera
n1
closely related to genus Phallus distinguished by an indusium hanging like a skirt from below the pileus;

- syn. genus Dictyophera;

Dictyoptera
n1
in some classifications replaced by the orders (here suborders) Blattodea (cockroaches) and Manteodea (mantids);

- in former classifications often subsumed under a much broader order Orthoptera;

- syn. order Dictyoptera;

dictyopteran
a1
of or relating to or belonging to the order Dictyoptera;

dictyopterous insect
n1
cockroaches and mantids;

dictyosome
n1
a netlike structure in the cytoplasm of animal cells (especially in those cells that produce secretions);

- syn. Golgi apparatus, Golgi body, Golgi complex;

dicumarol
n1
an anticoagulant drug that has now been largely replaced by warfarin;

- syn. dicoumarol;

dicynodont
n1
a kind of therapsid;

Dicynodontia
n1
a division of Therapsida;

- syn. division Dicynodontia;

didactic / d ɪ d æ k t ɪ k /
a1
instructive (especially excessively);

- syn. didactical;

- sim. instructive;

didactical / d ɪ d æ k t ɪ k ə ɫ /
a1
instructive (especially excessively);

- syn. didactic;

- sim. instructive;

didactically / d ɪ d æ k t ɪ k ɫ i /
r1
in a didactic manner;

- "this is a didactically sound method";

- syn. pedagogically;

didacticism / d ɪ d æ k t ɪ s ɪ z ə m /
n1
communication that is suitable for or intended to be instructive;

- "the didacticism expected in books for the young";

- "the didacticism of the 19th century gave birth to many great museums";

didactics / d ɪ d æ k t ɪ k s /
n1
the activities of educating or instructing;

- activities that impart knowledge or skill;

- "he received no formal education";

- "our instruction was carefully programmed";

- "good classroom teaching is seldom rewarded";

- syn. education, educational activity, instruction, pedagogy, teaching;

didanosine
n1
an antiviral drug used to combat HIV infection;

- syn. DDI, ddI, dideoxyinosine;

didder
v1
move with or as if with a tremor;

- "his hands shook";

- syn. shake;

diddle / d ɪ d ɫ /
v1
deprive of by deceit;

- "He swindled me out of my inheritance";

- "She defrauded the customers who trusted her";

- syn. bunco, con, defraud, goldbrick, hornswoggle, mulct, nobble, rook, scam, short-change, swindle, victimize;

v2
manipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination;

- "She played nervously with her wedding ring";

- "Don't fiddle with the screws";

- "He played with the idea of running for the Senate";

- syn. fiddle, play, toy;

diddley / d ɪ d ɫ i /
n1
a small worthless amount;

- "you don't know jack";

- syn. diddly, diddly-shit, diddly-squat, diddlyshit, diddlysquat, doodly-squat, jack, shit, squat;

diddly / d ɪ d ɫ i /
n1
a small worthless amount;

- "you don't know jack";

- syn. diddley, diddly-shit, diddly-squat, diddlyshit, diddlysquat, doodly-squat, jack, shit, squat;

diddly-shit
n1
a small worthless amount;

- "you don't know jack";

- syn. diddley, diddly, diddly-squat, diddlyshit, diddlysquat, doodly-squat, jack, shit, squat;

diddly-squat
n1
a small worthless amount;

- "you don't know jack";

- syn. diddley, diddly, diddly-shit, diddlyshit, diddlysquat, doodly-squat, jack, shit, squat;

diddlyshit
n1
a small worthless amount;

- "you don't know jack";

- syn. diddley, diddly, diddly-shit, diddly-squat, diddlysquat, doodly-squat, jack, shit, squat;

diddlysquat
n1
a small worthless amount;

- "you don't know jack";

- syn. diddley, diddly, diddly-shit, diddly-squat, diddlyshit, doodly-squat, jack, shit, squat;

Didelphidae
n1
opossums;

- syn. family Didelphidae;

Didelphis
n1
type genus of the family Didelphidae;

- syn. genus Didelphis;

Didelphis marsupialis
n1
omnivorous opossum of the eastern United States;

- noted for feigning death when in danger;

- esteemed as food in some areas;

- considered same species as the crab-eating opossum of South America;

- syn. Didelphis virginiana, common opossum;

Didelphis virginiana
n1
omnivorous opossum of the eastern United States;

- noted for feigning death when in danger;

- esteemed as food in some areas;

- considered same species as the crab-eating opossum of South America;

- syn. Didelphis marsupialis, common opossum;

dideoxycytosine
n1
an antiviral drug used to combat HIV infection;

- syn. DDC, ddC, zalcitabine;

dideoxyinosine
n1
an antiviral drug used to combat HIV infection;

- syn. DDI, ddI, didanosine;

Diderot
n1
French philosopher who was a leading figure of the Enlightenment in France;

- principal editor of an encyclopedia that disseminated the scientific and philosophical knowledge of the time (1713-1784);

- syn. Denis Diderot;

Didion / d ɪ d aɪ ə n /
n1
United States writer (born in 1934);

- syn. Joan Didion;

Dido
n1
(Roman mythology) a princess of Tyre who was the founder and queen of Carthage;

- Virgil tells of her suicide when she was abandoned by Aeneas;

Didrikson
n1
outstanding United States athlete (1914-1956);

- syn. Babe Didrikson, Babe Zaharias, Mildred Ella Didrikson, Mildred Ella Didrikson Zaharias, Zaharias;

die / d aɪ , d aɪ i /
n1
a small cube with 1 to 6 spots on the six faces;

- used in gambling to generate random numbers;

- syn. dice;

n2
a device used for shaping metal;

n3
a cutting tool that is fitted into a diestock and used for cutting male (external) screw threads on screws or bolts or pipes or rods;

v1
pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life;

- "She died from cancer";

- "The children perished in the fire";

- "The patient went peacefully";

- "The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102";

- syn. buy the farm, cash in one's chips, choke, conk, croak, decease, drop dead, exit, expire, give-up the ghost, go, kick the bucket, pass, pass away, perish, pop off, snuff it;

- also die down, die down, die off, die out;

v2
suffer or face the pain of death;

- "Martyrs may die every day for their faith";

v3
be brought to or as if to the point of death by an intense emotion such as embarrassment, amusement, or shame;

- "I was dying with embarrassment when my little lie was discovered";

- "We almost died laughing during the show";

v4
stop operating or functioning;

- "The engine finally went";

- "The car died on the road";

- "The bus we travelled in broke down on the way to town";

- "The coffee maker broke";

- "The engine failed on the way to town";

- "her eyesight went after the accident";

- syn. break, break down, conk out, fail, give out, give way, go, go bad;

v5
feel indifferent towards;

- "She died to worldly things and eventually entered a monastery";

v6
languish as with love or desire;

- "She dying for a cigarette";

- "I was dying to leave";

v7
cut or shape with a die;

- "Die out leather for belts";

- syn. die out;

v8
to be on base at the end of an inning, of a player;

v9
lose sparkle or bouquet;

- "wine and beer can pall";

- syn. become flat, pall;

v10
disappear or come to an end;

- "Their anger died";

- "My secret will die with me!";

v11
suffer spiritual death;

- be damned (in the religious sense);

- "Whosoever..believes in me shall never die";

die-cast / d aɪ k ɑ s t /
a1
formed by forcing molten metal into a die;

- "a die-cast seal";

- sim. formed;

die-hard / d aɪ h ɑ d /
a1
tradition-bound and obstinately opinionated;

- "an inflexible (or die-hard) conservative";

- "rock-ribbed republican";

- syn. rock-ribbed;

- sim. inflexible;

die-sinker
n1
someone who makes dies;

- syn. diemaker, diesinker;

die away
v1
become less in amount or intensity;

- "The storm abated";

- "The rain let up after a few hours";

- syn. abate, let up, slack, slack off;

die back
v1
suffer from a disease that kills shoots;

- "The plants near the garage are dying back";

- syn. die down;

die down
v1
suffer from a disease that kills shoots;

- "The plants near the garage are dying back";

- syn. die back;

v2
become progressively weaker;

- "the laughter died down";

die hard
v1
continue to exist;

- "These stories die hard";

- "The legend of Elvis endures";

- syn. endure, persist, prevail, run;

die off
v1
become extinct;

- "Dinosaurs died out";

- syn. die out;

die out
v1
become extinct;

- "Dinosaurs died out";

- syn. die off;

v2
cut or shape with a die;

- "Die out leather for belts";

- syn. die;

dieback / d aɪ i b æ k /
n1
a disease of plants characterized by the gradual dying of the young shoots starting at the tips and progressing to the larger branches;

Dieffenbachia
n1
evergreen perennial herbs of tropical America with lush foliage and poisonous sap;

- often cultivated as houseplants;

- syn. genus Dieffenbachia;

Dieffenbachia sequine
n1
an evergreen plant with large showy dark green leaves;

- contains a poison that swells the tongue and throat hence the name;

- syn. dumb cane, mother-in-law's tongue, mother-in-law plant;

Diego Rivera
n1
socialist Mexican painter of murals (1886-1957);

- syn. Rivera;

Diego Rodriguez de Silva y Velazquez
n1
Spanish painter (1599-1660);

- syn. Velazquez;

Diegueno
n1
a member of a North American Indian people of southern California;

n2
the Yuman language spoken by the Diegueno;

diehard / d aɪ i h ɑ d /
n1
one who adheres to traditional views;

- syn. traditionalist;

dielectric / d aɪ ɪ ɫ ɛ k t ɹ ɪ k /
n1
a material such as glass or porcelain with negligible electrical or thermal conductivity;

- syn. insulator, nonconductor;

dielectric heating
n1
heating of an insulator by a high-frequency electric field;

dielectrolysis
n1
the motion of charged particles in a colloid under the influence of an electric field;

- particles with a positive charge go to the cathode and negative to the anode;

- syn. cataphoresis, electrophoresis, ionophoresis;

diemaker / d aɪ i m eɪ k ə /
n1
someone who makes dies;

- syn. die-sinker, diesinker;

Dien Bien Phu
n1
the French military base fell after a siege by Vietnam troops that lasted 56 days;

- ended the involvement of France in Indochina in 1954;

diencephalon
n1
the posterior division of the forebrain;

- connects the cerebral hemispheres with the mesencephalon;

- syn. betweenbrain, interbrain, thalmencephalon;

dieresis / d aɪ ɛr ə s ɪ s /
n1
a diacritical mark (two dots) placed over a vowel to indicate that it does not form a diphthong with an adjacent vowel;

- syn. diaeresis;

Diervilla
n1
small genus of low deciduous shrubs: bush honeysuckles;

- syn. genus Diervilla;

Diervilla lonicera
n1
spreading bush of northeastern United States having small clusters of fragrant green and yellow flowers;

- syn. bush honeysuckle;

Diervilla sessilifolia
n1
bush honeysuckle of southeastern United States having large crowded clusters of sulfur-yellow flowers;

- syn. bush honeysuckle;

Dies Irae
n1
the first words of a medieval Latin hymn describing the Last Judgment (literally `day of wrath');

Diesel / d i z ɫ /
n1
German engineer (born in France) who invented the diesel engine (1858-1913);

- syn. Rudolf Christian Karl Diesel, Rudolf Diesel;

n2
an internal-combustion engine that burns heavy oil;

- syn. diesel engine, diesel motor;

diesel-electric
n1
a locomotive driven by the electric current generated by a diesel engine;

- syn. diesel-electric locomotive;

diesel-electric locomotive
n1
a locomotive driven by the electric current generated by a diesel engine;

- syn. diesel-electric;

diesel-hydraulic
n1
a locomotive driven by a hydraulic transmission system powered by a diesel engine;

- syn. diesel-hydraulic locomotive;

diesel-hydraulic locomotive
n1
a locomotive driven by a hydraulic transmission system powered by a diesel engine;

- syn. diesel-hydraulic;

diesel engine
n1
an internal-combustion engine that burns heavy oil;

- syn. diesel, diesel motor;

diesel fuel
n1
a heavy mineral oil used as fuel in diesel engines;

- syn. diesel oil;

diesel locomotive
n1
a locomotive driven by a diesel engine;

diesel motor
n1
an internal-combustion engine that burns heavy oil;

- syn. diesel, diesel engine;

diesel oil
n1
a heavy mineral oil used as fuel in diesel engines;

- syn. diesel fuel;

diesinker / d aɪ i s ɪ ŋ k ə ɹ /
n1
someone who makes dies;

- syn. die-sinker, diemaker;

diesis / d aɪ ɪ s ɪ s /
n1
a character used in printing to indicate a cross reference or footnote;

- syn. double dagger, double obelisk;

diestock / d aɪ i s t ɒ k /
n1
a device that holds the dies that cut external threads on metal cylinders;

diestrous
a1
(of animals that have several estrous cycles in one breeding season) in a period of sexual inactivity;

- syn. diestrual, dioestrous, dioestrual;

- sim. anestrous;

diestrual
a1
(of animals that have several estrous cycles in one breeding season) in a period of sexual inactivity;

- syn. diestrous, dioestrous, dioestrual;

- sim. anestrous;

diestrum
n1
(of animals having several estrous cycles in one breeding season) a state or interval of sexual inactivity or quiescence between periods of activity;

- syn. diestrus;

diestrus
n1
(of animals having several estrous cycles in one breeding season) a state or interval of sexual inactivity or quiescence between periods of activity;

- syn. diestrum;

diet / d aɪ ə t /
n1
a prescribed selection of foods;

n2
a legislative assembly in certain countries (e.g., Japan);

n3
the usual food and drink consumed by an organism (person or animal);

n4
the act of restricting your food intake (or your intake of particular foods);

- syn. dieting;

v1
follow a regimen or a diet, as for health reasons;

- "He has high blood pressure and must stick to a low-salt diet";

v2
eat sparingly, for health reasons or to lose weight;

dietary / d aɪ ə t ə ɹ i /
n1
a regulated daily food allowance;

a1
of or relating to the diet;

- "dietary restrictions";

- syn. dietetic, dietetical;

dietary supplement
n1
something added to complete a diet or to make up for a dietary deficiency;

dieter / d aɪ ə t ə , d aɪ ə t ə ɹ /
n1
a person who diets;

dietetic / d aɪ ɪ t ɛ t ɪ k /
a1
of or relating to the diet;

- "dietary restrictions";

- syn. dietary, dietetical;

dietetical / d aɪ ɪ t ɛ t ɪ k ə ɫ /
a1
of or relating to the diet;

- "dietary restrictions";

- syn. dietary, dietetic;

dietetics / d aɪ ə t ɛ t ɪ k s /
n1
the scientific study of food preparation and intake;

diethyl ether
n1
a colorless volatile highly flammable liquid formerly used as an inhalation anesthetic;

- syn. divinyl ether, ether, ethoxyethane, ethyl ether, vinyl ether;

diethylaminoethyl cellulose
n1
used for chromatography;

- syn. DEAE cellulose;

diethylbarbituric acid
n1
a barbiturate used as a hypnotic;

- syn. barbital, barbitone, diethylmalonylurea, veronal;

diethylmalonylurea
n1
a barbiturate used as a hypnotic;

- syn. barbital, barbitone, diethylbarbituric acid, veronal;

diethylstilbesterol
n1
synthetic nonsteroid with the properties of estrogen;

- formerly used to treat menstrual problems but was found to be associated with vaginal cancers in the daughters of women so treated during pregnancy;

- syn. DES, stilbesterol;

diethylstilbestrol
n1
a potent estrogen used in medicine and in feed for livestock and poultry;

- syn. DES, diethylstilboestrol, stilbestrol, stilboestrol;

diethylstilboestrol
n1
a potent estrogen used in medicine and in feed for livestock and poultry;

- syn. DES, diethylstilbestrol, stilbestrol, stilboestrol;

dietician / d aɪ ə t ɪ ʃ n /
n1
a specialist in the study of diet and nutrition;

- syn. dietitian;

dieting / d aɪ ə t ɪ ŋ /
n1
the act of restricting your food intake (or your intake of particular foods);

- syn. diet;

dietitian / d aɪ ə t ɪ ʃ n /
n1
a specialist in the study of diet and nutrition;

- syn. dietician;

Dietrich / d aɪ ə t ɹ ɪ tʃ /
n1
French philosopher (born in Germany) famous as being one of the first self-described atheists in Europe;

- syn. Paul-Henri Thiry, Paul Heinrich Dietrich, Thiry, baron d'Holbach, d'Holbach;

n2
United States film actress (born in Germany) who made many films with Josef von Sternberg and later was a successful cabaret star (1901-1992);

- syn. Maria Magdalene von Losch, Marlene Dietrich;

Dietrich Bonhoeffer
n1
German Lutheran theologian and pastor whose works concern Christianity in the modern world;

- an active opponent of Nazism, he was arrested and sent to Buchenwald and later executed (1906-1945);

- syn. Bonhoeffer;

differ / d ɪ f ə , d ɪ f ə ɹ /
v1
be different;

- "These two tests differ in only one respect";

v2
be of different opinions;

- "I beg to differ!";

- "She disagrees with her husband on many questions";

- syn. disagree, dissent, take issue;

difference / d ɪ f ɹ ə n s /
n1
the quality of being unlike or dissimilar;

- "there are many differences between jazz and rock";

n2
a variation that deviates from the standard or norm;

- "the deviation from the mean";

- syn. departure, deviation, divergence;

n3
a disagreement or argument about something important;

- "he had a dispute with his wife";

- "there were irreconcilable differences";

- "the familiar conflict between Republicans and Democrats";

- syn. conflict, difference of opinion, dispute;

n4
a significant change;

- "the difference in her is amazing";

- "his support made a real difference";

n5
the number that remains after subtraction;

- the number that when added to the subtrahend gives the minuend;

- syn. remainder;

difference limen
n1
the smallest change in stimulation that a person can detect;

- syn. difference threshold, differential limen, differential threshold;

difference of opinion
n1
a disagreement or argument about something important;

- "he had a dispute with his wife";

- "there were irreconcilable differences";

- "the familiar conflict between Republicans and Democrats";

- syn. conflict, difference, dispute;

difference threshold
n1
the smallest change in stimulation that a person can detect;

- syn. difference limen, differential limen, differential threshold;

different / d ɪ f ɹ ə n t /
a1
unlike in nature or quality or form or degree;

- "took different approaches to the problem";

- "came to a different conclusion";

- "different parts of the country";

- "on different sides of the issue";

- "this meeting was different from the earlier one";

- also dissimilar, incompatible, unlike, varied;

- sim. antithetic, assorted, contrary, contrasting, diametric, disparate, distinct, divergent, divers, diverse, opposite, several, variant;

a2
distinctly separate from the first;

- "that's another (or different) issue altogether";

- sim. other;

a3
differing from all others;

- not ordinary;

- "advertising that strives continually to be different";

- "this new music is certainly different but I don't really like it";

- sim. unusual;

a4
distinct or separate;

- "each interviewed different members of the community";

- sim. other;

differentia / d ɪ f ə ɹ ɛ n ʃ ɪə /
n1
distinguishing characteristics (especially in different species of a genus);

differentiable
a1
possessing a differential coefficient or derivative;

a2
capable of being perceived as different;

- "differentiable species";

- sim. distinguishable;

differential / d ɪ f ə ɹ ɛ n ʃ ɫ /
n1
the result of mathematical differentiation;

- the instantaneous change of one quantity relative to another;

- df(x)/dx;

- syn. derivative, derived function, differential coefficient, first derivative;

n2
a quality that differentiates between similar things;

n3
a bevel gear that permits rotation of two shafts at different speeds;

- used on the rear axle of automobiles to allow wheels to rotate at different speeds on curves;

- syn. differential gear;

a1
relating to or showing a difference;

- "differential treatment";

a2
involving or containing one or more derivatives;

- "differential equation";

differential analyzer
n1
an analog computer designed to solve differential equations;

differential blood count
n1
counting the number of specific types of white blood cells found in 1 cubic millimeter of blood;

- may be included as part of a complete blood count;

differential calculus
n1
the part of calculus that deals with the variation of a function with respect to changes in the independent variable (or variables) by means of the concepts of derivative and differential;

- syn. method of fluxions;

differential coefficient
n1
the result of mathematical differentiation;

- the instantaneous change of one quantity relative to another;

- df(x)/dx;

- syn. derivative, derived function, differential, first derivative;

differential cost
n1
the increase or decrease in costs as a result of one more or one less unit of output;

- syn. incremental cost, marginal cost;

differential diagnosis
n1
a systematic method of diagnosing a disorder (e.g., headache) that lacks unique symptoms or signs;

differential equation
n1
an equation containing differentials of a function;

differential gear
n1
a bevel gear that permits rotation of two shafts at different speeds;

- used on the rear axle of automobiles to allow wheels to rotate at different speeds on curves;

- syn. differential;

differential limen
n1
the smallest change in stimulation that a person can detect;

- syn. difference limen, difference threshold, differential threshold;

differential psychology
n1
the branch of psychology that studies measurable differences between individuals;

differential threshold
n1
the smallest change in stimulation that a person can detect;

- syn. difference limen, difference threshold, differential limen;

differentially / d ɪ f ə ɹ ɛ n ʃ ə ɫ i /
r1
in a differential manner;

- "Hubel and Wiesel have found cells that respond differentially according to the direction in which a stimulus is moved across the retina";

differentiate / d ɪ f ə ɹ ɛ n ʃ ɪ eɪ t /
v1
mark as different;

- "We distinguish several kinds of maple";

- syn. distinguish, secern, secernate, separate, severalise, severalize, tell, tell apart;

v2
be a distinctive feature, attribute, or trait;

- sometimes in a very positive sense;

- "His modesty distinguishes him from his peers";

- syn. distinguish, mark;

v3
calculate a derivative;

- take the derivative;

v4
become different during development;

- "cells differentiate";

v5
evolve so as to lead to a new species or develop in a way most suited to the environment;

- syn. specialise, specialize, speciate;

v6
become distinct and acquire a different character;

differentiated / d ɪ f ə ɹ ɛ n ʃ ɪ eɪ t ɪ d /
a1
made different (especially in the course of development) or shown to be different;

- "the differentiated markings of butterflies";

- "the regionally differentiated results";

a2
exhibiting biological specialization;

- adapted during development to a specific function or environment;

- sim. specialized;

differentiation / d ɪ f ə ɹ ɛ n ʃ ɪ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
a discrimination between things as different and distinct on the basis of their characteristics or attributes;

- "it is necessary to make a distinction between love and infatuation";

- syn. distinction;

n2
the mathematical process of obtaining the derivative of a function;

n3
(biology) the structural adaptation of some body part for a particular function;

- "cell differentiation in the developing embryo";

- syn. specialisation, specialization;

differentiator / d ɪ f ə ɹ ɛ n ʃ ɪ eɪ t ə /
n1
a person who (or that which) differentiates;

- syn. discriminator;

differently / d ɪ f ɹ ə n t ɫ i /
r1
in another and different manner;

- "very soon you will know differently";

- "she thought otherwise";

- "there is no way out other than the fire escape";

- syn. otherwise;

difficult / d ɪ f ɪ k ə ɫ t /
a1
not easy;

- requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure;

- "a difficult task";

- "nesting places on the cliffs are difficult of access";

- "difficult times";

- "why is it so hard for you to keep a secret?";

- syn. hard;

- also demanding, effortful, hard;

- sim. ambitious, arduous, awkward, baffling, catchy, delicate, fractious, hard-fought, herculean, nasty, rocky, rugged, serious, tall, thorny, troublesome, trying, vexed;

a2
hard to control;

- "a difficult child";

- "an unmanageable situation";

- syn. unmanageable;

- also defiant, disobedient, intractable, noncompliant;

- sim. incorrigible, indocile, uncheckable;

difficultness
n1
the quality of being difficult;

- "they agreed about the difficulty of the climb";

- syn. difficulty;

difficulty / d ɪ f ɪ k ə ɫ t i /
n1
an effort that is inconvenient;

- "I went to a lot of trouble";

- "he won without any trouble";

- "had difficulty walking";

- "finished the test only with great difficulty";

- syn. trouble;

n2
a factor causing trouble in achieving a positive result or tending to produce a negative result;

- "serious difficulties were encountered in obtaining a pure reagent";

n3
a condition or state of affairs almost beyond one's ability to deal with and requiring great effort to bear or overcome;

- "grappling with financial difficulties";

n4
the quality of being difficult;

- "they agreed about the difficulty of the climb";

- syn. difficultness;

diffidence / d ɪ f ɪ d ə n s /
n1
lack of self-confidence;

- syn. self-distrust, self-doubt;

diffident / d ɪ f ɪ d ə n t /
a1
showing modest reserve;

- "she was diffident when offering a comment on the professor's lecture";

- sim. reserved;

a2
lacking self-confidence;

- "stood in the doorway diffident and abashed";

- "problems that call for bold not timid responses";

- "a very unsure young man";

- syn. shy, timid, unsure;

diffidently / d ɪ f ɪ d ə n t ɫ i /
r1
in a diffident manner;

- "`Oh, well,' he shrugged diffidently, `I like the work.'";

difflugia
n1
a protozoan with an ovoid shell of cemented sand grains;

diffract / d ɪ f ɹ æ k t /
v1
undergo diffraction;

- "laser light diffracts electrons";

diffraction / d ɪ f ɹ æ k ʃ n /
n1
when light passes sharp edges or goes through narrow slits the rays are deflected and produce fringes of light and dark bands;

diffraction grating
n1
optical device consisting of a surface with many parallel grooves in it;

- disperses a beam of light (or other electromagnetic radiation) into its wavelengths to produce its spectrum;

- syn. grating;

diffuse / d ɪ f j u s , d ɪ f j u z /
v1
move outward;

- "The soldiers fanned out";

- syn. fan out, spread, spread out;

v2
spread or diffuse through;

- "An atmosphere of distrust has permeated this administration";

- "music penetrated the entire building";

- "His campaign was riddled with accusations and personal attacks";

- syn. imbue, interpenetrate, penetrate, permeate, pervade, riddle;

v3
cause to become widely known;

- "spread information";

- "circulate a rumor";

- "broadcast the news";

- syn. broadcast, circularise, circularize, circulate, disperse, disseminate, distribute, pass around, propagate, spread;

a1
spread out;

- not concentrated in one place;

- "a large diffuse organization";

- sim. distributed;

a2
(of light) transmitted from a broad light source or reflected;

- syn. diffused, soft;

a3
lacking conciseness;

- "a diffuse historical novel";

- sim. prolix;

diffuse nebula
n1
a cluster of stars within an intricate cloud of gas and dust;

- syn. gaseous nebula;

diffused / d ɪ f j u z d /
a1
(of light rays) subjected to scattering by reflection from a rough surface or transmission through a translucent material;

- "diffused light";

- sim. distributed;

a2
(of light) transmitted from a broad light source or reflected;

- syn. diffuse, soft;

diffusely / d ɪ f j u s ɫ i /
r1
in a diffuse manner;

- "the arteries were diffusely narrowed";

diffuseness / d ɪ f j u s n ə s /
n1
the spatial property of being spread out over a wide area or through a large volume;

diffuser / d ɪ f j u z ə /
n1
baffle that distributes sound waves evenly;

- syn. diffusor;

n2
optical device that distributes the light of a lamp evenly;

- syn. diffusor;

diffusing / d ɪ f j u z ɪ ŋ /
a1
spreading by diffusion;

- syn. diffusive, dispersive, disseminative;

- sim. distributive;

diffusing screen
n1
a transparent filter that reduces the light (or some wavelengths of the light) passing through it;

- syn. light filter;

diffusion / d ɪ f j u ʒ n /
n1
(physics) the process in which there is movement of a substance from an area of high concentration of that substance to an area of lower concentration;

n2
the spread of social institutions (and myths and skills) from one society to another;

n3
the property of being diffused or dispersed;

- syn. dissemination;

n4
the act of dispersing or diffusing something;

- "the dispersion of the troops";

- "the diffusion of knowledge";

- syn. dispersal, dispersion, dissemination;

diffusion pump
n1
vacuum pump used to obtain a high vacuum;

- syn. condensation pump;

diffusive / d ɪ f j u s ɪ v /
a1
spreading by diffusion;

- syn. diffusing, dispersive, disseminative;

- sim. distributive;

diffusor
n1
baffle that distributes sound waves evenly;

- syn. diffuser;

n2
optical device that distributes the light of a lamp evenly;

- syn. diffuser;

diflunisal
n1
nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory (trade name Dolobid) used to treat arthritis and other inflammatory conditions;

- syn. Dolobid;

dig / d ɪ ɡ /
n1
the site of an archeological exploration;

- "they set up camp next to the dig";

- syn. archeological site, excavation;

n2
an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect;

- "his parting shot was `drop dead'";

- "she threw shafts of sarcasm";

- "she takes a dig at me every chance she gets";

- syn. barb, gibe, jibe, shaft, shot, slam;

n3
a small gouge (as in the cover of a book);

- "the book was in good condition except for a dig in the back cover";

n4
the act of digging;

- "there's an interesting excavation going on near Princeton";

- syn. digging, excavation;

n5
the act of touching someone suddenly with your finger or elbow;

- "she gave me a sharp dig in the ribs";

- syn. jab;

v1
turn up, loosen, or remove earth;

- "Dig we must";

- "turn over the soil for aeration";

- syn. cut into, delve, turn over;

- also dig in, dig out, dig up;

v2
create by digging;

- "dig a hole";

- "dig out a channel";

- syn. dig out;

v3
work hard;

- "She was digging away at her math homework";

- "Lexicographers drudge all day long";

- syn. drudge, fag, grind, labor, labour, moil, toil, travail;

v4
remove, harvest, or recover by digging;

- "dig salt";

- "dig coal";

- syn. dig out, dig up;

v5
thrust down or into;

- "dig the oars into the water";

- "dig your foot into the floor";

v6
remove the inner part or the core of;

- "the mining company wants to excavate the hillside";

- syn. excavate, hollow;

v7
poke or thrust abruptly;

- "he jabbed his finger into her ribs";

- syn. jab, poke, prod, stab;

v8
get the meaning of something;

- "Do you comprehend the meaning of this letter?";

- syn. apprehend, compass, comprehend, get the picture, grasp, grok, savvy;

dig in
v1
occupy a trench or secured area;

- "The troops dug in for the night";

- syn. entrench;

v2
eat heartily;

- "The food was placed on the table and the children pitched in";

- syn. pitch in;

dig into
v1
examine physically with or as if with a probe;

- "probe an anthill";

- syn. poke into, probe;

dig out
v1
remove, harvest, or recover by digging;

- "dig salt";

- "dig coal";

- syn. dig, dig up;

v2
dig out from underneath earth or snow;

v3
create by digging;

- "dig a hole";

- "dig out a channel";

- syn. dig;

dig up
v1
find by digging in the ground;

- "I dug up an old box in the garden";

- syn. excavate, turn up;

v2
remove, harvest, or recover by digging;

- "dig salt";

- "dig coal";

- syn. dig, dig out;

digenesis
n1
alternation of sexual and asexual generations;

- syn. metagenesis;

digest / d aɪ dʒ ɛ s t , d ɪ dʒ ɛ s t /
n1
a periodical that summarizes the news;

n2
something that is compiled (as into a single book or file);

- syn. compilation;

v1
convert food into absorbable substances;

- "I cannot digest milk products";

v2
arrange and integrate in the mind;

- "I cannot digest all this information";

v3
put up with something or somebody unpleasant;

- "I cannot bear his constant criticism";

- "The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks";

- "he learned to tolerate the heat";

- "She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage";

- syn. abide, bear, brook, endure, put up, stand, stick out, stomach, suffer, support, tolerate;

v4
become assimilated into the body;

- "Protein digests in a few hours";

v5
systematize, as by classifying and summarizing;

- "the government digested the entire law into a code";

v6
soften or disintegrate, as by undergoing exposure to heat or moisture;

v7
make more concise;

- "condense the contents of a book into a summary";

- syn. concentrate, condense;

v8
soften or disintegrate by means of chemical action, heat, or moisture;

digester / d aɪ dʒ ɛ s t ə , d aɪ dʒ ɛ s t ə ɹ , d ɪ dʒ ɛ s t ə , d ɪ dʒ ɛ s t ə ɹ /
n1
autoclave consisting of a vessel in which plant or animal materials are digested;

digestibility / d ɪ dʒ ɛ s t ə b ɪ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
the property of being easy to digest;

- syn. digestibleness;

digestible / d ɪ dʒ ɛ s t ə b ɫ /
a1
capable of being converted into assimilable condition in the alimentary canal;

- also eatable, edible;

- sim. assimilable, light, predigested;

digestibleness / d ɪ dʒ ɛ s t ə b ɫ n ə s /
n1
the property of being easy to digest;

- syn. digestibility;

digestion / d ɪ dʒ ɛ s tʃ ə n /
n1
the process of decomposing organic matter (as in sewage) by bacteria or by chemical action or heat;

n2
the organic process by which food is converted into substances that can be absorbed into the body;

n3
learning and coming to understand ideas and information;

- "his appetite for facts was better than his digestion";

digestive / d ɪ dʒ ɛ s t ɪ v /
n1
any substance that promotes digestion;

a1
relating to or having the power to cause or promote digestion;

- "digestive juices";

- "a digestive enzyme";

- "digestive ferment";

digestive fluid
n1
secretions that aid digestion;

- syn. digestive juice;

digestive gland
n1
any gland having ducts that pour secretions into the digestive tract;

digestive juice
n1
secretions that aid digestion;

- syn. digestive fluid;

digestive system
n1
the system that makes food absorbable into the body;

- syn. gastrointestinal system, systema alimentarium, systema digestorium;

digestive tract
n1
tubular passage of mucous membrane and muscle extending about 8.3 meters from mouth to anus;

- functions in digestion and elimination;

- syn. GI tract, alimentary canal, alimentary tract, digestive tube, gastrointestinal tract;

digestive tube
n1
tubular passage of mucous membrane and muscle extending about 8.3 meters from mouth to anus;

- functions in digestion and elimination;

- syn. GI tract, alimentary canal, alimentary tract, digestive tract, gastrointestinal tract;

digger / d ɪ ɡ ə , d ɪ ɡ ə ɹ /
n1
a laborer who digs;

n2
a machine for excavating;

- syn. excavator, power shovel, shovel;

digger wasp
n1
solitary wasp that digs nests in the soil and stocks them with paralyzed insects for the larvae;

digging / d ɪ ɡ ɪ ŋ /
n1
the act of digging;

- "there's an interesting excavation going on near Princeton";

- syn. dig, excavation;

digging up
n1
the act of digging something up out of the ground (especially a corpse) where it has been buried;

- syn. disinterment, exhumation;

diggings / d ɪ ɡ ɪ ŋ z /
n1
an excavation for ore or precious stones or for archaeology;

- syn. digs;

n2
temporary living quarters;

- syn. digs, domiciliation, lodgings, pad;

dighted / d aɪ t ɪ d /
a1
dressed or adorned (as for battle);

- sim. clothed;

digit / d ɪ dʒ ɪ t /
n1
one of the elements that collectively form a system of numeration;

- "0 and 1 are digits";

- syn. figure;

n2
the length of breadth of a finger used as a linear measure;

- syn. finger, finger's breadth, fingerbreadth;

n3
a finger or toe in human beings or corresponding body part in other vertebrates;

- syn. dactyl;

digital / d ɪ dʒ ɪ t ɫ /
a1
displaying numbers rather than scale positions;

- "digital clock";

- "digital readout";

a2
relating to or performed with the fingers;

- "digital examination";

a3
of a circuit or device that represents magnitudes in digits;

- "digital computer";

digital-analog converter
n1
device for converting digital signals into analogue signals;

- syn. digital-to-analog converter;

digital-to-analog converter
n1
device for converting digital signals into analogue signals;

- syn. digital-analog converter;

digital arteries
n1
arteries in the hand and foot that supply the fingers and toes;

- syn. arteria digitalis;

digital audiotape
n1
a digital tape recording of sound;

- syn. DAT;

digital camera
n1
a camera that encodes an image digitally and store it for later reproduction;

digital clock
n1
a clock that displays the time of day digitally;

digital communication
n1
electronic transmission of information that has been encoded digitally (as for storage and processing by computers);

- syn. data communication;

digital communications technology
n1
the design and construction of communications technology that transmits information in digital form;

digital computer
n1
a computer that represents information by numerical (binary) digits;

digital display
n1
a display that gives the information in the form of characters (numbers or letters);

- syn. alphanumeric display;

digital photography
n1
a photographic method that stores the image digitally for later reproduction;

digital plethysmograph
n1
plethysmograph applied to a digit of the hand or foot to measure skin blood flow;

digital scanner
n1
an electronic device that generates a digital representation of an image for data input to a computer;

- syn. image scanner, scanner;

digital subscriber line
n1
a generic name for digital lines that are provided by telephone companies to their local subscribers and that carry data at high speeds;

- syn. DSL;

digital vein
n1
one of the veins serving the fingers or toes;

- syn. vena digitalis;

digital voltmeter
n1
an electronic voltmeter that gives readings in digits;

digital watch
n1
a watch with a digital display;

digitalin / d ɪ dʒ ɪ t eɪ ɫ ɪ n /
n1
a powerful cardiac stimulant obtained from foxglove;

- syn. digitalis, digitalis glycoside;

digitalis / d ɪ dʒ ɪ t eɪ ɫ ɪ s /
n1
a powerful cardiac stimulant obtained from foxglove;

- syn. digitalin, digitalis glycoside;

n2
any of several plants of the genus Digitalis;

- syn. foxglove;

digitalis glycoside
n1
a powerful cardiac stimulant obtained from foxglove;

- syn. digitalin, digitalis;

Digitalis lutea
n1
European yellow-flowered foxglove;

- syn. straw foxglove, yellow foxglove;

Digitalis purpurea
n1
tall leafy European biennial or perennial having spectacular clusters of large tubular pink-purple flowers;

- leaves yield drug digitalis and are poisonous to livestock;

- syn. common foxglove, fairy bell, finger-flower, finger-root, fingerflower, fingerroot;

digitalisation
n1
the administration of digitalis for the treatment of certain heart disorders;

- syn. digitalization;

digitalise
v1
put into digital form, as for use in a computer;

- "he bought a device to digitize the data";

- syn. digitalize, digitise, digitize;

digitalization
n1
the administration of digitalis for the treatment of certain heart disorders;

- syn. digitalisation;

digitalize
v1
put into digital form, as for use in a computer;

- "he bought a device to digitize the data";

- syn. digitalise, digitise, digitize;

v2
administer digitalis such that the patient benefits maximally without getting adverse effects;

digitally / d ɪ dʒ ɪ t ə ɫ i /
r1
by means of the fingers;

- "the exam was carried out digitally";

r2
in terms of integers;

- "the time was digitally displayed";

Digitaria
n1
crab grass;

- finger grass;

- syn. genus Digitaria;

Digitaria ischaemum
n1
a weed;

- syn. smooth crabgrass;

Digitaria sanguinalis
n1
a European forage grass grown for hay;

- a naturalized weed in United States;

- syn. hairy finger grass, large crabgrass;

digitate / d ɪ dʒ ɪ t eɪ t /
a1
resembling a finger;

- "digitate leaves of the horse chestnut";

- syn. fingerlike;

- sim. fingered;

digitately
r1
in a digitate manner;

digitigrade
n1
an animal that walks so that only the toes touch the ground as e.g. dogs and cats and horses;

- syn. digitigrade mammal;

a1
(of mammals) walking on the toes with the posterior part of the foot raised (as cats, dogs, and horses do);

digitigrade mammal
n1
an animal that walks so that only the toes touch the ground as e.g. dogs and cats and horses;

- syn. digitigrade;

digitisation
n1
conversion of analog information into digital information;

- syn. digitization;

digitise
v1
put into digital form, as for use in a computer;

- "he bought a device to digitize the data";

- syn. digitalise, digitalize, digitize;

digitiser
n1
device for converting analogue signals into digital signals;

- syn. analog-digital converter, analog-to-digital converter, digitizer;

digitization
n1
conversion of analog information into digital information;

- syn. digitisation;

digitize
v1
put into digital form, as for use in a computer;

- "he bought a device to digitize the data";

- syn. digitalise, digitalize, digitise;

digitizer
n1
device for converting analogue signals into digital signals;

- syn. analog-digital converter, analog-to-digital converter, digitiser;

digitoxin
n1
digitalis preparation used to treat congestive heart failure or cardiac arrhythmia;

dignified / d ɪ ɡ n ɪ f aɪ d /
a1
having or expressing dignity;

- especially formality or stateliness in bearing or appearance;

- "her dignified demeanor";

- "the director of the school was a dignified white-haired gentleman";

- also composed, elegant;

- sim. courtly, distinguished;

a2
having or showing self-esteem;

- syn. self-respectful, self-respecting;

- sim. proud;

dignify / d ɪ ɡ n ɪ f aɪ /
v1
confer dignity or honor upon;

- "He was dignified with a title";

- syn. ennoble;

v2
raise the status of;

- "I shall not dignify this insensitive remark with an answer";

dignifying / d ɪ ɡ n ɪ f aɪ ɪ ŋ /
a1
investing with dignity or honor;

- "the dignifying effect of his presence";

- "the ennobling influence of cultural surroundings";

- syn. ennobling;

- sim. noble;

dignitary / d ɪ ɡ n ɪ t ə ɹ i /
n1
an important or influential (and often overbearing) person;

- syn. VIP, high-up, high muckamuck, panjandrum, very important person;

dignity / d ɪ ɡ n ɪ t i /
n1
the quality of being worthy of esteem or respect;

- "it was beneath his dignity to cheat";

- "showed his true dignity when under pressure";

- syn. self-regard, self-respect, self-worth;

n2
formality in bearing and appearance;

- "he behaved with great dignity";

- syn. gravitas, lordliness;

n3
high office or rank or station;

- "he respected the dignity of the emissaries";

digoxin
n1
digitalis preparation (trade name Lanoxin) used to treat congestive heart failure or cardiac arrhythmia;

- helps the heart beat more forcefully;

- syn. Lanoxin;

digram
n1
two successive letters (especially two letters used to represent a single sound: `sh' in `shoe');

- syn. digraph;

digraph / d aɪ ɡ ɹ ɑ f /
n1
two successive letters (especially two letters used to represent a single sound: `sh' in `shoe');

- syn. digram;

digress / d aɪ ɡ ɹ ɛ s /
v1
lose clarity or turn aside especially from the main subject of attention or course of argument in writing, thinking, or speaking;

- "She always digresses when telling a story";

- "her mind wanders";

- "Don't digress when you give a lecture";

- syn. divagate, stray, wander;

v2
wander from a direct or straight course;

- syn. depart, sidetrack, straggle;

digression / d aɪ ɡ ɹ ɛ ʃ n /
n1
a message that departs from the main subject;

- syn. aside, divagation, excursus, parenthesis;

n2
a turning aside (of your course or attention or concern);

- "a diversion from the main highway";

- "a digression into irrelevant details";

- "a deflection from his goal";

- syn. deflection, deflexion, deviation, divagation, diversion;

n3
wandering from the main path of a journey;

- syn. excursion;

digressive / d aɪ ɡ ɹ ɛ s ɪ v /
a1
of superficial relevance if any;

- "a digressive allusion to the day of the week";

- "a tangential remark";

- syn. tangential;

- sim. irrelevant;

a2
(of e.g. speech and writing) tending to depart from the main point or cover a wide range of subjects;

- "amusingly digressive with satirical thrusts at women's fashions among other things";

- "a rambling discursive book";

- "his excursive remarks";

- "a rambling speech about this and that";

- syn. discursive, excursive, rambling;

- sim. indirect;

digs / d ɪ ɡ z /
n1
an excavation for ore or precious stones or for archaeology;

- syn. diggings;

n2
temporary living quarters;

- syn. diggings, domiciliation, lodgings, pad;

dihybrid
n1
a hybrid produced by parents that differ only at two gene loci that have two alleles each;

dihybrid cross
n1
hybridization using two traits with two alleles each;

dihydric alcohol
n1
any of a class of alcohols having 2 hydroxyl groups in each molecule;

- syn. diol, glycol;

dihydrostreptomycin
n1
antibiotic consisting of a hydrogenated form of streptomycin;

- used against tuberculosis and tularemia and Gram-negative organisms;

dihydroxyphenylalanine
n1
amino acid that is formed in the liver and converted into dopamine in the brain;

- syn. dopa;

Dijon / d i ʒ ɒ ŋ /
n1
an industrial city in eastern France to the north of Lyons;

dik-dik
n1
any of several small antelopes of eastern Africa of the genus Madoqua;

- the size of a large rabbit;

dika
n1
African tree with edible yellow fruit resembling mangos;

- valued for its oil-rich seed and hardy green wood that resists termites;

- syn. Irvingia gabonensis, wild mango, wild mango tree;

dika bread
n1
somewhat astringent paste prepared by grinding and heating seeds of the African wild mango;

- a staple food of some African peoples;

dika nut
n1
edible oil-rich seed of wild mango;

dike / d aɪ k /
n1
(slang) offensive term for a lesbian who is noticeably masculine;

- syn. butch, dyke;

n2
a barrier constructed to contain the flow of water or to keep out the sea;

- syn. dam, dyke;

v1
enclose with a dike;

- "dike the land to protect it from water";

- syn. dyke;

Dilantin
n1
an anticonvulsant drug (trade name Dilantin) used to treat epilepsy and that is not a sedative;

- syn. diphenylhydantoin, phenytoin;

dilapidate / d ɪ ɫ æ p ɪ d eɪ t /
v1
bring into a condition of decay or partial ruin by neglect or misuse;

v2
fall into decay or ruin;

- "The unoccupied house started to decay";

- syn. crumble, decay;

dilapidated / d ɪ ɫ æ p ɪ d eɪ t ɪ d /
a1
in deplorable condition;

- "a street of bedraggled tenements";

- "a broken-down fence";

- "a ramshackle old pier";

- "a tumble-down shack";

- syn. bedraggled, broken-down, derelict, ramshackle, tatterdemalion, tumble-down;

- sim. damaged;

dilapidation / d ɪ ɫ æ p ɪ d eɪ ʃ n /
n1
a state of deterioration due to old age or long use;

- syn. decrepitude;

n2
the process of becoming dilapidated;

- syn. ruin;

dilatation / d aɪ ɫ eɪ t eɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
the state of being stretched beyond normal dimensions;

- syn. distension, distention;

n2
the act of expanding an aperture;

- "the dilation of the pupil of the eye";

- syn. dilation;

dilatation and curettage
n1
a surgical procedure usually performed under local anesthesia in which the cervix is dilated and the endometrial lining of the uterus is scraped with a curet;

- performed to obtain tissue samples or to stop prolonged bleeding or to remove small tumors or to remove fragments of placenta after childbirth or as a method of abortion;

- syn. D and C, dilation and curettage;

dilate / d aɪ ɫ eɪ t /
v1
become wider;

- "His pupils were dilated";

- syn. distend;

v2
add details, as to an account or idea;

- clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing;

- "She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation";

- syn. elaborate, enlarge, expand, expatiate, exposit, expound, flesh out, lucubrate;

dilater / d aɪ ɫ eɪ t ə /
n1
a surgical instrument that is used to dilate or distend an opening or an organ;

- syn. dilator;

dilation / d aɪ ɫ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
a lengthy discussion (spoken or written) on a particular topic;

n2
the act of expanding an aperture;

- "the dilation of the pupil of the eye";

- syn. dilatation;

dilation and curettage
n1
a surgical procedure usually performed under local anesthesia in which the cervix is dilated and the endometrial lining of the uterus is scraped with a curet;

- performed to obtain tissue samples or to stop prolonged bleeding or to remove small tumors or to remove fragments of placenta after childbirth or as a method of abortion;

- syn. D and C, dilatation and curettage;

dilator
n1
a muscle or nerve that dilates or widens a body part;

n2
a drug that causes dilation;

n3
a surgical instrument that is used to dilate or distend an opening or an organ;

- syn. dilater;

dilatoriness / d ɪ ɫ ə t ə ɹ ɪ n ɪ s /
n1
slowness as a consequence of not getting around to it;

- syn. procrastination;

dilatory / d ɪ ɫ ə t ə ɹ i /
a1
wasting time;

- syn. laggard, pokey, poky;

- sim. slow;

dilatory plea
n1
a plea that delays the action without settling the cause of action;

- it can challenge the jurisdiction or claim disability of the defendant etc. (such defenses are usually raised in the defendant's answer);

Dilaudid
n1
a narcotic analgesic (trade name Dilaudid) used to treat moderate to severe pain;

- syn. hydromorphone, hydromorphone hydrochloride;

dildo
n1
a vibrating device that substitutes for an erect penis to provide vaginal stimulation;

dilemma / d ɪ ɫ ɛ m ə /
n1
state of uncertainty or perplexity especially as requiring a choice between equally unfavorable options;

- syn. quandary;

dilettante / d ɪ ɫ ɪ t æ n t i /
n1
an amateur who engages in an activity without serious intentions and who pretends to have knowledge;

- syn. dabbler, sciolist;

a1
showing frivolous or superficial interest;

- amateurish;

- "his dilettantish efforts at painting";

- syn. dilettanteish, dilettantish, sciolistic;

- sim. superficial;

dilettanteish
a1
showing frivolous or superficial interest;

- amateurish;

- "his dilettantish efforts at painting";

- syn. dilettante, dilettantish, sciolistic;

- sim. superficial;

dilettantish / d ɪ ɫ ɪ t æ n t ɪ ʃ /
a1
showing frivolous or superficial interest;

- amateurish;

- "his dilettantish efforts at painting";

- syn. dilettante, dilettanteish, sciolistic;

- sim. superficial;

diligence / d ɪ ɫ ɪ dʒ ə n s /
n1
conscientiousness in paying proper attention to a task;

- giving the degree of care required in a given situation;

n2
persevering determination to perform a task;

- "his diligence won him quick promotions";

- "frugality and industry are still regarded as virtues";

- syn. industriousness, industry;

n3
a diligent effort;

- "it is a job requiring serious application";

- syn. application;

diligent / d ɪ ɫ ɪ dʒ ə n t /
a1
quietly and steadily persevering especially in detail or exactness;

- "a diligent (or patient) worker";

- "with persevering (or patient) industry she revived the failing business";

- syn. persevering;

- sim. patient;

a2
characterized by care and perseverance in carrying out tasks;

- "a diligent detective investigates all clues";

- "a diligent search of the files";

- also busy, careful;

- sim. assiduous, hardworking;

diligently / d ɪ ɫ ɪ dʒ ə n t ɫ i /
r1
with diligence;

- in a diligent manner;

- "we may diligently observe the Lord's supper on the first day of the week, diligently preach the gospel, or minister to the saint";

dill / d ɪ ɫ /
n1
aromatic Old World herb having aromatic threadlike foliage and seeds used as seasoning;

- syn. Anethum graveolens;

n2
aromatic threadlike foliage of the dill plant used as seasoning;

- syn. dill weed;

dill pickle
n1
pickle preserved in brine or vinegar flavored with dill seed;

dill seed
n1
seed of the dill plant used as seasoning;

dill weed
n1
aromatic threadlike foliage of the dill plant used as seasoning;

- syn. dill;

dillenia
n1
any of several evergreen trees or shrubs of the genus Dillenia grown for their foliage and nodding flowers resembling magnolias which are followed by fruit that is used in curries and jellies and preserves;

Dilleniaceae
n1
chiefly tropical shrubs and trees and climbers having leathery leaves or flattened leaflike stems: genera Dillenia and Hibbertia;

- syn. family Dilleniaceae;

dilleniid dicot family
n1
family of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs;

dilleniid dicot genus
n1
genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs;

Dilleniidae
n1
a group of families of more or less advanced trees and shrubs and herbs having either polypetalous or gamopetalous corollas and often with ovules attached to the walls of the ovary;

- contains 69 families including Ericaceae and Cruciferae and Malvaceae;

- sometimes classified as a superorder;

- syn. subclass Dilleniidae;

dilly-dallier
n1
someone who wastes time;

- syn. dallier, dillydallier, lounger, mope;

dilly-dally / d ɪ ɫ ɪ d æ ɫ i /
v1
postpone doing what one should be doing;

- "He did not want to write the letter and procrastinated for days";

- syn. dillydally, drag one's feet, drag one's heels, procrastinate, shillyshally, stall;

dillydallier
n1
someone who wastes time;

- syn. dallier, dilly-dallier, lounger, mope;

dillydally / d ɪ ɫ i d æ ɫ i /
v1
postpone doing what one should be doing;

- "He did not want to write the letter and procrastinated for days";

- syn. dilly-dally, drag one's feet, drag one's heels, procrastinate, shillyshally, stall;

diltiazem
n1
a calcium blocker (trade name Cardizem) used in treating hypertension or angina or heart failure;

- syn. Cardizem;

diluent / d ɪ ɫ j ʊə n t /
n1
a diluting agent;

- syn. dilutant, thinner;

dilutant
n1
a diluting agent;

- syn. diluent, thinner;

dilute / d aɪ ɫ j u t /
v1
lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture;

- "cut bourbon";

- syn. cut, reduce, thin, thin out;

v2
corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance;

- often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones;

- "adulterate liquor";

- syn. adulterate, debase, load, stretch;

a1
reduced in strength or concentration or quality or purity;

- "diluted alcohol";

- "a dilute solution";

- "dilute acetic acid";

- syn. diluted;

- sim. cut, watery, white;

diluted / d aɪ ɫ j u t ɪ d /
a1
reduced in strength or concentration or quality or purity;

- "diluted alcohol";

- "a dilute solution";

- "dilute acetic acid";

- syn. dilute;

- sim. cut, watery, white;

dilution / d aɪ ɫ j u ʃ n /
n1
a diluted solution;

n2
weakening (reducing the concentration) by the addition of water or a thinner;

diluvial / d aɪ ɫ u v j ə ɫ /
a1
of or connected with a deluge;

- syn. diluvian;

diluvian / d aɪ ɫ u v ɪə n /
a1
of or connected with a deluge;

- syn. diluvial;

dim / d ɪ m /
v1
switch (a car's headlights) from a higher to a lower beam;

- syn. dip;

v2
become dim or lusterless;

- "the lights dimmed and the curtain rose";

v3
make dim or lusterless;

- "Time had dimmed the silver";

v4
make dim by comparison or conceal;

- syn. blind;

v5
become vague or indistinct;

- "The distinction between the two theories blurred";

- syn. blur, slur;

a1
lacking in light;

- not bright or harsh;

- "a dim light beside the bed";

- "subdued lights and soft music";

- syn. subdued;

- sim. dark;

a2
lacking clarity or distinctness;

- "a dim figure in the distance";

- "only a faint recollection";

- "shadowy figures in the gloom";

- "saw a vague outline of a building through the fog";

- "a few wispy memories of childhood";

- syn. faint, shadowy, vague, wispy;

- sim. indistinct;

a3
made dim or less bright;

- "the dimmed houselights brought a hush of anticipation";

- "dimmed headlights";

- "we like dimmed lights when we have dinner";

- syn. dimmed;

- sim. low-beam;

a4
offering little or no hope;

- "the future looked black";

- "prospects were bleak";

- "Life in the Aran Islands has always been bleak and difficult"- J.M.Synge;

- "took a dim view of things";

- syn. black, bleak;

- sim. hopeless;

a5
slow to learn or understand;

- lacking intellectual acuity;

- "so dense he never understands anything I say to him";

- "never met anyone quite so dim";

- "although dull at classical learning, at mathematics he was uncommonly quick"- Thackeray;

- "dumb officials make some really dumb decisions";

- "he was either normally stupid or being deliberately obtuse";

- "worked with the slow students";

- syn. dense, dull, dumb, obtuse, slow;

- sim. stupid;

dim-sighted
a1
having greatly reduced vision;

- syn. near-blind, purblind, sand-blind, visually challenged, visually impaired;

- sim. blind;

dim-witted
a1
lacking mental capacity and subtlety;

- syn. simple, simple-minded;

- sim. retarded;

dim sum
n1
traditional Chinese cuisine;

- a variety of foods (including several kinds of steamed or fried dumplings) are served successively in small portions;

DiMaggio
n1
United States professional baseball player noted for his batting ability (1914-1999);

- syn. Joe DiMaggio, Joseph Paul DiMaggio;

Dimash
n1
an ancient city (widely regarded as the world's oldest) and present capital and largest city of Syria;

- according to the New Testament, the Apostle Paul (then known as Saul) underwent a dramatic conversion on the road to Damascus;

- syn. Damascus, capital of Syria;

dime / d aɪ m /
n1
a United States coin worth one tenth of a dollar;

n2
street name for a packet of illegal drugs that is sold for ten dollars;

- syn. dime bag;

dime bag
n1
street name for a packet of illegal drugs that is sold for ten dollars;

- syn. dime;

dime novel
n1
a melodramatic paperback novel;

- syn. penny dreadful;

dimenhydrinate
n1
antihistamine and antiemetic (trade name Dramamine) used to treat motion sickness;

- syn. Dramamine;

dimension / d ɪ m ɛ n ʃ n /
n1
the magnitude of something in a particular direction (especially length or width or height);

n2
a construct whereby objects or individuals can be distinguished;

- "self-confidence is not an endearing property";

- syn. attribute, property;

n3
one of three Cartesian coordinates that determine a position in space;

n4
magnitude or extent;

- "a building of vast proportions";

- syn. proportion;

v1
indicate the dimensions on;

- "These techniques permit us to dimension the human heart";

v2
shape or form to required dimensions;

dimensional / d ɪ m ɛ n ʃ ə n ɫ /
a1
of or relating to dimensions;

a2
having dimension--the quality or character or stature proper to a person;

- "never matures as a dimensional character;

- he is pasty, bland, faceless"- Norman Cousins;

- sim. multidimensional;

dimensionality / d ɪ m ɛ n ʃ ə n æ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
the spatial property of having dimensions;

- "all matter has dimensionality";

dimensioning / d ɪ m ɛ n ʃ n ɪ ŋ /
a1
indicating or determining size and position in space;

- "the ultrasonic dimensioning measurement";

- "an ultrasonic dimensioning arrangement of the heart";

- sim. orienting;

dimer / d aɪ m ə , d aɪ m ə ɹ , d ɪ m ə , d ɪ m ə ɹ /
n1
a compound whose molecules are composed of two identical monomers;

Dimetane
n1
antihistamine (trade name Dimetane) used to treat hypersensitivity reactions (as rhinitis);

- syn. brompheniramine maleate;

Dimetapp
n1
trade name for a drug containing an antihistamine and a decongestant;

- used to relieve nasal congestion and to treat rhinitis;

dimethyl ketone
n1
the simplest ketone;

- a highly flammable liquid widely used as an organic solvent and as material for making plastics;

- syn. acetone, propanone;

dimethylglyoxime
n1
a compound used in analysis as a precipitant for palladium or nickel;

dimetrodon
n1
carnivorous dinosaur of the Permian in North America having a crest or dorsal sail;

diminish / d ɪ m ɪ n ɪ ʃ /
v1
decrease in size, extent, or range;

- "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester";

- "The cabin pressure fell dramatically";

- "her weight fell to under a hundred pounds";

- "his voice fell to a whisper";

- syn. decrease, fall, lessen;

v2
lessen the authority, dignity, or reputation of;

- "don't belittle your colleagues";

- syn. belittle;

diminished / d ɪ m ɪ n ɪ ʃ t /
a1
impaired by diminution;

- syn. lessened, vitiated, weakened;

- sim. impaired;

a2
(of an organ or body part) diminished in size or strength as a result of disease or injury or lack of use;

- "partial paralysis resulted in an atrophied left arm";

- syn. atrophied, wasted;

a3
(of musical intervals) reduction by a semitone of any perfect or minor musical interval;

- "a diminished fifth";

- sim. decreased;

a4
made to seem smaller or less (especially in worth);

- "her comments made me feel small";

- syn. belittled, small;

- sim. decreased;

diminished arch
n1
an arch whose height is less than half its width;

- syn. scheme arch, skeen arch, skene arch;

diminishing / d ɪ m ɪ n ɪ ʃ ɪ ŋ /
a1
becoming smaller or less or appearing to do so;

- "diminishing returns";

- "his diminishing respect for her";

- sim. decreasing;

diminuendo / d ɪ m ɪ n j ʊ ɛ n d oʊ /
n1
(music) a gradual decrease in loudness;

- syn. decrescendo;

a1
(music) gradually decreasing in volume;

- syn. decrescendo;

- sim. decreasing;

diminution / d ɪ m ɪ n j u ʃ n /
n1
change toward something smaller or lower;

- syn. decline;

n2
the statement of a theme in notes of lesser duration (usually half the length of the original);

n3
the act of decreasing or reducing something;

- syn. decrease, reduction, step-down;

diminutive / d ɪ m ɪ n j ʊ t ɪ v /
n1
a word that is formed with a suffix (such as -let or -kin) to indicate smallness;

a1
very small;

- "diminutive in stature";

- "a lilliputian chest of drawers";

- "her petite figure";

- "tiny feet";

- "the flyspeck nation of Bahrain moved toward democracy";

- syn. bantam, flyspeck, lilliputian, midget, petite, tiny;

- sim. small;

diminutiveness / d ɪ m ɪ n j ʊ t ɪ v n ə s /
n1
the property of being very small in size;

- "hence the minuteness of detail in the painting";

- syn. minuteness, petiteness, tininess, weeness;

dimity / d ɪ m ɪ t i /
n1
a strong cotton fabric with a raised pattern;

- used for bedcovers and curtains;

dimly / d ɪ m ɫ i /
r1
in a dim indistinct manner;

- "we perceived the change only dimly";

- syn. indistinctly;

r2
in a manner lacking interest or vitality;

- "a palely entertaining show";

- syn. palely, pallidly;

r3
with a dim light;

- "a dimly lit room";

- syn. murkily;

dimmed / d ɪ m d /
a1
made dim or less bright;

- "the dimmed houselights brought a hush of anticipation";

- "dimmed headlights";

- "we like dimmed lights when we have dinner";

- syn. dim;

- sim. low-beam;

dimmer / d ɪ m ə , d ɪ m ə ɹ /
n1
a rheostat that varies the current through an electric light in order to control the level of illumination;

dimness / d ɪ m n ə s /
n1
the state of being poorly illuminated;

- syn. duskiness;

n2
the property of lights or sounds that lack brilliance or are reduced in intensity;

- syn. subduedness;

n3
the quality of being dim or lacking contrast;

- syn. faintness;

Dimocarpus
n1
longan;

- syn. genus Dimocarpus;

Dimocarpus longan
n1
tree of southeastern Asia to Australia grown primarily for its sweet edible fruit resembling litchi nuts;

- sometimes placed in genera Euphorbia or Nephelium;

- syn. Euphorbia litchi, Nephelium longana, longan, longanberry, lungen;

dimorphic
a1
occurring or existing in two different forms;

- "dimorphic crystals";

- "dimorphous organisms";

- syn. dimorphous;

dimorphism
n1
(chemistry) the property of certain substances that enables them to exist in two distinct crystalline forms;

n2
(biology) the existence of two forms of individual within the same animal species (independent of sex differences);

Dimorphotheca
n1
South African herbs or subshrubs with usually yellow flowers;

- syn. genus Dimorphotheca;

dimorphous
a1
occurring or existing in two different forms;

- "dimorphic crystals";

- "dimorphous organisms";

- syn. dimorphic;

dimout / d ɪ m aʊ t /
n1
darkness resulting from the extinction of lights (as in a city invisible to enemy aircraft);

- syn. blackout, brownout;

dimple / d ɪ m p ɫ /
n1
a chad that has been punched or dimpled but all four corners are still attached;

- syn. dimpled chad, pregnant chad;

n2
any slight depression in a surface;

- "there are approximately 336 dimples on a golf ball";

n3
a small natural hollow in the cheek or chin;

- "His dimple appeared whenever he smiled";

v1
mark with, or as if with, dimples;

- "drops dimpled the smooth stream";

v2
produce dimples while smiling;

- "The child dimpled up to the adults";

dimpled chad
n1
a chad that has been punched or dimpled but all four corners are still attached;

- syn. dimple, pregnant chad;

dimwit / d ɪ m w ɪ t /
n1
a stupid incompetent person;

- syn. doofus, half-wit, nitwit;

din / d ɪ n /
n1
a loud harsh or strident noise;

- syn. blare, blaring, cacophony, clamor;

n2
the act of making a noisy disturbance;

- syn. commotion, ruckus, ruction, rumpus, tumult;

v1
make a resonant sound, like artillery;

- "His deep voice boomed through the hall";

- syn. boom;

v2
instill (into a person) by constant repetition;

- "he dinned the lessons into his students";

Din Land
n1
United States inventor who incorporated Polaroid film into lenses and invented the one step photographic process (1909-1991);

- syn. Edwin Herbert Land, Land;

dinar / d i n ɑ , d i n ɑr /
n1
100 dinars equal 1 rial in Iran;

- syn. Iranian dinar;

n2
the basic unit of money in Yugoslavia;

- syn. Yugoslavian dinar;

n3
the basic unit of money in Tunisia;

- syn. Tunisian dinar;

n4
the basic unit of money in Libya;

- syn. Libyan dinar;

n5
the basic unit of money in Kuwait;

- equal 1,000 fils;

- syn. Kuwaiti dinar;

n6
the basic unit of money in Jordan;

- equal to 1,000 fils;

- syn. Jordanian dinar;

n7
the basic unit of money in Iraq;

- equal to 1,000 fils;

- syn. Iraqi dinar;

n8
the basic unit of money in Bahrain;

- equal to 1,000 fils;

- syn. Bahrain dinar;

n9
the basic unit of money in Algeria;

- syn. Algerian dinar;

Dindymene
n1
great nature goddess of ancient Phrygia in Asia Minor;

- counterpart of Greek Rhea and Roman Ops;

- syn. Cybele, Great Mother, Magna Mater, Mater Turrita;

dine / d aɪ n /
v1
have supper;

- eat dinner;

- "We often dine with friends in this restaurant";

- also dine in, dine out;

v2
give dinner to;

- host for dinner;

- "I'm wining and dining my friends";

dine in
v1
eat at home;

- syn. eat in;

dine out
v1
eat at a restaurant or at somebody else's home;

- syn. eat out;

diner / d aɪ n ə , d aɪ n ə ɹ /
n1
a person eating a meal (especially in a restaurant);

n2
a passenger car where food is served in transit;

- syn. buffet car, dining car, dining compartment;

n3
a restaurant that resembles a dining car;

dinero
n1
informal terms for money;

- syn. boodle, bread, cabbage, clams, dough, gelt, kale, lettuce, lolly, loot, lucre, moolah, pelf, scratch, shekels, simoleons, sugar, wampum;

Dinesen
n1
Danish writer who lived in Kenya for 19 years and is remembered for her writings about Africa (1885-1962);

- syn. Baroness Karen Blixen, Blixen, Isak Dinesen, Karen Blixen;

dinette
n1
a small area off of a kitchen that is used for dining;

ding / d ɪ ŋ /
n1
a ringing sound;

n2
an impression in a surface (as made by a blow);

- syn. dent, gouge, nick;

v1
go `ding dong', like a bell;

- syn. dingdong, dong;

ding-dong / d ɪ ŋ d ɒ ŋ /
n1
the noise made by a bell;

dingbat / d ɪ ŋ b æ t /
n1
a silly empty-headed person;

- "you would be a dingbat even to try it";

- "yet here he was with an upper class dingbat who just happened to be married to his sister";

dingdong / d ɪ ŋ d ɒ ŋ /
v1
go `ding dong', like a bell;

- syn. ding, dong;

r1
heartily or earnestly;

- "They fell to work dingdong";

dinge
n1
discoloration due to dirtiness;

- syn. dinginess;

v1
make a dent or impression in;

- "dinge a soft hat";

- syn. batter;

v2
make dingy;

dinghy / d ɪ ŋ ɡ i /
n1
a small boat of shallow draft with cross thwarts for seats and rowlocks for oars with which it is propelled;

- syn. dory, rowboat;

dingily / d ɪ n dʒ ɪ ɫ i /
r1
in a dingy manner;

- syn. grubbily, grungily;

dinginess / d ɪ n dʒ ɪ n ə s /
n1
discoloration due to dirtiness;

- syn. dinge;

dingle / d ɪ ŋ ɡ ɫ /
n1
a small wooded hollow;

- syn. dell;

dingo / d ɪ ŋ ɡ oʊ /
n1
wolflike yellowish-brown wild dog of Australia;

- syn. Canis dingo, warragal, warrigal;

dingy / d ɪ n dʒ i , d ɪ ŋ ɡ i /
a1
thickly covered with ingrained dirt or soot;

- "a miner's begrimed face";

- "dingy linen";

- "grimy hands";

- "grubby little fingers";

- "a grungy kitchen";

- syn. begrimed, grimy, grubby, grungy, raunchy;

- sim. dirty;

a2
(of color) discolored by impurities;

- not bright and clear;

- "dirty" is often used in combination;

- "a dirty (or dingy) white";

- "the muddied grey of the sea";

- "muddy colors";

- "dirty-green walls";

- "dirty-blonde hair";

- syn. dirty, muddied, muddy;

- sim. impure;

a3
causing dejection;

- "a blue day";

- "the dark days of the war";

- "a week of rainy depressing weather";

- "a disconsolate winter landscape";

- "the first dismal dispiriting days of November";

- "a dark gloomy day";

- "grim rainy weather";

- syn. blue, dark, disconsolate, dismal, drab, drear, dreary, gloomy, grim, sorry;

- sim. depressing;

dining / d aɪ n ɪ ŋ /
n1
the act of eating dinner;

dining-hall
n1
a large room at a college or university;

- used especially for dining;

dining-room / d aɪ n ɪ ŋ ɹ u m /
n1
a room used for dining;

- syn. dining room;

dining-room attendant
n1
someone employed to provide service in a dining room;

- syn. restaurant attendant;

dining-room furniture
n1
furniture intended for use in a dining room;

dining-room set
n1
a suite of furniture for the dining room;

- syn. dining-room suite, dining room set, dining room suite;

dining-room suite
n1
a suite of furniture for the dining room;

- syn. dining-room set, dining room set, dining room suite;

dining-room table
n1
dining-room furniture consisting of a table on which meals can be served;

dining area
n1
an area arranged for dining;

- "they put up tents for the dining area";

dining car
n1
a passenger car where food is served in transit;

- syn. buffet car, diner, dining compartment;

dining companion
n1
someone you dine with;

- syn. tablemate;

dining compartment
n1
a passenger car where food is served in transit;

- syn. buffet car, diner, dining car;

dining room
n1
a room used for dining;

- syn. dining-room;

dining room set
n1
a suite of furniture for the dining room;

- syn. dining-room set, dining-room suite, dining room suite;

dining room suite
n1
a suite of furniture for the dining room;

- syn. dining-room set, dining-room suite, dining room set;

dining table
n1
a table at which meals are served;

- "he helped her clear the dining table";

- "a feast was spread upon the board";

- syn. board;

DINK
n1
a couple who both have careers and no children (an acronym for dual income no kids);

n2
a soft return so that the tennis ball drops abruptly after crossing the net;

- syn. drop shot;

Dinka
n1
a Nilotic language;

dinkey / d ɪ n k i /
n1
a small locomotive;

- syn. dinky;

dinky / d ɪ ŋ k i /
n1
a small locomotive;

- syn. dinkey;

a1
small and unimpressive;

- "we stayed in a dinky old hotel";

- "an insignificant sum of money";

- syn. insignificant;

- sim. small;

a2
(British informal) pretty and neat;

- "what a dinky little hat";

- sim. attractive;

dinner / d ɪ n ə , d ɪ n ə ɹ /
n1
the main meal of the day served in the evening or at midday;

- "dinner will be at 8";

- "on Sundays they had a large dinner when they returned from church";

n2
a party of people assembled to have dinner together;

- "guests should never be late to a dinner party";

- syn. dinner party;

dinner bell
n1
a bell rung to announce that dinner has been served;

dinner bucket
n1
a pail in which a workman carries his lunch or dinner;

- syn. dinner pail;

dinner dress
n1
a gown for evening wear;

- syn. dinner gown, evening gown, formal;

dinner gown
n1
a gown for evening wear;

- syn. dinner dress, evening gown, formal;

dinner jacket
n1
semiformal evening dress for men;

- syn. black tie, tux, tuxedo;

dinner napkin
n1
a large napkin used when dinner is served;

dinner pail
n1
a pail in which a workman carries his lunch or dinner;

- syn. dinner bucket;

dinner party
n1
a party of people assembled to have dinner together;

- "guests should never be late to a dinner party";

- syn. dinner;

dinner plate
n1
a plate from which a diner eats during the main course of a meal;

dinner service
n1
a table service for serving dinner;

- syn. dinner set;

dinner set
n1
a table service for serving dinner;

- syn. dinner service;

dinner table
n1
the dining table where dinner is served and eaten;

dinner theater
n1
a theater at which dinner is included in the price of admission;

- syn. dinner theatre;

dinner theatre
n1
a theater at which dinner is included in the price of admission;

- syn. dinner theater;

dinnertime / d ɪ n ə ɹ t aɪ m /
n1
the customary or habitual hour for the evening meal;

- syn. suppertime;

dinnerware / d ɪ n ə ɹ w eə /
n1
the tableware (plates and platters and serving bowls etc.) used in serving a meal;

Dino Paul Crocetti
n1
United States singer (1917-1995);

- syn. Dean Martin, Martin;

dinoceras
n1
a variety of dinocerate;

- syn. uintathere;

Dinocerata
n1
small order of primitive ungulates of the Paleocene and Eocene;

- syn. order Dinocerata;

dinocerate
n1
an extinct ungulate;

Dinoflagellata
n1
in some classifications considered a phylum of the kingdom Protista;

- in others included in the plant phylum Pyrrophyta;

- syn. Cilioflagellata, order Cilioflagellata, order Dinoflagellata;

dinoflagellate
n1
chiefly marine protozoa having two flagella;

- a chief constituent of plankton;

Dinornis
n1
type genus of the Dinornithidae: large moas;

- syn. genus Dinornis;

Dinornis giganteus
n1
the largest moa;

- about 12 feet high;

- syn. giant moa;

Dinornithidae
n1
moas;

- syn. family Dinornithidae;

Dinornithiformes
n1
a ratite bird order: recently extinct flightless birds of New Zealand;

- syn. order Dinornithiformes;

dinosaur / d aɪ n ə s ɔ , d aɪ n ə s ɔ ɹ /
n1
any of numerous extinct terrestrial reptiles of the Mesozoic era;

dint / d ɪ n t /
n1
interchangeable with `means' in the expression `by means of';

diocesan / d aɪ ɒ s ɪ s n /
n1
a bishop having jurisdiction over a diocese;

a1
belonging to or governing a diocese;

diocese / d aɪ ə s ɪ s /
n1
the territorial jurisdiction of a bishop;

- syn. bishopric, episcopate;

Diocletian
n1
Roman Emperor who when faced with military problems decided in 286 to divide the Roman Empire between himself in the east and Maximian in the west;

- he initiated the last persecution of the Christians in 303 (245-313);

- syn. Gaius Aurelius Valerius Diocletian;

diode
n1
a thermionic tube having two electrodes;

- used as a rectifier;

- syn. rectifying tube, rectifying valve;

n2
a semiconductor that consists of a p-n junction;

- syn. crystal rectifier, junction rectifier, semiconductor diode;

Diodon
n1
type genus of the Diodontidae;

- syn. genus Diodon;

Diodon holocanthus
n1
similar to but smaller than porcupinefish;

- syn. balloonfish;

Diodon hystrix
n1
spines become erect when the body is inflated;

- worldwide in warm waters;

- syn. porcupine fish, porcupinefish;

Diodontidae
n1
spiny puffers;

- syn. family Diodontidae;

Diodora apertura
n1
marine limpet having a conical shell with an opening at the apex;

- syn. Fissurella apertura, keyhole limpet;

dioecian
a1
having male and female reproductive organs in separate plants or animals;

- syn. dioecious;

dioecious
a1
having male and female reproductive organs in separate plants or animals;

- syn. dioecian;

dioestrous
a1
(of animals that have several estrous cycles in one breeding season) in a period of sexual inactivity;

- syn. diestrous, diestrual, dioestrual;

- sim. anestrous;

dioestrual
a1
(of animals that have several estrous cycles in one breeding season) in a period of sexual inactivity;

- syn. diestrous, diestrual, dioestrous;

- sim. anestrous;

Diogenes
n1
an ancient Greek philosopher and Cynic who rejected social conventions (circa 400-325 BC);

diol
n1
any of a class of alcohols having 2 hydroxyl groups in each molecule;

- syn. dihydric alcohol, glycol;

Diomedea exulans
n1
very large albatross;

- white with wide black wings;

- syn. wandering albatross;

Diomedea nigripes
n1
a variety of albatross with black feet;

- syn. black-footed albatross, gooney, gooney bird, goonie, goony;

Diomedeidae
n1
albatrosses;

- syn. family Diomedeidae;

Dionaea
n1
a genus of the family Droseraceae;

- syn. genus Dionaea;

Dionaea muscipula
n1
carnivorous plant of coastal plains of the Carolinas having sensitive hinged marginally bristled leaf blades that close and entrap insects;

- syn. Venus's flytrap, Venus's flytraps;

Dionysia
n1
an orgiastic festival in ancient Greece in honor of Dionysus (= Bacchus);

- syn. Bacchanalia;

Dionysian / d aɪ ə n ɪ z ɪə n /
a1
of or relating to or worshipping Dionysus;

Dionysius
n1
the tyrant of Syracuse who fought the Carthaginians (430-367 BC);

- syn. Dionysius the Elder;

Dionysius the Elder
n1
the tyrant of Syracuse who fought the Carthaginians (430-367 BC);

- syn. Dionysius;

Dionysus
n1
(Greek mythology) god of wine and fertility and drama;

- the Greek name of Bacchus;

dioon
n1
any cycad of the genus Dioon;

- handsome palmlike cycads with robust crowns of leaves and rugged trunks;

Diophantus
n1
Greek mathematician who was the first to try to develop an algebraic notation (3rd century);

diopter / d aɪ ɒ p t ə /
n1
a unit of measurement of the refractive power of a lens which is equal to the reciprocal of the focal length measured in meters;

- used by oculists;

- syn. dioptre;

dioptre / d aɪ ɒ p t ə ɹ /
n1
a unit of measurement of the refractive power of a lens which is equal to the reciprocal of the focal length measured in meters;

- used by oculists;

- syn. diopter;

Dior
n1
French couturier whose first collection in 1947 created a style that became known as the New Look (1905-1957);

- syn. Christian Dior;

diorama / d aɪ ə ɹ ɑ m ə /
n1
a picture (or series of pictures) representing a continuous scene;

- syn. cyclorama, panorama;

diorite
n1
a granular crystalline intrusive rock;

Dioscorea
n1
yams;

- syn. genus Dioscorea;

Dioscorea alata
n1
grown in Australasia and Polynesia for its large root with fine edible white flesh;

- syn. water yam, white yam;

Dioscorea batata
n1
hardy Chinese vine naturalized in United States and cultivated as an ornamental climber for its glossy heart-shaped cinnamon-scented leaves and in the tropics for its edible tubers;

- syn. Chinese yam, cinnamon vine;

Dioscorea bulbifera
n1
yam of tropical Africa and Asia cultivated for it large tubers;

- syn. air potato;

Dioscorea elephantipes
n1
South African vine having a massive rootstock covered with deeply fissured bark;

- syn. Hottentot's bread vine, Hottentot bread vine, elephant's-foot, tortoise plant;

Dioscorea paniculata
n1
having a rhizome formerly dried and used to treat rheumatism or liver disorders;

- syn. wild yam;

Dioscorea trifida
n1
tropical American yam with small yellow edible tubers;

- syn. cush-cush;

Dioscoreaceae
n1
yams;

- syn. family Dioscoreaceae, yam family;

Diospyros
n1
a genus of trees or shrubs that have beautiful and valuable wood;

- syn. genus Diospyros;

Diospyros ebenum
n1
tropical tree of southern Asia having hard dark-colored heartwood used in cabinetwork;

- syn. ebony, ebony tree;

Diospyros kaki
n1
small deciduous Asiatic tree bearing large red or orange edible astringent fruit;

- syn. Japanese persimmon, kaki;

Diospyros kurzii
n1
large Asiatic tree having hard marbled zebrawood;

- syn. Andaman marble, marble-wood, marblewood;

Diospyros lotus
n1
an Asiatic persimmon tree cultivated for its small yellow or purplish-black edible fruit much valued by Afghan tribes;

- syn. date plum;

Diospyros virginiana
n1
medium-sized tree of dry woodlands in the southern and eastern United States bearing yellow or orange very astringent fruit that is edible when fully ripe;

- syn. American persimmon, possumwood;

Diovan
n1
an angiotensin II inhibitor that is used to treat high blood pressure;

- syn. valsartan;

dioxide / d aɪ ɒ k s aɪ d /
n1
an oxide containing two atoms of oxygen in the molecule;

dioxin / d aɪ ɒ k s ɪ n /
n1
any of several toxic or carcinogenic hydrocarbons that occur as impurities in herbicides;

dip / d ɪ p /
n1
a depression in an otherwise level surface;

- "there was a dip in the road";

n2
(physics) the angle that a magnetic needle makes with the plane of the horizon;

- syn. angle of dip, inclination, magnetic dip, magnetic inclination;

n3
a thief who steals from the pockets or purses of others in public places;

- syn. cutpurse, pickpocket;

n4
tasty mixture or liquid into which bite-sized foods are dipped;

n5
a brief immersion;

n6
a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity;

- "a drop of 57 points on the Dow Jones index";

- "there was a drop in pressure in the pulmonary artery";

- "a dip in prices";

- "when that became known the price of their stock went into free fall";

- syn. drop, fall, free fall;

n7
a candle that is made by repeated dipping in a pool of wax or tallow;

n8
a brief swim in water;

- syn. plunge;

n9
a gymnastic exercise on the parallel bars in which the body is lowered and raised by bending and straightening the arms;

v1
immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate;

- "dip the garment into the cleaning solution";

- "dip the brush into the paint";

- syn. douse, dunk, plunge, souse;

v2
dip into a liquid while eating;

- "She dunked the piece of bread in the sauce";

- syn. dunk;

v3
go down momentarily;

- "Prices dipped";

v4
stain an object by immersing it in a liquid;

v5
take a small amount from;

- "I had to dip into my savings to buy him this present";

v6
switch (a car's headlights) from a higher to a lower beam;

- syn. dim;

v7
lower briefly;

- "She dipped her knee";

v8
appear to move downward;

- "The sun dipped below the horizon";

- "The setting sun sank below the tree line";

- syn. sink;

v9
slope downwards;

- "Our property dips towards the river";

v10
dip into a liquid;

- "He dipped into the pool";

- syn. douse, duck;

v11
place (candle wicks) into hot, liquid wax;

v12
immerse in a disinfectant solution;

- "dip the sheep";

v13
plunge (one's hand or a receptacle) into a container;

- "He dipped into his pocket";

v14
scoop up by plunging one's hand or a ladle below the surface;

- "dip water out of a container";

dip circle
n1
a measuring instrument for measuring the angle of magnetic dip (as from an airplane);

- syn. inclinometer;

dip into
v1
read selectively;

- read only certain passages from a text;

dip solder
v1
solder by immersion in a bath of molten solder;

DIP switch
n1
(computer science) one of a set of small on-off switches mounted in computer hardware;

- used in place of jumpers to configure the machine for a user;

- syn. dual inline package switch;

diphenhydramine
n1
antihistamine (trade name Benadryl) used to treat allergic reactions involving the nasal passages (hay fever) and also to treat motion sickness;

- syn. Benadryl;

diphenylbutyl piperidine
n1
a group of antipsychotic drugs used mainly in the treatment of schizophrenia;

diphenylhydantoin
n1
an anticonvulsant drug (trade name Dilantin) used to treat epilepsy and that is not a sedative;

- syn. Dilantin, phenytoin;

diphtheria / d ɪ f θ ɪə ɹ ɪə /
n1
acute contagious infection caused by the bacterium Corynebacterium diphtheriae;

- marked by the formation of a false membrane in the throat and other air passages causing difficulty in breathing;

diphthong / d ɪ f θ ɒ ŋ /
n1
a vowel sound that starts near the articulatory position for one vowel and moves toward the position for another;

diphthongise
v1
change from a simple vowel to a diphthong;

- "This vowel diphthongized in Germanic";

- syn. diphthongize;

diphthongize / d ɪ f θ ɒ ŋ ɡ aɪ z /
v1
change from a simple vowel to a diphthong;

- "This vowel diphthongized in Germanic";

- syn. diphthongise;

Diphylla
n1
vampire bats;

- syn. genus Diphylla;

Diphylla ecaudata
n1
similar in size and habits to Desmodus rotundus;

- of tropical America including southern California and Texas;

- syn. hairy-legged vampire bat;

Dipladenia
n1
genus of tropical South American tuberous perennial woody vines with large racemose flowers and milky sap;

- syn. Mandevilla, genus Dipladenia, genus Mandevilla;

Dipladenia boliviensis
n1
shrubby climber having glossy leaves and white funnel-shaped flowers with yellow throats;

- syn. Mandevilla boliviensis, white dipladenia;

Diplazium pycnocarpon
n1
North American fern with narrow fronds on yellowish leafstalks;

- syn. Athyrium pycnocarpon, glade fern, narrow-leaved spleenwort, silvery spleenwort;

diplegia
n1
paralysis of corresponding parts on both sides of the body;

diplococcus
n1
Gram-positive bacteria usually occurring in pairs;

Diplococcus pneumoniae
n1
bacterium causing pneumonia in mice and humans;

- syn. pneumococcus;

diplodocus / d ɪ p ɫ ɒ d ə k ə s /
n1
a huge quadrupedal herbivore with long neck and tail;

- of late Jurassic in western North America;

diploic vein
n1
one of the veins serving the spongy part of the cranial bones;

- syn. vena diploica;

diploid
n1
(genetics) an organism or cell having the normal amount of DNA per cell;

- i.e., two sets of chromosomes or twice the haploid number;

a1
of a cell or organism having two sets of chromosomes or twice the haploid number;

- "diploid somatic cells";

diploidy
n1
the condition of being diploid;

diploma / d ɪ p ɫ oʊ m ə /
n1
a document certifying the successful completion of a course of study;

- syn. sheepskin;

diplomacy / d ɪ p ɫ oʊ m ə s i /
n1
negotiation between nations;

- syn. diplomatic negotiations;

n2
subtly skillful handling of a situation;

- syn. delicacy, discreetness, finesse;

n3
wisdom in the management of public affairs;

- syn. statecraft, statesmanship;

diplomat / d ɪ p ɫ ə m æ t /
n1
an official engaged in international negotiations;

- syn. diplomatist;

n2
a person who deals tactfully with others;

diplomate
n1
medical specialist whose competence has been certified by a diploma granted by an appropriate professional group;

diplomatic / d ɪ p ɫ ə m æ t ɪ k /
a1
relating to or characteristic of diplomacy;

- "diplomatic immunity";

a2
using or marked by tact in dealing with sensitive matters or people;

- "the hostess averted a confrontation with a diplomatic chenage of subject";

- syn. diplomatical;

- also politic;

- sim. politic, tactful;

diplomatic building
n1
government building in which diplomats live or work;

diplomatic corps
n1
the body of diplomatic personnel;

- syn. corps diplomatique, diplomatic service;

diplomatic immunity
n1
exemption from taxation or normal processes of law that is offered to diplomatic personnel in a foreign country;

diplomatic minister
n1
a diplomat representing one government to another;

- ranks below ambassador;

- syn. minister;

diplomatic mission
n1
a mission serving diplomatic ends;

diplomatic negotiations
n1
negotiation between nations;

- syn. diplomacy;

diplomatic pouch
n1
a mail pouch that is sealed shut and that is used to carry communications between a legation and its home office;

diplomatic service
n1
the body of diplomatic personnel;

- syn. corps diplomatique, diplomatic corps;

diplomatical / d ɪ p ɫ ə m æ t ɪ k ə ɫ /
a1
using or marked by tact in dealing with sensitive matters or people;

- "the hostess averted a confrontation with a diplomatic chenage of subject";

- syn. diplomatic;

- also politic;

- sim. politic, tactful;

diplomatically / d ɪ p ɫ ə m æ t ɪ k ɫ i /
r1
with diplomacy;

- in a diplomatic manner;

- "he answered very diplomatically";

diplomatist / d ɪ p ɫ oʊ m ə t ɪ s t /
n1
an official engaged in international negotiations;

- syn. diplomat;

diplopia
n1
visual impairment in which an object is seen as two objects;

- "diplopia often disappears when one eye is covered";

- syn. double vision;

Diplopoda
n1
arthropods having the body composed of numerous double somites each with two pairs of legs: millipedes;

- syn. Myriapoda, class Diplopoda, class Myriapoda;

Diplopterygium
n1
scandent thicket-forming ferns of Asia to western Pacific;

- syn. genus Diplopterygium;

Diplopterygium longissimum
n1
large scrambling fern forming large patches to 18 feet high;

- Pacific region and China;

- syn. giant scrambling fern;

Diplotaxis
n1
wall rocket;

- syn. genus Diplotaxis;

Diplotaxis erucoides
n1
from Mediterranean region;

- a naturalized weed throughout southern Europe;

- syn. white rocket;

Diplotaxis muralis
n1
yellow-flowered European plant that grows on old walls and in waste places;

- an adventive weed in North America;

- syn. Diplotaxis tenuifolia, wall rocket;

Diplotaxis tenuifolia
n1
yellow-flowered European plant that grows on old walls and in waste places;

- an adventive weed in North America;

- syn. Diplotaxis muralis, wall rocket;

diplotene
n1
the fourth stage of the prophase of meiosis;

Dipnoi
n1
bony fishes of the southern hemisphere that breathe by a modified air bladder as well as gills;

- sometimes classified as an order of Crossopterygii;

- syn. subclass Dipnoi;

Dipodidae
n1
Old World jerboas;

- syn. family Dipodidae;

Dipodomys
n1
kangaroo rats;

- syn. genus Dipodomys;

Dipodomys ordi
n1
most widely distributed kangaroo rat: plains and mountain areas of central and western United States;

- syn. Ord kangaroo rat;

Dipodomys phillipsii
n1
any of various leaping rodents of desert regions of North America and Mexico;

- largest members of the family Heteromyidae;

- syn. desert rat, kangaroo rat;

Dipogon
n1
one species: Australian pea;

- syn. genus Dipogon;

Dipogon lignosus
n1
South African evergreen partly woody vine grown for its clusters of rosy purple flowers followed by edible pods like snap beans;

- also grown as green manure;

- sometimes placed in genus Dolichos;

- syn. Australian pea, Dolichos lignosus;

dipolar / d aɪ p oʊ ɫ ə /
a1
having equal and opposite electric charges or magnetic poles having opposite signs and separated by a small distance;

dipole / d aɪ p oʊ ɫ /
n1
a pair of equal and opposite electric charges or magnetic poles separated by a small distance;

n2
an aerial half a wavelength long consisting of two rods connected to a transmission line at the center;

- syn. dipole antenna;

dipole antenna
n1
an aerial half a wavelength long consisting of two rods connected to a transmission line at the center;

- syn. dipole;

dipole molecule
n1
a molecule that is a permanent dipole;

dipole moment
n1
the moment of a dipole;

dipped / d ɪ p t /
a1
having abnormal sagging of the spine (especially in horses);

- syn. lordotic, swayback, swaybacked;

- sim. unfit;

Dippel's oil
n1
dark-colored ill-smelling oil obtained by carbonizing bone;

- used especially in sheep dips and in denaturing alcohol;

- syn. bone oil;

dipper / d ɪ p ə , d ɪ p ə ɹ /
n1
a ladle that has a cup with a long handle;

n2
a cluster of seven stars in Ursa Minor;

- at the end of the dipper's handle is Polaris;

- syn. Little Dipper;

n3
a group of seven bright stars in the constellation Ursa Major;

- syn. Big Dipper, Charles's Wain, Plough, Wagon, Wain;

n4
small North American diving duck;

- males have bushy head plumage;

- syn. Bucephela albeola, bufflehead, butterball;

n5
small stocky diving bird without webbed feet;

- frequents fast-flowing streams and feeds along the bottom;

- syn. water ouzel;

Dippers / d ɪ p ə z /
n1
a Baptist denomination founded in 1708 by Americans of German descent;

- opposed to military service and taking legal oaths;

- practiced trine immersion;

- syn. Church of the Brethren, Dunkers;

Dipsacaceae
n1
chiefly southern European herbs with flowers usually in dense cymose heads;

- syn. family Dipsacaceae;

Dipsacus
n1
type genus of the Dipsacaceae: teasel;

- syn. genus Dipsacus;

Dipsacus fullonum
n1
teasel with lilac flowers native to Old World but naturalized in North America;

- dried flower heads used to raise a nap on woolen cloth;

- syn. common teasel;

Dipsacus sativus
n1
similar to the common teasel and similarly used;

- widespread in Europe and North Africa and western Asia;

- naturalized in United States;

- syn. fuller's teasel;

Dipsacus sylvestris
n1
European teasel with white to pink flowers;

- naturalized in United States;

- syn. wild teasel;

dipsomania / d ɪ p s ə m eɪ n ɪə /
n1
an intense persistent desire to drink alcoholic beverages to excess;

- syn. alcoholism, potomania;

dipsomaniac / d ɪ p s ə m eɪ n ɪ æ k , d ɪ p s oʊ m eɪ n ɪ æ k /
n1
a person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually;

- syn. alcoholic, alky, boozer, lush, soaker, souse;

Dipsosaurus
n1
desert iguanas;

- syn. genus Dipsosaurus;

Dipsosaurus dorsalis
n1
small long-tailed lizard of arid areas of southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico;

- syn. desert iguana;

dipstick / d ɪ p s t ɪ k /
n1
a graduated rod dipped into a container to indicate the fluid level;

Diptera / d ɪ p t ə ɹ ə /
n1
a large order of insects having a single pair of wings and sucking or piercing mouths;

- includes true flies and mosquitoes and gnats and crane flies;

- syn. order Diptera;

dipteran / d ɪ p t ə ɹ ə n /
n1
insects having usually a single pair of functional wings (anterior pair) with the posterior pair reduced to small knobbed structures and mouth parts adapted for sucking or lapping or piercing;

- syn. dipteron, dipterous insect, two-winged insects;

dipterocarp
n1
tree of the family Dipterocarpaceae;

Dipterocarpaceae
n1
chiefly tropical Asian trees with two-winged fruits;

- yield valuable woods and aromatic oils and resins;

- syn. family Dipterocarpaceae;

dipteron
n1
insects having usually a single pair of functional wings (anterior pair) with the posterior pair reduced to small knobbed structures and mouth parts adapted for sucking or lapping or piercing;

- syn. dipteran, dipterous insect, two-winged insects;

Dipteronia
n1
small genus of large deciduous shrubs having large clusters of winged seeds that turn red as they mature;

- central and southern China;

- syn. genus Dipteronia;

dipterous / d ɪ p t ə ɹ ə s /
a1
of or relating to or belonging to the Diptera;

dipterous insect
n1
insects having usually a single pair of functional wings (anterior pair) with the posterior pair reduced to small knobbed structures and mouth parts adapted for sucking or lapping or piercing;

- syn. dipteran, dipteron, two-winged insects;

Dipteryx
n1
tropical American trees: tonka beans;

- syn. Coumarouna, genus Coumarouna, genus Dipteryx;

Dipteryx odorata
n1
tall tropical South American tree having pulpy egg-shaped pods of fragrant black almond-shaped seeds used for flavoring;

- syn. Coumarouna odorata, tonka bean, tonka bean tree;

diptych / d ɪ p t ɪ k /
n1
a painting or carving (especially an altarpiece) on two panels (usually hinged like a book);

Dipus
n1
type genus of the Dipodidae;

- typical jerboas having three toes on each hind foot;

- syn. genus Dipus;

Dipylon
n1
a gateway to the west of ancient Athens near which a distinctive style of pottery has been found;

- syn. Dipylon gate;

a1
of or relating to a gateway on the west of ancient Athens;

Dipylon gate
n1
a gateway to the west of ancient Athens near which a distinctive style of pottery has been found;

- syn. Dipylon;

Dirac
n1
English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984);

- syn. Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac;

Dirca
n1
deciduous shrub of North America: leatherwood;

- syn. genus Dirca;

Dirca palustris
n1
deciduous shrub of eastern North America having tough flexible branches and pliable bark and small yellow flowers;

- syn. leatherwood, moose-wood, moosewood, ropebark, wicopy;

dire / d aɪ ə , d aɪ ə ɹ /
a1
fraught with extreme danger;

- nearly hopeless;

- "a desperate illness";

- "on all fronts the Allies were in a desperate situation due to lack of materiel"- G.C.Marshall;

- "a dire emergency";

- syn. desperate;

- sim. critical;

a2
causing fear or dread or terror;

- "the awful war";

- "an awful risk";

- "dire news";

- "a career or vengeance so direful that London was shocked";

- "the dread presence of the headmaster";

- "polio is no longer the dreaded disease it once was";

- "a dreadful storm";

- "a fearful howling";

- "horrendous explosions shook the city";

- "a terrible curse";

- syn. awful, direful, dread, dreaded, dreadful, fearful, fearsome, frightening, horrendous, horrific, terrible;

- sim. alarming;

dire straits
n1
a state of extreme distress;

- syn. desperate straits;

direct / d ɪr ɛ k t /
v1
command with authority;

- "He directed the children to do their homework";

v2
intend (something) to move towards a certain goal;

- "He aimed his fists towards his opponent's face";

- "criticism directed at her superior";

- "direct your anger towards others, not towards yourself";

- syn. aim, place, point, target;

v3
guide the actors in (plays and films);

v4
be in charge of;

v5
take somebody somewhere;

- "We lead him to our chief";

- "can you take me to the main entrance?";

- "He conducted us to the palace";

- syn. conduct, guide, lead, take;

v6
cause to go somewhere;

- "The explosion sent the car flying in the air";

- "She sent her children to camp";

- "He directed all his energies into his dissertation";

- syn. send;

v7
point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards;

- "Please don't aim at your little brother!";

- "He trained his gun on the burglar";

- "Don't train your camera on the women";

- "Take a swipe at one's opponent";

- syn. aim, take, take aim, train;

v8
lead, as in the performance of a composition;

- "conduct an orchestra;

- Barenboim conducted the Chicago symphony for years";

- syn. conduct, lead;

v9
give directions to;

- point somebody into a certain direction;

- "I directed them towards the town hall";

v10
specifically design a product, event, or activity for a certain public;

- syn. aim, calculate;

v11
direct the course;

- determine the direction of travelling;

- syn. channelise, channelize, guide, head, maneuver, manoeuver, manoeuvre, point, steer;

v12
put an address on (an envelope);

- syn. address;

v13
plan and direct (a complex undertaking);

- "he masterminded the robbery";

- syn. engineer, mastermind, orchestrate, organise, organize;

a1
direct in spatial dimensions;

- proceeding without deviation or interruption;

- straight and short;

- "a direct route";

- "a direct flight";

- "a direct hit";

- also straight;

- sim. door-to-door, nonstop, point-blank, straightforward, through, undeviating;

a2
having no intervening persons, agents, conditions;

- "in direct sunlight";

- "in direct contact with the voters";

- "direct exposure to the disease";

- "a direct link";

- "the direct cause of the accident";

- "direct vote";

- syn. unmediated;

- sim. immediate;

a3
straightforward in means or manner or behavior or language or action;

- "a direct question";

- "a direct response";

- "a direct approach";

- also honest, honorable;

- sim. bluff, blunt, brutal, flat-footed, man-to-man, no-nonsense, plain, pointed, square, upfront;

a4
in a straight unbroken line of descent from parent to child;

- "lineal ancestors";

- "lineal heirs";

- "a direct descendant of the king";

- "direct heredity";

- syn. lineal;

- also related;

- sim. matrilineal, patrilineal, unilateral;

a5
moving from west to east on the celestial sphere;

- or--for planets--around the sun in the same direction as the Earth;

a6
similar in nature or effect or relation to another quantity;

- "a term is in direct proportion to another term if it increases (or decreases) as the other increases (or decreases)";

a7
(of a current) flowing in one direction only;

- "direct current";

a8
being an immediate result or consequence;

- "a direct result of the accident";

- sim. primary;

a9
in precisely the same words used by a writer or speaker;

- "a direct quotation";

- "repeated their dialog verbatim";

- syn. verbatim;

- sim. exact;

a10
lacking compromising or mitigating elements;

- exact;

- "the direct opposite";

- sim. absolute;

r1
without deviation;

- "the path leads directly to the lake";

- "went direct to the office";

- syn. directly, straight;

direct-grant school
n1
formerly a school that charged tuition fees and also received government grants in return for admitting certain non-paying students who were nominated by the local authorities;

direct action
n1
a protest action by labor or minority groups to obtain their demands;

direct antonym
n1
antonyms that are commonly associated (e.g., `wet' and `dry');

direct contrast
n1
the opposition or dissimilarity of things that are compared;

- "in contrast to";

- "by contrast";

- syn. contrast;

direct correlation
n1
a correlation in which large values of one variable are associated with large values of the other and small with small;

- the correlation coefficient is between 0 and +1;

- syn. positive correlation;

direct current
n1
an electric current that flows in one direction steadily;

- syn. DC, direct electric current;

direct discourse
n1
a report of the exact words used in a discourse (e.g., "he said `I am a fool'");

- syn. direct quotation;

direct dye
n1
dye with a high affinity for cellulose fibers (cotton or rayon etc.);

- syn. substantive dye;

direct electric current
n1
an electric current that flows in one direction steadily;

- syn. DC, direct current;

direct evidence
n1
evidence (usually the testimony of a witness) directly related to the fact in dispute;

direct examination
n1
(law) the initial questioning of a witness by the party that called the witness;

direct fire
n1
fire delivered on a target that is visible to the person aiming it;

direct flight
n1
a flight with one or more intermediate stops but no change of aircraft;

direct loan
n1
a loan by a lender to a customer without the use of a third party;

- direct lending gives the lender greater discretion in making loans;

direct mail
n1
advertising sent directly to prospective customers via the mail;

direct mailer
n1
a distributor who uses direct mail to sell merchandise;

direct marketing
n1
marketing via a promotion delivered directly to the individual prospective customer;

direct object
n1
the object that receives the direct action of the verb;

- syn. object of the verb;

direct primary
n1
a primary where voters directly select the candidates who will run for office;

direct quotation
n1
a report of the exact words used in a discourse (e.g., "he said `I am a fool'");

- syn. direct discourse;

direct sum
n1
a union of two disjoint sets in which every element is the sum of an element from each of the disjoint sets;

direct support
n1
a mission requiring one force to support another specific force and authorizing it to answer directly the supported force's request for assistance;

direct supporting fire
n1
fire delivered in support of part of a force (as opposed to general supporting fire delivered in support of the force as a whole);

direct tax
n1
a tax paid directly by the person or organization on whom it is levied;

direct tide
n1
the occurrence of high tide on one side of the earth coinciding with high tide on the opposite side;

direct transmission
n1
a transmission mechanism in which the infectious agent is transferred directly into the body via touching or biting or kissing or sexual intercourse or by droplets entering the eye or nose or mouth;

direct trust
n1
a trust created by the free and deliberate act of the parties involved (usually on the basis of written documentation);

- syn. express trust;

directed / d ɪr ɛ k t ɪ d /
a1
(often used in combination) having a specified direction;

- "a positively directed vector";

- "goal-directed";

- sim. oriented;

a2
manageable by a supervising agent;

- "a directed program of study";

- sim. manageable;

directed study
n1
a course of study that is supervised and controlled by a specialist in the subject;

- "he registered for directed study";

- "he got credit for directed study";

- "he did directed study";

directed verdict
n1
a verdict entered by the court in a jury trial without consideration by the jury;

- "there cannot be a directed verdict of guilty in a criminal trial";

directing / d ɪr ɛ k t ɪ ŋ /
a1
showing the way by conducting or leading;

- imposing direction on;

- "felt his mother's directing arm around him";

- "the directional role of science on industrial progress";

- syn. directional, directive, guiding;

- sim. leading;

direction / d ɪr ɛ k ʃ n /
n1
a line leading to a place or point;

- "he looked the other direction";

- "didn't know the way home";

- syn. way;

n2
the spatial relation between something and the course along which it points or moves;

- "he checked the direction and velocity of the wind";

n3
a general course along which something has a tendency to develop;

- "I couldn't follow the direction of his thoughts";

- "his ideals determined the direction of his career";

- "they proposed a new direction for the firm";

n4
something that provides direction or advice as to a decision or course of action;

- syn. counsel, counseling, counselling, guidance;

n5
the act of managing something;

- "he was given overall management of the program";

- "is the direction of the economy a function of government?";

- syn. management;

n6
a message describing how something is to be done;

- "he gave directions faster than she could follow them";

- syn. instruction;

n7
the act of setting and holding a course;

- "a new council was installed under the direction of the king";

- syn. guidance, steering;

n8
a formal statement of a command or injunction to do something;

- "the judge's charge to the jury";

- syn. charge, commission;

n9
the concentration of attention or energy on something;

- "the focus of activity shifted to molecular biology";

- "he had no direction in his life";

- syn. centering, focal point, focus, focusing, focussing;

direction finder
n1
radio;

- determines the direction of incoming radio waves;

directional / d ɪr ɛ k ʃ ə n ɫ /
a1
relating to or indicating directions in space;

- "a directional microphone";

a2
relating to direction toward a (nonspatial) goal;

- "he tried to explain the directional trends of modern science";

a3
showing the way by conducting or leading;

- imposing direction on;

- "felt his mother's directing arm around him";

- "the directional role of science on industrial progress";

- syn. directing, directive, guiding;

- sim. leading;

directional antenna
n1
an antenna that transmits or receives signals only in a narrow angle;

directional microphone
n1
a microphone that is designed to receive sound from a particular direction;

- syn. directional mike;

directional mike
n1
a microphone that is designed to receive sound from a particular direction;

- syn. directional microphone;

directionality / d ɪr ɛ k ʃ ə n æ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
the property of a microphone or antenna of being more sensitive in one direction than in another;

- "the antenna received signals with no directivity";

- syn. directivity;

n2
the property of being directional or maintaining a direction;

- "the directionality of written English is from left to right";

directionless / d ɪr ɛ k ʃ n ɫ ɛ s /
a1
aimlessly drifting;

- syn. adrift, afloat, aimless, planless, rudderless, undirected;

- sim. purposeless;

directive / d ɪr ɛ k t ɪ v /
n1
a pronouncement encouraging or banning some activity;

- "the boss loves to send us directives";

a1
showing the way by conducting or leading;

- imposing direction on;

- "felt his mother's directing arm around him";

- "the directional role of science on industrial progress";

- syn. directing, directional, guiding;

- sim. leading;

directiveness / d ɪr ɛ k t ɪ v n ə s /
n1
the quality of being directive;

- syn. directivity;

directivity / d ɪr ɛ k t ɪ v ɪ t i /
n1
the property of a microphone or antenna of being more sensitive in one direction than in another;

- "the antenna received signals with no directivity";

- syn. directionality;

n2
the quality of being directive;

- syn. directiveness;

directly / d ɪr ɛ k t ɫ i /
r1
without deviation;

- "the path leads directly to the lake";

- "went direct to the office";

- syn. direct, straight;

r2
without anyone or anything intervening;

- "these two factors are directly related";

- "he was directly responsible";

- "measured the physical properties directly";

r3
without delay or hesitation;

- with no time intervening;

- "he answered immediately";

- "found an answer straightaway";

- "an official accused of dishonesty should be suspended forthwith";

- "Come here now!";

- syn. at once, forthwith, immediately, instantly, like a shot, now, right away, straight off, straightaway;

r4
in a forthright manner;

- candidly or frankly;

- "he didn't answer directly";

- "told me straight out";

- "came out flat for less work and more pay";

- syn. flat, straight;

directness / d ɪr ɛ k t n ə s /
n1
trueness of course toward a goal;

- "rivaling a hawk in directness of aim";

- syn. straightness;

n2
the quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech;

- syn. candidness, candor, candour, forthrightness, frankness;

director / d ɪr ɛ k t ə , d ɪr ɛ k t ə ɹ /
n1
someone who controls resources and expenditures;

- syn. manager, managing director;

n2
member of a board of directors;

n3
someone who supervises the actors and directs the action in the production of a show;

- syn. theater director, theatre director;

n4
the person who directs the making of a film;

- syn. film director;

n5
the person who leads a musical group;

- syn. conductor, music director;

director-stockholder relation
n1
the responsibility of corporate directors to act in the best interests of stockholders;

Director of Central Intelligence
n1
the head of the United States Intelligence Community and director of the Central Intelligence Agency;

- syn. DCI;

director of research
n1
a supervisor in a research center;

- syn. research director;

directorate / d ɪr ɛ k t ə ɹ ə t /
n1
a group of persons chosen to govern the affairs of a corporation or other large institution;

- syn. board of directors;

Directorate for Inter-Services Intelligence
n1
the Pakistan intelligence agency;

- a powerful and almost autonomous political and military force;

- has procured nuclear technology and delivery capabilities;

- has had strong ties with the Taliban and other militant Islamic groups;

- syn. ISI, Inter-Services Intelligence;

directorship / d ɪr ɛ k t ə ʃ ɪ p /
n1
the position of a director of a business concern;

directory / d ɪr ɛ k t ə ɹ i /
n1
an alphabetical list of names and addresses;

n2
(computer science) a listing of the files stored in memory (usually on a hard disk);

direful / d aɪ ə f ə ɫ /
a1
causing fear or dread or terror;

- "the awful war";

- "an awful risk";

- "dire news";

- "a career or vengeance so direful that London was shocked";

- "the dread presence of the headmaster";

- "polio is no longer the dreaded disease it once was";

- "a dreadful storm";

- "a fearful howling";

- "horrendous explosions shook the city";

- "a terrible curse";

- syn. awful, dire, dread, dreaded, dreadful, fearful, fearsome, frightening, horrendous, horrific, terrible;

- sim. alarming;

direfully / d aɪ ə f ə ɫ i /
r1
in a direful manner;

- "seeing himself trapped, he cried out direfully";

dirge / d ɝ dʒ /
n1
a song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person;

- syn. coronach, lament, requiem, threnody;

dirham
n1
100 dirhams equal 1 riyal in Qatar;

- syn. Qatari dirham;

n2
the basic unit of money in the United Arab Emirates;

- equal to 1,000 fils;

- syn. United Arab Emirate dirham;

n3
the basic unit of money in Morocco;

- equal to 100 centimes;

- syn. Moroccan dirham;

n4
100 dirhams equal 1 dinar in Tunisia;

- syn. Tunisian dirham;

n5
100 dirhams equal 1 dinar in Libya;

- syn. Libyan dirham;

n6
worth one tenth of a Kuwaiti dinar;

- equal 100 fils;

- syn. Kuwaiti dirham;

dirigible / d ɪr ɪ dʒ ə b ɫ /
n1
a steerable self-propelled aircraft;

- syn. airship;

a1
capable of being steered or directed;

- syn. steerable;

- sim. manageable;

diriment impediment
n1
(canon law) an impediment that invalidates a marriage (such as the existence of a prior marriage);

dirk / d ɝ k /
n1
a relatively long dagger with a straight blade;

dirndl / d ɝ n d ɫ /
n1
a full skirt with a gathered waistband;

n2
a dress with a tight bodice and full skirt;

dirt / d ɝ t /
n1
the part of the earth's surface consisting of humus and disintegrated rock;

- syn. soil;

n2
the state of being covered with unclean things;

- syn. filth, grease, grime, grunge, soil, stain;

n3
obscene terms for feces;

- syn. crap, poop, shit, shite, turd;

n4
disgraceful gossip about the private lives of other people;

- syn. malicious gossip, scandal;

a1
(of roads) not leveled or drained;

- unsuitable for all year travel;

- syn. ungraded;

- sim. unimproved;

dirt ball
n1
a person who has a nasty or unethical character undeserving of respect;

- syn. insect, louse, worm;

dirt bike
n1
a lightweight motorcycle equipped with rugged tires and suspension;

- an off-road motorcycle designed for riding cross country or over unpaved ground;

- syn. scrambler, trail bike;

dirt cheap
a1
very cheap;

- "a dirt cheap property";

- sim. cheap;

dirt track
n1
a racetrack that is not paved;

dirtily / d ɝ t ɪ ɫ i /
r1
in a sordid manner;

- "as dirtily drunk as usual";

r2
in a filthy unclean manner;

- "a dirtily dressed camel driver";

- syn. filthily;

dirtiness
n1
the state of being unsanitary;

- syn. uncleanness;

n2
the state of containing dirty impurities;

n3
obscenity in speech or writing;

- syn. smuttiness;

dirty / d ɝ t i /
v1
make soiled, filthy, or dirty;

- "don't soil your clothes when you play outside!";

- syn. begrime, bemire, colly, grime, soil;

a1
soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime;

- "dirty unswept sidewalks";

- "a child in dirty overalls";

- "dirty slums";

- "piles of dirty dishes";

- "put his dirty feet on the clean sheet";

- "wore an unclean shirt";

- "mining is a dirty job";

- "Cinderella did the dirty work while her sisters preened themselves";

- syn. soiled, unclean;

- also untidy;

- sim. Augean, bedraggled, befouled, begrimed, black, buggy, cobwebby, dirty-faced, feculent, filthy, flyblown, greasy, lousy, maculate, mucky, ratty, scummy, smudgy, snotty, sooty, travel-soiled, uncleanly, unswept, unwashed;

a2
(of behavior or especially language) characterized by obscenity or indecency;

- "dirty words";

- "a dirty old man";

- "dirty books and movies";

- "boys telling dirty jokes";

- "has a dirty mouth";

- also indecent;

- sim. bawdy, blasphemous, cruddy, dirty-minded, foul-mouthed, lewd, scabrous, scatological;

a3
vile;

- despicable;

- "a dirty (or lousy) trick";

- "a filthy traitor";

- syn. filthy, lousy;

- sim. nasty;

a4
spreading pollution or contamination;

- especially radioactive contamination;

- "the air near the foundry was always dirty";

- "a dirty bomb releases enormous amounts of long-lived radioactive fallout";

- syn. contaminating;

a5
contaminated with infecting organisms;

- "dirty wounds";

- "obliged to go into infected rooms"- Jane Austen;

- syn. pestiferous;

- sim. septic;

a6
(of color) discolored by impurities;

- not bright and clear;

- "dirty" is often used in combination;

- "a dirty (or dingy) white";

- "the muddied grey of the sea";

- "muddy colors";

- "dirty-green walls";

- "dirty-blonde hair";

- syn. dingy, muddied, muddy;

- sim. impure;

a7
(of a manuscript) defaced with changes;

- "foul (or dirty) copy";

- syn. foul, marked-up;

- sim. illegible;

a8
obtained illegally or by improper means;

- "dirty money";

- "ill-gotten gains";

- syn. ill-gotten;

- sim. illegal;

a9
expressing or revealing hostility or dislike;

- "dirty looks";

- sim. hostile;

a10
violating accepted standards or rules;

- "a dirty fighter";

- "used foul means to gain power";

- "a nasty unsporting serve";

- "fined for unsportsmanlike behavior";

- syn. cheating, foul, unsporting, unsportsmanlike;

- sim. unfair;

a11
unethical or dishonest;

- "dirty police officers";

- "a sordid political campaign";

- "shoddy business practices";

- syn. shoddy, sordid;

- sim. corrupt;

a12
unpleasantly stormy;

- "there's dirty weather in the offing";

- sim. stormy;

dirty-faced
a1
having a dirty face;

- "a crowd of dirty-faced ragamuffins surrounded him";

- sim. dirty;

dirty-minded
a1
having lewd thoughts;

- sim. dirty;

dirty bomb
n1
an atom bomb that leaves considerable radioactive contamination;

dirty dog
n1
a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible;

- "only a rotter would do that";

- "kill the rat";

- "throw the bum out";

- "you cowardly little pukes!";

- "the British call a contemptible person a `git'";

- syn. bum, crumb, git, lowlife, puke, rat, rotter, scum bag, skunk, so-and-so, stinker, stinkpot;

dirty joke
n1
an indelicate joke;

- syn. blue joke, blue story, dirty story;

dirty laundry
n1
personal matters that could be embarrassing if made public;

- syn. dirty linen;

dirty linen
n1
personal matters that could be embarrassing if made public;

- syn. dirty laundry;

dirty money
n1
goods or money obtained illegally;

- syn. booty, loot, pillage, plunder, prize, swag;

dirty old man
n1
a middle-aged man with lecherous inclinations;

dirty pool
n1
conduct that is unfair or unethical or unsportsmanlike;

dirty story
n1
an indelicate joke;

- syn. blue joke, blue story, dirty joke;

dirty trick
n1
an unkind or aggressive trick;

dirty tricks
n1
underhand commercial or political behavior designed to discredit an opponent;

dirty war
n1
an offensive conducted by secret police or the military of a regime against revolutionary and terrorist insurgents and marked by the use of kidnapping and torture and murder with civilians often being the victims;

- "thousands of people disappeared and were killed during Argentina's dirty war in the late 1970s";

dirty word
n1
an offensive or indecent word or phrase;

- syn. filth, obscenity, smut, vulgarism;

n2
a word that is considered to be unmentionable;

- "`failure' is a dirty word to him";

dirtying / d ɝ t ɪ ih ŋ /
n1
the act of soiling something;

- syn. soiling, soilure;

Dis
n1
(Roman mythology) god of the underworld;

- counterpart of Greek Hades;

- syn. Dis Pater, Orcus, Pluto;

Dis Pater
n1
(Roman mythology) god of the underworld;

- counterpart of Greek Hades;

- syn. Dis, Orcus, Pluto;

disa
n1
any orchid of the genus Disa;

- beautiful orchids with dark green leaves and usually hooded flowers;

- much prized as emblematic flowers in their native regions;

n2
a combat support agency in the Department of Defense responsible for developing and operating and supporting information systems to serve the needs of the President and the Secretary of Defense and the Joint Chiefs of Staff;

- syn. Defense Information Systems Agency;

disability / d ɪ s ə b ɪ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
the condition of being unable to perform as a consequence of physical or mental unfitness;

- "reading disability";

- "hearing impairment";

- syn. disablement, handicap, impairment;

disability benefit
n1
insurance benefits paid in case of disability;

disability check
n1
a monthly payment made to someone who has become disabled and is unable to work;

- syn. disability payment;

disability insurance
n1
social insurance for the disabled;

disability of walking
n1
a disability that interferes with or prevents walking;

disability payment
n1
a monthly payment made to someone who has become disabled and is unable to work;

- syn. disability check;

disable / d ɪ s eɪ b ɫ /
v1
make unable to perform a certain action;

- "disable this command on your computer";

- syn. disenable, incapacitate;

v2
injure permanently;

- "He was disabled in a car accident";

- syn. handicap, incapacitate, invalid;

disabled / d ɪ s eɪ b ɫ d /
n1
people collectively who are crippled or otherwise physically handicapped;

- "technology to help the elderly and the disabled";

- syn. handicapped;

a1
having restricted mental or physical functioning as a consequence of injury or illness;

- syn. handicapped;

- sim. unfit;

disablement / d ɪ s eɪ b ɫ m ə n t /
n1
the condition of being unable to perform as a consequence of physical or mental unfitness;

- "reading disability";

- "hearing impairment";

- syn. disability, handicap, impairment;

disabling / d ɪ s eɪ b ɫ ɪ ŋ /
a1
that cripples or disables or incapacitates;

- "a crippling injury";

- syn. crippling, incapacitating;

- sim. unhealthful;

a2
depriving of legal right;

- rendering legally disqualified;

- "certain disabling restrictions disqualified him for citizenship";

- syn. disqualifying;

disabuse / d ɪ s ə b j u z /
v1
free somebody (from an erroneous belief);

disabused / d ɪ s ə b j u z d /
a1
freed of a mistaken or misguided notion;

- "some people are still not disabused of the old idea that the universe revolves around the Earth";

- syn. undeceived;

- sim. disenchanted;

disaccharidase
n1
an enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of disaccharides into monosaccharides;

disaccharide
n1
any of a variety of carbohydrates that yield two monosaccharide molecules on complete hydrolysis;

disaccord
v1
be different from one another;

- syn. disagree, discord;

disadvantage / d ɪ s ə d v ɑ n t ɪ dʒ /
n1
the quality of having an inferior or less favorable position;

v1
put at a disadvantage;

- hinder, harm;

- "This rule clearly disadvantages me";

- syn. disfavor, disfavour;

disadvantaged / d ɪ s ə d v ɑ n t ɪ dʒ d /
a1
marked by deprivation especially of the necessities of life or healthful environmental influences;

- "a childhood that was unhappy and deprived, the family living off charity";

- "boys from a deprived environment, wherein the family life revealed a pattern of neglect, moral degradation, and disregard for law";

- syn. deprived;

- sim. underprivileged;

disadvantageous / d ɪ s æ d v ə n t eɪ dʒ ə s /
a1
involving or creating circumstances detrimental to success or effectiveness;

- "a disadvantageous outcome";

- "a well-known study from the 1970's showed that gender stereotyping placed women in a disadvantageous position";

- "made an unfavorable impression";

- syn. unfavorable, unfavourable;

- also harmful, inexpedient, inopportune;

- sim. minus;

disadvantageously / d ɪ s æ d v ə n t eɪ dʒ ə s ɫ i /
r1
in a disadvantageous way;

- to someone's disadvantage;

- "the venture turned out badly for the investors";

- "angry that the case was settled disadvantageously for them";

- syn. badly;

disaffect / d ɪ s ə f ɛ k t /
v1
arouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness;

- "She alienated her friends when she became fanatically religious";

- syn. alienate, estrange;

disaffected / d ɪ s ə f ɛ k t ɪ d /
a1
discontented as toward authority;

- syn. ill-affected, malcontent, rebellious;

- sim. discontented;

disaffection / d ɪ s ə f ɛ k tʃ n , d ɪ s ə f ɛ k ʃ n /
n1
the feeling of being alienated from other people;

- syn. alienation, estrangement;

n2
disloyalty to the government or to established authority;

- "the widespread disaffection of the troops";

disaffirmation
n1
the act of asserting that something alleged is not true;

- syn. denial;

disafforest / d ɪ s ə f ɒ ɹ ɪ s t /
v1
remove the trees from;

- "The landscape was deforested by the enemy attacks";

- syn. deforest, disforest;

disagree / d ɪ s ə ɡ ɹ i /
v1
be of different opinions;

- "I beg to differ!";

- "She disagrees with her husband on many questions";

- syn. differ, dissent, take issue;

v2
be different from one another;

- syn. disaccord, discord;

disagree with
v1
not be very easily digestible;

- "Spicy food disagrees with some people";

disagreeable / d ɪ s ə ɡ ɹ i ə b ɫ /
a1
not to your liking;

- "a disagreeable situation";

- sim. annoying, dreadful, harsh, nerve-racking, unsweet;

a2
unpleasant to interact with;

- "a disagreeable old man";

- sim. ill-natured;

a3
not agreeing with your tastes or expectations;

- "found the task disagreeable and decided to abandon it";

- "a job temperamentally unsympathetic to him";

- syn. unsympathetic;

- sim. uncongenial;

disagreeable person
n1
a person who is not pleasant or agreeable;

- syn. unpleasant person;

disagreeable woman
n1
a woman who is an unpleasant person;

- syn. unpleasant woman;

disagreeableness / d ɪ s ə ɡ ɹ i ə b ɫ n ə s /
n1
the quality of being disagreeable and unpleasant;

n2
an ill-tempered and offensive disposition;

disagreeably / d ɪ s ə ɡ ɹ i ə b ɫ i /
r1
in a disagreeable manner;

- "`I took no harm from the journey, thank you,' she said disagreeably";

disagreement / d ɪ s ə ɡ ɹ i m ə n t /
n1
a conflict of people's opinions or actions or characters;

- syn. dissension, dissonance;

n2
a difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions;

- "a growing divergence of opinion";

- syn. discrepancy, divergence, variance;

n3
the speech act of disagreeing or arguing or disputing;

disallow / d ɪ s ə ɫ aʊ /
v1
command against;

- "I forbid you to call me late at night";

- "Mother vetoed the trip to the chocolate store";

- "Dad nixed our plans";

- syn. forbid, interdict, nix, prohibit, proscribe, veto;

disambiguate
v1
state unambiguously or remove ambiguities from;

- "Can you disambiguate this statement?";

disambiguation
n1
clarification that follows from the removal of ambiguity;

disambiguator
n1
(computer science) a natural language processing application that tries to determine the intended meaning of a word or phrase by examining the linguistic context in which it is used;

disappear / d ɪ s ə p ɪə , d ɪ s ə p ɪə ɹ /
v1
get lost, as without warning or explanation;

- "He disappeared without a trace";

- syn. go away, vanish;

v2
become invisible or unnoticeable;

- "The effect vanished when day broke";

- syn. go away, vanish;

v3
cease to exist;

- "An entire civilization vanished";

- syn. vanish;

v4
become less intense and fade away gradually;

- "her resistance melted under his charm";

- "her hopes evaporated after years of waiting for her fiance";

- syn. evaporate, melt;

disappearance / d ɪ s ə p ɪə ɹ ə n s /
n1
the act of leaving secretly or without explanation;

- syn. disappearing;

n2
the event of passing out of sight;

n3
gradually ceasing to be visible;

- syn. fade;

n4
ceasing to exist;

- "he regretted the disappearance of Greek from school curricula";

- "what was responsible for the disappearance of the rainforest?";

- "the disappearance of resistance at very low temperatures";

disappearing / d ɪ s ə p ɪə ɹ ɪ ŋ /
n1
the act of leaving secretly or without explanation;

- syn. disappearance;

disappoint / d ɪ s ə p ɔɪ n t /
v1
fail to meet the hopes or expectations of;

- "Her boyfriend let her down when he did not propose marriage";

- syn. let down;

disappointed / d ɪ s ə p ɔɪ n t ɪ d /
a1
disappointingly unsuccessful;

- "disappointed expectations and thwarted ambitions";

- "their foiled attempt to capture Calais";

- "many frustrated poets end as pipe-smoking teachers";

- "his best efforts were thwarted";

- syn. defeated, discomfited, foiled, frustrated, thwarted;

- sim. unsuccessful;

disappointedly / d ɪ s ə p ɔɪ n t ɪ d ɫ i /
r1
in disappointment;

- in a disappointed manner;

- "she left the gambling table disappointedly";

disappointing / d ɪ s ə p ɔɪ n t ɪ ŋ /
a1
not up to expectations;

- "a disappointing performance from one who had seemed so promising";

- syn. dissatisfactory, unsatisfying;

- sim. unsatisfactory;

disappointingly / d ɪ s ə p ɔɪ n t ɪ ŋ ɫ i /
r1
in a disappointing manner;

- "the discoverer of argon, Sir William Ramsay, looked disappointingly ordinary";

disappointment / d ɪ s ə p ɔɪ n t m ə n t /
n1
a feeling of dissatisfaction that results when your expectations are not realized;

- "his hopes were so high he was doomed to disappointment";

- syn. letdown;

n2
an act (or failure to act) that disappoints someone;

- syn. dashing hopes;

disapprobation / d ɪ s æ p ɹ ə b eɪ ʃ n /
n1
an expression of strong disapproval;

- pronouncing as wrong or morally culpable;

- "his uncompromising condemnation of racism";

- syn. condemnation;

disapproval / d ɪ s ə p ɹ u v ə ɫ /
n1
a feeling of disliking something or what someone is doing;

n2
the expression of disapproval;

n3
an inclination to withhold approval from some person or group;

- syn. disfavor, disfavour, dislike;

n4
the act of disapproving or condemning;

disapprove / d ɪ s ə p ɹ u v /
v1
consider bad or wrong;

v2
deem wrong or inappropriate;

- "I disapprove of her child rearing methods";

- syn. reject;

disapproving / d ɪ s ə p ɹ u v ɪ ŋ /
a1
expressing or manifesting disapproval;

- sim. unfavorable;

disapprovingly / d ɪ s ə p ɹ u v ɪ ŋ ɫ i /
r1
showing disapproval;

- "he shook his head disapprovingly";

disarm / d ɪ s ɑ m /
v1
remove offensive capability from;

- syn. demilitarise, demilitarize;

v2
make less hostile;

- win over;

- "Her charm disarmed the prosecution lawyer completely";

v3
take away the weapons from;

- render harmless;

- syn. unarm;

disarmament / d ɪ s ɑ m ə m ə n t /
n1
act of reducing or depriving of arms;

- "the disarmament of the aggressor nations must be complete";

- syn. disarming;

disarmer / d ɪ s ɑ m ə , d ɪ s ɑ m ə ɹ /
n1
someone opposed to violence as a means of settling disputes;

- syn. pacificist, pacifist;

disarming / d ɪ s ɑ m ɪ ŋ /
n1
act of reducing or depriving of arms;

- "the disarmament of the aggressor nations must be complete";

- syn. disarmament;

a1
capable of allaying hostility;

- sim. unprovocative;

disarrange / d ɪ s ə ɹ eɪ n dʒ /
v1
destroy the arrangement or order of;

- "My son disarranged the papers on my desk";

v2
disturb the arrangement of;

- "disarrange the papers";

disarranged / d ɪ s ə ɹ eɪ n dʒ d /
a1
having the arrangement disturbed;

- not in order;

- "her disarranged hair";

- sim. disarrayed, disturbed, misplaced;

disarrangement / d ɪ s ə ɹ eɪ n dʒ m ə n t /
n1
a condition in which an orderly system has been disrupted;

- syn. disorganisation, disorganization;

disarray / d ɪ s ə ɹ eɪ /
n1
a mental state characterized by a lack of clear and orderly thought and behavior;

- "a confusion of impressions";

- syn. confusedness, confusion, mental confusion, muddiness;

n2
untidiness (especially of clothing and appearance);

- syn. disorderliness;

v1
bring disorder to;

- syn. disorder;

disarrayed / d ɪ s ə ɹ eɪ d /
a1
in disarray;

- "disarrayed bedclothes";

- sim. disarranged;

disarticulate / d ɪ s ɑ t ɪ k j ʊ ɫ eɪ t /
v1
separate at the joints;

- "disjoint the chicken before cooking it";

- syn. disjoint;

disassemble
v1
take apart into its constituent pieces;

- syn. break apart, break up, dismantle, take apart;

disassembly
n1
the act of taking something apart (as a piece of machinery);

- "Russia and the United States discussed the dismantling of their nuclear weapons";

- syn. dismantlement, dismantling;

disassociate / d ɪ s ə s oʊ ʃ ɪ eɪ t /
v1
part;

- cease or break association with;

- "She disassociated herself from the organization when she found out the identity of the president";

- syn. disjoint, dissociate, disunite, divorce;

disassociation / d ɪ s ə s oʊ s ɪ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the state of being unconnected in memory or imagination;

- "I could not think of him in disassociation from his wife";

n2
a state in which some integrated part of a person's life becomes separated from the rest of the personality and functions independently;

- syn. dissociation;

disassortative mating
n1
mating of individuals having traits more dissimilar than likely in random mating;

disaster / d ɪ z ɑ s t ə , d ɪ z ɑ s t ə ɹ /
n1
a state of extreme (usually irremediable) ruin and misfortune;

- "lack of funds has resulted in a catastrophe for our school system";

- "his policies were a disaster";

- syn. catastrophe;

n2
an event resulting in great loss and misfortune;

- "the whole city was affected by the irremediable calamity";

- "the earthquake was a disaster";

- syn. calamity, cataclysm, catastrophe, tragedy;

n3
an act that has disastrous consequences;

disaster area
n1
a region whose population is affected by a general disaster;

disastrous / d ɪ z ɑ s t ɹ ə s /
a1
(of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences;

- bringing ruin;

- "the stock market crashed on Black Friday";

- "a calamitous defeat";

- "the battle was a disastrous end to a disastrous campaign";

- "such doctrines, if true, would be absolutely fatal to my theory"- Charles Darwin;

- "it is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it"- Douglas MacArthur;

- "a fateful error";

- syn. black, calamitous, fatal, fateful;

- sim. unfortunate;

disastrously / d ɪ z ɑ s t ɹ ə s ɫ i /
r1
in a disastrous manner;

- "the real value of the trust capital may be disastrously less than when the trust began";

disavow / d ɪ s ə v aʊ /
v1
refuse to acknowledge;

- disclaim knowledge of;

- responsibility for, or association with;

- "Her husband disavowed her after 30 years of marriage and six children";

disavowable
a1
capable of being disavowed;

- sim. deniable;

disavowal / d ɪ s ə v aʊ ə ɫ /
n1
denial of any connection with or knowledge of;

- syn. disclaimer;

disband / d ɪ s b æ n d /
v1
cause to break up or cease to function;

- "the principal disbanded the political student organization";

v2
stop functioning or cohering as a unit;

- "The political wing of the party dissolved after much internal fighting";

- syn. dissolve;

disbandment / d ɪ s b æ n d m ə n t /
n1
the act of disbanding;

- "the orchestra faced the prospect of disbandment";

disbar / d ɪ s b ɑ /
v1
remove from the bar;

- expel from the practice of law by official action;

- "The corrupt lawyer was disbarred";

disbarment
n1
the act of expelling a lawyer from the practice of law;

disbelief / d ɪ s b ɪ ɫ i f /
n1
doubt about the truth of something;

- syn. incredulity, mental rejection, skepticism;

n2
a rejection of belief;

- syn. unbelief;

disbelieve / d ɪ s b ɪ ɫ i v /
v1
reject as false;

- refuse to accept;

- syn. discredit;

disbelieving / d ɪ s b ɪ ɫ i v ɪ ŋ /
a1
denying or questioning the tenets of especially a religion;

- "a skeptical approach to the nature of miracles";

- syn. sceptical, skeptical, unbelieving;

- sim. incredulous;

disbelievingly / d ɪ s b ɪ ɫ i v ɪ ŋ ɫ i /
r1
in an incredulous manner;

- "the woman looked up at her incredulously";

- syn. incredulously, unbelievingly;

disbud / d ɪ s b ʌ d /
v1
thin out buds to improve the quality of the remaining flowers;

v2
destroy undeveloped horn buds (of cattle);

disburden / d ɪ s b ɝ d n /
v1
take the burden off;

- remove the burden from;

- "unburden the donkey";

- syn. unburden;

disbursal
n1
amounts paid for goods and services that may be currently tax deductible (as opposed to capital expenditures);

- syn. disbursement, expense;

n2
the act of spending or disbursing money;

- syn. disbursement, outlay, spending;

disburse / d ɪ s b ɝ s /
v1
expend, as from a fund;

- syn. pay out;

disbursement / d ɪ s b ɝ s m ə n t /
n1
amounts paid for goods and services that may be currently tax deductible (as opposed to capital expenditures);

- syn. disbursal, expense;

n2
the act of spending or disbursing money;

- syn. disbursal, outlay, spending;

disburser / d ɪ s b ɝ s ə , d ɪ s b ɝ s ə ɹ /
n1
someone who spends money to purchase goods or services;

- syn. expender, spender;

disc / d ɪ s k /
n1
sound recording consisting of a disk with a continuous groove;

- used to reproduce music by rotating while a phonograph needle tracks in the groove;

- syn. disk, phonograph record, phonograph recording, platter, record;

n2
something with a round shape resembling a flat circular plate;

- "the moon's disk hung in a cloudless sky";

- syn. disk, saucer;

n3
(computer science) a memory device consisting of a flat disk covered with a magnetic coating on which information is stored;

- syn. disk, magnetic disc, magnetic disk;

n4
a flat circular plate;

- syn. disk;

disc-jockey
v1
comment on music to be played;

- "He has a job disk-jockeying on the weekend";

- syn. DJ, disk-jockey;

disc-shaped
a1
having a flat circular shape;

- syn. disclike, discoid, discoidal, disk-shaped, disklike;

- sim. round;

disc brake
n1
hydraulic brake in which friction is applied to both sides of a spinning disk by the brake pads;

- syn. disk brake;

disc drive
n1
computer hardware that holds and spins a magnetic or optical disk and reads and writes information on it;

- syn. Winchester drive, disk drive, hard drive;

disc harrow
n1
a harrow with a series of disks set on edge at an angle;

- syn. disk harrow;

disc jockey
n1
a person who announces and plays popular recorded music;

- syn. DJ, d.j., disk jockey;

disc pack
n1
(computer science) a portable pack of magnetic disks used in a disk storage device;

- syn. disk pack;

disc space
n1
(computer science) the space available on a magnetic disk;

- syn. disk space;

discalceate
a1
(used of certain religious orders) barefoot or wearing only sandals;

- "discalced friars";

- syn. discalced, unshod;

discalced
a1
(used of certain religious orders) barefoot or wearing only sandals;

- "discalced friars";

- syn. discalceate, unshod;

discant
n1
a decorative musical accompaniment (often improvised) added above a basic melody;

- syn. descant;

discard / d ɪ s k ɑ d /
n1
anything that is cast aside or discarded;

n2
(cards) the act of throwing out a useless card or of failing to follow suit;

n3
getting rid something that is regarded as useless or undesirable;

- syn. throwing away;

v1
throw or cast away;

- "Put away your worries";

- syn. cast aside, cast away, cast out, chuck out, dispose, fling, put away, throw away, throw out, toss, toss away, toss out;

discarded / d ɪ s k ɑ d ɪ d /
a1
thrown away;

- "wearing someone's cast-off clothes";

- "throwaway children living on the streets";

- "salvaged some thrown-away furniture";

- syn. cast-off, throwaway, thrown-away;

- sim. unwanted;

discase
v1
get undressed;

- "please don't undress in front of everybody!";

- "She strips in front of strangers every night for a living";

- syn. disrobe, peel, strip, strip down, uncase, unclothe, undress;

disceptation
n1
a contentious speech act;

- a dispute where there is strong disagreement;

- "they were involved in a violent argument";

- syn. arguing, argument, contention, contestation, controversy, disputation, tilt;

discern / d ɪ s ɝ n /
v1
detect with the senses;

- "The fleeing convicts were picked out of the darkness by the watchful prison guards";

- "I can't make out the faces in this photograph";

- syn. distinguish, make out, pick out, recognise, recognize, spot, tell apart;

discernability
n1
distinctness that makes perception easy;

- syn. legibility;

discernable / d ɪ s ɝ n eɪ b ɫ /
a1
perceptible by the senses or intellect;

- "things happen in the earth and sky with no discernible cause";

- "the newspaper reports no discernible progress in the negotiations";

- "the skyline is easily discernible even at a distance of several miles";

- syn. discernible;

discernible / d ɪ s ɝ n ə b ɫ /
a1
perceptible by the senses or intellect;

- "things happen in the earth and sky with no discernible cause";

- "the newspaper reports no discernible progress in the negotiations";

- "the skyline is easily discernible even at a distance of several miles";

- syn. discernable;

a2
capable of being perceived clearly;

- "an essay with a meaning that was not always discernible";

- sim. perceptible;

a3
capable of being seen or noticed;

- "a discernible change in attitude";

- "a clearly evident erasure in the manuscript";

- "an observable change in behavior";

- syn. evident, observable;

- sim. noticeable;

discerning / d ɪ s ɝ n ɪ ŋ /
a1
having or revealing keen insight and good judgment;

- "a discerning critic";

- "a discerning reader";

- also critical, discriminating;

- sim. clear, clear-eyed, prescient;

a2
unobtrusively perceptive and sympathetic;

- "a discerning editor";

- "a discreet silence";

- syn. discreet;

- sim. tactful;

a3
quick to understand;

- "a kind and apprehensive friend"- Nathaniel Hawthorne;

- syn. apprehensive;

- sim. perceptive;

a4
able to make or detect effects of great subtlety;

- sensitive;

- "discerning taste";

- "a discerning eye for color";

- sim. discriminating;

discernment / d ɪ s ɝ n m ə n t /
n1
the cognitive condition of someone who understands;

- "he has virtually no understanding of social cause and effect";

- syn. apprehension, savvy, understanding;

n2
delicate discrimination (especially of aesthetic values);

- "arrogance and lack of taste contributed to his rapid success";

- "to ask at that particular time was the ultimate in bad taste";

- syn. appreciation, perceptiveness, taste;

n3
perception of that which is obscure;

- syn. perceptiveness;

n4
the mental ability to understand and discriminate between relations;

- syn. judgement, judgment, sagaciousness, sagacity;

n5
the trait of judging wisely and objectively;

- "a man of discernment";

- syn. discretion;

discerp
v1
divide into pieces;

- "our department was dismembered when our funding dried up";

- "The Empire was discerped after the war";

- syn. dismember, take apart;

v2
cut off from a whole;

- "His head was severed from his body";

- "The soul discerped from the body";

- syn. lop, sever;

discharge / d ɪ s tʃ ɑ dʒ /
n1
the sudden giving off of energy;

n2
the act of venting;

- syn. venting;

n3
a substance that is emitted or released;

- syn. emission;

n4
any of several bodily processes by which substances go out of the body;

- "the discharge of pus";

- syn. emission, expelling;

n5
electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field;

- syn. arc, electric arc, electric discharge, spark;

n6
the pouring forth of a fluid;

- syn. outpouring, run;

n7
the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart);

- syn. dismissal, dismission, firing, liberation, release, sack, sacking;

n8
a formal written statement of relinquishment;

- syn. release, waiver;

n9
the act of discharging a gun;

- syn. firing, firing off;

v1
complete or carry out;

- "discharge one's duties";

- syn. complete, dispatch;

v2
pour forth or release;

- "discharge liquids";

v3
free from obligations or duties;

- syn. free;

v4
remove the charge from;

v5
go off or discharge;

- "The gun fired";

- syn. fire, go off;

v6
pronounce not guilty of criminal charges;

- "The suspect was cleared of the murder charges";

- syn. acquit, assoil, clear, exculpate, exonerate;

v7
eliminate (a substance);

- "combustion products are exhausted in the engine";

- "the plant releases a gas";

- syn. eject, exhaust, expel, release;

v8
remove (cargo, people, etc.) from and leave;

- "unload the cargo";

- "drop off the passengers at the hotel";

- syn. drop, drop off, put down, set down, unload;

v9
cause to go off;

- "fire a gun";

- "fire a bullet";

- syn. fire;

v10
release from military service;

- syn. muster out;

v11
become empty or void of its content;

- "The room emptied";

- syn. empty;

discharge lamp
n1
a lamp that generates light by a discharge between two electrodes in a gas;

discharge pipe
n1
a pipe through which fluids can be discharged;

discharged / d ɪ s tʃ ɑ dʒ d /
a1
having lost your job;

- syn. dismissed, fired, laid-off, pink-slipped;

- sim. unemployed;

disciform
a1
having a round or oval shape like a disc;

- "a disciform skin lesion";

- sim. rounded;

discina
n1
any fungus of the genus Discina;

Discina macrospora
n1
a discina with a flat or saucer-shaped fertile body that is brown on the upper surface;

- has a short stalk;

- not recommended for eating;

Disciotis venosa
n1
an edible morel with a cup-shaped or saucer-shaped fruiting body can be up to 20 cm wide;

- the fertile surface inside the cup has wrinkles radiating from the center;

- can be easily confused with inedible mushrooms;

- syn. cup morel;

disciple / d ɪ s aɪ p ɫ /
n1
someone who believes and helps to spread the doctrine of another;

- syn. adherent;

Disciples of Christ
n1
a Protestant church that accepts the Bible as the only source of true Christian faith and practices baptism by immersion;

- syn. Christian Church;

discipleship / d ɪ s aɪ p ɫ ʃ ɪ p /
n1
the position of disciple;

disciplinal
a1
designed to promote discipline;

- "the teacher's action was corrective rather than instructional";

- "disciplinal measures";

- "the mother was stern and disciplinary";

- syn. corrective, disciplinary;

- sim. nonindulgent;

disciplinarian / d ɪ s ə p ɫ ɪ n eə ɹ ɪə n /
n1
someone who demands exact conformity to rules and forms;

- syn. martinet, moralist;

disciplinary / d ɪ s ɪ p ɫ ɪ n ə ɹ i /
a1
relating to discipline in behavior;

- "disciplinary problems in the classroom";

a2
relating to a specific field of academic study;

- "economics in its modern disciplinary sense";

a3
designed to promote discipline;

- "the teacher's action was corrective rather than instructional";

- "disciplinal measures";

- "the mother was stern and disciplinary";

- syn. corrective, disciplinal;

- sim. nonindulgent;

discipline / d ɪ s ɪ p ɫ ɪ n /
n1
a branch of knowledge;

- "in what discipline is his doctorate?";

- "teachers should be well trained in their subject";

- "anthropology is the study of human beings";

- syn. bailiwick, field, field of study, study, subject, subject area, subject field;

n2
a system of rules of conduct or method of practice;

- "he quickly learned the discipline of prison routine";

- "for such a plan to work requires discipline";

n3
the trait of being well behaved;

- "he insisted on discipline among the troops";

n4
training to improve strength or self-control;

n5
the act of disciplining;

- "the offenders deserved the harsh discipline they received";

- syn. correction;

v1
develop (a child's or animal's) behavior by instruction and practice;

- especially to teach self-control;

- "Parents must discipline their children";

- "Is this dog trained?";

- syn. check, condition, train;

v2
punish in order to gain control or enforce obedience;

- "The teacher disciplined the pupils rather frequently";

- syn. correct, sort out;

disciplined / d ɪ s ɪ p ɫ ɪ n d /
a1
obeying the rules;

- sim. controlled;

a2
trained mentally or physically by instruction or exercise;

- "the beautiful coordination of his disciplined muscles";

- "a disciplined mind";

- sim. trained;

disclaim / d ɪ s k ɫ eɪ m /
v1
renounce a legal claim or title to;

v2
make a disclaimer about;

- "He disclaimed any responsibility";

disclaimer / d ɪ s k ɫ eɪ m ə , d ɪ s k ɫ eɪ m ə ɹ /
n1
(law) a voluntary repudiation of a person's legal claim to something;

n2
denial of any connection with or knowledge of;

- syn. disavowal;

disclike
a1
having a flat circular shape;

- syn. disc-shaped, discoid, discoidal, disk-shaped, disklike;

- sim. round;

disclose / d ɪ s k ɫ oʊ z /
v1
make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret;

- "The auction house would not disclose the price at which the van Gogh had sold";

- "The actress won't reveal how old she is";

- "bring out the truth";

- "he broke the news to her";

- "unwrap the evidence in the murder case";

- "The newspaper uncovered the President's illegal dealings";

- syn. break, bring out, discover, divulge, expose, give away, let on, let out, reveal, uncover, unwrap;

v2
reveal to view as by removing a cover;

- "The curtain rose to disclose a stunning set";

- syn. expose, uncover;

disclosed / d ɪ s k ɫ oʊ z d /
a1
made known (especially something secret or concealed);

- "the disclosed purpose of their wicked plan";

- sim. unveiled;

disclosure / d ɪ s k ɫ oʊ ʒ ə , d ɪ s k ɫ oʊ ʒ ə ɹ /
n1
the speech act of making something evident;

- syn. revealing, revelation;

disco / d ɪ s k oʊ /
n1
popular dance music (especially in the late 1970s);

- melodic with a regular bass beat;

- intended mainly for dancing at discotheques;

- syn. disco music;

n2
a public dance hall for dancing to recorded popular music;

- syn. discotheque;

v1
dance to disco music;

disco biscuit
n1
street names for methylenedioxymethamphetamine;

- syn. Adam, X, XTC, cristal, ecstasy, go, hug drug;

disco music
n1
popular dance music (especially in the late 1970s);

- melodic with a regular bass beat;

- intended mainly for dancing at discotheques;

- syn. disco;

Discocephali
n1
small order of fishes comprising the remoras;

- syn. order Discocephali;

Discoglossidae
n1
family of Old World toads having a fixed disklike tongue;

- syn. family Discoglossidae;

discography
n1
a descriptive catalog of musical recordings;

discoid
a1
having a flat circular shape;

- syn. disc-shaped, disclike, discoidal, disk-shaped, disklike;

- sim. round;

discoid lupus erythematosus
n1
a chronic skin disease occurring primarily in women between the ages of 20 and 40;

- characterized by an eruption of red lesions over the cheeks and bridge of the nose;

- syn. DLE;

discoidal
a1
having a flat circular shape;

- syn. disc-shaped, disclike, discoid, disk-shaped, disklike;

- sim. round;

discolor / d ɪ s k ʌ ɫ ə ɹ /
v1
lose color or turn colorless;

- "The painting discolored";

v2
cause to lose or change color;

- "The detergent discolored my shirts";

v3
change color, often in an undesired manner;

- "The shirts discolored";

- syn. color, colour, discolour;

discoloration / d ɪ s k ʌ ɫ ə ɹ eɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
a soiled or discolored appearance;

- "the wine left a dark stain";

- syn. discolouration, stain;

n2
the act of changing the natural color of something by making it duller or dingier or unnatural or faded;

- syn. discolouration;

discolorise
v1
remove color from;

- "The sun bleached the red shirt";

- syn. bleach, bleach out, decolor, decolorise, decolorize, decolour, decolourise, decolourize, discolorize, discolourise;

discolorize
v1
remove color from;

- "The sun bleached the red shirt";

- syn. bleach, bleach out, decolor, decolorise, decolorize, decolour, decolourise, decolourize, discolorise, discolourise;

discolour / d ɪ s k ʌ ɫ ə , d ɪ s k ʌ ɫ ə ɹ /
v1
change color, often in an undesired manner;

- "The shirts discolored";

- syn. color, colour, discolor;

discolouration / d ɪ s k ə ɫ ə ɹ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
a soiled or discolored appearance;

- "the wine left a dark stain";

- syn. discoloration, stain;

n2
the act of changing the natural color of something by making it duller or dingier or unnatural or faded;

- syn. discoloration;

discolourise
v1
remove color from;

- "The sun bleached the red shirt";

- syn. bleach, bleach out, decolor, decolorise, decolorize, decolour, decolourise, decolourize, discolorise, discolorize;

discombobulate
v1
cause to be confused emotionally;

- syn. bemuse, bewilder, throw;

v2
be confusing or perplexing to;

- cause to be unable to think clearly;

- "These questions confuse even the experts";

- "This question completely threw me";

- "This question befuddled even the teacher";

- syn. bedevil, befuddle, confound, confuse, fox, fuddle, throw;

discombobulated
a1
having self-possession upset;

- thrown into confusion;

- "the hecklers pelted the discombobulated speaker with anything that came to hand";

- "looked at each other dumbly, quite disconcerted"- G.B.Shaw;

- syn. disconcerted;

- sim. discomposed;

discombobulation
n1
a feeling of embarrassment that leaves you confused;

- syn. confusion;

discomfit / d ɪ s k ʌ m f ɪ t /
v1
cause to lose one's composure;

- syn. discompose, disconcert, untune, upset;

discomfited / d ɪ s k ʌ m f ɪ t ɪ d /
n1
people who are defeated;

- "the Romans had no pity for the defeated";

- syn. defeated;

a1
disappointingly unsuccessful;

- "disappointed expectations and thwarted ambitions";

- "their foiled attempt to capture Calais";

- "many frustrated poets end as pipe-smoking teachers";

- "his best efforts were thwarted";

- syn. defeated, disappointed, foiled, frustrated, thwarted;

- sim. unsuccessful;

discomfiture / d ɪ s k ʌ m f ɪ tʃ ə , d ɪ s k ʌ m f ɪ tʃ ə ɹ /
n1
anxious embarrassment;

- syn. discomposure, disconcertion, disconcertment;

discomfort / d ɪ s k ʌ m f ə t /
n1
the state of being tense and feeling pain;

- syn. uncomfortableness;

n2
an uncomfortable feeling of mental painfulness or distress;

- syn. irritation, soreness;

discommode / d ɪ s k ə m oʊ d /
v1
to cause inconvenience or discomfort to;

- "Sorry to trouble you, but...";

- syn. bother, disoblige, incommode, inconvenience, put out, trouble;

discompose / d ɪ s k ə m p oʊ z /
v1
cause to lose one's composure;

- syn. discomfit, disconcert, untune, upset;

discomposed / d ɪ s k ə m p oʊ z d /
a1
having your composure disturbed;

- "looked about with a wandering and discomposed air";

- also agitated, undignified;

- sim. abashed, blushful, bothered, discombobulated, flustered, unstrung;

discomposure / d ɪ s k ə m p oʊ ʒ ə , d ɪ s k ə m p oʊ ʒ ə ɹ /
n1
anxious embarrassment;

- syn. discomfiture, disconcertion, disconcertment;

n2
a temperament that is perturbed and lacking in composure;

discomycete
n1
any fungus that is a member of the subclass Discomycetes;

- syn. cup fungus;

Discomycetes
n1
a large and taxonomically difficult group of Ascomycetes in which the fleshy fruiting body is disklike or cup-shaped;

- syn. subclass Discomycetes;

discomycetous
a1
relating to or characteristic of fungi of the subclass Discomycetes;

disconcert / d ɪ s k ə n s ɝ t /
v1
cause to feel embarrassment;

- "The constant attention of the young man confused her";

- syn. confuse, flurry, put off;

v2
cause to lose one's composure;

- syn. discomfit, discompose, untune, upset;

disconcerted / d ɪ s k ə n s ɝ t ɪ d /
a1
having self-possession upset;

- thrown into confusion;

- "the hecklers pelted the discombobulated speaker with anything that came to hand";

- "looked at each other dumbly, quite disconcerted"- G.B.Shaw;

- syn. discombobulated;

- sim. discomposed;

disconcerting / d ɪ s k ə n s ɝ t ɪ ŋ /
a1
causing an emotional disturbance;

- "his disconcerting habit of greeting friends ferociously and strangers charmingly"- Herb Caen;

- "an upsetting experience";

- syn. upsetting;

- sim. displeasing;

disconcertingly / d ɪ s k ə n s ɝ t ɪ ŋ ɫ i /
r1
in a disturbing or embarrassing manner;

- "he drank some sherry, his eyes disconcertingly keen as he watched her";

disconcertion / d ɪ s k ə n s ɝ t aɪ ə n /
n1
anxious embarrassment;

- syn. discomfiture, discomposure, disconcertment;

disconcertment
n1
anxious embarrassment;

- syn. discomfiture, discomposure, disconcertion;

disconfirming / d ɪ s k ə n f ɝ m ɪ ŋ /
a1
not indicating the presence of microorganisms or disease or a specific condition;

- "the HIV test was negative";

- syn. negative;

- sim. Gram-negative;

a2
establishing as invalid or untrue;

- syn. invalidating;

- sim. unsupportive;

disconnect / d ɪ s k ə n ɛ k t /
n1
an unbridgeable disparity (as from a failure of understanding);

- "he felt a gulf between himself and his former friends";

- "there is a vast disconnect between public opinion and federal policy";

- syn. disconnection, gulf;

v1
pull the plug of (electrical appliances) and render inoperable;

- "unplug the hair dryer after using it";

- syn. unplug;

v2
make disconnected, disjoin or unfasten;

disconnected / d ɪ s k ə n ɛ k t ɪ d /
a1
(music) marked by or composed of disconnected parts or sounds;

- cut short crisply;

- "staccato applause";

- "a staccato command";

- "staccato notes";

- syn. staccato;

- sim. abrupt;

a2
having been divided;

- having the unity destroyed;

- "Congress...gave the impression of...a confusing sum of disconnected local forces"-Samuel Lubell;

- "a league of disunited nations"- E.B.White;

- "a fragmented coalition";

- "a split group";

- syn. disunited, fragmented, split;

- sim. divided;

a3
marked by sudden changes in subject and sharp transitions;

- "abrupt prose";

- syn. abrupt;

- sim. staccato;

a4
not plugged in or connected to a power source;

- "the iron is disconnected";

- sim. off;

a5
lacking orderly continuity;

- "a confused set of instructions";

- "a confused dream about the end of the world";

- "disconnected fragments of a story";

- "scattered thoughts";

- syn. confused, disjointed, disordered, garbled, illogical, scattered, unconnected;

- sim. incoherent;

disconnectedness / d ɪ s k ə n ɛ k t ɪ d n ɪ s /
n1
state of being disconnected;

- syn. disconnection, disjunction, disjuncture;

disconnection / d ɪ s k ə n ɛ k ʃ ə n /
n1
state of being disconnected;

- syn. disconnectedness, disjunction, disjuncture;

n2
an unbridgeable disparity (as from a failure of understanding);

- "he felt a gulf between himself and his former friends";

- "there is a vast disconnect between public opinion and federal policy";

- syn. disconnect, gulf;

n3
the act of breaking a connection;

- syn. disjunction;

disconsolate / d ɪ s k ɒ n s ə ɫ ə t /
a1
sad beyond comforting;

- incapable of being consoled;

- "inconsolable when her son died";

- syn. inconsolable, unconsolable;

- sim. desolate;

a2
causing dejection;

- "a blue day";

- "the dark days of the war";

- "a week of rainy depressing weather";

- "a disconsolate winter landscape";

- "the first dismal dispiriting days of November";

- "a dark gloomy day";

- "grim rainy weather";

- syn. blue, dark, dingy, dismal, drab, drear, dreary, gloomy, grim, sorry;

- sim. depressing;

disconsolately / d ɪ s k ɒ n s ə ɫ ə t ɫ i /
r1
in grief-stricken loneliness;

- without comforting circumstances or prospects;

- syn. desolately;

disconsolateness / d ɪ s k ɒ n s ə ɫ ə t n ɛ s /
n1
feeling downcast and disheartened and hopeless;

- syn. despondence, despondency, heartsickness;

discontent / d ɪ s k ə n t ɛ n t /
n1
a longing for something better than the present situation;

- syn. discontentedness, discontentment;

v1
make dissatisfied;

a1
showing or experiencing dissatisfaction or restless longing;

- "saw many discontent faces in the room";

- "was discontented with his position";

- syn. discontented;

- also displeased, unhappy;

- sim. disaffected, disgruntled, restless;

discontented / d ɪ s k ə n t ɛ n t ɪ d /
a1
showing or experiencing dissatisfaction or restless longing;

- "saw many discontent faces in the room";

- "was discontented with his position";

- syn. discontent;

- also displeased, unhappy;

- sim. disaffected, disgruntled, restless;

discontentedly / d ɪ s k ə n t ɛ n t ɪ d ɫ i /
r1
with discontent;

- in a discontented manner;

- "he was still rumbling discontentedly when Pike returned bearing a folder of foolscap sheets";

discontentedness / d ɪ s k ə n t ɛ n t ɪ d n ə s /
n1
a longing for something better than the present situation;

- syn. discontent, discontentment;

discontentment / d ɪ s k ə n t ɛ n t m ə n t /
n1
a longing for something better than the present situation;

- syn. discontent, discontentedness;

discontinuance / d ɪ s k ə n t ɪ n j ʊə n s /
n1
the act of discontinuing or breaking off;

- an interruption (temporary or permanent);

- syn. discontinuation;

discontinuation / d ɪ s k ə n t ɪ n j ʊ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the act of discontinuing or breaking off;

- an interruption (temporary or permanent);

- syn. discontinuance;

discontinue / d ɪ s k ə n t ɪ n j u /
v1
put an end to a state or an activity;

- "Quit teasing your little brother";

- syn. cease, give up, lay off, quit, stop;

v2
come to or be at an end;

- "the support from our sponsoring agency will discontinue after March 31";

v3
prevent completion;

- "stop the project";

- "break off the negotiations";

- syn. break, break off, stop;

discontinued / d ɪ s k ə n t ɪ n j u d /
a1
stopped permanently or temporarily;

- "discontinued models";

- "a discontinued magazine";

- "a discontinued conversation";

- sim. interrupted, out of print;

discontinuity / d ɪ s k ə n t ɪ n j ʊ ɪ t i , d ɪ s k ɒ n t ɪ n j u ɪ t i /
n1
lack of connection or continuity;

discontinuous / d ɪ s k ə n t ɪ n j ʊə s /
a1
of a function or curve;

- possessing one or more discontinuities;

a2
not continuing without interruption in time or space;

- "discontinuous applause";

- "the landscape was a discontinuous mosaic of fields and forest areas";

- "he received a somewhat haphazard and discontinuous schooling";

- syn. noncontinuous;

- also broken, sporadic;

- sim. disjunct, disrupted;

discord / d ɪ s k ɔ d /
n1
lack of agreement or harmony;

- syn. strife;

n2
disagreement among those expected to cooperate;

- syn. dissension;

n3
a harsh mixture of sounds;

- syn. discordance;

n4
strife resulting from a lack of agreement;

- syn. discordance;

v1
be different from one another;

- syn. disaccord, disagree;

discordance / d ɪ s k ɔ d ə n s /
n1
a harsh mixture of sounds;

- syn. discord;

n2
strife resulting from a lack of agreement;

- syn. discord;

discordant / d ɪ s k ɔ d ə n t /
a1
not in agreement or harmony;

- "views discordant with present-day ideas";

- sim. at variance, dissentious;

a2
lacking in harmony;

- syn. disharmonious, dissonant, inharmonic;

- sim. inharmonious;

discordantly / d ɪ s k ɔ d ə n t ɫ i /
r1
in a discordant manner;

- "the piece ended discordantly";

- syn. unharmoniously;

discorporate
a1
not having a material body;

- "bodiless ghosts";

- syn. bodiless, disembodied, unbodied, unembodied;

- sim. incorporeal;

discotheque / d ɪ s k ə t ɛ k /
n1
a public dance hall for dancing to recorded popular music;

- syn. disco;

discount / d ɪ s k aʊ n t /
n1
the act of reducing the selling price of merchandise;

- syn. deduction, price reduction;

n2
interest on an annual basis deducted in advance on a loan;

- syn. bank discount, discount rate;

n3
a refund of some fraction of the amount paid;

- syn. rebate;

n4
an amount or percentage deducted;

- syn. deduction;

v1
bar from attention or consideration;

- "She dismissed his advances";

- syn. brush aside, brush off, dismiss, disregard, ignore, push aside;

v2
give a reduction in price on;

- "I never discount these books-they sell like hot cakes";

discount business
n1
the business of selling merchandise at a discount;

discount chain
n1
a chain of discount stores;

discount house
n1
a sales outlet offering goods at a discounted price;

- syn. discount store, discounter, wholesale house;

discount rate
n1
the rate of interest set by the Federal Reserve that member banks are charged when they borrow money through the Federal Reserve System;

n2
interest on an annual basis deducted in advance on a loan;

- syn. bank discount, discount;

discount store
n1
a sales outlet offering goods at a discounted price;

- syn. discount house, discounter, wholesale house;

discountenance / d ɪ s k aʊ n t ɪ n ə n s /
v1
look with disfavor on;

- "The republic soon discountenanced its few friends";

v2
show disapproval by discouraging;

- "any measure tending to fuse invalids into a class with special privileges should be discountenanced";

discounter / d ɪ s k aʊ n t ə /
n1
a sales outlet offering goods at a discounted price;

- syn. discount house, discount store, wholesale house;

discourage / d ɪ s k ʌ ɹ ɪ dʒ /
v1
try to prevent;

- show opposition to;

- "We should discourage this practice among our youth";

- syn. deter;

v2
deprive of courage or hope;

- take away hope from;

- cause to feel discouraged;

v3
advise or counsel in terms of someone's behavior;

- "I warned him not to go too far";

- "I warn you against false assumptions";

- "She warned him to be quiet";

- syn. admonish, monish, warn;

discouraged / d ɪ s k ʌ ɹ ɪ dʒ d /
a1
made less hopeful or enthusiastic;

- "desperate demoralized people looking for work";

- "felt discouraged by the magnitude of the problem";

- "the disheartened instructor tried vainly to arouse their interest";

- syn. demoralised, demoralized, disheartened;

- sim. pessimistic;

a2
lacking in resolution;

- "the accident left others discouraged about going there";

- sim. irresolute;

discouragement / d ɪ s k ʌ ɹ ɪ dʒ m ə n t /
n1
the feeling of despair in the face of obstacles;

- syn. disheartenment, dismay;

n2
the expression of opposition and disapproval;

n3
the act of discouraging;

- "the discouragement of petty theft";

discouraging / d ɪ s k ʌ ɹ ɪ dʒ ɪ ŋ /
a1
depriving of confidence or hope or enthusiasm and hence often deterring action;

- "where never is heard a discouraging word";

- also dissuasive, hopeless, unhelpful;

- sim. daunting, demoralizing, frustrating, unencouraging;

a2
expressing disapproval in order to dissuade;

- sim. dissuasive;

discouragingly / d ɪ s k ʌ ɹ ɪ dʒ ɪ ŋ ɫ i /
r1
in a discouraging manner;

- "the failure rate on the bar exam is discouragingly high";

discourse / d ɪ s k ɔ s /
n1
extended verbal expression in speech or writing;

n2
an address of a religious nature (usually delivered during a church service);

- syn. preaching, sermon;

n3
an extended communication (often interactive) dealing with some particular topic;

- "the book contains an excellent discussion of modal logic";

- "his treatment of the race question is badly biased";

- syn. discussion, treatment;

v1
to consider or examine in speech or writing;

- "The author talks about the different aspects of this question";

- "The class discussed Dante's `Inferno'";

- syn. discuss, talk about;

v2
carry on a conversation;

- syn. converse;

v3
talk at length and formally about a topic;

- "The speaker dissertated about the social politics in 18th century England";

- syn. dissertate, hold forth;

discourteous / d ɪ s k ɝ t ɪə s /
a1
showing no courtesy;

- rude;

- "a distant and at times discourteous young";

- also disrespectful;

- sim. abrupt, brusque, caddish, unceremonious;

a2
lacking social graces;

- syn. ungracious;

- sim. impolite;

discourteously / d ɪ s k ɝ t ɪə s ɫ i /
r1
in an impolite manner;

- "he treated her impolitely";

- syn. impolitely, rudely;

discourtesy / d ɪ s k ɝ t ə s i /
n1
an expression of lack of respect;

- syn. disrespect;

n2
a manner that is rude and insulting;

- syn. rudeness;

n3
a lack of politeness;

- a failure to show regard for others;

- wounding the feelings or others;

- syn. offence, offense, offensive activity;

discover / d ɪ s k ʌ v ə , d ɪ s k ʌ v ə ɹ /
v1
discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of;

- "She detected high levels of lead in her drinking water";

- "We found traces of lead in the paint";

- syn. detect, find, notice, observe;

v2
get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally;

- "I learned that she has two grown-up children";

- "I see that you have been promoted";

- syn. find out, get a line, get wind, get word, hear, learn, pick up, see;

v3
make a discovery, make a new finding;

- "Roentgen discovered X-rays";

- "Physicists believe they found a new elementary particle";

- syn. find;

v4
make a discovery;

- "She found that he had lied to her";

- "The story is false, so far as I can discover";

- syn. find;

v5
find unexpectedly;

- "the archeologists chanced upon an old tomb";

- "she struck a goldmine";

- "The hikers finally struck the main path to the lake";

- syn. attain, chance on, chance upon, come across, come upon, fall upon, happen upon, light upon, strike;

v6
make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret;

- "The auction house would not disclose the price at which the van Gogh had sold";

- "The actress won't reveal how old she is";

- "bring out the truth";

- "he broke the news to her";

- "unwrap the evidence in the murder case";

- "The newspaper uncovered the President's illegal dealings";

- syn. break, bring out, disclose, divulge, expose, give away, let on, let out, reveal, uncover, unwrap;

v7
see for the first time;

- make a discovery;

- "Who discovered the North Pole?";

v8
identify as in botany or biology, for example;

- syn. describe, distinguish, identify, key, key out, name;

discoverable / d ɪ s k ʌ v ə ɹ ə b ɫ /
a1
capable of being ascertained or found out;

- "ascertainable facts";

- syn. ascertainable;

- sim. determinable;

discovered / d ɪ s k ʌ v ə d /
a1
discovered or determined by scientific observation;

- "variation in the ascertained flux depends on a number of factors";

- "the discovered behavior norms";

- "discovered differences in achievement";

- "no explanation for the observed phenomena";

- syn. ascertained, observed;

- sim. determined;

discovered check
n1
a check on the opponent's king that is delivered by moving a piece out of the line of attack by a queen or rook or bishop;

discoverer / d ɪ s k ʌ v ə ɹ ə , d ɪ s k ʌ v ə ɹ ə ɹ /
n1
someone who is the first to think of or make something;

- syn. artificer, inventor;

n2
someone who is the first to observe something;

- syn. finder, spotter;

discovery / d ɪ s k ʌ v ə ɹ i /
n1
the act of discovering something;

- syn. find, uncovering;

n2
something that is discovered;

n3
a productive insight;

- syn. breakthrough, find;

n4
(law) compulsory pretrial disclosure of documents relevant to a case;

- enables one side in a litigation to elicit information from the other side concerning the facts in the case;

Discovery Day
n1
a legal holiday commemorating the discovery of America by Christopher Columbus;

- syn. Columbus Day, October 12;

discredit / d ɪ s k ɹ ɛ d ɪ t /
n1
the state of being held in low esteem;

- "your actions will bring discredit to your name";

- "because of the scandal the school has fallen into disrepute";

- syn. disrepute;

v1
cause to be distrusted or disbelieved;

- "The paper discredited the politician with its nasty commentary";

v2
damage the reputation of;

- "This newspaper story discredits the politicians";

- syn. disgrace;

v3
reject as false;

- refuse to accept;

- syn. disbelieve;

discreditable / d ɪ s k ɹ ɛ d ɪ t ə b ɫ /
a1
tending to bring discredit or disrepute;

- blameworthy;

- "his marks were not at all discreditable";

- sim. disreputable;

discreditably / d ɪ s k ɹ ɛ d ɪ t ə b ɫ i /
r1
in a dishonorable manner or to a dishonorable degree;

- "his grades were disgracefully low";

- syn. disgracefully, dishonorably, dishonourably, ignominiously, ingloriously, shamefully;

discredited / d ɪ s k ɹ ɛ d ɪ t ɪ d /
a1
being unjustly brought into disrepute;

- "a discredited politician";

- "her damaged reputation";

- syn. damaged;

- sim. disreputable;

a2
suffering shame;

- syn. disgraced, dishonored, shamed;

- sim. ashamed;

discreet / d ɪ s k ɹ i t /
a1
marked by prudence or modesty and wise self-restraint;

- "his trusted discreet aide";

- "a discreet, finely wrought gold necklace";

a2
unobtrusively perceptive and sympathetic;

- "a discerning editor";

- "a discreet silence";

- syn. discerning;

- sim. tactful;

a3
heedful of potential consequences;

- "circumspect actions";

- "physicians are now more circumspect about recommending its use";

- "a discreet investor";

- syn. circumspect;

- sim. prudent;

discreetly / d ɪ s k ɹ i t ɫ i /
r1
with discretion;

- prudently and with wise self-restraint;

- "I sent for the sergeant of the platoon both men were in and asked him to try to find out discreetly what lay behind this";

discreetness
n1
knowing how to avoid embarrassment or distress;

- "the servants showed great tact and discretion";

- syn. circumspection, discretion, prudence;

n2
subtly skillful handling of a situation;

- syn. delicacy, diplomacy, finesse;

discrepancy / d ɪ s k ɹ ɛ p ə n s i /
n1
a difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions;

- "a growing divergence of opinion";

- syn. disagreement, divergence, variance;

n2
an event that departs from expectations;

- syn. variance, variant;

discrepant
a1
not compatible with other facts;

- syn. incompatible;

- sim. inconsistent;

a2
not in agreement;

- syn. inconsistent;

- sim. incongruous;

a3
not in accord;

- "desires at variance with his duty";

- "widely discrepant statements";

- syn. at variance, dissonant;

- sim. discordant;

discrete / d ɪ s k ɹ i t /
a1
constituting a separate entity or part;

- "a government with three discrete divisions";

- "on two distinct occasions";

- syn. distinct;

- sim. separate;

discreteness / d ɪ s k ɹ i t n ə s /
n1
the state of being several and distinct;

- syn. distinctness, separateness, severalty;

discretion / d ɪ s k ɹ ɛ ʃ n /
n1
freedom to act or judge on one's own;

n2
knowing how to avoid embarrassment or distress;

- "the servants showed great tact and discretion";

- syn. circumspection, discreetness, prudence;

n3
refined taste;

- tact;

- syn. delicacy;

n4
the power of making free choices unconstrained by external agencies;

- syn. free will;

n5
the trait of judging wisely and objectively;

- "a man of discernment";

- syn. discernment;

discretional / d ɪ s k ɹ ɛ ʃ ə n ə ɫ /
a1
having or using the ability to act or decide according to your own discretion or judgment;

- "The commission has discretionary power to award extra funds";

- syn. discretionary;

- sim. arbitrary;

discretionary / d ɪ s k ɹ ɛ ʃ n ə ɹ i /
a1
having or using the ability to act or decide according to your own discretion or judgment;

- "The commission has discretionary power to award extra funds";

- syn. discretional;

- sim. arbitrary;

a2
(especially of funds) not earmarked;

- available for use as needed;

- "discretionary funds";

- "discretionary income";

- sim. unrestricted;

discretionary trust
n1
a trust that gives the trustee discretion to pay the beneficiary as much of the trust income as the trustee believes appropriate;

discriminable / d ɪ s k ɹ ɪ m ɪ n ə b ɫ /
a1
capable of being discriminated;

- "discriminable faults";

- sim. distinguishable;

discriminate / d ɪ s k ɹ ɪ m ɪ n eɪ t , d ɪ s k ɹ ɪ m ɪ n ɪ t /
v1
recognize or perceive the difference;

- syn. know apart;

v2
treat differently on the basis of sex or race;

- syn. separate, single out;

v3
distinguish;

- "I could not discriminate the different tastes in this complicated dish";

a1
marked by the ability to see or make fine distinctions;

- "discriminate judgments";

- "discriminate people";

- also discriminating;

discriminating / d ɪ s k ɹ ɪ m ɪ n eɪ t ɪ ŋ /
a1
showing or indicating careful judgment and discernment especially in matters of taste;

- "the discriminating eye of the connoisseur";

- also discerning, discriminate;

- sim. appreciative, diacritic, discerning, discriminative, eclectic, good, selective;

a2
having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions;

- "an acute observer of politics and politicians";

- "incisive comments";

- "icy knifelike reasoning";

- "as sharp and incisive as the stroke of a fang";

- "penetrating insight";

- "frequent penetrative observations";

- syn. acute, incisive, keen, knifelike, penetrating, penetrative, piercing, sharp;

- sim. perceptive;

discrimination / d ɪ s k ɹ ɪ m ɪ n eɪ ʃ n /
n1
unfair treatment of a person or group on the basis of prejudice;

- syn. favoritism, favouritism;

n2
the cognitive process whereby two or more stimuli are distinguished;

- syn. secernment;

discriminative / d ɪ s k ɹ ɪ m ɪ n ə t ɪ v /
a1
capable of making fine distinctions;

- syn. discriminatory;

- sim. discriminating;

a2
expressing careful judgment;

- "discriminative censure";

- "a biography ...appreciative and yet judicial in purpose"-Tyler Dennett;

- syn. judicial;

- sim. critical;

discriminative stimulus
n1
a stimulus that provides information about what to do;

- syn. cue;

discriminator / d ɪ s k ɹ ɪ m ɪ n eɪ t ə /
n1
a person who (or that which) differentiates;

- syn. differentiator;

discriminatory / d ɪ s k ɹ ɪ m ɪ n ə t ə ɹ i /
a1
being biased or having a belief or attitude formed beforehand;

- "a prejudiced judge";

- syn. prejudiced;

- sim. homophobic, jaundiced, loaded, racist, sexist;

a2
containing or implying a slight or showing prejudice;

- "discriminatory attitudes and practices";

- "invidious comparisons";

- syn. invidious;

- sim. unfavorable;

a3
capable of making fine distinctions;

- syn. discriminative;

- sim. discriminating;

a4
manifesting partiality;

- "a discriminatory tax";

- "preferential tariff rates";

- "preferential treatment";

- "a preferential shop gives priority or advantage to union members in hiring or promoting";

- syn. preferential;

- sim. advantageous;

discursive / d ɪ s k ɝ s ɪ v /
a1
proceeding to a conclusion by reason or argument rather than intuition;

- syn. dianoetic;

- sim. logical;

a2
(of e.g. speech and writing) tending to depart from the main point or cover a wide range of subjects;

- "amusingly digressive with satirical thrusts at women's fashions among other things";

- "a rambling discursive book";

- "his excursive remarks";

- "a rambling speech about this and that";

- syn. digressive, excursive, rambling;

- sim. indirect;

discursively / d ɪ s k ɝ s ɪ v ɫ i /
r1
in a rambling manner;

- syn. ramblingly;

discursiveness / d ɪ s k ɝ s ɪ v n ə s /
n1
the quality of being discursive;

discus / d ɪ s k ə s /
n1
an athletic competition in which a disk-shaped object is thrown as far as possible;

n2
a disk used in throwing competitions;

- syn. saucer;

discuss / d ɪ s k ʌ s /
v1
to consider or examine in speech or writing;

- "The author talks about the different aspects of this question";

- "The class discussed Dante's `Inferno'";

- syn. discourse, talk about;

v2
speak with others about (something);

- talk (something) over in detail;

- have a discussion;

- "We discussed our household budget";

- syn. hash out, talk over;

discussant / d ɪ s k ʌ s æ n t /
n1
a participant in a formal discussion;

discussion / d ɪ s k ʌ ʃ n /
n1
an extended communication (often interactive) dealing with some particular topic;

- "the book contains an excellent discussion of modal logic";

- "his treatment of the race question is badly biased";

- syn. discourse, treatment;

n2
an exchange of views on some topic;

- "we had a good discussion";

- "we had a word or two about it";

- syn. give-and-take, word;

discussion section
n1
a small class of students who are part of a larger course but are taught separately;

- "a graduate student taught sections for the professor's lecture course";

- syn. section;

disdain / d ɪ s d eɪ n /
n1
lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike;

- "he was held in contempt";

- "the despite in which outsiders were held is legendary";

- syn. contempt, despite, scorn;

n2
a communication that indicates lack of respect by patronizing the recipient;

- syn. condescension, patronage;

v1
look down on with disdain;

- "He despises the people he has to work for";

- "The professor scorns the students who don't catch on immediately";

- syn. contemn, despise, scorn;

v2
reject with contempt;

- "She spurned his advances";

- syn. freeze off, pooh-pooh, reject, scorn, spurn, turn down;

disdainful / d ɪ s d eɪ n f ə ɫ /
a1
expressing extreme contempt;

- syn. contemptuous, insulting, scornful;

- sim. disrespectful;

a2
having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy;

- "some economists are disdainful of their colleagues in other social disciplines";

- "haughty aristocrats";

- "his lordly manners were offensive";

- "walked with a prideful swagger";

- "very sniffy about breaches of etiquette";

- "his mother eyed my clothes with a supercilious air";

- "a more swaggering mood than usual"- W.L.Shirer;

- syn. haughty, imperious, lordly, overbearing, prideful, sniffy, supercilious, swaggering;

- sim. proud;

disdainfully / d ɪ s d eɪ n f ə ɫ i /
r1
in a proud and domineering manner;

- "he treated his staff cavalierly";

- syn. cavalierly;

r2
without respect;

- in a disdainful manner;

- "she spoke of him contemptuously";

- syn. contemptuously, contumeliously, scornfully;

disdainfulness / d ɪ s d eɪ n f ə ɫ n ə s /
n1
the trait of displaying arrogance by patronizing those considered inferior;

- syn. condescension, superciliousness;

disease / d ɪ z i z /
n1
an impairment of health or a condition of abnormal functioning;

disease of the neuromuscular junction
n1
a disease characterized by impairment of neuromuscular junctions;

disease of the skin
n1
a disease affecting the skin;

- syn. skin disease, skin disorder;

diseased / d ɪ z i z d /
a1
caused by or altered by or manifesting disease or pathology;

- "diseased tonsils";

- "a morbid growth";

- "pathologic tissue";

- "pathological bodily processes";

- syn. morbid, pathologic, pathological;

- sim. unhealthy;

diseased person
n1
a person suffering from an illness;

- syn. sick person, sufferer;

disembark / d ɪ s ɪ m b ɑ k /
v1
go ashore;

- "The passengers disembarked at Southampton";

- syn. debark, set down;

disembarkation / d ɪ s ɛ m b ɑ k eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the act of passengers and crew getting off of a ship or aircraft;

- syn. debarkation, disembarkment;

disembarkment / d ɪ s ɪ m b ɑ k m ə n t /
n1
the act of passengers and crew getting off of a ship or aircraft;

- syn. debarkation, disembarkation;

disembarrass / d ɪ s ɪ m b æ ɹ ə s /
v1
relieve from;

- "Rid the house of pests";

- syn. free, rid;

disembarrassment / d ɪ s ɪ m b æ ɹ ə s m ə n t /
n1
something that extricates you from embarrassment;

disembodied / d ɪ s ɪ m b ɒ d ɪ d /
a1
not having a material body;

- "bodiless ghosts";

- syn. bodiless, discorporate, unbodied, unembodied;

- sim. incorporeal;

disembodied spirit
n1
any incorporeal supernatural being that can become visible (or audible) to human beings;

- syn. spirit;

disembody / d ɪ s ɪ m b ɒ d i /
v1
free from a body or physical form or reality;

disembowel / d ɪ s ɪ m b aʊ ə ɫ /
v1
remove the entrails of;

- "draw a chicken";

- syn. draw, eviscerate;

disembowelment
n1
the act of removing the bowels or viscera;

- the act of cutting so as to cause the viscera to protrude;

- syn. evisceration;

disembroil / d ɪ s ɪ m b ɹ ɔɪ ɫ /
v1
free from involvement or entanglement;

- "How can I disentangle myself from her personal affairs?";

- syn. disentangle, disinvolve;

disenable
v1
make unable to perform a certain action;

- "disable this command on your computer";

- syn. disable, incapacitate;

disenchant / d ɪ s ɪ n tʃ ɑ n t /
v1
free from enchantment;

- syn. disillusion;

disenchanted / d ɪ s ɪ n tʃ ɑ n t ɪ d /
a1
freed from enchantment;

- also sophisticated;

- sim. disabused, disillusioned;

disenchanting / d ɪ s ɪ n tʃ ɑ n t ɪ ŋ /
a1
freeing from illusion or false belief;

- syn. disillusioning;

- sim. convincing;

disenchantment / d ɪ s ɪ n tʃ ɑ n t m ə n t /
n1
freeing from false belief or illusions;

- syn. disillusion, disillusionment;

disencumber / d ɪ s ɪ n k ʌ m b ə , d ɪ s ɪ n k ʌ m b ə ɹ /
v1
release from entanglement of difficulty;

- "I cannot extricate myself from this task";

- syn. disentangle, extricate, untangle;

disenfranchise / d ɪ s ɪ n f ɹ æ n tʃ aɪ z /
v1
deprive of voting rights;

- syn. disfranchise;

disenfranchised / d ɪ s ɪ n f ɹ æ n tʃ aɪ z d /
a1
deprived of the rights of citizenship especially the right to vote;

- "labor was voiceless";

- "disenfrenchised masses took to the streets";

- syn. disfranchised, voiceless, voteless;

disenfranchisement / d ɪ s ɪ n f ɹ æ n tʃ ɪ z m ə n t /
n1
the act of withdrawing certification or terminating a franchise;

disengage / d ɪ s ɪ n ɡ eɪ dʒ /
v1
release from something that holds fast, connects, or entangles;

- "I want to disengage myself from his influence";

- "disengage the gears";

- syn. withdraw;

v2
free or remove obstruction from;

- "free a path across the cluttered floor";

- syn. free;

v3
become free;

- "in neutral, the gears disengage";

disengagement / d ɪ s ɪ n ɡ eɪ dʒ m ə n t /
n1
the act of releasing from an attachment or connection;

- syn. detachment;

n2
to break off a military action with an enemy;

- syn. fallback, pullout;

disentangle / d ɪ s ɪ n t æ ŋ ɡ ɫ /
v1
release from entanglement of difficulty;

- "I cannot extricate myself from this task";

- syn. disencumber, extricate, untangle;

v2
extricate from entanglement;

- "Can you disentangle the cord?";

- syn. straighten out, unsnarl;

v3
free from involvement or entanglement;

- "How can I disentangle myself from her personal affairs?";

- syn. disembroil, disinvolve;

v4
separate the tangles of;

- syn. unwind;

v5
smoothen and neaten with or as with a comb;

- "comb your hair before dinner";

- "comb the wool";

- syn. comb, comb out;

disentangled / d ɪ s ɪ n t æ ŋ ɡ ɫ d /
a1
straightened out;

- syn. loosened, unsnarled;

- sim. untangled;

disentanglement / d ɪ s ɪ n t æ ŋ ɡ ɫ m ə n t /
n1
the act of releasing from a snarled or tangled condition;

- syn. extrication, unsnarling, untangling;

disentangler / d ɪ s ɪ n t æ ŋ ɡ ɫ ə , d ɪ s ɪ n t æ ŋ ɡ ɫ ə ɹ /
n1
a person who removes tangles;

- someone who takes something out of a tangled state;

- syn. unraveler, unraveller;

disequilibrium / d ɪ s i k w ɪ ɫ ɪ b ɹ ɪə m /
n1
loss of equilibrium attributable to an unstable situation in which some forces outweigh others;

disestablish / d ɪ s ɪ s t æ b ɫ ɪ ʃ /
v1
deprive (an established church) of its status;

disestablishment / d ɪ s ɪ s t æ b ɫ ɪ ʃ m ə n t /
n1
the act terminating an established state of affairs;

- especially ending a connection with the Church of England;

disesteem / d ɪ s ɪ s t i m /
n1
the state in which esteem has been lost;

v1
have little or no respect for;

- hold in contempt;

- syn. disrespect;

disfavor / d ɪ s f eɪ v ə ɹ /
n1
the state of being out of favor;

- "he is in disfavor with the king";

- syn. disfavour;

n2
an inclination to withhold approval from some person or group;

- syn. disapproval, disfavour, dislike;

v1
put at a disadvantage;

- hinder, harm;

- "This rule clearly disadvantages me";

- syn. disadvantage, disfavour;

disfavour / d ɪ s f eɪ v ə , d ɪ s f eɪ v ə ɹ /
n1
the state of being out of favor;

- "he is in disfavor with the king";

- syn. disfavor;

n2
an inclination to withhold approval from some person or group;

- syn. disapproval, disfavor, dislike;

v1
put at a disadvantage;

- hinder, harm;

- "This rule clearly disadvantages me";

- syn. disadvantage, disfavor;

disfiguration / d ɪ s f ɪ ɡ j ʊə ɹ eɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
an appearance that has been spoiled or is misshapen;

- "there were distinguishing disfigurements on the suspect's back";

- "suffering from facial disfiguration";

- syn. deformity, disfigurement;

n2
the act of damaging the appearance or surface of something;

- "the defacement of an Italian mosaic during the Turkish invasion";

- "he objected to the dam's massive disfigurement of the landscape";

- syn. defacement, disfigurement, mutilation;

disfigure / d ɪ s f ɪ ɡ ə , d ɪ s f ɪ ɡ ə ɹ /
v1
mar or spoil the appearance of;

- "scars defaced her cheeks";

- "The vandals disfigured the statue";

- syn. blemish, deface;

disfigured / d ɪ s f ɪ ɡ ə d /
a1
having the appearance spoiled;

- "a disfigured face";

- "strip mining left a disfigured landscape";

- sim. ugly;

disfigurement / d ɪ s f ɪ ɡ ə m ə n t /
n1
an appearance that has been spoiled or is misshapen;

- "there were distinguishing disfigurements on the suspect's back";

- "suffering from facial disfiguration";

- syn. deformity, disfiguration;

n2
the act of damaging the appearance or surface of something;

- "the defacement of an Italian mosaic during the Turkish invasion";

- "he objected to the dam's massive disfigurement of the landscape";

- syn. defacement, disfiguration, mutilation;

disfluency
n1
lack of skillfulness in speaking or writing;

disforest / d ɪ s f ɒ ɹ ɪ s t /
v1
remove the trees from;

- "The landscape was deforested by the enemy attacks";

- syn. deforest, disafforest;

disforestation / d ɪ s f ɒ ɹ ɪ s t eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the removal of trees;

- syn. deforestation;

disfranchise / d ɪ s f ɹ æ n tʃ aɪ z /
v1
deprive of voting rights;

- syn. disenfranchise;

disfranchised / d ɪ s f ɹ æ n tʃ aɪ z d /
a1
deprived of the rights of citizenship especially the right to vote;

- "labor was voiceless";

- "disenfrenchised masses took to the streets";

- syn. disenfranchised, voiceless, voteless;

disfranchisement / d ɪ s f ɹ æ n tʃ ɪ z m ə n t /
n1
the discontinuation of a franchise;

- especially the discontinuation of the right to vote;

disfunction
n1
(medicine) any disturbance in the functioning of an organ or body part or a disturbance in the functioning of a social group;

- "erectile dysfunction";

- "sexual relationship dysfunction";

- syn. dysfunction;

disgorge / d ɪ s ɡ ɔ dʒ /
v1
cause or allow (a solid substance) to flow or run out or over;

- "spill the beans all over the table";

- syn. shed, spill;

v2
eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth;

- "After drinking too much, the students vomited";

- "He purged continuously";

- "The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night";

- syn. barf, be sick, cast, cat, chuck, honk, puke, purge, regorge, regurgitate, retch, sick, spew, spue, throw up, upchuck, vomit, vomit up;

disgorgement
n1
the reflex act of ejecting the contents of the stomach through the mouth;

- syn. emesis, puking, regurgitation, vomit, vomiting;

disgrace / d ɪ s ɡ ɹ eɪ s /
n1
a state of dishonor;

- "one mistake brought shame to all his family";

- "suffered the ignominy of being sent to prison";

- syn. ignominy, shame;

v1
bring shame or dishonor upon;

- "he dishonored his family by committing a serious crime";

- syn. attaint, dishonor, dishonour, shame;

v2
reduce in worth or character, usually verbally;

- "She tends to put down younger women colleagues";

- "His critics took him down after the lecture";

- syn. degrade, demean, put down, take down;

v3
damage the reputation of;

- "This newspaper story discredits the politicians";

- syn. discredit;

disgraced / d ɪ s ɡ ɹ eɪ s t /
a1
suffering shame;

- syn. discredited, dishonored, shamed;

- sim. ashamed;

disgraceful / d ɪ s ɡ ɹ eɪ s f ə ɫ /
a1
giving offense to moral sensibilities and injurious to reputation;

- "scandalous behavior";

- "the wicked rascally shameful conduct of the bankrupt"- Thackeray;

- "the most shocking book of its time";

- syn. scandalous, shameful, shocking;

- sim. immoral;

a2
(used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame;

- "Man...has written one of his blackest records as a destroyer on the oceanic islands"- Rachel Carson;

- "an ignominious retreat";

- "inglorious defeat";

- "an opprobrious monument to human greed";

- "a shameful display of cowardice";

- syn. black, ignominious, inglorious, opprobrious, shameful;

- sim. dishonorable;

disgracefully / d ɪ s ɡ ɹ eɪ s f ə ɫ i /
r1
in a dishonorable manner or to a dishonorable degree;

- "his grades were disgracefully low";

- syn. discreditably, dishonorably, dishonourably, ignominiously, ingloriously, shamefully;

disgracefulness / d ɪ s ɡ ɹ eɪ s f ə ɫ n ɛ s /
n1
unworthiness meriting public disgrace and dishonor;

- syn. ignominiousness, shamefulness;

disgruntle / d ɪ s ɡ ɹ ʌ n t ɫ /
v1
put into a bad mood or into bad humour;

- "The employees were disgruntled by their bad working conditions";

disgruntled / d ɪ s ɡ ɹ ʌ n t ɫ d /
a1
in a state of sulky dissatisfaction;

- syn. dissatisfied;

- sim. discontented;

disgruntlement / d ɪ s m æ n t ɫ m ə n t /
n1
a feeling of sulky discontent;

disguise / d ɪ s ɡ aɪ z /
n1
an outward semblance that misrepresents the true nature of something;

- "the theatrical notion of disguise is always associated with catastrophe in his stories";

- syn. camouflage;

n2
any attire that modifies the appearance in order to conceal the wearer's identity;

n3
the act of concealing the identity of something by modifying its appearance;

- "he is a master of disguise";

- syn. camouflage;

v1
make unrecognizable;

- "The herb masks the garlic taste";

- "We disguised our faces before robbing the bank";

- syn. mask;

disguised / d ɪ s ɡ aɪ z d /
a1
having its true character concealed with the intent of misleading;

- "hidden agenda";

- "masked threat";

- syn. cloaked, masked;

- sim. covert;

disgust / d ɪ s ɡ ʌ s t /
n1
strong feelings of dislike;

v1
fill with distaste;

- "This spoilt food disgusts me";

- syn. gross out, repel, revolt;

v2
cause aversion in;

- offend the moral sense of;

- "The pornographic pictures sickened us";

- syn. churn up, nauseate, revolt, sicken;

disgusted / d ɪ s ɡ ʌ s t ɪ d /
a1
having a strong distaste from surfeit;

- "grew more and more disgusted";

- "fed up with their complaints";

- "sick of it all";

- "sick to death of flattery";

- "gossip that makes one sick";

- "tired of the noise and smoke";

- syn. fed up, sick, sick of, tired of;

- sim. displeased;

disgustedly / d ɪ z ɡ ʌ s t ɪ d ɫ i /
r1
with disgust;

- "disgustedly, she averted her eyes when they brought in the mutilated body of the horse";

disgustful / d ɪ s ɡ ʌ s t f ə ɫ /
a1
highly offensive;

- arousing aversion or disgust;

- "a disgusting smell";

- "distasteful language";

- "a loathsome disease";

- "the idea of eating meat is repellent to me";

- "revolting food";

- "a wicked stench";

- syn. disgusting, distasteful, foul, loathly, loathsome, repellant, repellent, repelling, revolting, skanky, wicked, yucky;

- sim. offensive;

disgusting / d ɪ s ɡ ʌ s t ɪ ŋ /
a1
highly offensive;

- arousing aversion or disgust;

- "a disgusting smell";

- "distasteful language";

- "a loathsome disease";

- "the idea of eating meat is repellent to me";

- "revolting food";

- "a wicked stench";

- syn. disgustful, distasteful, foul, loathly, loathsome, repellant, repellent, repelling, revolting, skanky, wicked, yucky;

- sim. offensive;

disgustingly / d ɪ s ɡ ʌ s t ɪ ŋ ɫ i /
r1
in a disgusting manner or to a disgusting degree;

- "the beggar was disgustingly filthy";

- syn. distastefully, revoltingly, sickeningly;

disgustingness
n1
extreme unpalatability to the mouth;

- syn. distastefulness, nauseatingness, sickeningness, unsavoriness;

n2
the property of being extremely unacceptable to the mind;

- syn. unsavoriness;

dish / d ɪ ʃ /
n1
a piece of dishware normally used as a container for holding or serving food;

- "we gave them a set of dishes for a wedding present";

n2
a particular item of prepared food;

- "she prepared a special dish for dinner";

n3
the quantity that a dish will hold;

- "they served me a dish of rice";

- syn. dishful;

n4
a very attractive or seductive looking woman;

- syn. beauty, knockout, looker, lulu, mantrap, peach, ravisher, smasher, stunner, sweetheart;

n5
directional antenna consisting of a parabolic reflector for microwave or radio frequency radiation;

- syn. dish aerial, dish antenna, saucer;

n6
an activity that you like or at which you are superior;

- "chemistry is not my cup of tea";

- "his bag now is learning to play golf";

- "marriage was scarcely his dish";

- syn. bag, cup of tea;

v1
provide (usually but not necessarily food);

- "We serve meals for the homeless";

- "She dished out the soup at 8 P.M.";

- "The entertainers served up a lively show";

- syn. dish out, dish up, serve, serve up;

v2
make concave;

- shape like a dish;

dish-shaped
a1
shaped like a dish or pan;

- syn. dished, patelliform;

- sim. concave;

dish aerial
n1
directional antenna consisting of a parabolic reflector for microwave or radio frequency radiation;

- syn. dish, dish antenna, saucer;

dish antenna
n1
directional antenna consisting of a parabolic reflector for microwave or radio frequency radiation;

- syn. dish, dish aerial, saucer;

dish out
v1
administer or bestow, as in small portions;

- "administer critical remarks to everyone present";

- "dole out some money";

- "shell out pocket money for the children";

- "deal a blow to someone";

- "the machine dispenses soft drinks";

- syn. administer, allot, deal, deal out, dispense, distribute, dole out, lot, mete out, parcel out, shell out;

v2
provide (usually but not necessarily food);

- "We serve meals for the homeless";

- "She dished out the soup at 8 P.M.";

- "The entertainers served up a lively show";

- syn. dish, dish up, serve, serve up;

dish rack
n1
a rack for holding dishes as dishwater drains off of them;

dish the dirt
v1
wag one's tongue;

- speak about others and reveal secrets or intimacies;

- "She won't dish the dirt";

- syn. gossip;

dish towel
n1
a towel for drying dishes;

- syn. dishtowel, tea towel;

dish up
v1
provide (usually but not necessarily food);

- "We serve meals for the homeless";

- "She dished out the soup at 8 P.M.";

- "The entertainers served up a lively show";

- syn. dish, dish out, serve, serve up;

dish washer
n1
a machine for washing dishes;

- syn. dishwasher, dishwashing machine;

dishabille / d ɪ s æ b i ɫ /
n1
the state of being carelessly or partially dressed;

- syn. deshabille;

disharmonious / d ɪ s h ɑ m oʊ n ɪə s /
a1
lacking in harmony;

- syn. discordant, dissonant, inharmonic;

- sim. inharmonious;

disharmonize / d ɪ s h ɑ m ə n aɪ z /
v1
cause to sound harsh and unpleasant;

- syn. dissonate;

disharmony / d ɪ s h ɑ m ə n i /
n1
a lack of harmony;

- syn. inharmoniousness;

dishcloth / d ɪ ʃ k ɫ ɒ θ /
n1
a cloth for washing dishes;

- syn. dishrag;

dishcloth gourd
n1
any of several tropical annual climbers having large yellow flowers and edible young fruits;

- grown commercially for the mature fruit's dried fibrous interior that is used as a sponge;

- syn. luffa, rag gourd, sponge gourd, strainer vine;

dishearten / d ɪ s h ɑ t n /
v1
take away the enthusiasm of;

- syn. put off;

disheartened / d ɪ s h ɑ t n d /
a1
made less hopeful or enthusiastic;

- "desperate demoralized people looking for work";

- "felt discouraged by the magnitude of the problem";

- "the disheartened instructor tried vainly to arouse their interest";

- syn. demoralised, demoralized, discouraged;

- sim. pessimistic;

disheartening / d ɪ s h ɑ t n ɪ ŋ /
a1
destructive of morale and self-reliance;

- syn. demoralising, demoralizing, dispiriting;

- sim. discouraging;

disheartenment
n1
the feeling of despair in the face of obstacles;

- syn. discouragement, dismay;

n2
a communication that leaves you disheartened or daunted;

dished / d ɪ ʃ t /
a1
shaped like a dish or pan;

- syn. dish-shaped, patelliform;

- sim. concave;

dishevel / d ɪ ʃ ɛ v ə ɫ /
v1
disarrange or rumple;

- dishevel;

- "The strong wind tousled my hair";

- syn. tangle, tousle;

disheveled / d ɪ ʃ ɛ v ə ɫ d /
a1
in disarray;

- extremely disorderly;

- "her clothing was disheveled";

- "powder-smeared and frowzled";

- "a rumpled unmade bed";

- "a bed with tousled sheets";

- "his brown hair was tousled, thick, and curly"- Al Spiers;

- syn. dishevelled, frowzled, rumpled, tousled;

- sim. untidy;

dishevelled / d ɪ ʃ ɛ v ɫ d /
a1
in disarray;

- extremely disorderly;

- "her clothing was disheveled";

- "powder-smeared and frowzled";

- "a rumpled unmade bed";

- "a bed with tousled sheets";

- "his brown hair was tousled, thick, and curly"- Al Spiers;

- syn. disheveled, frowzled, rumpled, tousled;

- sim. untidy;

dishful / d ɪ ʃ f ʊ ɫ /
n1
the quantity that a dish will hold;

- "they served me a dish of rice";

- syn. dish;

dishonest / d ɪ s ɒ n ɪ s t /
a1
deceptive or fraudulent;

- disposed to cheat or defraud or deceive;

- syn. dishonorable;

- also crooked, dishonorable, false, insincere, untrustworthy;

- sim. ambidextrous, beguiling, deceitful, deceptive, false, picaresque, rascally, shady, thieving;

a2
capable of being corrupted;

- "corruptible judges";

- "dishonest politicians";

- "a purchasable senator";

- "a venal police officer";

- syn. bribable, corruptible, purchasable, venal;

- sim. corrupt;

dishonestly / d ɪ s ɒ n ɪ s t ɫ i /
r1
in a corrupt and deceitful manner;

- "he acted dishonestly when he gave the contract to his best friend";

- syn. deceitfully, venally;

dishonesty / d ɪ s ɒ n ɪ s t i /
n1
the quality of being dishonest;

n2
lack of honesty;

- acts of lying or cheating or stealing;

- syn. knavery;

dishonor / d ɪ s ɒ n ə ɹ /
n1
a state of shame or disgrace;

- "he was resigned to a life of dishonor";

- syn. dishonour;

n2
lacking honor or integrity;

- syn. dishonour;

v1
bring shame or dishonor upon;

- "he dishonored his family by committing a serious crime";

- syn. attaint, disgrace, dishonour, shame;

v2
force (someone) to have sex against their will;

- "The woman was raped on her way home at night";

- syn. assault, dishonour, outrage, rape, ravish, violate;

v3
refuse to accept;

- "dishonor checks and drafts";

- syn. dishonour;

dishonorable / d ɪ s ɒ n ə ɹ ə b ɫ /
a1
lacking honor or integrity;

- deserving dishonor;

- "dishonorable in thought and deed";

- syn. dishonourable;

- also dishonest, disreputable, ignoble, inglorious, unjust, unworthy;

- sim. black, debasing, shabby, unprincipled, yellow;

a2
deceptive or fraudulent;

- disposed to cheat or defraud or deceive;

- syn. dishonest;

- also corrupt, crooked, dishonorable, dishonourable, false, insincere, untrustworthy, untrusty;

- sim. ambidextrous, beguiling, deceitful, deceptive, false, picaresque, rascally, shady, thieving;

dishonorable discharge
n1
a discharge from the armed forces for a grave offense (as sabotage or espionage or cowardice or murder);

dishonorableness / d ɪ s ɒ n ə ɹ ə b ɫ n ɪ s /
n1
the quality of not deserving honor or respect;

- syn. dishonourableness;

dishonorably / d ɪ s ɒ n ə ɹ ə b ɫ i /
r1
in a dishonorable manner;

- "he acted dishonorably";

r2
with dishonor;

- "he was dishonorably discharged";

r3
in a dishonorable manner or to a dishonorable degree;

- "his grades were disgracefully low";

- syn. discreditably, disgracefully, dishonourably, ignominiously, ingloriously, shamefully;

dishonored / d ɪ s ɒ n ə ɹ d /
a1
suffering shame;

- syn. discredited, disgraced, shamed;

- sim. ashamed;

dishonour / d ɪ s ɒ n ə , d ɪ s ɒ n ə ɹ /
n1
a state of shame or disgrace;

- "he was resigned to a life of dishonor";

- syn. dishonor;

n2
lacking honor or integrity;

- syn. dishonor;

v1
bring shame or dishonor upon;

- "he dishonored his family by committing a serious crime";

- syn. attaint, disgrace, dishonor, shame;

v2
force (someone) to have sex against their will;

- "The woman was raped on her way home at night";

- syn. assault, dishonor, outrage, rape, ravish, violate;

v3
refuse to accept;

- "dishonor checks and drafts";

- syn. dishonor;

dishonourable / d ɪ s ɒ n ə ɹ ə b ɫ /
a1
lacking honor or integrity;

- deserving dishonor;

- "dishonorable in thought and deed";

- syn. dishonorable;

- also dishonest, dishonorable, disreputable, ignoble, inglorious, unjust, unworthy;

- sim. black, debasing, shabby, unprincipled, yellow;

dishonourableness / d ɪ s ɒ n ə ɹ ə b ɫ n ɪ s /
n1
the quality of not deserving honor or respect;

- syn. dishonorableness;

dishonourably / d ɪ s ɒ n ə ɹ ə b ɫ i /
r1
in a dishonorable manner or to a dishonorable degree;

- "his grades were disgracefully low";

- syn. discreditably, disgracefully, dishonorably, ignominiously, ingloriously, shamefully;

dishpan / d ɪ ʃ p æ n /
n1
large pan for washing dishes;

dishrag / d ɪ ʃ ɹ æ ɡ /
n1
a cloth for washing dishes;

- syn. dishcloth;

dishtowel / d ɪ ʃ t aʊ ə ɫ /
n1
a towel for drying dishes;

- syn. dish towel, tea towel;

dishware / d ɪ ʃ w eə /
n1
tableware (eating and serving dishes) collectively;

- syn. crockery;

dishwasher / d ɪ ʃ w ɒ ʃ ə , d ɪ ʃ w ɒ ʃ ə ɹ /
n1
a machine for washing dishes;

- syn. dish washer, dishwashing machine;

n2
someone who washes dishes;

dishwasher detergent
n1
a low-sudsing detergent designed for use in dishwashers;

- syn. dishwashing detergent, dishwashing liquid;

dishwashing / d ɪ ʃ w ɒ ʃ ɪ ŋ /
n1
the act of washing dishes;

- syn. washup;

dishwashing detergent
n1
a low-sudsing detergent designed for use in dishwashers;

- syn. dishwasher detergent, dishwashing liquid;

dishwashing liquid
n1
a low-sudsing detergent designed for use in dishwashers;

- syn. dishwasher detergent, dishwashing detergent;

dishwashing machine
n1
a machine for washing dishes;

- syn. dish washer, dishwasher;

dishwater / d ɪ ʃ w ɔ t ə , d ɪ ʃ w ɔ t ə ɹ /
n1
water in which dishes and cooking utensils are washed;

dishy / d ɪ ʃ i /
a1
(informal British) sexually attractive;

- "a dishy blonde";

- sim. beautiful;

disillusion / d ɪ s ɪ ɫ u ʒ n /
n1
freeing from false belief or illusions;

- syn. disenchantment, disillusionment;

v1
free from enchantment;

- syn. disenchant;

disillusioned / d ɪ s ɪ ɫ u ʒ n d /
a1
freed from illusion;

- sim. disenchanted;

disillusioning / d ɪ s ɪ ɫ u ʒ n ɪ ŋ /
a1
freeing from illusion or false belief;

- syn. disenchanting;

- sim. convincing;

disillusionment / d ɪ s ɪ ɫ u ʒ n m ə n t /
n1
freeing from false belief or illusions;

- syn. disenchantment, disillusion;

disincarnate
v1
make immaterial;

- remove the real essence of;

disincentive / d ɪ s ɪ n s ɛ n t ɪ v /
n1
a negative motivational influence;

- syn. deterrence;

disinclination / d ɪ s ɪ n k ɫ ɪ n eɪ ʃ n /
n1
that toward which you are inclined to feel dislike;

- "his disinclination for modesty is well known";

n2
a certain degree of unwillingness;

- "a reluctance to commit himself";

- "his hesitancy revealed his basic indisposition";

- "after some hesitation he agreed";

- syn. hesitancy, hesitation, indisposition, reluctance;

disincline / d ɪ s ɪ n k ɫ aɪ n /
v1
make unwilling;

- syn. indispose;

disinclined / d ɪ s ɪ n k ɫ aɪ n d /
a1
unwilling because of mild dislike or disapproval;

- "disinclined to say anything to anybody";

- also negative, unwilling;

- sim. afraid, antipathetic, reluctant;

disinfect / d ɪ s ɪ n f ɛ k t /
v1
destroy microorganisms or pathogens by cleansing;

- "disinfect a wound";

disinfectant / d ɪ s ɪ n f ɛ k t ə n t /
n1
an agent (as heat or radiation or a chemical) that destroys microorganisms that might carry disease;

- syn. antimicrobial, antimicrobic, germicide;

a1
preventing infection by inhibiting the growth or action of microorganisms;

- syn. bactericidal, germicidal;

- sim. antiseptic;

disinfection / d ɪ s ɪ n f ɛ k ʃ n /
n1
treatment to destroy harmful microorganisms;

disinfest / d ɪ s ɪ n f ɛ s t /
v1
rid of vermin;

- "The exterminator disinfests the house";

disinfestation / d ɪ s ɪ n f ɛ s t eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the activity of getting rid of vermin;

disinfestation officer
n1
a workman employed to destroy or drive away vermin;

- syn. rat-catcher;

disinflation / d ɪ s ɪ n f ɫ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
a reduction of prices intended to improve the balance of payments;

disinformation / d ɪ s ɪ n f ə m eɪ ʃ n /
n1
misinformation that is deliberately disseminated in order to influence or confuse rivals (foreign enemies or business competitors etc.);

disingenuous / d ɪ s ɪ n dʒ ɛ n j ʊə s /
a1
not straightforward or candid;

- giving a false appearance of frankness;

- "an ambitious, disingenuous, philistine, and hypocritical operator, who...exemplified...the most disagreeable traits of his time"- David Cannadine;

- "a disingenuous excuse";

- syn. artful;

- also insincere;

- sim. distorted;

disingenuously / d ɪ s ɪ n dʒ ɛ n j ʊə s ɫ i /
r1
in a disingenuous manner;

- "disingenuously, he asked leading questions about his opponent's work";

- syn. artfully;

disingenuousness / d ɪ s ɪ n dʒ ɛ n j ʊə s n ə s /
n1
the quality of being disingenuous and lacking candor;

disinherit / d ɪ s ɪ n h ɛr ɪ t /
v1
prevent deliberately (as by making a will) from inheriting;

- syn. disown;

disinheritance / d ɪ s ɪ n h ɛr ɪ t ə n s /
n1
the act by a donor that terminates the right of a person to inherit;

disinherited / d ɪ s ɪ n h ɛr ɪ t ɪ d /
a1
deprived of your rightful heritage;

- sim. unloved;

disintegrable / d ɪ s ɪ n t ɪ ɡ ɹ ə b ɫ /
a1
capable of melting;

- syn. meltable;

- sim. soluble;

disintegrate / d ɪ s ɪ n t ɪ ɡ ɹ eɪ t /
v1
break into parts or components or lose cohesion or unity;

- "The material disintegrated";

- "the group disintegrated after the leader died";

v2
cause to undergo fission or lose particles;

v3
lose a stored charge, magnetic flux, or current;

- "the particles disintegrated during the nuclear fission process";

- syn. decay, decompose;

disintegration / d ɪ s ɪ n t ɪ ɡ ɹ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
in a decomposed state;

- syn. decomposition;

n2
a loss (or serious disruption) of organization in some system;

- "a disintegration of personality";

n3
separation into component parts;

- syn. dissolution;

n4
the spontaneous disintegration of a radioactive substance along with the emission of ionizing radiation;

- syn. decay, radioactive decay;

n5
total destruction;

- "bomb tests resulted in the annihilation of the atoll";

- syn. annihilation;

disintegrative
a1
tending to cause breakup into constituent elements or parts;

- sim. clastic, decompositional;

disinter / d ɪ s ɪ n t ɝ , d ɪ s ɪ n t ɝ ɹ /
v1
dig up for reburial or for medical investigation;

- of dead bodies;

- syn. exhume;

disinterest / d ɪ s ɪ n t ɝ ɪ s t , d ɪ s ɪ n t ɝ ɹ ɪ s t /
n1
tolerance attributable to a lack of involvement;

- syn. neutrality;

disinterested / d ɪ s ɪ n t ɹ ə s t ɪ d /
a1
unaffected by self-interest;

- sim. impartial;

disinterestedly / d ɪ s ɪ n t ɹ ə s t ɪ d ɫ i /
r1
without bias;

- without selfish motives;

- "he decided the case disinterestedly";

disinterestedness / d ɪ s ɪ n t ɹ ə s t ɪ d n ə s /
n1
freedom from bias or from selfish motives;

disinterment / d ɪ s ɪ n t ɝ m ə n t /
n1
the act of digging something up out of the ground (especially a corpse) where it has been buried;

- syn. digging up, exhumation;

disinvest
v1
deprive of status or authority;

- "he was divested of his rights and his title";

- "They disinvested themselves of their rights";

- syn. divest;

v2
reduce or dispose of;

- cease to hold (an investment);

- "The company decided to divest";

- "the board of trustees divested $20 million in real estate property";

- "There was pressure on the university to disinvest in South Africa";

- syn. divest;

v3
remove (someone's or one's own) clothes;

- "The nurse quickly undressed the accident victim";

- "She divested herself of her outdoor clothes";

- "He disinvested himself of his garments";

- syn. divest, strip, undress;

disinvestment
n1
the withdrawal of capital from a country or corporation;

disinvolve
v1
free from involvement or entanglement;

- "How can I disentangle myself from her personal affairs?";

- syn. disembroil, disentangle;

disjoin / d ɪ s dʒ ɔɪ n /
v1
make disjoint, separated, or disconnected;

- undo the joining of;

- syn. disjoint;

v2
become separated, disconnected or disjoint;

- syn. disjoint;

disjoined / d ɪ s dʒ ɔɪ n d /
a1
have the connection undone;

- having become separate;

- syn. separate;

- sim. unconnected;

disjoint / d ɪ s dʒ ɔɪ n t /
v1
part;

- cease or break association with;

- "She disassociated herself from the organization when she found out the identity of the president";

- syn. disassociate, dissociate, disunite, divorce;

v2
separate at the joints;

- "disjoint the chicken before cooking it";

- syn. disarticulate;

v3
make disjoint, separated, or disconnected;

- undo the joining of;

- syn. disjoin;

v4
become separated, disconnected or disjoint;

- syn. disjoin;

a1
having no elements in common;

- sim. separate;

disjointed / d ɪ s dʒ ɔɪ n t ɪ d /
a1
lacking orderly continuity;

- "a confused set of instructions";

- "a confused dream about the end of the world";

- "disconnected fragments of a story";

- "scattered thoughts";

- syn. confused, disconnected, disordered, garbled, illogical, scattered, unconnected;

- sim. incoherent;

a2
taken apart at the joints;

- "a disjointed fowl";

- sim. divided;

a3
separated at the joint;

- "a dislocated knee";

- "a separated shoulder";

- syn. dislocated, separated;

- sim. injured;

disjointedly / d ɪ s dʒ ɔɪ n t ɪ d ɫ i /
r1
in a disjointed manner;

- "`We're not married, not really married,' she said, and slowly, reluctantly, disjointedly it came out";

disjointedness / d ɪ s dʒ ɔɪ n t ɪ d n ə s /
n1
lacking order or coherence;

disjunct / d ɪ s dʒ ʌ ŋ k t /
a1
progressing melodically by intervals larger than a major second;

a2
having deep constrictions separating head, thorax, and abdomen, as in insects;

- sim. divided;

a3
marked by separation of or from usually contiguous elements;

- "little isolated worlds, as abruptly disjunct and unexpected as a palm-shaded well in the Sahara"- Scientific Monthly;

- syn. isolated;

- sim. separate;

a4
used of distributions, as of statistical or natural populations;

- "disjunct distribution of king crabs";

- sim. discontinuous;

disjunction / d ɪ s dʒ ʌ ŋ k ʃ ə n /
n1
state of being disconnected;

- syn. disconnectedness, disconnection, disjuncture;

n2
the act of breaking a connection;

- syn. disconnection;

disjunctive / d ɪ s dʒ ʌ ŋ k t ɪ v /
a1
serving or tending to divide or separate;

- sim. adversative, alternative, contrastive, divisional, partitive, separative;

disjunctive conjunction
n1
the conjunctive relation of units that expresses the disjunction of their meanings;

disjuncture / d ɪ s dʒ ʌ ŋ k tʃ ə ɹ /
n1
state of being disconnected;

- syn. disconnectedness, disconnection, disjunction;

disk / d ɪ s k /
n1
something with a round shape resembling a flat circular plate;

- "the moon's disk hung in a cloudless sky";

- syn. disc, saucer;

n2
a flat circular plate;

- syn. disc;

n3
sound recording consisting of a disk with a continuous groove;

- used to reproduce music by rotating while a phonograph needle tracks in the groove;

- syn. disc, phonograph record, phonograph recording, platter, record;

n4
(computer science) a memory device consisting of a flat disk covered with a magnetic coating on which information is stored;

- syn. disc, magnetic disc, magnetic disk;

v1
draw a harrow over (land);

- syn. harrow;

disk-jockey
v1
comment on music to be played;

- "He has a job disk-jockeying on the weekend";

- syn. DJ, disc-jockey;

disk-shaped
a1
having a flat circular shape;

- syn. disc-shaped, disclike, discoid, discoidal, disklike;

- sim. round;

disk access
n1
memory access to the computer disk on which information is stored;

disk brake
n1
hydraulic brake in which friction is applied to both sides of a spinning disk by the brake pads;

- syn. disc brake;

disk cache
n1
a cache that stores copies of frequently used disk sectors in random access memory (RAM) so they can be read without accessing the slower disk;

disk clutch
n1
a friction clutch in which the frictional surfaces are disks;

disk controller
n1
(computer science) a circuit or chip that translates commands into a form that can control a hard disk drive;

disk drive
n1
computer hardware that holds and spins a magnetic or optical disk and reads and writes information on it;

- syn. Winchester drive, disc drive, hard drive;

disk error
n1
error resulting from malfunction of a magnetic disk;

disk file
n1
(computer science) a computer file stored on a magnetic disk and identified by a unique label;

disk harrow
n1
a harrow with a series of disks set on edge at an angle;

- syn. disc harrow;

disk jockey
n1
a person who announces and plays popular recorded music;

- syn. DJ, d.j., disc jockey;

disk operating system
n1
an operating system that is on a disk;

- syn. DOS;

disk overhead
n1
(computer science) the disk space required for information that is not data but is used for location and timing;

- syn. overhead;

disk pack
n1
(computer science) a portable pack of magnetic disks used in a disk storage device;

- syn. disc pack;

disk shape
n1
the roundness of a 2-dimensional figure;

- syn. circularity;

disk space
n1
(computer science) the space available on a magnetic disk;

- syn. disc space;

diskette
n1
a small plastic magnetic disk enclosed in a stiff envelope with a radial slit;

- used to store data or programs for a microcomputer;

- "floppy disks are noted for their relatively slow speed and small capacity and low price";

- syn. floppy, floppy disk;

disklike
a1
having a flat circular shape;

- syn. disc-shaped, disclike, discoid, discoidal, disk-shaped;

- sim. round;

dislikable / d ɪ s ɫ aɪ k ə b ɫ /
a1
such as to provoke dislike;

- sim. disliked;

dislike / d ɪ s ɫ aɪ k /
n1
an inclination to withhold approval from some person or group;

- syn. disapproval, disfavor, disfavour;

n2
a feeling of aversion or antipathy;

- "my dislike of him was instinctive";

v1
have or feel a dislike or distaste for;

- "I really dislike this salesman";

disliked / d ɪ s ɫ aɪ k t /
a1
regarded with aversion;

- "he was intensely disliked";

- sim. dislikable, unlikable;

dislocate / d ɪ s ɫ ə k eɪ t /
v1
move out of position;

- "dislocate joints";

- "the artificial hip joint luxated and had to be put back surgically";

- syn. luxate, slip, splay;

v2
put out of its usual place, position, or relationship;

- "The colonists displaced the natives";

dislocated / d ɪ s ɫ ə k eɪ t ɪ d /
a1
separated at the joint;

- "a dislocated knee";

- "a separated shoulder";

- syn. disjointed, separated;

- sim. injured;

dislocation / d ɪ s ɫ ə k eɪ ʃ n /
n1
an event that results in a displacement or discontinuity;

- syn. disruption;

n2
the act of disrupting an established order so it fails to continue;

- "the social dislocations resulting from government policies";

- "his warning came after the breakdown of talks in London";

- syn. breakdown;

n3
a displacement of a part (especially a bone) from its normal position (as in the shoulder or the vertebral column);

dislodge / d ɪ s ɫ ɒ dʒ /
v1
remove or force out from a position;

- "The dentist dislodged the piece of food that had been stuck under my gums";

- "He finally could free the legs of the earthquake victim who was buried in the rubble";

- syn. free;

v2
change place or direction;

- "Shift one's position";

- syn. reposition, shift;

v3
remove or force from a position of dwelling previously occupied;

- "The new employee dislodged her by moving into her office space";

- syn. bump;

dislodgement / d ɪ s ɫ ɒ dʒ m ə n t /
n1
forced removal from a position of advantage;

- syn. dislodgment;

dislodgment / d ɪ s ɫ ɒ dʒ m ə n t /
n1
forced removal from a position of advantage;

- syn. dislodgement;

dislogistic
a1
expressing disapproval;

- "dyslogistic terms like `nitwit' and `scalawag'";

- syn. dyslogistic, pejorative;

- sim. uncomplimentary;

disloyal / d ɪ s ɫ ɔɪ ə ɫ /
a1
showing lack of love for your country;

- syn. unpatriotic;

- also disloyal;

- sim. un-American;

a2
deserting your allegiance or duty to leader or cause or principle;

- "disloyal aides revealed his indiscretions to the papers";

- also disloyal, unpatriotic;

- sim. faithless, insurgent, mutinous, rebellious, recreant;

disloyally / d ɪ s ɫ ɔɪ ə ɫ i /
r1
without loyalty;

- in a disloyal manner;

- "his men acted disloyally and betrayed him in the end";

disloyalty / d ɪ s ɫ ɔɪ ə ɫ t i /
n1
the quality of being disloyal;

dismal / d ɪ z m ə ɫ /
a1
causing dejection;

- "a blue day";

- "the dark days of the war";

- "a week of rainy depressing weather";

- "a disconsolate winter landscape";

- "the first dismal dispiriting days of November";

- "a dark gloomy day";

- "grim rainy weather";

- syn. blue, dark, dingy, disconsolate, drab, drear, dreary, gloomy, grim, sorry;

- sim. depressing;

dismally / d ɪ z m ə ɫ i /
r1
in a cheerless manner;

- "in August 1914, there was a dismally sentimental little dinner, when the French, German, Austrian and Belgian members of the committee drank together to the peace of the future";

- syn. drearily;

r2
in a dreadful manner;

- "as he looks at the mess he has left behind he must wonder how the Brits so often managed to succeed in the kind of situation where he has so dismally failed";

- syn. dreadfully;

dismantle / d ɪ s m æ n t ɫ /
v1
tear down so as to make flat with the ground;

- "The building was levelled";

- syn. level, pull down, rase, raze, take down, tear down;

v2
take apart into its constituent pieces;

- syn. break apart, break up, disassemble, take apart;

v3
take off or remove;

- "strip a wall of its wallpaper";

- syn. strip;

dismantled / d ɪ s m æ n t ɫ d /
a1
torn down and broken up;

- syn. demolished, razed;

- sim. destroyed;

dismantlement / d ɪ s m æ n t ɫ m ə n t /
n1
the act of taking something apart (as a piece of machinery);

- "Russia and the United States discussed the dismantling of their nuclear weapons";

- syn. disassembly, dismantling;

dismantling / d ɪ s m æ n t ɫ ɪ ŋ /
n1
the act of taking something apart (as a piece of machinery);

- "Russia and the United States discussed the dismantling of their nuclear weapons";

- syn. disassembly, dismantlement;

dismay / d ɪ s m eɪ /
n1
the feeling of despair in the face of obstacles;

- syn. discouragement, disheartenment;

n2
fear resulting from the awareness of danger;

- syn. alarm, consternation;

v1
lower someone's spirits;

- make downhearted;

- "These news depressed her";

- "The bad state of her child's health demoralizes her";

- syn. cast down, deject, demoralise, demoralize, depress, dispirit, get down;

v2
fill with apprehension or alarm;

- cause to be unpleasantly surprised;

- "I was horrified at the thought of being late for my interview";

- "The news of the executions horrified us";

- syn. alarm, appal, appall, horrify;

dismayed / d ɪ s m eɪ d /
a1
struck with fear, dread, or consternation;

- syn. aghast, appalled, shocked;

- sim. afraid;

dismaying / d ɪ s m eɪ ɪ ŋ /
a1
causing consternation;

- "appalling conditions";

- syn. appalling;

- sim. alarming;

dismember / d ɪ s m ɛ m b ə , d ɪ s m ɛ m b ə ɹ /
v1
separate the limbs from the body;

- "the tiger dismembered the tourist";

v2
divide into pieces;

- "our department was dismembered when our funding dried up";

- "The Empire was discerped after the war";

- syn. discerp, take apart;

dismemberment / d ɪ s m ɛ m b ə m ə n t /
n1
the removal of limbs;

- being cut to pieces;

- syn. taking apart;

dismiss / d ɪ z m ɪ s /
v1
bar from attention or consideration;

- "She dismissed his advances";

- syn. brush aside, brush off, discount, disregard, ignore, push aside;

v2
cease to consider;

- put out of judicial consideration;

- "This case is dismissed!";

- syn. throw out;

v3
stop associating with;

- "They dropped her after she had a child out of wedlock";

- syn. drop, send away, send packing;

v4
terminate the employment of;

- discharge from an office or position;

- "The boss fired his secretary today";

- "The company terminated 25% of its workers";

- syn. can, displace, fire, force out, give notice, give the axe, give the sack, sack, send away, terminate;

v5
end one's encounter with somebody by causing or permitting the person to leave;

- "I was dismissed after I gave my report";

- syn. usher out;

v6
declare void;

- "The President dissolved the parliament and called for new elections";

- syn. dissolve;

dismissal / d ɪ z m ɪ s ɫ /
n1
a judgment disposing of the matter without a trial;

- syn. judgement of dismissal, judgment of dismissal;

n2
official notice that you have been fired from your job;

- syn. dismission, pink slip;

n3
permission to go;

- the sending away of someone;

n4
the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart);

- syn. discharge, dismission, firing, liberation, release, sack, sacking;

dismissed / d ɪ z m ɪ s t /
a1
having lost your job;

- syn. discharged, fired, laid-off, pink-slipped;

- sim. unemployed;

dismissible / d ɪ z m ɪ s ə b ɫ /
a1
subject to dismissal;

- "appointed and removable by the mayor";

- sim. removable;

dismission / d ɪ z m ɪ ʃ n /
n1
official notice that you have been fired from your job;

- syn. dismissal, pink slip;

n2
the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart);

- syn. discharge, dismissal, firing, liberation, release, sack, sacking;

dismissive / d ɪ z m ɪ s ɪ v /
a1
showing indifference or disregard;

- "a dismissive shrug";

- "the firm is dismissive of the competitor's product";

- "`chronic fatigue syndrome' was known by the dismissive term `housewife syndrome'";

- sim. uninterested;

a2
stopping to associate with;

- "they took dismissive action after the third violation";

- sim. rejective;

dismount / d ɪ s m aʊ n t /
n1
the act of dismounting (a horse or bike etc.);

v1
alight from (a horse);

- syn. get down, get off, light, unhorse;

Disney
n1
United States film maker who pioneered animated cartoons and created such characters as Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck;

- founded Disneyland (1901-1966);

- syn. Walt Disney, Walter Elias Disney;

Disneyland
n1
an amusement park in Anaheim created in 1955 by Walt Disney;

disobedience / d ɪ s ə b i d ɪə n s /
n1
the failure to obey;

- syn. noncompliance;

n2
the trait of being unwilling to obey;

disobedient / d ɪ s ə b i d ɪə n t /
a1
not obeying or complying with commands of those in authority;

- "disobedient children";

- also bad, defiant, difficult, incorrigible, intractable, noncompliant, stubborn, unmanageable, unregenerate;

- sim. contrary, fractious, froward, recusant;

a2
unwilling to submit to authority;

- "unruly teenagers";

- syn. unruly;

- sim. insubordinate;

disobediently / d ɪ s ə b i d ɪə n t ɫ i /
r1
in a disobedient manner;

- "he went ahead disobediently and did what his supervisor had warned him not to do";

disobey / d ɪ s ə b eɪ /
v1
refuse to go along with;

- refuse to follow;

- be disobedient;

- "He disobeyed his supervisor and was fired";

disoblige / d ɪ s ə b ɫ aɪ dʒ /
v1
to cause inconvenience or discomfort to;

- "Sorry to trouble you, but...";

- syn. bother, discommode, incommode, inconvenience, put out, trouble;

v2
ignore someone's wishes;

disobliging / d ɪ s ə b ɫ aɪ dʒ ɪ ŋ /
a1
intentionally unaccommodating;

- "the action was not offensive to him but proved somewhat disobliging";

- syn. uncooperative;

- sim. unaccommodating;

disorder / d ɪ s ɔ d ə , d ɪ s ɔ d ə ɹ /
n1
a physical condition in which there is a disturbance of normal functioning;

- "the doctor prescribed some medicine for the disorder";

- "everyone gets stomach upsets from time to time";

- syn. upset;

n2
a condition in which things are not in their expected places;

- "the files are in complete disorder";

- syn. disorderliness;

n3
a disturbance of the peace or of public order;

v1
disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed;

- "She was rather perturbed by the news that her father was seriously ill";

- syn. cark, disquiet, distract, perturb, trouble, unhinge;

v2
bring disorder to;

- syn. disarray;

disordered / d ɪ s ɔ d ə d /
a1
thrown into a state of disarray or confusion;

- "troops fleeing in broken ranks";

- "a confused mass of papers on the desk";

- "the small disordered room";

- "with everything so upset";

- syn. broken, confused, upset;

- sim. disorganized;

a2
lacking orderly continuity;

- "a confused set of instructions";

- "a confused dream about the end of the world";

- "disconnected fragments of a story";

- "scattered thoughts";

- syn. confused, disconnected, disjointed, garbled, illogical, scattered, unconnected;

- sim. incoherent;

a3
not arranged in order;

- syn. unordered;

disorderliness / d ɪ s ɔ d ə ɫ ɪ n ə s /
n1
a condition in which things are not in their expected places;

- "the files are in complete disorder";

- syn. disorder;

n2
rowdy behavior;

- syn. roughness, rowdiness, rowdyism;

n3
untidiness (especially of clothing and appearance);

- syn. disarray;

disorderly / d ɪ s ɔ d ə ɫ i /
a1
undisciplined and unruly;

- "disorderly youths";

- "disorderly conduct";

- sim. boisterous, mobbish, raucous, rough-and-tumble;

a2
in utter disorder;

- "a disorderly pile of clothes";

- syn. higgledy-piggledy, hugger-mugger, jumbled, topsy-turvy;

- sim. untidy;

a3
completely unordered and unpredictable and confusing;

- syn. chaotic;

- sim. wild;

disorderly behavior
n1
any act of molesting, interrupting, hindering, agitating, or arousing from a state of repose or otherwise depriving inhabitants of the peace and quiet to which they are entitled;

- syn. breach of the peace, disorderly conduct, disturbance of the peace;

disorderly conduct
n1
any act of molesting, interrupting, hindering, agitating, or arousing from a state of repose or otherwise depriving inhabitants of the peace and quiet to which they are entitled;

- syn. breach of the peace, disorderly behavior, disturbance of the peace;

disorganisation / d ɪ s ɔ ɡ ə n aɪ z eɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
a condition in which an orderly system has been disrupted;

- syn. disarrangement, disorganization;

n2
the disturbance of a systematic arrangement causing disorder and confusion;

- "the disorganization of the enemy troops by a flank attack";

- syn. disorganization;

disorganise
v1
remove the organization from;

- syn. disorganize;

disorganised / d ɪ s ɔ ɡ ə n aɪ z d /
a1
lacking order or methodical arrangement or function;

- "a disorganized enterprise";

- "a thousand pages of muddy and disorganized prose";

- "she was too disorganized to be an agreeable roommate";

- syn. disorganized;

- also unsystematic;

- sim. broken, chaotic, fucked-up, scrambled, unmethodical, unstuck;

disorganization / d ɪ s ɔ ɡ ə n aɪ z eɪ ʃ n /
n1
a condition in which an orderly system has been disrupted;

- syn. disarrangement, disorganisation;

n2
the disturbance of a systematic arrangement causing disorder and confusion;

- "the disorganization of the enemy troops by a flank attack";

- syn. disorganisation;

disorganize / d ɪ s ɔ ɡ ə n aɪ z /
v1
remove the organization from;

- syn. disorganise;

disorganized / d ɪ s ɔ ɡ ə n aɪ z d /
a1
lacking order or methodical arrangement or function;

- "a disorganized enterprise";

- "a thousand pages of muddy and disorganized prose";

- "she was too disorganized to be an agreeable roommate";

- syn. disorganised;

- also unsystematic;

- sim. broken, chaotic, fucked-up, scrambled, unmethodical, unstuck;

disorganized schizophrenia
n1
a form of schizophrenia characterized by severe disintegration of personality including erratic speech and childish mannerisms and bizarre behavior;

- usually becomes evident during puberty;

- the most common diagnostic category in mental institutions;

- syn. disorganized type schizophrenia, hebephrenia, hebephrenic schizophrenia;

disorganized type schizophrenia
n1
a form of schizophrenia characterized by severe disintegration of personality including erratic speech and childish mannerisms and bizarre behavior;

- usually becomes evident during puberty;

- the most common diagnostic category in mental institutions;

- syn. disorganized schizophrenia, hebephrenia, hebephrenic schizophrenia;

disorient / d ɪ s ɔ ɹ ɪə n t /
v1
cause to be lost or disoriented;

- syn. disorientate;

disorientate / d ɪ s ɔ ɹ ɪə n t eɪ t /
v1
cause to be lost or disoriented;

- syn. disorient;

disorientation / d ɪ s ɔ ɹ ɪə n t eɪ ʃ n /
n1
a wild delusion (especially one induced by a hallucinogenic drug);

- syn. freak out;

n2
confusion (usually transient) about where you are and how to proceed;

- uncertainty as to direction;

- "his disorientation was the result of inattention";

disoriented / d ɪ s ɔ ɹ ɪə n t ɪ d /
a1
having lost your bearings;

- confused as to time or place or personal identity;

- "I frequently find myself disoriented when I come up out of the subway";

- "the anesthetic left her completely disoriented";

- syn. confused, lost;

- sim. unoriented;

a2
socially disoriented;

- "anomic loners musing over their fate";

- "we live in an age of rootless alienated people";

- syn. alienated, anomic;

- sim. unoriented;

disorienting / d ɪ s ɔ ɹ ɪə n t ɪ ŋ /
a1
causing loss of physical or intellectual bearings;

- "making so many turns to the right and then the left was completely disorienting";

- "a sharp blow to the head can be disorienting";

- also unoriented;

- sim. confusing, estranging, stunning, stupefying;

disown / d ɪ s oʊ n /
v1
prevent deliberately (as by making a will) from inheriting;

- syn. disinherit;

v2
cast off;

- "She renounced her husband";

- "The parents repudiated their son";

- syn. renounce, repudiate;

disowning / d ɪ s oʊ n ɪ ŋ /
n1
refusal to acknowledge as one's own;

- syn. disownment;

disownment
n1
refusal to acknowledge as one's own;

- syn. disowning;

disparage / d ɪ s p æ ɹ ɪ dʒ /
v1
express a negative opinion of;

- "She disparaged her student's efforts";

- syn. belittle, pick at;

disparagement / d ɪ s p æ ɹ ɪ dʒ m ə n t /
n1
a communication that belittles somebody or something;

- syn. depreciation, derogation;

n2
the act of speaking contemptuously of;

- syn. dispraise;

disparager / d ɪ s p æ ɹ ɪ dʒ ə /
n1
one who disparages or belittles the worth of something;

- syn. depreciator, detractor, knocker;

disparaging / d ɪ s p æ ɹ ɪ dʒ ɪ ŋ /
a1
expressive of low opinion;

- "derogatory comments";

- "disparaging remarks about the new house";

- syn. derogative, derogatory;

- sim. uncomplimentary;

disparagingly / d ɪ s p æ ɹ ɪ dʒ ɪ ŋ ɫ i /
r1
in a disparaging manner;

- "these mythological figures are described disparagingly as belonging `only to a story'";

- syn. slightingly;

disparate / d ɪ s p ə ɹ ə t /
a1
fundamentally different or distinct in quality or kind;

- "such disparate attractions as grand opera and game fishing";

- "disparate ideas";

- sim. different;

a2
including markedly dissimilar elements;

- "a disparate aggregate of creeds and songs and prayers";

- sim. heterogeneous;

disparateness / d ɪ s p ə ɹ ə t n ə s /
n1
utter dissimilarity;

- syn. distinctiveness;

disparity / d ɪ s p æ ɹ ɪ t i /
n1
inequality or difference in some respect;

dispassion / d ɪ s p æ ʃ n /
n1
objectivity and detachment;

- "her manner assumed a dispassion and dryness very unlike her usual tone";

- syn. dispassionateness, dryness;

dispassionate / d ɪ s p æ ʃ ə n ə t /
a1
unaffected by strong emotion or prejudice;

- "a journalist should be a dispassionate reporter of fact";

- syn. cold-eyed;

- sim. impartial;

dispassionately / d ɪ s p æ ʃ ə n ə t ɫ i /
r1
in an impartially dispassionate manner;

- "although he was looking at the other girl, he did so dispassionately";

dispassionateness / d ɪ s p æ ʃ ə n ə t n ə s /
n1
objectivity and detachment;

- "her manner assumed a dispassion and dryness very unlike her usual tone";

- syn. dispassion, dryness;

dispatch / d ɪ s p æ tʃ /
n1
an official report (usually sent in haste);

- syn. communique, despatch;

n2
the act of sending off something;

- syn. despatch, shipment;

n3
the property of being prompt and efficient;

- "it was done with dispatch";

- syn. despatch, expedition, expeditiousness;

n4
killing a person or animal;

- syn. despatch;

v1
send away towards a designated goal;

- syn. despatch, send off;

v2
complete or carry out;

- "discharge one's duties";

- syn. complete, discharge;

v3
kill intentionally and with premeditation;

- "The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered";

- syn. bump off, hit, murder, off, polish off, remove, slay;

v4
dispose of rapidly and without delay and efficiently;

- "He dispatched the task he was assigned";

v5
kill without delay;

- "the traitor was dispatched by the conspirators";

dispatch box
n1
case consisting of an oblong container (usually having a lock) for carrying dispatches or other valuables;

- syn. dispatch case;

dispatch case
n1
case consisting of an oblong container (usually having a lock) for carrying dispatches or other valuables;

- syn. dispatch box;

dispatch rider
n1
a messenger who carries military dispatches (usually on a motorcycle);

dispatcher / d ɪ s p æ tʃ ə /
n1
the official who signals the beginning of a race or competition;

- syn. starter;

n2
employee of a transportation company who controls the departures of vehicles according to weather conditions and in the interest of efficient service;

dispel / d ɪ s p ɛ ɫ /
v1
force to go away;

- used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings;

- "Drive away potential burglars";

- "drive away bad thoughts";

- "dispel doubts";

- "The supermarket had to turn back many disappointed customers";

- syn. chase away, drive away, drive off, drive out, run off, turn back;

v2
to cause to separate and go in different directions;

- "She waved her hand and scattered the crowds";

- syn. break up, disperse, dissipate, scatter;

dispensability / d ɪ s p ɛ n s ə b ɪ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
the quality possessed by something that you can get along without;

- syn. dispensableness;

dispensable / d ɪ s p ɛ n s ə b ɫ /
a1
capable of being dispensed with or done without;

- "dispensable items of personal property";

- also unnecessary, unneeded;

dispensableness / d ɪ s p ɛ n s ə b ɫ n ɪ s /
n1
the quality possessed by something that you can get along without;

- syn. dispensability;

dispensary / d ɪ s p ɛ n s ə ɹ i /
n1
clinic where medicine and medical supplies are dispensed;

dispensation / d ɪ s p ɛ n s eɪ ʃ n /
n1
an exemption from some rule or obligation;

n2
a share that has been dispensed or distributed;

n3
the act of dispensing (giving out in portions);

dispense / d ɪ s p ɛ n s /
v1
administer or bestow, as in small portions;

- "administer critical remarks to everyone present";

- "dole out some money";

- "shell out pocket money for the children";

- "deal a blow to someone";

- "the machine dispenses soft drinks";

- syn. administer, allot, deal, deal out, dish out, distribute, dole out, lot, mete out, parcel out, shell out;

v2
grant a dispensation;

- grant an exemption;

- "I was dispensed from this terrible task";

- also dispense with;

v3
give or apply (medications);

- syn. administer;

dispense with
v1
give up what is not strictly needed;

- "he asked if they could spare one of their horses to speed his journey";

- syn. give up, part with, spare;

v2
do without or cease to hold or adhere to;

- "We are dispensing with formalities";

- "relinquish the old ideas";

- syn. forego, foreswear, forgo, relinquish, waive;

v3
forgo or do or go without;

dispensed / d ɪ s p ɛ n s t /
a1
distributed or weighted out in carefully determined portions;

- "medicines dispensed to the sick";

- sim. distributed;

dispenser / d ɪ s p ɛ n s ə , d ɪ s p ɛ n s ə ɹ /
n1
a container so designed that the contents can be used in prescribed amounts;

n2
a person who dispenses;

dispersal / d ɪ s p ɝ s ɫ /
n1
the act of dispersing or diffusing something;

- "the dispersion of the troops";

- "the diffusion of knowledge";

- syn. diffusion, dispersion, dissemination;

disperse / d ɪ s p ɝ s /
v1
distribute loosely;

- "He scattered gun powder under the wagon";

- syn. dot, dust, scatter, sprinkle;

v2
to cause to separate and go in different directions;

- "She waved her hand and scattered the crowds";

- syn. break up, dispel, dissipate, scatter;

v3
cause to separate;

- "break up kidney stones";

- "disperse particles";

- syn. break up, scatter;

v4
move away from each other;

- "The crowds dispersed";

- "The children scattered in all directions when the teacher approached";

- syn. dissipate, scatter, spread out;

v5
separate (light) into spectral rays;

- "the prism disperses light";

v6
cause to become widely known;

- "spread information";

- "circulate a rumor";

- "broadcast the news";

- syn. broadcast, circularise, circularize, circulate, diffuse, disseminate, distribute, pass around, propagate, spread;

dispersed / d ɪ s p ɝ s t /
a1
distributed or spread over a considerable extent;

- "has ties with many widely dispersed friends";

- "eleven million Jews are spread throughout Europe";

- syn. spread;

- sim. distributed;

dispersed particles
n1
(of colloids) a substance in the colloidal state;

- syn. dispersed phase;

dispersed phase
n1
(of colloids) a substance in the colloidal state;

- syn. dispersed particles;

dispersing medium
n1
(of colloids) a substance in which another is colloidally dispersed;

- syn. dispersing phase, dispersion medium;

dispersing phase
n1
(of colloids) a substance in which another is colloidally dispersed;

- syn. dispersing medium, dispersion medium;

dispersion / d ɪ s p ɝ ʃ n /
n1
spreading widely or driving off;

- syn. scattering;

n2
the spatial or geographic property of being scattered about over a range, area, or volume;

- "worldwide in distribution";

- "the distribution of nerve fibers";

- "in complementary distribution";

- syn. distribution;

n3
the act of dispersing or diffusing something;

- "the dispersion of the troops";

- "the diffusion of knowledge";

- syn. diffusion, dispersal, dissemination;

dispersion medium
n1
(of colloids) a substance in which another is colloidally dispersed;

- syn. dispersing medium, dispersing phase;

dispersive / d ɪ s p ɝ s ɪ v /
a1
spreading by diffusion;

- syn. diffusing, diffusive, disseminative;

- sim. distributive;

dispirit / d ɪ s p ɪr ɪ t /
v1
lower someone's spirits;

- make downhearted;

- "These news depressed her";

- "The bad state of her child's health demoralizes her";

- syn. cast down, deject, demoralise, demoralize, depress, dismay, get down;

dispirited / d ɪ s p ɪr ɪ t ɪ d /
a1
marked by low spirits;

- showing no enthusiasm;

- "a dispirited and divided Party";

- "reacted to the crisis with listless resignation";

- syn. listless;

- sim. spiritless;

a2
filled with melancholy and despondency;

- "gloomy at the thought of what he had to face";

- "gloomy predictions";

- "a gloomy silence";

- "took a grim view of the economy";

- "the darkening mood";

- "lonely and blue in a strange city";

- "depressed by the loss of his job";

- "a dispirited and resigned expression on her face";

- "downcast after his defeat";

- "feeling discouraged and downhearted";

- syn. blue, depressed, down, down in the mouth, downcast, downhearted, gloomy, grim, low, low-spirited;

- sim. dejected;

dispiritedly / d ɪ s p ɪr ɪ t ɪ d ɫ i /
r1
in a dispirited manner without hope;

- "the first Mozartian opera to be subjected to this curious treatment ran dispiritedly for five performances";

- syn. hopelessly;

dispiritedness / d ɪ s p ɪr ɪ t ɪ d n ə s /
n1
a feeling of low spirits;

- "he felt responsible for her lowness of spirits";

- syn. dejectedness, downheartedness, low-spiritedness, lowness;

dispiriting / d ɪ s p ɪr ɪ t ɪ ŋ /
a1
destructive of morale and self-reliance;

- syn. demoralising, demoralizing, disheartening;

- sim. discouraging;

displace / d ɪ s p ɫ eɪ s /
v1
cause to move, usually with force or pressure;

- "the refugees were displaced by the war";

v2
take the place of or have precedence over;

- "live broadcast of the presidential debate preempts the regular news hour";

- "discussion of the emergency situation will preempt the lecture by the professor";

- syn. preempt;

v3
terminate the employment of;

- discharge from an office or position;

- "The boss fired his secretary today";

- "The company terminated 25% of its workers";

- syn. can, dismiss, fire, force out, give notice, give the axe, give the sack, sack, send away, terminate;

v4
cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense;

- "Move those boxes into the corner, please";

- "I'm moving my money to another bank";

- "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant";

- syn. move;

displaced fracture
n1
fracture in which the two ends of the broken bone are separated from one another;

displaced person
n1
a person forced to flee from home or country;

- syn. DP, stateless person;

displacement / d ɪ s p ɫ eɪ s m ə n t /
n1
act of taking the place of another especially using underhanded tactics;

- syn. supplanting;

n2
an event in which something is displaced without rotation;

- syn. shift;

n3
the act of uniform movement;

- syn. translation;

n4
(chemistry) a reaction in which an elementary substance displaces and sets free a constituent element from a compound;

- syn. displacement reaction;

n5
(psychiatry) a defense mechanism that transfers affect or reaction from the original object to some more acceptable one;

n6
to move something from its natural environment;

- syn. deracination;

n7
act of removing from office or employment;

displacement reaction
n1
(chemistry) a reaction in which an elementary substance displaces and sets free a constituent element from a compound;

- syn. displacement;

displacement unit
n1
a unit of measurement of volume or capacity;

- syn. capacity measure, capacity unit, cubage unit, cubature unit, cubic content unit, cubic measure, volume unit;

display / d ɪ s p ɫ eɪ /
n1
something intended to communicate a particular impression;

- "made a display of strength";

- "a show of impatience";

- "a good show of looking interested";

- syn. show;

n2
something shown to the public;

- "the museum had many exhibits of oriental art";

- syn. exhibit, showing;

n3
a visual representation of something;

- syn. presentation;

n4
behavior that makes your feelings public;

- "a display of emotion";

n5
exhibiting openly in public view;

- "a display of courage";

n6
an electronic device that represents information in visual form;

- syn. video display;

v1
to show, make visible or apparent;

- "The Metropolitan Museum is exhibiting Goya's works this month";

- "Why don't you show your nice legs and wear shorter skirts?";

- "National leaders will have to display the highest skills of statesmanship";

- syn. exhibit, expose;

v2
attract attention by displaying some body part or posing;

- of animals;

display adapter
n1
(computer science) an electronic device that converts information in memory to video output to a display;

- syn. display adaptor;

display adaptor
n1
(computer science) an electronic device that converts information in memory to video output to a display;

- syn. display adapter;

display board
n1
a vertical surface on which information can be displayed to public view;

- syn. board, display panel;

display case
n1
a glass container used to store and display items in a shop or museum or home;

- syn. case, showcase, vitrine;

display panel
n1
a vertical surface on which information can be displayed to public view;

- syn. board, display board;

display window
n1
a window of a store facing onto the street;

- used to display merchandise for sale in the store;

- syn. shop window, shopwindow, show window;

displaying incompetence
r1
in an incompetent manner;

- "he did the job rather incompetently";

- syn. incompetently;

displease / d ɪ s p ɫ i z /
v1
give displeasure to;

displeased / d ɪ s p ɫ i z d /
a1
not pleased;

- experiencing or manifesting displeasure;

- also discontent, discontented;

- sim. annoyed, disgusted, exasperated, frowning, offended;

displeasing / d ɪ s p ɫ i z ɪ ŋ /
a1
causing displeasure or lacking pleasing qualities;

- "displeasing news";

- also ugly, unpleasant;

- sim. disconcerting, exasperating, off-putting;

displeasingly / d ɪ s p ɫ i z ɪ ŋ ɫ i /
r1
in a displeasing manner;

- "he made displeasingly cutting remarks about his friends";

displeasure / d ɪ s p ɫ ɛ ʒ ə , d ɪ s p ɫ ɛ ʒ ə ɹ /
n1
the feeling of being displeased or annoyed or dissatisfied with someone or something;

displume
v1
strip of honors, possessions, or attributes;

- syn. deplume;

v2
strip of feathers;

- "pull a chicken";

- "pluck the capon";

- syn. deplumate, deplume, pluck, pull, tear;

disport / d ɪ s p ɔ t /
v1
occupy in an agreeable, entertaining or pleasant fashion;

- "The play amused the ladies";

- syn. amuse, divert;

v2
play boisterously;

- "The children frolicked in the garden";

- "the gamboling lambs in the meadows";

- "The toddlers romped in the playroom";

- syn. cavort, frisk, frolic, gambol, lark, lark about, rollick, romp, run around, skylark, sport;

disposable / d ɪ s p oʊ z ə b ɫ /
n1
an item that can be disposed of after it has been used;

a1
free or available for use or disposition;

- "every disposable piece of equipment was sent to the fire";

- "disposable assets";

- sim. available, expendable, fluid;

a2
designed to be disposed of after use;

- "disposable paper cups";

- sim. throwaway;

disposable income
n1
income (after taxes) that is available to you for saving or spending;

disposal / d ɪ s p oʊ z ɫ /
n1
the power to use something or someone;

- "used all the resources at his disposal";

n2
a method of tending to or managing the affairs of a some group of people (especially the group's business affairs);

- syn. administration;

n3
the act or means of getting rid of something;

- syn. disposition;

n4
a kitchen appliance for disposing of garbage;

- syn. electric pig, garbage disposal;

disposal plant
n1
a plant for disposing of sewage;

- syn. sewage disposal plant;

dispose / d ɪ s p oʊ z /
v1
give, sell, or transfer to another;

- "She disposed of her parents' possessions";

v2
throw or cast away;

- "Put away your worries";

- syn. cast aside, cast away, cast out, chuck out, discard, fling, put away, throw away, throw out, toss, toss away, toss out;

v3
make receptive or willing towards an action or attitude or belief;

- "Their language inclines us to believe them";

- syn. incline;

v4
place or put in a particular order;

- "the dots are unevenly disposed";

v5
make fit or prepared;

- "Your education qualifies you for this job";

- syn. qualify;

dispose of
v1
deal with or settle;

- "He disposed of these cases quickly";

disposed / d ɪ s p oʊ z d /
a1
having made preparations;

- "prepared to take risks";

- syn. fain, inclined, prepared;

- sim. willing;

a2
(usually followed by `to') naturally disposed toward;

- "he is apt to ignore matters he considers unimportant";

- "I am not minded to answer any questions";

- syn. apt, given, minded, tending;

- sim. inclined;

disposition / d ɪ s p ə z ɪ ʃ n /
n1
your usual mood;

- "he has a happy disposition";

- syn. temperament;

n2
the act or means of getting rid of something;

- syn. disposal;

n3
an attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others;

- "he had an inclination to give up too easily";

- "a tendency to be too strict";

- syn. inclination, tendency;

n4
a natural or acquired habit or characteristic tendency in a person or thing;

- "a swelling with a disposition to rupture";

dispossess / d ɪ s p ə z ɛ s /
v1
deprive of the possession of real estate;

dispossessed / d ɪ s p ə z ɛ s t /
a1
physically or spiritually homeless or deprived of security;

- "made a living out of shepherding dispossed people from one country to another"- James Stern;

- syn. homeless, roofless;

- sim. unfortunate;

dispossession / d ɪ s p ə z ɛ ʃ n /
n1
the expulsion of someone (such as a tenant) from the possession of land by process of law;

- syn. eviction, legal ouster;

n2
freeing from evil spirits;

- syn. exorcism;

dispraise / d ɪ s p ɹ eɪ z /
n1
the act of speaking contemptuously of;

- syn. disparagement;

dispread / d ɪ s p ɹ ɛ d /
v1
spread abroad or out;

- "The sun dispread its beams";

disproof / d ɪ s p ɹ u f /
n1
any evidence that helps to establish the falsity of something;

- syn. falsification, refutation;

n2
the act of determining that something is false;

- syn. falsification, falsifying, refutal, refutation;

disproportion / d ɪ s p ɹ ə p ɔ ʃ n /
n1
lack of proportion;

- imbalance among the parts of something;

disproportional / d ɪ s p ɹ ə p ɔ ʃ ə n ə ɫ /
a1
out of proportion;

- syn. disproportionate;

disproportionate / d ɪ s p ɹ ə p ɔ ʃ ə n ə t /
a1
out of proportion;

- syn. disproportional;

a2
not proportionate;

- sim. incommensurate;

disproportionately / d ɪ s p ɹ ə p ɔ ʃ ə n ə t ɫ i /
r1
out of proportion;

- "this wall is disproportionately long";

r2
to a disproportionate degree;

- "his benefits were disproportionately generous";

disprove / d ɪ s p ɹ u v /
v1
prove to be false;

- "The physicist disproved his colleagues' theories";

- syn. confute;

disprover / d ɪ s p ɹ u v ə , d ɪ s p ɹ u v ə ɹ /
n1
a debater who refutes or disproves by offering contrary evidence or argument;

- syn. confuter, rebutter, refuter;

disputable / d ɪ s p j u t ə b ɫ /
a1
capable of being disproved;

- syn. debatable;

- sim. contestable;

a2
open to argument or debate;

- "that is a moot question";

- syn. arguable, debatable, moot;

- sim. controversial;

disputant / d ɪ s p j u t ə n t /
n1
a person who disputes;

- who is good at or enjoys controversy;

- syn. controversialist, eristic;

disputation / d ɪ s p j u t eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the formal presentation of a stated proposition and the opposition to it (usually followed by a vote);

- syn. debate, public debate;

n2
a contentious speech act;

- a dispute where there is strong disagreement;

- "they were involved in a violent argument";

- syn. arguing, argument, contention, contestation, controversy, disceptation, tilt;

disputatious / d ɪ s p j u t eɪ ʃ ə s /
a1
inclined or showing an inclination to dispute or disagree, even to engage in law suits;

- "a style described as abrasive and contentious";

- "a disputatious lawyer";

- "a litigious and acrimonious spirit";

- syn. combative, contentious, disputative, litigious;

- sim. argumentative;

disputatiously / d ɪ s p j u t eɪ ʃ ə s ɫ i /
r1
in a disputatious manner;

- syn. argumentatively;

disputative / d ɪ s p j u t ə t ɪ v /
a1
inclined or showing an inclination to dispute or disagree, even to engage in law suits;

- "a style described as abrasive and contentious";

- "a disputatious lawyer";

- "a litigious and acrimonious spirit";

- syn. combative, contentious, disputatious, litigious;

- sim. argumentative;

dispute / d ɪ s p j u t /
n1
a disagreement or argument about something important;

- "he had a dispute with his wife";

- "there were irreconcilable differences";

- "the familiar conflict between Republicans and Democrats";

- syn. conflict, difference, difference of opinion;

n2
coming into conflict with;

- syn. contravention;

v1
take exception to;

- "She challenged his claims";

- syn. challenge, gainsay;

v2
have a disagreement over something;

- "We quarreled over the question as to who discovered America";

- "These two fellows are always scrapping over something";

- syn. altercate, argufy, quarrel, scrap;

disputed / d ɪ s p j u t ɪ d /
a1
subject to disagreement and debate;

- sim. controversial;

disqualification / d ɪ s k w ɒ ɫ ɪ f ɪ k eɪ ʃ n /
n1
unfitness that bars you from participation;

n2
the act of preventing someone from participating by finding them unqualified;

disqualified / d ɪ s k w ɒ ɫ ɪ f aɪ d /
a1
disqualified by law or rule or provision;

- sim. ineligible;

a2
barred from competition for violation of rules;

- "a disqualified player";

- sim. ineligible;

disqualify / d ɪ s k w ɒ ɫ ɪ f aɪ /
v1
make unfit or unsuitable;

- "Your income disqualifies you";

- syn. indispose, unfit;

v2
declare unfit;

- "She was disqualified for the Olympics because she was a professional athlete";

disqualifying / d ɪ s k w ɒ ɫ ɪ f aɪ ɪ ŋ /
a1
depriving of legal right;

- rendering legally disqualified;

- "certain disabling restrictions disqualified him for citizenship";

- syn. disabling;

disquiet / d ɪ s k w aɪ ə t /
n1
a feeling of mild anxiety about possible developments;

- syn. anxiousness;

n2
the trait of seeming ill at ease;

- syn. unease, uneasiness;

v1
disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed;

- "She was rather perturbed by the news that her father was seriously ill";

- syn. cark, disorder, distract, perturb, trouble, unhinge;

disquieted / d ɪ s k w aɪ ə t ɪ d /
a1
afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief;

- "too upset to say anything";

- "spent many disquieted moments";

- "distressed about her son's leaving home";

- "lapsed into disturbed sleep";

- "worried parents";

- "a worried frown";

- "one last worried check of the sleeping children";

- syn. distressed, disturbed, upset, worried;

- sim. troubled;

disquieting / d ɪ s k w aɪ ə t ɪ ŋ /
a1
causing mental discomfort;

- "the disquieting sounds of nearby gunfire";

- sim. uncomfortable;

disquietingly / d ɪ s k w aɪ ə t ɪ ŋ ɫ i /
r1
in a disquieting manner;

- "the disquietingly close sounds of gunfire";

disquietude / d ɪ s k w aɪ ə t j u d /
n1
feelings of anxiety that make you tense and irritable;

- syn. edginess, inquietude, uneasiness;

disquisition / d ɪ s k w ɪ z ɪ ʃ n /
n1
an elaborate analytical or explanatory essay or discussion;

Disraeli
n1
British statesman who as Prime Minister bought controlling interest in the Suez Canal and made Queen Victoria the empress of India (1804-1881);

- syn. Benjamin Disraeli, First Earl of Beaconsfield;

disregard / d ɪ s ɹ ɪ ɡ ɑ d /
n1
lack of attention and due care;

- syn. neglect;

n2
willful lack of care and attention;

- syn. neglect;

v1
refuse to acknowledge;

- "She cut him dead at the meeting";

- syn. cut, ignore, snub;

v2
bar from attention or consideration;

- "She dismissed his advances";

- syn. brush aside, brush off, discount, dismiss, ignore, push aside;

v3
give little or no attention to;

- "Disregard the errors";

- syn. ignore, neglect;

disregarded / d ɪ s ɹ ɪ ɡ ɑ d ɪ d /
a1
not noticed inadvertently;

- "her aching muscles forgotten she danced all night";

- "he was scolded for his forgotten chores";

- syn. forgotten;

- sim. unnoticed;

disregarding / d ɪ s ɹ ɪ ɡ ɑ d ɪ ŋ /
r1
in spite of everything;

- without regard to drawbacks;

- "he carried on regardless of the difficulties";

- syn. disregardless, irrespective, no matter, regardless;

disregardless
r1
in spite of everything;

- without regard to drawbacks;

- "he carried on regardless of the difficulties";

- syn. disregarding, irrespective, no matter, regardless;

disrepair / d ɪ s ɹ ɪ p eə , d ɪ s ɹ ɪ p eə ɹ /
n1
in need of repairs;

disreputability / d ɪ s ɹ ɛ p j ʊ t ə b ɪ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
dishonorableness by virtue of lacking respectability or a good reputation;

- syn. disreputableness, unrespectability;

disreputable / d ɪ s ɹ ɛ p j ʊ t ə b ɫ /
a1
lacking respectability in character or behavior or appearance;

- also dishonorable, dishonourable, unrespectable;

- sim. discreditable, discredited, ill-famed, louche, seamy;

disreputable person
n1
someone lacking public esteem;

disreputableness / d ɪ s p j u t ə b ɫ n ɪ s /
n1
dishonorableness by virtue of lacking respectability or a good reputation;

- syn. disreputability, unrespectability;

disreputably / d ɪ s ɹ ɛ p j ʊ t ə b ɫ i /
r1
in a disreputable manner;

disrepute / d ɪ s ɹ ɪ p j u t /
n1
the state of being held in low esteem;

- "your actions will bring discredit to your name";

- "because of the scandal the school has fallen into disrepute";

- syn. discredit;

disrespect / d ɪ s ɹ ɪ s p ɛ k t /
n1
an expression of lack of respect;

- syn. discourtesy;

n2
a disrespectful mental attitude;

n3
a manner that is generally disrespectful and contemptuous;

- syn. contempt;

v1
show a lack of respect for;

v2
have little or no respect for;

- hold in contempt;

- syn. disesteem;

disrespectful / d ɪ s ɹ ɪ s p ɛ k t f ə ɫ /
a1
exhibiting lack of respect;

- rude and discourteous;

- "remarks disrespectful of the law";

- "disrespectful in the presence of his parents";

- "disrespectful toward his teacher";

- also discourteous, immodest, irreverent, offensive, sarcastic;

- sim. annihilating, contemptuous, contumelious, derisive, impious, impudent, undeferential;

a2
neither feeling nor showing respect;

- syn. aweless, awless;

- sim. irreverent;

disrespectfully / d ɪ s ɹ ɪ s p ɛ k t f ə ɫ i /
r1
in a disrespectful manner;

- "he treats his parents rather disrespectfully";

disrobe / d ɪ s ɹ oʊ b /
v1
get undressed;

- "please don't undress in front of everybody!";

- "She strips in front of strangers every night for a living";

- syn. discase, peel, strip, strip down, uncase, unclothe, undress;

disrupt / d ɪ s ɹ ʌ p t /
v1
make a break in;

- "We interrupt the program for the following messages";

- syn. break up, cut off, interrupt;

v2
throw into disorder;

- "This event disrupted the orderly process";

v3
interfere in someone else's activity;

- "Please don't interrupt me while I'm on the phone";

- syn. interrupt;

disrupted / d ɪ s ɹ ʌ p t ɪ d /
a1
marked by breaks or gaps;

- "many routes are unsafe or disrupted";

- sim. discontinuous;

disrupting explosive
n1
a high explosive that is used to damage the target that is under attack;

- syn. bursting explosive;

disruption / d ɪ s ɹ ʌ p ʃ n /
n1
an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity;

- "it was presented without commercial breaks";

- "there was a gap in his account";

- syn. break, gap, interruption;

n2
a disorderly outburst or tumult;

- "they were amazed by the furious disturbance they had caused";

- syn. commotion, disturbance, flutter, hoo-ha, hoo-hah, hurly burly, kerfuffle, to-do;

n3
an event that results in a displacement or discontinuity;

- syn. dislocation;

n4
the act of causing disorder;

- syn. perturbation;

disruptive / d ɪ s ɹ ʌ p t ɪ v /
a1
characterized by unrest or disorder or insubordination;

- "effects of the struggle will be violent and disruptive";

- "riotous times";

- "these troubled areas";

- "the tumultuous years of his administration";

- "a turbulent and unruly childhood";

- syn. riotous, troubled, tumultuous, turbulent;

- sim. unquiet;

disruptively / d ɪ s ɛ p t ɪ v ɫ i /
r1
in a disruptive manner;

diss
v1
treat, mention, or speak to rudely;

- "He insulted her with his rude remarks";

- "the student who had betrayed his classmate was dissed by everyone";

- syn. affront, insult;

dissatisfaction / d ɪ s s æ t ɪ s f æ k ʃ n /
n1
the feeling of being displeased and discontent;

- "he was never slow to express his dissatisfaction with the service he received";

dissatisfactory / d ɪ s s æ t ɪ s f æ k t ə ɹ i /
a1
not up to expectations;

- "a disappointing performance from one who had seemed so promising";

- syn. disappointing, unsatisfying;

- sim. unsatisfactory;

dissatisfied / d ɪ s æ t ɪ s f aɪ d /
a1
in a state of sulky dissatisfaction;

- syn. disgruntled;

- sim. discontented;

dissatisfy / d ɪ s æ t ɪ s f aɪ /
v1
fail to satisfy;

dissect / d ɪ s ɛ k t /
v1
cut open or cut apart;

- "dissect the bodies for analysis";

v2
make a mathematical, chemical, or grammatical analysis of;

- break down into components or essential features;

- "analyze a specimen";

- "analyze a sentence";

- "analyze a chemical compound";

- syn. analyse, analyze, break down, take apart;

dissected / d ɪ s ɛ k t ɪ d /
a1
having one or more indentations reaching nearly to the midrib;

- syn. cleft;

- sim. compound;

dissection / d ɪ s ɛ k ʃ n /
n1
cutting so as to separate into pieces;

n2
a minute and critical analysis;

n3
detailed critical analysis or examination one part at a time (as of a literary work);

dissemble / d ɪ s ɛ m b ɫ /
v1
make believe with the intent to deceive;

- "He feigned that he was ill";

- "He shammed a headache";

- syn. affect, feign, pretend, sham;

v2
hide under a false appearance;

- "He masked his disappointment";

- syn. cloak, mask;

v3
behave unnaturally or affectedly;

- "She's just acting";

- syn. act, pretend;

dissembler / d ɪ s ɛ m b ɫ ə , d ɪ s ɛ m b ɫ ə ɹ /
n1
a person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings or motives;

- syn. dissimulator, hypocrite, phoney, phony, pretender;

dissembling / d ɪ s ɛ m b ɫ ɪ ŋ /
n1
pretending with intention to deceive;

- syn. feigning, pretence, pretense;

n2
the act of deceiving;

- syn. deceit, deception, dissimulation;

disseminate / d ɪ s ɛ m ɪ n eɪ t /
v1
cause to become widely known;

- "spread information";

- "circulate a rumor";

- "broadcast the news";

- syn. broadcast, circularise, circularize, circulate, diffuse, disperse, distribute, pass around, propagate, spread;

disseminated lupus erythematosus
n1
an inflammatory disease of connective tissue with variable features including fever and weakness and fatigability and joint pains and skin lesions on the face or neck or arms;

- syn. SLE, systemic lupus erythematosus;

disseminated multiple sclerosis
n1
a chronic progressive nervous disorder involving loss of myelin sheath around certain nerve fibers;

- syn. MS, disseminated sclerosis, multiple sclerosis;

disseminated sclerosis
n1
a chronic progressive nervous disorder involving loss of myelin sheath around certain nerve fibers;

- syn. MS, disseminated multiple sclerosis, multiple sclerosis;

dissemination / d ɪ s ɛ m ɪ n eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the opening of a subject to widespread discussion and debate;

- syn. airing, public exposure, spreading;

n2
the property of being diffused or dispersed;

- syn. diffusion;

n3
the act of dispersing or diffusing something;

- "the dispersion of the troops";

- "the diffusion of knowledge";

- syn. diffusion, dispersal, dispersion;

disseminative / d ɪ s ɛ m ɪ n ə t ɪ v /
a1
spreading by diffusion;

- syn. diffusing, diffusive, dispersive;

- sim. distributive;

disseminator / d ɪ s ɛ m ɪ n eɪ t ə /
n1
someone who spreads the news;

- syn. propagator;

dissension / d ɪ s ɛ n ʃ n /
n1
disagreement among those expected to cooperate;

- syn. discord;

n2
a conflict of people's opinions or actions or characters;

- syn. disagreement, dissonance;

dissent / d ɪ s ɛ n t /
n1
(law) the difference of one judge's opinion from that of the majority;

- "he expressed his dissent in a contrary opinion";

n2
a difference of opinion;

n3
the act of protesting;

- a public (often organized) manifestation of dissent;

- syn. objection, protest;

v1
withhold assent;

- "Several Republicans dissented";

v2
express opposition through action or words;

- "dissent to the laws of the country";

- syn. protest, resist;

v3
be of different opinions;

- "I beg to differ!";

- "She disagrees with her husband on many questions";

- syn. differ, disagree, take issue;

dissenter / d ɪ s ɛ n t ə , d ɪ s ɛ n t ə ɹ /
n1
a person who dissents from some established policy;

- syn. contestant, dissident, objector, protester;

dissentient / d ɪ s ɛ n ʃ ɪə n t /
a1
(of Catholics) refusing to attend services of the Church of England;

- syn. recusant;

- sim. unorthodox;

a2
disagreeing, especially with a majority;

- syn. dissenting, dissident;

- sim. negative;

dissenting / d ɪ s ɛ n t ɪ ŋ /
a1
disagreeing, especially with a majority;

- syn. dissentient, dissident;

- sim. negative;

dissenting opinion
n1
an opinion that disagrees with the court's disposition of the case;

dissentious / d ɪ s ɛ n ʃ ə s /
a1
dissenting (especially dissenting with the majority opinion);

- syn. divisive, factious;

- sim. discordant;

dissertate
v1
talk at length and formally about a topic;

- "The speaker dissertated about the social politics in 18th century England";

- syn. discourse, hold forth;

dissertation / d ɪ s ə t eɪ ʃ n /
n1
a treatise advancing a new point of view resulting from research;

- usually a requirement for an advanced academic degree;

- syn. thesis;

disservice / d ɪ s s ɝ v ɪ s /
n1
an act intended to help that turns out badly;

- "he did them a disservice";

- syn. ill service, ill turn;

dissever / d ɪ s ɛ v ə , d ɪ s ɛ v ə ɹ /
v1
separate into parts or portions;

- "divide the cake into three equal parts";

- "The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I";

- syn. carve up, divide, separate, split, split up;

dissidence / d ɪ s ɪ d ə n s /
n1
disagreement;

- especially disagreement with the government;

dissident / d ɪ s ɪ d ə n t /
n1
a person who dissents from some established policy;

- syn. contestant, dissenter, objector, protester;

a1
characterized by departure from accepted beliefs or standards;

- syn. heretical, heterodox;

- sim. unorthodox;

a2
disagreeing, especially with a majority;

- syn. dissentient, dissenting;

- sim. negative;

Dissident Irish Republican Army
n1
a radical terrorist group that broke away in 1997 when the mainstream Provisional IRA proposed a cease-fire;

- has continued terrorist activities in opposition to any peace agreement;

- syn. RIRA, Real IRA, Real Irish Republican Army;

dissilience
n1
the emergence of seeds as seed pods burst open when they are ripe;

dissilient
a1
bursting open with force, as do some ripe seed vessels;

- sim. nascent;

dissimilar / d ɪ s ɪ m ɪ ɫ ə , d ɪ s ɪ m ɪ ɫ ə ɹ /
a1
not similar;

- "a group of very dissimilar people";

- "a pump not dissimilar to those once found on every farm";

- "their understanding of the world is not so dissimilar from our own";

- "took different (or dissimilar) approaches to the problem";

a2
not alike or similar;

- "as unalike as two people could be";

- syn. unalike;

dissimilarity / d ɪ s ɪ m ɪ ɫ æ ɹ ɪ t i /
n1
the quality of being dissimilar;

- syn. unsimilarity;

dissimilate / d ɪ s ɪ m ɪ ɫ eɪ t /
v1
become dissimilar by changing the sound qualities;

- "These consonants dissimilate";

v2
make dissimilar;

- cause to become less similar;

v3
become dissimilar or less similar;

- "These two related tribes of people gradually dissimilated over time";

dissimilation / d ɪ s ɪ m ɪ ɫ eɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
a linguistic process by which one of two similar sounds in a word becomes less like the other;

- "the Old French MARBRE became the English MARBLE by dissimilation";

n2
breakdown in living organisms of more complex substances into simpler ones together with release of energy;

- syn. catabolism, destructive metabolism, katabolism;

dissimilitude / d ɪ s ɪ m ɪ ɫ ɪ t j u d /
n1
dissimilarity evidenced by an absence of likeness;

- syn. unlikeness;

dissimulate / d ɪ s ɪ m j ʊ ɫ eɪ t /
v1
hide (feelings) from other people;

dissimulation / d ɪ s ɪ m j ʊ ɫ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the act of deceiving;

- syn. deceit, deception, dissembling;

dissimulative / d ɪ s ɪ m j ʊ ɫ ə t ɪ v /
a1
concealing under a false appearance with the intent to deceive;

- "dissimulative arts";

- sim. insincere;

dissimulator / d ɪ s ɪ m j ʊ ɫ eɪ t ə /
n1
a person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings or motives;

- syn. dissembler, hypocrite, phoney, phony, pretender;

dissipate / d ɪ s ɪ p eɪ t /
v1
to cause to separate and go in different directions;

- "She waved her hand and scattered the crowds";

- syn. break up, dispel, disperse, scatter;

v2
move away from each other;

- "The crowds dispersed";

- "The children scattered in all directions when the teacher approached";

- syn. disperse, scatter, spread out;

v3
spend frivolously and unwisely;

- "Fritter away one's inheritance";

- syn. fool, fool away, fritter, fritter away, frivol away, shoot;

v4
live a life of pleasure, especially with respect to alcoholic consumption;

dissipated / d ɪ s ɪ p eɪ t ɪ d /
a1
unrestrained by convention or morality;

- "Congreve draws a debauched aristocratic society";

- "deplorably dissipated and degraded";

- "riotous living";

- "fast women";

- syn. debauched, degenerate, degraded, dissolute, fast, libertine, profligate, riotous;

- sim. immoral;

a2
preoccupied with the pursuit of pleasure and especially games of chance;

- "led a dissipated life";

- "a betting man";

- "a card-playing son of a bitch";

- "a gambling fool";

- "sporting gents and their ladies";

- syn. betting, card-playing, sporting;

- sim. indulgent;

dissipation / d ɪ s ɪ p eɪ ʃ n /
n1
breaking up and scattering by dispersion;

- "the dissipation of the mist";

n2
dissolute indulgence in sensual pleasure;

- syn. dissolution, licentiousness, looseness, profligacy;

n3
useless or profitless activity;

- using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly;

- "if the effort brings no compensating gain it is a waste";

- "mindless dissipation of natural resources";

- syn. waste, wastefulness;

dissociable / d ɪ s oʊ ʃ ə b ɫ , d ɪ s oʊ ʃ j ə b ɫ /
a1
capable of being divided or dissociated;

- "often drugs and crime are not dissociable";

- "the siamese twins were not considered separable";

- "a song...never conceived of as severable from the melody";

- syn. separable, severable;

- sim. divisible;

dissociate / d ɪ s oʊ ʃ ɪ eɪ t /
v1
part;

- cease or break association with;

- "She disassociated herself from the organization when she found out the identity of the president";

- syn. disassociate, disjoint, disunite, divorce;

v2
regard as unconnected;

- "you must dissociate these two events!";

- "decouple our foreign policy from ideology";

- syn. decouple;

v3
to undergo a reversible or temporary breakdown of a molecule into simpler molecules or atoms;

- "acids dissociate to give hydrogen ions";

dissociation / d ɪ s oʊ s ɪ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the act of removing from association;

n2
a state in which some integrated part of a person's life becomes separated from the rest of the personality and functions independently;

- syn. disassociation;

n3
(chemistry) the temporary or reversible process in which a molecule or ion is broken down into smaller molecules or ions;

dissociation constant
n1
the equilibrium constant for a reversible dissociation;

dissociative / d ɪ s oʊ ʃ j ə t ɪ v /
a1
tending to produce dissociation;

- sim. divisible;

dissociative disorder
n1
dissociation so severe that the usually integrated functions of consciousness and perception of self break down;

dissolubility / d ɪ s ɒ ɫ j ʊ b ɪ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
the property of being dissoluble;

- "he measure the dissolubility of sugar in water";

- syn. solubleness;

dissoluble / d ɪ s ɒ ɫ j ʊ b ɫ /
a1
capable of dissolving;

- syn. dissolvable;

- sim. soluble;

dissolute / d ɪ s ə ɫ u t /
a1
unrestrained by convention or morality;

- "Congreve draws a debauched aristocratic society";

- "deplorably dissipated and degraded";

- "riotous living";

- "fast women";

- syn. debauched, degenerate, degraded, dissipated, fast, libertine, profligate, riotous;

- sim. immoral;

dissolutely / d ɪ s ə ɫ u t ɫ i /
r1
in a dissolute way;

- syn. profligately;

dissoluteness / d ɪ s ə ɫ u t n ə s /
n1
indiscipline with regard to sensuous pleasures;

- syn. incontinence, self-gratification;

dissolution / d ɪ s ə ɫ u ʃ n /
n1
separation into component parts;

- syn. disintegration;

n2
the process of going into solution;

- "the dissolving of salt in water";

- syn. dissolving;

n3
dissolute indulgence in sensual pleasure;

- syn. dissipation, licentiousness, looseness, profligacy;

n4
the termination of a meeting;

- syn. adjournment;

n5
the termination or disintegration of a relationship (between persons or nations);

- syn. breakup;

dissolution of marriage
n1
an annulment of a marriage;

dissolvable / d ɪ z ɒ ɫ v ə b ɫ /
a1
capable of dissolving;

- syn. dissoluble;

- sim. soluble;

dissolve / d ɪ z ɒ ɫ v /
n1
(film) a gradual transition from one scene to the next;

- the next scene is gradually superimposed as the former scene fades out;

v1
become weaker;

- "The sound faded out";

- syn. fade away, fade out;

v2
cause to go into a solution;

- "The recipe says that we should dissolve a cup of sugar in two cups of water";

- syn. break up, resolve;

v3
come to an end;

- "Their marriage dissolved";

- "The tobacco monopoly broke up";

- syn. break up;

v4
stop functioning or cohering as a unit;

- "The political wing of the party dissolved after much internal fighting";

- syn. disband;

v5
cause to lose control emotionally;

- "The news dissolved her into tears";

v6
lose control emotionally;

- "She dissolved into tears when she heard that she had lost all her savings in the pyramid scheme";

v7
cause to fade away;

- "dissolve a shot or a picture";

v8
pass into a solution;

- "The sugar quickly dissolved in the coffee";

v9
become or cause to become soft or liquid;

- "The sun melted the ice";

- "the ice thawed";

- "the ice cream melted";

- "The heat melted the wax";

- "The giant iceberg dissolved over the years during the global warming phase";

- "dethaw the meat";

- syn. dethaw, melt, thaw, unfreeze, unthaw;

v10
bring the association of to an end or cause to break up;

- "The decree officially dissolved the marriage";

- "the judge dissolved the tobacco company";

- syn. break up;

v11
declare void;

- "The President dissolved the parliament and called for new elections";

- syn. dismiss;

dissolved / d ɪ z ɒ ɫ v d /
a1
(of solid matter) reduced to a liquid form;

- "add the dissolved gelatin";

- sim. melted;

dissolvent / d ɪ z ɒ ɫ v ə n t /
n1
a liquid substance capable of dissolving other substances;

- "the solvent does not change its state in forming a solution";

- syn. dissolver, dissolving agent, resolvent, solvent;

dissolver / d ɪ z ɒ ɫ v ə , d ɪ z ɒ ɫ v ə ɹ /
n1
a liquid substance capable of dissolving other substances;

- "the solvent does not change its state in forming a solution";

- syn. dissolvent, dissolving agent, resolvent, solvent;

dissolving / d ɪ z ɒ ɫ v ɪ ŋ /
n1
the process of going into solution;

- "the dissolving of salt in water";

- syn. dissolution;

dissolving agent
n1
a liquid substance capable of dissolving other substances;

- "the solvent does not change its state in forming a solution";

- syn. dissolvent, dissolver, resolvent, solvent;

dissonance / d ɪ s ə n ə n s /
n1
a conflict of people's opinions or actions or characters;

- syn. disagreement, dissension;

n2
the auditory experience of sound that lacks musical quality;

- sound that is a disagreeable auditory experience;

- "modern music is just noise to me";

- syn. noise, racket;

n3
disagreeable sounds;

dissonant / d ɪ s ə n ə n t /
a1
characterized by musical dissonance;

- harmonically unresolved;

- syn. unresolved;

- sim. inharmonious;

a2
lacking in harmony;

- syn. discordant, disharmonious, inharmonic;

- sim. inharmonious;

a3
not in accord;

- "desires at variance with his duty";

- "widely discrepant statements";

- syn. at variance, discrepant;

- sim. discordant;

dissonate
v1
be dissonant or harsh;

- "The violins in this piece dissonated disturbingly";

v2
cause to sound harsh and unpleasant;

- syn. disharmonize;

dissuade / d ɪ s w eɪ d /
v1
turn away from by persuasion;

- "Negative campaigning will only dissuade people";

- syn. deter;

dissuasion / d ɪ s w eɪ ʒ n /
n1
a communication that dissuades you;

n2
persuading not to do or believe something;

- talking someone out of a belief or an intended course of action;

dissuasive / d ɪ s w eɪ s ɪ v /
a1
deterring from action;

- "dissuasive advice";

- "made a slight dissuasive gesture with her hand";

- also discouraging;

- sim. admonitory, discouraging;

dissyllable / d ɪ s ɪ ɫ ə b ɫ /
n1
a word having two syllables;

- syn. disyllable;

dissymmetry / d ɪ s ɪ m ɪ t ɹ i /
n1
(mathematics) a lack of symmetry;

- syn. asymmetry, imbalance;

distaff / d ɪ s t ɑ f /
n1
the sphere of work by women;

n2
the staff on which wool or flax is wound before spinning;

a1
characteristic of or peculiar to a woman;

- "female sensitiveness";

- "female suffrage";

- syn. female;

- sim. feminine;

distal
a1
situated farthest from point of attachment or origin, as of a limb or bone;

a2
directed away from the midline or mesial plane of the body;

- sim. lateral;

distal muscular dystrophy
n1
a form of muscular dystrophy that sets in between 40 and 60 years of age and is characterized by weakness and wasting of the muscles of the hands and forearms and lower legs;

- inheritance is autosomal dominant;

distally / d ɪ s t æ ɫ aɪ /
r1
far from the center;

- "the bronchus is situated distally";

distance / d ɪ s t ə n s /
n1
the property created by the space between two objects or points;

n2
a distant region;

- "I could see it in the distance";

n3
size of the gap between two places;

- "the distance from New York to Chicago";

- "he determined the length of the shortest line segment joining the two points";

- syn. length;

n4
indifference by personal withdrawal;

- "emotional distance";

- syn. aloofness;

n5
the interval between two times;

- "the distance from birth to death";

- "it all happened in the space of 10 minutes";

- syn. space;

n6
a remote point in time;

- "if that happens it will be at some distance in the future";

- "at a distance of ten years he had forgotten many of the details";

v1
keep at a distance;

- "we have to distance ourselves from these events in order to continue living";

v2
go far ahead of;

- "He outdistanced the other runners";

- syn. outdistance, outstrip;

distance vision
n1
vision for objects that a 20 feet or more from the viewer;

distant / d ɪ s t ə n t /
a1
separated in space or coming from or going to a distance;

- "distant villages";

- "the sound of distant traffic";

- "a distant sound";

- "a distant telephone call";

- also far;

- sim. deep, extreme, far-flung, long-distance, nonadjacent, out-of-town, yonder;

a2
far apart in relevance or relationship or kinship;

- "a distant cousin";

- "a remote relative";

- "a distant likeness";

- "considerations entirely removed (or remote) from politics";

- syn. remote;

- sim. faraway, loosely knit, removed, ulterior;

a3
remote in manner;

- "stood apart with aloof dignity";

- "a distant smile";

- "he was upstage with strangers";

- syn. aloof, upstage;

- sim. reserved;

a4
separate or apart in time;

- "distant events";

- "the remote past or future";

- syn. remote, removed;

- sim. far;

a5
located far away spatially;

- "distant lands";

- "remote stars";

- syn. remote;

- sim. far;

distantly / d ɪ s t ə n t ɫ i /
r1
from or at a distance;

- "dimly, distantly, voices sounded in the stillness";

distaste / d ɪ s t eɪ s t /
n1
a feeling of intense dislike;

- syn. antipathy, aversion;

distasteful / d ɪ s t eɪ s t f ə ɫ /
a1
not pleasing in odor or taste;

- syn. unsavory, unsavoury;

- sim. unpalatable;

a2
highly offensive;

- arousing aversion or disgust;

- "a disgusting smell";

- "distasteful language";

- "a loathsome disease";

- "the idea of eating meat is repellent to me";

- "revolting food";

- "a wicked stench";

- syn. disgustful, disgusting, foul, loathly, loathsome, repellant, repellent, repelling, revolting, skanky, wicked, yucky;

- sim. offensive;

distastefully / d ɪ s t eɪ s t f ə ɫ i /
r1
in an offensively distasteful manner;

- "a distastefully explicit report on the Royal couple's marital life";

r2
in a disgusting manner or to a disgusting degree;

- "the beggar was disgustingly filthy";

- syn. disgustingly, revoltingly, sickeningly;

distastefulness / d ɪ s t eɪ s t f ə ɫ n ə s /
n1
extreme unpalatability to the mouth;

- syn. disgustingness, nauseatingness, sickeningness, unsavoriness;

n2
the quality of being offensive;

- syn. odiousness, offensiveness;

distemper / d ɪ s t ɛ m p ə , d ɪ s t ɛ m p ə ɹ /
n1
any of various infectious viral diseases of animals;

n2
an angry and disagreeable mood;

- syn. ill humor, ill humour;

n3
paint made by mixing the pigments with water and a binder;

n4
a painting created with paint that is made by mixing the pigments with water and a binder;

n5
a method of painting in which the pigments are mixed with water and a binder;

- used for painting posters or murals or stage scenery;

v1
paint with distemper;

distend / d ɪ s t ɛ n d /
v1
become wider;

- "His pupils were dilated";

- syn. dilate;

v2
cause to expand as it by internal pressure;

- "The gas distended the animal's body";

v3
swell from or as if from internal pressure;

- "The distended bellies of the starving cows";

distensible / d ɪ s t ɛ n s ə b ɫ /
a1
capable of being distended;

- able to stretch and expand;

- "the stomach is a distensible organ";

- sim. expansive;

distension / d ɪ s t ɛ n ʃ n /
n1
the act of expanding by pressure from within;

- syn. distention;

n2
the state of being stretched beyond normal dimensions;

- syn. dilatation, distention;

distention / d ɪ s t ɛ n ʃ n /
n1
the state of being stretched beyond normal dimensions;

- syn. dilatation, distension;

n2
the act of expanding by pressure from within;

- syn. distension;

distich / d ɪ s t ɪ k /
n1
two items of the same kind;

- syn. brace, couple, couplet, duad, duet, duo, dyad, pair, span, twain, twosome, yoke;

distil / d ɪ s t ɪ ɫ /
v1
undergo condensation;

- change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops;

- "water condenses";

- "The acid distills at a specific temperature";

- syn. condense, distill;

v2
extract by the process of distillation;

- "distill the essence of this compound";

- syn. distill, extract;

v3
undergo the process of distillation;

- syn. distill;

v4
give off (a liquid);

- "The doctor distilled a few drops of disinfectant onto the wound";

- syn. distill;

distill / d ɪ s t ɪ ɫ /
v1
remove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and separate through the process of distillation;

- "purify the water";

- syn. make pure, purify, sublimate;

v2
undergo the process of distillation;

- syn. distil;

v3
extract by the process of distillation;

- "distill the essence of this compound";

- syn. distil, extract;

v4
undergo condensation;

- change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops;

- "water condenses";

- "The acid distills at a specific temperature";

- syn. condense, distil;

v5
give off (a liquid);

- "The doctor distilled a few drops of disinfectant onto the wound";

- syn. distil;

distillate / d ɪ s t ɪ ɫ ɪ t /
n1
a purified liquid produced by condensation from a vapor during distilling;

- the product of distilling;

- syn. distillation;

distillation / d ɪ s t ɪ ɫ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the process of purifying a liquid by boiling it and condensing its vapors;

- syn. distillment;

n2
a purified liquid produced by condensation from a vapor during distilling;

- the product of distilling;

- syn. distillate;

distilled water
n1
water that has been purified by distillation;

distiller / d ɪ s t ɪ ɫ ə , d ɪ s t ɪ ɫ ə ɹ /
n1
someone who distills alcoholic liquors;

distillery / d ɪ s t ɪ ɫ ə ɹ i /
n1
a plant and works where alcoholic drinks are made by distillation;

- syn. still;

distillment
n1
the process of purifying a liquid by boiling it and condensing its vapors;

- syn. distillation;

distinct / d ɪ s t ɪ ŋ k t /
a1
(often followed by `from') not alike;

- different in nature or quality;

- "plants of several distinct types";

- "the word `nationalism' is used in at least two distinct senses";

- "gold is distinct from iron";

- "a tree related to but quite distinct from the European beech";

- "management had interests quite distinct from those of their employees";

- syn. distinguishable;

- sim. different;

a2
easy to perceive;

- especially clearly outlined;

- "a distinct flavor";

- "a distinct odor of turpentine";

- "a distinct outline";

- "the ship appeared as a distinct silhouette";

- "distinct fingerprints";

- also clear, definite, precise;

- sim. chiseled, clear, crisp, crystalline, defined, knifelike, razor-sharp;

a3
constituting a separate entity or part;

- "a government with three discrete divisions";

- "on two distinct occasions";

- syn. discrete;

- sim. separate;

a4
recognizable;

- marked;

- "noticed a distinct improvement";

- "at a distinct (or decided) disadvantage";

- syn. decided;

- sim. definite;

a5
clearly or sharply defined to the mind;

- "clear-cut evidence of tampering";

- "Claudius was the first to invade Britain with distinct...intentions of conquest";

- "trenchant distinctions between right and wrong";

- syn. clear-cut, trenchant;

- sim. clear;

distinction / d ɪ s t ɪ ŋ k ʃ n /
n1
a discrimination between things as different and distinct on the basis of their characteristics or attributes;

- "it is necessary to make a distinction between love and infatuation";

- syn. differentiation;

n2
high status importance owing to marked superiority;

- "a scholar of great eminence";

- syn. eminence, note, preeminence;

n3
a distinguishing difference between similar things or people;

- "he learned the distinction between gold and lead";

n4
an honor awarded to someone in recognition of achievement or superiority;

- "she graduated with the highest distinction";

distinctive / d ɪ s t ɪ ŋ k t ɪ v /
a1
of a feature that helps to distinguish a person or thing;

- "Jerusalem has a distinctive Middle East flavor"- Curtis Wilkie;

- "that is typical of you!";

- syn. typical;

- sim. characteristic;

a2
capable of being classified;

- syn. classifiable;

- sim. identifiable;

distinctive feature
n1
an odd or unusual characteristic;

- syn. distinguishing characteristic, peculiarity;

distinctively / d ɪ s t ɪ ŋ k t ɪ v ɫ i /
r1
in an identifiably distinctive manner;

- "the distinctively conservative district of the county";

distinctiveness / d ɪ s t ɪ ŋ k t ɪ v n ɪ s /
n1
a distinguishing trait;

- syn. peculiarity, speciality, specialness, specialty;

n2
utter dissimilarity;

- syn. disparateness;

distinctly / d ɪ s t ɪ ŋ k t ɫ i /
r1
clear to the mind;

- with distinct mental discernment;

- "it's distinctly possible";

- "I could clearly see myself in his situation";

- syn. clearly;

r2
in a distinct and distinguishable manner;

- "the subtleties of this distinctly British occasion";

r3
to a distinct degree;

- "urbanization in Spain is distinctly correlated with a fall in reproductive rate";

distinctness / d ɪ s t ɪ ŋ k t n ə s /
n1
the quality of being sharp and clear;

- syn. sharpness;

n2
the state of being several and distinct;

- syn. discreteness, separateness, severalty;

n3
the quality of being not alike;

- being distinct or different from that otherwise experienced or known;

- syn. otherness, separateness;

distinguish / d ɪ s t ɪ ŋ ɡ w ɪ ʃ /
v1
mark as different;

- "We distinguish several kinds of maple";

- syn. differentiate, secern, secernate, separate, severalise, severalize, tell, tell apart;

v2
detect with the senses;

- "The fleeing convicts were picked out of the darkness by the watchful prison guards";

- "I can't make out the faces in this photograph";

- syn. discern, make out, pick out, recognise, recognize, spot, tell apart;

v3
be a distinctive feature, attribute, or trait;

- sometimes in a very positive sense;

- "His modesty distinguishes him from his peers";

- syn. differentiate, mark;

v4
make conspicuous or noteworthy;

- syn. signalise, signalize;

v5
identify as in botany or biology, for example;

- syn. describe, discover, identify, key, key out, name;

distinguishable / d ɪ s t ɪ ŋ ɡ w ɪ ʃ ə b ɫ /
a1
capable of being perceived as different or distinct;

- "only the shine of their metal was distinguishable in the gloom";

- "a project distinguishable into four stages of progress";

- "distinguishable differences between the twins";

- sim. differentiable, discriminable;

a2
(often followed by `from') not alike;

- different in nature or quality;

- "plants of several distinct types";

- "the word `nationalism' is used in at least two distinct senses";

- "gold is distinct from iron";

- "a tree related to but quite distinct from the European beech";

- "management had interests quite distinct from those of their employees";

- syn. distinct;

- sim. different;

distinguished / d ɪ s t ɪ ŋ ɡ w ɪ ʃ t /
a1
(used of persons) standing above others in character or attainment or reputation;

- "our distinguished professor";

- sim. important;

a2
used of a person's appearance or behavior;

- befitting an eminent person;

- "his distinguished bearing";

- "the monarch's imposing presence";

- "she reigned in magisterial beauty";

- syn. grand, imposing, magisterial;

- sim. dignified;

Distinguished Conduct Medal
n1
a British military decoration for distinguished conduct in the field;

Distinguished Flying Cross
n1
a United States Air Force decoration for heroism while participating in an aerial flight;

Distinguished Service Cross
n1
a United States Army decoration for extraordinary heroism against an armed enemy;

Distinguished Service Medal
n1
a United States military decoration for meritorious service in wartime duty of great responsibility;

Distinguished Service Order
n1
a British military decoration for special service in action;

distinguishing characteristic
n1
an odd or unusual characteristic;

- syn. distinctive feature, peculiarity;

distomatosis / d ɪ s t ə m ə t oʊ s ɪ s /
n1
a disease of the liver (especially in sheep and cattle) caused by liver flukes and their by-products;

- syn. black disease, liver rot, sheep rot;

distort / d ɪ s t ɔ t /
v1
make false by mutilation or addition;

- as of a message or story;

- syn. falsify, garble, warp;

v2
form into a spiral shape;

- "The cord is all twisted";

- syn. twine, twist;

v3
twist and press out of shape;

- syn. contort, deform, wring;

v4
affect as in thought or feeling;

- "My personal feelings color my judgment in this case";

- "The sadness tinged his life";

- syn. color, colour, tinge;

v5
alter the shape of (something) by stress;

- "His body was deformed by leprosy";

- syn. deform, strain;

distortable / d ɪ s t ɔ t eɪ b ɫ /
a1
capable of having the meaning altered or twisted;

- "our words are distortable things--as in a crooked mirror held up to nature";

- sim. changeable;

distorted / d ɪ s t ɔ t ɪ d /
a1
so badly formed or out of shape as to be ugly;

- "deformed thalidomide babies";

- "his poor distorted limbs";

- "an ill-shapen vase";

- "a limp caused by a malformed foot";

- "misshapen old fingers";

- syn. deformed, ill-shapen, malformed, misshapen;

- sim. unshapely;

a2
having an intended meaning altered or misrepresented;

- "many of the facts seemed twisted out of any semblance to reality";

- "a perverted translation of the poem";

- syn. misrepresented, perverted, twisted;

- sim. disingenuous;

distorted shape
n1
a shape resulting from distortion;

- syn. distortion;

distortion / d ɪ s t ɔ ʃ n /
n1
a change for the worse;

- syn. deformation;

n2
a shape resulting from distortion;

- syn. distorted shape;

n3
an optical phenomenon resulting from the failure of a lens or mirror to produce a good image;

- syn. aberration, optical aberration;

n4
a change (usually undesired) in the waveform of an acoustic or analog electrical signal;

- the difference between two measurements of a signal (as between the input and output signal);

- "heavy metal guitar players use vacuum tube amplifiers to produce extreme distortion";

n5
the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean;

- syn. overrefinement, straining, torture, twisting;

n6
the mistake of misrepresenting the facts;

distortionist
n1
a painter who introduces distortions;

distract / d ɪ s t ɹ æ k t /
v1
draw someone's attention away from something;

- "The thief distracted the bystanders";

- "He deflected his competitors";

- syn. deflect;

v2
disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed;

- "She was rather perturbed by the news that her father was seriously ill";

- syn. cark, disorder, disquiet, perturb, trouble, unhinge;

distracted / d ɪ s t ɹ æ k t ɪ d /
a1
having the attention diverted especially because of anxiety;

- syn. distrait;

- sim. inattentive;

distractedly / d ɪ s t ɹ æ k t ɪ d ɫ i /
r1
in a distracted manner;

- "`Come in,' he said distractedly";

distraction / d ɪ s t ɹ æ k ʃ n /
n1
mental turmoil;

- "he drives me to distraction";

n2
an obstacle to attention;

n3
an entertainment that provokes pleased interest and distracts you from worries and vexations;

- syn. beguilement;

n4
the act of distracting;

- drawing someone's attention away from something;

- "conjurers are experts at misdirection";

- syn. misdirection;

distrain / d ɪ s t ɹ eɪ n /
v1
levy a distress on;

v2
confiscate by distress;

v3
legally take something in place of a debt payment;

distraint / d ɪ s t ɹ eɪ n t /
n1
the seizure and holding of property as security for payment of a debt or satisfaction of a claim;

- "Originally distress was a landlord's remedy against a tenant for unpaid rents or property damage but now the landlord is given a landlord's lien";

- syn. distress;

distrait / d ɪ s t ɹ eɪ /
a1
having the attention diverted especially because of anxiety;

- syn. distracted;

- sim. inattentive;

distraught / d ɪ s t ɹ ɔ t /
a1
deeply agitated especially from emotion;

- "distraught with grief";

- syn. overwrought;

- sim. agitated;

distress / d ɪ s t ɹ ɛ s /
n1
psychological suffering;

- "the death of his wife caused him great distress";

- syn. hurt, suffering;

n2
a state of adversity (danger or affliction or need);

- "a ship in distress";

- "she was the classic maiden in distress";

n3
extreme physical pain;

- "the patient appeared to be in distress";

n4
the seizure and holding of property as security for payment of a debt or satisfaction of a claim;

- "Originally distress was a landlord's remedy against a tenant for unpaid rents or property damage but now the landlord is given a landlord's lien";

- syn. distraint;

v1
bring into difficulties or distress, especially financial hardship;

- syn. straiten;

v2
cause mental pain to;

- "The news of her child's illness distressed the mother";

distress call
n1
an internationally recognized signal sent out by a ship or plane indicating that help is needed;

- syn. distress signal;

distress signal
n1
an internationally recognized signal sent out by a ship or plane indicating that help is needed;

- syn. distress call;

distressed / d ɪ s t ɹ ɛ s t /
a1
facing or experiencing financial trouble or difficulty;

- "distressed companies need loans and technical advice";

- "financially hard-pressed Mexican hotels are lowering their prices";

- "we were hard put to meet the mortgage payment";

- "found themselves in a bad way financially";

- syn. hard-pressed, hard put, in a bad way;

- sim. troubled;

a2
generalized feeling of distress;

- syn. dysphoric, unhappy;

- also dejected, unhappy;

a3
suffering severe physical strain or distress;

- "he dropped out of the race, clearly distressed and having difficulty breathing";

- syn. stressed;

- sim. troubled;

a4
afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief;

- "too upset to say anything";

- "spent many disquieted moments";

- "distressed about her son's leaving home";

- "lapsed into disturbed sleep";

- "worried parents";

- "a worried frown";

- "one last worried check of the sleeping children";

- syn. disquieted, disturbed, upset, worried;

- sim. troubled;

distressful / d ɪ s t ɹ ɛ s f ʊ ɫ /
a1
causing distress or worry or anxiety;

- "distressing (or disturbing) news";

- "lived in heroic if something distressful isolation";

- "a disturbing amount of crime";

- "a revelation that was most perturbing";

- "a new and troubling thought";

- "in a particularly worrisome predicament";

- "a worrying situation";

- "a worrying time";

- syn. distressing, disturbing, perturbing, troubling, worrisome, worrying;

- sim. heavy;

distressfully / d ɪ s t ɹ ɛ s f ə ɫ i /
r1
with distress;

- "`Doctor Rother says it's his only chance,' she added distressfully";

distressfulness / d ɪ s t ɹ ɛ s f ʊ ɫ n ɛ s /
n1
the quality of arousing fear or distress;

- "he learned the seriousness of his illness";

- syn. seriousness;

distressing / d ɪ s t ɹ ɛ s ɪ ŋ /
a1
causing distress or worry or anxiety;

- "distressing (or disturbing) news";

- "lived in heroic if something distressful isolation";

- "a disturbing amount of crime";

- "a revelation that was most perturbing";

- "a new and troubling thought";

- "in a particularly worrisome predicament";

- "a worrying situation";

- "a worrying time";

- syn. distressful, disturbing, perturbing, troubling, worrisome, worrying;

- sim. heavy;

a2
bad;

- unfortunate;

- "my finances were in a deplorable state";

- "a lamentable decision";

- "her clothes were in sad shape";

- "a sorry state of affairs";

- syn. deplorable, lamentable, pitiful, sad, sorry;

- sim. bad;

distressingly / d ɪ s t ɹ ɛ s ɪ ŋ ɫ i /
r1
unpleasantly;

- "his ignorance was painfully obvious";

- syn. painfully;

distressingness
n1
the quality of being painful;

- "she feared the painfulness of childbirth";

- syn. painfulness;

distributary / d ɪ s t ɹ ɪ b j ʊ t ə ɹ i /
n1
a branch of a river that flows away from the main stream and does not rejoin it;

distribute / d ɪ s t ɹ ɪ b j u t /
v1
administer or bestow, as in small portions;

- "administer critical remarks to everyone present";

- "dole out some money";

- "shell out pocket money for the children";

- "deal a blow to someone";

- "the machine dispenses soft drinks";

- syn. administer, allot, deal, deal out, dish out, dispense, dole out, lot, mete out, parcel out, shell out;

v2
distribute or disperse widely;

- "The invaders spread their language all over the country";

- syn. spread;

v3
make available;

- "The publisher wants to distribute the book in Asia";

v4
give to several people;

- "The teacher handed out the exams";

- syn. give out, hand out, pass out;

v5
cause to be distributed;

- "This letter is being circulated among the faculty";

- syn. circulate, pass around, pass on;

v6
cause to become widely known;

- "spread information";

- "circulate a rumor";

- "broadcast the news";

- syn. broadcast, circularise, circularize, circulate, diffuse, disperse, disseminate, pass around, propagate, spread;

v7
spread throughout a given area;

- "the function distributes the values evenly";

v8
be distributed or spread, as in statistical analyses;

- "Values distribute";

v9
be mathematically distributive;

v10
to arrange in a systematic order;

- "stagger the chairs in the lecture hall";

- syn. stagger;

distributed / d ɪ s t ɹ ɪ b j u t ɪ d /
a1
spread out or scattered about or divided up;

- also distributive;

- sim. apportioned, broken, diffuse, diffused, dispensed, dispersed, divided, encyclical, fanned, far-flung, low-density, rationed, scattered, separated, sparse, splashed, straggly, unfocused;

distributed data processing
n1
data processing in which some of the functions are performed in different places and connected by transmission facilities;

- syn. remote-access data processing, teleprocessing;

distributed fire
n1
fire dispersed so as to engage effectively an area target;

distributer / d ɪ s t ɹ ɪ b j u t ə , d ɪ s t ɹ ɪ b j u t ə ɹ /
n1
someone who markets merchandise;

- syn. distributor;

n2
electrical device that distributes voltage to the spark plugs of a gasoline engine in the order of the firing sequence;

- syn. distributor, electrical distributor;

distribution / d ɪ s t ɹ ɪ b j u ʃ n /
n1
(statistics) an arrangement of values of a variable showing their observed or theoretical frequency of occurrence;

- syn. statistical distribution;

n2
the spatial or geographic property of being scattered about over a range, area, or volume;

- "worldwide in distribution";

- "the distribution of nerve fibers";

- "in complementary distribution";

- syn. dispersion;

n3
the act of distributing or spreading or apportioning;

n4
the commercial activity of transporting and selling goods from a producer to a consumer;

distribution agreement
n1
a contract governing the marketing of an item of merchandise;

distribution channel
n1
a way of selling a company's product either directly or via distributors;

- "possible distribution channels are wholesalers or small retailers or retail chains or direct mailers or your own stores";

- syn. channel;

distribution cost
n1
any cost incurred by a producer or wholesaler or retailer or distributor (as for advertising and shipping etc);

distribution free statistic
n1
a statistic computed without knowledge of the form or the parameters of the distribution from which observations are drawn;

- syn. nonparametric statistic;

distribution law
n1
(chemistry) the total energy in an assembly of molecules is not distributed equally but is distributed around an average value according to a statistical distribution;

distribution list
n1
list of names to whom a communication should be sent;

distributional / d ɪ s t ɹ ɪ b j u ʃ ə n ə ɫ /
a1
of or relating to spatial distribution;

- "distributional requirements";

distributive / d ɪ s t ɹ ɪ b j ʊ t ɪ v /
a1
serving to distribute or allot or disperse;

- also distributed, divided;

- sim. allocable, diffusing, immanent, permeant, separative, suffusive;

distributive shock
n1
shock caused by poor distribution of the blood flow;

distributively / d ɪ s t ɹ ɪ b j ʊ t ɪ v ɫ i /
r1
as individuals or as separate units (not collectively);

- "taken distributively, their rights are imperceptible";

r2
in a distributive manner;

- "marine vertebrates have their weight supported distributively by the water";

distributor / d ɪ s t ɹ ɪ b j u t ə , d ɪ s t ɹ ɪ b j u t ə ɹ /
n1
someone who markets merchandise;

- syn. distributer;

n2
a person with authority to allot or deal out or apportion;

- syn. allocator;

n3
a company that markets merchandise;

- "his company is a large distributor of software products";

n4
electrical device that distributes voltage to the spark plugs of a gasoline engine in the order of the firing sequence;

- syn. distributer, electrical distributor;

distributor cam
n1
the cam inside the distributor that rotates to contact spark plug terminals in the correct order;

distributor cap
n1
the cap of the distributor that holds in place the wires from the distributor to the spark plugs;

distributor housing
n1
the housing that supports the distributor cam;

distributor point
n1
a contact in the distributor;

- as the rotor turns its projecting arm contacts them and current flows to the spark plugs;

- syn. breaker point, point;

district / d ɪ s t ɹ ɪ k t /
n1
a region marked off for administrative or other purposes;

- syn. dominion, territorial dominion, territory;

v1
regulate housing in;

- of certain areas of towns;

- syn. zone;

district attorney
n1
an official prosecutor for a judicial district;

- syn. DA;

district line
n1
the boundary between two districts;

district manager
n1
a manager who supervises the sales activity for a district;

District of Columbia
n1
the district occupied entirely by the city of Washington;

- chosen by George Washington as the site of the capital of the United States and created out of land ceded by Maryland and Virginia;

- syn. D.C., DC;

distrust / d ɪ s t ɹ ʌ s t /
n1
doubt about someone's honesty;

- syn. misgiving, mistrust, suspicion;

n2
the trait of not trusting others;

- syn. distrustfulness, mistrust;

v1
regard as untrustworthy;

- regard with suspicion;

- have no faith or confidence in;

- syn. mistrust, suspect;

distrustful / d ɪ s t ɹ ʌ s t f ə ɫ /
a1
having or showing distrust;

- "a man of distrustful nature";

- "my experience...in other fields of law has made me distrustful of rules of thumb generally"- B.N.Cardozo;

- "vigilant and distrustful superintendence"- Thomas Jefferson;

- also incredulous;

- sim. cynical, doubting, jealous, leery, misogynic, oversuspicious;

distrustfully / d ɪ s t ɹ ʌ s t f ə ɫ i /
r1
with distrust;

- "she looked at him distrustfully";

- syn. mistrustfully;

distrustfulness / d ɪ s t ɹ ʌ s t f ə ɫ n ə s /
n1
the trait of not trusting others;

- syn. distrust, mistrust;

disturb / d ɪ s t ɝ b /
v1
move deeply;

- "This book upset me";

- "A troubling thought";

- syn. trouble, upset;

v2
change the arrangement or position of;

- syn. agitate, commove, raise up, shake up, stir up, vex;

v3
tamper with;

- "Don't touch my CDs!";

- syn. touch;

v4
destroy the peace or tranquility of;

- "Don't interrupt me when I'm reading";

- syn. interrupt;

v5
damage as if by shaking or jarring;

- "Don't disturb the patient's wounds by moving him too rapidly!";

disturbance / d ɪ s t ɝ b ə n s /
n1
activity that is a malfunction, intrusion, or interruption;

- "the term `distress' connotes some degree of perturbation and emotional upset";

- "he looked around for the source of the disturbance";

- "there was a disturbance of neural function";

- syn. perturbation;

n2
an unhappy and worried mental state;

- "there was too much anger and disturbance";

- "she didn't realize the upset she caused me";

- syn. perturbation, upset;

n3
a disorderly outburst or tumult;

- "they were amazed by the furious disturbance they had caused";

- syn. commotion, disruption, flutter, hoo-ha, hoo-hah, hurly burly, kerfuffle, to-do;

n4
a noisy fight;

- syn. affray, fray, ruffle;

n5
the act of disturbing something or someone;

- setting something in motion;

n6
(psychiatry) a psychological disorder of thought or emotion;

- a more neutral term than mental illness;

- syn. folie, mental disorder, mental disturbance, psychological disorder;

n7
electrical or acoustic activity that can disturb communication;

- syn. interference, noise;

disturbance of the peace
n1
any act of molesting, interrupting, hindering, agitating, or arousing from a state of repose or otherwise depriving inhabitants of the peace and quiet to which they are entitled;

- syn. breach of the peace, disorderly behavior, disorderly conduct;

disturbed / d ɪ s t ɝ b d /
a1
having the place or position changed;

- "the disturbed books and papers on her desk";

- "disturbed grass showed where the horse had passed";

- sim. disarranged;

a2
afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief;

- "too upset to say anything";

- "spent many disquieted moments";

- "distressed about her son's leaving home";

- "lapsed into disturbed sleep";

- "worried parents";

- "a worried frown";

- "one last worried check of the sleeping children";

- syn. disquieted, distressed, upset, worried;

- sim. troubled;

a3
emotionally unstable and having difficulty coping with personal relationships;

- syn. maladjusted;

- sim. neurotic;

a4
affected with madness or insanity;

- "a man who had gone mad";

- syn. brainsick, crazy, demented, mad, sick, unbalanced, unhinged;

- sim. insane;

disturber / d ɪ s t ɝ b ə /
n1
a troubler who interrupts or interferes with peace and quiet;

- someone who causes disorder and commotion;

disturbing / d ɪ s t ɝ b ɪ ŋ /
a1
causing distress or worry or anxiety;

- "distressing (or disturbing) news";

- "lived in heroic if something distressful isolation";

- "a disturbing amount of crime";

- "a revelation that was most perturbing";

- "a new and troubling thought";

- "in a particularly worrisome predicament";

- "a worrying situation";

- "a worrying time";

- syn. distressful, distressing, perturbing, troubling, worrisome, worrying;

- sim. heavy;

disturbingly / d ɪ s t ɝ b ɪ ŋ ɫ i /
r1
in a disturbing manner;

- "the details of the kidnaper's letter had sounded disturbingly convincing";

disulfiram
n1
a drug (trade name Antabuse) used in the treatment of alcoholism;

- causes nausea and vomiting if alcohol is ingested;

- syn. Antabuse;

disunify / d ɪ s j u n ɪ f aɪ /
v1
break up or separate;

- "The country is disunifying";

- "Yugoslavia broke apart after 1989";

- syn. break apart;

disunion / d ɪ s j u n ɪə n /
n1
the termination or destruction of union;

disunite / d ɪ s j u n aɪ t /
v1
part;

- cease or break association with;

- "She disassociated herself from the organization when she found out the identity of the president";

- syn. disassociate, disjoint, dissociate, divorce;

v2
force, take, or pull apart;

- "He separated the fighting children";

- "Moses parted the Red Sea";

- syn. divide, part, separate;

disunited / d ɪ s j u n aɪ t ɪ d /
a1
having been divided;

- having the unity destroyed;

- "Congress...gave the impression of...a confusing sum of disconnected local forces"-Samuel Lubell;

- "a league of disunited nations"- E.B.White;

- "a fragmented coalition";

- "a split group";

- syn. disconnected, fragmented, split;

- sim. divided;

disunity / d ɪ s j u n ɪ t i /
n1
lack of unity (usually resulting from dissension);

disuse / d ɪ s j u s , d ɪ s j u z /
n1
the state of something that has been unused and neglected;

- "the house was in a terrible state of neglect";

- syn. neglect;

disused / d ɪ s j u z d /
a1
no longer in use;

- "obsolete words";

- syn. obsolete;

- sim. noncurrent;

disyllabic / d ɪ s ɪ ɫ æ b ɪ k /
a1
having or characterized by or consisting of two syllables;

- sim. syllabic;

disyllable / d ɪ s ɪ ɫ ə b ɫ /
n1
a word having two syllables;

- syn. dissyllable;

dit
n1
the shorter of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code;

- syn. dot;

dita
n1
evergreen tree of eastern Asia and Philippines having large leathery leaves and small green-white flowers in compact cymes;

- bark formerly used medicinally;

- syn. Alstonia scholaris, devil tree, dita bark;

dita bark
n1
evergreen tree of eastern Asia and Philippines having large leathery leaves and small green-white flowers in compact cymes;

- bark formerly used medicinally;

- syn. Alstonia scholaris, devil tree, dita;

ditch / d ɪ tʃ /
n1
a long narrow excavation in the earth;

n2
any small natural waterway;

v1
forsake;

- "ditch a lover";

v2
throw away;

- "Chuck these old notes";

- syn. chuck;

v3
sever all ties with, usually unceremoniously or irresponsibly;

- "The company dumped him after many years of service";

- "She dumped her boyfriend when she fell in love with a rich man";

- syn. dump;

v4
make an emergency landing on water;

v5
crash or crash-land;

- "ditch a car";

- "ditch a plane";

v6
cut a trench in, as for drainage;

- "ditch the land to drain it";

- "trench the fields";

- syn. trench;

ditch digger
n1
a laborer who digs ditches;

- syn. mud digger;

ditch fern
n1
large deeply rooted fern of worldwide distribution with upright bipinnate compound tufted fronds;

- syn. French bracken, Osmunda regalis, king fern, royal fern, royal osmund;

ditch reed
n1
tall North American reed having relative wide leaves and large plumelike panicles;

- widely distributed in moist areas;

- used for mats, screens and arrow shafts;

- syn. Phragmites communis, carrizo, common reed;

ditch spade
n1
a spade with a long handle for digging narrow ditches;

- syn. long-handled spade;

ditchmoss
n1
submerged freshwater perennials;

- syn. Elodea, genus Elodea, pondweed;

dither / d ɪ ð ə , d ɪ ð ə ɹ /
n1
an excited state of agitation;

- "he was in a dither";

- "there was a terrible flap about the theft";

- syn. flap, fuss, pother, tizzy;

v1
act nervously;

- be undecided;

- be uncertain;

v2
make a fuss;

- be agitated;

- syn. flap, pother;

dithered color
n1
a color produced by a pattern of differently colored dots that together simulate the desired color;

- syn. dithered colour, nonsolid color, nonsolid colour;

dithered colour
n1
a color produced by a pattern of differently colored dots that together simulate the desired color;

- syn. dithered color, nonsolid color, nonsolid colour;

dithering / d ɪ ð ə ɹ ɪ ŋ /
n1
the process of representing intermediate colors by patterns of tiny colored dots that simulate the desired color;

dithyramb / d ɪ θ ɪr æ m b /
n1
a wildly enthusiastic speech or piece of writing;

n2
(ancient Greece) a passionate hymn (usually in honor of Dionysus);

dithyrambic / d ɪ θ ɪr æ m b ɪ k /
a1
of or in the manner of a dithyramb;

dittany
n1
Eurasian perennial herb with white flowers that emit flammable vapor in hot weather;

- syn. Dictamnus alba, burning bush, fraxinella, gas plant;

dittany of crete
n1
dwarf aromatic shrub of Crete;

- syn. Origanum dictamnus, cretan dittany, crete dittany, hop marjoram, winter sweet;

ditto / d ɪ t oʊ /
n1
a mark used to indicate the word above it should be repeated;

- syn. ditto mark;

v1
repeat an action or statement;

- "The next speaker dittoed her argument";

ditto mark
n1
a mark used to indicate the word above it should be repeated;

- syn. ditto;

ditty / d ɪ t i /
n1
a short simple song (or the words of a poem intended to be sung);

ditty bag
n1
kit used by sailors and soldiers;

diuresis
n1
increased secretion of urine;

- if not due to increased liquid intake or to the action of a diuretic drug it can be a symptom of diabetes mellitus;

diuretic / d aɪ j ʊə ɹ ɛ t ɪ k /
n1
any substance that tends to increase the flow of urine, which causes the body to get rid of excess water;

- syn. diuretic drug, water pill;

diuretic drug
n1
any substance that tends to increase the flow of urine, which causes the body to get rid of excess water;

- syn. diuretic, water pill;

Diuril
n1
a diuretic drug (trade name Diuril) used in the treatment of edema and hypertension;

- syn. chlorothiazide;

diurnal / d aɪ ɝ n ə ɫ , d aɪ ɝ n ɫ /
a1
of or belonging to or active during the day;

- "diurnal animals are active during the day";

- "diurnal flowers are open during the day and closed at night";

- "diurnal and nocturnal offices";

a2
having a daily cycle or occurring every day;

- "diurnal rotation of the heavens";

- sim. periodic;

diurnal parallax
n1
the parallax of a celestial body using two points on the surface of the earth as the earth rotates;

- syn. geocentric parallax;

diurnal variation
n1
fluctuations that occur during each day;

diva / d i v ə /
n1
a distinguished female operatic singer;

- a female operatic star;

- syn. prima donna;

divagate / d aɪ v ə ɡ eɪ t /
v1
lose clarity or turn aside especially from the main subject of attention or course of argument in writing, thinking, or speaking;

- "She always digresses when telling a story";

- "her mind wanders";

- "Don't digress when you give a lecture";

- syn. digress, stray, wander;

divagation / d aɪ v ə ɡ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
a message that departs from the main subject;

- syn. aside, digression, excursus, parenthesis;

n2
a turning aside (of your course or attention or concern);

- "a diversion from the main highway";

- "a digression into irrelevant details";

- "a deflection from his goal";

- syn. deflection, deflexion, deviation, digression, diversion;

divalent / d aɪ v eɪ ɫ ə n t /
a1
having a valence of two or having two valences;

- syn. bivalent;

divan / d ɪ v æ n /
n1
a long backless sofa (usually with pillows against a wall);

n2
a Muslim council of state;

- syn. diwan;

n3
a collection of Persian or Arabic poems (usually by one author);

- syn. diwan;

n4
a Muslim council chamber or law court;

- syn. diwan;

divan bed
n1
an armless couch;

- a seat by day and a bed by night;

- syn. daybed;

divaricate / d aɪ v æ ɹ ɪ k eɪ t /
v1
branch off;

- "The road divaricates here";

v2
spread apart;

- "divaricate one's fingers";

divarication / d aɪ v æ ɹ ɪ k eɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
branching at a wide angle;

dive / d aɪ v /
n1
a cheap disreputable nightclub or dance hall;

- syn. honkytonk;

n2
a headlong plunge into water;

- syn. diving;

n3
a steep nose-down descent by an aircraft;

- syn. nose dive, nosedive;

v1
drop steeply;

- "the stock market plunged";

- syn. plunge, plunk;

v2
plunge into water;

- "I was afraid to dive from the board into the pool";

v3
swim under water;

- "the children enjoyed diving and looking for shells";

dive-bomb / d aɪ v b ɒ m /
v1
bomb from a diving airplane;

dive-bombing / d aɪ v b ɒ m ɪ ŋ /
n1
a bombing run in which the bomber releases the bomb while flying straight toward the target;

dive bomber
n1
a bomber that releases its bombs during a steep dive toward the target;

dive brake
n1
a small parachute or articulated flap to reduce the speed of an aircraft;

- syn. airbrake;

diver / d aɪ v ə , d aɪ v ə ɹ /
n1
someone who works underwater;

- syn. frogman, underwater diver;

n2
someone who dives (into water);

- syn. plunger;

n3
large somewhat primitive fish-eating diving bird of the northern hemisphere having webbed feet placed far back;

- related to the grebes;

- syn. loon;

diverge / d aɪ v ɝ dʒ /
v1
move or draw apart;

- "The two paths diverge here";

v2
have no limits as a mathematical series;

v3
extend in a different direction;

- "The lines start to diverge here";

- "Their interests diverged";

v4
be at variance with;

- be out of line with;

- syn. depart, deviate, vary;

divergence / d aɪ v ɝ dʒ ə n s /
n1
the act of moving away in different direction from a common point;

- "an angle is formed by the divergence of two straight lines";

- syn. divergency;

n2
a variation that deviates from the standard or norm;

- "the deviation from the mean";

- syn. departure, deviation, difference;

n3
an infinite series that has no limit;

- syn. divergency;

n4
a difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions;

- "a growing divergence of opinion";

- syn. disagreement, discrepancy, variance;

divergency / d aɪ v ɝ dʒ ə n s i /
n1
an infinite series that has no limit;

- syn. divergence;

n2
the act of moving away in different direction from a common point;

- "an angle is formed by the divergence of two straight lines";

- syn. divergence;

divergent / d aɪ v ɝ dʒ ə n t /
a1
diverging from another or from a standard;

- "a divergent opinion";

- sim. different;

a2
tending to move apart in different directions;

- syn. diverging;

- also oblique;

- sim. branching, radiating;

divergent strabismus
n1
strabismus in which one or both eyes are directed outward;

- syn. exotropia, walleye;

divergent thinker
n1
a thinker who moves away from the problem as stated and often has novel ideas and solutions;

divergent thinking
n1
thinking that moves away in diverging directions so as to involve a variety of aspects and which sometimes lead to novel ideas and solutions;

- associated with creativity;

- syn. out-of-the-box thinking;

diverging / d aɪ v ɝ dʒ ɪ ŋ /
a1
tending to move apart in different directions;

- syn. divergent;

- also oblique;

- sim. branching, radiating;

diverging lens
n1
a lens such that a parallel beam of light passing through it is caused to diverge or spread out;

- syn. concave lens;

divers / d aɪ v ə z , d aɪ v ɝ z /
a1
many and different;

- "tourist offices of divers nationalities";

- "a person of diverse talents";

- syn. diverse;

- sim. different;

diverse / d aɪ v ɝ s /
a1
many and different;

- "tourist offices of divers nationalities";

- "a person of diverse talents";

- syn. divers;

- sim. different;

a2
distinctly dissimilar or unlike;

- "celebrities as diverse as Bob Hope and Bob Dylan";

- "animals as various as the jaguar and the cavy and the sloth";

- syn. various;

- sim. different;

diversely / d aɪ v ɝ s ɫ i /
r1
in diverse ways;

- "the alternatives that are variously represented by the participants";

- "the speakers treated the subject most diversely";

- syn. multifariously, variously;

diverseness / d aɪ v ɝ s n ə s /
n1
noticeable heterogeneity;

- "a diversity of possibilities";

- "the range and variety of his work is amazing";

- syn. diversity, multifariousness, variety;

diversification / d aɪ v ɝ s ɪ f ɪ k eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the act of introducing variety (especially in investments or in the variety of goods and services offered);

- "my broker recommended a greater diversification of my investments";

- "he limited his losses by diversification of his product line";

- syn. variegation;

n2
the condition of being varied;

- "that restaurant's menu lacks diversification;

- every day it is the same";

diversified / d aɪ v ɝ s ɪ f aɪ d /
a1
having variety of character or form or components;

- or having increased variety;

- "a diversified musical program ranging from classical to modern";

- "diversified farming";

- "diversified manufacturing";

- "diversified scenery";

- "diversified investments";

- also heterogeneous, heterogenous;

- sim. varied;

diversify / d aɪ v ɝ s ɪ f aɪ /
v1
make (more) diverse;

- "diversify a course of study";

v2
spread into new habitats and produce variety or variegate;

- "The plants on this island diversified";

- syn. radiate;

v3
vary in order to spread risk or to expand;

- "The company diversified";

- syn. branch out, broaden;

diversion / d aɪ v ɝ ʃ n /
n1
an activity that diverts or amuses or stimulates;

- "scuba diving is provided as a diversion for tourists";

- "for recreation he wrote poetry and solved crossword puzzles";

- "drug abuse is often regarded as a form of recreation";

- syn. recreation;

n2
a turning aside (of your course or attention or concern);

- "a diversion from the main highway";

- "a digression into irrelevant details";

- "a deflection from his goal";

- syn. deflection, deflexion, deviation, digression, divagation;

n3
an attack calculated to draw enemy defense away from the point of the principal attack;

- syn. diversionary attack;

diversionary / d aɪ v ɝ ʃ ə n ə ɹ i /
a1
(of tactics e.g.) likely or designed to confuse or deceive;

- sim. indirect;

diversionary attack
n1
an attack calculated to draw enemy defense away from the point of the principal attack;

- syn. diversion;

diversionary landing
n1
an amphibious diversionary attack;

diversionist / d aɪ v ɝ ʃ ə n ɪ s t /
n1
someone who commits sabotage or deliberately causes wrecks;

- syn. saboteur, wrecker;

diversity / d aɪ v ɝ s ɪ t i /
n1
noticeable heterogeneity;

- "a diversity of possibilities";

- "the range and variety of his work is amazing";

- syn. diverseness, multifariousness, variety;

n2
the condition or result of being changeable;

divert / d aɪ v ɝ t /
v1
turn aside;

- turn away from;

- syn. deviate;

v2
send on a course or in a direction different from the planned or intended one;

v3
occupy in an agreeable, entertaining or pleasant fashion;

- "The play amused the ladies";

- syn. amuse, disport;

v4
withdraw (money) and move into a different location, often secretly and with dishonest intentions;

- syn. hive off;

diverted / d aɪ v ɝ t ɪ d /
a1
pleasantly occupied;

- "We are not amused" -Queen Victoria;

- syn. amused, entertained;

- sim. pleased;

diverticulitis / d aɪ v ɝ t ɪ k j ʊ ɫ aɪ t ɪ z /
n1
inflammation of a diverticulum in the digestive tract (especially the colon);

- characterized by painful abdominal cramping and fever and constipation;

diverticulosis / d aɪ v ɝ t ɪ k j ʊ ɫ oʊ s ɪ s /
n1
presence of multiple diverticula in the walls of the colon;

diverticulum / d aɪ v ɝ t ɪ k j ʊ ɫ ə m /
n1
a herniation through the muscular wall of a tubular organ (especially the colon);

divertimento
n1
a musical composition in several movements;

- has no fixed form;

- syn. serenade;

diverting / d aɪ v ɝ t ɪ ŋ /
a1
providing enjoyment;

- pleasantly entertaining;

- "an amusing speaker";

- "a diverting story";

- syn. amusing, amusive;

- sim. interesting;

divertingly / d aɪ v ɝ t ɪ ŋ ɫ i /
r1
in an entertaining and amusing manner;

- "Hollywood has grown too sophisticated to turn out anything really amusingly bad these days";

- syn. amusingly;

divest / d aɪ v ɛ s t /
v1
take away possessions from someone;

- "The Nazis stripped the Jews of all their assets";

- syn. deprive, strip;

v2
deprive of status or authority;

- "he was divested of his rights and his title";

- "They disinvested themselves of their rights";

- syn. disinvest;

v3
reduce or dispose of;

- cease to hold (an investment);

- "The company decided to divest";

- "the board of trustees divested $20 million in real estate property";

- "There was pressure on the university to disinvest in South Africa";

- syn. disinvest;

v4
remove (someone's or one's own) clothes;

- "The nurse quickly undressed the accident victim";

- "She divested herself of her outdoor clothes";

- "He disinvested himself of his garments";

- syn. disinvest, strip, undress;

divestiture / d aɪ v ɛ s t ɪ tʃ ə /
n1
an order to an offending party to rid itself of property;

- it has the purpose of depriving the defendant of the gains of wrongful behavior;

- "the court found divestiture to be necessary in preventing a monopoly";

n2
the sale by a company of a product line or a subsidiary or a division;

divi-divi
n1
twisted seed pods of the divi-divi tree;

- source of tannin;

n2
small thornless tree or shrub of tropical America whose seed pods are a source of tannin;

- syn. Caesalpinia coriaria;

dividable / d ɪ v aɪ d ə b ɫ /
a1
can be divided usually without leaving a remainder;

- "15 is dividable by 3";

- sim. divisible;

divide / d ɪ v aɪ d /
n1
a serious disagreement between two groups of people (typically producing tension or hostility);

n2
a ridge of land that separates two adjacent river systems;

- syn. water parting, watershed;

v1
separate into parts or portions;

- "divide the cake into three equal parts";

- "The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I";

- syn. carve up, dissever, separate, split, split up;

v2
perform a division;

- "Can you divide 49 by seven?";

- syn. fraction;

v3
act as a barrier between;

- stand between;

- "The mountain range divides the two countries";

- syn. separate;

v4
come apart;

- "The two pieces that we had glued separated";

- syn. part, separate;

v5
make a division or separation;

- syn. separate;

v6
force, take, or pull apart;

- "He separated the fighting children";

- "Moses parted the Red Sea";

- syn. disunite, part, separate;

divided / d ɪ v aɪ d ɪ d /
a1
separated into parts or pieces;

- "opinions are divided";

- also distributive, segregated, separate, unintegrated;

- sim. bicameral, bifid, bifurcate, bifurcated, bilocular, black-and-white, chambered, cleft, cloven, dichotomous, disconnected, disjointed, disjunct, episodic, four-pronged, many-chambered, metameric, mullioned, pentamerous, pronged, sectional, segmental, three-pronged, torn, trifid, two-pronged;

a2
having a median strip or island between lanes of traffic moving in opposite directions;

- "a divided highway";

- syn. dual-lane;

- sim. multilane;

a3
distributed in portions (often equal) on the basis of a plan or purpose;

- syn. divided up, shared, shared out;

- sim. distributed;

divided highway
n1
a highway divided down the middle by a barrier that separates traffic going in different directions;

- "in Britain they call a divided highway a dual carriageway";

- syn. dual carriageway;

divided up
a1
distributed in portions (often equal) on the basis of a plan or purpose;

- syn. divided, shared, shared out;

- sim. distributed;

dividend / d ɪ v ɪ d ɛ n d /
n1
that part of the earnings of a corporation that is distributed to its shareholders;

- usually paid quarterly;

n2
a number to be divided by another number;

n3
a bonus;

- something extra (especially a share of a surplus);

dividend warrant
n1
an order of payment (such as a check payable to a shareholder) in which a dividend is paid;

divider / d ɪ v aɪ d ə /
n1
a taxonomist who classifies organisms into many groups on the basis of relatively minor characteristics;

- syn. splitter;

n2
a person who separates something into parts or groups;

n3
a vertical structure that divides or separates (as a wall divides one room from another);

- syn. partition;

n4
a drafting instrument resembling a compass that is used for dividing lines into equal segments or for transferring measurements;

dividing line
n1
a conceptual separation or distinction;

- "there is a narrow line between sanity and insanity";

- syn. contrast, demarcation, line;

Divina Commedia
n1
a narrative epic poem written by Dante;

- syn. Divine Comedy;

divination / d ɪ v ɪ n eɪ ʃ n /
n1
successful conjecture by unusual insight or good luck;

n2
a prediction uttered under divine inspiration;

- syn. prophecy;

n3
the art or gift of prophecy (or the pretense of prophecy) by supernatural means;

- syn. foretelling, fortune telling, soothsaying;

divinatory
a1
resembling or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy;

- "the high priest's divinatory pronouncement";

- "mantic powers";

- "a kind of sibylline book with ready and infallible answers to questions";

- syn. mantic, sibyllic, sibylline, vatic, vatical;

- sim. prophetic;

a2
based primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence;

- "theories about the extinction of dinosaurs are still highly conjectural";

- "the supposed reason for his absence";

- "suppositious reconstructions of dead languages";

- "hypothetical situation";

- syn. conjectural, hypothetic, hypothetical, supposed, suppositional, suppositious, supposititious;

- sim. theoretical;

Divine / d ɪ v aɪ n /
n1
terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God;

- syn. Almighty, Creator, God Almighty, Godhead, Jehovah, Lord, Maker;

n2
a clergyman or other person in religious orders;

- syn. churchman, cleric, ecclesiastic;

v1
perceive intuitively or through some inexplicable perceptive powers;

v2
search by divining, as if with a rod;

- "He claimed he could divine underground water";

a1
emanating from God;

- "divine judgment";

- "divine guidance";

- "everything is black or white...satanic or godly"-Saturday Review;

- syn. godly;

- sim. heavenly;

a2
resulting from divine providence;

- "providential care";

- "a providential visitation";

- syn. providential;

- sim. heavenly;

a3
being or having the nature of a god;

- "the custom of killing the divine king upon any serious failure of his...powers"-J.G.Frazier;

- "the divine will";

- "the divine capacity for love";

- "'Tis wise to learn;

- 'tis God-like to create"-J.G.Saxe;

- syn. godlike;

- sim. heavenly;

a4
devoted to or in the service or worship of a deity;

- "divine worship";

- "divine liturgy";

- sim. sacred;

a5
appropriate to or befitting a god;

- "the divine strength of Achilles";

- "a man of godlike sagacity";

- "man must play God for he has acquired certain godlike powers"-R.H.Roveref;

- syn. godlike;

- sim. superhuman;

a6
being of such surpassing excellence as to suggest inspiration by the gods;

- "her pies were simply divine";

- "the divine Shakespeare";

- "an elysian meal";

- "an inspired performance";

- syn. elysian, inspired;

- sim. glorious;

Divine Comedy
n1
a narrative epic poem written by Dante;

- syn. Divina Commedia;

divine guidance
n1
(theology) a special influence of a divinity on the minds of human beings;

- "they believe that the books of Scripture were written under divine guidance";

- syn. inspiration;

divine law
n1
a law that is believed to come directly from God;

divine messenger
n1
a messenger from God;

- "angel of death";

Divine Office
n1
canonical prayers recited daily by priests (e.g. the breviary of the Roman Catholic Church);

divine revelation
n1
communication of knowledge to man by a divine or supernatural agency;

- syn. revelation;

divine right
n1
the doctrine that kings derive their right to rule directly from God and are not accountable to their subjects;

- rebellion is the worst of political crimes;

- "the doctrine of the divine right of kings was enunciated by the Stuarts in Britain in the 16th century";

- syn. divine right of kings;

divine right of kings
n1
the doctrine that kings derive their right to rule directly from God and are not accountable to their subjects;

- rebellion is the worst of political crimes;

- "the doctrine of the divine right of kings was enunciated by the Stuarts in Britain in the 16th century";

- syn. divine right;

divine service
n1
the act of public worship following prescribed rules;

- "the Sunday service";

- syn. religious service, service;

Divine Unity
n1
an Islamic terrorist cell that originated in Jordan but operates in Germany;

- goal is to attack Europe and Russia with chemical weapons;

- syn. Al Tawhid, al-Tawhid;

divinely / d ɪ v aɪ n ɫ i /
r1
by divine means;

- "the divinely appointed means of rescue from temporal existence";

diviner / d ɪ v aɪ n ə , d ɪ v aɪ n ə ɹ /
n1
someone who claims to discover hidden knowledge with the aid of supernatural powers;

diving / d aɪ v ɪ ŋ /
n1
an athletic competition that involves diving into water;

- syn. diving event;

n2
a headlong plunge into water;

- syn. dive;

diving bell
n1
diving apparatus for underwater work;

- has an open bottom and is supplied with compressed air;

diving board
n1
a springboard from which swimmers can dive;

diving dress
n1
a weighted and hermetically sealed garment supplied with air;

- worn by underwater divers;

- syn. diving suit;

diving duck
n1
any of various ducks of especially bays and estuaries that dive for their food;

diving event
n1
an athletic competition that involves diving into water;

- syn. diving;

diving petrel
n1
any of several small diving birds of southern hemisphere seas;

- somewhat resemble auks;

diving suit
n1
a weighted and hermetically sealed garment supplied with air;

- worn by underwater divers;

- syn. diving dress;

divining rod
n1
forked stick that is said to dip down to indicate underground water or oil;

- syn. dowser, dowsing rod, water finder, waterfinder;

divinity / d ɪ v ɪ n ɪ t i /
n1
any supernatural being worshipped as controlling some part of the world or some aspect of life or who is the personification of a force;

- syn. deity, god, immortal;

n2
the quality of being divine;

- "ancient Egyptians believed in the divinity of the Pharaohs";

n3
white creamy fudge made with egg whites;

- syn. divinity fudge;

n4
the rational and systematic study of religion and its influences and of the nature of religious truth;

- syn. theology;

divinity fudge
n1
white creamy fudge made with egg whites;

- syn. divinity;

divinyl ether
n1
a colorless volatile highly flammable liquid formerly used as an inhalation anesthetic;

- syn. diethyl ether, ether, ethoxyethane, ethyl ether, vinyl ether;

divisibility / d ɪ v ɪ z ɪ b ɪ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
the quality of being divisible;

- the capacity to be divided into parts or divided among a number of persons;

divisible / d ɪ v ɪ z ə b ɫ /
a1
capable of being or liable to be divided or separated;

- "even numbers are divisible by two";

- "the Americans fought a bloody war to prove that their nation is not divisible";

- sim. cleavable, dissociable, dissociative, dividable, partible;

division / d ɪ v ɪ ʒ n /
n1
an army unit large enough to sustain combat;

- "two infantry divisions were held in reserve";

n2
one of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a whole;

- "the written part of the exam";

- "the finance section of the company";

- "the BBC's engineering division";

- syn. part, section;

n3
the act or process of dividing;

n4
an administrative unit in government or business;

n5
discord that splits a group;

- syn. variance;

n6
a league ranked by quality;

- "he played baseball in class D for two years";

- "Princeton is in the NCAA Division 1-AA";

- syn. class;

n7
(biology) a group of organisms forming a subdivision of a larger category;

n8
(botany) taxonomic unit of plants corresponding to a phylum;

n9
a unit of the United States Air Force usually comprising two or more wings;

- syn. air division;

n10
a group of ships of similar type;

- syn. naval division;

n11
an arithmetic operation that is the inverse of multiplication;

- the quotient of two numbers is computed;

n12
the act of dividing or partitioning;

- separation by the creation of a boundary that divides or keeps apart;

- syn. partition, partitioning, sectionalisation, sectionalization, segmentation;

division Anthophyta
n1
comprising flowering plants that produce seeds enclosed in an ovary;

- in some systems considered a class (Angiospermae) and in others a division (Magnoliophyta or Anthophyta);

- syn. Angiospermae, Anthophyta, Magnoliophyta, class Angiospermae, division Magnoliophyta;

division Archaebacteria
n1
in some classifications considered a kingdom;

division Bryophyta
n1
a division of nonflowering plants characterized by rhizoids rather than true roots and having little or no organized vascular tissue and showing alternation of generations between gamete-bearing forms and spore-bearing forms;

- comprises true mosses (Bryopsida) and liverworts (Hepaticopsida) and hornworts (Anthoceropsida);

- syn. Bryophyta;

division Chlorophyta
n1
large division of chiefly freshwater eukaryotic algae that possess chlorophyll a and b, store food as starch, and cellulose cell walls;

- classes Chlorophyceae, Ulvophyceae, and Charophyceae;

- obviously ancestral to land plants;

- syn. Chlorophyta;

division Chrysophyta
n1
mostly freshwater eukaryotic algae having the chlorophyll masked by brown or yellow pigment;

- yellow-green and golden-brown algae and diatoms: Xanthophyceae, Chrysophyceae, Bacillariophyceae;

- some classification systems superseded or subsumed by Heterokontophyta;

- syn. Chrysophyta;

division Cyanophyta
n1
prokaryotic organisms sometimes considered a class or phylum or subkingdom;

- coextensive with the Cyanophyceae: cyanobacteria (blue-green algae);

- syn. Cyanophyta;

division Cynodontia
n1
a division of the order Therapsida from the Triassic period comprising small carnivorous tetrapod reptiles often with mammal-like teeth;

- syn. Cynodontia;

division Dicynodontia
n1
a division of Therapsida;

- syn. Dicynodontia;

division Eubacteria
n1
one-celled monerans having simple cells with rigid walls and (in motile types) flagella;

division Euglenophyta
n1
free-swimming flagellate algae;

- syn. Euglenophyta;

division Eumycota
n1
true fungi;

- eukaryotic heterotrophic walled organisms;

- distinguished from Myxomycota (funguslike slime molds): comprises subdivisions Mastigomycotina;

- Zygomycotina;

- Ascomycotina;

- Basidiomycotina;

- Deuteromycotina (imperfect fungi);

- syn. Eumycota;

division Gymnomycota
n1
slime molds;

- organisms having a noncellular and multinucleate creeping vegetative phase and a propagative spore-producing stage: comprises Myxomycetes and Acrasiomycetes;

- in some classifications placed in the kingdom Protoctista;

- syn. Gymnomycota, Myxomycota, division Myxomycota;

division Gymnospermophyta
n1
plants having naked seeds not enclosed in an ovary;

- in some systems considered a class (Gymnospermae) and in others a division (Gymnospermophyta);

- comprises three subdivisions (or classes): Cycadophytina (class Cycadopsida) and Gnetophytina (class Gnetopsida) and Coniferophytina (class Coniferopsida);

- in some classifications the Coniferophytina are divided into three groups: Pinophytina (class Pinopsida) and Ginkgophytina (class Ginkgopsida) and Taxophytina (class Taxopsida);

- syn. Gymnospermae, Gymnospermophyta, class Gymnospermae;

division Heterokontophyta
n1
algae having chlorophyll a and usually c, and flagella of unequal lengths;

- terminology supersedes Chrysophyta in some classifications;

- syn. Heterokontophyta;

division Lichenes
n1
comprising the lichens which grow symbiotically with algae;

- sometimes treated as an independent group more or less coordinate with algae and fungi;

- syn. Lichenes;

division Magnoliophyta
n1
comprising flowering plants that produce seeds enclosed in an ovary;

- in some systems considered a class (Angiospermae) and in others a division (Magnoliophyta or Anthophyta);

- syn. Angiospermae, Anthophyta, Magnoliophyta, class Angiospermae, division Anthophyta;

division Myxomycota
n1
slime molds;

- organisms having a noncellular and multinucleate creeping vegetative phase and a propagative spore-producing stage: comprises Myxomycetes and Acrasiomycetes;

- in some classifications placed in the kingdom Protoctista;

- syn. Gymnomycota, Myxomycota, division Gymnomycota;

division Phaeophyta
n1
coextensive with class Phaeophyceae;

- in some classifications subsumed in the division Heterokontophyta;

- syn. Phaeophyta;

division Protista
n1
eukaryotic one-celled living organisms distinct from multicellular plants and animals: protozoa, slime molds, and eukaryotic algae;

- syn. Protista;

division Pteridophyta
n1
containing all the vascular plants that do not bear seeds: ferns, horsetails, club mosses, and whisk ferns;

- in some classifications considered a subdivision of Tracheophyta;

- syn. Pteridophyta;

division Rhodophyta
n1
lower plants;

- mostly marine and littoral eukaryotic algae;

- syn. Rhodophyta;

division Schizophyta
n1
former term for the Cyanophyta;

- syn. Schizophyta;

division Spermatophyta
n1
seed plants;

- comprises the Angiospermae (or Magnoliophyta) and Gymnospermae (or Gymnospermophyta);

- in some classification systems Spermatophyta is coordinate with Pteridophyta (spore producing plants having vascular tissue and roots) and Bryophyta (spore producing plants lacking vascular tissue and roots);

- syn. Spermatophyta;

division Tracheophyta
n1
in former classifications: comprising plants with a vascular system including ferns and fern allies as well as seed plants;

- syn. Tracheophyta;

divisional / d ɪ v ɪ ʒ ə n ə ɫ , d ɪ v ɪ ʒ ə n ɫ /
a1
of or relating to a military division;

- "divisional artillery";

a2
serving to divide or marking a division;

- "the divisional line between two states";

- sim. disjunctive;

a3
constituting a division or an aliquot part of the basic monetary unit;

- "American divisional (fractional) coins include the dime and the nickel";

- "fractional currency is currency in denominations less than the basic monetary unit";

- sim. fractional;

divisive / d ɪ v aɪ s ɪ v /
a1
dissenting (especially dissenting with the majority opinion);

- syn. dissentious, factious;

- sim. discordant;

divisor / d ɪ v aɪ z ə , d ɪ v aɪ z ə ɹ /
n1
one of two or more integers that can be exactly divided into another integer;

- "what are the 4 factors of 6?";

- syn. factor;

n2
the number by which a dividend is divided;

divorce / d ɪ v ɔ s /
n1
the legal dissolution of a marriage;

- syn. divorcement;

v1
part;

- cease or break association with;

- "She disassociated herself from the organization when she found out the identity of the president";

- syn. disassociate, disjoint, dissociate, disunite;

v2
get a divorce;

- formally terminate a marriage;

- "The couple divorced after only 6 months";

- syn. split up;

divorce court
n1
a court having jurisdiction over the termination of marriage contracts;

divorce lawyer
n1
a lawyer specializing in actions for divorce or annulment;

divorced / d ɪ v ɔ s t /
a1
of someone whose marriage has been legally dissolved;

- sim. unmarried;

divorced man
n1
a man who is divorced from (or separated from) his wife;

- syn. grass widower;

divorcee / d ɪ v ɔ s i /
n1
a divorced woman or a woman who is separated from her husband;

- syn. grass widow;

divorcement / d ɪ v ɔ s m ə n t /
n1
the legal dissolution of a marriage;

- syn. divorce;

divot / d ɪ v ə t /
n1
(golf) the cavity left when a piece of turf is cut from the ground by the club head in making a stroke;

- "it was a good drive but the ball ended up in a divot";

n2
a piece of turf dug out of a lawn or fairway (by an animals hooves or a golf club);

divulge / d aɪ v ʌ ɫ dʒ /
v1
make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret;

- "The auction house would not disclose the price at which the van Gogh had sold";

- "The actress won't reveal how old she is";

- "bring out the truth";

- "he broke the news to her";

- "unwrap the evidence in the murder case";

- "The newspaper uncovered the President's illegal dealings";

- syn. break, bring out, disclose, discover, expose, give away, let on, let out, reveal, uncover, unwrap;

divulgement
n1
the act of disclosing something that was secret or private;

- syn. divulgence;

divulgence / d aɪ v ʌ ɫ dʒ ə n s /
n1
the act of disclosing something that was secret or private;

- syn. divulgement;

divvy / d ɪ v i /
n1
short for dividend;

- especially one paid by a cooperative society;

divvy up
v1
give out as one's portion or share;

- syn. apportion, deal, portion out, share;

diwan / d ɪ w ɑ n /
n1
a Muslim council of state;

- syn. divan;

n2
a collection of Persian or Arabic poems (usually by one author);

- syn. divan;

n3
a Muslim council chamber or law court;

- syn. divan;

Dix
n1
United States social reformer who pioneered in the reform of prisons and in the treatment of the mentally ill;

- superintended women army nurses during the American Civil War (1802-1887);

- syn. Dorothea Dix, Dorothea Lynde Dix;

Dixie / d ɪ k s i /
n1
the southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861;

- syn. Confederacy, Confederate States, Confederate States of America, Dixieland, South;

n2
a large metal pot (12 gallon camp kettle) for cooking;

- used in military camps;

Dixie cup
n1
a disposable cup made of paper;

- for holding drinks;

- syn. paper cup;

Dixiecrats
n1
a former political party in the United States;

- formed in 1948 by Democrats from southern states in order to oppose to the candidacy of Harry S Truman;

- syn. States' Rights Democratic Party;

Dixieland / d ɪ k s i ɫ æ n d /
n1
the southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861;

- syn. Confederacy, Confederate States, Confederate States of America, Dixie, South;

dizen / d aɪ z n /
v1
dress up garishly and tastelessly;

- syn. bedizen;

dizygotic
a1
derived from two separately fertilized eggs;

- "dizygotic twins";

- syn. dizygous;

dizygotic twin
n1
either of two twins who developed from two separate fertilized eggs;

- syn. fraternal twin;

dizygous
a1
derived from two separately fertilized eggs;

- "dizygotic twins";

- syn. dizygotic;

dizzily / d ɪ z ɪ ɫ i /
r1
in a giddy light-headed manner;

- "he walked around dizzily";

- syn. giddily, light-headedly;

dizziness / d ɪ z ɪ n ə s /
n1
a reeling sensation;

- a feeling that you are about to fall;

- syn. giddiness, lightheadedness, vertigo;

dizzy / d ɪ z i /
v1
make dizzy or giddy;

- "a dizzying pace";

a1
having or causing a whirling sensation;

- liable to falling;

- "had a dizzy spell";

- "a dizzy pinnacle";

- "had a headache and felt giddy";

- "a giddy precipice";

- "feeling woozy from the blow on his head";

- "a vertiginous climb up the face of the cliff";

- syn. giddy, vertiginous, woozy;

- sim. ill;

a2
lacking seriousness;

- given to frivolity;

- "a dizzy blonde";

- "light-headed teenagers";

- "silly giggles";

- syn. airheaded, empty-headed, featherbrained, giddy, light-headed, lightheaded, silly;

- sim. frivolous;

Dizzy Gillespie
n1
United States jazz trumpeter and exponent of bebop (1917-1993);

- syn. Gillespie, John Birks Gillespie;

DJ / d i dʒ eɪ /
n1
a person who announces and plays popular recorded music;

- syn. d.j., disc jockey, disk jockey;

v1
comment on music to be played;

- "He has a job disk-jockeying on the weekend";

- syn. disc-jockey, disk-jockey;

Djakarta
n1
capital and largest city of Indonesia;

- located on the island of Java;

- founded by the Dutch in 17th century;

- syn. Jakarta, capital of Indonesia;

Djanet
n1
a desert town in southeastern Algeria;

Djibouti / dʒ ɪ b u t i /
n1
port city on the Gulf of Aden;

- the capital and largest city of Djibouti;

- syn. capital of Djibouti;

n2
a country in northeastern Africa on the Somali peninsula;

- formerly under French control but became independent in 1997;

- syn. Afars and Issas, Republic of Djibouti;

Djibouti franc
n1
the basic unit of money in Djibouti;

Djiboutian / dʒ ɪ b u t ɪə n /
n1
a native or inhabitant of Djibouti;

a1
of or relating to Djibouti or its people or culture;

- "Djiboutian landscape";

- "Djiboutian merchants";

- "a Djiboutian storyteller";

djinn / dʒ ɪ n /
n1
(Islam) an invisible spirit mentioned in the Koran and believed by Muslims to inhabit the earth and influence mankind by appearing in the form of humans or animals;

- syn. djinni, djinny, genie, jinnee, jinni;

djinni
n1
(Islam) an invisible spirit mentioned in the Koran and believed by Muslims to inhabit the earth and influence mankind by appearing in the form of humans or animals;

- syn. djinn, djinny, genie, jinnee, jinni;

djinny
n1
(Islam) an invisible spirit mentioned in the Koran and believed by Muslims to inhabit the earth and influence mankind by appearing in the form of humans or animals;

- syn. djinn, djinni, genie, jinnee, jinni;

dkg
n1
10 grams;

- syn. dag, decagram, dekagram;

dkl
n1
a metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters;

- syn. dal, decaliter, decalitre, dekaliter, dekalitre;

dkm
n1
a metric unit of length equal to ten meters;

- syn. dam, decameter, decametre, dekameter, dekametre;

dl
n1
a metric unit of volume equal to one tenth of a liter;

- syn. deciliter, decilitre;

DLE
n1
a chronic skin disease occurring primarily in women between the ages of 20 and 40;

- characterized by an eruption of red lesions over the cheeks and bridge of the nose;

- syn. discoid lupus erythematosus;

DM
n1
diabetes caused by a relative or absolute deficiency of insulin and characterized by polyuria;

- "when doctors say `diabetes' they usually mean `diabetes mellitus'";

- syn. diabetes mellitus;

n2
a metric unit of length equal to one tenth of a meter;

- syn. decimeter, decimetre;

DMD
n1
a doctor's degree in dental medicine;

- syn. Doctor of Dental Medicine;

Dmitri Dmitrievich Shostakovich
n1
Russian composer best known for his fifteen symphonies (1906-1975);

- syn. Dmitri Shostakovich, Shostakovich;

Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleev
n1
Russian chemist who developed a periodic table of the chemical elements and predicted the discovery of several new elements (1834-1907);

- syn. Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleyev, Dmitri Mendeleev, Dmitri Mendeleyev, Mendeleev, Mendeleyev;

Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleyev
n1
Russian chemist who developed a periodic table of the chemical elements and predicted the discovery of several new elements (1834-1907);

- syn. Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleev, Dmitri Mendeleev, Dmitri Mendeleyev, Mendeleev, Mendeleyev;

Dmitri Mendeleev
n1
Russian chemist who developed a periodic table of the chemical elements and predicted the discovery of several new elements (1834-1907);

- syn. Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleev, Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleyev, Dmitri Mendeleyev, Mendeleev, Mendeleyev;

Dmitri Mendeleyev
n1
Russian chemist who developed a periodic table of the chemical elements and predicted the discovery of several new elements (1834-1907);

- syn. Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleev, Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleyev, Dmitri Mendeleev, Mendeleev, Mendeleyev;

Dmitri Shostakovich
n1
Russian composer best known for his fifteen symphonies (1906-1975);

- syn. Dmitri Dmitrievich Shostakovich, Shostakovich;

DMus
n1
a doctor's degree in music;

- syn. Doctor of Music, MusD;

DMZ
n1
a zone from which military forces or operations or installations are prohibited;

- "tensions exist on both sides of the demilitarized zone separating North Korea and South Korea";

- syn. demilitarized zone;

DNA / d i ɛ n eɪ /
n1
(biochemistry) a long linear polymer found in the nucleus of a cell and formed from nucleotides and shaped like a double helix;

- associated with the transmission of genetic information;

- "DNA is the king of molecules";

- syn. deoxyribonucleic acid, desoxyribonucleic acid;

DNA chip
n1
a microchip that holds DNA probes that form half of the DNA double helix and can recognize DNA from samples being tested;

- syn. gene chip;

DNA fingerprint
n1
biometric identification obtained by examining a person's unique sequence of DNA base pairs;

- often used for evidence in criminal law cases;

- syn. genetic fingerprint;

DNA polymerase
n1
the enzyme responsible for DNA replication;

Dneprodzerzhinsk
n1
port city and industrial center in east central Ukraine on the Dnieper River;

Dnieper
n1
a river that rises in Russia near Smolensk and flowing south through Belarus and Ukraine to empty into the Black Sea;

- syn. Dnieper River;

Dnieper River
n1
a river that rises in Russia near Smolensk and flowing south through Belarus and Ukraine to empty into the Black Sea;

- syn. Dnieper;

Dnipropetrovsk
n1
city in east central Ukraine on the Dnieper River;

- center of metallurgical industry;

- syn. Yekaterinoslav;

do / d u , d ɪ t oʊ /
n1
an uproarious party;

- syn. bash, brawl;

n2
the syllable naming the first (tonic) note of any major scale in solmization;

- syn. doh, ut;

n3
doctor's degree in osteopathy;

- syn. Doctor of Osteopathy;

v1
engage in;

- "make love, not war";

- "make an effort";

- "do research";

- "do nothing";

- "make revolution";

- syn. make;

v2
carry out or perform an action;

- "John did the painting, the weeding, and he cleaned out the gutters";

- "the skater executed a triple pirouette";

- "she did a little dance";

- syn. execute, perform;

v3
get (something) done;

- "I did my job";

- syn. perform;

v4
proceed or get along;

- "How is she doing in her new job?";

- "How are you making out in graduate school?";

- "He's come a long way";

- syn. come, fare, get along, make out;

v5
give rise to;

- cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally;

- "cause a commotion";

- "make a stir";

- "cause an accident";

- syn. cause, make;

v6
carry out or practice;

- as of jobs and professions;

- "practice law";

- syn. exercise, practice, practise;

v7
be sufficient;

- be adequate, either in quality or quantity;

- "A few words would answer";

- "This car suits my purpose well";

- "Will $100 do?";

- "A `B' grade doesn't suffice to get me into medical school";

- "Nothing else will serve";

- syn. answer, serve, suffice;

v8
create or design, often in a certain way;

- "Do my room in blue";

- "I did this piece in wood to express my love for the forest";

- syn. make;

v9
behave in a certain manner;

- show a certain behavior;

- conduct or comport oneself;

- "You should act like an adult";

- "Don't behave like a fool";

- "What makes her do this way?";

- "The dog acts ferocious, but he is really afraid of people";

- syn. act, behave;

v10
spend time in prison or in a labor camp;

- "He did six years for embezzlement";

- syn. serve;

v11
carry on or function;

- "We could do with a little more help around here";

- syn. manage;

v12
arrange attractively;

- "dress my hair for the wedding";

- syn. arrange, coif, coiffe, coiffure, dress, set;

v13
travel or traverse (a distance);

- "This car does 150 miles per hour";

- "We did 6 miles on our hike every day";

do-gooder / d u ɡ ʊ d ə , d u ɡ ʊ d ə ɹ /
n1
someone devoted to the promotion of human welfare and to social reforms;

- syn. humanitarian, improver;

do-it-yourself
a1
done by yourself;

- "their house was a do-it-yourself project";

- "he opened a do-it-yourself store";

- sim. homemade;

do-nothing
n1
person who does no work;

- "a lazy bum";

- syn. bum, idler, layabout, loafer;

a1
characterized by inability or unwillingness to work toward a goal or assume responsibility;

- "a do-nothing government";

- sim. irresponsible;

do-or-die
a1
desperately determined;

- "do-or-die revolutionaries";

- "a do-or-die conflict";

- syn. desperate;

- sim. resolute;

do-si-do
n1
a square-dance figure;

- two dancers approach each other and circle back to back before returning to their original places;

do a job on
v1
destroy completely or make ugly or useless;

- "The dog did a job on my pillow";

- "The seamstress did a job on my wedding gown";

do away with
v1
terminate, end, or take out;

- "Let's eliminate the course on Akkadian hieroglyphics";

- "Socialism extinguished these archaic customs";

- "eliminate my debts";

- syn. eliminate, extinguish, get rid of;

do by
v1
interact in a certain way;

- "Do right by her";

- "Treat him with caution, please";

- "Handle the press reporters gently";

- syn. handle, treat;

do drugs
v1
use recreational drugs;

- syn. drug;

do good
v1
be beneficial for;

- "This will do you good";

- syn. benefit;

do in
v1
get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing;

- "The mafia liquidated the informer";

- "the double agent was neutralized";

- syn. knock off, liquidate, neutralise, neutralize, waste;

do it
v1
have sexual intercourse with;

- "This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm";

- "Adam knew Eve";

- "Were you ever intimate with this man?";

- syn. bang, be intimate, bed, bonk, eff, fuck, get it on, get laid, have a go at it, have intercourse, have it away, have it off, have sex, hump, jazz, know, lie with, love, make love, make out, roll in the hay, screw, sleep together, sleep with;

do justice
v1
bring out fully or to advantage;

- "This photograph does not do her justice";

v2
show due and full appreciation;

- "The diners did the food and wine justice";

do one's best
v1
perform a task as well as possible;

- "The cast gives full measure every night";

- syn. give full measure, give one's best, go all out;

do the dishes
v1
wash dishes;

- "I cook and my husband washes up after dinner";

- syn. wash up;

do the honors
v1
act as the host and receive or introduce one's guests;

do up
v1
wrap for decorative purposes;

- "The gift was done up in pretty red paper";

v2
use special care in dressing, making-up, etc.;

- "She dolled herself up for the night out with her friends";

- syn. doll up, glam up, pretty up;

do well
v1
act in one's own or everybody's best interest;

- "You will do well to arrive on time tomorrow!";

- syn. had best;

do well by
v1
treat with respect and consideration;

- "children should do well by their parents";

do work
v1
be employed;

- "Is your husband working again?";

- "My wife never worked";

- "Do you want to work after the age of 60?";

- "She never did any work because she inherited a lot of money";

- "She works as a waitress to put herself through college";

- syn. work;

doable
a1
capable of existing or taking place or proving true;

- possible to do;

- syn. accomplishable, achievable, manageable, realizable;

- sim. possible;

dobbin / d ɒ b ɪ n /
n1
a quiet plodding workhorse;

- syn. farm horse;

Doberman
n1
medium large breed of dog of German origin with a glossy black and tan coat;

- used as a watchdog;

- syn. Doberman pinscher;

Doberman pinscher
n1
medium large breed of dog of German origin with a glossy black and tan coat;

- used as a watchdog;

- syn. Doberman;

dobra
n1
the basic unit of money on Sao Tome e Principe;

Dobrich
n1
a city in northeastern Bulgaria (north of Varna) that is the commercial center of an agricultural region;

- syn. Tolbukhin;

dobson
n1
large brown aquatic larva of the dobsonfly;

- used as fishing bait;

- syn. hellgrammiate;

n2
large soft-bodied insect having long slender mandibles in the male;

- aquatic larvae often used as bait;

- syn. Corydalus cornutus, dobson fly, dobsonfly;

dobson fly
n1
large soft-bodied insect having long slender mandibles in the male;

- aquatic larvae often used as bait;

- syn. Corydalus cornutus, dobson, dobsonfly;

dobsonfly
n1
large soft-bodied insect having long slender mandibles in the male;

- aquatic larvae often used as bait;

- syn. Corydalus cornutus, dobson, dobson fly;

doc
n1
a licensed medical practitioner;

- "I felt so bad I went to see my doctor";

- syn. Dr., MD, doctor, medico, physician;

n2
the United States federal department that promotes and administers domestic and foreign trade (including management of the census and the patent office);

- created in 1913;

- syn. Commerce, Commerce Department, Department of Commerce;

docent / d oʊ s ɛ n t /
n1
a teacher at some universities;

Docetism / d oʊ s i t ɪ z ə m /
n1
the heretical doctrine (associated with the Gnostics) that Jesus had no human body and his sufferings and death on the cross were apparent rather than real;

docile / d oʊ s aɪ ɫ /
a1
willing to be taught or led or supervised or directed;

- "the docile masses of an enslaved nation";

- also manipulable, obedient, tractable;

- sim. meek, sheeplike, yielding;

a2
ready and willing to be taught;

- "docile pupils eager for instruction";

- "teachable youngsters";

- syn. teachable;

- sim. tractable;

a3
easily handled or managed;

- "a gentle old horse, docile and obedient";

- syn. gentle;

- sim. tame;

docility / d oʊ s ɪ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
the trait of being agreeably submissive and manageable;

dock / d ɒ k /
n1
an enclosure in a court of law where the defendant sits during the trial;

n2
any of certain coarse weedy plants with long taproots, sometimes used as table greens or in folk medicine;

- syn. sorrel, sour grass;

n3
a platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles;

- provides access to ships and boats;

- syn. pier, wharf, wharfage;

n4
a platform where trucks or trains can be loaded or unloaded;

- syn. loading dock;

n5
landing in a harbor next to a pier where ships are loaded and unloaded or repaired;

- may have gates to let water in or out;

- "the ship arrived at the dock more than a day late";

- syn. dockage, docking facility;

n6
the solid bony part of the tail of an animal as distinguished from the hair;

n7
a short or shortened tail of certain animals;

- syn. bob, bobtail;

v1
come into dock;

- "the ship docked";

v2
deprive someone of benefits, as a penalty;

v3
deduct from someone's wages;

v4
remove or shorten the tail of an animal;

- syn. bob, tail;

v5
maneuver into a dock;

- "dock the ships";

dock-walloper
n1
a laborer who loads and unloads vessels in a port;

- syn. dock worker, docker, dockhand, dockworker, loader, longshoreman, lumper, stevedore;

dock worker
n1
a laborer who loads and unloads vessels in a port;

- syn. dock-walloper, docker, dockhand, dockworker, loader, longshoreman, lumper, stevedore;

dockage / d ɒ k ɪ dʒ /
n1
a fee charged for a vessel to use a dock;

- syn. docking fee;

n2
landing in a harbor next to a pier where ships are loaded and unloaded or repaired;

- may have gates to let water in or out;

- "the ship arrived at the dock more than a day late";

- syn. dock, docking facility;

n3
the act of securing an arriving vessel with ropes;

- syn. docking, moorage, tying up;

docker / d ɒ k ə , d ɒ k ə ɹ /
n1
a laborer who loads and unloads vessels in a port;

- syn. dock-walloper, dock worker, dockhand, dockworker, loader, longshoreman, lumper, stevedore;

docket / d ɒ k ɪ t /
n1
(law) the calendar of a court;

- the list of cases to be tried or a summary of the court's activities;

n2
a temporally organized plan for matters to be attended to;

- syn. agenda, schedule;

v1
place on the docket for legal action;

- "Only 5 of the 120 cases docketed were tried";

v2
make a summary or abstract of a legal document and inscribe it in a list;

dockhand / d ɒ k h æ n d /
n1
a laborer who loads and unloads vessels in a port;

- syn. dock-walloper, dock worker, docker, dockworker, loader, longshoreman, lumper, stevedore;

docking / d ɒ k ɪ ŋ /
n1
the act of securing an arriving vessel with ropes;

- syn. dockage, moorage, tying up;

docking facility
n1
landing in a harbor next to a pier where ships are loaded and unloaded or repaired;

- may have gates to let water in or out;

- "the ship arrived at the dock more than a day late";

- syn. dock, dockage;

docking fee
n1
a fee charged for a vessel to use a dock;

- syn. dockage;

dockside / d ɒ k s aɪ d /
n1
the region adjacent to a boat dock;

dockworker / d ɒ k w ɝ k ə /
n1
a laborer who loads and unloads vessels in a port;

- syn. dock-walloper, dock worker, docker, dockhand, loader, longshoreman, lumper, stevedore;

dockyard / d ɒ k j ɑ d /
n1
an establishment on the waterfront where vessels are built or fitted out or repaired;

docosahexaenoic acid
n1
an omega-3 fatty acid with 22 carbon atoms;

- found in fish (especially tuna and bluefish);

doctor / d ɒ k t ə , d ɒ k t ə ɹ /
n1
a licensed medical practitioner;

- "I felt so bad I went to see my doctor";

- syn. Dr., MD, doc, medico, physician;

n2
(Roman Catholic Church) a title conferred on 33 saints who distinguished themselves through the orthodoxy of their theological teaching;

- "the Doctors of the Church greatly influenced Christian thought down to the late Middle Ages";

- syn. Doctor of the Church;

n3
children take the roles of physician or patient or nurse and pretend they are at the physician's office;

- "the children explored each other's bodies by playing the game of doctor";

n4
a person who holds Ph.D. degree (or the equivalent) from an academic institution;

- "she is a doctor of philosophy in physics";

- syn. Dr.;

v1
alter and make impure, as with the intention to deceive;

- "Sophisticate rose water with geraniol";

- syn. doctor up, sophisticate;

v2
give medical treatment to;

v3
restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken;

- "She repaired her TV set";

- "Repair my shoes please";

- syn. bushel, fix, furbish up, mend, repair, restore, touch on;

doctor's bill
n1
statement of charges for medical services;

- syn. medical bill;

doctor's degree
n1
one of the highest earned academic degrees conferred by a university;

- syn. doctorate;

doctor-fish
n1
surgeon fish of the West Indies;

- syn. Acanthurus chirurgus, doctorfish;

doctor-patient relation
n1
the responsibility of a physician to act in the best interests of the patient;

Doctor of Arts
n1
an honorary arts degree;

- syn. ArtsD;

n2
a doctor's degree with a special disciplinary focus;

- syn. D.A.;

Doctor of Dental Medicine
n1
a doctor's degree in dental medicine;

- syn. DMD;

Doctor of Dental Surgery
n1
a doctor's degree in dental surgery;

- syn. DDS;

Doctor of Divinity
n1
a doctor's degree in religion;

- syn. DD;

Doctor of Education
n1
a doctor's degree in education;

- syn. DEd, EdD;

Doctor of Fine Arts
n1
an honorary degree in fine arts;

Doctor of Humane Letters
n1
an honorary degree in letters;

Doctor of Humanities
n1
an honorary degree in the humanities;

Doctor of Laws
n1
an honorary law degree;

- syn. LLD;

Doctor of Medicine
n1
a doctor's degree in medicine;

- syn. MD;

Doctor of Music
n1
a doctor's degree in music;

- syn. DMus, MusD;

Doctor of Musical Arts
n1
a doctor's degree in musical arts;

- syn. AMusD;

Doctor of Optometry
n1
a doctor's degree in optometry;

- syn. OD;

Doctor of Osteopathy
n1
doctor's degree in osteopathy;

- syn. DO;

Doctor of Philosophy
n1
a doctorate awarded for original contributions to knowledge;

Doctor of Public Health
n1
a doctor's degree in preventive medicine;

- syn. DPH;

Doctor of Sacred Theology
n1
a doctor's degree in theology;

- "STD is from the Latin Sanctae Theologiae Doctor";

- syn. STD;

Doctor of Science
n1
an honorary degree in science;

- syn. DS, ScD;

Doctor of the Church
n1
(Roman Catholic Church) a title conferred on 33 saints who distinguished themselves through the orthodoxy of their theological teaching;

- "the Doctors of the Church greatly influenced Christian thought down to the late Middle Ages";

- syn. Doctor;

Doctor of Theology
n1
a doctor's degree in theology;

- syn. ThD;

doctor up
v1
alter and make impure, as with the intention to deceive;

- "Sophisticate rose water with geraniol";

- syn. doctor, sophisticate;

doctoral / d ɒ k t ə ɹ ə ɫ /
a1
of or relating to a doctor or doctorate;

- "doctoral dissertation";

- "doctorial candidates";

- syn. doctorial;

doctorate / d ɒ k t ə ɹ ə t /
n1
one of the highest earned academic degrees conferred by a university;

- syn. doctor's degree;

doctorfish
n1
surgeon fish of the West Indies;

- syn. Acanthurus chirurgus, doctor-fish;

doctorial / d ɒ k t ɔ ɹ ɪə ɫ /
a1
of or relating to a doctor or doctorate;

- "doctoral dissertation";

- "doctorial candidates";

- syn. doctoral;

Doctorow
n1
United States novelist (born in 1931);

- syn. E. L. Doctorow, Edgard Lawrence Doctorow;

doctorspeak
n1
medical jargon;

doctrinaire / d ɒ k t ɹ ɪ n eə , d ɒ k t ɹ ɪ n eə ɹ /
n1
a stubborn person of arbitrary or arrogant opinions;

- syn. dogmatist;

a1
stubbornly insistent on theory without regard for practicality or suitability;

- sim. instructive;

doctrinal / d ɒ k t ɹ aɪ n ɫ /
a1
relating to or involving or preoccupied with doctrine;

- "quibbling over doctrinal minutiae";

doctrinally / d ɒ k t ɹ ɪ n æ ɫ aɪ /
r1
as a matter of doctrine;

doctrine / d ɒ k t ɹ ɪ n /
n1
a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school;

- syn. ism, philosophical system, philosophy, school of thought;

doctrine of analogy
n1
the religious belief that between creature and creator no similarity can be found so great but that the dissimilarity is always greater;

- any analogy between God and humans will always be inadequate;

- syn. analogy;

docudrama
n1
a film or TV program presenting the facts about a person or event;

- syn. documentary, documentary film, infotainment;

document / d ɒ k j ʊ m ə n t , d ɒ k j ʊ m ɛ n t /
n1
writing that provides information (especially information of an official nature);

- syn. papers, written document;

n2
anything serving as a representation of a person's thinking by means of symbolic marks;

n3
a written account of ownership or obligation;

n4
(computer science) a computer file that contains text (and possibly formatting instructions) using seven-bit ASCII characters;

- syn. text file;

v1
record in detail;

- "The parents documented every step of their child's development";

v2
support or supply with references;

- "Can you document your claims?";

documental / d ɒ k j ʊ m ɛ n t ɫ /
a1
relating to or consisting of or derived from documents;

- syn. documentary;

documentary / d ɒ k j ʊ m ɛ n t ə ɹ i /
n1
a film or TV program presenting the facts about a person or event;

- syn. docudrama, documentary film, infotainment;

a1
relating to or consisting of or derived from documents;

- syn. documental;

a2
(of film, television, radio, or photography) depicting a real-life event using images or interviews with people involved in the event;

- sim. real;

documentary film
n1
a film or TV program presenting the facts about a person or event;

- syn. docudrama, documentary, infotainment;

documentation / d ɒ k j ʊ m ɛ n t eɪ ʃ n /
n1
confirmation that some fact or statement is true through the use of documentary evidence;

- syn. certification, corroboration;

n2
program listings or technical manuals describing the operation and use of programs;

- syn. software documentation;

n3
documentary validation;

- "his documentation of the results was excellent";

- "the strongest support for this view is the work of Jones";

- syn. support;

documented / d ɒ k j ʊ m ɛ n t ɪ d /
a1
furnished with or supported by documents;

- "the first documented case of shark attack in those waters";

- sim. referenced, registered;

a2
established as genuine;

- syn. attested, authenticated;

- sim. genuine;

DoD
n1
the federal department responsible for safeguarding national security of the United States;

- created in 1947;

- syn. Defense, Defense Department, Department of Defense, United States Department of Defense;

dodder / d ɒ d ə , d ɒ d ə ɹ /
n1
a leafless annual parasitic vine of the genus Cuscuta having whitish or yellow filamentous stems;

- obtain nourishment through haustoria;

v1
walk unsteadily;

- "small children toddle";

- syn. coggle, paddle, toddle, totter, waddle;

dodderer / d ɒ d ə ɹ ə , d ɒ d ə ɹ ə ɹ /
n1
one who dodders from old age and weakness;

doddering / d ɒ d ə ɹ ɪ ŋ /
a1
mentally or physically infirm with age;

- "his mother was doddering and frail";

- syn. doddery, gaga, senile;

- sim. old;

doddery / d ɒ d ə ɹ i /
a1
mentally or physically infirm with age;

- "his mother was doddering and frail";

- syn. doddering, gaga, senile;

- sim. old;

doddle
n1
an easy task;

dodecagon / d oʊ d ɛ k ə ɡ ə n /
n1
a twelve-sided polygon;

dodecahedron / d oʊ d ɪ k ə h ɛ d ɹ ə n /
n1
any polyhedron having twelve plane faces;

Dodecanese
n1
a group of islands in the southeast Aegean Sea;

- syn. Dhodhekanisos;

dodecanoic acid
n1
a crystalline fatty acid occurring as glycerides in natural fats and oils (especially coconut oil and palm-kernel oil);

- syn. lauric acid;

dodge / d ɒ dʒ /
n1
an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade;

- "his testimony was just a contrivance to throw us off the track";

- syn. contrivance, stratagem;

n2
a quick evasive movement;

n3
a statement that evades the question by cleverness or trickery;

- syn. dodging, scheme;

v1
make a sudden movement in a new direction so as to avoid;

- "The child dodged the teacher's blow";

v2
move to and fro or from place to place usually in an irregular course;

- "the pickpocket dodged through the crowd";

v3
avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues);

- "He dodged the issue";

- "she skirted the problem";

- "They tend to evade their responsibilities";

- "he evaded the questions skillfully";

- syn. circumvent, duck, elude, evade, fudge, hedge, parry, put off, sidestep, skirt;

Dodge City
n1
a town of southwestern Kansas on the Arkansas River;

- formerly a rowdy cow town;

Dodgem / d ɒ dʒ ə m /
n1
a small low-powered electrically powered vehicle driven on a special platform where there are many others to be dodged;

- syn. bumper car;

dodger / d ɒ dʒ ə , d ɒ dʒ ə ɹ /
n1
a shifty deceptive person;

- syn. fox, slyboots;

n2
small oval cake of corn bread baked or fried (chiefly southern);

- syn. corn dab, corn dodger;

dodging / d ɒ dʒ ɪ ŋ /
n1
nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do;

- "his evasion of his clear duty was reprehensible";

- "that escape from the consequences is possible but unattractive";

- syn. escape, evasion;

n2
a statement that evades the question by cleverness or trickery;

- syn. dodge, scheme;

n3
deliberately avoiding;

- keeping away from or preventing from happening;

- syn. avoidance, shunning, turning away;

Dodgson
n1
English author;

- Charles Dodgson was an Oxford don of mathematics who is remembered for the children's stories he wrote under the pen name Lewis Carroll (1832-1898);

- syn. Carroll, Charles Dodgson, Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, Lewis Carroll, Reverend Dodgson;

dodgy / d ɒ dʒ i /
a1
of uncertain outcome;

- especially fraught with risk;

- "an extremely dicey future on a brave new world of liquid nitrogen, tar, and smog"- New Yorker;

- syn. chanceful, chancy, dicey;

- sim. dangerous;

a2
marked by skill in deception;

- "cunning men often pass for wise";

- "deep political machinations";

- "a foxy scheme";

- "a slick evasive answer";

- "sly as a fox";

- "tricky Dick";

- "a wily old attorney";

- syn. crafty, cunning, foxy, guileful, knavish, slick, sly, tricksy, tricky, wily;

- sim. artful;

dodo / d oʊ d oʊ /
n1
someone whose style is out of fashion;

- syn. fogey, fogy, fossil;

n2
extinct heavy flightless bird of Mauritius related to pigeons;

- syn. Raphus cucullatus;

Dodoma
n1
a city in the center of Tanzania that has been designated as the future capital;

Dodonaea
n1
a genus of tropical shrub or tree;

- syn. genus Dodonaea;

DOE / d i oʊ i , d oʊ /
n1
the federal department responsible for maintaining a national energy policy of the United States;

- created in 1977;

- syn. Department of Energy, Energy, Energy Department;

n2
mature female of mammals of which the male is called `buck';

DOEI
n1
an agency that collects political and economic and technical information about energy matters and makes the Department of Energy's technical and analytical expertise available to other members of the Intelligence Community;

- syn. Department of Energy Intelligence;

doer / d u ə , d u ə ɹ /
n1
a person who acts and gets things done;

- "he's a principal actor in this affair";

- "when you want something done get a doer";

- "he's a miracle worker";

- syn. actor, worker;

doeskin / d oʊ s k ɪ n /
n1
soft leather from deerskin or lambskin;

n2
a fine smooth soft woolen fabric;

doff / d ɒ f /
v1
remove;

- "He doffed his hat";

dog / d ɒ ɡ /
n1
a member of the genus Canis (probably descended from the common wolf) that has been domesticated by man since prehistoric times;

- occurs in many breeds;

- "the dog barked all night";

- syn. Canis familiaris, domestic dog;

n2
a dull unattractive unpleasant girl or woman;

- "she got a reputation as a frump";

- "she's a real dog";

- syn. frump;

n3
informal term for a man;

- "you lucky dog";

n4
someone who is morally reprehensible;

- "you dirty dog";

- syn. blackguard, bounder, cad, heel, hound;

n5
a smooth-textured sausage of minced beef or pork usually smoked;

- often served on a bread roll;

- syn. frank, frankfurter, hot dog, hotdog, weenie, wiener, wienerwurst;

n6
a hinged catch that fits into a notch of a ratchet to move a wheel forward or prevent it from moving backward;

- syn. click, detent, pawl;

n7
metal supports for logs in a fireplace;

- "the andirons were too hot to touch";

- syn. andiron, dog-iron, firedog;

v1
go after with the intent to catch;

- "The policeman chased the mugger down the alley";

- "the dog chased the rabbit";

- syn. chase, chase after, give chase, go after, tag, tail, track, trail;

dog's-tooth check
n1
textile with a pattern of small broken or jagged checks;

- syn. dogs-tooth check, dogstooth check, hound's-tooth check, houndstooth check;

dog's-tooth violet
n1
perennial woodland spring-flowering plant;

- widely cultivated;

- syn. dogtooth, dogtooth violet;

dog's breakfast
n1
a poor job;

- a mess;

- "they made a real dog's breakfast of that job";

- syn. dog's dinner;

dog's dinner
n1
a poor job;

- a mess;

- "they made a real dog's breakfast of that job";

- syn. dog's breakfast;

dog's mercury
n1
European perennial weedy plant with greenish flowers;

- syn. Mercurialis perennis, dog mercury;

dog-day cicada
n1
its distinctive song is heard during July and August;

- syn. harvest fly;

dog-ear
n1
a corner of a page turned down to mark your place;

dog-eared / d ɒ ɡ ɪə d /
a1
worn or shabby from overuse or (of pages) from having corners turned down;

- "a somewhat dog-eared duke...a bit run down"-Clifton Fadiman;

- "an old book with dog-eared pages";

- syn. eared;

- sim. worn;

dog-iron
n1
metal supports for logs in a fireplace;

- "the andirons were too hot to touch";

- syn. andiron, dog, firedog;

dog-sized
a1
having the approximate size of an average dog;

- sim. sized;

dog-tired
a1
drained of energy or effectiveness;

- extremely tired;

- completely exhausted;

- "the day's shopping left her exhausted";

- "he went to bed dog-tired";

- "was fagged and sweaty";

- "the trembling of his played out limbs";

- "felt completely washed-out";

- "only worn-out horses and cattle";

- "you look worn out";

- syn. exhausted, fagged, fatigued, gone, played out, spent, washed-out, worn-out, worn out;

- sim. tired;

dog bent
n1
common grass with slender stems and narrow leaves;

- syn. Agrostis canina, Rhode Island bent, brown bent, velvet bent, velvet bent grass;

dog biscuit
n1
a hard biscuit for dogs;

dog bite
n1
a bite inflicted by a dog;

dog breeding
n1
breeding dogs;

dog catcher
n1
an employee of a municipal pound who is hired to round up stray dogs and cats;

dog collar
n1
a collar for a dog;

n2
a stiff white collar with no opening in the front;

- a distinctive symbol of the clergy;

- syn. Roman collar, clerical collar;

n3
necklace that fits tightly around a woman's neck;

- syn. choker, collar, neckband;

dog days
n1
the hot period between early July and early September;

- a period of inactivity;

- syn. canicular days, canicule;

dog do
n1
fecal droppings from a dog;

- syn. dog shit, dog turd, doggy do;

dog fennel
n1
weedy plant of southeastern United States having divided leaves and long clusters of greenish flowers;

- syn. Eupatorium capillifolium;

n2
widespread rank-smelling weed having white-rayed flower heads with yellow discs;

- syn. Anthemis cotula, mayweed, stinking chamomile, stinking mayweed;

dog flea
n1
flea that attacks dogs and cats;

- syn. Ctenocephalides canis;

dog food
n1
food prepared for dogs;

dog grass
n1
European grass spreading rapidly by creeping rhizomes;

- naturalized in North America as a weed;

- syn. Agropyron repens, couch grass, quack grass, quackgrass, quick grass, witch grass, witchgrass;

dog hobble
n1
fast-growing evergreen shrub of southeastern United States having arching interlaced branches and racemes of white flowers;

- syn. Leucothoe editorum, Leucothoe fontanesiana, dog laurel, switch-ivy;

dog hook
n1
a stout lever with a sharp spike;

- used for handling logs;

- syn. cant dog, peavey, peavy;

dog house
n1
outbuilding that serves as a shelter for a dog;

- syn. doghouse, kennel;

dog in the manger
n1
someone who prevents you from enjoying something that they themselves have no need for;

dog laurel
n1
fast-growing evergreen shrub of southeastern United States having arching interlaced branches and racemes of white flowers;

- syn. Leucothoe editorum, Leucothoe fontanesiana, dog hobble, switch-ivy;

dog mercury
n1
European perennial weedy plant with greenish flowers;

- syn. Mercurialis perennis, dog's mercury;

dog paddle
n1
an elementary swimming stroke imitating a swimming dog;

dog pound
n1
a public enclosure for stray or unlicensed dogs;

- "unlicensed dogs will be taken to the pound";

- syn. pound;

dog racing
n1
a race between dogs;

- usually an occasion for betting on the outcome;

dog rose
n1
prickly wild rose with delicate pink or white scentless flowers;

- native to Europe;

- syn. Rosa canina;

dog shit
n1
fecal droppings from a dog;

- syn. dog do, dog turd, doggy do;

dog show
n1
a competitive exhibition of dogs;

dog sled
n1
a sled pulled by dogs;

- syn. dog sleigh, dogsled;

dog sleigh
n1
a sled pulled by dogs;

- syn. dog sled, dogsled;

Dog Star
n1
the brightest star in the sky;

- in Canis Major;

- syn. Canicula, Sirius, Sothis;

dog stinkhorn
n1
a stinkhorn having a stalk without a cap;

- the slimy gleba is simply plastered on its surface near the apex where winged insects can find it;

- syn. Mutinus caninus;

dog tag
n1
military identification tag worn on a chain around the neck;

n2
metal plate on a dog collar bearing its registration number;

dog turd
n1
fecal droppings from a dog;

- syn. dog do, dog shit, doggy do;

dog violet
n1
Old World leafy-stemmed blue-flowered violet;

- syn. Viola canina, heath violet;

dog wrench
n1
a wrench with a handle shaped like a crank;

dogbane / d ɒ ɡ b eɪ n /
n1
any of several poisonous perennial plants of the genus Apocynum having acrid milky juice and bell-shaped white or pink flowers and a very bitter root;

dogbane family
n1
chiefly tropical trees or shrubs or herbs having milky juice and often showy flowers;

- many are sources of drugs;

- syn. Apocynaceae, family Apocynaceae;

dogcart / d ɒ ɡ k ɑ t /
n1
a cart drawn by a dog;

doge / d oʊ dʒ /
n1
formerly the chief magistrate in the republics of Venice and Genoa;

dogfight / d ɒ ɡ f aɪ t /
n1
a fiercely disputed contest;

- "their rancor dated from a political dogfight between them";

- "a real dogfight for third place";

- "a prolonged dogfight over their rival bids for the contract";

n2
disorderly fighting;

- syn. hassle, rough-and-tumble, scuffle, tussle;

n3
an aerial engagement between fighter planes;

n4
a violent fight between dogs (sometimes organized illegally for entertainment and gambling);

v1
arrange for an illegal dogfight;

v2
engage in an aerial battle with another fighter plane;

dogfighter / d ɒ ɡ f aɪ t ə /
n1
a fighter pilot who engages in an aerial dogfights;

dogfish / d ɒ ɡ f ɪ ʃ /
n1
primitive long-bodied carnivorous freshwater fish with a very long dorsal fin;

- found in sluggish waters of North America;

- syn. Amia calva, bowfin, grindle;

n2
any of several small sharks;

dogged / d ɒ ɡ d , d ɒ ɡ ɪ d /
a1
stubbornly unyielding;

- "dogged persistence";

- "dour determination";

- "the most vocal and pertinacious of all the critics";

- "a mind not gifted to discover truth but tenacious to hold it"- T.S.Eliot;

- "men tenacious of opinion";

- syn. dour, persistent, pertinacious, tenacious, unyielding;

- sim. stubborn;

doggedly / d ɒ ɡ ɪ d ɫ i /
r1
with obstinate determination;

- "he pursued her doggedly";

- syn. tenaciously;

doggedness / d ɒ ɡ ɪ d n ə s /
n1
persistent determination;

- syn. perseverance, persistence, persistency, pertinacity, tenaciousness, tenacity;

doggerel / d ɒ ɡ ə ɹ ə ɫ /
n1
a comic verse of irregular measure;

- "he had heard some silly doggerel that kept running through his mind";

- syn. doggerel verse, jingle;

doggerel verse
n1
a comic verse of irregular measure;

- "he had heard some silly doggerel that kept running through his mind";

- syn. doggerel, jingle;

doggie / d ɒ ɡ i /
n1
informal terms for dogs;

- syn. barker, bow-wow, doggy, pooch;

doggie bag
n1
a bag for food that a customer did not eat at a restaurant;

- the transparent pretense is that the food is taken home to feed the customer's dog;

- syn. doggy bag;

dogging / d ɒ ɡ ɪ ŋ /
a1
relentless and indefatigable in pursuit or as if in pursuit;

- "impossible to escape the dogging fears";

- syn. persisting;

- sim. continuous;

doggo / d ɒ ɡ oʊ /
r1
quietly in concealment;

- "he lay doggo";

- syn. in hiding, out of sight;

doggy / d ɒ ɡ i /
n1
informal terms for dogs;

- syn. barker, bow-wow, doggie, pooch;

doggy bag
n1
a bag for food that a customer did not eat at a restaurant;

- the transparent pretense is that the food is taken home to feed the customer's dog;

- syn. doggie bag;

doggy do
n1
fecal droppings from a dog;

- syn. dog do, dog shit, dog turd;

doghouse / d ɒ ɡ h aʊ s /
n1
outbuilding that serves as a shelter for a dog;

- syn. dog house, kennel;

n2
an idiomatic term for being in disfavor;

- "in the doghouse";

dogie
n1
motherless calf in a range herd of cattle;

- syn. dogy, leppy;

dogleg / d ɒ ɡ ɫ ɛ ɡ /
n1
angle that resembles the hind leg of a dog;

n2
a golf hole with a sharp angle in the fairway;

doglike / d ɒ ɡ ɫ aɪ k /
a1
resembling a dog;

- especially in devotion;

- "a doglike affection";

- sim. loyal;

dogma / d ɒ ɡ m ə /
n1
a religious doctrine that is proclaimed as true without proof;

- syn. tenet;

n2
a doctrine or code of beliefs accepted as authoritative;

- "he believed all the Marxist dogma";

dogmatic / d ɒ ɡ m æ t ɪ k /
a1
characterized by assertion of unproved or unprovable principles;

- syn. dogmatical;

- sim. narrow-minded;

a2
of or pertaining to or characteristic of a doctrine or code of beliefs accepted as authoritative;

a3
relating to or involving dogma;

- "dogmatic writings";

dogmatical / d ɒ ɡ m æ t ɪ k ə ɫ /
a1
characterized by assertion of unproved or unprovable principles;

- syn. dogmatic;

- sim. narrow-minded;

dogmatically / d ɒ ɡ m æ t ɪ k ɫ i /
r1
in a narrow-minded dogmatic manner;

- "he is a dogmatically opinionated critic of Modern Art";

dogmatise / d ɒ ɡ m ə t ɪ s /
v1
state as a dogma;

- syn. dogmatize;

v2
speak dogmatically;

- syn. dogmatize;

dogmatism / d ɒ ɡ m ə t ɪ z ə m /
n1
the intolerance and prejudice of a bigot;

- syn. bigotry;

dogmatist / d ɒ ɡ m ə t ɪ s t /
n1
a stubborn person of arbitrary or arrogant opinions;

- syn. doctrinaire;

dogmatize / d ɒ ɡ m ə t aɪ z /
v1
state as a dogma;

- syn. dogmatise;

v2
speak dogmatically;

- syn. dogmatise;

dogs-tooth check
n1
textile with a pattern of small broken or jagged checks;

- syn. dog's-tooth check, dogstooth check, hound's-tooth check, houndstooth check;

dogsbody / d ɒ ɡ z b ɒ d i /
n1
a worker who has to do all the unpleasant or boring jobs that no one else wants to do;

dogshit
n1
obscene words for unacceptable behavior;

- "I put up with a lot of bullshit from that jerk";

- "what he said was mostly bull";

- syn. Irish bull, bull, bullshit, crap, horseshit, shit;

dogsled / d ɒ ɡ s ɫ ɛ d /
n1
a sled pulled by dogs;

- syn. dog sled, dog sleigh;

v1
travel with a dogsled;

- syn. mush;

dogstooth check
n1
textile with a pattern of small broken or jagged checks;

- syn. dog's-tooth check, dogs-tooth check, hound's-tooth check, houndstooth check;

dogtooth / d ɒ ɡ t u θ /
n1
perennial woodland spring-flowering plant;

- widely cultivated;

- syn. dog's-tooth violet, dogtooth violet;

n2
one of the four pointed conical teeth (two in each jaw) located between the incisors and the premolars;

- syn. canine, canine tooth, cuspid, eye tooth, eyetooth;

n3
a carved pyramidal ornament;

- used in 13th century England;

dogtooth violet
n1
perennial woodland spring-flowering plant;

- widely cultivated;

- syn. dog's-tooth violet, dogtooth;

dogtrot / d ɒ ɡ t ɹ ɒ t /
n1
a steady trot like that of a dog;

dogwatch / d ɒ ɡ w ɒ tʃ /
n1
either of two short watches: from 4-6 pm or 6-8 pm;

dogwood / d ɒ ɡ w ʊ d /
n1
a tree of shrub of the genus Cornus often having showy bracts resembling flowers;

- syn. cornel, dogwood tree;

n2
hard tough wood of any dogwood of the genus Cornus;

- resembles boxwood;

dogwood family
n1
a rosid dicot family of the order Umbellales including: genera Aucuba, Cornus, Corokia, Curtisia, Griselinia, Helwingia;

- syn. Cornaceae, family Cornaceae;

dogwood tree
n1
a tree of shrub of the genus Cornus often having showy bracts resembling flowers;

- syn. cornel, dogwood;

dogy
n1
motherless calf in a range herd of cattle;

- syn. dogie, leppy;

doh / d oʊ /
n1
the syllable naming the first (tonic) note of any major scale in solmization;

- syn. do, ut;

Doha
n1
the capital and chief port of Qatar;

- syn. Bida, El Beda, capital of Qatar;

DoI
n1
the United States federal department charged with conservation and the development of natural resources;

- created in 1849;

- syn. Department of the Interior, Interior, Interior Department;

doily / d ɔɪ ɫ i /
n1
a small round piece of linen placed under a dish or bowl;

- syn. doyley, doyly;

Doing Business As
n1
(law) a name under which a corporation conducts business that is not the legal name of the corporation as shown in its articles of incorporation;

- syn. DBA, assumed name, fictitious name;

doings / d u ɪ ŋ z /
n1
manner of acting or controlling yourself;

- syn. behavior, behaviour, conduct;

DoJ
n1
the United States federal department responsible for enforcing federal laws (including the enforcement of all civil rights legislation);

- created in 1870;

- syn. Department of Justice, Justice, Justice Department;

DoJC
n1
an agency of the Canadian government that provides litigation and legal advice and opinions to the government;

- syn. Department of Justice Canada;

dol
n1
a unit of pain intensity;

n2
the federal department responsible for promoting the working conditions of wage earners in the United States;

- created in 1913;

- syn. Department of Labor, Labor, Labor Department;

dolabrate
a1
having the shape of the head of an ax or cleaver;

- syn. dolabriform;

- sim. simple;

dolabriform
a1
having the shape of the head of an ax or cleaver;

- syn. dolabrate;

- sim. simple;

Dolby
n1
United States electrical engineer who devised the Dolby system used to reduce background noise in tape recording;

- syn. Ray M. Dolby;

dolce / d ɒ ɫ tʃ i /
r1
gently and sweetly;

dolce far niente
n1
carefree idleness;

doldrums / d ɒ ɫ d ɹ ə m z /
n1
a state of inactivity (in business or art etc);

- "economic growth of less than 1% per year is considered to be economic stagnation";

- syn. stagnancy, stagnation;

n2
a belt of calms and light winds between the northern and southern trade winds of the Atlantic and Pacific;

dole / d oʊ ɫ /
n1
a share of money or food or clothing that has been charitably given;

n2
money received from the state;

- syn. pogey, pogy;

dole out
v1
administer or bestow, as in small portions;

- "administer critical remarks to everyone present";

- "dole out some money";

- "shell out pocket money for the children";

- "deal a blow to someone";

- "the machine dispenses soft drinks";

- syn. administer, allot, deal, deal out, dish out, dispense, distribute, lot, mete out, parcel out, shell out;

doled out
a1
given out in portions;

- syn. apportioned, dealt out, meted out, parceled out;

- sim. distributed;

doleful / d oʊ ɫ f ʊ ɫ /
a1
filled with or evoking sadness;

- "the child's doleful expression";

- "stared with mournful eyes";

- "mournful news";

- syn. mournful;

- sim. sad;

dolefully / d oʊ ɫ f ʊ ɫ i /
r1
with sadness;

- in a sorrowful manner;

- "his mother looked at him dolefully when he told her he had joined the Army";

- syn. sorrowfully;

dolefulness / d oʊ ɫ f ʊ ɫ n ɛ s /
n1
sadness caused by grief or affliction;

dolichocephalic
n1
an adult with a long narrow head;

a1
having a relatively long head with a cephalic index of under 75;

- syn. dolichocranial, dolichocranic;

- sim. long-headed;

dolichocephalism
n1
the quality of being dolichocephalic;

- syn. dolichocephaly;

dolichocephaly
n1
the quality of being dolichocephalic;

- syn. dolichocephalism;

dolichocranial
a1
having a relatively long head with a cephalic index of under 75;

- syn. dolichocephalic, dolichocranic;

- sim. long-headed;

dolichocranic
a1
having a relatively long head with a cephalic index of under 75;

- syn. dolichocephalic, dolichocranial;

- sim. long-headed;

Dolichonyx
n1
bobolinks;

- syn. genus Dolichonyx;

Dolichonyx oryzivorus
n1
migratory American songbird;

- syn. bobolink, reedbird, ricebird;

Dolichos
n1
genus of chiefly tropical vines often placed in genera Dipogon or Lablab or Macrotyloma;

- syn. genus Dolichos;

Dolichos biflorus
n1
twining herb of Old World tropics cultivated in India for food and fodder;

- sometimes placed in genus Dolichos;

- syn. Macrotyloma uniflorum, horse grain, horse gram, poor man's pulse;

Dolichos lablab
n1
perennial twining vine of Old World tropics having trifoliate leaves and racemes of fragrant purple pea-like flowers followed by maroon pods of edible seeds;

- grown as an ornamental and as a vegetable on the Indian subcontinent;

- sometimes placed in genus Dolichos;

- syn. Egyptian bean, Indian bean, Lablab purpureus, bonavist, hyacinth bean;

Dolichos lignosus
n1
South African evergreen partly woody vine grown for its clusters of rosy purple flowers followed by edible pods like snap beans;

- also grown as green manure;

- sometimes placed in genus Dolichos;

- syn. Australian pea, Dipogon lignosus;

Dolichotis
n1
maras;

- syn. genus Dolichotis;

Dolichotis patagonum
n1
hare-like rodent of the pampas of Argentina;

- syn. mara;

Doliolidae
n1
oceanic tunicates;

- syn. family Doliolidae;

doliolum
n1
free-swimming oceanic tunicate with a barrel-shaped transparent body;

doll / d ɒ ɫ /
n1
a small replica of a person;

- used as a toy;

- syn. dolly;

n2
informal terms for a (young) woman;

- syn. bird, chick, dame, skirt, wench;

doll's eyes
n1
North American herb with white poisonous berries;

- syn. Actaea alba, white baneberry, white bead, white cohosh;

doll's house
n1
a house so small that it is likened to a child's plaything;

- syn. dollhouse;

n2
a small model of a house used as a toy by children;

- syn. dollhouse;

doll up
v1
use special care in dressing, making-up, etc.;

- "She dolled herself up for the night out with her friends";

- syn. do up, glam up, pretty up;

dollar / d ɒ ɫ ə , d ɒ ɫ ə ɹ /
n1
the basic monetary unit in many countries;

- equal to 100 cents;

n2
a piece of paper money worth one dollar;

- syn. buck, clam, dollar bill, one dollar bill;

n3
a United States coin worth one dollar;

- "the dollar coin has never been popular in the United States";

n4
a symbol of commercialism or greed;

- "he worships the almighty dollar";

- "the dollar sign means little to him";

- syn. dollar mark, dollar sign;

dollar bill
n1
a piece of paper money worth one dollar;

- syn. buck, clam, dollar, one dollar bill;

dollar diplomacy
n1
diplomacy influenced by economic considerations;

dollar mark
n1
a symbol of commercialism or greed;

- "he worships the almighty dollar";

- "the dollar sign means little to him";

- syn. dollar, dollar sign;

n2
a mark ($) written before a number to indicate that it stands for the number of dollars;

- syn. dollar sign;

dollar sign
n1
a symbol of commercialism or greed;

- "he worships the almighty dollar";

- "the dollar sign means little to him";

- syn. dollar, dollar mark;

n2
a mark ($) written before a number to indicate that it stands for the number of dollars;

- syn. dollar mark;

dollar volume
n1
the volume measured in dollars;

- "the store's dollar volume continues to rise";

- syn. turnover;

dollarfish
n1
small food fish of Atlantic coast;

- syn. Poronotus triacanthus;

n2
any of several silvery marine fishes with very flat bodies;

- syn. Atlantic moonfish, Selene setapinnis, horse-head, horsefish, horsehead, moonfish;

dolled up
a1
dressed in fancy or formal clothing;

- syn. dressed, dressed-up, dressed to kill, dressed to the nines, spiffed up, spruced up, togged up;

- sim. clothed;

dollhouse
n1
a house so small that it is likened to a child's plaything;

- syn. doll's house;

n2
a small model of a house used as a toy by children;

- syn. doll's house;

dollop / d ɒ ɫ ə p /
n1
a small measure (usually of food);

dolly / d ɒ ɫ i /
n1
conveyance consisting of a wheeled support on which a camera can be mounted;

n2
conveyance consisting of a wheeled platform for moving heavy objects;

n3
a small replica of a person;

- used as a toy;

- syn. doll;

dolman / d ɒ ɫ m ə n /
n1
a hussar's jacket worn over the shoulders;

- syn. dolman jacket;

n2
a woman's cloak with dolman sleeves;

dolman jacket
n1
a hussar's jacket worn over the shoulders;

- syn. dolman;

dolman sleeve
n1
a sleeve with a large armhole and tight cuff;

dolmas / d ɒ ɫ m ə s /
n1
well-seasoned rice (with nuts or currants or minced lamb) simmered or braised in stock;

- syn. stuffed grape leaves;

dolmen / d ɒ ɫ m ɛ n /
n1
a prehistoric megalithic tomb typically having two large upright stones and a capstone;

- syn. cromlech, portal tomb;

Dolobid
n1
nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory (trade name Dolobid) used to treat arthritis and other inflammatory conditions;

- syn. diflunisal;

dolomite / d ɒ ɫ ə m aɪ t /
n1
a kind of sedimentary rock resembling marble or limestone but rich in magnesium carbonate;

n2
a light colored mineral consisting of calcium magnesium carbonate;

- a source of magnesium;

- used as a ceramic and as fertilizer;

- syn. bitter spar;

Dolomite Alps
n1
an eastern range of the Alps in northeastern Italy famous for their dolomitic limestone;

dolomitic
a1
relating to or consisting of dolomite;

dolophine hydrochloride
n1
synthetic narcotic drug similar to morphine but less habit-forming;

- used in narcotic detoxification and maintenance of heroin addiction;

- syn. fixer, methadon, methadone, methadone hydrochloride, synthetic heroin;

dolor / d oʊ ɫ ə /
n1
(poetry) painful grief;

- syn. dolour;

dolorous / d ɒ ɫ ə ɹ ə s /
a1
showing sorrow;

- syn. dolourous, lachrymose, tearful, weeping;

- sim. sorrowful;

dolour / d ɒ ɫ ə , d ɒ ɫ ə ɹ /
n1
(poetry) painful grief;

- syn. dolor;

dolourous / d ɒ ɫ ə ɹ ə s /
a1
showing sorrow;

- syn. dolorous, lachrymose, tearful, weeping;

- sim. sorrowful;

dolphin / d ɒ ɫ f ɪ n /
n1
large slender food and game fish widely distributed in warm seas (especially around Hawaii);

- syn. dolphinfish, mahimahi;

n2
any of various small toothed whales with a beaklike snout;

- larger than porpoises;

dolphin kick
n1
a swimming kick;

- an up and down kick of the feet together;

dolphin oil
n1
an unsaturated fatty oil obtained from dolphins and used as a fine lubricant;

dolphin striker
n1
spar under the bowsprit of a sailboat;

- syn. martingale;

dolphinfish
n1
the lean flesh of a saltwater fish found in warm waters (especially in Hawaii);

- syn. mahimahi;

n2
large slender food and game fish widely distributed in warm seas (especially around Hawaii);

- syn. dolphin, mahimahi;

dolt / d oʊ ɫ t /
n1
a person who is not very bright;

- "The economy, stupid!";

- syn. dullard, pillock, poor fish, pudden-head, pudding head, stupe, stupid, stupid person;

doltish / d oʊ ɫ t ɪ ʃ /
a1
heavy and dull and stupid;

- syn. cloddish;

- sim. stupid;

doltishly / d oʊ ɫ t ɪ ʃ ɫ i /
r1
in a stupid manner;

- "he had stupidly bought a one way ticket";

- syn. stupidly;

Dom Pedro
n1
South African mixed drink made by mixing ice cream with whisky;

domain / d oʊ m eɪ n /
n1
a particular environment or walk of life;

- "his social sphere is limited";

- "it was a closed area of employment";

- "he's out of my orbit";

- syn. area, arena, field, orbit, sphere;

n2
territory over which rule or control is exercised;

- "his domain extended into Europe";

- "he made it the law of the land";

- syn. demesne, land;

n3
(mathematics) the set of values of the independent variable for which a function is defined;

- syn. domain of a function;

n4
people in general;

- especially a distinctive group of people with some shared interest;

- "the Western world";

- syn. world;

n5
the content of a particular field of knowledge;

- syn. knowledge base, knowledge domain;

domain name
n1
strings of letters and numbers (separated by periods) that are used to name organizations and computers and addresses on the internet;

- "domain names are organized hierarchically with the more generic parts to the right";

domain of a function
n1
(mathematics) the set of values of the independent variable for which a function is defined;

- syn. domain;

domatium
n1
a part of a plant (e.g., a leaf) that has been modified to provide protection for insects or mites or fungi;

dombeya
n1
any of various shrubs or small trees of the genus Dombeya grown for their rounded clusters of exquisite often sweet-scented flowers usually hanging beneath the leaves;

dome / d oʊ m /
n1
a concave shape whose distinguishing characteristic is that the concavity faces downward;

n2
informal terms for a human head;

- syn. attic, bean, bonce, noggin, noodle;

n3
a stadium that has a roof;

- syn. covered stadium, domed stadium;

n4
a hemispherical roof;

dome-shaped
a1
having the shape of a dome;

- sim. rounded;

domed / d oʊ m d /
a1
having a hemispherical vault or dome;

- syn. vaulted;

- sim. rounded;

domed stadium
n1
a stadium that has a roof;

- syn. covered stadium, dome;

Domenikos Theotocopoulos
n1
Spanish painter (born in Greece) remembered for his religious works characterized by elongated human forms and dramatic use of color (1541-1614);

- syn. El Greco, Greco;

Domesday Book
n1
record of a British census and land survey in 1085-1086 ordered by William the Conqueror;

- syn. Doomsday Book;

domestic / d ə m ɛ s t ɪ k /
n1
a servant who is paid to perform menial tasks around the household;

- syn. domestic help, house servant;

a1
of concern to or concerning the internal affairs of a nation;

- "domestic issues such as tax rate and highway construction";

- also national;

- sim. home, municipal;

a2
of or relating to the home;

- "domestic servant";

- "domestic science";

a3
of or involving the home or family;

- "domestic worries";

- "domestic happiness";

- "they share the domestic chores";

- "everything sounded very peaceful and domestic";

- "an author of blood-and-thunder novels yet quite domestic in his taste";

- sim. domesticated, home-loving, home-style, housewifely, husbandly;

a4
converted or adapted to domestic use;

- "domestic animals";

- "domesticated plants like maize";

- syn. domesticated;

- sim. tame;

a5
produced in a particular country;

- "domestic wine";

- "domestic oil";

- sim. native;

domestic animal
n1
any of various animals that have been tamed and made fit for a human environment;

- syn. domesticated animal;

domestic ass
n1
domestic beast of burden descended from the African wild ass;

- patient but stubborn;

- syn. Equus asinus, donkey;

domestic carp
n1
large Old World freshwater bottom-feeding fish introduced into Europe from Asia;

- inhabits ponds and sluggish streams and often raised for food;

- introduced into United States where it has become a pest;

- syn. Cyprinus carpio;

domestic cat
n1
any domesticated member of the genus Felis;

- syn. Felis catus, Felis domesticus, house cat;

domestic dog
n1
a member of the genus Canis (probably descended from the common wolf) that has been domesticated by man since prehistoric times;

- occurs in many breeds;

- "the dog barked all night";

- syn. Canis familiaris, dog;

domestic flight
n1
a flight that begins and ends in the same country;

domestic fowl
n1
a domesticated gallinaceous bird thought to be descended from the red jungle fowl;

- syn. fowl, poultry;

domestic goat
n1
any of various breeds of goat raised for milk or meat or wool;

- syn. Capra hircus;

domestic help
n1
a servant who is paid to perform menial tasks around the household;

- syn. domestic, house servant;

domestic llama
n1
used in the Andes as a beast of burden and source of wool;

- considered a domesticated variety of the guanaco;

- syn. Lama peruana;

domestic partner
n1
a person (not necessarily a spouse) with whom you cohabit and share a long-term sexual relationship;

- syn. significant other, spousal equivalent, spouse equivalent;

domestic pigeon
n1
domesticated pigeon raised for sport or food;

domestic prelate
n1
(Roman Catholic Church) a priest who is an honorary member of the papal household;

domestic relations court
n1
a court in some states in the United States that has jurisdiction over family disputes (especially those involving children);

- syn. court of domestic relations, family court;

domestic science
n1
theory and practice of homemaking;

- syn. home ec, home economics, household arts;

domestic sheep
n1
any of various breeds raised for wool or edible meat or skin;

- syn. Ovis aries;

domestic silkworm moth
n1
stocky creamy-white Asiatic moth found almost entirely under human care;

- the source of most of the silk commerce;

- syn. Bombyx mori, domesticated silkworm moth;

domestic terrorism
n1
terrorism practiced in your own country against your own people;

- "the 1995 bombing of a federal building in Oklahoma City was an instance of domestic terrorism";

domestic violence
n1
violence or physical abuse directed toward your spouse or domestic partner or other members of a household;

domestically / d ə m ɛ s t ɪ k ɫ i /
r1
with respect to the internal affairs of a government;

- "domestically, the president proposes a more moderate economic policy";

r2
with respect to home or family;

- "the housewife bored us with her domestically limited conversation";

domesticate / d ə m ɛ s t ɪ k eɪ t /
v1
adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment;

- "domesticate oats";

- "tame the soil";

- syn. cultivate, naturalise, naturalize, tame;

v2
overcome the wildness of;

- make docile and tractable;

- "He tames lions for the circus";

- "reclaim falcons";

- syn. domesticise, domesticize, reclaim, tame;

v3
make fit for cultivation, domestic life, and service to humans;

- "The horse was domesticated a long time ago";

- "The wolf was tamed and evolved into the house dog";

- syn. tame;

domesticated / d ə m ɛ s t ɪ k eɪ t ɪ d /
a1
converted or adapted to domestic use;

- "domestic animals";

- "domesticated plants like maize";

- syn. domestic;

- sim. tame;

a2
accustomed to home life;

- "some men think it unmanly to be domesticated;

- others find gratification in it";

- sim. domestic;

domesticated animal
n1
any of various animals that have been tamed and made fit for a human environment;

- syn. domestic animal;

domesticated silkworm moth
n1
stocky creamy-white Asiatic moth found almost entirely under human care;

- the source of most of the silk commerce;

- syn. Bombyx mori, domestic silkworm moth;

domestication / d ə m ɛ s t ɪ k eɪ ʃ n /
n1
adaptation to intimate association with human beings;

n2
the attribute of having been domesticated;

- syn. tameness;

n3
accommodation to domestic life;

- "her explorer husband resisted all her attempts at domestication";

domesticise / d ɒ m ɛ s t ɪ s aɪ s /
v1
overcome the wildness of;

- make docile and tractable;

- "He tames lions for the circus";

- "reclaim falcons";

- syn. domesticate, domesticize, reclaim, tame;

domesticity / d ɒ m ɛ s t ɪ s ɪ t i /
n1
the quality of being domestic or domesticated;

- "a royal family living in unpretentious domesticity";

n2
domestic activities or life;

- "making a hobby of domesticity";

domesticize / d ɒ m ɛ s t ɪ s aɪ z /
v1
overcome the wildness of;

- make docile and tractable;

- "He tames lions for the circus";

- "reclaim falcons";

- syn. domesticate, domesticise, reclaim, tame;

domicile / d ɒ m ɪ s aɪ ɫ /
n1
(law) the residence where you have your permanent home or principal establishment and to where, whenever you are absent, you intend to return;

- every person is compelled to have one and only one domicile at a time;

- "what's his legal residence?";

- syn. legal residence;

n2
housing that someone is living in;

- "he built a modest dwelling near the pond";

- "they raise money to provide homes for the homeless";

- syn. abode, dwelling, dwelling house, habitation, home;

v1
make one's home in a particular place or community;

- "may parents reside in Florida";

- syn. domiciliate, reside, shack;

domiciliary / d ɒ m ɪ s ɪ ɫ ɪə ɹ i /
a1
of or relating to or provided in a domicile;

- "domiciliary medical care";

- "domiciliary caves";

domiciliate / d ɒ m ɪ s ɪ ɫ ɪ eɪ t /
v1
make one's home in a particular place or community;

- "may parents reside in Florida";

- syn. domicile, reside, shack;

v2
provide housing for;

- "The immigrants were housed in a new development outside the town";

- syn. house, put up;

domiciliation / d ɒ m ɪ s ɪ ɫ ɪ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
temporary living quarters;

- syn. diggings, digs, lodgings, pad;

dominance / d ɒ m ɪ n ə n s /
n1
superior development of one side of the body;

- syn. laterality;

n2
the state that exists when one person or group has power over another;

- "her apparent dominance of her husband was really her attempt to make him pay attention to her";

- syn. ascendance, ascendancy, ascendence, ascendency, control;

n3
the organic phenomenon in which one of a pair of alleles present in a genotype is expressed in the phenotype and the other allele of the pair is not;

n4
the power or right to give orders or make decisions;

- "he has the authority to issue warrants";

- "deputies are given authorization to make arrests";

- "a place of potency in the state";

- syn. authorisation, authority, authorization, potency, say-so;

dominant / d ɒ m ɪ n ə n t /
n1
(music) the fifth note of the diatonic scale;

n2
an allele that produces the same phenotype whether its paired allele is identical or different;

- syn. dominant allele;

a1
exercising influence or control;

- "television plays a dominant role in molding public opinion";

- "the dominant partner in the marriage";

- also superior;

- sim. ascendant, controlling, governing, overriding, possessive, sovereign, superior;

a2
(of genes) producing the same phenotype whether its allele is identical or dissimilar;

a3
most frequent or common;

- "prevailing winds";

- syn. predominant, prevailing, prevalent, rife;

- sim. frequent;

dominant allele
n1
an allele that produces the same phenotype whether its paired allele is identical or different;

- syn. dominant;

dominant gene
n1
gene that produces the same phenotype in the organism whether or not its allele identical;

- "the dominant gene for brown eyes";

dominate / d ɒ m ɪ n eɪ t /
v1
be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance;

- "Money reigns supreme here";

- "Hispanics predominate in this neighborhood";

- syn. predominate, prevail, reign, rule;

v2
be in control;

- "Her husband completely dominates her";

v3
have dominance or the power to defeat over;

- "Her pain completely mastered her";

- "The methods can master the problems";

- syn. master;

v4
be greater in significance than;

- "the tragedy overshadowed the couple's happiness";

- syn. eclipse, overshadow;

v5
look down on;

- "The villa dominates the town";

- syn. command, overlook, overtop;

dominated / d ɒ m ɪ n eɪ t ɪ d /
a1
controlled or ruled by superior authority or power;

- sim. controlled;

a2
harassed by persistent nagging;

- syn. henpecked;

- sim. submissive;

dominating / d ɒ m ɪ n eɪ t ɪ ŋ /
a1
most powerful or important or influential;

- "the economically ascendant class";

- "D-day is considered the dominating event of the war in Europe";

- syn. ascendant, ascendent;

- sim. dominant;

a2
used of a height or viewpoint;

- "a commanding view of the ocean";

- "looked up at the castle dominating the countryside";

- "the balcony overlooking the ballroom";

- syn. commanding, overlooking;

- sim. high;

a3
offensively self-assured or given to exercising usually unwarranted power;

- "an autocratic person";

- "autocratic behavior";

- "a bossy way of ordering others around";

- "a rather aggressive and dominating character";

- "managed the employees in an aloof magisterial way";

- "a swaggering peremptory manner";

- syn. autocratic, bossy, high-and-mighty, magisterial, peremptory;

- sim. domineering;

domination / d ɒ m ɪ n eɪ ʃ n /
n1
social control by dominating;

n2
power to dominate or defeat;

- "mastery of the seas";

- syn. mastery, supremacy;

dominatrix
n1
a dominating woman (especially one who plays that role in a sadomasochistic sexual relationship);

domine
n1
a clergyman;

- especially a settled minister or parson;

- syn. dominee, dominie, dominus;

dominee / d ɒ m ɪ n i /
n1
a clergyman;

- especially a settled minister or parson;

- syn. domine, dominie, dominus;

domineer / d ɒ m ɪ n ɪə , d ɒ m ɪ n ɪə ɹ /
v1
rule or exercise power over (somebody) in a cruel and autocratic manner;

- "her husband and mother-in-law tyrannize her";

- syn. tyrannise, tyrannize;

domineering / d ɒ m ɪ n ɪə ɹ ɪ ŋ /
a1
tending to domineer;

- also immodest;

- sim. authoritarian, autocratic, blustery, cavalier, heavy-handed, oppressive;

domineeringly / d ɒ m ɪ n ɪə ɹ ɪ ŋ ɫ i /
r1
in a domineering manner;

- "his wife behaved domineeringly";

domineeringness / d ɒ m ɪ n ɪə ɹ ɪ ŋ n ɛ s /
n1
the trait of being imperious and overbearing;

- syn. imperiousness, overbearingness;

Domingo / d ə m ɪ ŋ ɡ oʊ /
n1
Spanish operatic tenor noted for performances in operas by Verdi and Puccini (born in 1941);

- syn. Placido Domingo;

Domingo de Guzman
n1
(Roman Catholic Church) Spanish priest who founded an order whose members became known as Dominicans or Black Friars (circa 1170-1221);

- syn. Dominic, Saint Dominic, St. Dominic;

Dominic / d ɒ m ɪ n i k /
n1
(Roman Catholic Church) Spanish priest who founded an order whose members became known as Dominicans or Black Friars (circa 1170-1221);

- syn. Domingo de Guzman, Saint Dominic, St. Dominic;

Dominica / d ə m ɪ n ɪ k ə /
n1
a country on the island of Dominica;

- syn. Commonwealth of Dominica;

n2
a volcanic island in the Windward Islands that was once a stronghold of the Carib Indians;

dominical / d ə m ɪ n ɪ k ə ɫ /
a1
of or relating to or coming from Jesus Christ;

a2
of or relating to Sunday as the Lord's Day;

Dominican / d ə m ɪ n ɪ k ə n /
n1
a Roman Catholic friar wearing the black mantle of the Dominican order;

- syn. Black Friar, Blackfriar, friar preacher;

n2
a native or inhabitant of the Dominican Republic;

a1
of or relating to or characteristic of the Dominican Republic or its people;

- "the Dominican population";

a2
of or relating to Saint Dominic or the Dominican order;

- "Dominican monks";

Dominican dollar
n1
the basic unit of money in Dominica;

Dominican mahogany
n1
mahogany tree of West Indies;

- syn. Cuban mahogany, Swietinia mahogani, true mahogany;

Dominican monetary unit
n1
monetary unit in the Dominican Republic;

Dominican order
n1
a Roman Catholic order of mendicant preachers founded in the 13th century;

Dominican peso
n1
the basic unit of money in the Dominican Republic;

- equal to 100 centavos;

- syn. peso;

Dominican Republic
n1
a republic in the West Indies;

- located on the eastern two-thirds of the island of Hispaniola;

Dominick
n1
American breed of chicken having barred grey plumage raised for meat and brown eggs;

- syn. Dominique;

Dominicus
n1
first day of the week;

- observed as a day of rest and worship by most Christians;

- syn. Lord's Day, Sun, Sunday;

dominie / d ɒ m ɪ n i /
n1
a clergyman;

- especially a settled minister or parson;

- syn. domine, dominee, dominus;

dominion / d ə m ɪ n ɪə n /
n1
dominance or power through legal authority;

- "France held undisputed dominion over vast areas of Africa";

- "the rule of Caesar";

- syn. rule;

n2
a region marked off for administrative or other purposes;

- syn. district, territorial dominion, territory;

n3
one of the self-governing nations in the British Commonwealth;

Dominion Day
n1
a legal holiday in Canada commemorating receiving Dominion status in 1867;

- syn. July 1;

Dominique
n1
American breed of chicken having barred grey plumage raised for meat and brown eggs;

- syn. Dominick;

Domino / d ɒ m ɪ n oʊ /
n1
United States rhythm and blues pianist and singer and composer (born in 1928);

- syn. Antoine Domino, Fats Domino;

n2
a loose hooded cloak worn with a half mask as part of a masquerade costume;

n3
a mask covering the upper part of the face but with holes for the eyes;

- syn. eye mask, half mask;

n4
a small rectangular block used in playing the game of dominoes;

- the face of each block has two equal areas that can bear 0 to 6 dots;

domino effect
n1
the consequence of one event setting off a chain of similar events (like a falling domino causing a whole row of upended dominos to fall);

domino theory
n1
the political theory that if one nation comes under communist control then neighboring nations will also come under communist control;

dominoes / d ɒ m ɪ n oʊ z /
n1
any of several games played with small rectangular blocks;

- syn. dominos;

dominos / d ɒ m ɪ n oʊ z /
n1
any of several games played with small rectangular blocks;

- syn. dominoes;

dominus
n1
a clergyman;

- especially a settled minister or parson;

- syn. domine, dominee, dominie;

Domitian / d ə m ɪ ʃ ɪə n /
n1
Emperor of Rome;

- son of Vespasian who succeeded his brother Titus;

- instigated a reign of terror and was assassinated as a tyrant (51-96);

- syn. Titus Flavius Domitianus;

domoic acid
n1
a neurotoxin that is deadly for humans;

- found in various marine algae;

Don / d ɒ n /
n1
a Spanish gentleman or nobleman;

n2
teacher at a university or college (especially at Cambridge or Oxford);

- syn. preceptor;

n3
the head of an organized crime family;

- syn. father;

n4
Celtic goddess;

- mother of Gwydion and Arianrhod;

- corresponds to Irish Danu;

n5
a European river in southwestern Russia;

- flows into the Sea of Azov;

- syn. Don River;

n6
a Spanish courtesy title or form of address for men that is prefixed to the forename;

- "Don Roberto";

v1
put clothing on one's body;

- "What should I wear today?";

- "He put on his best suit for the wedding";

- "The princess donned a long blue dress";

- "The queen assumed the stately robes";

- "He got into his jeans";

- syn. assume, get into, put on, wear;

don't-know / d oʊ n t n oʊ /
n1
a person who responds `I don't know' in a public opinion poll;

- "70% in favor, 13% opposed and 17% don't-knows";

Don Budge
n1
United States tennis player who in 1938 was the first to win the Australian and French and English and United States singles championship in the same year (1915-2000);

- syn. Budge, John Donald Budge;

Don Juan
n1
a legendary Spanish nobleman and philanderer who became the hero of many poems and plays and operas;

n2
any successful womanizer (after the legendary profligate Spanish nobleman);

Don Luchino Visconti Conte di Modrone
n1
Italian filmmaker (1906-1976);

- syn. Luchino Visconti, Visconti;

Don Marquis
n1
humorist who wrote about the imaginary life of cockroaches (1878-1937);

- syn. Donald Robert Perry Marquis, Marquis;

Don Quixote
n1
the hero of a romance by Cervantes;

- chivalrous but impractical;

n2
any impractical idealist (after Cervantes' hero);

Don River
n1
a European river in southwestern Russia;

- flows into the Sea of Azov;

- syn. Don;

Dona / d oʊ n ə /
n1
a Spanish courtesy title or form of address for a woman;

- "Dona Marguerita";

Donald Arthur Glaser
n1
United States physicist who invented the bubble chamber to study subatomic particles (born in 1926);

- syn. Donald Glaser, Glaser;

Donald Barthelme
n1
United States author of sometimes surrealistic stories (1931-1989);

- syn. Barthelme;

Donald Duck
n1
a fictional duck created in animated film strips by Walt Disney;

Donald Glaser
n1
United States physicist who invented the bubble chamber to study subatomic particles (born in 1926);

- syn. Donald Arthur Glaser, Glaser;

Donald Robert Perry Marquis
n1
humorist who wrote about the imaginary life of cockroaches (1878-1937);

- syn. Don Marquis, Marquis;

Donar / d oʊ n ə ax , d oʊ n ə ax ɹ /
n1
the Teutonic god of thunder;

- counterpart of Norse Thor;

donate / d oʊ n eɪ t /
v1
give to a charity or good cause;

- "I donated blood to the Red Cross for the victims of the earthquake";

- "donate money to the orphanage";

- "She donates to her favorite charity every month";

Donatello / d oʊ n ə t ɛ ɫ oʊ /
n1
Florentine sculptor famous for his lifelike sculptures (1386-1466);

- syn. Donato di Betto Bardi;

donation / d oʊ n eɪ ʃ n /
n1
a voluntary gift (as of money or service or ideas) made to some worthwhile cause;

- syn. contribution;

n2
act of giving in common with others for a common purpose especially to a charity;

- syn. contribution;

Donatism
n1
a schismatic Christian religion in northern Africa from the 4th to the 7th century;

- held that only those who led a blameless life belonged in the church or could administer the sacraments;

Donatist
n1
an adherent of Donatism;

a1
of or relating to Donatism;

Donato Bramante
n1
great Italian architect of the High Renaissance in Italy (1444-1514);

- syn. Bramante, Donato d'Agnolo Bramante;

Donato d'Agnolo Bramante
n1
great Italian architect of the High Renaissance in Italy (1444-1514);

- syn. Bramante, Donato Bramante;

Donato di Betto Bardi
n1
Florentine sculptor famous for his lifelike sculptures (1386-1466);

- syn. Donatello;

Donatus
n1
Roman grammarian whose textbook on Latin grammar was used throughout the Middle Ages (fourth century);

- syn. Aelius Donatus;

Donbas
n1
an industrial region in the Ukraine;

- syn. Donbass, Donets Basin;

Donbass
n1
an industrial region in the Ukraine;

- syn. Donbas, Donets Basin;

done / d ʌ n /
a1
having finished or arrived at completion;

- "certain to make history before he's done";

- "it's a done deed";

- "after the treatment, the patient is through except for follow-up";

- "almost through with his studies";

- syn. through, through with;

- sim. finished;

a2
cooked until ready to serve;

- sim. cooked;

done for
a1
destroyed or killed;

- "we are gone geese";

- syn. gone, kaput;

- sim. destroyed;

a2
doomed to extinction;

- syn. ruined, sunk, undone, washed-up;

- sim. unsuccessful;

done with
a1
having no further concern with;

- "he was through with school and he was through with family"- John Dos Passos;

- "done with gambling";

- "done with drinking";

- syn. through with;

- sim. finished;

donee / d oʊ n i /
n1
the recipient of funds or other benefits;

- syn. beneficiary;

Donets Basin
n1
an industrial region in the Ukraine;

- syn. Donbas, Donbass;

Donetsk / d ə n ɛ t s k /
n1
an industrial city in the Donets Basin;

- syn. Donetske, Stalino;

Donetske
n1
an industrial city in the Donets Basin;

- syn. Donetsk, Stalino;

dong
n1
the basic unit of money in Vietnam;

v1
go `ding dong', like a bell;

- syn. ding, dingdong;

dongle
n1
(computer science) an electronic device that must be attached to a computer in order for it to use protected software;

Donizetti
n1
Italian composer of operas (1797-1848);

- syn. Gaetano Donizetti;

donjon / d ɒ n dʒ ə n /
n1
the main tower within the walls of a medieval castle or fortress;

- syn. dungeon, keep;

donkey / d ɒ ŋ k i /
n1
the symbol of the Democratic Party;

- introduced in cartoons by Thomas Nast in 1874;

n2
domestic beast of burden descended from the African wild ass;

- patient but stubborn;

- syn. Equus asinus, domestic ass;

donkey boiler
n1
(nautical) an extra boiler (as a ship's boiler that is used while the ship is in port);

- syn. auxiliary boiler;

donkey cart
n1
a cart with an underslung axle and two seats;

- syn. pony cart, ponycart, tub-cart;

donkey engine
n1
a locomotive for switching rolling stock in a railroad yard;

- syn. switch engine;

n2
(nautical) a small engine (as one used on board ships to operate a windlass);

- syn. auxiliary engine;

donkey jacket
n1
a short thick jacket;

- often worn by workmen;

donkey pump
n1
a supplementary pump available if needed;

- syn. auxiliary pump;

donkeywork
n1
hard monotonous routine work;

- syn. drudgery, grind, plodding;

Donkin / d ɒ n k ɪ n /
n1
English engineer who developed a method of preserving food by sterilizing it with heat and sealing it inside a steel container--the first tin can (1768-1855);

- syn. Bryan Donkin;

donna / d ɒ n ə /
n1
an Italian woman of rank;

Donne
n1
English clergyman and metaphysical poet celebrated as a preacher (1572-1631);

- syn. John Donne;

Donnean
a1
of or relating to or in the manner of John Donne;

- syn. Donnian;

Donner Pass
n1
a mountain pass in northeastern California near Lake Tahoe;

- site where in 1844 some members of an emigrant party survived by eating those who had died;

Donnian
a1
of or relating to or in the manner of John Donne;

- syn. Donnean;

donnish / d ɒ n ɪ ʃ /
a1
marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning especially its trivial aspects;

- syn. academic, pedantic;

- sim. scholarly;

donor / d oʊ n ə , d oʊ n ə ɹ /
n1
person who makes a gift of property;

- syn. bestower, conferrer, giver, presenter;

n2
(medicine) someone who gives blood or tissue or an organ to be used in another person (the host);

donor card
n1
a card that you carry on your person and that authorizes the use of your organs for transplantation after your death;

donut
n1
a small ring-shaped friedcake;

- syn. doughnut, sinker;

doo-wop
n1
a genre (usually a cappella) of Black vocal-harmony music of the 1950s that evolved in New York City from gospel singing;

- characterized by close four-part harmonies;

- the name derived from some of the nonsense syllables sung by the backup;

doob
n1
trailing grass native to Europe now cosmopolitan in warm regions;

- used for lawns and pastures especially in southern United States and India;

- syn. Bahama grass, Bermuda grass, Cynodon dactylon, devil grass, kweek, scutch grass, star grass;

doodad
n1
something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known;

- "she eased the ball-shaped doodad back into its socket";

- "there may be some great new gizmo around the corner that you will want to use";

- syn. doohickey, doojigger, gimmick, gismo, gizmo, gubbins, thingamabob, thingamajig, thingmabob, thingmajig, thingumabob, thingumajig, thingummy, whatchamacallit, whatchamacallum, whatsis, widget;

doodia
n1
any fern of the genus Doodia having pinnate fronds with sharply dentate pinnae;

- syn. rasp fern;

n2
in some classification systems placed in family Polypodiaceae;

- small terrestrial colony-forming ferns of Australasia;

- syn. genus Doodia;

doodle / d u d ɫ /
n1
an aimless drawing;

- syn. scrabble, scribble;

v1
make a doodle;

- draw aimlessly;

doodlebug / d u d ɫ b ʌ ɡ /
n1
a small motor vehicle;

n2
a small jet-propelled winged missile that carries a bomb;

- syn. V-1, buzz bomb, flying bomb, robot bomb;

n3
the larva of any of several insects;

- syn. ant lion, antlion;

doodly-squat
n1
a small worthless amount;

- "you don't know jack";

- syn. diddley, diddly, diddly-shit, diddly-squat, diddlyshit, diddlysquat, jack, shit, squat;

doofus
n1
a stupid incompetent person;

- syn. dimwit, half-wit, nitwit;

doohickey
n1
something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known;

- "she eased the ball-shaped doodad back into its socket";

- "there may be some great new gizmo around the corner that you will want to use";

- syn. doodad, doojigger, gimmick, gismo, gizmo, gubbins, thingamabob, thingamajig, thingmabob, thingmajig, thingumabob, thingumajig, thingummy, whatchamacallit, whatchamacallum, whatsis, widget;

doojigger
n1
something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known;

- "she eased the ball-shaped doodad back into its socket";

- "there may be some great new gizmo around the corner that you will want to use";

- syn. doodad, doohickey, gimmick, gismo, gizmo, gubbins, thingamabob, thingamajig, thingmabob, thingmajig, thingumabob, thingumajig, thingummy, whatchamacallit, whatchamacallum, whatsis, widget;

Doolittle
n1
United States Air Force officer who electrified the world in 1942 by leading a squadron of 16 bombers on a daylight raid over Tokyo (1896-1993);

- syn. James Harold Doolittle, Jimmy Doolittle;

doom / d u m /
n1
an unpleasant or disastrous destiny;

- "everyone was aware of the approaching doom but was helpless to avoid it";

- "that's unfortunate but it isn't the end of the world";

- syn. day of reckoning, doomsday, end of the world;

v1
decree or designate beforehand;

- "She was destined to become a great pianist";

- syn. designate, destine, fate;

v2
pronounce a sentence on (somebody) in a court of law;

- "He was condemned to ten years in prison";

- syn. condemn, sentence;

v3
make certain of the failure or destruction of;

- "This decision will doom me to lose my position";

doomed / d u m d /
n1
people who are destined to die soon;

- "the agony of the doomed was in his voice";

- syn. lost;

a1
marked for certain death;

- "the black spot told the old sailor he was doomed";

- sim. dead;

a2
in danger of the eternal punishment of Hell;

- "poor damned souls";

- syn. cursed, damned, unredeemed, unsaved;

- sim. lost;

a3
marked by or promising bad fortune;

- "their business venture was doomed from the start";

- "an ill-fated business venture";

- "an ill-starred romance";

- "the unlucky prisoner was again put in irons"- W.H.Prescott;

- syn. ill-fated, ill-omened, ill-starred, unlucky;

- sim. unfortunate;

a4
(usually followed by `to') determined by tragic fate;

- "doomed to unhappiness";

- "fated to be the scene of Kennedy's assassination";

- syn. fated;

- sim. certain;

Doomsday / d u m z d eɪ /
n1
(New Testament) day at the end of time following Armageddon when God will decree the fates of all individual humans according to the good and evil of their earthly lives;

- syn. Day of Judgement, Day of Judgment, Judgement Day, Judgment Day, Last Day, Last Judgement, Last Judgment, crack of doom, day of reckoning, end of the world, eschaton;

n2
an unpleasant or disastrous destiny;

- "everyone was aware of the approaching doom but was helpless to avoid it";

- "that's unfortunate but it isn't the end of the world";

- syn. day of reckoning, doom, end of the world;

Doomsday Book
n1
record of a British census and land survey in 1085-1086 ordered by William the Conqueror;

- syn. Domesday Book;

door / d ɔ , d ɔ ɹ /
n1
a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle;

- "he knocked on the door";

- "he slammed the door as he left";

n2
the entrance (the space in a wall) through which you enter or leave a room or building;

- the space that a door can close;

- "he stuck his head in the doorway";

- syn. doorway, room access, threshold;

n3
anything providing a means of access (or escape);

- "we closed the door to Haitian immigrants";

- "education is the door to success";

n4
a structure where people live or work (usually ordered along a street or road);

- "the office next door";

- "they live two doors up the street from us";

n5
a room that is entered via a door;

- "his office is the third door down the hall on the left";

door-to-door / d ɔ t ə d ɔ , d ɔ t ə d ɔ ɹ /
a1
(of e.g. journeys or deliveries) direct from point of origin to point of destination;

- "the limousine offers door-to-door service";

- sim. direct;

a2
omitting no one;

- from the door of one house to that of the next;

- "a door-to-door campaign";

- "house-to-house coverage";

- syn. house-to-house;

- sim. comprehensive;

door guard
n1
someone who guards an entrance;

- syn. doorkeeper, doorman, gatekeeper, hall porter, ostiary, porter;

door latch
n1
spring-loaded doorlock that can only be opened from the outside with a key;

- syn. latch;

door prize
n1
tickets are passed out at the entrance to a dance or party or other social function and a prize is awarded to the holder of the winning ticket;

doorbell / d ɔ b ɛ ɫ /
n1
a push button at an outer door that gives a ringing or buzzing signal when pushed;

- syn. bell, buzzer;

doorcase / d ɔ k eɪ s /
n1
the frame that supports a door;

- syn. doorframe;

doorframe / d ɔ f ɹ eɪ m /
n1
the frame that supports a door;

- syn. doorcase;

doorhandle / d ɔ h æ n d ɫ /
n1
a knob used to release the catch when opening a door (often called `doorhandle' in Great Britain);

- syn. doorknob;

doorjamb / d ɔ ɹ dʒ æ m /
n1
a jamb for a door;

- syn. doorpost;

doorkeeper / d ɔ k i p ə , d ɔ k i p ə ɹ /
n1
an official stationed at the entrance of a courtroom or legislative chamber;

- syn. usher;

n2
the lowest of the minor Holy Orders in the unreformed Western Church but now suppressed by the Roman Catholic Church;

- syn. ostiarius, ostiary;

n3
someone who guards an entrance;

- syn. door guard, doorman, gatekeeper, hall porter, ostiary, porter;

doorknob / d ɔ n ɒ b /
n1
a knob used to release the catch when opening a door (often called `doorhandle' in Great Britain);

- syn. doorhandle;

doorknocker / d ɔ n ɒ k ə , d ɔ n ɒ k ə ɹ /
n1
a device (usually metal and ornamental) attached by a hinge to a door;

- syn. knocker, rapper;

doorlock
n1
a lock on an exterior door;

doorman / d ɔ m æ n /
n1
someone who guards an entrance;

- syn. door guard, doorkeeper, gatekeeper, hall porter, ostiary, porter;

doormat / d ɔ m æ t /
n1
a person who is physically weak and ineffectual;

- syn. weakling, wuss;

n2
a mat placed outside an exterior door for wiping the shoes before entering;

- syn. welcome mat;

doornail / d ɔ n eɪ ɫ /
n1
a nail with a large head;

- formerly used to decorate doors;

doorplate / d ɔ p ɫ eɪ t /
n1
a nameplate fastened to a door;

- indicates the person who works or lives there;

doorpost / d ɔ p oʊ s t /
n1
a jamb for a door;

- syn. doorjamb;

doorsill / d ɔ ɹ s ɪ ɫ /
n1
the sill of a door;

- a horizontal piece of wood or stone that forms the bottom of a doorway and offers support when passing through a doorway;

- syn. doorstep, threshold;

doorstep / d ɔ s t ɛ p /
n1
the sill of a door;

- a horizontal piece of wood or stone that forms the bottom of a doorway and offers support when passing through a doorway;

- syn. doorsill, threshold;

doorstop / d ɔ s t ɒ p /
n1
a stop that keeps open doors from moving;

- syn. doorstopper;

doorstopper / d ɔ s t ɒ p ə , d ɔ s t ɒ p ə ɹ /
n1
a stop that keeps open doors from moving;

- syn. doorstop;

doorway / d ɔ w eɪ /
n1
the entrance (the space in a wall) through which you enter or leave a room or building;

- the space that a door can close;

- "he stuck his head in the doorway";

- syn. door, room access, threshold;

dooryard / d ɔ ɹ j ɑ d /
n1
a yard outside the front or rear door of a house;

dopa
n1
amino acid that is formed in the liver and converted into dopamine in the brain;

- syn. dihydroxyphenylalanine;

dopamine
n1
a monoamine neurotransmitter found in the brain and essential for the normal functioning of the central nervous system;

- as a drug (trade names Dopastat and Intropin) it is used to treat shock and hypotension;

- syn. Dopastat, Intropin;

Dopastat
n1
a monoamine neurotransmitter found in the brain and essential for the normal functioning of the central nervous system;

- as a drug (trade names Dopastat and Intropin) it is used to treat shock and hypotension;

- syn. Intropin, dopamine;

dope / d oʊ p /
n1
street names for marijuana;

- syn. Mary Jane, gage, grass, green goddess, locoweed, pot, sens, sess, skunk, smoke, weed;

n2
an ignorant or foolish person;

- syn. boob, booby, dumbbell, dummy, pinhead;

n3
carbonated drink flavored with extract from kola nuts (`dope' is a southernism in the United States);

- syn. cola;

n4
slang terms for inside information;

- "is that the straight dope?";

- syn. low-down, poop, the skinny;

v1
take drugs to improve one's athletic performance;

v2
add impurities to (a semiconductor) in order to produce or modify its properties;

- "The resistors have been doped";

v3
give a narcotic to;

- "The athletes were dope by the coach before the race";

- syn. dope up;

dope off
v1
change from a waking to a sleeping state;

- "he always falls asleep during lectures";

- syn. doze off, drift off, drop off, drowse off, fall asleep, flake out, nod off;

dope sheet
n1
a racing publication giving information on horses and the outcomes of horse races;

- syn. scratch sheet;

dope up
v1
give a narcotic to;

- "The athletes were dope by the coach before the race";

- syn. dope;

doped / d oʊ p t /
a1
treated or impregnated with a foreign substance;

- sim. treated;

a2
under the influence of narcotics;

- "knocked out by doped wine";

- "a drugged sleep";

- "were under the effect of the drugged sweets";

- "in a stuperous narcotized state";

- syn. drugged, narcotised, narcotized;

- sim. intoxicated;

dopey / d oʊ p i /
a1
having or revealing stupidity;

- "ridiculous anserine behavior";

- "a dopey answer";

- "a dopey kid";

- "some fool idea about rewriting authors' books";

- syn. anserine, dopy, foolish, gooselike, goosey, goosy, jerky;

- sim. stupid;

doppelganger
n1
a ghostly double of a living person that haunts its living counterpart;

doppelzentner
n1
a unit of weight equal to 100 kilograms;

- syn. centner, hundredweight, metric hundredweight;

Doppler
n1
Austrian physicist famous for his discovery of the Doppler effect (1803-1853);

- syn. Christian Johann Doppler;

Doppler effect
n1
change in the apparent frequency of a wave as observer and source move toward or away from each other;

- syn. Doppler shift;

Doppler radar
n1
radar that uses the Doppler shift to measure velocity;

Doppler shift
n1
change in the apparent frequency of a wave as observer and source move toward or away from each other;

- syn. Doppler effect;

dopy
a1
having or revealing stupidity;

- "ridiculous anserine behavior";

- "a dopey answer";

- "a dopey kid";

- "some fool idea about rewriting authors' books";

- syn. anserine, dopey, foolish, gooselike, goosey, goosy, jerky;

- sim. stupid;

Dorado / d ə ɹ ɑ d oʊ /
n1
a constellation in the southern hemisphere near Reticulum and Pictor;

- contains most of the Large Magellanic Cloud;

dorbeetle
n1
Old World dung beetle that flies with a droning sound;

Dorian / d ɔ ɹ ɪə n /
n1
a member of one of four linguistic divisions of the prehistoric Greeks;

n2
the ancient Greek inhabitants of Doris who entered Greece from the north about 1100 BC;

a1
of or relating to the ancient Greek inhabitants of Doris, to their Doric dialect of Greek, or to their culture;

Dorian order
n1
the oldest and simplest of the Greek orders and the only one that normally has no base;

- syn. Doric order;

Doric / d ɒ ɹ ɪ k /
n1
the dialect of Ancient Greek spoken in Doris;

- syn. Doric dialect;

a1
of or pertaining to the Doric style of architecture;

Doric dialect
n1
the dialect of Ancient Greek spoken in Doris;

- syn. Doric;

Doric order
n1
the oldest and simplest of the Greek orders and the only one that normally has no base;

- syn. Dorian order;

Doriden
n1
sedative (trade name Doriden) used to treat some sleep disorders;

- syn. glutethimide;

Doris / d ɒ ɹ ɪ s /
n1
(Greek mythology) wife of Nereus and mother of the Nereids;

n2
a small region of ancient Greece where the Doric dialect was spoken;

Doris Lessing
n1
English author of novels and short stories who grew up in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) (born in 1919);

- syn. Doris May Lessing, Lessing;

Doris May Lessing
n1
English author of novels and short stories who grew up in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) (born in 1919);

- syn. Doris Lessing, Lessing;

dork
n1
a dull stupid fatuous person;

- syn. jerk;

Dorking / d ɔ k ɪ ŋ /
n1
an English breed of large domestic fowl having five toes (the hind toe doubled);

dorm
n1
a college or university building containing living quarters for students;

- syn. dormitory, hall, residence hall, student residence;

dorm room
n1
a large sleeping room containing several beds;

- syn. dormitory, dormitory room;

dormancy / d ɔ m ə n s i /
n1
a state of quiet (but possibly temporary) inaction;

- "the volcano erupted after centuries of dormancy";

- syn. quiescence, quiescency;

n2
quiet and inactive restfulness;

- syn. quiescence, quiescency, sleeping;

dormant / d ɔ m ə n t /
a1
in a condition of biological rest or suspended animation;

- "dormant buds";

- "a hibernating bear";

- "torpid frogs";

- syn. hibernating, torpid;

- sim. asleep;

a2
(of e.g. volcanos) not erupting and not extinct;

- "a dormant volcano";

- syn. inactive;

- sim. quiescent;

a3
lying with head on paws as if sleeping;

- syn. sleeping;

- sim. unerect;

a4
inactive but capable of becoming active;

- "her feelings of affection are dormant but easily awakened";

- syn. abeyant;

- sim. inactive;

dormant account
n1
a savings account showing no activity (other than posting interest) for some specified period;

- "the dormant account reverted to the state under escheat laws";

dormer / d ɔ m ə , d ɔ m ə ɹ /
n1
a gabled extension built out from a sloping roof to accommodate a vertical window;

- syn. dormer window;

dormer window
n1
the window in a gabled extension built to accommodate a window;

n2
a gabled extension built out from a sloping roof to accommodate a vertical window;

- syn. dormer;

dormie
a1
in match play a side that stands as many holes ahead as there are holes remaining to be played;

- "he was dormie three and still lost the match";

- syn. dormy;

- sim. up;

Dormition
n1
celebration in the Eastern Orthodox Church of the Virgin Mary's being taken up into heaven when her earthly life ended;

- corresponds to the Assumption in the Roman Catholic Church and is also celebrated on August 15th;

- syn. Feast of Dormition;

dormitory / d ɔ m ɪ t ɹ i /
n1
a college or university building containing living quarters for students;

- syn. dorm, hall, residence hall, student residence;

n2
a large sleeping room containing several beds;

- syn. dorm room, dormitory room;

dormitory room
n1
a large sleeping room containing several beds;

- syn. dorm room, dormitory;

dormouse / d ɔ m aʊ s /
n1
small furry-tailed squirrel-like Old World rodent that becomes torpid in cold weather;

dormy / d ɔ m i /
a1
in match play a side that stands as many holes ahead as there are holes remaining to be played;

- "he was dormie three and still lost the match";

- syn. dormie;

- sim. up;

Doronicum
n1
genus of Eurasian perennial tuberous or rhizomatous herbs: leopard's bane;

- syn. genus Doronicum;

Doroteo Arango
n1
Mexican revolutionary leader (1877-1923);

- syn. Francisco Villa, Pancho Villa, Villa;

Dorothea Dix
n1
United States social reformer who pioneered in the reform of prisons and in the treatment of the mentally ill;

- superintended women army nurses during the American Civil War (1802-1887);

- syn. Dix, Dorothea Lynde Dix;

Dorothea Lange
n1
United States photographer remembered for her portraits of rural workers during the Depression (1895-1965);

- syn. Lange;

Dorothea Lynde Dix
n1
United States social reformer who pioneered in the reform of prisons and in the treatment of the mentally ill;

- superintended women army nurses during the American Civil War (1802-1887);

- syn. Dix, Dorothea Dix;

Dorotheanthus
n1
a caryophyllaceous genus of Dorotheanthus;

- syn. genus Dorotheanthus;

Dorotheanthus bellidiformis
n1
low-growing showy succulent annual of South Africa having white or pink or red or orange flowers and spatulate leaves covered in papillae that resemble small crystals;

- syn. livingstone daisy;

Dorothy Dix
n1
United States journalist who wrote a syndicated column of advice to the lovelorn (1870-1951);

- syn. Elizabeth Merriwether Gilmer, Gilmer;

Dorothy Hodgkin
n1
English chemist (born in Egypt) who used crystallography to study the structure of organic compounds (1910-1994);

- syn. Dorothy Mary Crowfoot Hodgkin, Hodgkin;

Dorothy L. Sayers
n1
English writer of detective fiction (1893-1957);

- syn. Dorothy Leigh Sayers, Dorothy Sayers, Sayers;

Dorothy Leigh Sayers
n1
English writer of detective fiction (1893-1957);

- syn. Dorothy L. Sayers, Dorothy Sayers, Sayers;

Dorothy Mary Crowfoot Hodgkin
n1
English chemist (born in Egypt) who used crystallography to study the structure of organic compounds (1910-1994);

- syn. Dorothy Hodgkin, Hodgkin;

Dorothy Parker
n1
United States writer noted for her sharp wit (1893-1967);

- syn. Dorothy Rothschild Parker, Parker;

Dorothy Rothschild Parker
n1
United States writer noted for her sharp wit (1893-1967);

- syn. Dorothy Parker, Parker;

Dorothy Sayers
n1
English writer of detective fiction (1893-1957);

- syn. Dorothy L. Sayers, Dorothy Leigh Sayers, Sayers;

dorsal / d ɔ s ɫ /
a1
belonging to or on or near the back or upper surface of an animal or organ or part;

- "the dorsal fin is the vertical fin on the back of a fish and certain marine mammals";

a2
facing away from the axis of an organ or organism;

- "the abaxial surface of a leaf is the underside or side facing away from the stem";

- syn. abaxial;

dorsal fin
n1
unpaired median fin on the backs of fishes and some other aquatic vertebrates that help to maintain balance;

dorsal horn
n1
one of two roots of a spinal nerve that passes dorsally from the spinal cord and that consists of sensory fibers;

- syn. dorsal root, posterior horn, posterior root;

dorsal root
n1
one of two roots of a spinal nerve that passes dorsally from the spinal cord and that consists of sensory fibers;

- syn. dorsal horn, posterior horn, posterior root;

dorsal scapular vein
n1
vein that is a tributary of the subclavian vein or external jugular vein and accompanies the descending scapular artery;

- syn. vena scapularis dorsalis;

dorsal vertebra
n1
one of 12 vertebrae in the human vertebral column;

- thoracic vertebrae extend from the seventh cervical vertebra down to the first lumbar vertebra;

- syn. thoracic vertebra;

dorsally
r1
in a dorsal location or direction;

dorsiflexion
n1
the act of bending backward (of the body or a body part);

dorsoventral
a1
extending from the back to the belly;

- sim. ventral;

dorsoventrally
r1
in a dorsoventral direction;

- "the ray has a dorsoventrally flattened body";

dorsum
n1
the posterior part of a human (or animal) body from the neck to the end of the spine;

- "his back was nicely tanned";

- syn. back;

n2
the back of the body of a vertebrate or any analogous surface (as the upper or outer surface of an organ or appendage or part);

- "the dorsum of the foot";

Dortmund / d ɔ t m ə n d /
n1
an industrial city in northwestern Germany;

- flourished from the 13th to 17th century as a member of the Hanseatic League;

dory / d ɔ ɹ i /
n1
a small boat of shallow draft with cross thwarts for seats and rowlocks for oars with which it is propelled;

- syn. dinghy, rowboat;

n2
pike-like freshwater perches;

- syn. Stizostedion vitreum, jack salmon, walleye, walleyed pike;

n3
marine fishes widely distributed in mid-waters and deep slope waters;

Dorylinae
n1
army ants;

- syn. subfamily Dorylinae;

Doryopteris
n1
small to medium tropical tufted ferns;

- sometimes placed in family Adiantaceae;

- syn. genus Doryopteris;

Doryopteris pedata
n1
tropical American fern with coarsely lobed to palmatifid fronds;

- syn. hand fern;

DoS / d u z /
n1
the federal department in the United States that sets and maintains foreign policies;

- "the Department of State was created in 1789";

- syn. Department of State, State, State Department, United States Department of State;

n2
an operating system that is on a disk;

- syn. disk operating system;

Dos Passos
n1
United States novelist remembered for his portrayal of life in the United States (1896-1970);

- syn. John Dos Passos, John Roderigo Dos Passos;

dosage / d oʊ s ɪ dʒ /
n1
the quantity of an active agent (substance or radiation) taken in or absorbed at any one time;

- syn. dose;

n2
a measured portion of medicine taken at any one time;

- syn. dose;

dose / d oʊ s /
n1
a measured portion of medicine taken at any one time;

- syn. dosage;

n2
the quantity of an active agent (substance or radiation) taken in or absorbed at any one time;

- syn. dosage;

n3
a communicable infection transmitted by sexual intercourse or genital contact;

- syn. Cupid's disease, Cupid's itch, STD, VD, Venus's curse, sexually transmitted disease, social disease, venereal disease, venereal infection;

n4
street name for lysergic acid diethylamide;

- syn. Elvis, Lucy in the sky with diamonds, Zen, acid, back breaker, battery-acid, dot, loony toons, pane, superman, window pane;

v1
treat with an agent;

- add (an agent) to;

- "The ray dosed the paint";

v2
administer a drug to;

- "They drugged the kidnapped tourist";

- syn. drug;

dose rate
n1
the quantity of radiation absorbed per unit time;

dosed / d oʊ s t /
a1
treated with some kind of application;

- "a mustache dosed with bear grease";

- sim. treated;

dosemeter
n1
a measuring instrument for measuring doses of ionizing radiation (X-rays or radioactivity);

- syn. dosimeter;

dosimeter
n1
a measuring instrument for measuring doses of ionizing radiation (X-rays or radioactivity);

- syn. dosemeter;

dosimetry
n1
measuring the dose of radiation emitted by a radioactive source;

doss / d ɒ s /
v1
sleep in a convenient place;

- "You can crash here, though it's not very comfortable";

- syn. crash, doss down;

doss down
v1
sleep in a convenient place;

- "You can crash here, though it's not very comfortable";

- syn. crash, doss;

dossal / d ɒ s ə ɫ /
n1
an ornamental hanging of rich fabric hung behind the altar of a church or at the sides of a chancel;

- syn. dossel;

dossel
n1
an ornamental hanging of rich fabric hung behind the altar of a church or at the sides of a chancel;

- syn. dossal;

dosser / d ɒ s ə , d ɒ s ə ɹ /
n1
someone who sleeps in any convenient place;

- syn. street person;

dosshouse
n1
a cheap lodging house;

- syn. flophouse;

dossier / d ɒ s ɪ eɪ /
n1
a collection of papers containing detailed information about a particular person or subject (usually a person's record);

Dostoevski
n1
Russian novelist who wrote of human suffering with humor and psychological insight (1821-1881);

- syn. Dostoevsky, Dostoyevsky, Feodor Dostoevski, Feodor Dostoevsky, Feodor Dostoyevsky, Feodor Mikhailovich Dostoevski, Feodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky, Feodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky, Fyodor Dostoevski, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevski, Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky, Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky;

Dostoevskian
a1
of or relating to or in the style of Feodor Dostoevski;

- syn. Dostoyevskian;

Dostoevsky
n1
Russian novelist who wrote of human suffering with humor and psychological insight (1821-1881);

- syn. Dostoevski, Dostoyevsky, Feodor Dostoevski, Feodor Dostoevsky, Feodor Dostoyevsky, Feodor Mikhailovich Dostoevski, Feodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky, Feodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky, Fyodor Dostoevski, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevski, Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky, Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky;

Dostoyevskian
a1
of or relating to or in the style of Feodor Dostoevski;

- syn. Dostoevskian;

Dostoyevsky
n1
Russian novelist who wrote of human suffering with humor and psychological insight (1821-1881);

- syn. Dostoevski, Dostoevsky, Feodor Dostoevski, Feodor Dostoevsky, Feodor Dostoyevsky, Feodor Mikhailovich Dostoevski, Feodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky, Feodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky, Fyodor Dostoevski, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevski, Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky, Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky;

dot / d ɒ t /
n1
a very small circular shape;

- "a row of points";

- "draw lines between the dots";

- syn. point;

n2
the United States federal department that institutes and coordinates national transportation programs;

- created in 1966;

- syn. Department of Transportation, Transportation;

n3
the shorter of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code;

- syn. dit;

n4
street name for lysergic acid diethylamide;

- syn. Elvis, Lucy in the sky with diamonds, Zen, acid, back breaker, battery-acid, dose, loony toons, pane, superman, window pane;

v1
scatter or intersperse like dots or studs;

- "Hills constellated with lights";

- syn. constellate, stud;

v2
distribute loosely;

- "He scattered gun powder under the wagon";

- syn. disperse, dust, scatter, sprinkle;

v3
make a dot or dots;

v4
mark with a dot;

- "dot your `i's";

dot-com
n1
a company that operates its business primarily on the internet using a URL that ends in `.com';

- syn. dot com, dot com company;

a1
of or relating to an internet company;

- "a dot-com outfit in San Francisco";

dot com
n1
a company that operates its business primarily on the internet using a URL that ends in `.com';

- syn. dot-com, dot com company;

dot com company
n1
a company that operates its business primarily on the internet using a URL that ends in `.com';

- syn. dot-com, dot com;

dot matrix
n1
a rectangular matrix of dots from which written characters can be formed;

dot matrix printer
n1
a printer that represents each character as a pattern of dots from a dot matrix;

- syn. dot printer, matrix printer;

dot printer
n1
a printer that represents each character as a pattern of dots from a dot matrix;

- syn. dot matrix printer, matrix printer;

dot product
n1
a real number (a scalar) that is the product of two vectors;

- syn. inner product, scalar product;

dotage / d oʊ t ɪ dʒ /
n1
mental infirmity as a consequence of old age;

- sometimes shown by foolish infatuations;

- syn. second childhood, senility;

dotard / d oʊ t ə d /
n1
an oldster in his dotage;

- someone whose age has impaired his intellect;

dote / d oʊ t /
v1
be foolish or senile due to old age;

v2
shower with love;

- show excessive affection for;

- "Grandmother dotes on the twins";

doting / d oʊ t ɪ ŋ /
a1
extravagantly or foolishly loving and indulgent;

- "adoring grandparents";

- "deceiving her preoccupied and doting husband with a young captain";

- "hopelessly spoiled by a fond mother";

- syn. adoring, fond;

- sim. loving;

dotrel
n1
rare plover of upland areas of Eurasia;

- syn. Charadrius morinellus, Eudromias morinellus, dotterel;

dotted / d ɒ t ɪ d /
a1
having a pattern of dots;

- syn. flecked, specked, speckled, stippled;

- sim. patterned;

a2
having gaps or spaces;

- "sign on the dotted line";

- syn. dashed;

- sim. broken;

dotted gayfeather
n1
herb with many stems bearing narrow slender wands of crowded rose-lavender flowers;

- central United States and Canada to Texas and northern Mexico;

- syn. Liatris punctata;

dotted line
n1
a line made up of dots or dashes;

- often used to indicate where you are supposed to sign a contract;

- "just sign on the dotted line";

dotterel / d ɒ t ɹ ə ɫ /
n1
rare plover of upland areas of Eurasia;

- syn. Charadrius morinellus, Eudromias morinellus, dotrel;

dottily
r1
in a mildly insane manner;

- "the old lady is beginning to behave quite dottily";

- syn. balmily, daftly, nuttily, wackily;

dottle / d ɒ t ɫ /
n1
the residue of partially burnt tobacco left caked in the bowl of a pipe after smoking;

dotty / d ɒ t i /
a1
informal or slang terms for mentally irregular;

- "it used to drive my husband balmy";

- syn. around the bend, balmy, barmy, bats, batty, bonkers, buggy, cracked, crackers, daft, fruity, haywire, kookie, kooky, loco, loony, loopy, nuts, nutty, round the bend, wacky, whacky;

- sim. insane;

a2
intensely enthusiastic about or preoccupied with;

- "crazy about cars and racing";

- "they are dotty about each other";

- "gaga over the rock group's new album";

- syn. crazy, gaga, wild;

- sim. enthusiastic;

Douala
n1
the largest city of Cameroon;

Douay-Rheims Bible
n1
an English translation of the Vulgate by Roman Catholic scholars;

- syn. Douay-Rheims Version, Douay Bible, Douay Version, Rheims-Douay Bible, Rheims-Douay Version;

Douay-Rheims Version
n1
an English translation of the Vulgate by Roman Catholic scholars;

- syn. Douay-Rheims Bible, Douay Bible, Douay Version, Rheims-Douay Bible, Rheims-Douay Version;

Douay Bible
n1
an English translation of the Vulgate by Roman Catholic scholars;

- syn. Douay-Rheims Bible, Douay-Rheims Version, Douay Version, Rheims-Douay Bible, Rheims-Douay Version;

Douay Version
n1
an English translation of the Vulgate by Roman Catholic scholars;

- syn. Douay-Rheims Bible, Douay-Rheims Version, Douay Bible, Rheims-Douay Bible, Rheims-Douay Version;

double / d ʌ b ɫ /
n1
a base hit on which the batter stops safely at second base;

- "he hit a double to deep centerfield";

- syn. two-bagger, two-base hit, two-baser;

n2
a stand-in for movie stars to perform dangerous stunts;

- "his first job in Hollywood was as a double for Clark Gable";

- syn. stunt man, stunt woman;

n3
someone who closely resembles a famous person (especially an actor);

- "he could be Gingrich's double";

- "she's the very image of her mother";

- syn. image, look-alike;

n4
a quantity that is twice as great as another;

- "36 is the double of 18";

n5
raising the stakes in a card game by a factor of 2;

- "I decided his double was a bluff";

- syn. doubling;

v1
increase twofold;

- "The population doubled within 50 years";

- syn. duplicate;

- also double up;

v2
hit a two-base hit;

v3
bend over or curl up, usually with laughter or pain;

- "He doubled and vomited violently";

- syn. double over, double up;

v4
do double duty;

- serve two purposes or have two functions;

- "She doubles as his wife and secretary";

v5
bridge: make a demand for (a card or suit);

v6
make or do or perform again;

- "He could never replicate his brilliant performance of the magic trick";

- syn. duplicate, reduplicate, repeat, replicate;

a1
having more than one decidedly dissimilar aspects or qualities;

- "a double (or dual) role for an actor";

- "the office of a clergyman is twofold;

- public preaching and private influence"- R.W.Emerson;

- "every episode has its double and treble meaning"-Frederick Harrison;

- syn. dual, three-fold, threefold, treble, two-fold, twofold;

- sim. multiple;

a2
consisting of or involving two parts or components usually in pairs;

- "an egg with a double yolk";

- "a double (binary) star";

- "double doors";

- "dual controls for pilot and copilot";

- "duple (or double) time consists of two (or a multiple of two) beats to a measure";

- syn. dual, duple;

- sim. multiple;

a3
twice as great or many;

- "ate a double portion";

- "the dose is doubled";

- "a twofold increase";

- syn. doubled, two-fold, twofold;

- sim. multiple;

a4
used of flowers having more than the usual number of petals in crowded or overlapping arrangements;

- "double chrysanthemums have many rows of petals and are usually spherical or hemispherical";

a5
used of homologous chromosomes associated in pairs in synapsis;

- syn. bivalent;

a6
large enough for two;

- "a double bed";

- "a double room";

- sim. large;

a7
having two meanings with intent to deceive;

- "a sly double meaning";

- "spoke with forked tongue";

- syn. forked;

- sim. equivocal;

r1
downward and forward;

- "he was bent double with pain";

r2
two together;

- "some people sleep better double";

r3
to double the degree;

- "she was doubly rewarded";

- "his eyes were double bright";

- syn. doubly, twice;

double-barreled
a1
having two barrels mounted side by side;

- "a double-barreled shotgun";

- syn. double-barrelled;

a2
having two purposes;

- twofold;

- "our double-barreled desire to make things profitable as well as attractive"- Louis Kronenbergers;

- syn. double-barrelled;

- sim. ambiguous;

double-barrelled / d ʌ b ɫ b æ ɹ ə ɫ d /
a1
having two barrels mounted side by side;

- "a double-barreled shotgun";

- syn. double-barreled;

a2
having two purposes;

- twofold;

- "our double-barreled desire to make things profitable as well as attractive"- Louis Kronenbergers;

- syn. double-barreled;

- sim. ambiguous;

double-bass / d ʌ b ɫ b eɪ s /
a1
pitched an octave below normal bass instrumental or vocal range;

- "contrabass or double-bass clarinet";

- syn. contrabass;

- sim. low;

double-bedded / d ʌ b ɫ b ɛ d ɪ d /
a1
having a double bed;

- "a double-bedded room";

- sim. bedded;

double-bitted ax
n1
an ax that has cutting edges on both sides of the head;

- syn. Western ax, Western axe, double-bitted axe;

double-bitted axe
n1
an ax that has cutting edges on both sides of the head;

- syn. Western ax, Western axe, double-bitted ax;

double-blind experiment
n1
an experimental procedure in which neither the subjects of the experiment nor the persons administering the experiment know the critical aspects of the experiment;

- "a double-blind procedure is used to guard against both experimenter bias and placebo effects";

- syn. double-blind procedure, double-blind study;

double-blind procedure
n1
an experimental procedure in which neither the subjects of the experiment nor the persons administering the experiment know the critical aspects of the experiment;

- "a double-blind procedure is used to guard against both experimenter bias and placebo effects";

- syn. double-blind experiment, double-blind study;

double-blind study
n1
an experimental procedure in which neither the subjects of the experiment nor the persons administering the experiment know the critical aspects of the experiment;

- "a double-blind procedure is used to guard against both experimenter bias and placebo effects";

- syn. double-blind experiment, double-blind procedure;

double-bogey
n1
(golf) a score of two strokes over par for a hole;

double-breasted / d ʌ b ɫ b ɹ ɛ s t ɪ d /
a1
(of clothing) fastened by lapping one edge of the front well over the other usually with a double row of buttons;

- "double-breasted jacket";

- "double-breasted suit";

double-breasted jacket
n1
a jacket having fronts that overlap enough for two separate rows of buttons;

double-breasted suit
n1
a suit with a double-breasted jacket;

double-check / d ʌ b ɫ tʃ ɛ k /
v1
check once more to be absolutely sure;

double-chinned
a1
having sagging folds of flesh beneath the chin or lower jaw;

- syn. jowly, loose-jowled;

- sim. fat;

double-crosser
n1
a person who says one thing and does another;

- syn. betrayer, double-dealer, traitor, two-timer;

double-crossing / d ʌ b ɫ k ɹ ɒ s ɪ ŋ /
n1
an act of betrayal;

- "he gave us the old double cross";

- "I could no longer tolerate his impudent double-crossing";

- syn. double cross;

double-date
v1
go out on a date with a partner and another couple;

- "let's double date this Saturday";

double-dealer / d ʌ b ɫ d i ɫ ə , d ʌ b ɫ d i ɫ ə ɹ /
n1
a person who says one thing and does another;

- syn. betrayer, double-crosser, traitor, two-timer;

double-dealing / d ʌ b ɫ d i ɫ ɪ ŋ /
n1
acting in bad faith;

- deception by pretending to entertain one set of intentions while acting under the influence of another;

- syn. duplicity;

a1
marked by deliberate deceptiveness especially by pretending one set of feelings and acting under the influence of another;

- "she was a deceitful scheming little thing"- Israel Zangwill;

- "a double-dealing double agent";

- "a double-faced infernal traitor and schemer"- W.M.Thackeray;

- syn. Janus-faced, ambidextrous, deceitful, double-faced, double-tongued, duplicitous, two-faced;

- sim. dishonest;

double-decker / d ʌ b ɫ d ɛ k ə , d ʌ b ɫ d ɛ k ə ɹ /
n1
a vehicle carrying many passengers;

- used for public transport;

- "he always rode the bus to work";

- syn. autobus, bus, charabanc, coach, jitney, motorbus, motorcoach, omnibus, passenger vehicle;

double-dyed / d ʌ b ɫ d aɪ d /
a1
without qualification;

- used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers;

- "an arrant fool";

- "a complete coward";

- "a consummate fool";

- "a double-dyed villain";

- "gross negligence";

- "a perfect idiot";

- "pure folly";

- "what a sodding mess";

- "stark staring mad";

- "a thorough nuisance";

- "a thoroughgoing villain";

- "utter nonsense";

- "the unadulterated truth";

- syn. arrant, complete, consummate, everlasting, gross, perfect, pure, sodding, staring, stark, thorough, thoroughgoing, unadulterated, utter;

- sim. unmitigated;

double-edged / d ʌ b ɫ ɛ dʒ d /
a1
capable of being interpreted in two usually contradictory ways;

- "double-edged praise";

- sim. ambiguous;

double-entry bookkeeping
n1
bookkeeper debits the transaction to one account and credits it to another;

- syn. double entry;

double-faced / d ʌ b ɫ f eɪ s t /
a1
(of fabrics) having faces on both sides;

- "damask is a double-faced fabric";

- sim. reversible;

a2
marked by deliberate deceptiveness especially by pretending one set of feelings and acting under the influence of another;

- "she was a deceitful scheming little thing"- Israel Zangwill;

- "a double-dealing double agent";

- "a double-faced infernal traitor and schemer"- W.M.Thackeray;

- syn. Janus-faced, ambidextrous, deceitful, double-dealing, double-tongued, duplicitous, two-faced;

- sim. dishonest;

double-geared
a1
equipped with compound gearing consisting of 2 pinions and 2 wheels in mesh to increase the mechanical advantage;

- "the double-geared lifting mechanism of a crane";

- sim. geared;

a2
(of a lathe) equipped with gearing for reducing the speed of the spindle from that of the driving pulley;

- "a back-geared lathe";

- syn. back-geared;

- sim. geared;

double-glaze
v1
provide with two sheets of glass;

double-humped
a1
having two humps;

- syn. two-humped;

double-hung window
n1
a window having two sashes that slide up and down;

double-jointed / d ʌ b ɫ dʒ ɔɪ n t ɪ d /
a1
having unusually flexible joints especially of the limbs or fingers;

- sim. flexible;

double-magnum
n1
a large wine bottle (holds 4/5 of a gallon);

- syn. jeroboam;

double-park / d ʌ b ɫ p ɑ k /
v1
park a vehicle alongside another;

double-prop
n1
a propeller plane with an engine that drives two propellers in opposite directions (for stability);

- syn. double-propeller plane, twin-prop, twin-propeller-plane;

double-propeller plane
n1
a propeller plane with an engine that drives two propellers in opposite directions (for stability);

- syn. double-prop, twin-prop, twin-propeller-plane;

double-quick / d ʌ b ɫ k w ɪ k /
a1
(of a marching cadence) very quick;

- sim. fast;

double-reed instrument
n1
a woodwind that has a pair of joined reeds that vibrate together;

- syn. double reed;

double-space
v1
type with a full space between lines;

double-spaced
a1
(of type or print) having a blank line between lines of type;

- "manuscripts must be double-spaced";

- sim. spaced;

double-spacing / d ʌ b ɫ s p eɪ s ɪ ŋ /
n1
typing that leaves alternate lines blank;

double-team
v1
cover with two defensive players;

double-tongued
a1
marked by deliberate deceptiveness especially by pretending one set of feelings and acting under the influence of another;

- "she was a deceitful scheming little thing"- Israel Zangwill;

- "a double-dealing double agent";

- "a double-faced infernal traitor and schemer"- W.M.Thackeray;

- syn. Janus-faced, ambidextrous, deceitful, double-dealing, double-faced, duplicitous, two-faced;

- sim. dishonest;

double-u
n1
the 23rd letter of the Roman alphabet;

- syn. W, w;

double agent
n1
a spy who works for two mutually antagonistic countries;

double back
v1
retrace one's course;

- "The hikers got into a storm and had to turn back";

- syn. backtrack, turn back;

double bar
n1
notation marking the end of principal parts of a musical composition;

- two adjacent bar lines;

double bass
n1
largest and lowest member of the violin family;

- syn. bass fiddle, bass viol, bull fiddle, contrabass, string bass;

double bassoon
n1
the bassoon that is the largest instrument in the oboe family;

- syn. contrabassoon, contrafagotto;

double bed
n1
a bed wide enough to accommodate two sleepers;

double bind
n1
(psychology) an unresolvable dilemma;

- situation in which a person receives contradictory messages from a person who is very powerful;

double birdie
v1
shoot two strokes under par;

- "She eagled the hole";

- syn. eagle;

double blind
n1
a test procedure in which the identity of those receiving the intervention is concealed from both the administrators and the subjects until after the test is completed;

- designed to reduce or eliminate bias in the results;

double bogey
v1
to shoot two strokes over par;

double boiler
n1
two saucepans, one fitting inside the other;

- syn. double saucepan;

double bond
n1
a covalent bond in which two pairs of electrons are shared between two atoms;

double check
n1
something that checks the correctness of a previous check;

- syn. countercheck;

double chin
n1
a fold of fatty tissue under the chin;

- syn. buccula;

double clinch
n1
a clinch with two loops;

double cream
n1
fresh soft French cheese containing at least 60% fat;

double creme
n1
cream with a fat content of 48% or more;

- syn. heavy whipping cream;

double crochet
n1
a kind of crochet stitch;

- syn. double stitch;

v1
make by double stitching;

- syn. double stitch;

double cross
n1
an act of betrayal;

- "he gave us the old double cross";

- "I could no longer tolerate his impudent double-crossing";

- syn. double-crossing;

v1
betray by double-dealing;

double dagger
n1
a character used in printing to indicate a cross reference or footnote;

- syn. diesis, double obelisk;

double damages
n1
twice the amount that a court would normally find the injured party entitled to;

double date
n1
a date in which two couples participate;

double decomposition
n1
a chemical reaction between two compounds in which parts of each are interchanged to form two new compounds (AB+CD=AD+CB);

- syn. double decomposition reaction, metathesis;

double decomposition reaction
n1
a chemical reaction between two compounds in which parts of each are interchanged to form two new compounds (AB+CD=AD+CB);

- syn. double decomposition, metathesis;

double digit
n1
a two-digit integer;

- from 10 to 99;

double dipper
n1
someone who draws two incomes from the government (usually by combining a salary and a pension);

double dipping
n1
two incomes received from the same source (as by holding a government job and receiving a government pension);

double door
n1
two vertical doors that meet in the middle of the door frame when closed;

double dribble
n1
an illegal dribble in basketball (the player uses both hands to dribble or the player starts to dribble a second time after coming to a stop);

double Dutch
n1
an incomprehensible talk;

n2
the difficult version of jump rope in which players jump over two ropes that are swung in a crisscross manner by two turners;

double dye
v1
dye twice;

double eagle
n1
(golf) a score of three strokes under par on a hole;

n2
a former gold coin in the United States worth 20 dollars;

double entendre
n1
an ambiguity with one interpretation that is indelicate;

double entry
n1
bookkeeper debits the transaction to one account and credits it to another;

- syn. double-entry bookkeeping;

double fault
n1
(tennis) two successive faults in serving resulting in the loss of the point;

double feature
n1
two games instead of one (especially in baseball when the same two teams play two games on the same day);

- syn. doubleheader, twin bill;

double first
n1
a first-class honours degree in two subjects;

double flat
n1
a musical notation of two flats in front of a note indicating that it is to be lowered by two semitones;

double glazing
n1
a window with two panes of glass and a space between them;

- reduces heat and noise transmission through the window;

double Gloucester
n1
a smooth firm mild orange-red cheese;

double gold
n1
very tall branching herb with showy much-doubled yellow flower heads;

- syn. Rudbeckia laciniata hortensia, golden glow, hortensia;

double helix
n1
a pair of parallel helices intertwined about a common axis;

- "the shape of the DNA molecule is a double helix";

double indemnity
n1
a clause in an insurance policy that provides for double the face value of the policy in the case of accidental death;

double jeopardy
n1
the prosecution of a defendant for a criminal offense for which he has already been tried;

- prohibited in the fifth amendment to the United States Constitution;

double knit
n1
a knit fabric similar to jersey that is made with two sets of needles producing a double thickness joined by interlocking stitches;

double leg circle
n1
a gymnastic exercise performed on the pommel horse when the gymnast (with legs together) swings his legs in a circle while alternating hands on the pommels;

double negative
n1
an affirmative constructed from two negatives;

- "A not unwelcome outcome";

n2
a grammatically substandard but emphatic negative;

- "I don't never go";

double obelisk
n1
a character used in printing to indicate a cross reference or footnote;

- syn. diesis, double dagger;

double over
v1
bend over or curl up, usually with laughter or pain;

- "He doubled and vomited violently";

- syn. double, double up;

double play
n1
the act of getting two players out on one play;

double pneumonia
n1
lobar pneumonia involving both lungs;

double quick
r1
at a faster speed;

- "now let's play the piece again double-quick";

- syn. double time;

double quotes
n1
a pair of quotation marks;

double reed
n1
a woodwind that has a pair of joined reeds that vibrate together;

- syn. double-reed instrument;

n2
a pair of joined reeds that vibrate together to produce the sound in some woodwinds;

double refraction
n1
splitting a ray into two parallel rays polarized perpendicularly;

- syn. birefringence;

double replacement reaction
n1
a chemical reaction between two compounds where the positive ion of one compound is exchanged with the positive ion of another compound;

double reverse
n1
(American football) a running play in which a first reverse is followed by a second reverse;

double rhyme
n1
a two-syllable rhyme;

- "`ended' and `blended' form a double rhyme";

double salt
n1
a solution of two simple salts that forms a single substance on crystallization;

double saucepan
n1
two saucepans, one fitting inside the other;

- syn. double boiler;

double sharp
n1
a musical notation of two sharps in front of a note indicating that it is to be raised by two semitones;

double standard
n1
an ethical or moral code that applies more strictly to one group than to another;

double standard of sexual behavior
n1
a code that permits greater sexual freedom for men than for women (associated with the subordination of women);

double star
n1
a system of two stars that revolve around each other under their mutual gravitation;

- syn. binary, binary star;

double stitch
n1
a kind of crochet stitch;

- syn. double crochet;

v1
make by double stitching;

- syn. double crochet;

double stopping
n1
stopping two strings and producing two notes at the same time;

double take
n1
a delayed reaction indicating surprise;

double talk
n1
deliberately unintelligible gibberish;

double time
n1
a fast marching pace (180 steps/min) or slow jog;

n2
a doubled wage (for working overtime);

r1
at a faster speed;

- "now let's play the piece again double-quick";

- syn. double quick;

double tongue
v1
play fast notes on a wind instrument;

- syn. triple-tongue;

double up
v1
bend over or curl up, usually with laughter or pain;

- "He doubled and vomited violently";

- syn. double, double over;

v2
share a room or a bed designed for only one person;

v3
stake winnings from one bet on a subsequent wager;

- syn. parlay;

double vision
n1
visual impairment in which an object is seen as two objects;

- "diplopia often disappears when one eye is covered";

- syn. diplopia;

doubled / d ʌ b ɫ d /
a1
twice as great or many;

- "ate a double portion";

- "the dose is doubled";

- "a twofold increase";

- syn. double, two-fold, twofold;

- sim. multiple;

doubleheader / d ʌ b ɫ h ɛ d ə /
n1
two games instead of one (especially in baseball when the same two teams play two games on the same day);

- syn. double feature, twin bill;

doubler / d ʌ b ɫ ə , d ʌ b ɫ ə ɹ /
n1
an electronic device that doubles the voltage or the frequency of an input signal;

doubles / d ʌ b ɫ z /
n1
badminton played with two players on each side;

n2
tennis played with two players on each side;

doublespeak / d ʌ b ɫ s p i k /
n1
any language that pretends to communicate but actually does not;

doublet / d ʌ b ɫ ɪ t /
n1
a man's close-fitting jacket;

- worn during the Renaissance;

doublethink / d ʌ b ɫ θ ɪ ŋ k /
n1
believing two contradictory ideas at the same time;

doubleton / d ʌ b ɫ t ʌ n /
n1
(bridge) a pair of playing cards that are the only cards in their suit in the hand dealt to a player;

doubletree / d ʌ b ɫ t ɹ i /
n1
a crossbar on a wagon or carriage to which two whiffletrees are attached in order to harness two horses abreast;

doubling / d ʌ b ɫ ɪ ŋ /
n1
increase by a factor of two;

- "doubling with a computer took no time at all";

n2
raising the stakes in a card game by a factor of 2;

- "I decided his double was a bluff";

- syn. double;

doubloon / d ʌ b ɫ u n /
n1
a former Spanish gold coin;

doubly / d ʌ b ɫ i /
r1
to double the degree;

- "she was doubly rewarded";

- "his eyes were double bright";

- syn. double, twice;

r2
in a twofold manner;

- "he was doubly wrong";

- syn. in two ways;

doubly transitive verb
n1
a transitive verb that takes both a direct and an indirect object;

- syn. doubly transitive verb form;

doubly transitive verb form
n1
a transitive verb that takes both a direct and an indirect object;

- syn. doubly transitive verb;

doubt / d aʊ t /
n1
the state of being unsure of something;

- syn. doubtfulness, dubiety, dubiousness, incertitude, uncertainty;

n2
uncertainty about the truth or factuality or existence of something;

- "the dubiousness of his claim";

- "there is no question about the validity of the enterprise";

- syn. doubtfulness, dubiousness, question;

v1
consider unlikely or have doubts about;

- "I doubt that she will accept his proposal of marriage";

v2
lack confidence in or have doubts about;

- "I doubt these reports";

- "I suspect her true motives";

- "she distrusts her stepmother";

doubter / d aʊ t ə /
n1
someone who habitually doubts accepted beliefs;

- syn. sceptic, skeptic;

n2
someone who is doubtful or noncommittal about something;

- syn. agnostic;

doubtful / d aʊ t f ʊ ɫ /
a1
open to doubt or suspicion;

- "the candidate's doubtful past";

- "he has a dubious record indeed";

- "what one found uncertain the other found dubious or downright false";

- "it was more than dubitable whether the friend was as influential as she thought"- Karen Horney;

- syn. dubious, dubitable, in question;

- sim. questionable;

a2
fraught with uncertainty or doubt;

- "they were doubtful that the cord would hold";

- "it was doubtful whether she would be admitted";

- "dubious about agreeing to go";

- syn. dubious;

- sim. uncertain;

a3
unsettled in mind or opinion;

- "drew a few tentative conclusions";

- syn. tentative;

- sim. unsettled;

doubtfully / d aʊ t f ʊ ɫ i /
r1
in a doubtful manner;

- "Gerald shook his head doubtfully";

- syn. dubiously;

doubtfulness / d aʊ t f ʊ ɫ n ɛ s /
n1
the state of being unsure of something;

- syn. doubt, dubiety, dubiousness, incertitude, uncertainty;

n2
uncertainty about the truth or factuality or existence of something;

- "the dubiousness of his claim";

- "there is no question about the validity of the enterprise";

- syn. doubt, dubiousness, question;

doubting / d aʊ t ɪ ŋ /
a1
marked by or given to doubt;

- "a skeptical attitude";

- "a skeptical listener";

- syn. questioning, sceptical, skeptical;

- sim. distrustful;

doubting Thomas
n1
the Apostle who would not believe the resurrection of Jesus until he saw Jesus with his own eyes;

- syn. Saint Thomas, St. Thomas, Thomas, Thomas the doubting Apostle;

n2
someone who demands physical evidence in order to be convinced (especially when this demand is out of place);

doubtless / d aʊ t ɫ ɪ s /
r1
without doubt;

- certainly;

- "it's undoubtedly very beautiful";

- syn. doubtlessly, undoubtedly;

doubtlessly / d aʊ t ɫ ɛ z s ɫ aɪ /
r1
without doubt;

- certainly;

- "it's undoubtedly very beautiful";

- syn. doubtless, undoubtedly;

douche / d u ʃ /
n1
a small syringe with detachable nozzles;

- used for vaginal lavage and enemas;

- syn. douche bag;

n2
irrigation with a jet of water or medicated solution into or around a body part (especially the vagina) to treat infections or cleanse from odorous contents;

v1
direct a spray of water into a bodily cavity, for cleaning;

douche bag
n1
a small syringe with detachable nozzles;

- used for vaginal lavage and enemas;

- syn. douche;

dough / d oʊ /
n1
a flour mixture stiff enough to knead or roll;

n2
informal terms for money;

- syn. boodle, bread, cabbage, clams, dinero, gelt, kale, lettuce, lolly, loot, lucre, moolah, pelf, scratch, shekels, simoleons, sugar, wampum;

doughboy / d oʊ b ɔɪ /
n1
an American infantryman in World War I;

n2
a rounded lump of dough that is deep-fried and served as hot bread;

- "the doughboy was a predecessor of the doughnut";

doughnut / d oʊ n ʌ t /
n1
a toroidal shape;

- "a ring of ships in the harbor";

- "a halo of smoke";

- syn. anchor ring, annulus, halo, ring;

n2
a small ring-shaped friedcake;

- syn. donut, sinker;

doughnut-shaped
a1
shaped like a ring;

- syn. annular, annulate, annulated, circinate, ring-shaped, ringed;

- sim. rounded;

doughy / d oʊ i /
a1
having the consistency of dough because of insufficient leavening or improper cooking;

- "the cake fell;

- it's a doughy mess";

- syn. soggy;

- sim. heavy;

Douglas / d ʌ ɡ ɫ ə s /
n1
United States politician who proposed that individual territories be allowed to decide whether they would have slavery;

- he engaged in a famous series of debates with Abraham Lincoln (1813-1861);

- syn. Little Giant, Stephen A. Douglas, Stephen Arnold Douglas;

Douglas Elton Fairbanks
n1
United States film actor noted for his swashbuckling roles (1883-1939);

- syn. Douglas Fairbanks, Fairbanks, Julius Ullman;

Douglas Fairbanks
n1
United States film actor noted for his swashbuckling roles (1883-1939);

- syn. Douglas Elton Fairbanks, Fairbanks, Julius Ullman;

Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
n1
United States film actor;

- son of Douglas Elton Fairbanks, (1909-2000);

- syn. Fairbanks;

douglas fir
n1
strong durable timber of a douglas fir;

n2
tall evergreen timber tree of western North America having resinous wood and short needles;

douglas hemlock
n1
lofty douglas fir of northwestern North America having short needles and egg-shaped cones;

- syn. Oregon fir, Oregon pine, Pseudotsuga menziesii, douglas pine, douglas spruce, green douglas fir;

Douglas MacArthur
n1
United States general who served as chief of staff and commanded Allied forces in the South Pacific during World War II;

- he accepted the surrender of Japan (1880-1964);

- syn. MacArthur;

Douglas Moore
n1
United States composer of works noted for their use of the American vernacular (1893-1969);

- syn. Moore;

douglas pine
n1
lofty douglas fir of northwestern North America having short needles and egg-shaped cones;

- syn. Oregon fir, Oregon pine, Pseudotsuga menziesii, douglas hemlock, douglas spruce, green douglas fir;

douglas spruce
n1
lofty douglas fir of northwestern North America having short needles and egg-shaped cones;

- syn. Oregon fir, Oregon pine, Pseudotsuga menziesii, douglas hemlock, douglas pine, green douglas fir;

Douglas squirrel
n1
far western United States counterpart of the red squirrel;

- syn. Tamiasciurus douglasi, chickeree;

Douglass / d ʌ ɡ ɫ æ s /
n1
United States abolitionist who escaped from slavery and became an influential writer and lecturer in the North (1817-1895);

- syn. Frederick Douglass;

doula
n1
an assistant (often the father of the soon-to-be-born child) who provides support for a woman in labor by encouraging her to use techniques learned in childbirth-preparation classes;

- syn. birthing coach, labor coach, monitrice;

dour / d ʊə , d ʊə ɹ /
a1
stubbornly unyielding;

- "dogged persistence";

- "dour determination";

- "the most vocal and pertinacious of all the critics";

- "a mind not gifted to discover truth but tenacious to hold it"- T.S.Eliot;

- "men tenacious of opinion";

- syn. dogged, persistent, pertinacious, tenacious, unyielding;

- sim. stubborn;

a2
harshly uninviting or formidable in manner or appearance;

- "a dour, self-sacrificing life";

- "a forbidding scowl";

- "a grim man loving duty more than humanity";

- "undoubtedly the grimmest part of him was his iron claw"- J.M.Barrie;

- syn. forbidding, grim;

- sim. unpleasant;

a3
showing a brooding ill humor;

- "a dark scowl";

- "the proverbially dour New England Puritan";

- "a glum, hopeless shrug";

- "he sat in moody silence";

- "a morose and unsociable manner";

- "a saturnine, almost misanthropic young genius"- Bruce Bliven;

- "a sour temper";

- "a sullen crowd";

- syn. dark, glowering, glum, moody, morose, saturnine, sour, sullen;

- sim. ill-natured;

doura
n1
sorghums of dry regions of Asia and North Africa;

- syn. Egyptian corn, Guinea corn, Indian millet, dourah, durra;

dourah
n1
sorghums of dry regions of Asia and North Africa;

- syn. Egyptian corn, Guinea corn, Indian millet, doura, durra;

dourly / d ʊə ɫ i /
r1
in a sullen manner;

- "he sat in his chair dourly";

- syn. glumly, sullenly;

douroucouli
n1
nocturnal monkey of Central America and South America with large eyes and thick fur;

- syn. Aotus trivirgatus;

douse / d aʊ s /
v1
put out, as of a candle or a light;

- "Douse the lights";

- syn. put out;

v2
wet thoroughly;

- syn. dowse;

v3
dip into a liquid;

- "He dipped into the pool";

- syn. dip, duck;

v4
immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate;

- "dip the garment into the cleaning solution";

- "dip the brush into the paint";

- syn. dip, dunk, plunge, souse;

v5
lower quickly;

- "douse a sail";

v6
slacken;

- "douse a rope";

- syn. dowse;

v7
cover with liquid;

- pour liquid onto;

- "souse water on his hot face";

- syn. dowse, drench, soak, sop, souse;

dousing / d aʊ s ɪ ŋ /
n1
the act of wetting something by submerging it;

- syn. ducking, immersion, submersion;

dove / d ʌ v /
n1
any of numerous small pigeons;

n2
someone who prefers negotiations to armed conflict in the conduct of foreign relations;

- syn. peacenik;

n3
a constellation in the southern hemisphere near Puppis and Caelum;

- syn. Columba;

n4
flesh of a pigeon suitable for roasting or braising;

- flesh of a dove (young squab) may be broiled;

- syn. squab;

n5
an emblem of peace;

dove's foot geranium
n1
western geranium with small pink flowers;

- a common weed on lawns and in vacant lots;

- syn. Geranium molle;

dovecote / d ʌ v k ə t , d ʌ v k oʊ t /
n1
a birdhouse for pigeons;

- syn. columbarium, columbary;

dovekie
n1
small short-billed auk abundant in Arctic regions;

- syn. Plautus alle, little auk;

Dover / d oʊ v ə , d oʊ v ə ɹ /
n1
the capital of the state of Delaware;

- syn. capital of Delaware;

Dover's powder
n1
a medicinal powder made essentially of ipecac and opium;

- formerly used to relieve pain and induce perspiration;

dovetail / d ʌ v t eɪ ɫ /
n1
a mortise joint formed by interlocking tenons and mortises;

- syn. dovetail joint;

v1
fit together tightly, as if by means of a dovetail;

dovetail joint
n1
a mortise joint formed by interlocking tenons and mortises;

- syn. dovetail;

dovetail plane
n1
a woodworking plane designed to make the grooves for dovetail joints;

dovish
a1
opposed to war;

- syn. pacifist, pacifistic;

- sim. peaceful;

dovishness
n1
any political orientation favoring compromise to avoid conflict;

Dovyalis
n1
small genus of sometimes spiny shrubs or small trees;

- Africa;

- India;

- Sri Lanka;

- syn. genus Dovyalis;

Dovyalis caffra
n1
vigorous South African spiny shrub grown for its round yellow juicy edible fruits;

- syn. kei apple, kei apple bush;

Dovyalis hebecarpa
n1
a small shrubby spiny tree cultivated for its maroon-purple fruit with sweet purple pulp tasting like gooseberries;

- Sri Lanka and India;

- syn. Ceylon gooseberry, ketembilla, ketembilla tree, kitambilla, kitembilla;

Dow-Jones Industrial Average
n1
an indicator of stock market prices;

- based on the share values of 30 blue-chip stocks listed on the New York Stock Exchange;

- "the Dow Jones Industrial Average is the most widely cited indicator of how the stock market is doing";

- syn. Dow Jones;

Dow Jones
n1
an indicator of stock market prices;

- based on the share values of 30 blue-chip stocks listed on the New York Stock Exchange;

- "the Dow Jones Industrial Average is the most widely cited indicator of how the stock market is doing";

- syn. Dow-Jones Industrial Average;

dowager / d aʊ ə dʒ ə , d aʊ ə dʒ ə ɹ /
n1
a widow holding property received from her deceased husband;

dowager's hump
n1
abnormal spinal curvature that results when osteoporosis causes the spine to collapse;

- seen most often in elderly women;

dowdily / d aʊ d ɪ ɫ i /
r1
in a dowdy unfashionable manner;

- "she dresses dowdily";

- syn. frumpily, frumpishly;

dowdiness / d aʊ d ɪ n ə s /
n1
having a drab or dowdy quality;

- lacking stylishness or elegance;

- syn. drabness, homeliness;

Dowding / d aʊ d ɪ ŋ /
n1
British marshal of the RAF who commanded the British air defense forces that defeated the Luftwaffe during the Battle of Britain (1882-1970);

- syn. Baron Hugh Caswall Tremenheere Dowding, Dowdy, Hugh Dowding;

Dowdy / d aʊ d i /
n1
British marshal of the RAF who commanded the British air defense forces that defeated the Luftwaffe during the Battle of Britain (1882-1970);

- syn. Baron Hugh Caswall Tremenheere Dowding, Dowding, Hugh Dowding;

n2
deep-dish apple dessert covered with a rich crust;

- syn. pandowdy;

a1
lacking in smartness or taste;

- "a dowdy grey outfit";

- "a clean and sunny but completely dowdy room";

- sim. styleless;

a2
primly out of date;

- "nothing so frumpish as last year's gambling game";

- syn. frumpish, frumpy;

- sim. unfashionable;

dowel / d aʊ ə ɫ /
n1
a fastener that is inserted into holes in two adjacent pieces and holds them together;

- syn. dowel pin, joggle;

dowel pin
n1
a fastener that is inserted into holes in two adjacent pieces and holds them together;

- syn. dowel, joggle;

doweling / d aʊ ə ɫ ɪ ŋ /
n1
fastening by dowels;

dower / d aʊ ə , d aʊ ə ɹ /
n1
money or property brought by a woman to her husband at marriage;

- syn. dowery, dowry, portion;

n2
a life estate to which a wife is entitled on the death of her husband;

v1
furnish with an endowment;

- "When she got married, she got dowered";

- syn. endow;

dowered / d aʊ ə d /
a1
supplied with a dower or dowry;

- sim. endowed;

dowerless
a1
lacking a dowry;

- sim. unendowed;

dowery
n1
money or property brought by a woman to her husband at marriage;

- syn. dower, dowry, portion;

dowitcher
n1
shorebird of the sandpiper family that resembles a snipe;

Dowland
n1
English lutenist and composer of songs for the lute (1563-1626);

- syn. John Dowland;

down / d aʊ n /
n1
soft fine feathers;

- syn. down feather;

n2
(American football) a complete play to advance the football;

- "you have four downs to gain ten yards";

n3
English physician who first described Down's syndrome (1828-1896);

- syn. John L. H. Down;

n4
(usually plural) a rolling treeless highland with little soil;

n5
fine soft dense hair (as the fine short hair of cattle or deer or the wool of sheep or the undercoat of certain dogs);

- syn. pile;

v1
drink down entirely;

- "He downed three martinis before dinner";

- "She killed a bottle of brandy that night";

- "They popped a few beer after work";

- syn. belt down, bolt down, drink down, kill, pop, pour down, toss off;

v2
eat up completely, as with great appetite;

- "Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal";

- "The teenagers demolished four pizzas among them";

- syn. consume, demolish, devour, go through;

v3
bring down or defeat (an opponent);

v4
shoot at and force to come down;

- "the enemy landed several of our aircraft";

- syn. land, shoot down;

v5
cause to come or go down;

- "The policeman downed the heavily armed suspect";

- "The mugger knocked down the old lady after she refused to hand over her wallet";

- syn. cut down, knock down, pull down, push down;

v6
improve or perfect by pruning or polishing;

- "refine one's style of writing";

- syn. fine-tune, polish, refine;

a1
being or moving lower in position or less in some value;

- "lay face down";

- "the moon is down";

- "our team is down by a run";

- "down by a pawn";

- "the stock market is down today";

- also descending, low;

- sim. behind, downbound, downcast, downfield, downward, fallen, set, thrown, weak;

a2
extending or moving from a higher to a lower place;

- "the down staircase";

- "the downward course of the stream";

- syn. downward;

- sim. descending;

a3
becoming progressively lower;

- "the down trend in the real estate market";

- sim. falling;

a4
being put out by a strikeout;

- "two down in the bottom of the ninth";

- sim. out;

a5
understood perfectly;

- "had his algebra problems down";

- syn. down pat, mastered;

- sim. perfect;

a6
lower than previously;

- "the market is depressed";

- "prices are down";

- syn. depressed;

- sim. low;

a7
shut;

- "the shades were down";

- sim. lowered;

a8
not functioning (temporarily or permanently);

- "we can't work because the computer is down";

- sim. inoperative;

a9
filled with melancholy and despondency;

- "gloomy at the thought of what he had to face";

- "gloomy predictions";

- "a gloomy silence";

- "took a grim view of the economy";

- "the darkening mood";

- "lonely and blue in a strange city";

- "depressed by the loss of his job";

- "a dispirited and resigned expression on her face";

- "downcast after his defeat";

- "feeling discouraged and downhearted";

- syn. blue, depressed, dispirited, down in the mouth, downcast, downhearted, gloomy, grim, low, low-spirited;

- sim. dejected;

r1
spatially or metaphorically from a higher to a lower level or position;

- "don't fall down";

- "rode the lift up and skied down";

- "prices plunged downward";

- syn. downward, downwardly, downwards;

r2
away from a more central or a more northerly place;

- "was sent down to work at the regional office";

- "worked down on the farm";

- "came down for the wedding";

- "flew down to Florida";

r3
paid in cash at time of purchase;

- "put ten dollars down on the necklace";

r4
from an earlier time;

- "the story was passed down from father to son";

r5
to a lower intensity;

- "he slowly phased down the light until the stage was completely black";

r6
in an inactive or inoperative state;

- "the factory went down during the strike";

- "the computer went down again";

Down's syndrome
n1
a congenital disorder caused by having an extra 21st chromosome;

- results in a flat face and short stature and mental retardation;

- syn. Down syndrome, mongolianism, mongolism, trisomy 21;

down-and-out / d aʊ n ə n aʊ t /
n1
a person who is destitute;

- "he tried to help the down-and-out";

a1
lacking resources (or any prospect of resources);

- sim. unsuccessful;

down-bow
n1
a downward stroke from the heel to the tip of the bow;

down-to-earth / d aʊ n t ʊ ɝ θ /
a1
sensible and practical;

- "has a straightforward down-to-earth approach to a problem";

- "her earthy common sense";

- syn. earthy;

- sim. realistic;

Down Easter
n1
a native or resident of Maine;

- syn. Mainer;

down feather
n1
soft fine feathers;

- syn. down;

down in the mouth
a1
filled with melancholy and despondency;

- "gloomy at the thought of what he had to face";

- "gloomy predictions";

- "a gloomy silence";

- "took a grim view of the economy";

- "the darkening mood";

- "lonely and blue in a strange city";

- "depressed by the loss of his job";

- "a dispirited and resigned expression on her face";

- "downcast after his defeat";

- "feeling discouraged and downhearted";

- syn. blue, depressed, dispirited, down, downcast, downhearted, gloomy, grim, low, low-spirited;

- sim. dejected;

down pat
a1
understood perfectly;

- "had his algebra problems down";

- syn. down, mastered;

- sim. perfect;

down payment
n1
a partial payment made at the time of purchase;

- the balance to be paid later;

- syn. deposit;

down quark
n1
a stable quark with an electric charge of -1/3 and a mass 607 times that of an electron;

Down syndrome
n1
a congenital disorder caused by having an extra 21st chromosome;

- results in a flat face and short stature and mental retardation;

- syn. Down's syndrome, mongolianism, mongolism, trisomy 21;

down the stairs
r1
on a floor below;

- "the tenants live downstairs";

- syn. below, downstairs, on a lower floor;

down town
n1
the center of a city;

- syn. civic center, municipal center;

downbeat / d aʊ n b i t /
n1
the first beat of a musical measure (as the conductor's arm moves downward);

downbound
a1
heading in any direction that is conventionally down;

- "a downbound channel";

- "the downbound train";

- sim. down;

downcast / d aʊ n k ɑ s t /
n1
a ventilation shaft through which air enters a mine;

a1
directed downward;

- "a downcast glance";

- sim. down;

a2
filled with melancholy and despondency;

- "gloomy at the thought of what he had to face";

- "gloomy predictions";

- "a gloomy silence";

- "took a grim view of the economy";

- "the darkening mood";

- "lonely and blue in a strange city";

- "depressed by the loss of his job";

- "a dispirited and resigned expression on her face";

- "downcast after his defeat";

- "feeling discouraged and downhearted";

- syn. blue, depressed, dispirited, down, down in the mouth, downhearted, gloomy, grim, low, low-spirited;

- sim. dejected;

downdraft / d aʊ n d ɹ ɑ f t /
n1
a strong downward air current;

downer / d aʊ n ə , d aʊ n ə ɹ /
n1
a drug that reduces excitability and calms a person;

- syn. depressant, sedative, sedative drug;

downfall / d aʊ n f ɔ ɫ /
n1
failure that results in a loss of position or reputation;

- syn. ruin, ruination;

n2
the falling to earth of any form of water (rain or snow or hail or sleet or mist);

- syn. precipitation;

n3
a sudden decline in strength or number or importance;

- "the fall of the House of Hapsburg";

- syn. fall;

downfield / d aʊ n f i ɫ d /
a1
toward or in the defending team's end of the playing field;

- "he threw to a downfield receiver";

- sim. down;

r1
toward or in the defending team's end of the playing field;

- "he caught the ball and ran downfield 15 yards";

downgrade / d aʊ n ɡ ɹ eɪ d /
n1
the property possessed by a slope or surface that descends;

v1
rate lower;

- lower in value or esteem;

downhearted / d aʊ n h ɑ t ɪ d /
a1
filled with melancholy and despondency;

- "gloomy at the thought of what he had to face";

- "gloomy predictions";

- "a gloomy silence";

- "took a grim view of the economy";

- "the darkening mood";

- "lonely and blue in a strange city";

- "depressed by the loss of his job";

- "a dispirited and resigned expression on her face";

- "downcast after his defeat";

- "feeling discouraged and downhearted";

- syn. blue, depressed, dispirited, down, down in the mouth, downcast, gloomy, grim, low, low-spirited;

- sim. dejected;

downheartedness / d aʊ n h ɑ t ɪ d n ə s /
n1
a feeling of low spirits;

- "he felt responsible for her lowness of spirits";

- syn. dejectedness, dispiritedness, low-spiritedness, lowness;

downhill / d aʊ n h ɪ ɫ /
n1
the downward slope of a hill;

n2
a ski race down a trail;

a1
sloping down rather steeply;

- syn. declivitous, downward-sloping;

- sim. descending;

r1
toward a lower or inferior state;

- "your performance has been going downhill for a long time now";

r2
toward the bottom of a hill;

- "running downhill, he gained a lot of speed";

downiness
n1
a light softness;

- syn. featheriness, fluffiness;

Downing / d aʊ n ɪ ŋ /
n1
United States landscape architect who designed the grounds of the White House and the Capitol Building (1815-1852);

- syn. Andrew Jackson Downing;

Downing Street / d aʊ n ɪ ŋ s t ɹ i t /
n1
a street of Westminster in London;

- "the Prime Minister lives at No. 10 Downing Street";

n2
the British government;

downlike / d aʊ n ɫ aɪ k /
a1
like down or as soft as down;

- syn. downy, flossy, fluffy;

- sim. soft;

download / d aʊ n ɫ oʊ d /
v1
transfer a file or program from a central computer to a smaller computer or to a computer at a remote location;

downmarket
a1
designed for low-income consumers;

- sim. downscale;

downplay / d aʊ n p ɫ eɪ /
v1
represent as less significant or important;

- syn. minimise, minimize, understate;

v2
understate the importance or quality of;

- "he played down his royal ancestry";

- syn. background, play down;

downpour / d aʊ n p ɔ , d aʊ n p ɔ ɹ /
n1
a heavy rain;

- syn. cloudburst, deluge, pelter, soaker, torrent, waterspout;

downright / d aʊ n ɹ aɪ t /
a1
characterized by plain blunt honesty;

- "a downright answer";

- "a downright kind of person";

- sim. honest;

a2
complete and without restriction or qualification;

- sometimes used informally as intensifiers;

- "absolute freedom";

- "an absolute dimwit";

- "a downright lie";

- "out-and-out mayhem";

- "an out-and-out lie";

- "a rank outsider";

- "many right-down vices";

- "got the job through sheer persistence";

- "sheer stupidity";

- syn. absolute, out-and-out, rank, right-down, sheer;

- sim. complete;

r1
thoroughgoing;

- "he is outright dishonest";

downrightness / d aʊ n ɹ aɪ t n ə s /
n1
the quality of being direct and straightforward;

- "what some people take for rudeness is really straightforwardness";

- syn. straightforwardness;

downriver / d aʊ n ɹ ɪ v ə /
r1
away from the source or with the current;

- syn. downstream;

downscale
a1
intended for people with low incomes;

- "mass-produced downscale versions of high-priced fashions";

- sim. downmarket;

downshift / d aʊ n ʃ ɪ f t /
n1
a change from a financially rewarding but stressful career to a less well paid but more fulfilling one;

n2
a change to a lower gear in a car or bicycle;

downside / d aʊ n s aɪ d /
n1
a negative aspect of something that is generally positive;

- "there is a downside even to motherhood";

downsize / d aʊ n s aɪ z /
v1
dismiss from work;

- "three secretaries were downsized during the financial crisis";

v2
design or manufacture in a smaller size;

- "the car makers downsized the SUVs when fuel became very expensive";

v3
(of a company) reduce in size or number of employees;

- "the company downsized its research staff";

downsizing / d aʊ n s aɪ z ɪ ŋ /
n1
the reduction of expenditures in order to become financially stable;

- syn. curtailment, retrenchment;

downslope
n1
a downward slope or bend;

- syn. declension, declination, decline, declivity, descent, fall;

downspin
n1
a swift and dangerous downturn;

downstage / d aʊ n s t eɪ dʒ /
n1
the front half of the stage (as seen from the audience);

a1
of the front half of a stage;

r1
at or toward the front of the stage;

- "the actors moved further and further downstage";

downstair / d aʊ n s t eə , d aʊ n s t eə ɹ /
a1
on or of lower floors of a building;

- "the downstairs (or downstair) phone";

- syn. downstairs;

- sim. ground-floor;

downstairs / d aʊ n s t eə z /
a1
on or of lower floors of a building;

- "the downstairs (or downstair) phone";

- syn. downstair;

- sim. ground-floor;

r1
on a floor below;

- "the tenants live downstairs";

- syn. below, down the stairs, on a lower floor;

downstream / d aʊ n s t ɹ i m /
a1
in the direction of a stream's current;

r1
away from the source or with the current;

- syn. downriver;

downstroke / d aʊ n s t ɹ oʊ k /
n1
a stroke normally made in a downward direction;

downswing / d aʊ n s w ɪ ŋ /
n1
a swing downward of a golf club;

n2
a worsening of business or economic activity;

- "the market took a downturn";

- syn. downturn;

downtick
n1
a transaction in the stock market at a price below the price of the preceding transaction;

downtime / d aʊ n t aɪ m /
n1
a period of time when something (as a machine or factory) is not operating (especially as a result of malfunctions);

downtown / d aʊ n t aʊ n /
n1
the central area or commercial center of a town or city;

- "the heart of Birmingham's downtown";

- syn. business district;

a1
of or located in the lower part of a town, or in the business center;

- "downtown Manhattan";

- "delinquents roaming the downtown streets";

r1
toward or in the lower or central part of town;

downtrodden / d aʊ n t ɹ ɒ d n /
a1
abused or oppressed by people in power;

- sim. unfortunate;

downturn / d aʊ n t ɝ n /
n1
a worsening of business or economic activity;

- "the market took a downturn";

- syn. downswing;

downward / d aʊ n w ə d /
a1
extending or moving from a higher to a lower place;

- "the down staircase";

- "the downward course of the stream";

- syn. down;

- sim. descending;

a2
on or toward a surface regarded as a base;

- "he lay face downward";

- "the downward pull of gravity";

- sim. down;

r1
spatially or metaphorically from a higher to a lower level or position;

- "don't fall down";

- "rode the lift up and skied down";

- "prices plunged downward";

- syn. down, downwardly, downwards;

downward-arching
a1
curving downward;

- sim. descending;

downward-sloping
a1
sloping down rather steeply;

- syn. declivitous, downhill;

- sim. descending;

downwardly / d aʊ n w ə d ɫ i /
r1
spatially or metaphorically from a higher to a lower level or position;

- "don't fall down";

- "rode the lift up and skied down";

- "prices plunged downward";

- syn. down, downward, downwards;

downwards / d aʊ n w ə d z /
r1
spatially or metaphorically from a higher to a lower level or position;

- "don't fall down";

- "rode the lift up and skied down";

- "prices plunged downward";

- syn. down, downward, downwardly;

downwind / d aʊ n w ɪ n d /
a1
towards the side away from the wind;

- syn. lee;

- sim. leeward;

r1
with the wind;

- in the direction the wind is blowing;

- "they flew downwind";

r2
toward the wind;

- "they were sailing windward";

- syn. windward;

downy / d aʊ n i /
a1
like down or as soft as down;

- syn. downlike, flossy, fluffy;

- sim. soft;

a2
covered with fine soft hairs or down;

- "downy milkweed seeds";

- syn. puberulent, pubescent, sericeous;

- sim. hairy;

downy ash
n1
smallish American tree with velvety branchlets and lower leaf surfaces;

- syn. Fraxinus pennsylvanica, red ash;

downy birch
n1
European birch with dull white to pale brown bark and somewhat drooping hairy branches;

- syn. Betula pubescens, white birch;

downy brome
n1
annual or winter annual grass with softly hairy leaves of the Mediterranean;

- syn. Bromus tectorum, cheatgrass, downy bromegrass, downy cheat, downy chess, drooping brome;

downy bromegrass
n1
annual or winter annual grass with softly hairy leaves of the Mediterranean;

- syn. Bromus tectorum, cheatgrass, downy brome, downy cheat, downy chess, drooping brome;

downy cheat
n1
annual or winter annual grass with softly hairy leaves of the Mediterranean;

- syn. Bromus tectorum, cheatgrass, downy brome, downy bromegrass, downy chess, drooping brome;

downy chess
n1
annual or winter annual grass with softly hairy leaves of the Mediterranean;

- syn. Bromus tectorum, cheatgrass, downy brome, downy bromegrass, downy cheat, drooping brome;

downy ground cherry
n1
decorative American annual having round fleshy yellow berries enclosed in a bladderlike husk;

- syn. Physalis pubescens, strawberry tomato;

downy haw
n1
American red-fruited hawthorn with stems and leaves densely covered with short woolly hairs;

- syn. Crataegus coccinea mollis, Crataegus mollis, red haw;

downy manzanita
n1
erect openly branched California shrub whose twigs are woolly when young;

- syn. Arctostaphylos tomentosa, woolly manzanita;

downy mildew
n1
any of various fungi of the family Peronosporaceae parasitic on e.g. grapes and potatoes and melons;

- syn. false mildew;

downy poplar
n1
North American poplar with large rounded scalloped leaves and brownish bark and wood;

- syn. Populus heterophylla, black cottonwood, swamp cottonwood, swamp poplar;

downy wood mint
n1
a variety of wood mint;

- syn. Blephilia celiata;

downy woodpecker
n1
small North American woodpecker with black and white plumage and a small bill;

downy yellow violet
n1
violet of eastern North America having softly pubescent leaves and stems and clear yellow flowers with brown-purple veins;

- syn. Viola pubescens;

dowry / d aʊ ə ɹ i /
n1
money or property brought by a woman to her husband at marriage;

- syn. dower, dowery, portion;

dowse / d aʊ s /
n1
searching for underground water or minerals by using a dowsing rod;

- syn. dowsing, rhabdomancy;

v1
wet thoroughly;

- syn. douse;

v2
use a divining rod in search of underground water or metal;

v3
slacken;

- "douse a rope";

- syn. douse;

v4
cover with liquid;

- pour liquid onto;

- "souse water on his hot face";

- syn. douse, drench, soak, sop, souse;

dowser / d aʊ s ə , d aʊ s ə ɹ /
n1
someone who uses a divining rod to find underground water;

- syn. rhabdomancer, water witch;

n2
forked stick that is said to dip down to indicate underground water or oil;

- syn. divining rod, dowsing rod, water finder, waterfinder;

dowsing / d aʊ s ɪ ŋ , d aʊ z ɪ ŋ /
n1
searching for underground water or minerals by using a dowsing rod;

- syn. dowse, rhabdomancy;

dowsing rod
n1
forked stick that is said to dip down to indicate underground water or oil;

- syn. divining rod, dowser, water finder, waterfinder;

doxastic logic
n1
the modal logic of belief and disbelief;

doxazosin
n1
an antihypertensive drug (trade name Cardura) that works by relaxing blood vessels so that blood passes through them more easily;

- it is also used to treat benign prostatic hyperplasia;

- syn. Cardura;

doxepin
n1
a tricyclic antidepressant (trade names Adapin and Sinequan) with numerous side effects (dry mouth and sedation and gastrointestinal disturbances);

- syn. Adapin, Sinequan, doxepin hydrochloride;

doxepin hydrochloride
n1
a tricyclic antidepressant (trade names Adapin and Sinequan) with numerous side effects (dry mouth and sedation and gastrointestinal disturbances);

- syn. Adapin, Sinequan, doxepin;

doxology / d ɒ k s ɒ ɫ ə dʒ i /
n1
a hymn or verse in Christian liturgy glorifying God;

doxorubicin
n1
an antibiotic used as an anticancer drug;

doxy
n1
a woman who cohabits with an important man;

- syn. concubine, courtesan, paramour;

doxycycline
n1
an antibiotic derived from tetracycline that is effective against many infections;

- "Vibramycin is the trade name of doxycycline";

- syn. Vibramycin;

doyen / d ɔɪ ə n /
n1
a man who is the senior member of a group;

- "he is the dean of foreign correspondents";

- syn. dean;

doyenne
n1
a woman who is the senior member of a group;

doyley / d ɔɪ ɫ i /
n1
a small round piece of linen placed under a dish or bowl;

- syn. doily, doyly;

doyly / d ɔɪ ɫ i /
n1
a small round piece of linen placed under a dish or bowl;

- syn. doily, doyley;

doze / d oʊ z /
n1
a light fitful sleep;

- syn. drowse;

v1
sleep lightly or for a short period of time;

- syn. drowse, snooze;

- also doze off;

doze off
v1
change from a waking to a sleeping state;

- "he always falls asleep during lectures";

- syn. dope off, drift off, drop off, drowse off, fall asleep, flake out, nod off;

dozen / d ʌ z n /
n1
the cardinal number that is the sum of eleven and one;

- syn. 12, XII, twelve;

a1
denoting a quantity consisting of 12 items or units;

- syn. 12, twelve, xii;

- sim. cardinal;

dozens / d ʌ z n z /
n1
a large number or amount;

- "made lots of new friends";

- "she amassed stacks of newspapers";

- syn. gobs, heaps, lashings, loads, lots, oodles, piles, rafts, scads, scores, slews, stacks, tons, wads;

dozer / d oʊ z ə /
n1
large powerful tractor;

- a large blade in front flattens areas of ground;

- syn. bulldozer;

dozy / d oʊ z i /
a1
half asleep;

- "made drowsy by the long ride";

- "it seemed a pity to disturb the drowsing (or dozing) professor";

- "a tired dozy child";

- "the nodding (or napping) grandmother in her rocking chair";

- syn. drowsing, drowsy;

- sim. asleep;

DP
n1
a person forced to flee from home or country;

- syn. displaced person, stateless person;

DPH
n1
a doctor's degree in preventive medicine;

- syn. Doctor of Public Health;

DPhil / d i f ɪ ɫ /
n1
a British doctorate;

DPRK
n1
a communist country in the northern half of the Korean Peninsula;

- established in 1948;

- syn. D.P.R.K., Democratic People's Republic of Korea, North Korea;

DPT vaccine
n1
abbreviation for combination vaccine against diphtheria and pertussis (whooping cough) and tetanus toxoids;

- usually given in a series of injections in early childhood;

Dr.
n1
a person who holds Ph.D. degree (or the equivalent) from an academic institution;

- "she is a doctor of philosophy in physics";

- syn. doctor;

n2
a licensed medical practitioner;

- "I felt so bad I went to see my doctor";

- syn. MD, doc, doctor, medico, physician;

Dr. J
n1
United States basketball forward (born in 1950);

- syn. Erving, Julius Erving, Julius Winfield Erving;

Dr. Johnson
n1
English writer and lexicographer (1709-1784);

- syn. Johnson, Samuel Johnson;

Dr. Seuss
n1
United States writer of children's books (1904-1991);

- syn. Geisel, Theodor Seuss Geisel;

drab / d ɹ æ b /
n1
a dull greyish to yellowish or light olive brown;

- syn. olive drab;

a1
lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise;

- "her drab personality";

- "life was drab compared with the more exciting life style overseas";

- "a series of dreary dinner parties";

- syn. dreary;

- sim. dull;

a2
lacking brightness or color;

- dull;

- "drab faded curtains";

- "sober Puritan grey";

- "children in somber brown clothes";

- syn. sober, somber, sombre;

- sim. colorless;

a3
of a light brownish green color;

- syn. olive-drab;

- sim. chromatic;

a4
causing dejection;

- "a blue day";

- "the dark days of the war";

- "a week of rainy depressing weather";

- "a disconsolate winter landscape";

- "the first dismal dispiriting days of November";

- "a dark gloomy day";

- "grim rainy weather";

- syn. blue, dark, dingy, disconsolate, dismal, drear, dreary, gloomy, grim, sorry;

- sim. depressing;

draba
n1
any of numerous low-growing cushion-forming plants of the genus Draba having rosette-forming leaves and terminal racemes of small flowers with scapose or leafy stems;

- fruit is a dehiscent oblong or linear silique;

Draba verna
n1
annual weed of Europe and North America having a rosette of basal leaves and tiny flowers followed by oblong seed capsules;

- syn. shad-flower, shadflower, whitlow grass;

drably / d ɹ æ b ɫ i /
r1
in a drab manner;

- "she dresses drably";

drabness / d ɹ æ b n ə s /
n1
having a drab or dowdy quality;

- lacking stylishness or elegance;

- syn. dowdiness, homeliness;

dracaena / d ɹ ə s i n ə /
n1
an agave that is often cultivated for its decorative foliage;

Dracaena draco
n1
tall tree of the Canary Islands;

- source of dragon's blood;

- syn. dragon tree;

Dracaenaceae
n1
one of two subfamilies to which some classification systems assign some members of the Agavaceae;

- syn. Dracenaceae, subfamily Dracaenaceae, subfamily Dracenaceae;

Dracenaceae
n1
one of two subfamilies to which some classification systems assign some members of the Agavaceae;

- syn. Dracaenaceae, subfamily Dracaenaceae, subfamily Dracenaceae;

drachm / d ɹ æ m /
n1
a unit of apothecary weight equal to an eighth of an ounce or to 60 grains;

- syn. drachma, dram;

n2
a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 60 minims or 3.5516 cubic centimeters;

- syn. fluid drachm, fluid dram, fluidram;

n3
a unit of capacity or volume in the apothecary system equal to one eighth of a fluid ounce;

- syn. fluid drachm, fluid dram, fluidram;

drachma / d ɹ æ k m ə /
n1
a unit of apothecary weight equal to an eighth of an ounce or to 60 grains;

- syn. drachm, dram;

n2
formerly the basic unit of money in Greece;

- syn. Greek drachma;

Draco
n1
Athenian lawmaker whose code of laws prescribed death for almost every offense (circa 7th century BC);

n2
a faint constellation twisting around the north celestial pole and lying between Ursa Major and Cepheus;

- syn. Dragon;

n3
a reptile genus known as flying dragons or flying lizards;

- syn. genus Draco;

Dracocephalum
n1
genus of American herbs and dwarf shrubs of the mint family: dragonheads;

- syn. genus Dracocephalum;

Dracocephalum parviflorum
n1
American herb having sharply serrate lanceolate leaves and spikes of blue to violet flowers;

- syn. dragon's head, dragonhead;

Draconian / d ɹ ə k oʊ n ɪə n /
a1
of or relating to Draco or his harsh code of laws;

- "Draconian measures";

dracontium
n1
any plant of the genus Dracontium;

- strongly malodorous tropical American plants usually with gigantic leaves;

Dracula
n1
comprises tropical American species usually placed in genus Masdevallia: diminutive plants having bizarre and often sinister-looking flowers with pendulous scapes and motile lips;

- syn. genus Dracula;

n2
fictional vampire in a gothic horror novel by Bram Stoker;

dracunculiasis
n1
a painful and debilitating infestation contracted by drinking stagnant water contaminated with Guinea worm larvae that can mature inside a human's abdomen until the worm emerges through a painful blister in the person's skin;

- syn. Guinea worm, Guinea worm disease;

Dracunculidae
n1
greatly elongated roundworm;

- syn. family Dracunculidae;

Dracunculus
n1
tuberous herbaceous perennials: dragon arum;

- syn. genus Dracunculus;

n2
type genus of the family Dracunculidae;

- syn. genus Dracunculus;

Dracunculus medinensis
n1
parasitic roundworm of India and Africa that lives in the abdomen or beneath the skin of humans and other vertebrates;

- syn. Guinea worm;

Dracunculus vulgaris
n1
European arum resembling the cuckoopint;

- syn. dragon arum, green dragon;

draft / d ɹ ɑ f t /
n1
a document ordering the payment of money;

- drawn by one person or bank on another;

- syn. bill of exchange, order of payment;

n2
a current of air (usually coming into a chimney or room or vehicle);

- syn. draught;

n3
a preliminary sketch of a design or picture;

- syn. rough drawing;

n4
a serving of drink (usually alcoholic) drawn from a keg;

- "they served beer on draft";

- syn. draught, potation, tipple;

n5
any of the various versions in the development of a written work;

- "a preliminary draft";

- "the final draft of the constitution";

- syn. draft copy;

n6
the depth of a vessel's keel below the surface (especially when loaded);

- syn. draught;

n7
a regulator for controlling the flow of air in a fireplace;

n8
a dose of liquid medicine;

- "he took a sleeping draft";

- syn. draught;

n9
compulsory military service;

- syn. conscription, muster, selective service;

n10
a large and hurried swallow;

- "he finished it at a single gulp";

- syn. draught, gulp, swig;

n11
the act of moving a load by drawing or pulling;

- syn. draught, drawing;

v1
draw up an outline or sketch for something;

- "draft a speech";

- syn. outline;

v2
engage somebody to enter the army;

- syn. enlist, muster in;

v3
make a blueprint of;

- syn. blueprint, draught;

draft animal
n1
an animal used for pulling heavy loads;

draft beer
n1
beer drawn from a keg;

- syn. draught beer;

draft board
n1
a board to select personnel for involuntary military service;

draft copy
n1
any of the various versions in the development of a written work;

- "a preliminary draft";

- "the final draft of the constitution";

- syn. draft;

draft dodger
n1
someone who is drafted and illegally refuses to serve;

- syn. draft evader;

draft evader
n1
someone who is drafted and illegally refuses to serve;

- syn. draft dodger;

draft horse
n1
horse adapted for drawing heavy loads;

- syn. draught horse, dray horse;

draftee / d ɹ ɑ f t i /
n1
someone who is drafted into military service;

- syn. conscript, inductee;

drafter / d ɹ ɑ f t ə /
n1
a writer of a draft;

drafting / d ɹ ɑ f t ɪ ŋ /
n1
writing a first version to be filled out and polished later;

n2
the craft of drawing blueprints;

- syn. mechanical drawing;

n3
the creation of artistic pictures or diagrams;

- "he learned drawing from his father";

- syn. draftsmanship, drawing;

drafting board
n1
a smooth board on which paper is placed for making drawings;

- syn. drawing board;

drafting instrument
n1
an instrument used by a draftsman in making drawings;

drafting table
n1
a worktable with adjustable top;

- syn. drawing table;

draftsman / d ɹ ɑ f t s m ə n /
n1
a skilled worker who draws plans of buildings or machines;

- syn. draftsperson, draughtsman;

n2
an artist skilled at drawing;

- syn. drawer;

draftsmanship / d ɹ ɑ f t s m ə n ʃ ɪ p /
n1
the creation of artistic pictures or diagrams;

- "he learned drawing from his father";

- syn. drafting, drawing;

draftsperson
n1
a skilled worker who draws plans of buildings or machines;

- syn. draftsman, draughtsman;

drafty / d ɹ ɑ f t i /
a1
not airtight;

- syn. draughty;

- sim. leaky;

drag / d ɹ æ ɡ /
n1
the phenomenon of resistance to motion through a fluid;

- syn. retarding force;

n2
something that slows or delays progress;

- "taxation is a drag on the economy";

- "too many laws are a drag on the use of new land";

n3
something tedious and boring;

- "peeling potatoes is a drag";

n4
clothing that is conventionally worn by the opposite sex (especially women's clothing when worn by a man);

- "he went to the party dressed in drag";

- "the waitresses looked like missionaries in drag";

n5
a slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke);

- "he took a puff on his pipe";

- "he took a drag on his cigarette and expelled the smoke slowly";

- syn. puff, pull;

n6
the act of dragging (pulling with force);

- "the drag up the hill exhausted him";

v1
pull, as against a resistance;

- "He dragged the big suitcase behind him";

- "These worries were dragging at him";

- also drag in;

v2
draw slowly or heavily;

- "haul stones";

- "haul nets";

- syn. cart, hale, haul;

v3
force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action;

- "They were swept up by the events";

- "don't drag me into this business";

- syn. drag in, embroil, sweep, sweep up, tangle;

v4
move slowly and as if with great effort;

v5
to lag or linger behind;

- "But in so many other areas we still are dragging";

- syn. drop back, drop behind, get behind, hang back, trail;

v6
suck in or take (air);

- "draw a deep breath";

- "draw on a cigarette";

- syn. draw, puff;

v7
use a computer mouse to move icons on the screen and select commands from a menu;

- "drag this icon to the lower right hand corner of the screen";

v8
walk without lifting the feet;

- syn. scuff;

v9
search (as the bottom of a body of water) for something valuable or lost;

- syn. dredge;

v10
persuade to come away from something attractive or interesting;

- "He dragged me away from the television set";

v11
proceed for an extended period of time;

- "The speech dragged on for two hours";

- syn. drag on, drag out;

drag a bunt
v1
hit a ball in such a way so as to make it go a short distance;

- syn. bunt;

drag coefficient
n1
the ratio of the drag on a body moving through air to the product of the velocity and the surface area of the body;

- syn. coefficient of drag;

drag down
v1
exert a force with a heavy weight;

- "The snow bore down on the roof";

- syn. bear down, bear down on, press down on, weigh down;

drag in
v1
force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action;

- "They were swept up by the events";

- "don't drag me into this business";

- syn. drag, embroil, sweep, sweep up, tangle;

drag on
v1
last unnecessarily long;

- syn. drag out;

v2
proceed for an extended period of time;

- "The speech dragged on for two hours";

- syn. drag, drag out;

drag one's feet
v1
postpone doing what one should be doing;

- "He did not want to write the letter and procrastinated for days";

- syn. dilly-dally, dillydally, drag one's heels, procrastinate, shillyshally, stall;

drag one's heels
v1
postpone doing what one should be doing;

- "He did not want to write the letter and procrastinated for days";

- syn. dilly-dally, dillydally, drag one's feet, procrastinate, shillyshally, stall;

drag out
v1
last unnecessarily long;

- syn. drag on;

v2
proceed for an extended period of time;

- "The speech dragged on for two hours";

- syn. drag, drag on;

drag through the mud
v1
speak unfavorably about;

- "She badmouths her husband everywhere";

- syn. badmouth, malign, traduce;

drag up
v1
mention something unpleasant from the past;

- "Drag up old stories";

- syn. dredge up;

dragee
n1
silvery candy beads used for decorating cakes;

n2
sugar-coated nut or fruit piece;

n3
pill that is a sugar-coated medicated candy;

dragger
n1
someone who pulls or tugs or drags in an effort to move something;

- syn. puller, tugger;

n2
a fishing boat that uses a trawl net or dragnet to catch fish;

- syn. trawler;

dragging / d ɹ æ ɡ ɪ ŋ /
a1
marked by a painfully slow and effortful manner;

- "it was a strange dragging approach";

- "years of dragging war";

- sim. effortful;

draggingly
r1
in a dragging manner;

draggle / d ɹ æ ɡ ɫ /
v1
make wet and dirty, as from rain;

- syn. bedraggle;

draggled / d ɹ æ ɡ ɫ d /
a1
limp and soiled as if dragged in the mud;

- "the beggar's bedraggled clothes";

- "scarecrows in battered hats or draggled skirts";

- syn. bedraggled;

- sim. dirty;

dragnet / d ɹ æ ɡ n ɛ t /
n1
a system of coordinated measures for apprehending (criminals or other individuals);

- "caught in the police dragnet";

n2
a conical fishnet dragged through the water at great depths;

- syn. trawl, trawl net;

dragoman / d ɹ æ ɡ oʊ m ə n /
n1
an interpreter and guide in the Near East;

- in the Ottoman Empire in the 18th and 19th centuries a translator of European languages for the Turkish and Arab authorities and most dragomans were Greek (many reached high positions in the government);

dragon / d ɹ æ ɡ ə n /
n1
a creature of Teutonic mythology;

- usually represented as breathing fire and having a reptilian body and sometimes wings;

- syn. firedrake;

n2
a fiercely vigilant and unpleasant woman;

- syn. tartar;

n3
a faint constellation twisting around the north celestial pole and lying between Ursa Major and Cepheus;

- syn. Draco;

n4
any of several small tropical Asian lizards capable of gliding by spreading winglike membranes on each side of the body;

- syn. flying dragon, flying lizard;

dragon's blood
n1
a dark red resinous substance derived from various trees and used in photoengraving;

dragon's eye
n1
Asian fruit similar to litchi;

- syn. longanberry;

dragon's head
n1
American herb having sharply serrate lanceolate leaves and spikes of blue to violet flowers;

- syn. Dracocephalum parviflorum, dragonhead;

dragon's mouth
n1
a bog orchid with usually a solitary fragrant magenta pink blossom with a wide gaping corolla;

- Canada;

- syn. Arethusa bulbosa, bog rose, wild pink;

dragon arum
n1
European arum resembling the cuckoopint;

- syn. Dracunculus vulgaris, green dragon;

dragon lizard
n1
the largest lizard in the world (10 feet);

- found on Indonesian islands;

- syn. Komodo dragon, Komodo lizard, Varanus komodoensis, giant lizard;

dragon tree
n1
tall tree of the Canary Islands;

- source of dragon's blood;

- syn. Dracaena draco;

dragonet / d ɹ æ ɡ ə n ɪ t /
n1
small often brightly colored scaleless marine bottom-dwellers;

- found in tropical and warm temperate waters of Europe and America;

dragonfly / d ɹ æ ɡ ə n f ɫ aɪ /
n1
slender-bodied non-stinging insect having iridescent wings that are outspread at rest;

- adults and nymphs feed on mosquitoes etc.;

- syn. darning needle, devil's darning needle, mosquito hawk, sewing needle, skeeter hawk, snake doctor, snake feeder;

dragonhead / d ɹ æ ɡ ə n h ɛ d /
n1
American herb having sharply serrate lanceolate leaves and spikes of blue to violet flowers;

- syn. Dracocephalum parviflorum, dragon's head;

dragoon / d ɹ ə ɡ u n /
n1
a member of a European military unit formerly composed of heavily armed cavalrymen;

v1
compel by coercion, threats, or crude means;

- "They sandbagged him to make dinner for everyone";

- syn. railroad, sandbag;

v2
subjugate by imposing troops;

Dragunov
n1
a sniper rifle with a telescopic sight;

drain / d ɹ eɪ n /
n1
emptying something accomplished by allowing liquid to run out of it;

- syn. drainage;

n2
tube inserted into a body cavity (as during surgery) to remove unwanted material;

n3
a pipe through which liquid is carried away;

- syn. drainpipe, waste pipe;

n4
a gradual depletion of energy or resources;

- "a drain on resources";

- "a drain of young talent by emigration";

v1
flow off gradually;

- "The rain water drains into this big vat";

- syn. run out;

v2
deplete of resources;

- "The exercise class drains me of energy";

v3
empty of liquid;

- drain the liquid from;

- "We drained the oil tank";

v4
make weak;

- "Life in the camp drained him";

- syn. debilitate, enfeeble;

drain basket
n1
a filter in a sink drain;

- traps debris but passes water;

drain the cup
v1
drink to the last drop;

- "drink up--there's more wine coming";

- syn. drink up;

drainage / d ɹ eɪ n ɪ dʒ /
n1
emptying something accomplished by allowing liquid to run out of it;

- syn. drain;

drainage area
n1
the entire geographical area drained by a river and its tributaries;

- an area characterized by all runoff being conveyed to the same outlet;

- "flood control in the Missouri basin";

- syn. basin, catchment area, catchment basin, drainage basin, river basin, watershed;

drainage basin
n1
the entire geographical area drained by a river and its tributaries;

- an area characterized by all runoff being conveyed to the same outlet;

- "flood control in the Missouri basin";

- syn. basin, catchment area, catchment basin, drainage area, river basin, watershed;

drainage ditch
n1
a ditch for carrying off excess water or sewage;

drainage system
n1
a system of watercourses or drains for carrying off excess water;

drainboard
n1
a board beside a kitchen sink and inclined to drain into the sink;

- syn. draining board;

drained / d ɹ eɪ n d /
a1
emptied or exhausted of (as by drawing off e.g. water or other liquid);

- "a drained marsh";

- "a drained tank";

- "a drained and apathetic old man...not caring any longer about anything";

- sim. empty, exhausted;

a2
very tired;

- syn. knackered;

- sim. tired;

a3
drained of electric charge;

- discharged;

- "a dead battery";

- "left the lights on and came back to find the battery drained";

- syn. dead;

- sim. uncharged;

draining / d ɹ eɪ n ɪ ŋ /
a1
having a debilitating effect;

- "an exhausting job in the hot sun";

- syn. exhausting;

- sim. debilitating;

draining board
n1
a board beside a kitchen sink and inclined to drain into the sink;

- syn. drainboard;

drainpipe / d ɹ eɪ n p aɪ p /
n1
a pipe through which liquid is carried away;

- syn. drain, waste pipe;

drainplug
n1
a removable plug for holding water in a tub or basin;

Drake / d ɹ eɪ k /
n1
English explorer and admiral who was the first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe and who helped to defeat the Spanish Armada (1540-1596);

- syn. Francis Drake, Sir Francis Drake;

n2
adult male of a wild or domestic duck;

dram / d ɹ æ m /
n1
a unit of apothecary weight equal to an eighth of an ounce or to 60 grains;

- syn. drachm, drachma;

n2
1/16 ounce or 1.771 grams;

n3
the basic unit of money in Armenia;

drama / d ɹ ɑ m ə /
n1
a dramatic work intended for performance by actors on a stage;

- "he wrote several plays but only one was produced on Broadway";

- syn. dramatic play, play;

n2
an episode that is turbulent or highly emotional;

- syn. dramatic event;

n3
the literary genre of works intended for the theater;

n4
the quality of being arresting or highly emotional;

drama critic
n1
a critic of theatrical performances;

- syn. theater critic;

Dramamine / d ɹ ɑ m ə m aɪ n /
n1
antihistamine and antiemetic (trade name Dramamine) used to treat motion sickness;

- syn. dimenhydrinate;

dramatic / d ɹ ə m æ t ɪ k /
a1
suitable to or characteristic of drama;

- "a dramatic entrance in a swirling cape";

- "a dramatic rescue at sea";

- sim. hammy, melodramatic, spectacular;

a2
sensational in appearance or thrilling in effect;

- "a dramatic sunset";

- "a dramatic pause";

- "a spectacular display of northern lights";

- "it was a spectacular play";

- "his striking good looks always created a sensation";

- syn. spectacular, striking;

- sim. impressive;

a3
pertaining to or characteristic of drama;

- "dramatic arts";

a4
used of a singer or singing voice that is marked by power and expressiveness and a histrionic or theatrical style;

- "a dramatic tenor";

- "a dramatic soprano";

dramatic art
n1
the art of writing and producing plays;

- syn. dramatics, dramaturgy, theater, theatre;

dramatic composition
n1
a play for performance on the stage or television or in a movie etc.;

- syn. dramatic work;

dramatic event
n1
an episode that is turbulent or highly emotional;

- syn. drama;

dramatic irony
n1
(theater) irony that occurs when the meaning of the situation is understood by the audience but not by the characters in the play;

dramatic performance
n1
the act of performing a drama;

- "the group joined together in a dramatic production";

- syn. dramatic production;

dramatic play
n1
a dramatic work intended for performance by actors on a stage;

- "he wrote several plays but only one was produced on Broadway";

- syn. drama, play;

dramatic production
n1
the act of performing a drama;

- "the group joined together in a dramatic production";

- syn. dramatic performance;

dramatic work
n1
a play for performance on the stage or television or in a movie etc.;

- syn. dramatic composition;

dramatically / d ɹ ə m æ t ɪ k ɫ i /
r1
in a very impressive manner;

- "your performance will improve dramatically";

r2
in a dramatic manner;

- "he confessed dramatically";

r3
with respect to dramatic value;

- "the play was dramatically interesting, but the direction was bad";

dramatics / d ɹ ə m æ t ɪ k s /
n1
participation in theatrical productions as an extracurricular activity;

n2
the art of writing and producing plays;

- syn. dramatic art, dramaturgy, theater, theatre;

dramatis personae / d ɹ æ m ə t ɪ s p ɝ s oʊ n aɪ /
n1
the actors in a play;

- syn. cast, cast of characters;

dramatisation / d ɹ æ m ə t aɪ z eɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
conversion into dramatic form;

- "the play was a dramatization of a short story";

- syn. dramatization;

n2
a dramatic representation;

- syn. dramatization;

dramatise / d ɹ æ m ə t ɪ s /
v1
put into dramatic form;

- "adopt a book for a screenplay";

- syn. adopt, dramatize;

v2
represent something in a dramatic manner;

- "These events dramatize the lack of social responsibility among today's youth";

- syn. dramatize;

v3
add details to;

- syn. aggrandise, aggrandize, blow up, dramatize, embellish, embroider, lard, pad;

dramatist / d ɹ æ m ə t ɪ s t /
n1
someone who writes plays;

- syn. playwright;

dramatization / d ɹ æ m ə t aɪ z eɪ ʃ n /
n1
conversion into dramatic form;

- "the play was a dramatization of a short story";

- syn. dramatisation;

n2
a dramatic representation;

- syn. dramatisation;

dramatize / d ɹ æ m ə t aɪ z /
v1
put into dramatic form;

- "adopt a book for a screenplay";

- syn. adopt, dramatise;

v2
represent something in a dramatic manner;

- "These events dramatize the lack of social responsibility among today's youth";

- syn. dramatise;

v3
add details to;

- syn. aggrandise, aggrandize, blow up, dramatise, embellish, embroider, lard, pad;

dramaturgic / d ɹ æ m ə t ɝ dʒ ɪ k /
a1
relating to the technical aspects of drama;

- syn. dramaturgical;

dramaturgical / d ɹ æ m ə t ɝ dʒ ɪ k ɫ /
a1
relating to the technical aspects of drama;

- syn. dramaturgic;

dramaturgy / d ɹ æ m ə t ɝ dʒ i /
n1
the art of writing and producing plays;

- syn. dramatic art, dramatics, theater, theatre;

Drambuie / d ɹ æ m b j u i /
n1
a sweet Scotch whisky liqueur;

drape / d ɹ eɪ p /
n1
hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window);

- syn. curtain, drapery, mantle, pall;

n2
the manner in which fabric hangs or falls;

- "she adjusted the drape of her skirt";

n3
a sterile covering arranged over a patient's body during a medical examination or during surgery in order to reduce the possibility of contamination;

v1
arrange in a particular way;

- "drape a cloth";

v2
place casually;

- "The cat draped herself on the sofa";

v3
cover as if with clothing;

- "the mountain was clothed in tropical trees";

- syn. cloak, clothe, robe;

v4
cover or dress loosely with cloth;

- "drape the statue with a sheet";

draped / d ɹ eɪ p t /
a1
covered with or as if with clothes or a wrap or cloak;

- "leaf-clothed trees";

- "fog-cloaked meadows";

- "a beam draped with cobwebs";

- "cloud-wrapped peaks";

- syn. cloaked, clothed, mantled, wrapped;

- sim. covered;

a2
covered in folds of cloth;

- "velvet-draped windows";

- sim. curtained;

draper / d ɹ eɪ p ə , d ɹ eɪ p ə ɹ /
n1
a dealer in fabrics and sewing materials (and sometimes in clothing and drygoods);

drapery / d ɹ eɪ p ə ɹ i /
n1
hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window);

- syn. curtain, drape, mantle, pall;

n2
cloth gracefully draped and arranged in loose folds;

drastic / d ɹ æ s t ɪ k /
a1
forceful and extreme and rigorous;

- "drastic measures";

- sim. forceful;

drastically / d ɹ æ s t ɪ k ɫ i /
r1
in a drastic manner;

draught / d ɹ ɑ f t /
n1
a serving of drink (usually alcoholic) drawn from a keg;

- "they served beer on draft";

- syn. draft, potation, tipple;

n2
a large and hurried swallow;

- "he finished it at a single gulp";

- syn. draft, gulp, swig;

n3
a current of air (usually coming into a chimney or room or vehicle);

- syn. draft;

n4
the depth of a vessel's keel below the surface (especially when loaded);

- syn. draft;

n5
a dose of liquid medicine;

- "he took a sleeping draft";

- syn. draft;

n6
the act of moving a load by drawing or pulling;

- syn. draft, drawing;

v1
make a blueprint of;

- syn. blueprint, draft;

draught beer
n1
beer drawn from a keg;

- syn. draft beer;

draught horse
n1
horse adapted for drawing heavy loads;

- syn. draft horse, dray horse;

draughts / d ɹ ɑ f t s /
n1
a checkerboard game for two players who each have 12 pieces;

- the object is to jump over and so capture the opponent's pieces;

- syn. checkers;

draughtsman / d ɹ ɑ f t s m ə n /
n1
a skilled worker who draws plans of buildings or machines;

- syn. draftsman, draftsperson;

draughty / d ɹ ɑ f t i /
a1
not airtight;

- syn. drafty;

- sim. leaky;

Dravidian / d ɹ ə v ɪ d ɪə n /
n1
a member of one of the aboriginal inhabitants of India;

n2
a large family of languages spoken in south and central India and Sri Lanka;

- syn. Dravidian language, Dravidic;

Dravidian language
n1
a large family of languages spoken in south and central India and Sri Lanka;

- syn. Dravidian, Dravidic;

Dravidic
n1
a large family of languages spoken in south and central India and Sri Lanka;

- syn. Dravidian, Dravidian language;

draw / d ɹ ɔ /
n1
a gully that is shallower than a ravine;

n2
an entertainer who attracts large audiences;

- "he was the biggest drawing card they had";

- syn. attracter, attraction, attractor, drawing card;

n3
the finish of a contest in which the score is tied and the winner is undecided;

- "the game ended in a draw";

- "their record was 3 wins, 6 losses and a tie";

- syn. standoff, tie;

n4
anything (straws or pebbles etc.) taken or chosen at random;

- "the luck of the draw";

- "they drew lots for it";

- syn. lot;

n5
a playing card or cards dealt or taken from the pack;

- "he got a pair of kings in the draw";

n6
a golf shot that curves to the left for a right-handed golfer;

- "he took lessons to cure his hooking";

- syn. hook, hooking;

n7
(American football) the quarterback moves back as if to pass and then hands the ball to the fullback who is running toward the line of scrimmage;

- syn. draw play;

n8
poker in which a player can discard cards and receive substitutes from the dealer;

- "he played only draw and stud";

- syn. draw poker;

n9
the act of drawing or hauling something;

- "the haul up the hill went very slowly";

- syn. haul, haulage;

v1
cause to move by pulling;

- "draw a wagon";

- "pull a sled";

- syn. pull;

v2
get or derive;

- "He drew great benefits from his membership in the association";

- syn. reap;

v3
make a mark or lines on a surface;

- "draw a line";

- "trace the outline of a figure in the sand";

- syn. delineate, describe, line, trace;

v4
make, formulate, or derive in the mind;

- "I draw a line here";

- "draw a conclusion";

- "draw parallels";

- "make an estimate";

- "What do you make of his remarks?";

- syn. make;

v5
bring, take, or pull out of a container or from under a cover;

- "draw a weapon";

- "pull out a gun";

- "The mugger pulled a knife on his victim";

- syn. get out, pull, pull out, take out;

v6
represent by making a drawing of, as with a pencil, chalk, etc. on a surface;

- "She drew an elephant";

- "Draw me a horse";

v7
take liquid out of a container or well;

- "She drew water from the barrel";

- syn. take out;

- also draw out;

v8
give a description of;

- "He drew an elaborate plan of attack";

- syn. depict, describe;

v9
select or take in from a given group or region;

- "The participants in the experiment were drawn from a representative population";

v10
elicit responses, such as objections, criticism, applause, etc.;

- "The President's comments drew sharp criticism from the Republicans";

- "The comedian drew a lot of laughter";

v11
suck in or take (air);

- "draw a deep breath";

- "draw on a cigarette";

- syn. drag, puff;

v12
move or go steadily or gradually;

- "The ship drew near the shore";

v13
remove (a commodity) from (a supply source);

- "She drew $2,000 from the account";

- "The doctors drew medical supplies from the hospital's emergency bank";

- syn. draw off, take out, withdraw;

v14
choose at random;

- "draw a card";

- "cast lots";

- syn. cast;

v15
earn or achieve a base by being walked by the pitcher;

- "He drew a base on balls";

- syn. get;

v16
bring or lead someone to a certain action or condition;

- "She was drawn to despair";

- "The President refused to be drawn into delivering an ultimatum";

- "The session was drawn to a close";

v17
cause to flow;

- "The nurse drew blood";

v18
write a legal document or paper;

- "The deed was drawn in the lawyer's office";

- also draw up;

v19
engage in drawing;

- "He spent the day drawing in the garden";

v20
move or pull so as to cover or uncover something;

- "draw the shades";

- "draw the curtains";

v21
allow a draft;

- "This chimney draws very well";

v22
require a specified depth for floating;

- "This boat draws 70 inches";

v23
pull (a person) apart with four horses tied to his extremities, so as to execute him;

- "in the old days, people were drawn and quartered for certain crimes";

- syn. draw and quarter, quarter;

v24
cause to move in a certain direction by exerting a force upon, either physically or in an abstract sense;

- "A declining dollar pulled down the export figures for the last quarter";

- syn. pull;

v25
take in, also metaphorically;

- "The sponge absorbs water well";

- "She drew strength from the minister's words";

- syn. absorb, imbibe, soak up, sop up, suck, suck up, take in, take up;

- also draw in, draw in;

v26
direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes;

- "Her good looks attract the stares of many men";

- "The ad pulled in many potential customers";

- "This pianist pulls huge crowds";

- "The store owner was happy that the ad drew in many new customers";

- syn. attract, draw in, pull, pull in;

v27
thread on or as if on a string;

- "string pearls on a string";

- "the child drew glass beads on a string";

- "thread dried cranberries";

- syn. string, thread;

v28
stretch back a bowstring (on an archer's bow);

- "The archers were drawing their bows";

- syn. pull back;

v29
pass over, across, or through;

- "He ran his eyes over her body";

- "She ran her fingers along the carved figurine";

- "He drew her hair through his fingers";

- syn. guide, pass, run;

v30
finish a game with an equal number of points, goals, etc.;

- "The teams drew a tie";

- syn. tie;

v31
contract;

- "The material drew after it was washed in hot water";

v32
reduce the diameter of (a wire or metal rod) by pulling it through a die;

- "draw wire";

v33
steep;

- pass through a strainer;

- "draw pulp from the fruit";

v34
remove the entrails of;

- "draw a chicken";

- syn. disembowel, eviscerate;

v35
flatten, stretch, or mold metal or glass, by rolling or by pulling it through a die or by stretching;

- "draw steel";

v36
cause to localize at one point;

- "Draw blood and pus";

draw a bead on
v1
aim with a gun;

- "The hunter drew a bead on the rabbit";

v2
have an ambitious plan or a lofty goal;

- syn. aim, aspire, shoot for;

draw a blank
v1
be unable to remember;

- "I'm drawing a blank";

- "You are blocking the name of your first wife!";

- syn. blank out, block, forget;

draw a line
v1
reasonably object (to) or set a limit (on);

- "I draw the line when it comes to lending money to friends!";

- syn. draw the line;

draw and quarter
v1
pull (a person) apart with four horses tied to his extremities, so as to execute him;

- "in the old days, people were drawn and quartered for certain crimes";

- syn. draw, quarter;

draw away
v1
move ahead of (one's competitors) in a race;

v2
remove by drawing or pulling;

- "She placed the tray down and drew off the cloth";

- "draw away the cloth that is covering the cheese";

- syn. draw off, pull off;

draw back
v1
pull back or move away or backward;

- "The enemy withdrew";

- "The limo pulled away from the curb";

- syn. move back, pull away, pull back, recede, retire, retreat, withdraw;

v2
use a surgical instrument to hold open (the edges of a wound or an organ);

- syn. pull back, retract;

draw close
v1
move or arrange oneself in a comfortable and cozy position;

- "We cuddled against each other to keep warm";

- "The children snuggled into their sleeping bags";

- syn. cuddle, nest, nestle, nuzzle, snuggle;

v2
move towards;

- "We were approaching our destination";

- "They are drawing near";

- "The enemy army came nearer and nearer";

- syn. approach, come near, come on, draw near, go up, near;

v3
pull towards oneself;

- "He drew the crying child close";

draw in
v1
pull inward or towards a center;

- "The pilot drew in the landing gear";

- "The cat retracted his claws";

- syn. retract;

v2
direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes;

- "Her good looks attract the stares of many men";

- "The ad pulled in many potential customers";

- "This pianist pulls huge crowds";

- "The store owner was happy that the ad drew in many new customers";

- syn. attract, draw, pull, pull in;

v3
shape one's body into a curl;

- "She curled farther down under the covers";

- "She fell and drew in";

- syn. curl, curl up;

v4
advance or converge on;

- "The police were closing in on him";

- syn. close in;

v5
of trains;

- move into (a station);

- "The bullet train drew into Tokyo Station";

- syn. get in, move in, pull in;

v6
draw in as if by suction;

- "suck in your cheeks and stomach";

- syn. suck in;

draw near
v1
move towards;

- "We were approaching our destination";

- "They are drawing near";

- "The enemy army came nearer and nearer";

- syn. approach, come near, come on, draw close, go up, near;

draw off
v1
remove by drawing or pulling;

- "She placed the tray down and drew off the cloth";

- "draw away the cloth that is covering the cheese";

- syn. draw away, pull off;

v2
remove (a commodity) from (a supply source);

- "She drew $2,000 from the account";

- "The doctors drew medical supplies from the hospital's emergency bank";

- syn. draw, take out, withdraw;

draw out
v1
cause to speak;

- "Can you draw her out--she is always so quiet";

v2
lengthen in time;

- cause to be or last longer;

- "We prolonged our stay";

- "She extended her visit by another day";

- "The meeting was drawn out until midnight";

- syn. extend, prolong, protract;

v3
make more sociable;

- "The therapist drew out the shy girl";

v4
deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning);

- "We drew out some interesting linguistic data from the native informant";

- syn. educe, elicit, evoke, extract;

v5
remove by suction;

- "aspirate the wound";

- syn. aspirate, suck out;

v6
remove, usually with some force or effort;

- also used in an abstract sense;

- "pull weeds";

- "extract a bad tooth";

- "take out a splinter";

- "extract information from the telegram";

- syn. extract, pull, pull out, pull up, rip out, take out, tear out;

draw play
n1
(American football) the quarterback moves back as if to pass and then hands the ball to the fullback who is running toward the line of scrimmage;

- syn. draw;

draw poker
n1
poker in which a player can discard cards and receive substitutes from the dealer;

- "he played only draw and stud";

- syn. draw;

draw rein
v1
control and direct with or as if by reins;

- "rein a horse";

- syn. harness, rein, rein in;

draw the line
v1
reasonably object (to) or set a limit (on);

- "I draw the line when it comes to lending money to friends!";

- syn. draw a line;

draw together
v1
bring together in a common cause or emotion;

- "The death of their child had drawn them together";

- syn. bond;

draw up
v1
form or arrange in order or formation, as of a body of soldiers;

v2
straighten oneself;

- "He drew himself up when he talked to his superior";

- syn. pull up, straighten up;

v3
cause (a vehicle) to stop;

- "He pulled up the car in front of the hotel";

- syn. pull up;

v4
make up plans or basic details for;

- "frame a policy";

- syn. compose, frame;

v5
come to a halt after driving somewhere;

- "The Rolls pulled up on pour front lawn";

- "The chauffeur hauled up in front of us";

- syn. haul up, pull up;

drawback / d ɹ ɔ b æ k /
n1
the quality of being a hindrance;

- "he pointed out all the drawbacks to my plan";

drawbar / d ɹ ɔ b ɑ /
n1
a strong metal bar bearing a hook to attach something to be pulled;

drawbridge / d ɹ ɔ b ɹ ɪ dʒ /
n1
a bridge that can be raised to block passage or to allow boats or ships to pass beneath it;

- syn. lift bridge;

drawee / d ɹ ɔ i /
n1
the person (or bank) who is expected to pay a check or draft when it is presented for payment;

drawer / d ɹ ɔ , d ɹ ɔ ɹ /
n1
a boxlike container in a piece of furniture;

- made so as to slide in and out;

n2
the person who writes a check or draft instructing the drawee to pay someone else;

n3
an artist skilled at drawing;

- syn. draftsman;

drawers / d ɹ ɔ z /
n1
underpants worn by men;

- syn. boxers, boxershorts, shorts, underdrawers;

n2
(used in the plural) underpants worn by women;

- "she was afraid that her bloomers might have been showing";

- syn. bloomers, knickers, pants;

drawing / d ɹ ɔ ɪ ŋ /
n1
an illustration that is drawn by hand and published in a book, magazine, or newspaper;

- "it is shown by the drawing in Fig. 7";

n2
a representation of forms or objects on a surface by means of lines;

- "drawings of abstract forms";

- "he did complicated pen-and-ink drawings like medieval miniatures";

n3
the creation of artistic pictures or diagrams;

- "he learned drawing from his father";

- syn. drafting, draftsmanship;

n4
players buy (or are given) chances and prizes are distributed by casting lots;

- syn. lottery;

n5
act of getting or draining something such as electricity or a liquid from a source;

- "the drawing of water from the well";

- syn. drawing off;

n6
the act of moving a load by drawing or pulling;

- syn. draft, draught;

drawing-room car
n1
a passenger car for day travel;

- you pay extra fare for individual chairs;

- syn. chair car, palace car, parlor car, parlour car;

drawing board
n1
a smooth board on which paper is placed for making drawings;

- syn. drafting board;

drawing card
n1
an entertainer who attracts large audiences;

- "he was the biggest drawing card they had";

- syn. attracter, attraction, attractor, draw;

n2
a featured article of merchandise sold at a loss in order to draw customers;

- syn. leader, loss leader;

drawing chalk
n1
colored chalks used by artists;

drawing ink
n1
a black liquid ink used for printing or writing or drawing;

- syn. India ink;

drawing lots
n1
making a chance decision by using lots (straws or pebbles etc.) that are thrown or drawn;

- syn. casting lots, sortition;

drawing off
n1
act of getting or draining something such as electricity or a liquid from a source;

- "the drawing of water from the well";

- syn. drawing;

drawing paper
n1
paper that is specially prepared for use in drafting;

drawing pin
n1
a tack for attaching papers to a bulletin board or drawing board;

- syn. pushpin, thumbtack;

drawing power
n1
the capacity for attracting people (customers or supporters);

drawing room
n1
a formal room where visitors can be received and entertained;

- syn. withdrawing room;

n2
a private compartment on a sleeping car with three bunks and a toilet;

drawing string
n1
a tie consisting of a cord that goes through a seam around an opening;

- "he pulled the drawstring and closed the bag";

- syn. drawstring, string;

drawing table
n1
a worktable with adjustable top;

- syn. drafting table;

drawknife
n1
a woodworker's knife to shave surfaces;

- syn. drawshave;

drawl / d ɹ ɔ ɫ /
n1
a slow speech pattern with prolonged vowels;

v1
lengthen and slow down or draw out;

- "drawl one's vowels";

drawler / d ɹ ɔ ɫ ə /
n1
someone who speaks with a drawl;

drawn / d ɹ ɔ n /
a1
showing the wearing effects of overwork or care or suffering;

- "looking careworn as she bent over her mending";

- "her face was drawn and haggard from sleeplessness";

- "that raddled but still noble face";

- "shocked to see the worn look of his handsome young face"- Charles Dickens;

- syn. careworn, haggard, raddled, worn;

- sim. tired;

a2
having the curtains or draperies closed or pulled shut;

- "the drawn draperies kept direct sunlight from fading the rug";

- sim. closed;

drawn-out
a1
relatively long in duration;

- tediously protracted;

- "a drawn-out argument";

- "an extended discussion";

- "a lengthy visit from her mother-in-law";

- "a prolonged and bitter struggle";

- "protracted negotiations";

- syn. extended, lengthy, prolonged, protracted;

- sim. long;

a2
(used of speech) uttered slowly with prolonged vowels;

- sim. slow;

drawn butter
n1
butter made clear by heating and removing the sediment of milk solids;

- syn. clarified butter;

drawnwork
n1
ornamental needlework done by drawing threads to form lacelike patterns;

drawshave
n1
a woodworker's knife to shave surfaces;

- syn. drawknife;

drawstring / d ɹ ɔ s t ɹ ɪ ŋ /
n1
a tie consisting of a cord that goes through a seam around an opening;

- "he pulled the drawstring and closed the bag";

- syn. drawing string, string;

drawstring bag
n1
a bag that is closed at the top with a drawstring;

dray / d ɹ eɪ /
n1
a low heavy horse cart without sides;

- used for haulage;

- syn. camion;

dray horse
n1
horse adapted for drawing heavy loads;

- syn. draft horse, draught horse;

drayhorse
n1
draft horse kept for pulling carts;

- syn. cart horse, carthorse;

dread / d ɹ ɛ d /
n1
fearful expectation or anticipation;

- "the student looked around the examination room with apprehension";

- syn. apprehension, apprehensiveness;

v1
be afraid or scared of;

- be frightened of;

- "I fear the winters in Moscow";

- "We should not fear the Communists!";

- syn. fear;

a1
causing fear or dread or terror;

- "the awful war";

- "an awful risk";

- "dire news";

- "a career or vengeance so direful that London was shocked";

- "the dread presence of the headmaster";

- "polio is no longer the dreaded disease it once was";

- "a dreadful storm";

- "a fearful howling";

- "horrendous explosions shook the city";

- "a terrible curse";

- syn. awful, dire, direful, dreaded, dreadful, fearful, fearsome, frightening, horrendous, horrific, terrible;

- sim. alarming;

dreaded / d ɹ ɛ d ɪ d /
a1
causing fear or dread or terror;

- "the awful war";

- "an awful risk";

- "dire news";

- "a career or vengeance so direful that London was shocked";

- "the dread presence of the headmaster";

- "polio is no longer the dreaded disease it once was";

- "a dreadful storm";

- "a fearful howling";

- "horrendous explosions shook the city";

- "a terrible curse";

- syn. awful, dire, direful, dread, dreadful, fearful, fearsome, frightening, horrendous, horrific, terrible;

- sim. alarming;

dreadful / d ɹ ɛ d f ə ɫ /
a1
causing fear or dread or terror;

- "the awful war";

- "an awful risk";

- "dire news";

- "a career or vengeance so direful that London was shocked";

- "the dread presence of the headmaster";

- "polio is no longer the dreaded disease it once was";

- "a dreadful storm";

- "a fearful howling";

- "horrendous explosions shook the city";

- "a terrible curse";

- syn. awful, dire, direful, dread, dreaded, fearful, fearsome, frightening, horrendous, horrific, terrible;

- sim. alarming;

a2
exceptionally bad or displeasing;

- "atrocious taste";

- "abominable workmanship";

- "an awful voice";

- "dreadful manners";

- "a painful performance";

- "terrible handwriting";

- "an unspeakable odor came sweeping into the room";

- syn. abominable, atrocious, awful, painful, terrible, unspeakable;

- sim. bad;

a3
extremely disagreeable and unpleasant;

- "don't go out, the weather is dreadful";

- sim. disagreeable;

dreadfully / d ɹ ɛ d f ə ɫ i /
r1
of a dreadful kind;

- "there was a dreadfully bloody accident on the road this morning";

- syn. awfully, horribly;

r2
in a dreadful manner;

- "as he looks at the mess he has left behind he must wonder how the Brits so often managed to succeed in the kind of situation where he has so dismally failed";

- syn. dismally;

dreadfulness / d ɹ ɛ d f ə ɫ n ə s /
n1
a quality of extreme unpleasantness;

- syn. awfulness, horridness, terribleness;

dreadlock / d ɹ ɛ d ɫ ɒ k /
n1
one of many long thin braids of hair radiating from the scalp;

- popularized by Rastafarians;

dreadnaught
n1
battleship that has big guns all of the same caliber;

- syn. dreadnought;

dreadnought / d ɹ ɛ d n ɔ t /
n1
battleship that has big guns all of the same caliber;

- syn. dreadnaught;

dream / d ɹ i m /
n1
a series of mental images and emotions occurring during sleep;

- "I had a dream about you last night";

- syn. dreaming;

n2
imaginative thoughts indulged in while awake;

- "he lives in a dream that has nothing to do with reality";

- syn. dreaming;

n3
a cherished desire;

- "his ambition is to own his own business";

- syn. ambition, aspiration;

n4
a fantastic but vain hope (from fantasies induced by the opium pipe);

- "I have this pipe dream about being emperor of the universe";

- syn. pipe dream;

n5
a state of mind characterized by abstraction and release from reality;

- "he went about his work as if in a dream";

n6
someone or something wonderful;

- "this dessert is a dream";

v1
have a daydream;

- indulge in a fantasy;

- syn. daydream, stargaze, woolgather;

- also dream up;

v2
experience while sleeping;

- "She claims to never dream";

- "He dreamt a strange scene";

dream up
v1
devise or invent;

- "He thought up a plan to get rich quickly";

- "no-one had ever thought of such a clever piece of software";

- syn. concoct, hatch, think of, think up;

dreamed / d ɹ i m d /
a1
conceived of or imagined or hoped for;

- "his dreamed symphony that would take the world of music by storm";

- sim. unreal;

dreamer / d ɹ i m ə , d ɹ i m ə ɹ /
n1
someone who is dreaming;

n2
someone guided more by ideals than by practical considerations;

- syn. idealist;

n3
a person who escapes into a world of fantasy;

- syn. escapist, wishful thinker;

dreamfully
r1
in a dreamy manner;

- "`She would look beautiful in the new dress,' Tommy said dreamily";

- syn. dreamily, moonily;

dreamily / d ɹ i m ɪ ɫ i /
r1
in a dreamy manner;

- "`She would look beautiful in the new dress,' Tommy said dreamily";

- syn. dreamfully, moonily;

dreaminess
n1
a relaxed comfortable feeling;

- syn. languor;

dreaming / d ɹ i m ɪ ŋ /
n1
imaginative thoughts indulged in while awake;

- "he lives in a dream that has nothing to do with reality";

- syn. dream;

n2
a series of mental images and emotions occurring during sleep;

- "I had a dream about you last night";

- syn. dream;

dreamland / d ɹ i m ɫ æ n d /
n1
a pleasing country existing only in dreams or imagination;

- syn. dreamworld, never-never land;

dreamless / d ɹ i m ɫ ə s /
a1
untroubled by dreams;

- "a sound and dreamless sleep";

- sim. untroubled;

dreamlike / d ɹ i m ɫ aɪ k /
a1
resembling a dream;

- "night invested the lake with a dreamlike quality";

- "as irrational and surreal as a dream";

- syn. surreal;

- sim. unreal;

dreamworld / d ɹ i m w ɝ ɫ d /
n1
a pleasing country existing only in dreams or imagination;

- syn. dreamland, never-never land;

dreamy / d ɹ i m i /
a1
dreamy in mood or nature;

- "a woolgathering moment";

- syn. moony, woolgathering;

- sim. inattentive;

a2
lacking spirit or liveliness;

- "a lackadaisical attempt";

- "a languid mood";

- "a languid wave of the hand";

- "a hot languorous afternoon";

- syn. lackadaisical, languid, languorous;

- sim. lethargic;

drear / d ɹ ɪə , d ɹ ɪə ɹ /
a1
causing dejection;

- "a blue day";

- "the dark days of the war";

- "a week of rainy depressing weather";

- "a disconsolate winter landscape";

- "the first dismal dispiriting days of November";

- "a dark gloomy day";

- "grim rainy weather";

- syn. blue, dark, dingy, disconsolate, dismal, drab, dreary, gloomy, grim, sorry;

- sim. depressing;

drearily / d ɹ ɪə ɹ ɪ ɫ i /
r1
in a cheerless manner;

- "in August 1914, there was a dismally sentimental little dinner, when the French, German, Austrian and Belgian members of the committee drank together to the peace of the future";

- syn. dismally;

dreariness / d ɹ ɪə ɹ ɪ n ɪ s /
n1
extreme dullness;

- lacking spirit or interest;

- syn. boringness, insipidity, insipidness;

dreary / d ɹ ɪə ɹ i /
a1
lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise;

- "her drab personality";

- "life was drab compared with the more exciting life style overseas";

- "a series of dreary dinner parties";

- syn. drab;

- sim. dull;

a2
causing dejection;

- "a blue day";

- "the dark days of the war";

- "a week of rainy depressing weather";

- "a disconsolate winter landscape";

- "the first dismal dispiriting days of November";

- "a dark gloomy day";

- "grim rainy weather";

- syn. blue, dark, dingy, disconsolate, dismal, drab, drear, gloomy, grim, sorry;

- sim. depressing;

dreck
n1
merchandise that is shoddy or inferior;

- syn. schlock, shlock;

Dred Scott
n1
United States slave who sued for liberty after living in a non-slave state;

- caused the Supreme Court to declare the Missouri Compromise unconstitutional (1795?-1858);

- syn. Scott;

dredge / d ɹ ɛ dʒ /
n1
a power shovel to remove material from a channel or riverbed;

v1
cover before cooking;

- "dredge the chicken in flour before frying it";

v2
search (as the bottom of a body of water) for something valuable or lost;

- syn. drag;

v3
remove with a power shovel, usually from a bottom of a body of water;

dredge up
v1
mention something unpleasant from the past;

- "Drag up old stories";

- syn. drag up;

dredger / d ɹ ɛ dʒ ə , d ɹ ɛ dʒ ə ɹ /
n1
a barge (or a vessel resembling a barge) that is used for dredging;

dredging bucket
n1
a bucket for lifting material from a channel or riverbed;

dreg
n1
a small amount of residue;

dregs / d ɹ ɛ ɡ z /
n1
sediment that has settled at the bottom of a liquid;

- syn. settlings;

Dreiser
n1
United States novelist (1871-1945);

- syn. Theodore Dreiser, Theodore Herman Albert Dreiser;

Dreissena
n1
zebra mussels;

- syn. genus Dreissena;

Dreissena polymorpha
n1
inch long mollusk imported accidentally from Europe;

- clogs utility inlet pipes and feeds on edible freshwater mussels;

- syn. zebra mussel;

drench / d ɹ ɛ n tʃ /
v1
drench or submerge or be drenched or submerged;

- "The tsunami swamped every boat in the harbor";

- syn. swamp;

v2
force to drink;

v3
permeate or impregnate;

- "The war drenched the country in blood";

- syn. imbrue;

v4
cover with liquid;

- pour liquid onto;

- "souse water on his hot face";

- syn. douse, dowse, soak, sop, souse;

drenched / d ɹ ɛ n tʃ t /
a1
abundantly covered or supplied with;

- often used in combination;

- "drenched in moonlight";

- "moon-drenched meadows";

- syn. drenched in;

- sim. covered;

drenched in
a1
abundantly covered or supplied with;

- often used in combination;

- "drenched in moonlight";

- "moon-drenched meadows";

- syn. drenched;

- sim. covered;

drenching / d ɹ ɛ n tʃ ɪ ŋ /
n1
the act of making something completely wet;

- "he gave it a good drenching";

- syn. soaking, souse, sousing;

Drepanididae
n1
Hawaiian honeycreepers;

- syn. family Drepanididae;

Drepanis
n1
a genus of Drepanididae;

- syn. genus Drepanis;

drepanocytic anaemia
n1
a congenital form of anemia occurring mostly in blacks;

- characterized by abnormal blood cells having a crescent shape;

- syn. crescent-cell anaemia, crescent-cell anemia, drepanocytic anemia, sickle-cell anaemia, sickle-cell anemia, sickle-cell disease;

drepanocytic anemia
n1
a congenital form of anemia occurring mostly in blacks;

- characterized by abnormal blood cells having a crescent shape;

- syn. crescent-cell anaemia, crescent-cell anemia, drepanocytic anaemia, sickle-cell anaemia, sickle-cell anemia, sickle-cell disease;

Dresden / d ɹ ɛ z d ə n /
n1
a city in southeastern Germany on the Elbe River;

- it was almost totally destroyed by British air raids in 1945;

dress / d ɹ ɛ s /
n1
a one-piece garment for a woman;

- has skirt and bodice;

- syn. frock;

n2
clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion;

- "formal attire";

- "battle dress";

- syn. attire, garb;

n3
clothing in general;

- "she was refined in her choice of apparel";

- "he always bought his clothes at the same store";

- "fastidious about his dress";

- syn. apparel, clothes, wearing apparel;

v1
put on clothes;

- "we had to dress quickly";

- "dress the patient";

- "Can the child dress by herself?";

- syn. get dressed;

- also dress down, dress up;

v2
provide with clothes or put clothes on;

- "Parents must feed and dress their child";

- syn. apparel, clothe, enclothe, fit out, garb, garment, habilitate, raiment, tog;

v3
put a finish on;

- "dress the surface smooth";

v4
dress in a certain manner;

- "She dresses in the latest Paris fashion";

- "he dressed up in a suit and tie";

- syn. dress up;

v5
dress or groom with elaborate care;

- "She likes to dress when going to the opera";

- syn. plume, preen, primp;

v6
kill and prepare for market or consumption;

- "dress a turkey";

- syn. dress out;

v7
arrange in ranks;

- "dress troops";

- syn. line up;

v8
decorate (food), as with parsley or other ornamental foods;

- syn. garnish, trim;

v9
provide with decoration;

- "dress the windows";

- syn. decorate;

v10
put a dressing on;

- "dress the salads";

v11
cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of;

- "dress the plants in the garden";

- syn. clip, crop, cut back, lop, prune, snip, trim;

v12
cut down rough-hewn (lumber) to standard thickness and width;

v13
convert into leather;

- "dress the tanned skins";

v14
apply a bandage or medication to;

- "dress the victim's wounds";

v15
give a neat appearance to;

- "groom the dogs";

- "dress the horses";

- syn. curry, groom;

v16
arrange attractively;

- "dress my hair for the wedding";

- syn. arrange, coif, coiffe, coiffure, do, set;

a1
suitable for formal occasions;

- "formal wear";

- "a full-dress uniform";

- "dress shoes";

- syn. full-dress;

- sim. formal;

a2
(of an occasion) requiring formal clothes;

- "a dress dinner";

- "a full-dress ceremony";

- syn. full-dress;

- sim. formal;

dress blues
n1
a dress uniform for formal occasions;

- syn. dress whites;

dress circle
n1
a curved section or tier of seats in a hall or theater or opera house;

- usually the first tier above the orchestra;

- "they had excellent seats in the dress circle";

- syn. circle;

dress code
n1
a set of rules specifying the correct manner of dress while on the premises of the institution (or specifying what manner of dress is prohibited);

dress down
v1
censure severely or angrily;

- "The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car";

- "The deputy ragged the Prime Minister";

- "The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup";

- syn. bawl out, berate, call down, call on the carpet, chew out, chew up, chide, have words, jaw, lambast, lambaste, lecture, rag, rebuke, remonstrate, reprimand, scold, take to task, trounce;

v2
dress informally and casually;

- "On Fridays, employees can underdress";

- syn. underdress;

dress hanger
n1
a hanger that is shaped like a person's shoulders and used to hang garments on;

- syn. clothes hanger, coat hanger;

dress hat
n1
a man's hat with a tall crown;

- usually covered with silk or with beaver fur;

- syn. beaver, high hat, opera hat, silk hat, stovepipe, top hat, topper;

dress out
v1
kill and prepare for market or consumption;

- "dress a turkey";

- syn. dress;

dress rack
n1
a rack used primarily to display dresses for sale in a store;

dress rehearsal
n1
a full uninterrupted rehearsal in costumes shortly before the first performance;

dress ship
v1
decorate a ship with flags;

dress shirt
n1
a man's white shirt (with a starch front) for evening wear (usually with a tuxedo);

- syn. evening shirt;

dress shop
n1
a shop that sells women's clothes and jewelry;

- syn. boutique;

dress suit
n1
formalwear consisting of full evening dress for men;

- syn. full dress, tail coat, tailcoat, tails, white tie, white tie and tails;

dress uniform
n1
a military uniform worn on formal occasions;

dress up
v1
put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive;

- "She never dresses up, even when she goes to the opera";

- "The young girls were all fancied up for the party";

- syn. attire, deck out, deck up, fancy up, fig out, fig up, get up, gussy up, overdress, prink, rig out, tog out, tog up, trick out, trick up;

- also dress;

v2
make something appear superficially attractive;

- "The researcher tried to dress up the uninteresting data";

- "Don't try to dress up the unpleasant truth";

- syn. window-dress;

v3
put a caparison on;

- "caparison the horses for the festive occasion";

- syn. bard, barde, caparison;

v4
dress in a costume;

- "We dressed up for Halloween as pumpkins";

- syn. costume;

v5
dress in a certain manner;

- "She dresses in the latest Paris fashion";

- "he dressed up in a suit and tie";

- syn. dress;

dress whites
n1
a dress uniform for formal occasions;

- syn. dress blues;

dressage / d ɹ ɛ s ɑ ʒ /
n1
maneuvers of a horse in response to body signals by the rider;

dressed / d ɹ ɛ s t /
a1
dressed or clothed especially in fine attire;

- often used in combination;

- "the elegantly attired gentleman";

- "neatly dressed workers";

- "monks garbed in hooded robes";

- "went about oddly garmented";

- "professors robed in crimson";

- "tuxedo-attired gentlemen";

- "crimson-robed Harvard professors";

- syn. appareled, attired, garbed, garmented, habilimented, robed;

- sim. clothed;

a2
treated with medications and protective covering;

- sim. treated;

a3
(of lumber or stone) to trim and smooth;

- syn. polished;

- sim. finished;

a4
dressed in fancy or formal clothing;

- syn. dolled up, dressed-up, dressed to kill, dressed to the nines, spiffed up, spruced up, togged up;

- sim. clothed;

dressed-up
a1
dressed in fancy or formal clothing;

- syn. dolled up, dressed, dressed to kill, dressed to the nines, spiffed up, spruced up, togged up;

- sim. clothed;

dressed ore
n1
the desired mineral that is left after impurities have been removed from mined ore;

- syn. concentrate;

dressed to kill
a1
dressed in fancy or formal clothing;

- syn. dolled up, dressed, dressed-up, dressed to the nines, spiffed up, spruced up, togged up;

- sim. clothed;

dressed to the nines
a1
dressed in fancy or formal clothing;

- syn. dolled up, dressed, dressed-up, dressed to kill, spiffed up, spruced up, togged up;

- sim. clothed;

dresser / d ɹ ɛ s ə , d ɹ ɛ s ə ɹ /
n1
furniture with drawers for keeping clothes;

- syn. bureau, chest, chest of drawers;

n2
a person who dresses in a particular way;

- "she's an elegant dresser";

- "he's a meticulous dresser";

n3
a wardrobe assistant for an actor;

- syn. actor's assistant;

n4
low table with mirror or mirrors where one sits while dressing or applying makeup;

- syn. dressing table, toilet table, vanity;

n5
a cabinet with shelves;

dressing / d ɹ ɛ s ɪ ŋ /
n1
savory dressings for salads;

- basically of two kinds: either the thin French or vinaigrette type or the creamy mayonnaise type;

- syn. salad dressing;

n2
a mixture of seasoned ingredients used to stuff meats and vegetables;

- syn. stuffing;

n3
making fertile as by applying fertilizer or manure;

- syn. fecundation, fertilisation, fertilization;

n4
a cloth covering for a wound or sore;

- syn. medical dressing;

n5
processes in the conversion of rough hides into leather;

n6
the activity of getting dressed;

- putting on clothes;

- syn. grooming;

n7
the act of applying a bandage;

- syn. bandaging, binding;

dressing case
n1
a small piece of luggage for carrying brushes and bottles and toilet articles while traveling;

dressing down
n1
a severe scolding;

- syn. bawling out, castigation, chewing out, earful, going-over, upbraiding;

dressing gown
n1
a robe worn before dressing or while lounging;

- syn. lounging robe, robe-de-chambre;

dressing room
n1
a room in which you can change clothes;

dressing sack
n1
a woman's loose jacket;

- worn while dressing;

- syn. dressing sacque;

dressing sacque
n1
a woman's loose jacket;

- worn while dressing;

- syn. dressing sack;

dressing station
n1
(military) a station located near a combat area for giving first aid to the wounded;

- syn. aid station;

dressing table
n1
low table with mirror or mirrors where one sits while dressing or applying makeup;

- syn. dresser, toilet table, vanity;

dressmaker / d ɹ ɛ s m eɪ k ə , d ɹ ɛ s m eɪ k ə ɹ /
n1
someone who makes or mends dresses;

- syn. modiste, needlewoman, seamstress, sempstress;

dressmaker's model
n1
someone who models dresses;

dressmaking / d ɹ ɛ s m eɪ k ɪ ŋ /
n1
the craft of making dresses;

dressy / d ɹ ɛ s i /
a1
in fancy clothing;

- sim. fancy;

Drew / d ɹ u /
n1
United States actor (born in Ireland);

- father of Georgiana Emma Barrymore (1827-1862);

- syn. John Drew;

drey
n1
the nest of a squirrel;

Dreyfus
n1
French army officer of Jewish descent whose false imprisonment for treason in 1894 raised issues of anti-Semitism that dominated French politics until his release in 1906 (1859-1935);

- syn. Alfred Dreyfus;

drib
n1
a small indefinite quantity (especially of a liquid);

- "he had a drop too much to drink";

- "a drop of each sample was analyzed";

- "there is not a drop of pity in that man";

- "years afterward, they would pay the blood-money, driblet by driblet"--Kipling;

- syn. driblet, drop;

dribble / d ɹ ɪ b ɫ /
n1
flowing in drops;

- the formation and falling of drops of liquid;

- "there's a drip through the roof";

- syn. drip, trickle;

n2
saliva spilling from the mouth;

- syn. drivel, drool, slobber;

n3
the propulsion of a ball by repeated taps or kicks;

- syn. dribbling;

v1
run or flow slowly, as in drops or in an unsteady stream;

- "water trickled onto the lawn from the broken hose";

- "reports began to dribble in";

- syn. filter, trickle;

v2
let or cause to fall in drops;

- "dribble oil into the mixture";

- syn. drip, drop;

v3
propel;

- "Carry the ball";

- "dribble the ball";

- syn. carry;

v4
let saliva drivel from the mouth;

- "The baby drooled";

- syn. drivel, drool, slabber, slaver, slobber;

dribbler / d ɹ ɪ b ɫ ə , d ɹ ɪ b ɫ ə ɹ /
n1
a basketball player who is dribbling the ball to advance it;

n2
a person who dribbles;

- "that baby is a dribbler;

- he needs a bib";

- syn. driveller, drooler, slobberer;

dribbling / d ɹ ɪ b ɫ ɪ ŋ /
n1
the propulsion of a ball by repeated taps or kicks;

- syn. dribble;

driblet / d ɹ ɪ b ɫ ɪ t /
n1
a small indefinite quantity (especially of a liquid);

- "he had a drop too much to drink";

- "a drop of each sample was analyzed";

- "there is not a drop of pity in that man";

- "years afterward, they would pay the blood-money, driblet by driblet"--Kipling;

- syn. drib, drop;

dried / d ɹ aɪ d /
a1
not still wet;

- "the ink has dried";

- "a face marked with dried tears";

- sim. dry;

a2
preserved by removing natural moisture;

- "dried beef";

- "dried fruit";

- "dehydrated eggs";

- "shredded and desiccated coconut meat";

- syn. dehydrated, desiccated;

- sim. preserved;

dried-out
a1
thoroughly dried out;

- "old boxes of desiccated Cuban cigars";

- "dried-out boards beginning to split";

- syn. desiccated;

- sim. dry;

dried-up
a1
(used especially of vegetation) having lost all moisture;

- "dried-up grass";

- "the desert was edged with sere vegetation";

- "shriveled leaves on the unwatered seedlings";

- "withered vines";

- syn. sear, sere, shriveled, shrivelled, withered;

- sim. dry;

a2
depleted of water;

- "a dried-up water hole";

- sim. dry;

dried apricot
n1
apricots preserved by drying;

dried fruit
n1
fruit preserved by drying;

dried milk
n1
dehydrated milk;

- syn. dry milk, milk powder, powdered milk;

drier / d ɹ aɪ ə , d ɹ aɪ ə ɹ /
n1
a substance that promotes drying (e.g., calcium oxide absorbs water and is used to remove moisture);

- syn. desiccant, drying agent, siccative;

n2
an appliance that removes moisture;

- syn. dryer;

drift / d ɹ ɪ f t /
n1
a force that moves something along;

- syn. impetus, impulsion;

n2
the gradual departure from an intended course due to external influences (as a ship or plane);

n3
a process of linguistic change over a period of time;

n4
a large mass of material that is heaped up by the wind or by water currents;

n5
a general tendency to change (as of opinion);

- "not openly liberal but that is the trend of the book";

- "a broad movement of the electorate to the right";

- syn. movement, trend;

n6
the pervading meaning or tenor;

- "caught the general drift of the conversation";

- syn. purport;

n7
a horizontal (or nearly horizontal) passageway in a mine;

- "they dug a drift parallel with the vein";

- syn. gallery, heading;

v1
be in motion due to some air or water current;

- "The leaves were blowing in the wind";

- "the boat drifted on the lake";

- "The sailboat was adrift on the open sea";

- "the shipwrecked boat drifted away from the shore";

- syn. be adrift, blow, float;

v2
wander from a direct course or at random;

- "The child strayed from the path and her parents lost sight of her";

- "don't drift from the set course";

- syn. err, stray;

v3
move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment;

- "The gypsies roamed the woods";

- "roving vagabonds";

- "the wandering Jew";

- "The cattle roam across the prairie";

- "the laborers drift from one town to the next";

- "They rolled from town to town";

- syn. cast, ramble, range, roam, roll, rove, stray, swan, tramp, vagabond, wander;

v4
vary or move from a fixed point or course;

- "stock prices are drifting higher";

v5
live unhurriedly, irresponsibly, or freely;

- "My son drifted around for years in California before going to law school";

- syn. freewheel;

v6
move in an unhurried fashion;

- "The unknown young man drifted among the invited guests";

v7
cause to be carried by a current;

- "drift the boats downstream";

v8
drive slowly and far afield for grazing;

- "drift the cattle herds westwards";

v9
be subject to fluctuation;

- "The stock market drifted upward";

v10
be piled up in banks or heaps by the force of wind or a current;

- "snow drifting several feet high";

- "sand drifting like snow";

drift apart
v1
lose personal contact over time;

- "The two women, who had been roommates in college, drifted apart after they got married";

- syn. drift away;

drift away
v1
lose personal contact over time;

- "The two women, who had been roommates in college, drifted apart after they got married";

- syn. drift apart;

drift ice
n1
masses of ice floating in the open sea;

drift net
n1
a large fishnet supported by floats;

- it drifts with the current;

drift off
v1
change from a waking to a sleeping state;

- "he always falls asleep during lectures";

- syn. dope off, doze off, drop off, drowse off, fall asleep, flake out, nod off;

driftage / d ɹ ɪ f t ɪ dʒ /
n1
the deviation (by a vessel or aircraft) from its intended course due to drifting;

drifter / d ɹ ɪ f t ə , d ɹ ɪ f t ə ɹ /
n1
a wanderer who has no established residence or visible means of support;

- syn. clochard, floater, vagabond, vagrant;

driftfish
n1
larger butterfishes of the western Atlantic from the New York area to the northern Gulf of Mexico;

n2
small (6 inches) tropical butterfishes found worldwide;

drifting / d ɹ ɪ f t ɪ ŋ /
n1
aimless wandering from place to place;

a1
continually changing especially as from one abode or occupation to another;

- "a drifting double-dealer";

- "the floating population";

- "vagrant hippies of the sixties";

- syn. aimless, floating, vagabond, vagrant;

- sim. unsettled;

driftwood / d ɹ ɪ f t w ʊ d /
n1
wood that is floating or that has been washed ashore;

drill / d ɹ ɪ ɫ /
n1
a tool with a sharp point and cutting edges for making holes in hard materials (usually rotating rapidly or by repeated blows);

n2
similar to the mandrill but smaller and less brightly colored;

- syn. Mandrillus leucophaeus;

n3
systematic training by multiple repetitions;

- "practice makes perfect";

- syn. exercise, practice, practice session, recitation;

n4
(military) the training of soldiers to march (as in ceremonial parades) or to perform the manual of arms;

v1
make a hole, especially with a pointed power or hand tool;

- "don't drill here, there's a gas pipe";

- "drill a hole into the wall";

- "drill for oil";

- "carpenter bees are boring holes into the wall";

- syn. bore;

v2
train in the military, e.g., in the use of weapons;

v3
learn by repetition;

- "We drilled French verbs every day";

- "Pianists practice scales";

- syn. exercise, practice, practise;

v4
teach by repetition;

v5
undergo military training or do military exercises;

drill-like
a1
resembling a drill;

- sim. sharp;

drill bit
n1
a bit used in drilling for oil;

- syn. drilling bit;

drill hole
n1
a hole or passage made by a drill;

- usually made for exploratory purposes;

- syn. bore, bore-hole;

drill in
v1
teach by drills and repetition;

- syn. beat in, hammer in, ram down;

drill instructor
n1
a noncommissioned officer who instructs recruits in military marching and discipline;

- syn. drill master;

drill master
n1
a noncommissioned officer who instructs recruits in military marching and discipline;

- syn. drill instructor;

drill press
n1
a machine tool with a separate, upright stand;

- an electric drill is pressed into the work automatically or with a hand lever;

drill rig
n1
rig used in drilling for oil or gas;

- syn. drilling rig, oil rig, oilrig;

drill rod
n1
carbon steel used for rock drills and dowels;

- syn. drill steel;

drill site
n1
workplace that is the site of a drill hole;

drill steel
n1
carbon steel used for rock drills and dowels;

- syn. drill rod;

drilled / d ɹ ɪ ɫ d /
a1
trained in a skill by repetitious practice;

- "well-drilled in military procedures";

- sim. trained;

drilling / d ɹ ɪ ɫ ɪ ŋ /
n1
the act of drilling;

- syn. boring;

n2
the act of drilling a hole in the earth in the hope of producing petroleum;

- syn. boring, oil production;

drilling bit
n1
a bit used in drilling for oil;

- syn. drill bit;

drilling fluid
n1
a mixture of clays and chemicals and water;

- pumped down the drill pipe to lubricate and cool the drilling bit and to flush out the cuttings and to strengthen the sides of the hole;

- syn. drilling mud;

drilling mud
n1
a mixture of clays and chemicals and water;

- pumped down the drill pipe to lubricate and cool the drilling bit and to flush out the cuttings and to strengthen the sides of the hole;

- syn. drilling fluid;

drilling pipe
n1
a series of tubes (joined by screwed collars) that connect a drilling platform to the drilling bit;

- rotates the bit and supplies drilling mud;

drilling platform
n1
drilling rig consisting of an offshore platform (floating or fixed to the sea bed) from which many oil wells can be bored radially;

- syn. offshore rig;

drilling rig
n1
rig used in drilling for oil or gas;

- syn. drill rig, oil rig, oilrig;

drily / d ɹ aɪ ɫ i /
r1
in a dry laconic manner;

- "`I know that', he said dryly";

- syn. dryly, laconically;

Drimys
n1
shrubs and trees of southern hemisphere having aromatic foliage;

- syn. genus Drimys;

Drimys winteri
n1
South American evergreen tree yielding winter's bark and a light soft wood similar to basswood;

- syn. winter's bark, winter's bark tree;

drink / d ɹ ɪ ŋ k /
n1
a single serving of a beverage;

- "I asked for a hot drink";

- "likes a drink before dinner";

n2
the act of drinking alcoholic beverages to excess;

- "drink was his downfall";

- syn. boozing, crapulence, drinking, drunkenness;

n3
any liquid suitable for drinking;

- "may I take your beverage order?";

- syn. beverage, drinkable, potable;

n4
any large deep body of water;

- "he jumped into the drink and had to be rescued";

n5
the act of swallowing;

- "one swallow of the liquid was enough";

- "he took a drink of his beer and smacked his lips";

- syn. deglutition, swallow;

v1
take in liquids;

- "The patient must drink several liters each day";

- "The children like to drink soda";

- syn. imbibe;

- also drink down, drink up;

v2
consume alcohol;

- "We were up drinking all night";

- syn. booze, fuddle, hit the bottle;

v3
propose a toast to;

- "Let us toast the birthday girl!";

- "Let's drink to the New Year";

- syn. pledge, salute, toast, wassail;

v4
be fascinated or spell-bound by;

- pay close attention to;

- "The mother drinks in every word of her son on the stage";

- syn. drink in;

v5
drink excessive amounts of alcohol;

- be an alcoholic;

- "The husband drinks and beats his wife";

- syn. tope;

drink down
v1
drink down entirely;

- "He downed three martinis before dinner";

- "She killed a bottle of brandy that night";

- "They popped a few beer after work";

- syn. belt down, bolt down, down, kill, pop, pour down, toss off;

drink in
v1
be fascinated or spell-bound by;

- pay close attention to;

- "The mother drinks in every word of her son on the stage";

- syn. drink;

drink up
v1
drink to the last drop;

- "drink up--there's more wine coming";

- syn. drain the cup;

drinkable / d ɹ ɪ ŋ k ə b ɫ /
n1
any liquid suitable for drinking;

- "may I take your beverage order?";

- syn. beverage, drink, potable;

a1
suitable for drinking;

- syn. potable;

drinker / d ɹ ɪ ŋ k ə , d ɹ ɪ ŋ k ə ɹ /
n1
a person who drinks liquids;

n2
a person who drinks alcoholic beverages (especially to excess);

- syn. imbiber, juicer, toper;

drinking / d ɹ ɪ ŋ k ɪ ŋ /
n1
the act of consuming liquids;

- syn. imbibing, imbibition;

n2
the act of drinking alcoholic beverages to excess;

- "drink was his downfall";

- syn. boozing, crapulence, drink, drunkenness;

drinking age
n1
the age at which is legal for a person to buy alcoholic beverages;

drinking bout
n1
a long period of drinking;

drinking chocolate
n1
a beverage made from cocoa powder and milk and sugar;

- usually drunk hot;

- syn. chocolate, cocoa, hot chocolate;

drinking fountain
n1
a public fountain to provide a jet of drinking water;

- syn. bubbler, water fountain;

drinking glass
n1
a container made of glass for holding liquids while drinking;

- syn. glass;

drinking song
n1
a song celebrating the joys of drinking;

- sung at drinking parties;

drinking straw
n1
a thin paper or plastic tube used to suck liquids into the mouth;

- syn. straw;

drinking vessel
n1
a vessel intended for drinking;

drinking water
n1
water suitable for drinking;

drip / d ɹ ɪ p /
n1
flowing in drops;

- the formation and falling of drops of liquid;

- "there's a drip through the roof";

- syn. dribble, trickle;

n2
the sound of a liquid falling drop by drop;

- "the constant sound of dripping irritated him";

- syn. dripping;

n3
(architecture) a projection from a cornice or sill designed to protect the area below from rainwater (as over a window or doorway);

- syn. drip mold, drip mould;

v1
fall in drops;

- "Water is dripping from the faucet";

v2
let or cause to fall in drops;

- "dribble oil into the mixture";

- syn. dribble, drop;

drip-dry / d ɹ ɪ p d ɹ aɪ /
v1
dry by hanging up wet;

a1
treated so as to be easily or quickly washed and dried and requiring little or no ironing;

- "a wash-and-wear shirt";

- syn. wash-and-wear;

- sim. washable;

a2
used of fabrics that do not require ironing;

- "drip-dry shirts for travel";

- syn. permanent-press;

- sim. unironed;

drip coffee
n1
coffee made by passing boiling water through a perforated container packed with finely ground coffee;

drip culture
n1
a hydroponic method of growing plants by allowing nutrient solutions to drip slowly onto an inert medium in which the plants are growing;

drip feed
n1
the administration of a solution (blood or saline or plasma etc.) one drop at a time;

drip loop
n1
a downward hanging loop in a line that runs to a building;

- "when it rained water would fall from the drip loop before it reached the building";

drip mat
n1
a small mat placed under a glass to protect a surface from condensation;

drip mold
n1
(architecture) a projection from a cornice or sill designed to protect the area below from rainwater (as over a window or doorway);

- syn. drip, drip mould;

drip mould
n1
(architecture) a projection from a cornice or sill designed to protect the area below from rainwater (as over a window or doorway);

- syn. drip, drip mold;

drip pan
n1
pan for catching drippings under roasting meat;

- syn. dripping pan;

n2
pan under a refrigerator for collecting liquid waste;

drip pot
n1
a coffeepot for making drip coffee;

dripless / d ɹ ɪ p ɫ ɛ s /
a1
designed to prevent dripping;

- "a dripless faucet";

- "dripless candles";

- sim. tight;

drippage
n1
a liquid (as water) that flows in drops (as from the eaves of house);

- syn. dripping;

drippily
r1
in a mawkish and emotional manner;

- "the violinist played that piece mawkishly";

- syn. mawkishly;

drippiness
n1
the physical property of being soft and drippy;

n2
falsely emotional in a maudlin way;

- syn. mawkishness, mushiness, sentimentality, sloppiness, soupiness;

dripping / d ɹ ɪ p ɪ ŋ /
n1
a liquid (as water) that flows in drops (as from the eaves of house);

- syn. drippage;

n2
the sound of a liquid falling drop by drop;

- "the constant sound of dripping irritated him";

- syn. drip;

r1
extremely wet;

- "dripping wet";

- "soaking wet";

- syn. soaking, sopping;

dripping pan
n1
pan for catching drippings under roasting meat;

- syn. drip pan;

drippings / d ɹ ɪ p ɪ ŋ z /
n1
fat that exudes from meat and drips off while it is being roasted or fried;

drippy
a1
wet with light rain;

- "a sad drizzly day";

- "a wet drippy day";

- syn. drizzly;

- sim. wet;

a2
leaking in drops;

- "a drippy faucet";

- sim. leaky;

a3
effusively or insincerely emotional;

- "a bathetic novel";

- "maudlin expressions of sympathy";

- "mushy effusiveness";

- "a schmaltzy song";

- "sentimental soap operas";

- "slushy poetry";

- syn. bathetic, hokey, kitschy, maudlin, mawkish, mushy, sappy, schmaltzy, schmalzy, sentimental, slushy, soppy, soupy;

- sim. emotional;

dripstone / d ɹ ɪ p s t oʊ n /
n1
the form of calcium carbonate found in stalactites and stalagmites;

n2
a protective drip that is made of stone;

- syn. hoodmold, hoodmould;

drive / d ɹ aɪ v /
n1
the act of applying force to propel something;

- "after reaching the desired velocity the drive is cut off";

- syn. driving force, thrust;

n2
a mechanism by which force or power is transmitted in a machine;

- "a variable speed drive permitted operation through a range of speeds";

n3
a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end;

- "he supported populist campaigns";

- "they worked in the cause of world peace";

- "the team was ready for a drive toward the pennant";

- "the movement to end slavery";

- "contributed to the war effort";

- syn. campaign, cause, crusade, effort, movement;

n4
a road leading up to a private house;

- "they parked in the driveway";

- syn. driveway, private road;

n5
the trait of being highly motivated;

- "his drive and energy exhausted his co-workers";

n6
hitting a golf ball off of a tee with a driver;

- "he sliced his drive out of bounds";

- syn. driving;

n7
the act of driving a herd of animals overland;

n8
a journey in a vehicle (usually an automobile);

- "he took the family for a drive in his new car";

- syn. ride;

n9
a physiological state corresponding to a strong need or desire;

n10
(computer science) a device that writes data onto or reads data from a storage medium;

n11
a wide scenic road planted with trees;

- "the riverside drive offers many exciting scenic views";

- syn. parkway;

n12
(sports) a hard straight return (as in tennis or squash);

v1
operate or control a vehicle;

- "drive a car or bus";

- "Can you drive this four-wheel truck?";

v2
travel or be transported in a vehicle;

- "We drove to the university every morning";

- "They motored to London for the theater";

- syn. motor;

v3
cause someone or something to move by driving;

- "She drove me to school every day";

- "We drove the car to the garage";

- also drive away, drive off, drive out, drive out;

v4
force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically;

- "She rammed her mind into focus";

- "He drives me mad";

- syn. force, ram;

- also drive in;

v5
to compel or force or urge relentlessly or exert coercive pressure on, or motivate strongly;

- "She is driven by her passion";

v6
cause to move back by force or influence;

- "repel the enemy";

- "push back the urge to smoke";

- "beat back the invaders";

- syn. beat back, force back, push back, repel, repulse;

v7
compel somebody to do something, often against his own will or judgment;

- "She finally drove him to change jobs";

v8
push, propel, or press with force;

- "Drive a nail into the wall";

v9
cause to move rapidly by striking or throwing with force;

- "drive the ball far out into the field";

v10
strive and make an effort to reach a goal;

- "She tugged for years to make a decent living";

- "We have to push a little to make the deadline!";

- "She is driving away at her doctoral thesis";

- syn. labor, labour, push, tug;

v11
move into a desired direction of discourse;

- "What are you driving at?";

- syn. aim, get;

v12
have certain properties when driven;

- "This car rides smoothly";

- "My new truck drives well";

- syn. ride;

v13
work as a driver;

- "He drives a bread truck";

- "She drives for the taxi company in Newark";

v14
move by being propelled by a force;

- "The car drove around the corner";

v15
urge forward;

- "drive the cows into the barn";

v16
proceed along in a vehicle;

- "We drive the turnpike to work";

- syn. take;

v17
strike with a driver, as in teeing off;

- "drive a golf ball";

v18
hit very hard, as by swinging a bat horizontally;

- "drive a ball";

v19
excavate horizontally;

- "drive a tunnel";

v20
cause to function by supplying the force or power for or by controlling;

- "The amplifier drives the tube";

- "steam drives the engines";

- "this device drives the disks for the computer";

v21
(hunting) search for game;

- "drive the forest";

v22
(hunting) chase from cover into more open ground;

- "drive the game";

drive-by killing
n1
homicide committed by shooting from a moving automobile;

drive-by shooting
n1
shooting someone from a car as it is driven past the victim;

drive-in / d ɹ aɪ v ɪ n /
n1
any installation designed to accommodate patrons in their automobiles;

drive around
v1
drive someone in a vehicle;

- syn. chauffeur;

v2
drive without any particular aim;

- "we were driving around in the countryside on a fine Sunday morning";

drive away
v1
force to go away;

- used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings;

- "Drive away potential burglars";

- "drive away bad thoughts";

- "dispel doubts";

- "The supermarket had to turn back many disappointed customers";

- syn. chase away, dispel, drive off, drive out, run off, turn back;

drive back
v1
force or drive back;

- "repel the attacker";

- "fight off the onslaught";

- "rebuff the attack";

- syn. fight off, rebuff, repel, repulse;

drive home
v1
carry out or perform;

- "deliver an attack";

- "deliver a blow";

- "The boxer drove home a solid left";

- syn. deliver;

v2
make clear by special emphasis and try to convince somebody of something;

- "drive home a point or an argument";

- "I'm trying to drive home these basic ideas";

- syn. press home, ram home;

drive in
v1
cause a run or runner to be scored;

- "His line double drove in Jim Lemon with the winning run";

v2
arrive by motorcar;

- "The star and her manager drive in today from their motor tour across the country";

v3
cause to penetrate, as with a circular motion;

- "drive in screws or bolts";

- syn. screw;

drive line
n1
mechanism that transmits power from the engine to the driving wheels of a motor vehicle;

- syn. drive line system;

drive line system
n1
mechanism that transmits power from the engine to the driving wheels of a motor vehicle;

- syn. drive line;

drive off
v1
force to go away;

- used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings;

- "Drive away potential burglars";

- "drive away bad thoughts";

- "dispel doubts";

- "The supermarket had to turn back many disappointed customers";

- syn. chase away, dispel, drive away, drive out, run off, turn back;

drive out
v1
force to go away;

- used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings;

- "Drive away potential burglars";

- "drive away bad thoughts";

- "dispel doubts";

- "The supermarket had to turn back many disappointed customers";

- syn. chase away, dispel, drive away, drive off, run off, turn back;

v2
force or drive out;

- "The police routed them out of bed at 2 A.M.";

- syn. force out, rouse, rout out;

v3
clear out the chest and lungs;

- "This drug expectorates quickly";

- syn. clear out, expectorate;

drive up
v1
approach while driving;

- "The truck entered the driveway and drove up towards the house";

drivel / d ɹ ɪ v ɫ /
n1
a worthless message;

- syn. garbage;

n2
saliva spilling from the mouth;

- syn. dribble, drool, slobber;

v1
let saliva drivel from the mouth;

- "The baby drooled";

- syn. dribble, drool, slabber, slaver, slobber;

driveller / d ɹ ɪ v ɫ ə , d ɹ ɪ v ɫ ə ɹ /
n1
someone whose talk is trivial drivel;

- syn. jabberer;

n2
a person who dribbles;

- "that baby is a dribbler;

- he needs a bib";

- syn. dribbler, drooler, slobberer;

driven / d ɹ ɪ v n /
a1
compelled forcibly by an outside agency;

- "mobs goaded by blind hatred";

- syn. goaded;

- sim. involuntary;

a2
urged or forced to action through moral pressure;

- "felt impelled to take a stand against the issue";

- syn. impelled;

- sim. motivated;

a3
strongly motivated to succeed;

- syn. compulsive, determined;

- sim. ambitious;

driven well
n1
a well made by driving a tube into the earth to a stratum that bears water;

- syn. tube well;

driver / d ɹ aɪ v ə , d ɹ aɪ v ə ɹ /
n1
the operator of a motor vehicle;

n2
someone who drives animals that pull a vehicle;

n3
a golfer who hits the golf ball with a driver;

n4
(computer science) a program that determines how a computer will communicate with a peripheral device;

- syn. device driver;

n5
a golf club (a wood) with a near vertical face that is used for hitting long shots from the tee;

- syn. number one wood;

driver's licence
n1
a license authorizing the bearer to drive a motor vehicle;

- syn. driver's license, driving licence, driving license;

driver's license
n1
a license authorizing the bearer to drive a motor vehicle;

- syn. driver's licence, driving licence, driving license;

driver ant
n1
tropical nomadic ant that preys mainly on other insects;

- syn. army ant, legionary ant;

driveshaft
n1
a rotating shaft that transmits power from the engine to the point of application;

driveway / d ɹ aɪ v w eɪ /
n1
a road leading up to a private house;

- "they parked in the driveway";

- syn. drive, private road;

driving / d ɹ aɪ v ɪ ŋ /
n1
hitting a golf ball off of a tee with a driver;

- "he sliced his drive out of bounds";

- syn. drive;

n2
the act of controlling and steering the movement of a vehicle or animal;

a1
having the power of driving or impelling;

- "a driving personal ambition";

- "the driving force was his innate enthusiasm";

- "an impulsive force";

- syn. impulsive;

- sim. dynamic;

a2
acting with vigor;

- "responsibility turned the spoiled playboy into a driving young executive";

- sim. energetic;

driving axle
n1
the axle of a self-propelled vehicle that provides the driving power;

- syn. live axle;

driving belt
n1
a belt that carries motion from a motor to the machinery;

driving force
n1
the act of applying force to propel something;

- "after reaching the desired velocity the drive is cut off";

- syn. drive, thrust;

driving iron
n1
(golf) the long iron with the most nearly vertical face;

- syn. one iron;

driving licence
n1
a license authorizing the bearer to drive a motor vehicle;

- syn. driver's licence, driver's license, driving license;

driving license
n1
a license authorizing the bearer to drive a motor vehicle;

- syn. driver's licence, driver's license, driving licence;

driving range
n1
a practice range for practicing golf shots;

- syn. golf range;

driving school
n1
a school where people are taught to drive automobiles;

driving wheel
n1
a wheel that drives a motor vehicle (transforms torque into a tractive force);

Drixoral
n1
the trade name for a drug used to treat upper respiratory congestion;

- it contains an antihistamine and a bronchodilator and a vasoconstrictor;

drizzle / d ɹ ɪ z ɫ /
n1
very light rain;

- stronger than mist but less than a shower;

- syn. mizzle;

v1
rain lightly;

- "When it drizzles in summer, hiking can be pleasant";

- syn. mizzle;

v2
moisten with fine drops;

- "drizzle the meat with melted butter";

- syn. moisten;

drizzling / d ɹ ɪ z ɫ ɪ ŋ /
a1
(of rain) falling lightly in very small drops;

- "a raw drizzing rain";

- sim. descending;

drizzly / d ɹ ɪ z ɫ i /
a1
wet with light rain;

- "a sad drizzly day";

- "a wet drippy day";

- syn. drippy;

- sim. wet;

DRMS
n1
the organization in the Defense Logistics Agency that inventories and evaluates and sells reusable United States government surplus;

- syn. Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service;

Drogheda / d ɹ ɔɪ ɪ d ə /
n1
in 1649 the place was captured by Oliver Cromwell, who massacred the Catholic inhabitants;

drogue / d ɹ oʊ ɡ /
n1
a funnel-shaped device towed as a target by an airplane;

n2
a truncated cloth cone mounted on a mast;

- used (e.g., at airports) to show the direction of the wind;

- syn. air-sleeve, air sock, sock, wind cone, wind sleeve, wind sock, windsock;

n3
restraint consisting of a canvas covered frame that floats behind a vessel;

- prevents drifting or maintains the heading into a wind;

- syn. sea anchor;

n4
a parachute used to decelerate an object that is moving rapidly;

- syn. drogue chute, drogue parachute;

drogue chute
n1
a parachute used to decelerate an object that is moving rapidly;

- syn. drogue, drogue parachute;

drogue parachute
n1
a small parachute that pulls the main parachute from its storage pack;

n2
a parachute used to decelerate an object that is moving rapidly;

- syn. drogue, drogue chute;

droll / d ɹ oʊ ɫ /
a1
comical in an odd or whimsical manner;

- "a droll little man with a quiet tongue-in-cheek kind of humor";

- sim. humorous;

drollery / d ɹ ɒ ɫ ə ɹ i /
n1
a comic incident or series of incidents;

- syn. clowning, comedy, funniness;

n2
a quaint and amusing jest;

- syn. waggery;

dromaeosaur
n1
a kind of maniraptor;

Dromaeosauridae
n1
swift-running bipedal dinosaurs;

- syn. family Dromaeosauridae;

Dromaius
n1
a genus of birds in the order Casuariiformes;

- syn. genus Dromaius;

Dromaius novaehollandiae
n1
large Australian flightless bird similar to the ostrich but smaller;

- syn. Emu novaehollandiae, emu;

drome
n1
an airfield equipped with control tower and hangars as well as accommodations for passengers and cargo;

- syn. aerodrome, airdrome, airport;

dromedary / d ɹ ɒ m ə d ə ɹ i /
n1
one-humped camel of the hot deserts of northern Africa and southwestern Asia;

- syn. Arabian camel, Camelus dromedarius;

dronabinol
n1
psychoactive substance present in marijuana;

- used therapeutically to control nausea associated with cancer therapy;

drone / d ɹ oʊ n /
n1
stingless male bee in a colony of social bees (especially honeybees) whose sole function is to mate with the queen;

n2
an unchanging intonation;

- syn. droning, monotone;

n3
someone who takes more time than necessary;

- someone who lags behind;

- syn. dawdler, laggard, lagger, poke, trailer;

n4
an aircraft without a pilot that is operated by remote control;

- syn. pilotless aircraft, radio-controlled aircraft;

n5
a pipe of the bagpipe that is tuned to produce a single continuous tone;

- syn. bourdon, drone pipe;

v1
make a monotonous low dull sound;

- "The harmonium was droning on";

v2
talk in a monotonous voice;

- syn. drone on;

drone on
v1
talk in a monotonous voice;

- syn. drone;

drone pipe
n1
a pipe of the bagpipe that is tuned to produce a single continuous tone;

- syn. bourdon, drone;

droning / d ɹ oʊ n ɪ ŋ /
n1
an unchanging intonation;

- syn. drone, monotone;

drool / d ɹ u ɫ /
n1
pretentious or silly talk or writing;

- syn. baloney, bilgewater, boloney, bosh, humbug, taradiddle, tarradiddle, tommyrot, tosh, twaddle;

n2
saliva spilling from the mouth;

- syn. dribble, drivel, slobber;

v1
be envious, desirous, eager for, or extremely happy about something;

- "She was salivating over the raise she anticipated";

- syn. salivate;

v2
let saliva drivel from the mouth;

- "The baby drooled";

- syn. dribble, drivel, slabber, slaver, slobber;

- also drool over;

drool over
v1
envy without restraint;

- syn. slobber over;

drooler
n1
a person who dribbles;

- "that baby is a dribbler;

- he needs a bib";

- syn. dribbler, driveller, slobberer;

droop / d ɹ u p /
n1
a shape that sags;

- "there was a sag in the chair seat";

- syn. sag;

v1
droop, sink, or settle from or as if from pressure or loss of tautness;

- syn. flag, sag, swag;

v2
hang loosely or laxly;

- "His tongue lolled";

- syn. loll;

v3
become limp;

- "The flowers wilted";

- syn. wilt;

drooping / d ɹ u p ɪ ŋ /
a1
weak from exhaustion;

- syn. flagging;

- sim. tired;

a2
hanging down (as from exhaustion or weakness);

- syn. droopy, sagging;

- sim. lax;

a3
having branches or flower heads that bend downward;

- "nodding daffodils";

- "the pendulous branches of a weeping willow";

- "lilacs with drooping panicles of fragrant flowers";

- syn. cernuous, nodding, pendulous, weeping;

- sim. unerect;

drooping brome
n1
annual or winter annual grass with softly hairy leaves of the Mediterranean;

- syn. Bromus tectorum, cheatgrass, downy brome, downy bromegrass, downy cheat, downy chess;

drooping juniper
n1
small tree of western Texas and mountains of Mexico having spreading branches with drooping branchlets;

- syn. Juniperus flaccida, Mexican juniper;

droopingly / d ɹ u p ɪ ŋ ɫ i /
r1
in a drooping manner;

- "a branch hung low, droopingly";

droopy
a1
hanging down (as from exhaustion or weakness);

- syn. drooping, sagging;

- sim. lax;

drop / d ɹ ɒ p /
n1
a shape that is spherical and small;

- "he studied the shapes of low-viscosity drops";

- "beads of sweat on his forehead";

- syn. bead, pearl;

n2
a small indefinite quantity (especially of a liquid);

- "he had a drop too much to drink";

- "a drop of each sample was analyzed";

- "there is not a drop of pity in that man";

- "years afterward, they would pay the blood-money, driblet by driblet"--Kipling;

- syn. drib, driblet;

n3
a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity;

- "a drop of 57 points on the Dow Jones index";

- "there was a drop in pressure in the pulmonary artery";

- "a dip in prices";

- "when that became known the price of their stock went into free fall";

- syn. dip, fall, free fall;

n4
a steep high face of rock;

- "he stood on a high cliff overlooking the town";

- "a steep drop";

- syn. cliff, drop-off;

n5
a predetermined hiding place for the deposit and distribution of illicit goods (such as drugs or stolen property);

n6
a free and rapid descent by the force of gravity;

- "it was a miracle that he survived the drop from that height";

- syn. fall;

n7
a curtain that can be lowered and raised onto a stage from the flies;

- often used as background scenery;

- syn. drop cloth, drop curtain;

n8
a central depository where things can be left or picked up;

n9
the act of dropping something;

- "they expected the drop would be successful";

v1
let fall to the ground;

- "Don't drop the dishes";

v2
to fall vertically;

- "the bombs are dropping on enemy targets";

v3
go down in value;

- "Stock prices dropped";

v4
fall or descend to a lower place or level;

- "He sank to his knees";

- syn. drop down, sink;

v5
terminate an association with;

- "drop him from the Republican ticket";

v6
utter with seeming casualness;

- "drop a hint";

- "drop names";

v7
stop pursuing or acting;

- "drop a lawsuit";

- "knock it off!";

- syn. knock off;

v8
remove (cargo, people, etc.) from and leave;

- "unload the cargo";

- "drop off the passengers at the hotel";

- syn. discharge, drop off, put down, set down, unload;

v9
cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow;

- "strike down a tree";

- "Lightning struck down the hikers";

- syn. cut down, fell, strike down;

v10
lose (a game);

- "The Giants dropped 11 of their first 13";

v11
pay out;

- "spend money";

- syn. expend, spend;

v12
lower the pitch of (musical notes);

- syn. flatten;

v13
hang freely;

- "the ornaments dangled from the tree";

- "The light dropped from the ceiling";

- syn. dangle, swing;

v14
stop associating with;

- "They dropped her after she had a child out of wedlock";

- syn. dismiss, send away, send packing;

v15
let or cause to fall in drops;

- "dribble oil into the mixture";

- syn. dribble, drip;

v16
get rid of;

- "he shed his image as a pushy boss";

- "shed your clothes";

- syn. cast, cast off, shake off, shed, throw, throw away, throw off;

v17
take (a drug, especially LSD), by mouth;

- "She dropped acid when she was a teenager";

v18
omit (a letter or syllable) in speaking or writing;

- "New Englanders drop their post-vocalic r's";

v19
leave undone or leave out;

- "How could I miss that typo?";

- "The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten";

- syn. leave out, miss, neglect, omit, overleap, overlook, pretermit;

v20
change from one level to another;

- "She dropped into army jargon";

v21
fall or sink into a state of exhaustion or death;

- "shop til you drop";

v22
grow worse;

- "Her condition deteriorated";

- "Conditions in the slums degenerated";

- "The discussion devolved into a shouting match";

- syn. degenerate, deteriorate, devolve;

v23
give birth;

- used for animals;

- "The cow dropped her calf this morning";

drop-dead
r1
extremely;

- "she was drop-dead gorgeous";

drop-down menu
n1
a menu of options that appears below the item when the computer user clicks on it;

drop-kick / d ɹ ɒ p k ɪ k /
v1
make the point after a touchdown with a dropkick;

- syn. dropkick;

v2
drop and kick (a ball) as it touches the ground, as for a field goal;

- syn. dropkick;

drop-leaf
n1
a hinged leaf on a table that can be raised and supported by a bracket;

drop-leaf table
n1
a table that has a drop-leaf to enlarge its surface;

drop-off
n1
a noticeable deterioration in performance or quality;

- "the team went into a slump";

- "a gradual slack in output";

- "a drop-off in attendance";

- "a falloff in quality";

- syn. falling off, falloff, slack, slump;

n2
a steep high face of rock;

- "he stood on a high cliff overlooking the town";

- "a steep drop";

- syn. cliff, drop;

n3
a change downward;

- "there was a decrease in his temperature as the fever subsided";

- "there was a sharp drop-off in sales";

- syn. decrease, lessening;

drop-off charge
n1
a fee added for returning a rented car to a location different from the one where it was rented;

drop-seed
n1
a grass of the genus Sporobolus;

- syn. dropseed;

drop a line
v1
communicate (with) in writing;

- "Write her soon, please!";

- syn. write;

drop anchor
v1
secure a vessel with an anchor;

- "We anchored at Baltimore";

- syn. anchor, cast anchor;

drop arch
n1
a blunt pointed arch drawn from two centers within the span;

drop away
v1
get worse;

- "My grades are slipping";

- syn. drop off, fall away, slip;

drop back
v1
take position in the rear, as in a military formation or in the line of scrimmage in football;

- "The defender dropped back behind his teammate";

v2
to lag or linger behind;

- "But in so many other areas we still are dragging";

- syn. drag, drop behind, get behind, hang back, trail;

drop behind
v1
to lag or linger behind;

- "But in so many other areas we still are dragging";

- syn. drag, drop back, get behind, hang back, trail;

drop biscuit
n1
biscuit made from dough with enough milk that it can be dropped from a spoon;

drop by
v1
visit informally and spontaneously;

- "We frequently drop by the neighbors' house for a cup of coffee";

- syn. come by, drop in;

drop by the wayside
v1
give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope;

- admit defeat;

- "In the second round, the challenger gave up";

- syn. chuck up the sponge, drop out, fall by the wayside, give up, quit, throw in, throw in the towel;

drop cloth
n1
a curtain that can be lowered and raised onto a stage from the flies;

- often used as background scenery;

- syn. drop, drop curtain;

n2
a large piece of cloth laid over the floor or furniture while a room is being painted;

drop curtain
n1
a curtain that can be lowered and raised onto a stage from the flies;

- often used as background scenery;

- syn. drop, drop cloth;

drop dead
v1
pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life;

- "She died from cancer";

- "The children perished in the fire";

- "The patient went peacefully";

- "The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102";

- syn. buy the farm, cash in one's chips, choke, conk, croak, decease, die, exit, expire, give-up the ghost, go, kick the bucket, pass, pass away, perish, pop off, snuff it;

drop down
v1
fall or descend to a lower place or level;

- "He sank to his knees";

- syn. drop, sink;

drop earring
n1
an earring with a pendant ornament;

- syn. eardrop, pendant earring;

drop forge
n1
device for making large forgings;

- syn. drop hammer, drop press;

drop hammer
n1
device for making large forgings;

- syn. drop forge, drop press;

drop in
v1
visit informally and spontaneously;

- "We frequently drop by the neighbors' house for a cup of coffee";

- syn. come by, drop by;

drop keel
n1
a retractable fin keel used on sailboats to prevent drifting to leeward;

- syn. centerboard, centreboard, sliding keel;

drop like flies
v1
rapidly collapse, die, or drop out in large numbers;

- "the contestants dropped like flies when the thermometer hit one hundred degrees";

drop line
n1
a headline with the top line flush left and succeeding lines indented to the right;

- syn. dropline, stagger head, staggered head, stephead, stepped line;

drop off
v1
fall or diminish;

- "The number of students in this course dropped off after the first test";

v2
change from a waking to a sleeping state;

- "he always falls asleep during lectures";

- syn. dope off, doze off, drift off, drowse off, fall asleep, flake out, nod off;

v3
remove (cargo, people, etc.) from and leave;

- "unload the cargo";

- "drop off the passengers at the hotel";

- syn. discharge, drop, put down, set down, unload;

v4
retreat;

- syn. fall back, fall behind, recede;

v5
get worse;

- "My grades are slipping";

- syn. drop away, fall away, slip;

drop one's serve
v1
lose a game in which one is serving;

drop open
v1
open involuntarily;

- "His mouth dropped open";

- "Her jaw dropped";

- syn. fall open;

drop out
v1
give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope;

- admit defeat;

- "In the second round, the challenger gave up";

- syn. chuck up the sponge, drop by the wayside, fall by the wayside, give up, quit, throw in, throw in the towel;

v2
withdraw from established society, especially because of disillusion with conventional values;

- "She hasn't heard from her brother in years--he dropped out after moving to California";

v3
leave school or an educational program prematurely;

- "Many students drop out because they are not prepared for our challenging program";

drop press
n1
device for making large forgings;

- syn. drop forge, drop hammer;

drop scone
n1
a scone made by dropping a spoonful of batter on a griddle;

- syn. Scotch pancake, griddlecake;

drop shot
n1
a soft return so that the tennis ball drops abruptly after crossing the net;

- syn. dink;

drop the ball
v1
commit a faux pas or a fault or make a serious mistake;

- "I blundered during the job interview";

- syn. blunder, boob, goof, sin;

drop zone
n1
an agreed area where military supplies are dropped to ground troops;

- syn. dropping zone;

dropforge
v1
forge with a dropforge;

- "drop-force the metal";

dropkick / d ɹ ɒ p k ɪ k /
n1
(football) kicking (as for a field goal) in which the football is dropped and kicked as it touches the ground;

v1
make the point after a touchdown with a dropkick;

- syn. drop-kick;

v2
drop and kick (a ball) as it touches the ground, as for a field goal;

- syn. drop-kick;

dropkicker / d ɹ ɒ p k ɪ k ə /
n1
a football kicker who drops the ball and kicks it just as it reaches the ground;

droplet / d ɹ ɒ p ɫ ɛ t /
n1
a tiny drop;

dropline
n1
a headline with the top line flush left and succeeding lines indented to the right;

- syn. drop line, stagger head, staggered head, stephead, stepped line;

dropout / d ɹ ɒ p aʊ t /
n1
someone who quits school before graduation;

n2
someone who withdraws from a social group or environment;

dropped egg
n1
egg cooked in gently boiling water;

- syn. poached egg;

dropper / d ɹ ɒ p ə /
n1
pipet consisting of a small tube with a vacuum bulb at one end for drawing liquid in and releasing it a drop at a time;

- "she used an eye dropper to administer medication to the eyes";

- syn. eye dropper;

dropping / d ɹ ɒ p ɪ ŋ /
a1
coming down freely under the influence of gravity;

- "the eerie whistle of dropping bombs";

- "falling rain";

- syn. falling;

- sim. descending;

dropping zone
n1
an agreed area where military supplies are dropped to ground troops;

- syn. drop zone;

droppings / d ɹ ɒ p ɪ ŋ z /
n1
fecal matter of animals;

- syn. dung, muck;

dropseed
n1
a grass of the genus Sporobolus;

- syn. drop-seed;

dropsical / d ɹ ɒ p s ɪ k ɫ /
a1
swollen with an excessive accumulation of fluid;

- syn. edematous;

- sim. unhealthy;

dropsy / d ɹ ɒ p s i /
n1
swelling from excessive accumulation of watery fluid in cells, tissues, or serous cavities;

- syn. edema, hydrops, oedema;

Drosera / d ɹ ɒ s ə ɹ ə /
n1
the type genus of Droseraceae including many low bog-inhabiting insectivorous plants;

- syn. genus Drosera;

Droseraceae
n1
a family of carnivorous herbs and shrubs;

- syn. family Droseraceae, sundew family;

droshky / d ɹ ɒ ʃ k i /
n1
an open horse-drawn carriage with four wheels;

- formerly used in Poland and Russia;

- syn. drosky;

drosky
n1
an open horse-drawn carriage with four wheels;

- formerly used in Poland and Russia;

- syn. droshky;

drosophila
n1
small fruit fly used by Thomas Hunt Morgan in studying basic mechanisms of inheritance;

- syn. Drosophila melanogaster;

Drosophila melanogaster
n1
small fruit fly used by Thomas Hunt Morgan in studying basic mechanisms of inheritance;

- syn. drosophila;

Drosophilidae
n1
fruit flies;

- syn. family Drosophilidae;

Drosophyllum
n1
one species;

- syn. genus Drosophyllum;

Drosophyllum lusitanicum
n1
perennial of dry habitats whose leaves have glandular hairs that secrete adhesive and digestive fluid for capture and digestion of insects;

- Portugal, southern Spain and Morocco;

dross / d ɹ ɒ s /
n1
worthless or dangerous material that should be removed;

- "there were impurities in the water";

- syn. impurity;

n2
the scum formed by oxidation at the surface of molten metals;

- syn. scoria, slag;

drought / d ɹ aʊ t /
n1
a shortage of rainfall;

- "farmers most affected by the drought hope that there may yet be sufficient rain early in the growing season";

- syn. drouth;

n2
a prolonged shortage;

- "when England defeated Pakistan it ended a ten-year drought";

- syn. drouth;

drouth
n1
a prolonged shortage;

- "when England defeated Pakistan it ended a ten-year drought";

- syn. drought;

n2
a shortage of rainfall;

- "farmers most affected by the drought hope that there may yet be sufficient rain early in the growing season";

- syn. drought;

drove / d ɹ oʊ v /
n1
a group of animals (a herd or flock) moving together;

n2
a moving crowd;

- syn. horde, swarm;

n3
a stonemason's chisel with a broad edge for dressing stone;

- syn. drove chisel;

drove chisel
n1
a stonemason's chisel with a broad edge for dressing stone;

- syn. drove;

drover / d ɹ oʊ v ə , d ɹ oʊ v ə ɹ /
n1
someone who drives a herd;

- syn. herder, herdsman;

drown / d ɹ aʊ n /
v1
cover completely or make imperceptible;

- "I was drowned in work";

- "The noise drowned out her speech";

- syn. overwhelm, submerge;

- also drown out;

v2
get rid of as if by submerging;

- "She drowned her trouble in alcohol";

v3
die from being submerged in water, getting water into the lungs, and asphyxiating;

- "The child drowned in the lake";

v4
kill by submerging in water;

- "He drowned the kittens";

v5
be covered with or submerged in a liquid;

- "the meat was swimming in a fatty gravy";

- syn. swim;

v6
be in danger of dying from submersion in a liquid and asphyxiation;

- "the divers saved the drowning child";

drown out
v1
make imperceptible;

- "The noise from the ice machine drowned out the music";

drowse / d ɹ aʊ z /
n1
a light fitful sleep;

- syn. doze;

v1
sleep lightly or for a short period of time;

- syn. doze, snooze;

v2
be on the verge of sleeping;

- "The students were drowsing in the 8 AM class";

- also drowse off;

drowse off
v1
change from a waking to a sleeping state;

- "he always falls asleep during lectures";

- syn. dope off, doze off, drift off, drop off, fall asleep, flake out, nod off;

drowsily / d ɹ aʊ z ɪ ɫ i /
r1
in a drowsy manner;

- "`Time to get up,' she said drowsily";

- syn. somnolently;

drowsiness / d ɹ aʊ z ɪ n ə s /
n1
a very sleepy state;

- "sleepiness causes many driving accidents";

- syn. sleepiness, somnolence;

drowsing / d ɹ aʊ z ɪ ŋ /
a1
half asleep;

- "made drowsy by the long ride";

- "it seemed a pity to disturb the drowsing (or dozing) professor";

- "a tired dozy child";

- "the nodding (or napping) grandmother in her rocking chair";

- syn. dozy, drowsy;

- sim. asleep;

drowsy / d ɹ aʊ z i /
a1
half asleep;

- "made drowsy by the long ride";

- "it seemed a pity to disturb the drowsing (or dozing) professor";

- "a tired dozy child";

- "the nodding (or napping) grandmother in her rocking chair";

- syn. dozy, drowsing;

- sim. asleep;

a2
showing lack of attention or boredom;

- "the yawning congregation";

- syn. oscitant, yawning;

- sim. inattentive;

drub / d ɹ ʌ b /
v1
beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight;

- "We licked the other team on Sunday!";

- syn. bat, clobber, cream, lick, thrash;

drubbing / d ɹ ʌ b ɪ ŋ /
n1
a sound defeat;

- syn. debacle, slaughter, thrashing, trouncing, walloping, whipping;

n2
the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows;

- syn. beating, lacing, licking, thrashing, trouncing, whacking;

drudge / d ɹ ʌ dʒ /
n1
one who works hard at boring tasks;

- syn. hack, hacker;

n2
a laborer who is obliged to do menial work;

- syn. galley slave, navvy, peon;

v1
work hard;

- "She was digging away at her math homework";

- "Lexicographers drudge all day long";

- syn. dig, fag, grind, labor, labour, moil, toil, travail;

drudgery / d ɹ ʌ dʒ ə ɹ i /
n1
hard monotonous routine work;

- syn. donkeywork, grind, plodding;

drudging / d ɹ ʌ dʒ ɪ ŋ /
a1
doing arduous or unpleasant work;

- "drudging peasants";

- "the bent backs of laboring slaves picking cotton";

- "toiling coal miners in the black deeps";

- syn. laboring, labouring, toiling;

- sim. busy;

drug / d ɹ ʌ ɡ /
n1
a substance that is used as a medicine or narcotic;

v1
administer a drug to;

- "They drugged the kidnapped tourist";

- syn. dose;

v2
use recreational drugs;

- syn. do drugs;

drug-addicted
a1
addicted to a drug;

- syn. dependant, dependent, hooked, strung-out;

- sim. addicted;

drug-free
a1
characteristic of a person not taking illegal drugs or of a place where no illegal drugs are used;

- sim. sober;

drug abuse
n1
excessive use of drugs;

- syn. habit, substance abuse;

drug addict
n1
a narcotics addict;

- syn. junkie, junky;

drug addiction
n1
an addiction to a drug (especially a narcotic drug);

- syn. white plague;

drug baron
n1
a person who controls an organization dealing in illegal drugs;

- syn. drug lord;

drug bust
n1
seizure of illegal drugs by the police;

- syn. drugs bust;

drug cartel
n1
an illicit cartel formed to control the production and distribution of narcotic drugs;

- "drug cartels sometimes finance terrorist organizations";

drug cocktail
n1
a combination of protease inhibitors taken with reverse transcriptase inhibitors;

- used in treating AIDS and HIV;

- syn. HAART, highly active antiretroviral therapy;

drug company
n1
a company that makes and sells pharmaceuticals;

- syn. pharma, pharmaceutical company;

drug dealer
n1
an unlicensed dealer in illegal drugs;

- syn. drug peddler, drug trafficker, peddler, pusher;

Drug Enforcement Administration
n1
federal agency responsible for enforcing laws and regulations governing narcotics and controlled substances;

- goal is to immobilize drug trafficking organizations;

- syn. DEA, Drug Enforcement Agency;

Drug Enforcement Agency
n1
federal agency responsible for enforcing laws and regulations governing narcotics and controlled substances;

- goal is to immobilize drug trafficking organizations;

- syn. DEA, Drug Enforcement Administration;

drug lord
n1
a person who controls an organization dealing in illegal drugs;

- syn. drug baron;

drug of abuse
n1
a drug that is taken for nonmedicinal reasons (usually for mind-altering effects);

- drug abuse can lead to physical and mental damage and (with some substances) dependence and addiction;

- syn. street drug;

drug peddler
n1
an unlicensed dealer in illegal drugs;

- syn. drug dealer, drug trafficker, peddler, pusher;

drug traffic
n1
traffic in illegal drugs;

- syn. drug trafficking, narcotraffic;

drug trafficker
n1
an unlicensed dealer in illegal drugs;

- syn. drug dealer, drug peddler, peddler, pusher;

drug trafficking
n1
traffic in illegal drugs;

- syn. drug traffic, narcotraffic;

drug user
n1
a person who takes drugs;

- syn. substance abuser, user;

drug war
n1
conflict between law enforcement and those who deal in illegal drugs;

drug withdrawal
n1
the termination of drug taking;

- syn. withdrawal;

drugged / d ɹ ʌ ɡ d /
a1
under the influence of narcotics;

- "knocked out by doped wine";

- "a drugged sleep";

- "were under the effect of the drugged sweets";

- "in a stuperous narcotized state";

- syn. doped, narcotised, narcotized;

- sim. intoxicated;

drugget / d ɹ ʌ ɡ ɪ t /
n1
a rug made of a coarse fabric having a cotton warp and a wool filling;

drugging / d ɹ ʌ ɡ ɪ ŋ /
n1
the administration of a sedative agent or drug;

- syn. sedation;

druggist / d ɹ ʌ ɡ ɪ s t /
n1
a health professional trained in the art of preparing and dispensing drugs;

- syn. apothecary, chemist, pharmacist, pill pusher, pill roller;

drugless
a1
without the use of drugs;

- "drugless therapy";

- sim. healthful;

drugs bust
n1
seizure of illegal drugs by the police;

- syn. drug bust;

drugstore / d ɹ ʌ ɡ s t ɔ , d ɹ ʌ ɡ s t ɔ ɹ /
n1
a retail shop where medicine and other articles are sold;

- syn. apothecary's shop, chemist's, chemist's shop, pharmacy;

Druid / d ɹ u ɪ d /
n1
a pre-Christian priest among the Celts of ancient Gaul and Britain and Ireland;

druidism / d ɹ u ɪ d ɪ z ə m /
n1
the system of religion and philosophy taught by the Druids and their rites and ceremonies;

drum / d ɹ ʌ m /
n1
a musical percussion instrument;

- usually consists of a hollow cylinder with a membrane stretched across each end;

- syn. membranophone, tympan;

n2
the sound of a drum;

- "he could hear the drums before he heard the fifes";

n3
a bulging cylindrical shape;

- hollow with flat ends;

- syn. barrel;

n4
a cylindrical metal container used for shipping or storage of liquids;

- syn. metal drum;

n5
a hollow cast iron cylinder attached to the wheel that forms part of the brakes;

- syn. brake drum;

n6
small to medium-sized bottom-dwelling food and game fishes of shallow coastal and fresh waters that make a drumming noise;

- syn. drumfish;

v1
make a rhythmic sound;

- "Rain drummed against the windshield";

- "The drums beat all night";

- syn. beat, thrum;

v2
play a percussion instrument;

v3
study intensively, as before an exam;

- "I had to bone up on my Latin verbs before the final exam";

- syn. bone, bone up, cram, get up, grind away, mug up, swot, swot up;

drum-like
a1
shaped in a form resembling a drum;

- syn. drum-shaped;

- sim. formed;

drum-shaped
a1
shaped in a form resembling a drum;

- syn. drum-like;

- sim. formed;

drum brake
n1
hydraulic brake in which friction is applied to the inside of a spinning drum by the brake shoe;

drum major
n1
the leader of a marching band or drum corps;

drum majorette
n1
a female baton twirler who accompanies a marching band;

- syn. majorette;

n2
a female drum major;

- syn. majorette;

drum out
v1
remove from a position or office;

- "The chairman was ousted after he misappropriated funds";

- syn. boot out, expel, kick out, oust, throw out;

drum printer
n1
a line printer in which the type is mounted on a rotating drum that contains a full character set for each printing position;

drum roll
n1
the sound of a drum (especially a snare drum) beaten rapidly and continuously;

- syn. paradiddle, roll;

drum sander
n1
a power tool used for sanding wood;

- an endless loop of sandpaper is moved at high speed by an electric motor;

- syn. electric sander, sander, smoother;

drum up
v1
gather;

- "drum up support";

- syn. beat up, rally;

drumbeat / d ɹ ʌ m b i t /
n1
the sound made by beating a drum;

- syn. rataplan, rub-a-dub;

n2
(military) the beating of a drum as a signal for lowering the flag at sundown;

n3
a vehement and vociferous advocacy of a cause;

- "the warmongers kept up their drumbeat on Iraq";

drumbeater / d ɹ ʌ m b i t ə /
n1
a fervent and even militant proponent of something;

- syn. partisan, zealot;

drumfire / d ɹ ʌ m f aɪ ə , d ɹ ʌ m f aɪ ə ɹ /
n1
intense and continuous artillery fire;

- syn. cannonade;

drumfish / d ɹ ʌ m f ɪ ʃ /
n1
small to medium-sized bottom-dwelling food and game fishes of shallow coastal and fresh waters that make a drumming noise;

- syn. drum;

drumhead / d ɹ ʌ m h ɛ d /
n1
a membrane that is stretched taut over a drum;

- syn. head;

a1
performed speedily and without formality;

- "a summary execution";

- "summary justice";

- syn. summary;

- sim. unofficial;

drumhead court-martial
n1
a military court convened to hear urgent charges of offenses committed in action;

drumlin
n1
a mound of glacial drift;

drummer / d ɹ ʌ m ə , d ɹ ʌ m ə ɹ /
n1
someone who plays a drum;

drumming / d ɹ ʌ m ɪ ŋ /
n1
the act of playing drums;

- "he practiced his drumming several hours every day";

drumstick / d ɹ ʌ m s t ɪ k /
n1
the lower joint of the leg of a fowl;

n2
a stick used for playing a drum;

drumstick tree
n1
deciduous or semi-evergreen tree having scented sepia to yellow flowers in drooping racemes and pods whose pulp is used medicinally;

- tropical Asia and Central and South America and Australia;

- syn. Cassia fistula, canafistola, canafistula, golden shower tree, pudding pipe tree, purging cassia;

drunk / d ɹ ʌ ŋ k /
n1
a chronic drinker;

- syn. drunkard, inebriate, rummy, sot, wino;

n2
someone who is intoxicated;

a1
stupefied or excited by a chemical substance (especially alcohol);

- "a noisy crowd of intoxicated sailors";

- "helplessly inebriated";

- syn. gone, inebriated, intoxicated, ripped;

- sim. bacchanalian, beery, besotted, bibulous, doped, half-seas-over, high, hopped-up, potty;

a2
as if under the influence of alcohol;

- "felt intoxicated by her success";

- "drunk with excitement";

- syn. intoxicated;

- sim. excited;

drunk-and-disorderly
n1
someone arrested on the charge of being drunk and disorderly;

- "they delivered the drunk-and-disorderlies to the county jail";

drunkard / d ɹ ʌ n k ə d /
n1
a chronic drinker;

- syn. drunk, inebriate, rummy, sot, wino;

drunken / d ɹ ʌ ŋ k ə n /
a1
given to or marked by the consumption of alcohol;

- "a bibulous fellow";

- "a bibulous evening";

- "his boozy drinking companions";

- "thick boozy singing";

- "a drunken binge";

- "two drunken gentlemen holding each other up";

- "sottish behavior";

- syn. bibulous, boozy, sottish;

- sim. intoxicated;

drunken reveler
n1
someone who engages in drinking bouts;

- syn. bacchanal, bacchant, drunken reveller;

drunken reveller
n1
someone who engages in drinking bouts;

- syn. bacchanal, bacchant, drunken reveler;

drunken revelry
n1
a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity;

- syn. bacchanal, bacchanalia, debauch, debauchery, orgy, riot, saturnalia;

drunkenly / d ɹ ʌ ŋ k ə n ɫ i /
r1
showing effects of much strong drink;

- "He sang drunkenly";

drunkenness / d ɹ ʌ ŋ k ə n n ə s /
n1
a temporary state resulting from excessive consumption of alcohol;

- syn. inebriation, inebriety, insobriety, intoxication, tipsiness;

n2
habitual intoxication;

- prolonged and excessive intake of alcoholic drinks leading to a breakdown in health and an addiction to alcohol such that abrupt deprivation leads to severe withdrawal symptoms;

- syn. alcohol addiction, alcoholism, inebriation;

n3
the act of drinking alcoholic beverages to excess;

- "drink was his downfall";

- syn. boozing, crapulence, drink, drinking;

drupaceous
a1
of or related to a drupe;

drupe / d ɹ u p /
n1
fleshy indehiscent fruit with a single seed: e.g. almond;

- peach;

- plum;

- cherry;

- elderberry;

- olive;

- jujube;

- syn. stone fruit;

drupelet / d ɹ u p ɫ ɛ t /
n1
a small part of an aggregate fruit that resembles a drupe;

Druse / d ɹ u z /
n1
an adherent of an esoteric monotheistic religious sect living in the relative security of the mountains of Syria and Lebanon who believes that Al-hakim was an incarnation of God;

- "a Druze is permitted to conform outwardly to the faith of the unbelievers among whom he lives";

- syn. Druze;

drusen
n1
(plural) an eye disease resulting from small accumulations of hyaline bodies underneath the retina;

druthers
n1
the right or chance to choose;

- "given my druthers, I'd eat cake";

- syn. preference;

Druze
n1
an adherent of an esoteric monotheistic religious sect living in the relative security of the mountains of Syria and Lebanon who believes that Al-hakim was an incarnation of God;

- "a Druze is permitted to conform outwardly to the faith of the unbelievers among whom he lives";

- syn. Druse;

dry / d ɹ aɪ /
n1
a reformer who opposes the use of intoxicating beverages;

- syn. prohibitionist;

v1
remove the moisture from and make dry;

- "dry clothes";

- "dry hair";

- syn. dry out;

v2
become dry or drier;

- "The laundry dries in the sun";

- syn. dry out;

a1
free from liquid or moisture;

- lacking natural or normal moisture or depleted of water;

- or no longer wet;

- "dry land";

- "dry clothes";

- "a dry climate";

- "dry splintery boards";

- "a dry river bed";

- "the paint is dry";

- sim. adust, air-dried, air-dry, arid, bone-dry, desiccated, dried, dried-up, dried-up, dry-shod, kiln-dried, rainless, semi-dry, semiarid, thirsty;

a2
humorously sarcastic or mocking;

- "dry humor";

- "an ironic remark often conveys an intended meaning obliquely";

- "an ironic novel";

- "an ironical smile";

- "with a wry Scottish wit";

- syn. ironic, ironical, wry;

- sim. humorous;

a3
lacking moisture or volatile components;

- "dry paint";

a4
opposed to or prohibiting the production and sale of alcoholic beverages;

- "the dry vote led by preachers and bootleggers";

- "a dry state";

a5
not producing milk;

- "a dry cow";

- sim. milkless;

a6
(of liquor) having a low residual sugar content because of decomposition of sugar during fermentation;

- "a dry white burgundy";

- "a dry Bordeaux";

- also nonsweet, sour, sugarless;

- sim. brut, medium-dry, sec;

a7
without a mucous or watery discharge;

- "a dry cough";

- "that rare thing in the wintertime;

- a small child with a dry nose";

a8
not shedding tears;

- "dry sobs";

- "with dry eyes";

- sim. tearless;

a9
lacking interest or stimulation;

- dull and lifeless;

- "a dry book";

- "a dry lecture filled with trivial details";

- "dull and juiceless as only book knowledge can be when it is unrelated to...life"- John Mason Brown;

- syn. juiceless;

- sim. unstimulating;

a10
used of solid substances in contrast with liquid ones;

- "dry weight";

- sim. solid;

a11
unproductive especially of the expected results;

- "a dry run";

- "a mind dry of new ideas";

- sim. unproductive;

a12
having no adornment or coloration;

- "dry facts";

- "rattled off the facts in a dry mechanical manner";

- sim. plain;

a13
(of food) eaten without a spread or sauce or other garnish;

- "dry toast";

- "dry meat";

- sim. plain;

a14
having a large proportion of strong liquor;

- "a very dry martini is almost straight gin";

- sim. alcoholic;

a15
lacking warmth or emotional involvement;

- "a dry greeting";

- "a dry reading of the lines";

- "a dry critique";

- sim. unemotional;

a16
practicing complete abstinence from alcoholic beverages;

- "he's been dry for ten years";

- "no thank you;

- I happen to be teetotal";

- syn. teetotal;

- sim. sober;

dry-bulb thermometer
n1
an ordinary thermometer with a dry bulb;

- used to measure the air temperature;

dry-cleaned / d ɹ aɪ k ɫ i n d /
a1
cleaned with chemical solvents;

- sim. clean;

dry-dock
v1
maneuver (a ship) into a drydock;

- syn. drydock;

dry-eyed
a1
free from tears;

- syn. tearless;

- sim. dry;

dry-gulching
n1
the act of killing from ambush;

dry-nurse
v1
take care of an infant without breastfeeding it;

dry-rot
v1
affect or be affected with dry rot;

dry-shod / d ɹ aɪ ʃ ɒ d /
a1
having or keeping the feet or shoes dry;

- "a land bridge over which man and beasts could have crossed dry-shod";

- sim. dry;

dry-stone wall
n1
a stone wall made with stones fitted together without mortar;

- syn. dry wall;

dry-wall
v1
construct with drywall;

- "dry-wall the basement of the house";

dry-wood termite
n1
any of various termites that live in and feed on dry wood that is not connected with the soil;

dry battery
n1
a voltaic battery consisting of two or more dry cells;

dry cell
n1
a small Leclanche cell containing no free liquid;

- the electrolyte is a paste and the negative zinc pole forms the container of the cell;

- used in flashlights, portable radios, etc.;

dry cereal
n1
a cereal that is not heated before serving;

- syn. cold cereal;

dry clean
v1
clean with chemical agents;

dry cleaner
n1
the operator of dry-cleaning establishment;

- syn. cleaner;

dry cleaners
n1
shop where dry cleaning is done;

- syn. cleaners;

dry cleaning
n1
the act of cleaning (fabrics) with a solvent other than water;

dry dock
n1
a large dock from which water can be pumped out;

- used for building ships or for repairing a ship below its waterline;

- syn. drydock, graving dock;

dry fly
n1
a fly (fisherman's lure) that skims the surface of the water;

dry gangrene
n1
(pathology) gangrene that develops in the presence of arterial obstruction and is characterized by dryness of the dead tissue and a dark brown color;

- syn. cold gangrene, mumification necrosis, mummification;

dry ice
n1
solidified carbon dioxide;

- dry ice sublimates at -78.5 C and is used mainly as a refrigerant;

dry kiln
n1
a kiln for drying and seasoning lumber;

dry land
n1
the solid part of the earth's surface;

- "the plane turned away from the sea and moved back over land";

- "the earth shook for several minutes";

- "he dropped the logs on the ground";

- syn. earth, ground, land, solid ground, terra firma;

dry masonry
n1
masonry without mortar;

dry measure
n1
a unit of capacity for dry commodities (as fruit or grain);

- syn. dry unit;

dry milk
n1
dehydrated milk;

- syn. dried milk, milk powder, powdered milk;

dry mop
n1
a dry swab for dusting floors;

- syn. dust mop, dustmop;

dry mouth
n1
abnormal dryness of the mouth resulting from decreased secretion of saliva;

- syn. xerostomia;

dry mustard
n1
a substance such that one to three tablespoons dissolved in a glass of warm water is a homemade emetic;

- syn. powdered mustard;

dry nurse
n1
a nurse who cares for but does not suckle an infant;

dry out
v1
become dry or drier;

- "The laundry dries in the sun";

- syn. dry;

v2
become empty of water;

- "The river runs dry in the summer";

- syn. run dry;

v3
remove the moisture from and make dry;

- "dry clothes";

- "dry hair";

- syn. dry;

dry pint
n1
a United States dry unit equal to 0.5 quart or 33.6 cubic inches;

- syn. pint;

dry plate
n1
a former photographic method that used a glass plate coated with a light-sensitive gelatinous emulsion;

- syn. dry plate process;

dry plate process
n1
a former photographic method that used a glass plate coated with a light-sensitive gelatinous emulsion;

- syn. dry plate;

dry point
n1
a print produced by dry point engraving;

n2
a steel needle for engraving without acid on a bare copper plate;

dry quart
n1
a United States dry unit equal to 2 pints or 67.2 cubic inches;

- syn. quart;

dry rot
n1
a crumbling and drying of timber or bulbs or potatoes or fruit caused by a fungus;

n2
a fungus causing dry rot;

dry run
n1
a practice session in preparation for a public performance (as of a play or speech or concert);

- "he missed too many rehearsals";

- "a rehearsal will be held the day before the wedding";

- syn. rehearsal;

dry season
n1
one of the two seasons in tropical climates;

dry socket
n1
inflammation in the socket of a tooth;

- sometimes occurs after a tooth is extracted and a blood clot fails to form;

- syn. alveolitis;

dry unit
n1
a unit of capacity for dry commodities (as fruit or grain);

- syn. dry measure;

dry up
v1
lose water or moisture;

- "In the desert, you get dehydrated very quickly";

- syn. dehydrate, desiccate, exsiccate;

v2
dry up and shrivel due to complete loss of moisture;

- "a mummified body was found";

- syn. mummify;

dry vermouth
n1
dry pale amber variety;

- syn. French vermouth;

dry wall
n1
a wide flat board used to cover walls or partitions;

- made from plaster or wood pulp or other materials and used primarily to form the interior walls of houses;

- syn. drywall, wallboard;

n2
a stone wall made with stones fitted together without mortar;

- syn. dry-stone wall;

dry walling
n1
the activity of building stone walls without mortar;

dry wash
n1
the dry bed of an intermittent stream (as at the bottom of a canyon);

- syn. wash;

dryad / d ɹ aɪ ə d /
n1
a deity or nymph of the woods;

- syn. wood nymph;

Dryadella
n1
comprises tropical American species usually placed in genus Masdevallia: very dwarf plants having short tufted and usually unifoliate stems with usually solitary flowers;

- syn. genus Dryadella;

Dryas
n1
mountain avens;

- syn. genus Dryas;

Dryas octopetala
n1
creeping evergreen shrub with large white flowers;

- widely distributed in northern portions of Eurasia and North America;

- syn. mountain avens;

Dryden / d ɹ aɪ d ɛ n /
n1
the outstanding poet and dramatist of the Restoration (1631-1700);

- syn. John Dryden;

drydock / d ɹ aɪ d ɒ k /
n1
a large dock from which water can be pumped out;

- used for building ships or for repairing a ship below its waterline;

- syn. dry dock, graving dock;

v1
maneuver (a ship) into a drydock;

- syn. dry-dock;

dryer / d ɹ aɪ ə , d ɹ aɪ ə ɹ /
n1
an appliance that removes moisture;

- syn. drier;

drygoods
n1
textiles or clothing and related merchandise;

- syn. soft goods;

drying agent
n1
a substance that promotes drying (e.g., calcium oxide absorbs water and is used to remove moisture);

- syn. desiccant, drier, siccative;

drying oil
n1
an oil that hardens in air due to oxidation and is often used as a paint or varnish base;

drying up
n1
the process of extracting moisture;

- syn. dehydration, desiccation, evaporation;

dryland berry
n1
low deciduous shrub of the eastern United States bearing dark blue sweet berries;

- syn. Vaccinium pallidum, dryland blueberry;

dryland blueberry
n1
low deciduous shrub of the eastern United States bearing dark blue sweet berries;

- syn. Vaccinium pallidum, dryland berry;

dryly / d ɹ aɪ ɫ i /
r1
in a dry laconic manner;

- "`I know that', he said dryly";

- syn. drily, laconically;

Drymarchon
n1
a genus of Colubridae;

- syn. genus Drymarchon;

Drymarchon corais
n1
large dark-blue nonvenomous snake that invades burrows;

- found in southern North America and Mexico;

- syn. gopher snake, indigo snake;

Drymarchon corais couperi
n1
a variety of indigo snake;

- syn. eastern indigo snake;

Drymoglossum
n1
epiphytic ferns of Madagascar to tropical Asia and New Guinea;

- syn. genus Drymoglossum;

Drynaria
n1
large robust epiphytic ferns of tropical forest and scrub;

- Africa and Asia and Australia;

- syn. genus Drynaria;

Drynaria rigidula
n1
giant epiphytic or lithophytic fern;

- Asia to Polynesia and Australia;

- syn. basket fern;

dryness / d ɹ aɪ n ə s /
n1
the condition of not containing or being covered by a liquid (especially water);

- syn. waterlessness, xerotes;

n2
moderation in or abstinence from alcohol or other drugs;

- syn. sobriety;

n3
objectivity and detachment;

- "her manner assumed a dispassion and dryness very unlike her usual tone";

- syn. dispassion, dispassionateness;

dryopithecine
n1
considered a possible ancestor to both anthropoid apes and humans;

Dryopithecus
n1
genus of Old World hominoids;

- Miocene and Pliocene;

- syn. genus Dryopithecus;

Dryopithecus Rudapithecus hungaricus
n1
fossil hominoids from northern central Hungary;

- late Miocene;

- syn. rudapithecus;

Dryopteridaceae
n1
alternative names for one of a number of families into which the family Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems;

- syn. Athyriaceae, family Athyriaceae, family Dryopteridaceae;

Dryopteris
n1
large widespread genus of medium-sized terrestrial ferns;

- in some classification systems placed in Polypodiaceae;

- syn. genus Dryopteris;

Dryopteris dilatata
n1
European shield fern;

- syn. broad buckler-fern;

Dryopteris filix-mas
n1
fern of North America and Europe whose rhizomes and stalks yield an oleoresin used to expel tapeworms;

- syn. male fern;

Dryopteris fragrans
n1
fern or northern Eurasia and North America having fragrant fronds;

- syn. fragrant cliff fern, fragrant shield fern, fragrant wood fern;

Dryopteris goldiana
n1
North American fern with a blackish lustrous stipe;

- syn. Goldie's fern, Goldie's shield fern, goldie's wood fern;

Dryopteris hexagonoptera
n1
beech fern of North American woodlands having straw-colored stripes;

- syn. Phegopteris hexagonoptera, Thelypteris hexagonoptera, broad beech fern, southern beech fern;

Dryopteris marginalis
n1
North American fern with evergreen fronds;

- syn. evergreen wood fern, leatherleaf wood fern, marginal wood fern;

Dryopteris noveboracensis
n1
slender shield fern of moist woods of eastern North America;

- sometimes placed in genus Dryopteris;

- syn. New York fern, Parathelypteris novae-boracensis;

Dryopteris oreades
n1
a fern of the genus Dryopteris;

- syn. mountain male fern;

Dryopteris oreopteris
n1
common European mountain fern having fragrant lemon or balsam scented fronds;

- syn. Oreopteris limbosperma, mountain fern;

Dryopteris phegopteris
n1
beech fern of North America and Eurasia;

- syn. Phegopteris connectilis, Thelypteris phegopteris, long beech fern, narrow beech fern, northern beech fern;

Dryopteris thelypteris
n1
fern having pinnatifid fronds and growing in wet places;

- cosmopolitan in north temperate regions;

- syn. Thelypteris palustris, marsh fern;

Dryopteris thelypteris pubescens
n1
fern of northeastern North America;

- syn. Thelypteris palustris pubescens, meadow fern, snuffbox fern;

drypis
n1
spiny-leaved perennial herb of southern Europe having terminal clusters of small flowers;

drywall / d ɹ aɪ w ɔ ɫ /
n1
a wide flat board used to cover walls or partitions;

- made from plaster or wood pulp or other materials and used primarily to form the interior walls of houses;

- syn. dry wall, wallboard;

Ds
n1
a radioactive transuranic element;

- syn. atomic number 110, darmstadtium, element 110;

n2
the bureau in the State Department that is responsible for the security of diplomats and embassies overseas;

- syn. Bureau of Diplomatic Security;

n3
an honorary degree in science;

- syn. Doctor of Science, ScD;

dscDNA
n1
double-stranded cDNA;

DSL
n1
a generic name for digital lines that are provided by telephone companies to their local subscribers and that carry data at high speeds;

- syn. digital subscriber line;

DTIC
n1
the agency in the Department of Defense that provides scientific and technical information to federal agencies and their contractors;

- syn. Defense Technical Information Center;

DTs / d i t i z /
n1
acute delirium caused by alcohol poisoning;

- syn. delirium tremens;

Du Barry
n1
courtier and influential mistress of Louis XV who was guillotined during the French Revolution (1743-1793);

- syn. Comtesse Du Barry, Marie Jeanne Becu;

Du Bois
n1
United States civil rights leader and political activist who campaigned for equality for Black Americans (1868-1963);

- syn. W. E. B. Du Bois, William Edward Burghardt Du Bois;

du Maurier
n1
English writer of melodramatic novels (1907-1989);

- syn. Dame Daphne du Maurier, Daphne du Maurier;

n2
English writer and illustrator;

- grandfather of Daphne du Maurier (1834-1896);

- syn. George Louis Palmella Busson du Maurier, George du Maurier;

duad
n1
two items of the same kind;

- syn. brace, couple, couplet, distich, duet, duo, dyad, pair, span, twain, twosome, yoke;

dual / d j u ə ɫ /
a1
consisting of or involving two parts or components usually in pairs;

- "an egg with a double yolk";

- "a double (binary) star";

- "double doors";

- "dual controls for pilot and copilot";

- "duple (or double) time consists of two (or a multiple of two) beats to a measure";

- syn. double, duple;

- sim. multiple;

a2
having more than one decidedly dissimilar aspects or qualities;

- "a double (or dual) role for an actor";

- "the office of a clergyman is twofold;

- public preaching and private influence"- R.W.Emerson;

- "every episode has its double and treble meaning"-Frederick Harrison;

- syn. double, three-fold, threefold, treble, two-fold, twofold;

- sim. multiple;

a3
a grammatical number category referring to two items or units as opposed to one item (singular) or more than two items (plural);

- "ancient Greek had the dual form but it has merged with the plural form in modern Greek";

- sim. plural;

dual-lane
a1
having a median strip or island between lanes of traffic moving in opposite directions;

- "a divided highway";

- syn. divided;

- sim. multilane;

dual-purpose
a1
designed for or serving two purposes;

- "a supercomputer can be used for civilian or military purposes";

- syn. dual-use;

- sim. multiple;

dual-use
a1
designed for or serving two purposes;

- "a supercomputer can be used for civilian or military purposes";

- syn. dual-purpose;

- sim. multiple;

dual carriageway
n1
a highway divided down the middle by a barrier that separates traffic going in different directions;

- "in Britain they call a divided highway a dual carriageway";

- syn. divided highway;

dual inline package switch
n1
(computer science) one of a set of small on-off switches mounted in computer hardware;

- used in place of jumpers to configure the machine for a user;

- syn. DIP switch;

dual scan display
n1
a type of passive matrix display in which the top and bottom half of the screen are refreshed simultaneously;

dualism / d j u ə ɫ ɪ z ə m /
n1
the doctrine that reality consists of two basic opposing elements, often taken to be mind and matter (or mind and body), or good and evil;

dualist / d j u ə ɫ ɪ s t /
n1
an adherent of dualism;

dualistic / d j u ə ɫ ɪ s t ɪ k /
a1
of or relating to the philosophical doctrine of dualism;

- "a Manichaean conflict between good and evil";

- syn. Manichaean;

duality / d j u æ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
being twofold;

- a classification into two opposed parts or subclasses;

- "the dichotomy between eastern and western culture";

- syn. dichotomy;

n2
(physics) the property of matter and electromagnetic radiation that is characterized by the fact that some properties can be explained best by wave theory and others by particle theory;

- syn. wave-particle duality;

n3
(geometry) the interchangeability of the roles of points and planes in the theorems of projective geometry;

dub / d ʌ b /
n1
the new sounds added by dubbing;

v1
give a nickname to;

- syn. nickname;

v2
provide (movies) with a soundtrack of a foreign language;

v3
raise (someone) to knighthood;

- "The Beatles were knighted";

- syn. knight;

Dubai
n1
port city in the United Arab Emirates on the Persian Gulf;

dubbin / d ʌ b ɪ n /
n1
tallow mixed with oil;

- used to make leather soft and waterproof;

dubbing / d ʌ b ɪ ŋ /
n1
a new soundtrack that is added to a film;

dubiety / d j u b aɪ ə t i /
n1
the state of being unsure of something;

- syn. doubt, doubtfulness, dubiousness, incertitude, uncertainty;

dubious / d j u b ɪə s /
a1
fraught with uncertainty or doubt;

- "they were doubtful that the cord would hold";

- "it was doubtful whether she would be admitted";

- "dubious about agreeing to go";

- syn. doubtful;

- sim. uncertain;

a2
open to doubt or suspicion;

- "the candidate's doubtful past";

- "he has a dubious record indeed";

- "what one found uncertain the other found dubious or downright false";

- "it was more than dubitable whether the friend was as influential as she thought"- Karen Horney;

- syn. doubtful, dubitable, in question;

- sim. questionable;

a3
not convinced;

- "they admitted the force of my argument but remained dubious";

- sim. unconvinced;

dubiously / d j u b ɪə s ɫ i /
r1
in a questionable and dubious manner;

- "these were estates his father questionably acquired";

- syn. questionably;

r2
in a doubtful manner;

- "Gerald shook his head doubtfully";

- syn. doubtfully;

dubiousness / d j u b ɪə s n ə s /
n1
the state of being unsure of something;

- syn. doubt, doubtfulness, dubiety, incertitude, uncertainty;

n2
uncertainty about the truth or factuality or existence of something;

- "the dubiousness of his claim";

- "there is no question about the validity of the enterprise";

- syn. doubt, doubtfulness, question;

dubitable / d j u b ɪ t ə b ɫ /
a1
open to doubt or suspicion;

- "the candidate's doubtful past";

- "he has a dubious record indeed";

- "what one found uncertain the other found dubious or downright false";

- "it was more than dubitable whether the friend was as influential as she thought"- Karen Horney;

- syn. doubtful, dubious, in question;

- sim. questionable;

Dublin / d ʌ b ɫ ɪ n /
n1
capital and largest city and major port of the Irish Republic;

- syn. Irish capital, capital of Ireland;

Dubliner / d ʌ b ɫ ɪ n ə , d ʌ b ɫ ɪ n ə ɹ /
n1
a resident of Dublin;

dubnium
n1
a transuranic element;

- syn. Db, atomic number 105, element 105, hahnium;

DuBois Heyward
n1
United States writer (1885-1940);

- syn. Edwin DuBois Hayward, Heyward;

Dubonnet
n1
(trademark) a sweet aromatic French wine (red or white) used chiefly as an aperitif;

Dubrovnik / d u b ɹ ɒ v n ɪ k /
n1
a port city in southwestern Croatia on the Adriatic;

- a popular tourist center;

- syn. Ragusa;

Dubuque
n1
a town in eastern Iowa on the Mississippi River;

Dubya
n1
43rd President of the United States;

- son of George Herbert Walker Bush (born in 1946);

- syn. Bush, Dubyuh, George Bush, George W. Bush, George Walker Bush, President Bush, President George W. Bush;

Dubyuh
n1
43rd President of the United States;

- son of George Herbert Walker Bush (born in 1946);

- syn. Bush, Dubya, George Bush, George W. Bush, George Walker Bush, President Bush, President George W. Bush;

Duc d'Elchingen
n1
French marshal in the Napoleonic Wars (1769-1815);

- syn. Michel Ney, Ney;

Duc de Richelieu
n1
French prelate and statesman;

- principal minister to Louis XIII (1585-1642);

- syn. Armand Jean du Plessis, Cardinal Richelieu, Richelieu;

Duc de Sully
n1
French statesman (1560-1641);

- syn. Maxmilien de Bethune, Sully;

ducal / d j u k ɫ /
a1
of or belonging to or suitable for a duke;

- "ducal palace";

ducat / d ʌ k ə t /
n1
formerly a gold coin of various European countries;

duce / d u tʃ eɪ /
n1
leader;

- "Mussolini was called Il Duce";

Duchamp
n1
French artist who immigrated to the United States;

- a leader in the dada movement in New York City;

- was first to exhibit commonplace objects as art (1887-1968);

- syn. Marcel Duchamp;

Duchenne's muscular dystrophy
n1
the most common form of muscular dystrophy;

- inheritance is X-linked recessive (carried by females but affecting only males);

- syn. pseudohypertrophic dystrophy;

duchess / d ʌ tʃ ɪ s /
n1
the wife of a duke or a woman holding ducal title in her own right;

Duchess of Ferrara
n1
Italian noblewoman and patron of the arts (1480-1519);

- syn. Borgia, Lucrezia Borgia;

Duchess of Windsor
n1
United States divorcee whose marriage to Edward VIII created a constitutional crisis leading to his abdication;

- syn. Mrs. Simpson, Simpson, Wallis Warfield Simpson, Wallis Warfield Windsor;

Duchesse de Valentinois
n1
French noblewoman who was the mistress of Henry II;

- she had more influence over him than did his wife Catherine de Medicis (1499-1566);

- syn. Diane de Poitiers;

duchy / d ʌ tʃ i /
n1
the domain controlled by a duke or duchess;

- syn. dukedom;

duck / d ʌ k /
n1
small wild or domesticated web-footed broad-billed swimming bird usually having a depressed body and short legs;

n2
(cricket) a score of nothing by a batsman;

- syn. duck's egg;

n3
flesh of a duck (domestic or wild);

n4
a heavy cotton fabric of plain weave;

- used for clothing and tents;

v1
to move (the head or body) quickly downwards or away;

- "Before he could duck, another stone struck him";

v2
submerge or plunge suddenly;

v3
dip into a liquid;

- "He dipped into the pool";

- syn. dip, douse;

v4
avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues);

- "He dodged the issue";

- "she skirted the problem";

- "They tend to evade their responsibilities";

- "he evaded the questions skillfully";

- syn. circumvent, dodge, elude, evade, fudge, hedge, parry, put off, sidestep, skirt;

duck's egg
n1
(cricket) a score of nothing by a batsman;

- syn. duck;

duck-billed
a1
having a beak resembling that of a duck;

- "a duck-billed dinosaur";

- syn. duckbill;

- sim. beaked;

duck-billed dinosaur
n1
any of numerous large bipedal ornithischian dinosaurs having a horny duck-like bill and webbed feet;

- may have been partly aquatic;

- syn. hadrosaur, hadrosaurus;

duck-billed platypus
n1
small densely furred aquatic monotreme of Australia and Tasmania having a broad bill and tail and webbed feet;

- only species in the family Ornithorhynchidae;

- syn. Ornithorhynchus anatinus, duckbill, duckbilled platypus, platypus;

duck down
n1
down of the duck;

duck hunter
n1
hunter of ducks;

duck hunting
n1
hunting ducks;

- syn. ducking;

duck pate
n1
a pate made from duck liver;

duck sauce
n1
a thick sweet and pungent Chinese condiment;

- syn. hoisin sauce;

duck shot
n1
small lead shot for shotgun shells;

- syn. bird shot, buckshot;

duck soup
n1
any undertaking that is easy to do;

- "marketing this product will be no picnic";

- syn. breeze, child's play, cinch, picnic, piece of cake, pushover, snap, walkover;

duckbill / d ʌ k b ɪ ɫ /
n1
primitive fish of the Mississippi valley having a long paddle-shaped snout;

- syn. Polyodon spathula, paddlefish;

n2
small densely furred aquatic monotreme of Australia and Tasmania having a broad bill and tail and webbed feet;

- only species in the family Ornithorhynchidae;

- syn. Ornithorhynchus anatinus, duck-billed platypus, duckbilled platypus, platypus;

a1
having a beak resembling that of a duck;

- "a duck-billed dinosaur";

- syn. duck-billed;

- sim. beaked;

duckbilled platypus
n1
small densely furred aquatic monotreme of Australia and Tasmania having a broad bill and tail and webbed feet;

- only species in the family Ornithorhynchidae;

- syn. Ornithorhynchus anatinus, duck-billed platypus, duckbill, platypus;

duckboard / d ʌ k b ɔ d /
n1
a boardwalk laid across muddy ground;

ducking / d ʌ k ɪ ŋ /
n1
hunting ducks;

- syn. duck hunting;

n2
the act of wetting something by submerging it;

- syn. dousing, immersion, submersion;

ducking stool
n1
an instrument of punishment consisting of a chair in which offenders were ducked in water;

- syn. cucking stool;

duckling / d ʌ k ɫ ɪ ŋ /
n1
flesh of a young domestic duck;

n2
young duck;

duckpin / d ʌ k p ɪ n /
n1
a bowling pin that is short and squat by comparison with a tenpin;

duckpins / d ʌ k p ɪ n z /
n1
a bowling game using a pin smaller than a tenpin but proportionately wider;

ducks and drakes
n1
a game in which a flat stone is bounced along the surface of calm water;

duckweed / d ʌ k w i d /
n1
any small or minute aquatic plant of the family Lemnaceae that float on or near the surface of shallow ponds;

duckweed family
n1
family of small free-floating thalloid plants;

- syn. Lemnaceae, family Lemnaceae;

ducky / d ʌ k i /
n1
a special loved one;

- syn. darling, dearie, deary, favorite, favourite, pet;

duct / d ʌ k t /
n1
a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance;

- "the tear duct was obstructed";

- "the alimentary canal";

- "poison is released through a channel in the snake's fangs";

- syn. canal, channel, epithelial duct;

n2
a continuous tube formed by a row of elongated cells lacking intervening end walls;

n3
an enclosed conduit for a fluid;

duct gland
n1
a gland that secretes externally through a duct;

- syn. exocrine, exocrine gland;

duct tape
n1
a wide silvery adhesive tape intended to seal joints in sheet metal duct work but having many other uses;

- "duct tape holds the world together";

ductile / d ʌ k t aɪ ɫ /
a1
easily influenced;

- syn. malleable;

- sim. tractable;

a2
capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out;

- "ductile copper";

- "malleable metals such as gold";

- "they soaked the leather to made it pliable";

- "pliant molten glass";

- "made of highly tensile steel alloy";

- syn. malleable, pliable, pliant, tensile, tractile;

- sim. formed;

ductileness
n1
the malleability of something that can be drawn into threads or wires or hammered into thin sheets;

- syn. ductility;

ductility / d ʌ k t ɪ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
the malleability of something that can be drawn into threads or wires or hammered into thin sheets;

- syn. ductileness;

ductless / d ʌ k t ɫ ɪ s /
a1
not having a duct;

- "ductless glands";

ductless gland
n1
any of the glands of the endocrine system that secrete hormones directly into the bloodstream;

- syn. endocrine, endocrine gland;

ductule
n1
a very small duct;

- syn. ductulus;

ductulus
n1
a very small duct;

- syn. ductule;

ductus arteriosus
n1
a blood vessel in a fetus that bypasses pulmonary circulation by connecting the pulmonary artery directly to the ascending aorta;

- normally closes at birth;

ductus deferens
n1
a duct that carries spermatozoa from the epididymis to the ejaculatory duct;

- syn. vas deferens;

dud / d ʌ d /
n1
someone who is unsuccessful;

- syn. flop, washout;

n2
an explosion that fails to occur;

- syn. misfire;

n3
an event that fails badly or is totally ineffectual;

- "the first experiment was a real turkey";

- "the meeting was a dud as far as new business was concerned";

- syn. bomb, turkey;

a1
failing to detonate;

- especially not charged with an active explosive;

- "he stepped on a dud mine";

- sim. unloaded;

dude / d j u d /
n1
an informal form of address for a man;

- "Say, fellow, what are you doing?";

- "Hey buster, what's up?";

- syn. buster, fellow;

n2
a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance;

- syn. beau, clotheshorse, dandy, fashion plate, fop, gallant, sheik, swell;

dude ranch
n1
a holiday resort offering ranch activities (riding and camping);

dudeen
n1
a clay pipe with a short stem;

dudgeon / d ʌ dʒ ə n /
n1
a feeling of intense indignation (now used only in the phrase `in high dudgeon');

- syn. high dudgeon;

Dudley Moore
n1
English actor and comedian who appeared on television and in films (born in 1935);

- syn. Dudley Stuart John Moore, Moore;

Dudley Stuart John Moore
n1
English actor and comedian who appeared on television and in films (born in 1935);

- syn. Dudley Moore, Moore;

duds / d ʌ d z /
n1
informal terms for clothing;

- syn. threads, togs;

due / d j u /
n1
that which is deserved or owed;

- "give the devil his due";

n2
a payment that is due (e.g., as the price of membership);

- "the society dropped him for non-payment of dues";

a1
owed and payable immediately or on demand;

- "payment is due";

- sim. callable, collect, collectible, delinquent, on time, out-of-pocket, receivable, repayable;

a2
scheduled to arrive;

- "the train is due in 15 minutes";

- sim. expected;

a3
suitable to or expected in the circumstances;

- "all due respect";

- "due cause to honor them";

- "a long due promotion";

- "in due course";

- "due esteem";

- "exercising due care";

a4
capable of being assigned or credited to;

- "punctuation errors ascribable to careless proofreading";

- "the cancellation of the concert was due to the rain";

- "the oversight was not imputable to him";

- syn. ascribable, imputable, referable;

- sim. attributable;

r1
directly or exactly;

- straight;

- "went due North";

due care
n1
the care that a reasonable man would exercise under the circumstances;

- the standard for determining legal duty;

- syn. ordinary care, reasonable care;

due date
n1
the date on which an obligation must be repaid;

- syn. maturity, maturity date;

due east
n1
the cardinal compass point that is at 90 degrees;

- syn. E, east, eastward;

due north
n1
the cardinal compass point that is at 0 or 360 degrees;

- syn. N, north, northward;

due process
n1
(law) the administration of justice according to established rules and principles;

- based on the principle that a person cannot be deprived of life or liberty or property without appropriate legal procedures and safeguards;

- syn. due process of law;

due process of law
n1
(law) the administration of justice according to established rules and principles;

- based on the principle that a person cannot be deprived of life or liberty or property without appropriate legal procedures and safeguards;

- syn. due process;

due south
n1
the cardinal compass point that is at 180 degrees;

- syn. S, south, southward;

due west
n1
the cardinal compass point that is a 270 degrees;

- syn. W, west, westward;

duel / d j u ə ɫ /
n1
a prearranged fight with deadly weapons by two people (accompanied by seconds) in order to settle a quarrel over a point of honor;

- syn. affaire d'honneur;

n2
any struggle between two skillful opponents (individuals or groups);

v1
fight a duel, as over one's honor or a woman;

- "In the 19th century, men often dueled over small matters";

dueler / d j u ə ɫ ə , d j u ə ɫ ə ɹ /
n1
a person who fights duels;

- syn. duelist, dueller, duellist;

duelist / d j u ə ɫ ɪ s t /
n1
a person who fights duels;

- syn. dueler, dueller, duellist;

dueller / d j u ə ɫ ə /
n1
a person who fights duels;

- syn. dueler, duelist, duellist;

duellist / d j u ə ɫ ɪ s t /
n1
a person who fights duels;

- syn. dueler, duelist, dueller;

duenna / d j u ɛ n ə /
n1
a woman chaperon;

duet / d j u ɛ t /
n1
two items of the same kind;

- syn. brace, couple, couplet, distich, duad, duo, dyad, pair, span, twain, twosome, yoke;

n2
two performers or singers who perform together;

- syn. duette, duo;

n3
a pair who associate with one another;

- "the engaged couple";

- "an inseparable twosome";

- syn. couple, duo, twosome;

n4
a musical composition for two performers;

- syn. duette, duo;

n5
(ballet) a dance for two people (usually a ballerina and a danseur noble);

- syn. pas de deux;

duette
n1
two performers or singers who perform together;

- syn. duet, duo;

n2
a musical composition for two performers;

- syn. duet, duo;

duff
n1
a stiff flour pudding steamed or boiled usually and containing e.g. currants and raisins and citron;

- syn. plum duff;

duffel / d ʌ f ɫ /
n1
a large cylindrical bag of heavy cloth;

- for carrying personal belongings;

- syn. duffel bag, duffle, duffle bag;

n2
a coarse heavy woolen fabric;

- syn. duffle;

duffel bag
n1
a large cylindrical bag of heavy cloth;

- for carrying personal belongings;

- syn. duffel, duffle, duffle bag;

duffel coat
n1
a warm coat made of duffel;

- usually has a hood and fastens with toggles;

- syn. duffle coat;

duffer / d ʌ f ə , d ʌ f ə ɹ /
n1
an incompetent or clumsy person;

- "as a golfer he was only a duffer";

duffle / d ʌ f ɫ /
n1
a large cylindrical bag of heavy cloth;

- for carrying personal belongings;

- syn. duffel, duffel bag, duffle bag;

n2
a coarse heavy woolen fabric;

- syn. duffel;

duffle bag
n1
a large cylindrical bag of heavy cloth;

- for carrying personal belongings;

- syn. duffel, duffel bag, duffle;

duffle coat
n1
a warm coat made of duffel;

- usually has a hood and fastens with toggles;

- syn. duffel coat;

Dufy
n1
French painter noted for brightly colored scenes (1877-1953);

- syn. Raoul Dufy;

dug / d ʌ ɡ /
n1
an udder or breast or teat;

Dugald Stewart
n1
Scottish philosopher and follower of Thomas Reid (1753-1828);

- syn. Stewart;

dugong / d u ɡ ɒ ŋ /
n1
sirenian tusked mammal found from eastern Africa to Australia;

- the flat tail is bilobate;

- syn. Dugong dugon;

Dugong dugon
n1
sirenian tusked mammal found from eastern Africa to Australia;

- the flat tail is bilobate;

- syn. dugong;

Dugongidae
n1
a family of mammals of order Sirenia including dugongs and Steller's sea cow;

- syn. family Dugongidae;

dugout / d ʌ ɡ aʊ t /
n1
either of two low shelters on either side of a baseball diamond where the players and coaches sit during the game;

n2
a canoe made by hollowing out and shaping a large log;

- syn. dugout canoe, pirogue;

n3
a fortification of earth;

- mostly or entirely below ground;

- syn. bunker;

dugout canoe
n1
a canoe made by hollowing out and shaping a large log;

- syn. dugout, pirogue;

Dukas
n1
French composer (1865-1935);

- syn. Paul Dukas;

duke / d j u k /
n1
a British peer of the highest rank;

n2
a nobleman (in various countries) of high rank;

Duke Ellington
n1
United States jazz composer and piano player and bandleader (1899-1974);

- syn. Edward Kennedy Ellington, Ellington;

Duke of Argyll's tea tree
n1
deciduous erect or spreading shrub with spiny branches and violet-purple flowers followed by orange-red berries;

- southeastern Europe to China;

- syn. Lycium barbarum, Lycium halimifolium, common matrimony vine;

Duke of Cumberland
n1
English general;

- son of George II;

- fought unsuccessfully in the battle of Fontenoy (1721-1765);

- syn. Butcher Cumberland, Cumberland, William Augustus;

Duke of Edinburgh
n1
Englishman and husband of Elizabeth II (born 1921);

- syn. Philip, Prince Philip;

Duke of Lancaster
n1
the fourth son of Edward III who was the effective ruler of England during the close of his father's reign and during the minority of Richard II;

- his son was Henry Bolingbroke (1340-1399);

- syn. John of Gaunt;

Duke of Marlborough
n1
English general considered one of the greatest generals in history (1650-1722);

- syn. Churchill, First Duke of Marlborough, John Churchill;

Duke of Wellington
n1
British general and statesman;

- he defeated Napoleon at Waterloo;

- subsequently served as Prime Minister (1769-1852);

- syn. Arthur Wellesley, First Duke of Wellington, Iron Duke, Wellington;

Duke of Windsor
n1
King of England and Ireland in 1936;

- his marriage to Wallis Warfield Simpson created a constitutional crisis leading to his abdication (1894-1972);

- syn. Edward, Edward VIII;

Duke University
n1
a university in Durham, North Carolina;

Duke Wayne
n1
United States film actor who played tough heroes (1907-1979);

- syn. John Wayne, Wayne;

dukedom / d j u k d ə m /
n1
the dignity or rank or position of a duke;

n2
the domain controlled by a duke or duchess;

- syn. duchy;

dulcet / d ʌ ɫ s ɪ t /
a1
extremely pleasant in a gentle way;

- "the most dulcet swimming on the most beautiful and remote beaches";

- sim. pleasant;

a2
pleasing to the ear;

- "the dulcet tones of the cello";

- syn. honeyed, mellifluous, mellisonant, sweet;

- sim. melodious;

dulciana
n1
the organ stop having a tone of soft sweet string quality;

dulcify / d ʌ ɫ s ɪ f aɪ /
v1
make sweeter in taste;

- syn. dulcorate, edulcorate, sweeten;

dulcimer / d ʌ ɫ s ɪ m ə , d ʌ ɫ s ɪ m ə ɹ /
n1
a stringed instrument used in American folk music;

- an elliptical body and a fretted fingerboard and three strings;

n2
a trapezoidal zither whose metal strings are struck with light hammers;

dulcinea
n1
a woman who is a man's sweetheart;

- syn. ladylove;

dulcorate
v1
make sweeter in taste;

- syn. dulcify, edulcorate, sweeten;

dull / d ʌ ɫ /
v1
make dull in appearance;

- "Age had dulled the surface";

v2
become dull or lusterless in appearance;

- lose shine or brightness;

- "the varnished table top dulled with time";

v3
deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping;

- syn. damp, dampen, muffle, mute, tone down;

v4
make numb or insensitive;

- "The shock numbed her senses";

- syn. benumb, blunt, numb;

v5
make dull or blunt;

- "Too much cutting dulls the knife's edge";

- syn. blunt;

v6
become less interesting or attractive;

- syn. pall;

v7
make less lively or vigorous;

- "Middle age dulled her appetite for travel";

a1
lacking in liveliness or animation;

- "he was so dull at parties";

- "a dull political campaign";

- "a large dull impassive man";

- "dull days with nothing to do";

- "how dull and dreary the world is";

- "fell back into one of her dull moods";

- also colorless, colourless, spiritless, unanimated;

- sim. arid, bovine, drab, heavy, humdrum, lackluster;

a2
emitting or reflecting very little light;

- "a dull glow";

- "dull silver badly in need of a polish";

- "a dull sky";

- also unpolished;

- sim. flat, lackluster, soft;

a3
being or made softer or less loud or clear;

- "the dull boom of distant breaking waves";

- "muffled drums";

- "the muffled noises of the street";

- "muted trumpets";

- syn. muffled, muted, softened;

- sim. soft;

a4
so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness;

- "a boring evening with uninteresting people";

- "the deadening effect of some routine tasks";

- "a dull play";

- "his competent but dull performance";

- "a ho-hum speaker who couldn't capture their attention";

- "what an irksome task the writing of long letters is"- Edmund Burke;

- "tedious days on the train";

- "the tiresome chirping of a cricket"- Mark Twain;

- "other people's dreams are dreadfully wearisome";

- syn. boring, deadening, ho-hum, irksome, slow, tedious, tiresome, wearisome;

- sim. uninteresting;

a5
(of color) very low in saturation;

- highly diluted;

- "dull greens and blues";

- sim. unsaturated;

a6
not keenly felt;

- "a dull throbbing";

- "dull pain";

- sim. deadened;

a7
slow to learn or understand;

- lacking intellectual acuity;

- "so dense he never understands anything I say to him";

- "never met anyone quite so dim";

- "although dull at classical learning, at mathematics he was uncommonly quick"- Thackeray;

- "dumb officials make some really dumb decisions";

- "he was either normally stupid or being deliberately obtuse";

- "worked with the slow students";

- syn. dense, dim, dumb, obtuse, slow;

- sim. stupid;

a8
(of business) not active or brisk;

- "business is dull (or slow)";

- "a sluggish market";

- syn. slow, sluggish;

- sim. inactive;

a9
not having a sharp edge or point;

- "the knife was too dull to be of any use";

- sim. blunt, blunted, edgeless, unsharpened;

a10
blunted in responsiveness or sensibility;

- "a dull gaze";

- "so exhausted she was dull to what went on about her"- Willa Cather;

- sim. insensitive;

a11
not clear and resonant;

- sounding as if striking with or against something relatively soft;

- "the dull thud";

- "thudding bullets";

- syn. thudding;

- sim. unreverberant;

a12
darkened with overcast;

- "a dark day";

- "a dull sky";

- "the sky was leaden and thick";

- syn. leaden;

- sim. cloudy;

dull-purple
a1
of a dull shade of purple;

- sim. chromatic;

dull-white
a1
of a dull shade of white;

- sim. achromatic;

dullard / d ʌ ɫ ə d /
n1
a person who is not very bright;

- "The economy, stupid!";

- syn. dolt, pillock, poor fish, pudden-head, pudding head, stupe, stupid, stupid person;

n2
a person who evokes boredom;

- syn. bore;

dulled / d ʌ ɫ d /
a1
having lost or been caused to lose interest because of overexposure;

- "the mind of the audience is becoming dulled";

- "the benumbed intellectual faculties can no longer respond";

- syn. benumbed;

- sim. uninterested;

a2
made dull or blunt;

- syn. blunted;

- sim. dull;

a3
deprived of color;

- "colors dulled by too much sun";

- "greyed with the dust of the road";

- syn. greyed;

- sim. colorless;

Dulles / d ʌ ɫ z /
n1
United States diplomat who (as Secretary of State) pursued a policy of opposition to the USSR by providing aid to American allies (1888-1959);

- syn. John Foster Dulles;

dullness / d ʌ ɫ n ə s /
n1
the quality of being slow to understand;

- syn. obtuseness;

n2
the quality of lacking interestingness;

- "the stories were of a dullness to bring a buffalo to its knees";

n3
a lack of visual brightness;

- "the brightness of the orange sky was reflected in the dullness of the orange sea";

n4
lack of sensibility;

- "there was a dullness in his heart";

- "without him the dullness of her life crept into her work no matter how she tried to compartmentalize it.";

n5
without sharpness or clearness of edge or point;

- "the dullness of the pencil made his writing illegible";

- syn. bluntness;

dully / d ʌ ɫ l i /
r1
without liveliness;

- "she nodded her head dully";

r2
without luster or shine;

- "the light shone dully through the haze";

- "unpolished buttons glinted dully";

dulse
n1
coarse edible red seaweed;

- syn. Rhodymenia palmata;

Duluth
n1
a city in northeast Minnesota on Lake Superior;

duly / d j u ɫ i /
r1
in accordance with what is appropriate or suitable for the circumstances;

- "he was appropriately dressed";

- "If you don't behave properly, you'll have to leave!";

- "I met the junior senator from Illinois and I was duly impressed";

- syn. appropriately, befittingly, fitly, fittingly, properly, suitably;

Duma
n1
a legislative body in the ruling assembly of Russia and of some other republics in the former USSR;

Dumas
n1
French writer remembered for his swashbuckling historical tales (1802-1870);

- syn. Alexandre Dumas;

dumb / d ʌ m /
a1
slow to learn or understand;

- lacking intellectual acuity;

- "so dense he never understands anything I say to him";

- "never met anyone quite so dim";

- "although dull at classical learning, at mathematics he was uncommonly quick"- Thackeray;

- "dumb officials make some really dumb decisions";

- "he was either normally stupid or being deliberately obtuse";

- "worked with the slow students";

- syn. dense, dim, dull, obtuse, slow;

- sim. stupid;

a2
temporarily incapable of speaking;

- "struck dumb";

- "speechless with shock";

- syn. speechless;

- sim. inarticulate;

a3
lacking the power of human speech;

- "dumb animals";

- sim. inarticulate;

a4
unable to speak because of hereditary deafness;

- syn. mute, silent;

- sim. inarticulate;

dumb bomb
n1
a bomb that falls because of gravity and is not guided to a target;

- syn. gravity bomb;

dumb cane
n1
an evergreen plant with large showy dark green leaves;

- contains a poison that swells the tongue and throat hence the name;

- syn. Dieffenbachia sequine, mother-in-law's tongue, mother-in-law plant;

dumb show
n1
a performance using gestures and body movements without words;

- syn. mime, pantomime;

dumbass
n1
a stupid person;

- these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence;

- syn. blockhead, bonehead, dunce, dunderhead, fuckhead, hammerhead, knucklehead, loggerhead, lunkhead, muttonhead, numskull, shithead;

dumbbell / d ʌ m b ɛ ɫ /
n1
an exercising weight;

- two spheres connected by a short bar that serves as a handle;

n2
an ignorant or foolish person;

- syn. boob, booby, dope, dummy, pinhead;

dumbfound / d ʌ m f aʊ n d /
v1
be a mystery or bewildering to;

- "This beats me!";

- "Got me--I don't know the answer!";

- "a vexing problem";

- "This question really stuck me";

- syn. amaze, baffle, beat, bewilder, flummox, get, gravel, mystify, nonplus, perplex, pose, puzzle, stick, stupefy, vex;

dumbfounded / d ʌ m f aʊ n d ɪ d /
a1
as if struck dumb with astonishment and surprise;

- "a circle of policemen stood dumbfounded by her denial of having seen the accident";

- "the flabbergasted aldermen were speechless";

- "was thunderstruck by the news of his promotion";

- syn. dumbstricken, dumbstruck, dumfounded, flabbergasted, stupefied, thunderstruck;

- sim. surprised;

dumbfounding / d ʌ m f aʊ n d ɪ ŋ /
a1
bewildering or striking dumb with wonder;

- syn. astounding, dumfounding;

- sim. incredible;

dumbly / d ʌ m ɫ i /
r1
in a stupid manner;

- "he had so rapaciously desired and so obtusely expected to find her alone";

- syn. densely, obtusely;

r2
in an inarticulate manner;

- "I nodded dumbly and he slit the envelope";

dumbness / d ʌ m n ə s /
n1
the quality of being mentally slow and limited;

- syn. denseness, slow-wittedness;

dumbstricken
a1
as if struck dumb with astonishment and surprise;

- "a circle of policemen stood dumbfounded by her denial of having seen the accident";

- "the flabbergasted aldermen were speechless";

- "was thunderstruck by the news of his promotion";

- syn. dumbfounded, dumbstruck, dumfounded, flabbergasted, stupefied, thunderstruck;

- sim. surprised;

dumbstruck / d ʌ m s t ɹ ʌ k /
a1
as if struck dumb with astonishment and surprise;

- "a circle of policemen stood dumbfounded by her denial of having seen the accident";

- "the flabbergasted aldermen were speechless";

- "was thunderstruck by the news of his promotion";

- syn. dumbfounded, dumbstricken, dumfounded, flabbergasted, stupefied, thunderstruck;

- sim. surprised;

dumbwaiter / d ʌ m w eɪ t ə , d ʌ m w eɪ t ə ɹ /
n1
a small elevator used to convey food (or other goods) from one floor of a building to another;

- syn. food elevator;

dumdum / d ʌ m d ʌ m /
n1
a soft-nosed small-arms bullet that expands when it hits a target and causes a gaping wound;

- syn. dumdum bullet;

dumdum bullet
n1
a soft-nosed small-arms bullet that expands when it hits a target and causes a gaping wound;

- syn. dumdum;

dumdum fever
n1
leishmaniasis of the viscera;

- syn. Assam fever, kala-azar, visceral leishmaniasis;

Dumetella
n1
catbirds;

- syn. genus Dumetella;

Dumetella carolinensis
n1
North American songbird whose call resembles a cat's mewing;

- syn. catbird, gray catbird, grey catbird;

dumfounded
a1
as if struck dumb with astonishment and surprise;

- "a circle of policemen stood dumbfounded by her denial of having seen the accident";

- "the flabbergasted aldermen were speechless";

- "was thunderstruck by the news of his promotion";

- syn. dumbfounded, dumbstricken, dumbstruck, flabbergasted, stupefied, thunderstruck;

- sim. surprised;

dumfounding
a1
bewildering or striking dumb with wonder;

- syn. astounding, dumbfounding;

- sim. incredible;

dummy / d ʌ m i /
n1
a person who does not talk;

- syn. silent person;

n2
an ignorant or foolish person;

- syn. boob, booby, dope, dumbbell, pinhead;

n3
a figure representing the human form;

n4
a cartridge containing an explosive charge but no bullet;

- syn. blank, blank shell;

v1
make a dummy of;

- "dummy up the books that are to be published";

- syn. dummy up;

a1
having the appearance of being real but lacking capacity to function;

- "a dummy corporation";

- sim. artificial;

dummy up
v1
make a dummy of;

- "dummy up the books that are to be published";

- syn. dummy;

v2
refuse to talk or stop talking;

- fall silent;

- "The children shut up when their father approached";

- syn. be quiet, belt up, button up, clam up, close up, keep mum, shut up;

dummy whist
n1
a form of whist with three players;

- four hands are dealt with the hand opposite the dealer being face up;

dump / d ʌ m p /
n1
a coarse term for defecation;

- "he took a shit";

- syn. shit;

n2
a piece of land where waste materials are dumped;

- syn. dumpsite, garbage dump, rubbish dump, trash dump, waste-yard, wasteyard;

n3
(computer science) a copy of the contents of a computer storage device;

- sometimes used in debugging programs;

n4
a place where supplies can be stored;

- "an ammunition dump";

v1
throw away as refuse;

- "No dumping in these woods!";

v2
sever all ties with, usually unceremoniously or irresponsibly;

- "The company dumped him after many years of service";

- "She dumped her boyfriend when she fell in love with a rich man";

- syn. ditch;

v3
sell at artificially low prices;

- syn. underprice;

v4
drop (stuff) in a heap or mass;

- "The truck dumped the garbage in the street";

v5
fall abruptly;

- "It plunged to the bottom of the well";

- syn. plunge;

v6
knock down with force;

- "He decked his opponent";

- syn. coldcock, deck, floor, knock down;

dump routine
n1
a routine that writes from an internal store to some external medium;

dump truck
n1
truck whose contents can be emptied without handling;

- the front end of the platform can be pneumatically raised so that the load is discharged by gravity;

- syn. dumper, tip truck, tipper, tipper lorry, tipper truck;

dumpcart / d ʌ m p k ɑ t /
n1
a cart that can be tilted to empty contents without handling;

dumper / d ʌ m p ə , d ʌ m p ə ɹ /
n1
truck whose contents can be emptied without handling;

- the front end of the platform can be pneumatically raised so that the load is discharged by gravity;

- syn. dump truck, tip truck, tipper, tipper lorry, tipper truck;

dumpiness / d ʌ m p ɪ n ə s /
n1
a short and stout physique;

- syn. squattiness;

dumping / d ʌ m p ɪ ŋ /
n1
selling goods abroad at a price below that charged in the domestic market;

dumpling / d ʌ m p ɫ ɪ ŋ /
n1
small balls or strips of boiled or steamed dough;

- syn. dumplings;

n2
dessert made by baking fruit wrapped in pastry;

dumplings / d ʌ m p ɫ ɪ ŋ z /
n1
small balls or strips of boiled or steamed dough;

- syn. dumpling;

dumps / d ʌ m p s /
n1
an informal expression for a mildly depressed state;

- "in the dumps";

- "have the mopes";

- syn. mopes;

dumpsite / d ʌ m p s aɪ t /
n1
a piece of land where waste materials are dumped;

- syn. dump, garbage dump, rubbish dump, trash dump, waste-yard, wasteyard;

Dumpster / d ʌ m p s t ɝ /
n1
a container designed to receive and transport and dump waste;

dumpy / d ʌ m p i /
a1
resembling a garbage dump;

a2
short and thick;

- as e.g. having short legs and heavy musculature;

- "some people seem born to be square and chunky";

- "a dumpy little dumpling of a woman";

- "dachshunds are long lowset dogs with drooping ears";

- "a little church with a squat tower";

- "a squatty red smokestack";

- "a stumpy ungainly figure";

- syn. chunky, low-set, squat, squatty, stumpy;

- sim. short;

a3
short and plump;

- syn. podgy, pudgy, roly-poly, tubby;

- sim. fat;

Dumpy level
n1
a surveyor's level having a short telescope fixed to a horizontally rotating table and a spirit level;

Dumuzi
n1
Sumerian and Babylonian god of pastures and vegetation;

- consort of Inanna;

- syn. Tammuz;

dun / d ʌ n /
n1
horse of a dull brownish grey color;

n2
a color or pigment varying around a light grey-brown color;

- "she wore dun";

- syn. fawn, grayish brown, greyish brown;

v1
treat cruelly;

- "The children tormented the stuttering teacher";

- syn. bedevil, crucify, frustrate, rag, torment;

v2
persistently ask for overdue payment;

- "The grocer dunned his customers every day by telephone";

v3
cure by salting;

- "dun codfish";

v4
make a dun color;

a1
of a dull greyish brown to brownish grey color;

- "the dun and dreary prairie";

- sim. chromatic;

dun-colored
a1
having a dun color;

- syn. dun-coloured;

- sim. colored;

dun-coloured
a1
having a dun color;

- syn. dun-colored;

- sim. colored;

Duncan / d ʌ n k ə n /
n1
United States dancer and pioneer of modern dance (1878-1927);

- syn. Isadora Duncan;

Duncan Grant
n1
Scottish painter;

- cousin of Lytton Strachey and member of the Bloomsbury Group (1885-1978);

- syn. Duncan James Corrow Grant, Grant;

Duncan James Corrow Grant
n1
Scottish painter;

- cousin of Lytton Strachey and member of the Bloomsbury Group (1885-1978);

- syn. Duncan Grant, Grant;

dunce / d ʌ n s /
n1
a stupid person;

- these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence;

- syn. blockhead, bonehead, dumbass, dunderhead, fuckhead, hammerhead, knucklehead, loggerhead, lunkhead, muttonhead, numskull, shithead;

dunce's cap
n1
a cone-shaped paper hat formerly placed on the head of slow or lazy pupils;

- syn. dunce cap, fool's cap;

dunce cap
n1
a cone-shaped paper hat formerly placed on the head of slow or lazy pupils;

- syn. dunce's cap, fool's cap;

duncical
a1
(used informally) stupid;

- syn. blockheaded, boneheaded, duncish, fatheaded, loggerheaded, thick, thick-skulled, thickheaded, wooden-headed;

- sim. stupid;

duncish
a1
(used informally) stupid;

- syn. blockheaded, boneheaded, duncical, fatheaded, loggerheaded, thick, thick-skulled, thickheaded, wooden-headed;

- sim. stupid;

dundathu pine
n1
Australian timber tree resembling the kauri but having wood much lighter in weight and softer;

- syn. Agathis robusta, queensland kauri, smooth bark kauri;

dunderhead / d ʌ n d ə h ɛ d /
n1
a stupid person;

- these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence;

- syn. blockhead, bonehead, dumbass, dunce, fuckhead, hammerhead, knucklehead, loggerhead, lunkhead, muttonhead, numskull, shithead;

dune / d j u n /
n1
a ridge of sand created by the wind;

- found in deserts or near lakes and oceans;

- syn. sand dune;

dune buggy
n1
a recreational vehicle with large tires used on beaches or sand dunes;

- syn. beach buggy;

dune cycling
n1
bicycling or motorcycling on sand dunes;

dung / d ʌ ŋ /
n1
fecal matter of animals;

- syn. droppings, muck;

v1
fertilize or dress with dung;

- "you must dung the land";

v2
defecate;

- used of animals;

dung beetle
n1
any of numerous beetles that roll balls of dung on which they feed and in which they lay eggs;

dungaree / d ʌ ŋ ɡ ə ɹ i /
n1
a coarse durable twill-weave cotton fabric;

- syn. denim, jean;

Dungeness crab
n1
flesh of Cancer magister (Dungeness crab);

n2
small edible crab of Pacific coast of North America;

- syn. Cancer magister;

dungeon / d ʌ n dʒ ə n /
n1
the main tower within the walls of a medieval castle or fortress;

- syn. donjon, keep;

n2
a dark cell (usually underground) where prisoners can be confined;

dunghill / d ʌ ŋ h ɪ ɫ /
n1
a foul or degraded condition;

n2
a heap of dung or refuse;

- syn. midden, muckheap, muckhill;

dunk / d ʌ ŋ k /
n1
a basketball shot in which the basketball is propelled downward into the basket;

- syn. dunk shot, stuff shot;

v1
immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate;

- "dip the garment into the cleaning solution";

- "dip the brush into the paint";

- syn. dip, douse, plunge, souse;

v2
make a dunk shot, in basketball;

- "He dunked the ball";

v3
dip into a liquid while eating;

- "She dunked the piece of bread in the sauce";

- syn. dip;

dunk shot
n1
a basketball shot in which the basketball is propelled downward into the basket;

- syn. dunk, stuff shot;

Dunkard
n1
an adherent of Baptistic doctrines (who practice baptism by immersion);

- syn. Dunker, Tunker;

dunker / d ʌ ŋ k ə , d ʌ ŋ k ə ɹ /
n1
an eater who dips food into a liquid before eating it;

- "he was a dunker--he couldn't eat a doughnut without a cup of coffee to dunk it in";

n2
a basketball player who is able to make dunk shots;

n3
an adherent of Baptistic doctrines (who practice baptism by immersion);

- syn. Dunkard, Tunker;

Dunkerque
n1
a seaport in northern France on the North Sea;

- scene of the evacuation of British forces in 1940 during World War II;

- syn. Dunkirk;

n2
an amphibious evacuation in World War II (1940) when 330,000 Allied troops had to be evacuated from the beaches in northern France in a desperate retreat under enemy fire;

- syn. Dunkirk;

Dunkers / d ʌ ŋ k ə ɹ z , d ʌ ŋ k ə z /
n1
a Baptist denomination founded in 1708 by Americans of German descent;

- opposed to military service and taking legal oaths;

- practiced trine immersion;

- syn. Church of the Brethren, Dippers;

Dunkirk / d ʌ n k ɝ k /
n1
a crisis in which a desperate effort is the only alternative to defeat;

- "the Russians had to pull off a Dunkirk to get out of there";

n2
a seaport in northern France on the North Sea;

- scene of the evacuation of British forces in 1940 during World War II;

- syn. Dunkerque;

n3
an amphibious evacuation in World War II (1940) when 330,000 Allied troops had to be evacuated from the beaches in northern France in a desperate retreat under enemy fire;

- syn. Dunkerque;

dunlin / d ʌ n ɫ ɪ n /
n1
small common sandpiper that breeds in northern or Arctic regions and winters in southern United States or Mediterranean regions;

- syn. Erolia alpina, red-backed sandpiper;

dunnock / d ʌ n ə k /
n1
small brownish European songbird;

- syn. Prunella modularis, hedge sparrow, sparrow;

Duns Scotus
n1
Scottish theologian who was very influential in the Middle Ages (1265-1308);

- syn. John Duns Scotus;

duo / d j u oʊ /
n1
two items of the same kind;

- syn. brace, couple, couplet, distich, duad, duet, dyad, pair, span, twain, twosome, yoke;

n2
two performers or singers who perform together;

- syn. duet, duette;

n3
a pair who associate with one another;

- "the engaged couple";

- "an inseparable twosome";

- syn. couple, duet, twosome;

n4
a musical composition for two performers;

- syn. duet, duette;

duodecimal / d j u oʊ d ɛ s ɪ m ɫ /
n1
one part in twelve equal parts;

- syn. one-twelfth, twelfth, twelfth part;

a1
based on twelve;

- "the duodecimal number system";

- sim. quantitative;

duodecimal digit
n1
a digit from 0 to 11 in duodecimal notation;

duodecimal notation
n1
any notation that uses 12 different characters;

duodecimal number system
n1
a positional system of numeration that uses duodecimal digits and a radix of twelve;

- syn. duodecimal system;

duodecimal system
n1
a positional system of numeration that uses duodecimal digits and a radix of twelve;

- syn. duodecimal number system;

duodenal / d j u ə d i n ɫ /
a1
in or relating to the duodenum;

- "duodenal ulcer";

duodenal smear
n1
alimentary tract smear of material obtained from the duodenum;

- syn. paraduodenal smear;

duodenal ulcer
n1
a peptic ulcer of the duodenum;

duodenum / d j u ə d i n ə m /
n1
the part of the small intestine between the stomach and the jejunum;

duologue / d j u ə ɫ ɒ ɡ /
n1
a conversation between two persons;

- syn. dialog, dialogue;

n2
a part of the script in which the speaking roles are limited to two actors;

duomo
n1
the principal Christian church building of a bishop's diocese;

- syn. cathedral;

dupe / d j u p /
n1
a person who is tricked or swindled;

- syn. victim;

v1
fool or hoax;

- "The immigrant was duped because he trusted everyone";

- "You can't fool me!";

- syn. befool, cod, fool, gull, put on, put one across, put one over, slang, take in;

dupery / d j u p ə ɹ i /
n1
something intended to deceive;

- deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage;

- syn. fraud, fraudulence, hoax, humbug, put-on;

duple / d j u p ɫ /
a1
consisting of or involving two parts or components usually in pairs;

- "an egg with a double yolk";

- "a double (binary) star";

- "double doors";

- "dual controls for pilot and copilot";

- "duple (or double) time consists of two (or a multiple of two) beats to a measure";

- syn. double, dual;

- sim. multiple;

duple time
n1
musical time with two beats in each bar;

duplex / d j u p ɫ ɛ k s /
n1
a house with two units sharing a common wall;

- syn. duplex house, semidetached house;

n2
an apartment having rooms on two floors that are connected by a staircase;

- syn. duplex apartment;

v1
change into a duplex;

a1
(used technically of a device or process) having two parts;

- "a duplex transaction";

- sim. multiple;

a2
allowing communication in opposite directions simultaneously;

- "duplex system";

- "duplex telephony";

- sim. bidirectional;

duplex apartment
n1
an apartment having rooms on two floors that are connected by a staircase;

- syn. duplex;

duplex house
n1
a house with two units sharing a common wall;

- syn. duplex, semidetached house;

duplicability / d j u p ɫ ɪ k ə b ɪ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
the quality of being reproducible;

- syn. reproducibility;

duplicable / d j u p ɫ ɪ k ə b ɫ /
a1
capable of being duplicated;

- syn. duplicatable;

- sim. reproducible;

duplicatable
a1
capable of being duplicated;

- syn. duplicable;

- sim. reproducible;

duplicate / d j u p ɫ ɪ k ə t , d j u p ɫ ɪ k eɪ t /
n1
something additional of the same kind;

- "he always carried extras in case of an emergency";

- syn. extra;

n2
a copy that corresponds to an original exactly;

- "he made a duplicate for the files";

- syn. duplication;

v1
make or do or perform again;

- "He could never replicate his brilliant performance of the magic trick";

- syn. double, reduplicate, repeat, replicate;

v2
duplicate or match;

- "The polished surface twinned his face and chest in reverse";

- syn. parallel, twin;

v3
make a duplicate or duplicates of;

- "Could you please duplicate this letter for me?";

v4
increase twofold;

- "The population doubled within 50 years";

- syn. double;

a1
identically copied from an original;

- "a duplicate key";

- sim. same;

a2
being two identical;

- syn. matching, twin, twinned;

- sim. matched;

duplication / d j u p ɫ ɪ k eɪ ʃ n /
n1
a copy that corresponds to an original exactly;

- "he made a duplicate for the files";

- syn. duplicate;

n2
the act of copying or making a duplicate (or duplicates) of something;

- "this kind of duplication is wasteful";

- syn. gemination;

duplicator / d j u p ɫ ɪ k eɪ t ə , d j u p ɫ ɪ k eɪ t ə ɹ /
n1
apparatus that makes copies of typed, written or drawn material;

- syn. copier;

Duplicidentata
n1
in former classifications considered a suborder of Rodentia coextensive with the order Lagomorpha: gnawing animals;

duplicitous / d j u p ɫ ɪ s ɪ t ə s /
a1
marked by deliberate deceptiveness especially by pretending one set of feelings and acting under the influence of another;

- "she was a deceitful scheming little thing"- Israel Zangwill;

- "a double-dealing double agent";

- "a double-faced infernal traitor and schemer"- W.M.Thackeray;

- syn. Janus-faced, ambidextrous, deceitful, double-dealing, double-faced, double-tongued, two-faced;

- sim. dishonest;

duplicity / d j u p ɫ ɪ s ɪ t i /
n1
a fraudulent or duplicitous representation;

- syn. fraudulence;

n2
acting in bad faith;

- deception by pretending to entertain one set of intentions while acting under the influence of another;

- syn. double-dealing;

dura
n1
the outermost (and toughest) of the 3 meninges;

- syn. dura mater;

dura mater
n1
the outermost (and toughest) of the 3 meninges;

- syn. dura;

durability / d j ʊə ɹ ə b ɪ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
permanence by virtue of the power to resist stress or force;

- "they advertised the durability of their products";

- syn. enduringness, lastingness, strength;

durable / d j ʊə ɹ ə b ɫ /
a1
existing for a long time;

- "hopes for a durable peace";

- "a long-lasting friendship";

- syn. lasting, long-lasting, long-lived;

- sim. long;

a2
capable of withstanding wear and tear and decay;

- "durable denim jeans";

- syn. long-wearing;

- sim. serviceable;

a3
very long lasting;

- "less durable rocks were gradually worn away to form valleys";

- "the perdurable granite of the ancient Appalachian spine of the continent";

- syn. indestructible, perdurable, undestroyable;

- sim. imperishable;

durable goods
n1
consumer goods that are not destroyed by use;

- syn. consumer durables, durables;

durable press
n1
a fabric that has been chemically processed to resist wrinkles and hold its shape;

- syn. permanent press;

durables / d j ʊə ɹ ə b ɫ z /
n1
consumer goods that are not destroyed by use;

- syn. consumer durables, durable goods;

Durabolin / d j ʊə ɹ ə b ə ɫ ɪ n /
n1
an androgen (trade names Durabolin or Kabolin) that is used to treat testosterone deficiency or breast cancer or osteoporosis;

- syn. Kabolin, nandrolone;

dural / d j ʊə ɹ ə ɫ /
a1
of or relating to the dura mater;

Duralumin / d j ʊə ɹ æ ɫ j ʊ m ɪ n /
n1
an aluminum-based alloy;

duramen / d j ʊə ɹ eɪ m ɛ n /
n1
the older inactive central wood of a tree or woody plant;

- usually darker and denser than the surrounding sapwood;

- syn. heartwood;

durance / d j ʊə ɹ ə n s /
n1
imprisonment (especially for a long time);

Durango
n1
a city in north central Mexico;

- mining center;

- syn. Victoria de Durango;

Durant / d j ʊə ɹ ə n t /
n1
United States historian (1885-1981);

- syn. Will Durant, William James Durant;

Durante / d j ʊə ɹ æ n t i /
n1
United States comedian remembered for his large nose and hoarse voice (1893-1980);

- syn. Jimmy Durante;

duration / d j ʊr eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the period of time during which something continues;

- syn. continuance;

n2
the property of enduring or continuing in time;

- syn. continuance;

n3
continuance in time;

- "the ceremony was of short duration";

- "he complained about the length of time required";

- syn. length;

durative / d j ʊə ɹ ə t ɪ v /
n1
the aspect of a verb that expresses its duration;

- syn. durative aspect;

durative aspect
n1
the aspect of a verb that expresses its duration;

- syn. durative;

Durazzo
n1
port city in western Albania on the Adriatic;

- syn. Durres;

Durban / d ɝ b ə n /
n1
a port city in eastern South Africa on the Indian Ocean;

- resort and industrial center;

durbar / d ɝ b ɑ , d ɝ b ɑr /
n1
the room in the palace of a native prince of India in which audiences and receptions occur;

Durer
n1
a leading German painter and engraver of the Renaissance (1471-1528);

- syn. Albrecht Durer;

duress / d j ʊr ɛ s /
n1
compulsory force or threat;

- "confessed under duress";

Durga
n1
Hindu goddess of war;

- a malevolent aspect of Devi;

- "the inaccessible Durga";

Durham / d ʌ ɹ ə m /
n1
a city of north central North Carolina;

- site of Duke University;

n2
English breed of short-horned cattle;

- syn. shorthorn;

durian
n1
tree of southeastern Asia having edible oval fruit with a hard spiny rind;

- syn. Durio zibethinus, durian tree, durion;

n2
huge fruit native to southeastern Asia `smelling like Hell and tasting like Heaven';

- seeds are roasted and eaten like nuts;

durian tree
n1
tree of southeastern Asia having edible oval fruit with a hard spiny rind;

- syn. Durio zibethinus, durian, durion;

Durio / d j ʊə ɹ i oʊ /
n1
a genus of tall Asian trees of the family Bombacaceae;

- syn. genus Durio;

Durio zibethinus
n1
tree of southeastern Asia having edible oval fruit with a hard spiny rind;

- syn. durian, durian tree, durion;

durion
n1
tree of southeastern Asia having edible oval fruit with a hard spiny rind;

- syn. Durio zibethinus, durian, durian tree;

Durkheim
n1
French sociologist and first professor of sociology at the Sorbonne (1858-1917);

- syn. Emile Durkheim;

durmast
n1
deciduous European oak valued for its tough elastic wood;

- syn. Quercus petraea, Quercus sessiliflora;

durra
n1
sorghums of dry regions of Asia and North Africa;

- syn. Egyptian corn, Guinea corn, Indian millet, doura, dourah;

Durrell
n1
English writer of Irish descent who spent much of his life in Mediterranean regions (1912-1990);

- syn. Lawrence Durrell, Lawrence George Durrell;

Durres
n1
port city in western Albania on the Adriatic;

- syn. Durazzo;

durum
n1
wheat with hard dark-colored kernels high in gluten and used for bread and pasta;

- grown especially in southern Russia, North Africa, and northern central North America;

- syn. Triticum durum, Triticum turgidum, durum wheat, hard wheat, macaroni wheat;

durum wheat
n1
wheat with hard dark-colored kernels high in gluten and used for bread and pasta;

- grown especially in southern Russia, North Africa, and northern central North America;

- syn. Triticum durum, Triticum turgidum, durum, hard wheat, macaroni wheat;

Dusanbe
n1
the capital of Tajikistan;

- formerly Stalinabad 1926-1991;

- syn. Dushanbe, Dyushambe, Stalinabad, capital of Tajikistan;

Duse
n1
Italian actress best known for her performances in tragic roles (1858-1924);

- syn. Eleonora Duse;

Dushanbe
n1
the capital of Tajikistan;

- formerly Stalinabad 1926-1991;

- syn. Dusanbe, Dyushambe, Stalinabad, capital of Tajikistan;

Dusicyon
n1
crab-eating dog;

- syn. genus Dusicyon;

Dusicyon cancrivorus
n1
wild dog of northern South America;

- syn. crab-eating dog, crab-eating fox;

dusk / d ʌ s k /
n1
the time of day immediately following sunset;

- "he loved the twilight";

- "they finished before the fall of night";

- syn. crepuscle, crepuscule, evenfall, fall, gloam, gloaming, nightfall, twilight;

v1
become dusk;

duskiness / d ʌ s k ɪ n ə s /
n1
the state of being poorly illuminated;

- syn. dimness;

n2
a swarthy complexion;

- syn. darkness, swarthiness;

dusky / d ʌ s k i /
a1
lighted by or as if by twilight;

- "The dusky night rides down the sky/And ushers in the morn"-Henry Fielding;

- "the twilight glow of the sky";

- "a boat on a twilit river";

- syn. twilight, twilit;

- sim. dark;

a2
naturally having skin of a dark color;

- "a dark-skinned beauty";

- "gold earrings gleamed against her dusky cheeks";

- "a smile on his swarthy face";

- "`swart' is archaic";

- syn. dark-skinned, swart, swarthy;

- sim. brunet;

dusky-colored
a1
having a dark color;

- syn. dark-colored, dark-coloured, dusky-coloured;

- sim. colored;

dusky-coloured
a1
having a dark color;

- syn. dark-colored, dark-coloured, dusky-colored;

- sim. colored;

dusky-footed wood rat
n1
a wood rat with dusky feet;

dusky-footed woodrat
n1
host to Lyme disease tick (Ixodes pacificus) in northern California;

- syn. Neotoma fuscipes;

dusky salamander
n1
common North American salamander mottled with dull brown or greyish-black;

dusky shark
n1
relatively slender blue-grey shark;

- nearly worldwide in tropical and temperate waters;

- syn. Carcharhinus obscurus;

Dusseldorf / d ʌ s ɫ d ɔ f /
n1
an industrial city in western Germany on the Rhine;

dust / d ʌ s t /
n1
fine powdery material such as dry earth or pollen that can be blown about in the air;

- "the furniture was covered with dust";

n2
the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up;

- syn. debris, detritus, junk, rubble;

n3
free microscopic particles of solid material;

- "astronomers say that the empty space between planets actually contains measurable amounts of dust";

v1
remove the dust from;

- "dust the cabinets";

v2
rub the dust over a surface so as to blur the outlines of a shape;

- "The artist dusted the charcoal drawing down to a faint image";

v3
cover with a light dusting of a substance;

- "dust the bread with flour";

v4
distribute loosely;

- "He scattered gun powder under the wagon";

- syn. disperse, dot, scatter, sprinkle;

dust-covered
a1
covered with a layer of dust;

- "a dusty pile of books";

- syn. dusty;

- sim. covered;

dust bag
n1
a bag into which dirt is sucked by a vacuum cleaner;

- syn. vacuum bag;

dust bowl
n1
a region subject to dust storms;

- especially the central region of United States subject to dust storms in the 1930s;

dust cloud
n1
a cloud of dust suspended in the air;

dust coat
n1
a loose coverall (coat or frock) reaching down to the ankles;

- syn. duster, gabardine, gaberdine, smock;

dust contamination
n1
state of being contaminated with dust;

n2
the act of contaminating with dust particles;

dust cover
n1
a paper jacket for a book;

- a jacket on which promotional information is usually printed;

- syn. book jacket, dust jacket, dust wrapper;

n2
a large piece of cloth used to cover furniture that is not in use for a long period;

- syn. dust sheet;

n3
a removable plastic protective covering for a piece of equipment;

dust devil
n1
a miniature whirlwind strong enough to whip dust and leaves and litter into the air;

dust jacket
n1
a paper jacket for a book;

- a jacket on which promotional information is usually printed;

- syn. book jacket, dust cover, dust wrapper;

dust mop
n1
a dry swab for dusting floors;

- syn. dry mop, dustmop;

dust sheet
n1
a large piece of cloth used to cover furniture that is not in use for a long period;

- syn. dust cover;

dust storm
n1
a windstorm that lifts up clouds of dust or sand;

- "it was the kind of duster not experienced in years";

- syn. duster, sandstorm, sirocco;

dust wrapper
n1
a paper jacket for a book;

- a jacket on which promotional information is usually printed;

- syn. book jacket, dust cover, dust jacket;

dustbin / d ʌ s t b ɪ n /
n1
a bin that holds rubbish until it is collected;

- syn. ash-bin, ash bin, ashbin, ashcan, garbage can, trash barrel, trash bin, trash can, wastebin;

dustcart / d ʌ s t k ɑ t /
n1
a truck for collecting domestic refuse;

- "in Britain a garbage truck is called a dustcart";

- syn. garbage truck;

dustcloth
n1
a piece of cloth used for dusting;

- syn. duster, dustrag;

duster / d ʌ s t ə , d ʌ s t ə ɹ /
n1
a windstorm that lifts up clouds of dust or sand;

- "it was the kind of duster not experienced in years";

- syn. dust storm, sandstorm, sirocco;

n2
a loose coverall (coat or frock) reaching down to the ankles;

- syn. dust coat, gabardine, gaberdine, smock;

n3
a piece of cloth used for dusting;

- syn. dustcloth, dustrag;

n4
a pitch thrown deliberately close to the batter;

Dustin Hoffman
n1
versatile United States film actor (born in 1937);

- syn. Hoffman;

dustiness / d ʌ s t ɪ n ə s /
n1
the state of being covered with dust;

dusting powder
n1
a fine powder for spreading on the body (as after bathing);

- syn. bath powder, toilet powder;

dustlike / d ʌ s t ɫ aɪ k /
a1
as fine and powdery as dust;

- sim. fine;

dustman / d ʌ s t m ə n , d ʌ s t p æ n /
n1
someone employed to collect and dispose of refuse;

- syn. garbage carter, garbage collector, garbage hauler, garbage man, garbageman, refuse collector;

dustmop
n1
a dry swab for dusting floors;

- syn. dry mop, dust mop;

dustpan / d ʌ s t p æ n /
n1
the quantity that a dustpan will hold;

- syn. dustpanful;

n2
a short-handled receptacle into which dust can be swept;

dustpanful
n1
the quantity that a dustpan will hold;

- syn. dustpan;

dustrag / d ʌ s t ɹ æ ɡ /
n1
a piece of cloth used for dusting;

- syn. dustcloth, duster;

dustup / d ʌ s t ʌ p /
n1
an angry dispute;

- "they had a quarrel";

- "they had words";

- syn. quarrel, row, run-in, words, wrangle;

dusty / d ʌ s t i /
a1
covered with a layer of dust;

- "a dusty pile of books";

- syn. dust-covered;

- sim. covered;

a2
lacking originality or spontaneity;

- no longer new;

- "moth-eaten theories about race";

- "stale news";

- syn. cold, moth-eaten, stale;

- sim. unoriginal;

dusty miller
n1
shrubby perennial of the Canary Islands having white flowers and leaves and hairy stems covered with dustlike down;

- sometimes placed in genus Chrysanthemum;

- syn. Chrysanthemum ptarmiciflorum, Tanacetum ptarmiciflorum, silver-lace, silver lace;

n2
stiff much-branched perennial of the Mediterranean region having very white woolly stems and leaves;

- syn. Cineraria maritima, Senecio cineraria;

n3
a plant having leaves and stems covered with down that resembles dust;

- syn. Centaurea cineraria, Centaurea gymnocarpa;

n4
herb with greyish leaves found along the east coast of North America;

- used as an ornamental plant;

- syn. Artemisia stelleriana, beach wormwood, old woman;

n5
an old cottage garden plant of southeastern Europe widely cultivated for its attractive white woolly foliage and showy crimson flowers;

- syn. Lychnis coronaria, gardener's delight, mullein pink, rose campion;

Dutch / d ʌ tʃ /
n1
the people of the Netherlands;

- "the Dutch are famous for their tulips";

- syn. Dutch people;

n2
the West Germanic language of the Netherlands;

a1
of or relating to the Netherlands or its people or culture;

- "Dutch painting";

- "Dutch painters";

Dutch-elm beetle
n1
a vector of the fungus causing Dutch elm disease;

- syn. Scolytus multistriatus;

Dutch-processed cocoa
n1
cocoa powder treated with a mild alkalizing agent (such as baking soda);

dutch auction
n1
a method of selling in which the price is reduced until a buyer is found;

Dutch capital
n1
an industrial center and the nominal capital of the Netherlands;

- center of the diamond-cutting industry;

- seat of an important stock exchange;

- known for its canals and art museum;

- syn. Amsterdam, capital of The Netherlands;

Dutch case-knife bean
n1
tropical American bean with red flowers and mottled black beans similar to Phaseolus vulgaris but perennial;

- a preferred food bean in Great Britain;

- syn. Phaseolus coccineus, Phaseolus multiflorus, runner bean, scarlet runner, scarlet runner bean;

dutch clover
n1
creeping European clover having white to pink flowers and bright green leaves;

- naturalized in United States;

- widely grown for forage;

- syn. Trifolium repens, shamrock, white clover;

Dutch courage
n1
courage resulting from intoxication;

Dutch door
n1
an exterior door divided in two horizontally;

- either half can be closed or open independently;

- syn. half door;

Dutch East Indies
n1
a republic in southeastern Asia on an archipelago including more than 13,000 islands;

- achieved independence from the Netherlands in 1945;

- the principal oil producer in the Far East and Pacific regions;

- syn. Indonesia, Republic of Indonesia;

Dutch elm
n1
any of various hybrid ornamental European shade trees ranging from dwarf to tall;

- syn. Ulmus hollandica;

Dutch elm disease
n1
disease of elms caused by a fungus;

Dutch elm fungus
n1
fungus causing Dutch elm disease;

- syn. Ceratostomella ulmi;

Dutch florin
n1
formerly the basic unit of money in the Netherlands;

- equal to 100 cents;

- syn. florin, guilder, gulden;

Dutch Guiana
n1
a republic in northeastern South America on the Atlantic;

- achieved independence from the Netherlands in 1975;

- syn. Netherlands Guiana, Republic of Suriname, Surinam, Suriname;

Dutch hoe
n1
a hoe that is used by pushing rather than pulling;

- syn. scuffle, scuffle hoe;

Dutch iris
n1
bulbous Spanish iris having blue flowers;

- syn. Iris tingitana;

n2
bulbous Spanish iris with red-violet flowers;

- syn. Iris filifolia;

Dutch Leonard
n1
United States writer of thrillers (born in 1925);

- syn. Elmore John Leonard, Elmore Leonard, Leonard;

Dutch monetary unit
n1
monetary unit in the Netherlands;

Dutch oven
n1
an oven consisting of a metal box for cooking in front of a fire;

n2
iron or earthenware cooking pot;

- used for stews;

Dutch people
n1
the people of the Netherlands;

- "the Dutch are famous for their tulips";

- syn. Dutch;

Dutch treat
n1
a dinner where each person pays for his own;

Dutch uncle
n1
a counselor who admonishes frankly and sternly;

Dutchman / d ʌ tʃ m ə n /
n1
a native or inhabitant of Holland;

- syn. Hollander, Netherlander;

Dutchman's-pipe
n1
hardy deciduous vine having large leaves and flowers with the calyx tube curved like the bowl of a pipe;

- syn. Aristolochia durior, Aristolochia macrophylla, pipe vine;

Dutchman's breeches
n1
delicate spring-flowering plant of the eastern United States having white flowers with double spurs;

- syn. Dicentra cucullaria;

duteous / d j u t ɪə s /
a1
willingly obedient out of a sense of duty and respect;

- "a dutiful child";

- "a dutiful citizen";

- "Patient Griselda was a chaste and duteous wife";

- syn. dutiful;

- sim. obedient;

dutiable / d j u t ɪə b ɫ /
a1
subject to import tax;

- "dutiable imports";

- sim. taxable;

dutiful / d j u t ɪ f ə ɫ /
a1
willingly obedient out of a sense of duty and respect;

- "a dutiful child";

- "a dutiful citizen";

- "Patient Griselda was a chaste and duteous wife";

- syn. duteous;

- sim. obedient;

dutifully / d j u t ɪ f ə ɫ i /
r1
out of a sense of duty;

- in a dutiful manner;

- "he dutifully visited his mother every Sunday";

dutifulness / d j u t ɪ f ə ɫ n ə s /
n1
piety by virtue of devotion to duty;

duty / d j u t i /
n1
the social force that binds you to the courses of action demanded by that force;

- "we must instill a sense of duty in our children";

- "every right implies a responsibility;

- every opportunity, an obligation;

- every possession, a duty"- John D.Rockefeller Jr;

- syn. obligation, responsibility;

n2
work that you are obliged to perform for moral or legal reasons;

- "the duties of the job";

n3
a government tax on imports or exports;

- "they signed a treaty to lower duties on trade between their countries";

- syn. tariff;

duty-bound
a1
under a moral obligation to do something;

- syn. obliged;

- sim. obligated;

duty-free / d j u t ɪ f ɹ i /
a1
exempt from duty;

- "duty-free liquor";

- sim. nontaxable;

duty assignment
n1
a duty that you are assigned to perform (especially in the armed forces);

- "hazardous duty";

- syn. assignment;

duty period
n1
the time period during which you are at work;

- syn. shift, work shift;

duty tour
n1
a period of time spent in military service;

- syn. enlistment, hitch, term of enlistment, tour, tour of duty;

Duvalier
n1
son and successor of Francois Duvalier as president of Haiti;

- he was overthrown by a mass uprising in 1986 (born in 1951);

- syn. Baby Doc, Jean-Claude Duvalier;

n2
oppressive Haitian dictator (1907-1971);

- syn. Francois Duvalier, Papa Doc;

duvet / d j u v eɪ /
n1
a soft quilt usually filled with the down of the eider;

- syn. continental quilt, eiderdown;

DVD
n1
a digital recording (as of a movie) on an optical disk that can be played on a computer or a television set;

- syn. videodisc, videodisk;

Dvorak
n1
Czech composer who combined folk elements with traditional forms (1841-1904);

- syn. Antonin Dvorak;

dwarf / d w ɔ f /
n1
a person who is markedly small;

- syn. midget, nanus;

n2
a legendary creature resembling a tiny old man;

- lives in the depths of the earth and guards buried treasure;

- syn. gnome;

n3
a plant or animal that is atypically small;

v1
make appear small by comparison;

- "This year's debt dwarfs that of last year";

- syn. overshadow, shadow;

v2
check the growth of;

- "the lack of sunlight dwarfed these pines";

dwarf-white trillium
n1
a low perennial white-flowered trillium found in the southeastern United States;

- syn. early wake-robin, snow trillium;

dwarf astilbe
n1
mat-forming evergreen Asiatic plant with finely cut leaves and small pink to burgundy flowers;

- grown as ground cover;

- syn. Astilbe chinensis pumila;

dwarf banana
n1
low-growing Asian banana tree cultivated especially in the West Indies for its clusters of edible yellow fruit;

- syn. Musa acuminata;

dwarf bilberry
n1
low-growing tufted deciduous shrub of northern and alpine North America having pink to coral-red flowers followed by sweet blue berries;

- syn. Vaccinium caespitosum, dwarf blueberry;

dwarf blueberry
n1
low-growing tufted deciduous shrub of northern and alpine North America having pink to coral-red flowers followed by sweet blue berries;

- syn. Vaccinium caespitosum, dwarf bilberry;

dwarf buckeye
n1
a spreading shrub with pink flowers;

- found in southeastern United States;

- syn. bottlebrush buckeye;

dwarf buffalo
n1
small buffalo of the Celebes having small straight horns;

- syn. Anoa depressicornis, anoa;

dwarf cape gooseberry
n1
stout hairy annual of eastern North America with sweet yellow fruits;

- syn. Physalis pruinosa, strawberry tomato;

dwarf chestnut
n1
shrubby chestnut tree of southeastern United States having small edible nuts;

- syn. Allegheny chinkapin, Castanea pumila, chinquapin, eastern chinquapin;

dwarf chinkapin oak
n1
deciduous shrubby tree of northeastern and central United States having a sweet edible nut and often forming dense thickets;

- syn. Quercus prinoides, dwarf chinquapin oak, dwarf oak;

dwarf chinquapin oak
n1
deciduous shrubby tree of northeastern and central United States having a sweet edible nut and often forming dense thickets;

- syn. Quercus prinoides, dwarf chinkapin oak, dwarf oak;

dwarf cornel
n1
creeping perennial herb distinguished by red berries and clustered leaf whorls at the tips of shoots;

- Greenland to Alaska;

- syn. Cornus canadensis, bunchberry, crackerberry, pudding berry;

dwarf daisy
n1
tiny grey woolly tufted annual with small golden-yellow flower heads;

- southeastern California to northwestern Arizona and southwestern Utah;

- sometimes placed in genus Eriophyllum;

- syn. Antheropeas wallacei, Eriophyllum wallacei, woolly daisy;

dwarf dandelion
n1
small yellow-flowered herb resembling dandelions of central and southeastern United States;

- syn. Krigia bulbosa, Krigia dandelion;

dwarf elder
n1
dwarf herbaceous elder of Europe having pink flowers and a nauseous odor;

- syn. Sambucus ebulus, danewort;

n2
bristly herb of eastern and central North America having black fruit and medicinal bark;

- syn. Aralia hispida, bristly sarsaparilla, bristly sarsparilla;

dwarf elm
n1
fast-growing shrubby Asian tree naturalized in United States for shelter or ornament;

- syn. Chinese elm, Siberian elm, Ulmus pumila;

dwarf flowering almond
n1
small Chinese shrub with smooth unfurrowed dark red fruit grown especially for its red or pink or white flowers;

- syn. Prunus glandulosa;

dwarf golden chinkapin
n1
evergreen shrub similar to golden chinkapin;

- mountains of California;

- syn. Chrysolepis sempervirens;

dwarf gray willow
n1
willow shrub of dry places in the eastern United States having long narrow leaves canescent beneath;

- syn. Salix tristis, dwarf grey willow, sage willow;

dwarf grey willow
n1
willow shrub of dry places in the eastern United States having long narrow leaves canescent beneath;

- syn. Salix tristis, dwarf gray willow, sage willow;

dwarf hulsea
n1
similar to but smaller than alpine hulsea;

- syn. Hulsea nana;

dwarf iris
n1
low-growing spring-flowering American iris with bright blue-lilac flowers;

- syn. Iris verna, vernal iris;

n2
low-growing summer-flowering iris of northeastern United States;

- syn. Iris cristata;

dwarf juniper
n1
a procumbent variety of the common juniper;

- syn. Juniperus communis depressa, ground cedar;

n2
procumbent or spreading juniper;

- syn. Juniperus sabina, savin;

dwarf lycopod
n1
tufted spikemoss forming loose spreading mats;

- eastern North America;

- syn. Selaginella rupestris, rock spikemoss;

dwarf maple
n1
small maple of northwestern North America;

- syn. Acer glabrum, Rocky-mountain maple;

dwarf mountain pine
n1
low shrubby pine of central Europe with short bright green needles in bunches of two;

- syn. Pinus mugo, Swiss mountain pine, mountain pine, mugho pine, mugo pine;

dwarf mulberry
n1
creeping raspberry of north temperate regions with yellow or orange berries;

- syn. Rubus chamaemorus, bakeapple, baked-apple berry, cloudberry, salmonberry;

dwarf nipplewort
n1
small European herb with small yellow flowers;

- syn. Arnoseris minima, lamb succory;

dwarf oak
n1
deciduous shrubby tree of northeastern and central United States having a sweet edible nut and often forming dense thickets;

- syn. Quercus prinoides, dwarf chinkapin oak, dwarf chinquapin oak;

dwarf phlox
n1
low tufted perennial phlox with needlelike evergreen leaves and pink or white flowers;

- native to United States and widely cultivated as a ground cover;

- syn. Phlox subulata, moss phlox, moss pink, mountain phlox;

dwarf pipefish
n1
small (4 inches) fish found off the Florida Gulf Coast;

- syn. Syngnathus hildebrandi;

dwarf pocket rat
n1
small silky-haired pouched rodent;

- similar to but smaller than kangaroo rats;

- syn. kangaroo mouse;

dwarf Russian almond
n1
Asiatic shrub cultivated for its rosy red flowers;

- syn. Prunus tenella, Russian almond;

dwarf sperm whale
n1
very small (to 8 feet) sperm whale of central coasts of Atlantic and Pacific;

- syn. Kogia simus;

dwarf spurge
n1
European erect or depressed annual weedy spurge adventive in northeastern United States;

- syn. Euphorbia exigua;

dwarf sumac
n1
common nonpoisonous shrub of eastern North America with compound leaves and green paniculate flowers followed by red berries;

- syn. Rhus copallina, black sumac, mountain sumac, shining sumac;

dwarf tulip
n1
small early blooming tulip;

- syn. Tulipa armena, Tulipa suaveolens;

dwarf willow
n1
widely distributed boreal shrubby willow with partially underground creeping stems and bright green glossy leaves;

- syn. Salix herbacea;

dwarfish / d w ɔ f ɪ ʃ /
a1
atypically small;

- "dwarf tree";

- "dwarf star";

- sim. small;

dwarfishness / d w ɔ f ɪ ʃ n ə s /
n1
smallness of stature;

dwarfism / d w ɔ f ɪ z ə m /
n1
a genetic abnormality resulting in short stature;

- syn. nanism;

dweeb
n1
an insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or boringly studious;

- syn. grind, nerd, swot, wonk;

dwell / d w ɛ ɫ /
v1
think moodily or anxiously about something;

- syn. brood;

- also dwell on;

v2
originate (in);

- "The problems dwell in the social injustices in this country";

- syn. consist, lie, lie in;

v3
be an inhabitant of or reside in;

- "People lived in Africa millions of years ago";

- "The people inhabited the islands that are now deserted";

- "this kind of fish dwells near the bottom of the ocean";

- "deer are populating the woods";

- syn. inhabit, live, populate;

v4
exist or be situated within;

- "Strange notions inhabited her mind";

- syn. inhabit;

v5
come back to;

- "Don't dwell on the past";

- "She is always harping on the same old things";

- syn. harp;

dwell on
v1
delay;

- syn. linger over;

dweller / d w ɛ ɫ ə , d w ɛ ɫ ə ɹ /
n1
a person who inhabits a particular place;

- syn. denizen, habitant, indweller, inhabitant;

dwelling / d w ɛ ɫ ɪ ŋ /
n1
housing that someone is living in;

- "he built a modest dwelling near the pond";

- "they raise money to provide homes for the homeless";

- syn. abode, domicile, dwelling house, habitation, home;

dwelling house
n1
housing that someone is living in;

- "he built a modest dwelling near the pond";

- "they raise money to provide homes for the homeless";

- syn. abode, domicile, dwelling, habitation, home;

Dwight D. Eisenhower
n1
United States general who supervised the invasion of Normandy and the defeat of Nazi Germany;

- 34th President of the United States (1890-1961);

- syn. Dwight David Eisenhower, Dwight Eisenhower, Eisenhower, Ike, President Eisenhower;

Dwight David Eisenhower
n1
United States general who supervised the invasion of Normandy and the defeat of Nazi Germany;

- 34th President of the United States (1890-1961);

- syn. Dwight D. Eisenhower, Dwight Eisenhower, Eisenhower, Ike, President Eisenhower;

Dwight Davis
n1
United States tennis player who donated the Davis Cup for international team tennis competition (1879-1945);

- syn. Davis, Dwight Filley Davis;

Dwight Eisenhower
n1
United States general who supervised the invasion of Normandy and the defeat of Nazi Germany;

- 34th President of the United States (1890-1961);

- syn. Dwight D. Eisenhower, Dwight David Eisenhower, Eisenhower, Ike, President Eisenhower;

Dwight Filley Davis
n1
United States tennis player who donated the Davis Cup for international team tennis competition (1879-1945);

- syn. Davis, Dwight Davis;

Dwight Lyman Moody
n1
United States evangelist (1837-1899);

- syn. Moody;

dwindle / d w ɪ n d ɫ /
v1
become smaller or lose substance;

- "Her savings dwindled down";

- syn. dwindle away, dwindle down;

dwindle away
v1
become smaller or lose substance;

- "Her savings dwindled down";

- syn. dwindle, dwindle down;

dwindle down
v1
become smaller or lose substance;

- "Her savings dwindled down";

- syn. dwindle, dwindle away;

dwindling / d w ɪ n d ɫ ɪ ŋ /
n1
a becoming gradually less;

- "there is no greater sadness that the dwindling away of a family";

- syn. dwindling away;

a1
gradually decreasing until little remains;

- syn. tapering, tapering off;

- sim. decreasing;

dwindling away
n1
a becoming gradually less;

- "there is no greater sadness that the dwindling away of a family";

- syn. dwindling;

Dy
n1
a trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group;

- forms compounds that are highly magnetic;

- syn. atomic number 66, dysprosium;

dyad / d aɪ æ d /
n1
two items of the same kind;

- syn. brace, couple, couplet, distich, duad, duet, duo, pair, span, twain, twosome, yoke;

dyadic / d aɪ æ d ɪ k /
a1
of or relating to a dyad or based on two;

dyadic operation
n1
an operation on exactly two operands;

dyarchy / d aɪ ɑ k i /
n1
a form of government having two joint rulers;

- syn. diarchy;

Dyaus
n1
Hindu god of the sky;

- syn. Dyaus-pitar;

Dyaus-pitar
n1
Hindu god of the sky;

- syn. Dyaus;

dybbuk
n1
(Jewish folklore) a demon that enters the body of a living person and controls that body's behavior;

- syn. dibbuk;

dye / d aɪ /
n1
a usually soluble substance for staining or coloring e.g. fabrics or hair;

- syn. dyestuff;

v1
color with dye;

- "Please dye these shoes";

dye-works / d aɪ w ɝ k s /
n1
a workshop where dyeing is done;

dyed / d aɪ d /
a1
(used of color) artificially produced;

- not natural;

- "a bleached blonde";

- syn. bleached, colored, coloured;

- sim. artificial;

dyeing / d aɪ ɪ ŋ /
n1
the use of dye to change the color of something permanently;

dyer / d aɪ ə , d aɪ ə ɹ /
n1
someone whose job is to dye cloth;

dyer's-broom
n1
small Eurasian shrub having clusters of yellow flowers that yield a dye;

- common as a weed in Britain and the United States;

- sometimes grown as an ornamental;

- syn. Genista tinctoria, dyer's greenweed, dyeweed, greenweed, whin, woadwaxen, woodwaxen;

dyer's greenweed
n1
small Eurasian shrub having clusters of yellow flowers that yield a dye;

- common as a weed in Britain and the United States;

- sometimes grown as an ornamental;

- syn. Genista tinctoria, dyer's-broom, dyeweed, greenweed, whin, woadwaxen, woodwaxen;

dyer's mignonette
n1
European mignonette cultivated as a source of yellow dye;

- naturalized in North America;

- syn. Reseda luteola, dyer's rocket, weld;

dyer's rocket
n1
European mignonette cultivated as a source of yellow dye;

- naturalized in North America;

- syn. Reseda luteola, dyer's mignonette, weld;

dyer's weed
n1
eastern North American herb whose yellow flowers are (or were) used in dyeing;

- syn. Solidago rugosa;

dyer's woad
n1
European biennial formerly grown for the blue coloring matter yielded by its leaves;

- syn. Isatis tinctoria;

dyer's woodruff
n1
creeping European perennial having red or pinkish-white flowers and red roots sometimes used as a substitute for madder in dyeing;

- syn. Asperula tinctoria;

dyers' chamomile
n1
Eurasian perennial herb with hairy divided leaves and yellow flowers;

- naturalized in North America;

- syn. Anthemis tinctoria, golden marguerite, yellow chamomile;

dyestuff / d aɪ s t ʌ f /
n1
a usually soluble substance for staining or coloring e.g. fabrics or hair;

- syn. dye;

dyeweed / d aɪ w i d /
n1
small Eurasian shrub having clusters of yellow flowers that yield a dye;

- common as a weed in Britain and the United States;

- sometimes grown as an ornamental;

- syn. Genista tinctoria, dyer's-broom, dyer's greenweed, greenweed, whin, woadwaxen, woodwaxen;

dyewood / d aɪ w ʊ d /
n1
any wood from which dye is obtained;

dying / d aɪ ɪ ŋ /
n1
the time when something ends;

- "it was the death of all his plans";

- "a dying of old hopes";

- syn. death, demise;

a1
in or associated with the process of passing from life or ceasing to be;

- "a dying man";

- "his dying wish";

- "a dying fire";

- "a dying civilization";

- sim. last, moribund;

a2
eagerly desirous;

- "anxious to see the new show at the museum";

- "dying to hear who won";

- syn. anxious;

- sim. eager;

Dyirbal
n1
a language of Australian aborigines;

- syn. Jirrbal;

dyke / d aɪ k /
n1
(slang) offensive term for a lesbian who is noticeably masculine;

- syn. butch, dike;

n2
a barrier constructed to contain the flow of water or to keep out the sea;

- syn. dam, dike;

v1
enclose with a dike;

- "dike the land to protect it from water";

- syn. dike;

Dylan
n1
United States songwriter noted for his protest songs (born in 1941);

- syn. Bob Dylan;

n2
Celtic god of the waves;

- son of Arianrhod;

Dylan Marlais Thomas
n1
Welsh poet (1914-1953);

- syn. Dylan Thomas, Thomas;

Dylan Thomas
n1
Welsh poet (1914-1953);

- syn. Dylan Marlais Thomas, Thomas;

dynamic / d aɪ n æ m ɪ k /
n1
an efficient incentive;

- "they hoped it would act as a spiritual dynamic on all churches";

- syn. moral force;

a1
characterized by action or forcefulness or force of personality;

- "a dynamic market";

- "a dynamic speaker";

- "the dynamic president of the firm";

- syn. dynamical;

- also energetic;

- sim. can-do, changing, driving, energizing, high-octane, projectile, propellant, self-propelled, slashing;

a2
of or relating to dynamics;

a3
(used of verbs (e.g. `to run') and participial adjectives (e.g. `running' in `running water')) expressing action rather than a state of being;

- syn. active;

dynamic balance
n1
(aeronautics) the state of equilibrium in which centrifugal forces due to a rotating mass (e.g., a propeller) do not produce force in the shaft and so vibration is reduced;

dynamic electricity
n1
a flow of electric charge;

- syn. current electricity;

dynamic headroom
n1
the capacity of a system to reproduce loud sounds without distortion;

- syn. headroom;

dynamic viscosity
n1
a measure of the resistance to flow of a fluid under an applied force;

- syn. absolute viscosity, coefficient of viscosity;

dynamical / d aɪ n æ m ɪ k ə ɫ /
a1
characterized by action or forcefulness or force of personality;

- "a dynamic market";

- "a dynamic speaker";

- "the dynamic president of the firm";

- syn. dynamic;

- also energetic;

- sim. can-do, changing, driving, energizing, high-octane, projectile, propellant, self-propelled, slashing;

dynamical system
n1
(physics) a phase space together with a transformation of that space;

dynamically / d aɪ n æ m ɪ k ɫ i /
r1
in a forceful dynamic manner;

- "this pianist plays dynamically";

dynamics / d aɪ n æ m ɪ k s /
n1
the branch of mechanics concerned with the forces that cause motions of bodies;

- syn. kinetics;

dynamise
v1
make more dynamic;

- "She was dynamized by her desire to go to grad school";

- syn. dynamize;

v2
make (a drug) effective;

- "dynamized medicine";

- syn. dynamize;

dynamism / d aɪ n ə m ɪ z ə m /
n1
any of the various theories or doctrines or philosophical systems that attempt to explain the phenomena of the universe in terms of some immanent force or energy;

n2
active strength of body or mind;

- syn. heartiness, vigor, vigour;

n3
the activeness of an energetic personality;

- syn. oomph, pizzaz, pizzazz, zing;

dynamite / d aɪ n ə m aɪ t /
n1
an explosive containing nitrate sensitized with nitroglycerin absorbed on wood pulp;

v1
blow up with dynamite;

- "The rock was dynamited";

dynamiter / d aɪ n ə m aɪ t ə /
n1
a person who uses dynamite in a revolutionary cause;

- syn. dynamitist;

dynamitist
n1
a person who uses dynamite in a revolutionary cause;

- syn. dynamiter;

dynamize
v1
make more dynamic;

- "She was dynamized by her desire to go to grad school";

- syn. dynamise;

v2
make (a drug) effective;

- "dynamized medicine";

- syn. dynamise;

dynamo / d aɪ n ə m oʊ /
n1
generator consisting of a coil (the armature) that rotates between the poles of an electromagnet (the field magnet) causing a current to flow in the armature;

dynamometer / d aɪ n ə m ɒ m ɪ t ə /
n1
measuring instrument designed to measure power;

- syn. ergometer;

Dynapen
n1
antibacterial (trade name Dynapen) used to treat staphylococcal infections that are resistant to penicillin;

- syn. dicloxacillin;

dynast / d ɪ n ə s t /
n1
a hereditary ruler;

dynastic / d ɪ n æ s t ɪ k /
a1
of or relating to or characteristic of a dynasty;

dynasty / d ɪ n ə s t i /
n1
a sequence of powerful leaders in the same family;

dyne / d aɪ n /
n1
a unit of force equal to the force that imparts an acceleration of 1 cm/sec/sec to a mass of 1 gram;

dysaphia
n1
a disorder in the sense of touch;

dysarthria
n1
impaired articulatory ability resulting from defects in the peripheral motor nerves or in the speech musculature;

dyscalculia
n1
impaired ability to learn grade-appropriate mathematics;

dyschezia
n1
difficulty in defecating (usually as a consequence of long continued voluntary suppression of the urge to defecate);

dyscrasia / d ɪ s k ɹ eɪ z j ə /
n1
an abnormal or physiologically unbalanced state of the body;

Dysdercus
n1
a genus of slender long-legged bugs that feed on the developing seeds of cotton and stain it;

- syn. genus Dysdercus;

dysentery / d ɪ s ə n t ɹ i /
n1
an infection of the intestines marked by severe diarrhea;

dysfunction
n1
(medicine) any disturbance in the functioning of an organ or body part or a disturbance in the functioning of a social group;

- "erectile dysfunction";

- "sexual relationship dysfunction";

- syn. disfunction;

dysfunctional
a1
impaired in function;

- especially of a bodily system or organ;

- sim. impaired;

a2
(of a trait or condition) failing to serve an adjustive purpose;

- "dysfunctional behavior";

- syn. nonadaptive;

- sim. maladaptive;

dysgenesis
n1
infertility between hybrids;

dysgenic
a1
pertaining to or causing degeneration in the offspring produced;

- syn. cacogenic;

dysgenics
n1
the study of the operation of factors causing degeneration in the type of offspring produced;

- syn. cacogenics;

dysgraphia
n1
impaired ability to learn to write;

dyskinesia
n1
abnormality in performing voluntary muscle movements;

dyslectic
n1
a person who has dyslexia;

- syn. dyslexic;

a1
having impaired ability to comprehend written words usually associated with a neurologic disorder;

- syn. dyslexic;

- sim. impaired;

dyslexia / d ɪ s ɫ ɛ k s ɪə /
n1
impaired ability to learn to read;

dyslexic / d ɪ s ɫ ɛ k s ɪ k /
n1
a person who has dyslexia;

- syn. dyslectic;

a1
of or relating to or symptomatic of dyslexia;

a2
having impaired ability to comprehend written words usually associated with a neurologic disorder;

- syn. dyslectic;

- sim. impaired;

dyslogia
n1
impaired ability to express ideas verbally;

- usually resulting from difficulties of reasoning (as in feeblemindedness or certain psychoses);

dyslogistic
a1
expressing disapproval;

- "dyslogistic terms like `nitwit' and `scalawag'";

- syn. dislogistic, pejorative;

- sim. uncomplimentary;

dysmenorrhea
n1
painful menstruation;

dysomia
n1
impairment of the sense of smell;

dysosmia
n1
a disorder in the sense of smell;

- syn. olfactory impairment, parosamia;

dysostosis multiplex
n1
hereditary disease (autosomal recessive) consisting of an error is mucopolysaccharide metabolism;

- characterized by severe abnormalities in development of skeletal cartilage and bone and mental retardation;

- syn. Hurler's disease, Hurler's syndrome, gargoylism, lipochondrodystrophy;

dyspepsia / d ɪ s p ɛ p s ɪə /
n1
a disorder of digestive function characterized by discomfort or heartburn or nausea;

- syn. indigestion, stomach upset, upset stomach;

dyspeptic / d ɪ s p ɛ p t ɪ k /
n1
a person suffering from indigestion;

a1
suffering from dyspepsia;

- sim. ill;

a2
irritable as if suffering from indigestion;

- syn. atrabilious, bilious, liverish;

- sim. ill-natured;

dysphagia
n1
condition in which swallowing is difficult or painful;

dysphasia
n1
an impairment of language (especially speech production) that is usually due to brain damage;

dysphemism
n1
an offensive or disparaging expression that is substituted for an inoffensive one;

- "his favorite dysphemism was to ask for axle grease when he wanted butter";

dysphemistic
a1
of or the nature of dysphemism;

- "`kick the bucket' is a dysphemistic term for `die'";

dysphonia
n1
speech disorder attributable to a disorder of phonation;

dysphoria
n1
abnormal depression and discontent;

dysphoric
a1
generalized feeling of distress;

- syn. distressed, unhappy;

- also dejected, unhappy;

dysplasia
n1
abnormal development (of organs or cells) or an abnormal structure resulting from such growth;

dysplastic
a1
relating to or evidencing dysplasia;

dyspnea
n1
difficult or labored respiration;

- syn. dyspnoea;

dyspneal
a1
not breathing or able to breathe except with difficulty;

- "breathless at thought of what I had done";

- "breathless from running";

- "followed the match with breathless interest";

- syn. breathless, dyspneic, dyspnoeal, dyspnoeic;

- also unventilated;

- sim. asphyxiating, blown, smothering;

dyspneic
a1
not breathing or able to breathe except with difficulty;

- "breathless at thought of what I had done";

- "breathless from running";

- "followed the match with breathless interest";

- syn. breathless, dyspneal, dyspnoeal, dyspnoeic;

- also unventilated;

- sim. asphyxiating, blown, smothering;

dyspnoea / d ɪ s p n i ə /
n1
difficult or labored respiration;

- syn. dyspnea;

dyspnoeal
a1
not breathing or able to breathe except with difficulty;

- "breathless at thought of what I had done";

- "breathless from running";

- "followed the match with breathless interest";

- syn. breathless, dyspneal, dyspneic, dyspnoeic;

- also unventilated;

- sim. asphyxiating, blown, smothering;

dyspnoeic
a1
not breathing or able to breathe except with difficulty;

- "breathless at thought of what I had done";

- "breathless from running";

- "followed the match with breathless interest";

- syn. breathless, dyspneal, dyspneic, dyspnoeal;

- also unventilated;

- sim. asphyxiating, blown, smothering;

dysprosium
n1
a trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group;

- forms compounds that are highly magnetic;

- syn. Dy, atomic number 66;

dyssynergia
n1
inability to coordinate voluntary muscle movements;

- unsteady movements and staggering gait;

- syn. ataxia, ataxy, motor ataxia;

dysthymia
n1
mild chronic depression;

- "I thought she had just been in a bad mood for thirty years, but the doctor called it dysthymia";

- syn. dysthymic depression;

dysthymic depression
n1
mild chronic depression;

- "I thought she had just been in a bad mood for thirty years, but the doctor called it dysthymia";

- syn. dysthymia;

dystopia
n1
state in which the conditions of life are extremely bad as from deprivation or oppression or terror;

n2
a work of fiction describing an imaginary place where life is extremely bad because of deprivation or oppression or terror;

dystopian
a1
of or pertaining to or resembling a dystopia;

a2
as bad as can be;

- characterized by human misery;

- "AIDS is one of the dystopian harbingers of the global villages"- Susan Sontag;

dystrophy
n1
any of several hereditary diseases of the muscular system characterized by weakness and wasting of skeletal muscles;

- syn. muscular dystrophy;

n2
any degenerative disorder resulting from inadequate or faulty nutrition;

dysuria
n1
painful or difficult urination;

Dytiscidae
n1
water beetles;

- syn. family Dytiscidae;

Dyushambe
n1
the capital of Tajikistan;

- formerly Stalinabad 1926-1991;

- syn. Dusanbe, Dushanbe, Stalinabad, capital of Tajikistan;

dziggetai / d z ɪ ɡ ɪ t aɪ /
n1
Mongolian wild ass;

- syn. Equus hemionus hemionus, chigetai;

E / i /
n1
a fat-soluble vitamin that is essential for normal reproduction;

- an important antioxidant that neutralizes free radicals in the body;

- syn. tocopherol, vitamin E;

n2
a radioactive transuranic element produced by bombarding plutonium with neutrons;

- syn. Es, atomic number 99, einsteinium;

n3
the cardinal compass point that is at 90 degrees;

- syn. due east, east, eastward;

n4
the base of the natural system of logarithms;

- approximately equal to 2.718282...;

n5
the 5th letter of the Roman alphabet;

e'en / i n /
r1
even;

e'er / eə , eə ɹ /
r1
at all times;

- all the time and on every occasion;

- "I will always be there to help you";

- "always arrives on time";

- "there is always some pollution in the air";

- "ever hoping to strike it rich";

- "ever busy";

- syn. always, ever;

E-bomb
n1
a bomb that explodes in midair and releases a massive burst of electromagnetic energy sufficient to disable computers and telecommunications without killing people or damaging buildings;

- syn. microwave bomb;

e-commerce
n1
commerce conducted electronically (as on the internet);

E-LASIK
n1
a refractive surgery procedure that reshapes the cornea;

- syn. LASEK, laser-assisted subepithelial keratomileusis;

e-mail
n1
(computer science) a system of world-wide electronic communication in which a computer user can compose a message at one terminal that can be regenerated at the recipient's terminal when the recipient logs in;

- "you cannot send packages by electronic mail";

- syn. electronic mail, email;

v1
communicate electronically on the computer;

- "she e-mailed me the good news";

- syn. email, netmail;

E-Mycin
n1
an antibiotic (trade name Erythrocin or E-Mycin or Ethril or Ilosone or Pediamycin) obtained from the actinomycete Streptomyces erythreus;

- effective against many Gram-positive bacteria and some Gram-negative;

- syn. Erythrocin, Ethril, Ilosone, Pediamycin, erythromycin;

E. A. von Willebrand
n1
Finnish physician who first described vascular hemophilia (1870-1949);

- syn. Erik Adolf von Willebrand, Erik von Willebrand, Willebrand, von Willebrand;

E. B. White
n1
United States writer noted for his humorous essays (1899-1985);

- syn. Elwyn Brooks White, White;

E. coli
n1
a species of bacterium normally present in intestinal tract of humans and other animals;

- sometimes pathogenic;

- can be a threat to food safety;

- syn. Escherichia coli;

e. e. cummings
n1
United States writer noted for his typographically eccentric poetry (1894-1962);

- syn. Edward Estlin Cummings, cummings;

E. G. Marshall
n1
United States actor (1914-1998);

- syn. Marshall;

E. H. Harriman
n1
United States railway tycoon (1848-1909);

- syn. Edward Henry Harriman, Harriman;

E. H. Weber
n1
German physiologist who studied sensory responses to stimuli and is considered the father of psychophysics (1795-1878);

- syn. Ernst Heinrich Weber, Weber;

E. L. Doctorow
n1
United States novelist (born in 1931);

- syn. Doctorow, Edgard Lawrence Doctorow;

E. O. Lawrence
n1
United States physicist who developed the cyclotron (1901-1958);

- syn. Ernest Orlando Lawrence, Lawrence;

E. O. Wilson
n1
United States entomologist who has generalized from social insects to other animals including humans (born in 1929);

- syn. Edward Osborne Wilson, Wilson;

E. T. A. Hoffmann
n1
German writer of fantastic tales (1776-1822);

- syn. Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann, Ernst Theodor Wilhelm Hoffmann, Hoffmann;

E. T. S. Walton
n1
Irish physicist who (with Sir John Cockcroft in 1931) first split an atom (1903-1995);

- syn. Ernest Thomas Sinton Walton, Ernest Walton, Walton;

E. W. Morley
n1
United States chemist and physicist who collaborated with Michelson in the Michelson-Morley experiment (1838-1923);

- syn. Edward Morley, Edward Williams Morley, Morley;

e.g.
r1
as an example;

- "take ribbon snakes, for example";

- syn. for example, for instance;

E.P.A.
n1
an independent federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment;

- syn. EPA, Environmental Protection Agency;

E.S.P.
n1
apparent power to perceive things that are not present to the senses;

- syn. ESP, clairvoyance, extrasensory perception, second sight;

E layer
n1
a region of the ionosphere (from 50 to 90 miles up) that reflects radio waves of medium length;

- syn. E region, Heaviside layer, Kennelly-Heaviside layer;

E region
n1
a region of the ionosphere (from 50 to 90 miles up) that reflects radio waves of medium length;

- syn. E layer, Heaviside layer, Kennelly-Heaviside layer;

Ea
n1
the Babylonian god of wisdom;

- son of Apsu and father of Marduk;

- counterpart of the Sumerian Enki;

- as one of the supreme triad including Anu and Bel he was assigned control of the watery element;

each / i tʃ /
a1
(used of count nouns) every one considered individually;

- "each person is mortal";

- "each party is welcome";

- sim. all;

r1
to or from every one of two or more (considered individually);

- "they received $10 each";

- syn. apiece, for each one, from each one, to each one;

each week
r1
without missing a week;

- "she visited her aunt weekly";

- syn. every week, hebdomadally, weekly;

each year
r1
without missing a year;

- "they travel to China annually";

- syn. annually, every year, yearly;

r2
by the year;

- every year (usually with reference to a sum of money paid or received);

- "he earned $100,000 per annum";

- "we issue six volumes per annum";

- syn. annually, p.a., per annum, per year;

Eacles
n1
imperial moths;

- syn. genus Eacles;

Eacles imperialis
n1
large American moth having yellow wings with purplish or brownish markings;

- larvae feed on e.g. maple and pine trees;

- syn. imperial moth;

Eadweard Muybridge
n1
United States motion-picture pioneer remembered for his pictures of running horses taken with a series of still cameras (born in England) (1830-1904);

- syn. Edward James Muggeridge, Muybridge;

Eadwig
n1
King of England who was renounced by Northumbria in favor of his brother Edgar (died in 959);

- syn. Edwy;

eager / i ɡ ə , i ɡ ə ɹ /
n1
a high wave (often dangerous) caused by tidal flow (as by colliding tidal currents or in a narrow estuary);

- syn. aegir, bore, eagre, tidal bore;

a1
having or showing keen interest or intense desire or impatient expectancy;

- "eager to learn";

- "eager to travel abroad";

- "eager for success";

- "eager helpers";

- "an eager look";

- also enthusiastic;

- sim. anxious, hot, impatient, overeager;

eager beaver
n1
an alert and energetic person;

- syn. busy bee, live wire, sharpie, sharpy;

eagerly / i ɡ ə ɫ i /
r1
with eagerness;

- in an eager manner;

- "the news was eagerly awaited";

- syn. thirstily;

eagerness / i ɡ ə n ə s /
n1
a positive feeling of wanting to push ahead with something;

- syn. avidity, avidness, keenness;

n2
prompt willingness;

- "readiness to continue discussions";

- "they showed no eagerness to spread the gospel";

- "they disliked his zeal in demonstrating his superiority";

- "he tried to explain his forwardness in battle";

- syn. forwardness, readiness, zeal;

eagle / i ɡ ɫ /
n1
any of various large keen-sighted diurnal birds of prey noted for their broad wings and strong soaring flight;

- syn. bird of Jove;

n2
(golf) a score of two strokes under par on a hole;

n3
a former gold coin in the United States worth 10 dollars;

n4
an emblem representing power;

- "the Roman eagle";

v1
shoot two strokes under par;

- "She eagled the hole";

- syn. double birdie;

v2
shoot in two strokes under par;

eagle-eyed / i ɡ ɫ aɪ d /
a1
capable of seeing to a great distance;

- syn. farseeing, keen-sighted, longsighted;

- sim. farsighted;

eagle ray
n1
powerful free-swimming tropical ray noted for `soaring' by flapping winglike fins;

- usually harmless but has venomous tissue near base of the tail as in stingrays;

Eagle Scout
n1
a Boy Scout who has earned many merit badges;

eaglet / i ɡ ɫ ɪ t /
n1
a young eagle;

eagre / eɪ ɡ ə /
n1
a high wave (often dangerous) caused by tidal flow (as by colliding tidal currents or in a narrow estuary);

- syn. aegir, bore, eager, tidal bore;

Eames
n1
United States designer noted for an innovative series of chairs (1907-1978);

- syn. Charles Eames;

Eames chair
n1
a chair designed by Charles Eames;

- originally made of molded plywood;

- seat and back shaped to fit the human body;

Eamon de Valera
n1
Irish statesman (born in the United States);

- as president of the Irish Free State he was responsible for the new constitution of 1937 that created the state of Eire (1882-1975);

- syn. de Valera;

ear / ɪə , ɪə ɹ /
n1
the sense organ for hearing and equilibrium;

n2
good hearing;

- "he had a keen ear";

- "a good ear for pitch";

n3
the externally visible cartilaginous structure of the external ear;

- syn. auricle, pinna;

n4
attention to what is said;

- "he tried to get her ear";

n5
fruiting spike of a cereal plant especially corn;

- syn. capitulum, spike;

ear-like
a1
having a shape resembling an ear;

- syn. auriform, ear-shaped;

- sim. rounded;

ear-nose-and-throat doctor
n1
a specialist in the disorders of the ear or nose or throat;

- syn. ENT man, otolaryngologist, otorhinolaryngologist, rhinolaryngologist;

ear-shaped
a1
having a shape resembling an ear;

- syn. auriform, ear-like;

- sim. rounded;

ear-shell
n1
any of various large edible marine gastropods of the genus Haliotis having an ear-shaped shell with pearly interior;

- syn. abalone;

ear canal
n1
either of the passages in the outer ear from the auricle to the tympanic membrane;

- syn. acoustic meatus, auditory canal, auditory meatus, external auditory canal;

ear doctor
n1
a physician who specializes in the ear and its diseases;

- syn. ear specialist, otologist;

ear fungus
n1
widely distributed edible fungus shaped like a human ear and growing on decaying wood;

- syn. Auricularia auricula, Jew's-ear, Jew's-ears;

ear hole
n1
a hole (as in a helmet) for sound to reach the ears;

ear lobe
n1
the fleshy pendulous part of the external human ear;

- syn. earlobe;

ear specialist
n1
a physician who specializes in the ear and its diseases;

- syn. ear doctor, otologist;

ear trumpet
n1
a conical acoustic device formerly used to direct sound to the ear of a hearing-impaired person;

- syn. hearing aid;

earache / ɪə ɹ eɪ k /
n1
an ache localized in the middle or inner ear;

- syn. otalgia;

eardrop / ɪə d ɹ ɒ p /
n1
an earring with a pendant ornament;

- syn. drop earring, pendant earring;

eardrum / ɪə d ɹ ʌ m /
n1
the membrane in the ear that vibrates to sound;

- syn. myringa, tympanic membrane, tympanum;

eared / ɪə d , ɪə ɹ d /
a1
worn or shabby from overuse or (of pages) from having corners turned down;

- "a somewhat dog-eared duke...a bit run down"-Clifton Fadiman;

- "an old book with dog-eared pages";

- syn. dog-eared;

- sim. worn;

a2
having ears (or appendages resembling ears) or having ears of a specified kind;

- often used in combination;

- sim. auriculate, lop-eared, mouse-eared, short-eared, small-eared;

eared grebe
n1
small grebe with yellow ear tufts and a black neck;

- found in Eurasia and southern Africa as well as western United States;

- syn. Podiceps nigricollis, black-necked grebe;

eared seal
n1
pinniped mammal having external ear flaps and hind limbs used for locomotion on land;

- valued for its soft underfur;

earflap / ɪə f ɫ æ p /
n1
one of two flaps attached to a cap to keep the ears warm;

- syn. earlap;

earful / ɪə f ʊ ɫ /
n1
an outpouring of gossip;

n2
a severe scolding;

- syn. bawling out, castigation, chewing out, dressing down, going-over, upbraiding;

Earhart / ɪə h ɑ t /
n1
first woman aviator to fly solo nonstop across the Atlantic (1928);

- while attempting to fly around the world she disappeared over the Pacific (1898-1937);

- syn. Amelia Earhart;

earl / ɝ ɫ /
n1
a British peer ranking below a marquess and above a viscount;

Earl Marshal
n1
an officer of the English peerage who organizes royal processions and other ceremonies;

Earl of Leicester
n1
an English nobleman who led the baronial rebellion against Henry III (1208-1265);

- syn. Montfort, Simon de Montfort;

Earl of Warwick
n1
English statesman;

- during the War of the Roses he fought first for the house of York and secured the throne for Edward IV and then changed sides to fight for the house of Lancaster and secured the throne for Henry VI (1428-1471);

- syn. Kingmaker, Richard Neville, Warwick;

Earl Russell
n1
English philosopher and mathematician who collaborated with Whitehead (1872-1970);

- syn. Bertrand Arthur William Russell, Bertrand Russell, Russell;

Earl Warren
n1
United States jurist who served as chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1891-1974);

- syn. Warren;

earlap
n1
one of two flaps attached to a cap to keep the ears warm;

- syn. earflap;

earldom / ɝ ɫ d ə m /
n1
the dignity or rank or position of an earl or countess;

n2
the domain controlled by an earl or count or countess;

earleaved umbrella tree
n1
small erect deciduous tree with large leaves in coiled formations at branch tips;

- syn. Magnolia fraseri;

earless / ɪə ɫ ɛ s /
a1
lacking external ears;

- "earless seals";

earless lizard
n1
any of several slender lizards without external ear openings: of plains of western United States and Mexico;

earless seal
n1
any of several seals lacking external ear flaps and having a stiff hairlike coat with hind limbs reduced to swimming flippers;

- syn. hair seal, true seal;

earlier / ɝ ɫ ɪə , ɝ ɫ ɪə ɹ /
a1
(comparative and superlative of `early') more early than;

- most early;

- "a fashion popular in earlier times";

- "his earlier work reflects the influence of his teacher";

- "Verdi's earliest and most raucous opera";

- syn. earliest;

- sim. early;

r1
earlier in time;

- previously;

- "I had known her before";

- "as I said before";

- "he called me the day before but your call had come even earlier";

- "her parents had died four years earlier";

- "I mentioned that problem earlier";

- syn. before;

r2
comparatives of `soon' or `early';

- "Come a little sooner, if you can";

- "came earlier than I expected";

- syn. sooner;

r3
before now;

- "why didn't you tell me in the first place?";

- syn. in the beginning, in the first place, originally, to begin with;

earliest / ɝ ɫ ɪ ih s t /
a1
(comparative and superlative of `early') more early than;

- most early;

- "a fashion popular in earlier times";

- "his earlier work reflects the influence of his teacher";

- "Verdi's earliest and most raucous opera";

- syn. earlier;

- sim. early;

r1
with the least delay;

- "the soonest I can arrive is 3 P.M.";

- syn. soonest;

earliness
n1
quality of coming early or earlier in time;

earlobe / ɪə ɫ oʊ b /
n1
the fleshy pendulous part of the external human ear;

- syn. ear lobe;

early / ɝ ɫ i /
a1
at or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time;

- "early morning";

- "an early warning";

- "early diagnosis";

- "an early death";

- "took early retirement";

- "an early spring";

- "early varieties of peas and tomatoes mature before most standard varieties";

- also first;

- sim. aboriginal, advance, archean, archeozoic, azoic, earlier, earlyish, premature, previous, proterozoic, proto, wee;

a2
being or occurring at an early stage of development;

- "in an early stage";

- "early forms of life";

- "early man";

- "an early computer";

- sim. archaic, crude, embryonic, incipient, new, precocious;

a3
belonging to the distant past;

- "the early inhabitants of Europe";

- "former generations";

- "in other times";

- syn. former, other;

- sim. past;

a4
very young;

- "at an early age";

- sim. young;

a5
of an early stage in the development of a language or literature;

- "the Early Hebrew alphabetical script is that used mainly from the 11th to the 6th centuries B.C.";

- "Early Modern English is represented in documents printed from 1476 to 1700";

- sim. Old;

a6
expected in the near future;

- "look for an early end to the negotiations";

- sim. future;

r1
during an early stage;

- "early on in her career";

- syn. early on;

r2
before the usual time or the time expected;

- "she graduated early";

- "the house was completed ahead of time";

- syn. ahead of time, too soon;

r3
in good time;

- "he awoke betimes that morning";

- syn. betimes;

early-blooming
a1
of plants that bloom during the spring;

- syn. early-flowering, late-spring-blooming, spring-blooming, spring-flowering;

- sim. vernal;

early-flowering
a1
of plants that bloom during the spring;

- syn. early-blooming, late-spring-blooming, spring-blooming, spring-flowering;

- sim. vernal;

early-morning hour
n1
an hour early in the morning;

early bird
n1
a person who arrives early before others do;

n2
a person who gets up very early in the morning;

early childhood
n1
the early stage of growth or development;

- syn. babyhood, infancy;

early coral root
n1
plant having clumps of nearly leafless pale yellowish to greenish stems bearing similarly colored flowers with white lower lips;

- northern New Mexico north through South Dakota and Washington to Alaska;

- syn. Corallorhiza trifida, pale coral root;

early days
n1
an early period of development;

- "during the youth of the project";

- syn. youth;

early morel
n1
resembles a thimble on a finger;

- the surface of the fertile portion is folded into wrinkles that extend from the top down;

- fruiting begins in spring before the leaves are out on the trees;

- syn. Verpa bohemica;

early on
r1
during an early stage;

- "early on in her career";

- syn. early;

early purple orchid
n1
Eurasian orchid with showy pink or purple flowers in a loose spike;

- syn. Orchis mascula, male orchis;

early spider orchid
n1
spring-blooming spider orchid having a flower with yellow or green or pink sepals and a broad brown velvety lip;

- syn. Ophrys sphegodes;

early wake-robin
n1
a low perennial white-flowered trillium found in the southeastern United States;

- syn. dwarf-white trillium, snow trillium;

early warning radar
n1
a radar that is part of an early warning system;

early warning system
n1
a network of radar installations designed to detect enemy missiles or aircraft while there is still time to intercept them;

early winter cress
n1
of southwestern Europe;

- cultivated in Florida;

- syn. American cress, American watercress, Barbarea praecox, Barbarea verna, Belle Isle cress, land cress;

earlyish
a1
being somewhat early;

- "at an earlyish hour";

- sim. early;

earmark / ɪə m ɑ k /
n1
identification mark on the ear of a domestic animal;

n2
a distinctive characteristic or attribute;

- syn. hallmark, stylemark, trademark;

v1
give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause;

- "I will earmark this money for your research";

- "She sets aside time for meditation every day";

- syn. allow, appropriate, reserve, set aside;

earmuff / ɪə m ʌ f /
n1
either of a pair of ear coverings (usually connected by a headband) that are worn to keep the ears warm in cold weather;

earn / ɝ n /
v1
earn on some commercial or business transaction;

- earn as salary or wages;

- "How much do you make a month in your new job?";

- "She earns a lot in her new job";

- "this merger brought in lots of money";

- "He clears $5,000 each month";

- syn. bring in, clear, gain, make, pull in, realise, realize, take in;

v2
acquire or deserve by one's efforts or actions;

- "its beauty won Paris the name 'City of Lights'";

- syn. garner, win;

earned / ɝ n d /
a1
gained or acquired;

- especially through merit or as a result of effort or action;

- "a well-earned reputation for honesty";

- "earned income";

- "an earned run in baseball";

- sim. attained;

earned run
n1
a run that was not scored as the result of an error by the other team;

earned run average
n1
(baseball) a measure of a pitcher's effectiveness;

- calculated as the average number of earned runs allowed by the pitcher for every nine innings pitched;

- syn. ERA;

earner / ɝ n ə , ɝ n ə ɹ /
n1
someone who earn wages in return for their labor;

- syn. wage earner;

earnest / ɝ n ɪ s t /
n1
something of value given by one person to another to bind a contract;

a1
characterized by a firm and humorless belief in the validity of your opinions;

- "both sides were deeply in earnest, even passionate";

- "an entirely sincere and cruel tyrant";

- "a film with a solemn social message";

- syn. sincere, solemn;

- sim. serious;

a2
sincerely earnest;

- "one's dearest wish";

- "devout wishes for their success";

- "heartfelt condolences";

- syn. dear, devout, heartfelt;

- sim. sincere;

a3
not distracted by anything unrelated to the goal;

- syn. businesslike;

- sim. purposeful;

earnest money
n1
money given by a buyer to a seller to bind a contract;

- syn. arles;

earnestly / ɝ n ɪ s t ɫ i /
r1
in a serious manner;

- "talking earnestly with his son";

- "she started studying snakes in earnest";

- "a play dealing seriously with the question of divorce";

- syn. in earnest, seriously;

earnestness / ɝ n ɪ s t n ə s /
n1
an earnest and sincere feeling;

- syn. seriousness, sincerity;

n2
the trait of being serious;

- "a lack of solemnity is not necessarily a lack of seriousness"- Robert Rice;

- syn. serious-mindedness, seriousness, sincerity;

earning per share
n1
the portion of a company's profit allocated to each outstanding share of common stock;

earnings / ɝ n ɪ ŋ z /
n1
the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses);

- syn. lucre, net, net income, net profit, profit, profits;

n2
something that remunerates;

- "wages were paid by check";

- "he wasted his pay on drink";

- "they saved a quarter of all their earnings";

- syn. pay, remuneration, salary, wage;

Earnings Before Interest Taxes Depreciation and Amortization
n1
income before interest and taxes and depreciation and amortization have been subtracted;

- an indicator of a company's profitability that is watched by investors (especially in leveraged buyouts);

- syn. EBITDA;

earnings report
n1
a financial statement that gives operating results for a specific period;

- syn. income statement, operating statement, profit-and-loss statement;

earphone / ɪə f oʊ n /
n1
electro-acoustic transducer for converting electric signals into sounds;

- it is held over or inserted into the ear;

- "it was not the typing but the earphones that she disliked";

- syn. earpiece, headphone, phone;

earpiece / ɪə p i s /
n1
electro-acoustic transducer for converting electric signals into sounds;

- it is held over or inserted into the ear;

- "it was not the typing but the earphones that she disliked";

- syn. earphone, headphone, phone;

earplug / ɪə p ɫ ʌ ɡ /
n1
an earphone that is inserted into the ear canal;

n2
a plug of cotton, wax, or rubber that is fitted into the ear canal for protection against the entry of water or loud noise;

earreach
n1
the range within which a voice can be heard;

- "the children were told to stay within earshot";

- syn. earshot, hearing;

earring / ɪə ɹ ɪ ŋ /
n1
jewelry to ornament the ear;

- usually clipped to the earlobe or fastened through a hole in the lobe;

earshot / ɪə ʃ ɒ t /
n1
the range within which a voice can be heard;

- "the children were told to stay within earshot";

- syn. earreach, hearing;

earsplitting / ɪə s p ɫ ɪ t ɪ ŋ /
a1
loud enough to cause (temporary) hearing loss;

- syn. deafening, thunderous, thundery;

- sim. loud;

Earth / ɝ θ /
n1
the 3rd planet from the sun;

- the planet we live on;

- "the Earth moves around the sun";

- "he sailed around the world";

- syn. globe, world;

n2
the loose soft material that makes up a large part of the land surface;

- "they dug into the earth outside the church";

- syn. ground;

n3
the solid part of the earth's surface;

- "the plane turned away from the sea and moved back over land";

- "the earth shook for several minutes";

- "he dropped the logs on the ground";

- syn. dry land, ground, land, solid ground, terra firma;

n4
the abode of mortals (as contrasted with Heaven or Hell);

- "it was hell on earth";

n5
once thought to be one of four elements composing the universe (Empedocles);

n6
the concerns of this life as distinguished from heaven and the afterlife;

- "they consider the church to be independent of the world";

- syn. earthly concern, world, worldly concern;

n7
a connection between an electrical device and a large conducting body, such as the earth (which is taken to be at zero voltage);

- syn. ground;

v1
hide in the earth like a hunted animal;

v2
connect to the earth;

- "earth the circuit";

Earth's crust
n1
the outer layer of the Earth;

- syn. crust;

Earth's surface
n1
the outermost level of the land or sea;

- "earthquakes originate far below the surface";

- "three quarters of the Earth's surface is covered by water";

- syn. surface;

earth-ball
n1
any of various highly prized edible subterranean fungi of the genus Tuber;

- grow naturally in southwestern Europe;

- syn. earthnut, truffle;

earth-closet / ɝ θ k ɫ ɒ z ɪ t /
n1
a small outbuilding with a bench having holes through which a user can defecate;

- syn. jakes, outhouse, privy;

earth-god
n1
a god of fertility and vegetation;

- syn. earth god;

earth-goddess
n1
a goddess of fertility and vegetation;

- syn. earth goddess;

earth-nut pea
n1
European herb bearing small tubers used for food and in Scotland to flavor whiskey;

- syn. Lathyrus tuberosus, earthnut pea, heath pea, tuberous vetch;

Earth-received time
n1
the coordinated universal time when an event is received on Earth;

- syn. ERT;

earth-tongue
n1
any club-shaped fungus of the genus Geoglossum;

- syn. earthtongue;

earth almond
n1
European sedge having small edible nutlike tubers;

- syn. Cyperus esculentus, chufa, ground almond, rush nut, yellow nutgrass;

earth color
n1
a colored mineral used as a pigment;

earth god
n1
a god of fertility and vegetation;

- syn. earth-god;

earth goddess
n1
a goddess of fertility and vegetation;

- syn. earth-goddess;

earth mother
n1
the earth conceived of as the female principle of fertility;

earth science
n1
any of the sciences that deal with the earth or its parts;

earth tremor
n1
a small earthquake;

- syn. microseism, tremor;

earth up
v1
block with earth, as after a landslide;

- syn. land up;

earth wax
n1
a waxy mineral that is a mixture of hydrocarbons and occurs in association with petroleum;

- some varieties are used in making ceresin and candles;

- syn. ader wax, mineral wax, ozocerite, ozokerite;

earthball
n1
any of various fungi of the genus Scleroderma having hard-skinned subterranean fruiting bodies resembling truffles;

- syn. false truffle, hard-skinned puffball, puffball;

earthborn
a1
of earthly origin (as mortals are);

- "earthborn existence";

- sim. mortal;

a2
springing from or born on the earth;

- "earthborn beings";

- sim. human;

a3
connected with earthly life;

- of earthly origin;

- "earthborn cares and pleasures";

- sim. earthly;

earthbound / ɝ θ b aʊ n d /
a1
confined to the earth;

- sim. earthly;

a2
lacking wit or imagination;

- "a pedestrian movie plot";

- syn. pedestrian, prosaic, prosy;

- sim. uninteresting;

earthen / ɝ θ n /
a1
made of earth (or baked clay);

- "an earthen pot";

earthenware / ɛ ð n w eə , ɛ ð n w eə ɹ /
n1
ceramic ware made of porous clay fired at low heat;

earthenware jar
n1
an earthen jar (made of baked clay);

- syn. crock;

earthing / ɝ θ ɪ ŋ /
n1
fastening electrical equipment to earth;

- syn. grounding;

earthlike
a1
earth colored;

- of something having a color of soil or earth;

- "a range of earthlike colors";

- sim. chromatic;

a2
resembling or characteristic of earth;

- "earthlike atmosphere";

- sim. earthly;

earthling / ɝ θ ɫ ɪ ŋ /
n1
an inhabitant of the earth;

- syn. earthman, tellurian, worldling;

earthly / ɝ θ ɫ i /
a1
of or belonging to or characteristic of this earth as distinguished from heaven;

- "earthly beings";

- "believed that our earthly life is all that matters";

- "earthly love";

- "our earthly home";

- also mortal, profane, secular, temporal, worldly;

- sim. earthborn, earthbound, earthlike, mundane, sublunar, temporal;

earthly concern
n1
the concerns of this life as distinguished from heaven and the afterlife;

- "they consider the church to be independent of the world";

- syn. earth, world, worldly concern;

earthman / ɝ θ m æ n /
n1
an inhabitant of the earth;

- syn. earthling, tellurian, worldling;

earthnut / ɝ θ n ʌ t /
n1
any of various highly prized edible subterranean fungi of the genus Tuber;

- grow naturally in southwestern Europe;

- syn. earth-ball, truffle;

n2
a common European plant having edible tubers with the flavor of roasted chestnuts;

- syn. Conopodium denudatum;

n3
pod of the peanut vine containing usually 2 nuts or seeds;

- `groundnut' and `monkey nut' are British terms;

- syn. goober, goober pea, groundnut, monkey nut, peanut;

n4
edible subterranean fungus of the genus Tuber;

- syn. truffle;

earthnut pea
n1
European herb bearing small tubers used for food and in Scotland to flavor whiskey;

- syn. Lathyrus tuberosus, earth-nut pea, heath pea, tuberous vetch;

earthquake / ɝ θ k w eɪ k /
n1
shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane or from volcanic activity;

- syn. quake, seism, temblor;

n2
a disturbance that is extremely disruptive;

- "selling the company caused an earthquake among the employees";

earthshaking / ɝ θ ʃ eɪ k ɪ ŋ /
a1
loud enough to shake the very earth;

- sim. loud;

a2
sufficiently significant to affect the whole world;

- "earthshaking proposals";

- "the contest was no world-shaking affair";

- "the conversation...could hardly be called world-shattering";

- syn. world-shaking, world-shattering;

- sim. significant;

earthstar / ɝ θ s t ɑr /
n1
any fungus of the family Geastraceae;

- in form suggesting a puffball whose outer peridium splits into the shape of a star;

earthtongue
n1
any club-shaped fungus of the genus Geoglossum;

- syn. earth-tongue;

earthwork / ɝ θ w ɝ k /
n1
an earthen rampart;

earthworm / ɝ θ w ɝ m /
n1
terrestrial worm that burrows into and helps aerate soil;

- often surfaces when the ground is cool or wet;

- used as bait by anglers;

- syn. angleworm, crawler, dew worm, fishing worm, fishworm, nightcrawler, nightwalker, red worm, wiggler;

earthy / ɝ θ i /
a1
conspicuously and tastelessly indecent;

- "coarse language";

- "a crude joke";

- "crude behavior";

- "an earthy sense of humor";

- "a revoltingly gross expletive";

- "a vulgar gesture";

- "full of language so vulgar it should have been edited";

- syn. crude, gross, vulgar;

- sim. indecent;

a2
not far removed from or suggestive of nature;

- "the earthy taste of warm milk fresh from the cow";

- "earthy smells of new-mown grass";

- sim. natural;

a3
hearty and lusty;

- "an earthy enjoyment of life";

- sim. uninhibited;

a4
of or consisting of or resembling earth;

- "it had an earthy smell";

- "only a little earthy bank separates me from the edge of the ocean";

a5
sensible and practical;

- "has a straightforward down-to-earth approach to a problem";

- "her earthy common sense";

- syn. down-to-earth;

- sim. realistic;

earwax / ɪə w æ k s /
n1
a soft yellow wax secreted by glands in the ear canal;

- syn. cerumen;

earwig / ɪə w ɪ ɡ /
n1
any of numerous insects of the order Dermaptera having elongate bodies and slender many-jointed antennae and a pair of large pincers at the rear of the abdomen;

EAS
n1
a federal warning system that is activated by FEMA;

- enables the President to take over the United States airwaves to warn the whole country of major catastrophic events;

- syn. Emergency Alert System;

ease / i z /
n1
freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort;

- "he rose through the ranks with apparent ease";

- "they put it into containers for ease of transportation";

- "the very easiness of the deed held her back";

- syn. easiness, simpleness, simplicity;

n2
a freedom from financial difficulty that promotes a comfortable state;

- "a life of luxury and ease";

- "he had all the material comforts of this world";

- syn. comfort;

n3
the condition of being comfortable or relieved (especially after being relieved of distress);

- "he enjoyed his relief from responsibility";

- "getting it off his conscience gave him some ease";

- syn. relief;

n4
freedom from constraint or embarrassment;

- "I am never at ease with strangers";

- syn. informality;

n5
freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility);

- "took his repose by the swimming pool";

- syn. relaxation, repose, rest;

v1
move gently or carefully;

- "He eased himself into the chair";

- also ease up;

v2
lessen pain or discomfort;

- alleviate;

- "ease the pain in your legs";

- syn. comfort;

v3
make easier;

- "you could facilitate the process by sharing your knowledge";

- syn. alleviate, facilitate;

v4
lessen the intensity of or calm;

- "The news eased my conscience";

- "still the fears";

- syn. allay, relieve, still;

ease off
v1
become less intense;

- syn. ease up, flag, slacken off;

v2
reduce pressure or intensity;

- "he eased off the gas pedal and the car slowed down";

- syn. ease up, let up;

ease up
v1
move in order to make room for someone for something;

- "The park gave way to a supermarket";

- "`Move over,' he told the crowd";

- syn. give, give way, move over, yield;

v2
become less intense;

- syn. ease off, flag, slacken off;

v3
reduce pressure or intensity;

- "he eased off the gas pedal and the car slowed down";

- syn. ease off, let up;

eased / i z d /
a1
(of pain or sorrow) made easier to bear;

- syn. alleviated, relieved;

- sim. mitigated;

easel / i z ɫ /
n1
an upright tripod for displaying something (usually an artist's canvas);

easement / i z m ə n t /
n1
(law) the privilege of using something that is not your own (as using another's land as a right of way to your own land);

n2
the act of reducing something unpleasant (as pain or annoyance);

- "he asked the nurse for relief from the constant pain";

- syn. alleviation, easing, relief;

easily / i z ə ɫ i /
r1
with ease (`easy' is sometimes used informally for `easily');

- "she was easily excited";

- "was easily confused";

- "he won easily";

- "this china breaks very easily";

- "success came too easy";

- syn. easy;

r2
without question;

- "easily the best book she's written";

r3
indicating high probability;

- in all likelihood;

- "I might well do it";

- "a mistake that could easily have ended in disaster";

- "you may well need your umbrella";

- "he could equally well be trying to deceive us";

- syn. well;

easiness / i z ɪ n ə s /
n1
a feeling of refreshing tranquility and an absence of tension or worry;

- "the easiness we feel when sleeping";

- syn. relaxation;

n2
freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort;

- "he rose through the ranks with apparent ease";

- "they put it into containers for ease of transportation";

- "the very easiness of the deed held her back";

- syn. ease, simpleness, simplicity;

n3
the quality of being easy in behavior or style;

- "there was an easiness between them";

- "a natural easiness of manner";

easing / i z ɪ ŋ /
n1
a change for the better;

- syn. moderation, relief;

n2
the act of reducing something unpleasant (as pain or annoyance);

- "he asked the nurse for relief from the constant pain";

- syn. alleviation, easement, relief;

east / i s t /
n1
the cardinal compass point that is at 90 degrees;

- syn. E, due east, eastward;

n2
the countries of Asia;

- syn. Orient;

n3
the region of the United States lying to the north of the Ohio River and to the east of the Mississippi River;

- syn. eastern United States;

n4
the direction corresponding to the eastward cardinal compass point;

n5
a location in the eastern part of a country, region, or city;

a1
situated in or facing or moving toward the east;

- sim. eastbound, easterly, easterly, eastern, easternmost, eastside;

r1
to, toward, or in the east;

- "we travelled east for several miles";

- "located east of Rome";

east-central
a1
of a region of the United States generally including Kentucky, West Virginia;

- sim. eastern;

East-sider
n1
a resident of the east side of Manhattan in New York City;

east-west direction
n1
in a direction parallel with lines of latitude;

East Africa
n1
a geographical area in eastern Africa;

East African
a1
of or relating to or located in East Africa;

east African cedar
n1
tropical African timber tree with fragrant wood;

- syn. Juniperus procera;

East Anglia
n1
a region of eastern England that was formerly a kingdom;

east by north
n1
the compass point that is one point north of due east;

- syn. EbN;

east by south
n1
the compass point that is one point south of due east;

- syn. EbS;

East Chadic
n1
a group of Chadic languages spoken in Chad;

East China Sea
n1
part of the Pacific Ocean near eastern Asia;

East Coast
n1
the eastern seaboard of the United States (especially the strip between Boston and Washington D.C.);

East German
n1
a native or inhabitant of the former republic of East Germany;

a1
relating to or characteristic of East Germany;

- "East German spies";

East Germanic
n1
an extinct branch of the Germanic languages;

- syn. East Germanic language;

East Germanic language
n1
an extinct branch of the Germanic languages;

- syn. East Germanic;

East Germany
n1
a republic in north central Europe on the Baltic;

- established by the Soviet Union in 1954;

- reunified with West Germany in 1990;

- syn. German Democratic Republic;

East India
n1
a group of islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans between Asia and Australia;

- syn. East Indies, Malay Archipelago;

East India Company
n1
an English company formed in 1600 to develop trade with the new British colonies in India and southeastern Asia;

- in the 18th century it assumed administrative control of Bengal and held it until the British army took over in 1858 after the Indian Mutiny;

East India kino
n1
reddish or black juice or resin from certain trees of the genus Pterocarpus and used in medicine and tanning etc;

- syn. Malabar kino, kino gum;

East India rosewood
n1
East Indian tree having a useful dark purple wood;

- syn. Dalbergia latifolia, East Indian rosewood, Indian blackwood, Indian rosewood;

East Indian
n1
a native or inhabitant of the East Indies;

a1
of or relating to or located in the East Indies;

East Indian fig tree
n1
East Indian tree that puts out aerial shoots that grow down into the soil forming additional trunks;

- syn. Ficus bengalensis, Indian banyan, banian, banian tree, banyan, banyan tree;

East Indian rosebay
n1
tropical shrub having glossy foliage and fragrant nocturnal flowers with crimped or wavy corollas;

- northern India to Thailand;

- syn. Adam's apple, Nero's crown, Tabernaemontana divaricate, coffee rose, crape jasmine, crepe gardenia, crepe jasmine, pinwheel flower;

East Indian rosewood
n1
East Indian tree having a useful dark purple wood;

- syn. Dalbergia latifolia, East India rosewood, Indian blackwood, Indian rosewood;

East Indies
n1
a group of islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans between Asia and Australia;

- syn. East India, Malay Archipelago;

East Malaysia
n1
the part of Malaysia that is on the island of Borneo;

East Midland
n1
the dialect of Middle English that replaced West Saxon as the literary language and which developed into Modern English;

east northeast
n1
the compass point midway between northeast and east;

- syn. ENE;

East Pakistan
n1
a Muslim republic in southern Asia bordered by India to the north and west and east and the Bay of Bengal to the south;

- formerly part of India and then part of Pakistan;

- it achieved independence in 1971;

- syn. Bangla Desh, Bangladesh, People's Republic of Bangladesh;

East Pakistani
a1
of or relating to or characteristic of Bangladesh or its people or language;

- "Bangladeshi dialects";

- syn. Bangladeshi;

East River
n1
a tidal strait separating Manhattan and the Bronx from Queens and Brooklyn;

East Saint Louis
n1
a town in southwest Illinois on the Mississippi across from Saint Louis;

East Sea
n1
an arm of the Pacific bordered by Japan, Korea, North Korea, and Russia;

- syn. Sea of Japan;

east side
n1
the side that is on the east;

east southeast
n1
the compass point midway between east and southeast;

- syn. ESE;

East Sussex
n1
a county in southern England on the English Channel;

East Timor
n1
a former Portuguese colony that was annexed by Indonesia in 1976;

- voted for independence from Indonesia in 1999 and in May 2002 became an independent nation;

East Tocharian
n1
a dialect of Tocharian;

- syn. Turfan, Turfan dialect;

East Turkestan Islamic Movement
n1
a group of Uighur Muslims fighting Chinese control of Xinjiang;

- declared by China in 2001 to be terrorists although there is a long history of cycles of insurgency and repression;

- syn. East Turkistan Islamic Movement;

East Turkistan Islamic Movement
n1
a group of Uighur Muslims fighting Chinese control of Xinjiang;

- declared by China in 2001 to be terrorists although there is a long history of cycles of insurgency and repression;

- syn. East Turkestan Islamic Movement;

east wind
n1
a wind from the east;

- syn. easter, easterly;

eastbound / i s t b aʊ n d /
a1
moving toward the east;

- "eastbound trains";

- syn. eastward;

- sim. east;

Easter / i s t ə , i s t ə ɹ /
n1
a Christian celebration of the Resurrection of Christ;

- celebrated on the Sunday following the first full moon after the vernal equinox;

n2
a wind from the east;

- syn. east wind, easterly;

Easter bunny
n1
a rabbit that delivers Easter eggs;

Easter cactus
n1
spring-blooming South American cactus with oblong joints and coral-red flowers;

- sometimes placed in genus Schlumbergera;

- syn. Hatiora gaertneri, Schlumbergera gaertneri;

Easter card
n1
a card expressing an Easter greeting;

Easter daisy
n1
dwarf tufted nearly stemless herb having a rosette of woolly leaves and large white-rayed flower heads and bristly achenes;

- central Canada and United States west to Arizona;

- syn. Townsendia Exscapa, stemless daisy;

Easter Day
n1
the day (in March or April) on which the festival of Easter is celebrated;

- syn. Easter Sunday;

Easter egg
n1
an egg-shaped candy used to celebrate Easter;

n2
a colored hard-boiled egg used to celebrate Easter;

Easter lily
n1
tall lily have large white trumpet-shaped flowers that bloom in the spring;

- syn. Bermuda lily, Lilium longiflorum, white trumpet lily;

Easter lily vine
n1
evergreen woody twiner with large glossy leaves and showy corymbs of fragrant white trumpet-shaped flowers;

- syn. Beaumontia grandiflora, Nepal trumpet flower;

Easter Sunday
n1
the day (in March or April) on which the festival of Easter is celebrated;

- syn. Easter Day;

easterly / i s t ə ɫ i /
n1
a wind from the east;

- syn. east wind, easter;

a1
lying in or toward the east;

- "the east side of New York";

- "eastern cities";

- syn. eastern;

- sim. east;

a2
from the east;

- used especially of winds;

- "an eastern wind";

- "the winds are easterly";

- syn. eastern;

- sim. east;

r1
from the east;

- "the winds blew easterly all night";

eastern / i s t ə n /
a1
lying toward or situated in the east;

- "the eastern end of the island";

- sim. east;

a2
of or characteristic of eastern regions of the United States;

- "the Eastern establishment";

- sim. east-central, middle Atlantic, northeastern, southeastern;

a3
lying in or toward the east;

- "the east side of New York";

- "eastern cities";

- syn. easterly;

- sim. east;

a4
relating to or characteristic of regions of eastern parts of the world;

- "Eastern Europe";

- "the Eastern religions";

- sim. oriental;

a5
from the east;

- used especially of winds;

- "an eastern wind";

- "the winds are easterly";

- syn. easterly;

- sim. east;

Eastern Catholicism
n1
the beliefs and practices of any of the eastern Catholic Churches based in Constantinople or Antioch or Alexandria or Moscow or Jerusalem;

eastern chimpanzee
n1
long-haired chimpanzees of east-central Africa;

- closely related to the central chimpanzees;

- syn. Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii;

eastern chinquapin
n1
shrubby chestnut tree of southeastern United States having small edible nuts;

- syn. Allegheny chinkapin, Castanea pumila, chinquapin, dwarf chestnut;

eastern chipmunk
n1
small striped semiterrestrial eastern American squirrel with cheek pouches;

- syn. Tamias striatus, ground squirrel, hackee, striped squirrel;

Eastern Church
n1
derived from the Byzantine Church and adhering to Byzantine rites;

- syn. Eastern Orthodox, Eastern Orthodox Church, Orthodox Catholic Church, Orthodox Church;

n2
the Catholic Church as it existed in the Byzantine Empire;

- syn. Byzantine Church;

eastern coral snake
n1
ranges from Central America to southeastern United States;

- syn. Micrurus fulvius;

eastern cottontail
n1
widely distributed in United States except northwest and far west regions;

- syn. Sylvilagus floridanus;

Eastern cottonwood
n1
a common poplar of eastern and central United States;

- cultivated in United States for its rapid growth and luxuriant foliage and in Europe for timber;

- syn. Populus deltoides, necklace poplar;

eastern cricket frog
n1
a cricket frog of eastern United States;

- syn. Acris gryllus;

eastern dasyure
n1
a variety of dasyure;

- syn. Dasyurus quoll;

Eastern Desert
n1
a desert in Egypt between the Nile River and the Red Sea;

- syn. Arabian Desert;

eastern fence lizard
n1
small active lizard of United States and north to British Columbia;

- syn. Sceloporus undulatus, pine lizard;

eastern flowering dogwood
n1
deciduous tree;

- celebrated for its large white or pink bracts and stunning autumn color that is followed by red berries;

- syn. Cornus florida, common white dogwood;

eastern fox squirrel
n1
exceptionally large arboreal squirrel of eastern United States;

- syn. Sciurus niger, fox squirrel;

eastern gray squirrel
n1
common medium-large squirrel of eastern North America;

- now introduced into England;

- syn. Sciurus carolinensis, cat squirrel, eastern grey squirrel;

eastern grey squirrel
n1
common medium-large squirrel of eastern North America;

- now introduced into England;

- syn. Sciurus carolinensis, cat squirrel, eastern gray squirrel;

eastern ground snake
n1
in some classifications placed in genus Haldea;

- small reddish-grey snake of eastern North America;

- syn. Haldea striatula, Potamophis striatula;

eastern hemisphere
n1
the hemisphere that includes Eurasia and Africa and Australia;

- syn. orient;

eastern hemlock
n1
common forest tree of the eastern United States and Canada;

- used especially for pulpwood;

- syn. Canadian hemlock, Tsuga canadensis, spruce pine;

Eastern Highlands
n1
a mountain range running along the eastern coast of Australia;

- syn. Great Dividing Range;

Eastern hop hornbeam
n1
medium-sized hop hornbeam of eastern North America;

- syn. Ostrya virginiana, ironwood, ironwood tree;

eastern indigo snake
n1
a variety of indigo snake;

- syn. Drymarchon corais couperi;

eastern kingbird
n1
a kingbird that breeds in North America and winters in tropical America;

- distinguished by a white band on the tip of the tail;

eastern lowland gorilla
n1
a kind of gorilla;

- syn. Gorilla gorilla grauri;

Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
n1
an eastern subfamily of Malayo-Polynesian languages;

- syn. Oceanic;

eastern meadowlark
n1
a meadowlark of eastern North America;

- syn. Sturnella magna;

eastern narrow-mouthed toad
n1
small toad of southeastern United States;

- syn. Gastrophryne carolinensis;

Eastern Orthodox
n1
derived from the Byzantine Church and adhering to Byzantine rites;

- syn. Eastern Church, Eastern Orthodox Church, Orthodox Catholic Church, Orthodox Church;

a1
of or relating to or characteristic of the Eastern Orthodox Church;

- syn. Greek Orthodox, Orthodox, Russian Orthodox;

Eastern Orthodox Church
n1
derived from the Byzantine Church and adhering to Byzantine rites;

- syn. Eastern Church, Eastern Orthodox, Orthodox Catholic Church, Orthodox Church;

Eastern pasque flower
n1
short hairy perennial with early spring blue-violet or lilac flowers;

- North America and Siberia;

- syn. American pasqueflower, American pulsatilla, Anemone ludoviciana, Pulsatilla patens, blue tulip, lion's beard, prairie anemone, wild crocus;

eastern pipistrel
n1
one of the smallest bats of eastern North America;

- syn. Pipistrellus subflavus;

eastern poison oak
n1
poisonous shrub of southeastern United States causing a rash on contact;

- syn. Rhus quercifolia, Rhus toxicodenedron, Toxicodendron quercifolium;

eastern red-backed salamander
n1
common salamander of eastern North America;

- syn. Plethodon cinereus;

eastern red cedar
n1
small juniper found east of Rocky Mountains having a conic crown, brown bark that peels in shreds, and small sharp needles;

- syn. Juniperus virginiana, red cedar, red juniper;

Eastern Roman Empire
n1
a continuation of the Roman Empire in the Middle East after its division in 395;

- syn. Byzantine Empire, Byzantium;

Eastern Samoa
n1
a United States territory on the eastern part of the island of Samoa;

- syn. AS, American Samoa;

Eastern silvery aster
n1
a variety of aster;

Eastern Sioux
n1
a member of the eastern branch of the Sioux;

- syn. Santee, Santee Dakota, Santee Sioux;

eastern spruce
n1
medium-sized spruce of eastern North America;

- chief lumber spruce of the area;

- source of pulpwood;

- syn. Picea rubens, red spruce, yellow spruce;

Eastern Standard Time
n1
standard time in the 5th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 75th meridian;

- used in the eastern United States;

- syn. EST, Eastern Time;

Eastern Time
n1
standard time in the 5th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 75th meridian;

- used in the eastern United States;

- syn. EST, Eastern Standard Time;

Eastern Turki
n1
a Turkic literary language of medieval central Asia (named for one of the sons of Genghis Khan);

- syn. Chagatai, Jagatai, Jaghatai;

eastern United States
n1
the region of the United States lying to the north of the Ohio River and to the east of the Mississippi River;

- syn. East;

eastern white pine
n1
tall-growing pine of eastern North America;

- bark is brown with longitudinal fissures when mature;

- valued as a timber tree;

- syn. American white pine, Pinus strobus, weymouth pine;

eastern woodrat
n1
large greyish-brown wood rat of the southeastern United States;

- syn. Neotoma floridana;

easterner / i s t ə n ə , i s t ə n ə ɹ /
n1
an inhabitant of an eastern area;

- especially of the U.S.;

easternmost / i s t ə n m oʊ s t /
a1
farthest to the east;

- syn. eastmost;

- sim. east;

Eastertide
n1
the Easter season;

Eastman / i s t m æ n /
n1
United States inventor of a dry-plate process of developing photographic film and of flexible film (his firm introduced roll film) and of the box camera and of a process for color photography (1854-1932);

- syn. George Eastman;

eastmost
a1
farthest to the east;

- syn. easternmost;

- sim. east;

eastside / i s t s aɪ d /
a1
of the eastern part of a city e.g. Manhattan;

- "the eastside silk-stocking district";

- sim. east;

eastward / i s t w ə d /
n1
the cardinal compass point that is at 90 degrees;

- syn. E, due east, east;

a1
moving toward the east;

- "eastbound trains";

- syn. eastbound;

- sim. east;

r1
toward the east;

- "they migrated eastward to Sweden";

- syn. eastwards;

eastwards / i s t w ə d z /
r1
toward the east;

- "they migrated eastward to Sweden";

- syn. eastward;

easy / i z i /
a1
posing no difficulty;

- requiring little effort;

- "an easy job";

- "an easy problem";

- "an easy victory";

- "the house is easy to heat";

- "satisfied with easy answers";

- "took the easy way out of his dilemma";

- also effortless, simple, soft, undemanding;

- sim. casual, clean, cushy, elementary, hands-down, painless, smooth, user-friendly;

a2
not hurried or forced;

- "an easy walk around the block";

- "at a leisurely (or easygoing) pace";

- syn. easygoing, leisurely;

- sim. unhurried;

a3
free from worry or anxiety;

- "knowing that I had done my best, my mind was easy";

- "an easy good-natured manner";

- "by the time the child faced the actual problem of reading she was familiar and at ease with all the elements words";

- also comfortable, relaxed;

a4
affording pleasure;

- "easy good looks";

- sim. pleasing;

a5
having little impact;

- "an easy pat on the shoulder";

- "gentle rain";

- "a gentle breeze";

- "a soft (or light) tapping at the window";

- syn. gentle, soft;

- sim. light;

a6
readily exploited or tricked;

- "an easy victim";

- "an easy mark";

- sim. impressionable;

a7
in fortunate circumstances financially;

- moderately rich;

- "they were comfortable or even wealthy by some standards";

- "easy living";

- "a prosperous family";

- "his family is well-situated financially";

- "well-to-do members of the community";

- syn. comfortable, prosperous, well-fixed, well-heeled, well-off, well-situated, well-to-do;

- sim. rich;

a8
marked by moderate steepness;

- "an easy climb";

- "a gentle slope";

- syn. gentle;

- sim. gradual;

a9
affording comfort;

- "soft light that was easy on the eyes";

- sim. comfortable;

a10
casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior;

- "her easy virtue";

- "he was told to avoid loose (or light) women";

- "wanton behavior";

- syn. light, loose, promiscuous, sluttish, wanton;

- sim. unchaste;

a11
less in demand and therefore readily obtainable;

- "commodities are easy this quarter";

- sim. available;

a12
obtained with little effort or sacrifice, often obtained illegally;

- "easy money";

- sim. abundant;

r1
with ease (`easy' is sometimes used informally for `easily');

- "she was easily excited";

- "was easily confused";

- "he won easily";

- "this china breaks very easily";

- "success came too easy";

- syn. easily;

r2
without speed (`slow' is sometimes used informally for `slowly');

- "he spoke slowly";

- "go easy here--the road is slippery";

- "glaciers move tardily";

- "please go slow so I can see the sights";

- syn. slow, slowly, tardily;

r3
in a relaxed manner;

- or without hardship;

- "just wanted to take it easy";

- "the judge went easy on the young defendant";

- syn. soft;

easy chair
n1
a comfortable upholstered armchair;

- syn. lounge chair, overstuffed chair;

easy going
n1
easy unobstructed progress;

- "after we solved that problem the rest was plain sailing";

- syn. clear sailing, plain sailing;

easy lay
n1
street names for gamma hydroxybutyrate;

- syn. Georgia home boy, goop, grievous bodily harm, liquid ecstasy, max, scoop, soap;

easy mark
n1
a defenseless victim;

- syn. sitting duck;

easy money
n1
income obtained with a minimum of effort;

- syn. gravy train;

n2
the economic condition in which credit is easy to secure;

easy street
n1
financial security;

easygoing / i z ɪ ɡ oʊ ɪ ŋ /
a1
not hurried or forced;

- "an easy walk around the block";

- "at a leisurely (or easygoing) pace";

- syn. easy, leisurely;

- sim. unhurried;

a2
not burdensome or demanding;

- borne or done easily and without hardship;

- "what a cushy job!";

- "the easygoing life of a parttime consultant";

- "a soft job";

- syn. cushy, soft;

- sim. easy;

a3
relaxed and informal in attitude or standards;

- "an easygoing teacher who allowed extra time for assignments";

- sim. undemanding;

easygoingness
n1
being without worry or concern;

eat / ɛ t , i t /
v1
take in solid food;

- "She was eating a banana";

- "What did you eat for dinner last night?";

v2
eat a meal;

- take a meal;

- "We did not eat until 10 P.M. because there were so many phone calls";

- "I didn't eat yet, so I gladly accept your invitation";

- also eat in, eat out, eat up;

v3
take in food;

- used of animals only;

- "This dog doesn't eat certain kinds of meat";

- "What do whales eat?";

- syn. feed;

v4
worry or cause anxiety in a persistent way;

- "What's eating you?";

- syn. eat on;

v5
use up (resources or materials);

- "this car consumes a lot of gas";

- "We exhausted our savings";

- "They run through 20 bottles of wine a week";

- syn. consume, deplete, eat up, exhaust, run through, use up, wipe out;

v6
cause to deteriorate due to the action of water, air, or an acid;

- "The acid corroded the metal";

- "The steady dripping of water rusted the metal stopper in the sink";

- syn. corrode, rust;

eat at
v1
become ground down or deteriorate;

- "Her confidence eroded";

- syn. erode, gnaw, gnaw at, wear away;

eat away
v1
remove soil or rock;

- "Rain eroded the terraces";

- syn. erode, fret;

v2
wear away or erode;

- syn. fret;

eat in
v1
eat at home;

- syn. dine in;

eat into
v1
gnaw into;

- make resentful or angry;

- "The injustice rankled her";

- "his resentment festered";

- syn. fret, grate, rankle;

eat on
v1
worry or cause anxiety in a persistent way;

- "What's eating you?";

- syn. eat;

eat out
v1
eat at a restaurant or at somebody else's home;

- syn. dine out;

eat up
v1
finish eating all the food on one's plate or on the table;

- "She polished off the remaining potatoes";

- syn. finish, polish off;

v2
use up (resources or materials);

- "this car consumes a lot of gas";

- "We exhausted our savings";

- "They run through 20 bottles of wine a week";

- syn. consume, deplete, eat, exhaust, run through, use up, wipe out;

v3
enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing;

- "The huge waves swallowed the small boat and it sank shortly thereafter";

- syn. bury, immerse, swallow, swallow up;

eatable / i t ə b ɫ /
n1
any substance that can be used as food;

- syn. comestible, edible, pabulum, victual, victuals;

a1
suitable for use as food;

- syn. comestible, edible;

- also digestible, palatable, tender, toothsome;

- sim. killable, nonpoisonous, pareve;

eatage
n1
bulky food like grass or hay for browsing or grazing horses or cattle;

- syn. forage, grass, pasturage, pasture;

eater / i t ə , i t ə ɹ /
n1
someone who consumes food for nourishment;

- syn. feeder;

n2
any green goods that are good to eat;

- "these apples are good eaters";

eatery
n1
a building where people go to eat;

- syn. eating house, eating place, restaurant;

eating / i t ɪ ŋ /
n1
the act of consuming food;

- syn. feeding;

eating apple
n1
an apple used primarily for eating raw without cooking;

- syn. dessert apple;

eating away
n1
(geology) the mechanical process of wearing or grinding something down (as by particles washing over it);

- syn. eroding, erosion, wearing, wearing away;

eating disorder
n1
a disorder of the normal eating routine;

eating house
n1
a building where people go to eat;

- syn. eatery, eating place, restaurant;

eating place
n1
a building where people go to eat;

- syn. eatery, eating house, restaurant;

eating utensil
n1
tableware implements for cutting and eating food;

- syn. cutlery;

Eaton-Lambert syndrome
n1
a disease seen in patients with lung cancer and characterized by weakness and fatigue of hip and thigh muscles and an aching back;

- caused by antibodies directed against the neuromuscular junctions;

- syn. Lambert-Eaton syndrome, carcinomatous myopathy, myasthenic syndrome;

eats / i t s /
n1
informal terms for a meal;

- syn. chow, chuck, grub;

Eau Claire
n1
a town in west central Wisconsin;

eau de cologne / oʊ d ə k ə ɫ oʊ n /
n1
a perfumed liquid made of essential oils and alcohol;

- syn. cologne, cologne water;

eau de cologne mint
n1
mint with leaves having perfume like that of the bergamot orange;

- syn. Mentha citrata, bergamot mint, lemon mint;

eau de Javelle
n1
an aqueous solution of sodium hypochlorite;

- syn. Javel water, Javelle water;

eau de toilette
n1
a perfumed liquid lighter than cologne;

- syn. toilet water;

eau de vie
n1
strong coarse brandy;

eaves / i v z /
n1
the overhang at the lower edge of a roof;

eavesdrop / i v z d ɹ ɒ p /
v1
listen without the speaker's knowledge;

- "the jealous man was eavesdropping on his wife's conversations";

- syn. listen in;

eavesdropper / i v z d ɹ ɒ p ə , i v z d ɹ ɒ p ə ɹ /
n1
a secret listener to private conversations;

Eb
n1
a unit of information equal to 1000 petabits or 10^18 bits;

- syn. Ebit, exabit;

n2
a unit of information equal to 1000 petabytes or 10^18 bytes;

- syn. exabyte;

n3
a unit of information equal to 1024 pebibytes or 2^60 bytes;

- syn. EiB, exabyte, exbibyte;

ebb / ɛ b /
n1
a gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number);

- syn. ebbing, wane;

n2
the outward flow of the tide;

- syn. reflux;

v1
flow back or recede;

- "the tides ebbed at noon";

- syn. ebb away, ebb down, ebb off, ebb out;

v2
hem in fish with stakes and nets so as to prevent them from going back into the sea with the ebb;

v3
fall away or decline;

- "The patient's strength ebbed away";

ebb away
v1
flow back or recede;

- "the tides ebbed at noon";

- syn. ebb, ebb down, ebb off, ebb out;

ebb down
v1
flow back or recede;

- "the tides ebbed at noon";

- syn. ebb, ebb away, ebb off, ebb out;

ebb off
v1
flow back or recede;

- "the tides ebbed at noon";

- syn. ebb, ebb away, ebb down, ebb out;

ebb out
v1
flow back or recede;

- "the tides ebbed at noon";

- syn. ebb, ebb away, ebb down, ebb off;

ebbing / ɛ b ɪ ŋ /
n1
a gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number);

- syn. ebb, wane;

ebbtide / ɛ b t aɪ d /
n1
the tide while water is flowing out;

Ebenaceae
n1
fruit and timber trees of tropical and warm regions including ebony and persimmon;

- syn. ebony family, family Ebenaceae;

Ebenales
n1
trees or shrubs of the families Ebenaceae or Sapotaceae or Styracaceae or Symplocaceae;

- syn. order Ebenales;

Ebionite
n1
a member of a group of Jews who (during the early history of the Christian Church) accepted Jesus as the Messiah;

- they accepted the Gospel According to Matthew but rejected the Epistles of St. Paul and continued to follow Jewish law and celebrate Jewish holidays;

- they were later declared heretic by the Church of Rome;

- syn. Nazarene;

a1
of or relating to the Ebionites or their religion;

Ebit
n1
a unit of information equal to 1000 petabits or 10^18 bits;

- syn. Eb, exabit;

EBITDA
n1
income before interest and taxes and depreciation and amortization have been subtracted;

- an indicator of a company's profitability that is watched by investors (especially in leveraged buyouts);

- syn. Earnings Before Interest Taxes Depreciation and Amortization;

eblis
n1
(Islam) the principal evil jinni in Islamic mythology;

EbN
n1
the compass point that is one point north of due east;

- syn. east by north;

Ebola
n1
a severe and often fatal disease in humans and nonhuman primates (monkeys and chimpanzees) caused by the Ebola virus;

- characterized by high fever and severe internal bleeding;

- can be spread from person to person;

- is largely limited to Africa;

- syn. Ebola fever, Ebola hemorrhagic fever;

Ebola fever
n1
a severe and often fatal disease in humans and nonhuman primates (monkeys and chimpanzees) caused by the Ebola virus;

- characterized by high fever and severe internal bleeding;

- can be spread from person to person;

- is largely limited to Africa;

- syn. Ebola, Ebola hemorrhagic fever;

Ebola hemorrhagic fever
n1
a severe and often fatal disease in humans and nonhuman primates (monkeys and chimpanzees) caused by the Ebola virus;

- characterized by high fever and severe internal bleeding;

- can be spread from person to person;

- is largely limited to Africa;

- syn. Ebola, Ebola fever;

Ebola virus
n1
a filovirus that causes Ebola hemorrhagic fever;

- carried by animals;

- can be used as a bioweapon;

ebon / ɛ b ə n /
a1
of a very dark black;

- syn. ebony;

- sim. achromatic;

Ebonics
n1
a nonstandard form of American English characteristically spoken by African Americans in the United States;

- syn. AAVE, African American English, African American Vernacular English, Black English, Black English Vernacular, Black Vernacular, Black Vernacular English;

ebonise / ɛ b ə n ɪ s /
v1
stain black to make it look like ebony;

- syn. ebonize;

ebonite / ɛ b ə n aɪ t /
n1
a hard nonresilient rubber formed by vulcanizing natural rubber;

- syn. hard rubber, vulcanite;

ebonize / ɛ b ə n aɪ z /
v1
stain black to make it look like ebony;

- syn. ebonise;

ebony / ɛ b ə n i /
n1
a very dark black;

- syn. coal black, jet black, pitch black, sable, soot black;

n2
hard dark-colored heartwood of the ebony tree;

- used in cabinetwork and for piano keys;

n3
tropical tree of southern Asia having hard dark-colored heartwood used in cabinetwork;

- syn. Diospyros ebenum, ebony tree;

a1
of a very dark black;

- syn. ebon;

- sim. achromatic;

ebony family
n1
fruit and timber trees of tropical and warm regions including ebony and persimmon;

- syn. Ebenaceae, family Ebenaceae;

ebony spleenwort
n1
common North American fern with polished black stripes;

- syn. Asplenium platyneuron, Scott's Spleenwort;

ebony tree
n1
tropical tree of southern Asia having hard dark-colored heartwood used in cabinetwork;

- syn. Diospyros ebenum, ebony;

ebracteate
a1
without bracts;

Ebro
n1
a river in northeastern Spain;

- flows into the Mediterranean;

- syn. Ebro River;

Ebro River
n1
a river in northeastern Spain;

- flows into the Mediterranean;

- syn. Ebro;

EbS
n1
the compass point that is one point south of due east;

- syn. east by south;

ebullience / ɪ b ʌ ɫ ɪə n s /
n1
overflowing with eager enjoyment or approval;

- syn. enthusiasm, exuberance;

ebullient / ɪ b ʌ ɫ ɪə n t /
a1
joyously unrestrained;

- syn. exuberant, high-spirited;

- sim. spirited;

ebulliently / ɪ b ʌ ɫ ɪə n t ɫ i /
r1
in an ebullient manner;

- "Khrushchev ebulliently promised to supply rockets for the protection of Cuba against American aggression";

- syn. expansively, exuberantly;

ebullition / ɛ b ə ɫ ɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
an unrestrained expression of emotion;

- syn. blowup, effusion, gush, outburst;

eburnation
n1
a change that occurs in degenerative joint disease in which bone is converted into a dense smooth substance resembling ivory;

Eburophyton
n1
a monocotyledonous genus of the family Orchidaceae;

- syn. genus Eburophyton;

Eburophyton austinae
n1
waxy white nearly leafless plant with stems in clusters and racemes of white flowers;

- northwestern United States to northern California and east to Idaho;

- syn. phantom orchid, snow orchid;

EBV
n1
the herpes virus that causes infectious mononucleosis;

- associated with specific cancers in Africa and China;

- syn. Epstein-Barr virus;

EC / i s i /
n1
an international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members;

- "he tried to take Britain into the Europen Union";

- syn. Common Market, EEC, EU, Europe, European Community, European Economic Community, European Union;

ecarte / eɪ k ɑ t eɪ /
n1
a card game for 2 players;

- played with 32 cards and king high;

Ecballium
n1
exploding cucumber;

- squirting cucumber;

- syn. genus Ecballium;

Ecballium elaterium
n1
Mediterranean vine having oblong fruit that when ripe expels its seeds and juice violently when touched;

- syn. exploding cucumber, squirting cucumber, touch-me-not;

ECC
n1
(telecommunication) a coding system that incorporates extra parity bits in order to detect errors;

- syn. error correction code;

ecce homo
n1
a representation (a picture or sculpture) of Jesus wearing a crown of thorns;

eccentric / ɛ k s ɛ n t ɹ ɪ k /
n1
a person with an unusual or odd personality;

- syn. eccentric person, flake, geek, oddball;

n2
a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities);

- "a real character";

- "a strange character";

- "a friendly eccentric";

- "the capable type";

- "a mental case";

- syn. case, character, type;

a1
conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual;

- "restaurants of bizarre design--one like a hat, another like a rabbit";

- "famed for his eccentric spelling";

- "a freakish combination of styles";

- "his off-the-wall antics";

- "the outlandish clothes of teenagers";

- "outre and affected stage antics";

- syn. bizarre, flakey, flaky, freakish, freaky, gonzo, off-the-wall, outlandish, outre;

- sim. unconventional;

a2
not having a common center;

- not concentric;

- "eccentric circles";

- syn. nonconcentric;

- sim. acentric, off-center;

eccentric person
n1
a person with an unusual or odd personality;

- syn. eccentric, flake, geek, oddball;

eccentrically / ɪ k s ɛ n t ɹ ɪ k ɫ i /
r1
in an eccentric or bizarre manner;

r2
not symmetrically with respect to the center;

eccentricity / ɛ k s ɛ n t ɹ ɪ s ɪ t i /
n1
strange and unconventional behavior;

n2
(geometry) a ratio describing the shape of a conic section;

- the ratio of the distance between the foci to the length of the major axis;

- "a circle is an ellipse with zero eccentricity";

n3
a circularity that has a different center or deviates from a circular path;

ecchymosis
n1
the purple or black-and-blue area resulting from a bruise;

n2
the escape of blood from ruptured blood vessels into the surrounding tissue to form a purple or black-and-blue spot on the skin;

Eccles / ɛ k ɫ z /
n1
Australian physiologist noted for his research on the conduction of impulses by nerve cells (1903-1997);

- syn. John Eccles, Sir John Carew Eccles;

Eccles cake
n1
a flat round cake of sweetened pastry filled with dried fruit;

Ecclesiastes / ɪ k ɫ i z ɪ æ s t s /
n1
an Old Testament book consisting of reflections on the vanity of human life;

- is traditionally attributed to Solomon but probably was written about 250 BC;

- syn. Book of Ecclesiastes;

ecclesiastic / ɪ k ɫ i z ɪ æ s t ɪ k /
n1
a clergyman or other person in religious orders;

- syn. churchman, cleric, divine;

a1
of or associated with a church (especially a Christian Church);

- "ecclesiastic history";

- syn. ecclesiastical;

ecclesiastical / ɪ k ɫ i s ɪ æ s t ɪ k ɫ /
a1
of or associated with a church (especially a Christian Church);

- "ecclesiastic history";

- syn. ecclesiastic;

ecclesiastical attire
n1
attire that is appropriate to wear in a church;

- syn. ecclesiastical robe;

ecclesiastical benefice
n1
an endowed church office giving income to its holder;

- syn. benefice;

ecclesiastical calendar
n1
a calendar of the Christian year indicating the dates of fasts and festivals;

- syn. church calendar;

ecclesiastical law
n1
the body of codified laws governing the affairs of a Christian church;

- syn. canon law;

ecclesiastical mode
n1
any of a system of modes used in Gregorian chants up until 1600;

- derived historically from the Greek mode;

- syn. Gregorian mode, church mode, medieval mode;

ecclesiastical province
n1
the district within the jurisdiction of an archbishop or a metropolitan or one of the territorial divisions of an ecclesiastical order;

- "the general of the Jesuits has several provinces under him";

ecclesiastical robe
n1
attire that is appropriate to wear in a church;

- syn. ecclesiastical attire;

ecclesiastically / ɪ k ɫ i s ɪ æ s t ɪ k ɫ i /
r1
in an ecclesiastic manner;

- "the candidate was ecclesiastically endorsed";

ecclesiasticism / ɪ k ɫ i z ɪ æ s t ɪ s ɪ z ə m /
n1
excessive adherence to ecclesiastical forms and activities;

- "their ecclesiasticism overwhelmed their religion";

n2
religion appropriate to a church and to ecclesiastical principles and practices;

Ecclesiasticus / ɪ k ɫ i z ɪ æ s t ɪ k ə s /
n1
an Apocryphal book mainly of maxims (resembling Proverbs in that respect);

- syn. Ben Sira, Sirach, Wisdom of Jesus the Son of Sirach;

ecclesiology
n1
the branch of theology concerned with the nature and the constitution and the functions of a church;

ECCM
n1
electronic warfare undertaken to insure effective friendly use of the electromagnetic spectrum in spite of the enemy's use of electronic warfare;

- syn. electronic counter-countermeasures;

eccrine
a1
(of exocrine glands) producing a clear aqueous secretion without releasing part of the secreting cell;

- important in regulating body temperature;

eccrine gland
n1
a small sweat gland that produces only a fluid;

- restricted to the human skin;

eccyesis
n1
pregnancy resulting from gestation elsewhere than in the uterus;

- syn. ectopic gestation, ectopic pregnancy, extrauterine gestation, extrauterine pregnancy, metacyesis;

ecdemic
a1
of or relating to a disease that originates outside the locality in which it occurs;

ecdysiast
n1
a performer who provides erotic entertainment by undressing to music;

- syn. exotic dancer, peeler, stripper, striptease, striptease artist, stripteaser;

ecdysis
n1
periodic shedding of the cuticle in arthropods or the outer skin in reptiles;

- syn. molt, molting, moult, moulting;

ecesis
n1
(ecology) the process by which a plant or animal becomes established in a new habitat;

- syn. establishment;

ECF
n1
liquid containing proteins and electrolytes including the liquid in blood plasma and interstitial fluid;

- "the body normally has about 15 quarts of extracellular fluid";

- syn. extracellular fluid;

ECG
n1
a graphical recording of the cardiac cycle produced by an electrocardiograph;

- syn. EKG, cardiogram, electrocardiogram;

echelon / ɛ ʃ ə ɫ ɒ n /
n1
status in a society or organization;

- "the upper echelon";

n2
a body of troops arranged in a line;

n3
a diffraction grating consisting of a pile of plates of equal thickness arranged stepwise with a constant offset;

Echeneididae
n1
fishes having a sucking disk on the head for clinging to other fishes and to ships;

- syn. family Echeneidae, family Echeneididae;

Echeneis
n1
type genus of the Echeneididae: typical remoras;

- syn. genus Echeneis;

Echeneis naucrates
n1
remoras found attached to sharks;

- syn. sharksucker;

echidna / ɛ k ɪ d n ə /
n1
a burrowing monotreme mammal covered with spines and having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites;

- native to New Guinea;

- syn. anteater, spiny anteater;

n2
a burrowing monotreme mammal covered with spines and having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites;

- native to Australia;

- syn. anteater, spiny anteater;

Echidnophaga
n1
a genus of Siphonaptera;

- syn. genus Echidnophaga;

Echidnophaga gallinacea
n1
parasitic on especially the heads of chickens;

- syn. sticktight, sticktight flea;

Echinacea
n1
small genus of North American coarse perennial herbs;

- syn. genus Echinacea;

echinocactus
n1
any cactus of the genus Echinocactus;

- strongly ribbed and very spiny;

- southwestern United States to Brazil;

- syn. barrel cactus;

Echinocactus grusonii
n1
large cactus of east central Mexico having golden to pale yellow flowers and spines;

- syn. golden barrel cactus;

Echinocereus
n1
large genus of low-growing shrubby ribbed cacti of Mexico and southwestern United States;

- syn. genus Echinocereus;

Echinochloa
n1
annual or perennial succulent grasses of warm regions;

- syn. genus Echinochloa;

Echinochloa crusgalli
n1
a coarse annual panic grass;

- a cosmopolitan weed;

- occasionally used for hay or grazing;

- syn. barn grass, barn millet, barnyard grass;

Echinochloa frumentacea
n1
coarse annual grass cultivated in Japan and southeastern Asia for its edible seeds and for forage;

- important wildlife food in United States;

- syn. Japanese barnyard millet, Japanese millet, billion-dollar grass, sanwa millet;

echinococcosis
n1
infestation with larval echinococci (tapeworms);

- syn. hydatid disease, hydatidosis;

echinococcus
n1
tapeworms whose larvae are parasitic in humans and domestic animals;

echinoderm
n1
marine invertebrates with tube feet and five-part radially symmetrical bodies;

echinoderm family
n1
a family of echinoderms;

echinoderm genus
n1
a genus of echinoderms;

Echinodermata
n1
radially symmetrical marine invertebrates including e.g. starfish and sea urchins and sea cucumbers;

- syn. phylum Echinodermata;

Echinoidea
n1
sea urchins and sand dollars;

- syn. class Echinoidea;

Echinops
n1
genus of Mediterranean and Eurasian herbs: globe thistles;

- syn. genus Echinops;

echinus / ɛ k aɪ n ə s /
n1
ovolo molding between the shaft and the abacus of a Doric column;

Echinus esculentus
n1
a sea urchin that can be eaten;

- syn. edible sea urchin;

Echium
n1
a genus of bristly herbs and shrubs of the family Boraginaceae;

- syn. genus Echium;

Echium vulgare
n1
a coarse prickly European weed with spikes of blue flowers;

- naturalized in United States;

- syn. blue devil, blue thistle, blueweed, viper's bugloss;

echo / ɛ k oʊ /
n1
the repetition of a sound resulting from reflection of the sound waves;

- "she could hear echoes of her own footsteps";

- syn. replication, reverberation, sound reflection;

n2
(Greek mythology) a nymph who was spurned by Narcissus and pined away until only her voice remained;

n3
a reply that repeats what has just been said;

n4
a reflected television or radio or radar beam;

n5
a close parallel of a feeling, idea, style, etc.;

- "his contention contains more than an echo of Rousseau";

- "Napoleon III was an echo of the mighty Emperor but an infinitely better man";

n6
an imitation or repetition;

- "the flower arrangement was created as an echo of a client's still life";

v1
to say again or imitate;

- "followers echoing the cries of their leaders";

- syn. repeat;

v2
ring or echo with sound;

- "the hall resounded with laughter";

- syn. resound, reverberate, ring;

v3
call to mind;

- "His words echoed John F. Kennedy";

- syn. recall;

echo chamber
n1
an enclosed space for producing reverberation of a sound;

echo sounder
n1
a measuring instrument that sends out an acoustic pulse in water and measures distances in terms of the time for the echo of the pulse to return;

- "sonar is an acronym for sound navigation ranging";

- "asdic is an acronym for antisubmarine detection investigation committee";

- syn. asdic, sonar;

echo sounding
n1
determining the location of something by measuring the time it takes for an echo to return from it;

- syn. echolocation;

echocardiogram
n1
a graphical image of the heart produced by an echocardiograph;

echocardiograph
n1
a sonograph that creates an image of the heart and its abnormalities;

echocardiography
n1
a noninvasive diagnostic procedure that uses ultrasound to study to structure and motions of the heart;

echoencephalogram
n1
a graphical image of the brain produced by an echoencephalograph;

echoencephalograph
n1
a sonograph that creates an image of the brain and its abnormalities;

echoencephalography
n1
a noninvasive diagnostic procedure that uses ultrasound to study the anatomy of the brain;

echogram
n1
an image of a structure that is produced by ultrasonography (reflections of high-frequency sound waves);

- used to observe fetal growth or to study bodily organs;

- syn. sonogram;

echography
n1
using the reflections of high-frequency sound waves to construct an image of a body organ (a sonogram);

- commonly used to observe fetal growth or study bodily organs;

- syn. sonography, ultrasonography, ultrasound;

echoic / ɛ k oʊ ɪ k /
a1
(of words) formed in imitation of a natural sound;

- "onomatopoeic words are imitative of noises";

- "it was independently developed in more than one place as an onomatopoetic term"- Harry Hoijer;

- syn. imitative, onomatopoeic, onomatopoeical, onomatopoetic;

a2
like or characteristic of an echo;

- syn. echolike;

- sim. reflected;

echoing / ɛ k oʊ ɪ ŋ /
a1
(of sounds) repeating by reflection;

- "a hotel with echoing halls";

- syn. reechoing;

- sim. reverberant;

echolalia
n1
an infant's repetition of sounds uttered by others;

n2
(psychiatry) mechanical and meaningless repetition of the words of another person (as in schizophrenia);

echoless / ɛ k oʊ ɫ ɛ s /
a1
having or producing no echo;

- "the echoless darkness";

- sim. nonreflective;

echolike
a1
like or characteristic of an echo;

- syn. echoic;

- sim. reflected;

echolocation / ɛ k oʊ ɫ oʊ k eɪ ʃ n /
n1
determining the location of something by measuring the time it takes for an echo to return from it;

- syn. echo sounding;

echovirus
n1
any of a group of viruses associated with various diseases including viral meningitis and mild respiratory disorders and diarrhea in newborn infants;

echt
a1
not fake or counterfeit;

- "a genuine Picasso";

- "genuine leather";

- syn. genuine;

- also existent, honest, honorable, real, sincere, true;

- sim. attested, authentic, good, honest-to-god;

Eck
n1
a German Roman Catholic theologian who was an indefatigable opponent of Martin Luther (1486-1543);

- syn. Johann Eck, Johann Maier, Johann Maier Eck;

Eckhart
n1
German Roman Catholic theologian and mystic (1260-1327);

- syn. Johannes Eckhart, Meister Eckhart;

eclair / eɪ k ɫ eə /
n1
oblong cream puff;

eclampsia / ɪ k ɫ æ m p s ɪə /
n1
a toxic condition characterized by convulsions and possibly coma during or immediately after pregnancy;

eclat / eɪ k ɫ ɑ /
n1
enthusiastic approval;

- "the book met with modest acclaim";

- "he acknowledged the plaudits of the crowd";

- "they gave him more eclat than he really deserved";

- syn. acclaim, acclamation, plaudit, plaudits;

n2
ceremonial elegance and splendor;

- "entered with much eclat in a coach drawn by eight white horses";

- syn. pomp;

n3
brilliant or conspicuous success or effect;

- "the eclat of a great achievement";

eclectic / ɛ k ɫ ɛ k t ɪ k , ɪ k ɫ ɛ k t ɪ k /
n1
someone who selects according to the eclectic method;

- syn. eclecticist;

a1
selecting what seems best of various styles or ideas;

- sim. discriminating;

eclectic method
n1
making decisions on the basis of what seems best instead of following some single doctrine or style;

- syn. eclecticism;

eclecticism / ɪ k ɫ ɛ k t ɪ s ɪ z ə m /
n1
making decisions on the basis of what seems best instead of following some single doctrine or style;

- syn. eclectic method;

eclecticist / ɪ k ɫ ɛ k t ɪ s ɪ s t /
n1
someone who selects according to the eclectic method;

- syn. eclectic;

eclipse / ɪ k ɫ ɪ p s /
n1
one celestial body obscures another;

- syn. occultation;

v1
be greater in significance than;

- "the tragedy overshadowed the couple's happiness";

- syn. dominate, overshadow;

v2
cause an eclipse of (a celestial body) by intervention;

- "The Sun eclipses the moon today";

- "Planets and stars often are occulted by other celestial bodies";

- syn. occult;

eclipsis / ɪ k ɫ ɪ p s ɪ s /
n1
omission or suppression of parts of words or sentences;

- syn. ellipsis;

ecliptic / ɪ k ɫ ɪ p t ɪ k /
n1
the great circle representing the apparent annual path of the sun;

- the plane of the Earth's orbit around the sun;

- makes an angle of about 23 degrees with the equator;

- "all of the planets rotate the sun in approximately the same ecliptic";

eclogue / ɛ k ɫ ɒ ɡ /
n1
a short poem descriptive of rural or pastoral life;

- syn. bucolic, idyl, idyll;

ECM
n1
electronic warfare undertaken to prevent or reduce an enemy's effective use of the electromagnetic spectrum;

- syn. electronic countermeasures;

eco-warfare
n1
violence carried out to further the political or social objectives of the environmentalists;

- syn. ecological terrorism, ecological warfare, ecoterrorism;

ecobabble
n1
using the technical language of ecology to make the user seem ecologically aware;

ecologic / i k ə ɫ ɒ dʒ ɪ k /
a1
characterized by the interdependence of living organisms in an environment;

- "an ecological disaster";

- syn. ecological;

a2
of or relating to the science of ecology;

- "ecological research";

- syn. bionomic, bionomical, ecological;

ecological / i k ə ɫ ɒ dʒ ɪ k ɫ /
a1
characterized by the interdependence of living organisms in an environment;

- "an ecological disaster";

- syn. ecologic;

a2
of or relating to the science of ecology;

- "ecological research";

- syn. bionomic, bionomical, ecologic;

ecological niche
n1
(ecology) the status of an organism within its environment and community (affecting its survival as a species);

- syn. niche;

ecological succession
n1
(ecology) the gradual and orderly process of change in an ecosystem brought about by the progressive replacement of one community by another until a stable climax is established;

- syn. succession;

ecological terrorism
n1
violence carried out to further the political or social objectives of the environmentalists;

- syn. eco-warfare, ecological warfare, ecoterrorism;

ecological warfare
n1
violence carried out to further the political or social objectives of the environmentalists;

- syn. eco-warfare, ecological terrorism, ecoterrorism;

ecologically / i k ə ɫ ɒ dʒ ɪ k ɫ i /
r1
with respect to ecology;

- "ecologically speaking, this idea is brilliant;

- economically, it is a disaster";

ecologist / i k ɒ ɫ ə dʒ ɪ s t /
n1
a biologist who studies the relation between organisms and their environment;

ecology / i k ɒ ɫ ə dʒ i /
n1
the environment as it relates to living organisms;

- "it changed the ecology of the island";

n2
the branch of biology concerned with the relations between organisms and their environment;

- syn. bionomics, environmental science;

econometric / i k ə n ɒ m ɪ t ɹ ɪ k /
a1
of or relating to econometrics;

- "econometric theories";

econometrician / i k ə n ɒ m ɪ t ɹ ɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
an economist who uses statistical and mathematical methods;

- syn. econometrist;

econometrics / i k ə n ɒ m ɪ t ɹ ɪ k s /
n1
the application of mathematics and statistics to the study of economic and financial data;

econometrist / i k ə n ɒ m ɪ t ɹ ɪ s t /
n1
an economist who uses statistical and mathematical methods;

- syn. econometrician;

economic / i k ə n ɒ m ɪ k /
a1
of or relating to an economy, the system of production and management of material wealth;

- "economic growth";

- "aspects of social, political, and economical life";

- syn. economical;

a2
of or relating to the science of economics;

- "economic theory";

a3
using the minimum of time or resources necessary for effectiveness;

- "an economic use of home heating oil";

- "a modern economical heating system";

- "an economical use of her time";

- syn. economical;

- sim. efficient;

a4
concerned with worldly necessities of life (especially money);

- "he wrote the book primarily for economic reasons";

- "gave up the large house for economic reasons";

- "in economic terms they are very privileged";

- sim. worldly;

a5
financially rewarding;

- "it was no longer economic to keep the factory open";

- "have to keep prices high enough to make it economic to continue the service";

- sim. profitable;

economic aid
n1
gift of money or other material help to support a person or cause;

- "economic assistance to depressed areas";

- syn. aid, assistance, economic assistance, financial aid, financial assistance;

Economic and Social Council
n1
a permanent council of the United Nations;

- responsible for economic and social conditions;

- syn. ECOSOC;

Economic and Social Council commission
n1
a commission of the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations;

- syn. ECOSOC commission;

economic assistance
n1
gift of money or other material help to support a person or cause;

- "economic assistance to depressed areas";

- syn. aid, assistance, economic aid, financial aid, financial assistance;

Economic Commission for Africa
n1
the commission of the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations that is concerned with economic development of African nations;

Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East
n1
the commission of the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations that is concerned with economic development of countries in Asia and the Far East;

Economic Commission for Europe
n1
the commission of the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations that is concerned with economic development in Europe;

Economic Commission for Latin America
n1
the commission of the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations that is concerned with economic development in Latin America;

economic condition
n1
the condition of the economy;

economic consumption
n1
(economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing;

- "the consumption of energy has increased steadily";

- syn. consumption, usance, use, use of goods and services;

economic crisis
n1
a long-term economic state characterized by unemployment and low prices and low levels of trade and investment;

- syn. depression, slump;

economic expert
n1
an expert in the science of economics;

- syn. economist;

economic geography
n1
the branch of geography concerned with the production and distribution of commodities;

economic geology
n1
the branch of geology that deals with economically valuable geological materials;

economic growth
n1
steady growth in the productive capacity of the economy (and so a growth of national income);

economic libertarian
n1
a libertarian who advocates maximizing individual rights and minimizing the role of the state;

economic mobilisation
n1
mobilization of the economy;

- syn. economic mobilization;

economic mobilization
n1
mobilization of the economy;

- syn. economic mobilisation;

economic policy
n1
a government policy for maintaining economic growth and tax revenues;

economic process
n1
any process affecting the production and development and management of material wealth;

economic rent
n1
the return derived from cultivated land in excess of that derived from the poorest land cultivated under similar conditions;

- syn. rent;

economic science
n1
the branch of social science that deals with the production and distribution and consumption of goods and services and their management;

- syn. economics, political economy;

economic strangulation
n1
punishment of a group by cutting off commercial dealings with them;

- "the economic strangulation of the Jews by the Nazi Party";

economic system
n1
the system of production and distribution and consumption;

- syn. economy;

economic theory
n1
(economics) a theory of commercial activities (such as the production and consumption of goods);

economic value
n1
the amount (of money or goods or services) that is considered to be a fair equivalent for something else;

- "he tried to estimate the value of the produce at normal prices";

- syn. value;

economical / i k ə n ɒ m ɪ k ɫ /
a1
using the minimum of time or resources necessary for effectiveness;

- "an economic use of home heating oil";

- "a modern economical heating system";

- "an economical use of her time";

- syn. economic;

- sim. efficient;

a2
of or relating to an economy, the system of production and management of material wealth;

- "economic growth";

- "aspects of social, political, and economical life";

- syn. economic;

a3
avoiding waste;

- "an economical meal";

- "an economical shopper";

- "a frugal farmer";

- "a frugal lunch";

- "a sparing father and a spending son";

- "sparing in their use of heat and light";

- "stinting in bestowing gifts";

- "thrifty because they remember the great Depression";

- "`scotch' is used only informally";

- syn. frugal, scotch, sparing, stinting;

- sim. thrifty;

economically / i k ə n ɒ m ɪ k ɫ i /
r1
with respect to economic science;

- "economically this proposal makes no sense";

r2
in an economical manner;

r3
with respect to the economic system;

- "economically the country is worse off";

economics / ɪ k ɒ n ə m ɪ z , i k ə n ɒ m ɪ k s /
n1
the branch of social science that deals with the production and distribution and consumption of goods and services and their management;

- syn. economic science, political economy;

economics department
n1
the academic department responsible for teaching and research in economics;

- syn. department of economics;

economics profession
n1
the body of professional economists;

economise
v1
spend sparingly, avoid the waste of;

- "This move will save money";

- "The less fortunate will have to economize now";

- syn. economize, save;

v2
use cautiously and frugally;

- "I try to economize my spare time";

- "conserve your energy for the ascent to the summit";

- syn. conserve, economize, husband;

economiser / i k ɒ n ə m aɪ z ə /
n1
a frugal person who limits spending and avoids waste;

- syn. economizer;

economist / ɪ k ɒ n ə m ɪ s t /
n1
an expert in the science of economics;

- syn. economic expert;

economize / ɪ k ɒ n ə m aɪ z /
v1
use cautiously and frugally;

- "I try to economize my spare time";

- "conserve your energy for the ascent to the summit";

- syn. conserve, economise, husband;

v2
spend sparingly, avoid the waste of;

- "This move will save money";

- "The less fortunate will have to economize now";

- syn. economise, save;

economizer / i k ɒ n ə m aɪ z ə /
n1
a frugal person who limits spending and avoids waste;

- syn. economiser;

economy / ɪ k ɒ n ə m i /
n1
the system of production and distribution and consumption;

- syn. economic system;

n2
the efficient use of resources;

- "economy of effort";

n3
frugality in the expenditure of money or resources;

- "the Scots are famous for their economy";

- syn. thriftiness;

n4
an act of economizing;

- reduction in cost;

- "it was a small economy to walk to work every day";

- "there was a saving of 50 cents";

- syn. saving;

economy class
n1
a class of accommodations on a ship or train or plane that are less expensive than first class accommodations;

- syn. cabin class, second class;

economy of scale
n1
the saving in cost of production that is due to mass production;

ECOSOC
n1
a permanent council of the United Nations;

- responsible for economic and social conditions;

- syn. Economic and Social Council;

ECOSOC commission
n1
a commission of the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations;

- syn. Economic and Social Council commission;

ecosystem / i k oʊ s ɪ s t ə m /
n1
a system formed by the interaction of a community of organisms with their physical environment;

ecoterrorism
n1
violence carried out to further the political or social objectives of the environmentalists;

- syn. eco-warfare, ecological terrorism, ecological warfare;

ecotourism
n1
tourism to exotic or threatened ecosystems to observe wildlife or to help preserve nature;

ecphonesis
n1
an exclamatory rhetorical device;

- "O tempore! O mores";

- syn. exclamation;

ecrevisse
n1
tiny lobster-like crustaceans usually boiled briefly;

- syn. crawdad, crawfish, crayfish;

n2
small crayfish of Europe and Asia and western North America;

- syn. Old World crayfish;

ecru / eɪ k ɹ u /
n1
a very light brown;

- syn. beige;

ecstasy / ɛ k s t ə s i /
n1
a state of being carried away by overwhelming emotion;

- "listening to sweet music in a perfect rapture"- Charles Dickens;

- syn. exaltation, rapture, raptus, transport;

n2
a state of elated bliss;

- syn. rapture;

n3
street names for methylenedioxymethamphetamine;

- syn. Adam, X, XTC, cristal, disco biscuit, go, hug drug;

ecstatic / ɛ k s t æ t ɪ k /
a1
feeling great rapture or delight;

- syn. enraptured, rapt, rapturous, rhapsodic;

- sim. joyous;

ecstatic state
n1
a trance induced by intense religious devotion;

- does not show reduced bodily functions that are typical of other trances;

- syn. religious trance;

ecstatically / ɛ k s t æ t ɪ k ɫ i /
r1
in an ecstatic manner;

- "he reacted ecstatically to my plan to travel to Africa";

- syn. rapturously, rhapsodically;

ECT
n1
the administration of a strong electric current that passes through the brain to induce convulsions and coma;

- syn. electroconvulsive therapy, electroshock, electroshock therapy;

ectasia
n1
dilatation or distension of a hollow organ;

- syn. ectasis;

ectasis
n1
dilatation or distension of a hollow organ;

- syn. ectasia;

ectoblast
n1
the outer germ layer that develops into skin and nervous tissue;

- syn. ectoderm, exoderm;

ectoderm
n1
the outer germ layer that develops into skin and nervous tissue;

- syn. ectoblast, exoderm;

ectodermal
a1
of or relating to the ectoderm;

- syn. ectodermic;

ectodermic
a1
of or relating to the ectoderm;

- syn. ectodermal;

ectomorph
n1
a person with a thin body;

ectomorphic
a1
having a build with little fat or muscle but with long limbs;

- also lean, thin;

- sim. asthenic;

ectomorphy
n1
slender, weak, and lightweight;

- syn. asthenic type;

ectoparasite
n1
any external parasitic organism (as fleas);

- syn. ectozoan, ectozoon, epizoan, epizoon;

ectopia
n1
abnormal position of a part or organ (especially at the time of birth);

ectopic
a1
exhibiting ectopia;

ectopic gestation
n1
pregnancy resulting from gestation elsewhere than in the uterus;

- syn. eccyesis, ectopic pregnancy, extrauterine gestation, extrauterine pregnancy, metacyesis;

ectopic pregnancy
n1
pregnancy resulting from gestation elsewhere than in the uterus;

- syn. eccyesis, ectopic gestation, extrauterine gestation, extrauterine pregnancy, metacyesis;

Ectopistes
n1
a genus of Columbidae;

- syn. genus Ectopistes;

Ectopistes migratorius
n1
gregarious North American migratory pigeon now extinct;

- syn. passenger pigeon;

ectoplasm / ɛ k t ə p ɫ æ z ə m /
n1
(spiritualism) a substance supposed to emanate from the body of the medium during a trance;

n2
the outer granule-free layer of cytoplasm;

ectoproct
n1
sessile mossy aquatic animal having the anus of the polyp outside the crown of tentacles;

Ectoprocta
n1
coextensive with or a subphylum of Bryozoa;

- syn. phylum Ectoprocta;

ectotherm
n1
an animal whose body temperature varies with the temperature of its surroundings;

- any animal except birds and mammals;

- syn. poikilotherm;

ectothermic
a1
of animals except birds and mammals;

- having body temperature that varies with the environment;

- syn. heterothermic, poikilothermic, poikilothermous;

- sim. cold-blooded;

ectozoan
n1
any external parasitic organism (as fleas);

- syn. ectoparasite, ectozoon, epizoan, epizoon;

a1
of or relating to epizoa;

- syn. epizoan;

ectozoon
n1
any external parasitic organism (as fleas);

- syn. ectoparasite, ectozoan, epizoan, epizoon;

ectrodactyly
n1
congenital abnormality involving the absence of some fingers or toes;

Ecuador / ɛ k w ə d ɔ , ɛ k w ə d ɔ ɹ /
n1
a republic in northwestern South America;

- became independent from Spain in 1822;

- the landscape is dominated by the Andes;

- syn. Republic of Ecuador;

Ecuadoran
n1
a native or inhabitant of Ecuador;

- syn. Ecuadorian;

Ecuadoran monetary unit
n1
monetary unit in Ecuador;

Ecuadorian / ɛ k w ə d ɔ ɹ ɪə n /
n1
a native or inhabitant of Ecuador;

- syn. Ecuadoran;

a1
of or relating to or characteristic of Ecuador or its people;

- "Ecuadorian folklore";

ecumenic / i k j u m ɛ n ɪ k /
a1
concerned with promoting unity among churches or religions;

- "ecumenical thinking";

- "ecumenical activities";

- "the ecumenical movement";

- syn. ecumenical, oecumenic, oecumenical;

- sim. nonsectarian;

ecumenical / i k j u m ɛ n ɪ k ɫ /
a1
concerned with promoting unity among churches or religions;

- "ecumenical thinking";

- "ecumenical activities";

- "the ecumenical movement";

- syn. ecumenic, oecumenic, oecumenical;

- sim. nonsectarian;

a2
of worldwide scope or applicability;

- "an issue of cosmopolitan import";

- "the shrewdest political and ecumenical comment of our time"- Christopher Morley;

- "universal experience";

- syn. cosmopolitan, general, oecumenical, universal, world-wide, worldwide;

- sim. comprehensive;

ecumenical council
n1
(early Christian church) one of seven gatherings of bishops from around the known world under the presidency of the Pope to regulate matters of faith and morals and discipline;

- "the first seven councils through 787 are considered to be ecumenical councils by both the Roman Catholic church and the Eastern Orthodox church but the next fourteen councils are considered ecumenical only by the Roman Catholic church";

ecumenical movement
n1
a movement aimed to promote understanding and cooperation among Christian churches;

- aimed ultimately at universal Christian unity;

ecumenicalism / i k j u m ɛ n ɪ k ɫ ɪ z ə m /
n1
(Christianity) the doctrine of the ecumenical movement that promotes cooperation and better understanding among different religious denominations: aimed at universal Christian unity;

- syn. ecumenicism, ecumenism;

ecumenicism / i k j u m ɛ n ɪ k ɪ z ə m /
n1
(Christianity) the doctrine of the ecumenical movement that promotes cooperation and better understanding among different religious denominations: aimed at universal Christian unity;

- syn. ecumenicalism, ecumenism;

ecumenism
n1
a movement promoting union between religions (especially between Christian churches);

- syn. oecumenism;

n2
(Christianity) the doctrine of the ecumenical movement that promotes cooperation and better understanding among different religious denominations: aimed at universal Christian unity;

- syn. ecumenicalism, ecumenicism;

eczema / ɛ k s ɪ m ə /
n1
generic term for inflammatory conditions of the skin;

- particularly with vesiculation in the acute stages;

eczema herpeticum
n1
eczema characterized by a feverish condition and widespread eruption of vesicles;

- most common in children;

eczema hypertrophicum
n1
eczema characterized by thickening of the skin with accentuated skin lines;

- syn. chronic eczema, lichtenoid eczema;

eczema marginatum
n1
fungal infection of the groin (most common in men);

- syn. jock itch, tinea cruris;

eczema vaccinatum
n1
a now rare complication of vaccinia superimposed on atopic dermatitis with high fever and generalized vesicles and papulovesicles;

- syn. Kaposi's varicelliform eruption;

ED / ɛ d /
n1
impotence resulting from a man's inability to have or maintain an erection of his penis;

- syn. erectile dysfunction, male erecticle dysfunction;

Ed Sullivan
n1
United States host on a well known television variety show (1902-1974);

- syn. Edward Vincent Sullivan, Sullivan;

edacious / ɪ d eɪ ʃ ə s /
a1
devouring or craving food in great quantities;

- "edacious vultures";

- "a rapacious appetite";

- "ravenous as wolves";

- "voracious sharks";

- syn. esurient, rapacious, ravening, ravenous, voracious, wolfish;

- sim. gluttonous;

edacity
n1
excessive desire to eat;

- syn. esurience, ravenousness, voraciousness, voracity;

n2
extreme gluttony;

- syn. esurience, rapaciousness, rapacity, voraciousness, voracity;

Edam
n1
mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls encased in a red covering;

Edaphosauridae
n1
a family of reptiles of the order Pelycosauria;

- syn. family Edaphosauridae;

edaphosaurus
n1
heavy-bodied reptile with a dorsal sail or crest;

- of the late Paleozoic;

EdD
n1
a doctor's degree in education;

- syn. DEd, Doctor of Education;

edda
n1
tropical starchy tuberous root;

- syn. cocoyam, dasheen, taro, taro root;

n2
either of two distinct works in Old Icelandic dating from the late 13th century and consisting of 34 mythological and heroic ballads composed between 800 and 1200;

- the primary source for Scandinavian mythology;

Eddie Rickenbacker
n1
the most decorated United States combat pilot in World War I (1890-1973);

- syn. Edward Vernon Rickenbacker, Rickenbacker;

Eddington
n1
English astronomer remembered for his popular elucidation of relativity theory (1882-1944);

- syn. Sir Arthur Stanley Eddington;

eddo
n1
edible starchy tuberous root of taro plants;

- syn. cocoyam, dasheen, taro;

Eddy / ɛ d i /
n1
founder of Christian Science in 1866 (1821-1910);

- syn. Mary Baker Eddy, Mary Morse Baker Eddy;

n2
a miniature whirlpool or whirlwind resulting when the current of a fluid doubles back on itself;

- syn. twist;

v1
flow in a circular current, of liquids;

- syn. purl, swirl, whirl, whirlpool;

Eddy Merckx
n1
Belgian racing cyclist who won the Tour de France five times (born in 1945);

- syn. Merckx;

Edecrin
n1
diuretic (trade name Edecrin) used to treat edema;

- syn. ethacrynic acid;

edelweiss / eɪ d ɫ v aɪ s /
n1
alpine perennial plant native to Europe having leaves covered with whitish down and small flower heads held in stars of glistening whitish bracts;

- syn. Leontopodium alpinum;

edema
n1
swelling from excessive accumulation of watery fluid in cells, tissues, or serous cavities;

- syn. dropsy, hydrops, oedema;

edematous
a1
swollen with an excessive accumulation of fluid;

- syn. dropsical;

- sim. unhealthy;

Eden / i d n /
n1
any place of complete bliss and delight and peace;

- syn. Shangri-la, heaven, nirvana, paradise, promised land;

n2
a beautiful garden where Adam and Eve were placed at the Creation;

- when they disobeyed and ate the forbidden fruit from the tree of knowledge of good and evil they were driven from their paradise (the fall of man);

- syn. Garden of Eden;

edental
a1
having few if any teeth;

- "anteaters are edentate animals";

- syn. edentate, edentulate;

- sim. toothless;

Edentata
n1
order of mammals having few or no teeth including: New World anteaters;

- sloths;

- armadillos;

- syn. order Edentata;

edentate
n1
primitive terrestrial mammal with few if any teeth;

- of tropical Central America and South America;

a1
having few if any teeth;

- "anteaters are edentate animals";

- syn. edental, edentulate;

- sim. toothless;

edentulate
a1
having few if any teeth;

- "anteaters are edentate animals";

- syn. edental, edentate;

- sim. toothless;

edentulous
a1
having lost teeth;

- sim. toothless;

Ederle
n1
United States swimmer who in 1926 became the first woman to swim the English Channel (1906-2003);

- syn. Gertrude Caroline Ederle, Gertrude Ederle;

Edgar / ɛ d ɡ ə , ɛ d ɡ ə ɹ /
n1
the younger brother of Edwy who became king of Northumbria when it renounced Edwy;

- on Edwy's death he succeeded to the throne of England (944-975);

Edgar Albert Guest
n1
United States journalist (born in England) noted for his syndicated homey verse (1881-1959);

- syn. Edgar Guest, Guest;

Edgar Allan Poe
n1
United States writer and poet (1809-1849);

- syn. Poe;

Edgar Degas
n1
French impressionist painter (1834-1917);

- syn. Degas, Hilaire Germain Edgar Degas;

Edgar Douglas Adrian
n1
English physiologist who conducted research into the function of neurons;

- 1st baron of Cambridge (1889-1997);

- syn. Adrian, Baron Adrian;

Edgar Guest
n1
United States journalist (born in England) noted for his syndicated homey verse (1881-1959);

- syn. Edgar Albert Guest, Guest;

Edgar Lee Masters
n1
United States poet (1869-1950);

- syn. Masters;

Edgar Rice Burroughs
n1
United States novelist and author of the Tarzan stories (1875-1950);

- syn. Burroughs;

Edgar Varese
n1
United States composer (born in France) whose music combines dissonance with complex rhythms and the use of electronic techniques (1883-1965);

- syn. Varese;

Edgar Wallace
n1
English writer noted for his crime novels (1875-1932);

- syn. Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace, Wallace;

Edgard Lawrence Doctorow
n1
United States novelist (born in 1931);

- syn. Doctorow, E. L. Doctorow;

edge / ɛ dʒ /
n1
the boundary of a surface;

- syn. border;

n2
a line determining the limits of an area;

- syn. bound, boundary;

n3
a sharp side formed by the intersection of two surfaces of an object;

- "he rounded the edges of the box";

n4
the attribute of urgency in tone of voice;

- "his voice had an edge to it";

- syn. sharpness;

n5
a slight competitive advantage;

- "he had an edge on the competition";

n6
the outside limit of an object or area or surface;

- a place farthest away from the center of something;

- "the edge of the leaf is wavy";

- "she sat on the edge of the bed";

- "the water's edge";

v1
advance slowly, as if by inches;

- "He edged towards the car";

- syn. inch;

- also edge in;

v2
provide with a border or edge;

- "edge the tablecloth with embroidery";

- syn. border;

v3
lie adjacent to another or share a boundary;

- "Canada adjoins the U.S.";

- "England marches with Scotland";

- syn. abut, adjoin, border, butt, butt against, butt on, march;

v4
provide with an edge;

- "edge a blade";

edge in
v1
push one's way into (a space);

- syn. edge up;

edge tool
n1
any cutting tool with a sharp cutting edge (as a chisel or knife or plane or gouge);

edge up
v1
push one's way into (a space);

- syn. edge in;

edged / ɛ dʒ d /
a1
having a specified kind of border or edge;

- "a black-edged card";

- "rough-edged leaves";

- "dried sweat left salt-edged patches";

- sim. bordered;

a2
(of speech) harsh or hurtful in tone or character;

- "cutting remarks";

- "edged satire";

- "a stinging comment";

- syn. cutting, stinging;

- sim. unkind;

a3
having a cutting edge or especially an edge or edges as specified;

- often used in combination;

- "an edged knife";

- "a two-edged sword";

- sim. sharp;

edgeless / ɛ dʒ ɫ ɛ s /
a1
lacking a cutting edge;

- sim. dull;

edger / ɛ dʒ ə , ɛ dʒ ə ɹ /
n1
a person who puts finishing edges on a garment;

n2
garden tool for cutting grass around the edges of a yard;

edgeways / ɛ dʒ w eɪ z /
r1
as if by an edge;

- barely;

- "I could not get a word in edgewise";

- syn. edgewise;

r2
with the edge forward or on, by, or toward the edge;

- "he sawed the board edgeways";

- "held it edgewise";

- syn. edgewise;

edgewise / ɛ dʒ w aɪ z /
r1
with the edge forward or on, by, or toward the edge;

- "he sawed the board edgeways";

- "held it edgewise";

- syn. edgeways;

r2
as if by an edge;

- barely;

- "I could not get a word in edgewise";

- syn. edgeways;

Edgeworth-Kuiper belt
n1
a disk-shaped region of minor planets outside the orbit of Neptune;

- syn. Kuiper belt;

edginess
n1
feelings of anxiety that make you tense and irritable;

- syn. disquietude, inquietude, uneasiness;

edging / ɛ dʒ ɪ ŋ /
n1
border consisting of anything placed on the edge to finish something (such as a fringe on clothing or on a rug);

edgy / ɛ dʒ i /
a1
being in a tense state;

- syn. high-strung, highly strung, jittery, jumpy, nervy, overstrung, restive, uptight;

- sim. tense;

edibility / ɛ d ɪ b ɪ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
the property of being fit to eat;

- syn. edibleness;

edible / ɛ d ɪ b ɫ /
n1
any substance that can be used as food;

- syn. comestible, eatable, pabulum, victual, victuals;

a1
suitable for use as food;

- syn. comestible, eatable;

- also digestible, palatable, tender;

- sim. killable, nonpoisonous, pareve;

edible-pod pea
n1
a variety of pea plant producing peas having soft thick edible pods lacking the fibrous inner lining of the common pea;

- syn. Pisum sativum macrocarpon, edible-podded pea;

edible-podded pea
n1
a variety of pea plant producing peas having soft thick edible pods lacking the fibrous inner lining of the common pea;

- syn. Pisum sativum macrocarpon, edible-pod pea;

edible asparagus
n1
plant whose succulent young shoots are cooked and eaten as a vegetable;

- syn. Asparagus officinales, asparagus;

edible banana
n1
widely cultivated species of banana trees bearing compact hanging clusters of commercially important edible yellow fruit;

- syn. Musa paradisiaca sapientum;

edible bean
n1
any of various edible seeds of plants of the family Leguminosae used for food;

- syn. bean;

edible cockle
n1
common edible European cockle;

- syn. Cardium edule;

edible corn
n1
ears of corn that can be prepared and served for human food;

- syn. corn;

edible fat
n1
oily or greasy matter making up the bulk of fatty tissue in animals and in seeds and other plant tissue;

edible fruit
n1
edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh;

edible mussel
n1
a mussel with a dark shell that lives attached to rocks;

- syn. Mytilus edulis;

edible nut
n1
a hard-shelled seed consisting of an edible kernel or meat enclosed in a woody or leathery shell;

edible sea urchin
n1
a sea urchin that can be eaten;

- syn. Echinus esculentus;

edible seed
n1
many are used as seasoning;

edible snail
n1
one of the chief edible snails;

- syn. Helix pomatia;

edibleness / ɛ d ɪ b ɫ n ɛ s /
n1
the property of being fit to eat;

- syn. edibility;

edict / i d ɪ k t /
n1
a formal or authoritative proclamation;

n2
a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge);

- "a friend in New Mexico said that the order caused no trouble out there";

- syn. decree, fiat, order, rescript;

edification / ɛ d ɪ f ɪ k eɪ ʃ n /
n1
uplifting enlightenment;

- syn. sophistication;

edifice / ɛ d ɪ f ɪ s /
n1
a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place;

- "there was a three-story building on the corner";

- "it was an imposing edifice";

- syn. building;

edified / ɛ d ɪ f aɪ d /
a1
instructed and encouraged in moral, intellectual, and spiritual improvement;

- sim. enlightened;

edify / ɛ d ɪ f aɪ /
v1
make understand;

- "Can you enlighten me--I don't understand this proposal";

- syn. enlighten;

edifying / ɛ d ɪ f aɪ ɪ ŋ /
a1
enlightening or uplifting so as to encourage intellectual or moral improvement;

- "the paintings in the church served an edifying purpose even for those who could not read";

- syn. enlightening;

Edinburgh / ɛ d ɪ n b ɹ ə /
n1
the capital of Scotland;

- located in the Lothian Region on the south side of the Firth of Forth;

Edirne
n1
a city in northwestern Turkey;

- a Thracian town that was rebuilt and renamed by the Roman Emperor Hadrian;

- syn. Adrianople, Adrianopolis;

Edison
n1
United States inventor;

- inventions included the phonograph and incandescent electric light and the microphone and the Kinetoscope (1847-1931);

- syn. Thomas Alva Edison, Thomas Edison;

edit / ɛ d ɪ t /
v1
prepare for publication or presentation by correcting, revising, or adapting;

- "Edit a book on lexical semantics";

- "she edited the letters of the politician so as to omit the most personal passages";

- syn. redact;

v2
supervise the publication of;

- "The same family has been editing the influential newspaper for almost 100 years";

v3
cut and assemble the components of;

- "edit film";

- "cut recording tape";

- syn. cut, edit out;

v4
cut or eliminate;

- "she edited the juiciest scenes";

- syn. blue-pencil, delete;

edit out
v1
cut and assemble the components of;

- "edit film";

- "cut recording tape";

- syn. cut, edit;

edited / ɛ d ɪ t ɪ d /
a1
improved or corrected by critical editing;

- "the emended text";

- syn. emended;

- sim. altered;

Edith Cavell
n1
English nurse who remained in Brussels after the German occupation in order to help Allied prisoners escape;

- was caught and executed by the Germans (1865-1915);

- syn. Cavell, Edith Louisa Cavell;

Edith Giovanna Gassion
n1
French cabaret singer (1915-1963);

- syn. Edith Piaf, Little Sparrow, Piaf;

Edith Louisa Cavell
n1
English nurse who remained in Brussels after the German occupation in order to help Allied prisoners escape;

- was caught and executed by the Germans (1865-1915);

- syn. Cavell, Edith Cavell;

Edith Newbold Jones Wharton
n1
United States novelist (1862-1937);

- syn. Edith Wharton, Wharton;

Edith Piaf
n1
French cabaret singer (1915-1963);

- syn. Edith Giovanna Gassion, Little Sparrow, Piaf;

Edith Wharton
n1
United States novelist (1862-1937);

- syn. Edith Newbold Jones Wharton, Wharton;

editing / ɛ d ɪ t ɪ ŋ /
n1
putting something (as a literary work or a legislative bill) into acceptable form;

- syn. redaction;

edition / ɪ d ɪ ʃ n /
n1
the form in which a text (especially a printed book) is published;

n2
all of the identical copies of something offered to the public at the same time;

- "the first edition appeared in 1920";

- "it was too late for the morning edition";

- "they issued a limited edition of Bach recordings";

n3
an issue of a newspaper;

- "he read it in yesterday's edition of the Times";

n4
something a little different from others of the same type;

- "an experimental version of the night fighter";

- "a variant of the same word";

- "an emery wheel is the modern variation of a grindstone";

- "the boy is a younger edition of his father";

- syn. variant, variation, version;

editor / ɛ d ɪ t ə , ɛ d ɪ t ə ɹ /
n1
a person responsible for the editorial aspects of publication;

- the person who determines the final content of a text (especially of a newspaper or magazine);

- syn. editor in chief;

n2
(computer science) a program designed to perform such editorial functions as rearrangement or modification or deletion of data;

- syn. editor program;

editor in chief
n1
a person responsible for the editorial aspects of publication;

- the person who determines the final content of a text (especially of a newspaper or magazine);

- syn. editor;

editor program
n1
(computer science) a program designed to perform such editorial functions as rearrangement or modification or deletion of data;

- syn. editor;

editorial / ɛ d ɪ t ɔ ɹ ɪə ɫ /
n1
an article giving opinions or perspectives;

- syn. column, newspaper column;

a1
of or relating to an article stating opinions or giving perspectives;

- "editorial column";

a2
relating to or characteristic of an editor;

- "editorial duties";

editorial department
n1
the department of a publishing business that edits material for publication;

editorialise
v1
insert personal opinions into an objective statement;

- syn. editorialize;

editorialist / ɛ d ɪ t ɔ ɹ ɪə ɫ ɪ s t /
n1
a journalist who writes editorials;

- syn. columnist;

editorialize / ɛ d ɪ t ɔ ɹ ɪə ɫ aɪ z /
v1
insert personal opinions into an objective statement;

- syn. editorialise;

editorially / ɛ d ɪ t ɔ ɹ ɪə ɫ i /
r1
by means of an editorial;

- "the paper commented editorially on the scandal";

editorship / ɛ d ɪ t ə ʃ ɪ p /
n1
the position of editor;

Edmond de Goncourt
n1
French writer who collaborated with his brother Jules de Goncourt on many books and who in his will established the Prix Goncourt (1822-1896);

- syn. Edmond Louis Antoine Huot de Goncourt, Goncourt;

Edmond Halley
n1
English astronomer who used Newton's laws of motion to predict the period of a comet (1656-1742);

- syn. Edmund Halley, Halley;

Edmond Hoyle
n1
English writer on card games (1672-1769);

- syn. Hoyle;

Edmond Louis Antoine Huot de Goncourt
n1
French writer who collaborated with his brother Jules de Goncourt on many books and who in his will established the Prix Goncourt (1822-1896);

- syn. Edmond de Goncourt, Goncourt;

Edmond Malone
n1
English scholar remembered for his chronology of Shakespeare's plays and his editions of Shakespeare and Dryden (1741-1812);

- syn. Edmund Malone, Malone;

Edmond Rostand
n1
French dramatist and poet whose play immortalized Cyrano de Bergerac (1868-1918);

- syn. Rostand;

Edmonton
n1
the capital of the province of Alberta;

Edmontonia
n1
heavily armored and highly spiked dinosaur with semi-upright posture;

edmontosaurus
n1
duck-billed dinosaur from Canada found as a fossilized mummy with skin;

Edmund Burke
n1
British statesman famous for his oratory;

- pleaded the cause of the American colonists in British Parliament and defended the parliamentary system (1729-1797);

- syn. Burke;

Edmund Cartwright
n1
English clergyman who invented the power loom (1743-1823);

- syn. Cartwright;

Edmund Charles Edouard Genet
n1
French diplomat who in 1793 tried to draw the United States into the war between France and England (1763-1834);

- syn. Citizen Genet, Genet;

Edmund Halley
n1
English astronomer who used Newton's laws of motion to predict the period of a comet (1656-1742);

- syn. Edmond Halley, Halley;

Edmund Hillary
n1
New Zealand mountaineer who in 1953 first attained the summit of Mount Everest with his Sherpa guide Tenzing Norgay (born in 1919);

- syn. Hillary, Sir Edmund Hillary, Sir Edmund Percival Hillary;

Edmund Husserl
n1
German philosopher who developed phenomenology (1859-1938);

- syn. Husserl;

Edmund I
n1
king of the English who succeeded Athelstan;

- he drove out the Danes and made peace with Scotland (921-946);

Edmund II
n1
king of the English who led resistance to Canute but was defeated and forced to divide the kingdom with Canute (980-1016);

- syn. Edmund Ironside;

Edmund Ironside
n1
king of the English who led resistance to Canute but was defeated and forced to divide the kingdom with Canute (980-1016);

- syn. Edmund II;

Edmund John Millington Synge
n1
Irish poet and playwright whose plays are based on rural Irish life (1871-1909);

- syn. J. M. Synge, John Millington Synge, Synge;

Edmund Kean
n1
English actor noted for his portrayals of Shakespeare's great tragic characters (1789-1833);

- syn. Kean;

Edmund Malone
n1
English scholar remembered for his chronology of Shakespeare's plays and his editions of Shakespeare and Dryden (1741-1812);

- syn. Edmond Malone, Malone;

Edmund Spenser
n1
English poet who wrote an allegorical romance celebrating Elizabeth I in the Spenserian stanza (1552-1599);

- syn. Spenser;

Edmund Wilson
n1
United States literary critic (1895-1972);

- syn. Wilson;

Edna Ferber
n1
United States novelist;

- author of several popular novels (1887-1968);

- syn. Ferber;

Edna Millay
n1
United States poet (1892-1950);

- syn. Edna Saint Vincent Millay, Millay;

Edna O'Brien
n1
Irish writer (born in 1932);

- syn. O'Brien;

Edna Saint Vincent Millay
n1
United States poet (1892-1950);

- syn. Edna Millay, Millay;

Edo
n1
a member of a west African people living in the tropical forest region of southern Nigeria;

n2
the capital and largest city of Japan;

- the economic and cultural center of Japan;

- syn. Japanese capital, Tokio, Tokyo, Yeddo, Yedo, capital of Japan;

Edouard Lemaitre
n1
Belgian cosmologist who proposed the big-bang theory of the origin of the universe (1894-1966);

- syn. Georges Henri Lemaitre, Lemaitre;

Edouard Manet
n1
French painter whose work influenced the impressionists (1832-1883);

- syn. Manet;

Edouard Vuillard
n1
French painter (1868-1940);

- syn. Jean Edouard Vuillard, Vuillard;

EDP / i d i p i /
n1
automatic data processing by electronic means without the use of tabulating cards or punched tapes;

- syn. electronic data processing;

Edronax
n1
an antidepressant drug that blocks the reuptake of norepinephrine;

- syn. reboxetine;

EDS
n1
a rapid automatic system to detect plastic explosives in passengers' luggage using X-ray technology and computers;

- designed for use in airports;

- syn. explosive detection system;

Edsel Bryant Ford
n1
son of Henry Ford (1893-1943);

- syn. Ford;

EDTA
n1
a complex molecule used medically to chelate metal ions in cases of lead or heavy metal poisoning;

- syn. ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid;

Eduard Buchner
n1
German organic chemist who studied alcoholic fermentation and discovered zymase (1860-1917);

- syn. Buchner;

educate / ɛ dʒ ʊ k eɪ t /
v1
give an education to;

- "We must educate our youngsters better";

v2
create by training and teaching;

- "The old master is training world-class violinists";

- "we develop the leaders for the future";

- syn. develop, prepare, train;

v3
teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment;

- "Cultivate your musical taste";

- "Train your tastebuds";

- "She is well schooled in poetry";

- syn. civilise, civilize, cultivate, school, train;

educated / ɛ dʒ ʊ k eɪ t ɪ d /
a1
possessing an education (especially having more than average knowledge);

- also civilised, civilized, enlightened, informed, intellectual, literate, numerate;

- sim. knowing, literate, self-educated, semiliterate;

a2
characterized by full comprehension of the problem involved;

- "an educated guess";

- "an enlightened electorate";

- syn. enlightened;

- sim. informed;

educatee
n1
a learner who is enrolled in an educational institution;

- syn. pupil, student;

education / ɛ dʒ ʊ k eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the activities of educating or instructing;

- activities that impart knowledge or skill;

- "he received no formal education";

- "our instruction was carefully programmed";

- "good classroom teaching is seldom rewarded";

- syn. didactics, educational activity, instruction, pedagogy, teaching;

n2
knowledge acquired by learning and instruction;

- "it was clear that he had a very broad education";

n3
the gradual process of acquiring knowledge;

- "education is a preparation for life";

- "a girl's education was less important than a boy's";

n4
the profession of teaching (especially at a school or college or university);

n5
the result of good upbringing (especially knowledge of correct social behavior);

- "a woman of breeding and refinement";

- syn. breeding, training;

n6
the United States federal department that administers all federal programs dealing with education (including federal aid to educational institutions and students);

- created 1979;

- syn. Department of Education, Education Department;

Education Department
n1
the United States federal department that administers all federal programs dealing with education (including federal aid to educational institutions and students);

- created 1979;

- syn. Department of Education, Education;

Education Secretary
n1
the person who holds the secretaryship of the Department of Education;

- "Carter appointed Shirley Hufstedler as the first Secretary of Education";

- syn. Secretary of Education;

n2
the position of the head of the Education Department;

- "the post of Education Secretary was created in 1979";

- syn. Secretary of Education;

educational / ɛ dʒ ʊ k eɪ ʃ ə n ɫ /
a1
relating to the process of education;

- "educational psychology";

a2
providing knowledge;

- "an educational film";

- sim. instructive;

educational activity
n1
the activities of educating or instructing;

- activities that impart knowledge or skill;

- "he received no formal education";

- "our instruction was carefully programmed";

- "good classroom teaching is seldom rewarded";

- syn. didactics, education, instruction, pedagogy, teaching;

educational institution
n1
an institution dedicated to education;

educational program
n1
a program for providing education;

educationalist / ɛ dʒ ʊ k eɪ ʃ n ə ɫ ɪ s t /
n1
a specialist in the theory of education;

- syn. educationist;

educationally / ɛ dʒ ʊ k eɪ ʃ ə n ə ɫ i /
r1
in an educational manner;

- "the assistant masters formed a committee of their own to consider what could be done educationally for the town";

educationist / ɪ d j ʊ k eɪ ʃ ə n ɪ s t /
n1
a specialist in the theory of education;

- syn. educationalist;

educative / ɛ d j u k ə t ɪ v /
a1
resulting in education;

- "an educative experience";

- sim. instructive;

educator / ɛ dʒ ʊ k eɪ t ə , ɛ dʒ ʊ k eɪ t ə ɹ /
n1
someone who educates young people;

- syn. pedagog, pedagogue;

educe / ɪ d j u s /
v1
deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning);

- "We drew out some interesting linguistic data from the native informant";

- syn. draw out, elicit, evoke, extract;

v2
develop or evolve from a latent or potential state;

- syn. derive;

edulcorate
v1
make sweeter in taste;

- syn. dulcify, dulcorate, sweeten;

edutainment
n1
entertainment that is intended to be educational;

Edvard Grieg
n1
Norwegian composer whose work was often inspired by Norwegian folk music (1843-1907);

- syn. Edvard Hagerup Grieg, Grieg;

Edvard Hagerup Grieg
n1
Norwegian composer whose work was often inspired by Norwegian folk music (1843-1907);

- syn. Edvard Grieg, Grieg;

Edvard Munch
n1
Norwegian painter (1863-1944);

- syn. Munch;

Edward / ɛ d w ə d /
n1
King of England and Ireland in 1936;

- his marriage to Wallis Warfield Simpson created a constitutional crisis leading to his abdication (1894-1972);

- syn. Duke of Windsor, Edward VIII;

n2
King of England from 1901 to 1910;

- son of Victoria and Prince Albert;

- famous for his elegant sporting ways (1841-1910);

- syn. Albert Edward, Edward VII;

n3
King of England and Ireland from 1547 to 1553;

- son of Henry VIII and Jane Seymour;

- died of tuberculosis (1537-1553);

- syn. Edward VI;

n4
King of England who was crowned at the age of 13 on the death of his father Edward IV but was immediately confined to the Tower of London where he and his younger brother were murdered (1470-1483);

- syn. Edward V;

n5
King of England from 1461 to 1470 and from 1471 to 1483;

- was dethroned in 1470 but regained the throne in 1471 by his victory at the battle of Tewkesbury (1442-1483);

- syn. Edward IV;

n6
son of Edward II and King of England from 1327-1377;

- his claim to the French throne provoked the Hundred Years' War;

- his reign was marked by an epidemic of the Black Plague and by the emergence of the House of Commons as the powerful arm of British Parliament (1312-1377);

- syn. Edward III;

n7
King of England from 1307 to 1327 and son of Edward I;

- was defeated at Bannockburn by the Scots led by Robert the Bruce;

- was deposed and died in prison (1284-1327);

- syn. Edward II;

n8
King of England from 1272 to 1307;

- conquered Wales (1239-1307);

- syn. Edward I;

n9
third son of Elizabeth II (born in 1964);

- syn. Edward Antony Richard Louis, Prince Edward;

n10
son of Edward III who defeated the French at Crecy and Poitiers in the Hundred Years' War (1330-1376);

- syn. Black Prince;

Edward Albee
n1
United States dramatist (1928-);

- syn. Albee, Edward Franklin Albeen;

Edward Antony Richard Louis
n1
third son of Elizabeth II (born in 1964);

- syn. Edward, Prince Edward;

Edward Appleton
n1
English physicist remembered for his studies of the ionosphere (1892-1966);

- syn. Appleton, Sir Edward Victor Appleton;

Edward Benjamin Britten
n1
major English composer of the 20th century;

- noted for his operas (1913-1976);

- syn. Benjamin Britten, Britten, Lord Britten of Aldeburgh;

Edward Bouverie Pusey
n1
English theologian who (with John Henry Newman and John Keble) founded the Oxford movement (1800-1882);

- syn. Edward Pusey, Pusey;

Edward Calvin Kendall
n1
United States biochemist who discovered cortisone (1886-1972);

- syn. Edward Kendall, Kendall;

Edward D. White
n1
United States jurist appointed chief justice of the United States Supreme Court in 1910 by President Taft;

- noted for his work on antitrust legislation (1845-1921);

- syn. Edward Douglas White Jr., Edward White, White;

Edward Douglas White Jr.
n1
United States jurist appointed chief justice of the United States Supreme Court in 1910 by President Taft;

- noted for his work on antitrust legislation (1845-1921);

- syn. Edward D. White, Edward White, White;

Edward Durell Stone
n1
United States architect (1902-1978);

- syn. Stone;

Edward Estlin Cummings
n1
United States writer noted for his typographically eccentric poetry (1894-1962);

- syn. cummings, e. e. cummings;

Edward Everett Hale
n1
prolific United States writer (1822-1909);

- syn. Hale;

Edward Fitzgerald
n1
English poet remembered primarily for his free translation of the poetry of Omar Khayyam (1809-1883);

- syn. Fitzgerald;

Edward Franklin Albeen
n1
United States dramatist (1928-);

- syn. Albee, Edward Albee;

Edward G. Robinson
n1
United States film actor noted for playing gangster roles (1893-1973);

- syn. Edward Goldenberg Robinson, Robinson;

Edward George Earle Bulwer-Lytton
n1
English writer of historical romances (1803-1873);

- syn. Bulwer-Lytton, First Baron Lytton, Lytton;

Edward Gibbon
n1
English historian best known for his history of the Roman Empire (1737-1794);

- syn. Gibbon;

Edward Goldenberg Robinson
n1
United States film actor noted for playing gangster roles (1893-1973);

- syn. Edward G. Robinson, Robinson;

Edward Henry Harriman
n1
United States railway tycoon (1848-1909);

- syn. E. H. Harriman, Harriman;

Edward I
n1
King of England from 1272 to 1307;

- conquered Wales (1239-1307);

- syn. Edward;

Edward II
n1
King of England from 1307 to 1327 and son of Edward I;

- was defeated at Bannockburn by the Scots led by Robert the Bruce;

- was deposed and died in prison (1284-1327);

- syn. Edward;

Edward III
n1
son of Edward II and King of England from 1327-1377;

- his claim to the French throne provoked the Hundred Years' War;

- his reign was marked by an epidemic of the Black Plague and by the emergence of the House of Commons as the powerful arm of British Parliament (1312-1377);

- syn. Edward;

Edward IV
n1
King of England from 1461 to 1470 and from 1471 to 1483;

- was dethroned in 1470 but regained the throne in 1471 by his victory at the battle of Tewkesbury (1442-1483);

- syn. Edward;

Edward James Hughes
n1
English poet (born in 1930);

- syn. Hughes, Ted Hughes;

Edward James Muggeridge
n1
United States motion-picture pioneer remembered for his pictures of running horses taken with a series of still cameras (born in England) (1830-1904);

- syn. Eadweard Muybridge, Muybridge;

Edward Jean Steichen
n1
United States photographer who pioneered artistic photography (1879-1973);

- syn. Steichen;

Edward Jenner
n1
English physician who pioneered vaccination;

- Jenner inoculated people with small amounts of cowpox to prevent them from getting smallpox (1749-1823);

- syn. Jenner;

Edward Kendall
n1
United States biochemist who discovered cortisone (1886-1972);

- syn. Edward Calvin Kendall, Kendall;

Edward Kennedy Ellington
n1
United States jazz composer and piano player and bandleader (1899-1974);

- syn. Duke Ellington, Ellington;

Edward Lawrie Tatum
n1
United States biochemist who discovered how genes act by regulating definite chemical events (1909-1975);

- syn. Tatum;

Edward Lear
n1
British artist and writer of nonsense verse (1812-1888);

- syn. Lear;

Edward Lee Thorndike
n1
United States educational psychologist (1874-1949);

- syn. Thorndike;

Edward MacDowell
n1
United States composer best remembered as a composer of works for the piano (1860-1908);

- syn. MacDowell;

Edward Morley
n1
United States chemist and physicist who collaborated with Michelson in the Michelson-Morley experiment (1838-1923);

- syn. E. W. Morley, Edward Williams Morley, Morley;

Edward Osborne Wilson
n1
United States entomologist who has generalized from social insects to other animals including humans (born in 1929);

- syn. E. O. Wilson, Wilson;

Edward Pusey
n1
English theologian who (with John Henry Newman and John Keble) founded the Oxford movement (1800-1882);

- syn. Edward Bouverie Pusey, Pusey;

Edward R. Murrow
n1
United States broadcast journalist remembered for his reports from London during World War II (1908-1965);

- syn. Edward Roscoe Murrow, Murrow;

Edward Roscoe Murrow
n1
United States broadcast journalist remembered for his reports from London during World War II (1908-1965);

- syn. Edward R. Murrow, Murrow;

Edward Sapir
n1
anthropologist and linguist;

- studied languages of North American Indians (1884-1939);

- syn. Sapir;

Edward Teach
n1
an English pirate who operated in the Caribbean and off the Atlantic coast of North America (died in 1718);

- syn. Blackbeard, Edward Thatch, Teach, Thatch;

Edward Teller
n1
United States physicist (born in Hungary) who worked on the first atom bomb and the first hydrogen bomb (1908-2003);

- syn. Teller;

Edward Thatch
n1
an English pirate who operated in the Caribbean and off the Atlantic coast of North America (died in 1718);

- syn. Blackbeard, Edward Teach, Teach, Thatch;

Edward the Confessor
n1
son of Ethelred the Unready;

- King of England from 1042 to 1066;

- he founded Westminster Abbey where he was eventually buried (1003-1066);

- syn. Saint Edward the Confessor, St. Edward the Confessor;

Edward the Elder
n1
king of Wessex whose military success against the Danes made it possible for his son Athelstan to become the first king of all England (870-924);

Edward the Martyr
n1
King of England who was a son of Edgar;

- he was challenged for the throne by supporters of his half-brother Ethelred II who eventually murdered him (963-978);

- syn. Saint Edward the Martyr, St. Edward the Martyr;

Edward V
n1
King of England who was crowned at the age of 13 on the death of his father Edward IV but was immediately confined to the Tower of London where he and his younger brother were murdered (1470-1483);

- syn. Edward;

Edward Vernon Rickenbacker
n1
the most decorated United States combat pilot in World War I (1890-1973);

- syn. Eddie Rickenbacker, Rickenbacker;

Edward VI
n1
King of England and Ireland from 1547 to 1553;

- son of Henry VIII and Jane Seymour;

- died of tuberculosis (1537-1553);

- syn. Edward;

Edward VII
n1
King of England from 1901 to 1910;

- son of Victoria and Prince Albert;

- famous for his elegant sporting ways (1841-1910);

- syn. Albert Edward, Edward;

Edward VIII
n1
King of England and Ireland in 1936;

- his marriage to Wallis Warfield Simpson created a constitutional crisis leading to his abdication (1894-1972);

- syn. Duke of Windsor, Edward;

Edward Vincent Sullivan
n1
United States host on a well known television variety show (1902-1974);

- syn. Ed Sullivan, Sullivan;

Edward Weston
n1
United States photographer(1886-1958);

- syn. Weston;

Edward White
n1
United States jurist appointed chief justice of the United States Supreme Court in 1910 by President Taft;

- noted for his work on antitrust legislation (1845-1921);

- syn. Edward D. White, Edward Douglas White Jr., White;

Edward Williams Morley
n1
United States chemist and physicist who collaborated with Michelson in the Michelson-Morley experiment (1838-1923);

- syn. E. W. Morley, Edward Morley, Morley;

Edward Winslow
n1
English colonial administrator who traveled to America on the Mayflower and served as the first governor of the Plymouth Colony (1595-1655);

- syn. Winslow;

Edward Wyllis Scripps
n1
United States newspaper publisher who founded an important press association;

- half-brother of James Edmund Scripps (1854-1926);

- syn. Scripps;

Edward Young
n1
English poet (1683-1765);

- syn. Young;

Edwardian / ɛ d w ɔ d j ə n , ɪ d w ɔ d ɪə n /
n1
someone belonging to (or as if belonging to) the era of Edward VII;

a1
of or relating to or characteristic of the era of Edward VII in England;

- "Edwardian furniture";

Edwards / ɛ d w ə d z /
n1
American theologian whose sermons and writings stimulated a period of renewed interest in religion in America (1703-1758);

- syn. Jonathan Edwards;

Edwin / ɛ d w ɪ n /
n1
king of Northumbria who was converted to Christianity (585-633);

Edwin Arlington Robinson
n1
United States poet;

- author of narrative verse (1869-1935);

- syn. Robinson;

Edwin DuBois Hayward
n1
United States writer (1885-1940);

- syn. DuBois Heyward, Heyward;

Edwin Herbert Land
n1
United States inventor who incorporated Polaroid film into lenses and invented the one step photographic process (1909-1991);

- syn. Din Land, Land;

Edwin Hubble
n1
United States astronomer who discovered that (as the universe expands) the speed with which nebulae recede increases with their distance from the observer (1889-1953);

- syn. Edwin Powell Hubble, Hubble;

Edwin Powell Hubble
n1
United States astronomer who discovered that (as the universe expands) the speed with which nebulae recede increases with their distance from the observer (1889-1953);

- syn. Edwin Hubble, Hubble;

Edwy
n1
King of England who was renounced by Northumbria in favor of his brother Edgar (died in 959);

- syn. Eadwig;

EE
n1
the branch of engineering science that studies the uses of electricity and the equipment for power generation and distribution and the control of machines and communication;

- syn. electrical engineering;

EEC / i iy s i /
n1
an international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members;

- "he tried to take Britain into the Europen Union";

- syn. Common Market, EC, EU, Europe, European Community, European Economic Community, European Union;

EEG / i iy dʒ i /
n1
a graphical record of electrical activity of the brain;

- produced by an electroencephalograph;

- syn. electroencephalogram, encephalogram;

eel / i ɫ /
n1
the fatty flesh of eel;

- an elongate fish found in fresh water in Europe and America;

- large eels are usually smoked or pickled;

n2
voracious snakelike marine or freshwater fishes with smooth slimy usually scaleless skin and having a continuous vertical fin but no ventral fins;

eel-shaped
a1
shaped in the form of an eel;

- sim. formed;

Eelam
n1
the independent state that the Tamil Tigers have fought for;

- syn. Tamil Eelam;

eelblenny
n1
eellike fishes found in subarctic coastal waters;

eelgrass / i ɫ ɡ ɹ ɑ s /
n1
submerged marine plant with very long narrow leaves found in abundance along North Atlantic coasts;

- syn. Zostera marina, grass wrack, sea wrack;

n2
submerged aquatic plant with ribbonlike leaves;

- Old World and Australia;

- syn. Vallisneria spiralis, tape grass, wild celery;

eelgrass family
n1
used in some classifications: essentially equivalent to Potamogetonaceae;

- syn. Zosteraceae, family Zosteraceae;

eellike / i ɫ l aɪ k /
a1
resembling an eel in being long and thin and sinuous;

- sim. curved;

eelpout / i ɫ p aʊ t /
n1
marine eellike mostly bottom-dwelling fishes of northern seas;

- syn. pout;

n2
elongate freshwater cod of northern Europe and Asia and North America having barbels around its mouth;

- syn. Lota lota, burbot, cusk, ling;

eelworm / i ɫ w ɝ m /
n1
any of various small free-living plant-parasitic roundworms;

eerie / ɪə ɹ i /
a1
suggestive of the supernatural;

- mysterious;

- "an eerie feeling of deja vu";

- sim. supernatural;

a2
inspiring a feeling of fear;

- strange and frightening;

- "an uncomfortable and eerie stillness in the woods";

- "an eerie midnight howl";

- syn. eery;

- sim. strange;

eerily / ɪə ɹ ə ɫ i /
r1
in an unnatural eery manner;

- "it was eerily quiet in the chapel";

- syn. spookily;

eeriness / ɪə ɹ ɪ n ə s /
n1
strangeness by virtue of being mysterious and inspiring fear;

- syn. ghostliness;

Eero Saarinen
n1
United States architect (born in Finland) (1910-1961);

- syn. Saarinen;

eery / ɪə ɹ i /
a1
inspiring a feeling of fear;

- strange and frightening;

- "an uncomfortable and eerie stillness in the woods";

- "an eerie midnight howl";

- syn. eerie;

- sim. strange;

eff / ɛ f /
v1
have sexual intercourse with;

- "This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm";

- "Adam knew Eve";

- "Were you ever intimate with this man?";

- syn. bang, be intimate, bed, bonk, do it, fuck, get it on, get laid, have a go at it, have intercourse, have it away, have it off, have sex, hump, jazz, know, lie with, love, make love, make out, roll in the hay, screw, sleep together, sleep with;

efface / ɪ f eɪ s /
v1
remove completely from recognition or memory;

- "efface the memory of the time in the camps";

- syn. obliterate;

v2
make inconspicuous;

- "efface oneself";

v3
remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing;

- "Please erase the formula on the blackboard--it is wrong!";

- syn. erase, rub out, score out, wipe off;

effaceable / ɪ f eɪ s ə b ɫ /
a1
capable of being effaced;

- "the fire's worst scars were effaceable by a comprehensive program of reforestation";

- "a signal too loud to be erasable in a single pass through the erase head";

- syn. erasable;

- sim. eradicable;

effacement / ɪ f eɪ s m ə n t /
n1
shortening of the uterine cervix and thinning of its walls as it is dilated during labor;

n2
withdrawing into the background;

- making yourself inconspicuous;

- syn. self-effacement;

effect / ɪ f ɛ k t /
n1
a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon;

- "the magnetic effect was greater when the rod was lengthwise";

- "his decision had depressing consequences for business";

- "he acted very wise after the event";

- syn. consequence, event, issue, outcome, result, upshot;

n2
an outward appearance;

- "he made a good impression";

- "I wanted to create an impression of success";

- "she retained that bold effect in her reproductions of the original painting";

- syn. impression;

n3
an impression (especially one that is artificial or contrived);

- "he just did it for effect";

n4
the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work;

- syn. burden, core, essence, gist;

n5
(of a law) having legal validity;

- "the law is still in effect";

- syn. force;

n6
a symptom caused by an illness or a drug;

- "the effects of sleep loss";

- "the effect of the anesthetic";

v1
produce;

- "The scientists set up a shock wave";

- syn. effectuate, set up;

v2
act so as to bring into existence;

- "effect a change";

effected / ɪ f ɛ k t ɪ d /
a1
settled securely and unconditionally;

- "that smoking causes health problems is an accomplished fact";

- syn. accomplished, established;

- sim. settled;

effecter / ɪ f ɛ k t ə , ɪ f ɛ k t ə ɹ /
n1
one who brings about a result or event;

- one who accomplishes a purpose;

- syn. effector;

effective / ɪ f ɛ k t ɪ v /
a1
producing or capable of producing an intended result or having a striking effect;

- "an air-cooled motor was more effective than a witch's broomstick for rapid long-distance transportation"-LewisMumford;

- "effective teaching methods";

- "effective steps toward peace";

- "made an effective entrance";

- "his complaint proved to be effectual in bringing action";

- "an efficacious law";

- syn. effectual, efficacious;

- also efficacious, efficient, potent, powerful, useful;

- sim. hard-hitting, impelling, impressive, rough-and-ready;

a2
able to accomplish a purpose;

- functioning effectively;

- "people who will do nothing unless they get something out of it for themselves are often highly effective persons..."-G.B.Shaw;

- "effective personnel";

- "an efficient secretary";

- "the efficient cause of the revolution";

- syn. efficient;

- sim. competent;

a3
works well as a means or remedy;

- "an effective reprimand";

- "a lotion that is effective in cases of prickly heat";

- sim. efficacious;

a4
exerting force or influence;

- "the law is effective immediately";

- "a warranty good for two years";

- "the law is already in effect (or in force)";

- syn. good, in effect, in force;

- sim. operative;

a5
existing in fact;

- not theoretical;

- real;

- "a decline in the effective demand";

- "confused increased equipment and expenditure with the quantity of effective work done";

- sim. actual;

a6
ready for service;

- "the fort was held by about 100 effective soldiers";

- sim. operational;

effectively / ɪ f ɛ k t ɪ v ɫ i /
r1
in an effective manner;

- "these are real problems that can be dealt with most effectively by rational discussion";

- syn. efficaciously;

r2
in actuality or reality or fact;

- "she is effectively his wife";

- "in effect, they had no choice";

- syn. in effect;

effectiveness / ɪ f ɛ k t ɪ v n ə s /
n1
power to be effective;

- the quality of being able to bring about an effect;

- syn. effectivity, effectuality, effectualness;

n2
capacity to produce strong physiological or chemical effects;

- "the toxin's potency";

- "the strength of the drinks";

- syn. potency, strength;

effectivity / ɪ f ɛ k t ə b ɪ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
power to be effective;

- the quality of being able to bring about an effect;

- syn. effectiveness, effectuality, effectualness;

effector / ɪ f ɛ k t ə /
n1
one who brings about a result or event;

- one who accomplishes a purpose;

- syn. effecter;

n2
a nerve fiber that terminates on a muscle or gland and stimulates contraction or secretion;

n3
an organ (a gland or muscle) that becomes active in response to nerve impulses;

effects / ɪ f ɛ k t s /
n1
property of a personal character that is portable but not used in business;

- "she left some of her personal effects in the house";

- "I watched over their effects until they returned";

- syn. personal effects;

effectual / ɪ f ɛ k tʃ ʊə ɫ /
a1
producing or capable of producing an intended result or having a striking effect;

- "an air-cooled motor was more effective than a witch's broomstick for rapid long-distance transportation"-LewisMumford;

- "effective teaching methods";

- "effective steps toward peace";

- "made an effective entrance";

- "his complaint proved to be effectual in bringing action";

- "an efficacious law";

- syn. effective, efficacious;

- also efficacious, efficient, potent, powerful, useful;

- sim. hard-hitting, impelling, impressive, rough-and-ready;

a2
having legal efficacy or force;

- "a sound title to the property";

- syn. legal, sound;

- sim. valid;

effectuality / ɪ f ɛ k tʃ ʊ æ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
power to be effective;

- the quality of being able to bring about an effect;

- syn. effectiveness, effectivity, effectualness;

effectually / ɪ f ɛ k tʃ ʊə ɫ i /
r1
in an effectual manner;

- "Bismarck was constantly criticised by the more liberal newspapers, and he retaliated by passing an emergency decree that effectually muzzled the press";

effectualness / ɪ f ɛ k tʃ ʊə ɫ n ə s /
n1
power to be effective;

- the quality of being able to bring about an effect;

- syn. effectiveness, effectivity, effectuality;

effectuate / ɪ f ɛ k t j ʊ eɪ t /
v1
produce;

- "The scientists set up a shock wave";

- syn. effect, set up;

effectuation / ɪ f ɛ k t j ʊ eɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
the act of implementing (providing a practical means for accomplishing something);

- carrying into effect;

- syn. implementation;

effeminacy / ɪ f ɛ m ɪ n ə s i /
n1
the trait of being effeminate (derogatory of a man);

- "the students associated science with masculinity and arts with effeminacy";

- "Spartans accused Athenians of effeminateness";

- "he was shocked by the softness of the atmosphere surrounding the young prince, arising from the superfluity of the femininity that guided him";

- syn. effeminateness, sissiness, softness, unmanliness, womanishness;

effeminate / ɪ f ɛ m ɪ n ə t , ɪ f ɛ m ɪ n eɪ t /
a1
having unsuitable feminine qualities;

- syn. cissy, emasculate, epicene, sissified, sissy, sissyish;

- sim. unmanly;

effeminateness / ɪ f ɛ m ɪ n eɪ t n ɛ s /
n1
the trait of being effeminate (derogatory of a man);

- "the students associated science with masculinity and arts with effeminacy";

- "Spartans accused Athenians of effeminateness";

- "he was shocked by the softness of the atmosphere surrounding the young prince, arising from the superfluity of the femininity that guided him";

- syn. effeminacy, sissiness, softness, unmanliness, womanishness;

effeminise
v1
to give a (more) feminine, effeminate, or womanly quality or appearance to;

- "This hairdo feminizes the man";

- syn. effeminize, feminise, feminize, womanize;

effeminize / ɪ f ɛ m ɪ n aɪ z /
v1
to give a (more) feminine, effeminate, or womanly quality or appearance to;

- "This hairdo feminizes the man";

- syn. effeminise, feminise, feminize, womanize;

effendi / ɛ f ɛ n d i /
n1
a former Turkish term of respect;

- especially for government officials;

efferent / ɛ f ə ɹ ə n t /
n1
a nerve that conveys impulses toward or to muscles or glands;

- syn. efferent nerve, motor nerve;

a1
of nerves and nerve impulses;

- conveying information away from the CNS;

- "efferent nerves and impulses";

- syn. motorial;

- sim. centrifugal, corticoefferent, neuromotor;

efferent fiber
n1
a nerve fiber that carries impulses toward the muscles or glands;

- syn. motor fiber;

efferent nerve
n1
a nerve that conveys impulses toward or to muscles or glands;

- syn. efferent, motor nerve;

efferent neuron
n1
a neuron conducting impulses outwards from the brain or spinal cord;

- syn. motoneuron, motor nerve fiber, motor neuron;

effervesce / ɛ f ə v ɛ s /
v1
become bubbly or frothy or foaming;

- "The boiling soup was frothing";

- "The river was foaming";

- "sparkling water";

- syn. fizz, foam, form bubbles, froth, sparkle;

effervescence / ɛ f ə v ɛ s n s /
n1
the process of bubbling as gas escapes;

n2
the property of giving off bubbles;

- syn. bubbliness, frothiness;

effervescent / ɛ f ə v ɛ s n t /
a1
used of wines and waters;

- charged naturally or artificially with carbon dioxide;

- "sparkling wines";

- "sparkling water";

- syn. sparkling;

a2
(of a liquid) giving off bubbles;

- sim. aerated, bubbling, carbonated, fizzing;

a3
marked by high spirits or excitement;

- "his fertile effervescent mind";

- "scintillating personality";

- "a row of sparkly cheerleaders";

- syn. bubbling, frothy, scintillating, sparkly;

- sim. lively;

effervescing / ɛ f ə v ɛ s ɪ ŋ /
a1
emitting or filled with bubbles as from carbonation or fermentation;

- "bubbling champagne";

- "foamy (or frothy) beer";

- syn. bubbling, bubbly, foaming, foamy, frothy, spumy;

- sim. effervescent;

effete / ɪ f i t /
a1
affected, overrefined, and effeminate;

- "the young man spoke in effete, accented English";

- sim. refined;

a2
deprived of vigor and the ability to be effective;

- "fundamentalism has flowered because it has concluded that liberalism is effete, ineffectual and impoverished";

- sim. impotent;

efficacious / ɛ f ɪ k eɪ ʃ ə s /
a1
marked by qualities giving the power to produce an intended effect;

- "written propaganda is less efficacious than the habits and prejudices...of the readers"-Aldous Huxley;

- "the medicine is efficacious in stopping a cough";

- also effective, efficacious;

- sim. effective;

a2
producing or capable of producing an intended result or having a striking effect;

- "an air-cooled motor was more effective than a witch's broomstick for rapid long-distance transportation"-LewisMumford;

- "effective teaching methods";

- "effective steps toward peace";

- "made an effective entrance";

- "his complaint proved to be effectual in bringing action";

- "an efficacious law";

- syn. effective, effectual;

- also efficacious, efficient, potent, powerful, stiff, useful, utile;

- sim. hard-hitting, impelling, impressive, rough-and-ready;

efficaciously / ɛ f ɪ k eɪ ʃ ə s ɫ i /
r1
in an effective manner;

- "these are real problems that can be dealt with most effectively by rational discussion";

- syn. effectively;

efficaciousness / ɛ f ɪ k eɪ ʃ ə s n ə s /
n1
capacity or power to produce a desired effect;

- "concern about the safety and efficacy of the vaccine";

- syn. efficacy;

efficacy / ɛ f ɪ k ə s i /
n1
capacity or power to produce a desired effect;

- "concern about the safety and efficacy of the vaccine";

- syn. efficaciousness;

efficiency / ɪ f ɪ ʃ n s i /
n1
the ratio of the output to the input of any system;

n2
skillfulness in avoiding wasted time and effort;

- "she did the work with great efficiency";

efficiency apartment
n1
a furnished apartment with a kitchenette and bathroom;

efficiency engineer
n1
an expert in increasing the efficient use of machines and personnel;

- syn. efficiency expert;

efficiency expert
n1
an expert in increasing the efficient use of machines and personnel;

- syn. efficiency engineer;

efficient / ɪ f ɪ ʃ n t /
a1
being effective without wasting time or effort or expense;

- "an efficient production manager";

- "efficient engines save gas";

- also competent, effective, efficacious;

- sim. businesslike, cost-efficient, economic, expeditious, high-octane, streamlined;

a2
able to accomplish a purpose;

- functioning effectively;

- "people who will do nothing unless they get something out of it for themselves are often highly effective persons..."-G.B.Shaw;

- "effective personnel";

- "an efficient secretary";

- "the efficient cause of the revolution";

- syn. effective;

- sim. competent;

efficiently / ɪ f ɪ ʃ n t ɫ i /
r1
with efficiency;

- in an efficient manner;

- "he functions efficiently";

- syn. expeditiously;

effigy / ɛ f ɪ dʒ i /
n1
a representation of a person (especially in the form of sculpture);

- "the coin bears an effigy of Lincoln";

- "the emperor's tomb had his image carved in stone";

- syn. image, simulacrum;

effleurage
n1
a rhythmic stroking;

- "effleurage of the abdomen is used in the Lamaze method of childbirth";

effloresce / ɛ f ɫ ɔ ɹ ɛ s /
v1
come into or as if into flower;

- "These manifestations effloresced in the past";

- syn. burst forth;

v2
assume crystalline form;

- become crystallized;

- syn. crystalise, crystalize, crystallize;

v3
become encrusted with crystals due to evaporation;

efflorescence / ɛ f ɫ ə ɹ ɛ s n s /
n1
the period of greatest prosperity or productivity;

- syn. bloom, blossom, flower, flush, heyday, peak, prime;

n2
any red eruption of the skin;

- syn. rash, roseola, skin rash;

n3
the time and process of budding and unfolding of blossoms;

- syn. anthesis, blossoming, florescence, flowering, inflorescence;

n4
a powdery deposit on a surface;

- syn. bloom;

efflorescent / ɛ f ɫ ə ɹ ɛ s n t /
a1
bursting into flower;

- "flowering spring trees";

- syn. abloom;

- sim. mature;

effluence / ɛ f ɫ ʊə n s /
n1
the process of flowing out;

- syn. efflux, outflow;

effluent / ɛ f ɫ ʊə n t /
n1
water mixed with waste matter;

- syn. sewer water, wastewater;

a1
that is flowing outward;

- syn. outflowing;

- sim. outgoing;

effluvium / ɛ f ɫ u v j ə m /
n1
a foul-smelling outflow or vapor (especially a gaseous waste);

efflux / ɛ f ɫ ʌ k s /
n1
the process of flowing out;

- syn. effluence, outflow;

effort / ɛ f ə t /
n1
earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something;

- "made an effort to cover all the reading material";

- "wished him luck in his endeavor";

- "she gave it a good try";

- syn. attempt, endeavor, endeavour, try;

n2
use of physical or mental energy;

- hard work;

- "he got an A for effort";

- "they managed only with great exertion";

- syn. elbow grease, exertion, sweat, travail;

n3
a notable achievement;

- "he performed a great feat";

- "the book was her finest effort";

- syn. exploit, feat;

n4
a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end;

- "he supported populist campaigns";

- "they worked in the cause of world peace";

- "the team was ready for a drive toward the pennant";

- "the movement to end slavery";

- "contributed to the war effort";

- syn. campaign, cause, crusade, drive, movement;

effortful
a1
requiring great physical effort;

- also difficult, hard;

- sim. Sisyphean, arduous, arduous, dragging, exhausting, heavy, labor-intensive, leaden;

effortfulness
n1
the quality of requiring deliberate effort;

effortless / ɛ f ə t ɫ ə s /
a1
requiring or apparently requiring no effort;

- "the swallows glided in an effortless way through the busy air";

- also easy;

- sim. facile, unforced;

a2
not showing effort or strain;

- "a difficult feat performed with casual mastery";

- "careless grace";

- syn. casual;

- sim. easy;

effortlessly / ɛ f ə t ɫ ə s ɫ i /
r1
without effort or apparent effort;

- "she danced gracefully and effortlessly";

- "swallows gliding effortlessly through the air";

effortlessness / ɛ f ə t ɫ ə s n ɛ s /
n1
the quality of requiring little effort;

- "such effortlessness is achieved only after hours of practice";

effrontery / ɪ f ɹ ʌ n t ə ɹ i /
n1
audacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right to;

- "he despised them for their presumptuousness";

- syn. assumption, presumption, presumptuousness;

effulgence / ɪ f ʌ ɫ dʒ ə n s /
n1
the quality of being bright and sending out rays of light;

- syn. radiance, radiancy, refulgence, refulgency, shine;

effulgent / ɪ f ʌ ɫ dʒ ə n t /
a1
radiating or as if radiating light;

- "the beaming sun";

- "the effulgent daffodils";

- "a radiant sunrise";

- "a refulgent sunset";

- syn. beaming, beamy, radiant, refulgent;

- sim. bright;

effuse / ɛ f j u s , ɛ f j u z /
v1
pour out;

- "effused brine";

- syn. pour out;

v2
flow or spill forth;

- syn. flow out;

v3
give out or emit (also metaphorically);

- "The room effuses happiness";

effusion / ɪ f j u ʒ n /
n1
an unrestrained expression of emotion;

- syn. blowup, ebullition, gush, outburst;

n2
flow under pressure;

effusive / ɪ f j u s ɪ v /
a1
uttered with unrestrained enthusiasm;

- "a novel told in burbly panting tones";

- syn. burbling, burbly, gushing;

- sim. lively;

a2
extravagantly demonstrative;

- "insincere and effusive demonstrations of sentimental friendship";

- "a large gushing female";

- "write unrestrained and gushy poetry";

- syn. gushing, gushy;

- sim. demonstrative;

effusively / ɪ f j u s ɪ v ɫ i /
r1
in an effusive manner;

- "the critics praised her effusively";

effusiveness / ɪ f j u s ɪ v n ə s /
n1
a friendly open trait of a talkative person;

- syn. expansiveness, expansivity;

Efrem Zimbalist
n1
United States violinist (born in Russia) (1889-1985);

- syn. Zimbalist;

eft / ɛ f t /
n1
a newt in its terrestrial stage of development;

Egadi Islands
n1
a group of islands off the west coast of Sicily in the Mediterranean;

- syn. Aegadean Islands, Aegadean Isles, Aegates, Isole Egadi;

egalitarian / ɪ ɡ æ ɫ ɪ t eə ɹ ɪə n /
n1
a person who believes in the equality of all people;

- syn. equalitarian;

a1
favoring social equality;

- "a classless society";

- syn. classless;

- sim. democratic;

egalitarianism / ɪ ɡ æ ɫ ɪ t eə ɹ ɪə n ɪ z ə m /
n1
the doctrine of the equality of mankind and the desirability of political and economic and social equality;

- syn. equalitarianism;

egalite
n1
social and political equality;

- "egality represents an extreme leveling of society";

- syn. egality;

egality / ɪ ɡ æ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
social and political equality;

- "egality represents an extreme leveling of society";

- syn. egalite;

Egbert
n1
king of Wessex whose military victories made Wessex the most powerful kingdom in England (died in 839);

Egeria / i dʒ ɪə ɹ ɪə /
n1
small genus of dioecious tropical aquatic plants;

- syn. genus Egeria;

Egeria densa
n1
aquatic plant with deep green foliage useful to oxygenate an aquarium;

- sometimes placed in genus Egeria;

- syn. Elodea densa, dense-leaved elodea;

egest
v1
eliminate from the body;

- "Pass a kidney stone";

- syn. eliminate, excrete, pass;

egg / ɛ ɡ /
n1
animal reproductive body consisting of an ovum or embryo together with nutritive and protective envelopes;

- especially the thin-shelled reproductive body laid by e.g. female birds;

n2
oval reproductive body of a fowl (especially a hen) used as food;

- syn. eggs;

n3
one of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens;

- "she kicked him in the balls and got away";

- syn. ball, ballock, bollock, nut, orchis, testicle, testis;

v1
throw eggs at;

v2
coat with beaten egg;

- "egg a schnitzel";

egg-and-anchor
n1
a decorative molding;

- a series of egg-shaped figures alternating with another shape;

- syn. egg-and-dart, egg-and-tongue;

egg-and-dart
n1
a decorative molding;

- a series of egg-shaped figures alternating with another shape;

- syn. egg-and-anchor, egg-and-tongue;

egg-and-tongue
n1
a decorative molding;

- a series of egg-shaped figures alternating with another shape;

- syn. egg-and-anchor, egg-and-dart;

egg-filled
a1
full of eggs;

- sim. full;

egg-laying mammal
n1
the most primitive mammals comprising the only extant members of the subclass Prototheria;

- syn. monotreme;

egg-producing
a1
capable of producing eggs and bearing offspring;

- syn. young-bearing;

- sim. female;

egg-shaped
a1
rounded like an egg;

- syn. elliptic, elliptical, oval, oval-shaped, ovate, oviform, ovoid, prolate;

- sim. rounded;

egg cell
n1
the female reproductive cell;

- the female gamete;

- syn. ovum;

egg cream
n1
made of milk and flavored syrup with soda water;

egg cup
n1
dishware consisting of a small cup for serving a boiled egg;

- syn. eggcup;

egg en cocotte
n1
egg cooked individually in cream or butter in a small ramekin;

- syn. baked egg, shirred egg;

egg foo yong
n1
omelet containing onions and celery and chopped meat or fish;

- syn. egg fu yung;

egg fu yung
n1
omelet containing onions and celery and chopped meat or fish;

- syn. egg foo yong;

egg laying
n1
the production of eggs (especially in birds);

- syn. laying;

egg noodle
n1
narrow strip of pasta dough made with eggs;

egg on
v1
urge on;

- cause to act;

- "The other children egged the boy on, but he did not want to throw the stone through the window";

- syn. incite, prod;

egg roll
n1
minced vegetables and meat wrapped in a pancake and fried;

- syn. spring roll;

egg timer
n1
a sandglass that runs for three minutes;

- used to time the boiling of eggs;

egg white
n1
the white part of an egg;

- the nutritive and protective gelatinous substance surrounding the yolk consisting mainly of albumin dissolved in water;

- "she separated the whites from the yolks of several eggs";

- syn. albumen, ovalbumin, white;

egg yolk
n1
the yellow spherical part of an egg that is surrounded by the albumen;

- syn. yolk;

eggar
n1
moth having nonfunctional mouthparts as adults;

- larvae feed on tree foliage and spin egg-shaped cocoons;

- syn. egger;

eggbeater / ɛ ɡ b i t ə /
n1
an aircraft without wings that obtains its lift from the rotation of overhead blades;

- syn. chopper, helicopter, whirlybird;

n2
a mixer for beating eggs or whipping cream;

- syn. eggwhisk;

eggcup / ɛ ɡ k ʌ p /
n1
dishware consisting of a small cup for serving a boiled egg;

- syn. egg cup;

eggdrop soup
n1
made by stirring beaten eggs into a simmering broth;

egger / ɛ ɡ ə /
n1
moth having nonfunctional mouthparts as adults;

- larvae feed on tree foliage and spin egg-shaped cocoons;

- syn. eggar;

eggfruit
n1
ovoid orange-yellow mealy sweet fruit of Florida and West Indies;

- syn. canistel;

egghead / ɛ ɡ h ɛ d /
n1
an intellectual;

- a very studious and academic person;

- "in spite of her love of reading she denied being an egghead";

eggnog
n1
a punch made of sweetened milk or cream mixed with eggs and usually alcoholic liquor;

eggplant / ɛ ɡ p ɫ ɑ n t /
n1
egg-shaped vegetable having a shiny skin typically dark purple but occasionally white or yellow;

- syn. aubergine, mad apple;

n2
hairy upright herb native to southeastern Asia but widely cultivated for its large glossy edible fruit commonly used as a vegetable;

- syn. Solanum melongena, aubergine, brinjal, eggplant bush, garden egg, mad apple;

eggplant bush
n1
hairy upright herb native to southeastern Asia but widely cultivated for its large glossy edible fruit commonly used as a vegetable;

- syn. Solanum melongena, aubergine, brinjal, eggplant, garden egg, mad apple;

eggs / ɛ ɡ z /
n1
oval reproductive body of a fowl (especially a hen) used as food;

- syn. egg;

eggs Benedict
n1
toasted English muffin topped with ham and a poached egg (or an oyster) and hollandaise sauce;

eggshake / ɛ ɡ ʃ eɪ k /
n1
a milkshake with egg in it;

eggshell / ɛ ɡ ʃ ɛ ɫ /
n1
the exterior covering of a bird's egg;

- syn. shell;

eggwhisk
n1
a mixer for beating eggs or whipping cream;

- syn. eggbeater;

egis
n1
armor plate that protects the chest;

- the front part of a cuirass;

- syn. aegis, breastplate;

eglantine / ɛ ɡ ɫ ə n t aɪ n /
n1
Eurasian rose with prickly stems and fragrant leaves and bright pink flowers followed by scarlet hips;

- syn. Rosa eglanteria, briar, brier, sweetbriar, sweetbrier;

Eglevsky
n1
United States ballet dancer (born in Russia) (1917-1977);

- syn. Andre Eglevsky;

ego / ɛ ɡ oʊ /
n1
an inflated feeling of pride in your superiority to others;

- syn. egotism, self-importance;

n2
your consciousness of your own identity;

- syn. self;

n3
(psychoanalysis) the conscious mind;

ego ideal
n1
(psychoanalysis) the part of the ego that contains an ideal of personal excellence toward which a person strives;

ego trip
n1
an act undertaken to increase your own power and influence or to draw attention to your own importance;

- syn. self-aggrandisement, self-aggrandizement;

egocentric / ɛ ɡ oʊ s ɛ n t ɹ ɪ k /
n1
a self-centered person with little regard for others;

- syn. egoist;

a1
limited to or caring only about yourself and your own needs;

- syn. egoistic, egoistical, self-centered, self-centred;

- also selfish;

- sim. self-absorbed;

egocentrism
n1
concern for your own interests and welfare;

- syn. egoism, self-centeredness, self-concern, self-interest;

egoism / ɛ ɡ oʊ ɪ z ə m /
n1
(ethics) the theory that the pursuit of your own welfare in the basis of morality;

n2
concern for your own interests and welfare;

- syn. egocentrism, self-centeredness, self-concern, self-interest;

egoist / ɛ ɡ oʊ ɪ s t /
n1
a conceited and self-centered person;

- syn. egotist, swellhead;

n2
a self-centered person with little regard for others;

- syn. egocentric;

egoistic / ɛ ɡ oʊ ɪ s t ɪ k /
a1
limited to or caring only about yourself and your own needs;

- syn. egocentric, egoistical, self-centered, self-centred;

- also selfish;

- sim. self-absorbed;

egoistical / ɛ ɡ oʊ ɪ s t ɪ k ə ɫ /
a1
limited to or caring only about yourself and your own needs;

- syn. egocentric, egoistic, self-centered, self-centred;

- also selfish;

- sim. self-absorbed;

egomania / ɛ ɡ oʊ m eɪ n ɪə /
n1
an intense and irresistible love for yourself and concern for your own needs;

egomaniac / ɛ ɡ oʊ m eɪ n ɪ æ k /
n1
an abnormally egotistical person;

egotism / ɛ ɡ oʊ t ɪ z ə m /
n1
an exaggerated opinion of your own importance;

- syn. self-importance, swelled head;

n2
an inflated feeling of pride in your superiority to others;

- syn. ego, self-importance;

egotist / ɛ ɡ ə t ɪ s t /
n1
a conceited and self-centered person;

- syn. egoist, swellhead;

egotistic / ɛ ɡ ə t ɪ s t ɪ k /
a1
characteristic of those having an inflated idea of their own importance;

- syn. egotistical, narcissistic, self-loving;

- sim. selfish;

a2
characteristic of false pride;

- having an exaggerated sense of self-importance;

- "a conceited fool";

- "an attitude of self-conceited arrogance";

- "an egotistical disregard of others";

- "so swollen by victory that he was unfit for normal duty";

- "growing ever more swollen-headed and arbitrary";

- "vain about her clothes";

- syn. conceited, egotistical, self-conceited, swollen, swollen-headed, vain;

- sim. proud;

egotistical / ɛ ɡ oʊ t ɪ s t ɪ k ə ɫ /
a1
characteristic of those having an inflated idea of their own importance;

- syn. egotistic, narcissistic, self-loving;

- sim. selfish;

a2
characteristic of false pride;

- having an exaggerated sense of self-importance;

- "a conceited fool";

- "an attitude of self-conceited arrogance";

- "an egotistical disregard of others";

- "so swollen by victory that he was unfit for normal duty";

- "growing ever more swollen-headed and arbitrary";

- "vain about her clothes";

- syn. conceited, egotistic, self-conceited, swollen, swollen-headed, vain;

- sim. proud;

egotistically / ɛ ɡ ə t ɪ s t ɪ k ɫ i /
r1
in an egotistical manner;

- "he behaved egotistically";

- syn. selfishly;

egotrip / i ɡ oʊ t ɹ ɪ p /
v1
act in a way that attracts attention;

- "This teacher always egotrips and the students don't like him";

egregious / ɪ ɡ ɹ i dʒ ɪə s /
a1
conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible;

- "a crying shame";

- "an egregious lie";

- "flagrant violation of human rights";

- "a glaring error";

- "gross ineptitude";

- "gross injustice";

- "rank treachery";

- syn. crying, flagrant, glaring, gross, rank;

- sim. conspicuous;

egress / i ɡ ɹ ɛ s /
n1
(astronomy) the reappearance of a celestial body after an eclipse;

- syn. emersion;

n2
the becoming visible;

- "not a day's difference between the emergence of the andrenas and the opening of the willow catkins";

- syn. emergence, issue;

n3
the act of coming (or going) out;

- becoming apparent;

- syn. egression, emergence;

v1
come out of;

- "Water issued from the hole in the wall";

- "The words seemed to come out by themselves";

- syn. come forth, come out, emerge, go forth, issue;

egression / i ɡ ɹ ɛ ʃ ə n /
n1
the act of coming (or going) out;

- becoming apparent;

- syn. egress, emergence;

egret / i ɡ ɹ ɛ t /
n1
any of various usually white herons having long plumes during breeding season;

Egretta / i ɡ ɹ ɛ t ə /
n1
small Old and New World herons;

- syn. genus Egretta;

Egretta albus
n1
a common egret of the genus Egretta found in America;

- it is a variety of the Old World white egret Casmerodius albus;

- syn. American egret, great white heron;

Egretta caerulea
n1
small bluish-grey heron of the western hemisphere;

- syn. little blue heron;

Egretta garzetta
n1
Old World egret;

- syn. little egret;

Egretta thula
n1
small New World egret;

- syn. snowy egret, snowy heron;

EGTK
n1
a terrorist group that is the remnants of the original Bolivian insurgents trained by Che Guevara;

- attacks small unprotected targets such as power pylons or oil pipelines or government buildings;

- syn. Tupac Katari Guerrilla Army;

Egypt / i dʒ ɪ p t /
n1
a republic in northeastern Africa known as the United Arab Republic until 1971;

- site of an ancient civilization that flourished from 2600 to 30 BC;

- syn. Arab Republic of Egypt, United Arab Republic;

n2
an ancient empire to the west of Israel;

- centered on the Nile River and ruled by a Pharaoh;

- figured in many events described in the Old Testament;

- syn. Egyptian Empire;

Egyptian / ɪ dʒ ɪ p ʃ n /
n1
a native or inhabitant of Egypt;

n2
the ancient and now extinct language of Egypt under the Pharaohs;

- written records date back to 3000 BC;

a1
of or relating to or characteristic of Egypt or its people or their language;

Egyptian bean
n1
perennial twining vine of Old World tropics having trifoliate leaves and racemes of fragrant purple pea-like flowers followed by maroon pods of edible seeds;

- grown as an ornamental and as a vegetable on the Indian subcontinent;

- sometimes placed in genus Dolichos;

- syn. Dolichos lablab, Indian bean, Lablab purpureus, bonavist, hyacinth bean;

Egyptian capital
n1
the capital of Egypt and the largest city in Africa;

- a major port just to the south of the Nile delta;

- formerly the home of the Pharaohs;

- syn. Al Qahira, Cairo, El Qahira, capital of Egypt;

Egyptian cat
n1
a domestic cat of Egypt;

Egyptian cobra
n1
cobra used by the Pharaohs as a symbol of their power over life and death;

- syn. Naja haje, asp;

Egyptian corn
n1
sorghums of dry regions of Asia and North Africa;

- syn. Guinea corn, Indian millet, doura, dourah, durra;

Egyptian cotton
n1
fine somewhat brownish long-staple cotton grown in Egypt;

- believed to be derived from sea island cotton or by hybridization with Peruvian cotton;

Egyptian deity
n1
a deity worshipped by the ancient Egyptians;

Egyptian Empire
n1
an ancient empire to the west of Israel;

- centered on the Nile River and ruled by a Pharaoh;

- figured in many events described in the Old Testament;

- syn. Egypt;

Egyptian grass
n1
a creeping grass with spikes like fingers;

- syn. Dactyloctenium aegypticum, crowfoot grass;

Egyptian henbane
n1
poisonous herb whose leaves are a source of hyoscyamine;

- syn. Hyoscyamus muticus;

Egyptian Islamic Jihad
n1
an Islamic extremist group active since the late 1970s;

- seeks to overthrow the Egyptian government and replace it with an Islamic state;

- works in small underground cells;

- "the original Jihad was responsible for the assassination of Anwar Sadat in 1981";

- syn. Islamic Jihad, Vanguards of Conquest, al-Jihad;

Egyptian lupine
n1
white-flowered Eurasian herb widely cultivated for forage and erosion control;

- syn. Lupinus albus, field lupine, white lupine, wolf bean;

Egyptian monetary unit
n1
monetary unit in Egypt;

Egyptian onion
n1
type of perennial onion grown chiefly as a curiosity or for early salad onions;

- having bulbils that replace the flowers;

- syn. Allium cepa viviparum, top onion, tree onion;

Egyptian paper reed
n1
tall sedge of the Nile valley yielding fiber that served many purposes in historic times;

- syn. Cyperus papyrus, Egyptian paper rush, paper plant, paper rush, papyrus;

Egyptian paper rush
n1
tall sedge of the Nile valley yielding fiber that served many purposes in historic times;

- syn. Cyperus papyrus, Egyptian paper reed, paper plant, paper rush, papyrus;

Egyptian pea
n1
Asiatic herb cultivated for its short pods with one or two edible seeds;

- syn. Cicer arietinum, chickpea, chickpea plant;

Egyptian pound
n1
the basic unit of money in Egypt;

- equal to 100 piasters;

- syn. pound;

Egyptian vulture
n1
small mostly white vulture of Africa and southern Eurasia;

- syn. Neophron percnopterus, Pharaoh's chicken;

Egyptian water lily
n1
white Egyptian lotus: water lily of Egypt to southeastern Africa;

- held sacred by the Egyptians;

- syn. Nymphaea lotus, lotus, white lily, white lotus;

Egyptologist / i dʒ ɪ p t ɒ ɫ ə dʒ ɪ s t /
n1
an archeologist who specializes in Egyptology;

Egyptology / i dʒ ɪ p t ɒ ɫ ə dʒ i /
n1
archeology of ancient Egyptian artifacts;

Ehadhamen
n1
city in Tunisia;

EHF
n1
30 to 300 gigahertz;

- syn. extremely high frequency;

Ehrenberg
n1
Russian novelist (1891-1967);

- syn. Ilya Ehrenberg, Ilya Grigorievich Ehrenberg;

Ehrlich
n1
German bacteriologist who found a `magic bullet' to cure syphilis and was a pioneer in the study of immunology (1854-1915);

- syn. Paul Ehrlich;

EiB
n1
a unit of information equal to 1024 pebibytes or 2^60 bytes;

- syn. EB, exabyte, exbibyte;

Eibit
n1
a unit of information equal to 1024 pebibits or 2^60 bits;

- syn. exbibit;

Eichhornia
n1
water hyacinth;

- water orchid;

- syn. genus Eichhornia;

Eichhornia crassipes
n1
a tropical floating aquatic plant having spikes of large blue flowers;

- troublesome in clogging waterways especially in southern United States;

- syn. Eichhornia spesiosa, water hyacinth, water orchid;

Eichhornia spesiosa
n1
a tropical floating aquatic plant having spikes of large blue flowers;

- troublesome in clogging waterways especially in southern United States;

- syn. Eichhornia crassipes, water hyacinth, water orchid;

Eichmann
n1
Austrian who became the Nazi official who administered the concentration camps where millions of Jews were murdered during World War II (1906-1962);

- syn. Adolf Eichmann, Karl Adolf Eichmann;

eicosapentaenoic acid
n1
an omega-3 fatty acid with 20 carbon atoms;

- found in fish (especially tuna and bluefish);

eider / aɪ d ə /
n1
duck of the northern hemisphere much valued for the fine soft down of the females;

- syn. eider duck;

eider duck
n1
duck of the northern hemisphere much valued for the fine soft down of the females;

- syn. eider;

eiderdown / aɪ d ə d aʊ n /
n1
a soft quilt usually filled with the down of the eider;

- syn. continental quilt, duvet;

n2
down of the eider duck;

eidetic
a1
of visual imagery of almost photographic accuracy;

- sim. representational;

eidos
n1
(anthropology) the distinctive expression of the cognitive or intellectual character of a culture or a social group;

Eiffel
n1
French engineer who constructed the Eiffel Tower (1832-1923);

- syn. Alexandre Gustave Eiffel;

Eiffel Tower
n1
a wrought iron tower 300 meters high that was constructed in Paris in 1889;

- for many years it was the tallest man-made structure;

Eigen
n1
German chemist who did research on high-speed chemical reactions (born in 1927);

- syn. Manfred Eigen;

eigenvalue
n1
(mathematics) any number such that a given square matrix minus that number times the identity matrix has a zero determinant;

- syn. characteristic root of a square matrix, eigenvalue of a matrix, eigenvalue of a square matrix;

eigenvalue of a matrix
n1
(mathematics) any number such that a given square matrix minus that number times the identity matrix has a zero determinant;

- syn. characteristic root of a square matrix, eigenvalue, eigenvalue of a square matrix;

eigenvalue of a square matrix
n1
(mathematics) any number such that a given square matrix minus that number times the identity matrix has a zero determinant;

- syn. characteristic root of a square matrix, eigenvalue, eigenvalue of a matrix;

eight / eɪ t /
n1
the cardinal number that is the sum of seven and one;

- syn. 8, VIII, eighter, eighter from Decatur, octad, octet, octonary, ogdoad;

n2
a group of United States painters founded in 1907 and noted for their realistic depictions of sordid aspects of city life;

- syn. Ashcan School;

n3
one of four playing cards in a deck with eight pips on the face;

- syn. eight-spot;

a1
being one more than seven;

- syn. 8, viii;

- sim. cardinal;

eight-day
a1
lasting for eight days;

- sim. long;

eight-fold
a1
having eight units or components;

- syn. eightfold, octuple;

- sim. multiple;

eight-membered
a1
of a chemical compound having a ring with eight members;

- syn. 8-membered;

- sim. membered;

eight-sided
a1
having eight sides;

- sim. multilateral;

eight-spot
n1
one of four playing cards in a deck with eight pips on the face;

- syn. eight;

eight ball
n1
a black pool ball bearing the number 8;

- should be the last to go in certain pool games;

eighteen / eɪ t i n /
n1
the cardinal number that is the sum of seventeen and one;

- syn. 18, XVIII;

a1
being one more than seventeen;

- syn. 18, xviii;

- sim. cardinal;

eighteenth / eɪ t i n θ /
n1
position 18 in a countable series of things;

a1
coming next after the seventeenth in position;

- syn. 18th;

- sim. ordinal;

Eighteenth Amendment
n1
an amendment to the Constitution of the United States adopted in 1920;

- prohibited the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages;

- repealed in 1932;

eighter
n1
the cardinal number that is the sum of seven and one;

- syn. 8, VIII, eight, eighter from Decatur, octad, octet, octonary, ogdoad;

eighter from Decatur
n1
the cardinal number that is the sum of seven and one;

- syn. 8, VIII, eight, eighter, octad, octet, octonary, ogdoad;

eightfold / eɪ t f oʊ ɫ d /
a1
having eight units or components;

- syn. eight-fold, octuple;

- sim. multiple;

eighth / eɪ t θ /
n1
position eight in a countable series of things;

n2
one part in eight equal parts;

- syn. one-eighth;

a1
coming next after the seventh and just before the ninth in position;

- syn. 8th;

- sim. ordinal;

eighth cranial nerve
n1
a composite sensory nerve supplying the hair cells of the vestibular organ and the hair cells of the cochlea;

- syn. acoustic nerve, auditory nerve, nervus vestibulocochlearis, vestibulocochlear nerve;

eighth note
n1
a musical note having the time value of an eighth of a whole note;

- syn. quaver;

eighties / eɪ t ɪ z /
n1
the decade from 1880 to 1889;

- syn. 1880s;

n2
the decade from 1980 to 1989;

- syn. 1980s;

n3
the time of life between 80 and 90;

- syn. mid-eighties;

eightieth / eɪ t ɪə θ /
n1
position 80 in a countable series of things;

a1
the ordinal number of eighty in counting order;

- syn. 80th;

- sim. ordinal;

eightpence / eɪ t p ə n s /
n1
a coin worth eight pennies;

eightpenny / eɪ t p ə n i /
a1
used of nail size;

- 2 1/2 in or 6.4 cm long;

- sim. sized;

eightpenny nail
n1
a nail 2.5 inches long;

eightsome / eɪ t s ə m /
n1
eight people considered as a unit;

- syn. octet, octette;

n2
a Scottish reel for eight dancers;

eightvo
n1
the size of a book whose pages are made by folding a sheet of paper three times to form eight leaves;

- syn. 8vo, octavo;

eighty / eɪ t i /
n1
the cardinal number that is the product of ten and eight;

- syn. 80, LXXX, fourscore;

a1
being ten more than seventy;

- syn. 80, fourscore, lxxx;

- sim. cardinal;

eighty-eight
a1
being eight more than eighty;

- syn. 88, lxxxviii;

- sim. cardinal;

eighty-fifth
a1
the ordinal number of eighty-five in counting order;

- syn. 85th;

- sim. ordinal;

eighty-five
a1
being five more than eighty;

- syn. 85, lxxxv;

- sim. cardinal;

eighty-four
a1
being four more than eighty;

- syn. 84, lxxxiv;

- sim. cardinal;

eighty-nine
a1
being nine more than eighty;

- syn. 89, ixc;

- sim. cardinal;

eighty-one
a1
being one more than eighty;

- syn. 81, lxxxi;

- sim. cardinal;

eighty-seven
a1
being seven more than eighty;

- syn. 87, lxxxvii;

- sim. cardinal;

eighty-six
a1
being six more than eighty;

- syn. 86, lxxxvi;

- sim. cardinal;

eighty-three
a1
being three more than eighty;

- syn. 83, lxxxiii;

- sim. cardinal;

eighty-two
a1
being two more than eighty;

- syn. 82, lxxxii;

- sim. cardinal;

Eijkman
n1
Dutch physician who discovered that beriberi is caused by a nutritional deficiency (1858-1930);

- syn. Christiaan Eijkman;

Eileen Farrell
n1
United States operatic soprano noted for the clarity and power of her voice (1920-2002);

- syn. Farrell;

eimeria
n1
parasitic on the digestive epithelium of vertebrates and higher invertebrates;

- syn. coccidium;

Eimeriidae
n1
a family of protoctist in the order Coccidia;

- syn. family Eimeriidae;

Eindhoven / aɪ n d h ɒ v n /
n1
city in southeastern Netherlands noted for electrical industry;

Einstein
n1
physicist born in Germany who formulated the special theory of relativity and the general theory of relativity;

- Einstein also proposed that light consists of discrete quantized bundles of energy (later called photons) (1879-1955);

- syn. Albert Einstein;

n2
someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality;

- "Mozart was a child genius";

- "he's smart but he's no Einstein";

- syn. brain, brainiac, genius, mastermind;

Einstein's general theory of relativity
n1
a generalization of special relativity to include gravity (based on the principle of equivalence);

- syn. general relativity, general relativity theory, general theory of relativity;

Einstein's special theory of relativity
n1
a physical theory of relativity based on the assumption that the speed of light in a vacuum is a constant and the assumption that the laws of physics are invariant in all inertial systems;

- syn. special relativity, special relativity theory, special theory of relativity;

Einstein's theory of relativity
n1
(physics) the theory that space and time are relative concepts rather than absolute concepts;

- syn. relativity, relativity theory, theory of relativity;

Einsteinian
a1
of or relating to Albert Einstein or his theories;

- "the Einsteinian universe";

einsteinium
n1
a radioactive transuranic element produced by bombarding plutonium with neutrons;

- syn. E, Es, atomic number 99;

Einthoven
n1
Dutch physiologist who devised the first electrocardiograph (1860-1927);

- syn. Willem Einthoven;

Eira
n1
a genus of Mustelidae;

- syn. genus Eira;

Eira barbara
n1
long-tailed arboreal mustelid of Central America and South America;

- syn. taira, tayra;

Eire
n1
a republic consisting of 26 of 32 counties comprising the island of Ireland;

- achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1921;

- syn. Ireland, Irish Republic, Republic of Ireland;

eisegesis
n1
personal interpretation of a text (especially of the Bible) using your own ideas;

Eisenhower
n1
United States general who supervised the invasion of Normandy and the defeat of Nazi Germany;

- 34th President of the United States (1890-1961);

- syn. Dwight D. Eisenhower, Dwight David Eisenhower, Dwight Eisenhower, Ike, President Eisenhower;

Eisenstaedt
n1
United States photographer (born in Germany) whose unposed documentary photographs created photojournalism (born in 1898);

- syn. Alfred Eisenstaedt;

Eisenstein
n1
Russian film maker who pioneered the use of montage and is considered among the most influential film makers in the history of motion pictures (1898-1948);

- syn. Sergei Eisenstein, Sergei Mikhailovich Eisenstein;

eisteddfod / aɪ s t ɛ ð v ɒ d /
n1
any of several annual Welsh festivals involving artistic competitions (especially in singing);

eitchen midden
n1
(archeology) a mound of domestic refuse containing shells and animal bones marking the site of a prehistoric settlement;

- syn. kitchen midden, midden;

either / aɪ ð ə , aɪ ð ə ɹ , i ð ə , i ð ə ɹ /
r1
after a negative statement used as an intensive meaning something like `likewise' or `also';

- "he isn't stupid, but he isn't exactly a genius either";

- "I don't know either";

- "if you don't order dessert I won't either";

ejaculate / ɪ dʒ æ k j ʊ ɫ eɪ t /
n1
the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract;

- syn. come, cum, seed, semen, seminal fluid;

v1
utter impulsively;

- "He blurted out the secret";

- "He blundered his stupid ideas";

- syn. blunder, blunder out, blurt, blurt out;

v2
eject semen;

ejaculation / ɪ dʒ æ k j ʊ ɫ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
an abrupt emphatic exclamation expressing emotion;

- syn. interjection;

n2
the discharge of semen in males;

ejaculator / ɪ dʒ æ k j ʊ ɫ eɪ t ə /
n1
a man who ejaculates semen;

n2
a speaker who utters a sudden exclamation;

ejaculatory duct
n1
a part of the seminal duct formed by the duct from the seminal vesicle and the vas deferens;

- passes through the prostate gland;

eject / ɪ dʒ ɛ k t , i dʒ ɛ k t /
v1
put out or expel from a place;

- "The unruly student was excluded from the game";

- syn. boot out, chuck out, exclude, turf out, turn out;

v2
eliminate (a substance);

- "combustion products are exhausted in the engine";

- "the plant releases a gas";

- syn. discharge, exhaust, expel, release;

v3
leave an aircraft rapidly, using an ejection seat or capsule;

v4
cause to come out in a squirt;

- "the boy squirted water at his little sister";

- syn. force out, squeeze out, squirt;

ejection / ɪ dʒ ɛ k ʃ n /
n1
the act of expelling or projecting or ejecting;

- syn. expulsion, forcing out, projection;

n2
the act of forcing out someone or something;

- "the ejection of troublemakers by the police";

- "the child's expulsion from school";

- syn. exclusion, expulsion, riddance;

ejection seat
n1
a pilot's seat in an airplane that can be forcibly ejected in the case of an emergency;

- then the pilot descends by parachute;

- syn. capsule, ejector seat;

ejector / ɪ dʒ ɛ k t ə , ɪ dʒ ɛ k t ə ɹ /
n1
a person who ousts or supplants someone else;

- syn. ouster;

n2
a mechanism in a firearm that ejects the empty shell case after firing;

- syn. cartridge ejector;

ejector seat
n1
a pilot's seat in an airplane that can be forcibly ejected in the case of an emergency;

- then the pilot descends by parachute;

- syn. capsule, ejection seat;

Ekbom syndrome
n1
feeling of uneasiness and restlessness in the legs after going to bed (sometimes causing insomnia);

- may be relieved temporarily by walking or moving the legs;

- syn. restless legs, restless legs syndrome;

eke out
v1
supplement what is thought to be deficient;

- "He eked out his meager pay by giving private lessons";

- "Braque eked out his collages with charcoal";

- syn. fill out;

v2
live from day to day, as with some hardship;

- "He eked out his years in great poverty";

v3
make by laborious and precarious means;

- "He eked out a living as a painter";

- syn. squeeze out;

v4
obtain with difficulty;

- "He eked out some information from the archives";

- syn. squeeze out;

EKG
n1
a graphical recording of the cardiac cycle produced by an electrocardiograph;

- syn. ECG, cardiogram, electrocardiogram;

Ekman
n1
Swedish oceanographer who recognized the role of the Coriolis effect on ocean currents (1874-1954);

- syn. Vagn Walfrid Ekman;

EL / ɛ ɫ /
n1
angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object);

- syn. ALT, altitude, elevation;

n2
a railway that is powered by electricity and that runs on a track that is raised above the street level;

- syn. elevated, elevated railroad, elevated railway, overhead railway;

El-Aksur
n1
a city in central Egypt on the east bank of the Nile that is a center for visitors to the ruins of and around Thebes;

- syn. Luxor;

El Aaium
n1
a town in Morocco near the Atlantic coast;

El Alamein
n1
a village to the west of Alexandria on the northern coast of Egypt;

- the scene of a decisive Allied victory over the Germans in 1942;

n2
a pitched battle in World War II (1942) resulting in a decisive Allied victory by British troops under Montgomery over German troops under Rommel;

- syn. Al Alamayn, Battle of El Alamein;

El Beda
n1
the capital and chief port of Qatar;

- syn. Bida, Doha, capital of Qatar;

El Caudillo
n1
Spanish general whose armies took control of Spain in 1939 and who ruled as a dictator until his death (1892-1975);

- syn. Francisco Franco, Franco, General Franco;

El Cid
n1
the hero of a Spanish epic poem from the 12th century;

El Dorado / ɛ ɫ d ə ɹ ɑ d oʊ /
n1
an imaginary place of great wealth and opportunity;

- sought in South America by 16th-century explorers;

- syn. eldorado;

El Giza
n1
an ancient Egyptian city on the west bank of the Nile opposite Cairo;

- site of three Great Pyramids and the Sphinx;

- syn. Giza, Gizeh;

El Greco
n1
Spanish painter (born in Greece) remembered for his religious works characterized by elongated human forms and dramatic use of color (1541-1614);

- syn. Domenikos Theotocopoulos, Greco;

El Iskandriyah
n1
the chief port of Egypt;

- located on the western edge of the Nile delta on the Mediterranean Sea;

- founded by Alexander the Great;

- the capital of ancient Egypt;

- syn. Alexandria;

El Libertador
n1
Venezuelan statesman who led the revolt of South American colonies against Spanish rule;

- founded Bolivia in 1825 (1783-1830);

- syn. Bolivar, Simon Bolivar;

n2
a mountain in the Andes in Argentina (22,047 feet high);

El Misti
n1
the world's 2nd largest active volcano;

- located in the Andes in southern Peru;

El Muerto
n1
a mountain peak in the Andes on the border between Argentina and Chile (21,457 feet high);

El Nino
n1
(oceanography) a warm ocean current that flows along the equator from the date line and south off the coast of Ecuador at Christmas time;

n2
the Christ child;

El Nino southern oscillation
n1
a more intense El Nino that occurs every few years when the welling up of cold nutrient-rich water does not occur;

- kills plankton and fish and affects weather patterns;

El Paso
n1
a city in western Texas on the Mexican border;

- located on the northern bank of the Rio Grande across from the Mexican city of Juarez;

El Qahira
n1
the capital of Egypt and the largest city in Africa;

- a major port just to the south of the Nile delta;

- formerly the home of the Pharaohs;

- syn. Al Qahira, Cairo, Egyptian capital, capital of Egypt;

El Salvador / ɛ ɫ s æ ɫ v ə d ɔ , ɛ ɫ s æ ɫ v ə d ɔ ɹ /
n1
a republic on the Pacific coast of Central America;

- syn. Republic of El Salvador, Salvador;

El Salvadoran colon
n1
the basic unit of money in El Salvador;

- equal to 100 centavos;

- syn. colon;

El Salvadoran monetary unit
n1
monetary unit in El Salvador;

ELA
n1
an extreme leftist terrorist group formed in Greece in 1971 to oppose the military junta that ruled Greece from 1967 to 1974;

- a revolutionary group opposed to capitalism and imperialism and the United States;

- syn. Revolutionary People's Struggle;

elaborate / ɪ ɫ æ b ə ɹ ə t , ɪ ɫ æ b ə ɹ eɪ t /
v1
add details, as to an account or idea;

- clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing;

- "She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation";

- syn. dilate, enlarge, expand, expatiate, exposit, expound, flesh out, lucubrate;

v2
produce from basic elements or sources;

- change into a more developed product;

- "The bee elaborates honey";

v3
make more complex, intricate, or richer;

- "refine a design or pattern";

- syn. complicate, rarify, refine;

v4
work out in detail;

- "elaborate a plan";

- syn. work out;

a1
marked by complexity and richness of detail;

- "an elaborate lace pattern";

- syn. luxuriant;

- sim. fancy;

a2
developed or executed with care and in minute detail;

- "a detailed plan";

- "the elaborate register of the inhabitants prevented tax evasion"- John Buchan;

- "the carefully elaborated theme";

- syn. detailed, elaborated;

- sim. careful;

elaborated / ɪ ɫ æ b ə ɹ eɪ t ɪ d /
a1
developed or executed with care and in minute detail;

- "a detailed plan";

- "the elaborate register of the inhabitants prevented tax evasion"- John Buchan;

- "the carefully elaborated theme";

- syn. detailed, elaborate;

- sim. careful;

elaborately / ɪ ɫ æ b ə ɹ ə t ɫ i /
r1
with elaboration;

- "it was elaborately spelled out";

- syn. in an elaborate way, intricately;

elaborateness / ɪ ɫ æ b ə ɹ ə t n ə s /
n1
marked by elaborately complex detail;

- syn. elaboration, intricacy, involution;

n2
an ornate appearance;

- being elaborately (even excessively) decorated;

- syn. ornateness;

elaboration / ɪ ɫ æ b ə ɹ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
addition of extra material or illustration or clarifying detail;

- "a few remarks added in amplification and defense";

- "an elaboration of the sketch followed";

- syn. amplification;

n2
the result of improving something;

- "he described a refinement of this technique";

- syn. refinement;

n3
a discussion that provides additional information;

- syn. enlargement, expansion;

n4
marked by elaborately complex detail;

- syn. elaborateness, intricacy, involution;

n5
developing in intricate and painstaking detail;

- syn. working out;

Elaeagnaceae
n1
shrubs or small trees often armed;

- syn. family Elaeagnaceae, oleaster family;

Elaeagnus
n1
oleaster;

- syn. genus Elaeagnus;

Elaeagnus augustifolia
n1
deciduous shrubby tree of Europe and western Asia having grey leaves and small yellow fruits covered in silvery scales;

- sometimes spiny;

- syn. Russian olive, silver berry;

Elaeagnus commutata
n1
deciduous unarmed North American shrub with silvery leaves and fruits;

- syn. silver-bush, silver berry, silverberry, silverbush;

Elaeagnus latifolia
n1
erect shrub or climber of India and China with red olivelike fruit;

- syn. wild olive;

Elaeis
n1
oil palms;

- syn. genus Elaeis;

Elaeis guineensis
n1
oil palm of Africa;

- syn. African oil palm;

Elaeis oleifera
n1
palm of Central and South America;

- syn. American oil palm;

Elaeocarpaceae
n1
genus of trees and shrubs widely distributed in warm regions some yielding useful timber;

- in some classifications included in the family Santalaceae;

- syn. elaeocarpus family, family Elaeocarpaceae;

Elaeocarpus
n1
type genus of the family Elaeocarpaceae;

- syn. genus Elaeocarpus;

elaeocarpus family
n1
genus of trees and shrubs widely distributed in warm regions some yielding useful timber;

- in some classifications included in the family Santalaceae;

- syn. Elaeocarpaceae, family Elaeocarpaceae;

Elaeocarpus grandis
n1
Australian tree having hard white timber and glossy green leaves with white flowers followed by one-seeded glossy blue fruit;

- syn. Brisbane quandong, blue fig, quandong, quandong tree, silver quandong tree;

elaeostearic acid
n1
a crystalline unsaturated fatty acid;

- syn. eleostearic acid;

Elagatis
n1
a genus of Carangidae;

- syn. genus Elagatis;

Elagatis bipinnulata
n1
streamlined cigar-shaped jack;

- good game fish;

- syn. rainbow runner;

elaidic acid
n1
a monounsaturated fatty acid that has the same structure as oleic acid except that it is a trans fatty acid;

- the major trans fatty acid in margarine and fried foods;

Elam
n1
an ancient country in southwestern Asia to the east of the Tigris River (in what is modern Iran);

- was known for its warlike people;

- syn. Susiana;

Elamite
n1
a member of an ancient warlike people living in Elam east of Babylonia as early as 3000 BC;

n2
an extinct ancient language of unknown affinities;

- spoken by the Elamites;

- syn. Elamitic, Susian;

Elamitic
n1
an extinct ancient language of unknown affinities;

- spoken by the Elamites;

- syn. Elamite, Susian;

elan
n1
a feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause);

- "they were imbued with a revolutionary ardor";

- "he felt a kind of religious zeal";

- syn. ardor, ardour, zeal;

n2
distinctive and stylish elegance;

- "he wooed her with the confident dash of a cavalry officer";

- syn. dash, flair, panache, style;

n3
enthusiastic and assured vigor and liveliness;

- "a performance of great elan and sophistication";

elan vital
n1
(biology) a hypothetical force (not physical or chemical) once thought by Henri Bergson to cause the evolution and development of organisms;

- syn. life force, vital force, vitality;

eland / i ɫ ə n d /
n1
either of two large African antelopes of the genus Taurotragus having short spirally twisted horns in both sexes;

Elanoides
n1
a genus of kites;

- syn. genus Elanoides;

Elanoides forficatus
n1
graceful North American black-and-white kite;

- syn. swallow-tailed hawk, swallow-tailed kite;

Elanus
n1
a genus of small kites of both Old and New Worlds;

- syn. genus Elanus;

Elanus leucurus
n1
grey-and-white American kite of warm and tropical regions;

- syn. white-tailed kite;

Elaphe
n1
North American rat snakes;

- syn. genus Elaphe;

Elaphe guttata
n1
large harmless snake of southeastern United States;

- often on farms;

- syn. corn snake, red rat snake;

Elaphe obsoleta
n1
large harmless shiny black North American snake;

- syn. black rat snake, blacksnake, mountain blacksnake, pilot blacksnake;

elaphure
n1
large Chinese deer surviving only in domesticated herds;

- syn. Elaphurus davidianus, pere david's deer;

Elaphurus
n1
a genus of Cervidae;

- syn. genus Elaphurus;

Elaphurus davidianus
n1
large Chinese deer surviving only in domesticated herds;

- syn. elaphure, pere david's deer;

elapid
n1
any of numerous venomous fanged snakes of warmer parts of both hemispheres;

- syn. elapid snake;

elapid snake
n1
any of numerous venomous fanged snakes of warmer parts of both hemispheres;

- syn. elapid;

Elapidae
n1
cobras;

- kraits;

- mambas;

- coral snakes;

- Australian taipan and tiger snakes;

- syn. family Elapidae;

elapse / ɪ ɫ æ p s /
v1
pass by;

- "three years elapsed";

- syn. glide by, go along, go by, lapse, pass, slide by, slip away, slip by;

elapsed / ɪ ɫ æ p s t /
a1
(of time) having passed or slipped by;

- "elapsed time";

elapsed time
n1
the time that elapses while some event is occurring;

elasmobranch
n1
any of numerous fishes of the class Chondrichthyes characterized by a cartilaginous skeleton and placoid scales: sharks;

- rays;

- skates;

- syn. selachian;

Elasmobranchii
n1
sharks;

- rays;

- dogfishes;

- skates;

- syn. Selachii, subclass Elasmobranchii, subclass Selachii;

elastance
n1
the reciprocal of capacitance;

- syn. electrical elastance;

elastance unit
n1
the reciprocal of capacitance;

elastase
n1
a pancreatic enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of elastin;

elastic / ɪ ɫ æ s t ɪ k /
n1
a narrow band of elastic rubber used to hold things (such as papers) together;

- syn. elastic band, rubber band;

n2
a fabric made of yarns containing an elastic material;

a1
capable of resuming original shape after stretching or compression;

- springy;

- "an elastic band";

- "a youthful and elastic walk";

- also flexible, flexile;

- sim. bouncy, chewy, elasticized, expandable, fictile, flexible, rubbery, springlike, stretch, stretchable, viscoelastic;

a2
able to adjust readily to different conditions;

- "an adaptable person";

- "a flexible personality";

- "an elastic clause in a contract";

- syn. flexible, pliable, pliant;

- sim. adaptable;

elastic band
n1
a narrow band of elastic rubber used to hold things (such as papers) together;

- syn. elastic, rubber band;

elastic bandage
n1
a bandage containing stretchable material that can apply local pressure;

elastic device
n1
any flexible device that will return to its original shape when stretched;

elastic energy
n1
potential energy that is stored when a body is deformed (as in a coiled spring);

- syn. elastic potential energy;

elastic modulus
n1
(physics) the ratio of the applied stress to the change in shape of an elastic body;

- syn. coefficient of elasticity, modulus of elasticity;

elastic potential energy
n1
potential energy that is stored when a body is deformed (as in a coiled spring);

- syn. elastic energy;

elastic tissue
n1
connective tissue consisting chiefly of elastic fibers found in the dermis of the skin and in the walls of veins and arteries and in some tendons and ligaments;

elasticised / ɪ ɫ æ s t ɪ s ɪ s t /
a1
made with strands or inserts of elastic;

- "slacks with an elasticized waistband";

- syn. elasticized;

- sim. elastic;

elasticity / ɛ ɫ æ s t ɪ s ɪ t i /
n1
the tendency of a body to return to its original shape after it has been stretched or compressed;

- "the waistband had lost its snap";

- syn. snap;

elasticity of shear
n1
the elasticity of a body that has been pulled out of shape by a shearing force;

elasticized / ɪ ɫ æ s t ɪ s aɪ z d /
a1
made with strands or inserts of elastic;

- "slacks with an elasticized waistband";

- syn. elasticised;

- sim. elastic;

elastin / ɪ ɫ æ s t ɪ n /
n1
a fibrous scleroprotein found in elastic tissues such as the walls of arteries;

elastomer / ɪ ɫ æ s t ə m ə /
n1
any of various elastic materials that resemble rubber (resumes its original shape when a deforming force is removed);

Elastoplast / ɪ ɫ æ s t ə p ɫ ɑ s t /
n1
an elastic adhesive bandage for covering cuts or wounds;

elastosis
n1
breakdown of elastic tissue (as the loss of elasticity in the skin of elderly people that results from degeneration of connective tissue);

elate / ɪ ɫ eɪ t /
v1
fill with high spirits;

- fill with optimism;

- "Music can uplift your spirits";

- syn. intoxicate, lift up, pick up, uplift;

elated / ɪ ɫ eɪ t ɪ d /
a1
exultantly proud and joyful;

- in high spirits;

- "the elated winner";

- "felt elated and excited";

- also euphoric, happy, joyous;

- sim. exultant, gladdened, high, sublime, uplifted;

a2
full of high-spirited delight;

- "a joyful heart";

- syn. gleeful, joyful, jubilant;

- sim. joyous;

elater / ɪ ɫ eɪ t ə , ɪ ɫ eɪ t ə ɹ /
n1
any of various widely distributed beetles;

- syn. elaterid, elaterid beetle;

elaterid
n1
any of various widely distributed beetles;

- syn. elater, elaterid beetle;

elaterid beetle
n1
any of various widely distributed beetles;

- syn. elater, elaterid;

Elateridae
n1
click beetles and certain fireflies;

- syn. family Elateridae;

elating / ɪ ɫ eɪ t ɪ ŋ /
a1
making lively and joyful;

- syn. exhilarating;

- sim. exciting;

elation / ɪ ɫ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
an exhilarating psychological state of pride and optimism;

- an absence of depression;

n2
a feeling of joy and pride;

- syn. high spirits, lightness;

Elavil
n1
a tricyclic antidepressant drug (trade name Elavil) with serious side effects;

- interacts with many other medications;

- syn. amitriptyline, amitriptyline hydrochloride;

Elbe
n1
a river in central Europe that arises in northwestern Czechoslovakia and flows northward through Germany to empty into the North Sea;

- syn. Elbe River;

Elbe River
n1
a river in central Europe that arises in northwestern Czechoslovakia and flows northward through Germany to empty into the North Sea;

- syn. Elbe;

elbow / ɛ ɫ b oʊ /
n1
hinge joint between the forearm and upper arm and the corresponding joint in the forelimb of a quadruped;

- syn. articulatio cubiti, cubital joint, cubitus, elbow joint, human elbow;

n2
a sharp bend in a road or river;

n3
a length of pipe with a sharp bend in it;

n4
the part of a sleeve that covers the elbow joint;

- "his coat had patches over the elbows";

n5
the joint of a mammal or bird that corresponds to the human elbow;

v1
push one's way with the elbows;

v2
shove one's elbow into another person's ribs;

elbow bone
n1
the inner and longer of the two bones of the human forearm;

- syn. ulna;

elbow grease
n1
use of physical or mental energy;

- hard work;

- "he got an A for effort";

- "they managed only with great exertion";

- syn. effort, exertion, sweat, travail;

elbow joint
n1
hinge joint between the forearm and upper arm and the corresponding joint in the forelimb of a quadruped;

- syn. articulatio cubiti, cubital joint, cubitus, elbow, human elbow;

elbow pad
n1
protective garment consisting of a pad worn over the elbow by football and hockey players;

elbow room
n1
space for movement;

- "room to pass";

- "make way for";

- "hardly enough elbow room to turn around";

- syn. room, way;

elbowing / ɛ ɫ b oʊ ɪ ŋ /
n1
jostling with the elbows;

- "elbowing is a foul in basketball";

eld
n1
a late time of life;

- "old age is not for sissies";

- "he's showing his years";

- "age hasn't slowed him down at all";

- "a beard white with eld";

- "on the brink of geezerhood";

- syn. age, geezerhood, old age, years;

n2
a time of life (usually defined in years) at which some particular qualification or power arises;

- "she was now of school age";

- "tall for his eld";

- syn. age;

elder / ɛ ɫ d ə , ɛ ɫ d ə ɹ /
n1
a person who is older than you are;

- syn. senior;

n2
any of numerous shrubs or small trees of temperate and subtropical northern hemisphere having white flowers and berrylike fruit;

- syn. elderberry bush;

n3
any of various church officers;

a1
used of the older of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a father from his son;

- "Bill Adams, Sr.";

- syn. older, sr.;

- sim. senior;

elder hand
n1
the card player on the dealer's left;

- syn. eldest hand;

elder statesman
n1
any influential person whose advice is highly respected;

n2
an elderly statesman whose advice is sought be government leaders;

elderberry / ɛ ɫ d ə ɹ b ɛr i /
n1
a common shrub with black fruit or a small tree of Europe and Asia;

- fruit used for wines and jellies;

- syn. European elder, Sambucus nigra, black elder, bourtree, common elder;

n2
berrylike fruit of an elder used for e.g. wines and jellies;

elderberry bush
n1
any of numerous shrubs or small trees of temperate and subtropical northern hemisphere having white flowers and berrylike fruit;

- syn. elder;

elderly / ɛ ɫ d ə ɫ i /
n1
people who are old collectively;

- "special arrangements were available for the aged";

- syn. aged;

a1
advanced in years;

- (`aged' is pronounced as two syllables);

- "aged members of the society";

- "elderly residents could remember the construction of the first skyscraper";

- "senior citizen";

- syn. aged, older, senior;

- sim. old;

eldership
n1
the office of elder;

eldest / ɛ ɫ d ɪ s t /
n1
the offspring who came first in the order of birth;

- syn. firstborn;

a1
first in order of birth;

- "the firstborn child";

- syn. firstborn;

- sim. first;

eldest hand
n1
the card player on the dealer's left;

- syn. elder hand;

eldorado
n1
an imaginary place of great wealth and opportunity;

- sought in South America by 16th-century explorers;

- syn. El Dorado;

eldritch
a1
suggesting the operation of supernatural influences;

- "an eldritch screech";

- "the three weird sisters";

- "stumps...had uncanny shapes as of monstrous creatures"- John Galsworthy;

- "an unearthly light";

- "he could hear the unearthly scream of some curlew piercing the din"- Henry Kingsley;

- syn. uncanny, unearthly, weird;

- sim. supernatural;

Eleanor Gwyn
n1
English comedienne and mistress of Charles II (1650-1687);

- syn. Eleanor Gwynn, Eleanor Gwynne, Gwynn, Gynne, Gywn, Nell Gwynn, Nell Gwynne, Nell Gywn;

Eleanor Gwynn
n1
English comedienne and mistress of Charles II (1650-1687);

- syn. Eleanor Gwyn, Eleanor Gwynne, Gwynn, Gynne, Gywn, Nell Gwynn, Nell Gwynne, Nell Gywn;

Eleanor Gwynne
n1
English comedienne and mistress of Charles II (1650-1687);

- syn. Eleanor Gwyn, Eleanor Gwynn, Gwynn, Gynne, Gywn, Nell Gwynn, Nell Gwynne, Nell Gywn;

Eleanor of Aquitaine
n1
queen of France as the wife of Louis VII;

- that marriage was annulled in 1152 and she then married Henry II and became Queen of England (1122-1204);

Eleanor Roosevelt
n1
wife of Franklin Roosevelt and a strong advocate of human rights (1884-1962);

- syn. Anna Eleanor Roosevelt, Roosevelt;

elecampane / ɛ ɫ ɪ k æ m p eɪ n /
n1
tall coarse Eurasian herb having daisylike yellow flowers with narrow petals whose rhizomatous roots are used medicinally;

- syn. Inula helenium;

elect / ɛ ɫ ɛ k t , ɪ ɫ ɛ k t /
n1
an exclusive group of people;

- "one of the elect who have power inside the government";

- syn. chosen;

v1
select by a vote for an office or membership;

- "We elected him chairman of the board";

v2
choose;

- "I elected to have my funds deposited automatically";

a1
selected as the best;

- "an elect circle of artists";

- "elite colleges";

- syn. elite;

- sim. selected;

a2
elected but not yet installed in office;

- "the president elect";

- sim. incoming;

elected / ɛ ɫ ɛ k t ɪ d , ɪ ɫ ɛ k t ɪ d /
a1
subject to popular election;

- "elective official";

- syn. elective;

- sim. electoral, nonappointive;

elected official
n1
official who won the office in a free election;

election / ɛ ɫ ɛ k ʃ n , ɪ ɫ ɛ k ʃ n /
n1
a vote to select the winner of a position or political office;

- "the results of the election will be announced tonight";

n2
the act of selecting someone or something;

- the exercise of deliberate choice;

- "her election of medicine as a profession";

n3
the status or fact of being elected;

- "they celebrated his election";

n4
the predestination of some individuals as objects of divine mercy (especially as conceived by Calvinists);

election commission
n1
a commission delegated to supervise an election;

election day
n1
the day appointed for an election;

- in the United States it is the 1st Tuesday after the 1st Monday in November;

- syn. polling day;

election district
n1
one of several districts into which a city or town is divided for voting;

- each contains one polling place;

- syn. voting precinct;

election fraud
n1
misrepresentation or alteration of the true results of an election;

electioneer / ɛ ɫ ɛ k ʃ ə n ɪə , ɛ ɫ ɛ k ʃ ŋ ɪə , ɪ ɫ ɛ k ʃ ə n ɪə , ɪ ɫ ɛ k ʃ ŋ ɪə /
v1
work actively for a political candidate or a party;

- "My neighbors are busy electioneering during the Presidential election campaign";

electioneering / ɛ ɫ ɛ k ʃ ə n ɪə ɹ ɪ ŋ , ɪ ɫ ɛ k ʃ ə n ɪə ɹ ɪ ŋ /
n1
persuasion of voters in a political campaign;

- syn. bell ringing, canvassing;

n2
the campaign of a candidate to be elected;

- syn. campaigning, candidacy, candidature, political campaign;

elective / ɛ ɫ ɛ k t ɪ v , ɪ ɫ ɛ k t ɪ v /
n1
a course that the student can select from among alternatives;

- syn. elective course;

a1
subject to popular election;

- "elective official";

- syn. elected;

- sim. electoral, nonappointive;

a2
not compulsory;

- "elective surgery";

- "an elective course of study";

- syn. facultative;

- sim. optional;

elective course
n1
a course that the student can select from among alternatives;

- syn. elective;

elector / ɛ ɫ ɛ k t ə , ɛ ɫ ɛ k t ə ɹ , ɪ ɫ ɛ k t ə , ɪ ɫ ɛ k t ə ɹ /
n1
a citizen who has a legal right to vote;

- syn. voter;

n2
any of the German princes who were entitled to vote in the election of new emperor of the Holy Roman Empire;

electoral / ɛ ɫ ɛ k t ə ɹ ə ɫ , ɪ ɫ ɛ k t ə ɹ ə ɫ /
a1
of or relating to elections;

- "electoral process";

a2
relating to or composed of electors;

- "electoral college";

- sim. elective;

electoral college
n1
the body of electors who formally elect the United States president and vice president;

electoral system
n1
a legal system for making democratic choices;

- syn. voting system;

electorate / ɛ ɫ ɛ k t ə ɹ ə t , ɪ ɫ ɛ k t ə ɹ ə t /
n1
the body of enfranchised citizens;

- those qualified to vote;

Electra / ɛ ɫ ɛ k t ɹ ə /
n1
(Greek mythology) the daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra;

- persuaded her brother (Orestes) to avenge Agamemnon's death by helping her to kill Clytemnestra and her lover (Aegisthus);

Electra complex
n1
a complex of females;

- sexual attraction to the father;

electric / ɛ ɫ ɛ k t ɹ ɪ k , ɪ ɫ ɛ k t ɹ ɪ k /
n1
a car that is powered by electricity;

- syn. electric automobile, electric car;

a1
using or providing or producing or transmitting or operated by electricity;

- "electric current";

- "electric wiring";

- "electrical appliances";

- "an electrical storm";

- syn. electrical;

a2
(of a situation) exceptionally tense;

- "an atmosphere electric with suspicion";

- sim. tense;

a3
affected by emotion as if by electricity;

- thrilling;

- "gave an electric reading of the play";

- "the new leader had a galvanic effect on morale";

- syn. galvanic, galvanising, galvanizing;

- sim. exciting;

electric-arc furnace
n1
an electric furnace in which an electric arc provides the source of heat for making steel;

- syn. Stassano furnace;

electric-discharge lamp
n1
an electric lamp in which the light comes from an electric discharge between two electrodes in a glass tube;

- syn. gas-discharge lamp;

electric-light bulb
n1
electric lamp consisting of a transparent or translucent glass housing containing a wire filament (usually tungsten) that emits light when heated by electricity;

- syn. bulb, electric light, incandescent lamp, light bulb, lightbulb;

electric arc
n1
electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field;

- syn. arc, discharge, electric discharge, spark;

electric automobile
n1
a car that is powered by electricity;

- syn. electric, electric car;

electric battery
n1
a device that produces electricity;

- may have several primary or secondary cells arranged in parallel or series;

- syn. battery;

electric bell
n1
a bell activated by the magnetic effect of an electric current;

electric bill
n1
a bill for money owed for electricity used;

electric blanket
n1
a blanket containing and electric heating element that can be controlled to the desired temperature by a rheostat;

electric burn
n1
a burn caused by heat produced by an electric current;

electric car
n1
a car that is powered by electricity;

- syn. electric, electric automobile;

electric catfish
n1
freshwater catfish of the Nile and tropical central Africa having an electric organ;

- syn. Malopterurus electricus;

electric cell
n1
a device that delivers an electric current as the result of a chemical reaction;

- syn. cell;

electric chair
n1
an instrument of execution by electrocution;

- resembles an ordinary seat for one person;

- "the murderer was sentenced to die in the chair";

- syn. chair, death chair, hot seat;

electric charge
n1
the quantity of unbalanced electricity in a body (either positive or negative) and construed as an excess or deficiency of electrons;

- "the battery needed a fresh charge";

- syn. charge;

electric circuit
n1
an electrical device that provides a path for electrical current to flow;

- syn. circuit, electrical circuit;

electric clock
n1
a clock using a small electric motor;

electric company
n1
a public utility that provides electricity;

- syn. light company, power company, power service;

electric cord
n1
a light insulated conductor for household use;

- syn. cord;

electric current
n1
a flow of electricity through a conductor;

- "the current was measured in amperes";

- syn. current;

electric dipole
n1
a dipole with equal and opposite electric charges;

- syn. electric doublet;

electric dipole moment
n1
the dipole moment in an electric dipole;

electric discharge
n1
electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field;

- syn. arc, discharge, electric arc, spark;

electric doublet
n1
a dipole with equal and opposite electric charges;

- syn. electric dipole;

electric drill
n1
a rotating power drill powered by an electric motor;

electric eel
n1
eel-shaped freshwater fish of South America having electric organs in its body;

- syn. Electrophorus electric;

electric eye
n1
a transducer used to detect and measure light and other radiations;

- syn. magic eye, photocell, photoconductive cell, photoelectric cell;

electric fan
n1
a fan run by an electric motor;

- syn. blower;

electric field
n1
a field of force surrounding a charged particle;

electric fire
n1
a small electric space heater;

- syn. electric heater;

electric frying pan
n1
a frying pan heated by electricity;

electric furnace
n1
any furnace in which the heat is provided by an electric current;

electric glow
n1
an electrical discharge accompanied by ionization of surrounding atmosphere;

- syn. Saint Elmo's fire, Saint Elmo's light, Saint Ulmo's fire, Saint Ulmo's light, St. Elmo's fire, corona, corona discharge, corposant;

electric guitar
n1
a guitar whose sound is amplified by electrical means;

electric hammer
n1
a hammer driven by electric motor;

electric healing
n1
the therapeutic application of electricity to the body (as in the treatment of various forms of paralysis);

- syn. electrical healing, electrotherapy, galvanism;

electric heater
n1
a small electric space heater;

- syn. electric fire;

electric lamp
n1
a lamp powered by electricity;

electric light
n1
electric lamp consisting of a transparent or translucent glass housing containing a wire filament (usually tungsten) that emits light when heated by electricity;

- syn. bulb, electric-light bulb, incandescent lamp, light bulb, lightbulb;

electric locomotive
n1
a locomotive that is powered by an electric motor;

electric main
n1
a main that distributes electricity;

electric meter
n1
a meter for measuring the amount of electric power used;

- syn. power meter;

electric mixer
n1
a food mixer powered by an electric motor;

electric motor
n1
a motor that converts electricity to mechanical work;

electric organ
n1
(music) an electronic simulation of a pipe organ;

- syn. Hammond organ, electronic organ, organ;

electric outlet
n1
receptacle providing a place in a wiring system where current can be taken to run electrical devices;

- syn. electric receptacle, electrical outlet, outlet, wall plug, wall socket;

electric pig
n1
a kitchen appliance for disposing of garbage;

- syn. disposal, garbage disposal;

electric potential
n1
the difference in electrical charge between two points in a circuit expressed in volts;

- syn. potential, potential difference, potential drop, voltage;

electric power
n1
the product of voltage and current;

- syn. electrical power, wattage;

electric range
n1
a kitchen range in which the heat for cooking is provided by electric power;

electric ray
n1
any sluggish bottom-dwelling ray of the order Torpediniformes having a rounded body and electric organs on each side of the head capable of emitting strong electric discharges;

- syn. crampfish, numbfish, torpedo;

electric razor
n1
a razor powered by an electric motor;

- syn. electric shaver, shaver;

electric receptacle
n1
receptacle providing a place in a wiring system where current can be taken to run electrical devices;

- syn. electric outlet, electrical outlet, outlet, wall plug, wall socket;

electric refrigerator
n1
a refrigerator in which the coolant is pumped around by an electric motor;

- syn. fridge;

electric resistance
n1
a material's opposition to the flow of electric current;

- measured in ohms;

- syn. electrical resistance, impedance, ohmic resistance, resistance, resistivity;

electric sander
n1
a power tool used for sanding wood;

- an endless loop of sandpaper is moved at high speed by an electric motor;

- syn. drum sander, sander, smoother;

electric shaver
n1
a razor powered by an electric motor;

- syn. electric razor, shaver;

electric shock
n1
the use of electricity to administer punishment or torture;

- "they used cattle prods to administer electric shocks";

n2
trauma caused by the passage of electric current through the body (as from contact with high voltage lines or being struck by lightning);

- usually involves burns and abnormal heart rhythm and unconsciousness;

n3
a reflex response to the passage of electric current through the body;

- "subjects received a small electric shock when they made the wrong response";

- "electricians get accustomed to occasional shocks";

- syn. electrical shock, shock;

electric socket
n1
a socket into which a lightbulb can be inserted;

electric storm
n1
a storm resulting from strong rising air currents;

- heavy rain or hail along with thunder and lightning;

- syn. electrical storm, thunderstorm;

electric switch
n1
control consisting of a mechanical or electrical or electronic device for making or breaking or changing the connections in a circuit;

- syn. electrical switch, switch;

electric thermometer
n1
a thermometer that uses thermoelectric current to measure temperature;

- syn. thermel, thermoelectric thermometer;

electric toothbrush
n1
a toothbrush with an electric motor in the handle that vibrates the head of the brush;

electric typewriter
n1
a typewriter powered by an electric motor;

electrical / ɛ ɫ ɛ k t ɹ ɪ k ɫ , ɪ ɫ ɛ k t ɹ ɪ k ɫ /
a1
relating to or concerned with electricity;

- "an electrical engineer";

- "electrical and mechanical engineering industries";

a2
using or providing or producing or transmitting or operated by electricity;

- "electric current";

- "electric wiring";

- "electrical appliances";

- "an electrical storm";

- syn. electric;

electrical cable
n1
a cable that provides an electrical connection for telephone or television or power stations;

electrical capacity
n1
an electrical phenomenon whereby an electric charge is stored;

- syn. capacitance, capacity;

electrical circuit
n1
an electrical device that provides a path for electrical current to flow;

- syn. circuit, electric circuit;

electrical condenser
n1
an electrical device characterized by its capacity to store an electric charge;

- syn. capacitance, capacitor, condenser;

electrical conduction
n1
the passage of electricity through a conductor;

electrical contact
n1
contact that allows current to pass from one conductor to another;

electrical converter
n1
converter that converts alternating current into direct current or vice versa;

electrical device
n1
a device that produces or is powered by electricity;

electrical discharge
n1
a discharge of electricity;

electrical distributor
n1
electrical device that distributes voltage to the spark plugs of a gasoline engine in the order of the firing sequence;

- syn. distributer, distributor;

electrical disturbance
n1
electrical signals produced by unwanted sources (atmospherics or receiver noise or unwanted transmitters);

electrical elastance
n1
the reciprocal of capacitance;

- syn. elastance;

electrical energy
n1
energy made available by the flow of electric charge through a conductor;

- "they built a car that runs on electricity";

- "The power went oout around midnight";

- syn. electricity, power;

electrical engineer
n1
a person trained in practical applications of the theory of electricity;

electrical engineering
n1
the branch of engineering science that studies the uses of electricity and the equipment for power generation and distribution and the control of machines and communication;

- syn. EE;

electrical fuse
n1
an electrical device that can interrupt the flow of electrical current when it is overloaded;

- syn. fuse, safety fuse;

electrical healing
n1
the therapeutic application of electricity to the body (as in the treatment of various forms of paralysis);

- syn. electric healing, electrotherapy, galvanism;

electrical line of force
n1
a line of force in an electrical field;

electrical outlet
n1
receptacle providing a place in a wiring system where current can be taken to run electrical devices;

- syn. electric outlet, electric receptacle, outlet, wall plug, wall socket;

electrical phenomenon
n1
a physical phenomenon involving electricity;

electrical plant
n1
utility that provides electricity;

- syn. electrical system;

electrical power
n1
the product of voltage and current;

- syn. electric power, wattage;

electrical relay
n1
electrical device such that current flowing through it in one circuit can switch on and off a current in a second circuit;

- syn. relay;

electrical resistance
n1
a material's opposition to the flow of electric current;

- measured in ohms;

- syn. electric resistance, impedance, ohmic resistance, resistance, resistivity;

electrical shock
n1
a reflex response to the passage of electric current through the body;

- "subjects received a small electric shock when they made the wrong response";

- "electricians get accustomed to occasional shocks";

- syn. electric shock, shock;

electrical shunt
n1
a conductor having low resistance in parallel with another device to divert a fraction of the current;

- syn. bypass, shunt;

electrical skin response
n1
a change in the electrical properties of the skin in response to stress or anxiety;

- can be measured either by recording the electrical resistance of the skin or by recording weak currents generated by the body;

- syn. Fere phenomenon, GSR, Tarchanoff phenomenon, electrodermal response, galvanic skin response, psychogalvanic response;

electrical storm
n1
a storm resulting from strong rising air currents;

- heavy rain or hail along with thunder and lightning;

- syn. electric storm, thunderstorm;

electrical switch
n1
control consisting of a mechanical or electrical or electronic device for making or breaking or changing the connections in a circuit;

- syn. electric switch, switch;

electrical system
n1
utility that provides electricity;

- syn. electrical plant;

n2
equipment in a motor vehicle that provides electricity to start the engine and ignite the fuel and operate the lights and windshield wiper and heater and air conditioner and radio;

electrical work
n1
the craft of an electrician;

electrically / ɛ ɫ ɛ k t ɹ ɪ k ɫ ɪ , ɪ ɫ ɛ k t ɹ ɪ k ɫ i /
r1
by electricity;

- "electrically controlled";

electrician / ɛ ɫ ɛ k t ɹ ɪ ʃ n , ɪ ɫ ɛ k t ɹ ɪ ʃ n /
n1
a person who installs or repairs electrical or telephone lines;

- syn. lineman, linesman;

electricity / ɛ ɫ ɛ k t ɹ ɪ s ɪ t ɪ , ɪ ɫ ɛ k t ɹ ɪ s ɪ t i /
n1
a physical phenomenon associated with stationary or moving electrons and protons;

n2
energy made available by the flow of electric charge through a conductor;

- "they built a car that runs on electricity";

- "The power went oout around midnight";

- syn. electrical energy, power;

n3
keen and shared excitement;

- "the stage crackled with electricity whenever she was on it";

electrification / ɛ ɫ ɛ k t ɹ ɪ f ɪ k eɪ ʃ n , ɪ ɫ ɛ k t ɹ ɪ f ɪ k eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the activity of thrilling or markedly exciting some person or group;

n2
the act of providing electricity;

- "the electrification of rural Tennessee";

electrify / ɛ ɫ ɛ k t ɹ ɪ f aɪ , ɪ ɫ ɛ k t ɹ ɪ f aɪ /
v1
excite suddenly and intensely;

- "The news electrified us";

v2
charge (a conductor) with electricity;

v3
equip for use with electricity;

- "electrify an appliance";

- syn. wire;

electrifying / ɛ ɫ ɛ k t ɹ ɪ f aɪ ɪ ŋ , ɪ ɫ ɛ k t ɹ ɪ f aɪ ɪ ŋ /
a1
causing a surge of emotion or excitement;

- "she gave an electrifying performance";

- "a thrilling performer to watch";

- syn. thrilling;

- sim. exciting;

electro-acoustic transducer
n1
a transducer that converts electrical to acoustic energy or vice versa;

electrocardiogram / ɛ ɫ ɛ k t ɹ oʊ k ɑ d ɪ oʊ ɡ ɹ æ m , ɪ ɫ ɛ k t ɹ oʊ k ɑ d i oʊ ɡ ɹ æ m /
n1
a graphical recording of the cardiac cycle produced by an electrocardiograph;

- syn. ECG, EKG, cardiogram;

electrocardiograph / ɛ ɫ ɛ k t ɹ oʊ k ɑ d ɪ oʊ ɡ ɹ æ f , ɪ ɫ ɛ k t ɹ oʊ k ɑ d i oʊ ɡ ɹ æ f /
n1
medical instrument that records electric currents associated with contractions of the heart;

- syn. cardiograph;

electrocardiographic / ɛ ɫ ɛ k t ɹ oʊ k ɑ d ɪ oʊ ɡ ɹ æ f ɪ k /
a1
of or relating to an electrocardiograph;

electrocardiography
n1
diagnostic procedure consisting of recording the activity of the heart electronically with a cardiograph (and producing a cardiogram);

- syn. cardiography;

electrocautery
n1
application of a needle heated by an electric current to destroy tissue (as to remove warts);

electrochemical / ɛ ɫ ɛ k t ɹ oʊ k ɛ m ɪ k ʌ ɫ /
a1
of or involving electrochemistry;

electrochemical series
n1
a serial arrangement of metallic elements or ions according to their electrode potentials determined under specified conditions;

- the order shows the tendency of one metal to reduce the ions of any other metal below it in the series;

- syn. electromotive force series, electromotive series;

electrochemistry / ɛ ɫ ɛ k t ɹ oʊ k ɛ m ɪ s t ɹ ɪ , ɪ ɫ ɛ k t ɹ oʊ k ɛ m ɪ s t ɹ i /
n1
branch of chemistry that deals with the chemical action of electricity and the production of electricity by chemical reactions;

electroconvulsive therapy
n1
the administration of a strong electric current that passes through the brain to induce convulsions and coma;

- syn. ECT, electroshock, electroshock therapy;

electrocute / ɛ ɫ ɛ k t ɹ ə k j u t , ɪ ɫ ɛ k t ɹ ə k j u t /
v1
kill by electric shock;

- "She dropped the hair dryer into the bathtub and was instantly electrocuted";

v2
kill by electrocution, as in the electric chair;

- "The serial killer was electrocuted";

- syn. fry;

electrocution / ɛ ɫ ɛ k t ɹ ə k j u ʃ n , ɪ ɫ ɛ k t ɹ ə k j u ʃ n /
n1
execution by electricity;

- syn. burning;

n2
killing by electric shock;

electrocutioner / ɛ ɫ ɛ k t ɹ ə k j u ʃ n ə ɹ /
n1
an executioner who uses electricity to kill the condemned person;

electrode / ɛ ɫ ɛ k t ɹ oʊ d , ɪ ɫ ɛ k t ɹ oʊ d /
n1
a conductor used to make electrical contact with some part of a circuit;

electrodeposition
n1
the deposition of a substance on an electrode by the action of electricity (especially by electrolysis);

electrodermal response
n1
a change in the electrical properties of the skin in response to stress or anxiety;

- can be measured either by recording the electrical resistance of the skin or by recording weak currents generated by the body;

- syn. Fere phenomenon, GSR, Tarchanoff phenomenon, electrical skin response, galvanic skin response, psychogalvanic response;

electrodynamometer / ɛ ɫ ɛ k t ɹ oʊ d aɪ n ə m ɒ m ɪ t ə /
n1
measuring instrument that uses the interaction of the magnetic fields of two coils to measure current or voltage or power;

electroencephalogram
n1
a graphical record of electrical activity of the brain;

- produced by an electroencephalograph;

- syn. EEG, encephalogram;

electroencephalograph
n1
medical instrument that records electric currents generated by the brain;

electroencephalographic
a1
of or relating to an electroencephalograph;

electrograph / ɛ ɫ ɛ k t ɹ oʊ ɡ ɹ ɑ f /
n1
an apparatus for the electrical transmission of pictures;

n2
electrical device used for etching by electrolytic means;

electrologist / ɛ ɫ ɛ k t ɹ oʊ ɫ oʊ dʒ ɪ s t /
n1
someone skilled in the use of electricity to remove moles or warts or hair roots;

electrolysis / ɛ ɫ ɛ k t ɹ ɒ ɫ ə s ɪ s , ɪ ɫ ɛ k t ɹ ɒ ɫ ə s ɪ s /
n1
(chemistry) a chemical decomposition reaction produced by passing an electric current through a solution containing ions;

n2
removing superfluous or unwanted hair by passing an electric current through the hair root;

electrolyte / ɛ ɫ ɛ k t ɹ ə ɫ aɪ t , ɛ ɫ ɛ k t ɹ oʊ ɫ aɪ t , ɪ ɫ ɛ k t ɹ ə ɫ aɪ t , ɪ ɫ ɛ k t ɹ oʊ ɫ aɪ t /
n1
a solution that conducts electricity;

- "the proper amount and distribution of electrolytes in the body is essential for health";

electrolyte acid
n1
dilute sulfuric acid used in storage batteries;

- syn. battery acid;

electrolyte balance
n1
an equilibrium between the amounts of electrolytes (as calcium and sodium and potassium) that is essential for normal health and functioning;

electrolytic / ɛ ɫ ɛ k t ɹ oʊ ɫ ɪ t ɪ k , ɪ ɫ ɛ k t ɹ oʊ ɫ ɪ t ɪ k /
n1
a fixed capacitor consisting of two electrodes separated by an electrolyte;

- syn. electrolytic capacitor, electrolytic condenser;

a1
of or concerned with or produced by electrolysis;

a2
of or relating to or containing an electrolyte;

electrolytic capacitor
n1
a fixed capacitor consisting of two electrodes separated by an electrolyte;

- syn. electrolytic, electrolytic condenser;

electrolytic cell
n1
a cell containing an electrolyte in which an applied voltage causes a reaction to occur that would not occur otherwise (such as the breakdown of water into hydrogen and oxygen);

electrolytic condenser
n1
a fixed capacitor consisting of two electrodes separated by an electrolyte;

- syn. electrolytic, electrolytic capacitor;

electromagnet / ɛ ɫ ɛ k t ɹ oʊ m æ ɡ n ɪ t , ɪ ɫ ɛ k t ɹ oʊ m æ ɡ n ɪ t /
n1
a temporary magnet made by coiling wire around an iron core;

- when current flows in the coil the iron becomes a magnet;

electromagnetic / ɛ ɫ ɛ k t ɹ oʊ m æ ɡ n ɛ t ɪ k , ɪ ɫ ɛ k t ɹ oʊ m æ ɡ n ɛ t ɪ k /
a1
pertaining to or exhibiting magnetism produced by electric charge in motion;

- "electromagnetic energy";

electromagnetic delay line
n1
a delay line based on the time of propagation of electromagnetic waves;

electromagnetic interaction
n1
an interaction between charged elementary particles that is intermediate in strength between the strong and weak interactions;

- mediated by photons;

electromagnetic intrusion
n1
the deliberate insertion of electromagnetic energy into transmission paths with the objective of confusing or deceiving operators;

electromagnetic radiation
n1
radiation consisting of waves of energy associated with electric and magnetic fields resulting from the acceleration of an electric charge;

- syn. electromagnetic wave, nonparticulate radiation;

electromagnetic spectrum
n1
the entire frequency range of electromagnetic waves;

electromagnetic unit
n1
any of various systems of units for measuring electricity and magnetism;

- syn. emu;

electromagnetic wave
n1
radiation consisting of waves of energy associated with electric and magnetic fields resulting from the acceleration of an electric charge;

- syn. electromagnetic radiation, nonparticulate radiation;

electromagnetics / ɛ ɫ ɛ k t ɹ oʊ m æ ɡ n ɛ t ɪ k s /
n1
the branch of physics concerned with electromagnetic phenomena;

- syn. electromagnetism;

electromagnetism / ɛ ɫ ɛ k t ɹ oʊ m æ ɡ n ɪ t ɪ z ə m , ɪ ɫ ɛ k t ɹ oʊ m æ ɡ n ɪ t ɪ z ə m /
n1
magnetism produced by an electric current;

- "electromagnetism was discovered when it was observed that a copper wire carrying an electric current can magnetize pieces of iron or steel near it";

n2
the branch of physics concerned with electromagnetic phenomena;

- syn. electromagnetics;

electromechanical / ɛ ɫ ɛ k t ɹ oʊ m ɪ k æ n ɪ k ɫ /
a1
of or relating to or involving an electrically operated mechanical device;

electromechanical device
n1
a mechanical device that is operated by electricity;

electrometer / ɛ ɫ ɛ k t ɹ ɒ m ɪ t ə , ɪ ɫ ɛ k t ɹ ɒ m ɪ t ə /
n1
meter to measure electrostatic voltage differences;

- draws no current from the source;

electromotive / ɛ ɫ ɛ k t ɹ oʊ m oʊ t ɪ v , ɪ ɫ ɛ k t ɹ oʊ m oʊ t ɪ v /
a1
concerned with or producing electric current;

electromotive drug administration
n1
therapy that uses a local electric current to introduce the ions of a medicine into the tissues;

- syn. EMDA, ionic medication, iontophoresis, iontotherapy;

electromotive force
n1
the rate at which energy is drawn from a source that produces a flow of electricity in a circuit;

- expressed in volts;

- syn. emf, voltage;

electromotive force series
n1
a serial arrangement of metallic elements or ions according to their electrode potentials determined under specified conditions;

- the order shows the tendency of one metal to reduce the ions of any other metal below it in the series;

- syn. electrochemical series, electromotive series;

electromotive series
n1
a serial arrangement of metallic elements or ions according to their electrode potentials determined under specified conditions;

- the order shows the tendency of one metal to reduce the ions of any other metal below it in the series;

- syn. electrochemical series, electromotive force series;

electromyogram
n1
a graphical record of electric currents associated with muscle contractions;

- syn. EMG;

electromyograph
n1
a medical instrument that records the electrical waves associated with the activity of skeletal muscles;

electromyography
n1
diagnosis of neuromuscular disorders with the use of an electromyograph;

electron / ɛ ɫ ɛ k t ɹ ɒ n , ɪ ɫ ɛ k t ɹ ɒ n /
n1
an elementary particle with negative charge;

- syn. negatron;

electron accelerator
n1
collider that consists of an accelerator that collides electrons and positrons;

electron beam
n1
a group of nearly parallel lines of electromagnetic radiation;

- syn. beam, ray;

electron gun
n1
the electrode that is the source of electrons in a cathode-ray tube or electron microscope;

- consists of a cathode that emits a stream of electrons and the electrostatic or electromagnetic apparatus that focuses it;

electron lens
n1
electronic equipment that uses a magnetic or electric field in order to focus a beam of electrons;

- syn. lens;

electron microscope
n1
a microscope that is similar in purpose to a light microscope but achieves much greater resolving power by using a parallel beam of electrons to illuminate the object instead of a beam of light;

electron microscopic
a1
of or relating to or involving an electron microscope;

electron microscopy
n1
microscopy with the use of electron microscopes;

electron multiplier
n1
a vacuum tube that amplifies a flow of electrons;

electron optics
n1
the branch of electronics that deals with beams of electrons and their focusing and deflection by magnetic fields;

electron orbit
n1
the path of an electron around the nucleus of an atom;

- syn. orbit;

electron paramagnetic resonance
n1
microwave spectroscopy in which there is resonant absorption of radiation by a paramagnet;

- syn. ESR, electron spin resonance;

electron radiation
n1
radiation of beta particles during radioactive decay;

- syn. beta radiation, beta ray;

electron shell
n1
a grouping of electrons surrounding the nucleus of an atom;

- "the chemical properties of an atom are determined by the outermost electron shell";

electron spin resonance
n1
microwave spectroscopy in which there is resonant absorption of radiation by a paramagnet;

- syn. ESR, electron paramagnetic resonance;

electron tube
n1
electronic device consisting of a system of electrodes arranged in an evacuated glass or metal envelope;

- syn. thermionic tube, thermionic vacuum tube, thermionic valve, tube, vacuum tube;

electron volt
n1
a unit of energy equal to the work done by an electron accelerated through a potential difference of 1 volt;

- syn. eV;

electronegative
a1
having a negative charge;

- "electrons are negative";

- syn. negative, negatively charged;

- sim. charged;

electronegativity
n1
(chemistry) the tendency of an atom or radical to attract electrons in the formation of an ionic bond;

- syn. negativity;

electroneutral
a1
having no net electric charge;

- syn. neutral;

- sim. uncharged;

electronic / ɛ ɫ ɛ k t ɹ ɒ n ɪ k , ɪ ɫ ɛ k t ɹ ɒ n ɪ k /
a1
of or relating to electronics;

- concerned with or using devices that operate on principles governing the behavior of electrons;

- "electronic devices";

a2
of or concerned with electrons;

- "electronic energy";

electronic balance
n1
a balance that generates a current proportional to the displacement of the pan;

electronic bulletin board
n1
a computer that is running software that allows users to leave messages and access information of general interest;

- syn. bbs, bulletin board, bulletin board system;

electronic communication
n1
communication by computer;

electronic computer
n1
a machine for performing calculations automatically;

- syn. computer, computing device, computing machine, data processor, information processing system;

electronic converter
n1
(telecommunication) converter for converting a signal from one frequency to another;

electronic counter-countermeasures
n1
electronic warfare undertaken to insure effective friendly use of the electromagnetic spectrum in spite of the enemy's use of electronic warfare;

- syn. ECCM;

electronic countermeasures
n1
electronic warfare undertaken to prevent or reduce an enemy's effective use of the electromagnetic spectrum;

- syn. ECM;

electronic data processing
n1
automatic data processing by electronic means without the use of tabulating cards or punched tapes;

- syn. EDP;

electronic database
n1
(computer science) a database that can be accessed by computers;

- syn. computer database, electronic information service, on-line database;

electronic deception
n1
the deliberate use of electromagnetic energy in a manner intended to convey misleading information;

electronic device
n1
a device that accomplishes its purpose electronically;

electronic dictionary
n1
a machine-readable version of a standard dictionary;

- organized alphabetically;

- syn. MRD, machine readable dictionary;

electronic equipment
n1
equipment that involves the controlled conduction of electrons (especially in a gas or vacuum or semiconductor);

electronic fetal monitor
n1
an electronic monitor that monitors fetal heartbeat and the mother's uterine contractions during childbirth;

- syn. electronic foetal monitor, fetal monitor, foetal monitor;

electronic foetal monitor
n1
an electronic monitor that monitors fetal heartbeat and the mother's uterine contractions during childbirth;

- syn. electronic fetal monitor, fetal monitor, foetal monitor;

electronic image
n1
an image represented as a two dimensional array of brightness values for pixels;

- syn. bitmap;

electronic imitative deception
n1
the introduction of electromagnetic energy into enemy systems that imitates enemy emissions;

- syn. imitative electronic deception;

electronic information service
n1
(computer science) a database that can be accessed by computers;

- syn. computer database, electronic database, on-line database;

electronic instrument
n1
a musical instrument that generates sounds electronically;

- syn. electronic musical instrument;

electronic jamming
n1
deliberate radiation or reflection of electromagnetic energy for the purpose of disrupting enemy use of electronic devices or systems;

- syn. jam, jamming;

electronic mail
n1
(computer science) a system of world-wide electronic communication in which a computer user can compose a message at one terminal that can be regenerated at the recipient's terminal when the recipient logs in;

- "you cannot send packages by electronic mail";

- syn. e-mail, email;

electronic manipulative deception
n1
actions to eliminate revealing telltale indicators that could be used by the enemy (or to convey misleading indicators);

- syn. manipulative electronic deception;

electronic messaging
n1
the sending and processing of e-mail by computer;

- syn. messaging;

electronic musical instrument
n1
a musical instrument that generates sounds electronically;

- syn. electronic instrument;

electronic network
n1
(electronics) a system of interconnected electronic components or circuits;

- syn. network;

electronic organ
n1
(music) an electronic simulation of a pipe organ;

- syn. Hammond organ, electric organ, organ;

electronic reconnaissance
n1
the detection and identification and evaluation and location of foreign electromagnetic radiations (other than radioactive);

electronic scanner
n1
a radio receiver that moves automatically across some selected range of frequencies looking for some signal or condition;

- "they used scanners to monitor police radio channels";

- syn. scanner;

electronic signal
n1
a signal generated by electronic means;

electronic simulative deception
n1
actions to represent friendly notional or actual capabilities to mislead hostile forces;

- syn. simulative electronic deception;

electronic stylus
n1
(computer science) a pointer that when pointed at a computer display senses whether or not the spot is illuminated;

- syn. light pen;

electronic surveillance
n1
surveillance by electronic means (e.g. television);

electronic text
n1
text that is in a form that computer can store or display on a computer screen;

electronic transistor
n1
a semiconductor device capable of amplification;

- syn. junction transistor, transistor;

electronic voltmeter
n1
a voltmeter whose sensitivity is increased by amplification;

electronic warfare
n1
military action involving the use of electromagnetic energy to determine or exploit or reduce or prevent hostile use of the electromagnetic spectrum;

- syn. EW;

electronic warfare-support measures
n1
electronic warfare undertaken under direct control of an operational commander to locate sources of radiated electromagnetic energy for the purpose of immediate threat recognition;

- syn. ESM;

electronically / ɛ ɫ ɛ k t ɹ ɒ n ɪ k ɫ ɪ , ɪ ɫ ɛ k t ɹ ɒ n ɪ k ɫ i /
r1
by electronic means;

- "the door opens electronically";

electronics / ɛ ɫ ɛ k t ɹ ɒ n ɪ k s , ɪ ɫ ɛ k t ɹ ɒ n ɪ k s /
n1
the branch of physics that deals with the emission and effects of electrons and with the use of electronic devices;

electronics company
n1
a company that makes and sells electronic instruments;

electronics industry
n1
the manufacturers of electronic products considered collectively;

electronics intelligence
n1
intelligence derived from electromagnetic radiations from foreign sources (other than radioactive sources);

- syn. ELINT;

electrophoresis
n1
the motion of charged particles in a colloid under the influence of an electric field;

- particles with a positive charge go to the cathode and negative to the anode;

- syn. cataphoresis, dielectrolysis, ionophoresis;

electrophoretic
a1
of or relating to electrophoresis;

- syn. cataphoretic;

Electrophoridae
n1
small family comprising the electric eels;

- syn. family Electrophoridae;

electrophorus / ɛ ɫ ɛ k t ɹ ɒ f ə ɹ ə s , ɪ ɫ ɛ k t ɹ ɒ f ə ɹ ə s /
n1
a simple electrostatic generator that generates repeated charges of static electricity;

n2
type genus of the family Electrophoridae;

- electric eels;

- syn. genus Electrophorus;

Electrophorus electric
n1
eel-shaped freshwater fish of South America having electric organs in its body;

- syn. electric eel;

electroplate / ɛ ɫ ɛ k t ɹ ə p ɫ eɪ t , ɪ ɫ ɛ k t ɹ ə p ɫ eɪ t /
n1
any artifact that has been plated with a thin coat of metal by electrolysis;

v1
coat with metal by electrolysis;

- "electroplate the watch";

electroplater / ɛ ɫ ɛ k t ɹ oʊ p ɫ eɪ t ə , ɪ ɫ ɛ k t ɹ oʊ p ɫ eɪ t ə /
n1
a plater who uses electrolysis;

electropositive / ɛ ɫ ɛ k t ɹ oʊ p ɒ z ə t ɪ v /
a1
having a positive charge;

- "protons are positive";

- syn. positive, positively charged;

- sim. charged;

electroretinogram
n1
a graphical recording of the electrical activity of the retina that results when light is flashed into the eye;

electroscope / ɛ ɫ ɛ k t ɹ ə s k oʊ p , ɪ ɫ ɛ k t ɹ ə s k oʊ p /
n1
measuring instrument that detects electric charge;

- two gold leaves diverge owing to repulsion of charges with like sign;

electroshock / ɛ ɫ ɛ k t ɹ oʊ ʃ ɒ k /
n1
the administration of a strong electric current that passes through the brain to induce convulsions and coma;

- syn. ECT, electroconvulsive therapy, electroshock therapy;

electroshock therapy
n1
the administration of a strong electric current that passes through the brain to induce convulsions and coma;

- syn. ECT, electroconvulsive therapy, electroshock;

electrosleep
n1
unconsciousness brought about by the passage of a low voltage electric current through the brain;

electrostatic / ɛ ɫ ɛ k t ɹ oʊ s t æ t ɪ k , ɪ ɫ ɛ k t ɹ oʊ s t æ t ɪ k /
a1
concerned with or producing or caused by static electricity;

- "an electrostatic generator produces high-voltage static electricity";

- syn. static;

electrostatic bond
n1
a chemical bond in which one atom loses an electron to form a positive ion and the other atom gains an electron to form a negative ion;

- syn. electrovalent bond, ionic bond;

electrostatic charge
n1
the electric charge at rest on the surface of an insulated body (which establishes and adjacent electrostatic field);

electrostatic field
n1
electric field associated with static electric charges;

electrostatic generator
n1
electrical device that produces a high voltage by building up a charge of static electricity;

- syn. Van de Graaff generator, Wimshurst machine, electrostatic machine;

electrostatic machine
n1
electrical device that produces a high voltage by building up a charge of static electricity;

- syn. Van de Graaff generator, Wimshurst machine, electrostatic generator;

electrostatic precipitation
n1
a process that removes suspended dust particles from a gas by applying a high voltage electrostatic charge to the particles and collecting them on charged plates;

electrostatic precipitator
n1
removes dust particles from gases by electrostatic precipitation;

- syn. Cottrell precipitator, precipitator;

electrostatic printer
n1
a printer that uses an electric charge to deposit toner on paper;

electrostatic unit
n1
any of various units of electricity based on forces of interaction between electric charges;

electrostatically / ɛ ɫ ɛ k t ɹ oʊ s t æ t ɪ k ɫ ɪ /
r1
in an electrostatic manner;

- "the dust adhered electrostatically to the surface";

electrostatics / ɛ ɫ ɛ k t ɹ oʊ s t æ t ɪ k s , ɪ ɫ ɛ k t ɹ oʊ s t æ t ɪ k s /
n1
the branch of physics that deals with static electricity;

electrosurgery / ɛ ɫ ɛ k t ɹ oʊ s ɝ dʒ ə ɹ i /
n1
surgery performed with electrical devices (as in electrocautery);

electrotherapist
n1
someone who specializes in the treatment of disease by electricity;

electrotherapy / ɛ ɫ ɛ k t ɹ oʊ θ ɛr ə p i /
n1
the therapeutic application of electricity to the body (as in the treatment of various forms of paralysis);

- syn. electric healing, electrical healing, galvanism;

electrovalent bond
n1
a chemical bond in which one atom loses an electron to form a positive ion and the other atom gains an electron to form a negative ion;

- syn. electrostatic bond, ionic bond;

electrum / ɛ ɫ ɛ k t ɹ ə m , ɪ ɫ ɛ k t ɹ ə m /
n1
an alloy of gold and silver;

eleemosynary / ɛ ɫ ɪ i m ɒ s ɪ n ə ɹ i /
a1
generous in assistance to the poor;

- "a benevolent contributor";

- "eleemosynary relief";

- "philanthropic contributions";

- syn. beneficent, benevolent, philanthropic;

- sim. charitable;

elegance / ɛ ɫ ɪ ɡ ə n s /
n1
a refined quality of gracefulness and good taste;

- "she conveys an aura of elegance and gentility";

n2
a quality of neatness and ingenious simplicity in the solution of a problem (especially in science or mathematics);

- "the simplicity and elegance of his invention";

elegant / ɛ ɫ ɪ ɡ ə n t /
a1
refined and tasteful in appearance or behavior or style;

- "elegant handwriting";

- "an elegant dark suit";

- "she was elegant to her fingertips";

- "small churches with elegant white spires";

- "an elegant mathematical solution--simple and precise and lucid";

- also dignified, graceful, refined, sophisticated, tasteful;

- sim. dandified, deluxe, exquisite, fine, high-class, ritzy, soigne;

a2
suggesting taste, ease, and wealth;

- syn. graceful, refined;

- sim. gracious;

a3
displaying effortless beauty and simplicity in movement or execution;

- "an elegant dancer";

- "an elegant mathematical solution -- simple and precise";

- sim. graceful;

elegant brodiaea
n1
brodiaea having an umbel of violet or blue-violet flowers atop a leafless stalk;

- northern Oregon to southern California;

- syn. Brodiaea elegans;

elegant cat's ears
n1
small plant with slender bent stems bearing branched clusters of a few white star-shaped flowers with petals shaped like cat's ears;

- southeastern Washington and northeastern Oregon to Montana;

- syn. Calochortus elegans, star tulip;

elegant Habenaria
n1
slender inland rein orchid similar to coastal rein orchid but with pale greenish-yellow flowers;

- syn. Habenaria elegans;

elegantly / ɛ ɫ ɪ ɡ ə n t ɫ i /
r1
with elegance;

- in a tastefully elegant manner;

- "the room was elegantly decorated";

r2
in a gracefully elegant manner;

- "the members of these groups do not express themselves as accurately or as elegantly as their critics do";

elegiac / ɛ ɫ ɪ dʒ aɪ ə k /
a1
resembling or characteristic of or appropriate to an elegy;

- "an elegiac poem on a friend's death";

a2
expressing sorrow often for something past;

- "an elegiac lament for youthful ideals";

- sim. sorrowful;

elegiac stanza
n1
a quatrain in iambic pentameter with abab rhyme scheme;

elegise
v1
compose an elegy;

- syn. elegize;

elegist / ɛ ɫ ɪ dʒ ɪ s t /
n1
the author of a mournful poem lamenting the dead;

elegize / ɛ ɫ ɪ dʒ aɪ z /
v1
compose an elegy;

- syn. elegise;

elegy / ɛ ɫ ə dʒ i /
n1
a mournful poem;

- a lament for the dead;

- syn. lament;

element / ɛ ɫ ɪ m ə n t /
n1
an abstract part of something;

- "jealousy was a component of his character";

- "two constituents of a musical composition are melody and harmony";

- "the grammatical elements of a sentence";

- "a key factor in her success";

- "humor: an effective ingredient of a speech";

- syn. component, constituent, factor, ingredient;

n2
an artifact that is one of the individual parts of which a composite entity is made up;

- especially a part that can be separated from or attached to a system;

- "spare components for cars";

- "a component or constituent element of a system";

- syn. component, constituent;

n3
any of the more than 100 known substances (of which 92 occur naturally) that cannot be separated into simpler substances and that singly or in combination constitute all matter;

- syn. chemical element;

n4
the most favorable environment for a plant or animal;

- "water is the element of fishes";

n5
one of four substances thought in ancient and medieval cosmology to constitute the physical universe;

- "the alchemists believed that there were four elements";

n6
the situation in which you are happiest and most effective;

- "in your element";

n7
a straight line that generates a cylinder or cone;

element 104
n1
a radioactive transuranic element which has been synthesized;

- syn. Rf, Unq, atomic number 104, rutherfordium, unnilquadium;

element 105
n1
a transuranic element;

- syn. Db, atomic number 105, dubnium, hahnium;

element 106
n1
a transuranic element;

- syn. Sg, atomic number 106, seaborgium;

element 107
n1
a transuranic element;

- syn. Bh, atomic number 107, bohrium;

element 108
n1
a radioactive transuranic element;

- syn. Hs, atomic number 108, hassium;

element 109
n1
a radioactive transuranic element;

- syn. Mt, atomic number 109, meitnerium;

element 110
n1
a radioactive transuranic element;

- syn. Ds, atomic number 110, darmstadtium;

element 111
n1
a radioactive transuranic element;

- syn. Rg, atomic number 111, roentgenium;

element 112
n1
a radioactive transuranic element;

- syn. Uub, atomic number 112, ununbium;

element 113
n1
a radioactive transuranic element;

- syn. Uut, atomic number 113, ununtrium;

element 114
n1
a radioactive transuranic element;

- syn. Uuq, atomic number 114, ununquadium;

element 115
n1
a radioactive transuranic element;

- syn. Uup, atomic number 115, ununpentium;

element 116
n1
a radioactive transuranic element;

- syn. Uuh, atomic number 116, ununhexium;

element of a cone
n1
a straight line joining the apex and a point on the base;

element of a cylinder
n1
a straight line running the length of the cylinder;

elemental / ɛ ɫ ɪ m ɛ n t ɫ /
a1
relating to or being an element;

- "elemental sulphur";

a2
relating to severe atmospheric conditions;

- "a race against hail or cold rains or some other elemental catastrophe"- J.K.Howard;

a3
of or being the essential or basic part;

- "an elementary need for love and nurturing";

- "a basal reader";

- syn. basal, elementary, primary;

- sim. basic;

elementarily / ɛ ɫ ɪ m ɛ n t ə ɹ ə ɫ i /
r1
in an elementary manner;

elementary / ɛ ɫ ɪ m ɛ n t ə ɹ i /
a1
easy and not involved or complicated;

- "an elementary problem in statistics";

- "elementary, my dear Watson";

- "a simple game";

- "found an uncomplicated solution to the problem";

- syn. simple, uncomplicated, unproblematic;

- sim. easy;

a2
of or pertaining to or characteristic of elementary school or elementary education;

- "the elementary grades";

- "elementary teachers";

a3
of or being the essential or basic part;

- "an elementary need for love and nurturing";

- "a basal reader";

- syn. basal, elemental, primary;

- sim. basic;

elementary education
n1
education in elementary subjects (reading and writing and arithmetic) provided to young students at a grade school;

elementary geometry
n1
(mathematics) geometry based on Euclid's axioms;

- syn. Euclidean geometry, parabolic geometry;

elementary particle
n1
(physics) a particle that is less complex than an atom;

- regarded as constituents of all matter;

- syn. fundamental particle;

elementary school
n1
a school for young children;

- usually the first 6 or 8 grades;

- syn. grade school, grammar school, primary school;

elements / ɛ ɫ ɪ m ə n t s /
n1
violent or severe weather (viewed as caused by the action of the four elements);

- "they felt the full fury of the elements";

elemi / ɛ ɫ ɪ m i /
n1
fragrant resin obtain from trees of the family Burseraceae and used as incense;

- syn. gum elemi;

Eleocharis
n1
sedges having dense spikes of flowers and leaves reduced to basal sheaths;

- syn. genus Eleocharis;

Eleocharis acicularis
n1
fine-leaved aquatic spike rush;

- popular as aerator for aquariums;

- syn. hair grass, needle rush, needle spike rush, slender spike rush;

Eleocharis dulcis
n1
Chinese sedge yielding edible bulb-shaped tubers;

- syn. Chinese water chestnut, water chestnut;

Eleocharis palustris
n1
cylindrical-stemmed sedge;

- syn. creeping spike rush;

Eleonora Duse
n1
Italian actress best known for her performances in tragic roles (1858-1924);

- syn. Duse;

eleostearic acid
n1
a crystalline unsaturated fatty acid;

- syn. elaeostearic acid;

Eleotridae
n1
sleepers;

- syn. family Eleotridae;

elephant / ɛ ɫ ɪ f ə n t /
n1
five-toed pachyderm;

n2
the symbol of the Republican Party;

- introduced in cartoons by Thomas Nast in 1874;

elephant's-foot
n1
South African vine having a massive rootstock covered with deeply fissured bark;

- syn. Dioscorea elephantipes, Hottentot's bread vine, Hottentot bread vine, tortoise plant;

n2
any plant of the genus Elephantopus having heads of blue or purple flowers;

- America;

elephant's ear
n1
any plant of the genus Alocasia having large showy basal leaves and boat-shaped spathe and reddish berries;

- syn. alocasia, elephant ear;

n2
tropical South American tree having a wide-spreading crown of bipinnate leaves and coiled ear-shaped fruits;

- grown for shade and ornament as well as valuable timber;

- syn. Enterolobium cyclocarpa, conacaste;

elephant-tusk
n1
annual of southern United States to Mexico having large whitish or yellowish flowers mottled with purple and a long curving beak;

- syn. Proboscidea louisianica, common devil's claw, common unicorn plant, devil's claw, proboscis flower, ram's horn;

elephant bird
n1
huge (to 9 ft.) extinct flightless bird of Madagascar;

- syn. aepyornis;

elephant ear
n1
any plant of the genus Alocasia having large showy basal leaves and boat-shaped spathe and reddish berries;

- syn. alocasia, elephant's ear;

elephant seal
n1
either of two large northern Atlantic earless seals having snouts like trunks;

- syn. sea elephant;

elephant tree
n1
small tree or shrub of the southwestern United States having a spicy odor and odd-pinnate leaves and small clusters of white flowers;

- syn. Bursera microphylla;

elephant yam
n1
putrid-smelling aroid of southeastern Asia (especially the Philippines) grown for its edible tuber;

- syn. Amorphophallus campanulatus, Amorphophallus paeonifolius, pungapung, telingo potato;

elephantiasis / ɛ ɫ ɪ f ə n t aɪ ə s ɪ s /
n1
hypertrophy of certain body parts (usually legs and scrotum);

- the end state of the disease filariasis;

elephantiasis neuromatosa
n1
hypertrophy of a limb;

elephantiasis scroti
n1
swelling of the scrotum resulting from chronic lymphatic obstruction;

- syn. chyloderma;

Elephantidae
n1
elephants;

- syn. family Elephantidae;

elephantine / ɛ ɫ ɪ f æ n t aɪ n /
a1
of great mass;

- huge and bulky;

- "a jumbo jet";

- "jumbo shrimp";

- syn. gargantuan, giant, jumbo;

- sim. large;

Elephantopus
n1
perennial American herb;

- syn. genus Elephantopus;

Elephas
n1
type genus of the family Elephantidae;

- syn. genus Elephas;

Elephas maximus
n1
Asian elephant having smaller ears and tusks primarily in the male;

- syn. Indian elephant;

Elettaria
n1
cardamom;

- syn. genus Elettaria;

Elettaria cardamomum
n1
rhizomatous herb of India having aromatic seeds used as seasoning;

- syn. cardamom, cardamon;

Eleusine
n1
annual and perennial grasses of savannas and upland grasslands;

- syn. genus Eleusine;

Eleusine coracana
n1
East Indian cereal grass whose seed yield a somewhat bitter flour, a staple in the Orient;

- syn. African millet, coracan, corakan, finger millet, kurakkan, ragee, ragi;

Eleusine indica
n1
coarse annual grass having fingerlike spikes of flowers;

- native to Old World tropics;

- a naturalized weed elsewhere;

- syn. goose grass, wire grass, yard grass, yardgrass;

eleuthera bark
n1
aromatic bark of cascarilla;

- used as a tonic and for making incense;

- syn. cascarilla bark, sweetwood bark;

Eleutherodactylus
n1
completely terrestrial robber frogs;

- syn. genus Eleutherodactylus;

elevate / ɛ ɫ ɪ v eɪ t /
v1
give a promotion to or assign to a higher position;

- "John was kicked upstairs when a replacement was hired";

- "Women tend not to advance in the major law firms";

- "I got promoted after many years of hard work";

- syn. advance, kick upstairs, promote, raise, upgrade;

v2
raise from a lower to a higher position;

- "Raise your hands";

- "Lift a load";

- syn. bring up, get up, lift, raise;

v3
raise in rank or condition;

- "The new law lifted many people from poverty";

- syn. lift, raise;

elevated / ɛ ɫ ɪ v eɪ t ɪ d /
n1
a railway that is powered by electricity and that runs on a track that is raised above the street level;

- syn. el, elevated railroad, elevated railway, overhead railway;

a1
raised above the ground;

- "an elevated platform";

- sim. raised;

a2
of high moral or intellectual value;

- elevated in nature or style;

- "an exalted ideal";

- "argue in terms of high-flown ideals"- Oliver Franks;

- "a noble and lofty concept";

- "a grand purpose";

- syn. exalted, grand, high-flown, high-minded, idealistic, lofty, noble-minded, rarefied, rarified, sublime;

- sim. noble;

a3
increased in amount or degree;

- "raised temperature";

- syn. raised;

- sim. increased;

elevated railroad
n1
a railway that is powered by electricity and that runs on a track that is raised above the street level;

- syn. el, elevated, elevated railway, overhead railway;

elevated railway
n1
a railway that is powered by electricity and that runs on a track that is raised above the street level;

- syn. el, elevated, elevated railroad, overhead railway;

elevation / ɛ ɫ ɪ v eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the event of something being raised upward;

- "an elevation of the temperature in the afternoon";

- "a raising of the land resulting from volcanic activity";

- syn. lift, raising;

n2
the highest level or degree attainable;

- the highest stage of development;

- "his landscapes were deemed the acme of beauty";

- "the artist's gifts are at their acme";

- "at the height of her career";

- "the peak of perfection";

- "summer was at its peak";

- "...catapulted Einstein to the pinnacle of fame";

- "the summit of his ambition";

- "so many highest superlatives achieved by man";

- "at the top of his profession";

- syn. acme, height, meridian, peak, pinnacle, summit, superlative, tiptop, top;

n3
angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object);

- syn. ALT, EL, altitude;

n4
a raised or elevated geological formation;

- syn. natural elevation;

n5
distance of something above a reference point (such as sea level);

- "there was snow at the higher elevations";

n6
(ballet) the height of a dancer's leap or jump;

- "a dancer of exceptional elevation";

n7
drawing of an exterior of a structure;

n8
the act of increasing the wealth or prestige or power or scope of something;

- "the aggrandizement of the king";

- "his elevation to cardinal";

- syn. aggrandisement, aggrandizement;

elevator / ɛ ɫ ɪ v eɪ t ə , ɛ ɫ ɪ v eɪ t ə ɹ /
n1
lifting device consisting of a platform or cage that is raised and lowered mechanically in a vertical shaft in order to move people from one floor to another in a building;

- syn. lift;

n2
the airfoil on the tailplane of an aircraft that makes it ascend or descend;

elevator boy
n1
a man employed to operate an elevator;

- "in England they call an elevator man a liftman";

- syn. elevator man, liftman;

elevator car
n1
where passengers ride up and down;

- "the car was on the top floor";

- syn. car;

elevator girl
n1
a girl employed to operate an elevator;

elevator man
n1
a man employed to operate an elevator;

- "in England they call an elevator man a liftman";

- syn. elevator boy, liftman;

elevator operator
n1
an operator of an elevator;

elevator shaft
n1
a vertical shaft in a building to permit the passage of an elevator from floor to floor;

eleven / ɪ ɫ ɛ v n /
n1
the cardinal number that is the sum of ten and one;

- syn. 11, XI;

n2
a team that plays football;

- syn. football team;

a1
being one more than ten;

- syn. 11, xi;

- sim. cardinal;

eleven-plus
n1
(formerly in Britain) an examination taken by 11 and 12 year old students to select suitable candidates for grammar school;

- syn. 11-plus;

eleven-sided
a1
having eleven sides;

- sim. multilateral;

eleventh / ɪ ɫ ɛ v n θ /
n1
position 11 in a countable series of things;

a1
coming next after the tenth and just before the twelfth in position;

- syn. 11th;

- sim. ordinal;

eleventh cranial nerve
n1
arises from two sets of roots (cranial and spinal) that unite to form the nerve;

- syn. accessory nerve, nervus accessorius, spinal accessory;

eleventh hour
n1
the latest possible moment;

- "money became available at the eleventh hour";

- "at the last minute the government changed the rules";

- syn. last minute;

elf / ɛ ɫ f /
n1
(folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous;

- syn. brownie, gremlin, hob, imp, pixie, pixy;

n2
below 3 kilohertz;

- syn. extremely low frequency;

elf cup
n1
apothecium of a fungus of the family Pezizaceae;

elfin / ɛ ɫ f ɪ n /
a1
suggestive of an elf in strangeness and otherworldliness;

- "thunderbolts quivered with elfin flares of heat lightning";

- "the fey quality was there, the ability to see the moon at midday"- John Mason Brown;

- syn. fey;

- sim. supernatural;

a2
small and delicate;

- "she was an elfin creature--graceful and delicate";

- "obsessed by things elfin and small";

- syn. elflike;

- sim. small;

a3
relating to or made or done by or as if by an elf;

- "elfin bells";

- "all the little creatures joined in the elfin dance";

a4
usually good-naturedly mischievous;

- "perpetrated a practical joke with elfin delight";

- "elvish tricks";

- syn. elfish, elvish;

- sim. playful;

elfish / ɛ ɫ f ɪ ʃ /
a1
usually good-naturedly mischievous;

- "perpetrated a practical joke with elfin delight";

- "elvish tricks";

- syn. elfin, elvish;

- sim. playful;

elflike
a1
small and delicate;

- "she was an elfin creature--graceful and delicate";

- "obsessed by things elfin and small";

- syn. elfin;

- sim. small;

Elgar
n1
British composer of choral and orchestral works including two symphonies as well as songs and chamber music and music for brass band (1857-1934);

- syn. Sir Edward Elgar, Sir Edward William Elgar;

Elgin Marbles
n1
a collection of classical Greek marble sculptures and fragments of architecture created by Phidias;

- chiefly from the Parthenon in Athens;

Eli Whitney
n1
United States inventor of the mechanical cotton gin (1765-1825);

- syn. Whitney;

Elia
n1
English essayist (1775-1834);

- syn. Charles Lamb, Lamb;

Elia Kazan
n1
United States stage and screen director (born in Turkey) and believer in method acting (1909-2003);

- syn. Elia Kazanjoglous, Kazan;

Elia Kazanjoglous
n1
United States stage and screen director (born in Turkey) and believer in method acting (1909-2003);

- syn. Elia Kazan, Kazan;

Elias Canetti
n1
English writer born in Germany (1905-1994);

- syn. Canetti;

Elias Howe
n1
United States inventor who built early sewing machines and won suits for patent infringement against other manufacturers (including Isaac M. Singer) (1819-1867);

- syn. Howe;

elicit / ɪ ɫ ɪ s ɪ t /
v1
call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses);

- "arouse pity";

- "raise a smile";

- "evoke sympathy";

- syn. arouse, enkindle, evoke, fire, kindle, provoke, raise;

v2
deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning);

- "We drew out some interesting linguistic data from the native informant";

- syn. draw out, educe, evoke, extract;

v3
derive by reason;

- "elicit a solution";

elicitation / ɪ ɫ ɪ s ɪ t eɪ ʃ n /
n1
stimulation that calls up (draws forth) a particular class of behaviors;

- "the elicitation of his testimony was not easy";

- syn. evocation, induction;

elicited / ɪ ɫ ɪ s ɪ t ɪ d /
a1
called forth from a latent or potential state by stimulation;

- "evoked potentials";

- "an elicited response";

- syn. evoked;

- sim. induced;

elide / ɪ ɫ aɪ d /
v1
leave or strike out;

- "This vowel is usually elided before a single consonant";

Elie Metchnikoff
n1
Russian bacteriologist in France who formulated the theory of phagocytosis (1845-1916);

- syn. Elie Metchnikov, Ilya Ilich Metchnikov, Metchnikoff, Metchnikov;

Elie Metchnikov
n1
Russian bacteriologist in France who formulated the theory of phagocytosis (1845-1916);

- syn. Elie Metchnikoff, Ilya Ilich Metchnikov, Metchnikoff, Metchnikov;

Elie Wiesel
n1
United States writer (born in Romania) who survived Nazi concentration camps and is dedicated to keeping alive the memory of the Holocaust (born in 1928);

- syn. Eliezer Wiesel, Wiesel;

Eliel Saarinen
n1
Finnish architect and city planner who moved to the United States in 1923;

- father of Eero Saarinen (1873-1950);

- syn. Saarinen;

Eliezer Wiesel
n1
United States writer (born in Romania) who survived Nazi concentration camps and is dedicated to keeping alive the memory of the Holocaust (born in 1928);

- syn. Elie Wiesel, Wiesel;

eligibility / ɛ ɫ ɪ dʒ ə b ɪ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
the quality or state of being eligible;

- "eligibility of a candidate for office";

- "eligibility for a loan";

eligible / ɛ ɫ ɪ dʒ ə b ɫ /
a1
qualified for or allowed or worthy of being chosen;

- "eligible to run for office";

- "eligible for retirement benefits";

- "an eligible bachelor";

- also qualified;

- sim. bailable, desirable, entitled, in line, legal, pensionable;

Elihu Thomson
n1
United States electrical engineer (born in England) who in 1892 formed a company with Thomas Edison (1853-1937);

- syn. Thomson;

Elihu Yale
n1
English philanthropist who made contributions to a college in Connecticut that was renamed in his honor (1649-1721);

- syn. Yale;

Elijah
n1
a Hebrew prophet in the Old Testament who opposed the worship of idols;

- he was persecuted for rebuking Ahab and Jezebel (king and queen of Israel);

- he was taken up to heaven in a chariot of fire (circa 9th century BC);

Elijah Muhammad
n1
leader of Black Muslims who campaigned for independence for Black Americans (1897-1975);

- syn. Muhammad;

eliminate / ɪ ɫ ɪ m ɪ n eɪ t /
v1
terminate, end, or take out;

- "Let's eliminate the course on Akkadian hieroglyphics";

- "Socialism extinguished these archaic customs";

- "eliminate my debts";

- syn. do away with, extinguish, get rid of;

v2
do away with;

- syn. obviate, rid of;

v3
kill in large numbers;

- "the plague wiped out an entire population";

- syn. annihilate, carry off, decimate, eradicate, extinguish, wipe out;

v4
dismiss from consideration or a contest;

- "John was ruled out as a possible suspect because he had a strong alibi";

- "This possibility can be eliminated from our consideration";

- syn. reject, rule out, winnow out;

v5
eliminate from the body;

- "Pass a kidney stone";

- syn. egest, excrete, pass;

v6
remove from a contest or race;

- "The cyclist has eliminated all the competitors in the race";

v7
remove (an unknown variable) from two or more equations;

elimination / ɪ ɫ ɪ m ɪ n eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the act of removing or getting rid of something;

- syn. riddance;

n2
the bodily process of discharging waste matter;

- syn. evacuation, excreting, excretion, voiding;

n3
analysis of a problem into alternative possibilities followed by the systematic rejection of unacceptable alternatives;

- syn. reasoning by elimination;

n4
the act of removing an unknown mathematical quantity by combining equations;

n5
the murder of a competitor;

- syn. liquidation;

elimination reaction
n1
a chemical reaction in which a molecule decomposes to two different molecules;

elimination tournament
n1
a tournament in which losers are eliminated in successive rounds;

eliminator / ɪ ɫ ɪ m ɪ n eɪ t ə /
n1
an agent that eliminates something;

Elinor Morton Hoyt Wylie
n1
United States poet (1885-1928);

- syn. Wylie;

ELINT
n1
intelligence derived from electromagnetic radiations from foreign sources (other than radioactive sources);

- syn. electronics intelligence;

Elinvar
n1
Elinvar is a trademark for a kind of steel used for watch springs because its elasticity is constant over a wide range of temperatures;

- syn. chrome-nickel steel;

Eliomys
n1
lerots;

- syn. genus Eliomys;

Eliot
n1
British poet (born in the United States) who won the Nobel prize for literature;

- his plays are outstanding examples of modern verse drama (1888-1965);

- syn. T. S. Eliot, Thomas Stearns Eliot;

n2
British writer of novels characterized by realistic analysis of provincial Victorian society (1819-1880);

- syn. George Eliot, Mary Ann Evans;

ELISA
n1
an assay that relies on an enzymatic conversion reaction and is used to detect the presence of specific substances (such as enzymes or viruses or antibodies or bacteria);

- syn. enzyme-linked-immunosorbent serologic assay;

Elisabeth Vigee-Lebrun
n1
French painter noted for her portraits (1755-1842);

- syn. Marie Louise Elisabeth Vigee-Lebrun, Vigee-Lebrun;

Elisabethville
n1
a city in southeastern Congo near the border with Zambia;

- a copper mining center;

- former name (until 1966) was Elisabethville;

- syn. Lubumbashi;

Elisha Graves Otis
n1
United States inventor who manufactured the first elevator with a safety device (1811-1861);

- syn. Otis;

elision / ɪ ɫ ɪ ʒ n /
n1
omission of a sound between two words (usually a vowel and the end of one word or the beginning of the next);

n2
a deliberate act of omission;

- "with the exception of the children, everyone was told the news";

- syn. exception, exclusion;

elite / eɪ ɫ i t /
n1
a group or class of persons enjoying superior intellectual or social or economic status;

- syn. elite group;

a1
selected as the best;

- "an elect circle of artists";

- "elite colleges";

- syn. elect;

- sim. selected;

elite group
n1
a group or class of persons enjoying superior intellectual or social or economic status;

- syn. elite;

elitism / ɪ ɫ i t ɪ z ə m /
n1
the attitude that society should be governed by an elite group of individuals;

elitist / ɪ ɫ i t ɪ s t /
n1
someone who believes in rule by an elite group;

elixir / ɪ ɫ ɪ k s ə , ɪ ɫ ɪ k s ə ɹ /
n1
a sweet flavored liquid (usually containing a small amount of alcohol) used in compounding medicines to be taken by mouth in order to mask an unpleasant taste;

n2
hypothetical substance that the alchemists believed to be capable of changing base metals into gold;

- syn. philosopher's stone, philosophers' stone;

n3
a substance believed to cure all ills;

elixir of life
n1
a hypothetical substance believed to maintain life indefinitely;

- once sought by alchemists;

Elixophyllin
n1
a colorless crystalline alkaloid derived from tea leaves or made synthetically;

- used in medicine as a bronchial dilator;

- syn. Slo-Bid, Theobid, theophylline;

Elizabeth / ɪ ɫ ɪ z ə b ə θ /
n1
daughter of George VI who became the Queen of England and Northern Ireland in 1952 on the death of her father (1926-);

- "Elizabeth II is the head of state in Great Britain";

- syn. Elizabeth II;

n2
Queen of England from 1558 to 1603;

- daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn;

- she succeeded Mary I (who was a Catholic) and restored Protestantism to England;

- during her reign Mary Queen of Scots was executed and the Spanish Armada was defeated;

- her reign was marked by prosperity and literary genius (1533-1603);

- syn. Elizabeth I;

Elizabeth Barrett Browning
n1
English poet best remembered for love sonnets written to her husband Robert Browning (1806-1861);

- syn. Browning;

Elizabeth Cady Stanton
n1
United States suffragist and feminist;

- called for reform of the practices that perpetuated sexual inequality (1815-1902);

- syn. Stanton;

Elizabeth Cleghorn Stevenson Gaskell
n1
English writer who is remembered for her biography of Charlotte Bronte (1810-1865);

- syn. Elizabeth Gaskell, Gaskell;

Elizabeth Cochrane Seaman
n1
muckraking United States journalist who exposed bad conditions in mental institutions (1867-1922);

- syn. Elizabeth Seaman, Nellie Bly, Seaman;

Elizabeth Gaskell
n1
English writer who is remembered for her biography of Charlotte Bronte (1810-1865);

- syn. Elizabeth Cleghorn Stevenson Gaskell, Gaskell;

Elizabeth Haldane
n1
Scottish writer and sister of Richard Haldane and John Haldane (1862-1937);

- syn. Elizabeth Sanderson Haldane, Haldane;

Elizabeth I
n1
Queen of England from 1558 to 1603;

- daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn;

- she succeeded Mary I (who was a Catholic) and restored Protestantism to England;

- during her reign Mary Queen of Scots was executed and the Spanish Armada was defeated;

- her reign was marked by prosperity and literary genius (1533-1603);

- syn. Elizabeth;

Elizabeth II
n1
daughter of George VI who became the Queen of England and Northern Ireland in 1952 on the death of her father (1926-);

- "Elizabeth II is the head of state in Great Britain";

- syn. Elizabeth;

Elizabeth Merriwether Gilmer
n1
United States journalist who wrote a syndicated column of advice to the lovelorn (1870-1951);

- syn. Dorothy Dix, Gilmer;

Elizabeth Palmer Peabody
n1
educator who founded the first kindergarten in the United States (1804-1894);

- syn. Elizabeth Peabody, Peabody;

Elizabeth Peabody
n1
educator who founded the first kindergarten in the United States (1804-1894);

- syn. Elizabeth Palmer Peabody, Peabody;

Elizabeth River
n1
a short river in southeastern Virginia flowing between Norfolk and Portsmouth into Hampton Roads;

Elizabeth Sanderson Haldane
n1
Scottish writer and sister of Richard Haldane and John Haldane (1862-1937);

- syn. Elizabeth Haldane, Haldane;

Elizabeth Seaman
n1
muckraking United States journalist who exposed bad conditions in mental institutions (1867-1922);

- syn. Elizabeth Cochrane Seaman, Nellie Bly, Seaman;

Elizabeth Seton
n1
United States religious leader who was the first person born in the United States to be canonized (1774-1821);

- syn. Mother Seton, Saint Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton, Seton;

Elizabeth Taylor
n1
United States film actress (born in England) who was a childhood star;

- as an adult she often co-starred with Richard Burton (born in 1932);

- syn. Taylor;

Elizabethan / ɪ ɫ ɪ z ə b i θ n /
n1
a person who lived during the reign of Elizabeth I;

- "William Shakespeare was an Elizabethan";

a1
of or relating to Elizabeth I of England or to the age in which she ruled as queen;

- "Elizabethan music";

Elizabethan age
n1
a period in British history during the reign of Elizabeth I in the 16th century;

- an age marked by literary achievement and domestic prosperity;

Elizabethan sonnet
n1
a sonnet consisting three quatrains and a concluding couplet in iambic pentameter with the rhyme pattern abab cdcd efef gg;

- syn. English sonnet, Shakespearean sonnet;

elk / ɛ ɫ k /
n1
large northern deer with enormous flattened antlers in the male;

- called `elk' in Europe and `moose' in North America;

- syn. Alces alces, moose;

n2
large North American deer with large much-branched antlers in the male;

- syn. American elk, Cervus elaphus canadensis, wapiti;

n3
common deer of temperate Europe and Asia;

- syn. American elk, Cervus elaphus, red deer, wapiti;

elk-wood
n1
small deciduous tree of eastern North America having creamy white flowers and large leaves in formations like umbrellas at the ends of branches;

- syn. Magnolia tripetala, elkwood, umbrella magnolia, umbrella tree;

elk nut
n1
oily drupaceous fruit of rabbitwood;

- syn. buffalo nut, oil nut;

elkhorn fern
n1
commonly cultivated fern of Australia and southeastern Asia and Polynesia;

- syn. Platycerium alcicorne, Platycerium bifurcatum, common staghorn fern;

elkhound / ɛ ɫ k h aʊ n d /
n1
breed of compact medium-sized dog with a heavy grey coat developed in Norway for hunting elk;

- syn. Norwegian elkhound;

elkwood
n1
small deciduous tree of eastern North America having creamy white flowers and large leaves in formations like umbrellas at the ends of branches;

- syn. Magnolia tripetala, elk-wood, umbrella magnolia, umbrella tree;

ell / ɛ ɫ /
n1
an extension at the end and at right angles to the main building;

Ella Fitzgerald
n1
United States scat singer (1917-1996);

- syn. Fitzgerald;

Ellas
n1
a republic in southeastern Europe on the southern part of the Balkan peninsula;

- known for grapes and olives and olive oil;

- syn. Greece, Hellenic Republic;

Ellen Price Wood
n1
English writer of novels about murders and thefts and forgeries (1814-1887);

- syn. Mrs. Henry Wood, Wood;

Elli
n1
(Norse mythology) goddess of old age who defeated Thor in a wrestling match;

Ellice Islands
n1
a group of coral islands in Micronesia to the southwest of Hawaii;

- syn. Tuvalu;

Ellington / ɛ ɫ ɪ ŋ t ə n /
n1
United States jazz composer and piano player and bandleader (1899-1974);

- syn. Duke Ellington, Edward Kennedy Ellington;

Elliott's goldenrod
n1
a variety of goldenrod;

ellipse / ɪ ɫ ɪ p s /
n1
a closed plane curve resulting from the intersection of a circular cone and a plane cutting completely through it;

- "the sums of the distances from the foci to any point on an ellipse is constant";

- syn. oval;

ellipsis / ɪ ɫ ɪ p s ɪ s /
n1
omission or suppression of parts of words or sentences;

- syn. eclipsis;

ellipsoid / ɪ ɫ ɪ p s ɔɪ d /
n1
a surface whose plane sections are all ellipses or circles;

- "the Earth is an ellipsoid";

a1
having the nature or shape of an ellipsoid;

- syn. ellipsoidal, spheroidal;

- sim. rounded;

ellipsoid of revolution
n1
a shape that is generated by rotating an ellipse around one of its axes;

- "it looked like a sphere but on closer examination I saw it was really a spheroid";

- syn. spheroid;

ellipsoidal / ɛ ɫ ɪ p s ɔɪ d ɫ /
a1
having the nature or shape of an ellipsoid;

- syn. ellipsoid, spheroidal;

- sim. rounded;

elliptic / ɪ ɫ ɪ p t ɪ k /
a1
(of a leaf shape) in the form of an ellipse;

- sim. simple;

a2
rounded like an egg;

- syn. egg-shaped, elliptical, oval, oval-shaped, ovate, oviform, ovoid, prolate;

- sim. rounded;

a3
characterized by extreme economy of expression or omission of superfluous elements;

- "the dialogue is elliptic and full of dark hints";

- "the explanation was concise, even elliptical to the verge of obscurity"- H.O.Taylor;

- syn. elliptical;

- sim. concise;

elliptic geometry
n1
(mathematics) a non-Euclidean geometry that regards space as like a sphere and a line as like a great circle;

- "Bernhard Riemann pioneered elliptic geometry";

- syn. Riemannian geometry;

elliptic leaf
n1
a simple leaf shaped like an ellipse;

elliptical / ɪ ɫ ɪ p t ɪ k ɫ /
a1
rounded like an egg;

- syn. egg-shaped, elliptic, oval, oval-shaped, ovate, oviform, ovoid, prolate;

- sim. rounded;

a2
characterized by extreme economy of expression or omission of superfluous elements;

- "the dialogue is elliptic and full of dark hints";

- "the explanation was concise, even elliptical to the verge of obscurity"- H.O.Taylor;

- syn. elliptic;

- sim. concise;

ellipticity / ɛ ɫ ɪ p t ɪ s ɪ t i /
n1
the property possessed by a round shape that is flattened at the poles;

- "the oblateness of the planet";

- syn. oblateness;

Ellis Island
n1
an island in New York Bay that was formerly the principal immigration station for the United States;

- "some twelve millions immigrants passed through Ellis Island";

Ellison
n1
United States novelist who wrote about a young Black man and his struggles in American society (1914-1994);

- syn. Ralph Ellison, Ralph Waldo Ellison;

Ellsworth
n1
United States jurist and the third chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1745-1807);

- syn. Oliver Ellsworth;

Ellul
n1
the twelfth month of the civil year;

- the sixth month of the ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar (in August and September);

- syn. Elul;

elm / ɛ ɫ m /
n1
any of various trees of the genus Ulmus: important timber or shade trees;

- syn. elm tree;

n2
hard tough wood of an elm tree;

- used for e.g. implements and furniture;

- syn. elmwood;

elm family
n1
a dicot family of the order Urticales including: genera Ulmus, Celtis, Planera, Trema;

- syn. Ulmaceae, family Ulmaceae;

elm tree
n1
any of various trees of the genus Ulmus: important timber or shade trees;

- syn. elm;

Elmer Ambrose Sperry
n1
United States engineer and inventor of the gyrocompass (1860-1930);

- syn. Sperry;

Elmer Leopold Rice
n1
United States playwright (1892-1967);

- syn. Elmer Reizenstein, Elmer Rice, Rice;

Elmer Reizenstein
n1
United States playwright (1892-1967);

- syn. Elmer Leopold Rice, Elmer Rice, Rice;

Elmer Rice
n1
United States playwright (1892-1967);

- syn. Elmer Leopold Rice, Elmer Reizenstein, Rice;

Elmont / ɛ ɫ m ɒ n t /
n1
a town on Long Island in New York;

- site of Belmont Park;

Elmore John Leonard
n1
United States writer of thrillers (born in 1925);

- syn. Dutch Leonard, Elmore Leonard, Leonard;

Elmore Leonard
n1
United States writer of thrillers (born in 1925);

- syn. Dutch Leonard, Elmore John Leonard, Leonard;

elmwood / ɛ ɫ m w ʊ d /
n1
hard tough wood of an elm tree;

- used for e.g. implements and furniture;

- syn. elm;

ELN
n1
a Marxist terrorist group formed in 1963 by Colombian intellectuals who were inspired by the Cuban Revolution;

- responsible for a campaign of mass kidnappings and resistance to the government's efforts to stop the drug trade;

- "ELN kidnappers target foreign employees of large corporations";

- syn. National Liberation Army;

n2
a terrorist organization in Bolivia that acts as an umbrella for numerous small indigenous subversive groups;

- a revival of a group with Marxist-Leninist ideologies originally established by Che Guevara in the 1960s;

- syn. CNPZ, National Liberation Army, Nestor Paz Zamora Commission;

elocute / ɛ ɫ ə k j u t /
v1
declaim in an elocutionary manner;

- "The poet elocuted beautifully";

elocution / ɛ ɫ ə k j u ʃ n /
n1
an expert manner of speaking involving control of voice and gesture;

elocutionary / ɪ ɫ ə k j u ʃ ə n ə ɹ i /
a1
of or relating to elocution;

- "elocutionary recitals";

a2
(used of style of speaking) overly embellished;

- "an elocutionary Oxonian delivery";

- sim. affected;

elocutionist / ɛ ɫ ə k j u ʃ ə n ɪ s t /
n1
a public speaker trained in voice production and gesture and delivery;

Elodea
n1
submerged freshwater perennials;

- syn. ditchmoss, genus Elodea, pondweed;

Elodea canadensis
n1
North American waterweed;

- widely naturalized in Europe;

- syn. Canadian pondweed;

Elodea densa
n1
aquatic plant with deep green foliage useful to oxygenate an aquarium;

- sometimes placed in genus Egeria;

- syn. Egeria densa, dense-leaved elodea;

elongate / i ɫ ɒ ŋ ɡ eɪ t /
v1
make long or longer by pulling and stretching;

- "stretch the fabric";

- syn. stretch;

a1
(of a leaf shape) long and narrow;

- syn. linear;

- sim. simple;

a2
having notably more length than width;

- being long and slender;

- "an elongate tail tapering to a point";

- "the old man's gaunt and elongated frame";

- syn. elongated;

- sim. long;

elongate leaf
n1
a long slender leaf;

- syn. linear leaf;

elongated / i ɫ ɒ ŋ ɡ eɪ t ɪ d /
a1
drawn out or made longer spatially;

- "Picasso's elongated Don Quixote";

- "lengthened skirts are fashionable this year";

- "the extended airport runways can accommodate larger planes";

- "a prolonged black line across the page";

- syn. extended, lengthened, prolonged;

- sim. long;

a2
having notably more length than width;

- being long and slender;

- "an elongate tail tapering to a point";

- "the old man's gaunt and elongated frame";

- syn. elongate;

- sim. long;

elongation / i ɫ ɒ ŋ ɡ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the quality of being elongated;

n2
an addition to the length of something;

- syn. extension;

n3
the act of lengthening something;

elope / ɪ ɫ oʊ p /
v1
run away secretly with one's beloved;

- "The young couple eloped and got married in Las Vegas";

- syn. run off;

elopement / ɪ ɫ oʊ p m ə n t /
n1
the act of running away with a lover (usually to get married);

Elopidae
n1
tarpons and ladyfishes;

- syn. family Elopidae;

Elops
n1
type genus of the Elopidae: tenpounder;

- syn. genus Elops;

Elops saurus
n1
game fish resembling the tarpon but smaller;

- syn. ladyfish, tenpounder;

eloquence / ɛ ɫ ə k w ə n s /
n1
powerful and effective language;

- "his eloquence attracted a large congregation";

- "fluency in spoken and written English is essential";

- "his oily smoothness concealed his guilt from the police";

- syn. fluency, smoothness;

eloquent / ɛ ɫ ə k w ə n t /
a1
expressing yourself readily, clearly, effectively;

- "able to dazzle with his facile tongue";

- "silver speech";

- syn. facile, fluent, silver, silver-tongued, smooth-spoken;

- sim. articulate;

eloquently / ɛ ɫ ə k w ə n t ɫ i /
r1
with eloquence;

- "he expressed his ideas eloquently";

- syn. articulately;

r2
in an articulate manner;

- "he argued articulately for his plan";

- syn. articulately;

Elsa Schiaparelli
n1
fashion designer born in Italy who was noted for her use of synthetic materials and brilliant colors (1896-1973);

- syn. Schiaparelli;

Elsass
n1
a region of northeastern France famous for its wines;

- syn. Alsace, Alsatia;

elsewhere / ɛ ɫ s w eə , ɛ ɫ s w eə ɹ /
r1
in or to another place;

- "he went elsewhere";

- "look elsewhere for the answer";

elsholtzia
n1
any of various aromatic herbs of the genus Elsholtzia having blue or purple flowers in one-sided spikes;

Elspar
n1
antineoplastic drug (trade name Elspar) sometimes used to treat lymphoblastic leukemia;

- syn. asparaginase;

eluate
n1
a liquid solution that results from elution;

elucidate / ɪ ɫ u s ɪ d eɪ t /
v1
make clear and (more) comprehensible;

- "clarify the mystery surrounding her death";

- syn. clarify, clear up;

v2
make free from confusion or ambiguity;

- make clear;

- "Could you clarify these remarks?";

- "Clear up the question of who is at fault";

- syn. clear, clear up, crystalise, crystalize, crystallise, crystallize, enlighten, illuminate, shed light on, sort out, straighten out;

elucidation / ɪ ɫ u s ɪ d eɪ ʃ n /
n1
an act of explaining that serves to clear up and cast light on;

n2
an interpretation that removes obstacles to understanding;

- "the professor's clarification helped her to understand the textbook";

- syn. clarification, illumination;

elucidative / ɪ ɫ u s ɪ d eɪ t ɪ v /
a1
that makes clear;

- "a clarifying example";

- syn. clarifying;

- sim. instructive;

elude / ɪ ɫ u d /
v1
escape, either physically or mentally;

- "The thief eluded the police";

- "This difficult idea seems to evade her";

- "The event evades explanation";

- syn. bilk, evade;

v2
be incomprehensible to;

- escape understanding by;

- "What you are seeing in him eludes me";

- syn. escape;

v3
avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues);

- "He dodged the issue";

- "she skirted the problem";

- "They tend to evade their responsibilities";

- "he evaded the questions skillfully";

- syn. circumvent, dodge, duck, evade, fudge, hedge, parry, put off, sidestep, skirt;

eluding / ɪ ɫ u d ɪ ŋ /
n1
the act of avoiding capture (especially by cunning);

- syn. elusion, slip;

Elul
n1
the twelfth month of the civil year;

- the sixth month of the ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar (in August and September);

- syn. Ellul;

elusion / ɪ ɫ u ʒ ə n /
n1
the act of avoiding capture (especially by cunning);

- syn. eluding, slip;

elusive / ɪ ɫ u s ɪ v /
a1
difficult to describe;

- "a haunting elusive odor";

- sim. unidentifiable;

a2
skillful at eluding capture;

- "a cabal of conspirators, each more elusive than the archterrorist"- David Kline;

- sim. artful;

a3
difficult to detect or grasp by the mind or analyze;

- "his whole attitude had undergone a subtle change";

- "a subtle difference";

- "that elusive thing the soul";

- syn. subtle;

- sim. impalpable;

a4
making great mental demands;

- hard to comprehend or solve or believe;

- "a baffling problem";

- "I faced the knotty problem of what to have for breakfast";

- "a problematic situation at home";

- syn. baffling, knotty, problematic, problematical, tough;

- sim. difficult;

elusiveness / ɪ ɫ u s ɪ v n ə s /
n1
the quality of being difficult to grasp or pin down;

- "the author's elusiveness may at times be construed as evasiveness";

elute
v1
wash out with a solvent, as in chromatography;

elution
n1
the process of extracting one material from another by washing with a solvent to remove adsorbed material from an adsorbent (as in washing of loaded ion-exchange resins to remove captured ions);

- used to obtain uranium ions;

elver / ɛ ɫ v ə , ɛ ɫ v ə ɹ /
n1
young eel;

- may be sauteed or batter-fried;

n2
young eel;

elves / ɛ ɫ v z /
n1
an acronym for emissions of light and very low frequency perturbations due to electromagnetic pulse sources;

- extremely bright extremely short (less than a msec) electrical flashes forming a huge ring (up to 400 km diameter) in the ionosphere;

Elvis / ɛ ɫ v ɪ s /
n1
street name for lysergic acid diethylamide;

- syn. Lucy in the sky with diamonds, Zen, acid, back breaker, battery-acid, dose, dot, loony toons, pane, superman, window pane;

Elvis Aron Presley
n1
United States rock singer whose many hit records and flamboyant style greatly influenced American popular music (1935-1977);

- syn. Elvis Presley, Presley;

Elvis Presley
n1
United States rock singer whose many hit records and flamboyant style greatly influenced American popular music (1935-1977);

- syn. Elvis Aron Presley, Presley;

elvish / ɛ ɫ v ɪ ʃ /
a1
usually good-naturedly mischievous;

- "perpetrated a practical joke with elfin delight";

- "elvish tricks";

- syn. elfin, elfish;

- sim. playful;

Elwyn Brooks White
n1
United States writer noted for his humorous essays (1899-1985);

- syn. E. B. White, White;

Ely Culbertson
n1
United States authority on contract bridge whose books helped to popularize the game (1891-1955);

- syn. Culbertson;

Elymus
n1
tall tufted perennial grasses (such as lyme grass or wild rye);

- syn. genus Elymus;

Elymus arenarius
n1
a dune grass of the Pacific seacoast used as a sand binder;

- syn. European dune grass, Leymus arenaria, sea lyme grass;

Elymus canadensis
n1
North American wild rye;

- syn. Canada wild rye;

Elymus caput-medusae
n1
weedy rye grass having long bristling awns;

- syn. medusa's head;

Elymus condensatus
n1
stout perennial grass of western North America;

- syn. Leymus condensatus, giant ryegrass;

Elymus hispidus
n1
Asiatic grass introduced into United States rangelands for pasture and fodder;

- syn. Agropyron intermedium, intermediate wheatgrass;

Elymus trachycaulos
n1
North American grass cultivated in western United States as excellent forage crop;

- syn. Agropyron pauciflorum, Agropyron trachycaulum, slender wheatgrass;

elysian / ɪ ɫ ɪ z ɪə n /
a1
relating to the Elysian Fields;

a2
being of such surpassing excellence as to suggest inspiration by the gods;

- "her pies were simply divine";

- "the divine Shakespeare";

- "an elysian meal";

- "an inspired performance";

- syn. divine, inspired;

- sim. glorious;

Elysian Fields
n1
(Greek mythology) the abode of the blessed after death;

- syn. Elysium;

Elysium / ɪ ɫ ɪ z ɪə m /
n1
a place or condition of ideal happiness;

n2
(Greek mythology) the abode of the blessed after death;

- syn. Elysian Fields;

elytron
n1
either of the horny front wings in beetles and some other insects which cover and protect the functional hind wings;

- syn. wing case;

em / ɛ m /
n1
a quad with a square body;

- "since `em quad' is hard to distinguish from `en quad', printers sometimes called it a `mutton quad'";

- syn. em quad, mutton quad;

n2
a linear unit (1/6 inch) used in printing;

- syn. pica, pica em;

em quad
n1
a quad with a square body;

- "since `em quad' is hard to distinguish from `en quad', printers sometimes called it a `mutton quad'";

- syn. em, mutton quad;

emaciate / ɪ m eɪ ʃ ɪ eɪ t /
v1
cause to grow thin or weak;

- "The treatment emaciated him";

- syn. macerate, waste;

v2
grow weak and thin or waste away physically;

- "She emaciated during the chemotherapy";

emaciated / ɪ m eɪ ʃ ɪ eɪ t ɪ d /
a1
very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold;

- "a nightmare population of gaunt men and skeletal boys";

- "eyes were haggard and cavernous";

- "small pinched faces";

- "kept life in his wasted frame only by grim concentration";

- syn. cadaverous, gaunt, haggard, pinched, skeletal, wasted;

- sim. thin;

emaciation / ɪ m eɪ s ɪ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
extreme leanness (usually caused by starvation or disease);

- syn. boniness, bonyness, gauntness, maceration;

email / i m eɪ ɫ /
n1
(computer science) a system of world-wide electronic communication in which a computer user can compose a message at one terminal that can be regenerated at the recipient's terminal when the recipient logs in;

- "you cannot send packages by electronic mail";

- syn. e-mail, electronic mail;

v1
communicate electronically on the computer;

- "she e-mailed me the good news";

- syn. e-mail, netmail;

emanate / ɛ m ə n eɪ t /
v1
proceed or issue forth, as from a source;

- "Water emanates from this hole in the ground";

v2
give out (breath or an odor);

- "The chimney exhales a thick smoke";

- syn. exhale, give forth;

emanation / ɛ m ə n eɪ ʃ n /
n1
something that is emitted or radiated (as a gas or an odor or a light, etc.);

n2
the act of emitting;

- causing to flow forth;

- syn. emission;

n3
(theology) the origination of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost;

- "the emanation of the Holy Spirit";

- "the rising of the Holy Ghost";

- "the doctrine of the procession of the Holy Spirit from the Father and the Son";

- syn. procession, rise;

emancipate / ɪ m æ n s ɪ p eɪ t /
v1
give equal rights to;

- of women and minorities;

- syn. liberate;

v2
free from slavery or servitude;

- syn. manumit;

emancipated / ɪ m æ n s ɪ p eɪ t ɪ d /
a1
free from traditional social restraints;

- "an emancipated young woman pursuing her career";

- "a liberated lifestyle";

- syn. liberated;

- sim. free;

emancipation / ɪ m æ n s ɪ p eɪ ʃ n /
n1
freeing someone from the control of another;

- especially a parent's relinquishing authority and control over a minor child;

emancipationist
n1
a reformer who favors abolishing slavery;

- syn. abolitionist;

emancipative / ɪ m æ n s ɪ p eɪ t ɪ v /
a1
tending to set free;

- sim. unrestrictive;

emancipator / ɪ m æ n s ɪ p eɪ t ə /
n1
someone who frees others from bondage;

- "Lincoln is known as the Great Emancipator";

- syn. manumitter;

Emanuel Svedberg
n1
Swedish theologian (1688-1772);

- syn. Emanuel Swedenborg, Svedberg, Swedenborg;

Emanuel Swedenborg
n1
Swedish theologian (1688-1772);

- syn. Emanuel Svedberg, Svedberg, Swedenborg;

emarginate
a1
having a notched tip;

- sim. rough;

emarginate leaf
n1
a leaf having a notch at the apex;

emasculate / ɪ m æ s k j ʊ ɫ eɪ t , ɪ m æ s k j ʊ ɫ ɪ t /
v1
deprive of strength or vigor;

- "The Senate emasculated the law";

- syn. castrate;

v2
remove the testicles of a male animal;

- syn. castrate, demasculinise, demasculinize;

a1
having unsuitable feminine qualities;

- syn. cissy, effeminate, epicene, sissified, sissy, sissyish;

- sim. unmanly;

emasculated / ɪ m æ s k j ʊ ɫ eɪ t ɪ d /
a1
(of a male animal) having the testicles removed;

- "a cut horse";

- syn. cut, gelded;

- sim. castrated;

emasculation / ɪ m æ s k j ʊ ɫ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
loss of power and masculinity;

n2
neutering a male animal by removing the testicles;

- syn. castration;

embalm / ɪ m b ɑ m /
v1
preserve a dead body;

embalmer / ɪ m b ɑ m ə /
n1
a mortician who treats corpses with preservatives;

embalmment / ɪ m b ɑ m ə n t /
n1
preservation (of a dead body) by treating with balsams and drugs and other chemicals;

embank / ɪ m b æ ŋ k /
v1
enclose with banks, as for support or protection;

- "The river was embanked with a dyke";

embankment / ɪ m b æ ŋ k m ə n t /
n1
a long artificial mound of stone or earth;

- built to hold back water or to support a road or as protection;

embargo / ɪ m b ɑ ɡ oʊ /
n1
a government order imposing a trade barrier;

- syn. trade embargo, trade stoppage;

v1
ban the publication of (documents), as for security or copyright reasons;

- "embargoed publications";

v2
prevent commerce;

- "The U.S. embargoes Libya";

embark / ɪ m b ɑ k /
v1
go on board;

- syn. ship;

v2
set out on (an enterprise or subject of study);

- "she embarked upon a new career";

- syn. enter;

v3
proceed somewhere despite the risk of possible dangers;

- "We ventured into the world of high-tech and bought a supercomputer";

- syn. venture;

embark on
v1
get off the ground;

- "Who started this company?";

- "We embarked on an exciting enterprise";

- "I start my day with a good breakfast";

- "We began the new semester";

- "The afternoon session begins at 4 PM";

- "The blood shed started when the partisans launched a surprise attack";

- syn. commence, start, start up;

embarkation / ɛ m b ɑ k eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the act of passengers and crew getting aboard a ship or aircraft;

- syn. boarding, embarkment;

embarkment / ɪ m b ɑ k m ə n t /
n1
the act of passengers and crew getting aboard a ship or aircraft;

- syn. boarding, embarkation;

embarrass / ɪ m b æ ɹ ə s /
v1
cause to be embarrassed;

- cause to feel self-conscious;

- syn. abash;

v2
hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of;

- "His brother blocked him at every turn";

- syn. block, blockade, hinder, obstruct, stymie, stymy;

embarrassed / ɪ m b æ ɹ ə s t /
a1
feeling or caused to feel ill at ease or self-conscious or ashamed;

- "felt abashed at the extravagant praise";

- "chagrined at the poor sales of his book";

- "was embarrassed by her child's tantrums";

- syn. abashed, chagrined;

- sim. discomposed;

a2
made to feel uncomfortable because of shame or wounded pride;

- "too embarrassed to say hello to his drunken father on the street";

- "humiliated that his wife had to go out to work";

- "felt mortified by the comparison with her sister";

- syn. humiliated, mortified;

- sim. ashamed;

embarrassing / ɪ m b æ ɹ ə s ɪ ŋ /
a1
hard to deal with;

- especially causing pain or embarrassment;

- "awkward (or embarrassing or difficult) moments in the discussion";

- "an awkward pause followed his remark";

- "a sticky question";

- "in the unenviable position of resorting to an act he had planned to save for the climax of the campaign";

- syn. awkward, sticky, unenviable;

- sim. difficult;

a2
causing to feel shame or chagrin or vexation;

- "the embarrassing moment when she found her petticoat down around her ankles";

- "it was mortifying to know he had heard every word";

- syn. mortifying;

- sim. unpleasant;

embarrassingly / ɪ m b æ ɹ ə s ɪ ŋ ɫ i /
r1
causing embarrassment;

- "the great man was embarrassingly humble and self-effacing";

embarrassment / ɪ m b æ ɹ ə s m ə n t /
n1
the shame you feel when your inadequacy or guilt is made public;

n2
the state of being embarrassed (usually by some financial inadequacy);

- "he is currently suffering financial embarrassments";

n3
some event that causes someone to be embarrassed;

- "the outcome of the vote was an embarrassment for the liberals";

n4
extreme excess;

- "an embarrassment of riches";

- syn. overplus, plethora, superfluity;

embassador
n1
a diplomat of the highest rank;

- accredited as representative from one country to another;

- syn. ambassador;

embassy / ɛ m b ə s i /
n1
a diplomatic building where ambassadors live or work;

n2
an ambassador and his entourage collectively;

embattle / ɪ m b æ t ɫ /
v1
fortify by furnishing with battlements for defense;

- "an embattled castle";

v2
prepare for battle or conflict;

embattled / ɪ m b æ t ɫ d /
a1
(of a person) beset by difficulties or conflict;

- "the state legislature called for the embattled governor's resignation";

- sim. troubled;

a2
prepared for battle;

- "an embattled city";

- sim. prepared;

a3
having or resembling repeated square indentations like those in a battlement;

- "a crenelated molding";

- syn. battlemented, castellated, castled;

- sim. fancy;

embayment
n1
an indentation of a shoreline larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf;

- syn. bay;

embed / ɪ m b ɛ d /
v1
fix or set securely or deeply;

- "He planted a knee in the back of his opponent";

- "The dentist implanted a tooth in the gum";

- syn. engraft, imbed, implant, plant;

v2
attach to, as a journalist to a military unit when reporting on a war;

- "The young reporter was embedded with the Third Division";

embedded / ɪ m b ɛ d ɪ d /
a1
enclosed firmly in a surrounding mass;

- "found pebbles embedded in the silt";

- "stone containing many embedded fossils";

- "peach and plum seeds embedded in a sweet edible pulp";

- sim. enclosed;

a2
inserted as an integral part of a surrounding whole;

- "confused by the embedded Latin quotations";

- "an embedded subordinate clause";

- sim. integrated;

embellish / ɪ m b ɛ ɫ ɪ ʃ /
v1
add details to;

- syn. aggrandise, aggrandize, blow up, dramatise, dramatize, embroider, lard, pad;

v2
be beautiful to look at;

- "Flowers adorned the tables everywhere";

- syn. adorn, beautify, deck, decorate, grace;

v3
make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.;

- "Decorate the room for the party";

- "beautify yourself for the special day";

- syn. adorn, beautify, decorate, grace, ornament;

v4
make more beautiful;

- syn. beautify, fancify, prettify;

embellishment / ɪ m b ɛ ɫ ɪ ʃ m ə n t /
n1
elaboration of an interpretation by the use of decorative (sometimes fictitious) detail;

- "the mystery has been heightened by many embellishments in subsequent retellings";

- syn. embroidery;

n2
a superfluous ornament;

n3
the act of adding extraneous decorations to something;

- syn. ornamentation;

ember / ɛ m b ə , ɛ m b ə ɹ /
n1
a hot fragment of wood or coal that is left from a fire and is glowing or smoldering;

- syn. coal;

Ember Day
n1
a day set aside for fasting and prayer;

Emberiza
n1
Old World buntings;

- syn. genus Emberiza;

Emberiza aureola
n1
common in Russia and Siberia;

- syn. yellow-breasted bunting;

Emberiza citrinella
n1
European bunting the male being bright yellow;

- syn. yellow bunting, yellowhammer;

Emberiza hortulana
n1
brownish Old World bunting often eaten as a delicacy;

- syn. ortolan, ortolan bunting;

Emberiza schoeniclus
n1
European bunting inhabiting marshy areas;

- syn. reed bunting;

Emberizidae
n1
buntings and some New World sparrows;

- syn. subfamily Emberizidae, subfamily Emberizinae;

embezzle / ɪ m b ɛ z ɫ /
v1
appropriate (as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use;

- "The accountant embezzled thousands of dollars while working for the wealthy family";

- syn. defalcate, malversate, misappropriate, peculate;

embezzled / ɪ m b ɛ z ɫ d /
a1
taken for your own use in violation of a trust;

- "the banker absconded with embezzled funds";

- syn. misappropriated;

- sim. illegal;

embezzlement / ɪ m b ɛ z ɫ m ə n t /
n1
the fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted to your care but actually owned by someone else;

- syn. defalcation, misapplication, misappropriation, peculation;

embezzler / ɪ m b ɛ z ə ɫ ə /
n1
someone who violates a trust by taking (money) for his own use;

- syn. defalcator, peculator;

Embiodea
n1
web spinners;

- syn. Embioptera, order Embiodea, order Embioptera;

Embioptera
n1
web spinners;

- syn. Embiodea, order Embiodea, order Embioptera;

Embiotocidae
n1
viviparous percoid fishes comprising the surf fishes;

- syn. family Embiotocidae;

embitter / ɪ m b ɪ t ə , ɪ m b ɪ t ə ɹ /
v1
cause to be bitter or resentful;

- "These injustices embittered her even more";

- syn. acerbate, envenom;

embitterment / ɪ m b ɪ t ə m ə n t /
n1
the state of being embittered;

- "the embitterment that resulted from the loss of his job never left him";

emblazon / ɪ m b ɫ eɪ z n /
v1
decorate with colors;

- "color the walls with paint in warm tones";

- syn. color, colour;

v2
decorate with heraldic arms;

- syn. blazon;

emblem / ɛ m b ɫ ə m /
n1
special design or visual object representing a quality, type, group, etc.;

n2
a visible symbol representing an abstract idea;

- syn. allegory;

emblematic / ɛ m b ɫ ə m æ t ɪ k /
a1
serving as a visible symbol for something abstract;

- "a crown is emblematic of royalty";

- "the spinning wheel was as symbolic of colonical Massachusetts as the codfish";

- syn. emblematical, symbolic, symbolical;

- sim. representative;

a2
being or serving as an illustration of a type;

- "the free discussion that is emblematic of democracy";

- "an action exemplary of his conduct";

- syn. exemplary, typic;

- sim. typical;

emblematical / ɛ m b ɫ ɪ m æ t ɪ k ə ɫ /
a1
serving as a visible symbol for something abstract;

- "a crown is emblematic of royalty";

- "the spinning wheel was as symbolic of colonical Massachusetts as the codfish";

- syn. emblematic, symbolic, symbolical;

- sim. representative;

embodied / ɪ m b ɒ d ɪ d /
a1
possessing or existing in bodily form;

- "what seemed corporal melted as breath into the wind"- Shakespeare;

- "an incarnate spirit";

- "`corporate' is an archaic term";

- syn. bodied, corporal, corporate, incarnate;

- sim. corporeal;

embodiment / ɪ m b ɒ d ɪ m ə n t /
n1
a new personification of a familiar idea;

- "the embodiment of hope";

- "the incarnation of evil";

- "the very avatar of cunning";

- syn. avatar, incarnation;

n2
a concrete representation of an otherwise nebulous concept;

- "a circle was the embodiment of his concept of life";

- syn. shape;

n3
giving concrete form to an abstract concept;

embody / ɪ m b ɒ d i /
v1
represent in bodily form;

- "He embodies all that is evil wrong with the system";

- "The painting substantiates the feelings of the artist";

- syn. body forth, incarnate, substantiate;

v2
represent, as of a character on stage;

- "Derek Jacobi was Hamlet";

- syn. be, personify;

v3
represent or express something abstract in tangible form;

- "This painting embodies the feelings of the Romantic period";

embolden / ɪ m b oʊ ɫ d ə n /
v1
give encouragement to;

- syn. cheer, hearten, recreate;

emboldened / ɪ m b oʊ ɫ d ə n d /
a1
made bold or courageous;

- sim. bold;

embolectomy
n1
surgical removal of an embolus (usually from an artery);

embolic
a1
of or relating to an embolism or embolus;

embolism / ɛ m b ə ɫ ɪ z ə m /
n1
an insertion into a calendar;

- syn. intercalation;

n2
occlusion of a blood vessel by an embolus (a loose clot or air bubble or other particle);

embolus / ɪ m b oʊ ɫ ə s /
n1
an abnormal particle (e.g. an air bubble or part of a clot) circulating in the blood;

embonpoint / ɒ m b ɒ n p w ɑ ŋ /
n1
the bodily property of being well rounded;

- syn. plumpness, roundness;

a1
sufficiently fat so as to have a pleasing fullness of figure;

- "a chubby child";

- "pleasingly plump";

- syn. chubby, plump;

- sim. fat;

emboss / ɪ m b ɒ s /
v1
raise in a relief;

- "embossed stationery";

- syn. boss, stamp;

embossed / ɪ m b ɒ s t /
a1
embellished with a raised pattern created by pressure or embroidery;

- "brocaded silk";

- "an embossed satin";

- "embossed leather";

- "raised needlework";

- "raised metalwork";

- syn. brocaded, raised;

- sim. adorned;

embossment / ɪ m b ɒ s m ə n t /
n1
an impression produced by pressure or printing;

- syn. imprint;

n2
sculpture consisting of shapes carved on a surface so as to stand out from the surrounding background;

- syn. relief, relievo, rilievo, sculptural relief;

Embothrium
n1
small genus of South American evergreen shrubs or small trees with long willowy branches and flowers in flamboyant terminal clusters;

- syn. genus Embothrium;

Embothrium coccineum
n1
grown for outstanding display of brilliant usually scarlet-crimson flowers;

- Andes;

- syn. Chilean firebush, Chilean flameflower;

embouchure / ɒ m b ʊ ʃ ʊə /
n1
the aperture of a wind instrument into which the player blows directly;

- syn. mouthpiece;

embower / ɪ m b aʊ ə /
v1
enclose in a bower;

- syn. bower;

embrace / ɪ m b ɹ eɪ s /
n1
the act of clasping another person in the arms (as in greeting or affection);

- syn. embracement, embracing;

n2
the state of taking in or encircling;

- "an island in the embrace of the sea";

n3
a close affectionate and protective acceptance;

- "his willing embrace of new ideas";

- "in the bosom of the family";

- syn. bosom;

v1
include in scope;

- include as part of something broader;

- have as one's sphere or territory;

- "This group encompasses a wide range of people from different backgrounds";

- "this should cover everyone in the group";

- syn. comprehend, cover, encompass;

v2
hold (someone) tightly in your arms, usually with fondness;

- "Hug me, please";

- "They embraced";

- "He hugged her close to him";

- syn. bosom, hug, squeeze;

v3
take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own;

- "She embraced Catholicism";

- "They adopted the Jewish faith";

- syn. adopt, espouse, sweep up;

embracement / ɪ m b ɹ eɪ s m ə n t /
n1
the act of clasping another person in the arms (as in greeting or affection);

- syn. embrace, embracing;

embracing / ɪ m b ɹ eɪ s ɪ ŋ /
n1
the act of clasping another person in the arms (as in greeting or affection);

- syn. embrace, embracement;

embrangle
v1
make more complicated or confused through entanglements;

- syn. snarl, snarl up;

embrasure / ɪ m b ɹ eɪ ʒ ə , ɪ m b ɹ eɪ ʒ ə ɹ /
n1
an opening (in a wall or ship or armored vehicle) for firing through;

- syn. port, porthole;

embrittle
v1
make brittle;

embrocate / ɛ m b ɹ oʊ k eɪ t /
v1
administer an oil or ointment to;

- often in a religious ceremony of blessing;

- syn. anele, anoint, inunct, oil;

embrocation / ɛ m b ɹ ə k eɪ ʃ n /
n1
a medicinal liquid that is rubbed into the skin to relieve muscular stiffness and pain;

- syn. liniment;

embroider / ɪ m b ɹ ɔɪ d ə , ɪ m b ɹ ɔɪ d ə ɹ /
v1
decorate with needlework;

- syn. broider;

v2
add details to;

- syn. aggrandise, aggrandize, blow up, dramatise, dramatize, embellish, lard, pad;

embroiderer / ɪ m b ɹ ɔɪ d ə ɹ ə /
n1
someone who ornaments with needlework;

embroideress / ɪ m b ɹ ɔɪ d ə ɹ ɛ s /
n1
a woman embroiderer;

embroidery / ɪ m b ɹ ɔɪ d ə ɹ i /
n1
elaboration of an interpretation by the use of decorative (sometimes fictitious) detail;

- "the mystery has been heightened by many embellishments in subsequent retellings";

- syn. embellishment;

n2
decorative needlework;

- syn. fancywork;

embroidery frame
n1
a frame made of two hoops;

- used for embroidering;

- syn. embroidery hoop, tambour;

embroidery hoop
n1
a frame made of two hoops;

- used for embroidering;

- syn. embroidery frame, tambour;

embroidery needle
n1
a long needle with an eye large enough for heavy darning or embroidery thread;

- syn. darning needle;

embroidery stitch
n1
a stitch made with thread and a threaded sewing needle through fabric or leather;

- syn. sewing stitch;

embroil / ɪ m b ɹ ɔɪ ɫ /
v1
force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action;

- "They were swept up by the events";

- "don't drag me into this business";

- syn. drag, drag in, sweep, sweep up, tangle;

embroiled / ɪ m b ɹ ɔɪ ɫ d /
a1
deeply involved especially in something complicated;

- "embroiled in the conflict";

- "felt unwilling entangled in their affairs";

- syn. entangled;

- sim. involved;

embroilment / ɪ m b ɹ ɔɪ ɫ m ə n t /
n1
an intricate and confusing interpersonal or political situation;

- syn. imbroglio;

embrown
v1
cause to darken;

v2
make brown in color;

- "the draught browned the leaves on the trees in the yard";

- syn. brown;

embryo / ɛ m b ɹ i oʊ /
n1
(botany) a minute rudimentary plant contained within a seed or an archegonium;

n2
an animal organism in the early stages of growth and differentiation that in higher forms merge into fetal stages but in lower forms terminate in commencement of larval life;

- syn. conceptus, fertilized egg;

embryologic / ɛ m b ɹ i oʊ ɫ ɒ dʒ ɪ k /
a1
of an organism prior to birth or hatching;

- "in the embryonic stage";

- "embryologic development";

- syn. embryonal, embryonic;

- sim. immature;

embryologist / ɛ m b ɹ ɪ ɒ ɫ ə dʒ ɪ s t /
n1
a physician who specializes in embryology;

embryology / ɛ m b ɹ ɪ ɒ ɫ ə dʒ i /
n1
the branch of biology that studies the formation and early development of living organisms;

embryoma of the kidney
n1
malignant renal tumor of young children characterized by hypertension and blood in the urine and the presence of a palpable mass;

- syn. Wilms' tumor, Wilms tumour, adenomyosarcoma, nephroblastoma;

embryonal
a1
of an organism prior to birth or hatching;

- "in the embryonic stage";

- "embryologic development";

- syn. embryologic, embryonic;

- sim. immature;

embryonal carcinoma
n1
malignant neoplasm of the testis;

embryonal carcinosarcoma
n1
a tumor composed of immature undifferentiated cells;

- syn. blastocytoma, blastoma;

embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma
n1
form of rhabdomyosarcoma occurring mainly in infants and children;

- syn. embryonal rhabdosarcoma;

embryonal rhabdosarcoma
n1
form of rhabdomyosarcoma occurring mainly in infants and children;

- syn. embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma;

embryonic / ɛ m b ɹ ɪ ɒ n ɪ k /
a1
of an organism prior to birth or hatching;

- "in the embryonic stage";

- "embryologic development";

- syn. embryologic, embryonal;

- sim. immature;

a2
in an early stage of development;

- "the embryonic government staffed by survivors of the massacre";

- "an embryonic nation, not yet self-governing";

- syn. embryotic;

- sim. early;

embryonic cell
n1
a cell of an embryo;

- syn. formative cell;

embryonic membrane
n1
the inner membrane of embryos in higher vertebrates (especially when covering the head at birth);

- syn. caul, veil;

embryonic stem-cell research
n1
biological research on stem cells derived from embryos and on their use in medicine;

embryonic tissue
n1
tissue in an embryo;

embryotic
a1
in an early stage of development;

- "the embryonic government staffed by survivors of the massacre";

- "an embryonic nation, not yet self-governing";

- syn. embryonic;

- sim. early;

emcee
n1
a person who acts as host at formal occasions (makes an introductory speech and introduces other speakers);

- syn. host, master of ceremonies;

v1
act as a master of ceremonies;

- syn. compere;

EMDA
n1
therapy that uses a local electric current to introduce the ions of a medicine into the tissues;

- syn. electromotive drug administration, ionic medication, iontophoresis, iontotherapy;

emeer / ɛ m ɪə , ɛ m ɪə ɹ /
n1
an independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia);

- syn. ameer, amir, emir;

emend / ɪ m ɛ n d /
v1
make improvements or corrections to;

- "the text was emended in the second edition";

emendation / i m ɛ n d eɪ ʃ n /
n1
a correction by emending;

- a correction resulting from critical editing;

emended / ɪ m ɛ n d ɪ d /
a1
improved or corrected by critical editing;

- "the emended text";

- syn. edited;

- sim. altered;

emerald / ɛ m ə ɹ ə ɫ d /
n1
a green transparent form of beryl;

- highly valued as a gemstone;

n2
a transparent piece of emerald that has been cut and polished and is valued as a precious gem;

n3
the green color of an emerald;

emerald creeper
n1
vigorous Philippine evergreen twining liana;

- grown for spectacular festoons of green flowers that resemble lobster claws;

- syn. Strongylodon macrobotrys, jade vine;

Emerald Isle
n1
an island comprising the republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland;

- syn. Hibernia, Ireland;

emerald shiner
n1
small blunt-nosed fish of Great Lakes and Mississippi valley with a greenish luster;

- syn. Notropis atherinoides;

emerge / ɪ m ɝ dʒ /
v1
come out into view, as from concealment;

- "Suddenly, the proprietor emerged from his office";

v2
come out of;

- "Water issued from the hole in the wall";

- "The words seemed to come out by themselves";

- syn. come forth, come out, egress, go forth, issue;

v3
become known or apparent;

- "Some nice results emerged from the study";

v4
come up to the surface of or rise;

- "He felt new emotions emerge";

v5
happen or occur as a result of something;

- syn. come forth;

emergence / ɪ m ɝ dʒ ə n s /
n1
the gradual beginning or coming forth;

- "figurines presage the emergence of sculpture in Greece";

- syn. growth, outgrowth;

n2
the becoming visible;

- "not a day's difference between the emergence of the andrenas and the opening of the willow catkins";

- syn. egress, issue;

n3
the act of emerging;

- syn. emersion;

n4
the act of coming (or going) out;

- becoming apparent;

- syn. egress, egression;

emergency / ɪ m ɝ dʒ ə n s i /
n1
a sudden unforeseen crisis (usually involving danger) that requires immediate action;

- "he never knew what to do in an emergency";

- syn. exigency, pinch;

n2
a state in which martial law applies;

- "the governor declared a state of emergency";

n3
a brake operated by hand;

- usually operates by mechanical linkage;

- syn. emergency brake, hand brake, parking brake;

Emergency Alert System
n1
a federal warning system that is activated by FEMA;

- enables the President to take over the United States airwaves to warn the whole country of major catastrophic events;

- syn. EAS;

emergency brake
n1
a brake operated by hand;

- usually operates by mechanical linkage;

- syn. emergency, hand brake, parking brake;

emergency exit
n1
a stairway (often on the outside of a building) that permits exit in the case of fire or other emergency;

- syn. fire escape;

emergency landing
n1
an unscheduled airplane landing that is made under circumstances (engine failure or adverse weather) not under the pilot's control;

- syn. forced landing;

emergency medicine
n1
the branch of medicine concerned with the prompt diagnosis and treatment of injuries or trauma or sudden illness;

emergency procedure
n1
(medicine) a procedure adopted to meet an emergency (especially a medical emergency);

emergency room
n1
a room in a hospital or clinic staffed and equipped to provide emergency care to persons requiring immediate medical treatment;

- syn. ER;

emergent / ɪ m ɝ dʒ ə n t /
a1
occurring unexpectedly and requiring urgent action;

- "emergent repair of an aorta";

- sim. sudden;

a2
coming into existence;

- "an emergent republic";

- syn. emerging;

- sim. nascent;

emergent evolution
n1
the appearance of entirely new properties at certain critical stages in the course of evolution;

emerging / ɪ m ɝ dʒ ɪ ŋ /
a1
coming to maturity;

- "the rising generation";

- syn. rising;

- sim. future;

a2
coming into existence;

- "an emergent republic";

- syn. emergent;

- sim. nascent;

emeritus / ɪ m ɛr ɪ t ə s /
n1
a professor or minister who is retired from assigned duties;

a1
honorably retired from assigned duties and retaining your title along with the additional title `emeritus' as in `professor emeritus';

- sim. old;

emersion / i m ɝ ʃ ə n /
n1
(astronomy) the reappearance of a celestial body after an eclipse;

- syn. egress;

n2
the act of emerging;

- syn. emergence;

Emerson
n1
United States writer and leading exponent of transcendentalism (1803-1882);

- syn. Ralph Waldo Emerson;

emery / ɛ m ə ɹ i /
n1
a hard grey-black mineral consisting of corundum and either hematite or magnetite;

- used as an abrasive (especially as a coating on paper);

emery cloth
n1
cloth covered with powdered emery;

emery paper
n1
stiff paper coated with powdered emery or sand;

- syn. sandpaper;

emery rock
n1
a mixture of emery dust and a binder;

- can be molded into grindstones;

- syn. emery stone;

emery stone
n1
a mixture of emery dust and a binder;

- can be molded into grindstones;

- syn. emery rock;

emery wheel
n1
a wheel composed of abrasive material;

- used for grinding;

- syn. grinding wheel;

Emeside
n1
an anticonvulsant drug (trade names Emeside and Zarontin) used to treat petit mal epilepsy;

- syn. Zarontin, ethosuximide;

emesis
n1
the reflex act of ejecting the contents of the stomach through the mouth;

- syn. disgorgement, puking, regurgitation, vomit, vomiting;

emesis basin
n1
a basin used by bedridden patients for vomiting;

emetic / ɪ m ɛ t ɪ k /
n1
a medicine that induces nausea and vomiting;

- syn. nauseant, vomit, vomitive;

Emetrol
n1
trade name for an antiemetic drug that has a mint flavor;

emf
n1
the rate at which energy is drawn from a source that produces a flow of electricity in a circuit;

- expressed in volts;

- syn. electromotive force, voltage;

EMG
n1
a graphical record of electric currents associated with muscle contractions;

- syn. electromyogram;

emigrant / ɛ m ɪ ɡ ɹ ə n t /
n1
someone who leaves one country to settle in another;

- syn. emigre, emigree, outgoer;

emigrate / ɛ m ɪ ɡ ɹ eɪ t /
v1
leave one's country of residence for a new one;

- "Many people had to emigrate during the Nazi period";

emigration / ɛ m ɪ ɡ ɹ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
migration from a place (especially migration from your native country in order to settle in another);

- syn. expatriation, out-migration;

emigre / ɛ m ɪ ɡ ɹ eɪ /
n1
someone who leaves one country to settle in another;

- syn. emigrant, emigree, outgoer;

emigree / ɛ m ɪ ɡ ɹ i /
n1
someone who leaves one country to settle in another;

- syn. emigrant, emigre, outgoer;

Emil Hermann Fischer
n1
German chemist noted for work on synthetic sugars and the purines (1852-1919);

- syn. Fischer;

Emil Klaus Julius Fuchs
n1
British physicist who was born in Germany and fled Nazi persecution;

- in the 1940s he passed secret information to the USSR about the development of the atom bomb in the United States (1911-1988);

- syn. Fuchs, Klaus Fuchs;

Emile
n1
the boy whose upbringing was described by Jean-Jacques Rousseau;

Emile Coue
n1
French psychotherapist who claimed that if one imagined one was getting better, one would get better (1857-1926);

- syn. Coue;

Emile Durkheim
n1
French sociologist and first professor of sociology at the Sorbonne (1858-1917);

- syn. Durkheim;

Emile Gaboriau
n1
French writer considered by some to be a founder of the detective novel (1832-1873);

- syn. Gaboriau;

Emile Herzog
n1
French writer best known for his biographies (1885-1967);

- syn. Andre Maurois, Maurois;

Emile Zola
n1
French novelist and critic;

- defender of Dreyfus (1840-1902);

- syn. Zola;

Emilia
n1
tropical African herbs;

- syn. genus Emilia;

Emilia-Romagna
n1
a region of north central Italy on the Adriatic;

Emilia coccinea
n1
tropical African annual having scarlet tassel-shaped flower heads;

- sometimes placed in genus Cacalia;

- syn. Cacalia javanica, Cacalia lutea, Emilia flammea, Emilia javanica, tassel flower;

Emilia flammea
n1
tropical African annual having scarlet tassel-shaped flower heads;

- sometimes placed in genus Cacalia;

- syn. Cacalia javanica, Cacalia lutea, Emilia coccinea, Emilia javanica, tassel flower;

Emilia javanica
n1
tropical African annual having scarlet tassel-shaped flower heads;

- sometimes placed in genus Cacalia;

- syn. Cacalia javanica, Cacalia lutea, Emilia coccinea, Emilia flammea, tassel flower;

Emilia sagitta
n1
tropical Asiatic annual cultivated for its small tassel-shaped heads of scarlet flowers;

- syn. tassel flower;

Emiliano Zapata
n1
Mexican revolutionary who led a revolt for agrarian reforms (1879-1919);

- syn. Zapata;

Emilie Charlotte le Breton
n1
British actress and mistress of the prince who later became Edward VII (1853-1929);

- syn. Jersey Lillie, Langtry, Lillie Langtry;

Emily Bronte
n1
English novelist;

- one of three Bronte sisters (1818-1848);

- syn. Bronte, Currer Bell, Emily Jane Bronte;

Emily Dickinson
n1
United States poet noted for her mystical and unrhymed poems (1830-1886);

- syn. Dickinson;

Emily Jane Bronte
n1
English novelist;

- one of three Bronte sisters (1818-1848);

- syn. Bronte, Currer Bell, Emily Bronte;

Emily Post
n1
United States female author who wrote a book and a syndicated newspaper column on etiquette (1872-1960);

- syn. Emily Price Post, Post;

Emily Price Post
n1
United States female author who wrote a book and a syndicated newspaper column on etiquette (1872-1960);

- syn. Emily Post, Post;

eminence / ɛ m ɪ n ə n s /
n1
high status importance owing to marked superiority;

- "a scholar of great eminence";

- syn. distinction, note, preeminence;

n2
a protuberance on a bone especially for attachment of a muscle or ligament;

- syn. tubercle, tuberosity;

eminence grise
n1
(French) a person who exercises power or influence in certain areas without holding an official position;

- "the President's wife is an eminence grise in matters of education";

eminent / ɛ m ɪ n ə n t /
a1
standing above others in quality or position;

- "people in high places";

- "the high priest";

- "eminent members of the community";

- syn. high;

- sim. superior;

a2
of imposing height;

- especially standing out above others;

- "an eminent peak";

- "lofty mountains";

- "the soaring spires of the cathedral";

- "towering icebergs";

- syn. lofty, soaring, towering;

- sim. high;

eminent domain
n1
the right of the state to take private property for public use;

- the Fifth Amendment that was added to the Constitution of the United States requires that just compensation be made;

eminently / ɛ m ɪ n ə n t ɫ i /
r1
in an eminent manner;

- "two subjects on which he was eminently qualified to make an original contribution";

emir / ɛ m ɪə , ɛ m ɪə ɹ /
n1
an independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia);

- syn. ameer, amir, emeer;

emirate / ɛ m ɪə ɹ eɪ t /
n1
the domain controlled by an emir;

n2
the office of an emir;

emissary / ɛ m ɪ s ə ɹ i /
n1
someone sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else;

- syn. envoy;

emissary vein
n1
one of several connecting veins in the scalp and head that drain blood from sinuses in the dura mater to veins outside the skull;

- syn. vena emissaria;

emission / ɪ m ɪ ʃ n /
n1
the act of emitting;

- causing to flow forth;

- syn. emanation;

n2
a substance that is emitted or released;

- syn. discharge;

n3
the release of electrons from parent atoms;

n4
any of several bodily processes by which substances go out of the body;

- "the discharge of pus";

- syn. discharge, expelling;

n5
the occurrence of a flow of water (as from a pipe);

emission spectrum
n1
spectrum of electromagnetic radiation emitted by a self-luminous source;

emit / ɪ m ɪ t /
v1
expel (gases or odors);

- syn. breathe, pass off;

v2
give off, send forth, or discharge;

- as of light, heat, or radiation, vapor, etc.;

- "The ozone layer blocks some harmful rays which the sun emits";

- syn. give off, give out;

v3
express audibly;

- utter sounds (not necessarily words);

- "She let out a big heavy sigh";

- "He uttered strange sounds that nobody could understand";

- syn. let loose, let out, utter;

emitter / ɪ m ɪ t ə /
n1
the electrode in a transistor where electrons originate;

Emma Goldman
n1
United States anarchist (born in Russia) who opposed conscription;

- was deported to the Soviet Union in 1919 (1869-1940);

- syn. Goldman;

Emma Hart Willard
n1
United States educator who was an early campaigner for higher education for women (1787-1870);

- syn. Willard;

Emmanthe
n1
one species: yellow bells;

- syn. genus Emmanthe;

Emmanthe penduliflora
n1
viscid herb of arid or desert habitats of southwestern United States having pendulous yellow flowers;

- syn. California yellow bells, whispering bells, yellow bells;

emmenagogue
n1
any agent that promotes menstrual discharge;

Emmental
n1
Swiss cheese with large holes;

- syn. Emmentaler, Emmenthal, Emmenthaler;

Emmentaler
n1
Swiss cheese with large holes;

- syn. Emmental, Emmenthal, Emmenthaler;

Emmenthal
n1
Swiss cheese with large holes;

- syn. Emmental, Emmentaler, Emmenthaler;

Emmenthaler
n1
Swiss cheese with large holes;

- syn. Emmental, Emmentaler, Emmenthal;

emmer
n1
hard red wheat grown especially in Russia and Germany;

- in United States as stock feed;

- syn. Triticum dicoccum, starch wheat, two-grain spelt;

emmet / ɛ m ɪ t /
n1
social insect living in organized colonies;

- characteristically the males and fertile queen have wings during breeding season;

- wingless sterile females are the workers;

- syn. ant, pismire;

emmetropia
n1
(ophthalmology) the normal refractive condition of the eye in which there is clear focus of light on the retina;

emmetropic
a1
of or relating to the normal condition of the eye in which visual images are in clear focus on the retina;

Emmett Kelly
n1
United States circus clown (1898-1979);

- syn. Kelly, Weary Willie;

Emmy
n1
an annual award by the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences for outstanding achievements in television;

Emmy Noether
n1
German mathematician (1882-1935);

- syn. Noether;

emollient / ɪ m ɒ ɫ ɪə n t /
n1
toiletry consisting of any of various substances in the form of a thick liquid that have a soothing and moisturizing effect when applied to the skin;

- syn. cream, ointment;

a1
having a softening or soothing effect especially to the skin;

- syn. demulcent, salving, softening;

- sim. soft;

emolument / ɪ m ɒ ɫ j ʊ m ə n t /
n1
compensation received by virtue of holding an office or having employment (usually in the form of wages or fees);

- "a clause in the U.S. constitution prevents sitting legislators from receiving emoluments from their own votes";

emote / ɪ m oʊ t /
v1
give expression or emotion to, in a stage or movie role;

emoticon
n1
a representation of a facial expression (as a smile or frown) created by typing a sequence of characters in sending email;

- ":-( and :-) are emoticons";

emotion / ɪ m oʊ ʃ n /
n1
any strong feeling;

emotional / ɪ m oʊ ʃ ə n ɫ /
a1
determined or actuated by emotion rather than reason;

- "it was an emotional judgment";

a2
of more than usual emotion;

- "his behavior was highly emotional";

- also moved, moving, passionate, touched, warm;

- sim. affectional, bathetic, cathartic, charged, funky, het up, hot-blooded, little, lyric, mind-blowing, moody, overemotional, soulful, warm-toned;

a3
of or pertaining to emotion;

- "emotional health";

- "an emotional crisis";

a4
(of persons) excessively affected by emotion;

- "he would become emotional over nothing at all";

- "she was worked up about all the noise";

- syn. aroused, excited, worked up;

- sim. agitated;

emotional arousal
n1
the arousal of strong emotions and emotional behavior;

emotional disorder
n1
any mental disorder not caused by detectable organic abnormalities of the brain and in which a major disturbance of emotions is predominant;

- syn. affective disorder, emotional disturbance, major affective disorder;

emotional disturbance
n1
any mental disorder not caused by detectable organic abnormalities of the brain and in which a major disturbance of emotions is predominant;

- syn. affective disorder, emotional disorder, major affective disorder;

emotional person
n1
a person subject to strong states of emotion;

emotional state
n1
the state of a person's emotions (especially with regard to pleasure or dejection);

- "his emotional state depended on her opinion";

- "he was in good spirits";

- "his spirit rose";

- syn. spirit;

emotionalism / ɪ m oʊ ʃ ŋ ə ɫ ɪ z ə m /
n1
emotional nature or quality;

- syn. emotionality;

emotionality / ɪ m oʊ ʃ ə n æ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
emotional nature or quality;

- syn. emotionalism;

emotionally / ɪ m oʊ ʃ ə n ə ɫ i /
r1
in an emotional manner;

- "at the funeral he spoke emotionally";

r2
with regard to emotions;

- "emotionally secure";

emotionless / ɪ m oʊ ʃ n ɫ ə s /
a1
unmoved by feeling;

- "he kept his emotionless objectivity and faith in the cause he served";

- "this passionless girl was like an icicle in the sunshine"-Margaret Deland;

- syn. passionless;

- sim. cold;

emotionlessly / ɪ m oʊ ʃ n ɫ ə s ɫ i /
r1
without emotion;

- devoid of emotion;

- "the defendant stared unemotionally at the victim's family";

- syn. unemotionally;

emotionlessness / ɪ m oʊ ʃ n ɫ ə s n ə s /
n1
apathy demonstrated by an absence of emotional reactions;

- syn. impassiveness, impassivity, indifference, phlegm, stolidity, unemotionality;

n2
absence of emotion;

- syn. unemotionality;

emotive / ɪ m oʊ t ɪ v /
a1
characterized by emotion;

- syn. affectional, affective;

- sim. emotional;

empale / ɪ m p eɪ ɫ /
v1
pierce with a sharp stake or point;

- "impale a shrimp on a skewer";

- syn. impale, spike, transfix;

empanel / ɪ m p æ n ɫ /
v1
enter into a list of prospective jurors;

- syn. impanel;

v2
select from a list;

- "empanel prospective jurors";

- syn. impanel, panel;

empathetic / ɛ m p ə θ ɛ t ɪ k /
a1
showing empathy or ready comprehension of others' states;

- "a sensitive and empathetic school counselor";

- syn. empathic;

- sim. sympathetic;

empathetically / ɛ m p ə θ ɛ t ɪ k ɫ i /
r1
in a sympathetic manner;

- "she listened to him sympathetically";

- syn. sympathetically;

empathic
a1
showing empathy or ready comprehension of others' states;

- "a sensitive and empathetic school counselor";

- syn. empathetic;

- sim. sympathetic;

empathise
v1
be understanding of;

- "You don't need to explain--I understand!";

- syn. empathize, sympathise, sympathize, understand;

empathize / ɛ m p ə θ aɪ z /
v1
be understanding of;

- "You don't need to explain--I understand!";

- syn. empathise, sympathise, sympathize, understand;

empathy / ɛ m p ə θ i /
n1
understanding and entering into another's feelings;

Empedocles
n1
Greek philosopher who taught that all matter is composed of particles of fire and water and air and earth (fifth century BC);

empennage
n1
the rear part of an aircraft;

- syn. tail, tail assembly;

emperor / ɛ m p ə ɹ ə , ɛ m p ə ɹ ə ɹ /
n1
the male ruler of an empire;

n2
red table grape of California;

n3
large moth of temperate forests of Eurasia having heavily scaled transparent wings;

- syn. Saturnia pavonia, emperor moth;

n4
large richly colored butterfly;

- syn. emperor butterfly;

emperor butterfly
n1
large richly colored butterfly;

- syn. emperor;

Emperor Francis II
n1
the last Holy Roman Emperor (1768-1835);

- syn. Francis II;

emperor moth
n1
large moth of temperate forests of Eurasia having heavily scaled transparent wings;

- syn. Saturnia pavonia, emperor;

Emperor Napoleon III
n1
nephew of Napoleon I and emperor of the French from 1852 to 1871 (1808-1873);

- syn. Charles Louis Napoleon Bonaparte, Napoleon III;

Emperor of Rome
n1
sovereign of the Roman Empire;

- syn. Roman Emperor;

emperor penguin
n1
the largest penguin;

- an Antarctic penguin;

- syn. Aptenodytes forsteri;

Empetraceae
n1
heathlike shrubs;

- syn. crowberry family, family Empetraceae;

Empetrum
n1
crowberries;

- syn. genus Empetrum;

emphasis / ɛ m f ə s ɪ s /
n1
special importance or significance;

- "the red light gave the central figure increased emphasis";

- "the room was decorated in shades of grey with distinctive red accents";

- syn. accent;

n2
intensity or forcefulness of expression;

- "the vehemence of his denial";

- "his emphasis on civil rights";

- syn. vehemence;

n3
special and significant stress by means of position or repetition e.g.;

n4
the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch);

- "he put the stress on the wrong syllable";

- syn. accent, stress;

emphasise
v1
give extra weight to (a communication);

- "Her gesture emphasized her words";

- syn. emphasize, underline, underscore;

v2
to stress, single out as important;

- "Dr. Jones emphasizes exercise in addition to a change in diet";

- syn. accent, accentuate, emphasize, punctuate, stress;

emphasised / ɛ m f ə s ɪ s t /
a1
spoken with emphasis;

- "an emphatic word";

- syn. emphasized, emphatic;

- sim. stressed;

emphasize / ɛ m f ə s aɪ z /
v1
to stress, single out as important;

- "Dr. Jones emphasizes exercise in addition to a change in diet";

- syn. accent, accentuate, emphasise, punctuate, stress;

v2
give extra weight to (a communication);

- "Her gesture emphasized her words";

- syn. emphasise, underline, underscore;

emphasized / ɛ m f ə s aɪ z d /
a1
spoken with emphasis;

- "an emphatic word";

- syn. emphasised, emphatic;

- sim. stressed;

emphasizing / ɛ m f ə s aɪ z ɪ ŋ /
n1
the act of giving special importance or significance to something;

- syn. accenting, accentuation;

emphatic / ɪ m f æ t ɪ k /
a1
spoken with emphasis;

- "an emphatic word";

- syn. emphasised, emphasized;

- sim. stressed;

a2
sudden and strong;

- "an emphatic no";

- syn. exclamatory;

- sim. forceful;

a3
forceful and definite in expression or action;

- "the document contained a particularly emphatic guarantee of religious liberty";

- syn. forceful;

- sim. assertive;

emphatically / ɪ m f æ t ɪ k ɫ i /
r1
without question and beyond doubt;

- "it was decidedly too expensive";

- "she told him off in spades";

- "by all odds they should win";

- syn. by all odds, decidedly, definitely, in spades, unquestionably;

emphysema / ɛ m f ɪ s i m ə /
n1
an abnormal condition of the lungs marked by decreased respiratory function;

- associated with smoking or chronic bronchitis or old age;

- syn. pulmonary emphysema;

emphysematous
a1
relating to or resembling or being emphysema;

emphysematous gangrene
n1
(pathology) a deadly form of gangrene usually caused by clostridium bacteria that produce toxins that cause tissue death;

- can be used as a bioweapon;

- syn. clostridial myonecrosis, emphysematous phlegmon, gangrenous emphysema, gas gangrene, gas phlegmon, progressive emphysematous necrosis;

emphysematous phlegmon
n1
(pathology) a deadly form of gangrene usually caused by clostridium bacteria that produce toxins that cause tissue death;

- can be used as a bioweapon;

- syn. clostridial myonecrosis, emphysematous gangrene, gangrenous emphysema, gas gangrene, gas phlegmon, progressive emphysematous necrosis;

empire / ɛ m p aɪ ə , ɛ m p aɪ ə ɹ /
n1
the domain ruled by an emperor or empress;

- the region over which imperial dominion is exercised;

- syn. imperium;

n2
a group of countries under a single authority;

- "the British created a great empire";

n3
a monarchy with an emperor as head of state;

n4
a group of diverse companies under common ownership and run as a single organization;

- syn. conglomerate;

n5
an eating apple that somewhat resembles a McIntosh;

- used as both an eating and a cooking apple;

Empire day
n1
British, anniversary of Queen Victoria's birth;

- syn. Commonwealth Day, May 24;

Empire State
n1
a Mid-Atlantic state;

- one of the original 13 colonies;

- syn. N.Y., NY, New York, New York State;

Empire State Building
n1
a skyscraper built in New York City in 1931;

- 1250 feet tall;

Empire State of the South
n1
a state in southeastern United States;

- one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War;

- syn. GA, Ga., Georgia, Peach State;

empiric / ɛ m p ɪr ɪ k , ɪ m p ɪr ɪ k /
a1
relying on medical quackery;

- "empiric treatment";

- syn. empirical;

a2
derived from experiment and observation rather than theory;

- "an empirical basis for an ethical theory";

- "empirical laws";

- "empirical data";

- "an empirical treatment of a disease about which little is known";

- syn. empirical;

- sim. a posteriori, confirmable, experiential, experimental, experimental, semiempirical, trial-and-error;

empirical / ɪ m p ɪr ɪ k ɫ /
a1
derived from experiment and observation rather than theory;

- "an empirical basis for an ethical theory";

- "empirical laws";

- "empirical data";

- "an empirical treatment of a disease about which little is known";

- syn. empiric;

- sim. a posteriori, confirmable, experiential, experimental, experimental, semiempirical, trial-and-error;

a2
relying on medical quackery;

- "empiric treatment";

- syn. empiric;

empirical formula
n1
a chemical formula showing the ratio of elements in a compound rather than the total number of atoms;

empirical research
n1
an empirical search for knowledge;

empirically / ɪ m p ɪr ɪ k ɫ i /
r1
in an empirical manner;

- "this can be empirically tested";

- syn. by trial and error, through empirical observation;

empiricism / ɪ m p ɪr ɪ s ɪ z ə m /
n1
(philosophy) the doctrine that knowledge derives from experience;

- syn. empiricist philosophy, sensationalism;

n2
the application of empirical methods in any art or science;

n3
medical practice and advice based on observation and experience in ignorance of scientific findings;

- syn. quackery;

empiricist / ɪ m p ɪr ɪ s ɪ s t /
n1
a philosopher who subscribes to empiricism;

empiricist philosophy
n1
(philosophy) the doctrine that knowledge derives from experience;

- syn. empiricism, sensationalism;

Empirin
n1
the acetylated derivative of salicylic acid;

- used as an analgesic anti-inflammatory drug (trade names Bayer, Empirin, and St. Joseph) usually taken in tablet form;

- used as an antipyretic;

- slows clotting of the blood by poisoning platelets;

- syn. Bayer, St. Joseph, acetylsalicylic acid, aspirin;

emplace / ɪ m p ɫ eɪ s /
v1
provide a new emplacement for guns;

v2
put into place or position;

- "the box with the ancestors' ashes was emplaced on the top shelf of the house altar";

emplacement / ɪ m p ɫ eɪ s m ə n t /
n1
military installation consisting of a prepared position for siting a weapon;

n2
the act of putting something in a certain place;

- syn. locating, location, placement, position, positioning;

emplane / ɛ m p ɫ eɪ n /
v1
board a plane;

- syn. enplane;

employ / ɪ m p ɫ ɔɪ /
n1
the state of being employed or having a job;

- "they are looking for employment";

- "he was in the employ of the city";

- syn. employment;

v1
put into service;

- make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose;

- "use your head!";

- "we only use Spanish at home";

- "I can't use this tool";

- "Apply a magnetic field here";

- "This thinking was applied to many projects";

- "How do you utilize this tool?";

- "I apply this rule to get good results";

- "use the plastic bags to store the food";

- "He doesn't know how to use a computer";

- syn. apply, use, utilise, utilize;

v2
engage or hire for work;

- "They hired two new secretaries in the department";

- "How many people has she employed?";

- syn. engage, hire;

employable / ɪ m p ɫ ɔɪ ə b ɫ /
n1
a person who is qualified and ready to work;

a1
physically and mentally capable of working at a regular job and available;

employed / ɪ m p ɫ ɔɪ d /
a1
having your services engaged for;

- or having a job especially one that pays wages or a salary;

- "most of our graduates are employed";

- also busy;

- sim. engaged, hired, working;

a2
put to use;

- syn. utilised, utilized;

- sim. used;

employee / ɛ m p ɫ ɔɪ i /
n1
a worker who is hired to perform a job;

employee-owned business
n1
a commercial enterprise owned by the people who work for it;

- syn. employee-owned enterprise;

employee-owned enterprise
n1
a commercial enterprise owned by the people who work for it;

- syn. employee-owned business;

employee ownership
n1
ownership of a business by the people who work for it;

employee savings plan
n1
a plan that allows employees to contribute to an investment pool managed the employer;

employee stock ownership plan
n1
a program under which employees regularly accumulate shares and may ultimately assume control of the company;

- syn. ESOP;

employee turnover
n1
the ratio of the number of workers that had to be replaced in a given time period to the average number of workers;

- syn. turnover, turnover rate;

employer / ɪ m p ɫ ɔɪ ə , ɪ m p ɫ ɔɪ ə ɹ /
n1
a person or firm that employs workers;

employment / ɪ m p ɫ ɔɪ m ə n t /
n1
the state of being employed or having a job;

- "they are looking for employment";

- "he was in the employ of the city";

- syn. employ;

n2
the occupation for which you are paid;

- "he is looking for employment";

- "a lot of people are out of work";

- syn. work;

n3
the act of giving someone a job;

- syn. engagement;

n4
the act of using;

- "he warned against the use of narcotic drugs";

- "skilled in the utilization of computers";

- syn. exercise, usage, use, utilisation, utilization;

employment agency
n1
an agency that finds people to fill particular jobs or finds jobs for unemployed people;

- syn. employment office;

employment agent
n1
someone who runs an employment agency;

employment agreement
n1
contract between employer and employee;

- syn. employment contract;

employment contract
n1
contract between employer and employee;

- syn. employment agreement;

employment interview
n1
an interview to determine whether an applicant is suitable for a position of employment;

- syn. job interview;

employment office
n1
an agency that finds people to fill particular jobs or finds jobs for unemployed people;

- syn. employment agency;

emporium / ɪ m p ɔ ɹ ɪə m /
n1
a large retail store organized into departments offering a variety of merchandise;

- commonly part of a retail chain;

- syn. department store;

empower / ɪ m p aʊ ə , ɪ m p aʊ ə ɹ /
v1
give or delegate power or authority to;

- "She authorized her assistant to sign the papers";

- syn. authorise, authorize;

v2
give qualities or abilities to;

- syn. endow, endue, gift, indue, invest;

empowered / ɪ m p aʊ ə d /
a1
invested with legal power or official authority especially as symbolized by having a scepter;

- syn. sceptered, sceptred;

- sim. authorized;

empowerment
n1
the act of conferring legality or sanction or formal warrant;

- syn. authorisation, authorization;

empress / ɛ m p ɹ ɪ s /
n1
a woman emperor or the wife of an emperor;

emptiness / ɛ m p t ɪ n ə s /
n1
the state of containing nothing;

n2
having an empty stomach;

n3
an empty area or space;

- "the huge desert voids";

- "the emptiness of outer space";

- "without their support he'll be ruling in a vacuum";

- syn. vacancy, vacuum, void;

n4
the quality of being valueless or futile;

- "he rejected the vanities of the world";

- syn. vanity;

emptor / ɛ m p t ə /
n1
a person who buys;

- syn. buyer, purchaser, vendee;

empty / ɛ m p t i /
n1
a container that has been emptied;

- "return all empties to the store";

v1
make void or empty of contents;

- "Empty the box";

- "The alarm emptied the building";

v2
become empty or void of its content;

- "The room emptied";

- syn. discharge;

v3
leave behind empty;

- move out of;

- "You must vacate your office by tonight";

- syn. abandon, vacate;

v4
remove;

- "Empty the water";

v5
excrete or discharge from the body;

- syn. evacuate, void;

a1
holding or containing nothing;

- "an empty glass";

- "an empty room";

- "full of empty seats";

- "empty hours";

- sim. bare, blank, empty-handed, glassy, lifeless, looted, vacant, vacant, vacuous, void;

a2
devoid of significance or force;

- "empty promises";

- "a hollow victory";

- "vacuous comments";

- syn. hollow, vacuous;

- sim. meaningless;

a3
needing nourishment;

- "after skipped lunch the men were empty by suppertime";

- "empty-bellied children";

- syn. empty-bellied;

- sim. hungry;

a4
emptied of emotion;

- "after the violent argument he felt empty";

- sim. drained;

empty-bellied
a1
needing nourishment;

- "after skipped lunch the men were empty by suppertime";

- "empty-bellied children";

- syn. empty;

- sim. hungry;

empty-handed / ɛ m p t ɪ h æ n d ɪ d , ɛ m p t ɪ h ɛ d ɪ d /
a1
having acquired or gained nothing;

- "the returned from the negotiations empty-handed";

- syn. unrewarded;

- sim. unsuccessful;

a2
carrying nothing in the hands;

- sim. empty;

empty-headed / ɛ m p t ɪ h ɛ d ɪ d /
a1
lacking seriousness;

- given to frivolity;

- "a dizzy blonde";

- "light-headed teenagers";

- "silly giggles";

- syn. airheaded, dizzy, featherbrained, giddy, light-headed, lightheaded, silly;

- sim. frivolous;

empty nester
n1
a parent whose children have grown up and left home;

empty talk
n1
loud and confused and empty talk;

- "mere rhetoric";

- syn. empty words, hot air, palaver, rhetoric;

empty tomb
n1
a monument built to honor people whose remains are interred elsewhere or whose remains cannot be recovered;

- syn. cenotaph;

empty words
n1
loud and confused and empty talk;

- "mere rhetoric";

- syn. empty talk, hot air, palaver, rhetoric;

emptying / ɛ m p t ɪ ih ŋ /
n1
the act of removing the contents of something;

- syn. evacuation, voidance;

empurple / ɪ m p ɝ p ɫ /
v1
color purple;

- syn. purple, purpurate;

empurpled / ɪ m p ɝ p ɫ d /
a1
excessively elaborate or showily expressed;

- "a writer of empurpled literature";

- "many purple passages";

- "an over-embellished story of the fish that got away";

- syn. over-embellished, purple;

- sim. rhetorical;

empyema / ɛ m p aɪ i m ə /
n1
a collection of pus in a body cavity (especially in the lung cavity);

empyreal / ɛ m p aɪ ɹ i ə ɫ /
a1
of or relating to the sky or heavens;

- "the empyrean sphere";

- syn. empyrean;

a2
inspiring awe;

- "well-meaning ineptitude that rises to empyreal absurdity"- M.S.Dworkin;

- "empyrean aplomb"- Hamilton Basso;

- "the sublime beauty of the night";

- syn. empyrean, sublime;

- sim. glorious;

empyrean / ɛ m p aɪ ɹ i ə n /
n1
the apparent surface of the imaginary sphere on which celestial bodies appear to be projected;

- syn. celestial sphere, firmament, heavens, sphere, vault of heaven, welkin;

a1
of or relating to the sky or heavens;

- "the empyrean sphere";

- syn. empyreal;

a2
inspiring awe;

- "well-meaning ineptitude that rises to empyreal absurdity"- M.S.Dworkin;

- "empyrean aplomb"- Hamilton Basso;

- "the sublime beauty of the night";

- syn. empyreal, sublime;

- sim. glorious;

emu / i m j u /
n1
any of various systems of units for measuring electricity and magnetism;

- syn. electromagnetic unit;

n2
large Australian flightless bird similar to the ostrich but smaller;

- syn. Dromaius novaehollandiae, Emu novaehollandiae;

Emu novaehollandiae
n1
large Australian flightless bird similar to the ostrich but smaller;

- syn. Dromaius novaehollandiae, emu;

emulate / ɛ m j ʊ ɫ eɪ t /
v1
strive to equal or match, especially by imitating;

- "He is emulating the skating skills of his older sister";

v2
imitate the function of (another system), as by modifying the hardware or the software;

v3
compete with successfully;

- approach or reach equality with;

- "This artist's drawings cannot emulate his water colors";

emulation / ɛ m j ʊ ɫ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
ambition to equal or excel;

n2
(computer science) technique of one machine obtaining the same results as another;

n3
effort to equal or surpass another;

emulator / ɛ m j ʊ ɫ eɪ t ə /
n1
someone who copies the words or behavior of another;

- syn. ape, aper, copycat, imitator;

emulous / ɛ m j ʊ ɫ ə s /
a1
characterized by or arising from emulation or imitation;

a2
eager to surpass others;

- syn. rivalrous;

- sim. competitive;

emulously / ɛ m j ʊ ɫ ə s ɫ i /
r1
in a competitively imitative manner;

- "she emulously tried to outdo her older sister";

emulsifier / ɪ m ʌ ɫ s ɪ f aɪ ə /
n1
a surface-active agent that promotes the formation of an emulsion;

emulsify / ɪ m ʌ ɫ s ɪ f aɪ /
v1
cause to become an emulsion;

- make into an emulsion;

v2
form into or become an emulsion;

- "The solution emulsified";

emulsion / ɪ m ʌ ɫ ʃ n /
n1
(chemistry) a colloid in which both phases are liquids;

- "an oil-in-water emulsion";

n2
a light-sensitive coating on paper or film;

- consists of fine grains of silver bromide suspended in a gelatin;

- syn. photographic emulsion;

Emydidae
n1
box and water turtles;

- syn. family Emydidae;

en / ɒ n /
n1
half the width of an em;

- syn. nut;

En-lil
n1
god of the air and king of the Sumerian gods;

- syn. Enlil;

en bloc
r1
all together;

- "the students turned out en masse";

- syn. as a group, en masse;

en clair / ɒ n k ɫ eə , ɒ n k ɫ eə ɹ /
r1
in ordinary language;

en deshabille
a1
partly dressed in a loose or careless manner;

- syn. in dishabille;

- sim. unclothed;

en famille / ɒ n f æ m i /
r1
in a casual way at home;

- "we'll have dinner en famille";

en garde
a1
(fencing) in a defensive stance;

- sim. defensive;

en masse / ɒ n m æ s /
r1
all together;

- "the students turned out en masse";

- syn. as a group, en bloc;

en passant
n1
(chess) a chess pawn that is moved two squares can be captured by an opponent's pawn commanding the square that was passed;

r1
incidentally;

- in the course of doing something else;

- "he made this remark in passing";

- syn. in passing;

en route / ɒ n ɹ u t /
r1
on a route to some place;

- "help is on the way";

- "we saw him on the way to California";

- syn. on the way;

enable / ɛ n eɪ b ɫ , ɪ n eɪ b ɫ /
v1
render capable or able for some task;

- "This skill will enable you to find a job on Wall Street";

- "The rope enables you to secure yourself when you climb the mountain";

enabling / ɛ n eɪ b ɫ ɪ ŋ , ɪ n eɪ b ɫ ɪ ŋ /
a1
providing legal power or sanction;

- "an enabling resolution";

- "enabling power";

- sim. facultative, sanctionative;

enabling act
n1
a provision in a law that confers on appropriate officials the power to implement or enforce the law;

- syn. enabling clause;

enabling clause
n1
a provision in a law that confers on appropriate officials the power to implement or enforce the law;

- syn. enabling act;

enabling legislation
n1
legislation that gives appropriate officials the authority to implement or enforce the law;

enact / ɛ n æ k t , ɪ n æ k t /
v1
order by virtue of superior authority;

- decree;

- "The King ordained the persecution and expulsion of the Jews";

- "the legislature enacted this law in 1985";

- syn. ordain;

v2
act out;

- represent or perform as if in a play;

- "She reenacted what had happened earlier that day";

- syn. act out, reenact;

enactment / ɛ n æ k t m ə n t , ɪ n æ k t m ə n t /
n1
the passing of a law by a legislative body;

- syn. passage;

n2
a legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body;

- syn. act;

n3
acting the part of a character on stage;

- dramatically representing the character by speech and action and gesture;

- syn. characterization, personation, portrayal;

enalapril
n1
an ACE inhibitor (trade name Vasotec) that blocks the formation of angiotensin in the kidney and so results in vasodilation;

- administered after heart attacks;

- syn. Vasotec;

enallage
n1
a substitution of part of speech or gender or number or tense etc. (e.g., editorial `we' for `I');

enamel / ɛ n æ m ɫ , ɪ n æ m ɫ /
n1
hard white substance covering the crown of a tooth;

- syn. tooth enamel;

n2
a colored glassy compound (opaque or partially opaque) that is fused to the surface of metal or glass or pottery for decoration or protection;

n3
a paint that dries to a hard glossy finish;

n4
any smooth glossy coating that resembles ceramic glaze;

v1
coat, inlay, or surface with enamel;

enamelware / ɛ n æ m ɫ w eə /
n1
cooking utensil of enameled iron;

enamine
n1
an amine containing the double bond linkage -C=C-N-;

enamor / ɛ n æ m ə ɹ , ɪ n æ m ə ɹ /
v1
attract;

- cause to be enamored;

- "She captured all the men's hearts";

- syn. becharm, beguile, bewitch, captivate, capture, catch, charm, enamour, enchant, entrance, fascinate, trance;

enamored / ɛ n æ m ə ɹ d , ɪ n æ m ə ɹ d /
a1
marked by foolish or unreasoning fondness;

- "he was infatuated with her";

- "Narcissus was a beautiful Greek youth who became enamored of his own reflection";

- syn. in love, infatuated, potty, smitten, soft on, taken with;

- sim. loving;

enamoredness
n1
a feeling of love or fondness;

- syn. amorousness;

enamour / ɛ n æ m ə , ɛ n æ m ə ɹ , ɪ n æ m ə , ɪ n æ m ə ɹ /
v1
attract;

- cause to be enamored;

- "She captured all the men's hearts";

- syn. becharm, beguile, bewitch, captivate, capture, catch, charm, enamor, enchant, entrance, fascinate, trance;

enanthem
n1
eruption on a mucous membrane (as the inside of the mouth) occurring as a symptom of a disease;

- syn. enanthema;

enanthema
n1
eruption on a mucous membrane (as the inside of the mouth) occurring as a symptom of a disease;

- syn. enanthem;

enantiomer
n1
either one of a pair of compounds (crystals or molecules) that are mirror images on each other but are not identical;

- syn. enantiomorph;

enantiomorph
n1
either one of a pair of compounds (crystals or molecules) that are mirror images on each other but are not identical;

- syn. enantiomer;

enantiomorphism
n1
the relation of opposition between crystals or molecules that are reflections of one another;

- syn. mirror-image relation;

enarthrodial joint
n1
a freely moving joint in which a sphere on the head of one bone fits into a rounded cavity in the other bone;

- syn. articulatio spheroidea, ball-and-socket joint, cotyloid joint, enarthrosis, spheroid joint;

enarthrosis
n1
a freely moving joint in which a sphere on the head of one bone fits into a rounded cavity in the other bone;

- syn. articulatio spheroidea, ball-and-socket joint, cotyloid joint, enarthrodial joint, spheroid joint;

enate
n1
one related on the mother's side;

- syn. matrikin, matrilineal kin, matrilineal sib, matrisib;

a1
related on the mother's side;

- "my maternal grandmother";

- syn. enatic, maternal;

- sim. related;

enatic
a1
related on the mother's side;

- "my maternal grandmother";

- syn. enate, maternal;

- sim. related;

enation
n1
line of descent traced through the maternal side of the family;

- syn. cognation, matrilineage;

n2
a natural projection or outgrowth from a plant body or organ;

- syn. plant process;

Enbrel
n1
a genetically engineered anti-TNF compound (trade name Enbrel) consisting of receptors that bind TNF;

- it is injected twice a week in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis;

- syn. etanercept;

encainide
n1
antiarrhythmic drug (trade name Enkaid) used to treat life-threatening arrhythmias but increases the risk of sudden death in heart attack patients;

- syn. Enkaid;

encamp / ɛ n k æ m p , ɪ n k æ m p /
v1
live in or as if in a tent;

- "Can we go camping again this summer?";

- "The circus tented near the town";

- "The houseguests had to camp in the living room";

- syn. bivouac, camp, camp out, tent;

encampment / ɛ n k æ m p m ə n t , ɪ n k æ m p m ə n t /
n1
a site where people on holiday can pitch a tent;

- syn. bivouac, campground, camping area, camping ground, camping site, campsite;

n2
temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers;

- "wherever he went in the camp the men were grumbling";

- syn. bivouac, camp, cantonment;

n3
the act of encamping and living in tents in a camp;

- syn. bivouacking, camping, tenting;

encapsulate
v1
enclose in a capsule or other small container;

v2
put in a short or concise form;

- reduce in volume;

- "capsulize the news";

- syn. capsule, capsulise, capsulize;

encapsulation
n1
the condition of being enclosed (as in a capsule);

- "the encapsulation of tendons in membranous sheaths";

n2
the process of enclosing (as in a capsule);

encase / ɛ n k eɪ s , ɪ n k eɪ s /
v1
enclose in, or as if in, a case;

- "my feet were encased in mud";

- syn. case, incase;

encased / ɛ n k eɪ s t , ɪ n k eɪ s t /
a1
covered or protected with or as if with a case;

- "knights cased in steel";

- "products encased in leatherette";

- syn. cased, incased;

- sim. sheathed;

encasement / ɛ n k eɪ s m ə n t , ɪ n k eɪ s m ə n t /
n1
the act of enclosing something in a case;

- syn. incasement;

encaustic / ɛ n k ɔ s t ɪ k /
n1
a paint consisting of pigment mixed with melted beeswax;

- it is fixed with heat after application;

enceinte
a1
in an advanced stage of pregnancy;

- "was big with child";

- "was great with child";

- syn. big, expectant, gravid, great, heavy, large, with child;

- sim. pregnant;

Encelia
n1
genus of shrubs of southwestern United States and Mexico: brittlebush;

- syn. genus Encelia;

Encelia farinosa
n1
fragrant rounded shrub of southwestern United States and adjacent Mexico having brittle stems and small crowded blue-green leaves and yellow flowers;

- produces a resin used in incense and varnish and in folk medicine;

- syn. brittle bush, brittlebush, incienso;

Enceliopsis
n1
small genus of xerophytic herbs of southwestern United States;

- syn. genus Enceliopsis;

Enceliopsis nudicaulis
n1
herb having a basal cluster of grey-green leaves and leafless stalks each with a solitary broad yellow flower head;

- desert areas Idaho to Arizona;

- syn. sunray;

encephalartos
n1
any of numerous cycads of the genus Encephalartos having stout cylindrical trunks and a terminal crown of long often spiny pinnate leaves;

Encephalartos caffer
n1
South African cycad;

- the farinaceous pith of the fruit used as food;

- syn. kaffir bread;

encephalitis / ɛ n k ɛ f ə ɫ aɪ t ɪ s /
n1
inflammation of the brain usually caused by a virus;

- symptoms include headache and neck pain and drowsiness and nausea and fever (`phrenitis' is no longer in scientific use);

- syn. cephalitis, phrenitis;

encephalitis lethargica
n1
an encephalitis that was epidemic between 1915 and 1926;

- symptoms include paralysis of the extrinsic eye muscle and extreme muscular weakness;

- syn. epidemic encephalitis, lethargic encephalitis, sleeping sickness, sleepy sickness;

encephalocele
n1
protrusion of brain tissue through a congenital fissure in the skull;

encephalogram
n1
a graphical record of electrical activity of the brain;

- produced by an electroencephalograph;

- syn. EEG, electroencephalogram;

n2
an X ray of the brain made by replacing spinal fluid with a gas (usually oxygen) to improve contrast;

- syn. pneumoencephalogram;

encephalography
n1
roentgenography of the brain after spinal fluid has been replaced by a gas (usually oxygen);

- produces an encephalogram;

encephalomeningitis
n1
inflammation of the brain and spinal cord and their meninges;

- syn. cerebromeningitis, meningoencephalitis;

encephalomyelitis
n1
inflammation of the brain and spinal cord;

encephalon
n1
that part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers;

- enclosed within the skull;

- continuous with the spinal cord;

- syn. brain;

encephalopathy
n1
any disorder or disease of the brain;

- syn. brain disease, brain disorder;

enchain / ɛ n tʃ eɪ n , ɪ n tʃ eɪ n /
v1
restrain or bind with chains;

enchained / ɛ n tʃ eɪ n d , ɪ n tʃ eɪ n d /
a1
bound with chains;

- "enchained demons strained in anger to gnaw on his bones";

- "prisoners in chains";

- syn. chained;

- sim. bound;

enchant / ɛ n tʃ ɑ n t , ɪ n tʃ ɑ n t /
v1
hold spellbound;

- syn. delight, enrapture, enthral, enthrall, ravish, transport;

v2
attract;

- cause to be enamored;

- "She captured all the men's hearts";

- syn. becharm, beguile, bewitch, captivate, capture, catch, charm, enamor, enamour, entrance, fascinate, trance;

v3
cast a spell over someone or something;

- put a hex on someone or something;

- syn. bewitch, glamour, hex, jinx, witch;

enchanted / ɛ n tʃ ɑ n t ɪ d , ɪ n tʃ ɑ n t ɪ d /
a1
influenced as by charms or incantations;

- sim. beguiled, bewitched, fascinated, star-struck;

enchanter / ɛ n tʃ ɑ n t ə , ɛ n tʃ ɑ n t ə ɹ , ɪ n tʃ ɑ n t ə , ɪ n tʃ ɑ n t ə ɹ /
n1
a sorcerer or magician;

enchanter's nightshade
n1
any of several erect perennial rhizomatous herbs of the genus Circaea having white flowers that open at dawn;

- northern hemisphere;

enchanting / ɛ n tʃ ɑ n t ɪ ŋ , ɪ n tʃ ɑ n t ɪ ŋ /
a1
capturing interest as if by a spell;

- "bewitching smile";

- "Roosevelt was a captivating speaker";

- "enchanting music";

- "an enthralling book";

- "antique papers of entrancing design";

- "a fascinating woman";

- syn. bewitching, captivating, enthralling, entrancing, fascinating;

- sim. attractive;

enchantingly / ɛ n tʃ ɑ n t ɪ ŋ ɫ i , ɪ n tʃ ɑ n t ɪ ŋ ɫ i /
r1
in a bewitching manner;

- "she was bewitchingly beautiful";

- syn. bewitchingly, captivatingly, enthrallingly;

enchantment / ɛ n tʃ ɑ n t m ə n t , ɪ n tʃ ɑ n t m ə n t /
n1
a feeling of great liking for something wonderful and unusual;

- syn. captivation, enthrallment, fascination;

n2
a psychological state induced by (or as if induced by) a magical incantation;

- syn. spell, trance;

n3
a magical spell;

- syn. bewitchment;

enchantress / ɛ n tʃ ɑ n t ɹ ɪ s , ɪ n tʃ ɑ n t ɹ ɪ s /
n1
a woman who is considered to be dangerously seductive;

- syn. Delilah, femme fatale, siren, temptress;

n2
a female sorcerer or magician;

- syn. witch;

enchilada
n1
tortilla with meat filling baked in tomato sauce seasoned with chili;

enchiridion / ɛ n k aɪ ə ɹ ɪ d ɪə n /
n1
a concise reference book providing specific information about a subject or location;

- syn. handbook, vade mecum;

enchondroma
n1
benign slow-growing tumor of cartilaginous cells at the ends of tubular bones (especially in the hands and feet);

encipher
v1
convert ordinary language into code;

- "We should encode the message for security reasons";

- syn. cipher, code, cypher, encrypt, inscribe, write in code;

encircle / ɛ n s ɝ k ɫ , ɪ n s ɝ k ɫ /
v1
form or draw a circle around;

- "encircle the errors";

- syn. circle;

v2
bind with something round or circular;

- syn. gird;

encircled / ɛ n s ɝ k ɫ d , ɪ n s ɝ k ɫ d /
a1
confined on all sides;

- "a camp surrounded by enemies";

- "the encircled pioneers";

- syn. surrounded;

- sim. enclosed;

encirclement / ɛ n s ɝ k ɫ m ə n t , ɪ n s ɝ k ɫ m ə n t /
n1
a war measure that isolates some area of importance to the enemy;

- syn. blockade;

encircling / ɛ n s ɝ k ɫ ɪ ŋ , ɪ n s ɝ k ɫ ɪ ŋ /
a1
being all around the edges;

- enclosing;

- "his encircling arms";

- "the room's skirting board needs painting";

- syn. skirting;

- sim. peripheral;

enclave / ɛ n k ɫ eɪ v /
n1
an enclosed territory that is culturally distinct from the foreign territory that surrounds it;

enclose / ɛ n k ɫ oʊ z , ɪ n k ɫ oʊ z /
v1
enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering;

- "Fog enveloped the house";

- syn. enfold, envelop, enwrap, wrap;

v2
close in;

- "darkness enclosed him";

- syn. confine, hold in;

v3
surround completely;

- "Darkness enclosed him";

- "They closed in the porch with a fence";

- syn. close in, inclose, shut in;

v4
place, fit, or thrust (something) into another thing;

- "Insert your ticket here";

- syn. inclose, insert, introduce, put in, stick in;

enclosed / ɛ n k ɫ oʊ z d , ɪ n k ɫ oʊ z d /
a1
closed in or surrounded or included within;

- "an enclosed porch";

- "an enclosed yard";

- "the enclosed check is to cover shipping and handling";

- sim. basined, besieged, boxed, capsulate, clathrate, closed, coarctate, embedded, fencelike, included, involved, self-enclosed, surrounded;

enclosed space
n1
space that is surrounded by something;

- syn. cavity;

enclosing / ɛ n k ɫ oʊ z ɪ ŋ , ɪ n k ɫ oʊ z ɪ ŋ /
n1
the act of enclosing something inside something else;

- syn. enclosure, envelopment, inclosure;

enclosure / ɛ n k ɫ oʊ ʒ ə , ɛ n k ɫ oʊ ʒ ə ɹ , ɪ n k ɫ oʊ ʒ ə , ɪ n k ɫ oʊ ʒ ə ɹ /
n1
a structure consisting of an area that has been enclosed for some purpose;

n2
the act of enclosing something inside something else;

- syn. enclosing, envelopment, inclosure;

n3
a naturally enclosed space;

- syn. natural enclosure;

n4
something (usually a supporting document) that is enclosed in an envelope with a covering letter;

- syn. inclosure;

enclothe / ɛ n k ɫ oʊ ð , ɪ n k ɫ oʊ ð /
v1
provide with clothes or put clothes on;

- "Parents must feed and dress their child";

- syn. apparel, clothe, dress, fit out, garb, garment, habilitate, raiment, tog;

encode / ɛ n k oʊ d , ɪ n k oʊ d /
v1
convert information into code;

- "encode pictures digitally";

encoding / ɛ n k oʊ d ɪ ŋ , ɪ n k oʊ d ɪ ŋ /
n1
the activity of converting data or information into code;

- syn. encryption;

encolure
n1
the mane of a horse;

encomiastic / ɛ n k oʊ m ɪ æ s t ɪ k /
a1
formally expressing praise;

- syn. eulogistic, panegyric, panegyrical;

- sim. complimentary;

encomium / ɛ n k oʊ m ɪə m , ɪ n k oʊ m ɪə m /
n1
a formal expression of praise;

- syn. eulogy, paean, panegyric, pean;

encompass / ɛ n k ʌ m p ə s , ɪ n k ʌ m p ə s /
v1
include in scope;

- include as part of something broader;

- have as one's sphere or territory;

- "This group encompasses a wide range of people from different backgrounds";

- "this should cover everyone in the group";

- syn. comprehend, cover, embrace;

encompassing / ɛ n k ʌ m p ə s ɪ ŋ , ɪ n k ʌ m p ə s ɪ ŋ /
a1
broad in scope or content;

- "across-the-board pay increases";

- "an all-embracing definition";

- "blanket sanctions against human-rights violators";

- "an invention with broad applications";

- "a panoptic study of Soviet nationality"- T.G.Winner;

- "granted him wide powers";

- syn. across-the-board, all-embracing, all-encompassing, all-inclusive, blanket, broad, extensive, panoptic, wide;

- sim. comprehensive;

a2
closely encircling;

- "encompassing mountain ranges";

- "the surrounding countryside";

- syn. circumferent, surrounding;

- sim. close;

encompassment
n1
including entirely;

encopresis
n1
involuntary defecation not attributable to physical defects or illness;

encore / ɒ ŋ k ɔ , ɒ ŋ k ɔ ɹ /
n1
an extra or repeated performance;

- usually given in response to audience demand;

v1
request an encore, from a performer;

encounter / ɛ n k aʊ n t ə , ɛ n k aʊ n t ə ɹ , ɪ n k aʊ n t ə , ɪ n k aʊ n t ə ɹ /
n1
a minor short-term fight;

- syn. brush, clash, skirmish;

n2
a casual or unexpected convergence;

- "he still remembers their meeting in Paris";

- "there was a brief encounter in the hallway";

- syn. meeting;

n3
a casual meeting with a person or thing;

- syn. coming upon;

n4
a hostile disagreement face-to-face;

- syn. confrontation, face-off, showdown;

v1
come together;

- "I'll probably see you at the meeting";

- "How nice to see you again!";

- syn. come across, meet, run across, run into, see;

v2
come upon, as if by accident;

- meet with;

- "We find this idea in Plato";

- "I happened upon the most wonderful bakery not very far from here";

- "She chanced upon an interesting book in the bookstore the other day";

- syn. bump, chance, find, happen;

v3
be beset by;

- "The project ran into numerous financial difficulties";

- syn. run into;

v4
experience as a reaction;

- "My proposal met with much opposition";

- syn. meet, receive;

v5
contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle;

- "Princeton plays Yale this weekend";

- "Charlie likes to play Mary";

- syn. meet, play, take on;

encounter group
n1
a meeting of people to develop mutual understanding by freely expressing emotions;

encourage / ɛ n k ʌ ɹ ɪ dʒ , ɪ n k ʌ ɹ ɪ dʒ /
v1
contribute to the progress or growth of;

- "I am promoting the use of computers in the classroom";

- syn. advance, boost, further, promote;

v2
inspire with confidence;

- give hope or courage to;

v3
spur on;

- "His financial success encouraged him to look for a wife";

encouraged / ɛ n k ʌ ɹ ɪ dʒ d , ɪ n k ʌ ɹ ɪ dʒ d /
a1
inspired with confidence;

- "felt bucked up by his success";

- syn. bucked up;

- sim. pleased;

encouragement / ɛ n k ʌ ɹ ɪ dʒ m ə n t , ɪ n k ʌ ɹ ɪ dʒ m ə n t /
n1
the expression of approval and support;

n2
the act of giving hope or support to someone;

- syn. boost;

n3
the feeling of being encouraged;

encouraging / ɛ n k ʌ ɹ ɪ dʒ ɪ ŋ , ɪ n k ʌ ɹ ɪ dʒ ɪ ŋ /
a1
giving courage or confidence or hope;

- "encouraging advances in medical research";

- also helpful, hopeful, reassuring;

- sim. exhortative, heartening, promotive, rallying;

a2
furnishing support and encouragement;

- "the anxious child needs supporting and accepting treatment from the teacher";

- syn. supporting;

- sim. supportive;

encouragingly / ɛ n k ʌ ɹ ɪ dʒ ɪ ŋ ɫ i , ɪ n k ʌ ɹ ɪ dʒ ɪ ŋ ɫ i /
r1
in an encouraging manner;

- "`Go on,' he said encouragingly to his student";

encrimson / ɛ n k ɹ ɪ m z n /
v1
make crimson;

encroach / ɛ n k ɹ oʊ tʃ , ɪ n k ɹ oʊ tʃ /
v1
advance beyond the usual limit;

- syn. impinge, infringe;

v2
impinge or infringe upon;

- "This impinges on my rights as an individual";

- "This matter entrenches on other domains";

- syn. entrench, impinge, trench;

encroach upon
v1
to intrude upon, infringe, encroach on, violate;

- "This new colleague invades my territory";

- "The neighbors intrude on your privacy";

- syn. intrude on, invade, obtrude upon;

encroacher / ɛ n k ɹ oʊ tʃ ə , ɪ n k ɹ oʊ tʃ ə /
n1
someone who enters by force in order to conquer;

- syn. invader;

encroaching / ɛ n k ɹ oʊ tʃ ɪ ŋ , ɪ n k ɹ oʊ tʃ ɪ ŋ /
a1
gradually intrusive without right or permission;

- "we moved back from the encroaching tide";

- "invasive tourists";

- "trespassing hunters";

- syn. invasive, trespassing;

- sim. intrusive;

encroachment / ɛ n k ɹ oʊ tʃ m ə n t , ɪ n k ɹ oʊ tʃ m ə n t /
n1
any entry into an area not previously occupied;

- "an invasion of tourists";

- "an invasion of locusts";

- syn. intrusion, invasion;

n2
entry to another's property without right or permission;

- syn. intrusion, trespass, usurpation, violation;

n3
influencing strongly;

- "they resented the impingement of American values on European culture";

- syn. impact, impingement;

encrust / ɛ n k ɹ ʌ s t , ɪ n k ɹ ʌ s t /
v1
cover or coat with a crust;

- syn. incrust;

v2
decorate or cover lavishly (as with gems);

- syn. beset, incrust;

v3
form a crust or a hard layer;

- syn. incrust;

encrustation / ɛ n k ɹ ʌ s t eɪ ʃ n , ɪ n k ɹ ʌ s t eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the formation of a crust;

- syn. incrustation;

n2
a hard outer layer that covers something;

- syn. crust, incrustation;

n3
a decorative coating of contrasting material that is applied to a surface as an inlay or overlay;

- syn. incrustation;

encrusted / ɛ n k ɹ ʌ s t ɪ d , ɪ n k ɹ ʌ s t ɪ d /
a1
having a hardened crust as a covering;

- syn. crusted, crustlike, crusty;

- sim. covered;

encrypt
v1
convert ordinary language into code;

- "We should encode the message for security reasons";

- syn. cipher, code, cypher, encipher, inscribe, write in code;

encryption
n1
the activity of converting data or information into code;

- syn. encoding;

enculturation
n1
the adoption of the behavior patterns of the surrounding culture;

- "the socialization of children to the norms of their culture";

- syn. acculturation, socialisation, socialization;

encumber / ɛ n k ʌ m b ə , ɛ n k ʌ m b ə ɹ , ɪ n k ʌ m b ə , ɪ n k ʌ m b ə ɹ /
v1
restrict (someone or something) so as to make free movement difficult;

- syn. cumber, restrain;

encumbered / ɛ n k ʌ m b ə d , ɪ n k ʌ m b ə d /
a1
loaded to excess or impeded by a heavy load;

- "a summer resort...encumbered with great clapboard-and-stucco hotels"- A.J.Liebling;

- "a hiker encumbered with a heavy backpack";

- "an encumbered estate";

- sim. burdened, clogged, involved, mortgaged;

encumbrance / ɛ n k ʌ m b ɹ ə n s , ɪ n k ʌ m b ɹ ə n s /
n1
an onerous or difficult concern;

- "the burden of responsibility";

- "that's a load off my mind";

- syn. burden, incumbrance, load, onus;

n2
a charge against property (as a lien or mortgage);

- syn. incumbrance;

n3
any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome;

- syn. hinderance, hindrance, hitch, incumbrance, interference, preventative, preventive;

Encyclia
n1
large genus of epiphytic and lithophytic orchids of tropical and subtropical Americas and West Indies;

- formerly included in genus Epidendrum;

- syn. genus Encyclia;

Encyclia citrina
n1
Mexican epiphytic orchid with glaucous grey-green leaves and lemon- to golden-yellow flowers appearing only partially opened;

- sometimes placed in genus Cattleya;

- syn. Cattleya citrina, tulip orchid;

Encyclia tampensis
n1
orchid of Florida and the Bahamas having showy brightly colored flowers;

- sometimes placed in genus Epidendrum;

- syn. Epidendrum tampense, butterfly orchid;

Encyclia venosa
n1
Mexican epiphytic orchid having pale green or yellow-green flowers with white purple-veined lip;

- syn. Epidendrum venosum, butterfly orchid, butterfly orchis;

encyclical / ɛ n s ɪ k ɫ ɪ k ɫ , ɪ n s ɪ k ɫ ɪ k ɫ /
n1
a letter from the pope sent to all Roman Catholic bishops throughout the world;

- syn. encyclical letter;

a1
intended for wide distribution;

- "an encyclical letter";

- sim. distributed;

encyclical letter
n1
a letter from the pope sent to all Roman Catholic bishops throughout the world;

- syn. encyclical;

encyclopaedia / ɛ n s aɪ k ɫ ə p i d ɪə , ɪ n s aɪ k ɫ ə p i d ɪə /
n1
a reference work (often in several volumes) containing articles on various topics (often arranged in alphabetical order) dealing with the entire range of human knowledge or with some particular specialty;

- syn. cyclopaedia, cyclopedia, encyclopedia;

encyclopaedic / ɛ n s aɪ k ɫ ə p i d ɪ k , ɪ n s aɪ k ɫ ə p i d ɪ k /
a1
comprehensive in scope or content (as an encyclopedia);

- "encyclopedic knowledge";

- syn. encyclopedic;

- sim. comprehensive;

encyclopaedism / ɛ n s aɪ k ɫ oʊ p i d ɪ z ə m /
n1
profound scholarly knowledge;

- syn. encyclopedism, eruditeness, erudition, learnedness, learning, scholarship;

encyclopaedist / ɛ n s aɪ k ɫ oʊ p i d ɪ s t /
n1
a person who compiles information for encyclopedias;

- syn. encyclopedist;

encyclopedia / ɛ n s aɪ k ɫ ə p i d ɪə , ɪ n s aɪ k ɫ ə p i d ɪə /
n1
a reference work (often in several volumes) containing articles on various topics (often arranged in alphabetical order) dealing with the entire range of human knowledge or with some particular specialty;

- syn. cyclopaedia, cyclopedia, encyclopaedia;

encyclopedic / ɛ n s aɪ k ɫ ə p i d ɪ k , ɪ n s aɪ k ɫ ə p i d ɪ k /
a1
comprehensive in scope or content (as an encyclopedia);

- "encyclopedic knowledge";

- syn. encyclopaedic;

- sim. comprehensive;

encyclopedism / ɛ n s aɪ k ɫ oʊ p i d ɪ z ə m /
n1
profound scholarly knowledge;

- syn. encyclopaedism, eruditeness, erudition, learnedness, learning, scholarship;

encyclopedist / ɛ n s aɪ k ɫ oʊ p i d ɪ s t /
n1
a person who compiles information for encyclopedias;

- syn. encyclopaedist;

encysted
a1
enclosed in (or as if in) a cyst;

end / ɛ n d /
n1
either extremity of something that has length;

- "the end of the pier";

- "she knotted the end of the thread";

- "they rode to the end of the line";

- "the terminals of the anterior arches of the fornix";

- syn. terminal;

n2
the point in time at which something ends;

- "the end of the year";

- "the ending of warranty period";

- syn. ending;

n3
the final stage or concluding parts of an event or occurrence;

- "the end was exciting";

- "I had to miss the last of the movie";

- syn. last;

n4
the state of affairs that a plan is intended to achieve and that (when achieved) terminates behavior intended to achieve it;

- "the ends justify the means";

- syn. goal;

n5
a final part or section;

- "we have given it at the end of the section since it involves the calculus";

- "Start at the beginning and go on until you come to the end";

n6
a final state;

- "he came to a bad end";

- "the so-called glorious experiment came to an inglorious end";

- syn. death, destruction;

n7
the surface at either extremity of a three-dimensional object;

- "one end of the box was marked `This side up'";

n8
(football) the person who plays at one end of the line of scrimmage;

- "the end managed to hold onto the pass";

n9
a boundary marking the extremities of something;

- "the end of town";

n10
one of two places from which people are communicating to each other;

- "the phone rang at the other end";

- "both ends wrote at the same time";

n11
the part you are expected to play;

- "he held up his end";

n12
the last section of a communication;

- "in conclusion I want to say...";

- syn. close, closing, conclusion, ending;

n13
a piece of cloth that is left over after the rest has been used or sold;

- syn. oddment, remainder, remnant;

n14
(American football) a position on the line of scrimmage;

- "no one wanted to play end";

v1
have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense;

- either spatial or metaphorical;

- "the bronchioles terminate in a capillary bed";

- "Your rights stop where you infringe upon the rights of other";

- "My property ends by the bushes";

- "The symphony ends in a pianissimo";

- syn. cease, finish, stop, terminate;

v2
bring to an end or halt;

- "She ended their friendship when she found out that he had once been convicted of a crime";

- "The attack on Poland terminated the relatively peaceful period after WW I";

- syn. terminate;

v3
be the end of;

- be the last or concluding part of;

- "This sad scene ended the movie";

- syn. terminate;

v4
put an end to;

- "The terrible news ended our hopes that he had survived";

end-all / ɛ n d ɔ ɫ /
n1
the ultimate goal;

- "human beings are not the end-all of evolution";

end-plate
n1
the flattened end of a motor neuron that transmits neural impulses to a muscle;

- syn. endplate, motor end plate;

end-rhymed
a1
rhymed on the terminal syllables of the verses;

- sim. rhymed;

end-stopped
a1
(verse) having a rhetorical pause at the end of each line;

end-to-end
a1
with the end of one object in contact lengthwise with the end of another object;

- sim. lengthwise;

r1
from first to last;

- "the play was excellent end-to-end";

- syn. throughout;

end game
n1
the final stages of an extended process of negotiation;

- "the diplomatic endgame";

- syn. endgame;

n2
the final stages of a chess game after most of the pieces have been removed from the board;

- syn. endgame;

end man
n1
a man at one end of line of performers in a minstrel show;

- carries on humorous dialogue with the interlocutor;

- syn. corner man;

n2
a man at one end of a row of people;

end matter
n1
written matter following the main text of a book;

- syn. back matter;

end of the world
n1
(New Testament) day at the end of time following Armageddon when God will decree the fates of all individual humans according to the good and evil of their earthly lives;

- syn. Day of Judgement, Day of Judgment, Doomsday, Judgement Day, Judgment Day, Last Day, Last Judgement, Last Judgment, crack of doom, day of reckoning, doomsday, eschaton;

n2
an unpleasant or disastrous destiny;

- "everyone was aware of the approaching doom but was helpless to avoid it";

- "that's unfortunate but it isn't the end of the world";

- syn. day of reckoning, doom, doomsday;

end on
r1
with the end forward or toward the observer;

- "houses built endways";

- syn. endways, endwise;

end organ
n1
a specialized structure at the peripheral end of some motor or sensory nerve fibers;

end point
n1
a place where something ends or is complete;

- syn. endpoint, termination, terminus;

n2
the final point in a process;

- syn. resultant;

end product
n1
final product;

- the things produced;

- syn. output;

end run
n1
(American football) an attempt to advance the ball by running around the end of the line;

- syn. sweep;

end up
v1
finally be or do something;

- "He ended up marrying his high school sweetheart";

- "he wound up being unemployed and living at home again";

- syn. fetch up, finish, finish up, land up, wind up;

end user
n1
the ultimate user for which something is intended;

endaemonism
n1
an ethical system that evaluates actions by reference to personal well-being through a life based on reason;

- syn. eudemonism;

endameba
n1
any ameba of the genus Endamoeba;

Endamoeba
n1
the type genus of the family Endamoebidae;

- syn. genus Endamoeba;

Endamoeba histolytica
n1
the parasitic ameba that causes amebic dysentery in human beings;

Endamoebidae
n1
a large family of endoparasitic amebas that invade the digestive tract;

- syn. family Endamoebidae;

endanger / ɛ n d eɪ n dʒ ə , ɛ n d eɪ n dʒ ə ɹ , ɪ n d eɪ n dʒ ə , ɪ n d eɪ n dʒ ə ɹ /
v1
pose a threat to;

- present a danger to;

- "The pollution is endangering the crops";

- syn. imperil, jeopardise, jeopardize, menace, peril, threaten;

v2
put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position;

- syn. expose, peril, queer, scupper;

endangered / ɛ n d eɪ n dʒ ə d , ɪ n d eɪ n dʒ ə d /
a1
(of flora or fauna) in imminent danger of extinction;

- "an endangered species";

- sim. vulnerable;

endangered species
n1
a species whose numbers are so small that the species is at risk of extinction;

endangerment / ɛ n d eɪ n dʒ ə m ə n t , ɪ n d eɪ n dʒ ə m ə n t /
n1
a source of danger;

- a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune;

- "drinking alcohol is a health hazard";

- syn. hazard, jeopardy, peril, risk;

endarterectomy
n1
surgical removal of the inner lining of an artery that is clogged with atherosclerosis;

endarteritis
n1
inflammation of the inner lining of an artery;

endear / ɛ n d ɪə , ɛ n d ɪə ɹ , ɪ n d ɪə , ɪ n d ɪə ɹ /
v1
make attractive or lovable;

- "This behavior endeared her to me";

endearing / ɛ n d ɪə ɹ ɪ ŋ , ɪ n d ɪə ɹ ɪ ŋ /
a1
lovable especially in a childlike or naive way;

- syn. adorable, lovely;

- sim. lovable;

endearingly / ɛ n d ɪə ɹ ɪ ŋ ɫ i , ɪ n d ɪə ɹ ɪ ŋ ɫ i /
r1
in an adorable manner;

- "the toddler behaved adorably";

- syn. adorably;

endearment / ɛ n d ɪə m ə n t , ɪ n d ɪə m ə n t /
n1
the act of showing affection;

endeavor / ɛ n d ɛ v ə , ɛ n d ɛ v ə ɹ , ɪ n d ɛ v ə , ɪ n d ɛ v ə ɹ /
n1
a purposeful or industrious undertaking (especially one that requires effort or boldness);

- "he had doubts about the whole enterprise";

- syn. endeavour, enterprise;

n2
earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something;

- "made an effort to cover all the reading material";

- "wished him luck in his endeavor";

- "she gave it a good try";

- syn. attempt, effort, endeavour, try;

v1
attempt by employing effort;

- "we endeavor to make our customers happy";

- syn. endeavour, strive;

endeavour / ɛ n d ɛ v ə , ɛ n d ɛ v ə ɹ , ɪ n d ɛ v ə , ɪ n d ɛ v ə ɹ /
n1
a purposeful or industrious undertaking (especially one that requires effort or boldness);

- "he had doubts about the whole enterprise";

- syn. endeavor, enterprise;

n2
earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something;

- "made an effort to cover all the reading material";

- "wished him luck in his endeavor";

- "she gave it a good try";

- syn. attempt, effort, endeavor, try;

v1
attempt by employing effort;

- "we endeavor to make our customers happy";

- syn. endeavor, strive;

Endecott
n1
born in England;

- in 1629 he became the founder of the Massachusetts Bay Colony (1588-1665);

- syn. Endicott, John Endecott, John Endicott;

ended / ɛ n d ɪ d /
a1
having come or been brought to a conclusion;

- "the harvesting was complete";

- "the affair is over, ended, finished";

- "the abruptly terminated interview";

- syn. all over, complete, concluded, over, terminated;

- sim. finished;

endemic / ɛ n d ɛ m ɪ k /
n1
a disease that is constantly present to a greater or lesser degree in people of a certain class or in people living in a particular location;

- syn. endemic disease;

n2
a plant that is native to a certain limited area;

- "it is an endemic found only this island";

a1
of or relating to a disease (or anything resembling a disease) constantly present to greater or lesser extent in a particular locality;

- "diseases endemic to the tropics";

- "endemic malaria";

- "food shortages and starvation are endemic in certain parts of the world";

- syn. endemical;

- sim. enzootic;

a2
native to or confined to a certain region;

- "the islands have a number of interesting endemic species";

a3
originating where it is found;

- "the autochthonal fauna of Australia includes the kangaroo";

- "autochthonous rocks and people and folktales";

- "endemic folkways";

- "the Ainu are indigenous to the northernmost islands of Japan";

- syn. autochthonal, autochthonic, autochthonous, indigenous;

- sim. native;

endemic disease
n1
a disease that is constantly present to a greater or lesser degree in people of a certain class or in people living in a particular location;

- syn. endemic;

endemic typhus
n1
acute infection caused by rickettsia and transmitted by the bite of an infected flea;

- characterized by fever and chills and muscle aches and a rash;

- syn. murine typhus, rat typhus, urban typhus;

endemical
a1
of or relating to a disease (or anything resembling a disease) constantly present to greater or lesser extent in a particular locality;

- "diseases endemic to the tropics";

- "endemic malaria";

- "food shortages and starvation are endemic in certain parts of the world";

- syn. endemic;

- sim. enzootic;

endemism
n1
nativeness by virtue of originating or occurring naturally (as in a particular place);

- syn. autochthony, indigenousness;

Enderby Land
n1
a region of Antarctica between Queen Maud Land and Wilkes Land;

- claimed by Australia;

endergonic
a1
(biochemistry) of a process accompanied by or requiring the absorption of energy;

- the products of the process are of greater free energy than the reactants;

- "photosynthesis is an endergonic process";

endermatic
a1
acting by absorption through the skin;

- "endermic ointment";

- syn. endermic;

endermic / ɛ n d ɝ m ɪ k /
a1
acting by absorption through the skin;

- "endermic ointment";

- syn. endermatic;

endgame
n1
the final stages of an extended process of negotiation;

- "the diplomatic endgame";

- syn. end game;

n2
the final stages of a chess game after most of the pieces have been removed from the board;

- syn. end game;

Endicott / ɛ n d ɪ k ɒ t /
n1
born in England;

- in 1629 he became the founder of the Massachusetts Bay Colony (1588-1665);

- syn. Endecott, John Endecott, John Endicott;

ending / ɛ n d ɪ ŋ /
n1
the end of a word (a suffix or inflectional ending or final morpheme);

- "I don't like words that have -ism as an ending";

- syn. termination;

n2
the act of ending something;

- "the termination of the agreement";

- syn. conclusion, termination;

n3
the point in time at which something ends;

- "the end of the year";

- "the ending of warranty period";

- syn. end;

n4
event whose occurrence ends something;

- "his death marked the ending of an era";

- "when these final episodes are broadcast it will be the finish of the show";

- syn. conclusion, finish;

n5
the last section of a communication;

- "in conclusion I want to say...";

- syn. close, closing, conclusion, end;

endive / ɛ n d ɪ v /
n1
widely cultivated herb with leaves valued as salad green;

- either curly serrated leaves or broad flat ones that are usually blanched;

- syn. Cichorium endivia, witloof;

n2
variety of endive having leaves with irregular frilled edges;

- syn. chicory escarole, escarole;

endless / ɛ n d ɫ ɪ s /
a1
tiresomely long;

- seemingly without end;

- "endless debates";

- "an endless conversation";

- "the wait seemed eternal";

- "eternal quarreling";

- "an interminable sermon";

- syn. eternal, interminable;

- sim. long;

a2
infinitely great in number;

- "endless waves";

- sim. infinite;

a3
having no known beginning and presumably no end;

- "the dateless rise and fall of the tides";

- "time is endless";

- "sempiternal truth";

- syn. dateless, sempiternal;

- sim. infinite;

a4
having the ends united so as to form a continuous whole;

- "an endless chain";

- sim. continuous;

endlessly / ɛ n d ɫ ɪ s ɫ i /
r1
continuing forever without end;

- "there are infinitely many possibilities";

- syn. infinitely;

r2
with unflagging resolve;

- "dance inspires him ceaselessly to strive higher and higher toward the shining pinnacle of perfection that is the goal of every artiste";

- syn. ceaselessly, continuously, incessantly, unceasingly, unendingly;

r3
(spatial sense) seeming to have no bounds;

- "the Nubian desert stretched out before them endlessly";

r4
all the time;

- seemingly without stopping;

- "a theological student with whom I argued interminably";

- "her nagging went on endlessly";

- syn. interminably;

endlessness / ɛ n d ɫ ə s n ə s /
n1
the property of being (or seeming to be) without end;

endoblast
n1
the inner germ layer that develops into the lining of the digestive and respiratory systems;

- syn. endoderm, entoblast, entoderm, hypoblast;

endocarditis
n1
inflammation of the endocardium and heart valves;

endocardium
n1
the membrane that lines the cavities of the heart and forms part of the heart valves;

endocarp
n1
the hard inner (usually woody) layer of the pericarp of some fruits (as peaches or plums or cherries or olives) that contains the seed;

- "you should remove the stones from prunes before cooking";

- syn. pit, stone;

endocentric
a1
fulfilling the grammatical role of one of its constituents;

- "when `three blind mice' serves as a noun it is an endocentric construction";

endocervicitis
n1
inflammation of the mucous lining of the uterine cervix;

endocranium
n1
membrane lining the inside of the skull;

endocrinal / ɛ n d oʊ k ɹ aɪ n ə ɫ /
a1
of or belonging to endocrine glands or their secretions;

- "endocrine system";

- syn. endocrine;

endocrine / ɛ n d oʊ k ɹ aɪ n /
n1
the secretion of an endocrine gland that is transmitted by the blood to the tissue on which it has a specific effect;

- syn. hormone, internal secretion;

n2
any of the glands of the endocrine system that secrete hormones directly into the bloodstream;

- syn. ductless gland, endocrine gland;

a1
of or belonging to endocrine glands or their secretions;

- "endocrine system";

- syn. endocrinal;

endocrine gland
n1
any of the glands of the endocrine system that secrete hormones directly into the bloodstream;

- syn. ductless gland, endocrine;

endocrine system
n1
the system of glands that produce endocrine secretions that help to control bodily metabolic activity;

endocrinologist / ɛ n d oʊ k ɹ aɪ n ɒ ɫ ə dʒ ɪ s t /
n1
physician who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of conditions affecting the endocrine system;

endocrinology / ɛ n d oʊ k ɹ aɪ n ɒ ɫ ə dʒ i /
n1
the branch of medicine dealing with the endocrine glands and their secretions;

endoderm
n1
the inner germ layer that develops into the lining of the digestive and respiratory systems;

- syn. endoblast, entoblast, entoderm, hypoblast;

endodontia
n1
the branch of dentistry dealing with diseases of the dental pulp;

- syn. endodontics;

endodontic
a1
of or relating to or involving or practicing endodontics;

- "an endodontic specialist";

endodontics
n1
the branch of dentistry dealing with diseases of the dental pulp;

- syn. endodontia;

endodontist
n1
a dentist specializing in diseases of the dental pulp and nerve;

endoergic
a1
(of a nuclear reaction) occurring with absorption of energy;

- syn. energy-absorbing;

- also endothermic;

endoergic reaction
n1
a nuclear reaction occurring with absorption of energy;

endogamic
a1
characterized by or fit for fertilization by pollen from another flower of the same kind;

- syn. endogamous;

a2
pertaining to or characterized by the custom of marrying only within the limits of a clan or tribe;

- syn. endogamous;

endogamous / ɛ n d ɒ ɡ ə m ə s /
a1
characterized by or fit for fertilization by pollen from another flower of the same kind;

- syn. endogamic;

a2
pertaining to or characterized by the custom of marrying only within the limits of a clan or tribe;

- syn. endogamic;

endogamy / ɛ n d ɒ ɡ ə m i /
n1
marriage within one's own tribe or group as required by custom or law;

- syn. inmarriage, intermarriage;

endogen
n1
a monocotyledonous flowering plant;

- the stem grows by deposits on its inside;

- syn. liliopsid, monocot, monocotyledon;

endogenetic
a1
of rocks formed or occurring beneath the surface of the earth;

- "endogenic rocks are not clastic";

- syn. endogenic;

- sim. integrative;

endogenic
a1
derived or originating internally;

- syn. endogenous;

a2
of rocks formed or occurring beneath the surface of the earth;

- "endogenic rocks are not clastic";

- syn. endogenetic;

- sim. integrative;

endogenous
a1
of or resembling an endogen;

a2
derived or originating internally;

- syn. endogenic;

endogenous depression
n1
a state of depression for which there is no apparent precipitating cause;

endogenously
r1
in an endogenous manner;

endogeny
n1
a geological phenomenon below the surface of the earth;

endolymph
n1
the bodily fluid that fills the membranous labyrinth of the inner ear;

endometrial
a1
of or relating to the endometrium;

endometrial cancer
n1
cancer of the uterine lining;

- syn. endometrial carcinoma;

endometrial carcinoma
n1
cancer of the uterine lining;

- syn. endometrial cancer;

endometriosis
n1
the presence of endometrium elsewhere than in the lining of the uterus;

- causes premenstrual pain and dysmenorrhea;

- syn. adenomyosis;

endometritis
n1
inflammation of the lining of the uterus (of the endometrium);

- syn. metritis;

endometrium
n1
(pregnancy) the mucous membrane that lines the uterus;

- thickens under hormonal control and (if pregnancy does not occur) is shed in menstruation;

- if pregnancy occurs it is shed along with the placenta at parturition;

endomorph
n1
a heavy person with a soft and rounded body;

endomorphic
a1
having a squat and fleshy build;

- "a pyknic practical joke";

- syn. pyknic;

- also fat;

endomorphy
n1
round, fat, and heavy;

- syn. pyknic type;

Endomycetales
n1
fungi having a zygote or a single cell developing directly into an ascus;

- syn. order Endomycetales;

endoneurium
n1
delicate connective tissue around individual nerve fibers in nerve;

endonuclease
n1
a nuclease that cleaves nucleic acids at interior bonds and so produces fragments of various sizes;

endoparasite
n1
any of various parasites that live in the internal organs of animals (especially intestinal worms);

- syn. endozoan, entoparasite, entozoan, entozoon;

endoparasitic
a1
of or relating to parasites that live in the internal organs of animals;

endoplasm
n1
the inner portion of the cytoplasm of a cell;

Endoprocta
n1
sometimes considered a subphylum of Bryozoa;

- syn. Entoprocta, phylum Entoprocta;

endorphin
n1
a neurochemical occurring naturally in the brain and having analgesic properties;

endorse / ɛ n d ɔ s , ɪ n d ɔ s /
v1
be behind;

- approve of;

- "He plumped for the Labor Party";

- "I backed Kennedy in 1960";

- syn. back, indorse, plump for, plunk for, support;

v2
give support or one's approval to;

- "I'll second that motion";

- "I can't back this plan";

- "endorse a new project";

- syn. back, indorse, second;

v3
guarantee as meeting a certain standard;

- "certified grade AAA meat";

- syn. certify, indorse;

v4
sign as evidence of legal transfer;

- "endorse cheques";

- syn. indorse;

endorsement / ɛ n d ɔ s m ə n t , ɪ n d ɔ s m ə n t /
n1
a promotional statement (as found on the dust jackets of books);

- "the author got all his friends to write blurbs for his book";

- syn. blurb, indorsement;

n2
a speech seconding a motion;

- "do I hear a second?";

- syn. indorsement, second, secondment;

n3
formal and explicit approval;

- "a Democrat usually gets the union's endorsement";

- syn. countenance, imprimatur, indorsement, sanction, warrant;

n4
a signature that validates something;

- "the cashier would not cash the check without an endorsement";

- syn. indorsement;

n5
the act of endorsing;

- "a star athlete can make a lot of money from endorsements";

- syn. indorsement;

endorsement in blank
n1
an endorsement on commercial paper naming no payee and so payable to the bearer;

- syn. blank endorsement;

endorser / ɛ n d ɔ s ə , ɪ n d ɔ s ə /
n1
someone who expresses strong approval;

- syn. indorser, ratifier, subscriber;

n2
a person who transfers his ownership interest in something by signing a check or negotiable security;

- syn. indorser;

endoscope
n1
a long slender medical instrument for examining the interior of a bodily organ or performing minor surgery;

endoscopic
a1
of or relating to endoscopy;

endoscopy
n1
visual examination of the interior of a hollow body organ by use of an endoscope;

endoskeleton
n1
the internal skeleton;

- bony and cartilaginous structure (especially of vertebrates);

endosperm
n1
nutritive tissue surrounding the embryo within seeds of flowering plants;

endospore
n1
a small asexual spore that develops inside the cell of some bacteria and algae;

endospore-forming bacteria
n1
a group of true bacteria;

endosteum
n1
vascular membrane that lines the inner surface of long bones;

endothelial
a1
of or relating to or located in the endothelium;

endothelial myeloma
n1
malignant tumor in bone marrow (usually in the pelvis or in long bones);

- syn. Ewing's sarcoma, Ewing's tumor, Ewing's tumour;

endothelium
n1
an epithelium of mesoblastic origin;

- a thin layer of flattened cells that lines the inside of some body cavities;

endothermal
a1
(of a chemical reaction or compound) occurring or formed with absorption of heat;

- syn. endothermic, heat-absorbing;

- also endoergic;

- sim. decalescent;

endothermic
a1
(of a chemical reaction or compound) occurring or formed with absorption of heat;

- syn. endothermal, heat-absorbing;

- also endoergic;

- sim. decalescent;

endothermic reaction
n1
a chemical reaction accompanied by the absorption of heat;

endotoxin
n1
a toxin that is confined inside the microorganisms and is released only when the microorganisms are broken down or die;

endotracheal tube
n1
a catheter that is inserted into the trachea through the mouth or nose in order to maintain an open air passage or to deliver oxygen or to permit the suctioning of mucus or to prevent aspiration of the stomach contents;

endovenous
a1
within or by means of a vein;

- "an intravenous inflammation";

- "intravenous feeding";

- syn. intravenous;

endow / ɛ n d aʊ , ɪ n d aʊ /
v1
give qualities or abilities to;

- syn. empower, endue, gift, indue, invest;

v2
furnish with an endowment;

- "When she got married, she got dowered";

- syn. dower;

endowed / ɛ n d aʊ d , ɪ n d aʊ d /
a1
provided or supplied or equipped with (especially as by inheritance or nature);

- "a well-endowed college";

- "endowed with good eyesight";

- "endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights";

- sim. dowered;

endowment / ɛ n d aʊ m ə n t , ɪ n d aʊ m ə n t /
n1
natural abilities or qualities;

- syn. gift, natural endowment, talent;

n2
the capital that provides income for an institution;

- syn. endowment fund;

n3
the act of endowing with a permanent source of income;

- "his generous endowment of the laboratory came just in the nick of time";

endowment fund
n1
the capital that provides income for an institution;

- syn. endowment;

endowment insurance
n1
life insurance for a specified amount which is payable to the insured person at the expiration of a certain period of time or to a designated beneficiary immediately upon the death of the insured;

endozoan
n1
any of various parasites that live in the internal organs of animals (especially intestinal worms);

- syn. endoparasite, entoparasite, entozoan, entozoon;

a1
of or relating to entozoa;

- syn. entozoan;

endozoic
a1
living within a living animal usually as a parasite;

- "entozoic worms";

- syn. entozoan, entozoic;

endplate / ɛ n d p ɫ eɪ t /
n1
the flattened end of a motor neuron that transmits neural impulses to a muscle;

- syn. end-plate, motor end plate;

endpoint / ɛ n d p ɔɪ n t /
n1
a place where something ends or is complete;

- syn. end point, termination, terminus;

endue / ɛ n d j u , ɪ n d j u /
v1
give qualities or abilities to;

- syn. empower, endow, gift, indue, invest;

endurable / ɛ n d j u ɹ ə b ɫ , ɪ n d j u ɹ ə b ɫ /
a1
capable of being borne though unpleasant;

- "sufferable punishment";

- syn. bearable, sufferable, supportable;

- sim. tolerable;

endurance / ɛ n d j ʊə ɹ ə n s , ɪ n d j ʊə ɹ ə n s /
n1
the power to withstand hardship or stress;

- "the marathon tests a runner's endurance";

n2
a state of surviving;

- remaining alive;

- syn. survival;

endurance contest
n1
any long and arduous undertaking;

- syn. marathon;

endurance riding
n1
riding for long hours over long distances;

endure / ɛ n d j ʊə , ɛ n d j ʊə ɹ , ɪ n d j ʊə , ɪ n d j ʊə ɹ /
v1
put up with something or somebody unpleasant;

- "I cannot bear his constant criticism";

- "The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks";

- "he learned to tolerate the heat";

- "She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage";

- syn. abide, bear, brook, digest, put up, stand, stick out, stomach, suffer, support, tolerate;

v2
face and withstand with courage;

- "She braved the elements";

- syn. brave, brave out, weather;

v3
continue to live and avoid dying;

- "We went without water and food for 3 days";

- "These superstitions survive in the backwaters of America";

- "The race car driver lived through several very serious accidents";

- "how long can a person last without food and water?" "One crash victim died, the other lived";

- syn. go, hold out, hold up, last, live, live on, survive;

v4
undergo or be subjected to;

- "He suffered the penalty";

- "Many saints suffered martyrdom";

- syn. suffer;

v5
last and be usable;

- "This dress wore well for almost ten years";

- syn. hold out, wear;

v6
persist for a specified period of time;

- "The bad weather lasted for three days";

- syn. last;

v7
continue to exist;

- "These stories die hard";

- "The legend of Elvis endures";

- syn. die hard, persist, prevail, run;

enduring / ɛ n d j ʊə ɹ ɪ ŋ , ɪ n d j ʊə ɹ ɪ ŋ /
a1
lasting a long time;

- "an abiding belief";

- "imperishable truths";

- syn. abiding, imperishable;

- sim. permanent;

a2
patiently bearing continual wrongs or trouble;

- "an enduring disposition";

- "a long-suffering and uncomplaining wife";

- syn. long-suffering;

- sim. patient;

enduringly / ɛ n d j ʊə ɹ ɪ ŋ ɫ i , ɪ n d j ʊə ɹ ɪ ŋ ɫ i /
r1
in an enduring manner;

- "Roman culture was enduringly fertilized";

enduringness / ɪ n d j ʊə ɹ ɪ ŋ n ɛ s /
n1
permanence by virtue of the power to resist stress or force;

- "they advertised the durability of their products";

- syn. durability, lastingness, strength;

endways / ɛ n d w eɪ z /
r1
on end or upright;

- "sticks leaning against the wall endways";

- syn. endwise;

r2
in or toward the direction of the ends;

- lengthwise;

- "endways pressure";

- syn. endwise;

r3
with the end forward or toward the observer;

- "houses built endways";

- syn. end on, endwise;

endwise / ɛ n d w aɪ z /
r1
on end or upright;

- "sticks leaning against the wall endways";

- syn. endways;

r2
in or toward the direction of the ends;

- lengthwise;

- "endways pressure";

- syn. endways;

r3
with the end forward or toward the observer;

- "houses built endways";

- syn. end on, endways;

ENE
n1
the compass point midway between northeast and east;

- syn. east northeast;

Enea Silvio Piccolomini
n1
Italian pope from 1458 to 1464 who is remembered for his unsuccessful attempt to lead a crusade against the Turks (1405-1464);

- syn. Aeneas Silvius, Pius II;

enema / ɛ n ɪ m ə /
n1
an injection of a liquid through the anus to stimulate evacuation;

- sometimes used for diagnostic purposes;

- syn. clyster;

enemy / ɛ n ə m i /
n1
an opposing military force;

- "the enemy attacked at dawn";

n2
an armed adversary (especially a member of an opposing military force);

- "a soldier must be prepared to kill his enemies";

- syn. foe, foeman, opposition;

n3
any hostile group of people;

- "he viewed lawyers as the real enemy";

n4
a personal enemy;

- "they had been political foes for years";

- syn. foe;

energetic / ɛ n ə dʒ ɛ t ɪ k /
a1
possessing or exerting or displaying energy;

- "an energetic fund raiser for the college";

- "an energetic group of hikers";

- "it caused an energetic chemical reaction";

- also active, dynamic, dynamical, enterprising, lively, spirited;

- sim. alert, canty, driving, high-energy, indefatigable, physical, strenuous, vigorous;

a2
working hard to promote an enterprise;

- syn. gumptious, industrious, up-and-coming;

- sim. enterprising;

energetically / ɛ n ə dʒ ɛ t ɪ k ɫ i /
r1
in an energetic manner;

energid
n1
a biological unit consisting of a nucleus and the body of cytoplasm with which it interacts;

- syn. protoplast;

energise
v1
raise to a higher energy level;

- "excite the atoms";

- syn. energize, excite;

v2
cause to be alert and energetic;

- "Coffee and tea stimulate me";

- "This herbal infusion doesn't stimulate";

- syn. arouse, brace, energize, perk up, stimulate;

energiser / ɛ n ə dʒ aɪ z ə /
n1
someone who imparts energy and vitality and spirit to other people;

- syn. animator, energizer, vitaliser, vitalizer;

n2
a device that supplies electrical energy;

- syn. energizer;

energising
a1
supplying motive force;

- "the complex civilization of which Rome was the kinetic center"- H.O.Taylor;

- syn. energizing, kinetic;

- sim. dynamic;

energize / ɛ n ə dʒ aɪ z /
v1
cause to be alert and energetic;

- "Coffee and tea stimulate me";

- "This herbal infusion doesn't stimulate";

- syn. arouse, brace, energise, perk up, stimulate;

v2
raise to a higher energy level;

- "excite the atoms";

- syn. energise, excite;

energizer / ɛ n ə dʒ aɪ z ə /
n1
someone who imparts energy and vitality and spirit to other people;

- syn. animator, energiser, vitaliser, vitalizer;

n2
a device that supplies electrical energy;

- syn. energiser;

energizing / ɛ n ə dʒ aɪ z ɪ ŋ /
n1
the activity of causing to have energy and be active;

- syn. activating, activation;

a1
supplying motive force;

- "the complex civilization of which Rome was the kinetic center"- H.O.Taylor;

- syn. energising, kinetic;

- sim. dynamic;

energy / ɛ n ə dʒ i /
n1
(physics) a thermodynamic quantity equivalent to the capacity of a physical system to do work;

- the units of energy are joules or ergs;

- "energy can take a wide variety of forms";

- syn. free energy;

n2
forceful exertion;

- "he plays tennis with great energy";

- "he's full of zip";

- syn. vigor, vigour, zip;

n3
enterprising or ambitious drive;

- "Europeans often laugh at American energy";

- syn. get-up-and-go, push;

n4
an imaginative lively style (especially style of writing);

- "his writing conveys great energy";

- "a remarkable muscularity of style";

- syn. muscularity, vigor, vigour, vim;

n5
a healthy capacity for vigorous activity;

- "jogging works off my excess energy";

- "he seemed full of vim and vigor";

- syn. vim, vitality;

n6
any source of usable power;

- "the DOE is responsible for maintaining the energy policy";

n7
the federal department responsible for maintaining a national energy policy of the United States;

- created in 1977;

- syn. DOE, Department of Energy, Energy Department;

energy-absorbing
a1
(of a nuclear reaction) occurring with absorption of energy;

- syn. endoergic;

- also endothermic, heat-absorbing;

energy-releasing
a1
(of a nuclear reaction) occurring with evolution or releasing of energy;

- syn. exoergic;

- also exothermic, heat-releasing;

a2
of or relating to catabolism;

- syn. destructive-metabolic;

- sim. catabolic;

energy-storing
a1
of or relating to anabolism;

- syn. constructive-metabolic;

- sim. anabolic;

Energy Department
n1
the federal department responsible for maintaining a national energy policy of the United States;

- created in 1977;

- syn. DOE, Department of Energy, Energy;

energy level
n1
a definite stable energy that a physical system can have;

- used especially of the state of electrons in atoms or molecules;

- "according to quantum theory only certain energy levels are possible";

- syn. energy state;

energy of activation
n1
the energy that an atomic system must acquire before a process (such as an emission or reaction) can occur;

- "catalysts are said to reduce the energy of activation during the transition phase of a reaction";

- syn. activation energy;

Energy Secretary
n1
the person who holds the secretaryship of the Department of Energy;

- "the first Secretary of Energy was James R. Schlesinger who was appointed by Carter";

- syn. Secretary of Energy;

n2
the position of the head of the Department of Energy;

- "the post of Energy Secretary was created in 1977";

- syn. Secretary of Energy;

energy state
n1
a definite stable energy that a physical system can have;

- used especially of the state of electrons in atoms or molecules;

- "according to quantum theory only certain energy levels are possible";

- syn. energy level;

energy unit
n1
a unit of measurement for work;

- syn. heat unit, work unit;

enervate / ɛ n ə v eɪ t /
v1
weaken mentally or morally;

v2
disturb the composure of;

- syn. faze, unnerve, unsettle;

enervated / ɛ n ə v eɪ t ɪ d /
a1
lacking energy or vitality;

- syn. adynamic, asthenic, debilitated;

- sim. weak;

enervating / ɛ n ə v eɪ t ɪ ŋ /
a1
causing debilitation;

- syn. debilitative, enfeebling, weakening;

- sim. debilitating;

enervation / ɛ n ɝ v eɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
lack of vitality;

- "an enervation of mind greater than any fatigue";

n2
serious weakening and loss of energy;

- syn. debilitation, enfeeblement, exhaustion;

n3
surgical removal of a nerve;

Enesco
n1
Romanian violinist and composer (1881-1955);

- syn. George Enescu, Georges Enesco;

Enets
n1
the Uralic language spoken by the Yeniseian;

- syn. Entsi, Entsy, Yenisei, Yenisei-Samoyed, Yeniseian;

enfant terrible / ɒ n f ɒ n t ɛr i b ɫ /
n1
a person whose unconventional behavior embarrasses others;

enfeeble / ɛ n f i b ɫ , ɪ n f i b ɫ /
v1
make weak;

- "Life in the camp drained him";

- syn. debilitate, drain;

enfeeblement / ɛ n f i b ɫ m ə n t , ɪ n f i b ɫ m ə n t /
n1
serious weakening and loss of energy;

- syn. debilitation, enervation, exhaustion;

enfeebling / ɛ n f i b ɫ ɪ ŋ , ɪ n f i b ɫ ɪ ŋ /
a1
causing debilitation;

- syn. debilitative, enervating, weakening;

- sim. debilitating;

enfeoff / ɛ n f ɛ f , ɪ n f ɛ f /
v1
put in possession of land in exchange for a pledge of service, in feudal society;

- "He enfeoffed his son-in-law with a large estate in Scotland";

enfeoffment / ɛ n f ɛ f m ə n t , ɪ n f ɛ f m ə n t /
n1
under the feudal system, the deed by which a person was given land in exchange for a pledge of service;

enfilade / ɛ n f ɪ ɫ eɪ d /
n1
gunfire directed along the length rather than the breadth of a formation;

- syn. enfilade fire;

v1
rake or be in a position to rake with gunfire in a lengthwise direction;

enfilade fire
n1
gunfire directed along the length rather than the breadth of a formation;

- syn. enfilade;

enflurane
n1
a nonflammable liquid (trade name Ethrane) used as an inhalation general anesthetic;

- syn. Ethrane;

enfold / ɛ n f oʊ ɫ d , ɪ n f oʊ ɫ d /
v1
enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering;

- "Fog enveloped the house";

- syn. enclose, envelop, enwrap, wrap;

enfolding / ɛ n f oʊ ɫ d ɪ ŋ , ɪ n f oʊ ɫ d ɪ ŋ /
n1
the action of enfolding something;

- syn. involution;

enforce / ɛ n f ɔ s , ɪ n f ɔ s /
v1
ensure observance of laws and rules;

- "Apply the rules to everyone";

- syn. apply, implement;

v2
compel to behave in a certain way;

- "Social relations impose courtesy";

- "duty constrains one to act often contrary to one's desires or inclinations";

- syn. constrain, impose;

enforceable / ɛ n f ɔ s ə b ɫ , ɪ n f ɔ s ə b ɫ /
a1
capable of being enforced;

enforced / ɛ n f ɔ s t , ɪ n f ɔ s t /
a1
forced or compelled or put in force;

- "a life of enforced inactivity";

- "enforced obedience";

- syn. implemented;

enforcement / ɛ n f ɔ s m ə n t , ɪ n f ɔ s m ə n t /
n1
the act of enforcing;

- ensuring observance of or obedience to;

enforcer / ɛ n f ɔ s ə , ɛ n f ɔ s ə ɹ , ɪ n f ɔ s ə , ɪ n f ɔ s ə ɹ /
n1
one whose job it is to execute unpleasant tasks for a superior;

- syn. hatchet man;

enfranchise / ɛ n f ɹ æ n tʃ aɪ z , ɪ n f ɹ æ n tʃ aɪ z /
v1
grant freedom to;

- as from slavery or servitude;

- "Slaves were enfranchised in the mid-19th century";

- syn. affranchise;

v2
grant voting rights;

enfranchised / ɛ n f ɹ æ n tʃ aɪ z d , ɪ n f ɹ æ n tʃ aɪ z d /
a1
endowed with the rights of citizenship especially the right to vote;

enfranchisement / ɛ n f ɹ æ n tʃ ɪ z m ə n t , ɪ n f ɹ æ n tʃ ɪ z m ə n t /
n1
freedom from political subjugation or servitude;

n2
a statutory right or privilege granted to a person or group by a government (especially the rights of citizenship and the right to vote);

- syn. franchise;

n3
the act of certifying or bestowing a franchise on;

- syn. certification;

engage / ɛ n ɡ eɪ dʒ , ɪ n ɡ eɪ dʒ /
v1
carry out or participate in an activity;

- be involved in;

- "She pursued many activities";

- "They engaged in a discussion";

- syn. prosecute, pursue;

v2
consume all of one's attention or time;

- "Her interest in butterflies absorbs her completely";

- syn. absorb, engross, occupy;

v3
engage or hire for work;

- "They hired two new secretaries in the department";

- "How many people has she employed?";

- syn. employ, hire;

v4
ask to represent;

- of legal counsel;

- "I'm retaining a lawyer";

v5
give to in marriage;

- syn. affiance, betroth, plight;

v6
get caught;

- "make sure the gear is engaged";

v7
carry on (wars, battles, or campaigns);

- "Napoleon and Hitler waged war against all of Europe";

- syn. wage;

v8
hire for work or assistance;

- "engage aid, help, services, or support";

- syn. enlist;

v9
engage for service under a term of contract;

- "We took an apartment on a quiet street";

- "Let's rent a car";

- "Shall we take a guide in Rome?";

- syn. charter, hire, lease, rent, take;

v10
keep engaged;

- "engaged the gears";

- syn. lock, mesh, operate;

engaged / ɛ n ɡ eɪ dʒ d , ɪ n ɡ eɪ dʒ d /
a1
having ones attention or mind or energy engaged;

- "she keeps herself fully occupied with volunteer activities";

- "deeply engaged in conversation";

- syn. occupied;

- sim. busy;

a2
involved in military hostilities;

- "the desperately engaged ships continued the fight";

- sim. involved;

a3
reserved in advance;

- syn. booked, set-aside;

- sim. reserved;

a4
(of facilities such as telephones or lavatories) unavailable for use by anyone else or indicating unavailability;

- (`engaged' is a British term for a busy telephone line);

- "her line is busy";

- "receptionists' telephones are always engaged";

- "the lavatory is in use";

- "kept getting a busy signal";

- syn. busy, in use;

- sim. occupied;

a5
(used of toothed parts or gears) interlocked and interacting;

- "the gears are engaged";

- "meshed gears";

- "intermeshed twin rotors";

- syn. intermeshed, meshed;

- sim. geared;

a6
having services contracted for;

- "the carpenter engaged (or employed) for the job is sick";

- sim. employed;

a7
built against or attached to a wall;

- "engaged columns";

- sim. connected;

engagement / ɛ n ɡ eɪ dʒ m ə n t , ɪ n ɡ eɪ dʒ m ə n t /
n1
a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war;

- "Grant won a decisive victory in the battle of Chickamauga";

- "he lost his romantic ideas about war when he got into a real engagement";

- syn. battle, conflict, fight;

n2
a meeting arranged in advance;

- "she asked how to avoid kissing at the end of a date";

- syn. appointment, date;

n3
a mutual promise to marry;

- syn. betrothal, troth;

n4
the act of giving someone a job;

- syn. employment;

n5
employment for performers or performing groups that lasts for a limited period of time;

- "the play had bookings throughout the summer";

- syn. booking;

n6
contact by fitting together;

- "the engagement of the clutch";

- "the meshing of gears";

- syn. interlocking, mesh, meshing;

n7
the act of sharing in the activities of a group;

- "the teacher tried to increase his students' engagement in class activities";

- syn. involution, involvement, participation;

engagement ring
n1
a ring given and worn as a sign of betrothal;

engaging / ɛ n ɡ eɪ dʒ ɪ ŋ , ɪ n ɡ eɪ dʒ ɪ ŋ /
a1
attracting or delighting;

- "an engaging frankness";

- "a piquant face with large appealing eyes";

- syn. piquant;

- sim. attractive;

engagingly / ɛ n ɡ eɪ dʒ ɪ ŋ ɫ i , ɪ n ɡ eɪ dʒ ɪ ŋ ɫ i /
r1
in an engaging manner;

- "she played the role engagingly";

- syn. winsomely;

Engelbert Humperdinck
n1
German composer of six operas and other incidental music (1854-1921);

- syn. Humperdinck;

Engelmann's spruce
n1
tall spruce of Rocky Mountains and British Columbia with blue-green needles and acutely conic crown;

- wood used for rough lumber and boxes;

- syn. Engelmann spruce, Picea engelmannii;

Engelmann spruce
n1
tall spruce of Rocky Mountains and British Columbia with blue-green needles and acutely conic crown;

- wood used for rough lumber and boxes;

- syn. Engelmann's spruce, Picea engelmannii;

engelmannia
n1
common erect hairy perennial of plains and prairies of southern and central United States having flowers that resemble sunflowers;

Engels / ɛ n dʒ ɛ ɫ z /
n1
socialist who wrote the Communist Manifesto with Karl Marx in 1848 (1820-1895);

- syn. Friedrich Engels;

engender / ɛ n dʒ ɛ n d ə , ɛ n dʒ ɛ n d ə ɹ , ɪ n dʒ ɛ n d ə , ɪ n dʒ ɛ n d ə ɹ /
v1
call forth;

- syn. breed, spawn;

v2
make (offspring) by reproduction;

- "Abraham begot Isaac";

- "John fathered four daughters";

- syn. beget, bring forth, father, generate, get, mother, sire;

engild
v1
decorate with, or as if with, gold leaf or liquid gold;

- syn. begild, gild;

engine / ɛ n dʒ ɪ n /
n1
motor that converts thermal energy to mechanical work;

n2
something used to achieve a purpose;

- "an engine of change";

n3
a wheeled vehicle consisting of a self-propelled engine that is used to draw trains along railway tracks;

- syn. locomotive, locomotive engine, railway locomotive;

n4
an instrument or machine that is used in warfare, such as a battering ram, catapult, artillery piece, etc.;

- "medieval engines of war";

engine block
n1
a metal casting containing the cylinders and cooling ducts of an engine;

- "the engine had to be replaced because the block was cracked";

- syn. block, cylinder block;

engine cooling system
n1
equipment in a motor vehicle that cools the engine;

- syn. cooling system;

engine driver
n1
the operator of a railway locomotive;

- syn. engineer, locomotive engineer, railroad engineer;

engine failure
n1
engine does not run;

engine room
n1
a room (as on a ship) in which the engine is located;

- syn. engineering;

engineer / ɛ n dʒ ɪ n ɪə , ɛ n dʒ ɪ n ɪə ɹ /
n1
a person who uses scientific knowledge to solve practical problems;

- syn. applied scientist, technologist;

n2
the operator of a railway locomotive;

- syn. engine driver, locomotive engineer, railroad engineer;

v1
design as an engineer;

- "He engineered the water supply project";

v2
plan and direct (a complex undertaking);

- "he masterminded the robbery";

- syn. direct, mastermind, orchestrate, organise, organize;

engineer's chain
n1
a unit of length (100 ft);

engineering / ɛ n dʒ ɪ n ɪə ɹ ɪ ŋ /
n1
the practical application of technical and scientific knowledge to commerce or industry;

n2
the discipline dealing with the art or science of applying scientific knowledge to practical problems;

- "he had trouble deciding which branch of engineering to study";

- syn. applied science, engineering science, technology;

n3
a room (as on a ship) in which the engine is located;

- syn. engine room;

engineering school
n1
a technical school offering instruction in many industrial arts and applied sciences;

- syn. polytechnic, polytechnic institute;

engineering science
n1
the discipline dealing with the art or science of applying scientific knowledge to practical problems;

- "he had trouble deciding which branch of engineering to study";

- syn. applied science, engineering, technology;

enginery / ɛ n dʒ ɪ n ə ɹ i /
n1
machinery consisting of engines collectively;

England / ɪ ŋ ɡ ɫ ə n d /
n1
a division of the United Kingdom;

English / ɪ ŋ ɡ ɫ ɪ ʃ /
n1
an Indo-European language belonging to the West Germanic branch;

- the official language of Britain and the United States and most of the commonwealth countries;

- syn. English language;

n2
the people of England;

- syn. English people;

n3
the discipline that studies the English language and literature;

n4
(sports) the spin given to a ball by striking it on one side or releasing it with a sharp twist;

- syn. side;

a1
of or relating to or characteristic of England or its culture or people;

- "English history";

- "the English landed aristocracy";

- "English literature";

a2
of or relating to the English language;

English-Gothic
n1
a Gothic style in 14th and 15th century England;

- characterized by vertical lines and a four-centered (Tudor) arch and fan vaulting;

- syn. English-Gothic architecture, perpendicular, perpendicular style;

English-Gothic architecture
n1
a Gothic style in 14th and 15th century England;

- characterized by vertical lines and a four-centered (Tudor) arch and fan vaulting;

- syn. English-Gothic, perpendicular, perpendicular style;

English-speaking
a1
able to communicate in English;

- sim. communicative;

English-weed
n1
South African bulbous wood sorrel with showy yellow flowers;

- syn. Bermuda buttercup, Oxalis cernua, Oxalis pes-caprae;

English bean
n1
Old World upright plant grown especially for its large flat edible seeds but also as fodder;

- syn. European bean, Vicia faba, broad-bean, broad-bean plant, broad bean, field bean;

English breakfast tea
n1
black tea grown in China;

- syn. congo, congou, congou tea;

English bulldog
n1
a sturdy thickset short-haired breed with a large head and strong undershot lower jaw;

- developed originally in England for bull baiting;

- syn. bulldog;

English cavalry saddle
n1
a saddle having a steel cantle and pommel and no horn;

- syn. English saddle;

English Channel
n1
an arm of the Atlantic Ocean that forms a channel between France and Britain;

English Civil War
n1
civil war in England between the Parliamentarians and the Royalists under Charles I;

- 1644-1648;

English cocker spaniel
n1
a small breed with wavy silky hair;

- originally developed in England;

- syn. cocker, cocker spaniel;

English concertina
n1
a concertina developed in England;

English daisy
n1
low-growing Eurasian plant with yellow central disc flowers and pinkish-white outer ray flowers;

- syn. Bellis perennis, common daisy;

English department
n1
the academic department responsible for teaching English and American literature;

- syn. department of English;

English elm
n1
broad spreading rough-leaved elm common throughout Europe and planted elsewhere;

- syn. European elm, Ulmus procera;

English foxhound
n1
an English breed slightly larger than the American foxhounds originally used to hunt in packs;

English hawthorn
n1
European hawthorn having deeply cleft leaves and bright red fruits;

- widely cultivated in many varieties and often grown as impenetrable hedges;

- established as an escape in eastern North America;

- syn. Crataegus monogyna;

n2
thorny Eurasian shrub of small tree having dense clusters of white to scarlet flowers followed by deep red berries;

- established as an escape in eastern North America;

- syn. Crataegus laevigata, Crataegus oxycantha, may, whitethorn;

English Hippocrates
n1
English physician (1624-1689);

- syn. Sydenham, Thomas Sydenham;

English horn
n1
a double-reed woodwind instrument similar to an oboe but lower in pitch;

- syn. cor anglais;

English iris
n1
bulbous iris native to the Pyrenees;

- widely cultivated for its large delicate flowers in various colors except yellow;

- syn. Iris xiphioides;

English ivy
n1
Old World vine with lobed evergreen leaves and black berrylike fruits;

- syn. Hedera helix, common ivy, ivy;

English lady crab
n1
crab of the English coasts;

- syn. Portunus puber;

English language
n1
an Indo-European language belonging to the West Germanic branch;

- the official language of Britain and the United States and most of the commonwealth countries;

- syn. English;

English lavender
n1
aromatic Mediterranean shrub widely cultivated for its lilac flowers which are dried and used in sachets;

- syn. Lavandula angustifolia, Lavandula officinalis;

English muffin
n1
round, raised muffin cooked on a griddle;

- usually split and toasted before being eaten;

English oak
n1
medium to large deciduous European oak having smooth leaves with rounded lobes;

- yields hard strong light-colored wood;

- syn. Quercus robur, common oak, pedunculate oak;

English people
n1
the people of England;

- syn. English;

English person
n1
a native or inhabitant of England;

English plantain
n1
an Old World plantain with long narrow ribbed leaves widely established in temperate regions;

- syn. Plantago lanceolata, buckthorn, narrow-leaved plantain, ribgrass, ribwort, ripple-grass;

English primrose
n1
plant of western and southern Europe widely cultivated for its pale yellow flowers;

- syn. Primula vulgaris;

English professor
n1
someone who teaches English;

- syn. English teacher;

English Revolution
n1
the revolution against James II;

- there was little armed resistance to William and Mary in England although battles were fought in Scotland and Ireland (1688-1689);

- syn. Bloodless Revolution, Glorious Revolution;

English runner bean
n1
long bean pods usually sliced into half-inch lengths;

- a favorite in Britain;

- syn. runner bean, scarlet runner, scarlet runner bean;

English ryegrass
n1
European perennial grass widely cultivated for pasture and hay and as a lawn grass;

- syn. Lolium perenne, perennial ryegrass;

English saddle
n1
a saddle having a steel cantle and pommel and no horn;

- syn. English cavalry saddle;

English setter
n1
an English breed having a plumed tail and a soft silky coat that is chiefly white;

English sole
n1
highly valued almost pure white flesh;

- syn. lemon sole;

n2
popular pale brown food flatfish of the Pacific coast of North America;

- syn. Parophrys vitulus, lemon sole;

English sonnet
n1
a sonnet consisting three quatrains and a concluding couplet in iambic pentameter with the rhyme pattern abab cdcd efef gg;

- syn. Elizabethan sonnet, Shakespearean sonnet;

English sparrow
n1
small hardy brown-and-grey bird native to Europe;

- syn. Passer domesticus, house sparrow;

English springer
n1
a breed having typically a black-and-white coat;

- syn. English springer spaniel;

English springer spaniel
n1
a breed having typically a black-and-white coat;

- syn. English springer;

English system
n1
a system of weights and measures based on the foot and pound and second and pint;

- syn. British Imperial System, British system;

English teacher
n1
someone who teaches English;

- syn. English professor;

English toy spaniel
n1
British breed having a long silky coat and rounded head with a short upturned muzzle;

English violet
n1
European violet typically having purple to white flowers;

- widely naturalized;

- syn. Viola odorata, garden violet, sweet violet;

English walnut
n1
Eurasian walnut valued for its large edible nut and its hard richly figured wood;

- widely cultivated;

- syn. Circassian walnut, English walnut tree, Juglans regia, Persian walnut;

n2
nut with a wrinkled two-lobed seed and hard but relatively thin shell;

- widely used in cooking;

English walnut tree
n1
Eurasian walnut valued for its large edible nut and its hard richly figured wood;

- widely cultivated;

- syn. Circassian walnut, English walnut, Juglans regia, Persian walnut;

English yew
n1
predominant yew in Europe;

- extraordinarily long-lived and slow growing;

- one of the oldest species in the world;

- syn. Old World yew, Taxus baccata;

Englishman / ɪ ŋ ɡ ɫ ɪ ʃ m ə n /
n1
a man who is a native or inhabitant of England;

Englishwoman / ɪ ŋ ɡ ɫ ɪ ʃ w ɪ m ɪ n , ɪ ŋ ɡ ɫ ɪ ʃ w ʊ m ə n /
n1
a woman who is a native or inhabitant of England;

englut
v1
overeat or eat immodestly;

- make a pig of oneself;

- "She stuffed herself at the dinner";

- "The kids binged on ice cream";

- syn. binge, engorge, glut, gorge, gormandise, gormandize, gourmandize, ingurgitate, overeat, overgorge, overindulge, pig out, satiate, scarf out, stuff;

engorge
v1
overeat or eat immodestly;

- make a pig of oneself;

- "She stuffed herself at the dinner";

- "The kids binged on ice cream";

- syn. binge, englut, glut, gorge, gormandise, gormandize, gourmandize, ingurgitate, overeat, overgorge, overindulge, pig out, satiate, scarf out, stuff;

engorged
a1
overfull as with blood;

- syn. congested;

- sim. full;

engorgement
n1
congestion with blood;

- "engorgement of the breast";

n2
eating ravenously or voraciously to satiation;

engraft / ɛ n ɡ ɹ ɑ f t , ɪ n ɡ ɹ ɑ f t /
v1
cause to grow together parts from different plants;

- "graft the cherry tree branch onto the plum tree";

- syn. graft, ingraft;

v2
fix or set securely or deeply;

- "He planted a knee in the back of his opponent";

- "The dentist implanted a tooth in the gum";

- syn. embed, imbed, implant, plant;

engram / ɛ n ɡ ɹ æ m /
n1
a postulated biochemical change (presumably in neural tissue) that represents a memory;

- syn. memory trace;

Engraulidae
n1
anchovies;

- syn. family Engraulidae;

Engraulis
n1
type genus of the family Engraulidae;

- syn. genus Engraulis;

Engraulis encrasicholus
n1
esteemed for its flavor;

- usually preserved or used for sauces and relishes;

- syn. mediterranean anchovy;

engrave / ɛ n ɡ ɹ eɪ v , ɪ n ɡ ɹ eɪ v /
v1
carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface;

- "engrave a pen";

- "engraved the trophy cup with the winner's name";

- "the lovers scratched their names into the bark of the tree";

- syn. grave, inscribe, scratch;

v2
impress or affect deeply;

- "The event engraved itself into her memory";

v3
carve or cut into a block used for printing or print from such a block;

- "engrave a letter";

- syn. etch;

v4
carve or cut a design or letters into;

- "engrave the pen with the owner's name";

- syn. etch;

engraved / ɛ n ɡ ɹ eɪ v d , ɪ n ɡ ɹ eɪ v d /
a1
cut or impressed into a surface;

- "an incised design";

- "engraved invitations";

- syn. etched, graven, incised, inscribed;

- sim. carved;

engraver / ɛ n ɡ ɹ eɪ v ə , ɛ n ɡ ɹ eɪ v ə ɹ , ɪ n ɡ ɹ eɪ v ə , ɪ n ɡ ɹ eɪ v ə ɹ /
n1
a skilled worker who can inscribe designs or writing onto a surface by carving or etching;

n2
a printmaker who prints from an engraved printing plate;

engraving / ɛ n ɡ ɹ eɪ v ɪ ŋ , ɪ n ɡ ɹ eɪ v ɪ ŋ /
n1
a print made from an engraving;

n2
a block or plate or other hard surface that has been engraved;

n3
making engraved or etched plates and printing designs from them;

- syn. etching;

engross / ɛ n ɡ ɹ oʊ s , ɪ n ɡ ɹ oʊ s /
v1
devote (oneself) fully to;

- "He immersed himself into his studies";

- syn. absorb, engulf, immerse, plunge, soak up, steep;

v2
consume all of one's attention or time;

- "Her interest in butterflies absorbs her completely";

- syn. absorb, engage, occupy;

engrossed / ɛ n ɡ ɹ oʊ s t , ɪ n ɡ ɹ oʊ s t /
a1
giving or marked by complete attention to;

- "that engrossed look or rapt delight";

- "enwrapped in dreams";

- "so intent on this fantastic...narrative that she hardly stirred"- Walter de la Mare;

- "rapt with wonder";

- "wrapped in thought";

- syn. absorbed, captive, enwrapped, intent, wrapped;

- sim. attentive;

a2
written formally in a large clear script, as a deed or other legal document;

- sim. written;

engrossing / ɛ n ɡ ɹ oʊ s ɪ ŋ , ɪ n ɡ ɹ oʊ s ɪ ŋ /
a1
capable of arousing and holding the attention;

- "a fascinating story";

- syn. absorbing, fascinating, gripping, riveting;

- sim. interesting;

engrossment / ɛ n ɡ ɹ oʊ s m ə n t , ɪ n ɡ ɹ oʊ s m ə n t /
n1
complete attention;

- intense mental effort;

- syn. absorption, concentration, immersion;

n2
the mental state of being preoccupied by something;

- syn. absorption, preoccupancy, preoccupation;

n3
the quality of being intent and concentrated;

- "the intentness of his gaze";

- syn. intentness;

engulf / ɛ n ɡ ʌ ɫ f , ɪ n ɡ ʌ ɫ f /
v1
devote (oneself) fully to;

- "He immersed himself into his studies";

- syn. absorb, engross, immerse, plunge, soak up, steep;

v2
flow over or cover completely;

- "The bright light engulfed him completely";

enhance / ɛ n h ɑ n s , ɪ n h ɑ n s /
v1
increase;

- "This will enhance your enjoyment";

- "heighten the tension";

- syn. heighten, raise;

v2
make better or more attractive;

- "This sauce will enhance the flavor of the meat";

enhanced / ɛ n h ɑ n s t , ɪ n h ɑ n s t /
a1
increased or intensified in value or beauty or quality;

- "her enhanced beauty was the result of a good night's sleep rather than makeup";

- "careful cleaning was responsible for the enhanced value of the painting";

- sim. increased;

enhancement / ɛ n h ɑ n s m ə n t , ɪ n h ɑ n s m ə n t /
n1
an improvement that makes something more agreeable;

- syn. sweetening;

enhancer / ɛ n h ɑ n s ə , ɛ n h ɑ n s ə ɹ , ɪ n h ɑ n s ə , ɪ n h ɑ n s ə ɹ /
n1
anything that serves by contrast to call attention to another thing's good qualities;

- "pretty girls like plain friends as foils";

- syn. foil;

enhancive / ɛ n h ɑ n s ɪ v , ɪ n h ɑ n s ɪ v /
a1
intensifying by augmentation and enhancement;

- syn. augmentative;

- sim. intensifying;

a2
serving an aesthetic purpose in beautifying the body;

- "cosmetic surgery";

- "enhansive makeup";

- syn. cosmetic;

- sim. aesthetic;

Enhydra
n1
sea otters;

- syn. genus Enhydra;

Enhydra lutris
n1
large marine otter of northern Pacific coasts having very thick dark brown fur;

- syn. sea otter;

Enid
n1
a town in north central Oklahoma;

enigma / ɛ n ɪ ɡ m ə , ɪ n ɪ ɡ m ə /
n1
something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained;

- "how it got out is a mystery";

- "it remains one of nature's secrets";

- syn. closed book, mystery, secret;

n2
a difficult problem;

- syn. brain-teaser, conundrum, riddle;

enigma canon
n1
a canon in which the entrances of successive parts were indicated by cryptic symbols and devices (popular in the 15th and 16th centuries);

- syn. enigmatic canon, enigmatical canon, riddle canon;

enigmatic / ɛ n ɪ ɡ m æ t ɪ k /
a1
not clear to the understanding;

- "I didn't grasp the meaning of that enigmatic comment until much later";

- "prophetic texts so enigmatic that their meaning has been disputed for centuries";

- syn. enigmatical, puzzling;

- sim. incomprehensible;

a2
resembling an oracle in obscurity of thought;

- "the oracular sayings of Victorian poets";

- "so enigmatic that priests might have to clarify it";

- "an enigmatic smile";

- syn. oracular;

- sim. ambiguous;

enigmatic canon
n1
a canon in which the entrances of successive parts were indicated by cryptic symbols and devices (popular in the 15th and 16th centuries);

- syn. enigma canon, enigmatical canon, riddle canon;

enigmatical / ɛ n ɪ ɡ m æ t ɪ k ə ɫ /
a1
not clear to the understanding;

- "I didn't grasp the meaning of that enigmatic comment until much later";

- "prophetic texts so enigmatic that their meaning has been disputed for centuries";

- syn. enigmatic, puzzling;

- sim. incomprehensible;

enigmatical canon
n1
a canon in which the entrances of successive parts were indicated by cryptic symbols and devices (popular in the 15th and 16th centuries);

- syn. enigma canon, enigmatic canon, riddle canon;

enigmatically / ɛ n ɪ ɡ m æ t ɪ k ɫ i /
r1
in a cryptic manner;

- "`we will meet again', he said cryptically";

- syn. cryptically, mysteriously;

Eniwetok
n1
an atoll in the Marshall Islands;

- site of an amphibious assault in World War II;

- later used temporarily by the United States to test atomic bombs;

n2
World War II (February 1944);

- American infantry landed and captured a Japanese stronghold;

enjambement
n1
the continuation of a syntactic unit from one line of verse into the next line without a pause;

- syn. enjambment;

enjambment / ɛ n dʒ æ m m ə n t , ɪ n dʒ æ m m ə n t /
n1
the continuation of a syntactic unit from one line of verse into the next line without a pause;

- syn. enjambement;

enjoin / ɛ n dʒ ɔɪ n , ɪ n dʒ ɔɪ n /
v1
issue an injunction;

v2
give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority;

- "I said to him to go home";

- "She ordered him to do the shopping";

- "The mother told the child to get dressed";

- syn. order, say, tell;

enjoining / ɛ n dʒ ɔɪ n ɪ ŋ , ɪ n dʒ ɔɪ n ɪ ŋ /
n1
(law) a judicial remedy issued in order to prohibit a party from doing or continuing to do a certain activity;

- "injunction were formerly obtained by writ but now by a judicial order";

- syn. cease and desist order, enjoinment, injunction;

enjoinment
n1
(law) a judicial remedy issued in order to prohibit a party from doing or continuing to do a certain activity;

- "injunction were formerly obtained by writ but now by a judicial order";

- syn. cease and desist order, enjoining, injunction;

enjoy / ɛ n dʒ ɔɪ , ɪ n dʒ ɔɪ /
v1
derive or receive pleasure from;

- get enjoyment from;

- take pleasure in;

- "She relished her fame and basked in her glory";

- syn. bask, relish, savor, savour;

v2
have benefit from;

- "enjoy privileges";

v3
get pleasure from;

- "I love cooking";

- syn. love;

v4
have for one's benefit;

- "The industry enjoyed a boom";

v5
take delight in;

- "he delights in his granddaughter";

- syn. delight, revel;

enjoyable / ɛ n dʒ ɔɪ ə b ɫ , ɪ n dʒ ɔɪ ə b ɫ /
a1
affording satisfaction or pleasure;

- "the company was enjoyable";

- "found her praise gratifying";

- "full of happiness and pleasurable excitement";

- "good printing makes a book more pleasurable to read";

- syn. gratifying, pleasurable;

- sim. pleasant;

enjoyableness / ɛ n dʒ ɔɪ ə b ɫ n ɪ s , ɪ n dʒ ɔɪ ə b ɫ n ɪ s /
n1
pleasantness resulting from something that can be enjoyed;

- "the enjoyableness of an afternoon at the beach";

enjoyably / ɛ n dʒ ɔɪ ə b ɫ i , ɪ n dʒ ɔɪ ə b ɫ i /
r1
in an enjoyable manner;

- "we spent a pleasantly lazy afternoon";

- syn. agreeably, pleasantly;

enjoyer / ɛ n dʒ ɔɪ ə , ɪ n dʒ ɔɪ ə /
n1
a person who delights in having or using or experiencing something;

enjoyment / ɛ n dʒ ɔɪ m ə n t , ɪ n dʒ ɔɪ m ə n t /
n1
the pleasure felt when having a good time;

n2
act of receiving pleasure from something;

- syn. delectation;

n3
(law) the exercise of the legal right to enjoy the benefits of owning property;

- "we were given the use of his boat";

- syn. use;

Enkaid
n1
antiarrhythmic drug (trade name Enkaid) used to treat life-threatening arrhythmias but increases the risk of sudden death in heart attack patients;

- syn. encainide;

enkephalin
n1
an endorphin having opiate qualities that occurs in the brain and spinal cord and elsewhere;

Enki
n1
water god and god of wisdom;

- counterpart of the Akkadian Ea;

Enkidu
n1
legendary friend of Gilgamish;

enkindle / ɛ n k ɪ n d ɫ , ɪ n k ɪ n d ɫ /
v1
cause to start burning;

- "The setting sun kindled the sky with oranges and reds";

- syn. conflagrate, inflame, kindle;

v2
call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses);

- "arouse pity";

- "raise a smile";

- "evoke sympathy";

- syn. arouse, elicit, evoke, fire, kindle, provoke, raise;

enkindled / ɛ n k ɪ n d ɫ d , ɪ n k ɪ n d ɫ d /
a1
set afire;

- "the ignited paper";

- "a kindled fire";

- syn. ignited, kindled;

- sim. lighted;

ENL
n1
an inflammatory complication of leprosy that results in painful skin lesions on the arms and legs and face;

- syn. erythema nodosum leprosum;

enlace / ɛ n ɫ eɪ s , ɪ n ɫ eɪ s /
v1
spin, wind, or twist together;

- "intertwine the ribbons";

- "Twine the threads into a rope";

- "intertwined hearts";

- syn. entwine, interlace, intertwine, lace, twine;

enlarge / ɛ n ɫ ɑ dʒ , ɪ n ɫ ɑ dʒ /
v1
make larger;

- "She enlarged the flower beds";

v2
make large;

- "blow up an image";

- syn. blow up, magnify;

v3
become larger or bigger;

v4
add details, as to an account or idea;

- clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing;

- "She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation";

- syn. dilate, elaborate, expand, expatiate, exposit, expound, flesh out, lucubrate;

enlarged / ɛ n ɫ ɑ dʒ d , ɪ n ɫ ɑ dʒ d /
a1
(of an organ or body part) excessively enlarged as a result of increased size in the constituent cells;

- "hypertrophied myocardial fibers";

- syn. hypertrophied;

a2
as of a photograph;

- made larger;

- "the enlarged photograph revealed many details";

- syn. blown-up;

- sim. large;

a3
larger than normal;

- "enlarged joints";

- sim. unhealthy;

a4
enlarged to an abnormal degree;

- "thick lenses exaggerated the size of her eyes";

- syn. exaggerated, magnified;

- sim. increased;

enlarged heart
n1
an abnormal enlargement of the heart;

- "mild cardiomegaly is common in athletes";

- syn. cardiomegaly, megacardia, megalocardia;

enlargement / ɛ n ɫ ɑ dʒ m ə n t , ɪ n ɫ ɑ dʒ m ə n t /
n1
the act of increasing (something) in size or volume or quantity or scope;

- syn. expansion;

n2
the state of being enlarged;

n3
a discussion that provides additional information;

- syn. elaboration, expansion;

n4
a photographic print that has been enlarged;

- syn. blowup, magnification;

enlarger / ɛ n ɫ ɑ dʒ ə , ɪ n ɫ ɑ dʒ ə /
n1
photographic equipment consisting of an optical projector used to enlarge a photograph;

enlighten / ɛ n ɫ aɪ t n , ɪ n ɫ aɪ t n /
v1
make understand;

- "Can you enlighten me--I don't understand this proposal";

- syn. edify;

v2
give spiritual insight to;

- in religion;

- syn. irradiate;

v3
make free from confusion or ambiguity;

- make clear;

- "Could you clarify these remarks?";

- "Clear up the question of who is at fault";

- syn. clear, clear up, crystalise, crystalize, crystallise, crystallize, elucidate, illuminate, shed light on, sort out, straighten out;

enlightened / ɛ n ɫ aɪ t n d , ɪ n ɫ aɪ t n d /
n1
people who have been introduced to the mysteries of some field or activity;

- "it is very familiar to the initiate";

- syn. initiate;

a1
having knowledge and spiritual insight;

- also educated, informed;

- sim. edified;

a2
characterized by full comprehension of the problem involved;

- "an educated guess";

- "an enlightened electorate";

- syn. educated;

- sim. informed;

enlightening / ɛ n ɫ aɪ t n ɪ ŋ , ɛ n ɫ aɪ t ŋ ɪ ŋ , ɪ n ɫ aɪ t n ɪ ŋ , ɪ n ɫ aɪ t ŋ ɪ ŋ /
a1
tending to increase knowledge or dissipate ignorance;

- "an enlightening glimpse of government in action";

- "an illuminating lecture";

- syn. illuminating, informative;

a2
enlightening or uplifting so as to encourage intellectual or moral improvement;

- "the paintings in the church served an edifying purpose even for those who could not read";

- syn. edifying;

enlightenment / ɛ n ɫ aɪ t n m ə n t , ɪ n ɫ aɪ t n m ə n t /
n1
education that results in understanding and the spread of knowledge;

n2
(Hinduism and Buddhism) the beatitude that transcends the cycle of reincarnation;

- characterized by the extinction of desire and suffering and individual consciousness;

- syn. nirvana;

n3
a movement in Europe from about 1650 until 1800 that advocated the use of reason and individualism instead of tradition and established doctrine;

- "the Enlightenment brought about many humanitarian reforms";

- syn. Age of Reason;

Enlil
n1
god of the air and king of the Sumerian gods;

- syn. En-lil;

enlist / ɛ n ɫ ɪ s t , ɪ n ɫ ɪ s t /
v1
join the military;

v2
hire for work or assistance;

- "engage aid, help, services, or support";

- syn. engage;

v3
engage somebody to enter the army;

- syn. draft, muster in;

enlisted man
n1
a male enlisted person in the armed forces;

enlisted officer
n1
a military officer appointed from enlisted personnel;

- syn. noncom, noncommissioned officer;

enlisted person
n1
a serviceman who ranks below a commissioned officer;

enlisted woman
n1
a female enlisted person in the armed forces;

enlistee / ɛ n ɫ ɪ s t i /
n1
any new member or supporter (as in the armed forces);

- syn. recruit;

enlisting / ɛ n ɫ ɪ s t ɪ ŋ , ɪ n ɫ ɪ s t ɪ ŋ /
n1
the act of getting recruits;

- enlisting people for the army (or for a job or a cause etc.);

- syn. recruitment;

enlistment / ɛ n ɫ ɪ s t m ə n t , ɪ n ɫ ɪ s t m ə n t /
n1
a period of time spent in military service;

- syn. duty tour, hitch, term of enlistment, tour, tour of duty;

n2
the act of enlisting (as in a military service);

enliven / ɛ n ɫ aɪ v n , ɪ n ɫ aɪ v n /
v1
heighten or intensify;

- "These paintings exalt the imagination";

- syn. animate, exalt, inspire, invigorate;

v2
make lively;

- "let's liven up this room a bit";

- syn. animate, invigorate, liven, liven up;

enlivened / ɛ n ɫ aɪ v n d , ɪ n ɫ aɪ v n d /
a1
made sprightly or cheerful;

- also lively;

- sim. perked up;

a2
made lively or spirited;

- "a meal enlivened by the music";

- "a spirited debate";

- syn. spirited;

- sim. animated;

enlivener / ɛ n ɫ aɪ v ŋ ə , ɪ n ɫ aɪ v ŋ ə /
n1
an agent that gives or restores life or vigor;

- "the soul is the quickener of the body";

- syn. invigorator, quickener;

enlivening / ɛ n ɫ aɪ v n ɪ ŋ , ɪ n ɫ aɪ v n ɪ ŋ /
a1
giving spirit and vivacity;

- syn. animating;

- sim. invigorating;

enmesh / ɛ n m ɛ ʃ , ɪ n m ɛ ʃ /
v1
entangle or catch in (or as if in) a mesh;

- syn. ensnarl, mesh;

enmeshed / ɛ n m ɛ ʃ t , ɪ n m ɛ ʃ t /
a1
caught as if in a mesh;

- "enmeshed in financial difficulties";

- syn. intermeshed;

- sim. tangled;

enmity / ɛ n m ɪ t i /
n1
a state of deep-seated ill-will;

- syn. antagonism, hostility;

n2
the feeling of a hostile person;

- "he could no longer contain his hostility";

- syn. hostility, ill will;

ennead
n1
the cardinal number that is the sum of eight and one;

- syn. 9, IX, Nina from Carolina, nine, niner;

ennoble / ɛ n oʊ b ɫ , ɪ n oʊ b ɫ /
v1
confer dignity or honor upon;

- "He was dignified with a title";

- syn. dignify;

v2
give a title to someone;

- make someone a member of the nobility;

- syn. entitle, gentle;

ennoblement / ɛ n oʊ b ɫ m ə n t , ɪ n oʊ b ɫ m ə n t /
n1
the state of being noble;

n2
the act of raising someone to the nobility;

ennobling / ɛ n oʊ b ɫ ɪ ŋ , ɪ n oʊ b ɫ ɪ ŋ /
a1
investing with dignity or honor;

- "the dignifying effect of his presence";

- "the ennobling influence of cultural surroundings";

- syn. dignifying;

- sim. noble;

a2
tending to exalt;

- "an exalting eulogy";

- "ennobling thoughts";

- syn. exalting;

- sim. inspiring;

ennui / ɒ n w i /
n1
the feeling of being bored by something tedious;

- syn. boredom, tedium;

enol
n1
an organic compound that contains a hydroxyl group bonded to a carbon atom which in turn is doubly bonded to another carbon atom;

enolic
a1
of or relating to or consisting of enol;

enologist
n1
a specialist in wine making;

- syn. fermentologist, oenologist;

enology
n1
the art of wine making;

- syn. oenology;

enophile
n1
someone who appreciates wine;

- syn. oenophile;

enormity / ɛ n ɔ m ɪ t i , ɪ n ɔ m ɪ t i /
n1
the quality of being outrageous;

- syn. outrageousness;

n2
vastness of size or extent;

- "in careful usage the noun enormity is not used to express the idea of great size";

- "universities recognized the enormity of their task";

n3
the quality of extreme wickedness;

n4
an act of extreme wickedness;

enormous / ɛ n ɔ m ə s , ɪ n ɔ m ə s /
a1
extraordinarily large in size or extent or amount or power or degree;

- "an enormous boulder";

- "enormous expenses";

- "tremendous sweeping plains";

- "a tremendous fact in human experience;

- that a whole civilization should be dependent on technology"- Walter Lippman;

- "a plane took off with a tremendous noise";

- syn. tremendous;

- sim. large;

enormously / ɛ n ɔ m ə s ɫ i , ɪ n ɔ m ə s ɫ i /
r1
extremely;

- "he was enormously popular";

- syn. hugely, staggeringly, tremendously;

enormousness / ɛ n ɔ m ə s n ə s , ɪ n ɔ m ə s n ə s /
n1
unusual largeness in size or extent or number;

- syn. grandness, greatness, immenseness, immensity, sizeableness, vastness, wideness;

enosis
n1
the union of Greece and Cyprus (which is the goal of a group of Greek Cypriots);

enough / ɛ n ʌ f , ɪ n ʌ f /
n1
an adequate quantity;

- a quantity that is large enough to achieve a purpose;

- "enough is as good as a feast";

- "there is more than a sufficiency of lawyers in this country";

- syn. sufficiency;

a1
sufficient for the purpose;

- "an adequate income";

- "the food was adequate";

- "enough food";

- "food enough";

- syn. adequate;

- sim. sufficient;

r1
as much as necessary;

- "Have I eaten enough?";

- (`plenty' is nonstandard) "I've had plenty, thanks";

- syn. plenty;

enounce / i n aʊ n s /
v1
speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way;

- "She pronounces French words in a funny way";

- "I cannot say `zip wire'";

- "Can the child sound out this complicated word?";

- syn. articulate, enunciate, pronounce, say, sound out;

Enovid
n1
trade name for an oral contraceptive containing mestranol and norethynodrel;

enplane / ɛ n p ɫ eɪ n /
v1
board a plane;

- syn. emplane;

enquire / ɛ n k w aɪ ə , ɛ n k w aɪ ə ɹ , ɪ n k w aɪ ə , ɪ n k w aɪ ə ɹ /
v1
address a question to and expect an answer from;

- "Ask your teacher about trigonometry";

- "The children asked me about their dead grandmother";

- "I inquired about their special today";

- "He had to ask directions several times";

- syn. ask, inquire;

v2
conduct an inquiry or investigation of;

- "The district attorney's office investigated reports of possible irregularities";

- "inquire into the disappearance of the rich old lady";

- syn. inquire, investigate;

v3
have a wish or desire to know something;

- "He wondered who had built this beautiful church";

- syn. inquire, wonder;

enquirer / ɛ n k w aɪ ə ɹ ə , ɛ n k w aɪ ə ɹ ə ɹ , ɪ n k w aɪ ə ɹ ə , ɪ n k w aɪ ə ɹ ə ɹ /
n1
someone who asks a question;

- syn. asker, inquirer, querier, questioner;

enquiringly / ɛ n k w aɪ ə ɹ ɪ ŋ ɫ i , ɪ n k w aɪ ə ɹ ɪ ŋ ɫ i /
r1
in an inquiring manner;

- "Tom Swift looked at his cabin mates inquiringly";

- syn. inquiringly;

enquiry / ɛ n k w aɪ ə ɹ i , ɪ n k w aɪ ə ɹ i /
n1
an instance of questioning;

- "there was a question about my training";

- "we made inquiries of all those who were present";

- syn. inquiry, interrogation, query, question;

n2
a search for knowledge;

- "their pottery deserves more research than it has received";

- syn. inquiry, research;

n3
a systematic investigation of a matter of public interest;

- syn. inquiry;

enrage / ɛ n ɹ eɪ dʒ , ɪ n ɹ eɪ dʒ /
v1
put into a rage;

- make violently angry;

enraged / ɛ n ɹ eɪ dʒ d , ɪ n ɹ eɪ dʒ d /
a1
marked by extreme anger;

- "the enraged bull attached";

- "furious about the accident";

- "a furious scowl";

- "infuriated onlookers charged the police who were beating the boy";

- "could not control the maddened crowd";

- syn. angered, furious, infuriated, maddened;

- sim. angry;

enragement
n1
a feeling of intense anger;

- syn. infuriation;

enrapture / ɛ n ɹ æ p tʃ ə , ɛ n ɹ æ p tʃ ə ɹ , ɪ n ɹ æ p tʃ ə , ɪ n ɹ æ p tʃ ə ɹ /
v1
hold spellbound;

- syn. delight, enchant, enthral, enthrall, ravish, transport;

enraptured / ɛ n ɹ æ p tʃ ə d , ɪ n ɹ æ p tʃ ə d /
a1
feeling great rapture or delight;

- syn. ecstatic, rapt, rapturous, rhapsodic;

- sim. joyous;

enrich / ɛ n ɹ ɪ tʃ , ɪ n ɹ ɪ tʃ /
v1
make better or improve in quality;

- "The experience enriched her understanding";

- "enriched foods";

v2
make wealthy or richer;

- "the oil boom enriched a lot of local people";

enrichment / ɛ n ɹ ɪ tʃ m ə n t , ɪ n ɹ ɪ tʃ m ə n t /
n1
act of making fuller or more meaningful or rewarding;

n2
a gift that significantly increases the recipient's wealth;

Enrico Caruso
n1
outstanding Italian operatic tenor (1873-1921);

- syn. Caruso;

Enrico Fermi
n1
Italian nuclear physicist (in the United States after 1939) who worked on artificial radioactivity caused by neutron bombardment and who headed the group that in 1942 produced the first controlled nuclear reaction (1901-1954);

- syn. Fermi;

enrobe / ɛ n ɹ oʊ b , ɪ n ɹ oʊ b /
v1
provide with a coating;

- "enrobe the nuts with chocolate";

v2
adorn with a robe;

enrol / ɛ n ɹ oʊ ɫ , ɪ n ɹ oʊ ɫ /
v1
register formally as a participant or member;

- "The party recruited many new members";

- syn. enroll, enter, inscribe, recruit;

enroll / ɛ n ɹ oʊ ɫ , ɪ n ɹ oʊ ɫ /
v1
register formally as a participant or member;

- "The party recruited many new members";

- syn. enrol, enter, inscribe, recruit;

enrollee / ɛ n ɹ oʊ ɫ l i /
n1
a person who enrolls in (or is enrolled in) a class or course of study;

enrollment / ɛ n ɹ oʊ ɫ m ə n t , ɪ n ɹ oʊ ɫ m ə n t /
n1
the act of enrolling;

- syn. enrolment, registration;

n2
the body of people (such as students) who register or enroll at the same time;

- syn. registration;

enrolment / ɛ n ɹ oʊ ɫ m ə n t , ɪ n ɹ oʊ ɫ m ə n t /
n1
the act of enrolling;

- syn. enrollment, registration;

ensconce / ɛ n s k ɒ n s , ɪ n s k ɒ n s /
v1
fix firmly;

- "He ensconced himself in the chair";

- syn. settle;

ensemble / ɒ n s ɒ m b ɫ /
n1
a group of musicians playing or singing together;

- "a string ensemble";

n2
a cast other than the principals;

- syn. supporting players;

n3
the chorus of a ballet company;

- syn. corps de ballet;

n4
an assemblage of parts or details (as in a work of art) considered as forming a whole;

- syn. tout ensemble;

n5
a coordinated outfit (set of clothing);

Ensete
n1
Old World tropical herbs: Abyssinian bananas;

- syn. genus Ensete;

Ensete ventricosum
n1
large evergreen arborescent herb having huge paddle-shaped leaves and bearing inedible fruit that resemble bananas but edible young flower shoots;

- sometimes placed in genus Musa;

- syn. Abyssinian banana, Ethiopian banana, Musa ensete;

enshrine / ɛ n ʃ ɹ aɪ n , ɪ n ʃ ɹ aɪ n /
v1
enclose in a shrine;

- "the saint's bones were enshrined in the cathedral";

- syn. shrine;

v2
hold sacred;

- syn. saint;

enshroud / ɛ n ʃ ɹ aʊ d , ɪ n ʃ ɹ aʊ d /
v1
cover as if with a shroud;

- "The origins of this civilization are shrouded in mystery";

- syn. cover, hide, shroud;

ensiform
a1
shaped like a sword blade;

- "the iris has an ensiform leaf";

- syn. bladelike, sword-shaped, swordlike;

- sim. simple;

ensiform leaf
n1
a sword-shaped leaf;

- as of iris;

ensign / ɛ n s ə n , ɛ n s aɪ n /
n1
a person who holds a commissioned rank in the United States Navy or the United States Coast Guard;

- below lieutenant junior grade;

n2
an emblem flown as a symbol of nationality;

- syn. national flag;

n3
colors flown by a ship to show its nationality;

ensilage / ɛ n s ɪ ɫ ɪ dʒ /
n1
fodder harvested while green and kept succulent by partial fermentation as in a silo;

- syn. silage;

ensile / ɛ n s aɪ ɫ /
v1
store in a silo;

- "ensile fodder for the cows";

Ensis
n1
razor clams;

- syn. genus Ensis;

ensky / ɛ n s k aɪ /
v1
exalt to the skies;

- lift to the skies or to heaven with praise;

enslave / ɛ n s ɫ eɪ v , ɪ n s ɫ eɪ v /
v1
make a slave of;

- bring into servitude;

enslavement / ɛ n s ɫ eɪ v m ə n t , ɪ n s ɫ eɪ v m ə n t /
n1
the state of being a slave;

- "So every bondman in his own hand bears the power to cancel his captivity"--Shakespeare;

- syn. captivity;

n2
the act of making slaves of your captives;

ensnare / ɛ n s n eə , ɛ n s n eə ɹ , ɪ n s n eə , ɪ n s n eə ɹ /
v1
take or catch as if in a snare or trap;

- "I was set up!";

- "The innocent man was framed by the police";

- syn. entrap, frame, set up;

v2
catch in or as if in a trap;

- "The men trap foxes";

- syn. entrap, snare, trammel, trap;

ensnarl
v1
entangle or catch in (or as if in) a mesh;

- syn. enmesh, mesh;

ensorcelled
a1
captured, as if under a spell;

- syn. bewitched;

- sim. enchanted;

ensuant
a1
occurring with or following as a consequence;

- "an excessive growth of bureaucracy, with attendant problems";

- "snags incidental to the changeover in management";

- "attendant circumstances";

- "the period of tension and consequent need for military preparedness";

- "the ensuant response to his appeal";

- "the resultant savings were considerable";

- "collateral target damage from a bombing run";

- syn. accompanying, attendant, collateral, concomitant, consequent, incidental, resultant, sequent;

- sim. subsequent;

ensue / ɛ n s j u , ɪ n s j u /
v1
issue or terminate (in a specified way, state, etc.);

- end;

- "result in tragedy";

- syn. result;

ensuing / ɛ n s j u ɪ ŋ , ɪ n s j u ɪ ŋ /
a1
following immediately and as a result of what went before;

- "ensuing events confirmed the prediction";

- sim. succeeding;

ensure / ɛ n ʃ ʊə , ɛ n ʃ ʊə ɹ , ɪ n ʃ ʊə , ɪ n ʃ ʊə ɹ /
v1
make certain of;

- "This nest egg will ensure a nice retirement for us";

- "Preparation will guarantee success!";

- syn. assure, guarantee, insure, secure;

v2
be careful or certain to do something;

- make certain of something;

- "He verified that the valves were closed";

- "See that the curtains are closed";

- "control the quality of the product";

- syn. ascertain, assure, check, control, insure, see, see to it;

ENT man
n1
a specialist in the disorders of the ear or nose or throat;

- syn. ear-nose-and-throat doctor, otolaryngologist, otorhinolaryngologist, rhinolaryngologist;

entablature / ɛ n t æ b ɫ ə tʃ ə /
n1
(architecture) the structure consisting of the part of a classical temple above the columns between a capital and the roof;

entail / ɛ n t eɪ ɫ , ɪ n t eɪ ɫ /
n1
land received by fee tail;

n2
the act of entailing property;

- the creation of a fee tail from a fee simple;

v1
have as a logical consequence;

- "The water shortage means that we have to stop taking long showers";

- syn. imply, mean;

v2
impose, involve, or imply as a necessary accompaniment or result;

- "What does this move entail?";

- syn. implicate;

v3
limit the inheritance of property to a specific class of heirs;

- syn. fee-tail;

entailment / ɛ n t eɪ ɫ m ə n t , ɪ n t eɪ ɫ m ə n t /
n1
something that is inferred (deduced or entailed or implied);

- "his resignation had political implications";

- syn. deduction, implication;

Entandrophragma
n1
cedar mahogany trees;

- syn. genus Entandrophragma;

Entandrophragma cylindricum
n1
African tree having rather lightweight cedar-scented wood varying in color from pink to reddish brown;

- syn. African scented mahogany, cedar mahogany, sapele mahogany;

entangle / ɛ n t æ ŋ ɡ ɫ , ɪ n t æ ŋ ɡ ɫ /
v1
entrap;

- "Our people should not be mired in the past";

- syn. mire;

v2
twist together or entwine into a confusing mass;

- "The child entangled the cord";

- syn. mat, snarl, tangle;

entangled / ɛ n t æ ŋ ɡ ɫ d , ɪ n t æ ŋ ɡ ɫ d /
a1
deeply involved especially in something complicated;

- "embroiled in the conflict";

- "felt unwilling entangled in their affairs";

- syn. embroiled;

- sim. involved;

a2
twisted together in a tangled mass;

- "toiled through entangled growths of mesquite";

- sim. tangled;

a3
involved in difficulties;

- sim. unfree;

entanglement / ɛ n t æ ŋ ɡ ɫ m ə n t , ɪ n t æ ŋ ɡ ɫ m ə n t /
n1
an intricate trap that entangles or ensnares its victim;

- syn. web;

entasis
n1
a slight convexity in the shaft of a column;

- compensates for the illusion of concavity that viewers experience when the sides are perfectly straight;

Entebbe
n1
a town in southern Uganda on Lake Victoria;

- site of an international airport (where in 1976 Israeli commandos rescued hostages held aboard a plane by Palestinian hijackers);

Entelea
n1
a genus of evergreen shrub that grows in New Zealand;

- syn. genus Entelea;

entelechy
n1
(Aristotle) the state of something that is fully realized;

- actuality as opposed to potentiality;

entellus
n1
langur of southern Asia;

- regarded as sacred in India;

- syn. Presbytes entellus, Semnopithecus entellus, hanuman;

entente / ɒ n t ɒ n t /
n1
an informal alliance between countries;

- syn. entente cordiale;

n2
a friendly understanding between political powers;

- syn. entente cordiale;

entente cordiale / ɒ n t ɒ n t k ɔ d ɪ ɑ ɫ /
n1
an informal alliance between countries;

- syn. entente;

n2
a friendly understanding between political powers;

- syn. entente;

enter / ɛ n t ə , ɛ n t ə ɹ /
v1
to come or go into;

- "the boat entered an area of shallow marshes";

- syn. come in, get in, get into, go in, go into, move into;

- also enter upon;

v2
become a participant;

- be involved in;

- "enter a race";

- "enter an agreement";

- "enter a drug treatment program";

- "enter negotiations";

- syn. participate;

v3
register formally as a participant or member;

- "The party recruited many new members";

- syn. enrol, enroll, inscribe, recruit;

v4
be or play a part of or in;

- "Elections figure prominently in every government program";

- "How do the elections figure in the current pattern of internal politics?";

- syn. figure;

v5
make a record of;

- set down in permanent form;

- syn. put down, record;

v6
come on stage;

v7
take on duties or office;

- "accede to the throne";

- syn. accede;

v8
put or introduce into something;

- "insert a picture into the text";

- syn. infix, insert, introduce;

v9
set out on (an enterprise or subject of study);

- "she embarked upon a new career";

- syn. embark;

enter upon
v1
take possession of;

- "She entered upon the estate of her rich relatives";

- syn. come upon, luck into;

enteral / ɛ n t ə ɹ ə ɫ /
a1
of or relating to the enteron;

- syn. enteric;

a2
of or relating to or inside the intestines;

- "intestinal disease";

- syn. enteric, intestinal;

enteric / ɛ n t ɛr ɪ k /
a1
of or relating to the enteron;

- syn. enteral;

a2
of or relating to or inside the intestines;

- "intestinal disease";

- syn. enteral, intestinal;

enteric-coated aspirin
n1
aspirin that is treated to pass through the stomach unaltered and to dissolve in the intestines;

enteric bacteria
n1
rod-shaped Gram-negative bacteria;

- most occur normally or pathogenically in intestines of humans and other animals;

- syn. enterics, enterobacteria, entric;

enteric fever
n1
serious infection marked by intestinal inflammation and ulceration;

- caused by Salmonella typhosa ingested with food or water;

- syn. typhoid, typhoid fever;

enterics
n1
rod-shaped Gram-negative bacteria;

- most occur normally or pathogenically in intestines of humans and other animals;

- syn. enteric bacteria, enterobacteria, entric;

entering / ɛ n t ə ɹ ɪ ŋ /
n1
a movement into or inward;

- syn. entrance;

n2
the act of entering;

- "she made a grand entrance";

- syn. entrance, entry, incoming, ingress;

enteritis / ɛ n t ə ɹ aɪ t ɪ s /
n1
inflammation of the intestine (especially the small intestine);

- usually characterized by diarrhea;

enterobacteria
n1
rod-shaped Gram-negative bacteria;

- most occur normally or pathogenically in intestines of humans and other animals;

- syn. enteric bacteria, enterics, entric;

Enterobacteriaceae
n1
a large family of Gram-negative rod-shaped bacteria of the order Eubacteriales;

- syn. family Enterobacteriaceae;

enterobiasis
n1
an infestation with or a resulting infection caused by the pinworm Enterobius vermicularis;

- occurs especially in children;

Enterobius
n1
pinworms;

- syn. genus Enterobius;

Enterobius vermicularis
n1
small threadlike worm infesting human intestines and rectum especially in children;

- syn. pinworm, threadworm;

enteroceptor
n1
any receptor that responds to stimuli inside the body;

- syn. interoceptor;

enterokinase
n1
enzyme in the intestinal juice that converts inactive trypsinogen into active trypsin;

enterolith
n1
a calculus occurring in the intestines;

enterolithiasis
n1
the presence of calculi in the intestines;

Enterolobium
n1
small genus of tropical American timber trees closely allied to genus Albizia;

- syn. genus Enterolobium;

Enterolobium cyclocarpa
n1
tropical South American tree having a wide-spreading crown of bipinnate leaves and coiled ear-shaped fruits;

- grown for shade and ornament as well as valuable timber;

- syn. conacaste, elephant's ear;

enteron
n1
the alimentary canal (especially of an embryo or a coelenterate);

enteropathy
n1
a disease of the intestinal tract;

enteroptosis
n1
an abnormally downward position of the intestines in the abdominal cavity;

enterostenosis
n1
abnormal narrowing of the intestine;

enterostomy
n1
surgical operation that creates a permanent opening through the abdominal wall into the intestine;

- syn. enterotomy;

enterotomy / ɛ n t ə ɹ ɒ t ə m i /
n1
surgical operation that creates a permanent opening through the abdominal wall into the intestine;

- syn. enterostomy;

enterotoxemia
n1
a disease of cattle and sheep that is attributed to toxins absorbed from the intestines;

enterotoxin
n1
a cytotoxin specific for the cells of the intestinal mucosa;

enterovirus
n1
any of a group of picornaviruses that infect the gastrointestinal tract and can spread to other areas (especially the nervous system);

enterprise / ɛ n t ə p ɹ aɪ z /
n1
a purposeful or industrious undertaking (especially one that requires effort or boldness);

- "he had doubts about the whole enterprise";

- syn. endeavor, endeavour;

n2
an organization created for business ventures;

- "a growing enterprise must have a bold leader";

n3
readiness to embark on bold new ventures;

- syn. enterprisingness, go-ahead, initiative;

enterprise zone
n1
a city district where development receives special tax advantages;

enterpriser / ɛ n t ə p ɹ aɪ z ə , ɛ n t ə p ɹ aɪ z ə ɹ /
n1
someone who organizes a business venture and assumes the risk for it;

- syn. entrepreneur;

enterprising / ɛ n t ə p ɹ aɪ z ɪ ŋ /
a1
marked by imagination, initiative, and readiness to undertake new projects;

- "an enterprising foreign policy";

- "an enterprising young man likely to go far";

- also adventuresome, adventurous, ambitious, energetic;

- sim. energetic, entrepreneurial;

enterprisingly / ɛ n t ə p ɹ aɪ z ɪ ŋ ɫ i /
r1
in an enterprising manner;

- "`Let's go up that mountain,' she said enterprisingly";

enterprisingness
n1
readiness to embark on bold new ventures;

- syn. enterprise, go-ahead, initiative;

entertain / ɛ n t ə t eɪ n /
v1
provide entertainment for;

v2
take into consideration, have in view;

- "He entertained the notion of moving to South America";

- syn. flirt with, think about, think of, toy with;

v3
maintain (a theory, thoughts, or feelings);

- "bear a grudge";

- "entertain interesting notions";

- "harbor a resentment";

- syn. harbor, harbour, hold, nurse;

entertained / ɛ n t ə t eɪ n d /
a1
pleasantly occupied;

- "We are not amused" -Queen Victoria;

- syn. amused, diverted;

- sim. pleased;

entertainer / ɛ n t ə t eɪ n ə , ɛ n t ə t eɪ n ə ɹ /
n1
a person who tries to please or amuse;

entertaining / ɛ n t ə t eɪ n ɪ ŋ /
a1
agreeably diverting;

- "an entertaining puppet show";

- "films should be entertaining";

- sim. interesting;

entertainingly / ɛ n t ə t eɪ n ɪ ŋ ɫ i /
r1
in an entertaining manner;

- "Byron's consumed memoirs possessed the merit of being well and entertainingly written";

entertainment / ɛ n t ə t eɪ n m ə n t /
n1
an activity that is diverting and that holds the attention;

- syn. amusement;

entertainment center
n1
a wall unit containing sound and television systems;

entertainment deduction
n1
deduction allowed for some (limited) kinds of entertainment for business purposes;

entertainment industry
n1
those involved in providing entertainment: radio and television and films and theater;

- syn. show biz, show business;

enthalpy / ɛ n θ ʌ ɫ p i /
n1
(thermodynamics) a thermodynamic quantity equal to the internal energy of a system plus the product of its volume and pressure;

- "enthalpy is the amount of energy in a system capable of doing mechanical work";

- syn. H, heat content, total heat;

enthral / ɛ n θ ɹ ɔ ɫ , ɪ n θ ɹ ɔ ɫ /
v1
hold spellbound;

- syn. delight, enchant, enrapture, enthrall, ravish, transport;

enthrall / ɛ n θ ɹ ɔ ɫ , ɪ n θ ɹ ɔ ɫ /
v1
hold spellbound;

- syn. delight, enchant, enrapture, enthral, ravish, transport;

enthralled / ɛ n θ ɹ ɔ ɫ d , ɪ n θ ɹ ɔ ɫ d /
a1
filled with wonder and delight;

- syn. beguiled, captivated, charmed, delighted, entranced;

- sim. enchanted;

enthralling / ɛ n θ ɹ ɔ ɫ ɪ ŋ , ɪ n θ ɹ ɔ ɫ ɪ ŋ /
a1
capturing interest as if by a spell;

- "bewitching smile";

- "Roosevelt was a captivating speaker";

- "enchanting music";

- "an enthralling book";

- "antique papers of entrancing design";

- "a fascinating woman";

- syn. bewitching, captivating, enchanting, entrancing, fascinating;

- sim. attractive;

enthrallingly / ɛ n θ ɹ ɔ ɫ ɪ ŋ ɫ i , ɪ n θ ɹ ɔ ɫ ɪ ŋ ɫ i /
r1
in a bewitching manner;

- "she was bewitchingly beautiful";

- syn. bewitchingly, captivatingly, enchantingly;

enthrallment
n1
a feeling of great liking for something wonderful and unusual;

- syn. captivation, enchantment, fascination;

enthrone / ɛ n θ ɹ oʊ n , ɪ n θ ɹ oʊ n /
v1
provide with power and authority;

- "They vested the council with special rights";

- syn. invest, vest;

v2
put a monarch on the throne;

- "The Queen was enthroned more than 50 years ago";

- syn. throne;

enthronement / ɛ n θ ɹ oʊ n m ə n t , ɪ n θ ɹ oʊ n m ə n t /
n1
the ceremony of installing a new monarch;

- syn. coronation, enthronisation, enthronization, investiture;

enthronisation
n1
the ceremony of installing a new monarch;

- syn. coronation, enthronement, enthronization, investiture;

enthronization
n1
the ceremony of installing a new monarch;

- syn. coronation, enthronement, enthronisation, investiture;

enthuse / ɛ n θ j u z , ɪ n θ j u z /
v1
cause to feel enthusiasm;

v2
utter with enthusiasm;

enthusiasm / ɛ n θ j u z ɪ æ z ə m , ɪ n θ j u z ɪ æ z ə m /
n1
a feeling of excitement;

n2
overflowing with eager enjoyment or approval;

- syn. ebullience, exuberance;

n3
a lively interest;

- "enthusiasm for his program is growing";

enthusiast / ɛ n θ j u z ɪ æ s t , ɪ n θ j u z ɪ æ s t /
n1
an ardent and enthusiastic supporter of some person or activity;

- syn. partisan, partizan;

n2
a person having a strong liking for something;

- syn. fancier;

enthusiastic / ɛ n θ j u z ɪ æ s t ɪ k , ɪ n θ j u z ɪ æ s t ɪ k /
a1
having or showing great excitement and interest;

- "enthusiastic crowds filled the streets";

- "an enthusiastic response";

- "was enthusiastic about taking ballet lessons";

- also passionate, spirited;

- sim. ardent, avid, crazy, evangelical, glowing, gung ho, overenthusiastic;

enthusiastically / ɛ n θ j u z ɪ æ s t ɪ k ɫ i , ɪ n θ j u z ɪ æ s t ɪ k ɫ i /
r1
with enthusiasm;

- in an enthusiastic manner;

- "they discussed the question enthusiastically";

r2
in a lavish or enthusiastic manner;

- "he extolled her virtues sky-high";

- syn. sky-high;

entice / ɛ n t aɪ s , ɪ n t aɪ s /
v1
provoke someone to do something through (often false or exaggerated) promises or persuasion;

- "He lured me into temptation";

- syn. lure, tempt;

enticement / ɛ n t aɪ s m ə n t , ɪ n t aɪ s m ə n t /
n1
something that seduces or has the quality to seduce;

- syn. temptation;

n2
qualities that attract by seeming to promise some kind of reward;

- syn. come-on, lure;

n3
the act of influencing by exciting hope or desire;

- "his enticements were shameless";

- syn. temptation;

enticing / ɛ n t aɪ s ɪ ŋ , ɪ n t aɪ s ɪ ŋ /
a1
highly attractive and able to arouse hope or desire;

- "an alluring prospect";

- "her alluring smile";

- "the voice was low and beguiling";

- "difficult to say no to an enticing advertisement";

- "a tempting invitation";

- syn. alluring, beguiling, tempting;

- sim. seductive;

entire / ɛ n t aɪ ə , ɛ n t aɪ ə ɹ , ɪ n t aɪ ə , ɪ n t aɪ ə ɹ /
n1
uncastrated adult male horse;

- syn. stallion;

a1
constituting the full quantity or extent;

- complete;

- "an entire town devastated by an earthquake";

- "gave full attention";

- "a total failure";

- syn. full, total;

- sim. whole;

a2
constituting the undiminished entirety;

- lacking nothing essential especially not damaged;

- "a local motion keepeth bodies integral"- Bacon;

- "was able to keep the collection entire during his lifetime";

- "fought to keep the union intact";

- syn. intact, integral;

- sim. whole;

a3
(of leaves or petals) having a smooth edge;

- not broken up into teeth or lobes;

- sim. smooth;

a4
(used of domestic animals) sexually competent;

- "an entire horse";

- syn. intact;

- sim. uncastrated;

entire leaf
n1
a leaf having a smooth margin without notches or indentations;

entirely / ɛ n t aɪ ə ɫ i , ɪ n t aɪ ə ɫ i /
r1
to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent (`whole' is often used informally for `wholly');

- "he was wholly convinced";

- "entirely satisfied with the meal";

- "it was completely different from what we expected";

- "was completely at fault";

- "a totally new situation";

- "the directions were all wrong";

- "it was not altogether her fault";

- "an altogether new approach";

- "a whole new idea";

- "she felt right at home";

- "he fell right into the trap";

- syn. all, altogether, completely, right, totally, whole, wholly;

r2
without any others being included or involved;

- "was entirely to blame";

- "a school devoted entirely to the needs of problem children";

- "he works for Mr. Smith exclusively";

- "did it solely for money";

- "the burden of proof rests on the prosecution alone";

- "a privilege granted only to him";

- syn. alone, exclusively, only, solely;

entireness / ɛ n t aɪ ə n ɛ s /
n1
the state of being total and complete;

- "he read the article in its entirety";

- "appalled by the totality of the destruction";

- syn. entirety, integrality, totality;

entirety / ɛ n t aɪ ə ɹ ɪ t i , ɪ n t aɪ ə ɹ ɪ t i /
n1
the state of being total and complete;

- "he read the article in its entirety";

- "appalled by the totality of the destruction";

- syn. entireness, integrality, totality;

entitle / ɛ n t aɪ t ɫ , ɪ n t aɪ t ɫ /
v1
give the right to;

- "The Freedom of Information Act entitles you to request your FBI file";

v2
give a title to;

- syn. title;

v3
give a title to someone;

- make someone a member of the nobility;

- syn. ennoble, gentle;

entitled / ɛ n t aɪ t ɫ d , ɪ n t aɪ t ɫ d /
a1
qualified for by right according to law;

- "we are all entitled to equal protection under the law";

- sim. eligible;

entitlement / ɛ n t aɪ t ɫ m ə n t , ɪ n t aɪ t ɫ m ə n t /
n1
right granted by law or contract (especially a right to benefits);

- "entitlements make up the major part of the federal budget";

entity / ɛ n t ɪ t i /
n1
that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving);

EntleBucher
n1
the smallest of the Sennenhunde;

entoblast
n1
the inner germ layer that develops into the lining of the digestive and respiratory systems;

- syn. endoblast, endoderm, entoderm, hypoblast;

entoderm
n1
the inner germ layer that develops into the lining of the digestive and respiratory systems;

- syn. endoblast, endoderm, entoblast, hypoblast;

Entoloma
n1
agarics with pink spores but lacking both volva and annulus (includes some that are poisonous);

- syn. genus Entoloma;

Entoloma aprile
n1
an agaric with a dark brown conical cap;

- fruits in early spring;

Entoloma lividum
n1
a deadly poisonous agaric;

- a large cap that is first white (livid or lead-colored) and then turns yellowish or tan;

- syn. Entoloma sinuatum;

Entoloma sinuatum
n1
a deadly poisonous agaric;

- a large cap that is first white (livid or lead-colored) and then turns yellowish or tan;

- syn. Entoloma lividum;

Entolomataceae
n1
a family of fungi belonging to the order Agaricales;

- syn. family Entolomataceae;

entomb / ɛ n t u m , ɪ n t u m /
v1
place in a grave or tomb;

- "Stalin was buried behind the Kremlin wall on Red Square";

- "The pharaohs were entombed in the pyramids";

- "My grandfather was laid to rest last Sunday";

- syn. bury, inhume, inter, lay to rest;

entombment / ɛ n t u m m ə n t , ɪ n t u m m ə n t /
n1
the ritual placing of a corpse in a grave;

- syn. burial, inhumation, interment, sepulture;

entomion
n1
the craniometric point at the tip of the angular part of the parietal bone that articulates with the temporal bone;

entomologic / ɛ n t ə m ə ɫ ɒ dʒ ɪ k /
a1
of or relating to the biological science of entomology;

- "entomological research";

- syn. entomological;

entomological / ɛ n t ə m ə ɫ ɒ dʒ ɪ k ɫ /
a1
of or relating to the biological science of entomology;

- "entomological research";

- syn. entomologic;

entomologist / ɛ n t ə m ɒ ɫ ə dʒ ɪ s t /
n1
a zoologist who studies insects;

- syn. bug-hunter, bugologist;

entomology / ɛ n t ə m ɒ ɫ ə dʒ i /
n1
the branch of zoology that studies insects;

- syn. bugology;

entomophilous
a1
of flowering plants (especially orchids etc) that are pollinated by insects;

entomophobia
n1
a morbid fear of insects;

Entomophthora
n1
type genus of the Entomophthoraceae;

- fungi parasitic on insects;

- syn. genus Entomophthora;

Entomophthoraceae
n1
mostly parasitic lower fungi that typically develop in the bodies of insects;

- syn. family Entomophthoraceae;

Entomophthorales
n1
coextensive with the family Entomophthoraceae;

- syn. order Entomophthorales;

Entomostraca
n1
in some older classifications includes the Branchiopoda and Copepoda and Ostracoda and Cirripedia;

- no longer in technical use;

- syn. subclass Entomostraca;

entoparasite
n1
any of various parasites that live in the internal organs of animals (especially intestinal worms);

- syn. endoparasite, endozoan, entozoan, entozoon;

entopic pregnancy
n1
pregnancy resulting from normal gestation in the uterus;

entoproct
n1
any of various moss-like aquatic animals usually forming branching colonies;

- each polyp having a both mouth and anus within a closed ring of tentacles;

Entoprocta
n1
sometimes considered a subphylum of Bryozoa;

- syn. Endoprocta, phylum Entoprocta;

entourage / ɒ n t ɹ æ k t , ɒ n t ʊr ɑ ʒ /
n1
the group following and attending to some important person;

- syn. cortege, retinue, suite;

entozoan
n1
any of various parasites that live in the internal organs of animals (especially intestinal worms);

- syn. endoparasite, endozoan, entoparasite, entozoon;

a1
of or relating to entozoa;

- syn. endozoan;

a2
living within a living animal usually as a parasite;

- "entozoic worms";

- syn. endozoic, entozoic;

entozoic
a1
living within a living animal usually as a parasite;

- "entozoic worms";

- syn. endozoic, entozoan;

entozoon
n1
any of various parasites that live in the internal organs of animals (especially intestinal worms);

- syn. endoparasite, endozoan, entoparasite, entozoan;

entr'acte / ɒ n t ɹ æ k t /
n1
the interlude between two acts of a play;

n2
a brief show (music or dance etc) inserted between the sections of a longer performance;

- syn. interlude, intermezzo;

entrails / ɛ n t ɹ eɪ ɫ z /
n1
internal organs collectively (especially those in the abdominal cavity);

- "`viscera' is the plural form of `viscus'";

- syn. innards, viscera;

entrain / ɛ n t ɹ eɪ n /
v1
board a train;

entrance / ɛ n t ɹ ɑ n s , ɛ n t ɹ ə n s , ɪ n t ɹ ɑ n s /
n1
something that provides access (to get in or get out);

- "they waited at the entrance to the garden";

- "beggars waited just outside the entryway to the cathedral";

- syn. entranceway, entree, entry, entryway;

n2
a movement into or inward;

- syn. entering;

n3
the act of entering;

- "she made a grand entrance";

- syn. entering, entry, incoming, ingress;

v1
attract;

- cause to be enamored;

- "She captured all the men's hearts";

- syn. becharm, beguile, bewitch, captivate, capture, catch, charm, enamor, enamour, enchant, fascinate, trance;

v2
put into a trance;

- syn. spellbind;

entrance exam
n1
examination to determine a candidate's preparation for a course of studies;

- syn. entrance examination;

entrance examination
n1
examination to determine a candidate's preparation for a course of studies;

- syn. entrance exam;

entrance fee
n1
the fee charged for admission;

- syn. admission, admission charge, admission fee, admission price, entrance money, price of admission;

entrance hall
n1
a large entrance or reception room or area;

- syn. antechamber, anteroom, foyer, hall, lobby, vestibule;

entrance money
n1
the fee charged for admission;

- syn. admission, admission charge, admission fee, admission price, entrance fee, price of admission;

entranced / ɛ n t ɹ ɑ n s t , ɪ n t ɹ ɑ n s t /
a1
filled with wonder and delight;

- syn. beguiled, captivated, charmed, delighted, enthralled;

- sim. enchanted;

entrancement / ɛ n t ɹ ɑ n s m ə n t , ɪ n t ɹ ɑ n s m ə n t /
n1
a feeling of delight at being filled with wonder and enchantment;

- syn. ravishment;

entranceway
n1
something that provides access (to get in or get out);

- "they waited at the entrance to the garden";

- "beggars waited just outside the entryway to the cathedral";

- syn. entrance, entree, entry, entryway;

entrancing / ɛ n t ɹ ɑ n s ɪ ŋ , ɪ n t ɹ ɑ n s ɪ ŋ /
a1
capturing interest as if by a spell;

- "bewitching smile";

- "Roosevelt was a captivating speaker";

- "enchanting music";

- "an enthralling book";

- "antique papers of entrancing design";

- "a fascinating woman";

- syn. bewitching, captivating, enchanting, enthralling, fascinating;

- sim. attractive;

entrant / ɛ n t ɹ ə n t /
n1
a commodity that enters competition with established merchandise;

- "a well publicized entrant is the pocket computer";

n2
any new participant in some activity;

- syn. fledgeling, fledgling, freshman, neophyte, newbie, newcomer, starter;

n3
someone who enters;

- "new entrants to the country must go though immigration procedures";

n4
one who enters a competition;

entrap / ɛ n t ɹ æ p , ɪ n t ɹ æ p /
v1
take or catch as if in a snare or trap;

- "I was set up!";

- "The innocent man was framed by the police";

- syn. ensnare, frame, set up;

v2
catch in or as if in a trap;

- "The men trap foxes";

- syn. ensnare, snare, trammel, trap;

entrapment / ɛ n t ɹ æ p m ə n t , ɪ n t ɹ æ p m ə n t /
n1
a defense that claims the defendant would not have broken the law if not tricked into doing it by law enforcement officials;

entreat / ɛ n t ɹ i t , ɪ n t ɹ i t /
v1
ask for or request earnestly;

- "The prophet bid all people to become good persons";

- syn. adjure, beseech, bid, conjure, press;

entreatingly / ɛ n t ɹ i t ɪ ŋ ɫ i , ɪ n t ɹ i t ɪ ŋ ɫ i /
r1
in a beseeching manner;

- "`You must help me,' she said imploringly";

- syn. beseechingly, imploringly, importunately, pleadingly;

entreaty / ɛ n t ɹ i t i , ɪ n t ɹ i t i /
n1
earnest or urgent request;

- "an entreaty to stop the fighting";

- "an appeal for help";

- "an appeal to the public to keep calm";

- syn. appeal, prayer;

entrecote
n1
cut of meat taken from between the ribs;

entree / ɒ n t ɹ eɪ /
n1
the principal dish of a meal;

- syn. main course;

n2
the right to enter;

- syn. access, accession, admission, admittance;

n3
something that provides access (to get in or get out);

- "they waited at the entrance to the garden";

- "beggars waited just outside the entryway to the cathedral";

- syn. entrance, entranceway, entry, entryway;

n4
an entrance, especially a theatrical entrance onto a stage or as if onto a stage;

- "she made a graceful entree into the ballroom";

entremets / ɒ n t ɹ ə m eɪ /
n1
a dish that is served with, but is subordinate to, a main course;

- syn. side dish, side order;

entrench / ɛ n t ɹ ɛ n tʃ , ɪ n t ɹ ɛ n tʃ /
v1
fix firmly or securely;

- syn. intrench;

v2
impinge or infringe upon;

- "This impinges on my rights as an individual";

- "This matter entrenches on other domains";

- syn. encroach, impinge, trench;

v3
occupy a trench or secured area;

- "The troops dug in for the night";

- syn. dig in;

entrenched / ɛ n t ɹ ɛ n tʃ t , ɪ n t ɹ ɛ n tʃ t /
a1
dug in;

- sim. invulnerable;

a2
established firmly and securely;

- "the entrenched power of the nobility";

- sim. established;

entrenching tool
n1
a hand shovel carried by infantrymen for digging trenches;

- syn. trenching spade;

entrenchment / ɛ n t ɹ ɛ n tʃ m ə n t , ɪ n t ɹ ɛ n tʃ m ə n t /
n1
an entrenched fortification;

- a position protected by trenches;

- syn. intrenchment;

entrepot / ɒ n t ɹ ə p oʊ /
n1
a port where merchandise can be imported and then exported without paying import duties;

- "Bahrain has been an entrepot of trade between Arabia and India since the second millennium BC";

- syn. transshipment center;

n2
a depository for goods;

- "storehouses were built close to the docks";

- syn. depot, storage, store, storehouse;

entrepreneur / ɒ n t ɹ ə p ɹ ə n ɝ , ɒ n t ɹ ə p ɹ ə n ɝ ɹ /
n1
someone who organizes a business venture and assumes the risk for it;

- syn. enterpriser;

entrepreneurial / ɒ n t ɹ ə p ɹ ə n ɝ ɹ ɪə ɫ /
a1
of or relating to an entrepreneur;

- "entrepreneurial risks";

a2
willing to take risks in order to make a profit;

- sim. enterprising;

entresol / ɒ n t ɹ ə s ɒ ɫ /
n1
intermediate floor just above the ground floor;

- syn. mezzanine, mezzanine floor;

entric
n1
rod-shaped Gram-negative bacteria;

- most occur normally or pathogenically in intestines of humans and other animals;

- syn. enteric bacteria, enterics, enterobacteria;

entropy / ɛ n t ɹ ə p i /
n1
(communication theory) a numerical measure of the uncertainty of an outcome;

- "the signal contained thousands of bits of information";

- syn. information, selective information;

n2
(thermodynamics) a thermodynamic quantity representing the amount of energy in a system that is no longer available for doing mechanical work;

- "entropy increases as matter and energy in the universe degrade to an ultimate state of inert uniformity";

- syn. S, randomness;

entrust / ɛ n t ɹ ʌ s t , ɪ n t ɹ ʌ s t /
v1
confer a trust upon;

- "The messenger was entrusted with the general's secret";

- "I commit my soul to God";

- syn. commit, confide, intrust, trust;

v2
put into the care or protection of someone;

- "He left the decision to his deputy";

- "leave your child in the nurse's care";

- syn. leave;

entry / ɛ n t ɹ i /
n1
an item inserted in a written record;

n2
the act of beginning something new;

- "they looked forward to the debut of their new product line";

- syn. debut, first appearance, introduction, launching, unveiling;

n3
a written record of a commercial transaction;

- syn. accounting entry, ledger entry;

n4
something (manuscripts or architectural plans and models or estimates or works of art of all genres etc.) submitted for the judgment of others (as in a competition);

- "several of his submissions were rejected by publishers";

- "what was the date of submission of your proposal?";

- syn. submission;

n5
something that provides access (to get in or get out);

- "they waited at the entrance to the garden";

- "beggars waited just outside the entryway to the cathedral";

- syn. entrance, entranceway, entree, entryway;

n6
the act of entering;

- "she made a grand entrance";

- syn. entering, entrance, incoming, ingress;

entry word
n1
the form of a word that heads a lexical entry and is alphabetized in a dictionary;

- syn. citation form, main entry word;

entryway / ɛ n t ɹ i w eɪ /
n1
something that provides access (to get in or get out);

- "they waited at the entrance to the garden";

- "beggars waited just outside the entryway to the cathedral";

- syn. entrance, entranceway, entree, entry;

Entsi
n1
the Uralic language spoken by the Yeniseian;

- syn. Enets, Entsy, Yenisei, Yenisei-Samoyed, Yeniseian;

Entsy
n1
the Uralic language spoken by the Yeniseian;

- syn. Enets, Entsi, Yenisei, Yenisei-Samoyed, Yeniseian;

entwine / ɛ n t w aɪ n , ɪ n t w aɪ n /
v1
tie or link together;

- syn. knit;

v2
spin, wind, or twist together;

- "intertwine the ribbons";

- "Twine the threads into a rope";

- "intertwined hearts";

- syn. enlace, interlace, intertwine, lace, twine;

enucleate
v1
remove the nucleus from (a cell);

v2
remove (a tumor or eye) from an enveloping sac or cover;

enucleation
n1
surgical removal of something without cutting into it;

- "the enucleation of the tumor";

Enuki
n1
any of a group of powerful Babylonian earth spirits or genii;

- servitors of the gods;

- syn. Anunnaki;

enumerable / ɛ n j u m ə ɹ ə b ɫ , ɪ n j u m ə ɹ ə b ɫ /
a1
that can be counted;

- "countable sins";

- "numerable assets";

- syn. countable, denumerable, numerable;

- sim. calculable;

enumerate / ɛ n j u m ə ɹ eɪ t , ɪ n j u m ə ɹ eɪ t /
v1
specify individually;

- "She enumerated the many obstacles she had encountered";

- "The doctor recited the list of possible side effects of the drug";

- syn. itemise, itemize, recite;

v2
determine the number or amount of;

- "Can you count the books on your shelf?";

- "Count your change";

- syn. count, number, numerate;

enumeration / ɛ n j u m ə ɹ eɪ ʃ n , ɪ n j u m ə ɹ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
a numbered list;

- syn. numbering;

n2
the act of counting;

- reciting numbers in ascending order;

- "the counting continued for several hours";

- syn. count, counting, numeration, reckoning, tally;

enumerator / ɛ n j u m ə ɹ eɪ t ə , ɪ n j u m ə ɹ eɪ t ə /
n1
someone who collects census data by visiting individual homes;

- syn. census taker;

enunciate / ɛ n ʌ n s ɪ eɪ t , ɪ n ʌ n s ɪ eɪ t /
v1
speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way;

- "She pronounces French words in a funny way";

- "I cannot say `zip wire'";

- "Can the child sound out this complicated word?";

- syn. articulate, enounce, pronounce, say, sound out;

v2
express or state clearly;

- syn. articulate, vocalise, vocalize;

enunciation / ɛ n ʌ n s ɪ eɪ ʃ n , ɪ n ʌ n s ɪ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the articulation of speech regarded from the point of view of its intelligibility to the audience;

- syn. diction;

enured / ɛ n j ʊə d , ɪ n j ʊə d /
a1
made tough by habitual exposure;

- "hardened fishermen";

- "a peasant, dark, lean-faced, wind-inured"- Robert Lynd;

- "our successors...may be graver, more inured and equable men"- V.S.Pritchett;

- syn. hardened, inured;

- sim. tough;

enuresis
n1
inability to control the flow of urine and involuntary urination;

- syn. urinary incontinence;

envelop / ɛ n v ɛ ɫ ə p , ɪ n v ɛ ɫ ə p /
v1
enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering;

- "Fog enveloped the house";

- syn. enclose, enfold, enwrap, wrap;

envelope / ɛ n v ə ɫ oʊ p /
n1
a flat (usually rectangular) container for a letter, thin package, etc.;

n2
any wrapper or covering;

n3
a curve that is tangent to each of a family of curves;

n4
a natural covering (as by a fluid);

- "the spacecraft detected an envelope of gas around the comet";

n5
the maximum operating capability of a system (especially an aircraft);

- "test pilots try to push the envelope";

n6
the bag containing the gas in a balloon;

- syn. gasbag;

enveloping / ɛ n v ɛ ɫ ə p ɪ ŋ , ɪ n v ɛ ɫ ə p ɪ ŋ /
a1
surrounding and closing in on or hemming in;

- "the army's enveloping maneuver";

- sim. close;

envelopment / ɛ n v ɛ ɫ ə p m ə n t , ɪ n v ɛ ɫ ə p m ə n t /
n1
the act of enclosing something inside something else;

- syn. enclosing, enclosure, inclosure;

envenom / ɛ n v ɛ n ə m , ɪ n v ɛ n ə m /
v1
cause to be bitter or resentful;

- "These injustices embittered her even more";

- syn. acerbate, embitter;

v2
add poison to;

- "Her husband poisoned her drink in order to kill her";

- syn. poison;

enviable / ɛ n v ɪə b ɫ /
a1
causing envy;

- "an enviable position";

- sim. desirable;

enviably
r1
in an enviable manner;

- "she was enviably fluent in French";

envious / ɛ n v ɪə s /
a1
showing extreme cupidity;

- painfully desirous of another's advantages;

- "he was never covetous before he met her";

- "jealous of his success and covetous of his possessions";

- "envious of their art collection";

- syn. covetous, jealous;

- sim. desirous;

enviously / ɛ n v ɪə s ɫ i /
r1
with jealousy;

- in an envious manner;

- "he looked at his friend's new car jealously";

- syn. covetously, jealously;

enviousness / ɛ n v ɪə s n ə s /
n1
a feeling of grudging admiration and desire to have something that is possessed by another;

- syn. envy;

environ / ɛ n v aɪ ə ɹ ə n , ɪ n v aɪ ə ɹ ə n /
v1
extend on all sides of simultaneously;

- encircle;

- "The forest surrounds my property";

- syn. border, ring, skirt, surround;

environment / ɛ n v aɪ ə ɹ ə n m ə n t , ɪ n v aɪ ə ɹ ə n m ə n t /
n1
the totality of surrounding conditions;

- "he longed for the comfortable environment of his living room";

n2
the area in which something exists or lives;

- "the country--the flat agricultural surround";

- syn. environs, surround, surroundings;

environmental / ɛ n v aɪ ə ɹ ə n m ɛ n t ɫ , ɪ n v aɪ ə ɹ ə n m ɛ n t ɫ /
a1
of or relating to the external conditions or surroundings;

- "environmental factors";

a2
concerned with the ecological effects of altering the environment;

- "environmental pollution";

environmental condition
n1
the state of the environment;

Environmental Protection Agency
n1
an independent federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment;

- syn. E.P.A., EPA;

environmental science
n1
the branch of biology concerned with the relations between organisms and their environment;

- syn. bionomics, ecology;

environmentalism / ɛ n v aɪ ə ɹ ə n m ɛ n t ə ɫ ɪ z ə m , ɪ n v aɪ ə ɹ ə n m ɛ n t ə ɫ ɪ z ə m /
n1
the philosophical doctrine that environment is more important than heredity in determining intellectual growth;

n2
the activity of protecting the environment from pollution or destruction;

environmentalist / ɛ n v aɪ ə ɹ ə n m ɛ n t ə ɫ ɪ s t , ɪ n v aɪ ə ɹ ə n m ɛ n t ə ɫ ɪ s t /
n1
someone who works to protect the environment from destruction or pollution;

- syn. conservationist;

environmentally / ɛ n v aɪ ə ɹ ə n m ɛ n t ə ɫ i , ɪ n v aɪ ə ɹ ə n m ɛ n t ə ɫ i /
r1
for the environment;

- "the new recycling policy is environmentally safe";

environs / ɛ n v aɪ ə ɹ ə n z , ɪ n v aɪ ə ɹ ə n z /
n1
the area in which something exists or lives;

- "the country--the flat agricultural surround";

- syn. environment, surround, surroundings;

n2
an outer adjacent area of any place;

- syn. purlieu;

envisage / ɛ n v ɪ z ɪ dʒ , ɪ n v ɪ z ɪ dʒ /
v1
form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case;

- "Can you conceive of him as the president?";

- syn. conceive of, ideate, imagine;

envision / ɛ n v ɪ ʒ n /
v1
imagine;

- conceive of;

- see in one's mind;

- "I can't see him on horseback!";

- "I can see what will happen";

- "I can see a risk in this strategy";

- syn. fancy, figure, image, picture, project, see, visualise, visualize;

v2
picture to oneself;

- imagine possible;

- "I cannot envision him as President";

- syn. foresee;

envisioned / ɛ n v ɪ ʒ n d /
a1
seen in the mind as a mental image;

- "the glory of his envisioned future";

- "the snow-covered Alps pictured in her imagination";

- "the visualized scene lacked the ugly details of real life";

- syn. pictured, visualised, visualized;

- sim. unreal;

envisioning / ɛ n v ɪ ʒ n ɪ ŋ /
n1
visual imagery;

- syn. picturing;

envoi / ɛ n v ɔɪ /
n1
a brief stanza concluding certain forms of poetry;

- syn. envoy;

envoy / ɛ n v ɔɪ /
n1
a diplomat having less authority than an ambassador;

- syn. envoy extraordinary, minister plenipotentiary;

n2
someone sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else;

- syn. emissary;

n3
a brief stanza concluding certain forms of poetry;

- syn. envoi;

envoy extraordinary
n1
a diplomat having less authority than an ambassador;

- syn. envoy, minister plenipotentiary;

envy / ɛ n v i /
n1
a feeling of grudging admiration and desire to have something that is possessed by another;

- syn. enviousness;

n2
spite and resentment at seeing the success of another (personified as one of the deadly sins);

- syn. invidia;

v1
feel envious towards;

- admire enviously;

v2
be envious of;

- set one's heart on;

- syn. begrudge;

enwrap / ɛ n ɹ æ p , ɪ n ɹ æ p /
v1
enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering;

- "Fog enveloped the house";

- syn. enclose, enfold, envelop, wrap;

enwrapped / ɛ n ɹ æ p t , ɪ n ɹ æ p t /
a1
giving or marked by complete attention to;

- "that engrossed look or rapt delight";

- "enwrapped in dreams";

- "so intent on this fantastic...narrative that she hardly stirred"- Walter de la Mare;

- "rapt with wonder";

- "wrapped in thought";

- syn. absorbed, captive, engrossed, intent, wrapped;

- sim. attentive;

enzootic
a1
of a disease that is constantly present in an animal community but only occurs in a small number of cases;

- sim. endemic;

enzymatic
a1
of or relating to or produced by an enzyme;

enzyme / ɛ n z aɪ m /
n1
any of several complex proteins that are produced by cells and act as catalysts in specific biochemical reactions;

enzyme-linked-immunosorbent serologic assay
n1
an assay that relies on an enzymatic conversion reaction and is used to detect the presence of specific substances (such as enzymes or viruses or antibodies or bacteria);

- syn. ELISA;

enzymologist
n1
a person who is trained in or engaged in enzymology;

enzymology
n1
the branch of biochemistry dealing with the chemical nature and biological activity of enzymes;

Eocene / i oʊ s i n /
n1
from 58 million to 40 million years ago;

- presence of modern mammals;

- syn. Eocene epoch;

Eocene epoch
n1
from 58 million to 40 million years ago;

- presence of modern mammals;

- syn. Eocene;

eohippus
n1
earliest horse;

- extinct primitive dog-sized four-toed Eocene animal;

- syn. dawn horse;

Eolian / i oʊ ɫ j ə n /
n1
a member of one of four linguistic divisions of the prehistoric Greeks;

- syn. Aeolian;

Eolic
n1
the dialect of Ancient Greek spoken in Thessaly and Boeotia and Aeolis;

- syn. Aeolic, Aeolic dialect;

eolith / i oʊ ɫ ɪ θ /
n1
a crude stone artifact (as a chipped flint);

- possibly the earliest tools;

Eolithic / i oʊ ɫ ɪ θ ɪ k /
n1
the earliest part of the Stone Age marked by the earliest signs of human culture;

- syn. Eolithic Age;

a1
of or relating to the earliest period of the Stone Age (characterized by the use of eoliths);

Eolithic Age
n1
the earliest part of the Stone Age marked by the earliest signs of human culture;

- syn. Eolithic;

eolotropic
a1
having properties with different values along different axes;

- syn. aeolotropic;

- sim. anisotropic;

eon / i ə n /
n1
the longest division of geological time;

- syn. aeon;

n2
an immeasurably long period of time;

- "oh, that happened eons ago";

- syn. aeon;

n3
(Gnosticism) a divine power or nature emanating from the Supreme Being and playing various roles in the operation of the universe;

- syn. aeon;

eonian / i ə n i ə n /
a1
of or relating to a geological eon (longer than an era);

- syn. aeonian;

a2
continuing forever or indefinitely;

- "the ageless themes of love and revenge";

- "eternal truths";

- "life everlasting";

- "hell's perpetual fires";

- "the unending bliss of heaven";

- syn. aeonian, ageless, eternal, everlasting, perpetual, unceasing, unending;

- sim. permanent;

eoraptor
n1
a theropod dinosaur of the genus Eoraptor;

Eos
n1
(Greek mythology) the winged goddess of the dawn in ancient mythology;

- daughter of Hyperion;

- identified with Roman Aurora;

eosin
n1
a red fluorescent dye resulting from the action of bromine on fluorescein;

- used in cosmetics and as a biological stain for studying cell structures;

- syn. bromeosin;

eosinopenia
n1
a decrease in the number of eosinophils in the blood;

eosinophil
n1
a leukocyte readily stained with eosin;

- syn. eosinophile;

eosinophile
n1
a leukocyte readily stained with eosin;

- syn. eosinophil;

eosinophilia
n1
a symptom of allergic states;

- increased eosinophils in the blood;

eosinophilic
a1
of or relating to eosinophil;

EPA
n1
an independent federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment;

- syn. E.P.A., Environmental Protection Agency;

Epacridaceae
n1
Australasian shrubs or small trees;

- syn. epacris family, family Epacridaceae;

epacris
n1
any heathlike evergreen shrub of the genus Epacris grown for their showy and crowded spikes of small bell-shaped or tubular flowers;

epacris family
n1
Australasian shrubs or small trees;

- syn. Epacridaceae, family Epacridaceae;

Epacris impressa
n1
spindly upright shrub of southern Australia and Tasmania having white to rose or purple-red flowers;

- syn. common heath;

Epacris obtusifolia
n1
small erect shrub of Australia and Tasmania with fragrant ivory flowers;

- syn. blunt-leaf heath, common heath;

Epacris purpurascens
n1
small shrub of southern and western Australia having pinkish to rosy purple tubular flowers;

- syn. Port Jackson heath;

epanalepsis
n1
repetition after intervening words;

epanaphora
n1
repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses;

- syn. anaphora;

epanodos
n1
recapitulation of the main ideas of a speech (especially in reverse order);

n2
repetition of a group of words in reverse order;

epanorthosis
n1
immediate rephrasing for intensification or justification;

- "Seems, madam! Nay, it is";

eparch / ɛ p ɑ k /
n1
a bishop or metropolitan in charge of an eparchy in the Eastern Church;

n2
the governor or prefect of an eparchy in ancient Greece;

eparchial
a1
of or relating to an eparchy;

eparchy / ɛ p ɑ k i /
n1
a province in ancient Greece;

n2
a diocese of the Eastern Orthodox Church;

- syn. exarchate;

epaulet / ɛ p ə ɫ ɛ t /
n1
adornment consisting of an ornamental cloth pad worn on the shoulder;

- syn. epaulette;

epaulette / ɛ p ə ɫ ɛ t /
n1
adornment consisting of an ornamental cloth pad worn on the shoulder;

- syn. epaulet;

epauliere
n1
armor plate that protects the shoulder;

epee
n1
a fencing sword similar to a foil but with a heavier blade;

ependyma
n1
thin epithelial membrane lining the ventricles of the brain and the spinal cord canal;

epenthesis / ɛ p ɛ n θ ɪ s ɪ s /
n1
the insertion of a vowel or consonant into a word to make its pronunciation easier;

- "the insertion of a vowel in the plural of the word `bush' is epenthesis";

epenthetic / ɛ p ɛ n θ ɛ t ɪ k /
a1
of or pertaining to epenthesis;

- syn. parasitic;

epergne / ɪ p ɝ n /
n1
a large table centerpiece with branching holders for fruit or sweets or flowers;

epha
n1
an ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to about a bushel;

- syn. ephah;

ephah / i f ə /
n1
an ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to about a bushel;

- syn. epha;

ephedra
n1
jointed and nearly leafless desert shrub having reduced scalelike leaves and reddish fleshy seeds;

- syn. joint fir;

Ephedra sinica
n1
Chinese ephedra yielding ephedrine;

- syn. mahuang;

Ephedraceae
n1
ephedras: in some classifications included in the Gnetaceae;

- syn. family Ephedraceae;

ephedrine
n1
white odorless powdered or crystalline alkaloid from plants of the genus Ephedra (especially Ephedra sinica) or made synthetically;

- used as a bronchodilator to treat bronchitis and asthma;

ephemera / ɪ f ɛ m ə ɹ ə /
n1
something transitory;

- lasting a day;

ephemeral / ɪ f ɛ m ə ɹ ə ɫ /
n1
anything short-lived, as an insect that lives only for a day in its winged form;

- syn. ephemeron;

a1
lasting a very short time;

- "the ephemeral joys of childhood";

- "a passing fancy";

- "youth's transient beauty";

- "love is transitory but it is eternal";

- "fugacious blossoms";

- syn. fugacious, passing, short-lived, transient, transitory;

- sim. impermanent;

ephemerality
n1
the property of lasting for a very short time;

- syn. ephemeralness, fleetingness;

ephemeralness / ɪ f ɛ m ə ɹ ə ɫ n ɪ s /
n1
the property of lasting for a very short time;

- syn. ephemerality, fleetingness;

ephemerid
n1
short-lived insect;

- syn. ephemeropteran;

Ephemerida / ɛ f ɪ m ɛr ɪ d ə /
n1
mayflies;

- syn. Ephemeroptera, order Ephemerida, order Ephemeroptera;

Ephemeridae
n1
mayflies;

- syn. family Ephemeridae;

ephemeris / ɪ f ɛ m ə ɹ ɪ s /
n1
an annual publication containing astronomical tables that give the positions of the celestial bodies throughout the year;

- "today computers calculate the ephemerides";

ephemeris time
n1
(astronomy) a measure of time defined by Earth's orbital motion;

- terrestrial time is mean solar time corrected for the irregularities of the Earth's motions;

- syn. TDT, TT, terrestrial dynamical time, terrestrial time;

ephemeron / ɪ f ɛ m ə ɹ ɒ n /
n1
anything short-lived, as an insect that lives only for a day in its winged form;

- syn. ephemeral;

Ephemeroptera
n1
mayflies;

- syn. Ephemerida, order Ephemerida, order Ephemeroptera;

ephemeropteran
n1
short-lived insect;

- syn. ephemerid;

Ephesian / ɪ f i ʒ j ə n /
n1
a resident of the ancient Greek city of Ephesus;

a1
of or relating to ancient Ephesus or its people or language or culture;

Ephesians / ɪ f i ʒ j ə n z /
n1
a New Testament book containing the epistle from Saint Paul to the Ephesians which explains the divine plan for the world and the consummation of this in Christ;

- syn. Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Ephesians, Epistle to the Ephesians;

Ephestia
n1
small moths whose larvae spin silken tunnels and feed on stored food products;

- syn. genus Ephestia;

Ephestia elutella
n1
small moth whose larvae feed on tobacco and other dried plant products;

- syn. cacao moth, tobacco moth;

Ephesus
n1
an ancient Greek city on the western shore of Asia Minor in what is now Turkey;

- site of the Temple of Artemis;

- was a major trading center and played an important role in early Christianity;

n2
the third ecumenical council in 431 which declared Mary as mother of God and condemned Pelagius;

- syn. Council of Ephesus;

Ephippidae
n1
small family comprising the spadefishes;

- syn. family Ephippidae;

Ephippiorhynchus
n1
saddlebills;

- syn. genus Ephippiorhynchus;

Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
n1
large black-and-white stork of tropical Africa;

- its red bill has a black band around the middle;

- syn. jabiru, saddlebill;

EPI
n1
a self-report personality inventory based on Hans Eysenck's factor analysis of personality which assumes three basic factors (the two most important being extraversion to introversion and neuroticism);

- syn. Eysenck Personality Inventory;

epic / ɛ p ɪ k /
n1
a long narrative poem telling of a hero's deeds;

- syn. epic poem, epos, heroic poem;

a1
very imposing or impressive;

- surpassing the ordinary (especially in size or scale);

- "an epic voyage";

- "of heroic proportions";

- "heroic sculpture";

- syn. heroic, larger-than-life;

- sim. large;

a2
constituting or having to do with or suggestive of a literary epic;

- "epic tradition";

- syn. epical;

epic poem
n1
a long narrative poem telling of a hero's deeds;

- syn. epic, epos, heroic poem;

epic poetry
n1
poetry celebrating the deeds of some hero;

- syn. heroic poetry;

epical / ɛ p ɪ k ə ɫ /
a1
constituting or having to do with or suggestive of a literary epic;

- "epic tradition";

- syn. epic;

epicalyx
n1
a group of bracts simulating a calyx as in a carnation or hibiscus;

- syn. calycle, calyculus, false calyx;

epicanthic
a1
relating to the epicanthus;

- "epicanthic folds";

epicanthic fold
n1
a vertical fold of skin over the nasal canthus;

- typical for many east Asian peoples;

- sometimes occurs in Down's syndrome;

- syn. epicanthus;

epicanthus
n1
a vertical fold of skin over the nasal canthus;

- typical for many east Asian peoples;

- sometimes occurs in Down's syndrome;

- syn. epicanthic fold;

epicardia
n1
the short part of the esophagus extending downward from the diaphragm to the stomach;

epicardium
n1
the innermost of the two layers of the pericardium;

- syn. visceral pericardium;

epicarp
n1
outermost layer of the pericarp of fruits as the skin of a peach or grape;

- syn. exocarp;

epicarpal
a1
of or relating to the epicarp;

epicene / ɛ p ɪ s i n /
n1
one having both male and female sexual characteristics and organs;

- at birth an unambiguous assignment of male or female cannot be made;

- syn. androgyne, epicene person, gynandromorph, hermaphrodite, intersex;

a1
having an ambiguous sexual identity;

- syn. bisexual;

- sim. androgynous;

a2
having unsuitable feminine qualities;

- syn. cissy, effeminate, emasculate, sissified, sissy, sissyish;

- sim. unmanly;

epicene person
n1
one having both male and female sexual characteristics and organs;

- at birth an unambiguous assignment of male or female cannot be made;

- syn. androgyne, epicene, gynandromorph, hermaphrodite, intersex;

epicenter / ɛ p ɪ s ɛ n t ə /
n1
the point on the Earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake;

- syn. epicentre;

epicentre / ɛ p ɪ s ɛ n t ə , ɛ p ɪ s ɛ n t ə ɹ /
n1
the point on the Earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake;

- syn. epicenter;

epicondyle
n1
a projection on a bone above a condyle serving for the attachment of muscles and ligaments;

epicondylitis
n1
painful inflammation of the muscles and soft tissues around an epicondyle;

epicranium
n1
the muscle and aponeurosis and skin covering the cranium;

Epictetus
n1
Greek philosopher who was a Stoic (circa 50-130);

epicure / ɛ p ɪ k j ʊə , ɛ p ɪ k j ʊə ɹ /
n1
a person devoted to refined sensuous enjoyment (especially good food and drink);

- syn. bon vivant, epicurean, foodie, gastronome, gourmet;

epicurean / ɛ p ɪ k j ʊr i ə n /
n1
a person devoted to refined sensuous enjoyment (especially good food and drink);

- syn. bon vivant, epicure, foodie, gastronome, gourmet;

a1
of Epicurus or epicureanism;

- "Epicurean philosophy";

a2
devoted to pleasure;

- "a hedonic thrill";

- "lives of unending hedonistic delight";

- "epicurean pleasures";

- syn. hedonic, hedonistic;

- sim. indulgent;

a3
displaying luxury and furnishing gratification to the senses;

- "an epicurean banquet";

- "enjoyed a luxurious suite with a crystal chandelier and thick oriental rugs";

- "Lucullus spent the remainder of his days in voluptuous magnificence";

- "a chinchilla robe of sybaritic lavishness";

- syn. luxuriant, luxurious, sybaritic, voluptuary, voluptuous;

- sim. indulgent;

epicureanism
n1
a doctrine of hedonism that was defended by several ancient Greek philosophers;

epicurism / ɛ p ɪ k j ʊr ɪ z ə m /
n1
the disposition and habits of an epicure;

Epicurus
n1
Greek philosopher who believed that the world is a random combination of atoms and that pleasure is the highest good (341-270 BC);

epicycle / ɛ p ɪ s aɪ k ɫ /
n1
a circle that rolls around (inside or outside) another circle;

- generates an epicycloid or hypocycloid;

epicyclic / ɛ p ɪ s aɪ k ɫ ɪ k /
a1
of or relating to an epicycle;

- "epicyclic gear train";

- syn. epicyclical;

epicyclic gear
n1
an outer gear that revolves about a central sun gear of an epicyclic train;

- syn. planet gear, planet wheel, planetary gear;

epicyclic gear train
n1
a system of epicyclic gears in which at least one wheel axis itself revolves about another fixed axis;

- syn. epicyclic train;

epicyclic train
n1
a system of epicyclic gears in which at least one wheel axis itself revolves about another fixed axis;

- syn. epicyclic gear train;

epicyclical / ɛ p ɪ s aɪ k ɫ ɪ k ɫ /
a1
of or relating to an epicycle;

- "epicyclic gear train";

- syn. epicyclic;

epicycloid / ɛ p ɪ s aɪ k ɫ ɔɪ d /
n1
a line generated by a point on a circle rolling around another circle;

epideictic
a1
designed primarily for rhetorical display;

- "epideictic orations";

- syn. epideictical;

- sim. demonstrative;

epideictic oratory
n1
a type of oratory used to eulogize or condemn a person or group of people;

- "Pericles' funeral oration for Athenians killed in the Peloponnesian War is a famous example of epideictic oratory";

epideictical
a1
designed primarily for rhetorical display;

- "epideictic orations";

- syn. epideictic;

- sim. demonstrative;

epidemic / ɛ p ɪ d ɛ m ɪ k /
n1
a widespread outbreak of an infectious disease;

- many people are infected at the same time;

a1
(especially of medicine) of disease or anything resembling a disease;

- attacking or affecting many individuals in a community or a population simultaneously;

- "an epidemic outbreak of influenza";

- sim. epiphytotic, epizootic, pandemic, pestilent;

epidemic cholera
n1
an acute intestinal infection caused by ingestion of contaminated water or food;

- syn. Asiatic cholera, Indian cholera, cholera;

epidemic disease
n1
any infectious disease that develops and spreads rapidly to many people;

epidemic encephalitis
n1
an encephalitis that was epidemic between 1915 and 1926;

- symptoms include paralysis of the extrinsic eye muscle and extreme muscular weakness;

- syn. encephalitis lethargica, lethargic encephalitis, sleeping sickness, sleepy sickness;

epidemic hysertia
n1
a condition in which a large group of people exhibit the same state of violent mental agitation;

- syn. mass hysteria;

epidemic meningitis
n1
meningitis caused by bacteria and often fatal;

- syn. brain fever, cerebrospinal fever, cerebrospinal meningitis;

epidemic myalgia
n1
an acute infectious disease occurring in epidemic form and featuring paroxysms of pain (usually in the chest);

- syn. Bornholm disease, diaphragmatic pleurisy, epidemic pleurodynia, myosis;

epidemic parotitis
n1
an acute contagious viral disease characterized by fever and by swelling of the parotid glands;

- syn. mumps;

epidemic pleurodynia
n1
an acute infectious disease occurring in epidemic form and featuring paroxysms of pain (usually in the chest);

- syn. Bornholm disease, diaphragmatic pleurisy, epidemic myalgia, myosis;

epidemic roseola
n1
a contagious viral disease that is a milder form of measles lasting three or four days;

- can be damaging to a fetus during the first trimester;

- syn. German measles, rubella, three-day measles;

epidemiologic
a1
of or relating to epidemiology;

- "epidemiological studies";

- syn. epidemiological;

epidemiological
a1
of or relating to epidemiology;

- "epidemiological studies";

- syn. epidemiologic;

epidemiologist / ɛ p ɪ d i m ɪ ɒ ɫ ə dʒ ɪ s t /
n1
a medical scientist who studies the transmission and control of epidemic diseases;

epidemiology / ɛ p ɪ d i m ɪ ɒ ɫ ə dʒ i /
n1
the branch of medical science dealing with the transmission and control of disease;

epidendron
n1
any of various orchids of the genus Epidendrum;

Epidendrum
n1
large and variable genus of terrestrial or epiphytic or lithophytic orchids of tropical and subtropical Americas;

- some native to United States;

- syn. genus Epidendrum;

Epidendrum tampense
n1
orchid of Florida and the Bahamas having showy brightly colored flowers;

- sometimes placed in genus Epidendrum;

- syn. Encyclia tampensis, butterfly orchid;

Epidendrum venosum
n1
Mexican epiphytic orchid having pale green or yellow-green flowers with white purple-veined lip;

- syn. Encyclia venosa, butterfly orchid, butterfly orchis;

epidermal / ɛ p ɪ d ɝ m ə ɫ /
a1
of or relating to a cuticle or cuticula;

- syn. cuticular, dermal, epidermic;

epidermal cell
n1
any of the cells making up the epidermis;

epidermic / ɛ p ɪ d ɝ m ɪ k /
a1
of or relating to a cuticle or cuticula;

- syn. cuticular, dermal, epidermal;

epidermis / ɛ p ɪ d ɝ m ɪ s /
n1
the outer layer of the skin covering the exterior body surface of vertebrates;

- syn. cuticle;

epidiascope / ɛ p ɪ d aɪ ə s k oʊ p /
n1
an optical projector that gives images of both transparent and opaque objects;

epididymis
n1
a convoluted tubule in each testis;

- carries sperm to vas deferens;

epididymitis
n1
painful inflammation of the epididymis;

epidural
n1
regional anesthesia resulting from injection of an anesthetic into the epidural space of the spinal cord;

- sensation is lost in the abdominal and genital and pelvic areas;

- used in childbirth and gynecological surgery;

- syn. epidural anaesthesia, epidural anesthesia;

a1
on or outside the dura mater;

- syn. extradural;

epidural anaesthesia
n1
regional anesthesia resulting from injection of an anesthetic into the epidural space of the spinal cord;

- sensation is lost in the abdominal and genital and pelvic areas;

- used in childbirth and gynecological surgery;

- syn. epidural, epidural anesthesia;

epidural anesthesia
n1
regional anesthesia resulting from injection of an anesthetic into the epidural space of the spinal cord;

- sensation is lost in the abdominal and genital and pelvic areas;

- used in childbirth and gynecological surgery;

- syn. epidural, epidural anaesthesia;

epidural injection
n1
injection of an anesthetic substance into the epidural space of the spinal cord in order to produce epidural anesthesia;

Epigaea
n1
small creeping evergreen shrubs: trailing arbutus;

- syn. genus Epigaea;

Epigaea repens
n1
low-growing evergreen shrub of eastern North America with leathery leaves and clusters of fragrant pink or white flowers;

- syn. mayflower, trailing arbutus;

epigastric
a1
of or relating to the anterior walls of the abdomen;

- "epigastric artery";

a2
lying on or over the stomach;

epigastric artery
n1
one of three arteries supplying the anterior walls of the abdomen;

- syn. arteria epigastrica;

epigastric fossa
n1
a slight depression in the midline just below the sternum (where a blow can affect the solar plexus);

- syn. pit of the stomach;

epigastric vein
n1
veins serving the anterior walls of the abdomen;

epigastrium
n1
the region lying on or over the stomach (just below the sternum);

epigenesis / ɛ p ɪ dʒ ɛ n ɪ s ɪ s /
n1
a geological change in the mineral content of rock after the rock has formed;

epiglottis / ɛ p ɪ ɡ ɫ ɒ t ɪ s /
n1
a flap of cartilage that covers the windpipe while swallowing;

epiglottitis
n1
inflammation of the epiglottis;

- characterized by fever and a severe sore throat and difficulty in swallowing;

epigon
n1
an inferior imitator of some distinguished writer, artist, or musician;

- syn. epigone;

epigone / ɛ p ɪ ɡ oʊ n /
n1
an inferior imitator of some distinguished writer, artist, or musician;

- syn. epigon;

epigram / ɛ p ɪ ɡ ɹ æ m /
n1
a witty saying;

- syn. quip;

epigrammatic / ɛ p ɪ ɡ ɹ ə m æ t ɪ k /
a1
terse and witty and like a maxim;

- "much given to apothegmatic instruction";

- syn. aphoristic, apothegmatic;

- sim. concise;

epigraph / ɛ p ɪ ɡ ɹ ɑ f /
n1
a quotation at the beginning of some piece of writing;

n2
an engraved inscription;

epigraphy / ɛ p ɪ ɡ ɹ ə f i /
n1
the study of ancient inscriptions;

epikeratophakia
n1
using a piece of donated corneal tissue to repair the eye of someone who has had a cataract removed;

- "epikeratophakia gave her a living contact lens";

Epilachna
n1
genus of ladybugs native to Mexico and Central America;

- both larvae and adults feed on plants;

- syn. genus Epilachna;

Epilachna varivestis
n1
introduced into the United States from Mexico;

- feeds on the foliage of the bean plant;

- syn. Mexican bean beetle, bean beetle;

epilate / ɛ p ɪ ɫ eɪ t /
v1
remove body hair;

- "epilate her legs";

- syn. depilate;

epilating wax
n1
a mixture of resins and waxes to remove cosmetically undesirable hair;

- mixture is applied hot to the surface and after cooling is pulled away taking the hairs with it;

epilation / ɛ p ɪ ɫ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
loss of hair;

- the result of removing hair;

n2
the act of removing hair (as from an animal skin);

- syn. depilation;

epilator / ɛ p ɪ ɫ eɪ t ə /
n1
a cosmetic for temporary removal of undesired hair;

- syn. depilator, depilatory;

epilepsia major
n1
epilepsy in which the attacks involve loss of consciousness and tonic spasms of the musculature followed by generalized jerking;

- syn. generalized epilepsy, grand mal, grand mal epilepsy;

n2
a seizure during which the patient becomes unconscious and has convulsions over the entire body;

- syn. generalized seizure, grand mal;

epilepsia minor
n1
epilepsy characterized by paroxysmal attacks of brief clouding of consciousness (and possibly other abnormalities);

- "she has been suffering from petit mal since childhood";

- syn. petit mal, petit mal epilepsy;

n2
a seizure of short duration characterized by momentary unconsciousness and local muscle spasms or twitching;

- "the girl was frightened by her first petit mal";

- syn. petit mal;

epilepsy / ɛ p ɪ ɫ ɛ p s i /
n1
a disorder of the central nervous system characterized by loss of consciousness and convulsions;

epileptic / ɛ p ɪ ɫ ɛ p t ɪ k /
n1
a person who has epilepsy;

a1
of or relating to or characteristic of epilepsy;

- "epileptic seizure";

epileptic seizure
n1
convulsions accompanied by impaired consciousness;

epilithic
a1
growing on stone;

- "epilithic mosses";

Epilobium
n1
large widely distributed genus of herbs and subshrubs of especially western North America and Arctic areas;

- syn. genus Epilobium;

Epilobium angustifolium
n1
tall North American perennial with creeping rootstocks and narrow leaves and spikes of pinkish-purple flowers occurring in great abundance in burned-over areas or recent clearings;

- an important honey plant;

- syn. fireweed, giant willowherb, rosebay willowherb, wickup;

Epilobium canum canum
n1
shrublet of southwestern United States to Mexico having brilliant scarlet flowers;

- syn. California fuchsia, Zauschneria californica, humming bird's trumpet;

Epilobium hirsutum
n1
plant of Europe and Asia having purplish-red flowers and hairy stems and leaves;

- introduced into North America;

- syn. codlins-and-cream, hairy willowherb;

epilog
n1
a short speech (often in verse) addressed directly to the audience by an actor at the end of a play;

- syn. epilogue;

n2
a short passage added at the end of a literary work;

- "the epilogue told what eventually happened to the main characters";

- syn. epilogue;

epilogue / ɛ p ɪ ɫ ɒ ɡ /
n1
a short speech (often in verse) addressed directly to the audience by an actor at the end of a play;

- syn. epilog;

n2
a short passage added at the end of a literary work;

- "the epilogue told what eventually happened to the main characters";

- syn. epilog;

Epimedium
n1
herbaceous perennials of Mediterranean to India and eastern Asia;

- syn. genus Epimedium;

Epimedium grandiflorum
n1
slow-growing creeping plant with semi-evergreen leaves on erect wiry stems;

- used as ground cover;

- syn. barrenwort, bishop's hat;

Epimetheus
n1
(Greek mythology) brother of Prometheus;

- despite Prometheus's warning against gifts from Zeus he accepted Pandora as his wife;

epimorphic
a1
characterized by incomplete metamorphosis;

- having the same number of body segments in successive stages;

- sim. metamorphic;

Epinephelus
n1
genus of groupers or sea bass;

- syn. genus Epinephelus;

Epinephelus adscensionis
n1
found around rocky coasts or on reefs;

- syn. rock hind;

Epinephelus fulvus
n1
black-spotted usually dusky-colored fish with reddish fins;

- syn. coney;

epinephrin
n1
a catecholamine secreted by the adrenal medulla in response to stress (trade name Adrenalin);

- stimulates autonomic nerve action;

- syn. Adrenalin, adrenaline, epinephrine;

epinephrine
n1
a catecholamine secreted by the adrenal medulla in response to stress (trade name Adrenalin);

- stimulates autonomic nerve action;

- syn. Adrenalin, adrenaline, epinephrin;

Epipactis
n1
genus of hardy orchids with leafy-bracted racemes of greenish or purplish irregular flowers;

- syn. genus Epipactis;

Epipactis gigantea
n1
orchid growing along streams or ponds of western North America having leafy stems and 1 greenish-brown and pinkish flower in the axil of each upper leaf;

- syn. chatterbox, giant helleborine, stream orchid;

Epipactis helleborine
n1
European orchid with spikes of green and pinkish or purplish flowers;

Epipaleolithic
n1
middle part of the Stone Age beginning about 15,000 years ago;

- syn. Mesolithic, Mesolithic Age;

epiphany / ɪ p ɪ f ə n i /
n1
a divine manifestation;

n2
twelve days after Christmas;

- celebrates the visit of the three wise men to the infant Jesus;

- syn. Epiphany of Our Lord, January 6, Three Kings' Day, Twelfth day;

Epiphany of Our Lord
n1
twelve days after Christmas;

- celebrates the visit of the three wise men to the infant Jesus;

- syn. Epiphany, January 6, Three Kings' Day, Twelfth day;

epiphenomenon
n1
a secondary phenomenon that is a by-product of another phenomenon;

epiphora
n1
repetition of the ends of two or more successive sentences, verses, etc.;

- syn. epistrophe;

epiphyllum
n1
any cactus of the genus Epiphyllum having flattened jointed irregularly branching stems and showy tubular flowers;

- syn. orchid cactus;

epiphyseal
a1
relating to the epiphysis of a bone;

- syn. epiphysial;

epiphysial
a1
relating to the epiphysis of a bone;

- syn. epiphyseal;

epiphysis
n1
the end of a long bone;

- initially separated from the main bone by a layer of cartilage that eventually ossifies so the parts become fused;

n2
a small endocrine gland in the brain;

- situated beneath the back part of the corpus callosum;

- secretes melatonin;

- syn. epiphysis cerebri, pineal body, pineal gland;

epiphysis cerebri
n1
a small endocrine gland in the brain;

- situated beneath the back part of the corpus callosum;

- secretes melatonin;

- syn. epiphysis, pineal body, pineal gland;

epiphyte
n1
plant that derives moisture and nutrients from the air and rain;

- usually grows on another plant but not parasitic on it;

- syn. aerophyte, air plant, epiphytic plant;

epiphytic
a1
of or relating to epiphytes;

epiphytic plant
n1
plant that derives moisture and nutrients from the air and rain;

- usually grows on another plant but not parasitic on it;

- syn. aerophyte, air plant, epiphyte;

epiphytotic
a1
(of plants) epidemic among plants of a single kind especially over a wide area;

- "an epiphytotic blight of potatoes";

- "epiphytotic conditions associated with a single-plant agriculture";

- sim. epidemic;

epiplexis
n1
a rhetorical device in which the speaker reproaches the audience in order to incite or convince them;

Epipremnum
n1
small genus of evergreen lianas of southeastern Asia to western Pacific areas;

- syn. genus Epipremnum;

Epipremnum aureum
n1
evergreen liana widely cultivated for its variegated foliage;

- syn. Scindapsus aureus, golden pothos, ivy arum, pothos;

Epirus
n1
an ancient area on the Ionian Sea that flourished as a kingdom in the 3rd century BC;

- located in northwestern Greece and southern Albania;

episcia
n1
any plant of the genus Episcia;

- usually creeping and stoloniferous and of cascading habit;

- grown for their colorful foliage and flowers;

Episcia dianthiflora
n1
low-growing creeping perennial of Central America having deeply fringed white flowers;

- sometimes placed in genus Episcia;

- syn. Alsobia dianthiflora, lace-flower vine;

episcleral veins
n1
small veins in the sclera near the corneal margin;

- empty into the anterior ciliary veins;

- syn. venae episclerales;

episcleritis
n1
inflammation of the sclera of the eye;

episcopacy / ɪ p ɪ s k ə p ə s i /
n1
the collective body of bishops;

- syn. episcopate;

Episcopal / ɪ p ɪ s k ə p ɫ /
a1
of or pertaining to or characteristic of the Episcopal church;

- "the Episcopal hierarchy";

- "married by an Episcopalian minister";

- syn. Episcopalian;

a2
denoting or governed by or relating to a bishop or bishops;

- syn. pontifical;

Episcopal Church
n1
an autonomous branch of the Anglican Communion in Scotland;

- syn. Episcopal Church of Scotland;

n2
United States church that is in communication with the see of Canterbury;

- syn. Protestant Episcopal Church;

Episcopal Church of Scotland
n1
an autonomous branch of the Anglican Communion in Scotland;

- syn. Episcopal Church;

Episcopalian / ɪ p ɪ s k ə p eɪ ɫ ɪə n /
n1
a member of the Episcopal church;

a1
of or pertaining to or characteristic of the Episcopal church;

- "the Episcopal hierarchy";

- "married by an Episcopalian minister";

- syn. Episcopal;

Episcopalianism / ɪ p ɪ s k ə p eɪ ɫ j ə n ɪ z ə m /
n1
the theological doctrine of church government by bishops;

episcopate / ɪ p ɪ s k ə p ɪ t /
n1
the term of office of a bishop;

n2
the territorial jurisdiction of a bishop;

- syn. bishopric, diocese;

n3
the collective body of bishops;

- syn. episcopacy;

n4
the office and dignity of a bishop;

- syn. bishopry;

episiotomy
n1
surgical incision of the perineum to enlarge the vagina and so facilitate delivery during childbirth;

episode / ɛ p ɪ s oʊ d /
n1
a happening that is distinctive in a series of related events;

n2
a brief section of a literary or dramatic work that forms part of a connected series;

n3
a part of a broadcast serial;

- syn. installment, instalment;

n4
film consisting of a succession of related shots that develop a given subject in a movie;

- syn. sequence;

episodic / ɛ p ɪ s ɒ d ɪ k /
a1
of writing or narration;

- divided into or composed of episodes;

- "the book is episodic and the incidents don't always hang together";

- sim. divided;

a2
occurring or appearing at usually irregular intervals;

- "episodic in his affections";

- "occasional headaches";

- syn. occasional;

- sim. unpredictable;

a3
limited in duration to a single episode;

- "an account concerned primarily with episodic events such as the succession of rulers";

- sim. impermanent;

episodic memory
n1
memory for episodes in your own life;

- syn. personal memory;

episodically / ɛ p ɪ s ɒ d ɪ k ɫ i /
r1
in an episodic manner;

episome
n1
DNA that is not incorporated into the genome but is replicated together with the genome (especially in bacterial cells);

epispadias
n1
a congenital abnormality in males in which the urethra is on the upper surface of the penis;

episperm
n1
protective outer layer of seeds of flowering plants;

- syn. seed coat, testa;

epistasis
n1
the suppression of a gene by the effect of an unrelated gene;

- syn. hypostasis;

epistaxis
n1
bleeding from the nose;

- syn. nosebleed;

episteme
n1
the body of ideas that determine the knowledge that is intellectually certain at any particular time;

epistemic / ɪ p ɪ s t ɛ m ɪ k /
a1
of or relating to epistemology;

- "epistemic modal";

- syn. epistemological;

epistemic logic
n1
the modal logic of knowledge and uncertainty and ignorance;

epistemological / ɪ p ɪ s t ə m ɒ ɫ ə dʒ ɪ k ə ɫ /
a1
of or relating to epistemology;

- "epistemic modal";

- syn. epistemic;

epistemologist
n1
a specialist in epistemology;

epistemology / ɪ p ɪ s t ə m ɒ ɫ ə dʒ i /
n1
the philosophical theory of knowledge;

epistle / ɪ p ɪ s ɫ /
n1
a specially long, formal letter;

n2
a book of the New Testament written in the form of a letter from an Apostle;

Epistle of James
n1
a New Testament book attributed to Saint James the Apostle;

- syn. James;

Epistle of Jeremiah
n1
an Apocryphal book consisting of a letter ascribed to Jeremiah to the Jews in exile in Babylon warning them against idolatry;

- syn. Letter of Jeremiah;

Epistle of Jude
n1
a New Testament book attributed to Saint Jude;

- syn. Jude;

Epistle of Paul the Apostle to Philemon
n1
a New Testament book containing an epistle from Saint Paul to Philemon asking Philemon to forgive the slave for escaping;

- syn. Epistle to Philemon, Philemon;

Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Colossians
n1
a New Testament book containing an epistle from Saint Paul to the Colossians in ancient Phrygia;

- syn. Colossians, Epistle to the Colossians;

Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Ephesians
n1
a New Testament book containing the epistle from Saint Paul to the Ephesians which explains the divine plan for the world and the consummation of this in Christ;

- syn. Ephesians, Epistle to the Ephesians;

Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Galatians
n1
a New Testament book containing the epistle from Saint Paul to the Galatians;

- syn. Epistle to the Galatians, Galatians;

Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Philippians
n1
a New Testament book containing an epistle from Saint Paul to the church at Philippi in Macedonia;

- syn. Epistle to the Philippians, Philippians;

Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Romans
n1
a New Testament book containing an exposition of the doctrines of Saint Paul;

- written in AD 58;

- syn. Epistle to the Romans, Romans;

Epistle of Paul the Apostle to Titus
n1
a New Testament book containing Saint Paul's epistle to Titus;

- contains advice on pastoral matters;

- syn. Epistle to Titus, Titus;

Epistle to Philemon
n1
a New Testament book containing an epistle from Saint Paul to Philemon asking Philemon to forgive the slave for escaping;

- syn. Epistle of Paul the Apostle to Philemon, Philemon;

Epistle to the Colossians
n1
a New Testament book containing an epistle from Saint Paul to the Colossians in ancient Phrygia;

- syn. Colossians, Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Colossians;

Epistle to the Ephesians
n1
a New Testament book containing the epistle from Saint Paul to the Ephesians which explains the divine plan for the world and the consummation of this in Christ;

- syn. Ephesians, Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Ephesians;

Epistle to the Galatians
n1
a New Testament book containing the epistle from Saint Paul to the Galatians;

- syn. Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Galatians, Galatians;

Epistle to the Hebrews
n1
a New Testament book traditionally included among the epistle of Saint Paul but now generally considered not to have been written by him;

- syn. Hebrews;

Epistle to the Philippians
n1
a New Testament book containing an epistle from Saint Paul to the church at Philippi in Macedonia;

- syn. Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Philippians, Philippians;

Epistle to the Romans
n1
a New Testament book containing an exposition of the doctrines of Saint Paul;

- written in AD 58;

- syn. Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Romans, Romans;

Epistle to Titus
n1
a New Testament book containing Saint Paul's epistle to Titus;

- contains advice on pastoral matters;

- syn. Epistle of Paul the Apostle to Titus, Titus;

epistolary / ɪ p ɪ s t ə ɫ ə ɹ i /
a1
written in the form of or carried on by letters or correspondence;

- "an endless sequence of epistolary love affairs";

- "the epistolatory novel";

- syn. epistolatory;

- sim. informal;

epistolatory / ɪ p ɪ s t ə ɫ ə ɹ i /
a1
written in the form of or carried on by letters or correspondence;

- "an endless sequence of epistolary love affairs";

- "the epistolatory novel";

- syn. epistolary;

- sim. informal;

epistrophe / ɪ p ɪ s t ɹ ə f i /
n1
repetition of the ends of two or more successive sentences, verses, etc.;

- syn. epiphora;

epitaph / ɛ p ɪ t ɑ f /
n1
an inscription on a tombstone or monument in memory of the person buried there;

n2
a summary statement of commemoration for a dead person;

epitaxy
n1
growing a crystal layer of one mineral on the crystal base of another mineral in such a manner that its crystalline orientation is the same as that of the substrate;

epithalamium / ɛ p ɪ θ ə ɫ eɪ m j ə m /
n1
an ode honoring a bride and bridegroom;

epithelial
a1
of or belonging to the epithelium;

- "epithelial layer";

epithelial cell
n1
one of the closely packed cells forming the epithelium;

epithelial duct
n1
a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance;

- "the tear duct was obstructed";

- "the alimentary canal";

- "poison is released through a channel in the snake's fangs";

- syn. canal, channel, duct;

epithelial tissue
n1
membranous tissue covering internal organs and other internal surfaces of the body;

- syn. epithelium;

epitheliod
a1
resembling epithelium;

- "epithelial tissue";

epithelioma
n1
a malignant tumor of the epithelial tissue;

epithelium / ɛ p ɪ θ i ɫ j ə m /
n1
membranous tissue covering internal organs and other internal surfaces of the body;

- syn. epithelial tissue;

epithet / ɛ p ɪ θ ɛ t /
n1
a defamatory or abusive word or phrase;

- syn. name;

n2
descriptive word or phrase;

epitome / ɪ p ɪ t ə m i /
n1
a standard or typical example;

- "he is the prototype of good breeding";

- "he provided America with an image of the good father";

- syn. image, paradigm, prototype;

n2
a brief abstract (as of an article or book);

epitomise / ɪ p ɪ t ə m ɪ s /
v1
embody the essential characteristics of or be a typical example of;

- "The fugue typifies Bach's style of composition";

- syn. epitomize, typify;

epitomize / ɪ p ɪ t ə m aɪ z /
v1
embody the essential characteristics of or be a typical example of;

- "The fugue typifies Bach's style of composition";

- syn. epitomise, typify;

epitope
n1
the site on the surface of an antigen molecule to which an antibody attaches itself;

- syn. antigenic determinant, determinant;

epitrochoidal engine
n1
a rotary engine that is a four-stroke internal-combustion engine without reciprocating parts;

- syn. Wankel engine, Wankel rotary engine;

epizoan
n1
any external parasitic organism (as fleas);

- syn. ectoparasite, ectozoan, ectozoon, epizoon;

a1
of or relating to epizoa;

- syn. ectozoan;

epizoic
a1
living or growing on the exterior surface of an animal usually as a parasite;

- "an epizoic plant parasite";

epizoon
n1
any external parasitic organism (as fleas);

- syn. ectoparasite, ectozoan, ectozoon, epizoan;

epizootic
a1
(of animals) epidemic among animals of a single kind within a particular region;

- "an epizootic disease";

- sim. epidemic;

epoch / i p ɒ k /
n1
a period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event;

- syn. era;

n2
(astronomy) an arbitrarily fixed date that is the point in time relative to which information (as coordinates of a celestial body) is recorded;

- syn. date of reference;

n3
a unit of geological time that is a subdivision of a period and is itself divided into ages;

epoch-making / i p ɒ k m eɪ k ɪ ŋ /
a1
highly significant or important especially bringing about or marking the beginning of a new development or era;

- "epochal decisions made by Roosevelt and Churchill";

- "an epoch-making discovery";

- syn. epochal;

- sim. significant;

epochal / ɛ p ɒ k ə ɫ /
a1
highly significant or important especially bringing about or marking the beginning of a new development or era;

- "epochal decisions made by Roosevelt and Churchill";

- "an epoch-making discovery";

- syn. epoch-making;

- sim. significant;

Epona
n1
(possibly Roman mythology) Celtic goddess of horses and mules and asses;

eponym / ɛ p oʊ n ɪ m /
n1
the person for whom something is named;

- "Constantine I is the eponym for Constantinople";

n2
the name derived from a person (real or imaginary);

- "Down's syndrome is an eponym for the English physician John Down";

eponymic / ɛ p oʊ n ɪ m ɪ k /
a1
being or relating to or bearing the name of an eponym;

- syn. eponymous;

eponymous / ɪ p ɒ n ɪ m ə s /
a1
being or relating to or bearing the name of an eponym;

- syn. eponymic;

eponymy / ɛ p oʊ n ɪ m i /
n1
the derivation of a general name from that of a famous person;

epos / ɛ p ɒ s /
n1
a body of poetry that conveys the traditions of a society by treating some epic theme;

n2
a long narrative poem telling of a hero's deeds;

- syn. epic, epic poem, heroic poem;

epoxy
n1
a thermosetting resin;

- used chiefly in strong adhesives and coatings and laminates;

- syn. epoxy glue, epoxy resin;

v1
glue with epoxy;

- "epoxy the shards";

epoxy glue
n1
a thermosetting resin;

- used chiefly in strong adhesives and coatings and laminates;

- syn. epoxy, epoxy resin;

epoxy resin
n1
a thermosetting resin;

- used chiefly in strong adhesives and coatings and laminates;

- syn. epoxy, epoxy glue;

EPROM
n1
(computer science) a read-only memory chip that can be erased by ultraviolet light and programmed again with new data;

- syn. erasable programmable read-only memory;

epsilon / ɛ p s aɪ ɫ ə n /
n1
the 5th letter of the Greek alphabet;

Epsilon Aurigae
n1
the largest known star;

epsilon toxin
n1
a bacterial toxin produced by clostridium perfringens;

- causes intense abdominal cramps and diarrhea that begins 8-22 hours after consumption of foods containing large numbers of these bacteria;

- syn. Clostridium perfringens epsilon toxin;

Epsom salts
n1
hydrated magnesium sulfate that is taken orally to treat heartburn and constipation and injected to prevent seizures;

- syn. bitter salts;

n2
(used with a singular noun) hydrated magnesium sulfate used as a laxative;

Epstein
n1
British sculptor (born in the United States) noted for busts and large controversial works (1880-1959);

- syn. Jacob Epstein, Sir Jacob Epstein;

Epstein-Barr virus
n1
the herpes virus that causes infectious mononucleosis;

- associated with specific cancers in Africa and China;

- syn. EBV;

eptatretus
n1
a fossil hagfish of the genus Eptatretus;

Eptesicus
n1
a genus of Vespertilionidae;

- syn. genus Eptesicus;

Eptesicus fuscus
n1
rather large North American brown bat;

- widely distributed;

- syn. big brown bat;

Eptesicus serotinus
n1
common brown bat of Europe;

- syn. European brown bat, serotine;

eq
n1
the atomic weight of an element that has the same combining capacity as a given weight of another element;

- the standard is 8 for oxygen;

- syn. combining weight, equivalent, equivalent weight;

equable / ɛ k w ə b ɫ /
a1
not varying;

- "an equable climate";

- sim. temperate;

a2
not easily irritated;

- "an equable temper";

- "not everyone shared his placid temperament";

- "remained placid despite the repeated delays";

- syn. even-tempered, good-tempered, placid;

- sim. good-natured;

equably / ɛ k w ə b ɫ i /
r1
in an equable manner;

- "he is an equably cheerful fellow";

Equador laurel
n1
large tropical American tree of the genus Cordia grown for its abundant creamy white flowers and valuable wood;

- syn. Cordia alliodora, Spanish elm, cypre, princewood, salmwood;

equal / i k w ə ɫ /
n1
a person who is of equal standing with another in a group;

- syn. compeer, match, peer;

v1
be identical or equivalent to;

- "One dollar equals 1,000 rubles these days!";

- syn. be;

v2
be equal to in quality or ability;

- "Nothing can rival cotton for durability";

- "Your performance doesn't even touch that of your colleagues";

- "Her persistence and ambition only matches that of her parents";

- syn. match, rival, touch;

v3
make equal, uniform, corresponding, or matching;

- "let's equalize the duties among all employees in this office";

- "The company matched the discount policy of its competitors";

- syn. equalise, equalize, equate, match;

a1
having the same quantity, value, or measure as another;

- "on equal terms";

- "all men are equal before the law";

- also commensurate, comparable, same;

- sim. close, coequal, coordinate, equidistant, equilateral, equivalent, even, half-and-half, isochronal, isoclinal, isometric, isothermal, quits, tied;

a2
having the requisite qualities or resources to meet a task;

- "she had adequate training";

- "her training was adequate";

- "she was adequate to the job";

- "he was equal to the task";

- syn. adequate;

- also satisfactory;

- sim. adequate to, competent;

equal-area map projection
n1
a map projection in which quadrilaterals formed by meridians and parallels have an area on the map proportional to their area on the globe;

- syn. equal-area projection;

equal-area projection
n1
a map projection in which quadrilaterals formed by meridians and parallels have an area on the map proportional to their area on the globe;

- syn. equal-area map projection;

equal opportunity
n1
the right to equivalent opportunities for employment regardless of race or color or sex or national origin;

equal protection of the laws
n1
a right guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment to the US Constitution and by the due-process clause of the Fifth Amendment;

equal sign
n1
a sign indicating that the quantities on either side are equal;

equal temperament
n1
the division of the scale based on an octave that is divided into twelve exactly equal semitones;

- "equal temperament is the system commonly used in keyboard instruments";

equal to
a1
having the requisite qualities for;

- "equal to the task";

- "the work isn't up to the standard I require";

- syn. adequate to, capable, up to;

- sim. adequate;

equalisation / i k w ə ɫ aɪ z eɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
the act of making equal or uniform;

- syn. equalization, leveling;

equalise
v1
compensate;

- make the score equal;

- syn. equalize, get even;

v2
make equal, uniform, corresponding, or matching;

- "let's equalize the duties among all employees in this office";

- "The company matched the discount policy of its competitors";

- syn. equal, equalize, equate, match;

equaliser / i k w ə ɫ aɪ z ə /
n1
electronic equipment that reduces frequency distortion;

- syn. equalizer;

n2
a weight that balances another weight;

- syn. balance, counterbalance, counterpoise, counterweight, equalizer;

equalitarian / ɪ k w ɒ ɫ ɪ t eə ɹ ɪə n /
n1
a person who believes in the equality of all people;

- syn. egalitarian;

equalitarianism / ɪ k w ɒ ɫ ɪ t eə ɹ ɪə n ɪ z ə m /
n1
the doctrine of the equality of mankind and the desirability of political and economic and social equality;

- syn. egalitarianism;

equality / ɪ k w ɒ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
the quality of being the same in quantity or measure or value or status;

n2
a state of being essentially equal or equivalent;

- equally balanced;

- "on a par with the best";

- syn. equation, equivalence, par;

equality before the law
n1
the right to equal protection of the laws;

Equality State
n1
a state in the western United States;

- mountainous in the west and north with the Great Plains in the east;

- syn. WY, Wyo., Wyoming;

equalization / i k w ə ɫ aɪ z eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the act of making equal or uniform;

- syn. equalisation, leveling;

equalize / i k w ə ɫ aɪ z /
v1
compensate;

- make the score equal;

- syn. equalise, get even;

v2
make equal, uniform, corresponding, or matching;

- "let's equalize the duties among all employees in this office";

- "The company matched the discount policy of its competitors";

- syn. equal, equalise, equate, match;

equalizer / i k w ə ɫ aɪ z ə , i k w ə ɫ aɪ z ə ɹ /
n1
electronic equipment that reduces frequency distortion;

- syn. equaliser;

n2
a weight that balances another weight;

- syn. balance, counterbalance, counterpoise, counterweight, equaliser;

n3
a score that makes the match even;

equalizing dividend
n1
a dividend paid to compensate shareholders for losses resulting from a change in the dividend schedule;

equally / i k w ə ɫ i /
r1
to the same degree (often followed by `as');

- "they were equally beautiful";

- "birds were singing and the child sang as sweetly";

- "sang as sweetly as a nightingale";

- "he is every bit as mean as she is";

- syn. as, every bit;

r2
in equal amounts or shares;

- in a balanced or impartial way;

- "a class evenly divided between girls and boys";

- "they split their winnings equally";

- "deal equally with rich and poor";

- syn. evenly;

Equanil
n1
a sedative and tranquilizer (trade name Miltown and Equanil and Meprin) used to treat muscle tension and anxiety;

- syn. Meprin, Miltown, meprobamate;

equanimity / ɛ k w ə n ɪ m ɪ t i /
n1
steadiness of mind under stress;

- "he accepted their problems with composure and she with equanimity";

- syn. calm, calmness, composure;

equanimous / i k w æ n ɪ m ə s /
a1
in full control of your faculties;

- "the witness remained collected throughout the cross-examination";

- "perfectly poised and sure of himself";

- "more self-contained and more dependable than many of the early frontiersmen";

- "strong and self-possessed in the face of trouble";

- syn. collected, poised, self-collected, self-contained, self-possessed;

- sim. composed;

equatability
n1
capability of being equated;

equate / ɪ k w eɪ t /
v1
consider or describe as similar, equal, or analogous;

- "We can compare the Han dynasty to the Romans";

- "You cannot equate success in financial matters with greed";

- syn. compare, liken;

v2
be equivalent or parallel, in mathematics;

- syn. correspond;

v3
make equal, uniform, corresponding, or matching;

- "let's equalize the duties among all employees in this office";

- "The company matched the discount policy of its competitors";

- syn. equal, equalise, equalize, match;

equating / ɪ k w eɪ t ɪ ŋ /
n1
the act of regarding as equal;

- syn. equation;

equation / ɪ k w eɪ ʒ n /
n1
a mathematical statement that two expressions are equal;

n2
a state of being essentially equal or equivalent;

- equally balanced;

- "on a par with the best";

- syn. equality, equivalence, par;

n3
the act of regarding as equal;

- syn. equating;

equator / ɪ k w eɪ t ə , ɪ k w eɪ t ə ɹ /
n1
an imaginary line around the Earth forming the great circle that is equidistant from the north and south poles;

- "the equator is the boundary between the northern and southern hemispheres";

n2
a circle dividing a sphere or other surface into two usually equal and symmetrical parts;

equatorial / ɛ k w ə t ɔ ɹ ɪə ɫ /
n1
a telescope whose mounting has only two axes of motion, one parallel to the Earth's axis and the other one at right angles to it;

a1
of or relating to or at an equator;

- "equatorial diameter";

a2
of or relating to conditions at the geographical equator;

- "equatorial heat";

a3
of or existing at or near the geographic equator;

- "equatorial Africa";

- sim. pantropical, tropical;

equatorial current
n1
any of the ocean currents that flow westward at the equator;

Equatorial Guinea
n1
a country of west central Africa (including islands in the Gulf of Guinea);

- became independent from Spain in 1968;

- syn. Republic of Equatorial Guinea, Spanish Guinea;

equerry / ɪ k w ɛr i /
n1
an official charged with the care of the horses of princes or nobles;

n2
a personal attendant of the British royal family;

equestrian / ɪ k w ɛ s t ɹ ɪə n /
n1
a man skilled in equitation;

- syn. horseback rider, horseman;

a1
of or relating to or composed of knights;

a2
of or relating to or featuring horseback riding;

equestrian sport
n1
a sport that tests horsemanship;

Equetus
n1
drumfish;

- syn. genus Equetus;

Equetus lanceolatus
n1
black-and-white drumfish with an erect elongated dorsal fin;

- syn. jackknife-fish;

Equetus pulcher
n1
a kind of drumfish;

- syn. striped drum;

equiangular / i k w ɪ æ ŋ ɡ j ʊ ɫ ə /
a1
having all angles equal;

- sim. angular;

equiangular triangle
n1
a three-sided regular polygon;

- syn. equilateral triangle;

equid
n1
hoofed mammals having slender legs and a flat coat with a narrow mane along the back of the neck;

- syn. equine;

Equidae
n1
horses;

- asses;

- zebras;

- extinct animals;

- syn. family Equidae;

equidistant / i k w ɪ d ɪ s t ə n t /
a1
the same distance apart at every point;

- sim. equal;

equidistribution / i k w ɪ d ɪ s t ɹ ɪ b j u ʃ n /
n1
a flat distribution having equal frequencies of occurrence;

equilateral / i k w ɪ ɫ æ t ə ɹ ə ɫ /
n1
a figure whose sides are all equal;

a1
having all sides or faces equal;

- sim. equal;

equilateral triangle
n1
a three-sided regular polygon;

- syn. equiangular triangle;

equilibrate / i k w ɪ ɫ aɪ b ɹ eɪ t /
v1
bring to a chemical stasis or equilibrium;

v2
bring into balance or equilibrium;

- "She has to balance work and her domestic duties";

- "balance the two weights";

- syn. balance, equilibrise, equilibrize;

equilibration / i k w ɪ ɫ aɪ b ɹ eɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
stabilization by bringing into equilibrium;

equilibrise
v1
bring into balance or equilibrium;

- "She has to balance work and her domestic duties";

- "balance the two weights";

- syn. balance, equilibrate, equilibrize;

equilibrium / i k w ɪ ɫ ɪ b ɹ ɪə m /
n1
a stable situation in which forces cancel one another;

n2
a chemical reaction and its reverse proceed at equal rates;

- syn. chemical equilibrium;

n3
equality of distribution;

- syn. balance, counterbalance, equipoise;

n4
a sensory system located in structures of the inner ear that registers the orientation of the head;

- syn. labyrinthine sense, sense of balance, sense of equilibrium, vestibular sense;

equilibrium constant
n1
(chemistry) the ratio of concentrations when equilibrium is reached in a reversible reaction (when the rate of the forward reaction equals the rate of the reverse reaction);

equilibrium law
n1
(chemistry) the principle that (at chemical equilibrium) in a reversible reaction the ratio of the rate of the forward reaction to the rate of the reverse reaction is a constant for that reaction;

- syn. law of chemical equilibrium;

equilibrize
v1
bring into balance or equilibrium;

- "She has to balance work and her domestic duties";

- "balance the two weights";

- syn. balance, equilibrate, equilibrise;

equine / ɛ k w aɪ n /
n1
hoofed mammals having slender legs and a flat coat with a narrow mane along the back of the neck;

- syn. equid;

a1
resembling a horse;

a2
of or belonging to the family Equidae;

equine distemper
n1
an acute bacterial disease of horses characterized by inflammation of the mucous membranes;

- syn. strangles;

equine encephalitis
n1
encephalitis caused by a virus that is transmitted by a mosquito from an infected horse;

- syn. equine encephalomyelitis;

equine encephalomyelitis
n1
encephalitis caused by a virus that is transmitted by a mosquito from an infected horse;

- syn. equine encephalitis;

equinoctial / i k w ɪ n ɒ k ʃ ɫ /
n1
the great circle on the celestial sphere midway between the celestial poles;

- syn. celestial equator, equinoctial circle, equinoctial line;

a1
relating to the vicinity of the equator;

a2
relating to an equinox (when the lengths of night and day are equal);

equinoctial circle
n1
the great circle on the celestial sphere midway between the celestial poles;

- syn. celestial equator, equinoctial, equinoctial line;

equinoctial line
n1
the great circle on the celestial sphere midway between the celestial poles;

- syn. celestial equator, equinoctial, equinoctial circle;

equinoctial point
n1
(astronomy) either of the two celestial points at which the celestial equator intersects the ecliptic;

- syn. equinox;

equinoctial storm
n1
a violent rainstorm near the time of an equinox;

- syn. line storm;

equinoctial year
n1
the time for the earth to make one revolution around the sun, measured between two vernal equinoxes;

- syn. astronomical year, solar year, tropical year;

equinox / i k w ɪ n ɒ k s /
n1
either of two times of the year when the sun crosses the plane of the earth's equator and day and night are of equal length;

n2
(astronomy) either of the two celestial points at which the celestial equator intersects the ecliptic;

- syn. equinoctial point;

equip / ɪ k w ɪ p /
v1
provide with (something) usually for a specific purpose;

- "The expedition was equipped with proper clothing, food, and other necessities";

- syn. fit, fit out, outfit;

v2
provide with abilities or understanding;

- "She was never equipped to be a dancer";

equipage / ɛ k w ɪ p ɪ dʒ /
n1
equipment and supplies of a military force;

- syn. materiel;

n2
a vehicle with wheels drawn by one or more horses;

- syn. carriage, rig;

equipment / ɪ k w ɪ p m ə n t /
n1
an instrumentality needed for an undertaking or to perform a service;

equipment casualty
n1
loss of military equipment;

- syn. damage;

equipment failure
n1
a cessation of normal operation;

- "there was a power breakdown";

- syn. breakdown;

equipoise / ɛ k w ɪ p ɔɪ z /
n1
equality of distribution;

- syn. balance, counterbalance, equilibrium;

equipoised
a1
lacking lateral dominance;

- being neither right-handed nor left-handed;

- sim. ambidextrous;

equipotent
a1
having equal strength or efficacy;

- sim. potent;

equipped / ɪ k w ɪ p t /
a1
provided or fitted out with what is necessary or useful or appropriate;

- "a well equipped playground";

- "a ship equipped with every mechanical aid to navigation";

- syn. equipt;

- sim. accoutered, armored, helmeted, outfitted, prepared, transistorized, visored;

a2
provided with whatever is necessary for a purpose (as furniture or equipment or authority);

- "a furnished apartment";

- "a completely furnished toolbox";

- syn. furnished;

- sim. appointed, fitted out, stocked, volumed, well-appointed;

a3
prepared with proper equipment;

- "equipped for service in the Arctic";

- syn. fitted out;

- sim. prepared;

a4
carrying weapons;

- syn. weaponed;

- sim. armed;

equipping / ɪ k w ɪ p ɪ ŋ /
n1
the act of equiping with weapons in preparation for war;

- syn. armament, arming;

equiprobable
a1
equally probable;

- sim. probable;

equipt
a1
provided or fitted out with what is necessary or useful or appropriate;

- "a well equipped playground";

- "a ship equipped with every mechanical aid to navigation";

- syn. equipped;

- sim. accoutered, armored, helmeted, outfitted, prepared, transistorized, visored;

Equisetaceae
n1
sole surviving family of the Equisetales: fern allies;

- syn. family Equisetaceae, horsetail family;

Equisetales
n1
lower tracheophytes in existence since the Devonian;

- syn. order Equisetales;

Equisetatae
n1
horsetails and related forms;

- syn. Sphenopsida, class Equisetatae, class Sphenopsida;

Equisetum
n1
horsetails;

- coextensive with the family Equisetaceae;

- syn. genus Equisetum;

Equisetum arvense
n1
of Eurasia and Greenland and North America;

- syn. common horsetail, field horsetail;

Equisetum fluviatile
n1
Eurasia;

- northern North America to Virginia;

- syn. swamp horsetail, water horsetail;

Equisetum hyemale
n1
evergreen erect horsetail with rough-edged stems;

- formerly used for scouring utensils;

- syn. Equisetum hyemale robustum, Equisetum robustum, rough horsetail, scouring rush;

Equisetum hyemale robustum
n1
evergreen erect horsetail with rough-edged stems;

- formerly used for scouring utensils;

- syn. Equisetum hyemale, Equisetum robustum, rough horsetail, scouring rush;

Equisetum palustre
n1
scouring-rush horsetail widely distributed in wet or boggy areas of northern hemisphere;

- syn. marsh horsetail;

Equisetum robustum
n1
evergreen erect horsetail with rough-edged stems;

- formerly used for scouring utensils;

- syn. Equisetum hyemale, Equisetum hyemale robustum, rough horsetail, scouring rush;

Equisetum Sylvaticum
n1
Eurasia except southern Russia;

- northern North America;

- syn. wood horsetail;

Equisetum variegatum
n1
northern North America;

- Greenland;

- northern and central Europe;

- syn. variegated horsetail, variegated scouring rush;

equitable / ɛ k w ɪ t ə b ɫ /
a1
fair to all parties as dictated by reason and conscience;

- "equitable treatment of all citizens";

- "an equitable distribution of gifts among the children";

- syn. just;

- also fair, impartial, just;

- sim. evenhanded, honest;

equitably / ɛ k w ɪ t ə b ɫ i /
r1
in an equitable manner;

- "the inheritance was equitably divided among the sisters";

equitation / ɛ k w ɪ t eɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
the sport of sitting on the back of a horse while controlling its movements;

- syn. horseback riding, riding;

equity / ɛ k w ɪ t i /
n1
the difference between the market value of a property and the claims held against it;

n2
the ownership interest of shareholders in a corporation;

n3
conformity with rules or standards;

- "the judge recognized the fairness of my claim";

- syn. fairness;

equity credit line
n1
a loan secured by equity value in the borrower's home;

- syn. home equity credit, home equity loan, home loan;

equivalence / ɪ k w ɪ v ə ɫ ə n s /
n1
a state of being essentially equal or equivalent;

- equally balanced;

- "on a par with the best";

- syn. equality, equation, par;

n2
essential equality and interchangeability;

n3
qualities that are comparable;

- "no comparison between the two books";

- "beyond compare";

- syn. comparability, compare, comparison;

equivalent / ɪ k w ɪ v ə ɫ ə n t /
n1
a person or thing equal to another in value or measure or force or effect or significance etc;

- "send two dollars or the equivalent in stamps";

n2
the atomic weight of an element that has the same combining capacity as a given weight of another element;

- the standard is 8 for oxygen;

- syn. combining weight, eq, equivalent weight;

a1
being essentially equal to something;

- "it was as good as gold";

- "a wish that was equivalent to a command";

- "his statement was tantamount to an admission of guilt";

- syn. tantamount;

- sim. equal;

equivalent-binary-digit factor
n1
the average number of binary digits needed to express one radix digit in a numeration system that is not binary;

- on the average a number that can be expressed in N decimal digits takes 3.3N binary digits;

equivalent weight
n1
the atomic weight of an element that has the same combining capacity as a given weight of another element;

- the standard is 8 for oxygen;

- syn. combining weight, eq, equivalent;

equivalent word
n1
two words that can be interchanged in a context are said to be synonymous relative to that context;

- syn. synonym;

equivocal / ɪ k w ɪ v ə k ɫ /
a1
open to two or more interpretations;

- or of uncertain nature or significance;

- or (often) intended to mislead;

- "an equivocal statement";

- "the polling had a complex and equivocal (or ambiguous) message for potential female candidates";

- "the officer's equivocal behavior increased the victim's uneasiness";

- "popularity is an equivocal crown";

- "an equivocal response to an embarrassing question";

- syn. ambiguous;

- also ambiguous;

- sim. double, evasive, indeterminate;

a2
open to question;

- "aliens of equivocal loyalty";

- "his conscience reproached him with the equivocal character of the union into which he had forced his son"-Anna Jameson;

- sim. questionable;

a3
uncertain as a sign or indication;

- "the evidence from bacteriologic analysis was equivocal";

- sim. inconclusive;

equivocally / ɪ k w ɪ v ə k ɫ i /
r1
in an ambiguous manner;

- "this letter is worded ambiguously";

- syn. ambiguously;

equivocalness / ɪ k w ɪ v ə k ɫ n ɛ s /
n1
unclearness by virtue of having more than one meaning;

- syn. ambiguity;

equivocate / ɪ k w ɪ v ə k eɪ t /
v1
be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information;

- syn. beat around the bush, palter, prevaricate, tergiversate;

equivocation / ɪ k w ɪ v ə k eɪ ʃ n /
n1
a statement that is not literally false but that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truth;

- syn. evasion;

n2
intentionally vague or ambiguous;

- syn. evasiveness, prevarication;

n3
falsification by means of vague or ambiguous language;

- syn. tergiversation;

equivocator / ɪ k w ɪ v ə k eɪ t ə /
n1
a respondent who avoids giving a clear direct answer;

- syn. hedger, tergiversator;

Equus
n1
type genus of the Equidae: only surviving genus of the family Equidae;

- syn. genus Equus;

Equus asinus
n1
a wild ass of Africa;

- syn. African wild ass;

n2
domestic beast of burden descended from the African wild ass;

- patient but stubborn;

- syn. domestic ass, donkey;

Equus Burchelli
n1
of the plains of central and eastern Africa;

- syn. Burchell's zebra, common zebra;

Equus caballus
n1
solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times;

- syn. horse;

Equus caballus gomelini
n1
European wild horse extinct since the early 20th century;

- syn. tarpan;

Equus caballus przevalskii
n1
wild horse of central Asia that resembles an ass;

- now endangered;

- syn. Equus caballus przewalskii, Przevalski's horse, Przewalski's horse;

Equus caballus przewalskii
n1
wild horse of central Asia that resembles an ass;

- now endangered;

- syn. Equus caballus przevalskii, Przevalski's horse, Przewalski's horse;

Equus grevyi
n1
zebra with less continuous stripes;

- syn. grevy's zebra;

Equus hemionus
n1
Asiatic wild ass;

- syn. onager;

Equus hemionus hemionus
n1
Mongolian wild ass;

- syn. chigetai, dziggetai;

Equus kiang
n1
wild ass of Tibet and Mongolia;

- syn. kiang;

Equus quagga
n1
mammal of South Africa that resembled a zebra;

- extinct since late 19th century;

- syn. quagga;

Equus zebra zebra
n1
narrow-striped nearly extinct zebra of southern Africa;

- syn. mountain zebra;

Er / i ə , i ə ɹ /
n1
a trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group;

- occurs with yttrium;

- syn. atomic number 68, erbium;

n2
a room in a hospital or clinic staffed and equipped to provide emergency care to persons requiring immediate medical treatment;

- syn. emergency room;

era / ɪə ɹ ə /
n1
a period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event;

- syn. epoch;

n2
a major division of geological time;

- an era is usually divided into two or more periods;

- syn. geological era;

n3
(baseball) a measure of a pitcher's effectiveness;

- calculated as the average number of earned runs allowed by the pitcher for every nine innings pitched;

- syn. earned run average;

eradicable / ɪr æ d ɪ k ə b ɫ /
a1
able to be eradicated or rooted out;

- sim. delible, effaceable, exterminable, obliterable;

eradicate / ɪr æ d ɪ k eɪ t /
v1
kill in large numbers;

- "the plague wiped out an entire population";

- syn. annihilate, carry off, decimate, eliminate, extinguish, wipe out;

v2
destroy completely, as if down to the roots;

- "the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted";

- "root out corruption";

- syn. exterminate, extirpate, root out, uproot;

eradication / ɪr æ d ɪ k eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the complete destruction of every trace of something;

- syn. obliteration;

eradicator / ɪr æ d ɪ k eɪ t ə /
n1
someone who exterminates (especially someone whose occupation is the extermination of troublesome rodents and insects);

- syn. exterminator, terminator;

Eragrostic abyssinica
n1
an African grass economically important as a cereal grass (yielding white flour of good quality) as well as for forage and hay;

- syn. Eragrostis tef, teff, teff grass;

Eragrostis
n1
annual or perennial grasses of tropics and subtropics;

- syn. genus Eragrostis;

Eragrostis curvula
n1
perennial South African grass having densely clumped flimsy stems;

- introduced into United States especially for erosion control;

- syn. African love grass, weeping love grass;

Eragrostis tef
n1
an African grass economically important as a cereal grass (yielding white flour of good quality) as well as for forage and hay;

- syn. Eragrostic abyssinica, teff, teff grass;

Eranthis
n1
winter aconite;

- syn. genus Eranthis;

Eranthis hyemalis
n1
small Old World perennial herb grown for its bright yellow flowers which appear in early spring often before snow is gone;

- syn. winter aconite;

erasable / ɪr eɪ z ə b ɫ /
a1
capable of being effaced;

- "the fire's worst scars were effaceable by a comprehensive program of reforestation";

- "a signal too loud to be erasable in a single pass through the erase head";

- syn. effaceable;

- sim. eradicable;

erasable programmable read-only memory
n1
(computer science) a read-only memory chip that can be erased by ultraviolet light and programmed again with new data;

- syn. EPROM;

erase / ɪr eɪ z /
v1
remove from memory or existence;

- "The Turks erased the Armenians in 1915";

- syn. wipe out;

v2
remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing;

- "Please erase the formula on the blackboard--it is wrong!";

- syn. efface, rub out, score out, wipe off;

v3
wipe out digitally or magnetically recorded information;

- "Who erased the files from my hard disk?";

- syn. delete;

eraser / ɪr eɪ z ə , ɪr eɪ z ə ɹ /
n1
an implement used to erase something;

Erasmian / ɪr æ z m ɪə n /
a1
of or relating to or in the manner of Erasmus;

Erasmus
n1
Dutch humanist and theologian who was the leading Renaissance scholar of northern Europe;

- although his criticisms of the Roman Catholic Church led to the Reformation, he opposed violence and condemned Martin Luther (1466-1536);

- syn. Desiderius Erasmus, Geert Geerts, Gerhard Gerhards;

Erastianism
n1
the doctrine that the state is supreme over the church in ecclesiastical matters;

- syn. Byzantinism, Caesaropapism;

erasure / ɪr eɪ ʒ ə , ɪr eɪ ʒ ə ɹ /
n1
a correction made by erasing;

- "there were many erasures in the typescript";

n2
a surface area where something has been erased;

- "another word had been written over the erasure";

n3
deletion by an act of expunging or erasing;

- syn. expunction, expunging;

Erato
n1
(Greek mythology) the Muse of lyric and love poetry;

Eratosthenes
n1
Greek mathematician and astronomer who estimated the circumference of the earth and the distances to the Moon and sun (276-194 BC);

Erb's palsy
n1
paralysis of the arm resulting from injury to the brachial plexus (usually during childbirth);

- syn. Erb-Duchenne paralysis;

Erb-Duchenne paralysis
n1
paralysis of the arm resulting from injury to the brachial plexus (usually during childbirth);

- syn. Erb's palsy;

erbium
n1
a trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group;

- occurs with yttrium;

- syn. Er, atomic number 68;

Ercilla
n1
a genus of evergreen climbers;

- syn. genus Ercilla;

Erebus
n1
(Greek mythology) Greek god of darkness who dwelt in the underworld;

- son of Chaos;

- brother of Nox;

- father of Aether and Day;

Erechtites hieracifolia
n1
an American weedy plant with small white or greenish flowers;

- syn. fireweed;

erect / ɪr ɛ k t /
v1
construct, build, or erect;

- "Raise a barn";

- syn. put up, raise, rear, set up;

v2
cause to rise up;

- syn. rear;

a1
upright in position or posture;

- "an erect stature";

- "erect flower stalks";

- "for a dog, an erect tail indicates aggression";

- "a column still vertical amid the ruins";

- "he sat bolt upright";

- syn. upright, vertical;

- sim. erectile, fastigiate, orthostatic, passant, rampant, semi-climbing, semi-erect, semi-upright, stand-up, standing, statant, straight;

a2
of sexual organs;

- stiff and rigid;

- syn. tumid;

- sim. hard;

erect bugle
n1
upright rhizomatous perennial with bright blue flowers;

- southern Europe;

- syn. Ajuga genevensis, blue bugle;

erectile / ɪr ɛ k t aɪ ɫ /
a1
capable of being raised to an upright position;

- "erectile feathers";

- sim. erect;

a2
filled with vascular sinuses and capable of becoming distended and rigid as the result of being filled with blood;

- "erectile tissue";

- "the penis is an erectile organ";

- syn. cavernous;

- sim. expansive;

erectile dysfunction
n1
impotence resulting from a man's inability to have or maintain an erection of his penis;

- syn. ED, male erecticle dysfunction;

erectile organ
n1
an organ containing erectile tissue;

erectile tissue
n1
vascular tissue capable of filling with blood and becoming rigid;

erecting / ɪr ɛ k t ɪ ŋ /
n1
the act of building or putting up;

- syn. erection;

erecting prism
n1
a right-angled optical prism used to turn an inverted image upright;

erection / ɪr ɛ k ʃ n /
n1
an erect penis;

- syn. hard-on;

n2
a structure that has been erected;

n3
the act of building or putting up;

- syn. erecting;

erectly / ɪr ɛ k t ɫ i /
r1
in a straight-backed manner;

- "the old man still walks erectly";

- syn. straight-backed;

erectness / ɪr ɛ k t n ə s /
n1
the property of being upright in posture;

- syn. uprightness;

n2
position at right angles to the horizon;

- syn. uprightness, verticality, verticalness;

eremite / ɛr ɪ m aɪ t /
n1
a Christian recluse;

eremitic / ɛr ɪ m ɪ t ɪ k /
a1
of or relating to or befitting eremites or their practices of hermitic living;

- "eremitic austerities";

- syn. eremitical;

a2
characterized by ascetic solitude;

- "the eremitic element in the life of a religious colony";

- "his hermitic existence";

- syn. anchoritic, eremitical, hermitic, hermitical;

- sim. unworldly;

eremitical / ɛr ɪ m ɪ t ɪ k ə ɫ /
a1
of or relating to or befitting eremites or their practices of hermitic living;

- "eremitic austerities";

- syn. eremitic;

a2
characterized by ascetic solitude;

- "the eremitic element in the life of a religious colony";

- "his hermitic existence";

- syn. anchoritic, eremitic, hermitic, hermitical;

- sim. unworldly;

eremitism / ɛr ɪ m ɪ t ɪ z ə m /
n1
monasticism characterized by solitude in which the social dimension of life is sacrificed to the primacy of religious experience;

Eresh-kigal
n1
goddess of death and consort of Nergal;

- syn. Ereshkigal, Ereshkigel;

Ereshkigal
n1
goddess of death and consort of Nergal;

- syn. Eresh-kigal, Ereshkigel;

Ereshkigel
n1
goddess of death and consort of Nergal;

- syn. Eresh-kigal, Ereshkigal;

erethism
n1
an abnormally high degree of irritability or sensitivity to stimulation of an organ or body part;

Erethizon
n1
a genus of Erethizontidae;

- syn. genus Erethizon;

Erethizon dorsatum
n1
porcupine of northeastern North America with barbed spines concealed in the coarse fur;

- often gnaws buildings for salt and grease;

- syn. Canada porcupine;

Erethizontidae
n1
New World arboreal porcupines;

- syn. family Erethizontidae;

Eretmochelys
n1
hawksbills;

- syn. genus Eretmochelys;

Eretmochelys imbricata
n1
pugnacious tropical sea turtle with a hawk-like beak;

- source of food and the best tortoiseshell;

- syn. hawkbill, hawksbill, hawksbill turtle, tortoiseshell turtle;

Erewhon
n1
a satirical novel written by Samuel Butler (1872) describing a fictitious land;

erg / ɝ ɡ /
n1
a cgs unit of work or energy;

- the work done by a force of one dyne acting over a distance of one centimeter;

ergo / ɝ ɡ oʊ /
r1
(used as a sentence connector) therefore or consequently;

ergocalciferol
n1
a fat-soluble vitamin that prevents rickets;

- syn. D, calciferol, cholecalciferol, viosterol, vitamin D;

ergodic
a1
positive recurrent aperiodic state of stochastic systems;

- tending in probability to a limiting form that is independent of the initial conditions;

- sim. random;

ergodicity
n1
an attribute of stochastic systems;

- generally, a system that tends in probability to a limiting form that is independent of the initial conditions;

ergometer / ɝ ɡ oʊ m i t ə /
n1
measuring instrument designed to measure power;

- syn. dynamometer;

ergonomic / ɝ ɡ ə n ɒ m ɪ k /
a1
of or relating to ergonomics;

ergonomics / ɝ ɡ ə n ɒ m ɪ k s /
n1
the branch of engineering science in which biological science is used to study the relation between workers and their environments;

- syn. bioengineering, biotechnology;

ergonovine
n1
an alkaloid derived from ergot (trade name Ergotrate Maleate) that is less toxic than ergot;

- induces muscular contraction of the uterus and is administered after childbirth or abortion;

- syn. Ergotrate Maleate;

ergosterol / ɝ ɡ ɒ s t ə ɹ ɒ ɫ /
n1
a plant sterol that is converted into vitamin D by ultraviolet radiation;

ergot / ɝ ɡ ə t /
n1
a plant disease caused by the ergot fungus;

n2
a fungus that infects various cereal plants forming compact black masses of branching filaments that replace many grains of the plant;

- source of medicinally important alkaloids and of lysergic acid;

- syn. Claviceps purpurea;

ergotamine
n1
an alkaloid derived from ergot that is less toxic than ergot;

- causes constriction of blood vessels and is used to treat migraine;

ergotic / ɝ ɡ oʊ t ɪ k /
a1
relating to or produced by ergot;

ergotism / ɝ ɡ ə t ɪ z ə m /
n1
poisoning by ingestion of ergot-infected grain products;

- characterized by thirst and diarrhea and nausea and cramping and vomiting and abnormal cardiac rhythms;

- in severe cases it can cause seizures and gangrene of the limbs;

Ergotrate Maleate
n1
an alkaloid derived from ergot (trade name Ergotrate Maleate) that is less toxic than ergot;

- induces muscular contraction of the uterus and is administered after childbirth or abortion;

- syn. ergonovine;

ergotropic / ɝ ɡ oʊ t ɹ ɒ p ɪ k /
a1
of or relating to ergotropism;

ergotropism
n1
an affinity for work;

Ergun He
n1
a river in eastern Asia that arises in China and flows northeast along the border between China and Russia to become a tributary of the Amur River;

- syn. Argun, Argun River;

Erianthus
n1
genus of reedlike grasses having spikes crowded in a panicle covered with long silky hairs;

- syn. genus Erianthus;

Erianthus ravennae
n1
grass often cultivated for its long white-ribbed leaves and large plumes resembling those of pampas grass;

- syn. Ravenna grass, wool grass;

Eric Arthur Blair
n1
imaginative British writer concerned with social justice (1903-1950);

- syn. Eric Blair, George Orwell, Orwell;

Eric Blair
n1
imaginative British writer concerned with social justice (1903-1950);

- syn. Eric Arthur Blair, George Orwell, Orwell;

erica / ɛr ɪ k ə /
n1
any plant of the genus Erica;

- syn. true heath;

Erica arborea
n1
evergreen treelike Mediterranean shrub having fragrant white flowers in large terminal panicles and hard woody roots used to make tobacco pipes;

- syn. briar, brier, tree heath;

Erica carnea
n1
dwarf European shrub with very early blooming bell-shaped red flowers;

- syn. spring heath, winter heath;

Erica cinerea
n1
common low European shrub with purple-red flowers;

- syn. bell heather, fine-leaved heath, heather bell;

Erica Jong
n1
United States writer (born in 1942);

- syn. Jong;

Erica lusitanica
n1
erect dense shrub native to western Iberian peninsula having profuse white or pink flowers;

- naturalized in southwestern England;

- syn. Portuguese heath, Spanish heath;

Erica perspicua
n1
South African shrub grown for its profusion of white flowers;

- syn. Prince-of-Wales'-heath, Prince of Wales heath;

Erica tetralix
n1
dwarf European shrub with rose-colored flowers;

- syn. bell heather, cross-leaved heath;

Erica vagans
n1
bushy shrub having pink to white flowers;

- common on the moors of Cornwall and in southwestern Europe;

- cultivated elsewhere;

- syn. Cornish heath;

Ericaceae
n1
heathers;

- syn. family Ericaceae, heath family;

Ericales / ɛr i k eɪ ɫ z /
n1
Ericaceae;

- Clethraceae;

- Diapensiaceae;

- Epacridaceae;

- Lennoaceae;

- Pyrolaceae;

- Monotropaceae;

- syn. order Ericales;

Erich Mendelsohn
n1
German architect who migrated to Palestine in 1937 (1887-1953);

- syn. Mendelsohn;

Erich von Stroheim
n1
United States film actor (born in Austria) (1885-1957);

- syn. Stroheim;

Eridanus
n1
a constellation in the southern hemisphere near Fornax and Cetus;

Erie
n1
a member of an Iroquoian people formerly living on the south shore of Lake Erie in northern Ohio and northwest Pennsylvania and western New York;

n2
the 4th largest of the Great Lakes;

- it is linked to the Hudson River by the New York State Barge Canal;

- syn. Lake Erie;

n3
a port city on Lake Erie in northwestern Pennsylvania;

Erie Canal
n1
an artificial waterway connecting the Hudson river at Albany with Lake Erie at Buffalo;

- built in the 19th century;

- now part of the New York State Barge Canal;

Erigeron
n1
cosmopolitan genus of usually perennial herbs with flowers that resemble asters;

- leaves occasionally (especially formerly) used medicinally;

- syn. genus Erigeron;

Erigeron acer
n1
widespread weed with pale purple-blue flowers;

- syn. blue fleabane;

Erigeron annuus
n1
widely naturalized white-flowered North American herb;

- syn. daisy fleabane;

Erigeron aurantiacus
n1
mat-forming herb of Turkestan with nearly double orange-yellow flowers;

- syn. orange daisy, orange fleabane;

Erigeron canadensis
n1
common North American weed with linear leaves and small discoid heads of yellowish flowers;

- widely naturalized throughout temperate regions;

- sometimes placed in genus Erigeron;

- syn. Canadian fleabane, Conyza canadensis, fleabane, horseweed;

Erigeron divergens
n1
well-branched plant with hairy leaves and stems each with a solitary flower head with narrow white or pink or lavender rays;

- western North America;

- syn. spreading fleabane;

Erigeron glaucous
n1
slightly succulent perennial with basal leaves and hairy sticky stems each bearing a solitary flower head with narrow pink or lavender rays;

- coastal bluffs Oregon to southern California;

- syn. beach aster, seaside daisy;

Erigeron philadelphicus
n1
especially pretty plant having a delicate fringe of threadlike rays around flower heads having very slender white or pink rays;

- United States and Canada;

- syn. Philadelphia fleabane;

Erigeron pulchellus
n1
common perennial of eastern North America having flowers with usually violet-purple rays;

- syn. robin's plantain;

Erigeron speciosus
n1
plant having branching leafy stems each branch with an especially showy solitary flower head with many narrow pink or lavender or white rays;

- northwestern United States mountains;

- syn. showy daisy;

Erignathus
n1
bearded seals;

- syn. genus Erignathus;

Erignathus barbatus
n1
medium-sized greyish to yellow seal with bristles each side of muzzle;

- of the Arctic Ocean;

- syn. bearded seal, squareflipper square flipper;

Erigonum fasciculatum
n1
low-growing shrub with spreading branches and flowers in loose heads;

- desert regions of western United States (California to Utah);

- syn. California buckwheat, wild buckwheat;

Erik Adolf von Willebrand
n1
Finnish physician who first described vascular hemophilia (1870-1949);

- syn. E. A. von Willebrand, Erik von Willebrand, Willebrand, von Willebrand;

Erik Alfred Leslie Satie
n1
French composer noted for his experimentalism and rejection of Romanticism (1866-1925);

- syn. Erik Satie, Satie;

Erik Axel Karlfeldt
n1
Swedish poet whose works incorporate Swedish customs and folklore (1864-1931);

- syn. Karlfeldt;

Erik Satie
n1
French composer noted for his experimentalism and rejection of Romanticism (1866-1925);

- syn. Erik Alfred Leslie Satie, Satie;

Erik von Willebrand
n1
Finnish physician who first described vascular hemophilia (1870-1949);

- syn. E. A. von Willebrand, Erik Adolf von Willebrand, Willebrand, von Willebrand;

Erik Weisz
n1
United States magician (born in Hungary) famous for his ability to escape from chains or handcuffs or straitjackets or padlocked containers (1874-1926);

- syn. Harry Houdini, Houdini;

Erin / ɛr ɪ n /
n1
an early name of Ireland that is now used in poetry;

Erinaceidae
n1
true hedgehogs;

- syn. family Erinaceidae;

Erinaceus
n1
type genus of the family Erinaceidae: hedgehogs;

- syn. genus Erinaceus;

Erinaceus europaeus
n1
small nocturnal Old World mammal covered with both hair and protective spines;

- syn. Erinaceus europeaeus, hedgehog;

Erinaceus europeaeus
n1
small nocturnal Old World mammal covered with both hair and protective spines;

- syn. Erinaceus europaeus, hedgehog;

eringo
n1
any plant of the genus Eryngium;

- syn. eryngo;

Erinyes
n1
(classical mythology) the hideous snake-haired monsters (usually three in number) who pursued unpunished criminals;

- syn. Eumenides, Fury;

Eriobotrya
n1
Asiatic evergreen fruit trees;

- syn. genus Eriobotrya;

Eriobotrya japonica
n1
evergreen tree of warm regions having fuzzy yellow olive-sized fruit with a large free stone;

- native to China and Japan;

- syn. Japanese medlar, Japanese plum, loquat, loquat tree;

Eriocaulaceae
n1
chiefly tropical aquatic or bog herbs: pipeworts;

- syn. family Eriocaulaceae, pipewort family;

Eriocaulon
n1
type genus of the Eriocaulaceae: rushlike aquatic or marginal perennials usually found in shallow waters of acid lakes and pools and bogs;

- syn. genus Eriocaulon;

Eriocaulon aquaticum
n1
aquatic perennial of North America and Ireland and Hebrides having translucent green leaves in a basal spiral and dense buttonlike racemes of minute white flowers;

- syn. pipewort;

Eriodictyon
n1
small genus of evergreen shrubs of southwestern United States and Mexico;

- syn. genus Eriodictyon;

Eriodictyon californicum
n1
viscid evergreen shrub of western United States with white to deep lilac flowers;

- the sticky aromatic leaves are used in treating bronchial and pulmonary illnesses;

- syn. yerba santa;

eriogonum
n1
any plant of the genus Eriogonum with small clustered flowers;

Eriogonum allenii
n1
late blooming perennial plant of shale barrens of Virginia having flowers in flat-topped clusters;

- syn. umbrella plant;

Eriophorum
n1
cotton grass;

- syn. genus Eriophorum;

Eriophorum angustifolium
n1
having densely tufted white cottony or downlike glumes;

- syn. common cotton grass;

Eriophyllum
n1
genus of hairy herbs and shrubs of western North America;

- syn. genus Eriophyllum;

Eriophyllum lanatum
n1
greyish woolly leafy perennial with branched stems ending in leafless stalks bearing golden-yellow flower heads;

- dry areas western North America;

- syn. golden yarrow;

Eriophyllum wallacei
n1
tiny grey woolly tufted annual with small golden-yellow flower heads;

- southeastern California to northwestern Arizona and southwestern Utah;

- sometimes placed in genus Eriophyllum;

- syn. Antheropeas wallacei, dwarf daisy, woolly daisy;

Eriosoma
n1
woolly aphids;

- syn. genus Eriosoma;

Eriosoma lanigerum
n1
primarily a bark feeder on aerial parts and roots of apple and other trees;

- syn. American blight, woolly apple aphid;

Eris
n1
(Greek mythology) goddess of discord;

- sister of Ares;

eristic / ɛr ɪ s t ɪ k /
n1
a person who disputes;

- who is good at or enjoys controversy;

- syn. controversialist, disputant;

n2
the art of logical disputation (especially if specious);

a1
given to disputation for its own sake and often employing specious arguments;

- syn. eristical;

- sim. argumentative;

eristical / ɛr ɪ s t ɪ k ə ɫ /
a1
given to disputation for its own sake and often employing specious arguments;

- syn. eristic;

- sim. argumentative;

Erithacus
n1
Old World thrushes;

- syn. genus Erithacus;

Erithacus rubecola
n1
small Old World songbird with a reddish breast;

- syn. Old World robin, redbreast, robin, robin redbreast;

Erithacus svecicus
n1
songbird of northern Europe and Asia;

- syn. bluethroat;

Eritrea / ɛr ɪ t ɹ eɪ ə /
n1
an African country to the north of Ethiopia on the Red Sea;

- achieved independence from Ethiopia in 1993;

- syn. State of Eritrea;

Eritrean / ɛr ɪ t ɹ eɪ ə n /
n1
a native or inhabitant of Eritrea;

a1
of or relating to or characteristic of Eritrea or its people;

- "Eritrean civil war";

Erivan
n1
capital of Armenia;

- syn. Jerevan, Yerevan, capital of Armenia;

Erlang / ɝ ɫ æ ŋ /
n1
a unit of traffic intensity in a telephone system;

Erle Stanley Gardner
n1
writer of detective novels featuring Perry Mason (1889-1970);

- syn. Gardner;

Erlenmeyer
n1
German chemist (1825-1909);

- syn. Richard August Carl Emil Erlenmeyer;

Erlenmeyer flask
n1
a conical flask with a wide base and narrow neck;

ermine / ɝ m ɪ n /
n1
the expensive white fur of the ermine;

n2
mustelid of northern hemisphere in its white winter coat;

- syn. Mustela erminea, shorttail weasel;

ern
n1
bulky greyish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail;

- of Europe and Greenland;

- syn. European sea eagle, Haliatus albicilla, erne, gray sea eagle, grey sea eagle, white-tailed sea eagle;

erne / ɝ n /
n1
bulky greyish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail;

- of Europe and Greenland;

- syn. European sea eagle, Haliatus albicilla, ern, gray sea eagle, grey sea eagle, white-tailed sea eagle;

Ernest Bevin
n1
British labor leader and statesman who played an important role in diplomacy after World War II (1884-1951);

- syn. Bevin;

Ernest Bloch
n1
United States composer (born in Switzerland) who composed symphonies and chamber music and choral music and a piano sonata and an opera (1880-1959);

- syn. Bloch;

Ernest Hemingway
n1
an American writer of fiction who won the Nobel prize for literature in 1954 (1899-1961);

- syn. Hemingway;

Ernest Orlando Lawrence
n1
United States physicist who developed the cyclotron (1901-1958);

- syn. E. O. Lawrence, Lawrence;

Ernest Rutherford
n1
British physicist (born in New Zealand) who discovered the atomic nucleus and proposed a nuclear model of the atom (1871-1937);

- syn. First Baron Rutherford, First Baron Rutherford of Nelson, Rutherford;

Ernest Solvay
n1
Belgian chemist who developed the Solvay process and built factories exploiting it (1838-1922);

- syn. Solvay;

Ernest Thomas Sinton Walton
n1
Irish physicist who (with Sir John Cockcroft in 1931) first split an atom (1903-1995);

- syn. E. T. S. Walton, Ernest Walton, Walton;

Ernest Walton
n1
Irish physicist who (with Sir John Cockcroft in 1931) first split an atom (1903-1995);

- syn. E. T. S. Walton, Ernest Thomas Sinton Walton, Walton;

Ernestine Schumann-Heink
n1
United States operatic contralto (1861-1936);

- syn. Schumann-Heink;

Ernesto Guevara
n1
an Argentine revolutionary leader who was Fidel Castro's chief lieutenant in the Cuban revolution;

- active in other Latin American countries;

- was captured and executed by the Bolivian army (1928-1967);

- syn. Che Guevara, Guevara;

Ernst
n1
painter (born in Germany, resident of France and the United States) who was a cofounder of dadaism;

- developed the technique of collage (1891-1976);

- syn. Max Ernst;

Ernst Boris Chain
n1
British biochemist (born in Germany) who isolated and purified penicillin, which had been discovered in 1928 by Sir Alexander Fleming (1906-1979);

- syn. Chain, Sir Ernst Boris Chain;

Ernst Cassirer
n1
German philosopher concerned with concept formation in the human mind and with symbolic forms in human culture generally (1874-1945);

- syn. Cassirer;

Ernst Heinrich Haeckel
n1
German biologist and philosopher;

- advocated Darwinism and formulated the theory of recapitulation;

- was an exponent of materialistic monism (1834-1919);

- syn. Haeckel;

Ernst Heinrich Weber
n1
German physiologist who studied sensory responses to stimuli and is considered the father of psychophysics (1795-1878);

- syn. E. H. Weber, Weber;

Ernst Lubitsch
n1
German filmmaker of sophisticated comedies (1892-1947);

- syn. Lubitsch;

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
n1
German expressionist painter (1880-1938);

- syn. Kirchner;

Ernst Mach
n1
Austrian physicist and philosopher who introduced the Mach number and who founded logical positivism (1838-1916);

- syn. Mach;

Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann
n1
German writer of fantastic tales (1776-1822);

- syn. E. T. A. Hoffmann, Ernst Theodor Wilhelm Hoffmann, Hoffmann;

Ernst Theodor Wilhelm Hoffmann
n1
German writer of fantastic tales (1776-1822);

- syn. E. T. A. Hoffmann, Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann, Hoffmann;

Ernst Werner von Siemens
n1
German electrical engineer (1816-1892);

- syn. Siemens;

erode / ɪr oʊ d /
v1
become ground down or deteriorate;

- "Her confidence eroded";

- syn. eat at, gnaw, gnaw at, wear away;

v2
remove soil or rock;

- "Rain eroded the terraces";

- syn. eat away, fret;

eroded / ɪr oʊ d ɪ d /
a1
worn away as by water or ice or wind;

- syn. scoured;

- sim. worn;

eroding / ɪr oʊ d ɪ ŋ /
n1
(geology) the mechanical process of wearing or grinding something down (as by particles washing over it);

- syn. eating away, erosion, wearing, wearing away;

Erodium
n1
geraniums of Europe and South America and Australia especially mountainous regions;

- syn. genus Erodium;

Erodium cicutarium
n1
European weed naturalized in southwestern United States and Mexico having reddish decumbent stems with small fernlike leaves and small deep reddish-lavender flowers followed by slender fruits that stick straight up;

- often grown for forage;

- syn. alfilaria, alfileria, clocks, filaree, filaria, pin clover, pin grass, redstem storksbill;

Erodium moschatum
n1
low annual European herb naturalized in America;

- similar to alfilaria;

- syn. musk clover, muskus grass, white-stemmed filaree;

Erodium texanum
n1
of prairies and desert areas of southwestern United States and Mexico;

- syn. Texas storksbill;

erogenous / ɪr ɒ dʒ ə n ə s /
a1
sensitive to sexual stimulation;

- sim. sensitive;

erogenous zone
n1
any area of the body especially sensitive to sexual stimulation;

Erolia
n1
a genus of Scolopacidae;

- syn. genus Erolia;

Erolia alpina
n1
small common sandpiper that breeds in northern or Arctic regions and winters in southern United States or Mediterranean regions;

- syn. dunlin, red-backed sandpiper;

Erolia minutilla
n1
smallest American sandpiper;

- syn. least sandpiper, stint;

Eros
n1
(Greek mythology) god of love;

- son of Aphrodite;

- identified with Roman Cupid;

n2
a desire for sexual intimacy;

- syn. concupiscence, physical attraction, sexual desire;

erose
a1
having an irregularly notched or toothed margin as though gnawed;

- syn. jagged, jaggy, notched, toothed;

- sim. rough;

erose leaf
n1
a leaf having a jagged margin as though gnawed;

erosion / ɪr oʊ ʒ n /
n1
(geology) the mechanical process of wearing or grinding something down (as by particles washing over it);

- syn. eating away, eroding, wearing, wearing away;

n2
condition in which the earth's surface is worn away by the action of water and wind;

n3
a gradual decline of something;

- "after the accounting scandal there was an erosion of confidence in the auditors";

n4
erosion by chemical action;

- syn. corroding, corrosion;

erosive / ɪr oʊ s ɪ v /
a1
wearing away by friction;

- "the erosive effects of waves on the shoreline";

- sim. destructive;

a2
of a substance, especially a strong acid;

- capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action;

- syn. caustic, corrosive, mordant, vitriolic;

- sim. destructive;

erotic / ɪr ɒ t ɪ k /
n1
an erotic person;

a1
giving sexual pleasure;

- sexually arousing;

- syn. titillating;

- sim. sexy;

erotic love
n1
a deep feeling of sexual desire and attraction;

- "their love left them indifferent to their surroundings";

- "she was his first love";

- syn. love, sexual love;

erotica / ɪr ɒ t ɪ k ə /
n1
creative activity (writing or pictures or films etc.) of no literary or artistic value other than to stimulate sexual desire;

- syn. porn, porno, pornography, smut;

erotically / ɪr ɒ t ɪ k ɫ i /
r1
in an erotic manner;

eroticism / ɪr ɒ t ɪ s ɪ z ə m /
n1
a state of anticipation of sexuality;

- syn. erotism;

n2
the arousal of feelings of sexual desire;

- syn. amativeness, amorousness, erotism, sexiness;

eroticize / ɪr ɒ t ɪ s aɪ z /
v1
give erotic character to or make more interesting;

- "eroticize the ads";

- syn. sex up;

erotism
n1
a state of anticipation of sexuality;

- syn. eroticism;

n2
the arousal of feelings of sexual desire;

- syn. amativeness, amorousness, eroticism, sexiness;

err / ɝ , ɝ ɹ /
v1
to make a mistake or be incorrect;

- syn. mistake, slip;

v2
wander from a direct course or at random;

- "The child strayed from the path and her parents lost sight of her";

- "don't drift from the set course";

- syn. drift, stray;

errancy / ɛr ə n s i /
n1
(Christianity) holding views that disagree with accepted doctrine;

- especially disagreement with papal infallibility;

- "he denies the errancy of the Catholic Church";

n2
fallibility as indicated by erring or a tendency to err;

errand / ɛr ə n d /
n1
a short trip that is taken in the performance of a necessary task or mission;

errand boy
n1
a boy who earns money by running errands;

- syn. messenger boy;

errant / ɛr ə n t /
a1
straying from the right course or from accepted standards;

- "errant youngsters";

- sim. fallible;

a2
uncontrolled motion that is irregular or unpredictable;

- "an errant breeze";

- sim. uncontrolled;

erratic / ɪr æ t ɪ k /
a1
liable to sudden unpredictable change;

- "erratic behavior";

- "fickle weather";

- "mercurial twists of temperament";

- "a quicksilver character, cool and willful at one moment, utterly fragile the next";

- syn. fickle, mercurial, quicksilver;

- sim. changeable;

a2
having no fixed course;

- "an erratic comet";

- "his life followed a wandering course";

- "a planetary vagabond";

- syn. planetary, wandering;

- sim. unsettled;

a3
likely to perform unpredictably;

- "erratic winds are the bane of a sailor";

- "a temperamental motor;

- sometimes it would start and sometimes it wouldn't";

- "that beautiful but temperamental instrument the flute"- Osbert Lancaster;

- syn. temperamental;

- sim. unreliable;

erratically / ɪr æ t ɪ k ɫ i /
r1
in an erratic unpredictable manner;

- "economic changes are proceeding erratically";

- syn. unpredictably;

erratum / ɛr ɑ t ə m /
n1
a mistake in printed matter resulting from mechanical failures of some kind;

- syn. literal, literal error, misprint, typo, typographical error;

errhine
a1
causing nasal discharge;

- sim. causative;

erring / ɝ ɹ ɪ ŋ /
a1
capable of making an error;

- "all men are error-prone";

- syn. error-prone;

- sim. fallible;

erroneous / ɪr oʊ n ɪə s /
a1
containing or characterized by error;

- "erroneous conclusions";

- sim. incorrect;

erroneous belief
n1
a misconception resulting from incorrect information;

- syn. error;

erroneously / ɪr oʊ n ɪə s ɫ i /
r1
in a mistaken or erroneous manner;

- "he mistakenly believed it";

- syn. mistakenly;

erroneousness / ɪr oʊ n ɪə s n ə s /
n1
inadvertent incorrectness;

- syn. error;

error / ɛr ə , ɛr ə ɹ /
n1
a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention;

- "he made a bad mistake";

- "she was quick to point out my errors";

- "I could understand his English in spite of his grammatical faults";

- syn. fault, mistake;

n2
inadvertent incorrectness;

- syn. erroneousness;

n3
a misconception resulting from incorrect information;

- syn. erroneous belief;

n4
(baseball) a failure of a defensive player to make an out when normal play would have sufficed;

- syn. misplay;

n5
departure from what is ethically acceptable;

- syn. wrongdoing;

n6
(computer science) the occurrence of an incorrect result produced by a computer;

- syn. computer error;

n7
part of a statement that is not correct;

- "the book was full of errors";

- syn. mistake;

error-prone
a1
capable of making an error;

- "all men are error-prone";

- syn. erring;

- sim. fallible;

error correction code
n1
(telecommunication) a coding system that incorporates extra parity bits in order to detect errors;

- syn. ECC;

errorless / ɛr ə ɹ ɫ ɛ s /
a1
free from error;

- "an errorless baseball game";

- sim. perfect;

ersatz / eə z æ t s /
n1
an artificial or inferior substitute or imitation;

a1
artificial and inferior;

- "ersatz coffee";

- "substitute coffee";

- syn. substitute;

- sim. artificial;

Erse / ɝ s /
n1
any of several related languages of the Celts in Ireland and Scotland;

- syn. Gaelic, Goidelic;

Erskine Caldwell
n1
United States author remembered for novels about poverty and degeneration (1903-1987);

- syn. Caldwell, Erskine Preston Caldwell;

Erskine Preston Caldwell
n1
United States author remembered for novels about poverty and degeneration (1903-1987);

- syn. Caldwell, Erskine Caldwell;

erst / ɝ s t /
r1
at a previous time;

- "at one time he loved her";

- "her erstwhile writing";

- "she was a dancer once";

- syn. at one time, erstwhile, formerly, once;

erstwhile / ɝ s t w aɪ ɫ /
a1
belonging to some prior time;

- "erstwhile friend";

- "our former glory";

- "the once capital of the state";

- "her quondam lover";

- syn. former, old, one-time, onetime, quondam, sometime;

- sim. past;

r1
at a previous time;

- "at one time he loved her";

- "her erstwhile writing";

- "she was a dancer once";

- syn. at one time, erst, formerly, once;

ERT
n1
the coordinated universal time when an event is received on Earth;

- syn. Earth-received time;

Eruca
n1
annual to perennial herbs of the Mediterranean region;

- syn. genus Eruca;

Eruca sativa
n1
erect European annual often grown as a salad crop to be harvested when young and tender;

- syn. Eruca vesicaria sativa, arugula, garden rocket, rocket, rocket salad, roquette;

Eruca vesicaria sativa
n1
erect European annual often grown as a salad crop to be harvested when young and tender;

- syn. Eruca sativa, arugula, garden rocket, rocket, rocket salad, roquette;

eruct / ɪr ʌ k t /
v1
eject or send out in large quantities, also metaphorical;

- "the volcano spews out molten rocks every day";

- "The editors of the paper spew out hostile articles about the Presidential candidate";

- syn. spew, spew out;

v2
expel gas from the stomach;

- "Please don't burp at the table";

- syn. belch, bubble, burp;

eructation / ɪr ʌ k t eɪ ʃ n /
n1
(of volcanos) pouring out fumes or lava (or a deposit so formed);

- syn. eruption, extravasation;

n2
a reflex that expels gas noisily from the stomach through the mouth;

- syn. belch, belching, burp, burping;

erudite / ɛr u d aɪ t /
a1
having or showing profound knowledge;

- "a learned jurist";

- "an erudite professor";

- syn. learned;

- sim. scholarly;

eruditely / ɛr u d aɪ t ɫ i /
r1
with erudition;

- in an erudite manner;

- "he talked eruditely about Indian mythology";

- syn. learnedly;

eruditeness
n1
profound scholarly knowledge;

- syn. encyclopaedism, encyclopedism, erudition, learnedness, learning, scholarship;

erudition / ɛr u d ɪ ʃ n /
n1
profound scholarly knowledge;

- syn. encyclopaedism, encyclopedism, eruditeness, learnedness, learning, scholarship;

erupt / ɪr ʌ p t /
v1
start abruptly;

- "After 1989, peace broke out in the former East Bloc";

- syn. break out;

v2
erupt or intensify suddenly;

- "Unrest erupted in the country";

- "Tempers flared at the meeting";

- "The crowd irrupted into a burst of patriotism";

- syn. break open, burst out, flare, flare up, irrupt;

v3
start to burn or burst into flames;

- "Marsh gases ignited suddenly";

- "The oily rags combusted spontaneously";

- syn. catch fire, combust, conflagrate, ignite, take fire;

v4
break out;

- "The tooth erupted and had to be extracted";

- syn. break through, come out, push through;

v5
become active and spew forth lava and rocks;

- "Vesuvius erupts once in a while";

- syn. belch, extravasate;

v6
force out or release suddenly and often violently something pent up;

- "break into tears";

- "erupt in anger";

- syn. break, burst;

v7
appear on the skin;

- "A rash erupted on her arms after she had touched the exotic plant";

v8
become raw or open;

- "He broke out in hives";

- "My skin breaks out when I eat strawberries";

- "Such boils tend to recrudesce";

- syn. break out, recrudesce;

eruption / ɪr ʌ p ʃ n /
n1
the sudden occurrence of a violent discharge of steam and volcanic material;

- syn. volcanic eruption;

n2
symptom consisting of a breaking out and becoming visible;

n3
(of volcanos) pouring out fumes or lava (or a deposit so formed);

- syn. eructation, extravasation;

n4
a sudden violent spontaneous occurrence (usually of some undesirable condition);

- "the outbreak of hostilities";

- syn. irruption, outbreak;

n5
a sudden very loud noise;

- syn. bam, bang, blast, clap;

n6
the emergence of a tooth as it breaks through the gum;

eruptive / ɪr ʌ p t ɪ v /
a1
producing or characterized by eruptions;

- "an eruptive disease";

a2
produced by the action of fire or intense heat;

- "rocks formed by igneous agents";

- syn. igneous;

a3
actively spewing out lava;

- "a geyser is an intermittently eruptive hot spring";

- sim. active;

Erving
n1
United States basketball forward (born in 1950);

- syn. Dr. J, Julius Erving, Julius Winfield Erving;

Erwin Panofsky
n1
art historian (1892-1968);

- syn. Panofsky;

Erwin Rommel
n1
German field marshal noted for brilliant generalship in North Africa during World War II (1891-1944);

- syn. Desert Fox, Rommel;

Erwin Schrodinger
n1
Austrian physicist who discovered the wave equation (1887-1961);

- syn. Schrodinger;

erwinia
n1
rod-shaped motile bacteria that attack plants;

Eryngium
n1
large genus of decorative plants with thistlelike flower heads;

- cosmopolitan in distribution;

- syn. genus Eryngium;

Eryngium aquaticum
n1
coarse prickly perennial eryngo with aromatic roots;

- southeastern United States;

- often confused with rattlesnake master;

- syn. button snakeroot;

Eryngium maritimum
n1
European evergreen eryngo with twisted spiny leaves naturalized on United States east coast;

- roots formerly used as an aphrodisiac;

- syn. sea eryngium, sea holly, sea holm;

Eryngium yuccifolium
n1
coarse prickly perennial eryngo of United States thought to cure rattlesnake bite;

- syn. button snakeroot, rattlesnake's master, rattlesnake master;

eryngo
n1
any plant of the genus Eryngium;

- syn. eringo;

Erysimum
n1
large genus of annual or perennial herbs some grown for their flowers and some for their attractive evergreen leaves;

- Old World and North America;

- syn. genus Erysimum;

Erysimum allionii
n1
showy erect biennial or short-lived perennial cultivated for its terminal racemes of orange-yellow flowers;

- sometimes placed in genus Cheiranthus;

- syn. Cheiranthus allionii, Siberian wall flower;

Erysimum arkansanum
n1
biennial or short-lived perennial prairie rocket having orange-yellow flowers;

- western North America to Minnesota and Kansas;

- sometimes placed in genus Cheiranthus;

- syn. Cheiranthus asperus, Erysimum asperum, western wall flower;

Erysimum asperum
n1
biennial or short-lived perennial prairie rocket having orange-yellow flowers;

- western North America to Minnesota and Kansas;

- sometimes placed in genus Cheiranthus;

- syn. Cheiranthus asperus, Erysimum arkansanum, western wall flower;

Erysimum cheiranthoides
n1
slender yellow-flowered European mustard often troublesome as a weed;

- formerly used as an anthelmintic;

- syn. wormseed mustard;

Erysimum cheiri
n1
perennial of southern Europe having clusters of fragrant flowers of all colors especially yellow and orange;

- often naturalized on old walls or cliffs;

- sometimes placed in genus Erysimum;

- syn. Cheiranthus cheiri, wallflower;

erysipelas / ɛr ɪ s ɪ p ɪ ɫ ə s /
n1
an acute streptococcal infection characterized by deep-red inflammation of the skin and mucous membranes;

Erysiphaceae
n1
family of fungi parasitic mostly on leaves;

- includes powdery mildews;

- syn. family Erysiphaceae;

Erysiphales
n1
saprophytic and parasitic fungi that live on plants;

- syn. order Erysiphales;

Erysiphe
n1
genus of powdery mildews;

- syn. genus Erysiphe;

erythema / ɛr ɪ θ i m ə /
n1
abnormal redness of the skin resulting from dilation of blood vessels (as in sunburn or inflammation);

erythema multiforme
n1
a red rash caused by hypersensitivity to a drug or disease or other allergen;

erythema nodosum
n1
skin condition characterized by tender red nodules on the shins and legs;

erythema nodosum leprosum
n1
an inflammatory complication of leprosy that results in painful skin lesions on the arms and legs and face;

- syn. ENL;

erythema solare
n1
redness of the skin caused by exposure to the rays of the sun;

- syn. sunburn;

erythematous
a1
relating to or characterized by erythema;

erythrina
n1
any of various shrubs or shrubby trees of the genus Erythrina having trifoliate leaves and racemes of scarlet to coral red flowers and black seeds;

- cultivated as an ornamental;

- syn. coral tree;

Erythrina caffra
n1
small semi-evergreen broad-spreading tree of eastern South Africa with orange-scarlet flowers and small coral-red seeds;

- yields a light soft wood used for fence posts or shingles;

- syn. Cape kafferboom, kaffir boom;

Erythrina corallodendrum
n1
deciduous shrub having racemes of deep red flowers and black-spotted red seeds;

- syn. coral bean tree;

Erythrina crista-galli
n1
small South American spiny tree with dark crimson and scarlet flowers solitary or clustered;

- syn. ceibo, common coral tree, cry-baby tree, crybaby tree;

Erythrina Indica
n1
small to medium-sized thorny tree of tropical Asia and northern Australia having dense clusters of scarlet or crimson flowers and black seeds;

- syn. Erythrina variegata, Indian coral tree;

Erythrina lysistemon
n1
small semi-evergreen tree of South Africa having dense clusters of clear scarlet flowers and red seeds;

- syn. Transvaal kafferboom, kaffir boom;

Erythrina variegata
n1
small to medium-sized thorny tree of tropical Asia and northern Australia having dense clusters of scarlet or crimson flowers and black seeds;

- syn. Erythrina Indica, Indian coral tree;

Erythrina vespertilio
n1
prickly Australian coral tree having soft spongy wood;

- syn. cork tree;

erythrite
n1
a reddish mineral consisting of hydrated cobalt arsenate in monoclinic crystalline form and used in coloring glass;

- usually found in veins bearing cobalt and arsenic;

- syn. cobalt bloom;

erythroblast
n1
a nucleated cell in bone marrow from which red blood cells develop;

erythroblastosis
n1
a blood disease characterized by the abnormal presence of erythroblasts in the blood;

erythroblastosis fetalis
n1
severe anemia in newborn babies;

- the result of Rh incompatibility between maternal and fetal blood;

- typically occurs when the child of an Rh-negative mother inherits Rh-positive blood from the father;

- can be diagnosed before birth by amniocentesis;

Erythrocebus
n1
patas;

- syn. genus Erythrocebus;

Erythrocebus patas
n1
reddish long-tailed monkey of west Africa;

- syn. hussar monkey, patas;

Erythrocin
n1
an antibiotic (trade name Erythrocin or E-Mycin or Ethril or Ilosone or Pediamycin) obtained from the actinomycete Streptomyces erythreus;

- effective against many Gram-positive bacteria and some Gram-negative;

- syn. E-Mycin, Ethril, Ilosone, Pediamycin, erythromycin;

erythrocyte
n1
a mature blood cell that contains hemoglobin to carry oxygen to the bodily tissues;

- a biconcave disc that has no nucleus;

- syn. RBC, red blood cell;

erythrocyte sedimentation rate
n1
the rate at which red blood cells settle out in a tube of blood under standardized conditions;

- a high rate usually indicates the presence of inflammation;

- syn. ESR, sed rate, sedimentation rate;

erythrocytolysin
n1
any substance that can cause lysis (destruction) of erythrocytes (red blood cells) and the release of their hemoglobin;

- syn. erythrolysin, haemolysin, hemolysin;

erythroderma
n1
any skin disorder involving abnormal redness;

erythroid
a1
relating to erythrocytes;

erythrolysin
n1
any substance that can cause lysis (destruction) of erythrocytes (red blood cells) and the release of their hemoglobin;

- syn. erythrocytolysin, haemolysin, hemolysin;

erythromycin
n1
an antibiotic (trade name Erythrocin or E-Mycin or Ethril or Ilosone or Pediamycin) obtained from the actinomycete Streptomyces erythreus;

- effective against many Gram-positive bacteria and some Gram-negative;

- syn. E-Mycin, Erythrocin, Ethril, Ilosone, Pediamycin;

Erythronium
n1
perennial bulbous herbs most of northern United States: dogtooth violet;

- adder's tongue;

- trout lily;

- fawn lily;

- syn. genus Erythronium;

Erythronium albidum
n1
North American dogtooth having solitary white flowers with yellow centers and blue or pink exteriors;

- syn. blonde lilian, white dog's-tooth violet, white dogtooth violet;

Erythronium americanum
n1
eastern North American dogtooth having solitary yellow flowers marked with brown or purple and spotted interiors;

- syn. amberbell, trout lily, yellow adder's tongue;

Erythronium californicum
n1
California dogtooth violet with creamy white flowers sometimes yellow-tinged;

- syn. fawn lily;

Erythronium dens-canis
n1
sturdy European dogtooth with rose to mauve flowers;

- cultivated in many varieties;

- syn. European dogtooth;

Erythronium grandiflorum
n1
dogtooth violet of western North America having bright yellow flowers;

- syn. glacier lily, snow lily;

Erythronium montanum
n1
perennial herb having large white flowers marked with orange;

- found near the snow line in the northwestern United States;

- syn. avalanche lily;

erythropoiesis
n1
the process of producing red blood cells by the stem cells in the bone marrow;

erythropoietic
a1
of or relating to the formation of red blood cells;

erythropoietin
n1
a glycoprotein secreted by the kidneys that stimulates the production of red blood cells;

Erythroxylaceae
n1
a family of plants of order Geraniales;

- have drupaceous fruit;

- syn. family Erythroxylaceae;

Erythroxylon
n1
a large genus of South American shrubs and small trees of the family Erythroxylaceae;

- syn. Erythroxylum, genus Erythroxylon, genus Erythroxylum;

Erythroxylon coca
n1
a South American shrub whose leaves are chewed by natives of the Andes;

- a source of cocaine;

- syn. coca, coca plant;

Erythroxylon truxiuense
n1
a South American shrub whose leaves are a source of cocaine;

Erythroxylum
n1
a large genus of South American shrubs and small trees of the family Erythroxylaceae;

- syn. Erythroxylon, genus Erythroxylon, genus Erythroxylum;

Es
n1
a radioactive transuranic element produced by bombarding plutonium with neutrons;

- syn. E, atomic number 99, einsteinium;

Esaki
n1
physicist honored for advances in solid state electronics (born in Japan in 1925);

- syn. Leo Esaki;

Esau
n1
(Old Testament) the eldest son of Isaac who would have inherited the covenant that God made with Abraham and that Abraham passed on to Isaac;

- he traded his birthright to his twin brother Jacob for a mess of pottage;

escadrille
n1
a small squadron;

n2
an air force squadron typically containing six airplanes (as in France during World War I);

escalade / ɛ s k ə ɫ eɪ d /
n1
an act of scaling by the use of ladders (especially the walls of a fortification);

v1
climb up and over;

- "They had to escalade canyons to reach their destination";

escalader / ɛ s k ə ɫ eɪ d ə , ɛ s k ə ɫ eɪ d ə ɹ /
n1
someone who gains access by the use of ladders;

escalate / ɛ s k ə ɫ eɪ t /
v1
increase in extent or intensity;

- "The Allies escalated the bombing";

- syn. intensify, step up;

escalation / ɛ s k ə ɫ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
an increase to counteract a perceived discrepancy;

- "higher wages caused an escalation of prices";

- "there was a gradual escalation of hostilities";

escalator / ɛ s k ə ɫ eɪ t ə , ɛ s k ə ɫ eɪ t ə ɹ /
n1
a clause in a contract that provides for an increase or a decrease in wages or prices or benefits etc. depending on certain conditions (as a change in the cost of living index);

- syn. escalator clause;

n2
a stairway whose steps move continuously on a circulating belt;

- syn. moving staircase, moving stairway;

escalator clause
n1
a clause in a contract that provides for an increase or a decrease in wages or prices or benefits etc. depending on certain conditions (as a change in the cost of living index);

- syn. escalator;

escallop / ɪ s k ɒ ɫ ə p /
n1
edible muscle of mollusks having fan-shaped shells;

- served broiled or poached or in salads or cream sauces;

- syn. scallop, scollop;

n2
thin slice of meat (especially veal) usually fried or broiled;

- syn. cutlet, scallop, scollop;

n3
edible marine bivalve having a fluted fan-shaped shell that swim by expelling water from the shell in a series of snapping motions;

- syn. scallop, scollop;

v1
bake in a sauce, milk, etc., often with breadcrumbs on top;

- syn. scallop;

escalope de veau Orloff
n1
lightly sauteed veal cutlets spread with a Soubise sauce and liver paste then sprinkled with grated Parmesan and baked briefly;

escapade / ɛ s k ə p eɪ d /
n1
a wild and exciting undertaking (not necessarily lawful);

- syn. adventure, dangerous undertaking, risky venture;

n2
any carefree episode;

- syn. lark;

escape / ɪ s k eɪ p /
n1
the act of escaping physically;

- "he made his escape from the mental hospital";

- "the canary escaped from its cage";

- "his flight was an indication of his guilt";

- syn. flight;

n2
an inclination to retreat from unpleasant realities through diversion or fantasy;

- "romantic novels were her escape from the stress of daily life";

- "his alcohol problem was a form of escapism";

- syn. escapism;

n3
nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do;

- "his evasion of his clear duty was reprehensible";

- "that escape from the consequences is possible but unattractive";

- syn. dodging, evasion;

n4
an avoidance of danger or difficulty;

- "that was a narrow escape";

n5
a means or way of escaping;

- "hard work was his escape from worry";

- "they installed a second hatch as an escape";

- "their escape route";

n6
a plant originally cultivated but now growing wild;

n7
the discharge of a fluid from some container;

- "they tried to stop the escape of gas from the damaged pipe";

- "he had to clean up the leak";

- syn. leak, leakage, outflow;

n8
a valve in a container in which pressure can build up (as a steam boiler);

- it opens automatically when the pressure reaches a dangerous level;

- syn. escape cock, escape valve, relief valve, safety valve;

v1
run away from confinement;

- "The convicted murderer escaped from a high security prison";

- syn. break loose, get away;

v2
fail to experience;

- "Fortunately, I missed the hurricane";

- syn. miss;

v3
escape potentially unpleasant consequences;

- get away with a forbidden action;

- "She gets away with murder!";

- "I couldn't get out from under these responsibilities";

- syn. get away, get by, get off, get out;

v4
be incomprehensible to;

- escape understanding by;

- "What you are seeing in him eludes me";

- syn. elude;

v5
remove oneself from a familiar environment, usually for pleasure or diversion;

- "We escaped to our summer house for a few days";

- "The president of the company never manages to get away during the summer";

- syn. get away;

v6
flee;

- take to one's heels;

- cut and run;

- "If you see this man, run!";

- "The burglars escaped before the police showed up";

- syn. break away, bunk, fly the coop, head for the hills, hightail it, lam, run, run away, scarper, scat, take to the woods, turn tail;

v7
issue or leak, as from a small opening;

- "Gas escaped into the bedroom";

escape cock
n1
a valve in a container in which pressure can build up (as a steam boiler);

- it opens automatically when the pressure reaches a dangerous level;

- syn. escape, escape valve, relief valve, safety valve;

escape expert
n1
an entertainer who is expert in the art of escaping;

- syn. escapologist;

escape from
v1
get rid of;

- "I couldn't shake the car that was following me";

- syn. shake, shake off, throw off;

escape hatch
n1
hatchway that provides a means of escape in an emergency;

escape mechanism
n1
a form of behavior that evades unpleasant realities;

escape valve
n1
a valve in a container in which pressure can build up (as a steam boiler);

- it opens automatically when the pressure reaches a dangerous level;

- syn. escape, escape cock, relief valve, safety valve;

escape velocity
n1
the minimum velocity needed to escape a gravitational field;

escape wheel
n1
gear that engages a rocking lever;

escaped / ɪ s k eɪ p t /
a1
having escaped, especially from confinement;

- "a convict still at large";

- "searching for two escaped prisoners";

- "dogs loose on the streets";

- "criminals on the loose in the neighborhood";

- syn. at large, loose, on the loose;

- sim. free;

escapee / ɪ s k eɪ p i /
n1
someone who escapes;

escapement / ɪ s k eɪ p m ə n t /
n1
mechanical device that regulates movement;

escapism / ɪ s k eɪ p ɪ z ə m /
n1
an inclination to retreat from unpleasant realities through diversion or fantasy;

- "romantic novels were her escape from the stress of daily life";

- "his alcohol problem was a form of escapism";

- syn. escape;

escapist / ɪ s k eɪ p ɪ s t /
n1
a person who escapes into a world of fantasy;

- syn. dreamer, wishful thinker;

escapologist / ɛ s k ə p ɒ ɫ ə dʒ ɪ s t /
n1
an entertainer who is expert in the art of escaping;

- syn. escape expert;

escapology / ɛ s k ə p ɒ ɫ ə dʒ i /
n1
the study of methods of escaping (especially as a form of entertainment);

escargot / ɪ s k ɑ ɡ oʊ /
n1
edible terrestrial snail usually served in the shell with a sauce of melted butter and garlic;

- syn. snail;

escarole
n1
variety of endive having leaves with irregular frilled edges;

- syn. chicory escarole, endive;

escarp / ɪ s k ɑ p /
n1
a steep artificial slope in front of a fortification;

- syn. escarpment, protective embankment, scarp;

escarpment / ɪ s k ɑ p m ə n t /
n1
a long steep slope or cliff at the edge of a plateau or ridge;

- usually formed by erosion;

- syn. scarp;

n2
a steep artificial slope in front of a fortification;

- syn. escarp, protective embankment, scarp;

eschalot / ɛ ʃ ə ɫ ɒ t /
n1
type of onion plant producing small clustered mild-flavored bulbs used as seasoning;

- syn. Allium ascalonicum, Allium cepa aggregatum, multiplier onion, shallot;

eschar / ɛ s k ɑ /
n1
a dry scab formed on the skin following a burn or cauterization of the skin;

eschatological / ɛ s k ə t ə ɫ ɒ dʒ ɪ k ə ɫ /
a1
of or relating to or dealing with or regarding the ultimate destiny of mankind and the world;

eschatologically
r1
in relation to eschatology;

- "even atheists can be eschatologically minded";

eschatologist / ɛ s k ə t ɒ ɫ ə dʒ ɪ s t /
n1
a theologian who specializes in eschatology;

eschatology / ɛ s k ə t ɒ ɫ ə dʒ i /
n1
the branch of theology that is concerned with such final things as death and Last Judgment;

- Heaven and Hell;

- the ultimate destiny of humankind;

eschaton
n1
(New Testament) day at the end of time following Armageddon when God will decree the fates of all individual humans according to the good and evil of their earthly lives;

- syn. Day of Judgement, Day of Judgment, Doomsday, Judgement Day, Judgment Day, Last Day, Last Judgement, Last Judgment, crack of doom, day of reckoning, doomsday, end of the world;

escheat / ɪ s tʃ i t /
n1
a reversion to the state (as the ultimate owner of property) in the absence of legal heirs;

n2
the property that reverts to the state;

escherichia
n1
a genus of enteric bacteria;

Escherichia coli
n1
a species of bacterium normally present in intestinal tract of humans and other animals;

- sometimes pathogenic;

- can be a threat to food safety;

- syn. E. coli;

eschew / ɪ s tʃ u /
v1
avoid and stay away from deliberately;

- stay clear of;

- syn. shun;

Eschrichtiidae
n1
comprising only the grey whales;

- syn. family Eschrichtiidae;

Eschrichtius
n1
type and sole genus of the Eschrichtiidae;

- syn. genus Eschrichtius;

Eschrichtius gibbosus
n1
medium-sized greyish-black whale of the northern Pacific;

- syn. Eschrichtius robustus, devilfish, gray whale, grey whale;

Eschrichtius robustus
n1
medium-sized greyish-black whale of the northern Pacific;

- syn. Eschrichtius gibbosus, devilfish, gray whale, grey whale;

Eschscholtzia / ɪ s k ɒ ɫ ʃ ə /
n1
showy herbs of western North America;

- syn. genus Eschscholtzia;

Eschscholtzia californica
n1
of Pacific coast of North America;

- widely cultivated for its yellow to red flowers;

- syn. California poppy;

escolar
n1
large snake mackerel with rings like spectacles around its eyes;

- syn. Lepidocybium flavobrunneum;

escort / ɛ s k ɔ t , ɪ s k ɔ t /
n1
someone who escorts and protects a prominent person;

- syn. bodyguard;

n2
the act of accompanying someone or something in order to protect them;

- syn. accompaniment;

n3
an attendant who is employed to accompany someone;

n4
a participant in a date;

- "his date never stopped talking";

- syn. date;

v1
accompany as an escort;

- "She asked her older brother to escort her to the ball";

v2
accompany or escort;

- "I'll see you to the door";

- syn. see;

escritoire / ɛ s k ɹ ɪ t w ɑ , ɛ s k ɹ ɪ t w ɑr /
n1
a desk used for writing;

- syn. secretaire, secretary, writing table;

escrow
n1
a written agreement (or property or money) delivered to a third party or put in trust by one party to a contract to be returned after fulfillment of some condition;

escrow funds
n1
funds held in escrow;

escudo / ɪ s k j u d oʊ /
n1
formerly the basic monetary unit of Portugal;

- equal to 100 centavo;

- syn. Portuguese escudo;

n2
the basic unit of money on Cape Verde;

- equal to 100 centavos;

- syn. Cape Verde escudo;

escutcheon / ɪ s k ʌ tʃ ə n /
n1
a flat protective covering (on a door or wall etc) to prevent soiling by dirty fingers;

- syn. finger plate, scutcheon;

n2
(nautical) a plate on a ship's stern on which the name is inscribed;

n3
a shield;

- especially one displaying a coat of arms;

- syn. scutcheon;

ESE
n1
the compass point midway between east and southeast;

- syn. east southeast;

Esfahan / ɪ s f ə h ɑ n /
n1
city in central Iran;

- former capital of Persia;

- syn. Aspadana, Isfahan;

Esidrix
n1
a diuretic drug (trade name Microzide, Esidrix, and HydroDIURIL) used in the treatment of hypertension;

- syn. HydroDIURIL, Microzide, hydrochlorothiazide;

Eskalith
n1
a white powder (LiCO3) used in manufacturing glass and ceramics and as a drug;

- the drug (trade names Lithane or Lithonate or Eskalith) is used to treat some forms of depression and manic episodes of manic-depressive disorder;

- syn. Lithane, Lithonate, lithium carbonate;

esker / ɛ s k ə ɹ /
n1
(geology) a long winding ridge of post glacial gravel and other sediment;

- deposited by meltwater from glaciers or ice sheets;

Eskimo / ɛ s k ɪ m oʊ /
n1
a member of a people inhabiting the Arctic (northern Canada or Greenland or Alaska or eastern Siberia);

- the Algonquians called them Eskimo (`eaters of raw flesh') but they call themselves the Inuit (`the people');

- syn. Esquimau, Inuit;

n2
the language spoken by the Eskimo;

- syn. Esquimau;

Eskimo-Aleut
n1
the family of languages that includes Eskimo and Aleut;

- syn. Eskimo-Aleut language;

Eskimo-Aleut language
n1
the family of languages that includes Eskimo and Aleut;

- syn. Eskimo-Aleut;

Eskimo curlew
n1
New World curlew that breeds in northern North America;

- syn. Numenius borealis;

Eskimo dog
n1
breed of heavy-coated Arctic sled dog;

- syn. husky;

ESM
n1
electronic warfare undertaken under direct control of an operational commander to locate sources of radiated electromagnetic energy for the purpose of immediate threat recognition;

- syn. electronic warfare-support measures;

Esme Stuart Lennox Robinson
n1
Irish playwright and theater manager in Dublin (1886-1958);

- syn. Lennox Robinson, Robinson;

esmolol
n1
intravenous beta blocker (trade name Brevibloc) that acts for only a short time;

- used primarily for cardiac arrhythmias;

- syn. Brevibloc;

Esocidae
n1
pikes;

- pickerels;

- muskellunges;

- syn. family Esocidae;

ESOP
n1
a program under which employees regularly accumulate shares and may ultimately assume control of the company;

- syn. employee stock ownership plan;

esophageal / i s ɒ f ə dʒ i ə ɫ /
a1
relating to the esophagus;

esophageal reflux
n1
reflux of stomach contents into the esophagus;

- syn. gastroesophageal reflux, oesophageal reflux;

esophageal smear
n1
alimentary tract smear of material obtained from the esophagus;

esophageal veins
n1
small veins from the esophagus emptying into the brachiocephalic vein or the azygos veins;

- syn. oesophageal veins, venae esophageae;

esophagitis
n1
inflammation of the esophagus;

- often caused by gastroesophageal reflux;

- syn. oesophagitis;

esophagogastric junction
n1
the junction between the esophagus and the stomach epithelium;

- syn. oesophagogastric junction;

esophagoscope
n1
an optical instrument for examining the inside of the esophagus;

- syn. oesophagoscope;

esophagus / i s ɒ f ə ɡ ə s /
n1
the passage between the pharynx and the stomach;

- syn. gorge, gullet, oesophagus;

esoteric / ɛ s oʊ t ɛr ɪ k /
a1
confined to and understandable by only an enlightened inner circle;

- "a compilation of esoteric philosophical theories";

- also private;

- sim. abstruse, arcane, cabalistic, mysterious;

esoterica / ɛ s oʊ t ɛr ɪ k ə /
n1
secrets known only to an initiated minority;

esotropia
n1
strabismus in which one or both eyes turn inward toward the nose;

- syn. convergent strabismus, cross-eye, crossed eye;

Esox
n1
type and only genus of the family Esocidae;

- syn. genus Esox;

Esox americanus
n1
small but gamy pickerel of Atlantic coastal states;

- syn. barred pickerel, redfin pickerel;

Esox lucius
n1
voracious piscivorous pike of waters of northern hemisphere;

- syn. northern pike;

Esox masquinongy
n1
large (60 to 80 pounds) sport fish of North America;

- syn. muskellunge;

Esox niger
n1
common in quiet waters of eastern United States;

- syn. chain pickerel, chain pike;

ESP / i ɛ s p i /
n1
apparent power to perceive things that are not present to the senses;

- syn. E.S.P., clairvoyance, extrasensory perception, second sight;

espadrille
n1
a sandal with a sole made of rope or rubber and a cloth upper part;

Espagnole
n1
brown sauce with tomatoes and a caramelized mixture of minced carrots and onions and celery seasoned with Madeira;

- syn. sauce Espagnole;

espalier / ɪ s p æ ɫ ɪ eɪ , ɪ s p æ ɫ j ə /
n1
a trellis on which ornamental shrub or fruit tree is trained to grow flat;

Espana
n1
a parliamentary monarchy in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula;

- a former colonial power;

- syn. Kingdom of Spain, Spain;

esparcet
n1
Eurasian perennial herb having pale pink flowers and curved pods;

- naturalized in Britain and North America grasslands on calcareous soils;

- important forage crop and source of honey in Britain;

- syn. Onobrychis viciaefolia, Onobrychis viciifolia, holy clover, sainfoin, sanfoin;

especial / ɪ s p ɛ ʃ ɫ /
a1
surpassing what is common or usual or expected;

- "he paid especial attention to her";

- "exceptional kindness";

- "a matter of particular and unusual importance";

- "a special occasion";

- "a special reason to confide in her";

- "what's so special about the year 2000?";

- syn. exceptional, particular, special;

- sim. uncommon;

especially / ɪ s p ɛ ʃ ə ɫ i /
r1
to a distinctly greater extent or degree than is common;

- "he was particularly fussy about spelling";

- "a particularly gruesome attack";

- "under peculiarly tragic circumstances";

- "an especially (or specially) cautious approach to the danger";

- syn. particularly, peculiarly, specially;

r2
in a special manner;

- "a specially arranged dinner";

- syn. specially;

Esperantido
n1
an artificial language based on Esperanto and Ido;

Esperanto / ɛ s p ə ɹ æ n t oʊ /
n1
an artificial language based as far as possible on words common to all the European languages;

espial / ɪ s p aɪ ə ɫ /
n1
the act of detecting something;

- catching sight of something;

- syn. catching, detection, spotting, spying;

espionage / ɛ s p ɪə n ɑ ʒ /
n1
the systematic use of spies to get military or political secrets;

espionage agent
n1
someone employed to spy on another country or business competitor;

espionage network
n1
a network of spies;

esplanade / ɛ s p ɫ ə n eɪ d /
n1
a long stretch of open level ground (paved or grassy) for walking beside the seashore;

Espoo
n1
a city in southern Finland;

espousal / ɪ s p aʊ z ɫ /
n1
archaic terms for a wedding or wedding feast;

- syn. bridal;

n2
the act of becoming betrothed or engaged;

- syn. betrothal;

n3
the act of accepting with approval;

- favorable reception;

- "its adoption by society";

- "the proposal found wide acceptance";

- syn. acceptance, acceptation, adoption;

espouse / ɪ s p aʊ z /
v1
choose and follow;

- as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans;

- "She followed the feminist movement";

- "The candidate espouses Republican ideals";

- syn. adopt, follow;

v2
take in marriage;

- syn. conjoin, get hitched with, get married, hook up with, marry, wed;

v3
take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own;

- "She embraced Catholicism";

- "They adopted the Jewish faith";

- syn. adopt, embrace, sweep up;

espresso / ɛ s p ɹ ɛ s oʊ /
n1
strong black coffee brewed by forcing hot water under pressure through finely ground coffee beans;

espresso maker
n1
a coffee maker that forces live steam under pressure through dark roasted coffee grounds;

espresso shop
n1
a cafe where espresso is served;

esprit / ɛ s p ɹ i /
n1
liveliness of mind or spirit;

esprit de corps / ɛ s p ɹ i d ə k ɔ , ɛ s p ɹ i d ə k ɔ ɹ /
n1
the spirit of a group that makes the members want the group to succeed;

- syn. morale, team spirit;

esprit de l'escalier
n1
a witty remark that occurs to you too late;

espy / ɪ s p aɪ /
v1
catch sight of;

- syn. descry, spot, spy;

Esq / ɛ s k /
n1
a title of respect for a member of the English gentry ranking just below a knight;

- placed after the name;

- syn. Esquire;

Esquimau
n1
a member of a people inhabiting the Arctic (northern Canada or Greenland or Alaska or eastern Siberia);

- the Algonquians called them Eskimo (`eaters of raw flesh') but they call themselves the Inuit (`the people');

- syn. Eskimo, Inuit;

n2
the language spoken by the Eskimo;

- syn. Eskimo;

esquire / ɪ s k w aɪ ə , ɪ s k w aɪ ə ɹ /
n1
(Middle Ages) an attendant and shield bearer to a knight;

- a candidate for knighthood;

n2
a title of respect for a member of the English gentry ranking just below a knight;

- placed after the name;

- syn. Esq;

ESR
n1
the rate at which red blood cells settle out in a tube of blood under standardized conditions;

- a high rate usually indicates the presence of inflammation;

- syn. erythrocyte sedimentation rate, sed rate, sedimentation rate;

n2
microwave spectroscopy in which there is resonant absorption of radiation by a paramagnet;

- syn. electron paramagnetic resonance, electron spin resonance;

essay / ɛ s eɪ /
n1
an analytic or interpretive literary composition;

n2
a tentative attempt;

v1
make an effort or attempt;

- "He tried to shake off his fears";

- "The infant had essayed a few wobbly steps";

- "The police attempted to stop the thief";

- "He sought to improve himself";

- "She always seeks to do good in the world";

- syn. assay, attempt, seek, try;

v2
put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to;

- "This approach has been tried with good results";

- "Test this recipe";

- syn. examine, prove, test, try, try out;

essayer / ɛ s eɪ ə /
n1
one who tries;

- syn. attempter, trier;

essayist / ɛ s eɪ ɪ s t /
n1
a writer of literary works;

- syn. litterateur;

Esselen
n1
a member of a North American Indian people living on the California coast near Monterey;

n2
the Hokan language spoken by the Esselen;

Essen / ɛ s ə n /
n1
a city in western Germany;

- industrial center of the Ruhr;

essence / ɛ s n s /
n1
the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience;

- "the gist of the prosecutor's argument";

- "the heart and soul of the Republican Party";

- "the nub of the story";

- syn. center, centre, core, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, kernel, marrow, meat, nitty-gritty, nub, pith, substance, sum;

n2
any substance possessing to a high degree the predominant properties of a plant or drug or other natural product from which it is extracted;

n3
the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work;

- syn. burden, core, effect, gist;

n4
a toiletry that emits and diffuses a fragrant odor;

- syn. perfume;

Essene
n1
a member of an ascetic Jewish sect around the time of Jesus;

a1
said of or relating to the Essenes;

essential / ɪ s ɛ n ʃ ɫ /
n1
anything indispensable;

- "food and shelter are necessities of life";

- "the essentials of the good life";

- "allow farmers to buy their requirements under favorable conditions";

- "a place where the requisites of water fuel and fodder can be obtained";

- syn. necessary, necessity, requirement, requisite;

a1
absolutely necessary;

- vitally necessary;

- "essential tools and materials";

- "funds essential to the completion of the project";

- "an indispensable worker";

- syn. indispensable;

- sim. necessary;

a2
basic and fundamental;

- "the essential feature";

- also crucial, important, important, indispensable, intrinsic, intrinsical, necessary, of import, primary, unexpendable;

- sim. biogenic, constituent, must, no-frills, staple, substantial, virtual, vital;

a3
of the greatest importance;

- "the all-important subject of disarmament";

- "crucial information";

- "in chess cool nerves are of the essence";

- syn. all-important, all important, crucial, of the essence;

- sim. important;

a4
being or relating to or containing the essence of a plant etc;

- "essential oil";

a5
defining rights and duties as opposed to giving the rules by which rights and duties are established;

- "substantive law";

- syn. substantive;

essential amino acid
n1
an amino acid that is required by animals but that they cannot synthesize;

- must be supplied in the diet;

essential condition
n1
a prerequisite;

- syn. sine qua non;

essential hypertension
n1
persistent and pathological high blood pressure for which no specific cause can be found;

- syn. hyperpiesia, hyperpiesis;

essential oil
n1
an oil having the odor or flavor of the plant from which it comes;

- used in perfume and flavorings;

- syn. volatile oil;

essential thrombocytopenia
n1
the primary form of thrombocytopenia (rather than a shortage of platelets caused by other conditions such as tuberculosis or chemical suppression of bone marrow etc.);

essential tremor
n1
tremor of unknown cause (usually of the hands and head) that develops in older people;

- often mistaken for Parkinsonism but is not life-threatening and can usually be kept under control;

essentiality / ɪ s ɛ n ʃ ɪ æ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
basic importance;

- syn. essentialness;

essentially / ɪ s ɛ n ʃ ə ɫ i /
r1
in essence;

- at bottom or by one's (or its) very nature;

- "He is basically dishonest";

- "the argument was essentially a technical one";

- "for all his bluster he is in essence a shy person";

- syn. basically, fundamentally;

essentialness
n1
basic importance;

- syn. essentiality;

Essex / ɛ s ɪ k s /
n1
a county in southeastern England on the North Sea and the Thames estuary;

essonite
n1
a garnet ranging in color from yellow to brown;

- syn. cinnamon stone, hessonite;

EST / ɛ s t /
n1
standard time in the 5th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 75th meridian;

- used in the eastern United States;

- syn. Eastern Standard Time, Eastern Time;

establish / ɪ s t æ b ɫ ɪ ʃ /
v1
set up or found;

- "She set up a literacy program";

- syn. found, launch, set up;

v2
set up or lay the groundwork for;

- "establish a new department";

- syn. constitute, found, institute, plant;

v3
establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment;

- "The experiment demonstrated the instability of the compound";

- "The mathematician showed the validity of the conjecture";

- syn. demonstrate, prove, shew, show;

v4
institute, enact, or establish;

- "make laws";

- syn. lay down, make;

v5
bring about;

- "The trompe l'oeil-illusion establishes depth";

- syn. give;

v6
place;

- "Her manager had set her up at the Ritz";

- syn. instal, install, set up;

v7
build or establish something abstract;

- "build a reputation";

- syn. build;

v8
use as a basis for;

- found on;

- "base a claim on some observation";

- syn. base, found, ground;

established / ɪ s t æ b ɫ ɪ ʃ t /
a1
brought about or set up or accepted;

- especially long established;

- "the established social order";

- "distrust the constituted authority";

- "a team established as a member of a major league";

- "enjoyed his prestige as an established writer";

- "an established precedent";

- "the established Church";

- syn. constituted;

- sim. deep-rooted, entrenched, grooved, legitimate, official, oldline, recognized, self-constituted;

a2
settled securely and unconditionally;

- "that smoking causes health problems is an accomplished fact";

- syn. accomplished, effected;

- sim. settled;

a3
conforming with accepted standards;

- "a conventional view of the world";

- syn. conventional;

- sim. orthodox;

a4
shown to be valid beyond a reasonable doubt;

- "the established facts in the case";

- sim. proved;

a5
introduced from another region and persisting without cultivation;

- syn. naturalized;

- sim. foreign;

established church
n1
the church that is recognized as the official church of a nation;

establishment / ɪ s t æ b ɫ ɪ ʃ m ə n t /
n1
the act of forming or establishing something;

- "the constitution of a PTA group last year";

- "it was the establishment of his reputation";

- "he still remembers the organization of the club";

- syn. constitution, formation, organisation, organization;

n2
an organization founded and united for a specific purpose;

- syn. institution;

n3
the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something;

- "he claims that the present administration is corrupt";

- "the governance of an association is responsible to its members";

- "he quickly became recognized as a member of the establishment";

- syn. administration, brass, governance, governing body, organisation, organization;

n4
a public or private structure (business or governmental or educational) including buildings and equipment for business or residence;

n5
any large organization;

n6
(ecology) the process by which a plant or animal becomes established in a new habitat;

- syn. ecesis;

n7
the cognitive process of establishing a valid proof;

- syn. validation;

establishmentarianism / ɪ s t æ b ɫ ɪ ʃ m ə n t eə ɹ ɪə n ɪ z ə m /
n1
the doctrine of supporting the social or political establishment;

- syn. establishmentism;

establishmentism
n1
the doctrine of supporting the social or political establishment;

- syn. establishmentarianism;

estaminet / ɛ s t æ m ɪ n eɪ /
n1
a small (and usually shabby) cafe selling wine and beer and coffee;

estate / ɪ s t eɪ t /
n1
everything you own;

- all of your assets (whether real property or personal property) and liabilities;

n2
extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use;

- "the family owned a large estate on Long Island";

- syn. acres, demesne, land, landed estate;

n3
a major social class or order of persons regarded collectively as part of the body politic of the country (especially in the United Kingdom) and formerly possessing distinct political rights;

- syn. estate of the realm, the three estates;

estate agent
n1
a person who is authorized to act as an agent for the sale of land;

- "in England they call a real estate agent a land agent";

- syn. house agent, land agent, real estate agent, real estate broker;

estate car
n1
a car that has a long body and rear door with space behind rear seat;

- syn. beach waggon, beach wagon, station waggon, station wagon, waggon, wagon;

estate for life
n1
(law) an estate whose duration is limited to the life of the person holding it;

- syn. life estate;

estate of the realm
n1
a major social class or order of persons regarded collectively as part of the body politic of the country (especially in the United Kingdom) and formerly possessing distinct political rights;

- syn. estate, the three estates;

estate tax
n1
a tax on the estate of the deceased person;

- syn. death duty, death tax, inheritance tax;

Estates General
n1
assembly of the estates of all France;

- last meeting in 1789;

estazolam
n1
a frequently prescribed sleeping pill (trade name ProSom);

- syn. ProSom;

esteem / ɪ s t i m /
n1
the condition of being honored (esteemed or respected or well regarded);

- "it is held in esteem";

- "a man who has earned high regard";

- syn. regard, respect;

n2
a feeling of delighted approval and liking;

- syn. admiration;

n3
an attitude of admiration or esteem;

- "she lost all respect for him";

- syn. regard, respect;

v1
regard highly;

- think much of;

- "I respect his judgement";

- "We prize his creativity";

- syn. prise, prize, respect, value;

v2
look on as or consider;

- "she looked on this affair as a joke";

- "He thinks of himself as a brilliant musician";

- "He is reputed to be intelligent";

- syn. be known as, know as, look on, look upon, regard as, repute, take to be, think of;

esteemed / ɪ s t i m d /
a1
having an illustrious reputation;

- respected;

- "our esteemed leader";

- "a prestigious author";

- syn. honored, prestigious;

- sim. reputable;

ester / ɛ s t ə , ɛ s t ə ɹ /
n1
organic compound formed by reaction between an acid and an alcohol with elimination of water;

esterify
v1
change (a compound) into an ester;

Esther / ɛ s t ə , ɛ s t ə ɹ /
n1
(Old Testament) a beautiful Jewess chosen by the king of Persia to be his queen;

- she stopped a plot to massacre all the Jews in Persia (an event celebrated by Jews as the feast of Purim);

n2
an Old Testament book telling of a beautiful Jewess who became queen of Persia and saved her people from massacre;

- syn. Book of Esther;

Esther Hobart McQuigg Slack Morris
n1
United States suffragist in Wyoming (1814-1902);

- syn. Esther Morris, Morris;

Esther Morris
n1
United States suffragist in Wyoming (1814-1902);

- syn. Esther Hobart McQuigg Slack Morris, Morris;

esthesia
n1
mental responsiveness and awareness;

- syn. aesthesia, sensibility;

esthesis
n1
an unelaborated elementary awareness of stimulation;

- "a sensation of touch";

- syn. aesthesis, sensation, sense datum, sense experience, sense impression;

esthete / i s θ i t /
n1
one who professes great sensitivity to the beauty of art and nature;

- syn. aesthete;

esthetic / i s θ ɛ t ɪ k /
n1
(philosophy) a philosophical theory as to what is beautiful;

- "he despised the esthetic of minimalism";

- syn. aesthetic;

a1
concerning or characterized by an appreciation of beauty or good taste;

- "the aesthetic faculties";

- "an aesthetic person";

- "aesthetic feeling";

- "the illustrations made the book an aesthetic success";

- syn. aesthetic, aesthetical, esthetical;

- sim. artistic, cosmetic, painterly, sensuous;

a2
relating to or dealing with the subject of aesthetics;

- "aesthetic values";

- syn. aesthetic;

a3
aesthetically pleasing;

- "an artistic flower arrangement";

- syn. aesthetic, artistic;

- sim. tasteful;

esthetical / i s θ ɛ t ɪ k ə ɫ /
a1
concerning or characterized by an appreciation of beauty or good taste;

- "the aesthetic faculties";

- "an aesthetic person";

- "aesthetic feeling";

- "the illustrations made the book an aesthetic success";

- syn. aesthetic, aesthetical, esthetic;

- sim. artistic, cosmetic, painterly, sensuous;

esthetically / i s θ ɛ t ɪ k ɫ i /
r1
in a tasteful way;

- "this building is aesthetically very pleasing";

- syn. aesthetically;

esthetician
n1
a worker skilled in giving beauty treatments (manicures and facials etc.);

- syn. aesthetician;

n2
a philosopher who specializes in the nature of beauty;

- syn. aesthetician;

esthetics / i s θ ɛ t ɪ k s /
n1
(art) the branch of philosophy dealing with beauty and taste (emphasizing the evaluative criteria that are applied to art);

- "traditional aesthetics assumed the existence of universal and timeless criteria of artistic value";

- syn. aesthetics;

Esthonia / ɛ s t oʊ n j ə /
n1
a republic in northeastern Europe on the Baltic Sea;

- syn. Estonia, Republic of Estonia;

Esthonian / ɛ s t oʊ n j ə n /
n1
the official language of Estonia;

- belongs to the Baltic-Finnic family of languages;

- syn. Estonian;

estimable / ɛ s t ɪ m ə b ɫ /
a1
deserving of respect or high regard;

- also worthy;

- sim. admirable;

a2
deserving of esteem and respect;

- "all respectable companies give guarantees";

- "ruined the family's good name";

- syn. good, honorable, respectable;

- sim. reputable;

a3
may be computed or estimated;

- "a calculable risk";

- "computable odds";

- "estimable assets";

- syn. computable;

- sim. calculable;

estimate / ɛ s t ɪ m ə t , ɛ s t ɪ m eɪ t /
n1
an approximate calculation of quantity or degree or worth;

- "an estimate of what it would cost";

- "a rough idea how long it would take";

- syn. approximation, estimation, idea;

n2
a judgment of the qualities of something or somebody;

- "many factors are involved in any estimate of human life";

- "in my estimation the boy is innocent";

- syn. estimation;

n3
a document appraising the value of something (as for insurance or taxation);

- syn. appraisal, estimation;

n4
a statement indicating the likely cost of some job;

- "he got an estimate from the car repair shop";

n5
the respect with which a person is held;

- "they had a high estimation of his ability";

- syn. estimation;

v1
judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time);

- "I estimate this chicken to weigh three pounds";

- syn. approximate, gauge, guess, judge;

- also overestimate, underestimate;

v2
judge to be probable;

- syn. calculate, count on, figure, forecast, reckon;

estimated tax
n1
income tax paid periodically on income that is not subject to withholding taxes;

- based on the taxpayer's predicted tax liability;

estimated tax return
n1
return required of a taxpayer whose tax withheld from income does not meet the tax liability for the year;

- syn. declaration of estimated tax;

estimation / ɛ s t ɪ m eɪ ʃ n /
n1
a document appraising the value of something (as for insurance or taxation);

- syn. appraisal, estimate;

n2
the respect with which a person is held;

- "they had a high estimation of his ability";

- syn. estimate;

n3
an approximate calculation of quantity or degree or worth;

- "an estimate of what it would cost";

- "a rough idea how long it would take";

- syn. approximation, estimate, idea;

n4
a judgment of the qualities of something or somebody;

- "many factors are involved in any estimate of human life";

- "in my estimation the boy is innocent";

- syn. estimate;

estimator / ɛ s t ɪ m eɪ t ə /
n1
an expert at calculation (or at operating calculating machines);

- syn. calculator, computer, figurer, reckoner;

estival / ɛ s t aɪ v ə ɫ /
a1
(rare) of or occurring in summer;

- "the sky was a burnished aestival blue";

- "estival winds";

- syn. aestival;

- sim. summery;

estivate
v1
sleep during summer;

- "certain animals estivate";

- syn. aestivate;

estivation
n1
(zoology) cessation or slowing of activity during the summer;

- especially slowing of metabolism in some animals during a hot or dry period;

- syn. aestivation;

n2
(botany) the arrangement of sepals and petals in a flower bud before it opens;

- syn. aestivation;

Estonia / ɛ s t oʊ n j ə /
n1
a republic in northeastern Europe on the Baltic Sea;

- syn. Esthonia, Republic of Estonia;

Estonian / ɛ s t oʊ n j ə n /
n1
the official language of Estonia;

- belongs to the Baltic-Finnic family of languages;

- syn. Esthonian;

a1
of or pertaining to Estonia or the people or culture of Estonia;

Estonian monetary unit
n1
monetary unit in Estonia;

estoppel / ɪ s t ɒ p ə ɫ /
n1
a rule of evidence whereby a person is barred from denying the truth of a fact that has already been settled;

estradiol
n1
the most powerful female hormone that occurs naturally;

- synthesized and used to treat estrogen deficiency and breast cancer;

- syn. oestradiol;

estradiol patch
n1
a transdermal patch that allows estradiol to be absorbed into the blood stream;

- used in treating estrogen deficiency and in hormone replacement therapy;

estragon / ɛ s t ɹ æ ɡ ə n /
n1
aromatic perennial of southeastern Russia;

- syn. Artemisia dracunculus, tarragon;

n2
fresh leaves (or leaves preserved in vinegar) used as seasoning;

- syn. tarragon;

estrange / ɪ s t ɹ eɪ n dʒ /
v1
remove from customary environment or associations;

- "years of boarding school estranged the child from her home";

v2
arouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness;

- "She alienated her friends when she became fanatically religious";

- syn. alienate, disaffect;

estranged / ɪ s t ɹ eɪ n dʒ d /
a1
caused to be unloved;

- syn. alienated;

- sim. unloved;

estrangement / ɪ s t ɹ eɪ n dʒ m ə n t /
n1
separation resulting from hostility;

- syn. alienation;

n2
the feeling of being alienated from other people;

- syn. alienation, disaffection;

estranging / ɪ s t ɹ eɪ n dʒ ɪ ŋ /
a1
making one feel out of place or alienated;

- "the landscape was estranging";

- sim. disorienting;

estraterrestrial body
n1
a natural object existing outside the earth and outside the earth's atmosphere;

- syn. extraterrestrial object;

Estrilda
n1
avadavats;

- syn. genus Estrilda;

estriol
n1
a naturally occurring estrogenic hormone;

- a synthetic form is used to treat estrogen deficiency;

- syn. oestriol;

estrogen
n1
a general term for female steroid sex hormones that are secreted by the ovary and responsible for typical female sexual characteristics;

- syn. oestrogen;

estrogen antagonist
n1
an antagonist for estrogen that is used in the treatment of breast cancer;

- syn. tamoxifen;

estrogenic / ɛ s t ɹ oʊ dʒ ɛ n ɪ k /
a1
relating to or caused by estrogen;

estrone / ɛ s t ɹ oʊ n i /
n1
a naturally occurring weak estrogenic hormone secreted by the mammalian ovary;

- synthesized (trade name Estronol) and used to treat estrogen deficiency;

- syn. Estronol, oestrone, theelin;

Estronol
n1
a naturally occurring weak estrogenic hormone secreted by the mammalian ovary;

- synthesized (trade name Estronol) and used to treat estrogen deficiency;

- syn. estrone, oestrone, theelin;

estrous / ɛ s t ɹ ə s /
a1
(of lower mammals) showing or in a state of estrus;

- in heat;

- "the estrous state";

- "the estrous cycle";

- sim. monestrous, polyestrous;

estrus / ɛ s t ɹ ə s /
n1
applies to nonhuman mammals: a state or period of heightened sexual arousal and activity;

- syn. heat, oestrus, rut;

estuarial
a1
of or relating to or found in estuaries;

- syn. estuarine;

estuarine
a1
of or relating to or found in estuaries;

- syn. estuarial;

estuary / ɛ s tʃ ʊə ɹ i /
n1
the wide part of a river where it nears the sea;

- fresh and salt water mix;

esurience / ɪ s j ʊə ɹ ɪə n s /
n1
excessive desire to eat;

- syn. edacity, ravenousness, voraciousness, voracity;

n2
extreme gluttony;

- syn. edacity, rapaciousness, rapacity, voraciousness, voracity;

esurient / ɪ s j ʊə ɹ ɪə n t /
a1
extremely hungry;

- "they were tired and famished for food and sleep";

- "a ravenous boy";

- "the family was starved and ragged";

- "fell into the esurient embrance of a predatory enemy";

- syn. famished, ravenous, sharp-set, starved;

- sim. hungry;

a2
(often followed by `for') ardently or excessively desirous;

- "avid for adventure";

- "an avid ambition to succeed";

- "fierce devouring affection";

- "the esurient eyes of an avid curiosity";

- "greedy for fame";

- syn. avid, devouring, greedy;

- sim. desirous;

a3
devouring or craving food in great quantities;

- "edacious vultures";

- "a rapacious appetite";

- "ravenous as wolves";

- "voracious sharks";

- syn. edacious, rapacious, ravening, ravenous, voracious, wolfish;

- sim. gluttonous;

et al / ɛ t æ ɫ /
r1
and others ('et al.' is used as an abbreviation of `et alii' (masculine plural) or `et aliae' (feminine plural) or `et alia' (neuter plural) when referring to a number of people);

- "the data reported by Smith et al.";

- syn. et al., et alia, et aliae, et alii;

r2
and elsewhere (used when referring to other occurrences in a text);

- syn. et al., et alibi;

et al.
r1
and others ('et al.' is used as an abbreviation of `et alii' (masculine plural) or `et aliae' (feminine plural) or `et alia' (neuter plural) when referring to a number of people);

- "the data reported by Smith et al.";

- syn. et al, et alia, et aliae, et alii;

r2
and elsewhere (used when referring to other occurrences in a text);

- syn. et al, et alibi;

et alia
r1
and others ('et al.' is used as an abbreviation of `et alii' (masculine plural) or `et aliae' (feminine plural) or `et alia' (neuter plural) when referring to a number of people);

- "the data reported by Smith et al.";

- syn. et al, et al., et aliae, et alii;

et aliae
r1
and others ('et al.' is used as an abbreviation of `et alii' (masculine plural) or `et aliae' (feminine plural) or `et alia' (neuter plural) when referring to a number of people);

- "the data reported by Smith et al.";

- syn. et al, et al., et alia, et alii;

et alibi
r1
and elsewhere (used when referring to other occurrences in a text);

- syn. et al, et al.;

et alii
r1
and others ('et al.' is used as an abbreviation of `et alii' (masculine plural) or `et aliae' (feminine plural) or `et alia' (neuter plural) when referring to a number of people);

- "the data reported by Smith et al.";

- syn. et al, et al., et alia, et aliae;

ETA / i t i eɪ /
n1
a terrorist organization organized in 1959 by student activists who were dissatisfied with the moderate nationalism of the traditional Basque party;

- want to create an independent homeland in Spain's western Pyrenees;

- "in 1968 ETA launched a campaign of political assassinations of government officials";

- syn. Basque Fatherland and Liberty, Basque Homeland and Freedom, Euskadi ta Askatasuna;

n2
the 7th letter of the Greek alphabet;

etagere
n1
a piece of furniture with open shelves for displaying small ornaments;

etamin
n1
a soft cotton or worsted fabric with an open mesh;

- used for curtains or clothing etc.;

- syn. etamine;

etamine
n1
a soft cotton or worsted fabric with an open mesh;

- used for curtains or clothing etc.;

- syn. etamin;

etanercept
n1
a genetically engineered anti-TNF compound (trade name Enbrel) consisting of receptors that bind TNF;

- it is injected twice a week in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis;

- syn. Enbrel;

etc.
r1
continuing in the same way;

- syn. and so forth, and so on, etcetera;

etcetera / ɪ t s ɛ t ɹ ə /
n1
additional unspecified odds and ends;

- more of the same;

- "his report was full of etceteras";

r1
continuing in the same way;

- syn. and so forth, and so on, etc.;

etch / ɛ tʃ /
v1
make an etching of;

- "He etched her image into the surface";

v2
cause to stand out or be clearly defined or visible;

- "a face etched with pain";

- "the leafless branches etched against the sky";

v3
carve or cut into a block used for printing or print from such a block;

- "engrave a letter";

- syn. engrave;

v4
carve or cut a design or letters into;

- "engrave the pen with the owner's name";

- syn. engrave;

v5
selectively dissolve the surface of (a semiconductor or printed circuit) with a solvent, laser, or stream of electrons;

etched / ɛ tʃ t /
a1
cut or impressed into a surface;

- "an incised design";

- "engraved invitations";

- syn. engraved, graven, incised, inscribed;

- sim. carved;

etcher / ɛ tʃ ə , ɛ tʃ ə ɹ /
n1
someone who etches;

etching / ɛ tʃ ɪ ŋ /
n1
an impression made from an etched plate;

n2
an etched plate made with the use of acid;

n3
making engraved or etched plates and printing designs from them;

- syn. engraving;

ETD / i t i d i /
n1
a system for screening luggage in airports;

- an agent passes a swab around or inside luggage and then runs the swab through a machine that can detect trace amounts of explosives;

- syn. explosive trace detection;

eternal / ɪ t ɝ n ɫ /
a1
continuing forever or indefinitely;

- "the ageless themes of love and revenge";

- "eternal truths";

- "life everlasting";

- "hell's perpetual fires";

- "the unending bliss of heaven";

- syn. aeonian, ageless, eonian, everlasting, perpetual, unceasing, unending;

- sim. permanent;

a2
tiresomely long;

- seemingly without end;

- "endless debates";

- "an endless conversation";

- "the wait seemed eternal";

- "eternal quarreling";

- "an interminable sermon";

- syn. endless, interminable;

- sim. long;

Eternal City
n1
capital and largest city of Italy;

- on the Tiber;

- seat of the Roman Catholic Church;

- formerly the capital of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire;

- syn. Italian capital, Roma, Rome, capital of Italy;

eternal damnation
n1
the state of being condemned to eternal punishment in Hell;

- syn. damnation;

eternal life
n1
life without beginning or end;

- syn. life eternal;

eternal rest
n1
euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb);

- "she was laid to rest beside her husband";

- "they had to put their family pet to sleep";

- syn. eternal sleep, quietus, rest, sleep;

eternal sleep
n1
euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb);

- "she was laid to rest beside her husband";

- "they had to put their family pet to sleep";

- syn. eternal rest, quietus, rest, sleep;

eternalise
v1
make famous forever;

- "This melody immortalized its composer";

- syn. eternalize, eternise, eternize, immortalise, immortalize;

eternalize / i t ɝ n ə ɫ aɪ z /
v1
make famous forever;

- "This melody immortalized its composer";

- syn. eternalise, eternise, eternize, immortalise, immortalize;

eternally / ɪ t ɝ n ə ɫ i /
r1
for a limitless time;

- "no one can live forever";

- "brightly beams our Father's mercy from his lighthouse evermore"- P.P.Bliss;

- syn. everlastingly, evermore, forever;

eternise
v1
make famous forever;

- "This melody immortalized its composer";

- syn. eternalise, eternalize, eternize, immortalise, immortalize;

eternity / ɪ t ɝ n ɪ t i /
n1
time without end;

- syn. infinity;

n2
a state of eternal existence believed in some religions to characterize the afterlife;

- syn. timeless existence, timelessness;

n3
a seemingly endless time interval (waiting);

eternize / i t ɝ n aɪ z /
v1
cause to continue indefinitely;

v2
make famous forever;

- "This melody immortalized its composer";

- syn. eternalise, eternalize, eternise, immortalise, immortalize;

ETF
n1
a mutual fund that is traded on a stock exchange;

- syn. exchange traded fund;

ethacrynic acid
n1
diuretic (trade name Edecrin) used to treat edema;

- syn. Edecrin;

Ethan Allen
n1
a soldier of the American Revolution whose troops helped capture Fort Ticonderoga from the British (1738-1789);

- syn. Allen;

ethanal
n1
a colorless volatile water-soluble liquid aldehyde used chiefly in the manufacture of acetic acid and perfumes and drugs;

- syn. acetaldehyde;

ethanal trimer
n1
a colorless liquid (a cyclic trimer of acetaldehyde) that is used as a sedative and a solvent;

- syn. paraldehyde;

ethanamide
n1
a colorless solid amide of acetic acid used as a solvent and in the synthesis of organic compounds;

- syn. acetamide;

ethane
n1
a colorless odorless alkane gas used as fuel;

- syn. C2H6;

ethanedioic acid
n1
a toxic colorless crystalline organic acid found in oxalis and other plants;

- used as a bleach and rust remover and in chemical analysis;

- syn. oxalic acid;

ethanediol
n1
a sweet but poisonous syrupy liquid used as an antifreeze and solvent;

- syn. ethylene glycol, glycol;

ethanoate
n1
a salt or ester of acetic acid;

- syn. acetate;

ethanoic acid
n1
a colorless pungent liquid widely used in manufacturing plastics and pharmaceuticals;

- syn. acetic acid;

ethanol
n1
the intoxicating agent in fermented and distilled liquors;

- used pure or denatured as a solvent or in medicines and colognes and cleaning solutions and rocket fuel;

- proposed as a renewable clean-burning additive to gasoline;

- syn. ethyl alcohol, fermentation alcohol, grain alcohol;

ethanoyl chloride
n1
colorless liquid acyl chloride (CH3COCl) that has a pungent odor;

- syn. acetyl chloride;

ethanoyl group
n1
the organic group of acetic acid (CH3CO-);

- syn. acetyl, acetyl group, acetyl radical, ethanoyl radical;

ethanoyl radical
n1
the organic group of acetic acid (CH3CO-);

- syn. acetyl, acetyl group, acetyl radical, ethanoyl group;

ethchlorvynol
n1
a mild sedative-hypnotic drug (trade name Placidyl);

- syn. Placidyl;

Ethel Barrymore
n1
United States actress;

- daughter of Maurice Barrymore and Georgiana Barrymore (1879-1959);

- syn. Barrymore;

Ethel Merman
n1
United States singer who appeared in several musical comedies (1909-1984);

- syn. Merman;

Ethel Waters
n1
United States actress and singer (1896-1977);

- syn. Waters;

Ethelbert / ɛ θ ɫ b ɝ t /
n1
Anglo-Saxon king of Kent who was converted to Christianity by Saint Augustine;

- codified English law (552-616);

Ethelred
n1
king of the English who succeeded to the throne after his half-brother Edward the Martyr was murdered;

- he struggled unsuccessfully against the invading Danes (969-1016);

- syn. Ethelred II, Ethelred the Unready;

n2
king of Wessex and Kent and elder brother of Alfred;

- Alfred joined Ethelred's battle against the invading Danes and succeeded him on his death (died in 871);

- syn. Ethelred I;

Ethelred I
n1
king of Wessex and Kent and elder brother of Alfred;

- Alfred joined Ethelred's battle against the invading Danes and succeeded him on his death (died in 871);

- syn. Ethelred;

Ethelred II
n1
king of the English who succeeded to the throne after his half-brother Edward the Martyr was murdered;

- he struggled unsuccessfully against the invading Danes (969-1016);

- syn. Ethelred, Ethelred the Unready;

Ethelred the Unready
n1
king of the English who succeeded to the throne after his half-brother Edward the Martyr was murdered;

- he struggled unsuccessfully against the invading Danes (969-1016);

- syn. Ethelred, Ethelred II;

ethene
n1
a flammable colorless gaseous alkene;

- obtained from petroleum and natural gas and used in manufacturing many other chemicals;

- sometimes used as an anesthetic;

- syn. ethylene;

ether / i θ ə , i θ ə ɹ /
n1
the fifth and highest element after air and earth and fire and water;

- was believed to be the substance composing all heavenly bodies;

- syn. quintessence;

n2
any of a class of organic compounds that have two hydrocarbon groups linked by an oxygen atom;

n3
a medium that was once supposed to fill all space and to support the propagation of electromagnetic waves;

- syn. aether;

n4
a colorless volatile highly flammable liquid formerly used as an inhalation anesthetic;

- syn. diethyl ether, divinyl ether, ethoxyethane, ethyl ether, vinyl ether;

ethereal / ɪ θ ɪə ɹ ɪə ɫ /
a1
characterized by lightness and insubstantiality;

- as impalpable or intangible as air;

- "figures light and aeriform come unlooked for and melt away"- Thomas Carlyle;

- "aerial fancies";

- "an airy apparition";

- "physical rather than ethereal forms";

- syn. aerial, aeriform, aery, airy;

- sim. insubstantial;

a2
of or containing or dissolved in ether;

- "ethereal solution";

a3
of heaven or the spirit;

- "celestial peace";

- "ethereal melodies";

- "the supernal happiness of a quiet death";

- syn. celestial, supernal;

- sim. heavenly;

a4
characterized by unusual lightness and delicacy;

- "this smallest and most ethereal of birds";

- "gossamer shading through his playing";

- syn. gossamer;

- sim. delicate;

etherealize / i θ ɪə ɹ ɪə ɫ aɪ z /
v1
make ethereal;

- syn. etherialise;

etherialise
v1
make ethereal;

- syn. etherealize;

etherify / i θ ɛr ɪ f aɪ /
v1
change into an ether;

- "etherify an alcohol";

etherise
v1
anesthetize with ether;

- syn. etherize;

etherize / i θ ə ɹ aɪ z /
v1
anesthetize with ether;

- syn. etherise;

ethernet / i θ ə n ɛ t /
n1
a type of network technology for local area networks;

- coaxial cable carries radio frequency signals between computers at a rate of 10 megabits per second;

ethernet cable
n1
any of several types of coaxial cable used in ethernets;

ethic / ɛ θ ɪ k /
n1
the principles of right and wrong that are accepted by an individual or a social group;

- "the Puritan ethic";

- "a person with old-fashioned values";

- syn. moral principle, value-system, value orientation;

n2
a system of principles governing morality and acceptable conduct;

- syn. ethical code;

ethical / ɛ θ ɪ k ɫ /
a1
of or relating to the philosophical study of ethics;

- "ethical codes";

- "ethical theories";

a2
conforming to accepted standards of social or professional behavior;

- "an ethical lawyer";

- "ethical medical practice";

- "an ethical problem";

- "had no ethical objection to drinking";

- "Ours is a world of nuclear giants and ethical infants"- Omar N. Bradley;

- also right;

a3
adhering to ethical and moral principles;

- "it seems ethical and right";

- "followed the only honorable course of action";

- syn. honorable, honourable;

- sim. right;

ethical code
n1
a system of principles governing morality and acceptable conduct;

- syn. ethic;

ethical drug
n1
a drug that is available only with written instructions from a doctor or dentist to a pharmacist;

- "he told the doctor that he had been taking his prescription regularly";

- syn. prescription, prescription drug, prescription medicine;

ethical motive
n1
motivation based on ideas of right and wrong;

- syn. ethics, morality, morals;

ethically / ɛ θ ɪ k ɫ i /
r1
in an ethical manner;

- from an ethical point of view;

- according to ethics;

- "he behaved ethically";

- "this is ethically unacceptable";

ethician
n1
a philosopher who specializes in ethics;

- syn. ethicist;

ethicism / ɛ θ ɪ k ɪ z ə m /
n1
a doctrine that ethics and ethical ideas are valid and important;

- "his ethicism often led him to moralize";

ethicist
n1
a philosopher who specializes in ethics;

- syn. ethician;

ethics / ɛ θ ɪ k s /
n1
motivation based on ideas of right and wrong;

- syn. ethical motive, morality, morals;

n2
the philosophical study of moral values and rules;

- syn. moral philosophy;

ethics committee
n1
a committee appointed to consider ethical issues;

- syn. ethics panel;

ethics panel
n1
a committee appointed to consider ethical issues;

- syn. ethics committee;

Ethiopia / i θ ɪ oʊ p ɪə /
n1
Ethiopia is a republic in northeastern Africa on the Red Sea;

- formerly called Abyssinia;

- syn. Abyssinia, Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, Yaltopya;

Ethiopian / i θ ɪ oʊ p ɪə n /
n1
a native or inhabitant of Ethiopia;

a1
of or relating to or characteristic of Ethiopia or its people or languages;

- "Ethiopian immigrants";

Ethiopian banana
n1
large evergreen arborescent herb having huge paddle-shaped leaves and bearing inedible fruit that resemble bananas but edible young flower shoots;

- sometimes placed in genus Musa;

- syn. Abyssinian banana, Ensete ventricosum, Musa ensete;

Ethiopian language
n1
the dominant and official language of Ethiopia;

- a Semitic language much influenced by the Cushitic language with which Amhara have been in close contact;

- syn. Amharic;

Ethiopian monetary unit
n1
monetary unit in Ethiopia;

ethmoid
n1
one of the eight bones of the cranium;

- a small bone filled with air spaces that forms part of the eye sockets and the nasal cavity;

- syn. ethmoid bone;

ethmoid bone
n1
one of the eight bones of the cranium;

- a small bone filled with air spaces that forms part of the eye sockets and the nasal cavity;

- syn. ethmoid;

ethmoid sinus
n1
a sinus of the meatuses of the nasal cavity (behind the bridge of the nose);

- syn. ethmoidal sinus, sinus ethmoidales;

ethmoidal artery
n1
a branch of the ophthalmic artery supplying structures in and around the nasal capsule;

- syn. arteria ethmoidalis;

ethmoidal sinus
n1
a sinus of the meatuses of the nasal cavity (behind the bridge of the nose);

- syn. ethmoid sinus, sinus ethmoidales;

ethmoidal vein
n1
veins that drain the ethmoidal sinuses and empty into the superior ophthalmic vein;

- syn. vena ethmoidalis;

ethnarch
n1
the ruler of a province (as in the Roman Empire and Byzantine Empire) or certain religious rulers with secular authority;

- "the election of Makarios III to archbishop gave him the status of the ethnarch of Cyprus";

ethnic / ɛ θ n ɪ k /
n1
a person who is a member of an ethnic group;

a1
denoting or deriving from or distinctive of the ways of living built up by a group of people;

- "influenced by ethnic and cultural ties"- J.F.Kennedy;

- "ethnic food";

- syn. cultural, ethnical;

- sim. social;

a2
not acknowledging the God of Christianity and Judaism and Islam;

- syn. heathen, heathenish, pagan;

- sim. irreligious;

ethnic cleansing
n1
the mass expulsion and killing of one ethnic or religious group in an area by another ethnic or religious group in that area;

ethnic group
n1
people of the same race or nationality who share a distinctive culture;

- syn. ethnos;

ethnic joke
n1
a joke at the expense of some ethnic group;

ethnic minority
n1
a group that has different national or cultural traditions from the majority of the population;

ethnic music
n1
the traditional and typically anonymous music that is an expression of the life of people in a community;

- syn. folk, folk music;

ethnic slur
n1
a slur on someone's race or language;

ethnical / ɛ θ n ɪ k ə ɫ /
a1
denoting or deriving from or distinctive of the ways of living built up by a group of people;

- "influenced by ethnic and cultural ties"- J.F.Kennedy;

- "ethnic food";

- syn. cultural, ethnic;

- sim. social;

ethnically / ɛ θ n ɪ k ɫ i /
r1
with respect to ethnicity;

- "the neighborhood is ethnically diverse";

ethnicity
n1
an ethnic quality or affiliation resulting from racial or cultural ties;

- "ethnicity has a strong influence on community status relations";

ethnocentric
a1
centered on a specific ethnic group, usually one's own;

ethnocentrism
n1
belief in the superiority of one's own ethnic group;

ethnographer / ɛ θ n ɒ ɡ ɹ ə f ə , ɛ θ n ɒ ɡ ɹ ə f ə ɹ /
n1
an anthropologist who does ethnography;

ethnographic / ɛ θ n ə ɡ ɹ æ f ɪ k /
a1
of or relating to ethnography;

- "ethnographical data";

- syn. ethnographical;

ethnographical / ɛ θ n ə ɡ ɹ æ f ɪ k ə ɫ /
a1
of or relating to ethnography;

- "ethnographical data";

- syn. ethnographic;

ethnography / ɛ θ n ɒ ɡ ɹ ə f i /
n1
the branch of anthropology that provides scientific description of individual human societies;

- syn. descriptive anthropology;

ethnologic / ɛ θ n oʊ ɫ ɒ dʒ ɪ k /
a1
of or relating to ethnology;

- "ethnological field work";

- syn. ethnological;

ethnological / ɛ θ n ə ɫ ɒ dʒ ɪ k ɫ /
a1
of or relating to ethnology;

- "ethnological field work";

- syn. ethnologic;

ethnologist / ɛ θ n ɒ ɫ ə dʒ ɪ s t /
n1
an anthropologist who studies ethnology;

ethnology / ɛ θ n ɒ ɫ ə dʒ i /
n1
the branch of anthropology that deals with the division of humankind into races and with their origins and distribution and distinctive characteristics;

ethnos
n1
people of the same race or nationality who share a distinctive culture;

- syn. ethnic group;

Ethocaine
n1
a white crystalline powder (trade name Ethocaine) administered near nerves as a local anesthetic in dentistry and medicine;

- syn. procaine;

ethologist / i θ ɒ ɫ ə dʒ ɪ s t /
n1
a zoologist who studies the behavior of animals in their natural habitats;

ethology / i θ ɒ ɫ ə dʒ i /
n1
the branch of zoology that studies the behavior of animals in their natural habitats;

ethos / i θ ɒ s /
n1
(anthropology) the distinctive spirit of a culture or an era;

- "the Greek ethos";

ethosuximide
n1
an anticonvulsant drug (trade names Emeside and Zarontin) used to treat petit mal epilepsy;

- syn. Emeside, Zarontin;

ethoxyethane
n1
a colorless volatile highly flammable liquid formerly used as an inhalation anesthetic;

- syn. diethyl ether, divinyl ether, ether, ethyl ether, vinyl ether;

Ethrane
n1
a nonflammable liquid (trade name Ethrane) used as an inhalation general anesthetic;

- syn. enflurane;

Ethril
n1
an antibiotic (trade name Erythrocin or E-Mycin or Ethril or Ilosone or Pediamycin) obtained from the actinomycete Streptomyces erythreus;

- effective against many Gram-positive bacteria and some Gram-negative;

- syn. E-Mycin, Erythrocin, Ilosone, Pediamycin, erythromycin;

ethyl / ɛ θ ɪ ɫ , i θ aɪ ɫ /
n1
the univalent hydrocarbon radical C2H5 derived from ethane by the removal of one hydrogen atom;

- syn. ethyl group, ethyl radical;

ethyl acetate
n1
a fragrant colorless flammable volatile liquid ester made from ethanol and acetic acid;

- used in flavorings and perfumes and as a solvent for plastics;

ethyl alcohol
n1
the intoxicating agent in fermented and distilled liquors;

- used pure or denatured as a solvent or in medicines and colognes and cleaning solutions and rocket fuel;

- proposed as a renewable clean-burning additive to gasoline;

- syn. ethanol, fermentation alcohol, grain alcohol;

n2
nonflavored alcohol of 95 percent or 190 proof used for blending with straight whiskies and in making gin and liqueurs;

- syn. neutral spirits;

ethyl aminobenzoate
n1
a white crystalline ester used as a local anesthetic;

- syn. benzocaine;

ethyl chloride
n1
a colorless flammable gas used as a local surface anesthetic;

ethyl ether
n1
a colorless volatile highly flammable liquid formerly used as an inhalation anesthetic;

- syn. diethyl ether, divinyl ether, ether, ethoxyethane, vinyl ether;

ethyl group
n1
the univalent hydrocarbon radical C2H5 derived from ethane by the removal of one hydrogen atom;

- syn. ethyl, ethyl radical;

ethyl radical
n1
the univalent hydrocarbon radical C2H5 derived from ethane by the removal of one hydrogen atom;

- syn. ethyl, ethyl group;

ethylene / ɛ θ ɪ ɫ i n /
n1
a flammable colorless gaseous alkene;

- obtained from petroleum and natural gas and used in manufacturing many other chemicals;

- sometimes used as an anesthetic;

- syn. ethene;

ethylene glycol
n1
a sweet but poisonous syrupy liquid used as an antifreeze and solvent;

- syn. ethanediol, glycol;

ethylene tetrachloride
n1
anthelmintic agent used against hookworm and other nematodes;

- syn. carbon dichloride, tetrachlorethylene, tetrachloroethylene;

ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid
n1
a complex molecule used medically to chelate metal ions in cases of lead or heavy metal poisoning;

- syn. EDTA;

ethyne
n1
a colorless flammable gas used chiefly in welding and in organic synthesis;

- syn. acetylene, alkyne;

Etienne-Louis Arthur Fallot
n1
French physician who described cardiac anomalies including Fallot's tetralogy (1850-1911);

- syn. Fallot;

etiolate / i t i oʊ ɫ eɪ t /
v1
make weak by stunting the growth or development of;

v2
bleach and alter the natural development of (a green plant) by excluding sunlight;

v3
make pale or sickly;

- "alcohol etiolates your skin";

a1
(especially of plants) developed without chlorophyll by being deprived of light;

- "etiolated celery";

- syn. blanched, etiolated;

- sim. colorless;

etiolated / i t i oʊ ɫ eɪ t ɪ d /
a1
(especially of plants) developed without chlorophyll by being deprived of light;

- "etiolated celery";

- syn. blanched, etiolate;

- sim. colorless;

etiolation
n1
a pale and sickly appearance;

- "his etiolation signaled years in prison";

n2
the act of weakening by stunting the growth or development of something;

- "the etiolation of the critical tradition";

n3
(botany) the act of causing a plant to develop without chlorophyll by growing it without exposure to sunlight;

- "the etiolation of celery";

etiologic
a1
of or relating to the philosophical study of causation;

- syn. aetiologic, aetiological, etiological;

a2
relating to the etiology of a disease;

- "etiological agent";

- syn. aetiologic, aetiological, etiological;

etiological
a1
of or relating to the philosophical study of causation;

- syn. aetiologic, aetiological, etiologic;

a2
relating to the etiology of a disease;

- "etiological agent";

- syn. aetiologic, aetiological, etiologic;

etiologist / i t ɪ ɒ ɫ ə dʒ ɪ s t /
n1
a specialist in the etiology of diseases;

- syn. aetiologist;

etiology / i t ɪ ɒ ɫ ə dʒ i /
n1
the cause of a disease;

- syn. aetiology;

n2
the philosophical study of causation;

- syn. aetiology;

etiquette / ɛ t ɪ k ɛ t /
n1
rules governing socially acceptable behavior;

Etna
n1
an inactive volcano in Sicily;

- last erupted in 1961;

- the highest volcano in Europe (10,500 feet);

- syn. Mount Etna, Mt Etna;

n2
a gas burner used in laboratories;

- has an air valve to regulate the mixture of gas and air;

- syn. bunsen, bunsen burner;

etodolac
n1
a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Lodine);

- syn. Lodine;

Eton collar
n1
broad white collar worn over the lapels of a jacket;

Eton College
n1
a public school for boys founded in 1440;

- located in Berkshire;

Eton jacket
n1
a jacket hanging to the waist and cut square at the bottom;

Etonian / i t oʊ n j ə n /
n1
a student enrolled in (or graduated from) Eton College;

Etropus
n1
a genus of Bothidae;

- syn. genus Etropus;

Etropus rimosus
n1
flounder found from North Carolina to Florida and the eastern Gulf of Mexico;

- syn. gray flounder, grey flounder;

Etruria / ɪ t ɹ ʊə ɹ ɪə /
n1
an ancient country in central Italy;

- assimilated by the Romans by about 200 BC;

Etruscan / ɪ t ɹ ʌ s k ə n /
n1
a native or inhabitant of ancient Etruria;

- the Etruscans influenced the Romans (who had suppressed them by about 200 BC);

etude
n1
a short composition for a solo instrument;

- intended as an exercise or to demonstrate technical virtuosity;

etui / ɛ t w i /
n1
small ornamental ladies' bag for small articles;

etymological / ɛ t ɪ m ə ɫ ɒ dʒ ɪ k ɫ /
a1
based on or belonging to etymology;

- "I merely drew an etymological distinction";

etymological dictionary
n1
a dictionary giving the historical origins of each word;

etymologise / ɛ t ɪ m ɒ ɫ ə n d eɪ z /
v1
give the etymology or derivation or suggest an etymology (for a word);

- "The linguist probably etymologized the words incorrectly";

- "Although he is not trained in this, his hobby is etymologizing";

- syn. etymologize;

v2
construct the history of words;

- syn. etymologize;

etymologist / ɛ t ɪ m ɒ ɫ ə dʒ ɪ s t /
n1
a lexicographer who specializes in etymology;

etymologize / ɛ t ɪ m ɒ ɫ ə dʒ aɪ z /
v1
give the etymology or derivation or suggest an etymology (for a word);

- "The linguist probably etymologized the words incorrectly";

- "Although he is not trained in this, his hobby is etymologizing";

- syn. etymologise;

v2
construct the history of words;

- syn. etymologise;

etymologizing / ɛ t ɪ m ɒ ɫ ə dʒ aɪ z ɪ ŋ /
n1
(historical linguistics) an explanation of the historical origins of a word or phrase;

- syn. derivation, deriving;

etymology / ɛ t ɪ m ɒ ɫ ə dʒ i /
n1
a history of a word;

n2
the study of the sources and development of words;

etymon / ɛ t ɪ m ɒ n /
n1
a simple form inferred as the common basis from which related words in several languages can be derived by linguistic processes;

- syn. root;

Eu / i j u /
n1
a bivalent and trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group;

- syn. atomic number 63, europium;

n2
an international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members;

- "he tried to take Britain into the Europen Union";

- syn. Common Market, EC, EEC, Europe, European Community, European Economic Community, European Union;

Euarctos
n1
American black bears;

- in some classifications not a separate genus from Ursus;

- syn. genus Euarctos;

Euarctos americanus
n1
brown to black North American bear;

- smaller and less ferocious than the brown bear;

- syn. American black bear, Ursus americanus, black bear;

Euascomycetes
n1
category not used in many classification systems;

- syn. subclass Euascomycetes;

eubacteria
n1
a large group of bacteria having rigid cell walls;

- motile types have flagella;

- syn. eubacterium, true bacteria;

Eubacteriales
n1
one of two usually recognized orders of true bacteria;

- Gram-positive spherical or rod-shaped forms;

- some are motile;

- in some classifications considered an order of Schizomycetes;

- syn. order Eubacteriales;

eubacterium
n1
a large group of bacteria having rigid cell walls;

- motile types have flagella;

- syn. eubacteria, true bacteria;

Eubryales
n1
mosses with perennial erect gametophores and stems with rows of leaves and drooping capsules;

- syn. order Eubryales;

eucalypt / j u k ə ɫ ɪ p t /
n1
a tree of the genus Eucalyptus;

- syn. eucalyptus, eucalyptus tree;

Eucalypt grandis
n1
very tall tree of Queensland and New South Wales;

- syn. rose gum;

Eucalypt gunnii
n1
small to medium-sized tree of Tasmania;

- syn. cider gum;

Eucalypt ovata
n1
medium-sized tree of southern Australia;

- syn. swamp gum;

Eucalypt tereticornis
n1
tall tree of Queensland and New South Wales and Victoria;

- syn. forest red gum;

eucalyptus / j u k ə ɫ ɪ p t ə s /
n1
wood of any of various eucalyptus trees valued as timber;

n2
a tree of the genus Eucalyptus;

- syn. eucalypt, eucalyptus tree;

Eucalyptus amygdalina
n1
red gum tree of Tasmania;

- syn. peppermint, peppermint gum, red gum;

Eucalyptus calophylla
n1
very large red gum tree;

- syn. marri, red gum;

Eucalyptus camaldulensis
n1
somewhat crooked red gum tree growing chiefly along rivers;

- has durable reddish lumber used in heavy construction;

- syn. Eucalyptus rostrata, river gum, river red gum;

Eucalyptus camphora
n1
medium-sized swamp gum of New South Wales and Victoria;

- syn. mountain swamp gum;

Eucalyptus citriodora
n1
similar to but smaller than the spotted gum and having lemon-scented leaves;

- syn. Eucalyptus maculata citriodora, lemon-scented gum;

Eucalyptus coriacea
n1
small to medium-sized tree of Australia and Tasmania having smooth white to light-grey bark shedding in patches or strips;

- syn. Eucalyptus pauciflora, ghost gum, snow gum, white ash;

Eucalyptus delegatensis
n1
tall timber tree with hard heavy pinkish or light brown wood;

- syn. alpine ash, mountain oak;

Eucalyptus dumosa
n1
small shrubby mallee;

- syn. congoo mallee, white mallee;

Eucalyptus fraxinoides
n1
large tree with dark compact bark on lower trunk but smooth and white above;

- yields lumber similar to that of European or American ashes;

- syn. white mountain ash;

Eucalyptus globulus
n1
tall fast-growing timber tree with leaves containing a medicinal oil;

- young leaves are bluish;

- syn. blue gum, fever tree;

eucalyptus gum
n1
reddish-brown dried gummy exudation from any of several trees of the genus Eucalyptus especially Eucalyptus camaldulensis;

- syn. eucalyptus kino, red gum;

eucalyptus kino
n1
reddish-brown dried gummy exudation from any of several trees of the genus Eucalyptus especially Eucalyptus camaldulensis;

- syn. eucalyptus gum, red gum;

Eucalyptus maculata
n1
large gum tree with mottled bark;

- syn. spotted gum;

Eucalyptus maculata citriodora
n1
similar to but smaller than the spotted gum and having lemon-scented leaves;

- syn. Eucalyptus citriodora, lemon-scented gum;

eucalyptus oil
n1
an essential oil obtained from the leaves of eucalypts;

Eucalyptus pauciflora
n1
small to medium-sized tree of Australia and Tasmania having smooth white to light-grey bark shedding in patches or strips;

- syn. Eucalyptus coriacea, ghost gum, snow gum, white ash;

Eucalyptus regnans
n1
tree having wood similar to the alpine ash;

- tallest tree in Australia and tallest hardwood in the world;

- syn. mountain ash;

Eucalyptus rostrata
n1
somewhat crooked red gum tree growing chiefly along rivers;

- has durable reddish lumber used in heavy construction;

- syn. Eucalyptus camaldulensis, river gum, river red gum;

eucalyptus tree
n1
a tree of the genus Eucalyptus;

- syn. eucalypt, eucalyptus;

Eucalyptus viminalis
n1
tall tree yielding a false manna;

- syn. manna gum;

Eucalyptusd eugenioides
n1
stringybark having white wood;

- syn. thin-leaved stringybark, white stringybark;

Eucalytus stellulata
n1
a small mallee with rough dark-colored bark toward the butt;

- yields a red eucalyptus kino gum;

- syn. black gum, black mallee, black sally;

Eucarya
n1
quandong trees;

- syn. Fusanus, genus Eucarya, genus Fusanus;

Eucarya acuminata
n1
Australian tree with edible flesh and edible nutlike seed;

- syn. Fusanus acuminatus, quandang, quandong, quandong tree;

eucaryote
n1
an organism with cells characteristic of all life forms except primitive microorganisms such as bacteria;

- i.e. an organism with `good' or membrane-bound nuclei in its cells;

- syn. eukaryote;

eucaryotic
a1
having cells with `good' or membrane-bound nuclei;

- syn. eukaryotic;

Eucharist / j u k ə ɹ ɪ s t /
n1
a Christian sacrament commemorating the Last Supper by consecrating bread and wine;

- syn. Eucharistic liturgy, Holy Eucharist, Holy Sacrament, Liturgy, Lord's Supper, sacrament of the Eucharist;

Eucharistic / j u k ə ɹ ɪ s t ɪ k /
a1
of or relating to the sacrament of the Eucharist;

- "the Eucharistic cup";

Eucharistic liturgy
n1
a Christian sacrament commemorating the Last Supper by consecrating bread and wine;

- syn. Eucharist, Holy Eucharist, Holy Sacrament, Liturgy, Lord's Supper, sacrament of the Eucharist;

euchre / j u k ə /
n1
a card game similar to ecarte;

- each player is dealt 5 cards and the player making trump must take 3 tricks to win a hand;

- syn. five hundred;

Eucinostomus
n1
a genus of Gerreidae;

- syn. genus Eucinostomus;

Eucinostomus gula
n1
silvery mojarra found along sandy shores of the western Atlantic;

- syn. silver jenny;

Euclid / j u k ɫ ɪ d /
n1
Greek geometer (3rd century BC);

Euclid's axiom
n1
(mathematics) any of five axioms that are generally recognized as the basis for Euclidean geometry;

- syn. Euclid's postulate, Euclidean axiom;

Euclid's fifth axiom
n1
only one line can be drawn through a point parallel to another line;

- syn. parallel axiom;

Euclid's first axiom
n1
a straight line can be drawn between any two points;

Euclid's fourth axiom
n1
all right angles are equal;

Euclid's postulate
n1
(mathematics) any of five axioms that are generally recognized as the basis for Euclidean geometry;

- syn. Euclid's axiom, Euclidean axiom;

Euclid's second axiom
n1
any terminated straight line can be projected indefinitely;

Euclid's third axiom
n1
a circle with any radius can be drawn around any point;

euclidean / j u k ɫ ɪ d ɪə n /
a1
relating to geometry as developed by Euclid;

- "Euclidian geometry";

- syn. euclidian;

Euclidean axiom
n1
(mathematics) any of five axioms that are generally recognized as the basis for Euclidean geometry;

- syn. Euclid's axiom, Euclid's postulate;

Euclidean geometry
n1
(mathematics) geometry based on Euclid's axioms;

- syn. elementary geometry, parabolic geometry;

Euclidean space
n1
a space in which Euclid's axioms and definitions apply;

- a metric space that is linear and finite-dimensional;

euclidian / j u k ɫ ɪ d ɪə n /
a1
relating to geometry as developed by Euclid;

- "Euclidian geometry";

- syn. euclidean;

eudaemon / j u d i m ə n /
n1
a benevolent spirit;

- syn. eudemon, good spirit;

eudaemonia
n1
a contented state of being happy and healthy and prosperous;

- "the town was finally on the upbeat after our recent troubles";

- syn. eudaimonia, upbeat, welfare, well-being, wellbeing;

eudaemonic / j u d i m ɒ n ɪ k /
a1
producing happiness and well-being;

- syn. eudemonic;

eudaimonia
n1
a contented state of being happy and healthy and prosperous;

- "the town was finally on the upbeat after our recent troubles";

- syn. eudaemonia, upbeat, welfare, well-being, wellbeing;

eudemon
n1
a benevolent spirit;

- syn. eudaemon, good spirit;

eudemonic
a1
producing happiness and well-being;

- syn. eudaemonic;

eudemonism / j u d i m ə n ɪ z ə m /
n1
an ethical system that evaluates actions by reference to personal well-being through a life based on reason;

- syn. endaemonism;

Euderma
n1
a genus of Vespertilionidae;

- syn. genus Euderma;

Euderma maculata
n1
a large bat of the southwestern United States having spots and enormous ears;

- syn. jackass bat, spotted bat;

eudiometer / j u d ɪ ɒ m ɪ t ə /
n1
measuring instrument consisting of a graduated glass tube for measuring volume changes in chemical reactions between gases;

Eudora Welty
n1
United States writer about rural southern life (1909-2001);

- syn. Welty;

Eudromias morinellus
n1
rare plover of upland areas of Eurasia;

- syn. Charadrius morinellus, dotrel, dotterel;

Eudyptes
n1
rock hoppers;

- syn. genus Eudyptes;

Eugene / j u dʒ i n /
n1
Austrian general in the service of the Holy Roman Empire during the War of the Spanish Succession (1663-1736);

- syn. Prince Eugene of Savoy;

n2
a city in western Oregon on the Willamette River;

- site of a university;

Eugene Curran Kelly
n1
United States dancer who performed in many musical films (1912-1996);

- syn. Gene Kelly, Kelly;

Eugene Delacroix
n1
French romantic painter (1798-1863);

- syn. Delacroix, Ferdinand Victor Eugene Delacroix;

Eugene Gladstone O'Neill
n1
United States playwright (1888-1953);

- syn. Eugene O'Neill, O'Neill;

Eugene Ionesco
n1
French dramatist (born in Romania) who was a leading exponent of the theater of the absurd (1912-1994);

- syn. Ionesco;

Eugene Luther Vidal
n1
United States writer (born in 1925);

- syn. Gore Vidal, Vidal;

Eugene O'Neill
n1
United States playwright (1888-1953);

- syn. Eugene Gladstone O'Neill, O'Neill;

Eugene Ormandy
n1
United States conductor (born in Hungary) (1899-1985);

- syn. Ormandy;

Eugene Paul Wigner
n1
United States physicist (born in Hungary) noted for his work on the structure of the atom and its nucleus (1902-1995);

- syn. Eugene Wigner, Wigner;

Eugene Sue
n1
French writer whose novels described the sordid side of city life (1804-1857);

- syn. Sue;

Eugene V. Debs
n1
United States labor organizer who ran for President as a socialist (1855-1926);

- syn. Debs, Eugene Victor Debs;

Eugene Victor Debs
n1
United States labor organizer who ran for President as a socialist (1855-1926);

- syn. Debs, Eugene V. Debs;

Eugene Wigner
n1
United States physicist (born in Hungary) noted for his work on the structure of the atom and its nucleus (1902-1995);

- syn. Eugene Paul Wigner, Wigner;

Eugenia
n1
tropical trees and shrubs with aromatic leaves and often valuable hard wood;

- syn. genus Eugenia;

Eugenia aromaticum
n1
moderate sized very symmetrical red-flowered evergreen widely cultivated in the tropics for its flower buds which are source of cloves;

- syn. Eugenia caryophyllatum, Syzygium aromaticum, clove, clove tree;

Eugenia caryophyllatum
n1
moderate sized very symmetrical red-flowered evergreen widely cultivated in the tropics for its flower buds which are source of cloves;

- syn. Eugenia aromaticum, Syzygium aromaticum, clove, clove tree;

Eugenia corynantha
n1
Australian tree with sour red fruit;

- syn. sour cherry;

Eugenia dicrana
n1
tree of extreme southern Florida and West Indies having thin scaly bark and aromatic fruits and seeds and yielding hard heavy close-grained zebrawood;

- syn. nakedwood;

Eugenia jambos
n1
tropical tree of the East Indies cultivated for its edible fruit;

- syn. jambosa, rose-apple tree, rose apple;

Eugenia uniflora
n1
Brazilian tree with spicy red fruit;

- often cultivated in California and Florida;

- syn. Surinam cherry, pitanga;

eugenic / j u dʒ ɛ n ɪ k /
a1
pertaining to or causing improvement in the offspring produced;

eugenics / j u dʒ ɛ n ɪ k s /
n1
the study of methods of improving genetic qualities by selective breeding (especially as applied to human mating);

Eugenio Pacelli
n1
pope who maintained neutrality during World War II and was later criticized for not aiding the Jews who were persecuted by Hitler (1876-1958);

- syn. Pius XII;

euglena
n1
minute single-celled green freshwater organism having a single flagella;

- often classed as algae;

Euglenaceae
n1
considered green algae;

- syn. family Euglenaceae;

euglenid
n1
marine and freshwater green or colorless flagellate organism;

- syn. euglenoid, euglenophyte;

euglenoid
n1
marine and freshwater green or colorless flagellate organism;

- syn. euglenid, euglenophyte;

Euglenophyceae
n1
coextensive with the division Euglenophyta;

- syn. class Euglenophyceae;

Euglenophyta
n1
free-swimming flagellate algae;

- syn. division Euglenophyta;

euglenophyte
n1
marine and freshwater green or colorless flagellate organism;

- syn. euglenid, euglenoid;

eukaryote
n1
an organism with cells characteristic of all life forms except primitive microorganisms such as bacteria;

- i.e. an organism with `good' or membrane-bound nuclei in its cells;

- syn. eucaryote;

eukaryotic
a1
having cells with `good' or membrane-bound nuclei;

- syn. eucaryotic;

Euler
n1
Swiss mathematician (1707-1783);

- syn. Leonhard Euler;

eulogise
v1
praise formally and eloquently;

- "The dead woman was eulogized at the funeral";

- syn. eulogize;

eulogist / j u ɫ ə dʒ ɪ s t /
n1
an orator who delivers eulogies or panegyrics;

- syn. panegyrist;

eulogistic / j u ɫ ə dʒ ɪ s t ɪ k /
a1
formally expressing praise;

- syn. encomiastic, panegyric, panegyrical;

- sim. complimentary;

eulogium / j u ɫ oʊ dʒ j ə m /
n1
a formal expression of praise for someone who has died recently;

- syn. eulogy;

eulogize / j u ɫ ə dʒ aɪ z /
v1
praise formally and eloquently;

- "The dead woman was eulogized at the funeral";

- syn. eulogise;

eulogy / j u ɫ ə dʒ i /
n1
a formal expression of praise for someone who has died recently;

- syn. eulogium;

n2
a formal expression of praise;

- syn. encomium, paean, panegyric, pean;

Eumeces
n1
New World skinks;

- syn. genus Eumeces;

Eumeces callicephalus
n1
frequents oak and pine habitats in rocky mountainous areas of United States southwest and Mexico;

- syn. mountain skink;

Eumeces skiltonianus
n1
found in western North American grasslands and open woodlands;

- syn. western skink;

Eumenes
n1
mason wasps;

- syn. genus Eumenes;

Eumenides
n1
(classical mythology) the hideous snake-haired monsters (usually three in number) who pursued unpunished criminals;

- syn. Erinyes, Fury;

Eumetopias
n1
sea lions;

- syn. genus Eumetopias;

Eumetopias jubatus
n1
largest sea lion;

- of the northern Pacific;

- syn. Steller's sea lion, Steller sea lion;

Eumops
n1
mastiff bats;

- syn. genus Eumops;

Eumycetes
n1
category used in some classifications: coextensive with division Eumycota;

- syn. class Eumycetes;

Eumycota
n1
true fungi;

- eukaryotic heterotrophic walled organisms;

- distinguished from Myxomycota (funguslike slime molds): comprises subdivisions Mastigomycotina;

- Zygomycotina;

- Ascomycotina;

- Basidiomycotina;

- Deuteromycotina (imperfect fungi);

- syn. division Eumycota;

Eunectes
n1
anacondas;

- syn. genus Eunectes;

Eunectes murinus
n1
large arboreal boa of tropical South America;

- syn. anaconda;

eunuch / j u n ə k /
n1
a man who has been castrated and is incapable of reproduction;

- "eunuchs guarded the harem";

- syn. castrate;

eunuchoidism
n1
the state of being a eunuch (either because of lacking testicles or because they failed to develop);

- syn. male hypogonadism;

Euonymous alatus
n1
bushy deciduous shrub with branches having thin wide corky longitudinal wings;

- brilliant red in autumn;

- northeastern Asia to central China;

- syn. winged spindle tree;

Euonymus / j u ɒ n ɪ m ə s /
n1
widely distributed chiefly evergreen shrubs or small trees or vines;

- syn. genus Euonymus;

Euonymus americanus
n1
upright deciduous plant with crimson pods and seeds;

- the eastern United States from New York to Florida and Texas;

- syn. strawberry bush, wahoo;

Euonymus atropurpureus
n1
deciduous shrub having purple capsules enclosing scarlet seeds;

- syn. burning bush, wahoo;

Euonymus europaeus
n1
small erect deciduous shrub having tough white wood and cathartic bark and fruit;

- syn. common spindle tree;

Euonymus fortunei radicans
n1
broad and bushy Asiatic twining shrub with pinkish fruit;

- many subspecies or varieties;

- syn. Euonymus radicans vegetus, evergreen bittersweet;

Euonymus radicans vegetus
n1
broad and bushy Asiatic twining shrub with pinkish fruit;

- many subspecies or varieties;

- syn. Euonymus fortunei radicans, evergreen bittersweet;

Euopean hoopoe
n1
pinkish-brown hoopoe with black-and-white wings;

- syn. Upupa epops;

Eupatorium
n1
large genus of chiefly tropical herbs having heads of white or purplish flowers;

- syn. genus Eupatorium;

Eupatorium aya-pana
n1
low spreading tropical American shrub with long slender leaves used to make a mildly stimulating drink resembling tea;

- sometimes placed in genus Eupatorium;

- syn. Ayapana triplinervis, ayapana;

Eupatorium cannabinum
n1
coarse European herb with palmately divided leaves and clusters of small reddish-purple flower heads;

- syn. hemp agrimony;

Eupatorium capillifolium
n1
weedy plant of southeastern United States having divided leaves and long clusters of greenish flowers;

- syn. dog fennel;

Eupatorium coelestinum
n1
rhizomatous plant of central and southeastern United States and West Indies having large showy heads of clear blue flowers;

- sometimes placed in genus Eupatorium;

- syn. Conoclinium coelestinum, ageratum, mist-flower, mistflower;

Eupatorium maculatum
n1
North American herb having whorled leaves and terminal clusters of small pinkish or purple flower heads;

- syn. Joe-Pye weed, spotted Joe-Pye weed;

Eupatorium perfoliatum
n1
perennial herb of southeastern United States having white-rayed flower heads;

- formerly used as in folk medicine;

- syn. agueweed, boneset, thoroughwort;

Eupatorium purpureum
n1
North American herb having whorled leaves and terminal clusters of flowers spotted with purple;

- syn. Joe-Pye weed, marsh milkweed, purple boneset, trumpet weed;

Eupatorium rugosum
n1
American herb having flat-topped clusters of small white flower heads;

- reputedly a cause of trembles and milk sickness;

- sometimes placed in genus Eupatorium;

- syn. Ageratina altissima, white sanicle, white snakeroot;

Euphagus
n1
a genus of Icteridae;

- syn. genus Euphagus;

Euphagus carilonus
n1
North American blackbird whose bluish-black plumage is rusty-edged in the fall;

- syn. rusty blackbird, rusty grackle;

Euphausia pacifica
n1
food for jellyfish;

Euphausiacea
n1
small commonly luminescent crustaceans;

- important element of marine plankton: krill;

- syn. order Euphausiacea;

euphemise
v1
refer to something with a euphemism;

- syn. euphemize;

euphemism / j u f ə m ɪ z ə m /
n1
an inoffensive or indirect expression that is substituted for one that is considered offensive or too harsh;

euphemistic / j u f ə m ɪ s t ɪ k /
a1
of or the nature of euphemism;

- "`peepee' is a common euphemistic term";

euphemistically / j u f ə m ɪ s t ɪ k ɫ i /
r1
in a euphemistic manner;

- "his violent death was euphemistically referred to as a passing away";

euphemize / j u f ɪ m aɪ z /
v1
refer to something with a euphemism;

- syn. euphemise;

euphonic / j u f ɒ n ɪ k /
a1
of or relating to or characterized by euphony;

- syn. euphonical;

euphonical / j u f ɒ n ɪ k ə ɫ /
a1
of or relating to or characterized by euphony;

- syn. euphonic;

euphonious / j u f oʊ n j ə s /
a1
having a pleasant sound;

- "a euphonious trill of silver laughter";

- syn. euphonous;

- sim. golden, silvern;

a2
(of speech or dialect) pleasing in sound;

- not harsh or strident;

- "her euphonious Southern speech";

- sim. soft;

euphonium / j u f oʊ n ɪə m , j u f oʊ n j ə m /
n1
a bass horn (brass wind instrument) that is the tenor of the tuba family;

euphonous
a1
having a pleasant sound;

- "a euphonious trill of silver laughter";

- syn. euphonious;

- sim. golden, silvern;

euphony / j u f ə n i /
n1
any agreeable (pleasing and harmonious) sounds;

- "he fell asleep to the music of the wind chimes";

- syn. music;

Euphorbia
n1
type genus of the Euphorbiaceae: very large genus of diverse plants all having milky juice;

- syn. genus Euphorbia;

Euphorbia amygdaloides
n1
European perennial herb with greenish yellow terminal flower clusters;

- syn. wood spurge;

Euphorbia antisyphilitica
n1
wax-coated shrub of northern Mexico and southwestern United States;

- syn. candelilla;

Euphorbia caput-medusae
n1
African dwarf succulent perennial shrub with numerous slender drooping branches;

- syn. Euphorbia medusae, medusa's head;

Euphorbia corollata
n1
common perennial United States spurge having showy white petallike bracts;

- syn. flowering spurge, tramp's spurge, wild spurge;

Euphorbia cyathophora
n1
poinsettia of United States and eastern Mexico;

- often confused with Euphorbia heterophylla;

- syn. Mexican fire plant, fire-on-the-mountain, painted leaf;

Euphorbia cyparissias
n1
Old World perennial having foliage resembling cypress;

- naturalized as a weed in the United States;

- syn. cypress spurge;

Euphorbia dentata
n1
an annual weed of northeastern North America with dentate leaves;

- syn. toothed spurge;

Euphorbia esula
n1
tall European perennial naturalized and troublesome as a weed in eastern North America;

- syn. leafy spurge, wolf's milk;

Euphorbia exigua
n1
European erect or depressed annual weedy spurge adventive in northeastern United States;

- syn. dwarf spurge;

Euphorbia fulgens
n1
Mexican shrub often cultivated for its scarlet-bracted flowers;

- syn. scarlet plume;

Euphorbia helioscopia
n1
not unattractive European weed whose flowers turn toward the sun;

- syn. devil's milk, sun spurge, wartweed, wartwort;

Euphorbia heterophylla
n1
showy poinsettia found from the southern United States to Peru;

- syn. Japanese poinsettia, mole plant, paint leaf;

Euphorbia hirsuta
n1
much-branched hirsute weed native to northeastern North America;

- syn. hairy spurge;

Euphorbia ingens
n1
small tree of dry open parts of southern Africa having erect angled branches suggesting candelabra;

- syn. cactus euphorbia, naboom;

Euphorbia lathyris
n1
poisonous Old World spurge;

- adventive in America;

- seeds yield a purgative oil;

- syn. caper spurge, mole plant, myrtle spurge;

Euphorbia litchi
n1
tree of southeastern Asia to Australia grown primarily for its sweet edible fruit resembling litchi nuts;

- sometimes placed in genera Euphorbia or Nephelium;

- syn. Dimocarpus longan, Nephelium longana, longan, longanberry, lungen;

Euphorbia marginata
n1
annual spurge of western United States having showy white-bracted flower clusters and very poisonous milk;

- syn. ghost weed, snow-in-summer, snow-on-the-mountain;

Euphorbia medusae
n1
African dwarf succulent perennial shrub with numerous slender drooping branches;

- syn. Euphorbia caput-medusae, medusa's head;

Euphorbia milii
n1
somewhat climbing bushy spurge of Madagascar having long woody spiny stems with few leaves and flowers with scarlet bracts;

- syn. Christ plant, Christ thorn, crown of thorns;

Euphorbia peplus
n1
an Old World spurge introduced as a weed in the eastern United States;

- syn. devil's milk, petty spurge;

Euphorbia pulcherrima
n1
tropical American plant having poisonous milk and showy tapering usually scarlet petallike leaves surrounding small yellow flowers;

- syn. Christmas flower, Christmas star, Mexican flameleaf, lobster plant, painted leaf, poinsettia;

Euphorbiaceae
n1
a family of plants of order Geraniales;

- syn. family Euphorbiaceae, spurge family;

euphorbium
n1
an acrid brown gum resin now used mainly in veterinary medicine;

- syn. gum eurphorbium;

euphoria / j u f ɔ ɹ ɪə /
n1
a feeling of great (usually exaggerated) elation;

- syn. euphory;

euphoriant
n1
a psychoactive drug that tends to produce elation and euphoria;

a1
tending to produce euphoria;

- sim. euphoric;

euphoric / j u f ɒ ɹ ɪ k /
a1
exaggerated feeling of well-being or elation;

- also elated, happy;

- sim. euphoriant, expansive;

euphory
n1
a feeling of great (usually exaggerated) elation;

- syn. euphoria;

Euphractus
n1
a genus of Dasypodidae;

- syn. genus Euphractus;

Euphractus sexcinctus
n1
Argentine armadillo with six movable bands and hairy underparts;

- syn. peludo, poyou;

Euphrates
n1
a river in southwestern Asia;

- flows into the Persian Gulf;

- was important in the development of several great civilizations in ancient Mesopotamia;

- syn. Euphrates River;

Euphrates River
n1
a river in southwestern Asia;

- flows into the Persian Gulf;

- was important in the development of several great civilizations in ancient Mesopotamia;

- syn. Euphrates;

Euphrosyne
n1
(Greek mythology) one of the three Graces;

euphuism / j u f j u ɪ z ə m /
n1
any artificially elegant style of language;

n2
an elegant style of prose of the Elizabethan period;

- characterized by balance and antithesis and alliteration and extended similes with and allusions to nature and mythology;

Euplectella
n1
a genus of Hyalospongiae;

- syn. genus Euplectella;

eupnea
n1
normal relaxed breathing;

- syn. eupnoea;

eupneic
a1
passing or able to pass air in and out of the lungs normally;

- sometimes used in combination;

- "the boy was disappointed to find only skeletons instead of living breathing dinosaurs";

- "the heavy-breathing person on the telephone";

- syn. breathing, eupnoeic;

- sim. sweet-breathed;

eupnoea
n1
normal relaxed breathing;

- syn. eupnea;

eupnoeic
a1
passing or able to pass air in and out of the lungs normally;

- sometimes used in combination;

- "the boy was disappointed to find only skeletons instead of living breathing dinosaurs";

- "the heavy-breathing person on the telephone";

- syn. breathing, eupneic;

- sim. sweet-breathed;

Euproctis
n1
a genus of Lymantriidae;

- syn. genus Euproctis;

Euproctis chrysorrhoea
n1
white furry-bodied European moth with a yellow tail tuft;

- syn. gold-tail moth;

Euproctis phaeorrhoea
n1
small brown and white European moth introduced into eastern United States;

- pest of various shade and fruit trees;

- syn. brown-tail moth, browntail;

Eurafrican
n1
a person of mixed European and African descent;

a1
relating to or coming from Europe and Africa;

Eurasia / j ʊə ɹ eɪ ʒ ə /
n1
the land mass formed by the continents of Europe and Asia;

Eurasian / j ʊə ɹ eɪ ʒ n /
n1
a person of mixed European and Asian descent;

a1
relating to, or coming from, Europe and Asia;

- "His mother was Eurasian, and his father Chinese";

- "the Eurasian landmass is the largest in the world";

- syn. Eurasiatic;

Eurasian badger
n1
a variety of badger native to Europe and Asia;

- syn. Meles meles;

Eurasian green toad
n1
Eurasian toad with variable chiefly green coloring;

- syn. Bufo viridis;

Eurasian hamster
n1
a variety of hamster common to Europe and Asia;

- syn. Cricetus cricetus;

Eurasian kingfisher
n1
small kingfisher with greenish-blue and orange plumage;

- syn. Alcedo atthis;

Eurasian otter
n1
otter found in Europe and Asia;

- syn. Lutra lutra;

Eurasian woodcock
n1
short-legged long-billed migratory Old World woodcock;

- syn. Scolopax rusticola;

Eurasiatic
a1
relating to, or coming from, Europe and Asia;

- "His mother was Eurasian, and his father Chinese";

- "the Eurasian landmass is the largest in the world";

- syn. Eurasian;

Eureka / j ʊə ɹ i k ə /
n1
an alloy of copper and nickel with high electrical resistance and a low temperature coefficient;

- used as resistance wire;

- syn. constantan;

n2
a town in northwest California on an arm of the Pacific Ocean;

eurhythmics / j u ɹ ɪ ð m ɪ k s /
n1
the interpretation in harmonious bodily movements of the rhythm of musical compositions;

- used to teach musical understanding;

- syn. eurhythmy, eurythmics, eurythmy;

eurhythmy / j u ɹ ɪ ð m i /
n1
the interpretation in harmonious bodily movements of the rhythm of musical compositions;

- used to teach musical understanding;

- syn. eurhythmics, eurythmics, eurythmy;

Euripides
n1
one of the greatest tragic dramatists of ancient Greece (480-406 BC);

euro
n1
the basic monetary unit of most members of the European Union (introduced in 1999);

- in 2002 twelve European nations (Germany, France, Belgium, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Ireland, Greece, Austria, Finland) adopted the euro as their basic unit of money and abandoned their traditional currencies;

Eurobabble
n1
the jargon of European community documents and regulations;

Eurocentric
a1
focussed on Europe and the Europeans;

- syn. Europocentric;

Eurocentrism
n1
belief in the preeminence of Europe and the Europeans;

Eurocurrency
n1
currency of the major financial and industrial countries held in those countries for the purpose of lending and borrowing;

Eurodollar / j ʊə ɹ oʊ d ɒ ɫ ə , j ʊə ɹ oʊ d ɒ ɫ ə ɹ /
n1
a United States dollar deposited in a European bank and used as an international currency to finance trade;

euronithopod
n1
widespread group including duck-billed dinosaurs and their early relatives (hadrosaurs, trachodon and iguanodon);

- syn. Euronithopoda, Ornithopoda, suborder Euronithopoda, suborder Ornithopoda;

Euronithopoda
n1
widespread group including duck-billed dinosaurs and their early relatives (hadrosaurs, trachodon and iguanodon);

- syn. Ornithopoda, euronithopod, suborder Euronithopoda, suborder Ornithopoda;

Europa
n1
the 4th largest of Jupiter's satellites;

- covered with a smooth shell of frozen water;

Europan
n1
an artificial language proposed as an auxiliary European language;

Europe / j ʊə ɹ ə p /
n1
the 2nd smallest continent (actually a vast peninsula of Eurasia);

- the British use `Europe' to refer to all of the continent except the British Isles;

n2
an international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members;

- "he tried to take Britain into the Europen Union";

- syn. Common Market, EC, EEC, EU, European Community, European Economic Community, European Union;

n3
the nations of the European continent collectively;

- "the Marshall Plan helped Europe recover from World War II";

European / j ʊə ɹ ə p ɪə n /
n1
a native or inhabitant of Europe;

a1
of or relating to or characteristic of Europe or the people of Europe;

- "European Community";

European ash
n1
tall ash of Europe to the Caucasus having leaves shiny dark-green above and pale downy beneath;

- syn. Fraxinus excelsior, common European ash;

European barberry
n1
upright deciduous European shrub widely naturalized in United States having clusters of juicy berries;

- syn. Berberis vulgaris, common barberry;

European bean
n1
Old World upright plant grown especially for its large flat edible seeds but also as fodder;

- syn. English bean, Vicia faba, broad-bean, broad-bean plant, broad bean, field bean;

European beech
n1
large European beech with minutely-toothed leaves;

- widely planted as an ornamental in North America;

- syn. Fagus sylvatica, common beech;

European beggar-ticks
n1
bur marigold of temperate Eurasia;

- syn. Bidens tripartita, trifid beggar-ticks, trifid bur marigold;

European bird cherry
n1
small European cherry tree closely resembling the American chokecherry;

- syn. Prunus padus, common bird cherry, hagberry tree;

European bittern
n1
a kind of bittern;

- syn. Botaurus stellaris;

European black alder
n1
medium-sized tree with brown-black bark and woody fruiting catkins;

- leaves are hairy beneath;

- syn. Alnus glutinosa, Alnus vulgaris, common alder;

European black currant
n1
widely cultivated current bearing edible black aromatic berries;

- syn. Ribes nigrum, black currant;

European black grouse
n1
large northern European grouse that is black with a lyre-shaped tail;

- syn. Lyrurus tetrix, heathfowl;

European blackbird
n1
common black European thrush;

- syn. Turdus merula, blackbird, merl, merle, ousel, ouzel;

European blueberry
n1
blue-black berries similar to American blueberries;

- syn. bilberry, whortleberry;

European bog asphodel
n1
of western Europe: Scandinavia to northern Spain and Portugal;

- syn. Narthecium ossifragum;

European box
n1
large slow-growing evergreen shrub or small tree with multiple stems;

- extensively used for hedges or borders and topiary figures;

- syn. Buxus sempervirens, common box;

European bream
n1
European freshwater fish having a flattened body and silvery scales;

- of little value as food;

- syn. Abramis brama;

European brooklime
n1
European plant having low-lying stems with blue flowers;

- sparsely naturalized in North America;

- syn. Veronica beccabunga, brooklime;

European brown bat
n1
common brown bat of Europe;

- syn. Eptesicus serotinus, serotine;

European catfish
n1
large elongated catfish of central and eastern Europe;

- syn. Silurus glanis, sheatfish;

European Central Bank
n1
the central bank of those members of the European Union who share a common currency;

- "The European Central Bank is Europe's equivalent of the Federal Reserve";

European chestnut
n1
wild or cultivated throughout southern Europe, northwestern Africa and southwestern Asia;

- syn. Castanea sativa, Spanish chestnut, sweet chestnut;

European Community
n1
an international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members;

- "he tried to take Britain into the Europen Union";

- syn. Common Market, EC, EEC, EU, Europe, European Economic Community, European Union;

European corn borer moth
n1
native to Europe;

- in America the larvae bore into the stem and crown of corn and other plants;

- syn. Pyrausta nubilalis, corn borer, corn borer moth;

European country
n1
any one of the countries occupying the European continent;

- syn. European nation;

European cranberry
n1
small red-fruited trailing cranberry of Arctic and cool regions of the northern hemisphere;

- syn. Vaccinium oxycoccus, small cranberry;

European cranberry bush
n1
deciduous thicket-forming Old World shrub with clusters of white flowers and small bright red berries;

- syn. European cranberrybush, Viburnum opulus, crampbark, cranberry tree, guelder rose;

European cranberrybush
n1
deciduous thicket-forming Old World shrub with clusters of white flowers and small bright red berries;

- syn. European cranberry bush, Viburnum opulus, crampbark, cranberry tree, guelder rose;

European creeper
n1
common European brown-and-buff tree creeper with down-curved bill;

- syn. Certhia familiaris;

European cuckoo
n1
common cuckoo of Europe having a distinctive two-note call;

- lays eggs in the nests of other birds;

- syn. Cuculus canorus;

European curlew
n1
common Eurasian curlew;

- syn. Numenius arquata;

European dewberry
n1
creeping European bramble bearing dewberries;

- syn. Rubus caesius;

European dogtooth
n1
sturdy European dogtooth with rose to mauve flowers;

- cultivated in many varieties;

- syn. Erythronium dens-canis;

European dune grass
n1
a dune grass of the Pacific seacoast used as a sand binder;

- syn. Elymus arenarius, Leymus arenaria, sea lyme grass;

European Economic Community
n1
an international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members;

- "he tried to take Britain into the Europen Union";

- syn. Common Market, EC, EEC, EU, Europe, European Community, European Union;

European elder
n1
a common shrub with black fruit or a small tree of Europe and Asia;

- fruit used for wines and jellies;

- syn. Sambucus nigra, black elder, bourtree, common elder, elderberry;

European elm
n1
broad spreading rough-leaved elm common throughout Europe and planted elsewhere;

- syn. English elm, Ulmus procera;

European field elm
n1
European elm with lustrous smooth leaves used as an ornamental;

- syn. Ulmus carpinifolia, smooth-leaved elm;

European fire salamander
n1
a kind of European salamander;

- syn. Salamandra salamandra;

European flatfish
n1
important food fish of Europe;

- syn. Platichthys flesus;

European fly honeysuckle
n1
cultivated Eurasian shrub with twin yellowish-white flowers and scarlet fruit;

- syn. European honeysuckle, Lonicera xylosteum;

European gallinule
n1
purple gallinule of southern Europe;

- syn. Porphyrio porphyrio;

European goatsucker
n1
Old World goatsucker;

- syn. Caprimulgus europaeus, European nightjar;

European hackberry
n1
bright green deciduous shade tree of southern Europe;

- syn. Celtis australis, Mediterranean hackberry;

European hare
n1
large hare introduced in North America;

- does not turn white in winter;

- syn. Lepus europaeus;

European honeysuckle
n1
cultivated Eurasian shrub with twin yellowish-white flowers and scarlet fruit;

- syn. European fly honeysuckle, Lonicera xylosteum;

European hop
n1
European twining plant whose flowers are used chiefly to flavor malt liquors;

- cultivated in America;

- syn. Humulus lupulus, bine, common hop, common hops;

European hornbeam
n1
medium-sized Old World tree with smooth grey bark and leaves like beech that turn yellow-orange in autumn;

- syn. Carpinus betulus;

European house cricket
n1
lives in human dwellings;

- naturalized in parts of America;

- syn. Acheta domestica;

European ladies' tresses
n1
European orchid having shorter racemes of strongly spiraling snow-white flowers;

- syn. Spiranthes spiralis;

European larch
n1
tall European tree having a slender conic crown, flat needlelike leaves, and hairy cone scales;

- syn. Larix decidua;

European Law Enforcement Organisation
n1
police organization for the European Union;

- aims to improve effectiveness and cooperation among European police forces;

- syn. Europol;

European lemming
n1
notable for mass migrations even into the sea where many drown;

- syn. Lemmus lemmus;

European lobster
n1
similar to but smaller than American lobsters;

n2
lobster of Atlantic coast of Europe;

- syn. Homarus vulgaris;

European magpie
n1
a common magpie of Eurasia;

- syn. Pica pica;

European mountain ash
n1
Eurasian tree with orange-red berrylike fruits;

- syn. Sorbus aucuparia, rowan, rowan tree;

European nation
n1
any one of the countries occupying the European continent;

- syn. European country;

European nightjar
n1
Old World goatsucker;

- syn. Caprimulgus europaeus, European goatsucker;

European nut pine
n1
medium-sized two-needled pine of southern Europe having a spreading crown;

- widely cultivated for its sweet seeds that resemble almonds;

- syn. Pinus pinea, stone pine, umbrella pine;

European nuthatch
n1
a kind of nuthatch;

- syn. Sitta europaea;

European olive tree
n1
evergreen tree cultivated in the Mediterranean region since antiquity and now elsewhere;

- has edible shiny black fruits;

- syn. Olea europaea, olive;

European parsley fern
n1
fern of Europe and Asia Minor having short slender rhizome and densely tufted bright green fronds resembling parsley;

- syn. Cryptogramma crispa, mountain parsley fern;

European pasqueflower
n1
European perennial having usually violet or white spring flowers;

- syn. Anemone pulsatilla, Pulsatilla vulgaris;

European perch
n1
a perch native to Europe;

- syn. Perca fluviatilis;

European plan
n1
a hotel plan that provides a continental breakfast daily;

- syn. continental plan;

European quaking aspen
n1
Old World aspen with a broad much-branched crown;

- northwestern Europe and Siberia to North Africa;

- syn. Populus tremula, quaking aspen;

European rabbit
n1
common greyish-brown burrowing animal native to southern Europe and northern Africa but introduced elsewhere;

- widely domesticated and developed in various colors and for various needs;

- young are born naked and helpless;

- syn. Old World rabbit, Oryctolagus cuniculus;

European raspberry
n1
the common European raspberry;

- fruit red or orange;

- syn. Rubus idaeus, framboise, wild raspberry;

European Recovery Program
n1
a United States program of economic aid for the reconstruction of Europe (1948-1952);

- named after George Marshall;

- syn. Marshall Plan;

European red elder
n1
Eurasian shrub;

- syn. Sambucus racemosa, red-berried elder;

European roller
n1
common European blue-and-green roller with a reddish-brown back;

- syn. Coracias garrulus;

European Russia
n1
the part of Russia that is part of Europe;

European sandpiper
n1
a variety of sandpiper;

- syn. Actitis hypoleucos;

European sanicle
n1
sanicle of Europe and Asia having white to pale pink flowers;

- syn. Sanicula Europaea;

European sea bream
n1
food fish of European coastal waters;

- syn. Pagellus centrodontus;

European sea eagle
n1
bulky greyish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail;

- of Europe and Greenland;

- syn. Haliatus albicilla, ern, erne, gray sea eagle, grey sea eagle, white-tailed sea eagle;

European shrike
n1
a common European butcherbird;

- syn. Lanius excubitor;

European silver fir
n1
tall timber tree of central and southern Europe having a regular crown and grey bark;

- syn. Abies alba, Christmas tree;

European smelt
n1
common smelt of Europe;

- syn. sparling;

n2
the common smelt of Europe;

- syn. Osmerus eperlanus, sparling;

European sole
n1
highly valued as food;

- syn. Solea solea;

European spider crab
n1
a large spider crab of Europe;

- syn. Maja squinado, king crab;

European swift
n1
common European bird with a shrieking call that nests chiefly about eaves of buildings or on cliffs;

- syn. Apus apus;

European toad
n1
common toad of Europe;

- syn. Bufo bufo;

European tortoise
n1
small land tortoise of southern Europe;

- syn. Testudo graeca;

European turkey oak
n1
large deciduous tree of central and southern Europe and Asia Minor having lanceolate leaves with spiked lobes;

- syn. Quercus cerris, turkey oak;

European Union
n1
an international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members;

- "he tried to take Britain into the Europen Union";

- syn. Common Market, EC, EEC, EU, Europe, European Community, European Economic Community;

European water ouzel
n1
a water ouzel of Europe;

- syn. Cinclus aquaticus;

European water shrew
n1
widely distributed Old World water shrew;

- syn. Neomys fodiens;

European white birch
n1
European birch with silvery white peeling bark and markedly drooping branches;

- syn. Betula pendula, common birch, silver birch;

European white lily
n1
a water lily with white flowers;

- syn. Nymphaea alba;

European wildcat
n1
bushy-tailed wildcat of Europe that resembles the domestic cat and is regarded as the ancestor of the domestic cat;

- syn. Felis silvestris, catamountain;

European wolf spider
n1
large southern European spider once thought to be the cause of tarantism (uncontrollable bodily movement);

- syn. Lycosa tarentula, tarantula;

European wood mouse
n1
nocturnal yellowish-brown mouse inhabiting woods and fields and gardens;

- syn. Apodemus sylvaticus;

European woolly thistle
n1
woolly thistle of western and central Europe and Balkan Peninsula;

- syn. Cirsium eriophorum;

Europeanisation / j ʊə ɹ ə p i ə n aɪ z eɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
assimilation into European culture;

- syn. Europeanization;

Europeanise
v1
denationalize and subject (a territory) to the supervision of an agency of a European community of nations;

- syn. Europeanize;

v2
make (continental) European in customs, character, or ideas;

- syn. Europeanize;

Europeanization / j ʊə ɹ ə p i ə n aɪ z eɪ ʃ n /
n1
assimilation into European culture;

- syn. Europeanisation;

Europeanize / j ʊə ɹ ə p i ə n aɪ z /
v1
make (continental) European in customs, character, or ideas;

- syn. Europeanise;

v2
denationalize and subject (a territory) to the supervision of an agency of a European community of nations;

- syn. Europeanise;

europium
n1
a bivalent and trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group;

- syn. Eu, atomic number 63;

Europocentric
a1
focussed on Europe and the Europeans;

- syn. Eurocentric;

Europol
n1
police organization for the European Union;

- aims to improve effectiveness and cooperation among European police forces;

- syn. European Law Enforcement Organisation;

Eurotiales
n1
order of fungi having a closed ascocarp (cleistothecium) with the asci scattered rather than gathered in a hymenium;

- syn. Aspergillales, order Aspergillales, order Eurotiales;

Eurotium
n1
a genus of fungi belonging to the order Eurotiales;

- syn. genus Eurotium;

Euryale
n1
(Greek mythology) one of the three Gorgons;

n2
basket stars;

- syn. genus Euryale;

Euryalida
n1
basket stars;

- syn. subclass Euryalida;

Eurydice
n1
(Greek mythology) the wife of Orpheus;

Eurylaimi
n1
broadbills;

- syn. suborder Eurylaimi;

Eurylaimidae
n1
coextensive with the suborder Eurylaimi;

- syn. family Eurylaimidae;

eurypterid
n1
large extinct scorpion-like arthropod considered related to horseshoe crabs;

Eurypterida
n1
extinct aquatic arthropods of the Paleozoic;

- syn. order Eurypterida;

eurythmics / j u ɹ ɪ ð m ɪ k s /
n1
the interpretation in harmonious bodily movements of the rhythm of musical compositions;

- used to teach musical understanding;

- syn. eurhythmics, eurhythmy, eurythmy;

eurythmy / j u ɹ ɪ ð m i /
n1
the interpretation in harmonious bodily movements of the rhythm of musical compositions;

- used to teach musical understanding;

- syn. eurhythmics, eurhythmy, eurythmics;

Eusebius
n1
Christian bishop of Caesarea in Palestine;

- a church historian and a leading early Christian exegete (circa 270-340);

- syn. Eusebius of Caesarea;

Eusebius Hieronymus
n1
(Roman Catholic Church) one of the great Fathers of the early Christian Church whose major work was his translation of the Scriptures from Hebrew and Greek into Latin (which became the Vulgate);

- a saint and Doctor of the Church (347-420);

- syn. Eusebius Sophronius Hieronymus, Hieronymus, Jerome, Saint Jerome, St. Jerome;

Eusebius of Caesarea
n1
Christian bishop of Caesarea in Palestine;

- a church historian and a leading early Christian exegete (circa 270-340);

- syn. Eusebius;

Eusebius Sophronius Hieronymus
n1
(Roman Catholic Church) one of the great Fathers of the early Christian Church whose major work was his translation of the Scriptures from Hebrew and Greek into Latin (which became the Vulgate);

- a saint and Doctor of the Church (347-420);

- syn. Eusebius Hieronymus, Hieronymus, Jerome, Saint Jerome, St. Jerome;

Euskadi ta Askatasuna
n1
a terrorist organization organized in 1959 by student activists who were dissatisfied with the moderate nationalism of the traditional Basque party;

- want to create an independent homeland in Spain's western Pyrenees;

- "in 1968 ETA launched a campaign of political assassinations of government officials";

- syn. Basque Fatherland and Liberty, Basque Homeland and Freedom, ETA;

eusporangiate
a1
(of ferns) having sporangia that arise from a group of epidermal cells;

- "eusporangiate ferns of the families Ophioglossaceae and Marattiaceae";

eusporangium
n1
a sporangium that arises from a group of epidermal cells;

Eustachian tube
n1
either of the paired tubes connecting the middle ears to the nasopharynx;

- equalizes air pressure on the two sides of the eardrum;

- syn. auditory tube;

Eustachio
n1
Italian anatomist who was one of the fathers of modern anatomy;

- noted for descriptions of the ear and the heart (1520-1574);

- syn. Bartolommeo Eustachio;

Eustoma
n1
small genus of herbs of warm regions of southern North America to northern South America;

- syn. genus Eustoma;

Eustoma grandiflorum
n1
one of the most handsome prairie wildflowers having large erect bell-shaped bluish flowers;

- of moist places in prairies and fields from eastern Colorado and Nebraska south to New Mexico and Texas;

- syn. bluebell, prairie gentian, tulip gentian;

Eutamias
n1
chipmunks of western America and Asia;

- syn. genus Eutamias;

Eutamius asiaticus
n1
terrestrial Siberian squirrel;

- syn. Eutamius sibiricus, baranduki, baronduki, barunduki, burunduki;

Eutamius sibiricus
n1
terrestrial Siberian squirrel;

- syn. Eutamius asiaticus, baranduki, baronduki, barunduki, burunduki;

eutectic
n1
a mixture of substances having a minimum melting point;

eutectoid steel
n1
a steel that contains 0.9% carbon (the eutectic point);

- a carbon steel with 0.9% carbon is pure pearlite;

Euterpe
n1
a monocotyledonous genus of graceful palm trees in tropical America;

- syn. genus Euterpe;

n2
(Greek mythology) the Muse of music (or the flute);

Euterpe oleracea
n1
Brazilian palm of genus Euterpe whose leaf buds are eaten like cabbage when young;

- syn. cabbage palm;

euthanasia / j u θ ə n eɪ z ɪə /
n1
the act of killing someone painlessly (especially someone suffering from an incurable illness);

- syn. mercy killing;

euthenics
n1
the study of methods of improving human well-being and efficient functioning by improving environmental conditions;

Eutheria
n1
all mammals except monotremes and marsupials;

- syn. subclass Eutheria;

eutherian
n1
mammals having a placenta;

- all mammals except monotremes and marsupials;

- syn. eutherian mammal, placental, placental mammal;

a1
of or relating to or belonging to the subclass Eutheria;

- "eutherian mammals";

eutherian mammal
n1
mammals having a placenta;

- all mammals except monotremes and marsupials;

- syn. eutherian, placental, placental mammal;

Euthynnus
n1
a genus of Scombridae;

- syn. genus Euthynnus;

Euthynnus pelamis
n1
oceanic schooling tuna of considerable value in Pacific but less in Atlantic;

- reaches 75 pounds;

- very similar to if not the same as oceanic bonito;

- syn. skipjack, skipjack tuna;

eutrophic
a1
(ecology) of a lake or other body of water rich in nutrients and subject to eutrophication;

eutrophication
n1
excessive nutrients in a lake or other body of water, usually caused by runoff of nutrients (animal waste, fertilizers, sewage) from the land, which causes a dense growth of plant life;

- the decomposition of the plants depletes the supply of oxygen, leading to the death of animal life;

- "he argued that the controlling factor in eutrophication is not nitrate but phosphate";

Euxine Sea
n1
a sea between Europe and Asia;

- a popular resort area of eastern Europeans;

- syn. Black Sea;

eV
n1
a unit of energy equal to the work done by an electron accelerated through a potential difference of 1 volt;

- syn. electron volt;

Eva Braun
n1
the German mistress of Adolf Hitler (1910-1945);

- syn. Braun;

Eva Le Gallienne
n1
United States actress (born in England) (1899-1991);

- syn. Le Gallienne;

evacuant / ɪ v æ k j ʊə n t /
a1
strongly laxative;

- syn. cathartic, purgative;

- sim. laxative;

evacuate / ɪ v æ k j ʊ eɪ t /
v1
move out of an unsafe location into safety;

- "After the earthquake, residents were evacuated";

v2
empty completely;

- "evacuate the bottle";

v3
move people from their homes or country;

v4
create a vacuum in (a bulb, flask, reaction vessel);

v5
excrete or discharge from the body;

- syn. empty, void;

evacuation / ɪ v æ k j ʊ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the act of removing the contents of something;

- syn. emptying, voidance;

n2
the act of evacuating;

- leaving a place in an orderly fashion;

- especially for protection;

n3
the bodily process of discharging waste matter;

- syn. elimination, excreting, excretion, voiding;

evacuee / ɪ v æ k j u i /
n1
a person who has been evacuated from a dangerous place;

evade / ɪ v eɪ d /
v1
avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues);

- "He dodged the issue";

- "she skirted the problem";

- "They tend to evade their responsibilities";

- "he evaded the questions skillfully";

- syn. circumvent, dodge, duck, elude, fudge, hedge, parry, put off, sidestep, skirt;

v2
escape, either physically or mentally;

- "The thief eluded the police";

- "This difficult idea seems to evade her";

- "The event evades explanation";

- syn. bilk, elude;

v3
practice evasion;

- "This man always hesitates and evades";

v4
use cunning or deceit to escape or avoid;

- "The con man always evades";

evaluate / ɪ v æ ɫ j ʊ eɪ t /
v1
evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of;

- "I will have the family jewels appraised by a professional";

- "access all the factors when taking a risk";

- syn. appraise, assess, measure, valuate, value;

v2
form a critical opinion of;

- "I cannot judge some works of modern art";

- "How do you evaluate this grant proposal?";

- "We shouldn't pass judgment on other people";

- syn. judge, pass judgment;

evaluation / ɪ v æ ɫ j ʊ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
act of ascertaining or fixing the value or worth of;

- syn. rating;

n2
an appraisal of the value of something;

- "he set a high valuation on friendship";

- syn. rating, valuation;

evaluative / ɪ v æ ɫ j ʊə t ɪ v /
a1
exercising or involving careful evaluations;

- "looked him over with an appraising eye";

- "the literary judge uses many evaluative terms";

- syn. appraising;

- sim. critical;

evaluator / ɪ v æ ɫ j ʊ eɪ t ə /
n1
an authority who is able to estimate worth or quality;

- syn. judge;

evanesce / i v ə n ɛ s /
v1
disappear gradually;

- "The pain eventually passed off";

- syn. blow over, fade, fleet, pass, pass off;

evanescence / i v ə n ɛ s n s /
n1
the event of fading and gradually vanishing from sight;

- "the evanescence of the morning mist";

evanescent / i v ə n ɛ s n t /
a1
tending to vanish like vapor;

- "evanescent beauty";

- sim. impermanent;

evangel / ɪ v æ n dʒ ɛ ɫ /
n1
the four books in the New Testament (Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John) that tell the story of Christ's life and teachings;

- syn. Gospel, Gospels;

evangelical / i v æ n dʒ ɛ ɫ ɪ k ɫ /
a1
relating to or being a Christian church believing in personal conversion and the inerrancy of the Bible especially the 4 Gospels;

- "evangelical Christianity";

- "an ultraconservative evangelical message";

a2
of or pertaining to or in keeping with the Christian gospel especially as in the first 4 books of the New Testament;

a3
marked by ardent or zealous enthusiasm for a cause;

- syn. evangelistic;

- sim. enthusiastic;

Evangelical and Reformed Church
n1
a Protestant denomination of Calvinist faith;

Evangelical United Brethren Church
n1
a Methodist denomination;

evangelicalism / i v æ n dʒ ɛ ɫ ɪ k ə ɫ ɪ z ə m /
n1
stresses the importance of personal conversion and faith as the means of salvation;

evangelise
v1
preach the gospel (to);

- syn. evangelize;

v2
convert to Christianity;

- "The missionaries evangelized the Pacific Islanders";

- syn. evangelize;

evangelism / ɪ v æ n dʒ ə ɫ ɪ z ə m /
n1
zealous preaching and advocacy of the gospel;

evangelist / ɪ v æ n dʒ ə ɫ ɪ s t /
n1
a preacher of the Christian gospel;

- syn. gospeler, gospeller, revivalist;

n2
(when capitalized) any of the spiritual leaders who are assumed to be authors of the Gospels in the New Testament: Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John;

Evangelista Torricelli
n1
Italian physicist who invented the mercury barometer (1608-1647);

- syn. Torricelli;

evangelistic / ɪ v æ n dʒ ə ɫ ɪ s t ɪ k /
a1
relating to or promoting the preaching and dissemination of the Christian gospel;

- "evangelistic fervor";

- "the evangelistic concerns of the early church";

a2
marked by ardent or zealous enthusiasm for a cause;

- syn. evangelical;

- sim. enthusiastic;

evangelize / ɪ v æ n dʒ ɪ ɫ aɪ z /
v1
preach the gospel (to);

- syn. evangelise;

v2
convert to Christianity;

- "The missionaries evangelized the Pacific Islanders";

- syn. evangelise;

Evans
n1
United States anatomist who identified four pituitary hormones and discovered vitamin E (1882-1971);

- syn. Herbert McLean Evans;

n2
British archaeologist who excavated the palace of Knossos in Crete to find what he called Minoan civilization (1851-1941);

- syn. Arthur Evans, Sir Arthur John Evans;

Evansville
n1
a city in southwestern Indiana on the Ohio River;

evaporable / ɪ v æ p ə ɹ ə b ɫ /
a1
(used of substances) capable of being volatilized;

- syn. vaporific, vaporizable, vapourific, vapourisable, volatilisable, volatilizable;

- sim. volatile;

evaporate / ɪ v æ p ə ɹ eɪ t /
v1
lose or cause to lose liquid by vaporization leaving a more concentrated residue;

- "evaporate milk";

- syn. vaporise, vaporize;

v2
cause to change into a vapor;

- "The chemist evaporated the water";

- syn. vaporise;

v3
change into a vapor;

- "The water evaporated in front of our eyes";

- syn. vaporise;

v4
become less intense and fade away gradually;

- "her resistance melted under his charm";

- "her hopes evaporated after years of waiting for her fiance";

- syn. disappear, melt;

evaporated / ɪ v æ p ə ɹ eɪ t ɪ d /
a1
drawn off in the form of vapor;

- "evaporated molecules boil off";

- sim. gaseous;

evaporated milk
n1
milk concentrated by evaporation;

evaporation / ɪ v æ p ə ɹ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the process of becoming a vapor;

- syn. vapor, vaporisation, vaporization, vapour;

n2
the process of extracting moisture;

- syn. dehydration, desiccation, drying up;

evaporative / ɪ v æ p ə ɹ ə t ɪ v /
a1
relating to or causing or being caused by evaporation;

- "an evaporative cooler";

evaporative cooler
n1
a cooling system that cools by evaporation;

evaporite
n1
the sediment that is left after the evaporation of seawater;

evaporometer
n1
an instrument that measures rate of evaporation of water;

- syn. atmometer;

Evariste Galois
n1
French mathematician who described the conditions for solving polynomial equations;

- was killed in a duel at the age of 21 (1811-1832);

- syn. Galois;

evasion / ɪ v eɪ ʒ n /
n1
a statement that is not literally false but that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truth;

- syn. equivocation;

n2
the deliberate act of failing to pay money;

- "his evasion of all his creditors";

- "he was indicted for nonpayment";

- syn. nonpayment;

n3
nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do;

- "his evasion of his clear duty was reprehensible";

- "that escape from the consequences is possible but unattractive";

- syn. dodging, escape;

n4
the act of physically escaping from something (an opponent or a pursuer or an unpleasant situation) by some adroit maneuver;

evasive / ɪ v eɪ s ɪ v /
a1
deliberately vague or ambiguous;

- "his answers were brief, constrained and evasive";

- "an evasive statement";

- sim. equivocal;

a2
avoiding or escaping from difficulty or danger especially enemy fire;

- "pilots are taught to take evasive action";

- sim. protective;

evasive action
n1
an action aimed at evading an opponent;

- syn. maneuver, manoeuvre;

evasive answer
n1
(law) an answer by a defendant that fails to admit or deny the allegations set forth in the complaint;

evasively / ɪ v eɪ s ɪ v ɫ i /
r1
with evasion;

- in an evasive manner;

- "her husband seemed to know many of the people who were named, but he replied evasively when asked who they were";

evasiveness / ɪ v eɪ s ɪ v n ə s /
n1
intentionally vague or ambiguous;

- syn. equivocation, prevarication;

Eve / i v /
n1
(Old Testament) Adam's wife in Judeo-Christian mythology: the first woman and mother of the human race;

- God created Eve from Adam's rib and placed Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden;

n2
the day before;

- "he always arrives on the eve of her departure";

n3
the period immediately before something;

- "on the eve of the French Revolution";

n4
the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall);

- "he enjoyed the evening light across the lake";

- syn. even, evening, eventide;

Evelyn Arthur Saint John Waugh
n1
English author of satirical novels (1903-1966);

- syn. Evelyn Waugh, Waugh;

Evelyn Waugh
n1
English author of satirical novels (1903-1966);

- syn. Evelyn Arthur Saint John Waugh, Waugh;

even / i v n /
n1
the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall);

- "he enjoyed the evening light across the lake";

- syn. eve, evening, eventide;

v1
make level or straight;

- "level the ground";

- syn. even out, flush, level;

v2
become even or more even;

- "even out the surface";

- syn. even out;

v3
make even or more even;

- syn. even out;

- also even off, even out, even up;

a1
divisible by two;

a2
equal in degree or extent or amount;

- or equally matched or balanced;

- "even amounts of butter and sugar";

- "on even terms";

- "it was a fifty-fifty (or even) split";

- "had a fifty-fifty (or even) chance";

- "an even fight";

- syn. fifty-fifty;

- sim. equal;

a3
being level or straight or regular and without variation as e.g. in shape or texture;

- or being in the same plane or at the same height as something else (i.e. even with);

- "an even application of varnish";

- "an even floor";

- "the road was not very even";

- "the picture is even with the window";

- also smooth, steady;

- sim. flat, flatbottom, flush, justified, lap-jointed, level, straight-grained, true;

a4
symmetrically arranged;

- "even features";

- "regular features";

- "a regular polygon";

- syn. regular;

- sim. symmetrical;

a5
occurring at fixed intervals;

- "a regular beat";

- "the even rhythm of his breathing";

- syn. regular;

- sim. steady;

a6
of the score in a contest;

- "the score is tied";

- syn. level, tied;

- sim. equal;

r1
used as an intensive especially to indicate something unexpected;

- "even an idiot knows that";

- "declined even to consider the idea";

- "I don't have even a dollar!";

r2
in spite of;

- notwithstanding;

- "even when he is sick, he works";

- "even with his head start she caught up with him";

r3
to a greater degree or extent;

- used with comparisons;

- "looked sick and felt even worse";

- "an even (or still) more interesting problem";

- "still another problem must be solved";

- "a yet sadder tale";

- syn. still, yet;

r4
to the full extent;

- "loyal even unto death";

even-pinnate
a1
(of a leaf shape) pinnate with a pair of leaflets at the apex;

- syn. abruptly-pinnate, paripinnate;

- sim. compound;

even-pinnate leaf
n1
a pinnate leaf with a pair of leaflets at the apex;

- syn. abruptly-pinnate leaf;

even-tempered
a1
not easily irritated;

- "an equable temper";

- "not everyone shared his placid temperament";

- "remained placid despite the repeated delays";

- syn. equable, good-tempered, placid;

- sim. good-natured;

even-textured
a1
having an even texture;

- sim. smooth;

even-toed
a1
of or relating to or belonging to mammals of the order Artiodactyla;

- syn. artiodactyl, artiodactylous;

even-toed ungulate
n1
placental mammal having hooves with an even number of functional toes on each foot;

- syn. artiodactyl, artiodactyl mammal;

even a little
r1
to any extent at all;

- "are you in the least interested?";

- syn. in the least;

even as
r1
at the same time as;

- "even as he lay dying they argued over his estate";

- "the building collapsed just as he arrived";

- syn. just as;

even chance
n1
an unpredictable phenomenon;

- "it's a toss-up whether he will win or lose";

- syn. toss-up, tossup;

even off
v1
adjust for;

- "engineers will work to correct the effects or air resistance";

- syn. compensate, correct, counterbalance, even out, even up, make up;

even out
v1
adjust for;

- "engineers will work to correct the effects or air resistance";

- syn. compensate, correct, counterbalance, even off, even up, make up;

v2
make level or straight;

- "level the ground";

- syn. even, flush, level;

v3
become even or more even;

- "even out the surface";

- syn. even;

v4
make even or more even;

- syn. even;

even so
r1
despite anything to the contrary (usually preceding a concession);

- "although I'm a little afraid, however I'd like to try it";

- "while we disliked each other, nevertheless we agreed";

- "he was a stern yet fair master";

- "granted that it is dangerous, all the same I still want to go";

- syn. all the same, at the same time, however, nevertheless, nonetheless, notwithstanding, still, withal, yet;

even spacing
n1
regularity of spacing;

even up
v1
adjust for;

- "engineers will work to correct the effects or air resistance";

- syn. compensate, correct, counterbalance, even off, even out, make up;

v2
even up the edges of a stack of paper, in printing;

- syn. jog, square up;

evenfall / i v n f ɔ ɫ /
n1
the time of day immediately following sunset;

- "he loved the twilight";

- "they finished before the fall of night";

- syn. crepuscle, crepuscule, dusk, fall, gloam, gloaming, nightfall, twilight;

evenhanded / i v n h æ n d ɪ d /
a1
without partiality;

- "evenhanded justice";

- sim. equitable;

evenhandedly / i v n h æ n d ɪ d ɫ i /
r1
without favoring one party, in a fair evenhanded manner;

- "deal fairly with one another";

- syn. fair, fairly;

evening / i v n ɪ ŋ /
n1
the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall);

- "he enjoyed the evening light across the lake";

- syn. eve, even, eventide;

n2
a later concluding time period;

- "it was the evening of the Roman Empire";

n3
the early part of night (from dinner until bedtime) spent in a special way;

- "an evening at the opera";

evening-primrose family
n1
a large and widely distributed family of plants of the order Myrtales;

- syn. Onagraceae, family Onagraceae;

evening-snow
n1
small California annual with white flowers;

- syn. Linanthus dichotomus;

evening bag
n1
a handbag used with evening wear;

evening clothes
n1
attire to wear on formal occasions in the evening;

- syn. evening dress, eveningwear, formalwear;

evening dress
n1
attire to wear on formal occasions in the evening;

- syn. evening clothes, eveningwear, formalwear;

evening gown
n1
a gown for evening wear;

- syn. dinner dress, dinner gown, formal;

evening grosbeak
n1
North American grosbeak;

- syn. Hesperiphona vespertina;

evening lychnis
n1
bluish-green herb having sticky stems and clusters of large evening-opening white flowers with much-inflated calyx;

- sometimes placed in genus Lychnis;

- syn. Lychnis alba, Silene latifolia, bladder campion, white campion, white cockle;

Evening Prayer
n1
(Anglican Church) a daily evening service with prayers prescribed in the Book of Common Prayer;

- syn. evensong;

evening primrose
n1
any of several plants of the family Onagraceae;

evening shift
n1
the work shift during the evening (as 4 p.m. to midnight);

- syn. swing shift;

n2
workers who work during the evening (as 4 p.m. to midnight);

evening shirt
n1
a man's white shirt (with a starch front) for evening wear (usually with a tuxedo);

- syn. dress shirt;

evening star
n1
a planet (usually Venus) seen at sunset in the western sky;

- syn. Hesperus, Vesper;

evening trumpet flower
n1
poisonous woody evergreen vine of southeastern United States having fragrant yellow funnel-shaped flowers;

- syn. Carolina jasmine, Gelsemium sempervirens, yellow jasmine, yellow jessamine;

eveningwear
n1
attire to wear on formal occasions in the evening;

- syn. evening clothes, evening dress, formalwear;

Evenk
n1
a member of the Tungus speaking people who are a nomadic people widely spread over eastern Siberia;

- related to the Manchu;

- syn. Tungus;

Evenki
n1
a member of the people inhabiting an area of northern Mongolia and eastern Siberia;

- syn. Ewenki;

n2
the Tungusic language of the Evenki in eastern Siberia;

- syn. Ewenki, Tungus, Tunguz;

evenly / i v n ɫ i /
r1
in equal amounts or shares;

- in a balanced or impartial way;

- "a class evenly divided between girls and boys";

- "they split their winnings equally";

- "deal equally with rich and poor";

- syn. equally;

r2
in a level and regular way;

evenness / i v n n ə s /
n1
the parity of even numbers (divisible by two);

n2
a quality of uniformity and lack of variation;

- syn. invariability;

n3
the quality of being balanced;

evensong / i v n s ɒ ŋ /
n1
the sixth of the seven canonical hours of the divine office;

- early evening;

- now often made a public service on Sundays;

- syn. vespers;

n2
(Anglican Church) a daily evening service with prayers prescribed in the Book of Common Prayer;

- syn. Evening Prayer;

event / ɪ v ɛ n t /
n1
something that happens at a given place and time;

n2
a special set of circumstances;

- "in that event, the first possibility is excluded";

- "it may rain in which case the picnic will be canceled";

- syn. case;

n3
a phenomenon located at a single point in space-time;

- the fundamental observational entity in relativity theory;

n4
a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon;

- "the magnetic effect was greater when the rod was lengthwise";

- "his decision had depressing consequences for business";

- "he acted very wise after the event";

- syn. consequence, effect, issue, outcome, result, upshot;

event planner
n1
someone who plans social events as a profession (usually for government or corporate officials);

eventful / ɪ v ɛ n t f ə ɫ /
a1
full of events or incidents;

- "the most exhausting and eventful day of my life";

- sim. lively;

a2
having important issues or results;

- "the year's only really consequential legislation";

- "an eventful decision";

- syn. consequential;

- sim. important;

eventide / i v n t aɪ d /
n1
the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall);

- "he enjoyed the evening light across the lake";

- syn. eve, even, evening;

eventration
n1
protrusion of the intestine through the abdominal wall;

eventual / ɪ v ɛ n tʃ ʊə ɫ /
a1
expected to follow in the indefinite future from causes already operating;

- "hope of eventual (or ultimate) rescue";

- "if this trend continues it is not reasonable to expect the eventual collapse of the stock market";

- sim. ultimate;

eventuality / ɪ v ɛ n tʃ ʊ æ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
a possible event or occurrence or result;

- syn. contingence, contingency;

eventually / ɪ v ɛ n tʃ ʊə ɫ i /
r1
after an unspecified period of time or an especially long delay;

- syn. finally;

eventuate / ɪ v ɛ n t j ʊ eɪ t /
v1
come out in the end;

ever / ɛ v ə , ɛ v ə ɹ /
r1
at any time;

- "did you ever smoke?";

- "the best con man of all time";

- syn. of all time;

r2
at all times;

- all the time and on every occasion;

- "I will always be there to help you";

- "always arrives on time";

- "there is always some pollution in the air";

- "ever hoping to strike it rich";

- "ever busy";

- syn. always, e'er;

r3
(intensifier for adjectives) very;

- "she was ever so friendly";

- syn. ever so;

ever-changing
a1
marked by continuous change or effective action;

- syn. changing;

- sim. dynamic;

ever-present
a1
being always present;

- sim. present;

ever so
r1
(intensifier for adjectives) very;

- "she was ever so friendly";

- syn. ever;

Everest / ɛ v ə ɪ s t , ɛ v ə ɹ ɪ s t /
n1
a mountain in the central Himalayas on the border of Tibet and Nepal;

- the highest mountain peak in the world (29,028 feet high);

- syn. Mount Everest, Mt. Everest;

Everglade State
n1
a state in southeastern United States between the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico;

- one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War;

- syn. FL, Fla., Florida, Sunshine State;

Everglades / ɛ v ə ɡ ɫ eɪ d z /
n1
a large subtropical swamp in southern Florida that is noted for its wildlife;

Everglades National Park
n1
a national park in Florida containing an immense subtropical wilderness with mangrove swamps and rare birds and wild animals;

evergreen / ɛ v ə ɡ ɹ i n /
n1
a plant having foliage that persists and remains green throughout the year;

- syn. evergreen plant;

a1
(of plants and shrubs) bearing foliage throughout the year;

- sim. coniferous, semi-evergreen;

evergreen beech
n1
any of various beeches of the southern hemisphere having small usually evergreen leaves;

- syn. southern beech;

evergreen bittersweet
n1
broad and bushy Asiatic twining shrub with pinkish fruit;

- many subspecies or varieties;

- syn. Euonymus fortunei radicans, Euonymus radicans vegetus;

evergreen blueberry
n1
shrub of the eastern United States having shining evergreen leaves and bluish-black fruit;

- syn. Vaccinium myrsinites;

evergreen cherry
n1
California evergreen wild plum with spiny leathery leaves and white flowers;

- syn. Prunus ilicifolia, holly-leaf cherry, holly-leaved cherry, islay;

evergreen grass
n1
coarse perennial Eurasian grass resembling oat;

- found on roadside verges and rough grassland and in hay meadows;

- introduced in North America for forage;

- syn. Arrhenatherum elatius, French rye, false oat, tall meadow grass, tall oat grass;

evergreen huckleberry
n1
stiff bushy evergreen shrub of western North America having sour black berries and glossy green foliage used in floral arrangements;

- syn. Vaccinium ovatum;

evergreen magnolia
n1
evergreen tree of southern United States having large stiff glossy leaves and huge white sweet-smelling flowers;

- syn. Magnolia grandiflora, bull bay, large-flowering magnolia, southern magnolia;

evergreen millet
n1
tall perennial grass that spreads by creeping rhizomes and is grown for fodder;

- naturalized in southern United States where it is a serious pest on cultivated land;

- syn. Aleppo grass, Johnson grass, Sorghum halepense, means grass;

evergreen oak
n1
evergreen oak of southern Europe having leaves somewhat resembling those of holly;

- yields a hard wood;

- syn. Quercus ilex, holly-leaved oak, holm oak, holm tree;

evergreen plant
n1
a plant having foliage that persists and remains green throughout the year;

- syn. evergreen;

Evergreen State
n1
a state in northwestern United States on the Pacific;

- syn. WA, Wash., Washington;

evergreen thorn
n1
evergreen hawthorn of southeastern Europe;

- syn. Crataegus oxyacantha;

evergreen winterberry
n1
evergreen holly of eastern North America with oblong leathery leaves and small black berries;

- syn. Ilex glabra, gall-berry, gallberry, inkberry;

evergreen wood fern
n1
North American evergreen fern having pinnate leaves and dense clusters of lance-shaped fronds;

- syn. Christmas fern, Polystichum acrostichoides, canker brake, dagger fern;

n2
North American fern with evergreen fronds;

- syn. Dryopteris marginalis, leatherleaf wood fern, marginal wood fern;

everlasting / ɛ v ə ɫ ɑ s t ɪ ŋ /
n1
any of various plants of various genera of the family Compositae having flowers that can be dried without loss of form or color;

- syn. everlasting flower;

a1
continuing forever or indefinitely;

- "the ageless themes of love and revenge";

- "eternal truths";

- "life everlasting";

- "hell's perpetual fires";

- "the unending bliss of heaven";

- syn. aeonian, ageless, eonian, eternal, perpetual, unceasing, unending;

- sim. permanent;

a2
without qualification;

- used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers;

- "an arrant fool";

- "a complete coward";

- "a consummate fool";

- "a double-dyed villain";

- "gross negligence";

- "a perfect idiot";

- "pure folly";

- "what a sodding mess";

- "stark staring mad";

- "a thorough nuisance";

- "a thoroughgoing villain";

- "utter nonsense";

- "the unadulterated truth";

- syn. arrant, complete, consummate, double-dyed, gross, perfect, pure, sodding, staring, stark, thorough, thoroughgoing, unadulterated, utter;

- sim. unmitigated;

everlasting flower
n1
any of various plants of various genera of the family Compositae having flowers that can be dried without loss of form or color;

- syn. everlasting;

everlasting pea
n1
any of several perennial vines of the genus Lathyrus;

everlastingly / ɛ v ə ɫ ɑ s t ɪ ŋ ɫ i /
r1
for a limitless time;

- "no one can live forever";

- "brightly beams our Father's mercy from his lighthouse evermore"- P.P.Bliss;

- syn. eternally, evermore, forever;

everlastingness
n1
the property of lasting forever;

evermore / ɛ v ə m ɔ , ɛ v ə m ɔ ɹ /
r1
at any future time;

- in the future;

- "lead a blameless life evermore";

- syn. forevermore;

r2
for a limitless time;

- "no one can live forever";

- "brightly beams our Father's mercy from his lighthouse evermore"- P.P.Bliss;

- syn. eternally, everlastingly, forever;

Evernia
n1
lichens of the family Usneaceae having a pendulous or shrubby thallus;

- syn. genus Evernia;

Evers / ɛ v ə ɹ z , ɛ v ə z /
n1
United States civil rights worker in Mississippi;

- was killed by a sniper (1925-1963);

- syn. Medgar Evers, Medgar Wiley Evers;

eversion / ɪ v ɝ ʃ ə n /
n1
the position of being turned outward;

- "the eversion of the foot";

n2
the act of turning inside out;

- syn. everting, inversion;

Evert / ɪ v ɝ t /
n1
United States tennis player who won women's singles titles in the United States and at Wimbledon (born in 1954);

- syn. Chris Evert, Chrissie Evert, Christine Marie Evert;

v1
turn inside out;

- turn the inner surface of outward;

- "evert the eyelid";

everting / ɪ v ɝ t ɪ ŋ /
n1
the act of turning inside out;

- syn. eversion, inversion;

every / ɛ v ɹ i /
a1
(used of count nouns) each and all of the members of a group considered singly and without exception;

- "every person is mortal";

- "every party is welcome";

- "had every hope of success";

- "every chance of winning";

- sim. all;

a2
each and all of a series of entities or intervals as specified;

- "every third seat";

- "every two hours";

- sim. all;

every bit
r1
to the same degree (often followed by `as');

- "they were equally beautiful";

- "birds were singing and the child sang as sweetly";

- "sang as sweetly as a nightingale";

- "he is every bit as mean as she is";

- syn. as, equally;

every inch
r1
in every way;

- completely;

- "he was every inch a statesman";

every last
a1
(used as intensive) every;

- "every last one of you";

- sim. all;

every night
r1
at the end of each day;

- "she checks on her roses nightly";

- syn. nightly;

every now and then
r1
occasionally;

- "every so often she visits her father";

- syn. every so often;

every quarter
r1
in three month intervals;

- "interest is compounded quarterly";

- syn. quarterly;

every so often
r1
occasionally;

- "every so often she visits her father";

- syn. every now and then;

every week
r1
without missing a week;

- "she visited her aunt weekly";

- syn. each week, hebdomadally, weekly;

every which way
r1
in a random manner;

- "the houses were randomly scattered";

- "bullets were fired into the crowd at random";

- syn. arbitrarily, at random, haphazardly, indiscriminately, randomly, willy-nilly;

r2
haphazardly;

- "the books were piled up helter-skelter";

- syn. helter-skelter;

every year
r1
without missing a year;

- "they travel to China annually";

- syn. annually, each year, yearly;

everyday / ɛ v ɹ ɪ d eɪ /
a1
found in the ordinary course of events;

- "a placid everyday scene";

- "it was a routine day";

- "there's nothing quite like a real...train conductor to add color to a quotidian commute"- Anita Diamant;

- syn. mundane, quotidian, routine, unremarkable, workaday;

- sim. ordinary;

a2
appropriate for ordinary or routine occasions;

- "casual clothes";

- "everyday clothes";

- syn. casual, daily;

- sim. informal;

a3
commonplace and ordinary;

- "the familiar everyday world";

- sim. familiar;

everydayness
n1
ordinariness as a consequence of being frequent and commonplace;

- syn. commonness, commonplaceness;

everyman / ɛ v ɹ i m æ n /
n1
the ordinary person;

everyplace / ɛ v ɹ ɪ p ɫ eɪ s /
r1
to or in any or all places;

- "You find fast food stores everywhere";

- "people everywhere are becoming aware of the problem";

- "he carried a gun everywhere he went";

- "looked all over for a suitable gift";

- (`everyplace' is used informally for `everywhere');

- syn. all over, everywhere;

everywhere / ɛ v ɹ ɪ w eə , ɛ v ɹ ɪ w eə ɹ /
r1
to or in any or all places;

- "You find fast food stores everywhere";

- "people everywhere are becoming aware of the problem";

- "he carried a gun everywhere he went";

- "looked all over for a suitable gift";

- (`everyplace' is used informally for `everywhere');

- syn. all over, everyplace;

evict / ɪ v ɪ k t /
v1
expel or eject without recourse to legal process;

- "The landlord wanted to evict the tenants so he banged on the pipes every morning at 3 a.m.";

v2
expel from one's property or force to move out by a legal process;

- "The landlord evicted the tenants after they had not paid the rent for four months";

- syn. force out;

eviction / ɪ v ɪ k ʃ n /
n1
action by a landlord that compels a tenant to leave the premises (as by rendering the premises unfit for occupancy);

- no physical expulsion or legal process is involved;

- syn. constructive eviction;

n2
the expulsion of someone (such as a tenant) from the possession of land by process of law;

- syn. dispossession, legal ouster;

evidence / ɛ v ɪ d ə n s /
n1
your basis for belief or disbelief;

- knowledge on which to base belief;

- "the evidence that smoking causes lung cancer is very compelling";

- syn. grounds;

n2
an indication that makes something evident;

- "his trembling was evidence of his fear";

n3
(law) all the means by which any alleged matter of fact whose truth is investigated at judicial trial is established or disproved;

v1
provide evidence for;

- stand as proof of;

- show by one's behavior, attitude, or external attributes;

- "His high fever attested to his illness";

- "The buildings in Rome manifest a high level of architectural sophistication";

- "This decision demonstrates his sense of fairness";

- syn. attest, certify, demonstrate, manifest;

v2
provide evidence for;

- "The blood test showed that he was the father";

- "Her behavior testified to her incompetence";

- syn. bear witness, prove, show, testify;

v3
give evidence;

- "he was telling on all his former colleague";

- syn. tell;

evidenced / ɛ v ɪ d ə n s t /
a1
supported by evidence;

- "their evidenced friendliness to the US";

- sim. proved;

evident / ɛ v ɪ d ə n t /
a1
clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment;

- "the effects of the drought are apparent to anyone who sees the parched fields";

- "evident hostility";

- "manifest disapproval";

- "patent advantages";

- "made his meaning plain";

- "it is plain that he is no reactionary";

- "in plain view";

- "a palpable lie";

- syn. apparent, manifest, palpable, patent, plain, unmistakable;

- sim. obvious;

a2
capable of being seen or noticed;

- "a discernible change in attitude";

- "a clearly evident erasure in the manuscript";

- "an observable change in behavior";

- syn. discernible, observable;

- sim. noticeable;

evidential / ɛ v ɪ d ɛ n ʃ ə ɫ /
a1
serving as or based on evidence;

- "evidential signs of a forced entry";

- "its evidentiary value";

- syn. evidentiary;

- sim. significant;

evidentiary / ɛ v ɪ d ɛ n ʃ ə ɹ i /
a1
pertaining to or constituting evidence;

- "evidentiary technique";

- "an evidentiary fact";

a2
serving as or based on evidence;

- "evidential signs of a forced entry";

- "its evidentiary value";

- syn. evidential;

- sim. significant;

evidently / ɛ v ɪ d ə n t ɫ i /
r1
unmistakably (`plain' is often used informally for `plainly');

- "the answer is obviously wrong";

- "she was in bed and evidently in great pain";

- "he was manifestly too important to leave off the guest list";

- "it is all patently nonsense";

- "she has apparently been living here for some time";

- "I thought he owned the property, but apparently not";

- "You are plainly wrong";

- "he is plain stubborn";

- syn. apparently, manifestly, obviously, patently, plain, plainly;

evil / i v ɫ /
n1
morally objectionable behavior;

- syn. immorality, iniquity, wickedness;

n2
that which causes harm or destruction or misfortune;

- "the evil that men do lives after them;

- the good is oft interred with their bones"- Shakespeare;

n3
the quality of being morally wrong in principle or practice;

- "attempts to explain the origin of evil in the world";

- syn. evilness;

a1
morally bad or wrong;

- "evil purposes";

- "an evil influence";

- "evil deeds";

- also bad, immoral, offensive, unrighteous, wicked, wrong;

- sim. atrocious, bad, black, corruptive, demonic, despicable, devilish, evil-minded;

a2
having the nature of vice;

- syn. vicious;

- sim. wicked;

a3
having or exerting a malignant influence;

- "malevolent stars";

- "a malefic force";

- syn. malefic, malevolent, malign;

- sim. maleficent;

evil-looking
a1
having an evil appearance;

- sim. ugly;

evil-minded / i v ɫ m aɪ n d ɪ d /
a1
having evil thoughts or intentions;

- sim. evil;

evil eye
n1
a look that is believed to have the power of inflicting harm;

evil spirit
n1
a spirit tending to cause harm;

evildoer / i v ɫ d u ə /
n1
a person who sins (without repenting);

- syn. sinner;

evildoing
n1
the act of transgressing;

- the violation of a law or a duty or moral principle;

- "the boy was punished for the transgressions of his father";

- syn. transgression;

evilly / i v ə ɫ i /
r1
in a wicked evil manner;

- "act wickedly";

- "grin evilly";

- syn. wickedly;

evilness / i v ɫ n ɛ s /
n1
the quality of being morally wrong in principle or practice;

- "attempts to explain the origin of evil in the world";

- syn. evil;

evince / ɪ v ɪ n s /
v1
give expression to;

- "She showed her disappointment";

- syn. express, show;

eviscerate / ɪ v ɪ s ə ɹ eɪ t /
v1
surgically remove a part of a structure or an organ;

- syn. resect;

v2
remove the contents of;

- "eviscerate the stomach";

v3
remove the entrails of;

- "draw a chicken";

- syn. disembowel, draw;

v4
take away a vital or essential part of;

- "the compromise among the parties eviscerated the bill that had been proposed";

a1
having been disembowelled;

- sim. injured;

evisceration / ɪ v ɪ s ə ɹ eɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
surgical removal of an organ (or the contents of an organ) from a patient;

n2
the act of removing the bowels or viscera;

- the act of cutting so as to cause the viscera to protrude;

- syn. disembowelment;

n3
altering something (as a legislative act or a statement) in such a manner as to reduce its value;

- "the adoption of their amendments would have amounted to an evisceration of the act";

evitable
a1
capable of being avoided or warded off;

- syn. avertable, avertible, avoidable;

evocation / i v oʊ k eɪ ʃ n /
n1
imaginative re-creation;

n2
calling up supposed supernatural forces by spells and incantations;

- syn. summoning;

n3
stimulation that calls up (draws forth) a particular class of behaviors;

- "the elicitation of his testimony was not easy";

- syn. elicitation, induction;

evocative / ɪ v ɒ k ə t ɪ v /
a1
serving to bring to mind;

- "cannot forbear to close on this redolent literary note"- Wilder Hobson;

- "a campaign redolent of machine politics";

- syn. redolent, remindful, reminiscent, resonant;

- sim. mindful;

evoke / ɪ v oʊ k /
v1
call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses);

- "arouse pity";

- "raise a smile";

- "evoke sympathy";

- syn. arouse, elicit, enkindle, fire, kindle, provoke, raise;

v2
evoke or provoke to appear or occur;

- "Her behavior provoked a quarrel between the couple";

- syn. call forth, kick up, provoke;

v3
deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning);

- "We drew out some interesting linguistic data from the native informant";

- syn. draw out, educe, elicit, extract;

v4
summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic;

- "raise the specter of unemployment";

- "he conjured wild birds in the air";

- "call down the spirits from the mountain";

- syn. arouse, bring up, call down, call forth, conjure, conjure up, invoke, put forward, raise, stir;

v5
call to mind;

- "this remark evoked sadness";

- syn. paint a picture, suggest;

evoked / ɪ v oʊ k t /
a1
called forth from a latent or potential state by stimulation;

- "evoked potentials";

- "an elicited response";

- syn. elicited;

- sim. induced;

evoked potential
n1
the electrical response of the central nervous system produced by an external stimulus;

- "he measured evoked potentials with an electroencephalogram";

evolution / i v ə ɫ u ʃ n /
n1
a process in which something passes by degrees to a different stage (especially a more advanced or mature stage);

- "the development of his ideas took many years";

- "the evolution of Greek civilization";

- "the slow development of her skill as a writer";

- syn. development;

n2
(biology) the sequence of events involved in the evolutionary development of a species or taxonomic group of organisms;

- syn. organic evolution, phylogenesis, phylogeny;

evolutionarily
r1
in an evolutionary way;

- from an evolutionary point of view;

- "the mutation has been evolutionarily successful";

evolutionary / i v ə ɫ u ʃ n ɹ i /
a1
of or relating to or produced by evolution;

- "evolutionary biology";

evolutionary trend
n1
a general direction of evolutionary change;

evolutionism / i v ə ɫ u ʃ ə n ɪ z ə m /
n1
(biology) a scientific theory of the origin of species of plants and animals;

- syn. theory of evolution, theory of organic evolution;

evolutionist / i v ə ɫ u ʃ ə n ɪ s t /
n1
a person who believes in organic evolution;

evolve / ɪ v ɒ ɫ v /
v1
work out;

- "We have developed a new theory of evolution";

- syn. develop, germinate;

v2
undergo development or evolution;

- "Modern man evolved a long time ago";

v3
gain through experience;

- "I acquired a strong aversion to television";

- "Children must develop a sense of right and wrong";

- "Dave developed leadership qualities in his new position";

- "develop a passion for painting";

- syn. acquire, develop;

EW
n1
military action involving the use of electromagnetic energy to determine or exploit or reduce or prevent hostile use of the electromagnetic spectrum;

- syn. electronic warfare;

Ewe / j u /
n1
a member of a people living in southern Benin and Togo and southeastern Ghana;

n2
a Kwa language spoken by the Ewe in Ghana and Togo and Benin;

n3
female sheep;

Ewenki
n1
a member of the people inhabiting an area of northern Mongolia and eastern Siberia;

- syn. Evenki;

n2
the Tungusic language of the Evenki in eastern Siberia;

- syn. Evenki, Tungus, Tunguz;

ewer / j u ə , j u ə ɹ /
n1
an open vessel with a handle and a spout for pouring;

- syn. pitcher;

Ewing's sarcoma
n1
malignant tumor in bone marrow (usually in the pelvis or in long bones);

- syn. Ewing's tumor, Ewing's tumour, endothelial myeloma;

Ewing's tumor
n1
malignant tumor in bone marrow (usually in the pelvis or in long bones);

- syn. Ewing's sarcoma, Ewing's tumour, endothelial myeloma;

Ewing's tumour
n1
malignant tumor in bone marrow (usually in the pelvis or in long bones);

- syn. Ewing's sarcoma, Ewing's tumor, endothelial myeloma;

ex
n1
a man who was formerly a certain woman's husband;

- syn. ex-husband;

n2
a woman who was formerly a particular man's wife;

- "all his exes live in Texas";

- syn. ex-wife;

n3
the 24th letter of the Roman alphabet;

- syn. X, x;

a1
out of fashion;

- "a suit of rather antique appearance";

- "demode (or outmoded) attire";

- "outmoded ideas";

- syn. antique, demode, old-fashioned, old-hat, outmoded, passe, passee;

- sim. unfashionable;

ex-boyfriend
n1
a man who is no longer a woman's boyfriend;

ex-directory / ɛ k s d ɪr ɛ k t ə ɹ i /
a1
(of telephone numbers) not listed in the telephone directory;

- "an ex-directory number";

- sim. unlisted;

ex-gambler
n1
a former gambler;

ex-husband
n1
a man who was formerly a certain woman's husband;

- syn. ex;

ex-mayor
n1
a former mayor;

ex-president
n1
a former president;

ex-serviceman / ɛ k s s ɝ v ɪ s m ə n /
n1
a person who has served in the armed forces;

- syn. vet, veteran;

ex-spouse
n1
a person who was formerly a spouse;

ex-wife
n1
a woman who was formerly a particular man's wife;

- "all his exes live in Texas";

- syn. ex;

ex cathedra
r1
with the full authority of the office;

- "the pope must speak ex cathedra for an encyclical to be infallible";

ex gratia / ɛ k s ɡ ɹ eɪ ʃ ə /
a1
as a favor;

- not compelled by legal right;

- "ex gratia payments made to nonstriking workers";

- sim. optional;

ex libris
n1
a label identifying the owner of a book in which it is pasted;

- syn. bookplate;

ex officio / ɛ k s ə f ɪ ʃ i oʊ /
a1
by virtue of an office or position;

- "the head of the department serves as an ex officio member of the board";

- sim. official;

r1
by virtue of position;

- "the president sat on the committee ex officio";

- syn. by right of office;

ex post facto
a1
affecting things past;

- "retroactive tax increase";

- "an ex-post-facto law";

- "retro pay";

- syn. retro, retroactive;

- sim. retrospective;

ex tempore
r1
without preparation;

- "I don't know the figures off-hand";

- syn. off-hand;

ex vivo
a1
of a biological process occurring in an artificial environment outside the living organism;

- "in vitro fertilization";

- syn. in vitro;

r1
in an artificial environment outside the living organism;

- "an egg fertilized in vitro";

- syn. in vitro;

exabit
n1
a unit of information equal to 1000 petabits or 10^18 bits;

- syn. Eb, Ebit;

exabyte
n1
a unit of information equal to 1000 petabytes or 10^18 bytes;

- syn. EB;

n2
a unit of information equal to 1024 pebibytes or 2^60 bytes;

- syn. EB, EiB, exbibyte;

exacerbate / ɪ ɡ z æ s ə b eɪ t /
v1
make worse;

- "This drug aggravates the pain";

- syn. aggravate, exasperate, worsen;

v2
exasperate or irritate;

- syn. aggravate, exasperate;

exacerbating / ɪ ɡ z æ s ə b eɪ t ɪ ŋ /
a1
making worse;

- syn. aggravating, exasperating;

- sim. intensifying;

exacerbation / ɪ ɡ z æ s ə b eɪ ʃ n /
n1
action that makes a problem or a disease (or its symptoms) worse;

- "the aggravation of her condition resulted from lack of care";

- syn. aggravation;

n2
violent and bitter exasperation;

- "his foolishness was followed by an exacerbation of their quarrel";

exact / ɪ ɡ z æ k t /
v1
claim as due or just;

- "The bank demanded payment of the loan";

- syn. demand;

v2
take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs;

- "the accident claimed three lives";

- "The hard work took its toll on her";

- syn. claim, take;

a1
marked by strict and particular and complete accordance with fact;

- "an exact mind";

- "an exact copy";

- "hit the exact center of the target";

- also accurate, literal, perfect, precise;

- sim. direct, literal, mathematical, perfect, photographic, rigorous;

a2
(of ideas, images, representations, expressions) characterized by perfect conformity to fact or truth;

- strictly correct;

- "a precise image";

- "a precise measurement";

- syn. accurate, precise;

- sim. correct;

exacta / ɪ ɡ z æ k t ə /
n1
a bet that you can pick the first and second finishers in the right order;

- syn. perfecta;

exacting / ɪ ɡ z æ k t ɪ ŋ /
a1
having complicated nutritional requirements;

- especially growing only in special artificial cultures;

- "fastidious microorganisms";

- "certain highly specialized xerophytes are extremely exacting in their requirements";

- syn. fastidious;

a2
severe and unremitting in making demands;

- "an exacting instructor";

- "a stern disciplinarian";

- "strict standards";

- syn. stern, strict;

- sim. demanding;

a3
requiring precise accuracy;

- "an exacting job";

- "became more exigent over his pronunciation";

- syn. exigent;

- sim. demanding;

exaction / ɪ ɡ z æ k ʃ n /
n1
act of demanding or levying by force or authority;

- "exaction of tribute";

- "exaction of various dues and fees";

exactitude / ɪ ɡ z æ k t ɪ t j u d /
n1
the quality of being exact;

- "he demanded exactness in all details";

- "a man of great exactitude";

- syn. exactness;

exactly / ɪ ɡ z æ k t ɫ i /
r1
indicating exactness or preciseness;

- "he was doing precisely (or exactly) what she had told him to do";

- "it was just as he said--the jewel was gone";

- "it has just enough salt";

- "Properly speaking, all true work is religion."--Thomas Carlyle;

- syn. just, precisely, properly;

r2
just as it should be;

- "`Precisely, my lord,' he said";

- syn. on the button, on the dot, on the nose, precisely;

r3
in a precise manner;

- "she always expressed herself precisely";

- syn. incisively, precisely;

exactness / ɪ ɡ z æ k t n ə s /
n1
the quality of being exact;

- "he demanded exactness in all details";

- "a man of great exactitude";

- syn. exactitude;

Exacum
n1
genus of tropical Asiatic and African plants: especially Persian violets;

- syn. genus Exacum;

Exacum affine
n1
perennial cultivated especially as a houseplant for its fragrant bluish to dark lavender flowers;

- syn. Persian violet;

Exaeretodon
n1
a genus of reptiles of the division Cynodontia;

- syn. genus Exaeretodon;

exaggerate / ɪ ɡ z æ dʒ ə ɹ eɪ t /
v1
to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth;

- "tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery";

- syn. amplify, hyperbolise, hyperbolize, magnify, overdraw, overstate;

v2
do something to an excessive degree;

- "He overdid it last night when he did 100 pushups";

- syn. overdo;

exaggerated / ɪ ɡ z æ dʒ ə ɹ eɪ t ɪ d /
a1
represented as greater than is true or reasonable;

- "an exaggerated opinion of oneself";

- syn. overdone, overstated;

- sim. immoderate;

a2
enlarged to an abnormal degree;

- "thick lenses exaggerated the size of her eyes";

- syn. enlarged, magnified;

- sim. increased;

exaggeratedly / ɪ ɡ z æ dʒ ə ɹ eɪ t ɪ d ɫ i /
r1
in an exaggerated manner;

- syn. hyperbolically;

exaggeration / ɪ ɡ z æ dʒ ə ɹ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
extravagant exaggeration;

- syn. hyperbole;

n2
the act of making something more noticeable than usual;

- "the dance involved a deliberate exaggeration of his awkwardness";

n3
making to seem more important than it really is;

- syn. magnification, overstatement;

exalt / ɪ ɡ z ɔ ɫ t /
v1
praise, glorify, or honor;

- "extol the virtues of one's children";

- "glorify one's spouse's cooking";

- syn. extol, glorify, laud, proclaim;

v2
fill with sublime emotion;

- "The children were thrilled at the prospect of going to the movies";

- "He was inebriated by his phenomenal success";

- syn. beatify, exhilarate, inebriate, thrill, tickle pink;

v3
heighten or intensify;

- "These paintings exalt the imagination";

- syn. animate, enliven, inspire, invigorate;

v4
raise in rank, character, or status;

- "exalted the humble shoemaker to the rank of King's adviser";

exaltation / ɛ ɡ z ɔ ɫ t eɪ ʃ n /
n1
a state of being carried away by overwhelming emotion;

- "listening to sweet music in a perfect rapture"- Charles Dickens;

- syn. ecstasy, rapture, raptus, transport;

n2
the location of a planet in the zodiac at which it is believed to exert its maximum influence;

n3
a flock of larks (especially a flock of larks in flight overhead);

n4
the elevation of a person (as to the status of a god);

- syn. apotheosis, deification;

exalted / ɪ ɡ z ɔ ɫ t ɪ d /
a1
of high moral or intellectual value;

- elevated in nature or style;

- "an exalted ideal";

- "argue in terms of high-flown ideals"- Oliver Franks;

- "a noble and lofty concept";

- "a grand purpose";

- syn. elevated, grand, high-flown, high-minded, idealistic, lofty, noble-minded, rarefied, rarified, sublime;

- sim. noble;

exalting / ɪ ɡ z ɔ ɫ t ɪ ŋ /
a1
tending to exalt;

- "an exalting eulogy";

- "ennobling thoughts";

- syn. ennobling;

- sim. inspiring;

exam / ɪ ɡ z æ m /
n1
a set of questions or exercises evaluating skill or knowledge;

- "when the test was stolen the professor had to make a new set of questions";

- syn. examination, test;

exam paper
n1
a written examination;

- syn. examination paper, question sheet, test paper;

examen / ɛ ɡ z eɪ m ɛ n /
n1
a detailed inspection of your conscience (as done daily by Jesuits);

- syn. examination;

n2
a critical study (as of a writer's work);

examination / ɪ ɡ z æ m ɪ n eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the act of examining something closely (as for mistakes);

- syn. scrutiny;

n2
a set of questions or exercises evaluating skill or knowledge;

- "when the test was stolen the professor had to make a new set of questions";

- syn. exam, test;

n3
formal systematic questioning;

- syn. interrogation, interrogatory;

n4
a detailed inspection of your conscience (as done daily by Jesuits);

- syn. examen;

n5
the act of giving students or candidates a test (as by questions) to determine what they know or have learned;

- syn. testing;

examination paper
n1
a written examination;

- syn. exam paper, question sheet, test paper;

examine / ɪ ɡ z æ m ɪ n /
v1
consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning;

- "analyze a sonnet by Shakespeare";

- "analyze the evidence in a criminal trial";

- "analyze your real motives";

- syn. analyse, analyze, canvass, study;

v2
observe, check out, and look over carefully or inspect;

- "The customs agent examined the baggage";

- "I must see your passport before you can enter the country";

- syn. see;

v3
question or examine thoroughly and closely;

- syn. probe;

v4
question closely;

v5
put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to;

- "This approach has been tried with good results";

- "Test this recipe";

- syn. essay, prove, test, try, try out;

examinee / ɪ ɡ z æ m ɪ n i /
n1
someone who is tested (as by an intelligence test or an academic examination);

- syn. testee;

examiner / ɪ ɡ z æ m ɪ n ə , ɪ ɡ z æ m ɪ n ə ɹ /
n1
someone who administers a test to determine your qualifications;

- syn. quizzer, tester;

n2
an investigator who observes carefully;

- "the examiner searched for clues";

- syn. inspector;

example / ɪ ɡ z ɑ m p ɫ /
n1
an item of information that is typical of a class or group;

- "this patient provides a typical example of the syndrome";

- "there is an example on page 10";

- syn. illustration, instance, representative;

n2
a representative form or pattern;

- "I profited from his example";

- syn. model;

n3
something to be imitated;

- "an exemplar of success";

- "a model of clarity";

- "he is the very model of a modern major general";

- syn. exemplar, good example, model;

n4
punishment intended as a warning to others;

- "they decided to make an example of him";

- syn. deterrent example, lesson, object lesson;

n5
an occurrence of something;

- "it was a case of bad judgment";

- "another instance occurred yesterday";

- "but there is always the famous example of the Smiths";

- syn. case, instance;

n6
a task performed or problem solved in order to develop skill or understanding;

- "you must work the examples at the end of each chapter in the textbook";

- syn. exercise;

exanimate
a1
deprived of life;

- no longer living;

- "a lifeless body";

- syn. lifeless;

- sim. dead;

exanthem
n1
eruption on the skin occurring as a symptom of a disease;

- syn. exanthema, skin eruption;

exanthema
n1
eruption on the skin occurring as a symptom of a disease;

- syn. exanthem, skin eruption;

exanthema subitum
n1
a viral disease of infants and young children;

- characterized by abrupt high fever and mild sore throat;

- a few days later there is a faint pinkish rash that lasts for a few hours to a few days;

- syn. pseudorubella, roseola infantilis, roseola infantum;

exarch / ɛ k s ɑ k /
n1
a bishop in one of several Eastern Orthodox Churches in North America;

n2
a bishop in eastern Christendom who holds a place below a patriarch but above a metropolitan;

n3
a viceroy who governed a large province in the Roman Empire;

exarchate / ɛ k s ɑ k eɪ t /
n1
a diocese of the Eastern Orthodox Church;

- syn. eparchy;

exasperate / ɪ ɡ z æ s p ə ɹ eɪ t /
v1
exasperate or irritate;

- syn. aggravate, exacerbate;

v2
make furious;

- syn. incense, infuriate;

v3
make worse;

- "This drug aggravates the pain";

- syn. aggravate, exacerbate, worsen;

exasperated / ɪ ɡ z æ s p ə ɹ eɪ t ɪ d /
a1
greatly annoyed;

- out of patience;

- "had an exasperated look on his face";

- "felt exasperated beyond endurance";

- syn. browned off, cheesed off;

- sim. displeased;

exasperating / ɪ ɡ z æ s p ə ɹ eɪ t ɪ ŋ /
a1
extremely annoying or displeasing;

- "his cavelier curtness of manner was exasperating";

- "I've had an exasperating day";

- "her infuriating indifference";

- "the ceaseless tumult of the jukebox was maddening";

- syn. infuriating, maddening, vexing;

- sim. displeasing;

a2
making worse;

- syn. aggravating, exacerbating;

- sim. intensifying;

exasperatingly / ɪ ɡ z æ s p ə ɹ eɪ t ɪ ŋ ɫ i /
r1
in an exasperating manner;

exasperation / ɪ ɡ z æ s p ə ɹ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
an exasperated feeling of annoyance;

- syn. aggravation;

n2
actions that cause great irritation (or even anger);

exaugural
a1
occurring at or marking the close of a term of office;

- "an exaugural message";

- sim. valedictory;

exbibit
n1
a unit of information equal to 1024 pebibits or 2^60 bits;

- syn. Eibit;

exbibyte
n1
a unit of information equal to 1024 pebibytes or 2^60 bytes;

- syn. EB, EiB, exabyte;

Excalibur
n1
the legendary sword of King Arthur;

excavate / ɛ k s k ə v eɪ t /
v1
recover through digging;

- "Schliemann excavated Troy";

- "excavate gold";

- syn. unearth;

v2
find by digging in the ground;

- "I dug up an old box in the garden";

- syn. dig up, turn up;

v3
form by hollowing;

- "Carnegie had a lake excavated for Princeton University's rowing team";

- "excavate a cavity";

v4
remove the inner part or the core of;

- "the mining company wants to excavate the hillside";

- syn. dig, hollow;

excavation / ɛ k s k ə v eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the act of digging;

- "there's an interesting excavation going on near Princeton";

- syn. dig, digging;

n2
the site of an archeological exploration;

- "they set up camp next to the dig";

- syn. archeological site, dig;

n3
a hole in the ground made by excavating;

n4
the act of extracting ores or coal etc from the earth;

- syn. mining;

excavator / ɛ k s k ə v eɪ t ə , ɛ k s k ə v eɪ t ə ɹ /
n1
a workman who excavates for foundations of buildings or for quarrying;

n2
a machine for excavating;

- syn. digger, power shovel, shovel;

exceed / ɪ k s i d /
v1
be greater in scope or size than some standard;

- "Their loyalty exceeds their national bonds";

- syn. surpass, transcend;

v2
be superior or better than some standard;

- "She exceeded our expectations";

- "She topped her performance of last year";

- syn. go past, overstep, pass, top, transcend;

v3
be or do something to a greater degree;

- "her performance surpasses that of any other student I know";

- "She outdoes all other athletes";

- "This exceeds all my expectations";

- "This car outperforms all others in its class";

- syn. outdo, outgo, outmatch, outperform, outstrip, surmount, surpass;

exceedance
n1
(geology) the probability that an earthquake will generate a level of ground motion that exceeds a specified reference level during a given exposure time;

- "the concept of exceedance can be applied to any type of environmental risk modeling";

exceeding / ɪ k s i d ɪ ŋ /
a1
far beyond what is usual in magnitude or degree;

- "a night of exceeding darkness";

- "an exceptional memory";

- "olympian efforts to save the city from bankruptcy";

- "the young Mozart's prodigious talents";

- syn. exceptional, olympian, prodigious, surpassing;

- sim. extraordinary;

exceedingly / ɪ k s i d ɪ ŋ ɫ i /
r1
to an extreme degree;

- "extremely cold";

- "extremely unpleasant";

- "she is super smart";

- "the night was deathly cold";

- "as a child, I was deathly afraid of snakes";

- syn. deathly, extremely, super;

excel / ɪ k s ɛ ɫ /
v1
distinguish oneself;

- "She excelled in math";

- syn. stand out, surpass;

excel at
v1
be good at;

- "She shines at math";

- syn. shine at;

excellence / ɛ k s ə ɫ ɑ n s , ɛ k s ə ɫ ə n s /
n1
the quality of excelling;

- possessing good qualities in high degree;

n2
an outstanding feature;

- something in which something or someone excels;

- "a center of manufacturing excellence";

- "the use of herbs is one of the excellencies of French cuisine";

- syn. excellency;

Excellency / ɛ k s ə ɫ ə n s i /
n1
a title used to address dignitaries (such as ambassadors or governors);

- usually preceded by `Your' or `His' or `Her';

- "Your Excellency";

n2
an outstanding feature;

- something in which something or someone excels;

- "a center of manufacturing excellence";

- "the use of herbs is one of the excellencies of French cuisine";

- syn. excellence;

excellent / ɛ k s ə ɫ ə n t /
a1
very good;

- of the highest quality;

- "made an excellent speech";

- "he was a splendid teacher";

- "a first-class mind";

- syn. fantabulous, first-class, ripping, splendid;

- sim. superior;

excellently / ɛ k s ə ɫ ə n t ɫ i /
r1
extremely well;

- "he did splendidly in the exam";

- "we got along famously";

- syn. famously, magnificently, splendidly;

excelsior / ɛ k s ɛ ɫ s ɪ ɔ , ɛ k s ɛ ɫ s ɪ ɔ ɹ /
n1
thin curly wood shavings used for packing or stuffing;

- syn. wood shavings;

except / ɪ k s ɛ p t /
v1
take exception to;

- "he demurred at my suggestion to work on Saturday";

- syn. demur;

v2
prevent from being included or considered or accepted;

- "The bad results were excluded from the report";

- "Leave off the top piece";

- syn. exclude, leave off, leave out, omit, take out;

exception / ɪ k s ɛ p ʃ n /
n1
a deliberate act of omission;

- "with the exception of the children, everyone was told the news";

- syn. elision, exclusion;

n2
an instance that does not conform to a rule or generalization;

- "all her children were brilliant;

- the only exception was her last child";

- "an exception tests the rule";

n3
grounds for adverse criticism;

- "his authority is beyond exception";

exceptionable / ɪ k s ɛ p ʃ n ə b ɫ /
a1
liable to objection or debate;

- used of something one might take exception to;

- "a thoroughly unpleasant highly exceptionable piece of writing";

- "found the politician's views objectionable";

- syn. objectionable;

- sim. unacceptable;

exceptional / ɪ k s ɛ p ʃ ə n ɫ /
a1
far beyond what is usual in magnitude or degree;

- "a night of exceeding darkness";

- "an exceptional memory";

- "olympian efforts to save the city from bankruptcy";

- "the young Mozart's prodigious talents";

- syn. exceeding, olympian, prodigious, surpassing;

- sim. extraordinary;

a2
surpassing what is common or usual or expected;

- "he paid especial attention to her";

- "exceptional kindness";

- "a matter of particular and unusual importance";

- "a special occasion";

- "a special reason to confide in her";

- "what's so special about the year 2000?";

- syn. especial, particular, special;

- sim. uncommon;

a3
deviating widely from a norm of physical or mental ability;

- used especially of children below normal in intelligence;

- "special educational provisions for exceptional children";

- sim. abnormal;

exceptionally / ɪ k s ɛ p ʃ ə n ə ɫ i /
r1
to an exceptional degree;

- "it worked exceptionally well";

excerpt / ɛ k s ɝ p t /
n1
a passage selected from a larger work;

- "he presented excerpts from William James' philosophical writings";

- syn. excerption, extract, selection;

v1
take out of a literary work in order to cite or copy;

- syn. extract, take out;

excerption / ɛ k s ɝ p ʃ ə n /
n1
a passage selected from a larger work;

- "he presented excerpts from William James' philosophical writings";

- syn. excerpt, extract, selection;

excess / ɛ k s ɛ s , ɪ k s ɛ s /
n1
a quantity much larger than is needed;

- syn. nimiety, surplus, surplusage;

n2
immoderation as a consequence of going beyond sufficient or permitted limits;

- syn. excessiveness, inordinateness;

n3
the state of being more than full;

- syn. overabundance, surfeit;

n4
excessive indulgence;

- "the child was spoiled by overindulgence";

- syn. overindulgence;

a1
more than is needed, desired, or required;

- "trying to lose excess weight";

- "found some extra change lying on the dresser";

- "yet another book on heraldry might be thought redundant";

- "skills made redundant by technological advance";

- "sleeping in the spare room";

- "supernumerary ornamentation";

- "it was supererogatory of her to gloat";

- "delete superfluous (or unnecessary) words";

- "extra ribs as well as other supernumerary internal parts";

- "surplus cheese distributed to the needy";

- syn. extra, redundant, spare, supererogatory, superfluous, supernumerary, surplus;

- sim. unnecessary;

excessive / ɪ k s ɛ s ɪ v /
a1
beyond normal limits;

- "excessive charges";

- "a book of inordinate length";

- "his dress stops just short of undue elegance";

- "unreasonable demands";

- syn. inordinate, undue, unreasonable;

- sim. immoderate;

a2
unrestrained, especially with regard to feelings;

- "extravagant praise";

- "exuberant compliments";

- "overweening ambition";

- "overweening greed";

- syn. extravagant, exuberant, overweening;

- sim. unrestrained;

excessively / ɪ k s ɛ s ɪ v ɫ i /
r1
to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits;

- "too big";

- syn. overly, to a fault, too;

excessiveness / ɪ k s ɛ s ɪ v n ə s /
n1
immoderation as a consequence of going beyond sufficient or permitted limits;

- syn. excess, inordinateness;

exchange / ɪ k s tʃ eɪ n dʒ /
n1
chemical process in which one atom or ion or group changes places with another;

n2
a mutual expression of views (especially an unpleasant one);

- "they had a bitter exchange";

n3
the act of changing one thing for another thing;

- "Adam was promised immortality in exchange for his disobedience";

- "there was an interchange of prisoners";

- syn. interchange;

n4
the act of giving something in return for something received;

- "deductible losses on sales or exchanges of property are allowable";

n5
a workplace that serves as a telecommunications facility where lines from telephones can be connected together to permit communication;

- syn. central, telephone exchange;

n6
a workplace for buying and selling;

- open only to members;

n7
(sports) an unbroken sequence of several successive strokes;

- "after a short rally Connors won the point";

- syn. rally;

n8
reciprocal transfer of equivalent sums of money (especially the currencies of different countries);

- "he earns his living from the interchange of currency";

- syn. interchange;

n9
the act of putting one thing or person in the place of another: "he sent Smith in for Jones but the substitution came too late to help";

- syn. commutation, substitution;

n10
(chess) gaining (or losing) a rook in return for a knight or bishop;

- "black lost the exchange";

n11
(chess) the capture by both players (usually on consecutive moves) of pieces of equal value;

- "the endgame began after the exchange of queens";

v1
give to, and receive from, one another;

- "Would you change places with me?";

- "We have been exchanging letters for a year";

- syn. change, interchange;

v2
exchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind or category;

- "Could you convert my dollars into pounds?";

- "He changed his name";

- "convert centimeters into inches";

- "convert holdings into shares";

- syn. change, commute, convert;

v3
change over, change around, as to a new order or sequence;

- syn. switch, switch over;

v4
hand over one and receive another, approximately equivalent;

- "exchange prisoners";

- "exchange employees between branches of the company";

v5
put in the place of another;

- switch seemingly equivalent items;

- "the con artist replaced the original with a fake Rembrandt";

- "substitute regular milk for fat-free milk";

- "synonyms can be interchanged without a changing the context's meaning";

- syn. interchange, replace, substitute;

v6
exchange a penalty for a less severe one;

- syn. commute, convert;

exchange premium
n1
a fee charged for exchanging currencies;

- syn. agio, agiotage, premium;

exchange rate
n1
the charge for exchanging currency of one country for currency of another;

- syn. rate of exchange;

exchange traded fund
n1
a mutual fund that is traded on a stock exchange;

- syn. ETF;

exchange transfusion
n1
slow removal of a person's blood and its replacement with equal amounts of a donor's blood;

exchangeability / ɪ k s tʃ eɪ n dʒ ə b ɪ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
the quality of being capable of exchange or interchange;

- syn. fungibility, interchangeability, interchangeableness;

exchangeable / ɪ k s tʃ eɪ n dʒ ə b ɫ /
a1
suitable to be exchanged;

- sim. commutable, fungible, transposable, vicarious;

a2
capable of being exchanged for or replaced by something of equal value;

- "convertible securities";

- syn. convertible;

- sim. cashable;

a3
capable of replacing or changing places with something else;

- permitting mutual substitution without loss of function or suitability;

- "interchangeable electric outlets";

- "interchangeable parts";

- syn. interchangeable, similar, standardised, standardized;

- sim. replaceable;

exchanged / ɪ k s tʃ eɪ n dʒ d /
a1
changed for (replaced by) something different;

- sim. changed;

exchanger / ɪ k s tʃ eɪ n dʒ ə , ɪ k s tʃ eɪ n dʒ ə ɹ /
n1
one whose business is to exchange the money of one country for that of another country;

- syn. money changer;

exchequer / ɪ k s tʃ ɛ k ə , ɪ k s tʃ ɛ k ə ɹ /
n1
the funds of a government or institution or individual;

- syn. treasury;

excise / ɛ k s aɪ z , ɪ k s aɪ z /
n1
a tax that is measured by the amount of business done (not on property or income from real estate);

- syn. excise tax;

v1
remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line;

- "Please strike this remark from the record";

- "scratch that remark";

- syn. expunge, scratch, strike;

v2
levy an excise tax on;

v3
remove by cutting;

- "The surgeon excised the tumor";

excise tax
n1
a tax that is measured by the amount of business done (not on property or income from real estate);

- syn. excise;

exciseman / ɛ k s aɪ s m ə n /
n1
someone who collects taxes for the government;

- syn. collector of internal revenue, internal revenue agent, tax collector, taxman;

excision / ɪ k s ɪ ʒ n /
n1
the omission that is made when an editorial change shortens a written passage;

- "an editor's deletions frequently upset young authors";

- "both parties agreed on the excision of the proposed clause";

- syn. cut, deletion;

n2
surgical removal of a body part or tissue;

- syn. ablation, cutting out, extirpation;

n3
the act of banishing a member of a church from the communion of believers and the privileges of the church;

- cutting a person off from a religious society;

- syn. excommunication;

n4
the act of pulling up or out;

- uprooting;

- cutting off from existence;

- syn. deracination, extirpation;

excitability / ɪ k s aɪ t ə b ɪ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
excessive sensitivity of an organ or body part;

- syn. irritability;

n2
being easily excited;

- syn. excitableness, volatility;

excitable / ɪ k s aɪ t ə b ɫ /
a1
easily excited;

- sim. high-keyed, quick, skittish;

a2
capable of responding to stimuli;

- syn. irritable;

- sim. sensitive;

excitable area
n1
the cortical area that influences motor movements;

- syn. Rolando's area, motor area, motor cortex, motor region;

excitableness / ɪ k s aɪ t ə b ɫ n ə s /
n1
being easily excited;

- syn. excitability, volatility;

excitant / ɛ k s ɪ t ə n t /
n1
a drug that temporarily quickens some vital process;

- syn. stimulant, stimulant drug;

a1
(of drugs e.g.) able to excite or stimulate;

- syn. excitative, excitatory;

- sim. stimulative;

excitation / ɛ k s ɪ t eɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
the state of being emotionally aroused and worked up;

- "his face was flushed with excitement and his hands trembled";

- "he tried to calm those who were in a state of extreme inflammation";

- syn. excitement, fervor, fervour, inflammation;

n2
the neural or electrical arousal of an organ or muscle or gland;

- syn. innervation, irritation;

n3
something that agitates and arouses;

- "he looked forward to the excitements of the day";

- syn. excitement;

excitative / ɛ k s aɪ t ə t ɪ v /
a1
(of drugs e.g.) able to excite or stimulate;

- syn. excitant, excitatory;

- sim. stimulative;

excitatory / ɛ k s aɪ t ə t ə ɹ i /
a1
(of drugs e.g.) able to excite or stimulate;

- syn. excitant, excitative;

- sim. stimulative;

excite / ɪ k s aɪ t /
v1
arouse or elicit a feeling;

v2
act as a stimulant;

- "The book stimulated her imagination";

- "This play stimulates";

- syn. stimulate;

v3
stir feelings in;

- "stimulate my appetite";

- "excite the audience";

- "stir emotions";

- syn. stimulate, stir;

v4
cause to be agitated, excited, or roused;

- "The speaker charged up the crowd with his inflammatory remarks";

- syn. agitate, charge, charge up, commove, rouse, turn on;

v5
stimulate sexually;

- "This movie usually arouses the male audience";

- syn. arouse, sex, turn on, wind up;

v6
stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of;

- "These stories shook the community";

- "the civil war shook the country";

- syn. shake, shake up, stimulate, stir;

v7
raise to a higher energy level;

- "excite the atoms";

- syn. energise, energize;

v8
produce a magnetic field in;

- "excite the neurons";

excited / ɪ k s aɪ t ɪ d /
a1
(of persons) excessively affected by emotion;

- "he would become emotional over nothing at all";

- "she was worked up about all the noise";

- syn. aroused, emotional, worked up;

- sim. agitated;

a2
in an aroused state;

- also agitated;

- sim. aflutter, agog, crazy, fevered, intoxicated, overexcited, stimulated, teased, thrilled, thrillful;

a3
marked by uncontrolled excitement or emotion;

- "a crowd of delirious baseball fans";

- "something frantic in their gaiety";

- "a mad whirl of pleasure";

- syn. delirious, frantic, mad, unrestrained;

- sim. wild;

a4
(of e.g. a molecule) made reactive or more reactive;

- syn. activated;

- sim. reactive;

excitedly / ɪ k s aɪ t ɪ d ɫ i /
r1
with excitement;

- in an excited manner;

- "she shook his hand excitedly";

excitement / ɪ k s aɪ t m ə n t /
n1
the feeling of lively and cheerful joy;

- "he could hardly conceal his excitement when she agreed";

- syn. exhilaration;

n2
the state of being emotionally aroused and worked up;

- "his face was flushed with excitement and his hands trembled";

- "he tried to calm those who were in a state of extreme inflammation";

- syn. excitation, fervor, fervour, inflammation;

n3
something that agitates and arouses;

- "he looked forward to the excitements of the day";

- syn. excitation;

n4
disturbance usually in protest;

- syn. agitation, hullabaloo, turmoil, upheaval;

exciting / ɪ k s aɪ t ɪ ŋ /
a1
creating or arousing excitement;

- "an exciting account of her trip";

- also interesting, provocative, sexy, stimulating;

- sim. breathless, elating, electric, electrifying, glamorous, heady, tickling, titillating;

a2
stimulating interest and discussion;

- "an exciting novel";

- sim. stimulating;

excitingly / ɪ k s aɪ t ɪ ŋ ɫ i /
r1
in an exciting manner;

- "at the time of its appearance, the movie must have seemed excitingly new, even revolutionary";

exclaim / ɪ k s k ɫ eɪ m /
v1
utter aloud;

- often with surprise, horror, or joy;

- "`I won!' he exclaimed";

- "`Help!' she cried";

- "`I'm here,' the mother shouted when she saw her child looking lost";

- syn. call out, cry, cry out, outcry, shout;

v2
state or announce;

- "`I am not a Communist,' he exclaimed";

- "The King will proclaim an amnesty";

- syn. proclaim, promulgate;

exclaiming / ɪ k s k ɫ eɪ m ɪ ŋ /
n1
an abrupt excited utterance;

- "she gave an exclamation of delight";

- "there was much exclaiming over it";

- syn. exclamation;

exclamation / ɛ k s k ɫ ə m eɪ ʃ n /
n1
an abrupt excited utterance;

- "she gave an exclamation of delight";

- "there was much exclaiming over it";

- syn. exclaiming;

n2
a loud complaint or protest or reproach;

n3
an exclamatory rhetorical device;

- "O tempore! O mores";

- syn. ecphonesis;

exclamation mark
n1
a punctuation mark (!) used after an exclamation;

- syn. exclamation point;

exclamation point
n1
a punctuation mark (!) used after an exclamation;

- syn. exclamation mark;

exclamatory / ɪ k s k ɫ æ m ə t ɹ i /
a1
sudden and strong;

- "an emphatic no";

- syn. emphatic;

- sim. forceful;

exclude / ɪ k s k ɫ u d /
v1
prevent from being included or considered or accepted;

- "The bad results were excluded from the report";

- "Leave off the top piece";

- syn. except, leave off, leave out, omit, take out;

v2
prevent from entering;

- shut out;

- "The trees were shutting out all sunlight";

- "This policy excludes people who have a criminal record from entering the country";

- syn. keep out, shut, shut out;

v3
lack or fail to include;

- "The cost for the trip excludes food and beverages";

v4
prevent from entering;

- keep out;

- "He was barred from membership in the club";

- syn. bar, debar;

v5
put out or expel from a place;

- "The unruly student was excluded from the game";

- syn. boot out, chuck out, eject, turf out, turn out;

exclusion / ɪ k s k ɫ u ʒ n /
n1
the state of being excluded;

n2
the state of being excommunicated;

- syn. censure, excommunication;

n3
a deliberate act of omission;

- "with the exception of the children, everyone was told the news";

- syn. elision, exception;

n4
the act of forcing out someone or something;

- "the ejection of troublemakers by the police";

- "the child's expulsion from school";

- syn. ejection, expulsion, riddance;

exclusion principle
n1
no two electrons or protons or neutrons in a given system can be in states characterized by the same set of quantum numbers;

- syn. Pauli exclusion principle;

exclusionary rule
n1
a rule that provides that otherwise admissible evidence cannot be used in a criminal trial if it was the result of illegal police conduct;

exclusive / ɪ k s k ɫ u s ɪ v /
n1
a news report that is reported first by one news organization;

- "he got a scoop on the bribery of city officials";

- syn. scoop;

a1
not divided or shared with others;

- "they have exclusive use of the machine";

- "sole rights of publication";

- syn. sole;

- sim. unshared;

a2
excluding much or all;

- especially all but a particular group or minority;

- "exclusive clubs";

- "an exclusive restaurants and shops";

- sim. alone, inner, inside, selective, white-shoe;

a3
not divided among or brought to bear on more than one object or objective;

- "judging a contest with a single eye";

- "a single devotion to duty";

- "undivided affection";

- "gained their exclusive attention";

- syn. single, undivided;

- sim. concentrated;

exclusive right
n1
a right reserved exclusively by a particular person or group (especially a hereditary or official right);

- "suffrage was the prerogative of white adult males";

- syn. perquisite, prerogative, privilege;

exclusively / ɪ k s k ɫ u s ɪ v ɫ i /
r1
without any others being included or involved;

- "was entirely to blame";

- "a school devoted entirely to the needs of problem children";

- "he works for Mr. Smith exclusively";

- "did it solely for money";

- "the burden of proof rests on the prosecution alone";

- "a privilege granted only to him";

- syn. alone, entirely, only, solely;

exclusiveness / ɪ k s k ɫ u s ɪ v n ə s /
n1
tendency to associate with only a select group;

- syn. clannishness, cliquishness;

excogitate / ɛ k s k ɒ dʒ ɪ t eɪ t /
v1
come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort;

- "excogitate a way to measure the speed of light";

- syn. contrive, devise, forge, formulate, invent;

v2
reflect deeply on a subject;

- "I mulled over the events of the afternoon";

- "philosophers have speculated on the question of God for thousands of years";

- "The scientist must stop to observe and start to excogitate";

- syn. chew over, contemplate, meditate, mull, mull over, muse, ponder, reflect, ruminate, speculate, think over;

excogitation / ɛ k s k ɒ dʒ ɪ t eɪ ʃ n /
n1
thinking something out with care in order to achieve complete understanding of it;

n2
the creation of something in the mind;

- syn. conception, design, innovation, invention;

excogitative / ɛ k s k ɒ dʒ ɪ t ə t ɪ v /
a1
concerned with excogitating or having the power of excogitation;

- sim. thoughtful;

excogitator / ɛ k s k ɒ dʒ ɪ t eɪ t ə /
n1
a thinker who considers carefully and thoroughly;

excommunicate / ɛ k s k ə m j u n ɪ k eɪ t /
v1
exclude from a church or a religious community;

- "The gay priest was excommunicated when he married his partner";

- syn. curse, unchurch;

v2
oust or exclude from a group or membership by decree;

excommunication / ɛ k s k ə m j u n ɪ k eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the state of being excommunicated;

- syn. censure, exclusion;

n2
the act of banishing a member of a church from the communion of believers and the privileges of the church;

- cutting a person off from a religious society;

- syn. excision;

excoriate / ɪ k s k ɔ ɹ ɪ eɪ t /
v1
express strong disapproval of;

- "We condemn the racism in South Africa";

- "These ideas were reprobated";

- syn. condemn, decry, objurgate, reprobate;

v2
tear or wear off the skin or make sore by abrading;

- "This leash chafes the dog's neck";

- syn. chafe;

excoriation / ɪ k s k ɔ ɹ ɪ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
an abraded area where the skin is torn or worn off;

- syn. abrasion, scrape, scratch;

n2
severe censure;

excrement / ɛ k s k ɹ ə m ə n t /
n1
waste matter (as urine or sweat but especially feces) discharged from the body;

- syn. body waste, excreta, excretion, excretory product;

excrescence / ɪ k s k ɹ ɛ s n s /
n1
something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings;

- "the gun in his pocket made an obvious bulge";

- "the hump of a camel";

- "he stood on the rocky prominence";

- "the occipital protuberance was well developed";

- "the bony excrescence between its horns";

- syn. bulge, bump, extrusion, gibbosity, gibbousness, hump, jut, prominence, protrusion, protuberance, swelling;

n2
(pathology) an abnormal outgrowth or enlargement of some part of the body;

excrescent / ɪ k s k ɹ ɛ s n t /
a1
forming an outgrowth (usually an excessive outgrowth);

excreta / ɪ k s k ɹ i t ə /
n1
waste matter (as urine or sweat but especially feces) discharged from the body;

- syn. body waste, excrement, excretion, excretory product;

excrete / ɪ k s k ɹ i t /
v1
eliminate from the body;

- "Pass a kidney stone";

- syn. egest, eliminate, pass;

excreting / ɪ k s k ɹ i t ɪ ŋ /
n1
the bodily process of discharging waste matter;

- syn. elimination, evacuation, excretion, voiding;

excretion / ɪ k s k ɹ i ʃ n /
n1
the bodily process of discharging waste matter;

- syn. elimination, evacuation, excreting, voiding;

n2
waste matter (as urine or sweat but especially feces) discharged from the body;

- syn. body waste, excrement, excreta, excretory product;

excretory / ɛ k s k ɹ i t ə ɹ i /
a1
of or relating to the process of excretion;

excretory organ
n1
an organ that separates waste substances from the blood and discharges them;

- syn. urinary organ;

excretory product
n1
waste matter (as urine or sweat but especially feces) discharged from the body;

- syn. body waste, excrement, excreta, excretion;

excruciate / ɪ k s k ɹ u ʃ ɪ eɪ t /
v1
torment emotionally or mentally;

- syn. rack, torment, torture;

v2
subject to torture;

- "The sinners will be tormented in Hell, according to the Bible";

- syn. torment, torture;

excruciating / ɪ k s k ɹ u ʃ ɪ eɪ t ɪ ŋ /
a1
extremely painful;

- syn. agonising, agonizing, harrowing, torturesome, torturing, torturous;

- sim. painful;

excruciatingly / ɪ k s k ɹ u ʃ ɪ eɪ t ɪ ŋ ɫ i /
r1
in a very painful manner;

- "the progress was agonizingly slow";

- syn. agonizingly, torturously;

excruciation / ɪ k s k ɹ u ʃ ɪ eɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
a state of acute pain;

- syn. agony, suffering;

n2
the infliction of extremely painful punishment or suffering;

- syn. crucifixion;

exculpate / ɛ k s k ʌ ɫ p eɪ t /
v1
pronounce not guilty of criminal charges;

- "The suspect was cleared of the murder charges";

- syn. acquit, assoil, clear, discharge, exonerate;

exculpated / ɛ k s k ʌ ɫ p eɪ t ɪ d /
a1
freed from any question of guilt;

- "is absolved from all blame";

- "was now clear of the charge of cowardice";

- "his official honor is vindicated";

- syn. absolved, clear, cleared, exonerated, vindicated;

- sim. innocent;

exculpation / ɛ k s k ʌ ɫ p eɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
a defense of some offensive behavior or some failure to keep a promise etc.;

- "he kept finding excuses to stay";

- "every day he had a new alibi for not getting a job";

- "his transparent self-justification was unacceptable";

- syn. alibi, excuse, self-justification;

n2
the act of freeing from guilt or blame;

exculpatory / ɛ k s k ʌ ɫ p ə t ə ɹ i /
a1
clearing of guilt or blame;

- also clean-handed, innocent;

- sim. absolvitory, extenuating, justificative;

excursion / ɪ k s k ɝ ʃ n /
n1
a journey taken for pleasure;

- "many summer excursions to the shore";

- "it was merely a pleasure trip";

- "after cautious sashays into the field";

- syn. expedition, jaunt, junket, outing, pleasure trip, sashay;

n2
wandering from the main path of a journey;

- syn. digression;

excursion rate
n1
a reduced rate for a round-trip ticket;

excursionist / ɪ k s k ɝ ʃ ə n ɪ s t /
n1
a tourist who is visiting sights of interest;

- syn. rubberneck, sightseer, tripper;

excursive / ɛ k s k ɝ s ɪ v /
a1
(of e.g. speech and writing) tending to depart from the main point or cover a wide range of subjects;

- "amusingly digressive with satirical thrusts at women's fashions among other things";

- "a rambling discursive book";

- "his excursive remarks";

- "a rambling speech about this and that";

- syn. digressive, discursive, rambling;

- sim. indirect;

excursus / ɛ k s k ɝ s ə s /
n1
a message that departs from the main subject;

- syn. aside, digression, divagation, parenthesis;

excusable / ɪ k s k j u z ə b ɫ /
a1
capable of being overlooked;

- sim. justifiable;

a2
easily excused or forgiven;

- "a venial error";

- syn. forgivable, venial;

- sim. pardonable;

excusably / ɪ k s k j u z ə b ɫ i /
r1
in an excusable manner or to an excusable degree;

- "he was excusably late";

- syn. forgivably, pardonably;

excusatory / ɪ k s k j u z ə t ə ɹ i /
a1
offering or expressing apology;

- "an apologetic note";

- "an apologetic manner";

- syn. apologetic;

- sim. defensive, self-deprecating;

excuse / ɪ k s k j u s , ɪ k s k j u z /
n1
a defense of some offensive behavior or some failure to keep a promise etc.;

- "he kept finding excuses to stay";

- "every day he had a new alibi for not getting a job";

- "his transparent self-justification was unacceptable";

- syn. alibi, exculpation, self-justification;

n2
a note explaining an absence;

- "he had to get his mother to write an excuse for him";

n3
a poor example;

- "it was an apology for a meal";

- "a poor excuse for an automobile";

- syn. apology;

v1
accept an excuse for;

- "Please excuse my dirty hands";

- syn. pardon;

v2
grant exemption or release to;

- "Please excuse me from this class";

- syn. exempt, let off, relieve;

v3
serve as a reason or cause or justification of;

- "Your need to sleep late does not excuse your late arrival at work";

- "Her recent divorce may explain her reluctance to date again";

- syn. explain;

v4
defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning;

- "rationalize the child's seemingly crazy behavior";

- "he rationalized his lack of success";

- syn. apologise, apologize, rationalise, rationalize;

v5
ask for permission to be released from an engagement;

- syn. beg off;

v6
excuse, overlook, or make allowances for;

- be lenient with;

- "excuse someone's behavior";

- "She condoned her husband's occasional infidelities";

- syn. condone;

excused / ɪ k s k j u z d /
a1
granted exemption;

- "one of the excused jurors planned to write a book";

- sim. exempt;

excuser / ɪ k s k j u s ə , ɪ k s k j u s ə ɹ , ɪ k s k j u z ə , ɪ k s k j u z ə ɹ /
n1
a person who pardons or forgives or excuses a fault or offense;

- syn. forgiver, pardoner;

EXEC
n1
the chief executive department of the United States government;

- syn. White House;

execrable / ɛ k s ɪ k ɹ ə b ɫ /
a1
of very poor quality or condition;

- "deplorable housing conditions in the inner city";

- "woeful treatment of the accused";

- "woeful errors of judgment";

- syn. deplorable, miserable, woeful, wretched;

- sim. inferior;

a2
unequivocally detestable;

- "abominable treatment of prisoners";

- "detestable vices";

- "execrable crimes";

- "consequences odious to those you govern"- Edmund Burke;

- syn. abominable, detestable, odious;

- sim. hateful;

a3
deserving a curse;

- "her damnable pride";

- syn. damnable;

- sim. cursed;

execrate / ɛ k s ɪ k ɹ eɪ t /
v1
find repugnant;

- "I loathe that man";

- "She abhors cats";

- syn. abhor, abominate, loathe;

v2
curse or declare to be evil or anathema or threaten with divine punishment;

- syn. accurse, anathematise, anathematize, anathemise, anathemize, comminate;

execration / ɛ k s ɪ k ɹ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
hate coupled with disgust;

- syn. abhorrence, abomination, detestation, loathing, odium;

n2
an appeal to some supernatural power to inflict evil on someone or some group;

- syn. condemnation, curse;

n3
the object of cursing or detestation;

- that which is execrated;

executability
n1
capability of being executed;

- "the job is executable for two million dollars";

- "this contract is not executable";

executable / ɛ k s ɪ k j u t ə b ɫ /
a1
capable of being done with means at hand and circumstances as they are;

- syn. feasible, practicable, viable, workable;

- sim. possible;

executant / ɪ ɡ z ɛ k j ʊ t ə n t /
n1
a performer (usually of musical works);

execute / ɛ k s ɪ k j u t /
v1
kill as a means of socially sanctioned punishment;

- "In some states, criminals are executed";

- syn. put to death;

v2
murder in a planned fashion;

- "The Mafioso who collaborated with the police was executed";

v3
put in effect;

- "carry out a task";

- "execute the decision of the people";

- "He actioned the operation";

- syn. accomplish, action, carry out, carry through, fulfil, fulfill;

v4
carry out the legalities of;

- "execute a will or a deed";

v5
carry out a process or program, as on a computer or a machine;

- "Run the dishwasher";

- "run a new program on the Mac";

- "the computer executed the instruction";

- syn. run;

v6
carry out or perform an action;

- "John did the painting, the weeding, and he cleaned out the gutters";

- "the skater executed a triple pirouette";

- "she did a little dance";

- syn. do, perform;

v7
sign in the presence of witnesses;

- "The President executed the treaty";

executed / ɛ k s ɪ k j u t ɪ d /
a1
put to death as punishment;

- "claimed the body of the executed traitor";

- sim. dead;

executing / ɛ k s ɪ k j u t ɪ ŋ /
n1
putting a condemned person to death;

- syn. capital punishment, death penalty, execution;

execution / ɛ k s ɪ k j u ʃ n /
n1
putting a condemned person to death;

- syn. capital punishment, death penalty, executing;

n2
the act of performing;

- of doing something successfully;

- using knowledge as distinguished from merely possessing it;

- "they criticised his performance as mayor";

- "experience generally improves performance";

- syn. carrying into action, carrying out, performance;

n3
(computer science) the process of carrying out an instruction by a computer;

- syn. instruction execution;

n4
(law) the completion of a legal instrument (such as a contract or deed) by signing it (and perhaps sealing and delivering it) so that it becomes legally binding and enforceable;

- syn. execution of instrument;

n5
a routine court order that attempts to enforce the judgment that has been granted to a plaintiff by authorizing a sheriff to carry it out;

- syn. writ of execution;

n6
the act of accomplishing some aim or executing some order;

- "the agency was created for the implementation of the policy";

- syn. carrying out, implementation;

n7
unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being;

- syn. murder, slaying;

execution of instrument
n1
(law) the completion of a legal instrument (such as a contract or deed) by signing it (and perhaps sealing and delivering it) so that it becomes legally binding and enforceable;

- syn. execution;

execution sale
n1
a sale of property by the sheriff under authority of a court's writ of execution in order satisfy an unpaid obligation;

- syn. forced sale, judicial sale, sheriff's sale;

execution speed
n1
(computer science) the speed with which a computational device can execute instructions;

- measured in MIPS;

executioner / ɛ k s ɪ k j u ʃ n ə , ɛ k s ɪ k j u ʃ n ə ɹ /
n1
an official who inflicts capital punishment in pursuit of a warrant;

- syn. public executioner;

executive / ɪ ɡ z ɛ k j ʊ t ɪ v /
n1
a person responsible for the administration of a business;

- syn. executive director;

n2
persons who administer the law;

n3
someone who manages a government agency or department;

- syn. administrator;

a1
having the function of carrying out plans or orders etc.;

- "the executive branch";

executive agency
n1
an agency of the executive branch of government;

executive branch
n1
the branch of the United States government that is responsible for carrying out the laws;

- syn. Executive Office of the President;

executive clemency
n1
the power (usually of a president or governor) to pardon or commute the sentence of someone convicted in that jurisdiction;

executive council
n1
a council that shares the supreme executive power;

executive department
n1
a federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States;

executive director
n1
a person responsible for the administration of a business;

- syn. executive;

Executive Office of the President
n1
the branch of the United States government that is responsible for carrying out the laws;

- syn. executive branch;

executive officer
n1
the officer second in command;

executive program
n1
a program that controls the execution of other programs;

- syn. supervisor, supervisory program;

executive routine
n1
a routine that coordinates the operation of subroutines;

- syn. supervisory routine;

executive secretary
n1
a secretary having administrative duties and responsibilities;

executive session
n1
a session (usually of a legislative body) that is closed to the public;

- syn. closed session;

executive vice president
n1
a vice president holding executive power;

executor / ɪ ɡ z ɛ k j ʊ t ə , ɪ ɡ z ɛ k j ʊ t ə ɹ /
n1
a person appointed by a testator to carry out the terms of the will;

executor-heir relation
n1
the responsibility of an executor (or administrator) of an estate to act in the best interests of the heir;

executrix / ɪ ɡ z ɛ k j ʊ t ɹ ɪ k s /
n1
a woman executor;

exegesis / ɛ k s ɪ dʒ i s ɪ s /
n1
an explanation or critical interpretation (especially of the Bible);

exegete
n1
a person skilled in exegesis (especially of religious texts);

exegetic / ɛ k s ɪ dʒ ɛ t ɪ k /
a1
relating to exegesis;

- syn. exegetical;

exegetical / ɛ k s ɪ dʒ ɛ t ɪ k ə ɫ /
a1
relating to exegesis;

- syn. exegetic;

exemplar / ɪ ɡ z ɛ m p ɫ ə /
n1
something to be imitated;

- "an exemplar of success";

- "a model of clarity";

- "he is the very model of a modern major general";

- syn. example, good example, model;

exemplary / ɪ ɡ z ɛ m p ɫ ə ɹ i /
a1
worthy of imitation;

- "exemplary behavior";

- "model citizens";

- syn. model;

- sim. worthy;

a2
being or serving as an illustration of a type;

- "the free discussion that is emblematic of democracy";

- "an action exemplary of his conduct";

- syn. emblematic, typic;

- sim. typical;

a3
serving to warn;

- "shook a monitory finger at him";

- "an exemplary jail sentence";

- syn. admonitory, cautionary, monitory, warning;

- sim. dissuasive;

exemplary damages
n1
(law) compensation in excess of actual damages (a form of punishment awarded in cases of malicious or willful misconduct);

- syn. punitive damages, smart money;

exemplification / ɪ ɡ z ɛ m p ɫ ɪ f ɪ k eɪ ʃ n /
n1
showing by example;

- syn. illustration;

n2
a representational or typifying form or model;

- syn. typification;

exemplify / ɪ ɡ z ɛ m p ɫ ɪ f aɪ /
v1
be characteristic of;

- "This compositional style is exemplified by this fugue";

- syn. represent;

v2
clarify by giving an example of;

- syn. illustrate, instance;

exemplifying / ɪ ɡ z ɛ m p ɫ ɪ f aɪ ɪ ŋ /
a1
clarifying by use of examples;

- syn. illustrative;

- sim. informative;

exempt / ɪ ɡ z ɛ m p t /
v1
grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to;

- "She exempted me from the exam";

- syn. free, relieve;

v2
grant exemption or release to;

- "Please excuse me from this class";

- syn. excuse, let off, relieve;

a1
(of persons) freed from or not subject to an obligation or liability (as e.g. taxes) to which others or other things are subject;

- "a beauty somehow exempt from the aging process";

- "exempt from jury duty";

- "only the very poorest citizens should be exempt from income taxes";

- sim. excused, immune, privileged;

a2
(of goods or funds) not subject to taxation;

- "the funds of nonprofit organizations are nontaxable";

- "income exempt from taxation";

- syn. nontaxable;

- also exempt;

- sim. duty-free, tax-exempt, unratable;

exemption / ɪ ɡ z ɛ m p ʃ n /
n1
immunity from an obligation or duty;

- syn. freedom;

n2
a deduction allowed to a taxpayer because of his status (having certain dependents or being blind or being over 65 etc.);

- "additional exemptions are allowed for each dependent";

n3
an act exempting someone;

- "he was granted immunity from prosecution";

- syn. granting immunity, immunity;

exenterate
v1
remove the contents of (an organ);

exenteration
n1
surgical removal of the organs within a body cavity (as those of the pelvis);

exercise / ɛ k s ə s aɪ z /
n1
the activity of exerting your muscles in various ways to keep fit;

- "the doctor recommended regular exercise";

- "he did some exercising";

- "the physical exertion required by his work kept him fit";

- syn. exercising, physical exercise, physical exertion, workout;

n2
the act of using;

- "he warned against the use of narcotic drugs";

- "skilled in the utilization of computers";

- syn. employment, usage, use, utilisation, utilization;

n3
systematic training by multiple repetitions;

- "practice makes perfect";

- syn. drill, practice, practice session, recitation;

n4
a task performed or problem solved in order to develop skill or understanding;

- "you must work the examples at the end of each chapter in the textbook";

- syn. example;

n5
(usually plural) a ceremony that involves processions and speeches;

- "academic exercises";

n6
an action, often used negatively and without consequences;

- "an exercise in futility";

- "an exercise in cheap talk";

v1
put to use;

- "exert one's power or influence";

- syn. exert;

v2
carry out or practice;

- as of jobs and professions;

- "practice law";

- syn. do, practice, practise;

v3
give a workout to;

- "Some parents exercise their infants";

- "My personal trainer works me hard";

- "work one's muscles";

- "this puzzle will exercise your mind";

- syn. work, work out;

v4
do physical exercise;

- "She works out in the gym every day";

- syn. work out;

v5
learn by repetition;

- "We drilled French verbs every day";

- "Pianists practice scales";

- syn. drill, practice, practise;

exercise bike
n1
an exercise device resembling a stationary bike;

- syn. exercycle;

exercise device
n1
a device designed to provide exercise for the user;

exercise set
n1
several exercises intended to be done in series;

- "he did four sets of the incline bench press";

- syn. set;

exerciser / ɛ k s ə s aɪ z ə /
n1
sports equipment used in gymnastic exercises;

- syn. gymnastic apparatus;

exercising / ɛ k s ə s aɪ z ɪ ŋ /
n1
the activity of exerting your muscles in various ways to keep fit;

- "the doctor recommended regular exercise";

- "he did some exercising";

- "the physical exertion required by his work kept him fit";

- syn. exercise, physical exercise, physical exertion, workout;

exercising weight
n1
sports equipment used in calisthenic exercises and weightlifting;

- it is not attached to anything and is raised and lowered by use of the hands and arms;

- syn. free weight, weight;

exercycle
n1
an exercise device resembling a stationary bike;

- syn. exercise bike;

exergonic
a1
(biochemistry) of a process accompanied by the release of energy;

- "diffusion is an exergonic process";

exert / ɪ ɡ z ɝ t /
v1
put to use;

- "exert one's power or influence";

- syn. exercise;

v2
have and exercise;

- "wield power and authority";

- syn. maintain, wield;

v3
make a great effort at a mental or physical task;

- "exert oneself";

exertion / ɪ ɡ z ɝ ʃ n /
n1
use of physical or mental energy;

- hard work;

- "he got an A for effort";

- "they managed only with great exertion";

- syn. effort, elbow grease, sweat, travail;

exfiltrate
v1
transfer secretly out of an area under enemy control;

- "the military commander was exfiltrated on a French plane";

v2
escape furtively, as from an area under enemy control;

exfiltration operation
n1
a clandestine rescue operation to bring a defector or refugee or an operative and family out of danger;

exfoliate / ɛ k s f oʊ ɫ ɪ eɪ t /
v1
spread by opening the leaves of;

v2
cast off in scales, laminae, or splinters;

v3
remove the surface, in scales or laminae;

v4
come off in a very thin piece;

v5
grow by producing or unfolding leaves;

- "plants exfoliate";

exfoliation / ɛ k s f oʊ ɫ ɪ eɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
the peeling off in flakes or scales of bark or dead skin;

- "exfoliation is increased by sunburn";

n2
a thin flake of dead epidermis shed from the surface of the skin;

- syn. scale, scurf;

exhalation / ɛ k s h ə ɫ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
exhaled breath;

- syn. halitus;

n2
the act of expelling air from the lungs;

- syn. breathing out, expiration;

exhale / ɛ k s h eɪ ɫ /
v1
expel air;

- "Exhale when you lift the weight";

- syn. breathe out, expire;

v2
give out (breath or an odor);

- "The chimney exhales a thick smoke";

- syn. emanate, give forth;

exhaust / ɪ ɡ z ɔ s t /
n1
gases ejected from an engine as waste products;

- syn. exhaust fumes, fumes;

n2
system consisting of the parts of an engine through which burned gases or steam are discharged;

- syn. exhaust system;

v1
wear out completely;

- "This kind of work exhausts me";

- "I'm beat";

- "He was all washed up after the exam";

- syn. beat, tucker, tucker out, wash up;

v2
use up (resources or materials);

- "this car consumes a lot of gas";

- "We exhausted our savings";

- "They run through 20 bottles of wine a week";

- syn. consume, deplete, eat, eat up, run through, use up, wipe out;

v3
deplete;

- "exhaust one's savings";

- "We quickly played out our strength";

- syn. play out, run down, sap, tire;

v4
use up the whole supply of;

- "We have exhausted the food supplies";

v5
eliminate (a substance);

- "combustion products are exhausted in the engine";

- "the plant releases a gas";

- syn. discharge, eject, expel, release;

exhaust fan
n1
a fan that moves air out of an enclosure;

exhaust fumes
n1
gases ejected from an engine as waste products;

- syn. exhaust, fumes;

exhaust hood
n1
metal covering leading to a vent that exhausts smoke or fumes;

- syn. hood;

exhaust manifold
n1
a manifold that receives exhaust gases from the cylinders and conducts them to the exhaust pipe;

exhaust pipe
n1
a pipe through which burned gases travel from the exhaust manifold to the muffler;

exhaust system
n1
system consisting of the parts of an engine through which burned gases or steam are discharged;

- syn. exhaust;

exhaust valve
n1
a valve through which burned gases from a cylinder escape into the exhaust manifold;

exhausted / ɪ ɡ z ɔ s t ɪ d /
a1
drained of energy or effectiveness;

- extremely tired;

- completely exhausted;

- "the day's shopping left her exhausted";

- "he went to bed dog-tired";

- "was fagged and sweaty";

- "the trembling of his played out limbs";

- "felt completely washed-out";

- "only worn-out horses and cattle";

- "you look worn out";

- syn. dog-tired, fagged, fatigued, gone, played out, spent, washed-out, worn-out, worn out;

- sim. tired;

a2
depleted of energy, force, or strength;

- "impossible to grow tobacco on the exhausted soil";

- "the exhausted food sources";

- "exhausted oil wells";

- syn. spent;

a3
drained physically;

- "the day's events left her completely exhausted--her strength drained";

- sim. drained;

exhaustible / ɪ ɡ z ɔ s t ə b ɫ /
a1
capable of being used up;

- sim. depletable;

a2
capable of being used up;

- capable of being exhausted;

- "our exhaustible reserves of fossil fuel";

- sim. finite;

exhausting / ɪ ɡ z ɔ s t ɪ ŋ /
a1
having a debilitating effect;

- "an exhausting job in the hot sun";

- syn. draining;

- sim. debilitating;

a2
producing exhaustion;

- "an exhausting march";

- "the visit was especially wearing";

- syn. tiring, wearing, wearying;

- sim. effortful;

exhaustion / ɪ ɡ z ɔ s tʃ ə n /
n1
extreme fatigue;

n2
serious weakening and loss of energy;

- syn. debilitation, enervation, enfeeblement;

n3
the act of exhausting something entirely;

exhaustive / ɪ ɡ z ɔ s t ɪ v /
a1
performed comprehensively and completely;

- not superficial or partial;

- "an exhaustive study";

- "made a thorough search";

- "thoroughgoing research";

- syn. thorough, thoroughgoing;

- sim. complete;

exhaustively / ɪ ɡ z ɔ s t ɪ v ɫ i /
r1
in an exhaustive manner;

- "we searched the files thoroughly";

- syn. thoroughly;

exhibit / ɪ ɡ z ɪ b ɪ t /
n1
an object or statement produced before a court of law and referred to while giving evidence;

n2
something shown to the public;

- "the museum had many exhibits of oriental art";

- syn. display, showing;

v1
show an attribute, property, knowledge, or skill;

- "he exhibits a great talent";

v2
to show, make visible or apparent;

- "The Metropolitan Museum is exhibiting Goya's works this month";

- "Why don't you show your nice legs and wear shorter skirts?";

- "National leaders will have to display the highest skills of statesmanship";

- syn. display, expose;

v3
give an exhibition of to an interested audience;

- "She shows her dogs frequently";

- "We will demo the new software in Washington";

- syn. demo, demonstrate, present, show;

v4
walk ostentatiously;

- "She parades her new husband around town";

- syn. march, parade;

exhibition / ɛ k s ɪ b ɪ ʃ n /
n1
the act of exhibiting;

- "a remarkable exhibition of musicianship";

n2
a collection of things (goods or works of art etc.) for public display;

- syn. expo, exposition;

exhibition area
n1
a large hall for holding exhibitions;

- syn. exhibition hall;

exhibition game
n1
a game whose outcome is not recorded in the season's standing;

- syn. practice game;

exhibition hall
n1
a large hall for holding exhibitions;

- syn. exhibition area;

exhibition season
n1
the time before the regular games begin when football or baseball teams play practice games;

exhibitioner / ɛ k s ɪ b ɪ ʃ n ə , ɛ k s ɪ b ɪ ʃ n ə ɹ /
n1
someone who organizes an exhibit for others to see;

- syn. exhibitor, shower;

exhibitionism / ɛ k s ɪ b ɪ ʃ ə n ɪ z ə m /
n1
extravagant and conspicuous behavior intended to attract attention to yourself;

n2
the perverse act of exposing and attracting attention to your own genitals;

- syn. immodesty;

exhibitionist / ɛ k s ɪ b ɪ ʃ ə n ɪ s t /
n1
someone with a compulsive desire to expose the genitals;

- syn. flasher;

n2
someone who deliberately behaves in such a way as to attract attention;

- syn. show-off;

exhibitionistic / ɛ k s ɪ b ɪ ʃ ə n ɪ s t ɪ k /
a1
compulsively attracting attention to yourself especially by public exposure or exaggerated behavior;

- sim. unconcealed;

exhibitor / ɪ ɡ z ɪ b ɪ t ə , ɪ ɡ z ɪ b ɪ t ə ɹ /
n1
someone who organizes an exhibit for others to see;

- syn. exhibitioner, shower;

exhilarate / ɪ ɡ z ɪ ɫ ə ɹ eɪ t /
v1
fill with sublime emotion;

- "The children were thrilled at the prospect of going to the movies";

- "He was inebriated by his phenomenal success";

- syn. beatify, exalt, inebriate, thrill, tickle pink;

exhilarated / ɪ ɡ z ɪ ɫ ə ɹ eɪ t ɪ d /
a1
made joyful;

- "the sun and the wind on his back made him feel exhilarated--happy to be alive";

- syn. gladdened;

- sim. elated;

exhilarating / ɪ ɡ z ɪ ɫ ə ɹ eɪ t ɪ ŋ /
a1
making lively and cheerful;

- "the exhilarating effect of mountain air";

- syn. stimulating;

- sim. invigorating;

a2
making lively and joyful;

- syn. elating;

- sim. exciting;

exhilaration / ɪ ɡ z ɪ ɫ ə ɹ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the feeling of lively and cheerful joy;

- "he could hardly conceal his excitement when she agreed";

- syn. excitement;

exhort / ɪ ɡ z ɔ t /
v1
spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts;

- "The crowd cheered the demonstrating strikers";

- syn. barrack, cheer, inspire, pep up, root on, urge, urge on;

v2
force or impel in an indicated direction;

- "I urged him to finish his studies";

- syn. press, urge, urge on;

exhortation / ɛ k s ɔ t eɪ ʃ n /
n1
a communication intended to urge or persuade the recipients to take some action;

n2
the act of exhorting;

- an earnest attempt at persuasion;

- syn. incitement;

exhortative / ɪ ɡ z ɔ t ə t ɪ v /
a1
giving strong encouragement;

- syn. exhortatory, hortative, hortatory;

- sim. encouraging;

exhortatory / ɪ ɡ z ɔ t ə t ə ɹ i /
a1
giving strong encouragement;

- syn. exhortative, hortative, hortatory;

- sim. encouraging;

exhumation / ɛ k s h j u m eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the act of digging something up out of the ground (especially a corpse) where it has been buried;

- syn. digging up, disinterment;

exhume / ɛ k s h j u m /
v1
dig up for reburial or for medical investigation;

- of dead bodies;

- syn. disinter;

exigency / ɛ k s ɪ dʒ ə n s i /
n1
a pressing or urgent situation;

- "the health-care exigency";

n2
a sudden unforeseen crisis (usually involving danger) that requires immediate action;

- "he never knew what to do in an emergency";

- syn. emergency, pinch;

exigent / ɛ ɡ z ɪ dʒ ə n t /
a1
demanding attention;

- "clamant needs";

- "a crying need";

- "regarded literary questions as exigent and momentous"- H.L.Mencken;

- "insistent hunger";

- "an instant need";

- syn. clamant, crying, insistent, instant;

- sim. imperative;

a2
requiring precise accuracy;

- "an exacting job";

- "became more exigent over his pronunciation";

- syn. exacting;

- sim. demanding;

exiguity / ɛ k s ɪ ɡ j u ɪ t i /
n1
the quality of being meager;

- "an exiguity of cloth that would only allow of miniature capes"-George Eliot;

- syn. leanness, meagerness, meagreness, poorness, scantiness, scantness;

exiguous / ɛ ɡ z ɪ ɡ j ʊə s /
a1
extremely scanty;

- "an exiguous budget";

- sim. meager;

exile / ɛ k s aɪ ɫ /
n1
a person who is voluntarily absent from home or country;

- "American expatriates";

- syn. expat, expatriate;

n2
a person who is expelled from home or country by authority;

- syn. deportee;

n3
the act of expelling a person from their native land;

- "men in exile dream of hope";

- "his deportation to a penal colony";

- "the expatriation of wealthy farmers";

- "the sentence was one of transportation for life";

- syn. deportation, expatriation, transportation;

v1
expel from a country;

- "The poet was exiled because he signed a letter protesting the government's actions";

- syn. deport, expatriate;

exilic / ɛ ɡ z ɪ ɫ ɪ k /
a1
of or relating to a period of exile (especially the exile of the Jews known as the Babylonian Captivity);

exist / ɪ ɡ z ɪ s t /
v1
have an existence, be extant;

- "Is there a God?";

- syn. be;

v2
support oneself;

- "he could barely exist on such a low wage";

- "Can you live on $2000 a month in New York City?";

- "Many people in the world have to subsist on $1 a day";

- syn. live, subsist, survive;

existence / ɪ ɡ z ɪ s t ə n s /
n1
the state or fact of existing;

- "a point of view gradually coming into being";

- "laws in existence for centuries";

- "he appeared on the face of the earth one day";

- syn. being, beingness, face of the earth;

n2
everything that exists anywhere;

- "they study the evolution of the universe";

- "the biggest tree in existence";

- syn. cosmos, creation, macrocosm, universe, world;

existent / ɪ ɡ z ɪ s t ə n t /
a1
having existence or being or actuality;

- "an attempt to refine the existent machinery to make it more efficient";

- "much of the beluga caviar existing in the world is found in the Soviet Union and Iran";

- syn. existing;

- also extant;

- sim. active;

a2
being or occurring in fact or actuality;

- having verified existence;

- not illusory;

- "real objects";

- "real people;

- not ghosts";

- "a film based on real life";

- "a real illness";

- "real humility";

- "Life is real! Life is earnest!"- Longfellow;

- syn. real;

- also concrete, echt, genuine, realistic, sincere;

- sim. actual, actual, documentary, historical, objective;

a3
presently existing in fact and not merely potential or possible;

- "the predicted temperature and the actual temperature were markedly different";

- "actual and imagined conditions";

- syn. actual;

- sim. effective;

existential / ɛ ɡ z ɪ s t ɛ n ʃ ə ɫ /
a1
derived from experience or the experience of existence;

- "the rich experiential content of the teachings of the older philosophers"- Benjamin Farrington;

- "formal logicians are not concerned with existential matters"- John Dewey;

- syn. experiential;

- sim. empirical;

a2
of or as conceived by existentialism;

- "an existential moment of choice";

a3
relating to or dealing with existence (especially with human existence);

existential operator
n1
a logical quantifier of a proposition that asserts the existence of at least one thing for which the proposition is true;

- syn. existential quantifier;

existential philosopher
n1
a philosopher who emphasizes freedom of choice and personal responsibility but who regards human existence in a hostile universe as unexplainable;

- syn. existentialist, existentialist philosopher;

existential philosophy
n1
(philosophy) a 20th-century philosophical movement chiefly in Europe;

- assumes that people are entirely free and thus responsible for what they make of themselves;

- syn. existentialism, existentialist philosophy;

existential quantifier
n1
a logical quantifier of a proposition that asserts the existence of at least one thing for which the proposition is true;

- syn. existential operator;

existentialism / ɛ ɡ z ɪ s t ɛ n ʃ ə ɫ ɪ z ə m /
n1
(philosophy) a 20th-century philosophical movement chiefly in Europe;

- assumes that people are entirely free and thus responsible for what they make of themselves;

- syn. existential philosophy, existentialist philosophy;

existentialist / ɛ ɡ z ɪ s t ɛ n ʃ ə ɫ ɪ s t /
n1
a philosopher who emphasizes freedom of choice and personal responsibility but who regards human existence in a hostile universe as unexplainable;

- syn. existential philosopher, existentialist philosopher;

a1
relating to or involving existentialism;

- "existentialist movement";

- "existentialist philosophy";

- "the existentialist character of his ideas";

existentialist philosopher
n1
a philosopher who emphasizes freedom of choice and personal responsibility but who regards human existence in a hostile universe as unexplainable;

- syn. existential philosopher, existentialist;

existentialist philosophy
n1
(philosophy) a 20th-century philosophical movement chiefly in Europe;

- assumes that people are entirely free and thus responsible for what they make of themselves;

- syn. existential philosophy, existentialism;

existing / ɪ ɡ z ɪ s t ɪ ŋ /
a1
presently existing;

- "the existing system";

- sim. present;

a2
having existence or being or actuality;

- "an attempt to refine the existent machinery to make it more efficient";

- "much of the beluga caviar existing in the world is found in the Soviet Union and Iran";

- syn. existent;

- also extant;

- sim. active;

a3
existing in something specified;

- "depletion of the oxygen existing in the bloodstream";

- sim. present;

exit / ɛ k s ɪ t /
n1
an opening that permits escape or release;

- "he blocked the way out";

- "the canyon had only one issue";

- syn. issue, outlet, way out;

n2
euphemistic expressions for death;

- "thousands mourned his passing";

- syn. departure, expiration, going, loss, passing, release;

n3
the act of going out;

v1
move out of or depart from;

- "leave the room";

- "the fugitive has left the country";

- syn. get out, go out, leave;

v2
lose the lead;

v3
pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life;

- "She died from cancer";

- "The children perished in the fire";

- "The patient went peacefully";

- "The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102";

- syn. buy the farm, cash in one's chips, choke, conk, croak, decease, die, drop dead, expire, give-up the ghost, go, kick the bucket, pass, pass away, perish, pop off, snuff it;

exit poll
n1
a poll of voters as they leave the voting place;

- usually taken by news media in order to predict the outcome of an election;

Exmoor
n1
horned sheep of Devon;

- valued for mutton;

n2
stocky breed of pony with a fawn-colored nose;

exobiology
n1
the branch of biology concerned with the effects of outer space on living organisms and the search for extraterrestrial life;

- syn. astrobiology, space biology;

exocarp
n1
outermost layer of the pericarp of fruits as the skin of a peach or grape;

- syn. epicarp;

exocentric
a1
not fulfilling the same grammatical role of any of its constituents;

- "when `until last Easter' serves as an adverb it is an exocentric construction";

Exocet
n1
a guided missile developed by the French government for use against ships;

Exocoetidae
n1
flying fishes;

- closely related to the halfbeaks;

- syn. family Exocoetidae;

exocrine
n1
a gland that secretes externally through a duct;

- syn. duct gland, exocrine gland;

a1
of or relating to exocrine glands or their secretions;

exocrine gland
n1
a gland that secretes externally through a duct;

- syn. duct gland, exocrine;

Exocycloida
n1
flat sea urchins;

- syn. order Exocycloida;

exode / ɛ k s oʊ d /
n1
a farcical afterpiece in the ancient Roman theater;

exoderm
n1
the outer germ layer that develops into skin and nervous tissue;

- syn. ectoblast, ectoderm;

exodontia
n1
the branch of dentistry dealing with extraction of teeth;

- syn. exodontics;

exodontic
a1
of or relating to or involving exodontics;

- "exodontic surgeon";

exodontics
n1
the branch of dentistry dealing with extraction of teeth;

- syn. exodontia;

exodontist
n1
a dentist specializing in the extraction of teeth;

exodus / ɛ k s ə d ə s /
n1
a journey by a large group to escape from a hostile environment;

- syn. hegira, hejira;

n2
the second book of the Old Testament: tells of the departure of the Israelites out of slavery in Egypt led by Moses;

- God gave them the Ten Commandments and the rest of Mosaic law on Mount Sinai during the Exodus;

- syn. Book of Exodus;

exoergic
a1
(of a nuclear reaction) occurring with evolution or releasing of energy;

- syn. energy-releasing;

- also exothermic;

exoergic reaction
n1
a nuclear reaction accompanied by the evolution of energy;

exogamic
a1
characterized by or fit for fertilization by a flower that is not closely related;

- syn. exogamous;

a2
pertaining to or characterized by the custom of marrying only outside the limits of a clan or tribe;

- syn. exogamous;

- also outbred;

exogamous / ɛ k s ɒ ɡ ə m ə s /
a1
characterized by or fit for fertilization by a flower that is not closely related;

- syn. exogamic;

a2
pertaining to or characterized by the custom of marrying only outside the limits of a clan or tribe;

- syn. exogamic;

- also outbred;

exogamy / ɛ k s ɒ ɡ ə m i /
n1
marriage to a person belonging to a tribe or group other than your own as required by custom or law;

- syn. intermarriage;

exogen
n1
flowering plant with two cotyledons;

- the stem grows by deposit on its outside;

- syn. dicot, dicotyledon, magnoliopsid;

exogenic
a1
derived or originating externally;

- syn. exogenous;

exogenous
a1
derived or originating externally;

- syn. exogenic;

exogenous depression
n1
an inappropriate state of depression that is precipitated by events in the person's life (to be distinguished from normal grief);

- syn. reactive depression;

exogenous obesity
n1
obesity caused by overeating;

exomphalos
n1
an umbilical hernia at birth in which some abdominal organs push into the umbilical cord;

exon / ɛ k s ɒ n /
n1
sequence of a gene's DNA that transcribes into protein structures;

- "exons are interspersed with introns";

- syn. coding DNA;

exonerate / ɪ ɡ z ɒ n ə ɹ eɪ t /
v1
pronounce not guilty of criminal charges;

- "The suspect was cleared of the murder charges";

- syn. acquit, assoil, clear, discharge, exculpate;

exonerated / ɪ ɡ z ɒ n ə ɹ eɪ t ɪ d /
a1
freed from any question of guilt;

- "is absolved from all blame";

- "was now clear of the charge of cowardice";

- "his official honor is vindicated";

- syn. absolved, clear, cleared, exculpated, vindicated;

- sim. innocent;

exoneration / ɪ ɡ z ɒ n ə ɹ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the condition of being relieved from blame or obligation;

n2
the act of vindicating or defending against criticism or censure etc.;

- "friends provided a vindication of his position";

- syn. vindication;

exonerative / ɪ ɡ z ɒ n ə ɹ ə t ɪ v /
a1
providing absolution;

- syn. absolvitory, forgiving;

- sim. exculpatory;

exonuclease
n1
a nuclease that releases one nucleotide at a time (serially) beginning at one of a nucleic acid;

exophthalmic goiter
n1
exophthalmos occurring in association with goiter;

- hyperthyroidism with protrusion of the eyeballs;

- syn. Graves' disease;

exophthalmos
n1
protrusion of the eyeball from the socket;

Exopterygota
n1
subclass of insects characterized by gradual and usually incomplete metamorphosis;

- syn. Hemimetabola, subclass Exopterygota;

exorbitance / ɪ ɡ z ɔ b ɪ t ə n s /
n1
excessive excess;

- syn. outrageousness;

exorbitant / ɪ ɡ z ɔ b ɪ t ə n t /
a1
greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation;

- "exorbitant rent";

- "extortionate prices";

- "spends an outrageous amount on entertainment";

- "usurious interest rate";

- "unconscionable spending";

- syn. extortionate, outrageous, steep, unconscionable, usurious;

- sim. immoderate;

exorbitantly / ɪ ɡ z ɔ b ɪ t ə n t ɫ i /
r1
to an exorbitant degree;

- "prices are exorbitantly high in the capital";

- syn. extortionately, usuriously;

exorcise / ɛ k s ɔ s aɪ z /
v1
expel through adjuration or prayers;

- "exorcise evil spirits";

- syn. exorcize;

exorciser / ɛ k s ɔ s aɪ z ə , ɛ k s ɔ s aɪ z ə ɹ /
n1
someone who practices exorcism;

- syn. exorcist;

exorcism / ɛ k s ɔ s ɪ z ə m /
n1
freeing from evil spirits;

- syn. dispossession;

exorcist / ɛ k s ɔ s ɪ s t /
n1
one of the minor orders in the unreformed Western Church but now suppressed in the Roman Catholic Church;

n2
someone who practices exorcism;

- syn. exorciser;

exorcize / ɛ k s ɔ s aɪ z /
v1
expel through adjuration or prayers;

- "exorcise evil spirits";

- syn. exorcise;

exordium / ɛ k s ɔ d j ə m /
n1
(rhetoric) the introductory section of an oration or discourse;

exoskeleton
n1
the exterior protective or supporting structure or shell of many animals (especially invertebrates) including bony or horny parts such as nails or scales or hoofs;

exosphere
n1
the outermost atmospheric layer;

exostosis
n1
a benign outgrowth from a bone (usually covered with cartilage);

exoteric / ɛ k s oʊ t ɛr ɪ k /
a1
suitable for the general public;

- "writings of an exoteric nature";

- also public;

exotherm
n1
a compound that gives off heat during its formation and absorbs heat during its decomposition;

exothermal
a1
(of a chemical reaction or compound) occurring or formed with the liberation of heat;

- syn. exothermic, heat-releasing;

- also exoergic;

exothermic
a1
(of a chemical reaction or compound) occurring or formed with the liberation of heat;

- syn. exothermal, heat-releasing;

- also exoergic;

exothermic reaction
n1
a chemical reaction accompanied by the evolution of heat;

exotic / ɛ ɡ z ɒ t ɪ k , ɪ ɡ z ɒ t ɪ k /
a1
being or from or characteristic of another place or part of the world;

- "alien customs";

- "exotic plants in a greenhouse";

- "exotic cuisine";

- syn. alien;

- sim. foreign;

a2
strikingly strange or unusual;

- "an exotic hair style";

- "protons, neutrons, electrons and all their exotic variants";

- "the exotic landscape of a dead planet";

- sim. strange;

exotic belly dancer
n1
a woman who performs a solo belly dance;

- syn. belly dancer, exotic dancer;

exotic dancer
n1
a performer who provides erotic entertainment by undressing to music;

- syn. ecdysiast, peeler, stripper, striptease, striptease artist, stripteaser;

n2
a woman who performs a solo belly dance;

- syn. belly dancer, exotic belly dancer;

exoticism / ɪ ɡ z ɒ t ɪ k ɪ z ə m /
n1
the quality of being exotic;

- "he loved the exoticism of Egypt";

- syn. exoticness, exotism;

exoticness
n1
the quality of being exotic;

- "he loved the exoticism of Egypt";

- syn. exoticism, exotism;

exotism
n1
the quality of being exotic;

- "he loved the exoticism of Egypt";

- syn. exoticism, exoticness;

exotoxin
n1
a toxin that is secreted by microorganisms into the surrounding medium;

exotropia
n1
strabismus in which one or both eyes are directed outward;

- syn. divergent strabismus, walleye;

expand / ɪ k s p æ n d /
v1
extend in one or more directions;

- "The dough expands";

- syn. spread out;

v2
become larger in size or volume or quantity;

- "his business expanded rapidly";

v3
make bigger or wider in size, volume, or quantity;

- "expand the house by adding another wing";

v4
grow vigorously;

- "The deer population in this town is thriving";

- "business is booming";

- syn. boom, flourish, thrive;

v5
exaggerate or make bigger;

- "The charges were inflated";

- syn. amplify, blow up, inflate;

v6
add details, as to an account or idea;

- clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing;

- "She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation";

- syn. dilate, elaborate, enlarge, expatiate, exposit, expound, flesh out, lucubrate;

v7
expand the influence of;

- "The King extended his rule to the Eastern part of the continent";

- syn. extend;

expandable / ɪ k s p æ n d ə b ɫ /
a1
able to expand or be expanded;

- syn. expandible, expansible;

- sim. expansive;

a2
(of gases) capable of expansion;

- syn. expandible, expansible, expansile;

- sim. elastic;

expanded / ɪ k s p æ n d ɪ d /
a1
increased in extent or size or bulk or scope;

expandible / ɪ k s p æ n d ɪ b ɫ /
a1
able to expand or be expanded;

- syn. expandable, expansible;

- sim. expansive;

a2
(of gases) capable of expansion;

- syn. expandable, expansible, expansile;

- sim. elastic;

expanding upon
n1
adding information or detail;

- syn. expansion;

expanse / ɪ k s p æ n s /
n1
a wide scope;

- "the sweep of the plains";

- syn. sweep;

n2
the extent of a 2-dimensional surface enclosed within a boundary;

- "the area of a rectangle";

- "it was about 500 square feet in area";

- syn. area, surface area;

n3
a wide and open space or area as of surface or land or sky;

expansible / ɪ k s p æ n s ə b ɫ /
a1
able to expand or be expanded;

- syn. expandable, expandible;

- sim. expansive;

a2
(of gases) capable of expansion;

- syn. expandable, expandible, expansile;

- sim. elastic;

expansile / ɪ k s p æ n s aɪ ɫ /
a1
(of gases) capable of expansion;

- syn. expandable, expandible, expansible;

- sim. elastic;

expansion / ɪ k s p æ n ʃ n /
n1
the act of increasing (something) in size or volume or quantity or scope;

- syn. enlargement;

n2
a function expressed as a sum or product of terms;

- "the expansion of (a+b)^2 is a^2 + 2ab + b^2";

n3
a discussion that provides additional information;

- syn. elaboration, enlargement;

n4
adding information or detail;

- syn. expanding upon;

expansion bit
n1
a bit with a cutting blade that can be adjusted to different sizes;

- syn. expansive bit;

expansion bolt
n1
a bolt that has an attachment that expands as the bolt is driven into a surface;

expansion slot
n1
(computer) a socket in a microcomputer that will accept a plug-in circuit board;

- "the PC had three slots for additional memory";

- syn. slot;

expansionism / ɪ k s p æ n ʃ n ɪ z ə m /
n1
the doctrine of expanding the territory or the economic influence of a country;

expansionist
a1
of or involving or guided by expansionism;

expansive / ɪ k s p æ n s ɪ v /
a1
able or tending to expand or characterized by expansion;

- "Expansive materials";

- "the expansive force of fire";

- sim. distensible, erectile, expandable, inflatable;

a2
of behavior that is impressive and ambitious in scale or scope;

- "an expansive lifestyle";

- "in the grand manner";

- "collecting on a grand scale";

- "heroic undertakings";

- syn. grand, heroic;

- sim. impressive;

a3
marked by exaggerated feelings of euphoria and delusions of grandeur;

- sim. euphoric;

a4
friendly and open and willing to talk;

- "wine made the guest expansive";

- syn. talkative;

- sim. communicative;

expansive bit
n1
a bit with a cutting blade that can be adjusted to different sizes;

- syn. expansion bit;

expansively / ɪ k s p æ n s ɪ v ɫ i /
r1
in an impressively expansive manner;

- "she managed to live rather expansively on her modest income";

r2
in an ebullient manner;

- "Khrushchev ebulliently promised to supply rockets for the protection of Cuba against American aggression";

- syn. ebulliently, exuberantly;

expansiveness / ɪ k s p æ n s ɪ v n ə s /
n1
a quality characterized by magnificence of scale or the tendency to expand;

- "the expansiveness of their extravagant life style was soon curtailed";

- syn. expansivity;

n2
a friendly open trait of a talkative person;

- syn. effusiveness, expansivity;

expansivity / ɪ k s p æ n s ɪ v ɪ t i /
n1
the fractional change in length or area or volume per unit change in temperature at a given constant pressure;

- syn. coefficient of expansion;

n2
a quality characterized by magnificence of scale or the tendency to expand;

- "the expansiveness of their extravagant life style was soon curtailed";

- syn. expansiveness;

n3
a friendly open trait of a talkative person;

- syn. effusiveness, expansiveness;

expat
n1
a person who is voluntarily absent from home or country;

- "American expatriates";

- syn. exile, expatriate;

expatiate / ɪ k s p eɪ ʃ ɪ eɪ t /
v1
add details, as to an account or idea;

- clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing;

- "She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation";

- syn. dilate, elaborate, enlarge, expand, exposit, expound, flesh out, lucubrate;

expatiation / ɛ k s p eɪ ʃ ɪ eɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
a discussion (spoken or written) that enlarges on a topic or theme at length or in detail;

expatriate / ɛ k s p æ t ɹ ɪə t , ɛ k s p æ t ɹ ɪ eɪ t /
n1
a person who is voluntarily absent from home or country;

- "American expatriates";

- syn. exile, expat;

v1
expel from a country;

- "The poet was exiled because he signed a letter protesting the government's actions";

- syn. deport, exile;

v2
move away from one's native country and adopt a new residence abroad;

expatriation / ɛ k s p æ t ɹ ɪ eɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
the act of expelling a person from their native land;

- "men in exile dream of hope";

- "his deportation to a penal colony";

- "the expatriation of wealthy farmers";

- "the sentence was one of transportation for life";

- syn. deportation, exile, transportation;

n2
migration from a place (especially migration from your native country in order to settle in another);

- syn. emigration, out-migration;

expect / ɪ k s p ɛ k t /
v1
regard something as probable or likely;

- "The meteorologists are expecting rain for tomorrow";

- syn. anticipate;

v2
consider obligatory;

- request and expect;

- "We require our secretary to be on time";

- "Aren't we asking too much of these children?";

- "I expect my students to arrive in time for their lessons";

- syn. ask, require;

v3
look forward to the probable occurrence of;

- "We were expecting a visit from our relatives";

- "She is looking to a promotion";

- "he is waiting to be drafted";

- syn. await, look, wait;

v4
consider reasonable or due;

- "I'm expecting a full explanation as to why these files were destroyed";

v5
look forward to the birth of a child;

- "She is expecting in March";

v6
be pregnant with;

- "She is bearing his child";

- "The are expecting another child in January";

- "I am carrying his child";

- syn. bear, carry, gestate, have a bun in the oven;

expectable / ɪ k s p ɛ k t ə b ɫ /
a1
to be expected;

- "differences of opinion are quite expectable given the present information";

- sim. expected;

expectancy / ɪ k s p ɛ k t ə n s i /
n1
an expectation;

- syn. anticipation;

n2
something expected (as on the basis of a norm);

- "each of them had their own anticipations";

- "an indicator of expectancy in development";

- syn. anticipation;

expectant / ɪ k s p ɛ k t ə n t /
a1
marked by eager anticipation;

- "an expectant hush";

- syn. anticipant, anticipative;

- sim. hopeful;

a2
in an advanced stage of pregnancy;

- "was big with child";

- "was great with child";

- syn. big, enceinte, gravid, great, heavy, large, with child;

- sim. pregnant;

expectantly / ɪ k s p ɛ k t ə n t ɫ i /
r1
in an expectant manner;

- "she looked at him expectantly";

expectation / ɛ k s p ɛ k t eɪ ʃ n /
n1
belief about (or mental picture of) the future;

- syn. outlook, prospect;

n2
anticipating with confidence of fulfillment;

- syn. anticipation;

n3
the feeling that something is about to happen;

n4
the sum of the values of a random variable divided by the number of values;

- syn. arithmetic mean, expected value, first moment;

expected / ɪ k s p ɛ k t ɪ d /
a1
considered likely or probable to happen or arrive;

- "prepared for the expected attack";

- also unsurprising;

- sim. anticipated, due, expectable, matter-of-course;

expected value
n1
the sum of the values of a random variable divided by the number of values;

- syn. arithmetic mean, expectation, first moment;

expectedness / ɪ k s p ɛ k t ɪ d n ɪ s /
n1
the state of being that is commonly observed;

- syn. commonness;

n2
ordinariness as a consequence of being expected and not surprising;

expectorant / ɛ k s p ɛ k t ə ɹ ə n t , ɪ k s p ɛ k t ə ɹ ə n t /
n1
a medicine promoting expectoration;

- syn. expectorator;

expectorate / ɪ k s p ɛ k t ə ɹ eɪ t /
v1
clear out the chest and lungs;

- "This drug expectorates quickly";

- syn. clear out, drive out;

v2
discharge (phlegm or sputum) from the lungs and out of the mouth;

- syn. cough out, cough up, spit out, spit up;

expectoration / ɛ k s p ɛ k t ə ɹ eɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
the process of coughing up and spitting out;

n2
the act of spitting (forcefully expelling saliva);

- syn. spit, spitting;

expectorator / ɪ k s p ɛ k t ɒ ɹ ə t ə /
n1
a person who spits (ejects saliva or phlegm from the mouth);

- syn. spitter;

n2
a medicine promoting expectoration;

- syn. expectorant;

expedience / ɪ k s p i d ɪə n s /
n1
the quality of being suited to the end in view;

- syn. expediency;

n2
taking advantage of opportunities without regard for the consequences for others;

- syn. opportunism, self-interest, self-seeking;

expediency / ɪ k s p i d ɪə n s i /
n1
the quality of being suited to the end in view;

- syn. expedience;

expedient / ɪ k s p i d ɪə n t /
n1
a means to an end;

- not necessarily a principled or ethical one;

a1
serving to promote your interest;

- "was merciful only when mercy was expedient";

- also advantageous, convenient, favourable, politic, useful, utile;

- sim. advantageous, carpetbag, opportunist;

a2
appropriate to a purpose;

- practical;

- "in the circumstances it was expedient to express loyalty";

- sim. politic;

expediently / ɪ k s p i d ɪə n t ɫ i /
r1
in an expedient manner;

- syn. inadvisably;

expedite / ɛ k s p ɪ d aɪ t /
v1
speed up the progress of;

- facilitate;

- "This should expedite the process";

- syn. hasten;

v2
process fast and efficiently;

- "I will try to expedite the matter";

expedition / ɛ k s p ɪ d ɪ ʃ n /
n1
a military campaign designed to achieve a specific objective in a foreign country;

- syn. hostile expedition, military expedition;

n2
an organized group of people undertaking a journey for a particular purpose;

- "an expedition was sent to explore Mars";

n3
a journey organized for a particular purpose;

n4
a journey taken for pleasure;

- "many summer excursions to the shore";

- "it was merely a pleasure trip";

- "after cautious sashays into the field";

- syn. excursion, jaunt, junket, outing, pleasure trip, sashay;

n5
the property of being prompt and efficient;

- "it was done with dispatch";

- syn. despatch, dispatch, expeditiousness;

expeditionary / ɛ k s p ɪ d ɪ ʃ ə n ə ɹ i /
a1
(used of military forces) designed for military operations abroad;

- "the French expeditionary force in Indochina";

- sim. military;

expeditious / ɛ k s p ɪ d ɪ ʃ ə s /
a1
marked by speed and efficiency;

- sim. efficient;

expeditiously / ɛ k s p ɪ d ɪ ʃ ə s ɫ i /
r1
with efficiency;

- in an efficient manner;

- "he functions efficiently";

- syn. efficiently;

expeditiousness / ɛ k s p ɪ d ɪ ʃ ə s n ə s /
n1
the property of being prompt and efficient;

- "it was done with dispatch";

- syn. despatch, dispatch, expedition;

expel / ɪ k s p ɛ ɫ /
v1
force to leave or move out;

- "He was expelled from his native country";

- syn. kick out, throw out;

v2
remove from a position or office;

- "The chairman was ousted after he misappropriated funds";

- syn. boot out, drum out, kick out, oust, throw out;

v3
cause to flee;

- "rout out the fighters from their caves";

- syn. rout, rout out;

v4
eliminate (a substance);

- "combustion products are exhausted in the engine";

- "the plant releases a gas";

- syn. discharge, eject, exhaust, release;

expelling / ɪ k s p ɛ ɫ ɪ ŋ /
n1
any of several bodily processes by which substances go out of the body;

- "the discharge of pus";

- syn. discharge, emission;

expend / ɪ k s p ɛ n d /
v1
use up, consume fully;

- "The legislature expended its time on school questions";

- syn. use;

v2
pay out;

- "spend money";

- syn. drop, spend;

expendable / ɪ k s p ɛ n d ə b ɫ /
a1
suitable to be expended;

- also replaceable;

- sim. consumable, sacrificeable;

a2
(used of funds) remaining after taxes;

- "spendable income";

- syn. spendable;

- sim. disposable;

expender / ɪ k s p ɛ n d ə , ɪ k s p ɛ n d ə ɹ /
n1
someone who spends money to purchase goods or services;

- syn. disburser, spender;

expending / ɪ k s p ɛ n d ɪ ŋ /
n1
the act of spending money for goods or services;

- syn. expenditure;

expenditure / ɪ k s p ɛ n d ɪ tʃ ə , ɪ k s p ɛ n d ɪ tʃ ə ɹ /
n1
money paid out;

- an amount spent;

- syn. outgo, outlay, spending;

n2
the act of spending money for goods or services;

- syn. expending;

n3
the act of consuming something;

- syn. consumption, using up;

expense / ɪ k s p ɛ n s /
n1
amounts paid for goods and services that may be currently tax deductible (as opposed to capital expenditures);

- syn. disbursal, disbursement;

n2
a detriment or sacrifice;

- "at the expense of";

n3
money spent to perform work and usually reimbursed by an employer;

- "he kept a careful record of his expenses at the meeting";

v1
reduce the estimated value of something;

- "For tax purposes you can write off the laser printer";

- syn. write down, write off;

expense account
n1
an account to which salespersons or executives can charge travel and entertainment expenses;

- syn. travel and entertainment account;

expense record
n1
a written record of money spent;

expensive / ɪ k s p ɛ n s ɪ v /
a1
high in price or charging high prices;

- "expensive clothes";

- "an expensive shop";

- also valuable;

- sim. big-ticket, costly, dearly-won, overpriced;

expensively / ɪ k s p ɛ n s ɪ v ɫ i /
r1
in an expensive manner;

- "an expensively dressed little man turned a corner and approached her";

expensiveness / ɪ k s p ɛ n s ɪ v n ə s /
n1
the quality of being high-priced;

experience / ɪ k s p ɪə ɹ ɪə n s /
n1
the accumulation of knowledge or skill that results from direct participation in events or activities;

- "a man of experience";

- "experience is the best teacher";

n2
the content of direct observation or participation in an event;

- "he had a religious experience";

- "he recalled the experience vividly";

n3
an event as apprehended;

- "a surprising experience";

- "that painful experience certainly got our attention";

v1
undergo or live through a difficult experience;

- "We had many trials to go through";

- "he saw action in Viet Nam";

- syn. go through, see;

v2
have firsthand knowledge of states, situations, emotions, or sensations;

- "I know the feeling!";

- "have you ever known hunger?";

- "I have lived a kind of hell when I was a drug addict";

- "The holocaust survivors have lived a nightmare";

- "I lived through two divorces";

- syn. know, live;

v3
go through (mental or physical states or experiences);

- "get an idea";

- "experience vertigo";

- "get nauseous";

- "receive injuries";

- "have a feeling";

- syn. get, have, receive;

v4
undergo an emotional sensation or be in a particular state of mind;

- "She felt resentful";

- "He felt regret";

- syn. feel;

v5
undergo;

- "The stocks had a fast run-up";

- syn. have;

experienced / ɪ k s p ɪə ɹ ɪə n s t /
a1
having experience;

- having knowledge or skill from observation or participation;

- syn. experient;

- also skilled, tough;

- sim. full-fledged, intimate, old, practiced, seasoned;

experient / ɪ k s p ɪə ɹ ɪə n t /
a1
having experience;

- having knowledge or skill from observation or participation;

- syn. experienced;

- also skilled, tough, toughened;

- sim. full-fledged, intimate, old, practiced, seasoned;

experiential / ɪ k s p ɪə ɹ i ɛ n ʃ ə ɫ /
a1
relating to or resulting from experience;

- "a personal, experiential reality";

a2
derived from experience or the experience of existence;

- "the rich experiential content of the teachings of the older philosophers"- Benjamin Farrington;

- "formal logicians are not concerned with existential matters"- John Dewey;

- syn. existential;

- sim. empirical;

experiment / ɪ k s p ɛr ɪ m ə n t /
n1
the act of conducting a controlled test or investigation;

- syn. experimentation;

n2
the testing of an idea;

- "it was an experiment in living";

- "not all experimentation is done in laboratories";

- syn. experimentation;

n3
a venture at something new or different;

- "as an experiment he decided to grow a beard";

v1
to conduct a test or investigation;

- "We are experimenting with the new drug in order to fight this disease";

v2
try something new, as in order to gain experience;

- "Students experiment sexually";

- "The composer experimented with a new style";

- syn. try out;

experimental / ɪ k s p ɛr ɪ m ɛ n t ɫ /
a1
relating to or based on experiment;

- "experimental physics";

a2
relying on observation or experiment;

- "experimental results that supported the hypothesis";

- syn. data-based, observational;

- sim. empirical;

a3
of the nature of or undergoing an experiment;

- "an experimental drug";

- sim. empirical;

experimental condition
n1
the procedure that is varied in order to estimate a variable's effect by comparison with a control condition;

- syn. condition;

experimental extinction
n1
a conditioning process in which the reinforcer is removed and a conditioned response becomes independent of the conditioned stimulus;

- syn. extinction;

experimental method
n1
the use of controlled observations and measurements to test hypotheses;

experimental procedure
n1
the specific techniques used in conducting a particular experiment;

experimental psychology
n1
the branch of psychology that uses experimental methods to study psychological issues;

- syn. psychonomics;

experimental variable
n1
(statistics) a variable whose values are independent of changes in the values of other variables;

- syn. independent variable;

experimentalism / ɛ k s p ɛr ɪ m ɛ n t ə ɫ ɪ z ə m /
n1
an empirical doctrine that advocates experimental principles;

n2
an orientation that favors experimentation and innovation;

- "the children of psychologists are often raised in an atmosphere of experimentalism";

experimentally / ɪ k s p ɛr ɪ m ɛ n t ə ɫ i /
r1
in an experimental fashion;

- "this can be experimentally determined";

- syn. by experimentation, through an experiment;

experimentation / ɪ k s p ɛr ɪ m ɛ n t eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the testing of an idea;

- "it was an experiment in living";

- "not all experimentation is done in laboratories";

- syn. experiment;

n2
the act of conducting a controlled test or investigation;

- syn. experiment;

experimenter / ɪ k s p ɛr ɪ m ə n t ə , ɪ k s p ɛr ɪ m ə n t ə ɹ /
n1
a research worker who conducts experiments;

n2
a person who enjoys testing innovative ideas;

- "she was an experimenter in new forms of poetry";

experimenter bias
n1
(psychology) bias introduced by an experimenter whose expectations about the outcome of the experiment can be subtly communicated to the participants in the experiment;

expert / ɛ k s p ɝ t /
n1
a person with special knowledge or ability who performs skillfully;

a1
having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude;

- "adept in handicrafts";

- "an adept juggler";

- "an expert job";

- "a good mechanic";

- "a practiced marksman";

- "a proficient engineer";

- "a lesser-known but no less skillful composer";

- "the effect was achieved by skillful retouching";

- syn. adept, good, practiced, proficient, skilful, skillful;

- sim. skilled;

a2
of or relating to or requiring special knowledge to be understood;

- "technical terminology";

- "a technical report";

- "technical language";

- syn. technical;

- sim. skilled;

expert witness
n1
a witness who has knowledge not normally possessed by the average person concerning the topic that he is to testify about;

expertise / ɛ k s p ɝ t i z /
n1
skillfulness by virtue of possessing special knowledge;

- syn. expertness;

expertly / ɛ k s p ɝ t ɫ i /
r1
in an expert manner;

- "he repaired the TV set expertly";

- syn. like an expert;

expertness / ɛ k s p ɝ t n ə s /
n1
skillfulness by virtue of possessing special knowledge;

- syn. expertise;

expiable / ɛ k s p ɪə b ɫ /
a1
capable of being atoned for;

- sim. pardonable;

expiate / ɛ k s p ɪ eɪ t /
v1
make amends for;

- "expiate one's sins";

- syn. aby, abye, atone;

expiation / ɛ k s p ɪ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
compensation for a wrong;

- "we were unable to get satisfaction from the local store";

- syn. atonement, satisfaction;

n2
the act of atoning for sin or wrongdoing (especially appeasing a deity);

- syn. atonement, propitiation;

expiative
a1
having power to atone for or offered by way of expiation or propitiation;

- "expiatory (or propitiatory) sacrifice";

- syn. expiatory, propitiatory;

expiatory / ɛ k s p ɪə t ə ɹ i /
a1
having power to atone for or offered by way of expiation or propitiation;

- "expiatory (or propitiatory) sacrifice";

- syn. expiative, propitiatory;

expiration / ɛ k s p ɪr eɪ ʃ n /
n1
a coming to an end of a contract period;

- "the expiry of his driver's license";

- syn. expiry, termination;

n2
euphemistic expressions for death;

- "thousands mourned his passing";

- syn. departure, exit, going, loss, passing, release;

n3
the act of expelling air from the lungs;

- syn. breathing out, exhalation;

expiratory / ɪ k s p aɪ ə ɹ ə t ə ɹ i /
a1
of or relating to the breathing out phase of respiration;

expire / ɪ k s p aɪ ə , ɪ k s p aɪ ə ɹ /
v1
lose validity;

- "My passports expired last month";

- syn. run out;

v2
pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life;

- "She died from cancer";

- "The children perished in the fire";

- "The patient went peacefully";

- "The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102";

- syn. buy the farm, cash in one's chips, choke, conk, croak, decease, die, drop dead, exit, give-up the ghost, go, kick the bucket, pass, pass away, perish, pop off, snuff it;

v3
expel air;

- "Exhale when you lift the weight";

- syn. breathe out, exhale;

expired / ɪ k s p aɪ ə d /
a1
having come to an end or become void after passage of a period of time;

- "an expired passport";

- "caught driving with an expired license";

- sim. invalid, terminated;

expiry / ɪ k s p aɪ ə ɹ i /
n1
a coming to an end of a contract period;

- "the expiry of his driver's license";

- syn. expiration, termination;

n2
the event of dying or departure from life;

- "her death came as a terrible shock";

- "upon your decease the capital will pass to your grandchildren";

- syn. death, decease;

explain / ɪ k s p ɫ eɪ n /
v1
make plain and comprehensible;

- "He explained the laws of physics to his students";

- syn. explicate;

v2
define;

- "The committee explained their plan for fund-raising to the Dean";

v3
serve as a reason or cause or justification of;

- "Your need to sleep late does not excuse your late arrival at work";

- "Her recent divorce may explain her reluctance to date again";

- syn. excuse;

explainable / ɪ k s p ɫ eɪ n ə b ɫ /
a1
capable of being understood;

- "explainable phenomena";

- syn. interpretable;

- sim. explicable;

explanandum
n1
(logic) a statement of something (a fact or thing or expression) to be explained;

- syn. explicandum;

explanans
n1
(logic) statements that explain the explicandum;

- the explanatory premises;

explanation / ɛ k s p ɫ ə n eɪ ʃ n /
n1
a statement that makes something comprehensible by describing the relevant structure or operation or circumstances etc.;

- "the explanation was very simple";

- "I expected a brief account";

- syn. account;

n2
thought that makes something comprehensible;

n3
the act of explaining;

- making something plain or intelligible;

- "I heard his explanation of the accident";

explanatory / ɪ k s p ɫ æ n ə t ɹ i /
a1
serving or intended to explain or make clear;

- "explanatory notes";

- "an explanatory paragraph";

- sim. instructive;

expletive / ɛ k s p ɫ i t ɪ v , ɪ k s p ɫ i t ɪ v /
n1
profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger;

- "expletives were deleted";

- syn. curse, curse word, cuss, oath, swearing, swearword;

n2
a word or phrase conveying no independent meaning but added to fill out a sentence or metrical line;

explicable / ɛ k s p ɫ ɪ k ə b ɫ /
a1
capable of being explicated or accounted for;

- "explicable behavior";

- also comprehendible, comprehensible, soluble;

- sim. explainable;

explicandum
n1
(logic) a statement of something (a fact or thing or expression) to be explained;

- syn. explanandum;

explicate / ɛ k s p ɫ ɪ k eɪ t /
v1
make plain and comprehensible;

- "He explained the laws of physics to his students";

- syn. explain;

v2
elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses;

- "Could you develop the ideas in your thesis";

- syn. develop, formulate;

explication / ɛ k s p ɫ ɪ k eɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
the act of making clear or removing obscurity from the meaning of a word or symbol or expression etc.;

n2
a detailed explanation of the meaning of something;

explication de texte
n1
a method of literary criticism that analyzes details of a text in order to reveal its structure and meaning;

explicit / ɪ k s p ɫ ɪ s ɪ t /
a1
precisely and clearly expressed or readily observable;

- leaving nothing to implication;

- "explicit instructions";

- "she made her wishes explicit";

- "explicit sexual scenes";

- syn. expressed;

- also definite, denotative, overt, unequivocal;

- sim. declared, definitive, express, graphic, hard-core;

a2
in accordance with fact or the primary meaning of a term;

- syn. denotative;

- sim. literal;

explicit definition
n1
a definition that gives an exact equivalent of the term defined;

explicitly / ɪ k s p ɫ ɪ s ɪ t ɫ i /
r1
in an explicit manner;

- "in his foreword Professor Clark puts it explicitly";

explicitness / ɪ k s p ɫ ɪ s ɪ t n ə s /
n1
clarity as a consequence of being explicit;

explode / ɪ k s p ɫ oʊ d /
v1
cause to burst with a violent release of energy;

- "We exploded the nuclear bomb";

- syn. blow up, detonate, set off;

v2
burst outward, usually with noise;

- "The champagne bottle exploded";

- syn. burst;

v3
show a violent emotional reaction;

- "The boss exploded when he heard of the resignation of the secretary";

v4
be unleashed;

- emerge with violence or noise;

- "His anger exploded";

- syn. break loose, burst forth;

v5
destroy by exploding;

- "The enemy exploded the bridge";

v6
cause to burst as a result of air pressure;

- of stop consonants like /p/, /t/, and /k/;

v7
drive from the stage by noisy disapproval;

v8
show (a theory or claim) to be baseless, or refute and make obsolete;

v9
burst and release energy as through a violent chemical or physical reaction;

- "the bomb detonated at noon";

- "The Molotov cocktail exploded";

- syn. blow up, detonate;

v10
increase rapidly and in an uncontrolled manner;

- "The population of India is exploding";

- "The island's rodent population irrupted";

- syn. irrupt;

explode a bombshell
v1
utter or do something surprising;

- "Father exploded a bombshell when he forbade us to go to the prom";

exploded / ɪ k s p ɫ oʊ d ɪ d /
a1
showing the parts of something separated but in positions that show their correct relation to one another;

- "the manufacturer provided an exploded view of the apparatus";

- sim. unconnected;

exploding cucumber
n1
Mediterranean vine having oblong fruit that when ripe expels its seeds and juice violently when touched;

- syn. Ecballium elaterium, squirting cucumber, touch-me-not;

exploit / ɛ k s p ɫ ɔɪ t , ɪ k s p ɫ ɔɪ t /
n1
a notable achievement;

- "he performed a great feat";

- "the book was her finest effort";

- syn. effort, feat;

v1
use or manipulate to one's advantage;

- "He exploit the new taxation system";

- "She knows how to work the system";

- "he works his parents for sympathy";

- syn. work;

v2
draw from;

- make good use of;

- "we must exploit the resources we are given wisely";

- syn. tap;

v3
work excessively hard;

- "he is exploiting the students";

- syn. overwork;

exploitation / ɛ k s p ɫ ɔɪ t eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the act of making some area of land or water more profitable or productive or useful;

- "the development of Alaskan resources";

- "the exploitation of copper deposits";

- syn. development;

n2
an act that exploits or victimizes someone (treats them unfairly);

- "capitalistic exploitation of the working class";

- "paying Blacks less and charging them more is a form of victimization";

- syn. using, victimisation, victimization;

exploitative
a1
tending to exploit or make use of;

- syn. exploitatory, exploitive;

- sim. consumptive;

exploitatory
a1
tending to exploit or make use of;

- syn. exploitative, exploitive;

- sim. consumptive;

exploited / ɪ k s p ɫ ɔɪ t ɪ d /
a1
developed or used to greatest advantage;

a2
(of persons) taken advantage of;

- "after going out of his way to help his friend get the job he felt not appreciated but used";

- syn. ill-used, put-upon, used, victimised, victimized;

- sim. misused;

exploiter / ɛ k s p ɫ ɔɪ t ə , ɛ k s p ɫ ɔɪ t ə ɹ , ɪ k s p ɫ ɔɪ t ə , ɪ k s p ɫ ɔɪ t ə ɹ /
n1
a person who uses something or someone selfishly or unethically;

- syn. user;

exploitive
a1
tending to exploit or make use of;

- syn. exploitative, exploitatory;

- sim. consumptive;

exploration / ɛ k s p ɫ ə ɹ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
to travel for the purpose of discovery;

- syn. geographic expedition;

n2
a careful systematic search;

n3
a systematic consideration;

- "he called for a careful exploration of the consequences";

explorative / ɛ k s p ɫ ɔ ɹ ə t ɪ v /
a1
serving in or intended for exploration or discovery;

- "an exploratory operation";

- "exploratory reconnaissance";

- "digging an exploratory well in the Gulf of Mexico";

- "exploratory talks between diplomats";

- syn. exploratory;

- sim. alpha, beta, preliminary, searching, wildcat;

exploratory / ɪ k s p ɫ ɒ ɹ ə t ɹ i /
a1
serving in or intended for exploration or discovery;

- "an exploratory operation";

- "exploratory reconnaissance";

- "digging an exploratory well in the Gulf of Mexico";

- "exploratory talks between diplomats";

- syn. explorative;

- sim. alpha, beta, preliminary, searching, wildcat;

exploratory survey
n1
exploring in order to gain information;

- "scouting in enemy territory is very dangerous";

- syn. reconnoitering, reconnoitring, scouting;

explore / ɪ k s p ɫ ɔ , ɪ k s p ɫ ɔ ɹ /
v1
inquire into;

- "the students had to research the history of the Second World War for their history project";

- "He searched for information on his relatives on the web";

- "Scientists are exploring the nature of consciousness";

- syn. research, search;

v2
travel to or penetrate into;

- "explore unknown territory in biology";

v3
examine minutely;

v4
examine (organs) for diagnostic purposes;

explorer / ɪ k s p ɫ ɔ ɹ ə , ɪ k s p ɫ ɔ ɹ ə ɹ /
n1
someone who travels into little known regions (especially for some scientific purpose);

- syn. adventurer;

n2
a commercial browser;

- syn. IE, Internet Explorer;

explorer's gentian
n1
tufted sometimes sprawling perennial with blue flowers spotted with green;

- western North America;

- syn. Gentiana calycosa;

explosion / ɪ k s p ɫ oʊ ʒ n /
n1
a violent release of energy caused by a chemical or nuclear reaction;

- syn. blowup, detonation;

n2
the act of exploding or bursting;

- "the explosion of the firecrackers awoke the children";

- "the burst of an atom bomb creates enormous radiation aloft";

- syn. burst;

n3
a sudden great increase;

- "the population explosion";

- "the information explosion";

n4
the noise caused by an explosion;

- "the explosion was heard a mile away";

n5
the terminal forced release of pressure built up during the occlusive phase of a stop consonant;

- syn. plosion;

n6
a sudden outburst;

- "an explosion of laughter";

- "an explosion of rage";

n7
a golf shot from a bunker that typically moves sand as well as the golf ball;

explosive / ɪ k s p ɫ oʊ s ɪ v /
n1
a chemical substance that undergoes a rapid chemical change (with the production of gas) on being heated or struck;

a1
serving to explode or characterized by explosion or sudden outburst;

- "an explosive device";

- "explosive gas";

- "explosive force";

- "explosive violence";

- "an explosive temper";

- sim. detonative;

a2
liable to lead to sudden change or violence;

- "an explosive issue";

- "a volatile situation with troops and rioters eager for a confrontation";

- syn. volatile;

- sim. unstable;

a3
sudden and loud;

- "an explosive laugh";

- sim. sudden;

explosive charge
n1
a quantity of explosive to be set off at one time;

- "this cartridge has a powder charge of 50 grains";

- syn. burster, bursting charge, charge;

explosive compound
n1
a compound that is explosive;

explosive detection system
n1
a rapid automatic system to detect plastic explosives in passengers' luggage using X-ray technology and computers;

- designed for use in airports;

- syn. EDS;

explosive device
n1
device that bursts with sudden violence from internal energy;

explosive mixture
n1
a mixture that is explosive;

explosive trace detection
n1
a system for screening luggage in airports;

- an agent passes a swab around or inside luggage and then runs the swab through a machine that can detect trace amounts of explosives;

- syn. ETD;

explosive unit
n1
any unit for measuring the force of explosions;

explosively / ɪ k s p ɫ oʊ s ɪ v ɫ i /
r1
suddenly and rapidly;

- "the population in Central America is growing explosively";

r2
in an explosive manner;

- "the political situation in Kashmir and Jammu is explosively unstable";

expo / ɛ k s p oʊ /
n1
a collection of things (goods or works of art etc.) for public display;

- syn. exhibition, exposition;

exponent / ɛ k s p oʊ n ə n t , ɪ k s p oʊ n ə n t /
n1
a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea;

- syn. advocate, advocator, proponent;

n2
someone who expounds and interprets or explains;

n3
a mathematical notation indicating the number of times a quantity is multiplied by itself;

- syn. index, power;

exponential / ɛ k s p ə n ɛ n ʃ ɫ , ɛ k s p oʊ n ɛ n ʃ ə ɫ /
n1
a function in which an independent variable appears as an exponent;

- syn. exponential function;

a1
of or involving exponents;

- "exponential growth";

exponential curve
n1
a graph of an exponential function;

exponential decay
n1
a decrease that follows an exponential function;

- syn. exponential return;

exponential equation
n1
an equation involving exponential functions of a variable;

exponential expression
n1
a mathematical expression consisting of a constant (especially e) raised to some power;

exponential function
n1
a function in which an independent variable appears as an exponent;

- syn. exponential;

exponential return
n1
a decrease that follows an exponential function;

- syn. exponential decay;

exponential series
n1
a series derived from the expansion of an exponential expression;

exponentially / ɛ k s p ə n ɛ n ʃ ə ɫ i /
r1
in an exponential manner;

- "inflation is growing exponentially";

exponentiation / ɛ k s p oʊ n ɛ n ʃ ɪ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the process of raising a quantity to some assigned power;

- syn. involution;

export / ɛ k s p ɔ t , ɪ k s p ɔ t /
n1
commodities (goods or services) sold to a foreign country;

- syn. exportation;

v1
sell or transfer abroad;

- "we export less than we import and have a negative trade balance";

v2
transfer (electronic data) out of a database or document in a format that can be used by other programs;

v3
cause to spread in another part of the world;

- "The Russians exported Marxism to Africa";

export credit
n1
a credit opened by an importer with a bank in an exporter's country to finance an export operation;

export duty
n1
a duty imposed on exports;

exportable / ɪ k s p ɔ t ə b ɫ /
a1
suitable for export;

- "exportable cultural achievements";

- sim. marketable;

exportation / ɛ k s p ɔ t eɪ ʃ n /
n1
commodities (goods or services) sold to a foreign country;

- syn. export;

n2
the commercial activity of selling and shipping goods to a foreign country;

- syn. exporting;

exporter / ɪ k s p ɔ t ə , ɪ k s p ɔ t ə ɹ /
n1
a businessperson who transports goods abroad (for sale);

exporting / ɪ k s p ɔ t ɪ ŋ /
n1
the commercial activity of selling and shipping goods to a foreign country;

- syn. exportation;

expose / ɛ k s p oʊ z eɪ , ɪ k s p oʊ z /
n1
the exposure of an impostor or a fraud;

- "he published an expose of the graft and corruption in city government";

- syn. unmasking;

v1
expose or make accessible to some action or influence;

- "Expose your students to art";

- "expose the blanket to sunshine";

v2
make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret;

- "The auction house would not disclose the price at which the van Gogh had sold";

- "The actress won't reveal how old she is";

- "bring out the truth";

- "he broke the news to her";

- "unwrap the evidence in the murder case";

- "The newspaper uncovered the President's illegal dealings";

- syn. break, bring out, disclose, discover, divulge, give away, let on, let out, reveal, uncover, unwrap;

v3
to show, make visible or apparent;

- "The Metropolitan Museum is exhibiting Goya's works this month";

- "Why don't you show your nice legs and wear shorter skirts?";

- "National leaders will have to display the highest skills of statesmanship";

- syn. display, exhibit;

v4
remove all or part of one's clothes to show one's body;

- "uncover your belly";

- "The man exposed himself in the subway";

- syn. uncover;

v5
reveal to view as by removing a cover;

- "The curtain rose to disclose a stunning set";

- syn. disclose, uncover;

v6
put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position;

- syn. endanger, peril, queer, scupper;

v7
expose to light, of photographic film;

v8
expose while ridiculing;

- especially of pretentious or false claims and ideas;

- "The physicist debunked the psychic's claims";

- syn. debunk;

v9
abandon by leaving out in the open air;

- "The infant was exposed by the teenage mother";

- "After Christmas, many pets get abandoned";

exposed / ɪ k s p oʊ z d /
a1
with no protection or shield;

- "the exposed northeast frontier";

- "open to the weather";

- "an open wound";

- syn. open;

- sim. unprotected;

a2
not covered with clothing;

- "her exposed breast";

- syn. uncovered;

- sim. unclothed;

exposit / ɛ k s p oʊ s ɪ t /
v1
state;

- "set forth one's reasons";

- syn. expound, set forth;

v2
add details, as to an account or idea;

- clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing;

- "She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation";

- syn. dilate, elaborate, enlarge, expand, expatiate, expound, flesh out, lucubrate;

exposition / ɛ k s p ə z ɪ ʃ n /
n1
a systematic interpretation or explanation (usually written) of a specific topic;

- syn. expounding;

n2
a collection of things (goods or works of art etc.) for public display;

- syn. exhibition, expo;

n3
an account that sets forth the meaning or intent of a writing or discourse;

- "we would have understood the play better if there had been some initial exposition of the background";

n4
(music) the section of a movement (especially in sonata form) where the major musical themes first occur;

expositive / ɛ k s p ɒ z ɪ t ɪ v /
a1
serving to expound or set forth;

- "clean expository writing";

- syn. expository;

- sim. instructive;

expositor / ɛ k s p ɒ z ɪ t ə /
n1
a person who explains;

- syn. expounder;

expository / ɛ k s p ɒ z ɪ t ə ɹ i /
a1
serving to expound or set forth;

- "clean expository writing";

- syn. expositive;

- sim. instructive;

expostulate / ɪ k s p ɒ s tʃ ʊ ɫ eɪ t /
v1
reason with (somebody) for the purpose of dissuasion;

expostulation / ɪ k s p ɒ s tʃ ʊ ɫ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the act of expressing earnest opposition or protest;

- syn. objection, remonstrance, remonstration;

n2
an exclamation of protest or remonstrance or reproof;

exposure / ɪ k s p oʊ ʒ ə , ɪ k s p oʊ ʒ ə ɹ /
n1
vulnerability to the elements;

- to the action of heat or cold or wind or rain;

- "exposure to the weather";

- "they died from exposure";

n2
the act of subjecting someone to an influencing experience;

- "she denounced the exposure of children to pornography";

n3
the disclosure of something secret;

- "they feared exposure of their campaign plans";

n4
aspect resulting from the direction a building or window faces;

- "the studio had a northern exposure";

n5
the state of being vulnerable or exposed;

- "his vulnerability to litigation";

- "his exposure to ridicule";

- syn. vulnerability;

n6
the intensity of light falling on a photographic film or plate;

- "he used the wrong exposure";

n7
a representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide or in digital format;

- syn. photo, photograph, pic, picture;

n8
the act of exposing film to light;

n9
presentation to view in an open or public manner;

- "the exposure of his anger was shocking";

n10
abandoning without shelter or protection (as by leaving an infant out in the open);

exposure meter
n1
photographic equipment that measures the intensity of light;

- syn. light meter, photometer;

exposure therapy
n1
a form of behavior therapy in which a survivor confronts feelings or phobias or anxieties about a traumatic event and relives it in the therapy situation;

expound / ɪ k s p aʊ n d /
v1
add details, as to an account or idea;

- clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing;

- "She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation";

- syn. dilate, elaborate, enlarge, expand, expatiate, exposit, flesh out, lucubrate;

v2
state;

- "set forth one's reasons";

- syn. exposit, set forth;

expounder / ɪ k s p aʊ n d ə /
n1
a person who explains;

- syn. expositor;

expounding / ɪ k s p aʊ n d ɪ ŋ /
n1
a systematic interpretation or explanation (usually written) of a specific topic;

- syn. exposition;

express / ɪ k s p ɹ ɛ s /
n1
mail that is distributed by a rapid and efficient system;

- syn. express mail;

n2
public transport consisting of a fast train or bus that makes only a few scheduled stops;

- "he caught the express to New York";

- syn. limited;

n3
rapid transport of goods;

- syn. expressage;

v1
give expression to;

- "She showed her disappointment";

- syn. evince, show;

v2
articulate;

- either verbally or with a cry, shout, or noise;

- "She expressed her anger";

- "He uttered a curse";

- syn. give tongue to, utter, verbalise, verbalize;

v3
serve as a means for expressing something;

- "The painting of Mary carries motherly love";

- "His voice carried a lot of anger";

- syn. carry, convey;

v4
indicate through a symbol, formula, etc.;

- "Can you express this distance in kilometers?";

- syn. state;

v5
manifest the effects of (a gene or genetic trait);

- "Many of the laboratory animals express the trait";

v6
obtain from a substance, as by mechanical action;

- "Italians express coffee rather than filter it";

- syn. extract, press out;

v7
send by rapid transport or special messenger service;

- "She expressed the letter to Florida";

a1
not tacit or implied;

- "her express wish";

- sim. explicit;

a2
without unnecessary stops;

- "an express train";

- "an express shipment";

- sim. fast;

r1
by express;

- "please send the letter express";

express-mail
v1
send by express mail or courier;

- "Express-mail the documents immediately";

express emotion
v1
give verbal or other expression to one's feelings;

- syn. express feelings;

express feelings
v1
give verbal or other expression to one's feelings;

- syn. express emotion;

express joy
v1
produce laughter;

- syn. express mirth, laugh;

express luxury liner
n1
a liner equipped for sumptuous living;

- syn. luxury liner;

express mail
n1
mail that is distributed by a rapid and efficient system;

- syn. express;

express mirth
v1
produce laughter;

- syn. express joy, laugh;

express trust
n1
a trust created by the free and deliberate act of the parties involved (usually on the basis of written documentation);

- syn. direct trust;

expressage / ɪ k s p ɹ ɛ s ɑ ʒ /
n1
rapid transport of goods;

- syn. express;

expressed / ɪ k s p ɹ ɛ s t /
a1
communicated in words;

- "frequently uttered sentiments";

- syn. uttered, verbalised, verbalized;

- sim. spoken;

a2
precisely and clearly expressed or readily observable;

- leaving nothing to implication;

- "explicit instructions";

- "she made her wishes explicit";

- "explicit sexual scenes";

- syn. explicit;

- also definite, denotative, denotive, open, overt, unambiguous, unequivocal;

- sim. declared, definitive, express, graphic, hard-core;

expressed almond oil
n1
pale yellow fatty oil expressed from sweet or bitter almonds;

- syn. almond oil, sweet almond oil;

expressible / ɪ k s p ɹ ɛ s ə b ɫ /
a1
capable of being expressed;

- "an expressible emotion";

- sim. describable, representable, speakable;

expression / ɪ k s p ɹ ɛ ʃ n /
n1
the feelings expressed on a person's face;

- "a sad expression";

- "a look of triumph";

- "an angry face";

- syn. aspect, face, facial expression, look;

n2
expression without words;

- "tears are an expression of grief";

- "the pulse is a reflection of the heart's condition";

- syn. manifestation, reflection, reflexion;

n3
the communication (in speech or writing) of your beliefs or opinions;

- "expressions of good will";

- "he helped me find verbal expression for my ideas";

- "the idea was immediate but the verbalism took hours";

- syn. verbal expression, verbalism;

n4
a word or phrase that particular people use in particular situations;

- "pardon the expression";

- syn. locution, saying;

n5
the style of expressing yourself;

- "he suggested a better formulation";

- "his manner of expression showed how much he cared";

- syn. formulation;

n6
a group of symbols that make a mathematical statement;

- syn. formula;

n7
(genetics) the process of expressing a gene;

n8
a group of words that form a constituent of a sentence and are considered as a single unit;

- "I concluded from his awkward constructions that he was a foreigner";

- syn. construction, grammatical construction;

n9
the act of forcing something out by squeezing or pressing;

- "the expression of milk from her breast";

expressionism / ɪ k s p ɹ ɛ ʃ ə n ɪ z ə m /
n1
an art movement early in the 20th century;

- the artist's subjective expression of inner experiences was emphasized;

- an inner feeling was expressed through a distorted rendition of reality;

expressionist / ɪ k s p ɹ ɛ ʃ ə n ɪ s t /
n1
an artist who is an adherent of expressionism;

a1
of or relating to expressionism;

- "expressionist art";

- syn. expressionistic;

expressionistic / ɪ k s p ɹ ɛ ʃ ə n ɪ s t ɪ k /
a1
of or relating to expressionism;

- "expressionist art";

- syn. expressionist;

expressionless / ɪ k s p ɹ ɛ ʃ n ɫ ə s /
a1
deliberately impassive in manner;

- "deadpan humor";

- "his face remained expressionless as the verdict was read";

- syn. deadpan, impassive, poker-faced, unexpressive;

- sim. uncommunicative;

expressive / ɪ k s p ɹ ɛ s ɪ v /
a1
characterized by expression;

- "a very expressive face";

- sim. communicative;

expressive aphasia
n1
aphasia in which expression by speech or writing is severely impaired;

- syn. Broca's aphasia, ataxic aphasia, motor aphasia, nonfluent aphasia;

expressive style
n1
a way of expressing something (in language or art or music etc.) that is characteristic of a particular person or group of people or period;

- "all the reporters were expected to adopt the style of the newspaper";

- syn. style;

expressively / ɪ k s p ɹ ɛ s ɪ v ɫ i /
r1
with expression;

- in an expressive manner;

- "she gave the order to the waiter, using her hands very expressively";

expressiveness / ɪ k s p ɹ ɛ s ɪ v n ə s /
n1
the quality of being expressive;

expressly / ɪ k s p ɹ ɛ s ɫ i /
r1
with specific intentions;

- for the express purpose;

- "she needs the money expressly for her patients";

expressway / ɪ k s p ɹ ɛ s w eɪ /
n1
a broad highway designed for high-speed traffic;

- syn. freeway, motorway, pike, state highway, superhighway, throughway, thruway;

expropriate / ɛ k s p ɹ oʊ p ɹ ɪ eɪ t /
v1
deprive of possessions;

- "The Communist government expropriated the landowners";

expropriation / ɛ k s p ɹ oʊ p ɹ ɪ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
taking out of an owner's hands (especially taking property by public authority);

expulsion / ɪ k s p ʌ ɫ ʃ n /
n1
the act of forcing out someone or something;

- "the ejection of troublemakers by the police";

- "the child's expulsion from school";

- syn. ejection, exclusion, riddance;

n2
squeezing out by applying pressure;

- "an unexpected extrusion of toothpaste from the bottom of the tube";

- "the expulsion of pus from the pimple";

- syn. extrusion;

n3
the act of expelling or projecting or ejecting;

- syn. ejection, forcing out, projection;

expunction
n1
deletion by an act of expunging or erasing;

- syn. erasure, expunging;

expunge / ɪ k s p ʌ n dʒ /
v1
remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line;

- "Please strike this remark from the record";

- "scratch that remark";

- syn. excise, scratch, strike;

expunging / ɪ k s p ʌ n dʒ ɪ ŋ /
n1
deletion by an act of expunging or erasing;

- syn. erasure, expunction;

expurgate / ɛ k s p ə ɡ eɪ t /
v1
edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate;

- "bowdlerize a novel";

- syn. bowdlerise, bowdlerize, castrate, shorten;

expurgated / ɛ k s p ə ɡ eɪ t ɪ d /
a1
having material deleted;

- "at that time even Shakespeare was considered dangerous except in the expurgated versions";

- sim. censored;

expurgation / ɛ k s p ə ɡ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the deletion of objectionable parts from a literary work;

- syn. castration;

expurgator / ɛ k s p ɝ ɡ eɪ t ə /
n1
a person who edits a text by removing obscene or offensive words or passages;

- "Thomas Bowdler was a famous expurgator";

- syn. bowdleriser, bowdlerizer;

exquisite / ɛ k s k w ɪ z ɪ t /
a1
intense or sharp;

- "suffered exquisite pain";

- "felt exquisite pleasure";

- syn. keen;

- sim. intense;

a2
lavishly elegant and refined;

- syn. recherche;

- sim. elegant;

a3
delicately beautiful;

- "a dainty teacup";

- "an exquisite cameo";

- syn. dainty;

- sim. delicate;

a4
of extreme beauty;

- "her exquisite face";

- sim. beautiful;

exquisitely / ɛ k s k w ɪ z ɪ t ɫ i /
r1
in a delicate manner;

- "finely shaped features";

- "her fine drawn body";

- syn. delicately, fine, finely;

exquisiteness / ɛ k s k w ɪ z ɪ t n ə s /
n1
extreme beauty of a delicate sort;

exsanguine
a1
destitute of blood or apparently so;

- "the bloodless carcass of my Hector sold"- John Dryden;

- syn. bloodless, exsanguinous;

- sim. dead;

exsanguinous
a1
destitute of blood or apparently so;

- "the bloodless carcass of my Hector sold"- John Dryden;

- syn. bloodless, exsanguine;

- sim. dead;

exsert
v1
thrust or extend out;

- "He held out his hand";

- "point a finger";

- "extend a hand";

- "the bee exserted its sting";

- syn. extend, hold out, put out, stretch forth, stretch out;

exsiccate / ɛ k s ɪ k eɪ t /
v1
lose water or moisture;

- "In the desert, you get dehydrated very quickly";

- syn. dehydrate, desiccate, dry up;

extant / ɛ k s t æ n t /
a1
still in existence;

- not extinct or destroyed or lost;

- "extant manuscripts";

- "specimens of graphic art found among extant barbaric folk"- Edward Clodd;

- also existent, existing;

- sim. living, surviving;

extemporaneous / ɛ k s t ɛ m p ə ɹ eɪ n ɪə s /
a1
with little or no preparation or forethought;

- "his ad-lib comments showed poor judgment";

- "an extemporaneous piano recital";

- "an extemporary lecture";

- "an extempore skit";

- "an impromptu speech";

- "offhand excuses";

- "trying to sound offhanded and reassuring";

- "an off-the-cuff toast";

- "a few unrehearsed comments";

- syn. ad-lib, extemporary, extempore, impromptu, off-the-cuff, offhand, offhanded, unrehearsed;

- sim. unprepared;

extemporaneously / ɛ k s t ɛ m p ə ɹ eɪ n ɪə s ɫ i /
r1
without prior preparation;

- "he spoke extemporaneously";

- syn. extemporarily, extempore;

extemporarily / ɪ k s t ɛ m p ə ɹ eə ɹ ɪ ɫ i /
r1
without prior preparation;

- "he spoke extemporaneously";

- syn. extemporaneously, extempore;

extemporary / ɪ k s t ɛ m p ə ɹ ə ɹ i /
a1
with little or no preparation or forethought;

- "his ad-lib comments showed poor judgment";

- "an extemporaneous piano recital";

- "an extemporary lecture";

- "an extempore skit";

- "an impromptu speech";

- "offhand excuses";

- "trying to sound offhanded and reassuring";

- "an off-the-cuff toast";

- "a few unrehearsed comments";

- syn. ad-lib, extemporaneous, extempore, impromptu, off-the-cuff, offhand, offhanded, unrehearsed;

- sim. unprepared;

extempore / ɛ k s t ɛ m p ə ɹ i /
a1
with little or no preparation or forethought;

- "his ad-lib comments showed poor judgment";

- "an extemporaneous piano recital";

- "an extemporary lecture";

- "an extempore skit";

- "an impromptu speech";

- "offhand excuses";

- "trying to sound offhanded and reassuring";

- "an off-the-cuff toast";

- "a few unrehearsed comments";

- syn. ad-lib, extemporaneous, extemporary, impromptu, off-the-cuff, offhand, offhanded, unrehearsed;

- sim. unprepared;

r1
without prior preparation;

- "he spoke extemporaneously";

- syn. extemporaneously, extemporarily;

extemporisation / ɛ k s t ɛ m p ə ɹ aɪ z eɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
a performance given extempore without planning or preparation;

- syn. extemporization, improvisation;

extemporise / ɪ k s t ɛ m p ə ɹ aɪ z /
v1
perform without preparation;

- "he extemporized a speech at the wedding";

- syn. ad-lib, extemporize, improvise, improvize;

extemporization / ɛ k s t ɛ m p ə ɹ aɪ z eɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
a performance given extempore without planning or preparation;

- syn. extemporisation, improvisation;

extemporize / ɪ k s t ɛ m p ə ɹ aɪ z /
v1
manage in a makeshift way;

- do with whatever is at hand;

- "after the hurricane destroyed our house, we had to improvise for weeks";

- syn. improvise;

v2
perform without preparation;

- "he extemporized a speech at the wedding";

- syn. ad-lib, extemporise, improvise, improvize;

extend / ɪ k s t ɛ n d /
v1
extend in scope or range or area;

- "The law was extended to all citizens";

- "widen the range of applications";

- "broaden your horizon";

- "Extend your backyard";

- syn. broaden, widen;

v2
stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope;

- run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point;

- "Service runs all the way to Cranbury";

- "His knowledge doesn't go very far";

- "My memory extends back to my fourth year of life";

- "The facts extend beyond a consideration of her personal assets";

- syn. go, lead, pass, run;

- also extend to;

v3
span an interval of distance, space or time;

- "The war extended over five years";

- "The period covered the turn of the century";

- "My land extends over the hills on the horizon";

- "This farm covers some 200 acres";

- "The Archipelago continues for another 500 miles";

- syn. continue, cover;

v4
make available;

- provide;

- "extend a loan";

- "The bank offers a good deal on new mortgages";

- syn. offer;

v5
thrust or extend out;

- "He held out his hand";

- "point a finger";

- "extend a hand";

- "the bee exserted its sting";

- syn. exsert, hold out, put out, stretch forth, stretch out;

v6
reach outward in space;

- "The awning extends several feet over the sidewalk";

- syn. poke out, reach out;

v7
offer verbally;

- "extend my greetings";

- "He offered his sympathy";

- syn. offer;

v8
extend one's limbs or muscles, or the entire body;

- "Stretch your legs!";

- "Extend your right arm above your head";

- syn. stretch;

v9
expand the influence of;

- "The King extended his rule to the Eastern part of the continent";

- syn. expand;

v10
lengthen in time;

- cause to be or last longer;

- "We prolonged our stay";

- "She extended her visit by another day";

- "The meeting was drawn out until midnight";

- syn. draw out, prolong, protract;

v11
extend or stretch out to a greater or the full length;

- "Unfold the newspaper";

- "stretch out that piece of cloth";

- "extend the TV antenna";

- syn. stretch, stretch out, unfold;

v12
cause to move at full gallop;

- "Did you gallop the horse just now?";

- syn. gallop;

v13
open or straighten out;

- unbend;

- "Can we extend the legs of this dining table?";

v14
use to the utmost;

- exert vigorously or to full capacity;

- "He really extended himself when he climbed Kilimanjaro";

- "Don't strain your mind too much";

- syn. strain;

v15
prolong the time allowed for payment of;

- "extend the loan";

v16
continue or extend;

- "The civil war carried into the neighboring province";

- "The disease extended into the remote mountain provinces";

- syn. carry;

v17
increase in quantity or bulk by adding a cheaper substance;

- "stretch the soup by adding some more cream";

- "extend the casserole with a little rice";

- syn. stretch;

extend oneself
v1
strain to the utmost;

extend to
v1
to extend as far as;

- "The sunlight reached the wall";

- "Can he reach?";

- "The chair must not touch the wall";

- syn. reach, touch;

extendable / ɪ k s t ɛ n d ə b ɫ /
a1
capable of being lengthened;

- syn. extendible;

- sim. long;

extended / ɪ k s t ɛ n d ɪ d /
a1
relatively long in duration;

- tediously protracted;

- "a drawn-out argument";

- "an extended discussion";

- "a lengthy visit from her mother-in-law";

- "a prolonged and bitter struggle";

- "protracted negotiations";

- syn. drawn-out, lengthy, prolonged, protracted;

- sim. long;

a2
fully extended or stretched forth;

- "an extended telescope";

- "his extended legs reached almost across the small room";

- "refused to accept the extended hand";

- sim. outspread, outstretched, sprawly, spread-eagle, stretched;

a3
drawn out or made longer spatially;

- "Picasso's elongated Don Quixote";

- "lengthened skirts are fashionable this year";

- "the extended airport runways can accommodate larger planes";

- "a prolonged black line across the page";

- syn. elongated, lengthened, prolonged;

- sim. long;

a4
beyond the literal or primary sense;

- "`hot off the press' shows an extended sense of `hot'";

- sim. figurative;

a5
large in spatial extent or range or scope or quantity;

- "an extensive Roman settlement in northwest England";

- "extended farm lands";

- "surgeons with extended experience";

- "they suffered extensive damage";

- syn. extensive;

- sim. large;

extended care facility
n1
a medical institution that provides prolonged care (as in cases of prolonged illness or rehabilitation from acute illness);

extended family
n1
a family consisting of the nuclear family and their blood relatives;

extended order
n1
a military formation for skirmishing;

- as widely separated as the tactical situation permits;

extended time scale
n1
(simulation) the time scale used in data processing when the time-scale factor is greater than one;

- syn. slow time scale;

extendible / ɪ k s t ɛ n d ə b ɫ /
a1
capable of being lengthened;

- syn. extendable;

- sim. long;

extensible / ɪ k s t ɛ n s ə b ɫ /
a1
capable of being protruded or stretched or opened out;

- "an extensile tongue";

- "an extensible measuring rule";

- syn. extensile;

- sim. protractile, protrusile;

extensile / ɛ k s t ɛ n s aɪ ɫ /
a1
capable of being protruded or stretched or opened out;

- "an extensile tongue";

- "an extensible measuring rule";

- syn. extensible;

- sim. protractile, protrusile;

extension / ɪ k s t ɛ n ʃ n /
n1
a mutually agreed delay in the date set for the completion of a job or payment of a debt;

- "they applied for an extension of the loan";

n2
act of expanding in scope;

- making more widely available;

- "extension of the program to all in need";

n3
the spreading of something (a belief or practice) into new regions;

- syn. propagation;

n4
an educational opportunity provided by colleges and universities to people who are not enrolled as regular students;

- syn. extension service, university extension;

n5
act of stretching or straightening out a flexed limb;

n6
a string of characters beginning with a period and followed by one or more letters;

- the optional second part of a PC computer filename;

- "most applications provide extensions for the files they create";

- "most BASIC files use the filename extension .BAS";

- syn. file name extension, filename extension;

n7
the most direct or specific meaning of a word or expression;

- the class of objects that an expression refers to;

- "the extension of `satellite of Mars' is the set containing only Demos and Phobos";

- syn. denotation, reference;

n8
the ability to raise the working leg high in the air;

- "the dancer was praised for her uncanny extension";

- "good extension comes from a combination of training and native ability";

n9
amount or degree or range to which something extends;

- "the wire has an extension of 50 feet";

- syn. lengthiness, prolongation;

n10
an additional telephone set that is connected to the same telephone line;

- syn. extension phone, telephone extension;

n11
an addition to the length of something;

- syn. elongation;

n12
an addition that extends a main building;

- syn. annex, annexe, wing;

extension agent
n1
an advisor employed by the government to assist people in rural areas with methods of farming and home economics;

- syn. agricultural agent, county agent;

extension cord
n1
an electric cord used to extend the length of a power cord;

extension course
n1
a course offered as part of an extension service;

extension ladder
n1
a ladder whose length can be extended;

extension phone
n1
an additional telephone set that is connected to the same telephone line;

- syn. extension, telephone extension;

extension service
n1
an educational opportunity provided by colleges and universities to people who are not enrolled as regular students;

- syn. extension, university extension;

extensional / ɪ k s t ɛ n ʃ ə n ə ɫ /
a1
defining a word by listing the class of entities to which the word correctly applies;

- sim. denotative;

extensive / ɪ k s t ɛ n s ɪ v /
a1
large in spatial extent or range or scope or quantity;

- "an extensive Roman settlement in northwest England";

- "extended farm lands";

- "surgeons with extended experience";

- "they suffered extensive damage";

- syn. extended;

- sim. large;

a2
broad in scope or content;

- "across-the-board pay increases";

- "an all-embracing definition";

- "blanket sanctions against human-rights violators";

- "an invention with broad applications";

- "a panoptic study of Soviet nationality"- T.G.Winner;

- "granted him wide powers";

- syn. across-the-board, all-embracing, all-encompassing, all-inclusive, blanket, broad, encompassing, panoptic, wide;

- sim. comprehensive;

a3
of agriculture;

- increasing productivity by using large areas with minimal outlay and labor;

- "producing wheat under extensive conditions";

- "agriculture of the extensive type";

extensively / ɪ k s t ɛ n s ɪ v ɫ i /
r1
in a widespread way;

- "oxidation ponds are extensively used for sewage treatment in the Midwest";

extensiveness / ɪ k s t ɛ n s ɪ v n ə s /
n1
large or extensive in breadth or importance or comprehensiveness;

- "the might have repercussions of unimaginable largeness";

- "the very extensiveness of his power was a temptation to abuse it";

- syn. largeness;

extensor / ɪ k s t ɛ n s ə /
n1
a skeletal muscle whose contraction extends or stretches a body part;

- syn. extensor muscle;

extensor muscle
n1
a skeletal muscle whose contraction extends or stretches a body part;

- syn. extensor;

extent / ɪ k s t ɛ n t /
n1
the point or degree to which something extends;

- "the extent of the damage";

- "the full extent of the law";

- "to a certain extent she was right";

n2
the distance or area or volume over which something extends;

- "the vast extent of the desert";

- "an orchard of considerable extent";

extenuate / ɪ k s t ɛ n j ʊ eɪ t /
v1
lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of;

- "The circumstances extenuate the crime";

- syn. mitigate, palliate;

extenuating / ɪ k s t ɛ n j ʊ eɪ t ɪ ŋ /
a1
partially excusing or justifying;

- "extenuating circumstances";

- sim. exculpatory;

extenuation / ɪ k s t ɛ n j ʊ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
a partial excuse to mitigate censure;

- an attempt to represent an offense as less serious than it appears by showing mitigating circumstances;

- syn. mitigation;

n2
to act in such a way as to cause an offense to seem less serious;

- syn. mitigation, palliation;

exterior / ɪ k s t ɪə ɹ ɪə , ɪ k s t ɪə ɹ ɪə ɹ /
n1
the region that is outside of something;

- syn. outside;

n2
the outer side or surface of something;

- syn. outside;

a1
situated in or suitable for the outdoors or outside of a building;

- "an exterior scene";

- "exterior grade plywood";

- "exterior paints";

- also outdoor, outside;

- sim. out, outside;

exterior angle
n1
the supplement of an interior angle of a polygon;

- syn. external angle;

exterior door
n1
a doorway that allows entrance to or exit from a building;

- syn. outside door;

exteriorisation / ɛ k s t ɪə ɹ ɪə ɹ aɪ z eɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
embodying in an outward form;

- syn. exteriorization, externalisation, externalization;

exteriorise / ɛ k s t ɪə ɹ ɪə ɹ aɪ z /
v1
make external or objective, or give reality to;

- "language externalizes our thoughts";

- syn. exteriorize, externalise, externalize, objectify;

exteriorization / ɪ k s t ɪə ɹ ɪə ɹ aɪ z eɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
embodying in an outward form;

- syn. exteriorisation, externalisation, externalization;

exteriorize / ɪ k s t ɪə ɹ ɪə ɹ aɪ z /
v1
bring outside the body for surgery, of organs;

- syn. bring outside;

v2
make external or objective, or give reality to;

- "language externalizes our thoughts";

- syn. exteriorise, externalise, externalize, objectify;

exterminable / ɛ k s t ɝ m ɪ n ə b ɫ /
a1
capable of being totally destroyed or wiped out;

- syn. extirpable;

- sim. eradicable;

exterminate / ɪ k s t ɝ m ɪ n eɪ t /
v1
kill en masse;

- kill on a large scale;

- kill many;

- "Hitler wanted to exterminate the Jews, Gypsies, Communists, and homosexuals of Europe";

- syn. kill off;

v2
destroy completely, as if down to the roots;

- "the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted";

- "root out corruption";

- syn. eradicate, extirpate, root out, uproot;

exterminated / ɪ k s t ɝ m ɪ n eɪ t ɪ d /
a1
destroyed completely;

- syn. annihilated, wiped out;

- sim. destroyed;

extermination / ɪ k s t ɝ m ɪ n eɪ ʃ n /
n1
complete annihilation;

- "they think a meteor cause the extinction of the dinosaurs";

- syn. extinction;

n2
the act of exterminating;

- syn. liquidation;

exterminator / ɛ k s t ɝ m ɪ n eɪ t ə /
n1
someone who exterminates (especially someone whose occupation is the extermination of troublesome rodents and insects);

- syn. eradicator, terminator;

extern / ɛ k s t ɝ n /
n1
a nonresident doctor or medical student;

- connected with a hospital but not living there;

- syn. medical extern;

external / ɪ k s t ɝ n ɫ /
n1
outward features;

- "he enjoyed the solemn externals of religion";

a1
happening or arising or located outside or beyond some limits or especially surface;

- "the external auditory canal";

- "external pressures";

- also outside;

- sim. outer, outside;

a2
coming from the outside;

- "extraneous light in the camera spoiled the photograph";

- "relying upon an extraneous income";

- "disdaining outside pressure groups";

- syn. extraneous, outside;

- sim. extrinsic;

a3
from or between other countries;

- "external commerce";

- "international trade";

- "developing nations need outside help";

- syn. international, outside;

- sim. foreign;

a4
purely outward or superficial;

- "external composure";

- "an external concern for reputation"- A.R.Gurney,Jr.;

- sim. outward;

external-combustion engine
n1
a heat engine in which ignition occurs outside the chamber (cylinder or turbine) in which heat is converted to mechanical energy;

external angle
n1
the supplement of an interior angle of a polygon;

- syn. exterior angle;

external auditory canal
n1
either of the passages in the outer ear from the auricle to the tympanic membrane;

- syn. acoustic meatus, auditory canal, auditory meatus, ear canal;

external body part
n1
any body part visible externally;

external carotid
n1
the branch of the carotid artery that supplies blood to the face and tongue and external parts of the head;

- syn. external carotid artery;

external carotid artery
n1
the branch of the carotid artery that supplies blood to the face and tongue and external parts of the head;

- syn. external carotid;

external drive
n1
a drive with its own power supply and fan mounted outside the computer system enclosure and connected to the computer by a cable;

external ear
n1
the part of the ear visible externally;

- syn. outer ear;

external gill
n1
occurs in some mollusks and in tadpoles and other immature amphibians;

external iliac artery
n1
the outer branch of the common iliac artery on either side of the body;

- becomes the femoral artery;

external iliac vein
n1
a continuation of the femoral vein;

- unites with the internal iliac vein to form the common iliac vein;

external jugular vein
n1
formed by the junction of the posterior auricular and the retromandibular veins;

- empties into the subclavian vein;

external maxillary artery
n1
an artery that originates in the external carotid and gives off branches that supply the neck and face;

- syn. arteria facialis, facial artery;

external nasal vein
n1
one of the veins that drain the external nose and empty into the angular or facial vein;

- syn. vena nasalis externa;

external oblique muscle
n1
a diagonally arranged abdominal muscle on either side of the torso;

- syn. abdominal external oblique muscle, musculus obliquus externus abdominis, oblique;

external organ
n1
an organ that is situated on or near the surface of the body;

external orifice
n1
the orifice through which urine is discharged;

- syn. urethral orifice;

external respiration
n1
the bodily process of inhalation and exhalation;

- the process of taking in oxygen from inhaled air and releasing carbon dioxide by exhalation;

- syn. breathing, respiration, ventilation;

external storage
n1
a data storage device that is not the main memory of a computer;

- syn. auxiliary storage, secondary storage;

externalisation / ɛ k s t ɝ n ə ɫ aɪ z eɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
attributing to outside causes;

- syn. externalization;

n2
embodying in an outward form;

- syn. exteriorisation, exteriorization, externalization;

externalise
v1
regard as objective;

- syn. externalize, project;

v2
make external or objective, or give reality to;

- "language externalizes our thoughts";

- syn. exteriorise, exteriorize, externalize, objectify;

externality / ɛ k s t ɝ n æ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
the quality or state of being outside or directed toward or relating to the outside or exterior;

- "the outwardness of the world";

- syn. outwardness;

externalization / ɛ k s t ɝ n ə ɫ aɪ z eɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
attributing to outside causes;

- syn. externalisation;

n2
embodying in an outward form;

- syn. exteriorisation, exteriorization, externalisation;

externalize / ɪ k s t ɝ n ə ɫ aɪ z /
v1
regard as objective;

- syn. externalise, project;

v2
make external or objective, or give reality to;

- "language externalizes our thoughts";

- syn. exteriorise, exteriorize, externalise, objectify;

externally / ɛ k s t ɝ n ə ɫ i /
r1
on or from the outside;

- "the candidate needs to be externally evaluated";

r2
with respect to the outside;

- "outwardly, the figure is smooth";

- syn. outwardly;

exteroception
n1
sensitivity to stimuli originating outside of the body;

exteroceptive
a1
of or relating to exteroception;

exteroceptor
n1
any receptor that responds to stimuli outside the body;

exterritorial / ɛ k s t ɛr ɪ t ɔ ɹ ɪə ɫ /
a1
outside territorial limits or jurisdiction;

- "fishing in extraterritorial waters";

- "enjoying exterritorial privileges and rights";

- syn. extraterritorial;

extinct / ɪ k s t ɪ ŋ t /
a1
no longer in existence;

- lost or especially having died out leaving no living representatives;

- "an extinct species of fish";

- "an extinct royal family";

- "extinct laws and customs";

- syn. nonextant;

- also nonexistent;

- sim. dead;

a2
(of e.g. volcanos) permanently inactive;

- "an extinct volcano";

- sim. dead;

a3
being out or having grown cold;

- "threw his extinct cigarette into the stream";

- "the fire is out";

- syn. out;

- sim. dead;

extinction / ɪ k s t ɪ ŋ k ʃ n /
n1
no longer active;

- extinguished;

- "the extinction of the volcano";

n2
no longer in existence;

- "the extinction of a species";

- syn. defunctness;

n3
the reduction of the intensity of radiation as a consequence of absorption and radiation;

n4
complete annihilation;

- "they think a meteor cause the extinction of the dinosaurs";

- syn. extermination;

n5
a conditioning process in which the reinforcer is removed and a conditioned response becomes independent of the conditioned stimulus;

- syn. experimental extinction;

n6
the act of extinguishing;

- causing to stop burning;

- "the extinction of the lights";

- syn. extinguishing, quenching;

extinction angle
n1
the angle from its axis that a crystal must be rotated before appearing maximally dark when viewed in polarized light;

- syn. angle of extinction;

extinguish / ɪ k s t ɪ ŋ w ɪ ʃ /
v1
put an end to;

- kill;

- "The Nazis snuffed out the life of many Jewish children";

- syn. snuff out;

v2
put out, as of fires, flames, or lights;

- "Too big to be extinguished at once, the forest fires at best could be contained";

- "quench the flames";

- "snuff out the candles";

- syn. blow out, quench, snuff out;

v3
extinguish by crushing;

- "stub out your cigar";

- syn. crush out, press out, stub out;

v4
terminate, end, or take out;

- "Let's eliminate the course on Akkadian hieroglyphics";

- "Socialism extinguished these archaic customs";

- "eliminate my debts";

- syn. do away with, eliminate, get rid of;

v5
kill in large numbers;

- "the plague wiped out an entire population";

- syn. annihilate, carry off, decimate, eliminate, eradicate, wipe out;

extinguishable / ɪ k s t ɪ ŋ ɡ w ɪ ʃ ə b ɫ /
a1
capable of being extinguished or killed;

- "an extinguishable fire";

- "hope too is extinguishable";

extinguished / ɪ k s t ɪ ŋ w ɪ ʃ t /
a1
of a conditioned response;

- caused to die out because of the absence or withdrawal of reinforcement;

- sim. destroyed;

extinguisher / ɪ k s t ɪ ŋ w ɪ ʃ ə , ɪ k s t ɪ ŋ w ɪ ʃ ə ɹ /
n1
a manually operated device for extinguishing small fires;

- syn. asphyxiator, fire extinguisher;

extinguishing / ɪ k s t ɪ ŋ w ɪ ʃ ɪ ŋ /
n1
the act of extinguishing;

- causing to stop burning;

- "the extinction of the lights";

- syn. extinction, quenching;

extirpable
a1
capable of being totally destroyed or wiped out;

- syn. exterminable;

- sim. eradicable;

extirpate / ɛ k s t ə p eɪ t /
v1
destroy completely, as if down to the roots;

- "the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted";

- "root out corruption";

- syn. eradicate, exterminate, root out, uproot;

v2
pull up by or as if by the roots;

- "uproot the vine that has spread all over the garden";

- syn. deracinate, root out, uproot;

v3
surgically remove (an organ);

extirpation / ɛ k s t ə p eɪ ʃ n /
n1
surgical removal of a body part or tissue;

- syn. ablation, cutting out, excision;

n2
the act of pulling up or out;

- uprooting;

- cutting off from existence;

- syn. deracination, excision;

extol / ɪ k s t oʊ ɫ /
v1
praise, glorify, or honor;

- "extol the virtues of one's children";

- "glorify one's spouse's cooking";

- syn. exalt, glorify, laud, proclaim;

extoller / ɪ k s t oʊ ɫ ə /
n1
someone who communicates high praise;

- syn. laudator, lauder;

extolment
n1
an expression of approval and commendation;

- "he always appreciated praise for his work";

- syn. congratulations, kudos, praise;

extort / ɪ k s t ɔ t /
v1
obtain through intimidation;

v2
obtain by coercion or intimidation;

- "They extorted money from the executive by threatening to reveal his past to the company boss";

- "They squeezed money from the owner of the business by threatening him";

- syn. gouge, rack, squeeze, wring;

v3
get or cause to become in a difficult or laborious manner;

- syn. wring from;

extortion / ɪ k s t ɔ ʃ n /
n1
an exorbitant charge;

n2
unjust exaction (as by the misuse of authority);

- "the extortion by dishonest officials of fees for performing their sworn duty";

n3
the felonious act of extorting money (as by threats of violence);

extortionate / ɪ k s t ɔ ʃ ə n ə t /
a1
greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation;

- "exorbitant rent";

- "extortionate prices";

- "spends an outrageous amount on entertainment";

- "usurious interest rate";

- "unconscionable spending";

- syn. exorbitant, outrageous, steep, unconscionable, usurious;

- sim. immoderate;

extortionately / ɪ k s t ɔ ʃ ə n ə t ɫ i /
r1
to an exorbitant degree;

- "prices are exorbitantly high in the capital";

- syn. exorbitantly, usuriously;

extortioner / ɪ k s t ɔ ʃ ŋ ə /
n1
a criminal who extorts money from someone by threatening to expose embarrassing information about them;

- syn. blackmailer, extortionist;

extortionist / ɪ k s t ɔ ʃ ə n ɪ s t /
n1
a criminal who extorts money from someone by threatening to expose embarrassing information about them;

- syn. blackmailer, extortioner;

extra / ɛ k s t ɹ ə /
n1
a minor actor in crowd scenes;

- syn. spear carrier, supernumerary;

n2
an additional edition of a newspaper (usually to report a crisis);

n3
something additional of the same kind;

- "he always carried extras in case of an emergency";

- syn. duplicate;

a1
more than is needed, desired, or required;

- "trying to lose excess weight";

- "found some extra change lying on the dresser";

- "yet another book on heraldry might be thought redundant";

- "skills made redundant by technological advance";

- "sleeping in the spare room";

- "supernumerary ornamentation";

- "it was supererogatory of her to gloat";

- "delete superfluous (or unnecessary) words";

- "extra ribs as well as other supernumerary internal parts";

- "surplus cheese distributed to the needy";

- syn. excess, redundant, spare, supererogatory, superfluous, supernumerary, surplus;

- sim. unnecessary;

a2
added to a regular schedule;

- "a special holiday flight";

- "put on special buses for the big game";

- syn. special;

- sim. unscheduled;

a3
further or added;

- "called for additional troops";

- "need extra help";

- "an extra pair of shoes";

- syn. additional;

- sim. additive;

r1
unusually or exceptionally;

- "an extra fast car";

extra dividend
n1
a dividend paid in addition to the regular dividend;

extra innings
n1
overtime play until one team is ahead at the end of an inning;

- e.g. baseball;

extra large
n1
a garment size for a very large person;

extra point
n1
in American football a point awarded for a successful place kick following a touchdown;

- syn. point after, point after touchdown;

extra time
n1
playing time beyond regulation, to break a tie;

- syn. overtime;

extracapsular surgery
n1
cataract surgery in which only the front of the lens is removed;

- the back of the lens capsule remains intact and provides support for the lens implant;

extracellular / ɛ k s t ɹ ə s ɛ ɫ j ʊ ɫ ə /
a1
located or occurring outside a cell or cells;

- "extracellular fluid";

extracellular fluid
n1
liquid containing proteins and electrolytes including the liquid in blood plasma and interstitial fluid;

- "the body normally has about 15 quarts of extracellular fluid";

- syn. ECF;

extract / ɛ k s t ɹ æ k t , ɪ k s t ɹ æ k t /
n1
a solution obtained by steeping or soaking a substance (usually in water);

- syn. infusion;

n2
a passage selected from a larger work;

- "he presented excerpts from William James' philosophical writings";

- syn. excerpt, excerption, selection;

v1
remove, usually with some force or effort;

- also used in an abstract sense;

- "pull weeds";

- "extract a bad tooth";

- "take out a splinter";

- "extract information from the telegram";

- syn. draw out, pull, pull out, pull up, rip out, take out, tear out;

v2
get despite difficulties or obstacles;

- "I extracted a promise from the Dean for two new positions";

v3
deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning);

- "We drew out some interesting linguistic data from the native informant";

- syn. draw out, educe, elicit, evoke;

v4
extract by the process of distillation;

- "distill the essence of this compound";

- syn. distil, distill;

v5
separate (a metal) from an ore;

v6
obtain from a substance, as by mechanical action;

- "Italians express coffee rather than filter it";

- syn. express, press out;

v7
take out of a literary work in order to cite or copy;

- syn. excerpt, take out;

v8
calculate the root of a number;

extractable / ɪ k s t ɹ æ k t ə b ɫ /
a1
capable of being extracted;

- syn. extractible;

- sim. removable;

extractible / ɪ k s t ɹ æ k t ə b ɫ /
a1
capable of being extracted;

- syn. extractable;

- sim. removable;

extraction / ɪ k s t ɹ æ k ʃ n /
n1
the process of obtaining something from a mixture or compound by chemical or physical or mechanical means;

n2
properties attributable to your ancestry;

- "he comes from good origins";

- syn. descent, origin;

n3
the action of taking out something (especially using effort or force);

- "the dentist gave her a local anesthetic prior to the extraction";

extractor / ɪ k s t ɹ æ k t ə /
n1
an instrument for extracting tight-fitting components;

n2
an apparatus that uses centrifugal force to separate particles from a suspension;

- syn. centrifuge, separator;

n3
a mechanism in a firearm that pulls an empty shell case out of the chamber and passes it to the ejector;

- syn. cartridge extractor, cartridge remover;

extracurricular / ɛ k s t ɹ ə k ə ɹ ɪ k j ʊ ɫ ə , ɛ k s t ɹ ə k ə ɹ ɪ k j ʊ ɫ ə ɹ /
a1
outside the regular academic curriculum;

- "sports and drama are popular extracurricular activities";

- sim. outside;

a2
outside the regular duties of your job or profession;

- sim. outside;

a3
characterized by adultery;

- "an adulterous relationship";

- "extramarital affairs";

- "the extracurricular activities of a philandering husband";

- syn. adulterous, extramarital;

- sim. illicit;

extracurricular activity
n1
educational activities not falling within the scope of the regular curriculum;

extradite / ɛ k s t ɹ ə d aɪ t /
v1
hand over to the authorities of another country;

- "They extradited the fugitive to his native country so he could be tried there";

- syn. deliver, deport;

extradition / ɛ k s t ɹ ə d ɪ ʃ n /
n1
the surrender of an accused or convicted person by one state or country to another (usually under the provisions of a statute or treaty);

extrados / ɛ k s t ɹ eɪ d ɒ s /
n1
the exterior curve of an arch;

extradural
a1
on or outside the dura mater;

- syn. epidural;

extragalactic / ɛ k s t ɹ ə ɡ ə ɫ æ k t ɪ k /
a1
outside or beyond a galaxy;

- "extragalactic nebula";

extragalactic nebula
n1
(astronomy) a collection of star systems;

- any of the billions of systems each having many stars and nebulae and dust;

- "`extragalactic nebula' is a former name for `galaxy'";

- syn. galaxy;

extrajudicial / ɛ k s t ɹ ə dʒ u d ɪ ʃ ɫ /
a1
beyond the usual course of legal proceedings;

- legally unwarranted;

- "an extrajudicial penalty";

- sim. illegal;

extralegal / ɛ k s t ɹ ə ɫ i ɡ ɫ /
a1
not regulated or sanctioned by law;

- "there were only extralegal recourses for their grievances";

- syn. nonlegal;

- sim. illegal;

extralinguistic
a1
not included within the realm of language;

extramarital / ɛ k s t ɹ ə m æ ɹ ɪ t ɫ /
a1
characterized by adultery;

- "an adulterous relationship";

- "extramarital affairs";

- "the extracurricular activities of a philandering husband";

- syn. adulterous, extracurricular;

- sim. illicit;

extramarital sex
n1
sexual intercourse between individuals who are not married to one another;

- syn. free love;

extramural / ɛ k s t ɹ ə m j ʊə ɹ ə ɫ /
a1
carried on outside the bounds of an institution or community;

- "extramural sports";

- sim. intercollegiate, intermural, interscholastic, outside;

extraneous / ɪ k s t ɹ eɪ n ɪə s /
a1
not pertinent to the matter under consideration;

- "an issue extraneous to the debate";

- "the price was immaterial";

- "mentioned several impertinent facts before finally coming to the point";

- syn. immaterial, impertinent, orthogonal;

- sim. irrelevant;

a2
not essential;

- "the ballet struck me as extraneous and somewhat out of keeping with the rest of the play";

- sim. extrinsic;

a3
not belonging to that in which it is contained;

- introduced from an outside source;

- "water free of extraneous matter";

- "foreign particles in milk";

- syn. foreign;

- sim. adulterating;

a4
coming from the outside;

- "extraneous light in the camera spoiled the photograph";

- "relying upon an extraneous income";

- "disdaining outside pressure groups";

- syn. external, outside;

- sim. extrinsic;

extraneousness / ɪ k s t ɹ eɪ n ɪə s n ə s /
n1
unrelatedness by virtue of falling outside the matter at hand;

extraordinaire / ɛ k s t ɹ ə ɔ d ɪ n eə /
a1
extraordinary in a particular capacity;

- "a woodworker extraordinaire";

- "a self-starter extraordinaire";

- sim. extraordinary;

extraordinarily / ɪ k s t ɹ ɔ d n ɹ ə ɫ i /
r1
extremely;

- "she was inordinately smart";

- "it will be an extraordinarily painful step to negotiate";

- syn. inordinately;

extraordinariness
n1
the quality of being extraordinary and not commonly encountered;

extraordinary / ɪ k s t ɹ ɔ d n ɹ i /
a1
beyond what is ordinary or usual;

- highly unusual or exceptional or remarkable;

- "extraordinary authority";

- "an extraordinary achievement";

- "her extraordinary beauty";

- "enjoyed extraordinary popularity";

- "an extraordinary capacity for work";

- "an extraordinary session of the legislature";

- also impressive, incomparable, superior, uncommon, uncomparable, unusual;

- sim. bonzer, exceeding, extraordinaire, fantastic, frightful, great, one, phenomenal, preternatural, pyrotechnic, rare, remarkable, some, special, wonderworking;

a2
far more than usual or expected;

- "an extraordinary desire for approval";

- "it was an over-the-top experience";

- syn. over-the-top, sinful;

- sim. immoderate;

a3
(of an official) serving an unusual or special function in addition to those of the regular officials;

- "an ambassador extraordinary";

- sim. unusual;

extrapolate / ɛ k s t ɹ æ p ə ɫ eɪ t , ɪ k s t ɹ æ p ə ɫ eɪ t /
v1
draw from specific cases for more general cases;

- syn. generalise, generalize, infer;

v2
estimate the value of;

- syn. interpolate;

v3
gain knowledge of (an area not known or experienced) by extrapolating;

extrapolation / ɪ k s t ɹ æ p ə ɫ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
(mathematics) calculation of the value of a function outside the range of known values;

n2
an inference about the future (or about some hypothetical situation) based on known facts and observations;

extrasensory / ɛ k s t ɹ ə s ɛ n s ə ɹ i /
a1
seemingly outside normal sensory channels;

- syn. paranormal;

- also paranormal;

- sim. clairvoyant, telegnostic, telepathic;

extrasensory perception
n1
apparent power to perceive things that are not present to the senses;

- syn. E.S.P., ESP, clairvoyance, second sight;

extrasystole
n1
a premature systole resulting in a momentary cardiac arrhythmia;

extrasystolic
a1
of or relating to or happening during an extrasystole;

extraterrestrial / ɛ k s t ɹ ə t ɪr ɛ s t ɹ ɪə ɫ /
n1
a form of life assumed to exist outside the Earth or its atmosphere;

- syn. alien, extraterrestrial being;

a1
originating or located or occurring outside Earth or its atmosphere;

- "is there extraterrestrial life?";

extraterrestrial being
n1
a form of life assumed to exist outside the Earth or its atmosphere;

- syn. alien, extraterrestrial;

extraterrestrial object
n1
a natural object existing outside the earth and outside the earth's atmosphere;

- syn. estraterrestrial body;

extraterritorial / ɛ k s t ɹ ə t ɛr ɪ t ɔ ɹ ɪə ɫ /
a1
outside territorial limits or jurisdiction;

- "fishing in extraterritorial waters";

- "enjoying exterritorial privileges and rights";

- syn. exterritorial;

extrauterine gestation
n1
pregnancy resulting from gestation elsewhere than in the uterus;

- syn. eccyesis, ectopic gestation, ectopic pregnancy, extrauterine pregnancy, metacyesis;

extrauterine pregnancy
n1
pregnancy resulting from gestation elsewhere than in the uterus;

- syn. eccyesis, ectopic gestation, ectopic pregnancy, extrauterine gestation, metacyesis;

extravagance / ɪ k s t ɹ æ v ə ɡ ə n s /
n1
the quality of exceeding the appropriate limits of decorum or probability or truth;

- "we were surprised by the extravagance of his description";

- syn. extravagancy;

n2
the trait of spending extravagantly;

- syn. prodigality, profligacy;

n3
excessive spending;

- syn. high life, highlife, lavishness, prodigality;

extravagancy / ɪ k s t ɹ æ v ə ɡ ə n s i /
n1
the quality of exceeding the appropriate limits of decorum or probability or truth;

- "we were surprised by the extravagance of his description";

- syn. extravagance;

extravagant / ɪ k s t ɹ æ v ə ɡ ə n t /
a1
unrestrained, especially with regard to feelings;

- "extravagant praise";

- "exuberant compliments";

- "overweening ambition";

- "overweening greed";

- syn. excessive, exuberant, overweening;

- sim. unrestrained;

a2
recklessly wasteful;

- "prodigal in their expenditures";

- syn. prodigal, profligate, spendthrift;

- sim. wasteful;

extravagantly / ɪ k s t ɹ æ v ə ɡ ə n t ɫ i /
r1
in an abundant manner;

- "they were abundantly supplied with food";

- "he thanked her profusely";

- syn. abundantly, copiously, profusely;

r2
in a wasteful manner;

- "the United States, up to the 1920s, used fuel lavishly, mainly because it was so cheap";

- syn. lavishly;

r3
in a rich and lavish manner;

- "lavishly decorated";

- syn. lavishly, richly;

extravaganza / ɪ k s t ɹ æ v ə ɡ æ n z ə /
n1
any lavishly staged or spectacular entertainment;

extravasate / ɛ k s t ɹ æ v ə s eɪ t /
v1
force out or cause to escape from a proper vessel or channel;

v2
become active and spew forth lava and rocks;

- "Vesuvius erupts once in a while";

- syn. belch, erupt;

v3
geology: cause molten material, such as lava, to pour forth;

extravasation / ɛ k s t ɹ æ v ə s eɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
an extravasated liquid (blood or lymph or urine);

- the product of extravasation;

n2
(of volcanos) pouring out fumes or lava (or a deposit so formed);

- syn. eructation, eruption;

n3
the process of exuding or passing out of a vessel into surrounding tissues;

- said of blood or lymph or urine;

extraversion / ɛ k s t ɹ ə v ɝ ʃ n /
n1
(psychology) an extroverted disposition;

- concern with what is outside the self;

- syn. extroversion;

extraversive
a1
directed outward;

- marked by interest in others or concerned with external reality;

- syn. extroversive;

- also sociable;

- sim. extrovert, extrovertish;

extravert / ɛ k s t ɹ ə v ɝ t /
n1
(psychology) a person concerned more with practical realities than with inner thoughts and feelings;

- syn. extrovert;

a1
being concerned with the social and physical environment;

- syn. extraverted, extravertive, extrovert, extroverted, extrovertive;

- sim. extroversive;

extraverted
a1
being concerned with the social and physical environment;

- syn. extravert, extravertive, extrovert, extroverted, extrovertive;

- sim. extroversive;

extravertive
a1
being concerned with the social and physical environment;

- syn. extravert, extraverted, extrovert, extroverted, extrovertive;

- sim. extroversive;

extreme / ɪ k s t ɹ i m /
n1
the furthest or highest degree of something;

- "he carried it to extremes";

n2
the point located farthest from the middle of something;

- syn. extreme point, extremum;

a1
of the greatest possible degree or extent or intensity;

- "extreme cold";

- "extreme caution";

- "extreme pleasure";

- "utmost contempt";

- "to the utmost degree";

- "in the uttermost distress";

- syn. utmost, uttermost;

- sim. intense;

a2
far beyond a norm in quantity or amount or degree;

- to an utmost degree;

- "an extreme example";

- "extreme temperatures";

- "extreme danger";

- sim. immoderate;

a3
beyond a norm in views or actions;

- "an extreme conservative";

- "an extreme liberal";

- "extreme views on integration";

- "extreme opinions";

- sim. immoderate;

a4
most distant in any direction;

- "the extreme edge of town";

- sim. distant;

extreme point
n1
the point located farthest from the middle of something;

- syn. extreme, extremum;

extreme right-winger
n1
an extreme conservative;

- an opponent of progress or liberalism;

- syn. reactionary, ultraconservative;

extreme unction
n1
a Catholic sacrament;

- a priest anoints a dying person with oil and prays for salvation;

- syn. anointing of the sick, last rites;

extremely / ɪ k s t ɹ i m ɫ i /
r1
to a high degree or extent;

- favorably or with much respect;

- "highly successful";

- "He spoke highly of her";

- "does not think highly of his writing";

- "extremely interesting";

- syn. highly;

r2
to an extreme degree;

- "extremely cold";

- "extremely unpleasant";

- "she is super smart";

- "the night was deathly cold";

- "as a child, I was deathly afraid of snakes";

- syn. deathly, exceedingly, super;

extremely high frequency
n1
30 to 300 gigahertz;

- syn. EHF;

extremely low frequency
n1
below 3 kilohertz;

- syn. ELF;

extremeness / ɪ k s t ɹ i m n ɛ s /
n1
the quality of being extreme;

extremism / ɪ k s t ɹ i m ɪ z ə m /
n1
any political theory favoring immoderate uncompromising policies;

extremist / ɪ k s t ɹ i m ɪ s t /
n1
a person who holds extreme views;

a1
(used of opinions and actions) far beyond the norm;

- "extremist political views";

- "radical opinions on education";

- "an ultra conservative";

- syn. radical, ultra;

- sim. immoderate;

extremity / ɪ k s t ɹ ɛ m ɪ t i /
n1
an external body part that projects from the body;

- "it is important to keep the extremities warm";

- syn. appendage, member;

n2
an extreme condition or state (especially of adversity or disease);

n3
the greatest or utmost degree;

- "the extremity of despair";

n4
the outermost or farthest region or point;

n5
that part of a limb that is farthest from the torso;

extremum
n1
the point located farthest from the middle of something;

- syn. extreme, extreme point;

n2
the most extreme possible amount or value;

- "voltage peak";

- syn. peak;

extricable / ɛ k s t ɹ ɪ k ə b ɫ /
a1
capable of being extricated;

extricate / ɛ k s t ɹ ɪ k eɪ t /
v1
release from entanglement of difficulty;

- "I cannot extricate myself from this task";

- syn. disencumber, disentangle, untangle;

extrication / ɛ k s t ɹ ɪ k eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the act of releasing from a snarled or tangled condition;

- syn. disentanglement, unsnarling, untangling;

extrinsic / ɛ k s t ɹ ɪ n s ɪ k /
a1
not forming an essential part of a thing or arising or originating from the outside;

- "extrinsic evidence";

- "an extrinsic feature of the new building";

- "that style is something extrinsic to the subject";

- "looking for extrinsic aid";

- also inessential, unessential;

- sim. adscititious, adventitious, alien, external, extraneous;

extrinsic fraud
n1
fraud that prevents a party from knowing their rights or from having a fair opportunity of presenting them at trial;

- syn. collateral fraud;

extropic
a1
of or relating to extropy;

extropy / ɛ k s t ɹ ə p i /
n1
the prediction that human intelligence and technology will enable life to expand in an orderly way throughout the entire universe;

extrospective / ɛ k s t ɹ ə s p ɛ k t ɪ v /
a1
not introspective;

- examining what is outside yourself;

- syn. extroverted;

extroversion / ɛ k s t ɹ ə v ɝ ʃ n /
n1
(psychology) an extroverted disposition;

- concern with what is outside the self;

- syn. extraversion;

extroversive
a1
directed outward;

- marked by interest in others or concerned with external reality;

- syn. extraversive;

- also sociable;

- sim. extrovert, extrovertish;

extrovert / ɛ k s t ɹ ə v ɝ t /
n1
(psychology) a person concerned more with practical realities than with inner thoughts and feelings;

- syn. extravert;

a1
being concerned with the social and physical environment;

- syn. extravert, extraverted, extravertive, extroverted, extrovertive;

- sim. extroversive;

extroverted / ɛ k s t ɹ ə v ɝ t ɪ d /
a1
not introspective;

- examining what is outside yourself;

- syn. extrospective;

a2
at ease in talking to others;

- syn. forthcoming, outgoing;

- sim. sociable;

a3
being concerned with the social and physical environment;

- syn. extravert, extraverted, extravertive, extrovert, extrovertive;

- sim. extroversive;

extrovertish
a1
being somewhat extroverted;

- sim. extroversive;

extrovertive
a1
being concerned with the social and physical environment;

- syn. extravert, extraverted, extravertive, extrovert, extroverted;

- sim. extroversive;

extrude / ɪ k s t ɹ u d /
v1
form or shape by forcing through an opening;

- "extrude steel";

- syn. squeeze out;

extrusion / ɪ k s t ɹ u ʒ n /
n1
something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings;

- "the gun in his pocket made an obvious bulge";

- "the hump of a camel";

- "he stood on the rocky prominence";

- "the occipital protuberance was well developed";

- "the bony excrescence between its horns";

- syn. bulge, bump, excrescence, gibbosity, gibbousness, hump, jut, prominence, protrusion, protuberance, swelling;

n2
squeezing out by applying pressure;

- "an unexpected extrusion of toothpaste from the bottom of the tube";

- "the expulsion of pus from the pimple";

- syn. expulsion;

extrusive / ɛ k s t ɹ u s ɪ v /
a1
of rock material;

- forced out while molten through cracks in the earth's surface;

- sim. volcanic;

exuberance / ɪ ɡ z j u b ə ɹ ə n s /
n1
joyful enthusiasm;

n2
overflowing with eager enjoyment or approval;

- syn. ebullience, enthusiasm;

exuberant / ɪ ɡ z j u b ə ɹ ə n t /
a1
joyously unrestrained;

- syn. ebullient, high-spirited;

- sim. spirited;

a2
unrestrained, especially with regard to feelings;

- "extravagant praise";

- "exuberant compliments";

- "overweening ambition";

- "overweening greed";

- syn. excessive, extravagant, overweening;

- sim. unrestrained;

a3
produced or growing in extreme abundance;

- "their riotous blooming";

- syn. lush, luxuriant, profuse, riotous;

- sim. abundant;

exuberantly / ɪ ɡ z j u b ə ɹ ə n t ɫ i /
r1
in an exuberant manner;

- "the exuberantly baroque decoration of the church";

- syn. riotously;

r2
in an ebullient manner;

- "Khrushchev ebulliently promised to supply rockets for the protection of Cuba against American aggression";

- syn. ebulliently, expansively;

exuberate / ɪ ɡ z j u b ə ɹ eɪ t /
v1
to express great joy;

- "Who cannot exult in Spring?";

- syn. exult, jubilate, rejoice, triumph;

exudate
n1
a substance that oozes out from plant pores;

- syn. exudation;

v1
release (a liquid) in drops or small quantities;

- "exude sweat through the pores";

- syn. exude, ooze, ooze out, transude;

exudation / ɛ k s j u d eɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
a substance that oozes out from plant pores;

- syn. exudate;

n2
the process of exuding;

- the slow escape of liquids from blood vessels through pores or breaks in the cell membranes;

- syn. transudation;

exude / ɪ ɡ z j u d /
v1
release (a liquid) in drops or small quantities;

- "exude sweat through the pores";

- syn. exudate, ooze, ooze out, transude;

v2
make apparent by one's mood or behavior;

- "She exudes great confidence";

exult / ɪ ɡ z ʌ ɫ t /
v1
feel extreme happiness or elation;

- syn. be on cloud nine, jump for joy, walk on air;

v2
to express great joy;

- "Who cannot exult in Spring?";

- syn. exuberate, jubilate, rejoice, triumph;

exultant / ɪ ɡ z ʌ ɫ t ə n t /
a1
joyful and proud especially because of triumph or success;

- "rejoicing crowds filled the streets on VJ Day";

- "a triumphal success";

- "a triumphant shout";

- syn. exulting, jubilant, prideful, rejoicing, triumphal, triumphant;

- sim. elated;

exultantly / ɪ ɡ z ʌ ɫ t ə n t ɫ i /
r1
in an exultant manner;

- "it was exultingly easy";

- syn. exultingly;

exultation / ɛ ɡ z ʌ ɫ t eɪ ʃ n /
n1
a feeling of extreme joy;

- syn. jubilance, jubilancy, jubilation;

n2
the utterance of sounds expressing great joy;

- syn. jubilation, rejoicing;

exulting / ɪ ɡ z ʌ ɫ t ɪ ŋ /
a1
joyful and proud especially because of triumph or success;

- "rejoicing crowds filled the streets on VJ Day";

- "a triumphal success";

- "a triumphant shout";

- syn. exultant, jubilant, prideful, rejoicing, triumphal, triumphant;

- sim. elated;

exultingly / ɪ ɡ z ʌ ɫ t ɪ ŋ ɫ i /
r1
in an exultant manner;

- "it was exultingly easy";

- syn. exultantly;

exurbia
n1
a residential area outside of a city and beyond suburbia;

exuviae / ɪ ɡ z j u v ɪ i /
n1
cast-off skins or coverings of various organisms during ecdysis;

exuvial / ɪ ɡ z j u v j ə ɫ /
a1
of or relating to the cast-off skins or cuticles of various animals;

exuviate / ɪ ɡ z j u v ɪ eɪ t /
v1
cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers;

- "our dog sheds every Spring";

- syn. molt, moult, shed, slough;

eyas
n1
an unfledged or nestling hawk;

Eyck
n1
Flemish painter who was a founder of the Flemish school of painting and who pioneered modern techniques of oil painting (1390-1441);

- syn. Jan van Eyck, van Eyck;

eye / aɪ /
n1
the organ of sight;

- syn. oculus, optic;

n2
good discernment (either visually or as if visually);

- "she has an eye for fresh talent";

- "he has an artist's eye";

n3
attention to what is seen;

- "he tried to catch her eye";

n4
an area that is approximately central within some larger region;

- "it is in the center of town";

- "they ran forward into the heart of the struggle";

- "they were in the eye of the storm";

- syn. center, centre, heart, middle;

n5
a small hole or loop (as in a needle);

- "the thread wouldn't go through the eye";

v1
look at;

- syn. eyeball;

eye-beaming
n1
a radiant glance of the eye;

- "he pretended profundity by eye-beamings at people";

eye-catcher
n1
a striking person or thing that attracts attention;

eye-catching / aɪ k æ tʃ ɪ ŋ /
a1
seizing the attention;

- "eye-catching posters";

- syn. attention-getting;

- sim. conspicuous;

eye-deceiving
a1
creating the illusion of seeing reality;

- "the visual deception of trompe-l'oeil art";

- syn. trompe-l'oeil;

- sim. unreal;

eye-drop
n1
a drop from an eye dropper;

- syn. eyedrop;

n2
a method of irrigating the eye used by ophthalmologists;

- syn. eyedrop;

eye-lotion
n1
lotion consisting of a solution used as a cleanser for the eyes;

- syn. collyrium, eyewash;

eye-popping
a1
amazingly impressive;

- suggestive of the flashing of lightning;

- "the skater's dazzling virtuosic leaps";

- "these great best canvases still look as astonishing and as invitingly new as they did...when...his fulgurant popularity was in full growth"- Janet Flanner;

- "adventures related...in a style both vivid and fulgurous"- Idwal Jones;

- syn. dazzling, fulgurant, fulgurous;

- sim. impressive;

eye bank
n1
a place for storing and preserving corneas that are obtained from human corpses immediately after death;

- used for corneal transplantation to patients with corneal defects;

eye blink
n1
a reflex that closes and opens the eyes rapidly;

- syn. blink, blinking, nictation, nictitation, wink, winking;

eye candy
n1
visual images that are pleasing to see but are intellectually undemanding;

- "he wanted to put some eye candy on their web site";

eye chart
n1
a chart that is read from a fixed distance;

- used as a test of vision;

eye clinic
n1
a clinic where specialist care for a patient's eyes;

eye condition
n1
the condition of the optical properties of the eye;

eye contact
n1
a meeting of the eyes between two people that expresses meaningful nonverbal communication;

- "it was a mere glance, but the eye contact was enough to tell her that he was desperate to leave";

n2
contact that occurs when two people look directly at each other;

- "a teacher should make eye contact with the students";

eye cup
n1
a small vessel with a rim curved to fit the orbit of the eye;

- use to apply medicated or cleansing solution to the eyeball;

- "an eyecup is called an eyebath in Britain";

- syn. eyebath, eyecup;

eye dialect
n1
the use of misspellings to identify a colloquial or uneducated speaker;

eye disease
n1
any disease of the eye;

eye doctor
n1
a medical doctor specializing in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the eye;

- syn. oculist, ophthalmologist;

eye dropper
n1
pipet consisting of a small tube with a vacuum bulb at one end for drawing liquid in and releasing it a drop at a time;

- "she used an eye dropper to administer medication to the eyes";

- syn. dropper;

eye infection
n1
an infection of the sebaceous gland of the eyelid;

- syn. hordeolum, sty, stye;

eye mask
n1
a mask covering the upper part of the face but with holes for the eyes;

- syn. domino, half mask;

eye movement
n1
the movement of the eyes;

eye muscle
n1
one of the small muscles of the eye that serve to rotate the eyeball;

- syn. ocular muscle;

Eye of Ra
n1
a lion-headed Egyptian goddess;

- typifies life-destroying power of the sun;

- syn. Sekhet;

eye opener
n1
an alcoholic drink intended to wake one up early in the morning;

n2
something surprising and revealing;

eye operation
n1
any surgical procedure involving the eyes;

- syn. eye surgery;

eye rhyme
n1
an imperfect rhyme (e.g., `love' and `move');

eye socket
n1
the bony cavity in the skull containing the eyeball;

- syn. cranial orbit, orbit, orbital cavity;

eye surgery
n1
any surgical procedure involving the eyes;

- syn. eye operation;

eye tooth
n1
one of the four pointed conical teeth (two in each jaw) located between the incisors and the premolars;

- syn. canine, canine tooth, cuspid, dogtooth, eyetooth;

eyeball / aɪ b ɔ ɫ /
n1
the ball-shaped capsule containing the vertebrate eye;

- syn. orb;

v1
look at;

- syn. eye;

eyebath / aɪ b ɑ θ /
n1
a small vessel with a rim curved to fit the orbit of the eye;

- use to apply medicated or cleansing solution to the eyeball;

- "an eyecup is called an eyebath in Britain";

- syn. eye cup, eyecup;

eyebrow / aɪ b ɹ aʊ /
n1
the arch of hair above each eye;

- syn. brow, supercilium;

eyebrow pencil
n1
makeup provided by a cosmetic pencil that is used to darken the eyebrows;

eyecup / aɪ k ʌ p /
n1
a small vessel with a rim curved to fit the orbit of the eye;

- use to apply medicated or cleansing solution to the eyeball;

- "an eyecup is called an eyebath in Britain";

- syn. eye cup, eyebath;

n2
(embryology) a two-walled cuplike depression that develops into the pigmented and sensory layers of the retina;

- syn. optic cup;

eyed / aɪ d /
a1
having an eye or eyes or eyelike feature especially as specified;

- often used in combination;

- "a peacock's eyed feathers";

- "red-eyed";

- sim. almond-eyed, blue-eyed, eyelike, keen-eyed, left-eyed, one-eyed, ox-eyed, popeyed, purple-eyed, right-eyed, saucer-eyed, skew-eyed;

eyedness / aɪ d n ɛ s /
n1
the property of favoring one eye over the other (as in taking aim);

eyedrop / aɪ d ɹ ɒ p /
n1
a drop from an eye dropper;

- syn. eye-drop;

n2
a method of irrigating the eye used by ophthalmologists;

- syn. eye-drop;

eyeful / aɪ f ʊ ɫ /
n1
a strikingly beautiful woman;

- "she was a statuesque redheaded eyeful";

n2
a full view;

- a good look;

- "they wanted to see violence and they got an eyeful";

eyeglass / aɪ ɡ ɫ ɑ s /
n1
lens for correcting defective vision in one eye;

- held in place by facial muscles;

- syn. monocle;

eyeglass wearer
n1
a person who wears spectacles in order to see better;

eyeglasses / aɪ ɡ ɫ ɑ s ɪ z /
n1
(plural) optical instrument consisting of a frame that holds a pair of lenses for correcting defective vision;

- syn. glasses, specs, spectacles;

eyehole / aɪ h oʊ ɫ /
n1
a hole (in a door or an oven etc) through which you can peep;

- syn. peephole, spyhole;

n2
a small hole (usually round and finished around the edges) in cloth or leather for the passage of a cord or hook or bar;

- syn. eyelet;

Eyeish
n1
a member of the Caddo people of northeastern Texas;

eyelash / aɪ ɫ æ ʃ /
n1
any of the short curved hairs that grow from the edges of the eyelids;

- syn. cilium, lash;

eyeless / aɪ ɫ ə s /
a1
lacking eyes or eyelike features;

- "eyeless fish that evolved in dark caves";

- "an eyeless needle";

a2
lacking sight;

- "blind as an eyeless beggar";

- syn. sightless, unseeing;

- sim. blind;

eyelessness / aɪ ɫ ə s n ə s /
n1
blindness due to loss of the eyes;

eyelet / aɪ ɫ ɪ t /
n1
a small hole (usually round and finished around the edges) in cloth or leather for the passage of a cord or hook or bar;

- syn. eyehole;

n2
fastener consisting of a metal ring for lining a small hole to permit the attachment of cords or lines;

- syn. cringle, grommet, grummet, loop;

eyelid / aɪ ɫ ɪ d /
n1
either of two folds of skin that can be moved to cover or open the eye;

- "his lids would stay open no longer";

- syn. lid, palpebra;

eyelike / aɪ ɫ aɪ k /
a1
suggesting an eye or eyes;

- "eyelike markings on a butterfly's wings";

- "the eyelike gleam of two distant windows in the dark";

- sim. eyed;

eyeliner / aɪ ɫ aɪ n ə ɹ /
n1
makeup applied to emphasize the shape of the eyes;

eyepatch
n1
a protective cloth covering for an injured eye;

- syn. patch;

eyepiece / aɪ p i s /
n1
combination of lenses at the viewing end of optical instruments;

- syn. ocular;

eyes / aɪ z /
n1
opinion or judgment;

- "in the eyes of the law";

- "I was wrong in her eyes";

eyes-only
a1
official classification for documents;

- meant to be seen by only the person to whom it is directed;

- sim. classified;

eyeshade / aɪ ʃ eɪ d /
n1
a brim that projects to the front to shade the eyes;

- "he pulled down the bill of his cap and trudged ahead";

- syn. bill, peak, visor, vizor;

eyeshadow
n1
makeup consisting of a cosmetic substance used to darken the eyes;

eyeshot / aɪ ʃ ɒ t /
n1
the range of the eye;

- "they were soon out of view";

- syn. view;

eyesight / aɪ s aɪ t /
n1
normal use of the faculty of vision;

- syn. seeing, sightedness;

eyesore / aɪ s ɔ , aɪ s ɔ ɹ /
n1
something very ugly and offensive;

eyespot / aɪ s p ɒ t /
n1
an eyelike marking (as on the wings of some butterflies);

- usually a spot of color inside a ring of another color;

- syn. ocellus;

eyestrain / aɪ s t ɹ eɪ n /
n1
a tiredness of the eyes caused by prolonged close work by a person with an uncorrected vision problem;

- syn. asthenopia;

eyetooth / aɪ t u θ /
n1
one of the four pointed conical teeth (two in each jaw) located between the incisors and the premolars;

- syn. canine, canine tooth, cuspid, dogtooth, eye tooth;

eyewash / aɪ w ɒ ʃ /
n1
lotion consisting of a solution used as a cleanser for the eyes;

- syn. collyrium, eye-lotion;

eyewitness / aɪ w ɪ t n ə s /
n1
a spectator who can describe what happened;

v1
be present at an event and see it with one's own eyes;

eyra
n1
long-bodied long-tailed tropical American wildcat;

- syn. Felis yagouaroundi, jaguarondi, jaguarundi, jaguarundi cat;

Eyre / eə /
n1
a shallow salt lake in south central Australia about 35 feet below sea level;

- the largest lake in the country and the lowest point on the continent;

- syn. Lake Eyre;

Eyre Peninsula
n1
a peninsula of southern Australia;

eyrie / eə ɹ i /
n1
the lofty nest of a bird of prey (such as a hawk or eagle);

- syn. aerie, aery, eyry;

n2
any habitation at a high altitude;

- syn. aerie, aery, eyry;

eyrir
n1
100 aurar equal 1 krona in Iceland;

eyry / eə ɹ i /
n1
the lofty nest of a bird of prey (such as a hawk or eagle);

- syn. aerie, aery, eyrie;

n2
any habitation at a high altitude;

- syn. aerie, aery, eyrie;

Eysenck
n1
a British psychologist (born in Germany) noted for his theories of intelligence and personality and for his strong criticism of Freudian psychoanalysis;

- syn. H. J. Eysenck, Hans Eysenck, Hans Jurgen Eysenck;

Eysenck Personality Inventory
n1
a self-report personality inventory based on Hans Eysenck's factor analysis of personality which assumes three basic factors (the two most important being extraversion to introversion and neuroticism);

- syn. EPI;

Ezechiel
n1
a Hebrew prophet of the 6th century BC who was exiled to Babylon in 587 BC;

- syn. Ezekiel;

n2
an Old Testament book containing Ezekiel's prophecies of the downfall of Jerusalem and Judah and their subsequent restoration;

- syn. Book of Ezekiel, Ezekiel;

ezed
n1
the 26th letter of the Roman alphabet;

- "the British call Z zed and the Scots call it ezed but Americans call it zee";

- "he doesn't know A from izzard";

- syn. Z, izzard, z, zed, zee;

Ezekias
n1
(Old Testament) king of Judah who abolished idolatry (715-687 BC);

- syn. Hezekiah;

Ezekiel
n1
a Hebrew prophet of the 6th century BC who was exiled to Babylon in 587 BC;

- syn. Ezechiel;

n2
an Old Testament book containing Ezekiel's prophecies of the downfall of Jerusalem and Judah and their subsequent restoration;

- syn. Book of Ezekiel, Ezechiel;

Ezo
n1
the second largest of the four main islands of Japan;

- to the north of Honshu;

- syn. Hokkaido, Yezo;

ezo-yama-hagi
n1
Asian shrub having conspicuous racemose rose-purple flowers widely used as an ornamental and in erosion control and as a source of feed for wild birds;

- syn. Lespedeza bicolor, bicolor lespediza;

Ezra
n1
a Jewish priest and scribe sent by the Persian king to restore Jewish law and worship in Jerusalem;

n2
an Old Testament book telling of a rabbi's efforts in the 5th century BC to reconstitute Jewish law and worship in Jerusalem after the Babylonian Captivity;

- syn. Book of Ezra;

Ezra Cornell
n1
United States businessman who unified the telegraph system in the United States and who in 1865 (with Andrew D. White) founded Cornell University (1807-1874);

- syn. Cornell;

Ezra Loomis Pound
n1
United States writer who lived in Europe;

- strongly influenced the development of modern literature (1885-1972);

- syn. Ezra Pound, Pound;

Ezra Pound
n1
United States writer who lived in Europe;

- strongly influenced the development of modern literature (1885-1972);

- syn. Ezra Loomis Pound, Pound;

F / ɛ f /
n1
a degree on the Fahrenheit scale of temperature;

- syn. degree Fahrenheit;

n2
a nonmetallic univalent element belonging to the halogens;

- usually a yellow irritating toxic flammable gas;

- a powerful oxidizing agent;

- recovered from fluorite or cryolite or fluorapatite;

- syn. atomic number 9, fluorine;

n3
the capacitance of a capacitor that has an equal and opposite charge of 1 coulomb on each plate and a voltage difference of 1 volt between the plates;

- syn. farad;

n4
the 6th letter of the Roman alphabet;

F. D. Roosevelt
n1
32nd President of the United States;

- elected four times;

- instituted New Deal to counter the Great Depression and led country during World War II (1882-1945);

- syn. FDR, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Franklin Roosevelt, President Franklin Roosevelt, President Roosevelt, Roosevelt;

F. G. Banting
n1
Canadian physiologist who discovered insulin with C. H. Best and who used it to treat diabetes(1891-1941);

- syn. Banting, Sir Frederick Grant Banting;

F. Scott Fitzgerald
n1
United States author whose novels characterized the Jazz Age in the United States (1896-1940);

- syn. Fitzgerald, Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald;

F.I.S.C.
n1
a secret federal court created in 1978 by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act;

- responsible for authorizing wiretaps and other forms of electronic surveillance and for authorizing searches of suspected spies and terrorists by the Department of Justice or United States intelligence agencies;

- syn. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court;

F clef
n1
a clef that puts the F below middle C on the fourth line of a staff;

- syn. bass clef;

F layer
n1
the highest region of the ionosphere (from 90 to 600 miles up) which contains the highest concentration of free electrons and is most useful for long-range radio transmission;

- syn. Appleton layer, F region;

f number
n1
the ratio of the focal length to the diameter of a (camera) lens system;

- syn. focal ratio, speed, stop number;

F region
n1
the highest region of the ionosphere (from 90 to 600 miles up) which contains the highest concentration of free electrons and is most useful for long-range radio transmission;

- syn. Appleton layer, F layer;

fa / ɛ f eɪ , f ɑ /
n1
the syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization;

fa la
n1
meaningless syllables in the refrain of a partsong;

- syn. fal la;

FAA
n1
an agency in the Department of Transportation that is responsible for the safety of civilian aviation;

- syn. Federal Aviation Administration;

fab / f æ b /
a1
extremely pleasing;

- "a fabulous vacation";

- syn. fabulous;

- sim. pleasing;

Fabaceae
n1
a large family of trees, shrubs, vines, and herbs bearing bean pods;

- divided for convenience into the subfamilies Caesalpiniaceae;

- Mimosaceae;

- Papilionaceae;

- syn. Leguminosae, family Fabaceae, family Leguminosae, legume family, pea family;

Faberge
n1
Russian goldsmith noted for creating a series of jeweled and enameled Easter eggs for European royalty (1846-1920);

- syn. Peter Carl Faberge;

Fabian / f eɪ b ɪə n /
n1
a member of the Fabian Society in Britain;

a1
of or relating to Fabianism;

- "the Fabian society";

a2
using cautious slow strategy to wear down opposition;

- avoiding direct confrontation;

- "a fabian policy";

- sim. cautious;

Fabian Society
n1
an association of British socialists who advocate gradual reforms within the law leading to democratic socialism;

Fabiana
n1
genus of South and Central American heathlike evergreen shrubs;

- syn. genus Fabiana;

Fabiana imbricata
n1
Peruvian shrub with small pink to lavender tubular flowers;

- leaves yield a tonic and diuretic;

- syn. pichi;

Fabianism / f eɪ b ɪə n ɪ z ə m /
n1
socialism to be established by gradual reforms within the law;

fable / f eɪ b ɫ /
n1
a deliberately false or improbable account;

- syn. fabrication, fiction;

n2
a short moral story (often with animal characters);

- syn. allegory, apologue, parable;

n3
a story about mythical or supernatural beings or events;

- syn. legend;

fabled / f eɪ b ɫ d /
a1
celebrated in fable or legend;

- "the fabled Paul Bunyan and his blue ox";

- "legendary exploits of Jesse James";

- syn. legendary;

- sim. unreal;

fabric / f æ b ɹ ɪ k /
n1
artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers;

- "the fabric in the curtains was light and semitransparent";

- "woven cloth originated in Mesopotamia around 5000 BC";

- "she measured off enough material for a dress";

- syn. cloth, material, textile;

n2
the underlying structure;

- "providing a factual framework for future research";

- "it is part of the fabric of society";

- syn. framework;

fabricate / f æ b ɹ ɪ k eɪ t /
v1
put together out of artificial or natural components or parts;

- "the company fabricates plastic chairs";

- "They manufacture small toys";

- "He manufactured a popular cereal";

- syn. construct, manufacture;

v2
concoct something artificial or untrue;

- syn. cook up, invent, make up, manufacture;

fabricated / f æ b ɹ ɪ k eɪ t ɪ d /
a1
formed or conceived by the imagination;

- "a fabricated excuse for his absence";

- "a fancied wrong";

- "a fictional character";

- syn. fancied, fictional, fictitious;

- sim. unreal;

fabrication / f æ b ɹ ɪ k eɪ ʃ n /
n1
a deliberately false or improbable account;

- syn. fable, fiction;

n2
writing in a fictional form;

- syn. fictionalisation, fictionalization;

n3
the act of making something (a product) from raw materials;

- "the synthesis and fabrication of single crystals";

- "an improvement in the manufacture of explosives";

- "manufacturing is vital to Great Britain";

- syn. manufacture, manufacturing;

n4
the act of constructing something (as a piece of machinery);

- syn. assembly;

n5
the deliberate act of deviating from the truth;

- syn. lying, prevarication;

fabricator / f æ b ɹ ɪ k eɪ t ə /
n1
someone who tells lies;

- syn. fibber, storyteller;

fabulist / f æ b j ʊ ɫ ɪ s t /
n1
a person who tells or invents fables;

fabulous / f æ b j ʊ ɫ ə s /
a1
extremely pleasing;

- "a fabulous vacation";

- syn. fab;

- sim. pleasing;

a2
based on or told of in traditional stories;

- lacking factual basis or historical validity;

- "mythical centaurs";

- "the fabulous unicorn";

- syn. mythic, mythical, mythologic, mythological;

- sim. unreal;

a3
barely credible;

- "the fabulous endurance of a marathon runner";

- sim. incredible;

fabulously / f æ b j ʊ ɫ ə s ɫ i /
r1
exceedingly;

- extremely;

- "she plays fabulously well";

- "behind you the coastal hills plunge to the incredibly blue sea backed by the Turkish mountains";

- syn. fantastically, incredibly;

facade
n1
the face or front of a building;

- syn. frontage, frontal;

n2
a showy misrepresentation intended to conceal something unpleasant;

- syn. window dressing;

face / f eɪ s /
n1
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear;

- "he washed his face";

- "I wish I had seen the look on his face when he got the news";

- syn. human face;

n2
the feelings expressed on a person's face;

- "a sad expression";

- "a look of triumph";

- "an angry face";

- syn. aspect, expression, facial expression, look;

n3
the general outward appearance of something;

- "the face of the city is changing";

n4
the striking or working surface of an implement;

n5
a part of a person that is used to refer to a person;

- "he looked out at a roomful of faces";

- "when he returned to work he met many new faces";

n6
a surface forming part of the outside of an object;

- "he examined all sides of the crystal";

- "dew dripped from the face of the leaf";

- "they travelled across the face of the continent";

- syn. side;

n7
the part of an animal corresponding to the human face;

n8
the side upon which the use of a thing depends (usually the most prominent surface of an object);

- "he dealt the cards face down";

n9
a contorted facial expression;

- "she made a grimace at the prospect";

- syn. grimace;

n10
a specific size and style of type within a type family;

- syn. case, font, fount, typeface;

n11
status in the eyes of others;

- "he lost face";

n12
impudent aggressiveness;

- "I couldn't believe her boldness";

- "he had the effrontery to question my honesty";

- syn. boldness, brass, cheek, nerve;

n13
a vertical surface of a building or cliff;

v1
deal with (something unpleasant) head on;

- "You must confront your problems";

- "He faced the terrible consequences of his mistakes";

- syn. confront, face up;

v2
oppose, as in hostility or a competition;

- "You must confront your opponent";

- "Jackson faced Smith in the boxing ring";

- "The two enemies finally confronted each other";

- syn. confront;

- also face off;

v3
be oriented in a certain direction, often with respect to another reference point;

- be opposite to;

- "The house looks north";

- "My backyard look onto the pond";

- "The building faces the park";

- syn. front, look;

v4
be opposite;

- "the facing page";

- "the two sofas face each other";

v5
turn so as to face;

- turn the face in a certain direction;

- "Turn and face your partner now";

v6
present somebody with something, usually to accuse or criticize;

- "We confronted him with the evidence";

- "He was faced with all the evidence and could no longer deny his actions";

- "An enormous dilemma faces us";

- syn. confront, present;

v7
turn so as to expose the face;

- "face a playing card";

v8
line the edge (of a garment) with a different material;

- "face the lapels of the jacket";

v9
cover the front or surface of;

- "The building was faced with beautiful stones";

face-amount certificate company
n1
a regulated investment company that pays a stated amount to certificate holders on a stated maturity date;

face-harden
v1
harden steel by adding carbon;

face-lift / f eɪ s ɫ ɪ f t /
v1
perform cosmetic surgery on someone's face;

- syn. lift;

face-off
n1
a hostile disagreement face-to-face;

- syn. confrontation, encounter, showdown;

n2
(ice hockey) the method of starting play;

- a referee drops the puck between two opposing players;

face-saving / f eɪ s s eɪ v ɪ ŋ /
a1
maintaining dignity or prestige;

- "a face-saving compromise";

- sim. helpful;

face-to-face
a1
in each other's presence;

- "a face-to-face encounter";

- sim. personal;

r1
within each other's presence;

- "she met the president face-to-face";

- syn. face to face;

r2
directly facing each other;

- "the two photographs lay face-to-face on the table";

- "lived all their lives in houses face-to-face across the street";

- "they sat opposite at the table";

- syn. face to face, opposite;

face angle
n1
the angle formed by two edges of a polyhedral angle;

face card
n1
one of the twelve cards in a deck bearing a picture of a face;

- syn. court card, picture card;

face cloth
n1
bath linen consisting of a piece of cloth used to wash the face and body;

- syn. flannel, washcloth, washrag;

face cream
n1
a cream used cosmetically (mostly by women) for softening and cleaning the skin;

- syn. cold cream, coldcream, vanishing cream;

face fungus
n1
the hair growing on the lower part of a man's face;

- syn. beard, whiskers;

face guard
n1
face mask consisting of a strong wire mesh on the front of football helmets;

face lift
n1
plastic surgery to remove wrinkles and other signs of aging from your face;

- an incision is made near the hair line and skin is pulled back and excess tissue is excised;

- "some actresses have more than one face lift";

- syn. cosmetic surgery, face lifting, facelift, lift, nip and tuck, rhytidectomy, rhytidoplasty;

n2
a renovation that improves the outward appearance (as of a building) but usually does not involve major changes;

- "give your home a facelift";

- "more than a facelift, the new model marks a fundamental change of direction";

- syn. face lifting, facelift;

face lifting
n1
a renovation that improves the outward appearance (as of a building) but usually does not involve major changes;

- "give your home a facelift";

- "more than a facelift, the new model marks a fundamental change of direction";

- syn. face lift, facelift;

n2
plastic surgery to remove wrinkles and other signs of aging from your face;

- an incision is made near the hair line and skin is pulled back and excess tissue is excised;

- "some actresses have more than one face lift";

- syn. cosmetic surgery, face lift, facelift, lift, nip and tuck, rhytidectomy, rhytidoplasty;

face mask
n1
mask that provides a protective covering for the face in such sports as baseball or football or hockey;

face of the earth
n1
the state or fact of existing;

- "a point of view gradually coming into being";

- "laws in existence for centuries";

- "he appeared on the face of the earth one day";

- syn. being, beingness, existence;

face off
v1
start a game by a face-off;

- syn. bully off;

face pack
n1
a cream that cleanses and tones the skin;

- syn. pack;

face powder
n1
cosmetic powder for the face;

face recognition
n1
biometric identification by scanning a person's face and matching it against a library of known faces;

- "they used face recognition to spot known terrorists";

- syn. automatic face recognition, facial recognition;

n2
the visual perception of familiar faces;

face saver
n1
an act that avoids a loss of face (of dignity or prestige);

- syn. face saving;

face saving
n1
an act that avoids a loss of face (of dignity or prestige);

- syn. face saver;

face soap
n1
soap used as a toiletry;

- syn. bath soap, toilet soap;

face the music
v1
accept the unpleasant consequences of one's actions;

- syn. carry the can;

face time
n1
work time spent at the location of or in the presence of other people;

- "instead of working on the problem at home he devoted face time to it at the office";

face to face
r1
involving close contact;

- confronting each other;

- "the boy and the policeman suddenly came face-to-face at the corner";

- "they spoke face to face";

r2
directly facing each other;

- "the two photographs lay face-to-face on the table";

- "lived all their lives in houses face-to-face across the street";

- "they sat opposite at the table";

- syn. face-to-face, opposite;

r3
within each other's presence;

- "she met the president face-to-face";

- syn. face-to-face;

face towel
n1
a small towel used to dry the hands or face;

- syn. hand towel;

face up
v1
deal with (something unpleasant) head on;

- "You must confront your problems";

- "He faced the terrible consequences of his mistakes";

- syn. confront, face;

face value
n1
the value of a security that is set by the company issuing it;

- unrelated to market value;

- syn. nominal value, par value;

n2
the apparent worth as opposed to the real worth;

face veil
n1
a piece of more-or-less transparent material that covers the face;

faced / f eɪ s t /
a1
having a face or facing especially of a specified kind or number;

- often used in combination;

- "a neatly faced terrace";

- sim. Janus-faced, baby-faced, bald-faced, featured, long-faced, moon-faced, pale-faced, pug-faced, sad-faced, sweet-faced, visaged;

faceless / f eɪ s ɫ ə s /
a1
without a face or identity;

- "a faceless apparition";

- "the faceless accusers of the police state";

- sim. anonymous;

facelift / f eɪ s ɫ ɪ f t /
n1
plastic surgery to remove wrinkles and other signs of aging from your face;

- an incision is made near the hair line and skin is pulled back and excess tissue is excised;

- "some actresses have more than one face lift";

- syn. cosmetic surgery, face lift, face lifting, lift, nip and tuck, rhytidectomy, rhytidoplasty;

n2
a renovation that improves the outward appearance (as of a building) but usually does not involve major changes;

- "give your home a facelift";

- "more than a facelift, the new model marks a fundamental change of direction";

- syn. face lift, face lifting;

faceplate
n1
a protective covering for the front of a machine or device (as a door lock or computer component);

facer / f eɪ s ə , f eɪ s ə ɹ /
n1
(a dated Briticism) a serious difficulty with which one is suddenly faced;

facet / f æ s ɪ t /
n1
a distinct feature or element in a problem;

- "he studied every facet of the question";

- syn. aspect;

n2
a smooth surface (as of a bone or cut gemstone);

facet plane
n1
the plane of a facet of an object (as of a cube);

faceted / f æ s ɪ t ɪ d /
a1
having facets;

- "a faceted diamond";

facetious / f ə s i ʃ ə s /
a1
cleverly amusing in tone;

- "a bantering tone";

- "facetious remarks";

- "tongue-in-cheek advice";

- syn. bantering, tongue-in-cheek;

- sim. humorous;

facetiously / f ə s i ʃ ə s ɫ i /
r1
not seriously;

- "I meant it facetiously";

- syn. jokingly, tongue-in-cheek;

facetiousness / f ə s i ʃ ə s n ə s /
n1
playful humor;

facia / f eɪ ʃ ə /
n1
a sheet or band of fibrous connective tissue separating or binding together muscles and organs etc;

- syn. fascia;

facial / f eɪ ʃ ɫ /
n1
cranial nerve that supplies facial muscles;

- syn. facial nerve, nervus facialis, seventh cranial nerve;

n2
care for the face that usually involves cleansing and massage and the application of cosmetic creams;

a1
of or concerning the face;

- "a facial massage";

- "facial hair";

- "facial expression";

a2
of or pertaining to the outside surface of an object;

facial artery
n1
an artery that originates in the external carotid and gives off branches that supply the neck and face;

- syn. arteria facialis, external maxillary artery;

facial expression
n1
a gesture executed with the facial muscles;

- syn. facial gesture;

n2
the feelings expressed on a person's face;

- "a sad expression";

- "a look of triumph";

- "an angry face";

- syn. aspect, expression, face, look;

facial gesture
n1
a gesture executed with the facial muscles;

- syn. facial expression;

facial hair
n1
hair on the face (especially on the face of a man);

facial index
n1
the ratio (in percent) of the maximum width to the maximum height of the face;

facial muscle
n1
any of the skeletal muscles of the face;

facial nerve
n1
cranial nerve that supplies facial muscles;

- syn. facial, nervus facialis, seventh cranial nerve;

facial profiling
n1
identification of criminals and terrorist by means of videotapes of their faces;

- "facial profiling is a new form of airport security";

facial recognition
n1
biometric identification by scanning a person's face and matching it against a library of known faces;

- "they used face recognition to spot known terrorists";

- syn. automatic face recognition, face recognition;

facial tissue
n1
tissue paper suitable for use on the face;

facial vein
n1
any of several veins draining the face;

- syn. vena facialis;

facially
r1
with respect to the face;

facile / f æ s aɪ ɫ /
a1
superficially impressive, but lacking depth and attention to the true complexities of a subject;

- "too facile a solution for so complex a problem";

- "it was a neat plan, but bound to fail";

- "a slick advertising campaign";

- syn. neat, slick;

- sim. superficial;

a2
performing adroitly and without effort;

- "a facile hand";

- sim. effortless;

a3
expressing yourself readily, clearly, effectively;

- "able to dazzle with his facile tongue";

- "silver speech";

- syn. eloquent, fluent, silver, silver-tongued, smooth-spoken;

- sim. articulate;

facilitate / f ə s ɪ ɫ ɪ t eɪ t /
v1
make easier;

- "you could facilitate the process by sharing your knowledge";

- syn. alleviate, ease;

v2
be of use;

- "This will help to prevent accidents";

- syn. help;

v3
increase the likelihood of (a response);

- "The stimulus facilitates a delayed impulse";

facilitation / f ə s ɪ ɫ ɪ t eɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
the condition of being made easy (or easier);

- "social facilitation is an adaptive condition";

n2
(neurophysiology) phenomenon that occurs when two or more neural impulses that alone are not enough to trigger a response in a neuron combine to trigger an action potential;

n3
act of assisting or making easier the progress or improvement of something;

facilitative / f ə s ɪ ɫ ɪ t ə t ɪ v /
a1
freeing from difficulty or impediment;

- "facilitative changes in the economic structure";

- sim. helpful;

facilitator / f ə s ɪ ɫ ɪ t eɪ t ə /
n1
someone who makes progress easier;

facilitatory
a1
inducing or aiding in facilitating neural activity;

- sim. helpful;

facility / f ə s ɪ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
a building or place that provides a particular service or is used for a particular industry;

- "the assembly plant is an enormous facility";

- syn. installation;

n2
skillful performance or ability without difficulty;

- "his quick adeptness was a product of good design";

- "he was famous for his facility as an archer";

- syn. adeptness, adroitness, deftness, quickness;

n3
a natural effortlessness;

- "they conversed with great facility";

- "a happy readiness of conversation"--Jane Austen;

- syn. readiness;

n4
something designed and created to serve a particular function and to afford a particular convenience or service;

- "catering facilities";

- "toilet facilities";

- "educational facilities";

n5
a service that an organization or a piece of equipment offers you;

- "a cell phone with internet facility";

facing / f eɪ s ɪ ŋ /
n1
a lining applied to the edge of a garment for ornamentation or strengthening;

n2
an ornamental coating to a building;

- syn. veneer;

n3
a protective covering that protects the outside of a building;

- syn. cladding;

n4
providing something with a surface of a different material;

- syn. lining;

facing pages
n1
two facing pages of a book or other publication;

- syn. spread, spread head, spreadhead;

facsimile / f æ k s ɪ m ə ɫ i /
n1
an exact copy or reproduction;

- syn. autotype;

n2
duplicator that transmits the copy by wire or radio;

- syn. facsimile machine, fax;

v1
send something via a facsimile machine;

- "Can you fax me the report right away?";

- syn. fax, telefax;

facsimile machine
n1
duplicator that transmits the copy by wire or radio;

- syn. facsimile, fax;

fact / f æ k t /
n1
a piece of information about circumstances that exist or events that have occurred;

- "first you must collect all the facts of the case";

n2
a statement or assertion of verified information about something that is the case or has happened;

- "he supported his argument with an impressive array of facts";

n3
an event known to have happened or something known to have existed;

- "your fears have no basis in fact";

- "how much of the story is fact and how much fiction is hard to tell";

n4
a concept whose truth can be proved;

- "scientific hypotheses are not facts";

fact-finding / f æ k t f aɪ n d ɪ ŋ /
a1
designed to find information or ascertain facts;

- "a fact-finding committee";

- "investigative reporting";

- syn. investigative, investigatory;

- sim. inquiring;

fact mood
n1
a mood (grammatically unmarked) that represents the act or state as an objective fact;

- syn. common mood, declarative, declarative mood, indicative, indicative mood;

faction / f æ k ʃ n /
n1
a clique (often secret) that seeks power usually through intrigue;

- syn. cabal, camarilla, junto;

n2
a dissenting clique;

- syn. sect;

factious / f æ k ʃ ə s /
a1
dissenting (especially dissenting with the majority opinion);

- syn. dissentious, divisive;

- sim. discordant;

factitious / f æ k t ɪ ʃ ə s /
a1
not produced by natural forces;

- "brokers created a factitious demand for stocks";

- sim. artificial;

factoid
n1
something resembling a fact;

- unverified (often invented) information that is given credibility because it appeared in print;

n2
a brief (usually one sentence and usually trivial) news item;

factor / f æ k t ə , f æ k t ə ɹ /
n1
anything that contributes causally to a result;

- "a number of factors determined the outcome";

n2
an abstract part of something;

- "jealousy was a component of his character";

- "two constituents of a musical composition are melody and harmony";

- "the grammatical elements of a sentence";

- "a key factor in her success";

- "humor: an effective ingredient of a speech";

- syn. component, constituent, element, ingredient;

n3
one of two or more integers that can be exactly divided into another integer;

- "what are the 4 factors of 6?";

- syn. divisor;

n4
a businessman who buys or sells for another in exchange for a commission;

- syn. agent, broker;

n5
any of the numbers (or symbols) that form a product when multiplied together;

n6
an independent variable in statistics;

n7
(genetics) a segment of DNA that is involved in producing a polypeptide chain;

- it can include regions preceding and following the coding DNA as well as introns between the exons;

- it is considered a unit of heredity;

- "genes were formerly called factors";

- syn. cistron, gene;

v1
resolve into factors;

- "a quantum computer can factor the number 15";

- syn. factor in, factor out;

v2
be a contributing factor;

- "make things factor into a company's profitability";

v3
consider as relevant when making a decision;

- "You must factor in the recent developments";

- syn. factor in, factor out;

factor analyse
v1
to perform a factor analysis of correlational data;

- syn. factor analyze;

factor analysis
n1
any of several methods for reducing correlational data to a smaller number of dimensions or factors;

- beginning with a correlation matrix a small number of components or factors are extracted that are regarded as the basic variables that account for the interrelations observed in the data;

factor analytic
a1
of or relating to or the product of factor analysis;

- syn. factor analytical;

factor analytical
a1
of or relating to or the product of factor analysis;

- syn. factor analytic;

factor analyze
v1
to perform a factor analysis of correlational data;

- syn. factor analyse;

factor I
n1
a protein present in blood plasma;

- converts to fibrin when blood clots;

- syn. fibrinogen;

factor II
n1
a protein in blood plasma that is the inactive precursor of thrombin;

- syn. prothrombin;

factor III
n1
an enzyme liberated from blood platelets that converts prothrombin into thrombin as blood starts to clot;

- syn. thrombokinase, thromboplastin;

factor in
v1
consider as relevant when making a decision;

- "You must factor in the recent developments";

- syn. factor, factor out;

v2
resolve into factors;

- "a quantum computer can factor the number 15";

- syn. factor, factor out;

factor IV
n1
ion of calcium;

- a factor in the clotting of blood;

- syn. calcium ion;

factor IX
n1
coagulation factor whose absence is associated with hemophilia B;

- syn. Christmas factor;

factor of proportionality
n1
the constant value of the ratio of two proportional quantities x and y;

- usually written y = kx, where k is the factor of proportionality;

- syn. constant of proportionality;

factor of safety
n1
the ratio of the breaking stress of a structure to the estimated maximum stress in ordinary use;

- syn. safety factor;

factor out
v1
consider as relevant when making a decision;

- "You must factor in the recent developments";

- syn. factor, factor in;

v2
resolve into factors;

- "a quantum computer can factor the number 15";

- syn. factor, factor in;

factor V
n1
a coagulation factor;

- syn. accelerator factor, proaccelerin, prothrombin accelerator;

factor VII
n1
a coagulation factor formed in the kidney under the influence of vitamin K;

- syn. cothromboplastin, proconvertin, stable factor;

factor VIII
n1
a coagulation factor (trade name Hemofil) whose absence is associated with hemophilia A;

- syn. Hemofil, antihaemophilic factor, antihaemophilic globulin, antihemophilic factor, antihemophilic globulin;

factor X
n1
coagulation factor that is converted to an enzyme that converts prothrombin to thrombin in a reaction that depends on calcium ions and other coagulation factors;

- syn. prothrombinase;

factor XI
n1
coagulation factor whose deficiency results in a hemorrhagic tendency;

- syn. plasma thromboplastin antecedent;

factor XII
n1
coagulation factor whose deficiency results in prolongation of clotting time of venous blood;

- syn. Hageman factor;

factor XIII
n1
in the clotting of blood thrombin catalyzes factor XIII into its active form (fibrinase) which causes fibrin to form a stable clot;

- syn. fibrinase;

factorial / f æ k t ɔ ɹ ɪə ɫ /
n1
the product of all the integers up to and including a given integer;

- "1, 2, 6, 24, and 120 are factorials";

a1
of or relating to factorials;

factoring / f æ k t ə ɪ ŋ , f æ k t ə ɹ ɪ ŋ /
n1
(mathematics) the resolution of an expression into factors such that when multiplied together they give the original expression;

- syn. factorisation, factorization;

factorisation / f æ k t oʊ ɹ aɪ z eɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
(mathematics) the resolution of an expression into factors such that when multiplied together they give the original expression;

- syn. factoring, factorization;

factorise / f æ k t oʊ ɹ aɪ z /
v1
resolve (a polynomial) into factors;

- syn. factorize;

factorization / f æ k t ə ɹ aɪ z eɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
(mathematics) the resolution of an expression into factors such that when multiplied together they give the original expression;

- syn. factoring, factorisation;

factorize / f æ k t ə ɹ aɪ z /
v1
resolve (a polynomial) into factors;

- syn. factorise;

factory / f æ k t ə ɹ i /
n1
a plant consisting of one or more buildings with facilities for manufacturing;

- syn. manufactory, manufacturing plant, mill;

factory-made
a1
produced in quantity at a factory;

- sim. boughten, manufactured, mass-produced, ready-made;

factory farm
n1
a large-scale farming enterprise;

- syn. agribusiness, agriculture;

factory price
n1
price charged for goods picked up at the factory;

factory ship
n1
a whaling ship equipped to process whale products at sea;

factory whistle
n1
a whistle at a factory that is sounded to announce times for starting or stopping work;

factory worker
n1
a workman in a mill or factory;

- syn. mill-hand;

factotum / f æ k t oʊ t ə m /
n1
a servant employed to do a variety of jobs;

facts of life
n1
the sexual activity of conceiving and bearing offspring;

- syn. breeding, procreation, reproduction;

factual / f æ k tʃ ʊə ɫ /
a1
existing in act or fact;

- "rocks and trees...the actual world";

- "actual heroism";

- "the actual things that produced the emotion you experienced";

- syn. actual;

- sim. real;

a2
of or relating to or characterized by facts;

- "factual considerations";

factuality / f æ k tʃ ʊ æ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
the quality of being actual or based on fact;

- "the realm of factuality must be distinguished from the realm of imagination";

- syn. factualness;

factually / f æ k tʃ ʊə ɫ i /
r1
as a fact or based on fact;

- "they learn much, factually, about the problems of retirement and provision for old age, and, psychologically, in the sharing of their thoughts on retirement";

factualness / f æ k tʃ ʊə ɫ n ə s /
n1
the quality of being actual or based on fact;

- "the realm of factuality must be distinguished from the realm of imagination";

- syn. factuality;

facula / f æ k j ʊ ɫ ə /
n1
a bright spot on a planet;

n2
a large bright spot on the sun's photosphere occurring most frequently in the vicinity of sunspots;

- syn. solar facula;

facultative / f æ k ə ɫ t ə t ɪ v /
a1
of or relating to the mental faculties;

a2
able to exist under more than one set of conditions;

- "a facultative parasite can exist as a parasite or a saprophyte";

a3
granting a privilege or permission or power to do or not do something;

- "a facultative enactment";

- sim. enabling;

a4
not compulsory;

- "elective surgery";

- "an elective course of study";

- syn. elective;

- sim. optional;

faculty / f æ k ɫ t i /
n1
one of the inherent cognitive or perceptual powers of the mind;

- syn. mental faculty, module;

n2
the body of teachers and administrators at a school;

- "the dean addressed the letter to the entire staff of the university";

- syn. staff;

faculty member
n1
an educator who works at a college or university;

- syn. academic, academician;

fad / f æ d /
n1
an interest followed with exaggerated zeal;

- "he always follows the latest fads";

- "it was all the rage that season";

- syn. craze, cult, furor, furore, rage;

fad diet
n1
a reducing diet that enjoys temporary popularity;

faddily / f æ d ə ɫ i /
r1
in a faddish manner;

- syn. faddishly;

faddish / f æ d ɪ ʃ /
a1
intensely fashionable for a short time;

- syn. faddy;

- sim. fashionable;

faddishly / f æ d ɪ ʃ ɫ i /
r1
in a faddish manner;

- syn. faddily;

faddist / f æ d ɪ s t /
n1
a person who subscribes to a variety of fads;

faddy / f æ d i /
a1
intensely fashionable for a short time;

- syn. faddish;

- sim. fashionable;

fade / f eɪ d /
n1
a golf shot that curves to the right for a right-handed golfer;

- "he took lessons to cure his slicing";

- syn. slice, slicing;

n2
gradually ceasing to be visible;

- syn. disappearance;

v1
become less clearly visible or distinguishable;

- disappear gradually or seemingly;

- "The scene begins to fade";

- "The tree trunks are melting into the forest at dusk";

- syn. melt;

v2
lose freshness, vigor, or vitality;

- "Her bloom was fading";

- syn. wither;

v3
disappear gradually;

- "The pain eventually passed off";

- syn. blow over, evanesce, fleet, pass, pass off;

v4
become feeble;

- "The prisoner has been languishing for years in the dungeon";

- syn. languish;

fade away
v1
become weaker;

- "The sound faded out";

- syn. dissolve, fade out;

fade out
v1
become weaker;

- "The sound faded out";

- syn. dissolve, fade away;

faded / f eɪ d ɪ d /
a1
having lost freshness or brilliance of color;

- "sun-bleached deck chairs";

- "faded jeans";

- "a very pale washed-out blue";

- "washy colors";

- syn. bleached, washed-out, washy;

- sim. colorless;

a2
reduced in strength;

- "the faded tones of an old recording";

- syn. attenuate, attenuated, weakened;

- sim. decreased;

fadeout / f eɪ d aʊ t /
n1
a slow or gradual disappearance;

- syn. receding;

n2
a gradual temporary loss of a transmitted signal due to electrical disturbances;

fading / f eɪ d ɪ ŋ /
n1
weakening in force or intensity;

- "attenuation in the volume of the sound";

- syn. attenuation;

fading away
n1
gradually diminishing in brightness or loudness or strength;

fado
n1
a sad Portuguese folksong;

FAE
n1
a device consisting of a container of fuel and two explosive charges;

- the first charge bursts open the fuel container at a predetermined height and spreads the fuel in a cloud that mixes with atmospheric oxygen;

- the second charge detonates the cloud which creates an enormous blast wave and incinerates whatever is below;

- syn. fuel-air explosive;

faecal / f i s ʌ ɫ /
a1
of or relating to feces;

- "fecal matter";

- syn. fecal;

faecal matter
n1
solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels;

- syn. BM, dejection, faeces, fecal matter, feces, ordure, stool;

faecal occult test
n1
a test performed at home in which you collect specimens of your stool that are tested for traces of blood;

- used to detect colorectal cancers;

- syn. fecal occult test, stool test;

faecalith
n1
a hard mass of fecal matter;

- syn. coprolith, fecalith, stercolith;

faeces / f i s i z /
n1
solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels;

- syn. BM, dejection, faecal matter, fecal matter, feces, ordure, stool;

faerie / f eə ɹ i /
n1
a small being, human in form, playful and having magical powers;

- syn. faery, fairy, fay, sprite;

n2
the enchanted realm of fairies;

- syn. faery, fairyland;

Faeroe Islands
n1
a self-governing colony that is a possession of Denmark in the Faroe Islands;

- syn. Faeroes, Faroe Islands, Faroes;

n2
a group of 21 volcanic islands in the North Atlantic between Iceland and the Shetland Islands;

- syn. Faeroes, Faroe Islands, Faroes;

Faeroes
n1
a self-governing colony that is a possession of Denmark in the Faroe Islands;

- syn. Faeroe Islands, Faroe Islands, Faroes;

n2
a group of 21 volcanic islands in the North Atlantic between Iceland and the Shetland Islands;

- syn. Faeroe Islands, Faroe Islands, Faroes;

Faeroese
n1
a Scandinavian language (closely related to Icelandic) that is spoken on the Faroe Islands;

- syn. Faroese;

faery / f eə ɹ i /
n1
a small being, human in form, playful and having magical powers;

- syn. faerie, fairy, fay, sprite;

n2
the enchanted realm of fairies;

- syn. faerie, fairyland;

Fafnir
n1
(Norse mythology) the Norse dragon that guarded a treasure and was slain by Sigurd;

fag / f æ ɡ /
n1
offensive term for a homosexual man;

- syn. faggot, fagot, fairy, nance, pansy, poof, poove, pouf, queen, queer;

n2
finely ground tobacco wrapped in paper;

- for smoking;

- syn. butt, cigaret, cigarette, coffin nail;

v1
act as a servant for older boys, in British public schools;

v2
work hard;

- "She was digging away at her math homework";

- "Lexicographers drudge all day long";

- syn. dig, drudge, grind, labor, labour, moil, toil, travail;

v3
exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress;

- "We wore ourselves out on this hike";

- syn. fag out, fatigue, jade, outwear, tire, tire out, wear, wear down, wear out, wear upon, weary;

fag end
n1
the time of the last part of something;

- "the fag end of this crisis-ridden century";

- "the tail of the storm";

- syn. tail, tail end;

n2
the frayed end of a length of cloth or rope;

fag out
v1
exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress;

- "We wore ourselves out on this hike";

- syn. fag, fatigue, jade, outwear, tire, tire out, wear, wear down, wear out, wear upon, weary;

Fagaceae
n1
chiefly monoecious trees and shrubs: beeches;

- chestnuts;

- oaks;

- genera Castanea, Castanopsis, Chrysolepis, Fagus, Lithocarpus, Nothofagus, Quercus;

- syn. beech family, family Fagaceae;

Fagales
n1
an order of dicotyledonous trees of the subclass Hamamelidae;

- syn. order Fagales;

fagged / f æ ɡ d /
a1
drained of energy or effectiveness;

- extremely tired;

- completely exhausted;

- "the day's shopping left her exhausted";

- "he went to bed dog-tired";

- "was fagged and sweaty";

- "the trembling of his played out limbs";

- "felt completely washed-out";

- "only worn-out horses and cattle";

- "you look worn out";

- syn. dog-tired, exhausted, fatigued, gone, played out, spent, washed-out, worn-out, worn out;

- sim. tired;

faggot / f æ ɡ ə t /
n1
offensive term for a homosexual man;

- syn. fag, fagot, fairy, nance, pansy, poof, poove, pouf, queen, queer;

n2
a bundle of sticks and branches bound together;

- syn. fagot;

v1
ornament or join (fabric) by faggot stitch;

- "He fagotted the blouse for his wife";

- syn. fagot;

v2
fasten together rods of iron in order to heat or weld them;

- syn. fagot;

v3
bind or tie up in or as if in a faggot;

- "faggot up the sticks";

- syn. faggot up, fagot;

faggot stitch
n1
the stitch that ties a group of parallel threads together in fagoting;

- syn. fagot stitch;

faggot up
v1
bind or tie up in or as if in a faggot;

- "faggot up the sticks";

- syn. faggot, fagot;

faggoting / f æ ɡ ə t ɪ ŋ /
n1
embroidery in which groups of parallel threads are tied together with fagot stitches;

- syn. fagoting;

Fagin / f æ ɡ ɪ n /
n1
a villainous Jew in a novel by Charles Dickens;

- "Fagin was a fence who trained boys as pickpockets";

Fagopyrum
n1
buckwheat;

- in some classifications included in the genus Polygonum;

- syn. genus Fagopyrum;

Fagopyrum esculentum
n1
a member of the genus Fagopyrum;

- annual Asian plant with clusters of small pinkish white flowers and small edible triangular seeds which are used whole or ground into flour;

- syn. Polygonum fagopyrum, buckwheat;

fagot / f ə ɡ ɒ t /
n1
offensive term for a homosexual man;

- syn. fag, faggot, fairy, nance, pansy, poof, poove, pouf, queen, queer;

n2
a bundle of sticks and branches bound together;

- syn. faggot;

v1
ornament or join (fabric) by faggot stitch;

- "He fagotted the blouse for his wife";

- syn. faggot;

v2
fasten together rods of iron in order to heat or weld them;

- syn. faggot;

v3
bind or tie up in or as if in a faggot;

- "faggot up the sticks";

- syn. faggot, faggot up;

fagot stitch
n1
the stitch that ties a group of parallel threads together in fagoting;

- syn. faggot stitch;

fagoting / f ə ɡ ɒ t ɪ ŋ /
n1
embroidery in which groups of parallel threads are tied together with fagot stitches;

- syn. faggoting;

Fagus
n1
beeches;

- syn. genus Fagus;

Fagus americana
n1
North American forest tree with light green leaves and edible nuts;

- syn. American beech, Fagus grandifolia, red beech, white beech;

Fagus grandifolia
n1
North American forest tree with light green leaves and edible nuts;

- syn. American beech, Fagus americana, red beech, white beech;

Fagus pendula
n1
variety of European beech with pendulous limbs;

- syn. Fagus sylvatica pendula, weeping beech;

Fagus purpurea
n1
variety of European beech with shining purple or copper-colored leaves;

- syn. Fagus sylvatica atropunicea, Fagus sylvatica purpurea, copper beech, purple beech;

Fagus sylvatica
n1
large European beech with minutely-toothed leaves;

- widely planted as an ornamental in North America;

- syn. European beech, common beech;

Fagus sylvatica atropunicea
n1
variety of European beech with shining purple or copper-colored leaves;

- syn. Fagus purpurea, Fagus sylvatica purpurea, copper beech, purple beech;

Fagus sylvatica pendula
n1
variety of European beech with pendulous limbs;

- syn. Fagus pendula, weeping beech;

Fagus sylvatica purpurea
n1
variety of European beech with shining purple or copper-colored leaves;

- syn. Fagus purpurea, Fagus sylvatica atropunicea, copper beech, purple beech;

Fahd
n1
king of Saudi Arabia from 1982 to 2005 (1923-2005);

- syn. Fahd ibn Abdel Aziz al-Saud;

Fahd ibn Abdel Aziz al-Saud
n1
king of Saudi Arabia from 1982 to 2005 (1923-2005);

- syn. Fahd;

Fahrenheit / f æ ɹ ə n h aɪ t /
n1
German physicist who invented the mercury thermometer and developed the scale of temperature that bears his name (1686-1736);

- syn. Gabriel Daniel Fahrenheit;

a1
of or relating to a temperature scale proposed by the inventor of the mercury thermometer;

- "water freezes at 32 degrees Fahrenheit under normal conditions";

Fahrenheit scale
n1
a temperature scale that defines the freezing point of water as 32 degrees and the boiling point of water a 212 degrees;

Fahrenheit thermometer
n1
a thermometer calibrated in degrees Fahrenheit;

faience / f eɪ ɑ n s /
n1
glazed earthenware decorated with opaque colors;

fail / f eɪ ɫ /
v1
fail to do something;

- leave something undone;

- "She failed to notice that her child was no longer in his crib";

- "The secretary failed to call the customer and the company lost the account";

- syn. neglect;

v2
be unsuccessful;

- "Where do today's public schools fail?";

- "The attempt to rescue the hostages failed miserably";

- syn. go wrong, miscarry;

v3
disappoint, prove undependable to;

- abandon, forsake;

- "His sense of smell failed him this time";

- "His strength finally failed him";

- "His children failed him in the crisis";

- syn. betray;

v4
stop operating or functioning;

- "The engine finally went";

- "The car died on the road";

- "The bus we travelled in broke down on the way to town";

- "The coffee maker broke";

- "The engine failed on the way to town";

- "her eyesight went after the accident";

- syn. break, break down, conk out, die, give out, give way, go, go bad;

v5
be unable;

- "I fail to understand your motives";

v6
judge unacceptable;

- "The teacher failed six students";

v7
fail to get a passing grade;

- "She studied hard but failed nevertheless";

- "Did I fail the test?";

- syn. bomb, flunk, flush it;

v8
fall short in what is expected;

- "She failed in her obligations as a good daughter-in-law";

- "We must not fail his obligation to the victims of the Holocaust";

v9
become bankrupt or insolvent;

- fail financially and close;

- "The toy company went bankrupt after the competition hired cheap Mexican labor";

- "A number of banks failed that year";

v10
prove insufficient;

- "The water supply for the town failed after a long drought";

- syn. give out, run out;

v11
get worse;

- "Her health is declining";

fail-safe / f eɪ ɫ s eɪ f /
n1
a mechanism capable of returning to a safe state in case there is a failure or malfunction;

a1
guaranteed not to fail;

- "a fail-safe recipe for cheese souffle";

- sim. secure;

a2
eliminating danger by compensating automatically for a failure or malfunction;

- "a fail-safe device in a nuclear weapon to deactivate it automatically in the event of accident";

- sim. safe;

failing / f eɪ ɫ ɪ ŋ /
n1
a flaw or weak point;

- "he was quick to point out his wife's failings";

- syn. weakness;

n2
failure to reach a minimum required performance;

- "his failing the course led to his disqualification";

- "he got two flunks on his report";

- syn. flunk;

a1
below acceptable in performance;

- "received failing grades";

- sim. unsatisfactory;

faille
n1
a ribbed woven fabric of silk or rayon or cotton;

failure / f eɪ ɫ j ə , f eɪ ɫ j ə ɹ /
n1
an act that fails;

- "his failure to pass the test";

n2
an event that does not accomplish its intended purpose;

- "the surprise party was a complete failure";

n3
lack of success;

- "he felt that his entire life had been a failure";

- "that year there was a crop failure";

n4
a person with a record of failing;

- someone who loses consistently;

- syn. loser, nonstarter, unsuccessful person;

n5
an unexpected omission;

- "he resented my failure to return his call";

- "the mechanic's failure to check the brakes";

n6
inability to discharge all your debts as they come due;

- "the company had to declare bankruptcy";

- "fraudulent loans led to the failure of many banks";

- syn. bankruptcy;

n7
loss of ability to function normally;

- "kidney failure";

fain / f eɪ n /
a1
having made preparations;

- "prepared to take risks";

- syn. disposed, inclined, prepared;

- sim. willing;

r1
in a willing manner;

- "this was gladly agreed to";

- "I would fain do it";

- syn. gladly, lief;

faineance
n1
the trait of being idle out of a reluctance to work;

- syn. idleness;

faineant
a1
disinclined to work or exertion;

- "faineant kings under whose rule the country languished";

- "an indolent hanger-on";

- "too lazy to wash the dishes";

- "shiftless idle youth";

- "slothful employees";

- "the unemployed are not necessarily work-shy";

- syn. indolent, lazy, otiose, slothful, work-shy;

- sim. idle;

faint / f eɪ n t /
n1
a spontaneous loss of consciousness caused by insufficient blood to the brain;

- syn. deliquium, swoon, syncope;

v1
pass out from weakness, physical or emotional distress due to a loss of blood supply to the brain;

- syn. conk, pass out, swoon;

a1
deficient in magnitude;

- barely perceptible;

- lacking clarity or brightness or loudness etc;

- "a faint outline";

- "the wan sun cast faint shadows";

- "the faint light of a distant candle";

- "weak colors";

- "a faint hissing sound";

- "a faint aroma";

- "a weak pulse";

- syn. weak;

- sim. perceptible;

a2
lacking clarity or distinctness;

- "a dim figure in the distance";

- "only a faint recollection";

- "shadowy figures in the gloom";

- "saw a vague outline of a building through the fog";

- "a few wispy memories of childhood";

- syn. dim, shadowy, vague, wispy;

- sim. indistinct;

a3
lacking strength or vigor;

- "damning with faint praise";

- "faint resistance";

- "feeble efforts";

- "a feeble voice";

- syn. feeble;

- sim. weak;

a4
weak and likely to lose consciousness;

- "suddenly felt faint from the pain";

- "was sick and faint from hunger";

- "felt light in the head";

- "a swooning fit";

- "light-headed with wine";

- "light-headed from lack of sleep";

- syn. light, light-headed, lightheaded, swooning;

- sim. ill;

a5
indistinctly understood or felt or perceived;

- "a faint clue to the origin of the mystery";

- "haven't the faintest idea";

- sim. indistinct;

a6
lacking conviction or boldness or courage;

- "faint heart ne'er won fair lady";

- syn. faint-hearted, fainthearted, timid;

- sim. cowardly;

faint-hearted / f eɪ n t h ɑ t ɪ d /
a1
lacking conviction or boldness or courage;

- "faint heart ne'er won fair lady";

- syn. faint, fainthearted, timid;

- sim. cowardly;

fainthearted / f eɪ n t h ɑ t ɪ d /
a1
lacking conviction or boldness or courage;

- "faint heart ne'er won fair lady";

- syn. faint, faint-hearted, timid;

- sim. cowardly;

faintheartedness / f eɪ n t h ɑ t ɪ d n ə s /
n1
the trait of lacking boldness and courage;

- "faintness of heart and infirmity of purpose";

- syn. faintness;

faintly / f eɪ n t ɫ i /
r1
to a faint degree or weakly perceived;

- "between him and the dim light a form was outlined faintly";

- "stars shining faintly through the overcast";

- "could hear his distant shouts only faintly";

- "the rumors weren't even faintly true";

faintness / f eɪ n t n ə s /
n1
a feeling of faintness and of being ready to swoon;

n2
the property of being without strength;

- "the faintness or potency of the feeling";

n3
barely audible;

n4
the trait of lacking boldness and courage;

- "faintness of heart and infirmity of purpose";

- syn. faintheartedness;

n5
the quality of being dim or lacking contrast;

- syn. dimness;

fair / f eə , f eə ɹ /
n1
a traveling show;

- having sideshows and rides and games of skill etc.;

- syn. carnival, funfair;

n2
gathering of producers to promote business;

- "world fair";

- "trade fair";

- "book fair";

n3
a competitive exhibition of farm products;

- "she won a blue ribbon for her baking at the county fair";

n4
a sale of miscellany;

- often for charity;

- "the church bazaar";

- syn. bazaar;

v1
join so that the external surfaces blend smoothly;

a1
free from favoritism or self-interest or bias or deception;

- conforming with established standards or rules;

- "a fair referee";

- "fair deal";

- "on a fair footing";

- "a fair fight";

- "by fair means or foul";

- syn. just;

- also impartial, just, reasonable;

- sim. antimonopoly, clean, fair-and-square, fair-minded;

a2
not excessive or extreme;

- "a fairish income";

- "reasonable prices";

- syn. fairish, reasonable;

- sim. moderate;

a3
very pleasing to the eye;

- "my bonny lass";

- "there's a bonny bay beyond";

- "a comely face";

- "young fair maidens";

- syn. bonnie, bonny, comely, sightly;

- sim. beautiful;

a4
(of a baseball) hit between the foul lines;

- "he hit a fair ball over the third base bag";

- sim. in-bounds;

a5
lacking exceptional quality or ability;

- "a novel of average merit";

- "only a fair performance of the sonata";

- "in fair health";

- "the caliber of the students has gone from mediocre to above average";

- "the performance was middling at best";

- syn. average, mediocre, middling;

- sim. ordinary;

a6
attractively feminine;

- "the fair sex";

- sim. feminine;

a7
(of a manuscript) having few alterations or corrections;

- "fair copy";

- "a clean manuscript";

- syn. clean;

- sim. legible;

a8
gained or earned without cheating or stealing;

- "an honest wage";

- "an fair penny";

- syn. honest;

- sim. equitable;

a9
free of clouds or rain;

- "today will be fair and warm";

- sim. clear;

a10
(used of hair or skin) pale or light-colored;

- "a fair complexion";

- syn. fairish;

- sim. blond;

r1
in conformity with the rules or laws and without fraud or cheating;

- "they played fairly";

- syn. clean, fairly;

r2
without favoring one party, in a fair evenhanded manner;

- "deal fairly with one another";

- syn. evenhandedly, fairly;

fair-and-square
a1
just and honest;

- sim. fair;

fair-haired
a1
favorite;

- "the fair-haired boy of the literary set";

- syn. blue-eyed, white-haired;

- sim. loved;

fair-maids-of-France
n1
rosette-forming perennial having compact panicles of white flowers;

- Europe;

- syn. Saxifraga granulata, meadow saxifrage;

fair-minded / f eə m aɪ n d ɪ d /
a1
of a person;

- just and impartial;

- not prejudiced;

- sim. fair;

fair-mindedness
n1
ability to make judgments free from discrimination or dishonesty;

- syn. candor, candour, fairness;

fair-trade act
n1
formerly a state law that protected manufacturers from price-cutting by allowing them to set minimum retail prices for their merchandise;

- eliminated by the United States Congress in 1975;

fair-trade agreement
n1
an agreement (illegal in the United States) between the manufacturer of a trademarked item of merchandise and its retail distributors to sell the item at a price at or above the price set by the manufacturer;

fair ball
n1
(baseball) a ball struck with the bat so that it stays between the lines (the foul lines) that define the width of the playing field;

fair catch
n1
(American football) a catch of a punt on the fly by a defensive player who has signalled that he will not run and so should not be tackled;

fair chance
n1
a reasonable probability of success;

- syn. sporting chance;

fair copy
n1
a clean copy of a corrected draft;

fair deal
n1
fair treatment;

- syn. square deal;

fair game
n1
a person who is the aim of an attack (especially a victim of ridicule or exploitation) by some hostile person or influence;

- "he fell prey to muggers";

- "everyone was fair game";

- "the target of a manhunt";

- syn. prey, quarry, target;

fair hearing
n1
a hearing that is granted in extraordinary situations where the normal judicial process would be inadequate to secure due process because the person would be harmed or denied their rights before a judicial remedy became available (as in deportation or loss of welfare benefits);

fair sex
n1
women as a class;

- "it's an insult to American womanhood";

- "woman is the glory of creation";

- "the fair sex gathered on the veranda";

- syn. woman, womanhood;

fair to middling
a1
about average;

- acceptable;

- "more than adequate as a secretary";

- syn. adequate, passable, tolerable;

- sim. satisfactory;

fair trade
n1
trade that satisfies certain criteria on the supply chain of the goods involved, usually including fair payment for producers;

- often with other social and environmental considerations;

n2
trade that is conducted legally;

fair use
n1
the conditions under which you can use material that is copyrighted by someone else without paying royalties;

fair weather
n1
moderate weather;

- suitable for outdoor activities;

- syn. sunshine, temperateness;

Fairbanks / f eə ɹ b æ ŋ k s /
n1
United States film actor;

- son of Douglas Elton Fairbanks, (1909-2000);

- syn. Douglas Fairbanks Jr.;

n2
United States film actor noted for his swashbuckling roles (1883-1939);

- syn. Douglas Elton Fairbanks, Douglas Fairbanks, Julius Ullman;

fairground / f eə ɡ ɹ aʊ n d /
n1
an open area for holding fairs or exhibitions or circuses;

fairish / f eə ɹ ɪ ʃ /
a1
not excessive or extreme;

- "a fairish income";

- "reasonable prices";

- syn. fair, reasonable;

- sim. moderate;

a2
(used of hair or skin) pale or light-colored;

- "a fair complexion";

- syn. fair;

- sim. blond;

fairlead
n1
a pulley-block used to guide a rope forming part of a ship's rigging to avoid chafing;

fairly / f eə ɫ i /
r1
to certain extent or degree;

- "pretty big";

- "pretty bad";

- "jolly decent of him";

- "the shoes are priced reasonably";

- "he is fairly clever with computers";

- syn. jolly, middling, moderately, passably, pretty, reasonably, somewhat;

r2
without favoring one party, in a fair evenhanded manner;

- "deal fairly with one another";

- syn. evenhandedly, fair;

r3
in conformity with the rules or laws and without fraud or cheating;

- "they played fairly";

- syn. clean, fair;

fairness / f eə n ɪ s /
n1
conformity with rules or standards;

- "the judge recognized the fairness of my claim";

- syn. equity;

n2
ability to make judgments free from discrimination or dishonesty;

- syn. candor, candour, fair-mindedness;

n3
the property of having a naturally light complexion;

- syn. blondness, paleness;

n4
the quality of being good looking and attractive;

- syn. beauteousness, comeliness, loveliness;

fairness commission
n1
a commission delegated to ensure opportunities for the expression of opposing views;

fairway / f eə w eɪ /
n1
the area between the tee and putting green where the grass is cut short;

n2
the usual course taken by vessels through a harbor or coastal waters;

n3
a tract of ground free of obstacles to movement;

fairway crested wheat grass
n1
Eurasian grass grown in United States great plains area for forage and erosion control;

- syn. Agropyron cristatum, crested wheat grass, crested wheatgrass;

fairy / f eə ɹ i /
n1
a small being, human in form, playful and having magical powers;

- syn. faerie, faery, fay, sprite;

n2
offensive term for a homosexual man;

- syn. fag, faggot, fagot, nance, pansy, poof, poove, pouf, queen, queer;

fairy-ring mushroom
n1
mushroom that grows in a fairy ring;

- syn. Marasmius oreades;

fairy-slipper
n1
rare north temperate bog orchid bearing a solitary white to pink flower marked with purple at the tip of an erect reddish stalk above 1 basal leaf;

- syn. Calypso bulbosa, calypso;

fairy armadillo
n1
very small Argentine armadillo with pale silky hair and pink plates on head and neck;

- syn. Chlamyphorus truncatus, chlamyphore, pichiciago, pichiciego;

fairy bell
n1
tall leafy European biennial or perennial having spectacular clusters of large tubular pink-purple flowers;

- leaves yield drug digitalis and are poisonous to livestock;

- syn. Digitalis purpurea, common foxglove, finger-flower, finger-root, fingerflower, fingerroot;

fairy bluebird
n1
fruit-eating mostly brilliant blue songbird of the East Indies;

- syn. bluebird;

fairy circle
n1
a ring of fungi marking the periphery of the perennial underground growth of the mycelium;

- syn. fairy ring;

fairy cup
n1
a scarlet European fungus with cup-shaped ascocarp;

- syn. Peziza coccinea, blood cup;

n2
miterwort of northeastern North America usually with two opposite leaves on erect flowering stems that terminate in erect racemes of white flowers;

- syn. Mitella diphylla;

fairy godmother
n1
a generous benefactor;

n2
a female character in some fairy stories who has magical powers and can bring unexpected good fortune to the hero or heroine;

fairy lantern
n1
any of several plants of the genus Calochortus having egg-shaped flowers;

- syn. globe lily;

fairy light
n1
a small colored light used for decoration (especially at Christmas);

fairy ring
n1
a ring of fungi marking the periphery of the perennial underground growth of the mycelium;

- syn. fairy circle;

fairy shrimp
n1
small freshwater branchiopod having a transparent body with many appendages;

- swims on its back;

fairy story
n1
a story about fairies;

- told to amuse children;

- syn. fairy tale, fairytale;

n2
an interesting but highly implausible story;

- often told as an excuse;

- syn. cock-and-bull story, fairy tale, fairytale, song and dance;

fairy swallow
n1
fancy domestic pigeon having blue-and-white plumage and heavily muffed feet;

fairy tale
n1
a story about fairies;

- told to amuse children;

- syn. fairy story, fairytale;

n2
an interesting but highly implausible story;

- often told as an excuse;

- syn. cock-and-bull story, fairy story, fairytale, song and dance;

fairyland / f eə ɹ ɪ ɫ æ n d /
n1
something existing solely in the imagination (but often mistaken for reality);

- syn. fantasy world, phantasy world;

n2
the enchanted realm of fairies;

- syn. faerie, faery;

fairytale / f eə ɹ ɪ t eɪ ɫ /
n1
a story about fairies;

- told to amuse children;

- syn. fairy story, fairy tale;

n2
an interesting but highly implausible story;

- often told as an excuse;

- syn. cock-and-bull story, fairy story, fairy tale, song and dance;

Faisal
n1
king of Saudi Arabia from 1964 to 1975 (1906-1975);

- syn. Faisal ibn Abdel Aziz al-Saud;

Faisal ibn Abdel Aziz al-Saud
n1
king of Saudi Arabia from 1964 to 1975 (1906-1975);

- syn. Faisal;

Faisalabad
n1
city in northeast Pakistan;

- syn. Lyallpur;

fait accompli / f eɪ t ə k ɒ m p ɫ i /
n1
an irreversible accomplishment;

- syn. accomplished fact;

faith / f eɪ θ /
n1
a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny;

- "he lost his faith but not his morality";

- syn. religion, religious belief;

n2
complete confidence in a person or plan etc;

- "he cherished the faith of a good woman";

- "the doctor-patient relationship is based on trust";

- syn. trust;

n3
an institution to express belief in a divine power;

- "he was raised in the Baptist religion";

- "a member of his own faith contradicted him";

- syn. organized religion, religion;

n4
loyalty or allegiance to a cause or a person;

- "keep the faith";

- "they broke faith with their investors";

faith cure
n1
care provided through prayer and faith in God;

- syn. faith healing;

faith healing
n1
care provided through prayer and faith in God;

- syn. faith cure;

faithful / f eɪ θ f ə ɫ /
n1
any loyal and steadfast following;

n2
a group of people who adhere to a common faith and habitually attend a given church;

- syn. congregation, fold;

a1
steadfast in affection or allegiance;

- "years of faithful service";

- "faithful employees";

- "we do not doubt that England has a faithful patriot in the Lord Chancellor";

- also constant, true, trustworthy, trusty;

- sim. firm, true;

a2
marked by fidelity to an original;

- "a close translation";

- "a faithful copy of the portrait";

- "a faithful rendering of the observed facts";

- syn. close;

- sim. accurate;

a3
not having sexual relations with anyone except your husband or wife, or your boyfriend or girlfriend;

- "he remained faithful to his wife";

- sim. true to;

faithfully / f eɪ θ f ə ɫ i /
r1
in a faithful manner;

- "it always came on, faithfully, like the radio";

- syn. dependably, reliably;

faithfulness / f eɪ θ f ɫ n ə s /
n1
the quality of being faithful;

- syn. fidelity;

faithless / f eɪ θ ɫ ɪ s /
a1
having the character of, or characteristic of, a traitor;

- "the faithless Benedict Arnold";

- "a lying traitorous insurrectionist";

- syn. traitorous, treasonable, treasonous, unfaithful;

- sim. disloyal;

faithlessly / f eɪ θ ɫ ɪ s ɫ i /
r1
in a disloyal and faithless manner;

- "he behaved treacherously";

- "his wife played him false";

- syn. false, traitorously, treacherously, treasonably;

faithlessness / f eɪ θ ɫ ɪ s n ə s /
n1
unfaithfulness by virtue of being unreliable or treacherous;

- syn. falseness, fickleness, inconstancy;

fake / f eɪ k /
n1
something that is a counterfeit;

- not what it seems to be;

- syn. postiche, sham;

n2
a person who makes deceitful pretenses;

- syn. faker, fraud, imposter, impostor, pretender, pseud, pseudo, role player, sham, shammer;

n3
(football) a deceptive move made by a football player;

- syn. juke;

v1
make a copy of with the intent to deceive;

- "he faked the signature";

- "they counterfeited dollar bills";

- "She forged a Green Card";

- syn. counterfeit, forge;

v2
tamper, with the purpose of deception;

- "Fudge the figures";

- "cook the books";

- "falsify the data";

- syn. cook, falsify, fudge, manipulate, misrepresent, wangle;

v3
speak insincerely or without regard for facts or truths;

- "The politician was not well prepared for the debate and faked it";

- syn. bull, bullshit, talk through one's hat;

a1
fraudulent;

- having a misleading appearance;

- syn. bastard, bogus, phoney, phony;

- sim. counterfeit;

a2
not genuine or real;

- being an imitation of the genuine article;

- "it isn't fake anything;

- it's real synthetic fur";

- "faux pearls";

- "false teeth";

- "decorated with imitation palm leaves";

- "a purse of simulated alligator hide";

- syn. false, faux, imitation, simulated;

- sim. artificial;

fake book
n1
a fake in the form of an imitation book;

- used to fill bookcases of people who wish to appear scholarly;

fakeer / f eɪ k ə , f eɪ k ə ɹ /
n1
a Muslim or Hindu mendicant monk who is regarded as a holy man;

- syn. fakir, faqir, faquir;

faker / f eɪ k ə /
n1
a person who makes deceitful pretenses;

- syn. fake, fraud, imposter, impostor, pretender, pseud, pseudo, role player, sham, shammer;

fakery / f eɪ k ə ɹ i /
n1
the act of faking (or the product of faking);

fakir / f eɪ k ɪə , f eɪ k ɪə ɹ /
n1
a Muslim or Hindu mendicant monk who is regarded as a holy man;

- syn. fakeer, faqir, faquir;

fal la
n1
meaningless syllables in the refrain of a partsong;

- syn. fa la;

falafel
n1
small croquette of mashed chick peas or fava beans seasoned with sesame seeds;

- syn. felafel;

falanga
n1
a form of torture in which the soles of the feet are beaten with whips or cudgels;

- syn. bastinado;

Falange
n1
the Spanish Nazi party under Franco;

falangist
n1
a Spanish member of General Franco's political party;

- syn. phalangist;

falcate / f æ ɫ k eɪ t /
a1
curved like a sickle;

- "a falcate leaf";

- "falcate claws";

- "the falcate moon";

- syn. falciform, sickle-shaped;

- sim. curved;

Falcatifolium
n1
sickle pines: dioecious evergreen tropical trees and shrubs having sickle-shaped leaves;

- similar to Dacrycarpus in habit;

- Malaysia and Philippines to New Guinea and New Caledonia;

- syn. genus Falcatifolium;

Falcatifolium falciforme
n1
small tropical rain forest tree of Indonesia and Malaysia;

- syn. common sickle pine;

Falcatifolium taxoides
n1
a rain forest tree or shrub of New Caledonia having a conic crown and pale green sickle-shaped leaves;

- host species for the rare parasite yew;

- syn. yellow-leaf sickle pine;

falchion / f ɔ ɫ tʃ ə n /
n1
a short broad slightly convex medieval sword with a sharp point;

falciform
a1
curved like a sickle;

- "a falcate leaf";

- "falcate claws";

- "the falcate moon";

- syn. falcate, sickle-shaped;

- sim. curved;

falciform ligament
n1
a ligament that attaches part of the liver to the diaphragm and the abdominal wall;

Falco
n1
a genus of Falconidae;

- syn. genus Falco;

Falco columbarius
n1
small falcon of Europe and America having dark plumage with black-barred tail;

- used in falconry;

- syn. merlin, pigeon hawk;

Falco peregrinus
n1
a widely distributed falcon formerly used in falconry;

- syn. peregrine, peregrine falcon;

Falco rusticolus
n1
large and rare Arctic falcon having white and dark color phases;

- syn. gerfalcon, gyrfalcon;

Falco sparverius
n1
small North American falcon;

- syn. American kestrel, kestrel, sparrow hawk;

Falco subbuteo
n1
small Old World falcon formerly trained and flown at small birds;

- syn. hobby;

Falco tinnunculus
n1
small Old World falcon that hovers in the air against a wind;

- syn. kestrel;

falcon / f ɔ ɫ k ə n /
n1
diurnal birds of prey having long pointed powerful wings adapted for swift flight;

v1
hunt with falcons;

- "The tribes like to falcon in the desert";

falcon-gentil
n1
female falcon especially a female peregrine falcon;

- syn. falcon-gentle;

falcon-gentle
n1
female falcon especially a female peregrine falcon;

- syn. falcon-gentil;

falconer / f ɔ ɫ k ə n ə /
n1
a person who breeds and trains hawks and who follows the sport of falconry;

- syn. hawker;

Falconidae
n1
a family of birds of the order Falconiformes;

- syn. family Falconidae;

Falconiformes
n1
chiefly diurnal carnivorous birds having hooked beaks and long talons with opposable hind toe: falcons;

- hawks;

- eagles;

- ospreys;

- caracaras;

- vultures;

- syn. order Falconiformes;

falconine
a1
relating to or resembling a falcon;

falconry / f ɒ ɫ k ə n ɹ i /
n1
the art of training falcons to hunt and return;

falderol
n1
ornamental objects of no great value;

- syn. folderal, frill, gimcrack, gimcrackery, nonsense, trumpery;

Falkland Islands
n1
a group of over 100 islands in the southern Atlantic off the coast of Argentina;

- a British Crown Colony;

Falkner
n1
United States novelist (originally Falkner) who wrote about people in the southern United States (1897-1962);

- syn. Faulkner, William Cuthbert Faulkner, William Falkner, William Faulkner;

fall / f ɔ ɫ /
n1
the season when the leaves fall from the trees;

- "in the fall of 1973";

- syn. autumn;

n2
a sudden drop from an upright position;

- "he had a nasty spill on the ice";

- syn. spill, tumble;

n3
the lapse of mankind into sinfulness because of the sin of Adam and Eve;

- "women have been blamed ever since the Fall";

n4
a downward slope or bend;

- syn. declension, declination, decline, declivity, descent, downslope;

n5
a lapse into sin;

- a loss of innocence or of chastity;

- "a fall from virtue";

n6
a sudden decline in strength or number or importance;

- "the fall of the House of Hapsburg";

- syn. downfall;

n7
a movement downward;

- "the rise and fall of the tides";

n8
the act of surrendering (usually under agreed conditions);

- "they were protected until the capitulation of the fort";

- syn. capitulation, surrender;

n9
the time of day immediately following sunset;

- "he loved the twilight";

- "they finished before the fall of night";

- syn. crepuscle, crepuscule, dusk, evenfall, gloam, gloaming, nightfall, twilight;

n10
when a wrestler's shoulders are forced to the mat;

- syn. pin;

n11
a free and rapid descent by the force of gravity;

- "it was a miracle that he survived the drop from that height";

- syn. drop;

n12
a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity;

- "a drop of 57 points on the Dow Jones index";

- "there was a drop in pressure in the pulmonary artery";

- "a dip in prices";

- "when that became known the price of their stock went into free fall";

- syn. dip, drop, free fall;

v1
descend in free fall under the influence of gravity;

- "The branch fell from the tree";

- "The unfortunate hiker fell into a crevasse";

v2
move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way;

- "The temperature is going down";

- "The barometer is falling";

- "The curtain fell on the diva";

- "Her hand went up and then fell again";

- syn. come down, descend, go down;

- also fall in;

v3
pass suddenly and passively into a state of body or mind;

- "fall into a trap";

- "She fell ill";

- "They fell out of favor";

- "Fall in love";

- "fall asleep";

- "fall prey to an imposter";

- "fall into a strange way of thinking";

- "she fell to pieces after she lost her work";

- also break, come apart, crumble, fall apart, fall away, fall back, fall behind, fall for, fall through, flop, lag, recede, slip;

v4
come under, be classified or included;

- "fall into a category";

- "This comes under a new heading";

- syn. come;

v5
fall from clouds;

- "rain, snow and sleet were falling";

- "Vesuvius precipitated its fiery, destructive rage on Herculaneum";

- syn. come down, precipitate;

v6
suffer defeat, failure, or ruin;

- "We must stand or fall";

- "fall by the wayside";

v7
die, as in battle or in a hunt;

- "Many soldiers fell at Verdun";

- "Several deer have fallen to the same gun";

- "The shooting victim fell dead";

v8
touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly;

- "Light fell on her face";

- "The sun shone on the fields";

- "The light struck the golden necklace";

- "A strange sound struck my ears";

- syn. shine, strike;

v9
be captured;

- "The cities fell to the enemy";

v10
occur at a specified time or place;

- "Christmas falls on a Monday this year";

- "The accent falls on the first syllable";

v11
decrease in size, extent, or range;

- "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester";

- "The cabin pressure fell dramatically";

- "her weight fell to under a hundred pounds";

- "his voice fell to a whisper";

- syn. decrease, diminish, lessen;

v12
yield to temptation or sin;

- "Adam and Eve fell";

v13
lose office or power;

- "The government fell overnight";

- "The Qing Dynasty fell with Sun Yat-sen";

v14
to be given by assignment or distribution;

- "The most difficult task fell on the youngest member of the team";

- "The onus fell on us";

- "The pressure to succeed fell on the youngest student";

v15
move in a specified direction;

- "The line of men fall forward";

v16
be due;

- "payments fall on the 1st of the month";

v17
lose one's chastity;

- "a fallen woman";

v18
to be given by right or inheritance;

- "The estate fell to the oldest daughter";

v19
come into the possession of;

- "The house accrued to the oldest son";

- syn. accrue;

v20
fall to somebody by assignment or lot;

- "The task fell to me";

- "It fell to me to notify the parents of the victims";

- syn. light;

v21
be inherited by;

- "The estate fell to my sister";

- "The land returned to the family";

- "The estate devolved to an heir that everybody had assumed to be dead";

- syn. devolve, pass, return;

v22
slope downward;

- "The hills around here fall towards the ocean";

v23
lose an upright position suddenly;

- "The vase fell over and the water spilled onto the table";

- "Her hair fell across her forehead";

- syn. fall down;

v24
drop oneself to a lower or less erect position;

- "She fell back in her chair";

- "He fell to his knees";

v25
fall or flow in a certain way;

- "This dress hangs well";

- "Her long black hair flowed down her back";

- syn. flow, hang;

v26
assume a disappointed or sad expression;

- "Her face fell when she heard that she would be laid off";

- "his crest fell";

v27
be cast down;

- "his eyes fell";

v28
come out;

- issue;

- "silly phrases fell from her mouth";

v29
be born, used chiefly of lambs;

- "The lambs fell in the afternoon";

v30
begin vigorously;

- "The prisoners fell to work right away";

v31
go as if by falling;

- "Grief fell from our hearts";

v32
come as if by falling;

- "Night fell";

- "Silence fell";

- syn. descend, settle;

fall-blooming
a1
of plants that bloom during the autumn;

- syn. autumn-blooming, autumn-flowering, fall-flowering, late-blooming, late-flowering;

- sim. autumnal;

fall-blooming hydrangea
n1
deciduous shrub or small tree with pyramidal flower clusters;

- syn. Hydrangea paniculata;

fall-board
n1
the hinged protective covering that protects the keyboard of a piano when it is not being played;

- syn. fallboard;

fall-flowering
a1
of plants that bloom during the autumn;

- syn. autumn-blooming, autumn-flowering, fall-blooming, late-blooming, late-flowering;

- sim. autumnal;

fall all over
v1
display excessive love or show excessive gratitude towards;

- "This student falls all over her former professor when she sees him";

fall apart
v1
lose one's emotional or mental composure;

- "She fell apart when her only child died";

- syn. go to pieces;

v2
go to pieces;

- "The lawn mower finally broke";

- "The gears wore out";

- "The old chair finally fell apart completely";

- syn. break, bust, wear, wear out;

v3
break or fall apart into fragments;

- "The cookies crumbled";

- "The Sphinx is crumbling";

- syn. crumble;

v4
become separated into pieces or fragments;

- "The figurine broke";

- "The freshly baked loaf fell apart";

- syn. break, come apart, separate, split up;

fall armyworm
n1
larva of a migratory American noctuid moth;

- destroys grasses and small grains;

- syn. Spodoptera frugiperda;

fall asleep
v1
change from a waking to a sleeping state;

- "he always falls asleep during lectures";

- syn. dope off, doze off, drift off, drop off, drowse off, flake out, nod off;

fall away
v1
get worse;

- "My grades are slipping";

- syn. drop away, drop off, slip;

v2
diminish in size or intensity;

- syn. fall off;

fall back
v1
fall backwards and down;

v2
hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc.;

- syn. dawdle, fall behind, lag;

v3
move back and away from;

- "The enemy fell back";

v4
retreat;

- syn. drop off, fall behind, recede;

v5
have recourse to;

- "The government resorted to rationing meat";

- syn. recur, resort;

v6
go back to bad behavior;

- "Those who recidivate are often minor criminals";

- syn. lapse, recidivate, regress, relapse, retrogress;

fall behind
v1
retreat;

- syn. drop off, fall back, recede;

v2
hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc.;

- syn. dawdle, fall back, lag;

fall by the wayside
v1
give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope;

- admit defeat;

- "In the second round, the challenger gave up";

- syn. chuck up the sponge, drop by the wayside, drop out, give up, quit, throw in, throw in the towel;

fall cankerworm
n1
green or brown white-striped looper;

- larva of Alsophila pometaria;

fall dandelion
n1
fall-blooming European herb with a yellow flower;

- naturalized in the United States;

- syn. Leontodon autumnalis, arnica bud;

fall down
v1
lose an upright position suddenly;

- "The vase fell over and the water spilled onto the table";

- "Her hair fell across her forehead";

- syn. fall;

fall equinox
n1
September 22;

- syn. September equinox, autumnal equinox;

fall flat
v1
fail utterly;

- collapse;

- "The project foundered";

- syn. fall through, flop, founder;

fall for
v1
fall in love with;

- become infatuated with;

- "She fell for the man from Brazil";

v2
be deceived, duped, or entrapped by;

- "He fell for her charms";

- "He fell for the con man's story";

fall from grace
v1
revert back to bad behavior after a period of good behavior;

- "The children fell from grace when they asked for several helpings of dessert";

fall guy
n1
a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of;

- syn. chump, fool, gull, mark, mug, patsy, soft touch, sucker;

fall in
v1
break down, literally or metaphorically;

- "The wall collapsed";

- "The business collapsed";

- "The dam broke";

- "The roof collapsed";

- "The wall gave in";

- "The roof finally gave under the weight of the ice";

- syn. break, cave in, collapse, founder, give, give way;

v2
to take one's place in a military formation or line;

- "Troops fall in!";

v3
become part of;

- become a member of a group or organization;

- "He joined the Communist Party as a young man";

- syn. get together, join;

fall in line
v1
agree on (a position);

fall in love
v1
begin to experience feelings of love towards;

- "She fell in love with her former student";

fall into
v1
be included in or classified as;

- "This falls under the rubric `various'";

- syn. fall under;

fall into place
v1
become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions;

- "It dawned on him that she had betrayed him";

- "she was penetrated with sorrow";

- syn. click, come home, dawn, get across, get through, penetrate, sink in;

Fall of Man
n1
(Judeo-Christian mythology) when Adam and Eve ate of the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil in the Garden of Eden, God punished them by driving them out of the Garden of Eden and into the world where they would be subject to sickness and pain and eventual death;

fall off
v1
come off;

- "This button had fallen off";

v2
fall heavily or suddenly;

- decline markedly;

- "The real estate market fell off";

- syn. sink, slump;

v3
diminish in size or intensity;

- syn. fall away;

fall open
v1
open involuntarily;

- "His mouth dropped open";

- "Her jaw dropped";

- syn. drop open;

fall out
v1
have a breach in relations;

- "We fell out over a trivial question";

v2
come as a logical consequence;

- follow logically;

- "It follows that your assertion is false";

- "the theorem falls out nicely";

- syn. follow;

v3
come off;

- "His hair and teeth fell out";

- syn. come out;

v4
leave (a barracks) in order to take a place in a military formation, or leave a military formation;

- "the soldiers fell out";

v5
come to pass;

- "What is happening?";

- "The meeting took place off without an incidence";

- "Nothing occurred that seemed important";

- syn. come about, go on, hap, happen, occur, pass, pass off, take place;

fall over
v1
fall forward and down;

- "The old woman went over without a sound";

- syn. go over;

fall over backwards
v1
try very hard to please someone;

- "She falls over backwards when she sees her mother-in-law";

- syn. bend over backwards;

fall short
v1
fail to meet (expectations or standards);

- syn. come short;

fall short of
v1
fail to satisfy, as of expectations, for example;

fall through
v1
fail utterly;

- collapse;

- "The project foundered";

- syn. fall flat, flop, founder;

fall under
v1
be included in or classified as;

- "This falls under the rubric `various'";

- syn. fall into;

fall upon
v1
find unexpectedly;

- "the archeologists chanced upon an old tomb";

- "she struck a goldmine";

- "The hikers finally struck the main path to the lake";

- syn. attain, chance on, chance upon, come across, come upon, discover, happen upon, light upon, strike;

fall webworm
n1
a variety of webworm;

- syn. Hyphantria cunea;

Falla
n1
Spanish composer and pianist (1876-1946);

- syn. Manuel de Falla;

fallacious / f ə ɫ eɪ ʃ ə s /
a1
containing or based on a fallacy;

- "fallacious reasoning";

- "an unsound argument";

- syn. unsound;

- sim. invalid;

a2
intended to deceive;

- "deceitful advertising";

- "fallacious testimony";

- "smooth, shining, and deceitful as thin ice" - S.T.Coleridge;

- "a fraudulent scheme to escape paying taxes";

- syn. deceitful, fraudulent;

- sim. dishonest;

a3
based on an incorrect or misleading notion or information;

- "fallacious hope";

- sim. incorrect;

fallaciousness / f ə ɫ eɪ ʃ ə s n ə s /
n1
result of a fallacy or error in reasoning;

fallacy / f æ ɫ ə s i /
n1
a misconception resulting from incorrect reasoning;

- syn. false belief;

fallal
n1
cheap showy jewelry or ornament on clothing;

- syn. bangle, bauble, gaud, gewgaw, novelty, trinket;

fallback / f ɔ ɫ b æ k /
n1
to break off a military action with an enemy;

- syn. disengagement, pullout;

fallboard
n1
the hinged protective covering that protects the keyboard of a piano when it is not being played;

- syn. fall-board;

fallen / f ɔ ɫ ə n /
a1
having dropped by the force of gravity;

- "fallen leaves covered the forest floor";

- "sat on a fallen tree trunk";

- sim. down;

a2
having fallen in or collapsed;

- "a fallen building";

- sim. destroyed;

a3
having lost your chastity;

- "a fallen woman";

- sim. unchaste;

a4
killed in battle;

- "to honor fallen soldiers";

- sim. dead;

fallen arch
n1
an instep flattened so the entire sole rests on the ground;

- syn. sunken arch;

faller / f ɔ ɫ ə , f ɔ ɫ ə ɹ /
n1
a person who fells trees;

- syn. feller, logger, lumberjack, lumberman;

n2
a person who falls;

- "one of them was safe but they were unable to save the faller";

- "a faller among thieves";

fallibility / f æ ɫ ə b ɪ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
the likelihood of making errors;

fallible / f æ ɫ ə b ɫ /
a1
likely to fail or make errors;

- "everyone is fallible to some degree";

- sim. errant, erring, undependable, weak;

a2
wanting in moral strength, courage, or will;

- having the attributes of man as opposed to e.g. divine beings;

- "I'm only a fallible human";

- "frail humanity";

- syn. frail, imperfect, weak;

- sim. human;

falling / f ɔ ɫ ɪ ŋ /
a1
decreasing in amount or degree;

- "falling temperature";

- sim. decreasing;

a2
becoming lower or less in degree or value;

- "a falling market";

- "falling incomes";

- sim. down, soft;

a3
coming down freely under the influence of gravity;

- "the eerie whistle of dropping bombs";

- "falling rain";

- syn. dropping;

- sim. descending;

falling off
n1
a noticeable deterioration in performance or quality;

- "the team went into a slump";

- "a gradual slack in output";

- "a drop-off in attendance";

- "a falloff in quality";

- syn. drop-off, falloff, slack, slump;

falling out
n1
a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions);

- "they hoped to avoid a break in relations";

- syn. breach, break, rift, rupture, severance;

falloff / f ɔ ɫ ɔ f /
n1
a noticeable deterioration in performance or quality;

- "the team went into a slump";

- "a gradual slack in output";

- "a drop-off in attendance";

- "a falloff in quality";

- syn. drop-off, falling off, slack, slump;

Fallopian tube
n1
either of a pair of tubes conducting the egg from the ovary to the uterus;

- syn. oviduct, uterine tube;

Fallopio
n1
Italian anatomist who first described the Fallopian tubes (1523-1562);

- syn. Fallopius, Gabriele Fallopius, Gabriello Fallopio;

Fallopius
n1
Italian anatomist who first described the Fallopian tubes (1523-1562);

- syn. Fallopio, Gabriele Fallopius, Gabriello Fallopio;

Fallot
n1
French physician who described cardiac anomalies including Fallot's tetralogy (1850-1911);

- syn. Etienne-Louis Arthur Fallot;

Fallot's syndrome
n1
a congenital heart defect producing cyanosis;

- characterized by four symptoms: pulmonary stenosis and ventricular septal defect and malposition of the aorta over both ventricles and hypertrophy of the right ventricle;

- syn. Fallot's tetralogy, tetralogy of Fallot;

Fallot's tetralogy
n1
a congenital heart defect producing cyanosis;

- characterized by four symptoms: pulmonary stenosis and ventricular septal defect and malposition of the aorta over both ventricles and hypertrophy of the right ventricle;

- syn. Fallot's syndrome, tetralogy of Fallot;

fallout / f ɔ ɫ aʊ t /
n1
the radioactive particles that settle to the ground after a nuclear explosion;

- syn. radioactive dust;

n2
any adverse and unwanted secondary effect;

- "a strategy to contain the fallout from the accounting scandal";

- syn. side effect;

fallout shelter
n1
a shelter to protect occupants from the fallout from an atomic bomb;

fallow / f æ ɫ oʊ /
n1
cultivated land that is not seeded for one or more growing seasons;

a1
left unplowed and unseeded during a growing season;

- "fallow farmland";

- sim. unplowed;

a2
undeveloped but potentially useful;

- "a fallow gold market";

- sim. unexploited;

fallow deer
n1
small Eurasian deer;

- syn. Dama dama;

falls / f ɔ ɫ z /
n1
the petals or sepals of a flower that bend downward (especially the outer perianth of an iris);

n2
a steep descent of the water of a river;

- syn. waterfall;

false / f ɔ ɫ s /
a1
not in accordance with the fact or reality or actuality;

- "gave false testimony under oath";

- "false tales of bravery";

- also counterfeit, dishonest, dishonorable, imitative, incorrect, insincere, wrong;

- sim. mendacious, specious, trumped-up, untrue;

a2
arising from error;

- "a false assumption";

- "a mistaken view of the situation";

- syn. mistaken;

- sim. incorrect;

a3
erroneous and usually accidental;

- "a false start";

- "a false alarm";

- sim. invalid;

a4
deliberately deceptive;

- "false pretenses";

- sim. insincere;

a5
inappropriate to reality or facts;

- "delusive faith in a wonder drug";

- "delusive expectations";

- "false hopes";

- syn. delusive;

- sim. unrealistic;

a6
not genuine or real;

- being an imitation of the genuine article;

- "it isn't fake anything;

- it's real synthetic fur";

- "faux pearls";

- "false teeth";

- "decorated with imitation palm leaves";

- "a purse of simulated alligator hide";

- syn. fake, faux, imitation, simulated;

- sim. artificial;

a7
designed to deceive;

- "a suitcase with a false bottom";

- sim. dishonest;

a8
inaccurate in pitch;

- "a false (or sour) note";

- "her singing was off key";

- syn. off-key, sour;

- sim. inharmonious;

a9
adopted in order to deceive;

- "an assumed name";

- "an assumed cheerfulness";

- "a fictitious address";

- "fictive sympathy";

- "a pretended interest";

- "a put-on childish voice";

- "sham modesty";

- syn. assumed, fictitious, fictive, pretended, put on, sham;

- sim. counterfeit;

a10
(used especially of persons) not dependable in devotion or affection;

- unfaithful;

- "a false friend";

- "when lovers prove untrue";

- syn. untrue;

- sim. inconstant;

r1
in a disloyal and faithless manner;

- "he behaved treacherously";

- "his wife played him false";

- syn. faithlessly, traitorously, treacherously, treasonably;

false alarm
n1
a warning that is given about something that fails to occur;

false alumroot
n1
plant growing in clumps with mostly basal leaves and cream-colored or pale pink fringed flowers in several long racemes;

- Alaska to coastal central California and east to Idaho;

- syn. Tellima grandiflora, fringe cups;

false asphodel
n1
a plant of the genus Tofieldia having linear chiefly basal leaves and small spicate flowers;

false azalea
n1
straggling shrub of northwestern North America having foliage with a bluish tinge and umbels of small bell-shaped flowers;

- syn. Menziesia ferruginea, fool's huckleberry;

false baby's breath
n1
Eurasian herb with ample panicles of small white flowers;

- naturalized in North America;

- syn. Galium mollugo, infant's-breath, white bedstraw, white madder, wild madder;

false beachdrops
n1
fleshy tawny or reddish saprophytic herb resembling the Indian pipe and growing in woodland humus of eastern North America;

- in some classifications placed in a separate genus Hypopitys;

- syn. Monotropa hypopithys, pinesap;

false belief
n1
a misconception resulting from incorrect reasoning;

- syn. fallacy;

false bittersweet
n1
twining shrub of North America having yellow capsules enclosing scarlet seeds;

- syn. American bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, bittersweet, climbing bittersweet, shrubby bittersweet, staff vine, waxwork;

false bottom
n1
a horizontal structure that partitions a ship or box (especially one built close to the actual bottom);

false bracken
n1
resembles Pteridium aquilinum;

- of Queensland, Australia;

- syn. Culcita dubia;

false buckthorn
n1
deciduous tree of southeastern United States and Mexico;

- syn. Bumelia lanuginosa, black haw, chittamwood, chittimwood, shittimwood;

false bugbane
n1
tall perennial of the eastern United States having large basal leaves and white summer flowers;

- syn. Trautvetteria carolinensis;

false calyx
n1
a group of bracts simulating a calyx as in a carnation or hibiscus;

- syn. calycle, calyculus, epicalyx;

false chamomile
n1
any of various autumn-flowering perennials having white or pink to purple flowers that resemble asters;

- wild in moist soils from New Jersey to Florida and Texas;

false deathcap
n1
agaric often confused with the death cup;

- syn. Amanita mappa;

false dogwood
n1
evergreen of tropical America having pulpy fruit containing saponin which was used as soap by Native Americans;

- syn. China tree, Sapindus saponaria, chinaberry, jaboncillo;

false dragon head
n1
North American plant having a spike of two-lipped pink or white flowers;

- syn. Physostegia virginiana, false dragonhead, obedient plant;

false dragonhead
n1
North American plant having a spike of two-lipped pink or white flowers;

- syn. Physostegia virginiana, false dragon head, obedient plant;

false face
n1
a mask worn as part of a masquerade costume;

false flax
n1
annual and biennial herbs of Mediterranean to central Asia;

- syn. Camelina, genus Camelina;

false foxglove
n1
sparsely branched North American perennial with terminal racemes of bright yellow flowers resembling those of the foxglove;

- sometimes placed in genus Gerardia;

- syn. Aureolaria virginica, Gerardia virginica;

n2
multi-stemmed North American annual having solitary axillary dark golden-yellow flowers resembling those of the foxglove;

- sometimes placed in genus Gerardia;

- syn. Aureolaria pedicularia, Gerardia pedicularia;

false fruit
n1
a fleshy fruit (apple or pear or related fruits) having seed chambers and an outer fleshy part;

- syn. pome;

false garlic
n1
pungent Old World wild onion;

- syn. Allium vineale, crow garlic, field garlic, stag's garlic, wild garlic;

false gavial
n1
crocodile of southeast Asia similar to but smaller than the gavial;

- syn. Tomistoma schlegeli;

false glottis
n1
the opening between the false vocal folds;

- syn. glottis spuria, rima respiratoria, rima vestibuli;

false goatsbeard
n1
North American astilbe with panicles of creamy white flowers;

- syn. Astilbe biternata;

false gromwell
n1
any of several North American perennial herbs with hairy foliage and small yellowish or greenish flowers;

false hair
n1
a covering or bunch of human or artificial hair used for disguise or adornment;

- syn. hairpiece, postiche;

false heather
n1
North American decumbent evergreen heathlike plant with yellow flowers;

- syn. Hudsonia ericoides, golden heather;

false hellebore
n1
perennial herbs of the lily family having thick toxic rhizomes;

- syn. hellebore;

false imprisonment
n1
(law) confinement without legal authority;

false indigo
n1
any of several plants of the genus Baptisia;

- syn. wild indigo;

n2
dense shrub of moist riverbanks and flood plains of the eastern United States having attractive fragrant foliage and dense racemes of dark purple flowers;

- syn. Amorpha fruticosa, bastard indigo;

n3
an erect to spreading hairy shrub of the Pacific coast of the United States having racemes of red to indigo flowers;

- syn. Amorpha californica, bastard indigo;

false labor
n1
painless contractions of the muscles of the uterus that continue throughout pregnancy with increasing frequency;

- syn. Braxton-Hicks contraction;

false lily of the valley
n1
small white-flowered plant of western Europe to Japan;

- syn. Maianthemum bifolium;

n2
small two-leaved herb of the northern United States and parts of Canada having racemes of small fragrant white flowers;

- syn. Maianthemum canadense;

false lupine
n1
western United States bushy herb having yellow pea-like flowers;

- syn. Thermopsis macrophylla, golden pea, yellow pea;

false mallow
n1
genus of coarse herbs and subshrubs of arid North and South America having pink or scarlet flowers and globose fruits;

- syn. globe mallow;

n2
an American plant of the genus Malvastrum;

false mildew
n1
any of various fungi of the family Peronosporaceae parasitic on e.g. grapes and potatoes and melons;

- syn. downy mildew;

false mistletoe
n1
American plants closely resembling Old World mistletoe;

- syn. mistletoe;

false miterwort
n1
plant with tiny white flowers hanging in loose clusters on leafy stems;

- moist woods from Alaska to central California and east to Montana;

- syn. Tiarella unifoliata, false mitrewort;

n2
stoloniferous white-flowered spring-blooming woodland plant;

- syn. Tiarella cordifolia, coolwart, false mitrewort, foamflower;

false mitrewort
n1
plant with tiny white flowers hanging in loose clusters on leafy stems;

- moist woods from Alaska to central California and east to Montana;

- syn. Tiarella unifoliata, false miterwort;

n2
stoloniferous white-flowered spring-blooming woodland plant;

- syn. Tiarella cordifolia, coolwart, false miterwort, foamflower;

false morel
n1
a fungus of the family Helvellaceae;

false name
n1
a name that has been assumed temporarily;

- syn. alias, assumed name;

false nettle
n1
any of several flowering weeds of the genus Boehmeria lacking stinging hairs;

- syn. bog hemp;

false oat
n1
coarse perennial Eurasian grass resembling oat;

- found on roadside verges and rough grassland and in hay meadows;

- introduced in North America for forage;

- syn. Arrhenatherum elatius, French rye, evergreen grass, tall meadow grass, tall oat grass;

false pimpernel
n1
weedy plant having short dry chafflike leaves;

- syn. bastard pimpernel, chaffweed;

false pregnancy
n1
physiological state in which a woman exhibits symptoms of pregnancy but is not pregnant;

- syn. pseudocyesis;

false pretence
n1
(law) an offense involving intent to defraud and false representation and obtaining property as a result of that misrepresentation;

- syn. false pretense;

false pretense
n1
(law) an offense involving intent to defraud and false representation and obtaining property as a result of that misrepresentation;

- syn. false pretence;

false ragweed
n1
tall annual marsh elder common in moist rich soil in central North America that can cause contact dermatitis;

- produces much pollen that is a major cause of hay fever;

- syn. Iva xanthifolia, burweed marsh elder;

false return
n1
an incorrect income tax return;

false rue
n1
slender erect perennial of eastern North America having tuberous roots and pink-tinged white flowers;

- resembles meadow rue;

- syn. Isopyrum biternatum, false rue anemone;

false rue anemone
n1
slender erect perennial of eastern North America having tuberous roots and pink-tinged white flowers;

- resembles meadow rue;

- syn. Isopyrum biternatum, false rue;

false saber-toothed tiger
n1
North American cat of the Miocene and Pliocene;

- much earlier and less specialized than members of the genus Smiledon;

false saffron
n1
thistlelike Eurasian plant widely grown for its red or orange flower heads and seeds that yield a valuable oil;

- syn. Carthamus tinctorius, safflower;

false sago
n1
southeastern Indian cycad with palmlike foliage;

- syn. Cycas circinalis, fern palm;

false sarsaparilla
n1
common perennial herb having aromatic roots used as a substitute for sarsaparilla;

- central and eastern North America;

- syn. Aralia nudicaulis, wild sarsaparilla, wild sarsparilla;

false scorpion
n1
small nonvenomous arachnid resembling a tailless scorpion;

- syn. pseudoscorpion;

false smut
n1
disease of rice;

- grains covered by a green powder consisting of conidia;

- syn. green smut;

false tamarisk
n1
Eurasian shrub resembling the tamarisk;

- syn. German tamarisk, Myricaria germanica;

false teeth
n1
a removable denture;

false topaz
n1
a yellow quartz;

- syn. common topaz, topaz;

false truffle
n1
any of various fungi of the family Rhizopogonaceae having subterranean fruiting bodies similar to the truffle;

n2
any of various fungi of the genus Scleroderma having hard-skinned subterranean fruiting bodies resembling truffles;

- syn. earthball, hard-skinned puffball, puffball;

false vampire
n1
any New or Old World carnivorous bat erroneously thought to suck blood but in fact feeding on insects;

- syn. false vampire bat;

false vampire bat
n1
any New or Old World carnivorous bat erroneously thought to suck blood but in fact feeding on insects;

- syn. false vampire;

false verdict
n1
a manifestly unjust verdict;

- not true to the evidence;

false vocal cord
n1
either of the upper two vocal cords that are not involved in vocalization;

- syn. false vocal fold, superior vocal cord, ventricular fold, vestibular fold;

false vocal fold
n1
either of the upper two vocal cords that are not involved in vocalization;

- syn. false vocal cord, superior vocal cord, ventricular fold, vestibular fold;

false wintergreen
n1
evergreen of eastern North America with leathery leaves and numerous white flowers;

- syn. Pyrola americana, Pyrola rotundifolia americana;

false witness
n1
a person who deliberately gives false testimony;

- syn. perjurer;

falsehood / f ɔ ɫ s h ʊ d /
n1
a false statement;

- syn. falsity, untruth;

n2
the act of rendering something false as by fraudulent changes (of documents or measures etc.) or counterfeiting;

- syn. falsification;

falsely / f ɔ ɫ s ɫ i /
r1
in an insincerely false manner;

- "a seduction on my part would land us with the necessity to rise, bathe and dress, chat falsely about this and that, and emerge into the rest of the evening as though nothing had happened";

r2
in an incorrect manner;

- "to credit Lister with the first formulation of the basic principle of stratigraphy would be to bestow credit falsely";

- syn. incorrectly;

falseness / f ɔ ɫ s n ə s /
n1
the state of being false or untrue;

- "argument could not determine its truth or falsity";

- syn. falsity;

n2
unfaithfulness by virtue of being unreliable or treacherous;

- syn. faithlessness, fickleness, inconstancy;

n3
the quality of not being open or truthful;

- deceitful or hypocritical;

- syn. hollowness, insincerity;

falsetto / f ɔ ɫ s ɛ t oʊ /
n1
a male singing voice with artificially high tones in an upper register;

a1
artificially high;

- above the normal voice range;

- "a falsetto voice";

- sim. high;

falsie
n1
padding that is worn inside a brassiere;

falsifiable / f ɔ ɫ s ɪ f aɪ ə b ɫ /
a1
capable of being tested (verified or falsified) by experiment or observation;

- syn. confirmable, verifiable;

- sim. empirical;

falsification / f ɔ ɫ s ɪ f ɪ k eɪ ʃ n /
n1
any evidence that helps to establish the falsity of something;

- syn. disproof, refutation;

n2
a willful perversion of facts;

- syn. misrepresentation;

n3
the act of rendering something false as by fraudulent changes (of documents or measures etc.) or counterfeiting;

- syn. falsehood;

n4
the act of determining that something is false;

- syn. disproof, falsifying, refutal, refutation;

falsifier / f ɔ ɫ s ɪ f aɪ ə /
n1
someone who falsifies;

falsify / f ɔ ɫ s ɪ f aɪ /
v1
make false by mutilation or addition;

- as of a message or story;

- syn. distort, garble, warp;

v2
tamper, with the purpose of deception;

- "Fudge the figures";

- "cook the books";

- "falsify the data";

- syn. cook, fake, fudge, manipulate, misrepresent, wangle;

v3
prove false;

- "Falsify a claim";

v4
falsify knowingly;

- "She falsified the records";

v5
insert words into texts, often falsifying it thereby;

- syn. alter, interpolate;

falsifying / f ɔ ɫ s ɪ f aɪ ɪ ŋ /
n1
the act of determining that something is false;

- syn. disproof, falsification, refutal, refutation;

falsity / f ɔ ɫ s ɪ t i /
n1
the state of being false or untrue;

- "argument could not determine its truth or falsity";

- syn. falseness;

n2
a false statement;

- syn. falsehood, untruth;

Falstaff
n1
a dissolute character in Shakespeare's plays;

- syn. Sir John Falstaff;

Falstaffian
a1
of or resembling Falstaff;

falter / f ɔ ɫ t ə , f ɔ ɫ t ə ɹ /
n1
the act of pausing uncertainly;

- "there was a hesitation in his speech";

- syn. faltering, hesitation, waver;

v1
be unsure or weak;

- "Their enthusiasm is faltering";

- syn. waver;

v2
move hesitatingly, as if about to give way;

- syn. waver;

v3
walk unsteadily;

- "The drunk man stumbled about";

- syn. bumble, stumble;

v4
speak haltingly;

- "The speaker faltered when he saw his opponent enter the room";

- syn. bumble, stammer, stutter;

faltering / f ɔ ɫ t ə ɹ ɪ ŋ /
n1
the act of pausing uncertainly;

- "there was a hesitation in his speech";

- syn. falter, hesitation, waver;

a1
unsteady in speech or action;

- sim. unsteady;

falteringly / f ɔ ɫ t ə ɹ ɪ ŋ ɫ i /
r1
in an unsteady manner;

- "he walked unsteadily toward the exit";

- "The wounded soldier was swinging unsteadily on his legs";

- syn. uncertainly, unsteadily;

falun gong
n1
a spiritual movement that began in China in the latter half of the 20th century and is based on Buddhist and Taoist teachings and practices;

fame / f eɪ m /
n1
the state or quality of being widely honored and acclaimed;

- syn. celebrity, renown;

n2
favorable public reputation;

famed / f eɪ m d /
a1
widely known and esteemed;

- "a famous actor";

- "a celebrated musician";

- "a famed scientist";

- "an illustrious judge";

- "a notable historian";

- "a renowned painter";

- syn. celebrated, famous, far-famed, illustrious, notable, noted, renowned;

- sim. known;

familial / f ə m ɪ ɫ ɪə ɫ /
a1
relating to or having the characteristics of a family;

- "children of the same familial background";

- "familial aggregation";

a2
occurring among members of a family usually by heredity;

- "an inherited disease";

- "familial traits";

- "genetically transmitted features";

- syn. genetic, hereditary, inherited, transmissible, transmitted;

- sim. inheritable;

familial hypercholesterolemia
n1
congenital disorder characterized by high levels of cholesterol and early development of atherosclerosis;

familiar / f ə m ɪ ɫ ɪə , f ə m ɪ ɫ ɪə ɹ /
n1
a person attached to the household of a high official (as a pope or bishop) who renders service in return for support;

n2
a friend who is frequently in the company of another;

- "drinking companions";

- "comrades in arms";

- syn. associate, companion, comrade, fellow;

n3
a spirit (usually in animal form) that acts as an assistant to a witch or wizard;

- syn. familiar spirit;

a1
well known or easily recognized;

- "a familiar figure";

- "familiar songs";

- "familiar guests";

- also known;

- sim. acquainted, beaten, long-familiar, old;

a2
within normal everyday experience;

- common and ordinary;

- not strange;

- "familiar ordinary objects found in every home";

- "a familiar everyday scene";

- "a familiar excuse";

- "a day like any other filled with familiar duties and experiences";

- sim. common, everyday, garden;

a3
(usually followed by `with') well informed about or knowing thoroughly;

- "conversant with business trends";

- "familiar with the complex machinery";

- "he was familiar with those roads";

- syn. conversant;

- sim. informed;

a4
having mutual interests or affections;

- of established friendship;

- "on familiar terms";

- "pretending she is on an intimate footing with those she slanders";

- syn. intimate;

- sim. close;

familiar spirit
n1
a spirit (usually in animal form) that acts as an assistant to a witch or wizard;

- syn. familiar;

familiarisation
n1
the experience of becoming familiar with something;

- syn. familiarization;

familiarise
v1
make familiar or conversant with;

- "you should acquaint yourself with your new computer";

- "We familiarized ourselves with the new surroundings";

- syn. acquaint, familiarize;

familiarised / f ə m ɪ ɫ ɪə ɹ ɪ z d /
a1
having achieved a comfortable relation with your environment;

- syn. adjusted, familiarized;

- sim. oriented;

familiarising / f ə m ɪ ɫ ɪə ɹ aɪ z ɪ ŋ /
a1
serving to make familiar;

- syn. familiarizing;

- sim. orienting;

familiarity / f ə m ɪ ɫ ɪ æ ɹ ɪ t i /
n1
personal knowledge or information about someone or something;

- syn. acquaintance, conversance, conversancy;

n2
usualness by virtue of being familiar or well known;

n3
close or warm friendship;

- "the absence of fences created a mysterious intimacy in which no one knew privacy";

- syn. closeness, intimacy;

n4
a casual manner;

- syn. casualness;

n5
an act of undue intimacy;

- syn. impropriety, indecorum, liberty;

familiarization / f ə m ɪ ɫ ɪə ɹ aɪ z eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the experience of becoming familiar with something;

- syn. familiarisation;

familiarize / f ə m ɪ ɫ ɪə ɹ aɪ z /
v1
make familiar or conversant with;

- "you should acquaint yourself with your new computer";

- "We familiarized ourselves with the new surroundings";

- syn. acquaint, familiarise;

familiarized / f ə m ɪ ɫ ɪə ɹ aɪ z d /
a1
having achieved a comfortable relation with your environment;

- syn. adjusted, familiarised;

- sim. oriented;

familiarizing / f ə m ɪ ɫ ɪə ɹ aɪ z ɪ ŋ /
a1
serving to make familiar;

- syn. familiarising;

- sim. orienting;

familiarly / f ə m ɪ ɫ ɪə ɫ i /
r1
in an intimately familiar manner;

- "Sid, as he was familiarly known by his friends, was one of the most respected and devoted members of the socialist minority group";

family / f æ m ə ɫ i /
n1
a social unit living together;

- "he moved his family to Virginia";

- "It was a good Christian household";

- "I waited until the whole house was asleep";

- "the teacher asked how many people made up his home";

- "the family refused to accept his will";

- syn. home, house, household, menage;

n2
primary social group;

- parents and children;

- "he wanted to have a good job before starting a family";

- syn. family unit;

n3
a collection of things sharing a common attribute;

- "there are two classes of detergents";

- syn. category, class;

n4
people descended from a common ancestor;

- "his family has lived in Massachusetts since the Mayflower";

- syn. family line, folk, kinfolk, kinsfolk, phratry, sept;

n5
a person having kinship with another or others;

- "he's kin";

- "he's family";

- syn. kin, kinsperson;

n6
(biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera;

- "sharks belong to the fish family";

n7
a loose affiliation of gangsters in charge of organized criminal activities;

- syn. crime syndicate, mob, syndicate;

n8
an association of people who share common beliefs or activities;

- "the message was addressed not just to employees but to every member of the company family";

- "the church welcomed new members into its fellowship";

- syn. fellowship;

family Acanthaceae
n1
widely distributed herbs and shrubs and trees;

- sometimes placed in the order Scrophulariales;

- syn. Acanthaceae, acanthus family;

family Acanthisittidae
n1
alternative names for the family comprising the New Zealand wrens;

- syn. Acanthisittidae, Xenicidae, family Xenicidae;

family Acanthuridae
n1
surgeonfishes;

- syn. Acanthuridae;

family Acaridae
n1
mites;

- syn. Acaridae;

family Accipitridae
n1
hawks;

- Old World vultures;

- kites;

- harriers;

- eagles;

- syn. Accipitridae;

family Aceraceae
n1
a family of trees and shrubs of order Sapindales including the maples;

- syn. Aceraceae, maple family;

family Acipenseridae
n1
sturgeons;

- syn. Acipenseridae;

family Acrididae
n1
short-horned grasshoppers;

- true locusts;

- syn. Acrididae, Locustidae, family Locustidae;

family Actinidiaceae
n1
tropical trees or shrubs or woody vines;

- syn. Actinidiaceae;

family Actinomycetaceae
n1
filamentous anaerobic bacteria;

- syn. Actinomycetaceae;

family Adelgidae
n1
plant lice;

- syn. Adelgidae;

family Adiantaceae
n1
used in some classification systems for some genera of the family Polypodiaceae (or Pteridaceae);

- syn. Adiantaceae;

family Aegypiidae
n1
in some classifications considered the family comprising the Old World vultures which are more often included in the family Accipitridae;

- syn. Aegypiidae;

family Aepyornidae
n1
coextensive with the order Aepyorniformes;

- syn. Aepyornidae;

family Agamidae
n1
an Old World reptile family of Sauria;

- syn. Agamidae;

family Agaricaceae
n1
large family including many familiar mushrooms;

- syn. Agaricaceae;

family Agavaceae
n1
chiefly tropical and xerophytic plants: includes Dracenaceae (Dracaenaceae);

- comprises plants that in some classifications are divided between the Amaryllidaceae and the Liliaceae;

- syn. Agavaceae, agave family, sisal family;

family Agonidae
n1
poachers;

- syn. Agonidae;

family Ailuropodidae
n1
in some classifications considered the family comprising the giant pandas;

- syn. Ailuropodidae;

family Aizoaceae
n1
succulent herbs or small shrubs mostly of South Africa but also New Zealand and North America: carpetweeds;

- fig marigolds;

- syn. Aizoaceae, Tetragoniaceae, carpetweed family, family Tetragoniaceae;

family Akeridae
n1
bubble shells;

- syn. Akeridae;

family Alaudidae
n1
larks;

- syn. Alaudidae;

family Albuginaceae
n1
fungi that produce white sori resembling blisters on certain flowering plants;

- syn. Albuginaceae;

family Albulidae
n1
bonefish;

- syn. Albulidae;

family Alcedinidae
n1
kingfishers;

- syn. Alcedinidae;

family Alcidae
n1
web-footed diving seabirds of northern seas: auks;

- puffins;

- guillemots;

- murres;

- etc.;

- syn. Alcidae;

family Aleyrodidae
n1
whiteflies;

- syn. Aleyrodidae;

family Alismataceae
n1
perennial or annual aquatic or marsh plants;

- syn. Alismataceae, water-plantain family;

family Alliaceae
n1
one of many families or subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted;

- includes especially genus Allium;

- syn. Alliaceae;

family Alligatoridae
n1
alligators;

- caimans;

- syn. Alligatoridae;

family Allioniaceae
n1
a family of flowering plants of the order Caryophyllales;

- syn. Allioniaceae, Nyctaginaceae, family Nyctaginaceae, four-o'clock family;

family Aloeaceae
n1
one of many families or subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted;

- syn. Aloeaceae, aloe family;

family Alopiidae
n1
thresher sharks;

- syn. Alopiidae;

family Alstroemeriaceae
n1
one of many families or subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted;

- sometimes included in subfamily Amaryllidaceae;

- syn. Alstroemeriaceae;

family Amaranthaceae
n1
cosmopolitan family of herbs and shrubs;

- syn. Amaranthaceae, amaranth family;

family Amaryllidaceae
n1
snowdrop;

- narcissus;

- daffodil;

- in some classification systems considered a subfamily of the Liliaceae;

- syn. Amaryllidaceae, amaryllis family;

family Ambrosiaceae
n1
in some classifications considered a separate family comprising a subgroup of the Compositae including the ragweeds;

- syn. Ambrosiaceae;

family Ambystomatidae
n1
New World salamanders;

- syn. Ambystomatidae;

family Ameiuridae
n1
North American catfishes;

- syn. Ameiuridae;

family Amiidae
n1
only the bowfins;

- syn. Amiidae;

family Ammodytidae
n1
sand lances;

- syn. Ammodytidae;

family Amphioxidae
n1
lancelets;

- syn. Amphioxidae, Branchiostomidae, family Branchiostomidae;

family Amphisbaenidae
n1
worm lizards;

- syn. Amphisbaenidae;

family Amphiumidae
n1
congo snakes;

- syn. Amphiumidae;

family Amygdalaceae
n1
used in former classifications for plum and peach and almond trees which are now usually classified as members of the genus Prunus;

- syn. Amygdalaceae;

family Anabantidae
n1
small freshwater spiny-finned fishes of Africa and southern Asia;

- syn. Anabantidae;

family Anacardiaceae
n1
the cashew family;

- trees and shrubs and vines having resinous (sometimes poisonous) juice;

- includes cashew and mango and pistachio and poison ivy and sumac;

- syn. Anacardiaceae, sumac family;

family Anarhichadidae
n1
wolffishes;

- syn. Anarhichadidae;

family Anatidae
n1
swimming birds having heavy short-legged bodies and bills with a horny tip: swans;

- geese;

- ducks;

- syn. Anatidae;

family Ancylidae
n1
freshwater gastropod;

- syn. Ancylidae;

family Ancylostomatidae
n1
hookworms;

- syn. Ancylostomatidae;

family Andrenidae
n1
a large family of solitary short-tongued bees most of which burrow in the ground;

- syn. Andrenidae;

family Anguidae
n1
alligator lizards;

- syn. Anguidae;

family Anguillidae
n1
eels that live in fresh water as adults but return to the sea to spawn;

- syn. Anguillidae;

family Anhimidae
n1
screamers;

- syn. Anhimidae;

family Anhingidae
n1
snakebirds;

- syn. Anhingidae;

family Anniellidae
n1
legless lizards;

- syn. Anniellidae;

family Annonaceae
n1
chiefly tropical trees or shrubs;

- syn. Annonaceae, custard-apple family;

family Anobiidae
n1
deathwatch beetles;

- syn. Anobiidae;

family Anomalopidae
n1
a family of fish including: flashlight fishes;

- syn. Anomalopidae;

family Anomiidae
n1
saddle oysters;

- syn. Anomiidae;

family Antedonidae
n1
feather stars;

- syn. Antedonidae;

family Antennariidae
n1
frogfishes;

- tropical spiny-finned marine fishes having large nearly vertical mouths;

- related to toadfishes and anglers;

- syn. Antennariidae;

family Anthocerotaceae
n1
hornworts;

- syn. Anthocerotaceae;

family Antilocapridae
n1
comprising only the pronghorns;

- syn. Antilocapridae;

family Aphididae
n1
small soft-bodied plant lice;

- syn. Aphididae;

family Aphyllanthaceae
n1
one of many families or subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted;

- includes genus Aphyllanthes;

- syn. Aphyllanthaceae;

family Apiaceae
n1
plants having flowers in umbels: parsley;

- carrot;

- anise;

- caraway;

- celery;

- dill;

- syn. Apiaceae, Umbelliferae, carrot family, family Umbelliferae;

family Apidae
n1
honeybees;

- carpenter bees;

- bumblebees;

- syn. Apidae;

family Aplodontiidae
n1
mountain beavers;

- syn. Aplodontiidae;

family Aplysiidae
n1
sea hares;

- syn. Aplysiidae, Tethyidae, family Tethyidae;

family Apocynaceae
n1
chiefly tropical trees or shrubs or herbs having milky juice and often showy flowers;

- many are sources of drugs;

- syn. Apocynaceae, dogbane family;

family Apodidae
n1
swifts;

- in former classifications included in the order Coraciiformes;

- syn. Apodidae;

family Apogonidae
n1
bright-colored marine fishes that incubate eggs in the mouth;

- syn. Apogonidae;

family Apterygidae
n1
coextensive with the order Apterygiformes;

- syn. Apterygidae;

family Aquifoliaceae
n1
widely distributed shrubs and trees;

- syn. Aquifoliaceae, holly family;

family Araceae
n1
anthurium;

- calla lily;

- jack-in-the-pulpit;

- philodendron;

- syn. Araceae, arum family;

family Araliaceae
n1
mostly tropical trees and shrubs and lianas: genera Panax and Hedera;

- syn. Araliaceae, ivy family;

family Araucariaceae
n1
tall evergreen cone-bearing trees of South America and Australia with broad leathery leaves;

- in some classifications included in the Pinaceae;

- syn. Araucariaceae, araucaria family;

family Arcellidae
n1
soil and freshwater protozoa;

- cosmopolitan in distribution;

- syn. Arcellidae;

family Arcidae
n1
ark shells;

- syn. Arcidae;

family Arctiidae
n1
tiger moths;

- syn. Arctiidae;

family Ardeidae
n1
herons;

- egrets;

- night herons;

- bitterns;

- syn. Ardeidae;

family Arecaceae
n1
chiefly tropical trees and shrubs and vines usually having a tall columnar trunk bearing a crown of very large leaves;

- coextensive with the order Palmales;

- syn. Arecaceae, Palmaceae, Palmae, family Palmaceae, family Palmae, palm family;

family Argasidae
n1
soft ticks;

- syn. Argasidae;

family Argentinidae
n1
small marine soft-finned fishes with long silvery bodies;

- related to salmons and trouts;

- syn. Argentinidae;

family Argiopidae
n1
spiders that spin orb webs;

- cosmopolitan in distribution;

- syn. Argiopidae, orb-weaver;

family Argonautidae
n1
represented solely by the genus Argonauta;

- syn. Argonautidae;

family Ariidae
n1
sea catfishes;

- syn. Ariidae;

family Aristolochiaceae
n1
family of birthworts (including wild ginger);

- syn. Aristolochiaceae, birthwort family;

family Armadillidiidae
n1
pill bugs;

- syn. Armadillidiidae;

family Artamidae
n1
wood swallows;

- syn. Artamidae;

family Ascaphidae
n1
family of one species of frog: tailed frog;

- syn. Ascaphidae;

family Ascaridae
n1
large roundworms parasitic in intestines of vertebrates;

- syn. Ascaridae;

family Asclepiadaceae
n1
widely distributed family of herbs and shrubs of the order Gentianales;

- most with milky juice;

- syn. Asclepiadaceae, milkweed family;

family Asilidae
n1
robber flies;

- syn. Asilidae;

family Asparagaceae
n1
one of many families or subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae: includes genera Asparagus and sometimes Ruscus;

- syn. Asparagaceae;

family Aspergillaceae
n1
family of fungi including some common molds;

- syn. Aspergillaceae;

family Asphodelaceae
n1
one of many subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae;

- syn. Asphodelaceae;

family Aspleniaceae
n1
one of a number of families into which Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems;

- includes genera Asplenium, Pleurosorus, Schaffneria;

- syn. Aspleniaceae;

family Astacidae
n1
crayfish;

- syn. Astacidae, Astacura;

family Asteraceae
n1
plants with heads composed of many florets: aster;

- daisy;

- dandelion;

- goldenrod;

- marigold;

- lettuces;

- ragweed;

- sunflower;

- thistle;

- zinnia;

- syn. Asteraceae, Compositae, aster family, family Compositae;

family Atherinidae
n1
small spiny-finned fishes of both salt and fresh water;

- syn. Atherinidae;

family Athiorhodaceae
n1
small motile sulphur bacteria;

- syn. Athiorhodaceae;

family Athyriaceae
n1
alternative names for one of a number of families into which the family Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems;

- syn. Athyriaceae, Dryopteridaceae, family Dryopteridaceae;

family Atrichornithidae
n1
scrubbirds;

- syn. Atrichornithidae;

family Atropidae
n1
booklice;

- syn. Atropidae;

family Aulostomidae
n1
trumpetfishes;

- syn. Aulostomidae;

family Auriculariaceae
n1
fungi having gelatinous sporophores;

- syn. Auriculariaceae;

family Avicenniaceae
n1
used in some classifications: coextensive with the genus Avicennia;

- syn. Avicenniaceae;

family Azollaceae
n1
used in some classifications for the genus Azolla;

- syn. Azollaceae;

family Babesiidae
n1
piroplasms and cattle pathogens;

- syn. Babesiidae;

family Bacillaceae
n1
typically rod-shaped usually Gram-positive bacteria that produce endospores;

- syn. Bacillaceae;

family Bacteroidaceae
n1
family of bacteria living usually in the alimentary canal or on mucous surfaces of warm-blooded animals;

- sometimes associated with acute infective processes;

- syn. Bacteroidaceae;

family Balaenicipitidae
n1
shoebills;

- syn. Balaenicipitidae;

family Balaenidae
n1
right whales;

- syn. Balaenidae;

family Balaenopteridae
n1
rorquals;

- blue whales;

- syn. Balaenopteridae;

family Balanidae
n1
stalkless barnacles;

- syn. Balanidae;

family Balistidae
n1
triggerfishes;

- syn. Balistidae;

family Balsaminaceae
n1
distinguished from the family Geraniaceae by the irregular flowers;

- syn. Balsaminaceae, balsam family;

family Bangiaceae
n1
a family of protoctist;

- syn. Bangiaceae;

family Bathyergidae
n1
mole rats;

- sand rats;

- syn. Bathyergidae;

family Batidaceae
n1
family coextensive with genus Batis: saltworts;

- syn. Batidaceae, saltwort family;

family Batrachoididae
n1
toadfishes;

- related to anglers and batfishes;

- syn. Batrachoididae;

family Begoniaceae
n1
monoecious succulent herbs or shrubs of tropical and warm regions especially America;

- syn. Begoniaceae, begonia family;

family Belemnitidae
n1
family of extinct Mesozoic cephalopods;

- syn. Belemnitidae;

family Belonidae
n1
ferocious fishes of warm regions resembling but unrelated to the freshwater gars;

- syn. Belonidae;

family Belostomatidae
n1
water bugs;

- syn. Belostomatidae;

family Bennettitaceae
n1
a family of fossil gymnospermous plants of the Carboniferous;

- syn. Bennettitaceae;

family Berberidaceae
n1
shrubs or herbs;

- syn. Berberidaceae, barberry family;

family Betulaceae
n1
monoecious trees and shrubs (including the genera Betula and Alnus and Carpinus and Corylus and Ostrya and Ostryopsis);

- syn. Betulaceae, birch family;

family Bible
n1
a large Bible with pages to record marriages and births;

family Bignoniaceae
n1
trees or shrubs or woody vines or herbs having fruit resembling gourds or capsules;

- sometimes placed in the order Scrophulariales;

- syn. Bignoniaceae;

family Bittacidae
n1
a family of predacious tropical insects of the order Mecoptera;

- syn. Bittacidae;

family Blastodiaceae
n1
a family of saprobic fungi of order Blastocladiales;

- syn. Blastodiaceae;

family Blattidae
n1
domestic cockroaches;

- syn. Blattidae;

family Blechnaceae
n1
one of a number of families into which the family Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems;

- includes genera Blechnum, Doodia, Sadleria, Stenochlaena, and Woodwardia;

- syn. Blechnaceae;

family Blenniidae
n1
a family of fish including: combtooth blennies;

- syn. Blenniidae;

family Boidae
n1
boas and pythons;

- syn. Boidae;

family Boletaceae
n1
family of fleshy fungi having the germ pores easily separating from the cup and often from each other;

- syn. Boletaceae;

family Bombacaceae
n1
tropical trees with large dry or fleshy fruit containing usually woolly seeds;

- syn. Bombacaceae;

family Bombycidae
n1
Chinese silkworm moth;

- syn. Bombycidae;

family Bombycillidae
n1
a family of birds of the suborder Oscines;

- syn. Bombycillidae;

family Bombyliidae
n1
bee flies;

- syn. Bombyliidae;

family Boraginaceae
n1
a widely distributed family of plants distinguished by circinate flowers and nutlike fruit;

- syn. Boraginaceae, borage family;

family Bothidae
n1
a family of fish of the order Heterosomata;

- syn. Bothidae;

family Bovidae
n1
true antelopes;

- cattle;

- oxen;

- sheep;

- goats;

- syn. Bovidae;

family Bradypodidae
n1
a family of edentates comprising the true sloths;

- syn. Bradypodidae;

family Bramidae
n1
deep-bodied percoid fishes of the open seas;

- syn. Bramidae;

family Branchiobdellidae
n1
small annelid worms with the posterior end modified into an adhesive sucker;

- especially formerly regarded as modified leeches;

- syn. Branchiobdellidae;

family Branchiostegidae
n1
small family of marine fishes having covered gills;

- syn. Branchiostegidae;

family Branchiostomidae
n1
lancelets;

- syn. Amphioxidae, Branchiostomidae, family Amphioxidae;

family Brassicaceae
n1
a large family of plants with four-petaled flowers;

- includes mustards, cabbages, broccoli, turnips, cresses, and their many relatives;

- syn. Brassicaceae, Cruciferae, family Cruciferae, mustard family;

family Brevicipitidae
n1
narrow-mouthed toads and sheep frogs;

- some burrow and some are arboreal;

- found worldwide;

- syn. Brevicipitidae, Microhylidae, family Microhylidae;

family Bromeliaceae
n1
a family of tropical American plants of order Xyridales including several (as the pineapple) of economic importance;

- syn. Bromeliaceae, pineapple family;

family Brotulidae
n1
chiefly deep-sea fishes related to the Ophidiidae;

- syn. Brotulidae;

family Bruchidae
n1
seed beetles;

- syn. Bruchidae;

family Bryaceae
n1
a family of acrocarpous mosses;

- syn. Bryaceae;

family Buccinidae
n1
whelks;

- syn. Buccinidae;

family Bucconidae
n1
puffbirds;

- syn. Bucconidae;

family Bucerotidae
n1
hornbills;

- syn. Bucerotidae;

family Bufonidae
n1
true toads;

- syn. Bufonidae;

family Burhinidae
n1
large wading birds resembling the plovers: stone curlews;

- syn. Burhinidae;

family Burmanniaceae
n1
family of chiefly tropical herbs with basal leaves like bracts and small flowers;

- syn. Burmanniaceae;

family Burseraceae
n1
resinous or aromatic chiefly tropical shrubs or trees;

- syn. Burseraceae, torchwood family;

family business
n1
a corporation that is entirely owned by the members of a single family;

family Buxaceae
n1
widely distributed evergreen shrubs and trees;

- syn. Buxaceae, box family;

family Cactaceae
n1
constituting the order Opuntiales;

- syn. Cactaceae, cactus family;

family Caeciliadae
n1
coextensive with the order Gymnophiona: legless amphibians;

- syn. Caeciliadae, Caeciliidae, family Caeciliidae;

family Caeciliidae
n1
coextensive with the order Gymnophiona: legless amphibians;

- syn. Caeciliadae, Caeciliidae, family Caeciliadae;

family Caenolestidae
n1
small marsupials of southern South America;

- syn. Caenolestidae;

family Caesalpiniaceae
n1
spiny trees, shrubs, or perennial herbs, including the genera Caesalpinia, Cassia, Ceratonia, Bauhinia;

- commonly included in the family Leguminosae;

- syn. Caesalpiniaceae;

family Callionymidae
n1
dragonets;

- syn. Callionymidae;

family Calliphoridae
n1
blowflies;

- syn. Calliphoridae;

family Callithricidae
n1
marmosets;

- syn. Callithricidae;

family Callitrichaceae
n1
dicot aquatic herbs;

- syn. Callitrichaceae;

family Calostomataceae
n1
a family of fungi belonging to the order Tulostomatales;

- syn. Calostomataceae;

family Calycanthaceae
n1
shrubs or small trees having aromatic bark;

- the eastern United States and eastern Asia;

- syn. Calycanthaceae, calycanthus family, strawberry-shrub family;

family Camelidae
n1
camels and llamas and vicunas;

- syn. Camelidae;

family Campanulaceae
n1
family of plants of the order Campanulales;

- in some classifications includes Lobeliaceae;

- syn. Campanulaceae, bellflower family;

family Cancridae
n1
many of the best known edible crabs;

- syn. Cancridae;

family Canellaceae
n1
one genus: aromatic tropical trees of eastern Africa and Florida to West Indies;

- syn. Canellaceae, canella family;

family Canidae
n1
dogs;

- wolves;

- jackals;

- foxes;

- syn. Canidae;

family Cannabidaceae
n1
two genera of erect or twining herbs that are pollinated by the wind, including the genera Cannabis and Humulus;

- term not used in all classifications;

- in some the genus Cannabis is placed in the family Moraceae and the genus Humulus in the family Urticaceae;

- syn. Cannabidaceae, hemp family;

family Cannaceae
n1
coextensive with the genus Canna;

- syn. Cannaceae;

family Capitonidae
n1
barbets;

- syn. Capitonidae;

family Capparidaceae
n1
a dilleniid dicot family of the order Rhoeadales that includes: genera Capparis, Cleome, Crateva, and Polanisia;

- syn. Capparidaceae, caper family;

family Caprifoliaceae
n1
shrubs and small trees and woody vines;

- syn. Caprifoliaceae, honeysuckle family;

family Caprimulgidae
n1
goatsuckers;

- syn. Caprimulgidae;

family Caproidae
n1
boarfishes;

- syn. Caproidae;

family Capromyidae
n1
coypus;

- syn. Capromyidae;

family Capsidae
n1
leaf bugs;

- syn. Capsidae, Miridae, family Miridae;

family Carabidae
n1
ground beetles;

- syn. Carabidae;

family Carangidae
n1
large family of narrow-bodied marine food fishes with widely forked tails;

- chiefly of warm seas;

- syn. Carangidae;

family Carapidae
n1
pearlfishes: related to the Brotulidae;

- syn. Carapidae;

family Carcharhinidae
n1
largest family of living sharks;

- found worldwide especially in tropical waters;

- dorsal fin lacks spines: requiem sharks including tiger sharks and soupfin sharks;

- syn. Carcharhinidae;

family Carchariidae
n1
sand sharks;

- in some classifications coextensive with family Carcharhinidae;

- syn. Carchariidae, Odontaspididae, family Odontaspididae;

family Cardiidae
n1
somewhat heart-shaped sand-burrowing bivalve mollusks;

- syn. Cardiidae;

family Cariamidae
n1
crane-like South American wading birds;

- syn. Cariamidae;

family Caricaceae
n1
trees native to tropical America and Africa with milky juice and large palmately lobed leaves;

- syn. Caricaceae, papaya family;

family Carpinaceae
n1
used in some classification systems for the genera Carpinus, Ostryopsis, and Ostryopsis;

- syn. Carpinaceae, subfamily Carpinaceae;

family Caryocaraceae
n1
small genus of tropical South American trees;

- syn. Caryocaraceae;

family Caryophyllaceae
n1
large family of herbs or subshrubs (usually with stems swollen at the nodes);

- syn. Caryophyllaceae, carnation family, pink family;

family Castoridae
n1
beavers;

- syn. Castoridae;

family Casuaridae
n1
a family of large ostrich-like birds including cassowaries;

- syn. Casuaridae;

family Casuarinaceae
n1
one genus: genus Casuarina;

- syn. Casuarinaceae;

family Cathartidae
n1
condors;

- turkey buzzards;

- king vultures;

- syn. Cathartidae;

family Catostomidae
n1
suckers;

- closely related to the family Cyprinidae;

- syn. Catostomidae;

family Caviidae
n1
a family of Hystricomorpha;

- syn. Caviidae;

family Cebidae
n1
all the New World monkeys except marmosets and tamarins;

- syn. Cebidae;

family Cecidomyidae
n1
gall midges;

- syn. Cecidomyidae;

family Cecropiaceae
n1
in some classifications included in family Moraceae;

- syn. Cecropiaceae;

family Celastraceae
n1
trees and shrubs and woody vines usually having bright-colored fruits;

- syn. Celastraceae, spindle-tree family, staff-tree family;

family Centrarchidae
n1
sunfish family;

- syn. Centrarchidae;

family Centriscidae
n1
shrimpfishes;

- syn. Centriscidae;

family Centropomidae
n1
a family of fish or the order Perciformes including robalos;

- syn. Centropomidae;

family Cephalobidae
n1
a family of Nematoda;

- syn. Cephalobidae;

family Cephalotaceae
n1
a family of plants of order Rosales;

- coextensive with the genus Cephalotus;

- syn. Cephalotaceae;

family Cephalotaxaceae
n1
a family of Cephalotaxaceae;

- syn. Cephalotaxaceae, plum-yew family;

family Cerambycidae
n1
long-horned beetles;

- syn. Cerambycidae;

family Ceratodontidae
n1
lungfishes having hornlike ridges on the teeth;

- syn. Ceratodontidae;

family Ceratophyllaceae
n1
coextensive with the genus Ceratophyllum: hornworts;

- syn. Ceratophyllaceae;

family Ceratopogonidae
n1
biting midges;

- sand flies;

- syn. Ceratopogonidae;

family Ceratopsidae
n1
American ceratopsian dinosaurs;

- syn. Ceratopsidae;

family Ceratostomataceae
n1
fungi having carbonous perithecia with long necks;

- syn. Ceratostomataceae;

family Cercidiphyllaceae
n1
one genus;

- syn. Cercidiphyllaceae;

family Cercopidae
n1
froghoppers or spittlebugs;

- syn. Cercopidae;

family Cercopithecidae
n1
Old World monkeys: guenon;

- baboon;

- colobus monkey;

- langur;

- macaque;

- mandrill;

- mangabey;

- patas;

- proboscis monkey;

- syn. Cercopithecidae;

family Certhiidae
n1
creepers;

- syn. Certhiidae;

family Cervidae
n1
deer: reindeer;

- moose or elks;

- muntjacs;

- roe deer;

- syn. Cervidae;

family Cestidae
n1
coextensive with the order Cestida;

- ctenophores having a greatly flattened and elongated body;

- syn. Cestidae;

family Cetorhinidae
n1
in some older classifications considered the family of the basking sharks;

- syn. Cetorhinidae;

family Chaetodontidae
n1
butterfly fishes;

- syn. Chaetodontidae;

family Chalcidae
n1
an arthropod family including: chalcidflies;

- syn. Chalcidae, Chalcididae, family Chalcididae;

family Chalcididae
n1
an arthropod family including: chalcidflies;

- syn. Chalcidae, Chalcididae, family Chalcidae;

family Chamaeleonidae
n1
Old World chameleons;

- in some classifications they are considered a superfamily of Sauria;

- syn. Chamaeleonidae, Chamaeleontidae, Rhiptoglossa, family Chamaeleontidae, family Rhiptoglossa;

family Chamaeleontidae
n1
Old World chameleons;

- in some classifications they are considered a superfamily of Sauria;

- syn. Chamaeleonidae, Chamaeleontidae, Rhiptoglossa, family Chamaeleonidae, family Rhiptoglossa;

family Characeae
n1
green algae superficially resembling horsetail ferns: stoneworts;

- syn. Characeae;

family Characidae
n1
tropical freshwater fishes of Africa and South America and Central America;

- syn. Characidae;

family Characinidae
n1
former name of the Characidae;

- syn. Characinidae;

family Charadriidae
n1
plover family;

- syn. Charadriidae;

family Chelonidae
n1
green turtles;

- hawksbills;

- syn. Chelonidae, Cheloniidae, family Cheloniidae;

family Cheloniidae
n1
green turtles;

- hawksbills;

- syn. Chelonidae, Cheloniidae, family Chelonidae;

family Chelydridae
n1
snapping turtles;

- syn. Chelydridae;

family Chenopodiaceae
n1
includes spinach and beets;

- syn. Chenopodiaceae, goosefoot family;

family Chermidae
n1
jumping plant lice;

- syn. Chermidae, Psyllidae, family Psyllidae;

family Chimaeridae
n1
a family of Holocephali;

- syn. Chimaeridae;

family Chinchillidae
n1
small bushy-tailed South American burrowing rodents;

- syn. Chinchillidae;

family Chironomidae
n1
midges;

- syn. Chironomidae;

family Chlamydiaceae
n1
Gram-negative parasites in warm-blooded vertebrates;

- syn. Chlamydiaceae;

family Chlamydomonadaceae
n1
green algae some of which are colored red by hematochrome;

- syn. Chlamydomonadaceae;

family Chloranthaceae
n1
small family of tropical herbs and shrubs and trees;

- syn. Chloranthaceae;

family Chlorophthalmidae
n1
small family of soft-finned bottom-dwellers with large eyes;

- relatives of lizardfishes;

- syn. Chlorophthalmidae;

family Chrysochloridae
n1
golden moles;

- syn. Chrysochloridae;

family Chrysomelidae
n1
leaf beetles;

- syn. Chrysomelidae;

family Chrysopidae
n1
green lacewings;

- syn. Chrysopidae;

family Chytridiaceae
n1
a family of aquatic fungi of order Chytridiales;

- syn. Chytridiaceae;

family Cicadellidae
n1
leafhoppers;

- syn. Cicadellidae;

family Cicadidae
n1
cicadas;

- syn. Cicadidae;

family Cichlidae
n1
cichlids;

- syn. Cichlidae;

family Cicindelidae
n1
tiger beetles;

- syn. Cicindelidae;

family Ciconiidae
n1
storks;

- syn. Ciconiidae;

family Cimicidae
n1
wingless flat-bodied bloodsucking insects;

- syn. Cimicidae;

family Cinclidae
n1
water ouzels;

- syn. Cinclidae;

family circle
n1
rearmost or uppermost area in the balcony containing the least expensive seats;

- syn. peanut gallery, second balcony, upper balcony;

family Cistaceae
n1
shrubs or woody herbs of temperate regions especially Mediterranean;

- syn. Cistaceae, rockrose family;

family Cladoniaceae
n1
a family of lichens;

- syn. Cladoniaceae;

family Clathraceae
n1
family of fleshy fungi resembling stinkhorns;

- syn. Clathraceae;

family Clavariaceae
n1
fleshy fungi: coral fungi;

- syn. Clavariaceae;

family Cleridae
n1
beetles that prey on other insects;

- syn. Cleridae;

family Clethraceae
n1
coextensive with the genus Clethra;

- syn. Clethraceae, white-alder family;

family Clinidae
n1
viviparous blennies of temperate and tropical seas;

- syn. Clinidae;

family Clupeidae
n1
herrings;

- shad;

- sardines;

- etc.;

- syn. Clupeidae;

family Clusiaceae
n1
widely distributed family of chiefly tropical trees and shrubs and vines that produce oils and resins and some usable timber;

- syn. Clusiaceae, Guttiferae, St John's wort family, family Guttiferae;

family Cobitidae
n1
loaches;

- syn. Cobitidae;

family Coccidae
n1
scale insects;

- syn. Coccidae;

family Coccinellidae
n1
the ladybugs;

- syn. Coccinellidae;

family Coerebidae
n1
the honeycreepers;

- syn. Coerebidae, Dacninae, family Dacninae;

family Colchicaceae
n1
one of many subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted: genera Colchicum and Gloriosa;

- syn. Colchicaceae;

family Colubridae
n1
nonvenomous snakes;

- about two-thirds of all living species;

- syn. Colubridae;

family Columbidae
n1
doves and pigeons;

- syn. Columbidae;

family Comatulidae
n1
former usage synonymous with Antedonidae;

- syn. Comatulidae;

family Combretaceae
n1
a family of tropical trees and shrubs of the order Myrtales;

- syn. Combretaceae, combretum family;

family Commelinaceae
n1
large widely distributed family of chiefly perennial herbs or climbers: spiderworts;

- syn. Commelinaceae, spiderwort family;

family Compositae
n1
plants with heads composed of many florets: aster;

- daisy;

- dandelion;

- goldenrod;

- marigold;

- lettuces;

- ragweed;

- sunflower;

- thistle;

- zinnia;

- syn. Asteraceae, Compositae, aster family, family Asteraceae;

family Congridae
n1
marine eels;

- syn. Congridae;

family Connaraceae
n1
mostly tropical climbing shrubs or small trees;

- closely related to Leguminosae;

- syn. Connaraceae, zebrawood family;

family Convallariaceae
n1
one of many subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted;

- syn. Convallariaceae;

family Convolvulaceae
n1
morning glory;

- bindweed;

- sweet potato;

- plants having trumpet-shaped flowers and a climbing or twining habit;

- syn. Convolvulaceae, morning-glory family;

family Coprinaceae
n1
used in some classifications for the genus Coprinus;

- syn. Coprinaceae;

family Coraciidae
n1
rollers;

- syn. Coraciidae;

family Cordaitaceae
n1
chiefly Paleozoic plants;

- Cordaites is the chief and typical genus;

- syn. Cordaitaceae;

family Cordylidae
n1
small family of spiny ovoviviparous African lizards;

- syn. Cordylidae;

family Coregonidae
n1
soft-finned fishes comprising the freshwater whitefishes;

- formerly included in the family Salmonidae;

- syn. Coregonidae;

family Coreidae
n1
squash bugs and leaf-footed bugs;

- syn. Coreidae;

family Corixidae
n1
water bugs;

- syn. Corixidae;

family Cornaceae
n1
a rosid dicot family of the order Umbellales including: genera Aucuba, Cornus, Corokia, Curtisia, Griselinia, Helwingia;

- syn. Cornaceae, dogwood family;

family Cortinariaceae
n1
a family of fungi belonging to the order Agaricales;

- syn. Cortinariaceae;

family Corvidae
n1
crow;

- raven;

- rook;

- jackdaw;

- chough;

- magpie;

- jay;

- syn. Corvidae;

family Corydalidae
n1
dobsons;

- syn. Corydalidae;

family Corylaceae
n1
used in some classification systems for the genus Corylus;

- syn. Corylaceae, subfamily Corylaceae;

family Corynebacteriaceae
n1
a large family of mostly Gram-positive and aerobic and nonmotile rod-shaped bacteria of the order Eubacteriales;

- syn. Corynebacteriaceae;

family Coryphaenidae
n1
large active pelagic percoid fish;

- syn. Coryphaenidae;

family Cotingidae
n1
cotingas;

- umbrella birds;

- syn. Cotingidae;

family Cottidae
n1
sculpins;

- syn. Cottidae;

family court
n1
a court in some states in the United States that has jurisdiction over family disputes (especially those involving children);

- syn. court of domestic relations, domestic relations court;

family Cracidae
n1
curassows;

- guans;

- chachalacas;

- syn. Cracidae;

family Cracticidae
n1
Australian birds formerly included in the family Laniidae;

- syn. Cracticidae;

family Crangonidae
n1
shrimps;

- syn. Crangonidae;

family Crassulaceae
n1
succulent shrubs and herbs;

- syn. Crassulaceae, stonecrop family;

family Cricetidae
n1
mostly small New World rodents including New World mice and lemmings and voles and hamsters;

- syn. Cricetidae;

family Crocodylidae
n1
true crocodiles;

- syn. Crocodylidae;

family Crotalidae
n1
New World vipers: pit vipers;

- syn. Crotalidae;

family Cruciferae
n1
a large family of plants with four-petaled flowers;

- includes mustards, cabbages, broccoli, turnips, cresses, and their many relatives;

- syn. Brassicaceae, Cruciferae, family Brassicaceae, mustard family;

family Cryptobranchidae
n1
large aquatic salamanders: hellbenders;

- giant salamanders;

- syn. Cryptobranchidae;

family Cryptocercidae
n1
a family of Blattodea;

- syn. Cryptocercidae;

family Cryptogrammataceae
n1
one of a number of families into which the family Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems;

- syn. Cryptogrammataceae;

family Ctenizidae
n1
large burrowing spiders;

- syn. Ctenizidae;

family Cuculidae
n1
includes cuckoo;

- ani;

- roadrunner;

- syn. Cuculidae;

family Cucurbitaceae
n1
a family of herbaceous vines (such as cucumber or melon or squash or pumpkin);

- syn. Cucurbitaceae, gourd family;

family Culicidae
n1
mosquitoes;

- syn. Culicidae;

family Cunoniaceae
n1
trees or shrubs or climbers;

- mostly southern hemisphere;

- syn. Cunoniaceae, cunonia family;

family Cupressaceae
n1
cypresses and junipers and many cedars;

- syn. Cupressaceae, cypress family;

family Curculionidae
n1
true weevils: snout beetles;

- syn. Curculionidae;

family Cuterebridae
n1
New World botflies;

- syn. Cuterebridae;

family Cyatheaceae
n1
tropical tree ferns;

- syn. Cyatheaceae;

family Cycadaceae
n1
ancient palmlike plants closely related to ferns in that fertilization is by means of spermatozoids;

- syn. Cycadaceae, cycad family;

family Cyclopteridae
n1
lumpfishes;

- syn. Cyclopteridae;

family Cymatiidae
n1
tritons;

- syn. Cymatiidae;

family Cynipidae
n1
a family of Hymenoptera;

- syn. Cynipidae;

family Cynocephalidae
n1
a family of Dermoptera;

- syn. Cynocephalidae;

family Cynoglossidae
n1
tonguefishes;

- syn. Cynoglossidae;

family Cyperaceae
n1
bulrush;

- chufa;

- cotton grass;

- papyrus;

- umbrella plant;

- syn. Cyperaceae, sedge family;

family Cypraeidae
n1
family of marine gastropods comprising the cowries;

- syn. Cypraeidae;

family Cyprinidae
n1
a family of fish including: carp;

- tench;

- roach;

- rudd;

- dace;

- syn. Cyprinidae;

family Cyprinodontidae
n1
large family of small soft-finned fishes;

- killifishes;

- flagfishes;

- swordtails;

- guppies;

- syn. Cyprinodontidae;

family Cyrilliaceae
n1
shrubs and trees with leathery leaves and small white flowers in racemes: genera Cyrilla and Cliftonia;

- syn. Cyrilliaceae, cyrilla family, titi family;

family Dacninae
n1
the honeycreepers;

- syn. Coerebidae, Dacninae, family Coerebidae;

family Dacrymycetaceae
n1
a family of basidiomycetous fungi belonging to the order Tremellales having a bifurcate basidium that lacks septa;

- syn. Dacrymycetaceae;

family Dactylopiidae
n1
cochineal insects;

- syn. Dactylopiidae;

family Dactylopteridae
n1
flying gurnards;

- syn. Dactylopteridae;

family Dactyloscopidae
n1
sand stargazers;

- syn. Dactyloscopidae;

family Danaidae
n1
small family of usually tropical butterflies: monarch butterflies;

- syn. Danaidae;

family Dasyatidae
n1
sting rays;

- syn. Dasyatidae;

family Dasypodidae
n1
armadillos;

- syn. Dasypodidae;

family Dasyproctidae
n1
agoutis and pacas;

- syn. Dasyproctidae;

family Dasyuridae
n1
dasyures;

- native cats;

- pouched mice;

- banded anteaters;

- Tasmanian devils;

- syn. Dasyuridae, family Dasyurinae;

family Dasyurinae
n1
dasyures;

- native cats;

- pouched mice;

- banded anteaters;

- Tasmanian devils;

- syn. Dasyuridae, family Dasyuridae;

family Daubentoniidae
n1
comprising solely the aye-aye;

- syn. Daubentoniidae;

family Davalliaceae
n1
one of a number of families into which Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems;

- syn. Davalliaceae;

family Delphinidae
n1
dolphins;

- syn. Delphinidae;

family Dematiaceae
n1
family of imperfect mushrooms having dark-colored hyphae or conidia;

- syn. Dematiaceae;

family Dendrocolaptidae
n1
woodhewers or woodcreepers;

- syn. Dendrocolaptidae;

family Dennstaedtiaceae
n1
one of a number of families into which Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems;

- syn. Dennstaedtiaceae;

family Dermestidae
n1
carpet beetles;

- syn. Dermestidae;

family Dermochelyidae
n1
sea turtles;

- syn. Dermochelyidae;

family Desmidiaceae
n1
unicellular algae;

- syn. Desmidiaceae;

family Desmodontidae
n1
true vampire bats;

- syn. Desmodontidae;

family Diapensiaceae
n1
north temperate low evergreen plants;

- in some classifications placed in its own order Diapensiales;

- syn. Diapensiaceae, diapensia family;

family Diaspididae
n1
armored scales;

- syn. Diaspididae;

family Dicamptodontidae
n1
large and small highly aquatic salamanders;

- syn. Dicamptodontidae;

family Dicksoniaceae
n1
tree ferns: genera Dicksonia, Cibotium, Culcita, and Thyrsopteris elegans;

- syn. Dicksoniaceae;

family Dicranaceae
n1
mosses having costate leaves and long-stalked capsules with cleft peristome;

- syn. Dicranaceae;

family Didelphidae
n1
opossums;

- syn. Didelphidae;

family Dilleniaceae
n1
chiefly tropical shrubs and trees and climbers having leathery leaves or flattened leaflike stems: genera Dillenia and Hibbertia;

- syn. Dilleniaceae;

family Dinornithidae
n1
moas;

- syn. Dinornithidae;

family Diodontidae
n1
spiny puffers;

- syn. Diodontidae;

family Diomedeidae
n1
albatrosses;

- syn. Diomedeidae;

family Dioscoreaceae
n1
yams;

- syn. Dioscoreaceae, yam family;

family Dipodidae
n1
Old World jerboas;

- syn. Dipodidae;

family Dipsacaceae
n1
chiefly southern European herbs with flowers usually in dense cymose heads;

- syn. Dipsacaceae;

family Dipterocarpaceae
n1
chiefly tropical Asian trees with two-winged fruits;

- yield valuable woods and aromatic oils and resins;

- syn. Dipterocarpaceae;

family Discoglossidae
n1
family of Old World toads having a fixed disklike tongue;

- syn. Discoglossidae;

family doctor
n1
a general practitioner who treats all the family members;

family Doliolidae
n1
oceanic tunicates;

- syn. Doliolidae;

family Dracunculidae
n1
greatly elongated roundworm;

- syn. Dracunculidae;

family Drepanididae
n1
Hawaiian honeycreepers;

- syn. Drepanididae;

family Dromaeosauridae
n1
swift-running bipedal dinosaurs;

- syn. Dromaeosauridae;

family Droseraceae
n1
a family of carnivorous herbs and shrubs;

- syn. Droseraceae, sundew family;

family Drosophilidae
n1
fruit flies;

- syn. Drosophilidae;

family Dryopteridaceae
n1
alternative names for one of a number of families into which the family Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems;

- syn. Athyriaceae, Dryopteridaceae, family Athyriaceae;

family Dugongidae
n1
a family of mammals of order Sirenia including dugongs and Steller's sea cow;

- syn. Dugongidae;

family Dytiscidae
n1
water beetles;

- syn. Dytiscidae;

family Ebenaceae
n1
fruit and timber trees of tropical and warm regions including ebony and persimmon;

- syn. Ebenaceae, ebony family;

family Echeneidae
n1
fishes having a sucking disk on the head for clinging to other fishes and to ships;

- syn. Echeneididae, family Echeneididae;

family Echeneididae
n1
fishes having a sucking disk on the head for clinging to other fishes and to ships;

- syn. Echeneididae, family Echeneidae;

family Edaphosauridae
n1
a family of reptiles of the order Pelycosauria;

- syn. Edaphosauridae;

family Eimeriidae
n1
a family of protoctist in the order Coccidia;

- syn. Eimeriidae;

family Elaeagnaceae
n1
shrubs or small trees often armed;

- syn. Elaeagnaceae, oleaster family;

family Elaeocarpaceae
n1
genus of trees and shrubs widely distributed in warm regions some yielding useful timber;

- in some classifications included in the family Santalaceae;

- syn. Elaeocarpaceae, elaeocarpus family;

family Elapidae
n1
cobras;

- kraits;

- mambas;

- coral snakes;

- Australian taipan and tiger snakes;

- syn. Elapidae;

family Elateridae
n1
click beetles and certain fireflies;

- syn. Elateridae;

family Electrophoridae
n1
small family comprising the electric eels;

- syn. Electrophoridae;

family Eleotridae
n1
sleepers;

- syn. Eleotridae;

family Elephantidae
n1
elephants;

- syn. Elephantidae;

family Elopidae
n1
tarpons and ladyfishes;

- syn. Elopidae;

family Embiotocidae
n1
viviparous percoid fishes comprising the surf fishes;

- syn. Embiotocidae;

family Empetraceae
n1
heathlike shrubs;

- syn. Empetraceae, crowberry family;

family Emydidae
n1
box and water turtles;

- syn. Emydidae;

family Endamoebidae
n1
a large family of endoparasitic amebas that invade the digestive tract;

- syn. Endamoebidae;

family Engraulidae
n1
anchovies;

- syn. Engraulidae;

family Enterobacteriaceae
n1
a large family of Gram-negative rod-shaped bacteria of the order Eubacteriales;

- syn. Enterobacteriaceae;

family Entolomataceae
n1
a family of fungi belonging to the order Agaricales;

- syn. Entolomataceae;

family Entomophthoraceae
n1
mostly parasitic lower fungi that typically develop in the bodies of insects;

- syn. Entomophthoraceae;

family Epacridaceae
n1
Australasian shrubs or small trees;

- syn. Epacridaceae, epacris family;

family Ephedraceae
n1
ephedras: in some classifications included in the Gnetaceae;

- syn. Ephedraceae;

family Ephemeridae
n1
mayflies;

- syn. Ephemeridae;

family Ephippidae
n1
small family comprising the spadefishes;

- syn. Ephippidae;

family Equidae
n1
horses;

- asses;

- zebras;

- extinct animals;

- syn. Equidae;

family Equisetaceae
n1
sole surviving family of the Equisetales: fern allies;

- syn. Equisetaceae, horsetail family;

family Erethizontidae
n1
New World arboreal porcupines;

- syn. Erethizontidae;

family Ericaceae
n1
heathers;

- syn. Ericaceae, heath family;

family Erinaceidae
n1
true hedgehogs;

- syn. Erinaceidae;

family Eriocaulaceae
n1
chiefly tropical aquatic or bog herbs: pipeworts;

- syn. Eriocaulaceae, pipewort family;

family Erysiphaceae
n1
family of fungi parasitic mostly on leaves;

- includes powdery mildews;

- syn. Erysiphaceae;

family Erythroxylaceae
n1
a family of plants of order Geraniales;

- have drupaceous fruit;

- syn. Erythroxylaceae;

family Eschrichtiidae
n1
comprising only the grey whales;

- syn. Eschrichtiidae;

family Esocidae
n1
pikes;

- pickerels;

- muskellunges;

- syn. Esocidae;

family Euglenaceae
n1
considered green algae;

- syn. Euglenaceae;

family Euphorbiaceae
n1
a family of plants of order Geraniales;

- syn. Euphorbiaceae, spurge family;

family Eurylaimidae
n1
coextensive with the suborder Eurylaimi;

- syn. Eurylaimidae;

family Exocoetidae
n1
flying fishes;

- closely related to the halfbeaks;

- syn. Exocoetidae;

family Fabaceae
n1
a large family of trees, shrubs, vines, and herbs bearing bean pods;

- divided for convenience into the subfamilies Caesalpiniaceae;

- Mimosaceae;

- Papilionaceae;

- syn. Fabaceae, Leguminosae, family Leguminosae, legume family, pea family;

family Fagaceae
n1
chiefly monoecious trees and shrubs: beeches;

- chestnuts;

- oaks;

- genera Castanea, Castanopsis, Chrysolepis, Fagus, Lithocarpus, Nothofagus, Quercus;

- syn. Fagaceae, beech family;

family Falconidae
n1
a family of birds of the order Falconiformes;

- syn. Falconidae;

family Fasciolidae
n1
a family of Trematoda;

- syn. Fasciolidae;

family Felidae
n1
cats;

- wildcats;

- lions;

- leopards;

- cheetahs;

- saber-toothed tigers;

- syn. Felidae;

family Filariidae
n1
threadlike roundworms;

- syn. Filariidae;

family Fissurellidae
n1
marine limpets;

- syn. Fissurellidae;

family Fistulariidae
n1
cornetfishes;

- syn. Fistulariidae;

family Fistulinaceae
n1
a family of fungi closely related to the family Polyporaceae except that the tubes on the undersurface of the cap are separate from each other;

- syn. Fistulinaceae;

family Flacourtiaceae
n1
chiefly tropical trees and shrubs;

- syn. Flacourtiaceae, flacourtia family;

family Forficulidae
n1
typical earwigs;

- syn. Forficulidae;

family Formicariidae
n1
antbirds;

- syn. Formicariidae;

family Formicidae
n1
ants;

- syn. Formicidae;

family Fouquieriaceae
n1
small family of spiny shrubs or trees of southwestern United States;

- syn. Fouquieriaceae;

family Fregatidae
n1
frigate birds;

- syn. Fregatidae;

family Fringillidae
n1
finches: goldfinches;

- bullfinches;

- chaffinches;

- siskins;

- canaries;

- cardinals;

- grosbeaks;

- crossbills;

- linnets;

- buntings;

- syn. Fringillidae;

family Fucaceae
n1
small family of brown algae: gulfweeds;

- rockweeds;

- syn. Fucaceae;

family Fulgoridae
n1
plant hoppers: lantern flies;

- syn. Fulgoridae;

family Fumariaceae
n1
erect or climbing herbs of the northern hemisphere and southern Africa: bleeding heart;

- Dutchman's breeches;

- fumitory;

- squirrel corn;

- syn. Fumariaceae, fumitory family;

family Funkaceae
n1
one of many families or subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted;

- includes genus Hosta;

- syn. Funkaceae, Hostaceae, family Hostaceae;

family Furnariidae
n1
e.g. ovenbirds;

- syn. Furnariidae;

family Gadidae
n1
large family of important mostly marine food fishes;

- syn. Gadidae;

family Galbulidae
n1
jacamars;

- syn. Galbulidae;

family Gasterophilidae
n1
horse botflies;

- syn. Gasterophilidae;

family Gasterosteidae
n1
sticklebacks;

- syn. Gasterosteidae;

family Gavialidae
n1
gavials;

- syn. Gavialidae;

family Gavidae
n1
loon family;

- syn. Gavidae;

family Geastraceae
n1
a family of earthstar fungi belonging to the order Lycoperdales;

- syn. Geastraceae;

family Gekkonidae
n1
geckos;

- syn. Gekkonidae;

family Gelechiidae
n1
important economic pests;

- syn. Gelechiidae;

family Gempylidae
n1
snake mackerels;

- syn. Gempylidae;

family Gentianaceae
n1
chiefly herbaceous plants with showy flowers;

- some are cultivated as ornamentals;

- syn. Gentianaceae, gentian family;

family Geoglossaceae
n1
a family of fungi belonging to the order Helotiales;

- syn. Geoglossaceae;

family Geometridae
n1
measuring worms;

- syn. Geometridae;

family Geomyidae
n1
North American pocket gophers;

- syn. Geomyidae;

family Geophilidae
n1
small extremely elongate centipedes that live in earth;

- syn. Geophilidae;

family Geraniaceae
n1
chiefly herbaceous plants;

- syn. Geraniaceae, geranium family;

family Gerreidae
n1
mojarras;

- syn. Gerreidae, Gerridae, family Gerridae;

family Gerridae
n1
mojarras;

- syn. Gerreidae, Gerridae, family Gerreidae;

n2
an arthropod family that includes water striders;

- syn. Gerridae, Gerrididae, family Gerrididae;

family Gerrididae
n1
an arthropod family that includes water striders;

- syn. Gerridae, Gerrididae, family Gerridae;

family Gesneriaceae
n1
large family of tropical herbs or shrubs or lianas;

- in some classification systems placed in the order Scrophulariales;

- syn. Gesneriaceae, gesneria family;

family Gigartinaceae
n1
a family of protoctist;

- syn. Gigartinaceae;

family Ginkgoaceae
n1
constituting the order Ginkgoales;

- includes the genus Ginkgo and extinct forms;

- syn. Ginkgoaceae, ginkgo family;

family Giraffidae
n1
giraffes;

- syn. Giraffidae;

family Glareolidae
n1
Old World shorebirds: pratincoles and coursers;

- syn. Glareolidae;

family Gleicheniaceae
n1
a family of ferns belonging to order Filicales;

- syn. Gleicheniaceae;

family Gliridae
n1
dormice and other Old World forms;

- syn. Gliridae;

family Globigerinidae
n1
a family of protoctists;

- syn. Globigerinidae;

family Glossinidae
n1
flies closely related to the Muscidae: tsetse flies;

- syn. Glossinidae;

family Gnetaceae
n1
plants having small unisexual flowers and fleshy or winged fruit: in some classifications includes the genera Ephedra and Welwitschia as well as genus Gnetum;

- syn. Gnetaceae;

family Gobiesocidae
n1
clingfishes;

- syn. Gobiesocidae;

family Gobiidae
n1
gobies;

- syn. Gobiidae;

family Gomphotheriidae
n1
elephants extinct since the Pleistocene;

- syn. Gomphotheriidae;

family Gonorhynchidae
n1
coextensive with the genus Gonorhynchus;

- syn. Gonorhynchidae;

family Goodeniaceae
n1
a family of sappy plants that grow in Australasia and southeast China;

- syn. Goodenia family, Goodeniaceae;

family Gracilariidae
n1
leaf miners;

- syn. Gracilariidae, Gracillariidae;

family Graminaceae
n1
the grasses: chiefly herbaceous but some woody plants including cereals;

- bamboo;

- reeds;

- sugar cane;

- syn. Graminaceae, Gramineae, Poaceae, family Gramineae, family Poaceae, grass family;

family Gramineae
n1
the grasses: chiefly herbaceous but some woody plants including cereals;

- bamboo;

- reeds;

- sugar cane;

- syn. Graminaceae, Gramineae, Poaceae, family Graminaceae, family Poaceae, grass family;

family Grossulariaceae
n1
in some classifications considered a part of the family Saxifragaceae: plants whose fruit is a berry;

- syn. Grossulariaceae, gooseberry family;

family Gruidae
n1
cranes;

- syn. Gruidae;

family Gryllidae
n1
crickets;

- syn. Gryllidae;

family Guttiferae
n1
widely distributed family of chiefly tropical trees and shrubs and vines that produce oils and resins and some usable timber;

- syn. Clusiaceae, Guttiferae, St John's wort family, family Clusiaceae;

family Gyrinidae
n1
whirligig beetles;

- syn. Gyrinidae;

family Hadrosauridae
n1
duck-billed dinosaurs;

- upper Cretaceous;

- syn. Hadrosauridae;

family Haematopodidae
n1
oystercatchers;

- syn. Haematopodidae;

family Haemodoraceae
n1
some genera placed in family Liliaceae;

- syn. Haemodoraceae, bloodwort family;

family Haemoproteidae
n1
bird parasites;

- syn. Haemoproteidae;

family Haemulidae
n1
grunts;

- syn. Haemulidae;

family Halictidae
n1
a family of small solitary bees;

- many are valuable pollinators for agriculture;

- syn. Halictidae;

family Haliotidae
n1
abalones;

- syn. Haliotidae;

family Haloragaceae
n1
a family of dicotyledonous plants of the order Myrtales;

- syn. Haloragaceae, Haloragidaceae, family Haloragidaceae, water-milfoil family;

family Haloragidaceae
n1
a family of dicotyledonous plants of the order Myrtales;

- syn. Haloragaceae, Haloragidaceae, family Haloragaceae, water-milfoil family;

family Hamamelidaceae
n1
comprises genera Hamamelis, Corylopsis, Fothergilla, Liquidambar, Parrotia, and other small genera;

- syn. Hamamelidaceae, witch-hazel family;

family Helicidae
n1
land snails including the common edible snail and some pests;

- syn. Helicidae;

family Helodermatidae
n1
only known venomous lizards;

- syn. Helodermatidae;

family Helotiaceae
n1
a fungus family of order Helotiales;

- syn. Helotiaceae;

family Helvellaceae
n1
family of false morels or lorchels;

- some are edible and some are poisonous;

- syn. Helvellaceae;

family Hemerobiidae
n1
brown lacewings;

- syn. Hemerobiidae;

family Hemerocallidaceae
n1
one of many subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted;

- includes genus Hemerocallis;

- syn. Hemerocallidaceae;

family Hemiprocnidae
n1
tree swifts;

- syn. Hemiprocnidae;

family Hemiramphidae
n1
halfbeaks;

- marine and freshwater fishes closely related to the flying fishes but not able to glide;

- syn. Hemiramphidae;

family Heteromyidae
n1
small New World burrowing mouselike rodents with fur-lined cheek pouches and hind limbs and tail adapted to leaping;

- adapted to desert conditions: pocket mice;

- kangaroo mice;

- kangaroo rats;

- syn. Heteromyidae;

family Hexagrammidae
n1
greenlings;

- syn. Hexagrammidae;

family Hexanchidae
n1
primitive sharks;

- syn. Hexanchidae;

family Hippoboscidae
n1
winged or wingless dipterans: louse flies;

- syn. Hippoboscidae;

family Hippocastanaceae
n1
trees having showy flowers and inedible nutlike seeds in a leathery capsule;

- syn. Hippocastanaceae, horse-chestnut family;

family Hippopotamidae
n1
hippopotami;

- syn. Hippopotamidae;

family Hipposideridae
n1
Old World leafnose bats;

- syn. Hipposideridae;

family Hirudinidae
n1
a family of Hirudinea;

- syn. Hirudinidae;

family Hirundinidae
n1
swallows and martins;

- syn. Hirundinidae;

family history
n1
part of a patient's medical history in which questions are asked in an attempt to find out whether the patient has hereditary tendencies toward particular diseases;

family Holocentridae
n1
squirrelfishes and soldierfishes;

- syn. Holocentridae;

family Holothuridae
n1
a family of Holothuroidea;

- syn. Holothuridae;

family Homaridae
n1
large-clawed lobsters;

- syn. Homaridae;

family Hominidae
n1
modern man and extinct immediate ancestors of man;

- syn. Hominidae;

family Hostaceae
n1
one of many families or subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted;

- includes genus Hosta;

- syn. Funkaceae, Hostaceae, family Funkaceae;

family Hyacinthaceae
n1
one of many families or subfamilies in which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted;

- syn. Hyacinthaceae;

family Hyaenidae
n1
hyenas;

- syn. Hyaenidae;

family Hydnaceae
n1
tooth fungi;

- syn. Hydnaceae;

family Hydnoraceae
n1
a family of flowering plants in Africa and Argentina that are parasitic on the roots of other plants;

- syn. Hydnoraceae;

family Hydrangeaceae
n1
sometimes included in the family Saxifragaceae;

- syn. Hydrangeaceae, hydrangea family;

family Hydrobatidae
n1
storm petrels;

- syn. Hydrobatidae;

family Hydrocharidaceae
n1
simple nearly stemless freshwater aquatic plants;

- widely distributed;

- syn. Hydrocharidaceae, Hydrocharitaceae, family Hydrocharitaceae, frog's-bit family, frogbit family;

family Hydrocharitaceae
n1
simple nearly stemless freshwater aquatic plants;

- widely distributed;

- syn. Hydrocharidaceae, Hydrocharitaceae, family Hydrocharidaceae, frog's-bit family, frogbit family;

family Hydrochoeridae
n1
capybara;

- syn. Hydrochoeridae;

family Hydrophidae
n1
sea snakes;

- syn. Hydrophidae;

family Hydrophyllaceae
n1
perennial woodland herbs;

- syn. Hydrophyllaceae, waterleaf family;

family Hygrophoraceae
n1
a family of fungi belonging to the order Agaricales;

- the gills of these fungi have a clean waxy appearance;

- syn. Hygrophoraceae;

family Hylidae
n1
the amphibian family of tree frogs;

- syn. Hylidae;

family Hylobatidae
n1
used in some classifications for the lesser apes (gibbons and siamangs);

- sometimes considered a subfamily of Pongidae;

- syn. Hylobatidae;

family Hymenophyllaceae
n1
terrestrial (hygrophytic) or epiphytic ferns: filmy ferns;

- syn. Hymenophyllaceae;

family Hypericaceae
n1
used in some classification systems for plants usually included among the Guttiferae;

- syn. Hypericaceae;

family Hyperodontidae
n1
beaked whales;

- in some especially former classifications included in the family Physeteridae;

- syn. Hyperodontidae, Ziphiidae, family Ziphiidae;

family Hypocreaceae
n1
family of fungi having brightly colored fleshy or membranous ascocarps;

- sometimes placed in its own order Hypocreales;

- syn. Hypocreaceae;

family Hypodermatidae
n1
warble flies;

- syn. Hypodermatidae, Oestridae, family Oestridae;

family Hypoxidaceae
n1
in some classification systems included in the Amaryllidaceae;

- syn. Hypoxidaceae;

family Hystricidae
n1
Old World porcupines;

- syn. Hystricidae;

family Ibidiidae
n1
ibises;

- syn. Threskiornithidae, family Threskiornithidae;

family Ichneumonidae
n1
ichneumon flies;

- syn. Ichneumonidae;

family Ichthyosauridae
n1
later ichthyosaurs of the Jurassic and Cretaceous;

- widely distributed in both hemispheres;

- syn. Ichthyosauridae;

family Icteridae
n1
American orioles;

- American blackbirds;

- bobolinks;

- meadowlarks;

- syn. Icteridae;

family Iguania
n1
New World lizards;

- syn. Iguania, Iguanidae, family Iguanidae;

family Iguanidae
n1
New World lizards;

- syn. Iguania, Iguanidae, family Iguania;

family Iguanodontidae
n1
iguanodons;

- syn. Iguanodontidae;

family Indicatoridae
n1
honey guides;

- syn. Indicatoridae;

family Indriidae
n1
a family of Lemuroidea;

- syn. Indriidae;

family Ipidae
n1
large family of bark-boring or wood-boring short-beaked beetles;

- very destructive to forest and fruit trees;

- syn. Ipidae, Scolytidae, family Scolytidae;

family Irenidae
n1
a family of birds of the suborder Oscines;

- syn. Irenidae;

family Iridaceae
n1
large family of usually perennial geophytic herbs with rhizomes or corms or bulbs;

- syn. Iridaceae, iris family;

family Isoetaceae
n1
quillworts;

- coextensive with the genus Isoetes;

- syn. Isoetaceae, quillwort family;

family Istiophoridae
n1
sailfishes;

- spearfishes;

- marlins;

- syn. Istiophoridae;

family Isuridae
n1
in some classifications another name for the family Lamnidae;

- syn. Isuridae;

family Ixodidae
n1
hard ticks;

- syn. Ixodidae;

family Jassidae
n1
family of small leafhoppers coextensive with the Cicadellidae and not distinguished from it in some classifications;

- syn. Jassidae;

family jewels
n1
external male sex organs;

- syn. male genital organ, male genitalia, male genitals;

family Juglandaceae
n1
trees having usually edible nuts: butternuts;

- walnuts;

- hickories;

- pecans;

- syn. Juglandaceae, walnut family;

family Juncaceae
n1
tufted herbs resembling grasses: rushes;

- syn. Juncaceae, rush family;

family Juncaginaceae
n1
a family of monocotyledonous bog herbs of order Naiadales;

- syn. Juncaginaceae, Scheuchzeriaceae, arrow-grass family, family Scheuchzeriaceae;

family Jungermanniaceae
n1
comprising the leafy members of the order Jungermanniales;

- syn. Jungermanniaceae;

family Kalotermitidae
n1
primitive termites of warm regions;

- syn. Kalotermitidae;

family Kasuwonidae
n1
in some classifications considered a separate family comprising the oceanic bonitos;

- syn. Katsuwonidae;

family Kinosternidae
n1
mud turtles;

- musk turtles;

- syn. Kinosternidae;

family Kyphosidae
n1
sea chubs;

- syn. Kyphosidae;

family Labiatae
n1
a large family of aromatic herbs and shrubs having flowers resembling the lips of a mouth and four-lobed ovaries yielding four one-seeded nutlets and including mint;

- thyme;

- sage;

- rosemary;

- syn. Labiatae, Lamiaceae, family Lamiaceae, mint family;

family Labridae
n1
wrasses;

- syn. Labridae;

family Lacertidae
n1
Old World lizards;

- syn. Lacertidae;

family Lactobacillaceae
n1
lactic acid bacteria and important pathogens;

- bacteria that ferment carbohydrates chiefly into lactic acid;

- syn. Lactobacillaceae, Lactobacteriaceae, family Lactobacteriaceae;

family Lactobacteriaceae
n1
lactic acid bacteria and important pathogens;

- bacteria that ferment carbohydrates chiefly into lactic acid;

- syn. Lactobacillaceae, Lactobacteriaceae, family Lactobacillaceae;

family Lamiaceae
n1
a large family of aromatic herbs and shrubs having flowers resembling the lips of a mouth and four-lobed ovaries yielding four one-seeded nutlets and including mint;

- thyme;

- sage;

- rosemary;

- syn. Labiatae, Lamiaceae, family Labiatae, mint family;

family Laminariaceae
n1
large family of marine brown algae including many economically important large kelps chiefly of northern waters;

- syn. Laminariaceae;

family Lamnidae
n1
oceanic sharks;

- syn. Lamnidae;

family Lampridae
n1
opahs;

- syn. Lampridae;

family Lampyridae
n1
fireflies;

- syn. Lampyridae;

family Laniidae
n1
shrikes;

- syn. Laniidae;

family Lanthanotidae
n1
stout-bodied lizards;

- syn. Lanthanotidae;

family Lardizabalaceae
n1
thick-stemmed lianas and some shrubs;

- some have edible fruit;

- syn. Lardizabalaceae, lardizabala family;

family Laricariidae
n1
armored catfish;

- syn. Laricariidae;

family Laridae
n1
gull family: gulls and terns;

- syn. Laridae;

family Lasiocampidae
n1
tent caterpillars;

- eggars;

- lappet moths;

- syn. Lasiocampidae;

family Latimeridae
n1
extinct except for the coelacanth;

- syn. Latimeridae;

family Lauraceae
n1
a family of Lauraceae;

- syn. Lauraceae, laurel family;

family Lecanoraceae
n1
a fungus family of the division Lichenes;

- syn. Lecanoraceae;

family Lecythidaceae
n1
large tropical trees bearing large fruits with woody skins;

- syn. Lecythidaceae;

family Leguminosae
n1
a large family of trees, shrubs, vines, and herbs bearing bean pods;

- divided for convenience into the subfamilies Caesalpiniaceae;

- Mimosaceae;

- Papilionaceae;

- syn. Fabaceae, Leguminosae, family Fabaceae, legume family, pea family;

family Leiopelmatidae
n1
primitive New Zealand frogs;

- syn. Leiopelmatidae, Liopelmidae, family Liopelmidae;

family Leitneriaceae
n1
coextensive with the genus Leitneria;

- commonly isolated in a distinct order;

- syn. Leitneriaceae, corkwood family;

family Lemnaceae
n1
family of small free-floating thalloid plants;

- syn. Lemnaceae, duckweed family;

family Lemuridae
n1
typical lemurs;

- of Madagascar;

- syn. Lemuridae;

family Lennoaceae
n1
family of fleshy parasitic herbs lacking green foliage and having heads of small flowers;

- California and Mexico;

- syn. Lennoaceae;

family Lentibulariaceae
n1
carnivorous aquatic or bog plants: genera Utricularia, Pinguicula, and Genlisea;

- syn. Lentibulariaceae, bladderwort family;

family Lepadidae
n1
goose barnacles;

- syn. Lepadidae;

family Lepidobotryaceae
n1
family created in 1950 solely for the classification of a distinctive African tree repeatedly classified in other families;

- trees long believed to exist only in Africa;

- syn. Lepidobotryaceae;

family Lepidodendraceae
n1
fossil plants characterized by conspicuous spirally arranged leaf scars on the trunk;

- syn. Lepidodendraceae;

family Lepiotaceae
n1
a family of fungi having free gills and a cap that is cleanly separable from the stalk;

- syn. Lepiotaceae;

family Lepismatidae
n1
firebrats;

- syn. Lepismatidae;

family Lepisosteidae
n1
comprises the genus Lepisosteus;

- syn. Lepisosteidae;

family Leporidae
n1
hares and rabbits;

- syn. Leporidae;

family Leptodactylidae
n1
New World frogs;

- in some classifications essentially coextensive with the family Bufonidae;

- syn. Leptodactylidae;

family Leptotyphlopidae
n1
blind snakes;

- syn. Leptotyphlopidae;

family Liliaceae
n1
includes species sometimes divided among the following families: Alliaceae;

- Aloeaceae;

- Alstroemeriaceae;

- Aphyllanthaceae;

- Asparagaceae;

- Asphodelaceae;

- Colchicaceae;

- Convallariaceae;

- Hemerocallidaceae;

- Hostaceae;

- Hyacinthaceae;

- Melanthiaceae;

- Ruscaceae;

- Smilacaceae;

- Tecophilaeacea;

- Xanthorrhoeaceae;

- syn. Liliaceae, lily family;

family Limacidae
n1
slugs;

- syn. Limacidae;

family Limulidae
n1
horseshoe crabs;

- syn. Limulidae;

family Linaceae
n1
a widely distributed family of plants;

- syn. Linaceae, flax family;

family line
n1
people descended from a common ancestor;

- "his family has lived in Massachusetts since the Mayflower";

- syn. family, folk, kinfolk, kinsfolk, phratry, sept;

family Liopelmidae
n1
primitive New Zealand frogs;

- syn. Leiopelmatidae, Liopelmidae, family Leiopelmatidae;

family Liparidae
n1
snailfishes;

- syn. Liparidae, Liparididae, family Liparididae;

family Liparididae
n1
snailfishes;

- syn. Liparidae, Liparididae, family Liparidae;

family Lithodidae
n1
deep-sea crabs of cold waters;

- syn. Lithodidae;

family Littorinidae
n1
periwinkles;

- syn. Littorinidae;

family Loasaceae
n1
family of bristly hairy sometimes climbing plants;

- America and Africa and southern Arabia;

- syn. Loasaceae, loasa family;

family Lobeliaceae
n1
not recognized in all classification systems;

- in some classifications lobeliaceous plants are included in family Campanulaceae;

- syn. Lobeliaceae, lobelia family;

family Lobotidae
n1
tripletails;

- syn. Lobotidae;

family Locustidae
n1
short-horned grasshoppers;

- true locusts;

- syn. Acrididae, Locustidae, family Acrididae;

family Loganiaceae
n1
a dicotyledonous family of plants of order Gentianales;

- syn. Loganiaceae;

family Lomariopsidaceae
n1
small family of usually scandent ferns;

- syn. Lomariopsidaceae;

family Lophiidae
n1
large-headed marine fishes comprising the anglers;

- syn. Lophiidae;

family Lophosoriaceae
n1
very small family of tree ferns;

- syn. Lophosoriaceae;

family Loranthaceae
n1
in some classification includes Viscaceae: parasitic or hemiparasitic shrublets or shrubs or small trees of tropical and temperate regions;

- attach to hosts by haustoria;

- syn. Loranthaceae, mistletoe family;

family Lorisidae
n1
slow-moving omnivorous nocturnal primates of tropical Asia;

- usually tailless;

- syn. Lorisidae;

family Loxomataceae
n1
very small family of New Zealand ferns;

- syn. Loxomataceae;

family Lucanidae
n1
stag beetles;

- syn. Lucanidae;

family Lutjanidae
n1
snappers;

- syn. Lutjanidae;

family Luvaridae
n1
louvars;

- syn. Luvaridae;

family Lycaenidae
n1
family of small usually brilliantly colored butterflies;

- males have short forelegs;

- syn. Lycaenidae;

family Lycoperdaceae
n1
a fungus family belonging to the order Lycoperdales;

- includes puffballs;

- syn. Lycoperdaceae;

family Lycopodiaceae
n1
a family of ferns belonging to the order Lycopodiales;

- syn. Lycopodiaceae, clubmoss family;

family Lycosidae
n1
wolf spiders;

- syn. Lycosidae;

family Lygaeidae
n1
lygaeid bugs;

- syn. Lygaeidae;

family Lymantriidae
n1
tussock moths;

- syn. Lymantriidae;

family Lythraceae
n1
herbs and shrubs and small trees with pink or purple flowers;

- syn. Lythraceae, loosestrife family;

family Machilidae
n1
jumping bristletails;

- syn. Machilidae;

family Macropodidae
n1
kangaroos;

- wallabies;

- syn. Macropodidae;

family Macrorhamphosidae
n1
bellows fishes;

- syn. Macrorhamphosidae;

family Macrouridae
n1
grenadiers;

- syn. Macrouridae, Macruridae, family Macruridae;

family Macruridae
n1
grenadiers;

- syn. Macrouridae, Macruridae, family Macrouridae;

family Magnoliaceae
n1
subclass Magnoliidae: genera Liriodendron, Magnolia, and Manglietia;

- syn. Magnoliaceae, magnolia family;

family Majidae
n1
spider crabs;

- syn. Majidae;

family Malacanthidae
n1
short-headed marine fishes;

- often brightly colored;

- syn. Malacanthidae;

family Malpighiaceae
n1
tropical shrubs or trees;

- syn. Malpighiaceae;

family Malvaceae
n1
herbs and shrubs and some trees: mallows;

- cotton;

- okra;

- syn. Malvaceae, mallow family;

family Mammutidae
n1
extinct family: mastodons;

- syn. Mammutidae, family Mastodontidae;

family man
n1
a man whose family is of major importance in his life;

family Manidae
n1
coextensive with the order Pholidota;

- syn. Manidae;

family Manteidae
n1
mantises;

- syn. Manteidae, Mantidae, family Mantidae;

family Mantidae
n1
mantises;

- syn. Manteidae, Mantidae, family Manteidae;

family Mantispidae
n1
mantispids;

- syn. Mantispidae;

family Marantaceae
n1
tropical perennial herbs with usually starchy rhizomes;

- syn. Marantaceae, arrowroot family;

family Marattiaceae
n1
constituting the order Marattiales: chiefly tropical eusporangiate ferns with gigantic fronds;

- syn. Marattiaceae;

family Marchantiaceae
n1
liverworts with prostrate and usually dichotomously branched thalli;

- syn. Marchantiaceae;

family Marsileaceae
n1
clover ferns;

- syn. Marsileaceae;

family Martyniaceae
n1
in most classifications not considered a separate family but included in the Pedaliaceae;

- syn. Martyniaceae;

family Mastodontidae
n1
extinct family: mastodons;

- syn. Mammutidae, family Mammutidae;

family Mastotermitidae
n1
primitive termites;

- syn. Mastotermitidae;

family Mayacaceae
n1
a monocotyledonous family of bog plants of order Xyridales;

- syn. Mayacaceae;

family medicine
n1
medical practice that provides health care regardless of age or sex while placing emphasis on the family unit;

- syn. family practice;

family Megachilidae
n1
leaf-cutting and mason bees;

- syn. Megachilidae;

family Megadermatidae
n1
Old World false vampire bats;

- syn. Megadermatidae;

family Megalonychidae
n1
mammal family consisting of the two-toed sloths;

- syn. Megalonychidae;

family Megalosauridae
n1
megalosaurs;

- syn. Megalosauridae;

family Megapodiidae
n1
megapodes;

- syn. Megapodiidae;

family Megatheriidae
n1
extinct ground sloths;

- syn. Megatheriidae;

family Melampsoraceae
n1
rust fungi;

- syn. Melampsoraceae;

family Melanthiaceae
n1
one of many subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted: includes Aletris;

- Narthecium;

- Veratrum;

- syn. Melanthiaceae;

family Melastomaceae
n1
a family of trees and bushes and herbs of order Myrtales;

- many are cultivated as ornamentals;

- syn. Melastomaceae, Melastomataceae, family Melastomataceae, meadow-beauty family;

family Melastomataceae
n1
a family of trees and bushes and herbs of order Myrtales;

- many are cultivated as ornamentals;

- syn. Melastomaceae, Melastomataceae, family Melastomaceae, meadow-beauty family;

family Meleagrididae
n1
turkeys and some extinct forms;

- syn. Meleagrididae;

family Meliaceae
n1
tropical trees and shrubs including many important timber and ornamental trees;

- syn. Meliaceae, mahogany family;

family Meliphagidae
n1
honey eaters;

- syn. Meliphagidae;

family Meloidae
n1
blister beetles;

- syn. Meloidae;

family Membracidae
n1
plant hoppers: treehoppers;

- syn. Membracidae;

family Menispermaceae
n1
herbaceous or woody climbers;

- syn. Menispermaceae, moonseed family;

family Menuridae
n1
lyrebirds;

- syn. Menuridae;

family Menyanthaceae
n1
a dicotyledonous family of marsh plants of order Gentianales;

- syn. Menyanthaceae, buckbean family;

family Meropidae
n1
bee-eaters;

- syn. Meropidae;

family Micrococcaceae
n1
spherical or elliptical usually aerobic eubacteria that produce yellow or orange or red pigment;

- includes toxin-producing forms as well as harmless commensals and saprophytes;

- syn. Micrococcaceae;

family Microdesmidae
n1
worm fish;

- syn. Microdesmidae;

family Microhylidae
n1
narrow-mouthed toads and sheep frogs;

- some burrow and some are arboreal;

- found worldwide;

- syn. Brevicipitidae, Microhylidae, family Brevicipitidae;

family Mimidae
n1
sometimes considered a subfamily of Troglodytidae: mockingbirds;

- catbirds;

- thrashers;

- syn. Mimidae;

family Mimosaceae
n1
family of spiny woody plants (usually shrubs or small trees) whose leaves mimic animals in sensitivity to touch;

- commonly included in the family Leguminosae;

- syn. Mimosaceae;

family Miridae
n1
leaf bugs;

- syn. Capsidae, Miridae, family Capsidae;

family Mniaceae
n1
family of erect mosses with club-shaped paraphyses and the hexagonal cells of the upper leaf surface;

- sometimes treated as a subfamily of Bryaceae;

- syn. Mniaceae;

family Mobulidae
n1
large rays lacking venomous spines: mantas;

- syn. Mobulidae;

family Molidae
n1
ocean sunfishes;

- syn. Molidae;

family Molossidae
n1
mastiff bats;

- freetail bats;

- syn. Molossidae;

family Momotidae
n1
a family of birds of the order Coraciiformes;

- syn. Momotidae;

family Moniliaceae
n1
family of imperfect fungi having white or brightly colored hyphae and spores that are produced directly on the mycelium and not aggregated in fruiting bodies;

- syn. Moniliaceae;

family Monocanthidae
n1
filefishes;

- syn. Monocanthidae;

family Monodontidae
n1
narwhals;

- syn. Monodontidae;

family Monotropaceae
n1
used in some classification for saprophytic herbs sometimes included in the family Pyrolaceae: genera Monotropa and Sarcodes;

- syn. Monotropaceae;

family Moraceae
n1
trees or shrubs having a milky juice;

- in some classifications includes genus Cannabis;

- syn. Moraceae, mulberry family;

family Morchellaceae
n1
a family of edible fungi including the true morels;

- syn. Morchellaceae;

family Motacillidae
n1
pipits and wagtails;

- syn. Motacillidae;

family Mucoraceae
n1
large family of chiefly saprophytic fungi that includes many common molds destructive to food products;

- syn. Mucoraceae;

family Mugilidae
n1
grey mullets;

- syn. Mugilidae;

family Mullidae
n1
goatfishes or red mullets;

- syn. Mullidae;

family Muraenidae
n1
marine eels;

- syn. Muraenidae;

family Muridae
n1
originally Old World rats now distributed worldwide;

- distinguished from the Cricetidae by typically lacking cheek pouches;

- syn. Muridae;

family Musaceae
n1
treelike tropical Asian herbs;

- syn. Musaceae, banana family;

family Muscicapidae
n1
Old World (true) flycatchers;

- syn. Muscicapidae;

family Muscidae
n1
two-winged flies especially the housefly;

- syn. Muscidae;

family Musophagidae
n1
touracos;

- syn. Musophagidae;

family Mustelidae
n1
weasels;

- polecats;

- ferrets;

- minks;

- fishers;

- otters;

- badgers;

- skunks;

- wolverines;

- martens;

- syn. Mustelidae;

family Mutillidae
n1
a family of wasps;

- syn. Mutillidae;

family Myacidae
n1
soft-shell clams;

- syn. Myacidae;

family Mycetophylidae
n1
fungus gnats;

- syn. Mycetophilidae;

family Mycobacteriaceae
n1
a family of bacteria;

- syn. Mycobacteriaceae;

family Mycoplasmataceae
n1
pleomorphic Gram-negative nonmotile microorganism similar to both viruses and bacteria;

- parasitic in mammals;

- syn. Mycoplasmataceae;

family Myctophidae
n1
deep-sea fishes comprising the lantern fishes;

- syn. Myctophidae;

family Myliobatidae
n1
eagle rays;

- syn. Myliobatidae;

family Mylodontidae
n1
extinct South American edentates;

- syn. Mylodontidae;

family Myricaceae
n1
constituting the order Myricales;

- syn. Myricaceae, wax-myrtle family;

family Myristicaceae
n1
family of aromatic tropical trees with arillate seeds;

- syn. Myristicaceae, nutmeg family;

family Myrmecophagidae
n1
New World anteaters;

- syn. Myrmecophagidae;

family Myrmeleontidae
n1
antlions;

- syn. Myrmeleontidae;

family Myrsinaceae
n1
family of Old World tropical trees and shrubs;

- some in Florida;

- syn. Myrsinaceae, myrsine family;

family Myrtaceae
n1
trees and shrubs yielding a fragrant oil;

- syn. Myrtaceae, myrtle family;

family Mysidae
n1
small shrimp-like crustaceans;

- syn. Mysidae;

family Mytilidae
n1
marine mussels;

- syn. Mytilidae;

family Myxinidae
n1
slime-producing marine animals: hagfishes;

- syn. Myxinidae;

family Myxobacteriaceae
n1
bacteria living mostly in soils and on dung;

- syn. Myxobacteriaceae, Polyangiaceae, family Polyangiaceae;

family Myxophyceae
n1
former terms for Cyanophyceae;

- syn. Myxophyceae, Schizophyceae, family Schizophyceae;

family Naiadaceae
n1
monotypic family of aquatic plants having narrow leaves and small flowers;

- syn. Naiadaceae, Najadaceae, family Najadaceae, naiad family;

family Najadaceae
n1
monotypic family of aquatic plants having narrow leaves and small flowers;

- syn. Naiadaceae, Najadaceae, family Naiadaceae, naiad family;

family name
n1
the name used to identify the members of a family (as distinguished from each member's given name);

- syn. cognomen, last name, surname;

family Naticidae
n1
moonshells;

- syn. Naticidae;

family Nautilidae
n1
spiral-shelled cephalopods;

- syn. Nautilidae;

family Nepenthaceae
n1
coextensive with the genus Nepenthes;

- syn. Nepenthaceae;

family Nephropsidae
n1
in some classifications coextensive with the Homaridae;

- syn. Nephropsidae;

family Nepidae
n1
water scorpions;

- syn. Nepidae;

family Neritidae
n1
neritids;

- syn. Neritidae;

family Nidulariaceae
n1
bird's-nest fungi;

- syn. Nidulariaceae;

family Nitrobacteriaceae
n1
usually rod-shaped bacteria that oxidize ammonia or nitrites: nitrobacteria;

- syn. Nitrobacteriaceae;

family Noctuidae
n1
cutworms;

- armyworms;

- syn. Noctuidae;

family Nostocaceae
n1
blue-green algae;

- syn. Nostocaceae;

family Notonectidae
n1
aquatic carnivorous insects;

- syn. Notonectidae;

family Notoryctidae
n1
pouched moles;

- syn. Notoryctidae;

family Nummulitidae
n1
a family of fossil protoctists;

- syn. Nummulitidae;

family Nyctaginaceae
n1
a family of flowering plants of the order Caryophyllales;

- syn. Allioniaceae, Nyctaginaceae, family Allioniaceae, four-o'clock family;

family Nymphaeaceae
n1
dicot aquatic plants;

- syn. Nymphaeaceae, water-lily family;

family Nymphalidae
n1
large beautifully colored butterflies;

- syn. Nymphalidae;

family Nyssaceae
n1
a family of dicotyledonous trees of order Myrtales that includes the sour gum trees;

- syn. Nyssaceae, sour-gum family, tupelo family;

family Ochnaceae
n1
family of tropical evergreen trees and shrubs with thick shining parallel-veined leaves;

- syn. Ochnaceae, ochna family;

family Ochotonidae
n1
pikas and extinct forms;

- syn. Ochotonidae;

family Octopodidae
n1
a family of Octopoda;

- syn. Octopodidae;

family Odobenidae
n1
walruses and extinct forms;

- syn. Odobenidae;

family Odontaspididae
n1
sand sharks;

- in some classifications coextensive with family Carcharhinidae;

- syn. Carchariidae, Odontaspididae, family Carchariidae;

family Oedogoniaceae
n1
filamentous green algae;

- syn. Oedogoniaceae;

family Oestridae
n1
warble flies;

- syn. Hypodermatidae, Oestridae, family Hypodermatidae;

family Ogcocephalidae
n1
batfishes: sluggish bottom-dwelling spiny fishes;

- syn. Ogcocephalidae;

family Oleaceae
n1
trees and shrubs having berries or drupes or capsules as fruits;

- sometimes placed in the order Oleales: olive;

- ash;

- jasmine;

- privet;

- lilac;

- syn. Oleaceae, olive family;

family Oleandraceae
n1
one of a number of families into which Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems;

- syn. Oleandraceae;

family Onagraceae
n1
a large and widely distributed family of plants of the order Myrtales;

- syn. Onagraceae, evening-primrose family;

family Oniscidae
n1
a family of Isopoda;

- syn. Oniscidae;

family Ophidiidae
n1
eellike marine fishes;

- syn. Ophidiidae;

family Ophiodontidae
n1
fishes closely related to greenlings;

- syn. Ophiodontidae;

family Ophioglossaceae
n1
a family of succulent ferns of order Ophioglossales;

- cosmopolitan in distribution;

- syn. Ophioglossaceae;

family Opisthocomidae
n1
comprising the hoatzins;

- syn. Opisthocomidae;

family Opisthognathidae
n1
jawfishes;

- syn. Opisthognathidae;

family Orchestiidae
n1
beach fleas;

- syn. Orchestiidae;

family Orchidaceae
n1
enormous cosmopolitan family of perennial terrestrial or epiphytic plants with fleshy tubers or rootstocks and unusual flowers;

- syn. Orchidaceae, orchid family;

family Orectolobidae
n1
nurse sharks and carpet sharks;

- syn. Orectolobidae;

family Oriolidae
n1
Old World orioles;

- syn. Oriolidae;

family Ornithorhynchidae
n1
platypus;

- syn. Ornithorhynchidae;

family Orobanchaceae
n1
brown or yellow leafless herbs;

- sometimes placed in the order Scrophulariales;

- syn. Orobanchaceae, broomrape family;

family Orycteropodidae
n1
aardvarks;

- syn. Orycteropodidae;

family Oscillatoriaceae
n1
blue green algae;

- syn. Oscillatoriaceae;

family Osmeridae
n1
smelts;

- syn. Osmeridae;

family Osmundaceae
n1
large family of ferns widely distributed in temperate and tropical areas;

- syn. Osmundaceae;

family Osteoglossidae
n1
a family of large fishes that live in freshwater;

- includes bandfish and bonytongues;

- syn. Osteoglossidae;

family Ostraciidae
n1
boxfishes;

- syn. Ostraciidae, family Ostraciontidae;

family Ostraciontidae
n1
boxfishes;

- syn. Ostraciidae, family Ostraciidae;

family Ostreidae
n1
oysters;

- syn. Ostreidae;

family Otariidae
n1
eared seals: sea lions and fur seals;

- syn. Otariidae;

family Otididae
n1
bustards;

- syn. Otididae;

family Oxalidaceae
n1
a family of widely distributed herbs of the order Geraniales;

- have compound leaves and pentamerous flowers;

- syn. Oxalidaceae, wood-sorrel family;

family Oxyuridae
n1
pinworms;

- syn. Oxyuridae;

family Paeoniaceae
n1
perennial rhizomatous herbs and shrubs;

- of temperate Europe and North America;

- syn. Paeoniaceae, peony family;

family Paguridae
n1
hermit crabs;

- syn. Paguridae;

family Palaemonidae
n1
prawns;

- syn. Palaemonidae;

family Palinuridae
n1
spiny lobsters;

- syn. Palinuridae;

family Palmaceae
n1
chiefly tropical trees and shrubs and vines usually having a tall columnar trunk bearing a crown of very large leaves;

- coextensive with the order Palmales;

- syn. Arecaceae, Palmaceae, Palmae, family Arecaceae, family Palmae, palm family;

family Palmae
n1
chiefly tropical trees and shrubs and vines usually having a tall columnar trunk bearing a crown of very large leaves;

- coextensive with the order Palmales;

- syn. Arecaceae, Palmaceae, Palmae, family Arecaceae, family Palmaceae, palm family;

family Pandanaceae
n1
family of woody plants of the order Pandanales including pandanus;

- syn. Pandanaceae, screw-pine family;

family Pandionidae
n1
ospreys;

- syn. Pandionidae;

family Panorpidae
n1
a family of insects of the order Mecoptera;

- syn. Panorpidae;

family Papaveraceae
n1
herbs or shrubs having milky and often colored juices and capsular fruits;

- syn. Papaveraceae, poppy family;

family Papilionacea
n1
leguminous plants whose flowers have butterfly-shaped corollas;

- commonly included in the family Leguminosae;

- syn. Papilionaceae;

family Paradisaeidae
n1
birds of paradise;

- syn. Paradisaeidae;

family Paridae
n1
titmice and chickadees;

- syn. Paridae;

family Parkeriaceae
n1
coextensive with the genus Ceratopteris;

- sometimes included in family Polypodiaceae;

- syn. Parkeriaceae;

family Parmeliaceae
n1
a family of lichens;

- syn. Parmeliaceae;

family Parulidae
n1
New World warblers;

- syn. Parulidae;

family Passeridae
n1
true sparrows: Old world birds formerly considered weaverbirds;

- syn. Passeridae;

family Passifloraceae
n1
tropical woody tendril-climbing vines;

- syn. Passifloraceae, passionflower family;

family Patellidae
n1
marine limpets;

- syn. Patellidae;

family Pectinidae
n1
scallops;

- syn. Pectinidae;

family Pedaliaceae
n1
the family of plants of order Polemoniales;

- syn. Pedaliaceae, sesame family;

family Pediculidae
n1
true lice: human lice and related forms;

- syn. Pediculidae;

family Pelecanidae
n1
pelicans;

- syn. Pelecanidae;

family Pelecanoididae
n1
diving petrels;

- syn. Pelecanoididae;

family Pelobatidae
n1
the amphibian family of spadefoot toads;

- syn. Pelobatidae;

family Pempheridae
n1
sweepers;

- syn. Pempheridae;

family Peneidae
n1
tropical prawns;

- syn. Peneidae;

family Pennatulidae
n1
sea pens;

- syn. Pennatulidae;

family Peramelidae
n1
bandicoots;

- syn. Peramelidae;

family Percidae
n1
active freshwater fishes;

- true perches and pike perches;

- syn. Percidae;

family Percophidae
n1
percoid flatheads;

- syn. Percophidae;

family Peridiniidae
n1
marine and freshwater dinoflagellates;

- syn. Peridiniidae;

family Peripatidae
n1
a family of Onychophora;

- syn. Peripatidae;

family Peripatopsidae
n1
a family of Onychophora;

- syn. Peripatopsidae;

family Peronosporaceae
n1
parasitic fungi: downy mildews;

- syn. Peronosporaceae;

family Pertusariaceae
n1
a fungus family of division Lichenes;

- syn. Pertusariaceae;

family Petromyzontidae
n1
lampreys;

- syn. Petromyzontidae;

family Pezizaceae
n1
large family comprising many typical cup fungi;

- syn. Pezizaceae;

family Phaethontidae
n1
tropicbirds;

- syn. Phaethontidae;

family Phalacrocoracidae
n1
cormorants;

- syn. Phalacrocoracidae;

family Phalangeridae
n1
phalangers;

- koalas;

- syn. Phalangeridae;

family Phalangiidae
n1
a family of Phalangida;

- syn. Phalangiidae;

family Phalaropidae
n1
phalaropes;

- syn. Phalaropidae;

family Phallaceae
n1
a family of fungi belonging to the order Phallales and comprising the true stinkhorns;

- syn. Phallaceae;

family Phasianidae
n1
pheasants;

- quails;

- partridges;

- syn. Phasianidae;

family Phasmatidae
n1
stick insects;

- syn. Phasmatidae, Phasmidae, family Phasmidae;

family Phasmidae
n1
stick insects;

- syn. Phasmatidae, Phasmidae, family Phasmatidae;

family Phillidae
n1
leaf insects;

- syn. Phillidae, Phyllidae, family Phyllidae;

family Phocidae
n1
earless seals;

- syn. Phocidae;

family Phoenicopteridae
n1
flamingos;

- syn. Phoenicopteridae;

family Phoeniculidae
n1
wood hoopoes;

- syn. Phoeniculidae;

family Pholadidae
n1
a family of Bivalvia;

- syn. Pholadidae;

family Pholidae
n1
a family of fish of suborder Blennioidea;

- syn. Pholidae, family Pholididae;

family Pholididae
n1
a family of fish of suborder Blennioidea;

- syn. Pholidae, family Pholidae;

family Phthiriidae
n1
crab lice;

- syn. Phthiriidae;

family Phyllidae
n1
leaf insects;

- syn. Phillidae, Phyllidae, family Phillidae;

family Phyllocladaceae
n1
a family of Phyllocladaceae;

- syn. Phyllocladaceae;

family Phyllostomatidae
n1
New World leaf-nosed bats;

- syn. Phyllostomatidae, Phyllostomidae, family Phyllostomidae;

family Phyllostomidae
n1
New World leaf-nosed bats;

- syn. Phyllostomatidae, Phyllostomidae, family Phyllostomatidae;

family Phylloxeridae
n1
plant lice;

- syn. Phylloxeridae;

family Physeteridae
n1
sperm whales;

- syn. Physeteridae;

family Physidae
n1
freshwater snails;

- syn. Physidae;

family Phytolaccaceae
n1
chiefly tropical herbaceous plants (including shrubs and trees) with racemose flowers: genera Phytolacca, Agdestis, Ercilla, Rivina, Trichostigma;

- syn. Phytolaccaceae, pokeweed family;

family Picidae
n1
woodpeckers;

- syn. Picidae;

family Pieridae
n1
arthropod family including cabbage butterflies;

- sulphur butterflies;

- syn. Pieridae;

family Pinaceae
n1
a family of Pinaceae;

- syn. Pinaceae, pine family;

family Pinnotheridae
n1
tiny soft-bodied crabs;

- syn. Pinnotheridae;

family Piperaceae
n1
tropical woody vines and herbaceous plants having aromatic herbage and minute flowers in spikelets;

- syn. Piperaceae, pepper family;

family Pipidae
n1
tongueless frogs;

- syn. Pipidae;

family Pipridae
n1
manakins;

- syn. Pipridae;

family Pittidae
n1
pittas;

- syn. Pittidae;

family planning
n1
limiting the number of children born;

- syn. birth control, birth prevention;

family Plantaginaceae
n1
cosmopolitan family of small herbs and a few shrubs;

- most are troublesome weeds;

- syn. Plantaginaceae, plantain family;

family Plasmodiidae
n1
malaria parasites;

- syn. Plasmodiidae;

family Plasmodiophoraceae
n1
family of fungi often causing hypertrophy in seed plants;

- syn. Plasmodiophoraceae;

family Plataleidae
n1
spoonbills;

- syn. Plataleidae;

family Platanaceae
n1
coextensive with the genus Platanus: plane trees;

- syn. Platanaceae, plane-tree family;

family Platanistidae
n1
river dolphins;

- syn. Platanistidae;

family Platycephalidae
n1
scorpaenoid flatheads;

- syn. Platycephalidae;

family Plethodontidae
n1
small mostly terrestrial New World salamanders having neither lungs nor gills as adults;

- syn. Plethodontidae;

family Pleurobrachiidae
n1
sea gooseberries;

- syn. Pleurobrachiidae;

family Pleuronectidae
n1
righteye flounders;

- syn. Pleuronectidae;

family Ploceidae
n1
weaverbirds;

- syn. Ploceidae;

family Plumbaginaceae
n1
perennial herbs and shrubs and lianas;

- cosmopolitan especially in saltwater areas;

- syn. Plumbaginaceae, leadwort family, sea-lavender family;

family Pluteaceae
n1
a family of fungi belonging to the order Agaricales;

- syn. Pluteaceae;

family Poaceae
n1
the grasses: chiefly herbaceous but some woody plants including cereals;

- bamboo;

- reeds;

- sugar cane;

- syn. Graminaceae, Gramineae, Poaceae, family Graminaceae, family Gramineae, grass family;

family Podargidae
n1
frogmouths;

- syn. Podargidae;

family Podicipedidae
n1
coextensive with the order Podicipitiformes;

- syn. Podicipedidae;

family Podocarpaceae
n1
gymnosperms with simple persistent needlelike or scalelike leaves;

- syn. Podocarpaceae, podocarpus family;

family Poeciliidae
n1
topminnows;

- syn. Poeciliidae;

family Polemoniaceae
n1
a widely distributed family of chiefly herbaceous plants of the order Polemoniales;

- often have showy flowers;

- syn. Polemoniaceae, phlox family;

family Polyangiaceae
n1
bacteria living mostly in soils and on dung;

- syn. Myxobacteriaceae, Polyangiaceae, family Myxobacteriaceae;

family Polygalaceae
n1
trees, shrubs, and herbs widely distributed throughout both hemispheres;

- syn. Polygalaceae, milkwort family;

family Polygonaceae
n1
a family of plants of order Polygonales chiefly of the north temperate zone;

- includes the buckwheats;

- syn. Polygonaceae, buckwheat family;

family Polynemidae
n1
threadfins;

- syn. Polynemidae;

family Polyodontidae
n1
paddlefishes;

- syn. Polyodontidae;

family Polypedatidae
n1
Old World tree frogs;

- syn. Polypedatidae;

family Polypodiaceae
n1
ferns: a large family that in some classification systems has been subdivided into several families (including Aspleniaceae and Blechnaceae and Davalliaceae and Dennstaedtiaceae and Dryopteridaceae and Oleandraceae and Pteridaceae);

- syn. Polypodiaceae;

family Polyporaceae
n1
fungi that become corky or woody with age, often forming shelflike growths on trees;

- syn. Polyporaceae;

family Pomacentridae
n1
damselfishes;

- syn. Pomacentridae;

family Pomatomidae
n1
food and game fishes related to pompanos;

- syn. Pomatomidae;

family Pongidae
n1
usually considered as comprising orangutans;

- gorillas;

- chimpanzees;

- and sometimes gibbons;

- syn. Pongidae;

family Pontederiaceae
n1
aquatic or bog plants;

- syn. Pontederiaceae, pickerelweed family;

family Porcellionidae
n1
sow bugs;

- syn. Porcellionidae;

family Portulacaceae
n1
family of usually succulent herbs;

- cosmopolitan in distribution especially in Americas;

- syn. Portulacaceae, purslane family;

family Portunidae
n1
swimming crabs;

- syn. Portunidae;

family Potamogalidae
n1
otter shrews;

- syn. Potamogalidae;

family Potamogetonaceae
n1
plants that grow in ponds and slow streams;

- sometimes includes family Zosteraceae;

- syn. Potamogetonaceae, pondweed family;

family practice
n1
medical practice that provides health care regardless of age or sex while placing emphasis on the family unit;

- syn. family medicine;

family Priacanthidae
n1
small carnivorous percoid fishes found worldwide in tropical seas;

- syn. Priacanthidae;

family Primulaceae
n1
a dicotyledonous family of the order Primulales with a regular flower;

- widely distributed in the northern hemisphere;

- syn. Primulaceae, primrose family;

family Pristidae
n1
large primitive rays with elongated snouts;

- syn. Pristidae;

family Procaviidae
n1
includes all recent members of the order Hyracoidea;

- syn. Procaviidae;

family Procellariidae
n1
petrels;

- fulmars;

- shearwaters;

- syn. Procellariidae;

family Procyonidae
n1
raccoons;

- coatis;

- cacomistles;

- kinkajous;

- and sometimes pandas;

- syn. Procyonidae;

family Proteaceae
n1
large family of Australian and South African shrubs and trees with leathery leaves and clustered mostly tetramerous flowers;

- constitutes the order Proteales;

- syn. Proteaceae, protea family;

family Proteidae
n1
mud puppies;

- syn. Proteidae;

family Prunellidae
n1
hedge sparrow;

- syn. Prunellidae;

family Pseudococcidae
n1
scalelike insects: mealybugs;

- syn. Pseudococcidae;

family Pseudomonodaceae
n1
rod-shaped Gram-negative bacteria;

- include important plant and animal pathogens;

- syn. Pseudomonodaceae;

family Psilophytaceae
n1
Paleozoic plants;

- syn. Psilophytaceae;

family Psilotaceae
n1
small family of lower ferns having nearly naked stems and minute scalelike leaves;

- syn. Psilotaceae;

family Psittacidae
n1
coextensive with the order Psittaciformes;

- syn. Psittacidae;

family Psocidae
n1
a family of small soft-bodied insects that feed on decaying vegetation;

- related to booklice;

- syn. Psocidae;

family Psophiidae
n1
trumpeters;

- syn. Psophiidae;

family Psychodidae
n1
very small two-winged flies with hairy wings that develop in moss and damp vegetable matter: sand flies;

- syn. Psychodidae;

family Psyllidae
n1
jumping plant lice;

- syn. Chermidae, Psyllidae, family Chermidae;

family Pteridaceae
n1
one of a number of families into which the family Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems;

- Pteridaceae is itself in turn sometimes further subdivided;

- syn. Pteridaceae;

family Pteriidae
n1
pearl oysters;

- syn. Pteriidae;

family Pteroclididae
n1
sandgrouses;

- syn. Pteroclididae;

family Pterodactylidae
n1
a reptile family in the order Pterosauria;

- syn. Pterodactylidae;

family Ptilonorhynchidae
n1
bowerbirds;

- syn. Ptilonorhynchidae;

family Pucciniaceae
n1
large important family of rust fungi;

- syn. Pucciniaceae;

family Pulicidae
n1
many common fleas attacking humans and domestic animals;

- syn. Pulicidae;

family Punicaceae
n1
one species: pomegranates;

- syn. Punicaceae;

family Pygopodidae
n1
Australian and Tasmanian lizards;

- syn. Pygopodidae;

family Pyralidae
n1
bee moths;

- corn borers;

- flour moths;

- syn. Pyralidae, Pyralididae, family Pyralididae;

family Pyralididae
n1
bee moths;

- corn borers;

- flour moths;

- syn. Pyralidae, Pyralididae, family Pyralidae;

family Pyrolaceae
n1
evergreen herbs of temperate regions: genera Pyrola, Chimaphila, Moneses, Orthilia;

- syn. Pyrolaceae, wintergreen family;

family Pyrrhocoridae
n1
firebugs;

- syn. Pyrrhocoridae;

family Pythiaceae
n1
fungi having sporangia usually borne successively and singly at the tips of branching sporangiophores;

- syn. Pythiaceae;

family Pythonidae
n1
in some classifications a family separate from Boidae comprising Old World boas;

- syn. Pythonidae;

family Rachycentridae
n1
family of pelagic fishes containing solely the cobia;

- syn. Rachycentridae;

family Rafflesiaceae
n1
a family of parasitic plants of the order Aristolochiales;

- syn. Rafflesiaceae;

family Rajidae
n1
bottom-dwelling tropical rays: skates;

- syn. Rajidae;

family Rallidae
n1
rails;

- crakes;

- gallinules;

- coots;

- syn. Rallidae;

family Ramphastidae
n1
toucans;

- syn. Ramphastidae;

family Ranidae
n1
a family nearly cosmopolitan in distribution: true frogs;

- syn. Ranidae;

family Ranunculaceae
n1
a family of Ranunculaceae;

- syn. Ranunculaceae, buttercup family, crowfoot family;

family Rapateaceae
n1
South American herbs somewhat resembling members of the Juncaceae;

- syn. Rapateaceae;

family Raphidae
n1
extinct dodos and solitaires;

- syn. Raphidae;

family Raphidiidae
n1
a family of arthropods of the suborder Megaloptera, including snakeflies;

- syn. Raphidiidae;

family Recurvirostridae
n1
long-legged shorebirds;

- syn. Recurvirostridae;

family Reduviidae
n1
assassin bugs;

- syn. Reduviidae;

family Regalecidae
n1
ribbonfishes;

- syn. Regalecidae;

family relationship
n1
(anthropology) relatedness or connection by blood or marriage or adoption;

- syn. kinship, relationship;

family Resedaceae
n1
mainly Mediterranean herbs: mignonette;

- syn. Resedaceae, mignonette family;

family Rhamnaceae
n1
trees and shrubs usually thorny bearing drupaceous fruit many having medicinal value;

- syn. Rhamnaceae, buckthorn family;

family Rheidae
n1
a family of birds coextensive with the order Rheiformes;

- syn. Rheidae;

family Rhincodontidae
n1
small-toothed sharks comprising only one species;

- syn. Rhincodontidae;

family Rhinobatidae
n1
primitive rays with guitar-shaped bodies;

- syn. Rhinobatidae;

family Rhinocerotidae
n1
rhinoceroses;

- syn. Rhinocerotidae, rhinoceros family;

family Rhinolophidae
n1
Old World leaf-nosed bats;

- syn. Rhinolophidae;

family Rhinotermitidae
n1
large widely distributed family of termites of temperate to tropical regions;

- syn. Rhinotermitidae;

family Rhiptoglossa
n1
Old World chameleons;

- in some classifications they are considered a superfamily of Sauria;

- syn. Chamaeleonidae, Chamaeleontidae, Rhiptoglossa, family Chamaeleonidae, family Chamaeleontidae;

family Rhizobiaceae
n1
a small family of rod-shaped bacteria;

- syn. Rhizobiaceae;

family Rhizophoraceae
n1
trees and shrubs that usually form dense jungles along tropical seacoasts;

- syn. Rhizophoraceae, mangrove family;

family Rhizopogonaceae
n1
a family of fungi of order Hymenogastrales having round subterranean sporophores;

- syn. Rhizopogonaceae;

family Rhodymeniaceae
n1
a family of protoctist;

- syn. Rhodymeniaceae;

family Rhyniaceae
n1
primitive plants of the Paleozoic;

- syn. Rhyniaceae;

family Rickettsiaceae
n1
microorganism resembling bacteria inhabiting arthropod tissues but capable of causing disease in vertebrates;

- syn. Rickettsiaceae;

family Roccellaceae
n1
a fungus family of division Lichenes;

- syn. Roccellaceae;

family room
n1
a recreation room in a private house;

family Roridulaceae
n1
in some classifications included in the family Droseraceae;

- syn. Roridulaceae;

family Rosaceae
n1
a large family of dicotyledonous plants of order Rosales;

- have alternate leaves and five-petaled flowers with numerous stamens;

- syn. Rosaceae, rose family;

family Rubiaceae
n1
widely distributed family of mostly tropical trees and shrubs and herbs;

- includes coffee and chinchona and gardenia and madder and bedstraws and partridgeberry;

- syn. Rubiaceae, madder family;

family Ruscaceae
n1
one of many subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted;

- syn. Ruscaceae;

family Russulaceae
n1
used in some classification systems for the genus Russula;

- syn. Russulaceae;

family Rutaceae
n1
a family of dicotyledonous plants of order Geraniales;

- have flowers that are divide into four or five parts and usually have a strong scent;

- syn. Rutaceae, rue family;

family Rynchopidae
n1
coextensive with the genus Rynchops: skimmers;

- syn. Rynchopidae;

family Saccharomycetaceae
n1
family of fungi comprising the typical yeasts: reproduce by budding and ferment carbohydrates;

- syn. Saccharomycetaceae;

family Sagittariidae
n1
secretary birds;

- syn. Sagittariidae;

family Salamandridae
n1
salamanders;

- syn. Salamandridae;

family Salicaceae
n1
two genera of trees or shrubs having hairy catkins: Salix;

- Populus;

- syn. Salicaceae, willow family;

family Salmonidae
n1
salmon and trout;

- syn. Salmonidae;

family Salpidae
n1
a small family of tunicates in the class Thaliacea;

- syn. Salpidae;

family Salvadoraceae
n1
a family of Old World shrubs and trees of order Gentianales;

- related to Oleaceae but having four stamens and four petals;

- syn. Salvadora family, Salvadoraceae;

family Salviniaceae
n1
water ferns;

- syn. Salviniaceae;

family Santalaceae
n1
chiefly tropical herbs or shrubs or trees bearing nuts or one-seeded fruit;

- syn. Santalaceae, sandalwood family;

family Sapindaceae
n1
chiefly tropical New and Old World deciduous and evergreen trees and shrubs bearing leathery drupes with yellow translucent flesh;

- most plants produce toxic saponins;

- syn. Sapindaceae, soapberry family;

family Sapotaceae
n1
tropical trees or shrubs with milky juice and often edible fleshy fruit;

- syn. Sapotaceae, sapodilla family;

family Sarcoptidae
n1
small whitish mites;

- syn. Sarcoptidae;

family Sarcoscyphaceae
n1
family of fungi belonging to the order Pezizales;

- syn. Sarcoscyphaceae;

family Sarraceniaceae
n1
insectivorous plants;

- syn. Sarraceniaceae, pitcher-plant family;

family Saturniidae
n1
important and widely distributed family of moths including some of the largest insects known;

- syn. Saturniidae;

family Satyridae
n1
a widely distributed family of butterflies common near the edges of woods;

- syn. Satyridae;

family Saururaceae
n1
family of perennial aromatic herbs: genera Saururus, Anemopsis, Houttuynia;

- syn. Saururaceae, lizard's-tail family;

family Saxifragaceae
n1
a large and diverse family of evergreen or deciduous herbs;

- widely distributed in northern temperate and cold regions;

- sometimes includes genera of the family Hydrangeaceae;

- syn. Saxifragaceae, saxifrage family;

family Scarabaeidae
n1
scarab or dung beetles;

- syn. Scarabaeidae;

family Scaridae
n1
parrotfishes;

- syn. Scaridae;

family Scheuchzeriaceae
n1
a family of monocotyledonous bog herbs of order Naiadales;

- syn. Juncaginaceae, Scheuchzeriaceae, arrow-grass family, family Juncaginaceae;

family Schistosomatidae
n1
a family of Trematoda;

- syn. Schistosomatidae;

family Schizaeaceae
n1
small family of mainly tropical ferns;

- syn. Schizaeaceae;

family Schizophyceae
n1
former terms for Cyanophyceae;

- syn. Myxophyceae, Schizophyceae, family Myxophyceae;

family Schizosaccharomycetaceae
n1
a family of fungi belonging to order Endomycetales;

- syn. Schizosaccharomycetaceae;

family Sciadopityaceae
n1
family comprising a single genus that until recently was considered part of Taxodiaceae;

- syn. Sciadopityaceae;

family Sciaenidae
n1
warm-water marine fishes including the drums and grunts and croakers and sea trout;

- syn. Sciaenidae;

family Sciaridae
n1
fungus gnats;

- syn. Sciaridae;

family Scincidae
n1
skinks;

- syn. Scincidae;

family Sciuridae
n1
a mammal family of true squirrels including: ground squirrels;

- marmots;

- chipmunks;

- flying squirrels;

- spermophiles;

- syn. Sciuridae;

family Sclerodermataceae
n1
a family of fungi or order Sclerodermatales with a single-layered peridium;

- includes earthballs;

- syn. Sclerodermataceae;

family Sclerotiniaceae
n1
a fungus family of order Helotiales;

- syn. Sclerotiniaceae;

family Scolopacidae
n1
sandpiper family: sandpipers;

- woodcocks;

- snipes;

- tattlers;

- curlews;

- godwits;

- dowitchers;

- syn. Scolopacidae;

family Scolytidae
n1
large family of bark-boring or wood-boring short-beaked beetles;

- very destructive to forest and fruit trees;

- syn. Ipidae, Scolytidae, family Ipidae;

family Scomberesocidae
n1
only sauries;

- syn. Scomberesocidae, Scombresocidae, family Scombresocidae;

family Scombresocidae
n1
only sauries;

- syn. Scomberesocidae, Scombresocidae, family Scomberesocidae;

family Scombridae
n1
marine food fishes: mackerels;

- chub mackerels;

- tuna;

- syn. Scombridae;

family Scorpaenidae
n1
scorpionfishes;

- rockfishes;

- lionfishes;

- syn. Scorpaenidae;

family Scrophulariaceae
n1
a family of dicotyledonous plants of the order Polemoniales;

- includes figwort and snapdragon and foxglove and toadflax and speedwell and mullein;

- in some classifications placed in the order Scrophulariales;

- syn. Scrophulariaceae, figwort family, foxglove family;

family Scutigeridae
n1
a family of Chilopoda;

- syn. Scutigeridae;

family Scyliorhinidae
n1
small bottom-dwelling sharks;

- syn. Scyliorhinidae;

family Secotiaceae
n1
a family of fungi that have a stalk and cap and a wrinkled mass of tissue (the gleba) where spores are produced;

- are often dismissed as misshapen forms of other fungi;

- syn. Secotiaceae;

family Selaginellaceae
n1
lesser club mosses: terrestrial chiefly tropical plants resembling mosses;

- syn. Selaginellaceae;

family Sepiidae
n1
true cuttlefishes;

- syn. Sepiidae;

family Septobasidiaceae
n1
a family of fungi belonging to the subdivision Basidiomycota;

- syn. Septobasidiaceae;

family Serranidae
n1
marine fishes: sea basses;

- sea perches;

- groupers;

- jewfish;

- syn. Serranidae;

family Sialidae
n1
an arthropod family including: alderflies;

- syn. Sialidae;

family Sillaginidae
n1
small family of small food fishes in shallow waters of the Pacific around Indonesia;

- syn. Sillaginidae;

family Siluridae
n1
Old World catfishes;

- syn. Siluridae;

family Simaroubaceae
n1
chiefly tropical trees and shrubs with bitter bark having dry usually one-seeded winged fruit;

- syn. Simaroubaceae, quassia family;

family Simuliidae
n1
blackflies and sand flies;

- syn. Simuliidae;

family Sirenidae
n1
sirens;

- syn. Sirenidae;

family Sisyridae
n1
an arthropod family of the order Neuroptera that includes spongeflies;

- syn. Sisyridae;

family Sittidae
n1
nuthatches;

- syn. Sittidae;

family Solanaceae
n1
large and economically important family of herbs or shrubs or trees often strongly scented and sometimes narcotic or poisonous;

- includes the genera Solanum, Atropa, Brugmansia, Capsicum, Datura, Hyoscyamus, Lycopersicon, Nicotiana, Petunia, Physalis, and Solandra;

- syn. Solanaceae, potato family;

family Soleidae
n1
soles;

- syn. Soleidae;

family Solenidae
n1
razor clams;

- syn. Solenidae;

family Soricidae
n1
shrews;

- syn. Soricidae;

family Spalacidae
n1
mole rats;

- syn. Spalacidae;

family Sparganiaceae
n1
coextensive with the genus Sparganium;

- syn. Sparganiaceae, bur-reed family;

family Sparidae
n1
porgies;

- scups;

- syn. Sparidae;

family Sphaeriaceae
n1
parasitic fungi having globose and sometimes necked or beaked perithecia;

- syn. Sphaeriaceae;

family Sphaerobolaceae
n1
monotypic family of fungi in which the more or less spherical gleba is forcibly ejected at maturity;

- syn. Sphaerobolaceae;

family Sphaerocarpaceae
n1
liverworts with bilaterally symmetrical gametophytes;

- sometimes placed in the order Jungermanniales;

- syn. Sphaerocarpaceae;

family Sphecidae
n1
mud daubers;

- some digger wasps;

- syn. Sphecidae;

family Spheniscidae
n1
comprising all existing penguins;

- syn. Spheniscidae;

family Sphingidae
n1
hawkmoths;

- syn. Sphingidae;

family Sphyraenidae
n1
monotypic family of large active fishes of tropical and subtropical waters: barracuda;

- syn. Sphyraenidae;

family Sphyrnidae
n1
hammerhead sharks;

- bonnethead sharks;

- syn. Sphyrnidae;

family Spirillaceae
n1
rigid spirally curved elongate bacteria;

- syn. Spirillaceae;

family Spirochaetaceae
n1
large coarsely spiral bacteria;

- free-living in fresh or salt water or commensal in bodies of oysters;

- syn. Spirochaetaceae;

family Spirulidae
n1
coextensive with the genus Spirula;

- included in the order Belemnoidea in some older classifications;

- syn. Spirulidae;

family Squalidae
n1
dogfishes having a spine in each dorsal fin;

- syn. Squalidae;

family Squatinidae
n1
bottom-dwelling ray-like sharks;

- syn. Squatinidae;

family Squillidae
n1
crustaceans that burrow in mud or under stones in shallow water along the seashore;

- syn. Squillidae;

family Staphylaceae
n1
a family of dicotyledonous plants of order Sapindales found mostly in the north temperate zone;

- syn. Staphylaceae, bladdernut family;

family Staphylinidae
n1
rove beetles;

- syn. Staphylinidae;

family Steatornithidae
n1
oilbirds;

- syn. Steatornithidae;

family Stenopelmatidae
n1
long-horned grasshoppers;

- syn. Stenopelmatidae;

family Stercorariidae
n1
jaegers and skuas:;

- syn. Stercorariidae;

family Sterculiaceae
n1
a large family of plants of order Malvales;

- syn. Sterculiaceae, sterculia family;

family Stichaeidae
n1
pricklebacks;

- syn. Stichaeidae;

family Stizidae
n1
cicada killers;

- syn. Stizidae;

family Strelitziaceae
n1
woody plants with erect stems of tropical South America and South Africa and Madagascar;

- in some classifications included in the family Musaceae;

- syn. Strelitziaceae, strelitzia family;

family Streptomycetaceae
n1
higher bacteria typically aerobic soil saprophytes;

- syn. Streptomycetaceae;

family Strigidae
n1
a family of nocturnal birds of the order Strigiformes;

- syn. Strigidae;

family Stromateidae
n1
butterfishes: harvest fishes;

- dollar fishes;

- syn. Stromateidae;

family Strombidae
n1
the family of conchs;

- syn. Strombidae;

family Strophariaceae
n1
sometimes included in family Agaricaceae;

- syn. Strophariaceae;

family Struthionidae
n1
tall terrestrial birds: ostriches;

- syn. Struthionidae;

family Sturnidae
n1
Old World starlings;

- syn. Sturnidae;

family Styracaceae
n1
a widely distributed family of shrubs and trees of order Ebenales;

- syn. Styracaceae, storax family, styrax family;

family Suidae
n1
pigs;

- hogs;

- boars;

- syn. Suidae;

family Sulidae
n1
gannets and boobies;

- syn. Sulidae;

family Sylviidae
n1
in some classifications considered a subfamily (Sylviinae) of the family Muscicapidae: Old World (true) warblers;

- American kinglets and gnatcatchers;

- syn. Sylviidae;

family Symplocaceae
n1
a dicotyledonous family of order Ebenales;

- syn. Symplocaceae, sweetleaf family;

family Synchytriaceae
n1
a fungus family of order Chytridiales;

- syn. Synchytriaceae;

family Syngnathidae
n1
pipefishes;

- syn. Syngnathidae;

family Synodontidae
n1
soft-finned bottom-dwelling fishes;

- syn. Synodontidae;

family Tabanidae
n1
horseflies;

- syn. Tabanidae;

family Taccaceae
n1
small family of tropical herbs;

- syn. Taccaceae;

family Tachinidae
n1
parasites on other insects;

- syn. Tachinidae;

family Tachyglossidae
n1
echidnas;

- syn. Tachyglossidae;

family Taeniidae
n1
a family of Cestoda;

- syn. Taeniidae;

family Talpidae
n1
moles;

- syn. Talpidae;

family Tamaricaceae
n1
family of desert shrubs and trees (mostly halophytes and xerophytes);

- syn. Tamaricaceae, tamarisk family;

family Tapiridae
n1
tapirs and extinct related forms;

- syn. Tapiridae;

family Tarsiidae
n1
coextensive with the genus Tarsius: tarsiers;

- syn. Tarsiidae;

family Taxaceae
n1
sometimes classified as member of order Taxales;

- syn. Taxaceae, yew family;

family Tayassuidae
n1
peccaries;

- syn. Tayassuidae;

family Tecophilaeacea
n1
one of many subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted;

- syn. Tecophilaeacea;

family Teiidae
n1
whiptails;

- etc.;

- syn. Teiidae;

family Tenebrionidae
n1
a family of arthropods including darkling beetles and mealworms;

- syn. Tenebrionidae;

family Tenrecidae
n1
tenrecs and extinct related forms;

- syn. Tenrecidae;

family Tenthredinidae
n1
sawflies;

- syn. Tenthredinidae;

family Terebellidae
n1
marine burrowing or tube-forming polychete worms usually having long thick bodies;

- syn. Terebellidae;

family Teredinidae
n1
shipworms;

- syn. Teredinidae;

family Termitidae
n1
termites;

- syn. Termitidae;

family Testudinidae
n1
land tortoises;

- syn. Testudinidae;

family Tethyidae
n1
sea hares;

- syn. Aplysiidae, Tethyidae, family Aplysiidae;

family Tetragoniaceae
n1
succulent herbs or small shrubs mostly of South Africa but also New Zealand and North America: carpetweeds;

- fig marigolds;

- syn. Aizoaceae, Tetragoniaceae, carpetweed family, family Aizoaceae;

family Tetranychidae
n1
plant-feeding mites;

- syn. Tetranychidae;

family Tetraodontidae
n1
puffers;

- syn. Tetraodontidae;

family Tetraonidae
n1
grouse;

- syn. Tetraonidae;

family Tettigoniidae
n1
long-horned grasshoppers;

- katydids;

- syn. Tettigoniidae;

family Theaceae
n1
a family of trees and shrubs of the order Parietales;

- syn. Theaceae, tea family;

family Thelephoraceae
n1
fungi having leathery or membranous sporophores;

- syn. Thelephoraceae;

family Thelypteridaceae
n1
genera Thelypteris, Phegopteris, and others;

- syn. Thelypteridaceae;

family Theophrastaceae
n1
family of mainly tropical American trees and shrubs similar to those of the Myrsinaceae;

- often included in the Myrsinaceae;

- syn. Theophrastaceae;

family Theraphosidae
n1
large tropical spiders;

- tarantulas;

- syn. Theraphosidae;

family therapy
n1
any of several therapeutic approaches in which a family is treated as a whole;

family Theridiidae
n1
a family of comb-footed spiders;

- syn. Theridiidae;

family Thiobacteriaceae
n1
free-living coccoid to rod-shaped bacteria that derive energy from oxidizing sulfur or sulfur compounds;

- syn. Thiobacteriaceae;

family Thraupidae
n1
tanagers;

- syn. Thraupidae;

family Threskiornithidae
n1
ibises;

- syn. Threskiornithidae, family Ibidiidae;

family Thripidae
n1
thrips;

- syn. Thripidae;

family Thymelaeaceae
n1
family of trees and shrubs and herbs having tough bark that are found especially in Australia and tropical Africa;

- syn. Thymelaeaceae, daphne family;

family Tiliaceae
n1
chiefly trees and shrubs of tropical and temperate regions of especially southeastern Asia and Brazil;

- genera Tilia, Corchorus, Entelea, Grewia, Sparmannia;

- syn. Tiliaceae, linden family;

family Tilletiaceae
n1
a family of smut fungi having a simple promycelium bearing the spores in an apical cluster;

- syn. Tilletiaceae;

family Timaliidae
n1
babblers;

- syn. Timaliidae;

family Tinamidae
n1
comprising the tinamous;

- syn. Tinamidae;

family Tineidae
n1
clothes moths;

- syn. Tineidae;

family Tingidae
n1
lace bugs;

- syn. Tingidae;

family Tipulidae
n1
crane flies;

- syn. Tipulidae;

family Titanosauridae
n1
herbivorous dinosaurs of the Cretaceous;

- syn. Titanosauridae;

family Todidae
n1
a family of birds of the order Coraciiformes;

- syn. Todidae;

family Torpedinidae
n1
electric rays;

- syn. Torpedinidae;

family Tortricidae
n1
leaf rollers and codling moths;

- syn. Tortricidae;

family Toxotidae
n1
archerfishes;

- syn. Toxotidae;

family Trachipteridae
n1
ribbonfishes;

- syn. Trachipteridae;

family Tragulidae
n1
chevrotains;

- syn. Tragulidae;

family Trapaceae
n1
family comprising solely the genus Trapa;

- in some classifications treated as a subfamily or tribe of the family Onagraceae;

- syn. Trapaceae;

family tree
n1
successive generations of kin;

- syn. genealogy;

family Tremellaceae
n1
a family of basidiomycetous fungi of the order Tremellales that have the basidium divided longitudinally;

- syn. Tremellaceae;

family Trephritidae
n1
fruit flies;

- some leaf miners;

- syn. Trephritidae, Trypetidae, family Trypetidae;

family Treponemataceae
n1
small spirochetes some parasitic or pathogenic;

- syn. Treponemataceae;

family Triakidae
n1
small sharks with smooth skins and lacking spines on their dorsal fins;

- syn. Triakidae;

family Tribonemaceae
n1
simple filamentous freshwater yellow-green algae;

- syn. Tribonemaceae;

family Trichechidae
n1
comprising only the manatees;

- syn. Trichechidae;

family Trichiuridae
n1
cutlassfishes;

- syn. Trichiuridae;

family Trichodontidae
n1
two species of elongate compressed scaleless large-eyed fishes that live in sand or mud;

- syn. Trichodontidae;

family Tricholomataceae
n1
a family of fungi belonging to the order Agaricales;

- syn. Tricholomataceae;

family Tridacnidae
n1
large marine hard-shell clams;

- syn. Tridacnidae;

family Triglidae
n1
in some classifications restricted to the gurnards and subdivided into the subfamilies Triglinae (true sea robins) and Peristediinae (armored sea robins);

- syn. Triglidae;

family Trilliaceae
n1
small family of herbs having flowers with 3 petals and 3 sepals;

- in some classification systems considered a subfamily of the Liliaceae;

- syn. Trilliaceae, trillium family;

family Trionychidae
n1
soft-shelled turtles;

- syn. Trionychidae;

family Triopidae
n1
a family of Notostraca;

- syn. Triopidae;

family Trochilidae
n1
hummingbirds;

- syn. Trochilidae;

family Troglodytidae
n1
wrens;

- syn. Troglodytidae;

family Trogonidae
n1
coextensive with the order Trogoniformes;

- syn. Trogonidae;

family Trombiculidae
n1
mites;

- syn. Trombiculidae;

family Trombidiidae
n1
mites;

- syn. Trombidiidae;

family Tropaeolaceae
n1
coextensive with the genus Tropaeolum;

- syn. Tropaeolaceae, nasturtium family;

family Trypetidae
n1
fruit flies;

- some leaf miners;

- syn. Trephritidae, Trypetidae, family Trephritidae;

family Tuberaceae
n1
family of fungi whose ascocarps resemble tubers and vary in size from that of an acorn to that of a large apple;

- syn. Tuberaceae;

family Tuberculariaceae
n1
large family of mainly saprophytic imperfect fungi;

- syn. Tuberculariaceae;

family Tulostomaceae
n1
stalked puffballs;

- syn. Tulostomaceae, Tulostomataceae, family Tulostomataceae;

family Tulostomataceae
n1
stalked puffballs;

- syn. Tulostomaceae, Tulostomataceae, family Tulostomaceae;

family Tupaiidae
n1
tree shrews;

- in some classifications tree shrews are considered prosimian primates;

- syn. Tupaiidae;

family Turdidae
n1
thrushes;

- in some classifications considered a subfamily (Turdinae) of the family Muscicapidae;

- syn. Turdidae;

family Turnicidae
n1
small Old World birds resembling but not related to true quail;

- syn. Turnicidae;

family Tylenchidae
n1
a family of Nematoda;

- syn. Tylenchidae;

family Typhaceae
n1
perennial marsh plants with creeping rootstocks and long linear leaves;

- syn. Typhaceae, cattail family;

family Typhlopidae
n1
blind snakes;

- syn. Typhlopidae;

family Tytonidae
n1
comprising only the barn owls;

- syn. Tytonidae;

family Uintatheriidae
n1
an extinct family of Dinocerata;

- syn. Uintatheriidae;

family Ulmaceae
n1
a dicot family of the order Urticales including: genera Ulmus, Celtis, Planera, Trema;

- syn. Ulmaceae, elm family;

family Ulvaceae
n1
thin flat or tubular green algae;

- syn. Ulvaceae, sea-lettuce family;

family Umbelliferae
n1
plants having flowers in umbels: parsley;

- carrot;

- anise;

- caraway;

- celery;

- dill;

- syn. Apiaceae, Umbelliferae, carrot family, family Apiaceae;

family Unionidae
n1
freshwater mussels found worldwide;

- syn. Unionidae;

family unit
n1
primary social group;

- parents and children;

- "he wanted to have a good job before starting a family";

- syn. family;

family Upupidae
n1
hoopoes;

- syn. Upupidae;

family Uranoscopidae
n1
stargazers;

- syn. Uranoscopidae;

family Ursidae
n1
bears and extinct related forms;

- syn. Ursidae;

family Urticaceae
n1
a family of plants of order Urticales including many nettles with stinging hairs;

- syn. Urticaceae, nettle family;

family Usneaceae
n1
fruticose lichens having prostrate or erect or pendulous thalli: genera Usnea, Evernia, Ramalina, Alectoria;

- syn. Usneaceae;

family Ustilaginaceae
n1
a fungus family of loose smuts;

- syn. Ustilaginaceae;

family Valerianaceae
n1
genus of mostly herbs having a characteristic fetid odor;

- syn. Valerianaceae, valerian family;

family Varanidae
n1
monitor lizards;

- syn. Varanidae;

family Veneridae
n1
hard-shell clams;

- syn. Veneridae;

family Verbenaceae
n1
family of New World tropical and subtropical herbs and shrubs and trees;

- syn. Verbenaceae, verbena family, vervain family;

family Vespertilionidae
n1
the majority of common bats of temperate regions of the world;

- syn. Vespertilionidae;

family Vespidae
n1
an arthropod family of the order Hymenoptera including: yellow jackets;

- hornets;

- mason wasps;

- syn. Vespidae;

family Violaceae
n1
a family of order Parietales including the genera Viola, Hybanthus, Hymenanthera, Melicytus;

- syn. Violaceae, violet family;

family Viperidae
n1
Old World vipers;

- syn. Viperidae;

family Vireonidae
n1
small insectivorous American songbirds;

- syn. Vireonidae;

family Viscaceae
n1
in some classifications considered a subfamily of Loranthaceae;

- syn. Viscaceae, mistletoe family;

family Vitaceae
n1
a family of vines belonging to order Rhamnales;

- syn. Vitaceae, Vitidaceae, grapevine family;

family Vittariaceae
n1
one of a number of families into which Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems: genus Vittaria;

- syn. Vittariaceae;

family Viverridae
n1
genets;

- civets;

- mongooses;

- syn. Viverridae, Viverrinae, family Viverrinae;

family Viverrinae
n1
genets;

- civets;

- mongooses;

- syn. Viverridae, Viverrinae, family Viverridae;

family Volvariaceae
n1
a family of fungi belonging to the order Agaricales;

- syn. Volvariaceae;

family Volvocaceae
n1
unicellular or colonial biflagellate free-swimming flagellates;

- syn. Volvocaceae;

family Vombatidae
n1
wombats;

- syn. Vombatidae;

family Welwitschiaceae
n1
in some classifications included in the Gnetaceae;

- syn. Welwitschiaceae;

family Winteraceae
n1
small family of chiefly tropical shrubs and trees of genera Drimys and Pseudowintera;

- sometimes included in Magnoliaceae;

- syn. Winteraceae, winter's bark family;

family Xanthorrhoeaceae
n1
one of many subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted;

- syn. Xanthorrhoeaceae, grass tree family;

family Xantusiidae
n1
night lizards;

- syn. Xantusiidae;

family Xenicidae
n1
alternative names for the family comprising the New Zealand wrens;

- syn. Acanthisittidae, Xenicidae, family Acanthisittidae;

family Xenopodidae
n1
in some classifications the family of the genus Xenopus which is otherwise included in the family Pipidae;

- syn. Xenopodidae;

family Xenosauridae
n1
monotypic family of Mexican lizards;

- syn. Xenosauridae;

family Xiphiidae
n1
comprising the common swordfishes;

- syn. Xiphiidae;

family Xylariaceae
n1
family of fungi characterized by dark brown to black spores;

- syn. Xylariaceae;

family Xyridaceae
n1
plants of tropical to temperate regions;

- usually in wet places;

- syn. Xyridaceae, yellow-eyed grass family;

family Zamiaceae
n1
a family of cycads often included in the family Cycadaceae: zamias;

- syn. Zamiaceae, zamia family;

family Zannichelliaceae
n1
alternative classification for some genera included in Potamogetonaceae;

- one species;

- syn. Zannichelliaceae;

family Zapodidae
n1
jumping mice;

- syn. Zapodidae;

family Zeidae
n1
a family of fish in the order Zeomorphi;

- syn. Zeidae;

family Zingiberaceae
n1
a family of tropical monocotyledonous plants of order Musales;

- syn. Zingiberaceae, ginger family;

family Ziphiidae
n1
beaked whales;

- in some especially former classifications included in the family Physeteridae;

- syn. Hyperodontidae, Ziphiidae, family Hyperodontidae;

family Zoarcidae
n1
eelpouts;

- syn. Zoarcidae;

family Zosteraceae
n1
used in some classifications: essentially equivalent to Potamogetonaceae;

- syn. Zosteraceae, eelgrass family;

family Zygnemataceae
n1
pond scums: common freshwater algae forming green slimy masses;

- syn. Zygnemataceae;

family Zygophyllaceae
n1
small trees, shrubs, and herbs of warm arid and saline regions;

- often resinous;

- some poisonous: genera Zygophyllum, Tribulus, Guaiacum, Larrea;

- syn. Zygophyllaceae, bean-caper family;

famine / f æ m ɪ n /
n1
an acute insufficiency;

- syn. dearth, shortage;

n2
a severe shortage of food (as through crop failure) resulting in violent hunger and starvation and death;

famish / f æ m ɪ ʃ /
v1
be hungry;

- go without food;

- "Let's eat--I'm starving!";

- syn. hunger, starve;

v2
deprive of food;

- "They starved the prisoners";

- syn. starve;

v3
die of food deprivation;

- "The political prisoners starved to death";

- "Many famished in the countryside during the drought";

- syn. starve;

famished / f æ m ɪ ʃ t /
a1
extremely hungry;

- "they were tired and famished for food and sleep";

- "a ravenous boy";

- "the family was starved and ragged";

- "fell into the esurient embrance of a predatory enemy";

- syn. esurient, ravenous, sharp-set, starved;

- sim. hungry;

famishment
n1
a state of extreme hunger resulting from lack of essential nutrients over a prolonged period;

- syn. starvation;

famotidine
n1
a histamine blocker (trade name Pepcid) used to treat peptic ulcers and gastritis and esophageal reflux;

- syn. Pepcid;

famous / f eɪ m ə s /
a1
widely known and esteemed;

- "a famous actor";

- "a celebrated musician";

- "a famed scientist";

- "an illustrious judge";

- "a notable historian";

- "a renowned painter";

- syn. celebrated, famed, far-famed, illustrious, notable, noted, renowned;

- sim. known;

famous person
n1
a widely known person;

- "he was a baseball celebrity";

- syn. celebrity;

famously / f eɪ m ə s ɫ i /
r1
in a manner or to an extent that is well known;

- "in his famously anecdotal style";

r2
extremely well;

- "he did splendidly in the exam";

- "we got along famously";

- syn. excellently, magnificently, splendidly;

famulus
n1
a close attendant (as to a scholar);

fan / f æ n /
n1
a device for creating a current of air by movement of a surface or surfaces;

n2
an enthusiastic devotee of sports;

- syn. rooter, sports fan;

n3
an ardent follower and admirer;

- syn. buff, devotee, lover;

v1
strike out (a batter), (of a pitcher);

v2
make (an emotion) fiercer;

- "fan hatred";

v3
agitate the air;

v4
blow away or off with a current of air;

- "winnow chaff";

- "The speaker ceased to be an amusing little gnat to be fanned away and was kicked off the forum";

- syn. winnow;

fan-jet
n1
an airplane propelled by a fanjet engine;

- syn. fanjet, turbofan, turbojet;

n2
a jet engine in which a fan driven by a turbine provides extra air to the burner and gives extra thrust;

- syn. fanjet, fanjet engine, turbofan, turbofan engine, turbojet, turbojet engine;

fan-leafed
a1
having fan-shaped leaves;

- syn. fan-leaved;

- sim. leafy;

fan-leaved
a1
having fan-shaped leaves;

- syn. fan-leafed;

- sim. leafy;

fan-shaped
a1
shaped in the form of a fan;

- sim. formed;

fan belt
n1
a belt driven by the crankshaft that drives a fan that pulls air through the radiator;

fan blade
n1
blade of a rotating fan;

fan dance
n1
a solo dance in which large fans are manipulated to suggest or reveal nakedness;

fan fern
n1
large Australasian fern with fanlike repeatedly forked fronds;

- sometimes placed in genus Gleichenia;

- syn. Gleichenia flabellata, Sticherus flabellatus, umbrella fern;

fan letter
n1
a letter that is a piece of fan mail;

fan mail
n1
mail sent to public figures from their admirers;

- "he hired someone to answer his fan mail";

fan out
v1
move outward;

- "The soldiers fanned out";

- syn. diffuse, spread, spread out;

fan palm
n1
palm having palmate or fan-shaped leaves;

fan tan
n1
a Chinese gambling game;

- a random number of counters are placed under a bowl and you gamble on how many will be left (0, 1, 2, or 3 modulo 4);

- syn. fantan;

fan tracery
n1
the carved tracery on fan vaulting;

fan vaulting
n1
an elaborate system of vaulting in which the ribs diverge like fans;

fanaloka
n1
civet of Madagascar;

- syn. Fossa fossa;

fanatic / f ə n æ t ɪ k /
n1
a person motivated by irrational enthusiasm (as for a cause);

- "A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject"--Winston Churchill;

- syn. fiend;

a1
marked by excessive enthusiasm for and intense devotion to a cause or idea;

- "rabid isolationist";

- syn. fanatical, overzealous, rabid;

- sim. passionate;

fanatical / f ə n æ t ɪ k ɫ /
a1
marked by excessive enthusiasm for and intense devotion to a cause or idea;

- "rabid isolationist";

- syn. fanatic, overzealous, rabid;

- sim. passionate;

fanatically / f ə n æ t ɪ k ɫ i /
r1
in a passionately fanatic manner;

- "he followed the teachings of his guru fanatically";

fanaticism / f ə n æ t ɪ s ɪ z ə m /
n1
excessive intolerance of opposing views;

- syn. fanatism, zealotry;

fanatism
n1
excessive intolerance of opposing views;

- syn. fanaticism, zealotry;

fancied / f æ n s ɪ d /
a1
formed or conceived by the imagination;

- "a fabricated excuse for his absence";

- "a fancied wrong";

- "a fictional character";

- syn. fabricated, fictional, fictitious;

- sim. unreal;

fancier / f æ n s ɪə , f æ n s ɪə ɹ /
n1
a person having a strong liking for something;

- syn. enthusiast;

fanciful / f æ n s ɪ f ə ɫ /
a1
indulging in or influenced by fancy;

- "a fanciful mind";

- "all the notional vagaries of childhood";

- syn. notional;

- sim. creative;

a2
not based on fact;

- existing only in the imagination;

- "the falsehood about some fanciful secret treaties"- F.D.Roosevelt;

- "a small child's imaginary friends";

- "to create a notional world for oneself";

- syn. imaginary, notional;

- sim. unreal;

a3
having a curiously intricate quality;

- "a fanciful pattern with intertwined vines and flowers";

- sim. fancy;

fancifully / f æ n s ɪ f ə ɫ i /
r1
in a fanciful manner;

- "the Christmas tree was fancifully decorated";

- syn. whimsically;

fancify / f æ n s ɪ f aɪ /
v1
make more beautiful;

- syn. beautify, embellish, prettify;

Fanconi's anaemia
n1
a rare congenital anemia characterized by pancytopenia and hypoplasia of the bone marrow;

- syn. Fanconi's anemia, congenital pancytopenia;

Fanconi's anemia
n1
a rare congenital anemia characterized by pancytopenia and hypoplasia of the bone marrow;

- syn. Fanconi's anaemia, congenital pancytopenia;

fancy / f æ n s i /
n1
something many people believe that is false;

- "they have the illusion that I am very wealthy";

- syn. fantasy, illusion, phantasy;

n2
imagination or fantasy;

- held by Coleridge to be more casual and superficial than true imagination;

- "never had the wildest flights of fancy imagined such magnificence";

n3
a predisposition to like something;

- "he had a fondness for whiskey";

- "she had dismissed him quite brutally, relegating him to the status of a passing fancy, or less";

- syn. fondness, partiality;

v1
imagine;

- conceive of;

- see in one's mind;

- "I can't see him on horseback!";

- "I can see what will happen";

- "I can see a risk in this strategy";

- syn. envision, figure, image, picture, project, see, visualise, visualize;

v2
have a fancy or particular liking or desire for;

- "She fancied a necklace that she had seen in the jeweler's window";

- syn. go for, take to;

a1
not plain;

- decorative or ornamented;

- "fancy handwriting";

- "fancy clothes";

- also adorned, decorated, rhetorical;

- sim. aureate, baroque, busy, crackle, damascene, damask, dressy, elaborate, embattled, fanciful, fantastic, lacy, puff, rococo, vermicular;

fancy-dress ball
n1
a ball at which guests wear costumes and masks;

- syn. masked ball, masquerade ball;

fancy-free / f æ n s ɪ f ɹ i /
a1
having no commitments or responsibilities;

- carefree;

- "a fancy-free bachelor";

- sim. uncommitted;

fancy dress
n1
a costume worn as a disguise at a masquerade party;

- syn. masquerade, masquerade costume;

fancy goods
n1
goods that are chiefly ornamental;

fancy man
n1
someone who procures customers for whores (in England they call a pimp a ponce);

- syn. pandar, pander, panderer, pimp, ponce, procurer;

n2
a woman's lover;

- syn. paramour;

fancy up
v1
put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive;

- "She never dresses up, even when she goes to the opera";

- "The young girls were all fancied up for the party";

- syn. attire, deck out, deck up, dress up, fig out, fig up, get up, gussy up, overdress, prink, rig out, tog out, tog up, trick out, trick up;

fancy woman
n1
a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money;

- syn. bawd, cocotte, cyprian, harlot, lady of pleasure, prostitute, sporting lady, tart, whore, woman of the street, working girl;

n2
an adulterous woman;

- a woman who has an ongoing extramarital sexual relationship with a man;

- syn. kept woman, mistress;

fancywork / f æ n s i w ɝ k /
n1
decorative needlework;

- syn. embroidery;

fandango / f æ n d æ ŋ ɡ oʊ /
n1
a provocative Spanish courtship dance in triple time;

- performed by a man and a woman playing castanets;

fandom / f æ n d ə m /
n1
the fans of a sport or famous person;

fanfare / f æ n f eə , f æ n f eə ɹ /
n1
a gaudy outward display;

- syn. flash, ostentation;

n2
(music) a short lively tune played on brass instruments;

- "he entered to a flourish of trumpets";

- "her arrival was greeted with a rousing fanfare";

- syn. flourish, tucket;

Fang / f æ ŋ /
n1
a Bantu language spoken in Cameroon;

n2
an appendage of insects that is capable of injecting venom;

- usually evolved from the legs;

n3
canine tooth of a carnivorous animal;

- used to seize and tear its prey;

n4
hollow or grooved tooth of a venomous snake;

- used to inject its poison;

fang-like
a1
resembling a fang;

- sim. sharp;

fanged / f æ ŋ d /
a1
having fangs;

fanion
n1
a small flag used by surveyors or soldiers to mark a position;

fanjet / f æ n dʒ ɛ t /
n1
an airplane propelled by a fanjet engine;

- syn. fan-jet, turbofan, turbojet;

n2
a jet engine in which a fan driven by a turbine provides extra air to the burner and gives extra thrust;

- syn. fan-jet, fanjet engine, turbofan, turbofan engine, turbojet, turbojet engine;

fanjet engine
n1
a jet engine in which a fan driven by a turbine provides extra air to the burner and gives extra thrust;

- syn. fan-jet, fanjet, turbofan, turbofan engine, turbojet, turbojet engine;

fanlight / f æ n ɫ aɪ t /
n1
a window above a door that is usually hinged to a horizontal crosspiece over the door;

- syn. transom, transom window;

n2
a window in a roof to admit daylight;

- syn. skylight;

n3
a semicircular window over a door or window;

- usually has sash bars like the ribs of a fan;

fanlike / f æ n ɫ aɪ k /
a1
resembling a fan;

- sim. wide;

fanned / f æ n d /
a1
especially spread in a fan shape;

- "the peacock's fanned tail";

- "the spread-out cards";

- syn. spread-out;

- sim. distributed;

Fannie Farmer
n1
an expert on cooking whose cookbook has undergone many editions (1857-1915);

- syn. Fannie Merritt Farmer, Farmer;

Fannie Mae
n1
a federally chartered corporation that purchases mortgages;

- syn. FNMA, Federal National Mortgage Association;

Fannie Merritt Farmer
n1
an expert on cooking whose cookbook has undergone many editions (1857-1915);

- syn. Fannie Farmer, Farmer;

fanny / f æ n i /
n1
the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on;

- "he deserves a good kick in the butt";

- "are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?";

- syn. arse, ass, backside, behind, bottom, bum, buns, butt, buttocks, can, derriere, fundament, hind end, hindquarters, keister, nates, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, seat, stern, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush;

n2
external female sex organs;

- "in England `fanny' is vulgar slang for female genitals";

- syn. female genital organ, female genitalia, female genitals;

Fanny Adams
n1
little or nothing at all;

- "I asked for a raise and they gave me bugger-all";

- "I know sweet Fanny Adams about surgery";

- syn. bugger all, fuck all, sweet Fanny Adams;

n2
nautical term for tinned meat;

fanny pack
n1
a waist pack worn with the pouch in back;

- syn. butt pack;

Fanny Wright
n1
United States early feminist (born in Scotland) (1795-1852);

- syn. Frances Wright, Wright;

fantabulous
a1
very good;

- of the highest quality;

- "made an excellent speech";

- "he was a splendid teacher";

- "a first-class mind";

- syn. excellent, first-class, ripping, splendid;

- sim. superior;

fantail / f æ n t eɪ ɫ /
n1
an overhang consisting of the fan-shaped part of the deck extending aft of the sternpost of a ship;

fantan / f æ n t æ n /
n1
a Chinese gambling game;

- a random number of counters are placed under a bowl and you gamble on how many will be left (0, 1, 2, or 3 modulo 4);

- syn. fan tan;

n2
a card game in which you play your sevens and other cards in sequence in the same suit as the sevens;

- you win if you are the first to use all your cards;

- syn. parliament, sevens;

fantasia / f æ n t eɪ z ɪə /
n1
a musical composition of a free form usually incorporating several familiar themes;

fantasise / f æ n t ɪ θ ə s aɪ z /
v1
indulge in fantasies;

- "he is fantasizing when he says he plans to start his own company";

- syn. fantasize, fantasy;

v2
portray in the mind;

- "he is fantasizing the ideal wife";

- syn. fantasize;

fantasist / f æ n t ə s ɪ s t /
n1
a creator of fantasies;

fantasize / f æ n t ə s aɪ z /
v1
indulge in fantasies;

- "he is fantasizing when he says he plans to start his own company";

- syn. fantasise, fantasy;

v2
portray in the mind;

- "he is fantasizing the ideal wife";

- syn. fantasise;

fantasm / f æ n t æ z ə m /
n1
a ghostly appearing figure;

- "we were unprepared for the apparition that confronted us";

- syn. apparition, phantasm, phantasma, phantom, specter, spectre;

n2
something existing in perception only;

- "a ghostly apparition at midnight";

- syn. apparition, phantasm, phantasma, phantom, shadow;

fantast / f æ n t æ s t /
n1
someone who predicts the future;

- syn. futurist;

fantastic / f æ n t æ s t ɪ k /
a1
ludicrously odd;

- "Hamlet's assumed antic disposition";

- "fantastic Halloween costumes";

- "a grotesque reflection in the mirror";

- syn. antic, fantastical, grotesque;

- sim. strange;

a2
extraordinarily good or great;

- used especially as intensifiers;

- "a fantastic trip to the Orient";

- "the film was fantastic!";

- "a howling success";

- "a marvelous collection of rare books";

- "had a rattling conversation about politics";

- "a tremendous achievement";

- syn. grand, howling, marvellous, marvelous, rattling, terrific, tremendous, wonderful, wondrous;

- sim. extraordinary;

a3
fanciful and unrealistic;

- foolish;

- "a fantastic idea of his own importance";

- syn. wild;

- sim. unrealistic;

a4
existing in fancy only;

- "fantastic figures with bulbous heads the circumference of a bushel"- Nathaniel Hawthorne;

- syn. fantastical;

- sim. unreal;

a5
extravagantly fanciful in design, construction, appearance;

- "Gaudi's fantastic architecture";

- sim. fancy;

fantastical / f æ n t æ s t ɪ k ə ɫ /
a1
existing in fancy only;

- "fantastic figures with bulbous heads the circumference of a bushel"- Nathaniel Hawthorne;

- syn. fantastic;

- sim. unreal;

a2
ludicrously odd;

- "Hamlet's assumed antic disposition";

- "fantastic Halloween costumes";

- "a grotesque reflection in the mirror";

- syn. antic, fantastic, grotesque;

- sim. strange;

fantastically / f æ n t æ s t ɪ k ɫ i /
r1
exceedingly;

- extremely;

- "she plays fabulously well";

- "behind you the coastal hills plunge to the incredibly blue sea backed by the Turkish mountains";

- syn. fabulously, incredibly;

fantasy / f æ n t ə s i /
n1
imagination unrestricted by reality;

- "a schoolgirl fantasy";

- syn. phantasy;

n2
fiction with a large amount of imagination in it;

- "she made a lot of money writing romantic fantasies";

- syn. phantasy;

n3
something many people believe that is false;

- "they have the illusion that I am very wealthy";

- syn. fancy, illusion, phantasy;

v1
indulge in fantasies;

- "he is fantasizing when he says he plans to start his own company";

- syn. fantasise, fantasize;

fantasy life
n1
an imaginary life lived in a fantasy world;

- syn. phantasy life;

fantasy world
n1
something existing solely in the imagination (but often mistaken for reality);

- syn. fairyland, phantasy world;

fantods / f æ n t ɒ d z /
n1
an ill-defined state of irritability and distress;

fanweed
n1
foetid Eurasian weed having round flat pods;

- naturalized throughout North America;

- syn. French weed, Thlaspi arvense, field pennycress, mithridate mustard, penny grass, stinkweed;

fanwort / f æ n w ɝ t /
n1
common aquatic plant of eastern North America having floating and submerged leaves and white yellow-spotted flowers;

- syn. Cabomba caroliniana, water-shield;

FAO / ɛ f eɪ oʊ /
n1
the United Nations agency concerned with the international organization of food and agriculture;

- syn. Food and Agriculture Organization, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations;

FAQ
n1
a list of questions that are frequently asked (about a given topic) along with their answers;

faqir
n1
a Muslim or Hindu mendicant monk who is regarded as a holy man;

- syn. fakeer, fakir, faquir;

faquir
n1
a Muslim or Hindu mendicant monk who is regarded as a holy man;

- syn. fakeer, fakir, faqir;

FAR / f ɑ , f ɑr /
n1
a terrorist organization that seeks to overthrow the government dominated by Tutsi and to institute Hutu control again;

- "in 1999 ALIR guerrillas kidnapped and killed eight foreign tourists";

- syn. ALIR, Army for the Liberation of Rwanda, Former Armed Forces, Interahamwe;

a1
located at a great distance in time or space or degree;

- "we come from a far country";

- "far corners of the earth";

- "the far future";

- "a far journey";

- "the far side of the road";

- "far from the truth";

- "far in the future";

- sim. cold, distant, distant, faraway, farther, farthermost, further, off the beaten track, outlying;

a2
being of a considerable distance or length;

- "a far trek";

- sim. long;

a3
being the animal or vehicle on the right or being on the right side of an animal or vehicle;

- "the horse on the right is the far horse";

- "the right side is the far side of the horse";

- sim. right;

a4
beyond a norm in opinion or actions;

- "the far right";

- sim. immoderate;

r1
to a considerable degree;

- very much;

- "a far far better thing that I do";

- "felt far worse than yesterday";

- "eyes far too close together";

r2
at or to or from a great distance in space;

- "he traveled far";

- "strayed far from home";

- "sat far away from each other";

r3
at or to a certain point or degree;

- "I can only go so far before I have to give up";

- "how far can we get with this kind of argument?";

r4
remote in time;

- "if we could see far into the future";

- "all that happened far in the past";

r5
to an advanced stage or point;

- "a young man who will go very far";

far-famed / f ɑ f eɪ m d /
a1
widely known and esteemed;

- "a famous actor";

- "a celebrated musician";

- "a famed scientist";

- "an illustrious judge";

- "a notable historian";

- "a renowned painter";

- syn. celebrated, famed, famous, illustrious, notable, noted, renowned;

- sim. known;

far-fetched / f ɑ f ɛ tʃ t /
a1
(of an idea or story) so exaggerated or ludicrous as to be improbable;

- "He was always full of far-fetched plans, none of which ever worked";

- syn. farfetched;

- sim. implausible;

a2
(of a theory or explanation) highly imaginative but unlikely and unconvincing;

- "a farfetched excuse";

- syn. farfetched;

- sim. unlikely;

far-flung / f ɑ f ɫ ʌ ŋ /
a1
distributed over a considerable extent;

- "far-flung trading operations";

- "the West's far-flung mountain ranges";

- "widespread nuclear fallout";

- syn. widespread;

- sim. distributed;

a2
remote;

- "far-flung corners of the Empire";

- sim. distant;

far-off / f ɑr ɒ f /
a1
very far away in space or time;

- "faraway mountains";

- "the faraway future";

- "troops landing on far-off shores";

- "far-off happier times";

- syn. faraway;

- sim. far;

far-out
a1
(informal) strikingly unconventional;

- syn. kinky, offbeat, quirky, way-out;

- sim. unconventional;

far-right
a1
opposed to political or social liberalism or reform;

- syn. reactionary, reactionist;

- sim. right;

far and away
r1
by a considerable margin;

- "she was by far the smartest student";

- "it was far and away the best meal he had ever eaten";

- syn. by far, out and away;

far and near
r1
over great areas or distances;

- everywhere;

- "he traveled far and wide";

- "the news spread far and wide";

- "people came from far and near";

- "searched for the child far and near";

- syn. far and wide;

far and wide
r1
over great areas or distances;

- everywhere;

- "he traveled far and wide";

- "the news spread far and wide";

- "people came from far and near";

- "searched for the child far and near";

- syn. far and near;

far cry
n1
distance estimated in terms of the audibility of a cry;

- "it's a far cry from here";

n2
a disappointing disparity;

- "it was a far cry from what he had expected";

Far East
n1
a popular expression for the countries of eastern Asia (usually including China and Mongolia and Taiwan and Japan and Korea and Indochina and eastern Siberia);

far left
a1
radical or extremely liberal;

- sim. left;

farad / f æ ɹ ə d /
n1
the capacitance of a capacitor that has an equal and opposite charge of 1 coulomb on each plate and a voltage difference of 1 volt between the plates;

- syn. F;

Faraday
n1
the English physicist and chemist who discovered electromagnetic induction (1791-1867);

- syn. Michael Faraday;

farandole
n1
a lively dance from Provence;

- all the dancers join hands and execute various figures;

faraway / f ɑr ə w eɪ /
a1
very far away in space or time;

- "faraway mountains";

- "the faraway future";

- "troops landing on far-off shores";

- "far-off happier times";

- syn. far-off;

- sim. far;

a2
far removed mentally;

- "a faraway (or distant) look in her eyes";

- sim. distant;

farawayness
n1
the property of being remote;

- syn. farness, remoteness;

FARC
n1
a powerful and wealthy terrorist organization formed in 1957 as the guerilla arm of the Colombian communist party;

- opposed to the United States;

- has strong ties to drug dealers;

- syn. Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarios de Colombia, Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia;

farce / f ɑ s /
n1
a comedy characterized by broad satire and improbable situations;

- syn. farce comedy, travesty;

n2
mixture of ground raw chicken and mushrooms with pistachios and truffles and onions and parsley and lots of butter and bound with eggs;

- syn. forcemeat;

v1
fill with a stuffing while cooking;

- "Have you stuffed the turkey yet?";

- syn. stuff;

farce comedy
n1
a comedy characterized by broad satire and improbable situations;

- syn. farce, travesty;

farcical / f ɑ s ɪ k ɫ /
a1
broadly or extravagantly humorous;

- resembling farce;

- "the wild farcical exuberance of a clown";

- "ludicrous green hair";

- syn. ludicrous, ridiculous;

- sim. humorous;

farcically / f ɑ s ɪ k ɫ i /
r1
in a farcical manner;

- "a farcically inept bungler";

fardel / f ɑ d ə ɫ /
n1
a burden (figuratively in the form of a bundle);

fare / f eə , f eə ɹ /
n1
an agenda of things to do;

- "they worked rapidly down the menu of reports";

- syn. menu;

n2
the sum charged for riding in a public conveyance;

- syn. transportation;

n3
a paying (taxi) passenger;

n4
the food and drink that are regularly served or consumed;

v1
proceed or get along;

- "How is she doing in her new job?";

- "How are you making out in graduate school?";

- "He's come a long way";

- syn. come, do, get along, make out;

v2
eat well;

fare-stage / f eə s t eɪ dʒ /
n1
a section along the route of a bus for which the fare is the same;

fare-thee-well
n1
state of perfection;

- the utmost degree;

- "they polished the furniture to a fare-thee-well";

fare increase
n1
increase in the sum charged for riding in a public conveyance;

farewell / f eə w ɛ ɫ /
n1
an acknowledgment or expression of goodwill at parting;

- syn. word of farewell;

n2
the act of departing politely;

- "he disliked long farewells";

- "he took his leave";

- "parting is such sweet sorrow";

- syn. leave, leave-taking, parting;

farfalle
n1
pasta shaped with scalloped edges and pinched in the middle, suggestive of a bow tie;

- syn. bowtie pasta;

farfetched / f ɑr f ɛ tʃ t /
a1
(of an idea or story) so exaggerated or ludicrous as to be improbable;

- "He was always full of far-fetched plans, none of which ever worked";

- syn. far-fetched;

- sim. implausible;

a2
(of a theory or explanation) highly imaginative but unlikely and unconvincing;

- "a farfetched excuse";

- syn. far-fetched;

- sim. unlikely;

Fargo
n1
largest city in North Dakota;

- located in eastern North Dakota on the Red river;

farina / f ə ɹ aɪ n ə /
n1
fine meal made from cereal grain especially wheat;

- often used as a cooked cereal or in puddings;

farinaceous / f æ ɹ ɪ n eɪ ʃ ə s /
a1
resembling starch;

- syn. amylaceous, amyloid, amyloidal, starchlike;

- sim. starchy;

a2
composed of or covered with particles resembling meal in texture or consistency;

- "granular sugar";

- "the photographs were grainy and indistinct";

- "it left a mealy residue";

- syn. coarse-grained, grainy, granular, granulose, gritty, mealy;

- sim. coarse;

farkleberry
n1
shrub or small tree of eastern United States having black inedible berries;

- syn. Vaccinium arboreum, sparkleberry;

Farley maidenhair
n1
named for a country house in Barbados where it was discovered;

- syn. Adiantum tenerum farleyense, Barbados maidenhair, Farley maidenhair fern, glory fern;

Farley maidenhair fern
n1
named for a country house in Barbados where it was discovered;

- syn. Adiantum tenerum farleyense, Barbados maidenhair, Farley maidenhair, glory fern;

farm / f ɑ m /
n1
workplace consisting of farm buildings and cultivated land as a unit;

- "it takes several people to work the farm";

v1
be a farmer;

- work as a farmer;

- "My son is farming in California";

v2
collect fees or profits;

- also farm out;

v3
cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniques;

- "The Bordeaux region produces great red wines";

- "They produce good ham in Parma";

- "We grow wheat here";

- "We raise hogs here";

- syn. grow, produce, raise;

farm-place
n1
a farm together with its buildings;

- syn. farmplace, farmstead;

farm animal
n1
any animals kept for use or profit;

- syn. livestock, stock;

farm bill
n1
a statute that would regulate farm production and prices;

farm boy
n1
a boy who has grown up on a farm;

farm building
n1
a building on a farm;

farm cheese
n1
mild white cheese made from curds of soured skim milk;

- syn. cottage cheese, farmer's cheese, pot cheese;

farm club
n1
a minor-league team that is owned by a major-league team (especially in baseball);

- syn. farm team;

Farm Credit System
n1
a cooperative nationwide system of banks and associations providing credit to farmers and related businesses;

- originally capitalized by the federal government but now owned by its members and borrowers;

- syn. FCS;

farm girl
n1
a girl who has grown up on a farm;

farm horse
n1
a quiet plodding workhorse;

- syn. dobbin;

farm machine
n1
a machine used in farming;

farm out
v1
arranged for contracted work to be done by others;

- syn. job, subcontract;

v2
grant the services of or the temporary use of, for a fee;

- "We rent out our apartment to tourists every year";

- "He hired himself out as a cook";

- syn. hire out, rent out;

farm team
n1
a minor-league team that is owned by a major-league team (especially in baseball);

- syn. farm club;

farm worker
n1
a hired hand on a farm;

- syn. farmhand, field hand, fieldhand;

farmer / f ɑ m ə , f ɑ m ə ɹ /
n1
a person who operates a farm;

- syn. granger, husbandman, sodbuster;

n2
United States civil rights leader who in 1942 founded the Congress of Racial Equality (born in 1920);

- syn. James Leonard Farmer;

n3
an expert on cooking whose cookbook has undergone many editions (1857-1915);

- syn. Fannie Farmer, Fannie Merritt Farmer;

farmer's calendar
n1
an annual publication including weather forecasts and other miscellaneous information arranged according to the calendar of a given year;

- syn. almanac;

farmer's cheese
n1
mild white cheese made from curds of soured skim milk;

- syn. cottage cheese, farm cheese, pot cheese;

farmer's lung
n1
alveolitis caused by an allergic reaction to fungal spores in the dust that is inhaled from moldy hay;

- syn. thresher's lung;

farmer's market
n1
an open-air marketplace for farm products;

- syn. green market, greenmarket;

Farmer-Labor Party
n1
a former minor political party in the United States in the early 20th century;

farmerette
n1
a woman working on a farm;

farmhand / f ɑ m h æ n d /
n1
a hired hand on a farm;

- syn. farm worker, field hand, fieldhand;

farmhouse / f ɑ m h aʊ s /
n1
house for a farmer and family;

farming / f ɑ m ɪ ŋ /
n1
the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock;

- syn. agriculture, husbandry;

n2
agriculture considered as an occupation or way of life;

- "farming is a strenuous life";

- "there's no work on the land any more";

- syn. land;

a1
relating to farming or agriculture;

- "an agrarian (or agricultural) society";

- "farming communities";

- syn. agrarian, agricultural;

- sim. rural;

farming area
n1
a rural area where farming is practiced;

- syn. farmland;

Farmington / f ɑ m ɪ ŋ t ə n /
n1
a town in northwestern New Mexico;

n2
a residential town in central Connecticut;

farmland / f ɑ m ɫ æ n d /
n1
a rural area where farming is practiced;

- syn. farming area;

n2
arable land that is worked by plowing and sowing and raising crops;

- syn. cultivated land, ploughland, plowland, tillage, tilled land, tilth;

farmplace
n1
a farm together with its buildings;

- syn. farm-place, farmstead;

farmstead / f ɑ m s t ɛ d /
n1
the buildings and adjacent grounds of a farm;

n2
a farm together with its buildings;

- syn. farm-place, farmplace;

farmyard / f ɑ m j ɑ d /
n1
an area adjacent to farm buildings;

farness / f ɑr n ɛ s /
n1
the property of being remote;

- syn. farawayness, remoteness;

faro / f eə ɹ oʊ /
n1
a card game in which players bet against the dealer on the cards he will draw from a dealing box;

Faroe Islands
n1
a self-governing colony that is a possession of Denmark in the Faroe Islands;

- syn. Faeroe Islands, Faeroes, Faroes;

n2
a group of 21 volcanic islands in the North Atlantic between Iceland and the Shetland Islands;

- syn. Faeroe Islands, Faeroes, Faroes;

Faroes / f eə ɹ oʊ z /
n1
a self-governing colony that is a possession of Denmark in the Faroe Islands;

- syn. Faeroe Islands, Faeroes, Faroe Islands;

n2
a group of 21 volcanic islands in the North Atlantic between Iceland and the Shetland Islands;

- syn. Faeroe Islands, Faeroes, Faroe Islands;

Faroese / f eə ɹ oʊ i z /
n1
a Scandinavian language (closely related to Icelandic) that is spoken on the Faroe Islands;

- syn. Faeroese;

Farouk I
n1
king of Egypt who in 1952 was ousted by a military coup d'etat (1920-1965);

- syn. Faruk I;

farrago / f ə ɹ ɑ ɡ oʊ /
n1
a motley assortment of things;

- syn. gallimaufry, hodgepodge, hotchpotch, melange, mingle-mangle, mishmash, oddments, odds and ends, omnium-gatherum, ragbag;

Farragut
n1
United States admiral who commanded Union ships during the American Civil War (1801-1870);

- syn. David Glasgow Farragut;

Farrell
n1
United States writer remembered for his novels (1904-1979);

- syn. James Thomas Farrell;

n2
United States operatic soprano noted for the clarity and power of her voice (1920-2002);

- syn. Eileen Farrell;

farrier / f æ ɹ ɪə , f æ ɹ ɪə ɹ /
n1
a person who shoes horses;

- syn. horseshoer;

farrow / f æ ɹ oʊ /
n1
the production of a litter of pigs;

- syn. farrowing;

v1
give birth to (piglets);

- "sows farrow";

- syn. pig;

farrowing / f æ ɹ oʊ ɪ ŋ /
n1
the production of a litter of pigs;

- syn. farrow;

farseeing / f ɑr s i ɪ ŋ /
a1
capable of seeing to a great distance;

- syn. eagle-eyed, keen-sighted, longsighted;

- sim. farsighted;

a2
planning prudently for the future;

- "large goals that required farsighted policies";

- "took a long view of the geopolitical issues";

- syn. farsighted, foresighted, foresightful, long, longsighted, prospicient;

- sim. provident;

Farsi / f ɑ s i /
n1
a person of Iranian descent;

- "many Farsi emigrated to India near Bombay";

n2
the language of Persia (Iran) in any of its ancient forms;

- syn. Persian;

farsighted / f ɑr s aɪ t ɪ d /
a1
able to see distant objects clearly;

- syn. presbyopic;

- sim. eagle-eyed, hyperopic, telescopic;

a2
planning prudently for the future;

- "large goals that required farsighted policies";

- "took a long view of the geopolitical issues";

- syn. farseeing, foresighted, foresightful, long, longsighted, prospicient;

- sim. provident;

farsightedness / f ɑr s aɪ t ɪ d n ə s /
n1
a reduced ability to focus on near objects caused by loss of elasticity of the crystalline lens after age 45;

- syn. presbyopia;

n2
abnormal condition in which vision for distant objects is better than for near objects;

- syn. hypermetropia, hypermetropy, hyperopia, longsightedness;

n3
seeing ahead;

- knowing in advance;

- foreseeing;

- syn. foresight, prevision, prospicience;

fart / f ɑ t /
n1
a reflex that expels intestinal gas through the anus;

- syn. breaking wind, farting, flatus, wind;

v1
expel intestinal gases through the anus;

- syn. break wind;

farther / f ɑ ð ə , f ɑ ð ə ɹ /
a1
more distant in especially space or time;

- "they live in the farther house";

- sim. far;

a2
more distant in especially degree;

- "nothing could be further from the truth";

- "further from our expectations";

- "farther from the truth";

- "farther from our expectations";

- syn. further;

- sim. far;

r1
to or at a greater extent or degree or a more advanced stage (`further' is used more often than `farther' in this abstract sense);

- "further complicated by uncertainty about the future";

- "let's not discuss it further";

- "nothing could be further from the truth";

- "they are further along in their research than we expected";

- "the application of the law was extended farther";

- "he is going no farther in his studies";

- syn. further;

r2
to or at a greater distance in time or space (`farther' is used more frequently than `further' in this physical sense);

- "farther north";

- "moved farther away";

- "farther down the corridor";

- "the practice may go back still farther to the Druids";

- "went only three miles further";

- "further in the future";

- syn. further;

farthermost / f ɑ ð ə m oʊ s t /
a1
(comparatives of `far') most remote in space or time or order;

- "had traveled to the farthest frontier";

- "don't go beyond the farthermost (or furthermost) tree";

- "explored the furthest reaches of space";

- "the utmost tip of the peninsula";

- syn. farthest, furthermost, furthest, utmost, uttermost;

- sim. far;

farthest / f ɑ ð ɪ s t /
a1
(comparatives of `far') most remote in space or time or order;

- "had traveled to the farthest frontier";

- "don't go beyond the farthermost (or furthermost) tree";

- "explored the furthest reaches of space";

- "the utmost tip of the peninsula";

- syn. farthermost, furthermost, furthest, utmost, uttermost;

- sim. far;

r1
to the greatest distance in space or time (`farthest' is used more often than `furthest' in this physical sense);

- "see who could jump the farthest";

- "chose the farthest seat from the door";

- "he swam the furthest";

- syn. furthest;

r2
to the greatest degree or extent or most advanced stage (`furthest' is used more often than `farthest' in this abstract sense);

- "went the furthest of all the children in her education";

- "furthest removed from reality";

- "she goes farthest in helping us";

- syn. furthest;

farthing / f ɑ ð ɪ ŋ /
n1
a former British bronze coin worth a quarter of a penny;

farthingale / f ɑ ð ɪ ŋ ɡ eɪ ɫ /
n1
a hoop worn beneath a skirt to extend it horizontally;

- worn by European women in the 16th and 17th centuries;

farting / f ɑ t ɪ ŋ /
n1
a reflex that expels intestinal gas through the anus;

- syn. breaking wind, fart, flatus, wind;

fartlek
n1
a method of athletic training (especially for runners) in which strenuous effort and normal effort alternate in a continuous exercise;

Faruk I
n1
king of Egypt who in 1952 was ousted by a military coup d'etat (1920-1965);

- syn. Farouk I;

FAS
n1
a congenital medical condition in which body deformation occurs or facial development or mental ability is impaired because the mother drinks alcohol during pregnancy;

- syn. fetal alcohol syndrome;

fasces / f æ s i z /
n1
bundle of rods containing an axe with the blade protruding;

- in ancient Rome it was a symbol of a magistrate's power;

- in modern Italy it is a symbol of fascism;

fascia / f æ ʃ ɪə , f eɪ ʃ ə /
n1
a sheet or band of fibrous connective tissue separating or binding together muscles and organs etc;

- syn. facia;

n2
instrument panel on an automobile or airplane containing dials and controls;

- syn. dashboard;

fascicle / f æ s ɪ k ɫ /
n1
an installment of a printed work;

- syn. fascicule;

n2
a bundle of fibers (especially nerve fibers);

- syn. fasciculus, fiber bundle, fibre bundle;

fasciculation / f æ s ɪ k j ʊ ɫ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
muscular twitching of contiguous groups of muscle fibers;

fascicule / f æ s ɪ k j u ɫ /
n1
an installment of a printed work;

- syn. fascicle;

fasciculus / f æ s ɪ k j ʊ ɫ ə s /
n1
a bundle of fibers (especially nerve fibers);

- syn. fascicle, fiber bundle, fibre bundle;

fascinate / f æ s ɪ n eɪ t /
v1
cause to be interested or curious;

- syn. intrigue;

v2
to render motionless, as with a fixed stare or by arousing terror or awe;

- "The snake charmer fascinates the cobra";

- syn. grip, spellbind, transfix;

v3
attract;

- cause to be enamored;

- "She captured all the men's hearts";

- syn. becharm, beguile, bewitch, captivate, capture, catch, charm, enamor, enamour, enchant, entrance, trance;

fascinated / f æ s ɪ n eɪ t ɪ d /
a1
having your attention fixated as though by a spell;

- syn. hypnotised, hypnotized, mesmerised, mesmerized, spell-bound, spellbound, transfixed;

- sim. enchanted;

fascinating / f æ s ɪ n eɪ t ɪ ŋ /
a1
capable of arousing and holding the attention;

- "a fascinating story";

- syn. absorbing, engrossing, gripping, riveting;

- sim. interesting;

a2
capturing interest as if by a spell;

- "bewitching smile";

- "Roosevelt was a captivating speaker";

- "enchanting music";

- "an enthralling book";

- "antique papers of entrancing design";

- "a fascinating woman";

- syn. bewitching, captivating, enchanting, enthralling, entrancing;

- sim. attractive;

fascinatingly / f æ s ɪ n eɪ t ɪ ŋ ɫ i /
r1
in a fascinating manner;

- "her face became fascinatingly distorted";

fascination / f æ s ɪ n eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the state of being intensely interested (as by awe or terror);

- syn. captivation;

n2
a feeling of great liking for something wonderful and unusual;

- syn. captivation, enchantment, enthrallment;

n3
the capacity to attract intense interest;

- "he held the children spellbound with magic tricks and other fascinations";

Fasciola
n1
a genus of Fasciolidae;

- syn. genus Fasciola;

Fasciola hepatica
n1
flatworm parasitic in liver and bile ducts of domestic animals and humans;

- syn. liver fluke;

fascioliasis
n1
infestation with the liver fluke Fasciola hepatica;

- liver damage sometimes occurs;

- related to liver rot;

- syn. fasciolosis;

Fasciolidae
n1
a family of Trematoda;

- syn. family Fasciolidae;

fasciolopsiasis
n1
infestation with the large intestinal fluke Fasciolopsis buski;

- common in eastern Asia;

Fasciolopsis
n1
a genus of Fasciolidae;

- syn. genus Fasciolopsis;

Fasciolopsis buski
n1
fluke that is parasitic on humans and swine;

- common in eastern Asia;

fasciolosis
n1
infestation with the liver fluke Fasciola hepatica;

- liver damage sometimes occurs;

- related to liver rot;

- syn. fascioliasis;

fascism / f æ ʃ ɪ z ə m /
n1
a political theory advocating an authoritarian hierarchical government (as opposed to democracy or liberalism);

fascist / f æ ʃ ɪ s t /
n1
an adherent of fascism or other authoritarian views;

a1
relating to or characteristic of fascism;

- "fascist propaganda";

- syn. fascistic;

fascista / f æ ʃ ɪ s t ə /
n1
an Italian fascist under Mussolini;

fascistic / f æ ʃ ɪ s t ɪ k /
a1
relating to or characteristic of fascism;

- "fascist propaganda";

- syn. fascist;

fashion / f æ ʃ n /
n1
how something is done or how it happens;

- "her dignified manner";

- "his rapid manner of talking";

- "their nomadic mode of existence";

- "in the characteristic New York style";

- "a lonely way of life";

- "in an abrasive fashion";

- syn. manner, mode, style, way;

n2
characteristic or habitual practice;

n3
the latest and most admired style in clothes and cosmetics and behavior;

n4
consumer goods (especially clothing) in the current mode;

v1
make out of components (often in an improvising manner);

- "She fashioned a tent out of a sheet and a few sticks";

- syn. forge;

fashion arbiter
n1
someone who popularizes a new fashion;

- syn. taste-maker, trend-setter;

fashion business
n1
makers and sellers of fashionable clothing;

- syn. apparel industry, fashion industry, garment industry, rag trade;

fashion consultant
n1
someone who advises you about fashionable clothing;

- syn. fashionmonger;

fashion designer
n1
someone who designs clothing;

- syn. clothes designer, couturier, designer;

fashion industry
n1
makers and sellers of fashionable clothing;

- syn. apparel industry, fashion business, garment industry, rag trade;

fashion model
n1
a woman who wears clothes to display fashions;

- "she was too fat to be a mannequin";

- syn. manakin, manikin, mannequin, mannikin, model;

fashion plate
n1
a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance;

- syn. beau, clotheshorse, dandy, dude, fop, gallant, sheik, swell;

n2
a plate illustrating the latest fashion in dress;

fashionable / f æ ʃ n ə b ɫ /
a1
being or in accordance with current social fashions;

- "fashionable clothing";

- "the fashionable side of town";

- "a fashionable cafe";

- syn. stylish;

- sim. cool, dapper, faddish, groovy, in, latest, mod, old-time, swank, trendsetting, trendy, up-to-date;

a2
having elegance or taste or refinement in manners or dress;

- "a little less posh but every bit as stylish as Lord Peter Wimsey";

- "the stylish resort of Gstadd";

- syn. stylish;

- sim. chic, chichi, classy, snazzy;

a3
popular and considered appealing or fashionable at the time;

- syn. in fashion;

- sim. popular;

fashionably / f æ ʃ n ə b ɫ i /
r1
in a fashionable manner;

- "his voice had no trace of the drawl that you would expect to find in a fashionably dressed young man";

fashioned / f æ ʃ n d /
a1
planned and made or fashioned artistically;

- "beautifully fashioned dresses";

- sim. designed;

fashioning / f æ ʃ n ɪ ŋ /
n1
the act that results in something coming to be;

- "the devising of plans";

- "the fashioning of pots and pans";

- "the making of measurements";

- "it was already in the making";

- syn. devising, making;

fashionmonger / f æ ʃ ə n m ʌ ŋ ɡ ə /
n1
someone who advises you about fashionable clothing;

- syn. fashion consultant;

fast / f ɑ s t /
n1
abstaining from food;

- syn. fasting;

v1
abstain from certain foods, as for religious or medical reasons;

- "Catholics sometimes fast during Lent";

v2
abstain from eating;

- "Before the medical exam, you must fast";

a1
acting or moving or capable of acting or moving quickly;

- "fast film";

- "on the fast track in school";

- "set a fast pace";

- "a fast car";

- also hurried, sudden;

- sim. accelerated, alacritous, blistering, double-quick, express, fast-breaking, fast-paced, fleet, high-speed, hurrying, immediate, instantaneous, meteoric, quick, rapid, rapid, smart, windy, winged;

a2
(used of timepieces) indicating a time ahead of or later than the correct time;

- "my watch is fast";

a3
at a rapid tempo;

- "the band played a fast fox trot";

- sim. allegretto, allegro, andantino, prestissimo, presto, vivace;

a4
(of surfaces) conducive to rapid speeds;

- "a fast road";

- "grass courts are faster than clay";

- sim. smooth;

a5
resistant to destruction or fading;

- "fast colors";

- sim. impervious;

a6
unrestrained by convention or morality;

- "Congreve draws a debauched aristocratic society";

- "deplorably dissipated and degraded";

- "riotous living";

- "fast women";

- syn. debauched, degenerate, degraded, dissipated, dissolute, libertine, profligate, riotous;

- sim. immoral;

a7
hurried and brief;

- "paid a flying visit";

- "took a flying glance at the book";

- "a quick inspection";

- "a fast visit";

- syn. flying, quick;

- sim. hurried;

a8
securely fixed in place;

- "the post was still firm after being hit by the car";

- syn. firm, immobile;

- sim. fixed;

a9
unwavering in devotion to friend or vow or cause;

- "a firm ally";

- "loyal supporters";

- "the true-hearted soldier...of Tippecanoe"- Campaign song for William Henry Harrison;

- "fast friends";

- syn. firm, loyal, truehearted;

- sim. faithful;

a10
(of a photographic lens or emulsion) causing a shortening of exposure time;

- "a fast lens";

- sim. causative;

r1
quickly or rapidly (often used as a combining form);

- "how fast can he get here?";

- "ran as fast as he could";

- "needs medical help fast";

- "fast-running rivers";

- "fast-breaking news";

- "fast-opening (or fast-closing) shutters";

r2
firmly or closely;

- "held fast to the rope";

- "her foot was stuck fast";

- "held tight";

- syn. tight;

fast-breaking
a1
occurring rapidly as a series of events in rapid succession;

- "the broadcast was interrupted by a fast-breaking news story about the invasion";

- sim. fast;

fast-flying
a1
moving swiftly;

- "fast-flying planes";

- "played the difficult passage with flying fingers";

- syn. flying;

- sim. moving;

fast-footed
a1
having rapidly moving feet;

- syn. swift-footed;

- sim. footed;

fast-growing
a1
tending to spread quickly;

- "an aggressive tumor";

- syn. aggressive, strong-growing;

- sim. invasive;

fast-paced
a1
of communication that proceeds rapidly;

- "a fast-paced talker";

- "fast-paced fiction";

- sim. fast;

fast asleep
a1
sleeping deeply;

- "lying fast asleep on the sofa";

- "it would be cruel to wake him;

- he's sound asleep";

- syn. sound asleep;

- sim. asleep;

fast break
n1
(basketball) a rapid dash to get a shot as soon as possible after taking possession of the ball;

fast buck
n1
quick or easy earnings;

- "they are traders out to make a fast buck";

- syn. quick buck;

fast day
n1
a day designated for fasting;

fast dye
v1
dye with fast colors;

- "These shirts should be fast-dyed";

fast food
n1
inexpensive food (hamburgers or chicken or milkshakes) prepared and served quickly;

fast lane
n1
a hectic and pressured lifestyle often characterized by recklessness or dissipation;

- "life in fashion's fast lane has taught her a lot";

n2
the traffic lane for vehicles that are moving rapidly;

Fast of Ab
n1
(Judaism) a major fast day on the Jewish calendar commemorating the destruction of the temples in Jerusalem;

- syn. Fast of Av, Ninth of Ab, Ninth of Av, Tisha b'Ab, Tisha b'Av, Tishah b'Ab, Tishah b'Av;

Fast of Av
n1
(Judaism) a major fast day on the Jewish calendar commemorating the destruction of the temples in Jerusalem;

- syn. Fast of Ab, Ninth of Ab, Ninth of Av, Tisha b'Ab, Tisha b'Av, Tishah b'Ab, Tishah b'Av;

Fast of Esther
n1
(Judaism) a minor fast day on Adar 13 commemorates three days that Esther fasted before approaching the Persian king on behalf of the Jewish people;

- the fast is connected with Purim;

Fast of Gedaliah
n1
(Judaism) a minor fast day on Tishri 3 that commemorates the killing of the Jewish governor of Judah;

Fast of Tammuz
n1
(Judaism) a minor fast day on Tammuz 17 when the walls of Jerusalem were breached;

Fast of Tevet
n1
(Judaism) a minor fast day on Tevet 10 commemorates the beginning of the siege of Jerusalem and has also been proclaimed a memorial day for the six million Jews who died in the Holocaust;

Fast of the Firstborn
n1
(Judaism) a minor fast day on Nissan 14 that is observed only by firstborn males;

- it is observed on the day before Passover;

fast one
n1
a cunning or deceitful action or device;

- "he played a trick on me";

- "he pulled a fast one and got away with it";

- syn. trick;

fast reactor
n1
nuclear reactor in which nuclear fissions are caused by fast neutrons because little or no moderator is used;

fast time scale
n1
(simulation) the time scale used in data processing when the time-scale factor is less than one;

fast track
n1
a rapid means of achieving a goal;

- "they saw independence as the fast track to democracy";

- "he took a fast track to the top of the corporate ladder";

- "the company went off the fast track when the stock market dropped";

fastball / f ɑ s t b ɔ ɫ /
n1
(baseball) a pitch thrown with maximum velocity;

- "he swung late on the fastball";

- "he showed batters nothing but smoke";

- syn. bullet, heater, hummer, smoke;

fasten / f ɑ s n /
v1
cause to be firmly attached;

- "fasten the lock onto the door";

- "she fixed her gaze on the man";

- syn. fix, secure;

v2
become fixed or fastened;

- "This dress fastens in the back";

v3
attach to;

- "They fastened various nicknames to each other";

v4
make tight or tighter;

- "Tighten the wire";

- syn. tighten;

fasten on
v1
adopt;

- "take up new ideas";

- syn. hook on, latch on, seize on, take up;

fastened / f ɑ s n d /
a1
firmly closed or secured;

- "found the gate fastened";

- "a fastened seatbelt";

- sim. pegged-down;

a2
furnished or closed with buttons or something buttonlike;

- syn. buttoned;

- sim. botonee, button-down;

a3
fastened with strings or cords;

- "a neatly tied bundle";

- syn. tied;

- sim. knotted;

fastener / f ɑ s n ə , f ɑ s n ə ɹ /
n1
a person who fastens or makes fast;

- "he found the door fastened and wondered who the fastener was";

n2
restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place;

- syn. fastening, fixing, holdfast;

fastening / f ɑ s n ɪ ŋ /
n1
restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place;

- syn. fastener, fixing, holdfast;

n2
the act of fastening things together;

- syn. attachment;

faster / f ɑ s t ə , f ɑ s t ə ɹ /
r1
more quickly;

- syn. quicker;

fastest / f ɑ s t ɪ s t /
r1
most quickly;

- syn. quickest;

fastidious / f ə s t ɪ d ɪə s /
a1
giving careful attention to detail;

- hard to please;

- excessively concerned with cleanliness;

- "a fastidious and incisive intellect";

- "fastidious about personal cleanliness";

- also refined, tidy;

- sim. choosy, dainty, finical, meticulous, old-maidish, pernickety;

a2
having complicated nutritional requirements;

- especially growing only in special artificial cultures;

- "fastidious microorganisms";

- "certain highly specialized xerophytes are extremely exacting in their requirements";

- syn. exacting;

fastidiously / f ə s t ɪ d ɪə s ɫ i /
r1
in a fastidious and painstaking manner;

- "it is almost a waste of time painstakingly to learn the routines of selling";

- syn. painstakingly;

r2
in a fastidious manner;

- "he writes extremely musical music, of which the sound is fastidiously calculated and yet agreeably spontaneous and imaginative";

fastidiousness / f ə s t ɪ d ɪə s n ə s /
n1
the trait of being meticulous about matters of taste or style;

- "neatness and fastidiousness of dress";

fastigiate
a1
having clusters of erect branches (often appearing to form a single column);

- sim. erect;

fasting / f ɑ s t ɪ ŋ /
n1
abstaining from food;

- syn. fast;

fastnacht
n1
doughnut traditionally eaten on Shrove Tuesday;

fastness / f ɑ s t n ə s /
n1
a rate (usually rapid) at which something happens;

- "the project advanced with gratifying speed";

- syn. speed, swiftness;

n2
the quality of being fixed in place as by some firm attachment;

- syn. fixedness, fixity, fixture, secureness;

n3
a strongly fortified defensive structure;

- syn. stronghold;

fat / f æ t /
n1
a soft greasy substance occurring in organic tissue and consisting of a mixture of lipids (mostly triglycerides);

- "pizza has too much fat";

n2
a kind of body tissue containing stored fat that serves as a source of energy;

- it also cushions and insulates vital organs;

- "fatty tissue protected them from the severe cold";

- syn. adipose tissue, fatty tissue;

n3
excess bodily weight;

- "she disliked fatness in herself as well as in others";

- syn. avoirdupois, blubber, fatness;

v1
make fat or plump;

- "We will plump out that poor starving child";

- syn. fatten, fatten out, fatten up, fill out, flesh out, plump, plump out;

a1
having an (over)abundance of flesh;

- "he hadn't remembered how fat she was";

- also endomorphic, pyknic, rounded, thick;

- sim. abdominous, blubbery, buxom, chubby, corpulent, double-chinned, dumpy, fattish, fleshy, gross, portly;

a2
having a relatively large diameter;

- "a fat rope";

- sim. thick;

a3
containing or composed of fat;

- "fatty food";

- "fat tissue";

- syn. fatty;

- sim. adipose, buttery, greasy, suety, superfatted;

a4
lucrative;

- "a juicy contract";

- "a nice fat job";

- syn. juicy;

- sim. profitable;

a5
marked by great fruitfulness;

- "fertile farmland";

- "a fat land";

- "a productive vineyard";

- "rich soil";

- syn. fertile, productive, rich;

- sim. fruitful;

fat-free
a1
without fat or fat solids;

- "nonfat or fat-free milk";

- syn. fatless, nonfat;

- sim. light, skim;

fat-soluble
a1
soluble in fats;

- "fat-soluble vitamin A";

- sim. soluble;

fat-soluble vitamin
n1
any vitamin that is soluble in fats;

fat cat
n1
a wealthy and privileged person;

fat cell
n1
cells composed of fat;

- syn. adipose cell;

fat chance
n1
little or no chance of success;

- syn. slim chance;

fat embolism
n1
serious condition in which fat blocks an artery;

- fat can enter the blood stream after a long bone is fractured or if adipose tissue is injured or as a result of a fatty liver;

fat farm
n1
a health spa that specializes in helping people lose weight;

fat hen
n1
European plant naturalized in North America;

- often collected from the wild as a potherb;

- syn. Chenopodium bonus-henricus, allgood, good-king-henry, wild spinach;

fat metabolism
n1
a metabolic process that breaks down ingested fats into fatty acids and glycerol and then into simpler compounds that can be used by cells of the body;

fat person
n1
a rotund individual;

- syn. butterball, fatso, fatty, roly-poly;

Fat Tuesday
n1
the last day before Lent;

- syn. Mardi Gras, Shrove Tuesday, pancake day;

n2
a carnival held in some countries on Shrove Tuesday (the last day before Lent) but especially in New Orleans;

- syn. Mardi Gras;

fata morgana
n1
a mirage in the Strait of Messina (attributed to the Arthurian sorcerer Morgan le Fay);

Fatah
n1
a Palestinian political and military organization founded by Yasser Arafat in 1958 to work toward the creation of a Palestinian state;

- during the 1960s and 1970s trained terrorist and insurgent groups;

- "al-Fatah carried out numerous acts of international terrorism in western Europe and the Middle East in the 1970s";

- syn. al-Asifa, al-Fatah;

Fatah-RC
n1
a Palestinian international terrorist organization that split from the PLO in 1974;

- has conducted terrorist attacks in 20 countries;

- "in the 1980s the Fatah-RC was considered the most dangerous and murderous Palestinian terror group";

- syn. ANO, Abu Nidal Organization, Arab Revolutionary Brigades, Black September, Fatah Revolutionary Council, Revolutionary Organization of Socialist Muslims;

Fatah Revolutionary Council
n1
a Palestinian international terrorist organization that split from the PLO in 1974;

- has conducted terrorist attacks in 20 countries;

- "in the 1980s the Fatah-RC was considered the most dangerous and murderous Palestinian terror group";

- syn. ANO, Abu Nidal Organization, Arab Revolutionary Brigades, Black September, Fatah-RC, Revolutionary Organization of Socialist Muslims;

Fatah Tanzim
n1
a terrorist group organized by Yasser Arafat in 1995 as the armed wing of al-Fatah;

- serves a dual function of violent confrontation with Israel and serves as Arafat's unofficial militia to prevent rival Islamists from usurping leadership;

- syn. Tanzim;

fatal / f eɪ t ɫ /
a1
bringing death;

- sim. deadly, deadly, terminal;

a2
having momentous consequences;

- of decisive importance;

- "that fateful meeting of the U.N. when...it declared war on North Korea"- Saturday Rev;

- "the fatal day of the election finally arrived";

- syn. fateful;

- sim. decisive;

a3
(of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences;

- bringing ruin;

- "the stock market crashed on Black Friday";

- "a calamitous defeat";

- "the battle was a disastrous end to a disastrous campaign";

- "such doctrines, if true, would be absolutely fatal to my theory"- Charles Darwin;

- "it is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it"- Douglas MacArthur;

- "a fateful error";

- syn. black, calamitous, disastrous, fateful;

- sim. unfortunate;

a4
controlled or decreed by fate;

- predetermined;

- "a fatal series of events";

- syn. fateful;

- sim. inevitable;

fatal accident
n1
an accident that causes someone to die;

- syn. casualty;

fatalism / f eɪ t ə ɫ ɪ z ə m /
n1
a submissive mental attitude resulting from acceptance of the doctrine that everything that happens is predetermined and inevitable;

n2
a philosophical doctrine holding that all events are predetermined in advance for all time and human beings are powerless to change them;

fatalist / f eɪ t ə ɫ ɪ s t /
n1
anyone who submits to the belief that they are powerless to change their destiny;

- syn. determinist, predestinarian, predestinationist;

a1
of or relating to fatalism;

- "a fatalist person";

- "fatalistic thinking";

- syn. fatalistic;

fatalistic / f eɪ t ə ɫ ɪ s t ɪ k /
a1
of or relating to fatalism;

- "a fatalist person";

- "fatalistic thinking";

- syn. fatalist;

fatality / f ə t æ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
a death resulting from an accident or a disaster;

- "a decrease in the number of automobile fatalities";

- syn. human death;

n2
the quality of being able to cause death or fatal disasters;

fatality rate
n1
the ratio of deaths in an area to the population of that area;

- expressed per 1000 per year;

- syn. death rate, deathrate, mortality, mortality rate;

fatally / f æ t æ ɫ aɪ /
r1
with fatal consequences or implications;

- "he was fatally ill equipped for the climb";

fatback / f æ t b æ k /
n1
salt pork from the back of a hog carcass;

fate / f eɪ t /
n1
an event (or a course of events) that will inevitably happen in the future;

- syn. destiny;

n2
the ultimate agency regarded as predetermining the course of events (often personified as a woman);

- "we are helpless in the face of destiny";

- syn. destiny;

n3
your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you);

- "whatever my fortune may be";

- "deserved a better fate";

- "has a happy lot";

- "the luck of the Irish";

- "a victim of circumstances";

- "success that was her portion";

- syn. circumstances, destiny, fortune, lot, luck, portion;

v1
decree or designate beforehand;

- "She was destined to become a great pianist";

- syn. designate, destine, doom;

fated / f eɪ t ɪ d /
a1
(usually followed by `to') determined by tragic fate;

- "doomed to unhappiness";

- "fated to be the scene of Kennedy's assassination";

- syn. doomed;

- sim. certain;

fateful / f eɪ t f ʊ ɫ /
a1
having momentous consequences;

- of decisive importance;

- "that fateful meeting of the U.N. when...it declared war on North Korea"- Saturday Rev;

- "the fatal day of the election finally arrived";

- syn. fatal;

- sim. decisive;

a2
ominously prophetic;

- syn. foreboding, portentous;

- sim. prophetic;

a3
(of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences;

- bringing ruin;

- "the stock market crashed on Black Friday";

- "a calamitous defeat";

- "the battle was a disastrous end to a disastrous campaign";

- "such doctrines, if true, would be absolutely fatal to my theory"- Charles Darwin;

- "it is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it"- Douglas MacArthur;

- "a fateful error";

- syn. black, calamitous, disastrous, fatal;

- sim. unfortunate;

a4
controlled or decreed by fate;

- predetermined;

- "a fatal series of events";

- syn. fatal;

- sim. inevitable;

fatefully / f eɪ t f ʊ ɫ i /
r1
in a prophetically fateful manner;

- "the nurse whispered fatefully to call the priest";

fathead / f æ t h ɛ d /
n1
a man who is a stupid incompetent fool;

- syn. bozo, cuckoo, goof, goofball, goose, jackass, twat, zany;

fatheaded / f æ t h ɛ d ɪ d /
a1
(used informally) stupid;

- syn. blockheaded, boneheaded, duncical, duncish, loggerheaded, thick, thick-skulled, thickheaded, wooden-headed;

- sim. stupid;

father / f ɑ ð ə , f ɑ ð ə ɹ /
n1
a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father);

- "his father was born in Atlanta";

- syn. begetter, male parent;

n2
the founder of a family;

- "keep the faith of our forefathers";

- syn. forefather, sire;

n3
`Father' is a term of address for priests in some churches (especially the Roman Catholic Church or the Orthodox Catholic Church);

- `Padre' is frequently used in the military;

- syn. Padre;

n4
(Christianity) any of about 70 theologians in the period from the 2nd to the 7th century whose writing established and confirmed official church doctrine;

- in the Roman Catholic Church some were later declared saints and became Doctor of the Church;

- the best known Latin Church Fathers are Ambrose, Augustine, Gregory the Great, and Jerome;

- those who wrote in Greek include Athanasius, Basil, Gregory Nazianzen, and John Chrysostom;

- syn. Church Father, Father of the Church;

n5
a person who holds an important or distinguished position in some organization;

- "the tennis fathers ruled in her favor";

- "the city fathers endorsed the proposal";

n6
God when considered as the first person in the Trinity;

- "hear our prayers, Heavenly Father";

- syn. Father-God, Fatherhood;

n7
a person who founds or establishes some institution;

- "George Washington is the father of his country";

- syn. beginner, founder, founding father;

n8
the head of an organized crime family;

- syn. don;

v1
make (offspring) by reproduction;

- "Abraham begot Isaac";

- "John fathered four daughters";

- syn. beget, bring forth, engender, generate, get, mother, sire;

Father's Day
n1
US: third Sunday in June;

father-figure
n1
a man (often a powerful or influential man) who arouses emotions usually felt for your real father and with whom you identify psychologically;

Father-God
n1
God when considered as the first person in the Trinity;

- "hear our prayers, Heavenly Father";

- syn. Father, Fatherhood;

father-in-law / f ɑ ð ə ɹ ɪ n ɫ ɔ /
n1
the father of your spouse;

Father Brown
n1
a Catholic priest who was the hero of detective stories by G. K. Chesterton;

Father Christmas
n1
the legendary patron saint of children;

- an imaginary being who is thought to bring presents to children at Christmas;

- syn. Kriss Kringle, Saint Nicholas, Saint Nick, Santa, Santa Claus, St. Nick;

father figure
n1
a man who takes over all the functions of the real father;

- syn. father surrogate;

Father of Radio
n1
United States electrical engineer who in 1907 patented the first triode vacuum tube, which made it possible to detect and amplify radio waves (1873-1961);

- syn. De Forest, Lee De Forest;

Father of the Church
n1
(Christianity) any of about 70 theologians in the period from the 2nd to the 7th century whose writing established and confirmed official church doctrine;

- in the Roman Catholic Church some were later declared saints and became Doctor of the Church;

- the best known Latin Church Fathers are Ambrose, Augustine, Gregory the Great, and Jerome;

- those who wrote in Greek include Athanasius, Basil, Gregory Nazianzen, and John Chrysostom;

- syn. Church Father, Father;

Father of the Submarine
n1
American inventor who in 1775 designed a man-propelled submarine that was ineffectual but subsequently earned him recognition as a submarine pioneer (1742-1824);

- syn. Bushnell, David Bushnell;

father surrogate
n1
a man who takes over all the functions of the real father;

- syn. father figure;

fatherhood / f ɑ ð ə h ʊ d /
n1
the kinship relation between an offspring and the father;

- syn. paternity;

n2
God when considered as the first person in the Trinity;

- "hear our prayers, Heavenly Father";

- syn. Father, Father-God;

n3
the status of a religious leader;

n4
the status of a father;

fatherland / f ɑ ð ə ɫ æ n d /
n1
the country where you were born;

- syn. country of origin, homeland, mother country, motherland, native land;

fatherless / f ɑ ð ə ɫ ə s /
a1
having no living father;

- sim. unparented;

a2
not having a known or legally responsible father;

- sim. illegitimate;

fatherlike / f ɑ ð ə ɫ aɪ k /
a1
like or befitting a father or fatherhood;

- kind and protective;

- syn. fatherly;

- sim. paternal;

fatherliness / f ɑ ð ə ɫ ɪ n ə s /
n1
the benignity and protectiveness of or befitting a father;

- "the gentleness and fatherliness of the strange old man eased her fears";

- syn. paternal quality;

fatherly / f ɑ ð ə ɫ i /
a1
like or befitting a father or fatherhood;

- kind and protective;

- syn. fatherlike;

- sim. paternal;

fathom / f æ ð ə m /
n1
a linear unit of measurement (equal to 6 feet) for water depth;

- syn. fthm;

n2
(mining) a unit of volume (equal to 6 cubic feet) used in measuring bodies of ore;

- syn. fthm;

v1
come to understand;

- syn. bottom, penetrate;

v2
measure the depth of (a body of water) with a sounding line;

- syn. sound;

fathomable / f æ ð ə m ə b ɫ /
a1
(of depth) capable of being sounded or measured for depth;

- syn. plumbable, soundable;

a2
(of meaning) capable of being penetrated or comprehended;

- sim. comprehensible;

fathometer
n1
depth finder for determining depth of water or a submerged object by means of ultrasound waves;

- syn. sonic depth finder;

fatigability
n1
susceptibility to fatigue;

- a tendency to get tired or lose strength;

fatigue / f ə t i ɡ /
n1
temporary loss of strength and energy resulting from hard physical or mental work;

- "he was hospitalized for extreme fatigue";

- "growing fatigue was apparent from the decline in the execution of their athletic skills";

- "weariness overcame her after twelve hours and she fell asleep";

- syn. tiredness, weariness;

n2
used of materials (especially metals) in a weakened state caused by long stress;

- "metal fatigue";

n3
(always used with a modifier) boredom resulting from overexposure to something;

- "he was suffering from museum fatigue";

- "after watching TV with her husband she had a bad case of football fatigue";

- "the American public is experiencing scandal fatigue";

- "political fatigue";

n4
labor of a nonmilitary kind done by soldiers (cleaning or digging or draining or so on);

- "the soldiers were put on fatigue to teach them a lesson";

- "they were assigned to kitchen fatigues";

- syn. fatigue duty;

v1
lose interest or become bored with something or somebody;

- "I'm so tired of your mother and her complaints about my food";

- syn. jade, pall, tire, weary;

v2
exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress;

- "We wore ourselves out on this hike";

- syn. fag, fag out, jade, outwear, tire, tire out, wear, wear down, wear out, wear upon, weary;

fatigue crack
n1
a crack in metal resulting from metal fatigue;

fatigue duty
n1
labor of a nonmilitary kind done by soldiers (cleaning or digging or draining or so on);

- "the soldiers were put on fatigue to teach them a lesson";

- "they were assigned to kitchen fatigues";

- syn. fatigue;

fatigue fracture
n1
fracture resulting from excessive activity rather than a specific injury;

- syn. stress fracture;

fatigue party
n1
a group of soldiers on fatigue duty;

fatigued / f ə t i ɡ d /
a1
drained of energy or effectiveness;

- extremely tired;

- completely exhausted;

- "the day's shopping left her exhausted";

- "he went to bed dog-tired";

- "was fagged and sweaty";

- "the trembling of his played out limbs";

- "felt completely washed-out";

- "only worn-out horses and cattle";

- "you look worn out";

- syn. dog-tired, exhausted, fagged, gone, played out, spent, washed-out, worn-out, worn out;

- sim. tired;

fatigues / f ə t i ɡ z /
n1
military uniform worn by military personnel when doing menial labor;

Fatiha
n1
the first or opening sura of the Quran which is the central prayer of Islam and is used on all special occasions as well as during the five daily prayers;

- syn. Fatihah;

Fatihah
n1
the first or opening sura of the Quran which is the central prayer of Islam and is used on all special occasions as well as during the five daily prayers;

- syn. Fatiha;

Fatima
n1
youngest daughter of the prophet Mohammed and wife of the fourth calif Ali;

- revered especially by Shiite Muslims (606-632);

- syn. Fatimah;

Fatimah
n1
youngest daughter of the prophet Mohammed and wife of the fourth calif Ali;

- revered especially by Shiite Muslims (606-632);

- syn. Fatima;

fatism
n1
discrimination against people who are overweight;

- syn. fattism;

fatless / f æ t ɫ ɪ s /
a1
without fat or fat solids;

- "nonfat or fat-free milk";

- syn. fat-free, nonfat;

- sim. light, skim;

fatness / f æ t n ə s /
n1
excess bodily weight;

- "she disliked fatness in herself as well as in others";

- syn. avoirdupois, blubber, fat;

Fats Domino
n1
United States rhythm and blues pianist and singer and composer (born in 1928);

- syn. Antoine Domino, Domino;

Fats Waller
n1
United States jazz musician (1904-1943);

- syn. Thomas Wright Waller, Waller;

fatso
n1
a rotund individual;

- syn. butterball, fat person, fatty, roly-poly;

fatten / f æ t n /
v1
make fat or plump;

- "We will plump out that poor starving child";

- syn. fat, fatten out, fatten up, fill out, flesh out, plump, plump out;

fatten out
v1
make fat or plump;

- "We will plump out that poor starving child";

- syn. fat, fatten, fatten up, fill out, flesh out, plump, plump out;

fatten up
v1
make fat or plump;

- "We will plump out that poor starving child";

- syn. fat, fatten, fatten out, fill out, flesh out, plump, plump out;

fattened / f æ t n d /
a1
(of market animals) made ready for market;

- sim. finished;

fattening / f æ t n ɪ ŋ /
a1
subject to or used in the process of finishing or fattening up for slaughter;

- "a fattening hog";

- "fattening pens";

- sim. finished;

fattiness / f æ t ɪ n ə s /
n1
having the property of containing fat;

- "he recommended exercise to reduce my adiposity";

- syn. adiposeness, adiposity;

fattish / f æ t ɪ ʃ /
a1
somewhat fat;

- sim. fat;

fattism
n1
discrimination against people who are overweight;

- syn. fatism;

fatty / f æ t i /
n1
a rotund individual;

- syn. butterball, fat person, fatso, roly-poly;

a1
containing or composed of fat;

- "fatty food";

- "fat tissue";

- syn. fat;

- sim. adipose, buttery, greasy, suety, superfatted;

fatty acid
n1
any of a class of aliphatic monocarboxylic acids that form part of a lipid molecule and can be derived from fat by hydrolysis;

- fatty acids are simple molecules built around a series of carbon atoms linked together in a chain of 12 to 22 carbon atoms;

fatty liver
n1
yellow discoloration as a result of the accumulation of certain fats (triglycerides) in the liver;

- can be caused by alcoholic cirrhosis or pregnancy or exposure to certain toxins;

fatty oil
n1
nonvolatile animal or plant oil;

- syn. fixed oil;

fatty tissue
n1
a kind of body tissue containing stored fat that serves as a source of energy;

- it also cushions and insulates vital organs;

- "fatty tissue protected them from the severe cold";

- syn. adipose tissue, fat;

fatuity / f ə t j u ɪ t i /
n1
a ludicrous folly;

- "the crowd laughed at the absurdity of the clown's behavior";

- syn. absurdity, fatuousness, silliness;

fatuous / f æ tʃ ʊə s /
a1
extremely silly or stupid;

- syn. asinine, inane;

- sim. stupid;

fatuously / f æ tʃ ʊə s ɫ i /
r1
vacuously or complacently and unconsciously foolish;

- syn. inanely;

fatuousness / f æ tʃ ʊə s n ə s /
n1
a ludicrous folly;

- "the crowd laughed at the absurdity of the clown's behavior";

- syn. absurdity, fatuity, silliness;

fatwa
n1
a ruling on a point of Islamic law that is given by a recognized authority;

fatwah
n1
(Islam) a legal opinion or ruling issued by an Islamic scholar;

- "bin Laden issued three fatwahs calling upon Muslims to take up arms against the United States";

faubourg / f oʊ b ʊə ɡ /
n1
a New Orleans district lying outside the original city limits;

- used in combination with the names of various quarters of the city;

- "in Faubourg Sainte-Marie";

faucal / f ɔ k ə ɫ /
a1
of or relating to the fauces;

fauces / f ɔ s i z /
n1
the passage between the back of the mouth and the pharynx;

faucet / f ɔ s ɪ t /
n1
a regulator for controlling the flow of a liquid from a reservoir;

- syn. spigot;

faucial tonsil
n1
either of two masses of lymphatic tissue one on each side of the oral pharynx;

- syn. palatine tonsil, tonsil, tonsilla;

fauld
n1
a piece of armor plate below the breastplate;

Faulkner
n1
United States novelist (originally Falkner) who wrote about people in the southern United States (1897-1962);

- syn. Falkner, William Cuthbert Faulkner, William Falkner, William Faulkner;

fault / f ɔ ɫ t /
n1
a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention;

- "he made a bad mistake";

- "she was quick to point out my errors";

- "I could understand his English in spite of his grammatical faults";

- syn. error, mistake;

n2
an imperfection in an object or machine;

- "a flaw caused the crystal to shatter";

- "if there are any defects you should send it back to the manufacturer";

- syn. defect, flaw;

n3
the quality of being inadequate or falling short of perfection;

- "they discussed the merits and demerits of her novel";

- "he knew his own faults much better than she did";

- syn. demerit;

n4
(geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other;

- "they built it right over a geological fault";

- "he studied the faulting of the earth's crust";

- syn. break, faulting, fracture, geological fault, shift;

n5
(electronics) equipment failure attributable to some defect in a circuit (loose connection or insulation failure or short circuit etc.);

- "it took much longer to find the fault than to fix it";

n6
responsibility for a bad situation or event;

- "it was John's fault";

n7
(sports) a serve that is illegal (e.g., that lands outside the prescribed area);

- "he served too many double faults";

v1
put or pin the blame on;

- syn. blame;

fault line
n1
(geology) line determined by the intersection of a geological fault and the earth's surface;

faultfinder / f ɔ ɫ t f aɪ n d ə /
n1
someone who is critical of the motives of others;

- syn. cynic;

faultfinding / f ɔ ɫ t f aɪ n d ɪ ŋ /
n1
persistent petty and unjustified criticism;

- syn. carping;

a1
tending to make moral judgments or judgments based on personal opinions;

- "a counselor tries not to be faultfinding";

- sim. judgmental;

a2
tending to find and call attention to faults;

- "a captious pedant";

- "an excessively demanding and faultfinding tutor";

- syn. captious;

- sim. critical;

faultily / f ɔ ɫ t ɪ ɫ i /
r1
in an inaccurate manner;

- "these statements were faultily attributed to me";

faultiness / f ɔ ɫ t ɪ n ə s /
n1
the state of being defective;

- syn. defectiveness;

faulting / f ɔ ɫ t ɪ ŋ /
n1
(geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other;

- "they built it right over a geological fault";

- "he studied the faulting of the earth's crust";

- syn. break, fault, fracture, geological fault, shift;

faultless / f ɔ ɫ t ɫ ə s /
a1
without fault or error;

- "faultless logic";

- "speaks impeccable French";

- "timing and technique were immaculate";

- "an immaculate record";

- syn. immaculate, impeccable, incorrupted;

- sim. perfect;

faultlessly / f ɔ ɫ t ɫ ɪ s ɫ i /
r1
without a fault;

- in a faultless manner;

- "he solved all the problems faultlessly";

faultlessness / f ɔ ɫ t ɫ ə s n ə s /
n1
the quality of being without an error or fault;

- syn. impeccability;

faulty / f ɔ ɫ t i /
a1
having a defect;

- "I returned the appliance because it was defective";

- syn. defective;

- sim. imperfect;

a2
characterized by errors;

- not agreeing with a model or not following established rules;

- "he submitted a faulty report";

- "an incorrect transcription";

- "the wrong side of the road";

- syn. incorrect, wrong;

- sim. inaccurate;

faun / f ɔ n /
n1
ancient Italian deity in human shape, with horns, pointed ears and a goat's tail;

- equivalent to Greek satyr;

fauna / f ɔ n ə /
n1
all the animal life in a particular region or period;

- "the fauna of China";

- "the zoology of the Pliocene epoch";

- syn. zoology;

n2
a living organism characterized by voluntary movement;

- syn. animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature;

Fauntleroy
n1
an excessively polite and well-dressed boy;

- syn. Little Lord Fauntleroy;

Faunus
n1
(Roman mythology) ancient rural deity;

- later considered a counterpart of Greek Pan;

Faust
n1
an alchemist of German legend who sold his soul to Mephistopheles in exchange for knowledge;

- syn. Faustus;

Faustian
a1
pertaining to or resembling or befitting Faust or Faustus especially in insatiably striving for worldly knowledge and power even at the price of spiritual values;

- "a Faustian pact with the Devil";

Fausto Paolo Sozzini
n1
Italian theologian who argued against Trinitarianism (1539-1604);

- syn. Faustus Socinus, Socinus;

Faustus
n1
an alchemist of German legend who sold his soul to Mephistopheles in exchange for knowledge;

- syn. Faust;

Faustus Socinus
n1
Italian theologian who argued against Trinitarianism (1539-1604);

- syn. Fausto Paolo Sozzini, Socinus;

fauteuil / f oʊ t ɝ i /
n1
an upholstered armchair;

Fauve
n1
a member of a group of French painters who followed fauvism;

- syn. fauvist;

fauvism
n1
an art movement launched in 1905 whose work was characterized by bright and nonnatural colors and simple forms;

- influenced the expressionists;

fauvist
n1
a member of a group of French painters who followed fauvism;

- syn. Fauve;

faux / f oʊ /
a1
not genuine or real;

- being an imitation of the genuine article;

- "it isn't fake anything;

- it's real synthetic fur";

- "faux pearls";

- "false teeth";

- "decorated with imitation palm leaves";

- "a purse of simulated alligator hide";

- syn. fake, false, imitation, simulated;

- sim. artificial;

faux pas / f oʊ p ɑ /
n1
a socially awkward or tactless act;

- syn. gaffe, gaucherie, slip, solecism;

fava bean
n1
seed of the broad-bean plant;

- syn. broad bean, horsebean;

n2
shell beans cooked as lima beans;

- syn. broad bean;

faveolate
a1
pitted with cell-like cavities (as a honeycomb);

- syn. alveolate, cavitied, honeycombed, pitted;

- sim. cellular;

favism
n1
anemia resulting from eating fava beans;

- victims have an inherited blood abnormality and enzyme deficiency;

favor / f eɪ v ə ɹ /
n1
an act of gracious kindness;

- syn. favour;

n2
an advantage to the benefit of someone or something;

- "the outcome was in his favor";

- syn. favour;

n3
an inclination to approve;

- "that style is in favor this season";

- syn. favour;

n4
a feeling of favorable regard;

- syn. favour;

n5
souvenir consisting of a small gift given to a guest at a party;

- syn. favour, party favor, party favour;

v1
promote over another;

- "he favors his second daughter";

- syn. favour, prefer;

v2
consider as the favorite;

- "The local team was favored";

- syn. favour;

v3
treat gently or carefully;

- syn. favour;

v4
bestow a privilege upon;

- syn. favour, privilege;

favorable / f eɪ v ə ɹ eɪ b ɫ /
a1
encouraging or approving or pleasing;

- "a favorable reply";

- "he received a favorable rating";

- "listened with a favorable ear";

- "made a favorable impression";

- syn. favourable;

- also affirmative, complimentary, good;

- sim. approving, indulgent;

a2
(of winds or weather) tending to promote or facilitate;

- "the days were fair and the winds were favorable";

- syn. favourable;

- also propitious;

- sim. following;

a3
presaging or likely to bring good luck or a good outcome;

- "a favorable time to ask for a raise";

- "lucky stars";

- "a prosperous moment to make a decision";

- syn. favourable, golden, lucky, prosperous;

- sim. propitious;

a4
giving an advantage;

- "a contract advantageous to our country";

- "socially advantageous to entertain often";

- syn. advantageous, favourable;

- also expedient, opportune, profitable;

- sim. beneficial, discriminatory, plus;

favorable position
n1
the quality of being at a competitive advantage;

- syn. favourable position, superiority;

favorable reception
n1
acceptance as satisfactory;

- "he bought it on approval";

- syn. approval, favourable reception;

favorableness / f eɪ v ə ɹ eɪ b ɫ n ɛ s /
n1
the quality of being encouraging or promising of a successful outcome;

- syn. advantageousness, favourableness, positiveness, positivity, profitableness;

favorably / f eɪ v ə ɹ eɪ b ɫ i /
r1
showing approval;

- "he reviewed the play favorably";

- syn. favourably;

favored / f eɪ v ə ɹ d /
a1
preferred above all others and treated with partiality;

- "the favored child";

- syn. best-loved, favorite, favourite, pet, preferent, preferred;

- sim. loved;

favorite
n1
something regarded with special favor or liking;

- "that book is one of my favorites";

- syn. favourite;

n2
a special loved one;

- syn. darling, dearie, deary, ducky, favourite, pet;

n3
a competitor thought likely to win;

- syn. favourite, front-runner;

a1
appealing to the general public;

- "a favorite tourist attraction";

- syn. favourite;

- sim. popular;

a2
preferred above all others and treated with partiality;

- "the favored child";

- syn. best-loved, favored, favourite, pet, preferent, preferred;

- sim. loved;

favorite son
n1
a United States politician favored mainly in his or her home state;

favoritism
n1
an inclination to favor some person or group;

- syn. favouritism;

n2
unfair treatment of a person or group on the basis of prejudice;

- syn. discrimination, favouritism;

favour / f eɪ v ə , f eɪ v ə ɹ /
n1
a feeling of favorable regard;

- syn. favor;

n2
an inclination to approve;

- "that style is in favor this season";

- syn. favor;

n3
an advantage to the benefit of someone or something;

- "the outcome was in his favor";

- syn. favor;

n4
souvenir consisting of a small gift given to a guest at a party;

- syn. favor, party favor, party favour;

n5
an act of gracious kindness;

- syn. favor;

v1
treat gently or carefully;

- syn. favor;

v2
bestow a privilege upon;

- syn. favor, privilege;

v3
promote over another;

- "he favors his second daughter";

- syn. favor, prefer;

v4
consider as the favorite;

- "The local team was favored";

- syn. favor;

favourable / f eɪ v ə ɹ ə b ɫ /
a1
encouraging or approving or pleasing;

- "a favorable reply";

- "he received a favorable rating";

- "listened with a favorable ear";

- "made a favorable impression";

- syn. favorable;

- also affirmative, affirmatory, complimentary, good;

- sim. approving, indulgent;

a2
(of winds or weather) tending to promote or facilitate;

- "the days were fair and the winds were favorable";

- syn. favorable;

- also propitious;

- sim. following;

a3
giving an advantage;

- "a contract advantageous to our country";

- "socially advantageous to entertain often";

- syn. advantageous, favorable;

- also expedient, opportune, profitable;

- sim. beneficial, discriminatory, plus;

a4
presaging or likely to bring good luck or a good outcome;

- "a favorable time to ask for a raise";

- "lucky stars";

- "a prosperous moment to make a decision";

- syn. favorable, golden, lucky, prosperous;

- sim. propitious;

favourable position
n1
the quality of being at a competitive advantage;

- syn. favorable position, superiority;

favourable reception
n1
acceptance as satisfactory;

- "he bought it on approval";

- syn. approval, favorable reception;

favourableness / f eɪ v ə ɹ ə b ɫ n ɪ s /
n1
the quality of being encouraging or promising of a successful outcome;

- syn. advantageousness, favorableness, positiveness, positivity, profitableness;

favourably / f eɪ v ə ɹ ə b ɫ i /
r1
showing approval;

- "he reviewed the play favorably";

- syn. favorably;

favourite / f eɪ v ə ɹ ɪ t /
n1
a competitor thought likely to win;

- syn. favorite, front-runner;

n2
a special loved one;

- syn. darling, dearie, deary, ducky, favorite, pet;

n3
something regarded with special favor or liking;

- "that book is one of my favorites";

- syn. favorite;

a1
appealing to the general public;

- "a favorite tourist attraction";

- syn. favorite;

- sim. popular;

a2
preferred above all others and treated with partiality;

- "the favored child";

- syn. best-loved, favored, favorite, pet, preferent, preferred;

- sim. loved;

favouritism / f eɪ v ɹ ɪ t ɪ z ə m /
n1
an inclination to favor some person or group;

- syn. favoritism;

n2
unfair treatment of a person or group on the basis of prejudice;

- syn. discrimination, favoritism;

favus
n1
a contagious fungal infection of the scalp;

- occurs mainly in Africa and the Middle East;

Fawkes
n1
English conspirator who was executed for his role in a plot to blow up James I and the Houses of Parliament (1570-1606);

- syn. Guy Fawkes;

fawn / f ɔ n /
n1
a color or pigment varying around a light grey-brown color;

- "she wore dun";

- syn. dun, grayish brown, greyish brown;

n2
a young deer;

v1
show submission or fear;

- syn. cower, crawl, creep, cringe, grovel;

v2
try to gain favor by cringing or flattering;

- "He is always kowtowing to his boss";

- syn. bootlick, kotow, kowtow, suck up, toady, truckle;

v3
have fawns;

- "deer fawn";

fawn-colored
a1
having the color of a fawn;

- syn. fawn-coloured;

- sim. colored;

fawn-coloured
a1
having the color of a fawn;

- syn. fawn-colored;

- sim. colored;

fawn lily
n1
California dogtooth violet with creamy white flowers sometimes yellow-tinged;

- syn. Erythronium californicum;

fawner / f ɔ n ə /
n1
someone who humbles himself as a sign of respect;

- who behaves as if he had no self-respect;

- syn. apple polisher, bootlicker, groveler, groveller, truckler;

fawning / f ɔ n ɪ ŋ /
a1
attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery;

- syn. bootlicking, obsequious, sycophantic, toadyish;

- sim. insincere;

a2
attempting to win favor by flattery;

- syn. bootlicking, sycophantic, toadyish;

- sim. servile;

fax
n1
duplicator that transmits the copy by wire or radio;

- syn. facsimile, facsimile machine;

v1
send something via a facsimile machine;

- "Can you fax me the report right away?";

- syn. facsimile, telefax;

fay / f eɪ /
n1
a small being, human in form, playful and having magical powers;

- syn. faerie, faery, fairy, sprite;

Fayetteville
n1
a town in central West Virginia on the New River;

n2
a town in south central North Carolina;

n3
a university town in northwestern Arkansas in the Ozarks;

faze
v1
disturb the composure of;

- syn. enervate, unnerve, unsettle;

fazed
a1
caused to show discomposure;

- "refused to be fazed by the objections";

- syn. bothered, daunted;

- sim. discomposed;

FBI / ɛ f b ɪ aɪ /
n1
a federal law enforcement agency that is the principal investigative arm of the Department of Justice;

- syn. Federal Bureau of Investigation;

FBI agent
n1
a special law-enforcement agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation;

- syn. G-man, government man;

FCC
n1
an independent government agency that regulates interstate and international communications by radio and television and wire and cable and satellite;

- syn. Federal Communications Commission;

FCS
n1
a cooperative nationwide system of banks and associations providing credit to farmers and related businesses;

- originally capitalized by the federal government but now owned by its members and borrowers;

- syn. Farm Credit System;

FDA
n1
a federal agency in the Department of Health and Human Services established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products;

- syn. Food and Drug Administration;

FDIC
n1
a federally sponsored corporation that insures accounts in national banks and other qualified institutions;

- syn. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation;

FDR
n1
32nd President of the United States;

- elected four times;

- instituted New Deal to counter the Great Depression and led country during World War II (1882-1945);

- syn. F. D. Roosevelt, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Franklin Roosevelt, President Franklin Roosevelt, President Roosevelt, Roosevelt;

Fe / f eɪ /
n1
a heavy ductile magnetic metallic element;

- is silver-white in pure form but readily rusts;

- used in construction and tools and armament;

- plays a role in the transport of oxygen by the blood;

- syn. atomic number 26, iron;

feabane mullet
n1
hairy perennial Eurasian herb with yellow daisylike flowers reputed to destroy or drive away fleas;

- syn. Pulicaria dysenterica, fleabane;

fealty / f i ə ɫ t i /
n1
the loyalty that citizens owe to their country (or subjects to their sovereign);

- syn. allegiance;

fear / f ɪə , f ɪə ɹ /
n1
an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight);

- syn. fearfulness, fright;

n2
an anxious feeling;

- "care had aged him";

- "they hushed it up out of fear of public reaction";

- syn. care, concern;

n3
a feeling of profound respect for someone or something;

- "the fear of God";

- "the Chinese reverence for the dead";

- "the French treat food with gentle reverence";

- "his respect for the law bordered on veneration";

- syn. awe, reverence, veneration;

v1
be afraid or feel anxious or apprehensive about a possible or probable situation or event;

- "I fear she might get aggressive";

v2
be afraid or scared of;

- be frightened of;

- "I fear the winters in Moscow";

- "We should not fear the Communists!";

- syn. dread;

v3
be sorry;

- used to introduce an unpleasant statement;

- "I fear I won't make it to your wedding party";

v4
be uneasy or apprehensive about;

- "I fear the results of the final exams";

v5
regard with feelings of respect and reverence;

- consider hallowed or exalted or be in awe of;

- "Fear God as your father";

- "We venerate genius";

- syn. revere, reverence, venerate;

fearful / f ɪə f ə ɫ /
a1
experiencing or showing fear;

- "a fearful glance";

- "fearful of criticism";

- sim. afraid;

a2
causing fear or dread or terror;

- "the awful war";

- "an awful risk";

- "dire news";

- "a career or vengeance so direful that London was shocked";

- "the dread presence of the headmaster";

- "polio is no longer the dreaded disease it once was";

- "a dreadful storm";

- "a fearful howling";

- "horrendous explosions shook the city";

- "a terrible curse";

- syn. awful, dire, direful, dread, dreaded, dreadful, fearsome, frightening, horrendous, horrific, terrible;

- sim. alarming;

a3
lacking courage;

- ignobly timid and faint-hearted;

- "cowardly dogs, ye will not aid me then"- P.B.Shelley;

- syn. cowardly;

- also afraid, ignoble, timid;

- sim. caitiff, chicken, craven, dastard, faint, funky, poltroon, pusillanimous;

a4
extremely distressing;

- "fearful slum conditions";

- "a frightful mistake";

- syn. frightful;

- sim. bad;

a5
timid by nature or revealing timidity;

- "timorous little mouse";

- "in a timorous tone";

- "cast fearful glances at the large dog";

- syn. timorous, trepid;

- sim. timid;

fearfully / f ɪə f ə ɫ i /
r1
in fear;

- "she hurried down the stairs fearfully";

r2
in an alarming manner;

- "they were fearfully attacked";

fearfulness / f ɪə f ə ɫ n ə s /
n1
an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight);

- syn. fear, fright;

n2
the trait of being afraid;

fearless / f ɪə ɫ ə s /
a1
oblivious of dangers or perils or calmly resolute in facing them;

- syn. unafraid;

- also bold, brave, courageous;

- sim. unapprehensive, unblinking, unfrightened;

a2
invulnerable to fear or intimidation;

- "audacious explorers";

- "fearless reporters and photographers";

- "intrepid pioneers";

- syn. audacious, brave, dauntless, hardy, intrepid, unfearing;

- sim. bold;

fearlessly / f ɪə ɫ ə s ɫ i /
r1
without fear;

- "fearlessly, he led the troops into combat";

- syn. dauntlessly, intrepidly;

fearlessness / f ɪə ɫ ə s n ə s /
n1
feeling no fear;

- syn. bravery;

n2
the trait of feeling no fear;

fearsome / f ɪə s ə m /
a1
causing fear or dread or terror;

- "the awful war";

- "an awful risk";

- "dire news";

- "a career or vengeance so direful that London was shocked";

- "the dread presence of the headmaster";

- "polio is no longer the dreaded disease it once was";

- "a dreadful storm";

- "a fearful howling";

- "horrendous explosions shook the city";

- "a terrible curse";

- syn. awful, dire, direful, dread, dreaded, dreadful, fearful, frightening, horrendous, horrific, terrible;

- sim. alarming;

fearsomely / f ɪə s ə m ɫ i /
r1
in a fearsome manner;

- "a sabre slammed fearsomely through the thicket in all directions";

feasibility / f i z ə b ɪ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
the quality of being doable;

- syn. feasibleness;

feasible / f i z ə b ɫ /
a1
capable of being done with means at hand and circumstances as they are;

- syn. executable, practicable, viable, workable;

- sim. possible;

feasibleness / f i z ə b ɫ n ə s /
n1
the quality of being doable;

- syn. feasibility;

feasibly / f i z ə b ɫ i /
r1
in a practicable manner;

- so as to be feasible;

- syn. practicably;

feast / f i s t /
n1
a ceremonial dinner party for many people;

- syn. banquet;

n2
something experienced with great delight;

- "a feast for the eyes";

n3
a meal that is well prepared and greatly enjoyed;

- "a banquet for the graduating seniors";

- "the Thanksgiving feast";

- "they put out quite a spread";

- syn. banquet, spread;

n4
an elaborate party (often outdoors);

- syn. fete, fiesta;

v1
partake in a feast or banquet;

- syn. banquet, junket;

v2
provide a feast or banquet for;

- syn. banquet, junket;

v3
gratify;

- "feed one's eyes on a gorgeous view";

- syn. feed;

feast day
n1
a day designated for feasting;

- syn. fete day;

Feast of Booths
n1
a major Jewish festival beginning on the eve of the 15th of Tishri and commemorating the shelter of the Israelites during their 40 years in the wilderness;

- syn. Feast of Tabernacles, Succos, Succoth, Sukkoth, Tabernacles;

Feast of Dedication
n1
(Judaism) an eight-day Jewish holiday commemorating the rededication of the Temple of Jerusalem in 165 BC;

- syn. Channukah, Channukkah, Chanukah, Chanukkah, Feast of Lights, Feast of the Dedication, Festival of Lights, Hannukah, Hanukah, Hanukkah;

Feast of Dormition
n1
celebration in the Eastern Orthodox Church of the Virgin Mary's being taken up into heaven when her earthly life ended;

- corresponds to the Assumption in the Roman Catholic Church and is also celebrated on August 15th;

- syn. Dormition;

Feast of Lights
n1
(Judaism) an eight-day Jewish holiday commemorating the rededication of the Temple of Jerusalem in 165 BC;

- syn. Channukah, Channukkah, Chanukah, Chanukkah, Feast of Dedication, Feast of the Dedication, Festival of Lights, Hannukah, Hanukah, Hanukkah;

Feast of Sacrifice
n1
the 10th day of Dhu'l-Hijja;

- all Muslims attend a service in the mosques and those who are not pilgrims perform a ritual slaughter of a sheep (commemorating God's ransom of Abraham's son from sacrifice) and give at least a third of the meat to charity;

- syn. Id al-Adha;

Feast of Tabernacles
n1
a major Jewish festival beginning on the eve of the 15th of Tishri and commemorating the shelter of the Israelites during their 40 years in the wilderness;

- syn. Feast of Booths, Succos, Succoth, Sukkoth, Tabernacles;

Feast of the Circumcision
n1
(Roman Catholic Church and Anglican Church) feast day celebrating the circumcision of Jesus;

- celebrated on January 1st;

- syn. Circumcision, January 1;

Feast of the Dedication
n1
(Judaism) an eight-day Jewish holiday commemorating the rededication of the Temple of Jerusalem in 165 BC;

- syn. Channukah, Channukkah, Chanukah, Chanukkah, Feast of Dedication, Feast of Lights, Festival of Lights, Hannukah, Hanukah, Hanukkah;

Feast of the Unleavened Bread
n1
(Judaism) a Jewish festival (traditionally 8 days from Nissan 15) celebrating the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt;

- syn. Passover, Pesach, Pesah;

Feast of Weeks
n1
(Judaism) Jewish holy day celebrated on the sixth of Sivan to celebrate Moses receiving the Ten Commandments;

- syn. Pentecost, Shabuoth, Shavous, Shavuot, Shavuoth;

feast one's eyes
v1
look at with great enjoyment;

- "She feasted her eyes on the Tuscan landscape";

feasting / f i s t ɪ ŋ /
n1
eating an elaborate meal (often accompanied by entertainment);

- syn. banqueting;

feat / f i t /
n1
a notable achievement;

- "he performed a great feat";

- "the book was her finest effort";

- syn. effort, exploit;

feather / f ɛ ð ə , f ɛ ð ə ɹ /
n1
the light horny waterproof structure forming the external covering of birds;

- syn. plumage, plume;

n2
turning an oar parallel to the water between pulls;

- syn. feathering;

v1
join tongue and groove, in carpentry;

v2
cover or fit with feathers;

v3
turn the paddle;

- in canoeing;

- syn. square;

v4
turn the oar, while rowing;

- syn. square;

v5
grow feathers;

- "The young sparrows are fledging already";

- syn. fledge;

feather-foil
n1
a plant of the genus Hottonia;

- syn. featherfoil;

feather ball
n1
a low tuberculate cactus with white feathery spines;

- northeastern Mexico;

- syn. Mammillaria plumosa;

feather bed
n1
a mattress stuffed with feathers;

- syn. featherbed;

feather boa
n1
a long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or fur;

- syn. boa;

feather geranium
n1
Eurasian aromatic oak-leaved goosefoot with many yellow-green flowers;

- naturalized North America;

- syn. Atriplex mexicana, Chenopodium botrys, Jerusalem oak, Mexican tea;

feather one's nest
v1
enrich oneself by taking advantage of one's position;

- "The congressmen feathered his nest through his connection with big business";

feather palm
n1
palm having pinnate or featherlike leaves;

feather reed grass
n1
a variety of reed grass;

- syn. Calamagrostis acutiflora, feathertop;

feather star
n1
free-swimming stalkless crinoid with ten feathery arms;

- found on muddy sea bottoms;

- syn. comatulid;

featherbed / f ɛ ð ə b ɛ d /
n1
a mattress stuffed with feathers;

- syn. feather bed;

v1
treat with excessive indulgence;

- "grandparents often pamper the children";

- "Let's not mollycoddle our students!";

- syn. baby, cocker, coddle, cosset, indulge, mollycoddle, pamper, spoil;

v2
hire more workers than are necessary;

featherbedding / f ɛ ð ə b ɛ d ɪ ŋ /
n1
the practice (usually by a labor union) of requiring an employer to hire more workers than are required;

featherbrained / f ɛ ð ə b ɹ eɪ n d /
a1
lacking seriousness;

- given to frivolity;

- "a dizzy blonde";

- "light-headed teenagers";

- "silly giggles";

- syn. airheaded, dizzy, empty-headed, giddy, light-headed, lightheaded, silly;

- sim. frivolous;

feathered / f ɛ ð ə d /
a1
adorned with feathers or plumes;

- "a feathered hat";

- syn. feathery, plumy;

- sim. adorned;

a2
having or covered with feathers;

- "our feathered friends";

- sim. aftershafted, featherlike, feathery, fledged, flighted, pennate, plumaged, plumate, plumed, plumelike, velvety-plumaged;

featheredge / f ɛ ð ə ɛ dʒ /
n1
a thin tapering edge;

featheredged
a1
having a rough edge;

- used of handmade paper or paper resembling handmade;

- syn. deckle-edged, deckled;

- sim. bordered;

featherfoil
n1
a plant of the genus Hottonia;

- syn. feather-foil;

featheriness
n1
a light softness;

- syn. downiness, fluffiness;

feathering / f ɛ ð ə ɹ ɪ ŋ /
n1
turning an oar parallel to the water between pulls;

- syn. feather;

featherless / f ɛ ð ə ɫ ɛ s /
a1
having no feathers;

- "a featherless biped";

- "the unfeathered legs of an Orpington";

- syn. unfeathered;

- sim. plucked, unfledged;

featherlike
a1
resembling or suggesting a feather or feathers;

- "feathery palm trees";

- syn. feathery;

- sim. feathered;

feathertop
n1
northeastern tropical African plant having feathery panicles;

- syn. Pennistum villosum, feathertop grass;

n2
a variety of reed grass;

- syn. Calamagrostis acutiflora, feather reed grass;

feathertop grass
n1
northeastern tropical African plant having feathery panicles;

- syn. Pennistum villosum, feathertop;

featherweight / f ɛ ð ə w eɪ t /
n1
an amateur boxer who weighs no more than 126 pounds;

n2
weighs 126-139 pounds;

n3
a professional boxer who weighs between 123 and 126 pounds;

feathery / f ɛ ð ə ɹ i /
a1
resembling or suggesting a feather or feathers;

- "feathery palm trees";

- syn. featherlike;

- sim. feathered;

a2
characterized by a covering of feathers;

- "the feathery congregation of jays";

- sim. feathered;

a3
adorned with feathers or plumes;

- "a feathered hat";

- syn. feathered, plumy;

- sim. adorned;

feature / f i tʃ ə , f i tʃ ə ɹ /
n1
a prominent attribute or aspect of something;

- "the map showed roads and other features";

- "generosity is one of his best characteristics";

- syn. characteristic;

n2
the characteristic parts of a person's face: eyes and nose and mouth and chin;

- "an expression of pleasure crossed his features";

- "his lineaments were very regular";

- syn. lineament;

n3
the principal (full-length) film in a program at a movie theater;

- "the feature tonight is `Casablanca'";

- syn. feature film;

n4
a special or prominent article in a newspaper or magazine;

- "they ran a feature on retirement planning";

- syn. feature article;

n5
(linguistics) a distinctive characteristic of a linguistic unit that serves to distinguish it from other units of the same kind;

- syn. feature of speech;

n6
an article of merchandise that is displayed or advertised more than other articles;

v1
have as a feature;

- "This restaurant features the most famous chefs in France";

- syn. have;

v2
wear or display in an ostentatious or proud manner;

- "she was sporting a new hat";

- syn. boast, sport;

feature article
n1
a special or prominent article in a newspaper or magazine;

- "they ran a feature on retirement planning";

- syn. feature;

feature film
n1
the principal (full-length) film in a program at a movie theater;

- "the feature tonight is `Casablanca'";

- syn. feature;

feature of speech
n1
(linguistics) a distinctive characteristic of a linguistic unit that serves to distinguish it from other units of the same kind;

- syn. feature;

featured / f i tʃ ə d /
a1
made a feature or highlight;

- given prominence;

- "a featured actor";

- "a featured item at the sale";

- sim. conspicuous;

a2
having facial features as specified;

- usually used in combination;

- "a grim-featured man";

- sim. faced;

featureless / f i tʃ ə ɫ ə s /
a1
lacking distinguishing characteristics or features;

- "the featureless landscape of the steppe";

- sim. plain;

Feb / f ɛ b /
n1
the month following January and preceding March;

- syn. February;

Feb 2
n1
feast day commemorating the presentation of Christ in the temple;

- a quarter day in Scotland;

- syn. Candlemas, Candlemas Day;

febricity / f ɛ b ɹ ɪ s ɪ t i /
n1
a rise in the temperature of the body;

- frequently a symptom of infection;

- syn. febrility, fever, feverishness, pyrexia;

febrifuge / f ɛ b ɹ ɪ f j u dʒ /
n1
any medicine that lowers body temperature to prevent or alleviate fever;

- syn. antipyretic;

febrile / f i b ɹ aɪ ɫ /
a1
of or relating to or characterized by fever;

- "a febrile reaction caused by an allergen";

- syn. feverish;

febrility
n1
a rise in the temperature of the body;

- frequently a symptom of infection;

- syn. febricity, fever, feverishness, pyrexia;

February / f ɛ b j ʊə ɹ i /
n1
the month following January and preceding March;

- syn. Feb;

February 12
n1
the day on which President Abraham Lincoln is remembered;

- syn. Lincoln's Birthday;

February 14
n1
a day for the exchange of tokens of affection;

- syn. Saint Valentine's Day, St Valentine's Day, Valentine's Day, Valentine Day;

February 2
n1
if the ground hog emerges and sees his shadow on this day, there will be 6 more weeks of winter;

- syn. Groundhog Day;

February 22
n1
the day on which George Washington is remembered;

- syn. Washington's Birthday;

February 29
n1
the name of the day that is added during a leap year;

- syn. bissextile day, leap day;

February daphne
n1
small European deciduous shrub with fragrant lilac-colored flowers followed by red berries on highly toxic twigs;

- syn. Daphne mezereum, mezereon;

February Revolution
n1
the revolution against the czarist government which led to the abdication of Nicholas II and the creation of a provisional government in March 1917;

- syn. Russian Revolution;

fecal
a1
of or relating to feces;

- "fecal matter";

- syn. faecal;

fecal impaction
n1
accumulation of hardened feces in the rectum or lower colon which the person cannot move;

fecal matter
n1
solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels;

- syn. BM, dejection, faecal matter, faeces, feces, ordure, stool;

fecal occult test
n1
a test performed at home in which you collect specimens of your stool that are tested for traces of blood;

- used to detect colorectal cancers;

- syn. faecal occult test, stool test;

fecalith
n1
a hard mass of fecal matter;

- syn. coprolith, faecalith, stercolith;

feces
n1
solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels;

- syn. BM, dejection, faecal matter, faeces, fecal matter, ordure, stool;

Fechner
n1
German physicist who founded psychophysics;

- derived Fechner's law on the basis of early work by E. H. Weber (1801-1887);

- syn. Gustav Theodor Fechner;

Fechner's law
n1
(psychophysics) the concept that the magnitude of a subjective sensation increases proportional to the logarithm of the stimulus intensity;

- based on early work by E. H. Weber;

- syn. Weber-Fechner law;

feckless / f ɛ k ɫ ɪ s /
a1
not fit to assume responsibility;

- sim. irresponsible;

a2
generally incompetent and ineffectual;

- "feckless attempts to repair the plumbing";

- "inept handling of the account";

- syn. inept;

- sim. incompetent;

fecklessly / f ɛ k ɫ ɪ s ɫ i /
r1
with ineptitude;

- in an incompetent manner;

- "he performed his functions ineptly";

- syn. ineptly;

r2
in a feckless manner;

- irresponsibly and incompetently;

fecklessness / f ɛ k ɫ ɪ s n ə s /
n1
worthlessness due to being feeble and ineffectual;

fecula / f ɛ k j ʊ ɫ ə /
n1
excreta (especially of insects);

feculence / f ɛ k j ʊ ɫ ə n s /
n1
something that is feculent;

feculent / f ɛ k j ʊ ɫ ə n t /
a1
foul with waste matter;

- sim. dirty;

fecund / f ɛ k ə n d /
a1
capable of producing offspring or vegetation;

- sim. fertile;

a2
intellectually productive;

- "a prolific writer";

- "a fecund imagination";

- syn. fertile, prolific;

- sim. productive;

fecundate / f i k ə n d eɪ t /
v1
make fertile or productive;

- "The course fertilized her imagination";

- syn. fertilise, fertilize;

v2
introduce semen into (a female);

- syn. fertilise, fertilize, inseminate;

fecundation / f i k ə n d eɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
creation by the physical union of male and female gametes;

- of sperm and ova in an animal or pollen and ovule in a plant;

- syn. fertilisation, fertilization, impregnation;

n2
making fertile as by applying fertilizer or manure;

- syn. dressing, fertilisation, fertilization;

fecundity / f ɪ k ʌ n d ɪ t i /
n1
the intellectual productivity of a creative imagination;

- syn. fruitfulness;

n2
the state of being fertile;

- capable of producing offspring;

- syn. fertility;

n3
the quality of something that causes or assists healthy growth;

- syn. fruitfulness;

Fed / f ɛ d /
n1
any federal law-enforcement officer;

- syn. Federal, federal official;

n2
the central bank of the United States;

- incorporates 12 Federal Reserve branch banks and all national banks and state-chartered commercial banks and some trust companies;

- "the Fed seeks to control the United States economy by raising and lowering short-term interest rates and the money supply";

- syn. FRS, Federal Reserve, Federal Reserve System;

fed up
a1
having a strong distaste from surfeit;

- "grew more and more disgusted";

- "fed up with their complaints";

- "sick of it all";

- "sick to death of flattery";

- "gossip that makes one sick";

- "tired of the noise and smoke";

- syn. disgusted, sick, sick of, tired of;

- sim. displeased;

fedayeen
n1
(plural) Arab guerrillas who operate mainly against Israel;

Fedayeen Saddam
n1
a feared paramilitary unit formed in 1995 by young soldiers to serve Saddam Hussein against domestic opponents;

- syn. Saddam's Martyrs;

fedelline
n1
extremely fine pasta thinner than vermicelli;

Federal / f ɛ d ə ɹ ə ɫ /
n1
a member of the Union Army during the American Civil War;

- syn. Federal soldier, Union soldier;

n2
any federal law-enforcement officer;

- syn. Fed, federal official;

a1
national;

- especially in reference to the government of the United States as distinct from that of its member units;

- "the Federal Bureau of Investigation";

- "federal courts";

- "the federal highway program";

- "federal property";

- sim. national;

a2
of or relating to the central government of a federation;

- "a federal district is one set aside as the seat of the national government";

a3
being of or having to do with the northern United States and those loyal to the Union during the American Civil War;

- "Union soldiers";

- "Federal forces";

- "a Federal infantryman";

- syn. Union;

- sim. northern;

a4
characterized by or constituting a form of government in which power is divided between one central and several regional authorities;

- "a federal system like that of the United States";

- "federal governments often evolved out of confederations";

federal agency
n1
an administrative unit of government;

- "the Central Intelligence Agency";

- "the Census Bureau";

- "Office of Management and Budget";

- "Tennessee Valley Authority";

- syn. agency, authority, bureau, government agency, office;

federal agent
n1
any agent or representative of a federal agency or bureau;

- syn. agent;

Federal Aviation Administration
n1
an agency in the Department of Transportation that is responsible for the safety of civilian aviation;

- syn. FAA;

Federal Bureau of Investigation
n1
a federal law enforcement agency that is the principal investigative arm of the Department of Justice;

- syn. FBI;

Federal Bureau of Prisons
n1
the law enforcement agency of the Justice Department that operates a nationwide system of prisons and detention facilities to incarcerate inmates sentenced to imprisonment for federal crimes;

- syn. BoP;

Federal Communications Commission
n1
an independent government agency that regulates interstate and international communications by radio and television and wire and cable and satellite;

- syn. FCC;

federal court
n1
a court establish by the authority of a federal government;

federal deficit
n1
an excess of the federal government's spending over its revenue;

- "federal deficits can cause inflation";

Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
n1
Ethiopia is a republic in northeastern Africa on the Red Sea;

- formerly called Abyssinia;

- syn. Abyssinia, Ethiopia, Yaltopya;

federal department
n1
a department of the federal government of the United States;

- syn. department of the federal government, federal office;

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
n1
a federally sponsored corporation that insures accounts in national banks and other qualified institutions;

- syn. FDIC;

federal district
n1
a district set apart as the seat of government of a federation;

Federal Emergency Management Agency
n1
an independent agency of the United States government that provides a single point of accountability for all federal emergency preparedness and mitigation and response activities;

- syn. FEMA;

federal government
n1
a government with strong central powers;

Federal Home Loan Bank System
n1
the central credit system for thrift institutions;

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation
n1
a corporation authorized by Congress to provide a secondary market for residential mortgages;

- syn. FHLMC, Freddie Mac;

Federal Housing Administration
n1
the federal agency in the Department of Housing and Urban Development that insures residential mortgages;

- syn. FHA;

Federal Islamic Republic of the Comoros
n1
a country on the Comoro Islands;

- syn. Comoros;

federal job safety law
n1
a law passed by the United States Congress that created the Occupational Safety and Health Administration to prevent employees from being injured or contracting diseases in the course of their employment;

- syn. occupational safety and health act;

Federal Judiciary
n1
the judiciary of the United States which is responsible for interpreting and enforcing federal laws;

Federal Law Enforcement Training Center
n1
a center in the Department of Homeland Security that trains law enforcement professionals for more than seventy federal agencies;

- syn. FLETC;

Federal National Mortgage Association
n1
a federally chartered corporation that purchases mortgages;

- syn. FNMA, Fannie Mae;

federal office
n1
a department of the federal government of the United States;

- syn. department of the federal government, federal department;

federal official
n1
any federal law-enforcement officer;

- syn. Fed, Federal;

Federal Party
n1
a major political party in the United States in the early 19th century;

- founded by Alexander Hamilton;

- favored a strong centralized government;

- syn. American Federalist Party, Federalist Party;

Federal Protective Service
n1
an agency in the General Services Administration that is a security organization to provide a safe environment where Federal agencies can conduct their business;

- syn. FPS;

Federal Republic of Germany
n1
a republic in north central Europe on the North Sea;

- established in 1949 from the zones of Germany occupied by the British and French and Americans after the German defeat;

- reunified with East Germany in 1990;

- syn. West Germany;

n2
a republic in central Europe;

- split into East Germany and West Germany after World War II and reunited in 1990;

- syn. Deutschland, FRG, Germany;

Federal Republic of Nigeria
n1
a republic in West Africa on the Gulf of Guinea;

- gained independence from Britain in 1960;

- most populous African country;

- syn. Nigeria;

Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
n1
a mountainous republic in southeastern Europe bordering on the Adriatic Sea;

- formed from two of the six republics that made up Yugoslavia until 1992;

- Serbia and Montenegro were known as the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia until 2003 when they adopted the name of the Union of Serbia and Montenegro;

- syn. Jugoslavija, Serbia and Montenegro, Union of Serbia and Montenegro, Yugoslavia;

Federal Reserve
n1
the central bank of the United States;

- incorporates 12 Federal Reserve branch banks and all national banks and state-chartered commercial banks and some trust companies;

- "the Fed seeks to control the United States economy by raising and lowering short-term interest rates and the money supply";

- syn. FRS, Fed, Federal Reserve System;

Federal Reserve Bank
n1
one of 12 regional banks that monitor and act as depositories for banks in their region;

- syn. reserve bank;

Federal Reserve Board
n1
the seven-member board governing the Federal Reserve System;

Federal Reserve note
n1
a piece of paper money (especially one issued by a central bank);

- "he peeled off five one-thousand-zloty notes";

- syn. bank bill, bank note, banker's bill, banknote, bill, government note, greenback, note;

Federal Reserve System
n1
the central bank of the United States;

- incorporates 12 Federal Reserve branch banks and all national banks and state-chartered commercial banks and some trust companies;

- "the Fed seeks to control the United States economy by raising and lowering short-term interest rates and the money supply";

- syn. FRS, Fed, Federal Reserve;

federal savings bank
n1
a federally chartered savings bank;

- syn. FSB;

Federal Security Bureau
n1
the internal counterintelligence agency of the Russian Federation and successor to the Soviet KGB;

- formerly led by Vladimir Putin;

- syn. FSB, Federal Security Service;

Federal Security Service
n1
the internal counterintelligence agency of the Russian Federation and successor to the Soviet KGB;

- formerly led by Vladimir Putin;

- syn. FSB, Federal Security Bureau;

Federal soldier
n1
a member of the Union Army during the American Civil War;

- syn. Federal, Union soldier;

federal tax lien
n1
lien of the United States on all property of a taxpayer who fails to pay the federal government the taxes for which he or she is liable;

Federal Trade Commission
n1
an independent agency of the United States federal government that maintains fair and free competition;

- enforces federal antitrust laws;

- educates the public about identity theft;

- syn. FTC;

federalisation / f ɛ d ə ɹ ə ɫ aɪ z eɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
the state of being under federal control;

- "the federalization of postal service";

- syn. federalization;

n2
the act of being put under federal control;

- syn. federalization;

federalise
v1
put under the control and authority of a federal government;

- syn. federalize;

v2
enter into a league for a common purpose;

- "The republics federated to become the Soviet Union";

- syn. federalize, federate;

v3
unite on a federal basis or band together as a league;

- "The country was federated after the civil war";

- syn. federalize, federate;

federalism / f ɛ d ə ɹ ə ɫ ɪ z ə m /
n1
the idea of a federal organization of more or less self-governing units;

Federalist / f ɛ d ə ɹ ə ɫ ɪ s t /
n1
a member of a former political party in the United States that favored a strong centralized federal government;

n2
an advocate of federalism;

Federalist Party
n1
a major political party in the United States in the early 19th century;

- founded by Alexander Hamilton;

- favored a strong centralized government;

- syn. American Federalist Party, Federal Party;

federalization / f ɛ d ə ɹ ə ɫ aɪ z eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the state of being under federal control;

- "the federalization of postal service";

- syn. federalisation;

n2
the act of being put under federal control;

- syn. federalisation;

federalize / f ɛ d ə ɹ ə ɫ aɪ z /
v1
unite on a federal basis or band together as a league;

- "The country was federated after the civil war";

- syn. federalise, federate;

v2
put under the control and authority of a federal government;

- syn. federalise;

v3
enter into a league for a common purpose;

- "The republics federated to become the Soviet Union";

- syn. federalise, federate;

federally / f ɛ d ə ɹ ə ɫ i /
r1
by federal government;

- "it's federally regulated";

federate / f ɛ d ə ɹ eɪ t , f ɛ d ə ɹ ɪ t /
v1
enter into a league for a common purpose;

- "The republics federated to become the Soviet Union";

- syn. federalise, federalize;

v2
unite on a federal basis or band together as a league;

- "The country was federated after the civil war";

- syn. federalise, federalize;

a1
united under a central government;

- syn. federated;

- sim. united;

federated / f ɛ d ə ɹ eɪ t ɪ d /
a1
united under a central government;

- syn. federate;

- sim. united;

Federated States of Micronesia
n1
a country scattered over Micronesia with a constitutional government in free association with the United States;

- achieved independence in 1986;

- syn. Micronesia, TT;

federation / f ɛ d ə ɹ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
an organization formed by merging several groups or parties;

n2
a union of political organizations;

- syn. confederacy, confederation;

n3
the act of constituting a political unity out of a number of separate states or colonies or provinces so that each member retains the management of its internal affairs;

Federation of Malaysia
n1
a constitutional monarchy in southeastern Asia on Borneo and the Malay Peninsula;

- achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1957;

- syn. Malaysia;

Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis
n1
a country on several of the Leeward Islands;

- located to the east southeast of Puerto Rico;

- achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1983;

- syn. Saint Christopher-Nevis, Saint Kitts and Nevis, St. Christopher-Nevis, St. Kitts and Nevis;

federation of tribes
n1
a federation (as of American Indians);

- syn. tribe;

Federative Republic of Brazil
n1
the largest Latin American country and the largest Portuguese speaking country in the world;

- located in the central and northeastern part of South America;

- world's leading coffee exporter;

- syn. Brasil, Brazil;

Federico Fellini
n1
Italian filmmaker (1920-1993);

- syn. Fellini;

federita
n1
a Sudanese sorghum having exceptionally large soft white grains;

- syn. Sorghum vulgare caudatum, feterita;

fedora
n1
a hat made of felt with a creased crown;

- syn. Stetson, felt hat, homburg, trilby;

fee / f i /
n1
a fixed charge for a privilege or for professional services;

n2
an interest in land capable of being inherited;

v1
give a tip or gratuity to in return for a service, beyond the compensation agreed on;

- "Remember to tip the waiter";

- "fee the steward";

- syn. bung, tip;

fee-tail
v1
limit the inheritance of property to a specific class of heirs;

- syn. entail;

fee simple
n1
a fee without limitation to any class of heirs;

- they can sell it or give it away;

fee splitting
n1
payment (usually by doctors or lawyers) of part of the fee in return for the referral;

fee tail
n1
a fee limited to a particular line of heirs;

- they are not free to sell it or give it away;

feeble / f i b ɫ /
a1
pathetically lacking in force or effectiveness;

- "a feeble excuse";

- "a lame argument";

- syn. lame;

- sim. weak;

a2
lacking strength or vigor;

- "damning with faint praise";

- "faint resistance";

- "feeble efforts";

- "a feeble voice";

- syn. faint;

- sim. weak;

a3
lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality;

- "a feeble old woman";

- "her body looked sapless";

- syn. debile, decrepit, infirm, rickety, sapless, weak, weakly;

- sim. frail;

a4
lacking strength;

- "a weak, nerveless fool, devoid of energy and promptitude"- Nathaniel Hawthorne;

- syn. nerveless;

- sim. powerless;

feebleminded / f i b ɫ m aɪ n d ɪ d /
a1
retarded in intellectual development;

- syn. backward, half-witted, slow-witted;

- sim. retarded;

feeblemindedness / f i b ɫ m aɪ n d ɪ d n ɪ s /
n1
severe mental deficiency;

feebleness / f i b ɫ n ə s /
n1
the state of being weak in health or body (especially from old age);

- syn. debility, frailness, frailty, infirmity, valetudinarianism;

n2
the quality of lacking intensity or substance;

- "a shrill yet sweet tenuity of voice"- Nathaniel Hawthorne;

- syn. tenuity;

feebly / f i b ɫ i /
r1
in a faint and feeble manner;

- "the lighthouse, flashing feebly against the sleet-blurred, rocky backdrop of the coast of north west Norway";

r2
in a halting and feeble manner;

- "reform, in fact, is, rather feebly, on the win";

feed / f i d /
n1
food for domestic livestock;

- syn. provender;

v1
provide as food;

- "Feed the guests the nuts";

v2
give food to;

- "Feed the starving children in India";

- "don't give the child this tough meat";

- syn. give;

v3
feed into;

- supply;

- "Her success feeds her vanity";

v4
introduce continuously;

- "feed carrots into a food processor";

- syn. feed in;

v5
support or promote;

- "His admiration fed her vanity";

v6
take in food;

- used of animals only;

- "This dog doesn't eat certain kinds of meat";

- "What do whales eat?";

- syn. eat;

v7
serve as food for;

- be the food for;

- "This dish feeds six";

v8
move along, of liquids;

- "Water flowed into the cave";

- "the Missouri feeds into the Mississippi";

- syn. course, flow, run;

v9
profit from in an exploitatory manner;

- "He feeds on her insecurity";

- syn. prey;

v10
gratify;

- "feed one's eyes on a gorgeous view";

- syn. feast;

v11
provide with fertilizers or add nutrients to;

- "We should fertilize soil if we want to grow healthy plants";

- syn. fertilise, fertilize;

feed back
v1
submit (information) again to a program or automatic system;

- syn. resubmit;

v2
respond to a query or outcome;

feed bunk
n1
a long trough for feeding cattle;

- syn. bunk;

feed grain
n1
grain grown for cattle feed;

feed in
v1
introduce continuously;

- "feed carrots into a food processor";

- syn. feed;

feed on
v1
be sustained by;

- "He fed on the great ideas of her mentor";

- syn. feed upon;

feed upon
v1
be sustained by;

- "He fed on the great ideas of her mentor";

- syn. feed on;

feedback / f i d b æ k /
n1
the process in which part of the output of a system is returned to its input in order to regulate its further output;

n2
response to an inquiry or experiment;

feedback circuit
n1
a circuit that feeds back some of the output to the input of a system;

- syn. feedback loop;

feedback loop
n1
a circuit that feeds back some of the output to the input of a system;

- syn. feedback circuit;

feedbag / f i d b æ ɡ /
n1
a canvas bag that is used to feed an animal (such as a horse);

- covers the muzzle and fastens at the top of the head;

- syn. nosebag;

feeder / f i d ə , f i d ə ɹ /
n1
an animal being fattened or suitable for fattening;

n2
someone who consumes food for nourishment;

- syn. eater;

n3
a branch that flows into the main stream;

- syn. affluent, confluent, tributary;

n4
a machine that automatically provides a supply of some material;

- "the feeder discharged feed into a trough for the livestock";

- syn. self-feeder;

n5
an outdoor device that supplies food for wild birds;

- syn. bird feeder, birdfeeder;

n6
an animal that feeds on a particular source of food;

- "a bark feeder";

- "a mud feeder";

feeder line
n1
a branching path off of a main transportation line (especially an airline);

feeding / f i d ɪ ŋ /
n1
the act of consuming food;

- syn. eating;

n2
the act of supplying food and nourishment;

- syn. alimentation;

feeding bottle
n1
a vessel fitted with a flexible teat and filled with milk or formula;

- used as a substitute for breast feeding infants and very young children;

- syn. bottle, nursing bottle;

feeding chair
n1
a chair for feeding a very young child;

- has four long legs and a footrest and a detachable tray;

- syn. highchair;

feedlot / f i d ɫ ɒ t /
n1
a building where livestock are fattened for market;

feedstock / f i d s t ɒ k /
n1
the raw material that is required for some industrial process;

feel / f i ɫ /
n1
an intuitive awareness;

- "he has a feel for animals";

- "it's easy when you get the feel of it";

n2
the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people;

- "the feel of the city excited him";

- "a clergyman improved the tone of the meeting";

- "it had the smell of treason";

- syn. feeling, flavor, flavour, look, smell, spirit, tone;

n3
a property perceived by touch;

- syn. tactile property;

n4
manual stimulation of the genital area for sexual pleasure;

- "the girls hated it when he tried to sneak a feel";

v1
undergo an emotional sensation or be in a particular state of mind;

- "She felt resentful";

- "He felt regret";

- syn. experience;

- also feel for;

v2
come to believe on the basis of emotion, intuitions, or indefinite grounds;

- "I feel that he doesn't like me";

- "I find him to be obnoxious";

- "I found the movie rather entertaining";

- syn. find;

v3
perceive by a physical sensation, e.g., coming from the skin or muscles;

- "He felt the wind";

- "She felt an object brushing her arm";

- "He felt his flesh crawl";

- "She felt the heat when she got out of the car";

- syn. sense;

v4
be conscious of a physical, mental, or emotional state;

- "My cold is gone--I feel fine today";

- "She felt tired after the long hike";

- "She felt sad after her loss";

v5
have a feeling or perception about oneself in reaction to someone's behavior or attitude;

- "She felt small and insignificant";

- "You make me feel naked";

- "I made the students feel different about themselves";

v6
undergo passive experience of;

- "We felt the effects of inflation";

- "her fingers felt their way through the string quartet";

- "she felt his contempt of her";

v7
be felt or perceived in a certain way;

- "The ground feels shaky";

- "The sheets feel soft";

v8
grope or feel in search of something;

- "He felt for his wallet";

v9
examine by touch;

- "Feel this soft cloth!";

- "The customer fingered the sweater";

- syn. finger;

v10
examine (a body part) by palpation;

- "The nurse palpated the patient's stomach";

- "The runner felt her pulse";

- syn. palpate;

v11
find by testing or cautious exploration;

- "He felt his way around the dark room";

v12
produce a certain impression;

- "It feels nice to be home again";

v13
pass one's hands over the sexual organs of;

- "He felt the girl in the movie theater";

feel for
v1
share the suffering of;

- syn. compassionate, condole with, pity, sympathize with;

feel like
v1
have an inclination for something or some activity;

- "I feel like staying in bed all day";

- "I feel like a cold beer now";

feel like a million
v1
be in excellent health and spirits;

- "he feels like a million after he got the promotion";

- syn. feel like a million dollars;

feel like a million dollars
v1
be in excellent health and spirits;

- "he feels like a million after he got the promotion";

- syn. feel like a million;

feel out
v1
try to learn someone's opinions and intentions;

- "I have to sound out the new professor";

- syn. check out, sound out;

feeler / f i ɫ ə , f i ɫ ə ɹ /
n1
one of a pair of mobile appendages on the head of e.g. insects and crustaceans;

- typically sensitive to touch and taste;

- syn. antenna;

n2
a tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others;

- "she rejected his advances";

- syn. advance, approach, overture;

n3
sensitivity similar to that of a receptor organ;

- "he had a special antenna for public relations";

- syn. antenna;

n4
slender tactile process on the jaws of a fish;

- syn. barbel;

feeling / f i ɫ ɪ ŋ /
n1
the experiencing of affective and emotional states;

- "she had a feeling of euphoria";

- "he had terrible feelings of guilt";

- "I disliked him and the feeling was mutual";

n2
a vague idea in which some confidence is placed;

- "his impression of her was favorable";

- "what are your feelings about the crisis?";

- "it strengthened my belief in his sincerity";

- "I had a feeling that she was lying";

- syn. belief, impression, notion, opinion;

n3
the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people;

- "the feel of the city excited him";

- "a clergyman improved the tone of the meeting";

- "it had the smell of treason";

- syn. feel, flavor, flavour, look, smell, spirit, tone;

n4
a physical sensation that you experience;

- "he had a queasy feeling";

- "I had a strange feeling in my leg";

- "he lost all feeling in his arm";

n5
the sensation produced by pressure receptors in the skin;

- "she likes the touch of silk on her skin";

- "the surface had a greasy feeling";

- syn. tactile sensation, tactual sensation, touch, touch sensation;

n6
an intuitive understanding of something;

- "he had a great feeling for music";

- syn. intuitive feeling;

feeling of movement
n1
the perception of body position and movement and muscular tensions etc;

- syn. kinaesthesia, kinesthesia;

feelingly / f i ɫ ɪ ŋ ɫ i /
r1
with great feeling;

- "she spoke feelingly of her early childhood";

feelings / f i ɫ ɪ ŋ z /
n1
emotional or moral sensitivity (especially in relation to personal principles or dignity);

- "the remark hurt his feelings";

feetfirst
r1
with the feet foremost;

- "he jumped into the pool feetfirst";

Fehling's solution
n1
a liquid solution of copper sulfate and potassium tartrate and sodium hydroxide that is used to test for sugar in the urine;

- solution turns reddish when sugar is present;

Feifer
n1
United States cartoonist who created a sarcastic comic strip (born in 1929);

- syn. Jules Feifer;

feign / f eɪ n /
v1
make believe with the intent to deceive;

- "He feigned that he was ill";

- "He shammed a headache";

- syn. affect, dissemble, pretend, sham;

v2
make a pretence of;

- "She assumed indifference, even though she was seething with anger";

- "he feigned sleep";

- syn. assume, sham, simulate;

feigned / f eɪ n d /
a1
not genuine;

- "feigned sympathy";

- sim. insincere;

feigning / f eɪ n ɪ ŋ /
n1
pretending with intention to deceive;

- syn. dissembling, pretence, pretense;

n2
the act of giving a false appearance;

- "his conformity was only pretending";

- syn. pretence, pretending, pretense, simulation;

feijoa
n1
South American shrub having edible greenish plumlike fruit;

- syn. feijoa bush;

n2
dark-green kiwi-sized tropical fruit with white flesh;

- used chiefly for jellies and preserves;

- syn. pineapple guava;

feijoa bush
n1
South American shrub having edible greenish plumlike fruit;

- syn. feijoa;

feint / f eɪ n t /
n1
any distracting or deceptive maneuver (as a mock attack);

v1
deceive by a mock action;

- "The midfielder feinted to shoot";

feist
n1
a nervous belligerent little mongrel dog;

- syn. fice;

feisty
a1
showing courage;

- "the champion is faced with a feisty challenger";

- syn. plucky, spunky;

- sim. spirited;

a2
quick to take offense;

- syn. huffy, thin-skinned, touchy;

- sim. sensitive;

felafel
n1
small croquette of mashed chick peas or fava beans seasoned with sesame seeds;

- syn. falafel;

Feldene
n1
a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Feldene) used to treat arthritis and other inflammatory conditions;

- syn. piroxicam;

feldspar / f ɛ ɫ d s p ɑ , f ɛ ɫ d s p ɑr /
n1
any of a group of hard crystalline minerals that consist of aluminum silicates of potassium or sodium or calcium or barium;

- syn. felspar;

Felicia / f ə ɫ ɪ ʃ ə /
n1
genus of tropical African herbs or subshrubs with usually blue flowers;

- syn. genus Felicia;

Felicia amelloides
n1
hairy South African or Australian subshrub that has daisylike flowers with blue rays;

- syn. blue daisy, blue marguerite;

Felicia bergeriana
n1
softly hairy South African herb having flowers with bright blue rays;

- syn. kingfisher daisy;

felicitate / f ə ɫ ɪ s ɪ t eɪ t /
v1
express congratulations;

- syn. congratulate;

felicitation / f ə ɫ ɪ s ɪ t eɪ ʃ n /
n1
(usually plural) an expression of pleasure at the success or good fortune of another;

- "I sent them my sincere congratulations on their marriage";

- syn. congratulation;

n2
the act of acknowledging that someone has an occasion for celebration;

- syn. congratulation;

felicitous / f ə ɫ ɪ s ɪ t ə s /
a1
exhibiting an agreeably appropriate manner or style;

- "a felicitous speaker";

- also happy;

- sim. congratulatory, happy, well-turned, well-wishing;

a2
marked by good fortune;

- "a felicitous life";

- "a happy outcome";

- syn. happy;

- sim. fortunate;

felicitously / f ə ɫ ɪ s ɪ t ə s ɫ i /
r1
in a felicitous manner;

- "a not felicitously chosen word";

felicitousness / f ə ɫ ɪ s ɪ t ə s n ə s /
n1
pleasing and appropriate manner or style (especially manner or style of expression);

- syn. felicity;

felicity / f ə ɫ ɪ s ɪ t i /
n1
pleasing and appropriate manner or style (especially manner or style of expression);

- syn. felicitousness;

n2
state of well-being characterized by emotions ranging from contentment to intense joy;

- syn. happiness;

felid
n1
any of various lithe-bodied roundheaded fissiped mammals, many with retractile claws;

- syn. feline;

Felidae
n1
cats;

- wildcats;

- lions;

- leopards;

- cheetahs;

- saber-toothed tigers;

- syn. family Felidae;

feline / f i ɫ aɪ n /
n1
any of various lithe-bodied roundheaded fissiped mammals, many with retractile claws;

- syn. felid;

a1
of or relating to cats;

- "feline fur";

Felis
n1
type genus of the Felidae: true cats and most wildcats;

- syn. genus Felis;

Felis bengalensis
n1
small spotted wildcat of southern Asia and Malaysia;

- syn. leopard cat;

Felis catus
n1
any domesticated member of the genus Felis;

- syn. Felis domesticus, domestic cat, house cat;

Felis chaus
n1
small Asiatic wildcat;

- syn. jungle cat;

Felis concolor
n1
large American feline resembling a lion;

- syn. catamount, cougar, mountain lion, painter, panther, puma;

Felis domesticus
n1
any domesticated member of the genus Felis;

- syn. Felis catus, domestic cat, house cat;

Felis manul
n1
small wildcat of the mountains of Siberia and Tibet and Mongolia;

- syn. Pallas's cat, manul;

Felis ocreata
n1
widely distributed wildcat of Africa and Asia Minor;

- syn. caffer cat, kaffir cat;

Felis onca
n1
a large spotted feline of tropical America similar to the leopard;

- in some classifications considered a member of the genus Felis;

- syn. Panthera onca, jaguar, panther;

Felis pardalis
n1
nocturnal wildcat of Central America and South America having a dark-spotted buff-brown coat;

- syn. ocelot, panther cat;

Felis serval
n1
slender long-legged African wildcat having large untufted ears and tawny black-spotted coat;

- syn. serval;

Felis silvestris
n1
bushy-tailed wildcat of Europe that resembles the domestic cat and is regarded as the ancestor of the domestic cat;

- syn. European wildcat, catamountain;

Felis tigrina
n1
medium-sized wildcat of Central America and South America having a dark-striped coat;

- syn. tiger cat;

Felis wiedi
n1
small spotted wildcat found from Texas to Brazil;

- syn. margay, margay cat;

Felis yagouaroundi
n1
long-bodied long-tailed tropical American wildcat;

- syn. eyra, jaguarondi, jaguarundi, jaguarundi cat;

Felix Klein
n1
German mathematician who created the Klein bottle (1849-1925);

- syn. Klein;

Felix Mendelssohn
n1
German musician and romantic composer of orchestral and choral works (1809-1847);

- syn. Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Mendelssohn;

Feliz Lusitania
n1
port city in northern Brazil in the Amazon delta;

- main port and commercial center for the Amazon River basin;

- syn. Belem, Para, Santa Maria de Belem, St. Mary of Bethlehem;

fell / f ɛ ɫ /
n1
the dressed skin of an animal (especially a large animal);

- syn. hide;

n2
seam made by turning under or folding together and stitching the seamed materials to avoid rough edges;

- syn. felled seam;

n3
the act of felling something (as a tree);

v1
cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow;

- "strike down a tree";

- "Lightning struck down the hikers";

- syn. cut down, drop, strike down;

v2
pass away rapidly;

- "Time flies like an arrow";

- "Time fleeing beneath him";

- syn. fly, vanish;

v3
sew a seam by folding the edges;

a1
(of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering;

- "a barbarous crime";

- "brutal beatings";

- "cruel tortures";

- "Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks";

- "a savage slap";

- "vicious kicks";

- syn. barbarous, brutal, cruel, roughshod, savage, vicious;

- sim. inhumane;

fella / f ɛ ɫ ə /
n1
a boy or man;

- "that chap is your host";

- "there's a fellow at the door";

- "he's a likable cuss";

- "he's a good bloke";

- syn. blighter, bloke, chap, cuss, feller, fellow, gent, lad;

fellah / f ɛ ɫ ə /
n1
an agricultural laborer in Arab countries;

Fellata
n1
a member of a pastoral and nomadic people of western Africa;

- they are traditionally cattle herders of Muslim faith;

- syn. Fula, Fulah, Fulani, Fulbe;

fellate / f ɛ ɫ ɛ t /
v1
provide sexual gratification through oral stimulation;

- syn. blow, go down on, suck;

fellatio
n1
oral stimulation of the penis;

- syn. fellation;

fellation
n1
oral stimulation of the penis;

- syn. fellatio;

felled seam
n1
seam made by turning under or folding together and stitching the seamed materials to avoid rough edges;

- syn. fell;

feller / f ɛ ɫ ə /
n1
a person who fells trees;

- syn. faller, logger, lumberjack, lumberman;

n2
a boy or man;

- "that chap is your host";

- "there's a fellow at the door";

- "he's a likable cuss";

- "he's a good bloke";

- syn. blighter, bloke, chap, cuss, fella, fellow, gent, lad;

Fellini
n1
Italian filmmaker (1920-1993);

- syn. Federico Fellini;

felloe / f ɛ ɫ oʊ /
n1
rim (or part of the rim) into which spokes are inserted;

- syn. felly;

fellow / f ɛ ɫ oʊ /
n1
a boy or man;

- "that chap is your host";

- "there's a fellow at the door";

- "he's a likable cuss";

- "he's a good bloke";

- syn. blighter, bloke, chap, cuss, fella, feller, gent, lad;

n2
a friend who is frequently in the company of another;

- "drinking companions";

- "comrades in arms";

- syn. associate, companion, comrade, familiar;

n3
a person who is member of one's class or profession;

- "the surgeon consulted his colleagues";

- "he sent e-mail to his fellow hackers";

- syn. colleague, confrere;

n4
one of a pair;

- "he lost the mate to his shoe";

- "one eye was blue but its fellow was brown";

- syn. mate;

n5
a member of a learned society;

- "he was elected a fellow of the American Physiological Association";

n6
an informal form of address for a man;

- "Say, fellow, what are you doing?";

- "Hey buster, what's up?";

- syn. buster, dude;

n7
a man who is the lover of a man or woman;

- "if I'd known he was her boyfriend I wouldn't have asked";

- "When the law changed, Pet could finally married his long-time boyfriend Jim";

- syn. beau, boyfriend, swain;

fellow feeling
n1
sharing the feelings of others (especially feelings of sorrow or anguish);

- syn. sympathy;

fellow member
n1
one of the persons who compose a social group (especially individuals who have joined and participate in a group organization);

- "only members will be admitted";

- "a member of the faculty";

- "she was introduced to all the members of his family";

- syn. member;

fellow traveler
n1
a communist sympathizer (but not a member of the Communist Party);

- syn. fellow traveller;

n2
a traveler who accompanies you;

- syn. companion, fellow traveller;

fellow traveller
n1
a communist sympathizer (but not a member of the Communist Party);

- syn. fellow traveler;

n2
a traveler who accompanies you;

- syn. companion, fellow traveler;

fellow worker
n1
an associate that one works with;

- syn. co-worker, colleague, workfellow;

fellowship / f ɛ ɫ oʊ ʃ ɪ p /
n1
an association of people who share common beliefs or activities;

- "the message was addressed not just to employees but to every member of the company family";

- "the church welcomed new members into its fellowship";

- syn. family;

n2
the state of being with someone;

- "he missed their company";

- "he enjoyed the society of his friends";

- syn. companionship, company, society;

n3
money granted (by a university or foundation or other agency) for advanced study or research;

felly / f ɛ ɫ i /
n1
rim (or part of the rim) into which spokes are inserted;

- syn. felloe;

felo-de-se
n1
a person who kills himself intentionally;

- syn. suicide;

n2
an act of deliberate self destruction;

felon / f ɛ ɫ ə n /
n1
someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime;

- syn. criminal, crook, malefactor, outlaw;

n2
a purulent infection at the end of a finger or toe in the area surrounding the nail;

- syn. whitlow;

felonious / f ɪ ɫ oʊ n ɪə s /
a1
involving or being or having the nature of a crime;

- "a criminal offense";

- "criminal abuse";

- "felonious intent";

- syn. criminal;

- sim. illegal;

felony / f ɛ ɫ ə n i /
n1
a serious crime (such as murder or arson);

felspar / f ɛ ɫ s p ɑ , f ɛ ɫ s p ɑr /
n1
any of a group of hard crystalline minerals that consist of aluminum silicates of potassium or sodium or calcium or barium;

- syn. feldspar;

felt / f ɛ ɫ t /
n1
a fabric made of compressed matted animal fibers;

v1
mat together and make felt-like;

- "felt the wool";

v2
cover with felt;

- "felt a cap";

v3
change texture so as to become matted and felt-like;

- "The fabric felted up after several washes";

- syn. felt up, mat, mat up, matt-up, matte, matte up;

felt-tip pen
n1
a pen with a writing tip made of felt (trade name Magic Marker);

- syn. Magic Marker, felt-tipped pen, felt tip;

felt-tipped pen
n1
a pen with a writing tip made of felt (trade name Magic Marker);

- syn. Magic Marker, felt-tip pen, felt tip;

felt fern
n1
east Asian fern having fronds shaped like tongues;

- sometimes placed in genus Cyclophorus;

- syn. Cyclophorus lingua, Pyrrosia lingua, tongue fern;

felt fungus
n1
fungus that frequently encircles twigs and branches of various trees especially citrus trees in southern United States;

- syn. Septobasidium pseudopedicellatum;

felt hat
n1
a hat made of felt with a creased crown;

- syn. Stetson, fedora, homburg, trilby;

felt tip
n1
a pen with a writing tip made of felt (trade name Magic Marker);

- syn. Magic Marker, felt-tip pen, felt-tipped pen;

felt up
v1
change texture so as to become matted and felt-like;

- "The fabric felted up after several washes";

- syn. felt, mat, mat up, matt-up, matte, matte up;

felted / f ɛ ɫ t ɪ d /
a1
made by combining fibers with a binder using heat and pressure;

- "felt is a felted cloth";

- sim. unwoven;

felucca / f ɛ ɫ ʌ k ə /
n1
a fast narrow sailing ship of the Mediterranean;

felwort
n1
gentian of Europe and China having creamy white flowers with fringed corollas;

- syn. gentianella amarella;

FEMA
n1
an independent agency of the United States government that provides a single point of accountability for all federal emergency preparedness and mitigation and response activities;

- syn. Federal Emergency Management Agency;

female / f i m eɪ ɫ /
n1
an animal that produces gametes (ova) that can be fertilized by male gametes (spermatozoa);

n2
a person who belongs to the sex that can have babies;

- syn. female person;

a1
being the sex (of plant or animal) that produces fertilizable gametes (ova) from which offspring develop;

- "a female heir";

- "female holly trees bear the berries";

- also feminine;

- sim. egg-producing, female, pistillate;

a2
characteristic of or peculiar to a woman;

- "female sensitiveness";

- "female suffrage";

- syn. distaff;

- sim. feminine;

a3
for or pertaining to or composed of women or girls;

- "the female lead in the play";

- "a female chorus";

- sim. female;

female aristocrat
n1
a woman who is an aristocrat;

female body
n1
the body of a female human being;

female bonding
n1
the formation of a close personal relationship between women;

female chest
n1
the chest of a woman;

- syn. bust;

female child
n1
a youthful female person;

- "the baby was a girl";

- "the girls were just learning to ride a tricycle";

- syn. girl, little girl;

female circumcision
n1
excision of the clitoris;

- syn. clitoridectomy;

female genital organ
n1
external female sex organs;

- "in England `fanny' is vulgar slang for female genitals";

- syn. fanny, female genitalia, female genitals;

female genitalia
n1
external female sex organs;

- "in England `fanny' is vulgar slang for female genitals";

- syn. fanny, female genital organ, female genitals;

female genitals
n1
external female sex organs;

- "in England `fanny' is vulgar slang for female genitals";

- syn. fanny, female genital organ, female genitalia;

female horse
n1
female equine animal;

- syn. mare;

female internal reproductive organ
n1
the reproductive organs of a woman;

female mammal
n1
animals that nourish their young with milk;

female monarch
n1
a female sovereign ruler;

- syn. queen, queen regnant;

female offspring
n1
a child who is female;

female parent
n1
a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother);

- "the mother of three children";

- syn. mother;

female person
n1
a person who belongs to the sex that can have babies;

- syn. female;

female reproductive system
n1
the reproductive system of females;

female sibling
n1
a person's sister;

femaleness / f i m eɪ ɫ n ɛ s /
n1
the properties characteristic of the female sex;

- syn. feminineness;

feminine / f ɛ m ə n ɪ n /
n1
a gender that refers chiefly (but not exclusively) to females or to objects classified as female;

a1
associated with women and not with men;

- "feminine intuition";

- also female, feminine;

- sim. fair, female, maidenlike, powder-puff;

a2
of grammatical gender;

- also feminine;

a3
befitting or characteristic of a woman especially a mature woman;

- "womanly virtues of gentleness and compassion";

- syn. womanly;

- sim. matronly, womanlike;

a4
(music or poetry) ending on an unaccented beat or syllable;

- "a feminine ending";

- sim. unstressed;

feminineness
n1
the properties characteristic of the female sex;

- syn. femaleness;

femininity / f ɛ m ə n ɪ n ɪ t i /
n1
the trait of behaving in ways considered typical for women;

- syn. muliebrity;

feminisation
n1
the process of becoming feminized;

- the development of female characteristics (loss of facial hair or breast enlargement) in a male because of hormonal disorders or castration;

- syn. feminization;

feminise / f ɛ m ɪ n ɪ s /
v1
assume (more) feminine characteristics;

- "feminized language";

- "feminized frogs";

- syn. feminize;

v2
to give a (more) feminine, effeminate, or womanly quality or appearance to;

- "This hairdo feminizes the man";

- syn. effeminise, effeminize, feminize, womanize;

feminism / f ɛ m ɪ n ɪ z ə m /
n1
a doctrine that advocates equal rights for women;

n2
the movement aimed at equal rights for women;

- syn. feminist movement, women's lib, women's liberation movement;

feminist / f ɛ m ɪ n ɪ s t /
n1
a supporter of feminism;

- syn. libber, women's liberationist, women's rightist;

a1
of or relating to or advocating equal rights for women;

- "feminist critique";

feminist movement
n1
the movement aimed at equal rights for women;

- syn. feminism, women's lib, women's liberation movement;

feminization / f ɛ m ɪ n aɪ z eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the process of becoming feminized;

- the development of female characteristics (loss of facial hair or breast enlargement) in a male because of hormonal disorders or castration;

- syn. feminisation;

feminize / f ɛ m ɪ n aɪ z /
v1
assume (more) feminine characteristics;

- "feminized language";

- "feminized frogs";

- syn. feminise;

v2
to give a (more) feminine, effeminate, or womanly quality or appearance to;

- "This hairdo feminizes the man";

- syn. effeminise, effeminize, feminise, womanize;

femme fatale
n1
a woman who is considered to be dangerously seductive;

- syn. Delilah, enchantress, siren, temptress;

femoral / f ɛ m ə ɹ ə ɫ /
a1
of or relating to or near the femur or thigh;

femoral artery
n1
the chief artery of the thigh;

- a continuation of the external iliac artery;

- syn. arteria femoralis;

femoral biceps
n1
the biceps muscle of the thigh;

- it flexes the knee and rotates the leg laterally;

- syn. musculus biceps femoris;

femoral nerve
n1
one of a pair of nerves that originate from lumbar nerves and supply the muscles and skin of the anterior part of the thigh;

- syn. anterior crural nerve, nervus femoralis;

femoral pulse
n1
pulse of the femoral artery (felt in the groin);

femoral vein
n1
a vein that accompanies the femoral artery in the same sheath;

- a continuation of the popliteal vein;

- becomes the external iliac vein;

- syn. vena femoralis;

femoris
n1
the longest and thickest bone of the human skeleton;

- extends from the pelvis to the knee;

- syn. femur, thighbone;

femtochemistry
n1
the branch of chemistry that studies elementary (often very fast) chemical reactions as they occur;

- the experimental methods are often based on the use of femtosecond laser pulses;

femtometer
n1
a metric unit of length equal to one quadrillionth of a meter;

- syn. femtometre, fermi;

femtometre
n1
a metric unit of length equal to one quadrillionth of a meter;

- syn. femtometer, fermi;

femtosecond
n1
one quadrillionth (10^-15) of a second;

- one thousandth of a picosecond;

femtovolt
n1
a unit of potential equal to one quadrillionth of a volt (or one thousandth of a nanosecond);

femur / f i m ə , f i m ə ɹ /
n1
the longest and thickest bone of the human skeleton;

- extends from the pelvis to the knee;

- syn. femoris, thighbone;

fen / f ɛ n /
n1
100 fen equal 1 yuan in China;

n2
low-lying wet land with grassy vegetation;

- usually is a transition zone between land and water;

- "thousands of acres of marshland";

- "the fens of eastern England";

- syn. fenland, marsh, marshland;

fen orchid
n1
small terrestrial orchid of eastern North America and Europe having two nearly basal leaves and dull yellow-green racemose flowers;

- syn. Liparis loeselii, fen orchis;

fen orchis
n1
small terrestrial orchid of eastern North America and Europe having two nearly basal leaves and dull yellow-green racemose flowers;

- syn. Liparis loeselii, fen orchid;

fence / f ɛ n s /
n1
a barrier that serves to enclose an area;

- syn. fencing;

n2
a dealer in stolen property;

v1
enclose with a fence;

- "we fenced in our yard";

- syn. fence in;

v2
receive stolen goods;

v3
fight with fencing swords;

v4
surround with a wall in order to fortify;

- syn. fence in, palisade, surround, wall;

v5
have an argument about something;

- syn. argue, contend, debate;

fence-sitter
n1
a person who won't take sides in a controversy;

fence in
v1
enclose with a fence;

- "we fenced in our yard";

- syn. fence;

v2
surround with a wall in order to fortify;

- syn. fence, palisade, surround, wall;

fence line
n1
a boundary line created by a fence;

fence lizard
n1
spiny lizard often seen basking on fences in the United States and northern Mexico;

fence mending
n1
social action to improve poor relations (especially in politics);

- "they moved forward from a period of fence mending to substantive changes in the country";

fence rail
n1
a rail that is split from a log;

- syn. split rail;

fencelike
a1
resembling a fence;

- sim. enclosed;

fencer / f ɛ n s ə , f ɛ n s ə ɹ /
n1
someone skilled at fencing;

- syn. swordsman;

fencer's mask
n1
a face mask made of fine mesh that is worn over a fencer's face;

- syn. fencing mask;

fencesitter
n1
a neutral or uncommitted person (especially in politics);

- syn. independent, mugwump;

fencing / f ɛ n s ɪ ŋ /
n1
a barrier that serves to enclose an area;

- syn. fence;

n2
material for building fences;

- syn. fencing material;

n3
the art or sport of fighting with swords (especially the use of foils or epees or sabres to score points under a set of rules);

fencing mask
n1
a face mask made of fine mesh that is worn over a fencer's face;

- syn. fencer's mask;

fencing material
n1
material for building fences;

- syn. fencing;

fencing stick
n1
a stick used instead of a sword for fencing;

- syn. backsword, singlestick;

fencing sword
n1
a sword used in the sport of fencing;

fend / f ɛ n d /
v1
try to manage without help;

- "The youngsters had to fend for themselves after their parents died";

v2
withstand the force of something;

- "The trees resisted her";

- "stand the test of time";

- "The mountain climbers had to fend against the ice and snow";

- syn. resist, stand;

fend for
v1
argue or speak in defense of;

- "She supported the motion to strike";

- syn. defend, support;

fend off
v1
prevent the occurrence of;

- prevent from happening;

- "Let's avoid a confrontation";

- "head off a confrontation";

- "avert a strike";

- syn. avert, avoid, debar, deflect, forefend, forfend, head off, obviate, stave off, ward off;

fender / f ɛ n d ə , f ɛ n d ə ɹ /
n1
a barrier that surrounds the wheels of a vehicle to block splashing water or mud;

- "in Britain they call a fender a wing";

- syn. wing;

n2
an inclined metal frame at the front of a locomotive to clear the track;

- syn. buffer, cowcatcher, pilot;

n3
a low metal guard to confine falling coals to a hearth;

n4
a cushion-like device that reduces shock due to an impact;

- syn. buffer;

fender-bender
n1
a collision between motor vehicles that produces minor damage;

fenestella / f ɪ n ɛ s t ɛ ɫ ə /
n1
oval or circular opening;

- to allow light into a dome or vault;

- syn. lunette;

fenestra / f ɪ n ɛ s t ɹ ə /
n1
a small opening covered with membrane (especially one in the bone between the middle and inner ear);

fenestra cochleae
n1
fenestra leading into the cochlea;

- syn. fenestra of the cochlea, fenestra rotunda, round window;

fenestra of the cochlea
n1
fenestra leading into the cochlea;

- syn. fenestra cochleae, fenestra rotunda, round window;

fenestra of the vestibule
n1
fenestra that has the base of the stapes attached to it;

- syn. fenestra ovalis, fenestra vestibuli, oval window;

fenestra ovalis
n1
fenestra that has the base of the stapes attached to it;

- syn. fenestra of the vestibule, fenestra vestibuli, oval window;

fenestra rotunda
n1
fenestra leading into the cochlea;

- syn. fenestra cochleae, fenestra of the cochlea, round window;

fenestra vestibuli
n1
fenestra that has the base of the stapes attached to it;

- syn. fenestra of the vestibule, fenestra ovalis, oval window;

fenestral / f ɪ n ɛ s t ɹ ə ɫ /
a1
of or relating to or having a fenestra;

a2
of or relating to windows;

fenestration / f ɪ n ɛ s t ɹ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the arrangement of windows in a building;

n2
surgical procedure that creates a new fenestra to the cochlea in order to restore hearing lost because of osteosclerosis;

feng shui
n1
rules in Chinese philosophy that govern spatial arrangement and orientation in relation to patterns of yin and yang and the flow of energy (qi);

- the favorable or unfavorable effects are taken into consideration in designing and siting buildings and graves and furniture;

Fengtien
n1
a city in northeastern China;

- syn. Moukden, Mukden, Shenyang;

fenland / f ɛ n ɫ æ n d /
n1
low-lying wet land with grassy vegetation;

- usually is a transition zone between land and water;

- "thousands of acres of marshland";

- "the fens of eastern England";

- syn. fen, marsh, marshland;

fennel / f ɛ n ɫ /
n1
any of several aromatic herbs having edible seeds and leaves and stems;

n2
aromatic bulbous stem base eaten cooked or raw in salads;

- syn. Florence fennel, finocchio;

n3
leaves used for seasoning;

- syn. common fennel;

n4
fennel seeds are ground and used as a spice or as an ingredient of a spice mixture;

fennel flower
n1
nigella of Spain and southern France;

- syn. Nigella hispanica;

fennel seed
n1
aromatic anis-scented seeds;

Fennic
n1
one of two branches of the Finno-Ugric languages;

- a family of languages including Finnish and Estonian (but not Hungarian);

- syn. Finnic, Non-Ugric;

fenoprofen
n1
a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Nalfon) used in the treatment of arthritis and other painful inflammatory disorders;

- syn. Nalfon, fenoprofen calcium;

fenoprofen calcium
n1
a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Nalfon) used in the treatment of arthritis and other painful inflammatory disorders;

- syn. Nalfon, fenoprofen;

Fenrir
n1
(Norse mythology) an enormous wolf that was fathered by Loki and that killed Odin;

Fentanyl
n1
trade names of a narcotic analgesic that can be inhaled and that acts on the central nervous system and may become addictive;

- used as a veterinary anesthetic and with other drugs before, during, and after surgery;

- also used as a nonlethal gas to incapacitate people in hostage situations;

- also abused as a recreational drug;

- syn. Sublimaze;

fenugreek
n1
annual herb or southern Europe and eastern Asia having off-white flowers and aromatic seeds used medicinally and in curry;

- syn. Greek clover, Trigonella foenumgraecum;

n2
aromatic seeds used as seasoning especially in curry;

- syn. fenugreek seed;

fenugreek seed
n1
aromatic seeds used as seasoning especially in curry;

- syn. fenugreek;

Fenusa
n1
birch leaf miner;

- syn. genus-Fenusa;

Fenusa pusilla
n1
small black sawfly native to Europe but established in eastern United States;

- larvae mine the leaves of birches causing serious defoliation;

- syn. birch leaf miner;

Feodor Dostoevski
n1
Russian novelist who wrote of human suffering with humor and psychological insight (1821-1881);

- syn. Dostoevski, Dostoevsky, Dostoyevsky, Feodor Dostoevsky, Feodor Dostoyevsky, Feodor Mikhailovich Dostoevski, Feodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky, Feodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky, Fyodor Dostoevski, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevski, Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky, Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky;

Feodor Dostoevsky
n1
Russian novelist who wrote of human suffering with humor and psychological insight (1821-1881);

- syn. Dostoevski, Dostoevsky, Dostoyevsky, Feodor Dostoevski, Feodor Dostoyevsky, Feodor Mikhailovich Dostoevski, Feodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky, Feodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky, Fyodor Dostoevski, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevski, Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky, Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky;

Feodor Dostoyevsky
n1
Russian novelist who wrote of human suffering with humor and psychological insight (1821-1881);

- syn. Dostoevski, Dostoevsky, Dostoyevsky, Feodor Dostoevski, Feodor Dostoevsky, Feodor Mikhailovich Dostoevski, Feodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky, Feodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky, Fyodor Dostoevski, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevski, Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky, Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky;

Feodor Mikhailovich Dostoevski
n1
Russian novelist who wrote of human suffering with humor and psychological insight (1821-1881);

- syn. Dostoevski, Dostoevsky, Dostoyevsky, Feodor Dostoevski, Feodor Dostoevsky, Feodor Dostoyevsky, Feodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky, Feodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky, Fyodor Dostoevski, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevski, Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky, Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky;

Feodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky
n1
Russian novelist who wrote of human suffering with humor and psychological insight (1821-1881);

- syn. Dostoevski, Dostoevsky, Dostoyevsky, Feodor Dostoevski, Feodor Dostoevsky, Feodor Dostoyevsky, Feodor Mikhailovich Dostoevski, Feodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky, Fyodor Dostoevski, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevski, Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky, Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky;

Feodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky
n1
Russian novelist who wrote of human suffering with humor and psychological insight (1821-1881);

- syn. Dostoevski, Dostoevsky, Dostoyevsky, Feodor Dostoevski, Feodor Dostoevsky, Feodor Dostoyevsky, Feodor Mikhailovich Dostoevski, Feodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky, Fyodor Dostoevski, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevski, Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky, Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky;

feoff / f ɛ f , f i f /
n1
a piece of land held under the feudal system;

- syn. fief;

Feosol
n1
trade name of a drug rich in iron;

- used to treat some kinds of anemia;

fer-de-lance
n1
large extremely venomous pit viper of Central America and South America;

- syn. Bothrops atrops;

feral / f ɪə ɹ ə ɫ /
a1
wild and menacing;

- "a pack of feral dogs";

- syn. ferine, savage;

- sim. wild;

feral man
n1
a person who is not socialized;

- syn. wild man;

Ferber
n1
United States novelist;

- author of several popular novels (1887-1968);

- syn. Edna Ferber;

Ferdinand
n1
the king of Castile and Aragon who ruled jointly with his wife Isabella;

- his marriage to Isabella I in 1469 marked the beginning of the modern state of Spain and their capture of Granada from the Moors in 1492 united Spain as one country;

- they instituted the Spanish Inquisition in 1478 and supported the expedition of Christopher Columbus in 1492 (1452-1516);

- syn. Ferdinand V, Ferdinand of Aragon, Ferdinand the Catholic, King Ferdinand;

Ferdinand and Isabella
n1
joint monarchs of Spain;

- Ferdinand V and Isabella I;

Ferdinand de Lesseps
n1
French diplomat who supervised the construction of the Suez Canal (1805-1894);

- syn. Lesseps, Vicomte Ferdinand Marie de Lesseps;

Ferdinand de Saussure
n1
Swiss linguist and expert in historical linguistics whose lectures laid the foundations for synchronic linguistics (1857-1913);

- syn. Saussure, de Saussure;

Ferdinand I
n1
Holy Roman Emperor and king of Hungary and Bohemia (1503-1564);

n2
king of Castile and Leon who achieved control of the Moorish kings of Saragossa and Seville and Toledo (1016-1065);

- syn. Ferdinand the Great;

Ferdinand II
n1
Holy Roman Emperor and king of Bohemia and Hungary who waged war against Protestant forces (1578-1637);

Ferdinand III
n1
Holy Roman Emperor and king of Hungary and Bohemia who signed the Peace of Westphalia ending the Thirty Years' War (1608-1657);

Ferdinand Joseph La Menthe Morton
n1
United States jazz musician who moved from ragtime to New Orleans jazz (1885-1941);

- syn. Jelly Roll Morton, Morton;

Ferdinand Julius Cohn
n1
German botanist who is generally recognized as founding bacteriology when he recognized bacteria as plants;

- syn. Cohn;

Ferdinand Magellan
n1
Portuguese navigator in the service of Spain;

- he commanded an expedition that was the first to circumnavigate the world (1480-1521);

- syn. Fernao Magalhaes, Magellan;

Ferdinand of Aragon
n1
the king of Castile and Aragon who ruled jointly with his wife Isabella;

- his marriage to Isabella I in 1469 marked the beginning of the modern state of Spain and their capture of Granada from the Moors in 1492 united Spain as one country;

- they instituted the Spanish Inquisition in 1478 and supported the expedition of Christopher Columbus in 1492 (1452-1516);

- syn. Ferdinand, Ferdinand V, Ferdinand the Catholic, King Ferdinand;

Ferdinand the Catholic
n1
the king of Castile and Aragon who ruled jointly with his wife Isabella;

- his marriage to Isabella I in 1469 marked the beginning of the modern state of Spain and their capture of Granada from the Moors in 1492 united Spain as one country;

- they instituted the Spanish Inquisition in 1478 and supported the expedition of Christopher Columbus in 1492 (1452-1516);

- syn. Ferdinand, Ferdinand V, Ferdinand of Aragon, King Ferdinand;

Ferdinand the Great
n1
king of Castile and Leon who achieved control of the Moorish kings of Saragossa and Seville and Toledo (1016-1065);

- syn. Ferdinand I;

Ferdinand V
n1
the king of Castile and Aragon who ruled jointly with his wife Isabella;

- his marriage to Isabella I in 1469 marked the beginning of the modern state of Spain and their capture of Granada from the Moors in 1492 united Spain as one country;

- they instituted the Spanish Inquisition in 1478 and supported the expedition of Christopher Columbus in 1492 (1452-1516);

- syn. Ferdinand, Ferdinand of Aragon, Ferdinand the Catholic, King Ferdinand;

Ferdinand Victor Eugene Delacroix
n1
French romantic painter (1798-1863);

- syn. Delacroix, Eugene Delacroix;

Fere phenomenon
n1
a change in the electrical properties of the skin in response to stress or anxiety;

- can be measured either by recording the electrical resistance of the skin or by recording weak currents generated by the body;

- syn. GSR, Tarchanoff phenomenon, electrical skin response, electrodermal response, galvanic skin response, psychogalvanic response;

Ferenc Molnar
n1
Hungarian playwright (1878-1952);

- syn. Molnar;

Fergon
n1
trade name of a drug rich in iron;

- used to treat some types of anemia;

fergusonite
n1
a dark mineral consisting of oxides of yttrium and erbium and tantalum and other minerals;

feria / f ɪə ɹ ɪə /
n1
a weekday on which no festival or holiday is celebrated;

- "in the middle ages feria was used with a prefixed ordinal number to designate the day of the week, so `secunda feria' meant Monday, but Sunday and Saturday were always called by their names, Dominicus and Sabbatum, and so feria came to mean an ordinary weekday";

n2
(in Spanish speaking regions) a local festival or fair, usually in honor of some patron saint;

ferial / f ɪə ɹ ɪə ɫ /
a1
of or relating to or being a feria;

ferine / f ɪə ɹ aɪ n /
a1
wild and menacing;

- "a pack of feral dogs";

- syn. feral, savage;

- sim. wild;

Fermat
n1
French mathematician who founded number theory;

- contributed (with Pascal) to the theory of probability (1601-1665);

- syn. Pierre de Fermat;

fermata
n1
a musical notation (over a note or chord or rest) that indicates it is to be prolonged by an unspecified amount;

n2
(music) a prolongation of unspecified length on a note or chord or rest;

ferment / f ə m ɛ n t , f ɝ m ɛ n t /
n1
a state of agitation or turbulent change or development;

- "the political ferment produced new leadership";

- "social unrest";

- syn. agitation, fermentation, tempestuousness, unrest;

n2
a substance capable of bringing about fermentation;

n3
a process in which an agent causes an organic substance to break down into simpler substances;

- especially, the anaerobic breakdown of sugar into alcohol;

- syn. fermentation, fermenting, zymolysis, zymosis;

v1
be in an agitated or excited state;

- "The Middle East is fermenting";

- "Her mind ferments";

v2
work up into agitation or excitement;

- "This religion is fermenting Africa";

v3
cause to undergo fermentation;

- "We ferment the grapes for a very long time to achieve high alcohol content";

- "The vintner worked the wine in big oak vats";

- syn. work;

v4
go sour or spoil;

- "The milk has soured";

- "The wine worked";

- "The cream has turned--we have to throw it out";

- syn. sour, turn, work;

fermentable / f ɝ m ɛ n t ə b ɫ /
a1
capable of being fermented;

fermentation / f ɝ m ɛ n t eɪ ʃ n /
n1
a state of agitation or turbulent change or development;

- "the political ferment produced new leadership";

- "social unrest";

- syn. agitation, ferment, tempestuousness, unrest;

n2
a process in which an agent causes an organic substance to break down into simpler substances;

- especially, the anaerobic breakdown of sugar into alcohol;

- syn. ferment, fermenting, zymolysis, zymosis;

fermentation alcohol
n1
the intoxicating agent in fermented and distilled liquors;

- used pure or denatured as a solvent or in medicines and colognes and cleaning solutions and rocket fuel;

- proposed as a renewable clean-burning additive to gasoline;

- syn. ethanol, ethyl alcohol, grain alcohol;

fermenting / f ə m ɛ n t ɪ ŋ /
n1
a process in which an agent causes an organic substance to break down into simpler substances;

- especially, the anaerobic breakdown of sugar into alcohol;

- syn. ferment, fermentation, zymolysis, zymosis;

fermentologist
n1
a specialist in wine making;

- syn. enologist, oenologist;

fermi
n1
a metric unit of length equal to one quadrillionth of a meter;

- syn. femtometer, femtometre;

n2
Italian nuclear physicist (in the United States after 1939) who worked on artificial radioactivity caused by neutron bombardment and who headed the group that in 1942 produced the first controlled nuclear reaction (1901-1954);

- syn. Enrico Fermi;

Fermi-Dirac statistics
n1
(physics) law obeyed by a systems of particles whose wave function changes when two particles are interchanged (the Pauli exclusion principle applies);

fermion
n1
any particle that obeys Fermi-Dirac statistics and is subject to the Pauli exclusion principle;

fermium
n1
a radioactive transuranic metallic element produced by bombarding plutonium with neutrons;

- syn. Fm, atomic number 100;

fern / f ɝ n /
n1
any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward;

- reproduce by spores;

fern ally
n1
pteridophytes of other classes than Filicopsida;

fern family
n1
families of ferns and fern allies;

fern genus
n1
genera of ferns and fern allies;

fern palm
n1
southeastern Indian cycad with palmlike foliage;

- syn. Cycas circinalis, false sago;

fern rhapis
n1
small graceful palm with reedlike stems and leaf bases clothed with loose coarse fibers;

- syn. Rhapis excelsa, bamboo palm, miniature fan palm;

fern seed
n1
the asexual spore of ferns that resembles dust;

- once thought to be seeds and to make the possessor invisible;

Fernand Leger
n1
French painter who was an early cubist (1881-1955);

- syn. Leger;

Fernao Magalhaes
n1
Portuguese navigator in the service of Spain;

- he commanded an expedition that was the first to circumnavigate the world (1480-1521);

- syn. Ferdinand Magellan, Magellan;

ferned / f ɝ n d /
a1
abounding in or covered with ferns;

- "the ferny undergrowth";

- syn. ferny;

- sim. braky, fernlike;

fernless / f ɝ n ɫ ɛ s /
a1
devoid of ferns;

fernlike / f ɝ n ɫ aɪ k /
a1
resembling ferns especially in leaf shape;

- "the ferny shadows of locust leaves";

- syn. ferny;

- sim. ferned;

ferny / f ɝ n i /
a1
abounding in or covered with ferns;

- "the ferny undergrowth";

- syn. ferned;

- sim. braky, fernlike;

a2
resembling ferns especially in leaf shape;

- "the ferny shadows of locust leaves";

- syn. fernlike;

- sim. ferned;

Ferocactus
n1
genus of nearly globular cacti of Mexico and southwestern United States: barrel cacti;

- syn. genus Ferocactus;

ferocious / f ə ɹ oʊ ʃ ə s /
a1
marked by extreme and violent energy;

- "a ferocious beating";

- "fierce fighting";

- "a furious battle";

- syn. fierce, furious, savage;

- sim. violent;

ferociously / f ə ɹ oʊ ʃ ə s ɫ i /
r1
in a physically fierce manner;

- "silence broken by dogs barking ferociously";

- "they fought fiercely";

- syn. fiercely;

ferociousness / f ə ɹ oʊ ʃ ə s n ə s /
n1
the trait of extreme cruelty;

- syn. brutality, savagery, viciousness;

ferocity / f ə ɹ ɒ s ɪ t i /
n1
the property of being wild or turbulent;

- "the storm's violence";

- syn. fierceness, furiousness, fury, vehemence, violence, wildness;

Ferrara / f ə ɹ ɑr ə /
n1
a city in northern Italy;

- "in the 13th century Ferrara was a center of Renaissance learning and the arts";

ferret / f ɛr ɪ t /
n1
musteline mammal of prairie regions of United States;

- nearly extinct;

- syn. Mustela nigripes, black-footed ferret;

n2
domesticated albino variety of the European polecat bred for hunting rats and rabbits;

v1
hound or harry relentlessly;

v2
hunt with ferrets;

v3
search and discover through persistent investigation;

- "She ferreted out the truth";

- syn. ferret out;

ferret-sized
a1
having the approximate size of a ferret;

- sim. sized;

ferret badger
n1
small ferret-like badger of southeast Asia;

ferret out
v1
search and discover through persistent investigation;

- "She ferreted out the truth";

- syn. ferret;

ferric / f ɛr ɪ k /
a1
of or relating to or containing iron;

- syn. ferrous;

ferric oxide
n1
a red oxide of iron;

ferricyanic acid
n1
a brown unstable acid formed from ferricyanide;

ferricyanide
n1
salt of ferricyanic acid obtained by oxidation of a ferrocyanide;

ferrimagnetism
n1
a phenomenon in ferrites where there can be incomplete cancellation of antiferromagnetic arranged spins giving a net magnetic moment;

Ferris wheel
n1
a vertical rotating mechanism consisting of a large wheel with suspended seats that remain upright as the wheel rotates;

- provides a ride at an amusement park;

ferrite
n1
a solid solution in which alpha iron is the solvent;

ferritin
n1
a protein containing 20% iron that is found in the intestines and liver and spleen;

- it is one of the chief forms in which iron is stored in the body;

ferrocerium
n1
a pyrophoric alloy of iron with cerium;

- used for lighter flints;

ferroconcrete / f ɛr oʊ k ɒ ŋ k ɹ i t /
n1
concrete with metal and/or mesh added to provide extra support against stresses;

- syn. reinforced concrete;

ferrocyanic acid
n1
a white unstable acid formed from ferrocyanide salts;

ferrocyanide
n1
salt of ferrocyanic acid usually obtained by a reaction of a cyanide with iron sulphate;

ferromagnetic
a1
relating to or demonstrating ferromagnetism;

ferromagnetism
n1
phenomenon exhibited by materials like iron (nickel or cobalt) that become magnetized in a magnetic field and retain their magnetism when the field is removed;

ferrous / f ɛr ə s /
a1
of or relating to or containing iron;

- syn. ferric;

ferrule / f ɛr u ɫ /
n1
a metal cap or band placed on a wooden pole to prevent splitting;

- syn. collet;

ferry / f ɛr i /
n1
a boat that transports people or vehicles across a body of water and operates on a regular schedule;

- syn. ferryboat;

n2
transport by boat or aircraft;

- syn. ferrying;

v1
transport from one place to another;

v2
transport by ferry;

v3
travel by ferry;

ferryboat / f ɛr ɪ b oʊ t /
n1
a boat that transports people or vehicles across a body of water and operates on a regular schedule;

- syn. ferry;

ferrying / f ɛr ɪ ih ŋ /
n1
transport by boat or aircraft;

- syn. ferry;

ferryman / f ɛr ɪ m æ n , f ɛr ɪ m ə n /
n1
a man who operates a ferry;

fertile / f ɝ t aɪ ɫ /
a1
capable of reproducing;

- also fruitful, potent, productive, stiff;

- sim. conceptive, fecund, fertilizable, rank;

a2
intellectually productive;

- "a prolific writer";

- "a fecund imagination";

- syn. fecund, prolific;

- sim. productive;

a3
bearing in abundance especially offspring;

- "flying foxes are extremely prolific";

- "a prolific pear tree";

- syn. prolific;

- sim. fruitful;

a4
marked by great fruitfulness;

- "fertile farmland";

- "a fat land";

- "a productive vineyard";

- "rich soil";

- syn. fat, productive, rich;

- sim. fruitful;

Fertile Crescent
n1
a geographical area of fertile land in the Middle East stretching in a broad semicircle from the Nile to the Tigris and Euphrates;

fertile period
n1
the time in the menstrual cycle when fertilization is most likely to be possible (7 days before to 7 days after ovulation);

- syn. fertile phase;

fertile phase
n1
the time in the menstrual cycle when fertilization is most likely to be possible (7 days before to 7 days after ovulation);

- syn. fertile period;

fertilisation / f ɝ t ɪ ɫ aɪ z eɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
creation by the physical union of male and female gametes;

- of sperm and ova in an animal or pollen and ovule in a plant;

- syn. fecundation, fertilization, impregnation;

n2
making fertile as by applying fertilizer or manure;

- syn. dressing, fecundation, fertilization;

fertilise / f ɝ t ɪ ɫ aɪ z /
v1
make fertile or productive;

- "The course fertilized her imagination";

- syn. fecundate, fertilize;

v2
provide with fertilizers or add nutrients to;

- "We should fertilize soil if we want to grow healthy plants";

- syn. feed, fertilize;

v3
introduce semen into (a female);

- syn. fecundate, fertilize, inseminate;

fertiliser / f ɝ t ɪ ɫ aɪ z ə /
n1
any substance such as manure or a mixture of nitrates used to make soil more fertile;

- syn. fertilizer, plant food;

fertility / f ə t ɪ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
the ratio of live births in an area to the population of that area;

- expressed per 1000 population per year;

- syn. birth rate, birthrate, fertility rate, natality;

n2
the state of being fertile;

- capable of producing offspring;

- syn. fecundity;

n3
the property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous and luxuriant growth;

- "he praised the richness of the soil";

- "weeds lovely in their rankness";

- syn. prolificacy, rankness, richness;

fertility drug
n1
a drug used to increase a woman's fertility;

fertility rate
n1
the ratio of live births in an area to the population of that area;

- expressed per 1000 population per year;

- syn. birth rate, birthrate, fertility, natality;

fertilizable / f ɝ t ɪ ɫ aɪ z ə b ɫ /
a1
capable of being fertilized;

- sim. fertile;

fertilization / f ɝ t ə ɫ aɪ z eɪ ʃ n /
n1
creation by the physical union of male and female gametes;

- of sperm and ova in an animal or pollen and ovule in a plant;

- syn. fecundation, fertilisation, impregnation;

n2
making fertile as by applying fertilizer or manure;

- syn. dressing, fecundation, fertilisation;

fertilization age
n1
the age of an embryo counting from the time of fertilization;

- syn. fetal age, gestational age;

fertilization membrane
n1
the membrane that forms around a fertilized ovum and prevents penetration by additional spermatozoon;

fertilize / f ɝ t ə ɫ aɪ z /
v1
provide with fertilizers or add nutrients to;

- "We should fertilize soil if we want to grow healthy plants";

- syn. feed, fertilise;

v2
make fertile or productive;

- "The course fertilized her imagination";

- syn. fecundate, fertilise;

v3
introduce semen into (a female);

- syn. fecundate, fertilise, inseminate;

fertilized egg
n1
an animal organism in the early stages of growth and differentiation that in higher forms merge into fetal stages but in lower forms terminate in commencement of larval life;

- syn. conceptus, embryo;

fertilized ovum
n1
(genetics) the diploid cell resulting from the union of a haploid spermatozoon and ovum (including the organism that develops from that cell);

- syn. zygote;

fertilizer / f ɝ t ə ɫ aɪ z ə , f ɝ t ə ɫ aɪ z ə ɹ /
n1
any substance such as manure or a mixture of nitrates used to make soil more fertile;

- syn. fertiliser, plant food;

ferule / f ɛr u ɫ /
n1
a switch (a stick or cane or flat paddle) used to punish children;

fervency / f ɝ v ə n s i /
n1
feelings of great warmth and intensity;

- "he spoke with great ardor";

- syn. ardor, ardour, fervidness, fervor, fervour, fire;

fervent / f ɝ v ə n t /
a1
characterized by intense emotion;

- "ardent love";

- "an ardent lover";

- "a fervent desire to change society";

- "a fervent admirer";

- "fiery oratory";

- "an impassioned appeal";

- "a torrid love affair";

- syn. ardent, fervid, fiery, impassioned, perfervid, torrid;

- sim. passionate;

a2
(archaic) extremely hot, burning, or glowing;

- "the fervent heat...merely communicated a genial warmth to their half-torpid systems"- Nathaniel Hawthorne;

- "set out...when the fervid heat subsides"- Frances Trollope;

- syn. fervid;

- sim. hot;

fervently / f ɝ v ə n t ɫ i /
r1
with passionate fervor;

- "both those for and against are fervently convinced they speak for the great majority of the people";

- "a fierily opinionated book";

- syn. fervidly, fierily;

fervid / f ɝ v ɪ d /
a1
characterized by intense emotion;

- "ardent love";

- "an ardent lover";

- "a fervent desire to change society";

- "a fervent admirer";

- "fiery oratory";

- "an impassioned appeal";

- "a torrid love affair";

- syn. ardent, fervent, fiery, impassioned, perfervid, torrid;

- sim. passionate;

a2
(archaic) extremely hot, burning, or glowing;

- "the fervent heat...merely communicated a genial warmth to their half-torpid systems"- Nathaniel Hawthorne;

- "set out...when the fervid heat subsides"- Frances Trollope;

- syn. fervent;

- sim. hot;

fervidly / f ɝ v ɪ d ɫ i /
r1
with passionate fervor;

- "both those for and against are fervently convinced they speak for the great majority of the people";

- "a fierily opinionated book";

- syn. fervently, fierily;

fervidness / f ɝ v ɪ d n ə s /
n1
feelings of great warmth and intensity;

- "he spoke with great ardor";

- syn. ardor, ardour, fervency, fervor, fervour, fire;

fervor
n1
feelings of great warmth and intensity;

- "he spoke with great ardor";

- syn. ardor, ardour, fervency, fervidness, fervour, fire;

n2
the state of being emotionally aroused and worked up;

- "his face was flushed with excitement and his hands trembled";

- "he tried to calm those who were in a state of extreme inflammation";

- syn. excitation, excitement, fervour, inflammation;

fervour / f ɝ v ə , f ɝ v ə ɹ /
n1
the state of being emotionally aroused and worked up;

- "his face was flushed with excitement and his hands trembled";

- "he tried to calm those who were in a state of extreme inflammation";

- syn. excitation, excitement, fervor, inflammation;

n2
feelings of great warmth and intensity;

- "he spoke with great ardor";

- syn. ardor, ardour, fervency, fervidness, fervor, fire;

Fes
n1
a city in north central Morocco;

- religious center;

- syn. Fez;

fescue / f ɛ s k j u /
n1
grass with wide flat leaves cultivated in Europe and America for permanent pasture and hay and for lawns;

- syn. Festuca elatior, fescue grass, meadow fescue;

fescue grass
n1
grass with wide flat leaves cultivated in Europe and America for permanent pasture and hay and for lawns;

- syn. Festuca elatior, fescue, meadow fescue;

fess
n1
(heraldry) an ordinary consisting of a broad horizontal band across a shield;

- syn. fesse;

fess up
v1
admit or acknowledge a wrongdoing or error;

- "the writer of the anonymous letter owned up after they identified his handwriting";

- syn. make a clean breast of, own up;

fesse / f ɛ s /
n1
(heraldry) an ordinary consisting of a broad horizontal band across a shield;

- syn. fess;

festal / f ɛ s t ɫ /
a1
offering fun and gaiety;

- "a festive (or festal) occasion";

- "gay and exciting night life";

- "a merry evening";

- syn. festive, gay, merry;

- sim. joyous;

fester / f ɛ s t ə , f ɛ s t ə ɹ /
n1
a sore that has become inflamed and formed pus;

- syn. suppurating sore;

v1
ripen and generate pus;

- "her wounds are festering";

- syn. maturate, suppurate;

festering / f ɛ s t ə ɹ ɪ ŋ /
n1
(medicine) the formation of morbific matter in an abscess or a vesicle and the discharge of pus;

- syn. maturation, suppuration;

n2
a fluid product of inflammation;

- syn. ichor, purulence, pus, sanies, suppuration;

festinate / f ɛ s t ɪ n eɪ t /
v1
act or move at high speed;

- "We have to rush!";

- "hurry--it's late!";

- syn. hasten, hurry, look sharp, rush;

festination / f ɛ s t ɪ n eɪ ʃ n /
n1
involuntary shortening of stride and quickening of gait that occurs in some diseases (e.g., Parkinson's disease);

festival / f ɛ s t ɪ v ɫ /
n1
a day or period of time set aside for feasting and celebration;

n2
an organized series of acts and performances (usually in one place);

- "a drama festival";

- syn. fete;

Festival of Lights
n1
(Judaism) an eight-day Jewish holiday commemorating the rededication of the Temple of Jerusalem in 165 BC;

- syn. Channukah, Channukkah, Chanukah, Chanukkah, Feast of Dedication, Feast of Lights, Feast of the Dedication, Hannukah, Hanukah, Hanukkah;

festive / f ɛ s t ɪ v /
a1
offering fun and gaiety;

- "a festive (or festal) occasion";

- "gay and exciting night life";

- "a merry evening";

- syn. festal, gay, merry;

- sim. joyous;

festivity / f ɛ s t ɪ v ɪ t i /
n1
any joyous diversion;

- syn. celebration;

festoon / f ɛ s t u n /
n1
a curtain of fabric draped and bound at intervals to form graceful curves;

n2
an embellishment consisting of a decorative representation of a string of flowers suspended between two points;

- used on pottery or in architectural work;

n3
flower chains suspended in curves between points as a decoration;

- syn. festoonery;

v1
decorate with strings of flowers;

- "The public buildings were festooned for the holiday";

festoonery
n1
flower chains suspended in curves between points as a decoration;

- syn. festoon;

festschrift
n1
a collection of writings published in honor of a scholar;

Festuca
n1
a genus of tufted perennial grasses of the family Gramineae;

- syn. genus Festuca;

Festuca elatior
n1
grass with wide flat leaves cultivated in Europe and America for permanent pasture and hay and for lawns;

- syn. fescue, fescue grass, meadow fescue;

Festuca ovina
n1
cultivated for sheep pasturage in upland regions or used as a lawn grass;

- syn. sheep's fescue, sheep fescue;

FET
n1
a transistor in which most current flows in a channel whose effective resistance can be controlled by a transverse electric field;

- syn. field-effect transistor;

fetal / f i t ɫ /
a1
of or relating to a fetus;

- "fetal development";

- syn. foetal;

fetal age
n1
the age of an embryo counting from the time of fertilization;

- syn. fertilization age, gestational age;

fetal alcohol syndrome
n1
a congenital medical condition in which body deformation occurs or facial development or mental ability is impaired because the mother drinks alcohol during pregnancy;

- syn. FAS;

fetal circulation
n1
the system of blood vessels and structures through which blood moves in a fetus;

- syn. foetal circulation;

fetal distress
n1
an abnormal condition of a fetus;

- usually discovered during pregnancy and characterized by an abnormal heart rhythm;

- syn. foetal distress;

fetal membrane
n1
any membrane that functions for the protection or nourishment or respiration or excretion of a developing fetus;

fetal monitor
n1
an electronic monitor that monitors fetal heartbeat and the mother's uterine contractions during childbirth;

- syn. electronic fetal monitor, electronic foetal monitor, foetal monitor;

fetal movement
n1
motion of a fetus within the uterus (usually detected by the 16th week of pregnancy);

- syn. foetal movement;

fetch / f ɛ tʃ /
n1
the action of fetching;

v1
go or come after and bring or take back;

- "Get me those books over there, please";

- "Could you bring the wine?";

- "The dog fetched the hat";

- syn. bring, convey, get;

v2
be sold for a certain price;

- "The painting brought $10,000";

- "The old print fetched a high price at the auction";

- syn. bring, bring in;

v3
take away or remove;

- "The devil will fetch you!";

fetch up
v1
finally be or do something;

- "He ended up marrying his high school sweetheart";

- "he wound up being unemployed and living at home again";

- syn. end up, finish, finish up, land up, wind up;

fetching / f ɛ tʃ ɪ ŋ /
a1
very attractive;

- capturing interest;

- "a fetching new hairstyle";

- "something inexpressibly taking in his manner";

- "a winning personality";

- syn. taking, winning;

- sim. attractive;

fete
n1
an elaborate party (often outdoors);

- syn. feast, fiesta;

n2
an organized series of acts and performances (usually in one place);

- "a drama festival";

- syn. festival;

v1
have a celebration;

- "They were feting the patriarch of the family";

- "After the exam, the students were celebrating";

- syn. celebrate;

fete champetre
n1
a party of people assembled for social interaction out of doors;

- syn. garden party, lawn party;

fete day
n1
a day designated for feasting;

- syn. feast day;

feterita
n1
a Sudanese sorghum having exceptionally large soft white grains;

- syn. Sorghum vulgare caudatum, federita;

fetich
n1
a charm superstitiously believed to embody magical powers;

- syn. fetish, hoodoo, juju, voodoo;

n2
excessive or irrational devotion to some activity;

- "made a fetish of cleanliness";

- syn. fetish;

fetichism
n1
a belief in the magical power of fetishes (or the worship of a fetish);

- syn. fetishism;

n2
sexual arousal or gratification resulting from handling a fetish (or a specific part of the body other than the sexual organs);

- syn. fetishism;

feticide / f ɛ t ɪ s aɪ d /
n1
the act of destroying a fetus;

- syn. aborticide;

fetid / f ɛ t ɪ d /
a1
offensively malodorous;

- "a foul odor";

- "the kitchen smelled really funky";

- syn. foetid, foul, foul-smelling, funky, ill-scented, noisome, smelly, stinking;

- sim. malodorous;

fetid bugbane
n1
bugbane of Siberia and eastern Asia having ill-smelling green-white flowers;

- syn. Cimicifuga foetida, foetid bugbane;

fetid horehound
n1
ill-smelling European herb with rugose leaves and whorls of dark purple flowers;

- syn. Ballota nigra, black archangel, black horehound, stinking horehound;

fetidness / f ɛ t ɪ d n ɛ s /
n1
the attribute of having a strong offensive smell;

- syn. foulness, malodorousness, rankness, stinkiness;

fetish / f ɛ t ɪ ʃ /
n1
a form of sexual desire in which gratification depends to an abnormal degree on some object or item of clothing or part of the body;

- "common male fetishes are breasts, legs, hair, shoes, and underwear";

n2
a charm superstitiously believed to embody magical powers;

- syn. fetich, hoodoo, juju, voodoo;

n3
excessive or irrational devotion to some activity;

- "made a fetish of cleanliness";

- syn. fetich;

fetishism / f i t ɪ ʃ ɪ z ə m /
n1
a belief in the magical power of fetishes (or the worship of a fetish);

- syn. fetichism;

n2
sexual arousal or gratification resulting from handling a fetish (or a specific part of the body other than the sexual organs);

- syn. fetichism;

fetishist
n1
one who engages in fetishism (especially of a sexual nature);

fetishize
v1
make a fetish of;

fetlock / f ɛ t ɫ ɒ k /
n1
the joint between the cannon bone and the pastern;

- syn. fetlock joint;

n2
projection behind and above a horse's hoof;

fetlock joint
n1
the joint between the cannon bone and the pastern;

- syn. fetlock;

fetology
n1
the branch of medicine concerned with the fetus in the uterus;

- syn. foetology;

fetometry
n1
measurement of a fetus (especially the diameter of the head);

- syn. foetometry;

fetoprotein
n1
any of several antigens that occur naturally in the fetus and sometimes in adults with cancer;

- syn. foetoprotein;

fetor
n1
a distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant;

- syn. foetor, malodor, malodour, mephitis, reek, stench, stink;

fetoscope
n1
a stethoscope placed on the pregnant woman's abdomen to listen for the fetal heartbeat;

- syn. foetoscope;

fetoscopy
n1
prenatal diagnosis that allows direct observation of a fetus in the uterus and the withdrawal of fetal blood;

- syn. foetoscopy;

fetter / f ɛ t ə , f ɛ t ə ɹ /
n1
a shackle for the ankles or feet;

- syn. hobble;

v1
restrain with fetters;

- syn. shackle;

fetter bone
n1
the part between the fetlock and the hoof;

- syn. pastern;

fetter bush
n1
showy evergreen shrub of southeastern United States with shiny leaves and angled branches and clusters of pink to reddish flowers that resemble an umbel;

- syn. Lyonia lucida, fetterbush, shiny lyonia;

fetterbush
n1
ornamental evergreen shrub of southeastern United States having small white bell-shaped flowers;

- syn. Pieris floribunda, mountain andromeda, mountain fetterbush;

n2
showy evergreen shrub of southeastern United States with shiny leaves and angled branches and clusters of pink to reddish flowers that resemble an umbel;

- syn. Lyonia lucida, fetter bush, shiny lyonia;

fettered / f ɛ t ə d /
a1
bound by chains fastened around the ankles;

- syn. shackled;

- sim. bound;

fettle / f ɛ t ɫ /
n1
a state of fitness and good health;

- "in fine fettle";

v1
remove mold marks or sand from (a casting);

fettuccine
n1
pasta in flat strips wider than linguine;

- syn. fettuccini;

fettuccine Alfredo
n1
fettuccine in cream sauce with cheese;

fettuccini
n1
pasta in flat strips wider than linguine;

- syn. fettuccine;

fetus
n1
an unborn or unhatched vertebrate in the later stages of development showing the main recognizable features of the mature animal;

- syn. foetus;

feud / f j u d /
n1
a bitter quarrel between two parties;

v1
carry out a feud;

- "The two professors have been feuding for years";

feudal / f j u d ɫ /
a1
of or relating to or characteristic of feudalism;

- syn. feudalistic;

feudal lord
n1
a man of rank in the ancient regime;

- syn. seigneur, seignior;

feudal lordship
n1
the position and authority of a feudal lord;

- syn. seigneury, seigniory;

feudal system
n1
the social system that developed in Europe in the 8th century;

- vassals were protected by lords who they had to serve in war;

- syn. feudalism;

feudalism / f j u d ɫ ɪ z ə m /
n1
the social system that developed in Europe in the 8th century;

- vassals were protected by lords who they had to serve in war;

- syn. feudal system;

feudalistic / f j u d ə ɫ ɪ s t ɪ k /
a1
of or relating to or characteristic of feudalism;

- syn. feudal;

feudalize / f j u d ə ɫ aɪ z /
v1
bring (a country or people) under feudalism;

feudally / f j u d æ ɫ i /
r1
in a feudal manner;

- "a feudally organized society";

feudatory / f j u d ə t ə ɹ i /
n1
a person holding a fief;

- a person who owes allegiance and service to a feudal lord;

- syn. liege, liege subject, liegeman, vassal;

a1
of or pertaining to the relation of a feudal vassal to his lord;

- "a feudatory relationship";

a2
owing feudal allegiance to or being subject to a sovereign;

- "it remained feudatory to India until 1365";

- sim. subordinate;

fever / f i v ə , f i v ə ɹ /
n1
a rise in the temperature of the body;

- frequently a symptom of infection;

- syn. febricity, febrility, feverishness, pyrexia;

n2
intense nervous anticipation;

- "in a fever of resentment";

fever blister
n1
caused by herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1);

- syn. cold sore, herpes labialis, oral herpes;

fever pitch
n1
a state of extreme excitement;

- "the crowd was at fever pitch";

fever tree
n1
any of several trees having leaves or bark used to allay fever or thought to indicate regions free of fever;

n2
ornamental shrub or small tree of swampy areas in southwestern United States having large pink or white sepals and yielding Georgia bark for treating fever;

- syn. Georgia bark, Pinckneya pubens, bitter-bark;

n3
tall fast-growing timber tree with leaves containing a medicinal oil;

- young leaves are bluish;

- syn. Eucalyptus globulus, blue gum;

n4
African tree supposed to mark healthful regions;

- syn. Acacia xanthophloea;

fevered / f i v ə d /
a1
highly or nervously excited;

- "a fevered imagination";

- sim. excited;

feverfew / f i v ə ɹ f j u /
n1
bushy aromatic European perennial herb having clusters of buttonlike white-rayed flower heads;

- valued traditionally for medicinal uses;

- sometimes placed in genus Chrysanthemum;

- syn. Chrysanthemum parthenium, Tanacetum parthenium;

feverish / f i v ə ɹ ɪ ʃ /
a1
marked by intense agitation or emotion;

- "worked at a feverish pace";

- syn. hectic;

- sim. agitated;

a2
of or relating to or characterized by fever;

- "a febrile reaction caused by an allergen";

- syn. febrile;

a3
having or affected by a fever;

- syn. feverous;

- sim. ill;

feverishly / f i v ə ɹ ɪ ʃ ɫ i /
r1
in a feverish manner;

- "she worked feverishly";

feverishness / f i v ə ɹ ɪ ʃ n ə s /
n1
a rise in the temperature of the body;

- frequently a symptom of infection;

- syn. febricity, febrility, fever, pyrexia;

feverous
a1
having or affected by a fever;

- syn. feverish;

- sim. ill;

feverroot
n1
coarse weedy American perennial herb with large usually perfoliate leaves and purple or dull red flowers;

- syn. Triostium perfoliatum, horse gentian, tinker's root, wild coffee;

few / f j u /
n1
a small elite group;

- "it was designed for the discriminating few";

a1
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by `a';

- a small but indefinite number;

- "a few weeks ago";

- "a few more wagons than usual";

- "an invalid's pleasures are few and far between";

- "few roses were still blooming";

- "few women have led troops in battle";

- also fewer, some;

- sim. a few, hardly a;

few-flowered leek
n1
leek producing bulbils instead of flowers;

- Russia and Iran;

- syn. Allium paradoxum;

fewer / f j u ə , f j u ə ɹ /
a1
(comparative of `few' used with count nouns) quantifier meaning a smaller number of;

- "fewer birds came this year";

- "the birds are fewer this year";

- "fewer trains were late";

- also few, less;

- sim. less;

fewest / f j u ɪ s t /
a1
(superlative of `few' used with count nouns and usually preceded by `the') quantifier meaning the smallest in number;

- "the fewest birds in recent memory";

fewness / f j u n ə s /
n1
the quality of being small in number;

fey / f eɪ /
a1
slightly insane;

- syn. touched;

- sim. insane;

a2
suggestive of an elf in strangeness and otherworldliness;

- "thunderbolts quivered with elfin flares of heat lightning";

- "the fey quality was there, the ability to see the moon at midday"- John Mason Brown;

- syn. elfin;

- sim. supernatural;

Feynman
n1
United States physicist who contributed to the theory of the interaction of photons and electrons (1918-1988);

- syn. Richard Feynman, Richard Phillips Feynman;

Fez / f ɛ z /
n1
a city in north central Morocco;

- religious center;

- syn. Fes;

n2
a felt cap (usually red) for a man;

- shaped like a flat-topped cone with a tassel that hangs from the crown;

- syn. tarboosh;

FHA
n1
the federal agency in the Department of Housing and Urban Development that insures residential mortgages;

- syn. Federal Housing Administration;

FHLMC
n1
a corporation authorized by Congress to provide a secondary market for residential mortgages;

- syn. Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, Freddie Mac;

fiance
n1
a man who is engaged to be married;

- syn. groom-to-be;

fiancee
n1
a woman who is engaged to be married;

- syn. bride-to-be;

fiasco / f ɪ æ s k oʊ /
n1
a sudden and violent collapse;

- syn. debacle;

fiat / f aɪ æ t /
n1
a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge);

- "a friend in New Mexico said that the order caused no trouble out there";

- syn. decree, edict, order, rescript;

fiat money
n1
money that the government declares to be legal tender although it cannot be converted into standard specie;

fib / f ɪ b /
n1
a trivial lie;

- "he told a fib about eating his spinach";

- "how can I stop my child from telling stories?";

- syn. story, tale, taradiddle, tarradiddle;

v1
tell a relatively insignificant lie;

- "Fibbing is not acceptable, even if you don't call it lying";

fibber / f ɪ b ə , f ɪ b ə ɹ /
n1
someone who tells lies;

- syn. fabricator, storyteller;

fibbing / f ɪ b ɪ ŋ /
n1
a trivial act of lying or being deliberately unclear;

- syn. paltering;

fiber / f ɪ b ə , f ɪ b ə ɹ /
n1
a slender and greatly elongated substance capable of being spun into yarn;

- syn. fibre;

n2
coarse, indigestible plant food low in nutrients;

- its bulk stimulates intestinal peristalsis;

- syn. roughage;

n3
any of several elongated, threadlike cells (especially a muscle fiber or a nerve fiber);

- syn. fibre;

n4
the inherent complex of attributes that determines a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions;

- "education has for its object the formation of character"- Herbert Spencer;

- syn. character, fibre;

n5
a leatherlike material made by compressing layers of paper or cloth;

- syn. fibre, vulcanized fiber;

fiber-optic
a1
of or relating to fiber optics;

- syn. fiberoptic, fibre-optic, fibreoptic;

fiber-optic transmission system
n1
a communication system using fiber optic cables;

- syn. FOTS, fibre-optic transmission system;

fiber bundle
n1
a bundle of fibers (especially nerve fibers);

- syn. fascicle, fasciculus, fibre bundle;

fiber optic cable
n1
a cable made of optical fibers that can transmit large amounts of information at the speed of light;

- syn. fibre optic cable;

fiber optics
n1
the transmission of light signals via glass fibers;

- syn. fiberoptics, fibre optics, fibreoptics;

fiberboard / f ɪ b ə b ɔ d /
n1
wallboard composed of wood chips or shavings bonded together with resin and compressed into rigid sheets;

- syn. fibreboard, particle board;

fiberglass / f aɪ b ə ɡ ɫ ɑ s /
n1
a covering material made of glass fibers in resins;

- syn. fibreglass;

fiberoptic / f ɪ b ə ɒ p t ɪ k /
a1
of or relating to fiber optics;

- syn. fiber-optic, fibre-optic, fibreoptic;

fiberoptics / f ɪ b ə ɒ p t ɪ k s /
n1
the transmission of light signals via glass fibers;

- syn. fiber optics, fibre optics, fibreoptics;

fiberscope
n1
a flexible medical instrument involving fiber optics that is used to examine internal organs;

Fibonacci number
n1
a number in the Fibonacci sequence;

Fibonacci sequence
n1
a sequence of numbers in which each number equals the sum of the two preceding numbers;

fibre / f aɪ b ə , f aɪ b ə ɹ /
n1
a slender and greatly elongated substance capable of being spun into yarn;

- syn. fiber;

n2
any of several elongated, threadlike cells (especially a muscle fiber or a nerve fiber);

- syn. fiber;

n3
the inherent complex of attributes that determines a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions;

- "education has for its object the formation of character"- Herbert Spencer;

- syn. character, fiber;

n4
a leatherlike material made by compressing layers of paper or cloth;

- syn. fiber, vulcanized fiber;

fibre-optic
a1
of or relating to fiber optics;

- syn. fiber-optic, fiberoptic, fibreoptic;

fibre-optic transmission system
n1
a communication system using fiber optic cables;

- syn. FOTS, fiber-optic transmission system;

fibre bundle
n1
a bundle of fibers (especially nerve fibers);

- syn. fascicle, fasciculus, fiber bundle;

fibre optic cable
n1
a cable made of optical fibers that can transmit large amounts of information at the speed of light;

- syn. fiber optic cable;

fibre optics
n1
the transmission of light signals via glass fibers;

- syn. fiber optics, fiberoptics, fibreoptics;

fibreboard / f aɪ b ə b ɔ d /
n1
wallboard composed of wood chips or shavings bonded together with resin and compressed into rigid sheets;

- syn. fiberboard, particle board;

fibreglass / f aɪ b ə ɡ ɫ ɑ s /
n1
a covering material made of glass fibers in resins;

- syn. fiberglass;

fibreoptic
a1
of or relating to fiber optics;

- syn. fiber-optic, fiberoptic, fibre-optic;

fibreoptics
n1
the transmission of light signals via glass fibers;

- syn. fiber optics, fiberoptics, fibre optics;

fibril / f aɪ b ɹ ɪ ɫ /
n1
a very slender natural or synthetic fiber;

- syn. filament, strand;

fibrillate / f aɪ b ɹ ɪ ɫ l eɪ t /
v1
make fine, irregular, rapid twitching movements;

- "His heart fibrillated and he died";

fibrillation / f aɪ b ɹ ɪ ɫ l eɪ ʃ n /
n1
muscular twitching involving individual muscle fibers acting without coordination;

n2
act or process of forming fibrils;

fibrillose
a1
covered with fibrils more or less evenly disposed;

fibrin
n1
a white insoluble fibrous protein formed by the action of thrombin on fibrinogen when blood clots;

- it forms a network that traps red cells and platelets;

fibrinase
n1
in the clotting of blood thrombin catalyzes factor XIII into its active form (fibrinase) which causes fibrin to form a stable clot;

- syn. factor XIII;

fibrinogen
n1
a protein present in blood plasma;

- converts to fibrin when blood clots;

- syn. factor I;

fibrinolysin
n1
an enzyme that dissolves the fibrin of blood clots;

- syn. plasmin;

fibrinolysis
n1
a normal ongoing process that dissolves fibrin and results in the removal of small blood clots;

- "drugs causing fibrinolysis have been utilized therapeutically";

fibrinopeptide
n1
peptide released from the amino end of fibrinogen by the action of thrombin to form fibrin during clotting of the blood;

fibrinous
a1
characterized by the presence of fibrin;

fibroadenoma
n1
benign and movable and firm and not tender tumor of the breast;

- common in young women and caused by high levels of estrogen;

fibroblast
n1
a cell from which connective tissue develops;

fibrocalcific
a1
involving or resulting from calcification of fibrous tissue;

fibrocartilage
n1
cartilage that is largely composed of fibers like those in ordinary connective tissue;

fibrocartilaginous
a1
of or relating to fibrocartilage;

fibrocystic breast disease
n1
the presence of one or more cysts in a breast;

- syn. cystic breast disease, cystic mastitis, fibrocystic disease of the breast;

fibrocystic disease of the breast
n1
the presence of one or more cysts in a breast;

- syn. cystic breast disease, cystic mastitis, fibrocystic breast disease;

fibrocystic disease of the pancreas
n1
the most common hereditary disease;

- the child's lungs and intestines and pancreas become clogged with thick mucus;

- caused by defect in a single gene;

- no cure is known;

- syn. CF, cystic fibrosis, mucoviscidosis, pancreatic fibrosis;

fibroid
n1
benign tumor containing fibrous tissue (especially in the uterus);

- syn. fibroid tumor;

fibroid tumor
n1
benign tumor containing fibrous tissue (especially in the uterus);

- syn. fibroid;

fibroma
n1
nonmalignant tumor of connective tissue;

fibromyositis
n1
local inflammation of muscle and connective tissue;

fibrosis / f aɪ b ɹ oʊ s ɪ s /
n1
development of excess fibrous connective tissue in an organ;

fibrositis / f aɪ b ɹ ə s aɪ t ɪ s , f aɪ b ɹ oʊ s aɪ t ɪ s /
n1
inflammation of white fibrous tissues (especially muscle sheaths);

fibrosity
n1
the quality of being fibrous;

- syn. fibrousness;

fibrous / f aɪ b ɹ ə s /
a1
having or resembling fibers especially fibers used in making cordage such as those of jute;

- syn. hempen;

- sim. tough;

a2
(of meat) full of sinews;

- especially impossible to chew;

- syn. sinewy, stringy, unchewable;

- sim. tough;

fibrous-rooted begonia
n1
any of numerous begonias having fibrous rather than tuberous or rhizomatous roots;

fibrous astrocyte
n1
star-shaped cells with long processes;

- found in the white matter of the brain and spinal cord;

fibrous dysplasia of bone
n1
a disturbance in which bone that is undergoing lysis is replaced by an abnormal proliferation of fibrous tissue resulting in bone lesions or skin lesions;

fibrous joint
n1
an immovable joint (especially between the bones of the skull);

- syn. sutura, suture;

fibrous tissue
n1
tissue consisting of or containing fibers in both animals and plants;

fibrousness / f aɪ b ɹ ə s n ə s /
n1
the quality of being fibrous;

- syn. fibrosity;

fibrovascular bundle
n1
a unit strand of the vascular system in stems and leaves of higher plants consisting essentially of xylem and phloem;

- syn. vascular bundle, vascular strand;

fibula / f ɪ b j ʊ ɫ ə /
n1
the outer and thinner of the two bones of the human leg between the knee and ankle;

- syn. calf bone;

fibular vein
n1
accompany the peroneal arteries;

- arising in the heel and running up the back of the leg to join the posterior tibial veins of the popliteal vein;

- syn. peroneal vein, vena peroneus;

FICA
n1
a tax on employees and employers that is used to fund the Social Security system;

fice
n1
a nervous belligerent little mongrel dog;

- syn. feist;

fichu / f i ʃ u /
n1
a lightweight triangular scarf worn by a woman;

fickle / f ɪ k ɫ /
a1
marked by erratic changeableness in affections or attachments;

- "fickle friends";

- "a flirt's volatile affections";

- syn. volatile;

- sim. inconstant;

a2
liable to sudden unpredictable change;

- "erratic behavior";

- "fickle weather";

- "mercurial twists of temperament";

- "a quicksilver character, cool and willful at one moment, utterly fragile the next";

- syn. erratic, mercurial, quicksilver;

- sim. changeable;

fickleness / f ɪ k ɫ n ə s /
n1
unfaithfulness by virtue of being unreliable or treacherous;

- syn. faithlessness, falseness, inconstancy;

fictile
a1
of or relating to the craft of pottery;

- "the fictile art";

- "fictile ware";

a2
susceptible to being led or directed;

- "fictile masses of people ripe for propaganda";

- syn. pliable;

- sim. susceptible;

a3
capable of being molded or modeled (especially of earth or clay or other soft material);

- "plastic substances such as wax or clay";

- syn. moldable, plastic;

- sim. elastic;

fiction / f ɪ k ʃ n /
n1
a literary work based on the imagination and not necessarily on fact;

n2
a deliberately false or improbable account;

- syn. fable, fabrication;

fictional / f ɪ k ʃ ə n ə ɫ , f ɪ k ʃ ə n ɫ /
a1
related to or involving literary fiction;

- "clever fictional devices";

- "a fictional treatment of the train robbery";

a2
formed or conceived by the imagination;

- "a fabricated excuse for his absence";

- "a fancied wrong";

- "a fictional character";

- syn. fabricated, fancied, fictitious;

- sim. unreal;

fictional animal
n1
animals that exist only in fiction (usually in children's stories);

fictional character
n1
an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story);

- "she is the main character in the novel";

- syn. character, fictitious character;

fictionalisation
n1
a literary work based partly or wholly on fact but written as if it were fiction;

- syn. fictionalization;

n2
writing in a fictional form;

- syn. fabrication, fictionalization;

fictionalise
v1
make into fiction;

- "The writer fictionalized the lives of his parents in his latest novel";

- syn. fictionalize, retell;

v2
convert into the form or the style of a novel;

- "The author novelized the historical event";

- syn. fictionalize, novelise, novelize;

fictionalization / f ɪ k ʃ ə n ə ɫ aɪ z eɪ ʃ n /
n1
a literary work based partly or wholly on fact but written as if it were fiction;

- syn. fictionalisation;

n2
writing in a fictional form;

- syn. fabrication, fictionalisation;

fictionalize / f ɪ k ʃ ə n ə ɫ aɪ z /
v1
make into fiction;

- "The writer fictionalized the lives of his parents in his latest novel";

- syn. fictionalise, retell;

v2
convert into the form or the style of a novel;

- "The author novelized the historical event";

- syn. fictionalise, novelise, novelize;

fictitious / f ɪ k t ɪ ʃ ə s /
a1
formed or conceived by the imagination;

- "a fabricated excuse for his absence";

- "a fancied wrong";

- "a fictional character";

- syn. fabricated, fancied, fictional;

- sim. unreal;

a2
adopted in order to deceive;

- "an assumed name";

- "an assumed cheerfulness";

- "a fictitious address";

- "fictive sympathy";

- "a pretended interest";

- "a put-on childish voice";

- "sham modesty";

- syn. assumed, false, fictive, pretended, put on, sham;

- sim. counterfeit;

fictitious character
n1
an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story);

- "she is the main character in the novel";

- syn. character, fictional character;

fictitious name
n1
(law) a name under which a corporation conducts business that is not the legal name of the corporation as shown in its articles of incorporation;

- syn. DBA, Doing Business As, assumed name;

fictitious place
n1
a place that exists only in imagination;

- a place said to exist in fictional or religious writings;

- syn. imaginary place, mythical place;

fictitiously / f ɪ k t ɪ ʃ ə s ɫ i /
r1
in a false manner intended to mislead;

r2
in a fictional manner (created by the imagination);

fictive / f ɪ k t ɪ v /
a1
adopted in order to deceive;

- "an assumed name";

- "an assumed cheerfulness";

- "a fictitious address";

- "fictive sympathy";

- "a pretended interest";

- "a put-on childish voice";

- "sham modesty";

- syn. assumed, false, fictitious, pretended, put on, sham;

- sim. counterfeit;

a2
capable of imaginative creation;

- "fictive talent";

- sim. creative;

Ficus
n1
large genus of tropical trees or shrubs or climbers including fig trees;

- syn. genus Ficus;

Ficus aurea
n1
a strangler tree native to southern Florida and West Indies;

- begins as an epiphyte eventually developing many thick aerial roots and covering enormous areas;

- syn. Florida strangler fig, golden fig, strangler fig, wild fig;

Ficus bengalensis
n1
East Indian tree that puts out aerial shoots that grow down into the soil forming additional trunks;

- syn. East Indian fig tree, Indian banyan, banian, banian tree, banyan, banyan tree;

Ficus carica
n1
Mediterranean tree widely cultivated for its edible fruit;

- syn. common fig, common fig tree, fig;

Ficus carica sylvestris
n1
wild variety of the common fig used to facilitate pollination of certain figs;

- syn. caprifig;

Ficus deltoidea
n1
shrub or small tree often grown as a houseplant having foliage like mistletoe;

- syn. Ficus diversifolia, mistletoe fig, mistletoe rubber plant;

Ficus diversifolia
n1
shrub or small tree often grown as a houseplant having foliage like mistletoe;

- syn. Ficus deltoidea, mistletoe fig, mistletoe rubber plant;

Ficus elastica
n1
large tropical Asian tree frequently dwarfed as a houseplant;

- source of Assam rubber;

- syn. Assam rubber, India-rubber fig, India-rubber plant, India-rubber tree, rubber plant;

Ficus religiosa
n1
fig tree of India noted for great size and longevity;

- lacks the prop roots of the banyan;

- regarded as sacred by Buddhists;

- syn. bo tree, peepul, pipal, pipal tree, pipul, sacred fig;

Ficus rubiginosa
n1
Australian tree resembling the banyan often planted for ornament;

- introduced into South Africa for brushwood;

- syn. Botany Bay fig, Port Jackson fig, little-leaf fig, rusty rig;

Ficus sycomorus
n1
thick-branched wide-spreading tree of Africa and adjacent southwestern Asia often buttressed with branches rising from near the ground;

- produces cluster of edible but inferior figs on short leafless twigs;

- the biblical sycamore;

- syn. mulberry fig, sycamore, sycamore fig;

fiddle / f ɪ d ɫ /
n1
bowed stringed instrument that is the highest member of the violin family;

- this instrument has four strings and a hollow body and an unfretted fingerboard and is played with a bow;

- syn. violin;

v1
avoid (one's assigned duties);

- "The derelict soldier shirked his duties";

- syn. goldbrick, shirk, shrink from;

v2
commit fraud and steal from one's employer;

- "We found out that she had been fiddling for years";

v3
play the violin or fiddle;

v4
play on a violin;

- "Zuckerman fiddled that song very nicely";

v5
manipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination;

- "She played nervously with her wedding ring";

- "Don't fiddle with the screws";

- "He played with the idea of running for the Senate";

- syn. diddle, play, toy;

v6
play around with or alter or falsify, usually secretively or dishonestly;

- "Someone tampered with the documents on my desk";

- "The reporter fiddle with the facts";

- syn. monkey, tamper;

v7
try to fix or mend;

- "Can you tinker with the T.V. set--it's not working right";

- "She always fiddles with her van on the weekend";

- syn. tinker;

fiddle-faddle
n1
trivial nonsense;

- syn. balderdash, piffle;

fiddle-shaped
a1
(of a leaf shape) having rounded ends and a contracted center;

- syn. pandurate, panduriform;

- sim. simple;

fiddle with
v1
manipulate, as in a nervous or unconscious manner;

- "He twiddled his thumbs while waiting for the interview";

- syn. twiddle;

fiddlehead / f ɪ d ɫ h ɛ d /
n1
tall fern of northern temperate regions having graceful arched fronds and sporophylls resembling ostrich plumes;

- syn. Matteuccia struthiopteris, Onoclea struthiopteris, Pteretis struthiopteris, ostrich fern, shuttlecock fern;

n2
New World fern having woolly cinnamon-colored spore-bearing fronds in early spring later surrounded by green fronds;

- the early uncurling fronds are edible;

- syn. Osmunda cinnamonea, cinnamon fern, fiddlehead fern;

fiddlehead fern
n1
New World fern having woolly cinnamon-colored spore-bearing fronds in early spring later surrounded by green fronds;

- the early uncurling fronds are edible;

- syn. Osmunda cinnamonea, cinnamon fern, fiddlehead;

fiddleneck
n1
hairy annual of California to Mexico with crowded cymes of small blue to lilac or mauve flowers;

- syn. Phacelia tanacetifolia;

fiddler / f ɪ d ɫ ə , f ɪ d ɫ ə ɹ /
n1
a musician who plays the violin;

- syn. violinist;

n2
someone who manipulates in a nervous or unconscious manner;

- syn. twiddler;

n3
an unskilled person who tries to fix or mend;

- syn. tinkerer;

fiddler crab
n1
burrowing crab of American coastal regions having one claw much enlarged in the male;

fiddlestick / f ɪ d ɫ s t ɪ k /
n1
a bow used in playing the violin;

- syn. violin bow;

fiddling / f ɪ d ɫ ɪ ŋ /
a1
(informal) small and of little importance;

- "a fiddling sum of money";

- "a footling gesture";

- "our worries are lilliputian compared with those of countries that are at war";

- "a little (or small) matter";

- "a dispute over niggling details";

- "limited to petty enterprises";

- "piffling efforts";

- "giving a police officer a free meal may be against the law, but it seems to be a picayune infraction";

- syn. footling, lilliputian, little, niggling, petty, picayune, piddling, piffling, trivial;

- sim. unimportant;

Fidel Castro
n1
Cuban socialist leader who overthrew a dictator in 1959 and established a Marxist socialist state in Cuba (born in 1927);

- syn. Castro, Fidel Castro Ruz;

Fidel Castro Ruz
n1
Cuban socialist leader who overthrew a dictator in 1959 and established a Marxist socialist state in Cuba (born in 1927);

- syn. Castro, Fidel Castro;

fidelity / f ɪ d ɛ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
accuracy with which an electronic system reproduces the sound or image of its input signal;

n2
the quality of being faithful;

- syn. faithfulness;

fidget / f ɪ dʒ ɪ t /
n1
a feeling of agitation expressed in continual motion;

- "he's got the fidgets";

- "waiting gave him a feeling of restlessness";

- syn. fidgetiness, restlessness;

v1
move restlessly;

- "The child is always fidgeting in his seat";

fidgetiness
n1
a feeling of agitation expressed in continual motion;

- "he's got the fidgets";

- "waiting gave him a feeling of restlessness";

- syn. fidget, restlessness;

fidgety / f ɪ dʒ ɪ t i /
a1
nervous and unable to relax;

- "a constant fretful stamping of hooves";

- "a restless child";

- syn. antsy, fretful, itchy;

- sim. tense;

fiducial / f ɪ d j u ʃ j ə ɫ /
a1
relating to or of the nature of a legal trust (i.e. the holding of something in trust for another);

- "a fiduciary contract";

- "in a fiduciary capacity";

- "fiducial power";

- syn. fiduciary;

a2
used as a fixed standard of reference for comparison or measurement;

- "a fiducial point";

a3
based on trust;

- sim. trustworthy;

fiduciary / f ɪ d j u ʃ j ə ɹ i /
n1
a person who holds assets in trust for a beneficiary;

- "it is illegal for a fiduciary to misappropriate money for personal gain";

a1
relating to or of the nature of a legal trust (i.e. the holding of something in trust for another);

- "a fiduciary contract";

- "in a fiduciary capacity";

- "fiducial power";

- syn. fiducial;

fiduciary duty
n1
the legal duty of a fiduciary to act in the best interests of the beneficiary;

fiduciary relation
n1
the legal relation that exists when one person justifiably places reliance on another whose aid or protection is sought in some matter;

Fiedler
n1
popular United States conductor (1894-1979);

- syn. Arthur Fiedler;

fief / f i f /
n1
a piece of land held under the feudal system;

- syn. feoff;

fiefdom
n1
the domain controlled by a feudal lord;

n2
an organization that is controlled by a dominant person or group;

field / f i ɫ d /
n1
a piece of land cleared of trees and usually enclosed;

- "he planted a field of wheat";

n2
a region where a battle is being (or has been) fought;

- "they made a tour of Civil War battlefields";

- syn. battlefield, battleground, field of battle, field of honor;

n3
somewhere (away from a studio or office or library or laboratory) where practical work is done or data is collected;

- "anthropologists do much of their work in the field";

n4
a branch of knowledge;

- "in what discipline is his doctorate?";

- "teachers should be well trained in their subject";

- "anthropology is the study of human beings";

- syn. bailiwick, discipline, field of study, study, subject, subject area, subject field;

n5
the space around a radiating body within which its electromagnetic oscillations can exert force on another similar body not in contact with it;

- syn. field of force, force field;

n6
a particular kind of commercial enterprise;

- "they are outstanding in their field";

- syn. field of operation, line of business;

n7
a particular environment or walk of life;

- "his social sphere is limited";

- "it was a closed area of employment";

- "he's out of my orbit";

- syn. area, arena, domain, orbit, sphere;

n8
a piece of land prepared for playing a game;

- "the home crowd cheered when Princeton took the field";

- syn. athletic field, playing area, playing field;

n9
extensive tract of level open land;

- "they emerged from the woods onto a vast open plain";

- "he longed for the fields of his youth";

- syn. champaign, plain;

n10
(mathematics) a set of elements such that addition and multiplication are commutative and associative and multiplication is distributive over addition and there are two elements 0 and 1;

- "the set of all rational numbers is a field";

n11
a region in which active military operations are in progress;

- "the army was in the field awaiting action";

- "he served in the Vietnam theater for three years";

- syn. field of operations, theater, theater of operations, theatre, theatre of operations;

n12
all of the horses in a particular horse race;

n13
all the competitors in a particular contest or sporting event;

n14
a geographic region (land or sea) under which something valuable is found;

- "the diamond fields of South Africa";

n15
(computer science) a set of one or more adjacent characters comprising a unit of information;

n16
the area that is visible (as through an optical instrument);

- syn. field of view;

n17
a place where planes take off and land;

- syn. airfield, flying field, landing field;

v1
catch or pick up (balls) in baseball or cricket;

v2
play as a fielder;

v3
answer adequately or successfully;

- "The lawyer fielded all questions from the press";

v4
select (a team or individual player) for a game;

- "The Buckeyes fielded a young new quarterback for the Rose Bowl";

field-crop
a1
of or relating to field crops;

- "field-crop management";

field-effect transistor
n1
a transistor in which most current flows in a channel whose effective resistance can be controlled by a transverse electric field;

- syn. FET;

field-emission microscope
n1
electron microscope used to observe the surface structure of a solid;

field-grade officer
n1
an officer holding the rank of major or lieutenant colonel or colonel;

- syn. FO, field officer;

field-pea plant
n1
variety of pea plant native to the Mediterranean region and North Africa and widely grown especially for forage;

- syn. Austrian winter pea, Pisum arvense, Pisum sativum arvense, field pea;

field-sequential color television
n1
an early form of color TV in which successive fields are scanned in three primary colors;

- syn. field-sequential color TV, field-sequential color TV system, field-sequential color television system;

field-sequential color television system
n1
an early form of color TV in which successive fields are scanned in three primary colors;

- syn. field-sequential color TV, field-sequential color TV system, field-sequential color television;

field-sequential color TV
n1
an early form of color TV in which successive fields are scanned in three primary colors;

- syn. field-sequential color TV system, field-sequential color television, field-sequential color television system;

field-sequential color TV system
n1
an early form of color TV in which successive fields are scanned in three primary colors;

- syn. field-sequential color TV, field-sequential color television, field-sequential color television system;

field-test
v1
test something under the conditions under which it will actually be used;

- "The Army field tested the new tanks";

field artillery
n1
movable artillery (other than antiaircraft) used by armies in the field (especially for direct support of front-line troops);

- syn. field gun;

field balm
n1
trailing European aromatic plant of the mint family having rounded leaves and small purplish flowers often grown in hanging baskets;

- naturalized in North America;

- sometimes placed in genus Nepeta;

- syn. Glechoma hederaceae, Nepeta hederaceae, alehoof, gill-over-the-ground, ground ivy, runaway robin;

n2
low-growing strongly aromatic perennial herb of southern Europe to Great Britain;

- naturalized in United States;

- syn. Calamintha nepeta, Calamintha nepeta glantulosa, Satureja calamintha glandulosa, Satureja nepeta, lesser calamint;

field bean
n1
Old World upright plant grown especially for its large flat edible seeds but also as fodder;

- syn. English bean, European bean, Vicia faba, broad-bean, broad-bean plant, broad bean;

field bindweed
n1
weakly climbing European perennial with white or pink flowers;

- naturalized in North America and an invasive weed;

- syn. Convolvulus arvensis, wild morning-glory;

field brome
n1
annual grass of Europe and temperate Asia;

- syn. Bromus arvensis;

field capacity
n1
the maximum amount of water that a particular soil can hold;

field chamomile
n1
European white-flowered weed naturalized in North America;

- syn. Anthemis arvensis, corn chamomile, corn mayweed;

field chickweed
n1
densely tufted perennial chickweed of north temperate zone;

- syn. Cerastium arvense, field mouse-ear;

field coil
n1
the electric coil around a field magnet that produces the magneto motive force to set up the flux in an electric machine;

- syn. field winding;

field corn
n1
corn grown primarily for animal feed or market grain;

field cricket
n1
common American black cricket;

- attacks crops and also enters dwellings;

- syn. Acheta assimilis;

field crop
n1
a crop (other than fruits or vegetables) that is grown for agricultural purposes;

- "cotton, hay, and grain are field crops";

field day
n1
(military) a day for military exercises and display;

n2
a day for outdoor athletic competition;

n3
a time of unusual pleasure and success;

n4
a day devoted to an outdoor social gathering;

- syn. outing, picnic;

field emission
n1
the emission of electrons that are stripped from parent atoms by a high electric field;

field event
n1
a competition that takes place on a field rather than on a running track;

field game
n1
an outdoor game played on a field of specified dimensions;

field garlic
n1
pungent Old World wild onion;

- syn. Allium vineale, crow garlic, false garlic, stag's garlic, wild garlic;

field general
n1
(football) the person who plays quarterback;

- syn. quarterback, signal caller;

n2
(American football) the position of the football player in the backfield who directs the offensive play of his team;

- "quarterback is the most important position on the team";

- syn. quarterback, signal caller;

field glass
n1
a small refracting telescope;

- syn. glass, spyglass;

field glasses
n1
(plural) an optical instrument designed for simultaneous use by both eyes;

- syn. binoculars, opera glasses;

field goal
n1
a score in American football;

- a score made by kicking the ball between the opponents' goal posts;

n2
a score in basketball made by throwing the ball through the hoop;

- syn. basket;

field guide
n1
a guidebook describing natural objects of some type that might be encountered in the field;

- "a field guide to mushrooms";

field gun
n1
movable artillery (other than antiaircraft) used by armies in the field (especially for direct support of front-line troops);

- syn. field artillery;

field hand
n1
a hired hand on a farm;

- syn. farm worker, farmhand, fieldhand;

field hockey
n1
a game resembling ice hockey that is played on an open field;

- two opposing teams use curved hockey sticks try to drive a ball into the opponents' net;

- syn. hockey;

field hockey ball
n1
ball used in playing field hockey;

field horsetail
n1
of Eurasia and Greenland and North America;

- syn. Equisetum arvense, common horsetail;

field hospital
n1
a temporary military hospital near the battle lines;

field house
n1
a building for indoor sports;

- syn. sports arena;

n2
an athletic facility where athletes prepare for sport;

field hut
n1
temporary military shelter;

- syn. army hut, hut;

field intensity
n1
the vector sum of all the forces exerted by an electrical or magnetic field (on a unit mass or unit charge or unit magnetic pole) at a given point in the field;

- syn. field strength;

field judge
n1
a football official;

field lens
n1
the lens that is farthest from the eye in an optical device with more than one lens;

field line
n1
an imaginary line in a field of force;

- direction of the line at any point is the direction of the force at that point;

- syn. line of force;

field lupine
n1
white-flowered Eurasian herb widely cultivated for forage and erosion control;

- syn. Egyptian lupine, Lupinus albus, white lupine, wolf bean;

field magnet
n1
a magnet that provides a magnetic field in a dynamo or electric motor;

field maple
n1
shrubby Eurasian maple often used as a hedge;

- syn. Acer campestre, hedge maple;

field marigold
n1
European herb with bright yellow flowers;

- a common weed in grain fields;

- syn. Chrysanthemum segetum, corn marigold;

field marshal
n1
an officer holding the highest rank in the army;

field mint
n1
European mint naturalized in United States;

- syn. Mentha arvensis, corn mint;

field mouse
n1
any of various small mouselike rodents of the family Cricetidae (especially of genus Microtus) having a stout short-tailed body and inconspicuous ears and inhabiting fields or meadows;

- syn. vole;

n2
any nocturnal Old World mouse of the genus Apodemus inhabiting woods and fields and gardens;

- syn. fieldmouse;

field mouse-ear
n1
densely tufted perennial chickweed of north temperate zone;

- syn. Cerastium arvense, field chickweed;

field mushroom
n1
common edible mushroom found naturally in moist open soil;

- the cultivated mushroom of commerce;

- syn. Agaricus campestris, meadow mushroom;

field mustard
n1
weedy Eurasian plant often a pest in grain fields;

- syn. Brassica kaber, Sinapis arvensis, chadlock, charlock, wild mustard;

field of battle
n1
a region where a battle is being (or has been) fought;

- "they made a tour of Civil War battlefields";

- syn. battlefield, battleground, field, field of honor;

field of fire
n1
the area that a weapon or group of weapons can cover effectively with gun fire from a given position;

field of force
n1
the space around a radiating body within which its electromagnetic oscillations can exert force on another similar body not in contact with it;

- syn. field, force field;

field of honor
n1
the scene of a duel;

n2
a region where a battle is being (or has been) fought;

- "they made a tour of Civil War battlefields";

- syn. battlefield, battleground, field, field of battle;

field of operation
n1
a particular kind of commercial enterprise;

- "they are outstanding in their field";

- syn. field, line of business;

field of operations
n1
a region in which active military operations are in progress;

- "the army was in the field awaiting action";

- "he served in the Vietnam theater for three years";

- syn. field, theater, theater of operations, theatre, theatre of operations;

field of regard
n1
all of the points of the physical environment that can be perceived by a stable eye at a given moment;

- syn. field of vision, visual field;

field of study
n1
a branch of knowledge;

- "in what discipline is his doctorate?";

- "teachers should be well trained in their subject";

- "anthropology is the study of human beings";

- syn. bailiwick, discipline, field, study, subject, subject area, subject field;

field of view
n1
the area that is visible (as through an optical instrument);

- syn. field;

field of vision
n1
all of the points of the physical environment that can be perceived by a stable eye at a given moment;

- syn. field of regard, visual field;

field officer
n1
an officer holding the rank of major or lieutenant colonel or colonel;

- syn. FO, field-grade officer;

field pansy
n1
common Old World viola with creamy often violet-tinged flowers;

- syn. Viola arvensis, heartsease;

field pea
n1
seed of the field pea plant;

n2
variety of pea plant native to the Mediterranean region and North Africa and widely grown especially for forage;

- syn. Austrian winter pea, Pisum arvense, Pisum sativum arvense, field-pea plant;

n3
coarse small-seeded pea often used as food when young and tender;

field pennycress
n1
foetid Eurasian weed having round flat pods;

- naturalized throughout North America;

- syn. French weed, Thlaspi arvense, fanweed, mithridate mustard, penny grass, stinkweed;

field poppy
n1
annual European poppy common in grain fields and often cultivated;

- syn. Flanders poppy, Papaver rhoeas, corn poppy;

field press censorship
n1
security review of news (including all information or material intended for dissemination to the public) subject to the jurisdiction of the armed forces;

field pussytoes
n1
a variety of pussytoes;

field ration
n1
rations issued for United States troops in the field;

field sandbur
n1
grass of the eastern United States and tropical America having spikelets enclosed in prickly burs;

- syn. Cenchrus tribuloides, sandbur, sandspur;

field scabious
n1
perennial having bluish-lilac flowers;

- introduced in the eastern United States;

- syn. Scabiosa arvensis;

field soybean
n1
seeds used as livestock feed;

field spaniel
n1
large usually black hunting and retrieving spaniel with a dense flat or slightly wavy coat;

- cross between cocker and Sussex spaniel;

field sparrow
n1
common North American finch of brushy pasturelands;

- syn. Spizella pusilla;

field speedwell
n1
European plant with minute axillary blue flowers on long stalks;

- widely naturalized in America;

- syn. Veronica agrestis;

field sport
n1
a sport that is played outdoors;

- syn. outdoor sport;

field strength
n1
the vector sum of all the forces exerted by an electrical or magnetic field (on a unit mass or unit charge or unit magnetic pole) at a given point in the field;

- syn. field intensity;

field strength unit
n1
an electromagnetic unit of magnetic intensity;

field tent
n1
a canvas tent for use in the field;

field test
n1
a test of the performance of some new product under the conditions in which it will be used;

- syn. field trial;

field theory
n1
(physics) a theory that explains a physical phenomenon in terms of a field and the manner in which it interacts with matter or with other fields;

field thistle
n1
stout North American thistle with purplish-pink flower heads;

- syn. Cirsium discolor;

field trial
n1
a test of the performance of some new product under the conditions in which it will be used;

- syn. field test;

n2
a contest between gun dogs to determine their proficiency in pointing and retrieving;

n3
a test of young hunting dogs to determine their skill in pointing and retrieving;

field trip
n1
a group excursion (to a museum or the woods or some historic place) for firsthand examination;

field winding
n1
the electric coil around a field magnet that produces the magneto motive force to set up the flux in an electric machine;

- syn. field coil;

field work
n1
an investigation carried out in the field rather than in a laboratory or headquarters;

field wormwood
n1
European wormwood similar to common wormwood in its properties;

- syn. Artemisia campestris;

fielder / f i ɫ d ə , f i ɫ d ə ɹ /
n1
a member of the baseball team that is in the field instead of at bat;

n2
a member of the cricket team that is fielding rather than batting;

- syn. fieldsman;

fielder's choice
n1
a play made on a ground ball in which the fielder chooses to put out an advancing runner instead of the batter;

fieldfare / f i ɫ d f eə /
n1
medium-sized Eurasian thrush seen chiefly in winter;

- syn. Turdus pilaris, snowbird;

fieldhand / f i ɫ d h æ n d /
n1
a hired hand on a farm;

- syn. farm worker, farmhand, field hand;

fielding / f i ɫ d ɪ ŋ /
n1
(baseball) handling the ball while playing in the field;

n2
English novelist and dramatist (1707-1754);

- syn. Henry Fielding;

fielding average
n1
(baseball) a measure of a fielder's performance;

- the number of assists and putouts divided by the number of chances;

fieldmouse
n1
any nocturnal Old World mouse of the genus Apodemus inhabiting woods and fields and gardens;

- syn. field mouse;

Fields / f i ɫ d z /
n1
United States comedian and film actor (1880-1946);

- syn. W. C. Fields, William Claude Dukenfield;

fieldsman / f i ɫ d z m ə n /
n1
a member of the cricket team that is fielding rather than batting;

- syn. fielder;

fieldstone / f i ɫ d s t oʊ n /
n1
stone that occurs naturally in fields;

- often used as building material;

fieldwork / f i ɫ d w ɝ k /
n1
a temporary fortification built by troops in the field;

fieldworker / f i ɫ d w ɝ k ə , f i ɫ d w ɝ k ə ɹ /
n1
a researcher who works in the field;

fiend / f i n d /
n1
a cruel wicked and inhuman person;

- syn. demon, devil, monster, ogre;

n2
an evil supernatural being;

- syn. daemon, daimon, demon, devil;

n3
a person motivated by irrational enthusiasm (as for a cause);

- "A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject"--Winston Churchill;

- syn. fanatic;

fiendish / f i n d ɪ ʃ /
a1
extremely evil or cruel;

- expressive of cruelty or befitting hell;

- "something demonic in him--something that could be cruel";

- "fires lit up a diabolic scene";

- "diabolical sorcerers under the influence of devils";

- "a fiendish despot";

- "hellish torture";

- "infernal instruments of war";

- "satanic cruelty";

- "unholy grimaces";

- syn. demonic, diabolic, diabolical, hellish, infernal, satanic, unholy;

- sim. evil;

fiendishly / f i n d ɪ ʃ ɫ i /
r1
as a devil;

- in an evil manner;

- "his writing could be diabolically satiric";

- syn. devilishly, diabolically;

fierce / f ɪə s /
a1
marked by extreme and violent energy;

- "a ferocious beating";

- "fierce fighting";

- "a furious battle";

- syn. ferocious, furious, savage;

- sim. violent;

a2
marked by extreme intensity of emotions or convictions;

- inclined to react violently;

- fervid;

- "fierce loyalty";

- "in a tearing rage";

- "vehement dislike";

- "violent passions";

- syn. tearing, trigger-happy, vehement, violent;

- sim. intense;

a3
ruthless in competition;

- "cutthroat competition";

- "bowelless readiness to take advantage";

- syn. bowelless, cutthroat;

- sim. merciless;

a4
violently agitated and turbulent;

- "boisterous winds and waves";

- "the fierce thunders roar me their music"- Ezra Pound;

- "rough weather";

- "rough seas";

- syn. boisterous, rough;

- sim. stormy;

fiercely / f ɪə s ɫ i /
r1
in a physically fierce manner;

- "silence broken by dogs barking ferociously";

- "they fought fiercely";

- syn. ferociously;

r2
in an emotionally fierce manner;

- "she was fiercely proud of her children";

fierceness / f ɪə s n ə s /
n1
the property of being wild or turbulent;

- "the storm's violence";

- syn. ferocity, furiousness, fury, vehemence, violence, wildness;

fieri facias
n1
a writ ordering a levy on the belongings of a debtor to satisfy the debt;

fierily / f aɪ ə ɹ ɪ ɫ i /
r1
with passionate fervor;

- "both those for and against are fervently convinced they speak for the great majority of the people";

- "a fierily opinionated book";

- syn. fervently, fervidly;

fieriness / f aɪ ə ɹ ɪ n ə s /
n1
the heat or the color of fire;

- syn. red heat;

n2
a passionate and quick-tempered nature;

fiery / f aɪ ə ɹ i /
a1
characterized by intense emotion;

- "ardent love";

- "an ardent lover";

- "a fervent desire to change society";

- "a fervent admirer";

- "fiery oratory";

- "an impassioned appeal";

- "a torrid love affair";

- syn. ardent, fervent, fervid, impassioned, perfervid, torrid;

- sim. passionate;

a2
like or suggestive of fire;

- "a fiery desert wind";

- "an igneous desert atmosphere";

- syn. igneous;

- sim. hot;

a3
very intense;

- "a fiery temper";

- "flaming passions";

- syn. flaming;

- sim. hot;

fiesta / f ɪ ɛ s t ə /
n1
an elaborate party (often outdoors);

- syn. feast, fete;

fiesta flower
n1
straggling California annual herb with deep purple or violet flowers;

- sometimes placed in genus Nemophila;

- syn. Nemophila aurita, Pholistoma auritum;

fife / f aɪ f /
n1
a small high-pitched flute similar to a piccolo;

- has a shrill tone and is used chiefly to accompany drums in a marching band;

fife rail
n1
the railing surrounding the mast of a sailing vessel;

FIFO
n1
inventory accounting in which the oldest items (those first acquired) are assumed to be the first sold;

- syn. first in first out;

fifteen / f ɪ f t i n /
n1
the cardinal number that is the sum of fourteen and one;

- syn. 15, XV;

a1
being one more than fourteen;

- syn. 15, xv;

- sim. cardinal;

fifteenth / f ɪ f t i n θ /
n1
position 15 in a countable series of things;

a1
coming next after the fourteenth and just before the sixteenth in position;

- syn. 15th;

- sim. ordinal;

fifth / f ɪ f θ /
n1
a quantity of liquor equal to one fifth of a United States gallon;

n2
position five in a countable series of things;

- "he was fifth out of several hundred runners";

n3
one part in five equal parts;

- syn. fifth part, one-fifth, twenty percent;

n4
the musical interval between one note and another five notes away from it;

a1
coming next after the fourth and just before the sixth in position;

- syn. 5th;

- sim. ordinal;

Fifth Amendment
n1
an amendment to the Constitution of the United States that imposes restrictions on the government's prosecution of persons accused of crimes;

- mandates due process of law and prohibits self-incrimination and double jeopardy;

- requires just compensation if private property is taken for public use;

Fifth Avenue
n1
an avenue in Manhattan that separates the east side of Manhattan from the west side;

fifth column
n1
a subversive group that supports the enemy and engages in espionage or sabotage;

- an enemy in your midst;

- syn. Trojan horse;

fifth columnist
n1
a member of a clandestine subversive organization who tries to help a potential invader;

- syn. saboteur;

fifth cranial nerve
n1
the main sensory nerve of the face and motor nerve for the muscles of mastication;

- syn. nervus trigeminus, trigeminal, trigeminal nerve, trigeminus;

Fifth Crusade
n1
a Crusade under papal control from 1218 to 1221 that achieved military victories but failed when dissension arose over accepting the terms they had been offered;

Fifth Lateran Council
n1
the council in 1512-1517 that published disciplinary decrees and planned (but did not carry out) a crusade against Turkey;

fifth part
n1
one part in five equal parts;

- syn. fifth, one-fifth, twenty percent;

fifth wheel
n1
someone or something that is unwanted and unneeded;

- syn. deadwood;

n2
an extra car wheel and tire for a four-wheel vehicle;

- syn. spare;

n3
a steering bearing that enables the front axle of a horse-drawn wagon to rotate;

fifthly / f ɪ f θ ɫ i /
r1
in the fifth place;

- "fifthly, we must adhere to the rules set by the local government";

fifties / f ɪ f t ɪ z /
n1
the decade from 1950 to 1959;

- syn. 1950s;

n2
the time of life between 50 and 60;

- syn. mid-fifties;

fiftieth / f ɪ f t ɪə θ /
n1
position 50 in a countable series of things;

a1
the ordinal number of fifty in counting order;

- syn. 50th;

- sim. ordinal;

fifty / f ɪ f t i /
n1
the cardinal number that is the product of ten and five;

- syn. 50, L;

n2
a United States bill worth 50 dollars;

- syn. fifty dollar bill;

a1
being ten more than forty;

- syn. 50, l;

- sim. cardinal;

fifty-cent piece
n1
a United States coin worth half of a dollar;

- syn. half dollar;

fifty-eight
a1
being eight more than fifty;

- syn. 58, lviii;

- sim. cardinal;

fifty-fifth
a1
the ordinal number of fifty-five in counting order;

- syn. 55th;

- sim. ordinal;

fifty-fifty
a1
equal in degree or extent or amount;

- or equally matched or balanced;

- "even amounts of butter and sugar";

- "on even terms";

- "it was a fifty-fifty (or even) split";

- "had a fifty-fifty (or even) chance";

- "an even fight";

- syn. even;

- sim. equal;

fifty-five
a1
being five more than fifty;

- syn. 55, lv;

- sim. cardinal;

fifty-four
a1
being four more than fifty;

- syn. 54, liv;

- sim. cardinal;

fifty-nine
a1
being nine more than fifty;

- syn. 59, ilx;

- sim. cardinal;

fifty-one
a1
being one more than fifty;

- syn. 51, li;

- sim. cardinal;

fifty-seven
a1
being seven more than fifty;

- syn. 57, lvii;

- sim. cardinal;

fifty-six
a1
being six more than fifty;

- syn. 56, lvi;

- sim. cardinal;

fifty-three
a1
being three more than fifty;

- syn. 53, liii;

- sim. cardinal;

fifty-two
a1
being two more than fifty;

- syn. 52, lii;

- sim. cardinal;

fifty dollar bill
n1
a United States bill worth 50 dollars;

- syn. fifty;

fifty percent
n1
a half expressed as a percentage;

fig / f ɪ ɡ /
n1
a diagram or picture illustrating textual material;

- "the area covered can be seen from Figure 2";

- syn. figure;

n2
Mediterranean tree widely cultivated for its edible fruit;

- syn. Ficus carica, common fig, common fig tree;

n3
a Libyan terrorist group organized in 1995 and aligned with al-Qaeda;

- seeks to radicalize the Libyan government;

- attempted to assassinate Qaddafi;

- syn. Al-Jama'a al-Islamiyyah al-Muqatilah bi-Libya, Libyan Fighting Group, Libyan Islamic Fighting Group, Libyan Islamic Group;

n4
fleshy sweet pear-shaped yellowish or purple multiple fruit eaten fresh or preserved or dried;

fig-bird
n1
greenish-yellow Australian oriole feeding chiefly on figs and other fruits;

fig-shaped
a1
shaped in the form of a fig;

- sim. formed;

fig leaf
n1
a leaf from a fig tree;

n2
a covering consisting of anything intended to conceal something regarded as shameful;

fig marigold
n1
any of several South African plants of the genus Mesembryanthemum cultivated for showy pink or white flowers;

- syn. pebble plant;

fig moth
n1
a moth whose larvae feed on and mat together with webbing various stored products of vegetable origin;

- syn. Cadra cautella, almond moth;

fig out
v1
put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive;

- "She never dresses up, even when she goes to the opera";

- "The young girls were all fancied up for the party";

- syn. attire, deck out, deck up, dress up, fancy up, fig up, get up, gussy up, overdress, prink, rig out, tog out, tog up, trick out, trick up;

fig tree
n1
any moraceous tree of the tropical genus Ficus;

- produces a closed pear-shaped receptacle that becomes fleshy and edible when mature;

fig up
v1
put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive;

- "She never dresses up, even when she goes to the opera";

- "The young girls were all fancied up for the party";

- syn. attire, deck out, deck up, dress up, fancy up, fig out, get up, gussy up, overdress, prink, rig out, tog out, tog up, trick out, trick up;

fig wax
n1
a hard cream-colored wax obtained from a Javanese fig tree;

- syn. gondang wax;

figeater / f ɪ ɡ i t ə /
n1
large greenish June beetle of southern United States;

- syn. green June beetle;

fight / f aɪ t /
n1
a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war;

- "Grant won a decisive victory in the battle of Chickamauga";

- "he lost his romantic ideas about war when he got into a real engagement";

- syn. battle, conflict, engagement;

n2
the act of fighting;

- any contest or struggle;

- "a fight broke out at the hockey game";

- "there was fighting in the streets";

- "the unhappy couple got into a terrible scrap";

- syn. combat, fighting, scrap;

n3
an aggressive willingness to compete;

- "the team was full of fight";

- syn. competitiveness;

n4
an intense verbal dispute;

- "a violent fight over the bill is expected in the Senate";

n5
a boxing or wrestling match;

- "the fight was on television last night";

v1
be engaged in a fight;

- carry on a fight;

- "the tribesmen fought each other";

- "Siblings are always fighting";

- "Militant groups are contending for control of the country";

- syn. contend, struggle;

- also fight off;

v2
fight against or resist strongly;

- "The senator said he would oppose the bill";

- "Don't fight it!";

- syn. defend, fight back, fight down, oppose;

v3
make a strenuous or labored effort;

- "She struggled for years to survive without welfare";

- "He fought for breath";

- syn. struggle;

v4
exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person;

- be an advocate for;

- "The liberal party pushed for reforms";

- "She is crusading for women's rights";

- "The Dean is pushing for his favorite candidate";

- syn. agitate, campaign, crusade, press, push;

fight back
v1
defend oneself;

v2
fight against or resist strongly;

- "The senator said he would oppose the bill";

- "Don't fight it!";

- syn. defend, fight, fight down, oppose;

fight down
v1
fight against or resist strongly;

- "The senator said he would oppose the bill";

- "Don't fight it!";

- syn. defend, fight, fight back, oppose;

fight off
v1
force or drive back;

- "repel the attacker";

- "fight off the onslaught";

- "rebuff the attack";

- syn. drive back, rebuff, repel, repulse;

fighter / f aɪ t ə , f aɪ t ə ɹ /
n1
someone who fights (or is fighting);

- syn. battler, belligerent, combatant, scrapper;

n2
a high-speed military or naval airplane designed to destroy enemy aircraft in the air;

- syn. attack aircraft, fighter aircraft;

n3
someone who fights for a cause;

- syn. champion, hero, paladin;

fighter aircraft
n1
a high-speed military or naval airplane designed to destroy enemy aircraft in the air;

- syn. attack aircraft, fighter;

fighter pilot
n1
a military or naval pilot of fighter planes;

fighting / f aɪ t ɪ ŋ /
n1
the act of fighting;

- any contest or struggle;

- "a fight broke out at the hockey game";

- "there was fighting in the streets";

- "the unhappy couple got into a terrible scrap";

- syn. combat, fight, scrap;

a1
engaged in or ready for military or naval operations;

- "on active duty";

- "the platoon is combat-ready";

- "review the fighting forces";

- syn. active, combat-ready;

- sim. operational;

fighting chair
n1
a fixed chair from which a saltwater angler can fight a hooked fish;

fighting cock
n1
a cock bred and trained for fighting;

- syn. gamecock;

Fighting French
n1
a French movement during World War II that was organized in London by Charles de Gaulle to fight for the liberation of France from German control and for the restoration of the republic;

- syn. Free French;

Fighting Joe Hooker
n1
United States general in the Union Army who was defeated at Chancellorsville by Robert E. Lee (1814-1879);

- syn. Hooker, Joseph Hooker;

figment / f ɪ ɡ m ə n t /
n1
a contrived or fantastic idea;

- "a figment of the imagination";

figural / f ɪ ɡ j ʊr ə ɫ /
a1
consisting of or forming human or animal figures;

- "a figural design";

- "the figurative art of the humanistic tradition"- Herbert Read;

- syn. figurative;

- sim. representational;

figural blindness
n1
inability to see shapes and contours;

figuration / f ɪ ɡ j ʊr eɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
representing figuratively as by emblem or allegory;

n2
decorating with a design;

figurative / f ɪ ɡ j ə ɹ ə t ɪ v /
a1
(used of the meanings of words or text) not literal;

- using figures of speech;

- "figurative language";

- syn. nonliteral;

- also rhetorical;

- sim. analogical, extended, metaphorical, metonymic, poetic, synecdochic, tropical;

a2
consisting of or forming human or animal figures;

- "a figural design";

- "the figurative art of the humanistic tradition"- Herbert Read;

- syn. figural;

- sim. representational;

figuratively / f ɪ ɡ j ə ɹ ə t ɪ v ɫ i /
r1
in a figurative sense;

- "figuratively speaking,...";

figure / f ɪ ɡ ə , f ɪ ɡ ə ɹ /
n1
a diagram or picture illustrating textual material;

- "the area covered can be seen from Figure 2";

- syn. fig;

n2
alternative names for the body of a human being;

- "Leonardo studied the human body";

- "he has a strong physique";

- "the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak";

- syn. anatomy, bod, build, chassis, flesh, form, frame, human body, material body, physical body, physique, shape, soma;

n3
one of the elements that collectively form a system of numeration;

- "0 and 1 are digits";

- syn. digit;

n4
a model of a bodily form (especially of a person);

- "he made a figure of Santa Claus";

n5
a well-known or notable person;

- "they studied all the great names in the history of France";

- "she is an important figure in modern music";

- syn. name, public figure;

n6
a combination of points and lines and planes that form a visible palpable shape;

n7
an amount of money expressed numerically;

- "a figure of $17 was suggested";

n8
the impression produced by a person;

- "he cut a fine figure";

- "a heroic figure";

n9
the property possessed by a sum or total or indefinite quantity of units or individuals;

- "the number of parameters is small";

- "the figure was about a thousand";

- syn. number;

n10
language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense;

- syn. figure of speech, image, trope;

n11
a unitary percept having structure and coherence that is the object of attention and that stands out against a ground;

n12
a decorative or artistic work;

- "the coach had a design on the doors";

- syn. design, pattern;

n13
a predetermined set of movements in dancing or skating;

- "she made the best score on compulsory figures";

v1
judge to be probable;

- syn. calculate, count on, estimate, forecast, reckon;

v2
be or play a part of or in;

- "Elections figure prominently in every government program";

- "How do the elections figure in the current pattern of internal politics?";

- syn. enter;

v3
imagine;

- conceive of;

- see in one's mind;

- "I can't see him on horseback!";

- "I can see what will happen";

- "I can see a risk in this strategy";

- syn. envision, fancy, image, picture, project, see, visualise, visualize;

v4
make a mathematical calculation or computation;

- syn. calculate, cipher, compute, cypher, reckon, work out;

- also figure out;

v5
understand;

- "He didn't figure her";

figure 8
n1
a two-dimensionsal figure having the shape of the number eight;

- syn. figure eight, figure of eight;

figure eight
n1
a two-dimensionsal figure having the shape of the number eight;

- syn. figure 8, figure of eight;

n2
a knot having the shape of the numeral 8;

- tied in a rope that has been passed through a hole or pulley and that prevents the rope from coming loose;

- syn. figure of eight;

n3
a skating figure that carves an 8 in the ice;

figure loom
n1
a loom for weaving figured fabrics;

- syn. figured-fabric loom;

figure of eight
n1
a two-dimensionsal figure having the shape of the number eight;

- syn. figure 8, figure eight;

n2
a knot having the shape of the numeral 8;

- tied in a rope that has been passed through a hole or pulley and that prevents the rope from coming loose;

- syn. figure eight;

figure of merit
n1
a numerical expression representing the efficiency of a given system, material, or procedure;

figure of speech
n1
language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense;

- syn. figure, image, trope;

figure out
v1
find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning of;

- "did you solve the problem?";

- "Work out your problems with the boss";

- "this unpleasant situation isn't going to work itself out";

- "did you get it?";

- "Did you get my meaning?";

- "He could not work the math problem";

- syn. lick, puzzle out, solve, work, work out;

figure skate
n1
an ice skate worn for figure skating;

- has a slightly curved blade and a row of jagged points at the front of the blade;

v1
dance on skates;

figure skating
n1
ice skating where the skates trace outlines of selected figures;

figured / f ɪ ɡ ə d /
a1
(of e.g. fabric design) adorned with patterns;

- "my dress is richly figured"- Amy Lowell;

- sim. patterned;

figured-fabric loom
n1
a loom for weaving figured fabrics;

- syn. figure loom;

figured bass
n1
a bass part written out in full and accompanied by numbers to indicate the chords to be played;

- syn. basso continuo, continuo, thorough bass;

figurehead / f ɪ ɡ ə h ɛ d /
n1
a person used as a cover for some questionable activity;

- syn. front, front man, nominal head, straw man, strawman;

n2
figure on the bow of some sailing vessels;

figurer / f ɪ ɡ ə ax , f ɪ ɡ ə ax ɹ , f ɪ ɡ ə ɹ ə , f ɪ ɡ ə ɹ ə ɹ /
n1
an expert at calculation (or at operating calculating machines);

- syn. calculator, computer, estimator, reckoner;

figurine / f ɪ ɡ j u ɹ i n /
n1
a small carved or molded figure;

- syn. statuette;

figuring / f ɪ ɡ ə ɹ ɪ ŋ /
n1
problem solving that involves numbers or quantities;

- syn. calculation, computation, reckoning;

figwort / f ɪ ɡ w ɝ t /
n1
any of numerous tall coarse woodland plants of the genus Scrophularia;

figwort family
n1
a family of dicotyledonous plants of the order Polemoniales;

- includes figwort and snapdragon and foxglove and toadflax and speedwell and mullein;

- in some classifications placed in the order Scrophulariales;

- syn. Scrophulariaceae, family Scrophulariaceae, foxglove family;

Fiji / f i dʒ i /
n1
an independent state within the British Commonwealth located on the Fiji Islands;

- syn. Republic of Fiji;

Fiji dollar
n1
the basic unit of money in Fiji;

Fiji Islands
n1
a group of more than 800 islands (100 inhabited) in the southwestern Pacific;

- larger islands (Viti Levu and Vanua Levu) are of volcanic origin surrounded by coral reefs;

- smaller islands are coral;

- syn. Fijis;

Fijian / f i dʒ ɪə n /
n1
a native or inhabitant of Fiji;

n2
the Oceanic language spoken on Fiji;

a1
of or relating to Fiji or its people or language or culture;

- "the Fijian population";

- "Fijian folktales";

Fijis
n1
a group of more than 800 islands (100 inhabited) in the southwestern Pacific;

- larger islands (Viti Levu and Vanua Levu) are of volcanic origin surrounded by coral reefs;

- smaller islands are coral;

- syn. Fiji Islands;

filaggrin
n1
the main protein of the keratohyalin granules;

- "the specific target of the immune response in rheumatoid arthritis is filaggrin";

filago
n1
any plant of the genus Filago having capitate clusters of small woolly flower heads;

- syn. cotton rose, cudweed;

Filago germanica
n1
(literally an undutiful herb) a variety of cotton rose;

- syn. herba impia;

filagree
n1
delicate and intricate ornamentation (usually in gold or silver or other fine twisted wire);

- syn. filigree, fillagree;

filament / f ɪ ɫ ə m ə n t /
n1
a very slender natural or synthetic fiber;

- syn. fibril, strand;

n2
the stalk of a stamen;

n3
a threadlike structure (as a chainlike series of cells);

- syn. filum;

n4
a thin wire (usually tungsten) that is heated white hot by the passage of an electric current;

filamentlike
a1
thin in diameter;

- resembling a thread;

- syn. filamentous, filiform, threadlike, thready;

- sim. thin;

filamentous / f ɪ ɫ ə m ɛ n t ə s /
a1
thin in diameter;

- resembling a thread;

- syn. filamentlike, filiform, threadlike, thready;

- sim. thin;

filar
a1
related to or having filaments (especially across a field of view as in the eyepiece of a telescope);

- "a filar eyepiece";

filaree
n1
European weed naturalized in southwestern United States and Mexico having reddish decumbent stems with small fernlike leaves and small deep reddish-lavender flowers followed by slender fruits that stick straight up;

- often grown for forage;

- syn. Erodium cicutarium, alfilaria, alfileria, clocks, filaria, pin clover, pin grass, redstem storksbill;

filaria
n1
European weed naturalized in southwestern United States and Mexico having reddish decumbent stems with small fernlike leaves and small deep reddish-lavender flowers followed by slender fruits that stick straight up;

- often grown for forage;

- syn. Erodium cicutarium, alfilaria, alfileria, clocks, filaree, pin clover, pin grass, redstem storksbill;

n2
slender threadlike roundworms living in the blood and tissues of vertebrates;

- transmitted as larvae by biting insects;

filarial
a1
related to or infested with or transmitting parasitic worms especially filaria;

filariasis
n1
a disease caused by nematodes in the blood or tissues of the body causing blockage of lymphatic vessels;

filariid
a1
of or relating to or belonging to the family Filariidae;

Filariidae
n1
threadlike roundworms;

- syn. family Filariidae;

filature / f ɪ ɫ ə tʃ ə , f ɪ ɫ ə tʃ ə ɹ /
n1
a bobbin used in spinning silk into thread;

filbert / f ɪ ɫ b ə t /
n1
small nut-bearing tree much grown in Europe;

- syn. Corylus avellana, Corylus avellana grandis, cobnut;

n2
nut of any of several trees of the genus Corylus;

- syn. cob, cobnut, hazelnut;

filch / f ɪ ɫ tʃ /
v1
make off with belongings of others;

- syn. abstract, cabbage, hook, lift, nobble, pilfer, pinch, purloin, snarf, sneak, swipe;

file / f aɪ ɫ /
n1
a set of related records (either written or electronic) kept together;

- syn. data file;

n2
a line of persons or things ranged one behind the other;

- syn. Indian file, single file;

n3
office furniture consisting of a container for keeping papers in order;

- syn. file cabinet, filing cabinet;

n4
a steel hand tool with small sharp teeth on some or all of its surfaces;

- used for smoothing wood or metal;

v1
record in a public office or in a court of law;

- "file for divorce";

- "file a complaint";

- syn. register;

v2
smooth with a file;

- "file one's fingernails";

v3
proceed in line;

- "The students filed into the classroom";

- also file in, file out;

v4
file a formal charge against;

- "The suspect was charged with murdering his wife";

- syn. charge, lodge;

v5
place in a container for keeping records;

- "File these bills, please";

- syn. file away;

file-like
a1
resembling a file;

- sim. sharp;

file allocation table
n1
the part of a floppy disk or hard disk where information is stored about the location of each piece of information on the disk (and about the location of unusable areas of the disk);

file away
v1
place in a container for keeping records;

- "File these bills, please";

- syn. file;

v2
put into an archive;

- syn. archive;

file cabinet
n1
office furniture consisting of a container for keeping papers in order;

- syn. file, filing cabinet;

file clerk
n1
a clerk who is employed to maintain the files of an organization;

- syn. filer, filing clerk;

file folder
n1
folder that holds papers together in a filing cabinet;

file in
v1
enter by marching in a file;

file name
n1
(computer science) the name given to a computer file in order to distinguish it from other files;

- may contain an extension that indicates the type of file;

- syn. computer file name, computer filename, filename;

file name extension
n1
a string of characters beginning with a period and followed by one or more letters;

- the optional second part of a PC computer filename;

- "most applications provide extensions for the files they create";

- "most BASIC files use the filename extension .BAS";

- syn. extension, filename extension;

file out
v1
march out, in a file;

file server
n1
(computer science) a digital computer that provides workstations on a network with controlled access to shared resources;

file system
n1
a system of classifying into files (usually arranged alphabetically);

- syn. filing system;

file transfer protocol
n1
protocol that allows users to copy files between their local system and any system they can reach on the network;

- syn. FTP;

filefish
n1
narrow flattened warm-water fishes with leathery skin and a long file-like dorsal spine;

filename / f aɪ ɫ n eɪ m /
n1
(computer science) the name given to a computer file in order to distinguish it from other files;

- may contain an extension that indicates the type of file;

- syn. computer file name, computer filename, file name;

filename extension
n1
a string of characters beginning with a period and followed by one or more letters;

- the optional second part of a PC computer filename;

- "most applications provide extensions for the files they create";

- "most BASIC files use the filename extension .BAS";

- syn. extension, file name extension;

filer / f aɪ ɫ ə , f aɪ ɫ ə ɹ /
n1
a party who files a notice with a law court;

n2
a clerk who is employed to maintain the files of an organization;

- syn. file clerk, filing clerk;

filet
n1
a boneless steak cut from the tenderloin of beef;

- syn. fillet;

n2
a longitudinal slice or boned side of a fish;

- syn. fillet, fish filet, fish fillet;

n3
lace having a square mesh;

v1
decorate with a lace of geometric designs;

- syn. fillet;

v2
cut into filets;

- "filet the fish";

- syn. fillet;

filet de boeuf en croute
n1
rare-roasted beef tenderloin coated with mushroom paste in puff pastry;

- syn. beef Wellington;

filet mignon
n1
small steak cut from the thick end of a beef tenderloin;

filial / f ɪ ɫ ɪə ɫ /
a1
designating the generation or the sequence of generations following the parental generation;

a2
relating to or characteristic of or befitting an offspring;

- "filial respect";

- sim. daughterly;

filial duty
n1
duty of a child to its parents;

filial love
n1
the love of a child for a parent;

filiate / f ɪ ɫ ɪ eɪ t /
v1
fix the paternity of;

- "The court filiated the child born out of wedlock";

filiation / f ɪ ɫ ɪ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors;

- syn. descent, line of descent, lineage;

n2
inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline;

- syn. ancestry, derivation, lineage;

filibuster / f ɪ ɫ ɪ b ʌ s t ə , f ɪ ɫ ɪ b ʌ s t ə ɹ /
n1
a legislator who gives long speeches in an effort to delay or obstruct legislation that he (or she) opposes;

- syn. filibusterer;

n2
(law) a tactic for delaying or obstructing legislation by making long speeches;

v1
obstruct deliberately by delaying;

filibusterer / f ɪ ɫ ɪ b ʌ s t ə ax , f ɪ ɫ ɪ b ʌ s t ə ax ɹ , f ɪ ɫ ɪ b ʌ s t ə ɹ ə , f ɪ ɫ ɪ b ʌ s t ə ɹ ə ɹ /
n1
a legislator who gives long speeches in an effort to delay or obstruct legislation that he (or she) opposes;

- syn. filibuster;

Filicales
n1
true (leptosporangiate) ferns;

- syn. Polypodiales, order Filicales, order Polypodiales;

filicide
n1
a parent who murders his own son or daughter;

n2
the murder of your own son or daughter;

Filicinae
n1
ferns;

- syn. Filicopsida, class Filicinae, class Filicopsida;

Filicopsida
n1
ferns;

- syn. Filicinae, class Filicinae, class Filicopsida;

filiform
a1
thin in diameter;

- resembling a thread;

- syn. filamentlike, filamentous, threadlike, thready;

- sim. thin;

filigree / f ɪ ɫ ɪ ɡ ɹ i /
n1
delicate and intricate ornamentation (usually in gold or silver or other fine twisted wire);

- syn. filagree, fillagree;

v1
make filigree, as with a precious metal;

filing / f aɪ ɫ ɪ ŋ /
n1
the entering of a legal document into the public record;

- "he filed a complaint";

- "he filed his tax return";

n2
a fragment rubbed off by the use of a file;

n3
the act of using a file (as in shaping or smoothing an object);

n4
preservation and methodical arrangement as of documents and papers etc.;

- "I have some filing to do";

filing cabinet
n1
office furniture consisting of a container for keeping papers in order;

- syn. file, file cabinet;

filing clerk
n1
a clerk who is employed to maintain the files of an organization;

- syn. file clerk, filer;

filing system
n1
a system of classifying into files (usually arranged alphabetically);

- syn. file system;

Filipino / f ɪ ɫ ɪ p i n oʊ /
n1
a native or inhabitant of the Philippines;

n2
official language of the Philippines;

- based on Tagalog;

- draws its lexicon from other Philippine languages;

- syn. Philippine;

a1
of or relating to or characteristic of the Philippines or its people or customs;

- "the Philippine President";

- "our Filipino cook";

- syn. Philippine;

Filippino Lippi
n1
Italian painter and son of Fra Filippo Lippi (1457-1504);

- syn. Lippi;

Filippo Brunelleschi
n1
Florentine architect who was the first great architect of the Italian Renaissance (1377-1446);

- syn. Brunelleschi;

fill / f ɪ ɫ /
n1
a quantity sufficient to satisfy;

- "he ate his fill of potatoes";

- "she had heard her fill of gossip";

n2
any material that fills a space or container;

- "there was not enough fill for the trench";

- syn. filling;

v1
make full, also in a metaphorical sense;

- "fill a container";

- "fill the child with pride";

- syn. fill up, make full;

- also fill in, fill out;

v2
become full;

- "The pool slowly filled with water";

- "The theater filled up slowly";

- syn. fill up;

v3
occupy the whole of;

- "The liquid fills the container";

- syn. occupy;

v4
assume, as of positions or roles;

- "She took the job as director of development";

- "he occupies the position of manager";

- "the young prince will soon occupy the throne";

- syn. occupy, take;

v5
fill, satisfy or meet a want or need or condtion ro restriction;

- "does this paper meet the requirements for the degree?";

- "This job doesn't match my dreams";

- "meet a need";

- syn. conform to, fit, fulfil, fulfill, meet, satisfy;

v6
appoint someone to (a position or a job);

v7
eat until one is sated;

- "He filled up on turkey";

- syn. fill up;

v8
fill to satisfaction;

- "I am sated";

- syn. replete, sate, satiate;

v9
plug with a substance;

- "fill a cavity";

fill-in
n1
someone who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult);

- "the star had a stand-in for dangerous scenes";

- "we need extra employees for summer fill-ins";

- syn. backup, backup man, relief, reliever, stand-in, substitute;

fill again
v1
fill something that had previously been emptied;

- "refill my glass, please";

- syn. refill, replenish;

fill in
v1
supply with information on a specific topic;

- "He filled me in on the latest developments";

v2
represent the effect of shade or shadow on;

- syn. shade;

v3
be a substitute;

- "The young teacher had to substitute for the sick colleague";

- "The skim milk substitutes for cream--we are on a strict diet";

- syn. stand in, sub, substitute;

v4
write all the required information onto a form;

- "fill out this questionnaire, please!";

- "make out a form";

- syn. complete, fill out, make out;

fill out
v1
write all the required information onto a form;

- "fill out this questionnaire, please!";

- "make out a form";

- syn. complete, fill in, make out;

v2
make bigger or better or more complete;

- syn. round out;

v3
supplement what is thought to be deficient;

- "He eked out his meager pay by giving private lessons";

- "Braque eked out his collages with charcoal";

- syn. eke out;

v4
line or stuff with soft material;

- "pad a bra";

- syn. pad;

v5
make fat or plump;

- "We will plump out that poor starving child";

- syn. fat, fatten, fatten out, fatten up, flesh out, plump, plump out;

v6
become round, plump, or shapely;

- "The young woman is fleshing out";

- syn. flesh out, round;

fill the bill
v1
be what is needed or be good enough for what is required;

- "Does this restaurant fit the bill for the celebration?";

- syn. fit the bill;

fill up
v1
make full, also in a metaphorical sense;

- "fill a container";

- "fill the child with pride";

- syn. fill, make full;

v2
become full;

- "The pool slowly filled with water";

- "The theater filled up slowly";

- syn. fill;

v3
fill or stop up;

- "Can you close the cracks with caulking?";

- syn. close;

v4
eat until one is sated;

- "He filled up on turkey";

- syn. fill;

fillagree
n1
delicate and intricate ornamentation (usually in gold or silver or other fine twisted wire);

- syn. filagree, filigree;

fille
n1
a young female;

- "a young lady of 18";

- syn. girl, miss, missy, young lady, young woman;

fille de chambre
n1
a maid who is employed to clean and care for bedrooms (now primarily in hotels);

- syn. chambermaid;

filled / f ɪ ɫ d /
a1
(usually followed by `with' or used as a combining form) generously supplied with;

- "theirs was a house filled with laughter";

- "a large hall filled with rows of desks";

- "fog-filled air";

- sim. full;

a2
of purchase orders that have been filled;

a3
(of time) taken up;

- "well-filled hours";

- sim. occupied;

filler / f ɪ ɫ ə /
n1
used for filling cracks or holes in a surface;

n2
100 filler equal 1 forint in Hungary;

n3
copy to fill space between more important articles in the layout of a magazine or newspaper;

n4
anything added to fill out a whole;

- "some of the items in the collection are mere makeweights";

- syn. makeweight;

n5
the tobacco used to form the core of a cigar;

fillet / f ɪ ɫ ɪ t /
n1
a boneless steak cut from the tenderloin of beef;

- syn. filet;

n2
a longitudinal slice or boned side of a fish;

- syn. filet, fish filet, fish fillet;

n3
a bundle of sensory nerve fibers going to the thalamus;

- syn. lemniscus;

n4
a narrow headband or strip of ribbon worn as a headband;

- syn. taenia, tenia;

n5
fastener consisting of a narrow strip of welded metal used to join steel members;

- syn. stopping;

v1
decorate with a lace of geometric designs;

- syn. filet;

v2
cut into filets;

- "filet the fish";

- syn. filet;

fillet of sole
n1
lean flesh of any of several flatfish;

- syn. sole;

filling / f ɪ ɫ ɪ ŋ /
n1
any material that fills a space or container;

- "there was not enough fill for the trench";

- syn. fill;

n2
flow into something (as a container);

n3
a food mixture used to fill pastry or sandwiches etc.;

n4
the yarn woven across the warp yarn in weaving;

- syn. pick, weft, woof;

n5
(dentistry) a dental appliance consisting of any of various substances (as metal or plastic) inserted into a prepared cavity in a tooth;

- "when he yawned I could see the gold fillings in his teeth";

- "an informal British term for `filling' is `stopping'";

n6
the act of filling something;

filling station
n1
a service station that sells gasoline;

- syn. gas station, gasoline station, petrol station;

fillip / f ɪ ɫ ɪ p /
n1
anything that tends to arouse;

- "his approval was an added fillip";

- syn. bonus;

Fillmore / f ɪ ɫ m ɔ ɹ /
n1
elected vice president and became the 13th President of the United States when Zachary Taylor died in office (1800-1874);

- syn. Millard Fillmore, President Fillmore;

filly / f ɪ ɫ i /
n1
a young female horse under the age of four;

film / f ɪ ɫ m /
n1
a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement;

- "they went to a movie every Saturday night";

- "the film was shot on location";

- syn. flick, motion-picture show, motion picture, movie, moving-picture show, moving picture, pic, picture, picture show;

n2
a medium that disseminates moving pictures;

- "theater pieces transferred to celluloid";

- "this story would be good cinema";

- "film coverage of sporting events";

- syn. celluloid, cinema;

n3
photographic material consisting of a base of celluloid covered with a photographic emulsion;

- used to make negatives or transparencies;

- syn. photographic film;

n4
a thin coating or layer;

- "the table was covered with a film of dust";

n5
a thin sheet of (usually plastic and usually transparent) material used to wrap or cover things;

- syn. plastic film;

v1
make a film or photograph of something;

- "take a scene";

- "shoot a movie";

- syn. shoot, take;

v2
record in film;

- "The coronation was filmed";

film-make
v1
make films;

- be a film maker;

film advance
n1
a mechanism for advancing film in a camera or projector;

film clip
n1
a strip of motion picture film used in a telecast;

film company
n1
a company that makes, advertises, and distributes movies;

film director
n1
the person who directs the making of a film;

- syn. director;

film editing
n1
the activity of selecting the scenes to be shown and putting them together to create a film;

- syn. cutting;

film fern
n1
any fern of the genus Hymenophyllum growing in tropical humid regions and having translucent leaves;

- syn. filmy fern;

film festival
n1
a cinematic festival that features films (usually films produced during the past year);

film industry
n1
the entertainment industries involved in producing and distributing movies;

- syn. movie industry;

film maker
n1
a producer of motion pictures;

- syn. film producer, filmmaker, movie maker;

film making
n1
the production of movies;

- syn. movie making, moviemaking;

film noir
n1
a movie that is marked by a mood of pessimism, fatalism, menace, and cynical characters;

- "film noir was applied by French critics to describe American thriller or detective films in the 1940s";

film over
v1
become glassy;

- lose clear vision;

- "Her eyes glazed over from lack of sleep";

- syn. blur, glaze over;

film producer
n1
a producer of motion pictures;

- syn. film maker, filmmaker, movie maker;

film projector
n1
projects successive frames from a reel of film to create moving pictures;

- syn. cine projector, movie projector;

film star
n1
a star who plays leading roles in the cinema;

- syn. movie star;

film writer
n1
someone who writes screenplays;

- syn. screenwriter;

filmable / f ɪ ɫ m ə b ɫ /
a1
(used of a story or literary work) capable of being adapted to motion picture form;

- sim. adaptable;

filmdom
n1
the personnel of the film industry;

- "a star of stage and screen";

- syn. screen, screenland;

filmed / f ɪ ɫ m d /
a1
recorded on film;

- made into a movie;

- "a filmed documentary";

- "the filmed version of the novel";

- sim. recorded;

filming / f ɪ ɫ m ɪ ŋ /
n1
the act of making a film;

- syn. cinematography, motion-picture photography;

filmmaker / f ɪ ɫ m m eɪ k ə /
n1
a producer of motion pictures;

- syn. film maker, film producer, movie maker;

filmy / f ɪ ɫ m i /
a1
so thin as to transmit light;

- "a hat with a diaphanous veil";

- "filmy wings of a moth";

- "gauzy clouds of dandelion down";

- "gossamer cobwebs";

- "sheer silk stockings";

- "transparent chiffon";

- "vaporous silks";

- syn. cobwebby, diaphanous, gauze-like, gauzy, gossamer, see-through, sheer, transparent, vaporous, vapourous;

- sim. thin;

filmy fern
n1
any fern of the genus Trichomanes having large pinnatifid often translucent fronds;

- most are epiphytic on tree branches and twigs or terrestrial on mossy banks;

- syn. bristle fern;

n2
any fern of the genus Hymenophyllum growing in tropical humid regions and having translucent leaves;

- syn. film fern;

Filoviridae
n1
a family of threadlike RNA viruses that cause diseases in humans and nonhuman primates (monkeys and chimpanzees);

filovirus
n1
animal viruses belonging to the family Filoviridae;

fils
n1
100 Yemeni fils are worth one Yemeni rial;

- syn. Yemeni fils;

n2
a fractional monetary unit in Bahrain and Iraq and Jordan and Kuwait;

- equal to one thousandth of a dinar;

filter / f ɪ ɫ t ə , f ɪ ɫ t ə ɹ /
n1
device that removes something from whatever passes through it;

n2
an electrical device that alters the frequency spectrum of signals passing through it;

v1
remove by passing through a filter;

- "filter out the impurities";

- syn. filter out, filtrate, separate out, strain;

v2
pass through;

- "Water permeates sand easily";

- syn. percolate, permeate, sink in;

v3
run or flow slowly, as in drops or in an unsteady stream;

- "water trickled onto the lawn from the broken hose";

- "reports began to dribble in";

- syn. dribble, trickle;

filter-tipped
a1
of a cigar or cigarette;

- having a tip designed to filter the smoke;

- "filter-tipped cigarettes";

- sim. tipped;

filter-tipped cigarette
n1
a cigarette with a filter tip;

filter bed
n1
filter consisting of a layer of sand or gravel for filtering water;

filter out
v1
remove by passing through a filter;

- "filter out the impurities";

- syn. filter, filtrate, separate out, strain;

filter paper
n1
a porous unsized paper used for filtering;

filter tip
n1
an air filter on the end of a cigarette;

- contains material that filters the smoke;

filth / f ɪ ɫ θ /
n1
any substance considered disgustingly foul or unpleasant;

- syn. crud, skank;

n2
the state of being covered with unclean things;

- syn. dirt, grease, grime, grunge, soil, stain;

n3
a state characterized by foul or disgusting dirt and refuse;

- syn. filthiness, foulness, nastiness;

n4
an offensive or indecent word or phrase;

- syn. dirty word, obscenity, smut, vulgarism;

filthily / f ɪ ɫ θ ɪ ɫ i /
r1
in a filthy unclean manner;

- "a dirtily dressed camel driver";

- syn. dirtily;

filthiness / f ɪ ɫ θ ɪ n ə s /
n1
a state characterized by foul or disgusting dirt and refuse;

- syn. filth, foulness, nastiness;

n2
moral corruption or pollution;

- "this deformity and filthiness of sin";

filthy / f ɪ ɫ θ i /
a1
disgustingly dirty;

- filled or smeared with offensive matter;

- "as filthy as a pigsty";

- "a foul pond";

- "a nasty pigsty of a room";

- syn. foul, nasty;

- sim. dirty;

a2
vile;

- despicable;

- "a dirty (or lousy) trick";

- "a filthy traitor";

- syn. dirty, lousy;

- sim. nasty;

a3
characterized by obscenity;

- "had a filthy mouth";

- "foul language";

- "smutty jokes";

- syn. cruddy, foul, nasty, smutty;

- sim. dirty;

filthy lucre
n1
shameful profit;

- "he would sell his soul for filthy lucre";

filtrate / f ɪ ɫ t ɹ eɪ t /
n1
the product of filtration;

- a gas or liquid that has been passed through a filter;

v1
remove by passing through a filter;

- "filter out the impurities";

- syn. filter, filter out, separate out, strain;

filtration / f ɪ ɫ t ɹ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the process whereby fluids pass through a filter or a filtering medium;

n2
the act of changing a fluid by passing it through a filter;

filtration surgery
n1
eye surgery that opens a passage allowing excess aqueous humor to drain into surrounding tissues;

- a treatment for glaucoma;

filum
n1
a threadlike structure (as a chainlike series of cells);

- syn. filament;

fimbria
n1
thin projections forming a fringe (especially around the ovarian end of the Fallopian tube);

fimbriate
a1
having a fringe of slender processes;

- sim. rough;

fin / f ɪ n /
n1
the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one;

- syn. 5, Little Phoebe, Phoebe, V, cinque, five, fivesome, pentad, quint, quintet, quintuplet;

n2
one of a pair of decorations projecting above the rear fenders of an automobile;

- syn. tail fin, tailfin;

n3
one of a set of parallel slats in a door or window to admit air and reject rain;

- syn. louver, louvre;

n4
a shoe for swimming;

- the paddle-like front is an aid in swimming (especially underwater);

- syn. flipper;

n5
a stabilizer on a ship that resembles the fin of a fish;

n6
organ of locomotion and balance in fishes and some other aquatic animals;

v1
equip (a car) with fins;

v2
propel oneself through the water in a finning motion;

v3
show the fins above the water while swimming;

- "The sharks were finning near the surface";

- syn. break water;

fin-de-siecle
a1
marked by excessive self-indulgence and moral decay;

- "a decadent life of excessive money and no sense of responsibility";

- "a group of effete self-professed intellectuals";

- syn. decadent;

- sim. immoral;

a2
relating to or characteristic of the end of a century (especially the end of the 19th century);

- "fin de siecle art";

- syn. fin de siecle;

- sim. finished;

fin de siecle
n1
the end of a century, especially the 19th century;

a1
relating to or characteristic of the end of a century (especially the end of the 19th century);

- "fin de siecle art";

- syn. fin-de-siecle;

- sim. finished;

fin keel
n1
a metal plate projecting from the keel of a shallow vessel to give it greater lateral stability;

fin whale
n1
large flat-headed whalebone whale having deep furrows along the throat;

- of Atlantic and Pacific;

- syn. Balaenoptera physalus, common rorqual, finback, finback whale;

finable / f aɪ n ə b ɫ /
a1
liable to a fine;

- syn. fineable;

- sim. guilty;

finagle
v1
achieve something by means of trickery or devious methods;

- syn. manage, wangle;

finagler
n1
a deceiver who uses crafty misleading methods;

- syn. wangler;

final / f aɪ n ɫ /
n1
the final match between the winners of all previous matches in an elimination tournament;

n2
an examination administered at the end of an academic term;

- syn. final exam, final examination;

a1
occurring at or forming an end or termination;

- "his concluding words came as a surprise";

- "the final chapter";

- "the last days of the dinosaurs";

- "terminal leave";

- syn. concluding, last, terminal;

- sim. closing;

a2
conclusive in a process or progression;

- "the final answer";

- "a last resort";

- "the net result";

- syn. last, net;

- sim. ultimate;

a3
not to be altered or undone;

- "the judge's decision is final";

- "the arbiter will have the last say";

- syn. last;

- sim. unalterable;

final cause
n1
(philosophy) the end or purpose of a thing or process;

final cut
n1
the final edited version of a movie as approved by the director and producer;

final decision
n1
a judgment disposing of the case before the court;

- after the judgment (or an appeal from it) is rendered all that remains is to enforce the judgment;

- syn. final judgment;

final exam
n1
an examination administered at the end of an academic term;

- syn. final, final examination;

final examination
n1
an examination administered at the end of an academic term;

- syn. final, final exam;

final injunction
n1
injunction issued on completion of a trial;

- syn. permanent injunction;

final judgment
n1
a judgment disposing of the case before the court;

- after the judgment (or an appeal from it) is rendered all that remains is to enforce the judgment;

- syn. final decision;

final payment
n1
the final payment of a debt;

- syn. payoff;

final period
n1
the final division into which the play of a game is divided;

final result
n1
something that results;

- "he listened for the results on the radio";

- syn. outcome, result, resultant, termination;

final solution
n1
the mass murder of Jews under the German Nazi regime from 1941 until 1945;

- syn. Holocaust;

finale / f ɪ n ɑ ɫ i /
n1
the closing section of a musical composition;

- syn. coda;

n2
the temporal end;

- the concluding time;

- "the stopping point of each round was signaled by a bell";

- "the market was up at the finish";

- "they were playing better at the close of the season";

- syn. close, conclusion, finis, finish, last, stopping point;

n3
the concluding part of any performance;

- syn. close, closing curtain, finis;

finalisation / f aɪ n ə ɫ aɪ z eɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
the act of finalizing;

- syn. finalization;

finalise
v1
make final;

- put the last touches on;

- put into final form;

- "let's finalize the proposal";

- syn. finalize, nail down, settle;

finalist / f aɪ n ə ɫ ɪ s t /
n1
a contestant who reaches the final stages of a competition;

finality / f aɪ n æ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
the quality of being final or definitely settled;

- "the finality of death";

- syn. conclusiveness, decisiveness;

finalization / f aɪ n ə ɫ aɪ z eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the act of finalizing;

- syn. finalisation;

finalize / f aɪ n ə ɫ aɪ z /
v1
make final;

- put the last touches on;

- put into final form;

- "let's finalize the proposal";

- syn. finalise, nail down, settle;

finally / f aɪ n ə ɫ i /
r1
after an unspecified period of time or an especially long delay;

- syn. eventually;

r2
as the end result of a succession or process;

- "ultimately he had to give in";

- "at long last the winter was over";

- syn. at last, at long last, in the end, ultimately;

r3
the item at the end;

- "last, I'll discuss family values";

- syn. in conclusion, last, lastly;

finance / f aɪ n æ n s /
n1
the commercial activity of providing funds and capital;

n2
the branch of economics that studies the management of money and other assets;

n3
the management of money and credit and banking and investments;

v1
obtain or provide money for;

- "Can we finance the addition to our home?";

v2
sell or provide on credit;

finance committee
n1
a committee appointed to consider financial issues;

finance company
n1
a financial institution (often affiliated with a holding company or manufacturer) that makes loans to individuals or businesses;

finance minister
n1
the minister responsible for state finances;

- syn. minister of finance;

finances / f aɪ n æ n s ɪ z /
n1
assets in the form of money;

- syn. cash in hand, funds, monetary resource, pecuniary resource;

financial / f aɪ n æ n ʃ ɫ /
a1
involving financial matters;

- "fiscal responsibility";

- syn. fiscal;

financial aid
n1
gift of money or other material help to support a person or cause;

- "economic assistance to depressed areas";

- syn. aid, assistance, economic aid, economic assistance, financial assistance;

financial analyst
n1
an analyst who studies the financial performance of corporations;

- syn. securities analyst;

financial assistance
n1
gift of money or other material help to support a person or cause;

- "economic assistance to depressed areas";

- syn. aid, assistance, economic aid, economic assistance, financial aid;

financial audit
n1
an attestation that the client's financial statement is accurate;

financial backing
n1
financial resources provided to make some project possible;

- "the foundation provided support for the experiment";

- syn. backing, financial support, funding, support;

financial center
n1
the part of a city where financial institutions are centered;

financial condition
n1
the condition of (corporate or personal) finances;

Financial Crimes Enforcement Network
n1
a law enforcement agency of the Treasury Department responsible for establishing and implementing policies to detect money laundering;

- syn. FinCEN;

financial forecast
n1
a forecast of the expected financial position and the results of operations and cash flows based on expected conditions;

financial gain
n1
the amount of monetary gain;

financial institution
n1
an institution (public or private) that collects funds (from the public or other institutions) and invests them in financial assets;

- syn. financial organisation, financial organization;

financial loss
n1
loss of money or decrease in financial value;

Financial Management Service
n1
the federal agency in the Treasury Department that manages the government's disbursement and collection systems and provides central accounting and financial reporting;

financial obligation
n1
an obligation to pay money to another party;

- syn. indebtedness, liability;

financial officer
n1
an officer charged with receiving and disbursing funds;

- syn. treasurer;

financial organisation
n1
an institution (public or private) that collects funds (from the public or other institutions) and invests them in financial assets;

- syn. financial institution, financial organization;

financial organization
n1
an institution (public or private) that collects funds (from the public or other institutions) and invests them in financial assets;

- syn. financial institution, financial organisation;

financial statement
n1
a document showing credits and debits;

- syn. statement;

financial support
n1
financial resources provided to make some project possible;

- "the foundation provided support for the experiment";

- syn. backing, financial backing, funding, support;

financial year
n1
any accounting period of 12 months;

- syn. fiscal year;

financially / f aɪ n æ n ʃ ə ɫ i /
r1
from a financial point of view;

- "this was financially unattractive";

financier / f aɪ n æ n s ɪə , f aɪ n æ n s ɪə ɹ /
n1
a person skilled in large scale financial transactions;

- syn. moneyman;

v1
conduct financial operations;

financing / f aɪ n æ n s ɪ ŋ /
n1
the act of financing;

- syn. funding;

finback
n1
large flat-headed whalebone whale having deep furrows along the throat;

- of Atlantic and Pacific;

- syn. Balaenoptera physalus, common rorqual, fin whale, finback whale;

finback whale
n1
large flat-headed whalebone whale having deep furrows along the throat;

- of Atlantic and Pacific;

- syn. Balaenoptera physalus, common rorqual, fin whale, finback;

FinCEN
n1
a law enforcement agency of the Treasury Department responsible for establishing and implementing policies to detect money laundering;

- syn. Financial Crimes Enforcement Network;

finch / f ɪ n tʃ /
n1
any of numerous small songbirds with short stout bills adapted for crushing seeds;

find / f aɪ n d /
n1
a productive insight;

- syn. breakthrough, discovery;

n2
the act of discovering something;

- syn. discovery, uncovering;

v1
come upon, as if by accident;

- meet with;

- "We find this idea in Plato";

- "I happened upon the most wonderful bakery not very far from here";

- "She chanced upon an interesting book in the bookstore the other day";

- syn. bump, chance, encounter, happen;

v2
discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of;

- "She detected high levels of lead in her drinking water";

- "We found traces of lead in the paint";

- syn. detect, discover, notice, observe;

v3
come upon after searching;

- find the location of something that was missed or lost;

- "Did you find your glasses?";

- "I cannot find my gloves!";

- syn. regain;

v4
establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study;

- "find the product of two numbers";

- "The physicist who found the elusive particle won the Nobel Prize";

- syn. ascertain, determine, find out;

v5
come to believe on the basis of emotion, intuitions, or indefinite grounds;

- "I feel that he doesn't like me";

- "I find him to be obnoxious";

- "I found the movie rather entertaining";

- syn. feel;

v6
perceive or be contemporaneous with;

- "We found Republicans winning the offices";

- "You'll see a lot of cheating in this school";

- "The 1960's saw the rebellion of the younger generation against established traditions";

- "I want to see results";

- syn. see, witness;

v7
get something or somebody for a specific purpose;

- "I found this gadget that will serve as a bottle opener";

- "I got hold of these tools to fix our plumbing";

- "The chairman got hold of a secretary on Friday night to type the urgent letter";

- syn. come up, get hold, line up;

v8
make a discovery, make a new finding;

- "Roentgen discovered X-rays";

- "Physicists believe they found a new elementary particle";

- syn. discover;

v9
make a discovery;

- "She found that he had lied to her";

- "The story is false, so far as I can discover";

- syn. discover;

- also find out;

v10
obtain through effort or management;

- "She found the time and energy to take care of her aging parents";

- "We found the money to send our sons to college";

v11
decide on and make a declaration about;

- "find someone guilty";

- syn. rule;

v12
receive a specified treatment (abstract);

- "These aspects of civilization do not find expression or receive an interpretation";

- "His movie received a good review";

- "I got nothing but trouble for my good intentions";

- syn. get, incur, obtain, receive;

v13
perceive oneself to be in a certain condition or place;

- "I found myself in a difficult situation";

- "When he woke up, he found himself in a hospital room";

v14
get or find back;

- recover the use of;

- "She regained control of herself";

- "She found her voice and replied quickly";

- syn. recover, regain, retrieve;

v15
succeed in reaching;

- arrive at;

- "The arrow found its mark";

v16
accept and make use of one's personality, abilities, and situation;

- "My son went to Berkeley to find himself";

- syn. find oneself;

find fault
v1
harass with constant criticism;

- "Don't always pick on your little brother";

- syn. blame, pick;

find oneself
v1
accept and make use of one's personality, abilities, and situation;

- "My son went to Berkeley to find himself";

- syn. find;

find out
v1
establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study;

- "find the product of two numbers";

- "The physicist who found the elusive particle won the Nobel Prize";

- syn. ascertain, determine, find;

v2
get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally;

- "I learned that she has two grown-up children";

- "I see that you have been promoted";

- syn. discover, get a line, get wind, get word, hear, learn, pick up, see;

v3
find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort;

- "I want to see whether she speaks French";

- "See whether it works";

- "find out if he speaks Russian";

- "Check whether the train leaves on time";

- syn. ascertain, check, determine, learn, see, watch;

v4
trap;

- especially in an error or in a reprehensible act;

- "He was caught out";

- "She was found out when she tried to cash the stolen checks";

- syn. catch out;

finder / f aɪ n d ə , f aɪ n d ə ɹ /
n1
someone who comes upon something after searching;

n2
someone who is the first to observe something;

- syn. discoverer, spotter;

n3
optical device that helps a user to find the target of interest;

- syn. view finder, viewfinder;

finder's fee
n1
a fee that is paid to someone who finds a source of financial backing or to someone who brings people together for business purposes;

- "the agency got a finder's fee when their candidate was hired as the new CEO";

finding / f aɪ n d ɪ ŋ /
n1
the act of determining the properties of something, usually by research or calculation;

- "the determination of molecular structures";

- syn. determination;

n2
the decision of a court on issues of fact or law;

n3
something that is found;

- "the findings in the gastrointestinal tract indicate that he died several hours after dinner";

- "an area rich in archaeological findings";

finding of fact
n1
(law) the findings of a jury on issues of fact submitted to it for decision;

- can be used in formulating a judgment;

- syn. verdict;

finding of law
n1
a finding as to the applicability of a rule of law to particular facts;

- syn. conclusion of law;

findings / f aɪ n d ɪ ŋ z /
n1
a collection of tools and other articles used by an artisan to make jewelry or clothing or shoes;

fine / f aɪ n /
n1
money extracted as a penalty;

- syn. amercement, mulct;

v1
issue a ticket or a fine to as a penalty;

- "I was fined for parking on the wrong side of the street";

- "Move your car or else you will be ticketed!";

- syn. ticket;

a1
being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition;

- "an all-right movie";

- "the passengers were shaken up but are all right";

- "is everything all right?";

- "everything's fine";

- "things are okay";

- "dinner and the movies had been fine";

- "another minute I'd have been fine";

- syn. all right, cool, hunky-dory, o.k., ok, okay;

- sim. satisfactory;

a2
minutely precise especially in differences in meaning;

- "a fine distinction";

- sim. precise;

a3
thin in thickness or diameter;

- "a fine film of oil";

- "fine hairs";

- "read the fine print";

- sim. thin;

a4
characterized by elegance or refinement or accomplishment;

- "fine wine";

- "looking fine in her Easter suit";

- "a fine gentleman";

- "fine china and crystal";

- "a fine violinist";

- "the fine hand of a master";

- sim. elegant;

a5
of textures that are smooth to the touch or substances consisting of relatively small particles;

- "wood with a fine grain";

- "fine powdery snow";

- "fine rain";

- "batiste is a cotton fabric with a fine weave";

- "covered with a fine film of dust";

- also smooth;

- sim. close, close-grained, dustlike, floury, nongranular, powdered, small, superfine;

a6
free from impurities;

- having a high or specified degree of purity;

- "gold 21 carats fine";

- sim. pure;

r1
an expression of agreement normally occurring at the beginning of a sentence;

- syn. OK, all right, alright, very well;

r2
in a delicate manner;

- "finely shaped features";

- "her fine drawn body";

- syn. delicately, exquisitely, finely;

fine-grained
a1
consisting of fine particles;

- "powdered cellulose";

- "powdery snow";

- "pulverized sugar is prepared from granulated sugar by grinding";

- syn. powdered, powdery, pulverised, pulverized, small-grained;

- sim. fine;

a2
dense or compact in structure or texture, as a wood composed of small-diameter cells;

- "close-grained birch";

- "fine-grained rock";

- syn. close-grained;

- sim. fine;

fine-leafed
a1
having fine leaves;

- syn. fine-leaved;

- sim. leafy;

fine-leaved
a1
having fine leaves;

- syn. fine-leafed;

- sim. leafy;

fine-leaved heath
n1
common low European shrub with purple-red flowers;

- syn. Erica cinerea, bell heather, heather bell;

fine-looking
a1
pleasing in appearance especially by reason of conformity to ideals of form and proportion;

- "a fine-looking woman";

- "a good-looking man";

- "better-looking than her sister";

- "very pretty but not so extraordinarily handsome"- Thackeray;

- "our southern women are well-favored"- Lillian Hellman;

- syn. better-looking, good-looking, handsome, well-favored, well-favoured;

- sim. beautiful;

fine-textured
a1
having a smooth, fine-grained structure;

- syn. smooth-textured;

- sim. smooth;

fine-tooth / f aɪ n t u θ /
a1
having fine teeth set close together;

- "a fine-toothed comb";

- syn. fine-toothed;

- sim. toothed;

fine-tooth comb
n1
a comb with teeth set close together;

- syn. fine-toothed comb;

n2
a method of examining in minute detail;

- "he went over the contract with a fine-tooth comb looking for loopholes";

- syn. fine-toothed comb;

fine-toothed
a1
having fine teeth set close together;

- "a fine-toothed comb";

- syn. fine-tooth;

- sim. toothed;

fine-toothed comb
n1
a comb with teeth set close together;

- syn. fine-tooth comb;

n2
a method of examining in minute detail;

- "he went over the contract with a fine-tooth comb looking for loopholes";

- syn. fine-tooth comb;

fine-tune
v1
improve or perfect by pruning or polishing;

- "refine one's style of writing";

- syn. down, polish, refine;

v2
adjust finely;

- "fine-tune the engine";

- syn. tweak;

v3
make fine adjustments or divide into marked intervals for optimal measuring;

- "calibrate an instrument";

- "graduate a cylinder";

- syn. calibrate, graduate;

fine art
n1
the products of human creativity;

- works of art collectively;

- "an art exhibition";

- "a collection of fine art";

- syn. art;

fine arts
n1
the study and creation of visual works of art;

- syn. beaux arts;

fine print
n1
the part of a contract that contains reservations and qualifications that are often printed in small type;

- "don't sign a contract without reading the fine print";

- syn. small print;

n2
material printed in small type;

- "he needed his glasses in order to read the fine print";

- syn. small print;

fine spray
n1
precipitation in very small drops;

fine structure
n1
the presence of groups of closely spaced spectrum lines observed in the atomic spectrum of certain elements;

- "the fine structure results from slightly different energy levels";

fineable / f aɪ n ə b ɫ /
a1
liable to a fine;

- syn. finable;

- sim. guilty;

finedraw
v1
sew together very finely;

finely / f aɪ n ɫ i /
r1
in tiny pieces;

- "the surfaces were finely granular";

r2
in an elegant manner;

- "finely costumed actors";

r3
in a delicate manner;

- "finely shaped features";

- "her fine drawn body";

- syn. delicately, exquisitely, fine;

fineness / f aɪ n n ə s /
n1
the quality of being very good indeed;

- "the inn is distinguished by the fineness of its cuisine";

- syn. choiceness;

n2
the property of being very narrow or thin;

- "he marvelled at the fineness of her hair";

- syn. thinness;

n3
having a very fine texture;

- "the fineness of the sand on the beach";

- syn. powderiness;

n4
the quality of being beautiful and delicate in appearance;

- "the daintiness of her touch";

- "the fineness of her features";

- syn. daintiness, delicacy;

finer / f aɪ n ə , f aɪ n ə ɹ /
a1
(comparative of `fine') greater in quality or excellence;

- "a finer wine";

- "a finer musician";

- sim. better;

finery / f aɪ n ə ɹ i /
n1
elaborate or showy attire and accessories;

fines herbes
n1
a mixture of finely chopped fresh herbs;

- "an omelet flavored with fines herbes";

finespun / f aɪ n s p ʌ n /
a1
developed with extreme delicacy and subtlety;

- "the satire touches with finespun ridicule every kind of human pretense";

- syn. delicate;

- sim. refined;

a2
developed in excessively fine detail;

- "finespun distinctions";

- syn. hairsplitting;

- sim. precise;

finesse / f ɪ n ɛ s /
n1
subtly skillful handling of a situation;

- syn. delicacy, diplomacy, discreetness;

Fingal's Cave
n1
a large cave with basaltic pillars on Staffa island in Scotland;

finger / f ɪ ŋ ɡ ə , f ɪ ŋ ɡ ə ɹ /
n1
any of the terminal members of the hand (sometimes excepting the thumb);

- "her fingers were long and thin";

n2
the length of breadth of a finger used as a linear measure;

- syn. digit, finger's breadth, fingerbreadth;

n3
one of the parts of a glove that provides covering for a finger or thumb;

v1
feel or handle with the fingers;

- "finger the binding of the book";

- syn. thumb;

v2
examine by touch;

- "Feel this soft cloth!";

- "The customer fingered the sweater";

- syn. feel;

v3
search for on the computer;

- "I fingered my boss and found that he is not logged on in the afternoons";

v4
indicate the fingering for the playing of musical scores for keyboard instruments;

finger's breadth
n1
the length of breadth of a finger used as a linear measure;

- syn. digit, finger, fingerbreadth;

finger-flower
n1
tall leafy European biennial or perennial having spectacular clusters of large tubular pink-purple flowers;

- leaves yield drug digitalis and are poisonous to livestock;

- syn. Digitalis purpurea, common foxglove, fairy bell, finger-root, fingerflower, fingerroot;

finger-paint
v1
apply colors with one's fingers;

finger-painting
n1
a painting produced by spreading paint with the fingers;

n2
painting by using the fingers to spread the paint;

finger-pointing
n1
the imputation of blame;

- "they want all the finger-pointing about intelligence failures to stop";

- syn. fingerpointing;

finger-roll
n1
a basketball shot that rolls off the tips of the fingers into the basket;

finger-root
n1
tall leafy European biennial or perennial having spectacular clusters of large tubular pink-purple flowers;

- leaves yield drug digitalis and are poisonous to livestock;

- syn. Digitalis purpurea, common foxglove, fairy bell, finger-flower, fingerflower, fingerroot;

finger-spell
v1
communicate by means of specific gestures, as an alternative to sign language;

- "The Deaf often fingerspell";

- syn. fingerspell;

finger alphabet
n1
an alphabet used by the deaf;

- letters are represented by finger positions;

- syn. manual alphabet;

finger bowl
n1
small bowl for rinsing the fingers at table;

finger cymbals
n1
(used in the plural) a percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance;

- syn. bones, castanets, clappers;

finger food
n1
food to be eaten with the fingers;

finger grass
n1
grasses with creeping stems that root freely;

- a pest in lawns;

- syn. crab grass, crabgrass;

n2
any grass of the genus Chloris;

- occurs in short grassland especially on waste ground or poor soils;

finger hole
n1
one of a series of holes in a woodwind instrument;

- pitch changes when a finger covers it;

n2
a hole for inserting a finger;

Finger Lakes
n1
a geographical area in central New York State that is named for a series of narrow glacial lakes that lie parallel in a north-south direction;

finger millet
n1
East Indian cereal grass whose seed yield a somewhat bitter flour, a staple in the Orient;

- syn. African millet, Eleusine coracana, coracan, corakan, kurakkan, ragee, ragi;

finger paint
n1
paint that has the consistency of jelly;

- syn. fingerpaint;

finger plate
n1
a flat protective covering (on a door or wall etc) to prevent soiling by dirty fingers;

- syn. escutcheon, scutcheon;

finger scan
n1
biometric identification by automatically scanning a person's fingerprints electronically;

- syn. finger scanning;

finger scanning
n1
biometric identification by automatically scanning a person's fingerprints electronically;

- syn. finger scan;

finger spelling
n1
an alphabet of manual signs;

- syn. fingerspelling;

finger wave
n1
a wave made with the fingers;

fingerboard / f ɪ ŋ ɡ ə b ɔ d /
n1
a guidepost resembling a hand with a pointing index finger;

- syn. fingerpost;

n2
a bank of keys on a musical instrument;

- syn. clavier, piano keyboard;

n3
a narrow strip of wood on the neck of some stringed instruments (violin or cello or guitar etc) where the strings are held against the wood with the fingers;

fingerbreadth
n1
the length of breadth of a finger used as a linear measure;

- syn. digit, finger, finger's breadth;

fingered / f ɪ ŋ ɡ ə d /
a1
having or resembling a finger or fingers;

- often used in combination;

- "the fingered roots of giant trees";

- "rosy-fingered";

- "three-fingered cartoon characters";

- sim. digitate;

fingerflower
n1
tall leafy European biennial or perennial having spectacular clusters of large tubular pink-purple flowers;

- leaves yield drug digitalis and are poisonous to livestock;

- syn. Digitalis purpurea, common foxglove, fairy bell, finger-flower, finger-root, fingerroot;

fingering / f ɪ ŋ ɡ ə ɹ ɪ ŋ /
n1
the placement of the fingers for playing different notes (or sequences of notes) on a musical instrument;

n2
touching something with the fingers;

fingerless
a1
not having or having lost fingers;

fingerlike
a1
resembling a finger;

- "digitate leaves of the horse chestnut";

- syn. digitate;

- sim. fingered;

fingerling / f ɪ ŋ ɡ ə ɫ ɪ ŋ /
n1
a young or small fish;

fingermark / f ɪ ŋ ɡ ə m ɑ k /
n1
a smudge made by a (dirty) finger;

- syn. fingerprint;

fingernail / f ɪ ŋ ɡ ə n eɪ ɫ /
n1
the nail at the end of a finger;

fingerpaint
n1
paint that has the consistency of jelly;

- syn. finger paint;

fingerpointing
n1
the imputation of blame;

- "they want all the finger-pointing about intelligence failures to stop";

- syn. finger-pointing;

fingerpost
n1
a guidepost resembling a hand with a pointing index finger;

- syn. fingerboard;

fingerprint / f ɪ ŋ ɡ ə p ɹ ɪ n t /
n1
a print made by an impression of the ridges in the skin of a finger;

- often used for biometric identification in criminal investigations;

n2
a generic term for any identifying characteristic;

- "that tax bill had the senator's fingerprints all over it";

n3
a smudge made by a (dirty) finger;

- syn. fingermark;

v1
take an impression of a person's fingerprints;

fingerprint expert
n1
a specialist in identifying fingerprints;

- syn. fingerprint man, fingerprint specialist;

fingerprint man
n1
a specialist in identifying fingerprints;

- syn. fingerprint expert, fingerprint specialist;

fingerprint specialist
n1
a specialist in identifying fingerprints;

- syn. fingerprint expert, fingerprint man;

fingerprinting / f ɪ ŋ ɡ ə p ɹ ɪ n t ɪ ŋ /
n1
the procedure of taking inked impressions of a person's fingerprints for the purpose of identification;

fingerroot
n1
tall leafy European biennial or perennial having spectacular clusters of large tubular pink-purple flowers;

- leaves yield drug digitalis and are poisonous to livestock;

- syn. Digitalis purpurea, common foxglove, fairy bell, finger-flower, finger-root, fingerflower;

fingerspell
v1
communicate by means of specific gestures, as an alternative to sign language;

- "The Deaf often fingerspell";

- syn. finger-spell;

fingerspelling
n1
an alphabet of manual signs;

- syn. finger spelling;

fingerstall / f ɪ ŋ ɡ ə s t ɔ ɫ /
n1
a sheath worn to protect a finger;

- syn. cot;

fingertip / f ɪ ŋ ɡ ə t ɪ p /
n1
the end (tip) of a finger;

finial / f aɪ n ɪə ɫ /
n1
an ornament at the top of a spire or gable;

- usually a foliated fleur-de-lis;

finical / f ɪ n ɪ k ɫ /
a1
exacting especially about details;

- "a finicky eater";

- "fussy about clothes";

- "very particular about how her food was prepared";

- syn. finicky, fussy, particular, picky;

- sim. fastidious;

finicky / f ɪ n ɪ k i /
a1
exacting especially about details;

- "a finicky eater";

- "fussy about clothes";

- "very particular about how her food was prepared";

- syn. finical, fussy, particular, picky;

- sim. fastidious;

finis / f ɪ n ɪ s /
n1
the temporal end;

- the concluding time;

- "the stopping point of each round was signaled by a bell";

- "the market was up at the finish";

- "they were playing better at the close of the season";

- syn. close, conclusion, finale, finish, last, stopping point;

n2
the concluding part of any performance;

- syn. close, closing curtain, finale;

finish / f ɪ n ɪ ʃ /
n1
a decorative texture or appearance of a surface (or the substance that gives it that appearance);

- "the boat had a metallic finish";

- "he applied a coat of a clear finish";

- "when the finish is too thin it is difficult to apply evenly";

- syn. coating, finishing;

n2
the temporal end;

- the concluding time;

- "the stopping point of each round was signaled by a bell";

- "the market was up at the finish";

- "they were playing better at the close of the season";

- syn. close, conclusion, finale, finis, last, stopping point;

n3
a highly developed state of perfection;

- having a flawless or impeccable quality;

- "they performed with great polish";

- "I admired the exquisite refinement of his prose";

- "almost an inspiration which gives to all work that finish which is almost art"--Joseph Conrad;

- syn. cultivation, culture, polish, refinement;

n4
the place designated as the end (as of a race or journey);

- "a crowd assembled at the finish";

- "he was nearly exhausted as their destination came into view";

- syn. destination, goal;

n5
designated event that concludes a contest (especially a race);

- "excitement grew as the finish neared";

- "my horse was several lengths behind at the finish";

- "the winner is the team with the most points at the finish";

n6
the downfall of someone (as of persons on one side of a conflict);

- "booze will be the finish of him";

- "it was a fight to the finish";

n7
event whose occurrence ends something;

- "his death marked the ending of an era";

- "when these final episodes are broadcast it will be the finish of the show";

- syn. conclusion, ending;

n8
(wine tasting) the taste of a wine on the back of the tongue (as it is swallowed);

- "the wine has a nutty flavor and a pleasant finish";

n9
the act of finishing;

- "his best finish in a major tournament was third";

- "the speaker's finishing was greeted with applause";

- syn. finishing;

v1
come or bring to a finish or an end;

- "He finished the dishes";

- "She completed the requirements for her Master's Degree";

- "The fastest runner finished the race in just over 2 hours;

- others finished in over 4 hours";

- syn. complete;

v2
finally be or do something;

- "He ended up marrying his high school sweetheart";

- "he wound up being unemployed and living at home again";

- syn. end up, fetch up, finish up, land up, wind up;

v3
have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense;

- either spatial or metaphorical;

- "the bronchioles terminate in a capillary bed";

- "Your rights stop where you infringe upon the rights of other";

- "My property ends by the bushes";

- "The symphony ends in a pianissimo";

- syn. cease, end, stop, terminate;

v4
provide with a finish;

- "The carpenter finished the table beautifully";

- "this shirt is not finished properly";

v5
finish eating all the food on one's plate or on the table;

- "She polished off the remaining potatoes";

- syn. eat up, polish off;

v6
cause to finish a relationship with somebody;

- "That finished me with Mary";

finish coat
n1
the final coating of (eg., paint, plaster, varnish, etc.);

- "we can't paint until they put on the finishing coat";

- syn. finishing coat;

finish line
n1
a line indicating the location of the finish of a race;

- syn. finishing line;

finish off
v1
finish a task completely;

- "I finally got through this homework assignment";

- syn. clear up, finish up, get through, mop up, polish off, wrap up;

finish out
v1
fill out;

- "These studies round out the results of many years of research";

- syn. round out;

finish up
v1
finish a task completely;

- "I finally got through this homework assignment";

- syn. clear up, finish off, get through, mop up, polish off, wrap up;

v2
finally be or do something;

- "He ended up marrying his high school sweetheart";

- "he wound up being unemployed and living at home again";

- syn. end up, fetch up, finish, land up, wind up;

finished / f ɪ n ɪ ʃ t /
a1
(of materials or goods) brought to the desired final state;

- "a finished product";

- also painted, processed, smooth;

- sim. dressed, fattened, fattening;

a2
ended or brought to an end;

- "are you finished?";

- "gave me the finished manuscript";

- sim. complete, done, done with, fin de siecle, out-of-the-way, up;

a3
(of skills or the products of skills) brought to or having the greatest excellence;

- perfected;

- "a dazzling and finished piece of writing";

- "a finished violinist";

- sim. polished;

a4
having a surface coating or finish applied;

- "the finished bookcase costs much more than the unfinished ones";

- sim. painted;

a5
brought to ruin;

- "after the revolution the aristocracy was finished";

- "the unsuccessful run for office left him ruined politically and economically";

- syn. ruined;

- sim. destroyed;

finisher / f ɪ n ɪ ʃ ə /
n1
(baseball) a relief pitcher who can protect a lead in the last inning or two of the game;

- syn. closer;

n2
a racing driver who finishes a race;

n3
a painter who applies a finishing coat;

n4
a worker who performs the last step in a manufacturing process;

n5
a race car that finishes a race;

n6
an animal that wins in a contest of speed;

finishing / f ɪ n ɪ ʃ ɪ ŋ /
n1
a decorative texture or appearance of a surface (or the substance that gives it that appearance);

- "the boat had a metallic finish";

- "he applied a coat of a clear finish";

- "when the finish is too thin it is difficult to apply evenly";

- syn. coating, finish;

n2
the act of finishing;

- "his best finish in a major tournament was third";

- "the speaker's finishing was greeted with applause";

- syn. finish;

finishing coat
n1
the final coating of (eg., paint, plaster, varnish, etc.);

- "we can't paint until they put on the finishing coat";

- syn. finish coat;

finishing line
n1
a line indicating the location of the finish of a race;

- syn. finish line;

finishing school
n1
a private school for girls that emphasizes training in cultural and social activities;

finishing touch
n1
a final touch;

- a crowning achievement;

- a culmination;

- syn. capstone, copestone;

finite / f aɪ n aɪ t /
a1
bounded or limited in magnitude or spatial or temporal extent;

- also mortal;

- sim. bounded, exhaustible, impermanent, limited;

a2
(of verbs) relating to forms of the verb that are limited in time by a tense and (usually) show agreement with number and person;

- sim. tensed;

finitely
r1
with a finite limit;

- "there are finitely many solutions to this problem";

finiteness / f aɪ n aɪ t n ɛ s /
n1
the quality of being finite;

- syn. boundedness, finitude;

finitude / f aɪ n ɪ t j u d /
n1
the quality of being finite;

- syn. boundedness, finiteness;

fink
n1
someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police;

- syn. canary, sneak, sneaker, snitch, snitcher, stool pigeon, stoolie, stoolpigeon;

v1
take the place of work of someone on strike;

- syn. blackleg, rat, scab;

v2
confess to a punishable or reprehensible deed, usually under pressure;

- syn. confess, squeal;

Finland / f ɪ n ɫ ə n d /
n1
republic in northern Europe;

- achieved independence from Russia in 1917;

- syn. Republic of Finland, Suomi;

Finn / f ɪ n /
n1
a native or inhabitant of Finland;

finnan / f ɪ n ə n /
n1
haddock usually baked but sometimes broiled with lots of butter;

- syn. finnan haddie, finnan haddock, smoked haddock;

finnan haddie / f ɪ n ə n h æ d i /
n1
haddock usually baked but sometimes broiled with lots of butter;

- syn. finnan, finnan haddock, smoked haddock;

finnan haddock / f ɪ n ə n h æ d ə k /
n1
haddock usually baked but sometimes broiled with lots of butter;

- syn. finnan, finnan haddie, smoked haddock;

Finnbogadottir
n1
former president of Iceland;

- first woman to be democratically elected head of state (born in 1930);

- syn. Vigdis Finnbogadottir;

Finnic / f ɪ n ɪ k /
n1
one of two branches of the Finno-Ugric languages;

- a family of languages including Finnish and Estonian (but not Hungarian);

- syn. Fennic, Non-Ugric;

Finnish / f ɪ n ɪ ʃ /
n1
the official language of Finland;

- belongs to the Baltic Finnic family of languages;

- syn. Suomi;

a1
of or relating to or characteristic of Finland or the people of Finland;

- "Finnish architecture";

Finnish capital
n1
the capital and largest city of Finland;

- located in southern Finland;

- a major port and commercial and cultural center;

- syn. Helsingfors, Helsinki, capital of Finland;

Finnish mark
n1
formerly the basic unit of money in Finland;

- syn. markka;

Finnish monetary unit
n1
monetary unit in Finland;

Finno-Ugrian
n1
a family of Uralic languages indigenous to Scandinavia and Hungary and Russia and western Siberia (prior to the Slavic expansion into those regions);

- syn. Finno-Ugric;

Finno-Ugric
n1
a family of Uralic languages indigenous to Scandinavia and Hungary and Russia and western Siberia (prior to the Slavic expansion into those regions);

- syn. Finno-Ugrian;

Finno-Ugric-speaking
a1
able to communicate in a Finno-Ugric language;

- sim. communicative;

finocchio
n1
aromatic bulbous stem base eaten cooked or raw in salads;

- syn. Florence fennel, fennel;

fiord / f ɪ ɔ d /
n1
a long narrow inlet of the sea between steep cliffs;

- common in Norway;

- syn. fjord;

fipple
n1
a wooden plug forming a flue pipe (as the mouthpiece of a recorder);

fipple flute
n1
a tubular wind instrument with 8 finger holes and a fipple mouthpiece;

- syn. fipple pipe, recorder, vertical flute;

fipple pipe
n1
a tubular wind instrument with 8 finger holes and a fipple mouthpiece;

- syn. fipple flute, recorder, vertical flute;

fir / f ɝ , f ɝ ɹ /
n1
nonresinous wood of a fir tree;

n2
any of various evergreen trees of the genus Abies;

- chiefly of upland areas;

- syn. fir tree, true fir;

fir clubmoss
n1
of northern Europe and America;

- resembling a miniature fir;

- syn. Lycopodium selago, little clubmoss, mountain clubmoss;

fir cone
n1
the seed-producing cone of a fir tree;

fir tree
n1
any of various evergreen trees of the genus Abies;

- chiefly of upland areas;

- syn. fir, true fir;

fire / f aɪ ə , f aɪ ə ɹ /
n1
the event of something burning (often destructive);

- "they lost everything in the fire";

n2
the act of firing weapons or artillery at an enemy;

- "hold your fire until you can see the whites of their eyes";

- "they retreated in the face of withering enemy fire";

- syn. firing;

n3
the process of combustion of inflammable materials producing heat and light and (often) smoke;

- "fire was one of our ancestors' first discoveries";

- syn. flame, flaming;

n4
a fireplace in which a relatively small fire is burning;

- "they sat by the fire and talked";

n5
once thought to be one of four elements composing the universe (Empedocles);

n6
feelings of great warmth and intensity;

- "he spoke with great ardor";

- syn. ardor, ardour, fervency, fervidness, fervor, fervour;

n7
fuel that is burning and is used as a means for cooking;

- "put the kettle on the fire";

- "barbecue over an open fire";

n8
a severe trial;

- "he went through fire and damnation";

n9
intense adverse criticism;

- "Clinton directed his fire at the Republican Party";

- "the government has come under attack";

- "don't give me any flak";

- syn. attack, blast, flack, flak;

v1
start firing a weapon;

- syn. open fire;

v2
cause to go off;

- "fire a gun";

- "fire a bullet";

- syn. discharge;

v3
bake in a kiln so as to harden;

- "fire pottery";

v4
terminate the employment of;

- discharge from an office or position;

- "The boss fired his secretary today";

- "The company terminated 25% of its workers";

- syn. can, dismiss, displace, force out, give notice, give the axe, give the sack, sack, send away, terminate;

v5
go off or discharge;

- "The gun fired";

- syn. discharge, go off;

v6
drive out or away by or as if by fire;

- "The soldiers were fired";

- "Surrender fires the cold skepticism";

v7
call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses);

- "arouse pity";

- "raise a smile";

- "evoke sympathy";

- syn. arouse, elicit, enkindle, evoke, kindle, provoke, raise;

v8
destroy by fire;

- "They burned the house and his diaries";

- syn. burn, burn down;

v9
provide with fuel;

- "Oil fires the furnace";

- syn. fuel;

v10
generate an electrical impulse;

- "the neurons fired fast";

v11
become ignited;

- "The furnace wouldn't fire";

- syn. flame up;

v12
start or maintain a fire in;

- "fire the furnace";

- syn. ignite, light;

fire-bellied toad
n1
toad of central and eastern Europe having red or orange patches mixed with black on its underside;

- syn. Bombina bombina;

fire-bush
n1
evergreen South American shrub having showy trumpet-shaped orange flowers;

- grown as an ornamental or houseplant;

- syn. Streptosolen jamesonii, fire bush, marmalade bush;

n2
densely branched Eurasian plant;

- foliage turns purple-red in autumn;

- syn. Bassia scoparia, Kochia scoparia, belvedere, burning bush, fire bush, summer cypress;

fire-eater / f aɪ ə ɹ i t ə , f aɪ ə ɹ i t ə ɹ /
n1
a member of a fire department who tries to extinguish fires;

- syn. fire fighter, firefighter, fireman;

n2
a belligerent grouch;

- syn. hothead;

n3
a performer who pretends to swallow fire;

- syn. fire-swallower;

fire-on-the-mountain
n1
poinsettia of United States and eastern Mexico;

- often confused with Euphorbia heterophylla;

- syn. Euphorbia cyathophora, Mexican fire plant, painted leaf;

fire-raising / f aɪ ə ɹ eɪ z ɪ ŋ /
n1
malicious burning to destroy property;

- "the British term for arson is fire-raising";

- syn. arson, incendiarism;

fire-resistant
a1
difficult to burn;

- syn. fire-resisting, fire-resistive, fire-retardant;

- sim. noncombustible;

fire-resisting
a1
difficult to burn;

- syn. fire-resistant, fire-resistive, fire-retardant;

- sim. noncombustible;

fire-resistive
a1
difficult to burn;

- syn. fire-resistant, fire-resisting, fire-retardant;

- sim. noncombustible;

fire-retardant
a1
difficult to burn;

- syn. fire-resistant, fire-resisting, fire-resistive;

- sim. noncombustible;

fire-swallower
n1
a performer who pretends to swallow fire;

- syn. fire-eater;

fire-wheel
n1
annual of central United States having showy long-stalked yellow flower heads marked with scarlet or purple in the center;

- syn. Gaillardia pulchella, Indian blanket, blanket flower, fire wheel;

fire-worship
n1
the worship of fire;

- syn. pyrolatry;

fire alarm
n1
a shout or bell to warn that fire has broken out;

n2
an alarm that is tripped off by fire or smoke;

- syn. smoke alarm;

fire and brimstone
n1
(Old Testament) God's means of destroying sinners;

- "his sermons were full of fire and brimstone";

fire ant
n1
omnivorous ant of tropical and subtropical America that can inflict a painful sting;

fire beetle
n1
tropical American click beetle having bright luminous spots;

- syn. Pyrophorus noctiluca, firefly;

fire bell
n1
a bell rung to give a fire alarm;

fire blight
n1
a disease blackening the leaves of pear and apple trees;

- syn. pear blight;

fire brigade
n1
a private or temporary organization of individuals equipped to fight fires;

- syn. fire company;

n2
British name for a fire department;

fire bush
n1
evergreen South American shrub having showy trumpet-shaped orange flowers;

- grown as an ornamental or houseplant;

- syn. Streptosolen jamesonii, fire-bush, marmalade bush;

n2
densely branched Eurasian plant;

- foliage turns purple-red in autumn;

- syn. Bassia scoparia, Kochia scoparia, belvedere, burning bush, fire-bush, summer cypress;

fire chief
n1
the head of a fire department;

- syn. fire marshal;

fire code
n1
set of standards established and enforced by government for fire prevention and safety in case of fire as in fire escapes etc;

fire company
n1
a private or temporary organization of individuals equipped to fight fires;

- syn. fire brigade;

fire control
n1
preparation for the delivery of shellfire on a target;

fire control radar
n1
naval radar that controls the delivery of fire on a military target;

fire control system
n1
naval weaponry consisting of a system for controlling the delivery of fire on a military target;

fire department
n1
the department of local government responsible for preventing and extinguishing fires;

fire door
n1
a fire-resistant door that can be closed to stop the spread of a fire;

fire drill
n1
an exercise intended to train people in duties and escape procedures to be followed in case of fire;

fire engine
n1
any of various large trucks that carry firemen and equipment to the site of a fire;

- syn. fire truck;

fire escape
n1
a stairway (often on the outside of a building) that permits exit in the case of fire or other emergency;

- syn. emergency exit;

fire extinguisher
n1
a manually operated device for extinguishing small fires;

- syn. asphyxiator, extinguisher;

fire fighter
n1
a member of a fire department who tries to extinguish fires;

- syn. fire-eater, firefighter, fireman;

fire hook
n1
fire iron consisting of a metal rod with a handle;

- used to stir a fire;

- syn. poker, salamander, stove poker;

fire hose
n1
a large hose that carries water from a fire hydrant to the site of the fire;

fire hydrant
n1
an upright hydrant for drawing water to use in fighting a fire;

- syn. fireplug, plug;

fire insurance
n1
insurance against loss due to fire;

fire iron
n1
metal fireside implements;

fire marshal
n1
the head of a fire department;

- syn. fire chief;

fire marshall
n1
an official who is responsible for the prevention and investigation of fires;

fire opal
n1
an opal with flaming orange and yellow and red colors;

- syn. girasol;

fire pink
n1
perennial herb of eastern North America, having red flowers with narrow notched petals;

- syn. Silene virginica;

fire pit
n1
a pit whose floor is incandescent lava;

- "the fire pit of the crater";

fire salamander
n1
European salamander having dark skin with usually yellow spots;

- syn. Salamandra maculosa, spotted salamander;

fire sale
n1
a sale of assets at very low prices typically when the seller faces bankruptcy;

n2
a sale of merchandise supposedly damaged by fire;

fire screen
n1
a metal screen before an open fire for protection (especially against flying sparks);

- syn. fireguard;

fire ship
n1
a weapon consisting of a ship carrying explosives that is set adrift to destroy enemy ships;

fire station
n1
a station housing fire apparatus and firemen;

- syn. firehouse;

fire thorn
n1
any of various thorny shrubs of the genus Pyracantha bearing small white flowers followed by hard red or orange-red berries;

- syn. Pyracantha, firethorn, pyracanth;

fire tongs
n1
tongs for taking hold of burning coals;

- syn. coal tongs;

fire tower
n1
a watchtower where a lookout is posted to watch for fires;

fire tree
n1
a terrestrial evergreen shrub or small tree of western Australia having brilliant yellow-orange flowers;

- parasitic on roots of grasses;

- syn. Christmas tree, Nuytsia floribunda, flame tree;

fire trench
n1
a trench especially constructed for the delivery of small-arms fire;

fire truck
n1
any of various large trucks that carry firemen and equipment to the site of a fire;

- syn. fire engine;

fire up
v1
arouse or excite feelings and passions;

- "The ostentatious way of living of the rich ignites the hatred of the poor";

- "The refugees' fate stirred up compassion around the world";

- "Wake old feelings of hatred";

- syn. heat, ignite, inflame, stir up, wake;

v2
begin to smoke;

- "After the meal, some of the diners lit up";

- syn. light, light up;

fire walker
n1
someone who walks barefoot on burning coals;

fire walking
n1
the ceremony of walking barefoot over hot stones or a bed of embers;

fire warden
n1
an official who is responsible for managing and protecting an area of forest;

- syn. forest fire fighter, ranger;

fire watcher
n1
(during World War II in Britain) someone whose duty was to watch for fires caused by bombs dropped from the air;

fire watching
n1
(during World War II in Britain) watching for fires started by bombs that dropped from the sky;

fire wheel
n1
annual of central United States having showy long-stalked yellow flower heads marked with scarlet or purple in the center;

- syn. Gaillardia pulchella, Indian blanket, blanket flower, fire-wheel;

firearm / f aɪ ə ɹ ɑ m /
n1
a portable gun;

- "he wore his firearm in a shoulder holster";

- syn. piece, small-arm;

fireball / f aɪ ə b ɔ ɫ /
n1
an especially luminous meteor (sometimes exploding);

- syn. bolide;

n2
a highly energetic and indefatigable person;

- syn. ball of fire, human dynamo, powerhouse;

n3
a ball of fire (such as the sun or a ball-shaped discharge of lightning);

n4
the luminous center of a nuclear explosion;

firebase / f aɪ ə ɹ b eɪ s /
n1
an artillery base to support advancing troops;

firebird / f aɪ ə b ɝ d /
n1
the male is bright red with black wings and tail;

- syn. Piranga olivacea, redbird, scarlet tanager;

n2
eastern subspecies of northern oriole;

- syn. Baltimore bird, Baltimore oriole, Icterus galbula galbula, hangbird;

n3
tropical American flycatcher found as far north as southern Texas and Arizona;

- adult male has bright scarlet and black plumage;

- syn. Pyrocephalus rubinus mexicanus, vermillion flycatcher;

fireboat / f aɪ ə ɹ b oʊ t /
n1
a boat equipped to fight fires on ships or along a waterfront;

firebomb / f aɪ ə b ɒ m /
n1
a bomb that is designed to start fires;

- is most effective against flammable targets (such as fuel);

- syn. incendiary, incendiary bomb;

v1
attack with incendiary bombs;

- "The rioters fire-bombed the stores";

firebox / f aɪ ə b ɒ k s /
n1
a furnace (as on a steam locomotive) in which fuel is burned;

firebrand / f aɪ ə b ɹ æ n d /
n1
a piece of wood that has been burned or is burning;

- syn. brand;

n2
someone who deliberately foments trouble;

- "she was the instigator of their quarrel";

- syn. inciter, instigant, instigator, provoker;

firebrat / f aɪ ə b ɹ æ t /
n1
lives in warm moist areas e.g. around furnaces;

- syn. Thermobia domestica;

firebreak / f aɪ ə b ɹ eɪ k /
n1
a narrow field that has been cleared to check the spread of a prairie fire or forest fire;

- syn. fireguard;

firebrick / f aɪ ə b ɹ ɪ k /
n1
brick made of fire clay;

- used for lining e.g. furnaces and chimneys;

firebug / f aɪ ə b ʌ ɡ /
n1
a criminal who illegally sets fire to property;

- syn. arsonist, incendiary;

n2
a true bug: brightly colored bug that can exude a stain;

fireclay / f aɪ ə k ɫ eɪ /
n1
a heat-resistant clay;

firecracker / f aɪ ə k ɹ æ k ə , f aɪ ə k ɹ æ k ə ɹ /
n1
firework consisting of a small explosive charge and fuse in a heavy paper casing;

- syn. banger, cracker;

fired / f aɪ ə d /
a1
having lost your job;

- syn. discharged, dismissed, laid-off, pink-slipped;

- sim. unemployed;

firedamp / f aɪ ə d æ m p /
n1
a mixture of gases (mostly methane) that form in coal mines and become explosive when mixed with air;

firedog / f aɪ ə d ɒ ɡ /
n1
metal supports for logs in a fireplace;

- "the andirons were too hot to touch";

- syn. andiron, dog, dog-iron;

firedrake
n1
a creature of Teutonic mythology;

- usually represented as breathing fire and having a reptilian body and sometimes wings;

- syn. dragon;

firefighter / f aɪ ə ɹ f aɪ t ə /
n1
a member of a fire department who tries to extinguish fires;

- syn. fire-eater, fire fighter, fireman;

firefly / f aɪ ə f ɫ aɪ /
n1
tropical American click beetle having bright luminous spots;

- syn. Pyrophorus noctiluca, fire beetle;

n2
nocturnal beetle common in warm regions having luminescent abdominal organs;

- syn. lightning bug;

fireguard / f aɪ ə ɡ ɑ d /
n1
a narrow field that has been cleared to check the spread of a prairie fire or forest fire;

- syn. firebreak;

n2
a metal screen before an open fire for protection (especially against flying sparks);

- syn. fire screen;

firehouse / f aɪ ə ɹ h aʊ z /
n1
a station housing fire apparatus and firemen;

- syn. fire station;

firelight / f aɪ ə ɫ aɪ t /
n1
the light of a fire (especially in a fireplace);

firelighter / f aɪ ə ɫ aɪ t ə , f aɪ ə ɫ aɪ t ə ɹ /
n1
(a piece of) a substance that burns easily and can be used to start a coal or coke fire;

firelock / f aɪ ə ɫ ɒ k /
n1
a muzzle loader that had a flintlock type of gunlock;

- syn. flintlock;

fireman / f aɪ ə m ə n /
n1
play in which children pretend to put out a fire;

n2
a laborer who tends fires (as on a coal-fired train or steamship);

- syn. stoker;

n3
a pitcher who does not start the game;

- syn. relief pitcher, reliever;

n4
a member of a fire department who tries to extinguish fires;

- syn. fire-eater, fire fighter, firefighter;

fireman's ax
n1
an ax that has a long handle and a head with one cutting edge and a point on the other side;

- syn. fireman's axe;

fireman's axe
n1
an ax that has a long handle and a head with one cutting edge and a point on the other side;

- syn. fireman's ax;

fireman's carry
n1
the act of carrying a person over your shoulder;

Firenze / f ɪr ɛ n z i /
n1
a city in central Italy on the Arno;

- provincial capital of Tuscany;

- center of the Italian Renaissance from 14th to 16th centuries;

- syn. Florence;

fireplace / f aɪ ə p ɫ eɪ s /
n1
an open recess in a wall at the base of a chimney where a fire can be built;

- "the fireplace was so large you could walk inside it";

- "he laid a fire in the hearth and lit it";

- "the hearth was black with the charcoal of many fires";

- syn. hearth, open fireplace;

fireplug / f aɪ ə ɹ p ɫ ʌ ɡ /
n1
an upright hydrant for drawing water to use in fighting a fire;

- syn. fire hydrant, plug;

firepower / f aɪ ə ɹ p aʊ ə ɹ /
n1
(military) the relative capacity for delivering fire on a target;

fireproof / f aɪ ə p ɹ u f /
v1
make resistant to fire;

a1
impervious to damage by fire;

- sim. noncombustible;

fireroom
n1
(nautical) chamber or compartment in which the furnaces of a ship are stoked or fired;

- syn. stokehold, stokehole;

fireside / f aɪ ə s aɪ d /
n1
an area near a fireplace (usually paved and extending out into a room);

- "they sat on the hearth and warmed themselves before the fire";

- syn. hearth;

n2
home symbolized as a part of the fireplace;

- "driven from hearth and home";

- "fighting in defense of their firesides";

- syn. hearth;

firestone / f aɪ ə s t oʊ n /
n1
a piece of flint that is struck to light a fire;

n2
a sandstone that withstands intense heat;

- used to line fireplaces and furnaces and kilns;

firestorm / f aɪ ə ɹ s t ɔ m /
n1
a storm in which violent winds are drawn into the column of hot air rising over a severely bombed area;

n2
an outburst of controversy;

- "the incident triggered a political firestorm";

firethorn
n1
any of various thorny shrubs of the genus Pyracantha bearing small white flowers followed by hard red or orange-red berries;

- syn. Pyracantha, fire thorn, pyracanth;

firetrap / f aɪ ə ɹ t ɹ æ p /
n1
a building that would be hard to escape from if it were to catch fire;

firewall
n1
(colloquial) the application of maximum thrust;

- "he moved the throttle to the firewall";

n2
(computing) a security system consisting of a combination of hardware and software that limits the exposure of a computer or computer network to attack from crackers;

- commonly used on local area networks that are connected to the internet;

n3
a fireproof (or fire-resistant) wall designed to prevent the spread of fire through a building or a vehicle;

firewater / f aɪ ə w ɔ t ə , f aɪ ə w ɔ t ə ɹ /
n1
any strong spirits (such as strong whisky or rum);

fireweed / f aɪ ə ɹ w i d /
n1
tall North American perennial with creeping rootstocks and narrow leaves and spikes of pinkish-purple flowers occurring in great abundance in burned-over areas or recent clearings;

- an important honey plant;

- syn. Epilobium angustifolium, giant willowherb, rosebay willowherb, wickup;

n2
an American weedy plant with small white or greenish flowers;

- syn. Erechtites hieracifolia;

firewheel tree
n1
eastern Australian tree widely cultivated as a shade tree and for its glossy leaves and circular clusters of showy red to orange-scarlet flowers;

- syn. Stenocarpus sinuatus, wheel tree;

firewood / f aɪ ə w ʊ d /
n1
wood used for fuel;

- "they collected and cut their own firewood";

firework / f aɪ ə w ɝ k /
n1
(usually plural) a device with an explosive that burns at a low rate and with colored flames;

- can be used to illuminate areas or send signals etc.;

- syn. pyrotechnic;

firing / f aɪ ə ɹ ɪ ŋ /
n1
the act of firing weapons or artillery at an enemy;

- "hold your fire until you can see the whites of their eyes";

- "they retreated in the face of withering enemy fire";

- syn. fire;

n2
the act of discharging a gun;

- syn. discharge, firing off;

n3
the act of setting something on fire;

- syn. ignition, inflammation, kindling, lighting;

n4
the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart);

- syn. discharge, dismissal, dismission, liberation, release, sack, sacking;

firing chamber
n1
chamber that is the part of a gun that receives the charge;

- syn. gun chamber;

firing line
n1
the line from which soldiers deliver fire;

n2
the most advanced and responsible group in an activity;

- "the firing line is where the action is";

firing mechanism
n1
the action that ignites the charge in a firearm;

- syn. gunlock;

firing off
n1
the act of discharging a gun;

- syn. discharge, firing;

firing party
n1
a squad formed to fire volleys at a military funeral or to carry out a military execution;

- syn. firing squad;

firing pin
n1
striker that ignites the charge by striking the primer;

firing range
n1
a practice range for target practice;

- syn. target range;

firing squad
n1
a squad formed to fire volleys at a military funeral or to carry out a military execution;

- syn. firing party;

firkin / f ɝ k ɪ n /
n1
a British unit of capacity equal to 9 imperial gallons;

n2
a small wooden keg;

firm / f ɝ m /
n1
the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments;

- "he worked for a brokerage house";

- syn. business firm, house;

v1
become taut or tauter;

- "Your muscles will firm when you exercise regularly";

- "the rope tautened";

- syn. tauten;

v2
make taut or tauter;

- "tauten a rope";

- syn. tauten;

a1
marked by firm determination or resolution;

- not shakable;

- "firm convictions";

- "a firm mouth";

- "steadfast resolve";

- "a man of unbendable perseverence";

- "unwavering loyalty";

- syn. steadfast, steady, stiff, unbendable, unfaltering, unshakable, unwavering;

- sim. resolute;

a2
not soft or yielding to pressure;

- "a firm mattress";

- "the snow was firm underfoot";

- "solid ground";

- syn. solid;

- sim. hard;

a3
strong and sure;

- "a firm grasp";

- "gave a strong pull on the rope";

- syn. strong;

- sim. forceful;

a4
not subject to revision or change;

- "a firm contract";

- "a firm offer";

- sim. settled;

a5
(of especially a person's physical features) not shaking or trembling;

- "his voice was firm and confident";

- "a firm step";

- sim. steady;

a6
not liable to fluctuate or especially to fall;

- "stocks are still firm";

- syn. steady, unfluctuating;

- sim. stable;

a7
securely established;

- "holds a firm position as the country's leading poet";

- sim. secure;

a8
possessing the tone and resiliency of healthy tissue;

- "firm muscles";

- sim. healthy;

a9
securely fixed in place;

- "the post was still firm after being hit by the car";

- syn. fast, immobile;

- sim. fixed;

a10
unwavering in devotion to friend or vow or cause;

- "a firm ally";

- "loyal supporters";

- "the true-hearted soldier...of Tippecanoe"- Campaign song for William Henry Harrison;

- "fast friends";

- syn. fast, loyal, truehearted;

- sim. faithful;

r1
with resolute determination;

- "we firmly believed it";

- "you must stand firm";

- syn. firmly, steadfastly, unwaveringly;

firm omelet
n1
eggs beaten with milk or cream and cooked until set;

firm up
v1
arrange firmly;

- "firm up one's plans";

firmament / f ɝ m ə m ə n t /
n1
the apparent surface of the imaginary sphere on which celestial bodies appear to be projected;

- syn. celestial sphere, empyrean, heavens, sphere, vault of heaven, welkin;

firmamental / f ɝ m ə m ɛ n t ɫ /
a1
relating to the firmament or upper regions;

firmer chisel
n1
a chisel with a thin blade for woodworking;

Firmiana
n1
small genus of Asian trees or shrubs;

- syn. genus Firmiana;

Firmiana simplex
n1
deciduous tree widely grown in southern United States as an ornamental for its handsome maplelike foliage and long racemes of yellow-green flowers followed by curious leaflike pods;

- syn. Chinese parasol, Chinese parasol tree, Japanese varnish tree, phoenix tree;

firmly / f ɝ m ɫ i /
r1
with resolute determination;

- "we firmly believed it";

- "you must stand firm";

- syn. firm, steadfastly, unwaveringly;

r2
in a secure manner;

- in a manner free from danger;

- "she held the child securely";

- syn. securely;

r3
with firmness;

- "held hard to the railing";

- syn. hard;

firmness / f ɝ m n ə s /
n1
the muscle tone of healthy tissue;

- "his muscular firmness";

- syn. soundness;

n2
the trait of being resolute;

- "his resoluteness carried him through the battle";

- "it was his unshakeable resolution to finish the work";

- syn. firmness of purpose, resoluteness, resolution, resolve;

n3
the property of being unyielding to the touch;

n4
the quality of being steady or securely and immovably fixed in place;

- syn. steadiness;

firmness of purpose
n1
the trait of being resolute;

- "his resoluteness carried him through the battle";

- "it was his unshakeable resolution to finish the work";

- syn. firmness, resoluteness, resolution, resolve;

firmware
n1
(computer science) coded instructions that are stored permanently in read-only memory;

- syn. microcode;

first / f ɝ s t /
n1
the first or highest in an ordering or series;

- "He wanted to be the first";

- syn. number one;

n2
the first element in a countable series;

- "the first of the month";

- syn. number 1, number one;

n3
the time at which something is supposed to begin;

- "they got an early start";

- "she knew from the get-go that he was the man for her";

- syn. beginning, commencement, get-go, kickoff, offset, outset, showtime, start, starting time;

n4
the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed at first of the bases in the infield (counting counterclockwise from home plate);

- syn. first base;

n5
an honours degree of the highest class;

- syn. first-class honours degree;

n6
the lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor vehicle;

- used to start a car moving;

- syn. first gear, low, low gear;

a1
preceding all others in time or space or degree;

- "the first house on the right";

- "the first day of spring";

- "his first political race";

- "her first baby";

- "the first time";

- "the first meetings of the new party";

- "the first phase of his training";

- also early, front, original, primary;

- sim. archetypal, basic, firstborn, freshman, initial, original, premier, premier, prime;

a2
indicating the beginning unit in a series;

- syn. 1st;

- sim. ordinal;

a3
serving to set in motion;

- "the magazine's inaugural issue";

- "the initiative phase in the negotiations";

- "an initiatory step toward a treaty";

- "his first (or maiden) speech in Congress";

- "the liner's maiden voyage";

- syn. inaugural, initiative, initiatory, maiden;

- sim. opening;

a4
serving to begin;

- "the beginning canto of the poem";

- "the first verse";

- syn. beginning;

- sim. opening;

a5
ranking above all others;

- "was first in her class";

- "the foremost figure among marine artists";

- "the top graduate";

- syn. foremost, world-class;

- sim. best;

a6
highest in pitch or chief among parts or voices or instruments or orchestra sections;

- "first soprano";

- "the first violin section";

- "played first horn";

r1
before anything else;

- "first we must consider the garter snake";

- syn. first of all, first off, firstly, foremost;

r2
the initial time;

- "when Felix first saw a garter snake";

r3
before another in time, space, or importance;

- "I was here first";

- "let's do this job first";

r4
prominently forward;

- "he put his best foot foremost";

- syn. foremost;

first-aid kit
n1
kit consisting of a set of bandages and medicines for giving first aid;

first-aid station
n1
a station providing emergency care or treatment before regular medical aid can be obtained;

first-class / f ɝ s t k ɫ ɑ s /
a1
very good;

- of the highest quality;

- "made an excellent speech";

- "he was a splendid teacher";

- "a first-class mind";

- syn. excellent, fantabulous, ripping, splendid;

- sim. superior;

first-class honours degree
n1
an honours degree of the highest class;

- syn. first;

first-class mail
n1
mail that includes letters and postcards and packages sealed against inspection;

- syn. 1st-class mail, 1st class, first class;

first-come-first-serve
a1
not accepting reservations;

- syn. rush;

- sim. unreserved;

first-degree burn
n1
burn causing redness of the skin surface;

first-nighter / f ɝ s t n aɪ t ə , f ɝ s t n aɪ t ə ɹ /
n1
someone habitually a spectator at the openings of theatrical productions;

first-order correlation
n1
a partial correlation in which the effects of only one variable are removed (held constant);

first-place finish
n1
a finish in first place (as in a race);

first-rate / f ɝ s t ɹ eɪ t /
a1
of the highest quality;

- "an ace reporter";

- "a crack shot";

- "a first-rate golfer";

- "a super party";

- "played top-notch tennis";

- "an athlete in tiptop condition";

- "she is absolutely tops";

- syn. A-one, ace, crack, super, tiptop, top-notch, topnotch, tops;

- sim. superior;

r1
quite well;

- "she doesn't feel first-rate today";

- syn. very well;

first-rater
n1
one who is first-rate;

first-string
a1
of members of a team;

- not substitutes;

- sim. regular;

a2
being a regular member of a team;

- "first-string players";

- sim. primary;

first-year
a1
used of a person in the first year of an experience (especially in United States high school or college);

- "a freshman senator";

- "freshman year in high school or college";

- syn. freshman;

- sim. first;

first aid
n1
emergency care given before regular medical aid can be obtained;

First Amendment
n1
an amendment to the Constitution of the United States guaranteeing the right of free expression;

- includes freedom of assembly and freedom of the press and freedom of religion and freedom of speech;

first and last
r1
taking everything together;

- "she was first and last a scientist";

- syn. above all;

first appearance
n1
the act of beginning something new;

- "they looked forward to the debut of their new product line";

- syn. debut, entry, introduction, launching, unveiling;

first balcony
n1
first or lowest balcony;

- syn. mezzanine;

First Baron Beveridge
n1
British economist (born in India) whose report on social insurance provided the basis for most of the social legislation on which the welfare state in the United Kingdom is based (1879-1963);

- syn. Beveridge, William Henry Beveridge;

First Baron Kelvin
n1
British physicist who invented the Kelvin scale of temperature and pioneered undersea telegraphy (1824-1907);

- syn. Kelvin, William Thompson;

First Baron Lytton
n1
English writer of historical romances (1803-1873);

- syn. Bulwer-Lytton, Edward George Earle Bulwer-Lytton, Lytton;

First Baron Macaulay
n1
English historian noted for his history of England (1800-1859);

- syn. Lord Macaulay, Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay;

First Baron Marks of Broughton
n1
English businessman who created a retail chain (1888-1964);

- syn. Marks, Simon Marks;

First Baron Passfield
n1
English sociologist and economist and a central member of the Fabian Society (1859-1947);

- syn. Sidney James Webb, Sidney Webb, Webb;

First Baron Rutherford
n1
British physicist (born in New Zealand) who discovered the atomic nucleus and proposed a nuclear model of the atom (1871-1937);

- syn. Ernest Rutherford, First Baron Rutherford of Nelson, Rutherford;

First Baron Rutherford of Nelson
n1
British physicist (born in New Zealand) who discovered the atomic nucleus and proposed a nuclear model of the atom (1871-1937);

- syn. Ernest Rutherford, First Baron Rutherford, Rutherford;

First Baron Tennyson
n1
Englishman and Victorian poet (1809-1892);

- syn. Alfred Lord Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, Tennyson;

first base
n1
the base that must be touched first by a base runner in baseball;

n2
the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed at first of the bases in the infield (counting counterclockwise from home plate);

- syn. first;

n3
the initial stage in accomplishing something;

- "we didn't get to first base with that approach";

first baseman
n1
(baseball) the person who plays first base;

- syn. first sacker;

first battle of Ypres
n1
battle in World War I (1914);

- heavy but indecisive fighting as the Allies and the Germans both tried to break through the lines of the others;

- syn. Ypres, battle of Ypres;

first blush
n1
at the first glimpse or impression;

- "at first blush the idea possesses considerable intuitive appeal but on closer examination it fails";

first cause
n1
an agent that is the cause of all things but does not itself have a cause;

- "God is the first cause";

- syn. prime mover, primum mobile;

first class
n1
the highest rank in a classification;

n2
mail that includes letters and postcards and packages sealed against inspection;

- syn. 1st-class mail, 1st class, first-class mail;

n3
the most expensive accommodations on a ship or train or plane;

r1
by first class conveyance;

- with first class accommodations;

- "we always travel first class";

First Council of Constantinople
n1
the second ecumenical council in 381 which added wording about the Holy Spirit to the Nicene Creed;

- syn. Constantinople;

First Council of Lyons
n1
the council of the Western Church in 1245 that excommunicated Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II and planned a new crusade against the Holy Land;

- syn. Lyons;

First Council of Nicaea
n1
the first ecumenical council in 325 which produced the wording of the Nicene Creed and condemned the heresy of Arianism;

- syn. Nicaea;

first cousin
n1
the child of your aunt or uncle;

- syn. cousin, cousin-german, full cousin;

first cranial nerve
n1
a collective term for numerous olfactory filaments in the nasal mucosa;

- syn. nervii olfactorii, olfactory nerve;

First Crusade
n1
a Crusade from 1096 to 1099;

- captured Jerusalem and created a theocracy there;

first degree
n1
a degree of one;

- "all of the terms in a linear equation are of the first degree";

first derivative
n1
the result of mathematical differentiation;

- the instantaneous change of one quantity relative to another;

- df(x)/dx;

- syn. derivative, derived function, differential, differential coefficient;

First Duke of Marlborough
n1
English general considered one of the greatest generals in history (1650-1722);

- syn. Churchill, Duke of Marlborough, John Churchill;

First Duke of Wellington
n1
British general and statesman;

- he defeated Napoleon at Waterloo;

- subsequently served as Prime Minister (1769-1852);

- syn. Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington, Iron Duke, Wellington;

First Earl Kitchener of Khartoum
n1
British field marshal (1850-1916);

- syn. Herbert Kitchener, Horatio Herbert Kitchener, Kitchener;

First Earl of Beaconsfield
n1
British statesman who as Prime Minister bought controlling interest in the Suez Canal and made Queen Victoria the empress of India (1804-1881);

- syn. Benjamin Disraeli, Disraeli;

First Earl of Chatham
n1
English statesman who brought the Seven Years' War to an end (1708-1778);

- syn. Pitt, Pitt the Elder, William Pitt;

First Earl of Orford
n1
Englishman and Whig statesman who (under George I) was effectively the first British prime minister (1676-1745);

- syn. Robert Walpole, Sir Robert Walpole, Walpole;

First Earl Wavell
n1
British field marshal in North Africa in World War II;

- he defeated the Italians before being defeated by the Germans (1883-1950);

- syn. Archibald Percival Wavell, Wavell;

First Epistle of John
n1
the first New Testament epistle traditionally attributed to Saint John the Apostle;

- syn. I John;

First Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Corinthians
n1
a New Testament book containing the first epistle from Saint Paul to the church at Corinth;

- syn. First Epistle to the Corinthians, I Corinthians;

First Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Thessalonians
n1
a New Testament book containing Saint Paul's first epistle to the Thessalonians;

- syn. First Epistle to the Thessalonians, I Thessalonians;

First Epistle of Paul the Apostle to Timothy
n1
a New Testament book containing Saint Paul's first epistle to Timothy;

- contains advice on pastoral matters;

- syn. First Epistle to Timothy, I Timothy;

First Epistle of Peter
n1
the first New Testament book traditionally attributed to Saint Peter the Apostle;

- syn. I Peter;

First Epistle to the Corinthians
n1
a New Testament book containing the first epistle from Saint Paul to the church at Corinth;

- syn. First Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Corinthians, I Corinthians;

First Epistle to the Thessalonians
n1
a New Testament book containing Saint Paul's first epistle to the Thessalonians;

- syn. First Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Thessalonians, I Thessalonians;

First Epistle to Timothy
n1
a New Testament book containing Saint Paul's first epistle to Timothy;

- contains advice on pastoral matters;

- syn. First Epistle of Paul the Apostle to Timothy, I Timothy;

first estate
n1
the clergy in France and the heads of the church in Britain;

- syn. Lords Spiritual;

first floor
n1
the floor of a building that is at or nearest to the level of the ground around the building;

- syn. ground floor, ground level;

first gear
n1
the lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor vehicle;

- used to start a car moving;

- syn. first, low, low gear;

first half
n1
the first of two halves of play;

first harmonic
n1
the lowest tone of a harmonic series;

- syn. fundamental, fundamental frequency;

first in first out
n1
inventory accounting in which the oldest items (those first acquired) are assumed to be the first sold;

- syn. FIFO;

first lady
n1
the leading woman in an art or profession;

n2
the wife of a chief executive;

first language
n1
one's native language;

- the language learned by children and passed from one generation to the next;

- syn. maternal language, mother tongue;

First Lateran Council
n1
the first council of the Western Church held in the Lateran Palace in 1123;

- focused on church discipline and made plans to recover the Holy Lands from the Muslim `infidels';

first law of motion
n1
a body remains at rest or in motion with a constant velocity unless acted upon by an external force;

- syn. Newton's first law, Newton's first law of motion;

first law of thermodynamics
n1
the fundamental principle of physics that the total energy of an isolated system is constant despite internal changes;

- syn. conservation of energy, law of conservation of energy;

first lieutenant
n1
a commissioned officer in the Army or Air Force or Marines ranking above a 2nd lieutenant and below a captain;

- syn. 1st lieutenant;

first light
n1
the first light of day;

- "we got up before dawn";

- "they talked until morning";

- syn. aurora, break of day, break of the day, cockcrow, dawn, dawning, daybreak, dayspring, morning, sunrise, sunup;

First Lord of the Treasury
n1
the British cabinet minister responsible for economic strategy;

- syn. Treasury;

First Marquess Cornwallis
n1
commander of the British forces in the American War of Independence;

- was defeated by American and French troops at Yorktown (1738-1805);

- syn. Charles Cornwallis, Cornwallis;

first mate
n1
the officer below the master on a commercial ship;

- syn. mate;

first moment
n1
the sum of the values of a random variable divided by the number of values;

- syn. arithmetic mean, expectation, expected value;

first mortgage
n1
a mortgage that has priority over all mortgages and liens except those imposed by law;

first name
n1
the name that precedes the surname;

- syn. forename, given name;

first of all
r1
before anything else;

- "first we must consider the garter snake";

- syn. first, first off, firstly, foremost;

First of May
n1
observed in many countries to celebrate the coming of spring;

- observed in Russia and related countries in honor of labor;

- syn. May 1, May Day;

First of October Antifascist Resistance Group
n1
an armed wing of the (illegal) Communist Party of Spain;

- seeks to overthrow the Spanish government and replace it with a Marxist-Leninist regime;

- "GRAPO is vehemently opposed to the United States";

- syn. GRAPO;

first off
r1
before anything else;

- "first we must consider the garter snake";

- syn. first, first of all, firstly, foremost;

first offender
n1
someone convicted for the first time;

first period
n1
the first division into which the play of a game is divided;

first person
n1
pronouns and verbs used to refer to the speaker or writer of the language in which they occur;

first principles
n1
the elementary stages of any subject (usually plural);

- "he mastered only the rudiments of geometry";

- syn. ABC, ABC's, ABCs, alphabet, rudiments;

first quarter
n1
the first fourth of the Moon's period of revolution around the Earth;

first reading
n1
the first presentation of a bill in a legislature;

first sacker
n1
(baseball) the person who plays first base;

- syn. first baseman;

first sergeant
n1
a sergeant in the Army above the rank of staff sergeant and below master sergeant;

- syn. sergeant first class;

First State
n1
a Mid-Atlantic state;

- one of the original 13 colonies;

- syn. DE, Del., Delaware, Diamond State;

first step
n1
the first of a series of actions;

- syn. initiative, opening, opening move;

first stomach
n1
the first compartment of the stomach of a ruminant;

- here food is collected and returned to the mouth as cud for chewing;

- syn. rumen;

first strike
n1
the initial use of nuclear weapons to attack a country that also has nuclear weapons;

- considered feasible only when the attacker can destroy the other country's ability to retaliate;

- "the Pakistani president promised no first strike against India";

first team
n1
a team representing a college or university;

- syn. varsity;

first trimester
n1
time period extending from the first day of the last menstrual period through 12 weeks of gestation;

First Vatican Council
n1
the Vatican Council in 1869-1870 that proclaimed the infallibility of the pope when speaking ex cathedra;

- syn. Vatican I;

First Viscount Haldane of Cloan
n1
Scottish statesman and brother of Elizabeth and John Haldane (1856-1928);

- syn. Haldane, Richard Burdon Haldane, Richard Haldane;

First Viscount Nuffield
n1
British industrialist who manufactured automobiles and created a philanthropic foundation (1877-1963);

- syn. Nuffield, William Richard Morris;

first visual area
n1
the part of the occipital cortex that receives the fibers of the optic radiation from the lateral geniculate body and is the primary receptive area for vision;

- syn. Brodmann's area 17, area 17 of Brodmann, striate area, striate cortex;

first water
n1
the highest quality gems;

First World War
n1
a war between the allies (Russia, France, British Empire, Italy, United States, Japan, Rumania, Serbia, Belgium, Greece, Portugal, Montenegro) and the Central Powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary, Turkey, Bulgaria) from 1914 to 1918;

- syn. Great War, War to End War, World War 1, World War I;

firstborn / f ɝ s t b ɔ n /
n1
the offspring who came first in the order of birth;

- syn. eldest;

a1
first in order of birth;

- "the firstborn child";

- syn. eldest;

- sim. first;

firsthand / f ɝ s t h æ n d /
a1
received directly from a source;

- "firsthand information";

- sim. primary;

r1
from the original source;

- directly;

- "I heard this story firsthand";

- syn. at first hand;

firstly / f ɝ s t ɫ i /
r1
before anything else;

- "first we must consider the garter snake";

- syn. first, first of all, first off, foremost;

Firth / f ɝ θ /
n1
English linguist who contributed to linguistic semantics and to prosodic phonology and who was noted for his insistence on studying both sound and meaning in context (1890-1960);

- syn. J. R. Firth, John Rupert Firth;

n2
a long narrow estuary (especially in Scotland);

Firth of Clyde
n1
a firth on the southwestern coast of Scotland emptying into the North Channel;

Firth of Forth
n1
a large firth on the east coast of Scotland and the estuary of the Forth River;

- location of Edinburgh;

FISA
n1
an act passed by Congress in 1978 to establish procedures for requesting judicial authorization for foreign intelligence surveillance and to create the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court;

- intended to increase United States counterintelligence;

- separate from ordinary law enforcement surveillance;

- syn. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act;

fisc / f ɪ s k /
n1
a state treasury or exchequer or a royal treasury;

- originally the public treasury of Rome or the emperor's private purse;

fiscal / f ɪ s k ɫ /
a1
involving financial matters;

- "fiscal responsibility";

- syn. financial;

fiscal policy
n1
a government policy for dealing with the budget (especially with taxation and borrowing);

fiscal year
n1
any accounting period of 12 months;

- syn. financial year;

fiscally / f ɪ s k æ ɫ aɪ /
r1
in financial matters;

- "fiscally irresponsible";

- syn. in fiscal matters;

Fischer / f ɪ s k h ɝ /
n1
German chemist noted for his synthesis of hemin (1881-1945);

- syn. Hans Fischer;

n2
German chemist noted for work on synthetic sugars and the purines (1852-1919);

- syn. Emil Hermann Fischer;

n3
United States chess master;

- world champion from 1972 to 1975 (born in 1943);

- syn. Bobby Fischer, Robert James Fischer;

Fischer's slime mushroom
n1
a type of slime mushroom;

fish / f ɪ ʃ /
n1
any of various mostly cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates usually having scales and breathing through gills;

- "the shark is a large fish";

- "in the living room there was a tank of colorful fish";

n2
the flesh of fish used as food;

- "in Japan most fish is eaten raw";

- "after the scare about foot-and-mouth disease a lot of people started eating fish instead of meat";

- "they have a chef who specializes in fish";

n3
(astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Pisces;

- syn. Pisces;

n4
the twelfth sign of the zodiac;

- the sun is in this sign from about February 19 to March 20;

- syn. Pisces, Pisces the Fishes;

v1
seek indirectly;

- "fish for compliments";

- syn. angle;

v2
catch or try to catch fish or shellfish;

- "I like to go fishing on weekends";

fish-fly
n1
similar to but smaller than the dobsonfly;

- larvae are used as fishing bait;

- syn. fish fly;

fish-liver oil
n1
a fatty oil obtained from the livers of various fish;

- syn. fish oil;

fish-worship
n1
the worship of fish;

- syn. ichthyolatry;

fish and chips
n1
fried fish and french-fried potatoes;

fish ball
n1
well-seasoned balls of ground fish and eggs and crushed crumbs simmered in fish stock;

- syn. gefilte fish;

n2
a fried ball or patty of flaked fish and mashed potatoes;

- syn. fish cake;

fish bowl
n1
a state of affairs in which you have no privacy;

- "the president lives in a goldfish bowl";

- syn. fishbowl, goldfish bowl;

n2
a transparent bowl in which small fish are kept;

- syn. fishbowl, goldfish bowl;

fish cake
n1
a fried ball or patty of flaked fish and mashed potatoes;

- syn. fish ball;

fish chowder
n1
chowder containing fish;

fish doctor
n1
brightly colored scaleless Arctic eelpout;

- syn. Gymnelis viridis;

fish duck
n1
large crested fish-eating diving duck having a slender hooked bill with serrated edges;

- syn. merganser, sawbill, sheldrake;

fish eagle
n1
large harmless hawk found worldwide that feeds on fish and builds a bulky nest often occupied for years;

- syn. Pandion haliaetus, fish hawk, osprey, sea eagle;

fish family
n1
any of various families of fish;

fish farm
n1
a workplace (usually a pond) where fish are raised for food;

fish filet
n1
a longitudinal slice or boned side of a fish;

- syn. filet, fillet, fish fillet;

fish fillet
n1
a longitudinal slice or boned side of a fish;

- syn. filet, fillet, fish filet;

fish finger
n1
a long fillet of fish breaded and fried;

- syn. fish stick;

fish fly
n1
similar to but smaller than the dobsonfly;

- larvae are used as fishing bait;

- syn. fish-fly;

fish fry
n1
a cookout where fried fish is the main course;

fish fuddle
n1
small tree of West Indies and Florida having large odd-pinnate leaves and panicles of red-striped purple to white flowers followed by decorative curly winged seedpods;

- yields fish poisons;

- syn. Jamaica dogwood, Piscidia erythrina, Piscidia piscipula;

fish genus
n1
any of various genus of fish;

fish geranium
n1
an upright geranium having scalloped leaves with a broad color zone inside the margin and white or pink or red flowers;

- syn. Pelargonium hortorum, bedding geranium, zonal pelargonium;

fish glue
n1
gelatinous substance obtained by boiling skins fins and bones of fish;

fish hawk
n1
large harmless hawk found worldwide that feeds on fish and builds a bulky nest often occupied for years;

- syn. Pandion haliaetus, fish eagle, osprey, sea eagle;

fish house punch
n1
a punch made of rum and brandy and water or tea sweetened with sugar syrup;

fish joint
n1
a butt joint formed by bolting fish plates to the sides of two rails or beams;

fish knife
n1
a small table knife with a spatula blade used for eating fish;

fish ladder
n1
a series of ascending pools providing a passage for salmon to swim upstream past a dam;

fish loaf
n1
flaked fish baked in a loaf with bread crumbs and various seasonings;

fish louse
n1
a kind of copepod;

fish lure
n1
(angling) any bright artificial bait consisting of plastic or metal mounted with hooks and trimmed with feathers;

- syn. fisherman's lure;

fish meal
n1
ground dried fish used as fertilizer and as feed for domestic livestock;

fish mousse
n1
mousse made with fish;

fish oil
n1
a fatty oil obtained from the livers of various fish;

- syn. fish-liver oil;

fish scale
n1
scale of the kind that covers the bodies of fish;

fish slice
n1
a food turner with a broad blade used for turning or serving fish or other food that is cooked in a frying pan;

fish species
n1
a species of fish;

fish steak
n1
cross-section slice of a large fish;

fish stew
n1
a stew made with fish;

fish stick
n1
a long fillet of fish breaded and fried;

- syn. fish finger;

fish tank
n1
a tank or pool or bowl filled with water for keeping live fish and underwater animals;

- syn. aquarium, marine museum;

fishbone / f ɪ ʃ b oʊ n /
n1
a bone of a fish;

fishbowl / f ɪ ʃ b oʊ ɫ /
n1
a state of affairs in which you have no privacy;

- "the president lives in a goldfish bowl";

- syn. fish bowl, goldfish bowl;

n2
a transparent bowl in which small fish are kept;

- syn. fish bowl, goldfish bowl;

fisher / f ɪ ʃ ə , f ɪ ʃ ə ɹ /
n1
someone whose occupation is catching fish;

- syn. fisherman;

n2
large dark brown North American arboreal carnivorous mammal;

- syn. Martes pennanti, black cat, fisher cat, pekan;

fisher cat
n1
large dark brown North American arboreal carnivorous mammal;

- syn. Martes pennanti, black cat, fisher, pekan;

fisherman / f ɪ ʃ ə m ə n /
n1
someone whose occupation is catching fish;

- syn. fisher;

fisherman's bend
n1
a knot for tying a line to a spar or ring;

fisherman's knot
n1
a knot for tying the ends of two lines together;

- syn. true lover's knot, truelove knot;

fisherman's lure
n1
(angling) any bright artificial bait consisting of plastic or metal mounted with hooks and trimmed with feathers;

- syn. fish lure;

fishery / f ɪ ʃ ə ɹ i /
n1
a workplace where fish are caught and processed and sold;

- syn. piscary;

fisheye / f ɪ ʃ aɪ /
a1
of or relating to a fisheye lens;

- syn. wide-angle;

fisheye lens
n1
a camera lens having a wider than normal angle of view (and usually a short focal length);

- produces an image that is foreshortened in the center and increasingly distorted in the periphery;

- syn. wide-angle lens;

fishgig
n1
an implement with a shaft and barbed point used for catching fish;

- syn. fizgig, gig, lance, spear;

fishhook / f ɪ ʃ h ʊ k /
n1
a sharp barbed hook for catching fish;

fishily
r1
in a questionably unusual manner;

- "this money had been queerly come by";

- syn. queerly;

fishing / f ɪ ʃ ɪ ŋ /
n1
the act of someone who fishes as a diversion;

- syn. sportfishing;

n2
the occupation of catching fish for a living;

fishing boat
n1
a vessel for fishing;

- often has a well to keep the catch alive;

- syn. fishing smack, fishing vessel;

fishing eagle
n1
of southeast Europe and central Asia;

- syn. Haliaeetus leucorhyphus;

fishing expedition
n1
an investigation undertaken in the hope (but not the stated purpose) of discovering information;

fishing gear
n1
gear used in fishing;

- syn. fishing rig, fishing tackle, rig, tackle;

fishing licence
n1
a license authorizing the bearer to fish during a specified period of time;

- syn. fishing license, fishing permit;

fishing license
n1
a license authorizing the bearer to fish during a specified period of time;

- syn. fishing licence, fishing permit;

fishing line
n1
a length of cord to which the leader and float and sinker and hook are attached;

fishing net
n1
a net that will enclose fish when it is pulled in;

- syn. fishnet;

fishing permit
n1
a license authorizing the bearer to fish during a specified period of time;

- syn. fishing licence, fishing license;

fishing pole
n1
a rod of wood or steel or fiberglass that is used in fishing to extend the fishing line;

- syn. fishing rod;

fishing rig
n1
gear used in fishing;

- syn. fishing gear, fishing tackle, rig, tackle;

fishing rod
n1
a rod of wood or steel or fiberglass that is used in fishing to extend the fishing line;

- syn. fishing pole;

fishing season
n1
the season during which it is legal to catch fish;

fishing smack
n1
a vessel for fishing;

- often has a well to keep the catch alive;

- syn. fishing boat, fishing vessel;

fishing tackle
n1
gear used in fishing;

- syn. fishing gear, fishing rig, rig, tackle;

fishing vessel
n1
a vessel for fishing;

- often has a well to keep the catch alive;

- syn. fishing boat, fishing smack;

fishing worm
n1
terrestrial worm that burrows into and helps aerate soil;

- often surfaces when the ground is cool or wet;

- used as bait by anglers;

- syn. angleworm, crawler, dew worm, earthworm, fishworm, nightcrawler, nightwalker, red worm, wiggler;

fishmonger / f ɪ ʃ m ʌ ŋ ɡ ə , f ɪ ʃ m ʌ ŋ ɡ ə ɹ /
n1
someone who sells fish;

- syn. fishwife;

fishnet / f ɪ ʃ n ɛ t /
n1
a net that will enclose fish when it is pulled in;

- syn. fishing net;

fishpaste / f ɪ ʃ p eɪ s t /
n1
a paste of fish or shellfish;

fishplate / f ɪ ʃ p ɫ eɪ t /
n1
metal plate bolted along sides of two rails or beams;

fishpole bamboo
n1
small bamboo of southeastern China having slender culms flexuous when young;

- syn. Phyllostachys aurea, gosan-chiku, hotei-chiku;

fishpond / f ɪ ʃ p ɒ n d /
n1
a freshwater pond with fish;

fishtail / f ɪ ʃ t eɪ ɫ /
v1
slow down by moving the tail sideways;

- "The airplane fishtailed on the runway";

fishtail bit
n1
a drilling bit with cutting edges usually hardened against wear;

- syn. blade bit;

fishtail palm
n1
attractive East Indian palm having distinctive bipinnate foliage;

fishwife / f ɪ ʃ w aɪ f /
n1
someone who sells fish;

- syn. fishmonger;

fishworm
n1
terrestrial worm that burrows into and helps aerate soil;

- often surfaces when the ground is cool or wet;

- used as bait by anglers;

- syn. angleworm, crawler, dew worm, earthworm, fishing worm, nightcrawler, nightwalker, red worm, wiggler;

fishy / f ɪ ʃ i /
a1
of or relating to or resembling fish;

- "the soup had a fishy smell";

a2
not as expected;

- "there was something fishy about the accident";

- "up to some funny business";

- "some definitely queer goings-on";

- "a shady deal";

- "her motives were suspect";

- "suspicious behavior";

- syn. funny, shady, suspect, suspicious;

- sim. questionable;

fissile / f ɪ s aɪ ɫ /
a1
capable of undergoing nuclear fission;

- "a fissionable nucleous";

- "fissionable material";

- syn. fissionable;

a2
capable of being split or cleft or divided in the direction of the grain;

- "fissile crystals";

- "fissile wood";

fission / f ɪ ʃ n /
n1
reproduction of some unicellular organisms by division of the cell into two more or less equal parts;

n2
a nuclear reaction in which a massive nucleus splits into smaller nuclei with the simultaneous release of energy;

- syn. nuclear fission;

fission bomb
n1
a nuclear weapon in which enormous energy is released by nuclear fission (splitting the nuclei of a heavy element like uranium 235 or plutonium 239);

- syn. A-bomb, atom bomb, atomic bomb, plutonium bomb;

fissionable / f ɪ ʃ n ə b ɫ /
a1
capable of undergoing nuclear fission;

- "a fissionable nucleous";

- "fissionable material";

- syn. fissile;

fissiparity
n1
reproduction of some multicellular organisms by division, as in the case of some starfish;

n2
the tendency to break into parts;

- "the fissiparity of religious sects";

fissiparous / f ɪ s ɪ p ə ɹ ə s /
a1
reproducing by fission;

- sim. asexual;

a2
having separated or advocating separation from another entity or policy or attitude;

- "a breakaway faction";

- syn. breakaway, separatist;

- sim. independent;

fissiped / f ɪ s ɪ p t /
n1
terrestrial carnivores;

- having toes separated to the base: dogs;

- cats;

- bears;

- badgers;

- raccoons;

- syn. fissiped mammal;

fissiped mammal
n1
terrestrial carnivores;

- having toes separated to the base: dogs;

- cats;

- bears;

- badgers;

- raccoons;

- syn. fissiped;

Fissipedia
n1
in some classifications considered a suborder of Carnivora;

fissure / f ɪ ʃ ə , f ɪ ʃ ə ɹ /
n1
a long narrow depression in a surface;

- syn. chap, crack, cranny, crevice;

n2
a long narrow opening;

- syn. cleft, crack, crevice, scissure;

n3
(anatomy) a long narrow slit or groove that divides an organ into lobes;

v1
break into fissures or fine cracks;

fissure of Rolando
n1
a brain fissure extending upward on the lateral surface of both hemispheres;

- separates the frontal and parietal lobes;

- syn. Rolando's fissure, central sulcus, sulcus centralis;

fissure of Sylvius
n1
the deepest and most prominent of the cortical fissures;

- separates the frontal lobes and temporal lobes in both hemispheres;

- syn. Sylvian fissure, lateral cerebral sulcus, sulcus lateralis cerebri;

Fissurella
n1
type genus of the family Fissurellidae: keyhole limpets;

- syn. genus Fissurella;

Fissurella apertura
n1
marine limpet having a conical shell with an opening at the apex;

- syn. Diodora apertura, keyhole limpet;

Fissurellidae
n1
marine limpets;

- syn. family Fissurellidae;

fist / f ɪ s t /
n1
a hand with the fingers clenched in the palm (as for hitting);

- syn. clenched fist;

fistfight
n1
a fight with bare fists;

- syn. fisticuffs, slugfest;

v1
fight with the fists;

- "The man wanted to fist-fight";

fistful / f ɪ s t f ə ɫ /
n1
the quantity that can be held in the hand;

- syn. handful;

fisticuffs / f ɪ s t ɪ k ʌ f s /
n1
a fight with bare fists;

- syn. fistfight, slugfest;

n2
fighting with the fists;

- syn. boxing, pugilism;

fistmele
n1
about seven inches;

- the breadth of a fist with the thumb stuck out (used especially in archery to give the correct distance of the string from the bow);

fistula / f ɪ s t j ʊ ɫ ə /
n1
a chronic inflammation of the withers of a horse;

- syn. fistulous withers;

n2
an abnormal passage leading from a suppurating cavity to the body surface;

- syn. sinus;

fistular / f ɪ s t j ʊ ɫ ə /
a1
hollow and tube-shaped like a reed;

- syn. fistulate, fistulous;

- sim. hollow;

Fistularia
n1
type genus of the family Fistulariidae;

- syn. genus Fistularia;

Fistulariidae
n1
cornetfishes;

- syn. family Fistulariidae;

fistulate / f ɪ s t j ʊ ɫ eɪ t /
a1
hollow and tube-shaped like a reed;

- syn. fistular, fistulous;

- sim. hollow;

Fistulina
n1
fungi having each pore separate though crowded;

- syn. genus Fistulina;

Fistulina hepatica
n1
a popular edible fungus with a cap the color of liver or raw meat;

- abundant in southeastern United States;

- syn. beefsteak fungus;

Fistulinaceae
n1
a family of fungi closely related to the family Polyporaceae except that the tubes on the undersurface of the cap are separate from each other;

- syn. family Fistulinaceae;

fistulous / f ɪ s t j ʊ ɫ ə s /
a1
of or pertaining to or resembling a fistula;

a2
hollow and tube-shaped like a reed;

- syn. fistular, fistulate;

- sim. hollow;

fistulous withers
n1
a chronic inflammation of the withers of a horse;

- syn. fistula;

fit / f ɪ t /
n1
a display of bad temper;

- "he had a fit";

- "she threw a tantrum";

- "he made a scene";

- syn. conniption, scene, tantrum;

n2
a sudden uncontrollable attack;

- "a paroxysm of giggling";

- "a fit of coughing";

- "convulsions of laughter";

- syn. convulsion, paroxysm;

n3
the manner in which something fits;

- "I admired the fit of her coat";

n4
a sudden flurry of activity (often for no obvious reason);

- "a burst of applause";

- "a fit of housecleaning";

- syn. burst;

v1
be agreeable or acceptable to;

- "This suits my needs";

- syn. accommodate, suit;

v2
be the right size or shape;

- fit correctly or as desired;

- "This piece won't fit into the puzzle";

- syn. go;

v3
make fit;

- "fit a dress";

- "He fitted other pieces of paper to his cut-out";

v4
insert or adjust several objects or people;

- "Can you fit the toy into the box?";

- "This man can't fit himself into our work environment";

v5
be compatible, similar or consistent;

- coincide in their characteristics;

- "The two stories don't agree in many details";

- "The handwriting checks with the signature on the check";

- "The suspect's fingerprints don't match those on the gun";

- syn. agree, check, correspond, gibe, jibe, match, tally;

v6
conform to some shape or size;

- "How does this shirt fit?";

v7
provide with (something) usually for a specific purpose;

- "The expedition was equipped with proper clothing, food, and other necessities";

- syn. equip, fit out, outfit;

v8
fill, satisfy or meet a want or need or condtion ro restriction;

- "does this paper meet the requirements for the degree?";

- "This job doesn't match my dreams";

- "meet a need";

- syn. conform to, fill, fulfil, fulfill, meet, satisfy;

v9
make correspond or harmonize;

- "Match my sweater";

- syn. match;

a1
meeting adequate standards for a purpose;

- "a fit subject for discussion";

- "it is fit and proper that you be there";

- "water fit to drink";

- "fit for duty";

- "do as you see fit to";

- also appropriate;

- sim. acceptable, suitable, worthy;

a2
(usually followed by `to' or `for') on the point of or strongly disposed;

- "in no fit state to continue";

- "fit to drop";

- "laughing fit to burst";

- "she was fit to scream";

- "primed for a fight";

- "we are set to go at any time";

- syn. primed, set;

- sim. ready;

a3
physically and mentally sound or healthy;

- "felt relaxed and fit after their holiday";

- "keeps fit with diet and exercise";

- also healthy, sound, well;

- sim. able, conditioned;

fit in
v1
go together;

- "The colors don't harmonize";

- "Their ideas concorded";

- syn. accord, agree, concord, consort, harmonise, harmonize;

fit out
v1
provide with (something) usually for a specific purpose;

- "The expedition was equipped with proper clothing, food, and other necessities";

- syn. equip, fit, outfit;

v2
provide with clothes or put clothes on;

- "Parents must feed and dress their child";

- syn. apparel, clothe, dress, enclothe, garb, garment, habilitate, raiment, tog;

fit the bill
v1
be what is needed or be good enough for what is required;

- "Does this restaurant fit the bill for the celebration?";

- syn. fill the bill;

fitch / f ɪ tʃ /
n1
dark brown mustelid of woodlands of Eurasia that gives off an unpleasant odor when threatened;

- syn. Mustela putorius, foulmart, foumart, polecat;

fitful / f ɪ t f ə ɫ /
a1
occurring in spells and often abruptly;

- "fitful bursts of energy";

- "spasmodic rifle fire";

- syn. spasmodic;

- sim. sporadic;

a2
intermittently stopping and starting;

- "fitful (or interrupted) sleep";

- "off-and-on static";

- syn. interrupted, off-and-on;

- sim. broken;

fitfully / f ɪ t f ə ɫ i /
r1
in a fitful manner;

- "he slept fitfully";

fitfulness / f ɪ t f ə ɫ n ɛ s /
n1
the quality of being spasmodic and irregular;

- syn. jerkiness;

fitly / f ɪ t ɫ i /
r1
in accordance with what is appropriate or suitable for the circumstances;

- "he was appropriately dressed";

- "If you don't behave properly, you'll have to leave!";

- "I met the junior senator from Illinois and I was duly impressed";

- syn. appropriately, befittingly, duly, fittingly, properly, suitably;

fitment / f ɪ t m ə n t /
n1
any of the items furnishing or equipping a room (especially built-in furniture);

- "she liked the kitchen fitments";

fitness / f ɪ t n ə s /
n1
the quality of being suitable;

- "they had to prove their fitness for the position";

- syn. fittingness;

n2
good physical condition;

- being in shape or in condition;

- syn. physical fitness;

n3
the quality of being qualified;

fits and starts
n1
repeated bursts of activity;

- "they worked in fits and starts";

fitted / f ɪ t ɪ d /
a1
being the right size and shape to fit as desired;

- "a fitted overcoat";

- "he quickly assembled the fitted pieces";

fitted out
a1
prepared with proper equipment;

- "equipped for service in the Arctic";

- syn. equipped;

- sim. prepared;

a2
furnished with essential equipment for a particular occupation or undertaking occupation;

- "a well outfitted expedition to the South Pole";

- syn. outfitted;

- sim. furnished;

fitted sheet
n1
a sheet (usually with elastic edges) tailored to fit a particular mattress;

- syn. contour sheet;

fitter / f ɪ t ə , f ɪ t ə ɹ /
n1
someone who fits a garment to a particular person;

a1
improved in health or physical condition;

- syn. healthier;

- sim. better;

fitting / f ɪ t ɪ ŋ /
n1
making or becoming suitable;

- adjusting to circumstances;

- syn. accommodation, adjustment;

n2
a small and often standardized accessory to a larger system;

n3
(usually in the plural) furnishings and equipment (especially for a ship or hotel);

- syn. appointment;

n4
putting clothes on to see whether they fit;

- syn. try-on, trying on;

a1
in harmony with the spirit of particular persons or occasion;

- "a decent burial";

- "We have come to dedicate a portion of that field...It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this";

- syn. decent;

- sim. proper;

a2
being precisely fitting and right;

- "it is only meet that she should be seated first";

- syn. meet;

- sim. just;

fittingly / f ɪ t ɪ ŋ ɫ i /
r1
in accordance with what is appropriate or suitable for the circumstances;

- "he was appropriately dressed";

- "If you don't behave properly, you'll have to leave!";

- "I met the junior senator from Illinois and I was duly impressed";

- syn. appropriately, befittingly, duly, fitly, properly, suitably;

fittingness / f ɪ t ɪ ŋ n ɛ s /
n1
the quality of being suitable;

- "they had to prove their fitness for the position";

- syn. fitness;

Fitzgerald
n1
English poet remembered primarily for his free translation of the poetry of Omar Khayyam (1809-1883);

- syn. Edward Fitzgerald;

n2
United States author whose novels characterized the Jazz Age in the United States (1896-1940);

- syn. F. Scott Fitzgerald, Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald;

n3
United States scat singer (1917-1996);

- syn. Ella Fitzgerald;

five / f aɪ v /
n1
the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one;

- syn. 5, Little Phoebe, Phoebe, V, cinque, fin, fivesome, pentad, quint, quintet, quintuplet;

n2
a team that plays basketball;

- syn. basketball team;

n3
a playing card or a domino or a die whose upward face shows five pips;

- syn. five-spot;

a1
being one more than four;

- syn. 5, v;

- sim. cardinal;

five-finger
n1
any of a numerous plants grown for their five-petaled flowers;

- abundant in temperate regions;

- alleged to have medicinal properties;

- syn. cinquefoil;

five-fingered maidenhair fern
n1
hardy palmately branched North American fern with divergent recurved branches borne on lustrous dark reddish stipes;

- syn. Adiantum pedatum, American maidenhair fern;

five-flowered gentian
n1
gentian of eastern North America having clusters of bristly blue flowers;

- syn. Gentiana quinquefolia, Gentianella quinquefolia, ague weed, agueweed, stiff gentian;

five-fold
a1
having five units or components;

- syn. fivefold, quintuple;

- sim. multiple;

five-hitter
n1
a game in which a pitcher allows the opposing team 5 hits;

- syn. 5-hitter;

five-hundredth
a1
the ordinal number of five hundred in counting order;

- syn. 500th;

- sim. ordinal;

five-lobed
a1
having five lobes;

- sim. multilateral;

five-membered
a1
of a chemical compound having a ring with five members;

- syn. 5-membered;

- sim. membered;

five-needled
a1
(of conifers) having five needles;

- sim. simple;

five-petaled
a1
(of flowers) having five petals;

- syn. five-petalled;

- sim. petalous;

five-petalled
a1
(of flowers) having five petals;

- syn. five-petaled;

- sim. petalous;

five-point bishop's cap
n1
small plant with leaves in a basal cluster and tiny greenish flowers in slender racemes;

- northwestern North America to California and Colorado;

- syn. Mitella pentandra;

five-pointed
a1
having five points;

- sim. pointed;

five-sided
a1
having five sides;

- sim. multilateral;

five-spot
n1
a United States bill worth 5 dollars;

- syn. five dollar bill, fiver;

n2
California annual having white flowers with a deep purple blotch on each petal;

- syn. Nemophila maculata;

n3
a playing card or a domino or a die whose upward face shows five pips;

- syn. five;

five-star admiral
n1
an admiral of the highest rank;

- syn. fleet admiral;

five-year-old
a1
five years of age;

- sim. young;

five dollar bill
n1
a United States bill worth 5 dollars;

- syn. five-spot, fiver;

five hundred
n1
the cardinal number that is the product of one hundred and five;

- syn. 500, D;

n2
a card game similar to ecarte;

- each player is dealt 5 cards and the player making trump must take 3 tricks to win a hand;

- syn. euchre;

a1
denoting a quantity consisting of 500 items or units;

- syn. 500, d;

- sim. cardinal;

five iron
n1
middle-distance iron;

- syn. mashie;

Five Nations
n1
a league of Iroquois tribes including originally the Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga and Seneca (the Five Nations);

- after 1722 they were joined by the Tuscarora (the Six Nations);

- syn. Iroquois League, League of Iroquois, Six Nations;

five spice powder
n1
Chinese seasoning made by grinding star anise and fennel and pepper and cloves and cinnamon;

fivefold / f aɪ v f oʊ ɫ d /
a1
having five units or components;

- syn. five-fold, quintuple;

- sim. multiple;

fivepence / f aɪ v p ə n s /
n1
a coin worth five cents;

fiver / f aɪ v ə , f aɪ v ə ɹ /
n1
a United States bill worth 5 dollars;

- syn. five-spot, five dollar bill;

fives / f aɪ v z /
n1
a game resembling handball;

- played on a court with a front wall and two side walls;

fivesome
n1
the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one;

- syn. 5, Little Phoebe, Phoebe, V, cinque, fin, five, pentad, quint, quintet, quintuplet;

n2
five people considered as a unit;

- syn. quintet, quintette;

fix / f ɪ k s /
n1
informal terms for a difficult situation;

- "he got into a terrible fix";

- "he made a muddle of his marriage";

- syn. hole, jam, kettle of fish, mess, muddle, pickle;

n2
something craved, especially an intravenous injection of a narcotic drug;

- "she needed a fix of chocolate";

n3
the act of putting something in working order again;

- syn. fixing, fixture, mend, mending, repair, reparation;

n4
an exemption granted after influence (e.g., money) is brought to bear;

- "collusion resulted in tax fixes for gamblers";

n5
a determination of the place where something is;

- "he got a good fix on the target";

- syn. localisation, localization, locating, location;

v1
restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken;

- "She repaired her TV set";

- "Repair my shoes please";

- syn. bushel, doctor, furbish up, mend, repair, restore, touch on;

v2
cause to be firmly attached;

- "fasten the lock onto the door";

- "she fixed her gaze on the man";

- syn. fasten, secure;

v3
decide upon or fix definitely;

- "fix the variables";

- "specify the parameters";

- syn. define, determine, limit, set, specify;

v4
prepare for eating by applying heat;

- "Cook me dinner, please";

- "can you make me an omelette?";

- "fix breakfast for the guests, please";

- syn. cook, make, prepare, ready;

v5
take vengeance on or get even;

- "We'll get them!";

- "That'll fix him good!";

- "This time I got him";

- syn. get, pay back, pay off;

v6
set or place definitely;

- "Let's fix the date for the party!";

v7
kill, preserve, and harden (tissue) in order to prepare for microscopic study;

v8
make fixed, stable or stationary;

- "let's fix the picture to the frame";

- syn. fixate;

v9
make infertile;

- "in some countries, people with genetically transmissible disabilites are sterilized";

- syn. desex, desexualise, desexualize, sterilise, sterilize, unsex;

v10
influence an event or its outcome by illegal means;

- "fix a race";

v11
put (something somewhere) firmly;

- "She posited her hand on his shoulder";

- "deposit the suitcase on the bench";

- "fix your eyes on this spot";

- syn. deposit, posit, situate;

v12
make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc;

- "Get the children ready for school!";

- "prepare for war";

- "I was fixing to leave town after I paid the hotel bill";

- syn. gear up, prepare, ready, set, set up;

fix-it shop
n1
a shop specializing in repairs and maintenance;

- syn. repair shop;

fix up
v1
find (something or someone) for;

- "I'll fix you up with a nice girl";

v2
make arrangements for;

- "Can you arrange a meeting with the President?";

- syn. arrange;

fixate / f ɪ k s eɪ t /
v1
attach (oneself) to a person or thing in a neurotic way;

- "He fixates on his mother, even at the age of 40";

v2
pay attention to exclusively and obsessively;

- "The media are fixating on Princess Diana's death";

v3
make fixed, stable or stationary;

- "let's fix the picture to the frame";

- syn. fix;

v4
become fixed (on);

- "Her eyes fixated on a point on the horizon";

- syn. settle on;

fixation / f ɪ k s eɪ ʃ n /
n1
an abnormal state in which development has stopped prematurely;

- syn. arrested development, infantile fixation, regression;

n2
an unhealthy and compulsive preoccupation with something or someone;

- syn. obsession;

n3
the activity of fastening something firmly in position;

n4
(histology) the preservation and hardening of a tissue sample to retain as nearly as possible the same relations they had in the living body;

- syn. fixing;

fixative / f ɪ k s ə t ɪ v /
n1
a compound (such as ethanol or formaldehyde) that fixes tissues and cells for microscopic study;

n2
a varnish dissolved in alcohol and sprayed over pictures to prevent smudging;

fixed / f ɪ k s t /
a1
(of a number) having a fixed and unchanging value;

- sim. determinate;

a2
fixed and unmoving;

- "with eyes set in a fixed glassy stare";

- "his bearded face already has a set hollow look"- Connor Cruise O'Brien;

- "a face rigid with pain";

- syn. rigid, set;

- sim. nonmoving;

a3
securely placed or fastened or set;

- "a fixed piece of wood";

- "a fixed resistor";

- also secure;

- sim. fast, geostationary, geosynchronous, leaded, stationary, taped, unadjustable;

a4
incapable of being changed or moved or undone;

- e.g. "frozen prices";

- "living on fixed incomes";

- syn. frozen;

- sim. unchangeable;

fixed-combination drug
n1
drug containing fixed amounts of two or more ingredients;

fixed-cycle operation
n1
an operation that is completed in a specified number of regularly timed execution cycles;

fixed-point notation
n1
a radix numeration system in which the location of the decimal point is fixed by convention;

- syn. fixed-point representation system;

fixed-point number
n1
a number represented in fixed-point notation;

fixed-point part
n1
the positive fractional part of the representation of a logarithm;

- in the expression log 643 = 2.808 the mantissa is .808;

- syn. mantissa;

fixed-point representation system
n1
a radix numeration system in which the location of the decimal point is fixed by convention;

- syn. fixed-point notation;

fixed-width font
n1
a typeface is which each character is given the same width (as by a typewriter);

- syn. constant-width font, monospaced font, typewriter font;

fixed charge
n1
a periodic charge that does not vary with business volume (as insurance or rent or mortgage payments etc.);

- syn. fixed cost, fixed costs;

fixed cost
n1
a periodic charge that does not vary with business volume (as insurance or rent or mortgage payments etc.);

- syn. fixed charge, fixed costs;

fixed costs
n1
a periodic charge that does not vary with business volume (as insurance or rent or mortgage payments etc.);

- syn. fixed charge, fixed cost;

fixed disk
n1
a rigid magnetic disk mounted permanently in a drive unit;

- syn. hard disc, hard disk;

fixed intonation
n1
the intonation of keyboard instruments where the pitch of each note is fixed and cannot be varied by the performer;

fixed investment trust
n1
an investment trust that can buy only those securities listed when the trust was organized;

- syn. nondiscretionary trust;

fixed oil
n1
nonvolatile animal or plant oil;

- syn. fatty oil;

fixed phagocyte
n1
a phagocyte that does not circulate in the blood but is fixed in the liver or spleen or bone marrow etc.;

fixed star
n1
any star in the Ptolemaic theory of planetary motion;

fixed storage
n1
(computer science) memory whose contents can be accessed and read but cannot be changed;

- syn. ROM, read-only memory, read-only storage;

fixedly / f ɪ k s ɪ d ɫ i /
r1
in a fixed manner;

- "he stared at me fixedly";

fixedness / f ɪ k s t n ɛ s /
n1
remaining in place;

- syn. immobility, stationariness;

n2
the quality of being fixed in place as by some firm attachment;

- syn. fastness, fixity, fixture, secureness;

n3
the quality of being fixed and unchangeable;

- "the fixedness of his gaze upset her";

- syn. unalterability;

fixer / f ɪ k s ə /
n1
someone who intervenes with authorities for a person in trouble (usually using underhand or illegal methods for a fee);

- syn. influence peddler;

n2
a chemical compound that sets or fixes something (as a dye or a photographic image);

- syn. fixing agent;

n3
a skilled worker who mends or repairs things;

- syn. mender, repairer;

n4
synthetic narcotic drug similar to morphine but less habit-forming;

- used in narcotic detoxification and maintenance of heroin addiction;

- syn. dolophine hydrochloride, methadon, methadone, methadone hydrochloride, synthetic heroin;

fixer-upper
n1
a house or other dwelling in need of repair (usually offered for sale at a low price);

fixing / f ɪ k s ɪ ŋ /
n1
the act of putting something in working order again;

- syn. fix, fixture, mend, mending, repair, reparation;

n2
restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place;

- syn. fastener, fastening, holdfast;

n3
the sterilization of an animal;

- "they took him to the vet for neutering";

- syn. altering, neutering;

n4
(histology) the preservation and hardening of a tissue sample to retain as nearly as possible the same relations they had in the living body;

- syn. fixation;

fixing agent
n1
a chemical compound that sets or fixes something (as a dye or a photographic image);

- syn. fixer;

fixings / f ɪ k s ɪ ŋ z /
n1
food that is a component of a mixture in cooking;

- "the recipe lists all the fixings for a salad";

- syn. ingredient;

n2
the accessories that normally accompany (something or some activity);

- "an elaborate formal dinner with all the fixings";

- "he bought a Christmas tree and trimmings to decorate it";

- syn. trimmings;

fixity / f ɪ k s ɪ t i /
n1
the quality of being fixed in place as by some firm attachment;

- syn. fastness, fixedness, fixture, secureness;

n2
the quality of being incapable of mutation;

- "Darwin challenged the fixity of species";

- syn. immutability, immutableness;

fixture / f ɪ k s tʃ ə , f ɪ k s tʃ ə ɹ /
n1
an object firmly fixed in place (especially in a household);

n2
a regular patron;

- "an habitue of the racetrack";

- "a bum who is a Central Park fixture";

- syn. habitue, regular;

n3
the quality of being fixed in place as by some firm attachment;

- syn. fastness, fixedness, fixity, secureness;

n4
the act of putting something in working order again;

- syn. fix, fixing, mend, mending, repair, reparation;

fizgig
n1
an implement with a shaft and barbed point used for catching fish;

- syn. fishgig, gig, lance, spear;

n2
a firework that fizzes as it moves;

fizz / f ɪ z /
n1
an effervescent beverage (usually alcoholic);

v1
become bubbly or frothy or foaming;

- "The boiling soup was frothing";

- "The river was foaming";

- "sparkling water";

- syn. effervesce, foam, form bubbles, froth, sparkle;

fizzing / f ɪ z ɪ ŋ /
a1
hissing and bubbling;

- syn. fizzy;

- sim. effervescent;

fizzle / f ɪ z ɫ /
n1
a fricative sound (especially as an expression of disapproval);

- "the performers could not be heard over the hissing of the audience";

- syn. hiss, hissing, hushing, sibilation;

n2
a complete failure;

- "the play was a dismal flop";

- syn. bust, flop;

v1
end weakly;

- "The music just petered out--there was no proper ending";

- syn. fizzle out, peter out, taper off;

fizzle out
v1
end weakly;

- "The music just petered out--there was no proper ending";

- syn. fizzle, peter out, taper off;

fizzy / f ɪ z i /
a1
hissing and bubbling;

- syn. fizzing;

- sim. effervescent;

fjord / f ɪ ɔ d /
n1
a long narrow inlet of the sea between steep cliffs;

- common in Norway;

- syn. fiord;

FL
n1
a state in southeastern United States between the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico;

- one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War;

- syn. Everglade State, Fla., Florida, Sunshine State;

Fla.
n1
a state in southeastern United States between the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico;

- one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War;

- syn. Everglade State, FL, Florida, Sunshine State;

flab
n1
loose or flaccid body fat;

flabbergast / f ɫ æ b ə ɡ ɑ s t /
v1
overcome with amazement;

- "This boggles the mind!";

- syn. boggle, bowl over;

flabbergasted / f ɫ æ b ə ɡ ɑ s t ɪ d /
a1
as if struck dumb with astonishment and surprise;

- "a circle of policemen stood dumbfounded by her denial of having seen the accident";

- "the flabbergasted aldermen were speechless";

- "was thunderstruck by the news of his promotion";

- syn. dumbfounded, dumbstricken, dumbstruck, dumfounded, stupefied, thunderstruck;

- sim. surprised;

flabbily / f ɫ æ b ɪ ɫ i /
r1
in a flabby manner;

- "the old man's muscles were sagging flabbily";

flabbiness / f ɫ æ b ɪ n ə s /
n1
a flabby softness;

- syn. flaccidity, limpness;

flabby / f ɫ æ b i /
a1
out of condition;

- not strong or robust;

- incapable of exertion or endurance;

- "he was too soft for the army";

- "flabby around the middle";

- "flaccid cheeks";

- syn. flaccid, soft;

- sim. unfit;

flaccid / f ɫ æ k s ɪ d /
a1
drooping without elasticity;

- wanting in stiffness;

- "a flaccid penis";

- sim. soft;

a2
out of condition;

- not strong or robust;

- incapable of exertion or endurance;

- "he was too soft for the army";

- "flabby around the middle";

- "flaccid cheeks";

- syn. flabby, soft;

- sim. unfit;

flaccid bladder
n1
a urinary bladder disorder resulting from interruption of the reflex arc normally associated with voiding urine;

- absence of bladder sensation and over-filling of the bladder and inability to urinate voluntarily;

flaccid paralysis
n1
weakness or loss of muscle tone resulting from injury or disease of the nerves innervating the muscles;

flaccidity / f ɫ æ k s ɪ d ɪ t i /
n1
a flabby softness;

- syn. flabbiness, limpness;

flack / f ɫ æ k /
n1
a slick spokesperson who can turn any criticism to the advantage of their employer;

- syn. flack catcher, flak, flak catcher;

n2
intense adverse criticism;

- "Clinton directed his fire at the Republican Party";

- "the government has come under attack";

- "don't give me any flak";

- syn. attack, blast, fire, flak;

n3
artillery designed to shoot upward at airplanes;

- syn. ack-ack, ack-ack gun, antiaircraft, antiaircraft gun, flak, pom-pom;

flack catcher
n1
a slick spokesperson who can turn any criticism to the advantage of their employer;

- syn. flack, flak, flak catcher;

Flacourtia
n1
often spiny trees or shrubs of tropical Asia and Africa;

- syn. genus Flacourtia;

flacourtia family
n1
chiefly tropical trees and shrubs;

- syn. Flacourtiaceae, family Flacourtiaceae;

Flacourtia indica
n1
small shrubby tree of Madagascar cultivated in tropical regions as a hedge plant and for its deep red acid fruits resembling small plums;

- syn. Madagascar plum, batoko palm, governor's plum, governor plum, ramontchi;

Flacourtiaceae
n1
chiefly tropical trees and shrubs;

- syn. family Flacourtiaceae, flacourtia family;

flag / f ɫ æ ɡ /
n1
emblem usually consisting of a rectangular piece of cloth of distinctive design;

n2
a listing printed in all issues of a newspaper or magazine (usually on the editorial page) that gives the name of the publication and the names of the editorial staff, etc.;

- syn. masthead;

n3
plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing bright-colored flowers composed of three petals and three drooping sepals;

- syn. fleur-de-lis, iris, sword lily;

n4
a rectangular piece of fabric used as a signalling device;

- syn. signal flag;

n5
flagpole used to mark the position of the hole on a golf green;

- syn. pin;

n6
stratified stone that splits into pieces suitable as paving stones;

- syn. flagstone;

n7
a conspicuously marked or shaped tail;

v1
communicate or signal with a flag;

- also flag down;

v2
provide with a flag;

- "Flag this file so that I can recognize it immediately";

v3
droop, sink, or settle from or as if from pressure or loss of tautness;

- syn. droop, sag, swag;

v4
decorate with flags;

- "the building was flagged for the holiday";

v5
become less intense;

- syn. ease off, ease up, slacken off;

flag-waver
n1
an extreme bellicose nationalist;

- syn. chauvinist, hundred-percenter, jingo, jingoist, patrioteer;

flag-waving
a1
fanatically patriotic;

- syn. chauvinistic, jingoistic, nationalistic, superpatriotic, ultranationalistic;

- sim. patriotic;

flag captain
n1
the captain of a flagship;

Flag Day
n1
commemorating the adoption of the United States flag in 1777;

- syn. June 14;

flag down
v1
signal to stop;

- "Let's flag down a cab--it's starting to rain";

- "The policeman flagged down our car";

flag of truce
n1
flag consisting of a piece of white cloth that is hoisted to signal surrender or to ask for a truce;

- syn. white flag;

flag officer
n1
a senior naval officer above the rank of captain;

flag rank
n1
the rank of a flag officer;

flag smut
n1
smut affecting leaves and stems of cereals and other grasses;

flag smut fungus
n1
a smut fungus causing a smut in cereals and other grasses that chiefly affects leaves and stems and is characterized chains of sori within the plant tissue that later rupture releasing black masses of spores;

flag stop
n1
a small railway station between the principal stations or a station where the train stops only on a signal;

- syn. way station, whistle stop;

flag waving
n1
an appeal intended to arouse patriotic emotions;

- syn. jingoism;

flagellant / f ɫ æ dʒ ə ɫ ə n t , f ɫ æ dʒ ɪ ɫ ə n t /
n1
a person who is whipped or whips himself for sexual gratification;

n2
a person who whips himself as a religious penance;

Flagellata
n1
protozoa having flagella;

- syn. Mastigophora, class Flagellata, class Mastigophora;

flagellate / f ɫ æ dʒ ə ɫ eɪ t /
n1
a usually nonphotosynthetic free-living protozoan with whiplike appendages;

- some are pathogens of humans and other animals;

- syn. flagellate protozoan, flagellated protozoan, mastigophoran, mastigophore;

v1
whip;

- "The religious fanatics flagellated themselves";

- syn. scourge;

a1
having or resembling a lash or whip (as does a flagellum);

- syn. flagellated, lash-like, whiplike;

flagellate protozoan
n1
a usually nonphotosynthetic free-living protozoan with whiplike appendages;

- some are pathogens of humans and other animals;

- syn. flagellate, flagellated protozoan, mastigophoran, mastigophore;

flagellated / f ɫ æ dʒ ə ɫ eɪ t ɪ d /
a1
having or resembling a lash or whip (as does a flagellum);

- syn. flagellate, lash-like, whiplike;

flagellated cell
n1
any cell or one-celled organism equipped with a flagellum;

flagellated protozoan
n1
a usually nonphotosynthetic free-living protozoan with whiplike appendages;

- some are pathogens of humans and other animals;

- syn. flagellate, flagellate protozoan, mastigophoran, mastigophore;

flagellation / f ɫ æ dʒ ə ɫ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
beating as a source of erotic or religious stimulation;

n2
beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment;

- syn. flogging, lashing, tanning, whipping;

flagellum / f ɫ ə dʒ ɛ ɫ ə m /
n1
a whip used to inflict punishment (often used for pedantic humor);

- syn. scourge;

n2
a lash-like appendage used for locomotion (e.g., in sperm cells and some bacteria and protozoa);

flageolet / f ɫ æ dʒ oʊ ɫ ɛ t /
n1
a French bean variety with light-colored seeds;

- usually dried;

- syn. haricot;

n2
a small fipple flute with four finger holes and two thumb holes;

- syn. shepherd's pipe, treble recorder;

flagfish
n1
a fish with a dark-blue back and whitish sides with red stripes;

- found in swamps and streams of Florida;

- syn. American flagfish, Jordanella floridae;

flagging / f ɫ æ ɡ ɪ ŋ /
n1
flagstones collectively;

- "there was a pile of flagging waiting to be laid in place";

n2
a walk of flagstones;

- "the flagging in the garden was quite imaginative";

a1
weak from exhaustion;

- syn. drooping;

- sim. tired;

flagitious / f ɫ ə dʒ ɪ ʃ ə s /
a1
extremely wicked, deeply criminal;

- "a flagitious crime";

- "heinous accusations";

- syn. heinous;

- sim. wicked;

a2
shockingly brutal or cruel;

- "murder is an atrocious crime";

- "a grievous offense against morality";

- "a grievous crime";

- "no excess was too monstrous for them to commit";

- syn. atrocious, grievous, monstrous;

- sim. evil;

flagon / f ɫ æ ɡ ə n /
n1
a large metal or pottery vessel with a handle and spout;

- used to hold alcoholic beverages (usually wine);

flagpole / f ɫ æ ɡ p oʊ ɫ /
n1
surveying instrument consisting of a straight rod painted in bands of alternate red and white each one foot wide;

- used for sightings by surveyors;

- syn. range pole, ranging pole;

n2
a tall staff or pole on which a flag is raised;

- syn. flagstaff;

flagrant / f ɫ eɪ ɡ ɹ ə n t /
a1
conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible;

- "a crying shame";

- "an egregious lie";

- "flagrant violation of human rights";

- "a glaring error";

- "gross ineptitude";

- "gross injustice";

- "rank treachery";

- syn. crying, egregious, glaring, gross, rank;

- sim. conspicuous;

flagrantly / f ɫ eɪ ɡ ɹ ə n t ɫ i /
r1
in a flagrant manner;

- "he is flagrantly disregarding the law";

flagroot
n1
perennial marsh plant having swordlike leaves and aromatic roots;

- syn. Acorus calamus, calamus, myrtle flag, sweet calamus, sweet flag;

flagship / f ɫ æ ɡ ʃ ɪ p /
n1
the chief one of a related group;

- "it is their flagship newspaper";

n2
the ship that carries the commander of a fleet and flies his flag;

Flagstaff / f ɫ æ ɡ s t ɑ f /
n1
a town in north central Arizona;

- site of an important observatory;

n2
a tall staff or pole on which a flag is raised;

- syn. flagpole;

flagstone / f ɫ æ ɡ s t oʊ n /
n1
stratified stone that splits into pieces suitable as paving stones;

- syn. flag;

Flagyl
n1
antiprotozoal medication (trade name Flagyl) used to treat trichomoniasis and giardiasis;

- syn. metronidazole;

flail / f ɫ eɪ ɫ /
n1
an implement consisting of handle with a free swinging stick at the end;

- used in manual threshing;

v1
give a thrashing to;

- beat hard;

- syn. lam, thrash, thresh;

v2
move like a flail;

- thresh about;

- "Her arms were flailing";

- syn. thresh;

flair / f ɫ eə , f ɫ eə ɹ /
n1
a natural talent;

- "he has a flair for mathematics";

- "he has a genius for interior decorating";

- syn. genius;

n2
distinctive and stylish elegance;

- "he wooed her with the confident dash of a cavalry officer";

- syn. dash, elan, panache, style;

n3
a shape that spreads outward;

- "the skirt had a wide flare";

- syn. flare;

flak / f ɫ æ k /
n1
a slick spokesperson who can turn any criticism to the advantage of their employer;

- syn. flack, flack catcher, flak catcher;

n2
intense adverse criticism;

- "Clinton directed his fire at the Republican Party";

- "the government has come under attack";

- "don't give me any flak";

- syn. attack, blast, fire, flack;

n3
artillery designed to shoot upward at airplanes;

- syn. ack-ack, ack-ack gun, antiaircraft, antiaircraft gun, flack, pom-pom;

flak catcher
n1
a slick spokesperson who can turn any criticism to the advantage of their employer;

- syn. flack, flack catcher, flak;

flake / f ɫ eɪ k /
n1
a crystal of snow;

- syn. snowflake;

n2
a person with an unusual or odd personality;

- syn. eccentric, eccentric person, geek, oddball;

n3
a small fragment of something broken off from the whole;

- "a bit of rock caught him in the eye";

- syn. bit, chip, fleck, scrap;

v1
form into flakes;

- "The substances started to flake";

v2
cover with flakes or as if with flakes;

v3
come off in flakes or thin small pieces;

- "The paint in my house is peeling off";

- syn. flake off, peel, peel off;

flake off
v1
come off in flakes or thin small pieces;

- "The paint in my house is peeling off";

- syn. flake, peel, peel off;

flake out
v1
change from a waking to a sleeping state;

- "he always falls asleep during lectures";

- syn. dope off, doze off, drift off, drop off, drowse off, fall asleep, nod off;

flakey
a1
made of or resembling flakes;

- "flaky soap";

- syn. flaky;

a2
made of or easily forming flakes;

- syn. flaky;

- sim. tender;

a3
conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual;

- "restaurants of bizarre design--one like a hat, another like a rabbit";

- "famed for his eccentric spelling";

- "a freakish combination of styles";

- "his off-the-wall antics";

- "the outlandish clothes of teenagers";

- "outre and affected stage antics";

- syn. bizarre, eccentric, flaky, freakish, freaky, gonzo, off-the-wall, outlandish, outre;

- sim. unconventional;

flakiness / f ɫ eɪ k ɪ n ə s /
n1
informal terms for insanity;

- syn. craziness, daftness;

n2
having or breaking into thin crisp flakes;

flaky / f ɫ eɪ k i /
a1
made of or resembling flakes;

- "flaky soap";

- syn. flakey;

a2
made of or easily forming flakes;

- syn. flakey;

- sim. tender;

a3
conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual;

- "restaurants of bizarre design--one like a hat, another like a rabbit";

- "famed for his eccentric spelling";

- "a freakish combination of styles";

- "his off-the-wall antics";

- "the outlandish clothes of teenagers";

- "outre and affected stage antics";

- syn. bizarre, eccentric, flakey, freakish, freaky, gonzo, off-the-wall, outlandish, outre;

- sim. unconventional;

flambe / f ɫ æ m b i /
v1
pour liquor over and ignite (a dish);

flambeau / f ɫ æ m b oʊ /
n1
a flaming torch (such as are used in processions at night);

flamboyance / f ɫ æ m b ɔɪ ə n s /
n1
extravagant elaborateness;

- "he wrote with great flamboyance";

- syn. floridity, floridness, showiness;

flamboyant / f ɫ æ m b ɔɪ ə n t /
n1
showy tropical tree or shrub native to Madagascar;

- widely planted in tropical regions for its immense racemes of scarlet and orange flowers;

- sometimes placed in genus Poinciana;

- syn. Delonix regia, Poinciana regia, flame tree, peacock flower, royal poinciana;

a1
marked by ostentation but often tasteless;

- "a cheap showy rhinestone bracelet";

- "a splashy half-page ad";

- syn. showy, splashy;

- sim. ostentatious;

a2
elaborately or excessively ornamented;

- "flamboyant handwriting";

- "the senator's florid speech";

- syn. aureate, florid;

- sim. fancy;

flamboyant tree
n1
tropical shrub or small tree having showy yellow to orange-red flowers;

- sometimes placed in genus Poinciana;

- syn. Caesalpinia pulcherrima, Poinciana pulcherrima, paradise flower, pride of barbados;

flamboyantly / f ɫ æ m b ɔɪ ə n t ɫ i /
r1
in a fancy colorful manner;

- "he dresses rather flamboyantly";

- syn. flashily, showily;

flame / f ɫ eɪ m /
n1
the process of combustion of inflammable materials producing heat and light and (often) smoke;

- "fire was one of our ancestors' first discoveries";

- syn. fire, flaming;

v1
shine with a sudden light;

- "The night sky flared with the massive bombardment";

- syn. flare;

- also flame up;

v2
be in flames or aflame;

- "The sky seemed to flame in the Hawaiian sunset";

v3
criticize harshly, usually via an electronic medium;

- "the person who posted an inflammatory message got flamed";

flame-colored
a1
having the brilliant orange-red color of flames;

- syn. flame-coloured;

- sim. colored;

flame-coloured
a1
having the brilliant orange-red color of flames;

- syn. flame-colored;

- sim. colored;

flame-flower
n1
a plant of the genus Kniphofia having long grasslike leaves and tall scapes of red or yellow drooping flowers;

- syn. flame flower, flameflower, kniphofia, tritoma;

n2
plant with fleshy roots and erect stems with narrow succulent leaves and one reddish-orange flower in each upper leaf axil;

- southwestern United States;

- Indians once cooked the fleshy roots;

- syn. Talinum aurantiacum, flame flower, flameflower;

flame-orange
a1
of orange tinged with red;

- syn. red-orange, reddish-orange;

- sim. chromatic;

flame-out
n1
the failure of a jet engine caused by an interruption of the fuel supply or by faulty combustion;

n2
a complete or conspicuous failure;

- "the spectacular flame-out of the company's stock cost many people their life savings";

flame-retardant
a1
resistant to catching fire;

- syn. flameproof;

- sim. noncombustible;

flame bush
n1
Australian shrub having simple obovate leaves and brilliant scarlet flowers;

- syn. Templetonia retusa, coral bush;

flame cell
n1
organ of excretion in flatworms;

flame durrajong
n1
south Australian tree having panicles of brilliant scarlet flowers;

- syn. Brachychiton acerifolius, Sterculia acerifolia, flame tree;

flame fish
n1
a cardinalfish found in tropical Atlantic coastal waters;

- syn. Apogon maculatus, flamefish;

flame flower
n1
a plant of the genus Kniphofia having long grasslike leaves and tall scapes of red or yellow drooping flowers;

- syn. flame-flower, flameflower, kniphofia, tritoma;

n2
plant with fleshy roots and erect stems with narrow succulent leaves and one reddish-orange flower in each upper leaf axil;

- southwestern United States;

- Indians once cooked the fleshy roots;

- syn. Talinum aurantiacum, flame-flower, flameflower;

flame nettle
n1
any of various Old World tropical plants of the genus Coleus having multicolored decorative leaves and spikes of blue flowers;

- syn. coleus;

flame pea
n1
any of several small shrubs or twining vines having entire or lobed leaves and racemes of yellow to orange-red flowers;

- Australia;

flame stitch
n1
needlepoint embroidery stitch that produces zigzag lines;

- syn. bargello;

flame tokay
n1
purplish-red table grape;

flame tree
n1
a terrestrial evergreen shrub or small tree of western Australia having brilliant yellow-orange flowers;

- parasitic on roots of grasses;

- syn. Christmas tree, Nuytsia floribunda, fire tree;

n2
showy tropical tree or shrub native to Madagascar;

- widely planted in tropical regions for its immense racemes of scarlet and orange flowers;

- sometimes placed in genus Poinciana;

- syn. Delonix regia, Poinciana regia, flamboyant, peacock flower, royal poinciana;

n3
north Australian tree having white flowers and broad leaves;

- syn. Brachychiton australis, broad-leaved bottletree;

n4
south Australian tree having panicles of brilliant scarlet flowers;

- syn. Brachychiton acerifolius, Sterculia acerifolia, flame durrajong;

n5
tropical American thorny shrub or small tree;

- fragrant yellow flowers used in making perfumery;

- syn. Acacia farnesiana, cassie, huisache, mimosa bush, scented wattle, sweet acacia, sweet wattle;

flame up
v1
burn brightly;

- "Every star seemed to flare with new intensity";

- syn. blaze up, burn up, flare;

v2
become ignited;

- "The furnace wouldn't fire";

- syn. fire;

flamefish
n1
a cardinalfish found in tropical Atlantic coastal waters;

- syn. Apogon maculatus, flame fish;

flameflower
n1
a plant of the genus Kniphofia having long grasslike leaves and tall scapes of red or yellow drooping flowers;

- syn. flame-flower, flame flower, kniphofia, tritoma;

n2
plant with fleshy roots and erect stems with narrow succulent leaves and one reddish-orange flower in each upper leaf axil;

- southwestern United States;

- Indians once cooked the fleshy roots;

- syn. Talinum aurantiacum, flame-flower, flame flower;

flamen / f ɫ eɪ m ɛ n /
n1
a priest who served a particular deity in ancient Rome;

flamenco
n1
guitar music composed for dancing the flamenco;

n2
a style of dancing characteristic of the Andalusian Gypsies;

- vigorous and rhythmic with clapping and stamping of feet;

- syn. gypsy dancing;

flameproof / f ɫ eɪ m p ɹ u f /
a1
resistant to catching fire;

- syn. flame-retardant;

- sim. noncombustible;

flamethrower / f ɫ eɪ m θ ɹ oʊ ə , f ɫ eɪ m θ ɹ oʊ ə ɹ /
n1
a weapon that squirts ignited fuel for several yards;

flaming / f ɫ eɪ m ɪ ŋ /
n1
the process of combustion of inflammable materials producing heat and light and (often) smoke;

- "fire was one of our ancestors' first discoveries";

- syn. fire, flame;

a1
informal intensifiers;

- "what a bally (or blinking) nuisance";

- "a bloody fool";

- "a crashing bore";

- "you flaming idiot";

- syn. bally, blinking, bloody, blooming, crashing, fucking;

- sim. unmitigated;

a2
very intense;

- "a fiery temper";

- "flaming passions";

- syn. fiery;

- sim. hot;

flaming poppy
n1
California wild poppy with bright red flowers;

- syn. Papaver heterophyllum, Stylomecon heterophyllum, wind poppy;

flamingo / f ɫ ə m ɪ ŋ ɡ oʊ /
n1
large pink to scarlet web-footed wading bird with down-bent bill;

- inhabits brackish lakes;

flamingo flower
n1
commonly cultivated anthurium having bright scarlet spathe and spadix;

- syn. Anthurium andraeanum, Anthurium scherzerianum, flamingo plant;

flamingo plant
n1
commonly cultivated anthurium having bright scarlet spathe and spadix;

- syn. Anthurium andraeanum, Anthurium scherzerianum, flamingo flower;

Flaminian Way
n1
an ancient Roman road in Italy built by Gaius Flaminius in 220 BC;

- extends north from Rome to cisalpine Gaul;

Flaminius
n1
Roman statesman and general who built the Flaminian Way;

- died when he was defeated by Hannibal (died 217 BC);

- syn. Gaius Flaminius;

flammability / f ɫ æ m ə b ɪ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
the quality of being easily ignited and burning rapidly;

- syn. inflammability;

flammable / f ɫ æ m ə b ɫ /
a1
easily ignited;

- syn. inflammable;

- sim. combustible;

Flammulina
n1
a genus of agarics;

- syn. genus Flammulina;

Flammulina velutipes
n1
an edible agaric that is available in early spring or late fall when few other mushrooms are;

- has a viscid smooth orange to brown cap and a velvety stalk that turns black in maturity and pallid gills;

- often occur in clusters;

- syn. winter mushroom;

flan / f ɫ æ n /
n1
open pastry filled with fruit or custard;

Flanders / f ɫ æ n d ə ɹ z /
n1
a medieval country in northern Europe that included regions now parts of northern France and Belgium and southwestern Netherlands;

Flanders poppy
n1
annual European poppy common in grain fields and often cultivated;

- syn. Papaver rhoeas, corn poppy, field poppy;

flange / f ɫ æ n dʒ /
n1
a projection used for strength or for attaching to another object;

- syn. rim;

flank / f ɫ æ ŋ k /
n1
the side of military or naval formation;

- "they attacked the enemy's right flank";

- syn. wing;

n2
a subfigure consisting of a side of something;

n3
a cut from the fleshy part of an animal's side between the ribs and the leg;

n4
the side between ribs and hipbone;

v1
be located at the sides of something or somebody;

flank steak
n1
a cut of beef from the flank of the animal;

flanker / f ɫ æ ŋ k ə /
n1
a back stationed wide of the scrimmage line;

- used as a pass receiver;

- syn. flanker back;

n2
a soldier who is a member of a detachment assigned to guard the flanks of a military formation;

flanker back
n1
a back stationed wide of the scrimmage line;

- used as a pass receiver;

- syn. flanker;

flannel / f ɫ æ n ɫ /
n1
a soft light woolen fabric;

- used for clothing;

n2
bath linen consisting of a piece of cloth used to wash the face and body;

- syn. face cloth, washcloth, washrag;

n3
(usually in the plural) trousers made of flannel or gabardine or tweed or white cloth;

- syn. gabardine, tweed, white;

flannel-cake
n1
a flat cake of thin batter fried on both sides on a griddle;

- syn. battercake, flannel cake, flapcake, flapjack, griddlecake, hot cake, hotcake, pancake;

flannel bush
n1
any of several handsome evergreen shrubs of California and northern Mexico having downy lobed leaves and showy yellow flowers;

- syn. California beauty, flannelbush;

flannel cake
n1
a flat cake of thin batter fried on both sides on a griddle;

- syn. battercake, flannel-cake, flapcake, flapjack, griddlecake, hot cake, hotcake, pancake;

flannel leaf
n1
any of various plants of the genus Verbascum having large usually woolly leaves and terminal spikes of yellow or white or purplish flowers;

- syn. mullein, velvet plant;

flannel mullein
n1
tall-stalked very woolly mullein with densely packed yellow flowers;

- ancient Greeks and Romans dipped the stalks in tallow for funeral torches;

- syn. Aaron's rod, Verbascum thapsus, common mullein, great mullein, torch, woolly mullein;

flannelbush
n1
any of several handsome evergreen shrubs of California and northern Mexico having downy lobed leaves and showy yellow flowers;

- syn. California beauty, flannel bush;

flannelette / f ɫ æ n ə ɫ ɛ t /
n1
a cotton fabric imitating flannel;

Flannery O'Connor
n1
United States writer (1925-1964);

- syn. Mary Flannery O'Connor, O'Connor;

flap / f ɫ æ p /
n1
any broad thin and limber covering attached at one edge;

- hangs loose or projects freely;

- "he wrote on the flap of the envelope";

n2
an excited state of agitation;

- "he was in a dither";

- "there was a terrible flap about the theft";

- syn. dither, fuss, pother, tizzy;

n3
the motion made by flapping up and down;

- syn. flapping, flutter, fluttering;

n4
a movable piece of tissue partly connected to the body;

n5
a movable airfoil that is part of an aircraft wing;

- used to increase lift or drag;

- syn. flaps;

v1
move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion;

- "The curtains undulated";

- "the waves rolled towards the beach";

- syn. roll, undulate, wave;

v2
move noisily;

- "flags flapped in the strong wind";

v3
move with a thrashing motion;

- "The bird flapped its wings";

- "The eagle beat its wings and soared high into the sky";

- syn. beat;

v4
move with a flapping motion;

- "The bird's wings were flapping";

- syn. beat;

v5
make a fuss;

- be agitated;

- syn. dither, pother;

v6
pronounce with a flap, of alveolar sounds;

flap down
v1
throw violently;

- "He slammed the book on the table";

- syn. slam;

flapcake
n1
a flat cake of thin batter fried on both sides on a griddle;

- syn. battercake, flannel-cake, flannel cake, flapjack, griddlecake, hot cake, hotcake, pancake;

flapjack / f ɫ æ p dʒ æ k /
n1
a flat cake of thin batter fried on both sides on a griddle;

- syn. battercake, flannel-cake, flannel cake, flapcake, griddlecake, hot cake, hotcake, pancake;

flapper / f ɫ æ p ə , f ɫ æ p ə ɹ /
n1
a young woman in the 1920s who flaunted her unconventional conduct and dress;

flapping / f ɫ æ p ɪ ŋ /
n1
the motion made by flapping up and down;

- syn. flap, flutter, fluttering;

flaps / f ɫ æ p s /
n1
a movable airfoil that is part of an aircraft wing;

- used to increase lift or drag;

- syn. flap;

flare / f ɫ eə , f ɫ eə ɹ /
n1
a shape that spreads outward;

- "the skirt had a wide flare";

- syn. flair;

n2
a sudden burst of flame;

n3
a burst of light used to communicate or illuminate;

- syn. flash;

n4
reddening of the skin spreading outward from a focus of infection or irritation;

n5
a sudden recurrence or worsening of symptoms;

- "a colitis flare";

- "infection can cause a lupus flare";

n6
a sudden eruption of intense high-energy radiation from the sun's surface;

- associated with sunspots and radio interference;

- syn. solar flare;

n7
am unwanted reflection in an optical system (or the fogging of an image that is caused by such a reflection);

n8
a sudden outburst of emotion;

- "she felt a flare of delight";

- "she could not control her flare of rage";

n9
a device that produces a bright light for warning or illumination or identification;

n10
a short forward pass to a back who is running toward the sidelines;

- "he threw a flare to the fullback who was tackled for a loss";

- syn. flare pass;

n11
(baseball) a fly ball hit a short distance into the outfield;

v1
burn brightly;

- "Every star seemed to flare with new intensity";

- syn. blaze up, burn up, flame up;

v2
become flared and widen, usually at one end;

- "The bellbottom pants flare out";

- syn. flare out;

v3
shine with a sudden light;

- "The night sky flared with the massive bombardment";

- syn. flame;

v4
erupt or intensify suddenly;

- "Unrest erupted in the country";

- "Tempers flared at the meeting";

- "The crowd irrupted into a burst of patriotism";

- syn. break open, burst out, erupt, flare up, irrupt;

flare-up / f ɫ eə ɹ ʌ p /
n1
a sudden intense happening;

- "an outburst of heavy rain";

- "a burst of lightning";

- syn. burst, outburst;

flare out
v1
become flared and widen, usually at one end;

- "The bellbottom pants flare out";

- syn. flare;

flare pass
n1
a short forward pass to a back who is running toward the sidelines;

- "he threw a flare to the fullback who was tackled for a loss";

- syn. flare;

flare path
n1
an airstrip outline with lights to guide an airplane pilot in landing;

flare star
n1
a red dwarf star in which luminosity can change several magnitudes in a few minutes;

flare up
v1
ignite quickly and suddenly, especially after having died down;

- "the fire flared up and died down once again";

v2
erupt or intensify suddenly;

- "Unrest erupted in the country";

- "Tempers flared at the meeting";

- "The crowd irrupted into a burst of patriotism";

- syn. break open, burst out, erupt, flare, irrupt;

flaring / f ɫ eə ɹ ɪ ŋ /
a1
streaming or flapping or spreading wide as if in a current of air;

- "ran quickly, her flaring coat behind her";

- "flags aflare in the breeze";

- syn. aflare;

- sim. moving;

flash / f ɫ æ ʃ /
n1
a sudden intense burst of radiant energy;

n2
a momentary brightness;

n3
a short vivid experience;

- "a flash of emotion swept over him";

- "the flashings of pain were a warning";

- syn. flashing;

n4
a sudden brilliant understanding;

- "he had a flash of intuition";

n5
a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat);

- "if I had the chance I'd do it in a flash";

- syn. New York minute, blink of an eye, heartbeat, instant, jiffy, split second, trice, twinkling, wink;

n6
a gaudy outward display;

- syn. fanfare, ostentation;

n7
a burst of light used to communicate or illuminate;

- syn. flare;

n8
a short news announcement concerning some on-going news story;

- syn. news bulletin, newsbreak, newsflash;

n9
a bright patch of color used for decoration or identification;

- "red flashes adorned the airplane";

- "a flash sewn on his sleeve indicated the unit he belonged to";

n10
a lamp for providing momentary light to take a photograph;

- syn. flash bulb, flash lamp, flashbulb, flashgun, photoflash;

v1
gleam or glow intermittently;

- "The lights were flashing";

- syn. blink, twinkle, wink, winkle;

v2
appear briefly;

- "The headlines flashed on the screen";

v3
display proudly;

- act ostentatiously or pretentiously;

- "he showed off his new sports car";

- syn. flaunt, ostentate, show off, swank;

v4
make known or cause to appear with great speed;

- "The latest intelligence is flashed to all command posts";

v5
run or move very quickly or hastily;

- "She dashed into the yard";

- syn. dart, dash, scoot, scud, shoot;

- also flash back;

v6
expose or show briefly;

- "he flashed a $100 bill";

v7
protect by covering with a thin sheet of metal;

- "flash the roof";

v8
emit a brief burst of light;

- "A shooting star flashed and was gone";

a1
tastelessly showy;

- "a flash car";

- "a flashy ring";

- "garish colors";

- "a gaudy costume";

- "loud sport shirts";

- "a meretricious yet stylish book";

- "tawdry ornaments";

- syn. brassy, cheap, flashy, garish, gaudy, gimcrack, loud, meretricious, tacky, tatty, tawdry, trashy;

- sim. tasteless;

flash-forward
n1
a transition (in literary or theatrical works or films) to a later event or scene that interrupts the normal chronological development of the story;

flash-freeze
v1
freeze rapidly so as to preserve the natural juices and flavors;

- "quick-freeze the shrimp";

- syn. quick-freeze;

flash-frozen
a1
(used of foods) preserved by freezing sufficiently rapidly to retain flavor and nutritional value;

- "frozen foods";

- syn. frozen, quick-frozen;

- sim. preserved;

flash back
v1
return in time;

- "the film cut back to an earlier event in the story";

- syn. cut back;

flash bulb
n1
a lamp for providing momentary light to take a photograph;

- syn. flash, flash lamp, flashbulb, flashgun, photoflash;

flash butt welding
n1
butt welding by creating an electric arc between the two pieces which melts and joins them;

- used for joining segments of metal pipe;

- syn. flash welding;

flash camera
n1
a camera with a photoflash attachment;

flash card
n1
a card with words or numbers or pictures that is flashed to a class by the teacher;

- syn. flashcard;

flash flood
n1
a sudden local flood of great volume and short duration;

- syn. flashflood;

flash in the pan
n1
someone who enjoys transient success but then fails;

flash lamp
n1
a lamp for providing momentary light to take a photograph;

- syn. flash, flash bulb, flashbulb, flashgun, photoflash;

flash memory
n1
nonvolatile storage that can be electrically erased and programmed anew;

flash point
n1
point at which something is ready to blow up;

- syn. flashpoint;

n2
the lowest temperature at which the vapor of a combustible liquid can be ignited in air;

- syn. flashpoint;

flash welding
n1
butt welding by creating an electric arc between the two pieces which melts and joins them;

- used for joining segments of metal pipe;

- syn. flash butt welding;

flashback / f ɫ æ ʃ b æ k /
n1
a transition (in literary or theatrical works or films) to an earlier event or scene that interrupts the normal chronological development of the story;

n2
an unexpected but vivid recurrence of a past experience (especially a recurrence of the effects of an hallucinogenic drug taken much earlier);

flashboard
n1
boarding place along the top of a dam to increase its height;

- syn. flashboarding;

flashboarding
n1
boarding place along the top of a dam to increase its height;

- syn. flashboard;

flashbulb / f ɫ æ ʃ b ʌ ɫ b /
n1
a lamp for providing momentary light to take a photograph;

- syn. flash, flash bulb, flash lamp, flashgun, photoflash;

flashcard
n1
a card with words or numbers or pictures that is flashed to a class by the teacher;

- syn. flash card;

flasher / f ɫ æ ʃ ə , f ɫ æ ʃ ə ɹ /
n1
someone with a compulsive desire to expose the genitals;

- syn. exhibitionist;

n2
an electrical device that automatically turns a lamp on and off (as for an advertising display);

n3
a light that flashes on and off;

- used as a signal or to send messages;

- syn. blinker;

flashflood / f ɫ æ ʃ f ɫ ʌ d /
n1
a sudden local flood of great volume and short duration;

- syn. flash flood;

flashgun / f ɫ æ ʃ ɡ ʌ n /
n1
a lamp for providing momentary light to take a photograph;

- syn. flash, flash bulb, flash lamp, flashbulb, photoflash;

flashily / f ɫ æ ʃ ɪ ɫ i /
r1
in a meretricious manner;

- "the boat is meretriciously decorated";

- syn. meretriciously;

r2
in a fancy colorful manner;

- "he dresses rather flamboyantly";

- syn. flamboyantly, showily;

flashiness
n1
tasteless showiness;

- syn. brashness, garishness, gaudiness, glitz, loudness, meretriciousness, tawdriness;

flashing / f ɫ æ ʃ ɪ ŋ /
n1
a short vivid experience;

- "a flash of emotion swept over him";

- "the flashings of pain were a warning";

- syn. flash;

n2
sheet metal shaped and attached to a roof for strength and weatherproofing;

flashlight / f ɫ æ ʃ ɫ aɪ t /
n1
a small portable battery-powered electric lamp;

- syn. torch;

flashlight battery
n1
a small dry battery containing dry cells;

- used to power flashlights;

flashlight fish
n1
fish of deep dark waters having a light organ below each eye;

- syn. Photoblepharon palpebratus;

n2
fish having a luminous organ beneath eye;

- of warm waters of the western Pacific and Puerto Rico;

- syn. anomalops;

flashover
n1
an unintended electric discharge (as over or around an insulator);

flashpoint / f ɫ æ ʃ p ɔɪ n t /
n1
point at which something is ready to blow up;

- syn. flash point;

n2
a place of political unrest and potential violence;

- "the United States cannot police all of the world's hot spots";

- syn. hot spot, hotspot, trouble spot;

n3
the lowest temperature at which the vapor of a combustible liquid can be ignited in air;

- syn. flash point;

flashy / f ɫ æ ʃ i /
a1
tastelessly showy;

- "a flash car";

- "a flashy ring";

- "garish colors";

- "a gaudy costume";

- "loud sport shirts";

- "a meretricious yet stylish book";

- "tawdry ornaments";

- syn. brassy, cheap, flash, garish, gaudy, gimcrack, loud, meretricious, tacky, tatty, tawdry, trashy;

- sim. tasteless;

a2
(used especially of clothes) marked by conspicuous display;

- syn. gaudy, jazzy, showy, sporty;

- sim. colorful;

flask / f ɫ ɑ s k /
n1
bottle that has a narrow neck;

n2
the quantity a flask will hold;

- syn. flaskful;

flaskful
n1
the quantity a flask will hold;

- syn. flask;

flat / f ɫ æ t /
n1
a level tract of land;

- "the salt flats of Utah";

n2
a shallow box in which seedlings are started;

n3
a musical notation indicating one half step lower than the note named;

n4
freight car without permanent sides or roof;

- syn. flatbed, flatcar;

n5
a deflated pneumatic tire;

- syn. flat tire;

n6
scenery consisting of a wooden frame covered with painted canvas;

- part of a stage setting;

n7
a suite of rooms usually on one floor of an apartment house;

- syn. apartment;

a1
having a surface without slope, tilt in which no part is higher or lower than another;

- "a flat desk";

- "acres of level farmland";

- "a plane surface";

- "skirts sewn with fine flat seams";

- syn. level, plane;

- sim. even;

a2
having a relatively broad surface in relation to depth or thickness;

- "flat computer monitors";

- sim. planar;

a3
not modified or restricted by reservations;

- "a categorical denial";

- "a flat refusal";

- syn. categoric, categorical, unconditional;

- sim. unqualified;

a4
stretched out and lying at full length along the ground;

- "found himself lying flat on the floor";

- syn. prostrate;

- sim. unerect;

a5
lacking contrast or shading between tones;

a6
(of a musical note) lowered in pitch by one chromatic semitone;

- "B flat";

a7
flattened laterally along the whole length (e.g., certain leafstalks or flatfishes);

- syn. compressed;

- sim. thin;

a8
lacking taste or flavor or tang;

- "a bland diet";

- "insipid hospital food";

- "flavorless supermarket tomatoes";

- "vapid beer";

- "vapid tea";

- syn. bland, flavorless, flavourless, insipid, savorless, savourless, vapid;

- sim. tasteless;

a9
lacking stimulating characteristics;

- uninteresting;

- "a bland little drama";

- "a flat joke";

- syn. bland;

- sim. unstimulating;

a10
having lost effervescence;

- "flat beer";

- "a flat cola";

- sim. noneffervescent;

a11
sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch;

- "the owl's faint monotonous hooting";

- syn. monotone, monotonic, monotonous;

- sim. unmodulated;

a12
horizontally level;

- "a flat roof";

- sim. horizontal;

a13
lacking the expected range or depth;

- not designed to give an illusion or depth;

- "a film with two-dimensional characters";

- "a flat two-dimensional painting";

- syn. 2-dimensional, two-dimensional;

- sim. multidimensional;

a14
not reflecting light;

- not glossy;

- "flat wall paint";

- "a photograph with a matte finish";

- syn. mat, matt, matte, matted;

- sim. dull;

a15
commercially inactive;

- "flat sales for the month";

- "prices remained flat";

- "a flat market";

- sim. inactive;

r1
with flat sails;

- "sail flat against the wind";

r2
in a forthright manner;

- candidly or frankly;

- "he didn't answer directly";

- "told me straight out";

- "came out flat for less work and more pay";

- syn. directly, straight;

flat-bellied
a1
lacking a prominent belly;

- syn. bellyless;

flat-bottom
a1
having a flat bottom;

- "a flatbottom kettle";

- "a flat-bottomed boat";

- syn. flat-bottomed, flatbottom, flatbottomed;

- sim. even;

flat-bottomed / f ɫ æ t b ɒ t ə m d /
a1
having a flat bottom;

- "a flatbottom kettle";

- "a flat-bottomed boat";

- syn. flat-bottom, flatbottom, flatbottomed;

- sim. even;

flat-coated retriever
n1
an English breed having a shiny black or liver-colored coat;

- retrieves game from land or water;

flat-footed / f ɫ æ t f ʊ t ɪ d /
a1
with feet flat on the ground;

- not tiptoe;

- syn. flatfooted;

- sim. footed;

a2
unprepared and unable to react quickly;

- "the new product caught their competitors flat-footed";

- syn. flatfooted;

- sim. unready;

a3
having broad flat feet that usually turn outward;

- "a slow flat-footed walk";

- syn. flatfooted;

- sim. splayfooted;

a4
forthright and explicit;

- "a flat-footed refusal";

- syn. flatfooted;

- sim. direct;

flat-growing
a1
of plants that grow relatively low to the ground;

- syn. ground-hugging, low-growing;

- sim. low;

flat-hat
v1
fly very close to the ground;

- syn. hedgehop;

flat-leaf parsley
n1
a variety of parsley having flat leaves;

- syn. Italian parsley, Petroselinum crispum neapolitanum;

flat-top
a1
having a flat or flattened upper surface;

- syn. flat-topped;

- sim. topped;

flat-topped
a1
having a flat or flattened upper surface;

- syn. flat-top;

- sim. topped;

flat-topped white aster
n1
a variety of aster;

flat arch
n1
an arch with mutually supporting voussoirs that has a straight horizontal extrados and intrados;

- syn. straight arch;

flat bench
n1
a bench on which a weightlifter lies to do exercises;

flat bone
n1
part of the sirloin next to the wedge bone;

flat cap
n1
a flat woolen cap with a stiff peak;

- syn. cloth cap;

flat coat
n1
the first or preliminary coat of paint or size applied to a surface;

- syn. ground, primer, primer coat, priming, priming coat, undercoat;

flat file
n1
a file with two flat surfaces;

flat knot
n1
a square knot used in a reef line;

- syn. reef knot;

flat out
r1
in a blunt direct manner;

- "he spoke bluntly";

- "he stated his opinion flat-out";

- "he was criticized roundly";

- syn. bluffly, bluntly, brusquely, roundly;

r2
at top speed;

- "he ran flat out to catch the bus";

- "he was off down the road like blue murder";

- syn. like blue murder;

flat panel display
n1
a type of video display that is thin and flat;

- commonly used in laptop computers;

- syn. FPD;

flat pea
n1
evergreen shrub having almost heart-shaped foliage and bright yellow pea-like flowers followed by flat pods with flat wings;

- Australia and Tasmania;

- syn. Platylobium formosum;

n2
European perennial with mottled flowers of purple and pink;

- sometimes cultivated for fodder or as green manure;

- syn. Lathyrus sylvestris, narrow-leaved everlasting pea;

flat solid
n1
a flat artifact that is thin relative to its length and width;

- syn. sheet;

flat tip screwdriver
n1
a screwdriver with a flat wedge-shaped tip that fits into a slot in the head of a screw;

flat tire
n1
a deflated pneumatic tire;

- syn. flat;

flat wash
n1
ironing that can be done mechanically;

- syn. flatwork;

flatbed / f ɫ æ t b ɛ d /
n1
freight car without permanent sides or roof;

- syn. flat, flatcar;

n2
an open truck bed or trailer with no sides;

- used to carry large heavy objects;

flatbed press
n1
a printing press where the type is carried on a flat bed under a cylinder that holds paper and rolls over the type;

- syn. cylinder press;

flatboat / f ɫ æ t b oʊ t /
n1
a flatbottom boat for carrying heavy loads (especially on canals);

- syn. barge, hoy, lighter;

flatbottom
a1
having a flat bottom;

- "a flatbottom kettle";

- "a flat-bottomed boat";

- syn. flat-bottom, flat-bottomed, flatbottomed;

- sim. even;

flatbottomed
a1
having a flat bottom;

- "a flatbottom kettle";

- "a flat-bottomed boat";

- syn. flat-bottom, flat-bottomed, flatbottom;

- sim. even;

flatbread
n1
any of various breads made from usually unleavened dough;

flatbrod
n1
the thin wafer-like bread of Scandinavia;

flatcar / f ɫ æ t k ɑr /
n1
freight car without permanent sides or roof;

- syn. flat, flatbed;

flatfish / f ɫ æ t f ɪ ʃ /
n1
sweet lean whitish flesh of any of numerous thin-bodied fish;

- usually served as thin fillets;

n2
any of several families of fishes having flattened bodies that swim along the sea floor on one side of the body with both eyes on the upper side;

flatfoot / f ɫ æ t f ʊ t /
n1
a policeman who patrols a given region;

- syn. patrolman;

n2
a foot afflicted with a fallen arch;

- abnormally flattened and spread out;

- syn. pes planus, splayfoot;

flatfooted / f ɫ æ t f ʊ t ɪ d /
a1
unprepared and unable to react quickly;

- "the new product caught their competitors flat-footed";

- syn. flat-footed;

- sim. unready;

a2
having broad flat feet that usually turn outward;

- "a slow flat-footed walk";

- syn. flat-footed;

- sim. splayfooted;

a3
with feet flat on the ground;

- not tiptoe;

- syn. flat-footed;

- sim. footed;

a4
forthright and explicit;

- "a flat-footed refusal";

- syn. flat-footed;

- sim. direct;

flathead / f ɫ æ t h ɛ d /
n1
food fish of the Indonesian region of the Pacific;

- resembles gurnards;

n2
pallid bottom-dwelling flat-headed fish with large eyes and a duck-like snout;

flathead catfish
n1
large catfish of central United States having a flattened head and projecting jaw;

- syn. Pylodictus olivaris, goujon, mudcat, shovelnose catfish, spoonbill catfish;

flatiron / f ɫ æ t aɪ ə n /
n1
an iron that was heated by placing it on a stove;

flatlet / f ɫ æ t ɫ ɪ t /
n1
a tiny flat;

flatly / f ɫ æ t ɫ i /
r1
in an unqualified manner;

- "he flatly denied the charges";

- syn. categorically, unconditionally;

flatmate
n1
an associate who shares an apartment with you;

flatness / f ɫ æ t n ə s /
n1
the property of having two dimensions;

- syn. planeness, two-dimensionality;

n2
a want of animation or brilliance;

- "the almost self-conscious flatness of Hemingway's style";

n3
a deficiency in flavor;

- "it needed lemon juice to sharpen the flatness of the dried lentils";

n4
the property of having little or no contrast;

- lacking highlights or gloss;

- syn. lusterlessness, lustrelessness, mat, matt, matte;

n5
inactivity;

- showing an unusual lack of energy;

- "the general appearance of sluggishness alarmed his friends";

- syn. languor, lethargy, phlegm, sluggishness;

flats / f ɫ æ t s /
n1
footwear (shoes or slippers) with no heel (or a very low heel);

flatten / f ɫ æ t n /
v1
make flat or flatter;

- "flatten a road";

- "flatten your stomach with these exercises";

v2
become flat or flatter;

- "The landscape flattened";

- syn. flatten out;

v3
lower the pitch of (musical notes);

- syn. drop;

flatten out
v1
become flat or flatter;

- "The landscape flattened";

- syn. flatten;

flattened / f ɫ æ t n d /
a1
having been flattened;

- syn. planate;

- sim. planar;

flatter / f ɫ æ t ə , f ɫ æ t ə ɹ /
v1
praise somewhat dishonestly;

- syn. blandish;

flatterer / f ɫ æ t ə ɹ ə , f ɫ æ t ə ɹ ə ɹ /
n1
a person who uses flattery;

- syn. adulator;

flattering / f ɫ æ t ə ɹ ɪ ŋ /
a1
showing or representing to advantage;

- "a flattering color";

- sim. adulatory, becoming, ingratiating;

flattery / f ɫ æ t ə ɹ i /
n1
excessive or insincere praise;

flattop / f ɫ æ t t ɒ p /
n1
a closely cropped haircut;

- usually for men or boys;

- syn. butch, crew cut;

n2
a large warship that carries planes and has a long flat deck for takeoffs and landings;

- syn. aircraft carrier, attack aircraft carrier, carrier;

flatulence / f ɫ æ t j ʊ ɫ ə n s /
n1
a state of excessive gas in the alimentary canal;

- syn. flatulency, gas;

n2
pompously embellished language;

- syn. turgidity, turgidness;

flatulency / f ɫ æ t j ʊ ɫ ə n s i /
n1
a state of excessive gas in the alimentary canal;

- syn. flatulence, gas;

flatulent / f ɫ æ t j ʊ ɫ ə n t /
a1
generating excessive gas in the alimentary canal;

- sim. indigestible;

a2
suffering from excessive gas in the alimentary canal;

- syn. colicky, gassy;

- sim. unhealthy;

flatus / f ɫ eɪ t ə s /
n1
a reflex that expels intestinal gas through the anus;

- syn. breaking wind, fart, farting, wind;

flatus-relieving
a1
relieving gas in the alimentary tract (colic or flatulence or griping);

- syn. carminative;

- sim. healthful;

flatware / f ɫ æ t w eə /
n1
tableware that is relatively flat and fashioned as a single piece;

n2
silverware eating utensils;

- syn. silver;

flatwork / f ɫ æ t w ɝ k /
n1
ironing that can be done mechanically;

- syn. flat wash;

flatworm / f ɫ æ t w ɝ m /
n1
parasitic or free-living worms having a flattened body;

- syn. platyhelminth;

Flaubert
n1
French writer of novels and short stories (1821-1880);

- syn. Gustave Flaubert;

flaunt / f ɫ ɔ n t /
n1
the act of displaying something ostentatiously;

- "his behavior was an outrageous flaunt";

v1
display proudly;

- act ostentatiously or pretentiously;

- "he showed off his new sports car";

- syn. flash, ostentate, show off, swank;

flaunty
a1
inclined to flaunt;

- sim. ostentatious;

flautist / f ɫ ɔ t ɪ s t /
n1
someone who plays the flute;

- syn. flute player, flutist;

Flavian dynasty
n1
a dynasty of Roman Emperors from 69 to 96 including Vespasian and his sons Titus and Domitian;

flavin / f ɫ eɪ v ɪ n /
n1
a ketone that forms the nucleus of certain natural yellow pigments like riboflavin;

Flavius Claudius Julianus
n1
Roman Emperor and nephew of Constantine;

- he restored paganism as the official religion of the Roman Empire and destroyed Christian temples but his decision was reversed after his death (331?-363);

- syn. Julian, Julian the Apostate;

Flavius Josephus
n1
Jewish general who led the revolt of the Jews against the Romans and then wrote a history of those events (37-100);

- syn. Joseph ben Matthias, Josephus;

Flavius Theodosius
n1
the last emperor of a united Roman Empire, he took control of the eastern empire and ended the war with the Visigoths;

- he became a Christian and in 391 banned all forms of pagan worship (346-395);

- syn. Theodosius, Theodosius I, Theodosius the Great;

Flavius Valerius Constantinus
n1
Emperor of Rome who stopped the persecution of Christians and in 324 made Christianity the official religion of the Roman Empire;

- in 330 he moved his capital from Rome to Byzantium and renamed it Constantinople (280-337);

- syn. Constantine, Constantine I, Constantine the Great;

Flaviviridae
n1
a family of arboviruses carried by arthropods;

flavivirus
n1
animal viruses belonging to the family Flaviviridae;

flavone
n1
a colorless crystalline compound that is part of a number of white or yellow plant pigments;

flavonoid
n1
any of a large class of plant pigments having a chemical structure based on or similar to flavone;

flavor / f ɫ eɪ v ə ɹ /
n1
the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people;

- "the feel of the city excited him";

- "a clergyman improved the tone of the meeting";

- "it had the smell of treason";

- syn. feel, feeling, flavour, look, smell, spirit, tone;

n2
the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth;

- syn. flavour, nip, relish, sapidity, savor, savour, smack, tang;

n3
(physics) the six kinds of quarks;

- syn. flavour;

v1
lend flavor to;

- "Season the chicken breast after roasting it";

- syn. flavour, season;

flavorer / f ɫ eɪ v ə ɹ ə , f ɫ eɪ v ə ɹ ə ɹ /
n1
something added to food primarily for the savor it imparts;

- syn. flavoring, flavourer, flavouring, seasoner, seasoning;

flavorful
a1
full of flavor;

- syn. flavorous, flavorsome, flavourful, flavourous, flavoursome, sapid, saporous;

- sim. tasty;

flavoring / f ɫ eɪ v ə ɹ ɪ ŋ /
n1
something added to food primarily for the savor it imparts;

- syn. flavorer, flavourer, flavouring, seasoner, seasoning;

flavorless / f ɫ eɪ v ə ɹ ɫ ɛ s /
a1
lacking taste or flavor or tang;

- "a bland diet";

- "insipid hospital food";

- "flavorless supermarket tomatoes";

- "vapid beer";

- "vapid tea";

- syn. bland, flat, flavourless, insipid, savorless, savourless, vapid;

- sim. tasteless;

flavorlessness
n1
the property of having no flavor;

- syn. flavourlessness, savorlessness, savourlessness, tastelessness;

flavorous / f ɫ eɪ v ə ɹ ə s /
a1
full of flavor;

- syn. flavorful, flavorsome, flavourful, flavourous, flavoursome, sapid, saporous;

- sim. tasty;

flavorsome / f ɫ eɪ v ə ɹ s ʌ m /
a1
full of flavor;

- syn. flavorful, flavorous, flavourful, flavourous, flavoursome, sapid, saporous;

- sim. tasty;

flavorsomeness
n1
having an appetizing flavor;

- syn. flavoursomeness, savoriness;

flavour / f ɫ eɪ v ə , f ɫ eɪ v ə ɹ /
n1
the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people;

- "the feel of the city excited him";

- "a clergyman improved the tone of the meeting";

- "it had the smell of treason";

- syn. feel, feeling, flavor, look, smell, spirit, tone;

n2
(physics) the six kinds of quarks;

- syn. flavor;

n3
the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth;

- syn. flavor, nip, relish, sapidity, savor, savour, smack, tang;

v1
lend flavor to;

- "Season the chicken breast after roasting it";

- syn. flavor, season;

flavourer / f ɫ eɪ v ə ax , f ɫ eɪ v ə ax ɹ , f ɫ eɪ v ə ɹ ə , f ɫ eɪ v ə ɹ ə ɹ /
n1
something added to food primarily for the savor it imparts;

- syn. flavorer, flavoring, flavouring, seasoner, seasoning;

flavourful
a1
full of flavor;

- syn. flavorful, flavorous, flavorsome, flavourous, flavoursome, sapid, saporous;

- sim. tasty;

flavouring / f ɫ eɪ v ə ɹ ɪ ŋ /
n1
something added to food primarily for the savor it imparts;

- syn. flavorer, flavoring, flavourer, seasoner, seasoning;

flavourless / f ɫ eɪ v ə ɫ ə s /
a1
lacking taste or flavor or tang;

- "a bland diet";

- "insipid hospital food";

- "flavorless supermarket tomatoes";

- "vapid beer";

- "vapid tea";

- syn. bland, flat, flavorless, insipid, savorless, savourless, vapid;

- sim. tasteless;

flavourlessness
n1
the property of having no flavor;

- syn. flavorlessness, savorlessness, savourlessness, tastelessness;

flavourous
a1
full of flavor;

- syn. flavorful, flavorous, flavorsome, flavourful, flavoursome, sapid, saporous;

- sim. tasty;

flavoursome
a1
full of flavor;

- syn. flavorful, flavorous, flavorsome, flavourful, flavourous, sapid, saporous;

- sim. tasty;

flavoursomeness
n1
having an appetizing flavor;

- syn. flavorsomeness, savoriness;

flaw / f ɫ ɔ /
n1
an imperfection in an object or machine;

- "a flaw caused the crystal to shatter";

- "if there are any defects you should send it back to the manufacturer";

- syn. defect, fault;

n2
defect or weakness in a person's character;

- "he had his flaws, but he was great nonetheless";

n3
an imperfection in a plan or theory or legal document that causes it to fail or that reduces its effectiveness;

v1
add a flaw or blemish to;

- make imperfect or defective;

- syn. blemish;

flawed / f ɫ ɔ d /
a1
having a blemish or flaw;

- "a flawed diamond";

- syn. blemished;

- sim. imperfect;

flawless / f ɫ ɔ ɫ ə s /
a1
without a flaw;

- "a flawless gemstone";

- syn. unflawed;

- sim. perfect;

flawlessly / f ɫ ɔ ɫ ə s ɫ i /
r1
smoothly and without difficulty;

- precisely and deftly;

- "the gymnast landed flawlessly";

- "she played the piano accompaniment cleanly";

- "he bounced it cleanly off the wall";

- syn. cleanly;

flawlessness / f ɫ ɔ ɫ ə s n ə s /
n1
the state of being without a flaw or defect;

- syn. ne plus ultra, perfection;

flax / f ɫ æ k s /
n1
fiber of the flax plant that is made into thread and woven into linen fabric;

n2
plant of the genus Linum that is cultivated for its seeds and for the fibers of its stem;

flax family
n1
a widely distributed family of plants;

- syn. Linaceae, family Linaceae;

flax rust
n1
fungus causing flax rust;

- syn. Melampsora lini, flax rust fungus;

flax rust fungus
n1
fungus causing flax rust;

- syn. Melampsora lini, flax rust;

Flaxedil
n1
neuromuscular blocking agent (trade name Flaxedil) used as a muscle relaxant in the administration of anesthesia;

- syn. gallamine;

flaxen / f ɫ æ k s n /
a1
of hair color;

- pale yellowish to yellowish brown;

- "flaxen locks";

- syn. sandy;

- sim. blond;

flaxseed / f ɫ æ k s s i d /
n1
the seed of flax used as a source of oil;

- syn. linseed;

flaxseed oil
n1
a drying oil extracted from flax seed and used in making such things as oil paints;

- syn. linseed oil;

flay / f ɫ eɪ /
v1
strip the skin off;

flea / f ɫ i /
n1
any wingless bloodsucking parasitic insect noted for ability to leap;

flea-bitten / f ɫ i b ɪ t n /
a1
worn and broken down by hard use;

- "a creaky shack";

- "a decrepit bus...its seats held together with friction tape";

- "a flea-bitten sofa";

- "a run-down neighborhood";

- "a woebegone old shack";

- syn. creaky, decrepit, derelict, run-down, woebegone;

- sim. worn;

flea beetle
n1
any small leaf beetle having enlarged hind legs and capable of jumping;

flea bite
n1
sting inflicted by a flea;

n2
a very minor inconvenience;

flea market
n1
an open-air street market for inexpensive or secondhand articles;

fleabag / f ɫ i b æ ɡ /
n1
a run-down hotel;

fleabane / f ɫ i b eɪ n /
n1
hairy perennial Eurasian herb with yellow daisylike flowers reputed to destroy or drive away fleas;

- syn. Pulicaria dysenterica, feabane mullet;

n2
any of several North American plants of the genus Erigeron having daisylike flowers;

- formerly believed to repel fleas;

n3
common North American weed with linear leaves and small discoid heads of yellowish flowers;

- widely naturalized throughout temperate regions;

- sometimes placed in genus Erigeron;

- syn. Canadian fleabane, Conyza canadensis, Erigeron canadensis, horseweed;

fleapit / f ɫ i p ɪ t /
n1
an old shabby movie theater;

fleawort / f ɫ i w ɝ t /
n1
plantain of Mediterranean regions whose seeds swell and become gelatinous when moist and are used as a mild laxative;

- syn. Plantago psyllium, Spanish psyllium, psyllium;

flecainide
n1
oral antiarrhythmic medication (trade name Tambocor) used as a last resort in treating arrhythmias;

- increases the risk of sudden death in heart attack patients;

- syn. Tambocor;

fleck / f ɫ ɛ k /
n1
a small fragment of something broken off from the whole;

- "a bit of rock caught him in the eye";

- syn. bit, chip, flake, scrap;

n2
a small contrasting part of something;

- "a bald spot";

- "a leopard's spots";

- "a patch of clouds";

- "patches of thin ice";

- "a fleck of red";

- syn. dapple, maculation, patch, speckle, spot;

v1
make a spot or mark onto;

- "The wine spotted the tablecloth";

- syn. blob, blot, spot;

flecked / f ɫ ɛ k t /
a1
having a pattern of dots;

- syn. dotted, specked, speckled, stippled;

- sim. patterned;

flection / f ɫ ɛ k ʃ ə n /
n1
the state of being flexed (as of a joint);

- syn. flexion, flexure;

n2
deviation from a straight or normal course;

- syn. flexion, inflection;

fledge / f ɫ ɛ dʒ /
v1
feed, care for, and rear young birds for flight;

v2
decorate with feathers;

- "fledge an arrow";

- syn. flight;

v3
grow feathers;

- "The young sparrows are fledging already";

- syn. feather;

fledged / f ɫ ɛ dʒ d /
a1
(of birds) having developed feathers or plumage;

- often used in combination;

- syn. mature;

- sim. fledgling, full-fledged;

a2
(of an arrow) equipped with feathers;

- syn. vaned;

- sim. feathered;

fledgeless
a1
(of an arrow) not equipped with feathers;

- "shot an unfledged arrow";

- syn. unfledged, unvaned;

- sim. unfeathered;

fledgeling / f ɫ ɛ dʒ ɫ ɪ ŋ /
n1
any new participant in some activity;

- syn. entrant, fledgling, freshman, neophyte, newbie, newcomer, starter;

n2
young bird that has just fledged or become capable of flying;

- syn. fledgling;

a1
(of a young bird) having acquired its flight feathers;

- "a fledgling robin";

- syn. fledgling;

- sim. fledged;

fledgling / f ɫ ɛ dʒ ɫ ɪ ŋ /
n1
any new participant in some activity;

- syn. entrant, fledgeling, freshman, neophyte, newbie, newcomer, starter;

n2
young bird that has just fledged or become capable of flying;

- syn. fledgeling;

a1
(of a young bird) having acquired its flight feathers;

- "a fledgling robin";

- syn. fledgeling;

- sim. fledged;

a2
young and inexperienced;

- "a fledgling enterprise";

- "a fledgling skier";

- "an unfledged lawyer";

- syn. callow, unfledged;

- sim. inexperienced;

flee / f ɫ i /
v1
run away quickly;

- "He threw down his gun and fled";

- syn. fly, take flight;

fleece / f ɫ i s /
n1
the wool of a sheep or similar animal;

n2
tanned skin of a sheep with the fleece left on;

- used for clothing;

- syn. sheepskin;

n3
a soft bulky fabric with deep pile;

- used chiefly for clothing;

n4
outer coat of especially sheep and yaks;

- syn. wool;

v1
rip off;

- ask an unreasonable price;

- syn. gazump, hook, overcharge, pluck, plume, rob, soak, surcharge;

v2
shear the wool from;

- "shear sheep";

- syn. shear;

fleeceable
a1
naive and easily deceived or tricked;

- "at that early age she had been gullible and in love";

- syn. green, gullible;

- sim. naive;

fleecy / f ɫ i s i /
a1
(of fabrics) having soft nap produced by brushing;

- "a dress of brushed cotton";

- "a fleecy lining";

- "napped fabrics";

- syn. brushed, napped;

- sim. soft;

fleer / f ɫ ɪə , f ɫ i ə /
n1
someone who flees from an uncongenial situation;

- "fugitives from the sweatshops";

- syn. fugitive, runaway;

n2
contempt expressed by mockery in looks or words;

v1
to smirk contemptuously;

fleet / f ɫ i t /
n1
group of aircraft operating together under the same ownership;

n2
group of motor vehicles operating together under the same ownership;

n3
a group of steamships operating together under the same ownership;

n4
a group of warships organized as a tactical unit;

v1
move along rapidly and lightly;

- skim or dart;

- "The hummingbird flitted among the branches";

- syn. dart, flit, flutter;

v2
disappear gradually;

- "The pain eventually passed off";

- syn. blow over, evanesce, fade, pass, pass off;

a1
moving very fast;

- "fleet of foot";

- "the fleet scurrying of squirrels";

- "a swift current";

- "swift flight of an arrow";

- "a swift runner";

- syn. swift;

- sim. fast;

fleet admiral
n1
an admiral of the highest rank;

- syn. five-star admiral;

fleet ballistic missile submarine
n1
a submarine carrying ballistic missiles;

Fleet Street / f ɫ i t s t ɹ i t /
n1
a street in central London where newspaper offices are situated;

n2
British journalism;

fleeting / f ɫ i t ɪ ŋ /
a1
lasting for a markedly brief time;

- "a fleeting glance";

- "fugitive hours";

- "rapid momentaneous association of things that meet and pass";

- "a momentary glimpse";

- syn. fugitive, momentaneous, momentary;

- sim. short;

fleetingness / f ɫ i t ɪ ŋ n ɛ s /
n1
the property of lasting for a very short time;

- syn. ephemerality, ephemeralness;

fleetly / f ɫ i t ɫ i /
r1
in a swift manner;

- "she moved swiftly";

- syn. swiftly;

fleetness / f ɫ i t n ə s /
n1
rapidity of movement;

- "fleetness of foot";

Fleming / f ɫ ɛ m ɪ ŋ /
n1
British writer famous for writing spy novels about secret agent James Bond (1908-1964);

- syn. Ian Fleming, Ian Lancaster Fleming;

n2
Scottish bacteriologist who discovered penicillin (1881-1955);

- syn. Alexander Fleming, Sir Alexander Fleming;

n3
a native of Flanders or a Flemish-speaking Belgian;

Flemish / f ɫ ɛ m ɪ ʃ /
n1
an ethnic group speaking Flemish and living in northern and western Belgium;

n2
one of two official languages of Belgium;

- closely related to Dutch;

- syn. Flemish dialect;

a1
of or relating to Flanders or its people or language or culture;

- "the Flemish population of Belgium";

- "Flemish painters";

Flemish-speaking
a1
able to communicate in Flemish;

- sim. communicative;

Flemish dialect
n1
one of two official languages of Belgium;

- closely related to Dutch;

- syn. Flemish;

flense / f ɫ ɛ n z /
v1
strip the blubber or skin from (a whale or seal);

flesh / f ɫ ɛ ʃ /
n1
the soft tissue of the body of a vertebrate: mainly muscle tissue and fat;

n2
alternative names for the body of a human being;

- "Leonardo studied the human body";

- "he has a strong physique";

- "the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak";

- syn. anatomy, bod, build, chassis, figure, form, frame, human body, material body, physical body, physique, shape, soma;

n3
a soft moist part of a fruit;

- syn. pulp;

v1
remove adhering flesh from (hides) when preparing leather manufacture;

flesh-colored
a1
having a bright red or pinkish color;

- syn. flesh-coloured;

- sim. colored;

flesh-coloured
a1
having a bright red or pinkish color;

- syn. flesh-colored;

- sim. colored;

flesh-eating
a1
(of animals) carnivorous;

- syn. meat-eating, zoophagous;

- sim. carnivorous;

flesh fly
n1
fly whose larvae feed on carrion or the flesh of living animals;

- syn. Sarcophaga carnaria;

flesh out
v1
make fat or plump;

- "We will plump out that poor starving child";

- syn. fat, fatten, fatten out, fatten up, fill out, plump, plump out;

v2
add details, as to an account or idea;

- clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing;

- "She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation";

- syn. dilate, elaborate, enlarge, expand, expatiate, exposit, expound, lucubrate;

v3
become round, plump, or shapely;

- "The young woman is fleshing out";

- syn. fill out, round;

flesh wound
n1
a wound that does not damage important internal organs or shatter any bones;

fleshed out
a1
given substance or detail;

- completed;

- "did not spring full-clad from his imagination";

- "a plan fleshed out with statistics and details";

- syn. full-clad;

- sim. complete;

fleshiness
n1
more than average fatness;

- syn. corpulency, obesity;

fleshly / f ɫ ɛ ʃ ɫ i /
a1
marked by the appetites and passions of the body;

- "animal instincts";

- "carnal knowledge";

- "fleshly desire";

- "a sensual delight in eating";

- "music is the only sensual pleasure without vice";

- syn. animal, carnal, sensual;

- sim. physical;

fleshy / f ɫ ɛ ʃ i /
a1
usually describes a large person who is fat but has a large frame to carry it;

- syn. heavy, overweight;

- sim. fat;

a2
of or relating to or resembling flesh;

- syn. sarcoid;

FLETC
n1
a center in the Department of Homeland Security that trains law enforcement professionals for more than seventy federal agencies;

- syn. Federal Law Enforcement Training Center;

Fletcher / f ɫ ɛ tʃ ə /
n1
prolific English dramatist who collaborated with Francis Beaumont and many other dramatists (1579-1625);

- syn. John Fletcher;

fleur-de-lis / f ɫ ɝ d ə ɫ i /
n1
plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing bright-colored flowers composed of three petals and three drooping sepals;

- syn. flag, iris, sword lily;

n2
(heraldry) charge consisting of a conventionalized representation of an iris;

- syn. fleur-de-lys;

fleur-de-lys / f ɫ ɝ d ə ɫ i /
n1
(heraldry) charge consisting of a conventionalized representation of an iris;

- syn. fleur-de-lis;

flex / f ɫ ɛ k s /
n1
the act of flexing;

- "he gave his biceps a flex to impress the ladies";

v1
contract;

- "flex a muscle";

v2
exhibit the strength of;

- "The victorious army flexes its invincibility";

v3
form a curve;

- "The stick does not bend";

- syn. bend;

v4
bend a joint;

- "flex your wrists";

- "bend your knees";

- syn. bend;

v5
cause (a plastic object) to assume a crooked or angular form;

- "bend the rod";

- "twist the dough into a braid";

- "the strong man could turn an iron bar";

- syn. bend, deform, turn, twist;

Flexeril
n1
muscle relaxant (trade name Flexeril) used for muscle spasms or acute injury;

- syn. cyclobenzaprine;

flexibility / f ɫ ɛ k s ə b ɪ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
the property of being flexible;

- easily bent or shaped;

- syn. flexibleness;

n2
the quality of being adaptable or variable;

- "he enjoyed the flexibility of his working arrangement";

- syn. flexibleness;

n3
the trait of being easily persuaded;

- syn. tractability, tractableness;

flexible / f ɫ ɛ k s ə b ɫ /
a1
capable of being changed;

- "flexible schedules";

- sim. limber, negotiable;

a2
able to flex;

- able to bend easily;

- "slim flexible birches";

- syn. flexile;

- also elastic;

- sim. bendable, double-jointed, limber, limber, spinnable, stretched;

a3
able to adjust readily to different conditions;

- "an adaptable person";

- "a flexible personality";

- "an elastic clause in a contract";

- syn. elastic, pliable, pliant;

- sim. adaptable;

a4
bending and snapping back readily without breaking;

- syn. whippy;

- sim. elastic;

a5
making or willing to make concessions;

- "loneliness tore through him...whenever he thought of...even the compromising Louis du Tillet";

- syn. compromising, conciliatory;

- sim. yielding;

flexible joint
n1
a joint that holds two parts together so that one can swing relative to the other;

- syn. hinge;

flexible sigmoidoscope
n1
an endoscope (a flexible fiberoptic probe) for examining the sigmoid colon;

- syn. sigmoidoscope;

flexible sigmoidoscopy
n1
visual examination (with a sigmoidoscope) of the lower third of the colon in a search for polyps;

- syn. sigmoidoscopy;

flexibleness / f ɫ ɛ k s ə b ɫ n ə s /
n1
the property of being flexible;

- easily bent or shaped;

- syn. flexibility;

n2
the quality of being adaptable or variable;

- "he enjoyed the flexibility of his working arrangement";

- syn. flexibility;

flexibly / f ɫ ɛ k s ə b ɫ i /
r1
with flexibility;

- "`Come whenever you are free,' he said flexibly";

flexile / f ɫ ɛ k s aɪ ɫ /
a1
able to flex;

- able to bend easily;

- "slim flexible birches";

- syn. flexible;

- also elastic;

- sim. bendable, double-jointed, limber, limber, spinnable, stretched;

flexion / f ɫ ɛ k ʃ ə n /
n1
the state of being flexed (as of a joint);

- syn. flection, flexure;

n2
deviation from a straight or normal course;

- syn. flection, inflection;

n3
act of bending a joint;

- especially a joint between the bones of a limb so that the angle between them is decreased;

- syn. flexure;

flexor / f ɫ ɛ k s ə /
n1
a skeletal muscle whose contraction bends a joint;

- syn. flexor muscle;

flexor muscle
n1
a skeletal muscle whose contraction bends a joint;

- syn. flexor;

flexuous
a1
having turns or windings;

- "the flexuous bed of the stream";

- sim. curved;

flexure / f ɫ ɛ k ʃ ə /
n1
the state of being flexed (as of a joint);

- syn. flection, flexion;

n2
an angular or rounded shape made by folding;

- "a fold in the napkin";

- "a crease in his trousers";

- "a plication on her blouse";

- "a flexure of the colon";

- "a bend of his elbow";

- syn. bend, crease, crimp, fold, plication;

n3
act of bending a joint;

- especially a joint between the bones of a limb so that the angle between them is decreased;

- syn. flexion;

flibbertigibbet / f ɫ ɪ b ə t ɪ dʒ ɪ b ɪ t /
n1
a female fool;

- syn. foolish woman;

flick / f ɫ ɪ k /
n1
a light sharp contact (usually with something flexible);

- "he gave it a flick with his finger";

- "he felt the flick of a whip";

n2
a short stroke;

n3
a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement;

- "they went to a movie every Saturday night";

- "the film was shot on location";

- syn. film, motion-picture show, motion picture, movie, moving-picture show, moving picture, pic, picture, picture show;

v1
flash intermittently;

- "The lights flicked on and off";

- syn. flicker;

v2
look through a book or other written material;

- "He thumbed through the report";

- "She leafed through the volume";

- syn. flip, leaf, riff, riffle, thumb;

v3
cause to move with a flick;

- "he flicked his Bic";

- syn. flip;

v4
throw or toss with a quick motion;

- "flick a piece of paper across the table";

- "jerk his head";

- syn. jerk;

v5
shine unsteadily;

- "The candle flickered";

- syn. flicker;

v6
twitch or flutter;

- "the paper flicked";

- syn. riffle, ruffle;

v7
cause to make a snapping sound;

- "snap your fingers";

- syn. click, snap;

v8
touch or hit with a light, quick blow;

- "flicked him with his hand";

v9
remove with a flick (of the hand);

flick-knife / f ɫ ɪ k n aɪ f /
n1
a pocketknife with a blade that springs open at the press of a button;

- syn. flick knife, switchblade, switchblade knife;

flick knife
n1
a pocketknife with a blade that springs open at the press of a button;

- syn. flick-knife, switchblade, switchblade knife;

flicker / f ɫ ɪ k ə , f ɫ ɪ k ə ɹ /
n1
a momentary flash of light;

- syn. glint, spark;

n2
North American woodpecker;

n3
the act of moving back and forth;

- syn. flutter, waver;

v1
move back and forth very rapidly;

- "the candle flickered";

- syn. flitter, flutter, quiver, waver;

v2
shine unsteadily;

- "The candle flickered";

- syn. flick;

v3
flash intermittently;

- "The lights flicked on and off";

- syn. flick;

flickering / f ɫ ɪ k ə ɹ ɪ ŋ /
a1
shining unsteadily;

- syn. aflicker;

- sim. unsteady;

flickertail
n1
of sagebrush and grassland areas of western United States and Canada;

- syn. Citellus richardsoni, Richardson ground squirrel;

flier / f ɫ aɪ ə , f ɫ aɪ ə ɹ /
n1
someone who travels by air;

- syn. flyer;

n2
someone who operates an aircraft;

- syn. aeronaut, airman, aviator, flyer;

n3
an advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet) intended for wide distribution;

- "he mailed the circular to all subscribers";

- syn. bill, broadsheet, broadside, circular, flyer, handbill, throwaway;

flies / f ɫ aɪ z /
n1
(theater) the space over the stage (out of view of the audience) used to store scenery (drop curtains);

flight / f ɫ aɪ t /
n1
a formation of aircraft in flight;

n2
an instance of traveling by air;

- "flying was still an exciting adventure for him";

- syn. flying;

n3
a stairway (set of steps) between one floor or landing and the next;

- syn. flight of stairs, flight of steps;

n4
the act of escaping physically;

- "he made his escape from the mental hospital";

- "the canary escaped from its cage";

- "his flight was an indication of his guilt";

- syn. escape;

n5
an air force unit smaller than a squadron;

n6
passing above and beyond ordinary bounds;

- "a flight of fancy";

- "flights of rhetoric";

- "flights of imagination";

n7
the path followed by an object moving through space;

- syn. trajectory;

n8
a flock of flying birds;

n9
a scheduled trip by plane between designated airports;

- "I took the noon flight to Chicago";

v1
shoot a bird in flight;

v2
fly in a flock;

- "flighting wild geese";

v3
decorate with feathers;

- "fledge an arrow";

- syn. fledge;

flight attendant
n1
an attendant on an airplane;

- syn. steward;

flight control
n1
control from ground stations of airplanes in flight by means of messages transmitted to the pilot electronically;

flight deck
n1
the upper deck of an aircraft carrier;

- used as a runway;

- syn. landing deck;

flight engineer
n1
the flight crewman responsible for mechanical operation while in flight;

flight feather
n1
any of the larger wing or tail feathers of a bird;

- syn. pinion, quill, quill feather;

flight indicator
n1
a navigational instrument based on a gyroscope;

- it artificially provides a simulated horizon for the pilot;

- syn. artificial horizon, gyro horizon;

flight line
n1
place where airplanes are parked and the maintenance hangars (but not the runways or taxiways);

flight maneuver
n1
a maneuver executed by an aircraft;

- syn. airplane maneuver;

flight of stairs
n1
a stairway (set of steps) between one floor or landing and the next;

- syn. flight, flight of steps;

flight of steps
n1
a stairway (set of steps) between one floor or landing and the next;

- syn. flight, flight of stairs;

flight path
n1
the path of a rocket or projectile or aircraft through the air;

n2
a designated route followed by airplanes in flying from one airport to another;

- syn. air lane, airway, skyway;

flight simulator
n1
simulator consisting of a machine on the ground that simulates the conditions of flying a plane;

- syn. trainer;

flight strip
n1
an airfield without normal airport facilities;

- syn. airstrip, landing strip, strip;

flight surgeon
n1
a medical officer specializing in aviation medicine;

flighted / f ɫ aɪ t ɪ d /
a1
having feathers;

- "arrows flighted argent";

- sim. feathered;

flightiness
n1
the trait of acting unpredictably and more from whim or caprice than from reason or judgment;

- "I despair at the flightiness and whimsicality of my memory";

- syn. arbitrariness, capriciousness, whimsey, whimsicality, whimsy;

flightless / f ɫ aɪ t ɫ ə s /
a1
incapable of flying;

- sim. wingless;

flightless bird
n1
flightless birds having flat breastbones lacking a keel for attachment of flight muscles: ostriches;

- cassowaries;

- emus;

- moas;

- rheas;

- kiwis;

- elephant birds;

- syn. ratite, ratite bird;

flighty / f ɫ aɪ t i /
a1
guided by whim and fancy;

- "flighty young girls";

- syn. flyaway, head-in-the-clouds, scatterbrained;

- sim. frivolous;

a2
unpredictably excitable (especially of horses);

- syn. nervous, skittish, spooky;

- sim. excitable;

flim-flam
v1
deceive somebody;

- "We tricked the teacher into thinking that class would be cancelled next week";

- syn. fob, fox, play a joke on, play a trick on, play tricks, pull a fast one on, trick;

flimflam
n1
a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property;

- syn. bunco, bunco game, bunko, bunko game, con, con game, confidence game, confidence trick, hustle, sting;

flimsily / f ɫ ɪ m z ɪ ɫ i /
r1
in a weak and flimsy manner;

- "this car is so flimsily constructed!";

flimsiness / f ɫ ɪ m s ɪ n ə s /
n1
the property of weakness by virtue of careless construction;

- syn. shoddiness;

flimsy / f ɫ ɪ m z i /
n1
a thin strong lightweight translucent paper used especially for making carbon copies;

- syn. onionskin;

a1
lacking solidity or strength;

- "a flimsy table";

- "flimsy construction";

- "vinyl siding has become the standard-bearer for cheap, insubstantial construction";

- syn. insubstantial;

- sim. weak;

a2
not convincing;

- "a flimsy argument";

- "as unconvincing as a forced smile";

- syn. unconvincing;

- also incredible, unbelievable;

- sim. unpersuasive;

a3
lacking substance or significance;

- "slight evidence";

- "a tenuous argument";

- "a thin plot";

- "a fragile claim to fame";

- syn. fragile, slight, tenuous, thin;

- sim. insignificant;

flinch / f ɫ ɪ n tʃ /
n1
a reflex response to sudden pain;

- syn. wince;

v1
draw back, as with fear or pain;

- "she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf";

- syn. cringe, funk, quail, recoil, shrink, squinch, wince;

Flinders / f ɫ ɪ n d ə z /
n1
British explorer who mapped the Australian coast (1774-1814);

- syn. Matthew Flinders, Sir Matthew Flinders;

n2
bits and splinters and fragments;

- "it would have shattered in flinders long before it did that damage";

Flindersia
n1
small genus of Australian timber trees;

- syn. genus Flindersia;

Flindersia australis
n1
tall Australian timber tree yielding tough hard wood used for staves etc;

- syn. flindosa, flindosy, native beech;

Flindersia schottiana
n1
Australian timber tree whose bark yields a poison;

- syn. bunji-bunji;

flindosa
n1
tall Australian timber tree yielding tough hard wood used for staves etc;

- syn. Flindersia australis, flindosy, native beech;

flindosy
n1
tall Australian timber tree yielding tough hard wood used for staves etc;

- syn. Flindersia australis, flindosa, native beech;

fling / f ɫ ɪ ŋ /
n1
a usually brief attempt;

- "he took a crack at it";

- "I gave it a whirl";

- syn. crack, go, offer, pass, whirl;

n2
a brief indulgence of your impulses;

- syn. spree;

n3
the act of flinging;

v1
throw with force or recklessness;

- "fling the frisbee";

v2
move in an abrupt or headlong manner;

- "He flung himself onto the sofa";

v3
indulge oneself;

- "I splurged on a new TV";

- syn. splurge;

v4
throw or cast away;

- "Put away your worries";

- syn. cast aside, cast away, cast out, chuck out, discard, dispose, put away, throw away, throw out, toss, toss away, toss out;

fling off
v1
write quickly;

- "She dashed off a note to her husband saying she would not be home for supper";

- "He scratched off a thank-you note to the hostess";

- syn. dash off, knock off, scratch off, toss off;

flint / f ɫ ɪ n t /
n1
a hard kind of stone;

- a form of silica more opaque than chalcedony;

n2
a river in western Georgia that flows generally south to join the Chattahoochee River at the Florida border where they form the Apalachicola River;

- syn. Flint River;

n3
a city in southeast central Michigan near Detroit;

- automobile manufacturing;

a1
showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings;

- "his flinty gaze";

- "the child's misery would move even the most obdurate heart";

- syn. flinty, granitic, obdurate, stony;

- sim. hardhearted;

flint corn
n1
corn having kernels with a hard outer layer enclosing the soft endosperm;

- syn. Yankee corn, Zea mays indurata, flint maize;

flint glass
n1
optical glass of high dispersion and high refractive index;

- syn. optical flint;

flint maize
n1
corn having kernels with a hard outer layer enclosing the soft endosperm;

- syn. Yankee corn, Zea mays indurata, flint corn;

Flint River
n1
a river in western Georgia that flows generally south to join the Chattahoochee River at the Florida border where they form the Apalachicola River;

- syn. Flint;

flinthead
n1
an American stork that resembles the true ibises in having a downward-curved bill;

- inhabits wooded swamps of New World tropics;

- syn. Mycteria americana, wood ibis, wood stork;

flintlock / f ɫ ɪ n t ɫ ɒ k /
n1
a muzzle loader that had a flintlock type of gunlock;

- syn. firelock;

n2
an obsolete gunlock that has flint embedded in the hammer;

- the flint makes a spark that ignites the charge;

flintstone / f ɫ ɪ n t s t oʊ n /
n1
pebbles of flint used in masonry construction;

flinty / f ɫ ɪ n t i /
a1
containing flint;

a2
showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings;

- "his flinty gaze";

- "the child's misery would move even the most obdurate heart";

- syn. flint, granitic, obdurate, stony;

- sim. hardhearted;

flip / f ɫ ɪ p /
n1
an acrobatic feat in which the feet roll over the head (either forward or backward) and return;

- syn. somersault, somersaulting, somerset, summersault, summerset;

n2
hot or cold alcoholic mixed drink containing a beaten egg;

n3
a sudden, quick movement;

- "with a flip of the wrist";

- "the fish flipped over";

n4
the act of flipping a coin;

- syn. toss;

n5
a dive in which the diver somersaults before entering the water;

n6
(sports) the act of throwing the ball to another member of your team;

- "the pass was fumbled";

- syn. pass, toss;

v1
lightly throw to see which side comes up;

- "I don't know what to do--I may as well flip a coin!";

- syn. toss;

v2
cause to go on or to be engaged or set in operation;

- "switch on the light";

- "throw the lever";

- syn. switch, throw;

v3
look through a book or other written material;

- "He thumbed through the report";

- "She leafed through the volume";

- syn. flick, leaf, riff, riffle, thumb;

v4
toss with a sharp movement so as to cause to turn over in the air;

- syn. twitch;

v5
cause to move with a flick;

- "he flicked his Bic";

- syn. flick;

v6
throw or toss with a light motion;

- "flip me the beachball";

- "toss me newspaper";

- syn. pitch, sky, toss;

v7
move with a flick or light motion;

v8
turn upside down, or throw so as to reverse;

- "flip over the pork chop";

- "turn over the pancakes";

- syn. flip over, turn over;

v9
react in an excited, delighted, or surprised way;

- "he flipped when he heard that he was accepted into Princeton University";

- syn. flip out;

v10
go mad, go crazy;

- "He flipped when he heard that he was being laid off";

- syn. flip out;

v11
reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action);

- syn. alternate, flip-flop, interchange, switch, tack;

a1
marked by casual disrespect;

- "a flip answer to serious question";

- "the student was kept in for impudent behavior";

- syn. impudent, insolent, snotty-nosed;

- sim. disrespectful;

flip-flap
r1
with repeated strokes and noise;

- "something going flip-flap in the night";

flip-flop
n1
a decision to reverse an earlier decision;

- syn. change of mind, reversal, turnabout, turnaround;

n2
a backless sandal held to the foot by a thong between the big toe and the second toe;

- syn. thong;

n3
an electronic circuit that can assume either of two stable states;

n4
a backward somersault;

v1
reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action);

- syn. alternate, flip, interchange, switch, tack;

flip chart
n1
a chart with several sheets hinged at the top;

- sheets can be flipped over to present information sequentially;

flip one's lid
v1
get very angry and fly into a rage;

- "The professor combusted when the student didn't know the answer to a very elementary question";

- "Spam makes me go ballistic";

- syn. blow a fuse, blow one's stack, blow up, combust, flip one's wig, fly off the handle, go ballistic, have a fit, have kittens, hit the ceiling, hit the roof, lose one's temper, throw a fit;

flip one's wig
v1
get very angry and fly into a rage;

- "The professor combusted when the student didn't know the answer to a very elementary question";

- "Spam makes me go ballistic";

- syn. blow a fuse, blow one's stack, blow up, combust, flip one's lid, fly off the handle, go ballistic, have a fit, have kittens, hit the ceiling, hit the roof, lose one's temper, throw a fit;

flip out
v1
react in an excited, delighted, or surprised way;

- "he flipped when he heard that he was accepted into Princeton University";

- syn. flip;

v2
go mad, go crazy;

- "He flipped when he heard that he was being laid off";

- syn. flip;

flip over
v1
turn upside down, or throw so as to reverse;

- "flip over the pork chop";

- "turn over the pancakes";

- syn. flip, turn over;

flip side
n1
a different aspect of something (especially the opposite aspect);

- "the flip side of your positive qualities sometimes get out of control";

- "on the flip side of partnerships he talked about their competition";

flippancy / f ɫ ɪ p ə n s i /
n1
inappropriate levity;

- "her mood changed and she was all lightness and joy";

- syn. light-mindedness;

flippant / f ɫ ɪ p ə n t /
a1
showing inappropriate levity;

- syn. light-minded;

- sim. frivolous;

flippantly / f ɫ ɪ p ə n t ɫ i /
r1
in a flippant manner;

- "he answered the reporters' questions flippantly";

- "this cannot be airily explained to your children";

- syn. airily;

flipper / f ɫ ɪ p ə , f ɫ ɪ p ə ɹ /
n1
a shoe for swimming;

- the paddle-like front is an aid in swimming (especially underwater);

- syn. fin;

n2
the flat broad limb of aquatic animals specialized for swimming;

flipper-like
a1
having limbs that are used as flippers;

- sim. limbed;

flirt / f ɫ ɝ t /
n1
a seductive woman who uses her sex appeal to exploit men;

- syn. coquette, minx, prickteaser, tease, vamp, vamper;

n2
playful behavior intended to arouse sexual interest;

- syn. coquetry, dalliance, flirtation, flirting, toying;

v1
talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions;

- "The guys always try to chat up the new secretaries";

- "My husband never flirts with other women";

- syn. butterfly, chat up, coquet, coquette, dally, mash, philander, romance;

v2
behave carelessly or indifferently;

- "Play about with a young girl's affection";

- syn. dally, play, toy;

flirt with
v1
take into consideration, have in view;

- "He entertained the notion of moving to South America";

- syn. entertain, think about, think of, toy with;

flirtation / f ɫ ɝ t eɪ ʃ n /
n1
playful behavior intended to arouse sexual interest;

- syn. coquetry, dalliance, flirt, flirting, toying;

flirtatious / f ɫ ɝ t eɪ ʃ ə s /
a1
like a coquette;

- syn. coquettish;

- sim. sexy;

flirtatiously / f ɫ ɝ t eɪ ʃ ə s ɫ i /
r1
in a flirtatious manner;

- "she smiled coquettishly";

- syn. coquettishly;

flirting / f ɫ ɝ t ɪ ŋ /
n1
playful behavior intended to arouse sexual interest;

- syn. coquetry, dalliance, flirt, flirtation, toying;

flit / f ɫ ɪ t /
n1
a sudden quick movement;

- syn. dart;

n2
a secret move (to avoid paying debts);

- "they did a moonlight flit";

v1
move along rapidly and lightly;

- skim or dart;

- "The hummingbird flitted among the branches";

- syn. dart, fleet, flutter;

flitch
n1
fish steak usually cut from a halibut;

n2
salted and cured abdominal wall of a side of pork;

- syn. side of bacon;

flitter / f ɫ ɪ t ə /
v1
move back and forth very rapidly;

- "the candle flickered";

- syn. flicker, flutter, quiver, waver;

flittering scotoma
n1
a localized area of diminished vision edged by shimmering colored lights;

- in many people it indicates the onset of migraine;

- syn. scintillating scotoma;

FLNC
n1
a terrorist group formed in 1976 to work for Corsican independence;

- attacks on Corsica are aimed at sabotaging public infrastructure and symbols of colonialism;

- syn. National Liberation Front of Corsica;

Flo Ziegfeld
n1
United States theatrical producer noted for a series of extravagant revues known as the Ziegfeld Follies (1869-1932);

- syn. Florenz Ziegfeld, Ziegfeld;

float / f ɫ oʊ t /
n1
the time interval between the deposit of a check in a bank and its payment;

n2
the number of shares outstanding and available for trading by the public;

n3
a drink with ice cream floating in it;

- syn. ice-cream float, ice-cream soda;

n4
an elaborate display mounted on a platform carried by a truck (or pulled by a truck) in a procession or parade;

n5
a hand tool with a flat face used for smoothing and finishing the surface of plaster or cement or stucco;

- syn. plasterer's float;

n6
something that floats on the surface of water;

n7
an air-filled sac near the spinal column in many fishes that helps maintain buoyancy;

- syn. air bladder, swim bladder;

v1
be in motion due to some air or water current;

- "The leaves were blowing in the wind";

- "the boat drifted on the lake";

- "The sailboat was adrift on the open sea";

- "the shipwrecked boat drifted away from the shore";

- syn. be adrift, blow, drift;

v2
be afloat either on or below a liquid surface and not sink to the bottom;

- syn. swim;

v3
set afloat;

- "He floated the logs down the river";

- "The boy floated his toy boat on the pond";

v4
circulate or discuss tentatively;

- test the waters with;

- "The Republicans are floating the idea of a tax reform";

v5
move lightly, as if suspended;

- "The dancer floated across the stage";

v6
put into the water;

- "float a ship";

v7
make the surface of level or smooth;

- "float the plaster";

v8
allow (currencies) to fluctuate;

- "The government floated the ruble for a few months";

v9
convert from a fixed point notation to a floating point notation;

- "float data";

floatation / f ɫ oʊ t eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the phenomenon of floating (remaining on the surface of a liquid without sinking);

- syn. flotation;

n2
financing a commercial enterprise by bond or stock shares;

- syn. flotation;

floater / f ɫ oʊ t ə /
n1
spots before the eyes caused by opaque cell fragments in the vitreous humor and lens;

- "floaters seem to drift through the field of vision";

- syn. musca volitans, muscae volitantes, spots;

n2
a debt instrument with a variable interest rate tied to some other interest rate (e.g. the rate paid by T-bills);

n3
a wanderer who has no established residence or visible means of support;

- syn. clochard, drifter, vagabond, vagrant;

n4
an employee who is reassigned from job to job as needed;

n5
a voter who votes illegally at different polling places in the same election;

n6
a swimmer who floats in the water;

n7
an object that floats or is capable of floating;

n8
an insurance policy covering loss of movable property (e.g. jewelry) regardless of its location;

- syn. floating policy;

floating / f ɫ oʊ t ɪ ŋ /
n1
the act of someone who floats on the water;

- syn. natation;

a1
borne up by or suspended in a liquid;

- "the ship is still floating";

- "floating logs";

- "floating seaweed";

- sim. afloat;

a2
continually changing especially as from one abode or occupation to another;

- "a drifting double-dealer";

- "the floating population";

- "vagrant hippies of the sixties";

- syn. aimless, drifting, vagabond, vagrant;

- sim. unsettled;

a3
inclined to move or be moved about;

- "a floating crap game";

- sim. mobile;

a4
(of a part of the body) not firmly connected;

- movable or out of normal position;

- "floating ribs are not connected with the sternum";

- "a floating kidney";

- sim. unfixed;

a5
not definitely committed to a party or policy;

- "floating voters";

- sim. uncommitted;

floating-moss
n1
free-floating aquatic ferns;

- syn. Salvinia auriculata, Salvinia rotundifolia;

floating-point notation
n1
a radix numeration system in which the location of the decimal point is indicated by an exponent of the radix;

- in the floating-point representation system, 0.0012 is represented as 0.12-2 where -2 is the exponent;

- syn. floating-point representation system;

floating-point number
n1
a number represented in floating-point notation;

floating-point operation
n1
an arithmetic operation performed on floating-point numbers;

- "this computer can perform a million flops per second";

- syn. flop;

floating-point representation system
n1
a radix numeration system in which the location of the decimal point is indicated by an exponent of the radix;

- in the floating-point representation system, 0.0012 is represented as 0.12-2 where -2 is the exponent;

- syn. floating-point notation;

floating bridge
n1
a temporary bridge built over a series of pontoons;

- syn. bateau bridge, pontoon bridge;

floating dock
n1
dry dock that can be submerged under a vessel and then raised;

- syn. floating dry dock;

floating dry dock
n1
dry dock that can be submerged under a vessel and then raised;

- syn. floating dock;

floating fern
n1
pantropical aquatic fern;

- syn. Ceratopteris thalictroides;

n2
aquatic fern of tropical America often used in aquariums;

- syn. Ceratopteris pteridioides, water sprite;

n3
small free-floating aquatic fern from the eastern United States to tropical America;

- naturalized in western and southern Europe;

- syn. Azolla caroliniana, Carolina pond fern, mosquito fern;

floating mine
n1
an explosive mine designed to destroy ships that bump into it;

- syn. marine mine;

floating policy
n1
an insurance policy covering loss of movable property (e.g. jewelry) regardless of its location;

- syn. floater;

floating voter
n1
a voter who has no allegiance to any political party and whose unpredictable decisions can swing the outcome of an election one way or the other;

- syn. swing voter;

floatplane
n1
a seaplane equipped with pontoons for landing or taking off from water;

- syn. pontoon plane;

floaty
a1
tending to float on a liquid or rise in air or gas;

- "buoyant balloons";

- "buoyant balsawood boats";

- "a floaty scarf";

- syn. buoyant;

- sim. light;

floc
n1
a small loosely aggregated mass of flocculent material suspended in or precipitated from a liquid;

- syn. floccule;

floccose
a1
(of plants) having tufts of soft woolly hairs;

- sim. hairy;

floccose chanterelle
n1
a mildly poisonous fungus with a fruiting body shaped like a hollow trumpet;

- syn. Cantharellus floccosus;

flocculate
v1
form into an aggregated lumpy or fluffy mass;

- "the protoplasms flocculated";

v2
cause to become a fluffy or lumpy aggregate;

- "The chemist flocculated the suspended material";

flocculation
n1
the process of flocculating;

- forming woolly cloudlike aggregations;

floccule / f ɫ ɒ k j u ɫ /
n1
a small loosely aggregated mass of flocculent material suspended in or precipitated from a liquid;

- syn. floc;

flocculent / f ɫ ɒ k j ʊ ɫ ə n t /
a1
having a fluffy character or appearance;

- syn. woolly, wooly;

- sim. soft;

flock / f ɫ ɒ k /
n1
a church congregation guided by a pastor;

n2
a group of birds;

n3
(often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent;

- "a batch of letters";

- "a deal of trouble";

- "a lot of money";

- "he made a mint on the stock market";

- "see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos";

- "it must have cost plenty";

- "a slew of journalists";

- "a wad of money";

- syn. batch, deal, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad;

n4
an orderly crowd;

- "a troop of children";

- syn. troop;

n5
a group of sheep or goats;

- syn. fold;

v1
move as a crowd or in a group;

- "Tourists flocked to the shrine where the statue was said to have shed tears";

v2
come together as in a cluster or flock;

- "The poets constellate in this town every summer";

- syn. clump, cluster, constellate;

Flodden
n1
a hill in Northumberland where the invading Scots were defeated by the English in 1513;

n2
a battle in 1513;

- the English defeated the invading Scots and James IV was killed;

- syn. Battle of Flodden Field;

floe / f ɫ oʊ /
n1
a flat mass of ice (smaller than an ice field) floating at sea;

- syn. ice floe;

flog / f ɫ ɒ ɡ /
v1
beat severely with a whip or rod;

- "The teacher often flogged the students";

- "The children were severely trounced";

- syn. lash, lather, slash, strap, trounce, welt, whip;

v2
beat with a cane;

- syn. cane, lambast, lambaste;

flogger / f ɫ ɒ ɡ ə ɹ /
n1
a torturer who flogs or scourges (especially an official whose duty is to whip offenders);

- syn. scourger;

flogging / f ɫ ɒ ɡ ɪ ŋ /
n1
beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment;

- syn. flagellation, lashing, tanning, whipping;

flood / f ɫ ʌ d /
n1
the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land;

- "plains fertilized by annual inundations";

- syn. alluvion, deluge, inundation;

n2
an overwhelming number or amount;

- "a flood of requests";

- "a torrent of abuse";

- syn. deluge, inundation, torrent;

n3
light that is a source of artificial illumination having a broad beam;

- used in photography;

- syn. flood lamp, floodlight, photoflood;

n4
a large flow;

- syn. outpouring, overflow;

n5
the act of flooding;

- filling to overflowing;

- syn. flowage;

n6
the occurrence of incoming water (between a low tide and the following high tide);

- "a tide in the affairs of men which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune" -Shakespeare;

- syn. flood tide, rising tide;

v1
fill quickly beyond capacity;

- as with a liquid;

- "the basement was inundated after the storm";

- "The images flooded his mind";

- syn. deluge, inundate, swamp;

- also flood in;

v2
cover with liquid, usually water;

- "The swollen river flooded the village";

- "The broken vein had flooded blood in her eyes";

- also flood out;

v3
supply with an excess of;

- "flood the market with tennis shoes";

- "Glut the country with cheap imports from the Orient";

- syn. glut, oversupply;

v4
become filled to overflowing;

- "Our basement flooded during the heavy rains";

flood control
n1
(engineering) the art or technique of trying to control rivers with dams etc in order to minimize the occurrence of floods;

flood in
v1
arrive in great numbers;

flood lamp
n1
light that is a source of artificial illumination having a broad beam;

- used in photography;

- syn. flood, floodlight, photoflood;

flood out
v1
charge someone with too many tasks;

- syn. deluge, overwhelm;

flood plain
n1
a low plain adjacent to a river that is formed chiefly of river sediment and is subject to flooding;

- syn. floodplain;

flood tide
n1
the highest point of anything conceived of as growing or developing or unfolding;

- "the climax of the artist's career";

- "in the flood tide of his success";

- syn. climax;

n2
the occurrence of incoming water (between a low tide and the following high tide);

- "a tide in the affairs of men which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune" -Shakespeare;

- syn. flood, rising tide;

flooded / f ɫ ʌ d ɪ d /
a1
covered with water;

- "the main deck was afloat (or awash)";

- "the monsoon left the whole place awash";

- "a flooded bathroom";

- "inundated farmlands";

- "an overflowing tub";

- syn. afloat, awash, inundated, overflowing;

- sim. full;

flooded gum
n1
any of several Australian gum trees growing on moist or alluvial soil;

floodgate / f ɫ ʌ d ɡ eɪ t /
n1
something that restrains a flood or outpouring;

- "suspension of surveillance opened the floodgates to illegal immigrants";

n2
regulator consisting of a valve or gate that controls the rate of water flow through a sluice;

- syn. head gate, penstock, sluice valve, sluicegate, water gate;

floodhead
n1
a wall of water rushing ahead of the flood;

- "we were lucky to be safe when the floodheads hit";

flooding / f ɫ ʌ d ɪ ŋ /
n1
a technique used in behavior therapy;

- client is flooded with experiences of a particular kind until becoming either averse to them or numbed to them;

- syn. implosion therapy;

floodlight / f ɫ ʌ d ɫ aɪ t /
n1
light that is a source of artificial illumination having a broad beam;

- used in photography;

- syn. flood, flood lamp, photoflood;

v1
illuminate with floodlights;

floodlighted / f ɫ ʌ d ɫ aɪ t ɪ d /
a1
illuminated by means of floodlights;

- "the floodlit courtyard";

- syn. floodlit;

- sim. light;

floodlit / f ɫ ʌ d ɫ ɪ t /
a1
illuminated by means of floodlights;

- "the floodlit courtyard";

- syn. floodlighted;

- sim. light;

floodplain / f ɫ ʌ d p ɫ eɪ n /
n1
a low plain adjacent to a river that is formed chiefly of river sediment and is subject to flooding;

- syn. flood plain;

floor / f ɫ ɔ , f ɫ ɔ ɹ /
n1
the inside lower horizontal surface (as of a room, hallway, tent, or other structure);

- "they needed rugs to cover the bare floors";

- "we spread our sleeping bags on the dry floor of the tent";

- syn. flooring;

n2
a structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale;

- "what level is the office on?";

- syn. level, storey, story;

n3
a lower limit;

- "the government established a wage floor";

- syn. base;

n4
the ground on which people and animals move about;

- "the fire spared the forest floor";

n5
the bottom surface of any lake or other body of water;

n6
the lower inside surface of any hollow structure;

- "the floor of the pelvis";

- "the floor of the cave";

n7
the occupants of a floor;

- "the whole floor complained about the lack of heat";

n8
the parliamentary right to address an assembly;

- "the chairman granted him the floor";

n9
the legislative hall where members debate and vote and conduct other business;

- "there was a motion from the floor";

n10
a large room in a exchange where the trading is done;

- "he is a floor trader";

- syn. trading floor;

v1
surprise greatly;

- knock someone's socks off;

- "I was floored when I heard that I was promoted";

- syn. ball over, blow out of the water, shock, take aback;

v2
knock down with force;

- "He decked his opponent";

- syn. coldcock, deck, dump, knock down;

floor board
n1
a board in the floor;

- syn. floorboard;

floor cover
n1
a covering for a floor;

- syn. floor covering;

floor covering
n1
a covering for a floor;

- syn. floor cover;

floor joist
n1
joist that supports a floor;

floor lamp
n1
a lamp that stands on the floor;

floor leader
n1
the legislator who organizes his party's strategy;

floor plan
n1
scale drawing of a horizontal section through a building at a given level;

- contrasts with elevation;

floor show
n1
a series of acts at a night club;

- syn. cabaret, floorshow;

floor wax
n1
a preparation containing wax and used to polish and preserve the finish of floors;

floorboard / f ɫ ɔ b ɔ d /
n1
a board in the floor;

- syn. floor board;

n2
the floor of an automobile;

floored / f ɫ ɔ d /
a1
provided with a floor;

flooring / f ɫ ɔ ɹ ɪ ŋ /
n1
the inside lower horizontal surface (as of a room, hallway, tent, or other structure);

- "they needed rugs to cover the bare floors";

- "we spread our sleeping bags on the dry floor of the tent";

- syn. floor;

n2
building material used in laying floors;

floorshow / f ɫ ɔ ʃ oʊ /
n1
a series of acts at a night club;

- syn. cabaret, floor show;

floorwalker / f ɫ ɔ w ɔ k ə /
n1
an employee of a retail store who supervises sales personnel and helps with customer problems;

- "a floorwalker is called a shopwalker in Britain";

- syn. shopwalker;

floozie / f ɫ u z i /
n1
a prostitute who attracts customers by walking the streets;

- syn. floozy, hooker, hustler, slattern, street girl, streetwalker;

floozy / f ɫ u z i /
n1
a prostitute who attracts customers by walking the streets;

- syn. floozie, hooker, hustler, slattern, street girl, streetwalker;

flop / f ɫ ɒ p /
n1
an arithmetic operation performed on floating-point numbers;

- "this computer can perform a million flops per second";

- syn. floating-point operation;

n2
someone who is unsuccessful;

- syn. dud, washout;

n3
a complete failure;

- "the play was a dismal flop";

- syn. bust, fizzle;

n4
the act of throwing yourself down;

- "he landed on the bed with a great flop";

- syn. collapse;

v1
fall loosely;

- "He flopped into a chair";

v2
fall suddenly and abruptly;

v3
fail utterly;

- collapse;

- "The project foundered";

- syn. fall flat, fall through, founder;

r1
with a flopping sound;

- "he tumbled flop into the mud";

r2
exactly;

- "he fell flop on his face";

- syn. right;

flophouse / f ɫ ɒ p h aʊ z /
n1
a cheap lodging house;

- syn. dosshouse;

floppy / f ɫ ɒ p i /
n1
a small plastic magnetic disk enclosed in a stiff envelope with a radial slit;

- used to store data or programs for a microcomputer;

- "floppy disks are noted for their relatively slow speed and small capacity and low price";

- syn. diskette, floppy disk;

a1
hanging limply;

- "a spaniel with floppy ears";

- sim. lax;

floppy disk
n1
a small plastic magnetic disk enclosed in a stiff envelope with a radial slit;

- used to store data or programs for a microcomputer;

- "floppy disks are noted for their relatively slow speed and small capacity and low price";

- syn. diskette, floppy;

flora / f ɫ ɔ ɹ ə /
n1
all the plant life in a particular region or period;

- "Pleistocene vegetation";

- "the flora of southern California";

- "the botany of China";

- syn. botany, vegetation;

n2
(botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion;

- syn. plant, plant life;

floral / f ɫ ɔ ɹ ə ɫ /
a1
resembling or made of or suggestive of flowers;

- "an unusual floral design";

- syn. flowered;

- sim. patterned;

a2
relating to or associated with flowers;

- "floral organs";

a3
of or relating to the plant life in a particular region;

- "characteristic alpine floral elements";

floral arrangement
n1
a decorative arrangement of flowers;

- syn. flower arrangement;

floral cup
n1
the cuplike or ringlike or tubular structure of a flower which bears the sepals and stamens and calyx (as in Rosaceae);

- syn. calyx tube, hypanthium;

floral envelope
n1
collective term for the outer parts of a flower consisting of the calyx and corolla and enclosing the stamens and pistils;

- syn. chlamys, perianth, perigone, perigonium;

floral leaf
n1
a modified leaf that is part of a flower;

Floreal
n1
eighth month of the Revolutionary calendar (April and May);

- the month of flowers;

Florence / f ɫ ɒ ɹ ə n s /
n1
a city in central Italy on the Arno;

- provincial capital of Tuscany;

- center of the Italian Renaissance from 14th to 16th centuries;

- syn. Firenze;

n2
a town in northeast South Carolina;

- transportation center;

Florence fennel
n1
grown especially for its edible aromatic bulbous stem base;

- syn. Foeniculum dulce, Foeniculum vulgare dulce;

n2
aromatic bulbous stem base eaten cooked or raw in salads;

- syn. fennel, finocchio;

Florence Nightingale
n1
English nurse remembered for her work during the Crimean War (1820-1910);

- syn. Lady with the Lamp, Nightingale;

Florentine / f ɫ ɒ ɹ ə n t aɪ n /
n1
a native or resident of Florence, Italy;

a1
of or relating to or characteristic of the city of Florence, Italy;

- "Florentine art";

Florentine iris
n1
German iris having large white flowers with lavender-tinged falls and a fragrant rhizome;

- syn. Iris florentina, Iris germanica florentina, orris;

Florenz Ziegfeld
n1
United States theatrical producer noted for a series of extravagant revues known as the Ziegfeld Follies (1869-1932);

- syn. Flo Ziegfeld, Ziegfeld;

florescence / f ɫ ɔ ɹ ɛ s n s /
n1
the time and process of budding and unfolding of blossoms;

- syn. anthesis, blossoming, efflorescence, flowering, inflorescence;

florest's cineraria
n1
herb derived from Pericallis cruenta and widely cultivated in a variety of profusely flowering forms with florets from white to pink to red or purple or violet or blue;

- syn. Pericallis hybrida;

floret / f ɫ ɔ ɹ ɪ t /
n1
a diminutive flower (especially one that is part of a composite flower);

- syn. floweret;

Florey
n1
British pathologist who isolated and purified penicillin, which had been discovered in 1928 by Sir Alexander Fleming (1898-1968);

- syn. Howard Florey, Sir Howard Walter Florey;

floricultural / f ɫ ɔ ɹ ɪ k ʌ ɫ tʃ ə ɹ ə ɫ /
a1
of or relating to or involving floriculture;

floriculture / f ɫ ɔ ɹ ɪ k ʌ ɫ tʃ ə , f ɫ ɔ ɹ ɪ k ʌ ɫ tʃ ə ɹ /
n1
the cultivation of flowering plants;

- syn. flower gardening;

florid / f ɫ ɒ ɹ ɪ d /
a1
elaborately or excessively ornamented;

- "flamboyant handwriting";

- "the senator's florid speech";

- syn. aureate, flamboyant;

- sim. fancy;

a2
inclined to a healthy reddish color often associated with outdoor life;

- "a ruddy complexion";

- "Santa's rubicund cheeks";

- "a fresh and sanguine complexion";

- syn. rubicund, ruddy, sanguine;

- sim. healthy;

Florida / f ɫ ɒ ɹ ɪ d ə /
n1
a state in southeastern United States between the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico;

- one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War;

- syn. Everglade State, FL, Fla., Sunshine State;

Florida arrowroot
n1
small tough woody zamia of Florida and West Indies and Cuba;

- roots and half-buried stems yield an arrowroot;

- syn. Seminole bread, Zamia pumila, coontie;

Florida bean
n1
the annual woody vine of Asia having long clusters of purplish flowers and densely hairy pods;

- cultivated in southern United States for green manure and grazing;

- syn. Bengal bean, Benghal bean, Mucuna aterrima, Mucuna deeringiana, Mucuna pruriens utilis, Stizolobium deeringiana, cowage, velvet bean;

Florida gallinule
n1
North American dark bluish-grey gallinule;

- syn. Gallinula chloropus cachinnans;

Florida key
n1
a coral reef off the southern coast of Florida;

- syn. cay, key;

Florida pompano
n1
found in coastal waters New England to Brazil except clear waters of West Indies;

- syn. Trachinotus carolinus;

florida selaginella
n1
occurs widely in Florida;

- syn. Selaginella eatonii;

Florida smoothhound
n1
found from the northern Gulf of Mexico to Brazil;

- syn. Mustelus norrisi;

Florida strangler fig
n1
a strangler tree native to southern Florida and West Indies;

- begins as an epiphyte eventually developing many thick aerial roots and covering enormous areas;

- syn. Ficus aurea, golden fig, strangler fig, wild fig;

Florida strap fern
n1
common epiphytic or sometimes terrestrial fern having pale yellow-green strap-shaped leaves;

- Florida to West Indies and Mexico and south to Uruguay;

- syn. cow-tongue fern, hart's-tongue fern;

Florida water rat
n1
of Florida wetlands;

- syn. Neofiber alleni, round-tailed muskrat;

Florida yew
n1
small bushy yew of northern Florida having spreading branches and very narrow leaves;

- syn. Taxus floridana;

Floridian / f ɫ ɒ ɹ ɪ d i ə n /
n1
a native or resident of Florida;

floridity / f ɫ ɒ ɹ ɪ d ɪ t i /
n1
extravagant elaborateness;

- "he wrote with great flamboyance";

- syn. flamboyance, floridness, showiness;

floridly / f ɫ ɒ ɹ ɪ d ɫ i /
r1
in a florid manner;

- "floridly figurative prose";

floridness / f ɫ ɒ ɹ ɪ d n ə s /
n1
extravagant elaborateness;

- "he wrote with great flamboyance";

- syn. flamboyance, floridity, showiness;

florilegium
n1
an anthology of short literary pieces and poems and ballads etc.;

- syn. garland, miscellany;

florin / f ɫ ɒ ɹ ɪ n /
n1
the basic unit of money in Suriname;

- equal to 100 cents;

- syn. guilder, gulden;

n2
formerly the basic unit of money in the Netherlands;

- equal to 100 cents;

- syn. Dutch florin, guilder, gulden;

Florio
n1
English lexicographer remembered for his Italian and English dictionary (1553-1625);

- syn. John Florio;

florist / f ɫ ɒ ɹ ɪ s t /
n1
someone who grows and deals in flowers;

- "the florist made up an attractive bouquet";

n2
a shop where flowers and ornamental plants are sold;

- syn. florist shop, flower store;

florist's chrysanthemum
n1
of China;

- syn. Chrysanthemum morifolium, Dendranthema grandifloruom, florists' chrysanthemum, mum;

florist's gloxinia
n1
South American herb cultivated in many varieties as a houseplant for its large handsome leaves and large variously colored bell-shaped flowers;

- syn. Gloxinia spesiosa, Sinningia speciosa;

florist's willow
n1
much-branched Old World willow having large catkins and relatively large broad leaves;

- syn. Salix caprea, goat willow, pussy willow;

florist shop
n1
a shop where flowers and ornamental plants are sold;

- syn. florist, flower store;

florists' chrysanthemum
n1
of China;

- syn. Chrysanthemum morifolium, Dendranthema grandifloruom, florist's chrysanthemum, mum;

Flory / f ɫ ɔ ɹ i /
n1
United States chemist who developed methods for studying long-chain molecules (1910-1985);

- syn. Paul John Flory;

floss / f ɫ ɒ s /
n1
a soft loosely twisted thread used in embroidery;

n2
a soft thread for cleaning the spaces between the teeth;

- syn. dental floss;

v1
use dental floss to clean;

- "floss your teeth after every meal";

flossy / f ɫ ɒ s i /
a1
like down or as soft as down;

- syn. downlike, downy, fluffy;

- sim. soft;

flotation / f ɫ oʊ t eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the phenomenon of floating (remaining on the surface of a liquid without sinking);

- syn. floatation;

n2
financing a commercial enterprise by bond or stock shares;

- syn. floatation;

flotation device
n1
rescue equipment consisting of a buoyant belt or jacket to keep a person from drowning;

- syn. life preserver, preserver;

flotilla / f ɫ ə t ɪ ɫ ə /
n1
a United States Navy fleet consisting of two or more squadrons of small warships;

n2
a fleet of small craft;

flotsam / f ɫ ɒ t s ə m /
n1
the floating wreckage of a ship;

- syn. jetsam;

flounce / f ɫ aʊ n s /
n1
a strip of pleated material used as a decoration or a trim;

- syn. frill, furbelow, ruffle;

n2
the act of walking with exaggerated jerky motions;

v1
walk emphatically;

flounder / f ɫ aʊ n d ə , f ɫ aʊ n d ə ɹ /
n1
flesh of any of various American and European flatfish;

n2
any of various European and non-European marine flatfish;

v1
walk with great difficulty;

- "He staggered along in the heavy snow";

- syn. stagger;

v2
behave awkwardly;

- have difficulties;

- "She is floundering in college";

flour / f ɫ aʊ ə , f ɫ aʊ ə ɹ /
n1
fine powdery foodstuff obtained by grinding and sifting the meal of a cereal grain;

v1
cover with flour;

- "flour fish or meat before frying it";

v2
convert grain into flour;

flour beetle
n1
an insect that infests flour and stored grains;

- syn. flour weevil;

flour bin
n1
a bin for holding flour;

flour corn
n1
corn having kernels almost entirely of soft starch;

- syn. Zea mays amylacea, soft corn, squaw corn;

flour mill
n1
a mill for grinding grain into flour;

flour weevil
n1
an insect that infests flour and stored grains;

- syn. flour beetle;

flourish / f ɫ ʌ ɹ ɪ ʃ /
n1
a showy gesture;

- "she entered with a great flourish";

n2
an ornamental embellishment in writing;

n3
a display of ornamental speech or language;

n4
the act of waving;

- syn. brandish;

n5
(music) a short lively tune played on brass instruments;

- "he entered to a flourish of trumpets";

- "her arrival was greeted with a rousing fanfare";

- syn. fanfare, tucket;

v1
grow vigorously;

- "The deer population in this town is thriving";

- "business is booming";

- syn. boom, expand, thrive;

v2
make steady progress;

- be at the high point in one's career or reach a high point in historical significance or importance;

- "The new student is thriving";

- syn. fly high, prosper, thrive;

v3
move or swing back and forth;

- "She waved her gun";

- syn. brandish, wave;

flourishing / f ɫ ʌ ɹ ɪ ʃ ɪ ŋ /
a1
very lively and profitable;

- "flourishing businesses";

- "a palmy time for stockbrokers";

- "a prosperous new business";

- "doing a roaring trade";

- "a thriving tourist center";

- "did a thriving business in orchids";

- syn. booming, palmy, prospering, prosperous, roaring, thriving;

- sim. successful;

floury / f ɫ aʊ ə ɹ i /
a1
resembling flour in fine powdery texture;

- "a floury clay";

- sim. fine;

flout / f ɫ aʊ t /
v1
treat with contemptuous disregard;

- "flout the rules";

- syn. scoff;

v2
laugh at with contempt and derision;

- "The crowd jeered at the speaker";

- syn. barrack, gibe, jeer, scoff;

flouter / f ɫ aʊ t ə , f ɫ aʊ t ə ɹ /
n1
someone who jeers or mocks or treats something with contempt or calls out in derision;

- syn. jeerer, mocker, scoffer;

flow / f ɫ oʊ /
n1
the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases);

- syn. flowing;

n2
the amount of fluid that flows in a given time;

- syn. flow rate, rate of flow;

n3
the act of flowing or streaming;

- continuous progression;

- syn. stream;

n4
any uninterrupted stream or discharge;

n5
something that resembles a flowing stream in moving continuously;

- "a stream of people emptied from the terminal";

- "the museum had planned carefully for the flow of visitors";

- syn. stream;

n6
dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas;

- "two streams of development run through American history";

- "stream of consciousness";

- "the flow of thought";

- "the current of history";

- syn. current, stream;

n7
the monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause;

- "the women were sickly and subject to excessive menstruation";

- "a woman does not take the gout unless her menses be stopped"--Hippocrates;

- "the semen begins to appear in males and to be emitted at the same time of life that the catamenia begin to flow in females"--Aristotle;

- syn. catamenia, menses, menstruation, menstruum, period;

v1
move or progress freely as if in a stream;

- "The crowd flowed out of the stadium";

- syn. flux;

v2
move along, of liquids;

- "Water flowed into the cave";

- "the Missouri feeds into the Mississippi";

- syn. course, feed, run;

- also flow from;

v3
cause to flow;

- "The artist flowed the washes on the paper";

v4
be abundantly present;

- "The champagne flowed at the wedding";

v5
fall or flow in a certain way;

- "This dress hangs well";

- "Her long black hair flowed down her back";

- syn. fall, hang;

v6
cover or swamp with water;

v7
undergo menstruation;

- "She started menstruating at the age of 11";

- syn. menstruate;

flow away
v1
flow off or away gradually;

- "The water flowed off from the pipe";

- syn. flow off;

flow chart
n1
a diagram of the sequence of operations in a computer program or an accounting system;

- syn. flow diagram, flow sheet, flowchart;

flow diagram
n1
a diagram of the sequence of operations in a computer program or an accounting system;

- syn. flow chart, flow sheet, flowchart;

flow from
v1
be the result of;

- syn. be due;

flow of air
n1
the flow of air;

- "she adjusted the fan so that the airflow was directed right at her";

- syn. air flow, airflow;

flow off
v1
flow off or away gradually;

- "The water flowed off from the pipe";

- syn. flow away;

flow out
v1
flow or spill forth;

- syn. effuse;

flow rate
n1
the amount of fluid that flows in a given time;

- syn. flow, rate of flow;

flow sheet
n1
a diagram of the sequence of operations in a computer program or an accounting system;

- syn. flow chart, flow diagram, flowchart;

flowage / f ɫ oʊ eɪ dʒ /
n1
gradual internal motion or deformation of a solid body (as by heat);

- "rock fracture and rock flowage are different types of geological deformation";

n2
a body of water that has been created by deliberately flooding an area;

- "many campsites were located near the flowage";

n3
the act of flooding;

- filling to overflowing;

- syn. flood;

flowchart / f ɫ oʊ tʃ ɑ t /
n1
a diagram of the sequence of operations in a computer program or an accounting system;

- syn. flow chart, flow diagram, flow sheet;

flower / f ɫ aʊ ə , f ɫ aʊ ə ɹ /
n1
a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms;

n2
reproductive organ of angiosperm plants especially one having showy or colorful parts;

- syn. bloom, blossom;

n3
the period of greatest prosperity or productivity;

- syn. bloom, blossom, efflorescence, flush, heyday, peak, prime;

v1
produce or yield flowers;

- "The cherry tree bloomed";

- syn. bloom, blossom;

flower-cup fern
n1
slender fern of northern North America with shining chestnut-colored stipes and bipinnate fronds with usually distinct marginal sori;

- syn. Alpine woodsia, Woodsia alpina, northern woodsia;

flower-of-an-hour
n1
annual weedy herb with ephemeral yellow purple-eyed flowers;

- Old World tropics;

- naturalized as a weed in North America;

- syn. Hibiscus trionum, black-eyed Susan, bladder ketmia, flowers-of-an-hour;

flower arrangement
n1
a decorative arrangement of flowers;

- syn. floral arrangement;

flower bed
n1
a bed in which flowers are growing;

- syn. bed of flowers, flowerbed;

flower bud
n1
a bud from which only a flower or flowers develop;

flower chain
n1
flowers strung together in a chain;

flower child
n1
someone who rejects the established culture;

- advocates extreme liberalism in politics and lifestyle;

- syn. hippie, hippy, hipster;

flower cluster
n1
an inflorescence consisting of a cluster of flowers;

flower garden
n1
a garden featuring flowering plants;

flower gardening
n1
the cultivation of flowering plants;

- syn. floriculture;

flower girl
n1
a woman who sells flowers in the street;

n2
a young girl who carries flowers in a (wedding) procession;

flower head
n1
a shortened compact cluster of flowers so arranged that the whole gives the effect of a single flower as in clover or members of the family Compositae;

flower people
n1
a youth subculture (mostly from the middle class) originating in San Francisco in the 1960s;

- advocated universal love and peace and communes and long hair and soft drugs;

- favored acid rock and progressive rock music;

- syn. hippies, hipsters;

flower petal
n1
part of the perianth that is usually brightly colored;

- syn. petal;

flower power
n1
a counterculture of young people in the US during the 1960s and 70s;

flower stalk
n1
erect leafless flower stalk growing directly from the ground as in a tulip;

- syn. scape;

flower store
n1
a shop where flowers and ornamental plants are sold;

- syn. florist, florist shop;

flowerbed / f ɫ aʊ ə b ɛ d /
n1
a bed in which flowers are growing;

- syn. bed of flowers, flower bed;

flowered / f ɫ aʊ ə d /
a1
resembling or made of or suggestive of flowers;

- "an unusual floral design";

- syn. floral;

- sim. patterned;

floweret / f ɫ aʊ ə ɹ ɪ t /
n1
a diminutive flower (especially one that is part of a composite flower);

- syn. floret;

flowering / f ɫ aʊ ə ɹ ɪ ŋ /
n1
the time and process of budding and unfolding of blossoms;

- syn. anthesis, blossoming, efflorescence, florescence, inflorescence;

n2
a developmental process;

- "the flowering of antebellum culture";

- syn. unfolding;

a1
having a flower or bloom;

- "a flowering plant";

flowering almond
n1
deciduous Chinese shrub or small tree with often trilobed leaves grown for its pink-white flowers;

- syn. Prunus triloba;

n2
woody oriental plant with smooth unfurrowed red fruit grown especially for its white or pale pink blossoms;

- syn. Prunus japonica, oriental bush cherry;

flowering ash
n1
southern Mediterranean ash having fragrant white flowers in dense panicles and yielding manna;

- syn. Fraxinus ornus, manna ash;

n2
shrubby California ash with showy off-white flowers;

- syn. Fraxinus dipetala;

n3
shrubby ash of southwestern United States having fragrant white flowers;

- syn. Fraxinus cuspidata;

flowering cherry
n1
any of several shrubs or trees of the genus Prunus cultivated for their showy white or pink single or double blossoms;

flowering crab
n1
derived from the Iowa crab and cultivated for its large double pink blossoms;

- syn. Bechtel crab;

n2
small tree or shrub of southeastern United States;

- cultivated as an ornamental for its rose-colored blossoms;

- syn. Malus angustifolia, Southern crab apple;

flowering fern
n1
Australasian fern with clusters of sporangia on stems of fertile fronds;

- syn. Helminthostachys zeylanica;

n2
any fern of the genus Osmunda: large ferns with creeping rhizomes;

- naked sporangia are on modified fronds that resemble flower clusters;

- syn. osmund;

flowering glume
n1
the lower and stouter of the two glumes immediately enclosing the floret in most Gramineae;

- syn. lemma;

flowering hazel
n1
any of several Asiatic deciduous shrubs cultivated for their nodding racemes of yellow flowers that appear before the leaves;

- syn. winter hazel;

flowering maple
n1
an ornamental plant of the genus Abutilon having leaves that resemble maple leaves;

flowering onion
n1
European onion with white flowers;

- syn. Allium neopolitanum, Naples garlic, daffodil garlic;

flowering plant
n1
plants having seeds in a closed ovary;

- syn. angiosperm;

flowering quince
n1
Asiatic ornamental shrub with spiny branches and pink or red blossoms;

flowering raspberry
n1
shrubby raspberry of eastern North America having showy rose to purplish flowers and red or orange thimble-shaped fruit;

- syn. Rubus odoratus, purple-flowering raspberry, thimbleberry;

flowering shrub
n1
shrub noted primarily for its flowers;

flowering spurge
n1
common perennial United States spurge having showy white petallike bracts;

- syn. Euphorbia corollata, tramp's spurge, wild spurge;

flowering stone
n1
any plant of the genus Lithops native to Africa having solitary yellow or white flowers and thick leaves that resemble stones;

- syn. lithops, living stone, stone-face, stone life face, stone plant, stoneface;

flowering tobacco
n1
South American ornamental perennial having nocturnally fragrant greenish-white flowers;

- syn. Jasmine tobacco, Nicotiana alata;

flowering tree
n1
any tree having seeds and ovules contained in the ovary;

- syn. angiospermous tree;

flowering wintergreen
n1
common trailing perennial milkwort of eastern North America having leaves like wintergreen and usually rosy-purple flowers with winged sepals;

- syn. Polygala paucifolia, bird-on-the-wing, fringed polygala, gaywings;

flowerless / f ɫ aʊ ə ɫ ə s /
a1
without flower or bloom and not producing seeds;

- "a flowerless plant";

- syn. nonflowering;

- sim. spore-bearing;

flowerpot / f ɫ aʊ ə p ɒ t /
n1
a container in which plants are cultivated;

- syn. pot;

flowers-of-an-hour
n1
annual weedy herb with ephemeral yellow purple-eyed flowers;

- Old World tropics;

- naturalized as a weed in North America;

- syn. Hibiscus trionum, black-eyed Susan, bladder ketmia, flower-of-an-hour;

flowers of zinc
n1
oxide of zinc;

- a white powder used as a pigment or in cosmetics or glass or inks and in zinc ointment;

- syn. philosopher's wool, philosophers' wool, zinc oxide;

flowery / f ɫ aʊ ə ɹ i /
a1
of or relating to or suggestive of flowers;

- "a flowery hat";

- "flowery wine";

a2
marked by elaborate rhetoric and elaborated with decorative details;

- "a flowery speech";

- "ornate rhetoric taught out of the rule of Plato"-John Milton;

- syn. ornate;

- sim. rhetorical;

flowing / f ɫ oʊ ɪ ŋ /
n1
the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases);

- syn. flow;

a1
designed or arranged to offer the least resistant to fluid flow;

- "a streamlined convertible";

- syn. aerodynamic, sleek, streamlined;

- sim. smooth;

floxuridine
n1
antineoplastic drug used to treat some cancers;

- can cause loss of hair;

Floyd Bennett
n1
United States aviator who (with Richard E. Byrd) piloted the first flight over the North Pole (1890-1928);

- syn. Bennett;

flu / f ɫ u /
n1
an acute febrile highly contagious viral disease;

- syn. grippe, influenza;

flub
n1
an embarrassing mistake;

- syn. bloomer, blooper, blunder, boner, boo-boo, botch, bungle, foul-up, fuckup, pratfall;

v1
make a mess of, destroy or ruin;

- "I botched the dinner and we had to eat out";

- "the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement";

- syn. ball up, blow, bobble, bodge, bollix, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up, botch, botch up, bumble, bungle, fluff, foul up, fuck up, fumble, louse up, mess up, mishandle, muck up, muff, screw up, spoil;

fluctuate / f ɫ ʌ k tʃ ʊ eɪ t /
v1
cause to fluctuate or move in a wavelike pattern;

v2
move or sway in a rising and falling or wavelike pattern;

- "the line on the monitor vacillated";

- syn. vacillate, waver;

v3
be unstable;

- "The stock market fluctuates";

fluctuating / f ɫ ʌ k tʃ ʊ eɪ t ɪ ŋ /
a1
having unpredictable ups and downs;

- "fluctuating prices";

- sim. unsteady;

fluctuation / f ɫ ʌ k tʃ ʊ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
a wave motion;

- "the fluctuations of the sea";

n2
an instance of change;

- the rate or magnitude of change;

- syn. variation;

n3
the quality of being unsteady and subject to changes;

- "he kept a record of price fluctuations";

- syn. wavering;

flue / f ɫ u /
n1
flat bladelike projection on the arm of an anchor;

- syn. fluke;

n2
organ pipe whose tone is produced by air passing across the sharp edge of a fissure or lip;

- syn. flue pipe, labial pipe;

n3
a conduit to carry off smoke;

flue pipe
n1
organ pipe whose tone is produced by air passing across the sharp edge of a fissure or lip;

- syn. flue, labial pipe;

flue stop
n1
an organ stop with the tone of a flue pipe;

fluegelhorn
n1
a brass instrument resembling a cornet but with a wider bore;

- syn. flugelhorn;

fluency / f ɫ u ə n s i /
n1
powerful and effective language;

- "his eloquence attracted a large congregation";

- "fluency in spoken and written English is essential";

- "his oily smoothness concealed his guilt from the police";

- syn. eloquence, smoothness;

n2
skillfulness in speaking or writing;

n3
the quality of being facile in speech and writing;

- syn. articulateness, volubility;

fluent / f ɫ u ə n t /
a1
smooth and unconstrained in movement;

- "a long, smooth stride";

- "the fluid motion of a cat";

- "the liquid grace of a ballerina";

- syn. fluid, liquid, smooth;

- sim. graceful;

a2
expressing yourself readily, clearly, effectively;

- "able to dazzle with his facile tongue";

- "silver speech";

- syn. eloquent, facile, silver, silver-tongued, smooth-spoken;

- sim. articulate;

fluent aphasia
n1
aphasia characterized by fluent but meaningless speech and severe impairment of the ability understand spoken or written words;

- syn. Wernicke's aphasia, impressive aphasia, receptive aphasia, sensory aphasia;

fluently / f ɫ u ə n t ɫ i /
r1
in a fluent manner;

- "she speaks French fluently";

fluff / f ɫ ʌ f /
n1
any light downy material;

n2
something of little value or significance;

- syn. bagatelle, frippery, frivolity;

n3
a blunder (especially an actor's forgetting the lines);

v1
make a mess of, destroy or ruin;

- "I botched the dinner and we had to eat out";

- "the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement";

- syn. ball up, blow, bobble, bodge, bollix, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up, botch, botch up, bumble, bungle, flub, foul up, fuck up, fumble, louse up, mess up, mishandle, muck up, muff, screw up, spoil;

v2
erect or fluff up;

- "the bird ruffled its feathers";

- syn. ruffle;

- also fluff up;

v3
ruffle (one's hair) by combing the ends towards the scalp, for a full effect;

- syn. tease;

fluff up
v1
make fuller by shaking;

- "fluff up the pillows";

- syn. plump up, shake up;

fluffiness / f ɫ ʌ f ɪ n ə s /
n1
a light softness;

- syn. downiness, featheriness;

fluffy / f ɫ ʌ f i /
a1
like down or as soft as down;

- syn. downlike, downy, flossy;

- sim. soft;

fluffy omelet
n1
souffle-like omelet made by beating and adding the whites separately;

flugelhorn
n1
a brass instrument resembling a cornet but with a wider bore;

- syn. fluegelhorn;

fluid / f ɫ u ɪ d /
n1
a substance that is fluid at room temperature and pressure;

n2
continuous amorphous matter that tends to flow and to conform to the outline of its container: a liquid or a gas;

a1
subject to change;

- variable;

- "a fluid situation fraught with uncertainty";

- "everything was unstable following the coup";

- syn. unstable;

- sim. changeable;

a2
characteristic of a fluid;

- capable of flowing and easily changing shape;

- syn. runny;

- sim. liquid;

a3
smooth and unconstrained in movement;

- "a long, smooth stride";

- "the fluid motion of a cat";

- "the liquid grace of a ballerina";

- syn. fluent, liquid, smooth;

- sim. graceful;

a4
in cash or easily convertible to cash;

- "liquid (or fluid) assets";

- syn. liquid;

- sim. disposable;

a5
affording change (especially in social status);

- "Britain is not a truly fluid society";

- "upwardly mobile";

- syn. mobile;

- sim. changeable;

fluid drachm
n1
a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 60 minims or 3.5516 cubic centimeters;

- syn. drachm, fluid dram, fluidram;

n2
a unit of capacity or volume in the apothecary system equal to one eighth of a fluid ounce;

- syn. drachm, fluid dram, fluidram;

fluid dram
n1
a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 60 minims or 3.5516 cubic centimeters;

- syn. drachm, fluid drachm, fluidram;

n2
a unit of capacity or volume in the apothecary system equal to one eighth of a fluid ounce;

- syn. drachm, fluid drachm, fluidram;

fluid drive
n1
an automotive power coupling;

fluid flywheel
n1
a kind of fluid coupling in which the flywheel is the driving rotor;

fluid mechanics
n1
study of the mechanics of fluids;

- syn. hydraulics;

fluid ounce
n1
a British imperial unit of capacity or volume (liquid or dry) equal to 8 fluid drams or 28.416 cubic centimeters (1.734 cubic inches);

- syn. fluidounce;

n2
a United States unit of capacity or volume equal to 1.804 cubic inches;

- syn. fluidounce;

fluidity / f ɫ u ɪ d ɪ t i /
n1
the property of flowing easily;

- "adding lead makes the alloy easier to cast because the melting point is reduced and the fluidity is increased";

- "they believe that fluidity increases as the water gets warmer";

- syn. fluidness, liquidity, liquidness, runniness;

n2
a changeable quality;

- "a charming Oriental fluidity of manner";

- "a certain fluidness in his perception of time made him an unpredictable colleague";

- "demographers try to predict social fluidity";

- syn. fluidness;

fluidness / f ɫ u ɪ d n ɛ s /
n1
the property of flowing easily;

- "adding lead makes the alloy easier to cast because the melting point is reduced and the fluidity is increased";

- "they believe that fluidity increases as the water gets warmer";

- syn. fluidity, liquidity, liquidness, runniness;

n2
a changeable quality;

- "a charming Oriental fluidity of manner";

- "a certain fluidness in his perception of time made him an unpredictable colleague";

- "demographers try to predict social fluidity";

- syn. fluidity;

fluidounce
n1
a British imperial unit of capacity or volume (liquid or dry) equal to 8 fluid drams or 28.416 cubic centimeters (1.734 cubic inches);

- syn. fluid ounce;

n2
a United States unit of capacity or volume equal to 1.804 cubic inches;

- syn. fluid ounce;

fluidram
n1
a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 60 minims or 3.5516 cubic centimeters;

- syn. drachm, fluid drachm, fluid dram;

n2
a unit of capacity or volume in the apothecary system equal to one eighth of a fluid ounce;

- syn. drachm, fluid drachm, fluid dram;

fluke / f ɫ u k /
n1
a stroke of luck;

- syn. good fortune, good luck;

n2
a barb on a harpoon or arrow;

n3
flat bladelike projection on the arm of an anchor;

- syn. flue;

n4
either of the two lobes of the tail of a cetacean;

n5
parasitic flatworms having external suckers for attaching to a host;

- syn. trematode, trematode worm;

flukey / f ɫ u k i /
a1
subject to accident or chance or change;

- "a chancy appeal at best";

- "getting that job was definitely fluky";

- "a fluky wind";

- "an iffy proposition";

- syn. chancy, fluky, iffy;

- sim. uncertain;

fluky / f ɫ u k i /
a1
subject to accident or chance or change;

- "a chancy appeal at best";

- "getting that job was definitely fluky";

- "a fluky wind";

- "an iffy proposition";

- syn. chancy, flukey, iffy;

- sim. uncertain;

flume / f ɫ u m /
n1
a narrow gorge with a stream running through it;

- syn. gulch;

n2
watercourse that consists of an open artificial chute filled with water for power or for carrying logs;

flummery / f ɫ ʌ m ə ɹ i /
n1
a bland custard or pudding especially of oatmeal;

n2
meaningless ceremonies and flattery;

- syn. mummery;

flummox / f ɫ ʌ m ə k s /
v1
be a mystery or bewildering to;

- "This beats me!";

- "Got me--I don't know the answer!";

- "a vexing problem";

- "This question really stuck me";

- syn. amaze, baffle, beat, bewilder, dumbfound, get, gravel, mystify, nonplus, perplex, pose, puzzle, stick, stupefy, vex;

flump / f ɫ ʌ m p /
v1
fall heavily;

- syn. flump down;

v2
set (something or oneself) down with or as if with a noise;

- "He planked the money on the table";

- "He planked himself into the sofa";

- syn. plank, plonk, plop, plump, plump down, plunk, plunk down;

flump down
v1
fall heavily;

- syn. flump;

flunitrazepan
n1
a depressant and tranquilizer (trade name Rohypnol) often used in the commission of sexual assault;

- legally available in Europe and Mexico and Colombia;

- syn. Rohypnol;

flunk / f ɫ ʌ ŋ k /
n1
failure to reach a minimum required performance;

- "his failing the course led to his disqualification";

- "he got two flunks on his report";

- syn. failing;

v1
fail to get a passing grade;

- "She studied hard but failed nevertheless";

- "Did I fail the test?";

- syn. bomb, fail, flush it;

flunkey / f ɫ ʌ ŋ k i /
n1
a male servant (especially a footman);

- syn. flunky, lackey;

n2
a person of unquestioning obedience;

- syn. flunky, stooge, yes-man;

flunky / f ɫ ʌ ŋ k i /
n1
a male servant (especially a footman);

- syn. flunkey, lackey;

n2
a person of unquestioning obedience;

- syn. flunkey, stooge, yes-man;

fluor / f ɫ u ɔ /
n1
a soft mineral (calcium fluoride) that is fluorescent in ultraviolet light;

- chief source of fluorine;

- syn. fluorite, fluorspar;

fluorapatite
n1
a form of apatite in which fluorine predominates over chlorine;

fluoresce / f ɫ ʊə ɹ ɛ s /
v1
exhibit or undergo fluorescence;

fluorescein
n1
a yellow dye that is visible even when highly diluted;

- used as an absorption indicator when silver nitrate solution is added to sodium chloride in order to precipitate silver chloride (turns pink when no chloride ions are left in solution and negative fluorescein ions are then absorbed);

- syn. fluoresceine, fluorescent dye, resorcinolphthalein;

fluorescein isocyanate
n1
a fluorochrome commonly conjugated with antibodies for use in indirect immunofluorescence;

- syn. fluorescein isothiocyanate;

fluorescein isothiocyanate
n1
a fluorochrome commonly conjugated with antibodies for use in indirect immunofluorescence;

- syn. fluorescein isocyanate;

fluoresceine
n1
a yellow dye that is visible even when highly diluted;

- used as an absorption indicator when silver nitrate solution is added to sodium chloride in order to precipitate silver chloride (turns pink when no chloride ions are left in solution and negative fluorescein ions are then absorbed);

- syn. fluorescein, fluorescent dye, resorcinolphthalein;

fluorescence / f ɫ ʊə ɹ ɛ s n s /
n1
light emitted during absorption of radiation of some other (invisible) wavelength;

fluorescence microscopy
n1
light microscopy in which the specimen is irradiated at wavelengths that excite fluorochromes;

fluorescent / f ɫ ʊə ɹ ɛ s n t /
n1
a lighting fixture that uses a fluorescent lamp;

- syn. fluorescent fixture;

a1
emitting light during exposure to radiation from an external source;

- sim. light;

a2
brilliantly colored and apparently giving off light;

- "fluorescent colors";

- sim. colorful;

fluorescent dye
n1
a yellow dye that is visible even when highly diluted;

- used as an absorption indicator when silver nitrate solution is added to sodium chloride in order to precipitate silver chloride (turns pink when no chloride ions are left in solution and negative fluorescein ions are then absorbed);

- syn. fluorescein, fluoresceine, resorcinolphthalein;

fluorescent fixture
n1
a lighting fixture that uses a fluorescent lamp;

- syn. fluorescent;

fluorescent lamp
n1
lamp consisting of a tube coated on the inside with a fluorescent material;

- mercury vapor in the tube emits ultraviolet radiation that is converted to visible radiation by the fluorescent material;

fluoridate / f ɫ ʊə ɹ ɪ d eɪ t /
v1
subject to fluoridation;

- treat with fluoride;

- "fluoridized water";

- "fluoridize the teeth of children";

- syn. fluoridise, fluoridize;

fluoridation / f ɫ ʊə ɹ ɪ d eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the addition of a fluoride to the water supply (to prevent dental decay);

- syn. fluoridisation, fluoridization;

fluoride / f ɫ ʊə ɹ aɪ d /
n1
a salt of hydrofluoric acid;

fluoridisation / f ɫ ʊə ɪ d aɪ z eɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
the addition of a fluoride to the water supply (to prevent dental decay);

- syn. fluoridation, fluoridization;

fluoridise
v1
subject to fluoridation;

- treat with fluoride;

- "fluoridized water";

- "fluoridize the teeth of children";

- syn. fluoridate, fluoridize;

fluoridization / f ɫ ʊə ɪ d aɪ z eɪ ʃ n , f ɫ ʊə ɹ ɪ d aɪ z eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the addition of a fluoride to the water supply (to prevent dental decay);

- syn. fluoridation, fluoridisation;

fluoridize / f ɫ ʊə ɹ ɪ d aɪ z /
v1
subject to fluoridation;

- treat with fluoride;

- "fluoridized water";

- "fluoridize the teeth of children";

- syn. fluoridate, fluoridise;

fluorine / f ɫ ʊə ɹ i n /
n1
a nonmetallic univalent element belonging to the halogens;

- usually a yellow irritating toxic flammable gas;

- a powerful oxidizing agent;

- recovered from fluorite or cryolite or fluorapatite;

- syn. F, atomic number 9;

fluorite / f ɫ ʊə ɹ aɪ t /
n1
a soft mineral (calcium fluoride) that is fluorescent in ultraviolet light;

- chief source of fluorine;

- syn. fluor, fluorspar;

fluoroboric acid
n1
an acid of fluorine and boron;

fluoroboride
n1
a salt of fluoroboric acid;

fluorocarbon
n1
a halocarbon in which some hydrogen atoms have been replaced by fluorine;

- used in refrigerators and aerosols;

fluorocarbon plastic
n1
a plastic made with fluorocarbon;

fluorochrome
n1
any of various fluorescent substances used in fluorescence microscopy to stain specimens;

fluoroform
n1
colorless gas haloform CHF3 (similar to chloroform);

- syn. trifluoromethane;

fluoroscope
n1
an X-ray machine that combines an X-ray source and a fluorescent screen to enable direct observation;

- syn. roentgenoscope;

fluoroscopy
n1
examination of body structures using a fluoroscope;

fluorosis
n1
a pathological condition resulting from an excessive intake of fluorine (usually from drinking water);

fluorouracil
n1
an antimetabolite used to treat certain cancers;

fluorspar / f ɫ u ɔ s p ɑ /
n1
a soft mineral (calcium fluoride) that is fluorescent in ultraviolet light;

- chief source of fluorine;

- syn. fluor, fluorite;

fluosilicate
n1
salt of fluosilicic acid;

fluosilicic acid
n1
an unstable poisonous corrosive acid known primarily in the form of its salts;

- syn. hydrofluosilicic acid;

fluoxetine
n1
a selective-serotonin reuptake inhibitor commonly prescribed as an antidepressant (trade names Prozac or Sarafem);

- it is thought to work by increasing the activity of serotonin in the brain;

- syn. Prozac, Sarafem, fluoxetine hydrocholoride;

fluoxetine hydrocholoride
n1
a selective-serotonin reuptake inhibitor commonly prescribed as an antidepressant (trade names Prozac or Sarafem);

- it is thought to work by increasing the activity of serotonin in the brain;

- syn. Prozac, Sarafem, fluoxetine;

fluphenazine
n1
tranquilizer used to treat psychotic disorders;

flurazepam
n1
tranquilizer (trade name Dalmane) used to treat insomnia;

- syn. Dalmane, flurazepam hydrochloride;

flurazepam hydrochloride
n1
tranquilizer (trade name Dalmane) used to treat insomnia;

- syn. Dalmane, flurazepam;

flurbiprofen
n1
a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Ansaid) that is administered only orally;

- syn. Ansaid;

flurry / f ɫ ʌ ɹ i /
n1
a rapid active commotion;

- syn. ado, bustle, fuss, hustle, stir;

n2
a light brief snowfall and gust of wind (or something resembling that);

- "he had to close the window against the flurries";

- "there was a flurry of chicken feathers";

- syn. snow flurry;

v1
move in an agitated or confused manner;

v2
cause to feel embarrassment;

- "The constant attention of the young man confused her";

- syn. confuse, disconcert, put off;

flush / f ɫ ʌ ʃ /
n1
the period of greatest prosperity or productivity;

- syn. bloom, blossom, efflorescence, flower, heyday, peak, prime;

n2
a rosy color (especially in the cheeks) taken as a sign of good health;

- syn. bloom, blush, rosiness;

n3
sudden brief sensation of heat (associated with menopause and some mental disorders);

- syn. hot flash;

n4
a poker hand with all 5 cards in the same suit;

n5
the swift release of a store of affective force;

- "they got a great bang out of it";

- "what a boot!";

- "he got a quick rush from injecting heroin";

- "he does it for kicks";

- syn. bang, boot, charge, kick, rush, thrill;

n6
a sudden rapid flow (as of water);

- "he heard the flush of a toilet";

- "there was a little gush of blood";

- "she attacked him with an outpouring of words";

- syn. gush, outpouring;

n7
sudden reddening of the face (as from embarrassment or guilt or shame or modesty);

- syn. blush;

v1
turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame;

- "The girl blushed when a young man whistled as she walked by";

- syn. blush, crimson, redden;

v2
flow freely;

- "The garbage flushed down the river";

v3
glow or cause to glow with warm color or light;

- "the sky flushed with rosy splendor";

v4
make level or straight;

- "level the ground";

- syn. even, even out, level;

v5
rinse, clean, or empty with a liquid;

- "flush the wound with antibiotics";

- "purge the old gas tank";

- syn. purge, scour;

v6
irrigate with water from a sluice;

- "sluice the earth";

- syn. sluice;

v7
cause to flow or flood with or as if with water;

- "flush the meadows";

a1
of a surface exactly even with an adjoining one, forming the same plane;

- "a door flush with the wall";

- "the bottom of the window is flush with the floor";

- sim. even;

a2
having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value;

- "an affluent banker";

- "a speculator flush with cash";

- "not merely rich but loaded";

- "moneyed aristocrats";

- "wealthy corporations";

- "a substantial family";

- syn. affluent, loaded, moneyed, substantial, wealthy;

- sim. rich;

r1
squarely or solidly;

- "hit him flush in the face";

r2
in the same plane;

- "set it flush with the top of the table";

flush-seamed
a1
laid edge to edge (not overlapping);

- sim. carvel-built;

flush down
v1
flow freely;

- "The body washed down the river";

- syn. wash down;

flush it
v1
fail to get a passing grade;

- "She studied hard but failed nevertheless";

- "Did I fail the test?";

- syn. bomb, fail, flunk;

flush toilet
n1
a toilet that is cleaned of waste by the flow of water through it;

- syn. lavatory;

flushed / f ɫ ʌ ʃ t /
a1
having the pinkish flush of health;

- syn. rose-cheeked, rosy, rosy-cheeked;

- sim. healthy;

a2
(especially of the face) reddened or suffused with or as if with blood from emotion or exertion;

- "crimson with fury";

- "turned red from exertion";

- "with puffy reddened eyes";

- "red-faced and violent";

- "flushed (or crimson) with embarrassment";

- syn. crimson, red, red-faced, reddened;

- sim. colored;

flushless toilet
n1
a toilet that relies on bacteria to break down waste matter (instead of using water);

fluster / f ɫ ʌ s t ə , f ɫ ʌ s t ə ɹ /
n1
a disposition that is confused or nervous and upset;

- syn. perturbation;

v1
be flustered;

- behave in a confused manner;

v2
cause to be nervous or upset;

flustered / f ɫ ʌ s t ə d /
a1
thrown into a state of agitated confusion;

- (`rattled' is an informal term);

- syn. hot and bothered, perturbed, rattled;

- sim. discomposed;

flute / f ɫ u t /
n1
a high-pitched woodwind instrument;

- a slender tube closed at one end with finger holes on one end and an opening near the closed end across which the breath is blown;

- syn. transverse flute;

n2
a tall narrow wineglass;

- syn. champagne flute, flute glass;

n3
a groove or furrow in cloth etc (particularly a shallow concave groove on the shaft of a column);

- syn. fluting;

v1
form flutes in;

flute glass
n1
a tall narrow wineglass;

- syn. champagne flute, flute;

flute player
n1
someone who plays the flute;

- syn. flautist, flutist;

fluting / f ɫ u t ɪ ŋ /
n1
a groove or furrow in cloth etc (particularly a shallow concave groove on the shaft of a column);

- syn. flute;

flutist / f ɫ u t ɪ s t /
n1
someone who plays the flute;

- syn. flautist, flute player;

flutter / f ɫ ʌ t ə , f ɫ ʌ t ə ɹ /
n1
the act of moving back and forth;

- syn. flicker, waver;

n2
abnormally rapid beating of the auricles of the heart (especially in a regular rhythm);

- can result in heart block;

n3
a disorderly outburst or tumult;

- "they were amazed by the furious disturbance they had caused";

- syn. commotion, disruption, disturbance, hoo-ha, hoo-hah, hurly burly, kerfuffle, to-do;

n4
the motion made by flapping up and down;

- syn. flap, flapping, fluttering;

v1
move along rapidly and lightly;

- skim or dart;

- "The hummingbird flitted among the branches";

- syn. dart, fleet, flit;

v2
move back and forth very rapidly;

- "the candle flickered";

- syn. flicker, flitter, quiver, waver;

v3
flap the wings rapidly or fly with flapping movements;

- "The seagulls fluttered overhead";

v4
beat rapidly;

- "His heart palpitated";

- syn. palpitate;

v5
wink briefly;

- "bat one's eyelids";

- syn. bat;

flutter kick
n1
a swimming kick;

- the legs are moved rapidly up and down without bending the knees;

fluttering / f ɫ ʌ t ə ɹ ɪ ŋ /
n1
the motion made by flapping up and down;

- syn. flap, flapping, flutter;

fluvastatin
n1
least expensive statin drug (trade name Lescol);

- usually taken orally at bedtime;

- syn. Lescol;

fluvial / f ɫ u v ɪə ɫ /
a1
of or relating to or happening in a river;

- "fluvial deposits";

flux / f ɫ ʌ k s /
n1
the rate of flow of energy or particles across a given surface;

n2
a flow or discharge;

- syn. fluxion;

n3
a substance added to molten metals to bond with impurities that can then be readily removed;

n4
excessive discharge of liquid from a cavity or organ (as in watery diarrhea);

n5
a state of uncertainty about what should be done (usually following some important event) preceding the establishment of a new direction of action;

- "the flux following the death of the emperor";

- syn. state of flux;

n6
the lines of force surrounding a permanent magnet or a moving charged particle;

- syn. magnetic field, magnetic flux;

n7
(physics) the number of changes in energy flow across a given surface per unit area;

- syn. flux density;

n8
in constant change;

- "his opinions are in flux";

- "the newness and flux of the computer industry";

v1
move or progress freely as if in a stream;

- "The crowd flowed out of the stadium";

- syn. flow;

v2
become liquid or fluid when heated;

- "the frozen fat liquefied";

- syn. liquefy, liquify;

v3
mix together different elements;

- "The colors blend well";

- syn. blend, coalesce, combine, commingle, conflate, fuse, immix, meld, merge, mix;

flux applicator
n1
an applicator for applying flux (as in soldering);

flux density
n1
(physics) the number of changes in energy flow across a given surface per unit area;

- syn. flux;

flux density unit
n1
a measure of the amount of flux per unit of cross sectional area;

flux unit
n1
a measure of the strength of a magnetic field per unit area;

- syn. magnetic flux unit;

fluxing lime
n1
a white crystalline oxide used in the production of calcium hydroxide;

- syn. burnt lime, calcined lime, calcium oxide, calx, lime, quicklime, unslaked lime;

fluxion / f ɫ ʌ k ʃ ə n /
n1
a flow or discharge;

- syn. flux;

fluxmeter
n1
meter that measures magnetic flux by the current it generates in a coil;

fly / f ɫ aɪ /
n1
two-winged insects characterized by active flight;

n2
flap consisting of a piece of canvas that can be drawn back to provide entrance to a tent;

- syn. fly sheet, rainfly, tent-fly, tent flap;

n3
an opening in a garment that is closed by a zipper or by buttons concealed under a fold of cloth;

- syn. fly front;

n4
(baseball) a hit that flies up in the air;

- syn. fly ball;

n5
fisherman's lure consisting of a fishhook decorated to look like an insect;

v1
travel through the air;

- be airborne;

- "Man cannot fly";

- syn. wing;

v2
move quickly or suddenly;

- "He flew about the place";

v3
operate an airplane;

- "The pilot flew to Cuba";

- syn. aviate, pilot;

v4
transport by aeroplane;

- "We fly flowers from the Caribbean to North America";

v5
cause to fly or float;

- "fly a kite";

v6
be dispersed or disseminated;

- "Rumors and accusations are flying";

v7
change quickly from one emotional state to another;

- "fly into a rage";

v8
pass away rapidly;

- "Time flies like an arrow";

- "Time fleeing beneath him";

- syn. fell, vanish;

v9
travel in an airplane;

- "she is flying to Cincinnati tonight";

- "Are we driving or flying?";

v10
display in the air or cause to float;

- "fly a kite";

- "All nations fly their flags in front of the U.N.";

v11
run away quickly;

- "He threw down his gun and fled";

- syn. flee, take flight;

v12
travel over (an area of land or sea) in an aircraft;

- "Lindbergh was the first to fly the Atlantic";

v13
hit a fly;

v14
decrease rapidly and disappear;

- "the money vanished in las Vegas";

- "all my stock assets have vaporized";

- syn. vanish, vaporize;

a1
(British informal) not to be deceived or hoodwinked;

- sim. alert;

fly-by
n1
a flight at a low altitude (usually of military aircraft) over spectators on the ground;

- syn. flyover, flypast;

fly-by-night
n1
a debtor who flees to avoid paying;

a1
(of businesses and businessmen) untrustworthy or undependable;

- "a fly-by-night operation";

- sim. untrustworthy;

a2
ephemeral;

- "the symphony is no fly-by-night venture";

- sim. impermanent;

fly-fish / f ɫ aɪ f ɪ ʃ /
v1
fish with flies as lures;

- syn. flyfish;

fly-fishing / f ɫ aɪ f ɪ ʃ ɪ ŋ /
n1
angling with an artificial fly as a lure;

fly agaric
n1
poisonous (but rarely fatal) woodland fungus having a scarlet cap with white warts and white gills;

- syn. Amanita muscaria;

fly ash
n1
fine solid particles of ash that are carried into the air when fuel is combusted;

fly ball
n1
(baseball) a hit that flies up in the air;

- syn. fly;

fly blind
v1
fly an airplane solely by relying on instruments;

fly bridge
n1
the highest navigational bridge on a ship;

- a small (often open) deck above the pilot house;

- syn. flybridge, flying bridge, monkey bridge;

fly by
v1
pass by while flying;

- "An enemy plane flew by";

v2
move by very quickly;

- syn. whisk by, zip by;

fly casting
n1
casting an artificial fly as a lure;

fly contact
v1
fly a plane by using visible landmarks or points of reference;

fly floor
n1
a narrow raised platform at the side of a stage in a theater;

- stagehands can work the ropes controlling equipment in the flies;

- syn. fly gallery;

fly front
n1
an opening in a garment that is closed by a zipper or by buttons concealed under a fold of cloth;

- syn. fly;

fly gallery
n1
a narrow raised platform at the side of a stage in a theater;

- stagehands can work the ropes controlling equipment in the flies;

- syn. fly floor;

fly high
v1
be elated;

- "He was flying high during the summer months";

v2
make steady progress;

- be at the high point in one's career or reach a high point in historical significance or importance;

- "The new student is thriving";

- syn. flourish, prosper, thrive;

fly honeysuckle
n1
erect deciduous North American shrub with yellow-white flowers;

- syn. American fly honeysuckle, Lonicera canadensis;

fly in the face of
v1
go against;

- "This action flies in the face of the agreement";

- syn. fly in the teeth of;

fly in the ointment
n1
an inconvenience that detracts from the usefulness of something;

fly in the teeth of
v1
go against;

- "This action flies in the face of the agreement";

- syn. fly in the face of;

fly off the handle
v1
get very angry and fly into a rage;

- "The professor combusted when the student didn't know the answer to a very elementary question";

- "Spam makes me go ballistic";

- syn. blow a fuse, blow one's stack, blow up, combust, flip one's lid, flip one's wig, go ballistic, have a fit, have kittens, hit the ceiling, hit the roof, lose one's temper, throw a fit;

fly on
v1
continue flying;

fly open
v1
come open suddenly;

- "the doors flew open in the strong gust";

fly orchid
n1
any of several dwarf creeping orchids with small bizarre insect-like hairy flowers on slender stalks;

n2
European orchid whose flowers resemble flies;

- syn. Ophrys insectifera, Ophrys muscifera;

fly poison
n1
all parts of plant are highly toxic;

- bulb pounded and used as a fly poison;

- sometimes placed in subfamily Melanthiaceae;

- syn. Amianthum muscaetoxicum, Amianthum muscitoxicum;

fly rod
n1
a long flexible fishing rod used in fly fishing;

fly sheet
n1
flap consisting of a piece of canvas that can be drawn back to provide entrance to a tent;

- syn. fly, rainfly, tent-fly, tent flap;

fly tent
n1
a tent with a fly front;

fly the coop
v1
flee;

- take to one's heels;

- cut and run;

- "If you see this man, run!";

- "The burglars escaped before the police showed up";

- syn. break away, bunk, escape, head for the hills, hightail it, lam, run, run away, scarper, scat, take to the woods, turn tail;

flyaway / f ɫ aɪ ə w eɪ /
a1
guided by whim and fancy;

- "flighty young girls";

- syn. flighty, head-in-the-clouds, scatterbrained;

- sim. frivolous;

a2
(of hair or clothing) worn loose;

- "her flyaway hair";

- "a flyaway coat";

- sim. loose;

flyblown / f ɫ aɪ b ɫ oʊ n /
a1
spoiled and covered with eggs and larvae of flies;

- "flyblown meat";

- "a sack of maggoty apricots";

- syn. maggoty;

- sim. stale;

a2
foul and run-down and repulsive;

- "a flyblown bar on the edge of town";

- "a squalid overcrowded apartment in the poorest part of town";

- "squalid living conditions";

- "sordid shantytowns";

- syn. sordid, squalid;

- sim. dirty;

a3
blemished, especially of reputation;

- "a flyblown reputation";

- sim. blemished;

flybridge
n1
the highest navigational bridge on a ship;

- a small (often open) deck above the pilot house;

- syn. fly bridge, flying bridge, monkey bridge;

flycatcher / f ɫ aɪ k æ tʃ ə , f ɫ aɪ k æ tʃ ə ɹ /
n1
any of a large group of small songbirds that feed on insects taken on the wing;

- syn. Old World flycatcher, true flycatcher;

n2
large American birds that characteristically catch insects on the wing;

- syn. New World flycatcher, tyrant bird, tyrant flycatcher;

flycatching warbler
n1
any of numerous American wood warblers that feed on insects caught on the wing;

flyer / f ɫ aɪ ə , f ɫ aɪ ə ɹ /
n1
an advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet) intended for wide distribution;

- "he mailed the circular to all subscribers";

- syn. bill, broadsheet, broadside, circular, flier, handbill, throwaway;

n2
someone who travels by air;

- syn. flier;

n3
someone who operates an aircraft;

- syn. aeronaut, airman, aviator, flier;

flyfish
v1
fish with flies as lures;

- syn. fly-fish;

flying / f ɫ aɪ ɪ ŋ /
n1
an instance of traveling by air;

- "flying was still an exciting adventure for him";

- syn. flight;

a1
moving swiftly;

- "fast-flying planes";

- "played the difficult passage with flying fingers";

- syn. fast-flying;

- sim. moving;

a2
hurried and brief;

- "paid a flying visit";

- "took a flying glance at the book";

- "a quick inspection";

- "a fast visit";

- syn. fast, quick;

- sim. hurried;

flying bird
n1
birds having keeled breastbones for attachment of flight muscles;

- syn. carinate, carinate bird;

flying boat
n1
a large seaplane that floats with its fuselage in the water rather than on pontoons;

flying bomb
n1
a small jet-propelled winged missile that carries a bomb;

- syn. V-1, buzz bomb, doodlebug, robot bomb;

flying bridge
n1
the highest navigational bridge on a ship;

- a small (often open) deck above the pilot house;

- syn. fly bridge, flybridge, monkey bridge;

flying buttress
n1
a buttress that stands apart from the main structure and connected to it by an arch;

- syn. arc-boutant;

flying carpet
n1
(Asian folktale) an imaginary carpet that will fly people anywhere they wish to go;

flying cat
n1
arboreal nocturnal mammal of southeast Asia and the Philippines resembling a lemur and having a fold of skin on each side from neck to tail that is used for long gliding leaps;

- syn. colugo, flying lemur;

n2
East Indian flying squirrel;

- syn. Petaurista petaurista, flying marmot, taguan;

flying colors
n1
complete success;

- "they passed inspection with flying colors";

- syn. flying colours;

flying colours
n1
complete success;

- "they passed inspection with flying colors";

- syn. flying colors;

flying dragon
n1
any of several small tropical Asian lizards capable of gliding by spreading winglike membranes on each side of the body;

- syn. dragon, flying lizard;

flying drainpipe
n1
a simple type of jet engine;

- must be launched at high speed;

- syn. atherodyde, athodyd, ramjet, ramjet engine;

Flying Dutchman
n1
the captain of a phantom ship (the Flying Dutchman) who was condemned to sail against the wind until Judgment Day;

n2
a phantom ship that is said to appear in storms near the Cape of Good Hope;

flying field
n1
a place where planes take off and land;

- syn. airfield, field, landing field;

flying fish
n1
tropical marine fishes having enlarged winglike fins used for brief gliding flight;

flying fox
n1
large bat with a head that resembles the head of a fox;

flying gecko
n1
a gecko that has membranous expansions along the sides of its body and limbs and tail that enable it to glide short distances;

- syn. Ptychozoon homalocephalum, fringed gecko;

flying gurnard
n1
tropical fish with huge fanlike pectoral fins for underwater gliding;

- unrelated to searobins;

- syn. butterflyfish, flying robin;

flying jib
n1
the outermost of two or more jibs;

flying lemur
n1
arboreal nocturnal mammal of southeast Asia and the Philippines resembling a lemur and having a fold of skin on each side from neck to tail that is used for long gliding leaps;

- syn. colugo, flying cat;

flying lizard
n1
any of several small tropical Asian lizards capable of gliding by spreading winglike membranes on each side of the body;

- syn. dragon, flying dragon;

flying mare
n1
a wrestling maneuver;

flying marmot
n1
East Indian flying squirrel;

- syn. Petaurista petaurista, flying cat, taguan;

flying mouse
n1
tiny flying phalanger;

flying opossum
n1
nocturnal phalangers that move with gliding leaps using parachute-like folds of skin along the sides of the body;

- syn. flying phalanger, flying squirrel;

flying phalanger
n1
nocturnal phalangers that move with gliding leaps using parachute-like folds of skin along the sides of the body;

- syn. flying opossum, flying squirrel;

flying reptile
n1
an extinct reptile of the Jurassic and Cretaceous having a bird-like beak and membranous wings supported by the very long fourth digit of each forelimb;

- syn. pterosaur;

flying robin
n1
tropical fish with huge fanlike pectoral fins for underwater gliding;

- unrelated to searobins;

- syn. butterflyfish, flying gurnard;

flying saucer
n1
an (apparently) flying object whose nature is unknown;

- especially those considered to have extraterrestrial origins;

- syn. UFO, unidentified flying object;

flying school
n1
a school for teaching students to fly airplanes;

flying squad
n1
a mobile group of trained people (police or executives or officials) able to move quickly in the case of emergencies;

flying squirrel
n1
nocturnal phalangers that move with gliding leaps using parachute-like folds of skin along the sides of the body;

- syn. flying opossum, flying phalanger;

flying start
n1
a racing start in which the contestants are already in full motion when they pass the starting line;

- syn. running start;

n2
a quick and auspicious beginning;

- syn. running start;

flying visit
n1
a visit that last for only a very short time;

- "he wanted to hear all about my flying visit to his old stamping grounds";

flyleaf / f ɫ aɪ ɫ i f /
n1
a blank leaf in the front or back of a book;

flyover / f ɫ aɪ oʊ v ə , f ɫ aɪ oʊ v ə ɹ /
n1
bridge formed by the upper level of a crossing of two highways at different levels;

- syn. overpass;

n2
a flight at a low altitude (usually of military aircraft) over spectators on the ground;

- syn. fly-by, flypast;

flypaper / f ɫ aɪ p eɪ p ə , f ɫ aɪ p eɪ p ə ɹ /
n1
paper that is poisoned or coated with a sticky substance to kill flies;

flypast / f ɫ aɪ p ɑ s t /
n1
a flight at a low altitude (usually of military aircraft) over spectators on the ground;

- syn. fly-by, flyover;

flyspeck / f ɫ aɪ s p ɛ k /
n1
a tiny dark speck made by the excrement of a fly;

a1
very small;

- "diminutive in stature";

- "a lilliputian chest of drawers";

- "her petite figure";

- "tiny feet";

- "the flyspeck nation of Bahrain moved toward democracy";

- syn. bantam, diminutive, lilliputian, midget, petite, tiny;

- sim. small;

flyswat
n1
an implement with a flat part (of mesh or plastic) and a long handle;

- used to kill insects;

- syn. flyswatter, swatter;

flyswatter
n1
an implement with a flat part (of mesh or plastic) and a long handle;

- used to kill insects;

- syn. flyswat, swatter;

flytrap / f ɫ aɪ t ɹ æ p /
n1
a trap for catching flies;

flyway / f ɫ aɪ w eɪ /
n1
the geographic route along which birds customarily migrate;

- syn. migration route;

flyweight / f ɫ aɪ w eɪ t /
n1
weighs no more than 115 pounds;

n2
an amateur boxer who weighs no more than 112 pounds;

flywheel / f ɫ aɪ w i ɫ /
n1
regulator consisting of a heavy wheel that stores kinetic energy and smooths the operation of a reciprocating engine;

FM / ɛ f ɛ m /
n1
modulation of the frequency of the (radio) carrier wave;

- syn. frequency modulation;

n2
a radioactive transuranic metallic element produced by bombarding plutonium with neutrons;

- syn. atomic number 100, fermium;

fMRI
n1
a form of magnetic resonance imaging of the brain that registers blood flow to functioning areas of the brain;

- syn. functional magnetic resonance imaging;

FNMA
n1
a federally chartered corporation that purchases mortgages;

- syn. Fannie Mae, Federal National Mortgage Association;

FO / ɛ f oʊ /
n1
an officer holding the rank of major or lieutenant colonel or colonel;

- syn. field-grade officer, field officer;

fo'c'sle / f oʊ k s ɫ /
n1
living quarters consisting of a superstructure in the bow of a merchant ship where the crew is housed;

- syn. forecastle;

foal / f oʊ ɫ /
n1
a young horse;

v1
give birth to a foal;

- "the mare foaled";

foam / f oʊ m /
n1
a mass of small bubbles formed in or on a liquid;

- "the beer had a thick head of foam";

- syn. froth;

n2
a lightweight material in cellular form;

- made by introducing gas bubbles during manufacture;

v1
become bubbly or frothy or foaming;

- "The boiling soup was frothing";

- "The river was foaming";

- "sparkling water";

- syn. effervesce, fizz, form bubbles, froth, sparkle;

foam at the mouth
v1
be in a state of uncontrolled anger;

- syn. froth at the mouth;

foam rubber
n1
spongy rubber;

- made by introducing air bubbles before vulcanization and used for cushioning or upholstery;

foamflower
n1
stoloniferous white-flowered spring-blooming woodland plant;

- syn. Tiarella cordifolia, coolwart, false miterwort, false mitrewort;

foaminess
n1
the property of being foamy;

foaming / f oʊ m ɪ ŋ /
a1
emitting or filled with bubbles as from carbonation or fermentation;

- "bubbling champagne";

- "foamy (or frothy) beer";

- syn. bubbling, bubbly, effervescing, foamy, frothy, spumy;

- sim. effervescent;

a2
producing or covered with lathery sweat or saliva from exhaustion or disease;

- "the rabid animal's frothing mouth";

- syn. foamy, frothing;

- sim. unhealthy;

foamy / f oʊ m i /
a1
producing or covered with lathery sweat or saliva from exhaustion or disease;

- "the rabid animal's frothing mouth";

- syn. foaming, frothing;

- sim. unhealthy;

a2
emitting or filled with bubbles as from carbonation or fermentation;

- "bubbling champagne";

- "foamy (or frothy) beer";

- syn. bubbling, bubbly, effervescing, foaming, frothy, spumy;

- sim. effervescent;

fob / f ɒ b /
n1
a vest pocket to hold a pocket watch;

- syn. watch pocket;

n2
an adornment that hangs from a watch chain;

n3
short chain or ribbon attaching a pocket watch to a man's vest;

- syn. watch chain, watch guard;

v1
deceive somebody;

- "We tricked the teacher into thinking that class would be cancelled next week";

- syn. flim-flam, fox, play a joke on, play a trick on, play tricks, pull a fast one on, trick;

fob off
v1
sell as genuine, sell with the intention to deceive;

- syn. foist off, palm off;

focal / f oʊ k ɫ /
a1
having or localized centrally at a focus;

- "focal point";

- "focal infection";

- sim. central;

a2
of or relating to a focus;

- "focal length";

focal distance
n1
the distance from a lens to its focus;

- syn. focal length;

focal epilepsy
n1
epilepsy in which the attacks begins with an isolated disturbance of cerebral function (as a twitching of a limb or an illusory sensation or a mental disturbance);

- syn. cortical epilepsy;

focal infection
n1
bacterial infection limited to a specific organ or region especially one causing symptoms elsewhere;

focal length
n1
the distance from a lens to its focus;

- syn. focal distance;

focal point
n1
a point of convergence of light (or other radiation) or a point from which it diverges;

- syn. focus;

n2
a central point or locus of an infection in an organism;

- "the focus of infection";

- syn. focus, nidus;

n3
the concentration of attention or energy on something;

- "the focus of activity shifted to molecular biology";

- "he had no direction in his life";

- syn. centering, direction, focus, focusing, focussing;

focal ratio
n1
the ratio of the focal length to the diameter of a (camera) lens system;

- syn. f number, speed, stop number;

focal seizure
n1
transitory disturbance in motor or sensory function resulting from abnormal cortical activity;

focalisation
n1
the confinement of an infection to a limited area;

- syn. focalization;

n2
the act of bringing into focus;

- syn. focalization, focusing;

focalise
v1
concentrate on a particular place or spot;

- "The infection has localized in the left eye";

- syn. focalize, localise, localize;

v2
bring into focus or alignment;

- to converge or cause to converge;

- of ideas or emotions;

- syn. concenter, concentre, focalize, focus;

v3
become focussed or come into focus;

- "The light focused";

- syn. focalize, focus;

v4
put (an image) into focus;

- "Please focus the image;

- we cannot enjoy the movie";

- syn. focalize, focus, sharpen;

focalization
n1
the confinement of an infection to a limited area;

- syn. focalisation;

n2
the act of bringing into focus;

- syn. focalisation, focusing;

focalize
v1
concentrate on a particular place or spot;

- "The infection has localized in the left eye";

- syn. focalise, localise, localize;

v2
bring into focus or alignment;

- to converge or cause to converge;

- of ideas or emotions;

- syn. concenter, concentre, focalise, focus;

v3
become focussed or come into focus;

- "The light focused";

- syn. focalise, focus;

v4
put (an image) into focus;

- "Please focus the image;

- we cannot enjoy the movie";

- syn. focalise, focus, sharpen;

focally
r1
in a focal manner;

- "the submucosa was focally infiltrated";

focus / f oʊ k ə s /
n1
the concentration of attention or energy on something;

- "the focus of activity shifted to molecular biology";

- "he had no direction in his life";

- syn. centering, direction, focal point, focusing, focussing;

n2
maximum clarity or distinctness of an image rendered by an optical system;

- "in focus";

- "out of focus";

n3
maximum clarity or distinctness of an idea;

- "the controversy brought clearly into focus an important difference of opinion";

n4
a central point or locus of an infection in an organism;

- "the focus of infection";

- syn. focal point, nidus;

n5
special emphasis attached to something;

- "the stress was more on accuracy than on speed";

- syn. stress;

n6
a point of convergence of light (or other radiation) or a point from which it diverges;

- syn. focal point;

n7
a fixed reference point on the concave side of a conic section;

v1
direct one's attention on something;

- "Please focus on your studies and not on your hobbies";

- syn. center, centre, concentrate, pore, rivet;

v2
cause to converge on or toward a central point;

- "Focus the light on this image";

v3
bring into focus or alignment;

- to converge or cause to converge;

- of ideas or emotions;

- syn. concenter, concentre, focalise, focalize;

v4
become focussed or come into focus;

- "The light focused";

- syn. focalise, focalize;

v5
put (an image) into focus;

- "Please focus the image;

- we cannot enjoy the movie";

- syn. focalise, focalize, sharpen;

- also focus on;

focus on
v1
center upon;

- "Her entire attention centered on her children";

- "Our day revolved around our work";

- syn. center, center on, concentrate on, revolve about, revolve around;

focused / f oʊ k ə s t /
a1
being in focus or brought into focus;

- syn. focussed;

a2
(of light rays) converging on a point;

- "focused light rays can set something afire";

- syn. focussed;

- sim. convergent;

a3
of an optical system (e.g. eye or opera glasses) adjusted to produce a clear image;

- sim. adjusted;

focusing / f oʊ k ə s ɪ ŋ /
n1
the concentration of attention or energy on something;

- "the focus of activity shifted to molecular biology";

- "he had no direction in his life";

- syn. centering, direction, focal point, focus, focussing;

n2
the act of bringing into focus;

- syn. focalisation, focalization;

focussed / f oʊ k ə s t /
a1
being in focus or brought into focus;

- syn. focused;

a2
(of light rays) converging on a point;

- "focused light rays can set something afire";

- syn. focused;

- sim. convergent;

focussing / f oʊ k ə s ɪ ŋ /
n1
the concentration of attention or energy on something;

- "the focus of activity shifted to molecular biology";

- "he had no direction in his life";

- syn. centering, direction, focal point, focus, focusing;

fodder / f ɒ d ə , f ɒ d ə ɹ /
n1
soldiers who are regarded as expendable in the face of artillery fire;

- syn. cannon fodder, fresh fish;

n2
coarse food (especially for livestock) composed of entire plants or the leaves and stalks of a cereal crop;

v1
give fodder (to domesticated animals);

foe / f oʊ /
n1
an armed adversary (especially a member of an opposing military force);

- "a soldier must be prepared to kill his enemies";

- syn. enemy, foeman, opposition;

n2
a personal enemy;

- "they had been political foes for years";

- syn. enemy;

foehn
n1
a warm dry wind that blows down the northern slopes of the Alps;

- syn. fohn;

foeman / f oʊ m ə n /
n1
an armed adversary (especially a member of an opposing military force);

- "a soldier must be prepared to kill his enemies";

- syn. enemy, foe, opposition;

Foeniculum
n1
very small genus of aromatic European herbs with pinnately compound leaves and yellow flowers;

- syn. genus Foeniculum;

Foeniculum dulce
n1
grown especially for its edible aromatic bulbous stem base;

- syn. Florence fennel, Foeniculum vulgare dulce;

Foeniculum vulgare
n1
strongly aromatic with a smell of aniseed;

- leaves and seeds used for seasoning;

- syn. common fennel;

Foeniculum vulgare dulce
n1
grown especially for its edible aromatic bulbous stem base;

- syn. Florence fennel, Foeniculum dulce;

foetal / f i t ɫ /
a1
of or relating to a fetus;

- "fetal development";

- syn. fetal;

foetal circulation
n1
the system of blood vessels and structures through which blood moves in a fetus;

- syn. fetal circulation;

foetal distress
n1
an abnormal condition of a fetus;

- usually discovered during pregnancy and characterized by an abnormal heart rhythm;

- syn. fetal distress;

foetal monitor
n1
an electronic monitor that monitors fetal heartbeat and the mother's uterine contractions during childbirth;

- syn. electronic fetal monitor, electronic foetal monitor, fetal monitor;

foetal movement
n1
motion of a fetus within the uterus (usually detected by the 16th week of pregnancy);

- syn. fetal movement;

foetid / f i t ɪ d /
a1
offensively malodorous;

- "a foul odor";

- "the kitchen smelled really funky";

- syn. fetid, foul, foul-smelling, funky, ill-scented, noisome, smelly, stinking;

- sim. malodorous;

foetid bugbane
n1
bugbane of Siberia and eastern Asia having ill-smelling green-white flowers;

- syn. Cimicifuga foetida, fetid bugbane;

foetid pothos
n1
deciduous perennial low-growing fetid swamp plant of eastern North America having minute flowers enclosed in a mottled greenish or purple cowl-shaped spathe;

- syn. Symplocarpus foetidus, polecat weed, skunk cabbage;

foetology
n1
the branch of medicine concerned with the fetus in the uterus;

- syn. fetology;

foetometry
n1
measurement of a fetus (especially the diameter of the head);

- syn. fetometry;

foetoprotein
n1
any of several antigens that occur naturally in the fetus and sometimes in adults with cancer;

- syn. fetoprotein;

foetor / f oʊ t ɔ ɹ /
n1
a distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant;

- syn. fetor, malodor, malodour, mephitis, reek, stench, stink;

foetoscope
n1
a stethoscope placed on the pregnant woman's abdomen to listen for the fetal heartbeat;

- syn. fetoscope;

foetoscopy
n1
prenatal diagnosis that allows direct observation of a fetus in the uterus and the withdrawal of fetal blood;

- syn. fetoscopy;

foetus / f i t ə s /
n1
an unborn or unhatched vertebrate in the later stages of development showing the main recognizable features of the mature animal;

- syn. fetus;

fog / f ɒ ɡ /
n1
droplets of water vapor suspended in the air near the ground;

n2
an atmosphere in which visibility is reduced because of a cloud of some substance;

- syn. fogginess, murk, murkiness;

n3
confusion characterized by lack of clarity;

- syn. daze, haze;

v1
make less visible or unclear;

- "The stars are obscured by the clouds";

- "the big elm tree obscures our view of the valley";

- syn. becloud, befog, cloud, haze over, mist, obnubilate, obscure;

fog up
v1
get foggy;

- "The windshield fogged up";

fogbank / f ɒ ɡ b æ ŋ k /
n1
a large mass of fog on the sea (as seen from a distance);

fogbound / f ɒ ɡ b aʊ n d /
a1
enveloped in fog;

- "a fogbound fleet";

- "the fogbound city";

- sim. cloudy;

fogey / f oʊ ɡ i /
n1
someone whose style is out of fashion;

- syn. dodo, fogy, fossil;

fogged / f ɒ ɡ d /
a1
obscured by fog;

- "he could barely see through the fogged window";

- syn. foggy;

- sim. opaque;

fogginess / f ɒ ɡ ɪ n ə s /
n1
an atmosphere in which visibility is reduced because of a cloud of some substance;

- syn. fog, murk, murkiness;

n2
the quality of being indistinct and without sharp outlines;

- syn. blurriness, fuzziness, indistinctness, softness;

foggy / f ɒ ɡ i /
a1
stunned or confused and slow to react (as from blows or drunkenness or exhaustion);

- syn. dazed, groggy, logy, stuporous;

- sim. lethargic;

a2
indistinct or hazy in outline;

- "a landscape of blurred outlines";

- "the trees were just blurry shapes";

- syn. bleary, blurred, blurry, fuzzy, hazy, muzzy;

- sim. indistinct;

a3
filled or abounding with fog or mist;

- "a brumous October morning";

- syn. brumous, hazy, misty;

- sim. cloudy;

a4
obscured by fog;

- "he could barely see through the fogged window";

- syn. fogged;

- sim. opaque;

Foggy Bottom
n1
United States Department of State, which is housed in a building in a low-lying area of Washington near the Potomac River;

foghorn / f ɒ ɡ h ɔ n /
n1
a loud low warning signal that can be heard by fogbound ships;

- syn. fogsignal;

n2
a warning device consisting of a horn that generates a loud low tone;

foglamp / f ɒ ɡ ɫ æ m p /
n1
headlight that provides strong beam for use in foggy weather;

fogsignal / f ɒ ɡ s ɪ ɡ n ə ɫ /
n1
a loud low warning signal that can be heard by fogbound ships;

- syn. foghorn;

fogy / f oʊ ɡ i /
n1
someone whose style is out of fashion;

- syn. dodo, fogey, fossil;

fogyish / f oʊ ɡ ɪ ih ʃ /
a1
(used pejoratively) out of fashion;

- old fashioned;

- "moss-grown ideas about family life";

- syn. moss-grown, mossy, stick-in-the-mud, stodgy;

- sim. unfashionable;

fohn
n1
a warm dry wind that blows down the northern slopes of the Alps;

- syn. foehn;

foible / f ɔɪ b ɫ /
n1
a behavioral attribute that is distinctive and peculiar to an individual;

- syn. idiosyncrasy, mannerism;

n2
the weaker part of a sword's blade from the forte to the tip;

foie gras
n1
a pate made from goose liver (marinated in Cognac) and truffles;

- syn. pate de foie gras;

foil / f ɔɪ ɫ /
n1
a piece of thin and flexible sheet metal;

- "the photographic film was wrapped in foil";

n2
anything that serves by contrast to call attention to another thing's good qualities;

- "pretty girls like plain friends as foils";

- syn. enhancer;

n3
a device consisting of a flat or curved piece (as a metal plate) so that its surface reacts to the water it is passing through;

- "the fins of a fish act as hydrofoils";

- syn. hydrofoil;

n4
picture consisting of a positive photograph or drawing on a transparent base;

- viewed with a projector;

- syn. transparency;

n5
a light slender flexible sword tipped by a button;

v1
enhance by contrast;

- "In this picture, the figures are foiled against the background";

v2
hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of;

- "What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge";

- "foil your opponent";

- syn. baffle, bilk, cross, frustrate, queer, scotch, spoil, thwart;

v3
cover or back with foil;

- "foil mirrors";

foiled / f ɔɪ ɫ d /
a1
disappointingly unsuccessful;

- "disappointed expectations and thwarted ambitions";

- "their foiled attempt to capture Calais";

- "many frustrated poets end as pipe-smoking teachers";

- "his best efforts were thwarted";

- syn. defeated, disappointed, discomfited, frustrated, thwarted;

- sim. unsuccessful;

foiling / f ɔɪ ɫ ɪ ŋ /
n1
an act of hindering someone's plans or efforts;

- syn. frustration, thwarting;

foist / f ɔɪ s t /
v1
to force onto another;

- "He foisted his work on me";

v2
insert surreptitiously or without warrant;

foist off
v1
sell as genuine, sell with the intention to deceive;

- syn. fob off, palm off;

folacin
n1
a B vitamin that is essential for cell growth and reproduction;

- syn. folate, folic acid, pteroylglutamic acid, pteroylmonoglutamic acid, vitamin Bc, vitamin M;

folate
n1
a B vitamin that is essential for cell growth and reproduction;

- syn. folacin, folic acid, pteroylglutamic acid, pteroylmonoglutamic acid, vitamin Bc, vitamin M;

fold / f oʊ ɫ d /
n1
an angular or rounded shape made by folding;

- "a fold in the napkin";

- "a crease in his trousers";

- "a plication on her blouse";

- "a flexure of the colon";

- "a bend of his elbow";

- syn. bend, crease, crimp, flexure, plication;

n2
a group of people who adhere to a common faith and habitually attend a given church;

- syn. congregation, faithful;

n3
a geological process that causes a bend in a stratum of rock;

- syn. folding;

n4
a group of sheep or goats;

- syn. flock;

n5
a folded part (as in skin or muscle);

- syn. plica;

n6
a pen for sheep;

- syn. sheep pen, sheepcote, sheepfold;

n7
the act of folding;

- "he gave the napkins a double fold";

- syn. folding;

v1
bend or lay so that one part covers the other;

- "fold up the newspaper";

- "turn up your collar";

- syn. fold up, turn up;

v2
incorporate a food ingredient into a mixture by repeatedly turning it over without stirring or beating;

- "Fold the egg whites into the batter";

v3
cease to operate or cause to cease operating;

- "The owners decided to move and to close the factory";

- "My business closes every night at 8 P.M.";

- "close up the shop";

- syn. close, close down, close up, shut down;

v4
confine in a fold, like sheep;

- syn. pen up;

v5
become folded or folded up;

- "The bed folds in a jiffy";

- syn. fold up;

fold up
v1
bend or lay so that one part covers the other;

- "fold up the newspaper";

- "turn up your collar";

- syn. fold, turn up;

v2
become folded or folded up;

- "The bed folds in a jiffy";

- syn. fold;

foldable / f oʊ ɫ d eɪ b ɫ /
a1
capable of being folded up and stored;

- "a foldaway bed";

- syn. foldaway, folding;

- sim. collapsible;

foldaway / f oʊ ɫ d ə w eɪ /
a1
capable of being folded up and stored;

- "a foldaway bed";

- syn. foldable, folding;

- sim. collapsible;

folder / f oʊ ɫ d ə , f oʊ ɫ d ə ɹ /
n1
a small book usually having a paper cover;

- syn. booklet, brochure, leaflet, pamphlet;

n2
covering that is folded over to protect the contents;

folderal
n1
ornamental objects of no great value;

- syn. falderol, frill, gimcrack, gimcrackery, nonsense, trumpery;

folderol
n1
nonsensical talk or writing;

- syn. applesauce, codswallop, rubbish, trash, tripe, trumpery, wish-wash;

folding / f oʊ ɫ d ɪ ŋ /
n1
the process whereby a protein molecule assumes its intricate three-dimensional shape;

- "understanding protein folding is the next step in deciphering the genetic code";

- syn. protein folding;

n2
a geological process that causes a bend in a stratum of rock;

- syn. fold;

n3
the act of folding;

- "he gave the napkins a double fold";

- syn. fold;

a1
capable of being folded up and stored;

- "a foldaway bed";

- syn. foldable, foldaway;

- sim. collapsible;

folding chair
n1
a chair that can be folded flat for storage;

folding door
n1
an interior door that opens by folding back in sections (rather than by swinging on hinges);

- syn. accordion door;

folding money
n1
currency issued by a government or central bank and consisting of printed paper that can circulate as a substitute for specie;

- syn. paper currency, paper money;

folding saw
n1
a saw with a toothed blade that folds into a handle (the way a pocketknife folds);

foldout / f oʊ ɫ d aʊ t /
n1
an oversize page that is folded in to a book or magazine;

- syn. gatefold;

foliaceous
a1
of or pertaining to or resembling the leaf of a plant;

a2
bearing numerous leaves;

- syn. foliaged, foliose;

- sim. leafy;

a3
(especially of metamorphic rock) having thin leaflike layers or strata;

- syn. foliate, foliated;

- sim. stratified;

foliage / f oʊ ɫ ɪ ih dʒ /
n1
the main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants;

- syn. leaf, leafage;

n2
(architecture) leaf-like architectural ornament;

- syn. foliation;

foliaged / f oʊ ɫ ɪ ih dʒ d /
a1
bearing numerous leaves;

- syn. foliaceous, foliose;

- sim. leafy;

foliate / f oʊ ɫ ɪ eɪ t , f oʊ ɫ ɪ ih t /
v1
hammer into thin flat foils;

- "foliate metal";

v2
decorate with leaves;

v3
coat or back with metal foil;

- "foliate glass";

v4
number the pages of a book or manuscript;

- syn. page, paginate;

v5
grow leaves;

- "the tree foliated in Spring";

a1
ornamented with foliage or foils;

- "foliate tracery";

- "a foliated capital";

- syn. foliated;

a2
(often used as a combining form) having or resembling a leaf or having a specified kind or number of leaves;

- "`foliate' is combined with the prefix `tri' to form the word `trifoliate'";

- sim. leafy;

a3
(especially of metamorphic rock) having thin leaflike layers or strata;

- syn. foliaceous, foliated;

- sim. stratified;

foliated / f oʊ ɫ ɪ eɪ t ɪ d , f oʊ ɫ ɪ ih t ɪ d /
a1
ornamented with foliage or foils;

- "foliate tracery";

- "a foliated capital";

- syn. foliate;

a2
(especially of metamorphic rock) having thin leaflike layers or strata;

- syn. foliaceous, foliate;

- sim. stratified;

foliation / f oʊ ɫ ɪ eɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
(botany) the process of forming leaves;

- syn. leafing;

n2
(geology) the arrangement of leaflike layers in a rock;

n3
(architecture) leaf-like architectural ornament;

- syn. foliage;

n4
the production of foil by cutting or beating metal into thin leaves;

n5
the work of coating glass with metal foil;

folic acid
n1
a B vitamin that is essential for cell growth and reproduction;

- syn. folacin, folate, pteroylglutamic acid, pteroylmonoglutamic acid, vitamin Bc, vitamin M;

folie
n1
(psychiatry) a psychological disorder of thought or emotion;

- a more neutral term than mental illness;

- syn. disturbance, mental disorder, mental disturbance, psychological disorder;

folie a deux
n1
the simultaneous occurrence of symptoms of a mental disorder (as delusions) in two persons who are closely related (as siblings or man and wife);

folio / f oʊ ɫ i oʊ /
n1
the system of numbering pages;

- syn. page number, pagination, paging;

n2
a sheet of any written or printed material (especially in a manuscript or book);

- syn. leaf;

n3
a book (or manuscript) consisting of large sheets of paper folded in the middle to make two leaves or four pages;

- "the first folio of Shakespeare's plays";

foliolate
a1
(often used as a combining form) having leaflets (compound leaves) or a specified kind or number of leaflets;

- "`foliolate' is combined with the prefix `bi' to form the word `bifoliolate'";

- sim. leafy;

foliose
a1
bearing numerous leaves;

- syn. foliaceous, foliaged;

- sim. leafy;

folium / f oʊ ɫ j ə m /
n1
a thin layer or stratum of (especially metamorphic) rock;

folk / f oʊ k /
n1
people in general (often used in the plural);

- "they're just country folk";

- "folks around here drink moonshine";

- "the common people determine the group character and preserve its customs from one generation to the next";

- syn. common people, folks;

n2
a social division of (usually preliterate) people;

- syn. tribe;

n3
people descended from a common ancestor;

- "his family has lived in Massachusetts since the Mayflower";

- syn. family, family line, kinfolk, kinsfolk, phratry, sept;

n4
the traditional and typically anonymous music that is an expression of the life of people in a community;

- syn. ethnic music, folk music;

folk art
n1
genre of art of unknown origin that reflects traditional values of a society;

folk ballad
n1
a song that is traditionally sung by the common people of a region and forms part of their culture;

- syn. folk song, folksong;

folk dance
n1
a style of dancing that originated among ordinary people (not in the royal courts);

- syn. folk dancing;

v1
perform a folk-dance;

folk dancer
n1
someone who does folk dances;

folk dancing
n1
a style of dancing that originated among ordinary people (not in the royal courts);

- syn. folk dance;

folk etymology
n1
a popular but erroneous etymology;

folk music
n1
the traditional and typically anonymous music that is an expression of the life of people in a community;

- syn. ethnic music, folk;

folk poet
n1
a folk writer who composes in verse;

folk singer
n1
a singer of folk songs;

- syn. jongleur, minstrel, poet-singer, troubadour;

folk song
n1
a song that is traditionally sung by the common people of a region and forms part of their culture;

- syn. folk ballad, folksong;

folk tale
n1
a tale circulated by word of mouth among the common folk;

- syn. folktale;

folk writer
n1
a writer of folktales;

folklore / f oʊ k ɫ ɔ , f oʊ k ɫ ɔ ɹ /
n1
the unwritten lore (stories and proverbs and riddles and songs) of a culture;

folks / f oʊ k s /
n1
your parents;

- "he wrote to his folks every day";

n2
people in general (often used in the plural);

- "they're just country folk";

- "folks around here drink moonshine";

- "the common people determine the group character and preserve its customs from one generation to the next";

- syn. common people, folk;

folksong / f oʊ k s ɒ ŋ /
n1
a song that is traditionally sung by the common people of a region and forms part of their culture;

- syn. folk ballad, folk song;

folksy / f oʊ k s i /
a1
belonging to the common people, especially in regard to speech patterns, attitudes, etc.;

- "folksy humor";

- sim. lowborn;

a2
very informal and familiar;

- "a folksy radio commentator";

- "a folksy style";

- sim. informal;

folktale / f oʊ k t eɪ ɫ /
n1
a tale circulated by word of mouth among the common folk;

- syn. folk tale;

follicle / f ɒ ɫ ɪ k ɫ /
n1
any small spherical group of cells containing a cavity;

follicle-stimulating hormone
n1
a gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary and stimulates growth of Graafian follicles in female mammals, and activates the cells in male mammals that form sperm;

- syn. FSH;

follicular
a1
of or relating to or constituting a follicle;

folliculitis
n1
inflammation of a hair follicle;

follies / f ɒ ɫ ɪ z /
n1
a revue with elaborate costuming;

follow / f ɒ ɫ oʊ /
v1
to travel behind, go after, come after;

- "The ducklings followed their mother around the pond";

- "Please follow the guide through the museum";

v2
be later in time;

- "Tuesday always follows Monday";

- syn. postdate;

v3
come as a logical consequence;

- follow logically;

- "It follows that your assertion is false";

- "the theorem falls out nicely";

- syn. fall out;

v4
travel along a certain course;

- "follow the road";

- "follow the trail";

- syn. travel along;

v5
act in accordance with someone's rules, commands, or wishes;

- "He complied with my instructions";

- "You must comply or else!";

- "Follow these simple rules";

- "abide by the rules";

- syn. abide by, comply;

v6
come after in time, as a result;

- "A terrible tsunami followed the earthquake";

- syn. come after;

v7
behave in accordance or in agreement with;

- "Follow a pattern";

- "Follow my example";

- syn. conform to;

v8
be next;

- "Mary plays best, with John and Sue following";

v9
choose and follow;

- as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans;

- "She followed the feminist movement";

- "The candidate espouses Republican ideals";

- syn. adopt, espouse;

v10
to bring something about at a later time than;

- "She followed dinner with a brandy";

- "He followed his lecture with a question and answer period";

v11
imitate in behavior;

- take as a model;

- "Teenagers follow their friends in everything";

- syn. take after;

v12
follow, discover, or ascertain the course of development of something;

- "We must follow closely the economic development is Cuba";

- "trace the student's progress";

- "trace one's ancestry";

- syn. trace;

v13
follow with the eyes or the mind;

- "Keep an eye on the baby, please!";

- "The world is watching Sarajevo";

- "She followed the men with the binoculars";

- syn. keep an eye on, observe, watch, watch over;

v14
be the successor (of);

- "Carter followed Ford";

- "Will Charles succeed to the throne?";

- syn. come after, succeed;

v15
perform an accompaniment to;

- "The orchestra could barely follow the frequent pitch changes of the soprano";

- syn. accompany, play along;

v16
keep informed;

- "He kept up on his country's foreign policies";

- syn. keep abreast, keep up;

v17
to be the product or result;

- "Melons come from a vine";

- "Understanding comes from experience";

- syn. come;

v18
accept and follow the leadership or command or guidance of;

- "Let's follow our great helmsman!";

- "She followed a guru for years";

v19
adhere to or practice;

- "These people still follow the laws of their ancient religion";

v20
work in a specific place, with a specific subject, or in a specific function;

- "He is a herpetologist";

- "She is our resident philosopher";

- syn. be;

v21
keep under surveillance;

- "The police had been following him for weeks but they could not prove his involvement in the bombing";

- syn. surveil, survey;

v22
follow in or as if in pursuit;

- "The police car pursued the suspected attacker";

- "Her bad deed followed her and haunted her dreams all her life";

- syn. pursue;

v23
grasp the meaning;

- "Can you follow her argument?";

- "When he lectures, I cannot follow";

v24
keep to;

- "Stick to your principles";

- "stick to the diet";

- syn. stick to, stick with;

follow-on / f ɒ ɫ oʊ ɒ n /
n1
an immediate second innings forced on a cricket team scoring a prescribed number of runs fewer than its opponents in the first innings;

follow-through / f ɒ ɫ oʊ θ ɹ u /
n1
carrying some project or intention to full completion;

- "I appreciated his follow-through on his promise";

n2
the act of carrying a stroke to its natural completion;

- "his follow-through was straight down the line toward the target";

- "squash can be dangerous if your opponent has a long follow-through";

follow-up / f ɒ ɫ oʊ ʌ p /
n1
a piece of work that exploits or builds on earlier work;

- "his new software is a follow-up to the programs they started with";

- syn. followup;

n2
an activity that continues something that has already begun or that repeats something that has already been done;

- syn. followup;

n3
a subsequent examination of a patient for the purpose of monitoring earlier treatment;

- syn. followup, reexamination, review;

follow out
v1
pursue to a conclusion or bring to a successful issue;

- "Did he go through with the treatment?";

- "He implemented a new economic plan";

- "She followed up his recommendations with a written proposal";

- syn. carry out, follow through, follow up, go through with, implement, put through;

follow suit
v1
do what someone else is doing;

follow through
v1
carry a stroke to natural completion after hitting or releasing a ball;

v2
pursue to a conclusion or bring to a successful issue;

- "Did he go through with the treatment?";

- "He implemented a new economic plan";

- "She followed up his recommendations with a written proposal";

- syn. carry out, follow out, follow up, go through with, implement, put through;

follow up
v1
pursue to a conclusion or bring to a successful issue;

- "Did he go through with the treatment?";

- "He implemented a new economic plan";

- "She followed up his recommendations with a written proposal";

- syn. carry out, follow out, follow through, go through with, implement, put through;

v2
increase the effectiveness or success of by further action;

- "The doctor followed up the surgery with radiation";

follow up on
v1
carry further or advance;

- "Can you act on this matter soon?";

- syn. act on, pursue;

follower / f ɒ ɫ oʊ ə , f ɒ ɫ oʊ ə ɹ /
n1
a person who accepts the leadership of another;

n2
someone who travels behind or pursues another;

followers / f ɒ ɫ oʊ ə z /
n1
a group of followers or enthusiasts;

- syn. following;

Followers of the Prophet
n1
a resurgent Islamic fundamentalist organization based in Nigeria that is thought to be planning terrorist attacks;

- syn. al Sunna Wal Jamma;

following / f ɒ ɫ oʊ ɪ ŋ /
n1
a group of followers or enthusiasts;

- syn. followers;

n2
the act of pursuing in an effort to overtake or capture;

- "the culprit started to run and the cop took off in pursuit";

- syn. chase, pursual, pursuit;

a1
about to be mentioned or specified;

- "the following items";

- syn. undermentioned;

- sim. succeeding;

a2
immediately following in time or order;

- "the following day";

- "next in line";

- "the next president";

- "the next item on the list";

- syn. next;

- sim. succeeding;

a3
going or proceeding or coming after in the same direction;

- "the crowd of following cars made the occasion seem like a parade";

- "tried to outrun the following footsteps";

- sim. pursuing;

a4
in the desired direction;

- "a following wind";

- sim. favorable;

followup
n1
a piece of work that exploits or builds on earlier work;

- "his new software is a follow-up to the programs they started with";

- syn. follow-up;

n2
an activity that continues something that has already begun or that repeats something that has already been done;

- syn. follow-up;

n3
a subsequent examination of a patient for the purpose of monitoring earlier treatment;

- syn. follow-up, reexamination, review;

folly / f ɒ ɫ i /
n1
the trait of acting stupidly or rashly;

- syn. foolishness, unwiseness;

n2
a stupid mistake;

- syn. betise, foolishness, imbecility, stupidity;

n3
the quality of being rash and foolish;

- "trying to drive through a blizzard is the height of folly";

- "adjusting to an insane society is total foolishness";

- syn. craziness, foolishness, madness;

n4
foolish or senseless behavior;

- syn. craziness, foolery, indulgence, lunacy, tomfoolery;

Folsom culture
n1
the Paleo-American culture of Central America and North America;

- distinguished chiefly by a thin finely made flint projectile point having the shape of a leaf;

foment / f oʊ m ɛ n t /
v1
try to stir up public opinion;

- syn. agitate, stir up;

v2
bathe with warm water or medicated lotions;

- "His legs should be fomented";

fomentation / f oʊ m ɛ n t eɪ ʃ n /
n1
a substance used as a warm moist medicinal compress or poultice;

n2
application of warm wet coverings to a part of the body to relieve pain and inflammation;

n3
deliberate and intentional triggering (of trouble or discord);

- syn. instigation;

fomenter / f oʊ m ɛ n t ə /
n1
one who agitates;

- a political troublemaker;

- syn. agitator;

Fomes
n1
genus of bracket fungi forming corky or woody perennial shelflike sporophores often of large size;

- includes some that cause destructive heartrot in trees;

- syn. genus Fomes;

Fomes igniarius
n1
fungus used in the preparation of punk for fuses;

- syn. agaric;

fomite
n1
any inanimate object (as a towel or money or clothing or dishes or books or toys etc.) that can transmit infectious agents from one person to another;

- syn. vehicle;

Fomor
n1
one of a group of Celtic sea demons sometimes associated with the hostile power of nature;

- syn. Fomorian;

Fomorian
n1
one of a group of Celtic sea demons sometimes associated with the hostile power of nature;

- syn. Fomor;

fond / f ɒ n , f ɒ n d /
a1
having or displaying warmth or affection;

- "affectionate children";

- "a fond embrace";

- "fond of his nephew";

- "a tender glance";

- syn. affectionate, lovesome, tender;

- sim. loving;

a2
extravagantly or foolishly loving and indulgent;

- "adoring grandparents";

- "deceiving her preoccupied and doting husband with a young captain";

- "hopelessly spoiled by a fond mother";

- syn. adoring, doting;

- sim. loving;

a3
(followed by `of' or `to') having a strong preference or liking for;

- "fond of chocolate";

- "partial to horror movies";

- syn. partial;

- sim. inclined;

a4
absurd or silly because unlikely;

- "fond hopes of becoming President";

- "fond fancies";

- sim. foolish;

fond regard
n1
a feeling of affection for a person or an institution;

- syn. attachment;

Fonda / f ɒ n d ə /
n1
United States film actress and daughter of Henry Fonda (born in 1937);

- syn. Jane Fonda;

n2
United States film actor (1905-1982);

- syn. Henry Fonda;

fondant / f ɒ n d ə n t /
n1
candy made of a thick creamy sugar paste;

fondle / f ɒ n d ɫ /
v1
touch or stroke lightly in a loving or endearing manner;

- "He caressed her face";

- "They fondled in the back seat of the taxi";

- syn. caress;

fondler / f ɒ n d ɫ ə /
n1
a lover who gently fondles and caresses the loved one;

- "they are heavy petters";

- syn. petter;

n2
a molester who touches the intimate parts of the victim;

- "the woman charged that her jailer was a fondler";

- "not all fondlers are sexual perverts";

fondling / f ɒ n d ɫ ɪ ŋ /
n1
affectionate play (or foreplay without contact with the genital organs);

- syn. caressing, cuddling, hugging, kissing, necking, petting, smooching, snuggling;

fondly / f ɒ n d ɫ i /
r1
with fondness;

- with love;

- "she spoke to her children fondly";

- syn. lovingly;

fondness / f ɒ n d n ə s /
n1
a predisposition to like something;

- "he had a fondness for whiskey";

- "she had dismissed him quite brutally, relegating him to the status of a passing fancy, or less";

- syn. fancy, partiality;

n2
a positive feeling of liking;

- "he had trouble expressing the affection he felt";

- "the child won everyone's heart";

- "the warmness of his welcome made us feel right at home";

- syn. affection, affectionateness, heart, philia, tenderness, warmheartedness, warmness;

n3
a quality proceeding from feelings of affection or love;

- syn. affectionateness, lovingness, warmth;

fondu
n1
cubes of meat or seafood cooked in hot oil and then dipped in any of various sauces;

- syn. fondue;

n2
hot cheese or chocolate melted to the consistency of a sauce into which bread or fruits are dipped;

- syn. fondue;

fondue
n1
cubes of meat or seafood cooked in hot oil and then dipped in any of various sauces;

- syn. fondu;

n2
hot cheese or chocolate melted to the consistency of a sauce into which bread or fruits are dipped;

- syn. fondu;

font / f ɒ n t /
n1
a specific size and style of type within a type family;

- syn. case, face, fount, typeface;

n2
bowl for baptismal water;

- syn. baptismal font, baptistery, baptistry;

font cartridge
n1
any font that is contained in a cartridge that can be plugged into a computer printer;

- syn. cartridge font;

fontanel
n1
any membranous gap between the bones of the cranium in an infant or fetus;

- syn. fontanelle, soft spot;

fontanelle
n1
any membranous gap between the bones of the cranium in an infant or fetus;

- syn. fontanel, soft spot;

Fontanne
n1
United States actress (born in England) who married Alfred Lunt and performed with him in many plays (1887-1983);

- syn. Lynn Fontanne;

Fontenoy
n1
a battle in 1745 in which the French army under Marshal Saxe defeated the English army and their allies under the duke of Cumberland;

- syn. Battle of Fontenoy;

Fonteyn
n1
English dancer who danced with Rudolf Nureyev (born in 1919);

- syn. Dame Margot Fonteyn;

food / f u d /
n1
any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue;

- syn. nutrient;

n2
any solid substance (as opposed to liquid) that is used as a source of nourishment;

- "food and drink";

- syn. solid food;

n3
anything that provides mental stimulus for thinking;

- syn. food for thought, intellectual nourishment;

food additive
n1
an additive to food intended to improve its flavor or appearance or shelf-life;

- syn. artificial additive;

food allergy
n1
allergic reaction to a substance ingested in food;

Food and Agriculture Organization
n1
the United Nations agency concerned with the international organization of food and agriculture;

- syn. FAO, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations;

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
n1
the United Nations agency concerned with the international organization of food and agriculture;

- syn. FAO, Food and Agriculture Organization;

Food and Drug Administration
n1
a federal agency in the Department of Health and Human Services established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products;

- syn. FDA;

food bank
n1
a place where food is contributed and made available to those in need;

- "they set up a food bank for the flood victims";

food cache
n1
food in a secure or hidden storage place;

food chain
n1
(ecology) a community of organisms where each member is eaten in turn by another member;

food color
n1
a digestible substance used to give color to food;

- "food color made from vegetable dyes";

- syn. coloring, colouring, food coloring, food colour, food colouring;

food coloring
n1
a digestible substance used to give color to food;

- "food color made from vegetable dyes";

- syn. coloring, colouring, food color, food colour, food colouring;

food colour
n1
a digestible substance used to give color to food;

- "food color made from vegetable dyes";

- syn. coloring, colouring, food color, food coloring, food colouring;

food colouring
n1
a digestible substance used to give color to food;

- "food color made from vegetable dyes";

- syn. coloring, colouring, food color, food coloring, food colour;

food company
n1
a company that processes and sells food;

food court
n1
an area (as in a shopping mall) where fast food is sold (usually around a common eating area);

food cycle
n1
(ecology) a community of organisms where there are several interrelated food chains;

- syn. food web;

food elevator
n1
a small elevator used to convey food (or other goods) from one floor of a building to another;

- syn. dumbwaiter;

food faddist
n1
a person who adheres briefly to different diets;

food fish
n1
any fish used for food by human beings;

food for thought
n1
anything that provides mental stimulus for thinking;

- syn. food, intellectual nourishment;

food grain
n1
foodstuff prepared from the starchy grains of cereal grasses;

- syn. cereal, grain;

food hamper
n1
a hamper for packing and transporting food;

food manufacturer
n1
a person who manufactures food products;

food market
n1
a marketplace where groceries are sold;

- "the grocery store included a meat market";

- syn. grocery, grocery store, market;

food poisoning
n1
illness caused by poisonous or contaminated food;

- syn. gastrointestinal disorder;

food processor
n1
a kitchen appliance with interchangeable blades;

- used for shredding or blending or chopping or slicing food;

food product
n1
a substance that can be used or prepared for use as food;

- syn. foodstuff;

food pyramid
n1
(ecology) a hierarchy of food chains with the principal predator at the top;

- each level preys on the level below;

food shop
n1
a shop selling ready-to-eat food products;

- syn. deli, delicatessen;

food stamp
n1
a government-issued stamp that can be used in exchange for food;

food turner
n1
cooking utensil having a flat flexible part and a long handle;

- used for turning or serving food;

- syn. turner;

food waste
n1
food that is discarded (as from a kitchen);

- syn. garbage, refuse, scraps;

food web
n1
(ecology) a community of organisms where there are several interrelated food chains;

- syn. food cycle;

foodie
n1
a person devoted to refined sensuous enjoyment (especially good food and drink);

- syn. bon vivant, epicure, epicurean, gastronome, gourmet;

foodless / f u d ɫ ə s /
a1
being without food;

- sim. malnourished;

foodstuff / f u d s t ʌ f /
n1
(usually plural) consumer goods sold by a grocer;

- syn. grocery;

n2
a substance that can be used or prepared for use as food;

- syn. food product;

fool / f u ɫ /
n1
a person who lacks good judgment;

- syn. muggins, sap, saphead, tomfool;

n2
a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of;

- syn. chump, fall guy, gull, mark, mug, patsy, soft touch, sucker;

n3
a professional clown employed to entertain a king or nobleman in the Middle Ages;

- syn. jester, motley fool;

v1
make a fool or dupe of;

- syn. befool, gull;

v2
spend frivolously and unwisely;

- "Fritter away one's inheritance";

- syn. dissipate, fool away, fritter, fritter away, frivol away, shoot;

v3
fool or hoax;

- "The immigrant was duped because he trusted everyone";

- "You can't fool me!";

- syn. befool, cod, dupe, gull, put on, put one across, put one over, slang, take in;

v4
indulge in horseplay;

- "Enough horsing around--let's get back to work!";

- "The bored children were fooling about";

- syn. arse around, fool around, horse around;

fool's cap
n1
a cone-shaped paper hat formerly placed on the head of slow or lazy pupils;

- syn. dunce's cap, dunce cap;

fool's errand
n1
a fruitless mission;

fool's gold
n1
a common mineral (iron disulfide) that has a pale yellow color;

- syn. iron pyrite, pyrite;

fool's huckleberry
n1
straggling shrub of northwestern North America having foliage with a bluish tinge and umbels of small bell-shaped flowers;

- syn. Menziesia ferruginea, false azalea;

fool's paradise
n1
an illusory state of wellbeing;

fool's parsley
n1
European weed naturalized in America that resembles parsley but causes nausea and poisoning when eaten;

- syn. Aethusa cynapium, lesser hemlock;

fool around
v1
indulge in horseplay;

- "Enough horsing around--let's get back to work!";

- "The bored children were fooling about";

- syn. arse around, fool, horse around;

v2
commit adultery;

- "he plays around a lot";

- syn. play around;

fool away
v1
spend frivolously and unwisely;

- "Fritter away one's inheritance";

- syn. dissipate, fool, fritter, fritter away, frivol away, shoot;

foolery / f u ɫ ə ɹ i /
n1
foolish or senseless behavior;

- syn. craziness, folly, indulgence, lunacy, tomfoolery;

foolhardiness / f u ɫ h ɑ d ɪ n ə s /
n1
the trait of giving little thought to danger;

- syn. rashness, recklessness;

foolhardy / f u ɫ h ɑ d i /
a1
marked by defiant disregard for danger or consequences;

- "foolhardy enough to try to seize the gun from the hijacker";

- "became the fiercest and most reckless of partisans"-Macaulay;

- "a reckless driver";

- "a rash attempt to climb Mount Everest";

- syn. heady, rash, reckless;

- sim. bold;

fooling / f u ɫ ɪ ŋ /
a1
characterized by a feeling of irresponsibility;

- "a broken back is nothing to be casual about;

- it is no fooling matter";

- syn. casual;

- sim. light;

foolish / f u ɫ ɪ ʃ /
a1
devoid of good sense or judgment;

- "foolish remarks";

- "a foolish decision";

- also ill-advised, impolitic, imprudent, inadvisable, unadvisable, unadvised;

- sim. absurd, fond, goofy, harebrained, ill-conceived, mindless, rattlebrained, unwise;

a2
having or revealing stupidity;

- "ridiculous anserine behavior";

- "a dopey answer";

- "a dopey kid";

- "some fool idea about rewriting authors' books";

- syn. anserine, dopey, dopy, gooselike, goosey, goosy, jerky;

- sim. stupid;

foolish woman
n1
a female fool;

- syn. flibbertigibbet;

foolishly / f u ɫ ɪ ʃ ɫ i /
r1
without good sense or judgment;

- "He acted foolishly when he agreed to come";

- syn. unwisely;

foolishness / f u ɫ ɪ ʃ n ə s /
n1
the trait of acting stupidly or rashly;

- syn. folly, unwiseness;

n2
the quality of being rash and foolish;

- "trying to drive through a blizzard is the height of folly";

- "adjusting to an insane society is total foolishness";

- syn. craziness, folly, madness;

n3
a stupid mistake;

- syn. betise, folly, imbecility, stupidity;

foolproof / f u ɫ p ɹ u f /
v1
proof against human misuse or error;

- "foolproof this appliance";

- syn. goof-proof, goofproof;

a1
not liable to failure;

- "a foolproof identification system";

- "the unfailing sign of an amateur";

- "an unfailing test";

- syn. unfailing;

- sim. infallible;

foolscap / f u ɫ s k æ p , f u ɫ z k æ p /
n1
a size of paper used especially in Britain;

foot / f ʊ t /
n1
the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint;

- "his bare feet projected from his trousers";

- "armored from head to foot";

- syn. human foot, pes;

n2
a linear unit of length equal to 12 inches or a third of a yard;

- "he is six feet tall";

- syn. ft;

n3
the lower part of anything;

- "curled up on the foot of the bed";

- "the foot of the page";

- "the foot of the list";

- "the foot of the mountain";

n4
the pedal extremity of vertebrates other than human beings;

- syn. animal foot;

n5
lowest support of a structure;

- "it was built on a base of solid rock";

- "he stood at the foot of the tower";

- syn. base, foundation, fundament, groundwork, substructure, understructure;

n6
any of various organs of locomotion or attachment in invertebrates;

- syn. invertebrate foot;

n7
travel by walking;

- "he followed on foot";

- "the swiftest of foot";

n8
a member of a surveillance team who works on foot or rides as a passenger;

n9
an army unit consisting of soldiers who fight on foot;

- "there came ten thousand horsemen and as many fully-armed foot";

- syn. infantry;

n10
(prosody) a group of 2 or 3 syllables forming the basic unit of poetic rhythm;

- syn. metrical foot, metrical unit;

n11
a support resembling a pedal extremity;

- "one foot of the chair was on the carpet";

v1
pay for something;

- "pick up the tab";

- "pick up the burden of high-interest mortgages";

- "foot the bill";

- syn. pick;

v2
walk;

- "let's hoof it to the disco";

- syn. hoof, hoof it, leg it;

v3
add a column of numbers;

- syn. foot up;

foot-and-mouth disease
n1
acute contagious disease of cloven-footed animals marked by ulcers in the mouth and around the hoofs;

- syn. hoof-and-mouth disease;

foot-lambert
n1
a former luminance unit equal to one lumen per square foot;

- syn. ft-L;

foot-pound / f ʊ t p aʊ n d /
n1
a unit of work equal to a force of one pound moving through a distance of one foot;

foot-poundal
n1
a unit of work equal to a force of one poundal moving through a distance of one foot;

foot-shaped
a1
shaped in the form of a foot;

- sim. formed;

foot-ton
n1
2240 foot-pounds;

foot brake
n1
hydraulic brake operated by pressing on a foot pedal;

foot doctor
n1
a specialist in care for the feet;

- syn. chiropodist, podiatrist;

foot lever
n1
a lever that is operated with the foot;

- syn. foot pedal, pedal, treadle;

foot pedal
n1
a lever that is operated with the foot;

- syn. foot lever, pedal, treadle;

foot race
n1
a race run on foot;

- "she broke the record for the half-mile run";

- syn. footrace, run;

foot rot
n1
contagious degenerative infection of the feet of hoofed animals (especially cattle and sheep);

n2
plant disease in which the stem or trunk rots at the base;

foot rule
n1
a ruler one foot long;

foot soldier
n1
fights on foot with small arms;

- syn. footslogger, infantryman, marcher;

n2
an assistant subject to the authority or control of another;

- syn. subordinate, subsidiary, underling;

foot traffic
n1
people coming and going on foot;

- syn. pedestrian traffic;

foot up
v1
add a column of numbers;

- syn. foot;

footage / f ʊ t ɪ dʒ /
n1
film that has been shot;

- "they had stock footage of lightning, tornados, and hurricanes";

- "he edited the news footage";

n2
a rate of charging by the linear foot of work done;

football / f ʊ t b ɔ ɫ /
n1
any of various games played with a ball (round or oval) in which two teams try to kick or carry or propel the ball into each other's goal;

- syn. football game;

n2
the inflated oblong ball used in playing American football;

football-shaped
a1
shaped in the form of a football;

- sim. formed;

football coach
n1
a coach of football players;

football field
n1
the playing field on which football is played;

- syn. gridiron;

football game
n1
any of various games played with a ball (round or oval) in which two teams try to kick or carry or propel the ball into each other's goal;

- syn. football;

football helmet
n1
a padded helmet with a face mask to protect the head of football players;

football hero
n1
a football player who has achieved a reputation for success;

football league
n1
a league of football teams;

football official
n1
an official who enforces the rules at a football game;

football play
n1
(American football) a play by the offensive team;

football player
n1
an athlete who plays American football;

- syn. footballer;

football score
n1
the score in a football game;

football season
n1
the season when football is played;

football stadium
n1
a stadium where football games are held;

football team
n1
a team that plays football;

- syn. eleven;

football tee
n1
support holding a football on end and above the ground preparatory to the kickoff;

- syn. tee;

footballer / f ʊ t b ɔ ɫ ə , f ʊ t b ɔ ɫ ə ɹ /
n1
an athlete who plays American football;

- syn. football player;

footbath / f ʊ t b ɑ θ /
n1
a small bathtub for warming or washing or disinfecting the feet;

footboard / f ʊ t b ɔ d /
n1
a narrow platform on which to stand or brace the feet;

n2
a vertical board or panel forming the foot of a bedstead;

footbridge / f ʊ t b ɹ ɪ dʒ /
n1
a bridge designed for pedestrians;

- syn. overcrossing, pedestrian bridge;

footcandle
n1
a unit of illuminance on a surface that is everywhere 1 foot from a point source of 1 candle;

footed / f ʊ t ɪ d /
a1
having feet;

- "footed creatures";

- "a footed sofa";

- sim. flat-footed, pedate, swift-footed, web-footed;

footedness / f ʊ t ɪ d n ə s /
n1
the property of favoring one foot over the other (as in kicking a ball);

footer / f ʊ t ə , f ʊ t ə ɹ /
n1
(used only in combinations) the height or length of something in feet;

- "he is a six-footer";

- "the golfer sank a 40-footer";

- "his yacht is a 60-footer";

n2
a person who travels by foot;

- syn. pedestrian, walker;

n3
a printed note placed below the text on a printed page;

- syn. footnote;

footfall / f ʊ t f ɔ ɫ /
n1
the sound of a step of someone walking;

- "he heard footsteps on the porch";

- syn. footstep, step;

footfault / f ʊ t f ɔ ɫ t /
n1
a fault that occurs when the server in tennis fails to keep both feet behind the baseline;

footgear / f ʊ t ɡ ɪə /
n1
covering for a person's feet;

- syn. footwear;

foothill / f ʊ t h ɪ ɫ /
n1
a relatively low hill on the lower slope of a mountain;

foothold / f ʊ t h oʊ ɫ d /
n1
an area in hostile territory that has been captured and is held awaiting further troops and supplies;

- "an attempt to secure a bridgehead behind enemy lines";

- "the only foothold left for British troops in Europe was Gibraltar";

- syn. bridgehead;

n2
a place providing support for the foot in standing or climbing;

- syn. footing;

n3
an initial accomplishment that opens the way for further developments;

- "the town became a beachhead in the campaign to ban smoking outdoors";

- "they are presently attempting to gain a foothold in the Russian market";

- syn. beachhead;

footing / f ʊ t ɪ ŋ /
n1
status with respect to the relations between people or groups;

- "on good terms with her in-laws";

- "on a friendly footing";

- syn. terms;

n2
a relation that provides the foundation for something;

- "they were on a friendly footing";

- "he worked on an interim basis";

- syn. basis, ground;

n3
a place providing support for the foot in standing or climbing;

- syn. foothold;

footle / f u t ɫ /
v1
be about;

- "The high school students like to loiter in the Central Square";

- "Who is this man that is hanging around the department?";

- syn. hang around, lallygag, linger, loaf, loiter, lollygag, lounge, lurk, mess about, mill about, mill around, tarry;

v2
act foolishly, as by talking nonsense;

footless / f u t ɫ ɪ s /
a1
having no feet or analogous appendages;

- sim. apodal;

footlights / f ʊ t ɫ aɪ t s /
n1
theater light at the front of a stage that illuminate the set and actors;

footling / f u t ɫ ɪ ŋ /
a1
(informal) small and of little importance;

- "a fiddling sum of money";

- "a footling gesture";

- "our worries are lilliputian compared with those of countries that are at war";

- "a little (or small) matter";

- "a dispute over niggling details";

- "limited to petty enterprises";

- "piffling efforts";

- "giving a police officer a free meal may be against the law, but it seems to be a picayune infraction";

- syn. fiddling, lilliputian, little, niggling, petty, picayune, piddling, piffling, trivial;

- sim. unimportant;

footlocker / f ʊ t ɫ ɒ k ə /
n1
a trunk for storing personal possessions;

- usually kept at the foot of a bed (as in a barracks);

- syn. locker;

footloose / f ʊ t ɫ u s /
a1
free to go or do as one pleases;

- "Americans have always been a footloose people always moving on";

- "a footloose young man eager to see the big city";

- sim. free;

footman / f ʊ t m ə n /
n1
a man employed as a servant in a large establishment (as a palace) to run errands and do chores;

footmark / f ʊ t m ɑ k /
n1
a mark of a foot or shoe on a surface;

- "the police made casts of the footprints in the soft earth outside the window";

- syn. footprint, step;

footnote / f ʊ t n oʊ t /
n1
a printed note placed below the text on a printed page;

- syn. footer;

v1
add explanatory notes to or supply with critical comments;

- "The scholar annotated the early edition of a famous novel";

- syn. annotate;

footpad / f ʊ t p æ d /
n1
a highwayman who robs on foot;

- syn. padder;

footpath / f ʊ t p ɑ θ /
n1
a trodden path;

- syn. pathway;

footplate / f ʊ t p ɫ eɪ t /
n1
the platform in the cab of a locomotive on which the engineer stands to operate the controls;

footprint / f ʊ t p ɹ ɪ n t /
n1
a mark of a foot or shoe on a surface;

- "the police made casts of the footprints in the soft earth outside the window";

- syn. footmark, step;

n2
a trace suggesting that something was once present or felt or otherwise important;

- "the footprints of an earlier civilization";

n3
the area taken up by some object;

- "the computer had a desktop footprint of 10 by 16 inches";

footprint evidence
n1
evidence in the form of footprints;

- "there was footprint evidence that he had been at the scene of the crime";

footrace / f ʊ t ɹ eɪ s /
n1
a race run on foot;

- "she broke the record for the half-mile run";

- syn. foot race, run;

footrest / f ʊ t ɹ ɛ s t /
n1
a low seat or a stool to rest the feet of a seated person;

- syn. footstool, ottoman, tuffet;

footslog / f ʊ t s ɫ ɒ ɡ /
v1
walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud;

- "Mules plodded in a circle around a grindstone";

- syn. pad, plod, slog, tramp, trudge;

footslogger / f ʊ t s ɫ ɒ ɡ ə , f ʊ t s ɫ ɒ ɡ ə ɹ /
n1
fights on foot with small arms;

- syn. foot soldier, infantryman, marcher;

footsore / f ʊ t s ɔ , f ʊ t s ɔ ɹ /
a1
having sore or tired feet;

- sim. tired;

footstall
n1
an architectural support or base (as for a column or statue);

- syn. pedestal, plinth;

footstep / f ʊ t s t ɛ p /
n1
the sound of a step of someone walking;

- "he heard footsteps on the porch";

- syn. footfall, step;

n2
the act of taking a step in walking;

n3
the distance covered by a step;

- "he stepped off ten paces from the old tree and began to dig";

- syn. pace, step, stride;

footsteps-of-spring
n1
sanicle of northwestern United States and British Columbia having yellow flowers;

- syn. Sanicula arctopoides;

footstool / f ʊ t s t u ɫ /
n1
a low seat or a stool to rest the feet of a seated person;

- syn. footrest, ottoman, tuffet;

footsure / f ʊ tʃ ʊə , f ʊ tʃ ʊə ɹ /
a1
not liable to stumble or fall;

- "on surefooted donkeys";

- syn. sure-footed, surefooted;

- sim. steady;

footwall / f ʊ t w ɔ ɫ /
n1
the lower wall of an inclined fault;

footwear / f ʊ t w eə , f ʊ t w eə ɹ /
n1
clothing worn on a person's feet;

n2
covering for a person's feet;

- syn. footgear;

footwork / f ʊ t w ɝ k /
n1
the manner of using the feet;

n2
skillful maneuvering or dealing;

- "she needs some fancy footwork to cover all those lies";

fop / f ɒ p /
n1
a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance;

- syn. beau, clotheshorse, dandy, dude, fashion plate, gallant, sheik, swell;

foppish / f ɒ p ɪ ʃ /
a1
affecting extreme elegance in dress and manner;

- syn. dandified, dandyish;

- sim. elegant;

foppishness / f ɒ p ɪ ʃ n ə s /
n1
the manner and dress of a fop or dandy;

- syn. dandyism;

for 24 hours
r1
without stopping;

- "she worked around the clock";

- syn. around the clock, round the clock;

for a bargain price
r1
for a relatively small amount of money;

- "we bought the house for a song";

- syn. at a low price, for a song;

for a song
r1
for a relatively small amount of money;

- "we bought the house for a song";

- syn. at a low price, for a bargain price;

for a while
r1
for a short time;

- "sit down and stay awhile";

- "they settled awhile in Virginia before moving West";

- "the baby was quiet for a while";

- syn. awhile;

for all intents and purposes
r1
in every practical sense;

- "to all intents and purposes the case is closed";

- "the rest are for all practical purposes useless";

- syn. for all practical purposes, to all intents and purposes;

for all practical purposes
r1
in every practical sense;

- "to all intents and purposes the case is closed";

- "the rest are for all practical purposes useless";

- syn. for all intents and purposes, to all intents and purposes;

for all the world
r1
under any circumstances;

- "she wouldn't give up her pets for love or money";

- syn. for any price, for anything, for love or money;

for any price
r1
under any circumstances;

- "she wouldn't give up her pets for love or money";

- syn. for all the world, for anything, for love or money;

for anything
r1
under any circumstances;

- "she wouldn't give up her pets for love or money";

- syn. for all the world, for any price, for love or money;

for certain
r1
definitely or positively (`sure' is sometimes used informally for `surely');

- "the results are surely encouraging";

- "she certainly is a hard worker";

- "it's going to be a good day for sure";

- "they are coming, for certain";

- "they thought he had been killed sure enough";

- "he'll win sure as shooting";

- "they sure smell good";

- "sure he'll come";

- syn. certainly, for sure, sure, sure as shooting, sure enough, surely;

for dear life
r1
as though your life was at stake;

- "he was running for dear life";

for each one
r1
to or from every one of two or more (considered individually);

- "they received $10 each";

- syn. apiece, each, from each one, to each one;

for example
r1
as an example;

- "take ribbon snakes, for example";

- syn. e.g., for instance;

for free
r1
without payment;

- "I'll give you this gratis";

- syn. free of charge, gratis;

for fun
r1
not intended seriously;

- meant as a joke;

- "some of the girls did go to extremes, but it was all in fun";

- "let's pretend we don't like Mary, just for fun";

- syn. in fun;

for good
r1
for a long time without essential change;

- "he is permanently disabled";

- syn. permanently;

for good measure
r1
in addition (as to close a deal);

- "the car salesman threw in the radio, for good measure";

for instance
r1
as an example;

- "take ribbon snakes, for example";

- syn. e.g., for example;

for keeps
r1
for the winner to keep all;

- "they played for keeps";

for love or money
r1
under any circumstances;

- "she wouldn't give up her pets for love or money";

- syn. for all the world, for any price, for anything;

for one
r1
as a particular one of several possibilities;

- "I for one feel very grateful";

- "her mother for one was worried";

for sale
a1
available for purchase;

- "purchasable goods";

- "many houses in the area are for sale";

- syn. purchasable;

- sim. available;

for short
r1
as an abbreviation;

- "call me Bob for short";

for sure
a1
not open to doubt;

- "she wanted to go;

- that was for sure";

- sim. unquestionable;

r1
definitely or positively (`sure' is sometimes used informally for `surely');

- "the results are surely encouraging";

- "she certainly is a hard worker";

- "it's going to be a good day for sure";

- "they are coming, for certain";

- "they thought he had been killed sure enough";

- "he'll win sure as shooting";

- "they sure smell good";

- "sure he'll come";

- syn. certainly, for certain, sure, sure as shooting, sure enough, surely;

for that matter
r1
as far as that is concerned;

- "for that matter I don't care either";

for the asking
r1
on the occasion of a request;

- "advice was free for the asking";

- syn. on request;

for the moment
r1
temporarily;

- "we'll stop for the time being";

- syn. for the time being;

for the most part
r1
in large part;

- mainly or chiefly;

- "These accounts are largely inactive";

- syn. largely, mostly;

for the time being
r1
temporarily;

- "we'll stop for the time being";

- syn. for the moment;

forage / f ɒ ɹ ɪ dʒ /
n1
bulky food like grass or hay for browsing or grazing horses or cattle;

- syn. eatage, grass, pasturage, pasture;

n2
the act of searching for food and provisions;

- syn. foraging;

v1
collect or look around for (food);

- syn. scrounge;

v2
wander and feed;

- "The animals forage in the woods";

forager / f ɒ ɹ ɪ dʒ ə /
n1
someone who hunts for food and provisions;

- "in Japan a fungus forager can earn a good living";

foraging / f ɒ ɹ ɪ dʒ ɪ ŋ /
n1
the act of searching for food and provisions;

- syn. forage;

foram
n1
marine microorganism having a calcareous shell with openings where pseudopods protrude;

- syn. foraminifer;

foramen / f ə ɑ m ɛ n /
n1
a natural opening or perforation through a bone or a membranous structure;

- syn. hiatus;

foramen magnum
n1
the large opening at the base of the cranium through which the spinal cord passes;

foramen of Monro
n1
the small opening (on both the right and left sides) that connects the third ventricle in the diencephalon with the lateral ventricle in the cerebral hemisphere;

- syn. Monro's foramen, interventricular foramen;

foraminifer
n1
marine microorganism having a calcareous shell with openings where pseudopods protrude;

- syn. foram;

Foraminifera
n1
foraminifers;

- syn. order Foraminifera;

foray / f ɒ ɹ eɪ /
n1
a sudden short attack;

- syn. maraud, raid;

n2
an initial attempt (especially outside your usual areas of competence);

- "scientists' forays into politics";

v1
steal goods;

- take as spoils;

- "During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners";

- syn. despoil, loot, pillage, plunder, ransack, reave, rifle, strip;

v2
briefly enter enemy territory;

foray into
v1
enter someone else's territory and take spoils;

- "The pirates raided the coastal villages regularly";

- syn. raid;

forbear / f ɔ b eə , f ɔ b eə ɹ /
n1
a person from whom you are descended;

- syn. forebear;

v1
refrain from doing;

- "she forbore a snicker";

- syn. hold back;

v2
resist doing something;

- "He refrained from hitting him back";

- "she could not forbear weeping";

- syn. refrain;

forbearance / f ɔ b eə ɹ ə n s /
n1
good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence;

- syn. longanimity, patience;

n2
a delay in enforcing rights or claims or privileges;

- refraining from acting;

- "his forbearance to reply was alarming";

forbearing / f ɔ b eə ɹ ɪ ŋ /
a1
showing patient and unruffled self-control and restraint under adversity;

- slow to retaliate or express resentment;

- "seemly and forbearing...yet strong enough to resist aggression";

- "was longanimous in the face of suffering";

- syn. longanimous;

- sim. patient;

forbid / f ə b ɪ d /
v1
command against;

- "I forbid you to call me late at night";

- "Mother vetoed the trip to the chocolate store";

- "Dad nixed our plans";

- syn. disallow, interdict, nix, prohibit, proscribe, veto;

v2
keep from happening or arising;

- make impossible;

- "My sense of tact forbids an honest answer";

- "Your role in the projects precludes your involvement in the competitive project";

- syn. foreclose, forestall, preclude, prevent;

forbiddance / f ə b ɪ d d ɑ n s /
n1
an official prohibition or edict against something;

- syn. ban, banning, forbidding;

n2
the action of prohibiting or inhibiting or forbidding (or an instance thereof);

- "they were restrained by a prohibition in their charter";

- "a medical inhibition of alcoholic beverages";

- "he ignored his parents' forbiddance";

- syn. inhibition, prohibition;

forbidden / f ə b ɪ d n /
a1
excluded from use or mention;

- "forbidden fruit";

- "in our house dancing and playing cards were out";

- "a taboo subject";

- syn. out, prohibited, proscribed, taboo, tabu, verboten;

- sim. impermissible;

Forbidden City
n1
the sacred city of Lamaism;

- known as the Forbidden City for its former inaccessibility and hostility to strangers;

- syn. Lassa, Lhasa, capital of Tibet;

n2
a walled section of Beijing that encloses the palace that was formerly the residence of the emperor of China;

forbidden fruit
n1
originally an apple from the tree of knowledge of good and evil in the Garden of Eden;

- it is now used to refer to anything that is tempting but dangerous (as sexuality);

forbidding / f ə b ɪ d ɪ ŋ /
n1
an official prohibition or edict against something;

- syn. ban, banning, forbiddance;

a1
harshly uninviting or formidable in manner or appearance;

- "a dour, self-sacrificing life";

- "a forbidding scowl";

- "a grim man loving duty more than humanity";

- "undoubtedly the grimmest part of him was his iron claw"- J.M.Barrie;

- syn. dour, grim;

- sim. unpleasant;

a2
threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments;

- "a baleful look";

- "forbidding thunderclouds";

- "his tone became menacing";

- "ominous rumblings of discontent";

- "sinister storm clouds";

- "a sinister smile";

- "his threatening behavior";

- "ugly black clouds";

- "the situation became ugly";

- syn. baleful, menacing, minacious, minatory, ominous, sinister, threatening;

- sim. alarming;

forbiddingly / f ə b ɪ d ɪ ŋ ɫ i /
r1
in an unpleasant or menacing manner;

- "it was forbiddingly dark in the corridor";

force / f ɔ s /
n1
a powerful effect or influence;

- "the force of his eloquence easily persuaded them";

n2
(physics) the influence that produces a change in a physical quantity;

- "force equals mass times acceleration";

n3
physical energy or intensity;

- "he hit with all the force he could muster";

- "it was destroyed by the strength of the gale";

- "a government has not the vitality and forcefulness of a living man";

- syn. forcefulness, strength;

n4
group of people willing to obey orders;

- "a public force is necessary to give security to the rights of citizens";

- syn. personnel;

n5
a unit that is part of some military service;

- "he sent Caesar a force of six thousand men";

- syn. military force, military group, military unit;

n6
an act of aggression (as one against a person who resists);

- "he may accomplish by craft in the long run what he cannot do by force and violence in the short one";

- syn. violence;

n7
one possessing or exercising power or influence or authority;

- "the mysterious presence of an evil power";

- "may the force be with you";

- "the forces of evil";

- syn. power;

n8
a group of people having the power of effective action;

- "he joined forces with a band of adventurers";

n9
(of a law) having legal validity;

- "the law is still in effect";

- syn. effect;

n10
a putout of a base runner who is required to run;

- the putout is accomplished by holding the ball while touching the base to which the runner must advance before the runner reaches that base;

- "the shortstop got the runner at second on a force";

- syn. force-out, force out, force play;

v1
to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means;

- "She forced him to take a job in the city";

- "He squeezed her for information";

- syn. coerce, hale, pressure, squeeze;

v2
urge or force (a person) to an action;

- constrain or motivate;

- syn. impel;

v3
move with force;

- "He pushed the table into a corner";

- syn. push;

- also force out, force out;

v4
impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably;

- "She forced her diet fads on him";

- syn. thrust;

v5
squeeze like a wedge into a tight space;

- "I squeezed myself into the corner";

- syn. squeeze, wedge;

v6
force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically;

- "She rammed her mind into focus";

- "He drives me mad";

- syn. drive, ram;

v7
do forcibly;

- exert force;

- "Don't force it!";

- also force back, force out, force out, force out;

v8
take by force;

- "Storm the fort";

- syn. storm;

force-feed / f ɔ s f i d /
v1
feed someone who will not or cannot eat;

force-feed lubricating system
n1
mechanical system of lubricating internal combustion engines in which a pump forces oil into the engine bearings;

- syn. force feed, lubricating system, pressure-feed lubricating system, pressure feed;

force-land / f ɔ s ɫ æ n d /
v1
make a forced landing;

force-out
n1
a putout of a base runner who is required to run;

- the putout is accomplished by holding the ball while touching the base to which the runner must advance before the runner reaches that base;

- "the shortstop got the runner at second on a force";

- syn. force, force out, force play;

Force 17
n1
formed in 1972 as a personal security force for Arafat and other PLO leaders;

- became one of PLO's elite units;

- has built an extensive infrastructure of terrorist cells and weapon depots in Europe while attacking Israeli targets;

force back
v1
cause to move back by force or influence;

- "repel the enemy";

- "push back the urge to smoke";

- "beat back the invaders";

- syn. beat back, drive, push back, repel, repulse;

force feed
n1
mechanical system of lubricating internal combustion engines in which a pump forces oil into the engine bearings;

- syn. force-feed lubricating system, lubricating system, pressure-feed lubricating system, pressure feed;

force field
n1
the space around a radiating body within which its electromagnetic oscillations can exert force on another similar body not in contact with it;

- syn. field, field of force;

force majeure / f ɔ s m æ ʒ ɝ , f ɔ s m æ ʒ ɝ ɹ /
n1
a natural and unavoidable catastrophe that interrupts the expected course of events;

- "he discovered that his house was not insured against acts of God";

- syn. act of God, inevitable accident, unavoidable casualty, vis major;

force out
n1
a putout of a base runner who is required to run;

- the putout is accomplished by holding the ball while touching the base to which the runner must advance before the runner reaches that base;

- "the shortstop got the runner at second on a force";

- syn. force, force-out, force play;

v1
force to leave (an office);

- syn. depose;

v2
terminate the employment of;

- discharge from an office or position;

- "The boss fired his secretary today";

- "The company terminated 25% of its workers";

- syn. can, dismiss, displace, fire, give notice, give the axe, give the sack, sack, send away, terminate;

v3
force or drive out;

- "The police routed them out of bed at 2 A.M.";

- syn. drive out, rouse, rout out;

v4
press, force, or thrust out of a small space;

- "The weeds crowded out the flowers";

- syn. crowd out;

v5
expel from one's property or force to move out by a legal process;

- "The landlord evicted the tenants after they had not paid the rent for four months";

- syn. evict;

v6
cause to come out in a squirt;

- "the boy squirted water at his little sister";

- syn. eject, squeeze out, squirt;

v7
force with the thumb;

- "gouge out his eyes";

- syn. gouge;

v8
emit or cause to move with force of effort;

- "force out the air";

- "force out the splinter";

force per unit area
n1
the force applied to a unit area of surface;

- measured in pascals (SI unit) or in dynes (cgs unit);

- "the compressed gas exerts an increased pressure";

- syn. pressure, pressure level;

force play
n1
a putout of a base runner who is required to run;

- the putout is accomplished by holding the ball while touching the base to which the runner must advance before the runner reaches that base;

- "the shortstop got the runner at second on a force";

- syn. force, force-out, force out;

force pump
n1
pump used to force a liquid up and expel it under pressure;

force unit
n1
a unit of measurement of physical force;

forced / f ɔ s t /
a1
produced by or subjected to forcing;

- "forced-air heating";

- "furnaces of the forced-convection type";

- "forced convection in plasma generators";

a2
forced or compelled;

- "promised to abolish forced labor";

- sim. involuntary;

a3
made necessary by an unexpected situation or emergency;

- "a forced landing";

- sim. unscheduled;

a4
lacking spontaneity;

- not natural;

- "a constrained smile";

- "forced heartiness";

- "a strained smile";

- syn. constrained, strained;

- sim. affected;

forced feeding
n1
feeding that consists of the delivery of a nutrient solution (as through a nasal tube) to someone who cannot or will not eat;

- syn. gavage;

forced landing
n1
an unscheduled airplane landing that is made under circumstances (engine failure or adverse weather) not under the pilot's control;

- syn. emergency landing;

forced sale
n1
a sale of property by the sheriff under authority of a court's writ of execution in order satisfy an unpaid obligation;

- syn. execution sale, judicial sale, sheriff's sale;

forceful / f ɔ s f ə ɫ /
a1
characterized by or full of force or strength (often but not necessarily physical);

- "a forceful speaker";

- "a forceful personality";

- "forceful measures";

- "a forceful plan for peace";

- sim. bruising, drastic, emphatic, firm, forcible, impellent, impetuous, sharp;

a2
forceful and definite in expression or action;

- "the document contained a particularly emphatic guarantee of religious liberty";

- syn. emphatic;

- sim. assertive;

forcefully / f ɔ s f ə ɫ i /
r1
with full force;

- "we are seeing this film too late to feel its original impact forcefully";

forcefulness / f ɔ s f ə ɫ n ə s /
n1
physical energy or intensity;

- "he hit with all the force he could muster";

- "it was destroyed by the strength of the gale";

- "a government has not the vitality and forcefulness of a living man";

- syn. force, strength;

forceless / f ɔ s ɫ ɛ s /
a1
lacking force;

- feeble;

- "a forceless argument";

- syn. unforceful;

- sim. wimpish;

forcemeat / f ɔ s m i t /
n1
mixture of ground raw chicken and mushrooms with pistachios and truffles and onions and parsley and lots of butter and bound with eggs;

- syn. farce;

forceps / f ɔ s ɛ p s /
n1
an extractor consisting of a pair of pincers used in medical treatment (especially for the delivery of babies);

forceps delivery
n1
delivery in which forceps are inserted through the vagina and used to grasp the head of the fetus and pull it through the birth canal;

- since the forceps can injure the fetus this procedure has generally given way to cesarean deliveries;

Forces of Umar Al-Mukhtar
n1
a little known Palestinian group responsible for bombings and for killing Israelis;

- seeks to defeat Israel and liberate southern Lebanon, Palestine, and Golan Heights;

- syn. Umar al-Mukhtar Forces;

forcible / f ɔ s ə b ɫ /
a1
impelled by physical force especially against resistance;

- "forcible entry";

- "a real cop would get physical";

- "strong-arm tactics";

- syn. physical, strong-arm;

- sim. forceful;

forcibly / f ɔ s ə b ɫ i /
r1
in a forcible manner;

- "keep in mind the dangers of imposing our own values and prejudices too forcibly";

forcing out
n1
the act of expelling or projecting or ejecting;

- syn. ejection, expulsion, projection;

forcipate
a1
shaped like a forceps;

- deeply forked;

Ford / f ɔ d /
n1
United States film maker (1896-1973);

- syn. John Ford;

n2
grandson of Henry Ford (1917-1987);

- syn. Henry Ford II;

n3
son of Henry Ford (1893-1943);

- syn. Edsel Bryant Ford;

n4
English writer and editor (1873-1939);

- syn. Ford Hermann Hueffer, Ford Madox Ford;

n5
38th President of the United States;

- appointed vice president and succeeded Nixon when Nixon resigned (1913-2006);

- syn. Gerald Ford, Gerald R. Ford, Gerald Rudolph Ford, President Ford;

n6
United States manufacturer of automobiles who pioneered mass production (1863-1947);

- syn. Henry Ford;

n7
a shallow area in a stream that can be forded;

- syn. crossing;

n8
the act of crossing a stream or river by wading or in a car or on a horse;

- syn. fording;

v1
cross a river where it's shallow;

Ford Hermann Hueffer
n1
English writer and editor (1873-1939);

- syn. Ford, Ford Madox Ford;

Ford Madox Ford
n1
English writer and editor (1873-1939);

- syn. Ford, Ford Hermann Hueffer;

fordable / f ɔ d ə b ɫ /
a1
shallow enough to be crossed by walking or riding on an animal or in a vehicle;

- "the stream was fordable";

- sim. shallow;

Fordhooks
n1
relatively large lima beans;

fording / f ɔ d ɪ ŋ /
n1
the act of crossing a stream or river by wading or in a car or on a horse;

- syn. ford;

fore / f ɔ , f ɔ ɹ /
n1
front part of a vessel or aircraft;

- "he pointed the bow of the boat toward the finish line";

- syn. bow, prow, stem;

a1
situated at or toward the bow of a vessel;

- also forward, front;

- sim. foremost;

r1
near or toward the bow of a ship or cockpit of a plane;

- "the captain went fore (or forward) to check the instruments";

- syn. forward;

fore-and-aft
a1
parallel with the keel of a boat or ship;

- sim. lengthwise;

fore-and-aft rig
n1
rig in which the principal sails are fore-and-aft;

fore-and-aft sail
n1
any sail not set on a yard and whose normal position is in a fore-and-aft direction;

fore-and-aft topsail
n1
a triangular fore-and-aft sail with its foot along the gaff and its luff on the topmast;

- syn. gaff topsail;

fore-and-after
n1
sailing vessel with a fore-and-aft rig;

fore-topmast
n1
the topmast next above the foremast;

fore-topsail
n1
the topsail on a foremast;

fore-wing
n1
either of the anterior pair of wings on an insect that has four wings;

- syn. fore wing, forewing;

fore edge
n1
the part of a book that faces inward when the book is shelved;

- the part opposite the spine;

- syn. foredge;

fore plane
n1
a carpenter's plane intermediate between a jack plane and a jointer plane;

fore wing
n1
either of the anterior pair of wings on an insect that has four wings;

- syn. fore-wing, forewing;

forearm / f ɔ ɹ ɑ m /
n1
the part of the superior limb between the elbow and the wrist;

v1
arm in advance of a confrontation;

forebear / f ɔ ɹ b eə /
n1
a person from whom you are descended;

- syn. forbear;

forebode / f ɔ b oʊ d /
v1
make a prediction about;

- tell in advance;

- "Call the outcome of an election";

- syn. anticipate, call, foretell, predict, prognosticate, promise;

foreboding / f ɔ b oʊ d ɪ ŋ /
n1
a feeling of evil to come;

- "a steadily escalating sense of foreboding";

- "the lawyer had a presentiment that the judge would dismiss the case";

- syn. boding, premonition, presentiment;

n2
an unfavorable omen;

a1
ominously prophetic;

- syn. fateful, portentous;

- sim. prophetic;

forebrain / f ɔ ɹ b ɹ eɪ n /
n1
the anterior portion of the brain;

- the part of the brain that develops from the anterior part of the neural tube;

- syn. prosencephalon;

forecast / f ɔ k ɑ s t /
n1
a prediction about how something (as the weather) will develop;

- syn. prognosis;

v1
predict in advance;

- syn. calculate;

v2
judge to be probable;

- syn. calculate, count on, estimate, figure, reckon;

v3
indicate, as with a sign or an omen;

- "These signs bode bad news";

- syn. augur, auspicate, betoken, bode, foreshadow, foretell, omen, portend, predict, prefigure, presage, prognosticate;

forecaster / f ɔ k ɑ s t ə , f ɔ k ɑ s t ə ɹ /
n1
someone who makes predictions of the future (usually on the basis of special knowledge);

- syn. predictor, prognosticator, soothsayer;

forecasting / f ɔ k ɑ s t ɪ ŋ /
n1
a statement made about the future;

- syn. foretelling, prediction, prognostication;

forecastle / f oʊ k s ɫ /
n1
living quarters consisting of a superstructure in the bow of a merchant ship where the crew is housed;

- syn. fo'c'sle;

foreclose / f ɔ k ɫ oʊ z /
v1
keep from happening or arising;

- make impossible;

- "My sense of tact forbids an honest answer";

- "Your role in the projects precludes your involvement in the competitive project";

- syn. forbid, forestall, preclude, prevent;

v2
subject to foreclosing procedures;

- take away the right of mortgagors to redeem their mortgage;

foreclosure / f ɔ k ɫ oʊ ʒ ə , f ɔ k ɫ oʊ ʒ ə ɹ /
n1
the legal proceedings initiated by a creditor to repossess the collateral for loan that is in default;

forecourt / f ɔ k ɔ t /
n1
the outer or front court of a building or of a group of buildings;

foredate / f ɔ ɹ d eɪ t /
v1
establish something as being earlier relative to something else;

- syn. antedate, predate;

foredeck / f ɔ ɹ d ɛ k /
n1
the deck between the bridge and the forecastle;

foredge
n1
the part of a book that faces inward when the book is shelved;

- the part opposite the spine;

- syn. fore edge;

foredoom / f ɔ d u m /
v1
doom beforehand;

forefather / f ɔ f ɑ ð ə , f ɔ f ɑ ð ə ɹ /
n1
the founder of a family;

- "keep the faith of our forefathers";

- syn. father, sire;

n2
person from an earlier time who contributed to the tradition shared by some group;

- "our forefathers brought forth a great nation";

forefend / f ɔ ɹ f ɛ n d /
v1
prevent the occurrence of;

- prevent from happening;

- "Let's avoid a confrontation";

- "head off a confrontation";

- "avert a strike";

- syn. avert, avoid, debar, deflect, fend off, forfend, head off, obviate, stave off, ward off;

forefinger / f ɔ f ɪ ŋ ɡ ə , f ɔ f ɪ ŋ ɡ ə ɹ /
n1
the finger next to the thumb;

- syn. index, index finger;

forefoot / f ɔ f ʊ t /
n1
a front foot of a quadruped;

forefront / f ɔ f ɹ ʌ n t /
n1
the part in the front or nearest the viewer;

- "he was in the forefront";

- "he was at the head of the column";

- syn. head;

n2
the position of greatest importance or advancement;

- the leading position in any movement or field;

- "the Cotswolds were once at the forefront of woollen manufacturing in England";

- "the idea of motion was always to the forefront of his mind and central to his philosophy";

- syn. cutting edge, vanguard;

foregather / f ɔ ɡ æ ð ə , f ɔ ɡ æ ð ə ɹ /
v1
collect in one place;

- "We assembled in the church basement";

- "Let's gather in the dining room";

- syn. assemble, forgather, gather, meet;

forego / f ɔ ɡ oʊ /
v1
be earlier in time;

- go back further;

- "Stone tools precede bronze tools";

- syn. antecede, antedate, forgo, precede, predate;

v2
do without or cease to hold or adhere to;

- "We are dispensing with formalities";

- "relinquish the old ideas";

- syn. dispense with, foreswear, forgo, relinquish, waive;

v3
lose (s.th.) or lose the right to (s.th.) by some error, offense, or crime;

- "you've forfeited your right to name your successor";

- "forfeited property";

- syn. forfeit, forgo, give up, throw overboard, waive;

foregoing / f ɔ ɡ oʊ ɪ ŋ /
a1
especially of writing or speech;

- going before;

- sim. preceding;

foregone / f ɔ ɡ ɒ n /
a1
well in the past;

- former;

- "bygone days";

- "dreams of foregone times";

- "sweet memories of gone summers";

- "relics of a departed era";

- syn. bygone, bypast, departed, gone;

- sim. past;

foregone conclusion
n1
an inevitable ending;

- syn. matter of course;

n2
something that is certain;

- "his victory is a certainty";

- syn. certainty, sure thing;

foreground / f ɔ ɡ ɹ aʊ n d /
n1
the part of a scene that is near the viewer;

n2
(computer science) a window for an active application;

v1
move into the foreground to make more visible or prominent;

- "The introduction highlighted the speaker's distinguished career in linguistics";

- syn. highlight, play up, spotlight;

foreground processing
n1
the execution of a program that preempts the use of the processing system;

- syn. foregrounding;

foregrounding / f ɔ ɡ ɹ aʊ n d ɪ ŋ /
n1
the execution of a program that preempts the use of the processing system;

- syn. foreground processing;

forehand / f ɔ h æ n d , f ɒ ɹ ɪ d /
n1
(sports) a return made with the palm of the hand facing the direction of the stroke (as in tennis or badminton or squash);

- syn. forehand shot, forehand stroke;

a1
(of racket strokes) made with palm facing direction of stroke;

- syn. forehanded;

forehand drive
n1
(sports) hard straight return made on the forehand side (as in tennis or badminton or squash);

forehand shot
n1
(sports) a return made with the palm of the hand facing the direction of the stroke (as in tennis or badminton or squash);

- syn. forehand, forehand stroke;

forehand stroke
n1
(sports) a return made with the palm of the hand facing the direction of the stroke (as in tennis or badminton or squash);

- syn. forehand, forehand shot;

forehanded / f ɔ h æ n d ɪ d , f ɒ ɹ ɪ d ɪ d /
a1
(of racket strokes) made with palm facing direction of stroke;

- syn. forehand;

a2
having provided for the future;

- sim. provident;

forehead / f ɒ ɹ ɪ d /
n1
the part of the face above the eyes;

- syn. brow;

n2
the large cranial bone forming the front part of the cranium: includes the upper part of the orbits;

- syn. frontal bone, os frontale;

foreign / f ɒ ɹ ə n /
a1
of concern to or concerning the affairs of other nations (other than your own);

- "foreign trade";

- "a foreign office";

- also international;

- sim. abroad, external;

a2
relating to or originating in or characteristic of another place or part of the world;

- "foreign nations";

- "a foreign accent";

- "on business in a foreign city";

- syn. strange;

- sim. adventive, alien, established, foreign-born, imported, nonnative, tramontane, unnaturalized;

a3
not contained in or deriving from the essential nature of something;

- "an economic theory alien to the spirit of capitalism";

- "the mysticism so foreign to the French mind and temper";

- "jealousy is foreign to her nature";

- syn. alien;

- sim. extrinsic;

a4
not belonging to that in which it is contained;

- introduced from an outside source;

- "water free of extraneous matter";

- "foreign particles in milk";

- syn. extraneous;

- sim. adulterating;

foreign-born
a1
of persons born in another area or country than that lived in;

- "our large nonnative population";

- syn. nonnative;

- sim. foreign;

foreign agent
n1
a spy for a foreign country;

foreign aid
n1
aid (such as economic or military assistance) provided to one nation by another;

foreign bill
n1
a bill of exchange that is drawn in one country and made payable in another;

- syn. foreign draft;

foreign correspondent
n1
a journalist who sends news reports and commentary from a foreign country for publication or broadcast;

foreign country
n1
any state of which one is not a citizen;

- "working in a foreign country takes a bit of getting used to";

foreign direct investment
n1
investing in United States businesses by foreign citizens (often involves stock ownership of the business);

n2
a joint venture between a foreign company and a United States company;

foreign draft
n1
a bill of exchange that is drawn in one country and made payable in another;

- syn. foreign bill;

foreign exchange
n1
the system by which one currency is exchanged for another;

- enables international transactions to take place;

Foreign Intelligence Service
n1
Russia's intelligence service responsible for foreign operations, intelligence-gathering and analysis, and the exchange of intelligence information;

- collaborates with other countries to oppose proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, terrorism and organized crime;

- syn. SVR, Sluzhba Vneshney Razvedki;

Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act
n1
an act passed by Congress in 1978 to establish procedures for requesting judicial authorization for foreign intelligence surveillance and to create the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court;

- intended to increase United States counterintelligence;

- separate from ordinary law enforcement surveillance;

- syn. FISA;

Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court
n1
a secret federal court created in 1978 by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act;

- responsible for authorizing wiretaps and other forms of electronic surveillance and for authorizing searches of suspected spies and terrorists by the Department of Justice or United States intelligence agencies;

- syn. F.I.S.C.;

foreign legion
n1
a military unit composed of foreign volunteers who serve the state;

foreign minister
n1
a government minister for foreign relations;

- syn. secretary of state;

foreign mission
n1
an organization of missionaries in a foreign land sent to carry on religious work;

- syn. mission, missionary post, missionary station;

n2
a permanent diplomatic mission headed by a minister;

- syn. legation;

Foreign Office
n1
the government department in charge of foreign relations;

foreign policy
n1
a policy governing international relations;

Foreign Service
n1
the part of the State Department that supplies diplomats for the United States embassies and consulates around the world;

foreign terrorist organization
n1
a political movement that uses terror as a weapon to achieve its goals;

- syn. FTO, terrorist group, terrorist organization;

foreigner / f ɒ ɹ ə n ə , f ɒ ɹ ə n ə ɹ /
n1
a person who comes from a foreign country;

- someone who does not owe allegiance to your country;

- syn. alien, noncitizen, outlander;

n2
someone who is excluded from or is not a member of a group;

- syn. outsider;

foreignness / f ɒ ɹ ə n n ɛ s /
n1
the quality of being alien or not native;

- "the strangeness of a foreigner";

- syn. curiousness, strangeness;

foreknow / f ɔ n oʊ /
v1
realize beforehand;

- syn. anticipate, foresee, previse;

foreknowledge / f ɔ n ɒ ɫ ɪ dʒ /
n1
knowledge of an event before it occurs;

- syn. precognition;

forelady / f ɔ ɹ ɫ eɪ d i /
n1
a woman who is foreperson of a jury;

- syn. forewoman;

foreland / f ɔ ɫ ə n d /
n1
a natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea);

- syn. head, headland, promontory;

n2
land forming the forward margin of something;

foreleg / f ɔ ɫ ɛ ɡ /
n1
the forelimb of a quadruped;

forelimb / f ɔ ɹ ɫ ɪ m /
n1
the front limb (or the homologous structure in other animals, such as a flipper or wing);

forelock / f ɔ ɫ ɒ k /
n1
a lock of hair growing (or falling) over the forehead;

n2
a lock of a horse's mane that grows forward between the ears;

- syn. foretop;

foreman / f ɔ m ə n /
n1
a person who exercises control over workers;

- "if you want to leave early you have to ask the foreman";

- syn. boss, chief, gaffer, honcho;

n2
a man who is foreperson of a jury;

foremanship / f ɔ m ə n ʃ ɪ p /
n1
the position of foreman;

foremast / f ɔ m ɑ s t /
n1
the mast nearest the bow in vessels with two or more masts;

foremilk
n1
milky fluid secreted for the first day or two after parturition;

- syn. colostrum;

foremost / f ɔ m oʊ s t /
a1
ranking above all others;

- "was first in her class";

- "the foremost figure among marine artists";

- "the top graduate";

- syn. first, world-class;

- sim. best;

a2
preceding all others in spatial position;

- "the foremost compartment of the ship";

- syn. frontmost;

- sim. front;

a3
situated closest to the bow;

- "the foremost compartment of the ship";

- sim. fore;

r1
prominently forward;

- "he put his best foot foremost";

- syn. first;

r2
before anything else;

- "first we must consider the garter snake";

- syn. first, first of all, first off, firstly;

foremother / f ɔ ɹ m ʌ ð ə /
n1
a woman ancestor;

forename / f ɔ n eɪ m /
n1
the name that precedes the surname;

- syn. first name, given name;

forenoon / f ɔ n u n /
n1
the time period between dawn and noon;

- "I spent the morning running errands";

- syn. morn, morning, morning time;

forensic / f ə ɹ ɛ n s ɪ k /
a1
of, relating to, or used in public debate or argument;

- sim. rhetorical;

a2
used or applied in the investigation and establishment of facts or evidence in a court of law;

- "forensic photograph";

- "forensic ballistics";

- sim. applied;

forensic medicine
n1
the branch of medical science that uses medical knowledge for legal purposes;

- "forensic pathology provided the evidence that convicted the murderer";

- syn. forensic pathology;

forensic pathology
n1
the branch of medical science that uses medical knowledge for legal purposes;

- "forensic pathology provided the evidence that convicted the murderer";

- syn. forensic medicine;

forensics / f ə ɹ ɛ n s ɪ k s /
n1
scientific tests or techniques used in the investigation of crimes;

foreordain / f ɔ ɹ ɔ d eɪ n /
v1
foreordain by divine will or decree;

- syn. predestinate, predestine;

v2
foreordain or determine beforehand;

- syn. predestine, preordain;

foreordained / f ɔ ɹ ɔ d eɪ n d /
a1
established or prearranged unalterably;

- "his place in history was foreordained";

- "a sense of predestinate inevitability about it";

- "it seemed predestined since the beginning of the world";

- syn. predestinate, predestined;

- sim. certain;

foreordination / f ɔ ɹ ɔ d ɪ n eɪ ʃ n /
n1
(theology) being determined in advance;

- especially the doctrine (usually associated with Calvin) that God has foreordained every event throughout eternity (including the final salvation of mankind);

- syn. predestination, predetermination, preordination;

forepart / f ɔ p ɑ t /
n1
the side that is forward or prominent;

- syn. front, front end;

forepaw / f ɔ ɹ p ɔ /
n1
front paw;

- analogous to the human hand;

foreperson
n1
the presiding member of the jury and the one who speaks on their behalf;

foreplay / f ɔ ɹ p ɫ eɪ /
n1
mutual sexual fondling prior to sexual intercourse;

- syn. arousal, stimulation;

forequarter / f ɔ ɹ k w ɔ t ə /
n1
the front half of a side of meat;

forerunner / f ɔ ɹ ʌ n ə , f ɔ ɹ ʌ n ə ɹ /
n1
a person who goes before or announces the coming of another;

- syn. precursor;

n2
something that precedes and indicates the approach of something or someone;

- syn. harbinger, herald, precursor, predecessor;

n3
anything that precedes something similar in time;

- "phrenology was an antecedent of modern neuroscience";

- syn. antecedent;

foresail / f ɔ s eɪ ɫ /
n1
the lowest sail on the foremast of a square-rigged vessel;

foresee / f ɔ s i /
v1
realize beforehand;

- syn. anticipate, foreknow, previse;

v2
picture to oneself;

- imagine possible;

- "I cannot envision him as President";

- syn. envision;

v3
act in advance of;

- deal with ahead of time;

- syn. anticipate, counter, forestall;

foreseeable / f ɔ s i ə b ɫ /
a1
capable of being anticipated;

- "foreseeable costs were well within the budget";

- sim. predictable;

foreshadow / f ɔ ʃ æ d oʊ /
v1
indicate, as with a sign or an omen;

- "These signs bode bad news";

- syn. augur, auspicate, betoken, bode, forecast, foretell, omen, portend, predict, prefigure, presage, prognosticate;

foreshadowing / f ɔ ʃ æ d oʊ ɪ ŋ /
n1
the act of providing vague advance indications;

- representing beforehand;

- syn. adumbration, prefiguration;

a1
indistinctly prophetic;

- syn. adumbrative, prefigurative;

- sim. prophetic;

foreshank
n1
a cut of meat from the upper part of a front leg;

foreshock
n1
a tremor preceding an earthquake;

foreshore / f ɔ ʃ ɔ , f ɔ ʃ ɔ ɹ /
n1
the part of the seashore between the highwater mark and the low-water mark;

foreshorten / f ɔ ʃ ɔ t n /
v1
reduce in scope while retaining essential elements;

- "The manuscript must be shortened";

- syn. abbreviate, abridge, contract, cut, reduce, shorten;

v2
shorten lines in a drawing so as to create an illusion of depth;

foreshow / f ɔ ʃ oʊ /
v1
foretell by divine inspiration;

foresight / f ɔ s aɪ t /
n1
providence by virtue of planning prudently for the future;

- syn. foresightedness, foresightfulness;

n2
seeing ahead;

- knowing in advance;

- foreseeing;

- syn. farsightedness, prevision, prospicience;

foresighted / f ɔ s aɪ t ɪ d /
a1
planning prudently for the future;

- "large goals that required farsighted policies";

- "took a long view of the geopolitical issues";

- syn. farseeing, farsighted, foresightful, long, longsighted, prospicient;

- sim. provident;

foresightedness / f ɔ s aɪ t ɪ d n ə s /
n1
providence by virtue of planning prudently for the future;

- syn. foresight, foresightfulness;

foresightful / f ɔ s aɪ t f ə ɫ /
a1
planning prudently for the future;

- "large goals that required farsighted policies";

- "took a long view of the geopolitical issues";

- syn. farseeing, farsighted, foresighted, long, longsighted, prospicient;

- sim. provident;

foresightfulness
n1
providence by virtue of planning prudently for the future;

- syn. foresight, foresightedness;

foreskin / f ɔ s k ɪ n /
n1
a fold of skin covering the tip of the clitoris;

- syn. prepuce;

n2
a fold of skin covering the tip of the penis;

- syn. prepuce;

forest / f ɒ ɹ ɪ s t /
n1
the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area;

- syn. wood, woods;

n2
land that is covered with trees and shrubs;

- syn. timber, timberland, woodland;

v1
establish a forest on previously unforested land;

- "afforest the mountains";

- syn. afforest;

forest fire
n1
an uncontrolled fire in a wooded area;

forest fire fighter
n1
an official who is responsible for managing and protecting an area of forest;

- syn. fire warden, ranger;

forest goat
n1
cow-like creature with the glossy coat of a horse and the agility of a goat and the long horns of an antelope;

- characterized as a cow that lives the life of a goat;

- syn. Pseudoryx nghetinhensis, spindle horn;

forest god
n1
one of a class of woodland deities;

- attendant on Bacchus;

- identified with Roman fauns;

- syn. satyr;

forest red gum
n1
tall tree of Queensland and New South Wales and Victoria;

- syn. Eucalypt tereticornis;

forest tent caterpillar
n1
larvae of a gregarious North American moth that spins a web resembling a carpet rather than a tent;

- serious defoliator of deciduous trees;

- syn. Malacosoma disstria;

forestage
n1
the part of a modern theater stage between the curtain and the orchestra (i.e., in front of the curtain);

- syn. apron, proscenium;

forestall / f ɔ s t ɔ ɫ /
v1
keep from happening or arising;

- make impossible;

- "My sense of tact forbids an honest answer";

- "Your role in the projects precludes your involvement in the competitive project";

- syn. forbid, foreclose, preclude, prevent;

v2
act in advance of;

- deal with ahead of time;

- syn. anticipate, counter, foresee;

forestalling / f ɔ s t ɔ ɫ ɪ ŋ /
n1
the act of preventing something by anticipating and disposing of it effectively;

- syn. obviation, preclusion;

forestay / f ɔ ɹ s t eɪ /
n1
an adjustable stay from the foremast to the deck or bowsprit;

- controls the bending of the mast;

forested / f ɒ ɹ ɪ s t ɪ d /
a1
covered with forest;

- "efforts to protect forested lands of the northwest";

- sim. wooded;

Forester / f ɒ ɹ ɪ s t ə , f ɒ ɹ ɪ s t ə ɹ /
n1
English writer of adventure novels featuring Captain Horatio Hornblower (1899-1966);

- syn. C. S. Forester, Cecil Scott Forester;

n2
someone trained in forestry;

- syn. arboriculturist, tree farmer;

forestiera
n1
any plant of the genus Forestiera;

Forestiera neomexicana
n1
spiny branching deciduous shrub of southwestern United States having clusters of insignificant yellow-white flowers appearing before leaves followed by attractive black berrylike fruits;

- syn. desert olive, tanglebush;

forestry / f ɒ ɹ ə s t ɹ i /
n1
the science of planting and caring for forests and the management of growing timber;

foreswear / f ɔ s w eə , f ɔ s w eə ɹ /
v1
do without or cease to hold or adhere to;

- "We are dispensing with formalities";

- "relinquish the old ideas";

- syn. dispense with, forego, forgo, relinquish, waive;

v2
turn away from;

- give up;

- "I am foreswearing women forever";

- syn. quit, relinquish, renounce;

foretaste / f ɔ t eɪ s t /
n1
an early limited awareness of something yet to occur;

foretell / f ɔ t ɛ ɫ /
v1
foreshadow or presage;

- syn. announce, annunciate, harbinger, herald;

v2
make a prediction about;

- tell in advance;

- "Call the outcome of an election";

- syn. anticipate, call, forebode, predict, prognosticate, promise;

v3
indicate, as with a sign or an omen;

- "These signs bode bad news";

- syn. augur, auspicate, betoken, bode, forecast, foreshadow, omen, portend, predict, prefigure, presage, prognosticate;

foretelling / f ɔ t ɛ ɫ ɪ ŋ /
n1
a statement made about the future;

- syn. forecasting, prediction, prognostication;

n2
the art or gift of prophecy (or the pretense of prophecy) by supernatural means;

- syn. divination, fortune telling, soothsaying;

forethought / f ɔ θ ɔ t /
n1
planning or plotting in advance of acting;

- syn. premeditation;

n2
judiciousness in avoiding harm or danger;

- "he exercised caution in opening the door";

- "he handled the vase with care";

- syn. care, caution, precaution;

forethoughtful / f ɔ ɹ θ ɔ t f ə ɫ /
a1
thoughtful of the future;

- "careful forethoughtful planning";

- sim. provident;

foretoken / f ɔ ɹ t oʊ k ə n /
n1
an event that is experienced as indicating important things to come;

- "he hoped it was an augury";

- "it was a sign from God";

- syn. augury, preindication, sign;

foretop / f ɔ t ɒ p /
n1
a platform at the head of a foremast;

n2
a lock of a horse's mane that grows forward between the ears;

- syn. forelock;

forever / f ə ɹ ɛ v ə , f ə ɹ ɛ v ə ɹ /
r1
for a limitless time;

- "no one can live forever";

- "brightly beams our Father's mercy from his lighthouse evermore"- P.P.Bliss;

- syn. eternally, everlastingly, evermore;

r2
for a very long or seemingly endless time;

- "she took forever to write the paper";

- "we had to wait forever and a day";

- syn. forever and a day;

r3
without interruption;

- "the world is constantly changing";

- syn. always, constantly, incessantly, perpetually;

forever and a day
r1
for a very long or seemingly endless time;

- "she took forever to write the paper";

- "we had to wait forever and a day";

- syn. forever;

forevermore / f ə ɛ v ə m ɔ ɹ /
r1
at any future time;

- in the future;

- "lead a blameless life evermore";

- syn. evermore;

forewarn / f ɔ w ɔ n /
v1
warn in advance or beforehand;

- give an early warning;

- "I forewarned him of the trouble that would arise if he showed up at his ex-wife's house";

- syn. previse;

forewarning / f ɔ w ɔ n ɪ ŋ /
n1
an early warning about a future event;

- syn. premonition;

forewing / f ɔ ɹ w ɪ ŋ /
n1
either of the anterior pair of wings on an insect that has four wings;

- syn. fore-wing, fore wing;

forewoman / f ɔ w ɪ m ɪ n , f ɔ w ʊ m ə n /
n1
a woman who is foreperson of a jury;

- syn. forelady;

n2
a woman in charge of a group of workers;

foreword / f ɔ w ɝ d /
n1
a short introductory essay preceding the text of a book;

- syn. preface, prolusion;

forfeit / f ɔ f ɪ t /
n1
something that is lost or surrendered as a penalty;

- syn. forfeiture;

n2
a penalty for a fault or mistake that involves losing or giving up something;

- "the contract specified forfeits if the work was not completed on time";

- syn. forfeiture;

n3
the act of losing or surrendering something as a penalty for a mistake or fault or failure to perform etc.;

- syn. forfeiture, sacrifice;

v1
lose (s.th.) or lose the right to (s.th.) by some error, offense, or crime;

- "you've forfeited your right to name your successor";

- "forfeited property";

- syn. forego, forgo, give up, throw overboard, waive;

a1
surrendered as a penalty;

- syn. confiscate, forfeited;

- sim. lost;

forfeited / f ɔ f ɪ t ɪ d /
a1
surrendered as a penalty;

- syn. confiscate, forfeit;

- sim. lost;

forfeiture / f ɔ f ɪ tʃ ə , f ɔ f ɪ tʃ ə ɹ /
n1
something that is lost or surrendered as a penalty;

- syn. forfeit;

n2
a penalty for a fault or mistake that involves losing or giving up something;

- "the contract specified forfeits if the work was not completed on time";

- syn. forfeit;

n3
the act of losing or surrendering something as a penalty for a mistake or fault or failure to perform etc.;

- syn. forfeit, sacrifice;

forfend / f ɔ f ɛ n d /
v1
prevent the occurrence of;

- prevent from happening;

- "Let's avoid a confrontation";

- "head off a confrontation";

- "avert a strike";

- syn. avert, avoid, debar, deflect, fend off, forefend, head off, obviate, stave off, ward off;

forficate
a1
resembling a fork;

- divided or separated into two branches;

- "the biramous appendages of an arthropod";

- "long branched hairs on its legson which pollen collects";

- "a forked river";

- "a forked tail";

- "forked lightning";

- "horseradish grown in poor soil may develop prongy roots";

- syn. bifurcate, biramous, branched, fork-like, forked, pronged, prongy;

- sim. divided;

Forficula
n1
type genus of Forficulidae;

- syn. genus Forficula;

Forficula auricularia
n1
sometimes destructive to cultivated bulbs;

- syn. common European earwig;

Forficulidae
n1
typical earwigs;

- syn. family Forficulidae;

forgather / f ɔ ɡ æ ð ə , f ɔ ɡ æ ð ə ɹ /
v1
collect in one place;

- "We assembled in the church basement";

- "Let's gather in the dining room";

- syn. assemble, foregather, gather, meet;

forge / f ɔ dʒ /
n1
furnace consisting of a special hearth where metal is heated before shaping;

n2
a workplace where metal is worked by heating and hammering;

- syn. smithy;

v1
create by hammering;

- "hammer the silver into a bowl";

- "forge a pair of tongues";

- syn. hammer;

v2
make a copy of with the intent to deceive;

- "he faked the signature";

- "they counterfeited dollar bills";

- "She forged a Green Card";

- syn. counterfeit, fake;

v3
come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort;

- "excogitate a way to measure the speed of light";

- syn. contrive, devise, excogitate, formulate, invent;

v4
move ahead steadily;

- "He forged ahead";

v5
move or act with a sudden increase in speed or energy;

- syn. spirt, spurt;

v6
make something, usually for a specific function;

- "She molded the rice balls carefully";

- "Form cylinders from the dough";

- "shape a figure";

- "Work the metal into a sword";

- syn. form, mold, mould, shape, work;

v7
make out of components (often in an improvising manner);

- "She fashioned a tent out of a sheet and a few sticks";

- syn. fashion;

forged / f ɔ dʒ d /
a1
reproduced fraudulently;

- "like a bad penny...";

- "a forged twenty dollar bill";

- syn. bad;

- sim. counterfeit;

forger / f ɔ dʒ ə , f ɔ dʒ ə ɹ /
n1
someone who operates a forge;

n2
someone who makes copies illegally;

- syn. counterfeiter;

forgery / f ɔ dʒ ə ɹ i /
n1
a copy that is represented as the original;

- syn. counterfeit;

n2
criminal falsification by making or altering an instrument with intent to defraud;

forget / f ə ɡ ɛ t /
v1
dismiss from the mind;

- stop remembering;

- "I tried to bury these unpleasant memories";

- syn. bury;

v2
be unable to remember;

- "I'm drawing a blank";

- "You are blocking the name of your first wife!";

- syn. blank out, block, draw a blank;

v3
forget to do something;

- "Don't forget to call the chairman of the board to the meeting!";

v4
leave behind unintentionally;

- "I forgot my umbrella in the restaurant";

- "I left my keys inside the car and locked the doors";

- syn. leave;

forget-me-not / f ə ɡ ɛ t m ɪ n ɒ t /
n1
small perennial herb having bright blue or white flowers;

- syn. Myosotis scorpiodes, mouse ear;

forget me drug
n1
street names for flunitrazepan;

- syn. Mexican valium, R-2, circle, roach, roofy, rope, rophy;

forgetful / f ə ɡ ɛ t f ə ɫ /
a1
(of memory) deficient in retentiveness or range;

- "a short memory";

- syn. short, unretentive;

- also unmindful;

a2
not mindful or attentive;

- "while thus unmindful of his steps he stumbled"- G.B.Shaw;

- syn. mindless, unmindful;

- sim. amnesic;

a3
failing to keep in mind;

- "forgetful of her responsibilities";

- "oblivious old age";

- syn. oblivious;

- sim. inattentive;

forgetful person
n1
a flighty and disorganized person;

- syn. scatterbrain;

forgetfully / f ə ɡ ɛ t f ə ɫ i /
r1
in a forgetful manner;

- "she is getting old and acts forgetfully";

forgetfulness / f ə ɡ ɛ t f ə ɫ n ə s /
n1
tendency to forget;

n2
unawareness caused by neglectful or heedless failure to remember;

- "his forgetfulness increased as he grew older";

forgettable / f ə ɡ ɛ t ə b ɫ /
a1
easily forgotten;

- sim. unmemorable;

forging / f ɔ dʒ ɪ ŋ /
n1
shaping metal by heating and hammering;

forgivable / f ə ɡ ɪ v ə b ɫ /
a1
easily excused or forgiven;

- "a venial error";

- syn. excusable, venial;

- sim. pardonable;

forgivably / f ə ɡ ɪ v ə b ɫ i /
r1
in an excusable manner or to an excusable degree;

- "he was excusably late";

- syn. excusably, pardonably;

forgive / f ə ɡ ɪ v /
v1
stop blaming or grant forgiveness;

- "I forgave him his infidelity";

- "She cannot forgive him for forgetting her birthday";

v2
absolve from payment;

- "I forgive you your debt";

forgiveness / f ə ɡ ɪ v n ə s /
n1
compassionate feelings that support a willingness to forgive;

n2
the act of excusing a mistake or offense;

- syn. pardon;

forgiver / f ə ɡ ɪ v ə , f ə ɡ ɪ v ə ɹ /
n1
a person who pardons or forgives or excuses a fault or offense;

- syn. excuser, pardoner;

forgiving / f ə ɡ ɪ v ɪ ŋ /
a1
inclined or able to forgive and show mercy;

- "a kindly forgiving nature";

- "a forgiving embrace to the naughty child";

- sim. kind, unvindictive;

a2
providing absolution;

- syn. absolvitory, exonerative;

- sim. exculpatory;

forgivingly / f ə ɡ ɪ v ɪ ŋ ɫ i /
r1
with forgiveness;

- in a forgiving manner;

- "`Never mind,' she said forgivingly";

forgivingness
n1
tendency to be kind and forgiving;

- syn. kindness;

forgo / f ɔ ɡ oʊ /
v1
do without or cease to hold or adhere to;

- "We are dispensing with formalities";

- "relinquish the old ideas";

- syn. dispense with, forego, foreswear, relinquish, waive;

v2
be earlier in time;

- go back further;

- "Stone tools precede bronze tools";

- syn. antecede, antedate, forego, precede, predate;

v3
lose (s.th.) or lose the right to (s.th.) by some error, offense, or crime;

- "you've forfeited your right to name your successor";

- "forfeited property";

- syn. forego, forfeit, give up, throw overboard, waive;

forgoing / f ɔ ɡ oʊ ɪ ŋ /
n1
the act of renouncing;

- sacrificing or giving up or surrendering (a possession or right or title or privilege etc.);

- syn. forswearing, renunciation;

forgotten / f ə ɡ ɒ t n /
a1
not noticed inadvertently;

- "her aching muscles forgotten she danced all night";

- "he was scolded for his forgotten chores";

- syn. disregarded;

- sim. unnoticed;

forint
n1
the basic unit of money in Hungary;

fork / f ɔ k /
n1
cutlery used for serving and eating food;

n2
the act of branching out or dividing into branches;

- syn. branching, forking, ramification;

n3
the region of the angle formed by the junction of two branches;

- "they took the south fork";

- "he climbed into the crotch of a tree";

- syn. crotch;

n4
an agricultural tool used for lifting or digging;

- has a handle and metal prongs;

n5
the angle formed by the inner sides of the legs where they join the human trunk;

- syn. crotch;

v1
lift with a pitchfork;

- "pitchfork hay";

- syn. pitchfork;

v2
place under attack with one's own pieces, of two enemy pieces;

v3
divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork;

- "The road forks";

- syn. branch, furcate, ramify, separate;

v4
shape like a fork;

- "She forked her fingers";

fork-like
a1
resembling a fork;

- divided or separated into two branches;

- "the biramous appendages of an arthropod";

- "long branched hairs on its legson which pollen collects";

- "a forked river";

- "a forked tail";

- "forked lightning";

- "horseradish grown in poor soil may develop prongy roots";

- syn. bifurcate, biramous, branched, forficate, forked, pronged, prongy;

- sim. divided;

fork out
v1
to surrender someone or something to another;

- "the guard delivered the criminal to the police";

- "render up the prisoners";

- "render the town to the enemy";

- "fork over the money";

- syn. deliver, fork over, fork up, hand over, render, turn in;

fork over
v1
to surrender someone or something to another;

- "the guard delivered the criminal to the police";

- "render up the prisoners";

- "render the town to the enemy";

- "fork over the money";

- syn. deliver, fork out, fork up, hand over, render, turn in;

fork up
v1
to surrender someone or something to another;

- "the guard delivered the criminal to the police";

- "render up the prisoners";

- "render the town to the enemy";

- "fork over the money";

- syn. deliver, fork out, fork over, hand over, render, turn in;

forked / f ɔ k t /
a1
resembling a fork;

- divided or separated into two branches;

- "the biramous appendages of an arthropod";

- "long branched hairs on its legson which pollen collects";

- "a forked river";

- "a forked tail";

- "forked lightning";

- "horseradish grown in poor soil may develop prongy roots";

- syn. bifurcate, biramous, branched, forficate, fork-like, pronged, prongy;

- sim. divided;

a2
having two meanings with intent to deceive;

- "a sly double meaning";

- "spoke with forked tongue";

- syn. double;

- sim. equivocal;

forked lightning
n1
a form of lightning that moves rapidly in a zigzag path with one end divided (fork-like);

- syn. chain lightning;

forking / f ɔ k ɪ ŋ /
n1
the place where something divides into branches;

- syn. furcation;

n2
the act of branching out or dividing into branches;

- syn. branching, fork, ramification;

forklift / f ɔ k ɫ ɪ f t /
n1
a small industrial vehicle with a power operated forked platform in front that can be inserted under loads to lift and move them;

forlorn / f ə ɫ ɔ n /
a1
marked by or showing hopelessness;

- "the last forlorn attempt";

- "a forlorn cause";

- sim. hopeless;

forlorn hope
n1
a hopeless or desperate enterprise;

forlornly / f ə ɫ ɔ n ɫ i /
r1
in a forlorn manner;

- "a single chicken was scratching forlornly in the yard";

forlornness / f ə ɫ ɔ n n ə s /
n1
sadness resulting from being forsaken or abandoned;

- syn. desolation, loneliness;

form / f ɔ m /
n1
the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something;

- "the inflected forms of a word can be represented by a stem and a list of inflections to be attached";

- syn. descriptor, signifier, word form;

n2
a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality;

- "sculpture is a form of art";

- "what kinds of desserts are there?";

- syn. kind, sort, variety;

n3
a perceptual structure;

- "the composition presents problems for students of musical form";

- "a visual pattern must include not only objects but the spaces between them";

- syn. pattern, shape;

n4
any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline);

- "he could barely make out their shapes";

- syn. configuration, conformation, contour, shape;

n5
alternative names for the body of a human being;

- "Leonardo studied the human body";

- "he has a strong physique";

- "the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak";

- syn. anatomy, bod, build, chassis, figure, flesh, frame, human body, material body, physical body, physique, shape, soma;

n6
the spatial arrangement of something as distinct from its substance;

- "geometry is the mathematical science of shape";

- syn. shape;

n7
the visual appearance of something or someone;

- "the delicate cast of his features";

- syn. cast, shape;

n8
a printed document with spaces in which to write;

- "he filled out his tax form";

n9
(biology) a group of organisms within a species that differ in trivial ways from similar groups;

- "a new strain of microorganisms";

- syn. strain, var., variant;

n10
an arrangement of the elements in a composition or discourse;

- "the essay was in the form of a dialogue";

- "he first sketches the plot in outline form";

n11
a particular mode in which something is manifested;

- "his resentment took the form of extreme hostility";

n12
(physical chemistry) a distinct state of matter in a system;

- matter that is identical in chemical composition and physical state and separated from other material by the phase boundary;

- "the reaction occurs in the liquid phase of the system";

- syn. phase;

n13
a body of students who are taught together;

- "early morning classes are always sleepy";

- syn. class, course, grade;

n14
an ability to perform well;

- "he was at the top of his form";

- "the team was off form last night";

n15
a life-size dummy used to display clothes;

- syn. manakin, manikin, mannequin, mannikin;

n16
a mold for setting concrete;

- "they built elaborate forms for pouring the foundation";

v1
create (as an entity);

- "social groups form everywhere";

- "They formed a company";

- syn. organise, organize;

v2
to compose or represent;

- "This wall forms the background of the stage setting";

- "The branches made a roof";

- "This makes a fine introduction";

- syn. constitute, make;

v3
develop into a distinctive entity;

- "our plans began to take shape";

- syn. spring, take form, take shape;

v4
give shape or form to;

- "shape the dough";

- "form the young child's character";

- syn. shape;

v5
make something, usually for a specific function;

- "She molded the rice balls carefully";

- "Form cylinders from the dough";

- "shape a figure";

- "Work the metal into a sword";

- syn. forge, mold, mould, shape, work;

v6
establish or impress firmly in the mind;

- "We imprint our ideas onto our children";

- syn. imprint;

v7
assume a form or shape;

- "the water formed little beads";

form-only
a1
being a matter of form only;

- lacking substance;

- "a form-only requirement that is usually ignored";

- sim. formal;

form bubbles
v1
become bubbly or frothy or foaming;

- "The boiling soup was frothing";

- "The river was foaming";

- "sparkling water";

- syn. effervesce, fizz, foam, froth, sparkle;

form class
n1
one of the traditional categories of words intended to reflect their functions in a grammatical context;

- syn. part of speech, word class;

form division
n1
an artificial taxonomic category for organisms of which the true relationships are obscure;

form family
n1
(biology) an artificial taxonomic category for organisms of which the true relationships are obscure;

form genus
n1
(biology) an artificial taxonomic category for organisms of which the true relationships are obscure;

n2
an artificial taxonomic category established on the basis of morphological resemblance for organisms of obscure true relationships especially fossil forms;

form genus Rhizoctinia
n1
form genus of imperfect fungi some species of which are now placed in genera Pellicularia and Corticium because their perfect stages have been found;

- syn. genus Rhizoctinia;

form letter
n1
a letter that is printed in multiple copies and mailed to a list of recipients;

form of address
n1
an identifying appellation signifying status or function: e.g. `Mr.' or `General';

- "the professor didn't like his friends to use his formal title";

- syn. title, title of respect;

form of government
n1
the members of a social organization who are in power;

- syn. political system;

formal / f ɔ m ɫ /
n1
a lavish dance requiring formal attire;

- syn. ball;

n2
a gown for evening wear;

- syn. dinner dress, dinner gown, evening gown;

a1
being in accord with established forms and conventions and requirements (as e.g. of formal dress);

- "pay one's formal respects";

- "formal dress";

- "a formal ball";

- "the requirement was only formal and often ignored";

- "a formal education";

- also conventional, formal;

- sim. ceremonial, ceremonious, dress, form-only, full-dress, nominal, positive, pro forma, semiformal, starchy, white-tie;

a2
characteristic of or befitting a person in authority;

- "formal duties";

- "an official banquet";

- sim. official;

a3
(of spoken and written language) adhering to traditional standards of correctness and without casual, contracted, and colloquial forms;

- "the paper was written in formal English";

- also formal, rhetorical;

- sim. literary;

a4
represented in simplified or symbolic form;

- syn. conventional, schematic;

- sim. nonrepresentational;

a5
logically deductive;

- "formal proof";

- sim. logical;

a6
refined or imposing in manner or appearance;

- befitting a royal court;

- "a courtly gentleman";

- syn. courtly, stately;

- sim. dignified;

formal garden
n1
a garden laid out on regular lines with plants arranged in symmetrical locations or in geometrical designs;

formal logic
n1
any logical system that abstracts the form of statements away from their content in order to establish abstract criteria of consistency and validity;

- syn. mathematical logic, symbolic logic;

formal semantics
n1
the branch of semantics that studies the logical aspects of meaning;

formaldehyde / f ɔ m æ ɫ d ɪ h aɪ d /
n1
a colorless poisonous gas;

- made by the oxidation of methanol;

- syn. methanal;

formalin / f ɔ m ə ɫ ɪ n /
n1
a 10% solution of formaldehyde in water;

- used as a disinfectant or to preserve biological specimens;

- syn. formol;

formalisation / f ɔ m ə ɫ aɪ z eɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
the act of making formal (as by stating formal rules governing classes of expressions);

- syn. formalization;

formalise
v1
make formal or official;

- "We formalized the appointment and gave him a title";

- syn. formalize;

v2
declare or make legally valid;

- syn. formalize, validate;

formalised / f ɔ m ə ɫ aɪ z d /
a1
concerned with or characterized by rigorous adherence to recognized forms (especially in religion or art);

- "highly formalized plays like `Waiting for Godot'";

- syn. formalistic, formalized;

a2
given formal standing or endorsement;

- made official or legitimate by the observance of proper procedures;

- syn. formalized;

- sim. official;

formalism / f ɔ m ə ɫ ɪ z ə m /
n1
the doctrine that formal structure rather than content is what should be represented;

n2
(philosophy) the philosophical theory that formal (logical or mathematical) statements have no meaning but that its symbols (regarded as physical entities) exhibit a form that has useful applications;

n3
the practice of scrupulous adherence to prescribed or external forms;

formalistic / f ɔ m ə ɫ ɪ s t ɪ k /
a1
concerned with or characterized by rigorous adherence to recognized forms (especially in religion or art);

- "highly formalized plays like `Waiting for Godot'";

- syn. formalised, formalized;

formalities / f ɔ m æ ɫ ɪ t ɪ z /
n1
a requirement of etiquette or custom;

- "a mere formality";

- syn. formality;

formality / f ɔ m æ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
a requirement of etiquette or custom;

- "a mere formality";

- syn. formalities;

n2
a manner that strictly observes all forms and ceremonies;

- "the formality of his voice made the others pay him close attention";

- syn. formalness;

n3
compliance with formal rules;

- "courtroom formality";

formalization / f ɔ m ə ɫ aɪ z eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the act of making formal (as by stating formal rules governing classes of expressions);

- syn. formalisation;

formalize / f ɔ m ə ɫ aɪ z /
v1
make formal or official;

- "We formalized the appointment and gave him a title";

- syn. formalise;

v2
declare or make legally valid;

- syn. formalise, validate;

formalized / f ɔ m ə ɫ aɪ z d /
a1
concerned with or characterized by rigorous adherence to recognized forms (especially in religion or art);

- "highly formalized plays like `Waiting for Godot'";

- syn. formalised, formalistic;

a2
given formal standing or endorsement;

- made official or legitimate by the observance of proper procedures;

- syn. formalised;

- sim. official;

formally / f ɔ m ə ɫ i /
r1
with official authorization;

- "the club will be formally recognized";

- syn. officially;

r2
in a formal manner;

- "he was dressed rather formally";

formalness
n1
a manner that strictly observes all forms and ceremonies;

- "the formality of his voice made the others pay him close attention";

- syn. formality;

formalwear
n1
attire to wear on formal occasions in the evening;

- syn. evening clothes, evening dress, eveningwear;

format / f ɔ m æ t /
n1
the organization of information according to preset specifications (usually for computer processing);

- syn. data format, data formatting, formatting;

n2
the general appearance of a publication;

v1
set (printed matter) into a specific format;

- "Format this letter so it can be printed out";

- syn. arrange;

v2
determine the arrangement of (data) for storage and display (in computer science);

v3
divide (a disk) into marked sectors so that it may store data;

- "Please format this disk before entering data!";

- syn. initialise, initialize;

formation / f ɔ m eɪ ʃ n /
n1
an arrangement of people or things acting as a unit;

- "a defensive formation";

- "a formation of planes";

n2
the act of fabricating something in a particular shape;

- syn. shaping;

n3
the act of forming or establishing something;

- "the constitution of a PTA group last year";

- "it was the establishment of his reputation";

- "he still remembers the organization of the club";

- syn. constitution, establishment, organisation, organization;

n4
(geology) the geological features of the earth;

- syn. geological formation;

n5
a particular spatial arrangement;

n6
natural process that causes something to form;

- "the formation of gas in the intestine";

- "the formation of crystals";

- "the formation of pseudopods";

n7
creation by mental activity;

- "the formation of sentences";

- "the formation of memories";

formative / f ɔ m ə t ɪ v /
n1
minimal language unit that has a syntactic (or morphological) function;

a1
capable of forming new cells and tissues;

- "a formative zone in developing bone";

- sim. constructive;

a2
forming or capable of forming or molding or fashioning;

- "a formative influence";

- "a formative experience";

- "the plastic forces of nature";

- syn. plastic, shaping;

- sim. constructive;

formative cell
n1
a cell of an embryo;

- syn. embryonic cell;

formatted capacity
n1
(computer science) the usable capacity of a disk drive;

- the amount of space that is left after the sector headings and boundary definitions and timing information have been added by formatting the disk;

formatting / f ə m æ t ɪ ŋ /
n1
the organization of information according to preset specifications (usually for computer processing);

- syn. data format, data formatting, format;

formed / f ɔ m d /
a1
having or given a form or shape;

- sim. H-shaped, L-shaped, T-shaped, U-shaped, W-shaped, Y-shaped, acorn-shaped, awl-shaped, bacillar, bag-shaped, bar-shaped, basket-shaped, belt-shaped, biform, boot-shaped, bottle-shaped, botuliform, butterfly-shaped, button-shaped, catenulate, claw-shaped, club-shaped, club-shaped, cowl-shaped, cross-shaped, die-cast, drum-shaped, ductile, eel-shaped, fan-shaped, fig-shaped, foot-shaped, football-shaped, funnel-shaped, guitar-shaped, hammer-shaped, harp-shaped, hook-shaped, horn-shaped, hourglass-shaped, keel-shaped, lance-shaped, lancet-shaped, lip-shaped, lyre-shaped, navicular, nutmeg-shaped, oven-shaped, paddle-shaped, perfected, phylliform, pitcher-shaped, precast, ribbon-shaped, rudder-like, s-shaped, saddle-shaped, shaped, slipper-shaped, spade-shaped, spider-shaped, spoon-shaped, stirrup-shaped, tadpole-shaped, tassel-shaped, thimble-shaped, trumpet-shaped, turnip-shaped, umbrella-shaped, v-shaped, vase-shaped, vermiform;

former / f ɔ m ə , f ɔ m ə ɹ /
n1
the first of two or the first mentioned of two;

- "Tom and Dick were both heroes but only the former is remembered today";

a1
referring to the first of two things or persons mentioned (or the earlier one or ones of several);

- "the novel was made into a film in 1943 and again in 1967;

- I prefer the former version to the latter one";

a2
belonging to some prior time;

- "erstwhile friend";

- "our former glory";

- "the once capital of the state";

- "her quondam lover";

- syn. erstwhile, old, one-time, onetime, quondam, sometime;

- sim. past;

a3
(used especially of persons) of the immediate past;

- "the former president";

- "our late President is still very active";

- "the previous occupant of the White House";

- syn. late, previous;

- sim. past;

a4
belonging to the distant past;

- "the early inhabitants of Europe";

- "former generations";

- "in other times";

- syn. early, other;

- sim. past;

Former Armed Forces
n1
a terrorist organization that seeks to overthrow the government dominated by Tutsi and to institute Hutu control again;

- "in 1999 ALIR guerrillas kidnapped and killed eight foreign tourists";

- syn. ALIR, Army for the Liberation of Rwanda, FAR, Interahamwe;

formerly / f ɔ m ə ɫ i /
r1
at a previous time;

- "at one time he loved her";

- "her erstwhile writing";

- "she was a dancer once";

- syn. at one time, erst, erstwhile, once;

formic / f ɔ m ɪ k /
a1
of or relating to or derived from ants;

a2
of or containing or derived from formic acid;

formic acid
n1
a colorless pungent fuming vesicatory liquid acid HCOOH found naturally in ants and many plants or made catalytically from carbon monoxide and steam;

- used in finishing textiles and paper and in the manufacture of insecticides and fumigants;

Formica / f ɔ m aɪ k ə /
n1
any of various plastic laminates containing melamine;

n2
type genus of the Formicidae;

- syn. genus Formica;

Formica fusca
n1
an ant frequently enslaved;

Formica rufa
n1
reddish-brown European ant typically living in anthills in woodlands;

- syn. wood ant;

Formica sanguinea
n1
slave-making ant widely distributed over the northern hemisphere;

- syn. sanguinary ant;

Formicariidae
n1
antbirds;

- syn. family Formicariidae;

Formicarius
n1
type genus of the Formicariidae;

- syn. genus Formicarius;

formicary
n1
a mound of earth made by ants as they dig their nest;

- syn. anthill;

formicate
v1
crawl about like ants;

formication
n1
hallucinated sensation that insects or snakes are crawling over the skin;

- a common side-effect of extensive use of cocaine or amphetamines;

Formicidae
n1
ants;

- syn. family Formicidae;

formidability / f ɔ m ɪ d ə b ɪ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
impressive difficulty;

- syn. toughness;

formidable / f ɔ m ɪ d ə b ɫ /
a1
extremely impressive in strength or excellence;

- "a formidable opponent";

- "the challenge was formidable";

- "had a formidable array of compositions to his credit";

- "the formidable army of brains at the Prime Minister's disposal";

- sim. impressive;

a2
inspiring fear;

- "the formidable prospect of major surgery";

- "a tougher and more redoubtable adversary than the heel-clicking, jackbooted fanatic"- G.H.Johnston;

- "something unnerving and prisonlike about high grey wall";

- syn. redoubtable, unnerving;

- sim. alarming;

formidably / f ɔ m ɪ d ə b ɫ i /
r1
in a formidable manner;

- "the constant risk that attends the exchanges of human beings formidably armed";

formless / f ɔ m ɫ ə s /
a1
having no definite form or distinct shape;

- "amorphous clouds of insects";

- "an aggregate of formless particles";

- "a shapeless mass of protoplasm";

- syn. amorphous, shapeless;

- sim. unformed;

a2
having no physical form;

- "belief in a world filled with...formless but often malevolent beings";

- sim. unbodied;

formlessly / f ɔ m ɫ ə s ɫ i /
r1
in a formless manner;

- "the dress hung formlessly on her body";

formol
n1
a 10% solution of formaldehyde in water;

- used as a disinfectant or to preserve biological specimens;

- syn. formalin;

Formosa / f ɔ m oʊ s ə /
n1
an island in southeastern Asia 100 miles off the coast of mainland China in the South China Sea;

- syn. Taiwan;

Formosan / f ɔ m oʊ s ə n /
n1
the Austronesian languages spoken on Formosa;

a1
of or relating to or characteristic of the island republic on Taiwan or its residents or their language;

- "the Taiwanese capital is Taipeh";

- syn. Chinese, Taiwanese;

formula / f ɔ m j ʊ ɫ ə /
n1
a group of symbols that make a mathematical statement;

- syn. expression;

n2
directions for making something;

- syn. recipe;

n3
a conventionalized statement expressing some fundamental principle;

n4
a representation of a substance using symbols for its constituent elements;

- syn. chemical formula;

n5
something regarded as a normative example;

- "the convention of not naming the main character";

- "violence is the rule not the exception";

- "his formula for impressing visitors";

- syn. convention, normal, pattern, rule;

n6
a liquid food for infants;

n7
(mathematics) a standard procedure for solving a class of mathematical problems;

- "he determined the upper bound with Descartes' rule of signs";

- "he gave us a general formula for attacking polynomials";

- syn. rule;

formulaic
a1
characterized by or in accordance with some formula;

- sim. conventional;

formularise / f ɔ m j ʊ ɫ ə ɹ aɪ z /
v1
express as a formula;

- syn. formularize;

formularize / f ɔ m j ʊ ɫ ə ɹ aɪ z /
v1
express as a formula;

- syn. formularise;

formulary / f ɔ m j ʊ ɫ ə ɹ i /
n1
(pharmacology) a book containing a compilation of pharmaceutical products with their formulas and methods of preparation;

- "postexposure prophylaxis is an integral part of the pharmacopeia in preventing severe disease after acute infections";

- syn. pharmacopeia;

a1
of or relating to or of the nature of a formula;

formulate / f ɔ m j ʊ ɫ eɪ t /
v1
elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses;

- "Could you develop the ideas in your thesis";

- syn. develop, explicate;

v2
come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort;

- "excogitate a way to measure the speed of light";

- syn. contrive, devise, excogitate, forge, invent;

v3
put into words or an expression;

- "He formulated his concerns to the board of trustees";

- syn. articulate, give voice, phrase, word;

v4
prepare according to a formula;

formulated / f ɔ m j ʊ ɫ eɪ t ɪ d /
a1
devised;

- developed according to an orderly plan;

- "he had well formulated opinions on schooling";

- sim. developed;

formulation / f ɔ m j ʊ ɫ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
a substance prepared according to a formula;

- "the physician prescribed a commercial preparation of the medicine";

- syn. preparation;

n2
inventing or contriving an idea or explanation and formulating it mentally;

- syn. conceptualisation, conceptualization;

n3
the style of expressing yourself;

- "he suggested a better formulation";

- "his manner of expression showed how much he cared";

- syn. expression;

Fornax
n1
a faint constellation in the southern hemisphere near Cetus and Phoenix;

fornicate / f ɔ n ɪ k eɪ t /
v1
have sex without being married;

fornication / f ɔ n ɪ k eɪ ʃ n /
n1
voluntary sexual intercourse between persons not married to each other;

n2
extramarital sex that willfully and maliciously interferes with marriage relations;

- "adultery is often cited as grounds for divorce";

- syn. adultery, criminal conversation;

fornicator / f ɔ n ɪ k eɪ t ə /
n1
someone who commits adultery or fornication;

- syn. adulterer;

fornicatress
n1
a woman adulterer;

- syn. adulteress, hussy, jade, loose woman, slut, strumpet, trollop;

fornix
n1
generally any arch shaped structure (but often it refers to the arched roof of an anatomical space);

n2
an arched bundle of white fibers at the base of the brain by which the hippocampus of each hemisphere projects to the contralateral hippocampus and to the thalamus and mamillary bodies;

- syn. trigonum cerebrale;

forrad
r1
at or to or toward the front;

- "he faced forward";

- "step forward";

- "she practiced sewing backward as well as frontward on her new sewing machine";

- (`forrad' and `forrard' are dialectal variations);

- syn. forrard, forward, forwards, frontward, frontwards;

forrader / f ɒ ɹ ə d ə , f ɒ ɹ ə d ə ɹ /
r1
in a forward direction;

- "go ahead";

- "the train moved ahead slowly";

- "the boat lurched ahead";

- "moved onward into the forest";

- "they went slowly forward in the mud";

- syn. ahead, forward, forwards, onward, onwards;

forrard
r1
at or to or toward the front;

- "he faced forward";

- "step forward";

- "she practiced sewing backward as well as frontward on her new sewing machine";

- (`forrad' and `forrard' are dialectal variations);

- syn. forrad, forward, forwards, frontward, frontwards;

forsake / f ə s eɪ k /
v1
leave someone who needs or counts on you;

- leave in the lurch;

- "The mother deserted her children";

- syn. abandon, desert, desolate;

forsaking / f ə s eɪ k ɪ ŋ /
n1
the act of forsaking;

- syn. giving up;

n2
the act of giving something up;

- syn. abandonment, desertion;

Forseti
n1
(Norse mythology) god of justice;

- son of Balder and Nanna;

forsooth / f ɔ s u θ /
r1
an archaic word originally meaning `in truth' but now usually used to express disbelief;

Forssman antibody
n1
an antibody found in the blood of someone suffering from infectious mononucleosis;

- syn. heterophil antibody, heterophile antibody;

forswear / f ɔ s w eə , f ɔ s w eə ɹ /
v1
formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure;

- "He retracted his earlier statements about his religion";

- "She abjured her beliefs";

- syn. abjure, recant, resile, retract;

forswearing / f ɔ s w eə ɹ ɪ ŋ /
n1
the act of renouncing;

- sacrificing or giving up or surrendering (a possession or right or title or privilege etc.);

- syn. forgoing, renunciation;

forsythia / f ɔ s aɪ θ ɪə /
n1
any of various early blooming oleaceous shrubs of the genus Forsythia;

- native to eastern Asia and southern Europe but widely cultivated for their branches of bright yellow bell-shaped flowers;

fort / f ɔ t /
n1
a fortified military post where troops are stationed;

- syn. garrison;

n2
a fortified defensive structure;

- syn. fortress;

v1
gather in, or as if in, a fort, as for protection or defense;

- syn. fort up;

v2
enclose by or as if by a fortification;

- syn. fortify;

v3
station (troops) in a fort;

Fort-Lamy
n1
the capital and largest city of Chad;

- located in the southwestern on the Shari river;

- syn. N'Djamena, Ndjamena, capital of Chad;

Fort George G. Meade
n1
a United States Army base in Maryland;

- headquarters of the National Security Agency;

- syn. Fort George Gordon Meade, Fort Meade;

Fort George Gordon Meade
n1
a United States Army base in Maryland;

- headquarters of the National Security Agency;

- syn. Fort George G. Meade, Fort Meade;

Fort Lauderdale / f ɔ t ɫ ɔ d ə d eɪ ɫ /
n1
a city in southeast Florida on the Atlantic coast to the north of Miami;

- a favorite place for college students to go on their spring vacations;

Fort Meade
n1
a United States Army base in Maryland;

- headquarters of the National Security Agency;

- syn. Fort George G. Meade, Fort George Gordon Meade;

Fort Myers
n1
a town in southwest Florida;

Fort Smith
n1
a town in western Arkansas on the Arkansas River at the Oklahoma border;

Fort Ticonderoga
n1
a pitched battle in which American revolutionary troops captured Fort Ticonderoga from the British in 1775;

- syn. Ticonderoga;

fort up
v1
gather in, or as if in, a fort, as for protection or defense;

- syn. fort;

Fort Wayne
n1
a city in northeastern Indiana;

Fort Worth / f ɔ t w ɝ θ /
n1
a city in northeastern Texas (just to the west of Dallas);

- a major industrial center;

Fortaz
n1
a parenteral cephalosporin (trade names Fortaz and Tazicef) used to treat moderate infections;

- syn. Tazicef, ceftazidime;

forte / f ɔ t eɪ /
n1
an asset of special worth or utility;

- "cooking is his forte";

- syn. long suit, metier, speciality, specialty, strength, strong point, strong suit;

n2
a musical composition or musical passage to be performed loudly;

n3
the stronger part of a sword blade between the hilt and the foible;

a1
(used chiefly as a direction or description in music) loud;

- with force;

- "the forte passages in the composition";

- syn. loud;

- sim. fortemente, fortissimo;

r1
used as a direction in music;

- to be played relatively loudly;

- syn. loudly;

forte-piano
n1
a keyboard instrument that is played by depressing keys that cause hammers to strike tuned strings and produce sounds;

- syn. piano, pianoforte;

fortemente
a1
(chiefly a direction or description in music) loud and strong;

- sim. forte;

Forth / f ɔ θ /
n1
a river in southern Scotland that flows eastward to the Firth of Forth;

- syn. Forth River;

r1
from a particular thing or place or position (`forth' is obsolete);

- "ran away from the lion";

- "wanted to get away from there";

- "sent the children away to boarding school";

- "the teacher waved the children away from the dead animal";

- "went off to school";

- "they drove off";

- "go forth and preach";

- syn. away, off;

r2
forward in time or order or degree;

- "from that time forth";

- "from the sixth century onward";

- syn. forward, onward;

r3
out into view;

- "came forth from the crowd";

- "put my ideas forth";

Forth River
n1
a river in southern Scotland that flows eastward to the Firth of Forth;

- syn. Forth;

forthcoming / f ɔ θ k ʌ m ɪ ŋ /
a1
at ease in talking to others;

- syn. extroverted, outgoing;

- sim. sociable;

a2
of the relatively near future;

- "the approaching election";

- "this coming Thursday";

- "the forthcoming holidays";

- "the upcoming spring fashions";

- syn. approaching, coming, upcoming;

- sim. future;

a3
available when required or as promised;

- "federal funds were not forthcoming";

- sim. available;

forthcomingness
n1
the state of being imminent and liable to happen soon;

- syn. imminence, imminency, imminentness, impendence, impendency;

forthright / f ɔ θ ɹ aɪ t /
a1
characterized by directness in manner or speech;

- without subtlety or evasion;

- "blunt talking and straight shooting";

- "a blunt New England farmer";

- "I gave them my candid opinion";

- "forthright criticism";

- "a forthright approach to the problem";

- "tell me what you think--and you may just as well be frank";

- "it is possible to be outspoken without being rude";

- "plainspoken and to the point";

- "a point-blank accusation";

- syn. blunt, candid, frank, free-spoken, outspoken, plainspoken, point-blank, straight-from-the-shoulder;

- sim. direct;

r1
directly and without evasion;

- not roundabout;

- "to face a problem squarely";

- "the responsibility lies squarely with them";

- "spoke forthright (or forthrightly) and to the point";

- syn. forthrightly, squarely;

forthrightly / f ɔ θ ɹ aɪ t ɫ i /
r1
directly and without evasion;

- not roundabout;

- "to face a problem squarely";

- "the responsibility lies squarely with them";

- "spoke forthright (or forthrightly) and to the point";

- syn. forthright, squarely;

forthrightness / f ɔ θ ɹ aɪ t n ə s /
n1
the quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech;

- syn. candidness, candor, candour, directness, frankness;

forthwith / f ɔ θ w ɪ θ /
r1
without delay or hesitation;

- with no time intervening;

- "he answered immediately";

- "found an answer straightaway";

- "an official accused of dishonesty should be suspended forthwith";

- "Come here now!";

- syn. at once, directly, immediately, instantly, like a shot, now, right away, straight off, straightaway;

forties / f ɔ t ɪ z /
n1
the time of life between 40 and 50;

- syn. mid-forties;

n2
the decade from 1940 to 1949;

- syn. 1940s;

fortieth / f ɔ t ɪə θ /
n1
position 40 in a countable series of things;

a1
the ordinal number of forty in counting order;

- syn. 40th;

- sim. ordinal;

fortification / f ɔ t ɪ f ɪ k eɪ ʃ n /
n1
defensive structure consisting of walls or mounds built around a stronghold to strengthen it;

- syn. munition;

n2
the art or science of strengthening defenses;

n3
the addition of an ingredient for the purpose of enrichment (as the addition of alcohol to wine or the addition of vitamins to food);

fortified / f ɔ t ɪ f aɪ d /
a1
secured with bastions or fortifications;

- syn. bastioned;

- sim. protected;

a2
having something added to increase the strength;

- "fortified wine";

- sim. strong;

fortified wine
n1
wine to which alcohol (usually grape brandy) has been added;

fortify / f ɔ t ɪ f aɪ /
v1
make strong or stronger;

- "This exercise will strengthen your upper body";

- "strengthen the relations between the two countries";

- syn. beef up, strengthen;

v2
enclose by or as if by a fortification;

- syn. fort;

v3
prepare oneself for a military confrontation;

- "The U.S. is girding for a conflict in the Middle East";

- "troops are building up on the Iraqi border";

- syn. arm, build up, gird;

v4
add nutrients to;

- "fortified milk";

v5
add alcohol to (beverages);

- "the punch is spiked!";

- syn. lace, spike;

fortissimo / f ɔ t ɪ s ɪ m oʊ /
n1
a musical composition or musical passage to be performed very loudly;

a1
(chiefly a direction or description in music) very loud and strong;

- sim. forte;

r1
a direction in music;

- to be played very loudly;

- syn. very loudly;

fortitude / f ɔ t ɪ t j u d /
n1
strength of mind that enables one to endure adversity with courage;

fortnight / f ɔ t n aɪ t /
n1
a period of fourteen consecutive days;

- "most major tennis tournaments last a fortnight";

- syn. two weeks;

fortnightly / f ɔ t n aɪ t ɫ i /
a1
occurring every two weeks;

- syn. biweekly;

- sim. periodic;

r1
every two weeks;

- "he visited his cousins fortnightly";

- syn. biweekly;

FORTRAN / f ɔ t ɹ æ n /
n1
a high-level programing language for mathematical and scientific purposes;

- stands for formula translation;

Fortran compiler
n1
a compiler for programs written in FORTRAN;

FORTRAN program
n1
a program written in FORTRAN;

fortress / f ɔ t ɹ ɪ s /
n1
a fortified defensive structure;

- syn. fort;

fortuitous / f ɔ t j u ɪ t ə s /
a1
having no cause or apparent cause;

- "a causeless miracle";

- "fortuitous encounters--strange accidents of fortune";

- "we cannot regard artistic invention as...uncaused and unrelated to the times";

- syn. causeless, uncaused;

- sim. unintended;

a2
occurring by happy chance;

- "profits were enhanced by a fortuitous drop in the cost of raw materials";

- sim. fortunate;

fortuitously / f ɔ t j u ɪ t ə s ɫ i /
r1
by good fortune;

- "fortunately the weather was good";

- syn. as luck would have it, fortunately, luckily;

fortuitousness / f ɔ t j u ɪ t ə s n ə s /
n1
the quality of happening accidentally and by lucky chance;

fortuity / f ɔ t j u ɪ t i /
n1
anything that happens suddenly or by chance without an apparent cause;

- "winning the lottery was a happy accident";

- "the pregnancy was a stroke of bad luck";

- "it was due to an accident or fortuity";

- syn. accident, chance event, stroke;

Fortuna / f ə t j u n ə /
n1
(Roman mythology) the goddess of fortune and good luck;

- counterpart of Greek Tyche;

fortunate / f ɔ tʃ ə n ə t /
a1
having unexpected good fortune;

- "other, less fortunate, children died";

- "a fortunate choice";

- also lucky, privileged, successful;

- sim. better off, felicitous, fortuitous, good, heaven-sent, lucky, well-off;

a2
supremely favored;

- "golden lads and girls all must / like chimney sweepers come to dust"-Shakespeare;

- "fortunate son";

- syn. golden;

- sim. blessed;

a3
presaging good fortune;

- "she made a fortunate decision to go to medical school";

- "rosy predictions";

- syn. rosy;

- sim. auspicious;

fortunately / f ɔ tʃ ə n ə t ɫ i /
r1
by good fortune;

- "fortunately the weather was good";

- syn. as luck would have it, fortuitously, luckily;

fortune / f ɔ tʃ u n /
n1
an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another;

- "bad luck caused his downfall";

- "we ran into each other by pure chance";

- syn. chance, hazard, luck;

n2
a large amount of wealth or prosperity;

n3
an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that leads to a favorable outcome;

- "it was my good luck to be there";

- "they say luck is a lady";

- "it was as if fortune guided his hand";

- syn. luck;

n4
your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you);

- "whatever my fortune may be";

- "deserved a better fate";

- "has a happy lot";

- "the luck of the Irish";

- "a victim of circumstances";

- "success that was her portion";

- syn. circumstances, destiny, fate, lot, luck, portion;

fortune cookie
n1
thin folded wafer containing a maxim on a slip of paper;

fortune hunter
n1
a person who seeks wealth through marriage;

fortune teller
n1
a person who foretells your personal future;

- syn. fortuneteller;

fortune telling
n1
the art or gift of prophecy (or the pretense of prophecy) by supernatural means;

- syn. divination, foretelling, soothsaying;

Fortunella
n1
small genus of shrubs native to south China producing small ovoid fruits resembling oranges: includes kumquats;

- syn. genus Fortunella;

Fortunella japonica
n1
shrub bearing round-fruited kumquats;

- syn. marumi, marumi kumquat, round kumquat;

Fortunella margarita
n1
shrub bearing oval-fruited kumquats;

- syn. nagami, nagami kumquat, oval kumquat;

fortuneteller / f ɔ tʃ u n t ɛ ɫ ə /
n1
a person who foretells your personal future;

- syn. fortune teller;

fortunetelling / f ɔ tʃ u n t ɛ ɫ ɪ ŋ /
n1
the practice of predicting people's futures (usually for payment);

forty / f ɔ t i /
n1
the cardinal number that is the product of ten and four;

- syn. 40, XL;

a1
being ten more than thirty;

- syn. 40, twoscore, xl;

- sim. cardinal;

forty-eight
a1
being eight more than forty;

- syn. 48, xlviii;

- sim. cardinal;

forty-eighth
a1
the ordinal number of forty-eight in counting order;

- syn. 48th;

- sim. ordinal;

forty-fifth
a1
the ordinal number of forty-five in counting order;

- syn. 45th;

- sim. ordinal;

forty-first
a1
the ordinal number of forty-one in counting order;

- syn. 41st;

- sim. ordinal;

forty-five
n1
a .45-caliber pistol;

a1
being five more than forty;

- syn. 45, xlv;

- sim. cardinal;

forty-four
a1
being four more than forty;

- syn. 44, xliv;

- sim. cardinal;

forty-fourth
a1
the ordinal number of forty-four in counting order;

- syn. 44th;

- sim. ordinal;

forty-nine
a1
being nine more than forty;

- syn. 49, il;

- sim. cardinal;

forty-niner
n1
a miner who took part in the California gold rush in 1849;

forty-ninth
a1
the ordinal number of forty-nine in counting order;

- syn. 49th;

- sim. ordinal;

forty-one
a1
being one more than forty;

- syn. 41, xli;

- sim. cardinal;

forty-second
a1
the ordinal number of forty-two in counting order;

- syn. 42nd;

- sim. ordinal;

forty-seven
a1
being seven more than forty;

- syn. 47, xlvii;

- sim. cardinal;

forty-seventh
a1
the ordinal number of forty-seven in counting order;

- syn. 47th;

- sim. ordinal;

forty-six
a1
being six more than forty;

- syn. 46, xlvi;

- sim. cardinal;

forty-sixth
a1
the ordinal number of forty-six in counting order;

- syn. 46th;

- sim. ordinal;

forty-third
a1
the ordinal number of forty-three in counting order;

- syn. 43rd;

- sim. ordinal;

forty-three
a1
being three more than forty;

- syn. 43, xliii;

- sim. cardinal;

forty-two
a1
being two more than forty;

- syn. 42, xlii;

- sim. cardinal;

forty winks
n1
sleeping for a short period of time (usually not in bed);

- syn. catnap, light sleep, nap, short sleep, snooze;

forum / f ɔ ɹ ə m /
n1
a public meeting or assembly for open discussion;

n2
a public facility to meet for open discussion;

- syn. assembly, meeting place;

forward / f ɔ w ə d /
n1
the person who plays the position of forward in certain games, such as basketball, soccer, or hockey;

n2
a position on a basketball, soccer, or hockey team;

v1
send or ship onward from an intermediate post or station in transit;

- "forward my mail";

- syn. send on;

a1
at or near or directed toward the front;

- "the forward section of the aircraft";

- "a forward plunge down the stairs";

- "forward motion";

- also fore, progressive;

- sim. guardant, headfirst;

a2
used of temperament or behavior;

- lacking restraint or modesty;

- "a forward child badly in need of discipline";

- also bold;

- sim. assumptive, brash, bumptious, fresh, overfamiliar;

a3
of the transmission gear causing forward movement in a motor vehicle;

- "in a forward gear";

a4
moving forward;

- syn. advancing, forward-moving;

- sim. progressive;

r1
at or to or toward the front;

- "he faced forward";

- "step forward";

- "she practiced sewing backward as well as frontward on her new sewing machine";

- (`forrad' and `forrard' are dialectal variations);

- syn. forrad, forrard, forwards, frontward, frontwards;

r2
forward in time or order or degree;

- "from that time forth";

- "from the sixth century onward";

- syn. forth, onward;

r3
toward the future;

- forward in time;

- "I like to look ahead in imagination to what the future may bring";

- "I look forward to seeing you";

- syn. ahead;

r4
in a forward direction;

- "go ahead";

- "the train moved ahead slowly";

- "the boat lurched ahead";

- "moved onward into the forest";

- "they went slowly forward in the mud";

- syn. ahead, forrader, forwards, onward, onwards;

r5
near or toward the bow of a ship or cockpit of a plane;

- "the captain went fore (or forward) to check the instruments";

- syn. fore;

forward-looking
a1
ahead of the times;

- "the advanced teaching methods";

- "had advanced views on the subject";

- "a forward-looking corporation";

- "is British industry innovative enough?";

- syn. advanced, innovative, modern;

- sim. progressive;

forward-moving
a1
moving forward;

- syn. advancing, forward;

- sim. progressive;

forward market
n1
a commodity exchange where futures contracts are traded;

- syn. futures exchange, futures market;

forward motion
n1
the act of moving forward (as toward a goal);

- syn. advance, advancement, onward motion, procession, progress, progression;

forward pass
n1
a pass to a receiver downfield from the passer;

- syn. aerial;

forward passer
n1
(football) a ball carrier who tries to gain ground by throwing a forward pass;

- syn. passer;

forwarding / f ɔ w ə d ɪ ŋ /
n1
the act of sending on to another destination;

- "the forwarding of mail to a new address is done automatically";

- "the forwarding of resumes to the personnel department";

n2
the advancement of some enterprise;

- "his experience in marketing resulted in the forwarding of his career";

- syn. furtherance, promotion;

forwardness / f ɔ w ə d n ə s /
n1
offensive boldness and assertiveness;

- syn. bumptiousness, cockiness, pushiness;

n2
an advanced stage;

- "the forwardness of the harvest this year";

- "the arts are in no kind of forwardness in this matter";

n3
prompt willingness;

- "readiness to continue discussions";

- "they showed no eagerness to spread the gospel";

- "they disliked his zeal in demonstrating his superiority";

- "he tried to explain his forwardness in battle";

- syn. eagerness, readiness, zeal;

forwards / f ɔ w ə d z /
r1
at or to or toward the front;

- "he faced forward";

- "step forward";

- "she practiced sewing backward as well as frontward on her new sewing machine";

- (`forrad' and `forrard' are dialectal variations);

- syn. forrad, forrard, forward, frontward, frontwards;

r2
in a forward direction;

- "go ahead";

- "the train moved ahead slowly";

- "the boat lurched ahead";

- "moved onward into the forest";

- "they went slowly forward in the mud";

- syn. ahead, forrader, forward, onward, onwards;

foryml
n1
(chemistry) the negative univalent acyl radical CHO that occurs in aldehydes;

Fosamax
n1
a tablet (trade name Fosamax) prescribed to prevent or treat osteoporosis in women after menopause;

- syn. alendronate;

Fosbury
n1
United States athlete who revolutionized the high jump by introducing the Fosbury flop in the 1968 Olympics (born in 1947);

- syn. Dick Fosbury, Richard D. Fosbury;

Fosbury flop
n1
jumping over the bar backwards and head first;

fossa
n1
a concavity in a surface (especially an anatomical depression);

- syn. pit;

n2
monotypic genus of Madagascar civets closely related to palm civets;

- syn. genus Fossa;

n3
largest carnivore of Madagascar;

- intermediate in some respects between cats and civets;

- syn. Cryptoprocta ferox, fossa cat;

fossa cat
n1
largest carnivore of Madagascar;

- intermediate in some respects between cats and civets;

- syn. Cryptoprocta ferox, fossa;

Fossa fossa
n1
civet of Madagascar;

- syn. fanaloka;

fosse / f ɒ s /
n1
ditch dug as a fortification and usually filled with water;

- syn. moat;

fossil / f ɒ s ɫ /
n1
someone whose style is out of fashion;

- syn. dodo, fogey, fogy;

n2
the remains (or an impression) of a plant or animal that existed in a past geological age and that has been excavated from the soil;

a1
characteristic of a fossil;

fossil copal
n1
partly mineralized copal dug from the ground;

- syn. copaline, copalite;

fossil fuel
n1
fuel consisting of the remains of organisms preserved in rocks in the earth's crust with high carbon and hydrogen content;

fossil oil
n1
a dark oil consisting mainly of hydrocarbons;

- syn. crude, crude oil, oil, petroleum, rock oil;

fossiliferous / f ɒ s ɪ ɫ ɪ f ə ɹ ə s /
a1
bearing or containing fossils;

- "fossiliferous strata";

fossilisation / f ɒ s ɪ ɫ aɪ z eɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
the process of fossilizing a plant or animal that existed in some earlier age;

- the process of being turned to stone;

- syn. fossilization;

n2
becoming inflexible or out of date;

- syn. fossilization;

fossilise / f ɒ s ɪ ɫ aɪ z /
v1
convert to a fossil;

- "The little animals fossilized and are now embedded in the limestone";

- syn. fossilize;

v2
become mentally inflexible;

- syn. fossilize;

fossilised / f ɒ s ɪ ɫ aɪ z d /
a1
set in a rigidly conventional pattern of behavior, habits, or beliefs;

- "obsolete fossilized ways";

- "an ossified bureaucratic system";

- syn. fossilized, ossified;

- sim. inflexible;

fossilist
n1
a specialist in paleontology;

- syn. palaeontologist, paleontologist;

fossilization / f ɒ s ə ɫ aɪ z eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the process of fossilizing a plant or animal that existed in some earlier age;

- the process of being turned to stone;

- syn. fossilisation;

n2
becoming inflexible or out of date;

- syn. fossilisation;

fossilize / f ɒ s ə ɫ aɪ z /
v1
convert to a fossil;

- "The little animals fossilized and are now embedded in the limestone";

- syn. fossilise;

v2
become mentally inflexible;

- syn. fossilise;

fossilized / f ɒ s ə ɫ aɪ z d /
a1
set in a rigidly conventional pattern of behavior, habits, or beliefs;

- "obsolete fossilized ways";

- "an ossified bureaucratic system";

- syn. fossilised, ossified;

- sim. inflexible;

fossilology
n1
the earth science that studies fossil organisms and related remains;

- syn. palaeontology, paleontology;

fossorial
a1
(of limbs and feet) adapted for digging;

fossorial foot
n1
foot adapted for digging as in moles;

fossorial mammal
n1
a burrowing mammal having limbs adapted for digging;

Foster / f ɒ s t ə , f ɒ s t ə ɹ /
n1
United States songwriter whose songs embody the sentiment of the South before the American Civil War (1826-1864);

- syn. Stephen Collins Foster, Stephen Foster;

v1
promote the growth of;

- "Foster our children's well-being and education";

- syn. further;

v2
bring up under fosterage;

- of children;

v3
help develop, help grow;

- "nurture his talents";

- syn. nurture;

a1
providing or receiving nurture or parental care though not related by blood or legal ties;

- "foster parent";

- "foster child";

- "foster home";

- "surrogate father";

- syn. surrogate;

- sim. adoptive;

foster-brother / f ɒ s t ə b ɹ ʌ ð ə , f ɒ s t ə b ɹ ʌ ð ə ɹ /
n1
your foster brother is a male who is not a son of your parents but who is raised by your parents;

- syn. foster brother;

foster-child / f ɒ s t ə tʃ aɪ ɫ d /
n1
a child who is raised by foster parents;

- syn. foster child, fosterling;

foster-daughter
n1
someone who is raised as a daughter although not related by birth;

- syn. foster daughter;

foster-father / f ɒ s t ə f ɑ ð ə , f ɒ s t ə f ɑ ð ə ɹ /
n1
a man who is a foster parent;

- syn. foster father;

foster-mother / f ɒ s t ə m ʌ ð ə , f ɒ s t ə m ʌ ð ə ɹ /
n1
a woman who is a foster parent and raises another's child;

- syn. foster mother;

foster-nurse
n1
a nurse who raises another woman's child as her own;

foster-parent / f ɒ s t ə p eə ɹ ə n t /
n1
a person who acts as parent and guardian for a child in place of the child's natural parents but without legally adopting the child;

- syn. foster parent;

foster-sister / f ɒ s t ə s ɪ s t ə , f ɒ s t ə s ɪ s t ə ɹ /
n1
your foster sister is a female who is not a daughter of your parents but who is raised by your parents;

- syn. foster sister;

foster-son
n1
someone who is raised as a son although not related by birth;

- syn. foster son;

foster brother
n1
your foster brother is a male who is not a son of your parents but who is raised by your parents;

- syn. foster-brother;

foster care
n1
supervised care for delinquent or neglected children usually in an institution or substitute home;

foster child
n1
a child who is raised by foster parents;

- syn. foster-child, fosterling;

foster daughter
n1
someone who is raised as a daughter although not related by birth;

- syn. foster-daughter;

foster family
n1
the family of a fosterling;

foster father
n1
a man who is a foster parent;

- syn. foster-father;

foster home
n1
a household in which an orphaned or delinquent child is placed (usually by a social-service agency);

foster mother
n1
a woman who is a foster parent and raises another's child;

- syn. foster-mother;

foster parent
n1
a person who acts as parent and guardian for a child in place of the child's natural parents but without legally adopting the child;

- syn. foster-parent;

foster sister
n1
your foster sister is a female who is not a daughter of your parents but who is raised by your parents;

- syn. foster-sister;

foster son
n1
someone who is raised as a son although not related by birth;

- syn. foster-son;

fosterage / f ɒ s t ə ɹ ɪ dʒ /
n1
encouragement;

- aiding the development of something;

- syn. fostering;

n2
helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community;

- "they debated whether nature or nurture was more important";

- syn. breeding, bringing up, fostering, nurture, raising, rearing, upbringing;

fostering / f ɒ s t ə ɹ ɪ ŋ /
n1
encouragement;

- aiding the development of something;

- syn. fosterage;

n2
helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community;

- "they debated whether nature or nurture was more important";

- syn. breeding, bringing up, fosterage, nurture, raising, rearing, upbringing;

fosterling / f ɒ s t ə ɹ ɫ ɪ ŋ /
n1
a child who is raised by foster parents;

- syn. foster-child, foster child;

fothergilla
n1
any of several deciduous low-growing shrubs of the genus Fothergilla having showy brushlike spikes of white flowers in spring and fiery red and orange autumn color;

- grows from Alabama to the Allegheny Mountains;

- syn. witch alder;

n2
small genus of deciduous shrubs of the southeastern United States;

- syn. genus Fothergilla;

FOTS
n1
a communication system using fiber optic cables;

- syn. fiber-optic transmission system, fibre-optic transmission system;

Foucault / f oʊ k ɔ ɫ t /
n1
French physicist who determined the speed of light and showed that it travels slower in water than in air;

- invented the Foucault pendulum and the gyroscope (1819-1868);

- syn. Jean Bernard Leon Foucault;

Foucault pendulum
n1
pendulum with a long wire;

- can swing in any direction;

- the change in the swing plane demonstrates the earth's rotation;

foul / f aʊ ɫ /
n1
an act that violates the rules of a sport;

v1
hit a foul ball;

v2
make impure;

- "The industrial wastes polluted the lake";

- syn. contaminate, pollute;

v3
become or cause to become obstructed;

- "The leaves clog our drains in the Fall";

- "The water pipe is backed up";

- syn. back up, choke, choke off, clog, clog up, congest;

v4
commit a foul;

- break the rules;

v5
spot, stain, or pollute;

- "The townspeople defiled the river by emptying raw sewage into it";

- syn. befoul, defile, maculate;

v6
make unclean;

- "foul the water";

v7
become soiled and dirty;

a1
highly offensive;

- arousing aversion or disgust;

- "a disgusting smell";

- "distasteful language";

- "a loathsome disease";

- "the idea of eating meat is repellent to me";

- "revolting food";

- "a wicked stench";

- syn. disgustful, disgusting, distasteful, loathly, loathsome, repellant, repellent, repelling, revolting, skanky, wicked, yucky;

- sim. offensive;

a2
offensively malodorous;

- "a foul odor";

- "the kitchen smelled really funky";

- syn. fetid, foetid, foul-smelling, funky, ill-scented, noisome, smelly, stinking;

- sim. malodorous;

a3
violating accepted standards or rules;

- "a dirty fighter";

- "used foul means to gain power";

- "a nasty unsporting serve";

- "fined for unsportsmanlike behavior";

- syn. cheating, dirty, unsporting, unsportsmanlike;

- sim. unfair;

a4
(of a baseball) not hit between the foul lines;

- sim. out-of-bounds;

a5
(of a manuscript) defaced with changes;

- "foul (or dirty) copy";

- syn. dirty, marked-up;

- sim. illegible;

a6
characterized by obscenity;

- "had a filthy mouth";

- "foul language";

- "smutty jokes";

- syn. cruddy, filthy, nasty, smutty;

- sim. dirty;

a7
disgustingly dirty;

- filled or smeared with offensive matter;

- "as filthy as a pigsty";

- "a foul pond";

- "a nasty pigsty of a room";

- syn. filthy, nasty;

- sim. dirty;

a8
especially of a ship's lines etc;

- "with its sails afoul";

- "a foul anchor";

- syn. afoul, fouled;

- sim. tangled;

foul-mouthed / f aʊ ɫ m aʊ ð d /
a1
using foul or obscene language;

- "noisy foul-mouthed women all shouting at once";

- syn. foul-spoken;

- sim. dirty;

foul-smelling
a1
offensively malodorous;

- "a foul odor";

- "the kitchen smelled really funky";

- syn. fetid, foetid, foul, funky, ill-scented, noisome, smelly, stinking;

- sim. malodorous;

foul-spoken / f aʊ ɫ s p oʊ k ə n /
a1
using foul or obscene language;

- "noisy foul-mouthed women all shouting at once";

- syn. foul-mouthed;

- sim. dirty;

foul-up
n1
an embarrassing mistake;

- syn. bloomer, blooper, blunder, boner, boo-boo, botch, bungle, flub, fuckup, pratfall;

foul-weather gear
n1
protective garment that is intended to keep the wearer dry and warm in bad weather;

foul ball
n1
(baseball) a ball struck with the bat so that it does not stay between the lines (the foul lines) that define the width of the playing field;

foul line
n1
a line from which basketball players take penalty shots;

n2
a line across a bowling alley that a bowler must not cross;

n3
lines through 1st and 3rd base indicating the boundaries of a baseball field;

foul out
v1
baseball: hit a ball such that it is caught from an out in foul territory;

foul play
n1
unfair or dishonest behavior (especially involving violence);

foul shot
n1
an unhindered basketball shot from the foul line;

- given to penalize the other team for committing a foul;

- syn. charity shot, charity throw, charity toss, free throw, penalty free throw;

foul up
v1
make a mess of, destroy or ruin;

- "I botched the dinner and we had to eat out";

- "the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement";

- syn. ball up, blow, bobble, bodge, bollix, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up, botch, botch up, bumble, bungle, flub, fluff, fuck up, fumble, louse up, mess up, mishandle, muck up, muff, screw up, spoil;

foulard
n1
a light plain-weave or twill-weave silk or silklike fabric (usually with a printed design);

fouled / f aʊ ɫ d /
a1
made dirty or foul;

- "a building befouled with soot";

- "breathing air fouled and darkened with factory soot";

- syn. befouled;

- sim. dirty;

a2
especially of a ship's lines etc;

- "with its sails afoul";

- "a foul anchor";

- syn. afoul, foul;

- sim. tangled;

foully / f aʊ ɫ i /
r1
in an unfair and insulting manner;

- "this internationally known writer was foully condemned by the Muslim fundamentalists";

- syn. insultingly;

r2
in a wicked and shameful manner;

- "two policemen were foully murdered";

foulmart
n1
dark brown mustelid of woodlands of Eurasia that gives off an unpleasant odor when threatened;

- syn. Mustela putorius, fitch, foumart, polecat;

foulness / f aʊ ɫ n ə s /
n1
disgusting wickedness and immorality;

- "he understood the foulness of sin";

- "his display of foulness deserved severe punishment";

- "mouths which speak such foulness must be cleansed";

n2
a state characterized by foul or disgusting dirt and refuse;

- syn. filth, filthiness, nastiness;

n3
(of weather) the badness of the weather;

- "they were wearied with the foulness of the weather";

- syn. raininess;

n4
the attribute of having a strong offensive smell;

- syn. fetidness, malodorousness, rankness, stinkiness;

foumart
n1
dark brown mustelid of woodlands of Eurasia that gives off an unpleasant odor when threatened;

- syn. Mustela putorius, fitch, foulmart, polecat;

found / f aʊ n d /
n1
food and lodging provided in addition to money;

- "they worked for $30 and found";

v1
set up or found;

- "She set up a literacy program";

- syn. establish, launch, set up;

v2
set up or lay the groundwork for;

- "establish a new department";

- syn. constitute, establish, institute, plant;

v3
use as a basis for;

- found on;

- "base a claim on some observation";

- syn. base, establish, ground;

a1
come upon unexpectedly or after searching;

- "found art";

- "the lost-and-found department";

- also saved;

- sim. recovered;

foundation / f aʊ n d eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the basis on which something is grounded;

- "there is little foundation for his objections";

n2
an institution supported by an endowment;

n3
lowest support of a structure;

- "it was built on a base of solid rock";

- "he stood at the foot of the tower";

- syn. base, foot, fundament, groundwork, substructure, understructure;

n4
education or instruction in the fundamentals of a field of knowledge;

- "he lacks the foundation necessary for advanced study";

- "a good grounding in mathematics";

- syn. grounding;

n5
the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained;

- "the whole argument rested on a basis of conjecture";

- syn. base, basis, cornerstone, fundament, groundwork;

n6
a woman's undergarment worn to give shape to the contours of the body;

- syn. foundation garment;

n7
the act of starting something for the first time;

- introducing something new;

- "she looked forward to her initiation as an adult";

- "the foundation of a new scientific society";

- syn. creation, founding, initiation, innovation, instauration, institution, introduction, origination;

foundation garment
n1
a woman's undergarment worn to give shape to the contours of the body;

- syn. foundation;

foundation stone
n1
a stone laid at a ceremony to mark the founding of a new building;

founder / f aʊ n d ə , f aʊ n d ə ɹ /
n1
inflammation of the laminated tissue that attaches the hoof to the foot of a horse;

- syn. laminitis;

n2
a person who founds or establishes some institution;

- "George Washington is the father of his country";

- syn. beginner, father, founding father;

n3
a worker who makes metal castings;

v1
fail utterly;

- collapse;

- "The project foundered";

- syn. fall flat, fall through, flop;

v2
sink below the surface;

v3
break down, literally or metaphorically;

- "The wall collapsed";

- "The business collapsed";

- "The dam broke";

- "The roof collapsed";

- "The wall gave in";

- "The roof finally gave under the weight of the ice";

- syn. break, cave in, collapse, fall in, give, give way;

v4
stumble and nearly fall;

- "the horses foundered";

foundering / f aʊ n d ə ɹ ɪ ŋ /
n1
(of a ship) sinking;

- syn. going under;

founding / f aʊ n d ɪ ŋ /
n1
the act of starting something for the first time;

- introducing something new;

- "she looked forward to her initiation as an adult";

- "the foundation of a new scientific society";

- syn. creation, foundation, initiation, innovation, instauration, institution, introduction, origination;

Founding Father
n1
a member of the Constitutional Convention that drafted the United States Constitution in 1787;

n2
a person who founds or establishes some institution;

- "George Washington is the father of his country";

- syn. beginner, father, founder;

foundling / f aʊ n d ɫ ɪ ŋ /
n1
a child who has been abandoned and whose parents are unknown;

- syn. abandoned infant;

foundling hospital
n1
a hospital where foundlings (infant children of unknown parents) are taken in and cared for;

- syn. creche;

foundress / f aʊ n d ɹ ɪ s /
n1
a woman founder;

foundry / f aʊ n d ɹ i /
n1
factory where metal castings are produced;

- syn. metalworks;

foundry proof
n1
a proof taken from a form before duplicate plates are made;

fount / f aʊ n t /
n1
a specific size and style of type within a type family;

- syn. case, face, font, typeface;

n2
a plumbing fixture that provides a flow of water;

- syn. fountain;

fountain / f aʊ n t ɪ n /
n1
a structure from which an artificially produced jet of water arises;

n2
a natural flow of ground water;

- syn. natural spring, outflow, outpouring, spring;

n3
an artificially produced flow of water;

- syn. jet;

n4
a plumbing fixture that provides a flow of water;

- syn. fount;

fountain grass
n1
tall perennial ornamental grass with long nodding flower plumes of tropical Africa and Asia;

- syn. Pennisetum ruppelii, Pennisetum setaceum;

Fountain of Youth
n1
a fountain described in folk tales as able to make people young again;

- "Ponce de Leon discovered Florida while searching for the Fountain of Youth";

fountain pen
n1
a pen that is supplied with ink from a reservoir in its barrel;

fountainhead / f aʊ n t ɪ n h ɛ d /
n1
an abundant source;

- "she was a well of information";

- syn. well, wellspring;

n2
the source of water from which a stream arises;

- "they tracked him back toward the head of the stream";

- syn. head, headspring;

Fouquieria
n1
resinous succulent trees or shrubs of desert and semidesert regions of southwestern United States that are leafless most of the year;

- syn. genus Fouquieria;

Fouquieria columnaris
n1
candlewood of Mexico and southwestern California having tall columnar stems and bearing honey-scented creamy yellow flowers;

- syn. Idria columnaris, boojum tree, cirio;

Fouquieria splendens
n1
desert shrub of southwestern United States and Mexico having slender naked spiny branches that after the rainy season put forth foliage and clusters of red flowers;

- syn. Jacob's staff, coachwhip, ocotillo, vine cactus;

Fouquieriaceae
n1
small family of spiny shrubs or trees of southwestern United States;

- syn. family Fouquieriaceae;

four / f ɔ , f ɔ ɹ /
n1
the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one;

- syn. 4, IV, Little Joe, foursome, quadruplet, quartet, quatern, quaternary, quaternion, quaternity, tetrad;

n2
a playing card or domino or die whose upward face shows four pips;

- syn. four-spot;

a1
being one more than three;

- syn. 4, iv;

- sim. cardinal;

four-card monte
n1
a gambling card game of Spanish origin;

- 3 or 4 cards are dealt face up and players bet that one of them will be matched before the others as the cards are dealt from the pack one at a time;

- syn. monte, three-card monte;

four-centered arch
n1
a low elliptical or pointed arch;

- usually drawn from four centers;

- syn. Tudor arch;

four-dimensional
a1
involving or relating to the fourth dimension or time;

- syn. 4-dimensional;

- sim. multidimensional;

four-flusher
n1
a person who tries to bluff other people;

- syn. bluffer;

four-fold
a1
having four units or components;

- "quadruple rhythm has four beats per measure";

- "quadruplex wire";

- syn. fourfold, quadruple, quadruplex, quadruplicate;

- sim. multiple;

a2
four times as great or many;

- "a fourfold increase in the dosage";

- syn. fourfold, quadruple;

- sim. multiple;

four-footed
a1
having four feet;

- syn. quadruped, quadrupedal;

four-footed butterfly
n1
medium to large butterflies found worldwide typically having brightly colored wings and much-reduced nonfunctional forelegs carried folded on the breast;

- syn. brush-footed butterfly, nymphalid, nymphalid butterfly;

four-four time
n1
a time signature indicating four beats to the bar;

- syn. common measure, common time, quadruple time;

four-hitter
n1
a game in which a pitcher allows the opposing team 4 hits;

- syn. 4-hitter;

four-hundredth
a1
the ordinal number of four hundred in counting order;

- syn. 400th;

- sim. ordinal;

four-in-hand / f ɔ ɹ ɪ n h æ n d /
n1
a long necktie that is tied in a slipknot with one end hanging in front of the other;

n2
a carriage pulled by four horses with one driver;

- syn. coach, coach-and-four;

four-lane
a1
having two lanes for traffic in each direction;

- sim. multilane;

four-letter Anglo-Saxon word
n1
any of several short English words (often having 4 letters) generally regarded as obscene or offensive;

- syn. four-letter word;

four-letter word
n1
any of several short English words (often having 4 letters) generally regarded as obscene or offensive;

- syn. four-letter Anglo-Saxon word;

four-lined leaf bug
n1
yellow or orange leaf bug with four black stripes down the back;

- widespread in central and eastern North America;

- syn. Poecilocapsus lineatus, four-lined plant bug;

four-lined plant bug
n1
yellow or orange leaf bug with four black stripes down the back;

- widespread in central and eastern North America;

- syn. Poecilocapsus lineatus, four-lined leaf bug;

four-lobed
a1
having four lobes;

- sim. multilateral;

four-membered
a1
of a chemical compound having a ring with four members;

- syn. 4-membered;

- sim. membered;

four-minute man
n1
someone who has run the mile in less that 4 minutes;

four-needled
a1
(of conifers) having four needles;

- sim. simple;

four-o'clock family
n1
a family of flowering plants of the order Caryophyllales;

- syn. Allioniaceae, Nyctaginaceae, family Allioniaceae, family Nyctaginaceae;

four-part harmony
n1
harmony in which each chord has four notes that create four melodic lines;

four-party
a1
involving four parties;

- syn. quadripartite;

- sim. multilateral;

four-petaled
a1
(of flowers) having four petals;

- syn. four-petalled;

- sim. petalous;

four-petalled
a1
(of flowers) having four petals;

- syn. four-petaled;

- sim. petalous;

four-ply / f ɔ p ɫ aɪ /
a1
having a thickness made up of four layers or strands;

- "four-ply yarns";

- sim. thick;

four-poster / f ɔ p oʊ s t ə , f ɔ p oʊ s t ə ɹ /
n1
a bed with posts at the four corners that can be used to support a canopy or curtains;

four-pounder / f ɔ p aʊ n d ə , f ɔ p aʊ n d ə ɹ /
n1
an artillery gun that throws a shot weighing four pounds;

four-pronged
a1
having four prongs;

- sim. divided;

four-sided
a1
having four sides;

- syn. quadrilateral;

- sim. multilateral;

four-spot
n1
a playing card or domino or die whose upward face shows four pips;

- syn. four;

four-stroke engine
n1
an internal-combustion engine in which an explosive mixture is drawn into the cylinder on the first stroke and is compressed and ignited on the second stroke;

- work is done on the third stroke and the products of combustion are exhausted on the fourth stroke;

- syn. four-stroke internal-combustion engine;

four-stroke internal-combustion engine
n1
an internal-combustion engine in which an explosive mixture is drawn into the cylinder on the first stroke and is compressed and ignited on the second stroke;

- work is done on the third stroke and the products of combustion are exhausted on the fourth stroke;

- syn. four-stroke engine;

four-tailed bandage
n1
a bandage consisting of a strip of cloth split in two on both ends;

- the central part is placed under the chin to restrict motion of the mandible and the tails are tied over the top of the head;

four-wheel
a1
of or relating to vehicles with four wheels;

- "a four-wheel drive";

- syn. four-wheeled;

four-wheel drive
n1
a motor vehicle with a four-wheel drive transmission system;

- syn. 4WD;

n2
a transmission that provides power directly to all four wheels of a motor vehicle;

- syn. 4WD;

four-wheeled
a1
of or relating to vehicles with four wheels;

- "a four-wheel drive";

- syn. four-wheel;

four-wheeler / f ɔ w i ɫ ə , f ɔ w i ɫ ə ɹ /
n1
a hackney carriage with four wheels;

four-wing flying fish
n1
having both pectoral and pelvic fins enlarged;

- syn. biplane flying fish;

four-year-old
a1
four years of age;

- sim. young;

four flush
n1
the act of bluffing in poker;

- deception by a false show of confidence in the strength of your cards;

- syn. bluff;

Four Horsemen
n1
(New Testament) the four evils that will come at the end of the world: conquest rides a white horse;

- war a red horse;

- famine a black horse;

- plague a pale horse;

Four Hundred
n1
the exclusive social set of a city;

a1
being one hundred more than three hundred;

- syn. 400, cd;

- sim. cardinal;

four o'clock
n1
any of several plants of the genus Mirabilis having flowers that open in late afternoon;

four times
r1
by a factor of four;

- "the price of gasoline has increased fourfold over the past two years";

- syn. fourfold;

fourfold / f ɔ f oʊ ɫ d /
a1
four times as great or many;

- "a fourfold increase in the dosage";

- syn. four-fold, quadruple;

- sim. multiple;

a2
having four units or components;

- "quadruple rhythm has four beats per measure";

- "quadruplex wire";

- syn. four-fold, quadruple, quadruplex, quadruplicate;

- sim. multiple;

r1
by a factor of four;

- "the price of gasoline has increased fourfold over the past two years";

- syn. four times;

fourfold point correlation
n1
an index of the relation between any two sets of scores that can both be represented on ordered binary dimensions (e.g., male-female);

- syn. phi coefficient, phi correlation;

fourhanded
a1
(of card games) involving or requiring four players;

Fourier
n1
French mathematician who developed Fourier analysis and studied the conduction of heat (1768-1830);

- syn. Baron Jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier, Jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier;

n2
French sociologist and reformer who hoped to achieve universal harmony by reorganizing society (1772-1837);

- syn. Charles Fourier, Francois Marie Charles Fourier;

Fourier analysis
n1
analysis of a periodic function into a sum of simple sinusoidal components;

- syn. harmonic analysis;

Fourier series
n1
the sum of a series of trigonometric expressions;

- used in the analysis of periodic functions;

fourpence / f ɔ p ə n s /
n1
a former English silver coin worth four pennies;

- syn. groat;

fourpenny / f ɔ p n i /
a1
used of nail size;

- 1 3/8 in or 3.8 cm long;

- sim. sized;

fourpenny nail
n1
a nail 1.5 inches long;

fourscore / f ɔ s k ɔ , f ɔ s k ɔ ɹ /
n1
the cardinal number that is the product of ten and eight;

- syn. 80, LXXX, eighty;

a1
being ten more than seventy;

- syn. 80, eighty, lxxx;

- sim. cardinal;

foursome / f ɔ s ə m /
n1
four people considered as a unit;

- "he joined a barbershop quartet";

- "the foursome teed off before 9 a.m.";

- syn. quartet, quartette;

n2
the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one;

- syn. 4, IV, Little Joe, four, quadruplet, quartet, quatern, quaternary, quaternion, quaternity, tetrad;

foursquare / f ɔ s k w eə , f ɔ s k w eə ɹ /
n1
(geometry) a plane rectangle with four equal sides and four right angles;

- a four-sided regular polygon;

- "you can compute the area of a square if you know the length of its sides";

- syn. square;

a1
characterized by firm and unwavering conviction;

- "a foursquare refusal to yield";

- sim. resolute;

r1
in a square position;

- "the building stood foursquare";

r2
with firmness and conviction;

- without compromise;

- "he stood foursquare for religious liberty and toleration"- C.G.Bowers;

- "dealt straightforwardly with all issues";

- syn. squarely, straightforwardly;

fourteen / f ɔ t i n /
n1
the cardinal number that is the sum of thirteen and one;

- syn. 14, XIV;

a1
being one more than thirteen;

- syn. 14, xiv;

- sim. cardinal;

fourteenth / f ɔ t i n θ /
n1
position 14 in a countable series of things;

a1
coming next after the thirteenth in position;

- syn. 14th;

- sim. ordinal;

Fourteenth Amendment
n1
an amendment to the Constitution of the United States adopted in 1868;

- extends the guarantees of the Bill of Rights to the states as well as to the federal government;

fourth / f ɔ θ /
n1
following the third position;

- number four in a countable series;

n2
one of four equal parts;

- "a quarter of a pound";

- syn. fourth part, one-fourth, one-quarter, quarter, quartern, twenty-five percent;

n3
the musical interval between one note and another four notes away from it;

a1
coming next after the third and just before the fifth in position or time or degree or magnitude;

- "the quaternary period of geologic time extends from the end of the tertiary period to the present";

- syn. 4th, quaternary;

- sim. ordinal;

r1
in the fourth place;

- "fourthly, you must pay the rent on the first of the month";

- syn. fourthly;

fourth-year
a1
used of the fourth and final year in United States high school or college;

- "the senior prom";

- syn. senior;

- sim. last;

Fourth Council of Constantinople
n1
the council in 869 that condemned Photius who had become the patriarch of Constantinople without approval from the Vatican, thereby precipitating the schism between the eastern and western churches;

- syn. Constantinople;

fourth cranial nerve
n1
either of the two cranial nerves on either side that control the superior oblique muscles of the eyes;

- syn. trochlear, trochlear nerve, trochlearis;

Fourth Crusade
n1
a Crusade from 1202 to 1204 that was diverted into a battle for Constantinople and failed to recapture Jerusalem;

fourth deck
n1
the fourth or lowest deck;

- syn. orlop, orlop deck;

fourth dimension
n1
the fourth coordinate that is required (along with three spatial dimensions) to specify a physical event;

- syn. time;

Fourth Earl of Chesterfield
n1
suave and witty English statesman remembered mostly for letters to his son (1694-1773);

- syn. Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope;

Fourth Earl of Orford
n1
English writer and historian;

- son of Sir Robert Walpole (1717-1797);

- syn. Horace Walpole, Horatio Walpole, Walpole;

fourth estate
n1
the press, including journalists, newspaper writers, photographers;

Fourth Lateran Council
n1
the Lateran Council in 1215 was the most important council of the Middle Ages;

- issued a creed against Albigensianism, published reformatory decrees, promulgated the doctrine of transubstantiation, and clarified church doctrine on the Trinity and Incarnation;

Fourth of July
n1
a legal holiday in the United States;

- syn. Independence Day, July 4;

fourth part
n1
one of four equal parts;

- "a quarter of a pound";

- syn. fourth, one-fourth, one-quarter, quarter, quartern, twenty-five percent;

fourth power
n1
an algebraic equation or function of the fourth degree;

- syn. biquadrate, biquadratic, quartic;

fourth stomach
n1
the fourth compartment of the stomach of a ruminant;

- the one where digestion takes place;

- syn. abomasum;

fourth ventricle
n1
an irregular ventricle between the third ventricle and the central canal of the spinal cord;

fourthly / f ɔ θ ɫ i /
r1
in the fourth place;

- "fourthly, you must pay the rent on the first of the month";

- syn. fourth;

fovea
n1
area consisting of a small depression in the retina containing cones and where vision is most acute;

- syn. fovea centralis;

fovea centralis
n1
area consisting of a small depression in the retina containing cones and where vision is most acute;

- syn. fovea;

foveal vision
n1
vision with the fovea;

fowl / f aʊ ɫ /
n1
a domesticated gallinaceous bird thought to be descended from the red jungle fowl;

- syn. domestic fowl, poultry;

n2
the flesh of a bird or fowl (wild or domestic) used as food;

- syn. bird;

v1
hunt fowl;

v2
hunt fowl in the forest;

fowl cholera
n1
an acute diarrheal disease (especially of chickens) caused by the microorganism that causes hemorrhagic septicemia;

fowl pest
n1
either of two acute viral diseases of domestic fowl;

- characterized by refusal to eat and high temperature and discoloration of the comb;

fowl run
n1
an enclosed yard for keeping poultry;

- syn. chicken run, chicken yard, hen yard;

Fowler / f aʊ ɫ ə , f aʊ ɫ ə ɹ /
n1
English lexicographer who wrote a well-known book on English usage (1858-1933);

- syn. Henry Watson Fowler;

n2
someone who hunts wild birds for food;

fowling piece
n1
a light shotgun used for fowling;

fox / f ɒ k s /
n1
alert carnivorous mammal with pointed muzzle and ears and a bushy tail;

- most are predators that do not hunt in packs;

n2
a shifty deceptive person;

- syn. dodger, slyboots;

n3
the grey or reddish-brown fur of a fox;

n4
English statesman who supported American independence and the French Revolution (1749-1806);

- syn. Charles James Fox;

n5
English religious leader who founded the Society of Friends (1624-1691);

- syn. George Fox;

n6
a member of an Algonquian people formerly living west of Lake Michigan along the Fox River;

n7
the Algonquian language of the Fox;

v1
deceive somebody;

- "We tricked the teacher into thinking that class would be cancelled next week";

- syn. flim-flam, fob, play a joke on, play a trick on, play tricks, pull a fast one on, trick;

v2
be confusing or perplexing to;

- cause to be unable to think clearly;

- "These questions confuse even the experts";

- "This question completely threw me";

- "This question befuddled even the teacher";

- syn. bedevil, befuddle, confound, confuse, discombobulate, fuddle, throw;

v3
become discolored with, or as if with, mildew spots;

fox-trot
n1
a ballroom dance in quadruple time;

- combines short and long and fast and slow steps fixed sequences;

- syn. foxtrot;

fox grape
n1
native grape of northeastern United States;

- origin of many cultivated varieties e.g. Concord grapes;

- syn. Vitis labrusca;

n2
purplish-black wild grape of the eastern United States with tough skins that slip easily from the flesh;

- cultivated in many varieties;

fox hole
n1
a small dugout with a pit for individual shelter against enemy fire;

- syn. foxhole;

fox hunter
n1
a mounted hunter who follows the hounds in pursuit of a fox;

fox hunting
n1
mounted hunters follow hounds in pursuit of a fox;

- syn. foxhunt;

Fox River
n1
a river in Wisconsin that flows into Lake Michigan;

fox shark
n1
large pelagic shark of warm seas with a whiplike tail used to round up small fish on which to feed;

- syn. Alopius vulpinus, thrasher, thresher, thresher shark;

fox squirrel
n1
exceptionally large arboreal squirrel of eastern United States;

- syn. Sciurus niger, eastern fox squirrel;

Fox Talbot
n1
English inventor and pioneer in photography who published the first book illustrated with photographs (1800-1877);

- syn. Talbot, William Henry Fox Talbot;

fox terrier
n1
small lively black-and-white terriers formerly used to dig out foxes;

foxberry
n1
low evergreen shrub of high north temperate regions of Europe and Asia and America bearing red edible berries;

- syn. Vaccinium vitis-idaea, cowberry, lingberry, lingenberry, lingonberry, mountain cranberry;

foxglove / f ɒ k s ɡ ɫ ʌ v /
n1
any of several plants of the genus Digitalis;

- syn. digitalis;

foxglove family
n1
a family of dicotyledonous plants of the order Polemoniales;

- includes figwort and snapdragon and foxglove and toadflax and speedwell and mullein;

- in some classifications placed in the order Scrophulariales;

- syn. Scrophulariaceae, family Scrophulariaceae, figwort family;

foxhole / f ɒ k s h oʊ ɫ /
n1
a small dugout with a pit for individual shelter against enemy fire;

- syn. fox hole;

foxhound / f ɒ k s h aʊ n d /
n1
medium-sized glossy-coated hounds developed for hunting foxes;

foxhunt / f ɒ k s h ʌ n t /
n1
mounted hunters follow hounds in pursuit of a fox;

- syn. fox hunting;

v1
hunt foxes, on horseback and with dogs;

foxily
r1
in an artful manner;

- "he craftily arranged to be there when the decision was announced";

- "had ever circumstances conspired so cunningly?";

- syn. artfully, craftily, cunningly, knavishly, slyly, trickily;

foxiness
n1
shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception;

- syn. craft, craftiness, cunning, guile, slyness, wiliness;

foxtail / f ɒ k s t eɪ ɫ /
n1
grasses of the genera Alopecurus and Setaria having dense silky or bristly brushlike flowering spikes;

- syn. foxtail grass;

foxtail barley
n1
barley grown for its highly ornamental flower heads with delicate long silky awns;

- North America and northeastern Asia;

- syn. Hordeum jubatum, squirreltail barley, squirreltail grass;

foxtail grass
n1
ground pine thickly covered with bristly leaves;

- widely distributed in barren sandy or peaty moist coastal regions of eastern and southeastern United States;

- syn. Lycopodium alopecuroides;

n2
grasses of the genera Alopecurus and Setaria having dense silky or bristly brushlike flowering spikes;

- syn. foxtail;

foxtail millet
n1
coarse drought-resistant annual grass grown for grain, hay, and forage in Europe and Asia and chiefly for forage and hay in United States;

- syn. Hungarian grass, Italian millet, Setaria italica;

foxtail orchid
n1
any of various orchids of the genus Rhyncostylis having pink- to purple-marked white flowers in a dense cylindrical raceme;

foxtrot / f ɒ k s t ɹ ɒ t /
n1
a ballroom dance in quadruple time;

- combines short and long and fast and slow steps fixed sequences;

- syn. fox-trot;

v1
dance the foxtrot;

foxy / f ɒ k s i /
a1
marked by skill in deception;

- "cunning men often pass for wise";

- "deep political machinations";

- "a foxy scheme";

- "a slick evasive answer";

- "sly as a fox";

- "tricky Dick";

- "a wily old attorney";

- syn. crafty, cunning, dodgy, guileful, knavish, slick, sly, tricksy, tricky, wily;

- sim. artful;

foyer / f ɔɪ eɪ /
n1
a large entrance or reception room or area;

- syn. antechamber, anteroom, entrance hall, hall, lobby, vestibule;

FPD
n1
a type of video display that is thin and flat;

- commonly used in laptop computers;

- syn. flat panel display;

FPS
n1
an agency in the General Services Administration that is a security organization to provide a safe environment where Federal agencies can conduct their business;

- syn. Federal Protective Service;

Fr
n1
a radioactive element of the alkali-metal group discovered as a disintegration product of actinium;

- syn. atomic number 87, francium;

Fra Filippo Lippi
n1
Italian painter whose works show a three-dimensional style (1406-1469);

- syn. Lippi;

fracas / f ɹ æ k ɑ , f ɹ æ k ɑ z /
n1
noisy quarrel;

- syn. affray, altercation;

fractal / f ɹ æ k t ə ɫ /
n1
(mathematics) a geometric pattern that is repeated at every scale and so cannot be represented by classical geometry;

fractal geometry
n1
(mathematics) the geometry of fractals;

- "Benoit Mandelbrot pioneered fractal geometry";

fraction / f ɹ æ k ʃ n /
n1
a component of a mixture that has been separated by a fractional process;

n2
a small part or item forming a piece of a whole;

n3
the quotient of two rational numbers;

v1
perform a division;

- "Can you divide 49 by seven?";

- syn. divide;

fractional / f ɹ æ k ʃ n ə ɫ /
a1
constituting or comprising a part or fraction of a possible whole or entirety;

- "a fractional share of the vote";

- "a partial dose";

- also incomplete, uncomplete;

- sim. aliquot, divisional, fragmental, half, halfway, waist-length;

fractional currency
n1
paper currency in denominations less than the basic monetary unit;

fractional distillation
n1
fractionation of a liquid by distillation;

fractional monetary unit
n1
a monetary unit that is valued at a fraction (usually one hundredth) of the basic monetary unit;

- syn. subunit;

fractional process
n1
a process that uses heat to separate a substance into its components;

- syn. fractionation;

fractionate / f ɹ æ k ʃ n ɛ t /
v1
separate into constituents or fractions containing concentrated constituents;

v2
obtain by a fractional process;

fractionation
n1
a process that uses heat to separate a substance into its components;

- syn. fractional process;

n2
separation into portions;

fractious / f ɹ æ k ʃ ə s /
a1
stubbornly resistant to authority or control;

- "a fractious animal that would not submit to the harness";

- "a refractory child";

- syn. recalcitrant, refractory;

- sim. disobedient;

a2
easily irritated or annoyed;

- "an incorrigibly fractious young man";

- "not the least nettlesome of his countrymen";

- syn. cranky, irritable, nettlesome, peckish, peevish, pettish, petulant, scratchy, techy, testy, tetchy;

- sim. ill-natured;

a3
unpredictably difficult in operation;

- likely to be troublesome;

- "rockets were much too fractious to be tested near thickly populated areas";

- "fractious components of a communication system";

- sim. difficult;

fractiously / f ɹ æ k ʃ ə s ɫ i /
r1
in a peevish manner;

- syn. peevishly, querulously;

r2
in a fractious manner;

- "the horse was behaving fractiously and refused to jump";

fractiousness / f ɹ æ k ʃ ə s n ə s /
n1
the trait of being prone to disobedience and lack of discipline;

- syn. unruliness, wilfulness, willfulness;

fracture / f ɹ æ k tʃ ə , f ɹ æ k tʃ ə ɹ /
n1
breaking of hard tissue such as bone;

- "it was a nasty fracture";

- "the break seems to have been caused by a fall";

- syn. break;

n2
(geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other;

- "they built it right over a geological fault";

- "he studied the faulting of the earth's crust";

- syn. break, fault, faulting, geological fault, shift;

n3
the act of cracking something;

- syn. crack, cracking;

v1
violate or abuse;

- "This writer really fractures the language";

v2
interrupt, break, or destroy;

- "fracture the balance of power";

v3
break into pieces;

- "The pothole fractured a bolt on the axle";

v4
become fractured;

- "The tibia fractured from the blow of the iron pipe";

v5
break (a bone);

- "She broke her clavicle";

v6
fracture a bone of;

- "I broke my foot while playing hockey";

- syn. break;

fradicin
n1
an antibiotic obtained from an actinomycete and used (as a sulphate under the trade name Neobiotic) as an intestinal antiseptic in surgery;

- syn. Neobiotic, neomycin;

Fragaria
n1
strawberries;

- syn. genus Fragaria;

Fragaria ananassa
n1
widely cultivated;

- syn. cultivated strawberry, garden strawberry;

Fragaria chiloensis
n1
wild strawberry of western United States and South America;

- source of many varieties of cultivated strawberries;

- syn. Chilean strawberry, beach strawberry;

Fragaria vesca
n1
Europe;

- syn. wild strawberry, wood strawberry;

Fragaria virginiana
n1
North American wild strawberry with sweet scarlet fruit;

- a source of many cultivated strawberries;

- syn. Virginia strawberry, scarlet strawberry;

fragile / f ɹ æ dʒ aɪ ɫ /
a1
easily broken or damaged or destroyed;

- "a kite too delicate to fly safely";

- "fragile porcelain plates";

- "fragile old bones";

- "a frail craft";

- syn. delicate, frail;

- sim. breakable;

a2
vulnerably delicate;

- "she has the fragile beauty of youth";

- sim. delicate;

a3
lacking substance or significance;

- "slight evidence";

- "a tenuous argument";

- "a thin plot";

- "a fragile claim to fame";

- syn. flimsy, slight, tenuous, thin;

- sim. insignificant;

fragile fern
n1
delicate fern widely distributed in North America and European having thin pinnatifid fronds with brittle stems;

- syn. Cystopteris fragilis, brittle bladder fern, brittle fern;

fragility / f ɹ ə dʒ ɪ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
quality of being easily damaged or destroyed;

- syn. breakability, frangibility, frangibleness;

n2
lack of physical strength;

- syn. delicacy;

fragment / f ɹ æ ɡ m ə n t , f ɹ æ ɡ m ɛ n t /
n1
a piece broken off or cut off of something else;

- "a fragment of rock";

n2
a broken piece of a brittle artifact;

- syn. shard, sherd;

n3
an incomplete piece;

- "fragments of a play";

v1
break or cause to break into pieces;

- "The plate fragmented";

- syn. break up, fragmentise, fragmentize;

fragmental / f ɹ æ ɡ m ɛ n t ɫ /
a1
consisting of small disconnected parts;

- "fragmentary remains";

- syn. fragmentary;

- sim. fractional;

fragmentary / f ɹ æ ɡ m ə n t ɹ i /
a1
consisting of small disconnected parts;

- "fragmentary remains";

- syn. fragmental;

- sim. fractional;

fragmentation / f ɹ æ ɡ m ɛ n t eɪ ʃ n /
n1
separating something into fine particles;

- syn. atomisation, atomization;

n2
the disintegration of social norms governing behavior and thought and social relationships;

n3
(computer science) the condition of a file that is broken up and stored in many different locations on a magnetic disk;

- "fragmentation slows system performance because it takes extra time to locate and assemble the parts of the fragmented file";

n4
the scattering of bomb fragments after the bomb explodes;

fragmentation bomb
n1
a bomb with only 10 to 20 per cent explosive and the remainder consisting of casings designed to break into many small high-velocity fragments;

- most effective against troops and vehicles;

- syn. anti-personnel bomb, antipersonnel bomb, daisy cutter;

fragmented / f ɹ æ ɡ m ɛ n t ɪ d /
a1
having been divided;

- having the unity destroyed;

- "Congress...gave the impression of...a confusing sum of disconnected local forces"-Samuel Lubell;

- "a league of disunited nations"- E.B.White;

- "a fragmented coalition";

- "a split group";

- syn. disconnected, disunited, split;

- sim. divided;

fragmentise
v1
break or cause to break into pieces;

- "The plate fragmented";

- syn. break up, fragment, fragmentize;

fragmentize
v1
break or cause to break into pieces;

- "The plate fragmented";

- syn. break up, fragment, fragmentise;

Fragonard
n1
French artist whose rococo paintings typified the frivolity of life in the royal court of France in the 18th century (1732-1806);

- syn. Jean Honore Fragonard;

fragrance / f ɹ eɪ ɡ ɹ ə n s /
n1
a distinctive odor that is pleasant;

- syn. aroma, perfume, scent;

n2
a pleasingly sweet olfactory property;

- syn. bouquet, fragrancy, redolence, sweetness;

fragrancy / f ɹ eɪ ɡ ɹ ə n s i /
n1
a pleasingly sweet olfactory property;

- syn. bouquet, fragrance, redolence, sweetness;

fragrant / f ɹ eɪ ɡ ɹ ə n t /
a1
pleasant-smelling;

- sim. aromatic, musky, odoriferous, perfumed;

fragrant agrimony
n1
fragrant European perennial herb found at woodland margins on moist soils;

- syn. Agrimonia procera;

fragrant bedstraw
n1
Old World fragrant stoloniferous perennial having small white flowers and narrow leaves used as flavoring and in sachets;

- widely cultivated as a ground cover;

- in some classifications placed in genus Asperula;

- syn. Asperula odorata, Galium odoratum, sweet woodruff, waldmeister, woodruff;

fragrant cliff fern
n1
fern or northern Eurasia and North America having fragrant fronds;

- syn. Dryopteris fragrans, fragrant shield fern, fragrant wood fern;

fragrant orchid
n1
European orchid having dense spikes of fragrant pink or lilac or red flowers with conspicuous spurs;

- syn. Gymnadenia conopsea;

fragrant shield fern
n1
fern or northern Eurasia and North America having fragrant fronds;

- syn. Dryopteris fragrans, fragrant cliff fern, fragrant wood fern;

fragrant sumac
n1
sweet-scented sumac of eastern America having ternate leaves and yellowish-green flowers in spikes resembling catkins followed by red hairy fruits;

- syn. Rhus aromatica, lemon sumac;

fragrant water lily
n1
a water lily having large leaves and showy fragrant flowers that float on the water;

- of temperate and tropical regions;

- syn. Nymphaea odorata, pond lily, water nymph;

fragrant wood fern
n1
fern or northern Eurasia and North America having fragrant fronds;

- syn. Dryopteris fragrans, fragrant cliff fern, fragrant shield fern;

fragrant woodsia
n1
a common rock-inhabiting fern of northern temperate regions having rusty-brown stipes and lanceolate pinnate fronds;

- syn. Woodsia ilvensis, oblong woodsia, rusty woodsia;

frail / f ɹ eɪ ɫ /
n1
the weight of a frail (basket) full of raisins or figs;

- between 50 and 75 pounds;

n2
a basket for holding dried fruit (especially raisins or figs);

a1
physically weak;

- "an invalid's frail body";

- also delicate, weak;

- sim. decrepit, light-boned;

a2
wanting in moral strength, courage, or will;

- having the attributes of man as opposed to e.g. divine beings;

- "I'm only a fallible human";

- "frail humanity";

- syn. fallible, imperfect, weak;

- sim. human;

a3
easily broken or damaged or destroyed;

- "a kite too delicate to fly safely";

- "fragile porcelain plates";

- "fragile old bones";

- "a frail craft";

- syn. delicate, fragile;

- sim. breakable;

frailness / f ɹ eɪ ɫ n ɛ s /
n1
the state of being weak in health or body (especially from old age);

- syn. debility, feebleness, frailty, infirmity, valetudinarianism;

frailty / f ɹ eɪ ɫ t i /
n1
the state of being weak in health or body (especially from old age);

- syn. debility, feebleness, frailness, infirmity, valetudinarianism;

n2
moral weakness;

- syn. vice;

fraise
n1
a ruff for the neck worn in the 16th century;

n2
sloping or horizontal rampart of pointed stakes;

frambesia
n1
an infectious tropical disease resembling syphilis in its early stages;

- marked by red skin eruptions and ulcerating lesions;

- syn. framboesia, yaws;

framboesia
n1
an infectious tropical disease resembling syphilis in its early stages;

- marked by red skin eruptions and ulcerating lesions;

- syn. frambesia, yaws;

framboise
n1
the common European raspberry;

- fruit red or orange;

- syn. European raspberry, Rubus idaeus, wild raspberry;

frame / f ɹ eɪ m /
n1
the framework for a pair of eyeglasses;

n2
a single one of a series of still transparent pictures forming a cinema, television or video film;

n3
alternative names for the body of a human being;

- "Leonardo studied the human body";

- "he has a strong physique";

- "the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak";

- syn. anatomy, bod, build, chassis, figure, flesh, form, human body, material body, physical body, physique, shape, soma;

n4
(baseball) one of nine divisions of play during which each team has a turn at bat;

- syn. inning;

n5
a single drawing in a comic strip;

n6
an application that divides the user's display into two or more windows that can be scrolled independently;

n7
a system of assumptions and standards that sanction behavior and give it meaning;

- syn. frame of reference;

n8
the hard structure (bones and cartilages) that provides a frame for the body of an animal;

- syn. skeletal system, skeleton, systema skeletale;

n9
the internal supporting structure that gives an artifact its shape;

- "the building has a steel skeleton";

- syn. skeletal frame, skeleton, underframe;

n10
a structure supporting or containing something;

- syn. framework;

n11
a framework that supports and protects a picture or a mirror;

- "the frame enhances but is not itself the subject of attention";

- "the frame was much more valuable than the miror it held";

- syn. framing;

n12
one of the ten divisions into which bowling is divided;

v1
enclose in or as if in a frame;

- "frame a picture";

- syn. border, frame in;

v2
enclose in a frame, as of a picture;

v3
take or catch as if in a snare or trap;

- "I was set up!";

- "The innocent man was framed by the police";

- syn. ensnare, entrap, set up;

v4
formulate in a particular style or language;

- "I wouldn't put it that way";

- "She cast her request in very polite language";

- syn. cast, couch, put, redact;

v5
make up plans or basic details for;

- "frame a policy";

- syn. compose, draw up;

v6
construct by fitting or uniting parts together;

- syn. frame up;

frame-up / f ɹ eɪ m ʌ p /
n1
an act that incriminates someone on a false charge;

- syn. setup;

frame buffer
n1
(computer science) a buffer that stores the contents of an image pixel by pixel;

frame in
v1
enclose in or as if in a frame;

- "frame a picture";

- syn. border, frame;

frame of mind
n1
a temporary psychological state;

- syn. state of mind;

frame of reference
n1
a system that uses coordinates to establish position;

- syn. coordinate system, reference frame, reference system;

n2
a system of assumptions and standards that sanction behavior and give it meaning;

- syn. frame;

frame up
v1
construct by fitting or uniting parts together;

- syn. frame;

framed / f ɹ eɪ m d /
a1
provided with a frame;

- "there were framed snapshots of family and friends on her desk";

framer / f ɹ eɪ m ə /
n1
someone who makes frames (as for pictures);

n2
someone who writes a new law or plan;

- "the framers of the Constitution";

framework / f ɹ eɪ m w ɝ k /
n1
a hypothetical description of a complex entity or process;

- "the computer program was based on a model of the circulatory and respiratory systems";

- syn. model, theoretical account;

n2
the underlying structure;

- "providing a factual framework for future research";

- "it is part of the fabric of society";

- syn. fabric;

n3
a structure supporting or containing something;

- syn. frame;

framing / f ɹ eɪ m ɪ ŋ /
n1
formulation of the plans and important details;

- "the framing of judicial decrees";

n2
a framework that supports and protects a picture or a mirror;

- "the frame enhances but is not itself the subject of attention";

- "the frame was much more valuable than the miror it held";

- syn. frame;

franc / f ɹ æ ŋ k /
n1
the basic monetary unit in many countries;

- equal to 100 centimes;

franc-tireur
n1
a sharpshooter (in the French army);

France / f ɹ ɑ n s /
n1
a republic in western Europe;

- the largest country wholly in Europe;

- syn. French Republic;

n2
French writer of sophisticated novels and short stories (1844-1924);

- syn. Anatole France, Jacques Anatole Francois Thibault;

Frances Eliza Hodgson Burnett
n1
United States writer (born in England) remembered for her novels for children (1849-1924);

- syn. Burnett, Frances Hodgson Burnett;

Frances Elizabeth Caroline Willard
n1
United States advocate of temperance and women's suffrage (1839-1898);

- syn. Willard;

Frances Hodgson Burnett
n1
United States writer (born in England) remembered for her novels for children (1849-1924);

- syn. Burnett, Frances Eliza Hodgson Burnett;

Frances Wright
n1
United States early feminist (born in Scotland) (1795-1852);

- syn. Fanny Wright, Wright;

Francesco della Rovere
n1
Italian pope from 1471 to 1484 who consented to the establishment of the Spanish Inquisition and built the Sistine Chapel (1414-1484);

- syn. Sixtus IV;

Francesco Petrarca
n1
an Italian poet famous for love lyrics (1304-1374);

- syn. Petrarca, Petrarch;

Franche-Comte
n1
a former province of eastern France;

franchise / f ɹ æ n tʃ aɪ z /
n1
an authorization to sell a company's goods or services in a particular place;

n2
a business established or operated under an authorization to sell or distribute a company's goods or services in a particular area;

- syn. dealership;

n3
a statutory right or privilege granted to a person or group by a government (especially the rights of citizenship and the right to vote);

- syn. enfranchisement;

v1
grant a franchise to;

franchise tax
n1
a tax that is imposed by states on corporations;

- it depends both on the net worth of the corporation and on its net income attributable to activities within the state;

Francis Albert Sinatra
n1
United States singer and film actor (1915-1998);

- syn. Frank Sinatra, Sinatra;

Francis Bacon
n1
English statesman and philosopher;

- precursor of British empiricism;

- advocated inductive reasoning (1561-1626);

- syn. 1st Baron Verulam, Bacon, Baron Verulam, Sir Francis Bacon, Viscount St. Albans;

Francis Beaumont
n1
English dramatist who collaborated with John Fletcher (1584-1616);

- syn. Beaumont;

Francis Crick
n1
English biochemist who (with Watson in 1953) helped discover the helical structure of DNA (1916-2004);

- syn. Crick, Francis Henry Compton Crick;

Francis Drake
n1
English explorer and admiral who was the first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe and who helped to defeat the Spanish Armada (1540-1596);

- syn. Drake, Sir Francis Drake;

Francis Edgar Stanley
n1
United States inventor who built a steam-powered automobile (1849-1918);

- syn. Stanley;

Francis Everett Townsend
n1
United States social reformer who proposed an old-age pension sponsored by the federal government;

- his plan was a precursor to Social Security (1867-1960);

- syn. Townsend;

Francis Ferdinand
n1
archduke of Austria and heir apparent to Francis Joseph I;

- his assassination at Sarajevo triggered the outbreak of World War I (1863-1914);

- syn. Franz Ferdinand;

Francis Ford Coppola
n1
United States filmmaker (born in 1939);

- syn. Coppola;

Francis Galton
n1
English scientist (cousin of Charles Darwin) who explored many fields including heredity, meteorology, statistics, psychology, and anthropology;

- founder of eugenics and first to use fingerprints for identification (1822-1911);

- syn. Galton, Sir Francis Galton;

Francis Henry Compton Crick
n1
English biochemist who (with Watson in 1953) helped discover the helical structure of DNA (1916-2004);

- syn. Crick, Francis Crick;

Francis Hopkinson
n1
American Revolutionary leader and patriot;

- a signer of the Declaration of Independence (1737-1791);

- syn. Hopkinson;

Francis II
n1
the last Holy Roman Emperor (1768-1835);

- syn. Emperor Francis II;

Francis Joseph
n1
emperor of Austria and king of Hungary;

- was defeated by Napoleon III at the battle of Magenta (1830-1916);

- syn. Francis Joseph I, Franz Josef I, Franz Joseph;

Francis Joseph I
n1
emperor of Austria and king of Hungary;

- was defeated by Napoleon III at the battle of Magenta (1830-1916);

- syn. Francis Joseph, Franz Josef I, Franz Joseph;

Francis of Assisi
n1
(Roman Catholic Church) an Italian and the Roman Catholic monk who founded the Franciscan order of friars (1181-1226);

- syn. Giovanni di Bernardone, Saint Francis, Saint Francis of Assisi, St. Francis, St. Francis of Assisi;

Francis Peyton Rous
n1
United States pathologist who discovered viruses that cause tumors (1879-1970);

- syn. Peyton Rous, Rous;

Francis Poulenc
n1
French pianist and composer (1899-1963);

- syn. Poulenc;

Francis Richard Stockton
n1
United States writer (1834-1902);

- syn. Frank Stockton, Stockton;

Francis Scott Key
n1
United States lawyer and poet who wrote a poem after witnessing the British attack on Baltimore during the War of 1812;

- the poem was later set to music and entitled `The Star-Spangled Banner' (1779-1843);

- syn. Key;

Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald
n1
United States author whose novels characterized the Jazz Age in the United States (1896-1940);

- syn. F. Scott Fitzgerald, Fitzgerald;

Francis turbine
n1
a type of hydroelectric turbine;

Francis Turner Palgrave
n1
English poet (1824-1897);

- syn. Palgrave;

Franciscan / f ɹ æ n s ɪ s k ə n /
n1
a Roman Catholic friar wearing the grey habit of the Franciscan order;

- syn. Grey Friar;

a1
of or relating to Saint Francis of Assisi or to the order founded by him;

- "Franciscan monks";

Franciscan order
n1
a Roman Catholic order founded by Saint Francis of Assisi in the 13th century;

Francisco de Goya
n1
Spanish painter well known for his portraits and for his satires (1746-1828);

- syn. Francisco Goya, Francisco Jose de Goya, Francisco Jose de Goya y Lucientes, Goya, Goya y Lucientes;

Francisco Fernandez Cordoba
n1
Spanish explorer who discovered Yucatan (1475-1526);

- syn. Cordoba, Cordova, Francisco Fernandez de Cordova;

Francisco Fernandez de Cordova
n1
Spanish explorer who discovered Yucatan (1475-1526);

- syn. Cordoba, Cordova, Francisco Fernandez Cordoba;

Francisco Franco
n1
Spanish general whose armies took control of Spain in 1939 and who ruled as a dictator until his death (1892-1975);

- syn. El Caudillo, Franco, General Franco;

Francisco Goya
n1
Spanish painter well known for his portraits and for his satires (1746-1828);

- syn. Francisco Jose de Goya, Francisco Jose de Goya y Lucientes, Francisco de Goya, Goya, Goya y Lucientes;

Francisco Jimenez de Cisneros
n1
prelate who was the confessor of Isabella I and who was later appointed Grand Inquisitor (1436-1517);

- syn. Jimenez de Cisneros;

Francisco Jose de Goya
n1
Spanish painter well known for his portraits and for his satires (1746-1828);

- syn. Francisco Goya, Francisco Jose de Goya y Lucientes, Francisco de Goya, Goya, Goya y Lucientes;

Francisco Jose de Goya y Lucientes
n1
Spanish painter well known for his portraits and for his satires (1746-1828);

- syn. Francisco Goya, Francisco Jose de Goya, Francisco de Goya, Goya, Goya y Lucientes;

Francisco Pizarro
n1
Spanish conquistador who conquered the Incas in what is now Peru and founded the city of Lima (1475-1541);

- syn. Pizarro;

Francisco Villa
n1
Mexican revolutionary leader (1877-1923);

- syn. Doroteo Arango, Pancho Villa, Villa;

Francisella
n1
a genus of Gram-negative aerobic bacteria that occur as pathogens and parasite in many animals (including humans);

- syn. genus Francisella;

Francisella tularensis
n1
the type species of the genus Francisella and the causal agent of tularemia in humans;

- can be used as a bioweapon;

francium
n1
a radioactive element of the alkali-metal group discovered as a disintegration product of actinium;

- syn. Fr, atomic number 87;

Franck
n1
French composer and teacher who influenced a generation of composers (1822-1890);

- syn. Cesar Franck;

n2
United States physicist (born in Germany) who with Gustav Hertz performed an electron scattering experiment that proved the existence of the stationary energy states postulated by Niels Bohr (1882-1964);

- syn. James Franck;

Franco / f ɹ æ ŋ k oʊ /
n1
Spanish general whose armies took control of Spain in 1939 and who ruled as a dictator until his death (1892-1975);

- syn. El Caudillo, Francisco Franco, General Franco;

Franco-American
n1
an American who was born in France or whose ancestors were French;

Franco-Prussian War
n1
a war between France and Prussia that ended the Second Empire in France and led to the founding of modern Germany;

- 1870-1871;

Francoa
n1
perennial evergreen herbs with white or pink flowers;

- Chile;

- syn. genus Francoa;

Francoa ramosa
n1
Chilean evergreen shrub having delicate spikes of small white flowers;

- syn. bridal-wreath, bridal wreath;

Francois-Marie Arouet
n1
French writer who was the embodiment of 18th century Enlightenment (1694-1778);

- syn. Arouet, Voltaire;

Francois Auguste Rene Rodin
n1
French sculptor noted for his renderings of the human form (1840-1917);

- syn. Auguste Rodin, Rodin;

Francois Charles Mauriac
n1
French novelist who wrote about the conflict between desire and religious belief (1885-1970);

- syn. Francois Mauriac, Mauriac;

Francois Couperin
n1
French composer of music for organ and a member of a family of distinguished organists (1668-1733);

- syn. Couperin;

Francois de La Rochefoucauld
n1
French writer of moralistic maxims (1613-1680);

- syn. La Rochefoucauld;

Francois Duvalier
n1
oppressive Haitian dictator (1907-1971);

- syn. Duvalier, Papa Doc;

Francois Jacob
n1
French biochemist who (with Jacques Monod) studied regulatory processes in cells (born in 1920);

- syn. Jacob;

Francois Mansart
n1
French architect who introduced the mansard roof (1598-1666);

- syn. Mansart;

Francois Marie Charles Fourier
n1
French sociologist and reformer who hoped to achieve universal harmony by reorganizing society (1772-1837);

- syn. Charles Fourier, Fourier;

Francois Mauriac
n1
French novelist who wrote about the conflict between desire and religious belief (1885-1970);

- syn. Francois Charles Mauriac, Mauriac;

Francois Maurice Marie Mitterrand
n1
French statesman and president of France from 1981 to 1985 (1916-1996);

- syn. Francois Mitterrand, Mitterrand;

Francois Mitterrand
n1
French statesman and president of France from 1981 to 1985 (1916-1996);

- syn. Francois Maurice Marie Mitterrand, Mitterrand;

Francois Rabelais
n1
author of satirical attacks on medieval scholasticism (1494-1553);

- syn. Rabelais;

Francois Rene Chateaubriand
n1
French statesman and writer;

- considered a precursor of the romantic movement in France (1768-1848);

- syn. Chateaubriand, Vicomte de Chateaubriand;

Francois Truffaut
n1
French filmmaker (1932-1984);

- syn. Truffaut;

Francois Villon
n1
French poet (flourished around 1460);

- syn. Villon;

Francoise-Athenais de Rochechouart
n1
French noblewoman who was mistress to Louis XIV until he became attracted to Madame de Maintenon (1641-1707);

- syn. Marquise de Montespan, Montespan;

Francoise d'Aubigne
n1
French consort of Louis XIV who secretly married the king after the death of his first wife (1635-1719);

- syn. Madame de Maintenon, Maintenon, Marquise de Maintenon;

Francophil
n1
an admirer of France and everything French;

- syn. Francophile;

Francophile
n1
an admirer of France and everything French;

- syn. Francophil;

Francophobe
n1
a person who hates France and everything French;

frangibility / f ɹ æ n dʒ ɪ b ɪ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
quality of being easily damaged or destroyed;

- syn. breakability, fragility, frangibleness;

frangible / f ɹ æ n dʒ ɪ b ɫ /
a1
capable of being broken;

- "the museum stored all frangible articles in locked showcases";

- sim. breakable;

frangibleness / f ɹ æ n dʒ ɪ b ɫ n ɛ s /
n1
quality of being easily damaged or destroyed;

- syn. breakability, fragility, frangibility;

frangipane
n1
pastry with a creamy almond-flavored filling;

frangipani
n1
any of various tropical American deciduous shrubs or trees of the genus Plumeria having milky sap and showy fragrant funnel-shaped variously colored flowers;

- syn. frangipanni;

frangipanni
n1
any of various tropical American deciduous shrubs or trees of the genus Plumeria having milky sap and showy fragrant funnel-shaped variously colored flowers;

- syn. frangipani;

Frank / f ɹ æ ŋ k /
n1
a member of the ancient Germanic peoples who spread from the Rhine into the Roman Empire in the 4th century;

n2
a smooth-textured sausage of minced beef or pork usually smoked;

- often served on a bread roll;

- syn. dog, frankfurter, hot dog, hotdog, weenie, wiener, wienerwurst;

v1
stamp with a postmark to indicate date and time of mailing;

- syn. postmark;

v2
exempt by means of an official pass or letter, as from customs or other checks;

a1
characterized by directness in manner or speech;

- without subtlety or evasion;

- "blunt talking and straight shooting";

- "a blunt New England farmer";

- "I gave them my candid opinion";

- "forthright criticism";

- "a forthright approach to the problem";

- "tell me what you think--and you may just as well be frank";

- "it is possible to be outspoken without being rude";

- "plainspoken and to the point";

- "a point-blank accusation";

- syn. blunt, candid, forthright, free-spoken, outspoken, plainspoken, point-blank, straight-from-the-shoulder;

- sim. direct;

a2
clearly manifest;

- evident;

- "frank enjoyment";

- sim. obvious;

Frank Baum
n1
United States writer of children's books (1856-1919);

- syn. Baum, Lyman Frank Brown;

frank breech
n1
position of a fetus in which the buttocks are present at the maternal pelvic outlet;

- syn. frank breech delivery;

frank breech delivery
n1
position of a fetus in which the buttocks are present at the maternal pelvic outlet;

- syn. frank breech;

Frank Capra
n1
United States film maker (1897-1991);

- syn. Capra;

Frank Cooper
n1
United States film actor noted for his portrayals of strong silent heroes (1901-1961);

- syn. Cooper, Gary Cooper;

Frank Harris
n1
Irish writer noted for his sexually explicit but unreliable autobiography (1856-1931);

- syn. Harris, James Thomas Harris;

Frank Lloyd Wright
n1
influential United States architect (1869-1959);

- syn. Wright;

Frank Morrison Spillane
n1
United States writer of popular detective novels (born in 1918);

- syn. Mickey Spillane, Spillane;

Frank Norris
n1
United States writer (1870-1902);

- syn. Benjamin Franklin Norris Jr., Norris;

Frank Philip Stella
n1
United States minimalist painter (born in 1936);

- syn. Frank Stella, Stella;

Frank Sinatra
n1
United States singer and film actor (1915-1998);

- syn. Francis Albert Sinatra, Sinatra;

Frank Stella
n1
United States minimalist painter (born in 1936);

- syn. Frank Philip Stella, Stella;

Frank Stockton
n1
United States writer (1834-1902);

- syn. Francis Richard Stockton, Stockton;

Frank Whittle
n1
English aeronautical engineer who invented the jet aircraft engine (1907-1996);

- syn. Sir Frank Whittle, Whittle;

Frank Winfield Woolworth
n1
United States businessman who opened a shop in 1879 selling low-priced goods and built it into a national chain of stores (1852-1919);

- syn. Woolworth;

Frankenstein / f ɹ æ n k ɛ n s t aɪ n /
n1
an agency that escapes control and destroys its creator;

n2
the monster created by Frankenstein in a gothic novel by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (the creator's name is commonly used to refer to his creation);

- syn. Frankenstein's monster;

n3
the fictional Swiss scientist who was the protagonist in a gothic novel by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley;

- he created a monster from parts of corpses;

Frankenstein's monster
n1
the monster created by Frankenstein in a gothic novel by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (the creator's name is commonly used to refer to his creation);

- syn. Frankenstein;

Frankfort / f ɹ æ ŋ k f ɔ t /
n1
the capital of Kentucky;

- located in northern Kentucky;

- syn. capital of Kentucky;

n2
a German city;

- an industrial and commercial and financial center;

- syn. Frankfurt, Frankfurt on the Main;

Frankfurt / f ɹ æ n k f ə t /
n1
a German city;

- an industrial and commercial and financial center;

- syn. Frankfort, Frankfurt on the Main;

Frankfurt on the Main
n1
a German city;

- an industrial and commercial and financial center;

- syn. Frankfort, Frankfurt;

frankfurter / f ɹ æ ŋ k f ɝ t ə , f ɹ æ ŋ k f ɝ t ə ɹ /
n1
a smooth-textured sausage of minced beef or pork usually smoked;

- often served on a bread roll;

- syn. dog, frank, hot dog, hotdog, weenie, wiener, wienerwurst;

frankfurter bun
n1
a long bun shaped to hold a frankfurter;

- syn. hotdog bun;

frankincense / f ɹ æ ŋ k ɪ n s ɛ n s /
n1
an aromatic gum resin obtained from various Arabian or East African trees;

- formerly valued for worship and for embalming and fumigation;

- syn. gum olibanum, olibanum, thus;

frankincense pine
n1
tall spreading three-needled pine of southeastern United States having reddish-brown fissured bark and a full bushy upper head;

- syn. Pinus taeda, loblolly pine;

franking machine
n1
a machine that automatically stamps letters or packages passing through it and computes the total charge;

Frankish / f ɹ æ ŋ k ɪ ʃ /
a1
of or relating to the Franks;

Franklin / f ɹ æ ŋ k ɫ ɪ n /
n1
United States historian noted for studies of Black American history (born in 1915);

- syn. John Hope Franklin;

n2
printer whose success as an author led him to take up politics;

- he helped draw up the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution;

- he played a major role in the American Revolution and negotiated French support for the colonists;

- as a scientist he is remembered particularly for his research in electricity (1706-1790);

- syn. Benjamin Franklin;

n3
a landowner (14th and 15th centuries) who was free but not of noble birth;

Franklin Delano Roosevelt
n1
32nd President of the United States;

- elected four times;

- instituted New Deal to counter the Great Depression and led country during World War II (1882-1945);

- syn. F. D. Roosevelt, FDR, Franklin Roosevelt, President Franklin Roosevelt, President Roosevelt, Roosevelt;

Franklin Pierce
n1
14th President of the United States (1804-1869);

- syn. Pierce, President Pierce;

Franklin Roosevelt
n1
32nd President of the United States;

- elected four times;

- instituted New Deal to counter the Great Depression and led country during World War II (1882-1945);

- syn. F. D. Roosevelt, FDR, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, President Franklin Roosevelt, President Roosevelt, Roosevelt;

Frankliniella
n1
tobacco thrips;

- syn. genus Frankliniella;

Frankliniella fusca
n1
injurious to growing tobacco and peanuts;

- syn. tobacco thrips;

frankly / f ɹ æ ŋ k ɫ i /
r1
(used as intensives reflecting the speaker's attitude) it is sincerely the case that;

- "honestly, I don't believe it";

- "candidly, I think she doesn't have a conscience";

- "frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn";

- syn. candidly, honestly;

frankness / f ɹ æ ŋ k n ə s /
n1
the quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech;

- syn. candidness, candor, candour, directness, forthrightness;

n2
the trait of being blunt and outspoken;

- syn. outspokenness;

Frans Hals
n1
Dutch portrait and genre painter who endowed his portraits with vitality and humor (1580?-1666);

- syn. Hals;

frantic / f ɹ æ n t ɪ k /
a1
excessively agitated;

- distraught with fear or other violent emotion;

- "frantic with anger and frustration";

- "frenetic screams followed the accident";

- "a frenzied look in his eye";

- syn. frenetic, frenzied, phrenetic;

- sim. agitated;

a2
marked by uncontrolled excitement or emotion;

- "a crowd of delirious baseball fans";

- "something frantic in their gaiety";

- "a mad whirl of pleasure";

- syn. delirious, excited, mad, unrestrained;

- sim. wild;

frantically / f ɹ æ n t ɪ k ɫ i /
r1
in an uncontrolled manner;

- "she fought back madly";

- syn. madly;

Franz Anton Mesmer
n1
Austrian physician who tried to treat diseases with a form of hypnotism (1734-1815);

- syn. Friedrich Anton Mesmer, Mesmer;

Franz Ferdinand
n1
archduke of Austria and heir apparent to Francis Joseph I;

- his assassination at Sarajevo triggered the outbreak of World War I (1863-1914);

- syn. Francis Ferdinand;

Franz Josef I
n1
emperor of Austria and king of Hungary;

- was defeated by Napoleon III at the battle of Magenta (1830-1916);

- syn. Francis Joseph, Francis Joseph I, Franz Joseph;

Franz Joseph
n1
emperor of Austria and king of Hungary;

- was defeated by Napoleon III at the battle of Magenta (1830-1916);

- syn. Francis Joseph, Francis Joseph I, Franz Josef I;

Franz Joseph Haydn
n1
prolific Austrian composer who influenced the classical form of the symphony (1732-1809);

- syn. Haydn, Joseph Haydn;

Franz Joseph Kline
n1
United States abstract expressionist painter (1910-1962);

- syn. Franz Kline, Kline;

Franz Kafka
n1
Czech novelist who wrote in German about a nightmarish world of isolated and troubled individuals (1883-1924);

- syn. Kafka;

Franz Kline
n1
United States abstract expressionist painter (1910-1962);

- syn. Franz Joseph Kline, Kline;

Franz Lehar
n1
Hungarian composer of light operas (1870-1948);

- syn. Lehar;

Franz Liszt
n1
Hungarian composer and piano virtuoso (1811-1886);

- syn. Liszt;

Franz Peter Schubert
n1
Austrian composer known for his compositions for voice and piano (1797-1828);

- syn. Franz Schubert, Franz Seraph Peter Schubert, Schubert;

Franz Schubert
n1
Austrian composer known for his compositions for voice and piano (1797-1828);

- syn. Franz Peter Schubert, Franz Seraph Peter Schubert, Schubert;

Franz Seraph Peter Schubert
n1
Austrian composer known for his compositions for voice and piano (1797-1828);

- syn. Franz Peter Schubert, Franz Schubert, Schubert;

Franz Werfel
n1
United States writer (1890-1945);

- syn. Werfel;

frap / f ɹ æ p /
v1
make secure by lashing;

- "frap a sail";

v2
take up the slack of;

- "frap a rope";

frappe
n1
liqueur poured over shaved ice;

n2
thick milkshake containing ice cream;

n3
a frozen dessert with fruit flavoring (especially one containing no milk);

- syn. ice;

Fraser fir
n1
small fast-growing but short-lived fir of southern Alleghenies similar to balsam fir but with very short leaves;

- syn. Abies fraseri;

Frasera
n1
genus of North American herbs: columbo;

- includes some species sometimes placed in genus Swertia;

- syn. genus Frasera;

Frasera speciosa
n1
tall herb with panicles of white flowers flushed with green;

- northwestern United States;

- sometimes placed in genus Swertia;

- syn. Swertia speciosa, green gentian;

frat
n1
a social club for male undergraduates;

- syn. fraternity;

frat house
n1
a house used as a residence by a chapter of a fraternity;

- syn. chapterhouse, fraternity house;

Fratercula
n1
puffins;

- syn. genus Fratercula;

Fratercula arctica
n1
common puffin of the northern Atlantic;

- syn. Atlantic puffin;

Fratercula corniculata
n1
northern Pacific puffin;

- syn. horned puffin;

fraternal / f ɹ ə t ɝ n ɫ /
a1
of or relating to a fraternity or society of usually men;

- "a fraternal order";

a2
(of twins) derived from two separate fertilized ova;

- "fraternal twins are biovular";

- syn. biovular;

a3
like or characteristic of or befitting a brother;

- "brotherly feelings";

- "close fraternal ties";

- syn. brotherlike, brotherly;

fraternal twin
n1
either of two twins who developed from two separate fertilized eggs;

- syn. dizygotic twin;

fraternally / f ɹ ə t ɝ n ə ɫ i /
r1
in a brotherly manner;

fraternisation / f ɹ æ t ə n aɪ z eɪ ʃ n /
n1
associating with others in a brotherly or friendly way;

- especially with an enemy;

- syn. fraternization;

fraternise
v1
be on friendly terms with someone, as if with a brother, especially with an enemy;

- syn. fraternize;

fraternity / f ɹ ə t ɝ n ɪ t i /
n1
a social club for male undergraduates;

- syn. frat;

n2
people engaged in a particular occupation;

- "the medical fraternity";

- syn. brotherhood, sodality;

fraternity house
n1
a house used as a residence by a chapter of a fraternity;

- syn. chapterhouse, frat house;

fraternization / f ɹ æ t ə n aɪ z eɪ ʃ n /
n1
associating with others in a brotherly or friendly way;

- especially with an enemy;

- syn. fraternisation;

fraternize / f ɹ æ t ə n aɪ z /
v1
be on friendly terms with someone, as if with a brother, especially with an enemy;

- syn. fraternise;

fratricide / f ɹ æ t ɹ ɪ s aɪ d /
n1
a person who murders their brother or sister;

n2
fire that injures or kills an ally;

- syn. friendly fire;

n3
the murder of your sibling;

Frau / f ɹ aʊ /
n1
a German courtesy title or form of address for an adult woman;

fraud / f ɹ ɔ d /
n1
intentional deception resulting in injury to another person;

n2
a person who makes deceitful pretenses;

- syn. fake, faker, imposter, impostor, pretender, pseud, pseudo, role player, sham, shammer;

n3
something intended to deceive;

- deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage;

- syn. dupery, fraudulence, hoax, humbug, put-on;

fraud in fact
n1
actual deceit;

- concealing something or making a false representation with an evil intent to cause injury to another;

- syn. positive fraud;

fraud in law
n1
fraud that is presumed from the circumstances although the one who commits it need not have had any evil intent;

fraud in the factum
n1
fraud that arises from a disparity between the instrument intended to be executed and the instrument actually executed;

- e.g., leading someone to sign the wrong contract;

fraud in the inducement
n1
fraud which intentionally causes a person to execute an instrument or make an agreement or render a judgment;

- e.g., misleading someone about the true facts;

fraudulence / f ɹ ɔ d j ʊ ɫ ə n s /
n1
a fraudulent or duplicitous representation;

- syn. duplicity;

n2
the quality of being fraudulent;

- syn. deceit;

n3
something intended to deceive;

- deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage;

- syn. dupery, fraud, hoax, humbug, put-on;

fraudulent / f ɹ ɔ d j ʊ ɫ ə n t /
a1
intended to deceive;

- "deceitful advertising";

- "fallacious testimony";

- "smooth, shining, and deceitful as thin ice" - S.T.Coleridge;

- "a fraudulent scheme to escape paying taxes";

- syn. deceitful, fallacious;

- sim. dishonest;

fraudulent scheme
n1
an illegal enterprise (such as extortion or fraud or drug peddling or prostitution) carried on for profit;

- syn. illegitimate enterprise, racket;

fraudulently / f ɹ ɔ d j ʊ ɫ ə n t ɫ i /
r1
in a dishonest and fraudulent manner;

- "this money was fraudulently obtained";

fraught / f ɹ ɔ t /
a1
marked by distress;

- "a fraught mother-daughter relationship";

- sim. troubled;

a2
filled with or attended with;

- "words fraught with meaning";

- "an incident fraught with danger";

- "a silence pregnant with suspense";

- syn. pregnant;

- sim. full;

Fraulein
n1
a German courtesy title or form of address for an unmarried woman;

fraxinella
n1
Eurasian perennial herb with white flowers that emit flammable vapor in hot weather;

- syn. Dictamnus alba, burning bush, dittany, gas plant;

Fraxinus
n1
ash;

- syn. genus Fraxinus;

Fraxinus Americana
n1
spreading American ash with leaves pale green or silvery beneath and having hard brownish wood;

- syn. white ash;

Fraxinus caroliniana
n1
small ash of swampy areas of southeastern United States;

- syn. swamp ash;

Fraxinus cuspidata
n1
shrubby ash of southwestern United States having fragrant white flowers;

- syn. flowering ash;

Fraxinus dipetala
n1
shrubby California ash with showy off-white flowers;

- syn. flowering ash;

Fraxinus excelsior
n1
tall ash of Europe to the Caucasus having leaves shiny dark-green above and pale downy beneath;

- syn. European ash, common European ash;

Fraxinus latifolia
n1
timber tree of western North America yielding hard light wood;

- closely related to the red ash;

- syn. Fraxinus oregona, Oregon ash;

Fraxinus nigra
n1
vigorous spreading North American tree having dark brown heavy wood;

- leaves turn gold in autumn;

- syn. basket ash, black ash, brown ash, hoop ash;

Fraxinus oregona
n1
timber tree of western North America yielding hard light wood;

- closely related to the red ash;

- syn. Fraxinus latifolia, Oregon ash;

Fraxinus ornus
n1
southern Mediterranean ash having fragrant white flowers in dense panicles and yielding manna;

- syn. flowering ash, manna ash;

Fraxinus pennsylvanica
n1
smallish American tree with velvety branchlets and lower leaf surfaces;

- syn. downy ash, red ash;

Fraxinus pennsylvanica subintegerrima
n1
a variety of red ash having glossy branchlets and lower leaf surfaces;

- syn. green ash;

Fraxinus quadrangulata
n1
ash of central and southern United States with bluish-green foliage and hard brown wood;

- syn. blue ash;

Fraxinus texensis
n1
low-growing ash of Texas;

- syn. mountain ash;

Fraxinus tomentosa
n1
timber tree of central and southeastern United States having hairy branchlets and a swollen trunk base;

- syn. pumpkin ash;

Fraxinus velutina
n1
small shrubby ash of southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico;

- syn. Arizona ash;

fray / f ɹ eɪ /
n1
a noisy fight;

- syn. affray, disturbance, ruffle;

v1
wear away by rubbing;

- "The friction frayed the sleeve";

- syn. frazzle;

v2
cause friction;

- "my sweater scratches";

- syn. chafe, fret, rub, scratch;

frayed / f ɹ eɪ d /
a1
worn away or tattered along the edges;

- "frayed cuffs";

- sim. worn;

Frazer / f ɹ eɪ z ə , f ɹ eɪ z ə ɹ /
n1
English social anthropologist noted for studies of primitive religion and magic (1854-1941);

- syn. James George Frazer, Sir James George Frazer;

frazzle / f ɹ æ z ɫ /
n1
a state of extreme exhaustion;

- "he was worn to a frazzle";

v1
wear away by rubbing;

- "The friction frayed the sleeve";

- syn. fray;

v2
exhaust physically or emotionally;

- "She was frazzled after the visit of her in-laws";

freak / f ɹ i k /
n1
a person or animal that is markedly unusual or deformed;

- syn. lusus naturae, monster, monstrosity;

n2
someone who is so ardently devoted to something that it resembles an addiction;

- "a golf addict";

- "a car nut";

- "a bodybuilding freak";

- "a news junkie";

- syn. addict, junkie, junky, nut;

v1
lose one's nerve;

- "When he saw the accident, he freaked out";

- syn. freak out, gross out;

freak out
n1
a wild delusion (especially one induced by a hallucinogenic drug);

- syn. disorientation;

v1
lose one's nerve;

- "When he saw the accident, he freaked out";

- syn. freak, gross out;

freakish / f ɹ i k ɪ ʃ /
a1
changeable;

- "a capricious summer breeze";

- "freakish weather";

- syn. capricious;

- sim. unpredictable;

a2
characteristic of a freak;

- "a freakish extra toe";

- sim. abnormal;

a3
conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual;

- "restaurants of bizarre design--one like a hat, another like a rabbit";

- "famed for his eccentric spelling";

- "a freakish combination of styles";

- "his off-the-wall antics";

- "the outlandish clothes of teenagers";

- "outre and affected stage antics";

- syn. bizarre, eccentric, flakey, flaky, freaky, gonzo, off-the-wall, outlandish, outre;

- sim. unconventional;

freakishly / f ɹ i k ɪ ʃ ɫ i /
r1
unpredictably;

- "the weather has been freakishly variable";

- syn. capriciously;

freakishness / f ɹ i k ɪ ʃ n ə s /
n1
marked strangeness as a consequence of being abnormal;

- syn. abnormality;

freaky / f ɹ i k i /
a1
strange and somewhat frightening;

- "the whole experience was really freaky";

- sim. strange;

a2
conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual;

- "restaurants of bizarre design--one like a hat, another like a rabbit";

- "famed for his eccentric spelling";

- "a freakish combination of styles";

- "his off-the-wall antics";

- "the outlandish clothes of teenagers";

- "outre and affected stage antics";

- syn. bizarre, eccentric, flakey, flaky, freakish, gonzo, off-the-wall, outlandish, outre;

- sim. unconventional;

freckle / f ɹ ɛ k ɫ /
n1
a small brownish spot (of the pigment melanin) on the skin;

- syn. lentigo;

v1
become freckled;

- "I freckle easily";

v2
mark with freckles;

freckled / f ɹ ɛ k ɫ d /
a1
relating to or covered with or resembling freckles;

- syn. lentiginose, lentiginous;

- sim. patterned;

Fred Astaire
n1
United States dancer and cinema actor noted for his original and graceful tap dancing (1899-1987);

- syn. Astaire;

Fred Hoyle
n1
an English astrophysicist and advocate of the steady state theory of cosmology;

- described processes of nucleosynthesis inside stars (1915-2001);

- syn. Hoyle, Sir Fred Hoyle;

Fred Sanger
n1
English biochemist who determined the sequence of amino acids in insulin and who invented a technique to determine the genetic sequence of an organism (born in 1918);

- syn. Frederick Sanger, Sanger;

Fred Skinner
n1
United States psychologist and a leading proponent of behaviorism (1904-1990);

- syn. B. F. Skinner, Burrhus Frederic Skinner, Skinner;

Fred Zinnemann
n1
United States filmmaker (born in Austria) (1907-1997);

- syn. Zinnemann;

Freddie Mac
n1
a corporation authorized by Congress to provide a secondary market for residential mortgages;

- syn. FHLMC, Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation;

Frederic Auguste Bartholdi
n1
French sculptor best known for creating the Statue of Liberty now in New York harbor;

- syn. Bartholdi;

Frederic Francois Chopin
n1
French composer (born in Poland) and pianist of the romantic school (1810-1849);

- syn. Chopin;

Frederic Goudy
n1
United States printer noted for designing typefaces (1865-1947);

- syn. Frederic William Goudy, Goudy;

Frederic William Goudy
n1
United States printer noted for designing typefaces (1865-1947);

- syn. Frederic Goudy, Goudy;

Frederic William Maitland
n1
English historian noted for his works on the history of English law (1850-1906);

- syn. Maitland;

Frederick / f ɹ ɛ d ɹ ɪ k /
n1
a town in northern Maryland to the west of Baltimore;

Frederick Barbarossa
n1
Holy Roman Emperor from 1152 to 1190;

- conceded supremacy to the pope;

- drowned leading the Third Crusade (1123-1190);

- syn. Barbarossa, Frederick I;

Frederick Carleton Lewis
n1
United States athlete who won gold medals at the Olympics for his skill in sprinting and jumping (born in 1961);

- syn. Carl Lewis, Lewis;

Frederick Childe Hassam
n1
United States painter noted for brilliant colors and bold brushwork (1859-1935);

- syn. Childe Hassam, Hassam;

Frederick Delius
n1
English composer of orchestral works (1862-1934);

- syn. Delius;

Frederick Douglass
n1
United States abolitionist who escaped from slavery and became an influential writer and lecturer in the North (1817-1895);

- syn. Douglass;

Frederick I
n1
son of Frederick William who in 1701 became the first king of Prussia (1657-1713);

n2
Holy Roman Emperor from 1152 to 1190;

- conceded supremacy to the pope;

- drowned leading the Third Crusade (1123-1190);

- syn. Barbarossa, Frederick Barbarossa;

Frederick II
n1
king of Prussia from 1740 to 1786;

- brought Prussia military prestige by winning the War of the Austrian Succession and the Seven Years' War (1712-1786);

- syn. Frederick the Great;

n2
the Holy Roman Emperor who led the Sixth Crusade and crowned himself king of Jerusalem (1194-1250);

- syn. Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II;

Frederick Jackson Turner
n1
United States historian who stressed the role of the western frontier in American history (1861-1951);

- syn. Turner;

Frederick James Furnivall
n1
English philologist who first proposed the Oxford English Dictionary (1825-1910);

- syn. Furnivall;

Frederick Law Olmsted
n1
United States landscape architect primarily responsible for the design of Central Park in New York City (1822-1903);

- syn. Olmsted;

Frederick Loewe
n1
United States composer (born in Austria) who collaborated with Lerner on several musicals (1901-1987);

- syn. Loewe;

Frederick Moore Vinson
n1
United States jurist who served as chief justice of the Supreme Court (1890-1953);

- syn. Vinson;

Frederick North
n1
British statesman under George III whose policies led to rebellion in the American colonies (1732-1792);

- syn. North, Second Earl of Guilford;

Frederick Sanger
n1
English biochemist who determined the sequence of amino acids in insulin and who invented a technique to determine the genetic sequence of an organism (born in 1918);

- syn. Fred Sanger, Sanger;

Frederick Soddy
n1
English chemist whose work on radioactive disintegration led to the discovery of isotopes (1877-1956);

- syn. Soddy;

Frederick the Great
n1
king of Prussia from 1740 to 1786;

- brought Prussia military prestige by winning the War of the Austrian Succession and the Seven Years' War (1712-1786);

- syn. Frederick II;

Frederick William
n1
the Elector of Brandenburg who rebuilt his domain after its destruction during the Thirty Years' War (1620-1688);

- syn. Great Elector;

Frederick William I
n1
son of Frederick I who became king of Prussia in 1713;

- reformed and strengthened the Prussian army (1688-1740);

Frederick William II
n1
king of Prussia who became involved in a costly war with France (1744-1797);

Frederick William III
n1
king of Prussia who became involved in the Napoleonic Wars (1770-1840);

Frederick William IV
n1
king of Prussia who violently suppressed democratic movements (1795-1865);

Fredericksburg / f ɹ ɛ d ɹ ɪ k s b ɝ ɡ /
n1
a town in northeastern Virginia on the Rappahannock River;

n2
an important battle in the American Civil War (1862);

- the Union Army under A. E. Burnside was defeated by the Confederate Army under Robert E. Lee;

- syn. Battle of Fredericksburg;

Frederico Garcia Lorca
n1
Spanish poet and dramatist who was shot dead by Franco's soldiers soon after the start of the Spanish Civil War (1898-1936);

- syn. Garcia Lorca, Lorca;

Fredericton
n1
the provincial capital of New Brunswick;

free / f ɹ i /
n1
people who are free;

- "the home of the free and the brave";

- syn. free people;

v1
grant freedom to;

- free from confinement;

- syn. liberate, loose, release, unloose, unloosen;

v2
relieve from;

- "Rid the house of pests";

- syn. disembarrass, rid;

v3
remove or force out from a position;

- "The dentist dislodged the piece of food that had been stuck under my gums";

- "He finally could free the legs of the earthquake victim who was buried in the rubble";

- syn. dislodge;

v4
grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to;

- "She exempted me from the exam";

- syn. exempt, relieve;

v5
make (information) available for publication;

- "release the list with the names of the prisoners";

- syn. release;

v6
free from obligations or duties;

- syn. discharge;

v7
free or remove obstruction from;

- "free a path across the cluttered floor";

- syn. disengage;

v8
let off the hook;

- "I absolve you from this responsibility";

- syn. absolve;

v9
part with a possession or right;

- "I am relinquishing my bedroom to the long-term house guest";

- "resign a claim to the throne";

- syn. give up, release, relinquish, resign;

v10
release (gas or energy) as a result of a chemical reaction or physical decomposition;

- syn. liberate, release;

v11
make (assets) available;

- "release the holdings in the dictator's bank account";

- syn. release, unblock, unfreeze;

a1
not limited or hampered;

- not under compulsion or restraint;

- "free enterprise";

- "a free port";

- "a free country";

- "I have an hour free";

- "free will";

- "free of racism";

- "feel free to stay as long as you wish";

- "a free choice";

- also free, independent, unbound, unconfined, unrestrained, unrestricted;

- sim. at large, autonomous, available, aweigh, clear, emancipated, footloose, out-of-school, unconfined, unconstrained, unhampered, unrestricted;

a2
unconstrained or not chemically bound in a molecule or not fixed and capable of relatively unrestricted motion;

- "free expansion";

- "free oxygen";

- "a free electron";

- sim. liberated, unbound;

a3
costing nothing;

- "complimentary tickets";

- "free admission";

- syn. complimentary, costless, gratis, gratuitous;

- sim. unpaid;

a4
not occupied or in use;

- "a free locker";

- "a free lane";

- sim. unoccupied;

a5
not fixed in position;

- "the detached shutter fell on him";

- "he pulled his arm free and ran";

- syn. detached;

- sim. unfixed;

a6
not held in servitude;

- "after the Civil War he was a free man";

- also free;

- sim. free-soil, freeborn;

a7
not taken up by scheduled activities;

- "a free hour between classes";

- "spare time on my hands";

- syn. spare;

- sim. unoccupied;

a8
completely wanting or lacking;

- "writing barren of insight";

- "young recruits destitute of experience";

- "innocent of literary merit";

- "the sentence was devoid of meaning";

- syn. barren, destitute, devoid, innocent;

- sim. nonexistent;

a9
not literal;

- "a loose interpretation of what she had been told";

- "a free translation of the poem";

- syn. liberal, loose;

- sim. inexact;

r1
without restraint;

- "cows in India are running loose";

- syn. loose;

free-and-easy / f ɹ i ə n i z i /
a1
natural and unstudied;

- "using their Christian names in a casual way";

- "lectured in a free-and-easy style";

- syn. casual;

- sim. informal;

free-associate
v1
associate freely;

- "Let's associate freely to bring up old memories";

free-base
v1
use (purified cocaine) by burning it and inhaling the fumes;

- syn. base;

free-enterprise
a1
subscribing to capitalistic competition;

- syn. competitive, private-enterprise;

- sim. capitalistic;

free-flying
a1
able to fly through the air (as a bird);

- "three chicks were raised to the free-flying stage";

- sim. aerial;

free-for-all / f ɹ i f ə ɹ ɔ ɫ /
n1
a noisy fight in a crowd;

- syn. brawl;

free-lance
n1
a writer or artist who sells services to different employers without a long-term contract with any of them;

- syn. free lance, freelance, freelancer, independent, self-employed person;

a1
working for yourself;

- syn. freelance, self-employed;

a2
serving for wages in a foreign army;

- "mercenary killers";

- syn. freelance, mercenary;

- sim. paid;

free-liver / f ɹ i ɫ ɪ v ə , f ɹ i ɫ ɪ v ə ɹ /
n1
someone who gratifies physical appetites (especially for food and drink) with more than the usual freedom;

free-living / f ɹ i ɫ ɪ v ɪ ŋ /
a1
not parasitic on another organism;

- syn. nonparasitic, nonsymbiotic;

- sim. independent;

free-range / f ɹ ɪr eɪ n dʒ /
a1
of livestock and domestic poultry;

- permitted to graze or forage rather than being confined to a feedlot;

- sim. unconfined;

free-reed
n1
a reed that does not fit closely over the aperture;

free-reed instrument
n1
a wind instrument with a free reed;

free-soil
a1
where slavery was prohibited;

- "a free-soil state";

- syn. non-slave, slaveless;

- sim. free;

free-spoken / f ɹ i s p oʊ k ə n /
a1
characterized by directness in manner or speech;

- without subtlety or evasion;

- "blunt talking and straight shooting";

- "a blunt New England farmer";

- "I gave them my candid opinion";

- "forthright criticism";

- "a forthright approach to the problem";

- "tell me what you think--and you may just as well be frank";

- "it is possible to be outspoken without being rude";

- "plainspoken and to the point";

- "a point-blank accusation";

- syn. blunt, candid, forthright, frank, outspoken, plainspoken, point-blank, straight-from-the-shoulder;

- sim. direct;

free-swimming
a1
(of animals) able to swim about;

- not attached;

- syn. unattached;

- sim. vagile;

free-tailed bat
n1
small swift insectivorous bat with leathery ears and a long tail;

- common in warm regions;

- syn. freetail, freetailed bat;

free-thinking / f ɹ i θ ɪ ŋ k ɪ ŋ /
a1
unwilling to accept authority or dogma (especially in religion);

- syn. latitudinarian, undogmatic, undogmatical;

- sim. broad-minded;

free agency
n1
(sports) the state of a professional athlete who is free to negotiate a contract to play for any team;

free agent
n1
(sports) a professional athlete who is free to sign a contract to play for any team;

n2
someone acting freely or even irresponsibly;

- syn. free spirit, freewheeler;

free association
n1
a thought process in which ideas (words or images) suggest other ideas in a sequence;

free burning
a1
(of an electric arc) continuous;

- "heat transfer to the anode in free burning arcs";

- syn. sustained;

- sim. continuous;

free central placentation
n1
where ovules develop on a central column in a compound ovary lacking septa or with septa at base only;

free electron
n1
electron that is not attached to an atom or ion or molecule but is free to move under the influence of an electric field;

free energy
n1
(physics) a thermodynamic quantity equivalent to the capacity of a physical system to do work;

- the units of energy are joules or ergs;

- "energy can take a wide variety of forms";

- syn. energy;

free enterprise
n1
an economy that relies chiefly on market forces to allocate goods and resources and to determine prices;

- syn. laissez-faire economy, market economy, private enterprise;

free fall
n1
the ideal falling motion of something subject only to a gravitational field;

n2
a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity;

- "a drop of 57 points on the Dow Jones index";

- "there was a drop in pressure in the pulmonary artery";

- "a dip in prices";

- "when that became known the price of their stock went into free fall";

- syn. dip, drop, fall;

free form
n1
a morpheme that can occur alone;

- syn. free morpheme;

Free French
n1
a French movement during World War II that was organized in London by Charles de Gaulle to fight for the liberation of France from German control and for the restoration of the republic;

- syn. Fighting French;

free grace
n1
(Christian theology) the free and unmerited favor or beneficence of God;

- "God's grace is manifested in the salvation of sinners";

- "there but for the grace of God go I";

- syn. grace, grace of God;

free hand
n1
freedom to do as you see fit;

- "many have doubts about giving him a free hand to attack";

- syn. blank check;

free house
n1
a public house that is not controlled by a brewery and so is free to sell different brands of beer and ale;

free kick
n1
(soccer) a place kick that is allowed for a foul or infringement by the other team;

free lance
n1
a writer or artist who sells services to different employers without a long-term contract with any of them;

- syn. free-lance, freelance, freelancer, independent, self-employed person;

free list
n1
a list of commodities that are not subject to tariffs;

free living
n1
a lifestyle given to easy indulgence of the appetites;

free love
n1
sexual intercourse between individuals who are not married to one another;

- syn. extramarital sex;

free lunch
n1
something acquired without effort or payment or obligation;

- "there is no free lunch in politics or Hollywood";

free morpheme
n1
a morpheme that can occur alone;

- syn. free form;

free nerve ending
n1
microscopic sensory nerve endings in the skin that are not connected to any specific sensory receptor;

free of charge
r1
without payment;

- "I'll give you this gratis";

- syn. for free, gratis;

free pardon
n1
the formal act of liberating someone;

- syn. amnesty, pardon;

free people
n1
people who are free;

- "the home of the free and the brave";

- syn. free;

free phagocyte
n1
a phagocyte that circulates in the blood;

free port
n1
an area adjoining a port where goods that are intended for reshipment can be received and stored without payment of duties;

- syn. free zone;

n2
a port open on equal terms to all commercial vessels;

free press
n1
a press not restricted or controlled by government censorship regarding politics or ideology;

free radical
n1
an atom or group of atoms with at least one unpaired electron;

- in the body it is usually an oxygen molecule that has lost an electron and will stabilize itself by stealing an electron from a nearby molecule;

- "in the body free radicals are high-energy particles that ricochet wildly and damage cells";

- syn. radical;

free rein
n1
the removal of constraints;

- "he gave free rein to his impulses";

- "they gave full play to the artist's talent";

- syn. play;

Free Soil Party
n1
a former political party in the United States;

- formed in 1848 to oppose the extension of slavery into the territories;

- merged with the Liberty Party in 1848;

free spirit
n1
someone acting freely or even irresponsibly;

- syn. free agent, freewheeler;

Free State
n1
a Mid-Atlantic state;

- one of the original 13 colonies;

- syn. MD, Maryland, Md., Old Line State;

n2
any state prohibiting slavery prior to the American Civil War;

n3
a province in central South Africa that was colonized by the Boers;

- named Free State in 1997;

- syn. Orange Free State;

free thought
n1
the form of theological rationalism that believes in God on the basis of reason without reference to revelation;

- syn. deism;

free throw
n1
an unhindered basketball shot from the foul line;

- given to penalize the other team for committing a foul;

- syn. charity shot, charity throw, charity toss, foul shot, penalty free throw;

free throw lane
n1
a lane on a basketball court extending from the end line to 15 feet in front of the backboard;

- players may not enter this lane during a free throw;

free time
n1
time available for hobbies and other activities that you enjoy;

- syn. spare time;

n2
time that is free from duties or responsibilities;

- syn. spare time;

free trade
n1
international trade free of government interference;

free trader
n1
an advocate of unrestricted international trade;

free verse
n1
unrhymed verse without a consistent metrical pattern;

- syn. vers libre;

free weight
n1
sports equipment used in calisthenic exercises and weightlifting;

- it is not attached to anything and is raised and lowered by use of the hands and arms;

- syn. exercising weight, weight;

free will
n1
the power of making free choices unconstrained by external agencies;

- syn. discretion;

Free World
n1
anti-communist countries collectively;

free zone
n1
an area adjoining a port where goods that are intended for reshipment can be received and stored without payment of duties;

- syn. free port;

freebee / f ɹ i b i /
n1
something that is free (usually provided as part of a promotional scheme);

- "the road map was a freebie";

- syn. freebie;

freebie
n1
something that is free (usually provided as part of a promotional scheme);

- "the road map was a freebie";

- syn. freebee;

freeboard deck
n1
the uppermost watertight deck;

freebooter / f ɹ i b u t ə , f ɹ i b u t ə ɹ /
n1
someone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war);

- syn. despoiler, looter, pillager, plunderer, raider, spoiler;

freeborn / f ɹ i b ɔ n /
a1
born free of free parents;

- sim. free;

freedman / f ɹ i d m ə n /
n1
a person who has been freed from slavery;

- syn. freedwoman;

freedom / f ɹ i d ə m /
n1
the condition of being free;

- the power to act or speak or think without externally imposed restraints;

n2
immunity from an obligation or duty;

- syn. exemption;

freedom fighter
n1
a person who takes part in an armed rebellion against the constituted authority (especially in the hope of improving conditions);

- syn. insurgent, insurrectionist, rebel;

freedom from cruel and unusual punishment
n1
a right guaranteed by the 8th amendment to the US Constitution;

freedom from discrimination
n1
immunity from discrimination on the basis of race or sex or nationality or religion or age;

- guaranteed by federal laws of the United States;

freedom from double jeopardy
n1
a civil right guaranteed by the Fifth Amendment to the US Constitution;

freedom from involuntary servitude
n1
a civil right guaranteed by the 13th amendment to the US Constitution;

freedom from search and seizure
n1
a right guaranteed by the 4th amendment to the US Constitution;

freedom from self-incrimination
n1
the civil right (guaranteed by the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution) to refuse to answer questions or otherwise give testimony against yourself;

- syn. privilege against self incrimination;

freedom of assembly
n1
the right to peaceably assemble and to petition the government for redress of grievances;

- guaranteed by the First Amendment to the US Constitution;

freedom of religion
n1
a civil right guaranteed by the First Amendment to the US Constitution;

freedom of speech
n1
a civil right guaranteed by the First Amendment to the US Constitution;

freedom of the press
n1
a right guaranteed by the First Amendment to the US Constitution;

freedom of the seas
n1
the right of merchant ships to travel freely in international waters;

freedom of thought
n1
the right to hold unpopular ideas;

Freedom Party
n1
the most popular and feared Islamic extremist group in central Asia;

- advocates `pure' Islam and the creation of a worldwide Islamic state;

- syn. Hizb ut-Tahrir;

freedom rider
n1
one of an interracial group of civil rights activists who rode buses through parts of the South in order to protest racial segregation;

freedom to bear arms
n1
a right guaranteed by the 2nd amendment to the US Constitution;

freedwoman
n1
a person who has been freed from slavery;

- syn. freedman;

freehand / f ɹ i h æ n d /
a1
done by hand without mechanical aids or devices;

- "a freehand drawing";

- syn. freehanded;

- sim. original;

freehanded / f ɹ i h æ n d ɪ d /
a1
done by hand without mechanical aids or devices;

- "a freehand drawing";

- syn. freehand;

- sim. original;

a2
given or giving freely;

- "was a big tipper";

- "the bounteous goodness of God";

- "bountiful compliments";

- "a freehanded host";

- "a handsome allowance";

- "Saturday's child is loving and giving";

- "a liberal backer of the arts";

- "a munificent gift";

- "her fond and openhanded grandfather";

- syn. big, bighearted, bounteous, bountiful, giving, handsome, liberal, openhanded;

- sim. generous;

freehearted / f ɹ i h ɑ t ɪ d /
a1
generous in providing aid to others;

- syn. benevolent;

- sim. generous;

freehold / f ɹ i h oʊ ɫ d /
n1
an estate held in fee simple or for life;

n2
tenure by which land is held in fee simple or for life;

freeholder / f ɹ i h oʊ ɫ d ə , f ɹ i h oʊ ɫ d ə ɹ /
n1
the owner of a freehold;

freeing / f ɹ i ɪ ŋ /
n1
the act of liberating someone or something;

- syn. liberation, release;

freelance / f ɹ i ɫ ɑ n s /
n1
a writer or artist who sells services to different employers without a long-term contract with any of them;

- syn. free-lance, free lance, freelancer, independent, self-employed person;

v1
work independently and on temporary contracts rather than for a long-term employer;

a1
working for yourself;

- syn. free-lance, self-employed;

a2
serving for wages in a foreign army;

- "mercenary killers";

- syn. free-lance, mercenary;

- sim. paid;

freelancer / f ɹ i ɫ ɑ n s ə , f ɹ i ɫ ɑ n s ə ɹ /
n1
a writer or artist who sells services to different employers without a long-term contract with any of them;

- syn. free-lance, free lance, freelance, independent, self-employed person;

freeload / f ɹ i ɫ oʊ d /
v1
live off somebody's generosity;

- "This young man refuses to work and is freeloading";

freeloader / f ɹ i ɫ oʊ d ə /
n1
someone who takes advantage of the generosity of others;

freely / f ɹ i ɫ i /
r1
in a free manner;

- "the painting featured freely brushed strokes";

freemail
n1
a service providing free email delivery in exchange for exposure to advertising;

freeman / f ɹ i m ə n /
n1
a person who is not a serf or a slave;

- syn. freewoman;

Freemason / f ɹ i m eɪ s n /
n1
a member of a widespread secret fraternal order pledged to mutual assistance and brotherly love;

- syn. Mason;

freemasonry / f ɹ i m eɪ s ə n ɹ i /
n1
a natural or instinctive fellowship between people of similar interests;

- "he enjoyed the freemasonry of the Press";

n2
Freemasons collectively;

- syn. Masonry;

freesia / f ɹ i z ɪə /
n1
any of several plants of the genus Freesia valued for their one-sided clusters of usually fragrant yellow or white or pink tubular flowers;

freestanding / f ɹ i s t æ n d ɪ ŋ /
a1
standing apart;

- not attached to or supported by anything;

- "a freestanding bell tower";

- "a house with a separate garage";

- syn. separate;

- sim. detached;

freestone / f ɹ i s t aɪ ɫ , f ɹ i s t oʊ n /
n1
fruit (especially peach) whose flesh does not adhere to the pit;

freestyle / f ɹ i s t aɪ ɫ /
n1
a race (as in swimming) in which each contestant has a free choice of the style to use;

freetail
n1
small swift insectivorous bat with leathery ears and a long tail;

- common in warm regions;

- syn. free-tailed bat, freetailed bat;

freetailed bat
n1
small swift insectivorous bat with leathery ears and a long tail;

- common in warm regions;

- syn. free-tailed bat, freetail;

freethinker / f ɹ i θ ɪ ŋ k ə /
n1
a person who rejects religion;

freethinking / f ɹ i θ ɪ ŋ k ɪ ŋ /
n1
the doctrine that reason is the right basis for regulating conduct;

- syn. rationalism;

Freetown / f ɹ i t aʊ n /
n1
port city and the capital and largest city of Sierra Leone;

- syn. capital of Sierra Leone;

freeware
n1
software that is provided without charge;

freeway / f ɹ i w eɪ /
n1
a broad highway designed for high-speed traffic;

- syn. expressway, motorway, pike, state highway, superhighway, throughway, thruway;

freewheel / f ɹ i w i ɫ /
n1
a clutch (as on the rear wheel of a bicycle) that allows wheels to turn freely (as in coasting);

v1
live unhurriedly, irresponsibly, or freely;

- "My son drifted around for years in California before going to law school";

- syn. drift;

v2
coast in a vehicle using the freewheel;

freewheeler / f ɹ i w i ɫ ə , f ɹ i w i ɫ ə ɹ /
n1
someone acting freely or even irresponsibly;

- syn. free agent, free spirit;

freewheeling / f ɹ i w i ɫ ɪ ŋ /
a1
free of restraints or rules;

- "freewheeling foolishness";

- "the versatility of his poetic freewheeling style";

- sim. unrestrained;

a2
cheerfully irresponsible;

- "carefree with his money";

- "freewheeling urban youths";

- "had a harum-scarum youth";

- syn. carefree, devil-may-care, happy-go-lucky, harum-scarum, slaphappy;

- sim. irresponsible;

freewill / f ɹ i w ɪ ɫ /
a1
done of your own accord;

- "a freewill offering";

- sim. voluntary;

freewoman
n1
a person who is not a serf or a slave;

- syn. freeman;

freeze / f ɹ i z /
n1
the withdrawal of heat to change something from a liquid to a solid;

- syn. freezing;

n2
weather cold enough to cause freezing;

- syn. frost;

n3
an interruption or temporary suspension of progress or movement;

- "a halt in the arms race";

- "a nuclear freeze";

- syn. halt;

n4
fixing (of prices or wages etc) at a particular level;

- "a freeze on hiring";

v1
stop moving or become immobilized;

- "When he saw the police car he froze";

- syn. stop dead;

v2
change to ice;

- "The water in the bowl froze";

v3
be cold;

- "I could freeze to death in this office when the air conditioning is turned on";

v4
cause to freeze;

- "Freeze the leftover food";

v5
stop a process or a habit by imposing a freeze on it;

- "Suspend the aid to the war-torn country";

- syn. suspend;

v6
be very cold, below the freezing point;

- "It is freezing in Kalamazoo";

v7
change from a liquid to a solid when cold;

- "Water freezes at 32 degrees Fahrenheit";

- syn. freeze down, freeze out;

v8
prohibit the conversion or use of (assets);

- "Blocked funds";

- "Freeze the assets of this hostile government";

- syn. block, immobilise, immobilize;

v9
anesthetize by cold;

v10
suddenly behave coldly and formally;

- "She froze when she saw her ex-husband";

freeze-dried
a1
used of tissue or blood or serum or other biological substances;

- dried by freezing in a high vacuum;

- syn. lyophilised, lyophilized;

- sim. preserved;

a2
preserved by freezing and drying in a vacuum;

- "freeze-dried coffee";

- sim. preserved;

freeze-dry
v1
preserve by rapid freezing and subsequently drying in a vacuum;

- "freeze-dry the strawberries";

freeze-drying
n1
a method of drying food or blood plasma or pharmaceuticals or tissue without destroying their physical structure;

- material is frozen and then warmed in a vacuum so that the ice sublimes;

- syn. lyophilisation, lyophilization;

freeze down
v1
change from a liquid to a solid when cold;

- "Water freezes at 32 degrees Fahrenheit";

- syn. freeze, freeze out;

freeze off
v1
reject with contempt;

- "She spurned his advances";

- syn. disdain, pooh-pooh, reject, scorn, spurn, turn down;

freeze out
v1
change from a liquid to a solid when cold;

- "Water freezes at 32 degrees Fahrenheit";

- syn. freeze, freeze down;

freezer / f ɹ i z ə , f ɹ i z ə ɹ /
n1
electric refrigerator (trade name Deepfreeze) in which food is frozen and stored for long periods of time;

- syn. Deepfreeze, deep-freeze, deep freezer;

freezing / f ɹ i z ɪ ŋ /
n1
the withdrawal of heat to change something from a liquid to a solid;

- syn. freeze;

freezing mixture
n1
a mixture of substances (usually salt and ice) to obtain a temperature below the freezing point of water;

freezing point
n1
the temperature below which a liquid turns into a solid;

- syn. melting point;

Fregata
n1
type genus of the Fregatidae;

- syn. genus Fregata;

Fregatidae
n1
frigate birds;

- syn. family Fregatidae;

freight / f ɹ eɪ t /
n1
goods carried by a large vehicle;

- syn. cargo, consignment, lading, load, loading, payload, shipment;

n2
transporting goods commercially at rates cheaper than express rates;

- syn. freightage;

n3
the charge for transporting something by common carrier;

- "we pay the freight";

- "the freight rate is usually cheaper";

- syn. freight rate, freightage;

v1
transport commercially as cargo;

v2
load with goods for transportation;

freight agent
n1
an employee of a freight carrier who directs the receipt and delivery of goods;

freight car
n1
a railway car that carries freight;

freight elevator
n1
an elevator designed for carrying freight;

- syn. service elevator;

freight liner
n1
a long-distance express freight train between industrial centers and seaports with facilities for rapid loading and unloading of goods;

- syn. liner train;

freight rate
n1
the charge for transporting something by common carrier;

- "we pay the freight";

- "the freight rate is usually cheaper";

- syn. freight, freightage;

freight train
n1
a railroad train consisting of freight cars;

- syn. rattler;

freightage / f ɹ eɪ t ɪ dʒ /
n1
the charge for transporting something by common carrier;

- "we pay the freight";

- "the freight rate is usually cheaper";

- syn. freight, freight rate;

n2
transporting goods commercially at rates cheaper than express rates;

- syn. freight;

freighter / f ɹ eɪ t ə , f ɹ eɪ t ə ɹ /
n1
a cargo ship;

- "they did much of their overseas trade in foreign bottoms";

- syn. bottom, merchant ship, merchantman;

Fremont
n1
United States explorer who mapped much of the American west and Northwest (1813-1890);

- syn. John C. Fremont, John Charles Fremont;

Fremontia
n1
flannelbush;

- syn. Fremontodendron, genus Fremontia, genus Fremontodendron;

Fremontodendron
n1
flannelbush;

- syn. Fremontia, genus Fremontia, genus Fremontodendron;

French / f ɹ ɛ n tʃ /
n1
the Romance language spoken in France and in countries colonized by France;

n2
the people of France;

- syn. French people;

n3
United States sculptor who created the seated marble figure of Abraham Lincoln in the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. (1850-1931);

- syn. Daniel Chester French;

v1
cut (e.g, beans) lengthwise in preparation for cooking;

- "French the potatoes";

a1
of or pertaining to France or the people of France;

- "French cooking";

- "a Gallic shrug";

- syn. Gallic;

french-fried potatoes
n1
strips of potato fried in deep fat;

- syn. chips, french fries, fries;

french-fry
v1
cook by immersing in fat;

- "french-fry the potatoes";

- syn. deep-fry;

French-speaking
a1
able to communicate in French;

- sim. communicative;

French Academy
n1
an honorary group of French writers and thinkers supported by the French government;

- "the French Academy sets standards for the use of the French language";

French and Indian War
n1
a war in North America between France and Britain (both aided by American Indian tribes);

- 1755-1760;

French bean
n1
very small and slender green bean;

- syn. haricot vert, haricots verts;

French blue
n1
ultramarine pigment prepared artificially;

- syn. French ultramarine, French ultramarine blue;

French bracken
n1
large deeply rooted fern of worldwide distribution with upright bipinnate compound tufted fronds;

- syn. Osmunda regalis, ditch fern, king fern, royal fern, royal osmund;

French bread
n1
a crusty sourdough bread often baked in long slender tapered loaves or baguettes;

French bulldog
n1
small stocky version of the bulldog having a sleek coat and square head;

French Canadian
n1
a Canadian descended from early French settlers and whose native language is French;

French capital
n1
the capital and largest city of France;

- and international center of culture and commerce;

- syn. City of Light, Paris, capital of France;

French chalk
n1
a soft white compact talc used to mark cloth or to remove grease stains;

French Congo
n1
a republic in west-central Africa;

- achieved independence from France in 1960;

- syn. Congo, Republic of the Congo;

French door
n1
a light door with transparent or glazed panels extending the full length;

French dressing
n1
oil and vinegar with mustard and garlic;

- syn. sauce vinaigrette, vinaigrette;

French endive
n1
young broad-leaved endive plant deprived of light to form a narrow whitish head;

- syn. Belgian endive, witloof;

French Foreign Legion
n1
a former foreign legion in the French army that was used for military duties outside of France;

French Foreign Office
n1
the French department in charge of foreign affairs;

- referred to familiarly by its address in Paris;

- syn. Quai d'Orsay;

French franc
n1
formerly the basic unit of money in France;

french fries
n1
strips of potato fried in deep fat;

- syn. chips, french-fried potatoes, fries;

French fritter
n1
a deep-fried, yeast-raised doughnut dusted with confectioners' sugar;

- syn. beignet;

French Guinea
n1
a republic in western Africa on the Atlantic;

- formerly a French colony;

- achieved independence from France in 1958;

- syn. Guinea, Republic of Guinea;

French heel
n1
a fairly high narrow heel on women's shoes;

French honeysuckle
n1
European herb with small fragrant crimson or white spurred flowers;

- syn. Centranthus ruber, red valerian;

n2
perennial of southern Europe cultivated for forage and for its nectar-rich pink flowers that make it an important honey crop;

- syn. Hedysarum coronarium, sulla;

French horn
n1
a brass musical instrument consisting of a conical tube that is coiled into a spiral and played by means of valves;

- syn. horn;

French Indochina
n1
the French colonies of the territory now occupied by Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam;

French kiss
n1
an openmouthed kiss in which your tongue is inserted into the other's mouth;

- syn. deep kiss, soul kiss;

French knot
n1
a stitch made by looping the thread several times around the needle before inserting it into the fabric;

French lavender
n1
Mediterranean plant with pale purple flowers that yields spike lavender oil;

- syn. Lavandula latifolia, spike lavender;

n2
shrubby greyish lavender of southwestern Europe having usually reddish-purple flowers;

- syn. Lavandula stoechas;

French leave
n1
an abrupt and unannounced departure (without saying farewell);

French lesson
n1
instruction in the French language;

French loaf
n1
a loaf of French bread;

French marigold
n1
strong-scented bushy annual with orange or yellow flower heads marked with red;

- Mexico and Guatemala;

- syn. Tagetes patula;

French Oceania
n1
a French overseas possession in the South Pacific;

- syn. French Polynesia;

French omelet
n1
omelet cooked quickly and slid onto a plate;

French pancake
n1
small very thin pancake;

- syn. crape, crepe;

French pastry
n1
sweet filled pastry made of especially puff paste;

French people
n1
the people of France;

- syn. French;

French person
n1
a person of French nationality;

- syn. Frenchman, Frenchwoman;

French polish
n1
the glaze produced by repeated applications of French polish shellac;

n2
a varnish for wood consisting of shellac dissolved in alcohol;

- syn. French polish shellac;

French polish shellac
n1
a varnish for wood consisting of shellac dissolved in alcohol;

- syn. French polish;

French Polynesia
n1
a French overseas possession in the South Pacific;

- syn. French Oceania;

French region
n1
a geographical subdivision of France;

French Republic
n1
a republic in western Europe;

- the largest country wholly in Europe;

- syn. France;

French Revolution
n1
the revolution in France against the Bourbons;

- 1789-1799;

French Riviera
n1
the French part of the Riviera;

- syn. Cote d'Azur;

French roof
n1
a mansard roof with sides that are nearly perpendicular;

French rye
n1
coarse perennial Eurasian grass resembling oat;

- found on roadside verges and rough grassland and in hay meadows;

- introduced in North America for forage;

- syn. Arrhenatherum elatius, evergreen grass, false oat, tall meadow grass, tall oat grass;

French sorrel
n1
low perennial with small silvery-green ovate to hastate leaves;

- syn. Rumex scutatus, garden sorrel;

n2
greens having small tart oval to pointed leaves;

- preferred to common sorrel for salads;

French spinach
n1
common Eurasian weed;

- naturalized in United States;

- syn. Chenopodium rubrum, red goosefoot;

French Sudan
n1
a landlocked republic in northwestern Africa;

- achieved independence from France in 1960;

- Mali was a center of West African civilization for more than 4,000 years;

- syn. Mali, Republic of Mali;

French teacher
n1
someone who teaches French;

French telephone
n1
telephone set with the mouthpiece and earpiece mounted on a single handle;

- syn. handset;

French toast
n1
bread slice dipped in egg and milk and fried;

- topped with sugar or fruit or syrup;

French ultramarine
n1
ultramarine pigment prepared artificially;

- syn. French blue, French ultramarine blue;

French ultramarine blue
n1
ultramarine pigment prepared artificially;

- syn. French blue, French ultramarine;

French vermouth
n1
dry pale amber variety;

- syn. dry vermouth;

French weed
n1
foetid Eurasian weed having round flat pods;

- naturalized throughout North America;

- syn. Thlaspi arvense, fanweed, field pennycress, mithridate mustard, penny grass, stinkweed;

French West Indies
n1
the islands in the Lesser Antilles that are administered by France;

French window
n1
a French door situated in an exterior wall of a building;

Frenchify / f ɹ ɛ n tʃ ɪ f aɪ /
v1
make French in appearance or character;

- "let's Frenchify the restaurant and charge more money";

v2
become French in appearance or character;

- "This restaurant has Frenchified";

Frenchman / f ɹ ɛ n tʃ m ə n /
n1
a person of French nationality;

- syn. French person, Frenchwoman;

Frenchwoman / f ɹ ɛ n tʃ w ʊ m ə n /
n1
a person of French nationality;

- syn. French person, Frenchman;

frenetic / f ɹ ə n ɛ t ɪ k /
a1
excessively agitated;

- distraught with fear or other violent emotion;

- "frantic with anger and frustration";

- "frenetic screams followed the accident";

- "a frenzied look in his eye";

- syn. frantic, frenzied, phrenetic;

- sim. agitated;

frenetically / f ɹ ə n ɛ t ɪ k ɫ i /
r1
in a very agitated manner;

- as if possessed by an evil spirit;

- syn. demoniacally;

frenzied / f ɹ ɛ n z ɪ d /
a1
affected with or marked by frenzy or mania uncontrolled by reason;

- "a frenzied attack";

- "a frenzied mob";

- "the prosecutor's frenzied denunciation of the accused"- H.W.Carter;

- "outbursts of drunken violence and manic activity and creativity";

- syn. manic;

- sim. wild;

a2
excessively agitated;

- distraught with fear or other violent emotion;

- "frantic with anger and frustration";

- "frenetic screams followed the accident";

- "a frenzied look in his eye";

- syn. frantic, frenetic, phrenetic;

- sim. agitated;

frenziedly / f ɹ ɛ n z ɪ d ɫ i /
r1
in a frenzied manner;

- "we rehearsed frenziedly the last few days before the premiere";

- syn. hectically;

frenzy / f ɹ ɛ n z i /
n1
state of violent mental agitation;

- syn. craze, delirium, fury, hysteria;

Freon
n1
any one or more chlorofluorocarbons (or related compounds) that are used as an aerosol propellant, organic solvent, or refrigerant;

frequence / f ɹ i k w ə n s /
n1
the number of occurrences within a given time period;

- "the frequency of modulation was 40 cycles per second";

- "the frequency of his seizures increased as he grew older";

- syn. frequency, oftenness;

frequency / f ɹ i k w ə n s i /
n1
the number of occurrences within a given time period;

- "the frequency of modulation was 40 cycles per second";

- "the frequency of his seizures increased as he grew older";

- syn. frequence, oftenness;

n2
the ratio of the number of observations in a statistical category to the total number of observations;

- syn. relative frequency;

n3
the number of observations in a given statistical category;

- syn. absolute frequency;

frequency-response characteristic
n1
(electronics) a graph of frequency response with signal amplitude or gain plotted against frequency;

- syn. frequency-response curve;

frequency-response curve
n1
(electronics) a graph of frequency response with signal amplitude or gain plotted against frequency;

- syn. frequency-response characteristic;

frequency band
n1
a band of adjacent radio frequencies (e.g., assigned for transmitting radio or television signals);

- syn. waveband;

frequency distribution
n1
a distribution of observed frequencies of occurrence of the values of a variable;

frequency modulation
n1
modulation of the frequency of the (radio) carrier wave;

- syn. FM;

frequency response
n1
(electronics) a curve representing the output-to-input ratio of a transducer as a function of frequency;

frequent / f ɹ ɪ k w ɛ n t , f ɹ i k w ə n t /
v1
do one's shopping at;

- do business with;

- be a customer or client of;

- syn. buy at, patronise, patronize, shop, shop at, sponsor;

v2
be a regular or frequent visitor to a certain place;

- "She haunts the ballet";

- syn. haunt;

a1
coming at short intervals or habitually;

- "a frequent guest";

- "frequent complaints";

- sim. prevailing, regular;

a2
frequently encountered;

- "a frequent (or common) error is using the transitive verb `lay' for the intransitive `lie'";

- sim. common;

frequentative / f ɹ ɪ k w ɛ n t ə t ɪ v /
n1
a verb form that serves to express frequent repetition of an action;

frequenter / f ɹ ɪ k w ɛ n t ə /
n1
a regular customer;

- syn. patron;

frequently / f ɹ i k w ə n t ɫ i /
r1
many times at short intervals;

- "we often met over a cup of coffee";

- syn. oft, often, oftentimes, ofttimes;

fresco / f ɹ ɛ s k oʊ /
n1
a mural done with watercolors on wet plaster;

n2
a durable method of painting on a wall by using watercolors on wet plaster;

v1
paint onto wet plaster on a wall;

fresh / f ɹ ɛ ʃ /
a1
recently made, produced, or harvested;

- "fresh bread";

- "a fresh scent";

- "fresh lettuce";

- also new;

- sim. caller, crisp, fresh-cut, good, hot, new-made, strong, undecomposed;

a2
(of a cycle) beginning or occurring again;

- "a fresh start";

- "fresh ideas";

- sim. new;

a3
imparting vitality and energy;

- "the bracing mountain air";

- syn. bracing, brisk, refreshful, refreshing, tonic;

- sim. invigorating;

a4
original and of a kind not seen before;

- "the computer produced a completely novel proof of a well-known theorem";

- syn. new, novel;

- sim. original;

a5
not canned or otherwise preserved;

- "fresh vegetables";

- sim. unprocessed;

a6
not containing or composed of salt water;

- "fresh water";

- syn. sweet;

a7
having recently calved and therefore able to give milk;

- "the cow is fresh";

- sim. wet;

a8
with restored energy;

- syn. invigorated, refreshed, reinvigorated;

- sim. rested;

a9
not soured or preserved;

- "sweet milk";

- syn. sweet, unfermented;

- sim. unsoured;

a10
free from impurities;

- "clean water";

- "fresh air";

- syn. clean;

- sim. pure;

a11
not yet used or soiled;

- "a fresh shirt";

- "a fresh sheet of paper";

- "an unused envelope";

- syn. unused;

- sim. clean;

a12
improperly forward or bold;

- "don't be fresh with me";

- "impertinent of a child to lecture a grownup";

- "an impudent boy given to insulting strangers";

- "Don't get wise with me!";

- syn. impertinent, impudent, overbold, sassy, saucy, smart, wise;

- sim. forward;

r1
very recently;

- "they are newly married";

- "newly raised objections";

- "a newly arranged hairdo";

- "grass new washed by the rain";

- "a freshly cleaned floor";

- "we are fresh out of tomatoes";

- syn. freshly, new, newly;

fresh-cut
a1
cut recently;

- "fresh-cut flowers";

- sim. fresh;

fresh bean
n1
beans eaten before they are ripe as opposed to dried;

fresh breeze
n1
wind moving 19-24 knots;

- 5 on the Beaufort scale;

fresh fish
n1
soldiers who are regarded as expendable in the face of artillery fire;

- syn. cannon fodder, fodder;

fresh food
n1
food that is not preserved by canning or dehydration or freezing or smoking;

- syn. fresh foods;

fresh foods
n1
food that is not preserved by canning or dehydration or freezing or smoking;

- syn. fresh food;

fresh gale
n1
wind moving 39-46 knots;

- 8 on the Beaufort scale;

fresh start
n1
an opportunity to start over without prejudice;

- syn. clean slate, tabula rasa;

fresh water
n1
water that is not salty;

- syn. freshwater;

freshen / f ɹ ɛ ʃ n /
v1
make (to feel) fresh;

- "The cool water refreshed us";

- syn. refresh;

v2
become or make oneself fresh again;

- "She freshened up after the tennis game";

- syn. freshen up, refresh, refreshen;

v3
make fresh again;

- syn. refresh, refreshen;

- also freshen up;

freshen up
v1
make brighter and prettier;

- "we refurbished the guest wing";

- "My wife wants us to renovate";

- syn. refurbish, renovate;

v2
become or make oneself fresh again;

- "She freshened up after the tennis game";

- syn. freshen, refresh, refreshen;

freshener / f ɹ ɛ ʃ n ə , f ɹ ɛ ʃ n ə ɹ /
n1
anything that freshens;

fresher / f ɹ ɛ ʃ ə , f ɹ ɛ ʃ ə ɹ /
n1
a first-year undergraduate;

- syn. freshman;

freshet / f ɹ ɛ ʃ ɪ t /
n1
the occurrence of a water flow resulting from sudden rain or melting snow;

- syn. spate;

freshly / f ɹ ɛ ʃ ɫ i /
r1
very recently;

- "they are newly married";

- "newly raised objections";

- "a newly arranged hairdo";

- "grass new washed by the rain";

- "a freshly cleaned floor";

- "we are fresh out of tomatoes";

- syn. fresh, new, newly;

r2
in an impudent or impertinent manner;

- "a lean, swarthy fellow was peering through the window, grinning impudently";

- syn. impertinently, impudently, pertly, saucily;

freshman / f ɹ ɛ ʃ m ə n /
n1
a first-year undergraduate;

- syn. fresher;

n2
any new participant in some activity;

- syn. entrant, fledgeling, fledgling, neophyte, newbie, newcomer, starter;

a1
used of a person in the first year of an experience (especially in United States high school or college);

- "a freshman senator";

- "freshman year in high school or college";

- syn. first-year;

- sim. first;

freshman class
n1
the first class in college or high school;

freshness / f ɹ ɛ ʃ n ə s /
n1
the property of being pure and fresh (as if newly made);

- not stale or deteriorated;

- "she loved the freshness of newly baked bread";

- "the freshness of the air revived him";

n2
originality by virtue of being refreshingly novel;

- syn. novelty;

n3
an alert and refreshed state;

- syn. glow;

n4
originality by virtue of being new and surprising;

- syn. novelty;

n5
the trait of being rude and impertinent;

- inclined to take liberties;

- syn. cheekiness, crust, gall, impertinence, impudence, insolence;

freshwater / f ɹ ɛ ʃ w ɔ t ə , f ɹ ɛ ʃ w ɔ t ə ɹ /
n1
water that is not salty;

- syn. fresh water;

freshwater bass
n1
any of various North American freshwater fish with lean flesh (especially of the genus Micropterus);

- syn. bass;

n2
North American food and game fish;

freshwater bream
n1
flesh of various freshwater fishes of North America or of Europe;

- syn. bream;

n2
any of various usually edible freshwater percoid fishes having compressed bodies and shiny scales;

- especially (but not exclusively) of the genus Lepomis;

- syn. bream;

freshwater clam
n1
bivalve mollusk abundant in rivers of central United States;

- syn. freshwater mussel;

freshwater cordgrass
n1
North American cordgrass having leaves with dry membranous margins and glumes with long awns;

- syn. Spartina pectinmata, prairie cordgrass, slough grass;

freshwater eel
n1
eels that live in fresh water as adults but return to sea to spawn;

- found in Europe and America;

- marketed both fresh and smoked;

- syn. common eel;

freshwater fish
n1
flesh of fish from fresh water used as food;

freshwater limpet
n1
minute conical gastropod superficially resembling a limpet but living and feeding on freshwater plants;

- syn. Ancylus fluviatilis, river limpet;

freshwater mussel
n1
bivalve mollusk abundant in rivers of central United States;

- syn. freshwater clam;

Fresnel
n1
French physicist who invented polarized light and invented the Fresnel lens (1788-1827);

- syn. Augustin Jean Fresnel;

Fresnel lens
n1
lens composed of a number of small lenses arranged to make a lightweight lens of large diameter and short focal length;

Fresno
n1
a city in south central California in the San Joaquin Valley;

- center of an important agricultural area and gateway to the Sierra Nevada Mountains;

fress
v1
eat a lot and without restraint;

- syn. gluttonise, gluttonize;

fret / f ɹ ɛ t /
n1
agitation resulting from active worry;

- "don't get in a stew";

- "he's in a sweat about exams";

- syn. lather, stew, sweat, swither;

n2
a spot that has been worn away by abrasion or erosion;

- syn. worn spot;

n3
an ornamental pattern consisting of repeated vertical and horizontal lines (often in relief);

- "there was a simple fret at the top of the walls";

- syn. Greek fret, Greek key, key pattern;

n4
a small bar of metal across the fingerboard of a musical instrument;

- when the string is stopped by a finger at the metal bar it will produce a note of the desired pitch;

v1
worry unnecessarily or excessively;

- "don't fuss too much over the grandchildren--they are quite big now";

- syn. fuss, niggle;

v2
be agitated or irritated;

- "don't fret over these small details";

v3
provide (a musical instrument) with frets;

- "fret a guitar";

v4
become or make sore by or as if by rubbing;

- syn. chafe, gall;

v5
cause annoyance in;

v6
gnaw into;

- make resentful or angry;

- "The injustice rankled her";

- "his resentment festered";

- syn. eat into, grate, rankle;

v7
carve a pattern into;

v8
decorate with an interlaced design;

v9
be too tight;

- rub or press;

- "This neckband is choking the cat";

- syn. choke, gag;

v10
cause friction;

- "my sweater scratches";

- syn. chafe, fray, rub, scratch;

v11
remove soil or rock;

- "Rain eroded the terraces";

- syn. eat away, erode;

v12
wear away or erode;

- syn. eat away;

fretful / f ɹ ɛ t f ə ɫ /
a1
nervous and unable to relax;

- "a constant fretful stamping of hooves";

- "a restless child";

- syn. antsy, fidgety, itchy;

- sim. tense;

a2
habitually complaining;

- "a whiny child";

- syn. querulous, whiney, whiny;

- sim. complaining;

fretfully / f ɹ ɛ t f ə ɫ i /
r1
in a fretful manner;

- "fretfully, the baby tossed in his crib";

fretfulness / f ɹ ɛ t f ə ɫ n ə s /
n1
an irritable petulant feeling;

- syn. choler, crossness, fussiness, irritability, peevishness, petulance;

fretsaw / f ɹ ɛ t s ɔ /
n1
fine-toothed power saw with a narrow blade;

- used to cut curved outlines;

- syn. jigsaw, scroll saw;

fretted / f ɹ ɛ t ɪ d /
a1
having frets;

a2
having a pattern of fretwork or latticework;

- syn. interlaced, latticed, latticelike;

- sim. reticulate;

fretwork / f ɹ ɛ t w ɝ k /
n1
framework consisting of an ornamental design made of strips of wood or metal;

- syn. lattice, latticework;

Freud
n1
Austrian neurologist who originated psychoanalysis (1856-1939);

- syn. Sigmund Freud;

Freudian / f ɹ ɔɪ d ɪə n /
n1
a person who follows the basic theories or practices of Sigmund Freud;

a1
of or relating to Sigmund Freud or his psychoanalytic ideas;

- "Freudian theories";

Freudian psychology
n1
the psychological theories of Sigmund Freud;

Freudian slip
n1
a slip-up that (according to Sigmund Freud) results from the operation of unconscious wishes or conflicts and can reveal unconscious processes in normal healthy individuals;

Frey
n1
(Norse mythology) god of earth's fertility and peace and prosperity;

- son of Njorth and brother of Freya;

- originally of the Vanir;

- later with the Aesir;

- syn. Freyr;

Freya
n1
(Norse mythology) goddess of love and fecundity;

- daughter of Njorth and sister of Frey;

- syn. Freyja;

Freyja
n1
(Norse mythology) goddess of love and fecundity;

- daughter of Njorth and sister of Frey;

- syn. Freya;

Freyr
n1
(Norse mythology) god of earth's fertility and peace and prosperity;

- son of Njorth and brother of Freya;

- originally of the Vanir;

- later with the Aesir;

- syn. Frey;

FRG
n1
a republic in central Europe;

- split into East Germany and West Germany after World War II and reunited in 1990;

- syn. Deutschland, Federal Republic of Germany, Germany;

Fri
n1
the sixth day of the week;

- the fifth working day;

- syn. Friday;

friability / f ɹ aɪ ə b ɪ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
excessive breakableness;

- syn. crumbliness;

friable / f ɹ aɪ ə b ɫ /
a1
easily broken into small fragments or reduced to powder;

- "friable sandstone";

- "friable carcinomatous tissue";

- "friable curds formed in the stomach";

- "crumbly cookies";

- syn. crumbly;

- sim. breakable;

friar / f ɹ aɪ ə , f ɹ aɪ ə ɹ /
n1
a male member of a religious order that originally relied solely on alms;

- syn. mendicant;

friar's-cowl
n1
tuberous perennial having a cowl-shaped maroon or violet-black spathe;

- Mediterranean;

- Canaries;

- Azores;

- syn. Arisarum vulgare;

friar's lantern
n1
a pale light sometimes seen at night over marshy ground;

- syn. ignis fatuus, jack-o'-lantern, will-o'-the-wisp;

friar preacher
n1
a Roman Catholic friar wearing the black mantle of the Dominican order;

- syn. Black Friar, Blackfriar, Dominican;

friary / f ɹ aɪ ə ɹ i /
n1
a monastery of friars;

fricandeau / f ɹ ɪ k ə n d oʊ /
n1
larded veal braised and glazed in its own juices;

fricassee / f ɹ ɪ k ə s i /
n1
pieces of chicken or other meat stewed in gravy with e.g. carrots and onions and served with noodles or dumplings;

v1
make a fricassee of by cooking;

- "fricassee meats";

fricative / f ɹ ɪ k ə t ɪ v /
n1
a continuant consonant produced by breath moving against a narrowing of the vocal tract;

- syn. fricative consonant, spirant;

a1
of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as `f', `s', `z', or `th' in both `thin' and `then');

- syn. continuant, sibilant, spirant, strident;

- sim. soft;

fricative consonant
n1
a continuant consonant produced by breath moving against a narrowing of the vocal tract;

- syn. fricative, spirant;

Frick / f ɹ ɪ k /
n1
United States industrialist who amassed a fortune in the steel industry (1849-1919);

- syn. Henry Clay Frick;

friction / f ɹ ɪ k ʃ n /
n1
a state of conflict between persons;

- syn. clash;

n2
the resistance encountered when one body is moved in contact with another;

- syn. rubbing;

n3
effort expended in moving one object over another with pressure;

- syn. detrition, rubbing;

friction clutch
n1
a clutch in which one part turns the other by the friction between them;

friction match
n1
lighter consisting of a thin piece of wood or cardboard tipped with combustible chemical;

- ignites with friction;

- "he always carries matches to light his pipe";

- "as long you've a lucifer to light your fag";

- syn. lucifer, match;

friction tape
n1
a water-resistant adhesive tape used to insulate exposed electrical conductors;

- syn. insulating tape;

frictional / f ɹ ɪ k ʃ ə n ə ɫ /
a1
pertaining to or worked or produced by friction;

- "frictional electricity";

- "frictional heat";

- "frictional gearing";

frictionless / f ɹ ɪ k ʃ n ɫ ɛ s /
a1
lacking all friction;

- "a perpetual motion machine would have to be frictionless";

Friday / f ɹ aɪ d eɪ , f ɹ aɪ d ɪ /
n1
the sixth day of the week;

- the fifth working day;

- syn. Fri;

fridge / f ɹ ɪ dʒ /
n1
a refrigerator in which the coolant is pumped around by an electric motor;

- syn. electric refrigerator;

Fridtjof Nansen
n1
Norwegian explorer of the Arctic and director of the League of Nations relief program for refugees of World War I (1861-1930);

- syn. Nansen;

fried / f ɹ aɪ d /
a1
cooked by frying in fat;

- syn. deep-fried;

- sim. cooked;

fried egg
n1
eggs cooked by sauteing in oil or butter;

- sometimes turned and cooked on both sides;

fried rice
n1
boiled rice mixed with scallions and minced pork or shrimp and quickly scrambled with eggs;

- syn. Chinese fried rice;

Friedan
n1
United States feminist who founded a national organization for women (born in 1921);

- syn. Betty Friedan, Betty Naomi Friedan, Betty Naomi Goldstein Friedan;

friedcake
n1
small cake in the form of a ring or twist or ball or strip fried in deep fat;

Friedman / f ɹ aɪ d m æ n /
n1
United States economist noted as a proponent of monetarism and for his opposition to government intervention in the economy (born in 1912);

- syn. Milton Friedman;

Friedman test
n1
pregnancy test that involves injecting some of the woman's urine into an unmated female rabbit and later examining the ovaries of the rabbit;

- presence of corpora lutea indicates that the woman is pregnant;

- syn. rabbit test;

Friedreich's ataxia
n1
sclerosis of the posterior and lateral columns of the spinal cord;

- characterized by muscular weakness and abnormal gait;

- occurs in children;

- syn. herediatry spinal ataxia;

Friedrich Anton Mesmer
n1
Austrian physician who tried to treat diseases with a form of hypnotism (1734-1815);

- syn. Franz Anton Mesmer, Mesmer;

Friedrich August Kekule
n1
German chemist remembered for his discovery of the ring structure of benzene (1829-1896);

- syn. Friedrich August Kekule von Stradonitz, Kekule;

Friedrich August Kekule von Stradonitz
n1
German chemist remembered for his discovery of the ring structure of benzene (1829-1896);

- syn. Friedrich August Kekule, Kekule;

Friedrich August von Hayek
n1
English economist (born in Austria) noted for work on the optimum allocation of resources (1899-1992);

- syn. Hayek;

Friedrich August Wolf
n1
German classical scholar who claimed that the Iliad and Odyssey were composed by several authors (1759-1824);

- syn. Wolf;

Friedrich Engels
n1
socialist who wrote the Communist Manifesto with Karl Marx in 1848 (1820-1895);

- syn. Engels;

Friedrich Froebel
n1
German educator who founded the kindergarten system (1782-1852);

- syn. Friedrich Wilhelm August Froebel, Froebel;

Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock
n1
German poet (1724-1803);

- syn. Klopstock;

Friedrich Hebbel
n1
German dramatist (1813-1863);

- syn. Christian Friedrich Hebbel, Hebbel;

Friedrich Krupp
n1
German industrialist who manufactured steel in Essen (1787-1826);

- syn. Krupp;

Friedrich Max Muller
n1
British philologist (born in Germany) who specialized in Sanskrit (1823-1900);

- syn. Max Muller, Muller;

Friedrich Wilhelm August Froebel
n1
German educator who founded the kindergarten system (1782-1852);

- syn. Friedrich Froebel, Froebel;

Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel
n1
German mathematician and astronomer who made accurate measurements of stellar distances and who predicted the existence on an 8th planet (1784-1846);

- syn. Bessel;

Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
n1
influential German philosopher remembered for his concept of the superman and for his rejection of Christian values;

- considered, along with Kierkegaard, to be a founder of existentialism (1844-1900);

- syn. Nietzsche;

friend / f ɹ ɛ n d /
n1
a person you know well and regard with affection and trust;

- "he was my best friend at the university";

n2
an associate who provides cooperation or assistance;

- "he's a good ally in fight";

- syn. ally;

n3
a person with whom you are acquainted;

- "I have trouble remembering the names of all my acquaintances";

- "we are friends of the family";

- syn. acquaintance;

n4
a person who backs a politician or a team etc.;

- "all their supporters came out for the game";

- "they are friends of the library";

- syn. admirer, booster, champion, protagonist, supporter;

n5
a member of the Religious Society of Friends founded by George Fox (the Friends have never called themselves Quakers);

- syn. Quaker;

friend of the court
n1
an adviser to the court on some matter of law who is not a party to the case;

- usually someone who wants to influence the outcome of a lawsuit involving matters of wide public interest;

- syn. amicus curiae;

friendless / f ɹ ɛ n d ɫ ə s /
a1
excluded from a society;

- syn. outcast;

- sim. unwanted;

friendlessness / f ɹ ɛ n d ɫ ə s n ə s /
n1
being without friends;

friendliness / f ɹ ɛ n d ɫ ɪ n ə s /
n1
a feeling of liking for another person;

- enjoyment in their company;

n2
a friendly disposition;

friendly / f ɹ ɛ n d ɫ i /
n1
troops belonging to or allied with your own military forces;

- "friendlies came to their rescue";

a1
characteristic of or befitting a friend;

- "friendly advice";

- "a friendly neighborhood";

- "the only friendly person here";

- "a friendly host and hostess";

- also amicable, congenial, gracious, hospitable, sociable, social, warm;

- sim. affable, chummy, companionate, comradely, couthie, cozy, neighborly, social;

a2
inclined to help or support;

- not antagonistic or hostile;

- "a government friendly to our interests";

- "well disposed to the good order and happiness of the United States";

- "a relaxed environment well-disposed to the appreciation of good food and fine wine";

- syn. well-disposed, well disposed;

- sim. amicable;

a3
easy to understand or use;

- "user-friendly computers";

- "a consumer-friendly policy";

- "a reader-friendly novel";

a4
of or belonging to your own country's forces or those of an ally;

- "in friendly territory";

- "he was accidentally killed by friendly fire";

friendly fire
n1
fire that injures or kills an ally;

- syn. fratricide;

Friendly Islands
n1
a monarchy on a Polynesian archipelago in the South Pacific;

- achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1970;

- syn. Kingdom of Tonga, Tonga;

friendly relationship
n1
the state of being friends (or friendly);

- syn. friendship;

friendly takeover
n1
a takeover that is welcomed by the management of the target company;

friendship / f ɹ ɛ n d ʃ ɪ p /
n1
the state of being friends (or friendly);

- syn. friendly relationship;

friendship plant
n1
low stingless nettle of Central and South America having velvety brownish-green toothed leaves and clusters of small green flowers;

- syn. Pilea involucrata, panamica, panamiga;

frier / f ɹ aɪ ə , f ɹ aɪ ə ɹ /
n1
flesh of a medium-sized young chicken suitable for frying;

- syn. fryer, pullet;

fries / f ɹ aɪ z /
n1
strips of potato fried in deep fat;

- syn. chips, french-fried potatoes, french fries;

Friesian / f ɹ i z j ə n /
n1
a breed of dairy cattle from northern Holland;

- syn. Holstein, Holstein-Friesian;

Friesland
n1
the western part of the ancient region of Frisia in northern Europe on the North Sea between the Scheldt river and the Weser river;

- part of this region is now a province in the Netherlands;

n2
one of the northernmost provinces of the Netherlands;

frieze / f ɹ i z /
n1
an architectural ornament consisting of a horizontal sculptured band between the architrave and the cornice;

n2
a heavy woolen fabric with a long nap;

frig around
v1
be lazy or idle;

- "Her son is just bumming around all day";

- syn. arse about, arse around, bum, bum about, bum around, fuck off, loaf, loll, loll around, lounge about, lounge around, waste one's time;

frigate / f ɹ ɪ ɡ ə t /
n1
a medium size square-rigged warship of the 18th and 19th centuries;

n2
a United States warship larger than a destroyer and smaller than a cruiser;

frigate bird
n1
long-billed warm-water seabird with wide wingspan and forked tail;

- syn. man-of-war bird;

Frigg
n1
(Norse mythology) goddess of the heavens and married love;

- wife of Odin;

- syn. Frigga;

Frigga
n1
(Norse mythology) goddess of the heavens and married love;

- wife of Odin;

- syn. Frigg;

fright / f ɹ aɪ t /
n1
an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight);

- syn. fear, fearfulness;

v1
cause fear in;

- "The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me";

- "Ghosts could never affright her";

- syn. affright, frighten, scare;

- also frighten away, frighten off;

frighten / f ɹ aɪ t n /
v1
cause fear in;

- "The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me";

- "Ghosts could never affright her";

- syn. affright, fright, scare;

- also frighten away, frighten off;

frighten away
v1
cause to lose courage;

- "dashed by the refusal";

- syn. dash, daunt, frighten off, pall, scare, scare away, scare off;

frighten off
v1
cause to lose courage;

- "dashed by the refusal";

- syn. dash, daunt, frighten away, pall, scare, scare away, scare off;

frightened / f ɹ aɪ t n d /
a1
made afraid;

- "the frightened child cowered in the corner";

- "too shocked and scared to move";

- syn. scared;

- sim. afraid;

a2
thrown into a state of intense fear or desperation;

- "became panicky as the snow deepened";

- "felt panicked before each exam";

- "trying to keep back the panic-stricken crowd";

- "the terrified horse bolted";

- syn. panic-stricken, panic-struck, panicked, panicky, terrified;

- sim. afraid;

frightening / f ɹ aɪ t n ɪ ŋ /
n1
the act of inspiring with fear;

- syn. terrorisation, terrorization;

a1
causing fear or dread or terror;

- "the awful war";

- "an awful risk";

- "dire news";

- "a career or vengeance so direful that London was shocked";

- "the dread presence of the headmaster";

- "polio is no longer the dreaded disease it once was";

- "a dreadful storm";

- "a fearful howling";

- "horrendous explosions shook the city";

- "a terrible curse";

- syn. awful, dire, direful, dread, dreaded, dreadful, fearful, fearsome, horrendous, horrific, terrible;

- sim. alarming;

frighteningly / f ɹ aɪ t n ɪ ŋ ɫ i /
r1
in an alarming manner;

- "the disturbing thing about the Minister's behavior is that far from being artificial, it too often rings frighteningly true";

- syn. scarily;

frightful / f ɹ aɪ t f ə ɫ /
a1
provoking horror;

- "an atrocious automobile accident";

- "a frightful crime of decapitation";

- "an alarming, even horrifying, picture";

- "war is beyond all words horrible"- Winston Churchill;

- "an ugly wound";

- syn. atrocious, horrible, horrifying, ugly;

- sim. alarming;

a2
extreme in degree or extent or amount or impact;

- "in a frightful hurry";

- "spent a frightful amount of money";

- syn. awful, terrible, tremendous;

- sim. extraordinary;

a3
extremely distressing;

- "fearful slum conditions";

- "a frightful mistake";

- syn. fearful;

- sim. bad;

frightfully / f ɹ aɪ t f ə ɫ i /
r1
used as intensifiers;

- "terribly interesting";

- "I'm awful sorry";

- syn. awful, awfully, terribly;

frightfulness / f ɹ aɪ t f ə ɫ n ə s /
n1
the quality of being frightful;

frigid / f ɹ ɪ dʒ ɪ d /
a1
sexually unresponsive;

- "was cold to his advances";

- "a frigid woman";

- syn. cold;

- sim. unloving;

a2
extremely cold;

- "an arctic climate";

- "a frigid day";

- "gelid waters of the North Atlantic";

- "glacial winds";

- "icy hands";

- "polar weather";

- syn. arctic, gelid, glacial, icy, polar;

- sim. cold;

a3
devoid of warmth and cordiality;

- expressive of unfriendliness or disdain;

- "a frigid greeting";

- "got a frosty reception";

- "a frozen look on their faces";

- "a glacial handshake";

- "icy stare";

- "wintry smile";

- syn. frosty, frozen, glacial, icy, wintry;

- sim. cold;

Frigid Zone
n1
the part of the Earth's surface forming a cap over a pole;

- characterized by frigid climate;

- syn. polar region, polar zone;

frigidity / f ɹ ɪ dʒ ɪ d ɪ t i /
n1
sexual unresponsiveness (especially of women) and inability to achieve orgasm during intercourse;

- syn. frigidness;

n2
the absence of heat;

- "the coldness made our breath visible";

- "come in out of the cold";

- "cold is a vasoconstrictor";

- syn. cold, coldness, frigidness, low temperature;

n3
a lack of affection or enthusiasm;

- "a distressing coldness of tone and manner";

- syn. chilliness, coldness, coolness, frigidness, iciness;

frigidly / f ɹ ɪ dʒ ɪ d ɫ i /
r1
without warmth or enthusiasm;

- "`Come in if you have to,' he said frostily";

- syn. frostily;

frigidness
n1
sexual unresponsiveness (especially of women) and inability to achieve orgasm during intercourse;

- syn. frigidity;

n2
the absence of heat;

- "the coldness made our breath visible";

- "come in out of the cold";

- "cold is a vasoconstrictor";

- syn. cold, coldness, frigidity, low temperature;

n3
a lack of affection or enthusiasm;

- "a distressing coldness of tone and manner";

- syn. chilliness, coldness, coolness, frigidity, iciness;

frigorific
a1
causing cold;

- cooling or chilling;

- sim. cold;

frijol
n1
the common bean plant grown for the beans rather than the pods (especially a variety with large red kidney-shaped beans);

- syn. frijole, kidney bean;

frijole
n1
the common bean plant grown for the beans rather than the pods (especially a variety with large red kidney-shaped beans);

- syn. frijol, kidney bean;

n2
Mexican bean;

- usually dried;

frijoles refritos
n1
dried beans cooked and mashed and then fried in lard with various seasonings;

- syn. refried beans;

frijolillo
n1
shrub or small tree having pinnate leaves poisonous to livestock and dense racemes of intensely fragrant blue flowers and red beans;

- syn. Sophora secundiflora, coral bean, frijolito, mescal bean;

frijolito
n1
shrub or small tree having pinnate leaves poisonous to livestock and dense racemes of intensely fragrant blue flowers and red beans;

- syn. Sophora secundiflora, coral bean, frijolillo, mescal bean;

frill / f ɹ ɪ ɫ /
n1
(paleontology) a bony plate that curves upward behind the skull of many ceratopsian dinosaurs;

n2
an external body part consisting of feathers or hair about the neck of a bird or other animal;

- syn. ruff;

n3
a strip of pleated material used as a decoration or a trim;

- syn. flounce, furbelow, ruffle;

n4
ornamental objects of no great value;

- syn. falderol, folderal, gimcrack, gimcrackery, nonsense, trumpery;

frilled / f ɹ ɪ ɫ d /
a1
having decorative ruffles or frills;

- syn. frilly, ruffled;

- sim. adorned;

frilled lizard
n1
large arboreal insectivorous Australian lizard with a ruff of skin around the neck;

- syn. Chlamydosaurus kingi;

frilly / f ɹ ɪ ɫ i /
a1
having decorative ruffles or frills;

- syn. frilled, ruffled;

- sim. adorned;

Frimaire
n1
third month of the Revolutionary calendar (November and December);

- the frosty month;

fringe / f ɹ ɪ n dʒ /
n1
the outside boundary or surface of something;

- syn. outer boundary, periphery;

n2
a part of the city far removed from the center;

- "they built a factory on the outskirts of the city";

- syn. outskirt;

n3
one of the light or dark bands produced by the interference and diffraction of light;

- syn. interference fringe;

n4
a social group holding marginal or extreme views;

- "members of the fringe believe we should be armed with guns at all times";

n5
a border of hair that is cut short and hangs across the forehead;

- syn. bang;

n6
an ornamental border consisting of short lengths of hanging threads or tassels;

v1
adorn with a fringe;

- "The weaver fringed the scarf";

v2
decorate with or as if with a surrounding fringe;

- "fur fringed the hem of the dress";

fringe-toed lizard
n1
with long pointed scales around toes;

- of deserts of United States and Mexico;

- syn. Uma notata;

fringe benefit
n1
an incidental benefit awarded for certain types of employment (especially if it is regarded as a right);

- "a limousine is one of the fringe benefits of the job";

- syn. perk, perquisite;

fringe bush
n1
small bushy tree of southeastern United States having profuse clusters of white flowers;

- syn. Chionanthus virginicus;

fringe cups
n1
plant growing in clumps with mostly basal leaves and cream-colored or pale pink fringed flowers in several long racemes;

- Alaska to coastal central California and east to Idaho;

- syn. Tellima grandiflora, false alumroot;

fringe tree
n1
any of various small decorative flowering trees or shrubs of the genus Chionanthus;

fringed / f ɹ ɪ n dʒ d /
a1
surrounded as with a border or fringe;

- sometimes used in combination;

- "a large suburban community...fringed by an industrial area";

- "a grass-fringed stream";

- sim. bordered;

a2
having a decorative edging of hanging cords or strips;

- sim. adorned;

a3
having edges irregularly and finely slashed;

- "a laciniate leaf";

- syn. laciniate;

- sim. rough;

fringed gecko
n1
a gecko that has membranous expansions along the sides of its body and limbs and tail that enable it to glide short distances;

- syn. Ptychozoon homalocephalum, flying gecko;

fringed gentian
n1
any of various herbs of the genus Gentianopsis having the margins of the corolla lobes fringed;

- sometimes included in genus Gentiana;

fringed grass of Parnassus
n1
bog plant with broadly heart-shaped basal leaves and cream-colored or white saucer-shaped flowers with fringed petals;

- west of Rocky Mountains from Alaska to New Mexico;

- syn. Parnassia fimbriata;

fringed loosestrife
n1
of North America;

- syn. Lysimachia ciliatum;

fringed orchid
n1
any of several summer-flowering American orchids distinguished by a fringed or lacerated lip;

- syn. fringed orchis;

fringed orchis
n1
any of several summer-flowering American orchids distinguished by a fringed or lacerated lip;

- syn. fringed orchid;

fringed pink
n1
low wiry-stemmed branching herb or southern California having fringed pink flowers;

- syn. Linanthus dianthiflorus, ground pink, moss pink;

n2
Eurasian perennial pink having fragrant lilac or rose flowers with deeply fringed margins;

- syn. Dianthus supurbus;

fringed polygala
n1
common trailing perennial milkwort of eastern North America having leaves like wintergreen and usually rosy-purple flowers with winged sepals;

- syn. Polygala paucifolia, bird-on-the-wing, flowering wintergreen, gaywings;

fringed poppy mallow
n1
perennial poppy mallow of United States southern plains states having rose-red or rose-purple flowers;

- syn. Callirhoe digitata;

fringepod
n1
annual herb having pinnatifid basal leaves and slender racemes of small white flowers followed by one-seeded winged silicles;

- syn. lacepod;

Fringilla
n1
type genus of the Fringillidae: chaffinch, brambling;

- syn. genus Fringilla;

Fringilla coelebs
n1
small European finch with a cheerful song;

- syn. chaffinch;

Fringilla montifringilla
n1
Eurasian finch;

- syn. brambling;

Fringillidae
n1
finches: goldfinches;

- bullfinches;

- chaffinches;

- siskins;

- canaries;

- cardinals;

- grosbeaks;

- crossbills;

- linnets;

- buntings;

- syn. family Fringillidae;

fringy / f ɹ ɪ n dʒ i /
a1
at or constituting a border or edge;

- "the marginal strip of beach";

- syn. marginal;

- sim. peripheral;

frippery / f ɹ ɪ p ə ɹ i /
n1
something of little value or significance;

- syn. bagatelle, fluff, frivolity;

Frisbee
n1
a light, plastic disk about 10 inches in diameter;

- propelled with a flip of the wrist for recreation or competition;

Frisch
n1
British physicist (born in Austria) who with Lise Meitner recognized that Otto Hahn had produced a new kind of nuclear reaction which they named nuclear fission;

- Frisch described the explosive potential of a chain nuclear reaction (1904-1979);

- syn. Otto Frisch, Otto Robert Frisch;

n2
Norwegian economist noted for his work in econometrics (1895-1973);

- syn. Ragnar Anton Kittil Frisch, Ragnar Frisch;

n3
Austrian zoologist noted for his studies of honeybees (1886-1982);

- syn. Karl von Frisch;

Frisia
n1
an ancient region of northwestern Europe including the Frisian Islands;

Frisian / f ɹ ɪ z ɪə n /
n1
a native or inhabitant of Friesland or Frisia;

n2
a West Germanic language spoken in Friesland in the northwestern Netherlands;

- a near relative of English;

a1
of or relating to the people or culture or language of Friesland or Frisia;

Frisian Islands
n1
a chain of islands in the North Sea off the coast of northwestern Europe extending from the IJsselmeer to Jutland;

frisk / f ɹ ɪ s k /
n1
the act of searching someone for concealed weapons or illegal drugs;

- "he gave the suspect a quick frisk";

- syn. frisking;

v1
play boisterously;

- "The children frolicked in the garden";

- "the gamboling lambs in the meadows";

- "The toddlers romped in the playroom";

- syn. cavort, disport, frolic, gambol, lark, lark about, rollick, romp, run around, skylark, sport;

v2
search as for concealed weapons by running the hands rapidly over the clothing and through the pockets;

- "The police frisked everyone at the airport";

friskily / f ɹ ɪ s k ɪ ɫ i /
r1
in a playfully frisky manner;

- "he moves about friskily despite his age";

friskiness / f ɹ ɪ s k ɪ n ə s /
n1
lively high-spirited playfulness;

- syn. frolicsomeness, sportiveness;

frisking / f ɹ ɪ s k ɪ ŋ /
n1
the act of searching someone for concealed weapons or illegal drugs;

- "he gave the suspect a quick frisk";

- syn. frisk;

frisky / f ɹ ɪ s k i /
a1
playful like a lively kitten;

- syn. kittenish;

- sim. playful;

frisson / f ɹ i s ɒ n /
n1
an almost pleasurable sensation of fright;

- "a frisson of surprise shot through him";

- syn. chill, quiver, shiver, shudder, thrill, tingle;

Fritillaria
n1
fritillary;

- syn. genus Fritillaria;

Fritillaria affinis
n1
herb of northwestern America having green-and-purple bell-shaped flowers;

- syn. Fritillaria lanceolata, Fritillaria mutica, mission bells, rice-grain fritillary;

Fritillaria agrestis
n1
a malodorous California herb with bell-shaped flowers;

- a common weed in grainfields;

- syn. stink bell;

Fritillaria biflora
n1
herb of southwestern United States having dark purple bell-shaped flowers mottled with green;

- syn. black fritillary, mission bells;

Fritillaria imperialis
n1
Eurasian herb with a cluster of leaves and orange-red bell-shaped flowers at the top of the stem;

- syn. crown imperial;

Fritillaria lanceolata
n1
herb of northwestern America having green-and-purple bell-shaped flowers;

- syn. Fritillaria affinis, Fritillaria mutica, mission bells, rice-grain fritillary;

Fritillaria liliaceae
n1
California herb with white conic or bell-shaped flowers usually tinged with green;

- syn. white fritillary;

Fritillaria meleagris
n1
Eurasian checkered lily with pendant flowers usually veined and checkered with purple or maroon on a pale ground and shaped like the bells carried by lepers in medieval times;

- widely grown as an ornamental;

- syn. checkered daffodil, guinea-hen flower, leper lily, snake's head fritillary;

Fritillaria micrantha
n1
California herb with brownish-purple or greenish bell-shaped flowers;

- syn. Fritillaria parviflora, brown bells;

Fritillaria mutica
n1
herb of northwestern America having green-and-purple bell-shaped flowers;

- syn. Fritillaria affinis, Fritillaria lanceolata, mission bells, rice-grain fritillary;

Fritillaria parviflora
n1
California herb with brownish-purple or greenish bell-shaped flowers;

- syn. Fritillaria micrantha, brown bells;

Fritillaria pluriflora
n1
California herb with pinkish purple flowers;

- syn. adobe lily, pink fritillary;

Fritillaria recurva
n1
western United States herb with scarlet and yellow narrow bell-shaped flowers;

- syn. scarlet fritillary;

fritillary / f ɹ ɪ t ɪ ɫ ə ɹ i /
n1
any liliaceous plant of the genus Fritillaria having nodding variously colored flowers;

- syn. checkered lily;

n2
butterfly with brownish wings marked with black and silver;

frittata
n1
Italian omelet with diced vegetables and meats;

- cooked until bottom is set then inverted into another pan to cook the top;

fritter / f ɹ ɪ t ə , f ɹ ɪ t ə ɹ /
n1
small quantity of fried batter containing fruit or meat or vegetables;

v1
spend frivolously and unwisely;

- "Fritter away one's inheritance";

- syn. dissipate, fool, fool away, fritter away, frivol away, shoot;

fritter away
v1
spend frivolously and unwisely;

- "Fritter away one's inheritance";

- syn. dissipate, fool, fool away, fritter, frivol away, shoot;

fritter batter
n1
batter for making fritters;

Fritz Albert Lipmann
n1
United States biochemist (born in Germany) noted for his studies of metabolic processes (1899-1986);

- syn. Lipmann;

Fritz Haber
n1
German chemist noted for the synthetic production of ammonia from the nitrogen in air (1868-1934);

- syn. Haber;

Fritz Kreisler
n1
United States violinist (born in Austria) (1875-1962);

- syn. Kreisler;

Fritz W. Meissner
n1
German physicist (1882-1974);

- syn. Meissner;

Friuli
n1
a Rhaeto-Romance dialect spoken in northeastern Italy;

- syn. Friulian;

Friuli-Venezia Giulia
n1
a region in northeastern Italy;

Friulian
n1
a Rhaeto-Romance dialect spoken in northeastern Italy;

- syn. Friuli;

frivol / f ɹ ɪ v ɫ /
v1
act frivolously;

- syn. trifle;

frivol away
v1
spend frivolously and unwisely;

- "Fritter away one's inheritance";

- syn. dissipate, fool, fool away, fritter, fritter away, shoot;

frivolity / f ɹ ɪ v ɒ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
the trait of being frivolous;

- not serious or sensible;

- syn. frivolousness;

n2
something of little value or significance;

- syn. bagatelle, fluff, frippery;

n3
acting like a clown or buffoon;

- syn. buffoonery, clowning, harlequinade, japery, prank;

frivolous / f ɹ ɪ v ə ɫ ə s /
a1
not serious in content or attitude or behavior;

- "a frivolous novel";

- "a frivolous remark";

- "a frivolous young woman";

- also superficial;

- sim. airheaded, flighty, flippant, idle, light, trivial;

frivolously / f ɹ ɪ v ə ɫ ə s ɫ i /
r1
in a frivolous manner;

- "she spends her time frivolously enjoying the easy life of a rich and spoiled girl";

frivolousness / f ɹ ɪ v ə ɫ ə s n ə s /
n1
the trait of being frivolous;

- not serious or sensible;

- syn. frivolity;

frizz / f ɹ ɪ z /
n1
the condition of being formed into small tight curls;

- "her hair was in a frizz";

v1
curl tightly;

- "crimp hair";

- syn. crape, crimp, frizzle, kink, kink up;

frizzle / f ɹ ɪ z ɫ /
v1
fry something until it curls and becomes crisp;

v2
curl tightly;

- "crimp hair";

- syn. crape, crimp, frizz, kink, kink up;

frizzly / f ɹ ɪ z ə ɫ i /
a1
(of hair) in small tight curls;

- syn. crisp, frizzy, kinky, nappy;

- sim. curly;

frizzy / f ɹ ɪ z i /
a1
(of hair) in small tight curls;

- syn. crisp, frizzly, kinky, nappy;

- sim. curly;

Frobisher
n1
English explorer who led an expedition in search of the Northwest Passage to the orient;

- served under Drake and helped defeat the Spanish Armada (1535-1594);

- syn. Sir Martin Frobisher;

frock / f ɹ ɒ k /
n1
a long, loose outer garment;

n2
a habit worn by clerics;

n3
a one-piece garment for a woman;

- has skirt and bodice;

- syn. dress;

v1
put a frock on;

frock coat
n1
a man's coat having knee-length skirts front and back;

- worn in the 19th century;

Froebel
n1
German educator who founded the kindergarten system (1782-1852);

- syn. Friedrich Froebel, Friedrich Wilhelm August Froebel;

Froelichia
n1
genus of erect or procumbent herbs of the Americas having spikes of woolly white flowers: cottonweed;

- syn. genus Froelichia;

frog / f ɹ ɒ ɡ /
n1
any of various tailless stout-bodied amphibians with long hind limbs for leaping;

- semiaquatic and terrestrial species;

- syn. anuran, batrachian, salientian, toad, toad frog;

n2
a person of French descent;

- syn. Gaul;

n3
a decorative loop of braid or cord;

v1
hunt frogs for food;

frog's-bit
n1
European floating plant with roundish heart-shaped leaves and white flowers;

- syn. Hydrocharis morsus-ranae, frogbit;

frog's-bit family
n1
simple nearly stemless freshwater aquatic plants;

- widely distributed;

- syn. Hydrocharidaceae, Hydrocharitaceae, family Hydrocharidaceae, family Hydrocharitaceae, frogbit family;

frog's lettuce
n1
very similar to Potamogeton;

- of western Africa, Asia, and Europe;

frog kick
n1
a swimming kick;

- knees are drawn upward and outward so the legs can be brought together when fully extended;

frog legs
n1
hind legs of frogs used as food;

- resemble chicken and cooked as chicken;

frog orchid
n1
any of several green orchids of the genus Habenaria;

n2
orchid having hooded long-bracted green to yellow-green flowers suffused with purple;

- syn. Coeloglossum viride;

frogbit
n1
European floating plant with roundish heart-shaped leaves and white flowers;

- syn. Hydrocharis morsus-ranae, frog's-bit;

frogbit family
n1
simple nearly stemless freshwater aquatic plants;

- widely distributed;

- syn. Hydrocharidaceae, Hydrocharitaceae, family Hydrocharidaceae, family Hydrocharitaceae, frog's-bit family;

frogfish
n1
fish having a frog-like mouth with a lure on the snout;

froghopper
n1
a variety of spittlebug;

frogman / f ɹ ɒ ɡ m ə n /
n1
someone who works underwater;

- syn. diver, underwater diver;

frogmarch / f ɹ ɒ ɡ m ɑ tʃ /
v1
march a person against his will by any method;

v2
carry someone against his will upside down such that each limb is held by one person;

frogmouth
n1
insectivorous bird of Australia and southeastern Asia having a wide frog-like mouth;

frolic / f ɹ ɒ ɫ ɪ k /
n1
gay or light-hearted recreational activity for diversion or amusement;

- "it was all done in play";

- "their frolic in the surf threatened to become ugly";

- syn. caper, gambol, play, romp;

v1
play boisterously;

- "The children frolicked in the garden";

- "the gamboling lambs in the meadows";

- "The toddlers romped in the playroom";

- syn. cavort, disport, frisk, gambol, lark, lark about, rollick, romp, run around, skylark, sport;

frolicky
a1
given to merry frolicking;

- "frolicsome students celebrated their graduation with parties and practical jokes";

- syn. coltish, frolicsome, rollicking, sportive;

- sim. playful;

frolicsome / f ɹ ɒ ɫ ɪ k s ə m /
a1
given to merry frolicking;

- "frolicsome students celebrated their graduation with parties and practical jokes";

- syn. coltish, frolicky, rollicking, sportive;

- sim. playful;

frolicsomeness / f ɹ ɒ ɫ ɪ k s ə m n ə s /
n1
lively high-spirited playfulness;

- syn. friskiness, sportiveness;

from each one
r1
to or from every one of two or more (considered individually);

- "they received $10 each";

- syn. apiece, each, for each one, to each one;

from head to toe
r1
at all points from head to foot;

- "he was armed cap-a-pie";

- syn. cap-a-pie;

from nowhere
r1
without warning;

- "your cousin arrived out of thin air";

- syn. out of nothing, out of thin air;

from pillar to post
r1
from one place or situation to another;

- "we were driven from pillar to post";

- syn. hither and thither;

from scratch
r1
from the beginning, especially without relying on resources or other advantages;

- "he baked the torte from scratch";

- "she built her business up from scratch";

from start to finish
r1
completely;

from the heart
r1
very sincerely;

- "he spoke from the heart";

from time to time
r1
sporadically and infrequently;

- "he was arrogant and occasionally callous";

- "open areas are only occasionally interrupted by clumps of trees";

- "they visit New York on occasion";

- "now and again she would take her favorite book from the shelf and read to us";

- "as we drove along, the beautiful scenery now and then attracted his attention";

- syn. at times, now and again, now and then, occasionally, on occasion, once in a while;

from way back
r1
since long ago;

- "she knows him from way back";

- syn. since a long time ago;

Fromental Halevy
n1
French operatic composer (1799-1862);

- syn. Halevy, Jacques Francois Fromental Elie Halevy;

frond / f ɹ ɒ n d /
n1
compound leaf of a fern or palm or cycad;

front / f ɹ ʌ n t /
n1
the side that is forward or prominent;

- syn. forepart, front end;

n2
the line along which opposing armies face each other;

- syn. battlefront, front line;

n3
the outward appearance of a person;

- "he put up a bold front";

n4
the side that is seen or that goes first;

n5
a person used as a cover for some questionable activity;

- syn. figurehead, front man, nominal head, straw man, strawman;

n6
a sphere of activity involving effort;

- "the Japanese were active last week on the diplomatic front";

- "they advertise on many different fronts";

n7
(meteorology) the atmospheric phenomenon created at the boundary between two different air masses;

n8
the immediate proximity of someone or something;

- "she blushed in his presence";

- "he sensed the presence of danger";

- "he was well behaved in front of company";

- syn. presence;

n9
the part of something that is nearest to the normal viewer;

- "he walked to the front of the stage";

n10
a group of people with a common ideology who try together to achieve certain general goals;

- "he was a charter member of the movement";

- "politicians have to respect a mass movement";

- "he led the national liberation front";

- syn. movement, social movement;

v1
be oriented in a certain direction, often with respect to another reference point;

- be opposite to;

- "The house looks north";

- "My backyard look onto the pond";

- "The building faces the park";

- syn. face, look;

v2
confront bodily;

- "breast the storm";

- syn. breast;

a1
relating to or located in the front;

- "the front lines";

- "the front porch";

- also anterior, first, fore;

- sim. advance, foremost, frontal;

front-porch campaign
n1
a campaign in which the candidate makes speeches but does not travel;

- "William McKinley's dignified front-porch campaign won him the presidency in 1896";

- "her approach was the opposite of a passive front-porch campaign";

- syn. front-porch campaigning;

front-porch campaigning
n1
a campaign in which the candidate makes speeches but does not travel;

- "William McKinley's dignified front-porch campaign won him the presidency in 1896";

- "her approach was the opposite of a passive front-porch campaign";

- syn. front-porch campaign;

front-runner
n1
a competitor thought likely to win;

- syn. favorite, favourite;

front-stall
n1
medieval plate armor to protect a horse's head;

- syn. chamfron, chanfron, frontstall, testiere;

front bench
n1
any of the front seats in the House of Commons that are reserved for ministers or former ministers;

front burner
n1
top priority;

- "the work was moved to the front burner in order to meet deadlines";

front crawl
n1
a swimming stroke;

- arms are moved alternately overhead accompanied by a flutter kick;

- syn. Australian crawl, crawl;

front door
n1
exterior door (at the entrance) at the front of a building;

- syn. front entrance;

front end
n1
the side that is forward or prominent;

- syn. forepart, front;

front entrance
n1
exterior door (at the entrance) at the front of a building;

- syn. front door;

front line
n1
the line along which opposing armies face each other;

- syn. battlefront, front;

front man
n1
a person used as a cover for some questionable activity;

- syn. figurehead, front, nominal head, straw man, strawman;

front matter
n1
written matter preceding the main text of a book;

- syn. prelims;

front porch
n1
a porch for the front door;

front projector
n1
a projector for digital input;

front room
n1
a room in a private house or establishment where people can sit and talk and relax;

- syn. living-room, living room, parlor, parlour, sitting room;

front tooth
n1
a tooth situated at the front of the mouth;

- "his malocclusion was caused by malposed anteriors";

- syn. anterior;

front yard
n1
the yard in front of a house;

- between the house and the street;

frontage / f ɹ ʌ n t ɪ dʒ /
n1
the extent of land abutting on a street or water;

n2
the direction in which something (such as a building) faces;

n3
the face or front of a building;

- syn. facade, frontal;

frontage road
n1
a local road that runs parallel to an expressway and allows local traffic to gain access to property;

- syn. service road;

frontal / f ɹ ʌ n t ɫ /
n1
an adornment worn on the forehead;

- syn. frontlet;

n2
a drapery that covers the front of an altar;

n3
the face or front of a building;

- syn. facade, frontage;

a1
belonging to the front part;

- "a frontal appendage";

- sim. anterior;

a2
of or relating to the front of an advancing mass of air;

- "frontal rainfall";

a3
meeting front to front;

- "a frontal attack";

- "a head-on collision";

- syn. head-on;

- sim. front;

a4
of or adjacent to the forehead or frontal bone;

- "the frontal lobes";

- sim. anterior;

frontal bone
n1
the large cranial bone forming the front part of the cranium: includes the upper part of the orbits;

- syn. forehead, os frontale;

frontal cortex
n1
that part of the cerebral cortex in either hemisphere of the brain lying directly behind the forehead;

- syn. frontal lobe;

frontal eminence
n1
either prominence of the frontal bone above each orbit;

frontal gyrus
n1
any of the convolutions of the outer surface of the frontal lobe of the cerebrum;

frontal lobe
n1
that part of the cerebral cortex in either hemisphere of the brain lying directly behind the forehead;

- syn. frontal cortex;

frontal lobotomy
n1
surgical interruption of nerve tracts to and from the frontal lobe of the brain;

- often results in marked cognitive and personality changes;

- syn. leucotomy, leukotomy, lobotomy, prefrontal leucotomy, prefrontal leukotomy, prefrontal lobotomy;

frontal sinus
n1
one of a pair of cavities in the frontal bone;

frontal suture
n1
the suture between two halves of the frontal bone (usually obliterated by the age of 6);

- syn. sutura frontalis;

frontally / f ɹ ʌ n t æ ɫ aɪ /
r1
in, at, or toward the front;

frontbencher
n1
a member of the House of Commons who is a minister in the government or who holds an official position in an opposition party;

frontier / f ɹ ʌ n t ɪə , f ɹ ʌ n t ɪə ɹ /
n1
a wilderness at the edge of a settled area of a country;

- "the individualism of the frontier in Andrew Jackson's day";

n2
an international boundary or the area (often fortified) immediately inside the boundary;

n3
an undeveloped field of study;

- a topic inviting research and development;

- "he worked at the frontier of brain science";

frontier settlement
n1
a settlement on the frontier of civilization;

- syn. outpost;

frontiersman / f ɹ ʌ n t ɪə z m ə n /
n1
a man who lives on the frontier;

- syn. backwoodsman, mountain man;

frontierswoman
n1
a woman who lives on the frontier;

frontispiece / f ɹ ʌ n t ɪ s p i s /
n1
an ornamental facade;

n2
front illustration facing the title page of a book;

frontlet / f ɹ ʌ n t ɫ ɛ t /
n1
an adornment worn on the forehead;

- syn. frontal;

frontmost
a1
preceding all others in spatial position;

- "the foremost compartment of the ship";

- syn. foremost;

- sim. front;

frontstall
n1
medieval plate armor to protect a horse's head;

- syn. chamfron, chanfron, front-stall, testiere;

frontward / f ɹ ʌ n t w ɔ d /
r1
at or to or toward the front;

- "he faced forward";

- "step forward";

- "she practiced sewing backward as well as frontward on her new sewing machine";

- (`forrad' and `forrard' are dialectal variations);

- syn. forrad, forrard, forward, forwards, frontwards;

frontwards
r1
at or to or toward the front;

- "he faced forward";

- "step forward";

- "she practiced sewing backward as well as frontward on her new sewing machine";

- (`forrad' and `forrard' are dialectal variations);

- syn. forrad, forrard, forward, forwards, frontward;

frore
a1
very cold;

- "whatever the evenings be--frosty and frore or warm and wet";

- sim. cold;

frost / f ɹ ɒ s t /
n1
ice crystals forming a white deposit (especially on objects outside);

- syn. hoar, hoarfrost, rime;

n2
weather cold enough to cause freezing;

- syn. freeze;

n3
the formation of frost or ice on a surface;

- syn. icing;

n4
United States poet famous for his lyrical poems on country life in New England (1874-1963);

- syn. Robert Frost, Robert Lee Frost;

v1
decorate with frosting;

- "frost a cake";

- syn. ice;

v2
provide with a rough or speckled surface or appearance;

- "frost the glass";

- "she frosts her hair";

v3
cover with frost;

- "ice crystals frosted the glass";

v4
damage by frost;

- "The icy precipitation frosted the flowers and they turned brown";

Frost's bolete
n1
a fungus with a red cap and a red coarsely reticulate stalk;

- syn. Boletus frostii;

frost-bound / f ɹ ɒ s t b aʊ n d /
a1
(of the ground) made hard by frost;

- sim. frozen;

frost-weed
n1
perennial of the eastern United States having early solitary yellow flowers followed by late petalless flowers;

- so-called because ice crystals form on it during first frosts;

- syn. Crocanthemum canadense, Helianthemum canadense, frostweed, frostwort;

n2
tall perennial herb having clusters of white flowers;

- the eastern United States;

- syn. Verbesina virginica, Virginia crownbeard, frostweed;

frost fish
n1
long-bodied marine fishes having a long whiplike scaleless body and sharp teeth;

- closely related to snake mackerel;

- syn. cutlassfish, hairtail;

frost heave
n1
upthrust of ground or pavement caused by the freezing of moist soil;

- syn. frost heaving;

frost heaving
n1
upthrust of ground or pavement caused by the freezing of moist soil;

- syn. frost heave;

frost mist
n1
small crystals of ice;

- syn. diamond dust, frost snow, ice crystal, ice needle, poudrin, snow mist;

frost over
v1
become covered with a layer of ice;

- of a surface such as a window;

- "When the wings iced up, the pilot was forced to land his plane";

- syn. ice over, ice up;

frost snow
n1
small crystals of ice;

- syn. diamond dust, frost mist, ice crystal, ice needle, poudrin, snow mist;

frostbite / f ɹ ɒ s t b aɪ t /
n1
destruction of tissue by freezing and characterized by tingling, blistering and possibly gangrene;

- syn. cryopathy;

frostbitten / f ɹ ɒ s t b ɪ t n /
a1
injured by freezing or partial freezing;

- "frostbitten fingers";

- "frostbitten grapes unsalable as fresh fruit";

- sim. frozen;

frosted / f ɹ ɒ s t ɪ d /
a1
(of glass) having a roughened coating resembling frost;

- "frosted glass";

- sim. opaque;

frosted bat
n1
common Eurasian bat with white-tipped hairs in its coat;

- syn. Vespertilio murinus;

Frostian
a1
of or relating to or in the manner of Robert Frost;

frostily / f ɹ ɒ s t ɪ ɫ i /
r1
without warmth or enthusiasm;

- "`Come in if you have to,' he said frostily";

- syn. frigidly;

frostiness / f ɹ ɒ s t ɪ n ə s /
n1
coldness as evidenced by frost;

n2
a silvery-white color;

- syn. hoariness;

frosting / f ɹ ɒ s t ɪ ŋ /
n1
a flavored sugar topping used to coat and decorate cakes;

- syn. ice, icing;

frostweed
n1
perennial of the eastern United States having early solitary yellow flowers followed by late petalless flowers;

- so-called because ice crystals form on it during first frosts;

- syn. Crocanthemum canadense, Helianthemum canadense, frost-weed, frostwort;

n2
tall perennial herb having clusters of white flowers;

- the eastern United States;

- syn. Verbesina virginica, Virginia crownbeard, frost-weed;

frostwort / f ɹ ɒ s t w ɝ t /
n1
perennial of the eastern United States having early solitary yellow flowers followed by late petalless flowers;

- so-called because ice crystals form on it during first frosts;

- syn. Crocanthemum canadense, Helianthemum canadense, frost-weed, frostweed;

frosty / f ɹ ɒ s t i /
a1
devoid of warmth and cordiality;

- expressive of unfriendliness or disdain;

- "a frigid greeting";

- "got a frosty reception";

- "a frozen look on their faces";

- "a glacial handshake";

- "icy stare";

- "wintry smile";

- syn. frigid, frozen, glacial, icy, wintry;

- sim. cold;

a2
covered with frost;

- "a frosty glass";

- "hedgerows were rimed and stiff with frost"-Wm.Faulkner;

- syn. rimed, rimy;

- sim. cold;

a3
pleasantly cold and invigorating;

- "crisp clear nights and frosty mornings";

- "a nipping wind";

- "a nippy fall day";

- "snappy weather";

- syn. crisp, nipping, nippy, snappy;

- sim. cold;

froth / f ɹ ɒ θ /
n1
a mass of small bubbles formed in or on a liquid;

- "the beer had a thick head of foam";

- syn. foam;

v1
become bubbly or frothy or foaming;

- "The boiling soup was frothing";

- "The river was foaming";

- "sparkling water";

- syn. effervesce, fizz, foam, form bubbles, sparkle;

v2
make froth or foam and become bubbly;

- "The river foamed";

- syn. spume, suds;

v3
exude or expel foam;

- "the angry man was frothing at the mouth";

froth at the mouth
v1
be in a state of uncontrolled anger;

- syn. foam at the mouth;

frothily / f ɹ ɒ θ ɪ ɫ i /
r1
in a frothy manner;

- "the champagne poured frothily into the glasses";

frothiness / f ɹ ɒ θ ɪ n ə s /
n1
the property of giving off bubbles;

- syn. bubbliness, effervescence;

frothing / f ɹ ɒ θ ɪ ŋ /
a1
producing or covered with lathery sweat or saliva from exhaustion or disease;

- "the rabid animal's frothing mouth";

- syn. foaming, foamy;

- sim. unhealthy;

frothy / f ɹ ɒ θ i /
a1
emitting or filled with bubbles as from carbonation or fermentation;

- "bubbling champagne";

- "foamy (or frothy) beer";

- syn. bubbling, bubbly, effervescing, foaming, foamy, spumy;

- sim. effervescent;

a2
marked by high spirits or excitement;

- "his fertile effervescent mind";

- "scintillating personality";

- "a row of sparkly cheerleaders";

- syn. bubbling, effervescent, scintillating, sparkly;

- sim. lively;

frottage
n1
masturbation by rubbing against another person (as in a crowd);

frotteur
n1
someone who masturbates by rubbing against another person (as in a crowd);

froward / f ɹ oʊ ə d /
a1
habitually disposed to disobedience and opposition;

- syn. headstrong, self-willed, wilful, willful;

- sim. disobedient;

frown / f ɹ aʊ n /
n1
a facial expression of dislike or displeasure;

- syn. scowl;

v1
look angry or sullen, wrinkle one's forehead, as if to signal disapproval;

- syn. glower, lour, lower;

frown line
n1
a facial wrinkle associated with frowning;

frown on
v1
look disapprovingly upon;

- syn. frown upon;

frown upon
v1
look disapprovingly upon;

- syn. frown on;

frowning / f ɹ aʊ n ɪ ŋ /
a1
showing displeasure or anger;

- sim. displeased;

frowningly / f ɹ aʊ n ɪ ŋ ɫ i /
r1
with a frown;

- while frowning;

- "he looked at her frowningly";

frowsty / f ɹ aʊ s t i /
a1
stale and unclean smelling;

- syn. fusty, musty;

- sim. malodorous;

frowsy
a1
negligent of neatness especially in dress and person;

- habitually dirty and unkempt;

- "filled the door with her frowzy bulk";

- "frowzy white hair";

- "slovenly appearance";

- syn. frowzy, slovenly;

- sim. untidy;

frowzled
a1
in disarray;

- extremely disorderly;

- "her clothing was disheveled";

- "powder-smeared and frowzled";

- "a rumpled unmade bed";

- "a bed with tousled sheets";

- "his brown hair was tousled, thick, and curly"- Al Spiers;

- syn. disheveled, dishevelled, rumpled, tousled;

- sim. untidy;

frowzy / f ɹ aʊ z i /
a1
negligent of neatness especially in dress and person;

- habitually dirty and unkempt;

- "filled the door with her frowzy bulk";

- "frowzy white hair";

- "slovenly appearance";

- syn. frowsy, slovenly;

- sim. untidy;

frozen / f ɹ oʊ z ə n , f ɹ oʊ z n /
a1
turned into ice;

- affected by freezing or by long and severe cold;

- "the frozen North";

- "frozen pipes";

- "children skating on a frozen brook";

- also cold, unmelted;

- sim. frost-bound, frostbitten, glaciated, ice-clogged, icebound, icy, sleety, unthawed;

a2
absolutely still;

- "frozen with horror";

- "they stood rooted in astonishment";

- syn. rooted, stock-still;

- sim. nonmoving;

a3
devoid of warmth and cordiality;

- expressive of unfriendliness or disdain;

- "a frigid greeting";

- "got a frosty reception";

- "a frozen look on their faces";

- "a glacial handshake";

- "icy stare";

- "wintry smile";

- syn. frigid, frosty, glacial, icy, wintry;

- sim. cold;

a4
not thawed;

- sim. unmelted;

a5
(used of foods) preserved by freezing sufficiently rapidly to retain flavor and nutritional value;

- "frozen foods";

- syn. flash-frozen, quick-frozen;

- sim. preserved;

a6
not convertible to cash;

- "frozen assets";

- sim. nondisposable;

a7
incapable of being changed or moved or undone;

- e.g. "frozen prices";

- "living on fixed incomes";

- syn. fixed;

- sim. unchangeable;

frozen custard
n1
dessert resembling ice cream but with a boiled custard base;

- syn. soft ice cream;

frozen dessert
n1
any of various desserts prepared by freezing;

frozen food
n1
food preserved by freezing;

- syn. frozen foods;

frozen foods
n1
food preserved by freezing;

- syn. frozen food;

frozen metaphor
n1
a metaphor that has occurred so often that it has become a new meaning of the expression (e.g., `he is a snake' may once have been a metaphor but after years of use it has died and become a new sense of the word `snake');

- syn. dead metaphor;

frozen orange juice
n1
orange juice that has been concentrated and frozen;

- syn. orange-juice concentrate;

frozen pudding
n1
a chilled dessert consisting of a mixture of custard and nuts and (sometimes) liquor;

frozen yogurt
n1
a soft frozen dessert of sweetened flavored yogurt;

FRS / ɛ f ɑr ɛ s /
n1
the central bank of the United States;

- incorporates 12 Federal Reserve branch banks and all national banks and state-chartered commercial banks and some trust companies;

- "the Fed seeks to control the United States economy by raising and lowering short-term interest rates and the money supply";

- syn. Fed, Federal Reserve, Federal Reserve System;

Fructidor
n1
twelfth month of the Revolutionary calendar (August and September);

- the month of fruit;

fructification / f ɹ ʌ k t ɪ f ɪ k eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the bearing of fruit;

n2
organs of fruiting (especially the reproductive parts of ferns and mosses);

fructify / f ɹ ʌ k t ɪ f aɪ /
v1
become productive or fruitful;

- "The seeds fructified";

v2
make productive or fruitful;

- "The earth that he fructified";

v3
bear fruit;

- "the apple trees fructify";

- syn. set;

fructose
n1
a simple sugar found in honey and in many ripe fruits;

- syn. fruit sugar, laevulose, levulose;

fructosuria
n1
the presence of levulose is the urine;

- "fructosuria is a harmless condition";

frugal / f ɹ u ɡ ɫ /
a1
avoiding waste;

- "an economical meal";

- "an economical shopper";

- "a frugal farmer";

- "a frugal lunch";

- "a sparing father and a spending son";

- "sparing in their use of heat and light";

- "stinting in bestowing gifts";

- "thrifty because they remember the great Depression";

- "`scotch' is used only informally";

- syn. economical, scotch, sparing, stinting;

- sim. thrifty;

frugality / f ɹ u ɡ æ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
prudence in avoiding waste;

- syn. frugalness;

frugally / f ɹ u ɡ ə ɫ i /
r1
in a frugal manner;

- "in villages, the new pipeline marks the end of water as a precious liquid, to be dispensed frugally, weighed out drop by drop";

frugalness
n1
prudence in avoiding waste;

- syn. frugality;

fruit / f ɹ u t /
n1
the ripened reproductive body of a seed plant;

n2
an amount of a product;

- syn. yield;

n3
the consequence of some effort or action;

- "he lived long enough to see the fruit of his policies";

v1
cause to bear fruit;

v2
bear fruit;

- "the trees fruited early this year";

fruit-eating
a1
feeding on fruit;

- syn. carpophagous;

- sim. herbivorous;

fruit bar
n1
cookies containing chopped fruits either mixed in the dough or spread between layers of dough then baked and cut in bars;

fruit bat
n1
large Old World bat of warm and tropical regions that feeds on fruit;

- syn. megabat;

fruit cocktail
n1
a mixture of sliced or diced fruits;

fruit compote
n1
dessert of stewed or baked fruit;

- syn. compote;

fruit crush
n1
drink produced by squeezing or crushing fruit;

- syn. fruit juice;

fruit custard
n1
a custard containing fruit;

fruit drink
n1
a sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice;

- syn. ade;

fruit fly
n1
any of numerous small insects whose larvae feed on fruits;

- syn. pomace fly;

fruit grower
n1
someone who grows fruit commercially;

fruit juice
n1
drink produced by squeezing or crushing fruit;

- syn. fruit crush;

fruit machine
n1
a coin-operated gambling machine that produces random combinations of symbols (usually pictures of different fruits) on rotating dials;

- certain combinations win money for the player;

fruit of the poisonous tree
n1
a rule that once primary evidence is determined to have been illegally obtained any secondary evidence following from it may also not be used;

fruit punch
n1
a punch made of fruit juices mixed with water or soda water (with or without alcohol);

fruit salad
n1
salad composed of fruits;

fruit sugar
n1
a simple sugar found in honey and in many ripe fruits;

- syn. fructose, laevulose, levulose;

fruit tree
n1
tree bearing edible fruit;

fruitage / f ɹ u t ɪ dʒ /
n1
the yield of fruit;

- "a tree highly recommended for its fruitage";

fruitcake / f ɹ u t k eɪ k /
n1
a whimsically eccentric person;

- syn. crackpot, crank, nut, nut case, screwball;

n2
a rich cake containing dried fruit and nuts and citrus peel and so on;

fruiterer / f ɹ u t ə ɹ ə , f ɹ u t ə ɹ ə ɹ /
n1
a person who sells fruit;

fruitful / f ɹ u t f ə ɫ /
a1
productive or conducive to producing in abundance;

- "be fruitful and multiply";

- also fertile, productive;

- sim. berried, blue-fruited, bountiful, breeding, dark-fruited, fat, generative, high-yield, oval-fruited, prolific, red-fruited, round-fruited, small-fruited;

fruitfully / f ɹ u t f ə ɫ i /
r1
in a productive way;

- "they worked together productively for two years";

- syn. productively, profitably;

fruitfulness / f ɹ u t f ə ɫ n ə s /
n1
the quality of something that causes or assists healthy growth;

- syn. fecundity;

n2
the intellectual productivity of a creative imagination;

- syn. fecundity;

fruiting / f ɹ u t ɪ ŋ /
a1
capable of bearing fruit;

- sim. mature;

fruiting body
n1
an organ specialized for producing spores;

fruition / f ɹ u ɪ ʃ n /
n1
the condition of bearing fruit;

n2
enjoyment derived from use or possession;

n3
something that is made real or concrete;

- "the victory was the realization of a whole year's work";

- syn. realisation, realization;

fruitless / f ɹ u t ɫ ə s /
a1
unproductive of success;

- "a fruitless search";

- "futile years after her artistic peak";

- "a sleeveless errand";

- "a vain attempt";

- syn. bootless, futile, sleeveless, vain;

- sim. unproductive;

fruitlessly / f ɹ u t ɫ ə s ɫ i /
r1
in an unproductive manner;

- syn. unproductively, unprofitably;

fruitlessness / f ɹ u t ɫ ə s n ə s /
n1
a lack of creative imagination;

n2
the quality of yielding nothing of value;

- syn. aridity, barrenness;

fruitlet / f ɹ u t ɫ ɛ t /
n1
a diminutive fruit, especially one that is part of a multiple fruit;

fruitwood
n1
wood of various fruit trees (as apple or cherry or pear) used especially in cabinetwork;

fruity / f ɹ u t i /
a1
tasting or smelling richly of or as of fruit;

- sim. tasty;

a2
informal or slang terms for mentally irregular;

- "it used to drive my husband balmy";

- syn. around the bend, balmy, barmy, bats, batty, bonkers, buggy, cracked, crackers, daft, dotty, haywire, kookie, kooky, loco, loony, loopy, nuts, nutty, round the bend, wacky, whacky;

- sim. insane;

frumenty / f ɹ u m ə n t i /
n1
sweet spiced porridge made from hulled wheat;

frump / f ɹ ʌ m p /
n1
a dull unattractive unpleasant girl or woman;

- "she got a reputation as a frump";

- "she's a real dog";

- syn. dog;

frumpily / f ɹ ʌ m p ɪ ɫ i /
r1
in a dowdy unfashionable manner;

- "she dresses dowdily";

- syn. dowdily, frumpishly;

frumpish / f ɹ ʌ m p ɪ ʃ /
a1
primly out of date;

- "nothing so frumpish as last year's gambling game";

- syn. dowdy, frumpy;

- sim. unfashionable;

frumpishly / f ɹ ʌ m p ɪ ʃ ɫ i /
r1
in a dowdy unfashionable manner;

- "she dresses dowdily";

- syn. dowdily, frumpily;

frumpy / f ɹ ʌ m p i /
a1
primly out of date;

- "nothing so frumpish as last year's gambling game";

- syn. dowdy, frumpish;

- sim. unfashionable;

Frunze
n1
the capital of Kyrgyzstan (known as Frunze 1926-1991);

- syn. Bishkek, Biskek, capital of Kyrgyzstan;

frustrate / f ɹ ʌ s t ɹ eɪ t /
v1
hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of;

- "What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge";

- "foil your opponent";

- syn. baffle, bilk, cross, foil, queer, scotch, spoil, thwart;

v2
treat cruelly;

- "The children tormented the stuttering teacher";

- syn. bedevil, crucify, dun, rag, torment;

frustrated / f ɹ ʌ s t ɹ eɪ t ɪ d /
a1
disappointingly unsuccessful;

- "disappointed expectations and thwarted ambitions";

- "their foiled attempt to capture Calais";

- "many frustrated poets end as pipe-smoking teachers";

- "his best efforts were thwarted";

- syn. defeated, disappointed, discomfited, foiled, thwarted;

- sim. unsuccessful;

frustrating / f ɹ ʌ s t ɹ eɪ t ɪ ŋ /
a1
discouraging by hindering;

- sim. discouraging;

a2
preventing realization or attainment of a desire;

- syn. frustrative, thwarting;

- sim. preventive;

frustration / f ɹ ʌ s t ɹ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the feeling that accompanies an experience of being thwarted in attaining your goals;

- syn. defeat;

n2
an act of hindering someone's plans or efforts;

- syn. foiling, thwarting;

n3
a feeling of annoyance at being hindered or criticized;

- "her constant complaints were the main source of his frustration";

frustrative / f ɹ ʌ s t ɹ ə t ɪ v /
a1
preventing realization or attainment of a desire;

- syn. frustrating, thwarting;

- sim. preventive;

frustum / f ɹ ʌ s t ə m /
n1
a truncated cone or pyramid;

- the part that is left when a cone or pyramid is cut by a plane parallel to the base and the apical part is removed;

fruticose
a1
of or relating to or resembling a shrub;

- syn. fruticulose, shrubby;

fruticulose
a1
of or relating to or resembling a shrub;

- syn. fruticose, shrubby;

Fry / f ɹ aɪ /
n1
English painter and art critic (1866-1934);

- syn. Roger Eliot Fry, Roger Fry;

n2
English dramatist noted for his comic verse dramas (born 1907);

- syn. Christopher Fry;

n3
a young person of either sex;

- "she writes books for children";

- "they're just kids";

- "`tiddler' is a British term for youngster";

- syn. child, kid, minor, nestling, nipper, shaver, small fry, tiddler, tike, tyke, youngster;

v1
be excessively hot;

- "If the children stay out on the beach for another hour, they'll be fried";

v2
cook on a hot surface using fat;

- "fry the pancakes";

v3
kill by electrocution, as in the electric chair;

- "The serial killer was electrocuted";

- syn. electrocute;

fry bread
n1
usually cooked in a skillet over an open fire: especially cornbread with ham bits and sometimes Irish soda bread;

- syn. skillet bread;

fry cook
n1
a cook who specializes in fried foods;

Frye
n1
Canadian literary critic interested in the use of myth and symbolism (1912-1991);

- syn. Herman Northrop Frye, Northrop Frye;

fryer / f ɹ aɪ ə , f ɹ aɪ ə ɹ /
n1
flesh of a medium-sized young chicken suitable for frying;

- syn. frier, pullet;

frying / f ɹ aɪ ɪ ŋ /
n1
cooking in fat or oil in a pan or griddle;

- syn. sauteing;

frying pan
n1
a pan used for frying foods;

- syn. frypan, skillet;

frypan / f ɹ aɪ p æ n /
n1
a pan used for frying foods;

- syn. frying pan, skillet;

FSB
n1
the internal counterintelligence agency of the Russian Federation and successor to the Soviet KGB;

- formerly led by Vladimir Putin;

- syn. Federal Security Bureau, Federal Security Service;

n2
a federally chartered savings bank;

- syn. federal savings bank;

FSH
n1
a gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary and stimulates growth of Graafian follicles in female mammals, and activates the cells in male mammals that form sperm;

- syn. follicle-stimulating hormone;

ft / f i t , f i t /
n1
a linear unit of length equal to 12 inches or a third of a yard;

- "he is six feet tall";

- syn. foot;

ft-L
n1
a former luminance unit equal to one lumen per square foot;

- syn. foot-lambert;

FTC
n1
an independent agency of the United States federal government that maintains fair and free competition;

- enforces federal antitrust laws;

- educates the public about identity theft;

- syn. Federal Trade Commission;

fthm
n1
a linear unit of measurement (equal to 6 feet) for water depth;

- syn. fathom;

n2
(mining) a unit of volume (equal to 6 cubic feet) used in measuring bodies of ore;

- syn. fathom;

FTO
n1
a political movement that uses terror as a weapon to achieve its goals;

- syn. foreign terrorist organization, terrorist group, terrorist organization;

FTP
n1
protocol that allows users to copy files between their local system and any system they can reach on the network;

- syn. file transfer protocol;

v1
use the file transfer protocol to transfer data from one computer to another;

- "You can FTP these data";

Fucaceae
n1
small family of brown algae: gulfweeds;

- rockweeds;

- syn. family Fucaceae;

Fucales
n1
coextensive with the family Fucaceae;

- syn. order Fucales;

Fuchs
n1
British physicist who was born in Germany and fled Nazi persecution;

- in the 1940s he passed secret information to the USSR about the development of the atom bomb in the United States (1911-1988);

- syn. Emil Klaus Julius Fuchs, Klaus Fuchs;

fuchsia / f j u ʃ ə /
n1
any of various tropical shrubs widely cultivated for their showy drooping purplish or reddish or white flowers;

- Central and South America and New Zealand and Tahiti;

Fuchsia coccinea
n1
erect or climbing shrub of Brazil with deep pink to red flowers;

- syn. ladies'-eardrop, ladies'-eardrops, lady's-eardrop, lady's-eardrops;

Fuchsia excorticata
n1
erect deciduous shrub or tree to 10 feet with maroon flowers;

- New Zealand;

- syn. konini, native fuchsia, tree fuchsia;

fuck / f ʌ k /
n1
slang for sexual intercourse;

- syn. ass, fucking, nookie, nooky, piece of ass, piece of tail, roll in the hay, screw, screwing, shag, shtup;

v1
have sexual intercourse with;

- "This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm";

- "Adam knew Eve";

- "Were you ever intimate with this man?";

- syn. bang, be intimate, bed, bonk, do it, eff, get it on, get laid, have a go at it, have intercourse, have it away, have it off, have sex, hump, jazz, know, lie with, love, make love, make out, roll in the hay, screw, sleep together, sleep with;

fuck all
n1
little or nothing at all;

- "I asked for a raise and they gave me bugger-all";

- "I know sweet Fanny Adams about surgery";

- syn. Fanny Adams, bugger all, sweet Fanny Adams;

fuck off
v1
be lazy or idle;

- "Her son is just bumming around all day";

- syn. arse about, arse around, bum, bum about, bum around, frig around, loaf, loll, loll around, lounge about, lounge around, waste one's time;

v2
leave immediately;

- used usually in the imperative form;

- "Scram!";

- syn. bugger off, buzz off, get, scram;

v3
get sexual gratification through self-stimulation;

- syn. jack off, jerk off, masturbate, she-bop, wank;

fuck up
v1
make a mess of, destroy or ruin;

- "I botched the dinner and we had to eat out";

- "the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement";

- syn. ball up, blow, bobble, bodge, bollix, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up, botch, botch up, bumble, bungle, flub, fluff, foul up, fumble, louse up, mess up, mishandle, muck up, muff, screw up, spoil;

fucked-up
a1
snarled or stalled in complete confusion;

- "situation normal--all fucked-up";

- syn. snafu;

- sim. disorganized;

fucker / f ʌ k ə , f ʌ k ə ɹ /
n1
a stupid despised man;

fuckhead
n1
a stupid person;

- these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence;

- syn. blockhead, bonehead, dumbass, dunce, dunderhead, hammerhead, knucklehead, loggerhead, lunkhead, muttonhead, numskull, shithead;

fucking / f ʌ k ɪ ŋ /
n1
slang for sexual intercourse;

- syn. ass, fuck, nookie, nooky, piece of ass, piece of tail, roll in the hay, screw, screwing, shag, shtup;

a1
informal intensifiers;

- "what a bally (or blinking) nuisance";

- "a bloody fool";

- "a crashing bore";

- "you flaming idiot";

- syn. bally, blinking, bloody, blooming, crashing, flaming;

- sim. unmitigated;

r1
intensifier, very colloquial;

- "what took you so fucking long?";

fuckup
n1
someone who makes mistakes because of incompetence;

- syn. blunderer, botcher, bumbler, bungler, butcher, fumbler, sad sack, stumbler;

n2
an embarrassing mistake;

- syn. bloomer, blooper, blunder, boner, boo-boo, botch, bungle, flub, foul-up, pratfall;

fucoid
n1
a fossilized cast or impression of algae of the order Fucales;

n2
any of various algae of the family Fucaceae;

- syn. fucoid algae;

fucoid algae
n1
any of various algae of the family Fucaceae;

- syn. fucoid;

fucus / f j u k ə s /
n1
any member of the genus Fucus;

Fucus serratus
n1
brown algae seaweed with serrated edges;

- syn. serrated wrack, tang;

Fucus vesiculosus
n1
a common rockweed used in preparing kelp and as manure;

- syn. black rockweed, bladder fucus, bladderwrack, tang;

fuddle / f ʌ d ɫ /
n1
a confused multitude of things;

- syn. clutter, jumble, mare's nest, muddle, smother, welter;

v1
make stupid with alcohol;

- syn. befuddle;

v2
consume alcohol;

- "We were up drinking all night";

- syn. booze, drink, hit the bottle;

v3
be confusing or perplexing to;

- cause to be unable to think clearly;

- "These questions confuse even the experts";

- "This question completely threw me";

- "This question befuddled even the teacher";

- syn. bedevil, befuddle, confound, confuse, discombobulate, fox, throw;

fuddled / f ʌ d ɫ d /
a1
very drunk;

- syn. besotted, blind drunk, blotto, cockeyed, crocked, loaded, pie-eyed, pissed, pixilated, plastered, slopped, sloshed, smashed, soaked, soused, sozzled, squiffy, stiff, tight, wet;

- sim. intoxicated;

fuddy-duddy / f ʌ d ɪ d ʌ d i /
n1
a conservative who is old-fashioned or dull in attitude or appearance;

- "you may accuse me of being and old fuddy-duddy trying to stop young people having fun";

fudge / f ʌ dʒ /
n1
soft creamy candy;

v1
tamper, with the purpose of deception;

- "Fudge the figures";

- "cook the books";

- "falsify the data";

- syn. cook, fake, falsify, manipulate, misrepresent, wangle;

v2
avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues);

- "He dodged the issue";

- "she skirted the problem";

- "They tend to evade their responsibilities";

- "he evaded the questions skillfully";

- syn. circumvent, dodge, duck, elude, evade, hedge, parry, put off, sidestep, skirt;

fudge factor
n1
a quantity that is added or subtracted in order to increase the accuracy of a scientific measure;

- syn. correction;

fudge sauce
n1
thick chocolate sauce served hot;

- syn. hot-fudge sauce;

fudge together
v1
produce shoddily, without much attention to detail;

- syn. throw together;

Fuego
n1
a volcano in south central Guatemala;

fuel / f j u ə ɫ /
n1
a substance that can be consumed to produce energy;

- "more fuel is needed during the winter months";

- "they developed alternative fuels for aircraft";

v1
provide with a combustible substance that provides energy;

- "fuel aircraft, ships, and cars";

v2
provide with fuel;

- "Oil fires the furnace";

- syn. fire;

v3
take in fuel, as of a ship;

- "The tanker fueled in Bahrain";

v4
stimulate;

- "fuel the debate on creationism";

fuel-air bomb
n1
a bomb that uses a fuel-air explosive;

- "a thermobaric bomb can create overpressures equal to an atomic bomb";

- syn. aerosol bomb, thermobaric bomb, vacuum bomb, volume-detonation bomb;

fuel-air explosive
n1
a device consisting of a container of fuel and two explosive charges;

- the first charge bursts open the fuel container at a predetermined height and spreads the fuel in a cloud that mixes with atmospheric oxygen;

- the second charge detonates the cloud which creates an enormous blast wave and incinerates whatever is below;

- syn. FAE;

fuel cell
n1
cell that produces electricity by oxidation of fuel (hydrogen and oxygen or zinc and air);

- often used in electric cars;

fuel consumption rate
n1
the ratio of the number of miles traveled to the number of gallons of gasoline burned;

- syn. gas mileage, gasoline mileage, mileage;

fuel filter
n1
a filter in the fuel line that screens out dirt and rust particles from the fuel;

fuel gauge
n1
an indicator of the amount of fuel remaining in a vehicle;

- syn. fuel indicator;

fuel indicator
n1
an indicator of the amount of fuel remaining in a vehicle;

- syn. fuel gauge;

fuel injection
n1
mechanical system to inject atomized fuel directly into the cylinders of an internal-combustion engine;

- avoids the need for a carburetor;

- syn. fuel injection system;

fuel injection system
n1
mechanical system to inject atomized fuel directly into the cylinders of an internal-combustion engine;

- avoids the need for a carburetor;

- syn. fuel injection;

fuel level
n1
the amount of fuel remaining;

fuel line
n1
a pipe that carries gasoline from a tank to a gasoline engine;

- "the car wouldn't start because dirt clogged the gas line";

- syn. gas line, petrol line;

fuel oil
n1
a petroleum product used for fuel;

- syn. heating oil;

fuel pod
n1
a detachable container of fuel on an airplane;

- syn. pod;

fuel system
n1
equipment in a motor vehicle or aircraft that delivers fuel to the engine;

fueled / f j u ə ɫ d /
a1
heated, driven, or produced by burning fuel;

- sim. clean-burning, coal-fired, liquid-fueled, oil-fired, wood-fired;

fueling / f j u ə ɫ ɪ ŋ /
n1
the activity of supplying or taking on fuel;

- syn. refueling;

Fuentes
n1
Mexican novelist (born in 1928);

- syn. Carlos Fuentes;

Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarios de Colombia
n1
a powerful and wealthy terrorist organization formed in 1957 as the guerilla arm of the Colombian communist party;

- opposed to the United States;

- has strong ties to drug dealers;

- syn. FARC, Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia;

fug / f ʌ ɡ /
n1
(British informal) an airless smoky smelly atmosphere;

fugacious / f j u ɡ eɪ ʃ ə s /
a1
lasting a very short time;

- "the ephemeral joys of childhood";

- "a passing fancy";

- "youth's transient beauty";

- "love is transitory but it is eternal";

- "fugacious blossoms";

- syn. ephemeral, passing, short-lived, transient, transitory;

- sim. impermanent;

fugaciousness / f j u ɡ eɪ ʃ ə s n ə s /
n1
the lack of enduring qualities (used chiefly of plant parts);

- syn. fugacity;

fugacity / f j u ɡ æ s ɪ t i /
n1
the tendency of a gas to expand or escape;

n2
the lack of enduring qualities (used chiefly of plant parts);

- syn. fugaciousness;

fugal / f j u ɡ ə ɫ /
a1
of or relating to or in the style of a musical fugue;

fugally / f j u ɡ ə ɫ i /
r1
in a fugal style;

Fugard
n1
South African playwright whose plays feature the racial tensions in South Africa during apartheid (born in 1932);

- syn. Athol Fugard;

fuggy / f ʌ ɡ i /
a1
(British informal) poorly ventilated;

- sim. unventilated;

fugitive / f j u dʒ ə t ɪ v /
n1
someone who flees from an uncongenial situation;

- "fugitives from the sweatshops";

- syn. fleer, runaway;

n2
someone who is sought by law officers;

- someone trying to elude justice;

- syn. fugitive from justice;

a1
lasting for a markedly brief time;

- "a fleeting glance";

- "fugitive hours";

- "rapid momentaneous association of things that meet and pass";

- "a momentary glimpse";

- syn. fleeting, momentaneous, momentary;

- sim. short;

fugitive from justice
n1
someone who is sought by law officers;

- someone trying to elude justice;

- syn. fugitive;

fugleman / f j u ɡ ɫ m æ n /
n1
a leader and organizer and spokesman (especially a political leader);

- "a fugleman for the radical right";

fugly
a1
(slang) extremely ugly;

- sim. ugly;

Fugo
n1
a bomb carried by a balloon;

- "In World War II the Japanese launched balloon bombs against North America";

- syn. balloon bomb;

fugu
n1
a blowfish highly prized as a delicacy in Japan but highly dangerous because the skin and organs are poisonous;

fugue / f j u ɡ /
n1
dissociative disorder in which a person forgets who they are and leaves home to create a new life;

- during the fugue there is no memory of the former life;

- after recovering there is no memory for events during the dissociative state;

- syn. psychogenic fugue;

n2
a dreamlike state of altered consciousness that may last for hours or days;

n3
a musical form consisting of a theme repeated a fifth above or a fourth below its first statement;

fuji
n1
shrubby Japanese cherry tree having pale pink blossoms;

- syn. Prunus incisa, fuji cherry;

n2
an extinct volcano in south central Honshu that is the highest peak in Japan;

- last erupted in 1707;

- famous for its symmetrical snow-capped peak;

- a sacred mountain and site for pilgrimages;

- syn. Fuji-san, Fujinoyama, Fujiyama, Mount Fuji;

Fuji-san
n1
an extinct volcano in south central Honshu that is the highest peak in Japan;

- last erupted in 1707;

- famous for its symmetrical snow-capped peak;

- a sacred mountain and site for pilgrimages;

- syn. Fuji, Fujinoyama, Fujiyama, Mount Fuji;

fuji cherry
n1
shrubby Japanese cherry tree having pale pink blossoms;

- syn. Prunus incisa, fuji;

Fujinoyama
n1
an extinct volcano in south central Honshu that is the highest peak in Japan;

- last erupted in 1707;

- famous for its symmetrical snow-capped peak;

- a sacred mountain and site for pilgrimages;

- syn. Fuji, Fuji-san, Fujiyama, Mount Fuji;

Fujiyama
n1
an extinct volcano in south central Honshu that is the highest peak in Japan;

- last erupted in 1707;

- famous for its symmetrical snow-capped peak;

- a sacred mountain and site for pilgrimages;

- syn. Fuji, Fuji-san, Fujinoyama, Mount Fuji;

Fukien
n1
any of the forms of Chinese spoken in Fukien province;

- syn. Amoy, Fukkianese, Hokkianese, Min, Min dialect, Taiwanese;

Fukkianese
n1
any of the forms of Chinese spoken in Fukien province;

- syn. Amoy, Fukien, Hokkianese, Min, Min dialect, Taiwanese;

Fukuoka
n1
a city in southern Japan on Kyushu;

Ful
n1
a family of languages of the Fulani of West Africa and used as a lingua franca in the sub-Saharan regions from Senegal to Chad;

- the best known of the West African languages;

- syn. Fula, Fulani, Peul;

Fula
n1
a member of a pastoral and nomadic people of western Africa;

- they are traditionally cattle herders of Muslim faith;

- syn. Fellata, Fulah, Fulani, Fulbe;

n2
a family of languages of the Fulani of West Africa and used as a lingua franca in the sub-Saharan regions from Senegal to Chad;

- the best known of the West African languages;

- syn. Ful, Fulani, Peul;

Fulah
n1
a member of a pastoral and nomadic people of western Africa;

- they are traditionally cattle herders of Muslim faith;

- syn. Fellata, Fula, Fulani, Fulbe;

Fulani
n1
a member of a pastoral and nomadic people of western Africa;

- they are traditionally cattle herders of Muslim faith;

- syn. Fellata, Fula, Fulah, Fulbe;

n2
a family of languages of the Fulani of West Africa and used as a lingua franca in the sub-Saharan regions from Senegal to Chad;

- the best known of the West African languages;

- syn. Ful, Fula, Peul;

Fulbe
n1
a member of a pastoral and nomadic people of western Africa;

- they are traditionally cattle herders of Muslim faith;

- syn. Fellata, Fula, Fulah, Fulani;

Fulbright
n1
United States senator who is remembered for his creation of grants that fund exchange programs of teachers and students between the United States and other countries (1905-1995);

- syn. James William Fulbright, William Fulbright;

fulcrum / f ʊ ɫ k ɹ ə m /
n1
the pivot about which a lever turns;

fulfil / f ʊ ɫ f ɪ ɫ /
v1
put in effect;

- "carry out a task";

- "execute the decision of the people";

- "He actioned the operation";

- syn. accomplish, action, carry out, carry through, execute, fulfill;

v2
fill, satisfy or meet a want or need or condtion ro restriction;

- "does this paper meet the requirements for the degree?";

- "This job doesn't match my dreams";

- "meet a need";

- syn. conform to, fill, fit, fulfill, meet, satisfy;

v3
meet the requirements or expectations of;

- syn. fulfill, live up to, satisfy;

fulfill / f ʊ ɫ f ɪ ɫ /
v1
put in effect;

- "carry out a task";

- "execute the decision of the people";

- "He actioned the operation";

- syn. accomplish, action, carry out, carry through, execute, fulfil;

v2
meet the requirements or expectations of;

- syn. fulfil, live up to, satisfy;

v3
fill, satisfy or meet a want or need or condtion ro restriction;

- "does this paper meet the requirements for the degree?";

- "This job doesn't match my dreams";

- "meet a need";

- syn. conform to, fill, fit, fulfil, meet, satisfy;

fulfilled / f ʊ ɫ f ɪ ɫ d /
a1
completed to perfection;

- sim. consummated;

fulfillment
n1
a feeling of satisfaction at having achieved your desires;

- syn. fulfilment;

n2
the act of consummating something (a desire or promise etc);

- syn. fulfilment;

fulfilment / f ʊ ɫ f ɪ ɫ m ə n t /
n1
a feeling of satisfaction at having achieved your desires;

- syn. fulfillment;

n2
the act of consummating something (a desire or promise etc);

- syn. fulfillment;

fulgent / f ʌ ɫ dʒ ə n t /
a1
shining intensely;

- "the blazing sun";

- "blinding headlights";

- "dazzling snow";

- "fulgent patterns of sunlight";

- "the glaring sun";

- syn. blazing, blinding, dazzling, glaring, glary;

- sim. bright;

fulgid
a1
having brief brilliant points or flashes of light;

- "bugle beads all aglitter";

- "glinting eyes";

- "glinting water";

- "his glittering eyes were cold and malevolent";

- "shop window full of glittering Christmas trees";

- "glittery costume jewelry";

- "scintillant mica";

- "the scintillating stars";

- "a dress with sparkly sequins";

- "`glistering' is an archaic term";

- syn. aglitter, coruscant, glinting, glistering, glittering, glittery, scintillant, scintillating, sparkly;

- sim. bright;

Fulgoridae
n1
plant hoppers: lantern flies;

- syn. family Fulgoridae;

fulgurant
a1
amazingly impressive;

- suggestive of the flashing of lightning;

- "the skater's dazzling virtuosic leaps";

- "these great best canvases still look as astonishing and as invitingly new as they did...when...his fulgurant popularity was in full growth"- Janet Flanner;

- "adventures related...in a style both vivid and fulgurous"- Idwal Jones;

- syn. dazzling, eye-popping, fulgurous;

- sim. impressive;

fulgurating / f ʌ ɫ ɡ j ʊə ɹ eɪ t ɪ ŋ /
a1
sharp and piercing;

- sim. sharp;

fulgurous
a1
amazingly impressive;

- suggestive of the flashing of lightning;

- "the skater's dazzling virtuosic leaps";

- "these great best canvases still look as astonishing and as invitingly new as they did...when...his fulgurant popularity was in full growth"- Janet Flanner;

- "adventures related...in a style both vivid and fulgurous"- Idwal Jones;

- syn. dazzling, eye-popping, fulgurant;

- sim. impressive;

Fulica
n1
coots;

- syn. genus Fulica;

Fulica americana
n1
a coot found in North America;

- syn. American coot, marsh hen, mud hen, water hen;

Fulica atra
n1
a coot found in Eurasia;

- syn. Old World coot;

full / f ʊ ɫ /
n1
the time when the Moon is fully illuminated;

- "the moon is at the full";

- syn. full-of-the-moon, full moon, full phase of the moon;

v1
beat for the purpose of cleaning and thickening;

- "full the cloth";

v2
make (a garment) fuller by pleating or gathering;

v3
increase in phase;

- "the moon is waxing";

- syn. wax;

a1
containing as much or as many as is possible or normal;

- "a full glass";

- "a sky full of stars";

- "a full life";

- "the auditorium was full to overflowing";

- sim. afloat, air-filled, brimful, chockablock, congested, egg-filled, filled, fraught, gas-filled, glutted, heavy, instinct, laden, overladen, riddled, sperm-filled, stuffed, stuffed, untouched, well-lined;

a2
constituting the full quantity or extent;

- complete;

- "an entire town devastated by an earthquake";

- "gave full attention";

- "a total failure";

- syn. entire, total;

- sim. whole;

a3
complete in extent or degree and in every particular;

- "a full game";

- "a total eclipse";

- "a total disaster";

- syn. total;

- sim. complete;

a4
filled to satisfaction with food or drink;

- "a full stomach";

- syn. replete;

- sim. nourished;

a5
(of sound) having marked deepness and body;

- "full tones";

- "a full voice";

- sim. booming, grumbling, heavy, orotund, plangent, rich, sounding;

a6
having the normally expected amount;

- "gives full measure";

- "gives good measure";

- "a good mile from here";

- syn. good;

- sim. ample;

a7
being at a peak or culminating point;

- "broad daylight";

- "full summer";

- syn. broad;

- sim. high;

a8
having ample fabric;

- "the current taste for wide trousers";

- "a full skirt";

- syn. wide, wide-cut;

- sim. ample;

r1
to the greatest degree or extent;

- completely or entirely;

- (`full' in this sense is used as a combining form);

- "fully grown";

- "he didn't fully understand";

- "knew full well";

- "full-grown";

- "full-fledged";

- syn. fully, to the full;

full-blood
a1
of unmixed ancestry;

- "full-blooded Native American";

- "blooded Jersies";

- syn. blooded, full-blooded;

- sim. purebred;

full-blooded / f ʊ ɫ b ɫ ʌ d ɪ d /
a1
of unmixed ancestry;

- "full-blooded Native American";

- "blooded Jersies";

- syn. blooded, full-blood;

- sim. purebred;

a2
endowed with or exhibiting great bodily or mental health;

- "a hearty glow of health";

- syn. hearty, lusty, red-blooded;

- sim. healthy;

full-blown / f ʊ ɫ b ɫ oʊ n /
a1
fully ripe;

- at the height of bloom;

- "a full-blown rose";

- syn. matured;

- sim. mature;

a2
having or displaying all the characteristics necessary for completeness;

- "a full-blown financial crisis";

- sim. complete;

full-bodied
a1
marked by richness and fullness of flavor;

- "a rich ruby port";

- "full-bodied wines";

- "a robust claret";

- "the robust flavor of fresh-brewed coffee";

- syn. racy, rich, robust;

- sim. tasty;

full-bosomed
a1
(of a woman's body) having a large bosom and pleasing curves;

- "Hollywood seems full of curvaceous blondes";

- "a curvy young woman in a tight dress";

- syn. bosomy, busty, buxom, curvaceous, curvy, sonsie, sonsy, stacked, voluptuous, well-endowed;

- sim. shapely;

full-clad
a1
given substance or detail;

- completed;

- "did not spring full-clad from his imagination";

- "a plan fleshed out with statistics and details";

- syn. fleshed out;

- sim. complete;

full-dress / f ʊ ɫ d ɹ ɛ s /
a1
suitable for formal occasions;

- "formal wear";

- "a full-dress uniform";

- "dress shoes";

- syn. dress;

- sim. formal;

a2
(of an occasion) requiring formal clothes;

- "a dress dinner";

- "a full-dress ceremony";

- syn. dress;

- sim. formal;

a3
complete in every respect;

- "a full-dress debate";

- "a full-dress investigation";

- sim. complete;

full-dress uniform
n1
the naval or military uniform that is specified by regulations to be worn on ceremonial occasions;

full-face
a1
looking forward;

- syn. gardant, guardant;

- sim. forward;

full-fashioned / f ʊ ɫ f æ ʃ n d /
a1
knitted to fit the shape of the body;

- "full-fashioned hosiery";

- syn. fully fashioned;

- sim. shapely;

full-fledged / f ʊ ɫ f ɫ ɛ dʒ d /
a1
(of a bird) having reached full development with fully grown adult plumage;

- ready to fly;

- syn. fully fledged;

- sim. fledged;

a2
(of persons, e.g.) having gained full status;

- "a full-fledged lawyer";

- "by the age of seventeen I was a full-fledged atheist";

- "sees itself as a fully fledged rival party";

- syn. fully fledged;

- sim. experienced;

full-grown / f ʊ ɫ ɡ ɹ oʊ n /
a1
(of animals) fully developed;

- "an adult animal";

- "a grown woman";

- syn. adult, big, fully grown, grown, grownup;

- sim. mature;

full-length / f ʊ ɫ l ɛ ŋ θ /
a1
representing or accommodating the entire length;

- "a full-length portrait";

- sim. whole;

a2
complete;

- "the full-length play";

- syn. uncut;

- sim. unabridged;

full-of-the-moon
n1
the time when the Moon is fully illuminated;

- "the moon is at the full";

- syn. full, full moon, full phase of the moon;

full-page / f ʊ ɫ p eɪ dʒ /
a1
occupying an entire page in a book or paper;

- "a full-page ad";

- sim. whole;

full-scale / f ʊ ɫ s k eɪ ɫ /
a1
using all available resources;

- "all-out war";

- "a full-scale campaign against nuclear power plants";

- syn. all-out;

- sim. complete;

full-size
a1
being of the same size as an original;

- "a life-size sculpture";

- syn. life-size, life-sized, lifesize;

- sim. large;

full-strength
a1
(of an alcoholic drink) without water;

- "took his whiskey neat";

- syn. neat, straight;

- sim. undiluted;

full-term
a1
gestated for the entire duration of normal pregnancy;

- "a healthy full-term baby";

- also mature;

full-time / f ʊ ɫ t aɪ m /
a1
for the entire time appropriate to an activity;

- "a full-time job";

- sim. regular;

r1
for the standard number of hours;

- "she works full-time";

full-wave rectifier
n1
rectifier that converts the negative half wave of an alternating current into a positive half wave;

full admiral
n1
the supreme commander of a fleet;

- ranks above a vice admiral and below a fleet admiral;

- syn. admiral;

full blood
n1
descent from parents both of one pure breed;

full complement
n1
number needed to make up a whole force;

- "a full complement of workers";

- syn. complement;

full cousin
n1
the child of your aunt or uncle;

- syn. cousin, cousin-german, first cousin;

full dress
n1
formalwear consisting of full evening dress for men;

- syn. dress suit, tail coat, tailcoat, tails, white tie, white tie and tails;

full employment
n1
the economic condition when everyone who wishes to work at the going wage rate for their type of labor is employed;

full faith and credit
n1
a guarantee to pay interest and principal on debt;

- usually issued by the United States Treasury;

full gainer
n1
a dive in which the diver throws the feet forward to complete a full backward somersault and enters the water feet first and facing away from the diving board;

- syn. gainer;

full general
n1
a general officer of the highest rank;

- syn. general;

full house
n1
a poker hand with 3 of a kind and a pair;

full metal jacket
n1
a lead bullet that is covered with a jacket of a harder metal (usually copper);

full moon
n1
the time when the Moon is fully illuminated;

- "the moon is at the full";

- syn. full, full-of-the-moon, full phase of the moon;

full moon maple
n1
leaves deeply incised and bright red in autumn;

- Japan;

- syn. Acer japonicum, Japanese maple;

full nelson
n1
a wrestling hold in which the holder puts both arms under the opponent's arms and exerts pressure on the back of the neck (illegal in amateur wrestling);

full page
n1
something that covers an entire page;

- "the ad took up a full page";

full phase of the moon
n1
the time when the Moon is fully illuminated;

- "the moon is at the full";

- syn. full, full-of-the-moon, full moon;

full point
n1
a punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations;

- "in England they call a period a stop";

- syn. full stop, period, point, stop;

full professor
n1
a professor of the highest rank;

full radiator
n1
a hypothetical object capable of absorbing all the electromagnetic radiation falling on it;

- "a black body maintained at a constant temperature is a full radiator at that temperature because the radiation reaching and leaving it must be in equilibrium";

- syn. black body, blackbody;

full service bank
n1
a financial institution that accepts demand deposits and makes loans and provides other services for the public;

- syn. commercial bank;

full skirt
n1
a long skirt gathered at the waist;

full stop
n1
a punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations;

- "in England they call a period a stop";

- syn. full point, period, point, stop;

full term
n1
the end of gestation or point at which birth is imminent;

- "a healthy baby born at full term";

- syn. term;

full treatment
n1
everything available;

- usually preceded by `the';

- "we saw the whole shebang";

- "a hotdog with the works";

- "we took on the whole caboodle";

- "for $10 you get the full treatment";

- syn. kit and boodle, kit and caboodle, whole caboodle, whole kit, whole kit and boodle, whole kit and caboodle, whole shebang, whole works, works;

fullback / f ʊ ɫ b æ k /
n1
(football) the running back who plays the fullback position on the offensive team;

n2
(American football) an offensive position in the backfield;

v1
play the fullback;

Fuller / f ʊ ɫ ə , f ʊ ɫ ə ɹ /
n1
United States jurist and chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1833-1910);

- syn. Melville W. Fuller, Melville Weston Fuller;

n2
United States architect who invented the geodesic dome (1895-1983);

- syn. Buckminster Fuller, R. Buckminster Fuller, Richard Buckminster Fuller;

n3
a workman who fulls (cleans and thickens) freshly woven cloth for a living;

fuller's earth
n1
an absorbent soil resembling clay;

- used in fulling (shrinking and thickening) woolen cloth and as an adsorbent;

fuller's teasel
n1
similar to the common teasel and similarly used;

- widespread in Europe and North Africa and western Asia;

- naturalized in United States;

- syn. Dipsacus sativus;

fullerene
n1
a form of carbon having a large molecule consisting of an empty cage of sixty or more carbon atoms;

fullness / f ʊ ɫ n ə s /
n1
completeness over a broad scope;

- syn. comprehensiveness;

n2
the property of a sensation that is rich and pleasing;

- "the music had a fullness that echoed through the hall";

- "the cheap wine had no body, no mellowness";

- "he was well aware of the richness of his own appearance";

- syn. mellowness, richness;

n3
the condition of being filled to capacity;

n4
greatness of volume;

- syn. voluminosity, voluminousness;

fully / f ʊ ɫ i /
r1
to the greatest degree or extent;

- completely or entirely;

- (`full' in this sense is used as a combining form);

- "fully grown";

- "he didn't fully understand";

- "knew full well";

- "full-grown";

- "full-fledged";

- syn. full, to the full;

r2
sufficiently;

- more than adequately;

- "the evidence amply (or fully) confirms our suspicions";

- "they were fully (or amply) fed";

- syn. amply;

r3
referring to a quantity;

- "the amount was paid in full";

- syn. in full;

fully fashioned
a1
knitted to fit the shape of the body;

- "full-fashioned hosiery";

- syn. full-fashioned;

- sim. shapely;

fully fledged
a1
(of a bird) having reached full development with fully grown adult plumage;

- ready to fly;

- syn. full-fledged;

- sim. fledged;

a2
(of persons, e.g.) having gained full status;

- "a full-fledged lawyer";

- "by the age of seventeen I was a full-fledged atheist";

- "sees itself as a fully fledged rival party";

- syn. full-fledged;

- sim. experienced;

fully grown
a1
(of animals) fully developed;

- "an adult animal";

- "a grown woman";

- syn. adult, big, full-grown, grown, grownup;

- sim. mature;

fulmar / f ʊ ɫ m ə , f ʊ ɫ m ə ɹ /
n1
heavy short-tailed oceanic bird of polar regions;

- syn. Fulmarus glacialis, fulmar petrel;

fulmar petrel
n1
heavy short-tailed oceanic bird of polar regions;

- syn. Fulmarus glacialis, fulmar;

Fulmarus
n1
fulmars;

- syn. genus Fulmarus;

Fulmarus glacialis
n1
heavy short-tailed oceanic bird of polar regions;

- syn. fulmar, fulmar petrel;

fulminant / f ʌ ɫ m ɪ n ə n t /
a1
sudden and severe;

- "fulminant pain";

- "fulminant fever";

- sim. sudden;

fulminate / f ʌ ɫ m ɪ n eɪ t /
n1
a salt or ester of fulminic acid;

v1
criticize severely;

- "He fulminated against the Republicans' plan to cut Medicare";

- "She railed against the bad social policies";

- syn. rail;

v2
come on suddenly and intensely;

- "the disease fulminated";

v3
cause to explode violently and with loud noise;

fulminate of mercury
n1
a fulminate that when dry explodes violently if struck or heated;

- used in detonators and blasting caps and percussion caps;

- syn. fulminating mercury, mercury fulminate;

fulminating mercury
n1
a fulminate that when dry explodes violently if struck or heated;

- used in detonators and blasting caps and percussion caps;

- syn. fulminate of mercury, mercury fulminate;

fulmination / f ʌ ɫ m ɪ n eɪ ʃ n /
n1
thunderous verbal attack;

- syn. diatribe;

n2
the act of exploding with noise and violence;

- "his fulminations frightened the horses";

fulminic acid
n1
(CNOH) an unstable acid occurring mainly in the form of explosive salts and esters that is isomeric with cyanic acid;

fulsome / f ʊ ɫ s ə m /
a1
unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech;

- "buttery praise";

- "gave him a fulsome introduction";

- "an oily sycophantic press agent";

- "oleaginous hypocrisy";

- "smarmy self-importance";

- "the unctuous Uriah Heep";

- "soapy compliments";

- syn. buttery, oily, oleaginous, smarmy, soapy, unctuous;

- sim. insincere;

fulsomely / f ʊ ɫ s ə m ɫ i /
r1
in an unctuous manner;

- syn. smarmily, unctuously;

fulsomeness / f ʊ ɫ s ə m n ə s /
n1
excessive but superficial compliments given with affected charm;

- syn. smarm, unction;

n2
smug self-serving earnestness;

- syn. oiliness, oleaginousness, smarminess, unction, unctuousness;

Fulton
n1
American inventor who designed the first commercially successful steamboat and the first steam warship (1765-1815);

- syn. Robert Fulton;

fulvic acid
n1
a yellow to yellow-brown humic substance that is soluble in water under all pH conditions;

- "they measured the fluvial fulvic acid";

Fulvicin
n1
a kind of penicillin (a fungicidal antibiotic with the trade name Fulvicin) produced by molds of the genus Penicillium;

- syn. griseofulvin;

Fumaria
n1
annual herbs whose flowers have only one petal spurred at the base;

- syn. genus Fumaria;

Fumaria claviculata
n1
annual vine with decompound leaves and racemes of yellow and pink flowers;

- syn. Corydalis claviculata, climbing corydalis;

Fumaria fungosa
n1
vine with feathery leaves and white or pinkish flowers;

- sometimes placed in genus Fumaria;

- syn. Adlumia fungosa, Allegheny vine, climbing fumitory;

Fumaria officinalis
n1
delicate European herb with greyish leaves and spikes of purplish flowers;

- formerly used medicinally;

- syn. fumeroot, fumewort, fumitory;

Fumaria sempervirens
n1
glaucous herb of northeastern United States and Canada having loose racemes of yellow-tipped pink flowers;

- sometimes placed in genus Fumaria;

- syn. Corydalis sempervirens, Roman wormwood, rock harlequin;

Fumariaceae
n1
erect or climbing herbs of the northern hemisphere and southern Africa: bleeding heart;

- Dutchman's breeches;

- fumitory;

- squirrel corn;

- syn. family Fumariaceae, fumitory family;

fumaric acid
n1
a colorless crystalline acid with a fruity taste;

- used in making polyester resins;

fumble / f ʌ m b ɫ /
n1
(sports) dropping the ball;

- syn. muff;

v1
feel about uncertainly or blindly;

- "She groped for her glasses in the darkness of the bedroom";

- syn. grope;

v2
make one's way clumsily or blindly;

- "He fumbled towards the door";

- syn. blunder;

v3
handle clumsily;

v4
make a mess of, destroy or ruin;

- "I botched the dinner and we had to eat out";

- "the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement";

- syn. ball up, blow, bobble, bodge, bollix, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up, botch, botch up, bumble, bungle, flub, fluff, foul up, fuck up, louse up, mess up, mishandle, muck up, muff, screw up, spoil;

v5
drop or juggle or fail to play cleanly a grounder;

- "fumble a grounder";

fumbler / f ʌ m b ɫ ə , f ʌ m b ɫ ə ɹ /
n1
someone who makes mistakes because of incompetence;

- syn. blunderer, botcher, bumbler, bungler, butcher, fuckup, sad sack, stumbler;

fumbling / f ʌ m b ɫ ɪ ŋ /
a1
showing lack of skill or aptitude;

- "a bungling workman";

- "did a clumsy job";

- "his fumbling attempt to put up a shelf";

- syn. bungling, clumsy, incompetent;

- sim. unskilled;

fume / f j u m /
n1
a cloud of fine particles suspended in a gas;

- syn. smoke;

v1
be mad, angry, or furious;

v2
emit a cloud of fine particles;

- "The chimney was fuming";

- syn. smoke;

v3
treat with fumes, expose to fumes, especially with the aim of disinfecting or eradicating pests;

- syn. fumigate;

v4
be wet with sweat or blood, as of one's face;

- syn. reek;

fumed / f j u m d /
a1
(of wood) darkened or colored by exposure to ammonia fumes;

- "fumed oak";

- sim. treated;

fumed oak
n1
oak given a weathered appearance by exposure to fumes of ammonia;

- used for cabinetwork;

fumeroot
n1
delicate European herb with greyish leaves and spikes of purplish flowers;

- formerly used medicinally;

- syn. Fumaria officinalis, fumewort, fumitory;

n2
herb of northern Europe and Asia having erect racemes of red flowers;

- syn. Corydalis solida, fumewort;

fumes / f j u m z /
n1
gases ejected from an engine as waste products;

- syn. exhaust, exhaust fumes;

fumewort
n1
delicate European herb with greyish leaves and spikes of purplish flowers;

- formerly used medicinally;

- syn. Fumaria officinalis, fumeroot, fumitory;

n2
herb of northern Europe and Asia having erect racemes of red flowers;

- syn. Corydalis solida, fumeroot;

fumigant
n1
a chemical substance used in fumigation;

fumigate / f j u m ɪ ɡ eɪ t /
v1
treat with fumes, expose to fumes, especially with the aim of disinfecting or eradicating pests;

- syn. fume;

fumigation / f j u m ɪ ɡ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the application of a gas or smoke to something for the purpose of disinfecting it;

fumigator / f j u m ɪ ɡ eɪ t ə /
n1
someone whose job is to fumigate;

n2
a device that generates a gas for the purpose of disinfecting or eradicating pests;

Fumimaro Konoe
n1
Japanese statesman who set Japan's expansionist policies and formed an alliance with Germany and Italy (1891-1945);

- syn. Fumimaro Konoye, Konoe, Konoye, Prince Fumimaro Konoe, Prince Fumimaro Konoye;

Fumimaro Konoye
n1
Japanese statesman who set Japan's expansionist policies and formed an alliance with Germany and Italy (1891-1945);

- syn. Fumimaro Konoe, Konoe, Konoye, Prince Fumimaro Konoe, Prince Fumimaro Konoye;

fumitory
n1
delicate European herb with greyish leaves and spikes of purplish flowers;

- formerly used medicinally;

- syn. Fumaria officinalis, fumeroot, fumewort;

fumitory family
n1
erect or climbing herbs of the northern hemisphere and southern Africa: bleeding heart;

- Dutchman's breeches;

- fumitory;

- squirrel corn;

- syn. Fumariaceae, family Fumariaceae;

fun / f ʌ n /
n1
activities that are enjoyable or amusing;

- "I do it for the fun of it";

- "he is fun to have around";

- syn. merriment, playfulness;

n2
verbal wit or mockery (often at another's expense but not to be taken seriously);

- "he became a figure of fun";

- "he said it in sport";

- syn. play, sport;

n3
violent and excited activity;

- "she asked for money and then the fun began";

n4
a disposition to find (or make) causes for amusement;

- "her playfulness surprised me";

- "he was fun to be with";

- syn. playfulness;

fun run
n1
a footrace run for fun (often including runners who are sponsored for a charity);

- syn. funrun;

Funafuti
n1
capital of Tuvalu;

funambulism
n1
walking on a tightrope or slack rope;

- syn. tightrope walking;

funambulist / f j u n æ m b j ʊ ɫ ɪ s t /
n1
an acrobat who performs on a tightrope or slack rope;

- syn. tightrope walker;

function / f ʌ ŋ k ʃ n /
n1
(mathematics) a mathematical relation such that each element of a given set (the domain of the function) is associated with an element of another set (the range of the function);

- syn. map, mapping, mathematical function, single-valued function;

n2
what something is used for;

- "the function of an auger is to bore holes";

- "ballet is beautiful but what use is it?";

- syn. purpose, role, use;

n3
the actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group;

- "the function of a teacher";

- "the government must do its part";

- "play its role";

- syn. office, part, role;

n4
a relation such that one thing is dependent on another;

- "height is a function of age";

- "price is a function of supply and demand";

n5
a formal or official social gathering or ceremony;

- "it was a black-tie function";

n6
a vaguely specified social event;

- "the party was quite an affair";

- "an occasion arranged to honor the president";

- "a seemingly endless round of social functions";

- syn. affair, occasion, social function, social occasion;

n7
a set sequence of steps, part of larger computer program;

- syn. procedure, routine, subprogram, subroutine;

v1
perform as expected when applied;

- "The washing machine won't go unless it's plugged in";

- "Does this old car still run well?";

- "This old radio doesn't work anymore";

- syn. go, operate, run, work;

v2
serve a purpose, role, or function;

- "The tree stump serves as a table";

- "The female students served as a control group";

- "This table would serve very well";

- "His freedom served him well";

- "The table functions as a desk";

- syn. serve;

v3
perform duties attached to a particular office or place or function;

- "His wife officiated as his private secretary";

- syn. officiate;

function call
n1
a call that passes control to a subroutine;

- after the subroutine is executed control returns to the next instruction in main program;

function word
n1
a word that is uninflected and serves a grammatical function but has little identifiable meaning;

- syn. closed-class word;

functional / f ʌ ŋ k ʃ ə n ɫ /
a1
designed for or capable of a particular function or use;

- "a style of writing in which every word is functional";

- "functional architecture";

- also serviceable;

- sim. structural, utilitarian;

a2
involving or affecting function rather than physiology;

- "functional deafness";

a3
relating to or based on function especially as opposed to structure;

- "the problem now is not a constitutional one;

- it is a functional one";

- "delegates elected on a functional rather than a geographical basis";

a4
fit or ready for use or service;

- "the toaster was still functional even after being dropped";

- "the lawnmower is a bit rusty but still usable";

- "an operational aircraft";

- "the dishwasher is now in working order";

- syn. operable, operational, usable, useable;

- sim. serviceable;

a5
designed for or adapted to a function or use;

- "functional education selects knowledge that is concrete and usable rather than abstract and theoretical";

- "functional architecture";

- sim. practical;

a6
(of e.g. a machine) performing or capable of performing;

- "in running (or working) order";

- "a functional set of brakes";

- syn. operative, running, working;

- sim. functioning;

functional anatomy
n1
the study of anatomy in its relation to function;

- syn. morphophysiology, physiological anatomy;

functional calculus
n1
a system of symbolic logic that represents individuals and predicates and quantification over individuals (as well as the relations between propositions);

- syn. predicate calculus;

functional disorder
n1
disorder showing symptoms for which no physiological or anatomical cause can be identified;

functional genomics
n1
the branch of genomics that determines the biological function of the genes and their products;

functional illiterate
n1
a person with some ability to read and write but not enough for daily practical needs;

functional magnetic resonance imaging
n1
a form of magnetic resonance imaging of the brain that registers blood flow to functioning areas of the brain;

- syn. fMRI;

functionalism / f ʌ ŋ k ʃ ə n ə ɫ ɪ z ə m /
n1
a psychology based on the assumption that all mental process are useful to an organism in adapting to the environment;

n2
any doctrine that stresses utility or purpose;

functionalist / f ʌ ŋ k ʃ n ə ɫ ɪ s t /
n1
an adherent of functionalism;

functionality / f ʌ ŋ k ʃ ə n æ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
capable of serving a purpose well;

- "software with greater functionality";

functionally / f ʌ ŋ k ʃ ə n ə ɫ i /
r1
with respect to function;

- "the two units are functionally interdependent";

functionally illiterate
a1
having reading and writing skills insufficient for ordinary practical needs;

- sim. illiterate;

functionary / f ʌ ŋ k ʃ ə n ə ɹ i , f ʌ ŋ k ʃ ŋ ə ɹ i /
n1
a worker who holds or is invested with an office;

- syn. official;

functioning / f ʌ ŋ k ʃ n ɪ ŋ /
n1
process or manner of functioning or operating;

- "the power of its engine determines its operation";

- "the plane's operation in high winds";

- "they compared the cooking performance of each oven";

- "the jet's performance conformed to high standards";

- syn. operation, performance;

a1
performing or able to perform its regular function;

- "a functioning flashlight";

- sim. running, up;

fund / f ʌ n d /
n1
a reserve of money set aside for some purpose;

- syn. monetary fund;

n2
a supply of something available for future use;

- "he brought back a large store of Cuban cigars";

- syn. stock, store;

n3
a financial institution that sells shares to individuals and invests in securities issued by other companies;

- syn. investment company, investment firm, investment trust;

v1
convert (short-term floating debt) into long-term debt that bears fixed interest and is represented by bonds;

v2
place or store up in a fund for accumulation;

v3
provide a fund for the redemption of principal or payment of interest;

v4
invest money in government securities;

v5
accumulate a fund for the discharge of a recurrent liability;

- "fund a medical care plan";

v6
furnish money for;

- "The government funds basic research in many areas";

fund-raise
v1
raise money for a cause or project;

- "We are fundraising for AIDS research";

- syn. fund raise, fundraise;

fund-raising campaign
n1
a campaign to raise money for some cause;

- syn. fund-raising drive, fund-raising effort;

fund-raising drive
n1
a campaign to raise money for some cause;

- syn. fund-raising campaign, fund-raising effort;

fund-raising effort
n1
a campaign to raise money for some cause;

- syn. fund-raising campaign, fund-raising drive;

fund raise
v1
raise money for a cause or project;

- "We are fundraising for AIDS research";

- syn. fund-raise, fundraise;

fundament / f ʌ n d ə m ə n t /
n1
the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained;

- "the whole argument rested on a basis of conjecture";

- syn. base, basis, cornerstone, foundation, groundwork;

n2
the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on;

- "he deserves a good kick in the butt";

- "are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?";

- syn. arse, ass, backside, behind, bottom, bum, buns, butt, buttocks, can, derriere, fanny, hind end, hindquarters, keister, nates, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, seat, stern, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush;

n3
lowest support of a structure;

- "it was built on a base of solid rock";

- "he stood at the foot of the tower";

- syn. base, foot, foundation, groundwork, substructure, understructure;

fundamental / f ʌ n d ə m ɛ n t ɫ /
n1
any factor that could be considered important to the understanding of a particular business;

- "fundamentals include a company's growth, revenues, earnings, management, and capital structure";

n2
the lowest tone of a harmonic series;

- syn. first harmonic, fundamental frequency;

a1
serving as an essential component;

- "a cardinal rule";

- "the central cause of the problem";

- "an example that was fundamental to the argument";

- "computers are fundamental to modern industrial structure";

- syn. cardinal, central, key, primal;

- sim. important;

a2
being or involving basic facts or principles;

- "the fundamental laws of the universe";

- "a fundamental incompatibility between them";

- "these rudimentary truths";

- "underlying principles";

- syn. rudimentary, underlying;

- sim. basic;

a3
far-reaching and thoroughgoing in effect especially on the nature of something;

- "the fundamental revolution in human values that has occurred";

- "the book underwent fundamental changes";

- "committed the fundamental error of confusing spending with extravagance";

- "profound social changes";

- syn. profound;

- sim. significant;

fundamental analysis
n1
(stock exchange) the use of fundamentals as an investment strategy;

- syn. fundamentals analysis;

fundamental frequency
n1
the lowest tone of a harmonic series;

- syn. first harmonic, fundamental;

fundamental interaction
n1
(physics) the transfer of energy between elementary particles or between an elementary particle and a field or between fields;

- mediated by gauge bosons;

- syn. interaction;

fundamental law
n1
law determining the fundamental political principles of a government;

- syn. constitution, organic law;

fundamental measure
n1
one of the four quantities that are the basis of systems of measurement;

- syn. fundamental quantity;

fundamental particle
n1
(physics) a particle that is less complex than an atom;

- regarded as constituents of all matter;

- syn. elementary particle;

fundamental principle
n1
principles from which other truths can be derived;

- "first you must learn the fundamentals";

- "let's get down to basics";

- syn. basic principle, basics, bedrock, fundamentals;

fundamental quantity
n1
one of the four quantities that are the basis of systems of measurement;

- syn. fundamental measure;

fundamentalism / f ʌ n d ə m ɛ n t ə ɫ ɪ z ə m /
n1
a form of Protestantism that takes the interpretation of every word in the sacred texts as literal truth;

n2
the strict adherence to the basic principles or doctrines of a religion, ideology, etc.;

fundamentalist / f ʌ n d ə m ɛ n t ə ɫ ɪ s t /
n1
an adherent of fundamentalist principles;

n2
a supporter of fundamentalism;

a1
of or relating to or characteristic of Protestant fundamentalism or its adherents;

- syn. fundamentalistic;

a2
of or relating to or tending toward ideological fundamentalism;

- syn. fundamentalistic;

fundamentalistic / f ʌ n d ə m ɛ n t ə ɫ ɪ s t ɪ k /
a1
of or relating to or tending toward ideological fundamentalism;

- syn. fundamentalist;

a2
of or relating to or characteristic of Protestant fundamentalism or its adherents;

- syn. fundamentalist;

fundamentally / f ʌ n d ə m ɛ n t ə ɫ i /
r1
in essence;

- at bottom or by one's (or its) very nature;

- "He is basically dishonest";

- "the argument was essentially a technical one";

- "for all his bluster he is in essence a shy person";

- syn. basically, essentially;

fundamentals / f ʌ n d ə m ɛ n t ɫ z /
n1
principles from which other truths can be derived;

- "first you must learn the fundamentals";

- "let's get down to basics";

- syn. basic principle, basics, bedrock, fundamental principle;

fundamentals analysis
n1
(stock exchange) the use of fundamentals as an investment strategy;

- syn. fundamental analysis;

funded / f ʌ n d ɪ d /
a1
furnished with funds;

- "well-funded research";

funding / f ʌ n d ɪ ŋ /
n1
financial resources provided to make some project possible;

- "the foundation provided support for the experiment";

- syn. backing, financial backing, financial support, support;

n2
the act of financing;

- syn. financing;

fundraise / f ʌ n d ɹ eɪ z /
v1
raise money for a cause or project;

- "We are fundraising for AIDS research";

- syn. fund-raise, fund raise;

fundraiser / f ʌ n d ɹ eɪ z ə /
n1
someone who solicits financial contributions;

n2
a social function that is held for the purpose of raising money;

funds / f ʌ n d z /
n1
assets in the form of money;

- syn. cash in hand, finances, monetary resource, pecuniary resource;

Fundulus
n1
killifish;

- syn. genus Fundulus;

Fundulus heteroclitus
n1
silver-and-black killifish of saltwater marshes along the Atlantic coast of the United States;

- syn. mummichog;

Fundulus majalis
n1
black-barred fish of bays and coastal marshes of the Atlantic and Gulf Coast of the United States;

- syn. may fish, mayfish, striped killifish;

fundus
n1
(anatomy) the base of a hollow organ or that part of the organ farthest from its opening;

- "the uterine fundus";

- "the fundus of the stomach";

funeral / f j u n ə ɹ ə ɫ /
n1
a ceremony at which a dead person is buried or cremated;

- "hundreds of people attended his funeral";

- syn. obsequy;

funeral-residence
n1
a mortuary where those who knew the deceased can come to pay their last respects;

- syn. funeral chapel, funeral church, funeral home, funeral parlor, funeral parlour;

funeral chapel
n1
a mortuary where those who knew the deceased can come to pay their last respects;

- syn. funeral-residence, funeral church, funeral home, funeral parlor, funeral parlour;

funeral church
n1
a mortuary where those who knew the deceased can come to pay their last respects;

- syn. funeral-residence, funeral chapel, funeral home, funeral parlor, funeral parlour;

funeral director
n1
one whose business is the management of funerals;

- syn. funeral undertaker, mortician, undertaker;

funeral home
n1
a mortuary where those who knew the deceased can come to pay their last respects;

- syn. funeral-residence, funeral chapel, funeral church, funeral parlor, funeral parlour;

funeral march
n1
a slow march to be played for funeral processions;

- syn. dead march;

funeral parlor
n1
a mortuary where those who knew the deceased can come to pay their last respects;

- syn. funeral-residence, funeral chapel, funeral church, funeral home, funeral parlour;

funeral parlour
n1
a mortuary where those who knew the deceased can come to pay their last respects;

- syn. funeral-residence, funeral chapel, funeral church, funeral home, funeral parlor;

funeral pyre
n1
wood heaped for burning a dead body as a funeral rite;

- syn. pyre;

funeral undertaker
n1
one whose business is the management of funerals;

- syn. funeral director, mortician, undertaker;

funerary / f j u n ə ɹ ə ɹ i /
a1
of or for or relating to a funeral;

- "funerary urn";

funereal / f j u n ɪə ɹ ɪə ɫ /
a1
suited to or suggestive of a grave or burial;

- "funereal gloom";

- "hollow sepulchral tones";

- syn. sepulchral;

- sim. joyless;

funfair / f ʌ n f eə , f ʌ n f eə ɹ /
n1
a commercially operated park with stalls and shows for amusement;

- syn. amusement park, pleasure ground;

n2
a traveling show;

- having sideshows and rides and games of skill etc.;

- syn. carnival, fair;

fungal / f ʌ n ɡ æ ɫ /
a1
of or relating to fungi;

- syn. fungous;

fungal infection
n1
an inflammatory condition caused by a fungus;

- syn. mycosis;

Fungi / f ʌ ŋ ɡ aɪ /
n1
the taxonomic kingdom including yeast, molds, smuts, mushrooms, and toadstools;

- distinct from the green plants;

- syn. fungus kingdom, kingdom Fungi;

Fungi imperfecti
n1
large and heterogeneous form division of fungi comprising forms for which no sexually reproductive stage is known;

- syn. Deuteromycota, Deuteromycotina, subdivision Deuteromycota, subdivision Deuteromycotina;

Fungia
n1
a genus comprising the usual mushroom corals;

- syn. genus Fungia;

fungibility
n1
the quality of being capable of exchange or interchange;

- syn. exchangeability, interchangeability, interchangeableness;

fungible / f ʌ n dʒ ɪ b ɫ /
n1
a commodity that is freely interchangeable with another in satisfying an obligation;

a1
of goods or commodities;

- freely exchangeable for or replaceable by another of like nature or kind in the satisfaction of an obligation;

- sim. exchangeable;

fungicidal / f ʌ n dʒ ɪ s aɪ d ɫ /
a1
capable of destroying fungi;

- syn. antifungal;

fungicide / f ʌ n dʒ ɪ s aɪ d /
n1
any agent that destroys or prevents the growth of fungi;

- syn. antifungal, antifungal agent, antimycotic, antimycotic agent;

fungoid / f ʌ ŋ ɡ ɔɪ d /
a1
resembling fungi;

- syn. funguslike;

fungous / f ʌ ŋ ɡ ə s /
a1
of or relating to fungi;

- syn. fungal;

fungus / f ʌ ŋ ɡ ə s /
n1
an organism of the kingdom Fungi lacking chlorophyll and feeding on organic matter;

- ranging from unicellular or multicellular organisms to spore-bearing syncytia;

fungus family
n1
includes lichen families;

fungus genus
n1
includes lichen genera;

fungus gnat
n1
minute blackish gregarious flies destructive to mushrooms and seedlings;

- syn. sciara, sciarid;

n2
mosquito-like insect whose larvae feed on fungi or decaying vegetation;

fungus kingdom
n1
the taxonomic kingdom including yeast, molds, smuts, mushrooms, and toadstools;

- distinct from the green plants;

- syn. Fungi, kingdom Fungi;

fungus order
n1
the order of fungi;

funguslike
a1
resembling fungi;

- syn. fungoid;

funicle / f j u n ɪ k ɫ /
n1
the stalk of a plant ovule or seed;

- syn. funiculus;

funicular / f j u n ɪ k j ʊ ɫ ə , f j u n ɪ k j ʊ ɫ ə ɹ /
n1
a railway up the side of a mountain pulled by a moving cable and having counterbalancing ascending and descending cars;

- syn. cable railway, funicular railway;

a1
relating to or operated by a cable;

- "funicular railway";

funicular railway
n1
a railway up the side of a mountain pulled by a moving cable and having counterbalancing ascending and descending cars;

- syn. cable railway, funicular;

funiculitis / f j u n ɪ k j ʊ ɫ aɪ t ɪ z /
n1
inflammation of a funiculus (especially an inflammation of the spermatic cord);

funiculus / f j u n ɪ k j ʊ ɫ ə s /
n1
the stalk of a plant ovule or seed;

- syn. funicle;

n2
any of several body structure resembling a cord;

funk / f ʌ ŋ k /
n1
a state of nervous depression;

- "he was in a funk";

- syn. blue funk;

n2
United States biochemist (born in Poland) who showed that several diseases were caused by dietary deficiencies and who coined the term `vitamin' for the chemicals involved (1884-1967);

- syn. Casimir Funk;

n3
an earthy type of jazz combining it with blues and soul;

- has a heavy bass line that accentuates the first beat in the bar;

v1
draw back, as with fear or pain;

- "she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf";

- syn. cringe, flinch, quail, recoil, shrink, squinch, wince;

funk hole
n1
dugout as a place of safe retreat (when in a funk);

Funka
n1
robust east Asian clump-forming perennial herbs having racemose flowers: plantain lilies;

- sometimes placed in family Hostaceae;

- syn. Hosta, genus Funka, genus Hosta;

Funkaceae
n1
one of many families or subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted;

- includes genus Hosta;

- syn. Hostaceae, family Funkaceae, family Hostaceae;

funky / f ʌ ŋ k i /
a1
offensively malodorous;

- "a foul odor";

- "the kitchen smelled really funky";

- syn. fetid, foetid, foul, foul-smelling, ill-scented, noisome, smelly, stinking;

- sim. malodorous;

a2
(of jazz) having the soulful feeling of early blues;

- syn. low-down;

- sim. emotional;

a3
stylish and modern in an unconventional way;

- "she likes funky clothes";

- "we did it all in black and white in a very funky sixties style";

- sim. unconventional;

a4
in a state of cowardly fright;

- sim. cowardly;

funnel / f ʌ n ɫ /
n1
a conical shape with a wider and a narrower opening at the two ends;

- syn. funnel shape;

n2
a conically shaped utensil having a narrow tube at the small end;

- used to channel the flow of substances into a container with a small mouth;

n3
(nautical) smokestack consisting of a shaft for ventilation or the passage of smoke (especially the smokestack of a ship);

v1
move or pour through a funnel;

- "funnel the liquid into the small bottle";

funnel-crest rosebud orchid
n1
orchid of northeastern United States with magenta-pink flowers having funnel-shaped lip;

- sometimes placed in genus Pogonia;

- syn. Cleistes divaricata, Pogonia divaricata, spreading pogonia;

funnel-shaped
a1
shaped in the form of a funnel;

- sim. formed;

funnel shape
n1
a conical shape with a wider and a narrower opening at the two ends;

- syn. funnel;

funnel web
n1
a funnel-shaped spider web;

- the funnel-web spider perches in the center of the web;

funnies / f ʌ n ɪ z /
n1
a sequence of drawings telling a story in a newspaper or comic book;

- syn. cartoon strip, comic strip, strip;

funnily / f ʌ n ɪ ɫ i /
r1
in a strange manner;

- "a queerly inscribed sheet of paper";

- syn. oddly, queerly, strangely;

funniness / f ʌ n ɪ n ə s /
n1
a comic incident or series of incidents;

- syn. clowning, comedy, drollery;

funny / f ʌ n i /
n1
an account of an amusing incident (usually with a punch line);

- "she told a funny story";

- "she made a funny";

- syn. funny remark, funny story, good story;

a1
arousing or provoking laughter;

- "an amusing film with a steady stream of pranks and pratfalls";

- "an amusing fellow";

- "a comic hat";

- "a comical look of surprise";

- "funny stories that made everybody laugh";

- "a very funny writer";

- "it would have been laughable if it hadn't hurt so much";

- "a mirthful experience";

- "risible courtroom antics";

- syn. amusing, comic, comical, laughable, mirthful, risible;

- sim. humorous;

a2
beyond or deviating from the usual or expected;

- "a curious hybrid accent";

- "her speech has a funny twang";

- "they have some funny ideas about war";

- "had an odd name";

- "the peculiar aromatic odor of cloves";

- "something definitely queer about this town";

- "what a rum fellow";

- "singular behavior";

- syn. curious, odd, peculiar, queer, rum, rummy, singular;

- sim. strange;

a3
not as expected;

- "there was something fishy about the accident";

- "up to some funny business";

- "some definitely queer goings-on";

- "a shady deal";

- "her motives were suspect";

- "suspicious behavior";

- syn. fishy, shady, suspect, suspicious;

- sim. questionable;

a4
experiencing odd bodily sensations;

- "told the doctor about the funny sensations in her chest";

- sim. ill;

funny bone
n1
a point on the elbow where the ulnar nerve passes near the surface;

- a sharp tingling sensation results when the nerve is knocked against the bone;

- "the funny bone is not humerus";

- syn. crazy bone;

funny farm
n1
pejorative terms for an insane asylum;

- syn. Bedlam, booby hatch, crazy house, cuckoo's nest, funny house, loony bin, madhouse, nut house, nuthouse, sanatorium, snake pit;

funny house
n1
pejorative terms for an insane asylum;

- syn. Bedlam, booby hatch, crazy house, cuckoo's nest, funny farm, loony bin, madhouse, nut house, nuthouse, sanatorium, snake pit;

funny remark
n1
an account of an amusing incident (usually with a punch line);

- "she told a funny story";

- "she made a funny";

- syn. funny, funny story, good story;

funny story
n1
an account of an amusing incident (usually with a punch line);

- "she told a funny story";

- "she made a funny";

- syn. funny, funny remark, good story;

funny wagon
n1
an ambulance used to transport patients to a mental hospital;

funrun
n1
a footrace run for fun (often including runners who are sponsored for a charity);

- syn. fun run;

Fuqra
n1
an Islamic terrorist group organized in the 1980s;

- seeks to purify Islam through violence;

- the cells in North America and the Caribbean insulate themselves from Western culture and will even attack other Muslims who they regard as heretics;

- syn. Jamaat ul-Fuqra, Tanzimul Fuqra;

fur / f ɝ , f ɝ ɹ /
n1
the dressed hairy coat of a mammal;

- syn. pelt;

n2
dense coat of fine silky hairs on mammals (e.g., cat or seal or weasel);

n3
a garment made of animal pelts or synthetic fur;

fur-bearing
a1
of animals having fur (especially of commercial quality);

- sim. productive;

fur-piece
n1
a neckpiece made of fur;

fur coat
n1
a coat made of fur;

fur hat
n1
a hat made of fur;

fur seal
n1
an eared seal of the northern Pacific;

n2
eared seal of the southern hemisphere;

- the thick soft underfur is the source of sealskin;

- "the male fur seal is much larger than the female";

furan
n1
a colorless toxic flammable liquid used in the synthesis of nylon;

- syn. furane, furfuran;

furane
n1
a colorless toxic flammable liquid used in the synthesis of nylon;

- syn. furan, furfuran;

furbelow / f ɝ b ɪ ɫ oʊ /
n1
a strip of pleated material used as a decoration or a trim;

- syn. flounce, frill, ruffle;

furbish / f ɝ b ɪ ʃ /
v1
polish and make shiny;

- "buff the wooden floors";

- "buff my shoes";

- syn. buff, burnish;

furbish up
v1
restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken;

- "She repaired her TV set";

- "Repair my shoes please";

- syn. bushel, doctor, fix, mend, repair, restore, touch on;

furcate / f ɝ k eɪ t /
v1
divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork;

- "The road forks";

- syn. branch, fork, ramify, separate;

furcation / f ɝ k eɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
the place where something divides into branches;

- syn. forking;

furcula
n1
a forked bone formed by the fusion of the clavicles of most birds;

furfural
n1
a liquid aldehyde with a penetrating odor;

- made from plant hulls and corncobs;

- used in making furan and as a solvent;

- syn. furfuraldehyde;

furfuraldehyde
n1
a liquid aldehyde with a penetrating odor;

- made from plant hulls and corncobs;

- used in making furan and as a solvent;

- syn. furfural;

furfuran
n1
a colorless toxic flammable liquid used in the synthesis of nylon;

- syn. furan, furane;

furious / f j ʊə ɹ ɪə s /
a1
marked by extreme and violent energy;

- "a ferocious beating";

- "fierce fighting";

- "a furious battle";

- syn. ferocious, fierce, savage;

- sim. violent;

a2
marked by extreme anger;

- "the enraged bull attached";

- "furious about the accident";

- "a furious scowl";

- "infuriated onlookers charged the police who were beating the boy";

- "could not control the maddened crowd";

- syn. angered, enraged, infuriated, maddened;

- sim. angry;

a3
(of the elements) as if showing violent anger;

- "angry clouds on the horizon";

- "furious winds";

- "the raging sea";

- syn. angry, raging, tempestuous, wild;

- sim. stormy;

furiously / f j ʊə ɹ ɪə s ɫ i /
r1
(of the elements) in a wild and stormy manner;

- "winds were blowing furiously";

r2
in a manner marked by extreme or violent energy;

- "the boys fought furiously";

- "she went peddling furiously up the narrow street";

r3
in an impassioned or very angry manner;

- "she screamed furiously at her tormentors";

furiousness / f j ʊə ɹ ɪə s n ə s /
n1
the property of being wild or turbulent;

- "the storm's violence";

- syn. ferocity, fierceness, fury, vehemence, violence, wildness;

furl / f ɝ ɫ /
v1
form into a cylinder by rolling;

- "Roll up the cloth";

- syn. roll up;

furled / f ɝ ɫ d /
a1
rolled up and secured;

- "furled sails bound securely to the spar";

- "a furled flag";

- "his rolled umbrella hanging on his arm";

- syn. rolled;

- sim. bound;

furlike
a1
resembling fur;

- sim. hairy;

furlong / f ɝ ɫ ɒ ŋ /
n1
a unit of length equal to 220 yards;

furlough / f ɝ ɫ oʊ /
n1
a temporary leave of absence from military duty;

v1
dismiss, usually for economic reasons;

- "She was laid off together with hundreds of other workers when the company downsized";

- syn. lay off;

v2
grant a leave to;

- "The prisoner was furloughed for the weekend to visit her children";

furnace / f ɝ n ɪ s /
n1
an enclosed chamber in which heat is produced to heat buildings, destroy refuse, smelt or refine ores, etc.;

furnace lining
n1
lining consisting of material with a high melting point;

- used to line the inside walls of a furnace;

- syn. refractory;

furnace room
n1
a room (usually in the basement of a building) that contains a furnace for heating the building;

Furnariidae
n1
e.g. ovenbirds;

- syn. family Furnariidae;

Furnarius
n1
type genus of the family Furnariidae: ovenbirds;

- syn. genus Furnarius;

furnish / f ɝ n ɪ ʃ /
v1
give something useful or necessary to;

- "We provided the room with an electrical heater";

- syn. provide, render, supply;

v2
provide or equip with furniture;

- "We furnished the house in the Biedermeyer style";

furnished / f ɝ n ɪ ʃ t /
a1
provided with whatever is necessary for a purpose (as furniture or equipment or authority);

- "a furnished apartment";

- "a completely furnished toolbox";

- syn. equipped;

- sim. appointed, fitted out, stocked, volumed, well-appointed;

furnishing / f ɝ n ɪ ʃ ɪ ŋ /
n1
(usually plural) accessory wearing apparel;

- syn. trappings;

n2
(usually plural) the instrumentalities (furniture and appliances and other movable accessories including curtains and rugs) that make a home (or other area) livable;

n3
the act of providing a house or room with furniture and other removable items such as shelves, carpets, appliances, etc.;

furniture / f ɝ n ɪ tʃ ə , f ɝ n ɪ tʃ ə ɹ /
n1
furnishings that make a room or other area ready for occupancy;

- "they had too much furniture for the small apartment";

- "there was only one piece of furniture in the room";

- syn. article of furniture, piece of furniture;

furniture company
n1
a company that sells furniture;

furniture maker
n1
a woodworker who specializes in making furniture;

- syn. cabinetmaker;

Furnivall
n1
English philologist who first proposed the Oxford English Dictionary (1825-1910);

- syn. Frederick James Furnivall;

furor
n1
an interest followed with exaggerated zeal;

- "he always follows the latest fads";

- "it was all the rage that season";

- syn. craze, cult, fad, furore, rage;

n2
a sudden outburst (as of protest);

- syn. furore;

furore / f j ʊə ɹ ɔ ɹ i , f j ʊr ɔ ɹ i /
n1
an interest followed with exaggerated zeal;

- "he always follows the latest fads";

- "it was all the rage that season";

- syn. craze, cult, fad, furor, rage;

n2
a sudden outburst (as of protest);

- syn. furor;

furosemide
n1
commonly used diuretic (trade name Lasix) used to treat hypertension and edema;

- syn. Lasix;

furred / f ɝ ɹ ɛ d /
a1
covered with a dense coat of fine silky hairs;

- "furred animals";

- "a furry teddy bear";

- syn. furry;

- sim. hairy;

furrier / f ʌ ɹ ɪə , f ʌ ɹ ɪə ɹ , f ɝ ɹ ɪə , f ɝ ɹ ɪə ɹ /
n1
someone whose occupation is making or repairing fur garments;

- syn. cloakmaker;

furring / f ɝ ɹ ɪ ŋ /
n1
a furlike coating of matter as on the tongue;

n2
strip used to give a level surface for attaching wallboard;

- syn. furring strip;

furring strip
n1
strip used to give a level surface for attaching wallboard;

- syn. furring;

furrow / f ʌ ɹ oʊ /
n1
a long shallow trench in the ground (especially one made by a plow);

n2
a slight depression or fold in the smoothness of a surface;

- "his face has many lines";

- "ironing gets rid of most wrinkles";

- syn. crease, crinkle, line, seam, wrinkle;

v1
hollow out in the form of a furrow or groove;

- "furrow soil";

- syn. groove, rut;

v2
make wrinkled or creased;

- "furrow one's brow";

- syn. crease, wrinkle;

v3
cut a furrow into a columns;

- syn. chamfer, chase;

furrowed / f ʌ ɹ oʊ d /
a1
having long narrow shallow depressions (as grooves or wrinkles) in the surface;

- "furrowed fields";

- "his furrowed face lit by a warming smile";

- syn. rugged;

- sim. canaliculate, corrugated, rutted;

furry / f ɝ ɹ i /
a1
covered with a dense coat of fine silky hairs;

- "furred animals";

- "a furry teddy bear";

- syn. furred;

- sim. hairy;

furry tongue
n1
a benign side effect of some antibiotics;

- dark overgrowth of the papillae of the tongue;

- syn. black tongue, hairy tongue;

further / f ɝ ð ə , f ɝ ð ə ɹ /
v1
promote the growth of;

- "Foster our children's well-being and education";

- syn. foster;

v2
contribute to the progress or growth of;

- "I am promoting the use of computers in the classroom";

- syn. advance, boost, encourage, promote;

a1
more distant in especially degree;

- "nothing could be further from the truth";

- "further from our expectations";

- "farther from the truth";

- "farther from our expectations";

- syn. farther;

- sim. far;

r1
to or at a greater extent or degree or a more advanced stage (`further' is used more often than `farther' in this abstract sense);

- "further complicated by uncertainty about the future";

- "let's not discuss it further";

- "nothing could be further from the truth";

- "they are further along in their research than we expected";

- "the application of the law was extended farther";

- "he is going no farther in his studies";

- syn. farther;

r2
in addition or furthermore;

- "if we further suppose";

- "stated further that he would not cooperate with them";

- "they are definitely coming;

- further, they should be here already";

r3
to or at a greater distance in time or space (`farther' is used more frequently than `further' in this physical sense);

- "farther north";

- "moved farther away";

- "farther down the corridor";

- "the practice may go back still farther to the Druids";

- "went only three miles further";

- "further in the future";

- syn. farther;

furtherance / f ɝ ð ə ɹ ə n s /
n1
encouragement of the progress or growth or acceptance of something;

- syn. advancement, promotion;

n2
the advancement of some enterprise;

- "his experience in marketing resulted in the forwarding of his career";

- syn. forwarding, promotion;

furthermore / f ɝ ð ə m ɔ , f ɝ ð ə m ɔ ɹ /
r1
in addition;

- "computer chess games are getting cheaper all the time;

- furthermore, their quality is improving";

- "the cellar was dark;

- moreover, mice nested there";

- "what is more, there's no sign of a change";

- syn. moreover, what is more;

furthermost / f ɝ ð ə m oʊ s t /
a1
(comparatives of `far') most remote in space or time or order;

- "had traveled to the farthest frontier";

- "don't go beyond the farthermost (or furthermost) tree";

- "explored the furthest reaches of space";

- "the utmost tip of the peninsula";

- syn. farthermost, farthest, furthest, utmost, uttermost;

- sim. far;

furthest / f ɝ ð ɪ s t /
a1
(comparatives of `far') most remote in space or time or order;

- "had traveled to the farthest frontier";

- "don't go beyond the farthermost (or furthermost) tree";

- "explored the furthest reaches of space";

- "the utmost tip of the peninsula";

- syn. farthermost, farthest, furthermost, utmost, uttermost;

- sim. far;

r1
to the greatest degree or extent or most advanced stage (`furthest' is used more often than `farthest' in this abstract sense);

- "went the furthest of all the children in her education";

- "furthest removed from reality";

- "she goes farthest in helping us";

- syn. farthest;

r2
to the greatest distance in space or time (`farthest' is used more often than `furthest' in this physical sense);

- "see who could jump the farthest";

- "chose the farthest seat from the door";

- "he swam the furthest";

- syn. farthest;

furtive / f ɝ t ɪ v /
a1
marked by quiet and caution and secrecy;

- taking pains to avoid being observed;

- "a furtive manner";

- "a sneak attack";

- "stealthy footsteps";

- "a surreptitious glance at his watch";

- syn. sneak, sneaky, stealthy, surreptitious;

- sim. concealed;

a2
secret and sly or sordid;

- "backstairs gossip";

- "his low backstairs cunning"- A.L.Guerard;

- "backstairs intimacies";

- "furtive behavior";

- syn. backstair, backstairs;

- sim. covert;

furtively / f ɝ t ɪ v ɫ i /
r1
in a furtive manner;

- "the soldiers were furtively crawling through the night";

- syn. on the sly;

furtiveness / f ɝ t ɪ v n ə s /
n1
a disposition to be sly and stealthy and to do things surreptitiously;

- syn. sneakiness, stealthiness;

furuncle / f j ʊə ɹ ʌ ŋ k ɫ /
n1
a painful sore with a hard core filled with pus;

- syn. boil;

furunculosis / f j ʊə ɹ ʌ ŋ k j ʊ ɫ oʊ s ɪ s /
n1
acute skin disease characterized by the presence of many furuncles;

fury / f j ʊə ɹ i /
n1
a feeling of intense anger;

- "hell hath no fury like a woman scorned";

- "his face turned red with rage";

- syn. madness, rage;

n2
state of violent mental agitation;

- syn. craze, delirium, frenzy, hysteria;

n3
the property of being wild or turbulent;

- "the storm's violence";

- syn. ferocity, fierceness, furiousness, vehemence, violence, wildness;

n4
(classical mythology) the hideous snake-haired monsters (usually three in number) who pursued unpunished criminals;

- syn. Erinyes, Eumenides;

furze / f ɝ z /
n1
very spiny and dense evergreen shrub with fragrant golden-yellow flowers;

- common throughout western Europe;

- syn. Irish gorse, Ulex europaeus, gorse, whin;

fusain
n1
a stick of black carbon material used for drawing;

- syn. charcoal;

Fusanus
n1
quandong trees;

- syn. Eucarya, genus Eucarya, genus Fusanus;

Fusanus acuminatus
n1
Australian tree with edible flesh and edible nutlike seed;

- syn. Eucarya acuminata, quandang, quandong, quandong tree;

fusarium wilt
n1
wilt caused by fungi of the genus Fusarium;

fuschia
n1
a dark purplish-red color;

Fuscoboletinus
n1
a genus of fungi belonging to the family Boletaceae;

- syn. genus Fuscoboletinus;

Fuscoboletinus paluster
n1
an edible fungus with a pinkish purple cap and stalk and a pore surface that is yellow with large angular pores that become like gills in maturity;

Fuscoboletinus serotinus
n1
an edible fungus with a broadly convex brown cap and a whitish pore surface and stalk;

fuscous / f ʌ s k ə s /
a1
of something having a dusky brownish grey color;

- syn. taupe;

- sim. chromatic;

fuse / f j u z /
n1
an electrical device that can interrupt the flow of electrical current when it is overloaded;

- syn. electrical fuse, safety fuse;

n2
any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant;

- syn. fusee, fuze, fuzee, primer, priming;

v1
mix together different elements;

- "The colors blend well";

- syn. blend, coalesce, combine, commingle, conflate, flux, immix, meld, merge, mix;

v2
become plastic or fluid or liquefied from heat;

- "The substances fused at a very high temperature";

v3
equip with a fuse;

- provide with a fuse;

v4
make liquid or plastic by heating;

- "The storm fused the electric mains";

fused / f j u z d /
a1
joined together into a whole;

- "United Industries";

- "the amalgamated colleges constituted a university";

- "a consolidated school";

- syn. amalgamate, amalgamated, coalesced, consolidated;

- sim. united;

fusee / f j u z i /
n1
a spirally grooved spindle in a clock that counteracts the diminishing power of the uncoiling mainspring;

- syn. fusee drive;

n2
a colored flare used as a warning signal by trucks and trains;

- syn. fuzee;

n3
a friction match with a large head that will stay alight in the wind;

- syn. fuzee;

n4
any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant;

- syn. fuse, fuze, fuzee, primer, priming;

fusee drive
n1
a spirally grooved spindle in a clock that counteracts the diminishing power of the uncoiling mainspring;

- syn. fusee;

fusel oil
n1
a mixture of amyl alcohols and propanol and butanol formed from distillation of fermented liquors;

fuselage / f j u z ə ɫ ɑ ʒ /
n1
the central body of an airplane that is designed to accommodate the crew and passengers (or cargo);

fusible / f j u z ə b ɫ /
a1
capable of being melted and fused;

- sim. melted;

fusible metal
n1
an alloy with a low melting point and used as solder and in safety plugs and sprinkler fuses;

fusiform
a1
tapering at each end;

- syn. cigar-shaped, spindle-shaped;

- sim. pointed;

fusil / f j u z ɪ ɫ /
n1
a light flintlock musket;

fusilier / f j u z ə ɫ ɪə , f j u z ə ɫ ɪə ɹ /
n1
(formerly) a British infantryman armed with a light flintlock musket;

fusillade / f j u z ɪ ɫ eɪ d /
n1
rapid simultaneous discharge of firearms;

- "our fusillade from the left flank caught them by surprise";

- syn. burst, salvo, volley;

v1
attack with fusillade;

fusion / f j u ʒ n /
n1
an occurrence that involves the production of a union;

- syn. merger, unification;

n2
the state of being combined into one body;

- syn. coalition;

n3
the merging of adjacent sounds or syllables or words;

n4
a nuclear reaction in which nuclei combine to form more massive nuclei with the simultaneous release of energy;

- syn. nuclear fusion, nuclear fusion reaction;

n5
the combining of images from the two eyes to form a single visual percept;

- syn. optical fusion;

n6
correction of an unstable part of the spine by joining two or more vertebrae;

- usually done surgically but sometimes done by traction or immobilization;

- syn. spinal fusion;

n7
the act of fusing (or melting) together;

fusion bomb
n1
a nuclear weapon that releases atomic energy by union of light (hydrogen) nuclei at high temperatures to form helium;

- syn. H-bomb, hydrogen bomb, thermonuclear bomb;

fusion cooking
n1
cooking that combines ingredients and techniques and seasonings from different cuisines;

fusion reactor
n1
a nuclear reactor that uses controlled nuclear fusion to generate energy;

- syn. thermonuclear reactor;

fuss / f ʌ s /
n1
an excited state of agitation;

- "he was in a dither";

- "there was a terrible flap about the theft";

- syn. dither, flap, pother, tizzy;

n2
an angry disturbance;

- "he didn't want to make a fuss";

- "they had labor trouble";

- "a spot of bother";

- syn. bother, hassle, trouble;

n3
a quarrel about petty points;

- syn. bicker, bickering, pettifoggery, spat, squabble, tiff;

n4
a rapid active commotion;

- syn. ado, bustle, flurry, hustle, stir;

v1
worry unnecessarily or excessively;

- "don't fuss too much over the grandchildren--they are quite big now";

- syn. fret, niggle;

v2
care for like a mother;

- "She fusses over her husband";

- syn. mother, overprotect;

fuss-budget
n1
thinks about unfortunate things that might happen;

- syn. fusspot, worrier, worrywart;

fussily / f ʌ s ɪ ɫ i /
r1
in a fussy manner;

- "he spoke to her fussily";

fussiness / f ʌ s ɪ n ə s /
n1
an irritable petulant feeling;

- syn. choler, crossness, fretfulness, irritability, peevishness, petulance;

n2
unnecessary elaborateness in details;

fusspot / f ʌ s p ɒ t /
n1
thinks about unfortunate things that might happen;

- syn. fuss-budget, worrier, worrywart;

fussy / f ʌ s i /
a1
annoyed and irritable;

- syn. bad-tempered, crabbed, crabby, cross, grouchy, grumpy, ill-tempered;

- sim. ill-natured;

a2
overcrowded or cluttered with detail;

- "a busy painting";

- "a fussy design";

- syn. busy;

- sim. fancy;

a3
exacting especially about details;

- "a finicky eater";

- "fussy about clothes";

- "very particular about how her food was prepared";

- syn. finical, finicky, particular, picky;

- sim. fastidious;

fustian / f ʌ s t ɪə n /
n1
pompous or pretentious talk or writing;

- syn. blah, bombast, claptrap, rant;

n2
a strong cotton and linen fabric with a slight nap;

fustigate / f ʌ s t ɪ ɡ eɪ t /
v1
strike with a cudgel;

- syn. cudgel;

fusty / f ʌ s t i /
a1
stale and unclean smelling;

- syn. frowsty, musty;

- sim. malodorous;

a2
old-fashioned and out of date;

- syn. nonprogressive, standpat, unprogressive;

- sim. conservative;

futile / f j u t aɪ ɫ /
a1
producing no result or effect;

- "a futile effort";

- "the therapy was ineffectual";

- "an otiose undertaking";

- "an unavailing attempt";

- syn. ineffectual, meaningless, otiose, unavailing;

- sim. useless;

a2
unproductive of success;

- "a fruitless search";

- "futile years after her artistic peak";

- "a sleeveless errand";

- "a vain attempt";

- syn. bootless, fruitless, sleeveless, vain;

- sim. unproductive;

futilely / f j u t aɪ ɫ i /
r1
in a futile and unproductive manner;

futility / f j u t ɪ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
uselessness as a consequence of having no practical result;

futon
n1
mattress consisting of a pad of cotton batting that is used for sleeping on the floor or on a raised frame;

futtock shroud
n1
shroud that is part of a ship's rigging;

future / f j u tʃ ə , f j u tʃ ə ɹ /
n1
the time yet to come;

- syn. futurity, hereafter, time to come;

n2
a verb tense that expresses actions or states in the future;

- syn. future tense;

n3
bulk commodities bought or sold at an agreed price for delivery at a specified future date;

a1
yet to be or coming;

- "some future historian will evaluate him";

- also incoming, prospective;

- sim. approaching, early, emerging, future-day, in store, proximo;

a2
effective in or looking toward the future;

- "he was preparing for future employment opportunities";

- sim. prospective;

a3
(of elected officers) elected but not yet serving;

- "our next president";

- syn. next, succeeding;

- sim. incoming;

a4
a verb tense or other formation referring to events or states that have not yet happened;

- "future auxiliary";

future-day
a1
yet to come;

- "a future-day Gibbon of Macaulay";

- sim. future;

future date
n1
a particular day in the future that is specified as the time something will happen;

future perfect
n1
a perfective tense used to describe action that will be completed in the future;

- "`I will have finished' is an example of the future perfect";

- syn. future perfect tense;

future perfect tense
n1
a perfective tense used to describe action that will be completed in the future;

- "`I will have finished' is an example of the future perfect";

- syn. future perfect;

future progressive
n1
a progressive tense used to express action that will be on-going in the future;

- "`I will be running' is an example of the future progressive";

- syn. future progressive tense;

future progressive tense
n1
a progressive tense used to express action that will be on-going in the future;

- "`I will be running' is an example of the future progressive";

- syn. future progressive;

future tense
n1
a verb tense that expresses actions or states in the future;

- syn. future;

futureless / f j u tʃ ə ɫ ə s /
a1
having no prospect or hope of a future;

- sim. hopeless;

futures contract
n1
an agreement to buy or sell a specific amount of a commodity or financial instrument at a particular price on a stipulated future date;

- the contract can be sold before the settlement date;

futures exchange
n1
a commodity exchange where futures contracts are traded;

- syn. forward market, futures market;

futures market
n1
a commodity exchange where futures contracts are traded;

- syn. forward market, futures exchange;

futurism / f j u tʃ ə ɹ ɪ z ə m /
n1
an artistic movement in Italy around 1910 that tried to express the energy and values of the machine age;

n2
the position that the meaning of life should be sought in the future;

futurist / f j u tʃ ə ɹ ɪ s t /
n1
a theologian who believes that the Scripture prophecies of the Apocalypse (the Book of Revelation) will be fulfilled in the future;

n2
someone who predicts the future;

- syn. fantast;

a1
of or relating to futurism;

- "futurist art";

- syn. futuristic;

futuristic / f j u tʃ ə ɹ ɪ s t ɪ k /
a1
of or relating to futurism;

- "futurist art";

- syn. futurist;

futuristics / f j u tʃ ə ɹ ɪ s t ɪ k s /
n1
the study or prediction of future developments on the basis of existing conditions;

- syn. futurology;

futurity / f j u t j ʊə ɹ ɪ t i /
n1
the time yet to come;

- syn. future, hereafter, time to come;

n2
the quality of being in or of the future;

futurology
n1
the study or prediction of future developments on the basis of existing conditions;

- syn. futuristics;

fuze / f j u z /
n1
any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant;

- syn. fuse, fusee, fuzee, primer, priming;

fuzee
n1
a colored flare used as a warning signal by trucks and trains;

- syn. fusee;

n2
a friction match with a large head that will stay alight in the wind;

- syn. fusee;

n3
any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant;

- syn. fuse, fusee, fuze, primer, priming;

fuzz / f ʌ z /
n1
filamentous hairlike growth on a plant;

- "peach fuzz";

- syn. hair, tomentum;

n2
uncomplimentary terms for a policeman;

- syn. bull, cop, copper, pig;

n3
a hazy or indistinct representation;

- "it happened so fast it was just a blur";

- "he tried to clear his head of the whisky fuzz";

- syn. blur;

n4
the first beard of an adolescent boy;

fuzzed / f ʌ z d /
a1
covering with fine light hairs;

- "his head fuzzed like a dandelion gone to seed";

- syn. fuzzy;

- sim. hairy;

fuzziness
n1
the quality of being indistinct and without sharp outlines;

- syn. blurriness, fogginess, indistinctness, softness;

fuzzy / f ʌ z i /
a1
covering with fine light hairs;

- "his head fuzzed like a dandelion gone to seed";

- syn. fuzzed;

- sim. hairy;

a2
indistinct or hazy in outline;

- "a landscape of blurred outlines";

- "the trees were just blurry shapes";

- syn. bleary, blurred, blurry, foggy, hazy, muzzy;

- sim. indistinct;

a3
confused and not coherent;

- not clearly thought out;

- "a vague and fuzzy idea of the world of finance";

- sim. incoherent;

fuzzy logic
n1
a form of mathematical logic in which truth can assume a continuum of values between 0 and 1;

FWS
n1
an agency in the Department of the Interior that conserves and protects fish and wildlife and their habitats;

- assesses the environmental impact of pesticides and nuclear power site and hydroelectric dams and thermal pollution;

- syn. US Fish and Wildlife Service, United States Fish and Wildlife Service;

Fyodor Dostoevski
n1
Russian novelist who wrote of human suffering with humor and psychological insight (1821-1881);

- syn. Dostoevski, Dostoevsky, Dostoyevsky, Feodor Dostoevski, Feodor Dostoevsky, Feodor Dostoyevsky, Feodor Mikhailovich Dostoevski, Feodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky, Feodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevski, Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky, Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky;

Fyodor Dostoevsky
n1
Russian novelist who wrote of human suffering with humor and psychological insight (1821-1881);

- syn. Dostoevski, Dostoevsky, Dostoyevsky, Feodor Dostoevski, Feodor Dostoevsky, Feodor Dostoyevsky, Feodor Mikhailovich Dostoevski, Feodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky, Feodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky, Fyodor Dostoevski, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevski, Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky, Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky;

Fyodor Dostoyevsky
n1
Russian novelist who wrote of human suffering with humor and psychological insight (1821-1881);

- syn. Dostoevski, Dostoevsky, Dostoyevsky, Feodor Dostoevski, Feodor Dostoevsky, Feodor Dostoyevsky, Feodor Mikhailovich Dostoevski, Feodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky, Feodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky, Fyodor Dostoevski, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevski, Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky, Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky;

Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevski
n1
Russian novelist who wrote of human suffering with humor and psychological insight (1821-1881);

- syn. Dostoevski, Dostoevsky, Dostoyevsky, Feodor Dostoevski, Feodor Dostoevsky, Feodor Dostoyevsky, Feodor Mikhailovich Dostoevski, Feodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky, Feodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky, Fyodor Dostoevski, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky, Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky;

Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky
n1
Russian novelist who wrote of human suffering with humor and psychological insight (1821-1881);

- syn. Dostoevski, Dostoevsky, Dostoyevsky, Feodor Dostoevski, Feodor Dostoevsky, Feodor Dostoyevsky, Feodor Mikhailovich Dostoevski, Feodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky, Feodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky, Fyodor Dostoevski, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevski, Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky;

Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky
n1
Russian novelist who wrote of human suffering with humor and psychological insight (1821-1881);

- syn. Dostoevski, Dostoevsky, Dostoyevsky, Feodor Dostoevski, Feodor Dostoevsky, Feodor Dostoyevsky, Feodor Mikhailovich Dostoevski, Feodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky, Feodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky, Fyodor Dostoevski, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevski, Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky;

g / dʒ i /
n1
a metric unit of weight equal to one thousandth of a kilogram;

- syn. gm, gram, gramme;

n2
a purine base found in DNA and RNA;

- pairs with cytosine;

- syn. guanine;

n3
one of the four nucleotides used in building DNA;

- all four nucleotides have a common phosphate group and a sugar (ribose);

- syn. deoxyguanosine monophosphate;

n4
the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100;

- syn. 1000, K, M, chiliad, grand, one thousand, thou, thousand, yard;

n5
a unit of force equal to the force exerted by gravity;

- used to indicate the force to which a body is subjected when it is accelerated;

- syn. g-force, gee;

n6
a unit of information equal to 1000 megabytes or 10^9 (1,000,000,000) bytes;

- syn. GB, gigabyte;

n7
a unit of information equal to 1024 mebibytes or 2^30 (1,073,741,824) bytes;

- syn. GB, GiB, gibibyte, gigabyte;

n8
(physics) the universal constant relating force to mass and distance in Newton's law of gravitation;

- syn. constant of gravitation, gravitational constant, universal gravitational constant;

n9
the 7th letter of the Roman alphabet;

g-force
n1
a unit of force equal to the force exerted by gravity;

- used to indicate the force to which a body is subjected when it is accelerated;

- syn. g, gee;

G-Jo
n1
treatment of symptoms by applying pressure with the fingers to specific pressure points on the body;

- syn. acupressure, shiatsu;

G-man / dʒ i m æ n /
n1
a special law-enforcement agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation;

- syn. FBI agent, government man;

G-string
n1
minimal clothing worn by stripteasers;

- a narrow strip of fabric that covers the pubic area, passes between the thighs, and is supported by a waistband;

- syn. thong;

G. B. Shaw
n1
British playwright (born in Ireland);

- founder of the Fabian Society (1856-1950);

- syn. George Bernard Shaw, Shaw;

G. E. Moore
n1
English philosopher (1873-1958);

- syn. George Edward Moore, Moore;

G. K. Chesterton
n1
conservative English writer of the Roman Catholic persuasion;

- in addition to volumes of criticism and polemics he wrote detective novels featuring Father Brown (1874-1936);

- syn. Chesterton, Gilbert Keith Chesterton;

G. L. von Blucher
n1
Prussian general who is remembered for his leadership in the wars against Napoleon (1742-1819);

- syn. Blucher, Gebhard Leberecht von Blucher, von Blucher;

G. R. Kirchhoff
n1
German physicist who with Bunsen pioneered spectrum analysis and formulated two laws governing electric networks (1824-1887);

- syn. Gustav Robert Kirchhoff, Kirchhoff;

G. Stanley Hall
n1
United States child psychologist whose theories of child psychology strongly influenced educational psychology (1844-1924);

- syn. Granville Stanley Hall, Hall;

G.I.
v1
clean in preparation for inspection;

- "the soldiers GIed the barracks";

- syn. GI;

G clef
n1
a clef that puts the G above middle C on the second line of a staff;

- syn. treble clef, treble staff;

G suit
n1
pressure suit worn by fliers and astronauts to counteract the forces of gravity and acceleration;

- syn. anti-G suit;

GA
n1
the first known nerve agent, synthesized by German chemists in 1936;

- a highly toxic combustible liquid that is soluble in organic solvents and is used as a nerve gas in chemical warfare;

- syn. tabun;

n2
a rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element;

- brittle at low temperatures but liquid above room temperature;

- occurs in trace amounts in bauxite and zinc ores;

- syn. atomic number 31, gallium;

n3
a state in southeastern United States;

- one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War;

- syn. Empire State of the South, Ga., Georgia, Peach State;

Ga.
n1
a state in southeastern United States;

- one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War;

- syn. Empire State of the South, GA, Georgia, Peach State;

GAAP
n1
a collection of rules and procedures and conventions that define accepted accounting practice;

- includes broad guidelines as well as detailed procedures;

- syn. generally accepted accounting principles;

gab / ɡ æ b /
n1
light informal conversation for social occasions;

- syn. causerie, chin-wag, chin-wagging, chin wag, chin wagging, chit-chat, chit chat, chitchat, gabfest, gossip, small talk, tittle-tattle;

v1
talk profusely;

- "she was yakking away about her grandchildren";

- syn. yak;

GABA
n1
an amino acid that is found in the central nervous system;

- acts as an inhibitory neurotransmitter;

- syn. gamma aminobutyric acid;

gabapentin
n1
an anticonvulsant (trade name Neurontin) used to control some types of seizures in the treatment of epilepsy;

- also used to manage neuralgia caused by shingles;

- syn. Neurontin;

gabardine / ɡ æ b ə d i n /
n1
a firm durable fabric with a twill weave;

n2
(usually in the plural) trousers made of flannel or gabardine or tweed or white cloth;

- syn. flannel, tweed, white;

n3
a loose coverall (coat or frock) reaching down to the ankles;

- syn. dust coat, duster, gaberdine, smock;

gabble / ɡ æ b ɫ /
n1
rapid and indistinct speech;

- syn. jabber, jabbering;

v1
speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly;

- syn. blab, blabber, chatter, clack, gibber, maunder, palaver, piffle, prate, prattle, tattle, tittle-tattle, twaddle;

gabbro
n1
one of a family of granular intrusive rocks;

gabby
a1
full of trivial conversation;

- "kept from her housework by gabby neighbors";

- syn. chatty, garrulous, loquacious, talkative, talky;

- sim. voluble;

gaberdine / ɡ æ b ə d i n /
n1
a loose coverall (coat or frock) reaching down to the ankles;

- syn. dust coat, duster, gabardine, smock;

gabfest
n1
light informal conversation for social occasions;

- syn. causerie, chin-wag, chin-wagging, chin wag, chin wagging, chit-chat, chit chat, chitchat, gab, gossip, small talk, tittle-tattle;

gable / ɡ eɪ b ɫ /
n1
the vertical triangular wall between the sloping ends of gable roof;

- syn. gable end, gable wall;

n2
United States film actor (1901-1960);

- syn. Clark Gable, William Clark Gable;

gable end
n1
the vertical triangular wall between the sloping ends of gable roof;

- syn. gable, gable wall;

gable roof
n1
a double sloping roof with a ridge and gables at each end;

- syn. saddle roof, saddleback, saddleback roof;

gable wall
n1
the vertical triangular wall between the sloping ends of gable roof;

- syn. gable, gable end;

gabled / ɡ eɪ b ɫ d /
a1
(of a roof) constructed with a single slope on each side of the ridge supported at the end by a gable or vertical triangular portion of an end wall;

- "a gabled roof";

Gabon / ɡ æ b ɒ n /
n1
a republic on the west coast of Africa;

- syn. Gabonese Republic, Gabun;

Gabon franc
n1
the basic unit of money in Gabon;

Gabonese / ɡ æ b ə n i z /
n1
a native or inhabitant of Gabon;

a1
of or relating to Gabon or its inhabitants;

- "Gabonese hills";

- "Gabonese writers";

Gabonese Republic
n1
a republic on the west coast of Africa;

- syn. Gabon, Gabun;

gaboon viper
n1
large heavy-bodied brilliantly marked and extremely venomous west African viper;

- syn. Bitis gabonica;

Gabor
n1
British physicist (born in Hungary) noted for his work on holography (1900-1979);

- syn. Dennis Gabor;

Gaboriau
n1
French writer considered by some to be a founder of the detective novel (1832-1873);

- syn. Emile Gaboriau;

Gaborone
n1
capital and largest city of Botswana in the extreme southeast;

- syn. capital of Botswana;

Gabriel
n1
(Bible) the archangel who was the messenger of God;

Gabriel Daniel Fahrenheit
n1
German physicist who invented the mercury thermometer and developed the scale of temperature that bears his name (1686-1736);

- syn. Fahrenheit;

Gabriel Lippmann
n1
French physicist who developed the first color photographic process (1845-1921);

- syn. Lippmann;

Gabriel Tellez
n1
Spanish dramatist who wrote the first dramatic treatment of the legend of Don Juan (1571-1648);

- syn. Tirso de Molina;

Gabriele Fallopius
n1
Italian anatomist who first described the Fallopian tubes (1523-1562);

- syn. Fallopio, Fallopius, Gabriello Fallopio;

Gabriello Fallopio
n1
Italian anatomist who first described the Fallopian tubes (1523-1562);

- syn. Fallopio, Fallopius, Gabriele Fallopius;

Gabun
n1
a republic on the west coast of Africa;

- syn. Gabon, Gabonese Republic;

GAD / ɡ æ d /
n1
an anxiety disorder characterized by chronic free-floating anxiety and such symptoms as tension or sweating or trembling or lightheadedness or irritability etc that has lasted for more than six months;

- syn. anxiety reaction, generalized anxiety disorder;

n2
a sharp prod fixed to a rider's heel and used to urge a horse onward;

- "cowboys know not to squat with their spurs on";

- syn. spur;

v1
wander aimlessly in search of pleasure;

- syn. gallivant, jazz around;

Gadaba
n1
a member of an agricultural people in southeastern India;

n2
the Dravidian language spoken by the Gadaba;

gadabout / ɡ æ d ə b aʊ t /
n1
a restless seeker after amusement or social companionship;

Gaddafi
n1
Libyan leader who seized power in a military coup d'etat in 1969;

- deposed the Libyan monarchy and imposed socialism and Islamic orthodoxy on the country (born in 1942);

- syn. Khadafy, Muammar al-Qaddafi, Muammar el-Qaddafi, Qaddafi, Qadhafi;

gaddi
n1
a cushion on a throne for a prince in India;

gadfly / ɡ æ d f ɫ aɪ /
n1
a persistently annoying person;

- syn. blighter, cuss, pest, pesterer;

n2
any of various large flies that annoy livestock;

gadget / ɡ æ dʒ ɪ t /
n1
a device or control that is very useful for a particular job;

- syn. appliance, contraption, contrivance, convenience, gismo, gizmo, widget;

gadgeteer / ɡ æ dʒ ɪ t ɪə /
n1
a person who delights in designing or building or using gadgets;

gadgetry / ɡ æ dʒ ɪ t ɹ i /
n1
appliances collectively;

- "laborsaving gadgetry";

Gadidae
n1
large family of important mostly marine food fishes;

- syn. family Gadidae;

Gadiformes
n1
cods, haddocks, grenadiers;

- in some classifications considered equivalent to the order Anacanthini;

- syn. order Gadiformes;

gadoid
n1
a soft-finned fish of the family Gadidae;

- syn. gadoid fish;

gadoid fish
n1
a soft-finned fish of the family Gadidae;

- syn. gadoid;

gadolinite
n1
a mineral that is a source of rare earths;

- consists of silicates of iron and beryllium and cerium and yttrium and erbium;

- syn. ytterbite;

gadolinium
n1
a ductile silvery-white ductile ferromagnetic trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group;

- syn. Gd, atomic number 64;

Gadsden / ɡ æ d z d ɛ n /
n1
an industrial town in north central Alabama;

Gadus
n1
type genus of the Gadidae: the typical codfishes;

- syn. genus Gadus;

Gadus macrocephalus
n1
closely related to Atlantic cod;

- syn. Alaska cod, Pacific cod;

Gadus merlangus
n1
a food fish of the Atlantic waters of Europe resembling the cod;

- sometimes placed in genus Gadus;

- syn. Merlangus merlangus, whiting;

Gadus morhua
n1
one of the world's most important commercial fishes;

- syn. Atlantic cod;

Gaea
n1
(Greek mythology) goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology;

- syn. Gaia, Ge;

Gael / ɡ eɪ ɫ /
n1
a Gaelic-speaking Celt in Ireland or Scotland or the Isle of Man;

Gaelic / ɡ eɪ ɫ ɪ k /
n1
any of several related languages of the Celts in Ireland and Scotland;

- syn. Erse, Goidelic;

a1
relating to or characteristic of the Celts;

- syn. Celtic;

Gaelic-speaking
a1
able to communicate in Gaelic;

- sim. communicative;

Gaetan Vestris
n1
Italian dancing-master for Louis XVI who was considered the greatest dancer of his day;

- he was the first to discard the mask in mime (1729-1808);

- syn. Vestris;

Gaetano Donizetti
n1
Italian composer of operas (1797-1848);

- syn. Donizetti;

gaff / ɡ æ f /
n1
a sharp metal spike or spur that is fastened to the leg of a gamecock;

n2
a spar rising aft from a mast to support the head of a quadrilateral fore-and-aft sail;

n3
an iron hook with a handle;

- used for landing large fish;

gaff-headed sail
n1
a quadrilateral fore-and-aft sail suspended from a gaff;

- syn. gaffsail;

gaff topsail
n1
a triangular fore-and-aft sail with its foot along the gaff and its luff on the topmast;

- syn. fore-and-aft topsail;

gaffe / ɡ æ f /
n1
a socially awkward or tactless act;

- syn. faux pas, gaucherie, slip, solecism;

gaffer / ɡ æ f ə , ɡ æ f ə ɹ /
n1
an elderly man;

- syn. antique, old-timer, old geezer, oldtimer;

n2
an electrician responsible for lighting on a movie or tv set;

n3
a person who exercises control over workers;

- "if you want to leave early you have to ask the foreman";

- syn. boss, chief, foreman, honcho;

gaffsail
n1
a quadrilateral fore-and-aft sail suspended from a gaff;

- syn. gaff-headed sail;

Gafsa
n1
a city in west central Tunisia;

gag / ɡ æ ɡ /
n1
a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter;

- "he told a very funny joke";

- "he knows a million gags";

- "thanks for the laugh";

- "he laughed unpleasantly at his own jest";

- "even a schoolboy's jape is supposed to have some ascertainable point";

- syn. jape, jest, joke, laugh;

n2
restraint put into a person's mouth to prevent speaking or shouting;

- syn. muzzle;

v1
prevent from speaking out;

- "The press was gagged";

- syn. muzzle;

v2
be too tight;

- rub or press;

- "This neckband is choking the cat";

- syn. choke, fret;

v3
tie a gag around someone's mouth in order to silence them;

- "The burglars gagged the home owner and tied him to a chair";

- syn. muzzle;

v4
make jokes or quips;

- "The students were gagging during dinner";

- syn. quip;

v5
struggle for breath;

- have insufficient oxygen intake;

- "he swallowed a fishbone and gagged";

- syn. choke, strangle, suffocate;

v6
cause to retch or choke;

- syn. choke;

v7
make an unsuccessful effort to vomit;

- strain to vomit;

- syn. heave, retch;

gag law
n1
a rule for limiting or ending debate in a deliberative body;

- syn. closure, cloture, gag rule;

n2
any law that limits freedom of the press;

gag line
n1
the point of a joke or humorous story;

- syn. laugh line, punch line, tag line;

gag order
n1
a court order restricting information or comment by the participants involved in a lawsuit;

- "imposing a gag order on members of the press violates the First Amendment";

gag reflex
n1
normal reflex consisting of retching;

- may be produced by touching the soft palate in the back of the mouth;

- syn. pharyngeal reflex;

gag rule
n1
a rule for limiting or ending debate in a deliberative body;

- syn. closure, cloture, gag law;

gaga / ɡ ɑ ɡ ɑ , ɡ æ ɡ ɑ /
a1
mentally or physically infirm with age;

- "his mother was doddering and frail";

- syn. doddering, doddery, senile;

- sim. old;

a2
intensely enthusiastic about or preoccupied with;

- "crazy about cars and racing";

- "they are dotty about each other";

- "gaga over the rock group's new album";

- syn. crazy, dotty, wild;

- sim. enthusiastic;

Gagarin
n1
Soviet cosmonaut who in 1961 was the first person to travel in space (1934-1968);

- syn. Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin, Yuri Gagarin;

gage / ɡ eɪ dʒ /
n1
street names for marijuana;

- syn. Mary Jane, dope, grass, green goddess, locoweed, pot, sens, sess, skunk, smoke, weed;

n2
a measuring instrument for measuring and indicating a quantity such as the thickness of wire or the amount of rain etc.;

- syn. gauge;

v1
place a bet on;

- "Which horse are you backing?";

- "I'm betting on the new horse";

- syn. back, bet on, game, punt, stake;

gaggle / ɡ æ ɡ ɫ /
n1
a flock of geese;

v1
make a noise characteristic of a goose;

- "Cackling geese";

gagman / ɡ æ ɡ m æ n /
n1
a comedian who uses gags;

- syn. standup comedian;

n2
someone who writes comic material for public performers;

- syn. gagster, gagwriter;

gagster / ɡ æ ɡ z t ɝ /
n1
someone who writes comic material for public performers;

- syn. gagman, gagwriter;

gagwriter
n1
someone who writes comic material for public performers;

- syn. gagman, gagster;

gai choi
n1
Asiatic mustard used as a potherb;

- syn. Brassica juncea, chinese mustard, indian mustard, leaf mustard;

Gaia
n1
(Greek mythology) goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology;

- syn. Gaea, Ge;

gaiety / ɡ eɪ ə t i /
n1
a gay feeling;

- syn. merriment;

n2
a festive merry feeling;

- syn. playfulness;

gaillardia
n1
any plant of western America of the genus Gaillardia having hairy leaves and long-stalked flowers in hot vibrant colors from golden yellow and copper to rich burgundy;

Gaillardia pulchella
n1
annual of central United States having showy long-stalked yellow flower heads marked with scarlet or purple in the center;

- syn. Indian blanket, blanket flower, fire-wheel, fire wheel;

gaily / ɡ eɪ ɫ i /
r1
in a gay manner;

- "the scandals were gaily diverting";

gain / ɡ eɪ n /
n1
a quantity that is added;

- "there was an addition to property taxes this year";

- "they recorded the cattle's gain in weight over a period of weeks";

- syn. addition, increase;

n2
the advantageous quality of being beneficial;

- syn. profit;

n3
the amount of increase in signal power or voltage or current expressed as the ratio of output to input;

- syn. amplification;

n4
the amount by which the revenue of a business exceeds its cost of operating;

v1
obtain;

- "derive pleasure from one's garden";

- syn. derive;

v2
win something through one's efforts;

- "I acquired a passing knowledge of Chinese";

- "Gain an understanding of international finance";

- "win someone's confidence and friendship";

- syn. acquire, win;

v3
derive a benefit from;

- "She profited from his vast experience";

- syn. benefit, profit;

v4
reach a destination, either real or abstract;

- "We hit Detroit by noon";

- "The water reached the doorstep";

- "We barely made it to the finish line";

- "I have to hit the MAC machine before the weekend starts";

- syn. arrive at, attain, hit, make, reach;

v5
obtain advantages, such as points, etc.;

- "The home team was gaining ground";

- "After defeating the Knicks, the Blazers pulled ahead of the Lakers in the battle for the number-one playoff berth in the Western Conference";

- "win points";

- syn. advance, gain ground, get ahead, make headway, pull ahead, win;

v6
rise in rate or price;

- "The stock market gained 24 points today";

- syn. advance;

v7
increase or develop;

- "the peace movement gained momentum";

- "the car gathers speed";

- syn. gather;

v8
earn on some commercial or business transaction;

- earn as salary or wages;

- "How much do you make a month in your new job?";

- "She earns a lot in her new job";

- "this merger brought in lots of money";

- "He clears $5,000 each month";

- syn. bring in, clear, earn, make, pull in, realise, realize, take in;

v9
increase (one's body weight);

- "She gained 20 pounds when she stopped exercising";

- syn. put on;

gain ground
v1
obtain advantages, such as points, etc.;

- "The home team was gaining ground";

- "After defeating the Knicks, the Blazers pulled ahead of the Lakers in the battle for the number-one playoff berth in the Western Conference";

- "win points";

- syn. advance, gain, get ahead, make headway, pull ahead, win;

gain vigor
v1
gain or regain energy;

- "I picked up after a nap";

- syn. percolate, perk, perk up, pick up;

gainer / ɡ eɪ n ə /
n1
a person who gains weight;

- syn. weight gainer;

n2
a person who gains (gains an advantage or gains profits);

- "she was clearly the gainer in that exchange";

n3
a dive in which the diver throws the feet forward to complete a full backward somersault and enters the water feet first and facing away from the diving board;

- syn. full gainer;

Gainesville / ɡ eɪ n z v ɪ ɫ /
n1
a university town in north central Florida;

gainful / ɡ eɪ n f ə ɫ /
a1
yielding a fair profit;

- syn. paid, paying;

- sim. profitable;

gainfully / ɡ eɪ n f ə ɫ i /
r1
in a gainful way;

- "are you gainfully employed now?";

gainfulness / ɡ eɪ n f ə ɫ n ə s /
n1
the quality of affording gain or benefit or profit;

- syn. lucrativeness, profitability, profitableness;

gaining control
n1
the act of forcibly dispossessing an owner of property;

- syn. capture, seizure;

gainlessly
r1
without gain or profit;

- syn. profitlessly, unprofitably;

gainly / ɡ eɪ n ɫ i /
a1
graceful and pleasing;

- "gainly conduct";

- "a gainly youth with dark hair and eyes";

- sim. graceful;

gainsay / ɡ eɪ n s eɪ /
v1
take exception to;

- "She challenged his claims";

- syn. challenge, dispute;

Gainsborough / ɡ eɪ n z b ɹ ə /
n1
English portrait and landscape painter (1727-1788);

- syn. Thomas Gainsborough;

Gaiseric
n1
king of the Vandals who seized Roman lands and invaded North Africa and sacked Rome (428-477);

- syn. Genseric;

gait / ɡ eɪ t /
n1
the rate of moving (especially walking or running);

- syn. pace;

n2
a horse's manner of moving;

n3
a person's manner of walking;

gaiter / ɡ eɪ t ə , ɡ eɪ t ə ɹ /
n1
a cloth covering (a legging) that covers the instep and ankles;

- syn. spat;

n2
a shoe covering the ankle with elastic gores in the sides;

n3
legging consisting of a cloth or leather covering for the leg from the knee to the ankle;

Gaius
n1
Roman Emperor who succeeded Tiberius and whose uncontrolled passions resulted in manifest insanity;

- noted for his cruelty and tyranny;

- was assassinated (12-41);

- syn. Caligula, Gaius Caesar;

Gaius Aurelius Valerius Diocletian
n1
Roman Emperor who when faced with military problems decided in 286 to divide the Roman Empire between himself in the east and Maximian in the west;

- he initiated the last persecution of the Christians in 303 (245-313);

- syn. Diocletian;

Gaius Caesar
n1
Roman Emperor who succeeded Tiberius and whose uncontrolled passions resulted in manifest insanity;

- noted for his cruelty and tyranny;

- was assassinated (12-41);

- syn. Caligula, Gaius;

Gaius Cassius Longinus
n1
prime mover in the conspiracy against Julius Caesar (died in 42 BC);

- syn. Cassius, Cassius Longinus;

Gaius Cornelius Tacitus
n1
Roman historian who wrote major works on the history of the Roman Empire (56-120);

- syn. Publius Cornelius Tacitus, Tacitus;

Gaius Flaminius
n1
Roman statesman and general who built the Flaminian Way;

- died when he was defeated by Hannibal (died 217 BC);

- syn. Flaminius;

Gaius Julius Caesar
n1
conqueror of Gaul and master of Italy (100-44 BC);

- syn. Caesar, Julius Caesar;

Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus
n1
Roman statesman who established the Roman Empire and became emperor in 27 BC;

- defeated Mark Antony and Cleopatra in 31 BC at Actium (63 BC - AD 14);

- syn. Augustus, Gaius Octavianus, Octavian;

Gaius Octavianus
n1
Roman statesman who established the Roman Empire and became emperor in 27 BC;

- defeated Mark Antony and Cleopatra in 31 BC at Actium (63 BC - AD 14);

- syn. Augustus, Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus, Octavian;

Gaius Petronius
n1
Roman satirist (died in 66);

- syn. Petronius, Petronius Arbiter;

Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus
n1
Roman writer and nephew of Pliny the Elder;

- author of books of letters that commented on affairs of the day (62-113);

- syn. Pliny, Pliny the Younger;

Gaius Plinius Secundus
n1
Roman author of an encyclopedic natural history;

- died while observing the eruption of Vesuvius (23-79);

- syn. Pliny, Pliny the Elder;

Gaius Valerius Catullus
n1
Roman lyric poet remembered for his love poems to an aristocratic Roman woman (84-54 BC);

- syn. Catullus;

gal / ɡ æ ɫ /
n1
United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters;

- syn. gallon;

n2
a unit of gravitational acceleration equal to one centimeter per second per second (named after Galileo);

n3
alliterative term for girl (or woman);

gala / ɡ ɑ ɫ ə /
n1
a gay festivity;

- syn. blowout, gala affair, jamboree;

gala affair
n1
a gay festivity;

- syn. blowout, gala, jamboree;

galactagogue
n1
agent that induces milk secretion;

galactic / ɡ ə ɫ æ k t ɪ k /
a1
of or relating to a galaxy (especially our galaxy the Milky Way);

- "the galactic plane";

a2
inconceivably large;

- syn. astronomic, astronomical;

- sim. large;

galactocele
n1
a cystic tumor containing milk or a milky substance (especially in the mammary glands);

galactose / ɡ æ ɫ æ k t oʊ s /
n1
a simple sugar found in lactose;

- syn. brain sugar;

galactosemia
n1
a genetic disease (autosomal recessive) in which an enzyme needed to metabolize galactose is deficient or absent;

- typically develops shortly after birth;

galactosis / ɡ æ ɫ æ k t oʊ s ɪ s /
n1
the secretion of milk;

galago / ɡ æ ɫ ə ɡ oʊ /
n1
agile long-tailed nocturnal African lemur with dense woolly fur and large eyes and ears;

- syn. bush baby, bushbaby;

Galahad / ɡ ɑ ɫ ə h æ d /
n1
(Arthurian legend) the most virtuous knight of the Round Table;

- was able to see the Holy Grail;

- syn. Sir Galahad;

Galan / ɡ æ ɫ ə n /
n1
a mountain peak in the Andes in Argentina (21,654 feet high);

galangal
n1
southeastern Asian perennial with aromatic roots;

- syn. Alpinia galanga;

n2
European sedge having rough-edged leaves and spikelets of reddish flowers and aromatic roots;

- syn. Cyperus longus, galingale;

galantine / ɡ æ ɫ ə n t i n /
n1
boned poultry stuffed then cooked and covered with aspic;

- served cold;

galanty show
n1
a drama executed by throwing shadows on a wall;

- syn. shadow play, shadow show;

Galapagos
n1
a group of islands in the Pacific off South America;

- owned by Ecuador;

- known for unusual animal life;

- syn. Galapagos Islands;

Galapagos Islands
n1
a group of islands in the Pacific off South America;

- owned by Ecuador;

- known for unusual animal life;

- syn. Galapagos;

Galatea / ɡ ɑ ɫ ə t i /
n1
(Greek mythology) a maiden who was first a sculpture created by Pygmalion and was brought to life by Aphrodite in answer to Pygmalion's prayers;

Galatia / ɡ ə ɫ eɪ ʃ j ə /
n1
an ancient country in central Asia Minor;

Galatian / ɡ ə ɫ eɪ ʃ j ə n /
n1
a native or inhabitant of Galatia in Asia Minor (especially a member of a people believed to have been Gauls who conquered Galatia in the 3rd century BC);

Galatians / ɡ ə ɫ eɪ ʃ j ə n z /
n1
a New Testament book containing the epistle from Saint Paul to the Galatians;

- syn. Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Galatians, Epistle to the Galatians;

galax
n1
tufted evergreen perennial herb having spikes of tiny white flowers and glossy green round to heart-shaped leaves that become coppery to maroon or purplish in fall;

- syn. Galax urceolata, beetleweed, coltsfoot, galaxy, wandflower;

Galax urceolata
n1
tufted evergreen perennial herb having spikes of tiny white flowers and glossy green round to heart-shaped leaves that become coppery to maroon or purplish in fall;

- syn. beetleweed, coltsfoot, galax, galaxy, wandflower;

galaxy / ɡ æ ɫ ə k s i /
n1
a splendid assemblage (especially of famous people);

n2
tufted evergreen perennial herb having spikes of tiny white flowers and glossy green round to heart-shaped leaves that become coppery to maroon or purplish in fall;

- syn. Galax urceolata, beetleweed, coltsfoot, galax, wandflower;

n3
(astronomy) a collection of star systems;

- any of the billions of systems each having many stars and nebulae and dust;

- "`extragalactic nebula' is a former name for `galaxy'";

- syn. extragalactic nebula;

galbanum / ɡ æ ɫ b ə n ə m /
n1
a bitter aromatic gum resin that resembles asafetida;

- syn. gum albanum;

Galbraith
n1
United States economist (born in Canada) who served as ambassador to India (born in 1908);

- syn. John Galbraith, John Kenneth Galbraith;

Galbulidae
n1
jacamars;

- syn. family Galbulidae;

galbulus
n1
the seed-producing cone of a cypress tree;

gale / ɡ eɪ ɫ /
n1
a strong wind moving 45-90 knots;

- force 7 to 10 on Beaufort scale;

galea
n1
an organ shaped like a helmet;

- usually a vaulted and enlarged petal as in Aconitum;

Galega
n1
small genus of Eurasian herbs: goat's rue;

- syn. genus Galega;

Galega officinalis
n1
tall bushy European perennial grown for its pinnate foliage and slender spikes of blue flowers;

- sometimes used medicinally;

- syn. goat's rue, goat rue;

Galen / ɡ eɪ ɫ ɛ n /
n1
Greek anatomist whose theories formed the basis of European medicine until the Renaissance (circa 130-200);

galena / ɡ ə ɫ i n ə /
n1
soft blue-grey mineral;

- lead sulfide;

- a major source of lead;

Galeocerdo
n1
tiger sharks;

- syn. genus Galeocerdo;

Galeocerdo cuvieri
n1
large dangerous warm-water shark with striped or spotted body;

- syn. tiger shark;

Galeopsis
n1
erect annual European herbs;

- syn. genus Galeopsis;

Galeopsis tetrahit
n1
coarse bristly Eurasian plant with white or reddish flowers and foliage resembling that of a nettle;

- common as a weed in United States;

- syn. dead nettle, hemp nettle;

Galeorhinus
n1
a genus of Carcharhinidae;

- syn. genus Galeorhinus;

Galeorhinus zyopterus
n1
Pacific shark valued for its fins (used by Chinese in soup) and liver (rich in vitamin A);

- syn. soup-fin, soupfin, soupfin shark;

Galeras
n1
an active volcano in southeastern Colombia in the Andes;

- syn. Pasto;

galere
n1
a coterie of undesirable people;

- syn. rogue's gallery;

Galicia / ɡ ə ɫ ɪ ʃ ə /
n1
a region (and former kingdom) in northwestern Spain on the Atlantic and the Bay of Biscay;

Galician / ɡ ə ɫ ɪ ʃ ɪə n /
n1
a language spoken in Galicia, an Autonomus Community of Spain;

Galictis vittatus
n1
carnivore of Central America and South America resembling a weasel with a greyish-white back and dark underparts;

- syn. Grison vittatus, grison;

Galiella rufa
n1
the cup-shaped fruiting body of this discomycete has a jellylike interior and a short stalk;

Galilaean
n1
an inhabitant of Galilee (an epithet of Jesus Christ);

- syn. Galilean;

a1
of or relating to Galilee or its inhabitants;

- syn. Galilean;

Galilean / ɡ æ ɫ ɪ ɫ i ə n /
n1
an inhabitant of Galilee (an epithet of Jesus Christ);

- syn. Galilaean;

n2
one of the four satellites of Jupiter that were discovered by Galileo;

- syn. Galilean satellite;

a1
of or relating to Galileo or his works;

a2
of or relating to Galilee or its inhabitants;

- syn. Galilaean;

Galilean satellite
n1
one of the four satellites of Jupiter that were discovered by Galileo;

- syn. Galilean;

Galilean telescope
n1
a type of refracting telescope that is no longer used in astronomy;

Galilee
n1
an area of northern Israel;

- formerly the northern part of Palestine and the ancient kingdom of Israel;

- the scene of Jesus's ministry;

Galileo
n1
Italian astronomer and mathematician who was the first to use a telescope to study the stars;

- demonstrated that different weights descend at the same rate;

- perfected the refracting telescope that enabled him to make many discoveries (1564-1642);

- syn. Galileo Galilei;

Galileo Galilei
n1
Italian astronomer and mathematician who was the first to use a telescope to study the stars;

- demonstrated that different weights descend at the same rate;

- perfected the refracting telescope that enabled him to make many discoveries (1564-1642);

- syn. Galileo;

Galina Sergeevna Ulanova
n1
Russian ballet dancer (1910-1998);

- syn. Galina Ulanova, Ulanova;

Galina Ulanova
n1
Russian ballet dancer (1910-1998);

- syn. Galina Sergeevna Ulanova, Ulanova;

galingale / ɡ æ ɫ ɪ ŋ ɡ eɪ ɫ /
n1
European sedge having rough-edged leaves and spikelets of reddish flowers and aromatic roots;

- syn. Cyperus longus, galangal;

Galium
n1
annual or perennial herbs: bedstraw;

- cleavers;

- syn. genus Galium;

Galium aparine
n1
annual having the stem beset with curved prickles;

- North America and Europe and Asia;

- syn. catchweed, cleavers, clivers, goose grass, spring cleavers;

Galium boreale
n1
North American stoloniferous perennial having white flowers;

- sometimes used as an ornamental;

- syn. Northern bedstraw, Northern snow bedstraw;

Galium lanceolatum
n1
bedstraw with sweetish roots;

- syn. wild licorice;

Galium mollugo
n1
Eurasian herb with ample panicles of small white flowers;

- naturalized in North America;

- syn. false baby's breath, infant's-breath, white bedstraw, white madder, wild madder;

Galium odoratum
n1
Old World fragrant stoloniferous perennial having small white flowers and narrow leaves used as flavoring and in sachets;

- widely cultivated as a ground cover;

- in some classifications placed in genus Asperula;

- syn. Asperula odorata, fragrant bedstraw, sweet woodruff, waldmeister, woodruff;

Galium verum
n1
common yellow-flowered perennial bedstraw;

- North America and Europe and Asia;

- syn. Our Lady's bedstraw, yellow bedstraw, yellow cleavers;

gall / ɡ ɔ ɫ /
n1
an open sore on the back of a horse caused by ill-fitting or badly adjusted saddle;

- syn. saddle sore;

n2
a skin sore caused by chafing;

n3
abnormal swelling of plant tissue caused by insects or microorganisms or injury;

n4
a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will;

- syn. bitterness, rancor, rancour, resentment;

n5
a digestive juice secreted by the liver and stored in the gallbladder;

- aids in the digestion of fats;

- syn. bile;

n6
the trait of being rude and impertinent;

- inclined to take liberties;

- syn. cheekiness, crust, freshness, impertinence, impudence, insolence;

v1
become or make sore by or as if by rubbing;

- syn. chafe, fret;

v2
irritate or vex;

- "It galls me that we lost the suit";

- syn. irk;

gall-berry
n1
evergreen holly of eastern North America with oblong leathery leaves and small black berries;

- syn. Ilex glabra, evergreen winterberry, gallberry, inkberry;

gall bladder
n1
a muscular sac attached to the liver that stores bile (secreted by the liver) until it is needed for digestion;

- syn. gallbladder;

gall gnat
n1
fragile mosquito-like flies that produce galls on plants;

- syn. gall midge, gallfly;

gall midge
n1
fragile mosquito-like flies that produce galls on plants;

- syn. gall gnat, gallfly;

gall of the earth
n1
common perennial herb widely distributed in the southern and eastern United States having drooping clusters of pinkish flowers and thick basal leaves suggesting a lion's foot in shape;

- sometimes placed in genus Prenanthes;

- syn. Nabalus serpentarius, Prenanthes serpentaria, lion's foot;

gall wasp
n1
small solitary wasp that produces galls on oaks and other plants;

- syn. cynipid gall wasp, cynipid wasp, gallfly;

gallamine
n1
neuromuscular blocking agent (trade name Flaxedil) used as a muscle relaxant in the administration of anesthesia;

- syn. Flaxedil;

gallant / ɡ æ ɫ ə n t , ɡ ə ɫ æ n t /
n1
a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance;

- syn. beau, clotheshorse, dandy, dude, fashion plate, fop, sheik, swell;

n2
a man who attends or escorts a woman;

- syn. squire;

a1
unflinching in battle or action;

- "a gallant warrior";

- "put up a gallant resistance to the attackers";

- sim. brave;

a2
lively and spirited;

- "a dashing hero";

- syn. dashing;

- sim. spirited;

a3
having or displaying great dignity or nobility;

- "a gallant pageant";

- "lofty ships";

- "majestic cities";

- "proud alpine peaks";

- syn. lofty, majestic, proud;

- sim. impressive;

a4
being attentive to women like an ideal knight;

- syn. chivalrous, knightly;

- sim. courteous;

Gallant Fox
n1
thoroughbred that won the triple crown in 1930;

gallantly / ɡ æ ɫ ə n t ɫ i /
r1
in a gallant manner;

- "he gallantly offered to take her home";

- syn. chivalrously;

gallantry / ɡ æ ɫ ə n t ɹ i /
n1
the qualities of a hero or heroine;

- exceptional or heroic courage when facing danger (especially in battle);

- "he showed great heroism in battle";

- "he received a medal for valor";

- syn. heroism, valiance, valiancy, valor, valorousness, valour;

n2
courtesy towards women;

- syn. chivalry, politesse;

n3
polite attentiveness to women;

Gallaudet
n1
United States educator who established the first free school in the United States for the hearing impaired (1787-1851);

- syn. Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet;

gallberry
n1
evergreen holly of eastern North America with oblong leathery leaves and small black berries;

- syn. Ilex glabra, evergreen winterberry, gall-berry, inkberry;

gallbladder / ɡ ɔ ɫ b ɫ æ d ə /
n1
a muscular sac attached to the liver that stores bile (secreted by the liver) until it is needed for digestion;

- syn. gall bladder;

galled / ɡ ɔ ɫ d /
a1
painful from having the skin abraded;

- syn. chafed;

- sim. painful;

galleon / ɡ æ ɫ ɪə n /
n1
a large square-rigged sailing ship with three or more masts;

- used by the Spanish for commerce and war from the 15th to 18th centuries;

Galleria
n1
a genus of Pyralidae;

- syn. genus Galleria;

Galleria mellonella
n1
moth whose larvae live in and feed on bee honeycombs;

- syn. bee moth, wax moth;

gallery / ɡ æ ɫ ə ɹ i /
n1
spectators at a golf or tennis match;

n2
a porch along the outside of a building (sometimes partly enclosed);

- syn. veranda, verandah;

n3
a room or series of rooms where works of art are exhibited;

- syn. art gallery, picture gallery;

n4
a long usually narrow room used for some specific purpose;

- "shooting gallery";

n5
a covered corridor (especially one extending along the wall of a building and supported with arches or columns);

n6
narrow recessed balcony area along an upper floor on the interior of a building;

- usually marked by a colonnade;

n7
a horizontal (or nearly horizontal) passageway in a mine;

- "they dug a drift parallel with the vein";

- syn. drift, heading;

galley / ɡ æ ɫ i /
n1
a large medieval vessel with a single deck propelled by sails and oars with guns at stern and prow;

- a complement of 1,000 men;

- used mainly in the Mediterranean for war and trading;

n2
(classical antiquity) a crescent-shaped seagoing vessel propelled by oars;

n3
the kitchen area for food preparation on an airliner;

n4
the area for food preparation on a ship;

- syn. caboose, cookhouse, ship's galley;

galley proof
n1
a proof taken before the type is broken up to print pages;

galley slave
n1
a slave condemned to row in a galley;

n2
a laborer who is obliged to do menial work;

- syn. drudge, navvy, peon;

gallfly
n1
small solitary wasp that produces galls on oaks and other plants;

- syn. cynipid gall wasp, cynipid wasp, gall wasp;

n2
fragile mosquito-like flies that produce galls on plants;

- syn. gall gnat, gall midge;

n3
any of various insects that deposit their eggs in plants causing galls in which the larvae feed;

Gallia
n1
an ancient region of western Europe that included what is now northern Italy and France and Belgium and part of Germany and the Netherlands;

- syn. Gaul;

Galliano
n1
golden Italian liqueur flavored with herbs;

Gallic / ɡ æ ɫ ɪ k /
a1
of or pertaining to Gaul or the Gauls;

- "Ancient Gallic dialects";

- "Gallic migrations";

- "the Gallic Wars";

a2
of or pertaining to France or the people of France;

- "French cooking";

- "a Gallic shrug";

- syn. French;

gallic acid
n1
a colorless crystalline acid obtained from tannin;

Gallican / ɡ æ ɫ ɪ k ə n /
a1
relating to or characteristic of Gallicanism;

Gallicanism / ɡ æ ɫ ɪ k ə n ɪ z ə m /
n1
a religious movement originating among the French Roman Catholic clergy that favored the restriction of papal control and the achievement by each nation of individual administrative autonomy of the church;

Gallicism / ɡ æ ɫ ɪ s ɪ z ə m /
n1
a word or phrase borrowed from French;

Galliformes
n1
pheasants;

- turkeys;

- grouse;

- partridges;

- quails;

- chickens;

- brush turkeys;

- curassows;

- hoatzins;

- syn. order Galliformes;

gallimaufry
n1
a motley assortment of things;

- syn. farrago, hodgepodge, hotchpotch, melange, mingle-mangle, mishmash, oddments, odds and ends, omnium-gatherum, ragbag;

gallina
n1
small Asiatic wild bird;

- believed to be ancestral to domestic fowl;

- syn. jungle fowl;

gallinacean
n1
heavy-bodied largely ground-feeding domestic or game birds;

- syn. gallinaceous bird;

gallinaceous / ɡ æ ɫ ɪ n eɪ ʃ ə s /
a1
of or relating to or resembling a gallinacean;

gallinaceous bird
n1
heavy-bodied largely ground-feeding domestic or game birds;

- syn. gallinacean;

Gallinago
n1
snipes;

- syn. Capella, genus Capella, genus Gallinago;

Gallinago gallinago
n1
common snipe of Eurasia and Africa;

- syn. whole snipe;

Gallinago gallinago delicata
n1
American snipe;

- syn. Wilson's snipe;

Gallinago media
n1
Old World snipe larger and darker than the whole snipe;

- syn. great snipe, woodcock snipe;

galling / ɡ ɔ ɫ ɪ ŋ /
a1
causing irritation or annoyance;

- "tapping an annoying rhythm on his glass with his fork";

- "aircraft noise is particularly bothersome near the airport";

- "found it galling to have to ask permission";

- "an irritating delay";

- "nettlesome paperwork";

- "a pesky mosquito";

- "swarms of pestering gnats";

- "a plaguey newfangled safety catch";

- "a teasing and persistent thought annoyed him";

- "a vexatious child";

- "it is vexing to have to admit you are wrong";

- syn. annoying, bothersome, irritating, nettlesome, pesky, pestering, pestiferous, plaguey, plaguy, teasing, vexatious, vexing;

- sim. disagreeable;

Gallinula
n1
gallinules;

- syn. genus Gallinula;

Gallinula chloropus
n1
black gallinule that inhabits ponds and lakes;

- syn. moorhen;

Gallinula chloropus cachinnans
n1
North American dark bluish-grey gallinule;

- syn. Florida gallinule;

gallinule
n1
any of various small aquatic birds of the genus Gallinula distinguished from rails by a frontal shield and a resemblance to domestic hens;

- syn. marsh hen, swamphen, water hen;

Gallirallus
n1
rails of New Zealand;

- syn. genus Gallirallus;

gallium
n1
a rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element;

- brittle at low temperatures but liquid above room temperature;

- occurs in trace amounts in bauxite and zinc ores;

- syn. Ga, atomic number 31;

gallivant / ɡ æ ɫ ɪ v æ n t /
v1
wander aimlessly in search of pleasure;

- syn. gad, jazz around;

gallon / ɡ æ ɫ ə n /
n1
United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters;

- syn. gal;

n2
a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 4 quarts or 4.545 liters;

- syn. Imperial gallon, congius;

gallop / ɡ æ ɫ ə p /
n1
a fast gait of a horse;

- a two-beat stride during which all four legs are off the ground simultaneously;

v1
ride at a galloping pace;

- "He was galloping down the road";

v2
go at galloping speed;

- "The horse was galloping along";

v3
cause to move at full gallop;

- "Did you gallop the horse just now?";

- syn. extend;

gallop rhythm
n1
cardiac rhythm characterized by the presence of an extra sound;

- can indicate a heart abnormality;

- syn. cantering rhythm;

gallous
n1
alternative terms for gallows;

- syn. gallows-tree, gallows tree, gibbet;

Galloway / ɡ æ ɫ ə w eɪ /
n1
a district in southwestern Scotland;

n2
breed of hardy black chiefly beef cattle native to Scotland;

gallows / ɡ æ ɫ oʊ z /
n1
an instrument of execution consisting of a wooden frame from which a condemned person is executed by hanging;

gallows-tree
n1
alternative terms for gallows;

- syn. gallous, gallows tree, gibbet;

gallows bird
n1
a person who deserves to be hanged;

gallows tree
n1
alternative terms for gallows;

- syn. gallous, gallows-tree, gibbet;

gallstone / ɡ ɔ ɫ s t oʊ n /
n1
a calculus formed in the gall bladder or its ducts;

- syn. bilestone;

Gallup / ɡ æ ɫ ə p /
n1
a town in northwestern New Mexico near the Arizona border;

gallus / ɡ æ ɫ ə s /
n1
elastic straps that hold trousers up (usually used in the plural);

- syn. brace, suspender;

n2
common domestic birds and related forms;

- syn. genus Gallus;

Gallus gallus
n1
a domestic fowl bred for flesh or eggs;

- believed to have been developed from the red jungle fowl;

- syn. chicken;

n2
a jungle fowl of southeastern Asia that is considered ancestral to the domestic fowl;

- syn. red jungle fowl;

Galois
n1
French mathematician who described the conditions for solving polynomial equations;

- was killed in a duel at the age of 21 (1811-1832);

- syn. Evariste Galois;

Galois theory
n1
group theory applied to the solution of algebraic equations;

galoot
n1
a disreputable or clumsy man;

galore / ɡ ə ɫ ɔ , ɡ ə ɫ ɔ ɹ /
a1
in great numbers;

- "daffodils galore";

- sim. many;

a2
existing in abundance;

- "abounding confidence";

- "whiskey galore";

- syn. abounding;

- sim. abundant;

galosh / ɡ ə ɫ ɒ ʃ /
n1
a waterproof overshoe that protects shoes from water or snow;

- syn. arctic, golosh, gumshoe, rubber;

Galsworthy / ɡ æ ɫ z w ɝ ð i /
n1
English novelist (1867-1933);

- syn. John Galsworthy;

Galton / ɡ æ ɫ t ʌ n /
n1
English scientist (cousin of Charles Darwin) who explored many fields including heredity, meteorology, statistics, psychology, and anthropology;

- founder of eugenics and first to use fingerprints for identification (1822-1911);

- syn. Francis Galton, Sir Francis Galton;

Galtonia candicans
n1
southern African herb with white bell-shaped flowers;

- syn. Hyacinthus candicans, cape hyacinth, summer hyacinth;

galumph / ɡ ə ɫ ʌ m f /
v1
move around heavily and clumsily;

- "the giant tortoises galumphed around in their pen";

Galvani
n1
Italian physiologist noted for his discovery that frogs' muscles contracted in an electric field (which led to the galvanic cell) (1737-1798);

- syn. Luigi Galvani;

galvanic / ɡ æ ɫ v æ n ɪ k /
a1
pertaining to or producing electric current by chemical action;

- "a galvanic cell";

- "a voltaic (or galvanic) couple";

- syn. voltaic;

a2
affected by emotion as if by electricity;

- thrilling;

- "gave an electric reading of the play";

- "the new leader had a galvanic effect on morale";

- syn. electric, galvanising, galvanizing;

- sim. exciting;

galvanic battery
n1
battery consisting of a number of voltaic cells arranged in series or parallel;

- syn. voltaic battery;

galvanic cell
n1
an electric cell that generates an electromotive force by an irreversible conversion of chemical to electrical energy;

- cannot be recharged;

- syn. primary cell, voltaic cell;

galvanic pile
n1
battery consisting of voltaic cells arranged in series;

- the earliest electric battery devised by Volta;

- syn. pile, voltaic pile;

galvanic skin response
n1
a change in the electrical properties of the skin in response to stress or anxiety;

- can be measured either by recording the electrical resistance of the skin or by recording weak currents generated by the body;

- syn. Fere phenomenon, GSR, Tarchanoff phenomenon, electrical skin response, electrodermal response, psychogalvanic response;

galvanisation / ɡ æ ɫ v ə n aɪ z eɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
stimulation with a galvanic current;

- syn. galvanization;

n2
stimulation that arouses a person to lively action;

- "the unexpected news produced a kind of galvanization of the whole team";

- syn. galvanization;

n3
either the work of covering with metal by the use of a galvanic current or the coating of iron with zinc to protect it from rusting;

- syn. galvanization;

galvanise
v1
to stimulate to action;

- "the loud noise startled him awake";

- "galvanized into action";

- syn. galvanize, startle;

v2
cover with zinc;

- "galvanize steel";

- syn. galvanize;

v3
stimulate (muscles) by administering a shock;

- syn. galvanize;

galvaniser / ɡ æ ɫ v ə n aɪ z ə /
n1
a skilled worker who coats iron or steel with zinc;

- syn. galvanizer;

n2
a leader who stimulates and excites people to action;

- syn. galvanizer, inspirer;

galvanising / ɡ æ ɫ v ə n aɪ z ɪ ŋ /
a1
affected by emotion as if by electricity;

- thrilling;

- "gave an electric reading of the play";

- "the new leader had a galvanic effect on morale";

- syn. electric, galvanic, galvanizing;

- sim. exciting;

galvanism / ɡ æ ɫ v ə n ɪ z ə m /
n1
electricity produced by chemical action;

n2
the therapeutic application of electricity to the body (as in the treatment of various forms of paralysis);

- syn. electric healing, electrical healing, electrotherapy;

galvanization / ɡ æ ɫ v ə n aɪ z eɪ ʃ n /
n1
stimulation with a galvanic current;

- syn. galvanisation;

n2
stimulation that arouses a person to lively action;

- "the unexpected news produced a kind of galvanization of the whole team";

- syn. galvanisation;

n3
either the work of covering with metal by the use of a galvanic current or the coating of iron with zinc to protect it from rusting;

- syn. galvanisation;

galvanize / ɡ æ ɫ v ə n aɪ z /
v1
to stimulate to action;

- "the loud noise startled him awake";

- "galvanized into action";

- syn. galvanise, startle;

v2
cover with zinc;

- "galvanize steel";

- syn. galvanise;

v3
stimulate (muscles) by administering a shock;

- syn. galvanise;

galvanized iron
n1
iron that is coated with zinc to protect it from rust;

galvanizer / ɡ æ ɫ v ə n aɪ z ə /
n1
a skilled worker who coats iron or steel with zinc;

- syn. galvaniser;

n2
a leader who stimulates and excites people to action;

- syn. galvaniser, inspirer;

galvanizing / ɡ æ ɫ v ə n aɪ z ɪ ŋ /
a1
affected by emotion as if by electricity;

- thrilling;

- "gave an electric reading of the play";

- "the new leader had a galvanic effect on morale";

- syn. electric, galvanic, galvanising;

- sim. exciting;

galvanometer / ɡ æ ɫ v ə n ɒ m ɪ t ə /
n1
meter for detecting or comparing or measuring small electric currents;

Galveston
n1
a town in southeast Texas on Galveston Island;

Galveston Bay
n1
an arm of the Gulf of Mexico in Texas to the south of Houston;

Galveston Island
n1
an island at the entrance of Galveston Bay;

Galway / ɡ ɔ ɫ w eɪ /
n1
a port city in western Ireland on Galway Bay;

Galway Bay
n1
a bay of the North Atlantic on the west coast of Ireland;

Galwegian
a1
of or relating to or characteristic of the Scottish district of Galloway or its people;

gam
n1
a herd of whales;

Gamal Abdel Nasser
n1
Egyptian statesman who nationalized the Suez Canal (1918-1970);

- syn. Nasser;

gamba / ɡ æ m b ə /
n1
viol that is the bass member of the viol family with approximately the range of the cello;

- syn. bass viol, viola da gamba;

Gambelia
n1
leopard lizards;

- syn. genus Gambelia;

Gambia / ɡ æ m b ɪə /
n1
a narrow republic surrounded by Senegal in West Africa;

- syn. Republic of The Gambia, The Gambia;

Gambian / ɡ æ m b ɪə n /
n1
a native or inhabitant of Gambia;

a1
of or relating to or characteristic of Gambia or its inhabitants;

- "Gambian game parks";

Gambian monetary unit
n1
monetary unit in Gambia;

Gambier Islands
n1
a group of islands in the south central Pacific;

- part of French Polynesia;

gambist / ɡ æ m b ɪ s t /
n1
a musician who performs upon the viola da gamba;

gambit / ɡ æ m b ɪ t /
n1
an opening remark intended to secure an advantage for the speaker;

- syn. ploy;

n2
a maneuver in a game or conversation;

- syn. ploy, stratagem;

n3
a chess move early in the game in which the player sacrifices minor pieces in order to obtain an advantageous position;

gamble / ɡ æ m b ɫ /
n1
money that is risked for possible monetary gain;

n2
a risky act or venture;

v1
take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome;

- "When you buy these stocks you are gambling";

- syn. adventure, chance, hazard, risk, run a risk, take a chance, take chances;

v2
play games for money;

gambler / ɡ æ m b ɫ ə , ɡ æ m b ɫ ə ɹ /
n1
a person who wagers money on the outcome of games or sporting events;

n2
someone who risks loss or injury in the hope of gain or excitement;

- syn. risk taker;

gambling / ɡ æ m b ɫ ɪ ŋ /
n1
the act of playing for stakes in the hope of winning (including the payment of a price for a chance to win a prize);

- "his gambling cost him a fortune";

- "there was heavy play at the blackjack table";

- syn. gaming, play;

gambling casino
n1
a public building for gambling and entertainment;

- syn. casino;

gambling contract
n1
a contract whose performance by one party is contingent on the outcome of a bet;

- unenforceable by statute in most jurisdictions;

gambling den
n1
a public building in which a variety of games of chance can be played (operated as a business);

- syn. gambling hell, gambling house, gaming house;

gambling game
n1
a game that involves gambling;

- syn. game of chance;

gambling hell
n1
a public building in which a variety of games of chance can be played (operated as a business);

- syn. gambling den, gambling house, gaming house;

gambling house
n1
a public building in which a variety of games of chance can be played (operated as a business);

- syn. gambling den, gambling hell, gaming house;

gambling system
n1
a system of rules for placing bets that is believed to lead to winning;

- "he has a perfect gambling system at roulette";

gamboge / ɡ æ m b u ʒ /
n1
a gum resin used as a yellow pigment and a purgative;

n2
a strong yellow color;

- syn. lemon, lemon yellow, maize;

gamboge tree
n1
low spreading tree of Indonesia yielding an orange to brown gum resin (gamboge) used as a pigment when powdered;

- syn. Garcinia cambogia, Garcinia gummi-gutta, Garcinia hanburyi;

gambol / ɡ æ m b ɫ /
n1
gay or light-hearted recreational activity for diversion or amusement;

- "it was all done in play";

- "their frolic in the surf threatened to become ugly";

- syn. caper, frolic, play, romp;

v1
play boisterously;

- "The children frolicked in the garden";

- "the gamboling lambs in the meadows";

- "The toddlers romped in the playroom";

- syn. cavort, disport, frisk, frolic, lark, lark about, rollick, romp, run around, skylark, sport;

gambrel / ɡ æ m b ɹ ə ɫ /
n1
a gable roof with two slopes on each side and the lower slope being steeper;

- syn. gambrel roof;

gambrel roof
n1
a gable roof with two slopes on each side and the lower slope being steeper;

- syn. gambrel;

Gambusia
n1
mosquitofish;

- syn. genus Gambusia;

Gambusia affinis
n1
silvery topminnow with rows of black spots of tropical North America and West Indies;

- important in mosquito control;

- syn. mosquitofish;

game / ɡ eɪ m /
n1
a contest with rules to determine a winner;

- "you need four people to play this game";

n2
a single play of a sport or other contest;

- "the game lasted two hours";

n3
an amusement or pastime;

- "they played word games";

- "he thought of his painting as a game that filled his empty time";

- "his life was all fun and games";

n4
animal hunted for food or sport;

n5
(tennis) a division of play during which one player serves;

n6
(games) the score at a particular point or the score needed to win;

- "the game is 6 all";

- "he is serving for the game";

n7
the flesh of wild animals that is used for food;

n8
a secret scheme to do something (especially something underhand or illegal);

- "they concocted a plot to discredit the governor";

- "I saw through his little game from the start";

- syn. plot, secret plan;

n9
the game equipment needed in order to play a particular game;

- "the child received several games for his birthday";

n10
your occupation or line of work;

- "he's in the plumbing game";

- "she's in show biz";

- syn. biz;

n11
frivolous or trifling behavior;

- "for actors, memorizing lines is no game";

- "for him, life is all fun and games";

v1
place a bet on;

- "Which horse are you backing?";

- "I'm betting on the new horse";

- syn. back, bet on, gage, punt, stake;

a1
disabled in the feet or legs;

- "a crippled soldier";

- "a game leg";

- syn. crippled, gimpy, halt, halting, lame;

- sim. unfit;

a2
willing to face danger;

- syn. gamey, gamy, gritty, mettlesome, spirited, spunky;

- sim. brave;

game bird
n1
any bird (as grouse or pheasant) that is hunted for sport;

game equipment
n1
equipment or apparatus used in playing a game;

game fish
n1
any fish providing sport for the angler;

- syn. sport fish;

game fowl
n1
any of several breeds reared for cockfighting;

game law
n1
a regulation intended to manage or preserve game animals;

game license
n1
a license authorizing the bearer to kill a certain type of animal during a specified period of time;

- syn. hunting licence, hunting license, hunting permit;

game misconduct
n1
(ice hockey) a penalty that suspends a player for the remainder of a game (but allows the team to send in a substitute for the suspended player);

game of chance
n1
a game that involves gambling;

- syn. gambling game;

game plan
n1
(figurative) a carefully thought out strategy for achieving an objective in war or politics or business or personal affairs;

- "newscasters speculated about the President's game plan for an invasion";

n2
(sports) a plan for achieving an objective in some sport;

game room
n1
a recreation room for noisy activities (parties or children's play etc);

- syn. playroom, rumpus room;

game show
n1
a television or radio program in which contestants compete for awards;

- syn. giveaway;

game theory
n1
(economics) a theory of competition stated in terms of gains and losses among opposing players;

- syn. theory of games;

game warden
n1
a person employed to take care of game and wildlife;

- syn. gamekeeper;

gamebag
n1
a canvas or leather bag for carrying game (especially birds) killed by a hunter;

gameboard
n1
a flat portable surface (usually rectangular) designed for board games;

- "he got out the board and set up the pieces";

- syn. board;

gamecock / ɡ eɪ m k ɒ k /
n1
a cock bred and trained for fighting;

- syn. fighting cock;

n2
someone who is a very fierce fighter;

- syn. hell-kite, hell-rooster;

gamekeeper / ɡ eɪ m k i p ə , ɡ eɪ m k i p ə ɹ /
n1
a person employed to take care of game and wildlife;

- syn. game warden;

gamelan
n1
a traditional Indonesian ensemble typically including many tuned percussion instruments including bamboo xylophones and wooden or bronze chimes and gongs;

gamely / ɡ eɪ m ɫ i /
r1
in a plucky manner;

- "he was seen by a shepherd, gamely negotiating a particularly tricky section of the mountain road to San Doloroso";

gameness / ɡ eɪ m n ɛ s /
n1
disability of walking due to crippling of the legs or feet;

- syn. claudication, gimp, gimpiness, lameness, limping;

games-master / ɡ eɪ m z m ɑ s t ə , ɡ eɪ m z m ɑ s t ə ɹ /
n1
the teacher in charge of games at a school;

- syn. games-mistress;

games-mistress / ɡ eɪ m z m ɪ s t ɹ ɪ s /
n1
the teacher in charge of games at a school;

- syn. games-master;

gamesmanship / ɡ eɪ m z m ə n ʃ ɪ p /
n1
the use of dubious (although not technically illegal) methods to win a game;

gametangium
n1
cell or organ in which gametes develop;

gamete
n1
a mature sexual reproductive cell having a single set of unpaired chromosomes;

gametocyte
n1
an immature animal or plant cell that develops into a gamete by meiosis;

gametoecium
n1
gametangia and surrounding bracts;

gametogenesis
n1
the development and maturation of sex cells through meiosis;

gametophore
n1
a modified branch bearing gametangia as in the thalloid liverworts;

gametophyte
n1
the gamete-bearing individual or phase in the life cycle of a plant having alternation of generations;

gamey
a1
suggestive of sexual impropriety;

- "a blue movie";

- "blue jokes";

- "he skips asterisks and gives you the gamy details";

- "a juicy scandal";

- "a naughty wink";

- "naughty words";

- "racy anecdotes";

- "a risque story";

- "spicy gossip";

- syn. blue, gamy, juicy, naughty, racy, risque, spicy;

- sim. sexy;

a2
(used of the smell of meat) smelling spoiled or tainted;

- syn. gamy, high;

- sim. malodorous;

a3
willing to face danger;

- syn. game, gamy, gritty, mettlesome, spirited, spunky;

- sim. brave;

gamin
n1
(sometimes offensive) a homeless boy who has been abandoned and roams the streets;

- syn. street arab, throwaway;

gamine
n1
a homeless girl who roams the streets;

n2
a girl of impish appeal;

gaminess
n1
behavior or language bordering on indelicacy;

- syn. raciness, ribaldry, spiciness;

gaming / ɡ eɪ m ɪ ŋ /
n1
the act of playing for stakes in the hope of winning (including the payment of a price for a chance to win a prize);

- "his gambling cost him a fortune";

- "there was heavy play at the blackjack table";

- syn. gambling, play;

gaming card
n1
one of a set of cards used in gambling games;

gaming house
n1
a public building in which a variety of games of chance can be played (operated as a business);

- syn. gambling den, gambling hell, gambling house;

gaming table
n1
a table used for gambling;

- may be equipped with a gameboard and slots for chips;

gamma / ɡ æ m ə /
n1
the 3rd letter of the Greek alphabet;

n2
a unit of magnetic field strength equal to one-hundred-thousandth of an oersted;

n3
Portuguese navigator who led an expedition around the Cape of Good Hope in 1497;

- he sighted and named Natal on Christmas Day before crossing the Indian Ocean (1469-1524);

- syn. Vasco da Gamma, da Gamma;

gamma-interferon
n1
a form of interferon that is produced by T cells and macrophages;

- involved in the activation of phagocytes;

gamma acid
n1
a crystalline acid used to make azo dyes;

gamma aminobutyric acid
n1
an amino acid that is found in the central nervous system;

- acts as an inhibitory neurotransmitter;

- syn. GABA;

gamma globulin
n1
a plasma protein containing the immunoglobulins that are responsible for immune responses;

- syn. human gamma globulin;

gamma hydroxybutyrate
n1
a club drug available in liquid or powder form is taken orally (frequently combined with alcohol);

- used to incapacitate individuals for the commission of sexual assault and rape;

- syn. GHB;

gamma iron
n1
a nonmagnetic allotrope of iron that is the basis of austenite;

- stable between 906 and 1403 degrees centigrade;

gamma radiation
n1
electromagnetic radiation emitted during radioactive decay and having an extremely short wavelength;

- syn. gamma ray;

gamma ray
n1
electromagnetic radiation emitted during radioactive decay and having an extremely short wavelength;

- syn. gamma radiation;

gammon / ɡ æ m ə n /
n1
meat cut from the thigh of a hog (usually smoked);

- syn. ham, jambon;

n2
hind portion of a side of bacon;

gammopathy
n1
a disturbance in the synthesis of immunoglobulins;

- proteins having antibody activity increase greatly in the blood;

gammy / ɡ æ m i /
a1
(British informal) sore or lame;

- "a gammy foot";

- sim. unfit;

gamopetalous
a1
having a corolla composed of partially or wholly fused petals forming a corolla shaped like a tube or funnel;

- syn. sympetalous;

- sim. petalous;

Gamow
n1
United States physicist (born in Russia) who was a proponent of the big-bang theory and who did research in radioactivity and suggested the triplet code for DNA (1904-1968);

- syn. George Gamow;

gamp / ɡ æ m p /
n1
colloquial terms for an umbrella;

- syn. brolly;

gamut / ɡ æ m ə t /
n1
a complete extent or range: "a face that expressed a gamut of emotions";

n2
the entire scale of musical notes;

gamy / ɡ eɪ m i /
a1
suggestive of sexual impropriety;

- "a blue movie";

- "blue jokes";

- "he skips asterisks and gives you the gamy details";

- "a juicy scandal";

- "a naughty wink";

- "naughty words";

- "racy anecdotes";

- "a risque story";

- "spicy gossip";

- syn. blue, gamey, juicy, naughty, racy, risque, spicy;

- sim. sexy;

a2
(used of the smell of meat) smelling spoiled or tainted;

- syn. gamey, high;

- sim. malodorous;

a3
willing to face danger;

- syn. game, gamey, gritty, mettlesome, spirited, spunky;

- sim. brave;

Gan Jiang
n1
a river in southeastern China that flows generally north into the Chang Jiang to the north of Nanchang;

- syn. Kan River;

Ganapati
n1
Hindu god of wisdom or prophecy;

- the god who removes obstacles;

- syn. Ganesa, Ganesh, Ganesha;

Gand
n1
port city in northwestern Belgium and industrial center;

- famous for cloth industry;

- syn. Gent, Ghent;

gand flower
n1
small European perennial with numerous branches having racemes of blue, pink or white flowers;

- formerly reputed to promote human lactation;

- syn. Polygala vulgaris, common milkwort;

gander / ɡ æ n d ə , ɡ æ n d ə ɹ /
n1
mature male goose;

Gandhi / ɡ æ n d h i /
n1
daughter of Nehru who served as prime minister of India from 1966 to 1977 (1917-1984);

- syn. Indira Gandhi, Indira Nehru Gandhi, Mrs. Gandhi;

n2
political and spiritual leader during India's struggle with Great Britain for home rule;

- an advocate of passive resistance (1869-1948);

- syn. Mahatma Gandhi, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi;

Gandhian
a1
of or relating to Mahatma Gandhi or his teachings;

gandy dancer
n1
a laborer in a railroad maintenance gang;

ganef
n1
(Yiddish) a thief or dishonest person or scoundrel (often used as a general term of abuse);

- syn. ganof, gonif, goniff;

Ganesa
n1
Hindu god of wisdom or prophecy;

- the god who removes obstacles;

- syn. Ganapati, Ganesh, Ganesha;

Ganesh
n1
Hindu god of wisdom or prophecy;

- the god who removes obstacles;

- syn. Ganapati, Ganesa, Ganesha;

Ganesha
n1
Hindu god of wisdom or prophecy;

- the god who removes obstacles;

- syn. Ganapati, Ganesa, Ganesh;

gang / ɡ æ ŋ /
n1
an association of criminals;

- "police tried to break up the gang";

- "a pack of thieves";

- syn. mob, pack, ring;

n2
an informal body of friends;

- "he still hangs out with the same crowd";

- syn. bunch, crew, crowd;

n3
an organized group of workmen;

- syn. crew, work party;

n4
tool consisting of a combination of implements arranged to work together;

v1
act as an organized group;

- syn. gang up;

gang-rape
v1
rape (someone) successively with several attackers;

- "The prisoner was gang-raped";

gang fight
n1
a fight between rival gangs of adolescents;

- syn. rumble;

gang up
v1
act as an organized group;

- syn. gang;

gangboard
n1
a temporary bridge for getting on and off a vessel at dockside;

- syn. gangplank, gangway;

gangdom
n1
underworld organizations;

- syn. gangland, organized crime;

ganger / ɡ æ ŋ ə , ɡ æ ŋ ə ɹ /
n1
the foreman of a work gang;

Ganges / ɡ æ ŋ z /
n1
an Asian river;

- rises in the Himalayas and flows east into the Bay of Bengal;

- a sacred river of the Hindus;

- syn. Ganges River;

Ganges River
n1
an Asian river;

- rises in the Himalayas and flows east into the Bay of Bengal;

- a sacred river of the Hindus;

- syn. Ganges;

gangland / ɡ æ ŋ ɡ ɫ ə n d /
n1
underworld organizations;

- syn. gangdom, organized crime;

gangling / ɡ æ ŋ ɡ ɫ ɪ ŋ /
a1
tall and thin and having long slender limbs;

- "a gangling teenager";

- "a lanky kid transformed almost overnight into a handsome young man";

- syn. gangly, lanky, rangy;

- sim. tall;

a2
tall and thin;

- syn. gangly, lanky;

- sim. thin;

gangliocyte
n1
a nerve cell whose body is outside the central nervous system;

- "damage to ganglion cells in the retina may play a role in the development of glaucoma";

- syn. ganglion cell;

ganglion / ɡ æ ŋ ɡ ɫ ɪə n /
n1
an encapsulated neural structure consisting of a collection of cell bodies or neurons;

ganglion cell
n1
a nerve cell whose body is outside the central nervous system;

- "damage to ganglion cells in the retina may play a role in the development of glaucoma";

- syn. gangliocyte;

gangly / ɡ æ ŋ ɡ ɫ i /
a1
tall and thin and having long slender limbs;

- "a gangling teenager";

- "a lanky kid transformed almost overnight into a handsome young man";

- syn. gangling, lanky, rangy;

- sim. tall;

a2
tall and thin;

- syn. gangling, lanky;

- sim. thin;

gangplank / ɡ æ ŋ p ɫ æ ŋ k /
n1
a temporary bridge for getting on and off a vessel at dockside;

- syn. gangboard, gangway;

gangrene / ɡ æ ŋ ɡ ɹ i n /
n1
necrotic tissue;

- a mortified or gangrenous part or mass;

- syn. slough, sphacelus;

n2
the localized death of living cells (as from infection or the interruption of blood supply);

- syn. mortification, necrosis, sphacelus;

v1
undergo necrosis;

- "the tissue around the wound necrosed";

- syn. mortify, necrose, sphacelate;

gangrenous / ɡ æ ŋ ɡ ɹ ɪ n ə s /
a1
suffering from tissue death;

- syn. mortified;

- sim. unhealthy;

gangrenous emphysema
n1
(pathology) a deadly form of gangrene usually caused by clostridium bacteria that produce toxins that cause tissue death;

- can be used as a bioweapon;

- syn. clostridial myonecrosis, emphysematous gangrene, emphysematous phlegmon, gas gangrene, gas phlegmon, progressive emphysematous necrosis;

gangsaw
n1
a power saw that has several parallel blades making simultaneous cuts;

gangsta
n1
(Black English) a member of a youth gang;

gangster / ɡ æ ŋ s t ə , ɡ æ ŋ s t ə ɹ /
n1
a criminal who is a member of gang;

- syn. mobster;

gangster's moll
n1
the girlfriend of a gangster;

- syn. gun moll, moll;

gangway / ɡ æ ŋ w eɪ /
n1
a temporary passageway of planks (as over mud on a building site);

n2
a temporary bridge for getting on and off a vessel at dockside;

- syn. gangboard, gangplank;

n3
passageway between seating areas as in an auditorium or passenger vehicle or between areas of shelves of goods as in stores;

- syn. aisle;

ganja
n1
a strong-smelling plant whose dried leaves can be smoked for a pleasant effect or pain reduction;

- syn. Cannabis sativa, marihuana, marijuana;

n2
the most commonly used illicit drug;

- considered a soft drug, it consists of the dried leaves of the hemp plant;

- smoked or chewed for euphoric effect;

- syn. cannabis, marihuana, marijuana;

gannet / ɡ æ n ɪ t /
n1
large heavily built seabird with a long stout bill noted for its plunging dives for fish;

ganof
n1
(Yiddish) a thief or dishonest person or scoundrel (often used as a general term of abuse);

- syn. ganef, gonif, goniff;

ganoid
n1
primitive fishes having thick bony scales with a shiny covering;

- syn. ganoid fish;

ganoid fish
n1
primitive fishes having thick bony scales with a shiny covering;

- syn. ganoid;

Ganoidei
n1
a group of mostly extinct primitive bony fishes characterized by armor-like bony scales;

- syn. order Ganoidei;

ganoin
n1
shiny substance that resemble enamel and is secreted by the corium of certain fishes (especially ganoid fishes) and composes the outer layer of their scales;

- syn. ganoine;

ganoine
n1
shiny substance that resemble enamel and is secreted by the corium of certain fishes (especially ganoid fishes) and composes the outer layer of their scales;

- syn. ganoin;

Gansu
n1
a province in north-central China;

- formerly part of the Silk Road to Turkistan and India and Persia;

- syn. Gansu province, Kansu;

Gansu province
n1
a province in north-central China;

- formerly part of the Silk Road to Turkistan and India and Persia;

- syn. Gansu, Kansu;

Gantanol
n1
a sulfonamide (trade name Gantanol) used to treat infections (especially infections of the urinary tract);

- syn. sulfamethoxazole;

gantlet / ɡ æ n t ɫ ɛ t /
n1
to offer or accept a challenge;

- "threw down the gauntlet";

- "took up the gauntlet";

- syn. gauntlet;

n2
a glove of armored leather;

- protects the hand;

- syn. gauntlet, metal glove;

n3
a glove with long sleeve;

- syn. gauntlet;

n4
the convergence of two parallel railroad tracks in a narrow place;

- the inner rails cross and run parallel and then diverge so a train remains on its own tracks at all times;

n5
a form of punishment in which a person is forced to run between two lines of men facing each other and armed with clubs or whips to beat the victim;

- syn. gauntlet;

Gantrisin
n1
a sulfonamide (trade name Gantrisin) used to treat infections of the urinary tract;

- syn. sulfisoxazole;

gantry / ɡ æ n t ɹ i /
n1
a framework of steel bars raised on side supports to bridge over or around something;

- can display railway signals above several tracks or can support a traveling crane etc.;

- syn. gauntry;

Ganymede
n1
(Greek mythology) a Trojan boy who was so beautiful that Zeus carried him away to serve as cupbearer to the gods;

n2
the largest of Jupiter's satellites;

GAO
n1
an independent nonpartisan federal agency that acts as the investigative arm of Congress making the executive branch accountable to Congress and the government accountable to citizens of the United States;

- syn. Government Accounting Office, United States Government Accounting Office;

gaol / dʒ eɪ ɫ /
n1
a correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence);

- syn. clink, jail, jailhouse, pokey, poky, slammer;

v1
lock up or confine, in or as in a jail;

- "The suspects were imprisoned without trial";

- "the murderer was incarcerated for the rest of his life";

- syn. immure, imprison, incarcerate, jail, jug, lag, put away, put behind bars, remand;

gaolbird / dʒ eɪ ɫ b ɝ d /
n1
a criminal who has been jailed repeatedly;

- syn. jail bird, jailbird;

gaolbreak / dʒ eɪ ɫ b ɹ eɪ k /
n1
an escape from jail;

- "the breakout was carefully planned";

- syn. break, breakout, jailbreak, prison-breaking, prisonbreak;

gaoler / dʒ eɪ ɫ ə , dʒ eɪ ɫ ə ɹ /
n1
someone who guards prisoners;

- syn. jailer, jailor, prison guard, screw, turnkey;

gap / ɡ æ p /
n1
a conspicuous disparity or difference as between two figures;

- "gap between income and outgo";

- "the spread between lending and borrowing costs";

- syn. spread;

n2
an open or empty space in or between things;

- "there was a small opening between the trees";

- "the explosion made a gap in the wall";

- syn. opening;

n3
a narrow opening;

- "he opened the window a crack";

- syn. crack;

n4
a pass between mountain peaks;

- syn. col;

n5
a difference (especially an unfortunate difference) between two opinions or two views or two situations;

n6
an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity;

- "it was presented without commercial breaks";

- "there was a gap in his account";

- syn. break, disruption, interruption;

v1
make an opening or gap in;

- syn. breach;

gap-toothed / ɡ æ p t u θ t /
a1
having widely spaced teeth;

- "his gap-toothed grin";

- sim. toothed;

gape / ɡ eɪ p /
n1
an expression of openmouthed astonishment;

n2
a stare of amazement (usually with the mouth open);

v1
look with amazement;

- look stupidly;

- syn. gawk, gawp, goggle;

v2
be wide open;

- "the deep gaping canyon";

- syn. yaw, yawn;

gaping / ɡ eɪ p ɪ ŋ /
a1
with the mouth wide open as in wonder or awe;

- "the gaping audience";

- "we stood there agape with wonder";

- "with mouth agape";

- syn. agape;

- sim. open;

gapped scale
n1
a musical scale with fewer than seven notes;

gar
n1
primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth;

- syn. Lepisosteus osseus, billfish, garfish, garpike;

n2
elongate European surface-dwelling predacious fishes with long toothed jaws;

- abundant in coastal waters;

- syn. billfish, needlefish;

garage / ɡ æ ɹ ɑ ʒ /
n1
an outbuilding (or part of a building) for housing automobiles;

n2
a repair shop where cars and trucks are serviced and repaired;

- syn. service department;

v1
keep or store in a garage;

- "we don't garage our car";

garage sale
n1
an outdoor sale of used personal or household items held on the seller's premises;

- syn. yard sale;

garageman's lien
n1
the extension of a mechanic's lien to include payment for work on automobiles;

garambulla
n1
arborescent cactus of western Mexico bearing a small oblong edible berrylike fruit;

- syn. Myrtillocactus geometrizans, garambulla cactus;

n2
small berrylike fruit;

garambulla cactus
n1
arborescent cactus of western Mexico bearing a small oblong edible berrylike fruit;

- syn. Myrtillocactus geometrizans, garambulla;

Garamycin
n1
an antibiotic (trade name Garamycin) that is derived from an actinomycete;

- used in treating infections of the urinary tract;

- syn. gentamicin;

Garand
n1
a semiautomatic rifle;

- syn. Garand rifle, M-1, M-1 rifle;

Garand rifle
n1
a semiautomatic rifle;

- syn. Garand, M-1, M-1 rifle;

garb / ɡ ɑ b /
n1
clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion;

- "formal attire";

- "battle dress";

- syn. attire, dress;

v1
provide with clothes or put clothes on;

- "Parents must feed and dress their child";

- syn. apparel, clothe, dress, enclothe, fit out, garment, habilitate, raiment, tog;

garbage / ɡ ɑ b ɪ dʒ /
n1
food that is discarded (as from a kitchen);

- syn. food waste, refuse, scraps;

n2
a worthless message;

- syn. drivel;

n3
a receptacle where waste can be discarded;

- "she tossed the moldy bread into the garbage";

garbage can
n1
a bin that holds rubbish until it is collected;

- syn. ash-bin, ash bin, ashbin, ashcan, dustbin, trash barrel, trash bin, trash can, wastebin;

garbage carter
n1
someone employed to collect and dispose of refuse;

- syn. dustman, garbage collector, garbage hauler, garbage man, garbageman, refuse collector;

garbage collection
n1
the collection and removal of garbage;

- syn. garbage pickup, trash collection, trash pickup;

garbage collector
n1
someone employed to collect and dispose of refuse;

- syn. dustman, garbage carter, garbage hauler, garbage man, garbageman, refuse collector;

garbage disposal
n1
a kitchen appliance for disposing of garbage;

- syn. disposal, electric pig;

garbage down
v1
eat a large amount of food quickly;

- "The children gobbled down most of the birthday cake";

- syn. bolt down, gobble up, shovel in;

garbage dump
n1
a piece of land where waste materials are dumped;

- syn. dump, dumpsite, rubbish dump, trash dump, waste-yard, wasteyard;

garbage hauler
n1
someone employed to collect and dispose of refuse;

- syn. dustman, garbage carter, garbage collector, garbage man, garbageman, refuse collector;

garbage heap
n1
an accumulation of refuse and discarded matter;

- syn. junk heap, junk pile, refuse heap, rubbish heap, scrapheap, trash heap, trash pile;

garbage man
n1
someone employed to collect and dispose of refuse;

- syn. dustman, garbage carter, garbage collector, garbage hauler, garbageman, refuse collector;

garbage pickup
n1
the collection and removal of garbage;

- syn. garbage collection, trash collection, trash pickup;

garbage truck
n1
a truck for collecting domestic refuse;

- "in Britain a garbage truck is called a dustcart";

- syn. dustcart;

garbageman
n1
someone employed to collect and dispose of refuse;

- syn. dustman, garbage carter, garbage collector, garbage hauler, garbage man, refuse collector;

garbanzo
n1
the seed of the chickpea plant;

- syn. chickpea;

n2
large white roundish Asiatic legume;

- usually dried;

- syn. chickpea;

garbed / ɡ ɑ b d /
a1
dressed or clothed especially in fine attire;

- often used in combination;

- "the elegantly attired gentleman";

- "neatly dressed workers";

- "monks garbed in hooded robes";

- "went about oddly garmented";

- "professors robed in crimson";

- "tuxedo-attired gentlemen";

- "crimson-robed Harvard professors";

- syn. appareled, attired, dressed, garmented, habilimented, robed;

- sim. clothed;

garble / ɡ ɑ b ɫ /
v1
make false by mutilation or addition;

- as of a message or story;

- syn. distort, falsify, warp;

garbled / ɡ ɑ b ɫ d /
a1
lacking orderly continuity;

- "a confused set of instructions";

- "a confused dream about the end of the world";

- "disconnected fragments of a story";

- "scattered thoughts";

- syn. confused, disconnected, disjointed, disordered, illogical, scattered, unconnected;

- sim. incoherent;

Garbo
n1
United States film actress (born in Sweden) known for her reclusiveness (1905-1990);

- syn. Greta Garbo, Greta Louisa Gustafsson;

garboard
n1
the first wale laid next to the keel of a wooden ship;

- syn. garboard plank, garboard strake;

garboard plank
n1
the first wale laid next to the keel of a wooden ship;

- syn. garboard, garboard strake;

garboard strake
n1
the first wale laid next to the keel of a wooden ship;

- syn. garboard, garboard plank;

garboil / ɡ ɑ b ɔɪ ɫ /
n1
a state of commotion and noise and confusion;

- syn. tumult, tumultuousness, uproar;

garbology
n1
the study of a society by analyzing its garbage;

Garcia Lorca
n1
Spanish poet and dramatist who was shot dead by Franco's soldiers soon after the start of the Spanish Civil War (1898-1936);

- syn. Frederico Garcia Lorca, Lorca;

Garcinia
n1
evergreen trees and shrubs: mangosteens;

- syn. genus Garcinia;

Garcinia cambogia
n1
low spreading tree of Indonesia yielding an orange to brown gum resin (gamboge) used as a pigment when powdered;

- syn. Garcinia gummi-gutta, Garcinia hanburyi, gamboge tree;

Garcinia gummi-gutta
n1
low spreading tree of Indonesia yielding an orange to brown gum resin (gamboge) used as a pigment when powdered;

- syn. Garcinia cambogia, Garcinia hanburyi, gamboge tree;

Garcinia hanburyi
n1
low spreading tree of Indonesia yielding an orange to brown gum resin (gamboge) used as a pigment when powdered;

- syn. Garcinia cambogia, Garcinia gummi-gutta, gamboge tree;

Garcinia mangostana
n1
East Indian tree with thick leathery leaves and edible fruit;

- syn. mangosteen, mangosteen tree;

gardant / ɡ ɑ d æ n t /
a1
looking forward;

- syn. full-face, guardant;

- sim. forward;

garden / ɡ ɑ d n /
n1
a plot of ground where plants are cultivated;

n2
the flowers or vegetables or fruits or herbs that are cultivated in a garden;

n3
a yard or lawn adjoining a house;

v1
work in the garden;

- "My hobby is gardening";

a1
the usual or familiar type;

- "it is a common or garden sparrow";

- sim. familiar;

garden angelica
n1
a biennial cultivated herb;

- its stems are candied and eaten and its roots are used medicinally;

- syn. Angelica Archangelica, archangel;

garden balm
n1
bushy perennial Old World mint having small white or yellowish flowers and fragrant lemon-flavored leaves;

- a garden escapee in northern Europe and North America;

- syn. Melissa officinalis, bee balm, beebalm, lemon balm, sweet balm;

garden cart
n1
a cart for carrying small loads;

- has handles and one or more wheels;

- syn. barrow, lawn cart, wheelbarrow;

garden centipede
n1
minute arthropod often infesting the underground parts of truck-garden and greenhouse crops;

- syn. Scutigerella immaculata, garden symphilid, symphilid;

garden chair
n1
chair left outside for use on a lawn or in a garden;

- syn. lawn chair;

garden cress
n1
cress cultivated for salads and garnishes;

garden current
n1
cultivated European current bearing small edible red berries;

- syn. Ribes rubrum, red currant;

garden egg
n1
hairy upright herb native to southeastern Asia but widely cultivated for its large glossy edible fruit commonly used as a vegetable;

- syn. Solanum melongena, aubergine, brinjal, eggplant, eggplant bush, mad apple;

garden forget-me-not
n1
small biennial to perennial herb of Europe, northern Africa and western Asia having blue, purple or white flowers;

- syn. Myosotis sylvatica;

garden heliotrope
n1
tall rhizomatous plant having very fragrant flowers and rhizomes used medicinally;

- syn. Valeriana officinalis, common valerian;

garden hose
n1
a hose used for watering a lawn or garden;

garden huckleberry
n1
improved garden variety of black nightshade having small edible orange or black berries;

- syn. Solanum burbankii, Solanum melanocerasum, Solanum nigrum guineese, sunberry, wonderberry;

garden lettuce
n1
annual or perennial garden plant having succulent leaves used in salads;

- widely grown;

- syn. Lactuca sativa, common lettuce;

garden loosestrife
n1
frequently considered a weed;

- Europe and Asia;

- syn. Lysimachia vulgaris, yellow loosestrife;

garden nasturtium
n1
strong-growing annual climber having large flowers of all shades of orange from orange-red to yellowish orange and seeds that are pickled and used like capers;

- syn. Indian cress, Tropaeolum majus;

Garden of Eden
n1
a beautiful garden where Adam and Eve were placed at the Creation;

- when they disobeyed and ate the forbidden fruit from the tree of knowledge of good and evil they were driven from their paradise (the fall of man);

- syn. Eden;

garden orache
n1
Asiatic plant resembling spinach often used as a potherb;

- naturalized in Europe and North America;

- syn. Atriplex hortensis, mountain spinach;

garden party
n1
a party of people assembled for social interaction out of doors;

- syn. fete champetre, lawn party;

garden pea
n1
the flattened to cylindric inflated multi-seeded fruit of the common pea plant;

n2
plant producing peas usually eaten fresh rather than dried;

- syn. Pisum sativum, common pea, garden pea plant;

n3
fresh pea;

- syn. green pea;

garden pea plant
n1
plant producing peas usually eaten fresh rather than dried;

- syn. Pisum sativum, common pea, garden pea;

garden pepper cress
n1
annual herb used as salad green and garnish;

- syn. Lepidium sativum, common garden cress, pepper grass, pepperwort;

garden pink
n1
any of various flowers of plants of the genus Dianthus cultivated for their fragrant flowers;

- syn. pink;

garden plant
n1
any of a variety of plants usually grown especially in a flower or herb garden;

garden rake
n1
a rake used by gardeners;

garden rhubarb
n1
long cultivated hybrid of Rheum palmatum;

- stems often cooked in pies or as sauce or preserves;

- syn. Rheum cultorum, Rheum rhabarbarum, Rheum rhaponticum, pie plant;

garden rocket
n1
erect European annual often grown as a salad crop to be harvested when young and tender;

- syn. Eruca sativa, Eruca vesicaria sativa, arugula, rocket, rocket salad, roquette;

garden roller
n1
heavy cast-iron cylinder used to flatten lawns;

garden snail
n1
any of several inedible snails of the genus Helix;

- often destructive pests;

garden sorrel
n1
low perennial with small silvery-green ovate to hastate leaves;

- syn. French sorrel, Rumex scutatus;

n2
European sorrel with large slightly acidic sagittate leaves grown throughout north temperate zone for salad and spring greens;

- syn. Rumex acetosa, sour dock;

garden spade
n1
a spade used by gardeners;

garden spider
n1
a spider common in European gardens;

- syn. Aranea diademata;

Garden State
n1
a Mid-Atlantic state on the Atlantic;

- one of the original 13 colonies;

- syn. Jersey, N.J., NJ, New Jersey;

Garden Stater
n1
a native of resident of New Jersey;

- syn. New Jerseyan, New Jerseyite;

garden strawberry
n1
widely cultivated;

- syn. Fragaria ananassa, cultivated strawberry;

garden symphilid
n1
minute arthropod often infesting the underground parts of truck-garden and greenhouse crops;

- syn. Scutigerella immaculata, garden centipede, symphilid;

garden tool
n1
used for working in gardens or yards;

- syn. lawn tool;

garden trowel
n1
a trowel used by gardeners;

garden truck
n1
fresh fruits and vegetable grown for the market;

- syn. green goods, green groceries, produce;

garden violet
n1
European violet typically having purple to white flowers;

- widely naturalized;

- syn. English violet, Viola odorata, sweet violet;

garden webworm
n1
a variety of webworm;

- syn. Loxostege similalis;

gardener / ɡ ɑ d n ə , ɡ ɑ d n ə ɹ /
n1
someone who takes care of a garden;

- syn. nurseryman;

n2
someone employed to work in a garden;

gardener's delight
n1
an old cottage garden plant of southeastern Europe widely cultivated for its attractive white woolly foliage and showy crimson flowers;

- syn. Lychnis coronaria, dusty miller, mullein pink, rose campion;

gardener's garters
n1
perennial grass of marshy meadows and ditches having broad leaves;

- Europe and North America;

- syn. Phalaris arundinacea, lady's laces, reed canary grass, ribbon grass;

gardenia / ɡ ɑ d i n ɪə /
n1
any of various shrubs and small trees of the genus Gardenia having large fragrant white or yellow flowers;

Gardenia augusta
n1
evergreen shrub widely cultivated for its large fragrant waxlike white flowers and glossy leaves;

- syn. Gardenia jasminoides, cape jasmine, cape jessamine;

Gardenia jasminoides
n1
evergreen shrub widely cultivated for its large fragrant waxlike white flowers and glossy leaves;

- syn. Gardenia augusta, cape jasmine, cape jessamine;

gardening / ɡ ɑ d n ɪ ŋ /
n1
the cultivation of plants;

- syn. horticulture;

Gardiner / ɡ ɑ d ɪ n ə , ɡ ɑ d ɪ n ə ɹ /
n1
British historian remembered for his ten-volume history of England (1829-1902);

- syn. Samuel Rawson Gardiner;

Gardner
n1
United States collector and patron of art who built a museum in Boston to house her collection and opened it to the public in 1903 (1840-1924);

- syn. Isabella Stewart Gardner;

n2
writer of detective novels featuring Perry Mason (1889-1970);

- syn. Erle Stanley Gardner;

Garfield
n1
20th President of the United States;

- assassinated by a frustrated office-seeker (1831-1881);

- syn. James A. Garfield, James Abraham Garfield, James Garfield, President Garfield;

garfish / ɡ ɑ f ɪ ʃ /
n1
primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth;

- syn. Lepisosteus osseus, billfish, gar, garpike;

garganey
n1
small Eurasian teal;

- syn. Anas querquedula;

Gargantua / ɡ ɑ ɡ æ n t j ʊə /
n1
a voracious giant in Francois Rabelais' book of the same name;

gargantuan / ɡ ɑ ɡ æ n t j ʊə n /
a1
of great mass;

- huge and bulky;

- "a jumbo jet";

- "jumbo shrimp";

- syn. elephantine, giant, jumbo;

- sim. large;

garget
n1
tall coarse perennial American herb having small white flowers followed by blackish-red berries on long drooping racemes;

- young fleshy stems are edible;

- berries and root are poisonous;

- syn. Phytolacca americana, pigeon berry, poke, scoke;

gargle / ɡ ɑ ɡ ɫ /
n1
a medicated solution used for gargling and rinsing the mouth;

- syn. mouthwash;

n2
the sound produced while gargling;

v1
utter with gargling or burbling sounds;

v2
rinse one's mouth and throat with mouthwash;

- "gargle with this liquid";

- syn. rinse;

gargoyle / ɡ ɑ ɡ ɔɪ ɫ /
n1
a spout that terminates in a grotesquely carved figure of a person or animal;

n2
an ornament consisting of a grotesquely carved figure of a person or animal;

gargoylism
n1
hereditary disease (autosomal recessive) consisting of an error is mucopolysaccharide metabolism;

- characterized by severe abnormalities in development of skeletal cartilage and bone and mental retardation;

- syn. Hurler's disease, Hurler's syndrome, dysostosis multiplex, lipochondrodystrophy;

gari
n1
cassava with long tuberous edible roots and soft brittle stems;

- used especially to make cassiri (an intoxicating drink) and tapioca;

- syn. Manihot esculenta, Manihot utilissima, bitter cassava, mandioc, mandioca, manioc, tapioca plant;

Garibaldi
n1
Italian patriot whose conquest of Sicily and Naples led to the formation of the Italian state (1807-1882);

- syn. Giuseppe Garibaldi;

n2
a loose high-necked blouse with long sleeves;

- styled after the red flannel shirts worn by Garibaldi's soldiers;

garish / ɡ eə ɹ ɪ ʃ /
a1
tastelessly showy;

- "a flash car";

- "a flashy ring";

- "garish colors";

- "a gaudy costume";

- "loud sport shirts";

- "a meretricious yet stylish book";

- "tawdry ornaments";

- syn. brassy, cheap, flash, flashy, gaudy, gimcrack, loud, meretricious, tacky, tatty, tawdry, trashy;

- sim. tasteless;

garishly / ɡ eə ɹ ɪ ʃ ɫ i /
r1
in a tastelessly garish manner;

- "the temple was garishly decorated with bright plastic flowers";

- syn. gaudily, tawdrily;

garishness / ɡ eə ɹ ɪ ʃ n ə s /
n1
tasteless showiness;

- syn. brashness, flashiness, gaudiness, glitz, loudness, meretriciousness, tawdriness;

n2
strident color or excessive ornamentation;

- syn. gaudiness;

Garland / ɡ ɑ ɫ ə n d /
n1
United States singer and film actress (1922-1969);

- syn. Judy Garland;

n2
a city in northeastern Texas (suburb of Dallas);

n3
an anthology of short literary pieces and poems and ballads etc.;

- syn. florilegium, miscellany;

n4
flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes;

- syn. chaplet, coronal, lei, wreath;

v1
adorn with bands of flowers or leaves;

- "They garlanded the statue";

garland crab
n1
medium-sized tree of the eastern United States having pink blossoms and small yellow fruit;

- syn. American crab apple, Malus coronaria;

garland flower
n1
widely cultivated low evergreen shrub with dense clusters of fragrant pink to deep rose flowers;

- syn. Daphne cneorum;

garlic / ɡ ɑ ɫ ɪ k /
n1
bulbous herb of southern Europe widely naturalized;

- bulb breaks up into separate strong-flavored cloves;

- syn. Allium sativum;

n2
aromatic bulb used as seasoning;

- syn. ail;

garlic bread
n1
French or Italian bread sliced and spread with garlic butter then crisped in the oven;

garlic butter
n1
butter seasoned with mashed garlic;

garlic chive
n1
a plant of eastern Asia;

- larger than Allium schoenoprasum;

- syn. Allium tuberosum, Chinese chive, Oriental garlic;

n2
large flat leaves used as chive is used;

garlic clove
n1
one of the small bulblets that can be split off of the axis of a larger garlic bulb;

- syn. clove;

garlic mustard
n1
European herb that smells like garlic;

- syn. Alliaria officinalis, hedge garlic, jack-by-the-hedge, sauce-alone;

garlic press
n1
a press for extracting juice from garlic;

garlic salt
n1
ground dried garlic and salt;

garlic sauce
n1
garlic mayonnaise;

- syn. aioli, aioli sauce;

garlicky
a1
relating to or tasting or smelling of garlic;

- "garlicky sauce";

garment / ɡ ɑ m ə n t /
n1
an article of clothing;

- "garments of the finest silk";

v1
provide with clothes or put clothes on;

- "Parents must feed and dress their child";

- syn. apparel, clothe, dress, enclothe, fit out, garb, habilitate, raiment, tog;

garment-worker
n1
a person who makes garments;

- syn. garment worker, garmentmaker;

garment bag
n1
a suitcase that unfolds to be hung up;

garment cutter
n1
someone who cuts cloth etc. to measure in making garments;

garment industry
n1
makers and sellers of fashionable clothing;

- syn. apparel industry, fashion business, fashion industry, rag trade;

garment worker
n1
a person who makes garments;

- syn. garment-worker, garmentmaker;

garmented / ɡ ɑ m ə n t ɪ d /
a1
dressed or clothed especially in fine attire;

- often used in combination;

- "the elegantly attired gentleman";

- "neatly dressed workers";

- "monks garbed in hooded robes";

- "went about oddly garmented";

- "professors robed in crimson";

- "tuxedo-attired gentlemen";

- "crimson-robed Harvard professors";

- syn. appareled, attired, dressed, garbed, habilimented, robed;

- sim. clothed;

garmentless
a1
possessing no clothing;

- syn. clothesless, raimentless;

- sim. unclothed;

garmentmaker
n1
a person who makes garments;

- syn. garment-worker, garment worker;

garner / ɡ ɑ n ə , ɡ ɑ n ə ɹ /
n1
a storehouse for threshed grain or animal feed;

- syn. granary;

v1
acquire or deserve by one's efforts or actions;

- "its beauty won Paris the name 'City of Lights'";

- syn. earn, win;

v2
store grain;

v3
assemble or get together;

- "gather some stones";

- "pull your thoughts together";

- syn. collect, gather, pull together;

garnet / ɡ ɑ n ɪ t /
n1
any of a group of hard glassy minerals (silicates of various metals) used as gemstones and as an abrasive;

garnet-colored
a1
having the color of garnet;

- syn. garnet-coloured;

- sim. colored;

garnet-coloured
a1
having the color of garnet;

- syn. garnet-colored;

- sim. colored;

garnet lac
n1
lac refined by treating with solvent;

- garnet-colored;

Garnier
n1
French architect (1825-1898);

- syn. Jean Louis Charles Garnier;

garnierite
n1
a green mineral consisting of hydrated nickel magnesium silicate;

- a source of nickel;

garnish / ɡ ɑ n ɪ ʃ /
n1
something (such as parsley) added to a dish for flavor or decoration;

n2
any decoration added as a trimming or adornment;

v1
take a debtor's wages on legal orders, such as for child support;

- "His employer garnished his wages in order to pay his debt";

- syn. garnishee;

v2
decorate (food), as with parsley or other ornamental foods;

- syn. dress, trim;

garnishee / ɡ ɑ n ɪ ʃ i /
n1
a wage earner who is served with a garnishment;

v1
take a debtor's wages on legal orders, such as for child support;

- "His employer garnished his wages in order to pay his debt";

- syn. garnish;

garnishment / ɡ ɑ n ɪ ʃ m ə n t /
n1
a court order to an employer to withhold all or part of an employee's wages and to send the money to the court or to the person who won a lawsuit against the employee;

Garonne
n1
a river that rises in the Pyrenees and flows northwest to the Bay of Biscay;

- syn. Garonne River;

Garonne River
n1
a river that rises in the Pyrenees and flows northwest to the Bay of Biscay;

- syn. Garonne;

garotte / ɡ ə ɹ ɒ t /
n1
an instrument of execution for execution by strangulation;

- syn. garrote, garrotte, iron collar;

v1
strangle with an iron collar;

- "people were garrotted during the Inquisition in Spain";

- syn. garrote, garrotte, scrag;

garpike
n1
primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth;

- syn. Lepisosteus osseus, billfish, gar, garfish;

garret / ɡ æ ɹ ə t /
n1
floor consisting of open space at the top of a house just below roof;

- often used for storage;

- syn. attic, loft;

Garrick / ɡ æ ɹ ɪ k /
n1
English actor and theater manager who was the foremost Shakespearean actor of his day (1717-1779);

- syn. David Garrick;

garrison / ɡ æ ɹ ɪ s n /
n1
a fortified military post where troops are stationed;

- syn. fort;

n2
United States abolitionist who published an anti-slavery journal (1805-1879);

- syn. William Lloyd Garrison;

n3
the troops who maintain and guard a fortified place;

v1
station (troops) in a fort or garrison;

garrison cap
n1
a wedge-shaped wool or cotton cap;

- worn as part of a uniform;

- syn. overseas cap;

garrote
n1
an instrument of execution for execution by strangulation;

- syn. garotte, garrotte, iron collar;

v1
strangle with an iron collar;

- "people were garrotted during the Inquisition in Spain";

- syn. garotte, garrotte, scrag;

garroter / ɡ æ ɹ ə t ə , ɡ æ ɹ ə t ə ɹ /
n1
someone who kills by strangling;

- syn. choker, garrotter, strangler, throttler;

garrotte / ɡ ə ɹ ɒ t /
n1
an instrument of execution for execution by strangulation;

- syn. garotte, garrote, iron collar;

v1
strangle with an iron collar;

- "people were garrotted during the Inquisition in Spain";

- syn. garotte, garrote, scrag;

garrotter / ɡ ə ɹ ɒ t ə /
n1
someone who kills by strangling;

- syn. choker, garroter, strangler, throttler;

Garrulinae
n1
subfamily of the crow family: jays;

- syn. subfamily Garrulinae;

garrulity / ɡ ə ɹ u ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
the quality of being wordy and talkative;

- syn. garrulousness, loquaciousness, loquacity, talkativeness;

garrulous / ɡ æ ɹ ə ɫ ə s /
a1
full of trivial conversation;

- "kept from her housework by gabby neighbors";

- syn. chatty, gabby, loquacious, talkative, talky;

- sim. voluble;

garrulously / ɡ æ ɹ ə ɫ ə s ɫ i /
r1
in a chatty loquacious manner;

- "`When I was young,' she continued loquaciously, `I used to do all sorts of naughty things'";

- syn. loquaciously, talkatively, talkily;

garrulousness / ɡ æ ɹ ə ɫ ə s n ə s /
n1
the quality of being wordy and talkative;

- syn. garrulity, loquaciousness, loquacity, talkativeness;

Garrulus
n1
type genus of the Garrulinae: Old World jays;

- syn. genus Garrulus;

Garry oak
n1
small deciduous tree of western North America with crooked branches and pale grey bark;

- syn. Oregon oak, Oregon white oak, Quercus garryana;

garter / ɡ ɑ t ə , ɡ ɑ t ə ɹ /
n1
a band (usually elastic) worn around the leg to hold up a stocking (or around the arm to hold up a sleeve);

- syn. supporter;

v1
fasten with or as if with a garter;

garter belt
n1
a wide belt of elastic with straps hanging from it;

- worn by women to hold up stockings;

- syn. suspender belt;

garter snake
n1
any of numerous nonvenomous longitudinally-striped viviparous North American and Central American snakes;

- syn. grass snake;

garter stitch
n1
a knitting stitch that results in a pattern of horizontal ridges formed by knitting both sides (instead of purling one side);

Gartner's bacillus
n1
a form of salmonella that causes gastroenteritis in humans;

- syn. Salmonella enteritidis;

Garuda
n1
a supernatural eagle-like being that serves as Vishnu's mount;

Garullus garullus
n1
fawn-colored jay with black-and-white crest and blue-and-black wings;

- syn. common European jay;

Gary / ɡ æ ɹ i /
n1
a city in northwest Indiana on Lake Michigan;

- steel production;

Gary Cooper
n1
United States film actor noted for his portrayals of strong silent heroes (1901-1961);

- syn. Cooper, Frank Cooper;

Gary Kasparov
n1
Azerbaijani chess master who became world champion in 1985 by defeating Anatoli Karpov (born in 1963);

- syn. Gary Weinstein, Kasparov;

Gary Weinstein
n1
Azerbaijani chess master who became world champion in 1985 by defeating Anatoli Karpov (born in 1963);

- syn. Gary Kasparov, Kasparov;

gas / ɡ æ s /
n1
the state of matter distinguished from the solid and liquid states by: relatively low density and viscosity;

- relatively great expansion and contraction with changes in pressure and temperature;

- the ability to diffuse readily;

- and the spontaneous tendency to become distributed uniformly throughout any container;

- syn. gaseous state;

n2
a fluid in the gaseous state having neither independent shape nor volume and being able to expand indefinitely;

n3
a volatile flammable mixture of hydrocarbons (hexane and heptane and octane etc.) derived from petroleum;

- used mainly as a fuel in internal-combustion engines;

- syn. gasolene, gasoline, petrol;

n4
a state of excessive gas in the alimentary canal;

- syn. flatulence, flatulency;

n5
a pedal that controls the throttle valve;

- "he stepped on the gas";

- syn. accelerator, accelerator pedal, gas pedal, gun, throttle;

n6
a fossil fuel in the gaseous state;

- used for cooking and heating homes;

- syn. natural gas;

v1
attack with gas;

- subject to gas fumes;

- "The despot gassed the rebellious tribes";

v2
show off;

- syn. blow, bluster, boast, brag, gasconade, shoot a line, swash, tout, vaunt;

gas-cooled reactor
n1
a nuclear reactor using gas as a coolant;

gas-discharge lamp
n1
an electric lamp in which the light comes from an electric discharge between two electrodes in a glass tube;

- syn. electric-discharge lamp;

gas-discharge tube
n1
a tube in which an electric discharge takes place through a gas;

gas-filled
a1
full of a gas;

- sim. full;

gas-tight
a1
not allowing air or gas to pass in or out;

- syn. air-tight, airtight;

- sim. tight;

gas-turbine ship
n1
a ship powered by a gas turbine;

gas bomb
n1
a bomb laden with chemical agents that are released when the bomb explodes;

- syn. chemical bomb;

gas bracket
n1
a pipe with one or more burners projecting from a wall;

gas burner
n1
burner such that combustible gas issues from a nozzle to form a steady flame;

- syn. gas jet;

gas chamber
n1
instrument of execution consisting of a sealed chamber into which poison gas is introduced;

- used to kill people or animals;

- syn. death chamber;

gas company
n1
a public utility that provides gas;

- syn. gas service;

gas constant
n1
(physics) the universal constant in the gas equation: pressure times volume = R times temperature;

- equal to 8.3143 joules per kelvin per mole;

- syn. R, universal gas constant;

gas cooker
n1
a range with gas rings and an oven for cooking with gas;

- syn. gas range, gas stove;

gas embolism
n1
obstruction of the circulatory system caused by an air bubble as, e.g., accidentally during surgery or hypodermic injection or as a complication from scuba diving;

- syn. aeroembolism, air embolism;

n2
pain resulting from rapid change in pressure;

- syn. aeroembolism, air embolism, bends, caisson disease, decompression sickness;

gas engine
n1
an internal-combustion engine similar to a gasoline engine but using natural gas instead of gasoline vapor;

gas fitter
n1
a workman who installs and repairs gas fixtures and appliances;

gas fitting
n1
the fitting (pipes or valves or meters) that convey gas from the gas main to the gas fixtures of a building;

gas fixture
n1
a device to convey illuminating gas from the pipe to the gas burner;

gas furnace
n1
a furnace that burns gas;

gas gage
n1
gauge that indicates the amount of gasoline left in the gasoline tank of a vehicle;

- syn. gas gauge, gasoline gage, gasoline gauge, petrol gage, petrol gauge;

gas gangrene
n1
(pathology) a deadly form of gangrene usually caused by clostridium bacteria that produce toxins that cause tissue death;

- can be used as a bioweapon;

- syn. clostridial myonecrosis, emphysematous gangrene, emphysematous phlegmon, gangrenous emphysema, gas phlegmon, progressive emphysematous necrosis;

gas gauge
n1
gauge that indicates the amount of gasoline left in the gasoline tank of a vehicle;

- syn. gas gage, gasoline gage, gasoline gauge, petrol gage, petrol gauge;

gas giant
n1
any of the four outermost planets in the solar system;

- much larger than Earth and gaseous in nature (like Jupiter);

- syn. Jovian planet;

gas gun
n1
a gun that fires gas shells;

gas guzzler
n1
a car with relatively low fuel efficiency;

gas heat
n1
heating system that burns natural gas;

gas heater
n1
a heater that burns gas for heat;

gas helmet
n1
a protective mask with a filter;

- protects the face and lungs against poisonous gases;

- syn. gasmask, respirator;

gas holder
n1
a large gas-tight spherical or cylindrical tank for holding gas to be used as fuel;

- syn. gasometer;

gas jet
n1
burner such that combustible gas issues from a nozzle to form a steady flame;

- syn. gas burner;

gas lamp
n1
a lamp that burns illuminating gas;

gas line
n1
a queue of vehicles waiting to purchase gasoline;

n2
a pipeline used to transport natural gas;

- "the workmen broke through the gas line";

n3
a pipe that carries gasoline from a tank to a gasoline engine;

- "the car wouldn't start because dirt clogged the gas line";

- syn. fuel line, petrol line;

gas main
n1
a main that distributes gas;

gas maser
n1
a maser in which microwave radiation interacts with gas molecules;

gas meter
n1
a meter for measuring the amount of gas flowing through a particular pipe;

- syn. gasometer;

gas mileage
n1
the ratio of the number of miles traveled to the number of gallons of gasoline burned;

- syn. fuel consumption rate, gasoline mileage, mileage;

gas oil
n1
an oil formed through distillation of petroleum of intermediate boiling range and viscosity;

gas oven
n1
a cremation chamber fueled by gas;

n2
a domestic oven fueled by gas;

gas pedal
n1
a pedal that controls the throttle valve;

- "he stepped on the gas";

- syn. accelerator, accelerator pedal, gas, gun, throttle;

gas phlegmon
n1
(pathology) a deadly form of gangrene usually caused by clostridium bacteria that produce toxins that cause tissue death;

- can be used as a bioweapon;

- syn. clostridial myonecrosis, emphysematous gangrene, emphysematous phlegmon, gangrenous emphysema, gas gangrene, progressive emphysematous necrosis;

gas plant
n1
Eurasian perennial herb with white flowers that emit flammable vapor in hot weather;

- syn. Dictamnus alba, burning bush, dittany, fraxinella;

gas pressure
n1
the pressure exerted by a gas;

gas pump
n1
a pump in a service station that draws gasoline from underground storage tanks;

- syn. gasoline pump, island dispenser, petrol pump;

gas range
n1
a range with gas rings and an oven for cooking with gas;

- syn. gas cooker, gas stove;

gas ring
n1
gas burner consisting of a circular metal pipe with several small holes through which gas can escape to be burned;

gas service
n1
a public utility that provides gas;

- syn. gas company;

gas shell
n1
(military) bomb consisting of an explosive projectile filled with a toxic gas that is released when the bomb explodes;

gas station
n1
a service station that sells gasoline;

- syn. filling station, gasoline station, petrol station;

gas stove
n1
a range with gas rings and an oven for cooking with gas;

- syn. gas cooker, gas range;

gas system
n1
facility (plant and equipment) for providing natural-gas service;

gas tank
n1
a tank for holding gasoline to supply a vehicle;

- syn. gasoline tank, petrol tank;

gas thermometer
n1
thermometer that measures temperature by changes in the pressure of a gas kept at constant volume;

- syn. air thermometer;

gas turbine
n1
turbine that converts the chemical energy of a liquid fuel into mechanical energy by internal combustion;

- gaseous products of the fuel (which is burned in compressed air) are expanded through a turbine;

gas up
v1
fill with gasoline;

- "Gas up the car";

gas well
n1
a well that yields or has yielded natural gas;

gasbag / ɡ æ s b æ ɡ /
n1
a boring person who talks a great deal about uninteresting topics;

- syn. windbag;

n2
the bag containing the gas in a balloon;

- syn. envelope;

Gascogne
n1
a region of southwestern France;

- syn. Gascony;

gasconade
n1
an instance of boastful talk;

- "his brag is worse than his fight";

- "whenever he won we were exposed to his gasconade";

- syn. brag, bragging, crow, crowing, line-shooting, vaporing;

v1
show off;

- syn. blow, bluster, boast, brag, gas, shoot a line, swash, tout, vaunt;

Gascony / ɡ æ s k oʊ n i /
n1
a region of southwestern France;

- syn. Gascogne;

gaseous / ɡ æ s ɪə s /
a1
existing as or having characteristics of a gas;

- "steam is water is the gaseous state";

- sim. aeriform, aerosolized, evaporated, gasified, gassy, vaporific;

gaseous nebula
n1
a cluster of stars within an intricate cloud of gas and dust;

- syn. diffuse nebula;

gaseous state
n1
the state of matter distinguished from the solid and liquid states by: relatively low density and viscosity;

- relatively great expansion and contraction with changes in pressure and temperature;

- the ability to diffuse readily;

- and the spontaneous tendency to become distributed uniformly throughout any container;

- syn. gas;

gaseousness / ɡ æ s ɪə s n ɛ s /
n1
having the consistency of a gas;

gasfield
n1
a region where there is natural gas underground;

gash / ɡ æ ʃ /
n1
a wound made by cutting;

- "he put a bandage over the cut";

- syn. cut, slash, slice;

n2
a trench resembling a furrow that was made by erosion or excavation;

- syn. cut;

n3
a strong sweeping cut made with a sharp instrument;

- syn. slash;

v1
cut open;

- "she slashed her wrists";

- syn. slash;

Gasherbrum
n1
a mountain in northern Kashmir (26,470 feet high);

gasification / ɡ æ s ɪ f ɪ k eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the process of changing into gas;

- "coal gas is produced by the gasification of coal";

gasified / ɡ æ s ɪ f aɪ d /
a1
converted into a gas or vapor;

- syn. vaporized, vapourised, volatilised, volatilized;

- sim. gaseous;

gasify / ɡ æ s ɪ f aɪ /
v1
turn into gas;

- "The substance gasified";

- syn. aerify, vaporise, vaporize;

Gaskell / ɡ æ s k ɛ ɫ /
n1
English writer who is remembered for her biography of Charlotte Bronte (1810-1865);

- syn. Elizabeth Cleghorn Stevenson Gaskell, Elizabeth Gaskell;

gasket / ɡ æ s k ɪ t /
n1
seal consisting of a ring for packing pistons or sealing a pipe joint;

gaskin / ɡ æ s k ɪ n /
n1
lower part of a horse's thigh between the hock and the stifle;

gaslight / ɡ æ s ɫ aɪ t /
n1
light yielded by the combustion of illuminating gas;

gasman / ɡ æ s m æ n /
n1
someone employed by a gas company;

gasmask / ɡ æ s m ɑ s k /
n1
a protective mask with a filter;

- protects the face and lungs against poisonous gases;

- syn. gas helmet, respirator;

gasohol
n1
a gasoline substitute consisting of 90% gasoline and 10% grain alcohol from corn;

gasolene / ɡ æ s ə ɫ i n /
n1
a volatile flammable mixture of hydrocarbons (hexane and heptane and octane etc.) derived from petroleum;

- used mainly as a fuel in internal-combustion engines;

- syn. gas, gasoline, petrol;

gasoline / ɡ æ s ə ɫ i n /
n1
a volatile flammable mixture of hydrocarbons (hexane and heptane and octane etc.) derived from petroleum;

- used mainly as a fuel in internal-combustion engines;

- syn. gas, gasolene, petrol;

gasoline bomb
n1
a crude incendiary bomb made of a bottle filled with flammable liquid and fitted with a rag wick;

- syn. Molotov cocktail, petrol bomb;

gasoline engine
n1
an internal-combustion engine that burns gasoline;

- most automobiles are driven by gasoline engines;

- syn. petrol engine;

gasoline gage
n1
gauge that indicates the amount of gasoline left in the gasoline tank of a vehicle;

- syn. gas gage, gas gauge, gasoline gauge, petrol gage, petrol gauge;

gasoline gauge
n1
gauge that indicates the amount of gasoline left in the gasoline tank of a vehicle;

- syn. gas gage, gas gauge, gasoline gage, petrol gage, petrol gauge;

gasoline mileage
n1
the ratio of the number of miles traveled to the number of gallons of gasoline burned;

- syn. fuel consumption rate, gas mileage, mileage;

gasoline pump
n1
a pump in a service station that draws gasoline from underground storage tanks;

- syn. gas pump, island dispenser, petrol pump;

gasoline station
n1
a service station that sells gasoline;

- syn. filling station, gas station, petrol station;

gasoline tank
n1
a tank for holding gasoline to supply a vehicle;

- syn. gas tank, petrol tank;

gasoline tax
n1
a tax on every gallon of gasoline sold;

gasometer / ɡ ə s ɒ m ɪ t ə , ɡ ə s ɒ m ɪ t ə ɹ /
n1
a meter for measuring the amount of gas flowing through a particular pipe;

- syn. gas meter;

n2
a large gas-tight spherical or cylindrical tank for holding gas to be used as fuel;

- syn. gas holder;

gasp / ɡ ɑ s p /
n1
a short labored intake of breath with the mouth open;

- "she gave a gasp and fainted";

- syn. pant;

v1
breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted;

- "The runners reached the finish line, panting heavily";

- syn. heave, pant, puff;

Gaspar / ɡ æ s p ɑr /
n1
(New Testament) one of the three sages from the east who came bearing gifts for the infant Jesus;

- syn. Caspar;

gassing / ɡ æ s ɪ ŋ /
n1
the process of interacting with gas;

n2
the deliberate act of poisoning some person or animal with gas;

gassy / ɡ æ s i /
a1
resembling gas;

- sim. gaseous;

a2
suffering from excessive gas in the alimentary canal;

- syn. colicky, flatulent;

- sim. unhealthy;

gasteromycete
n1
any fungus of the class Gasteromycetes;

- syn. gastromycete;

Gasteromycetes
n1
fungi in which the hymenium is enclosed until after spores have matured: puffballs;

- earth stars;

- stinkhorn fungi;

- syn. Gastromycetes, class Gasteromycetes, class Gastromycetes;

Gasterophilidae
n1
horse botflies;

- syn. family Gasterophilidae;

Gasterophilus
n1
type genus of the Gasterophilidae: horse botflies;

- syn. genus Gasterophilus;

Gasterophilus intestinalis
n1
parasitic chiefly on horses;

- syn. horse botfly;

Gasteropoda
n1
snails and slugs and their relatives;

- syn. Gastropoda, class Gasteropoda, class Gastropoda;

Gasterosteidae
n1
sticklebacks;

- syn. family Gasterosteidae;

Gasterosteus
n1
type genus of the family Gasterosteidae;

- syn. genus gasterosteus;

Gasterosteus aculeatus
n1
of rivers and coastal regions;

- syn. three-spined stickleback;

Gasterosteus pungitius
n1
confined to rivers;

- syn. ten-spined stickleback;

Gaston Lachaise
n1
United States sculptor (born in France) noted for his large nude figures (1882-1935);

- syn. Lachaise;

gastralgia
n1
an ache localized in the stomach or abdominal region;

- syn. bellyache, stomach ache, stomachache;

gastrectomy
n1
surgical removal of all or part of the stomach;

gastric / ɡ æ s t ɹ ɪ k /
a1
relating to or involving the stomach;

- "gastric ulcer";

- syn. stomachal, stomachic;

gastric acid
n1
digestive secretions of the stomach glands consisting chiefly of hydrochloric acid and mucin and the enzymes pepsin and rennin and lipase;

- syn. gastric juice;

gastric antacid
n1
an agent that counteracts or neutralizes acidity (especially in the stomach);

- syn. alkaliser, alkalizer, antacid, antiacid;

gastric artery
n1
the arteries that supply the walls of the stomach;

- syn. arteria gastrica;

gastric digestion
n1
the process of breaking down proteins by the action of the gastric juice in the stomach;

gastric juice
n1
digestive secretions of the stomach glands consisting chiefly of hydrochloric acid and mucin and the enzymes pepsin and rennin and lipase;

- syn. gastric acid;

gastric lavage
n1
washing out the stomach with sterile water or a saltwater solution;

- removes blood or poisons;

- "when the doctor ordered a gastric lavage the hospital pumped out my stomach";

gastric mill
n1
thick-walled muscular pouch below the crop in many birds and reptiles for grinding food;

- syn. gizzard, ventriculus;

gastric smear
n1
alimentary tract smear of material obtained from the stomach;

gastric ulcer
n1
a peptic ulcer of the stomach;

gastric vein
n1
one of several veins draining the stomach walls;

- syn. vena gastrica;

gastrin / ɡ æ s t ɹ ɪ n /
n1
polypeptide hormone secreted by the mucous lining of the stomach;

- when peptides and amino acids are present in the small intestine the secretion of gastric acid is stimulated;

gastritis / ɡ æ s t ɹ aɪ t ɪ s /
n1
inflammation of the lining of the stomach;

- nausea and loss of appetite and discomfort after eating;

Gastroboletus
n1
a genus of fungi belonging to the family Secotiaceae;

- they resemble boletes but the spores are not discharged from the basidium;

- syn. genus Gastroboletus;

Gastroboletus scabrosus
n1
a dingy yellow brown fungus with a rough stalk that superficially resembles a bolete;

Gastroboletus turbinatus
n1
a fungus with a cap that can vary from red to dark brown;

- superficially resembles a bolete;

gastrocnemius
n1
the muscle in the back part of the leg that forms the greater part of the calf;

- responsible for the plantar flexion of the foot;

- syn. gastrocnemius muscle;

gastrocnemius muscle
n1
the muscle in the back part of the leg that forms the greater part of the calf;

- responsible for the plantar flexion of the foot;

- syn. gastrocnemius;

gastrocolic omentum
n1
part of the peritoneum attached to the stomach and to the colon and covering the intestines;

- syn. caul, greater omentum;

Gastrocybe
n1
a genus of fungi of the family Secotiaceae;

- syn. genus Gastrocybe;

Gastrocybe lateritia
n1
a species of Gastrocybe fungus that has a conic cap and a thin stalk;

- at first the stalk is upright but as it matures the stalk bends over and then downward;

- the cap then gelatinizes and a slimy mass containing the spores falls to the ground as the stalk collapses;

gastroduodenal
a1
of or relating to the stomach and the duodenum;

gastroenteritis / ɡ æ s t ɹ oʊ ɛ n t ə ɹ aɪ t ɪ s /
n1
inflammation of the stomach and intestines;

- can be caused by Salmonella enteritidis;

- syn. intestinal flu, stomach flu;

gastroenterologist / ɡ æ s t ɹ oʊ ɛ n t ə ɹ ɒ ɫ ə dʒ ɪ s t /
n1
a physician who specializes in diseases of the gastrointestinal tract;

gastroenterology / ɡ æ s t ɹ oʊ ɛ n t ə ɹ ɒ ɫ ə dʒ i /
n1
the branch of medicine that studies the gastrointestinal tract and its diseases;

gastroenterostomy
n1
surgical creation of an opening between the stomach wall and the small intestines;

- performed when the normal opening has been eliminated;

gastroepiploic vein
n1
one of two veins serving the great curvature of the stomach;

- syn. gastroomental vein, vena gastroomentalis;

gastroesophageal
a1
of or relating to or involving the stomach and esophagus;

gastroesophageal reflux
n1
reflux of stomach contents into the esophagus;

- syn. esophageal reflux, oesophageal reflux;

gastrogavage
n1
feeding a nutrient solution into the stomach through a tube through a surgically created opening;

gastrointestinal / ɡ æ s t ɹ oʊ ɪ n t ɛ s t ɪ n ɫ /
a1
of or relating to the stomach and intestines;

- "a gastrointestinal disorder";

- syn. GI;

gastrointestinal disorder
n1
illness caused by poisonous or contaminated food;

- syn. food poisoning;

gastrointestinal hormone
n1
hormones that affect gastrointestinal functioning;

- syn. GI hormones;

gastrointestinal system
n1
the system that makes food absorbable into the body;

- syn. digestive system, systema alimentarium, systema digestorium;

gastrointestinal tract
n1
tubular passage of mucous membrane and muscle extending about 8.3 meters from mouth to anus;

- functions in digestion and elimination;

- syn. GI tract, alimentary canal, alimentary tract, digestive tract, digestive tube;

gastrolobium
n1
any of various Australian evergreen shrubs of the genus Gastrolobium having whorled compound leaves poisonous to livestock and showy yellow to deep reddish-orange flowers followed by two-seeded pods;

- syn. poison bush, poison pea;

gastromy
n1
surgical incision into the stomach;

gastromycete
n1
any fungus of the class Gasteromycetes;

- syn. gasteromycete;

Gastromycetes
n1
fungi in which the hymenium is enclosed until after spores have matured: puffballs;

- earth stars;

- stinkhorn fungi;

- syn. Gasteromycetes, class Gasteromycetes, class Gastromycetes;

gastronome / ɡ æ s t ɹ ə n oʊ m /
n1
a person devoted to refined sensuous enjoyment (especially good food and drink);

- syn. bon vivant, epicure, epicurean, foodie, gourmet;

gastronomic / ɡ æ s t ɹ ə n ɒ m ɪ k /
a1
of or relating to gastronomy;

- "gastronomic adventures";

- syn. gastronomical;

gastronomical / ɡ æ s t ɹ ə n ɒ m ɪ k ə ɫ /
a1
of or relating to gastronomy;

- "gastronomic adventures";

- syn. gastronomic;

gastronomy / ɡ æ s t ɹ ɒ n ə m i /
n1
a particular style of cookery (as of a region);

- "New England gastronomy";

n2
the art and practice of choosing and preparing and eating good food;

gastroomental vein
n1
one of two veins serving the great curvature of the stomach;

- syn. gastroepiploic vein, vena gastroomentalis;

Gastrophryne
n1
primarily tropical narrow-mouthed toads;

- syn. genus Gastrophryne;

Gastrophryne carolinensis
n1
small toad of southeastern United States;

- syn. eastern narrow-mouthed toad;

Gastrophryne olivacea
n1
small secretive toad with smooth tough skin of central and western North America;

- syn. western narrow-mouthed toad;

gastropod / ɡ æ s t ɹ oʊ p ɒ d /
n1
a class of mollusks typically having a one-piece coiled shell and flattened muscular foot with a head bearing stalked eyes;

- syn. univalve;

Gastropoda
n1
snails and slugs and their relatives;

- syn. Gasteropoda, class Gasteropoda, class Gastropoda;

gastroscope / ɡ æ s t ɹ ə s k oʊ p /
n1
a type of endoscope for visually examining the stomach;

gastroscopy
n1
visual examination of the stomach by means of a gastroscope inserted through the esophagus;

gastrostomy
n1
surgical creation of an opening through the abdominal wall into the stomach (as for gastrogavage);

gastrula
n1
double-walled stage of the embryo resulting from invagination of the blastula;

- the outer layer of cells is the ectoderm and the inner layer differentiates into the mesoderm and endoderm;

gastrulation
n1
the process in which a gastrula develops from a blastula by the inward migration of cells;

gasworks / ɡ æ s w ɝ k s /
n1
the workplace where coal gas is manufactured;

gat
n1
a gangster's pistol;

- syn. rod;

gate / ɡ eɪ t /
n1
a movable barrier in a fence or wall;

n2
a computer circuit with several inputs but only one output that can be activated by particular combinations of inputs;

- syn. logic gate;

n3
total admission receipts at a sports event;

n4
passageway (as in an air terminal) where passengers can embark or disembark;

v1
supply with a gate;

- "The house was gated";

v2
control with a valve or other device that functions like a gate;

v3
restrict (school boys') movement to the dormitory or campus as a means of punishment;

gate-crash
v1
enter uninvited;

- informal;

- "let's crash the party!";

- syn. barge in, crash;

gateau / ɡ æ t oʊ /
n1
any of various rich and elaborate cakes;

gatecrasher / ɡ eɪ t k ɹ æ ʃ ə , ɡ eɪ t k ɹ æ ʃ ə ɹ /
n1
someone who gets in (to a party) without an invitation or without paying;

- syn. crasher, unwelcome guest;

gatefold / ɡ eɪ t f oʊ ɫ d /
n1
an oversize page that is folded in to a book or magazine;

- syn. foldout;

gatehouse / ɡ eɪ t h aʊ s /
n1
a house built at a gateway;

- usually the gatekeeper's residence;

gatekeeper / ɡ eɪ t k i p ə /
n1
someone who controls access to something;

- "there are too many gatekeepers between the field officers and the chief";

n2
someone who guards an entrance;

- syn. door guard, doorkeeper, doorman, hall porter, ostiary, porter;

gateleg table
n1
a drop-leaf table with the drop-leaves supported by hinged legs;

gatepost / ɡ eɪ t p oʊ s t /
n1
either of two posts that bound a gate;

Gates / ɡ eɪ t s /
n1
United States computer entrepreneur whose software company made him the youngest multi-billionaire in the history of the United States (born in 1955);

- syn. Bill Gates, William Henry Gates;

Gates of the Arctic National Park
n1
a large national park in Alaska featuring the Great Mendenhall Glacier;

gateway / ɡ eɪ t w eɪ /
n1
an entrance that can be closed by a gate;

gateway drug
n1
a habit-forming drug that is not addictive but its use may lead to the use of other addictive drugs;

- "one college athlete recently called beer a gateway drug for young people";

Gateway to the West
n1
the largest city in Missouri;

- a busy river port on the Mississippi River near its confluence with the Missouri River;

- was an important staging area for wagon trains westward in the 19th century;

- syn. Saint Louis, St. Louis;

gather / ɡ æ ð ə , ɡ æ ð ə ɹ /
n1
sewing consisting of small folds or puckers made by pulling tight a thread in a line of stitching;

- syn. gathering;

n2
the act of gathering something;

- syn. gathering;

v1
assemble or get together;

- "gather some stones";

- "pull your thoughts together";

- syn. collect, garner, pull together;

- also gather up;

v2
collect in one place;

- "We assembled in the church basement";

- "Let's gather in the dining room";

- syn. assemble, foregather, forgather, meet;

v3
collect or gather;

- "Journals are accumulating in my office";

- "The work keeps piling up";

- syn. accumulate, amass, conglomerate, cumulate, pile up;

v4
conclude from evidence;

- "I gather you have not done your homework";

v5
draw together into folds or puckers;

- syn. pucker, tuck;

v6
get people together;

- "assemble your colleagues";

- "get together all those who are interested in the project";

- "gather the close family members";

- syn. assemble, get together;

v7
draw and bring closer;

- "she gathered her shawl around her shoulders";

v8
look for (food) in nature;

- "Our ancestors gathered nuts in the Fall";

v9
increase or develop;

- "the peace movement gained momentum";

- "the car gathers speed";

- syn. gain;

gather in
v1
fold up;

- "take in the sails";

- syn. take in;

gather up
v1
take and lift upward;

- syn. lift up, pick up;

v2
gather or collect;

- "You can get the results on Monday";

- "She picked up the children at the day care center";

- "They pick up our trash twice a week";

- syn. call for, collect, pick up;

gathered / ɡ æ ð ə d /
a1
brought together in one place;

- "the collected works of Milton";

- "the gathered folds of the skirt";

- syn. collected;

gathered skirt
n1
a skirt whose fabric is drawn together around the waist;

gatherer / ɡ æ ð ə ɹ ə , ɡ æ ð ə ɹ ə ɹ /
n1
a person who gathers;

- "they were a society of hunters and gatherers";

n2
a person who is employed to collect payments (as for rent or taxes);

- syn. accumulator, collector;

gathering / ɡ æ ð ə ɹ ɪ ŋ /
n1
a group of persons together in one place;

- syn. assemblage;

n2
the social act of assembling;

- "they demanded the right of assembly";

- syn. assemblage, assembly;

n3
the act of gathering something;

- syn. gather;

n4
sewing consisting of small folds or puckers made by pulling tight a thread in a line of stitching;

- syn. gather;

gathering place
n1
a favorite haunt where people gather;

Gathic
n1
an ancient Iranian language;

Gatling
n1
United States inventor of the first rapid firing gun (1818-1903);

- syn. Richard Jordan Gatling;

Gatling gun
n1
an early form of machine gun having several barrels that fire in sequence as they are rotated;

gator / ɡ eɪ t ə /
n1
either of two amphibious reptiles related to crocodiles but with shorter broader snouts;

- syn. alligator;

GATT / ɡ æ t /
n1
a United Nations agency created by a multinational treaty to promote trade by the reduction of tariffs and import quotas;

- syn. General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade;

gauche / ɡ oʊ ʃ /
a1
lacking social polish;

- "too gauche to leave the room when the conversation became intimate";

- "their excellent manners always made me feel gauche";

- syn. graceless, unpolished;

- sim. inelegant;

gaucheness / ɡ oʊ ʃ n ɛ s /
n1
an impolite manner that is vulgar and lacking tact or refinement;

- "the whole town was famous for its crudeness";

- syn. crudeness, crudity;

Gaucher's disease
n1
a rare chronic disorder of lipid metabolism of genetic origin;

gaucherie / ɡ oʊ ʃ ə ɹ i /
n1
the quality of being rustic or gauche;

- syn. rusticity;

n2
a socially awkward or tactless act;

- syn. faux pas, gaffe, slip, solecism;

gaucho / ɡ aʊ tʃ oʊ /
n1
a cowboy of the South American pampas;

gaud / ɡ ɔ d /
n1
cheap showy jewelry or ornament on clothing;

- syn. bangle, bauble, fallal, gewgaw, novelty, trinket;

gaudery
n1
cheap or pretentious or vain display;

- syn. pomp;

Gaudi
n1
Spanish architect who was a leading exponent of art nouveau in Europe (1852-1926);

- syn. Antonio Gaudi, Antonio Gaudi i Cornet, Gaudi i Cornet;

Gaudi i Cornet
n1
Spanish architect who was a leading exponent of art nouveau in Europe (1852-1926);

- syn. Antonio Gaudi, Antonio Gaudi i Cornet, Gaudi;

gaudily / ɡ ɔ d ɪ ɫ i /
r1
in a tastelessly garish manner;

- "the temple was garishly decorated with bright plastic flowers";

- syn. garishly, tawdrily;

gaudiness
n1
tasteless showiness;

- syn. brashness, flashiness, garishness, glitz, loudness, meretriciousness, tawdriness;

n2
strident color or excessive ornamentation;

- syn. garishness;

gaudy / ɡ ɔ d i /
n1
(Britain) a celebratory reunion feast or entertainment held a college;

a1
tastelessly showy;

- "a flash car";

- "a flashy ring";

- "garish colors";

- "a gaudy costume";

- "loud sport shirts";

- "a meretricious yet stylish book";

- "tawdry ornaments";

- syn. brassy, cheap, flash, flashy, garish, gimcrack, loud, meretricious, tacky, tatty, tawdry, trashy;

- sim. tasteless;

a2
(used especially of clothes) marked by conspicuous display;

- syn. flashy, jazzy, showy, sporty;

- sim. colorful;

gauffer
n1
an iron used to press pleats and ridges;

- syn. gauffering iron, goffer, goffering iron;

n2
an ornamental frill made by pressing pleats;

- syn. goffer;

v1
make wavy with a heated goffering iron;

- "goffer the trim of the dress";

- syn. goffer;

gauffering iron
n1
an iron used to press pleats and ridges;

- syn. gauffer, goffer, goffering iron;

gauge / ɡ eɪ dʒ /
n1
a measuring instrument for measuring and indicating a quantity such as the thickness of wire or the amount of rain etc.;

- syn. gage;

n2
accepted or approved instance or example of a quantity or quality against which others are judged or measured or compared;

- syn. standard of measurement;

n3
the distance between the rails of a railway or between the wheels of a train;

n4
the thickness of wire;

n5
diameter of a tube or gun barrel;

- syn. bore, caliber, calibre;

v1
judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time);

- "I estimate this chicken to weigh three pounds";

- syn. approximate, estimate, guess, judge;

v2
rub to a uniform size;

- "gauge bricks";

v3
determine the capacity, volume, or contents of by measurement and calculation;

- "gauge the wine barrels";

v4
measure precisely and against a standard;

- "the wire is gauged";

v5
adapt to a specified measurement;

- "gauge the instruments";

v6
mix in specific proportions;

- "gauge plaster";

gauge boson
n1
a particle that mediates the interaction of two elementary particles;

Gauguin
n1
French Post-impressionist painter who worked in the South Pacific (1848-1903);

- syn. Paul Gauguin;

Gauguinesque
a1
in the manner of Paul Gauguin;

Gaul / ɡ ɔ ɫ /
n1
a person of French descent;

- syn. frog;

n2
a Celt of ancient Gaul;

n3
an ancient region of western Europe that included what is now northern Italy and France and Belgium and part of Germany and the Netherlands;

- syn. Gallia;

Gaultheria
n1
widely distributed genus of creeping or upright evergreen shrubs;

- syn. genus Gaultheria;

Gaultheria hispidula
n1
slow-growing procumbent evergreen shrublet of northern North America and Japan having white flowers and numerous white fleshy rough and hairy seeds;

- syn. creeping snowberry, maidenhair berry, moxie plum;

Gaultheria procumbens
n1
creeping shrub of eastern North America having white bell-shaped flowers followed by spicy red berrylike fruit and shiny aromatic leaves that yield wintergreen oil;

- syn. checkerberry, creeping wintergreen, ground-berry, groundberry, mountain tea, teaberry, wintergreen;

Gaultheria shallon
n1
small evergreen shrub of Pacific coast of North America having edible dark purple grape-sized berries;

- syn. salal, shallon;

gaumless
a1
(British informal) lacking intelligence and vitality;

- syn. gormless;

- sim. stupid;

gaunt / ɡ ɔ n t /
a1
very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold;

- "a nightmare population of gaunt men and skeletal boys";

- "eyes were haggard and cavernous";

- "small pinched faces";

- "kept life in his wasted frame only by grim concentration";

- syn. cadaverous, emaciated, haggard, pinched, skeletal, wasted;

- sim. thin;

gauntlet / ɡ ɔ n t ɫ ɪ t /
n1
to offer or accept a challenge;

- "threw down the gauntlet";

- "took up the gauntlet";

- syn. gantlet;

n2
a glove of armored leather;

- protects the hand;

- syn. gantlet, metal glove;

n3
a glove with long sleeve;

- syn. gantlet;

n4
a form of punishment in which a person is forced to run between two lines of men facing each other and armed with clubs or whips to beat the victim;

- syn. gantlet;

gauntleted / ɡ ɔ n t ɫ ɪ t ɪ d /
a1
wearing a protective glove;

- "gestured with his gauntleted hand";

- sim. gloved;

gauntness / ɡ ɔ n t n ə s /
n1
extreme leanness (usually caused by starvation or disease);

- syn. boniness, bonyness, emaciation, maceration;

gauntry / ɡ ɔ n t ɹ aɪ /
n1
a framework of steel bars raised on side supports to bridge over or around something;

- can display railway signals above several tracks or can support a traveling crane etc.;

- syn. gantry;

gaur
n1
wild ox of mountainous areas of eastern India;

- syn. Bibos gaurus;

Gauri
n1
in Hinduism, goddess of purity and posterity and a benevolent aspect of Devi;

- the `brilliant';

gauss
n1
a unit of magnetic flux density equal to 1 maxwell per square centimeter;

n2
German mathematician who developed the theory of numbers and who applied mathematics to electricity and magnetism and astronomy and geodesy (1777-1855);

- syn. Karl Friedrich Gauss, Karl Gauss;

Gaussian
a1
of or relating to Karl Gauss or his mathematical theories of magnetics or electricity or astronomy or probability;

- "Gaussian distribution";

Gaussian curve
n1
a symmetrical curve representing the normal distribution;

- syn. Gaussian shape, bell-shaped curve, normal curve;

Gaussian distribution
n1
a theoretical distribution with finite mean and variance;

- syn. normal distribution;

Gaussian shape
n1
a symmetrical curve representing the normal distribution;

- syn. Gaussian curve, bell-shaped curve, normal curve;

gaussmeter
n1
a meter to compare strengths of magnetic fields;

- syn. magnetometer;

Gautama
n1
founder of Buddhism (c 563-483 BC);

- syn. Buddha, Gautama Buddha, Gautama Siddhartha, Siddhartha;

Gautama Buddha
n1
founder of Buddhism (c 563-483 BC);

- syn. Buddha, Gautama, Gautama Siddhartha, Siddhartha;

Gautama Siddhartha
n1
founder of Buddhism (c 563-483 BC);

- syn. Buddha, Gautama, Gautama Buddha, Siddhartha;

gauze / ɡ ɔ z /
n1
(medicine) bleached cotton cloth of plain weave used for bandages and dressings;

- syn. gauze bandage;

n2
a net of transparent fabric with a loose open weave;

- syn. netting, veiling;

gauze-like
a1
so thin as to transmit light;

- "a hat with a diaphanous veil";

- "filmy wings of a moth";

- "gauzy clouds of dandelion down";

- "gossamer cobwebs";

- "sheer silk stockings";

- "transparent chiffon";

- "vaporous silks";

- syn. cobwebby, diaphanous, filmy, gauzy, gossamer, see-through, sheer, transparent, vaporous, vapourous;

- sim. thin;

gauze bandage
n1
(medicine) bleached cotton cloth of plain weave used for bandages and dressings;

- syn. gauze;

gauzy / ɡ ɔ z i /
a1
so thin as to transmit light;

- "a hat with a diaphanous veil";

- "filmy wings of a moth";

- "gauzy clouds of dandelion down";

- "gossamer cobwebs";

- "sheer silk stockings";

- "transparent chiffon";

- "vaporous silks";

- syn. cobwebby, diaphanous, filmy, gauze-like, gossamer, see-through, sheer, transparent, vaporous, vapourous;

- sim. thin;

gavage
n1
feeding that consists of the delivery of a nutrient solution (as through a nasal tube) to someone who cannot or will not eat;

- syn. forced feeding;

gavel / ɡ æ v ɫ /
n1
a small mallet used by a presiding officer or a judge;

Gavia
n1
type genus of the Gavidae: loons;

- syn. genus Gavia;

gavial
n1
large fish-eating Indian crocodilian with a long slender snout;

- syn. Gavialis gangeticus;

Gavialidae
n1
gavials;

- syn. family Gavialidae;

Gavialis
n1
type genus of the Gavialidae;

- syn. genus Gavialis;

Gavialis gangeticus
n1
large fish-eating Indian crocodilian with a long slender snout;

- syn. gavial;

Gavidae
n1
loon family;

- syn. family Gavidae;

gaviiform seabird
n1
seabirds of the order Gaviiformes;

Gaviiformes
n1
large aquatic birds: loons and some extinct forms;

- syn. order Gaviiformes;

gavotte / ɡ ə v ɒ t /
n1
an old formal French dance in quadruple time;

n2
music composed in quadruple time for dancing the gavotte;

Gawain
n1
(Arthurian legend) a nephew of Arthur and one of the knights of the Round Table;

- syn. Sir Gawain;

gawk / ɡ ɔ k /
n1
an awkward stupid person;

- syn. clod, goon, lout, lubber, lummox, lump, oaf, stumblebum;

v1
look with amazement;

- look stupidly;

- syn. gape, gawp, goggle;

gawker / ɡ ɔ k ə , ɡ ɔ k ə ɹ /
n1
a spectator who stares stupidly without intelligent awareness;

gawkiness / ɡ ɔ k ɪ n ə s /
n1
the carriage of someone whose movements and posture are extremely ungainly and inelegant;

- syn. ungainliness;

gawky / ɡ ɔ k i /
a1
lacking grace in movement or posture;

- "a gawky lad with long ungainly legs";

- "clumsy fingers";

- "what an ungainly creature a giraffe is";

- "heaved his unwieldy figure out of his chair";

- syn. clumsy, clunky, ungainly, unwieldy;

- sim. awkward;

gawp / ɡ ɔ p /
v1
look with amazement;

- look stupidly;

- syn. gape, gawk, goggle;

gay / ɡ eɪ /
n1
someone who is sexually attracted to persons of the same sex;

- syn. homo, homophile, homosexual;

a1
bright and pleasant;

- promoting a feeling of cheer;

- "a cheery hello";

- "a gay sunny room";

- "a sunny smile";

- syn. cheery, sunny;

- sim. cheerful;

a2
full of or showing high-spirited merriment;

- "when hearts were young and gay";

- "a poet could not but be gay, in such a jocund company"- Wordsworth;

- "the jolly crowd at the reunion";

- "jolly old Saint Nick";

- "a jovial old gentleman";

- "have a merry Christmas";

- "peals of merry laughter";

- "a mirthful laugh";

- syn. jocund, jolly, jovial, merry, mirthful;

- sim. joyous;

a3
given to social pleasures often including dissipation;

- "led a gay Bohemian life";

- "a gay old rogue with an eye for the ladies";

- sim. indulgent;

a4
brightly colored and showy;

- "girls decked out in brave new dresses";

- "brave banners flying";

- "`braw' is a Scottish word";

- "a dress a bit too gay for her years";

- "birds with gay plumage";

- syn. brave, braw;

- sim. colorful;

a5
offering fun and gaiety;

- "a festive (or festal) occasion";

- "gay and exciting night life";

- "a merry evening";

- syn. festal, festive, merry;

- sim. joyous;

a6
homosexual or arousing homosexual desires;

- syn. homophile, queer;

- sim. homosexual;

gay-feather
n1
any of various North American plants of the genus Liatris having racemes or panicles of small discoid flower heads;

- syn. blazing star, button snakeroot, gayfeather, snakeroot;

Gay-Lussac
n1
French chemist and physicist who first isolated boron and who formulated the law describing the behavior of gases under constant pressure (1778-1850);

- syn. Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac;

Gay-Lussac's law
n1
(physics) the density of an ideal gas at constant pressure varies inversely with the temperature;

- syn. Charles's law, law of volumes;

gay lib
n1
the movement aimed at liberating homosexuals from legal or social or economic oppression;

- syn. gay liberation movement;

gay liberation movement
n1
the movement aimed at liberating homosexuals from legal or social or economic oppression;

- syn. gay lib;

gay woman
n1
a female homosexual;

- syn. lesbian, tribade;

gayal
n1
ox of southeast Asia sometimes considered a domesticated breed of the gaur;

- syn. Bibos frontalis, mithan;

gayfeather
n1
any of various North American plants of the genus Liatris having racemes or panicles of small discoid flower heads;

- syn. blazing star, button snakeroot, gay-feather, snakeroot;

Gaylussacia
n1
deciduous or evergreen shrubs of North America: black huckleberries;

- syn. genus Gaylussacia;

Gaylussacia baccata
n1
low shrub of the eastern United States bearing shiny black edible fruit;

- best known of the huckleberries;

- syn. black huckleberry;

Gaylussacia brachycera
n1
creeping evergreen shrub of southeastern United States having small shiny boxlike leaves and flavorless berries;

- syn. box huckleberry;

Gaylussacia frondosa
n1
huckleberry of the eastern United States with pink flowers and sweet blue fruit;

- syn. dangle-berry, dangleberry;

gayly
r1
in a joyous manner;

- "they shouted happily";

- syn. blithely, happily, jubilantly, merrily, mirthfully;

gayness / ɡ eɪ n ə s /
n1
a sexual attraction to (or sexual relations with) persons of the same sex;

- syn. homoeroticism, homosexualism, homosexuality, queerness;

gaywings
n1
common trailing perennial milkwort of eastern North America having leaves like wintergreen and usually rosy-purple flowers with winged sepals;

- syn. Polygala paucifolia, bird-on-the-wing, flowering wintergreen, fringed polygala;

Gaza
n1
a coastal region at the southeastern corner of the Mediterranean bordering Israel and Egypt;

- "he is a Palestinian from Gaza";

- syn. Gaza Strip;

Gaza Strip
n1
a coastal region at the southeastern corner of the Mediterranean bordering Israel and Egypt;

- "he is a Palestinian from Gaza";

- syn. Gaza;

gazania
n1
any plant of the genus Gazania valued for their showy daisy flowers;

Gazania rigens
n1
decumbent South African perennial with short densely leafy stems and orange flower rays with black eyespots at base;

- syn. treasure flower;

gaze / ɡ eɪ z /
n1
a long fixed look;

- "he fixed his paternal gaze on me";

- syn. regard;

v1
look at with fixed eyes;

- "The students stared at the teacher with amazement";

- syn. stare;

gazebo / ɡ ə z i b oʊ /
n1
a small roofed building affording shade and rest;

- syn. summerhouse;

Gazella
n1
typical gazelles;

- syn. genus Gazella;

Gazella subgutturosa
n1
a kind of gazelle;

Gazella thomsoni
n1
East African gazelle;

- the smallest gazelle;

- syn. Thomson's gazelle;

gazelle / ɡ ə z ɛ ɫ /
n1
small swift graceful antelope of Africa and Asia having lustrous eyes;

gazelle hound
n1
old breed of tall swift keen-eyed hunting dogs resembling greyhounds;

- from Egypt and southwestern Asia;

- syn. Saluki;

gazette / ɡ ə z ɛ t /
n1
a newspaper or official journal;

v1
publish in a gazette;

gazetteer / ɡ æ z ə t ɪə , ɡ æ z ə t ɪə ɹ /
n1
a journalist who writes for a gazette;

n2
a geographical dictionary (as at the back of an atlas);

gazillion
n1
a very large indefinite number (usually hyperbole);

- "there were millions of flies";

- syn. bazillion, billion, jillion, million, trillion, zillion;

gazpacho
n1
a soup made with chopped tomatoes and onions and cucumbers and peppers and herbs;

- served cold;

gazump / ɡ ə z ʌ m p /
v1
rip off;

- ask an unreasonable price;

- syn. fleece, hook, overcharge, pluck, plume, rob, soak, surcharge;

v2
raise the price of something after agreeing on a lower price;

GB / dʒ i b i /
n1
a highly toxic chemical nerve agent that inhibits the activity of cholinesterase;

- syn. sarin;

n2
a unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns;

- syn. Gi, gilbert;

n3
a unit of information equal to 1000 megabits or 10^9 (1,000,000,000) bits;

- syn. Gbit, gigabit;

n4
a unit of information equal to 1000 megabytes or 10^9 (1,000,000,000) bytes;

- syn. G, gigabyte;

n5
a unit of information equal to 1024 mebibytes or 2^30 (1,073,741,824) bytes;

- syn. G, GiB, gibibyte, gigabyte;

n6
an island comprising England and Scotland and Wales;

- syn. Great Britain;

Gbit
n1
a unit of information equal to 1000 megabits or 10^9 (1,000,000,000) bits;

- syn. Gb, gigabit;

GBU-28
n1
a 5,000 pound laser-guided bomb that can be programmed to penetrate to a given depth before exploding;

- used to penetrate hardened underground facilities;

- syn. Bunker Buster, Guided Bomb Unit-28;

Gc
n1
1,000,000,000 periods per second;

- syn. GHz, gigacycle, gigacycle per second, gigahertz;

GCA
n1
aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar;

- syn. ground-controlled approach;

GCSE / dʒ i s ɪ ɛ s i /
n1
the basic level of a subject taken in school;

- syn. General Certificate of Secondary Education, O level;

GD
n1
a nerve agent easily absorbed into the body;

- a lethal cholinesterase inhibitor that is highly toxic when inhaled;

- syn. soman;

n2
a ductile silvery-white ductile ferromagnetic trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group;

- syn. atomic number 64, gadolinium;

Gdansk / ɡ d æ n s k /
n1
a port city of northern Poland near the mouth of the Vistula River on a gulf of the Baltic Sea;

- a member of the Hanseatic League in the 14th century;

- syn. Danzig;

GDP
n1
the measure of an economy adopted by the United States in 1991;

- the total market values of goods and services produced by workers and capital within a nation's borders during a given period (usually 1 year);

- syn. gross domestic product;

Ge
n1
a brittle grey crystalline element that is a semiconducting metalloid (resembling silicon) used in transistors;

- occurs in germanite and argyrodite;

- syn. atomic number 32, germanium;

n2
(Greek mythology) goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology;

- syn. Gaea, Gaia;

gean
n1
wild or seedling sweet cherry used as stock for grafting;

- syn. mazzard, mazzard cherry;

gear / ɡ ɪə , ɡ ɪə ɹ /
n1
a toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion;

- syn. cogwheel, gear wheel, geared wheel;

n2
wheelwork consisting of a connected set of rotating gears by which force is transmitted or motion or torque is changed;

- "the fool got his tie caught in the geartrain";

- syn. gearing, geartrain, power train, train;

n3
a mechanism for transmitting motion for some specific purpose (as the steering gear of a vehicle);

- syn. gear mechanism;

n4
equipment consisting of miscellaneous articles needed for a particular operation or sport etc.;

- syn. appurtenance, paraphernalia;

v1
set the level or character of;

- "She pitched her speech to the teenagers in the audience";

- syn. pitch;

gear box
n1
the shell (metal casing) in which a train of gears is sealed;

- syn. gear case, gearbox;

gear case
n1
the shell (metal casing) in which a train of gears is sealed;

- syn. gear box, gearbox;

gear lever
n1
a mechanical device for engaging and disengaging gears;

- "in Britain they call a gearshift a gear lever";

- syn. gearshift, gearstick, shifter;

gear mechanism
n1
a mechanism for transmitting motion for some specific purpose (as the steering gear of a vehicle);

- syn. gear;

gear up
v1
make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc;

- "Get the children ready for school!";

- "prepare for war";

- "I was fixing to leave town after I paid the hotel bill";

- syn. fix, prepare, ready, set, set up;

gear wheel
n1
a toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion;

- syn. cogwheel, gear, geared wheel;

gearbox / ɡ ɪə b ɒ k s /
n1
the shell (metal casing) in which a train of gears is sealed;

- syn. gear box, gear case;

geared / ɡ ɪə d /
a1
equipped with or connected by gears or having gears engaged;

- sim. back-geared, double-geared, engaged, in gear;

geared wheel
n1
a toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion;

- syn. cogwheel, gear, gear wheel;

gearing / ɡ ɪə ɹ ɪ ŋ /
n1
wheelwork consisting of a connected set of rotating gears by which force is transmitted or motion or torque is changed;

- "the fool got his tie caught in the geartrain";

- syn. gear, geartrain, power train, train;

gearset
n1
a set of gears;

gearshift / ɡ ɪə ʃ ɪ f t /
n1
a mechanical device for engaging and disengaging gears;

- "in Britain they call a gearshift a gear lever";

- syn. gear lever, gearstick, shifter;

gearstick
n1
a mechanical device for engaging and disengaging gears;

- "in Britain they call a gearshift a gear lever";

- syn. gear lever, gearshift, shifter;

geartrain
n1
wheelwork consisting of a connected set of rotating gears by which force is transmitted or motion or torque is changed;

- "the fool got his tie caught in the geartrain";

- syn. gear, gearing, power train, train;

Geastraceae
n1
a family of earthstar fungi belonging to the order Lycoperdales;

- syn. family Geastraceae;

Geastrum
n1
type genus of Geastraceae;

- fungi whose outer peridium when dry splits into starlike segments;

- syn. genus Geastrum;

Geastrum coronatum
n1
an earthstar with a bluish spore sac and a purplish brown gleba;

- at maturity the outer layer splits into rays that bend backward and elevate the spore sac;

Geb
n1
Egyptian god of the earth;

- father of Osiris and Isis;

- syn. Keb;

gebang palm
n1
large-leaved palm of Malay to Philippines and northern Australia;

- leaves used for thatching or plaiting into containers;

- syn. Corypha gebanga, Corypha utan;

Gebhard Leberecht von Blucher
n1
Prussian general who is remembered for his leadership in the wars against Napoleon (1742-1819);

- syn. Blucher, G. L. von Blucher, von Blucher;

gecko / ɡ ɛ k oʊ /
n1
any of various small chiefly tropical and usually nocturnal insectivorous terrestrial lizards typically with immovable eyelids;

- completely harmless;

gee / dʒ i /
n1
a unit of force equal to the force exerted by gravity;

- used to indicate the force to which a body is subjected when it is accelerated;

- syn. g, g-force;

v1
turn to the right side;

- "the horse geed";

v2
give a command to a horse to turn to the right side;

gee-gee / dʒ i dʒ i /
n1
a word for horse used by children or in adult slang;

geebung
n1
any of numerous shrubs and small trees having hard narrow leaves and long-lasting yellow or white flowers followed by small edible but insipid fruits;

geek
n1
a carnival performer who does disgusting acts;

n2
a person with an unusual or odd personality;

- syn. eccentric, eccentric person, flake, oddball;

Geert Geerts
n1
Dutch humanist and theologian who was the leading Renaissance scholar of northern Europe;

- although his criticisms of the Roman Catholic Church led to the Reformation, he opposed violence and condemned Martin Luther (1466-1536);

- syn. Desiderius Erasmus, Erasmus, Gerhard Gerhards;

geezer / ɡ i z ə , ɡ i z ə ɹ /
n1
a man who is (usually) old and/or eccentric;

geezerhood
n1
a late time of life;

- "old age is not for sissies";

- "he's showing his years";

- "age hasn't slowed him down at all";

- "a beard white with eld";

- "on the brink of geezerhood";

- syn. age, eld, old age, years;

gefilte fish
n1
well-seasoned balls of ground fish and eggs and crushed crumbs simmered in fish stock;

- syn. fish ball;

gegenschein
n1
a faint spot of light in the night sky that appears directly opposite the position of the sun;

- a reflection of sunlight by micrometeoric material in space;

- syn. counterglow;

Geglossaceae
n1
a type of ascomycetous fungus;

Gehenna
n1
a place where the wicked are punished after death;

- syn. Tartarus;

Gehrig
n1
baseball player who died of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (1903-1941);

- syn. Henry Louis Gehrig, Lou Gehrig;

Geiger / ɡ aɪ ɡ ə , ɡ aɪ ɡ ə ɹ /
n1
German physicist who developed the Geiger counter (1882-1945);

- syn. Hans Geiger;

Geiger-Muller counter
n1
counter tube that detects ionizing radiations;

- syn. Geiger counter;

Geiger-Muller tube
n1
an ionization chamber contained in a tube in a Geiger counter;

- syn. Geiger tube;

Geiger counter
n1
counter tube that detects ionizing radiations;

- syn. Geiger-Muller counter;

Geiger tube
n1
an ionization chamber contained in a tube in a Geiger counter;

- syn. Geiger-Muller tube;

Geisel
n1
United States writer of children's books (1904-1991);

- syn. Dr. Seuss, Theodor Seuss Geisel;

geisha / ɡ eɪ ʃ ə /
n1
a Japanese woman trained to entertain men with conversation and singing and dancing;

- syn. geisha girl;

geisha girl
n1
a Japanese woman trained to entertain men with conversation and singing and dancing;

- syn. geisha;

Gekkonidae
n1
geckos;

- syn. family Gekkonidae;

gel / dʒ ɛ ɫ /
n1
a colloid in a more solid form than a sol;

- syn. colloidal gel;

n2
jellylike substance used in hair styling;

- syn. hair gel;

n3
a thin translucent membrane used over stage lights for color effects;

- syn. gelatin;

v1
become a gel;

- "The solid, when heated, gelled";

v2
apply a styling gel to;

- "she mousses her hair";

- syn. mousse;

gelatin / dʒ ɛ ɫ ə t ɪ n /
n1
a colorless water-soluble glutinous protein obtained from animal tissues such as bone and skin;

- syn. gelatine;

n2
an edible jelly (sweet or pungent) made with gelatin and used as a dessert or salad base or a coating for foods;

- syn. jelly;

n3
a thin translucent membrane used over stage lights for color effects;

- syn. gel;

gelatin dessert
n1
jellied dessert made with gelatin and fruit juice or water;

gelatine / dʒ ɛ ɫ ə t i n /
n1
a colorless water-soluble glutinous protein obtained from animal tissues such as bone and skin;

- syn. gelatin;

gelatinise / dʒ ɪ ɫ æ t ɪ n ɪ s /
v1
become gelatinous or change into a jelly;

- "the starch gelatinized when it was heated";

- syn. gelatinize;

v2
convert into gelatinous form or jelly;

- "hot water will gelatinize starch";

- syn. gelatinize;

gelatinize / dʒ ɪ ɫ æ t ɪ n aɪ z /
v1
coat with gelatin;

v2
become gelatinous or change into a jelly;

- "the starch gelatinized when it was heated";

- syn. gelatinise;

v3
convert into gelatinous form or jelly;

- "hot water will gelatinize starch";

- syn. gelatinise;

gelatinlike
a1
thick like gelatin;

- syn. gelatinous, jellylike;

- sim. thick;

gelatinous / dʒ ɪ ɫ æ t ɪ n ə s /
a1
thick like gelatin;

- syn. gelatinlike, jellylike;

- sim. thick;

gelatinousness / dʒ ɪ ɫ æ t ɪ n ə s n ə s /
n1
the property of having a viscosity like jelly;

- syn. glutinosity, glutinousness;

geld / ɡ ɛ ɫ d /
v1
cut off the testicles (of male animals such as horses);

- "the vet gelded the young horse";

- syn. cut;

gelded / ɡ ɛ ɫ d ɪ d /
a1
(of a male animal) having the testicles removed;

- "a cut horse";

- syn. cut, emasculated;

- sim. castrated;

gelding / ɡ ɛ ɫ d ɪ ŋ /
n1
castrated male horse;

Gelechia
n1
type genus of the Gelechiidae: pink bollworms;

- syn. genus Gelechia;

Gelechia gossypiella
n1
larvae of a gelechiid moth introduced from Asia;

- feeds on the seeds of cotton bolls;

- syn. pink bollworm;

n2
small brown moth whose larvae bore into flowers and bolls of cotton;

gelechiid
n1
small slender-winged moths whose larvae are agricultural pests;

- syn. gelechiid moth;

gelechiid moth
n1
small slender-winged moths whose larvae are agricultural pests;

- syn. gelechiid;

Gelechiidae
n1
important economic pests;

- syn. family Gelechiidae;

gelid / dʒ ɛ ɫ ɪ d /
a1
extremely cold;

- "an arctic climate";

- "a frigid day";

- "gelid waters of the North Atlantic";

- "glacial winds";

- "icy hands";

- "polar weather";

- syn. arctic, frigid, glacial, icy, polar;

- sim. cold;

gelidity / dʒ ɛ ɫ ɪ d ɪ t i /
n1
coldness due to a cold environment;

- syn. chill, iciness;

gelignite / dʒ ɛ ɫ ɪ ɡ n aɪ t /
n1
a type of dynamite in which the nitroglycerin is absorbed in a base of wood pulp and sodium or potassium nitrate;

- syn. gelly;

Gell-Mann
n1
United States physicist noted for his studies of subatomic particles (born in 1929);

- syn. Murray Gell-Mann;

gelly
n1
a type of dynamite in which the nitroglycerin is absorbed in a base of wood pulp and sodium or potassium nitrate;

- syn. gelignite;

Gelsemium
n1
evergreen twining shrubs of Americas and southeastern Asia;

- syn. genus Gelsemium;

Gelsemium sempervirens
n1
poisonous woody evergreen vine of southeastern United States having fragrant yellow funnel-shaped flowers;

- syn. Carolina jasmine, evening trumpet flower, yellow jasmine, yellow jessamine;

gelt
n1
informal terms for money;

- syn. boodle, bread, cabbage, clams, dinero, dough, kale, lettuce, lolly, loot, lucre, moolah, pelf, scratch, shekels, simoleons, sugar, wampum;

gem / dʒ ɛ m /
n1
art highly prized for its beauty or perfection;

- syn. treasure;

n2
a crystalline rock that can be cut and polished for jewelry;

- "he had the gem set in a ring for his wife";

- "she had jewels made of all the rarest stones";

- syn. gemstone, stone;

n3
a person who is as brilliant and precious as a piece of jewelry;

- syn. jewel;

n4
a sweet quick bread baked in a cup-shaped pan;

- syn. muffin;

n5
a precious or semiprecious stone incorporated into a piece of jewelry;

- syn. jewel, precious stone;

gem clip
n1
a wire or plastic clip for holding sheets of paper together;

- "the paper clip was invented in 1900";

- syn. paper clip, paperclip;

gem cutter
n1
one who cuts and shapes precious stones;

Gem State
n1
a state in the Rocky Mountains;

- syn. ID, Id., Idaho;

Gemara
n1
the second part of the Talmud consisting primarily of commentary on the Mishna;

gemfibrozil
n1
medication (trade name Lopid) used to lower the levels of triglyceride in the blood;

- syn. Lopid;

geminate / dʒ ɛ m ɪ n eɪ t /
n1
a doubled or long consonant;

- "the `n' in `thinness' is a geminate";

v1
form by reduplication;

- "The consonant reduplicates after a short vowel";

- "The morpheme can be reduplicated to emphasize the meaning of the word";

- syn. reduplicate;

v2
occur in pairs;

- syn. pair;

v3
arrange in pairs;

- "Pair these numbers";

- syn. pair;

v4
arrange or combine in pairs;

- "The consonants are geminated in these words";

gemination / dʒ ɛ m ɪ n eɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
the doubling of a word or phrase (as for rhetorical effect);

n2
the act of copying or making a duplicate (or duplicates) of something;

- "this kind of duplication is wasteful";

- syn. duplication;

Gemini / dʒ ɛ m ɪ n i /
n1
(astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Gemini;

- syn. Twin;

n2
a zodiacal constellation in the northern hemisphere between Taurus and Cancer on the ecliptic;

n3
the third sign of the zodiac;

- the sun is in this sign from about May 21 to June 20;

- syn. Gemini the Twins, Twins;

Gemini program
n1
a program of space flights undertaken by US in 1965 and 1966;

- "under the Gemini program each crew had two astronauts";

Gemini the Twins
n1
the third sign of the zodiac;

- the sun is in this sign from about May 21 to June 20;

- syn. Gemini, Twins;

gemma
n1
small asexual reproductive structure in e.g. liverworts and mosses that detaches from the parent and develops into a new individual;

gemmation
n1
asexual reproduction in which a local growth on the surface or in the body of the parent becomes a separate individual;

- syn. pullulation;

gemmed / dʒ ɛ m d /
a1
covered with beads or jewels or sequins;

- syn. beady, jeweled, jewelled, sequined, spangled, spangly;

- sim. adorned;

gemmiferous / dʒ ɛ m ɪ f ə ɹ ə s /
a1
bearing or reproducing by a gemma;

gemmule
n1
the physically discrete element that Darwin proposed as responsible for heredity;

Gemonil
n1
anticonvulsant drug (trade name Gemonil) used in the treatment of epilepsy;

- syn. metharbital;

gempylid
n1
snake mackerels;

- elongated marine fishes with oily flesh;

- resembles mackerels;

- found worldwide;

Gempylidae
n1
snake mackerels;

- syn. family Gempylidae;

Gempylus
n1
type genus of the Gempylidae;

- syn. genus Gempylus;

Gempylus serpens
n1
predatory tropical fishes with jutting jaws and strong teeth;

- syn. snake mackerel;

gemsbok / ɡ ɛ m z b ɒ k /
n1
large South African oryx with a broad black band along its flanks;

- syn. Oryx gazella, gemsbuck;

gemsbuck
n1
large South African oryx with a broad black band along its flanks;

- syn. Oryx gazella, gemsbok;

gemstone / dʒ ɛ m s t oʊ n /
n1
a crystalline rock that can be cut and polished for jewelry;

- "he had the gem set in a ring for his wife";

- "she had jewels made of all the rarest stones";

- syn. gem, stone;

gen / dʒ ɛ n /
n1
informal term for information;

- "give me the gen on your new line of computers";

gen X
n1
the generation following the baby boom (especially Americans and Canadians born in the 1960s and 1970s);

- syn. generation X;

gendarme / ʒ ɒ n d ɑ m /
n1
a French policeman;

gendarmerie / ʒ ɒ n d ɑ m ə ɹ i /
n1
French police force;

- a group of gendarmes or gendarmes collectively;

- syn. gendarmery;

gendarmery
n1
French police force;

- a group of gendarmes or gendarmes collectively;

- syn. gendarmerie;

gender / dʒ ɛ n d ə , dʒ ɛ n d ə ɹ /
n1
a grammatical category in inflected languages governing the agreement between nouns and pronouns and adjectives;

- in some languages it is quite arbitrary but in Indo-European languages it is usually based on sex or animateness;

- syn. grammatical gender;

n2
the properties that distinguish organisms on the basis of their reproductive roles;

- "she didn't want to know the sex of the foetus";

- syn. sex, sexuality;

gender agreement
n1
agreement in grammatical gender between words in the same construction;

gender identity
n1
your identity as it is experienced with regard to your individuality as male or female;

- awareness normally begin in infancy and is reinforced during adolescence;

gender role
n1
the overt expression of attitudes that indicate to others the degree of your maleness or femaleness;

- "your gender role is the public expression of your gender identity";

gene / dʒ i n /
n1
(genetics) a segment of DNA that is involved in producing a polypeptide chain;

- it can include regions preceding and following the coding DNA as well as introns between the exons;

- it is considered a unit of heredity;

- "genes were formerly called factors";

- syn. cistron, factor;

gene-splicing
n1
the technology of preparing recombinant DNA in vitro by cutting up DNA molecules and splicing together fragments from more than one organism;

- syn. genetic engineering, recombinant DNA technology;

gene chip
n1
a microchip that holds DNA probes that form half of the DNA double helix and can recognize DNA from samples being tested;

- syn. DNA chip;

gene delivery vector
n1
a vector for delivering genes into cells;

- syn. transducing vector;

gene expression
n1
conversion of the information encoded in a gene first into messenger RNA and then to a protein;

Gene Kelly
n1
United States dancer who performed in many musical films (1912-1996);

- syn. Eugene Curran Kelly, Kelly;

gene linkage
n1
(genetics) traits that tend to be inherited together as a consequence of an association between their genes;

- all of the genes of a given chromosome are linked (where one goes they all go);

- syn. linkage;

gene mutation
n1
(genetics) a mutation due to an intramolecular reorganization of a gene;

- syn. point mutation;

Gene Sarazen
n1
United States golfer who was first to win all four major golf tournaments (1902-1999);

- syn. Sarazen;

Gene Tunney
n1
United States prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship by defeating Jack Dempsey twice (1898-1978);

- syn. James Joseph Tunney, Tunney;

genealogic / dʒ i n ɪə ɫ ɒ dʒ ɪ k /
a1
of or relating to genealogy;

- "genealogical records";

- syn. genealogical;

genealogical / dʒ i n ɪə ɫ ɒ dʒ ɪ k ɫ /
a1
of or relating to genealogy;

- "genealogical records";

- syn. genealogic;

genealogically / dʒ i n ɪə ɫ ɒ dʒ ɪ k ɫ i /
r1
in a genealogical manner;

- "he charted his family tree genealogically";

genealogist / dʒ i n ɪ æ ɫ ə dʒ ɪ s t /
n1
an expert in genealogy;

genealogy / dʒ i n ɪ æ ɫ ə dʒ i /
n1
successive generations of kin;

- syn. family tree;

n2
the study or investigation of ancestry and family history;

general / dʒ ɛ n ɹ ə ɫ /
n1
a general officer of the highest rank;

- syn. full general;

n2
the head of a religious order or congregation;

- syn. superior general;

n3
a fact about the whole (as opposed to particular);

- "he discussed the general but neglected the particular";

v1
command as a general;

- "We are generaled by an incompetent!";

a1
applying to all or most members of a category or group;

- "the general public";

- "general assistance";

- "a general rule";

- "in general terms";

- "comprehensible to the general reader";

- also comprehensive, imprecise, indiscriminate, unspecialised, unspecialized;

- sim. broad, general-purpose, generic, gross, overall, pandemic, universal, widespread;

a2
not specialized or limited to one class of things;

- "general studies";

- "general knowledge";

- sim. undiversified;

a3
prevailing among and common to the general public;

- "the general discontent";

- sim. common;

a4
affecting the entire body;

- "a general anesthetic";

- "general symptoms";

- sim. systemic;

a5
somewhat indefinite;

- "bearing a general resemblance to the original";

- "a general description of the merchandise";

- sim. imprecise;

a6
of worldwide scope or applicability;

- "an issue of cosmopolitan import";

- "the shrewdest political and ecumenical comment of our time"- Christopher Morley;

- "universal experience";

- syn. cosmopolitan, ecumenical, oecumenical, universal, world-wide, worldwide;

- sim. comprehensive;

general-purpose
a1
not limited in use or function;

- syn. all-purpose;

- sim. general;

general-purpose bomb
n1
a large bomb (500 to 2,000 pounds that is 50% explosive) whose explosion creates a blast and whose metal casing creates some fragmentation effect;

- syn. GP bomb;

general agent
n1
someone authorized to transact every kind of business for the principal;

- syn. universal agent;

n2
an agent who sells insurance;

- syn. insurance agent, insurance broker, underwriter;

General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
n1
a United Nations agency created by a multinational treaty to promote trade by the reduction of tariffs and import quotas;

- syn. GATT;

general anaesthesia
n1
a state of total unconsciousness resulting from anesthetic drugs (as for a major surgical operation);

- syn. general anesthesia;

general anaesthetic
n1
an anesthetic that anesthetizes the entire body and causes loss of consciousness;

- syn. general anesthetic;

general anatomy
n1
the branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals;

- syn. anatomy;

general anesthesia
n1
a state of total unconsciousness resulting from anesthetic drugs (as for a major surgical operation);

- syn. general anaesthesia;

general anesthetic
n1
an anesthetic that anesthetizes the entire body and causes loss of consciousness;

- syn. general anaesthetic;

General Assembly
n1
the supreme deliberative assembly of the United Nations;

n2
persons who make or amend or repeal laws;

- syn. law-makers, legislative assembly, legislative body, legislature;

General Baptist
n1
group of Baptist congregations believing the teachings of the Dutch theologian Jacobus Arminius (who opposed the doctrine of strict predestination of the Calvinists);

- syn. Arminian Baptist;

General Certificate of Secondary Education
n1
the basic level of a subject taken in school;

- syn. GCSE, O level;

General Charles de Gaulle
n1
French general and statesman who became very popular during World War II as the leader of the Free French forces in exile (1890-1970);

- syn. Charles Andre Joseph Marie de Gaulle, Charles de Gaulle, General de Gaulle, de Gaulle;

General Custer
n1
United States general who was killed along with all his command by the Sioux at the Battle of Little Bighorn (1839-1876);

- syn. Custer, George Armstrong Custer;

general damages
n1
(law) compensation for losses that can readily be proven to have occurred and for which the injured party has the right to be compensated;

- syn. actual damages, compensatory damages;

General de Gaulle
n1
French general and statesman who became very popular during World War II as the leader of the Free French forces in exile (1890-1970);

- syn. Charles Andre Joseph Marie de Gaulle, Charles de Gaulle, General Charles de Gaulle, de Gaulle;

general delivery
n1
the part of a post office that handles mail for persons who call for it;

- syn. poste restante;

general election
n1
a national or state election;

- candidates are chosen in all constituencies;

General Franco
n1
Spanish general whose armies took control of Spain in 1939 and who ruled as a dictator until his death (1892-1975);

- syn. El Caudillo, Francisco Franco, Franco;

general headquarters
n1
military headquarters from which a military commander controls and organizes the forces;

- syn. GHQ, command post;

general knowledge
n1
knowledge that is available to anyone;

- syn. public knowledge;

general ledger
n1
the ledger that contains all of the financial accounts of a business;

- contains offsetting debit and credit accounts (including control accounts);

general lien
n1
a lien on all the property owned by a debtor and not just a specific property;

general manager
n1
the highest ranking manager;

general medicine
n1
the branch of medicine that deals with the diagnosis and (nonsurgical) treatment of diseases of the internal organs (especially in adults);

- syn. internal medicine;

general officer
n1
officers in the Army or Air Force or Marines above the rank of colonel;

general practitioner
n1
a physician who is not a specialist but treats all illnesses;

- syn. GP;

general relativity
n1
a generalization of special relativity to include gravity (based on the principle of equivalence);

- syn. Einstein's general theory of relativity, general relativity theory, general theory of relativity;

general relativity theory
n1
a generalization of special relativity to include gravity (based on the principle of equivalence);

- syn. Einstein's general theory of relativity, general relativity, general theory of relativity;

General Security Services
n1
the Israeli domestic counterintelligence and internal security agency;

- "the Shin Bet also handles overall security for Israel's national airline";

- syn. Shin Bet;

General Services Administration
n1
a central management agency that sets Federal policy for Federal procurement and real property management and information resources management;

- syn. GSA;

general staff
n1
military officers assigned to assist a senior officer in planning military policy;

general store
n1
a retail store serving a sparsely populated region;

- usually stocked with a wide variety of merchandise;

- syn. country store, trading post;

general theory of relativity
n1
a generalization of special relativity to include gravity (based on the principle of equivalence);

- syn. Einstein's general theory of relativity, general relativity, general relativity theory;

general verdict
n1
an ordinary verdict declaring which party prevails without any special findings of fact;

generalcy
n1
the office and authority of a general;

- syn. generalship;

generalisation / dʒ ɛ n ə ɹ ə ɫ aɪ z eɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
an idea or conclusion having general application;

- "he spoke in broad generalities";

- syn. generality, generalization;

n2
the process of formulating general concepts by abstracting common properties of instances;

- syn. abstraction, generalization;

n3
reasoning from detailed facts to general principles;

- syn. generalization, induction, inductive reasoning;

n4
(psychology) transfer of a response learned to one stimulus to a similar stimulus;

- syn. generalization, stimulus generalisation, stimulus generalization;

generalise
v1
speak or write in generalities;

- syn. generalize;

v2
draw from specific cases for more general cases;

- syn. extrapolate, generalize, infer;

v3
cater to popular taste to make popular and present to the general public;

- bring into general or common use;

- "They popularized coffee in Washington State";

- "Relativity Theory was vulgarized by these authors";

- syn. generalize, popularise, popularize, vulgarise, vulgarize;

v4
become systemic and spread throughout the body;

- "this kind of infection generalizes throughout the immune system";

- syn. generalize;

generalised / dʒ ɛ n ə ɹ ə ɫ aɪ z d /
a1
not biologically differentiated or adapted to a specific function or environment;

- "the hedgehog is a primitive and generalized mammal";

- syn. generalized;

- sim. unspecialized;

generalissimo / dʒ ɛ n ɹ ə ɫ ɪ s ɪ m oʊ /
n1
the officer who holds the supreme command;

- "in the U.S. the president is the commander in chief";

- syn. commander-in-chief, commander in chief;

generalist / dʒ ɛ n ə ɹ ə ɫ ɪ s t /
n1
a modern scholar who is in a position to acquire more than superficial knowledge about many different interests;

- "a statistician has to be something of a generalist";

- syn. Renaissance man;

generality / dʒ ɛ n ə ɹ æ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
an idea or conclusion having general application;

- "he spoke in broad generalities";

- syn. generalisation, generalization;

n2
the quality of being general or widespread or having general applicability;

generalization / dʒ ɛ n ɹ ə ɫ aɪ z eɪ ʃ n /
n1
reasoning from detailed facts to general principles;

- syn. generalisation, induction, inductive reasoning;

n2
an idea or conclusion having general application;

- "he spoke in broad generalities";

- syn. generalisation, generality;

n3
the process of formulating general concepts by abstracting common properties of instances;

- syn. abstraction, generalisation;

n4
(psychology) transfer of a response learned to one stimulus to a similar stimulus;

- syn. generalisation, stimulus generalisation, stimulus generalization;

generalize / dʒ ɛ n ɹ ə ɫ aɪ z /
v1
draw from specific cases for more general cases;

- syn. extrapolate, generalise, infer;

v2
speak or write in generalities;

- syn. generalise;

v3
cater to popular taste to make popular and present to the general public;

- bring into general or common use;

- "They popularized coffee in Washington State";

- "Relativity Theory was vulgarized by these authors";

- syn. generalise, popularise, popularize, vulgarise, vulgarize;

v4
become systemic and spread throughout the body;

- "this kind of infection generalizes throughout the immune system";

- syn. generalise;

generalized / dʒ ɛ n ɹ ə ɫ aɪ z d /
a1
not biologically differentiated or adapted to a specific function or environment;

- "the hedgehog is a primitive and generalized mammal";

- syn. generalised;

- sim. unspecialized;

generalized anxiety disorder
n1
an anxiety disorder characterized by chronic free-floating anxiety and such symptoms as tension or sweating or trembling or lightheadedness or irritability etc that has lasted for more than six months;

- syn. GAD, anxiety reaction;

generalized epilepsy
n1
epilepsy in which the attacks involve loss of consciousness and tonic spasms of the musculature followed by generalized jerking;

- syn. epilepsia major, grand mal, grand mal epilepsy;

generalized seizure
n1
a seizure during which the patient becomes unconscious and has convulsions over the entire body;

- syn. epilepsia major, grand mal;

generally / dʒ ɛ n ɹ ə ɫ i /
r1
usually;

- as a rule;

- "by and large it doesn't rain much here";

- syn. by and large, more often than not, mostly;

r2
without distinction of one from others;

- "he is interested in snakes in general";

- syn. in general, in the main;

r3
without regard to specific details or exceptions;

- "he interprets the law broadly";

- syn. broadly, broadly speaking, loosely;

generally accepted accounting principles
n1
a collection of rules and procedures and conventions that define accepted accounting practice;

- includes broad guidelines as well as detailed procedures;

- syn. GAAP;

generalship / dʒ ɛ n ə ɹ ə ɫ ʃ ɪ p /
n1
the leadership ability of a military general;

n2
the office and authority of a general;

- syn. generalcy;

generate / dʒ ɛ n ə ɹ eɪ t /
v1
bring into existence;

- "The new manager generated a lot of problems";

- "The computer bug generated chaos in the office";

- "The computer generated this image";

- "The earthquake generated a tsunami";

- syn. bring forth;

v2
give or supply;

- "The cow brings in 5 liters of milk";

- "This year's crop yielded 1,000 bushels of corn";

- "The estate renders some revenue for the family";

- syn. give, render, return, yield;

v3
produce (energy);

- "We can't generate enough power for the entire city";

- "The hydroelectric plant needs to generate more electricity";

v4
make (offspring) by reproduction;

- "Abraham begot Isaac";

- "John fathered four daughters";

- syn. beget, bring forth, engender, father, get, mother, sire;

generation / dʒ ɛ n ə ɹ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
all the people living at the same time or of approximately the same age;

- syn. coevals, contemporaries;

n2
group of genetically related organisms constituting a single step in the line of descent;

n3
the normal time between successive generations;

- "they had to wait a generation for that prejudice to fade";

n4
a stage of technological development or innovation;

- "the third generation of computers";

n5
a coming into being;

- syn. genesis;

n6
the production of heat or electricity;

- "dams were built for the generation of electricity";

n7
the act of producing offspring or multiplying by such production;

- syn. multiplication, propagation;

generation gap
n1
a difference between the views of young people and their parents;

generation X
n1
the generation following the baby boom (especially Americans and Canadians born in the 1960s and 1970s);

- syn. gen X;

generational / dʒ ɛ n ə ɹ eɪ ʃ n ə ɫ /
a1
of or relating to a generation;

generative / dʒ ɛ n ə ɹ ə t ɪ v /
a1
having the ability to produce or originate;

- "generative power";

- "generative forces";

- syn. productive;

a2
producing new life or offspring;

- "the reproductive potential of a species is its relative capacity to reproduce itself under optimal conditions";

- "the reproductive or generative organs";

- syn. procreative, reproductive;

- sim. fruitful;

generative grammar
n1
(linguistics) a type of grammar that describes syntax in terms of a set of logical rules that can generate all and only the infinite number of grammatical sentences in a language and assigns them all the correct structural description;

generator / dʒ ɛ n ə ɹ eɪ t ə , dʒ ɛ n ə ɹ eɪ t ə ɹ /
n1
an apparatus that produces a vapor or gas;

n2
engine that converts mechanical energy into electrical energy by electromagnetic induction;

n3
someone who originates or causes or initiates something;

- "he was the generator of several complaints";

- syn. author, source;

n4
an electronic device for producing a signal voltage;

generic / dʒ ɪ n ɛr ɪ k /
n1
wine that does not meet the minimum qualifications and standards for use of a designation by appellation of origin (where the grapes are grown) or by varietal content;

- may only be labeled by proprietary (made-up) name, by general color (such as `vin rouge', `vino rosso', `rotwein', `red wine', etc.), or by general class (as `vin ordinaire', `vin de table', `vino da tavola', `tafelwein', `table wine', etc.);

- syn. generic wine;

n2
any product that can be sold without a brand name;

a1
relating to or common to or descriptive of all members of a genus;

- "the generic name";

a2
(of drugs) not protected by trademark;

- "`Acetaminophen' is the generic form of the proprietary drug `Tylenol'";

- sim. nonproprietary;

a3
applicable to an entire class or group;

- "is there a generic Asian mind?";

- sim. general;

generic drug
n1
when the patent protection for a brand-name drug expires generic versions of the drug can be offered for sale if the FDA agrees;

- "generic drugs are usually cheaper than brand-name drugs";

generic noun
n1
a noun that does not specify either masculine or feminine gender;

generic wine
n1
wine that does not meet the minimum qualifications and standards for use of a designation by appellation of origin (where the grapes are grown) or by varietal content;

- may only be labeled by proprietary (made-up) name, by general color (such as `vin rouge', `vino rosso', `rotwein', `red wine', etc.), or by general class (as `vin ordinaire', `vin de table', `vino da tavola', `tafelwein', `table wine', etc.);

- syn. generic;

generically / dʒ ɪ n ɛr ɪ k ɫ i /
r1
without a trademark or brand name;

- "we market these drugs generically";

r2
as sharing a common genus;

- "these animals are not related generically";

generosity / dʒ ɛ n ə ɹ ɒ s ɪ t i /
n1
the trait of being willing to give your money or time;

- syn. generousness;

n2
acting generously;

- syn. unselfishness;

generous / dʒ ɛ n ə ɹ ə s /
a1
willing to give and share unstintingly;

- "a generous donation";

- also charitable, generous, unselfish;

- sim. benevolent, big, lavish, unselfish;

a2
not petty in character and mind;

- "unusually generous in his judgment of people";

- also generous;

- sim. big, ungrudging;

a3
more than is usual or necessary;

- "a generous portion";

- sim. ample;

generously / dʒ ɛ n ə ɹ ə s ɫ i /
r1
in a generous manner;

- "he gave liberally to several charities";

- syn. liberally, munificently;

generousness / dʒ ɛ n ə ɹ ə s n ə s /
n1
the trait of being willing to give your money or time;

- syn. generosity;

genesis / dʒ ɛ n ə s ɪ s /
n1
a coming into being;

- syn. generation;

n2
the first book of the Old Testament: tells of Creation;

- Adam and Eve;

- the Fall of Man;

- Cain and Abel;

- Noah and the flood;

- God's covenant with Abraham;

- Abraham and Isaac;

- Jacob and Esau;

- Joseph and his brothers;

- syn. Book of Genesis;

Genet / dʒ ɛ n ɪ t /
n1
French diplomat who in 1793 tried to draw the United States into the war between France and England (1763-1834);

- syn. Citizen Genet, Edmund Charles Edouard Genet;

n2
French writer of novels and dramas for the theater of the absurd (1910-1986);

- syn. Jean Genet;

n3
agile Old World viverrine having a spotted coat and long ringed tail;

- syn. Genetta genetta;

genetic / dʒ ɪ n ɛ t ɪ k /
a1
occurring among members of a family usually by heredity;

- "an inherited disease";

- "familial traits";

- "genetically transmitted features";

- syn. familial, hereditary, inherited, transmissible, transmitted;

- sim. inheritable;

a2
of or relating to or produced by or being a gene;

- "genic combinations";

- "genetic code";

- syn. genetical, genic;

a3
pertaining to or referring to origin;

- "genetic history reconstructs the origins of a literary work";

a4
of or relating to the science of genetics;

- "genetic research";

- syn. genetical;

genetic abnormality
n1
a disease or disorder that is inherited genetically;

- syn. congenital disease, genetic defect, genetic disease, genetic disorder, hereditary condition, hereditary disease, inherited disease, inherited disorder;

genetic code
n1
the ordering of nucleotides in DNA molecules that carries the genetic information in living cells;

genetic constitution
n1
the particular alleles at specified loci present in an organism;

- syn. genotype;

genetic counseling
n1
guidance for prospective parents on the likelihood of genetic disorders in their future children;

genetic defect
n1
a disease or disorder that is inherited genetically;

- syn. congenital disease, genetic abnormality, genetic disease, genetic disorder, hereditary condition, hereditary disease, inherited disease, inherited disorder;

genetic disease
n1
a disease or disorder that is inherited genetically;

- syn. congenital disease, genetic abnormality, genetic defect, genetic disorder, hereditary condition, hereditary disease, inherited disease, inherited disorder;

genetic disorder
n1
a disease or disorder that is inherited genetically;

- syn. congenital disease, genetic abnormality, genetic defect, genetic disease, hereditary condition, hereditary disease, inherited disease, inherited disorder;

genetic endowment
n1
the total of inherited attributes;

- syn. heredity;

genetic engineering
n1
the technology of preparing recombinant DNA in vitro by cutting up DNA molecules and splicing together fragments from more than one organism;

- syn. gene-splicing, recombinant DNA technology;

genetic fingerprint
n1
biometric identification obtained by examining a person's unique sequence of DNA base pairs;

- often used for evidence in criminal law cases;

- syn. DNA fingerprint;

genetic fingerprinting
n1
the procedure of analyzing the DNA in samples of a person's body tissue or body fluid for the purpose of identification;

- syn. genetic profiling;

genetic map
n1
graphical representation of the arrangement of genes on a chromosome;

genetic marker
n1
a specific gene that produces a recognizable trait and can be used in family or population studies;

genetic mutation
n1
(genetics) any event that changes genetic structure;

- any alteration in the inherited nucleic acid sequence of the genotype of an organism;

- syn. chromosomal mutation, mutation;

genetic profiling
n1
the procedure of analyzing the DNA in samples of a person's body tissue or body fluid for the purpose of identification;

- syn. genetic fingerprinting;

genetic psychology
n1
the branch of psychology that studies the social and mental development of children;

- syn. child psychology, developmental psychology;

genetic science
n1
the branch of biology that studies heredity and variation in organisms;

- syn. genetics;

genetic screening
n1
analyzing a group of people to determine genetic susceptibility to a particular disease;

- "genetic screening of infants for phenylketonuria";

genetical / dʒ ɪ n ɛ t ɪ k ə ɫ /
a1
of or relating to or produced by or being a gene;

- "genic combinations";

- "genetic code";

- syn. genetic, genic;

a2
of or relating to the science of genetics;

- "genetic research";

- syn. genetic;

genetically / dʒ ɪ n ɛ t ɪ k ɫ i /
r1
by genetic mechanisms;

- "genetically passed down talents";

geneticism / dʒ ɪ n ɛ t ɪ s ɪ z ə m /
n1
the belief that all human characteristics are determined genetically;

geneticist / dʒ ɪ n ɛ t ɪ s ɪ s t /
n1
a biologist who specializes in genetics;

genetics / dʒ ɪ n ɛ t ɪ k s /
n1
the branch of biology that studies heredity and variation in organisms;

- syn. genetic science;

Genetta
n1
genets;

- syn. genus Genetta;

Genetta genetta
n1
agile Old World viverrine having a spotted coat and long ringed tail;

- syn. genet;

Geneva / dʒ ɪ n i v ə /
n1
a city in southwestern Switzerland at the western end of Lake Geneva;

- it is the headquarters of various international organizations;

- syn. Geneve, Genf;

n2
gin made in the Netherlands;

- syn. Holland gin, Hollands;

Geneva Convention
n1
an agreement first drawn up in Geneva in 1864 and later revised concerning the treatment of captured and wounded military personnel and civilians in wartime;

Geneva gown
n1
black academic gown widely used by Protestant clergymen;

Genevan / dʒ ɪ n i v ə n /
n1
a native or resident of Geneva;

n2
an adherent of the theological doctrines of John Calvin;

- syn. Calvinist;

Geneve / dʒ ɛ n i v /
n1
a city in southwestern Switzerland at the western end of Lake Geneva;

- it is the headquarters of various international organizations;

- syn. Geneva, Genf;

Genf
n1
a city in southwestern Switzerland at the western end of Lake Geneva;

- it is the headquarters of various international organizations;

- syn. Geneva, Geneve;

Genghis Khan
n1
Mongolian emperor whose empire stretched from the Black Sea to the Pacific Ocean (1162-1227);

- syn. Jenghiz Khan, Jinghis Khan, Temujin;

genial / dʒ ɪ n aɪ ə ɫ , dʒ i n ɪə ɫ /
a1
diffusing warmth and friendliness;

- "an affable smile";

- "an amiable gathering";

- "cordial relations";

- "a cordial greeting";

- "a genial host";

- syn. affable, amiable, cordial;

- sim. friendly;

a2
of or relating to the chin or median part of the lower jaw;

- syn. mental;

a3
agreeable, conducive to comfort;

- "a dry climate kind to asthmatics";

- "the genial sunshine";

- "hot summer pavements are anything but kind to the feet";

- syn. kind;

- sim. hospitable;

geniality / dʒ i n ɪ æ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
a disposition to be friendly and approachable (easy to talk to);

- syn. affability, affableness, amiability, amiableness, bonhomie;

genially / dʒ i n ɪə ɫ i /
r1
in an affable manner;

- "`Come and visit me,' he said amiably";

- syn. affably, amiably;

genic
a1
of or relating to or produced by or being a gene;

- "genic combinations";

- "genetic code";

- syn. genetic, genetical;

genicular vein
n1
veins that drain blood from structures around the knee;

- empty into the popliteal vein;

- syn. vena genus;

geniculate
a1
bent at a sharp angle;

- sim. crooked;

geniculate body
n1
one of four small oval masses that protrude slightly from the underside of the thalamus and function as synaptic centers on the way to the cerebral cortex;

genie / dʒ i n i /
n1
(Islam) an invisible spirit mentioned in the Koran and believed by Muslims to inhabit the earth and influence mankind by appearing in the form of humans or animals;

- syn. djinn, djinni, djinny, jinnee, jinni;

genip
n1
tropical American tree bearing a small edible fruit with green leathery skin and sweet juicy translucent pulp;

- syn. Melicocca bijuga, Melicocca bijugatus, Spanish lime, Spanish lime tree, ginep, honey berry, mamoncillo;

n2
round one-inch Caribbean fruit with green leathery skin and sweet juicy translucent pulp;

- eaten like grapes;

- syn. Spanish lime;

genipa
n1
any tree of the genus Genipa bearing yellow flowers and edible fruit with a thick rind;

Genipa Americana
n1
tree of the West Indies and northern South America bearing succulent edible orange-sized fruit;

- syn. genipap fruit, jagua, marmalade box;

genipap
n1
a succulent orange-sized tropical fruit with a thick rind;

- syn. genipap fruit;

genipap fruit
n1
tree of the West Indies and northern South America bearing succulent edible orange-sized fruit;

- syn. Genipa Americana, jagua, marmalade box;

n2
a succulent orange-sized tropical fruit with a thick rind;

- syn. genipap;

Genista / dʒ ɪ n ɪ s t ə /
n1
chiefly deciduous shrubs or small trees of Mediterranean area and western Asia: broom;

- syn. genus Genista;

Genista anglica
n1
prickly yellow-flowered shrub of the moors of New England and Europe;

- syn. broom tree, needle furze, petty whin;

Genista hispanica
n1
erect shrub of southwestern Europe having racemes of golden yellow flowers;

- syn. Spanish broom, Spanish gorse;

Genista raetam
n1
desert shrub of Syria and Arabia having small white flowers;

- constitutes the juniper of the Old Testament;

- sometimes placed in genus Genista;

- syn. Retama raetam, juniper, juniper bush, raetam, retem;

Genista tinctoria
n1
small Eurasian shrub having clusters of yellow flowers that yield a dye;

- common as a weed in Britain and the United States;

- sometimes grown as an ornamental;

- syn. dyer's-broom, dyer's greenweed, dyeweed, greenweed, whin, woadwaxen, woodwaxen;

genital / dʒ ɛ n ɪ t ɫ /
a1
of or relating to the external sex organs;

- "genital herpes";

- "venereal disease";

- syn. venereal;

genital herpes
n1
an infection caused by herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2) that is usually transmitted by sexual contact;

- marked by recurrent attacks of painful eruptions on the skin and mucous membranes of the genital area;

- syn. herpes genitalis;

genital organ
n1
external sex organ;

- syn. crotch, genitalia, genitals, private parts, privates;

genital personality
n1
(psychoanalysis) the mature personality which is not dominated by infantile pleasure drives;

genital phase
n1
(psychoanalysis) the fifth sexual and social stage in a person's development occurring during adolescence;

- interest focuses on sexual activity;

- syn. genital stage;

genital stage
n1
(psychoanalysis) the fifth sexual and social stage in a person's development occurring during adolescence;

- interest focuses on sexual activity;

- syn. genital phase;

genital system
n1
organs and tissues involved in the production and maturation of gametes and in their union and subsequent development as offspring;

- syn. reproductive system;

genital torture
n1
blunt or penetrating trauma or rape (vaginal or anal);

genital wart
n1
a small benign wart on or around the genitals and anus;

- syn. condyloma acuminatum, venereal wart, verruca acuminata;

genitalia
n1
external sex organ;

- syn. crotch, genital organ, genitals, private parts, privates;

genitals / dʒ ɛ n ɪ t ɫ z /
n1
external sex organ;

- syn. crotch, genital organ, genitalia, private parts, privates;

genitive / dʒ ɛ n ə t ɪ v , dʒ ɛ n ɪ t ɪ v /
n1
the case expressing ownership;

- syn. genitive case, possessive, possessive case;

a1
serving to express or indicate possession;

- "possessive pronouns";

- "the genitive endings";

- syn. possessive;

genitive case
n1
the case expressing ownership;

- syn. genitive, possessive, possessive case;

genitor / dʒ ɛ n ɪ t ə /
n1
a natural father or mother;

genitourinary / dʒ ɛ n ɪ t oʊ j ʊə ɹ ɪ n ə ɹ i /
a1
of or related to the genital and urinary organs or their functions;

- "genitourinary infections";

- syn. GU;

genitourinary apparatus
n1
the system that includes all organs involved in reproduction and in the formation and voidance of urine;

- syn. apparatus urogenitalis, genitourinary system, systema urogenitale, urinary apparatus, urinary system, urogenital apparatus, urogenital system;

genitourinary system
n1
the system that includes all organs involved in reproduction and in the formation and voidance of urine;

- syn. apparatus urogenitalis, genitourinary apparatus, systema urogenitale, urinary apparatus, urinary system, urogenital apparatus, urogenital system;

genius / dʒ i n ɪə s /
n1
someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality;

- "Mozart was a child genius";

- "he's smart but he's no Einstein";

- syn. Einstein, brain, brainiac, mastermind;

n2
unusual mental ability;

- syn. brilliance;

n3
someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field;

- syn. ace, adept, champion, hotshot, maven, mavin, sensation, star, superstar, virtuoso, whiz, whizz, wiz, wizard;

n4
exceptional creative ability;

- syn. wizardry;

n5
a natural talent;

- "he has a flair for mathematics";

- "he has a genius for interior decorating";

- syn. flair;

genius loci / dʒ i n ɪə s ɫ oʊ s aɪ /
n1
the special atmosphere of a place;

n2
the guardian spirit of a place;

genlisea
n1
rootless carnivorous swamp plants having at the base of the stem a rosette of foliage and leaves consisting of slender tubes swollen in the middle to form traps;

- each tube passes into two long spirally twisted arms with stiff hairs;

Genoa / dʒ ɛ n oʊ ə /
n1
a seaport in northwestern Italy;

- provincial capital of Liguria;

- syn. Genova;

genocide / dʒ ɛ n ə s aɪ d /
n1
systematic killing of a racial or cultural group;

- syn. race murder, racial extermination;

Genoese
n1
a native or resident of Genoa;

a1
of or relating to or characteristic of Genoa or its inhabitants;

- "the Genoese sailor we call Columbus";

- syn. Genovese;

genoise
n1
rich and delicate Italian sponge cake;

genome
n1
the ordering of genes in a haploid set of chromosomes of a particular organism;

- the full DNA sequence of an organism;

- "the human genome contains approximately three billion chemical base pairs";

genomics
n1
the branch of genetics that studies organisms in terms of their genomes (their full DNA sequences);

genotype
n1
a group of organisms sharing a specific genetic constitution;

n2
the particular alleles at specified loci present in an organism;

- syn. genetic constitution;

genotypic
a1
of or relating to or constituting a genotype;

- "genotypical pattern";

- syn. genotypical;

genotypical
a1
of or relating to or constituting a genotype;

- "genotypical pattern";

- syn. genotypic;

Genova / dʒ ɛ n ə v ə /
n1
a seaport in northwestern Italy;

- provincial capital of Liguria;

- syn. Genoa;

Genovese
a1
of or relating to or characteristic of Genoa or its inhabitants;

- "the Genoese sailor we call Columbus";

- syn. Genoese;

genre / ʒ ɑ n ɹ ə /
n1
a kind of literary or artistic work;

n2
a style of expressing yourself in writing;

- syn. literary genre, writing style;

n3
an expressive style of music;

- syn. music genre, musical genre, musical style;

n4
a class of art (or artistic endeavor) having a characteristic form or technique;

genre painter
n1
a painter of scenes from everyday life;

genre painting
n1
a genre depicting everyday life;

gens / dʒ ɛ n z /
n1
family based on male descent;

- "he had no sons and there was no one to carry on his name";

- syn. name;

Genseric
n1
king of the Vandals who seized Roman lands and invaded North Africa and sacked Rome (428-477);

- syn. Gaiseric;

gent / dʒ ɛ n t /
n1
informal abbreviation of `gentleman';

n2
a boy or man;

- "that chap is your host";

- "there's a fellow at the door";

- "he's a likable cuss";

- "he's a good bloke";

- syn. blighter, bloke, chap, cuss, fella, feller, fellow, lad;

n3
port city in northwestern Belgium and industrial center;

- famous for cloth industry;

- syn. Gand, Ghent;

gentamicin
n1
an antibiotic (trade name Garamycin) that is derived from an actinomycete;

- used in treating infections of the urinary tract;

- syn. Garamycin;

genteel / dʒ ɛ n t i ɫ /
a1
marked by refinement in taste and manners;

- "cultivated speech";

- "cultured Bostonians";

- "cultured tastes";

- "a genteel old lady";

- "polite society";

- syn. civilised, civilized, cultivated, cultured, polite;

- sim. refined;

genteelly / dʒ ɛ n t i ə ɫ i /
r1
in a genteel manner;

- "the English lived genteelly in India";

genteelness / dʒ ɛ n t i ɫ n ɛ s /
n1
elegance by virtue of fineness of manner and expression;

- syn. breeding, gentility;

gentian / dʒ ɛ n ʃ n /
n1
any of various plants of the family Gentianaceae especially the genera Gentiana and Gentianella and Gentianopsis;

gentian family
n1
chiefly herbaceous plants with showy flowers;

- some are cultivated as ornamentals;

- syn. Gentianaceae, family Gentianaceae;

gentian violet
n1
a green crystal (violet in water) used as a dye or stain or bactericide or fungicide or anthelmintic or burn treatment;

- syn. crystal violet;

Gentiana
n1
type genus of the Gentianaceae;

- cosmopolitan genus of herbs nearly cosmopolitan in cool temperate regions;

- in some classifications includes genera Gentianopsis and Gentianella;

- syn. genus Gentiana;

Gentiana acaulis
n1
low-growing alpine plant cultivated for its dark glossy green leaves in basal rosettes and showy solitary bell-shaped blue flowers;

- syn. gentianella;

Gentiana andrewsii
n1
gentian of eastern North America having tubular blue or white flowers that open little if at all;

- syn. blind gentian, bottle gentian, closed gentian;

Gentiana calycosa
n1
tufted sometimes sprawling perennial with blue flowers spotted with green;

- western North America;

- syn. explorer's gentian;

Gentiana clausa
n1
similar to Gentiana andrewsii but with larger flowers;

- syn. blind gentian, closed gentian;

Gentiana crinita
n1
tall widely distributed fringed gentian of eastern North America having violet-blue or white fringed flowers;

- syn. Gentianopsis crinita;

Gentiana detonsa
n1
medium-tall fringed gentian with pale-blue to blue-purple flowers;

- circumboreal in distribution;

- syn. Gentianopsis detonsa;

Gentiana holopetala
n1
small blue-flowered fringed gentian of Sierra Nevada mountains;

- syn. Gentianopsis holopetala, tufted gentian;

Gentiana lutea
n1
robust European perennial having clusters of yellow flowers;

- syn. great yellow gentian;

Gentiana pneumonanthe
n1
perennial Eurasian gentian with sky-blue funnel-shaped flowers of damp open heaths;

- syn. calathian violet, marsh gentian;

Gentiana procera
n1
small blue-flowered fringed gentian of east central North America;

- syn. Gentianopsid procera;

Gentiana quinquefolia
n1
gentian of eastern North America having clusters of bristly blue flowers;

- syn. Gentianella quinquefolia, ague weed, agueweed, five-flowered gentian, stiff gentian;

Gentiana saponaria
n1
erect perennial of wet woodlands of North America having leaves and flower buds resembling those of soapwort;

- syn. soapwort gentian;

Gentiana thermalis
n1
small blue-flowered fringed gentian of western United States (Rocky Mountains) especially around hot springs in Yellowstone National Park;

- syn. Gentianopsis thermalis;

Gentiana villosa
n1
a perennial marsh gentian of eastern North America;

- syn. striped gentian;

Gentianaceae
n1
chiefly herbaceous plants with showy flowers;

- some are cultivated as ornamentals;

- syn. family Gentianaceae, gentian family;

Gentianales
n1
an order of dicotyledonous plants having gamopetalous flowers;

- Gentianaceae;

- Apocynaceae;

- Asclepiadaceae;

- Loganiaceae;

- Oleaceae;

- Salvadoraceae;

- syn. order Gentianales;

Gentianella
n1
genus of herbs with flowers that resemble gentian;

- in some classifications included in genus Gentiana;

- syn. genus Gentianella;

n2
low-growing alpine plant cultivated for its dark glossy green leaves in basal rosettes and showy solitary bell-shaped blue flowers;

- syn. Gentiana acaulis;

gentianella amarella
n1
gentian of Europe and China having creamy white flowers with fringed corollas;

- syn. felwort;

Gentianella quinquefolia
n1
gentian of eastern North America having clusters of bristly blue flowers;

- syn. Gentiana quinquefolia, ague weed, agueweed, five-flowered gentian, stiff gentian;

Gentianopsid procera
n1
small blue-flowered fringed gentian of east central North America;

- syn. Gentiana procera;

Gentianopsis
n1
genus of fringed gentians;

- in some classifications included in genus Gentiana;

- syn. genus Gentianopsis;

Gentianopsis crinita
n1
tall widely distributed fringed gentian of eastern North America having violet-blue or white fringed flowers;

- syn. Gentiana crinita;

Gentianopsis detonsa
n1
medium-tall fringed gentian with pale-blue to blue-purple flowers;

- circumboreal in distribution;

- syn. Gentiana detonsa;

Gentianopsis holopetala
n1
small blue-flowered fringed gentian of Sierra Nevada mountains;

- syn. Gentiana holopetala, tufted gentian;

Gentianopsis thermalis
n1
small blue-flowered fringed gentian of western United States (Rocky Mountains) especially around hot springs in Yellowstone National Park;

- syn. Gentiana thermalis;

gentile / dʒ ɛ n t aɪ ɫ /
n1
a person who does not acknowledge your god;

- syn. heathen, infidel, pagan;

n2
a person who is not a member of one's own religion;

- used in this sense by Mormons and Hindus;

n3
a Christian as contrasted with a Jew;

- syn. goy, non-Jew;

n4
a Christian;

- "Christians refer to themselves as gentiles";

a1
belonging to or characteristic of non-Jewish peoples;

gentility / dʒ ɛ n t ɪ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
elegance by virtue of fineness of manner and expression;

- syn. breeding, genteelness;

gentle / dʒ ɛ n t ɫ /
v1
cause to be more favorably inclined;

- gain the good will of;

- "She managed to mollify the angry customer";

- syn. appease, assuage, conciliate, gruntle, lenify, mollify, pacify, placate;

v2
give a title to someone;

- make someone a member of the nobility;

- syn. ennoble, entitle;

v3
stroke soothingly;

a1
soft and mild;

- not harsh or stern or severe;

- "a gentle reprimand";

- "a vein of gentle irony";

- "poked gentle fun at him";

- syn. soft;

- sim. mild;

a2
having or showing a kindly or tender nature;

- "the gentle touch of her hand";

- "her gentle manner was comforting";

- "a gentle sensitive nature";

- "gentle blue eyes";

- sim. kind;

a3
quiet and soothing;

- "a gentle voice";

- "a gentle nocturne";

- sim. soft;

a4
belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy;

- "an aristocratic family";

- "aristocratic Bostonians";

- "aristocratic government";

- "a blue family";

- "blue blood";

- "the blue-blooded aristocracy";

- "of gentle blood";

- "patrician landholders of the American South";

- "aristocratic bearing";

- "aristocratic features";

- "patrician tastes";

- syn. aristocratic, aristocratical, blue, blue-blooded, patrician;

- sim. noble;

a5
easily handled or managed;

- "a gentle old horse, docile and obedient";

- syn. docile;

- sim. tame;

a6
having little impact;

- "an easy pat on the shoulder";

- "gentle rain";

- "a gentle breeze";

- "a soft (or light) tapping at the window";

- syn. easy, soft;

- sim. light;

a7
marked by moderate steepness;

- "an easy climb";

- "a gentle slope";

- syn. easy;

- sim. gradual;

gentle breeze
n1
wind moving 8-12 knots;

- 3 on the Beaufort scale;

gentle wind
n1
a slight wind (usually refreshing);

- "the breeze was cooled by the lake";

- "as he waited he could feel the air on his neck";

- syn. air, breeze, zephyr;

gentlefolk / dʒ ɛ n t ɫ f oʊ k /
n1
people of good family and breeding and high social status;

gentleman / dʒ ɛ n t ɫ m ə n /
n1
a man of refinement;

n2
a manservant who acts as a personal attendant to his employer;

- "Jeeves was Bertie Wooster's man";

- syn. gentleman's gentleman, man, valet, valet de chambre;

gentleman's-cane
n1
tall showy tropical American annual having hairy stems and long spikes of usually red flowers above leaves deeply flushed with purple;

- seeds often used as cereal;

- syn. Amaranthus cruentus, Amaranthus hybridus erythrostachys, Amaranthus hybridus hypochondriacus, prince's-feather, prince's-plume, purple amaranth, red amaranth;

gentleman's gentleman
n1
a manservant who acts as a personal attendant to his employer;

- "Jeeves was Bertie Wooster's man";

- syn. gentleman, man, valet, valet de chambre;

gentleman-at-arms / dʒ ɛ n t ɫ m ə n ə t ɑ m z /
n1
one of 40 gentlemen who attend the British sovereign on state occasions;

Gentleman Jim
n1
United States heavyweight boxing champion (1866-1933);

- syn. Corbett, James John Corbett, Jim Corbett;

Gentleman Johnny
n1
British general in the American Revolution who captured Fort Ticonderoga but lost the battle of Saratoga in 1777 (1722-1792);

- syn. Burgoyne, John Burgoyne;

gentlemanlike / dʒ ɛ n t ɫ m ə n ɫ aɪ k /
a1
befitting a man of good breeding;

- "gentlemanly behavior";

- syn. gentlemanly;

- sim. refined;

gentlemanly / dʒ ɛ n t ɫ m ə n ɫ i /
a1
befitting a man of good breeding;

- "gentlemanly behavior";

- syn. gentlemanlike;

- sim. refined;

gentlemen's agreement
n1
a personal agreement based on honor and not legally binding;

gentleness / dʒ ɛ n t ɫ n ə s /
n1
the property possessed by a slope that is very gradual;

- syn. gradualness;

n2
acting in a manner that is gentle and mild and even-tempered;

- "his fingers have learned gentleness";

- "suddenly her gigantic power melted into softness for the baby";

- "even in the pulpit there are moments when mildness of manner is not enough";

- syn. mildness, softness;

gentlewoman / dʒ ɛ n t ɫ w ɪ m ɪ n , dʒ ɛ n t ɫ w ʊ m ə n /
n1
a woman of refinement;

- "a chauffeur opened the door of the limousine for the grand lady";

- syn. dame, lady, ma'am, madam;

gently / dʒ ɛ n t ɫ i /
r1
in a gradual manner;

- "a gently sloping terrain";

r2
in a gentle manner;

- "he talked gently to the injured animal";

- syn. mildly;

r3
with little weight or force;

- "she kissed him lightly on the forehead";

- syn. lightly, softly;

gentrification / dʒ ɛ n t ɹ ɪ f ɪ k eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the restoration of run-down urban areas by the middle class (resulting in the displacement of low-income residents);

gentrify / dʒ ɛ n t ɹ ɪ f aɪ /
v1
renovate so as to make it conform to middle-class aspirations;

- "gentrify a row of old houses";

- "gentrify the old center of town";

gentry / dʒ ɛ n t ɹ i /
n1
the most powerful members of a society;

- syn. aristocracy;

genu
n1
hinge joint in the human leg connecting the tibia and fibula with the femur and protected in front by the patella;

- syn. articulatio genus, human knee, knee, knee joint;

genu valgum
n1
an inward slant of the thigh;

- syn. knock-knee, tibia valga;

genu varum
n1
a leg bowed outward at the knee (or below the knee);

- syn. bandy leg, bandyleg, bow leg, bowleg, tibia vara;

genuflect / dʒ ɛ n j ʊ f ɫ ɛ k t /
v1
bend the knees and bow in church or before a religious superior or image;

v2
bend the knees and bow in a servile manner;

- syn. kowtow, scrape;

genuflection / dʒ ɛ n j ʊ f ɫ ɛ k ʃ n /
n1
the act of bending the knees in worship or reverence;

- syn. genuflexion;

genuflexion / dʒ ɛ n j ʊ f ɫ ɛ k ʃ n /
n1
the act of bending the knees in worship or reverence;

- syn. genuflection;

genuine / dʒ ɛ n j ʊ ɪ n /
a1
not fake or counterfeit;

- "a genuine Picasso";

- "genuine leather";

- syn. echt;

- also honest, real, sincere, true;

- sim. attested, authentic, good, honest-to-god;

a2
not pretended;

- sincerely felt or expressed;

- "genuine emotion";

- "her interest in people was unfeigned";

- "true grief";

- syn. true, unfeigned;

- sim. sincere;

a3
being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something;

- "her actual motive";

- "a literal solitude like a desert"- G.K.Chesterton;

- "a genuine dilemma";

- syn. actual, literal, real;

- sim. true;

genuinely / dʒ ɛ n j ʊ ɪ n ɫ i /
r1
in accordance with truth or fact or reality;

- "she was now truly American";

- "a genuinely open society";

- "they don't really listen to us";

- syn. really, truly;

r2
genuinely;

- with authority;

- "it is authentically British";

- syn. authentically;

genuineness / dʒ ɛ n j ʊ ɪ n n ə s /
n1
the state of being genuine;

n2
undisputed credibility;

- syn. authenticity, legitimacy;

genus / dʒ i n ə s /
n1
a general kind of something;

- "ignore the genus communism";

n2
(biology) taxonomic group containing one or more species;

genus-Fenusa
n1
birch leaf miner;

- syn. Fenusa;

genus-Megapodius
n1
type genus of the Megapodiidae;

- syn. Megapodius;

genus-Milvus
n1
a genus including the common European kits;

- syn. Milvus;

genus Abelia
n1
chiefly east Asian shrubs;

genus Abelmoschus
n1
genus of tropical coarse herbs having large lobed leaves and often yellow flowers;

- syn. Abelmoschus;

genus Abies
n1
true firs;

- syn. Abies;

genus Abramis
n1
European fishes;

- syn. Abramis;

genus Abrocoma
n1
abrocomes;

- syn. Abrocoma;

genus Abronia
n1
genus of western North American herbs having showy flowers;

- syn. Abronia;

genus Abudefduf
n1
damsel fishes;

- syn. Abudefduf;

genus Abutilon
n1
herbs or shrubs or small trees: flowering maple;

- Indian mallow;

- syn. Abutilon;

genus Acacia
n1
large genus of shrubs and trees and some woody vines of Central and South America, Africa, Australia and Polynesia: wattle;

- mimosa;

genus Acalypha
n1
a genus of herbs and shrubs belonging to the family Euphorbiaceae;

- syn. Acalypha;

genus Acanthisitta
n1
a genus of Xenicidae;

- syn. Acanthisitta;

genus Acanthocereus
n1
mostly trailing cacti having nocturnal white flowers;

- tropical America and Caribbean region;

- syn. Acanthocereus;

genus Acanthocybium
n1
wahoos;

- syn. Acanthocybium;

genus Acanthophis
n1
Australian elapid snakes;

- syn. Acanthophis;

genus Acanthoscelides
n1
a genus of Bruchidae;

- syn. Acanthoscelides;

genus Acanthurus
n1
type genus of the Acanthuridae: doctorfishes;

- syn. Acanthurus;

genus Acanthus
n1
bear's breeches;

genus Acarus
n1
any of several mites of the order Acarina;

- syn. acarus;

genus Accipiter
n1
type genus of the family Accipitridae;

- syn. Accipiter;

genus Acer
n1
type genus of the Aceraceae;

- trees or shrubs having winged fruit;

- syn. Acer;

genus Acherontia
n1
death's-head moth;

- syn. Acherontia;

genus Acheta
n1
common house and field crickets;

- syn. Acheta;

genus Achillea
n1
perennial often aromatic and sometimes mat-forming herbs of north temperate regions: yarrow;

- milfoil;

genus Achimenes
n1
genus of tropical perennial American herbs;

genus Achoerodus
n1
a genus of Labridae;

- syn. Achoerodus;

genus Achras
n1
tropical trees having papery leaves and large fruit;

- syn. Achras;

genus Acinonyx
n1
cheetahs;

- syn. Acinonyx;

genus Acinos
n1
plants closely allied to the genera Satureja and Calamintha;

- syn. Acinos;

genus Acipenser
n1
type genus of the Acipenseridae: sturgeons;

- syn. Acipenser;

genus Acocanthera
n1
small genus of trees and shrubs containing strongly toxic cardiac glycosides;

- Arabia to Africa;

- syn. Acocanthera, Acokanthera, genus Acokanthera;

genus Acokanthera
n1
small genus of trees and shrubs containing strongly toxic cardiac glycosides;

- Arabia to Africa;

- syn. Acocanthera, Acokanthera, genus Acocanthera;

genus Aconitum
n1
genus of poisonous plants of temperate regions of northern hemisphere with a vaulted and enlarged petal;

- syn. Aconitum;

genus Acorus
n1
sweet flags;

- sometimes placed in subfamily Acoraceae;

- syn. Acorus;

genus Acridotheres
n1
mynas;

- syn. Acridotheres;

genus Acris
n1
cricket frogs;

- syn. Acris;

genus Acrobates
n1
a genus of Phalangeridae;

- syn. Acrobates;

genus Acrocarpus
n1
small genus of trees of Indonesia and Malaysia;

- syn. Acrocarpus;

genus Acrocephalus
n1
a genus of Sylviidae;

- syn. Acrocephalus;

genus Acroclinium
n1
genus of herbs and shrubs of Australia and South Africa: everlasting flower;

- most species usually placed in genus Helipterum;

- syn. Acroclinium;

genus Acrocomia
n1
Central and South American feather palms;

- syn. Acrocomia;

genus Acropora
n1
coelenterate genus of order Madreporaria, including staghorn corals;

- syn. Acropora;

genus Acrostichum
n1
in some classification systems placed in family Polypodiaceae;

- syn. Acrostichum;

genus Actaea
n1
baneberry;

- syn. Actaea;

genus Actias
n1
luna moths;

- syn. Actias;

genus Actinia
n1
a genus of sea anemone common in rock pools;

- syn. Actinia;

genus Actinidia
n1
small Asiatic woody vine bearing many-seeded fruit;

- syn. Actinidia;

genus Actiniopteris
n1
terrestrial ferns of tropical Asia and Africa;

- syn. Actiniopteris;

genus Actinomeris
n1
used in some classification systems for plants now included in genus Verbesina;

- syn. Actinomeris;

genus Actinomyces
n1
type genus of the family Actinomycetaceae;

genus Actitis
n1
a genus of Scolopacidae;

- syn. Actitis;

genus Adalia
n1
genus of ladybugs;

- syn. Adalia;

genus Adansonia
n1
baobab;

- cream-of-tartar tree;

- syn. Adansonia;

genus Addax
n1
genus of antelopes of northern African deserts;

genus Adelges
n1
type genus of the Adelgidae: plant lice;

- syn. Adelges;

genus Adenanthera
n1
small genus of trees of tropical Asia and Pacific areas;

- syn. Adenanthera;

genus Adenium
n1
one species: succulent shrub or tree of tropical Africa and Arabia;

- syn. Adenium;

genus Adenota
n1
African antelopes: puku;

- syn. Adenota;

genus Adiantum
n1
cosmopolitan genus of ferns: maidenhair ferns;

- in some classification systems placed in family Polypodiaceae or Adiantaceae;

- syn. Adiantum;

genus Adlumia
n1
one species: climbing fumitory;

- syn. Adlumia;

genus Adonis
n1
annual or perennial herbs;

- syn. Adonis;

genus Aedes
n1
yellow-fever mosquitos;

- syn. Aedes;

genus Aegiceras
n1
a genus of herbs of the family Verbenaceae;

- syn. Aegiceras;

genus Aegilops
n1
goat grass;

- syn. Aegilops;

genus Aegypius
n1
a genus of Accipitridae;

- syn. Aegypius;

genus Aegyptopithecus
n1
a genus of Hominoidea;

genus Aeonium
n1
a genus of plants of the family Crassulaceae;

- syn. Aeonium;

genus Aepyceros
n1
African antelopes: impalas;

- syn. Aepyceros;

genus Aepyornis
n1
type genus of the Aepyornidae: elephant birds;

genus Aerides
n1
epiphytic orchids of tropical Asia having stiff leaves and fragrant white flowers in arching racemes;

genus Aerobacter
n1
aerobic bacteria widely distributed in nature;

- syn. Aerobacter;

genus Aeschynanthus
n1
large genus of East Indian ornamental woody epiphytic plants;

genus Aesculus
n1
deciduous trees or some shrubs of North America;

- southeastern Europe;

- eastern Asia;

- syn. Aesculus;

genus Aethionema
n1
Old World genus of the family Cruciferae;

- syn. Aethionema;

genus Aethusa
n1
fool's parsley;

- syn. Aethusa;

genus Aetobatus
n1
a genus of Myliobatidae;

- syn. Aetobatus;

genus Aframomum
n1
an African genus of plants of the family Zingiberaceae;

- syn. Aframomum;

genus Afrocarpus
n1
dioecious evergreen trees or shrubs;

- equatorial to southern and southeastern Africa: yellowwood;

- similar to trees or genus Podocarpus;

- syn. Afrocarpus;

genus Afropavo
n1
Congo peafowl;

genus Agalinis
n1
semiparasitic herb with purple or white or pink flowers;

- grows in the United States and West Indies;

- syn. Agalinis;

genus Agama
n1
type genus of the Agamidae;

genus Agapanthus
n1
small genus of South African evergreen or deciduous plants;

- sometimes placed in the family or subfamily Alliaceae;

genus Agapornis
n1
a genus of Psittacidae;

- syn. Agapornis;

genus Agaricus
n1
type genus of Agaricaceae;

- gill fungi having brown spores and including several edible species;

- syn. Agaricus;

genus Agastache
n1
giant hyssop;

- Mexican hyssop;

- syn. Agastache;

genus Agathis
n1
kauri pine;

- syn. Agathis;

genus Agave
n1
type genus of the Agavaceae;

- in some classifications considered a genus of Amaryllidaceae;

genus Agdestis
n1
a genus with one species that is a rapidly growing climbing vine with tuberous roots;

- grown in hot climates;

- syn. Agdestis;

genus Agelaius
n1
red-winged blackbirds;

- syn. Agelaius;

genus Ageratina
n1
annual to perennial herbs or shrubs of eastern United States and Central and South America;

- syn. Ageratina;

genus Ageratum
n1
genus of tropical American herbs grown for their flowers;

genus Agkistrodon
n1
copperheads;

- syn. Agkistrodon, Ancistrodon, genus Ancistrodon;

genus Aglaomorpha
n1
epiphytic ferns of tropical Asia;

- syn. Aglaomorpha;

genus Aglaonema
n1
climbing herbs of southeastern Asia having thick fleshy oblong leaves and naked unisexual flowers: Chinese evergreen;

- syn. Aglaonema;

genus Agonus
n1
type genus of the Agonidae;

- syn. Agonus;

genus Agrimonia
n1
genus of herbs found chiefly in north temperate regions having pinnate leaves and yellow flowers followed by bristly fruit;

genus Agriocharis
n1
a genus of birds of the family Meleagrididae including the ocellated turkey;

- syn. Agriocharis;

genus Agrobacterium
n1
small motile bacterial rods that can reduce nitrates and cause galls on plant stems;

- syn. Agrobacterium;

genus Agropyron
n1
perennial grasses of temperate and cool regions: wheatgrass;

- dog grass;

- syn. Agropyron;

genus Agrostemma
n1
a caryophylloid dicot genus including corn cockles;

- syn. Agrostemma;

genus Agrostis
n1
annual or perennial grasses cosmopolitan in northern hemisphere: bent grass (so named from `bent' meaning an area of unfenced grassland);

- syn. Agrostis;

genus Ailanthus
n1
small genus of east Asian and Chinese trees with odd-pinnate leaves and long twisted samaras;

genus Ailuropoda
n1
only the giant panda: in some classifications considered a genus of the separate family Ailuropodidae;

- syn. Ailuropoda;

genus Ailurus
n1
lesser pandas;

- syn. Ailurus;

genus Aix
n1
wood duck and mandarin duck;

- syn. Aix;

genus Ajaia
n1
a genus of Platalea;

- syn. Ajaia;

genus Ajuga
n1
bugle;

- syn. Ajuga;

genus Alauda
n1
type genus of the Alaudidae: skylarks;

- syn. Alauda;

genus Albatrellus
n1
a genus of fungi belonging to the family Polyporaceae;

- syn. Albatrellus;

genus Albizia
n1
large genus of unarmed trees and shrubs of Old World tropics;

- syn. genus Albizzia;

genus Albizzia
n1
large genus of unarmed trees and shrubs of Old World tropics;

- syn. genus Albizia;

genus Albuca
n1
genus of bulbous plants of South Africa;

- sometimes placed in subfamily Hyacinthaceae;

genus Albugo
n1
type genus of the Albuginaceae;

- fungi causing white rusts;

- syn. Albugo;

genus Albula
n1
type and sole genus of the family Albulidae;

- syn. Albula;

genus Alca
n1
type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill;

- syn. Alca;

genus Alcea
n1
genus of erect herbs of the Middle East having showy flowers: hollyhocks;

- in some classification systems synonymous with genus Althaea;

- syn. Alcea;

genus Alcedo
n1
type genus of the Alcedinidae;

- syn. Alcedo;

genus Alcelaphus
n1
African antelopes: hartebeests;

- syn. Alcelaphus;

genus Alces
n1
elk or moose;

- syn. Alces;

genus Aldrovanda
n1
one species: waterwheel plant;

- syn. Aldrovanda;

genus Alectis
n1
a genus of Carangidae;

- syn. Alectis;

genus Alectoria
n1
lichens having dark brown erect or pendulous much-branched cylindrical thallus;

- syn. Alectoria;

genus Alectoris
n1
a genus of Perdicidae;

- syn. Alectoris;

genus Alectura
n1
brush turkeys;

- syn. Alectura;

genus Alepisaurus
n1
slender scaleless predaceous tropical deep-sea fishes;

- syn. Alepisaurus;

genus Aletris
n1
small genus of bitter-rooted herbs of eastern North America and Asia;

- sometimes placed in family Melanthiaceae;

- syn. Aletris;

genus Aleurites
n1
candlenut;

- syn. Aleurites;

genus Aleyrodes
n1
type genus of the Aleyrodidae;

- syn. Aleyrodes;

genus Algeripithecus
n1
an extinct genus of Hominoidea;

- syn. Algeripithecus;

genus Alisma
n1
small genus of aquatic or semiaquatic plants;

- syn. Alisma;

genus Allamanda
n1
genus of tropical American woody vines;

genus Alliaria
n1
a genus of herbs of the family Cruciferae;

- have broad leaves and white flowers and long siliques;

- syn. Alliaria;

genus Alligator
n1
type genus of the Alligatoridae;

genus Allionia
n1
small genus of chiefly American herbs;

- syn. Allionia;

genus Allium
n1
large genus of perennial and biennial pungent bulbous plants: garlic;

- leek;

- onion;

- chive;

- sometimes placed in family Alliaceae as the type genus;

- syn. Allium;

genus Allosaurus
n1
carnivorous dinosaur of North America;

- late Jurassic;

- syn. genus Antrodemus;

genus Alnus
n1
alders;

- syn. Alnus;

genus Alocasia
n1
tropical Asiatic herbs similar to Colocasia but distinguished by a large sterile spadix;

genus Aloe
n1
large genus of chiefly African liliaceous plants;

- in some systems placed in family Aloeaceae;

genus Alopecurus
n1
annual or perennial grasses including decorative and meadow species as well as notorious agricultural weeds;

- syn. Alopecurus;

genus Alopex
n1
arctic foxes;

- syn. Alopex;

genus Alopius
n1
type genus of the family Alopiidae;

- in some classifications considered a genus of the family Lamnidae;

- syn. Alopius;

genus Alosa
n1
shad;

- syn. Alosa;

genus Alouatta
n1
howler monkeys;

- syn. Alouatta;

genus Alpinia
n1
perennial rhizomatous herbs of Asia and Australia and Polynesia having ginger-scented rhizomes;

- syn. Alpinia, genus Languas, genus Zerumbet;

genus Alsobia
n1
tropical American herbs sometimes included in genus Episcia;

- syn. Alsobia;

genus Alsophila
n1
geometrid moths;

- syn. Alsophila;

genus Alstonia
n1
genus of evergreen trees or shrubs with white funnel-shaped flowers and milky sap;

- tropical Africa to southeastern Asia and Polynesia;

- syn. Alstonia;

genus Alstroemeria
n1
genus of showy South American herbs with leafy stems;

- sometimes placed in family Alstroemeriaceae or in family Amaryllidaceae;

genus Alternanthera
n1
genus of low herbs of tropical America and Australia;

- includes genus Telanthera;

- syn. Alternanthera;

genus Althaea
n1
hollyhocks;

- in some classification systems synonymous with genus Alcea;

genus Alyssum
n1
a genus of the family Cruciferae;

- syn. Alyssum;

genus Alytes
n1
midwife toads;

- syn. Alytes;

genus Amanita
n1
genus of widely distributed agarics that have white spores and are poisonous with few exceptions;

- syn. Amanita;

genus Amaranthus
n1
large widely distributed genus of chiefly coarse annual herbs;

- syn. Amaranthus;

genus Amaryllis
n1
type genus of the Amaryllidaceae;

- bulbous flowering plants of southern Africa;

genus Amauropelta
n1
epiphytic or terrestrial ferns of America and Africa and Polynesia;

- syn. Amauropelta;

genus Amazona
n1
a genus of Psittacidae;

- syn. Amazona;

genus Amberboa
n1
herbs of Mediterranean to central Asia cultivated for their flowers;

- syn. Amberboa;

genus Ambloplites
n1
a genus of Centrarchidae;

- syn. Ambloplites;

genus Amblyrhynchus
n1
marine iguanas;

- syn. Amblyrhynchus;

genus Ambrosia
n1
comprising the ragweeds;

- in some classification considered the type genus of a separate family Ambrosiaceae;

genus Ambystoma
n1
type genus of the Ambystomatidae;

- syn. Ambystoma;

genus Ameiurus
n1
type genus of the Ameiuridae: bullhead catfishes;

- syn. Ameiurus;

genus Amelanchier
n1
North American deciduous trees or shrubs;

- syn. Amelanchier;

genus Amia
n1
type genus of the Amiidae;

- syn. Amia;

genus Amianthum
n1
one species: fly poison;

- sometimes placed in family Melanthiaceae;

- syn. Amianthum;

genus Ammobium
n1
small genus of Australian herbs grown for their flowers;

genus Ammodytes
n1
type genus of the Ammodytidae;

- syn. Ammodytes;

genus Ammotragus
n1
genus of wild sheep;

- syn. Ammotragus;

genus Amoeba
n1
protozoan inhabiting moist soils or bottom vegetation in fresh or salt water;

genus Amorpha
n1
American herbs or shrubs usually growing in dry sunny habitats on prairies and hillsides;

genus Amorphophallus
n1
genus of large tropical east Asian cormous aroids: devil's tongue;

- snake palm;

genus Amphibolips
n1
cynipid gall wasps, especially causing oak-apple galls;

- syn. Amphibolips;

genus Amphicarpa
n1
very small genus of twining vines of North America and Asia: hog peanut;

- syn. Amphicarpa, Amphicarpaea, genus Amphicarpaea;

genus Amphicarpaea
n1
very small genus of twining vines of North America and Asia: hog peanut;

- syn. Amphicarpa, Amphicarpaea, genus Amphicarpa;

genus Amphioxus
n1
type genus of the Amphioxidae;

genus Amphiprion
n1
damsel fishes;

- syn. Amphiprion;

genus Amphisbaena
n1
type genus of the Amphisbaenidae;

- syn. Amphisbaena, Amphisbaenia, genus Amphisbaenia;

genus Amphisbaenia
n1
type genus of the Amphisbaenidae;

- syn. Amphisbaena, Amphisbaenia, genus Amphisbaena;

genus Amphiuma
n1
congo snakes;

genus Amsinckia
n1
rough annual herbs of Europe and the Americas: fiddlenecks;

- syn. Amsinckia;

genus Amsonia
n1
genus of herbs and subshrubs with milky juice and showy bluish flowers;

- Europe to Asia Minor to Japan and North America;

- syn. Amsonia;

genus Amygdalus
n1
used in former classifications for peach and almond trees which are now included in genus Prunus;

- syn. Amygdalus;

genus Anabas
n1
the type genus of the family Anabantidae;

- small fish that resemble perch;

- syn. Anabas;

genus Anabrus
n1
a genus of Tettigoniidae;

- syn. Anabrus;

genus Anacardium
n1
type genus of the Anacardiaceae: cashew;

- syn. Anacardium;

genus Anacyclus
n1
a Spanish pellitory;

- syn. Anacyclus;

genus Anadenanthera
n1
2 species of tropical American shrubs or trees;

- syn. Anadenanthera;

genus Anagallis
n1
chiefly Old World herbs;

- syn. Anagallis;

genus Anagasta
n1
moth whose larvae are flour moths;

- syn. Anagasta;

genus Anagyris
n1
very small genus of shrubs of southern Europe having backward curving seed pods;

- syn. Anagyris;

genus Ananas
n1
a genus of tropical American plants have sword-shaped leaves and a fleshy compound fruits composed of the fruits of several flowers (such as pineapples);

- syn. Ananas;

genus Anaphalis
n1
a genus of herbs of north temperate regions having hoary leaves: pearly everlasting;

- syn. Anaphalis;

genus Anarhichas
n1
type genus of the Anarhichadidae;

- syn. Anarhichas;

genus Anas
n1
type genus of the Anatidae: freshwater ducks;

- syn. Anas;

genus Anasa
n1
squash bugs;

- syn. Anasa;

genus Anastatica
n1
one species: rose of Jericho;

- resurrection plant;

- syn. Anastatica;

genus Anastomus
n1
openbills;

- syn. Anastomus;

genus Anatotitan
n1
genus of large duck-billed dinosaurs;

- late Cretaceous;

genus Anchusa
n1
rough and hairy Old World herbs;

genus Ancistrodon
n1
copperheads;

- syn. Agkistrodon, Ancistrodon, genus Agkistrodon;

genus Ancylus
n1
type genus of the family Ancylidae: river limpet;

- syn. Ancylus;

genus Andira
n1
small genus of evergreen trees of tropical America and western Africa;

- syn. Andira;

genus Andreaea
n1
brown or blackish Alpine mosses having a dehiscent capsule with 4 longitudinal slits;

- syn. Andreaea;

genus Andrena
n1
a solitary burrowing short-tongued bee;

genus Andricus
n1
cynipid gall wasps, chiefly affecting oaks;

- syn. Andricus;

genus Andromeda
n1
low-growing shrubs of northern regions of northern hemisphere;

genus Andropogon
n1
tall annual or perennial grasses with spikelike racemes;

- warm regions;

- syn. Andropogon;

genus Andryala
n1
a genus of hardy hairy latex-producing perennials of Mediterranean area;

genus Aneides
n1
climbing salamanders;

- syn. Aneides;

genus Anemia
n1
genus of terrestrial or lithophytic ferns having pinnatifid fronds;

- chiefly of tropical America;

- syn. Anemia;

genus Anemone
n1
perennial herbs with tuberous roots and beautiful flowers;

- of north and south temperate regions;

genus Anemonella
n1
one species: rue anemone;

- syn. Anemonella;

genus Anemopsis
n1
one species: yerba mansa;

- syn. Anemopsis;

genus Anethum
n1
dill;

- syn. Anethum;

genus Angelica
n1
biennial or perennial herbs of the northern hemisphere;

- have a taproot;

genus Angiopteris
n1
one species: tree fern;

genus Angraecum
n1
genus of tropical Old World epiphytic orchids with showy flowers sometimes grotesque;

- syn. Angraecum, genus Angrecum;

genus Angrecum
n1
genus of tropical Old World epiphytic orchids with showy flowers sometimes grotesque;

- syn. Angraecum, genus Angraecum;

genus Anguilla
n1
type genus of the Anguillidae: eels;

- syn. Anguilla;

genus Anguillula
n1
a genus of Cephalobidae;

- syn. Anguillula, Turbatrix, genus Turbatrix;

genus Anguis
n1
type genus of the Anguidae: blindworms;

- syn. Anguis;

genus Anhima
n1
type genus of the Anhimidae;

- horned screamers;

- syn. Anhima;

genus Anhinga
n1
type genus of the Anhingidae;

genus Anigozanthus
n1
genus of monocotyledonous plants with curious woolly flowers on sturdy stems above a fan of sword-shaped leaves;

- includes kangaroo's paw and Australian sword lily;

- sometimes placed in family Amaryllidaceae;

- syn. Anigozanthus;

genus Anisotremus
n1
a genus of Haemulidae;

- syn. Anisotremus;

genus Ankylosaurus
n1
armored herbivorous dinosaurs of the Cretaceous;

genus Annona
n1
type genus of the Annonaceae;

- tropical American trees or shrubs;

- syn. Annona;

genus Anoa
n1
a genus of mammals of the family Bovidae;

genus Anodonta
n1
thin-shelled freshwater mussels;

- syn. Anodonta;

genus Anoectochilus
n1
genus of delicate Asiatic orchids;

- syn. Anoectochilus;

genus Anogramma
n1
a genus of ferns belonging to the family Pteridaceae;

- syn. Anogramma;

genus Anolis
n1
New World chameleons;

- syn. Anolis;

genus Anomala
n1
genus of beetles whose grubs feed mainly on roots of plants;

- includes several pests of cultivated grasses;

- syn. Anomala;

genus Anomalops
n1
type genus of the family Anomalopidae;

genus Anomalopteryx
n1
small moas;

genus Anomia
n1
type genus of the family Anomiidae: saddle oysters;

- syn. Anomia;

genus Anopheles
n1
malaria mosquitoes;

- distinguished by the adult's head-downward stance and absence of breathing tubes in the larvae;

- syn. Anopheles;

genus Anser
n1
typical geese;

- syn. Anser;

genus Antedon
n1
a genus of echinoderms of the family Antedonidae;

- syn. Antedon;

genus Antennaria
n1
small woolly perennial herbs having small whitish discoid flowers surrounded by a ring of club-shaped bristles;

- syn. Antennaria;

genus Anthemis
n1
dog fennel;

- syn. Anthemis;

genus Antheraea
n1
large moths whose larvae produce silk of high quality;

- syn. Antheraea;

genus Anthericum
n1
genus of Old World (mainly African) perennial herbs;

- sometimes placed in family Asphodelaceae;

- syn. Anthericum;

genus Antheropeas
n1
small genus of North American herbs often included in genus Eriophyllum;

- syn. Antheropeas;

genus Anthidium
n1
potter bees;

- syn. Anthidium;

genus Anthoceros
n1
hornworts;

- syn. Anthoceros;

genus Anthonomus
n1
weevils destructive of cultivated plants;

- syn. Anthonomus;

genus Anthriscus
n1
chervil: of Europe, North Africa and Asia;

- syn. Anthriscus;

genus Anthurium
n1
large genus of often epiphytic evergreen tropical American plants often cultivated as houseplants;

genus Anthus
n1
pipits;

- syn. Anthus;

genus Anthyllis
n1
genus of Mediterranean herbs and shrubs;

- syn. Anthyllis;

genus Antidorcas
n1
springboks;

- syn. Antidorcas;

genus Antigonia
n1
a genus of fish in the family Caproidae;

- syn. Antigonia;

genus Antilocapra
n1
type and sole genus of the Antilocapridae comprising one species;

- syn. Antilocapra;

genus Antilope
n1
blackbucks;

- syn. Antilope;

genus Antirrhinum
n1
a genus of herbs of the family Scrophulariaceae with brightly colored irregular flowers;

- syn. Antirrhinum;

genus Antrodemus
n1
carnivorous dinosaur of North America;

- late Jurassic;

- syn. genus Allosaurus;

genus Antrozous
n1
a genus of Vespertilionidae;

- syn. Antrozous;

genus Aotus
n1
douroucoulis;

- syn. Aotus;

genus Apatosaurus
n1
large quadrupedal herbivorous dinosaurs with very long neck and tail;

- late Jurassic;

- syn. genus Brontosaurus;

genus Apatura
n1
large Old World butterflies;

- syn. Apatura;

genus Aphis
n1
type genus of the Aphididae: injurious to fruit trees and vegetables;

- syn. Aphis;

genus Aphriza
n1
a genus of Scolopacidae;

- syn. Aphriza;

genus Aphrophora
n1
a genus of Cercopidae;

- syn. Aphrophora;

genus Aphyllanthes
n1
one species;

- small fibrous-rooted perennial with rushlike foliage and deep blue flowers;

- sometimes placed in its own family Aphyllanthaceae;

- syn. Aphyllanthes;

genus Apios
n1
twining perennial North American plants;

- syn. Apios;

genus Apis
n1
type genus of the Apidae: honeybees;

- syn. Apis;

genus Apium
n1
celery;

- syn. Apium;

genus Aplectrum
n1
a monocotyledonous genus of the family Orchidaceae;

- syn. Aplectrum;

genus Aplodontia
n1
type genus of the Aplodontiidae: comprising the mountain beavers;

- syn. Aplodontia;

genus Aplysia
n1
type genus of the family Aplysiidae;

- syn. Aplysia, Tethys, genus Tethus;

genus Apocynum
n1
perennial herbs with small pink or white flowers;

- syn. Apocynum;

genus Apodemus
n1
Old World field mice;

- syn. Apodemus;

genus Apogon
n1
type genus of the Apogonidae;

- syn. Apogon;

genus Aporocactus
n1
small genus of epiphytic cacti of Mexico;

- syn. Aporocactus;

genus Appendicularia
n1
a genus of chordates in the class Larvacea;

genus Aptenodytes
n1
large penguins;

- syn. Aptenodytes;

genus Apteryx
n1
type genus of the Apterygidae: kiwis;

genus Apus
n1
type genus;

- syn. Apus;

genus Aquila
n1
a genus of Accipitridae;

- syn. Aquila;

genus Aquilegia
n1
columbine;

genus Ara
n1
macaws;

- syn. Ara;

genus Arabidopsis
n1
a genus of the mustard family having white or yellow or purplish flowers;

- closely related to genus Arabis;

- syn. Arabidopsis;

genus Arabis
n1
annual to perennial woody herbs of temperate North America, Europe and Asia: rockcress;

- syn. Arabis;

genus Arachis
n1
a genus of plants with pods that ripen underground (see peanut);

- syn. Arachis;

genus Aralia
n1
type genus of Araliaceae;

- large widely distributed genus of shrubs and trees and vines: spikenard;

- Hercules'-club;

genus Aramus
n1
genus of large brown long-billed wading birds found in warm swampy regions of the western hemisphere: courlan;

- limpkin;

- syn. Aramus;

genus Aranea
n1
a genus of orb-weaving spiders including common garden spiders and barn spiders;

- syn. Aranea, Araneus, genus Araneus;

genus Araneus
n1
a genus of orb-weaving spiders including common garden spiders and barn spiders;

- syn. Aranea, Araneus, genus Aranea;

genus Araucaria
n1
a genus of the araucaria family;

genus Araujia
n1
small genus of South American evergreen vines;

- syn. Araujia;

genus Arbutus
n1
large evergreen shrubs and trees of southern Europe and western North America: strawberry tree;

- madrona;

genus Arca
n1
type genus of the family Arcidae: ark shells and blood clams;

- syn. Arca;

genus Arcella
n1
type genus of the Arcellidae;

genus Arceuthobium
n1
genus of chiefly American plants parasitic on conifers;

- syn. Arceuthobium;

genus Archaeopteryx
n1
a genus of fossil birds;

- syn. genus Archeopteryx;

genus Archaeornis
n1
a genus of fossil bird;

genus Archeopteryx
n1
a genus of fossil birds;

- syn. genus Archaeopteryx;

genus Archidiskidon
n1
a genus of Elephantidae;

- syn. Archidiskidon;

genus Archilochus
n1
a genus of Trochilidae;

- syn. Archilochus;

genus Architeuthis
n1
giant squid;

genus Archosargus
n1
a genus of Sparidae;

- syn. Archosargus;

genus Arctictis
n1
binturongs;

- syn. Arctictis;

genus Arctium
n1
burdock;

- syn. Arctium;

genus Arctocebus
n1
a genus of Lorisidae;

- syn. Arctocebus;

genus Arctocephalus
n1
fur seals;

- syn. Arctocephalus;

genus Arctonyx
n1
a genus of Mustelidae;

- syn. Arctonyx;

genus Arctostaphylos
n1
bearberry;

- manzanita;

- syn. Arctostaphylos;

genus Arctotis
n1
herbs and subshrubs: African daisy;

- syn. Arctotis;

genus Ardea
n1
type genus of the Ardeidae: large New and Old World herons;

- syn. Ardea;

genus Ardisia
n1
tropical evergreen subshrubs (some climbers) to trees of Asia and Australasia to Americas;

- syn. Ardisia;

genus Areca
n1
a monocotyledonous genus of palm trees;

genus Arenaria
n1
sandworts;

- syn. Arenaria;

n2
turnstones;

- syn. Arenaria;

genus Arenga
n1
a genus of tropical Asian and Malaysian palm trees;

- syn. Arenga;

genus Arethusa
n1
genus of bog orchids of North America and Japan;

genus Argemone
n1
prickly poppies;

genus Argentina
n1
type genus of the Argentinidae: argentines;

- syn. Argentina;

genus Argentinosaurus
n1
enormous dinosaur of the middle Cretaceous found in Argentina;

genus Argiope
n1
the type genus of Argiopidae;

- small genus of orb-weaving spiders;

- syn. Argiope;

genus Argonauta
n1
type genus of the family Argonautidae: paper nautilus;

- syn. Argonauta;

genus Argusianus
n1
argus pheasants;

- syn. Argusianus;

genus Argynnis
n1
fritillaries;

- syn. Argynnis;

genus Argyranthemum
n1
comprises plants often included in the genus Chrysanthemum;

- syn. Argyranthemum;

genus Argyreia
n1
woody climbers of tropical Asia to Australia;

- syn. Argyreia;

genus Argyrotaenia
n1
orange tortrix;

- syn. Argyrotaenia;

genus Argyroxiphium
n1
small genus of Hawaiian spreading and rosette-forming shrubs;

- syn. Argyroxiphium;

genus Arilus
n1
a genus of Reduviidae;

- syn. Arilus;

genus Ariocarpus
n1
slow-growing geophytic cacti;

- northern and eastern Mexico;

- southern Texas;

- syn. Ariocarpus;

genus Ariomma
n1
a genus of Stromateidae;

- syn. Ariomma;

genus Arisaema
n1
tuberous or rhizomatous herbaceous perennials;

- syn. Arisaema;

genus Arisarum
n1
tuberous or rhizomatous perennial herbs;

- mainly Mediterranean area;

- syn. Arisarum;

genus Aristolochia
n1
birthworts;

- Dutchman's-pipe;

- syn. Aristolochia;

genus Aristotelia
n1
small genus of shrubs or small trees of Australia and New Zealand and western South America;

- syn. Aristotelia;

genus Arius
n1
type genus of the Ariidae: sea catfishes;

- syn. Arius;

genus Arizona
n1
glossy snake;

- syn. Arizona;

genus Armadillidium
n1
type genus of the Armadillidiidae;

- syn. Armadillidium;

genus Armeria
n1
shrubby or herbaceous low-growing evergreen perennials;

- syn. Armeria;

genus Armillaria
n1
genus of edible mushrooms having white spores an annulus and blue juice;

- some are edible;

- some cause root rot;

- syn. Armillaria;

genus Armillariella
n1
a honey-colored diminutive form of genus Armillaria;

- grows in clusters;

- edible (when cooked) but most attention has been on how to get rid of it;

- syn. Armillariella;

genus Armoracia
n1
horseradish;

- syn. Armoracia;

genus Arnica
n1
large genus of herbs of north temperate and Arctic regions;

genus Arnoseris
n1
lamb succory;

- syn. Arnoseris;

genus Arrhenatherum
n1
oat grass;

- syn. Arrhenatherum;

genus Artamus
n1
type genus of the Artamidae;

- syn. Artamus;

genus Artemia
n1
fairy shrimp;

- brine shrimp;

- syn. Artemia, Chirocephalus, genus Chirocephalus;

genus Artemisia
n1
usually aromatic shrubs or herbs of north temperate regions and South Africa and western South America: wormwood;

- sagebrush;

- mugwort;

- tarragon;

genus Arthropteris
n1
tropical and subtropical Old World epiphytic or lithophytic ferns;

- syn. Arthropteris;

genus Artocarpus
n1
evergreen Asiatic trees now grown through the tropics: breadfruit;

- jackfruit;

- syn. Artocarpus;

genus Arum
n1
type genus of the Araceae: tuberous perennial herbs of Europe and Asia with usually heart-shaped leaves;

genus Arundinaria
n1
North American bamboo;

- syn. Arundinaria;

genus Arundo
n1
any of several coarse tall perennial grasses of most warm areas: reeds;

- syn. Arundo;

genus Arvicola
n1
in some classifications considered synonymous with Microtus;

- syn. Arvicola;

genus Asarum
n1
wild ginger;

- syn. Asarum;

genus Ascaphus
n1
type genus of the Ascaphidae;

- in some classifications included in the family Leiopelmatidae;

- syn. Ascaphus;

genus Ascaridia
n1
roundworm having a preanal sucker;

- syn. Ascaridia;

genus Ascaris
n1
type genus of the family Ascaridae: roundworms with a three-lipped mouth;

- syn. Ascaris;

genus Asclepias
n1
genus of chiefly North American perennial herbs: silkweed;

- milkweed;

- syn. Asclepias;

genus Ascophyllum
n1
brown algae distinguished by compressed or inflated branchlets along the axis;

- syn. Ascophyllum;

genus Asimina
n1
pawpaw;

- syn. Asimina;

genus Asio
n1
a genus of European owls;

- syn. Asio;

genus Aspalathus
n1
genus of South African heathlike shrubs;

- syn. Aspalathus;

genus Asparagus
n1
large genus of Old World perennial herbs with erect or spreading or climbing stems and small scalelike leaves and inconspicuous flowers;

- sometimes placed in family Asparagaceae;

genus Aspergillus
n1
genus of common molds causing food spoilage and some pathogenic to plants and animals;

- syn. Aspergillus;

genus Asperula
n1
woodruff;

- syn. Asperula;

genus Asphodeline
n1
genus of rhizomatous perennial or biennial herbs with numerous sometimes fragrant flowers in long cylindrical racemes;

- Mediterranean region to Caucasus;

- sometimes placed in family Asphodelaceae;

- syn. Asphodeline;

genus Asphodelus
n1
small genus of tall striking annuals or perennials with grasslike foliage and flowers in dense racemes or panicles;

- Mediterranean to Himalayas;

- sometimes placed in family Asphodelaceae;

- syn. Asphodelus;

genus Aspidelaps
n1
African coral snakes;

- syn. Aspidelaps;

genus Aspidiotus
n1
a genus of Diaspididae;

- syn. Aspidiotus;

genus Aspidistra
n1
genus of eastern Asiatic herbs;

- sometimes placed in the family Convallariaceae;

genus Aspidophoroides
n1
alligatorfishes;

- syn. Aspidophoroides;

genus Aspis
n1
horned vipers;

- syn. Aspis, genus Cerastes;

genus Asplenium
n1
in some classification systems placed in family Polypodiaceae;

- syn. Asplenium;

genus Astacus
n1
type genus of the family Astacidae;

- Old World crayfish;

- syn. Astacus;

genus Aster
n1
large genus of herbs widely cultivated for their daisylike flowers;

genus Astilbe
n1
chiefly Asiatic perennials: spirea;

genus Astragalus
n1
large genus of annual or perennial herbs or shrubs of north temperate regions;

- largest genus in the family Leguminosae;

- syn. Astragalus;

genus Astrantia
n1
a genus of Eurasian herbs of the family Umbelliferae with aromatic roots and palmate leaves and showy flowers;

genus Astreus
n1
a genus of fungi belonging to the family Geastraceae;

- syn. Astreus;

genus Astroloma
n1
evergreen shrubs of Australia and Tasmania;

- syn. Astroloma;

genus Astronium
n1
a genus of dicotyledonous plants of the family Anacardiaceae;

- syn. Astronium;

genus Astrophyton
n1
includes many of the basket stars;

- syn. Astrophyton;

genus Astropogon
n1
a genus of fish of the family Apogonidae;

- syn. Astropogon;

genus Ateles
n1
spider monkeys;

- syn. Ateles;

genus Athene
n1
a genus of Strigidae;

- syn. Athene;

genus Atherinopsis
n1
a genus of Atherinidae;

- syn. Atherinopsis;

genus Atherurus
n1
a genus of Hystricidae;

- syn. Atherurus;

genus Athrotaxis
n1
a genus of gymnosperm;

- syn. Athrotaxis;

genus Athyrium
n1
temperate and tropical lady ferns;

- in some classifications placed in family Polypodiaceae or in the genus Asplenium;

- syn. Athyrium;

genus Atrichornis
n1
type genus of the Atrichornithidae;

- syn. Atrichornis;

genus Atriplex
n1
orach;

- saltbush;

- syn. Atriplex;

genus Atropa
n1
belladonna;

- syn. Atropa;

genus Attalea
n1
unarmed feather palms of central and northern South America;

- syn. Attalea;

genus Atticus
n1
atlas moth;

- syn. Atticus;

genus Aucuba
n1
hardy evergreen dioecious shrubs and small trees from Japan;

- syn. Aucuba;

genus Aulacorhyncus
n1
a genus of Ramphastidae;

- syn. Aulacorhyncus;

genus Aulostomus
n1
type genus of the Aulostomidae;

- syn. Aulostomus;

genus Aureolaria
n1
small genus of North American herbs often root-parasitic and bearing golden-yellow flowers;

- sometimes placed in genus Gerardia;

- syn. Aureolaria;

genus Auricularia
n1
type genus of the Auriculariaceae;

- syn. Auricularia;

genus Auriparus
n1
a genus of Paridae;

- syn. Auriparus;

genus Australopithecus
n1
extinct genus of African hominid;

- syn. Australopithecus;

genus Austrocedrus
n1
one species;

- formerly included in genus Libocedrus;

- syn. Austrocedrus;

genus Austrotaxus
n1
a gymnosperm genus having one species: New Caledonian yew;

- syn. Austrotaxus;

genus Automeris
n1
io moth;

- syn. Automeris;

genus Avahi
n1
a genus of Indriidae;

- syn. Avahi;

genus Avena
n1
oats;

- syn. Avena;

genus Averrhoa
n1
trees native to East Indies having pinnate leaves: carambolas;

- syn. Averrhoa;

genus Avicennia
n1
small genus of tropical shrubs or trees;

- syn. Avicennia;

genus Ayapana
n1
genus of tropical American herbs sometimes included in genus Eupatorium;

genus Aythya
n1
canvasback;

- redhead;

- pochard;

- etc.;

- syn. Aythya;

genus Azadirachta
n1
genus of large important East Indian trees: neem trees;

- syn. Azadirachta;

genus Azolla
n1
a genus of fern sometimes placed in its own family Azollaceae;

- syn. Azolla;

genus Babesia
n1
type genus of the family Babesiidae;

- syn. genus Piroplasma;

genus Babyrousa
n1
a genus of Suidae;

- syn. Babyrousa;

genus Baccharis
n1
shrubs of western hemisphere often having honey-scented flowers followed by silky thistlelike heads of tiny fruits;

- often used for erosion control;

- syn. Baccharis;

genus Bacillus
n1
type genus of the Bacillaceae;

- includes many saprophytes important in decay of organic matter and a number of parasites;

genus Bacteroides
n1
type genus of Bacteroidaceae;

- genus of Gram-negative rodlike anaerobic bacteria producing no endospores and no pigment and living in the gut of man and animals;

- syn. Bacteroides;

genus Baiomys
n1
pygmy mice;

- syn. Baiomys;

genus Bairdiella
n1
drumfish;

- syn. Bairdiella;

genus Balaena
n1
type genus of the Balaenidae: Greenland whales;

- syn. Balaena;

genus Balaeniceps
n1
type genus of the Balaenicipitidae: shoebills;

- syn. Balaeniceps;

genus Balaenoptera
n1
type genus of the Balaenopteridae;

- syn. Balaenoptera;

genus Balanus
n1
type genus of the family Balanidae;

- syn. Balanus;

genus Balistes
n1
type genus of the Balistidae;

- syn. Balistes;

genus Ballota
n1
perennial herbs or subshrubs of especially Mediterranean area: black horehound;

- syn. Ballota;

genus Balsamorhiza
n1
genus of coarse western American herbs with large roots containing an aromatic balsam;

- syn. Balsamorhiza;

genus Bambusa
n1
tall tender clumping bamboos;

- syn. Bambusa;

genus Bankia
n1
giant shipworms;

- syn. Bankia;

genus Banksia
n1
important genus of Australian evergreen shrubs or trees with alternate leathery leaves and yellowish flowers;

genus Baphia
n1
small genus of shrubs and lianas and trees of Africa and Madagascar;

- syn. Baphia;

genus Baptisia
n1
genus of North American plants with showy flowers and an inflated pod;

- syn. Baptisia;

genus Barbarea
n1
biennial or perennial herbs of north temperate regions: winter cress;

- syn. Barbarea;

genus Barosaurus
n1
huge quadrupedal herbivorous dinosaur;

- late Jurassic;

genus Bartle-Frere
n1
a living fossil or so-called `green dinosaur';

- genus or subfamily of primitive nut-bearing trees thought to have died out 50 million years ago;

- a single specimen found in 1994 on Mount Bartle Frere in eastern Australia;

- not yet officially named;

- syn. Bartle Frere, green dinosaur;

genus Bartramia
n1
a genus of Scolopacidae;

- syn. Bartramia;

genus Basiliscus
n1
a reptile genus of Iguanidae;

- syn. Basiliscus;

genus Bassariscus
n1
cacomistles;

- syn. Bassariscus;

genus Bassia
n1
summer cypress;

- syn. Bassia, Kochia, genus Kochia;

genus Bathyergus
n1
mole rats;

- syn. Bathyergus;

genus Batis
n1
small genus of plants constituting the family Batidaceae: low straggling dioecious shrubs;

- syn. Batis;

genus Batrachoseps
n1
slender salamanders;

- syn. Batrachoseps;

genus Bauhinia
n1
mountain ebony, orchid tree;

- syn. Bauhinia;

genus Beaumontia
n1
small genus of evergreen woody vines in the East Indies and Asia;

- syn. Beaumontia;

genus Begonia
n1
large genus of tropical succulent plants widely cultivated;

genus Belamcanda
n1
a monocotyledonous genus of the family Iridaceae;

- syn. Belamcanda;

genus Bellis
n1
daisy;

- syn. Bellis;

genus Bemisia
n1
sweet-potato whitefly;

- syn. Bemisia;

genus Bennettitis
n1
type of the Bennettitales;

- syn. Bennettitis;

genus Benzoin
n1
used in some classifications for the American spicebush and certain other plants often included in the genus Lindera;

- syn. Benzoin;

genus Berberis
n1
large genus of shrubs of temperate zones of New and Old Worlds;

- syn. Berberis;

genus Bergenia
n1
genus of perennial spring-blooming rhizomatous herbs with thick evergreen leaves;

- eastern Asia;

genus Beroe
n1
coextensive with the class Nuda;

genus Berteroa
n1
hoary alyssum;

- syn. Berteroa;

genus Bertholletia
n1
brazil nut;

- syn. Bertholletia;

genus Bessera
n1
small genus of cormous perennials of Mexico;

- sometimes placed in family Alliaceae;

- syn. Bessera;

genus Besseya
n1
genus of North American spring wildflowers;

- syn. Besseya;

genus Beta
n1
beets;

- syn. Beta;

genus Bettongia
n1
jerboa kangaroo;

- syn. Bettongia;

genus Betula
n1
a genus of trees of the family Betulaceae (such as birches);

- syn. Betula;

genus Bibos
n1
wild ox;

- syn. Bibos;

genus Bidens
n1
bur marigolds;

- syn. Bidens;

genus Bignonia
n1
one species: cross vine;

- syn. Bignonia;

genus Biscutella
n1
genus of Eurasian herbs and small shrubs: buckler mustard;

- syn. Biscutella;

genus Bison
n1
sometimes considered a subgenus of genus Bos: American buffalo;

genus Bitis
n1
a genus of Viperidae;

- syn. Bitis;

genus Blaberus
n1
giant cockroaches;

- syn. Blaberus;

genus Blandfordia
n1
small genus of tuberous Australian perennial herbs;

- syn. Blandfordia;

genus Blarina
n1
shrews;

- syn. Blarina;

genus Blastocladia
n1
a genus of fungi of the family Blastodiaceae;

- syn. Blastocladia;

genus Blastomyces
n1
genus of pathogenic yeastlike fungi;

- syn. Blastomyces;

genus Blatta
n1
type genus of the Blattidae: cockroaches infesting buildings worldwide;

- syn. Blatta;

genus Blattella
n1
small cockroaches;

- syn. Blattella;

genus Blechnum
n1
in some classification systems placed in family Polypodiaceae;

- terrestrial ferns of cosmopolitan distribution mainly in southern hemisphere: hard ferns;

- syn. Blechnum;

genus Blennius
n1
type genus of the Blenniidae;

- syn. Blennius;

genus Blephilia
n1
small genus of North American herbs: wood mints;

- syn. Blephilia;

genus Bletia
n1
genus of tropical American terrestrial orchids with large purple or pink flowers;

genus Bletilla
n1
small genus of chiefly east Asiatic hardy terrestrial orchids similar to genus Bletia;

- syn. Bletilla;

genus Blighia
n1
small genus of western African evergreen trees and shrubs bearing fleshy capsular three-seeded fruits edible when neither unripe nor overripe;

- syn. Blighia;

genus Blissus
n1
chinch bugs;

- syn. Blissus;

genus Bloomeria
n1
small genus of bulbous perennial herbs of southwestern United States and Mexico;

- sometimes placed in family Alliaceae;

- syn. Bloomeria;

genus Bocconia
n1
tropical American trees or shrubs closely related to genus Macleaya;

genus Boehmeria
n1
false nettle;

- syn. Boehmeria;

genus Bolbitis
n1
terrestrial or less than normally scandent ferns of tropical regions of northern hemisphere;

- syn. Bolbitis;

genus Boletellus
n1
a genus of fungi belonging to the family Boletaceae;

- syn. Boletellus;

genus Boletus
n1
type genus of Boletaceae;

- genus of soft early-decaying pore fungi;

- some poisonous and some edible;

- syn. Boletus;

genus Boltonia
n1
genus of tall leafy perennial herbs of eastern America and eastern Asia having flowers that resemble asters;

- syn. Boltonia;

genus Bomarea
n1
large genus of tropical American vines having showy often spotted umbellate flowers;

- sometimes placed in family Liliaceae especially subfamily Alstroemeriaceae;

- syn. Bomarea;

genus Bombax
n1
trees of chiefly South America;

- syn. Bombax;

genus Bombina
n1
fire-bellied toads;

- syn. Bombina;

genus Bombus
n1
bumblebees;

- syn. Bombus;

genus bombycilla
n1
waxwings;

- syn. Bombycilla;

genus Bombyx
n1
type genus of the Bombycidae: Chinese silkworm moth;

- syn. Bombyx;

genus Bonasa
n1
ruffed grouse;

- syn. Bonasa;

genus Borago
n1
perennial herbs of the Mediterranean region;

- syn. Borago;

genus Borassus
n1
palmyra;

- syn. Borassus;

genus Borrelia
n1
small flexible parasitic spirochetes having three to five wavy spirals;

genus Bos
n1
wild and domestic cattle;

- in some classifications placed in the subfamily Bovinae or tribe Bovini;

- syn. Bos;

genus Boselaphus
n1
Indian antelopes: nilgais;

- syn. Boselaphus;

genus Boswellia
n1
genus of trees of North Africa and India that yield incense;

- syn. Boswellia;

genus Botaurus
n1
bitterns;

- syn. Botaurus;

genus Bothrops
n1
fer-de-lance;

- syn. Bothrops;

genus Botrychium
n1
grape fern;

- moonwort;

- syn. Botrychium;

genus Bougainvillaea
n1
ornamental tropical woody vines;

- syn. Bougainvillaea, genus Bougainvillea;

genus Bougainvillea
n1
ornamental tropical woody vines;

- syn. Bougainvillaea, genus Bougainvillaea;

genus Bouteloua
n1
forage grasses;

- syn. Bouteloua;

genus Bowiea
n1
small genus of tropical African perennial bulbous herbs with deciduous twining stems;

- sometimes placed in family Hyacinthaceae;

- syn. Bowiea;

genus Boykinia
n1
genus of perennial rhizomatous herbs with flowers in panicles;

- North America;

- Japan;

- syn. Boykinia;

genus Brachinus
n1
bombardier beetles;

- syn. Brachinus;

genus Brachychiton
n1
Australian trees (usually with swollen trunks);

- syn. Brachychiton;

genus Brachycome
n1
mostly Australian herbs having basal or alternate leaves and loosely corymbose flower heads;

- syn. Brachycome;

genus Brachystegia
n1
small genus of tropical African timber trees having pale golden heartwood uniformly striped with dark brown or black:;

- syn. Brachystegia;

genus Bradypus
n1
type genus of the Bradypodidae: three-toed sloths;

- syn. Bradypus;

genus Brama
n1
type genus of the Bramidae;

- syn. Brama;

genus Branchiobdella
n1
type genus of the Branchiobdellidae: a small worm that lives on the gills or surface of a crayfish attached by a sucker;

- syn. Branchiobdella;

genus Branta
n1
wild geese;

- syn. Branta;

genus Brasenia
n1
alternatively, a member of the family Nymphaeaceae;

- syn. Brasenia;

genus Brassavola
n1
genus of tropical American epiphytic or lithophytic rhizomatous orchids;

genus Brassia
n1
genus of tropical American epiphytic orchids having striking axillary racemes of yellow to green spiderlike flowers with long slender sepals and warty lips: spider orchids;

- syn. Brassia;

genus Brassica
n1
mustards: cabbages;

- cauliflowers;

- turnips;

- etc.;

- syn. Brassica;

genus Brevoortia
n1
menhaden;

- syn. Brevoortia;

genus Brickelia
n1
genus of herbs of southwestern America having usually creamy florets followed by one-seeded fruits in a prominent bristly sheath;

- syn. Brickellia;

genus Brodiaea
n1
genus of western United States bulbous plants with basal leaves and variously colored flowers;

- sometimes placed in family Alliaceae;

genus Bromus
n1
a genus of grasses of the family Gramineae;

- syn. Bromus;

genus Brontosaurus
n1
large quadrupedal herbivorous dinosaurs with very long neck and tail;

- late Jurassic;

- syn. genus Apatosaurus;

genus Broussonetia
n1
paper mulberry;

- syn. Broussonetia;

genus Browallia
n1
small genus of tropical South American annuals;

genus Browmius
n1
cusk;

- syn. Brosmius;

genus Bruchus
n1
type genus of the Bruchidae;

- syn. Bruchus;

genus Bruckenthalia
n1
a genus containing only one species: spike heath;

- syn. Bruckenthalia;

genus Brugmansia
n1
includes some plants often placed in the genus Datura: angel's trumpets;

- syn. Brugmansia;

genus Brunfelsia
n1
genus of tropical American shrubs grown for their flowers followed by fleshy berrylike fruits;

- syn. Brunfelsia;

genus Brya
n1
genus of prickly shrubs and small trees of the Caribbean region;

- source of a durable hardwood;

- syn. Brya;

genus Bryanthus
n1
a genus allied to and once included in genus Phyllodoce;

genus Bryonia
n1
climbing perennial herbs: bryony;

genus Bryum
n1
type genus of the Bryaceae: mosses distinguished by mostly erect and tufted gametophytes and symmetrical short-necked capsules;

- syn. Bryum;

genus Bubalus
n1
in some classification systems included in genus Bos;

- water buffaloes;

- syn. Bubalus, tribe Bubalus;

genus Bubo
n1
a genus of Strigidae;

- syn. Bubo;

genus Bubulcus
n1
small white egrets;

- syn. Bubulcus;

genus Bucephala
n1
buffleheads and goldeneyes;

- syn. Bucephala;

genus Buceros
n1
type genus of the family Bucerotidae;

- syn. Buceros;

genus Buchloe
n1
buffalo grass;

- syn. Buchloe;

genus Buckleya
n1
small genus of Asiatic and American parasitic shrubs;

genus Buddleia
n1
shrubs or trees of warm regions;

genus Budorcas
n1
gnu goats;

- syn. Budorcas;

genus Bufo
n1
type genus of the Bufonidae;

- common toads of New and Old Worlds;

genus Bulnesia
n1
palo santo;

- syn. Bulnesia;

genus Bumelia
n1
deciduous or evergreen American shrubs small trees having very hard wood and milky latex;

- syn. Bumelia;

genus Bungarus
n1
kraits;

- syn. Bungarus;

genus Buphthalmum
n1
oxeye;

- syn. Buphthalmum;

genus Burhinus
n1
type genus of the Burhinidae: stone curlews;

- syn. Burhinus;

genus Burmannia
n1
type genus of the Burmanniaceae;

- slender herbs of warm regions with leaves resembling scales and flowers with a three-angled or three-winged perianth;

- syn. Burmannia;

genus Burmeisteria
n1
a genus of Dasypodidae;

- syn. Burmeisteria;

genus Bursera
n1
type genus of Burseraceae;

- tropical and subtropical American shrubs and trees some yielding timber and gum elemi;

- syn. Bursera;

genus Butea
n1
genus of East Indian trees or shrubs: dhak;

- syn. Butea;

genus Buteo
n1
broad-winged soaring hawks;

- syn. Buteo;

genus Buxus
n1
type genus of the Buxaceae;

- syn. Buxus;

genus Cabassous
n1
solely the tatouay;

genus Cabomba
n1
alternatively, a member of the family Nymphaeaceae;

- a small genus of American aquatic plants;

- syn. Cabomba;

genus Cacajao
n1
uakaris;

- syn. Cacajao;

genus Cacalia
n1
genus of tall smooth herbs of forested mountains of Europe and Asia minor;

- in some classifications includes many plants usually placed in genus Emilia;

- syn. Cacalia;

genus Cacatua
n1
a genus of Psittacidae;

- syn. Cacatua, Kakatoe, genus Kakatoe;

genus Cacicus
n1
a genus of tropical American orioles;

- syn. Cacicus;

genus Cadra
n1
a genus of Pyralidae;

- syn. Cadra;

genus Caenolestes
n1
type genus of the family Caenolestidae;

- syn. Caenolestes;

genus Caesalpinia
n1
small spiny tropical trees or shrubs;

- includes the small genus or subgenus Poinciana;

- syn. Caesalpinia;

genus Caiman
n1
caimans;

genus Cairina
n1
a genus of Anatidae;

- syn. Cairina;

genus Cajanus
n1
erect densely branched shrubby perennials of Old World tropics;

- naturalized in other warm regions;

- syn. Cajanus;

genus Cakile
n1
small genus of succulent annual herbs found on sandy shores of North America and Europe;

- syn. Cakile;

genus Caladenia
n1
terrestrial orchids of Australia to New Caledonia;

genus Caladium
n1
small genus of tropical South American tuberous perennials with large variously colored leaves;

genus Calamagrostis
n1
reed grass;

- syn. Calamagrostis;

genus Calamintha
n1
calamint;

- syn. Calamintha;

genus Calamus
n1
distinctive often spiny-stemmed palms found as climbers in tropical and subtropical forest;

n2
a genus of Sparidae;

- syn. Calamus;

genus Calandrinia
n1
large genus of low-growing herbs;

- widespread throughout tropical and warm temperate regions having usually basal leaves and panicles of purplish ephemeral flowers;

- syn. Calandrinia;

genus Calanthe
n1
large and widely distributed genus of terrestrial orchids;

genus Calceolaria
n1
large genus of tropical American herbs and shrubs with showy cymose flowers;

genus Calendula
n1
marigold;

genus Calidris
n1
a genus of Scolopacidae;

- syn. Calidris;

genus Calla
n1
water arum;

- syn. Calla;

genus Calliandra
n1
genus of pinnate-leaved shrubs and small trees of tropical and subtropical North and South America and India and West Africa;

genus Callicebus
n1
titis;

- syn. Callicebus;

genus Callimorpha
n1
cinnabar moths;

- syn. Callimorpha;

genus Callinectes
n1
New World blue crabs;

- syn. Callinectes;

genus Calliophis
n1
Asian coral snakes;

- syn. Calliophis, Callophis, genus Callophis;

genus Calliphora
n1
type genus of the Calliphoridae: blowflies;

- syn. Calliphora;

genus Callirhoe
n1
small genus of North American herbs having usually red or purple flowers;

- syn. Callirhoe;

genus Callisaurus
n1
zebra-tailed lizard;

- syn. Callisaurus;

genus Callistephus
n1
one species: erect Asiatic herb with large flowers;

- syn. Callistephus;

genus Callithrix
n1
type genus of the Callithricidae: true marmosets;

- syn. Callithrix;

genus Callitriche
n1
water starworts;

- syn. Callitriche;

genus Callitris
n1
evergreen monoecious coniferous trees or shrubs: cypress pines;

- syn. Callitris;

genus Callophis
n1
Asian coral snakes;

- syn. Calliophis, Callophis, genus Calliophis;

genus Callorhinus
n1
fur seals;

- syn. Callorhinus;

genus Calluna
n1
one species;

- syn. Calluna;

genus Calocarpum
n1
a genus of tropical American trees of the family Sapotaceae;

- syn. Calocarpum;

genus Calocedrus
n1
tall evergreens of western North America and eastern Asia;

- formerly included in genus Libocedrus;

- syn. Calocedrus;

genus Calochortus
n1
large genus of western North American leafy-stemmed bulbous herbs;

- syn. Calochortus;

genus Calophyllum
n1
genus of tropical evergreen trees;

- syn. Calophyllum;

genus Calopogon
n1
terrestrial orchids of North America;

- syn. Calopogon;

genus Calosoma
n1
genus of large predaceous ground beetles that feed on injurious caterpillars;

genus Caltha
n1
a genus of Caltha;

- syn. Caltha;

genus Calvatia
n1
genus of puffballs having outer casings whose upper parts break at maturity into angular pieces to expose the spores;

- syn. Calvatia;

genus Calycanthus
n1
a magnoliid dicot genus of the family Calycanthaceae including: allspice;

- syn. Calycanthus;

genus Calycophyllum
n1
medium to large tropical American trees having shiny reddish-brown shredding bark;

- syn. Calycophyllum;

genus Calymmatobacterium
n1
a genus of bacterial rods containing only the one species that causes granuloma inguinale;

- syn. Calymmatobacterium;

genus Calypso
n1
one species found throughout much of northern North America and Eurasia;

genus Calystegia
n1
climbing or scrambling herbs: bindweed;

- syn. Calystegia;

genus Camassia
n1
genus of scapose herbs of North and South America having large edible bulbs;

- syn. Camassia, Quamassia, genus Quamassia;

genus Cambarus
n1
a genus of Astacidae;

- syn. Cambarus;

genus Camelina
n1
annual and biennial herbs of Mediterranean to central Asia;

- syn. Camelina, false flax;

genus Camellia
n1
tropical Asiatic evergreen shrubs or small trees;

genus Camelus
n1
type genus of the Camelidae: camels;

- syn. Camelus;

genus Campanula
n1
large genus of herbs grown for their blossoms: bellflowers;

genus Campephilus
n1
a genus of Picidae;

- syn. Campephilus;

genus Camponotus
n1
carpenter ants;

- syn. Camponotus;

genus Camptosorus
n1
classification used in some especially former systems for plants usually placed in genus Asplenium;

- syn. Camptosorus;

genus Campyloneurum
n1
epiphytic ferns of tropical America;

- syn. Campyloneurum;

genus Campylorhynchus
n1
alternative classifications for the cactus wrens;

- syn. Campylorhynchus, Heleodytes, genus Heleodytes;

genus Canachites
n1
spruce grouse;

- syn. Canachites;

genus Cananga
n1
a genus of Malayan tree;

- syn. Cananga, Canangium, genus Canangium;

genus Canangium
n1
a genus of Malayan tree;

- syn. Cananga, Canangium, genus Cananga;

genus Canavalia
n1
herbs or woody vines of mainly American tropics and subtropics;

- syn. Canavalia;

genus Cancer
n1
type genus of the family Cancridae;

- syn. Cancer;

genus Candida
n1
a genus of yeastlike imperfect fungi;

- sometimes included in genus Monilia of the family Moniliaceae;

genus Canella
n1
one species;

genus Canis
n1
type genus of the Canidae: domestic and wild dogs;

- wolves;

- jackals;

- syn. Canis;

genus Canna
n1
type and sole genus of the Cannaceae: perennial lily-like herbs of New World tropics;

genus Cannabis
n1
hemp: genus of coarse annuals native to central Asia and widely naturalized in north temperate regions;

- in some classifications included in the family Moraceae;

genus Cantharellus
n1
a well-known genus of fungus;

- has funnel-shaped fruiting body;

- includes the chanterelles;

- syn. Cantharellus;

genus Capella
n1
snipes;

- syn. Capella, Gallinago, genus Gallinago;

genus Capparis
n1
tropical or subtropical evergreen shrubs or small trees;

- syn. Capparis;

genus Capra
n1
goats;

- syn. Capra;

genus Caprella
n1
skeleton shrimp;

- syn. Caprella;

genus Capreolus
n1
roe deer;

- syn. Capreolus;

genus Capricornis
n1
serows;

- syn. Capricornis;

genus Caprimulgus
n1
type genus of the Caprimulgidae;

- syn. Caprimulgus;

genus Capros
n1
a genus of fish in the family Caproidae;

- syn. Capros;

genus Capsella
n1
shepherd's purse;

- syn. Capsella;

genus Capsicum
n1
chiefly tropical perennial shrubby plants having many-seeded fruits: sweet and hot peppers;

- syn. Capsicum;

genus Caragana
n1
large genus of Asiatic deciduous shrubs or small trees;

genus Caranx
n1
type genus of the Carangidae;

- syn. Caranx;

genus Carassius
n1
goldfish;

- syn. Carassius;

genus Carcharhinus
n1
type genus of the Carcharhinidae;

- syn. Carcharhinus;

genus Carcharias
n1
type and sole genus of Carchariidae: sand sharks;

- syn. Carcharias, Odontaspis, genus Odontaspis;

genus Carcharodon
n1
man-eating sharks;

- syn. Carcharodon;

genus Cardamine
n1
bittercress, bitter cress;

- syn. Cardamine;

genus Cardiospermum
n1
tendril-climbing herbs or shrubs whose seeds have a white heart-shaped spot;

- syn. Cardiospermum;

genus Cardium
n1
type genus of the family Cardiidae: cockles;

- syn. Cardium;

genus Carduelis
n1
in some classifications considered the type genus of a subfamily Carduelinae of the family Fringillidae: goldfinches;

- siskins;

- redpolls;

- linnets;

- syn. Carduelis;

genus Carduus
n1
genus of annual or perennial Old World prickly thistles;

- syn. Carduus;

genus Caretta
n1
loggerhead turtles;

- syn. Caretta;

genus Carex
n1
large genus of plants found in damp woodlands and bogs and ditches or at water margins: sedges;

- syn. Carex;

genus Cariama
n1
the type genus of the Cariamidae comprising only the crested cariama;

- syn. Cariama;

genus Carica
n1
type genus of the Caricaceae;

- tropical American trees: papayas;

- syn. Carica;

genus Carissa
n1
Old World genus of tropical evergreen usually spiny shrubs;

genus Carlina
n1
genus of Mediterranean thistles;

- syn. Carlina;

genus Carnegiea
n1
caryophylloid dicot genus with only one species: saguaro;

- syn. Carnegiea;

genus Carpenteria
n1
one species;

- sometimes placed in family Saxifragaceae;

genus Carphophis
n1
thunder snake;

- syn. Carphophis;

genus Carpinus
n1
mostly deciduous monoecious trees or shrubs: hornbeams;

- sometimes placed in subfamily Carpinaceae;

- syn. Carpinus;

genus Carpobrotus
n1
a caryophyllaceous genus of Carpobrotus;

- syn. Carpobrotus;

genus Carpocapsa
n1
codling moths;

- syn. Carpocapsa;

genus Carpodacus
n1
house finches and purple finches;

- syn. Carpodacus;

genus Carthamus
n1
safflower;

- syn. Carthamus;

genus Carum
n1
caraway;

- syn. Carum;

genus Carya
n1
genus of large deciduous nut-bearing trees;

- United States and China;

- syn. Carya;

genus Caryocar
n1
type genus of the Caryocaraceae;

- South American trees yielding strong fine-grained wood and edible nuts;

- syn. Caryocar;

genus Caryota
n1
fishtail palms;

- syn. Caryota;

genus Casmerodius
n1
a white egrets;

- syn. Casmerodius;

genus Cassia
n1
some genus Cassia species often classified as members of the genus Senna or genus Chamaecrista;

- syn. Cassia;

genus Cassiope
n1
low tufted evergreen shrubs of colder parts of north temperate regions having moss-like foliage and nodding white or pink flowers;

- syn. Cassiope;

genus Castanea
n1
chestnuts;

- chinkapins;

- syn. Castanea;

genus Castanopsis
n1
evergreen trees and shrubs of warm regions valued for their foliage;

- southeastern United States and eastern Australia and northern New Zealand;

- syn. Castanopsis;

genus Castanospermum
n1
a rosid dicot genus of the subfamily Papilionoideae having one species: Moreton Bay chestnut;

- syn. Castanospermum;

genus Castilleia
n1
genus of western North and South American perennials often partially parasitic on roots of grasses;

- syn. Castilleia, Castilleja, genus Castilleja;

genus Castilleja
n1
genus of western North and South American perennials often partially parasitic on roots of grasses;

- syn. Castilleia, Castilleja, genus Castilleia;

genus Castor
n1
type genus of the Castoridae: beavers;

- syn. Castor;

genus Castoroides
n1
extinct beavers of the Pleistocene;

- of eastern and southern United States;

- syn. Castoroides;

genus Casuarina
n1
genus of trees and shrubs widely naturalized in southern United States and West Indies;

- coextensive with the family Casuarinaceae and order Casuarinales;

genus Casuarius
n1
type and sole genus of the Casuaridae: cassowaries;

- syn. Casuarius;

genus Catacala
n1
moths whose larvae are cutworms: underwings;

- syn. Catacala;

genus Catalpa
n1
a dicotyledonous genus of plants belonging to the family Bignoniaceae;

- has large flowers (white or mottled) and long terete pods;

genus Catananche
n1
genus of Mediterranean herbs: cupid's dart;

genus Catasetum
n1
genus of tropical American orchids having showy male and female flowers usually on separate inflorescences;

- syn. Catasetum;

genus Catha
n1
a genus of African evergreen shrubs characterized by thick leaves and white flowers;

- syn. Catha;

genus Catharacta
n1
skuas;

- syn. Catharacta;

genus Catharanthus
n1
small genus of erect annual or perennial herbs native to Madagascar;

- widely naturalized in the tropics;

- formerly included in genus Vinca;

- syn. Catharanthus;

genus Cathartes
n1
type genus of the Cathartidae: turkey vultures;

- syn. Cathartes;

genus Cathaya
n1
one species;

- related to Pseudotsuga and Larix;

genus Catoptrophorus
n1
willet;

- syn. Catoptrophorus;

genus Catostomus
n1
type genus of the family Catostomidae;

- syn. Catostomus;

genus Cattleya
n1
large and highly valued genus of beautiful tropical American epiphytic or lithophytic orchids;

- the typical orchids;

- known in many varieties;

genus Caulophyllum
n1
blue cohosh;

- syn. Caulophyllum;

genus Cavia
n1
type genus of the Caviidae: guinea pigs;

- syn. Cavia;

genus Cebuella
n1
pygmy marmosets;

- syn. Cebuella;

genus Cebus
n1
type genus of the Cebidae;

- syn. Cebus;

genus Cecropia
n1
large genus of tropical American trees that yield a bast fiber used for cordage and bark used in tanning;

- milky juice yields caoutchouc;

- syn. Cecropia;

genus Cedrela
n1
tropical American trees;

- syn. Cedrela;

genus Cedrus
n1
true cedars;

- syn. Cedrus;

genus Ceiba
n1
tropical American trees with palmately compound leaves and showy bell-shaped flowers;

- syn. Ceiba;

genus Celastrus
n1
genus of woody vines and erect shrubs (type genus of the Celastraceae) that is native chiefly to Asia and Australia: includes bittersweet;

- syn. Celastrus;

genus Celosia
n1
annual or perennial herbs or vines of tropical and subtropical America and Asia and Africa;

- syn. Celosia;

genus Celtis
n1
large genus of trees and shrubs with berrylike fruit;

- syn. Celtis;

genus Cenchrus
n1
a genus of grasses of the family Gramineae that have burs;

- syn. Cenchrus;

genus Centaurea
n1
knapweed;

- star thistle;

- syn. Centaurea;

genus Centaurium
n1
genus of low-growing herbs mostly of northern hemisphere having flowers with protruding spirally twisted anthers;

- syn. Centaurium;

genus Centranthus
n1
genus of southern European herbs and subshrubs;

- syn. Centranthus;

genus Centrocercus
n1
sage grouse;

- syn. Centrocercus;

genus Centrolobium
n1
a genus of Centrolobium;

- syn. Centrolobium;

genus Centropomus
n1
type genus of the Centropomidae: snooks;

- syn. Centropomus;

genus Centropristis
n1
sea basses;

- syn. Centropristis;

genus Centropus
n1
a genus of Cuculidae;

- syn. Centropus;

genus Centrosema
n1
a genus of chiefly tropical American vines of the family Leguminosae having trifoliate leaves and large flowers;

- syn. Centrosema;

genus Centunculus
n1
a dicotyledonous genus of the family Primulaceae;

- syn. Centunculus;

genus Cephalanthera
n1
small genus of temperate Old World terrestrial orchids;

- syn. Cephalanthera;

genus Cephalopterus
n1
a genus of Cotingidae;

- syn. Cephalopterus;

genus Cephalotaxus
n1
the genus of Cephalotaxus (see plum-yews);

- syn. Cephalotaxus;

genus Cephalotus
n1
one species: Australian pitcher plant;

- syn. Cephalotus;

genus Cepphus
n1
a genus of birds including: guillemots;

- syn. Cepphus;

genus Cerapteryx
n1
antler moths;

- syn. Cerapteryx;

genus Cerastes
n1
horned vipers;

- syn. Aspis, genus Aspis;

genus Cerastium
n1
mouse-eared chickweed;

- syn. Cerastium;

genus Ceratitis
n1
Mediterranean fruit flies;

- syn. Ceratitis;

genus Ceratodus
n1
type genus of the Ceratodontidae: extinct genus of lungfishes;

genus Ceratonia
n1
carobs;

- syn. Ceratonia;

genus Ceratopetalum
n1
a dicotyledonous genus of the family Cunoniaceae;

- syn. Ceratopetalum;

genus Ceratophyllum
n1
constituting the family Ceratophyllaceae: hornworts;

- syn. Ceratophyllum;

genus Ceratopogon
n1
type genus of the Ceratopogonidae;

- syn. Ceratopogon;

genus Ceratopteris
n1
water ferns;

- syn. Ceratopteris;

genus Ceratosaurus
n1
primitive saurischian carnivorous dinosaurs;

genus Ceratostomella
n1
genus of fungi forming continuous hyaline spores;

- syn. Ceratostomella;

genus Ceratotherium
n1
African genus;

- syn. Ceratotherium;

genus Ceratozamia
n1
small genus of Mexican cycads;

- sometimes classified in family Cycadaceae;

genus Cercidiphyllum
n1
one species: katsura tree;

- syn. Cercidiphyllum;

genus Cercidium
n1
spiny shrubs or small trees sometimes placed in genus Parkinsonia: paloverde;

- syn. Cercidium;

genus Cercis
n1
deciduous shrubs and trees of eastern Asia, southern Europe and the United States;

- syn. Cercis;

genus Cercocebus
n1
mangabeys;

- syn. Cercocebus;

genus Cercopithecus
n1
type genus of the Cercopithecidae: guenons;

- syn. Cercopithecus;

genus Cercospora
n1
form genus of imperfect fungi that are leaf parasites with long slender spores;

- syn. Cercospora;

genus Cercosporella
n1
form genus of imperfect fungi lacking pigment in the spores and conidiophores;

- syn. Cercosporella;

genus Cereus
n1
genus of much-branched treelike or shrubby cacti with pronounced ribs and rounded needlelike spines and nocturnal flowers usually white;

- syn. Cereus;

genus Ceroxylon
n1
wax palms;

- syn. Ceroxylon;

genus Certhia
n1
type genus of the Certhiidae;

- syn. Certhia;

genus Cervus
n1
the type genus of the Cervidae;

- syn. Cervus;

genus Ceryle
n1
a genus of birds of the family Alcedinidae;

- syn. Ceryle;

genus Cestrum
n1
genus of fragrant tropical American shrubs;

- syn. Cestrum;

genus Cestum
n1
Venus's girdle;

- syn. Cestum;

genus Ceterach
n1
small genus of Old World ferns;

- superseded in some classification systems which place plants of this genus in e.g. genera Asplenium and Pleurosorus;

- syn. Ceterach;

genus Cetonia
n1
a genus of Cetoniidae;

- syn. Cetonia;

genus Cetorhinus
n1
comprising only the basking sharks;

- in some classifications considered the type genus of a separate family Cetorhinidae;

- syn. Cetorhinus;

genus Cetraria
n1
foliose lichens chiefly of northern latitudes;

- syn. Cetraria;

genus Chaenactis
n1
genus of flowering herbs of western United States;

genus Chaenomeles
n1
flowering quince;

- syn. Chaenomeles;

genus Chaenopsis
n1
a genus of fish of the family Clinidae including pikeblennies;

- syn. Chaenopsis;

genus Chaetodipterus
n1
a genus of Ephippidae;

- syn. Chaetodipterus;

genus Chaetodon
n1
type genus of the Chaetodontidae;

genus Chalcis
n1
type genus of the Chalcididae;

- syn. Chalcis;

genus Chalcostigma
n1
thornbills;

- syn. Chalcostigma;

genus Chamaea
n1
a genus of Paridae;

- syn. Chamaea;

genus Chamaecrista
n1
genus of tropical herbs or subshrubs having sensitive leaves and suddenly dehiscing pods;

- some species placed in genus Cassia;

- syn. Chamaecrista;

genus Chamaecyparis
n1
a genus of Chamaecyparis;

- syn. Chamaecyparis;

genus Chamaecytisus
n1
small late-flowering trees or subshrubs having yellow to red flowers and leathery or woody pods;

- often especially formerly included in genus Cytisus;

- syn. Chamaecytisus;

genus Chamaedaphne
n1
one species: leatherleaf;

- syn. Chamaedaphne;

genus Chamaeleo
n1
type genus of the Chamaeleontidae;

- syn. Chamaeleo, genus Chamaeleon;

genus Chamaeleon
n1
type genus of the Chamaeleontidae;

- syn. Chamaeleo, genus Chamaeleo;

genus Chamaemelum
n1
small genus of plants sometimes included in genus Anthemis: chamomile;

- syn. Chamaemelum;

genus Chara
n1
green algae common in freshwater lakes of limestone districts;

- syn. Chara;

genus Charadrius
n1
type genus of the Charadriidae: plovers;

- syn. Charadrius;

genus Charina
n1
boas of western North America;

- syn. Charina;

genus Charronia
n1
a genus of Mustelidae;

- syn. Charronia;

genus Chateura
n1
a genus of Apodidae;

- syn. Chateura;

genus Chauna
n1
crested screamers;

- syn. Chauna;

genus Cheilanthes
n1
small evergreen ferns: lipferns;

- in some classifications placed in family Polypodiaceae or Adiantaceae;

- syn. Cheilanthes;

genus Cheiranthus
n1
Old World perennial plants grown for their showy flowers;

- syn. Cheiranthus;

genus Chelidonium
n1
one species: greater celandine;

- syn. Chelidonium;

genus Chelifer
n1
a genus of Chelonethida;

- syn. Chelifer;

genus Chelone
n1
herbaceous perennials: shellflower;

- syn. Chelone;

genus Chelonia
n1
green turtles;

- syn. Chelonia;

genus Chelydra
n1
snapping turtles;

- syn. Chelydra;

genus Chenopodium
n1
goosefoot;

- pigweed;

- syn. Chenopodium;

genus Chilomastix
n1
flagellates parasitic in intestines of vertebrates including humans;

- syn. Chilomastix;

genus Chilomeniscus
n1
sand snakes;

- syn. Chilomeniscus;

genus Chilomycterus
n1
burrfishes;

- syn. Chilomycterus;

genus Chilopsis
n1
one species: desert willow;

- syn. Chilopsis;

genus Chimaera
n1
type genus of the Chimaeridae;

genus Chimaphila
n1
small genus of evergreen herbs with long creeping rootstocks and shining leaves;

- North America;

- Europe;

- east Asia;

- syn. Chimaphila;

genus Chimonanthus
n1
small genus of Asian deciduous or evergreen shrubs having fragrant flowers: winter sweet;

- syn. Chimonanthus;

genus Chinchilla
n1
type genus of the Chinchillidae;

genus Chinchona
n1
large genus of trees of Andean region of South America having medicinal bark;

- syn. genus Cinchona;

genus Chiococca
n1
shrubs of tropical and subtropical New World;

- syn. Chiococca;

genus Chionanthus
n1
deciduous trees or shrubs: fringe tree;

- syn. Chionanthus;

genus Chirocephalus
n1
fairy shrimp;

- brine shrimp;

- syn. Artemia, Chirocephalus, genus Artemia;

genus Chironomus
n1
type genus of the Chironomidae;

- syn. Chironomus;

genus Chiton
n1
a genus of Polyplacophora;

genus Chlamydera
n1
a genus of Ptilonorhynchidae;

- syn. Chlamydera;

genus Chlamydia
n1
type genus of the family Chlamydiaceae: disease-causing parasites;

genus Chlamydomonas
n1
type genus of the Chlamydomonadaceae;

- solitary doubly-flagellated plant-like algae common in fresh water and damp soil;

- multiply freely;

- often a pest around filtration plants;

- syn. Chlamydomonas;

genus Chlamydosaurus
n1
frilled lizards;

- syn. Chlamydosaurus;

genus Chlamyphorus
n1
pichiciago;

- syn. Chlamyphorus;

genus Chloranthus
n1
type genus of the Chloranthaceae;

- syn. Chloranthus;

genus Chlorella
n1
nonmotile unicellular green algae potentially important as source of high-grade protein and B-complex vitamins;

genus Chloris
n1
tufted or perennial or annual grasses having runners: finger grass;

- windmill grass;

- syn. Chloris;

genus Chlorococcum
n1
type genus of Chlorococcales;

- unicellular green algae occurring singly or in a layer on soil or damp rock;

- syn. Chlorococcum;

genus Chlorophis
n1
African green snakes;

- syn. Chlorophis;

genus Chlorophoneus
n1
a genus of Malaconotinae;

- syn. Chlorophoneus;

genus Chlorophyllum
n1
a genus of fungus belonging to the family Lepiotaceae;

genus Chloroxylon
n1
deciduous trees of India and Sri Lanka;

- syn. Chloroxylon;

genus Chlorura
n1
towhees;

- syn. Chlorura;

genus Choeronycteris
n1
a genus of Phyllostomatidae;

- syn. Choeronycteris;

genus Choloepus
n1
a genus of Megalonychidae consisting of the two-toed sloth;

- syn. Choloepus;

genus Chondrus
n1
a genus of protoctist;

- syn. Chondrus;

genus Chordeiles
n1
a genus of Caprimulgidae;

- syn. Chordeiles;

genus Chordospartium
n1
2 species of small New Zealand trees: weeping tree broom;

- endangered;

- syn. Chordospartium;

genus Choriotis
n1
Australian bustard;

- syn. Choriotis;

genus Chorizagrotis
n1
moths whose larvae are army cutworms;

- syn. Chorizagrotis;

genus Chorizema
n1
genus of Australian twining vines and small shrubs: flame peas;

- syn. Chorizema;

genus Christella
n1
medium to large terrestrial ferns of tropical forests of Old World to Americas;

genus Chronoperates
n1
a reptile genus of Therapsida;

- syn. Chronoperates;

genus Chrysanthemum
n1
in some classifications many plants usually assigned to the genus Chrysanthemum have been divided among other genera: e.g. Argyranthemum;

- Dendranthema;

- Leucanthemum;

- Tanacetum;

genus Chrysaora
n1
a genus of Scyphozoa;

- syn. Chrysaora;

genus Chrysemys
n1
painted turtles;

- syn. Chrysemys;

genus Chrysobalanus
n1
coco plums;

- syn. Chrysobalanus;

genus Chrysochloris
n1
type genus of the Chrysochloridae;

- syn. Chrysochloris;

genus Chrysolepis
n1
two species: golden chinkapins;

- syn. Chrysolepis;

genus Chrysolophus
n1
golden pheasants;

- syn. Chrysolophus;

genus Chrysophrys
n1
Australian snapper;

- syn. Chrysophrys;

genus Chrysophyllum
n1
tropical American evergreen trees or shrubs;

- syn. Chrysophyllum;

genus Chrysopsis
n1
golden aster;

- syn. Chrysopsis;

genus Chrysosplenium
n1
genus of widely distributed semiaquatic herbs with minute greenish-yellow apetalous flowers;

- syn. Chrysosplenium;

genus Chrysothamnus
n1
genus of low branching shrubs of western North America;

- syn. Chrysothamnus;

genus Chunga
n1
a genus of Cariamidae;

genus Cibotium
n1
in some classification systems placed in family Cyatheaceae: ornamental tree ferns with coarse gracefully drooping fronds;

- syn. Cibotium;

genus Cicada
n1
type genus of the Cicadidae: cicadas;

genus Cicer
n1
chickpea plant;

- Asiatic herbs;

- syn. Cicer;

genus Cichorium
n1
chicory;

- syn. Cichorium;

genus Ciconia
n1
type genus of the Ciconiidae: European storks;

- syn. Ciconia;

genus Cicuta
n1
small genus of perennial herbs having deadly poisonous tuberous roots: water hemlock;

- syn. Cicuta;

genus Cimex
n1
type genus of the Cimicidae: bedbugs;

- syn. Cimex;

genus Cimicifuga
n1
small genus of perennial herbs of north temperate regions: bugbane;

- syn. Cimicifuga;

genus Cinchona
n1
large genus of trees of Andean region of South America having medicinal bark;

- syn. genus Chinchona;

genus Cinclus
n1
type genus of the family Cinclidae;

- syn. Cinclus;

genus Cinnamomum
n1
Asiatic and Australian aromatic trees and shrubs;

- syn. Cinnamomum;

genus Circaea
n1
enchanter's nightshade;

- syn. Circaea;

genus Circaetus
n1
harrier eagles;

- syn. Circaetus;

genus Circus
n1
a genus of haws comprising the harriers;

- syn. Circus;

genus Cirsium
n1
plume thistles;

- syn. Cirsium;

genus Cistothorus
n1
marsh wrens;

- syn. Cistothorus;

genus Cistus
n1
small to medium-sized evergreen shrubs of southern Europe and North Africa;

- syn. Cistus;

genus Citellus
n1
typical ground squirrels;

- syn. Citellus, Spermophilus, genus Spermophilus;

genus Citharichthys
n1
a genus of Bothidae;

- syn. Citharichthys;

genus Citroncirus
n1
a cross between Citrus sinensis and Poncirus trifoliata;

- syn. Citroncirus;

genus Citrullus
n1
a dicot genus of the family Cucurbitaceae including watermelons;

- syn. Citrullus;

genus Citrus
n1
orange;

- lemon;

- lime;

- etc.;

genus Cladonia
n1
type genus of Cladoniaceae;

- lichens characterized by a crustose thallus and capitate fruiting bodies borne on simple or branched podetia;

- syn. Cladonia;

genus Cladorhyncus
n1
one of two genera of stilts;

- similar to avocets but with straight bills;

- syn. Cladorhyncus;

genus Cladrastis
n1
yellowwoods;

- syn. Cladrastis;

genus Clangula
n1
a genus of ducks;

- syn. Clangula;

genus Clathrus
n1
type genus of the Clathraceae;

- syn. Clathrus;

genus Claviceps
n1
fungi parasitic upon the ovaries of various grasses;

- syn. Claviceps;

genus Claytonia
n1
genus of mainly North American succulent herbs with white or pink flowers usually in terminal racemes;

- syn. Claytonia;

genus Cleistes
n1
terrestrial orchids of North and South America having slender fibrous roots;

- allied to genus Pogonia;

- syn. Cleistes;

genus Clematis
n1
large genus of deciduous or evergreen woody vines or erect herbs;

genus Cleome
n1
tropical and subtropical annual or perennial herbs or low shrubs;

- syn. Cleome;

genus Clethra
n1
type and sole genus of the Clethraceae;

- deciduous shrubs or small trees: white alder, summer-sweet;

- syn. Clethra;

genus Clethrionomys
n1
a genus of Cricetidae;

- syn. Clethrionomys;

genus Clianthus
n1
genus of semi-prostrate Australasian shrubs or vines;

genus Cliftonia
n1
one species: titi;

- syn. Cliftonia;

genus Clinopodium
n1
wild basil;

- syn. Clinopodium;

genus Clintonia
n1
sometimes placed in family Convallariaceae;

genus Clitocybe
n1
a genus of agarics with white to pale yellow spore deposits and fleshy stalks centrally attached to the cap and closely attached gills;

- syn. Clitocybe;

genus Clitoria
n1
genus of tropical shrubs or vines having pinnate leaves and large axillary flowers;

- syn. Clitoria;

genus Clostridium
n1
anaerobic or micro-aerophilic rod-shaped or spindle-shaped saprophytes;

- nearly cosmopolitan in soil, animal intestines, and dung;

genus Clupea
n1
type genus of the Clupeidae: typical herrings;

- syn. Clupea;

genus Clusia
n1
tropical American aromatic trees or shrubs;

- often epiphytic;

- some stranglers;

genus Cnemidophorus
n1
whiptails;

- syn. Cnemidophorus;

genus Cnicus
n1
one species: blessed thistle;

- syn. Cnicus;

genus Cnidoscolus
n1
a genus of perennial plant with bristles;

- belonging to the family Euphorbiaceae;

- syn. Cnidoscolus;

genus Coccothraustes
n1
large finches;

- syn. Coccothraustes;

genus Cocculus
n1
climbing plants or shrubs;

- syn. Cocculus;

genus Coccus
n1
type genus of the Coccidae;

genus Coccyzus
n1
a genus of Cuculidae;

- syn. Coccyzus;

genus Cochlearia
n1
a genus of the family Cruciferae;

- syn. Cochlearia;

genus Cochlearius
n1
boatbills;

- syn. Cochlearius;

genus Cocos
n1
coconut palms;

- syn. Cocos;

genus Codariocalyx
n1
used in some classifications for plants usually included in genus Desmodium;

- syn. Codariocalyx;

genus Codiaeum
n1
evergreen tropical trees and shrubs with thick and colorful leathery leaves;

- Malaya and Pacific islands;

- syn. Codiaeum;

genus Coeloglossum
n1
terrestrial orchids of cooler parts of North America and Europe: satyr orchid;

- syn. Coeloglossum;

genus Coelogyne
n1
large diverse genus of tropical Asiatic epiphytic orchids;

genus Coelophysis
n1
late Triassic carnivorous saurischian dinosaurs;

genus Coereba
n1
type genus of the Coerebidae;

- syn. Coereba;

genus Coffea
n1
coffee trees;

- syn. Coffea;

genus Cola
n1
large genus of African trees bearing kola nuts;

- syn. Cola;

genus Colaptes
n1
a genus of Picidae;

- syn. Colaptes;

genus Colchicum
n1
chiefly fall-blooming perennial cormous herbs;

- sometimes placed in family Colchicaceae;

- syn. Colchicum;

genus Coleonyx
n1
banded geckos;

- syn. Coleonyx;

genus Coleus
n1
genus of Old World tropical plants cultivated for their variegated leaves;

- various plants sometimes placed in genera Plectranthus or Solenostemon;

genus Colinus
n1
New World quail: the bobwhites;

- syn. Colinus;

genus Collinsia
n1
genus of hardy annual herbs of western United States;

- syn. Collinsia;

genus Collinsonia
n1
small genus of perennial erect or spreading aromatic herbs;

- United States;

- syn. Collinsonia;

genus Collocalia
n1
a genus of Apodidae;

- syn. Collocalia;

genus Colobus
n1
a genus of Cercopithecidae;

genus Colocasia
n1
small genus of perennial tuberous herbs of tropical Asia: taro;

- syn. Colocasia;

genus Coluber
n1
racers;

- syn. Coluber;

genus Colubrina
n1
mostly tropical American shrubs or small trees with small yellowish flowers and yellow or red fruits;

- syn. Colubrina;

genus Columba
n1
type genus of the Columbidae: typical pigeons;

- syn. Columba;

genus Columnea
n1
genus of tropical American subshrubs and lianas;

genus Colutea
n1
small genus of Eurasian shrubs with yellow flowers and bladdery pods;

- syn. Colutea;

genus Comandra
n1
small genus of chiefly North American parasitic plants;

- syn. Comandra;

genus Comatula
n1
former usage synonymous with Antedon;

- syn. Comatula;

genus Combretum
n1
type genus of the Combretaceae: tropical and subtropical small shrubs and trees;

genus Commelina
n1
type genus of the Commelinaceae;

- large genus of herbs of branching or creeping habit: day flower;

- widow's tears;

genus Commiphora
n1
genus of East Indian and African trees yielding balsamic products;

- syn. Commiphora;

genus Compsognathus
n1
a reptile genus of Theropoda;

genus Comptonia
n1
one species: sweet fern;

- syn. Comptonia;

genus Condylura
n1
star-nosed moles;

- syn. Condylura;

genus Conepatus
n1
a genus of Mustelidae;

- syn. Conepatus;

genus Conferva
n1
type genus of Tribonemaceae;

- syn. Tribonema, genus Tribonema;

genus Conilurus
n1
jerboa rats;

- syn. Conilurus;

genus Coniogramme
n1
terrestrial ferns of Pacific islands and Asia;

- syn. Coniogramme;

genus Conium
n1
small genus of highly toxic biennials: hemlock;

- syn. Conium;

genus Connarus
n1
large genus of tropical trees and shrubs;

- type genus of the Connaraceae;

- syn. Connarus;

genus Connochaetes
n1
African antelopes: gnus;

- syn. Connochaetes;

genus Conocarpus
n1
monotypic genus of tropical American trees: button tree;

- syn. Conocarpus;

genus Conoclinium
n1
mistflower;

- syn. Conoclinium;

genus Conopodium
n1
a genus of dicotyledonous plants of the family Umbelliferae;

- syn. Conopodium;

genus Conospermum
n1
Australian shrubs (some trees) with flowers in dense spikes: smoke bush;

- syn. Conospermum;

genus Conradina
n1
small genus of low aromatic shrubs of southeastern United States;

- syn. Conradina;

genus Consolida
n1
plants having flowers resembling the larkspur's but differing from larkspur's in the arrangement of petals;

- sometimes included in genus Delphinium;

- syn. Consolida;

genus Contopus
n1
pewees;

- syn. Contopus;

genus Conuropsis
n1
a genus of Psittacidae;

- syn. Conuropsis;

genus Convallaria
n1
sometimes placed in family Convallariaceae: lily of the valley;

- syn. Convallaria;

genus Convolvulus
n1
genus of mostly climbing or scrambling herbs and shrubs: bindweed;

genus Conyza
n1
common American weed or wildflower;

- syn. Conyza;

genus Copernicia
n1
slow-growing tropical fan palms;

- syn. Copernicia;

genus Coprinus
n1
genus of black-spotted agarics in which the cap breaks down at maturity into an inky fluid;

- sometimes placed in its own family Coprinaceae;

- syn. Coprinus;

genus Coptis
n1
small genus of low perennial herbs having yellow rhizomes and white or yellow flowers;

- syn. Coptis;

genus Coracias
n1
type genus of the Coraciidae;

- syn. Coracias;

genus Coragyps
n1
a genus of Cathartidae;

- syn. Coragyps;

genus Corallorhiza
n1
genus of leafless root-parasitic orchids having small purplish or yellowish racemose flowers with lobed lips;

- widely distributed in temperate regions;

- syn. Corallorhiza;

genus Corchorus
n1
widely distributed genus of tropical herbs or subshrubs;

- especially Asia;

- syn. Corchorus;

genus Cordaites
n1
tall Paleozoic trees superficially resembling modern screw pines;

- structurally intermediate in some ways between cycads and conifers;

- syn. Cordaites;

genus Cordia
n1
tropical deciduous or evergreen trees or shrubs of the family Boraginaceae;

- syn. Cordia;

genus Cordyline
n1
Asiatic and Pacific trees or shrubs;

- fragments of the trunk will regrow to form whole plants;

- syn. Cordyline;

genus Cordylus
n1
type genus of the Cordylidae;

- spiny lizards somewhat resembling tiny crocodiles;

- syn. Cordylus;

genus Coregonus
n1
type genus of the Coregonidae: whitefishes;

- syn. Coregonus;

genus Coreopsis
n1
genus of American plants widely cultivated for their flowers;

genus Coriandrum
n1
small genus of annual Mediterranean herbs;

- syn. Coriandrum;

genus Corixa
n1
type genus of the Corixidae: boat bugs;

- syn. Corixa;

genus Cornus
n1
a rosid dicot genus of the family Cornaceae including: dogwood;

- cornel: perennial chiefly deciduous shrubs or small trees of temperate regions of northern hemisphere;

- syn. Cornus;

genus Corokia
n1
evergreen shrubs with intricately twisted wiry stems that in summer are smothered in small yellow flowers;

- grows in New Zealand;

- syn. Corokia;

genus Coronilla
n1
genus of Old World shrubs and herbs;

genus Corozo
n1
a monocotyledonous genus of tropical American palm trees;

genus Cortaderia
n1
tall ornamental grasses of South America and New Zealand and New Guinea: pampas grass;

- syn. Cortaderia;

genus Corticium
n1
genus of fungi having simple smooth sporophores;

- some are parasitic on wood or economic crops;

- some species formerly placed in form genus Rhizoctinia;

- syn. Corticium;

genus Cortinarius
n1
the largest genus in the Agaricales;

- agarics having rusty spores and prominent cortinae (cobwebby partial veils);

- syn. Cortinarius;

genus Corvus
n1
type genus of the Corvidae: crows and ravens;

- syn. Corvus;

genus Coryanthes
n1
small genus of tropical American epiphytic or lithophytic orchids;

- syn. Coryanthes;

genus Corydalis
n1
annual or perennial herbs of Himalayan China and South Africa;

- syn. Corydalis;

n2
type genus of the Corydalidae;

- syn. Corydalis, Corydalus, genus Corydalus;

genus Corydalus
n1
type genus of the Corydalidae;

- syn. Corydalis, Corydalus, genus Corydalis;

genus Corylopsis
n1
small genus of deciduous shrubs of temperate regions of Asia;

- syn. Corylopsis;

genus Corylus
n1
deciduous monoecious nut-bearing shrubs of small trees: hazel;

- sometimes placed in the subfamily or family Corylaceae;

- syn. Corylus;

genus Corynebacterium
n1
the type genus of the family Corynebacteriaceae which is widely distributed in nature;

- the best known are parasites and pathogens of humans and domestic animals;

genus Corypha
n1
large fan palms of tropical Asia to Australia;

- syn. Corypha;

genus Coryphantha
n1
mainly globose cacti of southwestern United States and Mexico covered with many nodules;

- superficially resembling and formerly included in genus Mammillaria;

genus Corythosaurus
n1
genus of duck-billed dinosaurs of late Cretaceous;

genus Coscoroba
n1
a genus of Anatidae;

genus Cosmocampus
n1
a genus of fish in the family Syngnathidae;

- syn. Cosmocampus;

genus Cosmos
n1
genus of tropical American plants cultivated for their colorful flowers;

genus Costia
n1
a genus of flagellate protoctist;

genus Cotinga
n1
type genus of the Cotingidae: cotingas;

genus Cotinus
n1
smoke trees;

- syn. Cotinus;

genus Cotoneaster
n1
genus of deciduous or evergreen Old World shrubs widely cultivated;

genus Cottus
n1
type genus of the Cottidae: sculpins;

- syn. Cottus;

genus Cotula
n1
cosmopolitan herbs especially southern hemisphere;

- many used as ground covers;

- syn. Cotula;

genus Coturnix
n1
Old World quail;

- syn. Coturnix;

genus Coumarouna
n1
tropical American trees: tonka beans;

- syn. Coumarouna, Dipteryx, genus Dipteryx;

genus Cracticus
n1
type genus of the Cracticidae: Australian butcherbirds;

- syn. Cracticus;

genus Crambe
n1
annual or perennial herbs with large leaves that resemble the leaves of cabbages;

- syn. Crambe;

genus Crangon
n1
type genus of the family Crangonidae;

- syn. Crangon;

genus Craspedia
n1
herbs of Australia and New Zealand;

- syn. Craspedia;

genus Crassostrea
n1
Virginia oysters;

- syn. Crassostrea;

genus Crassula
n1
type genus of Crassulaceae;

- herbs and small shrubs having woody stems and succulent aerial parts;

- syn. Crassula;

genus Crataegus
n1
thorny shrubs and small trees: hawthorn;

- thorn;

- thorn apple;

- syn. Crataegus;

genus Crateva
n1
tropical genus of small trees or shrubs;

- syn. Crateva;

genus Crax
n1
type genus of the Cracidae: curassows;

- syn. Crax;

genus Crepis
n1
hawk's-beard;

- cosmopolitan in northern hemisphere;

- syn. Crepis;

genus Crescentia
n1
a genus of tropical American trees of the family Bignoniaceae;

- has a short trunk and crooked limbs and drooping branches;

- syn. Crescentia;

genus Crex
n1
corncrakes;

- syn. Crex;

genus Cricetus
n1
type genus of the Cricetidae: Old World hamsters;

- syn. Cricetus;

genus Crocethia
n1
a genus of Scolopacidae;

- syn. Crocethia;

genus Crocodilus
n1
type genus of the Crocodylidae;

- syn. Crocodilus, Crocodylus, genus Crocodylus;

genus Crocodylus
n1
type genus of the Crocodylidae;

- syn. Crocodilus, Crocodylus, genus Crocodilus;

genus Crocus
n1
a monocotyledonous genus of the family Iridaceae;

genus Crocuta
n1
a genus of Hyaenidae;

- syn. Crocuta;

genus Cronartium
n1
rust fungi having aecia produced in raised or swollen sori and teliospores borne in waxy columns;

- syn. Cronartium;

genus Crotalaria
n1
large genus of herbs with simple leaves and racemes of yellow flowers;

- mainly of tropical Africa;

genus Crotalus
n1
large rattlesnakes;

- seldom bite unless startled or pursuing prey;

- syn. Crotalus;

genus Crotaphytus
n1
collared lizards;

- syn. Crotaphytus;

genus Croton
n1
tropical shrubs and herbs;

- source of croton oil;

genus Crotophaga
n1
ani;

- syn. Crotophaga;

genus Cryptacanthodes
n1
a genus of Stichaeidae;

- syn. Cryptacanthodes;

genus Cryptobranchus
n1
type genus of the Cryptobranchidae;

- syn. Cryptobranchus;

genus Cryptocercus
n1
cockroaches;

- syn. Cryptocercus;

genus Cryptocoryne
n1
water trumpet;

- aquatic herbs having broad leaves and long slender spathes;

- often used as aquarium plants;

genus Cryptogramma
n1
sometimes placed in family Polypodiaceae or Cryptogrammataceae;

- syn. Cryptogramma;

genus Cryptomeria
n1
Japanese cedar;

- sugi;

- syn. Cryptomeria;

genus Cryptoprocta
n1
large primitive cat-like carnivores inhabiting forests of Madagascar;

- syn. Cryptoprocta;

genus Cryptotermes
n1
genus of dry wood termites;

- cosmopolitan in distribution;

- sometimes considered a subgenus of Kalotermes;

- syn. Cryptotermes;

genus Cryptotis
n1
least shrews;

- syn. Cryptotis;

genus Ctenocephalides
n1
an arthropod genus of fleas;

- syn. Ctenocephalides;

genus Ctenocephalus
n1
a former usage synonymous with Ctenocephalides;

- syn. Ctenocephalus;

genus Cuculus
n1
type genus of the Cuculidae;

- syn. Cuculus;

genus Cucumis
n1
cucumbers;

- muskmelons;

- syn. Cucumis;

genus Cucurbita
n1
type genus of the Cucurbitaceae;

- syn. Cucurbita;

genus Culcita
n1
includes some plants usually placed in e.g. genus Dicksonia: terrestrial ferns resembling bracken;

- tropical America;

- Malaysia to Australia and Polynesia;

- southwestern Europe and Atlantic islands;

- syn. Culcita;

genus Culex
n1
type genus of the Culicidae: widespread genus of mosquitoes distinguished by holding the body parallel to the resting surface;

- syn. Culex;

genus Cuminum
n1
cumin;

- syn. Cuminum;

genus Cuniculus
n1
pacas;

- syn. Cuniculus;

genus Cuon
n1
Asiatic wild dog;

- syn. Cuon, Cyon, genus Cyon;

genus Cupressus
n1
type genus of Cupressaceae;

- syn. Cupressus;

genus Curcuma
n1
tropical Asiatic perennial herbs;

- syn. Curcuma;

genus Cursorius
n1
coursers;

- syn. Cursorius;

genus Curtisia
n1
a large evergreen tree of South Africa;

- syn. Curtisia;

genus Cuscuta
n1
genus of twining leafless parasitic herbs lacking chlorophyll: dodder;

- syn. Cuscuta;

genus Cuterebra
n1
type genus of the Cuterebridae;

- syn. Cuterebra;

genus Cyamopsis
n1
small genus of annual usually hairy herbs of tropical Africa and Arabia;

- syn. Cyamopsis;

genus Cyamus
n1
whale lice;

- syn. Cyamus;

genus Cyanocitta
n1
New World jays;

- syn. Cyanocitta;

genus Cyathea
n1
type genus of the Cyatheaceae: tree ferns of the tropical rain forest to temperate woodlands;

- syn. Cyathea;

genus Cycas
n1
type genus of Cycadaceae: genus of widely distributed Old World evergreen tropical trees having pinnate leaves and columnar stems covered with persistent bases of old leaves;

- syn. Cycas;

genus Cyclamen
n1
genus of widely cultivated flowering Eurasian herbs with centrally depressed rounded tubers and rounded heart-shaped leaves;

genus Cycloloma
n1
a caryophyllaceous genus of the family Chenopodiaceae;

- syn. Cycloloma;

genus Cyclopes
n1
only the silky anteater;

- syn. Cyclopes;

genus Cyclophorus
n1
tropical Old World ferns having closely crowded circular sori and no indusia;

- syn. Cyclophorus;

genus Cyclops
n1
copepod water fleas;

genus Cyclopterus
n1
type genus of the Cyclopteridae: lumpfishes;

- syn. Cyclopterus;

genus Cyclosorus
n1
small genus of terrestrial ferns of tropical and subtropical southern hemisphere;

- syn. Cyclosorus;

genus Cycnoches
n1
genus of epiphytic or terrestrial tropical American orchids;

- syn. Cycnoches;

genus Cydonia
n1
quince;

- syn. Cydonia;

genus Cygnus
n1
a genus of Anatidae;

- syn. Cygnus;

genus Cymbidium
n1
genus of tropical epiphytic or terrestrial Old World orchids;

- one of the most popular orchid genera;

genus Cynancum
n1
genus of perennial tropical African lianas;

genus Cynara
n1
artichoke;

- cardoon;

- syn. Cynara;

genus Cynips
n1
type genus of the Cynipidae: gall wasps;

- syn. Cynips;

genus Cynocephalus
n1
type genus of the family Cynocephalidae;

- syn. Cynocephalus;

genus Cynodon
n1
creeping perennial grasses of tropical and southern Africa;

- syn. Cynodon;

genus Cynoglossum
n1
a large genus of tall rough herbs belonging to the family Boraginaceae;

- syn. Cynoglossum;

genus Cynomys
n1
prairie dogs;

- syn. Cynomys;

genus Cynopterus
n1
a genus of Megachiroptera;

- syn. Cynopterus;

genus Cynoscion
n1
sea trout;

- syn. Cynoscion;

genus Cyon
n1
Asiatic wild dog;

- syn. Cuon, Cyon, genus Cuon;

genus Cyperus
n1
type genus of Cyperaceae;

- grasslike rhizomatous herbs;

- cosmopolitan except very cold regions;

- syn. Cyperus;

genus Cyphomandra
n1
tree tomato;

- syn. Cyphomandra;

genus Cypraea
n1
type genus of the family Cypraeidae: the typical cowries;

- syn. Cypraea;

genus Cyprinus
n1
type genus of the family Cyprinidae: carp;

- syn. Cyprinus;

genus Cypripedium
n1
genus of chiefly American perennial leafy-stemmed orchids: lady's slippers;

- sometimes includes species of genus Paphiopedilum;

- syn. Cypripedium;

genus Cyrilla
n1
one species: trees and shrubs having flowers with acute or twisted petals and wingless fruit;

genus Cyrtomium
n1
small genus of tropical Asiatic greenhouse ferns;

- in some classifications placed in Polypodiaceae;

- syn. Cyrtomium;

genus Cystophora
n1
hooded seals;

- syn. Cystophora;

genus Cystopteris
n1
chiefly small perennial rock ferns: bladder ferns;

- in some classifications placed in Polypodiaceae;

- syn. Cystopteris;

genus Cytisus
n1
large genus of stiff or spiny evergreen or deciduous Old World shrubs: broom;

- syn. Cytisus;

genus Daboecia
n1
a dicotyledonous genus of the family Ericaceae;

- syn. Daboecia;

genus Dacelo
n1
Australasian kingfishers;

- syn. Dacelo;

genus Dacrycarpus
n1
evergreen coniferous shrubs or trees of New Zealand to Malaysia and Philippines;

- syn. Dacrycarpus;

genus Dacrydium
n1
Australasian evergreen trees or shrubs;

- syn. Dacrydium;

genus Dacrymyces
n1
type genus of the Dacrymycetaceae: fungi with a bifurcate basidium that lacks septa;

- syn. Dacrymyces;

genus Dactylis
n1
a monocotyledonous grass of the family Gramineae (has only one species);

- syn. Dactylis;

genus Dactyloctenium
n1
a monocotyledonous genus of the family Gramineae;

- syn. Dactyloctenium;

genus Dactylopius
n1
type genus of the Dactylopiidae;

- syn. Dactylopius;

genus Dactylopterus
n1
a genus of Dactylopteridae;

- syn. Dactylopterus;

genus Dactylorhiza
n1
genus of terrestrial orchids of Europe and Asia and North Africa;

- syn. Dactylorhiza;

genus Dahlia
n1
genus of perennial tuberous plants of Mexico and Central America;

genus Dalbergia
n1
large genus of tropical trees having pinnate leaves and paniculate flowers and cultivated commercially for their dramatically grained and colored timbers;

- syn. Dalbergia;

genus Dalea
n1
indigo bush;

- syn. Dalea;

genus Dama
n1
fallow deer;

- syn. Dama;

genus Damaliscus
n1
African antelopes: sassabies;

- syn. Damaliscus;

genus Danaea
n1
fairly small terrestrial ferns of tropical America;

- syn. Danaea;

genus Danaus
n1
type genus of the Danaidae: monarch butterflies;

- syn. Danaus;

genus Daphne
n1
usually evergreen Eurasian shrubs;

genus Daphnia
n1
water fleas;

genus Darlingtonia
n1
one species: California pitcher plant;

- syn. Darlingtonia;

genus Darmera
n1
one species;

- syn. Darmera, Peltiphyllum, genus Peltiphyllum;

genus Dasyatis
n1
type genus of the Dasyatidae;

- syn. Dasyatis;

genus Dasyprocta
n1
type genus of the Dasyproctidae: agoutis;

- syn. Dasyprocta;

genus Dasypus
n1
type genus of the Dasypodidae;

- syn. Dasypus;

genus Dasyurus
n1
type genus of the family Dasyuridae: native cats;

- syn. Dasyurus;

genus Datura
n1
thorn apple;

- syn. Datura;

genus Daubentonia
n1
type genus;

- coextensive with the family Daubentoniidae;

- syn. Daubentonia;

genus Daucus
n1
carrot;

- syn. Daucus;

genus Davallia
n1
Old World tropical fern;

- in some classification systems placed directly in family Polypodiaceae;

genus Daviesia
n1
genus of Australasian shrubs and subshrubs having small yellow or purple flowers followed by short triangular pods;

- syn. Daviesia;

genus Decapterus
n1
scads especially mackerel scad;

- cosmopolitan in distribution;

- syn. Decapterus;

genus Decumaria
n1
small genus of woody climbers with adhesive aerial roots;

- sometimes placed in family Saxifragaceae;

- syn. Decumaria;

genus Deinocheirus
n1
a reptile genus of Ornithomimida;

genus Deinonychus
n1
advanced bipedal carnivorous dinosaur;

genus Delairea
n1
one species: German ivy;

- syn. Delairea;

genus Delichon
n1
a genus of Hirundinidae;

- syn. Delichon;

genus Delonix
n1
evergreen or deciduous trees of tropical Africa and India;

- syn. Delonix;

genus Delphinapterus
n1
white whale;

- syn. Delphinapterus;

genus Delphinium
n1
large genus of chiefly perennial erect branching herbs of north temperate regions some poisonous;

genus Delphinus
n1
type genus of the Delphinidae;

- syn. Delphinus;

genus Dendranthema
n1
comprises plants often included in the genus Chrysanthemum;

- syn. Dendranthema;

genus Dendraspis
n1
mambas;

- syn. Dendraspis, Dendroaspis, genus Dendroaspis;

genus Dendroaspis
n1
mambas;

- syn. Dendraspis, Dendroaspis, genus Dendraspis;

genus Dendrobium
n1
large genus and variable genus of chiefly epiphytic or lithophytic orchids of tropical and subtropical Asia and Australasia;

genus Dendrocalamus
n1
giant clump-forming bamboos;

- syn. Dendrocalamus;

genus Dendrocolaptes
n1
type genus of the Dendrocolaptidae;

- syn. Dendrocolaptes;

genus Dendroctonus
n1
genus of small bark beetles destructive especially to mature conifers;

- syn. Dendroctonus;

genus Dendroica
n1
a genus of Parulidae;

- syn. Dendroica;

genus Dendrolagus
n1
tree wallabies;

- syn. Dendrolagus;

genus Dendromecon
n1
one species: bush poppy;

- syn. Dendromecon;

genus Denisonia
n1
copperheads;

- syn. Denisonia;

genus Dennstaedtia
n1
chiefly terrestrial ferns;

- in some classification systems placed in family Polypodiaceae;

- syn. Dennstaedtia;

genus Dentaria
n1
usually included in genus Cardamine;

- in some classifications considered a separate genus;

- syn. Dentaria;

genus Deparia
n1
classification used for 5 species of terrestrial ferns usually placed in other genera;

- syn. Deparia;

genus Dermacentor
n1
vectors of important diseases of man and animals;

- syn. Dermacentor;

genus Dermatobia
n1
larvae live under the skin of domestic mammals and humans;

- syn. Dermatobia;

genus Dermochelys
n1
type genus of the Dermochelyidae: leatherback turtles;

- syn. Dermochelys;

genus Derris
n1
genus of Old World tropical shrubs and woody vines;

genus Descurainia
n1
includes annual or biennial herbs of America and Europe very similar to and often included among those of genera Sisymbrium or Hugueninia;

- not recognized in some classification systems;

- syn. Descurainia;

genus Desmanthus
n1
genus of American herbs or shrubs with sensitive pinnate leaves and small whitish flowers;

- syn. Desmanthus;

genus Desmidium
n1
a genus of protoctist;

- syn. Desmidium;

genus Desmodium
n1
beggarweed;

- tick trefoil;

- syn. Desmodium;

genus Desmodus
n1
type genus of the Desmodontidae: vampire bats;

- syn. Desmodus;

genus Desmograthus
n1
an amphibian genus of Plethodontidae;

- syn. Desmograthus;

genus Deutzia
n1
genus of ornamental mostly deciduous shrubs native to Asia and Central America;

- widespread in cultivation;

- sometimes placed in family Saxifragaceae;

genus Diacalpa
n1
one species: delicate fern of foothills of Himalayas;

- syn. Diacalpa;

genus Diadophis
n1
a genus of reptiles of the family Colubridae including ringneck snakes;

- syn. Diadophis;

genus Dialeurodes
n1
a genus of Aleyrodidae;

- syn. Dialeurodes;

genus Dianthus
n1
carnations and pinks;

- syn. Dianthus;

genus Diapensia
n1
type genus of Diapensiaceae;

genus Diapheromera
n1
a genus of Phasmidae;

genus Dicamptodon
n1
type genus of the Dicamptodontidae;

genus Dicentra
n1
North American and Asian herbs with divided leaves and irregular flowers;

- syn. Dicentra;

genus Diceros
n1
most common species in Africa;

- syn. Diceros;

genus Dichondra
n1
genus of chiefly tropical prostrate perennial herbs with creeping stems that root at the nodes;

genus Dicksonia
n1
tree ferns of temperate Australasia having bipinnatifid or tripinnatifid fronds and usually marginal sori;

- in some classification systems placed in family Cyatheaceae;

- syn. Dicksonia;

genus Dicranopteris
n1
terrestrial ferns of forest margin or open ground;

- pantropical;

- syn. Dicranopteris;

genus Dicranum
n1
type genus of Dicranaceae;

- syn. Dicranum;

genus Dicrostonyx
n1
pied lemmings;

- syn. Dicrostonyx;

genus Dictamnus
n1
a dicotyledonous genus of the family Rutaceae;

- syn. Dictamnus;

genus Dictostylium
n1
genus of slime molds that grow on dung and decaying vegetation;

genus Dictyophera
n1
closely related to genus Phallus distinguished by an indusium hanging like a skirt from below the pileus;

- syn. Dictyophera;

genus Didelphis
n1
type genus of the family Didelphidae;

- syn. Didelphis;

genus Dieffenbachia
n1
evergreen perennial herbs of tropical America with lush foliage and poisonous sap;

- often cultivated as houseplants;

- syn. Dieffenbachia;

genus Diervilla
n1
small genus of low deciduous shrubs: bush honeysuckles;

- syn. Diervilla;

genus Difflugia
n1
genus of protozoans related to ameba;

genus Digitalis
n1
genus of Eurasian herbs having alternate leaves and racemes of showy bell-shaped flowers;

genus Digitaria
n1
crab grass;

- finger grass;

- syn. Digitaria;

genus Dillenia
n1
East Indian and Australian shrubs and trees having panicles of large white or yellow flowers;

genus Dimetrodon
n1
a reptile genus of Pelycosauria;

genus Dimocarpus
n1
longan;

- syn. Dimocarpus;

genus Dimorphotheca
n1
South African herbs or subshrubs with usually yellow flowers;

- syn. Dimorphotheca;

genus Dinornis
n1
type genus of the Dinornithidae: large moas;

- syn. Dinornis;

genus Diodon
n1
type genus of the Diodontidae;

- syn. Diodon;

genus Diomedea
n1
type of the Diomedeidae;

genus Dionaea
n1
a genus of the family Droseraceae;

- syn. Dionaea;

genus Dioon
n1
small genus of arborescent cycads of Mexico and Central America;

- sometimes classified in family Cycadaceae;

genus Dioscorea
n1
yams;

- syn. Dioscorea;

genus Diospyros
n1
a genus of trees or shrubs that have beautiful and valuable wood;

- syn. Diospyros;

genus Diphylla
n1
vampire bats;

- syn. Diphylla;

genus Dipladenia
n1
genus of tropical South American tuberous perennial woody vines with large racemose flowers and milky sap;

- syn. Dipladenia, Mandevilla, genus Mandevilla;

genus Diplococcus
n1
a genus of bacteria;

genus Diplodocus
n1
a reptile genus of the suborder Sauropoda;

genus Diplopterygium
n1
scandent thicket-forming ferns of Asia to western Pacific;

- syn. Diplopterygium;

genus Diplotaxis
n1
wall rocket;

- syn. Diplotaxis;

genus Dipodomys
n1
kangaroo rats;

- syn. Dipodomys;

genus Dipogon
n1
one species: Australian pea;

- syn. Dipogon;

genus Dipsacus
n1
type genus of the Dipsacaceae: teasel;

- syn. Dipsacus;

genus Dipsosaurus
n1
desert iguanas;

- syn. Dipsosaurus;

genus Dipteronia
n1
small genus of large deciduous shrubs having large clusters of winged seeds that turn red as they mature;

- central and southern China;

- syn. Dipteronia;

genus Dipteryx
n1
tropical American trees: tonka beans;

- syn. Coumarouna, Dipteryx, genus Coumarouna;

genus Dipus
n1
type genus of the Dipodidae;

- typical jerboas having three toes on each hind foot;

- syn. Dipus;

genus Dirca
n1
deciduous shrub of North America: leatherwood;

- syn. Dirca;

genus Disa
n1
genus of showy tropical African terrestrial orchids;

genus Discina
n1
a genus of fungi of the family Helvellaceae with a cup-shaped or saucer-shaped fruiting body and ornamented spores;

genus Dodonaea
n1
a genus of tropical shrub or tree;

- syn. Dodonaea;

genus Dolichonyx
n1
bobolinks;

- syn. Dolichonyx;

genus Dolichos
n1
genus of chiefly tropical vines often placed in genera Dipogon or Lablab or Macrotyloma;

- syn. Dolichos;

genus Dolichotis
n1
maras;

- syn. Dolichotis;

genus Doliolum
n1
type genus of the Doliolidae;

genus Dombeya
n1
genus of African shrubs or small trees;

genus Doodia
n1
in some classification systems placed in family Polypodiaceae;

- small terrestrial colony-forming ferns of Australasia;

- syn. Doodia;

genus Doronicum
n1
genus of Eurasian perennial tuberous or rhizomatous herbs: leopard's bane;

- syn. Doronicum;

genus Dorotheanthus
n1
a caryophyllaceous genus of Dorotheanthus;

- syn. Dorotheanthus;

genus Doryopteris
n1
small to medium tropical tufted ferns;

- sometimes placed in family Adiantaceae;

- syn. Doryopteris;

genus Dovyalis
n1
small genus of sometimes spiny shrubs or small trees;

- Africa;

- India;

- Sri Lanka;

- syn. Dovyalis;

genus Draba
n1
large genus of low tufted herbs of temperate and Arctic regions;

genus Dracaena
n1
Old World tropical plants with branches ending in tufts of sword-shaped leaves;

- in some classifications considered a genus of Liliaceae;

genus Draco
n1
a reptile genus known as flying dragons or flying lizards;

- syn. Draco;

genus Dracocephalum
n1
genus of American herbs and dwarf shrubs of the mint family: dragonheads;

- syn. Dracocephalum;

genus Dracontium
n1
small genus of tropical American cormous herbs;

genus Dracula
n1
comprises tropical American species usually placed in genus Masdevallia: diminutive plants having bizarre and often sinister-looking flowers with pendulous scapes and motile lips;

- syn. Dracula;

genus Dracunculus
n1
tuberous herbaceous perennials: dragon arum;

- syn. Dracunculus;

n2
type genus of the family Dracunculidae;

- syn. Dracunculus;

genus Dreissena
n1
zebra mussels;

- syn. Dreissena;

genus Drepanis
n1
a genus of Drepanididae;

- syn. Drepanis;

genus Drimys
n1
shrubs and trees of southern hemisphere having aromatic foliage;

- syn. Drimys;

genus Dromaius
n1
a genus of birds in the order Casuariiformes;

- syn. Dromaius;

genus Drosera
n1
the type genus of Droseraceae including many low bog-inhabiting insectivorous plants;

- syn. Drosera;

genus Drosophila
n1
a genus of Drosophilidae;

genus Drosophyllum
n1
one species;

- syn. Drosophyllum;

genus Dryadella
n1
comprises tropical American species usually placed in genus Masdevallia: very dwarf plants having short tufted and usually unifoliate stems with usually solitary flowers;

- syn. Dryadella;

genus Dryas
n1
mountain avens;

- syn. Dryas;

genus Drymarchon
n1
a genus of Colubridae;

- syn. Drymarchon;

genus Drymoglossum
n1
epiphytic ferns of Madagascar to tropical Asia and New Guinea;

- syn. Drymoglossum;

genus Drynaria
n1
large robust epiphytic ferns of tropical forest and scrub;

- Africa and Asia and Australia;

- syn. Drynaria;

genus Dryopithecus
n1
genus of Old World hominoids;

- Miocene and Pliocene;

- syn. Dryopithecus;

genus Dryopteris
n1
large widespread genus of medium-sized terrestrial ferns;

- in some classification systems placed in Polypodiaceae;

- syn. Dryopteris;

genus Drypis
n1
one species;

genus Dugong
n1
type genus of the Dugongidae comprising only the dugongs;

genus Dumetella
n1
catbirds;

- syn. Dumetella;

genus Durio
n1
a genus of tall Asian trees of the family Bombacaceae;

- syn. Durio;

genus Dusicyon
n1
crab-eating dog;

- syn. Dusicyon;

genus Dysdercus
n1
a genus of slender long-legged bugs that feed on the developing seeds of cotton and stain it;

- syn. Dysdercus;

genus Eacles
n1
imperial moths;

- syn. Eacles;

genus Eburophyton
n1
a monocotyledonous genus of the family Orchidaceae;

- syn. Eburophyton;

genus Ecballium
n1
exploding cucumber;

- squirting cucumber;

- syn. Ecballium;

genus Echeneis
n1
type genus of the Echeneididae: typical remoras;

- syn. Echeneis;

genus Echidnophaga
n1
a genus of Siphonaptera;

- syn. Echidnophaga;

genus Echinacea
n1
small genus of North American coarse perennial herbs;

- syn. Echinacea;

genus Echinocactus
n1
globular or cylindrical cacti;

- southwestern United States to Brazil;

genus Echinocereus
n1
large genus of low-growing shrubby ribbed cacti of Mexico and southwestern United States;

- syn. Echinocereus;

genus Echinochloa
n1
annual or perennial succulent grasses of warm regions;

- syn. Echinochloa;

genus Echinococcus
n1
tapeworms;

genus Echinops
n1
genus of Mediterranean and Eurasian herbs: globe thistles;

- syn. Echinops;

genus Echium
n1
a genus of bristly herbs and shrubs of the family Boraginaceae;

- syn. Echium;

genus Ectopistes
n1
a genus of Columbidae;

- syn. Ectopistes;

genus Edaphosaurus
n1
type genus of the Edaphosauridae;

genus Edmontosaurus
n1
duck-billed dinosaurs of Canada;

genus Egeria
n1
small genus of dioecious tropical aquatic plants;

- syn. Egeria;

genus Egretta
n1
small Old and New World herons;

- syn. Egretta;

genus Eichhornia
n1
water hyacinth;

- water orchid;

- syn. Eichhornia;

genus Eimeria
n1
type genus of the family Eimeriidae;

- includes serious pathogens;

genus Eira
n1
a genus of Mustelidae;

- syn. Eira;

genus Elaeagnus
n1
oleaster;

- syn. Elaeagnus;

genus Elaeis
n1
oil palms;

- syn. Elaeis;

genus Elaeocarpus
n1
type genus of the family Elaeocarpaceae;

- syn. Elaeocarpus;

genus Elagatis
n1
a genus of Carangidae;

- syn. Elagatis;

genus Elanoides
n1
a genus of kites;

- syn. Elanoides;

genus Elanus
n1
a genus of small kites of both Old and New Worlds;

- syn. Elanus;

genus Elaphe
n1
North American rat snakes;

- syn. Elaphe;

genus Elaphurus
n1
a genus of Cervidae;

- syn. Elaphurus;

genus Electrophorus
n1
type genus of the family Electrophoridae;

- electric eels;

- syn. Electrophorus;

genus Eleocharis
n1
sedges having dense spikes of flowers and leaves reduced to basal sheaths;

- syn. Eleocharis;

genus Elephantopus
n1
perennial American herb;

- syn. Elephantopus;

genus Elephas
n1
type genus of the family Elephantidae;

- syn. Elephas;

genus Elettaria
n1
cardamom;

- syn. Elettaria;

genus Eleusine
n1
annual and perennial grasses of savannas and upland grasslands;

- syn. Eleusine;

genus Eleutherodactylus
n1
completely terrestrial robber frogs;

- syn. Eleutherodactylus;

genus Eliomys
n1
lerots;

- syn. Eliomys;

genus Elodea
n1
submerged freshwater perennials;

- syn. Elodea, ditchmoss, pondweed;

genus Elops
n1
type genus of the Elopidae: tenpounder;

- syn. Elops;

genus Elsholtzia
n1
genus of Asiatic and African aromatic herbs;

genus Elymus
n1
tall tufted perennial grasses (such as lyme grass or wild rye);

- syn. Elymus;

genus Emberiza
n1
Old World buntings;

- syn. Emberiza;

genus Embothrium
n1
small genus of South American evergreen shrubs or small trees with long willowy branches and flowers in flamboyant terminal clusters;

- syn. Embothrium;

genus Emilia
n1
tropical African herbs;

- syn. Emilia;

genus Emmanthe
n1
one species: yellow bells;

- syn. Emmanthe;

genus Empetrum
n1
crowberries;

- syn. Empetrum;

genus Encelia
n1
genus of shrubs of southwestern United States and Mexico: brittlebush;

- syn. Encelia;

genus Enceliopsis
n1
small genus of xerophytic herbs of southwestern United States;

- syn. Enceliopsis;

genus Encephalartos
n1
genus of arborescent African cycads;

- sometimes classified in family Cycadaceae;

genus Encyclia
n1
large genus of epiphytic and lithophytic orchids of tropical and subtropical Americas and West Indies;

- formerly included in genus Epidendrum;

- syn. Encyclia;

genus Endamoeba
n1
the type genus of the family Endamoebidae;

- syn. Endamoeba;

genus Engelmannia
n1
one species: North American herbs that resemble sunflowers;

genus Engraulis
n1
type genus of the family Engraulidae;

- syn. Engraulis;

genus Enhydra
n1
sea otters;

- syn. Enhydra;

genus Ensete
n1
Old World tropical herbs: Abyssinian bananas;

- syn. Ensete;

genus Ensis
n1
razor clams;

- syn. Ensis;

genus Entandrophragma
n1
cedar mahogany trees;

- syn. Entandrophragma;

genus Entelea
n1
a genus of evergreen shrub that grows in New Zealand;

- syn. Entelea;

genus Enterobius
n1
pinworms;

- syn. Enterobius;

genus Enterolobium
n1
small genus of tropical American timber trees closely allied to genus Albizia;

- syn. Enterolobium;

genus Entoloma
n1
agarics with pink spores but lacking both volva and annulus (includes some that are poisonous);

- syn. Entoloma;

genus Entomophthora
n1
type genus of the Entomophthoraceae;

- fungi parasitic on insects;

- syn. Entomophthora;

genus Eoraptor
n1
primitive theropod found in Argentina;

- early Triassic;

genus Epacris
n1
type genus of the Epacridaceae: Australian heath;

genus Ephedra
n1
type and sole genus of Ephedraceae: tropical and subtropical evergreen shrubby or creeping plants native to dry and inhospitable regions;

genus Ephestia
n1
small moths whose larvae spin silken tunnels and feed on stored food products;

- syn. Ephestia;

genus Ephippiorhynchus
n1
saddlebills;

- syn. Ephippiorhynchus;

genus Epidendrum
n1
large and variable genus of terrestrial or epiphytic or lithophytic orchids of tropical and subtropical Americas;

- some native to United States;

- syn. Epidendrum;

genus Epigaea
n1
small creeping evergreen shrubs: trailing arbutus;

- syn. Epigaea;

genus Epilachna
n1
genus of ladybugs native to Mexico and Central America;

- both larvae and adults feed on plants;

- syn. Epilachna;

genus Epilobium
n1
large widely distributed genus of herbs and subshrubs of especially western North America and Arctic areas;

- syn. Epilobium;

genus Epimedium
n1
herbaceous perennials of Mediterranean to India and eastern Asia;

- syn. Epimedium;

genus Epinephelus
n1
genus of groupers or sea bass;

- syn. Epinephelus;

genus Epipactis
n1
genus of hardy orchids with leafy-bracted racemes of greenish or purplish irregular flowers;

- syn. Epipactis;

genus Epiphyllum
n1
small genus of tropical American (mainly Central America) cacti;

genus Epipremnum
n1
small genus of evergreen lianas of southeastern Asia to western Pacific areas;

- syn. Epipremnum;

genus Episcia
n1
genus of tropical American herbs having soft hairy foliage;

genus Eptatretus
n1
a genus of fossil fish of the family Myxinidae;

genus Eptesicus
n1
a genus of Vespertilionidae;

- syn. Eptesicus;

genus Equetus
n1
drumfish;

- syn. Equetus;

genus Equisetum
n1
horsetails;

- coextensive with the family Equisetaceae;

- syn. Equisetum;

genus Equus
n1
type genus of the Equidae: only surviving genus of the family Equidae;

- syn. Equus;

genus Eragrostis
n1
annual or perennial grasses of tropics and subtropics;

- syn. Eragrostis;

genus Eranthis
n1
winter aconite;

- syn. Eranthis;

genus Ercilla
n1
a genus of evergreen climbers;

- syn. Ercilla;

genus Erechtites
n1
coarse herbs with whitish discoid flower heads and silky pappus;

genus Erethizon
n1
a genus of Erethizontidae;

- syn. Erethizon;

genus Eretmochelys
n1
hawksbills;

- syn. Eretmochelys;

genus Erianthus
n1
genus of reedlike grasses having spikes crowded in a panicle covered with long silky hairs;

- syn. Erianthus;

genus Erica
n1
large genus of low much-branched woody evergreens ranging from prostrate subshrubs to trees: true heaths;

genus Erigeron
n1
cosmopolitan genus of usually perennial herbs with flowers that resemble asters;

- leaves occasionally (especially formerly) used medicinally;

- syn. Erigeron;

genus Erignathus
n1
bearded seals;

- syn. Erignathus;

genus Erinaceus
n1
type genus of the family Erinaceidae: hedgehogs;

- syn. Erinaceus;

genus Eriobotrya
n1
Asiatic evergreen fruit trees;

- syn. Eriobotrya;

genus Eriocaulon
n1
type genus of the Eriocaulaceae: rushlike aquatic or marginal perennials usually found in shallow waters of acid lakes and pools and bogs;

- syn. Eriocaulon;

genus Eriodictyon
n1
small genus of evergreen shrubs of southwestern United States and Mexico;

- syn. Eriodictyon;

genus Eriogonum
n1
North American herbs of the buckwheat family;

genus Eriophorum
n1
cotton grass;

- syn. Eriophorum;

genus Eriophyllum
n1
genus of hairy herbs and shrubs of western North America;

- syn. Eriophyllum;

genus Eriosoma
n1
woolly aphids;

- syn. Eriosoma;

genus Erithacus
n1
Old World thrushes;

- syn. Erithacus;

genus Erodium
n1
geraniums of Europe and South America and Australia especially mountainous regions;

- syn. Erodium;

genus Erolia
n1
a genus of Scolopacidae;

- syn. Erolia;

genus Eruca
n1
annual to perennial herbs of the Mediterranean region;

- syn. Eruca;

genus Erwinia
n1
a genus of bacteria;

genus Eryngium
n1
large genus of decorative plants with thistlelike flower heads;

- cosmopolitan in distribution;

- syn. Eryngium;

genus Erysimum
n1
large genus of annual or perennial herbs some grown for their flowers and some for their attractive evergreen leaves;

- Old World and North America;

- syn. Erysimum;

genus Erysiphe
n1
genus of powdery mildews;

- syn. Erysiphe;

genus Erythrina
n1
genus of attractive tropical shrubs or trees with usually red flowers;

genus Erythrocebus
n1
patas;

- syn. Erythrocebus;

genus Erythronium
n1
perennial bulbous herbs most of northern United States: dogtooth violet;

- adder's tongue;

- trout lily;

- fawn lily;

- syn. Erythronium;

genus Erythroxylon
n1
a large genus of South American shrubs and small trees of the family Erythroxylaceae;

- syn. Erythroxylon, Erythroxylum, genus Erythroxylum;

genus Erythroxylum
n1
a large genus of South American shrubs and small trees of the family Erythroxylaceae;

- syn. Erythroxylon, Erythroxylum, genus Erythroxylon;

genus Escherichia
n1
a genus of bacteria;

genus Eschrichtius
n1
type and sole genus of the Eschrichtiidae;

- syn. Eschrichtius;

genus Eschscholtzia
n1
showy herbs of western North America;

- syn. Eschscholtzia;

genus Esox
n1
type and only genus of the family Esocidae;

- syn. Esox;

genus Estrilda
n1
avadavats;

- syn. Estrilda;

genus Etropus
n1
a genus of Bothidae;

- syn. Etropus;

genus Euarctos
n1
American black bears;

- in some classifications not a separate genus from Ursus;

- syn. Euarctos;

genus Eucalyptus
n1
tall trees native to the Australian region;

- source of timber and medicinal oils from the aromatic leaves;

genus Eucarya
n1
quandong trees;

- syn. Eucarya, Fusanus, genus Fusanus;

genus Eucinostomus
n1
a genus of Gerreidae;

- syn. Eucinostomus;

genus Euderma
n1
a genus of Vespertilionidae;

- syn. Euderma;

genus Eudyptes
n1
rock hoppers;

- syn. Eudyptes;

genus Eugenia
n1
tropical trees and shrubs with aromatic leaves and often valuable hard wood;

- syn. Eugenia;

genus Euglena
n1
type genus of the family Euglenaceae: green algae with a single flagellum;

genus Eumeces
n1
New World skinks;

- syn. Eumeces;

genus Eumenes
n1
mason wasps;

- syn. Eumenes;

genus Eumetopias
n1
sea lions;

- syn. Eumetopias;

genus Eumops
n1
mastiff bats;

- syn. Eumops;

genus Eunectes
n1
anacondas;

- syn. Eunectes;

genus Euonymus
n1
widely distributed chiefly evergreen shrubs or small trees or vines;

- syn. Euonymus;

genus Eupatorium
n1
large genus of chiefly tropical herbs having heads of white or purplish flowers;

- syn. Eupatorium;

genus Euphagus
n1
a genus of Icteridae;

- syn. Euphagus;

genus Euphorbia
n1
type genus of the Euphorbiaceae: very large genus of diverse plants all having milky juice;

- syn. Euphorbia;

genus Euphractus
n1
a genus of Dasypodidae;

- syn. Euphractus;

genus Euplectella
n1
a genus of Hyalospongiae;

- syn. Euplectella;

genus Euproctis
n1
a genus of Lymantriidae;

- syn. Euproctis;

genus Eurotium
n1
a genus of fungi belonging to the order Eurotiales;

- syn. Eurotium;

genus Euryale
n1
basket stars;

- syn. Euryale;

genus Eustoma
n1
small genus of herbs of warm regions of southern North America to northern South America;

- syn. Eustoma;

genus Eutamias
n1
chipmunks of western America and Asia;

- syn. Eutamias;

genus Euterpe
n1
a monocotyledonous genus of graceful palm trees in tropical America;

- syn. Euterpe;

genus Euthynnus
n1
a genus of Scombridae;

- syn. Euthynnus;

genus Evernia
n1
lichens of the family Usneaceae having a pendulous or shrubby thallus;

- syn. Evernia;

genus Exacum
n1
genus of tropical Asiatic and African plants: especially Persian violets;

- syn. Exacum;

genus Exaeretodon
n1
a genus of reptiles of the division Cynodontia;

- syn. Exaeretodon;

genus Fabiana
n1
genus of South and Central American heathlike evergreen shrubs;

- syn. Fabiana;

genus Fagopyrum
n1
buckwheat;

- in some classifications included in the genus Polygonum;

- syn. Fagopyrum;

genus Fagus
n1
beeches;

- syn. Fagus;

genus Falcatifolium
n1
sickle pines: dioecious evergreen tropical trees and shrubs having sickle-shaped leaves;

- similar to Dacrycarpus in habit;

- Malaysia and Philippines to New Guinea and New Caledonia;

- syn. Falcatifolium;

genus Falco
n1
a genus of Falconidae;

- syn. Falco;

genus Fasciola
n1
a genus of Fasciolidae;

- syn. Fasciola;

genus Fasciolopsis
n1
a genus of Fasciolidae;

- syn. Fasciolopsis;

genus Feijoa
n1
small South American shrubs or trees;

genus Felicia
n1
genus of tropical African herbs or subshrubs with usually blue flowers;

- syn. Felicia;

genus Felis
n1
type genus of the Felidae: true cats and most wildcats;

- syn. Felis;

genus Ferocactus
n1
genus of nearly globular cacti of Mexico and southwestern United States: barrel cacti;

- syn. Ferocactus;

genus Festuca
n1
a genus of tufted perennial grasses of the family Gramineae;

- syn. Festuca;

genus Ficus
n1
large genus of tropical trees or shrubs or climbers including fig trees;

- syn. Ficus;

genus Filago
n1
genus of small woolly herbs;

genus Firmiana
n1
small genus of Asian trees or shrubs;

- syn. Firmiana;

genus Fissurella
n1
type genus of the family Fissurellidae: keyhole limpets;

- syn. Fissurella;

genus Fistularia
n1
type genus of the family Fistulariidae;

- syn. Fistularia;

genus Fistulina
n1
fungi having each pore separate though crowded;

- syn. Fistulina;

genus Flacourtia
n1
often spiny trees or shrubs of tropical Asia and Africa;

- syn. Flacourtia;

genus Flammulina
n1
a genus of agarics;

- syn. Flammulina;

genus Flindersia
n1
small genus of Australian timber trees;

- syn. Flindersia;

genus Foeniculum
n1
very small genus of aromatic European herbs with pinnately compound leaves and yellow flowers;

- syn. Foeniculum;

genus Fomes
n1
genus of bracket fungi forming corky or woody perennial shelflike sporophores often of large size;

- includes some that cause destructive heartrot in trees;

- syn. Fomes;

genus Forestiera
n1
genus of often spiny American shrubs and trees;

genus Forficula
n1
type genus of Forficulidae;

- syn. Forficula;

genus Formica
n1
type genus of the Formicidae;

- syn. Formica;

genus Formicarius
n1
type genus of the Formicariidae;

- syn. Formicarius;

genus Forsythia
n1
forsythia;

genus Fortunella
n1
small genus of shrubs native to south China producing small ovoid fruits resembling oranges: includes kumquats;

- syn. Fortunella;

genus Fossa
n1
monotypic genus of Madagascar civets closely related to palm civets;

- syn. Fossa;

genus Fothergilla
n1
small genus of deciduous shrubs of the southeastern United States;

- syn. Fothergilla;

genus Fouquieria
n1
resinous succulent trees or shrubs of desert and semidesert regions of southwestern United States that are leafless most of the year;

- syn. Fouquieria;

genus Fragaria
n1
strawberries;

- syn. Fragaria;

genus Francisella
n1
a genus of Gram-negative aerobic bacteria that occur as pathogens and parasite in many animals (including humans);

- syn. Francisella;

genus Francoa
n1
perennial evergreen herbs with white or pink flowers;

- Chile;

- syn. Francoa;

genus Frankliniella
n1
tobacco thrips;

- syn. Frankliniella;

genus Frasera
n1
genus of North American herbs: columbo;

- includes some species sometimes placed in genus Swertia;

- syn. Frasera;

genus Fratercula
n1
puffins;

- syn. Fratercula;

genus Fraxinus
n1
ash;

- syn. Fraxinus;

genus Freesia
n1
cormous perennial herbs;

- native to South Africa;

genus Fregata
n1
type genus of the Fregatidae;

- syn. Fregata;

genus Fremontia
n1
flannelbush;

- syn. Fremontia, Fremontodendron, genus Fremontodendron;

genus Fremontodendron
n1
flannelbush;

- syn. Fremontia, Fremontodendron, genus Fremontia;

genus Fringilla
n1
type genus of the Fringillidae: chaffinch, brambling;

- syn. Fringilla;

genus Fritillaria
n1
fritillary;

- syn. Fritillaria;

genus Froelichia
n1
genus of erect or procumbent herbs of the Americas having spikes of woolly white flowers: cottonweed;

- syn. Froelichia;

genus Fuchsia
n1
large genus of decorative tropical shrubs with pendulous tetramerous flowers;

genus Fucus
n1
type genus of the family Fucaceae: cartilaginous brown algae;

genus Fulica
n1
coots;

- syn. Fulica;

genus Fulmarus
n1
fulmars;

- syn. Fulmarus;

genus Fumaria
n1
annual herbs whose flowers have only one petal spurred at the base;

- syn. Fumaria;

genus Fundulus
n1
killifish;

- syn. Fundulus;

genus Fungia
n1
a genus comprising the usual mushroom corals;

- syn. Fungia;

genus Funka
n1
robust east Asian clump-forming perennial herbs having racemose flowers: plantain lilies;

- sometimes placed in family Hostaceae;

- syn. Funka, Hosta, genus Hosta;

genus Furnarius
n1
type genus of the family Furnariidae: ovenbirds;

- syn. Furnarius;

genus Fusanus
n1
quandong trees;

- syn. Eucarya, Fusanus, genus Eucarya;

genus Fusarium
n1
a form genus of mostly plant parasites some of which cause dry rot;

- in humans a species can cause inflammation of cornea leading to blindness;

genus Fuscoboletinus
n1
a genus of fungi belonging to the family Boletaceae;

- syn. Fuscoboletinus;

genus Gadus
n1
type genus of the Gadidae: the typical codfishes;

- syn. Gadus;

genus Gaillardia
n1
genus of western American hairy herbs with showy flowers;

genus Galago
n1
bush babies;

genus Galax
n1
evergreen herbs of southeastern United States;

genus Galega
n1
small genus of Eurasian herbs: goat's rue;

- syn. Galega;

genus Galeocerdo
n1
tiger sharks;

- syn. Galeocerdo;

genus Galeopsis
n1
erect annual European herbs;

- syn. Galeopsis;

genus Galeorhinus
n1
a genus of Carcharhinidae;

- syn. Galeorhinus;

genus Galictis
n1
alternative name for the genus Grison;

genus Galium
n1
annual or perennial herbs: bedstraw;

- cleavers;

- syn. Galium;

genus Galleria
n1
a genus of Pyralidae;

- syn. Galleria;

genus Gallinago
n1
snipes;

- syn. Capella, Gallinago, genus Capella;

genus Gallinula
n1
gallinules;

- syn. Gallinula;

genus Gallirallus
n1
rails of New Zealand;

- syn. Gallirallus;

genus Gallus
n1
common domestic birds and related forms;

- syn. Gallus;

genus Gambelia
n1
leopard lizards;

- syn. Gambelia;

genus Gambusia
n1
mosquitofish;

- syn. Gambusia;

genus Garcinia
n1
evergreen trees and shrubs: mangosteens;

- syn. Garcinia;

genus Gardenia
n1
large genus of attractive Old World tropical shrubs and small trees;

genus Garrulus
n1
type genus of the Garrulinae: Old World jays;

- syn. Garrulus;

genus Gasterophilus
n1
type genus of the Gasterophilidae: horse botflies;

- syn. Gasterophilus;

genus gasterosteus
n1
type genus of the family Gasterosteidae;

- syn. Gasterosteus;

genus Gastroboletus
n1
a genus of fungi belonging to the family Secotiaceae;

- they resemble boletes but the spores are not discharged from the basidium;

- syn. Gastroboletus;

genus Gastrocybe
n1
a genus of fungi of the family Secotiaceae;

- syn. Gastrocybe;

genus Gastrolobium
n1
genus of Australian evergreen shrubs poisonous to livestock: poison bush;

genus Gastrophryne
n1
primarily tropical narrow-mouthed toads;

- syn. Gastrophryne;

genus Gaultheria
n1
widely distributed genus of creeping or upright evergreen shrubs;

- syn. Gaultheria;

genus Gavia
n1
type genus of the Gavidae: loons;

- syn. Gavia;

genus Gavialis
n1
type genus of the Gavialidae;

- syn. Gavialis;

genus Gaylussacia
n1
deciduous or evergreen shrubs of North America: black huckleberries;

- syn. Gaylussacia;

genus Gazania
n1
genus of tomentose tropical African herbs with milky sap;

genus Gazella
n1
typical gazelles;

- syn. Gazella;

genus Geastrum
n1
type genus of Geastraceae;

- fungi whose outer peridium when dry splits into starlike segments;

- syn. Geastrum;

genus Gelechia
n1
type genus of the Gelechiidae: pink bollworms;

- syn. Gelechia;

genus Gelsemium
n1
evergreen twining shrubs of Americas and southeastern Asia;

- syn. Gelsemium;

genus Gempylus
n1
type genus of the Gempylidae;

- syn. Gempylus;

genus Genetta
n1
genets;

- syn. Genetta;

genus Genipa
n1
tropical American evergreen trees or shrubs bearing yellow flowers and succulent edible fruit with a thick rind;

genus Genista
n1
chiefly deciduous shrubs or small trees of Mediterranean area and western Asia: broom;

- syn. Genista;

genus Genlisea
n1
small genus of carnivorous plants of tropical African swamps;

genus Gentiana
n1
type genus of the Gentianaceae;

- cosmopolitan genus of herbs nearly cosmopolitan in cool temperate regions;

- in some classifications includes genera Gentianopsis and Gentianella;

- syn. Gentiana;

genus Gentianella
n1
genus of herbs with flowers that resemble gentian;

- in some classifications included in genus Gentiana;

- syn. Gentianella;

genus Gentianopsis
n1
genus of fringed gentians;

- in some classifications included in genus Gentiana;

- syn. Gentianopsis;

genus Genyonemus
n1
a genus of Sciaenidae;

- syn. Genyonemus;

genus Geochelone
n1
giant tortoises;

- syn. Geochelone;

genus Geococcyx
n1
roadrunners;

- syn. Geococcyx;

genus Geoffroea
n1
small genus of shrubs or small trees of tropical and subtropical America;

- syn. Geoffroea;

genus Geoglossum
n1
type genus of the Geoglossaceae comprising the earthtongues;

- syn. Geoglossum;

genus Geomys
n1
type genus of the Geomyidae;

- syn. Geomys;

genus Geophilus
n1
type genus of the Geophilidae: a cosmopolitan genus of centipedes sometimes called earwigs;

- syn. Geophilus;

genus Geothlypis
n1
yellowthroats;

- syn. Geothlypis;

genus Geranium
n1
genus of mostly North American geraniums: cranesbills;

genus Gerardia
n1
genus of annual or perennial herbs with showy pink or purple or yellow flowers;

- plants often assigned to genera Aureolaria or Agalinis;

genus Gerbera
n1
genus of South African or Asiatic herbs: African daisies;

- syn. Gerbera;

genus Gerbillus
n1
type genus of the Gerbillinae: typical gerbils;

- syn. Gerbillus;

genus Gerea
n1
small genus of hairy herbs with yellow flowers;

- syn. Gerea;

genus Gerres
n1
type genus of the Gerreidae;

- syn. Gerres;

genus Gerrhonotus
n1
alligator lizards;

- syn. Gerrhonotus;

genus Gerris
n1
type genus of the Gerrididae;

- syn. Gerris;

genus Gesneria
n1
large genus of tropical American herbs having showy tubular flowers;

genus Geum
n1
avens;

- syn. Geum;

genus Giardia
n1
flagellates parasitic in intestines of vertebrates;

genus Ginglymostoma
n1
nurse sharks;

- syn. Ginglymostoma;

genus Ginkgo
n1
sole surviving genus of the Ginkgoaceae;

genus Giraffa
n1
type genus of the Giraffidae;

- syn. Giraffa;

genus Gladiolus
n1
gladiolas;

genus Glareola
n1
type genus of the Glareolidae: the pratincoles;

- syn. Glareola;

genus Glaucium
n1
herbs of Europe and North Africa and Asia: horned poppy;

- syn. Glaucium;

genus Glaucomys
n1
New World flying squirrels;

- syn. Glaucomys;

genus Glaux
n1
sea milkwort;

- syn. Glaux;

genus Glechoma
n1
ground ivy;

- syn. Glechoma;

genus Gleditsia
n1
deciduous trees: honey locusts;

- syn. Gleditsia;

genus Gleichenia
n1
type genus of Gleicheniaceae: leptosporangiate ferns with sessile sporangia;

- South Africa to Malaysia and New Zealand;

- syn. Gleichenia;

genus Gliricidia
n1
small genus of low-branching profusely flowering trees of tropical America;

genus Glis
n1
type genus of the Gliridae;

- syn. Glis;

genus Globicephala
n1
pilot whales;

- syn. Globicephala;

genus Globigerina
n1
type genus of the family Globigerinidae;

genus Gloriosa
n1
sometimes placed in family Colchicaceae;

- one species: glory lily;

genus Glossina
n1
type genus of the Glossinidae: tsetse flies;

genus Glossodia
n1
small genus of Australian orchids;

- syn. Glossodia;

genus Glossopsitta
n1
a genus of Loriinae;

- syn. Glossopsitta;

genus Gloxinia
n1
small genus of tropical American herbs with leafy stems and axillary flowers;

genus Glyceria
n1
manna grass;

- syn. Glyceria;

genus Glycine
n1
genus of Asiatic erect or sprawling herbs: soya bean;

- syn. Glycine;

genus Glycyrrhiza
n1
sticky perennial Eurasian herbs;

- syn. Glycyrrhiza;

genus Gnaphalium
n1
large widely distributed genus of coarse hairy herbs with whitish involucres;

- syn. Gnaphalium;

genus Gnetum
n1
type genus of the Gnetaceae;

- small trees or shrubs usually with climbing jointed stems and terminal spikes of flowers with orange-red seeds clustered in rough cones;

genus Gobiesox
n1
type genus of the Gobiesocidae;

- syn. Gobiesox;

genus Gobio
n1
true gudgeons;

- syn. Gobio;

genus Gomphotherium
n1
type genus of the Gomphotheriidae;

- syn. Gomphotherium;

genus Gomphrena
n1
genus of tropical herbs or subshrubs having flowers in close heads;

- tropical America and Australia;

- syn. Gomphrena;

genus Goniopteris
n1
terrestrial ferns of Florida and West Indies to Central and South America;

- syn. Goniopteris;

genus Gonorhynchus
n1
slender cylindrical marine fishes lacking air bladders and teeth;

- syn. Gonorhynchus;

genus Goodyera
n1
genus of small orchids of the northern hemisphere with creeping rhizomes and stalked ovate leaves and small flowers;

- syn. Goodyera;

genus Gopherus
n1
gopher tortoises;

- syn. Gopherus;

genus Gorgonocephalus
n1
basket stars;

- syn. Gorgonocephalus;

genus Gorilla
n1
gorillas;

genus Gossypium
n1
herbs and shrubs and small trees: cotton;

- syn. Gossypium;

genus Gracula
n1
mynas;

- syn. Gracula;

genus Grammatophyllum
n1
small genus of large epiphytic or terrestrial orchids of southeastern Asia to Polynesia;

- the giants of the Orchidaceae having long narrow leaves and drooping flower clusters often 6 feet long;

- syn. Grammatophyllum;

genus Grampus
n1
grampus;

genus Graptophyllum
n1
caricature plant;

- syn. Graptophyllum;

genus Grevillea
n1
large genus of Australian shrubs and trees having usually showy orange or red flowers;

genus Grewia
n1
a genus of tropical and subtropical Old World climbers or shrubs or trees;

- syn. Grewia;

genus Grias
n1
anchovy pear tree;

- syn. Grias;

genus Grindelia
n1
large genus of coarse gummy herbs of western North and Central America;

- syn. Grindelia;

genus Griselinia
n1
evergreen shrubs of New Zealand and South America;

- syn. Griselinia;

genus Grison
n1
a genus of Mustelidae;

genus Groenlandia
n1
a monocotyledonous genus of the family Potamogetonaceae;

- syn. Groenlandia;

genus Grus
n1
type genus of the Gruidae: typical cranes;

- syn. Grus;

genus Guaiacum
n1
small genus of evergreen resinous trees or shrubs of warm and tropical America;

- syn. Guaiacum;

genus Guevina
n1
one species: Chilean nut;

- syn. Guevina;

genus Gulo
n1
a genus of Mustelidae;

- syn. Gulo;

genus Gutierrezia
n1
sticky perennial herbs and subshrubs of western North America and warm South America;

- syn. Gutierrezia;

genus Gymnadenia
n1
small genus of terrestrial orchids of North America and temperate Eurasia;

- syn. Gymnadenia;

genus Gymnadeniopsis
n1
genus of North American terrestrial orchids usually included in genus Habenaria;

- syn. Gymnadeniopsis;

genus Gymnelis
n1
a genus of Zoarcidae;

- syn. Gymnelis;

genus Gymnocalycium
n1
large genus of low-growing globular South American cacti with spiny ribs covered with many tubercles;

- syn. Gymnocalycium;

genus Gymnocarpium
n1
oak ferns: in some classification systems included in genus Thelypteris;

- syn. Gymnocarpium;

genus Gymnocladus
n1
small genus of deciduous trees of China and United States having paniculate flowers and thick pulpy pods;

- syn. Gymnocladus;

genus Gymnogyps
n1
containing solely the California condor;

- syn. Gymnogyps;

genus Gymnopilus
n1
a genus of fungus characterized by the orange color of the spore deposit;

- syn. Gymnopilus;

genus Gymnorhina
n1
in some classifications placed in the family Laniidae: Australian piping crows;

- syn. Gymnorhina;

genus Gymnosporangium
n1
genus of fungi that produce galls on cedars and other conifers of genera Juniperus and Libocedrus and causes rust spots on apples and pears and other plants of family Rosaceae;

- syn. Gymnosporangium;

genus Gymnura
n1
butterfly rays;

- syn. Gymnura;

genus Gynura
n1
genus of Old World tropical herbs: velvet plants;

- syn. Gynura;

genus Gypaetus
n1
in some classifications the type genus of the family Aegypiidae;

- syn. Gypaetus;

genus Gyps
n1
a genus of Accipitridae;

- syn. Gyps;

genus Gypsophila
n1
Mediterranean herbs having small white or pink flowers;

- syn. Gypsophila;

genus Gyromitra
n1
a genus of fungi of the family Helvellaceae with a fertile portion that is tan to brown;

genus Haastia
n1
genus of New Zealand mat-forming herbs or subshrubs: vegetable sheep;

- syn. Haastia;

genus Habenaria
n1
chiefly terrestrial orchids with tubers or fleshy roots often having long slender spurs and petals and lip lobes;

- includes species formerly placed in genus Gymnadeniopsis;

- syn. Habenaria;

genus Hackelia
n1
stickweed;

- beggar's lice;

- syn. Hackelia, Lappula, genus Lappula;

genus Haemanthus
n1
genus of African deciduous or evergreen bulbous herbs: blood lilies;

- syn. Haemanthus;

genus Haematobia
n1
European genus of bloodsucking flies;

- syn. Haematobia;

genus Haematopus
n1
oystercatchers;

- syn. Haematopus;

genus Haematoxylon
n1
small genus of tropical American spiny bushy shrubs or trees;

- syn. Haematoxylon, Haematoxylum, genus Haematoxylum;

genus Haematoxylum
n1
small genus of tropical American spiny bushy shrubs or trees;

- syn. Haematoxylon, Haematoxylum, genus Haematoxylon;

genus Haemodorum
n1
type genus of family Haemodoraceae;

- syn. Haemodorum;

genus Haemopis
n1
leeches;

- syn. Haemopis;

genus Haemoproteus
n1
type genus of the family Haemoproteidae;

- syn. Haemoproteus;

genus Haemulon
n1
type genus of the Haemulidae;

- syn. Haemulon;

genus Hakea
n1
Australian shrubs and small trees with evergreen usually spiny leaves and dense clusters of showy flowers;

- syn. Hakea;

genus Halcyon
n1
a large kingfisher widely distributed in warmer parts of the Old World;

- syn. Halcyon;

genus Haldea
n1
ground snakes;

- syn. Haldea;

genus Halenia
n1
genus of herbs of Eurasia and the Americas: spurred gentians;

- syn. Halenia;

genus Halesia
n1
deciduous small trees or shrubs of China and eastern North America;

- syn. Halesia;

genus Haliaeetus
n1
a genus of Accipitridae;

- syn. Haliaeetus;

genus Halicoeres
n1
a genus of Labridae;

- syn. Halicoeres;

genus Halimodendron
n1
one species: salt tree;

- syn. Halimodendron;

genus Haliotis
n1
type genus of the family Haliotidae;

- syn. Haliotis;

genus Halocarpus
n1
dioecious trees or shrubs of New Zealand;

- similar in habit to Dacrydium;

- syn. Halocarpus;

genus Halogeton
n1
a caryophyllaceous genus of the family Chenopodiaceae;

genus Hamamelidanthum
n1
genus of fossil plants of the Oligocene having flowers resembling those of the witch hazel;

- found in Baltic region;

- syn. Hamamelidanthum;

genus Hamamelidoxylon
n1
genus of fossil plants having wood identical with or similar to that of the witch hazel;

- syn. Hamamelidoxylon;

genus Hamamelis
n1
deciduous shrubs or small trees: witch hazel;

- syn. Hamamelis;

genus Hamamelites
n1
genus of fossil plants having leaves similar to those of the witch hazel;

- syn. Hamamelites;

genus Hamelia
n1
evergreen tropical American shrubs or small trees;

genus Haminoea
n1
common genus of marine bubble shells of the Pacific coast of North America;

- syn. Haminoea;

genus Haplopappus
n1
genus of North and South American perennial herbs or shrubs with yellow flowers;

- in some classifications include species placed in other genera especially Hazardia;

- syn. Haplopappus;

genus Hardenbergia
n1
small genus of Australian woody vines with small violet flowers;

- closely related to genus Kennedia;

- syn. Hardenbergia;

genus Harpia
n1
a genus of Accipitridae;

- syn. Harpia;

genus Harpullia
n1
genus of tropical Asiatic and African trees;

genus Harrisia
n1
genus of slender often treelike spiny cacti with solitary showy nocturnal white or pink flowers;

- Florida and Caribbean to South America;

- syn. Harrisia;

genus Hatiora
n1
small genus of South American epiphytic or lithophytic cacti;

- syn. Hatiora;

genus Hazardia
n1
small genus of shrubs and subshrubs of western United States having flowers that change color as they mature;

- syn. Hazardia;

genus Hedeoma
n1
small genus of American herbs (American pennyroyal);

- syn. Hedeoma;

genus Hedera
n1
Old World woody vines;

- syn. Hedera;

genus Hedysarum
n1
genus of herbs of north temperate regions;

- syn. Hedysarum;

genus Helenium
n1
genus of American herbs with flowers having yellow rays: sneezeweeds;

- syn. Helenium;

genus Heleodytes
n1
alternative classifications for the cactus wrens;

- syn. Campylorhynchus, Heleodytes, genus Campylorhynchus;

genus Heliamphora
n1
genus of pitcher plants of the Guiana Highlands in South America;

- syn. Heliamphora;

genus Helianthemum
n1
widely distributed evergreen or semi-evergreen shrublets;

- America;

- Europe and North Africa to Asia Minor and central Asia;

genus Helianthus
n1
genus of tall erect or branched American annual or perennial herbs with showy flowers: sunflowers;

genus Helichrysum
n1
large genus of mostly African and Australian herbs and shrubs: everlasting flowers;

- in some classifications includes genus Ozothamnus;

- syn. Helichrysum;

genus Helicteres
n1
genus of shrubs and small trees of tropical America and Asia having cylindrical fruits spirally twisted around one another;

- syn. Helicteres;

genus Heliobacter
n1
a genus of helical or curved or straight aerobic bacteria with rounded ends and multiple flagella;

- found in the gastric mucosa of primates (including humans);

- syn. Heliobacter;

genus Heliophila
n1
genus of South African flowering herbs and subshrubs;

genus Heliopsis
n1
oxeye;

genus Heliothis
n1
a genus of Noctuidae;

- syn. Heliothis;

genus Helipterum
n1
genus of South African and Australian herbs or shrubs grown as everlastings;

- the various Helipterum species are currently in process of being assigned to other genera especially genera Pteropogon and Hyalosperma;

- syn. Helipterum;

genus Helix
n1
type genus of the family Helicidae;

- syn. Helix;

genus Helleborus
n1
a genus of Helleborus;

- syn. Helleborus;

genus Helminthostachys
n1
one species: terrestrial fern of southeastern Asia and Australia;

- syn. Helminthostachys;

genus Heloderma
n1
type genus of the Helodermatidae;

- American venomous lizards;

- syn. Heloderma;

genus Helotium
n1
type genus of the Helotiaceae;

- syn. Helotium;

genus Helvella
n1
type genus of the Helvellaceae;

genus Helwingia
n1
deciduous dioecious shrubs native to woodland thickets in low mountains in Japan;

- syn. Helwingia;

genus Helxine
n1
one species;

- a dwarf creeping mat-forming evergreen herb;

- syn. Helxine, Soleirolia, genus Soleirolia;

genus Hemachatus
n1
ringhals;

- syn. Hemachatus;

genus Hemerocallis
n1
east Asian rhizomatous clump-forming perennial herbs having flowers on long leafless stalks;

- cosmopolitan in cultivation: day lilies;

- sometimes placed in subfamily Hemerocallidaceae;

- syn. Hemerocallis;

genus Hemigalus
n1
banded palm civets;

- syn. Hemigalus;

genus Hemigrammus
n1
tetras;

- syn. Hemigrammus;

genus Hemipteronatus
n1
razor fish;

- syn. Hemipteronatus;

genus Hemitripterus
n1
sea ravens;

- syn. Hemitripterus;

genus Hepatica
n1
small genus of perennial herbs of north temperate regions;

- allied to genus Anemone;

genus Heracleum
n1
widely distributed genus of plants with usually thick rootstocks and large umbels of white flowers;

- syn. Heracleum;

genus Heritiera
n1
small genus of timber trees of eastern Asia, Australasia and tropical Africa that form large buttresses;

- syn. Heritiera, Terrietia, genus Terrietia;

genus Hermannia
n1
genus of African herbs and subshrubs having honey-scented bell-shaped flowers;

- syn. Hermannia;

genus Hermissenda
n1
genus of marine sea slugs;

- syn. Hermissenda;

genus Hernaria
n1
low-growing Old World herbs with minute bright green leaves;

- syn. Hernaria;

genus Herpestes
n1
mongooses;

- syn. Herpestes;

genus Herrerasaurus
n1
primitive theropod found in Argentina;

- early Triassic;

genus Hesperiphona
n1
evening grosbeak;

- syn. Hesperiphona;

genus Hesperis
n1
biennial or perennial erect herbs having nocturnally fragrant flowers;

- syn. Hesperis;

genus Heteranthera
n1
mud plantains;

- syn. Heteranthera;

genus Heterocephalus
n1
sand rats;

- syn. Heterocephalus;

genus Heterodon
n1
a genus of small colubrid snakes containing the North American hognose snakes;

- syn. Heterodon;

genus Heteromeles
n1
one species: toyon;

- in some classifications included in genus Photinia;

- syn. Heteromeles;

genus Heteroscelus
n1
tattlers;

- syn. Heteroscelus;

genus Heterotheca
n1
genus of yellow-flowered North American herbs;

- syn. Heterotheca;

genus Heuchera
n1
genus of North American herbs with basal cordate or orbicular leaves and small panicled flowers;

- syn. Heuchera;

genus Hevea
n1
small genus of South American trees yielding latex;

- "rubber trees are usually cultivated in plantations";

- syn. Hevea, rubber tree;

genus Hexagrammos
n1
type genus of the Hexagrammidae;

- syn. Hexagrammos;

genus Hexalectris
n1
a monocotyledonous genus of the family Orchidaceae;

- syn. Hexalectris;

genus Hexamita
n1
flagellates free-living or parasitic in intestines of birds;

- syn. Hexamita;

genus Hexanchus
n1
a genus of Hexanchidae;

- syn. Hexanchus;

genus Hibbertia
n1
evergreen heathlike or scandent shrubs of Madagascar;

- Australasia;

- Polynesia;

- syn. Hibbertia;

genus Hibiscus
n1
large genus of tropical and subtropical herbs and shrubs and trees often grown as ornamentals for their profusion of large flowers in a variety of colors;

genus Hieracium
n1
large genus of perennial hairy herbs of Europe to western Asia to northwestern Africa and North America;

- few are ornamental;

- often considered congeneric with Pilosella;

- syn. Hieracium;

genus Himantoglossum
n1
small genus of terrestrial orchids of Europe and Mediterranean region;

- syn. Himantoglossum;

genus Himantopus
n1
major one of two genera of stilts;

- similar to avocets but with straight bills;

- syn. Himantopus;

genus Hippeastrum
n1
bulbous flowering plants of tropical America;

genus Hippobosca
n1
type genus of the Hippoboscidae;

- syn. Hippobosca;

genus Hippocampus
n1
seahorses;

- syn. Hippocampus;

genus Hippocrepis
n1
species of Old World herbs or subshrubs: horseshoe vetch;

- syn. Hippocrepis;

genus Hippodamia
n1
genus of ladybugs;

- syn. Hippodamia;

genus Hippoglossoides
n1
a genus of Pleuronectidae;

- syn. Hippoglossoides;

genus Hippoglossus
n1
halibuts;

- syn. Hippoglossus;

genus Hippopotamus
n1
type genus of the Hippopotamidae;

genus Hipposideros
n1
horseshoe bats;

- syn. Hipposideros;

genus Hippotragus
n1
sable antelopes;

- syn. Hippotragus;

genus Hipsurus
n1
a genus of Embiotocidae;

- syn. Hipsurus;

genus Hirudo
n1
type genus of the family Hirudinidae;

- syn. Hirudo;

genus Hirundo
n1
type genus of the Hirundinidae;

- syn. Hirundo;

genus Hoheria
n1
small genus of shrubs and small trees of New Zealand: lacebarks;

- syn. Hoheria;

genus Holarrhena
n1
genus of deciduous trees and shrubs of tropical Africa and Asia;

- syn. Holarrhena;

genus Holbrookia
n1
earless lizards;

- syn. Holbrookia;

genus Holcus
n1
a genus of Old World grasses widely cultivated in America;

- syn. Holcus;

genus Holocentrus
n1
type genus of the family Holocentridae;

- squirrelfishes;

- syn. Holocentrus;

genus Holothuria
n1
type genus of the Holothuridae;

- syn. Holothuria;

genus Homarus
n1
type genus of the family Homaridae: common edible lobsters;

- syn. Homarus;

genus Homo
n1
type genus of the family Hominidae;

genus Homogyne
n1
small genus of low perennial herbs of montane Europe;

- in some classifications included in genus Tussilago;

- syn. Homogyne;

genus Homona
n1
tea tortrix;

- syn. Homona;

genus Hordeum
n1
annual to perennial grasses of temperate northern hemisphere and South America: barley;

- syn. Hordeum;

genus Horneophyton
n1
Devonian fossil plant considered one of the earliest forms of vascular land plants;

- similar to genus Rhynia but smaller;

- syn. Horneophyton;

genus Hosta
n1
robust east Asian clump-forming perennial herbs having racemose flowers: plantain lilies;

- sometimes placed in family Hostaceae;

- syn. Funka, Hosta, genus Funka;

genus Hottonia
n1
aquatic herbs;

- syn. Hottonia;

genus Houttuynia
n1
one species;

- east Asian low-growing plant of wet places;

- syn. Houttuynia;

genus Hovea
n1
genus of Australian evergreen shrubs;

genus Hoya
n1
large genus of climbing shrubs of Australia and Asia and Polynesia;

genus Hudsonia
n1
small evergreen subshrubs of North America;

- syn. Hudsonia;

genus Hugueninia
n1
one species: tansy-leaved rocket;

- syn. Hugueninia;

genus Hulsea
n1
small genus of erect balsam-scented herbs;

- Pacific coast of the northwestern United States;

- syn. Hulsea;

genus Humulus
n1
hops: hardy perennial vines of Europe, North America and central and eastern Asia producing a latex sap;

- in some classifications included in the family Urticaceae;

- syn. Humulus;

genus Hunnemania
n1
one species: golden cup;

- syn. Hunnemannia;

genus Hyacinthoides
n1
small genus of perennial bulbs of western Europe and North Africa;

- sometimes placed in family Hyacinthaceae;

- syn. Hyacinthoides;

genus Hyacinthus
n1
sometimes placed in family Hyacinthaceae as the type genus;

genus Hyaena
n1
type genus of the Hyaenidae;

genus Hyalophora
n1
American silkworm moth;

- syn. Hyalophora;

genus Hyalosperma
n1
genus of herbs of temperate Australia including some from genus Helipterum;

- syn. Hyalosperma;

genus Hybanthus
n1
a genus of herbs and small shrubs with white or purple flowers;

- grows in tropical or subtropical regions;

- syn. Hybanthus;

genus Hydnocarpus
n1
medium to large Indonesian and Malaysian trees;

- syn. Hydnocarpus, Taraktagenos, Taraktogenos, genus Taraktagenos, genus Taraktogenos;

genus Hydnum
n1
type genus of Hydnaceae;

- syn. Hydnum;

genus Hydra
n1
hydras;

genus Hydrangea
n1
type genus of Hydrangeaceae;

- large genus of shrubs and some trees and vines with white or pink or blue flower clusters;

- sometimes placed in family Saxifragaceae;

genus Hydrastis
n1
small genus of perennial herbs having rhizomes and palmate leaves and small solitary flowers;

- of northeastern United States and Japan;

- syn. Hydrastis;

genus Hydrilla
n1
one species;

genus Hydrobates
n1
type genus of the Hydrobatidae;

- syn. Hydrobates;

genus Hydrocharis
n1
frogbit;

- syn. Hydrocharis;

genus Hydrochoerus
n1
a genus of Hydrochoeridae;

- syn. Hydrochoerus;

genus Hydrodamalis
n1
a genus of the family Dugongidae comprising only Steller's sea cow;

- syn. Hydrodamalis;

genus Hydromantes
n1
web-toed salamanders;

- syn. Hydromantes;

genus Hydromys
n1
water rats;

- syn. Hydromys;

genus Hydrophyllum
n1
waterleaf;

- syn. Hydrophyllum;

genus Hyemoschus
n1
water chevrotains;

- syn. Hyemoschus;

genus Hygrocybe
n1
a genus of fungi belonging to the family Hygrophoraceae;

- syn. Hygrocybe;

genus Hygrophorus
n1
a genus of fungi belonging to the family Hygrophoraceae;

- syn. Hygrophorus;

genus Hygrotrama
n1
a genus of fungi belonging to the family Hygrophoraceae;

- syn. Hygrotrama;

genus Hyla
n1
the type genus of the Hylidae;

- tree toads;

- syn. Hyla;

genus Hylactophryne
n1
barking frogs;

- syn. Hylactophryne;

genus Hylobates
n1
gibbons;

- syn. Hylobates;

genus Hylocereus
n1
genus of climbing or epiphytic tropical American cacti with angular stems and mostly white very fragrant flowers;

- syn. Hylocereus;

genus Hylocichla
n1
American thrush: wood thrush;

- hermit thrush;

- veery;

- syn. Hylocichla;

genus Hylophylax
n1
a genus of Formicariidae;

- syn. Hylophylax;

genus Hymenaea
n1
genus of tropical American timber trees;

- syn. Hymenaea;

genus Hymenanthera
n1
a genus of slender evergreen shrubs;

- grow in Australia and New Zealand;

- syn. Hymenanthera;

genus Hymenophyllum
n1
type genus of the Hymenophyllaceae: filmy ferns;

- syn. Hymenophyllum;

genus Hynerpeton
n1
earliest fossil amphibian ever found;

- of the Devonian;

- found in Pennsylvania;

- syn. Hynerpeton;

genus Hyoscyamus
n1
genus of poisonous herbs: henbane;

- syn. Hyoscyamus;

genus Hypentelium
n1
a genus of fish in the family Catostomidae;

- syn. Hypentelium;

genus Hypericum
n1
large almost cosmopolitan genus of evergreen or deciduous shrubs and herbs with often showy yellow flowers;

- cosmopolitan except tropical lowlands and Arctic or high altitudes and desert regions;

- syn. Hypericum;

genus Hyperoglyphe
n1
a genus of Stromateidae;

- syn. Hyperoglyphe;

genus Hyperoodon
n1
bottle-nosed whales;

- syn. Hyperoodon;

genus Hyphantria
n1
fall webworms;

- syn. Hyphantria;

genus Hypochaeris
n1
widely distributed genus of herbs with milky juice;

- includes some cosmopolitan weeds;

- syn. Hypochaeris, Hypochoeris, genus Hypochoeris;

genus Hypochoeris
n1
widely distributed genus of herbs with milky juice;

- includes some cosmopolitan weeds;

- syn. Hypochaeris, Hypochoeris, genus Hypochaeris;

genus Hypoderma
n1
in some classifications considered the type genus of the family Hypodermatidae: warble flies;

- syn. Hypoderma;

genus Hypopachus
n1
sheep frogs;

- syn. Hypopachus;

genus Hypopitys
n1
term used in some classifications for the pinesaps, which are usually included in the genus Monotropa;

- syn. Hypopitys;

genus Hypoxis
n1
small plants that resemble amaryllis and that grow from a corm and bear flowers on a leafless stalk;

- sometimes classified as member of the family Amaryllidaceae: star grass;

- syn. Hypoxis;

genus Hypsiglena
n1
night snakes;

- syn. Hypsiglena;

genus Hypsiprymnodon
n1
musk kangaroos;

- syn. Hypsiprymnodon;

genus Hyracotherium
n1
extinct horse genus;

- formerly called eohippus;

- syn. Hyracotherium;

genus Hyssopus
n1
Eurasian genus of perennial herbs or subshrubs;

- syn. Hyssopus;

genus Iberis
n1
Old World herbs and subshrubs: candytuft;

- syn. Iberis;

genus Ibero-mesornis
n1
a genus of fossil bird of the subclass Archaeornithes;

genus Ibis
n1
ibises;

genus Ichthyosaurus
n1
type genus of the Ichthyosauridae;

genus Ichthyostega
n1
second earliest fossil amphibian ever found;

- of the Devonian;

- found in Greenland;

genus Ictalurus
n1
channel catfishes;

- syn. Ictalurus;

genus Icteria
n1
New World chats;

- syn. Icteria;

genus Icterus
n1
type genus of the Icteridae;

- syn. Icterus;

genus Ictiobus
n1
buffalo fishes;

- syn. Ictiobus;

genus Ictonyx
n1
a genus of Mustelidae;

- syn. Ictonyx;

genus Idesia
n1
one species;

genus Iguana
n1
type genus of the Iguanidae;

genus Iguanodon
n1
type genus of the Iguanodontidae;

genus Ilex
n1
a large genus of dicotyledonous trees and shrubs of the family Aquifoliaceae that have small flowers and berries (including hollies);

- syn. Ilex;

genus Iliamna
n1
small genus of perennial herbs or subshrubs;

- some often placed in other genera;

- syn. Iliamna;

genus Illecebrum
n1
one species: coral necklace;

- syn. Illecebrum;

genus Illicium
n1
anise trees: evergreen trees with aromatic leaves;

- syn. Illicium;

genus Impatiens
n1
annual or perennial herbs with stems more or less succulent;

- cosmopolitan except for South America, Australia, and New Zealand;

genus Inachis
n1
a genus of Nymphalidae;

- syn. Inachis;

genus Indigofera
n1
genus of tropical herbs and shrubs having odd-pinnate leaves and spurred flowers in long racemes or spikes;

- syn. Indigofera;

genus Indri
n1
type genus of the Indriidae;

genus Inga
n1
genus of tropical trees or shrubs;

genus Inula
n1
genus of Old World herbs or subshrubs: elecampane;

genus Ipomoea
n1
morning glory;

- syn. Ipomoea;

genus Irena
n1
type genus of the Irenidae: fairy bluebirds;

- syn. Irena;

genus Iresine
n1
genus of tropical American herbs or subshrubs;

- syn. Iresine;

genus Iridoprocne
n1
a genus of Hirundinidae;

- syn. Iridoprocne;

genus Iris
n1
large genus of perennials that develop from bulbs or rhizomes;

genus Irvingia
n1
wild mango;

- syn. Irvingia;

genus Isatis
n1
Old World genus of annual to perennial herbs: woad;

- syn. Isatis;

genus Ischigualastia
n1
early reptile found in Argentina;

- syn. Ischigualastia;

genus Isoetes
n1
type and genus of the Isoetaceae and sole extant genus of the order Isoetales;

- syn. Isoetes;

genus Isopyrum
n1
tufted perennial herbs of northern hemisphere;

- syn. Isopyrum;

genus Istiophorus
n1
type genus of the Istiophoridae;

- syn. Istiophorus;

genus Isurus
n1
mako sharks;

- syn. Isurus;

genus Iva
n1
small genus of American herbs or shrubs;

- in some classifications placed in a separate family Ambrosiaceae;

genus Ixia
n1
a monocotyledonous genus of the family Iridaceae;

- syn. Ixia;

genus Ixobrychus
n1
bitterns;

- syn. Ixobrychus;

genus Ixodes
n1
type genus of the family Ixodidae;

- syn. Ixodes;

genus Jabiru
n1
jabirus;

genus Jacksonia
n1
genus of yellow-flowered Australian unarmed or spiny shrubs without true leaves but having leaflike stems or branches;

- syn. Jacksonia;

genus Jacquinia
n1
sometimes placed in family Myrsinaceae;

- syn. Jacquinia;

genus Jaculus
n1
jerboas;

- syn. Jaculus;

genus Jambos
n1
used in some classifications for rose apples (Eugenia jambos);

- syn. Jambos;

genus Jamesonia
n1
xerophytic ferns of South America;

- syn. Jamesonia;

genus Jasminum
n1
shrubs and woody climbers mostly of tropical and temperate Old World: jasmine;

- jessamine;

- syn. Jasminum;

genus Jatropha
n1
a mainly tropical genus of American plant belonging to the family Euphorbiaceae;

- syn. Jatropha;

genus Javanthropus
n1
former genus of primitive man;

- now Homo soloensis: comprises Solo man;

- syn. Javanthropus;

genus Jordanella
n1
flagfishes;

- syn. Jordanella;

genus Juglans
n1
type genus of the Juglandaceae;

- syn. Juglans;

genus Junco
n1
American finches;

genus Juncus
n1
type genus of the Juncaceae;

- perennial tufted glabrous marsh plants of temperate regions: rushes;

- syn. Juncus;

genus Juniperus
n1
junipers;

- syn. Juniperus;

genus Jynx
n1
wrynecks;

- syn. Jynx;

genus Kakatoe
n1
a genus of Psittacidae;

- syn. Cacatua, Kakatoe, genus Cacatua;

genus Kalmia
n1
erect evergreen shrubs: mountain laurel;

genus Kalotermes
n1
type genus of Kalotermitidae;

- termites destructive of wood and living trees;

- syn. Kalotermes;

genus Katsuwonus
n1
oceanic bonitos;

- in some classifications placed in its own family Katsuwonidae;

- syn. Katsuwonus;

genus Kennedia
n1
genus of Australian woody vines having showy red or purplish flowers;

- syn. Kennedia, Kennedya, genus Kennedya;

genus Kennedya
n1
genus of Australian woody vines having showy red or purplish flowers;

- syn. Kennedia, Kennedya, genus Kennedia;

genus Kenyapithecus
n1
extinct primate having powerful chewing muscles along with large molars and small incisors;

- fossils found in Kenya;

- syn. Kenyapithecus;

genus Keteleeria
n1
a genus of keteleeria;

genus Khaya
n1
African mahogany trees;

- syn. Khaya;

genus Kiggelaria
n1
small genus of South African shrubs or small trees;

- syn. Kiggelaria;

genus Kinosternon
n1
type genus of the Kinosternidae;

- syn. Kinosternon;

genus Kirkia
n1
small genus of tropical South African trees and shrubs;

- syn. Kirkia;

genus Klebsiella
n1
a genus of bacteria;

genus Knightia
n1
small genus of trees or shrubs of New Zealand and New Caledonia;

- syn. Knightia;

genus Kniphofia
n1
genus of showy clump-forming African herbs with grasslike leaves;

- sometimes placed in family Aloeaceae;

genus Kobus
n1
African antelopes: waterbucks;

- syn. Kobus;

genus Kochia
n1
summer cypress;

- syn. Bassia, Kochia, genus Bassia;

genus Koellia
n1
American mountain mint;

- syn. Koellia, Pycnanthemum, genus Pycnanthemum;

genus Kogia
n1
pygmy sperm whales;

- syn. Kogia;

genus Kohleria
n1
genus of tropical American shrubs;

genus Kolkwitzia
n1
Chinese genus of 1 species: beauty bush;

- syn. Kolkwitzia;

genus Kosteletzya
n1
small genus of herbs of southeastern United States and tropical America and Africa;

- syn. Kosteletzya;

genus Krigia
n1
small herbs closely related to chicory: dwarf dandelions;

genus Krypterophaneron
n1
a genus of fish in the family Anomalopidae;

- syn. Krypterophaneron;

genus Kyphosus
n1
type genus of the Kyphosidae;

- syn. Kyphosus;

genus Lablab
n1
one species: hyacinth bean;

- syn. Lablab;

genus Laburnum
n1
flowering shrubs or trees having bright yellow flowers;

- all parts of the plant are poisonous;

- syn. Laburnum;

genus Laccopetalum
n1
one species: giant buttercup;

- syn. Laccopetalum;

genus Lacerta
n1
type genus of the Lacertidae;

- syn. Lacerta;

genus Lachnolaimus
n1
a genus of Labridae;

- syn. Lachnolaimus;

genus Lactarius
n1
large genus of agarics that have white spore and contain a white or milky juice when cut or broken;

- includes both edible and poisonous species;

- syn. Lactarius;

genus Lactobacillus
n1
type genus of the family Lactobacillaceae;

genus Lactophrys
n1
a genus of Ostraciidae;

- syn. Lactophrys;

genus Lactuca
n1
an herb with milky juice: lettuce;

- prickly lettuce;

- syn. Lactuca;

genus Laelia
n1
large genus of mostly epiphytic or lithophytic Central and South American orchids of various sizes;

genus Lagarostrobus
n1
genus of dioecious evergreen trees of New Zealand and Tasmania;

- similar to genus Dacrydium;

- syn. Lagarostrobus;

genus Lagenaria
n1
bottle gourds;

- syn. Lagenaria;

genus Lagenophera
n1
small genus of herbs of Australia and South America having small solitary white or purple flowers similar to true daisies of genus Bellis;

- syn. Lagenophera;

genus Lagerstroemia
n1
shrubs or small trees of tropical Asia and Africa usually with showy white, pink, or purplish flowers;

- syn. Lagerstroemia;

genus Lagidium
n1
a genus of Chinchillidae;

- syn. Lagidium;

genus Lagodon
n1
a genus of Sparidae;

- syn. Lagodon;

genus Lagopus
n1
ptarmigans;

- syn. Lagopus;

genus Lagorchestes
n1
hare wallabies;

- syn. Lagorchestes;

genus Lagostomus
n1
viscachas;

- syn. Lagostomus;

genus Lagothrix
n1
woolly monkeys;

- syn. Lagothrix;

genus Laguncularia
n1
a genus of Laguncularia;

- syn. Laguncularia;

genus Lama
n1
llamas;

- syn. Lama;

genus Lambertia
n1
small genus of Australian shrubs;

- syn. Lambertia;

genus Lambis
n1
scorpion shells of shallow tropical waters of the eastern hemisphere;

- syn. Lambis;

genus Laminaria
n1
type genus of the family Laminariaceae: perennial brown kelps;

- syn. Laminaria;

genus Lamium
n1
genus of Old World herbs: dead nettles;

- henbits;

- syn. Lamium;

genus Lamna
n1
a genus of Lamnidae;

- syn. Lamna;

genus Lampris
n1
type genus of the Lampridae;

- syn. Lampris;

genus Lampropeltis
n1
king snakes and milk snakes;

- syn. Lampropeltis;

genus Languas
n1
perennial rhizomatous herbs of Asia and Australia and Polynesia having ginger-scented rhizomes;

- syn. Alpinia, genus Alpinia, genus Zerumbet;

genus Lanius
n1
type genus of the Laniidae: typical shrikes;

- syn. Lanius;

genus Lansium
n1
a dicotyledonous genus of the family Meliaceae;

genus Lanthanotus
n1
one species;

- syn. Lanthanotus;

genus Laportea
n1
mostly tropical stinging herbs or trees: nettle;

- syn. Laportea;

genus Lappula
n1
stickweed;

- beggar's lice;

- syn. Hackelia, Lappula, genus Hackelia;

genus Lardizabala
n1
evergreen monoecious climbers of South America having dark mauve-blue edible berries;

- syn. Lardizabala;

genus Larix
n1
larches;

- syn. Larix;

genus Larrea
n1
xerophytic evergreen shrubs;

- South America to southwestern United States;

- syn. Larrea;

genus Larus
n1
type genus of the Laridae;

- syn. Larus;

genus Lasiocampa
n1
type genus of the Lasiocampidae: eggars;

- syn. Lasiocampa;

genus Lasiurus
n1
a genus of Vespertilionidae;

- syn. Lasiurus;

genus Lasthenia
n1
small genus of herbs of Pacific coast of North and South America;

- syn. Lasthenia;

genus Lastreopsis
n1
tropical terrestrial shield ferns;

- syn. Lastreopsis;

genus Lates
n1
a genus of large percoid fishes of fresh and brackish water;

- syn. Lates;

genus Lathyrus
n1
genus of climbing herbs of Old World and temperate North and South America: vetchling;

- wild pea;

- syn. Lathyrus;

genus Latimeria
n1
type genus of the Latimeridae: coelacanth;

- syn. Latimeria;

genus Latrodectus
n1
venomous spiders;

- syn. Latrodectus;

genus Laurus
n1
small evergreen trees or shrubs with aromatic leaves;

- syn. Laurus;

genus Lavandula
n1
lavender;

- syn. Lavandula;

genus Lavatera
n1
widespread genus of herbs or softwood arborescent shrubs cultivated for their showy flowers;

- syn. Lavatera;

genus Layia
n1
genus of western United States annuals with showy yellow or white flowers;

- syn. Layia;

genus Lebistes
n1
guppies;

- syn. Lebistes;

genus Lecanopteris
n1
epiphytic ferns of southeastern Asia to New Guinea;

genus Lecanora
n1
type genus of Lecanoraceae;

- crustaceous lichens;

genus Leccinum
n1
a genus of fungi belonging to the family Boletaceae;

- syn. Leccinum;

genus Ledum
n1
evergreen shrubs of north temperate regions;

- syn. Ledum;

genus Leiopelma
n1
type and sole genus of the family Leiopelmatidae;

- syn. Leiopelma, Liopelma, genus Liopelma;

genus Leiophyllum
n1
one species: sand myrtle;

- syn. Leiophyllum;

genus Leipoa
n1
mallee fowl;

genus Leishmania
n1
flagellate protozoan that causes leishmaniasis;

- syn. Leishmania;

genus Leitneria
n1
one species: corkwood;

- syn. Leitneria;

genus Lemaireocereus
n1
tropical American cacti usually tall and branching with stout spines and funnel-shaped flowers and globular or ovoid often edible fruit;

- syn. Lemaireocereus;

genus lemmus
n1
lemmings;

- syn. Lemmus;

genus Lemna
n1
minute aquatic herbs floating on or below the water surface of still water consisting of a leaflike frond or plant body and single root;

- syn. Lemna;

genus Lemur
n1
type genus of the Lemuridae;

genus Lens
n1
genus of small erect or climbing herbs with pinnate leaves and small inconspicuous white flowers and small flattened pods: lentils;

- syn. Lens;

genus Lentinus
n1
a genus of fungus belonging to the family Tricholomataceae;

- syn. Lentinus;

genus Leonotis
n1
small genus of tropical herbs and subshrubs of South Africa;

- syn. Leonotis;

genus Leontideus
n1
tamarins;

- syn. Leontocebus, genus Leontocebus;

genus Leontocebus
n1
tamarins;

- syn. Leontocebus, genus Leontideus;

genus Leontodon
n1
hawkbit;

- syn. Leontodon;

genus Leontopodium
n1
edelweiss;

- syn. Leontopodium;

genus Leonurus
n1
genus of stout Old World herbs having flowers in whorls;

- syn. Leonurus;

genus Lepas
n1
type genus of the family Lepadidae;

- syn. Lepas;

genus Lepechinia
n1
a dicotyledonous genus of the family Labiatae;

- syn. Lepechinia, Sphacele, genus Sphacele;

genus Lepidium
n1
cosmopolitan genus of annual and biennial and perennial herbs: cress;

- syn. Lepidium;

genus Lepidobotrys
n1
a genus of dicotyledonous trees belonging to the family Lepidobotryaceae;

genus Lepidochelys
n1
ridleys;

- syn. Lepidochelys;

genus Lepidocybium
n1
a genus of Gempylidae;

- syn. Lepidocybium;

genus Lepidothamnus
n1
small usually shrubby conifers;

- syn. Lepidothamnus;

genus Lepiota
n1
agarics with white spores that includes several edible and poisonous mushrooms: parasol mushrooms;

genus Lepisma
n1
type genus of the Lepismatidae: silverfish;

- syn. Lepisma;

genus Lepisosteus
n1
type genus of the Lepisosteidae: freshwater gars;

- syn. Lepisosteus;

genus Lepomis
n1
bream;

- syn. Lepomis;

genus Leptarrhena
n1
one species: leatherleaf saxifrage;

- syn. Leptarrhena;

genus Leptinotarsa
n1
Colorado potato beetles;

- syn. Leptinotarsa;

genus Leptodactylus
n1
type genus of the Leptodactylidae;

- in some classifications placed in the family Bufonidae;

- syn. Leptodactylus;

genus Leptoglossus
n1
leaf-footed bugs;

- syn. Leptoglossus;

genus Leptopteris
n1
including some ferns sometimes placed in genus Todea;

- syn. Leptopteris;

genus Leptoptilus
n1
adjutant birds and marabous;

- syn. Leptoptilus;

genus Leptospira
n1
very slender aerobic spirochetes;

- free-living or parasitic in mammals;

genus Leptotyphlops
n1
blind snakes of Asia and Africa and Americas;

- syn. Leptotyphlops;

genus Lepus
n1
type genus of the Leporidae: hares;

- syn. Lepus;

genus Lespedeza
n1
genus of shrubs or herbs of tropical Asia and Australia and the eastern United States;

genus Lesquerella
n1
genus of low-growing hairy herbs: bladderpods;

- syn. Lesquerella;

genus Leucadendron
n1
large genus of evergreen trees and shrubs having silvery white leaves and solitary terminal flowers with conspicuous silvery bracts;

- syn. Leucadendron;

genus Leucaena
n1
small genus of tropical evergreen trees or shrubs having pods like those of the acacia;

- syn. Leucaena;

genus Leucanthemum
n1
comprises plants often included in the genus Chrysanthemum;

- syn. Leucanthemum;

genus Leuciscus
n1
a genus of fish including: dace, chub;

- syn. Leuciscus;

genus Leucocytozoan
n1
a genus of protoctist;

- syn. genus Leucocytozoon;

genus Leucocytozoon
n1
a genus of protoctist;

- syn. genus Leucocytozoan;

genus Leucogenes
n1
New Zealand edelweiss;

- syn. Leucogenes;

genus Leucothoe
n1
American and Asiatic deciduous and evergreen shrubs;

genus Levisticum
n1
genus of aromatic European herbs with yellow flowers;

- syn. Levisticum;

genus Lewisia
n1
genus of western North American low-growing herbs having linear woolly leaves and large pink flowers;

- syn. Lewisia;

genus Leycesteria
n1
small species of shrubs of western Himalayas to China;

- syn. Leycesteria;

genus Leymus
n1
genus that in some classifications overlaps the genus Elymus;

- syn. Leymus;

genus Liatris
n1
genus of perennial North American herbs with aromatic usually cormous roots;

- syn. Liatris;

genus Libocedrus
n1
cypresses that resemble cedars;

- syn. Libocedrus;

genus Lichanura
n1
boas of western North America;

- syn. Lichanura;

genus Ligularia
n1
genus of Old World herbs resembling groundsel: leopard plants;

- syn. Ligularia;

genus Ligustrum
n1
genus of Old World shrubs: privet;

- syn. Ligustrum;

genus Lilium
n1
type genus of Liliaceae;

- syn. Lilium;

genus Limanda
n1
a genus of Pleuronectidae;

- righteye flounders having a humped nose and small scales;

- the underside is often brightly colored;

- syn. Limanda;

genus Limax
n1
a genus of Limacidae;

- syn. Limax;

genus Limenitis
n1
mainly dark northern butterflies with white wing bars;

- syn. Limenitis;

genus Limnobium
n1
American frogbit;

- syn. Limnobium;

genus Limnocryptes
n1
snipe;

- syn. Limnocryptes;

genus Limnodromus
n1
dowitchers;

- syn. Limnodromus;

genus Limonium
n1
sea lavender;

- syn. Limonium;

genus Limosa
n1
godwits;

- syn. Limosa;

genus Limulus
n1
type genus of the family Limulidae;

- syn. Limulus;

genus Linanthus
n1
a genus of herbs of the family Polemoniaceae;

- found in western United States;

- syn. Linanthus;

genus Linaria
n1
genus of herbs and subshrubs having showy flowers: spurred snapdragon;

- syn. Linaria;

genus Lindera
n1
aromatic evergreen or deciduous dioecious shrubs or trees of eastern Asia and North America;

- syn. Lindera;

genus Lindheimera
n1
one species: Texas star;

- syn. Lindheimera;

genus Linnaea
n1
one species: twinflower;

- syn. Linnaea;

genus Linum
n1
a herbaceous plant genus of the family Linaceae with small sessile leaves;

- syn. Linum;

genus Liomys
n1
pocket mice;

- syn. Liomys;

genus Liopelma
n1
type and sole genus of the family Leiopelmatidae;

- syn. Leiopelma, Liopelma, genus Leiopelma;

genus Liparis
n1
genus of terrestrial and epiphytic orchids;

- pantropical to temperate;

n2
type genus of the Liparididae: snailfishes;

- syn. Liparis;

genus Liposcelis
n1
a genus of Psocidae;

- syn. Liposcelis;

genus Liquidambar
n1
sweet gum;

- syn. Liquidambar;

genus Liriodendron
n1
tulip trees;

- syn. Liriodendron;

genus Liriope
n1
sometimes placed in family Convallariaceae: lilyturf;

- syn. Liriope;

genus Listera
n1
genus of terrestrial orchids having usually a single pair of broad shining leaves near the middle of the stem;

- found in temperate Asia and North America and Europe;

- syn. Listera;

genus Listeria
n1
a genus of aerobic motile bacteria of the family Corynebacteriaceae containing small Gram-positive rods;

genus Litchi
n1
Chinese trees;

genus Lithocarpus
n1
tanbark oaks;

- syn. Lithocarpus;

genus Lithophragma
n1
small genus of perennial herbs of the western North America;

- syn. Lithophragma;

genus Lithops
n1
genus of stemless South African succulents;

genus Lithospermum
n1
annual or perennial herbaceous or shrubby plants;

- cosmopolitan except Australia;

- syn. Lithospermum;

genus Litocranius
n1
antelopes of eastern Africa: gerenuks;

- syn. Litocranius;

genus Littorina
n1
type genus of the family Littorinidae: periwinkles;

- syn. Littorina;

genus Livistona
n1
fan palms of Asia and Australia and Malaysia;

- syn. Livistona;

genus Loasa
n1
genus of tropical American prickly herbs or subshrubs;

genus Lobelia
n1
in some classifications considered the type genus of a separate family Lobeliaceae;

genus Lobipes
n1
a genus of Phalaropidae;

- syn. Lobipes;

genus Lobotes
n1
type genus of the Lobotidae;

- syn. Lobotes;

genus Lobularia
n1
sweet alyssum;

- syn. Lobularia;

genus Locusta
n1
a genus of Acrididae;

- syn. Locusta;

genus Lofortyx
n1
California quail;

- syn. Lofortyx;

genus Logania
n1
type genus of the Loganiaceae;

- Australian and New Zealand shrubs sometimes cultivated for their flowers;

- syn. Logania;

genus Loiseleuria
n1
one species: alpine azalea;

- syn. Loiseleuria;

genus Loligo
n1
squids;

genus Lolium
n1
darnel;

- ryegrass;

- syn. Lolium;

genus Lomatia
n1
small genus of low-growing evergreens of Chile and Australia;

- some yield dyes;

genus Lomogramma
n1
large scandent ferns of southeastern Asia;

- syn. Lomogramma;

genus Lonas
n1
one species: yellow ageratum;

- syn. Lonas;

genus Lonchocarpus
n1
genus of chiefly tropical American shrubs and trees having pinnate leaves and red or white flowers;

- syn. Lonchocarpus;

genus Lonicera
n1
woodbine;

- syn. Lonicera;

genus Lophius
n1
type genus of family Lophiidae;

- syn. Lophius;

genus Lophodytes
n1
a genus of Merginae;

- syn. Lophodytes;

genus Lopholatilus
n1
large brightly colored food fish of deep Atlantic waters;

- syn. Lopholatilus;

genus Lophophora
n1
two species of small cacti of northeastern Mexico and southwestern United States having rounded stems covered with jointed tubercles: mescal;

- syn. Lophophora;

genus Lophophorus
n1
monals;

- syn. Lophophorus;

genus Lophosoria
n1
one species: tree fern of Central and South America;

- syn. Lophosoria;

genus Loranthus
n1
type genus of the Loranthaceae: 1 species;

- syn. Loranthus;

genus Loris
n1
type genus of the Lorisidae;

genus Lota
n1
burbot;

- syn. Lota;

genus Lotus
n1
annual or perennial herbs or subshrubs;

- syn. Lotus;

genus Lovoa
n1
genus of African timber trees;

- syn. Lovoa;

genus Loxia
n1
crossbill;

- syn. Loxia;

genus Loxodonta
n1
a genus of Elephantidae;

- syn. Loxodonta;

genus Loxoma
n1
one species of terrestrial ferns of New Zealand;

- syn. Loxoma;

genus Loxostege
n1
garden webworms;

- syn. Loxostege;

genus Lucilia
n1
greenbottle flies;

- syn. Lucilia;

genus Lufengpithecus
n1
a genus of Hominidae;

- syn. Lufengpithecus;

genus Luffa
n1
dishcloth gourds;

genus Lumpenus
n1
a genus of Stichaeidae;

- syn. Lumpenus;

genus Lunaria
n1
small genus of European herbs: honesty;

- syn. Lunaria;

genus Lunda
n1
puffins;

- syn. Lunda;

genus Lupinus
n1
herbs or shrubs: lupin;

- syn. Lupinus;

genus Luscinia
n1
nightingales;

- syn. Luscinia;

genus Lutjanus
n1
type genus of the Lutjanidae: snappers;

- syn. Lutjanus;

genus Lutra
n1
in some classifications considered a genus of the subfamily Lutrinae;

- syn. Lutra;

genus Luvarus
n1
type genus of the Luvaridae;

- syn. Luvarus;

genus Lycaena
n1
type genus of the Lycaenidae;

- small slender butterflies with upper surface of wings usually metallic blue or green or copper;

- syn. Lycaena;

genus Lycaeon
n1
African hunting dog;

- syn. Lycaeon;

genus Lychnis
n1
genus of plants strongly resembling those of genus Silene: catchfly;

genus Lycium
n1
deciduous and evergreen shrubs often spiny;

- cosmopolitan in temperate and subtropical regions;

- syn. Lycium;

genus Lycoperdon
n1
genus of fungi whose fruiting body tapers toward a base consisting of spongy mycelium;

- syn. Lycoperdon;

genus Lycopersicon
n1
tomatoes;

- syn. Lycopersicon, Lycopersicum, genus Lycopersicum;

genus Lycopersicum
n1
tomatoes;

- syn. Lycopersicon, Lycopersicum, genus Lycopersicon;

genus Lycopodium
n1
type and sole genus of the Lycopodiaceae;

- erect or creeping evergreen plants often used for Christmas decorations;

- syn. Lycopodium;

genus Lycopus
n1
small genus of herbs of the mint family;

- syn. Lycopus;

genus Lycosa
n1
type genus of the family Lycosidae;

- syn. Lycosa;

genus Lyginopteris
n1
genus of fossil seed ferns of the Carboniferous;

- syn. Lyginopteris;

genus Lygodium
n1
chiefly tropical climbing ferns;

- syn. Lygodium;

genus Lygus
n1
plant-sucking bugs;

- syn. Lygus;

genus Lymantria
n1
type genus of the Lymantriidae;

- a pest (Lymantria means `destroyer');

- syn. Lymantria;

genus Lynx
n1
lynxes;

genus Lyonia
n1
evergreen or deciduous shrubs or small trees of United States to Antilles and eastern Asia to the Himalaya;

- syn. Lyonia;

genus Lyrurus
n1
black grouse;

- syn. Lyrurus;

genus Lysichiton
n1
skunk cabbage;

- syn. Lysichiton, Lysichitum, genus Lysichitum;

genus Lysichitum
n1
skunk cabbage;

- syn. Lysichiton, Lysichitum, genus Lysichiton;

genus Lysiloma
n1
small genus of tropical American trees and shrubs with pinnate leaves and flat straight pods;

- syn. Lysiloma;

genus Lysimachia
n1
loosestrife: a cosmopolitan genus found in damp or swampy terrain having usually yellow flowers;

- inclined to be invasive;

- syn. Lysimachia;

genus Lythrum
n1
loosestrife;

- syn. Lythrum;

genus Macaca
n1
macaques;

- rhesus monkeys;

- syn. Macaca;

genus Macadamia
n1
trees or shrubs;

- Madagascar to Australia;

genus Machaeranthera
n1
wildflowers of western North America;

- syn. Machaeranthera;

genus Macleaya
n1
a perennial herb of eastern Asia: plume poppy;

- syn. Macleaya;

genus Maclura
n1
yellowwood trees or shrubs;

- syn. Maclura;

genus Macowanites
n1
a stout-stemmed genus of fungus belonging to the family Secotiaceae having fruiting bodies that never expand completely;

- syn. Macowanites;

genus Macrocephalon
n1
maleos;

- syn. Macrocephalon;

genus Macrocheira
n1
giant crabs of Japan;

- syn. Macrocheira;

genus Macroclemys
n1
includes the alligator snapping turtle;

- syn. Macroclemys;

genus Macrodactylus
n1
a genus of Melolonthidae;

- syn. Macrodactylus;

genus Macronectes
n1
giant petrels;

- syn. Macronectes;

genus Macropus
n1
type genus of the family Macropodidae: typical kangaroos and wallabies;

- syn. Macropus;

genus Macrothelypteris
n1
medium to large terrestrial ferns of tropical Asia to Polynesia and Australia;

- naturalized in Americas;

- syn. Macrothelypteris;

genus Macrotis
n1
a genus of Peramelidae;

- syn. Macrotis;

genus Macrotus
n1
leafnose bats;

genus Macrotyloma
n1
annual or perennial vines of Africa and India and Australia;

- plants often placed in genus Dolichos;

- syn. Macrotyloma;

genus Macrozamia
n1
genus of large evergreen Australian cycads;

- sometimes classified in family Cycadaceae;

genus Macrozoarces
n1
a genus of Zoarcidae;

- syn. Macrozoarces;

genus Madia
n1
genus of sticky herbs with yellow flowers open in morning or evening but closed in bright light;

- syn. Madia;

genus Madoqua
n1
genus comprising some small antelopes of eastern and northeastern Africa;

- syn. Madoqua;

genus Maeandra
n1
brain corals;

- syn. Maeandra;

genus Magicicada
n1
seventeen-year locust;

- syn. Magicicada;

genus Magnolia
n1
shrubs or trees of North America or Asia having entire evergreen or deciduous leaves;

- among most ancient of angiosperm genera;

genus Mahonia
n1
evergreen shrubs and small trees of North and Central America and Asia;

- syn. Mahonia;

genus Maia
n1
type genus of the Majidae;

- nearly cosmopolitan in distribution;

- syn. Maia, Maja, genus Maja;

genus Maianthemum
n1
sometimes placed in family Convallariaceae: false lily of the valley;

- syn. Maianthemum;

genus Maja
n1
type genus of the Majidae;

- nearly cosmopolitan in distribution;

- syn. Maia, Maja, genus Maia;

genus Majorana
n1
small genus of herbs usually included in the genus Origanum;

- syn. Majorana;

genus Makaira
n1
marlins;

- syn. Makaira;

genus Malaclemys
n1
American terrapins;

- syn. Malaclemys;

genus Malacosoma
n1
tent caterpillars;

- syn. Malacosoma;

genus Malacothamnus
n1
genus of shrubs or small trees: chaparral mallow;

- syn. Malacothamnus;

genus Malaxis
n1
large genus of largely terrestrial orchids with one or a few plicate leaves and slender spikes or tiny mostly green flowers;

- cosmopolitan;

- syn. Malaxis;

genus Malcolmia
n1
genus of plants usually found in coastal habitats;

- Mediterranean to Afghanistan;

- syn. Malcolmia;

genus Mallotus
n1
capelins;

- syn. Mallotus;

genus Malope
n1
small genus of chiefly European herbs;

genus Malopterurus
n1
electric catfish;

- syn. Malopterurus;

genus Malosma
n1
one species;

- often included in the genus Rhus;

- syn. Malosma;

genus Malpighia
n1
type genus of the Malpighiaceae;

- syn. Malpighia;

genus Malus
n1
apple trees;

- found throughout temperate zones of the northern hemisphere;

- syn. Malus;

genus Malva
n1
herbs and subshrubs: mallows;

- syn. Malva;

genus Malvastrum
n1
genus of mallows characterized by red and yellow flowers often placed in other genera;

- syn. Malvastrum;

genus Malvaviscus
n1
small genus of shrubs of Central and South America: wax mallows;

- syn. Malvaviscus;

genus Mammea
n1
American and Asiatic trees having edible one-seeded fruit;

- syn. Mammea;

genus Mammillaria
n1
large genus of cacti characterized chiefly by nipple-shaped protuberances or tubercles on their surface;

genus Mammut
n1
extinct type genus of the Mammutidae: mastodons;

- syn. Mammut, genus Mastodon;

genus Mammuthus
n1
extinct genus: mammoths;

- syn. Mammuthus;

genus Mandevilla
n1
genus of tropical South American tuberous perennial woody vines with large racemose flowers and milky sap;

- syn. Dipladenia, Mandevilla, genus Dipladenia;

genus Mandragora
n1
a genus of stemless herbs of the family Solanaceae;

- syn. Mandragora;

genus Mandrillus
n1
baboons;

- syn. Mandrillus;

genus Manduca
n1
moths whose larvae are tobacco hornworms or tomato hornworms;

- syn. Manduca;

genus Mangifera
n1
tropical tree native to Asia bearing fleshy fruit;

- syn. Mangifera;

genus Manglietia
n1
a genus of flowering tree of the family Magnoliaceae found from Malay to southern China;

- syn. manglietia;

genus Manihot
n1
genus of economically important tropical plants: cassava;

- syn. Manihot;

genus Manilkara
n1
genus of large evergreen trees with milky latex;

- pantropical;

- syn. Manilkara;

genus Manis
n1
type genus of the Manidae;

- syn. Manis;

genus Manta
n1
a genus of Mobulidae;

genus Mantis
n1
type genus of the Mantidae: mantises;

genus Maranta
n1
herbs of tropical America;

genus Marasmius
n1
chiefly small mushrooms with white spores;

- syn. Marasmius;

genus Marattia
n1
type genus of the Marattiaceae: ferns having the sporangia fused together in two rows;

- syn. Marattia;

genus Marchantia
n1
type genus of Marchantiaceae;

- liverworts that reproduce asexually by gemmae and have stalked antheridiophores;

- syn. Marchantia;

genus Marmota
n1
marmots;

- syn. Marmota;

genus Marrubium
n1
Old World aromatic herbs: horehound;

- syn. Marrubium;

genus Marsilea
n1
clover ferns;

- syn. Marsilea;

genus Martes
n1
martens;

- syn. Martes;

genus Martynia
n1
in some classifications includes the unicorn plants;

genus Masdevallia
n1
large genus of tropical American mostly epiphytic orchids whose flowers have sepals fused at the base forming a tube;

- includes orchids sometimes placed in genera Dracula and Dryadella and Scaphosepalum;

genus Masticophis
n1
whip snakes;

- syn. Masticophis;

genus Mastigoproctus
n1
giant whip scorpions;

- syn. Mastigoproctus;

genus Mastodon
n1
extinct type genus of the Mammutidae: mastodons;

- syn. Mammut, genus Mammut;

genus Mastotermes
n1
primitive genus of termites;

- mostly extinct;

- sometimes considered the most primitive Isoptera;

- syn. Mastotermes;

genus Matricaria
n1
chiefly Old World strong-smelling weedy herbs;

- comprises plants sometimes included in other genera: e.g. Tanacetum;

- Tripleurospermum;

- syn. Matricaria;

genus Matteuccia
n1
small genus sometimes included in genus Onoclea;

- in some classifications both genera are placed in Polypodiaceae;

- syn. Matteuccia, Pteretis, genus Pteretis;

genus Matthiola
n1
genus of Old World plants grown as ornamentals;

- syn. Matthiola;

genus Maxillaria
n1
large genus of tropical American epiphytic orchids with persistent leathery leaves and single-flowered scapes;

genus Maxostoma
n1
a genus of fish in the family Catostomidae;

- syn. Maxostoma;

genus Mayaca
n1
small genus of delicate mossy bog plants having white or violet flowers;

- syn. Mayaca;

genus Mayetiola
n1
a genus of Cecidomyidae;

- syn. Mayetiola;

genus Mazama
n1
brockets;

- syn. Mazama;

genus Meconopsis
n1
herbs almost entirely of mountains of China and Tibet;

- often monocarpic;

- syn. Meconopsis;

genus Medicago
n1
a genus of herbs that resemble clover;

- syn. Medicago;

genus Medinilla
n1
tropical Old World ornamental evergreen shrubs having fleshy leaves and large panicles of white pink flowers;

- syn. Medinilla;

genus Megachile
n1
type genus of the Megachilidae: leaf-cutting bees;

- syn. Megachile;

genus Megaderma
n1
type genus of the Megadermatidae;

- syn. Megaderma;

genus Megalobatrachus
n1
giant salamanders;

- in some classifications included in the genus Cryptobranchus;

- syn. Megalobatrachus;

genus Megalosaurus
n1
type genus of the Megalosauridae;

genus Megaptera
n1
humpback whales;

- syn. Megaptera;

genus Megatherium
n1
type genus of the Megatheriidae;

- syn. Megatherium;

genus Melampodium
n1
herbs and subshrubs of warm North America;

- syn. Melampodium;

genus Melampsora
n1
rusts having sessile one-celled teliospores in a single layer;

- syn. Melampsora;

genus Melanerpes
n1
a genus of Picidae;

- syn. Melanerpes;

genus Melanitta
n1
scoters;

- syn. Melanitta;

genus Melanogrammus
n1
haddock;

- syn. Melanogrammus;

genus Melanoplus
n1
New World migratory locusts and common American grasshoppers;

- syn. Melanoplus;

genus Melanotis
n1
a genus of Mimidae;

- syn. Melanotis;

genus Melastoma
n1
type genus of Melastomataceae;

- Asiatic shrubs with leathery leaves and large purple flowers followed by edible fleshy black berries;

- syn. Melastoma;

genus Meleagris
n1
type genus of the Meleagrididae: wild and domestic turkeys;

- syn. Meleagris;

genus Meles
n1
in some classifications: type genus of the subfamily Melinae;

- syn. Meles;

genus Melia
n1
type genus of the Meliaceae: East Indian and Australian deciduous trees with leaves resembling those of the ash;

- syn. Melia;

genus Melicocca
n1
tropical American trees and shrubs bearing berries;

- syn. Melicocca, Melicoccus, genus Melicoccus;

genus Melicoccus
n1
tropical American trees and shrubs bearing berries;

- syn. Melicocca, Melicoccus, genus Melicocca;

genus Melicytus
n1
a genus of deciduous shrubs or trees;

- fruit is a berry;

- grow in New Zealand and Fiji and Solomon Islands;

- syn. Melicytus;

genus Melilotus
n1
Old World herbs: the sweet clovers;

genus Melissa
n1
a genus of Old World mints of the family Labiatae;

- syn. Melissa;

genus Mellivora
n1
ratels;

- syn. Mellivora;

genus Melocactus
n1
genus of strongly ribbed globose or spheroid cacti of tropical South and Central America and the Caribbean;

- syn. Melocactus;

genus Melogale
n1
a genus of Mustelidae;

- syn. Melogale;

genus Melolontha
n1
a genus of Melolonthidae;

- syn. Melolontha;

genus Melophagus
n1
an arthropod genus of wingless flies including the sheep ked;

- syn. Melophagus;

genus Melopsittacus
n1
a genus of Psittacidae;

- syn. Melopsittacus;

genus Melospiza
n1
American song sparrow and swamp sparrow;

- syn. Melospiza;

genus Melursus
n1
sloth bears;

- in some classifications not a separate genus from Ursus;

- syn. Melursus;

genus Menippe
n1
stone crabs;

- syn. Menippe;

genus Meniscium
n1
terrestrial ferns of tropical Americas;

- syn. Meniscium;

genus Menispermum
n1
climbing herbs;

- syn. Menispermum;

genus Menopon
n1
chicken lice;

- syn. Menopon;

genus Mentha
n1
mint plants;

- syn. Mentha;

genus Menticirrhus
n1
kingfishes;

- whiting;

- syn. Menticirrhus;

genus Mentzelia
n1
genus of bristly herbs or subshrubs of western America lacking stinging hairs;

- syn. Mentzelia;

genus Menura
n1
type and sole genus of the family Menuridae;

- syn. Menura;

genus Menyanthes
n1
the type genus of the Menyanthaceae;

- one species: bogbeans;

- syn. Menyanthes;

genus Menziesia
n1
deciduous shrubs of North America and eastern Asia;

- syn. Menziesia;

genus Mephitis
n1
in some classifications: type genus of the subfamily Mephitinae;

- syn. Mephitis;

genus Mercenaria
n1
a genus of Veneridae;

- syn. Mercenaria;

genus Mercurialis
n1
a genus of slender herbs belonging to the family Euphorbiaceae;

- syn. Mercurialis;

genus Mergus
n1
mergansers;

- syn. Mergus;

genus Meriones
n1
a genus of Cricetidae;

- syn. Meriones;

genus Merlangus
n1
whitings;

- syn. Merlangus;

genus Merluccius
n1
hakes;

- syn. Merluccius;

genus Merops
n1
type genus of the Meropidae;

- syn. Merops;

genus Mertensia
n1
a genus of herbs belonging to the family Boraginaceae that grow in temperate regions and have blue or purple flowers shaped like funnels;

- syn. Mertensia;

genus Meryta
n1
small to medium evergreen dioecious trees of oceanic climates: puka;

- syn. Meryta;

genus Mesembryanthemum
n1
South African annual or biennial plants having flowers that open only in bright sunlight;

- syn. Mesembryanthemum;

genus Mesocricetus
n1
golden hamsters;

- syn. Mesocricetus;

genus Mesohippus
n1
a genus of Equidae;

genus Mespilus
n1
medlars;

- syn. Mespilus;

genus Mesua
n1
genus of tropical Asiatic trees having large solitary flowers;

- syn. Mesua;

genus Metasequoia
n1
genus of deciduous conifers comprising both living and fossil forms;

- 1 extant species: dawn redwood of China;

- variously classified as member of Pinaceae or Taxodiaceae;

genus Metroxylon
n1
a genus of Malayan pinnate-leaved palm trees that flower and fruit once and then die;

- syn. Metroxylon;

genus Microcentrum
n1
katydids;

- syn. Microcentrum;

genus Micrococcus
n1
type genus of the family Micrococcaceae;

- syn. Micrococcus;

genus Microdipodops
n1
kangaroo mice;

- syn. Microdipodops;

genus Microgramma
n1
epiphytic ferns of tropical America and Africa;

- syn. Microgramma;

genus Micromeria
n1
large genus of fragrant chiefly Old World herbs;

- syn. Micromeria;

genus Micromyx
n1
Old World harvest mice;

- syn. Micromyx;

genus Micropogonias
n1
croakers;

- syn. Micropogonias;

genus Micropterus
n1
American freshwater black basses;

- syn. Micropterus;

genus Microsorium
n1
tropical usually epiphytic ferns;

- Africa to Asia and Polynesia to Australia;

- syn. Microsorium;

genus Microsporum
n1
a genus of fungus of the family Moniliaceae;

- causes ringworm;

- syn. Microsporum;

genus Microstomus
n1
a genus of Pleuronectidae;

- syn. Microstomus;

genus Microstrobos
n1
2 species of small evergreen shrubs of Australia and Tasmania;

- syn. Microstrobos;

genus Microtus
n1
voles of the northern hemisphere;

- syn. Microtus;

genus Micruroides
n1
coral snakes;

- syn. Micruroides;

genus Micrurus
n1
coral snakes;

- syn. Micrurus;

genus Mikania
n1
large genus of evergreen lianas of tropical America;

- syn. Mikania;

genus Millettia
n1
genus of trees and shrubs of the Old World tropics;

genus Miltonia
n1
genus of tropical American orchids;

- syn. Miltonia;

genus Mimosa
n1
genus of spiny woody shrubs or trees;

- named for their apparent imitation of animal sensitivity to light and heat and movement;

genus Mimus
n1
type genus of the family Mimidae: mockingbirds;

- syn. Mimus;

genus Minuartia
n1
mostly perennial herbs of northern hemisphere often with mat-forming habit;

- most often placed in genus Arenaria: sandworts;

- syn. Minuartia;

genus Mirabilis
n1
four o'clocks;

- syn. Mirabilis;

genus Mirounga
n1
elephant seals;

- syn. Mirounga;

genus Mitchella
n1
creeping evergreen herbs of North America;

- syn. Mitchella;

genus Mitella
n1
genus of low slender herbs of North America and northeastern Asia having flowers with trifid or pinnatifid petals;

- syn. Mitella;

genus Mnium
n1
mosses similar to those of genus Bryum but larger;

- syn. Mnium;

genus Mobula
n1
type genus of the Mobulidae;

- syn. Mobula;

genus Moehringia
n1
low-growing herbs widely distributed in temperate and Arctic northern hemisphere: sandworts;

- distinguished from members of the genus Arenaria mainly by having four-petaled rather than five-petaled flowers;

- syn. Moehringia;

genus Mohria
n1
African terrestrial ferns;

- syn. Mohria;

genus Mola
n1
type genus of the Molidae;

genus Mollienesia
n1
mollies;

- syn. Mollienesia;

genus Molluga
n1
carpetweeds;

- syn. Molluga;

genus Moloch
n1
genus of Australian desert lizard;

genus Molothrus
n1
cowbirds;

- syn. Molothrus;

genus Molucella
n1
small genus of aromatic herbs of Mediterranean regions;

- widely cultivated;

- syn. Molucella;

genus Molva
n1
ling;

- syn. Molva;

genus Momordica
n1
Old World tropical vine;

- syn. Momordica;

genus Momotus
n1
type genus of the Momotidae;

- syn. Momotus;

genus Monarda
n1
wild bergamot, horsemint, beebalm;

genus Monardella
n1
a genus of fragrant herbs of the family Labiatae in the western United States;

- syn. Monardella;

genus Moneses
n1
one species: one-flowered wintergreen;

- sometimes included in genus Pyrola;

- syn. Moneses;

genus Monilia
n1
genus of parasitic yeastlike imperfect fungi having spherical or oval conidia in branched chains;

- some species usually placed in other genera especially genus Candida;

genus Monocanthus
n1
type genus of the Monocanthidae;

- syn. Monocanthus;

genus Monochamus
n1
sawyer beetles;

- syn. Monochamus;

genus Monodon
n1
type genus of the Monodontidae;

- syn. Monodon;

genus Monomorium
n1
a genus of Formicidae;

- syn. Monomorium;

genus Mononychus
n1
authorities disagree over whether to classify the genus as bird or dinosaur;

genus Monotropa
n1
leafless fleshy saprophytic plants;

- in some classifications placed in the family Pyrolaceae;

- syn. Monotropa;

genus Monstera
n1
tropical American climbing plant with deeply incised leaves;

genus Montezuma
n1
one species: medium-sized evergreen tree of Puerto Rico or Mexico;

genus Montia
n1
small genus of densely tufted annual herbs;

- north temperate regions and South America and tropical Africa and Asia;

- syn. Montia;

genus Morchella
n1
genus of edible fungi: morel;

- syn. Morchella;

genus Morone
n1
carnivorous fresh and salt water fishes;

- syn. Morone;

genus Morus
n1
type genus of the Moraceae: mulberries;

- syn. Morus;

genus Moschus
n1
musk deer;

- syn. Moschus;

genus Motacilla
n1
type genus of the Motacillidae: wagtails;

- syn. Motacilla;

genus Mucor
n1
type genus of the Mucoraceae;

- genus of molds having cylindrical or pear-shaped sporangia not limited in location to points where rhizoids develop;

genus Mucuna
n1
genus of tropical herbs and woody vines having trifoliate leaves and showy flowers in axillary clusters;

- syn. Stizolobium, genus Stizolobium;

genus Mugil
n1
type genus of the Mugilidae: mullets;

- syn. Mugil;

genus Muhlenbergia
n1
a genus of grasses of the family Gramineae grown in America and Asia;

- syn. Muhlenbergia;

genus Mulloidichthys
n1
a genus of Mullidae;

- syn. Mulloidichthys;

genus Mullus
n1
type genus of the Mullidae: goatfishes;

- syn. Mullus;

genus Muntiacus
n1
muntjacs;

- syn. Muntiacus;

genus Muntingia
n1
one species: Jamaican cherry;

- sometimes placed in family Flacourtiaceae;

- syn. Muntingia;

genus Mus
n1
type genus of the Muridae: common house mice;

- the tips of the upper incisors have a square notch;

- syn. Mus;

genus Musa
n1
type genus of the Musaceae: bananas;

- syn. Musa;

genus Musca
n1
type genus of the Muscidae: houseflies;

- syn. Musca;

genus Muscardinus
n1
a genus of Gliridae;

- syn. Muscardinus;

genus Muscari
n1
sometimes placed in family Hyacinthaceae;

- syn. Muscari;

genus Muscicapa
n1
type genus of the Muscicapidae;

- syn. Muscicapa;

genus Muscivora
n1
a genus of Tyrannidae;

- syn. Muscivora;

genus Musophaga
n1
type genus of the Musophagidae;

- syn. Musophaga;

genus Mustela
n1
type genus of the family Mustelidae: minks and weasels;

- syn. Mustela;

genus Mustelus
n1
smooth dogfishes;

- syn. Mustelus;

genus Mutinus
n1
a genus of fungi belonging to the family Phallaceae;

- syn. Mutinus;

genus Mutisia
n1
genus of South American shrubs or lianas having large flower heads with feathery pappuses;

genus Mya
n1
type genus of the family Myacidae;

- syn. Mya;

genus Myadestes
n1
solitaires;

- syn. Myadestes;

genus Mycobacterium
n1
nonmotile Gram-positive aerobic bacteria;

genus Mycoplasma
n1
type and sole genus of the family Mycoplasmataceae;

genus Mycteria
n1
a genus of storks of the family Ciconiidae now including only the American wood ibis;

- syn. Mycteria;

genus Mycteroperca
n1
groupers;

- syn. Mycteroperca;

genus Mylodon
n1
type genus of the Mylodontidae;

- sometimes included in family Megatheriidae;

genus Myocastor
n1
a genus of Capromyidae;

- syn. Myocastor;

genus Myopus
n1
a genus of Cricetidae;

- syn. Myopus;

genus Myosotis
n1
forget-me-nots;

- scorpion grass;

- syn. Myosotis;

genus Myotis
n1
largest and most widely distributed genus of bats;

- syn. Myotis;

genus Myrciaria
n1
a genus of tropical American trees and shrubs of the myrtle family;

- syn. Myrcia, Myrciaria;

genus Myrica
n1
deciduous aromatic shrubs or small trees;

- syn. Myrica;

genus Myricaria
n1
small genus of deciduous shrubs or subshrubs of southern Europe to Siberia and China;

- tolerant of chalky soil;

- syn. Myricaria;

genus Myriophyllum
n1
chiefly monoecious and usually aquatic herbs (as the milfoils);

- syn. Myriophyllum;

genus Myristica
n1
type genus of Myristicaceae;

- tropical Asian evergreen trees with small white or yellow flowers followed by fleshy fruits;

- syn. Myristica;

genus Myrmecia
n1
bulldog ants;

- syn. Myrmecia;

genus Myrmecobius
n1
banded anteater;

- syn. Myrmecobius;

genus Myrmecophaga
n1
type genus of the Myrmecophagidae;

- South American ant bear;

- syn. Myrmecophaga;

genus Myrmeleon
n1
type genus of the Myrmeleontidae: antlions;

- syn. Myrmeleon;

genus Myroxylon
n1
a genus of tropical American trees having pinnate leaves and white flowers;

- syn. Myroxylon;

genus Myrrhis
n1
European perennial herbs having pinnate leaves and umbels of white flowers;

- syn. Myrrhis;

genus Myrsine
n1
evergreen trees and shrubs having aromatic foliage;

- Africa;

- Asia (New Zealand);

- syn. Myrsine;

genus Myrtillocactus
n1
small genus of arborescent cacti of Mexico and Central America;

- syn. Myrtillocactus;

genus Myrtus
n1
type genus of the Myrtaceae;

- syn. Myrtus;

genus Mysis
n1
type genus of the family Mysidae;

- syn. Mysis;

genus Mytilus
n1
type genus of the family Mytilidae: smooth-shelled marine mussels;

- syn. Mytilus;

genus Myxine
n1
type genus of the Myxinidae (typical hagfishes);

- syn. Myxine;

genus Myxinikela
n1
fossil hagfishes;

- syn. Myxinikela;

genus Myxocephalus
n1
grubby;

- syn. Myxocephalus;

genus Nabalus
n1
genus of North American and east Asian perennial herbs;

- sometimes included in genus Prenanthes;

- syn. Nabalus;

genus Naemorhedus
n1
gorals;

- syn. Naemorhedus;

genus Nageia
n1
small genus of Asian evergreen trees having columnar crowns and distinguished by leaves lacking a midrib;

- eastern Asia including India and Philippines and New Guinea;

- syn. Nageia;

genus Naias
n1
sole genus of the family Naiadaceae;

- syn. Naias, Najas, genus Najas;

genus Naja
n1
cobras;

- syn. Naja;

genus Najas
n1
sole genus of the family Naiadaceae;

- syn. Naias, Najas, genus Naias;

genus Nanomia
n1
a genus of Siphonophora;

genus Napaea
n1
one species: glade mallow;

- syn. Napaea;

genus Narcissus
n1
Old World perennial bulbous herbs;

genus Narthecium
n1
bog asphodels;

- sometimes placed in family Melanthiaceae;

- syn. Narthecium;

genus Nasalis
n1
proboscis monkeys;

- syn. Nasalis;

genus Nasturtium
n1
aquatic herbs;

- syn. Nasturtium;

genus Nasua
n1
coatis;

- syn. Nasua;

genus Natrix
n1
water snakes;

- a cosmopolitan genus;

- syn. Natrix;

genus Nauclea
n1
small genus of evergreen tropical shrubs or trees with smooth leathery leaves;

- syn. Nauclea;

genus Naucrates
n1
a genus of Carangidae;

- syn. Naucrates;

genus Nautilus
n1
type genus and sole recent representative of the family Nautilidae;

genus Necturus
n1
a genus of Proteidae;

- syn. Necturus;

genus Negaprion
n1
lemon sharks;

- syn. Negaprion;

genus Nelumbo
n1
sometimes placed in the family Nymphaeaceae: lotuses;

- syn. Nelumbo;

genus Nemophila
n1
genus of ornamental chiefly California herbs: baby blue-eyes;

genus Neoceratodus
n1
extant Australian lungfishes;

- syn. Neoceratodus;

genus Neofiber
n1
round-tailed muskrat;

- syn. Neofiber;

genus Neohygrophorus
n1
a genus of fungi belonging to the family Hygrophoraceae;

- syn. Neohygrophorus;

genus Neolentinus
n1
a genus of fungi belonging to the family Polyporaceae;

- syn. Neolentinus;

genus Neomys
n1
a genus of Soricidae;

- syn. Neomys;

genus Neophron
n1
a genus of Accipitridae;

- syn. Neophron;

genus Neotoma
n1
packrats;

- syn. Neotoma;

genus Nepa
n1
type genus of the Nepidae: typical elongate-oval water scorpions;

- syn. Nepa;

genus Nepenthes
n1
pitcher plants;

- syn. Nepenthes;

genus Nepeta
n1
catmint;

- syn. Nepeta;

genus Nephelium
n1
a genus of dicotyledonous trees of the family Sapindaceae that are native to Asia and Australia;

- syn. Nephelium;

genus Nephrolepis
n1
small genus of tropical ferns;

- sometimes placed in Polypodiaceae;

- syn. Nephrolepis;

genus Nephrops
n1
a genus of Nephropsidae;

- syn. Nephrops;

genus Nephthytis
n1
small genus of tropical western African creeping or twining herbs;

genus Nerita
n1
type genus of the Neritidae;

genus Neritina
n1
a genus of Neritidae;

genus Nerium
n1
one species: oleander;

- syn. Nerium;

genus Nerodia
n1
North American water snakes;

- syn. Nerodia;

genus Nesokia
n1
bandicoot rats;

- syn. Nesokia;

genus Nestor
n1
a genus of Psittacidae;

- syn. Nestor;

genus Neurospora
n1
genus of fungi with black perithecia used extensively in genetic research;

- includes some forms with orange spore masses that cause severe damage in bakeries;

- syn. Neurospora;

genus Neurotrichus
n1
shrew moles;

- syn. Neurotrichus;

genus Nicandra
n1
sturdy annual of Peru;

- syn. Nicandra;

genus Nicotiana
n1
American and Asiatic aromatic herbs and shrubs with viscid foliage;

- syn. Nicotiana;

genus Nidularia
n1
type genus of the Nidulariaceae;

- syn. Nidularia;

genus Nierembergia
n1
genus of tropical American erect or creeping herbs with solitary flowers;

genus Nigella
n1
erect annual Eurasian herbs;

genus Nigroporus
n1
a genus of fungi belonging to the family Polyporaceae;

- syn. Nigroporus;

genus Nimravus
n1
false sabertoothed tigers;

- syn. Nimravus;

genus Nipa
n1
monotypic genus of palms of Australasia;

- syn. Nipa, Nypa, genus Nypa;

genus Nitella
n1
fragile branching stoneworts;

- syn. Nitella;

genus Nitrobacter
n1
rod-shaped soil bacteria;

- syn. Nitrobacter;

genus Nitrosomonas
n1
ellipsoidal soil bacteria;

- syn. Nitrosomonas;

genus Noctiluca
n1
a genus of protoctist;

genus Noctua
n1
type genus of the Noctuidae: moths whose larvae are cutworms;

- syn. Noctua;

genus Nolina
n1
perennial plants resembling yucca;

- found in southern United States and Mexico;

- syn. Nolina;

genus Nomia
n1
a genus of bee;

- some are important pollinators of legumes;

- syn. nomia;

genus Nopalea
n1
a genus of the cactus family with scarlet flowers;

- syn. Nopalea;

genus Nostoc
n1
type genus of the family Nostocaceae: freshwater blue-green algae;

genus Notechis
n1
tiger snakes;

- syn. Notechis;

genus Notemigonus
n1
golden shiners;

- syn. Notemigonus;

genus Nothofagus
n1
beeches of temperate southern hemisphere except Africa: southern beech;

- syn. Nothofagus;

genus Nothosaurus
n1
a genus of Nothosauria;

genus Notomys
n1
jerboa rats;

- syn. Notomys;

genus Notonecta
n1
type genus of the Notonectidae: backswimmers;

- syn. Notonecta;

genus Notophthalmus
n1
newts;

- syn. Notophthalmus;

genus Notornis
n1
a genus of Rallidae;

genus Notoryctus
n1
type genus of the family Notoryctidae: comprising solely the marsupial mole;

- syn. Notoryctus;

genus Notropis
n1
shiners;

- syn. Notropis;

genus Nucifraga
n1
nutcrackers;

- syn. Nucifraga;

genus Numenius
n1
curlews;

- syn. Numenius;

genus Numida
n1
guinea fowl;

- syn. Numida;

genus Nuphar
n1
spatterdocks;

- syn. Nuphar;

genus Nuytsia
n1
one species;

- syn. Nuytsia;

genus Nyctaginia
n1
a caryophyllaceous genus of the family Nyctaginaceae having only one species;

- syn. Nyctaginia;

genus Nyctanassa
n1
American night herons;

- syn. Nyctanassa;

genus Nyctereutes
n1
raccoon dogs;

- syn. Nyctereutes;

genus Nycticebus
n1
a genus of Lorisidae;

- syn. Nycticebus;

genus Nycticorax
n1
Old World night herons;

- syn. Nycticorax;

genus Nyctimene
n1
East Indian fruit bats;

- syn. Nyctimene;

genus Nymphaea
n1
the type genus of the family Nymphaeaceae;

- any of a variety of water lilies;

- syn. Nymphaea;

genus Nymphalis
n1
type genus of the Nymphalidae: mourning cloak butterflies;

- syn. Nymphalis;

genus Nymphicus
n1
a genus of Psittacidae;

- syn. Nymphicus;

genus Nypa
n1
monotypic genus of palms of Australasia;

- syn. Nipa, Nypa, genus Nipa;

genus Nyssa
n1
tupelos: deciduous trees of moist habitats especially swamps and beside ponds;

- syn. Nyssa;

genus Oceanites
n1
a genus of Hydrobatidae;

- syn. Oceanites;

genus Ochna
n1
type genus of Ochnaceae;

- evergreen trees and shrubs of Old World tropics;

- syn. Ochna;

genus Ochotona
n1
type genus of the Ochotonidae;

- syn. Ochotona;

genus Ochroma
n1
one species: balsa;

- syn. Ochroma;

genus Ocimum
n1
basil;

- syn. Ocimum;

genus Octopus
n1
type genus of the family Octopodidae;

genus Ocyurus
n1
snappers;

- syn. Ocyurus;

genus Odobenus
n1
type genus of the Odobenidae: walruses;

- syn. Odobenus;

genus Odocoileus
n1
North American deer;

- syn. Odocoileus;

genus Odontaspis
n1
type and sole genus of Carchariidae: sand sharks;

- syn. Carcharias, Odontaspis, genus Carcharias;

genus Odontoglossum
n1
large and important genus of tropical American mostly epiphytic orchids;

- some of the most widely grown species are often placed in other genera;

genus Odontophorus
n1
genus of Central and South American crested partridges resembling quails;

- sometimes placed in a distinct subfamily or isolated in a distinct family;

- syn. Odontophorus;

genus Oecanthus
n1
tree crickets;

- syn. Oecanthus;

genus Oedogonium
n1
type genus of Oedogoniaceae;

- freshwater green algae having long unbranched filaments;

- usually free-floating when mature;

- syn. Oedogonium;

genus Oenanthe
n1
poisonous herbs: water dropworts;

- syn. Oenanthe;

n2
wheatears;

- syn. Oenanthe;

genus Oenothera
n1
chiefly North American herbs with usually nocturnal flowers;

- syn. Oenothera;

genus Oestrus
n1
type genus of the Oestridae: sheep botflies;

- syn. Oestrus;

genus Okapia
n1
okapis;

- syn. Okapia;

genus Olea
n1
evergreen trees and shrubs having oily one-seeded fruits;

- syn. Olea;

genus Oleandra
n1
or family Polypodiaceae: tropical epiphytic or terrestrial ferns;

- syn. Oleandra;

genus Olearia
n1
large genus of Australian evergreen shrubs or small trees with large daisylike flowers;

- syn. Olearia;

genus Olfersia
n1
genus of fern having only one species;

- syn. Olfersia;

genus Oligoplites
n1
leatherjackets;

- syn. Oligoplites;

genus Oligoporus
n1
a genus of fungi belonging to the family Polyporaceae;

- syn. Oligoporus;

genus Ommastrephes
n1
a genus of Decapoda;

genus Omphalotus
n1
a genus of fungi with a depressed disc in the cap;

- syn. Omphalotus;

genus Oncidium
n1
large genus of showy epiphytic or lithophytic or terrestrial orchids of tropical and subtropical America;

genus Oncorhynchus
n1
Pacific salmon including sockeye salmon;

- chinook salmon;

- chum salmon;

- coho salmon;

- syn. Oncorhynchus;

genus Ondatra
n1
muskrats;

- syn. Ondatra;

genus Oniscus
n1
type genus of the Oniscidae;

- woodlice that cannot roll into a ball;

- syn. Oniscus;

genus Onobrychis
n1
genus of Old World herbs having pinnate leaves and pink or whites racemose flowers followed by flat unjointed pods;

- syn. Onobrychis;

genus Onoclea
n1
one species: sensitive fern;

- in some classifications included in Polypodiaceae;

- syn. Onoclea;

genus Ononis
n1
genus of European subshrubs or herbs having pink or purple or yellow solitary or clustered flowers: restharrow;

- syn. Ononis;

genus Onopordon
n1
a genus of Eurasian herbs of the family Compositae with prickly foliage and large purplish flowers;

- syn. Onopordon, Onopordum, genus Onopordum;

genus Onopordum
n1
a genus of Eurasian herbs of the family Compositae with prickly foliage and large purplish flowers;

- syn. Onopordon, Onopordum, genus Onopordon;

genus Onosmodium
n1
a genus of North American perennial herbs of the family Boraginaceae;

- syn. Onosmodium;

genus Onychium
n1
small terrestrial ferns of Old World tropics and subtropics: clawed ferns;

- sometimes placed in family Cryptogrammataceae;

- syn. Onychium;

genus Onychogalea
n1
a genus of Macropodidae;

- syn. Onychogalea;

genus Onychomys
n1
grasshopper mice;

- syn. Onychomys;

genus Opheodrys
n1
North American green snakes;

- syn. Opheodrys;

genus Ophiodon
n1
a genus of Ophiodontidae;

- syn. Ophiodon;

genus Ophioglossum
n1
the type genus of the fern family Ophioglossaceae;

- syn. Ophioglossum;

genus Ophiophagus
n1
king cobra;

- syn. Ophiophagus;

genus Ophisaurus
n1
glass lizards;

- syn. Ophisaurus;

genus Ophrys
n1
a hardy genus of terrestrial orchids of Europe and northern Africa and western Asia;

- syn. Ophrys;

genus Opisthocomus
n1
type genus of the Opisthocomidae: hoatzins;

- syn. Opisthocomus;

genus Opuntia
n1
large genus of cactuses native to America: prickly pears;

- syn. Opuntia;

genus Orbignya
n1
palms of southern Mexico to northern South America: babassu palm;

- syn. Orbignya;

genus Orchestia
n1
type genus of the family Orchestiidae;

- syn. Orchestia;

genus Orchis
n1
type genus of the orchid family;

- hardy terrestrial orchids of the temperate the northern hemisphere;

genus Orcinus
n1
killer whales;

- syn. Orcinus;

genus Oreamnos
n1
mountain goats;

- syn. Oreamnos;

genus Orectolobus
n1
carpet sharks;

- syn. Orectolobus;

genus Oreopteris
n1
3 species of ferns formerly included in genus Dryopteris or Thelypteris;

- syn. Oreopteris;

genus Oreortyx
n1
mountain quail of western United States;

- syn. Oreortyx;

genus Origanum
n1
a genus of aromatic mints of the family Labiatae;

genus Oriolus
n1
type genus of the Oriolidae;

- syn. Oriolus;

genus Orites
n1
small genus of Australian shrubs or trees;

- syn. Orites;

genus Ormosia
n1
genus of tropical shrubs and trees having usually odd-pinnate leaves with large leaflets and pink to reddish wood;

- syn. Ormosia;

genus Ornithogalum
n1
sometimes placed in family Hyacinthaceae;

- syn. Ornithogalum;

genus Ornithorhynchus
n1
type genus of the family Ornithorhynchidae;

- syn. Ornithorhynchus;

genus Orontium
n1
one species of aquatic plant: golden club;

- syn. Orontium;

genus Ortalis
n1
chachalacas;

- syn. Ortalis;

genus Orthilia
n1
a shrubby perennial rhizomatous evergreen herb;

- grows in damp coniferous woodlands in northern temperate regions;

- syn. Orthilia;

genus Orthopristis
n1
a genus of Haemulidae;

- syn. Orthopristis;

genus Orthotomus
n1
tailorbirds;

- syn. Orthotomus;

genus Orycteropus
n1
coextensive with the family Orycteropodidae;

- syn. Orycteropus;

genus Oryctolagus
n1
Old World rabbits;

- syn. Oryctolagus;

genus Oryx
n1
African antelopes: oryxes;

genus Oryza
n1
rice;

- syn. Oryza;

genus Oryzomys
n1
rice rats;

- syn. Oryzomys;

genus Oryzopsis
n1
rice grass;

- syn. Oryzopsis;

genus Osmanthus
n1
widely distributed genus of evergreen shrubs or trees of southern United States and Middle East and China and Japan;

- syn. Osmanthus;

genus Osmerus
n1
type genus of the Osmeridae;

- syn. Osmerus;

genus Osmunda
n1
type genus of the Osmundaceae;

genus Ostrea
n1
type genus of the family Ostreidae;

- syn. Ostrea;

genus Ostrya
n1
deciduous monoecious trees of Europe and Asia and America;

- sometimes placed in subfamily or family Carpinaceae;

- syn. Ostrya;

genus Ostryopsis
n1
deciduous monoecious shrubs of China and Mongolia resembling trees of the genus Ostrya;

- sometimes placed in subfamily or family Carpinaceae;

- syn. Ostryopsis;

genus Otaria
n1
type genus of the Otariidae;

- syn. Otaria;

genus Othonna
n1
genus of western African herbs or shrubs;

genus Otis
n1
type genus of the Otididae: European bustard;

- syn. Otis;

genus Otus
n1
a genus of Strigidae;

- syn. Otus;

genus Ouranopithecus
n1
a genus of Hominidae;

- syn. Ouranopithecus;

genus Ovalipes
n1
a genus of Portunidae;

- syn. Ovalipes;

genus Ovibos
n1
consisting of the musk-ox;

- syn. Ovibos;

genus Ovis
n1
sheep;

- syn. Ovis;

genus Oxalis
n1
type genus of the Oxalidaceae;

- large genus of plants having leaves that resemble clover and variously colored flowers usually clustered in umbels;

genus Oxandra
n1
genus of tropical trees;

- syn. Oxandra;

genus Oxybelis
n1
vine snakes;

- syn. Oxybelis;

genus Oxydendrum
n1
sourwood;

- syn. Oxydendrum;

genus Oxylebius
n1
a genus of Hexagrammidae;

- syn. Oxylebius;

genus Oxytropis
n1
large widely-distributed genus of evergreen shrubs or subshrubs having odd-pinnate leaves and racemose or spicate flowers each having a pea-like corolla with a clawed petal;

- syn. Oxytropis;

genus Oxyura
n1
ruddy duck;

- syn. Oxyura;

genus Oxyuranus
n1
taipans;

- syn. Oxyuranus;

genus Ozonium
n1
form genus of imperfect fungi;

- syn. Ozonium;

genus Ozothamnus
n1
genus of Australian shrubs and perennial herbs;

- sometimes included in genus Helichrysum;

- syn. Ozothamnus;

genus Pachycephala
n1
arboreal insectivorous birds;

- syn. Pachycephala;

genus Pachyrhizus
n1
small genus of tropical vines having tuberous roots;

- syn. Pachyrhizus;

genus Pachysandra
n1
evergreen perennial procumbent subshrubs or herbs;

genus Packera
n1
genus of American of east Asian perennial herbs with yellow to orange or red flower rays;

- sometimes included in genus Senecio;

- syn. Packera;

genus Padda
n1
a genus of Ploceidae;

- syn. Padda;

genus Paeonia
n1
peonies: herbaceous or shrubby plants having showy flowers;

- syn. Paeonia;

genus Pagellus
n1
sea breams;

- syn. Pagellus;

genus Pagophila
n1
a genus of Laridae;

- syn. Pagophila;

genus Pagophilus
n1
harp seals;

- syn. Pagophilus;

genus Pagrus
n1
a genus of Sparidae;

- syn. Pagrus;

genus Pagurus
n1
type genus of the family Paguridae;

- syn. Pagurus;

genus Palaemon
n1
type genus of the family Palaemonidae;

- widely distributed genus;

- syn. Palaemon;

genus Palaquium
n1
large genus of Malaysian trees with milky juice and leathery leaves;

- syn. Palaquium;

genus Paleacrita
n1
geometrid moths;

- syn. Paleacrita;

genus Palinurus
n1
type genus of the family Palinuridae;

- syn. Palinurus;

genus Paliurus
n1
thorny Eurasian shrubs;

- syn. Paliurus;

genus Palometa
n1
a genus of Stromateidae;

genus Pan
n1
chimpanzees;

- more closely related to Australopithecus than to other pongids;

- syn. Pan;

genus Panax
n1
perennial herbs of eastern North America and Asia having aromatic tuberous roots: ginseng;

- syn. Panax;

genus Pandanus
n1
type genus of the Pandanaceae (as screw pines);

genus Pandion
n1
type genus of the Pandionidae;

- syn. Pandion;

genus Panicum
n1
panic grass;

- syn. Panicum;

genus Panonychus
n1
a genus of Tetranychidae;

- syn. Panonychus;

genus Panthera
n1
lions;

- leopards;

- snow leopards;

- jaguars;

- tigers;

- cheetahs;

- saber-toothed tigers;

- syn. Panthera;

genus Papaver
n1
type genus of the Papaveraceae;

- chiefly bristly hairy herbs with usually showy flowers;

- syn. Papaver;

genus Paphiopedilum
n1
horticulturally important genus of mainly terrestrial orchids including many hybrids;

- southeastern Asia and Indonesia to Philippines and Solomon Islands;

- Paphiopedilum species sometimes included in genus Cypripedium;

- syn. Paphiopedilum;

genus Papio
n1
baboons;

- syn. Papio;

genus Paprilus
n1
a genus of Stromateidae;

- syn. Paprilus;

genus Paracheirodon
n1
a genus of Characidae;

- syn. Paracheirodon;

genus Paradoxurus
n1
palm civets;

- syn. Paradoxurus;

genus Paralichthys
n1
a genus of Bothidae;

- syn. Paralichthys;

genus Paralithodes
n1
a genus of Lithodidae;

- syn. Paralithodes;

genus Paramecium
n1
freshwater ciliate with an oval body and long deep oral groove;

genus Paranthias
n1
a genus of Serranidae;

- syn. Paranthias;

genus Paranthropus
n1
former classification for Australopithecus robustus;

- syn. Paranthropus;

genus Parascalops
n1
brewer's moles;

- syn. Parascalops;

genus Parasitaxus
n1
one species: parasite yew;

- syn. Parasitaxus;

genus Parathelypteris
n1
terrestrial ferns of warm and tropical Asia and North America;

- syn. Parathelypteris;

genus Parietaria
n1
small genus of stingless herbs;

- syn. Parietaria;

genus Paris
n1
sometimes placed in subfamily Trilliaceae;

- syn. Paris;

genus Parkia
n1
genus of tropical Old World trees: nitta trees;

- syn. Parkia;

genus Parkinsonia
n1
small genus of spiny shrubs or small trees;

- syn. Parkinsonia;

genus Parmelia
n1
type genus of the Parmeliaceae;

- a large genus of chiefly alpine foliaceous lichens;

- syn. Parmelia;

genus Parnassia
n1
genus of bog herbs of Arctic and northern temperate regions;

genus Parochetus
n1
one species: shamrock pea;

- syn. Parochetus;

genus Paronychia
n1
low-growing annual or perennial herbs or woody plants;

- whitlowworts;

- syn. Paronychia;

genus Parophrys
n1
a genus of Soleidae;

- syn. Parophrys;

genus Parrotia
n1
one species: iron tree;

- syn. Parrotia;

genus Parrotiopsis
n1
one species: deciduous tree of the Himalaya Mountains;

- syn. Parrotiopsis;

genus Parthenium
n1
small genus of North American herbs and shrubs with terminal panicles of small ray flowers;

- syn. Parthenium;

genus Parthenocissus
n1
woody vines having disklike tips on the tendrils;

- syn. Parthenocissus;

genus Parula
n1
type genus of the Parulidae: wood warblers;

- syn. Parula;

genus Parus
n1
type genus of the family Paridae;

- syn. Parus;

genus Paspalum
n1
a genus of perennial grasses of warm regions;

genus Passer
n1
type genus of the Passeridae;

- syn. Passer;

genus Passerina
n1
a genus of small North American finches including the New World buntings;

- syn. Passerina;

genus Passiflora
n1
type genus of the Passifloraceae;

- syn. Passiflora;

genus Pastinaca
n1
a rosid dicot genus of the family Umbelliferae;

- includes parsnips;

- syn. Pastinaca;

genus Patella
n1
type genus of the family Patellidae: common European limpets;

- syn. Patella;

genus Pavo
n1
peafowl;

- syn. Pavo;

genus Pavonia
n1
genus of tropical hairy shrubs or herbs of tropics and subtropics especially South America;

genus Payena
n1
genus of medium to large Malaysian trees yielding gutta-percha;

- syn. Payena;

genus Pecari
n1
type genus of the Tayassuidae;

- syn. Tayassu, genus Tayassu;

genus Pecopteris
n1
genus of Carboniferous fossil ferns;

genus Pecten
n1
type genus of the family Pectinidae: sea and bay scallops;

genus Pediculus
n1
type genus of Pediculidae: true lice infecting humans;

- syn. Pediculus;

genus Pedilanthus
n1
tropical American succulent shrubs;

- syn. Pedilanthus;

genus Pediocactus
n1
low-growing cacti of the Great Plains of North America;

- syn. Pediocactus;

genus Pedioecetes
n1
sharp-tailed grouse;

- syn. Pedioecetes;

genus Pedionomus
n1
plain wanderer;

- syn. Pedionomus;

genus Peireskia
n1
genus of tropical American shrubby trees and woody climbers having slender branches with broad flat leaves and large panicles of flowers;

- syn. Peireskia, Pereskia, genus Pereskia;

genus Pelargonium
n1
geraniums native chiefly to South Africa;

- widely cultivated;

- syn. Pelargonium;

genus Pelecanus
n1
type genus of the Pelecanidae;

- syn. Pelecanus;

genus Pellaea
n1
genus of chiefly small rock-loving ferns;

- in some classification systems it is placed in the family Polypodiaceae or Adiantaceae;

- syn. Pellaea;

genus Pellicularia
n1
genus of fungi having the hymenium in the form of a crust;

- some species formerly placed in form genus Rhizoctinia;

- syn. Pellicularia;

genus Peltandra
n1
small genus of North American marsh or aquatic herbs;

- syn. Peltandra;

genus Peltiphyllum
n1
one species;

- syn. Darmera, Peltiphyllum, genus Darmera;

genus Penelope
n1
a genus of guans (turkey-like arboreal birds valued as game and food birds);

- syn. Penelope;

genus Peneus
n1
type genus of the family Peneidae;

- syn. Peneus;

genus Penicillium
n1
genus of fungi commonly growing as green or blue molds on decaying food;

- used in making cheese and as a source of penicillin;

- syn. Penicillium;

genus Pennatula
n1
type genus of the family Pennatulidae: sea pens;

- syn. Pennatula;

genus Pennisetum
n1
a genus of Old World grasses;

- syn. Pennisetum;

genus Penstemon
n1
large genus of subshrubs or herbs having showy blue or purple or red or yellow or white flowers;

- mostly western North America;

- syn. Penstemon;

genus Peperomia
n1
large genus of small tropical usually succulent herbs;

genus Perca
n1
type genus of the Percidae;

- syn. Perca;

genus Percina
n1
a genus of Percidae;

- syn. Percina;

genus Perdix
n1
a genus of Perdicinae;

- syn. Perdix;

genus Pereskia
n1
genus of tropical American shrubby trees and woody climbers having slender branches with broad flat leaves and large panicles of flowers;

- syn. Peireskia, Pereskia, genus Peireskia;

genus Pericallis
n1
cineraria;

- syn. Pericallis;

genus Peridinium
n1
type genus of the family Peridiniidae;

- syn. Peridinium;

genus Perilla
n1
small genus of Asiatic herbs;

- syn. Perilla;

genus Periophthalmus
n1
a genus of Gobiidae;

- syn. Periophthalmus;

genus Peripatopsis
n1
type genus of Peripatopsidae;

- onychophorans of chiefly Asiatic and African tropical regions;

- syn. Peripatopsis;

genus Peripatus
n1
type genus of Peripatidae;

- onychophorans of chiefly New World tropical regions;

genus Periplaneta
n1
cosmopolitan genus of large cockroaches;

- syn. Periplaneta;

genus Periploca
n1
genus of woody vines of warm regions of the Old World;

- syn. Periploca;

genus Perisoreus
n1
Canada jays;

- syn. Perisoreus;

genus Peristedion
n1
in some classifications the type genus of the subfamily Peristediinae: armored sea robins;

- syn. Peristedion;

genus Pernis
n1
a common European bird of prey;

- dull brown with white-streaked underparts;

- syn. Pernis;

genus Perodicticus
n1
a genus of Lorisidae;

- syn. Perodicticus;

genus Perognathus
n1
pocket mice;

- syn. Perognathus;

genus Peromyscus
n1
New World wood mice;

- syn. Peromyscus;

genus Peronospora
n1
genus of destructive downy mildews;

- syn. Peronospora;

genus Persea
n1
avocado;

- syn. Persea;

genus Persoonia
n1
Australian undershrubs to small trees: geebungs;

- syn. Persoonia;

genus Pertusaria
n1
crustose lichens that are a source of the dye archil and of litmus;

- syn. Pertusaria;

genus Petasites
n1
genus of rhizomatous herbs of north temperate regions: butterbur;

- sweet coltsfoot;

- syn. Petasites;

genus Petaurista
n1
very large Asiatic flying squirrels;

- syn. Petaurista;

genus Petaurus
n1
a genus of Phalangeridae;

- syn. Petaurus;

genus Petrocoptis
n1
perennial tussock-forming rock plants;

- of Pyrenees and mountains of northern Spain;

- similar to and sometimes placed in genus Lychnis;

- syn. Petrocoptis;

genus Petrogale
n1
rock wallabies;

- syn. Petrogale;

genus Petromyzon
n1
typical lampreys;

- syn. Petromyzon;

genus Petroselinum
n1
parsley;

- syn. Petroselinum;

genus Petteria
n1
one species: Dalmatian laburnum;

- syn. Petteria;

genus Petunia
n1
annual or perennial herbs or shrubs of tropical South America;

- syn. Petunia;

genus Peziza
n1
type genus of the Pezizaceae: a variety of cup fungus;

- syn. Peziza;

genus Pezophaps
n1
constituted by the extinct solitaire;

- syn. Pezophaps;

genus Phacelia
n1
American herbs with usually pinnatifid leaves and blue or purple or white flowers in scorpioid cymes;

genus Phacochoerus
n1
warthogs;

- syn. Phacochoerus;

genus Phaethon
n1
type genus of the Phaethontidae;

- syn. Phaethon;

genus Phaius
n1
genus of Asiatic and Australian terrestrial orchids;

genus Phalacrocorax
n1
type genus: coextensive with the family Phalacrocoracidae;

- syn. Phalacrocorax;

genus Phalaenopsis
n1
genus of ornamental epiphytic orchids of Asia and Australia;

- syn. Phalaenopsis;

genus Phalaenoptilus
n1
a genus of Caprimulgidae;

- syn. Phalaenoptilus;

genus Phalanger
n1
type genus of the family Phalangeridae: cuscuses;

genus Phalangium
n1
type genus of the family Phalangiidae;

- syn. Phalangium;

genus Phalaris
n1
a genus of grasses with broad leaves and a dense spike of flowers;

- syn. Phalaris;

genus Phalaropus
n1
type genus of the Phalaropidae: phalaropes;

- syn. Phalaropus;

genus Phallus
n1
genus of fungi having the cap or pileus hanging free around the stem;

- syn. Phallus;

genus Pharomacrus
n1
a genus of Trogonidae;

- syn. Pharomacrus;

genus Phascogale
n1
pouched mice;

- syn. Phascogale;

genus Phascolarctos
n1
koalas;

- syn. Phascolarctos;

genus Phaseolus
n1
herbs of warm regions including most American beans;

- syn. Phaseolus;

genus Phasianus
n1
type genus of the Phasianidae: the typical pheasants;

- syn. Phasianus;

genus Phegopteris
n1
beech ferns: genus is variously classified: considered alternative name for genus Dryopteris or included in genus Thelypteris;

- syn. Phegopteris;

genus Phellodendron
n1
small genus of aromatic deciduous trees of east Asia often having thick corky bark;

- syn. Phellodendron;

genus Phenacomys
n1
North American voles;

genus Philadelphus
n1
mock orange: type and sole genus of the subfamily Philadelphaceae;

- sometimes placed in family Saxifragaceae;

genus Philaenus
n1
a genus of Cercopidae;

- syn. Philaenus;

genus Phillyrea
n1
small genus of evergreen shrubs of the Mediterranean region;

- syn. Phillyrea;

genus Philodendron
n1
any of several tropical American climbing plants with smooth shiny evergreen leaves;

genus Philohela
n1
American woodcocks;

- syn. Philohela;

genus Philomachus
n1
ruffs;

- syn. Philomachus;

genus Philophylla
n1
leaf miners;

- syn. Philophylla;

genus Phlebodium
n1
chiefly epiphytic tropical ferns with free veins bearing sori;

- syn. Phlebodium;

genus Phlebotomus
n1
small bloodsucking sand flies that resemble moths;

- syn. Phlebotomus;

genus Phleum
n1
grasses native to temperate regions;

- syn. Phleum;

genus Phlomis
n1
large genus of Old World aromatic herbs or subshrubs or shrubs having often woolly leaves;

genus Phlox
n1
herbaceous to shrubby evergreen or deciduous annuals or perennials, diffuse (spreading) or caespitose (tufted or matted);

- from Alaska and western Canada to Mexico;

genus Phoca
n1
type genus of the Phocidae: earless seals;

- syn. Phoca;

genus Phocoena
n1
porpoises;

- syn. Phocoena;

genus Phoenicophorium
n1
latanier palm;

- syn. phoenicophorium;

genus Phoeniculus
n1
type and only genus of the family Phoeniculidae;

- syn. Phoeniculus;

genus Phoenicurus
n1
Old World thrushes;

- syn. Phoenicurus;

genus Phoenix
n1
a large monocotyledonous genus of pinnate-leaved palms found in Asia and Africa;

- syn. phoenix;

genus Pholas
n1
type genus of the family Pholadidae: piddocks;

- syn. Pholas;

genus Pholidota
n1
genus of mostly epiphytic orchids of Indonesia and the western Pacific;

- syn. Pholidota;

genus Pholiota
n1
genus of gilled agarics of Europe and North America having brown spores and an annulus;

- grows on open ground or decaying wood;

- syn. Pholiota;

genus Pholis
n1
type genus of the Pholidae: gunnels;

- syn. Pholis;

genus Pholistoma
n1
straggling herbs of southwestern United States;

- syn. Pholistoma;

genus Phoradendron
n1
any of various American parasitic plants similar to Old World mistletoe: false mistletoe;

- syn. Phoradendron;

genus Photinia
n1
genus of deciduous and evergreen east Asian trees and shrubs widely cultivated as ornamentals for their white flowers and red fruits;

- in some classifications includes genus Heteromeles;

- syn. Photinia;

genus Photoblepharon
n1
a genus of fish in the family Anomalopidae;

- syn. Photoblepharon;

genus Phoxinus
n1
minnows;

- syn. Phoxinus;

genus Phragmipedium
n1
genus of tropical American orchid species often included in genus Cypripedium or Paphiopedilum and Selenipedium: lady slippers;

- syn. Phragmipedium;

genus Phragmites
n1
reeds of marshes and riversides in tropical or temperate regions;

- syn. Phragmites;

genus Phrynosoma
n1
horned lizards;

- syn. Phrynosoma;

genus Phthirius
n1
true lice: crab lice;

- syn. Phthirius, Phthirus, genus Phthirus;

genus Phthirus
n1
true lice: crab lice;

- syn. Phthirius, Phthirus, genus Phthirius;

genus Phthorimaea
n1
potato moths;

- syn. Phthorimaea;

genus Phyllitis
n1
a genus of ferns belonging to the family Polypodiaceae (in some classification systems included in genus Asplenium);

- syn. Phyllitis, genus Scolopendrium;

genus Phyllium
n1
type genus of the Phyllidae;

- syn. Phyllium;

genus Phyllocladus
n1
celery pine;

- syn. Phyllocladus;

genus Phyllodoce
n1
small genus of evergreen Arctic and alpine shrubs;

- syn. Phyllodoce;

genus Phylloporus
n1
a genus of fungi belonging to the family Boletaceae;

- syn. Phylloporus;

genus Phyllorhynchus
n1
leaf-nosed snakes;

- syn. Phyllorhynchus;

genus Phylloscopus
n1
warblers;

- syn. Phylloscopus;

genus Phyllostachys
n1
medium and large bamboos;

- syn. Phyllostachys;

genus Phyllostomus
n1
type genus of the family Phyllostomatidae;

- syn. Phyllostomus;

genus Phylloxera
n1
type genus of the Phylloxeridae: plant lice;

- syn. Phylloxera;

genus Physa
n1
type genus of the Physidae;

- freshwater air-breathing snails;

genus Physalia
n1
Portuguese man-of-war;

- syn. Physalia;

genus Physalis
n1
ground cherries;

- syn. Physalis;

genus Physaria
n1
small genus of western North American herbs similar to Lesquerella: bladderpods;

- syn. Physaria;

genus Physeter
n1
type genus of the Physeteridae;

- syn. Physeter;

genus Physostegia
n1
genus of North American perennial herbs;

genus Physostigma
n1
African woody vines: calabar beans;

- syn. Physostigma;

genus Phytelephas
n1
small genus of South American feather palms;

- syn. phytelephas;

genus Phytolacca
n1
type genus of Phytolaccaceae: pokeweed;

- syn. Phytolacca;

genus Phytophthora
n1
destructive parasitic fungi causing brown rot in plants;

- syn. Phytophthora;

genus Pica
n1
magpies;

- syn. Pica;

genus Picea
n1
a genus of temperate and Arctic evergreen trees (see spruce);

- syn. Picea;

genus Pickeringia
n1
one species: chaparral pea;

- syn. Pickeringia;

genus Picoides
n1
a genus of Picidae;

- syn. Picoides;

genus Picrasma
n1
small genus of deciduous trees of tropical America and Asia;

- syn. Picrasma;

genus Picris
n1
genus of weedy Old World yellow-flowered herbs usually containing a bitter-tasting substance: bitterweed;

- syn. Picris;

genus Picumnus
n1
a genus of Picidae;

- syn. Picumnus;

genus Picus
n1
type genus of Picidae;

- syn. Picus;

genus Pieris
n1
decorative evergreen shrubs of woody vines;

- syn. Pieris;

n2
type genus of the Pieridae;

- syn. Pieris;

genus Pilea
n1
low-growing tropical perennials grown for their stingless foliage;

- syn. Pilea;

genus Pilosella
n1
genus of hairy perennial herbs with horizontal rhizomes and leafy or underground stolons;

- Eurasia and North Africa;

- often considered congeneric with Hieracium;

- syn. Pilosella;

genus Pilularia
n1
pillworts;

- syn. Pilularia;

genus Pimenta
n1
allspice tree;

- syn. Pimenta;

genus Pimpinella
n1
anise;

- syn. Pimpinella;

genus Pinckneya
n1
small genus of shrubs or small trees of southeastern United States and northern South America;

- syn. Pinckneya;

genus Pinctada
n1
pearl oysters;

- syn. Pinctada;

genus Pineus
n1
a genus of Adelgidae;

- syn. Pineus;

genus Pinguicula
n1
butterworts: a large genus of almost stemless carnivorous bog plants;

- Europe and America to Antarctica;

- syn. Pinguicula;

genus Pinguinus
n1
great auk;

- syn. Pinguinus;

genus Pinicola
n1
a genus of Fringillidae;

- syn. Pinicola;

genus Pinnotheres
n1
type genus of the family Pinnotheridae: pea crabs;

- syn. Pinnotheres;

genus Pinus
n1
type genus of the Pinaceae: large genus of true pines;

- syn. Pinus;

genus Pipa
n1
type genus of the Pipidae;

- syn. Pipa;

genus Piper
n1
type genus of the Piperaceae: large genus of chiefly climbing tropical shrubs;

- syn. Piper;

genus Pipile
n1
genus of large crested guans (the piping guans);

- syn. Pipile;

genus Pipilo
n1
towhees;

- syn. Pipilo;

genus Pipistrellus
n1
nearly cosmopolitan genus of very small bats;

- syn. Pipistrellus;

genus Pipra
n1
type genus of the Pipridae containing the typical manakins;

- syn. Pipra;

genus Piptadenia
n1
tropical American trees and shrubs;

- often placed in other genera;

- syn. Piptadenia;

genus Pipturus
n1
an Australian genus of woody plants of the family Urticaceae;

- syn. Pipturus;

genus Piqueria
n1
small genus of tropical American perennial herbs or subshrubs with white to pale yellow flowers;

- often included in genus Stevia;

- syn. Piqueria;

genus Piranga
n1
a genus of Thraupidae;

- syn. Piranga;

genus Piroplasma
n1
type genus of the family Babesiidae;

- syn. genus Babesia;

genus Pisanosaurus
n1
primitive ornithischian dinosaur found in Argentina;

- early Triassic;

genus Piscidia
n1
genus of shrubs or small trees having indehiscent pods with black seeds;

- roots and bark yield fish poisons;

- syn. Piscidia;

genus Pisonia
n1
genus of often thorny tropical trees and shrubs and some vines;

- mainly America;

- syn. Pisonia;

genus Pistacia
n1
a dicotyledonous genus of trees of the family Anacardiaceae having drupaceous fruit;

- syn. Pistacia;

genus Pistia
n1
one species: water lettuce;

genus Pisum
n1
small genus of variable annual Eurasian vines: peas;

- syn. Pisum;

genus Pithecanthropus
n1
former genus of primitive apelike men now Homo erectus;

- syn. Pithecanthropus, Pithecanthropus erectus;

genus Pithecellobium
n1
thorny shrubs and trees of tropical and subtropical America and Asia;

- syn. Pithecellobium, Pithecolobium, genus Pithecolobium;

genus Pithecia
n1
sakis;

- syn. Pithecia;

genus Pithecolobium
n1
thorny shrubs and trees of tropical and subtropical America and Asia;

- syn. Pithecellobium, Pithecolobium, genus Pithecellobium;

genus Pitta
n1
type genus of the Pittidae;

- a large genus of birds of southern Asia and Australia and adjacent islands;

genus Pituophis
n1
bull snakes;

- syn. Pituophis;

genus Pitymys
n1
pine mice;

- syn. Pitymys;

genus Pityrogramma
n1
terrestrial tropical ferns having fronds with powdery yellowish or white undersides;

- sometimes placed in family Polypodiaceae or Adiantaceae;

- syn. Pityrogramma;

genus Placuna
n1
windowpane oysters;

- syn. Placuna;

genus Plagianthus
n1
small genus of shrubs and trees of Australia and New Zealand;

- syn. Plagianthus;

genus Planera
n1
a deciduous tree of the family Ulmaceae that grows in the southeastern United States;

- syn. Planera;

genus Planococcus
n1
a genus of Pseudococcidae;

- syn. Planococcus;

genus Plantago
n1
type genus of the family Plantaginaceae;

- large cosmopolitan genus of mostly small herbs;

- syn. Plantago;

genus Plasmodiophora
n1
type genus of Plasmodiophoraceae comprising minute plant parasitic fungi similar to and sometimes included among the slime molds;

- syn. Plasmodiophora;

genus Plasmodium
n1
type genus of the family Plasmodiidae;

genus Platalea
n1
type genus of the Plataleidae;

- syn. Platalea;

genus Platanthera
n1
herbaceous terrestrial orchids of temperate northern and southern hemispheres;

- syn. Platanthera;

genus Platanus
n1
genus of large monoecious mostly deciduous trees: London plane;

- sycamore;

- syn. Platanus;

genus Platichthys
n1
a genus of Pleuronectidae;

- syn. Platichthys;

genus Platycerium
n1
often epiphytic tropical Old World ferns;

- syn. Platycerium;

genus Platylobium
n1
small genus of Australian evergreen leguminous shrubs or subshrubs;

- syn. Platylobium;

genus Platymiscium
n1
genus of tropical American trees: quira;

- syn. Platymiscium;

genus Platypoecilus
n1
platys;

- syn. Platypoecilus;

genus Platystemon
n1
one species: creamcups;

- syn. Platystemon;

genus Plautus
n1
a genus of Alcidae;

- syn. Plautus;

genus Plecotus
n1
a genus of Vespertilionidae;

- syn. Plecotus;

genus Plectania
n1
genus of fungi in the family Pezizaceae closely related to and often included in genus Peziza;

- syn. Plectania;

genus Plectorrhiza
n1
small genus of Australian orchids;

- syn. Plectorrhiza;

genus Plectranthus
n1
large genus of ornamental flowering plants;

- includes some plants often placed in the genus Coleus;

genus Plectrophenax
n1
snow bunting;

- syn. Plectrophenax;

genus Pleione
n1
small genus of dwarf orchids;

- India to Thailand and Taiwan;

- syn. Pleione;

genus Pleiospilos
n1
perennial succulents of South Africa;

- syn. Pleiospilos;

genus Plesianthropus
n1
former name for the genus Australopithecus;

- syn. Plesianthropus;

genus Plesiosaurus
n1
a reptile genus of suborder Plesiosauria;

genus Plethodon
n1
type genus of the Plethodontidae;

- syn. Plethodon;

genus Pleurobrachia
n1
sea gooseberries;

- syn. Pleurobrachia;

genus Pleuronectes
n1
type genus of the Pleuronectidae;

- syn. Pleuronectes;

genus Pleurosorus
n1
small genus comprising terrestrial ferns;

- found in Chile and Spain and Morocco and Australia and New Zealand;

- syn. Pleurosorus;

genus Pleurothallis
n1
large genus of epiphytic or lithophytic orchids of tropical America;

genus Pleurotus
n1
agarics with white spores and caps having an eccentric stem;

- an important mushroom of Japan;

- syn. Pleurotus;

genus Plicatoperipatus
n1
a genus of Peripatidae;

- syn. Plicatoperipatus;

genus Ploceus
n1
type genus of the Ploceidae;

- syn. Ploceus;

genus Plumbago
n1
shrubs and herbs and woody vines of warm regions: leadwort;

genus Plumeria
n1
deciduous shrubs and trees of tropical America having branches like candelabra and fragrant white or pink flowers;

- syn. Plumeria, Plumiera;

genus Pluteus
n1
a large genus of fungi belonging to the family Pluteaceae;

- the shape of the cap resembles a roof;

- often abundant early in the summer;

- syn. Pluteus, roof mushroom;

genus Pluvialis
n1
golden plovers;

- syn. Pluvialis;

genus Pluvianus
n1
coursers;

- syn. Pluvianus;

genus Poa
n1
chiefly perennial grasses of cool temperate regions;

- syn. Poa;

genus Podalyria
n1
genus of South African leguminous shrubs often placed in genus Sophora;

- syn. Podalyria;

genus Podargus
n1
type genus of the Podargidae;

- syn. Podargus;

genus Podiceps
n1
type genus of the Podicipedidae: grebes;

- syn. Podiceps;

genus Podilymbus
n1
a genus of Podicipedidae;

- syn. Podilymbus;

genus Podocarpus
n1
evergreen trees or shrubs;

- sometimes classified as member of the family Taxaceae;

- syn. Podocarpus;

genus Podophyllum
n1
perennial rhizomatous herbs;

- syn. Podophyllum;

genus Poecilocapsus
n1
a genus of Miridae;

- syn. Poecilocapsus;

genus Poecilogale
n1
muishonds;

- syn. Poecilogale;

genus Poephila
n1
grassfinches;

- syn. Poephila;

genus Pogonia
n1
small but widely distributed genus of orchids closely related to genus Cleistes;

- : of damp or boggy areas of north temperate zone;

genus Pogostemon
n1
genus of Asiatic shrubs or trees whose leaves yield a fragrant oil;

- syn. Pogostemon;

genus Polanisia
n1
widely distributed herbs having palmate leaves and creamy white to or pink to magenta flowers with many stamens of unequal length;

- syn. Polanisia;

genus Polemonium
n1
type genus of the Polemoniaceae;

genus Polianthes
n1
genus of perennial tuberous herbs having lily-like flowers;

- Mexico;

- sometimes placed in family Amaryllidaceae;

- syn. Polianthes;

genus Polioptila
n1
New World gnatcatchers;

- syn. Polioptila;

genus Polistes
n1
a genus of Vespidae;

- syn. Polistes;

genus Pollachius
n1
pollack;

- syn. Pollachius;

genus Polyangium
n1
type genus of the family Polyangiaceae: myxobacteria with rounded fruiting bodies enclosed in a membrane;

- syn. Polyangium;

genus Polyborus
n1
a genus of Falconidae;

- syn. Polyborus;

genus Polybotria
n1
tropical American ferns;

- usually terrestrial when young but scandent later;

- syn. Polybotria, Polybotrya, genus Polybotrya;

genus Polybotrya
n1
tropical American ferns;

- usually terrestrial when young but scandent later;

- syn. Polybotria, Polybotrya, genus Polybotria;

genus Polycirrus
n1
genus of soft-bodied polychete marine worms;

- syn. Polycirrus;

genus Polydactylus
n1
a genus of Polynemidae;

- syn. Polydactylus;

genus Polyergus
n1
Amazon ants;

- syn. Polyergus;

genus Polygala
n1
type genus of the Polygalaceae: milkwort;

- senega;

- snakeroot;

- syn. Polygala;

genus Polygonatum
n1
sometimes placed in subfamily Convallariaceae;

- syn. Polygonatum;

genus Polygonia
n1
comma butterflies;

- syn. Polygonia;

genus Polygonum
n1
diverse genus of herbs or woody subshrubs of north temperate regions;

- syn. Polygonum;

genus Polyodon
n1
type genus of the Polyodontidae;

- syn. Polyodon;

genus Polypedates
n1
type genus of the Polypedatidae;

- syn. Polypedates;

genus Polypodium
n1
a genus of ferns belonging to the family Polypodiaceae and having rounded naked sori;

- syn. Polypodium;

genus Polyporus
n1
type genus of the Polyporaceae;

- includes important pathogens of e.g. birches and conifers;

- syn. Polyporus;

genus Polyprion
n1
wreckfish;

- syn. Polyprion;

genus Polystichum
n1
small to medium-sized terrestrial ferns especially holly ferns;

- in some classification systems placed in Polypodiaceae;

- syn. Polystichum;

genus Pomacanthus
n1
angelfishes;

- syn. Pomacanthus;

genus Pomacentrus
n1
type genus of the Pomacentridae: damselfishes;

- syn. Pomacentrus;

genus Pomaderris
n1
a genus of Australasian shrubs and trees;

- syn. Pomaderris;

genus Pomatomus
n1
type genus of the Pomatomidae;

- syn. Pomatomus;

genus Pomolobus
n1
genus to which the alewife is sometimes assigned;

- syn. Pomolobus;

genus Pomoxis
n1
crappies;

- syn. Pomoxis;

genus Poncirus
n1
one species: trifoliate orange;

- syn. Poncirus;

genus Pongamia
n1
one species: Indian beech;

- syn. Pongamia;

genus Pongo
n1
type genus of the family Pongidae: orangutans;

- syn. Pongo;

genus Pontederia
n1
pickerelweed;

- syn. Pontederia;

genus Pooecetes
n1
a genus of Fringillidae;

- syn. Pooecetes;

genus Popillia
n1
a genus of Scarabaeidae;

- syn. Popillia;

genus Populus
n1
a genus of trees of the family Salicaceae that is found in the northern hemisphere;

- poplars;

- syn. Populus;

genus Porcellio
n1
Old World genus of isopod crustaceans;

- syn. Porcellio;

genus Poronotus
n1
a genus of Stromateidae;

- syn. Poronotus;

genus Porphyra
n1
a genus of protoctist;

- syn. Porphyra;

genus Porphyrio
n1
Old World purple gallinules;

- syn. Porphyrio;

genus Porphyrula
n1
American purple gallinules;

- syn. Porphyrula;

genus Portulaca
n1
genus of mainly tropical fleshy or trailing herbs;

genus Portunus
n1
type genus of the family Portunidae;

- syn. Portunus;

genus Porzana
n1
spotted crakes;

- syn. Porzana;

genus Potamogale
n1
type genus of the family Potamogalidae: otter shrews;

genus Potamogeton
n1
a large genus of aquatic herbs found in quiet waters in temperate regions;

- leaves usually float on the water;

- syn. Potamogeton;

genus Potamophis
n1
ground snakes;

- syn. Potamophis;

genus Potentilla
n1
chiefly perennial northern hemisphere herbs and shrubs: cinquefoil;

- syn. Potentilla;

genus Poterium
n1
a genus of thorny herbs or shrubs of the family Rosaceae;

- syn. Poterium;

genus Pothos
n1
evergreen climbers with adhesive adventitious roots;

- southeastern Asia and Brazil;

- syn. Scindapsus, genus Scindapsus;

genus Potorous
n1
potoroos;

- syn. Potorous;

genus Potos
n1
a genus of Procyonidae;

- syn. Potos;

genus Pouteria
n1
tropical American timber tree with edible fruit (canistel);

- syn. Pouteria;

genus Praunus
n1
a genus of Mysidae;

- syn. Praunus;

genus Prenanthes
n1
genus of North American and Asiatic perennial herbs having pinnatisect leaves small heads of drooping yellowish to purple flowers;

- sometimes includes species often placed in genus Nabalus;

- syn. Prenanthes;

genus Presbytes
n1
langurs;

- syn. Presbytes, mammal Semnopithecus;

genus Priacanthus
n1
type genus of the Priacanthidae;

- syn. Priacanthus;

genus Primula
n1
very large and important genus of plants of temperate Europe and Asia having showy flowers;

genus Prinia
n1
a genus of Sylviidae;

- syn. Prinia;

genus Priodontes
n1
solely the giant armadillo;

- syn. Priodontes;

genus Prionace
n1
blue sharks;

- syn. Prionace;

genus Prionotus
n1
a genus of Triglidae;

- syn. Prionotus;

genus Pristis
n1
type genus of the Pristidae;

- syn. Pristis;

genus Pritzelago
n1
chamois cress;

- syn. Pritzelago;

genus Proboscidea
n1
in some classifications included in the genus Martynia and hence the two taxonomic names for some of the unicorn plants;

- syn. Proboscidea;

genus Procavia
n1
type genus of the Procaviidae;

- syn. Procavia;

genus Procellaria
n1
type genus of the Procellariidae;

- syn. Procellaria;

genus Prociphilus
n1
a genus of Aphididae;

- syn. Prociphilus;

genus Procnias
n1
bellbirds;

- syn. Procnias;

genus Proconsul
n1
genus of extinct primitive African primates of the Miocene epoch;

- sometimes considered a subgenus of Dryopithecus;

genus Procyon
n1
the type genus of the family Procyonidae: raccoons;

- syn. Procyon;

genus Progne
n1
a genus of Hirundinidae;

- syn. Progne;

genus Prosopis
n1
genus of tropical or subtropical branching shrubs or trees: mesquite;

- syn. Prosopis;

genus Prosopium
n1
whitefishes;

- syn. Prosopium;

genus Protea
n1
type genus of Proteaceae;

- tropical African shrubs;

genus Proteles
n1
aardwolf;

- syn. Proteles;

genus Proterochampsa
n1
early archosaurian carnivore;

- syn. Proterochampsa;

genus Proteus
n1
type genus of the Proteidae;

- syn. Proteus;

genus Protium
n1
genus of chiefly tropical American trees having fragrant wood and yielding gum elemi;

- syn. Protium;

genus Protoavis
n1
extinct primitive birds of the Triassic period;

- 70 million years before archaeopteryx;

genus Protoceratops
n1
small horned dinosaurs;

genus Protohippus
n1
a genus of Equidae;

genus Prumnopitys
n1
mostly dioecious evergreen conifers;

- leaves are softer than in Podocarpus;

- syn. Prumnopitys;

genus Prunella
n1
small genus of perennial mostly Eurasian having terminal spikes of small purplish or white flowers;

- syn. Prunella;

n2
type genus of the Prunellidae;

- syn. Prunella;

genus Prunus
n1
a genus of shrubs and trees of the family Rosaceae that is widely distributed in temperate regions;

- syn. Prunus;

genus Psaltriparus
n1
a genus of Paridae;

- syn. Psaltriparus;

genus Psenes
n1
a genus of Stromateidae;

- syn. Psenes;

genus Psephurus
n1
a genus of Polyodontidae;

- syn. Psephurus;

genus Psetta
n1
a genus of Bothidae;

- syn. Psetta;

genus Psettichthys
n1
a genus of Soleidae;

- syn. Psettichthys;

genus Pseudacris
n1
chorus frogs;

- syn. Pseudacris;

genus Pseudaletia
n1
moths whose larvae are armyworms;

- syn. Pseudaletia;

genus Pseudechis
n1
venomous Australian blacksnakes;

- syn. Pseudechis;

genus Pseudemys
n1
sliders;

- red-bellied terrapin;

- syn. Pseudemys;

genus Pseudobombax
n1
tropical American deciduous shrubs or small trees;

- syn. Pseudobombax;

genus Pseudococcus
n1
type genus of the Pseudococcidae;

- syn. Pseudococcus;

genus Pseudocolus
n1
a genus of fungi belonging to the family Clathraceae;

- syn. Pseudocolus;

genus Pseudolarix
n1
one species: golden larch;

- syn. Pseudolarix;

genus Pseudomonas
n1
type genus of the family Pseudomonodaceae;

- syn. Pseudomonas;

genus Pseudopleuronectes
n1
a genus of Pleuronectidae;

- syn. Pseudopleuronectes;

genus Pseudoryx
n1
species of large cow-like mammals of Vietnam discovered by scientists in 1992;

- syn. Pseudoryx;

genus Pseudotaxus
n1
one species;

- syn. Pseudotaxus;

genus Pseudotsuga
n1
douglas fir;

- closely related to genera Larix and Cathaya;

- syn. Pseudotsuga;

genus Pseudowintera
n1
evergreen shrubs or small trees of Australia and New Zealand;

- syn. Pseudowintera, Wintera, genus Wintera;

genus Psidium
n1
guavas;

- syn. Psidium;

genus Psilophyton
n1
type genus of the Psilophytaceae: genus of small wiry herbaceous Paleozoic plants with underground rhizomes and apical sporangia;

genus Psilotum
n1
type genus of the Psilotaceae;

- syn. Psilotum;

genus Psithyrus
n1
a large bee that resembles the bumblebee but lacks pollen-collecting apparatus and a worker caste;

- syn. Psithyrus;

genus Psittacosaurus
n1
most primitive genus of horned dinosaurs;

- early Cretaceous;

genus Psittacula
n1
a genus of Psittacidae;

- syn. Psittacula;

genus Psittacus
n1
type genus of the Psittacidae: usually restricted to the African grey;

- syn. Psittacus;

genus Psophia
n1
type genus of the Psophiidae: trumpeters;

- syn. Psophia;

genus Psophocarpus
n1
species of tropical Asian and African climbing herbs;

- syn. Psophocarpus;

genus Psoralea
n1
widely distributed genus of herbs or shrubs with glandular compound leaves and spicate or racemose purple or white flowers;

- syn. Psoralea;

genus Psychopsis
n1
epiphytic orchids of Central and South America formerly included in genus Oncidium;

- syn. Psychopsis;

genus Psychotria
n1
tropical chiefly South American shrubs and trees;

- syn. Psychotria;

genus Pteretis
n1
small genus sometimes included in genus Onoclea;

- in some classifications both genera are placed in Polypodiaceae;

- syn. Matteuccia, Pteretis, genus Matteuccia;

genus Pteridium
n1
a genus of ferns belonging to the family Dennstaedtiaceae;

- syn. Pteridium;

genus Pteris
n1
large genus of terrestrial ferns of tropics and subtropics;

- sometimes placed in family Polypodiaceae;

- syn. Pteris;

genus Pternohyla
n1
burrowing tree frogs;

- syn. Pternohyla;

genus Pterocarpus
n1
genus of tropical trees or climbers having usually broadly winged pods;

- syn. Pterocarpus;

genus Pterocarya
n1
Asiatic nut trees: wing nuts;

- syn. Pterocarya;

genus Pterocles
n1
type genus of the Pteroclididae;

- syn. Pterocles;

genus Pterocnemia
n1
a genus of birds of the family Rheidae;

- syn. Pterocnemia;

genus Pterodactylus
n1
a reptile genus of Pterodactylidae;

- syn. Pterodactylus;

genus Pterois
n1
lionfishes;

- syn. Pterois;

genus Pteropogon
n1
genus of Australian and South African herbs including some from genus Helipterum;

genus Pteropus
n1
a genus of Megachiroptera;

- syn. Pteropus;

genus Pterospermum
n1
genus of tropical Asian trees and shrubs;

- syn. Pterospermum;

genus Pterostylis
n1
genus of terrestrial orchids of Australia and New Zealand and western Pacific;

- syn. Pterostylis;

genus Ptilocercus
n1
pentails;

- syn. Ptilocercus;

genus Ptilocrinus
n1
sea lilies;

- syn. Ptilocrinus;

genus Ptilonorhynchus
n1
type genus of the Ptilonorhynchidae;

- syn. Ptilonorhynchus;

genus Ptloris
n1
a genus of Paradisaeidae;

- syn. Ptloris;

genus Ptyas
n1
Asian rat snakes;

- syn. Ptyas;

genus Ptychozoon
n1
flying geckos;

- syn. Ptychozoon;

genus Puccinia
n1
type genus of the Pucciniaceae;

- a large genus of parasitic fungi including many that are destructive to various economic plants;

- syn. Puccinia;

genus Pueraria
n1
genus of woody Asiatic vines: kudzu;

- syn. Pueraria;

genus Puffinus
n1
shearwaters;

- syn. Puffinus;

genus Pulex
n1
type genus of the Pulicidae;

- syn. Pulex;

genus Pulicaria
n1
genus of temperate Old World herbs: fleabane;

- syn. Pulicaria;

genus Pulsatilla
n1
includes a group of plants that in some classifications are included in the genus Anemone: pasqueflowers;

- syn. Pulsatilla;

genus Punica
n1
coextensive with the family Punicaceae;

- syn. Punica;

genus Pycnanthemum
n1
American mountain mint;

- syn. Koellia, Pycnanthemum, genus Koellia;

genus Pygopus
n1
type genus of the Pygopodidae;

- snake-shaped pleurodont lizard with no forelimbs and only rudimentary hind limbs;

- syn. Pygopus;

genus Pygoscelis
n1
a genus of Spheniscidae;

- syn. Pygoscelis;

genus Pylodictus
n1
flathead catfishes;

- syn. Pylodictus;

genus Pyracantha
n1
Eurasian evergreen thorny shrubs bearing red or orange-red berries;

genus Pyralis
n1
type genus of the Pyralidae;

- syn. Pyralis;

genus Pyrausta
n1
moths whose larvae are corn borers;

- syn. Pyrausta;

genus Pyrethrum
n1
used in former classifications for plants later placed in genus Chrysanthemum and now often included in genus Tanacetum;

- syn. Pyrethrum;

genus Pyrocephalus
n1
a genus of Tyrannidae;

- syn. Pyrocephalus;

genus Pyrola
n1
short-stemmed perennial herbs of cool or temperate regions: wintergreen;

- shinleaf;

genus Pyrophorus
n1
tropical click beetles;

- syn. Pyrophorus;

genus Pyrrhula
n1
bullfinches;

- syn. Pyrrhula;

genus Pyrrhuloxia
n1
large showy finches related to cardinals;

genus Pyrrosia
n1
epiphytic or lithophytic or terrestrial ferns of tropical Old World;

- syn. Pyrrosia;

genus Pyrularia
n1
small genus of chiefly Asiatic parasitic shrubs;

- syn. Pyrularia;

genus Pyrus
n1
fruit trees native to the Old World: pears;

- syn. Pyrus;

genus Pythium
n1
destructive root-parasitic fungi;

genus Python
n1
Old World boas;

genus Pyxidanthera
n1
one species: pyxie;

- the eastern United States;

- syn. Pyxidanthera;

genus Quamassia
n1
genus of scapose herbs of North and South America having large edible bulbs;

- syn. Camassia, Quamassia, genus Camassia;

genus Quassia
n1
tropical trees and shrubs with pinnate leaves and large scarlet flowers;

- bark is medicinal;

genus Quercus
n1
oaks;

- syn. Quercus;

genus Quiscalus
n1
grackles;

- syn. Quiscalus;

genus Rachycentron
n1
genus and family are coextensive and comprise only the cobia;

- syn. Rachycentron;

genus Radiigera
n1
a genus of fungus belonging to the family Geastraceae;

- syn. Radiigera;

genus Radyera
n1
very small genus of shrubs of southern hemisphere: bush hibiscus;

- syn. Radyera;

genus Raffia
n1
feather palm of tropical Africa and Madagascar and Central and South America widely grown for commercial purposes;

- syn. Raffia, Raphia, genus Raphia;

genus Raja
n1
type genus of the family Rajidae;

- syn. Raja;

genus Ramalina
n1
shrubby lichens of the family Usneaceae having a flattened thallus;

- syn. Ramalina;

genus Ramphomicron
n1
thornbills;

- syn. Ramphomicron;

genus Rana
n1
type genus of the Ranidae;

- syn. Rana;

genus Ranatra
n1
elongate very slender water scorpions;

- syn. Ranatra;

genus Rangifer
n1
reindeer or caribou;

- syn. Rangifer;

genus Ranunculus
n1
annual, biennial or perennial herbs: buttercup;

- crowfoot;

- syn. Ranunculus;

genus Raoulia
n1
genus of low-growing mat-forming New Zealand plants;

- in some classifications includes species placed in genus Haastia;

- syn. Raoulia;

genus Raphanus
n1
radish;

- syn. Raphanus;

genus Raphia
n1
feather palm of tropical Africa and Madagascar and Central and South America widely grown for commercial purposes;

- syn. Raffia, Raphia, genus Raffia;

genus Raphicerus
n1
African antelopes: steenboks;

- syn. Raphicerus;

genus Raphus
n1
type genus of the Raphidae: dodos;

- syn. Raphus;

genus Ratibida
n1
genus of perennial wildflowers of North American plains and prairies;

- often cultivated for their showy flower heads;

- syn. Ratibida;

genus Rattus
n1
common house rats;

- upper incisors have a beveled edge;

- syn. Rattus;

genus Rauvolfia
n1
pantropical genus of somewhat poisonous shrubs and small trees;

- syn. genus Rauwolfia;

genus Rauwolfia
n1
pantropical genus of somewhat poisonous shrubs and small trees;

- syn. genus Rauvolfia;

genus Ravenala
n1
woody tropical plants with tall trunks;

- sometimes placed in family Musaceae;

genus Recurvirostra
n1
type genus of the Recurvirostridae: avocets;

- syn. Recurvirostra;

genus Regalecus
n1
type genus of the Regalecidae;

- syn. Reglaecus;

genus Regnellidium
n1
one species of aquatic or semiaquatic fern;

genus Regulus
n1
a genus of birds of the family Sylviidae including kinglets;

- syn. Regulus;

genus Reithrodontomys
n1
New World harvest mice;

- syn. Reithrodontomys;

genus Remilegia
n1
a genus of Echeneididae;

- syn. Remilegia;

genus Reseda
n1
Old World genus of herbs having racemose flowers: mignonette;

- dyer's rocket;

genus Retama
n1
small genus of Mediterranean shrubs;

- often included in genus Genista;

- syn. Retama;

genus Reticulitermes
n1
includes species highly destructive to structures and living trees;

- syn. Reticulitermes;

genus Retrophyllum
n1
small genus of tropical evergreen dioecious shrubs or trees of Oceania and tropical South America;

- syn. Retrophyllum;

genus Rhagoletis
n1
a genus of Trypetidae;

- syn. Rhagoletis;

genus Rhamnus
n1
type genus of the Rhamnaceae: buckthorns;

- syn. Rhamnus;

genus Rhapis
n1
genus of small clump-forming fan palms of China and Japan;

- syn. Rhapis;

genus Rhea
n1
type genus of the Rheidae;

- large tall flightless South American birds similar to but smaller than ostriches;

genus Rheum
n1
rhubarb;

- syn. Rheum;

genus Rhexia
n1
deer grass;

- syn. Rhexia;

genus Rhincodon
n1
whale sharks;

- syn. Rhincodon;

genus Rhinoceros
n1
type genus of the Rhinocerotidae;

genus Rhinonicteris
n1
orange horseshoe bats;

- syn. Rhinonicteris;

genus Rhinoptera
n1
a genus of Myliobatidae;

- syn. Rhinoptera;

genus Rhipsalis
n1
large genus of epiphytic or lithophytic unarmed cacti with usually segmented stems and pendulous branches;

- flowers are small followed by berrylike fruits;

- syn. Rhipsalis;

genus Rhizobium
n1
the type genus of Rhizobiaceae;

- usually occur in the root nodules of legumes;

- can fix atmospheric oxygen;

- syn. Rhizobium;

genus Rhizoctinia
n1
form genus of imperfect fungi some species of which are now placed in genera Pellicularia and Corticium because their perfect stages have been found;

- syn. form genus Rhizoctinia;

genus Rhizophora
n1
type genus of the Rhizophoraceae;

- a small genus of tropical trees and shrubs;

- syn. Rhizophora;

genus Rhizopogon
n1
a genus of fungi having subterranean sporophores resembling tubers;

- syn. Rhizopogon;

genus Rhizopus
n1
a genus of rot-causing fungi having columnar hemispherical aerial sporangia anchored to the substrate by rhizoids;

genus Rhodanthe
n1
genus of xerophytic herbs and shrubs of South Africa and Australia;

- sometimes included in genus Helipterum;

genus Rhododendron
n1
large genus of evergreen shrubs native to cooler regions of the northern hemisphere having showy flowers;

genus Rhodosphaera
n1
one species;

- an Australian evergreen sumac;

- syn. Rhodosphaera;

genus Rhodymenia
n1
type genus of the family Rhodymeniaceae;

- syn. Rhodymenia;

genus Rhus
n1
deciduous or evergreen shrubs and shrubby trees of temperate and subtropical North America, South Africa, eastern Asia and northeastern Australia;

- usually limited to nonpoisonous sumacs (see genus Toxicodendron);

- syn. Rhus;

genus Rhyacotriton
n1
olympic salamanders;

- syn. Rhyacotriton;

genus Rhynchoelaps
n1
Australian coral snakes;

- syn. Rhynchoelaps;

genus Rhyncostylis
n1
genus of epiphytic orchids of tropical Asia;

- syn. Rhyncostylis;

genus Rhynia
n1
type genus of the Rhyniaceae;

- small leafless dichotomously branching fossil plants with terminal sporangia and smooth branching rhizomes;

- syn. Rhynia;

genus Ribes
n1
a flowering shrub bearing currants or gooseberries;

- native to northern hemisphere;

- syn. Ribes;

genus Richea
n1
evergreen trees or shrubs of mountains of Australia and Tasmania;

- syn. Richea;

genus Richmondena
n1
cardinals;

- syn. Richmondena;

genus Ricinus
n1
a genus of herb having only one known species: castor-oil plant;

- syn. Ricinus;

genus Rickettsia
n1
can cause typhus and Rocky Mountain spotted fever in humans;

genus Riparia
n1
a genus of Hirundinidae;

- syn. Riparia;

genus Rissa
n1
a genus of Laridae;

- syn. Rissa;

genus Rivina
n1
small genus of erect perennial shrubby herbs;

- tropical and subtropical America;

- syn. Rivina;

genus Rivulus
n1
killifish;

genus Robinia
n1
deciduous flowering trees and shrubs;

- syn. Robinia;

genus Roccella
n1
chiefly fruticose maritime rock-inhabiting lichens;

genus Roccus
n1
a genus of Serranidae;

- syn. Roccus;

genus Rodolia
n1
genus of Australian ladybugs;

- syn. Rodolia, genus Vedalia;

genus Romneya
n1
one species: matilija poppy;

- syn. Romneya;

genus Roridula
n1
insectivorous undershrubs of South Africa;

- in some classifications placed in the family Droseraceae;

genus Rorippa
n1
annual and perennial herbs of damp habitats;

- cosmopolitan except Antarctica;

- syn. Rorippa;

genus Rosa
n1
large genus of erect or climbing prickly shrubs including roses;

- syn. Rosa;

genus Rosellinia
n1
fungi having smooth perithecia with dark one-celled ascospores;

- syn. Rosellinia;

genus Rosmarinus
n1
rosemary;

- syn. Rosmarinus;

genus Roystonea
n1
a monocotyledonous genus of West Indian feather palms;

- syn. Roystonea;

genus Rubia
n1
type genus of the Rubiaceae;

- Old World herbs and subshrubs grown for their medicinal properties and for dye substances extracted from their roots;

- syn. Rubia;

genus Rubus
n1
large genus of brambles bearing berries;

- syn. Rubus;

genus Rudbeckia
n1
North American perennial herbs with showy cone-shaped flower heads;

- syn. Rudbeckia;

genus Rumex
n1
docks: coarse herbs and shrubs mainly native to north temperate regions;

- syn. Rumex;

genus Rumohra
n1
leatherleaf ferns: in some classifications included in genus Polystichum;

- syn. Rumohra;

genus Rupicapra
n1
chamois;

- syn. Rupicapra;

genus Rupicola
n1
cock of the rocks;

- syn. Rupicola;

genus Ruptiliocarpon
n1
new (1993) genus of trees of Central America now recognized as similar to those of genus Lepidobotrys;

- syn. Ruptiliocarpon;

genus Ruscus
n1
a genus of European evergreen shrubs;

- sometimes placed in family Asparagaceae;

- syn. Ruscus;

genus Russula
n1
large genus of fungi with stout stems and white spores and neither annulus nor volva;

- brittle caps of red or purple or yellow or green or blue;

- differs from genus Lactarius in lacking milky juice;

- syn. Russula;

genus Ruta
n1
type genus of the Rutaceae;

- strong-scented Eurasian herbs;

- syn. Ruta;

genus Rutilus
n1
roaches;

- syn. Rutilus;

genus Rynchops
n1
type genus of the Rynchopidae: skimmers;

- syn. Rynchops;

genus Rypticus
n1
a genus of fish of the family Serranidae, including soapfishes;

- syn. Rypticus;

genus Sabal
n1
American dwarf fan palms;

- syn. Sabal;

genus Sabbatia
n1
genus of smooth slender North American herbs with showy flowers;

genus Sabinea
n1
small genus of deciduous West Indian trees or shrubs: carib wood;

- syn. Sabinea;

genus Saccharomyces
n1
single-celled yeasts that reproduce asexually by budding;

- used to ferment carbohydrates;

- syn. Saccharomyces;

genus Saccharum
n1
tall perennial reedlike grass originally of southeastern Asia: sugarcane;

- syn. Saccharum;

genus Sadleria
n1
low tree ferns with large fronds;

- in rain forests and on lava flows of Hawaiian Islands;

- syn. Sadleria;

genus Sagina
n1
small low-growing annual or perennial herbs of temperate and cool regions;

- syn. Sagina;

genus Sagitta
n1
chief genus of Chaetognatha including the largest arrowworms;

genus Sagittaria
n1
genus of aquatic herbs of temperate and tropical regions having sagittate or hastate leaves and white scapose flowers;

- syn. Sagittaria;

genus Sagittarius
n1
type genus of the Sagittariidae;

- syn. Sagittarius;

genus Saiga
n1
Eurasian antelopes: saigas;

genus Saimiri
n1
squirrel monkeys;

- syn. Saimiri;

genus Saintpaulia
n1
east African herb with nodding flowers;

- widely cultivated;

- syn. Saintpaulia;

genus Salamandra
n1
type genus of the Salamandridae;

- syn. Salamandra;

genus Salicornia
n1
glassworts;

- syn. Salicornia;

genus Salix
n1
a large and widespread genus varying in size from small shrubs to large trees: willows;

- syn. Salix;

genus Salmo
n1
type genus of the Salmonidae: salmon and trout;

- syn. Salmo;

genus Salmonella
n1
a genus of bacteria;

genus Salpa
n1
type (perhaps sole) genus of the Salpidae;

genus Salpichroa
n1
herbs of temperate North and South America: cock's eggs;

- syn. Salpichroa;

genus Salpiglossis
n1
small genus of herbs of the southern Andes having large showy flowers;

genus Salpinctes
n1
a genus of Troglodytidae;

- syn. Salpinctes;

genus Salsola
n1
chiefly Old World herbs or shrubs: saltworts;

- syn. Salsola;

genus Salvadora
n1
genus of evergreen trees or shrubs;

- fruit is a drupe;

- grows in Africa through Arabia to India and China;

- syn. Salvadora;

genus Salvelinus
n1
brook trout;

- syn. Salvelinus;

genus Salvia
n1
large genus of shrubs and subshrubs of the mint family varying greatly in habit: sage;

genus Salvinia
n1
type genus of the Salviniaceae: water ferns;

- syn. Salvinia;

genus Sambucus
n1
elder;

- elderberry;

- syn. Sambucus;

genus Samia
n1
silkworm moths;

- syn. Samia;

genus Samolus
n1
genus of herbs usually growing in salt marshes: water pimpernels;

- syn. Samolus;

genus Sanguinaria
n1
one species: bloodroot;

- syn. Sanguinaria;

genus Sanicula
n1
chiefly American herbs: sanicle;

- syn. Sanicula;

genus Sansevieria
n1
Old World tropical herbaceous perennial of the agave family;

- in some classifications considered a genus of Liliaceae;

genus Santalum
n1
parasitic trees of Indonesia and Malaysia;

- syn. Santalum;

genus Santolina
n1
genus of Mediterranean subshrubs with rayless flower heads;

- syn. Santolina;

genus Sanvitalia
n1
small genus of tropical American annual herbs: creeping zinnia;

- syn. Sanvitalia;

genus Sapindus
n1
type genus of the Sapindaceae;

- syn. Sapindus;

genus Saponaria
n1
mostly perennial Old World herbs;

- syn. Saponaria;

genus Saprolegnia
n1
aquatic fungi growing chiefly on plant debris and animal remains;

- syn. Saprolegnia;

genus Sarcobatus
n1
one species: greasewood;

- syn. Sarcobatus;

genus Sarcocephalus
n1
genus of tropical African trees and shrubs;

- syn. Sarcocephalus;

genus Sarcochilus
n1
diminutive epiphytic or lithophytic orchids with clumped short-stemmed foliage and arching racemes of colorful flowers;

- Australia and Polynesia to southeastern Asia;

- syn. Sarcochilus;

genus Sarcocystis
n1
chief genus of the order Sarcosporidia;

- syn. Sarcocystis;

genus Sarcodes
n1
snow plant;

- in some classifications placed in family Pyrolaceae;

- syn. Sarcodes;

genus Sarcophaga
n1
flesh flies;

- syn. Sarcophaga;

genus Sarcophilus
n1
Tasmanian devil;

- syn. Sarcophilus;

genus Sarcoptes
n1
type genus of the family Sarcoptidae: itch mites;

- syn. Sarcoptes;

genus Sarcorhamphus
n1
usually containing only the king vulture;

- syn. Sarcorhamphus;

genus Sarcostemma
n1
succulent subshrubs or vines;

- tropical and subtropical India and Africa and Malaysia;

- syn. Sarcostemma;

genus Sarda
n1
bonitos;

- syn. Sarda;

genus Sardina
n1
pilchards;

- syn. Sardina, genus Sardinia;

genus Sardinia
n1
pilchards;

- syn. Sardina, genus Sardina;

genus Sardinops
n1
pilchards;

- syn. Sardinops;

genus Sargassum
n1
a genus of protoctist;

genus Sarracenia
n1
pitcher plants;

- syn. Sarracenia;

genus Sassafras
n1
a genus of sassafras;

genus Satureia
n1
savory;

- syn. Satureia, Satureja, genus Satureja;

genus Satureja
n1
savory;

- syn. Satureia, Satureja, genus Satureia;

genus Saturnia
n1
type genus of the Saturniidae: emperor moth;

- syn. Saturnia;

genus Sauromalus
n1
chuckwallas;

- syn. Sauromalus;

genus Saurosuchus
n1
early archosaurian carnivore;

- syn. Saurosuchus;

genus Saururus
n1
type genus of the Saururaceae: lizard's-tails;

- syn. Saururus;

genus Saussurea
n1
genus of herbs of temperate and cool regions of Eurasia;

- syn. Saussurea;

genus Saxe-gothea
n1
one species: Prince Albert's yew;

- syn. Saxe-gothea, Saxegothea, genus Saxegothea;

genus Saxegothea
n1
one species: Prince Albert's yew;

- syn. Saxe-gothea, Saxegothea, genus Saxe-gothea;

genus Saxicola
n1
Old World chats;

- syn. Saxicola;

genus Saxifraga
n1
type genus of the Saxifragaceae;

- large genus of usually perennial herbs of Arctic and cool regions of northern hemisphere: saxifrage;

- syn. Saxifraga;

genus Sayornis
n1
phoebes;

- syn. Sayornis;

genus Scabiosa
n1
annual or perennial herbs or subshrubs;

- mainly Mediterranean;

genus Scaphiopus
n1
New World spadefoot toads;

- syn. Scaphiopus;

genus Scaphosepalum
n1
comprises some tropical American species usually placed in genus Masdevallia: diminutive plants with small flowers carried on one scape;

- syn. Scaphosepalum;

genus Scarabaeus
n1
type genus of the Scarabaeidae;

genus Scardinius
n1
rudds;

- syn. Scardinius;

genus Scartella
n1
a genus of Blenniidae;

- syn. Scartella;

genus Sceliphron
n1
mud daubers;

- syn. Sceliphron;

genus Sceloglaux
n1
a genus of Strigidae;

- syn. Sceloglaux;

genus Sceloporus
n1
spiny lizards;

- syn. Sceloporus;

genus Schaffneria
n1
one species;

- syn. Schaffneria;

genus Schefflera
n1
large genus of shrubby and climbing tropical plants having showy digitately compound foliage;

- syn. Schefflera;

genus Schinus
n1
genus of evergreen shrubs and trees of tropical and subtropical regions of South and Central America and Canary Islands and China;

- syn. Schinus;

genus Schistosoma
n1
type genus of the family Schistosomatidae: blood flukes;

- syn. Schistosoma;

genus Schizachyrium
n1
overlaps the genus Andropogon;

- syn. Schizachyrium;

genus Schizaea
n1
type genus of the Schizaeaceae cosmopolitan especially in tropics;

- small leptosporangiate ferns: curly grass fern;

- syn. Schizaea;

genus Schizanthus
n1
Chilean herbs with orchid-like flowers;

genus Schizopetalon
n1
small genus of South American herbs grown for its flowers;

genus Schizophragma
n1
small genus of deciduous climbing and creeping shrubs with white flowers in flat clusters;

- sometimes placed in family Saxifragaceae;

- syn. Schizophragma;

genus Schizosaccharomyces
n1
type and only genus of Schizosaccharomycetaceae;

- comprises the fission yeasts;

- syn. Schizosaccharomyces;

genus Schlumbergera
n1
South American epiphytic or lithophytic cacti;

- syn. Schlumbergera;

genus Schomburgkia
n1
genus of tropical American epiphytic orchids with showy racemose flowers;

- syn. Schomburgkia;

genus Sciadopitys
n1
type and sole genus of Sciadopityaceae;

- Japanese umbrella pines;

- syn. Sciadopitys;

genus Sciaena
n1
type genus of the Sciaenidae: croakers;

- syn. Sciaena;

genus Sciaenops
n1
a genus of Sciaenidae;

- syn. Sciaenops;

genus Sciara
n1
type genus of the Sciaridae: fungus gnat;

genus Scilla
n1
sometimes placed in subfamily Hyacinthaceae;

genus Scincella
n1
a reptile genus of Scincidae;

- syn. Scincella;

genus Scincus
n1
type genus of Scincidae;

- syn. Scincus;

genus Scindapsus
n1
evergreen climbers with adhesive adventitious roots;

- southeastern Asia and Brazil;

- syn. Scindapsus, genus Pothos;

genus Scirpus
n1
rhizomatous perennial grasslike herbs;

- syn. Scirpus;

genus Sciurus
n1
type genus of the Sciuridae;

- typical moderate-sized arboreal squirrels;

- syn. Sciurus;

genus Scleranthus
n1
small genus of Old World weedy prostrate annuals: knawel;

- syn. Scleranthus;

genus Scleroderma
n1
genus of poisonous fungi having hard-skinned fruiting bodies: false truffles;

- syn. Scleroderma;

genus Scleropages
n1
a genus of large freshwater fishes of Australia and Borneo;

- syn. Scleropages;

genus Sclerotinia
n1
large genus of ascomycetous fungi including various destructive plant pathogens;

genus Sclerotium
n1
form genus of sterile imperfect fungi;

- many form sclerotia;

- some cause sclerotium disease in plants;

- syn. Sclerotium;

genus Scolopax
n1
type of the Scolopacidae: Old World woodcocks;

- syn. Scolopax;

genus Scolopendrium
n1
a genus of ferns belonging to the family Polypodiaceae (in some classification systems included in genus Asplenium);

- syn. Phyllitis, genus Phyllitis;

genus Scolymus
n1
small genus of thistlelike herbs of the Mediterranean region;

- syn. Scolymus;

genus Scolytus
n1
type genus of the Scolytidae comprising numerous small bark beetles;

- syn. Scolytus;

genus Scomber
n1
type genus of the Scombridae;

- syn. Scomber;

genus Scomberesox
n1
a genus of Scomberesocidae;

- syn. Scomberesox, Scombresox, genus Scombresox;

genus Scomberomorus
n1
Spanish mackerels;

- syn. Scomberomorus;

genus Scombresox
n1
a genus of Scomberesocidae;

- syn. Scomberesox, Scombresox, genus Scomberesox;

genus Scophthalmus
n1
a genus of Bothidae;

- syn. Scophthalmus;

genus Scopolia
n1
genus of European perennial herbs yielding medicinal alkaloids;

- syn. Scopolia;

genus Scorpaena
n1
type genus of the Scorpaenidae: scorpionfishes;

- syn. Scorpaena;

genus Scorzonera
n1
genus of narrow-leaved European herbs;

genus Scrophularia
n1
type genus of Scrophulariaceae;

- named for the plants' supposed ability to cure scrofula: figworts;

- syn. Scrophularia;

genus Scutellaria
n1
an asterid dicot genus that includes the skullcaps;

- syn. Scutellaria;

genus Scutigera
n1
a genus of Scutigeridae;

- syn. Scutigera;

genus Scutigerella
n1
garden centipedes;

- syn. Scutigerella;

genus Sebastiana
n1
Mexican spurges;

- syn. Sebastiana;

genus Sebastodes
n1
rockfishes;

- syn. Sebastodes;

genus Secale
n1
cereal grass widely cultivated for its grain: rye;

- syn. Secale;

genus Sedum
n1
large genus of rock plants having thick fleshy leaves;

genus Seismosaurus
n1
genus of large herbivorous dinosaurs of Cretaceous found in western North America;

- syn. Seismosaurus;

genus Seiurus
n1
ovenbirds and water thrushes;

- syn. Seiurus;

genus Selaginella
n1
type and sole genus of the Selaginellaceae;

- evergreen moss-like plants: spike moss and little club moss;

- syn. Selaginella;

genus Selar
n1
big-eyed scad;

- syn. Selar;

genus Selenarctos
n1
Asiatic black bears;

- in some classifications not a separate genus from Ursus;

- syn. Selenarctos;

genus Selene
n1
a genus of Carangidae;

- syn. Selene;

genus Selenicereus
n1
mostly epiphytic climbing cacti that bloom at night;

- syn. Selenicereus;

genus Selenipedium
n1
genus of tall reedlike tropical American orchids;

- includes species with pods used locally as a substitute for vanilla;

- syn. Selenipedium;

genus Senecio
n1
enormous and diverse cosmopolitan genus of trees and shrubs and vines and herbs including many weeds;

- syn. Senecio;

genus Senna
n1
genus of shrubs and trees and herbs many of which are often classified as members of the genus Cassia;

genus Sepia
n1
type genus of the Sepiidae;

- syn. Sepia;

genus Septobasidium
n1
type genus of Septobasidiaceae: smooth shelf fungi usually having a well-developed sometimes thick-walled hypobasidium;

- syn. Septobasidium;

genus Sequoia
n1
redwoods;

- until recently considered a genus of a separate family Taxodiaceae;

genus Sequoiadendron
n1
giant sequoias;

- sometimes included in the genus Sequoia;

- until recently placed in the Taxodiaceae;

- syn. Sequoiadendron;

genus Serenoa
n1
one species: saw palmetto;

- syn. Serenoa;

genus Sericocarpus
n1
small genus of herbs of the eastern United States: white-topped asters;

- syn. Sericocarpus;

genus Serinus
n1
Old World finches;

- e.g. canaries and serins;

- syn. Serinus;

genus Seriola
n1
a genus of Carangidae;

- syn. Seriola;

genus Seriphidium
n1
woody plants grown chiefly for their silver or grey and often aromatic foliage;

- formerly included in the genus Artemisia;

- syn. Seriphidium;

genus Seriphus
n1
a genus of Sciaenidae;

- syn. Seriphus;

genus Serranus
n1
type genus of the Serranidae: mostly small Pacific sea basses;

- syn. Serranus;

genus Serrasalmus
n1
piranhas;

- syn. Serrasalmus;

genus Serratia
n1
a genus of motile peritrichous bacteria that contain small Gram-negative rod;

- syn. Serratia;

genus Serratula
n1
genus of Old World perennial herbs with spirally arranged toothed leaves;

- syn. Serratula;

genus Sertularia
n1
sessile hydroid that forms feathery colonies;

- syn. Sertularia;

genus Sesamum
n1
tropical African and Indian herbs;

- syn. Sesamum;

genus Sesbania
n1
small genus of tropical and subtropical leguminous herbs or shrubs or trees;

genus Seseli
n1
a rosid dicot genus that includes moon carrots;

- syn. Seseli;

genus Setaria
n1
annual or perennial grasses of warm regions: bristlegrasses;

- syn. Setaria;

genus Setophaga
n1
a genus of Parulidae;

- syn. Setophaga;

genus Shigella
n1
a genus of bacteria;

genus Shorea
n1
genus of Indonesian and Malaysian timber trees rich in resin;

- syn. Shorea;

genus Shortia
n1
evergreen perennial herbs of North America and eastern Asia: oconee bells;

genus Sialia
n1
North American bluebirds;

- syn. Sialia;

genus Sialis
n1
type genus of the Sialidae;

- syn. Sialis;

genus Sida
n1
large genus of tropical subshrubs or herbs some of which yield fibers of mucilaginous substances;

- syn. Sida;

genus Sidalcea
n1
genus of showy plants of western North America having palmate leaves and variously colored racemose flowers;

- syn. Sidalcea;

genus Sideritis
n1
genus of woolly aromatic herbs or subshrubs or shrubs of Mediterranean region;

- syn. Sideritis;

genus Sigmodon
n1
American cotton rats;

- syn. Sigmodon;

genus Silene
n1
large widely distributed genus of plants having mostly showy flowers of various colors: campion;

- catchfly;

genus Sillago
n1
type genus of the Sillaginidae;

- syn. Sillago;

genus Silphium
n1
tall North American perennial herbs;

- syn. Silphium;

genus Silurus
n1
type genus of the Siluridae: catfishes;

- syn. Silurus;

genus Silvia
n1
type genus of the Sylviidae: warblers;

- syn. Silvia;

genus Silybum
n1
small genus of east African herbs;

- syn. Silybum;

genus Simarouba
n1
type genus of Simaroubaceae;

- tropical American trees and shrubs having a pale soft wood and bitter bark;

- syn. Simarouba;

genus Simulium
n1
type genus of the Simuliidae: blackflies;

- syn. Simulium;

genus Sinanthropus
n1
genus to which Peking man was formerly assigned;

- syn. Sinanthropus;

genus Sinapis
n1
small genus of Old World herbs usually included in genus Brassica;

- syn. Sinapis;

genus Sinningia
n1
genus of perennial tuberous herbs and shrubs of Central and South America;

- syn. Sinningia;

genus Sinornis
n1
a genus of fossil birds;

genus Siren
n1
a genus of Sirenidae;

genus Sison
n1
genus including stone parsley;

- syn. Sison;

genus Sistrurus
n1
pygmy rattlesnakes;

- syn. Sistrurus;

genus Sisymbrium
n1
genus of Old World annual or biennial or perennial herbs with racemose flowers;

- many are considered to be weeds;

genus Sisyrinchium
n1
chiefly North American grasslike herbs;

- syn. Sisyrinchium;

genus Sitophylus
n1
a genus of Bruchidae;

- syn. Sitophylus;

genus Sitotroga
n1
grain moths;

- syn. Sitotroga;

genus Sitta
n1
type genus of the Sittidae;

- syn. Sitta;

genus Sium
n1
perennial of wet and marshy places in the northern hemisphere: water parsnips;

- syn. Sium;

genus Sivapithecus
n1
extinct primates;

- lower Pliocene;

genus Sloanea
n1
genus of tropical hardwood timber trees;

- syn. Sloanea;

genus Smilax
n1
sometimes placed in Smilacaceae;

- syn. Smilax;

genus Smiledon
n1
saber-toothed tigers;

- syn. Smiledon;

genus Smyrnium
n1
Alexanders;

- syn. Smyrnium;

genus Sobralia
n1
genus of tropical American orchids;

genus Solandra
n1
shrubby climbers of tropical America;

- syn. Solandra;

genus Solanopteris
n1
tropical American epiphytic ferns having rhizomes with tubers and roots as well as scales;

- syn. Solanopteris;

genus Solanum
n1
type genus of the Solanaceae: nightshade;

- potato;

- eggplant;

- bittersweet;

- syn. Solanum;

genus Solea
n1
type genus of the Soleidae;

- syn. Solea;

genus Soleirolia
n1
one species;

- a dwarf creeping mat-forming evergreen herb;

- syn. Helxine, Soleirolia, genus Helxine;

genus Solenopsis
n1
fire ants;

- syn. Solenopsis;

genus Solenostemon
n1
genus of shrubby often succulent herbs of tropical Africa and Asia;

- includes some plants often placed in genus Coleus;

- syn. Solenostemon;

genus Solidago
n1
goldenrod;

- syn. Solidago;

genus Somateria
n1
eider ducks;

- syn. Somateria;

genus Sonchus
n1
sow thistles;

- syn. Sonchus;

genus Sonora
n1
ground snakes;

- syn. Sonora;

genus Sophora
n1
cosmopolitan genus of trees and shrubs having odd-pinnate leaves and showy flowers;

- some species placed in genus Podalyria;

- syn. Sophora;

genus Sorbus
n1
a genus of shrubs or trees of the family Rosaceae having feathery leaves;

- syn. Sorbus;

genus Sorex
n1
type genus of the family Soricidae: shrews;

- syn. Sorex;

genus Sorghum
n1
annual or perennial tropical and subtropical cereal grasses: sorghum;

- syn. Sorghum;

genus Spadella
n1
marine worms resembling the sagittas but with a broader body and only one pair of lateral fins;

genus Spalax
n1
type genus of the Spalacidae;

- syn. Spalax;

genus Sparaxis
n1
deciduous perennial herbs of South Africa;

- syn. Sparaxis;

genus Sparganium
n1
type and sole genus of Sparganiaceae;

- marsh or aquatic herbs of temperate regions;

- syn. Sparganium;

genus Sparmannia
n1
small genus of tropical African shrubs;

- syn. Sparmannia;

genus Spartina
n1
grass of freshwater swamps and salt marshes of Europe, Africa, America, and South Atlantic islands;

- syn. Spartina;

genus Spartium
n1
one species: Spanish broom;

- syn. Spartium;

genus Spathiphyllum
n1
evergreen rhizomatous perennials of tropical America and Philippines and Indonesia;

genus Spergula
n1
small genus of Old World annual herbs: corn spurry;

- syn. Spergula;

genus Spergularia
n1
chiefly maritime Eurasian herbs: sand spurry;

- sea spurry;

- syn. Spergularia;

genus Spermophilus
n1
typical ground squirrels;

- syn. Citellus, Spermophilus, genus Citellus;

genus Sphacele
n1
a dicotyledonous genus of the family Labiatae;

- syn. Lepechinia, Sphacele, genus Lepechinia;

genus Sphacelotheca
n1
genus of smut fungus;

- syn. Sphacelotheca;

genus Sphaeralcea
n1
large genus of chiefly tropical herbs with showy flowers and mostly globose fruits: globe mallows;

- syn. Sphaeralcea;

genus Sphaerocarpos
n1
type genus of Sphaerocarpaceae;

- liverworts with small many-lobed usually orbicular thallus;

- syn. Sphaerocarpos, Sphaerocarpus, genus Sphaerocarpus;

genus Sphaerocarpus
n1
type genus of Sphaerocarpaceae;

- liverworts with small many-lobed usually orbicular thallus;

- syn. Sphaerocarpos, Sphaerocarpus, genus Sphaerocarpos;

genus Sphagnum
n1
a large genus constituting the order Sphagnales: atypical mosses of temperate bogs with leaves that can hold much water;

genus Sphecius
n1
large solitary wasps: cicada killer;

- syn. Sphecius;

genus Sphecotheres
n1
a genus of Old World orioles;

- syn. Sphecotheres;

genus Spheniscus
n1
type genus of the Spheniscidae: jackass penguins;

- syn. Spheniscus;

genus Sphenodon
n1
coextensive with the order Rhynchocephalia: tuataras;

- syn. Sphenodon;

genus Sphyraena
n1
type and sole genus of the Sphyraenidae: barracuda;

- syn. Sphyraena;

genus Sphyrapicus
n1
a genus of Picidae;

- syn. Sphyrapicus;

genus Sphyrna
n1
type genus of the Sphyrnidae;

- syn. Sphyrna;

genus Spilogale
n1
a genus of Mustelidae;

- syn. Spilogale;

genus Spinacia
n1
spinach;

- syn. Spinacia;

genus Spinus
n1
in some classifications considered a subgenus of Carduelis: siskins and New World goldfinches;

- syn. Spinus;

genus Spiraea
n1
a dicotyledonous genus of the family Rosaceae;

- syn. Spiraea;

genus Spiranthes
n1
large cosmopolitan genus of white-flowered terrestrial orchids;

- syn. Spiranthes;

genus Spirillum
n1
a genus of bacteria;

genus Spirochaeta
n1
the type genus of the family Spirochaetaceae;

- a bacterium that is flexible, undulating, and chiefly aquatic;

- syn. Spirochaeta;

genus Spirodela
n1
minute aquatic herbs floating on the water surface consisting of a shiny leaflike frond and 2-21 roots;

- syn. Spirodela;

genus Spirogyra
n1
a genus of protoctist;

genus Spirula
n1
genus of small cephalopods with many-chambered spiral shells resembling those of the extinct belemnites;

genus Spizella
n1
chipping sparrow;

- field sparrow;

- tree sparrow;

- syn. Spizella;

genus Spodoptera
n1
moths whose larvae are armyworms;

- syn. Spodoptera;

genus Spondias
n1
tropical trees having one-seeded fruit;

- syn. Spondias;

genus Sporobolus
n1
cosmopolitan annual and perennial grasses (as dropseed or rush grass);

- syn. Sporobolus;

genus Spraguea
n1
small genus of usually perennial herbs having deep woody taproots and flower heads of umbels or cymes;

- syn. Spraguea;

genus Spyeria
n1
fritillaries;

- syn. Spyeria;

genus Squalus
n1
spiny dogfishes;

- syn. Squalus;

genus Squatina
n1
type genus of the Squatinidae: angel sharks;

- syn. Squatina;

genus Squilla
n1
type genus of the family Squillidae;

genus Stachys
n1
large genus of usually woolly or hairy herbs or subshrubs or shrubs;

- temperate eastern hemisphere;

- tropical Australasia;

- syn. Stachys;

genus Stanhopea
n1
genus of tropical American epiphytic orchids;

genus Stanleya
n1
prince's plume;

- syn. Stanleya;

genus Stapelia
n1
genus of foul-smelling plants resembling cacti;

- found from Africa to East India;

genus Staphylea
n1
a genus of small trees or shrubs of the family Staphylaceae;

- syn. Staphylea;

genus Staphylococcus
n1
includes many pathogenic species;

genus Staurikosaurus
n1
primitive ornithischian dinosaur found in Brazil;

genus Steatornis
n1
type and sole genus of the family Steatornithidae;

- syn. Steatornis;

genus Steganopus
n1
a genus of Phalaropidae;

- syn. Steganopus;

genus Stegosaurus
n1
quadrupedal armored herbivore of the Jurassic and Cretaceous;

genus Stelis
n1
genus of small caespitose orchids of tropical America;

genus Stellaria
n1
common chickweed;

- stitchwort;

- syn. Stellaria;

genus Stenocarpus
n1
small genus of timber trees;

- Australia to Malaysia;

- syn. Stenocarpus;

genus Stenochlaena
n1
large tropical ferns;

- some epiphytic climbers and some terrestrial bog ferns;

- Africa;

- Asia;

- Australasia;

- syn. Stenochlaena;

genus Stenopelmatus
n1
sand crickets;

- syn. Stenopelmatus;

genus Stenopterygius
n1
a reptile genus of Ichthyosauridae;

genus Stenotaphrum
n1
lawn grasses;

- syn. Stenotaphrum;

genus Stenotomus
n1
scups;

- syn. Stenotomus;

genus Stenotus
n1
genus of western North American low evergreen shrubs growing in dense tufts;

- syn. Stenotus;

genus Stentor
n1
trumpet-shaped protozoa with a ciliated spiral feeding funnel;

genus Stephanomeria
n1
malheur wire lettuce;

- syn. Stephanomeria;

genus Stephanotis
n1
genus of Old World tropical woody vines;

genus Stercorarius
n1
type genus of the Stercorariidae: jaegers;

- syn. Stercorarius;

genus Sterculia
n1
type genus of the Sterculiaceae: deciduous or evergreen trees of Old and New World tropics and subtropics;

genus Sterna
n1
a genus of Sterninae;

- syn. Sterna;

genus Sternotherus
n1
musk turtles;

- syn. Sternotherus;

genus Stevia
n1
genus of shrubs and herbs of tropical and warm Americas;

genus Sticherus
n1
umbrella ferns;

- warm regions of Australia and New Zealand;

- syn. Sticherus;

genus Stictomys
n1
mountain pacas;

- syn. Stictomys;

genus Stictopelia
n1
a genus of Columbidae;

- syn. Stictopelia;

genus Stizolobium
n1
genus of tropical herbs and woody vines having trifoliate leaves and showy flowers in axillary clusters;

- syn. Stizolobium, genus Mucuna;

genus Stizostedion
n1
pike-perches;

- syn. Stizostedion;

genus Stokesia
n1
one species: stokes' aster;

- syn. Stokesia;

genus Storeria
n1
a genus of Colubridae;

- syn. Storeria;

genus Strekelia
n1
a monocotyledonous genus of the amaryllis family;

- syn. Strekelia;

genus Strelitzia
n1
small genus of large perennial evergreen herbs having leaves resembling those of banana plants;

- sometimes placed in family Musaceae;

- syn. Strelitzia;

genus Strepera
n1
bell magpies;

- syn. Strepera;

genus Strepsiceros
n1
African antelopes: kudus;

- bongos;

- nyalas;

- bushbucks;

- syn. Strepsiceros, Tragelaphus, genus Tragelaphus;

genus Streptocarpus
n1
large genus of usually stemless African or Asian herbs: Cape primrose;

genus Streptococcus
n1
a genus of bacteria;

genus Streptomyces
n1
type genus of the family Streptomycetaceae;

genus Streptopelia
n1
turtledoves;

- syn. Streptopelia;

genus Streptosolen
n1
one species: marmalade bush;

- syn. Streptosolen;

genus Strix
n1
owls lacking ear tufts;

- syn. Strix;

genus Strobilomyces
n1
fungi similar to Boletus but with a shaggy scaly cap;

- syn. Strobilomyces;

genus Strombus
n1
type genus of the family Strombidae;

- syn. Strombus;

genus Strongylodon
n1
genus of Polynesian or southeastern Asian shrubs or vines;

- syn. Strongylodon;

genus Strophanthus
n1
genus of tropical Asiatic and African shrubs and woody vines and small trees;

genus Stropharia
n1
genus of gill fungi with brown spores that is closely related to Agaricus;

- here placed in its own family Strophariaceae;

- syn. Stropharia, ring-stalked fungus;

genus Struthio
n1
type genus of the Struthionidae: African ostriches;

- syn. Struthio;

genus Struthiomimus
n1
small toothless saurischian dinosaurs;

- later Cretaceous period in Canada;

genus Strymon
n1
large and widely distributed genus of hairstreak butterflies;

- syn. Strymon;

genus Sturnella
n1
a genus of passerine birds including the meadowlarks;

- syn. Sturnella;

genus Sturnus
n1
type genus of the Sturnidae: common starlings;

- syn. Sturnus;

genus Stylomecon
n1
one species: wind poppy;

- syn. Stylomecon;

genus Stylophorum
n1
wood poppies;

- syn. Stylophorum;

genus Styphelia
n1
Australian heathlike shrubs;

- syn. Styphelia;

genus Styracosaurus
n1
genus of horned dinosaurs;

genus Styrax
n1
deciduous or evergreen shrubs and small trees;

genus Subularia
n1
small genus of herbs of north temperate regions and mountains of tropical Africa;

- syn. Subularia;

genus Suillus
n1
a genus of fungi belonging to the family Boletaceae;

- syn. Suillus;

genus Suksdorfia
n1
small genus of rhizomatous herbs of northwestern America and South America;

genus Sula
n1
type genus of the Sulidae;

- syn. Sula;

genus Sundacarpus
n1
one species;

- syn. Sundacarpus;

genus Suricata
n1
meerkats;

- syn. Suricata;

genus Surnia
n1
a genus of hawk-like owls;

- syn. Surnia;

genus Sus
n1
type genus of the Suidae;

- syn. Sus;

genus Swainsona
n1
a genus of Australian herbs and subshrubs: darling peas;

- syn. Swainsona;

genus Swertia
n1
genus of herbs of mountains of North America and Eurasia and Africa;

- syn. Swertia;

genus Swietinia
n1
tropical American mahogany trees;

- syn. Swietinia;

genus Sylvilagus
n1
North American rabbits;

- syn. Sylvilagus;

genus Symphalangus
n1
used in some classifications for the siamangs;

- syn. Symphalangus;

genus Symphoricarpos
n1
deciduous shrubs of North America and Central America and China;

- syn. Symphoricarpos;

genus Symphytum
n1
comfrey;

- syn. Symphytum;

genus Symplocarpus
n1
one species: skunk cabbage;

- syn. Symplocarpus;

genus Symplocus
n1
type and sole genus of Symplocaceae including sweetleaf;

- syn. Symplocus;

genus Synagrops
n1
a genus of Serranidae;

- syn. Synagrops;

genus Synanceja
n1
stonefishes;

- syn. Synanceja;

genus Synaptomys
n1
bog lemmings;

- syn. Synaptomys;

genus Synchytrium
n1
simple parasitic fungi including pond scum parasites;

- syn. Synchytrium;

genus Synercus
n1
Cape buffalo;

- syn. Synercus, tribe synercus;

genus Syngnathus
n1
type genus of the family Syngnathidae;

- syn. Syngnathus;

genus Syngonium
n1
epiphytic or terrestrial climbing shrubs of Central and South America;

- used as ornamental houseplants for their velvety foliage;

- syn. Syngonium;

genus Syringa
n1
genus of Old World shrubs or low trees having fragrant flowers in showy panicles: lilacs;

- syn. Syringa;

genus Syrrhaptes
n1
a genus of Pteroclididae;

- syn. Syrrhaptes;

genus Syzygium
n1
a tropical evergreen tree of the myrtle family native to the East Indies but cultivated elsewhere;

- syn. Syzygium;

genus Tabernaemontana
n1
evergreen tropical trees and shrubs with milky sap;

- syn. Tabernaemontana;

genus Tacca
n1
genus of tropical plants with creeping rootstocks and small umbellate flowers;

- syn. Tacca;

genus Tachyglossus
n1
type genus of the family Tachyglossidae;

- syn. Tachyglossus;

genus Tachypleus
n1
a genus of Limulidae;

- syn. Tachypleus;

genus Tadarida
n1
freetail bats;

- syn. Tadarida;

genus Tadorna
n1
sheldrakes;

- syn. Tadorna;

genus Taenia
n1
type genus of the family Taeniidae: tapeworms;

genus Tagetes
n1
marigolds;

- syn. Tageteste;

genus Talinum
n1
genus of mainly American more-or-less succulent herbs;

- syn. Talinum;

genus Tamandua
n1
lesser anteater;

genus Tamarindus
n1
widely cultivated tropical trees originally of Africa;

- syn. Tamarindus;

genus Tamarix
n1
genus of deciduous shrubs or small trees of eastern Mediterranean regions and tropical Asia;

- syn. Tamarix;

genus Tamias
n1
chipmunks of eastern North America;

- syn. Tamias;

genus Tamiasciurus
n1
American red squirrels;

- syn. Tamiasciurus;

genus Tamus
n1
a genus of tuberous vines of the family Dioscoreaceae;

- has twining stems and heart-shaped leaves and axillary racemes;

- syn. Tamus;

genus Tanacetum
n1
a large genus of plants resembling chrysanthemums;

- comprises some plants often included in other genera especially genus Chrysanthemum;

- syn. Tanacetum;

genus Tantilla
n1
black-headed snakes;

- syn. Tantilla;

genus Tapirus
n1
type genus of the Tapiridae;

- syn. Tapirus;

genus Taraktagenos
n1
medium to large Indonesian and Malaysian trees;

- syn. Hydnocarpus, Taraktagenos, Taraktogenos, genus Hydnocarpus, genus Taraktogenos;

genus Taraktogenos
n1
medium to large Indonesian and Malaysian trees;

- syn. Hydnocarpus, Taraktagenos, Taraktogenos, genus Hydnocarpus, genus Taraktagenos;

genus Taraxacum
n1
an asterid dicot genus of the family Compositae including dandelions;

- syn. Taraxacum;

genus Taricha
n1
Pacific newts;

- syn. Taricha;

genus Tarpon
n1
tarpons;

genus Tarrietia
n1
small genus of east Asian and Australian timber trees;

- syn. Tarrietia;

genus Tarsius
n1
type and sole genus of the family Tarsiidae;

- syn. Tarsius;

genus Taurotragus
n1
African antelopes: elands;

- syn. Taurotragus;

genus Tautoga
n1
tautogs;

- syn. Tautoga;

genus Tautogolabrus
n1
a genus of Labridae;

- syn. Tautogolabrus;

genus Taxidea
n1
in some classifications considered a genus of subfamily Melinae;

- syn. Taxidea;

genus Taxodium
n1
bald cypress;

- swamp cypress;

- syn. Taxodium;

genus Taxus
n1
yews;

- syn. Taxus;

genus Tayassu
n1
type genus of the Tayassuidae;

- syn. Tayassu, genus Pecari;

genus Tectaria
n1
terrestrial or epilithic ferns of tropical rain forests;

- syn. Tectaria;

genus Tectona
n1
small genus of southeastern Asian tropics: teak;

- syn. Tectona;

genus Telanthera
n1
used in former classifications systems;

- now included in genus Alternanthera;

- syn. Telanthera;

genus Tellima
n1
genus of hardy perennials with palmately lobed leaves and long racemes of small nodding five-petaled flowers;

- western North America;

- syn. Tellima;

genus Telopea
n1
Australian evergreen shrubs: waratahs;

- syn. Telopea;

genus Templetonia
n1
genus of Australian shrubs or subshrubs: coral bush;

- syn. Templetonia;

genus Tenrec
n1
type genus of the family Tenrecidae: tenrecs;

genus Tephrosia
n1
genus of tropical and subtropical herbs or shrubs: hoary peas;

- syn. Tephrosia;

genus Terebella
n1
type genus of Terebellidae;

- tube-forming marine polychete worms with many filamentous tentacles;

- syn. Terebella;

genus Teredo
n1
type genus of the family Teredinidae;

genus Termes
n1
type genus of the Termitidae;

- syn. Termes;

genus Terrapene
n1
box turtles;

- syn. Terrapene;

genus Terrietia
n1
small genus of timber trees of eastern Asia, Australasia and tropical Africa that form large buttresses;

- syn. Heritiera, Terrietia, genus Heritiera;

genus Testudo
n1
type genus of the Testudinidae;

- syn. Testudo;

genus Tethus
n1
type genus of the family Aplysiidae;

- syn. Aplysia, Tethys, genus Aplysia;

genus Tetraclinis
n1
sandarac tree;

- syn. Tetraclinis;

genus Tetragonia
n1
New Zealand spinach;

- syn. Tetragonia;

genus Tetragonurus
n1
a genus of Stromateidae;

- syn. Tetragonurus;

genus Tetrahymena
n1
protozoa having four membranous ciliary organelles;

genus Tetraneuris
n1
genus of hairy yellow-flowered plants of the western United States;

- syn. Tetraneuris;

genus Tetrao
n1
type genus of the Tetraonidae: capercaillies;

- syn. Tetrao;

genus Tetrapturus
n1
a genus of Istiophoridae;

- syn. Tetrapturus;

genus Teucrium
n1
large widely distributed genus of perennial herbs or shrubs or subshrubs;

- native to Mediterranean region to western Asia;

- syn. Teucrium;

genus Thalarctos
n1
polar bears;

- in some classifications not a separate genus from Ursus;

- syn. Thalarctos;

genus Thalassoma
n1
a genus of Labridae;

- syn. Thalassoma;

genus Thalictrum
n1
widely distributed genus of perennial herbs: meadow rue;

- syn. Thalictrum;

genus Thamnophilus
n1
a genus of Formicariidae;

- syn. Thamnophilus;

genus Thamnophis
n1
garter snakes;

- syn. Thamnophis;

genus Thelypteris
n1
marsh ferns: in some classification systems considered part of genus Dryopteris in family Dryopteridaceae;

- syn. Thelypteris;

genus Theobroma
n1
cacao plants;

- syn. Theobroma;

genus Thermobia
n1
a genus of Lepismatidae;

- syn. Thermobia;

genus Thermopsis
n1
genus of American and Asiatic showy rhizomatous herbs: bush peas;

- syn. Thermopsis;

genus Thespesia
n1
a small genus of tropical trees including the portia tree;

- syn. Thespesia;

genus Thevetia
n1
genus of poisonous tropical American evergreen shrubs and trees having entire leaves and large cymose flowers;

- syn. Thevetia;

genus Thielavia
n1
genus of fungi having spherical brown perithecia and some conidia borne in chains;

- cause root rot;

- syn. Thielavia;

genus Thiobacillus
n1
a genus of bacteria;

genus Thlaspi
n1
herbs of temperate regions: pennycress;

- syn. Thlaspi;

genus Thomomys
n1
western pocket gophers;

- syn. Thomomys;

genus Threskiornis
n1
type genus of the Threskiornithidae;

- syn. Threskiornis;

genus Thrinax
n1
small to medium-sized fan palms;

- syn. Thrinax;

genus Thrips
n1
type genus of the Thripidae;

genus Thryothorus
n1
Carolina wrens;

- syn. Thryothorus;

genus Thuja
n1
red cedar;

- syn. Thuja;

genus Thujopsis
n1
one species;

- has close similarity to genus Thuja;

- syn. Thujopsis;

genus Thunbergia
n1
a genus of herbs or vines of the family Acanthaceae;

- syn. Thunbergia;

genus Thunnus
n1
tunas: warm-blooded fishes;

- syn. Thunnus;

genus Thylacinus
n1
Tasmanian wolf;

- syn. Thylacinus;

genus Thylogale
n1
pademelons;

- syn. Thylogale;

genus Thymus
n1
large genus of Old World mints: thyme;

- syn. Thymus;

genus Thyrsopteris
n1
one species;

genus Thysanocarpus
n1
small genus of herbs of upland regions of the Pacific coast of North America;

- syn. Thysanocarpus;

genus Tiarella
n1
small genus of North American herbs having mostly basal leaves and slender racemes of delicate white flowers;

- syn. Tiarella;

genus Tibicen
n1
harvest flies;

- syn. Tibicen;

genus Tichodroma
n1
wall creepers;

- in some classifications placed in family Sittidae;

- syn. Tichodroma;

genus Tilapia
n1
a genus of Cichlidae;

- syn. Tilapia;

genus Tilia
n1
deciduous trees with smooth usually silver-grey bark of North America and Europe and Asia: lime trees;

- lindens;

- basswood;

- syn. Tilia;

genus Tillandsia
n1
large genus of epiphytic or terrestrial sparse-rooting tropical plants usually forming dense clumps or pendant masses;

- syn. Tillandsia;

genus Tilletia
n1
a genus of fungi belonging to the family Tilletiaceae;

- syn. Tilletia;

genus Timalia
n1
type genus of the Timaliidae;

- syn. Timalia;

genus Tinca
n1
tench;

- syn. Tinca;

genus Tinea
n1
type genus of the Tineidae: clothes moths;

- syn. Tinea;

genus Tineola
n1
webbing clothes moths;

- syn. Tineola;

genus Tipuana
n1
one species: South American tree: tipu tree;

- syn. Tipuana;

genus Titanosaurus
n1
genus of herbivorous dinosaurs flourishing during the Cretaceous in South America;

- syn. Titanosaurus;

genus Tithonia
n1
genus of robust herbs of Mexico and Central America: Mexican sunflower;

genus Todea
n1
a genus of delicate ferns belonging to the family Osmundaceae;

- syn. Todea;

genus Todus
n1
type genus of the Todidae;

- syn. Todus;

genus Tofieldia
n1
genus of perennial herbs of cool temperate regions;

- sometimes placed in family Melanthiaceae;

- syn. Tofieldia;

genus Tolmiea
n1
one species: pickaback plant;

- syn. Tolmiea;

genus Tolypeutes
n1
a genus of Dasypodidae;

- syn. Tolypeutes;

genus Tomistoma
n1
a genus of Malayan crocodiles;

- syn. Tomistoma;

genus Toona
n1
formerly included in genus Cedrela;

- syn. Toona;

genus Torreya
n1
nutmeg-yews;

- syn. Torreya;

genus Tortrix
n1
type genus of the Tortricidae;

genus Townsendia
n1
genus of western American low tufted herbs: Easter daisy;

- syn. Townsendia;

genus Toxicodendron
n1
in some classifications: comprising those members of the genus Rhus having foliage that is poisonous to the touch;

- of North America and northern South America;

- syn. Toxicodendron;

genus Toxostoma
n1
thrashers;

- syn. Toxostoma;

genus Toxotes
n1
type genus of the Toxotidae;

- syn. Toxotes;

genus Trachelospermum
n1
genus of Asiatic woody vines with milky sap in leaves and stems;

- syn. Trachelospermum;

genus Trachinotus
n1
a genus of Carangidae;

- syn. Trachinotus;

genus Trachipterus
n1
type genus of the Trachipteridae;

- syn. Trachipterus;

genus Trachodon
n1
a reptile genus of the suborder Euronithopoda;

genus Trachurus
n1
the scads (particularly horse mackerels);

- syn. Trachurus;

genus Tradescantia
n1
spiderworts;

- syn. Tradescantia;

genus Tragelaphus
n1
African antelopes: kudus;

- bongos;

- nyalas;

- bushbucks;

- syn. Strepsiceros, Tragelaphus, genus Strepsiceros;

genus Tragopan
n1
a genus of Phasianidae;

genus Tragopogon
n1
genus of Old World herbs with linear entire leaves and yellow or purple flower heads;

- syn. Tragopogon;

genus Tragulus
n1
type genus of the Tragulidae;

- syn. Tragulus;

genus Trapa
n1
small genus of Eurasian aquatic perennial herbs: water chestnut;

- syn. Trapa;

genus Trautvetteria
n1
small genus of perennial herbs: false bugbane;

- syn. Trautvetteria;

genus Trema
n1
an evergreen tree of the family Ulmaceae that grows in tropical America and Africa and Asia;

- syn. Trema;

genus Tremella
n1
fungi with yellowish gelatinous sporophores having convolutions resembling those of the brain;

- syn. Tremella;

genus Treponema
n1
type genus of Treponemataceae: anaerobic spirochetes with an undulating rigid body;

- parasitic in warm-blooded animals;

genus Triaenodon
n1
a genus of Triakidae;

- syn. Triaenodon;

genus Trialeurodes
n1
a genus of Aleyrodidae;

- syn. Trialeurodes;

genus Triatoma
n1
conenoses;

- syn. Triatoma;

genus Tribolium
n1
flour beetles;

- syn. Tribolium;

genus Tribonema
n1
type genus of Tribonemaceae;

- syn. Tribonema, genus Conferva;

genus Tribulus
n1
annual or perennial herbs or subshrubs of warm regions;

- syn. Tribulus;

genus Triceratops
n1
genus of herbivorous horned dinosaurs;

genus Trichecus
n1
type and sole genus of the Trichechidae;

- syn. Trichechus;

genus Trichoceros
n1
small genus of small epiphytic or terrestrial orchids of tropical South America;

- syn. Trichoceros;

genus Trichodesmium
n1
a genus of blue-green algae;

genus Trichoglossus
n1
a genus of Loriinae;

- syn. Trichoglossus;

genus Tricholoma
n1
agarics with white spores and a fleshy stalk and notched gills;

- of various colors both edible and inedible;

- syn. Tricholoma;

genus Trichomanes
n1
bristle ferns;

- kidney ferns;

- syn. Trichomanes;

genus Trichomonas
n1
flagellates parasitic in alimentary or genitourinary tracts of vertebrates and invertebrates including humans;

genus Trichophaga
n1
carpet moths;

- syn. Trichophaga;

genus Trichophyton
n1
a genus of fungus of the family Moniliaceae;

- causes ringworm and favus;

- syn. Trichophyton;

genus Trichostema
n1
genus of North American aromatic herbs or subshrubs: blue curls;

- syn. Trichostema;

genus Trichostigma
n1
a genus of erect or climbing shrubs found in tropical South America;

- syn. Trichostigma;

genus Trichosurus
n1
a genus of Phalangeridae;

- syn. Trichosurus;

genus Trichys
n1
a genus of Hystricidae;

- syn. Trichys;

genus Tridacna
n1
type genus of the family Tridacnidae: giant clams;

- syn. Tridacna;

genus Trifolium
n1
any leguminous plant having leaves divided into three leaflets;

- syn. Trifolium;

genus Triga
n1
type genus of the Triglidae;

- syn. Triga;

genus Triglochin
n1
perennial or annual bog or marsh plants;

- includes arrow grass;

- syn. Triglochin;

genus Trigonella
n1
Old World genus of frequently aromatic herbs;

- syn. Trigonella;

genus Trilisa
n1
genus of herbs of southern United States;

- syn. Trilisa;

genus Trillium
n1
deciduous perennial herbs;

- sometimes placed in family Liliaceae;

genus Trimorphodon
n1
lyre snakes;

- syn. Trimorphodon;

genus Trinectes
n1
a genus of Soleidae;

- syn. Trinectes;

genus Tringa
n1
a genus of Scolopacidae;

- syn. Tringa;

genus Trionyx
n1
type genus of the Trionychidae;

- syn. Trionyx;

genus Triops
n1
type genus of the family Triopidae: small crustaceans with a small third median eye;

- syn. Triops;

genus Triostium
n1
genus of Asiatic and North American herbs: feverroot;

- syn. Triostium;

genus Tripleurospermum
n1
small genus comprising plants often included in genus Matricaria;

- syn. Tripleurospermum;

genus Triplochiton
n1
small genus of tropical African trees with maplelike leaves;

- syn. Triplochiton;

genus Triticum
n1
annual cereal grasses from Mediterranean area;

- widely cultivated in temperate regions;

- syn. Triticum;

genus Triturus
n1
chiefly aquatic salamanders;

- syn. Triturus;

genus Trogium
n1
a genus of Psocidae;

- syn. Trogium;

genus Troglodytes
n1
type genus of the Troglodytidae;

- syn. Troglodytes;

genus Trogon
n1
type genus of the Trogonidae;

genus Trollius
n1
perennial herbs of north temperate regions: globeflowers;

- syn. Trollius;

genus Trombicula
n1
type genus of the family Trombiculidae;

- syn. Trombicula;

genus Tropaeolum
n1
a tropical American genus of dicotyledonous climbing or diffuse pungent herbs constituting the family Tropaeolaceae;

- syn. Tropaeolum;

genus Tropidoclonion
n1
lined snakes;

- syn. Tropidoclonion;

genus Truncocolumella
n1
a genus of fungi belonging to the family Rhizopogonaceae;

- syn. Truncocolumella;

genus Tsuga
n1
hemlock;

- hemlock fir;

- hemlock spruce;

- syn. Tsuga;

genus Tuber
n1
type genus of the Tuberaceae: fungi whose fruiting bodies are typically truffles;

- syn. Tuber;

genus Tubercularia
n1
type genus of the Tuberculariaceae;

- fungi with nodules of red or pink conidia;

- some cause diebacks of woody plants;

- syn. Tubercularia;

genus Tulestoma
n1
type genus of the Tulostomaceae;

- syn. Tulestoma, Tulostoma, genus Tulostoma;

genus Tulipa
n1
Eurasian perennial bulbous herbs;

- syn. Tulipa;

genus Tulostoma
n1
type genus of the Tulostomaceae;

- syn. Tulestoma, Tulostoma, genus Tulestoma;

genus Tunga
n1
a genus of Siphonaptera;

- syn. Tunga;

genus Tupaia
n1
the type genus of the Tupaia: chief genus of tree shrews;

- syn. Tupaia;

genus Tupinambis
n1
tejus;

- syn. Tupinambis;

genus Turbatrix
n1
a genus of Cephalobidae;

- syn. Anguillula, Turbatrix, genus Anguillula;

genus Turdus
n1
type genus of the Turdidae;

- syn. Turdus;

genus Turnix
n1
type genus of the Turnicidae: button quail;

- syn. Turnix;

genus Turreae
n1
genus of trees and shrubs of tropical Africa and Asia and Australia;

genus Turritis
n1
closely related to and often included in genus Arabis;

- syn. Turritis;

genus Tursiops
n1
a genus of Delphinidae;

- syn. Tursiops;

genus Tussilago
n1
genus of low creeping yellow-flowered perennial herbs of north temperate regions: coltsfoots;

- in some classifications includes species often placed in other genera especially Homogyne and Petasites;

- syn. Tussilago;

genus Tylenchus
n1
type genus of the family Tylenchidae;

- syn. Tylenchus;

genus Tympanuchus
n1
prairie chickens;

- syn. Tympanuchus;

genus Typha
n1
reed maces;

- cattails;

- syn. Typha;

genus Tyrannosaurus
n1
includes a single species;

genus Tyrannus
n1
type genus of the Tyrannidae: tyrant flycatchers;

- syn. Tyrannus;

genus Tyto
n1
type and only genus of the family Tytonidae;

- syn. Tyto;

genus Uca
n1
fiddler crabs;

- syn. Uca;

genus Uintatherium
n1
type genus of the Uintatheriidae;

- extinct large herbivorous ungulates somewhat resembling elephants;

- from the Eocene in Wyoming;

- syn. Uintatherium;

genus Ulex
n1
genus of Eurasian spiny shrubs: gorse;

- syn. Ulex;

genus Ulmus
n1
type genus of family Ulmaceae;

- deciduous trees having simple serrate leaves;

- widely distributed in temperate regions;

- syn. Ulmus;

genus Ulva
n1
type genus of the family Ulvaceae;

- green seaweed having a thallus two cells thick: sea lettuce;

- syn. Ulva;

genus Uma
n1
fringe-toed lizard;

- syn. Uma;

genus Umbellularia
n1
aromatic evergreen trees of Pacific coast;

- syn. Umbellularia;

genus Umbrina
n1
croakers;

- syn. Umbrina;

genus Unio
n1
type genus of the family Unionidae;

- syn. Unio;

genus Upupa
n1
type genus of the Upupidae;

- syn. Upupa;

genus Urginea
n1
Mediterranean liliaceous plants;

- sometimes placed in family Hyacinthaceae;

- syn. Urginea;

genus Uria
n1
murres;

- syn. Uria;

genus Urocyon
n1
grey foxes;

- syn. Urocyon;

genus Urocystis
n1
a genus of smut fungi belonging to the family Tilletiaceae;

- syn. Urocystis;

genus Urophycis
n1
hakes;

- syn. Urophycis;

genus Uropsilus
n1
shrew moles;

- syn. Uropsilus;

genus Urosaurus
n1
a reptile genus of Iguanidae;

- syn. Urosaurus;

genus Ursinia
n1
genus of South African herbs and shrubs cultivated as ornamentals;

genus Ursus
n1
type genus of Ursidae: brown bears;

- in some classifications genus Ursus includes all bears;

- syn. Ursus;

genus Urtica
n1
a nettle yielding fiber resembling flax;

- syn. Urtica;

genus Usnea
n1
widely distributed lichens usually having a greyish or yellow pendulous freely branched thallus;

- syn. Usnea;

genus Ustilaginoidea
n1
genus of imperfect fungi causing plant diseases like smut;

- syn. Ustilaginoidea;

genus Ustilago
n1
type genus of the Ustilaginaceae;

- genus comprising the loose smuts;

- syn. Ustilago;

genus Uta
n1
a reptile genus of Iguanidae;

- syn. Uta;

genus Utahraptor
n1
advanced bipedal carnivorous dinosaur;

genus Utricularia
n1
bladderworts: large genus of aquatic carnivorous plants;

- cosmopolitan in distribution;

- syn. Utricularia;

genus Uvularia
n1
genus of perennial rhizomatous herb of southern and southeastern United States;

- syn. Uvularia;

genus Vaccaria
n1
cow-cockles;

- syn. Vaccaria;

genus Vaccinium
n1
evergreen or deciduous berry-bearing shrubs of northern hemisphere: cranberries;

- blueberries;

- syn. Vaccinium;

genus Valeriana
n1
genus of widely distributed perennial herbs and some shrubs;

- syn. Valeriana;

genus Valerianella
n1
genus of Old World annual herbs widely naturalized;

- syn. Valerianella;

genus Vallisneria
n1
eelgrass;

- eel grass;

- syn. Vallisneria;

genus Vanda
n1
genus of showy epiphytic orchids of Himalayas to Malaysia;

genus Vanellus
n1
Eurasian lapwings;

- syn. Vanellus;

genus Vanessa
n1
painted beauty and red admiral;

- syn. Vanessa;

genus Vangueria
n1
tropical African and Asiatic trees and shrubs having one-seeded fruit;

- syn. Vangueria;

genus Vanilla
n1
large genus of tropical climbing orchids;

- Old and New Worlds;

genus Varanus
n1
type and sole extant genus of the Varanidae;

- syn. Varanus;

genus Vedalia
n1
genus of Australian ladybugs;

- syn. Rodolia, genus Rodolia;

genus Velociraptor
n1
advanced carnivorous theropod;

genus Venus
n1
type genus of the family Veneridae: genus of edible clams with thick oval shells;

- syn. Venus;

genus Veratrum
n1
a genus of coarse poisonous perennial herbs;

- sometimes placed in subfamily Melanthiaceae;

- syn. Veratrum;

genus Verbascum
n1
genus of coarse herbs and subshrubs mostly with woolly leaves;

- syn. Verbascum;

genus Verbena
n1
type genus of the Verbenaceae;

- genus of herbaceous perennials and subshrubs;

genus Verbesina
n1
herbs and shrubs of warm North America to Mexico;

- includes plants formerly placed in genus Actinomeris;

- syn. Verbesina;

genus Vernonia
n1
genus of New World tropical herbs or shrubs with terminal cymose heads of tubular flowers;

genus Veronica
n1
widespread genus of herbs with pink or white or blue or purple flowers: speedwell;

genus Verticillium
n1
genus of imperfect fungi having conidia borne singly at the apex of whorled branchlets;

- cause wilt diseases;

genus Vesicaria
n1
small genus of chiefly Mediterranean herbs: bladderpods;

- syn. Vesicaria;

genus Vespa
n1
type genus of the Vespidae: various hornets and yellow jackets;

- syn. Vespa;

genus Vespertilio
n1
a genus of Vespertilionidae;

- syn. Vespertilio;

genus Vespula
n1
sometimes considered a subgenus of Vespa: social wasps;

- syn. Vespula;

genus Vibrio
n1
a genus of bacteria;

genus Viburnum
n1
deciduous or evergreen shrubs or small trees: arrow-wood;

- wayfaring tree;

- syn. Viburnum;

genus Vicia
n1
widely distributed genus of annual or perennial and often climbing herbs;

- syn. Vicia;

genus Vicugna
n1
a genus of Camelidae;

- syn. Vicugna;

genus Vidua
n1
whydahs;

- syn. Vidua;

genus Vigna
n1
genus of vines or erect herbs having trifoliate leaves and yellowish or purplish flowers;

- of warm or tropical regions;

- most species often placed in genus Phaseolus;

- syn. Vigna;

genus Viminaria
n1
one species: Australian leafless shrubs: swamp oak;

- syn. Viminaria;

genus Vinca
n1
periwinkles: low creeping evergreen perennials;

- syn. Vinca;

genus Vincetoxicum
n1
genus of chiefly tropical American vines having cordate leaves and large purple or greenish cymose flowers;

- supposedly having powers as an antidote;

- syn. Vincetoxicum;

genus Viola
n1
large genus of flowering herbs of temperate regions;

- syn. Viola;

genus Vipera
n1
type genus of the Viperidae;

- syn. Vipera;

genus Vireo
n1
type genus of the Vireonidae;

genus Virgilia
n1
genus of South African trees having pinnate leaves and rose-purple flowers followed by leathery pods;

- syn. Virgilia;

genus Viscum
n1
type genus of the Viscaceae: Old World evergreen shrubs parasitic on many trees including oaks but especially apple trees, poplars, aspens and cottonwoods;

- syn. Viscum;

genus Vitis
n1
the type genus of the family Vitaceae;

- woody vines with simple leaves and small flowers;

- includes a wide variety of grapes;

- syn. Vitis;

genus Vittaria
n1
tropical epiphytic ferns with straplike fronds;

- syn. Vittaria;

genus Viverra
n1
type genus of the family Viverridae;

- syn. Viverra;

genus Viverricula
n1
a genus of Viverridae;

- syn. Viverricula;

genus Volvaria
n1
agarics having pink spores and a distinct volva;

- syn. Volvaria;

genus Volvariella
n1
an important genus of mushrooms in the Orient;

- syn. Volvariella;

genus Volvox
n1
type genus of the Volvocaceae;

- minute pale green flagellates occurring in tiny spherical colonies;

- minute flagella rotate the colony about an axis;

- syn. Volvox;

genus Vorticella
n1
ciliated protozoans that have a goblet-shaped body with a retractile stalk;

genus Vulpes
n1
foxes;

- syn. Vulpes;

genus Vultur
n1
a bird that is usually restricted to the Andean condor;

- syn. Vultur;

genus Weigela
n1
east Asian flowering shrubs;

genus Welwitchia
n1
type and sole genus of Welwitschiaceae;

- syn. genus Welwitschia;

genus Welwitschia
n1
type and sole genus of Welwitschiaceae;

- syn. genus Welwitchia;

genus Wintera
n1
evergreen shrubs or small trees of Australia and New Zealand;

- syn. Pseudowintera, Wintera, genus Pseudowintera;

genus Wisteria
n1
Asiatic deciduous woody vine having large drooping racemes of white or bluish or purple or pinkish flowers and velvety pods;

- widely grown as an ornamental;

genus Wolffia
n1
minute rootless aquatic herbs having globular fronds floating on or near the water surface and bearing one flower per frond;

- syn. Wolffia;

genus Wolffiella
n1
minute rootless aquatic herbs having flat fronds floating on or below the water surface and bearing 1-2 flowers per frond;

- America and Africa;

- syn. Wolffiella;

genus Woodsia
n1
genus of small to medium-sized usually rock-inhabiting ferns of temperate and cold regions;

- in some classification systems placed in Polypodiaceae;

genus Woodwardia
n1
in some classification systems placed in family Polypodiaceae: chain ferns;

- syn. Woodwardia;

genus Wyethia
n1
coarse leafy perennial plants resembling sunflowers found especially in the western United States;

genus Wynnea
n1
a genus of fungi belonging to the family Sarcoscyphaceae;

- syn. Wynnea;

genus Xanthium
n1
coarse herbs having small heads of greenish flowers followed by burrs with hooked bristles;

- syn. Xanthium;

genus Xanthomonas
n1
a genus of bacteria similar to Pseudomonas but producing a yellow pigment that is not soluble in water;

- syn. Xanthomonas;

genus Xanthorroea
n1
grass trees;

- sometimes placed in family Xanthorrhoeaceae;

- syn. Xanthorroea;

genus Xanthosoma
n1
tropical American tuberous perennials;

- syn. Xanthosoma;

genus Xenicus
n1
type genus for the Xenicidae;

- syn. Xenicus;

genus Xenopus
n1
an African clawed frog;

- in some classifications made the type genus of a separate family Xenopodidae;

- syn. Xenopus;

genus Xenorhyncus
n1
East Indian and Australian storks;

- syn. Xenorhyncus;

genus Xenosaurus
n1
type and sole genus of Xenosauridae: slender-bodied Mexican lizards having the upper surface covered with tiny granules and tubercles;

- syn. Xenosaurus;

genus Xeranthemum
n1
genus of annual densely hairy herbs of Mediterranean to southwestern Asia;

genus Xerobates
n1
possible new genus for desert and Texas tortoises based on recent research;

- syn. Xerobates;

genus Xerophyllum
n1
small genus of North American herbs having grasslike basal leaves: squaw grass;

- sometimes placed in family Melanthiaceae;

- syn. Xerophyllum;

genus Xiphias
n1
type genus of the Xiphiidae;

- syn. Xiphias;

genus Xylaria
n1
type genus of Xylariaceae;

- fungi with perithecia in the upper part of erect black woody stromata;

- syn. Xylaria;

genus Xylocopa
n1
carpenter bees;

- syn. Xylocopa;

genus Xylomelum
n1
small species of Australian trees or shrubs;

- grown for their fruit and flowers;

- syn. Xylomelum;

genus Xylopia
n1
tropical evergreen trees or shrubs;

- chiefly African;

- syn. Xylopia;

genus Xylosma
n1
genus of tropical American and Asiatic spiny evergreen trees and shrubs;

genus Xyphophorus
n1
swordtails;

- syn. Xyphophorus;

genus Xyris
n1
chiefly American marsh plants, having usually yellow flowers;

- syn. Xyris;

genus Yucca
n1
tropical American plants with stiff lancelike leaves and spikes of white blossoms;

- sometimes considered a genus of Amaryllidaceae;

genus Zaglossus
n1
a genus of Tachyglossidae;

- syn. Zaglossus;

genus Zalophus
n1
sea lions;

- syn. Zalophus;

genus Zamia
n1
genus of small evergreen tropical and subtropical American cycads;

genus Zannichellia
n1
horned pondweed: completely submerged herbs;

- in some classifications included in Potamogetonaceae;

- syn. Zannichellia;

genus Zantedeschia
n1
calla lily;

- syn. Zantedeschia;

genus Zanthoxylum
n1
deciduous or evergreen trees or shrubs: prickly ash;

- syn. Zanthoxylum;

genus Zapus
n1
type genus of the Zapodidae;

- syn. Zapus;

genus Zea
n1
corn;

- syn. Zea;

genus Zenaidura
n1
mourning doves;

- syn. Zenaidura;

genus Zerumbet
n1
perennial rhizomatous herbs of Asia and Australia and Polynesia having ginger-scented rhizomes;

- syn. Alpinia, genus Alpinia, genus Languas;

genus Zeus
n1
type genus of the family Zeidae;

- syn. Zeus;

genus Zigadenus
n1
genus of mostly North American poisonous plants;

- sometimes placed in family Melanthiaceae;

- syn. Zigadenus;

genus Zingiber
n1
tropical Asiatic and Polynesian perennial plants: ginger;

- syn. Zingiber;

genus Zinjanthropus
n1
genus to which Australopithecus boisei was formerly assigned;

- syn. Zinjanthropus;

genus Zinnia
n1
genus of annual or perennial plants of tropical America having solitary heads of brightly colored flowers;

genus Zizania
n1
wild rice;

- syn. Zizania;

genus Ziziphus
n1
spiny chiefly tropical American and Asiatic shrubs: jujubes;

- syn. Ziziphus;

genus Zoarces
n1
type genus of the Zoarcidae;

- syn. Zoarces;

genus Zoisia
n1
lawn grasses native to southeastern Asia and New Zealand;

- grown especially in warm regions;

- syn. Zoisia, genus Zoysia;

genus Zonotrichia
n1
large New World sparrows;

- syn. Zonotrichia;

genus Zostera
n1
(or in some classifications family Zosteraceae) small genus of widely distributed marine plants;

- syn. Zostera;

genus Zoysia
n1
lawn grasses native to southeastern Asia and New Zealand;

- grown especially in warm regions;

- syn. Zoisia, genus Zoisia;

genus Zygnema
n1
type genus of the family Zygnemataceae;

- syn. Zygnema;

genus Zygocactus
n1
small genus of Brazilian cacti having flat fleshy usually branched joints and showy red or pink flowers followed by red fleshy fruits;

- syn. Zygocactus;

genus Zygophyllum
n1
usually tropical herbs or shrubs having ill-smelling foliage and flower buds that are used as capers: bean capers;

- syn. Zygophyllum;

Genyonemus
n1
a genus of Sciaenidae;

- syn. genus Genyonemus;

Genyonemus lineatus
n1
small silvery marine food fish found off California;

- syn. chenfish, kingfish, white croaker;

geocentric / dʒ i oʊ s ɛ n t ɹ ɪ k /
a1
having the earth as the center;

- sim. Ptolemaic;

geocentric parallax
n1
the parallax of a celestial body using two points on the surface of the earth as the earth rotates;

- syn. diurnal parallax;

Geochelone
n1
giant tortoises;

- syn. genus Geochelone;

geochemistry
n1
the chemistry of the earth's crust;

Geococcyx
n1
roadrunners;

- syn. genus Geococcyx;

Geococcyx californianus
n1
speedy largely terrestrial bird found from California and Mexico to Texas;

- syn. chaparral cock, roadrunner;

geode / dʒ i oʊ d /
n1
(mineralogy) a hollow rock or nodule with the cavity usually lined with crystals;

geodesic / dʒ i oʊ d ɛ s ɪ k /
n1
(mathematics) the shortest line between two points on a mathematically defined surface (as a straight line on a plane or an arc of a great circle on a sphere);

- syn. geodesic line;

a1
of or relating to or determined by geodesy;

- syn. geodesical, geodetic;

geodesic dome
n1
a lightweight dome constructed of interlocking polygons;

- invented by R. Buckminster Fuller;

geodesic line
n1
(mathematics) the shortest line between two points on a mathematically defined surface (as a straight line on a plane or an arc of a great circle on a sphere);

- syn. geodesic;

geodesical / dʒ i oʊ d ɛ s ɪ k ə ɫ /
a1
of or relating to or determined by geodesy;

- syn. geodesic, geodetic;

geodesy / dʒ i ɒ d ɪ s i /
n1
the branch of geology that studies the shape of the earth and the determination of the exact position of geographical points;

geodetic / dʒ i oʊ d t ɪ k /
a1
of or relating to or determined by geodesy;

- syn. geodesic, geodesical;

geoduck
n1
a large edible clam found burrowing deeply in sandy mud along the Pacific coast of North America;

- weighs up to six pounds;

- has siphons that can extend to several feet and cannot be withdrawn into the shell;

Geoffrey Chaucer
n1
English poet remembered as author of the Canterbury Tales (1340-1400);

- syn. Chaucer;

Geoffrey of Monmouth
n1
Welsh chronicler who wrote an account of the kings of Britain which is now believed to contain little historical fact but it is a source of the Arthurian legend (circa 1100-1154);

Geoffroea
n1
small genus of shrubs or small trees of tropical and subtropical America;

- syn. genus Geoffroea;

Geoffroea decorticans
n1
thorny shrub or small tree common in central Argentina having small orange or yellow flowers followed by edible berries;

- syn. chanal, chanar;

Geogia holly
n1
a holly shrub;

Geoglossaceae
n1
a family of fungi belonging to the order Helotiales;

- syn. family Geoglossaceae;

Geoglossum
n1
type genus of the Geoglossaceae comprising the earthtongues;

- syn. genus Geoglossum;

geographer / dʒ ɪ ɒ ɡ ɹ ə f ə , dʒ ɪ ɒ ɡ ɹ ə f ə ɹ /
n1
an expert on geography;

geographic / dʒ ɪə ɡ ɹ æ f ɪ k /
a1
of or relating to the science of geography;

- syn. geographical;

a2
determined by geography;

- "the north and south geographic poles";

- syn. geographical;

- sim. true;

geographic area
n1
a demarcated area of the Earth;

- syn. geographic region, geographical area, geographical region;

geographic expedition
n1
to travel for the purpose of discovery;

- syn. exploration;

geographic point
n1
a point on the surface of the Earth;

- syn. geographical point;

geographic region
n1
a demarcated area of the Earth;

- syn. geographic area, geographical area, geographical region;

geographical / dʒ ɪə ɡ ɹ æ f ɪ k ɫ /
a1
of or relating to the science of geography;

- syn. geographic;

a2
determined by geography;

- "the north and south geographic poles";

- syn. geographic;

- sim. true;

geographical area
n1
a demarcated area of the Earth;

- syn. geographic area, geographic region, geographical region;

geographical indication
n1
(law) a name or sign used on certain products which corresponds to a specific geographical location or origin;

- syn. GI;

geographical mile
n1
a former British unit of length equivalent to 6,080 feet (1,853.184 meters);

- 800 feet longer than a statute mile;

- syn. Admiralty mile, mi, mile, naut mi, nautical mile;

geographical point
n1
a point on the surface of the Earth;

- syn. geographic point;

geographical region
n1
a demarcated area of the Earth;

- syn. geographic area, geographic region, geographical area;

geographical zone
n1
any of the regions of the surface of the Earth loosely divided according to latitude or longitude;

- syn. zone;

geographically / dʒ ɪə ɡ ɹ æ f ɪ k ɫ i /
r1
with respect to geography;

- "they are geographically closer to the center of town";

geographics / dʒ ɪə ɡ ɹ æ f ɪ k s /
n1
study of the earth's surface;

- includes people's responses to topography and climate and soil and vegetation;

- syn. geography;

geography / dʒ ɪ ɒ ɡ ɹ ə f i /
n1
study of the earth's surface;

- includes people's responses to topography and climate and soil and vegetation;

- syn. geographics;

geologic / dʒ ɪə ɫ ɒ dʒ ɪ k /
a1
of or relating to or based on geology;

- "geological formations";

- "geologic forces";

- syn. geological;

geologic process
n1
(geology) a natural process whereby geological features are modified;

- syn. geological process;

geologic time
n1
the time of the physical formation and development of the earth (especially prior to human history);

- syn. geological time;

geological / dʒ ɪə ɫ ɒ dʒ ɪ k ɫ /
a1
of or relating to or based on geology;

- "geological formations";

- "geologic forces";

- syn. geologic;

geological dating
n1
use of chemical analysis to estimate the age of geological specimens;

- syn. dating;

geological era
n1
a major division of geological time;

- an era is usually divided into two or more periods;

- syn. era;

geological fault
n1
(geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other;

- "they built it right over a geological fault";

- "he studied the faulting of the earth's crust";

- syn. break, fault, faulting, fracture, shift;

geological formation
n1
(geology) the geological features of the earth;

- syn. formation;

geological horizon
n1
a layer of rock with a particular composition (especially of fossils);

- for dating the stratum;

geological period
n1
a unit of geological time during which a system of rocks formed;

- "ganoid fishes swarmed during the earlier geological periods";

- syn. period;

geological phenomenon
n1
a natural phenomenon involving the structure or composition of the earth;

geological process
n1
(geology) a natural process whereby geological features are modified;

- syn. geologic process;

geological time
n1
the time of the physical formation and development of the earth (especially prior to human history);

- syn. geologic time;

geologically / dʒ ɪə ɫ ɒ dʒ ɪ k ɫ i /
r1
with respect to geology;

- "geologically speaking, this area is extremely interesting";

geologist / dʒ ɪ ɒ ɫ ə dʒ ɪ s t /
n1
a specialist in geology;

geology / dʒ ɪ ɒ ɫ ə dʒ i /
n1
a science that deals with the history of the earth as recorded in rocks;

geomancer / dʒ i oʊ m æ n s ə /
n1
one who practices geomancy;

geomancy / dʒ i oʊ m æ n s i /
n1
divination by means of signs connected with the earth (as points taken at random or the arrangement of particles thrown down at random or from the configuration of a region and its relation to another);

geometer / dʒ ɪ ɒ m ɪ t ə /
n1
a mathematician specializing in geometry;

- syn. geometrician;

geometric / dʒ ɪə m ɛ t ɹ ɪ k /
a1
characterized by simple geometric forms in design and decoration;

- "a buffalo hide painted with red and black geometric designs";

- syn. geometrical;

- sim. nonrepresentational;

a2
of or relating to or determined by geometry;

- syn. geometrical;

geometric mean
n1
the mean of n numbers expressed as the n-th root of their product;

geometric pace
n1
a modern version of the Roman pace now taken to be 5 feet;

geometric progression
n1
(mathematics) a progression in which each term is multiplied by a constant in order to obtain the next term;

- "1-4-16-64-256- is the start of a geometric progression";

geometric series
n1
a geometric progression written as a sum;

geometrical / dʒ ɪə m ɛ t ɹ ɪ k ɫ /
a1
of or relating to or determined by geometry;

- syn. geometric;

a2
characterized by simple geometric forms in design and decoration;

- "a buffalo hide painted with red and black geometric designs";

- syn. geometric;

- sim. nonrepresentational;

geometrical irregularity
n1
an irregular asymmetry in shape;

- an irregular spatial pattern;

- syn. irregularity;

geometrical regularity
n1
a property of polygons: the property of having equal sides and equal angles;

- syn. regularity;

geometrically / dʒ ɪə m ɛ t ɹ ɪ k ɫ i /
r1
with respect to geometry;

- "this shape is geometrically interesting";

r2
in a geometric fashion;

- "it grew geometrically";

geometrician / dʒ i oʊ m ɛ t ɹ ɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
a mathematician specializing in geometry;

- syn. geometer;

geometrid / dʒ ɪə m ɛ t ɹ ɪ d /
n1
slender-bodied broad-winged moth whose larvae are called measuring worms;

- syn. geometrid moth;

geometrid moth
n1
slender-bodied broad-winged moth whose larvae are called measuring worms;

- syn. geometrid;

Geometridae
n1
measuring worms;

- syn. family Geometridae;

geometry / dʒ ɪ ɒ m ə t ɹ i /
n1
the pure mathematics of points and lines and curves and surfaces;

geometry teacher
n1
someone who teaches geometry;

geomorphologic
a1
pertaining to geological structure;

- "geomorphological features of the Black Hills";

- "morphological features of granite";

- "structural effects of folding and faulting of the earth's surface";

- syn. geomorphological, morphologic, morphological, structural;

geomorphological
a1
pertaining to geological structure;

- "geomorphological features of the Black Hills";

- "morphological features of granite";

- "structural effects of folding and faulting of the earth's surface";

- syn. geomorphologic, morphologic, morphological, structural;

geomorphology
n1
the branch of geology that studies the characteristics and configuration and evolution of rocks and land forms;

- syn. morphology;

Geomyidae
n1
North American pocket gophers;

- syn. family Geomyidae;

Geomys
n1
type genus of the Geomyidae;

- syn. genus Geomys;

Geomys bursarius
n1
gopher of chiefly grasslands of central North America;

- syn. plains pocket gopher;

Geomys pinetis
n1
gopher of Alabama and Georgia and Florida;

- syn. southeastern pocket gopher;

geophagia
n1
eating earth, clay, chalk;

- occurs in some primitive tribes, sometimes in cases of nutritional deficiency or obsessive behavior;

- syn. geophagy;

geophagy
n1
eating earth, clay, chalk;

- occurs in some primitive tribes, sometimes in cases of nutritional deficiency or obsessive behavior;

- syn. geophagia;

Geophilidae
n1
small extremely elongate centipedes that live in earth;

- syn. family Geophilidae;

Geophilomorpha
n1
small elongate centipedes living in soil and under stones and having more than 30 pairs of legs;

- syn. order Geophilomorpha;

Geophilus
n1
type genus of the Geophilidae: a cosmopolitan genus of centipedes sometimes called earwigs;

- syn. genus Geophilus;

geophysical / dʒ ɪə f ɪ z ɪ k ɫ /
a1
of or concerned with geophysics;

- "geophysical sciences";

geophysical science
n1
geology that uses physical principles to study properties of the earth;

- syn. geophysics;

geophysicist / dʒ i oʊ f ɪ z ɪ s ɪ s t /
n1
a geologist who uses physical principles to study the properties of the earth;

geophysics / dʒ i oʊ f ɪ z ɪ k s /
n1
geology that uses physical principles to study properties of the earth;

- syn. geophysical science;

geophyte
n1
a perennial plant that propagates by underground bulbs or tubers or corms;

geophytic
a1
of or relating to geophytes;

geopolitical / dʒ i oʊ p ɒ ɫ ə t ɪ k ɫ /
a1
of or relating to geopolitics;

geopolitics / dʒ i oʊ p ɒ ɫ ə t ɪ k s /
n1
the study of the effects of economic geography on the powers of the state;

Geordie
n1
a native of Newcastle-upon-Tyne;

n2
the nonstandard dialect of natives of Newcastle-upon-Tyne;

Georg Friedrich Bernhard Riemann
n1
pioneer of non-Euclidean geometry (1826-1866);

- syn. Bernhard Riemann, Riemann;

Georg Friedrich Handel
n1
a prolific British baroque composer (born in Germany) remembered best for his oratorio Messiah (1685-1759);

- syn. George Frederick Handel, George Frideric Handel, Handel;

Georg Meissner
n1
German anatomist (1829-1905);

- syn. Meissner;

Georg Philipp Telemann
n1
German baroque composer (1681-1767);

- syn. Telemann;

Georg Simon Ohm
n1
German physicist who formulated Ohm's law (1787-1854);

- syn. Ohm;

Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
n1
German philosopher whose three stage process of dialectical reasoning was adopted by Karl Marx (1770-1831);

- syn. Hegel;

Georg Wilhelm Steller
n1
German naturalist (1709-1746);

- syn. Steller;

George / dʒ ɔ dʒ /
n1
Christian martyr;

- patron saint of England;

- hero of the legend of Saint George and the Dragon in which he slew a dragon and saved a princess (?-303);

- syn. Saint George, St. George;

n2
King of Great Britain and Ireland and emperor of India from 1936 to 1947;

- he succeeded Edward VIII (1895-1952);

- syn. George VI;

n3
King of Great Britain and Ireland and emperor of India from 1910 to 1936;

- gave up his German title in 1917 during World War I (1865-1936);

- syn. George V;

n4
King of Great Britain and Ireland and Hanover from 1820 to 1830;

- his attempt to divorce his estranged wife undermined the prestige of the Crown (1762-1830);

- syn. George IV;

n5
King of Great Britain and Ireland from 1760 to 1820;

- the American colonies were lost during his reign;

- he became insane in 1811 and his son (later George IV) acted as regent until 1820 (1738-1820);

- syn. George III;

n6
King of Great Britain and Elector of Hanover from 1727 to 1760 (1683-1760);

- syn. George II;

n7
Elector of Hanover and the first Hanoverian King of Great Britain and Ireland from 1714 to 1727 (1660-1727);

- syn. George I;

George Armstrong Custer
n1
United States general who was killed along with all his command by the Sioux at the Battle of Little Bighorn (1839-1876);

- syn. Custer, General Custer;

George Balanchine
n1
United States dancer and choreographer (born in Russia) noted for his abstract and formal works (1904-1983);

- syn. Balanchine;

George Beadle
n1
United States biologist who discovered how hereditary characteristics are transmitted by genes (1903-1989);

- syn. Beadle, George Wells Beadle;

George Berkeley
n1
Irish philosopher and Anglican bishop who opposed the materialism of Thomas Hobbes (1685-1753);

- syn. Berkeley, Bishop Berkeley;

George Bernard Shaw
n1
British playwright (born in Ireland);

- founder of the Fabian Society (1856-1950);

- syn. G. B. Shaw, Shaw;

George Boole
n1
English mathematician;

- creator of Boolean algebra (1815-1864);

- syn. Boole;

George Bryan Brummell
n1
English dandy who was a fashion leader during the Regency (1778-1840);

- syn. Beau Brummell, Brummell;

George Burns
n1
United States comedian and film actor (1896-1996);

- syn. Burns, Nathan Birnbaum;

George Bush
n1
43rd President of the United States;

- son of George Herbert Walker Bush (born in 1946);

- syn. Bush, Dubya, Dubyuh, George W. Bush, George Walker Bush, President Bush, President George W. Bush;

n2
vice president under Reagan and 41st President of the United States (born in 1924);

- syn. Bush, George H.W. Bush, George H. W. Bush, George Herbert Walker Bush, President Bush;

George C. Scott
n1
award-winning United States film actor (1928-1999);

- syn. Scott;

George Catlett Marshall
n1
United States general and statesman who as Secretary of State organized the European Recovery Program (1880-1959);

- syn. George Marshall, Marshall;

George Charles Hevesy de Hevesy
n1
Hungarian chemist who studied radioisotopes and was one of the discoverers of the element hafnium (1885-1966);

- syn. Hevesy;

George Dewey
n1
a United States naval officer remembered for his victory at Manila Bay in the Spanish-American War;

- syn. Admiral Dewey, Dewey;

George Dibdin-Pitt
n1
a British playwright who created the fictional character Sweeney Todd (1799-1855);

- syn. George Dibdin Pitt, George Pitt, Pitt;

George Dibdin Pitt
n1
a British playwright who created the fictional character Sweeney Todd (1799-1855);

- syn. George Dibdin-Pitt, George Pitt, Pitt;

George du Maurier
n1
English writer and illustrator;

- grandfather of Daphne du Maurier (1834-1896);

- syn. George Louis Palmella Busson du Maurier, du Maurier;

George Eastman
n1
United States inventor of a dry-plate process of developing photographic film and of flexible film (his firm introduced roll film) and of the box camera and of a process for color photography (1854-1932);

- syn. Eastman;

George Edward Moore
n1
English philosopher (1873-1958);

- syn. G. E. Moore, Moore;

George Edward Pickett
n1
American Confederate general known for leading a disastrous charge at Gettysburg (1825-1875);

- syn. Pickett;

George Eliot
n1
British writer of novels characterized by realistic analysis of provincial Victorian society (1819-1880);

- syn. Eliot, Mary Ann Evans;

George Ellery Hale
n1
United States astronomer who discovered that sunspots are associated with strong magnetic fields (1868-1938);

- syn. Hale;

George Enescu
n1
Romanian violinist and composer (1881-1955);

- syn. Enesco, Georges Enesco;

George F. Kennan
n1
United States diplomat who recommended a policy of containment in dealing with Soviet aggression (1904-2005);

- syn. George Frost Kennan, Kennan;

George Fox
n1
English religious leader who founded the Society of Friends (1624-1691);

- syn. Fox;

George Frederick Handel
n1
a prolific British baroque composer (born in Germany) remembered best for his oratorio Messiah (1685-1759);

- syn. Georg Friedrich Handel, George Frideric Handel, Handel;

George Frideric Handel
n1
a prolific British baroque composer (born in Germany) remembered best for his oratorio Messiah (1685-1759);

- syn. Georg Friedrich Handel, George Frederick Handel, Handel;

George Frost Kennan
n1
United States diplomat who recommended a policy of containment in dealing with Soviet aggression (1904-2005);

- syn. George F. Kennan, Kennan;

George Gamow
n1
United States physicist (born in Russia) who was a proponent of the big-bang theory and who did research in radioactivity and suggested the triplet code for DNA (1904-1968);

- syn. Gamow;

George Gershwin
n1
United States composer who incorporated jazz into classical forms and composed scores for musical comedies (1898-1937);

- syn. Gershwin;

George Gilbert Aime Murphy
n1
British classical scholar (born in Australia) who advocated the League of Nations and the United Nations (1866-1957);

- syn. Gilbert Murray, Murray;

George Gordon Meade
n1
United States general in charge of the Union troops at the Battle of Gettysburg (1815-1872);

- syn. Meade;

George Guess
n1
Cherokee who created a notation for writing the Cherokee language (1770-1843);

- syn. Sequoya, Sequoyah;

George H. W. Bush
n1
vice president under Reagan and 41st President of the United States (born in 1924);

- syn. Bush, George Bush, George H.W. Bush, George Herbert Walker Bush, President Bush;

George H.W. Bush
n1
vice president under Reagan and 41st President of the United States (born in 1924);

- syn. Bush, George Bush, George H. W. Bush, George Herbert Walker Bush, President Bush;

George Harrison
n1
English rock star;

- lead guitarist of the Beatles (1943-2001);

- syn. Harrison;

George Herbert Hitchings
n1
United States biochemist noted for developing drugs to treat leukemia and gout (1905-1998);

- syn. Hitchings;

George Herbert Mead
n1
United States philosopher of pragmatism (1863-1931);

- syn. Mead;

George Herbert Walker Bush
n1
vice president under Reagan and 41st President of the United States (born in 1924);

- syn. Bush, George Bush, George H.W. Bush, George H. W. Bush, President Bush;

George Herman Ruth
n1
United States professional baseball player famous for hitting home runs (1895-1948);

- syn. Babe Ruth, Ruth, Sultan of Swat;

George Hubert Wilkins
n1
Australian who was the first to explore the Arctic by airplane (1888-1958);

- syn. Wilkins;

George Huntington
n1
United States physician who first described Huntington's chorea;

- syn. Huntington;

George I
n1
Elector of Hanover and the first Hanoverian King of Great Britain and Ireland from 1714 to 1727 (1660-1727);

- syn. George;

George II
n1
King of Great Britain and Elector of Hanover from 1727 to 1760 (1683-1760);

- syn. George;

George III
n1
King of Great Britain and Ireland from 1760 to 1820;

- the American colonies were lost during his reign;

- he became insane in 1811 and his son (later George IV) acted as regent until 1820 (1738-1820);

- syn. George;

George IV
n1
King of Great Britain and Ireland and Hanover from 1820 to 1830;

- his attempt to divorce his estranged wife undermined the prestige of the Crown (1762-1830);

- syn. George;

George Louis Palmella Busson du Maurier
n1
English writer and illustrator;

- grandfather of Daphne du Maurier (1834-1896);

- syn. George du Maurier, du Maurier;

George Lucas
n1
United States screenwriter and filmmaker (born in 1944);

- syn. Lucas;

George M. Cohan
n1
United States songwriter and playwright famous for his patriotic songs (1878-1942);

- syn. Cohan, George Michael Cohan;

George Macaulay Trevelyan
n1
English historian and son of Sir George Otto Trevelyan whose works include a social history of England and a biography of Garibaldi (1876-1962);

- syn. Trevelyan;

George Marshall
n1
United States general and statesman who as Secretary of State organized the European Recovery Program (1880-1959);

- syn. George Catlett Marshall, Marshall;

George Mason
n1
American Revolutionary leader from Virginia whose objections led to the drafting of the Bill of Rights (1725-1792);

- syn. Mason;

George Meany
n1
United States labor leader who was the first president of the AFL-CIO (1894-1980);

- syn. Meany;

George Meredith
n1
English novelist and poet (1828-1909);

- syn. Meredith;

George Michael Cohan
n1
United States songwriter and playwright famous for his patriotic songs (1878-1942);

- syn. Cohan, George M. Cohan;

George Orson Welles
n1
United States actor and filmmaker (1915-1985);

- syn. Orson Welles, Welles;

George Orwell
n1
imaginative British writer concerned with social justice (1903-1950);

- syn. Eric Arthur Blair, Eric Blair, Orwell;

George Otto Trevelyan
n1
English historian who wrote a history of the American revolution and a biography of his uncle Lord Macaulay (1838-1928);

- syn. Sir George Otto Trevelyan, Trevelyan;

George Paget Thomson
n1
English physicist (son of Joseph John Thomson) who was a co-discoverer of the diffraction of electrons by crystals (1892-1975);

- syn. Sir George Paget Thomson, Thomson;

George Percy Aldridge Grainger
n1
United States composer (born in Australia) who lived in London and collected English folk songs (1882-1961);

- syn. Grainger, Percy Aldridge Grainger, Percy Grainger;

George Pitt
n1
a British playwright who created the fictional character Sweeney Todd (1799-1855);

- syn. George Dibdin-Pitt, George Dibdin Pitt, Pitt;

George S. Kaufman
n1
United States playwright who collaborated with many other writers including Moss Hart (1889-1961);

- syn. George Simon Kaufman, Kaufman;

George Sand
n1
French writer known for works concerning women's rights and independence (1804-1876);

- syn. Amandine Aurore Lucie Dupin, Baroness Dudevant, Sand;

George Segal
n1
United States sculptor (born in 1924);

- syn. Segal;

George Simon Kaufman
n1
United States playwright who collaborated with many other writers including Moss Hart (1889-1961);

- syn. George S. Kaufman, Kaufman;

George Stephenson
n1
English railway pioneer who built the first passenger railway in 1825 (1781-1848);

- syn. Stephenson;

George Stevens
n1
United States filmmaker (1905-1975);

- syn. Stevens;

George Szell
n1
United States conductor (born in Hungary) (1897-1970);

- syn. Szell;

George Town
n1
the capital of the Cayman Islands;

George V
n1
King of Great Britain and Ireland and emperor of India from 1910 to 1936;

- gave up his German title in 1917 during World War I (1865-1936);

- syn. George;

George Vancouver
n1
English navigator remembered for his exploration of the Pacific coast of North America (1757-1798);

- syn. Vancouver;

George VI
n1
King of Great Britain and Ireland and emperor of India from 1936 to 1947;

- he succeeded Edward VIII (1895-1952);

- syn. George;

George W. Bush
n1
43rd President of the United States;

- son of George Herbert Walker Bush (born in 1946);

- syn. Bush, Dubya, Dubyuh, George Bush, George Walker Bush, President Bush, President George W. Bush;

George Walker Bush
n1
43rd President of the United States;

- son of George Herbert Walker Bush (born in 1946);

- syn. Bush, Dubya, Dubyuh, George Bush, George W. Bush, President Bush, President George W. Bush;

George Washington
n1
1st President of the United States;

- commander-in-chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolution (1732-1799);

- syn. President Washington, Washington;

George Washington Bridge
n1
a suspension bridge across the Hudson River between New York and New Jersey;

George Washington Carver
n1
United States botanist and agricultural chemist who developed many uses for peanuts and soy beans and sweet potatoes (1864-1943);

- syn. Carver;

George Washington Goethals
n1
United States army officer and engineer who supervised the construction of the Panama Canal (1858-1928);

- syn. Goethals;

George Wells Beadle
n1
United States biologist who discovered how hereditary characteristics are transmitted by genes (1903-1989);

- syn. Beadle, George Beadle;

George Westinghouse
n1
United States inventor and manufacturer (1846-1914);

- syn. Westinghouse;

George William Russell
n1
Irish writer whose pen name was A.E. (1867-1935);

- syn. A.E., Russell;

Georges Bizet
n1
French composer best known for his operas (1838-1875);

- syn. Bizet;

Georges Braque
n1
French painter who led the cubist movement (1882-1963);

- syn. Braque;

Georges Clemenceau
n1
French statesman who played a key role in negotiating the Treaty of Versailles (1841-1929);

- syn. Clemenceau, Georges Eugene Benjamin Clemenceau;

Georges Cuvier
n1
French naturalist known as the father of comparative anatomy (1769-1832);

- syn. Baron Georges Cuvier, Cuvier, Georges Leopold Chretien Frederic Dagobert Cuvier;

Georges de La Tour
n1
French painter of religious works (1593-1652);

- syn. La Tour;

Georges Enesco
n1
Romanian violinist and composer (1881-1955);

- syn. Enesco, George Enescu;

Georges Eugene Benjamin Clemenceau
n1
French statesman who played a key role in negotiating the Treaty of Versailles (1841-1929);

- syn. Clemenceau, Georges Clemenceau;

Georges Gilles de la Tourette
n1
French neurologist (1857-1904);

- syn. Gilles de la Tourette, Tourette;

Georges Henri Lemaitre
n1
Belgian cosmologist who proposed the big-bang theory of the origin of the universe (1894-1966);

- syn. Edouard Lemaitre, Lemaitre;

Georges Jacques Danton
n1
French revolutionary leader who stormed the Paris bastille and who supported the execution of Louis XVI but was guillotined by Robespierre for his opposition to the Reign of Terror (1759-1794);

- syn. Danton;

Georges Joseph Christian Simenon
n1
French writer (born in Belgium) best known for his detective novels featuring Inspector Maigret (1903-1989);

- syn. Georges Simenon, Simenon;

Georges Leopold Chretien Frederic Dagobert Cuvier
n1
French naturalist known as the father of comparative anatomy (1769-1832);

- syn. Baron Georges Cuvier, Cuvier, Georges Cuvier;

Georges Pierre Seurat
n1
French painter who developed pointillism (1859-1891);

- syn. Georges Seurat, Seurat;

Georges Seurat
n1
French painter who developed pointillism (1859-1891);

- syn. Georges Pierre Seurat, Seurat;

Georges Simenon
n1
French writer (born in Belgium) best known for his detective novels featuring Inspector Maigret (1903-1989);

- syn. Georges Joseph Christian Simenon, Simenon;

Georgetown / dʒ ɔ dʒ t aʊ n /
n1
a section of northwestern Washington, D.C.;

n2
port city and the capital and largest city of Guyana;

- "the city was called Stabroek by the Dutch but was renamed Georgetown by the British in 1812";

- syn. Stabroek;

georgette / dʒ ɔ dʒ ɛ t /
n1
a thin silk dress material;

Georgi Konstantinovich Zhukov
n1
Soviet general who during World War II directed the counteroffensive at Stalingrad and relieved Leningrad and captured Berlin (1896-1974);

- syn. Georgi Zhukov, Zhukov;

Georgi Zhukov
n1
Soviet general who during World War II directed the counteroffensive at Stalingrad and relieved Leningrad and captured Berlin (1896-1974);

- syn. Georgi Konstantinovich Zhukov, Zhukov;

Georgia / dʒ ɔ dʒ ə /
n1
a state in southeastern United States;

- one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War;

- syn. Empire State of the South, GA, Ga., Peach State;

n2
one of the British colonies that formed the United States;

n3
a republic in Asia Minor on the Black Sea separated from Russia by the Caucasus mountains;

- formerly an Asian soviet but became independent in 1991;

- syn. Sakartvelo;

Georgia bark
n1
ornamental shrub or small tree of swampy areas in southwestern United States having large pink or white sepals and yielding Georgia bark for treating fever;

- syn. Pinckneya pubens, bitter-bark, fever tree;

Georgia home boy
n1
street names for gamma hydroxybutyrate;

- syn. easy lay, goop, grievous bodily harm, liquid ecstasy, max, scoop, soap;

Georgia Okeeffe
n1
United States painter (1887-1986);

- syn. O'Keeffe;

Georgia pine
n1
large three-needled pine of southeastern United States having very long needles and gnarled twisted limbs;

- bark is red-brown deeply ridged;

- an important timber tree;

- syn. Pinus palustris, longleaf pine, pitch pine, southern yellow pine;

Georgian / dʒ ɔ dʒ ə n , dʒ ɔ dʒ j ə n /
n1
a native or resident of the American state of Georgia;

n2
a native or inhabitant of Georgia in Asia;

n3
a southern Caucasian language with 3 million speakers and a long literary tradition;

a1
of or relating to the former British colony of Georgia;

- "the Georgian colony";

a2
of or relating to or characteristic of the Asian republic of Georgia or its people or language;

- "the Georgian capital is Tbilisi";

- "Georgian farmers";

- "Georgian vowels";

a3
of or relating to or characteristic of the American state of Georgia or its inhabitants;

- "the Georgian state capital is Atlanta";

- "Georgian peach farmers";

a4
of or relating to the Hanoverian kings of England;

- "the first Georgian monarch";

Georgian monetary unit
n1
monetary unit in Georgia;

Georgiana Barrymore
n1
United States actress;

- daughter of John Drew and wife of Maurice Barrymore;

- mother of Ethel Barrymore and John Barrymore and Lionel Barrymore (1854-1893);

- syn. Barrymore, Georgiana Emma Barrymore;

Georgiana Emma Barrymore
n1
United States actress;

- daughter of John Drew and wife of Maurice Barrymore;

- mother of Ethel Barrymore and John Barrymore and Lionel Barrymore (1854-1893);

- syn. Barrymore, Georgiana Barrymore;

geosphere
n1
the solid part of the earth consisting of the crust and outer mantle;

- syn. lithosphere;

geostationary
a1
of or having a geosynchronous orbit such that the position in such an orbit is fixed with respect to the earth;

- "a geostationary satellite";

- sim. fixed;

geostationary orbit
n1
a geosynchronous orbit that is fixed with respect to a position on the Earth;

geostrategic
a1
of or relating to geostrategy;

- "Pakistan became a country of paramount geostrategic importance to the United States";

geostrategy
n1
the branch of geopolitics dealing with strategy;

geosynchronous
a1
of or having an orbit with a fixed period of 24 hours (although the position in the orbit may not be fixed with respect to the earth);

- sim. fixed;

geosynchronous orbit
n1
a circular orbit around the Earth having a period of 24 hours;

geothermal
a1
of or relating to the heat in the interior of the earth;

- syn. geothermic;

geothermal energy
n1
energy derived from the heat in the interior of the earth;

geothermally
r1
by means of heat from the interior of the earth;

geothermic
a1
of or relating to the heat in the interior of the earth;

- syn. geothermal;

Geothlypis
n1
yellowthroats;

- syn. genus Geothlypis;

Geothlypis trichas
n1
an American warbler;

- syn. Maryland yellowthroat, common yellowthroat;

geotropism
n1
an orienting response to gravity;

Geraint
n1
(Arthurian legend) one of the knights of the Round Table;

- syn. Sir Geraint;

Gerald Ford
n1
38th President of the United States;

- appointed vice president and succeeded Nixon when Nixon resigned (1913-2006);

- syn. Ford, Gerald R. Ford, Gerald Rudolph Ford, President Ford;

Gerald R. Ford
n1
38th President of the United States;

- appointed vice president and succeeded Nixon when Nixon resigned (1913-2006);

- syn. Ford, Gerald Ford, Gerald Rudolph Ford, President Ford;

Gerald Rudolph Ford
n1
38th President of the United States;

- appointed vice president and succeeded Nixon when Nixon resigned (1913-2006);

- syn. Ford, Gerald Ford, Gerald R. Ford, President Ford;

Geraniaceae
n1
chiefly herbaceous plants;

- syn. family Geraniaceae, geranium family;

Geraniales / dʒ ə ɹ eɪ n ɪə ɫ z /
n1
an order of plants of subclass Rosidae including geraniums and many other plants;

- see Euphorbiaceae;

- Geraniaceae;

- Rutaceae;

- Malpighiaceae;

- Simaroubaceae;

- Meliaceae;

- Zygophyllaceae;

- Tropaeolaceae;

- syn. order Geraniales;

geranium / dʒ ə ɹ eɪ n ɪə m /
n1
any of numerous plants of the family Geraniaceae;

geranium family
n1
chiefly herbaceous plants;

- syn. Geraniaceae, family Geraniaceae;

Geranium maculatum
n1
common wild geranium of eastern North America with deeply parted leaves and rose-purple flowers;

- syn. spotted cranesbill, wild geranium;

Geranium molle
n1
western geranium with small pink flowers;

- a common weed on lawns and in vacant lots;

- syn. dove's foot geranium;

Geranium pratense
n1
tall perennial cranesbill with paired violet-blue axillary flowers;

- native to northern parts of Old World and naturalized in North America;

- syn. meadow cranesbill;

Geranium richardsonii
n1
geranium of western North America having branched clusters of white or pale pink flowers;

- syn. Richardson's geranium;

Geranium robertianum
n1
a sticky low herb with small reddish-purple flowers;

- widespread in the northern hemisphere;

- syn. herb robert, herb roberts, herbs robert;

Geranium viscosissimum
n1
geranium of western North America having pinkish-purple flowers in open clusters;

- syn. sticky geranium;

Gerard Depardieu
n1
French film actor (born in 1948);

- syn. Depardieu;

Gerard Kuiper
n1
United States astronomer (born in the Netherlands) who studied the solar system and suggested in 1951 that there is a belt of comet-like debris at the edge of the solar system (1905-1973);

- syn. Gerard Peter Kuiper, Kuiper;

Gerard Manley Hopkins
n1
English poet (1844-1889);

- syn. Hopkins;

Gerard Peter Kuiper
n1
United States astronomer (born in the Netherlands) who studied the solar system and suggested in 1951 that there is a belt of comet-like debris at the edge of the solar system (1905-1973);

- syn. Gerard Kuiper, Kuiper;

gerardia
n1
any plant of the genus Gerardia;

Gerardia pedicularia
n1
multi-stemmed North American annual having solitary axillary dark golden-yellow flowers resembling those of the foxglove;

- sometimes placed in genus Gerardia;

- syn. Aureolaria pedicularia, false foxglove;

Gerardia virginica
n1
sparsely branched North American perennial with terminal racemes of bright yellow flowers resembling those of the foxglove;

- sometimes placed in genus Gerardia;

- syn. Aureolaria virginica, false foxglove;

Gerardus Mercator
n1
Flemish geographer who lived in Germany;

- he invented the Mercator projection of maps of the globe (1512-1594);

- syn. Gerhard Kremer, Mercator;

Gerbera
n1
genus of South African or Asiatic herbs: African daisies;

- syn. genus Gerbera;

Gerbera jamesonii
n1
widely cultivated South African perennial having flower heads with orange to flame-colored rays;

- syn. Barberton daisy, Transvaal daisy;

Gerbert
n1
French pope from 999 to 1003 who was noted for his great learning (945-1003);

- syn. Sylvester II;

gerbil
n1
small Old World burrowing desert rodent with long soft pale fur and hind legs adapted for leaping;

- syn. gerbille;

gerbille
n1
small Old World burrowing desert rodent with long soft pale fur and hind legs adapted for leaping;

- syn. gerbil;

Gerbillinae
n1
gerbils;

- syn. subfamily Gerbillinae;

Gerbillus
n1
type genus of the Gerbillinae: typical gerbils;

- syn. genus Gerbillus;

Gerea
n1
small genus of hairy herbs with yellow flowers;

- syn. genus Gerea;

Gerea canescens
n1
slender hairy plant with few leaves and golden-yellow flower heads;

- sandy desert areas of southeastern California to southwestern Utah and western Arizona and northwestern Mexico;

- syn. desert sunflower;

gerenuk
n1
slender East African antelope with slim neck and backward-curving horns;

- syn. Litocranius walleri;

gerfalcon / dʒ ɝ f ɔ ɫ k ə n /
n1
large and rare Arctic falcon having white and dark color phases;

- syn. Falco rusticolus, gyrfalcon;

Gerhard Gerhards
n1
Dutch humanist and theologian who was the leading Renaissance scholar of northern Europe;

- although his criticisms of the Roman Catholic Church led to the Reformation, he opposed violence and condemned Martin Luther (1466-1536);

- syn. Desiderius Erasmus, Erasmus, Geert Geerts;

Gerhard Herzberg
n1
Canadian physicist (born in Germany) noted for contributions to understanding the structure of molecules (born in 1904);

- syn. Herzberg;

Gerhard Kremer
n1
Flemish geographer who lived in Germany;

- he invented the Mercator projection of maps of the globe (1512-1594);

- syn. Gerardus Mercator, Mercator;

geriatric / dʒ ɛr ɪ æ t ɹ ɪ k /
a1
of or relating to the aged;

- "geriatric disorder";

a2
of or relating to or practicing geriatrics;

- "geriatric hospital";

- syn. gerontological;

geriatrician / dʒ ɛr ɪə t ɹ ɪ ʃ n /
n1
a specialist in gerontology;

- syn. gerontologist;

geriatrics / dʒ ɛr ɪ æ t ɹ ɪ k s /
n1
the branch of medical science that deals with diseases and problems specific to old people;

- syn. gerontology;

germ / dʒ ɝ m /
n1
anything that provides inspiration for later work;

- syn. seed, source;

n2
a small apparently simple structure (as a fertilized egg) from which new tissue can develop into a complete organism;

n3
a minute life form (especially a disease-causing bacterium);

- the term is not in technical use;

- syn. bug, microbe;

germ cell
n1
a spermatozoon or an ovum;

- a cell responsible for transmitting DNA to the next generation;

- syn. reproductive cell, sex cell;

germ layer
n1
(embryology) any of the 3 layers of cells differentiated in embryos following gastrulation;

germ plasm
n1
the protoplasm of the germ cells that contains chromosomes and genes;

- syn. plasm;

germ pore
n1
a pore in the outer wall of a spore or pollen grain through which the germ tube or pollen tube makes its exit on germination;

germ theory
n1
(medicine) the theory that all contagious diseases are caused by microorganisms;

germ tube
n1
(botany) a slender tubular outgrowth from a spore in germination;

germ warfare
n1
the use of harmful bacteria as a weapon;

- syn. bacteriological warfare;

German / dʒ ɝ m ə n /
n1
a person of German nationality;

n2
the standard German language;

- developed historically from West Germanic;

- syn. German language, High German;

a1
of or pertaining to or characteristic of Germany or its people or language;

- "German philosophers";

- "German universities";

- "German literature";

German-American
a1
of or relating to or characteristic of German Americans;

German-speaking
a1
able to communicate in German;

- sim. communicative;

German American
n1
an American who was born in Germany or whose ancestors were German;

German bee
n1
dark-colored ill-tempered honeybee supposedly of German origin;

- syn. black bee;

German capital
n1
capital of Germany located in eastern Germany;

- syn. Berlin;

German chamomile
n1
annual Eurasian herb similar in fragrance and medicinal uses to chamomile though taste is more bitter and effect is considered inferior;

- syn. Matricaria chamomilla, Matricaria recutita, sweet false chamomile, wild chamomile;

German cockroach
n1
small light-brown cockroach brought to United States from Europe;

- a common household pest;

- syn. Blattella germanica, Croton bug, crotonbug, water bug;

German Democratic Republic
n1
a republic in north central Europe on the Baltic;

- established by the Soviet Union in 1954;

- reunified with West Germany in 1990;

- syn. East Germany;

German iris
n1
iris of northern Italy having deep blue-purple flowers;

- similar to but smaller than Iris germanica;

- syn. Iris kochii;

n2
a large iris with purple or white flowers, native to central and southern Europe;

- syn. Iris germanica;

German ivy
n1
South African succulent evergreen twining climber with yellow flowers grown primarily as a houseplant for its foliage;

- sometimes placed in genus Senecio;

- syn. Delairea odorata, Senecio milkanioides;

German language
n1
the standard German language;

- developed historically from West Germanic;

- syn. German, High German;

German lesson
n1
instruction in the German language;

German Luftwaffe
n1
the German airforce;

- syn. Luftwaffe;

German mark
n1
formerly the basic unit of money in Germany;

- syn. Deutsche Mark, Deutschmark, mark;

German measles
n1
a contagious viral disease that is a milder form of measles lasting three or four days;

- can be damaging to a fetus during the first trimester;

- syn. epidemic roseola, rubella, three-day measles;

German millet
n1
millet having yellow grains in large drooping spikes;

- syn. Setaria italica stramineofructa, golden wonder millet;

German monetary unit
n1
monetary unit in Germany;

German Nazi
n1
a German member of Adolf Hitler's political party;

- syn. Nazi;

german pancake
n1
puffy mildly sweet lemon-flavored egg mixture sprinkled with confectioners' sugar and served with jam or a wine or fruit sauce;

- syn. pfannkuchen;

German police dog
n1
breed of large shepherd dogs used in police work and as a guide for the blind;

- syn. German shepherd, German shepherd dog, alsatian;

German rampion
n1
a coarse biennial of eastern North America with yellow flowers that open in the evening;

- naturalized in Europe;

- syn. Oenothera biennis, common evening primrose;

German shepherd
n1
breed of large shepherd dogs used in police work and as a guide for the blind;

- syn. German police dog, German shepherd dog, alsatian;

German shepherd dog
n1
breed of large shepherd dogs used in police work and as a guide for the blind;

- syn. German police dog, German shepherd, alsatian;

German short-haired pointer
n1
liver or liver-and-white hunting dog developed in Germany;

- 3/4 pointer and 1/4 bloodhound;

German silver
n1
a silver-white alloy containing copper and zinc and nickel;

- syn. nickel silver;

German tamarisk
n1
Eurasian shrub resembling the tamarisk;

- syn. Myricaria germanica, false tamarisk;

germander / dʒ ɝ m æ n d ə /
n1
any of various plants of the genus Teucrium;

germander speedwell
n1
Old World plant with axillary racemes of blue-and-white flowers;

- syn. Veronica chamaedrys, bird's eye;

germane / dʒ ə m eɪ n /
a1
relevant and appropriate;

- "he asks questions that are germane and central to the issue";

- sim. relevant;

germaneness / dʒ ə m eɪ n n ɛ s /
n1
pertinence by virtue of a close relation to the matter at hand;

Germanic / dʒ ə m æ n ɪ k /
n1
a branch of the Indo-European family of languages;

- members that are spoken currently fall into two major groups: Scandinavian and West Germanic;

- syn. Germanic language;

a1
of or relating to the language of Germans;

- "the Germanic sound shifts";

a2
of or pertaining to the ancient Teutons or their languages;

- "Teutonic peoples such as Germans and Scandinavians and British";

- "Germanic mythology";

- syn. Teutonic;

Germanic language
n1
a branch of the Indo-European family of languages;

- members that are spoken currently fall into two major groups: Scandinavian and West Germanic;

- syn. Germanic;

Germanism / dʒ ɝ m ə n ɪ z ə m /
n1
a custom that is peculiar to Germany or its citizens;

Germanist / dʒ ɝ m ə n ɪ s t /
n1
a specialist in the study of Germanic language or culture or literature;

germanite
n1
a rare reddish-grey mineral consisting of a copper iron germanium sulfide;

germanium
n1
a brittle grey crystalline element that is a semiconducting metalloid (resembling silicon) used in transistors;

- occurs in germanite and argyrodite;

- syn. Ge, atomic number 32;

Germany / dʒ ɝ m ə n i /
n1
a republic in central Europe;

- split into East Germany and West Germany after World War II and reunited in 1990;

- syn. Deutschland, FRG, Federal Republic of Germany;

germfree / dʒ ɝ m f ɹ i /
a1
free from germs or pathogenic organisms;

- sterile;

- "a germfree environment";

- also antiseptic;

- sim. axenic;

germicidal / dʒ ɝ m ɪ s aɪ d ɫ /
a1
preventing infection by inhibiting the growth or action of microorganisms;

- syn. bactericidal, disinfectant;

- sim. antiseptic;

germicide / dʒ ɝ m ɪ s aɪ d /
n1
an agent (as heat or radiation or a chemical) that destroys microorganisms that might carry disease;

- syn. antimicrobial, antimicrobic, disinfectant;

Germinal / dʒ ɝ m ɪ n ə ɫ /
n1
seventh month of the Revolutionary calendar (March and April);

- the month of buds;

a1
containing seeds of later development;

- "seminal ideas of one discipline can influence the growth of another";

- syn. originative, seminal;

- sim. original;

germinal area
n1
a layer of cells on the inside of the blastula;

- syn. blastoderm, blastodisc, germinal disc;

germinal disc
n1
a layer of cells on the inside of the blastula;

- syn. blastoderm, blastodisc, germinal area;

germinate / dʒ ɝ m ɪ n eɪ t /
v1
produce buds, branches, or germinate;

- "the potatoes sprouted";

- syn. bourgeon, burgeon forth, pullulate, shoot, sprout, spud;

v2
work out;

- "We have developed a new theory of evolution";

- syn. develop, evolve;

v3
cause to grow or sprout;

- "the plentiful rain germinated my plants";

germination / dʒ ɝ m ɪ n eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the process whereby seeds or spores sprout and begin to grow;

- syn. sprouting;

n2
the origin of some development;

- "the germination of their discontent";

germy
a1
full of germs or pathological microorganisms;

- "the water in New York harbor is oily and dirty and germy";

- also infected, septic;

- sim. unsterilized;

Geronimo
n1
Apache chieftain who raided the white settlers in the Southwest as resistance to being confined to a reservation (1829-1909);

gerontocracy
n1
a political system governed by old men;

gerontological / dʒ ɛr ɒ n t ə ɫ ɒ dʒ ɪ k ə ɫ /
a1
of or relating to or practicing geriatrics;

- "geriatric hospital";

- syn. geriatric;

gerontologist / dʒ ɛr ɒ n t ɒ ɫ ə dʒ ɪ s t /
n1
a specialist in gerontology;

- syn. geriatrician;

gerontology / dʒ ɛr ɒ n t ɒ ɫ ə dʒ i /
n1
the branch of medical science that deals with diseases and problems specific to old people;

- syn. geriatrics;

Gerreidae
n1
mojarras;

- syn. Gerridae, family Gerreidae, family Gerridae;

Gerres
n1
type genus of the Gerreidae;

- syn. genus Gerres;

Gerres cinereus
n1
popular panfish from Bermuda and Gulf of Mexico to Brazil;

- syn. yellowfin mojarra;

Gerrhonotus
n1
alligator lizards;

- syn. genus Gerrhonotus;

Gerridae
n1
mojarras;

- syn. Gerreidae, family Gerreidae, family Gerridae;

n2
an arthropod family that includes water striders;

- syn. Gerrididae, family Gerridae, family Gerrididae;

Gerrididae
n1
an arthropod family that includes water striders;

- syn. Gerridae, family Gerridae, family Gerrididae;

Gerris
n1
type genus of the Gerrididae;

- syn. genus Gerris;

Gerris lacustris
n1
a variety of water strider;

- syn. common pond-skater;

gerrymander / dʒ ɛr ɪ m æ n d ə , dʒ ɛr ɪ m æ n d ə ɹ /
n1
an act of gerrymandering (dividing a voting area so as to give your own party an unfair advantage);

v1
divide unfairly and to one's advantage;

- of voting districts;

Gershwin
n1
United States lyricist who frequently collaborated with his brother George Gershwin (1896-1983);

- syn. Ira Gershwin;

n2
United States composer who incorporated jazz into classical forms and composed scores for musical comedies (1898-1937);

- syn. George Gershwin;

Gertrude Caroline Ederle
n1
United States swimmer who in 1926 became the first woman to swim the English Channel (1906-2003);

- syn. Ederle, Gertrude Ederle;

Gertrude Ederle
n1
United States swimmer who in 1926 became the first woman to swim the English Channel (1906-2003);

- syn. Ederle, Gertrude Caroline Ederle;

Gertrude Lawrence
n1
English actress (1898-1952);

- syn. Lawrence;

Gertrude Stein
n1
experimental expatriate United States writer (1874-1946);

- syn. Stein;

gerund / dʒ ɛr ə n d /
n1
a noun formed from a verb (such as the `-ing' form of an English verb when used as a noun);

gerundial / dʒ ɪr ʌ n d aɪ ə ɫ /
a1
relating to or like a gerund;

- "the gerundial suffix `-ing'";

Geryon
n1
(Greek mythology) a mythical monster with three heads that was slain by Hercules;

Gesell
n1
United States psychologist noted for his work in child development (1880-1961);

- syn. Arnold Gesell, Arnold Lucius Gesell;

Gesner
n1
Swiss naturalist who was one of the founders of modern zoology (1516-1565);

- syn. Konrad von Gesner;

gesneria
n1
any plant of the genus Gesneria;

gesneria family
n1
large family of tropical herbs or shrubs or lianas;

- in some classification systems placed in the order Scrophulariales;

- syn. Gesneriaceae, family Gesneriaceae;

Gesneriaceae
n1
large family of tropical herbs or shrubs or lianas;

- in some classification systems placed in the order Scrophulariales;

- syn. family Gesneriaceae, gesneria family;

gesneriad
n1
any of numerous tropical or subtropical small shrubs or treelets or epiphytic vines of the family Gesneriaceae: African violet;

- Cape primroses;

- gloxinia;

gesso / dʒ ɛ s oʊ /
n1
gypsum or plaster of Paris spread on a surface to make it suitable for painting or gilding (or a surface so prepared);

gestalt / dʒ ɛ s t æ ɫ t /
n1
a configuration or pattern of elements so unified as a whole that it cannot be described merely as a sum of its parts;

Gestalt law of organization
n1
a principle of Gestalt psychology that identifies factors leading to particular forms of perceptual organization;

- syn. Gestalt principle of organization;

Gestalt principle of organization
n1
a principle of Gestalt psychology that identifies factors leading to particular forms of perceptual organization;

- syn. Gestalt law of organization;

Gestalt psychology
n1
(psychology) a theory of psychology that emphasizes the importance of configurational properties;

- syn. configurationism;

Gestapo / ɡ ɛ s t ɑ p oʊ /
n1
the secret state police in Nazi Germany;

- known for its terrorist methods;

gestate / dʒ ɛ s t eɪ t /
v1
have the idea for;

- "He conceived of a robot that would help paralyzed patients";

- "This library was well conceived";

- syn. conceive, conceptualise, conceptualize;

v2
be pregnant with;

- "She is bearing his child";

- "The are expecting another child in January";

- "I am carrying his child";

- syn. bear, carry, expect, have a bun in the oven;

gestation / dʒ ɛ s t eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the period during which an embryo develops (about 266 days in humans);

- syn. gestation period;

n2
the state of being pregnant;

- the period from conception to birth when a woman carries a developing fetus in her uterus;

- syn. maternity, pregnancy;

n3
the conception and development of an idea or plan;

gestation period
n1
the period during which an embryo develops (about 266 days in humans);

- syn. gestation;

gestational / dʒ ɛ s t eɪ ʃ ə n ɫ /
a1
of or relating to gestation;

gestational age
n1
the age of an embryo counting from the time of fertilization;

- syn. fertilization age, fetal age;

gesticulate / dʒ ɛ s t ɪ k j ʊ ɫ eɪ t /
v1
show, express or direct through movement;

- "He gestured his desire to leave";

- syn. gesture, motion;

gesticulating / dʒ ɛ s t ɪ k j ʊ ɫ eɪ t ɪ ŋ /
a1
making gestures while speaking;

- "her gesticulating hands and arms made words almost unnecessary";

- sim. communicative;

gesticulation / dʒ ɛ s t ɪ k j ʊ ɫ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
a deliberate and vigorous gesture or motion;

gestural / dʒ ɛ s tʃ ə ɹ ə ɫ /
a1
used of the language of the deaf;

- syn. sign, sign-language, signed;

- sim. communicative;

a2
being other than verbal communication;

- "the study of gestural communication";

- "art like gesture is a form of nonverbal expression";

- syn. nonverbal;

- sim. communicative;

gesture / dʒ ɛ s tʃ ə , dʒ ɛ s tʃ ə ɹ /
n1
motion of hands or body to emphasize or help to express a thought or feeling;

n2
the use of movements (especially of the hands) to communicate familiar or prearranged signals;

- syn. motion;

n3
something done as an indication of intention;

- "a political gesture";

- "a gesture of defiance";

v1
show, express or direct through movement;

- "He gestured his desire to leave";

- syn. gesticulate, motion;

get / ɡ ɛ t /
n1
a return on a shot that seemed impossible to reach and would normally have resulted in a point for the opponent;

v1
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract;

- "She got a lot of paintings from her uncle";

- "They acquired a new pet";

- "Get your results the next day";

- "Get permission to take a few days off from work";

- syn. acquire;

v2
enter or assume a certain state or condition;

- "He became annoyed when he heard the bad news";

- "It must be getting more serious";

- "her face went red with anger";

- "She went into ecstasy";

- "Get going!";

- syn. become, go;

- also get ahead, get along, get on, get over;

v3
cause to move;

- cause to be in a certain position or condition;

- "He got his squad on the ball";

- "This let me in for a big surprise";

- "He got a girl into trouble";

- syn. have, let;

v4
receive a specified treatment (abstract);

- "These aspects of civilization do not find expression or receive an interpretation";

- "His movie received a good review";

- "I got nothing but trouble for my good intentions";

- syn. find, incur, obtain, receive;

v5
reach a destination;

- arrive by movement or progress;

- "She arrived home at 7 o'clock";

- "She didn't get to Chicago until after midnight";

- syn. arrive, come;

v6
go or come after and bring or take back;

- "Get me those books over there, please";

- "Could you bring the wine?";

- "The dog fetched the hat";

- syn. bring, convey, fetch;

v7
go through (mental or physical states or experiences);

- "get an idea";

- "experience vertigo";

- "get nauseous";

- "receive injuries";

- "have a feeling";

- syn. experience, have, receive;

v8
take vengeance on or get even;

- "We'll get them!";

- "That'll fix him good!";

- "This time I got him";

- syn. fix, pay back, pay off;

v9
achieve a point or goal;

- "Nicklaus had a 70";

- "The Brazilian team got 4 goals";

- "She made 29 points that day";

- syn. have, make;

v10
cause to do;

- cause to act in a specified manner;

- "The ads induced me to buy a VCR";

- "My children finally got me to buy a computer";

- "My wife made me buy a new sofa";

- syn. cause, have, induce, make, stimulate;

v11
succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase;

- "We finally got the suspect";

- "Did you catch the thief?";

- syn. capture, catch;

v12
come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes);

- "He grew a beard";

- "The patient developed abdominal pains";

- "I got funny spots all over my body";

- "Well-developed breasts";

- syn. acquire, develop, grow, produce;

v13
be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness;

- "He got AIDS";

- "She came down with pneumonia";

- "She took a chill";

- syn. contract, take;

v14
communicate with a place or person;

- establish communication with, as if by telephone;

- "Bill called this number and he got Mary";

- "The operator couldn't get Kobe because of the earthquake";

v15
give certain properties to something;

- "get someone mad";

- "She made us look silly";

- "He made a fool of himself at the meeting";

- "Don't make this into a big deal";

- "This invention will make you a millionaire";

- "Make yourself clear";

- syn. make;

v16
move into a desired direction of discourse;

- "What are you driving at?";

- syn. aim, drive;

v17
grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of;

- "did you catch that allusion?";

- "We caught something of his theory in the lecture";

- "don't catch your meaning";

- "did you get it?";

- "She didn't get the joke";

- "I just don't get him";

- syn. catch;

v18
attract and fix;

- "His look caught her";

- "She caught his eye";

- "Catch the attention of the waiter";

- syn. arrest, catch;

v19
reach with a blow or hit in a particular spot;

- "the rock caught her in the back of the head";

- "The blow got him in the back";

- "The punch caught him in the stomach";

- syn. catch;

v20
reach by calculation;

- "What do you get when you add up these numbers?";

v21
acquire as a result of some effort or action;

- "You cannot get water out of a stone";

- "Where did she get these news?";

v22
purchase;

- "What did you get at the toy store?";

v23
perceive by hearing;

- "I didn't catch your name";

- "She didn't get his name when they met the first time";

- syn. catch;

v24
suffer from the receipt of;

- "She will catch hell for this behavior!";

- syn. catch;

v25
receive as a retribution or punishment;

- "He got 5 years in prison";

- syn. receive;

v26
leave immediately;

- used usually in the imperative form;

- "Scram!";

- syn. bugger off, buzz off, fuck off, scram;

v27
reach and board;

- "She got the bus just as it was leaving";

v28
irritate;

- "Her childish behavior really get to me";

- "His lying really gets me";

- syn. get under one's skin;

v29
evoke an emotional response;

- "Brahms's `Requiem' gets me every time";

v30
apprehend and reproduce accurately;

- "She really caught the spirit of the place in her drawings";

- "She got the mood just right in her photographs";

- syn. catch;

v31
earn or achieve a base by being walked by the pitcher;

- "He drew a base on balls";

- syn. draw;

v32
overcome or destroy;

- "The ice storm got my hibiscus";

- "the cat got the goldfish";

v33
be a mystery or bewildering to;

- "This beats me!";

- "Got me--I don't know the answer!";

- "a vexing problem";

- "This question really stuck me";

- syn. amaze, baffle, beat, bewilder, dumbfound, flummox, gravel, mystify, nonplus, perplex, pose, puzzle, stick, stupefy, vex;

v34
take the first step or steps in carrying out an action;

- "We began working at dawn";

- "Who will start?";

- "Get working as soon as the sun rises!";

- "The first tourists began to arrive in Cambodia";

- "He began early in the day";

- "Let's get down to work now";

- syn. begin, commence, get down, set about, set out, start, start out;

v35
undergo (as of injuries and illnesses);

- "She suffered a fracture in the accident";

- "He had an insulin shock after eating three candy bars";

- "She got a bruise on her leg";

- "He got his arm broken in the scuffle";

- syn. have, suffer, sustain;

v36
make (offspring) by reproduction;

- "Abraham begot Isaac";

- "John fathered four daughters";

- syn. beget, bring forth, engender, father, generate, mother, sire;

get-at-able / ɡ ɛ t æ t ə b ɫ /
a1
capable of being reached or attained;

- "a very getatable man";

- "both oil and coal are there but not in getatable locations";

- syn. come-at-able, getatable;

- sim. accessible;

get-go
n1
the time at which something is supposed to begin;

- "they got an early start";

- "she knew from the get-go that he was the man for her";

- syn. beginning, commencement, first, kickoff, offset, outset, showtime, start, starting time;

get-up-and-go
n1
enterprising or ambitious drive;

- "Europeans often laugh at American energy";

- syn. energy, push;

get-well card
n1
a card expressing get-well wishes;

get a line
v1
get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally;

- "I learned that she has two grown-up children";

- "I see that you have been promoted";

- syn. discover, find out, get wind, get word, hear, learn, pick up, see;

get a load
v1
look at with attention;

- "Have a look at this!";

- "Get a load of this pretty woman!";

- syn. have a look, take a look;

get a look
v1
see something for a brief time;

- syn. catch a glimpse, catch sight;

get a noseful
v1
smell strongly and intensely;

- syn. get a whiff;

get a whiff
v1
smell strongly and intensely;

- syn. get a noseful;

get about
v1
move around;

- move from place to place;

- "How does she get around without a car?";

- syn. get around;

get across
v1
communicate successfully;

- "I couldn't get across the message";

- "He put over the idea very well";

- syn. put over;

v2
become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions;

- "It dawned on him that she had betrayed him";

- "she was penetrated with sorrow";

- syn. click, come home, dawn, fall into place, get through, penetrate, sink in;

v3
travel across or pass over;

- "The caravan covered almost 100 miles each day";

- syn. cover, cross, cut across, cut through, get over, pass over, track, traverse;

get ahead
v1
obtain advantages, such as points, etc.;

- "The home team was gaining ground";

- "After defeating the Knicks, the Blazers pulled ahead of the Lakers in the battle for the number-one playoff berth in the Western Conference";

- "win points";

- syn. advance, gain, gain ground, make headway, pull ahead, win;

get along
v1
proceed or get along;

- "How is she doing in her new job?";

- "How are you making out in graduate school?";

- "He's come a long way";

- syn. come, do, fare, make out;

v2
have smooth relations;

- "My boss and I get along very well";

- syn. get along with, get on, get on with;

v3
develop in a positive way;

- "He progressed well in school";

- "My plants are coming along";

- "Plans are shaping up";

- syn. advance, come along, come on, get on, progress, shape up;

get along with
v1
have smooth relations;

- "My boss and I get along very well";

- syn. get along, get on, get on with;

get around
v1
be released or become known;

- of news;

- "News of her death broke in the morning";

- syn. break, get out;

v2
avoid something unpleasant or laborious;

- "You cannot bypass these rules!";

- syn. bypass, go around, short-circuit;

v3
be a social swinger;

- socialize a lot;

- syn. swing;

v4
move around;

- move from place to place;

- "How does she get around without a car?";

- syn. get about;

get around to
v1
do something despite obstacles such as lack of time;

- "He finally got around to painting the windows";

get at
v1
reach or gain access to;

- "How does one access the attic in this house?";

- "I cannot get to the T.V. antenna, even if I climb on the roof";

- syn. access;

v2
influence by corruption;

v3
cause annoyance in;

- disturb, especially by minor irritations;

- "Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me";

- "It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves";

- syn. annoy, bother, chafe, devil, get to, gravel, irritate, nark, nettle, rag, rile, vex;

get away
v1
run away from confinement;

- "The convicted murderer escaped from a high security prison";

- syn. break loose, escape;

v2
escape potentially unpleasant consequences;

- get away with a forbidden action;

- "She gets away with murder!";

- "I couldn't get out from under these responsibilities";

- syn. escape, get by, get off, get out;

v3
remove oneself from a familiar environment, usually for pleasure or diversion;

- "We escaped to our summer house for a few days";

- "The president of the company never manages to get away during the summer";

- syn. escape;

get back
v1
recover something or somebody that appeared to be lost;

- "We got back the money after we threatened to sue the company";

- "He got back his son from the kidnappers";

- syn. win back;

v2
take revenge or even out a score;

- "I cannot accept the defeat--I want to get even";

- syn. get even;

v3
get one's revenge for a wrong or an injury;

- "I finally settled with my old enemy";

- syn. settle;

get behind
v1
to lag or linger behind;

- "But in so many other areas we still are dragging";

- syn. drag, drop back, drop behind, hang back, trail;

get by
v1
succeed in doing, achieving, or producing (something) with the limited or inadequate means available;

- "We got by on just a gallon of gas";

- "They made do on half a loaf of bread every day";

- syn. contend, cope, deal, grapple, make do, make out, manage;

v2
pass or move in front of;

- "Bride's Biscuit got by the other dogs to win the race";

v3
escape potentially unpleasant consequences;

- get away with a forbidden action;

- "She gets away with murder!";

- "I couldn't get out from under these responsibilities";

- syn. escape, get away, get off, get out;

get cracking
v1
start to be active;

- "Get cracking, please!";

- syn. bestir oneself, get going, get moving, get rolling, get started, get weaving;

get down
v1
lower (one's body) as by kneeling;

- "Get down on your knees!";

v2
move something or somebody to a lower position;

- "take down the vase from the shelf";

- syn. bring down, let down, lower, take down;

v3
alight from (a horse);

- syn. dismount, get off, light, unhorse;

v4
pass through the esophagus as part of eating or drinking;

- "Swallow the raw fish--it won't kill you!";

- syn. swallow;

v5
lower someone's spirits;

- make downhearted;

- "These news depressed her";

- "The bad state of her child's health demoralizes her";

- syn. cast down, deject, demoralise, demoralize, depress, dismay, dispirit;

v6
put down in writing;

- of texts, musical compositions, etc.;

- syn. put down, set down, write down;

v7
take the first step or steps in carrying out an action;

- "We began working at dawn";

- "Who will start?";

- "Get working as soon as the sun rises!";

- "The first tourists began to arrive in Cambodia";

- "He began early in the day";

- "Let's get down to work now";

- syn. begin, commence, get, set about, set out, start, start out;

get dressed
v1
put on clothes;

- "we had to dress quickly";

- "dress the patient";

- "Can the child dress by herself?";

- syn. dress;

get even
v1
compensate;

- make the score equal;

- syn. equalise, equalize;

v2
take revenge or even out a score;

- "I cannot accept the defeat--I want to get even";

- syn. get back;

get going
v1
begin or set in motion;

- "I start at eight in the morning";

- "Ready, set, go!";

- syn. go, start;

v2
start to be active;

- "Get cracking, please!";

- syn. bestir oneself, get cracking, get moving, get rolling, get started, get weaving;

get hitched with
v1
take in marriage;

- syn. conjoin, espouse, get married, hook up with, marry, wed;

get hold
v1
get something or somebody for a specific purpose;

- "I found this gadget that will serve as a bottle opener";

- "I got hold of these tools to fix our plumbing";

- "The chairman got hold of a secretary on Friday night to type the urgent letter";

- syn. come up, find, line up;

get hold of
v1
get into one's hands, take physically;

- "Take a cookie!";

- "Can you take this bag, please";

- syn. take;

v2
be in or establish communication with;

- "Our advertisements reach millions";

- "He never contacted his children after he emigrated to Australia";

- syn. contact, get through, reach;

v3
affect;

- "Fear seized the prisoners";

- "The patient was seized with unbearable pains";

- "He was seized with a dreadful disease";

- syn. clutch, seize;

get in
v1
to come or go into;

- "the boat entered an area of shallow marshes";

- syn. come in, enter, get into, go in, go into, move into;

v2
succeed in a big way;

- get to the top;

- "After he published his book, he had arrived";

- "I don't know whether I can make it in science!";

- "You will go far, my boy!";

- syn. arrive, go far, make it;

v3
secure a place in a college, university, etc.;

- syn. get into;

v4
of trains;

- move into (a station);

- "The bullet train drew into Tokyo Station";

- syn. draw in, move in, pull in;

get in touch
v1
establish communication with someone;

- "did you finally connect with your long-lost cousin?";

- syn. connect, touch base;

get into
v1
get involved in or with;

- syn. tangle with;

v2
to come or go into;

- "the boat entered an area of shallow marshes";

- syn. come in, enter, get in, go in, go into, move into;

v3
secure a place in a college, university, etc.;

- syn. get in;

v4
familiarize oneself thoroughly with;

- "He really got into semantics";

v5
put clothing on one's body;

- "What should I wear today?";

- "He put on his best suit for the wedding";

- "The princess donned a long blue dress";

- "The queen assumed the stately robes";

- "He got into his jeans";

- syn. assume, don, put on, wear;

get it
v1
understand, usually after some initial difficulty;

- "She didn't know what her classmates were plotting but finally caught on";

- syn. catch on, cotton on, get onto, get wise, latch on, tumble, twig;

v2
receive punishment;

- "You are going to get it!";

get it on
v1
have sexual intercourse with;

- "This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm";

- "Adam knew Eve";

- "Were you ever intimate with this man?";

- syn. bang, be intimate, bed, bonk, do it, eff, fuck, get laid, have a go at it, have intercourse, have it away, have it off, have sex, hump, jazz, know, lie with, love, make love, make out, roll in the hay, screw, sleep together, sleep with;

get laid
v1
have sexual intercourse with;

- "This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm";

- "Adam knew Eve";

- "Were you ever intimate with this man?";

- syn. bang, be intimate, bed, bonk, do it, eff, fuck, get it on, have a go at it, have intercourse, have it away, have it off, have sex, hump, jazz, know, lie with, love, make love, make out, roll in the hay, screw, sleep together, sleep with;

get married
v1
take in marriage;

- syn. conjoin, espouse, get hitched with, hook up with, marry, wed;

get moving
v1
start to be active;

- "Get cracking, please!";

- syn. bestir oneself, get cracking, get going, get rolling, get started, get weaving;

get off
v1
leave a vehicle, aircraft, etc.;

v2
be relieved of one's duties temporarily;

v3
transfer;

- "The spy sent the classified information off to Russia";

- syn. send, send off;

v4
cause to be acquitted;

- get off the hook;

- in a legal case;

- "The lawyer got him off, even though there was no doubt in everybody's mind that he killed his wife";

v5
escape potentially unpleasant consequences;

- get away with a forbidden action;

- "She gets away with murder!";

- "I couldn't get out from under these responsibilities";

- syn. escape, get away, get by, get out;

v6
enjoy in a sexual way;

- "He gets off on shoes";

v7
alight from (a horse);

- syn. dismount, get down, light, unhorse;

v8
get out of quickly;

- "The officer hopped out when he spotted an illegally parked car";

- syn. hop out;

v9
send via the postal service;

- "I'll mail you the check tomorrow";

- syn. mail;

v10
get high, stoned, or drugged;

- "He trips every weekend";

- syn. trip, trip out, turn on;

v11
deliver verbally;

- "He got off the best line I've heard in a long time";

get off the ground
v1
get started or set in motion, used figuratively;

- "the project took a long time to get off the ground";

- syn. take off;

get on
v1
have smooth relations;

- "My boss and I get along very well";

- syn. get along, get along with, get on with;

v2
get on board of (trains, buses, ships, aircraft, etc.);

- syn. board;

v3
get up on the back of;

- "mount a horse";

- syn. bestride, climb on, hop on, jump on, mount, mount up;

v4
grow late or (of time) elapse;

- "It is getting on midnight--let's all go to bed!";

v5
appear in a show, on T.V. or radio;

- "The news won't be on tonight";

- syn. be on;

v6
develop in a positive way;

- "He progressed well in school";

- "My plants are coming along";

- "Plans are shaping up";

- syn. advance, come along, come on, get along, progress, shape up;

v7
grow old or older;

- "She aged gracefully";

- "we age every day--what a depressing thought!";

- "Young men senesce";

- syn. age, maturate, mature, senesce;

get on with
v1
have smooth relations;

- "My boss and I get along very well";

- syn. get along, get along with, get on;

get one's lumps
v1
suffer the results or consequences of one's behavior or actions;

- syn. take one's lumps;

get onto
v1
understand, usually after some initial difficulty;

- "She didn't know what her classmates were plotting but finally caught on";

- syn. catch on, cotton on, get it, get wise, latch on, tumble, twig;

get out
v1
move out of or depart from;

- "leave the room";

- "the fugitive has left the country";

- syn. exit, go out, leave;

v2
take out of a container or enclosed space;

- "Get out your best dress--we are going to a party!";

- syn. bring out;

v3
move out or away;

- "The troops pulled out after the cease-fire";

- syn. pull out;

v4
express with difficulty;

- "I managed to get out a few words";

v5
bring, take, or pull out of a container or from under a cover;

- "draw a weapon";

- "pull out a gun";

- "The mugger pulled a knife on his victim";

- syn. draw, pull, pull out, take out;

v6
be released or become known;

- of news;

- "News of her death broke in the morning";

- syn. break, get around;

v7
escape potentially unpleasant consequences;

- get away with a forbidden action;

- "She gets away with murder!";

- "I couldn't get out from under these responsibilities";

- syn. escape, get away, get by, get off;

get over
v1
travel across or pass over;

- "The caravan covered almost 100 miles each day";

- syn. cover, cross, cut across, cut through, get across, pass over, track, traverse;

v2
to bring (a necessary but unpleasant task) to an end;

- "Let's get this job over with";

- "It's a question of getting over an unpleasant task";

v3
improve in health;

- "He got well fast";

- syn. bounce back, get well;

v4
get on top of;

- deal with successfully;

- "He overcame his shyness";

- syn. master, overcome, subdue, surmount;

get rid of
v1
dispose of;

- "Get rid of these old shoes!";

- "The company got rid of all the dead wood";

- syn. remove;

v2
terminate, end, or take out;

- "Let's eliminate the course on Akkadian hieroglyphics";

- "Socialism extinguished these archaic customs";

- "eliminate my debts";

- syn. do away with, eliminate, extinguish;

v3
do away with;

- "Slavery was abolished in the mid-19th century in America and in Russia";

- syn. abolish;

get rolling
v1
start to be active;

- "Get cracking, please!";

- syn. bestir oneself, get cracking, get going, get moving, get started, get weaving;

get started
v1
start to be active;

- "Get cracking, please!";

- syn. bestir oneself, get cracking, get going, get moving, get rolling, get weaving;

get stuck
v1
be unable to move further;

- "The car bogged down in the sand";

- syn. bog down, grind to a halt, mire;

get the best
v1
overcome, usually through no fault or weakness of the person that is overcome;

- "Heart disease can get the best of us";

- syn. have the best, overcome;

get the better of
v1
win a victory over;

- "You must overcome all difficulties";

- "defeat your enemies";

- "He overcame his shyness";

- "He overcame his infirmity";

- "Her anger got the better of her and she blew up";

- syn. defeat, overcome;

get the goods
v1
discover some bad or hidden information about;

- "She got the goods on her co-worker after reading his e-mail";

get the hang
v1
be or become completely proficient or skilled in;

- "She mastered Japanese in less than two years";

- syn. master;

get the jump
v1
be there first;

- "They had gotten the jump on their competitors";

get the picture
v1
get the meaning of something;

- "Do you comprehend the meaning of this letter?";

- syn. apprehend, compass, comprehend, dig, grasp, grok, savvy;

get through
v1
finish a task completely;

- "I finally got through this homework assignment";

- syn. clear up, finish off, finish up, mop up, polish off, wrap up;

v2
spend or pass, as with boredom or in a pleasant manner;

- of time;

- syn. while away;

v3
succeed in reaching a real or abstract destination after overcoming problems;

- "We finally got through the bureaucracy and could talk to the Minister";

- syn. come through;

v4
be in or establish communication with;

- "Our advertisements reach millions";

- "He never contacted his children after he emigrated to Australia";

- syn. contact, get hold of, reach;

v5
become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions;

- "It dawned on him that she had betrayed him";

- "she was penetrated with sorrow";

- syn. click, come home, dawn, fall into place, get across, penetrate, sink in;

get to
v1
reach a goal;

- "make the first team";

- "We made it!";

- "She may not make the grade";

- syn. make, progress to, reach;

v2
arrive at the point of;

- "She gets to fretting if I stay away from home too long";

v3
cause annoyance in;

- disturb, especially by minor irritations;

- "Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me";

- "It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves";

- syn. annoy, bother, chafe, devil, get at, gravel, irritate, nark, nettle, rag, rile, vex;

get to grips
v1
deal with (a problem or a subject);

- "I still have not come to grips with the death of my parents";

- syn. come to grips;

get together
n1
a small informal social gathering;

- "there was an informal meeting in my living room";

- syn. meeting;

v1
get people together;

- "assemble your colleagues";

- "get together all those who are interested in the project";

- "gather the close family members";

- syn. assemble, gather;

v2
get together socially or for a specific purpose;

- syn. meet;

v3
work together on a common enterprise of project;

- "The soprano and the pianist did not get together very well";

- "We joined forces with another research group";

- syn. collaborate, cooperate, join forces;

v4
become part of;

- become a member of a group or organization;

- "He joined the Communist Party as a young man";

- syn. fall in, join;

get under one's skin
v1
irritate;

- "Her childish behavior really get to me";

- "His lying really gets me";

- syn. get;

get up
v1
rise to one's feet;

- "The audience got up and applauded";

- syn. arise, rise, stand up, uprise;

v2
get up and out of bed;

- "I get up at 7 A.M. every day";

- "They rose early";

- "He uprose at night";

- syn. arise, rise, turn out, uprise;

v3
raise from a lower to a higher position;

- "Raise your hands";

- "Lift a load";

- syn. bring up, elevate, lift, raise;

v4
cause to rise;

- "The sergeant got us up at 2 A.M.";

v5
develop;

- "we worked up an as of an appetite";

- syn. work up;

v6
put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive;

- "She never dresses up, even when she goes to the opera";

- "The young girls were all fancied up for the party";

- syn. attire, deck out, deck up, dress up, fancy up, fig out, fig up, gussy up, overdress, prink, rig out, tog out, tog up, trick out, trick up;

v7
arrange by systematic planning and united effort;

- "machinate a plot";

- "organize a strike";

- "devise a plan to take over the director's office";

- syn. devise, machinate, organise, organize, prepare;

v8
study intensively, as before an exam;

- "I had to bone up on my Latin verbs before the final exam";

- syn. bone, bone up, cram, drum, grind away, mug up, swot, swot up;

get used to
v1
get or become familiar or accustomed with through experience;

- "I finally got used to my husband's odd habits";

get weaving
v1
start to be active;

- "Get cracking, please!";

- syn. bestir oneself, get cracking, get going, get moving, get rolling, get started;

get well
v1
improve in health;

- "He got well fast";

- syn. bounce back, get over;

get wind
v1
get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally;

- "I learned that she has two grown-up children";

- "I see that you have been promoted";

- syn. discover, find out, get a line, get word, hear, learn, pick up, see;

get wise
v1
understand, usually after some initial difficulty;

- "She didn't know what her classmates were plotting but finally caught on";

- syn. catch on, cotton on, get it, get onto, latch on, tumble, twig;

get word
v1
get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally;

- "I learned that she has two grown-up children";

- "I see that you have been promoted";

- syn. discover, find out, get a line, get wind, hear, learn, pick up, see;

get worse
v1
deteriorate in health;

- "he relapsed";

- syn. relapse;

geta
n1
footwear usually with wooden soles;

- syn. clog, patten, sabot;

getable / ɡ ɛ t eɪ b ɫ /
a1
capable of being obtained;

- "savings of up to 50 percent are obtainable";

- syn. gettable, obtainable, procurable;

- sim. available;

getatable
a1
capable of being reached or attained;

- "a very getatable man";

- "both oil and coal are there but not in getatable locations";

- syn. come-at-able, get-at-able;

- sim. accessible;

getaway / ɡ ɛ t ə w eɪ /
n1
the attribute of being capable of rapid acceleration;

- "his car has a lot of pickup";

- syn. pickup;

n2
a rapid escape (as by criminals);

- "the thieves made a clean getaway";

- "after the expose he had to take it on the lam";

- syn. lam;

gettable / ɡ ɛ t ə b ɫ /
a1
capable of being obtained;

- "savings of up to 50 percent are obtainable";

- syn. getable, obtainable, procurable;

- sim. available;

getting / ɡ ɛ t ɪ ŋ /
n1
the act of acquiring something;

- "I envied his talent for acquiring";

- "he's much more interested in the getting than in the giving";

- syn. acquiring;

getting even
n1
a reciprocal group action;

- "in return we gave them as good as we got";

- syn. paying back, return;

Gettysburg
n1
a small town in southern Pennsylvania;

- site of a national cemetery;

n2
a battle of the American Civil War (1863);

- the defeat of Robert E. Lee's invading Confederate Army was a major victory for the Union;

- syn. Battle of Gettysburg;

Gettysburg Address
n1
a three-minute address by Abraham Lincoln during the American Civil War at the dedication of a national cemetery on the site of the Battle of Gettysburg (November 19, 1863);

Getulio Dornelles Vargas
n1
Brazilian statesman who ruled Brazil as a virtual dictator (1883-1954);

- syn. Vargas;

getup / ɡ ɛ t ʌ p /
n1
a set of clothing (with accessories);

- "his getup was exceedingly elegant";

- syn. outfit, rig, turnout;

Geum / dʒ i ə m /
n1
avens;

- syn. genus Geum;

Geum alleppicum strictum
n1
erect subshrub with deep yellow flowers;

- Europe and Asia and North America;

- syn. Geum strictum, yellow avens;

Geum canadense
n1
North American white-flowered avens;

- syn. bennet, white avens;

Geum macrophyllum
n1
hairy yellow-flowered plant of eastern Asia and North America;

- syn. yellow avens;

Geum rivale
n1
erect perennial of north temperate zone having pinnate leaves and a few nodding flowers with a brown-purple calyx and orange and pink petals;

- syn. Indian chocolate, chocolate root, purple avens, water avens;

Geum strictum
n1
erect subshrub with deep yellow flowers;

- Europe and Asia and North America;

- syn. Geum alleppicum strictum, yellow avens;

Geum triflorum
n1
North American perennial with hairy basal pinnate leaves and purple flowers and plume-tipped fruits;

- syn. prairie smoke, purple avens;

Geum urbanum
n1
hairy Eurasian plant with small yellow flowers and an astringent root formerly used medicinally;

- syn. clover-root, cloveroot, herb bennet, wood avens;

Geum virginianum
n1
avens of Virginia having pale or greenish yellow flowers;

- syn. bennet, white avens;

gewgaw / ɡ j u ɡ ɔ /
n1
cheap showy jewelry or ornament on clothing;

- syn. bangle, bauble, fallal, gaud, novelty, trinket;

geyser / ɡ aɪ z ə , ɡ i z ə , ɡ i z ə ɹ /
n1
a spring that discharges hot water and steam;

v1
to overflow like a geyser;

Ghana / ɡ ɑ n ə /
n1
a republic in West Africa on the Gulf of Guinea;

- "Ghana was colonized as the Gold Coast by the British";

- syn. Gold Coast, Republic of Ghana;

Ghanaian / ɡ ɑ n eɪ ə n /
a1
of or relating to or characteristic of Ghana or its people or language;

- "Ghanaian cocoa production";

- syn. Ghanese, Ghanian;

Ghanese
a1
of or relating to or characteristic of Ghana or its people or language;

- "Ghanaian cocoa production";

- syn. Ghanaian, Ghanian;

Ghanian
n1
a native or inhabitant of Ghana;

a1
of or relating to or characteristic of Ghana or its people or language;

- "Ghanaian cocoa production";

- syn. Ghanaian, Ghanese;

Ghanian monetary unit
n1
monetary unit of Ghana;

gharry / ɡ æ ɹ i /
n1
a horse-drawn carriage in India;

ghastliness / ɡ ɑ s t ɫ ɪ n ə s /
n1
the quality of being ghastly;

- syn. grimness, gruesomeness, luridness;

ghastly / ɡ ɑ s t ɫ i /
a1
shockingly repellent;

- inspiring horror;

- "ghastly wounds";

- "the grim aftermath of the bombing";

- "the grim task of burying the victims";

- "a grisly murder";

- "gruesome evidence of human sacrifice";

- "macabre tales of war and plague in the Middle ages";

- "macabre tortures conceived by madmen";

- syn. grim, grisly, gruesome, macabre, sick;

- sim. alarming;

a2
gruesomely indicative of death or the dead;

- "a charnel smell came from the chest filled with dead men's bones";

- "ghastly shrieks";

- "the sepulchral darkness of the catacombs";

- syn. charnel, sepulchral;

- sim. offensive;

ghat / ɡ ɔ t /
n1
stairway in India leading down to a landing on the water;

ghatti
n1
an Indian gum from the dhawa tree;

- used as a substitute for gum arabic;

- syn. ghatti gum;

ghatti gum
n1
an Indian gum from the dhawa tree;

- used as a substitute for gum arabic;

- syn. ghatti;

GHB
n1
a club drug available in liquid or powder form is taken orally (frequently combined with alcohol);

- used to incapacitate individuals for the commission of sexual assault and rape;

- syn. gamma hydroxybutyrate;

Ghedda wax
n1
wax from Indian and African bees;

ghee / ɡ i /
n1
clarified butter used in Indian cookery;

Gheg
n1
the dialect of Albanian spoken in northern Albania and Yugoslavia;

- syn. Gheg dialect;

Gheg dialect
n1
the dialect of Albanian spoken in northern Albania and Yugoslavia;

- syn. Gheg;

Ghent / ɡ ɛ n t /
n1
port city in northwestern Belgium and industrial center;

- famous for cloth industry;

- syn. Gand, Gent;

gherkin / ɡ ɝ k ɪ n /
n1
any of various small cucumbers pickled whole;

n2
small prickly cucumber;

ghetto / ɡ ɛ t oʊ /
n1
formerly the restricted quarter of many European cities in which Jews were required to live;

- "the Warsaw ghetto";

n2
any segregated mode of living or working that results from bias or stereotyping;

- "the relative security of the gay ghetto";

- "no escape from the ghetto of the typing pool";

n3
a poor densely populated city district occupied by a minority ethnic group linked together by economic hardship and social restrictions;

ghetto blaster
n1
a portable stereo;

- syn. boom box;

ghettoise
v1
put in a ghetto;

- "The Jews in Eastern Europe were ghettoized";

- syn. ghettoize;

ghettoize
v1
put in a ghetto;

- "The Jews in Eastern Europe were ghettoized";

- syn. ghettoise;

ghillie
n1
a shoe without a tongue and with decorative lacing up the instep;

- syn. gillie;

ghost / ɡ oʊ s t /
n1
a mental representation of some haunting experience;

- "he looked like he had seen a ghost";

- "it aroused specters from his past";

- syn. shade, specter, spectre, spook, wraith;

n2
a writer who gives the credit of authorship to someone else;

- syn. ghostwriter;

n3
the visible disembodied soul of a dead person;

n4
a suggestion of some quality;

- "there was a touch of sarcasm in his tone";

- "he detected a ghost of a smile on her face";

- syn. touch, trace;

v1
move like a ghost;

- "The masked men ghosted across the moonlit yard";

v2
haunt like a ghost;

- pursue;

- "Fear of illness haunts her";

- syn. haunt, obsess;

v3
write for someone else;

- "How many books have you ghostwritten so far?";

- syn. ghostwrite;

ghost dance
n1
a religious dance of Native Americans looking for communication with the dead;

ghost gum
n1
small to medium-sized tree of Australia and Tasmania having smooth white to light-grey bark shedding in patches or strips;

- syn. Eucalyptus coriacea, Eucalyptus pauciflora, snow gum, white ash;

ghost town
n1
a deserted settlement (especially in western United States);

ghost weed
n1
annual spurge of western United States having showy white-bracted flower clusters and very poisonous milk;

- syn. Euphorbia marginata, snow-in-summer, snow-on-the-mountain;

ghost word
n1
a word form that has entered the language through the perpetuation of an error;

ghostfish
n1
eellike Atlantic bottom fish with large almost vertical mouth;

- syn. Cryptacanthodes maculatus, wrymouth;

ghostlike / ɡ oʊ s t ɫ aɪ k /
a1
resembling or characteristic of a phantom;

- "a ghostly face at the window";

- "a phantasmal presence in the room";

- "spectral emanations";

- "spiritual tappings at a seance";

- syn. apparitional, ghostly, phantasmal, spectral, spiritual;

- sim. supernatural;

ghostliness / ɡ oʊ s t ɫ ɪ n ə s /
n1
strangeness by virtue of being mysterious and inspiring fear;

- syn. eeriness;

ghostly / ɡ oʊ s t ɫ i /
a1
resembling or characteristic of a phantom;

- "a ghostly face at the window";

- "a phantasmal presence in the room";

- "spectral emanations";

- "spiritual tappings at a seance";

- syn. apparitional, ghostlike, phantasmal, spectral, spiritual;

- sim. supernatural;

ghostwrite / ɡ oʊ s t ɹ aɪ t /
v1
write for someone else;

- "How many books have you ghostwritten so far?";

- syn. ghost;

ghostwriter / ɡ oʊ s t ɹ aɪ t ə /
n1
a writer who gives the credit of authorship to someone else;

- syn. ghost;

ghoul / ɡ u ɫ /
n1
someone who takes bodies from graves and sells them for anatomical dissection;

- syn. body snatcher, graverobber;

n2
an evil spirit or ghost;

ghoulish / ɡ u ɫ ɪ ʃ /
a1
suggesting the horror of death and decay;

- "morbid details";

- syn. morbid;

- sim. offensive;

GHQ / dʒ i eɪ tʃ k j u /
n1
military headquarters from which a military commander controls and organizes the forces;

- syn. command post, general headquarters;

ghrelin
n1
a gastrointestinal hormone produced by epithelial cells lining the fundus of the stomach;

- appears to be a stimulant for appetite and feeding, but is also a strong stimulant of growth hormone secretion from the anterior pituitary;

GHRF
n1
a releasing factor that accelerates the secretion of growth hormone by the anterior pituitary body;

- syn. growth hormone-releasing factor;

GHz
n1
1,000,000,000 periods per second;

- syn. Gc, gigacycle, gigacycle per second, gigahertz;

Gi / dʒ i aɪ /
n1
a unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns;

- syn. Gb, gilbert;

n2
(law) a name or sign used on certain products which corresponds to a specific geographical location or origin;

- syn. geographical indication;

v1
clean in preparation for inspection;

- "the soldiers GIed the barracks";

- syn. G.I.;

a1
of or relating to the stomach and intestines;

- "a gastrointestinal disorder";

- syn. gastrointestinal;

GI hormones
n1
hormones that affect gastrointestinal functioning;

- syn. gastrointestinal hormone;

GI series
n1
diagnostic tests of the alimentary canal;

- usually involves inserting a contrast medium (such as barium sulfate) and taking an X-ray;

GI tract
n1
tubular passage of mucous membrane and muscle extending about 8.3 meters from mouth to anus;

- functions in digestion and elimination;

- syn. alimentary canal, alimentary tract, digestive tract, digestive tube, gastrointestinal tract;

GIA
n1
a terrorist organization of Islamic extremists whose violent activities began in 1992;

- aims to overthrow the secular Algerian regime and replace it with an Islamic state;

- "the GIA has embarked on a terrorist campaign of civilian massacres";

- syn. Armed Islamic Group;

Giacometti
n1
Swiss sculptor and painter known for his bronze sculptures of elongated figures (1901-1966);

- syn. Alberto Giacometti;

Giacomo della Chiesa
n1
pope who founded the Vatican service for prisoners of war during World War I (1854-1922);

- syn. Benedict XV;

Giacomo Meyerbeer
n1
German composer of operas in a style that influenced Richard Wagner (1791-1864);

- syn. Jakob Liebmann Beer, Meyerbeer;

Giacomo Puccini
n1
Italian operatic composer noted for the dramatic realism of his operas (1858-1924);

- syn. Puccini;

Giambattista Lulli
n1
French composer (born in Italy) who was the court composer to Louis XIV and founded the national French opera (1632-1687);

- syn. Jean Baptiste Lully, Lulli, Lully;

Giambattista Marini
n1
Italian poet (1569-1625);

- syn. Giambattista Marino, Marini, Marino;

Giambattista Marino
n1
Italian poet (1569-1625);

- syn. Giambattista Marini, Marini, Marino;

Gian Carlo Menotti
n1
United States composer (born in Italy) of operas (born in 1911);

- syn. Menotti;

Gianbattista Bodoni
n1
Italian printer who designed the Bodoni font (1740-1813);

- syn. Bodoni;

Giannangelo Braschi
n1
Italian pope from 1775 to 1799 who served during the French Revolution;

- Napoleon attacked the Papal States and in 1797 Pius VI was taken to France where he died (1717-1799);

- syn. Giovanni Angelo Braschi, Pius VI;

Gianni Versace
n1
Italian fashion designer (1946-1997);

- syn. Versace;

giant / dʒ aɪ ə n t /
n1
any creature of exceptional size;

n2
a person of exceptional importance and reputation;

- syn. behemoth, colossus, heavyweight, titan;

n3
an unusually large enterprise;

- "Walton built a retail giant";

n4
a very large person;

- impressive in size or qualities;

- syn. heavyweight, hulk, whale;

n5
someone or something that is abnormally large and powerful;

- syn. behemoth, colossus, goliath, monster;

n6
an imaginary figure of superhuman size and strength;

- appears in folklore and fairy tales;

n7
a very bright star of large diameter and low density (relative to the Sun);

- syn. giant star;

a1
of great mass;

- huge and bulky;

- "a jumbo jet";

- "jumbo shrimp";

- syn. elephantine, gargantuan, jumbo;

- sim. large;

giant anteater
n1
large shaggy-haired toothless anteater with long tongue and powerful claws;

- of South America;

- syn. Myrmecophaga jubata, ant bear, great anteater, tamanoir;

giant armadillo
n1
about three feet long exclusive of tail;

- syn. Priodontes giganteus, tatou, tatu;

giant bamboo
n1
immense tropical southeast Asian bamboo with tough hollow culms that resemble tree trunks;

- syn. Dendrocalamus giganteus, kyo-chiku;

giant buttercup
n1
spectacular perennial native of wet montane grasslands of Peru;

- formerly included in genus Ranunculus;

- syn. Laccopetalum giganteum;

giant cane
n1
tall grass of southern United States growing in thickets;

- syn. Arundinaria gigantea, cane reed;

giant chinkapin
n1
small ornamental evergreen tree of Pacific Coast whose glossy yellow-green leaves are yellow beneath;

- bears edible nuts;

- syn. Castanea chrysophylla, Castanopsis chrysophylla, Chrysolepis chrysophylla, golden chinkapin;

giant clam
n1
a large clam inhabiting reefs in the southern Pacific and weighing up to 500 pounds;

- syn. Tridacna gigas;

giant cockroach
n1
large tropical American cockroaches;

giant conch
n1
a large variety of conch;

- syn. Strombus gigas;

giant coreopsis
n1
large treelike shrub having feathery leaves and clusters of large yellow flower heads;

- coastal southern California;

- syn. Coreopsis gigantea;

giant crab
n1
very large deep-water Japanese crab;

- syn. Macrocheira kaempferi;

giant eland
n1
large dark striped eland of western equatorial Africa;

- syn. Taurotragus derbianus;

giant fern
n1
highly variable species of very large primitive ferns of the Pacific tropical areas with high rainfall;

- syn. Angiopteris evecta, angiopteris;

giant fir
n1
lofty fir of the Pacific coast of northwestern America having long curving branches and deep green leaves;

- syn. Abies grandis, grand fir, lowland fir, lowland white fir;

giant foxtail
n1
two species of coarse annual foxtails that are naturalized weeds in United States;

giant fulmar
n1
large brownish petrel chiefly of Antarctic seas;

- syn. Macronectes giganteus, giant petrel;

giant garlic
n1
European leek cultivated and used like leeks;

- syn. Allium scorodoprasum, Spanish garlic, rocambole, sand leek;

giant granadilla
n1
tropical American passionflower yielding the large granadilla fruit;

- syn. Passiflora quadrangularis, granadilla;

giant helleborine
n1
orchid growing along streams or ponds of western North America having leafy stems and 1 greenish-brown and pinkish flower in the axil of each upper leaf;

- syn. Epipactis gigantea, chatterbox, stream orchid;

giant hives
n1
recurrent large circumscribed areas of subcutaneous edema;

- onset is sudden and it disappears within 24 hours;

- seen mainly in young women, often as an allergic reaction to food or drugs;

- syn. Quincke's edema, angioedema, atrophedema, periodic edema;

giant hornet
n1
European hornet introduced into the United States;

- syn. Vespa crabro;

giant hyssop
n1
any of a number of aromatic plants of the genus Agastache;

giant kangaroo
n1
very large greyish-brown Australian kangaroo formerly abundant in open wooded areas;

- syn. Macropus giganteus, great grey kangaroo;

giant lizard
n1
the largest lizard in the world (10 feet);

- found on Indonesian islands;

- syn. Komodo dragon, Komodo lizard, Varanus komodoensis, dragon lizard;

giant moa
n1
the largest moa;

- about 12 feet high;

- syn. Dinornis giganteus;

giant northwest shipworm
n1
giant shipworm of the Pacific coast of North America;

- syn. Bankia setaceae;

giant panda
n1
large black-and-white herbivorous mammal of bamboo forests of China and Tibet;

- in some classifications considered a member of the bear family or of a separate family Ailuropodidae;

- syn. Ailuropoda melanoleuca, coon bear, panda, panda bear;

giant perch
n1
a species of large perch noted for its sporting and eating qualities;

- lives in marine, estuary, and freshwater habitats;

- syn. Asian seabass, Lates calcarifer, barramundi, giant seaperch, white seabass;

giant petrel
n1
large brownish petrel chiefly of Antarctic seas;

- syn. Macronectes giganteus, giant fulmar;

giant pigfish
n1
found around the Great Barrier Reef;

- syn. Achoerodus gouldii, pigfish;

giant potato creeper
n1
vine of Costa Rica sparsely armed with hooklike spines and having large lilac-blue flowers;

- syn. Solanum wendlandii, potato vine;

giant puffball
n1
huge edible puffball up to 2 feet diameter and 25 pounds in weight;

- syn. Calvatia gigantea;

giant red paintbrush
n1
wildflower of western North America having ragged clusters of crimson or scarlet flowers;

- syn. Castilleja miniata;

giant reed
n1
large rhizomatous perennial grasses found by riversides and in ditches having jointed stems and large grey-white feathery panicles;

- syn. Arundo donax;

giant ryegrass
n1
stout perennial grass of western North America;

- syn. Elymus condensatus, Leymus condensatus;

giant salamander
n1
large (up to more than three feet) edible salamander of Asia;

- syn. Megalobatrachus maximus;

giant scallop
n1
a large scallop inhabiting deep waters of the Atlantic coast of North America;

- syn. Pecten magellanicus, sea scallop;

giant schnauzer
n1
a large schnauzer;

giant scrambling fern
n1
large scrambling fern forming large patches to 18 feet high;

- Pacific region and China;

- syn. Diplopterygium longissimum;

giant seaperch
n1
a species of large perch noted for its sporting and eating qualities;

- lives in marine, estuary, and freshwater habitats;

- syn. Asian seabass, Lates calcarifer, barramundi, giant perch, white seabass;

giant sequoia
n1
extremely lofty evergreen of southern end of western foothills of Sierra Nevada in California;

- largest living organism;

- syn. Sequoia Wellingtonia, Sequoia gigantea, Sequoiadendron giganteum, Sierra redwood, big tree;

giant silkworm
n1
larva of a saturniid moth;

- spins a large amount of strong silk in constructing its cocoon;

- syn. silkworm, wild wilkworm;

giant silkworm moth
n1
any silkworm moth of the family Saturniidae;

- syn. silkworm moth;

giant squid
n1
largest mollusk known about but never seen (to 60 feet long);

- syn. architeuthis;

giant star
n1
a very bright star of large diameter and low density (relative to the Sun);

- syn. giant;

giant star grass
n1
perennial grass having stems 3 to 4 feet high;

- used especially in Africa and India for pasture and hay;

- syn. Cynodon plectostachyum;

giant stock bean
n1
annual semi-erect bushy plant of tropical South America bearing long pods with white seeds grown especially for forage;

- syn. Canavalia ensiformis, jack bean, wonder bean;

giant sunflower
n1
very tall American perennial of central and the eastern United States to Canada having edible tuberous roots;

- syn. Helianthus giganteus, Indian potato, tall sunflower;

giant taro
n1
large evergreen with extremely large erect or spreading leaves;

- cultivated widely in tropics for its edible rhizome and shoots;

- used in wet warm regions as a stately ornamental;

- syn. Alocasia macrorrhiza;

giant timber bamboo
n1
large bamboo having thick-walled culms;

- native of China and perhaps Japan;

- widely grown elsewhere;

- syn. Phyllostachys bambusoides, ku-chiku, madake;

giant tortoise
n1
very large tortoises of the Galapagos and Seychelles islands;

giant water bug
n1
large water bug with piercing and sucking mouthparts;

- feeds on young fishes;

giant willowherb
n1
tall North American perennial with creeping rootstocks and narrow leaves and spikes of pinkish-purple flowers occurring in great abundance in burned-over areas or recent clearings;

- an important honey plant;

- syn. Epilobium angustifolium, fireweed, rosebay willowherb, wickup;

giantess / dʒ aɪ ə n t ɛ s /
n1
a female giant;

giantism / dʒ aɪ ə n t ɪ z ə m /
n1
excessive size;

- usually caused by excessive secretion of growth hormone from the pituitary gland;

- syn. gigantism, overgrowth;

n2
excessive largeness of stature;

- syn. gigantism;

giardia
n1
a suspected cause of diarrhea in humans;

giardiasis
n1
infection of the intestines with protozoa found in contaminated food and water;

- characterized by diarrhea and nausea and flatulence and abdominal discomfort;

GiB
n1
a unit of information equal to 1024 mebibytes or 2^30 (1,073,741,824) bytes;

- syn. G, GB, gibibyte, gigabyte;

n2
a castrated tomcat;

gibber / dʒ ɪ b ə , dʒ ɪ b ə ɹ /
n1
unintelligible talking;

- syn. gibberish;

v1
speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly;

- syn. blab, blabber, chatter, clack, gabble, maunder, palaver, piffle, prate, prattle, tattle, tittle-tattle, twaddle;

v2
chatter inarticulately;

- of monkeys;

gibberellic acid
n1
a crystalline acid associated with gibberellin;

gibberellin
n1
a plant hormone isolated from a fungus;

- used in promoting plant growth;

gibberish / ɡ ɪ b ə ɹ ɪ ʃ , dʒ ɪ b ə ɹ ɪ ʃ /
n1
unintelligible talking;

- syn. gibber;

gibbet / dʒ ɪ b ɪ t /
n1
alternative terms for gallows;

- syn. gallous, gallows-tree, gallows tree;

v1
hang on an execution instrument;

v2
expose to ridicule or public scorn;

- syn. pillory;

Gibbon / ɡ ɪ b ə n /
n1
English historian best known for his history of the Roman Empire (1737-1794);

- syn. Edward Gibbon;

n2
smallest and most perfectly anthropoid arboreal ape having long arms and no tail;

- of southern Asia and East Indies;

- syn. Hylobates lar;

gibbose
a1
(used of the moon) more than half full;

- syn. gibbous;

- sim. convex;

gibbosity / ɡ ɪ b ɒ s ɪ t i /
n1
something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings;

- "the gun in his pocket made an obvious bulge";

- "the hump of a camel";

- "he stood on the rocky prominence";

- "the occipital protuberance was well developed";

- "the bony excrescence between its horns";

- syn. bulge, bump, excrescence, extrusion, gibbousness, hump, jut, prominence, protrusion, protuberance, swelling;

gibbous / dʒ ɪ b ə s /
a1
characteristic of or suffering from kyphosis, an abnormality of the vertebral column;

- syn. crookback, crookbacked, humpbacked, humped, hunchbacked, kyphotic;

- sim. unfit;

a2
(used of the moon) more than half full;

- syn. gibbose;

- sim. convex;

gibbousness / dʒ ɪ b ə s n ɛ s /
n1
something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings;

- "the gun in his pocket made an obvious bulge";

- "the hump of a camel";

- "he stood on the rocky prominence";

- "the occipital protuberance was well developed";

- "the bony excrescence between its horns";

- syn. bulge, bump, excrescence, extrusion, gibbosity, hump, jut, prominence, protrusion, protuberance, swelling;

Gibbs
n1
United States chemist (1839-1903);

- syn. Josiah Willard Gibbs;

gibbsite
n1
white crystalline mineral consisting of aluminum hydroxide;

- a constituent of bauxite and a source of alumina;

gibe / dʒ aɪ b /
n1
an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect;

- "his parting shot was `drop dead'";

- "she threw shafts of sarcasm";

- "she takes a dig at me every chance she gets";

- syn. barb, dig, jibe, shaft, shot, slam;

v1
be compatible, similar or consistent;

- coincide in their characteristics;

- "The two stories don't agree in many details";

- "The handwriting checks with the signature on the check";

- "The suspect's fingerprints don't match those on the gun";

- syn. agree, check, correspond, fit, jibe, match, tally;

v2
laugh at with contempt and derision;

- "The crowd jeered at the speaker";

- syn. barrack, flout, jeer, scoff;

gibelike
a1
abusing vocally;

- expressing contempt or ridicule;

- "derisive laughter";

- "a jeering crowd";

- "her mocking smile";

- "taunting shouts of `coward' and `sissy'";

- syn. derisive, jeering, mocking, taunting;

- sim. disrespectful;

gibibit
n1
a unit of information equal to 1024 mebibits or 2^30 (1,073,741,824) bits;

- syn. Gibit;

gibibyte
n1
a unit of information equal to 1024 mebibytes or 2^30 (1,073,741,824) bytes;

- syn. G, GB, GiB, gigabyte;

gibingly / dʒ aɪ b ɪ ŋ ɫ i /
r1
in a disrespectful jeering manner;

- syn. jeeringly, mockingly;

Gibit
n1
a unit of information equal to 1024 mebibits or 2^30 (1,073,741,824) bits;

- syn. gibibit;

giblet / dʒ ɪ b ɫ ɪ t /
n1
edible viscera of a fowl;

- syn. giblets;

giblets / dʒ ɪ b ɫ ɪ t s /
n1
edible viscera of a fowl;

- syn. giblet;

Gibraltar / dʒ ɪ b ɹ ɔ ɫ t ə , dʒ ɪ b ɹ ɔ ɫ t ə ɹ /
n1
location of a colony of the United Kingdom on a limestone promontory at the southern tip of Spain;

- strategically important because it can control the entrance of ships into the Mediterranean;

- one of the Pillars of Hercules;

- syn. Calpe, Rock of Gibraltar;

Gibraltar fever
n1
infectious bacterial disease of human beings transmitted by contact with infected animals or infected meat or milk products;

- characterized by fever and headache;

- syn. Malta fever, Mediterranean fever, Rock fever, brucellosis, undulant fever;

Gibraltarian / dʒ ɪ b ɹ ɔ ɫ t eə ɹ ɪə n /
n1
a native or inhabitant of Gibraltar;

a1
of or relating to Gibraltar or its inhabitants;

- "Gibraltarian customs office";

Gibran
n1
United States writer (born in Lebanon) (1883-1931);

- syn. Kahlil Gibran;

Gibson
n1
United States illustrator remembered for his creation of the `Gibson girl' (1867-1944);

- syn. C. D. Gibson, Charles Dana Gibson;

n2
Australian actor (born in the United States in 1956);

- syn. Mel Columcille Gerard Gibson, Mel Gibson;

n3
United States tennis player who was the first Black woman player to win all the major world singles titles (1927-2003);

- syn. Althea Gibson;

Gibson Desert
n1
a desert area in western Australia;

Gibson girl
n1
the idealized American girl of the 1890s as pictured by C. D. Gibson;

Gidar
n1
a Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad;

giddily / ɡ ɪ d ɪ ɫ i /
r1
in a giddy light-headed manner;

- "he walked around dizzily";

- syn. dizzily, light-headedly;

giddiness / ɡ ɪ d ɪ n ə s /
n1
an impulsive scatterbrained manner;

- syn. silliness;

n2
a reeling sensation;

- a feeling that you are about to fall;

- syn. dizziness, lightheadedness, vertigo;

giddy / ɡ ɪ d i /
a1
having or causing a whirling sensation;

- liable to falling;

- "had a dizzy spell";

- "a dizzy pinnacle";

- "had a headache and felt giddy";

- "a giddy precipice";

- "feeling woozy from the blow on his head";

- "a vertiginous climb up the face of the cliff";

- syn. dizzy, vertiginous, woozy;

- sim. ill;

a2
lacking seriousness;

- given to frivolity;

- "a dizzy blonde";

- "light-headed teenagers";

- "silly giggles";

- syn. airheaded, dizzy, empty-headed, featherbrained, light-headed, lightheaded, silly;

- sim. frivolous;

Gide
n1
French author and dramatist who is regarded as the father of modern French literature (1869-1951);

- syn. Andre Gide, Andre Paul Guillaume Gide;

Gideon Algernon Mantell
n1
English geologist remembered as the first person to recognize that dinosaurs were reptiles (1790-1852);

- syn. Mantell;

gidgee
n1
scrubby Australian acacia having extremely foul-smelling blossoms;

- syn. Acacia cambegei, stinking wattle;

Gielgud
n1
English actor of Shakespearean roles who was also noted for appearances in films (1904-2000);

- syn. Arthur John Gielgud, Sir John Gielgud;

gift / ɡ ɪ f t /
n1
something acquired without compensation;

n2
natural abilities or qualities;

- syn. endowment, natural endowment, talent;

n3
the act of giving;

- syn. giving;

v1
give qualities or abilities to;

- syn. empower, endow, endue, indue, invest;

v2
give as a present;

- make a gift of;

- "What will you give her for her birthday?";

- syn. give, present;

gift-wrap
v1
wrap (a gift) attractively;

gift horse
n1
a gift (usually of inferior quality) that should be accepted uncritically;

- "it wasn't much, but don't look a gift horse in the mouth";

gift shop
n1
a shop that sells miscellaneous articles appropriate as gifts;

- syn. novelty shop;

gift tax
n1
a tax imposed on transfers of property by gift during the lifetime of the giver;

gift wrap
n1
attractive wrapping paper suitable for wrapping gifts;

gift wrapping
n1
ornamental wrapping for gifts;

gifted / ɡ ɪ f t ɪ d /
a1
endowed with talent or talents;

- "a gifted writer";

- syn. talented;

gig / ɡ ɪ ɡ /
n1
long and light rowing boat;

- especially for racing;

n2
an implement with a shaft and barbed point used for catching fish;

- syn. fishgig, fizgig, lance, spear;

n3
a cluster of hooks (without barbs) that is drawn through a school of fish to hook their bodies;

- used when fish are not biting;

n4
tender that is a light ship's boat;

- often for personal use of captain;

n5
small two-wheeled horse-drawn carriage;

- with two seats and no hood;

n6
a booking for musicians;

- "they played a gig in New Jersey";

gigabit
n1
a unit of information equal to 1000 megabits or 10^9 (1,000,000,000) bits;

- syn. Gb, Gbit;

gigabyte
n1
a unit of information equal to 1000 megabytes or 10^9 (1,000,000,000) bytes;

- syn. G, GB;

n2
a unit of information equal to 1024 mebibytes or 2^30 (1,073,741,824) bytes;

- syn. G, GB, GiB, gibibyte;

gigacycle
n1
1,000,000,000 periods per second;

- syn. GHz, Gc, gigacycle per second, gigahertz;

gigacycle per second
n1
1,000,000,000 periods per second;

- syn. GHz, Gc, gigacycle, gigahertz;

gigahertz
n1
1,000,000,000 periods per second;

- syn. GHz, Gc, gigacycle, gigacycle per second;

gigantic / dʒ aɪ ɡ æ n t ɪ k /
a1
so exceedingly large or extensive as to suggest a giant or mammoth;

- "a gigantic redwood";

- "gigantic disappointment";

- "a mammoth ship";

- "a mammoth multinational corporation";

- syn. mammoth;

- sim. large;

gigantism / dʒ aɪ ɡ æ n t ɪ z ə m /
n1
excessive size;

- usually caused by excessive secretion of growth hormone from the pituitary gland;

- syn. giantism, overgrowth;

n2
excessive largeness of stature;

- syn. giantism;

Gigartinaceae
n1
a family of protoctist;

- syn. family Gigartinaceae;

giggle / ɡ ɪ ɡ ɫ /
n1
a foolish or nervous laugh;

v1
laugh nervously;

- "The girls giggled when the rock star came into the classroom";

- syn. titter;

giggler / ɡ ɪ ɡ ə ɫ ə /
n1
a person who laughs nervously;

- syn. titterer;

GIGO
n1
(computer science) a rule stating that the quality of the output is a function of the quality of the input;

- put garbage in and you get garbage out;

gigolo / ʒ ɪ ɡ ə ɫ oʊ /
n1
a man who has sex with and is supported by a woman;

gigot / dʒ ɪ ɡ ə t /
n1
lamb leg suitable for roasting;

- syn. leg of lamb;

gigue / ʒ i ɡ /
n1
music in three-four time for dancing a jig;

- syn. jig;

Gikuyu
n1
a Bantu language spoken in western Kenya;

Gila
n1
a river that rises in western New Mexico and flows westward through southern Arizona to become a tributary of the Colorado River;

- syn. Gila River;

Gila Desert
n1
a desert area in southern Arizona;

Gila monster
n1
large orange and black lizard of southwestern United States;

- not dangerous unless molested;

- syn. Heloderma suspectum;

Gila River
n1
a river that rises in western New Mexico and flows westward through southern Arizona to become a tributary of the Colorado River;

- syn. Gila;

gilbert / ɡ ɪ ɫ b ə t /
n1
a unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns;

- syn. Gb, Gi;

n2
a librettist who was a collaborator with Sir Arthur Sullivan in a famous series of comic operettas (1836-1911);

- syn. Sir William Gilbert, William Gilbert, William S. Gilbert, William Schwenk Gilbert;

n3
English court physician noted for his studies of terrestrial magnetism (1540-1603);

- syn. William Gilbert;

n4
English navigator who in 1583 established in Newfoundland the first English colony in North America (1539-1583);

- syn. Humphrey Gilbert, Sir Humphrey Gilbert;

n5
United States architect who influenced the development of the skyscraper (1859-1934);

- syn. Cass Gilbert;

Gilbert and Ellice Islands
n1
a former British possession in Micronesia;

Gilbert and Sullivan
n1
the music of Gilbert and Sullivan;

- "he could sing all of Gilbert and Sullivan";

Gilbert Charles Stuart
n1
United States painter best known for his portraits of George Washington (1755-1828);

- syn. Gilbert Stuart, Stuart;

Gilbert Islands
n1
a group of islands in Micronesia to the southwest of Hawaii;

- formerly part of the British colony of Gilbert and Ellice Islands until it became part of the Republic of Kiribati in 1979;

Gilbert Keith Chesterton
n1
conservative English writer of the Roman Catholic persuasion;

- in addition to volumes of criticism and polemics he wrote detective novels featuring Father Brown (1874-1936);

- syn. Chesterton, G. K. Chesterton;

Gilbert Murray
n1
British classical scholar (born in Australia) who advocated the League of Nations and the United Nations (1866-1957);

- syn. George Gilbert Aime Murphy, Murray;

Gilbert Stuart
n1
United States painter best known for his portraits of George Washington (1755-1828);

- syn. Gilbert Charles Stuart, Stuart;

Gilbertian / ɡ ɪ ɫ b ɝ t ɪə n /
a1
of or pertaining to or characteristic of the style of William S. Gilbert;

- "Gilbertian libretti";

a2
wildly comic and improbable as in Gilbert and Sullivan operas;

- "a Gilbertian world people with foundlings and changelings"- T.C.Worsley;

- sim. humorous;

gild / ɡ ɪ ɫ d /
n1
a formal association of people with similar interests;

- "he joined a golf club";

- "they formed a small lunch society";

- "men from the fraternal order will staff the soup kitchen today";

- syn. club, guild, lodge, order, social club, society;

v1
decorate with, or as if with, gold leaf or liquid gold;

- syn. begild, engild;

gild the lily
v1
adorn unnecessarily (something that is already beautiful);

- syn. paint the lily;

v2
make unnecessary additions to what is already complete;

- syn. paint the lily;

gilded / ɡ ɪ ɫ d ɪ d /
a1
having the deep slightly brownish color of gold;

- "long aureate (or golden) hair";

- "a gold carpet";

- syn. aureate, gilt, gold, golden;

- sim. chromatic;

a2
based on pretense;

- deceptively pleasing;

- "the gilded and perfumed but inwardly rotten nobility";

- "meretricious praise";

- "a meretricious argument";

- syn. glossy, meretricious, specious;

- sim. insincere;

a3
ostentatiously rich and superior in quality;

- "a princely sum";

- "gilded dining rooms";

- "these architecture magazines are full of the lush interiors of the rich and famous";

- syn. deluxe, grand, lush, luxurious, opulent, princely, sumptuous;

- sim. rich;

a4
made from or covered with gold;

- "gold coins";

- "the gold dome of the Capitol";

- "the golden calf";

- "gilded icons";

- syn. gold, golden;

- sim. metallic;

gilded flicker
n1
southwestern United States bird like the yellow-shafted flicker but lacking the red neck;

- syn. Colaptes chrysoides;

gilder / ɡ ɪ ɫ d ə , ɡ ɪ ɫ d ə ɹ /
n1
someone whose occupation is to apply an overlay of gold or gilt;

gildhall / ɡ ɪ ɫ d h ɔ ɫ /
n1
the meeting place of a medieval guild;

gilding / ɡ ɪ ɫ d ɪ ŋ /
n1
a coating of gold or of something that looks like gold;

- syn. gilt;

gilding metal
n1
a brass that is rich in copper;

- used to make articles that were to be gilded;

Giles Lytton Strachey
n1
English biographer and leading member of the Bloomsbury Group (1880-1932);

- syn. Lytton Strachey, Strachey;

gilgai soil
n1
soil in the melon holes of Australia;

Gilgamesh
n1
a legendary Sumerian king who was the hero of an epic collection of mythic stories;

Gilgamish
n1
legendary Sumerian king and hero of Sumerian and Babylonian epics;

gill / ɡ ɪ ɫ , dʒ ɪ ɫ /
n1
a British imperial capacity unit (liquid or dry) equal to 5 fluid ounces or 142.066 cubic centimeters;

n2
a United States liquid unit equal to 4 fluid ounces;

n3
any of the radiating leaflike spore-producing structures on the underside of the cap of a mushroom or similar fungus;

- syn. lamella;

n4
respiratory organ of aquatic animals that breathe oxygen dissolved in water;

- syn. branchia;

gill-less
a1
having no gills;

- syn. abranchial, abranchiate, abranchious;

gill-over-the-ground
n1
trailing European aromatic plant of the mint family having rounded leaves and small purplish flowers often grown in hanging baskets;

- naturalized in North America;

- sometimes placed in genus Nepeta;

- syn. Glechoma hederaceae, Nepeta hederaceae, alehoof, field balm, ground ivy, runaway robin;

gill arch
n1
one of the bony or cartilaginous arches on each side of the pharynx that support the gills of fishes and aquatic amphibians;

- syn. branchial arch, gill bar;

gill bar
n1
one of the bony or cartilaginous arches on each side of the pharynx that support the gills of fishes and aquatic amphibians;

- syn. branchial arch, gill arch;

gill cleft
n1
one of a series of slit openings in the pharynxes of fishes and aquatic amphibians through which water passes;

- syn. branchial cleft, gill slit;

gill fungus
n1
a basidiomycete with gills;

gill net
n1
a flat fishnet suspended vertically in the water to entangle fish by their gills;

gill slit
n1
one of a series of slit openings in the pharynxes of fishes and aquatic amphibians through which water passes;

- syn. branchial cleft, gill cleft;

gilled / ɡ ɪ ɫ d , dʒ ɪ ɫ d /
a1
provided with gills;

- "a gilled tadpole";

- syn. branchiate;

Gilles de la Tourette
n1
French neurologist (1857-1904);

- syn. Georges Gilles de la Tourette, Tourette;

Gilles de la Tourette syndrome
n1
neurological disorder characterized by facial grimaces and tics and movements of the upper body and grunts and shouts and coprolalia;

- syn. Tourette's syndrome;

Gillespie / ɡ ɪ ɫ z p aɪ /
n1
United States jazz trumpeter and exponent of bebop (1917-1993);

- syn. Dizzy Gillespie, John Birks Gillespie;

Gillette
n1
United States inventor and manufacturer who developed the safety razor (1855-1932);

- syn. King Camp Gilette;

gillie / ɡ ɪ ɫ i /
n1
a young male attendant on a Scottish Highlander chief;

n2
a shoe without a tongue and with decorative lacing up the instep;

- syn. ghillie;

gillyflower / dʒ ɪ ɫ ɪ f ɫ aʊ ə /
n1
any of several Old World plants cultivated for their brightly colored flowers;

- syn. stock;

n2
Eurasian plant with pink to purple-red spice-scented usually double flowers;

- widely cultivated in many varieties and many colors;

- syn. Dianthus caryophyllus, carnation, clove pink;

Gilman
n1
United States feminist (1860-1935);

- syn. Charlotte Anna Perkins Gilman;

Gilmer
n1
United States journalist who wrote a syndicated column of advice to the lovelorn (1870-1951);

- syn. Dorothy Dix, Elizabeth Merriwether Gilmer;

Giloacchino Antonio Rossini
n1
Italian composer remembered for his operas (1792-1868);

- syn. Rossini;

gilt / ɡ ɪ ɫ t /
n1
a coating of gold or of something that looks like gold;

- syn. gilding;

a1
having the deep slightly brownish color of gold;

- "long aureate (or golden) hair";

- "a gold carpet";

- syn. aureate, gilded, gold, golden;

- sim. chromatic;

gilt-edged / ɡ ɪ ɫ t ɛ dʒ d /
a1
of the highest quality or value;

- "gilt-edged securities";

- "gilt-edged credentials";

- sim. superior;

a2
having gilded edges as the pages of a book;

- sim. adorned;

gimbal / dʒ ɪ m b ə ɫ /
n1
an appliance that allows an object (such as a ship's compass) to remain horizontal even as its support tips;

gimbaled / dʒ ɪ m b ə ɫ d /
a1
supported on gimbals and remaining steady or level when the base tips;

- sim. supported;

gimcrack / ɡ ɪ m k ɹ æ k , dʒ ɪ m k ɹ æ k /
n1
ornamental objects of no great value;

- syn. falderol, folderal, frill, gimcrackery, nonsense, trumpery;

a1
tastelessly showy;

- "a flash car";

- "a flashy ring";

- "garish colors";

- "a gaudy costume";

- "loud sport shirts";

- "a meretricious yet stylish book";

- "tawdry ornaments";

- syn. brassy, cheap, flash, flashy, garish, gaudy, loud, meretricious, tacky, tatty, tawdry, trashy;

- sim. tasteless;

gimcrackery / ɡ ɪ m k ɹ æ k ə ɹ i /
n1
ornamental objects of no great value;

- syn. falderol, folderal, frill, gimcrack, nonsense, trumpery;

gimel
n1
the 3rd letter of the Hebrew alphabet;

gimlet / ɡ ɪ m ɫ ɪ t /
n1
a cocktail made of gin or vodka and lime juice;

n2
hand tool for boring holes;

- syn. auger, screw auger, wimble;

gimmick / ɡ ɪ m ɪ k /
n1
a drawback or difficulty that is not readily evident;

- "it sounds good but what's the catch?";

- syn. catch;

n2
something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known;

- "she eased the ball-shaped doodad back into its socket";

- "there may be some great new gizmo around the corner that you will want to use";

- syn. doodad, doohickey, doojigger, gismo, gizmo, gubbins, thingamabob, thingamajig, thingmabob, thingmajig, thingumabob, thingumajig, thingummy, whatchamacallit, whatchamacallum, whatsis, widget;

n3
any clever maneuver;

- "he would stoop to any device to win a point";

- "it was a great sales gimmick";

- "a cheap promotions gimmick for greedy businessmen";

- syn. device, twist;

gimmickry
n1
a collection of gimmicks;

gimp / ɡ ɪ m p /
n1
disability of walking due to crippling of the legs or feet;

- syn. claudication, gameness, gimpiness, lameness, limping;

v1
walk impeded by some physical limitation or injury;

- "The old woman hobbles down to the store every day";

- syn. hitch, hobble, limp;

gimpiness
n1
disability of walking due to crippling of the legs or feet;

- syn. claudication, gameness, gimp, lameness, limping;

gimpy / ɡ ɪ m p i /
a1
disabled in the feet or legs;

- "a crippled soldier";

- "a game leg";

- syn. crippled, game, halt, halting, lame;

- sim. unfit;

gin / ɡ ɪ n , dʒ ɪ n /
n1
strong liquor flavored with juniper berries;

n2
a trap for birds or small mammals;

- often has a slip noose;

- syn. noose, snare;

n3
a machine that separates the seeds from raw cotton fibers;

- syn. cotton gin;

n4
a form of rummy in which a player can go out if the cards remaining in their hand total less than 10 points;

- syn. gin rummy, knock rummy;

v1
separate the seeds from (cotton) with a cotton gin;

v2
trap with a snare;

- "gin game";

gin and it
n1
a cocktail made of gin and sweet vermouth;

gin and tonic
n1
gin and quinine water;

gin mill
n1
tavern consisting of a building with a bar and public rooms;

- often provides light meals;

- syn. pothouse, pub, public house, saloon, taphouse;

gin rickey
n1
a rickey made with gin;

gin rummy
n1
a form of rummy in which a player can go out if the cards remaining in their hand total less than 10 points;

- syn. gin, knock rummy;

gin sling
n1
a sling made with gin;

ginep
n1
tropical American tree bearing a small edible fruit with green leathery skin and sweet juicy translucent pulp;

- syn. Melicocca bijuga, Melicocca bijugatus, Spanish lime, Spanish lime tree, genip, honey berry, mamoncillo;

ginger / dʒ ɪ n dʒ ə , dʒ ɪ n dʒ ə ɹ /
n1
perennial plants having thick branching aromatic rhizomes and leafy reedlike stems;

n2
dried ground gingerroot;

- syn. powdered ginger;

n3
pungent rhizome of the common ginger plant;

- used fresh as a seasoning especially in Asian cookery;

- syn. gingerroot;

n4
liveliness and energy;

- "this tonic is guaranteed to give you more pep";

- syn. pep, peppiness;

v1
add ginger to in order to add flavor;

- "ginger the soup";

a1
(used especially of hair or fur) having a bright orange-brown color;

- "a man with gingery hair and bright blue eyes";

- "a ginger kitten";

- syn. gingery;

- sim. colored;

ginger-scented
a1
smelling of ginger;

- sim. odorous;

ginger ale
n1
ginger-flavored carbonated drink;

- syn. ginger pop;

ginger beer
n1
carbonated slightly alcoholic drink flavored with fermented ginger;

ginger family
n1
a family of tropical monocotyledonous plants of order Musales;

- syn. Zingiberaceae, family Zingiberaceae;

ginger nut
n1
a crisp round cookie flavored with ginger;

- syn. ginger snap, gingersnap, snap;

ginger pop
n1
ginger-flavored carbonated drink;

- syn. ginger ale;

Ginger Rogers
n1
United States dancer and film actress who partnered with Fred Astaire (1911-1995);

- syn. Rogers, Virginia Katherine McMath, Virginia McMath;

ginger snap
n1
a crisp round cookie flavored with ginger;

- syn. ginger nut, gingersnap, snap;

ginger up
v1
make more interesting or lively;

- "juice up a party";

- "pep up your paper";

- syn. jazz up, juice up, pep up;

gingerbread / dʒ ɪ n dʒ ə b ɹ ɛ d /
n1
cake flavored with ginger;

gingerbread man
n1
gingerbread cut in the shape of a person;

gingerly / dʒ ɪ n dʒ ə ɫ i /
a1
with extreme care or delicacy;

- "they proceeded with gingerly footwork over the jagged stones";

- "the issue was handled only in a gingerly way"- W.S.White;

- sim. cautious;

r1
in a gingerly manner;

- "gingerly I raised the edge of the blanket";

gingerol
n1
derived from ginger;

- source of the hotness of ginger;

gingerroot
n1
pungent rhizome of the common ginger plant;

- used fresh as a seasoning especially in Asian cookery;

- syn. ginger;

gingersnap / dʒ ɪ n dʒ ə s n æ p /
n1
a crisp round cookie flavored with ginger;

- syn. ginger nut, ginger snap, snap;

gingery / dʒ ɪ n dʒ ə ɹ i /
a1
having a taste like that of ginger;

- sim. tasty;

a2
(used especially of hair or fur) having a bright orange-brown color;

- "a man with gingery hair and bright blue eyes";

- "a ginger kitten";

- syn. ginger;

- sim. colored;

gingham / ɡ ɪ ŋ ə m /
n1
a clothing fabric in a plaid weave;

gingiva
n1
the tissue (covered by mucous membrane) of the jaws that surrounds the bases of the teeth;

- syn. gum;

gingival / dʒ ɪ n dʒ aɪ v ə ɫ /
a1
of or relating to the gums;

gingivitis
n1
inflammation of the gums;

gingko / ɡ ɪ ŋ k oʊ /
n1
deciduous dioecious Chinese tree having fan-shaped leaves and fleshy yellow seeds;

- exists almost exclusively in cultivation especially as an ornamental street tree;

- syn. Ginkgo biloba, ginkgo, maidenhair tree;

ginglymoid joint
n1
a freely moving joint in which the bones are so articulated as to allow extensive movement in one plane;

- syn. ginglymus, hinge joint;

Ginglymostoma
n1
nurse sharks;

- syn. genus Ginglymostoma;

Ginglymostoma cirratum
n1
small bottom-dwelling shark of warm shallow waters on both coasts of North America and South America and from southeast Asia to Australia;

- syn. nurse shark;

ginglymus
n1
a freely moving joint in which the bones are so articulated as to allow extensive movement in one plane;

- syn. ginglymoid joint, hinge joint;

ginkgo
n1
deciduous dioecious Chinese tree having fan-shaped leaves and fleshy yellow seeds;

- exists almost exclusively in cultivation especially as an ornamental street tree;

- syn. Ginkgo biloba, gingko, maidenhair tree;

Ginkgo biloba
n1
deciduous dioecious Chinese tree having fan-shaped leaves and fleshy yellow seeds;

- exists almost exclusively in cultivation especially as an ornamental street tree;

- syn. gingko, ginkgo, maidenhair tree;

ginkgo family
n1
constituting the order Ginkgoales;

- includes the genus Ginkgo and extinct forms;

- syn. Ginkgoaceae, family Ginkgoaceae;

Ginkgoaceae
n1
constituting the order Ginkgoales;

- includes the genus Ginkgo and extinct forms;

- syn. family Ginkgoaceae, ginkgo family;

Ginkgoales
n1
coextensive with the family Ginkgoaceae: plants that first appeared in the Permian and now represented by a single surviving species;

- often included in Coniferales;

- syn. order Ginkgoales;

Ginkgophytina
n1
ginkgos: in some systems classified as a class and in others as a subdivision;

- used in some classifications for one of five subdivisions of Gymnospermophyta;

- syn. Ginkgopsida, class Ginkgophytina, class Ginkgopsida, subdivision Ginkgophyta, subdivision Ginkgophytina;

Ginkgopsida
n1
ginkgos: in some systems classified as a class and in others as a subdivision;

- used in some classifications for one of five subdivisions of Gymnospermophyta;

- syn. Ginkgophytina, class Ginkgophytina, class Ginkgopsida, subdivision Ginkgophyta, subdivision Ginkgophytina;

ginmill
n1
a room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter;

- "he drowned his sorrows in whiskey at the bar";

- syn. bar, barroom, saloon, taproom;

Ginsberg / dʒ ɪ n z b ɝ ɡ /
n1
United States poet of the beat generation (1926-1997);

- syn. Allen Ginsberg;

ginseng / dʒ ɪ n s ɛ ŋ /
n1
aromatic root of ginseng plants;

n2
Chinese herb with palmately compound leaves and small greenish flowers and forked aromatic roots believed to have medicinal powers;

- syn. Panax ginseng, Panax pseudoginseng, Panax schinseng, nin-sin;

ginzo
n1
(ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Italian descent;

- syn. Guinea, dago, greaseball, wop;

Gioacchino Pecci
n1
Italian pope from 1878 to 1903 who was interested in the advancement of learning and who opened the Vatican secret archives to all scholars;

- syn. Giovanni Vincenzo Pecci, Leo XIII;

Giordano Bruno
n1
Italian philosopher who used Copernican principles to develop a pantheistic monistic philosophy;

- condemned for heresy by the Inquisition and burned at the stake (1548-1600);

- syn. Bruno;

Giorgio de Chirico
n1
Italian painter (born in Greece) whose deep shadows and barren landscapes strongly influenced the surrealists (1888-1978);

- syn. Chirico;

Giorgio Vasari
n1
Italian painter and art historian (1511-1574);

- syn. Vasari;

Giosue Carducci
n1
Italian poet considered the national poet of modern Italy (1835-1907);

- syn. Carducci;

Giotto
n1
Florentine painter who gave up the stiff Byzantine style and developed a more naturalistic style;

- considered the greatest Italian painter prior to the Renaissance (1267-1337);

- syn. Giotto di Bondone;

Giotto di Bondone
n1
Florentine painter who gave up the stiff Byzantine style and developed a more naturalistic style;

- considered the greatest Italian painter prior to the Renaissance (1267-1337);

- syn. Giotto;

Giovanni Angelo Braschi
n1
Italian pope from 1775 to 1799 who served during the French Revolution;

- Napoleon attacked the Papal States and in 1797 Pius VI was taken to France where he died (1717-1799);

- syn. Giannangelo Braschi, Pius VI;

Giovanni Battista Cibo
n1
Italian pope from 1484 to 1492 who was known as a nepotist and was attacked by Savonarola for his worldliness (1432-1492);

- syn. Innocent VIII;

Giovanni Battista Montini
n1
Italian pope from 1963 to 1978 who eased restrictions on fasting and on interfaith marriages (1897-1978);

- syn. Paul VI;

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
n1
Italian painter (1696-1770);

- syn. Tiepolo;

Giovanni Boccaccio
n1
Italian poet (born in France) (1313-1375);

- syn. Boccaccio;

Giovanni Cabato
n1
Italian explorer who led the English expedition in 1497 that discovered the mainland of North America and explored the coast from Nova Scotia to Newfoundland (ca. 1450-1498);

- syn. Cabot, John Cabot;

Giovanni Cimabue
n1
painter of the Florentine school;

- anticipated the move from Byzantine to naturalistic art (1240-1302);

- syn. Cimabue;

Giovanni da Verrazano
n1
Florentine navigator who explored the eastern coast of North America (circa 1485-1528);

- syn. Giovanni da Verrazzano, Verrazano, Verrazzano;

Giovanni da Verrazzano
n1
Florentine navigator who explored the eastern coast of North America (circa 1485-1528);

- syn. Giovanni da Verrazano, Verrazano, Verrazzano;

Giovanni de'Medici
n1
son of Lorenzo de'Medici and pope from 1513 to 1521 who excommunicated Martin Luther and who in 1521 bestowed on Henry VIII the title of Defender of the Faith (1475-1521);

- syn. Leo X;

Giovanni di Bernardone
n1
(Roman Catholic Church) an Italian and the Roman Catholic monk who founded the Franciscan order of friars (1181-1226);

- syn. Francis of Assisi, Saint Francis, Saint Francis of Assisi, St. Francis, St. Francis of Assisi;

Giovanni Francesco Albani
n1
Italian pope from 1700 to 1721 who condemned Jansenist ideas on papal infallibility;

- syn. Clement XI;

Giovanni Jacopo Casanova
n1
an Italian adventurer who wrote vivid accounts of his sexual encounters (1725-1798);

- syn. Casanova, Casanova de Seingalt, Giovanni Jacopo Casanova de Seingalt;

Giovanni Jacopo Casanova de Seingalt
n1
an Italian adventurer who wrote vivid accounts of his sexual encounters (1725-1798);

- syn. Casanova, Casanova de Seingalt, Giovanni Jacopo Casanova;

Giovanni Lorenzo Bernini
n1
Italian sculptor and architect of the baroque period in Italy;

- designed many churches and chapels and tombs and fountains (1598-1680);

- syn. Bernini;

Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti
n1
Italian pope from 1846 to 1878 who in 1854 declared the dogma of the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary;

- syn. Giovanni Mastai-Ferretti, Pius IX;

Giovanni Mastai-Ferretti
n1
Italian pope from 1846 to 1878 who in 1854 declared the dogma of the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary;

- syn. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti, Pius IX;

Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
n1
Italian composer (1526-1594);

- syn. Palestrina;

Giovanni Vincenzo Pecci
n1
Italian pope from 1878 to 1903 who was interested in the advancement of learning and who opened the Vatican secret archives to all scholars;

- syn. Gioacchino Pecci, Leo XIII;

Giovanni Virginio Schiaparelli
n1
Italian astronomer who first noted lines (which he called canals) on the surface of Mars (1835-1910);

- syn. Schiaparelli;

gip / ɡ ɪ p , dʒ ɪ p /
n1
(sometimes offensive) an act of swindling or cheating;

- syn. gyp;

v1
(sometimes offensive) to cheat or swindle;

- "the cashier gypped me when he gave me too little change";

- syn. gyp;

gipsy / dʒ ɪ p s i /
n1
a laborer who moves from place to place as demanded by employment;

- "itinerant traders";

- syn. gypsy, itinerant;

n2
a member of a people with dark skin and hair who speak Romany and who traditionally live by seasonal work and fortunetelling;

- they are believed to have originated in northern India but now are living on all continents (but mostly in Europe, North Africa, and North America);

- syn. Bohemian, Gypsy, Roma, Romani, Romany, Rommany;

n3
a person who resembles a Gypsy in leading an unconventional, nomadic way of life;

- syn. gypsy;

gipsy moth
n1
European moth introduced into North America;

- a serious pest of shade trees;

- syn. Lymantria dispar, gypsy moth;

gipsywort
n1
hairy Eurasian herb with two-lipped white flowers;

- syn. Lycopus europaeus, gypsywort;

Giraffa
n1
type genus of the Giraffidae;

- syn. genus Giraffa;

Giraffa camelopardalis
n1
tallest living quadruped;

- having a spotted coat and small horns and very long neck and legs;

- of savannahs of tropical Africa;

- syn. camelopard, giraffe;

giraffe / dʒ ɪr ɑ f /
n1
tallest living quadruped;

- having a spotted coat and small horns and very long neck and legs;

- of savannahs of tropical Africa;

- syn. Giraffa camelopardalis, camelopard;

Giraffidae
n1
giraffes;

- syn. family Giraffidae;

girandola
n1
an ornate candle holder;

- often with a mirror;

- syn. girandole;

girandole / dʒ ɪr ə n d oʊ ɫ /
n1
an ornate candle holder;

- often with a mirror;

- syn. girandola;

Girard
n1
United States financier (born in France) who helped finance the War of 1812 (1750-1831);

- syn. Stephen Girard;

girasol
n1
an opal with flaming orange and yellow and red colors;

- syn. fire opal;

n2
tall perennial with hairy stems and leaves;

- widely cultivated for its large irregular edible tubers;

- syn. Helianthus tuberosus, Jerusalem artichoke, Jerusalem artichoke sunflower;

Giraudoux
n1
French novelist and dramatist whose plays were reinterpretations of Greek myths (1882-1944);

- syn. Hippolyte Jean Giraudoux, Jean Giraudoux;

gird / ɡ ɝ d /
v1
prepare oneself for a military confrontation;

- "The U.S. is girding for a conflict in the Middle East";

- "troops are building up on the Iraqi border";

- syn. arm, build up, fortify;

v2
put a girdle on or around;

- "gird your loins";

- syn. girdle;

v3
bind with something round or circular;

- syn. encircle;

girder / ɡ ɝ d ə , ɡ ɝ d ə ɹ /
n1
a beam made usually of steel;

- a main support in a structure;

girdle / ɡ ɝ d ɫ /
n1
an encircling or ringlike structure;

n2
a band of material around the waist that strengthens a skirt or trousers;

- syn. cincture, sash, waistband, waistcloth;

n3
a woman's close-fitting foundation garment;

- syn. corset, stays;

v1
cut a girdle around so as to kill by interrupting the circulation of water and nutrients;

- "girdle the plant";

- syn. deaden;

v2
put a girdle on or around;

- "gird your loins";

- syn. gird;

Giriama
n1
a Bantu language spoken in the coastal regions of eastern Kenya;

girl / ɡ ɝ ɫ /
n1
a young female;

- "a young lady of 18";

- syn. fille, miss, missy, young lady, young woman;

n2
a youthful female person;

- "the baby was a girl";

- "the girls were just learning to ride a tricycle";

- syn. female child, little girl;

n3
a female human offspring;

- "her daughter cared for her in her old age";

- syn. daughter;

n4
a girl or young woman with whom a man is romantically involved;

- "his girlfriend kicked him out";

- syn. girlfriend, lady friend;

n5
a friendly informal reference to a grown woman;

- "Mrs. Smith was just one of the girls";

girl Friday
n1
a female assistant who has a range of duties;

Girl Scout
n1
a girl who is a member of the Girl Scouts;

Girl Scouts
n1
an organization of young women and girls founded in 1912 for character development and citizenship training;

girl wonder
n1
an extremely talented young female person;

girlfriend / ɡ ɝ ɫ f ɹ ɛ n d /
n1
any female friend;

- "Mary and her girlfriend organized the party";

n2
a girl or young woman with whom a man is romantically involved;

- "his girlfriend kicked him out";

- syn. girl, lady friend;

girlhood / ɡ ɝ ɫ h ʊ d /
n1
the childhood of a girl;

- syn. maidenhood, maidhood;

girlish / ɡ ɝ ɫ ɪ ʃ /
a1
befitting or characteristic of a young girl;

- "girlish charm";

- "a dress too schoolgirlish for office wear";

- syn. schoolgirlish;

- sim. young;

girlishly / ɡ ɝ ɫ ɪ ʃ ɫ i /
r1
like a girl;

- "she was girlishly shy";

girlishness / ɡ ɝ ɫ ɪ ʃ n ə s /
n1
being characteristic of a girl;

giro / dʒ aɪ ɹ oʊ /
n1
a check given by the British government to someone who is unemployed;

- it can be cashed either at a bank or at the post office;

- syn. giro cheque;

n2
a British financial system in which a bank or a post office transfers money from one account to another when they receive authorization to do so;

giro account
n1
an account at a post office that can be used in similar ways to an account at a bank;

giro cheque
n1
a check given by the British government to someone who is unemployed;

- it can be cashed either at a bank or at the post office;

- syn. giro;

Girolamo Savonarola
n1
Italian religious and political reformer;

- a Dominican friar in Florence who preached against sin and corruption and gained a large following;

- he expelled the Medici from Florence but was later excommunicated and executed for criticizing the Pope (1452-1498);

- syn. Savonarola;

Gironde
n1
the French moderate political party that was in power (1791-1793) during the French Revolution;

Girondin / dʒ ɪr ɒ n d ɪ n /
n1
a member of the moderate republican party that was in power during the French Revolution;

- the Girondists were overthrown by their more radical rivals the Jacobins;

- syn. Girondist;

Girondism / dʒ ɪr ɒ n d ɪ z ə m /
n1
the doctrine of the Girondists;

Girondist / dʒ ɪr ɒ n d ɪ s t /
n1
a member of the moderate republican party that was in power during the French Revolution;

- the Girondists were overthrown by their more radical rivals the Jacobins;

- syn. Girondin;

Girru
n1
the Babylonian god of fire;

- often invoked in incantations against sorcery;

girth / ɡ ɝ θ /
n1
the distance around a person's body;

n2
stable gear consisting of a band around a horse's belly that holds the saddle in place;

- syn. cinch;

v1
tie a cinch around;

- "cinch horses";

- syn. cinch;

Gish
n1
United States film actress who appeared in films by D. W. Griffith (1896-1993);

- syn. Lillian Gish;

gismo
n1
something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known;

- "she eased the ball-shaped doodad back into its socket";

- "there may be some great new gizmo around the corner that you will want to use";

- syn. doodad, doohickey, doojigger, gimmick, gizmo, gubbins, thingamabob, thingamajig, thingmabob, thingmajig, thingumabob, thingumajig, thingummy, whatchamacallit, whatchamacallum, whatsis, widget;

n2
a device or control that is very useful for a particular job;

- syn. appliance, contraption, contrivance, convenience, gadget, gizmo, widget;

gist / dʒ ɪ s t /
n1
the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work;

- syn. burden, core, effect, essence;

n2
the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience;

- "the gist of the prosecutor's argument";

- "the heart and soul of the Republican Party";

- "the nub of the story";

- syn. center, centre, core, essence, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, kernel, marrow, meat, nitty-gritty, nub, pith, substance, sum;

git
n1
a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible;

- "only a rotter would do that";

- "kill the rat";

- "throw the bum out";

- "you cowardly little pukes!";

- "the British call a contemptible person a `git'";

- syn. bum, crumb, dirty dog, lowlife, puke, rat, rotter, scum bag, skunk, so-and-so, stinker, stinkpot;

Gita
n1
(Hinduism) the sacred `song of God' composed about 200 BC and incorporated into the Mahabharata (a Sanskrit epic);

- contains a discussion between Krishna and the Indian hero Arjuna on human nature and the purpose of life;

- syn. Bhagavad-Gita, Bhagavadgita;

gitana
n1
a Spanish female Gypsy;

gitano
n1
a Spanish male Gypsy;

gittern / ɡ ɪ t ɝ n /
n1
a 16th century musical instrument resembling a guitar with a pear-shaped soundbox and wire strings;

- syn. cither, cithern, citole, cittern;

Giulio de' Medici
n1
Italian pope from 1523 to 1534 who broke with Henry VIII of England after Henry VIII divorced Catherine of Aragon and married Anne Boleyn (1478-1534);

- syn. Clement VII;

Giulio Natta
n1
Italian chemist noted for work on polymers (1903-1979);

- syn. Natta;

Giuseppe Balsamo
n1
Italian who was famous as a magician and alchemist (1743-1795);

- syn. Cagliostro, Count Alessandro di Cagliostro;

Giuseppe Garibaldi
n1
Italian patriot whose conquest of Sicily and Naples led to the formation of the Italian state (1807-1882);

- syn. Garibaldi;

Giuseppe Mazzini
n1
Italian nationalist whose writings spurred the movement for a unified and independent Italy (1805-1872);

- syn. Mazzini;

Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto
n1
pope who condemned religious modernism;

- he was canonized in 1954 because of his interest in the poor (1835-1914);

- syn. Giuseppe Sarto, Pius X;

Giuseppe Sarto
n1
pope who condemned religious modernism;

- he was canonized in 1954 because of his interest in the poor (1835-1914);

- syn. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto, Pius X;

Giuseppe Verdi
n1
Italian operatic composer (1813-1901);

- syn. Guiseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi, Verdi;

give / ɡ ɪ v /
n1
the elasticity of something that can be stretched and returns to its original length;

- syn. spring, springiness;

v1
cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense;

- "She gave him a black eye";

- "The draft gave me a cold";

v2
be the cause or source of;

- "He gave me a lot of trouble";

- "Our meeting afforded much interesting information";

- syn. afford, yield;

v3
transfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebody;

- "I gave her my money";

- "can you give me lessons?";

- "She gave the children lots of love and tender loving care";

- also give back;

v4
convey or reveal information;

- "Give one's name";

v5
convey, as of a compliment, regards, attention, etc.;

- bestow;

- "Don't pay him any mind";

- "give the orders";

- "Give him my best regards";

- "pay attention";

- syn. pay;

v6
organize or be responsible for;

- "hold a reception";

- "have, throw, or make a party";

- "give a course";

- syn. have, hold, make, throw;

v7
convey or communicate;

- of a smile, a look, a physical gesture;

- "Throw a glance";

- "She gave me a dirty look";

- syn. throw;

v8
give as a present;

- make a gift of;

- "What will you give her for her birthday?";

- syn. gift, present;

v9
cause to happen or be responsible for;

- "His two singles gave the team the victory";

- syn. yield;

v10
dedicate;

- "give thought to";

- "give priority to";

- "pay attention to";

- syn. devote, pay;

v11
give or supply;

- "The cow brings in 5 liters of milk";

- "This year's crop yielded 1,000 bushels of corn";

- "The estate renders some revenue for the family";

- syn. generate, render, return, yield;

v12
transmit (knowledge or skills);

- "give a secret to the Russians";

- "leave your name and address here";

- "impart a new skill to the students";

- syn. impart, leave, pass on;

v13
bring about;

- "The trompe l'oeil-illusion establishes depth";

- syn. establish;

v14
leave with;

- give temporarily;

- "Can I give you my keys while I go in the pool?";

- "Can I give you the children for the weekend?";

v15
emit or utter;

- "Give a gulp";

- "give a yelp";

v16
endure the loss of;

- "He gave his life for his children";

- "I gave two sons to the war";

- syn. sacrifice;

v17
place into the hands or custody of;

- "hand me the spoon, please";

- "Turn the files over to me, please";

- "He turned over the prisoner to his lawyers";

- syn. hand, pass, pass on, reach, turn over;

v18
give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause;

- "She committed herself to the work of God";

- "give one's talents to a good cause";

- "consecrate your life to the church";

- syn. commit, consecrate, dedicate, devote;

v19
give (as medicine);

- "I gave him the drug";

v20
give or convey physically;

- "She gave him First Aid";

- "I gave him a punch in the nose";

- syn. apply;

v21
bestow;

- "give homage";

- "render thanks";

- syn. render;

v22
bestow, especially officially;

- "grant a degree";

- "give a divorce";

- "This bill grants us new rights";

- syn. grant;

v23
move in order to make room for someone for something;

- "The park gave way to a supermarket";

- "`Move over,' he told the crowd";

- syn. ease up, give way, move over, yield;

v24
give food to;

- "Feed the starving children in India";

- "don't give the child this tough meat";

- syn. feed;

v25
contribute to some cause;

- "I gave at the office";

- syn. chip in, contribute, kick in;

v26
break down, literally or metaphorically;

- "The wall collapsed";

- "The business collapsed";

- "The dam broke";

- "The roof collapsed";

- "The wall gave in";

- "The roof finally gave under the weight of the ice";

- syn. break, cave in, collapse, fall in, founder, give way;

v27
estimate the duration or outcome of something;

- "He gave the patient three months to live";

- "I gave him a very good chance at success";

v28
execute and deliver;

- "Give bond";

v29
deliver in exchange or recompense;

- "I'll give you three books for four CDs";

v30
afford access to;

- "the door opens to the patio";

- "The French doors give onto a terrace";

- syn. afford, open;

v31
present to view;

- "He gave the sign to start";

v32
perform for an audience;

- "Pollini is giving another concert in New York";

v33
be flexible under stress of physical force;

- "This material doesn't give";

- syn. yield;

- also give in;

v34
propose;

- "He gave the first of many toasts at the birthday party";

v35
accord by verdict;

- "give a decision for the plaintiff";

v36
manifest or show;

- "This student gives promise of real creativity";

- "The office gave evidence of tampering";

v37
offer in good faith;

- "He gave her his word";

v38
submit for consideration, judgment, or use;

- "give one's opinion";

- "give an excuse";

v39
guide or direct, as by behavior of persuasion;

- "You gave me to think that you agreed with me";

v40
allow to have or take;

- "I give you two minutes to respond";

v41
inflict as a punishment;

- "She gave the boy a good spanking";

- "The judge gave me 10 years";

v42
occur;

- "what gives?";

v43
consent to engage in sexual intercourse with a man;

- "She gave herself to many men";

v44
proffer (a body part);

- "She gave her hand to her little sister";

give-and-go
n1
a basketball maneuver;

- one offensive player passes the ball to another, then runs toward the basket to take a return pass;

give-and-take
n1
an exchange of views on some topic;

- "we had a good discussion";

- "we had a word or two about it";

- syn. discussion, word;

n2
light teasing repartee;

- syn. backchat, banter, raillery;

n3
mutual interaction;

- the activity of reciprocating or exchanging (especially information);

- syn. interchange, reciprocation;

give-up the ghost
v1
pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life;

- "She died from cancer";

- "The children perished in the fire";

- "The patient went peacefully";

- "The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102";

- syn. buy the farm, cash in one's chips, choke, conk, croak, decease, die, drop dead, exit, expire, go, kick the bucket, pass, pass away, perish, pop off, snuff it;

give a damn
v1
show no concern or interest;

- always used in the negative;

- "I don't give a hoot";

- "She doesn't give a damn about her job";

- syn. care a hang, give a hang, give a hoot;

give a hang
v1
show no concern or interest;

- always used in the negative;

- "I don't give a hoot";

- "She doesn't give a damn about her job";

- syn. care a hang, give a damn, give a hoot;

give a hoot
v1
show no concern or interest;

- always used in the negative;

- "I don't give a hoot";

- "She doesn't give a damn about her job";

- syn. care a hang, give a damn, give a hang;

give and take
v1
make mutual concessions;

- "In life you have to give and take";

give away
v1
make a gift of;

- "She gave away her antique furniture";

v2
make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret;

- "The auction house would not disclose the price at which the van Gogh had sold";

- "The actress won't reveal how old she is";

- "bring out the truth";

- "he broke the news to her";

- "unwrap the evidence in the murder case";

- "The newspaper uncovered the President's illegal dealings";

- syn. break, bring out, disclose, discover, divulge, expose, let on, let out, reveal, uncover, unwrap;

v3
formally hand over to the bridegroom in marriage;

- of a bride by her father;

v4
give away information about somebody;

- "He told on his classmate who had cheated on the exam";

- syn. betray, denounce, grass, rat, shit, shop, snitch, stag, tell on;

give back
v1
pay back;

- "Please refund me my money";

- syn. refund, repay, return;

give birth
v1
cause to be born;

- "My wife had twins yesterday!";

- syn. bear, birth, deliver, have;

v2
create or produce an idea;

- "Marx and Engels gave birth to communism";

give care
v1
provide care for;

- "The nurse was caring for the wounded";

- syn. care;

give chase
v1
go after with the intent to catch;

- "The policeman chased the mugger down the alley";

- "the dog chased the rabbit";

- syn. chase, chase after, dog, go after, tag, tail, track, trail;

give ear
v1
give heed (to);

- "The children in the audience attended the recital quietly";

- "She hung on his every word";

- "They attended to everything he said";

- syn. advert, attend, hang, pay heed;

give forth
v1
give out (breath or an odor);

- "The chimney exhales a thick smoke";

- syn. emanate, exhale;

give full measure
v1
perform a task as well as possible;

- "The cast gives full measure every night";

- syn. do one's best, give one's best, go all out;

give in
v1
yield to another's wish or opinion;

- "The government bowed to the military pressure";

- syn. accede, bow, defer, submit;

v2
consent reluctantly;

- syn. buckle under, knuckle under, succumb, yield;

give it a try
v1
try;

- "let's give it a whirl!";

- syn. give it a whirl;

v2
make an attempt at something;

- "I never sat on a horse before but I'll give it a go";

- syn. have a go;

give it a whirl
v1
try;

- "let's give it a whirl!";

- syn. give it a try;

give it the deep six
v1
toss out;

- get rid of;

- "deep-six these old souvenirs!";

- syn. deep-six;

give notice
v1
terminate the employment of;

- discharge from an office or position;

- "The boss fired his secretary today";

- "The company terminated 25% of its workers";

- syn. can, dismiss, displace, fire, force out, give the axe, give the sack, sack, send away, terminate;

v2
inform (somebody) of something;

- "I advised him that the rent was due";

- syn. advise, apprise, apprize, notify, send word;

give off
v1
have as a by-product;

- "The big cities gave off so many wonderful American qualities";

v2
give off, send forth, or discharge;

- as of light, heat, or radiation, vapor, etc.;

- "The ozone layer blocks some harmful rays which the sun emits";

- syn. emit, give out;

give one's best
v1
perform a task as well as possible;

- "The cast gives full measure every night";

- syn. do one's best, give full measure, go all out;

give or take
r1
plus or minus a small amount;

- "it is a mile away, give or take a few hundred yards";

give out
v1
give off, send forth, or discharge;

- as of light, heat, or radiation, vapor, etc.;

- "The ozone layer blocks some harmful rays which the sun emits";

- syn. emit, give off;

v2
give to several people;

- "The teacher handed out the exams";

- syn. distribute, hand out, pass out;

v3
prove insufficient;

- "The water supply for the town failed after a long drought";

- syn. fail, run out;

v4
stop operating or functioning;

- "The engine finally went";

- "The car died on the road";

- "The bus we travelled in broke down on the way to town";

- "The coffee maker broke";

- "The engine failed on the way to town";

- "her eyesight went after the accident";

- syn. break, break down, conk out, die, fail, give way, go, go bad;

give rise
v1
cause to happen, occur or exist;

- "This procedure produces a curious effect";

- "The new law gave rise to many complaints";

- "These chemicals produce a noxious vapor";

- "the new President must bring about a change in the health care system";

- syn. bring about, produce;

give suck
v1
give suck to;

- "The wetnurse suckled the infant";

- "You cannot nurse your baby in public in some places";

- syn. breastfeed, lactate, nurse, suck, suckle, wet-nurse;

give thanks
v1
express gratitude or show appreciation to;

- syn. thank;

give the axe
v1
terminate the employment of;

- discharge from an office or position;

- "The boss fired his secretary today";

- "The company terminated 25% of its workers";

- syn. can, dismiss, displace, fire, force out, give notice, give the sack, sack, send away, terminate;

v2
terminate a relationship abruptly;

- "Mary gave John the axe after she saw him with another woman";

- syn. give the bounce, give the gate;

give the bounce
v1
terminate a relationship abruptly;

- "Mary gave John the axe after she saw him with another woman";

- syn. give the axe, give the gate;

give the eye
v1
look at with a critical eye;

- "When the movie star entered, all the women gave him the once over";

- syn. give the once over;

give the gate
v1
terminate a relationship abruptly;

- "Mary gave John the axe after she saw him with another woman";

- syn. give the axe, give the bounce;

give the glad eye
v1
look seductively at someone;

give the once over
v1
look at with a critical eye;

- "When the movie star entered, all the women gave him the once over";

- syn. give the eye;

give the sack
v1
terminate the employment of;

- discharge from an office or position;

- "The boss fired his secretary today";

- "The company terminated 25% of its workers";

- syn. can, dismiss, displace, fire, force out, give notice, give the axe, sack, send away, terminate;

give tongue to
v1
articulate;

- either verbally or with a cry, shout, or noise;

- "She expressed her anger";

- "He uttered a curse";

- syn. express, utter, verbalise, verbalize;

give up
v1
lose (s.th.) or lose the right to (s.th.) by some error, offense, or crime;

- "you've forfeited your right to name your successor";

- "forfeited property";

- syn. forego, forfeit, forgo, throw overboard, waive;

v2
give up with the intent of never claiming again;

- "Abandon your life to God";

- "She gave up her children to her ex-husband when she moved to Tahiti";

- "We gave the drowning victim up for dead";

- syn. abandon;

v3
give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope;

- admit defeat;

- "In the second round, the challenger gave up";

- syn. chuck up the sponge, drop by the wayside, drop out, fall by the wayside, quit, throw in, throw in the towel;

v4
put an end to a state or an activity;

- "Quit teasing your little brother";

- syn. cease, discontinue, lay off, quit, stop;

v5
give up what is not strictly needed;

- "he asked if they could spare one of their horses to speed his journey";

- syn. dispense with, part with, spare;

v6
part with a possession or right;

- "I am relinquishing my bedroom to the long-term house guest";

- "resign a claim to the throne";

- syn. free, release, relinquish, resign;

v7
leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily;

- "She vacated the position when she got pregnant";

- "The chairman resigned when he was found to have misappropriated funds";

- syn. renounce, resign, vacate;

v8
relinquish possession or control over;

- "The squatters had to surrender the building after the police moved in";

- syn. cede, deliver, surrender;

v9
give up or agree to forgo to the power or possession of another;

- "The last Taleban fighters finally surrendered";

- syn. surrender;

v10
stop maintaining or insisting on;

- of ideas or claims;

- "He abandoned the thought of asking for her hand in marriage";

- "Both sides have to give up some claims in these negotiations";

- syn. abandon;

v11
allow the other (baseball) team to score;

- "give up a run";

- syn. allow;

v12
stop consuming;

- "kick a habit";

- "give up alcohol";

- syn. kick;

give vent
v1
give expression or utterance to;

- "She vented her anger";

- "The graduates gave vent to cheers";

- syn. vent, ventilate;

give voice
v1
put into words or an expression;

- "He formulated his concerns to the board of trustees";

- syn. articulate, formulate, phrase, word;

give way
v1
move in order to make room for someone for something;

- "The park gave way to a supermarket";

- "`Move over,' he told the crowd";

- syn. ease up, give, move over, yield;

v2
break down, literally or metaphorically;

- "The wall collapsed";

- "The business collapsed";

- "The dam broke";

- "The roof collapsed";

- "The wall gave in";

- "The roof finally gave under the weight of the ice";

- syn. break, cave in, collapse, fall in, founder, give;

v3
end resistance, as under pressure or force;

- "The door yielded to repeated blows with a battering ram";

- syn. yield;

v4
stop operating or functioning;

- "The engine finally went";

- "The car died on the road";

- "The bus we travelled in broke down on the way to town";

- "The coffee maker broke";

- "The engine failed on the way to town";

- "her eyesight went after the accident";

- syn. break, break down, conk out, die, fail, give out, go, go bad;

giveaway / ɡ ɪ v ə w eɪ /
n1
a gift of public land or resources for the private gain of a limited group;

n2
an unintentional disclosure;

n3
a television or radio program in which contestants compete for awards;

- syn. game show;

given / ɡ ɪ v n /
n1
an assumption that is taken for granted;

- syn. precondition, presumption;

a1
acknowledged as a supposition;

- "given the engine's condition, it is a wonder that it started";

- syn. granted;

- sim. acknowledged;

a2
(usually followed by `to') naturally disposed toward;

- "he is apt to ignore matters he considers unimportant";

- "I am not minded to answer any questions";

- syn. apt, disposed, minded, tending;

- sim. inclined;

given name
n1
the name that precedes the surname;

- syn. first name, forename;

givenness / ɡ ɪ v n n ɛ s /
n1
the quality of being granted as a supposition;

- of being acknowledged or assumed;

giver / ɡ ɪ v ə , ɡ ɪ v ə ɹ /
n1
someone who devotes himself completely;

- "there are no greater givers than those who give themselves";

n2
person who makes a gift of property;

- syn. bestower, conferrer, donor, presenter;

giving / ɡ ɪ v ɪ ŋ /
n1
the act of giving;

- syn. gift;

n2
the imparting of news or promises etc.;

- "he gave us the news and made a great show of the giving";

- "giving his word of honor seemed to come too easily";

n3
disposing of property by voluntary transfer without receiving value in return;

- "the alumni followed a program of annual giving";

a1
given or giving freely;

- "was a big tipper";

- "the bounteous goodness of God";

- "bountiful compliments";

- "a freehanded host";

- "a handsome allowance";

- "Saturday's child is loving and giving";

- "a liberal backer of the arts";

- "a munificent gift";

- "her fond and openhanded grandfather";

- syn. big, bighearted, bounteous, bountiful, freehanded, handsome, liberal, openhanded;

- sim. generous;

giving birth
n1
the process of giving birth;

- syn. birth, birthing, parturition;

giving medication
n1
the act of administering medication;

- syn. administration;

giving up
n1
a verbal act of admitting defeat;

- syn. surrender, yielding;

n2
the act of forsaking;

- syn. forsaking;

Giza
n1
an ancient Egyptian city on the west bank of the Nile opposite Cairo;

- site of three Great Pyramids and the Sphinx;

- syn. El Giza, Gizeh;

Gizeh
n1
an ancient Egyptian city on the west bank of the Nile opposite Cairo;

- site of three Great Pyramids and the Sphinx;

- syn. El Giza, Giza;

gizmo
n1
something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known;

- "she eased the ball-shaped doodad back into its socket";

- "there may be some great new gizmo around the corner that you will want to use";

- syn. doodad, doohickey, doojigger, gimmick, gismo, gubbins, thingamabob, thingamajig, thingmabob, thingmajig, thingumabob, thingumajig, thingummy, whatchamacallit, whatchamacallum, whatsis, widget;

n2
a device or control that is very useful for a particular job;

- syn. appliance, contraption, contrivance, convenience, gadget, gismo, widget;

gizzard / ɡ ɪ z ə d /
n1
thick-walled muscular pouch below the crop in many birds and reptiles for grinding food;

- syn. gastric mill, ventriculus;

Gjellerup
n1
Danish novelist (1857-1919);

- syn. Karl Gjellerup;

glabella
n1
a smooth prominence of the frontal bone between and above the eyebrows;

- the most forward projecting point of the forehead in the midline at the level of the supraorbital ridges;

- syn. mesophyron;

glabellar
a1
of or relating to the glabella;

glabrescent
a1
lacking hair or a similar growth or tending to become hairless;

- sim. hairless;

glabrous
a1
having no hair or similar growth;

- smooth;

- "glabrous stems";

- "glabrous leaves";

- "a glabrous scalp";

- sim. hairless;

glace / ɡ ɫ æ s eɪ /
a1
(used especially of fruits) preserved by coating with or allowing to absorb sugar;

- syn. candied, crystalised, crystalized;

- sim. preserved;

glacial / ɡ ɫ eɪ s ɪə ɫ /
a1
relating to or derived from a glacier;

- "glacial deposit";

a2
devoid of warmth and cordiality;

- expressive of unfriendliness or disdain;

- "a frigid greeting";

- "got a frosty reception";

- "a frozen look on their faces";

- "a glacial handshake";

- "icy stare";

- "wintry smile";

- syn. frigid, frosty, frozen, icy, wintry;

- sim. cold;

a3
extremely cold;

- "an arctic climate";

- "a frigid day";

- "gelid waters of the North Atlantic";

- "glacial winds";

- "icy hands";

- "polar weather";

- syn. arctic, frigid, gelid, icy, polar;

- sim. cold;

glacial boulder
n1
a boulder that has been carried by a glacier to a place far distant from its place of origin;

glacial epoch
n1
any period of time during which glaciers covered a large part of the earth's surface;

- "the most recent ice age was during the Pleistocene";

- syn. glacial period, ice age;

n2
from two million to 11 thousand years ago;

- extensive glaciation of the northern hemisphere;

- the time of human evolution;

- syn. Pleistocene, Pleistocene epoch;

glacial period
n1
any period of time during which glaciers covered a large part of the earth's surface;

- "the most recent ice age was during the Pleistocene";

- syn. glacial epoch, ice age;

glacially
r1
by a glacier;

- "glacially deposited material";

glaciate
v1
cover with ice or snow or a glacier;

- "the entire area was glaciated";

v2
become frozen and covered with glaciers;

glaciated
a1
covered with ice (as by a glacier) or affected by glacial action;

- sim. frozen;

glaciation / ɡ ɫ æ s ɪ eɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
the condition of being covered with glaciers or masses of ice;

- the result of glacial action;

- "Agassiz recognized marks of glaciation all over northern Europe";

n2
the process of covering the earth with glaciers or masses of ice;

glacier / ɡ ɫ æ s ɪə , ɡ ɫ æ s ɪə ɹ /
n1
a slowly moving mass of ice;

glacier lily
n1
dogtooth violet of western North America having bright yellow flowers;

- syn. Erythronium grandiflorum, snow lily;

glacier mill
n1
a chute through which supraglacial water enters a glacier, boring either to the bedrock or to the depth of common crevasse formation;

- "the icy river plunged, roaring, into the moulin's blue depths";

- syn. moulin;

glad / ɡ ɫ æ d /
n1
any of numerous plants of the genus Gladiolus native chiefly to tropical and South Africa having sword-shaped leaves and one-sided spikes of brightly colored funnel-shaped flowers;

- widely cultivated;

- syn. gladiola, gladiolus, sword lily;

a1
showing or causing joy and pleasure;

- especially made happy;

- "glad you are here";

- "glad that they succeeded";

- "gave a glad shout";

- "a glad smile";

- "heard the glad news";

- "a glad occasion";

- also cheerful;

- sim. gladsome;

a2
eagerly disposed to act or to be of service;

- "glad to help";

- syn. happy;

- sim. willing;

a3
feeling happy appreciation;

- "glad of the fire's warmth";

- sim. grateful;

a4
cheerful and bright;

- "a beaming smile";

- "a glad May morning";

- syn. beaming;

- sim. cheerful;

glad hand
n1
a warm welcome;

- may be insincere;

gladden / ɡ ɫ æ d n /
v1
make glad or happy;

- syn. joy;

v2
become glad or happy;

gladdened / ɡ ɫ æ d n d /
a1
made joyful;

- "the sun and the wind on his back made him feel exhilarated--happy to be alive";

- syn. exhilarated;

- sim. elated;

gladdon
n1
iris with purple flowers and foul-smelling leaves;

- southern and western Europe and North Africa;

- syn. Iris foetidissima, gladdon iris, roast beef plant, stinking gladwyn, stinking iris;

gladdon iris
n1
iris with purple flowers and foul-smelling leaves;

- southern and western Europe and North Africa;

- syn. Iris foetidissima, gladdon, roast beef plant, stinking gladwyn, stinking iris;

glade / ɡ ɫ eɪ d /
n1
a tract of land with few or no trees in the middle of a wooded area;

- syn. clearing;

glade fern
n1
North American fern with narrow fronds on yellowish leafstalks;

- syn. Athyrium pycnocarpon, Diplazium pycnocarpon, narrow-leaved spleenwort, silvery spleenwort;

glade mallow
n1
tall coarse American herb having palmate leaves and numerous small white dioecious flowers;

- found wild in most alluvial soils of eastern and central United States;

- syn. Napaea dioica;

gladfulness
n1
experiencing joy and pleasure;

- syn. gladness, gladsomeness;

gladiator / ɡ ɫ æ d ɪ eɪ t ə , ɡ ɫ æ d ɪ eɪ t ə ɹ /
n1
(ancient Rome) a professional combatant or a captive who entertained the public by engaging in mortal combat;

n2
a professional boxer;

- syn. prizefighter;

gladiatorial / ɡ ɫ æ d ɪə t ɔ ɹ ɪə ɫ /
a1
of or relating to or resembling gladiators or their combat;

- "gladiatorial combats";

gladiola
n1
any of numerous plants of the genus Gladiolus native chiefly to tropical and South Africa having sword-shaped leaves and one-sided spikes of brightly colored funnel-shaped flowers;

- widely cultivated;

- syn. glad, gladiolus, sword lily;

gladiolus / ɡ ɫ æ d ɪ oʊ ɫ ə s /
n1
any of numerous plants of the genus Gladiolus native chiefly to tropical and South Africa having sword-shaped leaves and one-sided spikes of brightly colored funnel-shaped flowers;

- widely cultivated;

- syn. glad, gladiola, sword lily;

n2
the large central part of the breastbone;

- syn. corpus sternum;

gladly / ɡ ɫ æ d ɫ i /
r1
in a willing manner;

- "this was gladly agreed to";

- "I would fain do it";

- syn. fain, lief;

gladness / ɡ ɫ æ d n ə s /
n1
experiencing joy and pleasure;

- syn. gladfulness, gladsomeness;

gladsome / ɡ ɫ æ d s ə m /
a1
experiencing or expressing gladness or joy;

- "a gladsome smile";

- "a gladsome occasion";

- sim. glad;

gladsomeness / ɡ ɫ æ d s ə m n ə s /
n1
experiencing joy and pleasure;

- syn. gladfulness, gladness;

Gladstone / ɡ ɫ æ d s t ə n /
n1
liberal British statesman who served as prime minister four times (1809-1898);

- syn. William Ewart Gladstone, William Gladstone;

n2
a large travelling bag made of stiff leather;

- syn. Gladstone bag, portmanteau;

Gladstone bag
n1
a large travelling bag made of stiff leather;

- syn. Gladstone, portmanteau;

Gladys Smith
n1
United States film actress (born in Canada) who starred in silent films (1893-1979);

- syn. Mary Pickford, Pickford;

glam up
v1
use special care in dressing, making-up, etc.;

- "She dolled herself up for the night out with her friends";

- syn. do up, doll up, pretty up;

glamor
n1
alluring beauty or charm (often with sex-appeal);

- syn. glamour;

glamorisation / ɡ ɫ æ m ə ɹ aɪ z eɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
the act of glamorizing;

- making something or someone more beautiful (often in a superficial way);

- syn. glamorization, glamourisation, glamourization;

glamorise / ɡ ɫ æ m ə ɹ aɪ z /
v1
make glamorous and attractive;

- "This new wallpaper really glamorizes the living room!";

- syn. glamorize, glamourise, glamourize;

glamorization / ɡ ɫ æ m ə ɹ aɪ z eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the act of glamorizing;

- making something or someone more beautiful (often in a superficial way);

- syn. glamorisation, glamourisation, glamourization;

glamorize / ɡ ɫ æ m ə ɹ aɪ z /
v1
interpret romantically;

- "Don't romanticize this uninteresting and hard work!";

- syn. glamourise, romanticise, romanticize;

v2
make glamorous and attractive;

- "This new wallpaper really glamorizes the living room!";

- syn. glamorise, glamourise, glamourize;

glamorous / ɡ ɫ æ m ə ɹ ə s /
a1
having an air of allure, romance and excitement;

- "glamorous movie stars";

- syn. glamourous;

- sim. exciting;

glamour / ɡ ɫ æ m ə , ɡ ɫ æ m ə ɹ /
n1
alluring beauty or charm (often with sex-appeal);

- syn. glamor;

v1
cast a spell over someone or something;

- put a hex on someone or something;

- syn. bewitch, enchant, hex, jinx, witch;

glamourisation
n1
the act of glamorizing;

- making something or someone more beautiful (often in a superficial way);

- syn. glamorisation, glamorization, glamourization;

glamourise
v1
interpret romantically;

- "Don't romanticize this uninteresting and hard work!";

- syn. glamorize, romanticise, romanticize;

v2
make glamorous and attractive;

- "This new wallpaper really glamorizes the living room!";

- syn. glamorise, glamorize, glamourize;

glamourization
n1
the act of glamorizing;

- making something or someone more beautiful (often in a superficial way);

- syn. glamorisation, glamorization, glamourisation;

glamourize
v1
make glamorous and attractive;

- "This new wallpaper really glamorizes the living room!";

- syn. glamorise, glamorize, glamourise;

glamourous
a1
having an air of allure, romance and excitement;

- "glamorous movie stars";

- syn. glamorous;

- sim. exciting;

glance / ɡ ɫ ɑ n s /
n1
a quick look;

- syn. coup d'oeil, glimpse;

v1
throw a glance at;

- take a brief look at;

- "She only glanced at the paper";

- "I only peeked--I didn't see anything interesting";

- syn. glint, peek;

v2
hit at an angle;

glance over
v1
examine hastily;

- "She scanned the newspaper headlines while waiting for the taxi";

- syn. rake, run down, scan, skim;

gland / ɡ ɫ æ n d /
n1
any of various organs that synthesize substances needed by the body and release it through ducts or directly into the bloodstream;

- syn. secreter, secretor, secretory organ;

gland disease
n1
a disorder of the glands of the body;

- syn. adenosis, glandular disease, glandular disorder;

glanders / ɡ ɫ æ n d ə z /
n1
a destructive and contagious bacterial disease of horses that can be transmitted to humans;

glandulae cervicales uteri
n1
mucus-secreting glands in the mucosa of the uterine cervix;

- syn. cervical glands, cervical glands of the uterus;

glandulae sebaceae
n1
a cutaneous gland that secretes sebum (usually into a hair follicle) for lubricating hair and skin;

- syn. sebaceous follicle, sebaceous gland;

glandular / ɡ ɫ æ n d j ʊ ɫ ə , ɡ ɫ æ n d j ʊ ɫ ə ɹ /
a1
relating to or affecting or functioning as a gland;

- "glandular malfunctions";

glandular cancer
n1
malignant tumor originating in glandular epithelium;

- syn. adenocarcinoma, glandular carcinoma;

glandular carcinoma
n1
malignant tumor originating in glandular epithelium;

- syn. adenocarcinoma, glandular cancer;

glandular disease
n1
a disorder of the glands of the body;

- syn. adenosis, gland disease, glandular disorder;

glandular disorder
n1
a disorder of the glands of the body;

- syn. adenosis, gland disease, glandular disease;

glandular fever
n1
an acute disease characterized by fever and swollen lymph nodes and an abnormal increase of mononuclear leucocytes or monocytes in the bloodstream;

- not highly contagious;

- some believe it can be transmitted by kissing;

- syn. infectious mononucleosis, kissing disease, mono, mononucleosis;

glandular Labrador tea
n1
a Rocky Mountain shrub similar to Ledum groenlandicum;

- syn. trapper's tea;

glandular plague
n1
the most common form of the plague in humans;

- characterized by chills, prostration, delirium and the formation of buboes in the armpits and groin;

- does not spread from person to person;

- syn. bubonic plague, pestis bubonica;

glans
n1
a small rounded structure;

- especially that at the end of the penis or clitoris;

glans clitoridis
n1
small mass of erectile tissue at the end of the body of the clitoris;

glans penis
n1
the conical mass of erectile tissue that forms the head of the penis;

glare / ɡ ɫ eə , ɡ ɫ eə ɹ /
n1
a light within the field of vision that is brighter than the brightness to which the eyes are adapted;

- "a glare of sunlight";

- syn. blaze, brilliance;

n2
an angry stare;

- syn. glower;

n3
a focus of public attention;

- "he enjoyed being in the limelight";

- "when Congress investigates it brings the full glare of publicity to the agency";

- syn. limelight, public eye, spotlight;

v1
look at with a fixed gaze;

- "The girl glared at the man who tried to make a pass at her";

- syn. glower;

v2
be sharply reflected;

- "The moon glared back at itself from the lake's surface";

v3
shine intensely;

- "The sun glared down on us";

Glareola
n1
type genus of the Glareolidae: the pratincoles;

- syn. genus Glareola;

glareole
n1
Old World shorebird with long pointed wings and short legs;

- closely related to the coursers;

- syn. pratincole;

Glareolidae
n1
Old World shorebirds: pratincoles and coursers;

- syn. family Glareolidae;

glaring / ɡ ɫ eə ɹ ɪ ŋ /
a1
shining intensely;

- "the blazing sun";

- "blinding headlights";

- "dazzling snow";

- "fulgent patterns of sunlight";

- "the glaring sun";

- syn. blazing, blinding, dazzling, fulgent, glary;

- sim. bright;

a2
conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible;

- "a crying shame";

- "an egregious lie";

- "flagrant violation of human rights";

- "a glaring error";

- "gross ineptitude";

- "gross injustice";

- "rank treachery";

- syn. crying, egregious, flagrant, gross, rank;

- sim. conspicuous;

glaringly / ɡ ɫ eə ɹ ɪ ŋ ɫ i /
r1
in a glaring manner;

- "it was glaringly obvious";

glary
a1
shining intensely;

- "the blazing sun";

- "blinding headlights";

- "dazzling snow";

- "fulgent patterns of sunlight";

- "the glaring sun";

- syn. blazing, blinding, dazzling, fulgent, glaring;

- sim. bright;

Glaser
n1
United States physicist who invented the bubble chamber to study subatomic particles (born in 1926);

- syn. Donald Arthur Glaser, Donald Glaser;

Glasgow / ɡ ɫ æ z ɡ oʊ /
n1
largest city in Scotland;

- a port on the Clyde in west central Scotland;

- one of the great shipbuilding centers of the world;

glasnost
n1
a policy of the Soviet government allowing freer discussion of social problems;

glass / ɡ ɫ ɑ s /
n1
a brittle transparent solid with irregular atomic structure;

n2
a container made of glass for holding liquids while drinking;

- syn. drinking glass;

n3
the quantity a glass will hold;

- syn. glassful;

n4
a small refracting telescope;

- syn. field glass, spyglass;

n5
an amphetamine derivative (trade name Methedrine) used in the form of a crystalline hydrochloride;

- used as a stimulant to the nervous system and as an appetite suppressant;

- syn. Methedrine, chalk, chicken feed, crank, deoxyephedrine, ice, meth, methamphetamine, methamphetamine hydrochloride, shabu, trash;

n6
a mirror;

- usually a ladies' dressing mirror;

- syn. looking glass;

n7
glassware collectively;

- "She collected old glass";

v1
furnish with glass;

- "glass the windows";

- syn. glaze;

v2
scan (game in the forest) with binoculars;

v3
enclose with glass;

- "glass in a porch";

- syn. glass in;

v4
put in a glass container;

v5
become glassy or take on a glass-like appearance;

- "Her eyes glaze over when she is bored";

- syn. glass over, glaze, glaze over;

glass-cutter / ɡ ɫ ɑ s k ʌ t ə , ɡ ɫ ɑ s k ʌ t ə ɹ /
n1
someone who cuts or grinds designs on glass;

- syn. glass cutter;

n2
someone who cuts flat glass to size;

- syn. glass cutter, glassworker, glazer, glazier;

glass-like
a1
resembling glass;

- sim. glazed;

glass ceiling
n1
a ceiling based on attitudinal or organizational bias in the work force that prevents minorities and women from advancing to leadership positions;

glass cutter
n1
someone who cuts or grinds designs on glass;

- syn. glass-cutter;

n2
someone who cuts flat glass to size;

- syn. glass-cutter, glassworker, glazer, glazier;

n3
a tool for cutting glass;

glass eye
n1
prosthesis consisting of an artificial eye made of glass;

glass fiber
n1
a very thin fiber made of glass that functions as a waveguide for light;

- used in bundles to transmit images;

- syn. glass fibre, optical fiber, optical fibre;

glass fibre
n1
a very thin fiber made of glass that functions as a waveguide for light;

- used in bundles to transmit images;

- syn. glass fiber, optical fiber, optical fibre;

glass in
v1
enclose with glass;

- "glass in a porch";

- syn. glass;

glass lizard
n1
snakelike lizard of Europe and Asia and North America with vestigial hind limbs and the ability to regenerate its long fragile tail;

- syn. glass snake, joint snake;

glass over
v1
become glassy or take on a glass-like appearance;

- "Her eyes glaze over when she is bored";

- syn. glass, glaze, glaze over;

glass snake
n1
snakelike lizard of Europe and Asia and North America with vestigial hind limbs and the ability to regenerate its long fragile tail;

- syn. glass lizard, joint snake;

glass sponge
n1
a siliceous sponge (with glassy spicules) of the class Hyalospongiae;

glass wool
n1
glass fibers spun and massed into bundles resembling wool;

glassblower / ɡ ɫ ɑ s b ɫ oʊ ə /
n1
someone skilled in blowing bottles from molten glass;

glassed / ɡ ɫ ɑ s t /
a1
fitted or covered with glass;

- "four glazed walls";

- syn. glazed;

glasses / ɡ ɫ ɑ s ɪ z /
n1
(plural) optical instrument consisting of a frame that holds a pair of lenses for correcting defective vision;

- syn. eyeglasses, specs, spectacles;

glasses case
n1
a case for carrying spectacles;

glassful / ɡ ɫ ɑ s f ʊ ɫ /
n1
the quantity a glass will hold;

- syn. glass;

glasshouse / ɡ ɫ ɑ s h aʊ s /
n1
a building with glass walls and roof;

- for the cultivation and exhibition of plants under controlled conditions;

- syn. greenhouse;

glassless / ɡ ɫ ɑ s ɫ ɛ s /
a1
not furnished with glass;

- "windows were unglazed to admit as much light and air as possible";

- syn. unglazed;

glassmaker / ɡ ɫ ɑ s m eɪ k ə /
n1
someone who makes glass;

glassware / ɡ ɫ ɑ s w eə , ɡ ɫ ɑ s w eə ɹ /
n1
an article of tableware made of glass;

- syn. glasswork;

glasswork / ɡ ɫ ɑ s w ɝ k /
n1
an article of tableware made of glass;

- syn. glassware;

glassworker / ɡ ɫ ɑ s w ɝ k ə /
n1
someone who cuts flat glass to size;

- syn. glass-cutter, glass cutter, glazer, glazier;

glassworks / ɡ ɫ ɑ s w ɝ k s /
n1
a workplace where glass is made;

glasswort / ɡ ɫ ɑ s w ɝ t /
n1
bushy plant of Old World salt marshes and sea beaches having prickly leaves;

- burned to produce a crude soda ash;

- syn. Salsola kali, Salsola soda, barilla, kali, kelpwort, saltwort;

n2
fleshy maritime plant having fleshy stems with rudimentary scalelike leaves and small spikes of minute flowers;

- formerly used in making glass;

- syn. Salicornia europaea, samphire;

glassy / ɡ ɫ ɑ s i /
a1
resembling glass in smoothness and shininess and slickness;

- "the glassy surface of the lake";

- "the pavement was...glassy with water"- Willa Cather;

- sim. smooth;

a2
(used of eyes) lacking liveliness;

- "empty eyes";

- "a glassy stare";

- "his eyes were glazed over with boredom";

- syn. glazed;

- sim. empty;

a3
(of ceramics) having the surface made shiny and nonporous by fusing a vitreous solution to it;

- "glazed pottery";

- "glassy porcelain";

- "hard vitreous china used for plumbing fixtures";

- syn. vitreous, vitrified;

- sim. glazed;

Glaswegian / ɡ ɫ æ s w i dʒ j ə n , ɡ ɫ æ z w i dʒ ə n /
n1
an inhabitant of Glasgow;

a1
of or relating to or characteristic of Glasgow or its inhabitants;

Glauber's salt
n1
(Na2SO4.10H2O) a colorless salt used as a cathartic;

- syn. Glauber's salts;

Glauber's salts
n1
(Na2SO4.10H2O) a colorless salt used as a cathartic;

- syn. Glauber's salt;

Glaucium
n1
herbs of Europe and North Africa and Asia: horned poppy;

- syn. genus Glaucium;

Glaucium flavum
n1
yellow-flowered Eurasian glaucous herb naturalized in along sandy shores in eastern North America;

- syn. horn poppy, horned poppy, sea poppy, yellow horned poppy;

glaucoma / ɡ ɫ ɔ k oʊ m ə /
n1
an eye disease that damages the optic nerve and impairs vision (sometimes progressing to blindness);

- "contrary to popular belief, glaucoma is not always caused by elevated intraocular pressure";

Glaucomys
n1
New World flying squirrels;

- syn. genus Glaucomys;

Glaucomys sabrinus
n1
large flying squirrel;

- chiefly of Canada;

- syn. northern flying squirrel;

Glaucomys volans
n1
small large-eyed nocturnal flying squirrel of eastern United States;

- syn. southern flying squirrel;

glauconite
n1
a green mineral consisting of hydrated silicate of potassium or iron or magnesium or aluminum;

- found in greensand;

glaucous / ɡ ɫ ɔ k ə s /
a1
having a frosted look from a powdery coating, as on plants;

- "glaucous stems";

- "glaucous plums";

- "glaucous grapes";

- sim. opaque;

glaucous bristlegrass
n1
common weedy and bristly grass found in nearly all temperate areas;

- syn. Setaria glauca, yellow bristle grass, yellow bristlegrass, yellow foxtail;

Glaux
n1
sea milkwort;

- syn. genus Glaux;

Glaux maritima
n1
a small fleshy herb common along North American seashores and in brackish marshes having pink or white flowers;

- syn. black saltwort, sea milkwort, sea trifoly;

glaze / ɡ ɫ eɪ z /
n1
any of various thin shiny (savory or sweet) coatings applied to foods;

n2
a glossy finish on a fabric;

n3
a coating for ceramics, metal, etc.;

v1
coat with a glaze;

- "the potter glazed the dishes";

- "glaze the bread with eggwhite";

- also glaze over;

v2
become glassy or take on a glass-like appearance;

- "Her eyes glaze over when she is bored";

- syn. glass, glass over, glaze over;

v3
furnish with glass;

- "glass the windows";

- syn. glass;

v4
coat with something sweet, such as a hard sugar glaze;

- syn. candy, sugarcoat;

glaze over
v1
become glassy;

- lose clear vision;

- "Her eyes glazed over from lack of sleep";

- syn. blur, film over;

v2
become glassy or take on a glass-like appearance;

- "Her eyes glaze over when she is bored";

- syn. glass, glass over, glaze;

glazed / ɡ ɫ eɪ z d /
a1
(used of eyes) lacking liveliness;

- "empty eyes";

- "a glassy stare";

- "his eyes were glazed over with boredom";

- syn. glassy;

- sim. empty;

a2
fitted or covered with glass;

- "four glazed walls";

- syn. glassed;

a3
having a shiny surface or coating;

- "glazed fabrics";

- "glazed doughnuts";

- syn. shiny;

- sim. glass-like, glassy, glossy, icy;

a4
(of foods) covered with a shiny coating by applying e.g. beaten egg or a sugar or gelatin mixture;

- "glazed doughnuts";

- "a glazed ham";

- sim. coated;

glazer / ɡ ɫ eɪ z ə /
n1
someone who cuts flat glass to size;

- syn. glass-cutter, glass cutter, glassworker, glazier;

glazier / ɡ ɫ eɪ z ɪə , ɡ ɫ eɪ z ɪə ɹ /
n1
someone who cuts flat glass to size;

- syn. glass-cutter, glass cutter, glassworker, glazer;

gleam / ɡ ɫ i m /
n1
an appearance of reflected light;

- syn. gleaming, glow, lambency;

n2
a flash of light (especially reflected light);

- syn. gleaming, glimmer;

v1
be shiny, as if wet;

- "His eyes were glistening";

- syn. glint, glisten, glitter, shine;

v2
shine brightly, like a star or a light;

- syn. glimmer;

v3
appear briefly;

- "A terrible thought gleamed in her mind";

gleaming / ɡ ɫ i m ɪ ŋ /
n1
a flash of light (especially reflected light);

- syn. gleam, glimmer;

n2
an appearance of reflected light;

- syn. gleam, glow, lambency;

a1
bright with a steady but subdued shining;

- "from the plane we saw the city below agleam with lights";

- "the gleaming brass on the altar";

- "Nereids beneath the nitid moon";

- syn. agleam, nitid;

- sim. bright;

glean / ɡ ɫ i n /
v1
gather, as of natural products;

- "harvest the grapes";

- syn. harvest, reap;

gleaner / ɡ ɫ i n ə , ɡ ɫ i n ə ɹ /
n1
someone who picks up grain left in the field by the harvesters;

n2
someone who gathers something in small pieces (e.g. information) slowly and carefully;

gleba
n1
fleshy spore-bearing inner mass of e.g. a puffball or stinkhorn;

glebe / ɡ ɫ i b /
n1
plot of land belonging to an English parish church or an ecclesiastical office;

glebe house
n1
a parsonage (especially one provided for the holder of a benefice);

Glechoma
n1
ground ivy;

- syn. genus Glechoma;

Glechoma hederaceae
n1
trailing European aromatic plant of the mint family having rounded leaves and small purplish flowers often grown in hanging baskets;

- naturalized in North America;

- sometimes placed in genus Nepeta;

- syn. Nepeta hederaceae, alehoof, field balm, gill-over-the-ground, ground ivy, runaway robin;

Gleditsia
n1
deciduous trees: honey locusts;

- syn. genus Gleditsia;

Gleditsia aquatica
n1
honey locust of swamps and bottomlands of southern United States having short oval pods;

- yields dark heavy wood;

- syn. swamp locust, water locust;

Gleditsia triacanthos
n1
tall usually spiny North American tree having small greenish-white flowers in drooping racemes followed by long twisting seed pods;

- yields very hard durable reddish-brown wood;

- introduced to temperate Old World;

- syn. honey locust;

glee / ɡ ɫ i /
n1
great merriment;

- syn. gleefulness, hilarity, mirth, mirthfulness;

n2
malicious satisfaction;

- syn. gloat, gloating;

glee club
n1
a club organized to sing together;

gleeful / ɡ ɫ i f ə ɫ /
a1
full of high-spirited delight;

- "a joyful heart";

- syn. elated, joyful, jubilant;

- sim. joyous;

gleefully / ɡ ɫ i f ə ɫ i /
r1
in a joyous and gleeful manner;

- "the old man had greeted her gleefully";

- syn. joyfully, joyously;

gleefulness / ɡ ɫ i f ə ɫ n ɛ s /
n1
great merriment;

- syn. glee, hilarity, mirth, mirthfulness;

gleet
n1
a thin morbid discharge as from a wound or especially chronic gonorrhea;

Gleichenia
n1
type genus of Gleicheniaceae: leptosporangiate ferns with sessile sporangia;

- South Africa to Malaysia and New Zealand;

- syn. genus Gleichenia;

Gleichenia flabellata
n1
large Australasian fern with fanlike repeatedly forked fronds;

- sometimes placed in genus Gleichenia;

- syn. Sticherus flabellatus, fan fern, umbrella fern;

Gleicheniaceae
n1
a family of ferns belonging to order Filicales;

- syn. family Gleicheniaceae;

glen / ɡ ɫ ɛ n /
n1
a narrow secluded valley (in the mountains);

Glen Canyon Dam
n1
a large dam built in 1964 on the Colorado River in Arizona;

Glen Gebhard
n1
Venezuelan master terrorist raised by a Marxist-Leninist father;

- trained and worked with many terrorist groups (born in 1949);

- syn. Andres Martinez, Carlos, Carlos the Jackal, Hector Hevodidbon, Ilich Ramirez Sanchez, Ilich Sanchez, Michael Assat, Salim, Sanchez, Taurus;

Glenda Jackson
n1
English film actress who later became a member of British Parliament (born in 1936);

- syn. Jackson;

Glendower
n1
Welsh chieftain who led a revolt against Henry IV's rule in Wales (1359-1416);

- syn. Owen Glendower;

Glengarry / ɡ ɫ ɛ n ɡ æ ɹ i /
n1
a Scottish cap with straight sides and a crease along the top from front to back;

- worn by Highlanders as part of military dress;

Glenn
n1
made the first orbital rocket-powered flight by a United States astronaut in 1962;

- later in United States Senate (1921-);

- syn. John Glenn, John Herschel Glenn Jr.;

Glenn Curtiss
n1
United States industrialist and aviation pioneer (1878-1930);

- syn. Curtiss, Glenn Hammond Curtiss;

Glenn Hammond Curtiss
n1
United States industrialist and aviation pioneer (1878-1930);

- syn. Curtiss, Glenn Curtiss;

Glenn Miller
n1
United States bandleader of a popular big band (1909-1944);

- syn. Alton Glenn Miller, Miller;

Glenn T. Seaborg
n1
United States chemist who was one of the discoverers of plutonium (1912-1999);

- syn. Glenn Theodore Seaborg, Seaborg;

Glenn Theodore Seaborg
n1
United States chemist who was one of the discoverers of plutonium (1912-1999);

- syn. Glenn T. Seaborg, Seaborg;

glenoid cavity
n1
the concavity in the head of the scapula that receives the head of the humerus to form the shoulder joint;

- syn. glenoid fossa;

glenoid fossa
n1
a deep concavity in the temporal bone at the root of the zygomatic arch that receives the condyle of the mandible;

- syn. mandibular fossa;

n2
the concavity in the head of the scapula that receives the head of the humerus to form the shoulder joint;

- syn. glenoid cavity;

glia
n1
sustentacular tissue that surrounds and supports neurons in the central nervous system;

- glial and neural cells together compose the tissue of the central nervous system;

- syn. neuroglia;

glial
a1
of or relating to neuroglia;

glial cell
n1
a cell of the neuroglia;

- syn. neurogliacyte, neuroglial cell;

glib / ɡ ɫ ɪ b /
a1
marked by lack of intellectual depth;

- "glib generalizations";

- "a glib response to a complex question";

- sim. superficial;

a2
having only superficial plausibility;

- "glib promises";

- "a slick commercial";

- syn. pat, slick;

- sim. plausible;

a3
artfully persuasive in speech;

- "a glib tongue";

- "a smooth-tongued hypocrite";

- syn. glib-tongued, smooth-tongued;

- sim. persuasive;

glib-tongued
a1
artfully persuasive in speech;

- "a glib tongue";

- "a smooth-tongued hypocrite";

- syn. glib, smooth-tongued;

- sim. persuasive;

glibly / ɡ ɫ ɪ b ɫ i /
r1
with superficial plausibility;

- "he talked glibly";

- syn. slickly;

glibness / ɡ ɫ ɪ b n ə s /
n1
a kind of fluent easy superficiality;

- "the glibness of a high-pressure salesman";

- syn. slickness;

glide / ɡ ɫ aɪ d /
n1
a vowellike sound that serves as a consonant;

- syn. semivowel;

n2
the act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in contact with it;

- "his slide didn't stop until the bottom of the hill";

- "the children lined up for a coast down the snowy slope";

- syn. coast, slide;

n3
the activity of flying a glider;

- syn. gliding, sailing, sailplaning, soaring;

v1
move smoothly and effortlessly;

- also glide by;

v2
fly in or as if in a glider plane;

v3
cause to move or pass silently, smoothly, or imperceptibly;

glide-bomb
v1
bomb by gliding;

glide by
v1
pass by;

- "three years elapsed";

- syn. elapse, go along, go by, lapse, pass, slide by, slip away, slip by;

glide path
n1
the final path followed by an aircraft as it is landing;

- syn. approach, approach path, glide slope;

glide slope
n1
the final path followed by an aircraft as it is landing;

- syn. approach, approach path, glide path;

glider / ɡ ɫ aɪ d ə , ɡ ɫ aɪ d ə ɹ /
n1
aircraft supported only by the dynamic action of air against its surfaces;

- syn. sailplane;

gliding / ɡ ɫ aɪ d ɪ ŋ /
n1
the activity of flying a glider;

- syn. glide, sailing, sailplaning, soaring;

gliding bacteria
n1
bacteria that form colonies in self-produced slime;

- inhabit moist soils or decaying plant matter or animal waste;

- syn. myxobacter, myxobacteria, myxobacterium, slime bacteria;

gliding joint
n1
a freely moving joint in which the articulations allow only gliding motions;

- syn. articulatio plana;

glimmer / ɡ ɫ ɪ m ə , ɡ ɫ ɪ m ə ɹ /
n1
a flash of light (especially reflected light);

- syn. gleam, gleaming;

n2
a slight suggestion or vague understanding;

- "he had no inkling what was about to happen";

- syn. glimmering, inkling, intimation;

v1
shine brightly, like a star or a light;

- syn. gleam;

glimmering / ɡ ɫ ɪ m ə ɹ ɪ ŋ /
n1
a slight suggestion or vague understanding;

- "he had no inkling what was about to happen";

- syn. glimmer, inkling, intimation;

glimmery
a1
shining softly and intermittently;

- "glimmery candlelight";

- sim. bright;

glimpse / ɡ ɫ ɪ m p s /
n1
a quick look;

- syn. coup d'oeil, glance;

n2
a brief or incomplete view;

- "from the window he could catch a glimpse of the lake";

n3
a vague indication;

- "he caught only a glimpse of the professor's meaning";

v1
catch a glimpse of or see briefly;

- "We glimpsed the Queen as she got into her limousine";

Glinka
n1
Russian composer (1804-1857);

- syn. Mikhail Glinka, Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka;

glint / ɡ ɫ ɪ n t /
n1
a momentary flash of light;

- syn. flicker, spark;

n2
a spatially localized brightness;

v1
be shiny, as if wet;

- "His eyes were glistening";

- syn. gleam, glisten, glitter, shine;

v2
throw a glance at;

- take a brief look at;

- "She only glanced at the paper";

- "I only peeked--I didn't see anything interesting";

- syn. glance, peek;

glinting / ɡ ɫ ɪ n t ɪ ŋ /
a1
having brief brilliant points or flashes of light;

- "bugle beads all aglitter";

- "glinting eyes";

- "glinting water";

- "his glittering eyes were cold and malevolent";

- "shop window full of glittering Christmas trees";

- "glittery costume jewelry";

- "scintillant mica";

- "the scintillating stars";

- "a dress with sparkly sequins";

- "`glistering' is an archaic term";

- syn. aglitter, coruscant, fulgid, glistering, glittering, glittery, scintillant, scintillating, sparkly;

- sim. bright;

glioblastoma
n1
a fast-growing malignant brain tumor composed of spongioblasts;

- nearly always fatal;

- syn. spongioblastoma;

glioma
n1
a tumor of the brain consisting of neuroglia;

glipizide
n1
an oral antidiabetic drug (trade name Glucotrol) that stimulates the release of insulin from the pancreas;

- syn. Glucotrol;

gliricidia
n1
any of several small deciduous trees valued for their dark wood and dense racemes of nectar-rich pink flowers grown in great profusion on arching branches;

- roots and bark and leaves and seeds are poisonous;

Gliridae
n1
dormice and other Old World forms;

- syn. family Gliridae;

Glis
n1
type genus of the Gliridae;

- syn. genus Glis;

Glis glis
n1
large European dormouse;

- syn. loir;

glissade / ɡ ɫ ɪ s eɪ d /
n1
(ballet) a gliding or sliding step in ballet;

v1
perform a glissade, in ballet;

glissando / ɡ ɫ ɪ s æ n d oʊ /
n1
a rapid series of ascending or descending notes on the musical scale;

r1
(musical direction) in the manner of a glissando (with a rapidly executed series of notes);

- "this should be played glissando, please";

glisten / ɡ ɫ ɪ s n /
n1
the quality of shining with a bright reflected light;

- syn. glister, glitter, scintillation, sparkle;

v1
be shiny, as if wet;

- "His eyes were glistening";

- syn. gleam, glint, glitter, shine;

glistening / ɡ ɫ ɪ s n ɪ ŋ /
a1
reflecting light;

- "glistening bodies of swimmers";

- "the horse's glossy coat";

- "lustrous auburn hair";

- "saw the moon like a shiny dime on a deep blue velvet carpet";

- "shining white enamel";

- syn. glossy, lustrous, sheeny, shining, shiny;

- sim. bright;

glister / ɡ ɫ ɪ s t ə , ɡ ɫ ɪ s t ə ɹ /
n1
the quality of shining with a bright reflected light;

- syn. glisten, glitter, scintillation, sparkle;

glistering / ɡ ɫ ɪ s t ə ɹ ɪ ŋ /
a1
having brief brilliant points or flashes of light;

- "bugle beads all aglitter";

- "glinting eyes";

- "glinting water";

- "his glittering eyes were cold and malevolent";

- "shop window full of glittering Christmas trees";

- "glittery costume jewelry";

- "scintillant mica";

- "the scintillating stars";

- "a dress with sparkly sequins";

- "`glistering' is an archaic term";

- syn. aglitter, coruscant, fulgid, glinting, glittering, glittery, scintillant, scintillating, sparkly;

- sim. bright;

glitch
n1
a fault or defect in a computer program, system, or machine;

- syn. bug;

glitter / ɡ ɫ ɪ t ə , ɡ ɫ ɪ t ə ɹ /
n1
the quality of shining with a bright reflected light;

- syn. glisten, glister, scintillation, sparkle;

n2
the occurrence of a small flash or spark;

- syn. coruscation, sparkle;

v1
be shiny, as if wet;

- "His eyes were glistening";

- syn. gleam, glint, glisten, shine;

glittering / ɡ ɫ ɪ t ə ɹ ɪ ŋ /
a1
having brief brilliant points or flashes of light;

- "bugle beads all aglitter";

- "glinting eyes";

- "glinting water";

- "his glittering eyes were cold and malevolent";

- "shop window full of glittering Christmas trees";

- "glittery costume jewelry";

- "scintillant mica";

- "the scintillating stars";

- "a dress with sparkly sequins";

- "`glistering' is an archaic term";

- syn. aglitter, coruscant, fulgid, glinting, glistering, glittery, scintillant, scintillating, sparkly;

- sim. bright;

glittery / ɡ ɫ ɪ t ə ɹ i /
a1
having brief brilliant points or flashes of light;

- "bugle beads all aglitter";

- "glinting eyes";

- "glinting water";

- "his glittering eyes were cold and malevolent";

- "shop window full of glittering Christmas trees";

- "glittery costume jewelry";

- "scintillant mica";

- "the scintillating stars";

- "a dress with sparkly sequins";

- "`glistering' is an archaic term";

- syn. aglitter, coruscant, fulgid, glinting, glistering, glittering, scintillant, scintillating, sparkly;

- sim. bright;

glitz / ɡ ɫ ɪ t s /
n1
tasteless showiness;

- syn. brashness, flashiness, garishness, gaudiness, loudness, meretriciousness, tawdriness;

gloam / ɡ ɫ oʊ m /
n1
the time of day immediately following sunset;

- "he loved the twilight";

- "they finished before the fall of night";

- syn. crepuscle, crepuscule, dusk, evenfall, fall, gloaming, nightfall, twilight;

gloaming / ɡ ɫ oʊ m ɪ ŋ /
n1
the time of day immediately following sunset;

- "he loved the twilight";

- "they finished before the fall of night";

- syn. crepuscle, crepuscule, dusk, evenfall, fall, gloam, nightfall, twilight;

gloat / ɡ ɫ oʊ t /
n1
malicious satisfaction;

- syn. glee, gloating;

v1
dwell on with satisfaction;

- syn. crow, triumph;

v2
gaze at or think about something with great self-satisfaction, gratification, or joy;

gloating / ɡ ɫ oʊ t ɪ ŋ /
n1
malicious satisfaction;

- syn. glee, gloat;

gloatingly / ɡ ɫ oʊ t ɪ ŋ ɫ i /
r1
in a gloating manner;

- "he spoke gloatingly about people he had cheated out of their money";

glob
n1
a compact mass;

- "a ball of mud caught him on the shoulder";

- syn. ball, chunk, clod, clump, lump;

global / ɡ ɫ oʊ b ɫ /
a1
involving the entire earth;

- not limited or provincial in scope;

- "global war";

- "global monetary policy";

- "neither national nor continental but planetary";

- "a world crisis";

- "of worldwide significance";

- syn. planetary, world, world-wide, worldwide;

- sim. international;

a2
having the shape of a sphere or ball;

- "a spherical object";

- "nearly orbicular in shape";

- "little globular houses like mud-wasp nests"- Zane Grey;

- syn. ball-shaped, globose, globular, orbicular, spheric, spherical;

- sim. round;

global aphasia
n1
loss of all ability to communicate;

- syn. total aphasia;

global climate change
n1
a change in the world's climate;

- syn. climate change;

global organization
n1
an international alliance involving many different countries;

- syn. international organisation, international organization, world organisation, world organization;

Global Positioning System
n1
a navigational system involving satellites and computers that can determine the latitude and longitude of a receiver on Earth by computing the time difference for signals from different satellites to reach the receiver;

- syn. GPS;

global warming
n1
an increase in the average temperature of the earth's atmosphere (especially a sustained increase that causes climatic changes);

globalisation
n1
growth to a global or worldwide scale;

- "the globalization of the communication industry";

- syn. globalization;

globalise
v1
make world-wide in scope or application;

- "Markets are being increasingly globalized";

- syn. globalize;

globalization
n1
growth to a global or worldwide scale;

- "the globalization of the communication industry";

- syn. globalisation;

globalize
v1
make world-wide in scope or application;

- "Markets are being increasingly globalized";

- syn. globalise;

globally
r1
with respect to the whole earth;

- "think globally, not locally";

r2
throughout the world;

- "She is internationally known";

- "this is globally significant";

- syn. internationally;

globe / ɡ ɫ oʊ b /
n1
the 3rd planet from the sun;

- the planet we live on;

- "the Earth moves around the sun";

- "he sailed around the world";

- syn. Earth, earth, world;

n2
an object with a spherical shape;

- "a ball of fire";

- syn. ball, orb;

n3
a sphere on which a map (especially of the earth) is represented;

globe-trot / ɡ ɫ oʊ b t ɹ ɒ t /
v1
travel all over the world for pleasure and sightseeing;

globe amaranth
n1
tropical American herb having rose to red or purple flowers that can be dried without losing color;

- syn. Gomphrena globosa, bachelor's button;

globe artichoke
n1
Mediterranean thistlelike plant widely cultivated for its large edible flower head;

- syn. Cynara scolymus, artichoke, artichoke plant;

n2
a thistlelike flower head with edible fleshy leaves and heart;

- syn. artichoke;

globe flower
n1
any of several plants of the genus Trollius having globose yellow flowers;

- syn. globeflower;

globe lily
n1
any of several plants of the genus Calochortus having egg-shaped flowers;

- syn. fairy lantern;

globe mallow
n1
genus of coarse herbs and subshrubs of arid North and South America having pink or scarlet flowers and globose fruits;

- syn. false mallow;

globe pepper
n1
round sweet pepper;

globe thistle
n1
any of various plants of the genus Echinops having prickly leaves and dense globose heads of bluish flowers;

globefish
n1
any of numerous marine fishes whose elongated spiny body can inflate itself with water or air to form a globe;

- several species contain a potent nerve poison;

- closely related to spiny puffers;

- syn. blowfish, puffer, pufferfish;

globeflower
n1
any of several plants of the genus Trollius having globose yellow flowers;

- syn. globe flower;

globetrotter / ɡ ɫ oʊ b t ɹ ɒ t ə , ɡ ɫ oʊ b t ɹ ɒ t ə ɹ /
n1
someone who travels widely and often;

- syn. world traveler;

Globicephala
n1
pilot whales;

- syn. genus Globicephala;

Globicephala melaena
n1
small dark-colored whale of the Atlantic coast of the United States;

- the largest male acts as pilot or leader for the school;

- syn. black whale, blackfish, common blackfish, pilot whale;

globigerina
n1
marine protozoan having a rounded shell with spiny processes;

Globigerinidae
n1
a family of protoctists;

- syn. family Globigerinidae;

globin / ɡ ɫ oʊ b ɪ n /
n1
a colorless protein obtained by removing heme from hemoglobin;

- the oxygen carrying compound in red blood cells;

- syn. haematohiston, hematohiston;

globose / ɡ ɫ oʊ b oʊ s /
a1
having the shape of a sphere or ball;

- "a spherical object";

- "nearly orbicular in shape";

- "little globular houses like mud-wasp nests"- Zane Grey;

- syn. ball-shaped, global, globular, orbicular, spheric, spherical;

- sim. round;

globosity / ɡ ɫ oʊ b ɒ s ɪ t i /
n1
the roundness of a 3-dimensional object;

- syn. globularness, rotundity, rotundness, sphericalness, sphericity;

globular / ɡ ɫ ɒ b j ʊ ɫ ə , ɡ ɫ ɒ b j ʊ ɫ ə ɹ /
a1
having the shape of a sphere or ball;

- "a spherical object";

- "nearly orbicular in shape";

- "little globular houses like mud-wasp nests"- Zane Grey;

- syn. ball-shaped, global, globose, orbicular, spheric, spherical;

- sim. round;

globular pearlite
n1
if steel or iron cool very slowly the cementite may occur in globules instead of in layers;

- syn. granular pearlite;

globularness / ɡ ɫ ɒ b j ʊ ɫ ə n ɛ s /
n1
the roundness of a 3-dimensional object;

- syn. globosity, rotundity, rotundness, sphericalness, sphericity;

globule / ɡ ɫ ɒ b j u ɫ /
n1
a small globe or ball;

globulin
n1
a family of proteins found in blood and milk and muscle and in plant seed;

globus pallidus
n1
the inner pale yellow part of the lenticular nucleus;

- syn. paleostriatum, pallidum;

glochid
n1
a barbed spine or bristle (often tufted on cacti);

- syn. glochidium;

glochidium
n1
a barbed spine or bristle (often tufted on cacti);

- syn. glochid;

glockenspiel / ɡ ɫ ɒ k ə n s p i ɫ /
n1
a percussion instrument consisting of a set of graduated metal bars mounted on a frame and played with small hammers;

- syn. orchestral bells;

glogg
n1
Scandinavian punch made of claret and aquavit with spices and raisins and orange peel and sugar;

glom
v1
take by theft;

- "Someone snitched my wallet!";

- syn. cop, hook, knock off, snitch, thieve;

v2
seize upon or latch onto something;

- "The Republicans glommed onto Whitewater";

glomerular
a1
of or relating to glomeruli;

glomerular capsule
n1
thin double membrane surrounding the glomerulus of a nephron;

- syn. Bowman's capsule, capsula glomeruli;

glomerule
n1
a compacted or sessile cyme;

glomerulonephritis
n1
nephritis marked by inflammation of the glomeruli of the kidney;

- characterized by decreased production of urine and by the presence of blood and protein in the urine and by edema;

glomerulus
n1
a small intertwined group of capillaries in the malpighian body;

- it filters the blood during urine formation;

gloom / ɡ ɫ u m /
n1
a state of partial or total darkness;

- "he struck a match to dispel the gloom";

- syn. somberness, sombreness;

n2
a feeling of melancholy apprehension;

- syn. gloominess, somberness, sombreness;

n3
an atmosphere of depression and melancholy;

- "gloom pervaded the office";

- syn. gloominess, glumness;

gloomful
a1
depressingly dark;

- "the gloomy forest";

- "the glooming interior of an old inn";

- "`gloomful' is archaic";

- syn. glooming, gloomy, sulky;

- sim. dark;

gloomily / ɡ ɫ u m ɪ ɫ i /
r1
with gloom;

- "such a change is gloomily foreseen by many";

gloominess
n1
an atmosphere of depression and melancholy;

- "gloom pervaded the office";

- syn. gloom, glumness;

n2
a feeling of melancholy apprehension;

- syn. gloom, somberness, sombreness;

n3
the quality of excessive mournfulness and uncheerfulness;

- syn. lugubriousness, sadness;

glooming / ɡ ɫ u m ɪ ŋ /
a1
depressingly dark;

- "the gloomy forest";

- "the glooming interior of an old inn";

- "`gloomful' is archaic";

- syn. gloomful, gloomy, sulky;

- sim. dark;

gloomy / ɡ ɫ u m i /
a1
depressingly dark;

- "the gloomy forest";

- "the glooming interior of an old inn";

- "`gloomful' is archaic";

- syn. gloomful, glooming, sulky;

- sim. dark;

a2
filled with melancholy and despondency;

- "gloomy at the thought of what he had to face";

- "gloomy predictions";

- "a gloomy silence";

- "took a grim view of the economy";

- "the darkening mood";

- "lonely and blue in a strange city";

- "depressed by the loss of his job";

- "a dispirited and resigned expression on her face";

- "downcast after his defeat";

- "feeling discouraged and downhearted";

- syn. blue, depressed, dispirited, down, down in the mouth, downcast, downhearted, grim, low, low-spirited;

- sim. dejected;

a3
causing dejection;

- "a blue day";

- "the dark days of the war";

- "a week of rainy depressing weather";

- "a disconsolate winter landscape";

- "the first dismal dispiriting days of November";

- "a dark gloomy day";

- "grim rainy weather";

- syn. blue, dark, dingy, disconsolate, dismal, drab, drear, dreary, grim, sorry;

- sim. depressing;

Gloomy Dean
n1
English prelate noted for his pessimistic sermons and articles (1860-1954);

- syn. Inge, William Ralph Inge;

gloomy Gus
n1
someone with a habitually sullen or gloomy expression;

- syn. picklepuss, pouter, sourpuss;

glop
n1
any gummy shapeless matter;

- usually unpleasant;

n2
writing or music that is excessively sweet and sentimental;

- syn. mush, slop, treacle;

Gloria May Josephine Svensson
n1
United States actress in many silent films (1899-1983);

- syn. Gloria Swanson, Swanson;

Gloria Steinem
n1
United States feminist (born in 1934);

- syn. Steinem;

Gloria Swanson
n1
United States actress in many silent films (1899-1983);

- syn. Gloria May Josephine Svensson, Swanson;

glorification / ɡ ɫ ɔ ɹ ɪ f ɪ k eɪ ʃ n /
n1
a state of high honor;

- "he valued glory above life itself";

- syn. glory;

n2
a portrayal of something as ideal;

- "the idealization of rural life was very misleading";

- syn. idealisation, idealization;

n3
the act of glorifying (as in worship);

- "the glorification of God";

glorified / ɡ ɫ ɔ ɹ ɪ f aɪ d /
a1
accorded sacrosanct or authoritative standing;

- syn. canonised, canonized;

- sim. authorized;

glorify / ɡ ɫ ɔ ɹ ɪ f aɪ /
v1
praise, glorify, or honor;

- "extol the virtues of one's children";

- "glorify one's spouse's cooking";

- syn. exalt, extol, laud, proclaim;

v2
bestow glory upon;

- "The victory over the enemy glorified the Republic";

v3
elevate or idealize, in allusion to Christ's transfiguration;

- syn. spiritualize, transfigure;

v4
cause to seem more splendid;

- "You are glorifying a rather mediocre building";

gloriole
n1
an indication of radiant light drawn around the head of a saint;

- syn. aura, aureole, glory, halo, nimbus;

gloriosa
n1
any plant of the genus Gloriosa of tropical Africa and Asia;

- a perennial herb climbing by means of tendrils at leaf tips having showy yellow to red or purple flowers;

- all parts are poisonous;

- syn. Gloriosa superba, climbing lily, creeping lily, glory lily;

Gloriosa superba
n1
any plant of the genus Gloriosa of tropical Africa and Asia;

- a perennial herb climbing by means of tendrils at leaf tips having showy yellow to red or purple flowers;

- all parts are poisonous;

- syn. climbing lily, creeping lily, gloriosa, glory lily;

glorious / ɡ ɫ ɔ ɹ ɪə s /
a1
having or deserving or conferring glory;

- "a long and glorious career";

- "our glorious literature";

- also known;

- sim. bright, celebrated, divine, empyreal, illustrious, incandescent, lustrous;

a2
characterized by grandeur;

- "the brilliant court life at Versailles";

- "a glorious work of art";

- "magnificent cathedrals";

- "the splendid coronation ceremony";

- syn. brilliant, magnificent, splendid;

- sim. impressive;

a3
having great beauty and splendor;

- "a glorious spring morning";

- "a glorious sunset";

- "splendid costumes";

- "a kind of splendiferous native simplicity";

- syn. resplendent, splendid, splendiferous;

- sim. beautiful;

Glorious Revolution
n1
the revolution against James II;

- there was little armed resistance to William and Mary in England although battles were fought in Scotland and Ireland (1688-1689);

- syn. Bloodless Revolution, English Revolution;

gloriously / ɡ ɫ ɔ ɹ ɪə s ɫ i /
r1
with glory or in a glorious manner;

- "where others had failed he had gloriously succeeded";

r2
blessedly or wonderfully;

- "how gloriously happy she had been during those few fleeting moments of time";

glory / ɡ ɫ ɔ ɹ i /
n1
a state of high honor;

- "he valued glory above life itself";

- syn. glorification;

n2
brilliant radiant beauty;

- "the glory of the sunrise";

- syn. resplendence, resplendency;

n3
an indication of radiant light drawn around the head of a saint;

- syn. aura, aureole, gloriole, halo, nimbus;

v1
rejoice proudly;

glory fern
n1
named for a country house in Barbados where it was discovered;

- syn. Adiantum tenerum farleyense, Barbados maidenhair, Farley maidenhair, Farley maidenhair fern;

glory hole
n1
a small locker at the stern of a boat or between decks of a ship;

- syn. lazaretto;

glory lily
n1
any plant of the genus Gloriosa of tropical Africa and Asia;

- a perennial herb climbing by means of tendrils at leaf tips having showy yellow to red or purple flowers;

- all parts are poisonous;

- syn. Gloriosa superba, climbing lily, creeping lily, gloriosa;

glory pea
n1
any of various shrubs or vines of the genus Clianthus having compound leaves and pea-like red flowers in drooping racemes;

- syn. clianthus;

gloss / ɡ ɫ ɒ s /
n1
an explanation or definition of an obscure word in a text;

- syn. rubric;

n2
an alphabetical list of technical terms in some specialized field of knowledge;

- usually published as an appendix to a text on that field;

- syn. glossary;

n3
the property of being smooth and shiny;

- syn. burnish, glossiness, polish;

n4
an outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading;

- "he hoped his claims would have a semblance of authenticity";

- "he tried to give his falsehood the gloss of moral sanction";

- "the situation soon took on a different color";

- syn. color, colour, semblance;

v1
give a shine or gloss to, usually by rubbing;

- also gloss over, gloss over;

v2
provide interlinear explanations for words or phrases;

- "He annotated on what his teacher had written";

- syn. annotate, comment;

v3
provide an interlinear translation of a word or phrase;

v4
give a deceptive explanation or excuse for;

- "color a lie";

- syn. color, colour;

gloss over
v1
treat hurriedly or avoid dealing with properly;

- syn. skate over, skimp over, slur over, smooth over;

v2
cover up a misdemeanor, fault, or error;

- "Let's not whitewash the crimes of Stalin";

- "She tried to gloss over her mistakes";

- syn. hush up, sleek over, whitewash;

glossa
n1
a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity;

- syn. clapper, lingua, tongue;

glossalgia
n1
pain in the tongue;

- syn. glossodynia;

glossarist / ɡ ɫ ɒ s ə ɹ ɪ s t /
n1
a scholiast who writes glosses or glossaries;

glossary / ɡ ɫ ɒ s ə ɹ i /
n1
an alphabetical list of technical terms in some specialized field of knowledge;

- usually published as an appendix to a text on that field;

- syn. gloss;

glossily / ɡ ɫ ɒ s ɪ ɫ i /
r1
in a glossy manner;

- "the magazine was glossily printed";

glossina
n1
bloodsucking African fly;

- transmits sleeping sickness etc.;

- syn. tsetse, tsetse fly, tzetze, tzetze fly;

glossiness / ɡ ɫ ɒ s ɪ n ə s /
n1
the property of being smooth and shiny;

- syn. burnish, gloss, polish;

Glossinidae
n1
flies closely related to the Muscidae: tsetse flies;

- syn. family Glossinidae;

glossitis
n1
inflammation of the tongue;

Glossodia
n1
small genus of Australian orchids;

- syn. genus Glossodia;

glossodynia
n1
pain in the tongue;

- syn. glossalgia;

glossodynia exfoliativa
n1
a superficial form of glossitis marked by irregular red patches on the tongue and sensitivity to hot or spicy food;

- syn. Moeller's glossitis;

glossolalia
n1
repetitive nonmeaningful speech (especially that associated with a trance state or religious fervor);

glossopharyngeal
a1
pertaining to the tongue and throat;

glossopharyngeal nerve
n1
sensory nerve to the pharynx and back of the tongue;

- motor fibers innervate muscles that elevate the pharynx and larynx;

- includes parasympathetic fibers to the otic ganglion;

- syn. nervus glossopharyngeus, ninth cranial nerve;

Glossopsitta
n1
a genus of Loriinae;

- syn. genus Glossopsitta;

Glossopsitta versicolor
n1
lorikeet with a colorful coat;

- syn. varied Lorikeet;

glossoptosis
n1
abnormal downward or back placement of the tongue;

glossy / ɡ ɫ ɒ s i /
n1
a magazine printed on good quality paper;

- syn. slick, slick magazine;

n2
a photograph that is printed on smooth shiny paper;

a1
based on pretense;

- deceptively pleasing;

- "the gilded and perfumed but inwardly rotten nobility";

- "meretricious praise";

- "a meretricious argument";

- syn. gilded, meretricious, specious;

- sim. insincere;

a2
(of paper and fabric and leather) having a surface made smooth and shiny especially by pressing between rollers;

- "calendered paper";

- "glossy paper";

- syn. calendered;

- sim. glazed;

a3
reflecting light;

- "glistening bodies of swimmers";

- "the horse's glossy coat";

- "lustrous auburn hair";

- "saw the moon like a shiny dime on a deep blue velvet carpet";

- "shining white enamel";

- syn. glistening, lustrous, sheeny, shining, shiny;

- sim. bright;

a4
superficially attractive and stylish;

- suggesting wealth or expense;

- "a glossy TV series";

- syn. showy;

- sim. attractive;

glossy-coated
a1
having glossy hair;

- "a glossy-coated foxhound";

- syn. glossy-furred, glossy-haired;

- sim. hairy;

glossy-furred
a1
having glossy hair;

- "a glossy-coated foxhound";

- syn. glossy-coated, glossy-haired;

- sim. hairy;

glossy-haired
a1
having glossy hair;

- "a glossy-coated foxhound";

- syn. glossy-coated, glossy-furred;

- sim. hairy;

glossy snake
n1
nocturnal burrowing snake of western United States with shiny tan scales;

- syn. Arizona elegans;

glottal / ɡ ɫ ɒ t ɫ /
a1
of or relating to or produced by the glottis;

- "glottal stops";

glottal catch
n1
a stop consonant articulated by releasing pressure at the glottis;

- as in the sudden onset of a vowel;

- syn. glottal plosive, glottal stop;

glottal plosive
n1
a stop consonant articulated by releasing pressure at the glottis;

- as in the sudden onset of a vowel;

- syn. glottal catch, glottal stop;

glottal stop
n1
a stop consonant articulated by releasing pressure at the glottis;

- as in the sudden onset of a vowel;

- syn. glottal catch, glottal plosive;

glottis / ɡ ɫ ɒ t ɪ s /
n1
the vocal apparatus of the larynx;

- the true vocal folds and the space between them where the voice tone is generated;

glottis spuria
n1
the opening between the false vocal folds;

- syn. false glottis, rima respiratoria, rima vestibuli;

glottis vera
n1
the space between the two true vocal folds;

- syn. rima glottidis, rima vocalis, true glottis;

glottochronological
a1
pertaining to the study of the evolution of languages from a common source;

- "glottochronological studies";

glottochronology
n1
the determination of how long ago different languages evolved from a common source language;

- "he mapped the glottochronology of the Romance languages";

Gloucester / ɡ ɫ ɒ s t ə , ɡ ɫ ɒ s t ə ɹ /
n1
a town in northeastern Massachusetts on Cape Ann to the northeast of Boston;

- the harbor has been a fishing center for centuries;

n2
a city in southwestern England in Gloucestershire on the Severn;

Gloucestershire / ɡ ɫ ɒ s t ə ʃ ə , ɡ ɫ ɒ s t ə ʃ ə ɹ /
n1
a county in southwestern England in the lower Severn valley;

glove / ɡ ɫ ʌ v /
n1
the handwear used by fielders in playing baseball;

- syn. baseball glove, baseball mitt, mitt;

n2
handwear: covers the hand and wrist;

n3
boxing equipment consisting of big and padded coverings for the fists of the fighters;

- worn for the sport of boxing;

- syn. boxing glove;

glove anesthesia
n1
a mental disorder involving loss of sensitivity in the hand and wrist;

- "since no combination of nerves serve this area a glove anesthesia is clearly psychogenic in origin";

glove compartment
n1
compartment on the dashboard of a car;

glove doll
n1
a puppet with a cloth body and hollow head;

- fits over the hand;

- syn. glove puppet, hand puppet;

glove leather
n1
leather suitable for making gloves;

glove puppet
n1
a puppet with a cloth body and hollow head;

- fits over the hand;

- syn. glove doll, hand puppet;

gloved / ɡ ɫ ʌ v d /
a1
having the hands covered with gloves;

- sim. gauntleted;

gloveless / ɡ ɫ ʌ v ɫ ɛ s /
a1
devoid of gloves;

glow / ɡ ɫ oʊ /
n1
an alert and refreshed state;

- syn. freshness;

n2
light from nonthermal sources;

- syn. luminescence;

n3
the phenomenon of light emission by a body as its temperature is raised;

- syn. incandescence;

n4
a feeling of considerable warmth;

- "the glow of new love";

- "a glow of regret";

n5
a steady even light without flames;

n6
the amount of electromagnetic radiation leaving or arriving at a point on a surface;

- syn. glowing, radiance;

n7
an appearance of reflected light;

- syn. gleam, gleaming, lambency;

v1
emit a steady even light without flames;

- "The fireflies were glowing and flying about in the garden";

v2
have a complexion with a strong bright color, such as red or pink;

- "Her face glowed when she came out of the sauna";

- syn. beam, radiate, shine;

v3
shine intensely, as if with heat;

- "The coals were glowing in the dark";

- "The candles were burning";

- syn. burn;

v4
be exuberant or high-spirited;

- "Make the people's hearts glow";

v5
experience a feeling of well-being or happiness, as from good health or an intense emotion;

- "She was beaming with joy";

- "Her face radiated with happiness";

- syn. beam, radiate, shine;

glow lamp
n1
a gas-discharge tube with a hot cathode;

- used in stroboscopes;

glow tube
n1
a gas-discharge tube consisting of a cold cathode and a diode in a tube filled with gas;

- the color of the glow depends on the particular gas;

glower / ɡ ɫ aʊ ə , ɡ ɫ aʊ ə ɹ /
n1
an angry stare;

- syn. glare;

v1
look at with a fixed gaze;

- "The girl glared at the man who tried to make a pass at her";

- syn. glare;

v2
look angry or sullen, wrinkle one's forehead, as if to signal disapproval;

- syn. frown, lour, lower;

glowering / ɡ ɫ aʊ ə ɹ ɪ ŋ /
a1
showing a brooding ill humor;

- "a dark scowl";

- "the proverbially dour New England Puritan";

- "a glum, hopeless shrug";

- "he sat in moody silence";

- "a morose and unsociable manner";

- "a saturnine, almost misanthropic young genius"- Bruce Bliven;

- "a sour temper";

- "a sullen crowd";

- syn. dark, dour, glum, moody, morose, saturnine, sour, sullen;

- sim. ill-natured;

gloweringly / ɡ ɫ aʊ w ə ɹ ɪ ŋ ɫ i /
r1
in a glowering manner;

- "he stared gloweringly at this morning's headlines";

glowing / ɡ ɫ oʊ ɪ ŋ /
n1
the amount of electromagnetic radiation leaving or arriving at a point on a surface;

- syn. glow, radiance;

a1
highly enthusiastic;

- "glowing praise";

- sim. enthusiastic;

glowingly / ɡ ɫ oʊ ɪ ŋ ɫ i /
r1
in an enthusiastically glowing manner;

- "in her letter she praised him glowingly";

glowworm / ɡ ɫ oʊ w ɝ m /
n1
the luminous larva or wingless grub-like female of a firefly;

gloxinia / ɡ ɫ ɒ k s ɪ n j ə /
n1
any of several plants of the genera Gloxinia or Sinningia (greenhouse gloxinias) having showy bell-shaped flowers;

Gloxinia perennis
n1
herb of Colombia to Peru having pale purple flowers;

- syn. Canterbury bell;

Gloxinia spesiosa
n1
South American herb cultivated in many varieties as a houseplant for its large handsome leaves and large variously colored bell-shaped flowers;

- syn. Sinningia speciosa, florist's gloxinia;

glucagon
n1
a hormone secreted by the pancreas;

- stimulates increases in blood sugar levels in the blood (thus opposing the action of insulin);

glucinium
n1
a light strong brittle grey toxic bivalent metallic element;

- syn. Be, atomic number 4, beryllium;

Gluck
n1
German composer of more than 100 operas (1714-1787);

- syn. Christoph Willibald von Gluck;

glucocorticoid
n1
a steroid hormone that is produced by the adrenal cortex of animals;

- affects functioning of gonads and has anti-inflammatory activity;

Glucophage
n1
an antidiabetic drug (trade name Glucophage) prescribed to treat type II diabetes;

- syn. metformin;

glucosamine
n1
an amino derivative of glucose that is a component of many polysaccharides;

glucose / ɡ ɫ u k oʊ s /
n1
a monosaccharide sugar that has several forms;

- an important source of physiological energy;

glucose tolerance test
n1
test of the body's ability to metabolize carbohydrates;

- used in the diagnosis of hypoglycemia and diabetes mellitus;

glucoside
n1
a glycoside derived from glucose;

glucosuria
n1
the presence of abnormally high levels of glucose in the urine;

Glucotrol
n1
an oral antidiabetic drug (trade name Glucotrol) that stimulates the release of insulin from the pancreas;

- syn. glipizide;

glue / ɡ ɫ u /
n1
cement consisting of a sticky substance that is used as an adhesive;

- syn. gum, mucilage;

v1
join or attach with or as if with glue;

- "paste the sign on the wall";

- "cut and paste the sentence in the text";

- syn. paste;

v2
be fixed as if by glue;

- "His eyes were glued on her";

glued / ɡ ɫ u d /
a1
affixed or as if affixed with glue or paste;

- "he stayed glued to one spot";

- "pieces of pasted paper";

- syn. pasted;

- sim. affixed;

gluey / ɡ ɫ u i /
a1
having the sticky properties of an adhesive;

- syn. glutinous, gummy, mucilaginous, pasty, sticky, viscid, viscous;

- sim. adhesive;

glueyness
n1
the property of being cohesive and sticky;

- syn. cohesiveness, gluiness, gumminess, ropiness, tackiness, viscidity, viscidness;

glug
v1
make a gurgling sound as of liquid issuing from a bottle;

- "the wine bottles glugged";

gluiness
n1
the property of being cohesive and sticky;

- syn. cohesiveness, glueyness, gumminess, ropiness, tackiness, viscidity, viscidness;

glum / ɡ ɫ ʌ m /
a1
moody and melancholic;

- sim. dejected;

a2
showing a brooding ill humor;

- "a dark scowl";

- "the proverbially dour New England Puritan";

- "a glum, hopeless shrug";

- "he sat in moody silence";

- "a morose and unsociable manner";

- "a saturnine, almost misanthropic young genius"- Bruce Bliven;

- "a sour temper";

- "a sullen crowd";

- syn. dark, dour, glowering, moody, morose, saturnine, sour, sullen;

- sim. ill-natured;

glume
n1
small dry membranous bract found in inflorescences of Gramineae and Cyperaceae;

glumly / ɡ ɫ ʌ m ɫ i /
r1
in a sullen manner;

- "he sat in his chair dourly";

- syn. dourly, sullenly;

glumness / ɡ ɫ ʌ m n ə s /
n1
an atmosphere of depression and melancholy;

- "gloom pervaded the office";

- syn. gloom, gloominess;

n2
a gloomy ill-tempered feeling;

- syn. moroseness, sullenness;

gluon
n1
a gauge boson that mediates strong interaction among quarks;

glut / ɡ ɫ ʌ t /
n1
the quality of being so overabundant that prices fall;

- syn. oversupply, surfeit;

v1
overeat or eat immodestly;

- make a pig of oneself;

- "She stuffed herself at the dinner";

- "The kids binged on ice cream";

- syn. binge, englut, engorge, gorge, gormandise, gormandize, gourmandize, ingurgitate, overeat, overgorge, overindulge, pig out, satiate, scarf out, stuff;

v2
supply with an excess of;

- "flood the market with tennis shoes";

- "Glut the country with cheap imports from the Orient";

- syn. flood, oversupply;

glutamate
n1
a salt or ester of glutamic acid;

glutamic acid
n1
an amino acid occurring in proteins;

- important in the nitrogen metabolism of plants;

- used in monosodium glutamate to enhance the flavor of meats;

- syn. glutaminic acid;

glutamic oxalacetic transaminase
n1
an enzyme involved in transamination;

- syn. glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase;

glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase
n1
an enzyme involved in transamination;

- syn. glutamic oxalacetic transaminase;

glutamine
n1
a crystalline amino acid occurring in proteins;

- important in protein metabolism;

glutaminic acid
n1
an amino acid occurring in proteins;

- important in the nitrogen metabolism of plants;

- used in monosodium glutamate to enhance the flavor of meats;

- syn. glutamic acid;

glutathione peroxidase
n1
an enzyme in the body that is a powerful scavenger of free radicals;

glute
n1
any one of three large skeletal muscles that form the buttock and move the thigh;

- syn. gluteal muscle, gluteus, gluteus muscle;

gluteal
a1
of or relating to or near the gluteus muscles;

gluteal artery
n1
branches of the internal iliac artery that supply the hip joint and gluteal region;

- syn. arteria glutes;

gluteal muscle
n1
any one of three large skeletal muscles that form the buttock and move the thigh;

- syn. glute, gluteus, gluteus muscle;

gluteal vein
n1
veins draining the gluteal muscles on either side of the body;

- syn. vena gluteus;

glutelin
n1
a simple protein found in the seeds of cereals;

gluten / ɡ ɫ u t ə n /
n1
a protein substance that remains when starch is removed from cereal grains;

- gives cohesiveness to dough;

gluten-free diet
n1
diet prescribed to treat celiac disease;

- eliminates such foods as wheat and rye and oats and beans and cabbage and turnips and cucumbers that are rich in gluten;

gluten bread
n1
bread made with gluten flour;

glutethimide
n1
sedative (trade name Doriden) used to treat some sleep disorders;

- syn. Doriden;

gluteus
n1
any one of three large skeletal muscles that form the buttock and move the thigh;

- syn. glute, gluteal muscle, gluteus muscle;

gluteus maximus
n1
the outermost of the three gluteal muscles;

gluteus medius
n1
the middle of the three gluteal muscles;

gluteus minimus
n1
the innermost of the three gluteal muscles;

gluteus muscle
n1
any one of three large skeletal muscles that form the buttock and move the thigh;

- syn. glute, gluteal muscle, gluteus;

glutinosity
n1
the property of having a viscosity like jelly;

- syn. gelatinousness, glutinousness;

glutinous / ɡ ɫ u t ɪ n ə s /
a1
having the sticky properties of an adhesive;

- syn. gluey, gummy, mucilaginous, pasty, sticky, viscid, viscous;

- sim. adhesive;

glutinousness / ɡ ɫ u t ɪ n ə s n ə s /
n1
the property of having a viscosity like jelly;

- syn. gelatinousness, glutinosity;

glutted / ɡ ɫ ʌ t ɪ d /
a1
exceeding demand;

- "a glutted market";

- syn. overfull;

- sim. full;

glutton / ɡ ɫ ʌ t n /
n1
a person who is devoted to eating and drinking to excess;

- syn. gourmand, gourmandizer, trencherman;

n2
musteline mammal of northern Eurasia;

- syn. Gulo gulo, wolverine;

gluttonise
v1
eat a lot and without restraint;

- syn. fress, gluttonize;

gluttonize / ɡ ɫ ʌ t ŋ aɪ z /
v1
eat a lot and without restraint;

- syn. fress, gluttonise;

gluttonous / ɡ ɫ ʌ t ə n ə s /
a1
given to excess in consumption of especially food or drink;

- "over-fed women and their gluttonous husbands";

- "a gluttonous debauch";

- "a gluttonous appetite for food and praise and pleasure";

- also indulgent;

- sim. crapulent, crapulous, edacious, greedy, hoggish, overgreedy;

gluttonously / ɡ ɫ ʌ t ə n ə s ɫ i /
r1
in a gluttonous manner;

- "this man eats gluttonously!";

gluttony / ɡ ɫ ʌ t n i /
n1
habitual eating to excess;

n2
eating to excess (personified as one of the deadly sins);

- syn. gula, overeating;

glyburide
n1
an oral antidiabetic drug (trade names DiaBeta and Micronase) that stimulates the release of insulin from the pancreas;

- syn. DiaBeta, Micronase;

glyceraldehyde
n1
a sweet crystalline aldehyde formed by the breakdown of sugars;

- syn. glyceric aldehyde;

Glyceria
n1
manna grass;

- syn. genus Glyceria;

Glyceria grandis
n1
a pasture grass of moist places throughout North America;

- syn. reed meadow grass;

glyceric acid
n1
a syrupy acid obtained by oxidation of glycerol or glyceraldehyde;

glyceric aldehyde
n1
a sweet crystalline aldehyde formed by the breakdown of sugars;

- syn. glyceraldehyde;

glyceride
n1
an ester of glycerol and fatty acids that occurs naturally as fats and fatty oils;

- "fresh fats contain glycerides of fatty acids and very little free acid";

- syn. acylglycerol;

glycerin / ɡ ɫ ɪ s ə ɹ i n /
n1
a sweet syrupy trihydroxy alcohol obtained by saponification of fats and oils;

- syn. glycerine, glycerol;

glycerin jelly
n1
a mixture of glycerin and gelatin that is used in histology for mounting specimens;

glycerinated gelatin
n1
a gelatinous preparation made from gelatin and glycerin and water;

- used as a base for ointments and suppositories;

glycerine / ɡ ɫ ɪ s ə ɹ i n /
n1
a sweet syrupy trihydroxy alcohol obtained by saponification of fats and oils;

- syn. glycerin, glycerol;

glycerite
n1
a medicine made by mixing a substance in glycerin;

- syn. glycerole;

glycerogel
n1
a medicated skin preparation made from glycerin and glycerinated gelatin;

- syn. glycerogelatin;

glycerogelatin
n1
a medicated skin preparation made from glycerin and glycerinated gelatin;

- syn. glycerogel;

glycerol
n1
a sweet syrupy trihydroxy alcohol obtained by saponification of fats and oils;

- syn. glycerin, glycerine;

glycerol trimargarate
n1
a glyceryl ester of margaric acid;

- syn. margarin;

glycerol tripalmitate
n1
a triglyceride of palmitic acid;

- syn. tripalmitin;

glycerol tristearate
n1
a triglyceride of stearic acid;

- syn. tristearin;

glycerole
n1
a medicine made by mixing a substance in glycerin;

- syn. glycerite;

glycerolise
v1
place in glycerol;

- syn. glycerolize;

glycerolize
v1
place in glycerol;

- syn. glycerolise;

glyceryl
n1
a trivalent radical derived from glycerol by removing the three hydroxyl radicals;

glyceryl ester
n1
an ester of glycerol;

glyceryl trinitrate
n1
a heavy yellow poisonous oily explosive liquid obtained by nitrating glycerol;

- used in making explosives and medically as a vasodilator (trade names Nitrospan and Nitrostat);

- syn. Nitrospan, Nitrostat, nitroglycerin, nitroglycerine, trinitroglycerin;

glycine
n1
the simplest amino acid found in proteins and the principal amino acid in sugar cane;

n2
genus of Asiatic erect or sprawling herbs: soya bean;

- syn. genus Glycine;

Glycine max
n1
erect bushy hairy annual herb having trifoliate leaves and purple to pink flowers;

- extensively cultivated for food and forage and soil improvement but especially for its nutritious oil-rich seeds;

- native to Asia;

- syn. soja, soja bean, soy, soya, soya bean, soybean, soybean plant;

glycogen / ɡ ɫ ɪ k oʊ dʒ ɛ n /
n1
one form in which body fuel is stored;

- stored primarily in the liver and broken down into glucose when needed by the body;

- syn. animal starch;

glycogenesis / ɡ ɫ ɪ k oʊ dʒ ɛ n ə s ɪ s /
n1
the formation in animals of glycogen from glucose;

n2
the conversion of glucose to glycogen when the glucose in the blood exceeds the demand;

glycogenic / ɡ ɫ ɪ k oʊ dʒ ɛ n ɪ k /
a1
of or relating to or involving glycogen;

glycol / ɡ ɫ aɪ k ɒ ɫ /
n1
a sweet but poisonous syrupy liquid used as an antifreeze and solvent;

- syn. ethanediol, ethylene glycol;

n2
any of a class of alcohols having 2 hydroxyl groups in each molecule;

- syn. dihydric alcohol, diol;

glycolic acid
n1
a translucent crystalline compound found in sugar cane and sugar beets and unripe grapes;

- syn. glycollic acid, hydroxyacetic acid;

glycollic acid
n1
a translucent crystalline compound found in sugar cane and sugar beets and unripe grapes;

- syn. glycolic acid, hydroxyacetic acid;

glycolysis
n1
a metabolic process that breaks down carbohydrates and sugars through a series of reactions to either pyruvic acid or lactic acid and releases energy for the body in the form of ATP;

glycoprotein
n1
a conjugated protein having a carbohydrate component;

glycoside
n1
a group of compounds derived from monosaccharides;

glycosuria
n1
the presence of abnormally high levels of sugar in the urine;

Glycyrrhiza
n1
sticky perennial Eurasian herbs;

- syn. genus Glycyrrhiza;

Glycyrrhiza glabra
n1
deep-rooted coarse-textured plant native to the Mediterranean region having blue flowers and pinnately compound leaves;

- widely cultivated in Europe for its long thick sweet roots;

- syn. licorice, liquorice;

Glycyrrhiza lepidota
n1
North American plant similar to true licorice and having a root with similar properties;

- syn. American licorice, American liquorice, wild licorice, wild liquorice;

glyoxaline
n1
an organic base C3H4N2;

- a histamine inhibitor;

- syn. imidazole, iminazole;

glyph / ɡ ɫ ɪ f /
n1
glyptic art in the form of a symbolic figure carved or incised in relief;

glyptic art
n1
carvings or engravings (especially on precious stones);

- syn. glyptography;

glyptics / ɡ ɫ ɪ p t ɪ k s /
n1
the art of engraving on precious stones;

- syn. lithoglyptics;

glyptography / ɡ ɫ ɪ p t ɒ ɡ ɹ ə f i /
n1
carvings or engravings (especially on precious stones);

- syn. glyptic art;

n2
carving or engraving (especially on stones);

gm
n1
a metric unit of weight equal to one thousandth of a kilogram;

- syn. g, gram, gramme;

GMT / dʒ i ɛ m t i /
n1
the local time at the 0 meridian passing through Greenwich, England;

- it is the same everywhere;

- syn. Greenwich Mean Time, Greenwich Time, UT, UT1, universal time;

Gnaeus Julius Agricola
n1
Roman general who was governor of Britain and extended Roman rule north to the Firth of Forth (37-93);

- syn. Agricola;

Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus
n1
Roman general and statesman who quarrelled with Caesar and fled to Egypt where he was murdered (106-48 BC);

- syn. Pompey, Pompey the Great;

Gnaphalium / n æ f eɪ ɫ j ə m /
n1
large widely distributed genus of coarse hairy herbs with whitish involucres;

- syn. genus Gnaphalium;

Gnaphalium sylvaticum
n1
weedy perennial of north temperate regions having woolly foliage and dirty white flowers in a leafy spike;

- syn. chafeweed, wood cudweed;

gnarl / n ɑ ɫ /
n1
something twisted and tight and swollen;

- "their muscles stood out in knots";

- "the old man's fists were two great gnarls";

- "his stomach was in knots";

- syn. knot;

v1
twist into a state of deformity;

- "The wind has gnarled this old tree";

v2
make complaining remarks or noises under one's breath;

- "she grumbles when she feels overworked";

- syn. croak, grumble, murmur, mutter;

gnarled / n ɑ ɫ d /
a1
used of old persons or old trees;

- covered with knobs or knots;

- "gnarled and knotted hands";

- "a knobbed stick";

- syn. gnarly, knobbed, knotted, knotty;

- sim. crooked;

gnarly
a1
used of old persons or old trees;

- covered with knobs or knots;

- "gnarled and knotted hands";

- "a knobbed stick";

- syn. gnarled, knobbed, knotted, knotty;

- sim. crooked;

gnash / n æ ʃ /
v1
grind together, of teeth;

gnat / n æ t /
n1
any of various small biting flies: midges;

- biting midges;

- black flies;

- sand flies;

n2
(British usage) mosquito;

gnatcatcher
n1
very small North American and South American warblers;

gnathion
n1
the most inferior point of the mandible in the midline;

Gnathostomata
n1
comprising all vertebrates with upper and lower jaws;

- syn. superclass Gnathostomata;

gnathostome
n1
a vertebrate animal possessing true jaws;

gnaw / n ɔ /
v1
bite or chew on with the teeth;

- "gnaw an old cracker";

v2
become ground down or deteriorate;

- "Her confidence eroded";

- syn. eat at, erode, gnaw at, wear away;

gnaw at
v1
become ground down or deteriorate;

- "Her confidence eroded";

- syn. eat at, erode, gnaw, wear away;

gnawer / n ɔ ə /
n1
relatively small placental mammals having a single pair of constantly growing incisor teeth specialized for gnawing;

- syn. rodent;

gnawing mammal
n1
relative large gnawing animals;

- distinguished from rodents by having two pairs of upper incisors specialized for gnawing;

- syn. lagomorph;

gneiss / n aɪ s /
n1
a laminated metamorphic rock similar to granite;

Gnetaceae
n1
plants having small unisexual flowers and fleshy or winged fruit: in some classifications includes the genera Ephedra and Welwitschia as well as genus Gnetum;

- syn. family Gnetaceae;

Gnetales
n1
chiefly tropical or xerophytic woody plants;

- practically unknown as fossils but considered close to the ancestral line of angiosperms;

- syn. order Gnetales;

Gnetophyta
n1
gymnospermous flowering plants;

- supposed link between conifers and angiosperms;

- in some systems classified as a class (Gnetopsida) and in others as a subdivision (Gnetophytina or Gnetophyta);

- syn. Gnetophytina, Gnetopsida, class Gnetopsida, subdivision Gnetophytina;

Gnetophytina
n1
gymnospermous flowering plants;

- supposed link between conifers and angiosperms;

- in some systems classified as a class (Gnetopsida) and in others as a subdivision (Gnetophytina or Gnetophyta);

- syn. Gnetophyta, Gnetopsida, class Gnetopsida, subdivision Gnetophytina;

Gnetopsida
n1
gymnospermous flowering plants;

- supposed link between conifers and angiosperms;

- in some systems classified as a class (Gnetopsida) and in others as a subdivision (Gnetophytina or Gnetophyta);

- syn. Gnetophyta, Gnetophytina, class Gnetopsida, subdivision Gnetophytina;

gnetum
n1
small tropical tree with tiered branches and divaricate branchlets having broad glossy dark green leaves;

- exploited for its edible young leaves and seeds that provide a fine flour;

- syn. Gnetum gnemon;

Gnetum gnemon
n1
small tropical tree with tiered branches and divaricate branchlets having broad glossy dark green leaves;

- exploited for its edible young leaves and seeds that provide a fine flour;

- syn. gnetum;

gnocchi
n1
(Italian) a small dumpling made of potato or flour or semolina that is boiled or baked and is usually served with a sauce or with grated cheese;

gnome / n oʊ m , n oʊ m i /
n1
a legendary creature resembling a tiny old man;

- lives in the depths of the earth and guards buried treasure;

- syn. dwarf;

n2
a short pithy saying expressing a general truth;

gnomic / n oʊ m ɪ k /
a1
relating to or containing gnomes;

- "gnomic verse";

gnomish / n oʊ m ɪ ʃ /
a1
used of small deformed creatures;

- sim. small;

gnomon / n oʊ m ɒ n /
n1
indicator provided by the stationary arm whose shadow indicates the time on the sundial;

gnosis / n oʊ s ɪ s /
n1
intuitive knowledge of spiritual truths;

- said to have been possessed by ancient Gnostics;

Gnostic / n ɒ s t ɪ k /
n1
an advocate of Gnosticism;

a1
of or relating to Gnosticism;

- "Gnostic writings";

a2
possessing intellectual or esoteric knowledge of spiritual things;

Gnosticism / n ɒ s t ɪ s ɪ z ə m /
n1
a religious orientation advocating gnosis as the way to release a person's spiritual element;

- considered heresy by Christian churches;

GNP / dʒ ɪ ɛ n p i /
n1
former measure of the United States economy;

- the total market value of goods and services produced by all citizens and capital during a given period (usually 1 yr);

- syn. gross national product;

gnu / n u /
n1
large African antelope having a head with horns like an ox and a long tufted tail;

- syn. wildebeest;

gnu goat
n1
large heavily built goat antelope of eastern Himalayan area;

- syn. Budorcas taxicolor, takin;

go / ɡ oʊ /
n1
a time period for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else);

- "it's my go";

- "a spell of work";

- syn. spell, tour, turn;

n2
street names for methylenedioxymethamphetamine;

- syn. Adam, X, XTC, cristal, disco biscuit, ecstasy, hug drug;

n3
a usually brief attempt;

- "he took a crack at it";

- "I gave it a whirl";

- syn. crack, fling, offer, pass, whirl;

n4
a board game for two players who place counters on a grid;

- the object is to surround and so capture the opponent's counters;

- syn. go game;

v1
change location;

- move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically;

- "How fast does your new car go?";

- "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus";

- "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect";

- "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell";

- "news travelled fast";

- syn. locomote, move, travel;

- also go around, go by, go by, go down, go down, go down, go off, go on, go on, go out, go under, go up, go up;

v2
follow a procedure or take a course;

- "We should go farther in this matter";

- "She went through a lot of trouble";

- "go about the world in a certain manner";

- "Messages must go through diplomatic channels";

- syn. move, proceed;

v3
move away from a place into another direction;

- "Go away before I start to cry";

- "The train departs at noon";

- syn. depart, go away;

v4
enter or assume a certain state or condition;

- "He became annoyed when he heard the bad news";

- "It must be getting more serious";

- "her face went red with anger";

- "She went into ecstasy";

- "Get going!";

- syn. become, get;

v5
be awarded;

- be allotted;

- "The first prize goes to Mary";

- "Her money went on clothes";

v6
have a particular form;

- "the story or argument runs as follows";

- "as the saying goes...";

- syn. run;

v7
stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope;

- run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point;

- "Service runs all the way to Cranbury";

- "His knowledge doesn't go very far";

- "My memory extends back to my fourth year of life";

- "The facts extend beyond a consideration of her personal assets";

- syn. extend, lead, pass, run;

v8
follow a certain course;

- "The inauguration went well";

- "how did your interview go?";

- syn. proceed;

v9
be abolished or discarded;

- "These ugly billboards have to go!";

- "These luxuries all had to go under the Khmer Rouge";

v10
be or continue to be in a certain condition;

- "The children went hungry that day";

v11
make a certain noise or sound;

- "She went `Mmmmm'";

- "The gun went `bang'";

- syn. sound;

v12
perform as expected when applied;

- "The washing machine won't go unless it's plugged in";

- "Does this old car still run well?";

- "This old radio doesn't work anymore";

- syn. function, operate, run, work;

v13
to be spent or finished;

- "The money had gone after a few days";

- "Gas is running low at the gas stations in the Midwest";

- syn. run low, run short;

v14
progress by being changed;

- "The speech has to go through several more drafts";

- "run through your presentation before the meeting";

- syn. move, run;

v15
continue to live and avoid dying;

- "We went without water and food for 3 days";

- "These superstitions survive in the backwaters of America";

- "The race car driver lived through several very serious accidents";

- "how long can a person last without food and water?" "One crash victim died, the other lived";

- syn. endure, hold out, hold up, last, live, live on, survive;

v16
pass, fare, or elapse;

- of a certain state of affairs or action;

- "How is it going?";

- "The day went well until I got your call";

- also go with;

v17
pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life;

- "She died from cancer";

- "The children perished in the fire";

- "The patient went peacefully";

- "The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102";

- syn. buy the farm, cash in one's chips, choke, conk, croak, decease, die, drop dead, exit, expire, give-up the ghost, kick the bucket, pass, pass away, perish, pop off, snuff it;

v18
be in the right place or situation;

- "Where do these books belong?";

- "Let's put health care where it belongs--under the control of the government";

- "Where do these books go?";

- syn. belong;

v19
be ranked or compare;

- "This violinist is as good as Juilliard-trained violinists go";

v20
begin or set in motion;

- "I start at eight in the morning";

- "Ready, set, go!";

- syn. get going, start;

v21
have a turn;

- make one's move in a game;

- "Can I go now?";

- syn. move;

v22
be contained in;

- "How many times does 18 go into 54?";

v23
be sounded, played, or expressed;

- "How does this song go again?";

v24
blend or harmonize;

- "This flavor will blend with those in your dish";

- "This sofa won't go with the chairs";

- syn. blend, blend in;

v25
lead, extend, or afford access;

- "This door goes to the basement";

- "The road runs South";

- syn. lead;

v26
be the right size or shape;

- fit correctly or as desired;

- "This piece won't fit into the puzzle";

- syn. fit;

v27
go through in search of something;

- search through someone's belongings in an unauthorized way;

- "Who rifled through my desk drawers?";

- syn. rifle;

v28
be spent;

- "All my money went for food and rent";

v29
give support (to) or make a choice (of) one out of a group or number;

- "I plumped for the losing candidates";

- syn. plump;

v30
stop operating or functioning;

- "The engine finally went";

- "The car died on the road";

- "The bus we travelled in broke down on the way to town";

- "The coffee maker broke";

- "The engine failed on the way to town";

- "her eyesight went after the accident";

- syn. break, break down, conk out, die, fail, give out, give way, go bad;

a1
functioning correctly and ready for action;

- "all systems are go";

- sim. a-ok;

go-ahead / ɡ oʊ ə h ɛ d /
n1
a signal to proceed;

- syn. green light;

n2
readiness to embark on bold new ventures;

- syn. enterprise, enterprisingness, initiative;

go-around
n1
an approach that fails and gives way to another attempt;

- syn. overshoot, wave-off;

go-as-you-please / ɡ oʊ ə z j u p ɫ i z /
a1
not bound by rule or law or convention;

- "bewildered by the old go-as-you-please liberty of alliterative rhythm"- George Saintsbury;

- sim. unconventional;

go-between / ɡ oʊ b ɪ t w i n /
n1
a negotiator who acts as a link between parties;

- syn. intercessor, intermediary, intermediator, mediator;

go-cart / ɡ oʊ k ɑ t /
n1
an enclosing framework on casters or wheels;

- helps babies learn to walk;

- syn. baby-walker, walker;

n2
wheeled vehicle that can be pushed by a person;

- may have one or two or four wheels;

- "he used a handcart to carry the rocks away";

- "their pushcart was piled high with groceries";

- syn. cart, handcart, pushcart;

n3
a small vehicle with four wheels in which a baby or child is pushed around;

- syn. baby buggy, baby carriage, carriage, perambulator, pram, pushchair, pusher, stroller;

go-getter / ɡ oʊ ɡ ɛ t ə , ɡ oʊ ɡ ɛ t ə ɹ /
n1
someone whose career progresses rapidly;

- syn. ball of fire, whiz-kid, whizz-kid;

go-kart / ɡ oʊ k ɑ t /
n1
a small low motor vehicle with four wheels and an open framework;

- used for racing;

go-slow / ɡ oʊ s ɫ oʊ /
n1
a form of protest by workers in which they deliberately slow down in order to cause problem from their employers;

go-to-meeting / ɡ oʊ t ə m i t ɪ ŋ /
a1
used of clothing;

- "my good clothes";

- "her Sunday-go-to-meeting clothes";

- syn. Sunday-go-to-meeting;

- sim. best;

go a long way
v1
suffice or be adequate for a while or to a certain extent;

go about
v1
begin to deal with;

- "approach a task";

- "go about a difficult problem";

- "approach a new project";

- syn. approach, set about;

go after
v1
go after with the intent to catch;

- "The policeman chased the mugger down the alley";

- "the dog chased the rabbit";

- syn. chase, chase after, dog, give chase, tag, tail, track, trail;

v2
go in search of or hunt for;

- "pursue a hobby";

- syn. pursue, quest after, quest for;

go against
v1
fail to agree with;

- be in violation of;

- as of rules or patterns;

- "This sentence violates the rules of syntax";

- syn. break, violate;

v2
act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises;

- "offend all laws of humanity";

- "violate the basic laws or human civilization";

- "break a law";

- "break a promise";

- syn. breach, break, infract, offend, transgress, violate;

v3
resist;

- "buck the trend";

- syn. buck;

go ahead
v1
proceed (with a plan of action);

- "He went ahead with the project";

- syn. plow ahead;

go all out
v1
perform a task as well as possible;

- "The cast gives full measure every night";

- syn. do one's best, give full measure, give one's best;

go along
v1
cooperate or pretend to cooperate;

- "He decided to play along with the burglars for the moment";

- syn. play along;

v2
continue a certain state, condition, or activity;

- "Keep on working!";

- "We continued to work into the night";

- "Keep smiling";

- "We went on working until well past midnight";

- syn. continue, go on, keep, proceed;

v3
pass by;

- "three years elapsed";

- syn. elapse, glide by, go by, lapse, pass, slide by, slip away, slip by;

go around
v1
be sufficient;

- "There's not enough to go around";

v2
become widely known and passed on;

- "the rumor spread";

- "the story went around in the office";

- syn. circulate, spread;

v3
go around the flank of (an opposing army);

- syn. outflank;

v4
turn on or around an axis or a center;

- "The Earth revolves around the Sun";

- "The lamb roast rotates on a spit over the fire";

- syn. revolve, rotate;

v5
avoid something unpleasant or laborious;

- "You cannot bypass these rules!";

- syn. bypass, get around, short-circuit;

go away
v1
move away from a place into another direction;

- "Go away before I start to cry";

- "The train departs at noon";

- syn. depart, go;

v2
go away from a place;

- "At what time does your train leave?";

- "She didn't leave until midnight";

- "The ship leaves at midnight";

- syn. go forth, leave;

v3
become invisible or unnoticeable;

- "The effect vanished when day broke";

- syn. disappear, vanish;

v4
get lost, as without warning or explanation;

- "He disappeared without a trace";

- syn. disappear, vanish;

go back
v1
belong to an earlier time;

- "This story dates back 200 years";

- syn. date back, date from;

v2
return in thought or speech to something;

- syn. recur;

v3
regain a former condition after a financial loss;

- "We expect the stocks to recover to $2.90";

- "The company managed to recuperate";

- syn. recover, recuperate;

go back on
v1
fail to fulfill a promise or obligation;

- "She backed out of her promise";

- syn. renege, renege on, renegue on;

go bad
v1
stop operating or functioning;

- "The engine finally went";

- "The car died on the road";

- "The bus we travelled in broke down on the way to town";

- "The coffee maker broke";

- "The engine failed on the way to town";

- "her eyesight went after the accident";

- syn. break, break down, conk out, die, fail, give out, give way, go;

v2
become unfit for consumption or use;

- "the meat must be eaten before it spoils";

- syn. spoil;

go ballistic
v1
get very angry and fly into a rage;

- "The professor combusted when the student didn't know the answer to a very elementary question";

- "Spam makes me go ballistic";

- syn. blow a fuse, blow one's stack, blow up, combust, flip one's lid, flip one's wig, fly off the handle, have a fit, have kittens, hit the ceiling, hit the roof, lose one's temper, throw a fit;

go board
n1
a board used for playing go;

go by
v1
pass by;

- "three years elapsed";

- syn. elapse, glide by, go along, lapse, pass, slide by, slip away, slip by;

v2
move past;

- "A black limousine passed by when she looked out the window";

- "He passed his professor in the hall";

- "One line of soldiers surpassed the other";

- syn. go past, pass, pass by, surpass, travel by;

v3
be called;

- go by a certain name;

- "She goes by her maiden name again";

- syn. go under;

v4
be or act in accordance with;

- "Go by this rule and you'll be safe";

go deep
v1
extend in importance or range;

- "His accomplishments go far";

- syn. go far;

go down
v1
move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way;

- "The temperature is going down";

- "The barometer is falling";

- "The curtain fell on the diva";

- "Her hand went up and then fell again";

- syn. come down, descend, fall;

v2
go under;

- "The raft sank and its occupants drowned";

- syn. go under, settle, sink;

v3
grow smaller;

- "Interest in the project waned";

- syn. decline, wane;

v4
be recorded or remembered;

- "She will go down as the first feminist";

v5
be ingested;

- "This wine sure goes down well";

- "The food wouldn't go down";

v6
be defeated;

- "If America goes down, the free world will go down, too";

v7
disappear beyond the horizon;

- "the sun sets early these days";

- syn. go under, set;

v8
stop operating;

- "My computer crashed last night";

- "The system goes down at least once a week";

- syn. crash;

go down on
v1
provide sexual gratification through oral stimulation;

- syn. blow, fellate, suck;

go Dutch
v1
share expenses equally and split the cost of something;

- "My boyfriend and I always go Dutch";

go far
v1
succeed in a big way;

- get to the top;

- "After he published his book, he had arrived";

- "I don't know whether I can make it in science!";

- "You will go far, my boy!";

- syn. arrive, get in, make it;

v2
extend in importance or range;

- "His accomplishments go far";

- syn. go deep;

Go Fish
n1
a card game for two players who try to assemble books of cards by asking the opponent for particular cards;

go for
v1
be pertinent or relevant or applicable;

- "The same laws apply to you!";

- "This theory holds for all irrational numbers";

- "The same rules go for everyone";

- syn. apply, hold;

v2
give an affirmative reply to;

- respond favorably to;

- "I cannot accept your invitation";

- "I go for this resolution";

- syn. accept, consent;

v3
intend with some possibility of fulfilment;

- "I hope to have finished this work by tomorrow evening";

- syn. hope;

v4
have a fancy or particular liking or desire for;

- "She fancied a necklace that she had seen in the jeweler's window";

- syn. fancy, take to;

v5
make an attempt at achieving something;

- "She tried for the Olympics";

- syn. try for;

go for broke
v1
risk everything in one big effort;

- "the cyclist went for broke at the end of the race";

go forth
v1
go away from a place;

- "At what time does your train leave?";

- "She didn't leave until midnight";

- "The ship leaves at midnight";

- syn. go away, leave;

v2
come out of;

- "Water issued from the hole in the wall";

- "The words seemed to come out by themselves";

- syn. come forth, come out, egress, emerge, issue;

go forward
v1
move ahead;

- travel onward in time or space;

- "We proceeded towards Washington";

- "She continued in the direction of the hills";

- "We are moving ahead in time now";

- syn. continue, proceed;

go game
n1
a board game for two players who place counters on a grid;

- the object is to surround and so capture the opponent's counters;

- syn. go;

go home
v1
return home;

- "After the movie, we went home";

- syn. head home;

go in
v1
to come or go into;

- "the boat entered an area of shallow marshes";

- syn. come in, enter, get in, get into, go into, move into;

go into
v1
to come or go into;

- "the boat entered an area of shallow marshes";

- syn. come in, enter, get in, get into, go in, move into;

v2
be used or required for;

- "A lot of energy went into the organization of this banquet";

go off
v1
run away;

- usually includes taking something or somebody along;

- "The thief made off with our silver";

- "the accountant absconded with the cash from the safe";

- syn. abscond, absquatulate, bolt, decamp, make off, run off;

v2
be discharged or activated;

- "the explosive devices went off";

v3
go off or discharge;

- "The gun fired";

- syn. discharge, fire;

v4
stop running, functioning, or operating;

- "Our power went off during the hurricane";

v5
happen in a particular manner;

- "how did your talk go over?";

- syn. come off, go over;

v6
burst inward;

- "The bottle imploded";

- syn. implode;

go off at half-cock
v1
act prematurely or without reflection or too soon;

- "she wanted to quit her job but her mother told her not to go off half-cocked";

- syn. go off half-cocked;

go off half-cocked
v1
act prematurely or without reflection or too soon;

- "she wanted to quit her job but her mother told her not to go off half-cocked";

- syn. go off at half-cock;

go on
v1
continue a certain state, condition, or activity;

- "Keep on working!";

- "We continued to work into the night";

- "Keep smiling";

- "We went on working until well past midnight";

- syn. continue, go along, keep, proceed;

v2
come to pass;

- "What is happening?";

- "The meeting took place off without an incidence";

- "Nothing occurred that seemed important";

- syn. come about, fall out, hap, happen, occur, pass, pass off, take place;

v3
move forward, also in the metaphorical sense;

- "Time marches on";

- syn. advance, march on, move on, pass on, progress;

v4
continue talking;

- "`I know it's hard', he continued, `but there is no choice'";

- "carry on--pretend we are not in the room";

- syn. carry on, continue, proceed;

v5
start running, functioning, or operating;

- "the lights went on";

- "the computer came up";

- syn. come on, come up;

go out
v1
move out of or depart from;

- "leave the room";

- "the fugitive has left the country";

- syn. exit, get out, leave;

v2
leave the house to go somewhere;

- "We never went out when our children were small";

v3
take the field;

- "The soldiers went out on missions";

v4
become extinguished;

- "The lights suddenly went out and we were in the dark";

v5
go out of fashion;

- become unfashionable;

v6
date regularly;

- have a steady relationship with;

- "Did you know that she is seeing an older man?";

- "He is dating his former wife again!";

- syn. date, go steady, see;

go over
v1
hold a review (of troops);

- syn. review, survey;

v2
happen in a particular manner;

- "how did your talk go over?";

- syn. come off, go off;

v3
examine so as to determine accuracy, quality, or condition;

- "check the brakes";

- "Check out the engine";

- syn. check, check into, check out, check over, check up on, look into, suss out;

v4
fall forward and down;

- "The old woman went over without a sound";

- syn. fall over;

go past
v1
move past;

- "A black limousine passed by when she looked out the window";

- "He passed his professor in the hall";

- "One line of soldiers surpassed the other";

- syn. go by, pass, pass by, surpass, travel by;

v2
be superior or better than some standard;

- "She exceeded our expectations";

- "She topped her performance of last year";

- syn. exceed, overstep, pass, top, transcend;

go steady
v1
date regularly;

- have a steady relationship with;

- "Did you know that she is seeing an older man?";

- "He is dating his former wife again!";

- syn. date, go out, see;

go through
v1
undergo or live through a difficult experience;

- "We had many trials to go through";

- "he saw action in Viet Nam";

- syn. experience, see;

v2
apply thoroughly;

- think through;

- "We worked through an example";

- syn. run through, work through;

v3
eat up completely, as with great appetite;

- "Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal";

- "The teenagers demolished four pizzas among them";

- syn. consume, demolish, devour, down;

go through the motions
v1
pretend to do something by acting as if one was really doing it;

- "She isn't really working--she's just going through the motions";

go through with
v1
pursue to a conclusion or bring to a successful issue;

- "Did he go through with the treatment?";

- "He implemented a new economic plan";

- "She followed up his recommendations with a written proposal";

- syn. carry out, follow out, follow through, follow up, implement, put through;

go to
v1
be present at (meetings, church services, university), etc.;

- "She attends class regularly";

- "I rarely attend services at my church";

- "did you go to the meeting?";

- syn. attend;

go to bed
v1
prepare for sleep;

- "I usually turn in at midnight";

- "He goes to bed at the crack of dawn";

- syn. bed, crawl in, go to sleep, hit the hay, hit the sack, kip down, retire, sack out, turn in;

go to pieces
v1
lose one's emotional or mental composure;

- "She fell apart when her only child died";

- syn. fall apart;

go to pot
v1
become ruined;

- "His business went to pot when economy soured";

- syn. go to the dogs;

go to sleep
v1
prepare for sleep;

- "I usually turn in at midnight";

- "He goes to bed at the crack of dawn";

- syn. bed, crawl in, go to bed, hit the hay, hit the sack, kip down, retire, sack out, turn in;

go to the dogs
v1
become ruined;

- "His business went to pot when economy soured";

- syn. go to pot;

go to war
v1
commence hostilities;

- syn. take arms, take up arms;

go under
v1
go under;

- "The raft sank and its occupants drowned";

- syn. go down, settle, sink;

v2
disappear beyond the horizon;

- "the sun sets early these days";

- syn. go down, set;

v3
be called;

- go by a certain name;

- "She goes by her maiden name again";

- syn. go by;

go up
v1
move upward;

- "The fog lifted";

- "The smoke arose from the forest fire";

- "The mist uprose from the meadows";

- syn. arise, come up, lift, move up, rise, uprise;

v2
increase in value or to a higher point;

- "prices climbed steeply";

- "the value of our house rose sharply last year";

- syn. climb, rise;

v3
move towards;

- "We were approaching our destination";

- "They are drawing near";

- "The enemy army came nearer and nearer";

- syn. approach, come near, come on, draw close, draw near, near;

v4
be erected, built, or constructed;

- "New buildings are going up everywhere";

v5
go upward with gradual or continuous progress;

- "Did you ever climb up the hill behind your house?";

- syn. climb, climb up, mount;

v6
burn completely;

- be consumed or destroyed by fire;

- "The hut burned down";

- "The mountain of paper went up in flames";

- syn. burn down, burn up;

v7
travel up;

- "We ascended the mountain";

- "go up a ladder";

- "The mountaineers slowly ascended the steep slope";

- syn. ascend;

go with
v1
be present or associated with an event or entity;

- "French fries come with the hamburger";

- "heart attacks are accompanied by distruction of heart tissue";

- "fish usually goes with white wine";

- "this kind of vein accompanies certain arteries";

- syn. accompany, attach to, come with;

v2
go or occur together;

- "The word `hot' tends to cooccur with `cold'";

- syn. co-occur with, collocate with, construe with, cooccur with;

go wrong
v1
be unsuccessful;

- "Where do today's public schools fail?";

- "The attempt to rescue the hostages failed miserably";

- syn. fail, miscarry;

Goa
n1
a state of southwestern India;

- a former Portuguese colony;

goa bean
n1
a tuberous twining annual vine bearing clusters of purplish flowers and pods with four jagged wings;

- Old World tropics;

- syn. Manila bean, Psophocarpus tetragonolobus, goa bean vine, winged bean, winged pea;

n2
Old World tropical bean;

goa bean vine
n1
a tuberous twining annual vine bearing clusters of purplish flowers and pods with four jagged wings;

- Old World tropics;

- syn. Manila bean, Psophocarpus tetragonolobus, goa bean, winged bean, winged pea;

Goa powder
n1
a bitter yellow powder used to treat skin diseases;

- syn. araroba, chrysarobin;

goad / ɡ oʊ d /
n1
a pointed instrument that is used to prod into a state of motion;

- syn. prod;

n2
a verbalization that encourages you to attempt something;

- "the ceaseless prodding got on his nerves";

- syn. goading, prod, prodding, spur, spurring, urging;

v1
give heart or courage to;

- syn. spur;

v2
urge with or as if with a goad;

v3
stab or urge on as if with a pointed stick;

- syn. prick;

v4
annoy or provoke, as by constant criticism;

- "He needled her with his sarcastic remarks";

- syn. needle;

goaded / ɡ oʊ d ɪ d /
a1
compelled forcibly by an outside agency;

- "mobs goaded by blind hatred";

- syn. driven;

- sim. involuntary;

goading / ɡ oʊ d ɪ ŋ /
n1
a verbalization that encourages you to attempt something;

- "the ceaseless prodding got on his nerves";

- syn. goad, prod, prodding, spur, spurring, urging;

goal / ɡ oʊ ɫ /
n1
the state of affairs that a plan is intended to achieve and that (when achieved) terminates behavior intended to achieve it;

- "the ends justify the means";

- syn. end;

n2
the place designated as the end (as of a race or journey);

- "a crowd assembled at the finish";

- "he was nearly exhausted as their destination came into view";

- syn. destination, finish;

n3
game equipment consisting of the place toward which players of a game try to advance a ball or puck in order to score points;

n4
a successful attempt at scoring;

- "the winning goal came with less than a minute left to play";

goal-directed
a1
having a purpose;

- "purposive behavior";

- syn. purposive;

- sim. purposeful;

goal-kick / ɡ oʊ ɫ k ɪ k /
n1
(rugby) an attempt to kick a goal;

n2
(association football) a kick by the defending side after the attacking side sends the ball over the goal-line;

goal line
n1
a line marking each end of the playing field or pitch;

- where the goals stand;

goalie / ɡ oʊ ɫ i /
n1
the soccer or hockey player assigned to protect the goal;

- syn. goalkeeper, goaltender, netkeeper, netminder;

n2
the defensive position on an ice hockey or soccer or lacrosse team who stands in front of the goal and tries to prevent opposing players from scoring;

- syn. goalkeeper, goaltender, netkeeper;

goalkeeper / ɡ oʊ ɫ k i p ə , ɡ oʊ ɫ k i p ə ɹ /
n1
the soccer or hockey player assigned to protect the goal;

- syn. goalie, goaltender, netkeeper, netminder;

n2
the defensive position on an ice hockey or soccer or lacrosse team who stands in front of the goal and tries to prevent opposing players from scoring;

- syn. goalie, goaltender, netkeeper;

goalless / ɡ oʊ ɫ l ɪ s /
a1
having no points scores;

- "a scoreless inning";

- syn. hitless, pointless, scoreless;

- sim. unsuccessful;

goalmouth / ɡ oʊ ɫ m aʊ θ /
n1
(sports) the area immediately in front of the goal;

goalpost / ɡ oʊ ɫ p oʊ s t /
n1
one of a pair of posts (usually joined by a crossbar) that are set up as a goal at each end of a playing field;

goaltender / ɡ oʊ ɫ t ɛ n d ə /
n1
the soccer or hockey player assigned to protect the goal;

- syn. goalie, goalkeeper, netkeeper, netminder;

n2
the defensive position on an ice hockey or soccer or lacrosse team who stands in front of the goal and tries to prevent opposing players from scoring;

- syn. goalie, goalkeeper, netkeeper;

goat / ɡ oʊ t /
n1
any of numerous agile ruminants related to sheep but having a beard and straight horns;

- syn. caprine animal;

n2
a victim of ridicule or pranks;

- syn. butt, laughingstock, stooge;

n3
(astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Capricorn;

- syn. Capricorn;

n4
the tenth sign of the zodiac;

- the sun is in this sign from about December 22 to January 19;

- syn. Capricorn, Capricorn the Goat;

goat's foot
n1
short-stemmed South African plant with bluish flowers;

- syn. Oxalis caprina, goatsfoot;

goat's rue
n1
perennial subshrub of eastern North America having downy leaves yellowish and rose flowers and;

- source of rotenone;

- syn. Tephrosia virginiana, catgut, wild sweet pea;

n2
tall bushy European perennial grown for its pinnate foliage and slender spikes of blue flowers;

- sometimes used medicinally;

- syn. Galega officinalis, goat rue;

goat antelope
n1
bovid related to goats but having antelope-like features: mountain goats;

- gorals;

- serows;

- chamois;

- gnu goats;

goat cheese
n1
made from goats' milk;

- syn. chevre;

goat god
n1
(Greek mythology) god of fields and woods and shepherds and flocks;

- represented as a man with goat's legs and horns and ears;

- identified with Roman Sylvanus or Faunus;

- syn. Pan;

goat grass
n1
European grass naturalized as a weed in North America;

- sharp-pointed seeds cause injury when eaten by livestock;

- syn. Aegilops triuncalis;

goat herder
n1
a person who tends a flock of goats;

- syn. goatherd;

goat rue
n1
tall bushy European perennial grown for its pinnate foliage and slender spikes of blue flowers;

- sometimes used medicinally;

- syn. Galega officinalis, goat's rue;

goat willow
n1
much-branched Old World willow having large catkins and relatively large broad leaves;

- syn. Salix caprea, florist's willow, pussy willow;

goatee / ɡ oʊ t i /
n1
a small chin beard trimmed to a point;

- named for its resemblance to a goat's beard;

goateed / ɡ oʊ t i d /
a1
having a small pointed chin beard;

- sim. unshaven;

goatfish / ɡ oʊ t f ɪ ʃ /
n1
brightly colored tropical fishes with chin barbels;

- syn. Mullus surmuletus, red mullet, surmullet;

goatherd / ɡ oʊ t h ɝ d /
n1
a person who tends a flock of goats;

- syn. goat herder;

goats' milk
n1
the milk of a goat;

goatsbeard
n1
weedy European annual with yellow flowers;

- naturalized in United States;

- syn. Tragopogon pratensis, meadow salsify, shepherd's clock;

goatsfoot
n1
short-stemmed South African plant with bluish flowers;

- syn. Oxalis caprina, goat's foot;

goatskin / ɡ oʊ t s k ɪ n /
n1
the hide of a goat;

goatsucker
n1
mainly crepuscular or nocturnal nonpasserine birds with mottled greyish-brown plumage and large eyes;

- feed on insects;

- syn. caprimulgid, nightjar;

gob / ɡ ɒ b /
n1
a man who serves as a sailor;

- syn. Jack, Jack-tar, mariner, old salt, sea dog, seafarer, seaman, tar;

n2
a lump of slimy stuff;

- "a gob of phlegm";

n3
informal terms for the mouth;

- syn. cakehole, hole, maw, trap, yap;

gobbet / ɡ ɒ b ɪ t /
n1
a lump or chunk of raw meat;

gobble / ɡ ɒ b ɫ /
n1
the characteristic sound made by a turkey cock;

v1
eat hastily without proper chewing;

- "Don't bolt your food!";

- syn. bolt;

- also gobble up;

v2
make a gurgling sound, characteristic of turkeys;

gobble up
v1
eat a large amount of food quickly;

- "The children gobbled down most of the birthday cake";

- syn. bolt down, garbage down, shovel in;

gobbledygook / ɡ ɒ b ɫ d ɪ ɡ ʊ k /
n1
incomprehensible or pompous jargon of specialists;

gobbler / ɡ ɒ b ɫ ə , ɡ ɒ b ɫ ə ɹ /
n1
a hasty eater who swallows large mouthfuls;

n2
male turkey;

- syn. tom, tom turkey, turkey cock;

Gobi
n1
a desert in central China;

- syn. Gobi Desert;

Gobi Desert
n1
a desert in central China;

- syn. Gobi;

Gobiesocidae
n1
clingfishes;

- syn. family Gobiesocidae;

Gobiesox
n1
type genus of the Gobiesocidae;

- syn. genus Gobiesox;

Gobiesox strumosus
n1
clingfish with typical skillet shape;

- syn. skillet fish, skilletfish;

Gobiidae
n1
gobies;

- syn. family Gobiidae;

Gobio
n1
true gudgeons;

- syn. genus Gobio;

Gobio gobio
n1
small slender European freshwater fish often used as bait by anglers;

- syn. gudgeon;

goblet / ɡ ɒ b ɫ ɪ t /
n1
a drinking glass with a base and stem;

n2
a bowl-shaped drinking vessel;

- especially the Eucharistic cup;

- syn. chalice;

goblet-shaped
a1
resembling the shape of a goblet;

- sim. round;

goblet cell
n1
an epithelial cell that secretes mucous;

goblin / ɡ ɒ b ɫ ɪ n /
n1
(folklore) a small grotesque supernatural creature that makes trouble for human beings;

- syn. hob, hobgoblin;

gobs / ɡ ɒ b z /
n1
a large number or amount;

- "made lots of new friends";

- "she amassed stacks of newspapers";

- syn. dozens, heaps, lashings, loads, lots, oodles, piles, rafts, scads, scores, slews, stacks, tons, wads;

gobsmacked
a1
utterly astounded;

- sim. surprised;

goby / ɡ oʊ b i /
n1
small spiny-finned fish of coastal or brackish waters having a large head and elongated tapering body having the ventral fins modified as a sucker;

- syn. gudgeon;

God / ɡ ɒ d /
n1
the supernatural being conceived as the perfect and omnipotent and omniscient originator and ruler of the universe;

- the object of worship in monotheistic religions;

- syn. Supreme Being;

n2
any supernatural being worshipped as controlling some part of the world or some aspect of life or who is the personification of a force;

- syn. deity, divinity, immortal;

n3
a man of such superior qualities that he seems like a deity to other people;

- "he was a god among men";

n4
a material effigy that is worshipped;

- "thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image";

- "money was his god";

- syn. graven image, idol;

God's acre
n1
the yard associated with a church;

- syn. churchyard;

God's Will
n1
the omnipotence of a divine being;

God's Wisdom
n1
the omniscience of a divine being;

god-awful
a1
(informal) very unpleasant;

- "hellish weather";

- "stop that god-awful racket";

- syn. beastly, hellish;

- sim. unpleasant;

god-fearing
a1
deeply religious;

- "a god-fearing and law-abiding people" H.L.Mencken;

- syn. devout;

- sim. religious;

God Almighty
n1
terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God;

- syn. Almighty, Creator, Divine, Godhead, Jehovah, Lord, Maker;

God knows how
r1
by some means not understood by the speaker;

- "God knows how he did it, but he did climbed that steep wall";

god of war
n1
a god worshipped as giving victory in war;

- syn. war god;

God tree
n1
massive tropical tree with deep ridges on its massive trunk and bearing large pods of seeds covered with silky floss;

- source of the silky kapok fiber;

- syn. Bombay ceiba, Ceiba pentandra, ceiba tree, kapok, silk-cotton tree, white silk-cotton tree;

Godard
n1
French film maker influenced by surrealism;

- early work explored the documentary use of film;

- noted for innovative techniques (born in 1930);

- syn. Jean Luc Godard;

godchild / ɡ ɒ d tʃ aɪ ɫ d /
n1
an infant who is sponsored by an adult (the godparent) at baptism;

goddam / ɡ ɒ d æ m /
a1
expletives used informally as intensifiers;

- "he's a blasted idiot";

- "it's a blamed shame";

- "a blame cold winter";

- "not a blessed dime";

- "I'll be damned (or blessed or darned or goddamned) if I'll do any such thing";

- "he's a damn (or goddam or goddamned) fool";

- "a deuced idiot";

- "an infernal nuisance";

- syn. blame, blamed, blasted, blessed, damn, damned, darned, deuced, goddamn, goddamned, infernal;

- sim. cursed;

r1
extremely;

- "you are goddamn right!";

- syn. goddamn, goddamned;

goddamn / ɡ ɒ d æ m /
a1
used as expletives;

- "oh, damn (or goddamn)!";

- syn. damn;

- sim. cursed;

a2
expletives used informally as intensifiers;

- "he's a blasted idiot";

- "it's a blamed shame";

- "a blame cold winter";

- "not a blessed dime";

- "I'll be damned (or blessed or darned or goddamned) if I'll do any such thing";

- "he's a damn (or goddam or goddamned) fool";

- "a deuced idiot";

- "an infernal nuisance";

- syn. blame, blamed, blasted, blessed, damn, damned, darned, deuced, goddam, goddamned, infernal;

- sim. cursed;

r1
extremely;

- "you are goddamn right!";

- syn. goddam, goddamned;

goddamned / ɡ ɒ d æ m d /
a1
expletives used informally as intensifiers;

- "he's a blasted idiot";

- "it's a blamed shame";

- "a blame cold winter";

- "not a blessed dime";

- "I'll be damned (or blessed or darned or goddamned) if I'll do any such thing";

- "he's a damn (or goddam or goddamned) fool";

- "a deuced idiot";

- "an infernal nuisance";

- syn. blame, blamed, blasted, blessed, damn, damned, darned, deuced, goddam, goddamn, infernal;

- sim. cursed;

r1
extremely;

- "you are goddamn right!";

- syn. goddam, goddamn;

Goddard
n1
United States physicist who developed the first successful liquid-fueled rocket (1882-1945);

- syn. Robert Hutchings Goddard;

goddaughter / ɡ ɒ d d ɔ t ə , ɡ ɒ d d ɔ t ə ɹ /
n1
a female godchild;

goddess / ɡ ɒ d ɪ s /
n1
a female deity;

Godel
n1
United States mathematician (born in Austria) who is remembered principally for demonstrating the limitations of axiomatic systems (1906-1978);

- syn. Kurt Godel;

godfather / ɡ ɒ d f ɑ ð ə , ɡ ɒ d f ɑ ð ə ɹ /
n1
any man who serves as a sponsor for a child at baptism;

n2
someone having a relation analogous to that of a male sponsor to his godchild;

godforsaken / ɡ ɒ d f ə s eɪ k ə n /
a1
located in a dismal or remote area;

- desolate;

- "a desert island";

- "a godforsaken wilderness crossroads";

- "a wild stretch of land";

- "waste places";

- syn. waste, wild;

- sim. inhospitable;

Godhead / ɡ ɒ d h ɛ d /
n1
terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God;

- syn. Almighty, Creator, Divine, God Almighty, Jehovah, Lord, Maker;

Godiva
n1
according to legend she rode naked through Coventry in order to persuade her husband not to tax the townspeople so heavily;

- the only person to look at her as she rode by was a man named Tom and Peeping Tom has become a synonym for voyeur (circa 1040-1080);

- syn. Lady Godiva;

godless / ɡ ɒ d ɫ ɪ s /
a1
not revering god;

- syn. irreverent;

- sim. impious;

godlessness / ɡ ɒ d ɫ ɪ s n ə s /
n1
impiety by virtue of not being a godly person;

- syn. ungodliness;

godlike / ɡ ɒ d ɫ aɪ k /
a1
appropriate to or befitting a god;

- "the divine strength of Achilles";

- "a man of godlike sagacity";

- "man must play God for he has acquired certain godlike powers"-R.H.Roveref;

- syn. divine;

- sim. superhuman;

a2
being or having the nature of a god;

- "the custom of killing the divine king upon any serious failure of his...powers"-J.G.Frazier;

- "the divine will";

- "the divine capacity for love";

- "'Tis wise to learn;

- 'tis God-like to create"-J.G.Saxe;

- syn. divine;

- sim. heavenly;

godliness / ɡ ɒ d ɫ ɪ n ə s /
n1
piety by virtue of being a godly person;

godly / ɡ ɒ d ɫ i /
a1
showing great reverence for god;

- "a godly man";

- "leading a godly life";

- syn. reverent, worshipful;

- sim. pious;

a2
emanating from God;

- "divine judgment";

- "divine guidance";

- "everything is black or white...satanic or godly"-Saturday Review;

- syn. divine;

- sim. heavenly;

godmother / ɡ ɒ d m ʌ ð ə , ɡ ɒ d m ʌ ð ə ɹ /
n1
any woman who serves as a sponsor for a child at baptism;

godown / ɡ oʊ d aʊ n /
n1
(in India and Malaysia) a warehouse;

godparent / ɡ ɒ d p eə ɹ ə n t /
n1
a person who sponsors someone (the godchild) at baptism;

godsend / ɡ ɒ d s ɛ n d /
n1
a sudden happening that brings good fortune (as a sudden opportunity to make money);

- "the demand for testing has created a boom for those unregulated laboratories where boxes of specimen jars are processed like an assembly line";

- syn. bonanza, boom, bunce, gold rush, gravy, manna from heaven, windfall;

godson / ɡ ɒ d s ʌ n /
n1
a male godchild;

Godspeed / ɡ ɒ d s p i d /
n1
a successful journey;

- "they wished him Godspeed";

Godunov
n1
czar of Russia (1551-1605);

- syn. Boris Fyodorovich Godunov, Boris Godunov;

Godwin Austen
n1
a mountain peak in the Karakoram Range in northern Kashmir;

- the 2nd highest peak in the world (28,250 feet high);

- syn. Dapsang, K2, Mount Godwin Austen;

godwit / ɡ ɒ d w ɪ t /
n1
large wading bird that resembles a curlew;

- has a long slightly upturned bill;

Goebbels
n1
German propaganda minister in Nazi Germany who persecuted the Jews (1897-1945);

- syn. Joseph Goebbels, Paul Joseph Goebbels;

goer / ɡ oʊ ə /
n1
someone who leaves;

- syn. departer, leaver;

Goering / ɡ oʊ ə ɪ ŋ /
n1
German politician in Nazi Germany who founded the Gestapo and mobilized Germany for war (1893-1946);

- syn. Goring, Hermann Goering, Hermann Goring, Hermann Wilhelm Goring;

Goeteborg
n1
a port in southwestern Sweden;

- second largest city in Sweden;

- syn. Goteborg, Gothenburg;

Goethals
n1
United States army officer and engineer who supervised the construction of the Panama Canal (1858-1928);

- syn. George Washington Goethals;

Goethe
n1
German poet and novelist and dramatist who lived in Weimar (1749-1832);

- syn. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe;

Goethean
a1
of or relating to or in the manner of Goethe;

- syn. Goethian;

Goethian
a1
of or relating to or in the manner of Goethe;

- syn. Goethean;

goethite
n1
a red or yellow or brown mineral;

- an oxide of iron that is a common constituent of rust;

- syn. gothite;

gofer
n1
an employee whose duties include running errands;

goffer / ɡ oʊ f ə /
n1
a zealously energetic person (especially a salesman);

- syn. gopher;

n2
an iron used to press pleats and ridges;

- syn. gauffer, gauffering iron, goffering iron;

n3
an ornamental frill made by pressing pleats;

- syn. gauffer;

v1
make wavy with a heated goffering iron;

- "goffer the trim of the dress";

- syn. gauffer;

goffering iron
n1
an iron used to press pleats and ridges;

- syn. gauffer, gauffering iron, goffer;

Gog and Magog
n1
biblical names of the enemies of God's people who wage war against God at the end of the world;

- "in the Book of Ezekiel Gog is a ruler from the land of Magog but in the Book of Revelation Gog and Magog are nations under the rule of Satan";

goggle / ɡ ɒ ɡ ɫ /
v1
look with amazement;

- look stupidly;

- syn. gape, gawk, gawp;

goggle-eye
n1
of Atlantic coastal waters;

- commonly used for bait;

- syn. Selar crumenophthalmus, big-eyed scad, bigeye scad;

goggle-eyed / ɡ ɒ ɡ ɫ aɪ d /
a1
with eyes or mouth open in surprise;

- syn. openmouthed, popeyed;

- sim. surprised;

goggle box
n1
an electronic device that receives television signals and displays them on a screen;

- "the British call a tv set a telly";

- syn. boob tube, idiot box, television, television receiver, television set, telly, tv, tv set;

goggles / ɡ ɒ ɡ ɫ z /
n1
(plural) tight-fitting spectacles worn to protect the eyes;

Gogh / ɡ ɒ f /
n1
Dutch Post-impressionist painter noted for his use of color (1853-1890);

- syn. Vincent van Gogh, van Gogh;

Gogol
n1
Russian writer who introduced realism to Russian literature (1809-1852);

- syn. Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol;

Goidelic
n1
any of several related languages of the Celts in Ireland and Scotland;

- syn. Erse, Gaelic;

going / ɡ oʊ ɪ ŋ /
n1
the act of departing;

- syn. departure, going away, leaving;

n2
euphemistic expressions for death;

- "thousands mourned his passing";

- syn. departure, exit, expiration, loss, passing, release;

n3
advancing toward a goal;

- "persuading him was easy going";

- "the proposal faces tough sledding";

- syn. sledding;

a1
in full operation;

- "a going concern";

- sim. active;

going-out-of-business sale
n1
a sale of all the tangible assets of a business that is about to close;

- "during the Great Depression going-out-of-business sales were very common";

going-over / ɡ oʊ ɪ ŋ oʊ v ə , ɡ oʊ ɪ ŋ oʊ v ə ɹ /
n1
a careful and thorough inspection;

n2
a severe scolding;

- syn. bawling out, castigation, chewing out, dressing down, earful, upbraiding;

going ashore
n1
debarkation from a boat or ship;

going away
n1
the act of departing;

- syn. departure, going, leaving;

going to Jerusalem
n1
a child's game in which players march to music around a group of chairs that contains one chair less than the number of players;

- when the music abruptly stops the players scramble to sit and the player who does not find a chair is eliminated;

- then a chair is removed and the march resumes until only the winner is seated;

- syn. musical chairs;

going under
n1
(of a ship) sinking;

- syn. foundering;

goiter / ɡ ɔɪ t ə ɹ /
n1
abnormally enlarged thyroid gland;

- can result from underproduction or overproduction of hormone or from a deficiency of iodine in the diet;

- syn. goitre, struma, thyromegaly;

goitre / ɡ ɔɪ t ə , ɡ ɔɪ t ə ɹ /
n1
abnormally enlarged thyroid gland;

- can result from underproduction or overproduction of hormone or from a deficiency of iodine in the diet;

- syn. goiter, struma, thyromegaly;

goitrogen / ɡ ɔɪ t ɹ ə dʒ ə n /
n1
any substance (such as thiouracil) that induces the formation of a goiter;

Golan
n1
a fortified hilly area between southern Lebanon and southern Syria;

- "artillery on the Golan Heights can dominate a large area of Israel";

- syn. Golan Heights;

Golan Heights
n1
a fortified hilly area between southern Lebanon and southern Syria;

- "artillery on the Golan Heights can dominate a large area of Israel";

- syn. Golan;

Golconda
n1
a source of great wealth (especially a mine);

gold / ɡ oʊ ɫ d /
n1
coins made of gold;

n2
a deep yellow color;

- "an amber light illuminated the room";

- "he admired the gold of her hair";

- syn. amber;

n3
a soft yellow malleable ductile (trivalent and univalent) metallic element;

- occurs mainly as nuggets in rocks and alluvial deposits;

- does not react with most chemicals but is attacked by chlorine and aqua regia;

- syn. Au, atomic number 79;

n4
great wealth;

- "Whilst that for which all virtue now is sold, and almost every vice--almighty gold"--Ben Jonson;

n5
something likened to the metal in brightness or preciousness or superiority etc.;

- "the child was as good as gold";

- "she has a heart of gold";

a1
made from or covered with gold;

- "gold coins";

- "the gold dome of the Capitol";

- "the golden calf";

- "gilded icons";

- syn. gilded, golden;

- sim. metallic;

a2
having the deep slightly brownish color of gold;

- "long aureate (or golden) hair";

- "a gold carpet";

- syn. aureate, gilded, gilt, golden;

- sim. chromatic;

gold-bearing
a1
containing gold;

- "auriferous quartz veins";

- syn. auriferous;

- sim. metallic;

gold-beater / ɡ oʊ ɫ d b i t ə , ɡ oʊ ɫ d b i t ə ɹ /
n1
an artisan who beats gold into gold leaf;

- syn. goldbeater;

gold-colored
a1
having the color of gold;

- syn. gold-coloured;

- sim. colored;

gold-coloured
a1
having the color of gold;

- syn. gold-colored;

- sim. colored;

gold-crowned kinglet
n1
American golden-crested kinglet;

- syn. Regulus satrata;

gold-plate / ɡ oʊ ɫ d p ɫ eɪ t /
v1
plate with gold;

- "goldplate a watch";

- syn. gold plate, goldplate;

gold-tail moth
n1
white furry-bodied European moth with a yellow tail tuft;

- syn. Euproctis chrysorrhoea;

gold-worker
n1
an artisan who makes jewelry and other objects out of gold;

- syn. goldsmith, goldworker;

gold braid
n1
trimming used to decorate clothes or curtains;

- syn. braid, braiding;

Gold Coast
n1
a republic in West Africa on the Gulf of Guinea;

- "Ghana was colonized as the Gold Coast by the British";

- syn. Ghana, Republic of Ghana;

n2
a rich neighborhood noted for expensive homes and luxurious living;

- usually along a coastal area;

- "Chicago's gold coast is along Lake Michigan";

gold digger
n1
a miner who digs or pans for gold in a gold field;

- syn. gold miner, gold panner;

n2
a woman who associates with or marries a rich man in order to get valuables from him through gifts or a divorce settlement;

gold dust
n1
the particles and flakes (and sometimes small nuggets) of gold obtained in placer mining;

gold fern
n1
fern of West Indies and South America having fronds with bright golden-yellow undersides;

- syn. Pityrogramma chrysophylla;

gold fever
n1
greed and the contagious excitement of a gold rush;

gold foil
n1
foil made of gold;

gold leaf
n1
a very thin form of gold foil;

gold medal
n1
a trophy made of gold (or having the appearance of gold) that is usually awarded for winning first place in a competition;

gold mine
n1
a good source of something that is desired;

- syn. goldmine;

n2
a mine where gold ore is found;

- syn. goldmine;

gold miner
n1
a miner who digs or pans for gold in a gold field;

- syn. gold digger, gold panner;

gold of pleasure
n1
annual European false flax having small white flowers;

- cultivated since Neolithic times as a source of fiber and for its oil-rich seeds;

- widely naturalized in North America;

- syn. Camelina sativa;

gold panner
n1
a miner who digs or pans for gold in a gold field;

- syn. gold digger, gold miner;

gold plate
n1
tableware that is plated with gold;

n2
a thin plating of gold on something;

v1
plate with gold;

- "goldplate a watch";

- syn. gold-plate, goldplate;

gold rush
n1
a sudden happening that brings good fortune (as a sudden opportunity to make money);

- "the demand for testing has created a boom for those unregulated laboratories where boxes of specimen jars are processed like an assembly line";

- syn. bonanza, boom, bunce, godsend, gravy, manna from heaven, windfall;

n2
a large migration of people to a newly discovered gold field;

gold standard
n1
a monetary standard under which the basic unit of currency is defined by a stated quantity of gold;

n2
a paragon of excellence;

- "academic education is the gold standard against which other educational activity is pejoratively judged";

Golda Meir
n1
Israeli statesman (born in Russia) (1898-1978);

- syn. Meir;

goldbeater
n1
an artisan who beats gold into gold leaf;

- syn. gold-beater;

Goldberg / ɡ oʊ ɫ d b ɝ ɡ /
n1
United States cartoonist who drew intricate diagrams of very complicated and impractical contraptions that accomplished little or nothing (1883-1970);

- syn. Reuben Lucius Goldberg, Rube Goldberg;

goldbrick / ɡ oʊ ɫ d b ɹ ɪ k /
n1
a soldier who performs his duties without proper care or effort;

n2
an idle worthless person;

- syn. good-for-naught, good-for-nothing, goof-off, ne'er-do-well, no-account;

n3
a brick-shaped block that looks like gold but is not;

n4
anything that is supposed to be valuable but turns out to be worthless;

v1
deprive of by deceit;

- "He swindled me out of my inheritance";

- "She defrauded the customers who trusted her";

- syn. bunco, con, defraud, diddle, hornswoggle, mulct, nobble, rook, scam, short-change, swindle, victimize;

v2
avoid (one's assigned duties);

- "The derelict soldier shirked his duties";

- syn. fiddle, shirk, shrink from;

goldbricking
n1
the evasion of work or duty;

- syn. goofing off, shirking, slacking, soldiering;

goldcrest / ɡ oʊ ɫ d k ɹ ɛ s t /
n1
European kinglet with a black-bordered yellow crown patch;

- syn. Regulus regulus, golden-crested kinglet;

goldcup
n1
any of various plants of the genus Ranunculus;

- syn. butter-flower, buttercup, butterflower, crowfoot, kingcup;

golden / ɡ oʊ ɫ d ə n /
a1
having the deep slightly brownish color of gold;

- "long aureate (or golden) hair";

- "a gold carpet";

- syn. aureate, gilded, gilt, gold;

- sim. chromatic;

a2
marked by peace and prosperity;

- "a golden era";

- "the halcyon days of the clipper trade";

- syn. halcyon, prosperous;

- sim. happy;

a3
made from or covered with gold;

- "gold coins";

- "the gold dome of the Capitol";

- "the golden calf";

- "gilded icons";

- syn. gilded, gold;

- sim. metallic;

a4
supremely favored;

- "golden lads and girls all must / like chimney sweepers come to dust"-Shakespeare;

- "fortunate son";

- syn. fortunate;

- sim. blessed;

a5
suggestive of gold;

- "a golden voice";

- sim. euphonious;

a6
presaging or likely to bring good luck or a good outcome;

- "a favorable time to ask for a raise";

- "lucky stars";

- "a prosperous moment to make a decision";

- syn. favorable, favourable, lucky, prosperous;

- sim. propitious;

golden-beard penstemon
n1
plant of southwestern United States having long open clusters of scarlet flowers with yellow hairs on lower lip;

- syn. Penstemon barbatus;

golden-brown
a1
of brown tinged with gold;

- sim. chromatic;

golden-crested kinglet
n1
European kinglet with a black-bordered yellow crown patch;

- syn. Regulus regulus, goldcrest;

golden-eyed fly
n1
a variety of green lacewing;

- syn. goldeneye;

golden-green
a1
of green tinged with gold;

- sim. chromatic;

golden-yellow
a1
of yellow tinged with gold;

- sim. chromatic;

golden age
n1
a time period when some activity or skill was at its peak;

- "it was the golden age of cinema";

n2
any period (sometimes imaginary) of great peace and prosperity and happiness;

n3
(classical mythology) the first and best age of the world, a time of ideal happiness, prosperity, and innocence;

- by extension, any flourishing and outstanding period;

golden ager
n1
an elderly person;

- syn. old person, oldster, senior citizen;

golden algae
n1
algae having the pigments chlorophyll and carotene and xanthophyll;

golden aster
n1
any of several shrubby herbs or subshrubs of the genus Chrysopsis having bright golden-yellow flower heads that resemble asters;

- throughout much of United States and into Canada;

golden barrel cactus
n1
large cactus of east central Mexico having golden to pale yellow flowers and spines;

- syn. Echinocactus grusonii;

golden boy
n1
a man who is unusually successful at an early age;

- syn. wonder boy;

golden buttons
n1
common perennial aromatic herb native to Eurasia having buttonlike yellow flower heads and bitter-tasting pinnate leaves sometimes used medicinally;

- syn. Tanacetum vulgare, scented fern, tansy;

golden calf
n1
(Old Testament) an idol made by Aaron for the Israelites to worship;

- destroyed by Moses;

- it is now used to refer to anything worshipped undeservedly;

golden calla
n1
any of several callas of the genus Zantedeschia having yellow spathes;

golden chain
n1
an ornamental shrub or tree of the genus Laburnum;

- often cultivated for Easter decorations;

- syn. Laburnum anagyroides, common laburnum, golden rain;

golden chinkapin
n1
small ornamental evergreen tree of Pacific Coast whose glossy yellow-green leaves are yellow beneath;

- bears edible nuts;

- syn. Castanea chrysophylla, Castanopsis chrysophylla, Chrysolepis chrysophylla, giant chinkapin;

golden clematis
n1
Chinese clematis with serrate leaves and large yellow flowers;

- syn. Clematis tangutica;

golden club
n1
aquatic plant of the southeastern United States having blue-green leaves and a spadix resembling a club covered with tiny yellow flowers;

- syn. Orontium aquaticum;

golden crown beard
n1
coarse greyish-green annual yellow-flowered herb;

- southwestern United States to Mexico;

- syn. Verbesina encelioides, Ximenesia encelioides, butter daisy, cowpen daisy, golden crownbeard;

golden crownbeard
n1
coarse greyish-green annual yellow-flowered herb;

- southwestern United States to Mexico;

- syn. Verbesina encelioides, Ximenesia encelioides, butter daisy, cowpen daisy, golden crown beard;

golden cup
n1
native of Mexican highlands grown for its glossy clear yellow flowers and blue-grey finely dissected foliage;

- syn. Hunnemania fumariifolia, Mexican tulip poppy;

Golden Delicious
n1
a sweet eating apple with yellow skin;

- syn. Yellow Delicious;

golden eagle
n1
large eagle of mountainous regions of the northern hemisphere having a golden-brown head and neck;

- syn. Aquila chrysaetos;

golden everlasting
n1
Australian plant naturalized in Spain having flowers of lemon yellow to deep gold;

- the frequent choice of those who love dried flowers;

- syn. Helichrysum bracteatum, strawflower, yellow paper daisy;

golden fairy lantern
n1
globe lily having open branched clusters of clear yellow egg-shaped flowers;

- northern California;

- syn. Calochortus amabilis, yellow globe lily;

golden fern
n1
tropical American fern having fronds with light golden undersides;

- syn. Pityrogramma calomelanos aureoflava;

n2
stout tropical swamp fern (especially tropical America) having large fronds with golden yellow sporangia covering the undersides;

- syn. Acrostichum aureum, leather fern;

golden fig
n1
a strangler tree native to southern Florida and West Indies;

- begins as an epiphyte eventually developing many thick aerial roots and covering enormous areas;

- syn. Ficus aurea, Florida strangler fig, strangler fig, wild fig;

Golden Fleece
n1
in Greek mythology, a fleece of gold owned by the king of Colchis and guarded in a sacred grove by a dragon;

- recovered by Jason and the Argonauts;

Golden Gate
n1
a strait in western California that connects the San Francisco Bay with the Pacific Ocean;

- discovered in 1579 by Sir Francis Drake;

Golden Gate Bridge
n1
a suspension bridge across the Golden Gate;

golden glow
n1
very tall branching herb with showy much-doubled yellow flower heads;

- syn. Rudbeckia laciniata hortensia, double gold, hortensia;

golden gram
n1
seed of the mung bean plant;

- used for food;

- syn. green bean, green gram, green soy, mash bean, monggo, moong, mung, mung bean, munggo;

n2
seed of the mung bean plant used for food;

- syn. green bean, green gram, green soy, mash bean, monggo, moong, mung, mung bean, munggo;

golden groundsel
n1
weedy herb of the eastern United States to Texas having golden-yellow flowers;

- sometimes becomes invasive;

- sometimes placed in genus Senecio;

- syn. Packera aurea, Senecio aureus, golden ragwort;

golden hamster
n1
small light-colored hamster often kept as a pet;

- syn. Mesocricetus auratus, Syrian hamster;

golden handshake
n1
a lucrative severance agreement offered to an employee (usually as an incentive to retire);

golden heather
n1
North American decumbent evergreen heathlike plant with yellow flowers;

- syn. Hudsonia ericoides, false heather;

golden honey plant
n1
perennial herb with showy yellow flowers;

- the eastern United States;

- syn. Actinomeris alternifolia, Verbesina alternifolia, golden ironweed, wingstem, yellow ironweed;

Golden Horde
n1
a Mongolian army that swept over eastern Europe in the 13th century;

golden ironweed
n1
perennial herb with showy yellow flowers;

- the eastern United States;

- syn. Actinomeris alternifolia, Verbesina alternifolia, golden honey plant, wingstem, yellow ironweed;

golden larch
n1
Chinese deciduous conifer resembling a larch with golden yellow leaves;

- syn. Pseudolarix amabilis;

golden maidenhair
n1
mat-forming lithophytic or terrestrial fern with creeping rootstocks and large pinnatifid fronds found throughout North America and Europe and Africa and east Asia;

- syn. Polypodium vulgare, adder's fern, common polypody, golden polypody, sweet fern, wall fern;

golden marguerite
n1
Eurasian perennial herb with hairy divided leaves and yellow flowers;

- naturalized in North America;

- syn. Anthemis tinctoria, dyers' chamomile, yellow chamomile;

golden mean
n1
the proportional relation between two divisions of line or two dimension of a plane figure such that short : long :: long : (short + long);

- syn. golden section;

n2
the middle between extremes;

golden mole
n1
mole of southern Africa having iridescent guard hairs mixed with the underfur;

golden oak mushroom
n1
edible east Asian mushroom having a golden or dark brown to blackish cap and an inedible stipe;

- syn. Chinese black mushroom, Lentinus edodes, Oriental black mushroom, shiitake, shiitake mushroom;

golden oldie
n1
a song that was formerly popular;

- syn. oldie;

golden oriole
n1
bright yellow songbird with black wings;

- syn. Oriolus oriolus;

golden parachute
n1
giving top executives lucrative benefits that must be paid by the acquirer if they are discharged after a takeover;

golden pea
n1
western United States bushy herb having yellow pea-like flowers;

- syn. Thermopsis macrophylla, false lupine, yellow pea;

golden pheasant
n1
brightly colored crested pheasant of mountains of western and central Asia;

- syn. Chrysolophus pictus;

golden pholiota
n1
a beautiful yellow gilled fungus found from Alaska south along the coast;

- syn. Pholiota aurea;

golden plover
n1
plovers of Europe and America having the backs marked with golden-yellow spots;

golden polypody
n1
tropical American fern with brown scaly rhizomes cultivated for its large deeply lobed deep bluish-green fronds;

- sometimes placed in genus Polypodium;

- syn. Phlebodium aureum, Polypodium aureum, rabbit's-foot fern, serpent fern;

n2
mat-forming lithophytic or terrestrial fern with creeping rootstocks and large pinnatifid fronds found throughout North America and Europe and Africa and east Asia;

- syn. Polypodium vulgare, adder's fern, common polypody, golden maidenhair, sweet fern, wall fern;

golden pothos
n1
evergreen liana widely cultivated for its variegated foliage;

- syn. Epipremnum aureum, Scindapsus aureus, ivy arum, pothos;

golden potto
n1
a kind of lemur;

- syn. Arctocebus calabarensis, angwantibo;

golden ragwort
n1
weedy herb of the eastern United States to Texas having golden-yellow flowers;

- sometimes becomes invasive;

- sometimes placed in genus Senecio;

- syn. Packera aurea, Senecio aureus, golden groundsel;

golden rain
n1
an ornamental shrub or tree of the genus Laburnum;

- often cultivated for Easter decorations;

- syn. Laburnum anagyroides, common laburnum, golden chain;

golden retriever
n1
an English breed having a long silky golden coat;

golden rule
n1
any important rule;

- "the golden rule of teaching is to be clear";

n2
a command based on Jesus' words in the Sermon on the Mount;

- "Whatsoever ye would that men do unto you, do you even so unto them" (Matthew 7:12);

golden saxifrage
n1
any of various low aquatic herbs of the genus Chrysosplenium;

- syn. golden spleen;

golden seal
n1
perennial herb of northeastern United States having a thick knotted yellow rootstock and large rounded leaves;

- syn. Hydrastis Canadensis, goldenseal, turmeric root, yellow root;

golden section
n1
the proportional relation between two divisions of line or two dimension of a plane figure such that short : long :: long : (short + long);

- syn. golden mean;

golden shiner
n1
shiner of eastern North America having golden glints;

- sometimes also called `bream';

- syn. Notemigonus crysoleucas;

golden shower tree
n1
deciduous or semi-evergreen tree having scented sepia to yellow flowers in drooping racemes and pods whose pulp is used medicinally;

- tropical Asia and Central and South America and Australia;

- syn. Cassia fistula, canafistola, canafistula, drumstick tree, pudding pipe tree, purging cassia;

golden spleen
n1
any of various low aquatic herbs of the genus Chrysosplenium;

- syn. golden saxifrage;

golden star
n1
California plant having grasslike leaves and showy orange flowers;

- syn. Bloomeria crocea, golden stars;

golden stars
n1
California plant having grasslike leaves and showy orange flowers;

- syn. Bloomeria crocea, golden star;

Golden State
n1
a state in the western United States on the Pacific;

- the 3rd largest state;

- known for earthquakes;

- syn. CA, Calif., California;

golden syrup
n1
a pale cane syrup;

- syn. treacle;

golden thistle
n1
any of several spiny Mediterranean herbs of the genus Scolymus having yellow flower heads;

golden thread
n1
low-growing perennial of North America woodlands having trifoliate leaves and yellow rootstock and white flowers;

- syn. Coptis groenlandica, Coptis trifolia groenlandica, goldthread;

golden trumpet
n1
vigorous evergreen climbing plant of South America having glossy leathery foliage and golden yellow flowers;

- syn. Allamanda cathartica, common allamanda;

golden warbler
n1
yellow-throated American wood warbler;

- syn. Dendroica petechia, yellow warbler, yellowbird;

golden wattle
n1
shrubby Australian tree having clusters of fragrant golden yellow flowers;

- widely cultivated as an ornamental;

- syn. Acacia pycnantha;

golden wedding anniversary
n1
the 50th wedding anniversary;

golden willow
n1
European willow having greyish leaves and yellow-orange twigs used in basketry;

- syn. Salix alba vitellina, Salix vitellina;

golden wonder millet
n1
millet having yellow grains in large drooping spikes;

- syn. German millet, Setaria italica stramineofructa;

golden yarrow
n1
greyish woolly leafy perennial with branched stems ending in leafless stalks bearing golden-yellow flower heads;

- dry areas western North America;

- syn. Eriophyllum lanatum;

golden years
n1
the time of life after retirement from active work;

goldenbush
n1
a plant of the genus Haplopappus;

n2
any of various much-branched yellow-flowered shrubs of the genus Chrysothamnus;

- western North America;

goldeneye
n1
a variety of green lacewing;

- syn. golden-eyed fly;

n2
large-headed swift-flying diving duck of Arctic regions;

- syn. Bucephela clangula, whistler;

goldenrod / ɡ oʊ ɫ d ə n ɹ ɒ d /
n1
any of numerous chiefly summer-blooming and fall-blooming North American plants especially of the genus Solidago;

goldenseal
n1
perennial herb of northeastern United States having a thick knotted yellow rootstock and large rounded leaves;

- syn. Hydrastis Canadensis, golden seal, turmeric root, yellow root;

goldfield / ɡ oʊ ɫ d f i ɫ d /
n1
a district where gold is mined;

goldfields / ɡ oʊ ɫ d f i ɫ d z /
n1
small slender woolly annual with very narrow opposite leaves and branches bearing solitary golden-yellow flower heads;

- southwestern Oregon to Baja California and Arizona;

- often cultivated;

- syn. Lasthenia chrysostoma;

goldfinch / ɡ oʊ ɫ d f ɪ n tʃ /
n1
American finch whose male has yellow body plumage in summer;

- syn. New World goldfinch, Spinus tristis, yellowbird;

n2
small European finch having a crimson face and yellow-and-black wings;

- syn. Carduelis carduelis;

goldfish / ɡ oʊ ɫ d f ɪ ʃ /
n1
small golden or orange-red freshwater fishes of Eurasia used as pond or aquarium fishes;

- syn. Carassius auratus;

goldfish bowl
n1
a state of affairs in which you have no privacy;

- "the president lives in a goldfish bowl";

- syn. fish bowl, fishbowl;

n2
a transparent bowl in which small fish are kept;

- syn. fish bowl, fishbowl;

Goldie's fern
n1
North American fern with a blackish lustrous stipe;

- syn. Dryopteris goldiana, Goldie's shield fern, goldie's wood fern;

Goldie's shield fern
n1
North American fern with a blackish lustrous stipe;

- syn. Dryopteris goldiana, Goldie's fern, goldie's wood fern;

goldie's wood fern
n1
North American fern with a blackish lustrous stipe;

- syn. Dryopteris goldiana, Goldie's fern, Goldie's shield fern;

goldilocks
n1
early-flowering perennial of southern and southeastern Europe with flower heads resembling those of goldenrod;

- syn. Aster linosyris, Linosyris vulgaris, goldilocks aster;

goldilocks aster
n1
early-flowering perennial of southern and southeastern Europe with flower heads resembling those of goldenrod;

- syn. Aster linosyris, Linosyris vulgaris, goldilocks;

Golding / ɡ oʊ ɫ d ɪ ŋ /
n1
English novelist (1911-1993);

- syn. Sir William Gerald Golding, William Golding;

Goldman / ɡ oʊ ɫ d m æ n /
n1
United States anarchist (born in Russia) who opposed conscription;

- was deported to the Soviet Union in 1919 (1869-1940);

- syn. Emma Goldman;

Goldmark / ɡ oʊ ɫ d m ɑ k /
n1
United States inventor (born in Hungary) who made the first TV broadcast in 1940 and invented the long-playing record in 1948 and pioneered videocassette recording (1906-1977);

- syn. Peter Carl Goldmark, Peter Goldmark;

goldmine / ɡ oʊ ɫ d m aɪ n /
n1
a good source of something that is desired;

- syn. gold mine;

n2
a mine where gold ore is found;

- syn. gold mine;

Goldoni
n1
prolific Italian dramatist (1707-1793);

- syn. Carlo Goldoni;

goldplate
v1
plate with gold;

- "goldplate a watch";

- syn. gold-plate, gold plate;

Goldsboro
n1
a town that is a major tobacco center in eastern North Carolina;

goldsmith / ɡ oʊ ɫ d s m ɪ θ /
n1
an artisan who makes jewelry and other objects out of gold;

- syn. gold-worker, goldworker;

n2
Irish writer of novels and poetry and plays and essays (1728-1774);

- syn. Oliver Goldsmith;

goldstone / ɡ oʊ ɫ d s t oʊ n /
n1
aventurine spangled densely with fine gold-colored particles;

goldthread
n1
low-growing perennial of North America woodlands having trifoliate leaves and yellow rootstock and white flowers;

- syn. Coptis groenlandica, Coptis trifolia groenlandica, golden thread;

goldworker / ɡ oʊ ɫ d w ɝ k ə /
n1
an artisan who makes jewelry and other objects out of gold;

- syn. gold-worker, goldsmith;

Goldwyn
n1
United States film maker (born in Poland) who founded his own film company and later merged with Louis B. Mayer (1882-1974);

- syn. Sam Goldwyn, Samuel Goldwyn;

golem
n1
(Jewish folklore) an artificially created human being that is given life by supernatural means;

n2
a mechanism that can move automatically;

- syn. automaton, robot;

golf / ɡ ɒ ɫ f /
n1
a game played on a large open course with 9 or 18 holes;

- the object is use as few strokes as possible in playing all the holes;

- syn. golf game;

v1
play golf;

golf-club / ɡ ɒ ɫ f k ɫ ʌ b /
n1
golf equipment used by a golfer to hit a golf ball;

- syn. club, golf club, golfclub;

golf-club head
n1
(golf) the head of the club which strikes the ball;

- syn. club-head, club head, clubhead;

golf bag
n1
golf equipment consisting of a bag for carrying golf clubs and balls;

golf ball
n1
a small hard ball used in playing golf;

- dimpled to reduce wind resistance;

golf caddie
n1
an attendant who carries the golf clubs for a player;

- syn. caddie;

golf cap
n1
a cap with a bill;

- syn. baseball cap, jockey cap;

golf cart
n1
a small motor vehicle in which golfers can ride between shots;

- syn. golfcart;

golf club
n1
a club of people to play golf;

n2
golf equipment used by a golfer to hit a golf ball;

- syn. club, golf-club, golfclub;

golf course
n1
course consisting of a large landscaped area for playing golf;

- syn. links course;

golf equipment
n1
sports equipment used in playing golf;

golf game
n1
a game played on a large open course with 9 or 18 holes;

- the object is use as few strokes as possible in playing all the holes;

- syn. golf;

golf glove
n1
a glove worn by golfers to give a firm grip on the handle of the golf club;

golf hole
n1
one playing period (from tee to green) on a golf course;

- "he played 18 holes";

- syn. hole;

golf lesson
n1
a lesson in playing golf;

golf links
n1
a golf course that is built on sandy ground near a shore;

- syn. links;

golf player
n1
someone who plays the game of golf;

- syn. golfer, linksman;

golf pro
n1
someone who earns a living by playing or teaching golf;

- syn. professional golfer;

golf range
n1
a practice range for practicing golf shots;

- syn. driving range;

golf shot
n1
the act of swinging a golf club at a golf ball and (usually) hitting it;

- syn. golf stroke, swing;

golf stroke
n1
the act of swinging a golf club at a golf ball and (usually) hitting it;

- syn. golf shot, swing;

golf tee
n1
a short peg put into the ground to hold a golf ball off the ground;

- syn. tee;

golf widow
n1
a wife who is left alone much of the time because her husband is playing golf;

golfcart
n1
a small motor vehicle in which golfers can ride between shots;

- syn. golf cart;

golfclub
n1
golf equipment used by a golfer to hit a golf ball;

- syn. club, golf-club, golf club;

golfer / ɡ ɒ ɫ f ə , ɡ ɒ ɫ f ə ɹ /
n1
someone who plays the game of golf;

- syn. golf player, linksman;

golfing / ɡ ɒ ɫ f ɪ ŋ /
n1
playing golf;

- "he goes south every winter for the golfing";

Golfo de Campeche
n1
a part of the Gulf of Mexico to the west of Yucatan;

- syn. Bay of Campeche, Gulf of Campeche;

Golfo de Mexico
n1
an arm of the Atlantic to the south of the United States and to the east of Mexico;

- syn. Gulf of Mexico;

Golgi
n1
Italian histologist noted for work on the structure of the nervous system and for his discovery of Golgi bodies (1844-1926);

- syn. Camillo Golgi;

Golgi's cell
n1
a neuron in the cerebral cortex with short dendrites and with either a long axon or a short axon that ramifies in the grey matter;

- syn. Golgi cell;

Golgi apparatus
n1
a netlike structure in the cytoplasm of animal cells (especially in those cells that produce secretions);

- syn. Golgi body, Golgi complex, dictyosome;

Golgi body
n1
a netlike structure in the cytoplasm of animal cells (especially in those cells that produce secretions);

- syn. Golgi apparatus, Golgi complex, dictyosome;

Golgi cell
n1
a neuron in the cerebral cortex with short dendrites and with either a long axon or a short axon that ramifies in the grey matter;

- syn. Golgi's cell;

Golgi complex
n1
a netlike structure in the cytoplasm of animal cells (especially in those cells that produce secretions);

- syn. Golgi apparatus, Golgi body, dictyosome;

Golgotha
n1
a hill near Jerusalem where Jesus was crucified;

- syn. Calvary;

goliard
n1
a wandering scholar in medieval Europe;

- famed for intemperance and riotous behavior and the composition of satirical and ribald Latin songs;

Goliath / ɡ ə ɫ aɪ ə θ /
n1
(Old Testament) a giant Philistine warrior who was slain by David with a slingshot;

n2
someone or something that is abnormally large and powerful;

- syn. behemoth, colossus, giant, monster;

goliath frog
n1
largest living frog;

- up to a foot and weighing up to 10 lbs;

- Africa;

- syn. Rana goliath;

golliwog / ɡ ɒ ɫ ɪ w ɒ ɡ /
n1
a grotesque black doll;

- syn. golliwogg;

golliwogg
n1
a grotesque black doll;

- syn. golliwog;

golosh / ɡ ə ɫ ɒ ʃ /
n1
a waterproof overshoe that protects shoes from water or snow;

- syn. arctic, galosh, gumshoe, rubber;

Goma
n1
a city in eastern Congo at the northern end of Lake Kivu near the border with Rwanda;

Gombrowicz
n1
Polish author (1904-1969);

- syn. Witold Gombrowicz;

Gomel
n1
industrial city of Belarus to the southeast of Minsk;

- syn. Homel, Homyel;

Gomorrah / ɡ ə m ɒ ɹ ə /
n1
(Old Testament) an ancient city near the Dead Sea that (along with Sodom) was destroyed by God for the vice and depravity of its inhabitants;

- syn. Gomorrha;

Gomorrha
n1
(Old Testament) an ancient city near the Dead Sea that (along with Sodom) was destroyed by God for the vice and depravity of its inhabitants;

- syn. Gomorrah;

Gompers
n1
United States labor leader (born in England) who was president of the American Federation of Labor from 1886 to 1924 (1850-1924);

- syn. Samuel Gompers;

gomphothere
n1
extinct elephants of Central American and South America;

- of the Miocene and Pleistocene;

Gomphotheriidae
n1
elephants extinct since the Pleistocene;

- syn. family Gomphotheriidae;

Gomphotherium
n1
type genus of the Gomphotheriidae;

- syn. genus Gomphotherium;

Gomphrena
n1
genus of tropical herbs or subshrubs having flowers in close heads;

- tropical America and Australia;

- syn. genus Gomphrena;

Gomphrena globosa
n1
tropical American herb having rose to red or purple flowers that can be dried without losing color;

- syn. bachelor's button, globe amaranth;

gomuti
n1
Malaysian feather palm with base densely clothed with fibers;

- yields a sweet sap used in wine and trunk pith yields sago;

- syn. Arenga pinnata, gomuti palm, sugar palm;

gomuti palm
n1
Malaysian feather palm with base densely clothed with fibers;

- yields a sweet sap used in wine and trunk pith yields sago;

- syn. Arenga pinnata, gomuti, sugar palm;

gonad
n1
a gland in which gametes (sex cells) are produced;

- syn. sex gland;

gonadal
a1
of or relating to the gonads;

- "gonadal hormones";

gonadotrophic
a1
of or relating to or involving gonadotropin;

- syn. gonadotropic;

gonadotrophic hormone
n1
hormone secreted by the anterior pituitary gland and placenta;

- stimulates the gonads and controls reproductive activity;

- syn. gonadotrophin, gonadotropic hormone, gonadotropin;

gonadotrophin
n1
hormone secreted by the anterior pituitary gland and placenta;

- stimulates the gonads and controls reproductive activity;

- syn. gonadotrophic hormone, gonadotropic hormone, gonadotropin;

gonadotropic
a1
of or relating to or involving gonadotropin;

- syn. gonadotrophic;

gonadotropic hormone
n1
hormone secreted by the anterior pituitary gland and placenta;

- stimulates the gonads and controls reproductive activity;

- syn. gonadotrophic hormone, gonadotrophin, gonadotropin;

gonadotropin
n1
hormone secreted by the anterior pituitary gland and placenta;

- stimulates the gonads and controls reproductive activity;

- syn. gonadotrophic hormone, gonadotrophin, gonadotropic hormone;

goncalo alves
n1
tall tropical American timber tree especially abundant in eastern Brazil;

- yields hard strong durable zebrawood with straight grain and dark strips on a pinkish to yellowish ground;

- widely used for veneer and furniture and heavy construction;

- syn. Astronium fraxinifolium;

Goncourt
n1
French writer who collaborated with his brother Edmond de Goncourt on many books (1830-1870);

- syn. Jules Alfred Huot de Goncourt, Jules de Goncourt;

n2
French writer who collaborated with his brother Jules de Goncourt on many books and who in his will established the Prix Goncourt (1822-1896);

- syn. Edmond Louis Antoine Huot de Goncourt, Edmond de Goncourt;

Gond
n1
a member of a formerly tribal people in south central India;

gondang wax
n1
a hard cream-colored wax obtained from a Javanese fig tree;

- syn. fig wax;

Gondi
n1
a Dravidian language spoken by the Gond in south central India;

gondola / ɡ ɒ n d ə ɫ ə /
n1
a low flat-bottomed freight car with fixed sides but no roof;

- syn. gondola car;

n2
long narrow flat-bottomed boat propelled by sculling;

- traditionally used on canals of Venice;

n3
the compartment that is suspended from an airship and that carries personnel and the cargo and the power plant;

- syn. car;

gondola car
n1
a low flat-bottomed freight car with fixed sides but no roof;

- syn. gondola;

gondolier / ɡ ɒ n d ə ɫ ɪə , ɡ ɒ n d ə ɫ ɪə ɹ /
n1
a (Venetian) boatman who propels a gondola;

- syn. gondoliere;

gondoliere
n1
a (Venetian) boatman who propels a gondola;

- syn. gondolier;

Gondwanaland
n1
a hypothetical continent that (according to plate tectonic theory) broke up later into India and Australia and Africa and South America and Antarctica;

gone / ɡ ɒ n /
a1
destroyed or killed;

- "we are gone geese";

- syn. done for, kaput;

- sim. destroyed;

a2
dead;

- "he is deceased";

- "our dear departed friend";

- syn. asleep, at peace, at rest, deceased, departed;

- sim. dead;

a3
well in the past;

- former;

- "bygone days";

- "dreams of foregone times";

- "sweet memories of gone summers";

- "relics of a departed era";

- syn. bygone, bypast, departed, foregone;

- sim. past;

a4
stupefied or excited by a chemical substance (especially alcohol);

- "a noisy crowd of intoxicated sailors";

- "helplessly inebriated";

- syn. drunk, inebriated, intoxicated, ripped;

- sim. bacchanalian, beery, besotted, bibulous, doped, half-seas-over, high, hopped-up, potty;

a5
drained of energy or effectiveness;

- extremely tired;

- completely exhausted;

- "the day's shopping left her exhausted";

- "he went to bed dog-tired";

- "was fagged and sweaty";

- "the trembling of his played out limbs";

- "felt completely washed-out";

- "only worn-out horses and cattle";

- "you look worn out";

- syn. dog-tired, exhausted, fagged, fatigued, played out, spent, washed-out, worn-out, worn out;

- sim. tired;

a6
used up or no longer available;

- "gone with the wind";

- "if we don't get there early, all the best seats will be gone";

- sim. unavailable;

goner / ɡ ɒ n ə , ɡ ɒ n ə ɹ /
n1
a person in desperate straits;

- someone doomed;

- "I'm a goner if this plan doesn't work";

- "one mistake and you're toast";

- syn. toast;

gong / ɡ ɒ ŋ /
n1
a percussion instrument consisting of a metal plate that is struck with a softheaded drumstick;

- syn. tam-tam;

n2
a percussion instrument consisting of a set of tuned bells that are struck with a hammer;

- used as an orchestral instrument;

- syn. bell, chime;

v1
sound a gong;

gong buoy
n1
a buoy with a bell on it;

- syn. bell buoy;

Gongora
n1
a Spanish poet whose work was characterized by an affected elegance of style (1561-1627);

- syn. Luis de Gongora y Argote;

Gongorism
n1
an affected elegance of style that was introduced into Spanish literature by the poet Gongora;

Gongorist
n1
a practitioner of the affected elegant style of the Spanish poet Gongora;

gonif
n1
(Yiddish) a thief or dishonest person or scoundrel (often used as a general term of abuse);

- syn. ganef, ganof, goniff;

goniff
n1
(Yiddish) a thief or dishonest person or scoundrel (often used as a general term of abuse);

- syn. ganef, ganof, gonif;

goniometer / ɡ oʊ n ɪ ɒ m ɪ t ə /
n1
direction finder that determines the angular direction of incoming radio signals;

gonion
n1
the craniometric point on either side at the apex of the lower jaw;

Goniopteris
n1
terrestrial ferns of Florida and West Indies to Central and South America;

- syn. genus Goniopteris;

gonioscopy
n1
an examination of the front part of the eye to check the angle where the iris meets the cornea;

- it is used to distinguish between open-angle glaucoma and closed-angle glaucoma;

Gonne
n1
Irish patriot and a founder of the Sinn Fein (1865-1953);

- syn. Maud Gonne;

gonococcus
n1
the pus-producing bacterium that causes gonorrhea;

- syn. Neisseria gonorrhoeae;

Gonorhynchidae
n1
coextensive with the genus Gonorhynchus;

- syn. family Gonorhynchidae;

Gonorhynchus
n1
slender cylindrical marine fishes lacking air bladders and teeth;

- syn. genus Gonorhynchus;

Gonorhynchus gonorhynchus
n1
fish of sandy areas of western Pacific and Indian oceans having an angular snout for burrowing into sand;

- syn. beaked salmon, sandfish;

gonorrhea / ɡ ɒ n ə ɹ ɪə /
n1
a common venereal disease caused by the bacterium Neisseria gonorrhoeae;

- symptoms are painful urination and pain around the urethra;

- syn. clap, gonorrhoea;

gonorrhoea / ɡ ɒ n ə ɹ ɪə /
n1
a common venereal disease caused by the bacterium Neisseria gonorrhoeae;

- symptoms are painful urination and pain around the urethra;

- syn. clap, gonorrhea;

gonzo
a1
conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual;

- "restaurants of bizarre design--one like a hat, another like a rabbit";

- "famed for his eccentric spelling";

- "a freakish combination of styles";

- "his off-the-wall antics";

- "the outlandish clothes of teenagers";

- "outre and affected stage antics";

- syn. bizarre, eccentric, flakey, flaky, freakish, freaky, off-the-wall, outlandish, outre;

- sim. unconventional;

goo / ɡ u /
n1
any thick, viscous matter;

- syn. gook, goop, guck, gunk, muck, ooze, slime, sludge;

goober
n1
pod of the peanut vine containing usually 2 nuts or seeds;

- `groundnut' and `monkey nut' are British terms;

- syn. earthnut, goober pea, groundnut, monkey nut, peanut;

goober pea
n1
pod of the peanut vine containing usually 2 nuts or seeds;

- `groundnut' and `monkey nut' are British terms;

- syn. earthnut, goober, groundnut, monkey nut, peanut;

good / ɡ ʊ d /
n1
benefit;

- "for your own good";

- "what's the good of worrying?";

n2
moral excellence or admirableness;

- "there is much good to be found in people";

- syn. goodness;

n3
that which is pleasing or valuable or useful;

- "weigh the good against the bad";

- "among the highest goods of all are happiness and self-realization";

- syn. goodness;

n4
articles of commerce;

- syn. commodity, trade good;

a1
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified;

- "good news from the hospital";

- "a good report card";

- "when she was good she was very very good";

- "a good knife is one good for cutting";

- "this stump will make a good picnic table";

- "a good check";

- "a good joke";

- "a good exterior paint";

- "a good secretary";

- "a good dress for the office";

- also best, better, favorable, favourable, good, obedient, respectable;

- sim. bang-up, good enough, goodish, hot, redeeming, satisfactory, solid, superb, well-behaved;

a2
having the normally expected amount;

- "gives full measure";

- "gives good measure";

- "a good mile from here";

- syn. full;

- sim. ample;

a3
morally admirable;

- also good, moral, right, righteous, virtuous, worthy;

- sim. angelic, goody-goody, redemptive, white;

a4
deserving of esteem and respect;

- "all respectable companies give guarantees";

- "ruined the family's good name";

- syn. estimable, honorable, respectable;

- sim. reputable;

a5
promoting or enhancing well-being;

- "an arms limitation agreement beneficial to all countries";

- "the beneficial effects of a temperate climate";

- "the experience was good for her";

- syn. beneficial;

- sim. advantageous;

a6
agreeable or pleasing;

- "we all had a good time";

- "good manners";

- sim. nice;

a7
of moral excellence;

- "a genuinely good person";

- "a just cause";

- "an upright and respectable man";

- syn. just, upright;

- sim. righteous;

a8
having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude;

- "adept in handicrafts";

- "an adept juggler";

- "an expert job";

- "a good mechanic";

- "a practiced marksman";

- "a proficient engineer";

- "a lesser-known but no less skillful composer";

- "the effect was achieved by skillful retouching";

- syn. adept, expert, practiced, proficient, skilful, skillful;

- sim. skilled;

a9
thorough;

- "had a good workout";

- "gave the house a good cleaning";

- sim. complete;

a10
with or in a close or intimate relationship;

- "a good friend";

- "my sisters and brothers are near and dear";

- syn. dear, near;

- sim. close;

a11
financially safe;

- "a good investment";

- "a secure investment";

- syn. dependable, safe, secure;

- sim. sound;

a12
most suitable or right for a particular purpose;

- "a good time to plant tomatoes";

- "the right time to act";

- "the time is ripe for great sociological changes";

- syn. right, ripe;

- sim. opportune;

a13
resulting favorably;

- "it's a good thing that I wasn't there";

- "it is good that you stayed";

- "it is well that no one saw you";

- "all's well that ends well";

- syn. well;

- sim. fortunate;

a14
exerting force or influence;

- "the law is effective immediately";

- "a warranty good for two years";

- "the law is already in effect (or in force)";

- syn. effective, in effect, in force;

- sim. operative;

a15
capable of pleasing;

- "good looks";

- sim. pleasing;

a16
appealing to the mind;

- "good music";

- "a serious book";

- syn. serious;

- sim. intellectual;

a17
in excellent physical condition;

- "good teeth";

- "I still have one good leg";

- "a sound mind in a sound body";

- syn. sound;

- sim. healthy;

a18
tending to promote physical well-being;

- beneficial to health;

- "beneficial effects of a balanced diet";

- "a good night's sleep";

- "the salutary influence of pure air";

- syn. salutary;

- sim. healthful;

a19
not forged;

- "a good dollar bill";

- syn. honest;

- sim. genuine;

a20
not left to spoil;

- "the meat is still good";

- syn. unspoiled, unspoilt;

- sim. fresh;

a21
generally admired;

- "good taste";

- sim. discriminating;

r1
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (`good' is a nonstandard dialectal variant for `well');

- "the children behaved well";

- "a task well done";

- "the party went well";

- "he slept well";

- "a well-argued thesis";

- "a well-seasoned dish";

- "a well-planned party";

- "the baby can walk pretty good";

- syn. well;

r2
completely and absolutely (`good' is sometimes used informally for `thoroughly');

- "he was soundly defeated";

- "we beat him good";

- syn. soundly, thoroughly;

good-by
n1
a farewell remark;

- "they said their good-byes";

- syn. adieu, adios, arrivederci, au revoir, auf wiedersehen, bye, bye-bye, cheerio, good-bye, good day, goodby, goodbye, sayonara, so long;

good-bye
n1
a farewell remark;

- "they said their good-byes";

- syn. adieu, adios, arrivederci, au revoir, auf wiedersehen, bye, bye-bye, cheerio, good-by, good day, goodby, goodbye, sayonara, so long;

good-for-naught / ɡ ʊ d f ə n ɔ t /
n1
an idle worthless person;

- syn. goldbrick, good-for-nothing, goof-off, ne'er-do-well, no-account;

a1
without merit;

- of little or no value or use;

- "a sorry horse";

- "a sorry excuse";

- "a lazy no-count, good-for-nothing goldbrick";

- "the car was a no-good piece of junk";

- syn. good-for-nothing, meritless, no-account, no-count, no-good, sorry;

- sim. worthless;

good-for-nothing / ɡ ʊ d f ə n ʌ θ ɪ ŋ /
n1
an idle worthless person;

- syn. goldbrick, good-for-naught, goof-off, ne'er-do-well, no-account;

a1
without merit;

- of little or no value or use;

- "a sorry horse";

- "a sorry excuse";

- "a lazy no-count, good-for-nothing goldbrick";

- "the car was a no-good piece of junk";

- syn. good-for-naught, meritless, no-account, no-count, no-good, sorry;

- sim. worthless;

good-hearted
a1
showing or motivated by sympathy and understanding and generosity;

- "was charitable in his opinions of others";

- "kindly criticism";

- "a kindly act";

- "sympathetic words";

- "a large-hearted mentor";

- syn. benevolent, charitable, kindly, large-hearted, openhearted, sympathetic;

- sim. kind;

good-humored
a1
disposed to please;

- "an amiable villain with a cocky sidelong grin"- Hal Hinson;

- syn. amiable, good-humoured;

- sim. good-natured;

good-humoredness
n1
a cheerful willingness to be obliging;

- syn. good-humouredness, good-naturedness, good-temperedness;

good-humoured / ɡ ʊ d h j u m ə d /
a1
disposed to please;

- "an amiable villain with a cocky sidelong grin"- Hal Hinson;

- syn. amiable, good-humored;

- sim. good-natured;

good-humouredness
n1
a cheerful willingness to be obliging;

- syn. good-humoredness, good-naturedness, good-temperedness;

good-king-henry
n1
European plant naturalized in North America;

- often collected from the wild as a potherb;

- syn. Chenopodium bonus-henricus, allgood, fat hen, wild spinach;

good-looking / ɡ ʊ d ɫ ʊ k ɪ ŋ /
a1
pleasing in appearance especially by reason of conformity to ideals of form and proportion;

- "a fine-looking woman";

- "a good-looking man";

- "better-looking than her sister";

- "very pretty but not so extraordinarily handsome"- Thackeray;

- "our southern women are well-favored"- Lillian Hellman;

- syn. better-looking, fine-looking, handsome, well-favored, well-favoured;

- sim. beautiful;

good-natured / ɡ ʊ d n eɪ tʃ ə d /
a1
having an easygoing and cheerful disposition;

- "too good-natured to resent a little criticism";

- "the good-natured policeman on our block";

- "the sounds of good-natured play";

- also agreeable, kind, pleasant;

- sim. amiable, equable;

good-naturedly
r1
in a good-natured manner;

good-naturedness
n1
a cheerful willingness to be obliging;

- syn. good-humoredness, good-humouredness, good-temperedness;

good-neighborliness
n1
a disposition to be friendly and helpful to neighbors;

- syn. good-neighbourliness, neighborliness, neighbourliness;

good-neighbourliness / ɡ ʊ d n eɪ b ə ɫ ɪ n ə s /
n1
a disposition to be friendly and helpful to neighbors;

- syn. good-neighborliness, neighborliness, neighbourliness;

good-tempered / ɡ ʊ d t ɛ m p ə d /
a1
not easily irritated;

- "an equable temper";

- "not everyone shared his placid temperament";

- "remained placid despite the repeated delays";

- syn. equable, even-tempered, placid;

- sim. good-natured;

good-temperedness
n1
a cheerful willingness to be obliging;

- syn. good-humoredness, good-humouredness, good-naturedness;

good-time / ɡ ʊ d t aɪ m /
a1
occupied with or fond of the pleasures of good company;

- "a convivial atmosphere at the reunion";

- "a woman of convivial nature";

- "he was a real good-time Charlie";

- syn. convivial;

- sim. sociable;

good afternoon
n1
a conventional expression of greeting or farewell;

- syn. afternoon;

good authority
n1
testimony by someone who should know;

- "I have it on good authority";

Good Book
n1
the sacred writings of the Christian religions;

- "he went to carry the Word to the heathen";

- syn. Bible, Book, Christian Bible, Holy Scripture, Holy Writ, Scripture, Word, Word of God;

good continuation
n1
a Gestalt principle of organization holding that there is an innate tendency to perceive a line as continuing its established direction;

- syn. continuation, law of continuation;

good day
n1
a farewell remark;

- "they said their good-byes";

- syn. adieu, adios, arrivederci, au revoir, auf wiedersehen, bye, bye-bye, cheerio, good-by, good-bye, goodby, goodbye, sayonara, so long;

good deal
n1
(often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent;

- "a batch of letters";

- "a deal of trouble";

- "a lot of money";

- "he made a mint on the stock market";

- "see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos";

- "it must have cost plenty";

- "a slew of journalists";

- "a wad of money";

- syn. batch, deal, flock, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad;

good egg
n1
(old-fashioned slang) a good person;

good enough
a1
adequately good for the circumstances;

- "if it's good enough for you it's good enough for me";

- sim. good;

good example
n1
something to be imitated;

- "an exemplar of success";

- "a model of clarity";

- "he is the very model of a modern major general";

- syn. example, exemplar, model;

good faith
n1
having honest intentions;

- "he acted in good faith";

- "doubt was expressed as to the good faith of the immigrants";

- syn. straightness;

good for you
a1
promoting health;

- healthful;

- "a healthy diet";

- "clean healthy air";

- "plenty of healthy sleep";

- "healthy and normal outlets for youthful energy";

- "the salubrious mountain air and water"- C.B.Davis;

- "carrots are good for you";

- syn. healthy, salubrious;

- sim. wholesome;

good form
n1
behavior that conforms to social conventions of the time;

- "it is not good form to brag about winning";

good fortune
n1
an auspicious state resulting from favorable outcomes;

- syn. good luck, luckiness;

n2
a stroke of luck;

- syn. fluke, good luck;

Good Friday
n1
Friday before Easter;

good guy
n1
any person who is on your side;

good health
n1
the state of being vigorous and free from bodily or mental disease;

- syn. healthiness;

good humor
n1
a cheerful and agreeable mood;

- syn. amiability, good humour, good temper;

good humour
n1
a cheerful and agreeable mood;

- syn. amiability, good humor, good temper;

good looks
n1
the quality of having regular well-defined features (especially of a man);

- syn. handsomeness;

good luck
n1
an auspicious state resulting from favorable outcomes;

- syn. good fortune, luckiness;

n2
a stroke of luck;

- syn. fluke, good fortune;

n3
an unexpected piece of good luck;

- "he finally got his big break";

- syn. break, happy chance;

good luck charm
n1
something believed to bring good luck;

- syn. charm;

good manners
n1
a courteous manner;

- syn. courtesy;

good morning
n1
a conventional expression of greeting or farewell;

- syn. morning;

good nature
n1
a cheerful, obliging disposition;

good night
n1
a conventional expression of farewell;

good ol' boy
n1
a white male Southerner with an unpretentious convivial manner and conservative or intolerant attitudes and a strong sense of fellowship with and loyalty to other members of his peer group;

- syn. good old boy, good ole boy;

good old boy
n1
a white male Southerner with an unpretentious convivial manner and conservative or intolerant attitudes and a strong sense of fellowship with and loyalty to other members of his peer group;

- syn. good ol' boy, good ole boy;

good old days
n1
past times remembered with nostalgia;

- syn. auld langsyne, langsyne, old times;

good ole boy
n1
a white male Southerner with an unpretentious convivial manner and conservative or intolerant attitudes and a strong sense of fellowship with and loyalty to other members of his peer group;

- syn. good ol' boy, good old boy;

good part
n1
a place of especial strength;

good person
n1
a person who is good to other people;

good Samaritan
n1
a person who voluntarily offers help or sympathy in times of trouble;

good sense
n1
sound practical judgment;

- "Common sense is not so common";

- "he hasn't got the sense God gave little green apples";

- "fortunately she had the good sense to run away";

- syn. common sense, gumption, horse sense, mother wit, sense;

Good Shepherd
n1
a teacher and prophet born in Bethlehem and active in Nazareth;

- his life and sermons form the basis for Christianity (circa 4 BC - AD 29);

- syn. Christ, Deliverer, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Jesus of Nazareth, Redeemer, Savior, Saviour, the Nazarene;

good speller
n1
someone who spells words;

- syn. poor speller, speller;

good spirit
n1
a benevolent spirit;

- syn. eudaemon, eudemon;

good story
n1
an account of an amusing incident (usually with a punch line);

- "she told a funny story";

- "she made a funny";

- syn. funny, funny remark, funny story;

good temper
n1
a cheerful and agreeable mood;

- syn. amiability, good humor, good humour;

good time
n1
a highly pleasurable or exciting experience;

- "we had a good time at the party";

- "celebrating after the game was a blast";

- syn. blast;

good turn
n1
a favor for someone;

- "he did me a good turn";

- syn. turn;

good weather
n1
weather suitable for outdoor activities;

good will
n1
a disposition to kindness and compassion;

- "the victor's grace in treating the vanquished";

- syn. goodwill, grace;

n2
(accounting) an intangible asset valued according to the advantage or reputation a business has acquired (over and above its tangible assets);

- syn. goodwill;

n3
the friendly hope that something will succeed;

- syn. goodwill;

good word
n1
something that recommends (or expresses commendation of) a person or thing as worthy or desirable;

- syn. recommendation, testimonial;

n2
good news;

Goodall / ɡ ʊ d ɔ ɫ /
n1
English zoologist noted for her studies of chimpanzees in the wild (born in 1934);

- syn. Jane Goodall;

goodby
n1
a farewell remark;

- "they said their good-byes";

- syn. adieu, adios, arrivederci, au revoir, auf wiedersehen, bye, bye-bye, cheerio, good-by, good-bye, good day, goodbye, sayonara, so long;

goodbye / ɡ ʊ d b aɪ /
n1
a farewell remark;

- "they said their good-byes";

- syn. adieu, adios, arrivederci, au revoir, auf wiedersehen, bye, bye-bye, cheerio, good-by, good-bye, good day, goodby, sayonara, so long;

Goodenia
n1
a genus of shrubs and herbs that grow in Australia and New Guinea and Malaysia and southeast Asia;

Goodenia family
n1
a family of sappy plants that grow in Australasia and southeast China;

- syn. Goodeniaceae, family Goodeniaceae;

Goodeniaceae
n1
a family of sappy plants that grow in Australasia and southeast China;

- syn. Goodenia family, family Goodeniaceae;

goodish / ɡ ʊ d ɪ ʃ /
a1
moderately good of its kind;

- "a goodish wine";

- sim. good;

a2
large in amount or extent or degree;

- "it cost a considerable amount";

- "a goodly amount";

- "received a hefty bonus";

- "a respectable sum";

- "a tidy sum of money";

- "a sizable fortune";

- syn. goodly, healthy, hefty, respectable, sizable, sizeable, tidy;

- sim. considerable;

goodly / ɡ ʊ d ɫ i /
a1
large in amount or extent or degree;

- "it cost a considerable amount";

- "a goodly amount";

- "received a hefty bonus";

- "a respectable sum";

- "a tidy sum of money";

- "a sizable fortune";

- syn. goodish, healthy, hefty, respectable, sizable, sizeable, tidy;

- sim. considerable;

Goodman / ɡ ʊ d m æ n /
n1
United States clarinetist who in 1934 formed a big band (including black as well as white musicians) and introduced a kind of jazz known as swing (1909-1986);

- syn. Benjamin David Goodman, Benny Goodman, King of Swing;

goodness / ɡ ʊ d n ə s /
n1
that which is pleasing or valuable or useful;

- "weigh the good against the bad";

- "among the highest goods of all are happiness and self-realization";

- syn. good;

n2
moral excellence or admirableness;

- "there is much good to be found in people";

- syn. good;

goodwill / ɡ ʊ d w ɪ ɫ /
n1
(accounting) an intangible asset valued according to the advantage or reputation a business has acquired (over and above its tangible assets);

- syn. good will;

n2
the friendly hope that something will succeed;

- syn. good will;

n3
a disposition to kindness and compassion;

- "the victor's grace in treating the vanquished";

- syn. good will, grace;

goody / ɡ ʊ d i /
n1
something considered choice to eat;

- syn. dainty, delicacy, kickshaw, treat;

goody-goody / ɡ ʊ d ɪ ɡ ʊ d i /
n1
a person who behaves extremely well in order to please a superior;

a1
affectedly or smugly good or self-righteous;

- sim. good;

Goodyear / ɡ ʊ d j ɝ /
n1
United States inventor of vulcanized rubber (1800-1860);

- syn. Charles Goodyear;

Goodyera
n1
genus of small orchids of the northern hemisphere with creeping rhizomes and stalked ovate leaves and small flowers;

- syn. genus Goodyera;

gooey / ɡ u i /
a1
soft and sticky;

- syn. icky;

- sim. adhesive;

goof / ɡ u f /
n1
a man who is a stupid incompetent fool;

- syn. bozo, cuckoo, fathead, goofball, goose, jackass, twat, zany;

n2
a person who amuses others by ridiculous behavior;

- syn. buffoon, clown, goofball, merry andrew;

v1
commit a faux pas or a fault or make a serious mistake;

- "I blundered during the job interview";

- syn. blunder, boob, drop the ball, sin;

goof-off
n1
an idle worthless person;

- syn. goldbrick, good-for-naught, good-for-nothing, ne'er-do-well, no-account;

goof-proof
v1
proof against human misuse or error;

- "foolproof this appliance";

- syn. foolproof, goofproof;

goofball / ɡ u f b ɔ ɫ /
n1
a man who is a stupid incompetent fool;

- syn. bozo, cuckoo, fathead, goof, goose, jackass, twat, zany;

n2
a person who amuses others by ridiculous behavior;

- syn. buffoon, clown, goof, merry andrew;

goofing off
n1
the evasion of work or duty;

- syn. goldbricking, shirking, slacking, soldiering;

goofproof
v1
proof against human misuse or error;

- "foolproof this appliance";

- syn. foolproof, goof-proof;

Goofy / ɡ u f i /
n1
a cartoon character created by Walt Disney;

a1
ludicrous, foolish;

- "wore a goofy hat";

- "a silly idea";

- "some wacky plan for selling more books";

- syn. silly, wacky, whacky, zany;

- sim. foolish;

Google
n1
a widely used search engine that uses text-matching techniques to find web pages that are important and relevant to a user's search;

v1
search the internet (for information) using the Google search engine;

- "He googled the woman he had met at the party";

- "My children are googling all day";

googly / ɡ u ɡ ɫ i /
n1
a cricket ball bowled as if to break one way that actually breaks in the opposite way;

- syn. bosie, bosie ball, wrong 'un;

googol
n1
a cardinal number represented as 1 followed by 100 zeros (ten raised to the power of a hundred);

googolplex
n1
a cardinal number represented as 1 followed by a googol of zeros (ten raised to the power of a googol);

gook
n1
any thick, viscous matter;

- syn. goo, goop, guck, gunk, muck, ooze, slime, sludge;

goon / ɡ u n /
n1
an awkward stupid person;

- syn. clod, gawk, lout, lubber, lummox, lump, oaf, stumblebum;

n2
an aggressive and violent young criminal;

- syn. hood, hoodlum, punk, strong-armer, thug, tough, toughie;

gooney
n1
a variety of albatross with black feet;

- syn. Diomedea nigripes, black-footed albatross, gooney bird, goonie, goony;

gooney bird
n1
a variety of albatross with black feet;

- syn. Diomedea nigripes, black-footed albatross, gooney, goonie, goony;

goonie
n1
a variety of albatross with black feet;

- syn. Diomedea nigripes, black-footed albatross, gooney, gooney bird, goony;

goony
n1
a variety of albatross with black feet;

- syn. Diomedea nigripes, black-footed albatross, gooney, gooney bird, goonie;

goop
n1
any thick, viscous matter;

- syn. goo, gook, guck, gunk, muck, ooze, slime, sludge;

n2
street names for gamma hydroxybutyrate;

- syn. Georgia home boy, easy lay, grievous bodily harm, liquid ecstasy, max, scoop, soap;

goora nut
n1
tree bearing large brown nuts containing e.g. caffeine;

- source of cola extract;

- syn. Cola acuminata, kola, kola nut, kola nut tree;

goosander / ɡ u s æ n d ə /
n1
common merganser of Europe and North America;

- syn. Mergus merganser;

goose / ɡ u s /
n1
web-footed long-necked typically gregarious migratory aquatic birds usually larger and less aquatic than ducks;

n2
a man who is a stupid incompetent fool;

- syn. bozo, cuckoo, fathead, goof, goofball, jackass, twat, zany;

n3
flesh of a goose (domestic or wild);

v1
pinch in the buttocks;

- "he goosed the unsuspecting girl";

v2
prod into action;

v3
give a spurt of fuel to;

- "goose the car";

goose-tansy
n1
low-growing perennial having leaves silvery beneath;

- northern United States;

- Europe;

- Asia;

- syn. Potentilla anserina, goose grass, silverweed;

goose barnacle
n1
stalked barnacle that attaches to ship bottoms or floating timbers;

- syn. Lepas fascicularis, gooseneck barnacle;

goose bump
n1
reflex erection of hairs of the skin in response to cold or emotional stress or skin irritation;

- syn. goose pimple, goose skin, goosebump, gooseflesh, horripilation, pilomotor reflex;

goose down
n1
down of the goose;

goose egg
n1
a quantity of no importance;

- "it looked like nothing I had ever seen before";

- "reduced to nil all the work we had done";

- "we racked up a pathetic goose egg";

- "it was all for naught";

- "I didn't hear zilch about it";

- syn. aught, cipher, cypher, nada, naught, nil, nix, nothing, null, zero, zilch, zip, zippo;

goose grass
n1
annual having the stem beset with curved prickles;

- North America and Europe and Asia;

- syn. Galium aparine, catchweed, cleavers, clivers, spring cleavers;

n2
low-growing perennial having leaves silvery beneath;

- northern United States;

- Europe;

- Asia;

- syn. Potentilla anserina, goose-tansy, silverweed;

n3
annual weedy grass used for hay;

- syn. Panicum Texanum, Texas millet;

n4
coarse annual grass having fingerlike spikes of flowers;

- native to Old World tropics;

- a naturalized weed elsewhere;

- syn. Eleusine indica, wire grass, yard grass, yardgrass;

goose grease
n1
grease derived from geese;

goose liver
n1
liver of a goose used as meat;

goose pimple
n1
reflex erection of hairs of the skin in response to cold or emotional stress or skin irritation;

- syn. goose bump, goose skin, goosebump, gooseflesh, horripilation, pilomotor reflex;

goose plum
n1
wild plum trees of eastern and central North America having red-orange fruit with yellow flesh;

- syn. American red plum, August plum, Prunus americana;

goose skin
n1
reflex erection of hairs of the skin in response to cold or emotional stress or skin irritation;

- syn. goose bump, goose pimple, goosebump, gooseflesh, horripilation, pilomotor reflex;

goose step
n1
a manner of marching with legs straight and swinging high;

v1
march in a military fashion;

gooseberry / ɡ ʊ z b ə ɹ i /
n1
spiny Eurasian shrub having greenish purple-tinged flowers and ovoid yellow-green or red-purple berries;

- syn. Ribes grossularia, Ribes uva-crispa, gooseberry bush;

n2
currant-like berry used primarily in jams and jellies;

gooseberry bush
n1
spiny Eurasian shrub having greenish purple-tinged flowers and ovoid yellow-green or red-purple berries;

- syn. Ribes grossularia, Ribes uva-crispa, gooseberry;

gooseberry family
n1
in some classifications considered a part of the family Saxifragaceae: plants whose fruit is a berry;

- syn. Grossulariaceae, family Grossulariaceae;

goosebump
n1
reflex erection of hairs of the skin in response to cold or emotional stress or skin irritation;

- syn. goose bump, goose pimple, goose skin, gooseflesh, horripilation, pilomotor reflex;

goosefish / ɡ u s f ɪ ʃ /
n1
fishes having large mouths with a wormlike filament attached for luring prey;

- syn. Lophius Americanus, allmouth, angler, angler fish, anglerfish, lotte, monkfish;

gooseflesh
n1
reflex erection of hairs of the skin in response to cold or emotional stress or skin irritation;

- syn. goose bump, goose pimple, goose skin, goosebump, horripilation, pilomotor reflex;

goosefoot / ɡ u s f ʊ t /
n1
any of various weeds of the genus Chenopodium having small greenish flowers;

goosefoot family
n1
includes spinach and beets;

- syn. Chenopodiaceae, family Chenopodiaceae;

goosefoot maple
n1
maple of eastern North America with striped bark and large two-lobed leaves clear yellow in autumn;

- syn. Acer pennsylvanicum, moose-wood, moosewood, striped dogwood, striped maple;

gooselike
a1
having or revealing stupidity;

- "ridiculous anserine behavior";

- "a dopey answer";

- "a dopey kid";

- "some fool idea about rewriting authors' books";

- syn. anserine, dopey, dopy, foolish, goosey, goosy, jerky;

- sim. stupid;

gooseneck / ɡ u s n ɛ k /
n1
something in a thin curved form (like the neck of a goose);

gooseneck barnacle
n1
stalked barnacle that attaches to ship bottoms or floating timbers;

- syn. Lepas fascicularis, goose barnacle;

gooseneck loosestrife
n1
a variety of the loosestrife herb;

- syn. Lysimachia clethroides Duby;

goosey / ɡ u s i /
a1
having or revealing stupidity;

- "ridiculous anserine behavior";

- "a dopey answer";

- "a dopey kid";

- "some fool idea about rewriting authors' books";

- syn. anserine, dopey, dopy, foolish, gooselike, goosy, jerky;

- sim. stupid;

goosy
a1
having or revealing stupidity;

- "ridiculous anserine behavior";

- "a dopey answer";

- "a dopey kid";

- "some fool idea about rewriting authors' books";

- syn. anserine, dopey, dopy, foolish, gooselike, goosey, jerky;

- sim. stupid;

GOP
n1
the younger of two major political parties in the United States;

- GOP is an acronym for grand old party;

- syn. Republican Party;

gopher / ɡ oʊ f ə , ɡ oʊ f ə ɹ /
n1
a zealously energetic person (especially a salesman);

- syn. goffer;

n2
a native or resident of Minnesota;

- syn. Minnesotan;

n3
any of various terrestrial burrowing rodents of Old and New Worlds;

- often destroy crops;

- syn. ground squirrel, spermophile;

n4
burrowing rodent of the family Geomyidae having large external cheek pouches;

- of Central America and southwestern North America;

- syn. pocket gopher, pouched rat;

n5
burrowing edible land tortoise of southeastern North America;

- syn. Gopherus polypemus, gopher tortoise, gopher turtle;

gopher hole
n1
a hole in the ground made by gophers;

gopher snake
n1
large dark-blue nonvenomous snake that invades burrows;

- found in southern North America and Mexico;

- syn. Drymarchon corais, indigo snake;

n2
bull snake of western North America that invades rodent burrows;

- syn. Pituophis melanoleucus;

Gopher State
n1
a midwestern state;

- syn. MN, Minn., Minnesota, North Star State;

gopher tortoise
n1
burrowing edible land tortoise of southeastern North America;

- syn. Gopherus polypemus, gopher, gopher turtle;

gopher turtle
n1
burrowing edible land tortoise of southeastern North America;

- syn. Gopherus polypemus, gopher, gopher tortoise;

Gopherus
n1
gopher tortoises;

- syn. genus Gopherus;

Gopherus agassizii
n1
burrowing tortoise of the arid western United States and northern Mexico;

- may be reclassified as a member of genus Xerobates;

- syn. desert tortoise;

Gopherus polypemus
n1
burrowing edible land tortoise of southeastern North America;

- syn. gopher, gopher tortoise, gopher turtle;

gopherwood
n1
small handsome roundheaded deciduous tree having showy white flowers in terminal clusters and heavy hardwood yielding yellow dye;

- syn. Cladrastis kentukea, Cladrastis lutea, Kentucky yellowwood;

goral
n1
small goat antelope with small conical horns;

- of southern Asian mountains;

- syn. Naemorhedus goral;

Gorbachev
n1
Soviet statesman whose foreign policy brought an end to the Cold War and whose domestic policy introduced major reforms (born in 1931);

- syn. Mikhail Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev;

Gordian / ɡ ɔ d ɪə n /
a1
extremely intricate;

- usually in phrase `Gordian knot';

- sim. complex;

Gordian knot
n1
any very difficult problem;

- insoluble in its own terms;

n2
an intricate knot tied by Gordius, the king of Phrygia, and cut by the sword of Alexander the Great after he heard that whoever undid it would become ruler of Asia;

Gordie Howe
n1
Canadian hockey player who holds the record for playing the most games (born 1928);

- syn. Gordon Howe, Howe;

Gordimer
n1
South African novelist and short-story writer whose work describes the effects of apartheid (born in 1923);

- syn. Nadine Gordimer;

Gordius
n1
legendary king of ancient Phrygia who was said to be responsible for the Gordian knot;

Gordon Howe
n1
Canadian hockey player who holds the record for playing the most games (born 1928);

- syn. Gordie Howe, Howe;

Gordon setter
n1
a Scottish breed with a black-and-tan coat;

Gore / ɡ ɔ , ɡ ɔ ɹ /
n1
Vice President of the United States under Bill Clinton (born in 1948);

- syn. Al Gore, Albert Gore Jr.;

n2
coagulated blood from a wound;

n3
a piece of cloth that is generally triangular or tapering;

- used in making garments or umbrellas or sails;

- syn. panel;

n4
the shedding of blood resulting in murder;

- "he avenged the bloodshed of his kinsmen";

- syn. bloodshed;

v1
wound by piercing with a sharp or penetrating object or instrument;

v2
cut into gores;

- "gore a skirt";

Gore Vidal
n1
United States writer (born in 1925);

- syn. Eugene Luther Vidal, Vidal;

Gorgas
n1
United States Army surgeon who suppressed yellow fever in Havana and in the Panama Canal Zone (1854-1920);

- syn. William Crawford Gorgas;

gorge / ɡ ɔ dʒ /
n1
a deep ravine (usually with a river running through it);

n2
a narrow pass (especially one between mountains);

- syn. defile;

n3
the passage between the pharynx and the stomach;

- syn. esophagus, gullet, oesophagus;

v1
overeat or eat immodestly;

- make a pig of oneself;

- "She stuffed herself at the dinner";

- "The kids binged on ice cream";

- syn. binge, englut, engorge, glut, gormandise, gormandize, gourmandize, ingurgitate, overeat, overgorge, overindulge, pig out, satiate, scarf out, stuff;

gorgeous / ɡ ɔ dʒ ə s /
a1
dazzlingly beautiful;

- "a gorgeous Victorian gown";

- sim. beautiful;

gorgeously / ɡ ɔ dʒ ə s ɫ i /
r1
in an impressively beautiful manner;

- "the Princess was gorgeously dressed";

- syn. magnificently, resplendently, splendidly;

gorger / ɡ ɔ dʒ ə , ɡ ɔ dʒ ə ɹ /
n1
someone who eats food rapidly and greedily;

- syn. scoffer;

gorgerin
n1
the molding at the top of a column;

- syn. necking;

gorget / ɡ ɔ dʒ ɪ t /
n1
armor plate that protects the neck;

Gorgon / ɡ ɔ ɡ ə n /
n1
(Greek mythology) any of three winged sister monsters and the mortal Medusa who had live snakes for hair;

- a glance at Medusa turned the beholder to stone;

Gorgonacea
n1
red corals and sea fans;

- syn. Gorgoniacea, suborder Gorgonacea, suborder Gorgoniacea;

Gorgoniacea
n1
red corals and sea fans;

- syn. Gorgonacea, suborder Gorgonacea, suborder Gorgoniacea;

gorgonian / ɡ ɔ ɡ ə n i ə n /
n1
corals having a horny or calcareous branching skeleton;

- syn. gorgonian coral;

gorgonian coral
n1
corals having a horny or calcareous branching skeleton;

- syn. gorgonian;

Gorgonocephalus
n1
basket stars;

- syn. genus Gorgonocephalus;

gorgonzola / ɡ ɔ ɡ ə n z oʊ ɫ ə /
n1
Italian blue cheese;

gorilla / ɡ ə ɹ ɪ ɫ ə /
n1
largest anthropoid ape;

- terrestrial and vegetarian;

- of forests of central west Africa;

- syn. Gorilla gorilla;

Gorilla gorilla
n1
largest anthropoid ape;

- terrestrial and vegetarian;

- of forests of central west Africa;

- syn. gorilla;

Gorilla gorilla beringei
n1
gorilla of Kivu highlands;

- syn. mountain gorilla;

Gorilla gorilla gorilla
n1
a kind of gorilla;

- syn. western lowland gorilla;

Gorilla gorilla grauri
n1
a kind of gorilla;

- syn. eastern lowland gorilla;

Goring / ɡ ɔ ɹ ɪ ŋ /
n1
German politician in Nazi Germany who founded the Gestapo and mobilized Germany for war (1893-1946);

- syn. Goering, Hermann Goering, Hermann Goring, Hermann Wilhelm Goring;

Gorki
n1
Russian writer of plays and novels and short stories;

- noted for his depiction of social outcasts;

- syn. Aleksey Maksimovich Peshkov, Aleksey Maximovich Peshkov, Gorky, Maksim Gorky, Maxim Gorki;

n2
an industrial city in the European part of Russia;

- birthplace of Maksim Gorky;

- syn. Gorkiy, Gorky, Nizhni Novgorod, Nizhnyi Novgorod;

Gorkiy
n1
an industrial city in the European part of Russia;

- birthplace of Maksim Gorky;

- syn. Gorki, Gorky, Nizhni Novgorod, Nizhnyi Novgorod;

Gorky / ɡ ɔ k i /
n1
Russian writer of plays and novels and short stories;

- noted for his depiction of social outcasts;

- syn. Aleksey Maksimovich Peshkov, Aleksey Maximovich Peshkov, Gorki, Maksim Gorky, Maxim Gorki;

n2
an industrial city in the European part of Russia;

- birthplace of Maksim Gorky;

- syn. Gorki, Gorkiy, Nizhni Novgorod, Nizhnyi Novgorod;

gormandise / ɡ ɔ m ə n d aɪ z /
v1
overeat or eat immodestly;

- make a pig of oneself;

- "She stuffed herself at the dinner";

- "The kids binged on ice cream";

- syn. binge, englut, engorge, glut, gorge, gormandize, gourmandize, ingurgitate, overeat, overgorge, overindulge, pig out, satiate, scarf out, stuff;

gormandize / ɡ ɔ m ə n d aɪ z /
v1
overeat or eat immodestly;

- make a pig of oneself;

- "She stuffed herself at the dinner";

- "The kids binged on ice cream";

- syn. binge, englut, engorge, glut, gorge, gormandise, gourmandize, ingurgitate, overeat, overgorge, overindulge, pig out, satiate, scarf out, stuff;

gormless / ɡ ɔ m ɫ ɪ s /
a1
(British informal) lacking intelligence and vitality;

- syn. gaumless;

- sim. stupid;

gorse / ɡ ɔ s /
n1
very spiny and dense evergreen shrub with fragrant golden-yellow flowers;

- common throughout western Europe;

- syn. Irish gorse, Ulex europaeus, furze, whin;

gory / ɡ ɔ ɹ i /
a1
covered with blood;

- "a bloodstained shirt";

- "a gory dagger";

- syn. bloodstained;

- sim. bloody;

a2
accompanied by bloodshed;

- "this bitter and sanguinary war";

- syn. butcherly, sanguinary, sanguineous, slaughterous;

- sim. bloody;

Gosainthan
n1
a mountain in the Himalayas in Tibet (26,290 feet high);

gosan-chiku
n1
small bamboo of southeastern China having slender culms flexuous when young;

- syn. Phyllostachys aurea, fishpole bamboo, hotei-chiku;

goshawk / ɡ ɒ s h ɔ k /
n1
large hawk of Eurasia and North America used in falconry;

- syn. Accipiter gentilis;

gosling / ɡ ɒ z ɫ ɪ ŋ /
n1
young goose;

gosmore
n1
European weed widely naturalized in North America having yellow flower heads and leaves resembling a cat's ears;

- syn. California dandelion, Hypochaeris radicata, capeweed, cat's-ear;

Gospel / ɡ ɒ s p ɫ /
n1
the four books in the New Testament (Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John) that tell the story of Christ's life and teachings;

- syn. Gospels, evangel;

n2
an unquestionable truth;

- "his word was gospel";

- syn. gospel truth;

n3
folk music consisting of a genre of a cappella music originating with Black slaves in the United States and featuring call and response;

- influential on the development of other genres of popular music (especially soul);

- syn. gospel singing;

n4
the written body of teachings of a religious group that are generally accepted by that group;

- syn. church doctrine, creed, religious doctrine;

n5
a doctrine that is believed to be of great importance;

- "Newton's writings were gospel for those who followed";

Gospel According to John
n1
the last of the four Gospels in the New Testament;

- syn. John;

Gospel According to Luke
n1
one of the four Gospels in the New Testament;

- contains details of Jesus's birth and early life;

- syn. Gospel of Luke, Luke;

Gospel According to Mark
n1
the shortest of the four Gospels in the New Testament;

- syn. Mark;

Gospel According to Matthew
n1
one of the Gospels in the New Testament;

- includes the Sermon on the Mount;

- syn. Matthew;

Gospel of Luke
n1
one of the four Gospels in the New Testament;

- contains details of Jesus's birth and early life;

- syn. Gospel According to Luke, Luke;

gospel singing
n1
folk music consisting of a genre of a cappella music originating with Black slaves in the United States and featuring call and response;

- influential on the development of other genres of popular music (especially soul);

- syn. gospel;

gospel truth
n1
an unquestionable truth;

- "his word was gospel";

- syn. gospel;

gospeler / ɡ ɒ s p ɫ ə , ɡ ɒ s p ɫ ə ɹ /
n1
a preacher of the Christian gospel;

- syn. evangelist, gospeller, revivalist;

gospeller / ɡ ɒ s p ə ɫ ə /
n1
a preacher of the Christian gospel;

- syn. evangelist, gospeler, revivalist;

Gospels / ɡ ɒ s p ɫ z /
n1
the four books in the New Testament (Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John) that tell the story of Christ's life and teachings;

- syn. Gospel, evangel;

gossamer / ɡ ɒ s ə m ə , ɡ ɒ s ə m ə ɹ /
n1
a gauze fabric with an extremely fine texture;

n2
filaments from a web that was spun by a spider;

- syn. cobweb;

a1
characterized by unusual lightness and delicacy;

- "this smallest and most ethereal of birds";

- "gossamer shading through his playing";

- syn. ethereal;

- sim. delicate;

a2
so thin as to transmit light;

- "a hat with a diaphanous veil";

- "filmy wings of a moth";

- "gauzy clouds of dandelion down";

- "gossamer cobwebs";

- "sheer silk stockings";

- "transparent chiffon";

- "vaporous silks";

- syn. cobwebby, diaphanous, filmy, gauze-like, gauzy, see-through, sheer, transparent, vaporous, vapourous;

- sim. thin;

gossip / ɡ ɒ s ɪ p /
n1
light informal conversation for social occasions;

- syn. causerie, chin-wag, chin-wagging, chin wag, chin wagging, chit-chat, chit chat, chitchat, gab, gabfest, small talk, tittle-tattle;

n2
a report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people;

- "the divorce caused much gossip";

- syn. comment, scuttlebutt;

n3
a person given to gossiping and divulging personal information about others;

- syn. gossiper, gossipmonger, newsmonger, rumormonger, rumourmonger;

v1
wag one's tongue;

- speak about others and reveal secrets or intimacies;

- "She won't dish the dirt";

- syn. dish the dirt;

v2
talk socially without exchanging too much information;

- "the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze";

- syn. chaffer, chat, chatter, chew the fat, chit-chat, chitchat, claver, confab, confabulate, jaw, natter, shoot the breeze, visit;

gossip columnist
n1
a journalist who writes a column of gossip about celebrities;

gossiper / ɡ ɒ s ɪ p ə , ɡ ɒ s ɪ p ə ɹ /
n1
a person given to gossiping and divulging personal information about others;

- syn. gossip, gossipmonger, newsmonger, rumormonger, rumourmonger;

gossiping / ɡ ɒ s ɪ p ɪ ŋ /
n1
a conversation that spreads personal information about other people;

- syn. gossipmongering;

gossipmonger
n1
a person given to gossiping and divulging personal information about others;

- syn. gossip, gossiper, newsmonger, rumormonger, rumourmonger;

gossipmongering
n1
a conversation that spreads personal information about other people;

- syn. gossiping;

gossipy / ɡ ɒ s ɪ p i /
a1
prone to friendly informal communication;

- syn. chatty, newsy;

- sim. communicative;

Gossypium
n1
herbs and shrubs and small trees: cotton;

- syn. genus Gossypium;

Gossypium arboreum
n1
East Indian shrub cultivated especially for ornament for its pale yellow to deep purple blossoms;

- syn. tree cotton;

Gossypium barbadense
n1
small bushy tree grown on islands of the Caribbean and off the Atlantic coast of the southern United States;

- yields cotton with unusually long silky fibers;

- syn. sea island cotton, tree cotton;

Gossypium herbaceum
n1
Old World annual having heart-shaped leaves and large seeds with short greyish lint removed with difficulty;

- considered an ancestor of modern short-staple cottons;

- syn. Levant cotton;

Gossypium hirsutum
n1
native tropical American plant now cultivated in the United States yielding short-staple cotton;

- syn. upland cotton;

Gossypium peruvianum
n1
cotton with long rough hairy fibers;

- syn. Peruvian cotton;

Gossypium thurberi
n1
shrub of southern Arizona and Mexico;

- syn. Arizona wild cotton, wild cotton;

Gota Canal
n1
a canal for small oceangoing ships to enter Lake Vanern in Sweden;

Goteborg / ɡ ɒ t ə b ɔ ɡ /
n1
a port in southwestern Sweden;

- second largest city in Sweden;

- syn. Goeteborg, Gothenburg;

Goth / ɡ ɒ θ /
n1
a crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement;

- syn. barbarian, boor, churl, peasant, tike, tyke;

n2
one of the Teutonic people who invaded the Roman Empire in the 3rd to 5th centuries;

Gothenburg / ɡ ɒ θ ə n b ɝ ɡ /
n1
a port in southwestern Sweden;

- second largest city in Sweden;

- syn. Goeteborg, Goteborg;

Gothic / ɡ ɒ θ ɪ k /
n1
extinct East Germanic language of the ancient Goths;

- the only surviving record being fragments of a 4th-century translation of the Bible by Bishop Ulfilas;

n2
a heavy typeface in use from 15th to 18th centuries;

- syn. black letter;

n3
a style of architecture developed in northern France that spread throughout Europe between the 12th and 16th centuries;

- characterized by slender vertical piers and counterbalancing buttresses and by vaulting and pointed arches;

- syn. Gothic architecture;

a1
characteristic of the style of type commonly used for printing German;

a2
of or relating to the language of the ancient Goths;

- "the Gothic Bible translation";

a3
of or relating to the Goths;

- "Gothic migrations";

a4
as if belonging to the Middle Ages;

- old-fashioned and unenlightened;

- "a medieval attitude toward dating";

- syn. mediaeval, medieval;

- sim. nonmodern;

a5
characterized by gloom and mystery and the grotesque;

- "gothic novels like `Frankenstein'";

- sim. strange;

Gothic arch
n1
a pointed arch;

- usually has a joint (instead of a keystone) at the apex;

Gothic architecture
n1
a style of architecture developed in northern France that spread throughout Europe between the 12th and 16th centuries;

- characterized by slender vertical piers and counterbalancing buttresses and by vaulting and pointed arches;

- syn. Gothic;

Gothic romance
n1
a romance that deals with desolate and mysterious and grotesque events;

Gothic romancer
n1
a writer of Gothic romances;

gothite
n1
a red or yellow or brown mineral;

- an oxide of iron that is a common constituent of rust;

- syn. goethite;

Gotterdammerung
n1
myth about the ultimate destruction of the gods in a battle with evil;

- syn. Ragnarok, Twilight of the Gods;

Gottfried Wilhelm Leibnitz
n1
German philosopher and mathematician who thought of the universe as consisting of independent monads and who devised a system of the calculus independent of Newton (1646-1716);

- syn. Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, Leibnitz, Leibniz;

Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
n1
German philosopher and mathematician who thought of the universe as consisting of independent monads and who devised a system of the calculus independent of Newton (1646-1716);

- syn. Gottfried Wilhelm Leibnitz, Leibnitz, Leibniz;

Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
n1
German playwright and leader of the Enlightenment (1729-1781);

- syn. Lessing;

Gottlieb Daimler
n1
German engineer and automobile manufacturer who produced the first high-speed internal combustion engine (1834-1900);

- syn. Daimler;

gouache / ɡ ʊ ɑ ʃ /
n1
an opaque watercolor prepared with gum;

n2
a watercolor executed with opaque watercolors mixed with gum;

Gouda
n1
mild cream-colored Dutch cheese shaped in balls;

- syn. Gouda cheese;

Gouda cheese
n1
mild cream-colored Dutch cheese shaped in balls;

- syn. Gouda;

Goudy
n1
United States printer noted for designing typefaces (1865-1947);

- syn. Frederic Goudy, Frederic William Goudy;

gouge / ɡ aʊ dʒ /
n1
an impression in a surface (as made by a blow);

- syn. dent, ding, nick;

n2
and edge tool with a blade like a trough for cutting channels or grooves;

n3
the act of gouging;

v1
force with the thumb;

- "gouge out his eyes";

- syn. force out;

- also gouge out;

v2
obtain by coercion or intimidation;

- "They extorted money from the executive by threatening to reveal his past to the company boss";

- "They squeezed money from the owner of the business by threatening him";

- syn. extort, rack, squeeze, wring;

v3
make a groove in;

- syn. rout;

gouge out
v1
make gouges into a surface;

- "The woman's spiked heels gouged out the wooden floor";

gouger / ɡ aʊ dʒ ə , ɡ aʊ dʒ ə ɹ /
n1
an attacker who gouges out the antagonist's eye;

n2
a person who swindles you by means of deception or fraud;

- syn. chiseler, chiseller, defrauder, grifter, scammer, swindler;

goujon
n1
large catfish of central United States having a flattened head and projecting jaw;

- syn. Pylodictus olivaris, flathead catfish, mudcat, shovelnose catfish, spoonbill catfish;

goulash / ɡ u ɫ æ ʃ /
n1
a rich meat stew highly seasoned with paprika;

- syn. Hungarian goulash, gulyas;

Gould
n1
United States paleontologist and popularizer of science (1941-2002);

- syn. Stephen Jay Gould;

n2
United States financier who gained control of the Erie Canal and who caused a financial panic in 1869 when he attempted to corner the gold market (1836-1892);

- syn. Jay Gould;

Gounod
n1
French composer best remembered for his operas (1818-1893);

- syn. Charles Francois Gounod;

gourd / ɡ ʊə d /
n1
bottle made from the dried shell of a bottle gourd;

- syn. calabash;

n2
any of numerous inedible fruits with hard rinds;

n3
any vine of the family Cucurbitaceae that bears fruits with hard rinds;

- syn. gourd vine;

gourd family
n1
a family of herbaceous vines (such as cucumber or melon or squash or pumpkin);

- syn. Cucurbitaceae, family Cucurbitaceae;

gourd vine
n1
any vine of the family Cucurbitaceae that bears fruits with hard rinds;

- syn. gourd;

gourde
n1
the basic unit of money in Haiti;

gourmand / ɡ ʊə m ə n d /
n1
a person who is devoted to eating and drinking to excess;

- syn. glutton, gourmandizer, trencherman;

gourmandism
n1
the disposition and habits of a gourmand;

gourmandize / ɡ ʊə m ə n d aɪ z /
v1
overeat or eat immodestly;

- make a pig of oneself;

- "She stuffed herself at the dinner";

- "The kids binged on ice cream";

- syn. binge, englut, engorge, glut, gorge, gormandise, gormandize, ingurgitate, overeat, overgorge, overindulge, pig out, satiate, scarf out, stuff;

gourmandizer / ɡ ʊə m ə n d aɪ z ə /
n1
a person who is devoted to eating and drinking to excess;

- syn. glutton, gourmand, trencherman;

gourmet / ɡ ʊə m eɪ /
n1
a person devoted to refined sensuous enjoyment (especially good food and drink);

- syn. bon vivant, epicure, epicurean, foodie, gastronome;

gout / ɡ aʊ t /
n1
a painful inflammation of the big toe and foot caused by defects in uric acid metabolism resulting in deposits of the acid and its salts in the blood and joints;

- syn. gouty arthritis, urarthritis;

gouty / ɡ aʊ t i /
a1
suffering from gout;

- sim. ill;

gouty arthritis
n1
a painful inflammation of the big toe and foot caused by defects in uric acid metabolism resulting in deposits of the acid and its salts in the blood and joints;

- syn. gout, urarthritis;

Gouverneur Morris
n1
United States statesman who led the committee that produced the final draft of the United States Constitution (1752-1816);

- syn. Morris;

govern / ɡ ʌ v n /
v1
bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage;

- impose regulations;

- "We cannot regulate the way people dress";

- "This town likes to regulate";

- syn. order, regularise, regularize, regulate;

v2
direct or strongly influence the behavior of;

- "His belief in God governs his conduct";

v3
exercise authority over;

- as of nations;

- "Who is governing the country now?";

- syn. rule;

v4
require to be in a certain grammatical case, voice, or mood;

- "most transitive verbs govern the accusative case in German";

governable / ɡ ʌ v ə n ə b ɫ /
a1
capable of being controlled;

- syn. controllable;

- sim. manageable;

Governador Valadares
n1
a city in eastern Brazil to the northeast of Belo Horizonte;

governance / ɡ ʌ v ə n ə n s /
n1
the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something;

- "he claims that the present administration is corrupt";

- "the governance of an association is responsible to its members";

- "he quickly became recognized as a member of the establishment";

- syn. administration, brass, establishment, governing body, organisation, organization;

n2
the act of governing;

- exercising authority;

- "regulations for the governing of state prisons";

- "he had considerable experience of government";

- syn. administration, governing, government, government activity;

governed / ɡ ʌ v n d /
n1
the body of people who are citizens of a particular government;

- "governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed"--Declaration of Independence;

governess / ɡ ʌ v ə n ɛ s /
n1
a woman entrusted with the care and supervision of a child (especially in a private home);

governing / ɡ ʌ v n ɪ ŋ /
n1
the act of governing;

- exercising authority;

- "regulations for the governing of state prisons";

- "he had considerable experience of government";

- syn. administration, governance, government, government activity;

a1
responsible for making and enforcing rules and laws;

- "governing bodies";

- sim. dominant;

governing board
n1
a board that manages the affairs of an institution;

governing body
n1
the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something;

- "he claims that the present administration is corrupt";

- "the governance of an association is responsible to its members";

- "he quickly became recognized as a member of the establishment";

- syn. administration, brass, establishment, governance, organisation, organization;

government / ɡ ʌ v ə n m ə n t /
n1
the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit;

- "the government reduced taxes";

- "the matter was referred to higher authorities";

- syn. authorities, regime;

n2
the act of governing;

- exercising authority;

- "regulations for the governing of state prisons";

- "he had considerable experience of government";

- syn. administration, governance, governing, government activity;

n3
(government) the system or form by which a community or other political unit is governed;

- "tyrannical government";

n4
the study of government of states and other political units;

- syn. political science, politics;

government-in-exile
n1
a temporary government moved to or formed in a foreign land by exiles who hope to rule when their country is liberated;

Government Accounting Office
n1
an independent nonpartisan federal agency that acts as the investigative arm of Congress making the executive branch accountable to Congress and the government accountable to citizens of the United States;

- syn. GAO, United States Government Accounting Office;

government activity
n1
the act of governing;

- exercising authority;

- "regulations for the governing of state prisons";

- "he had considerable experience of government";

- syn. administration, governance, governing, government;

government agency
n1
an administrative unit of government;

- "the Central Intelligence Agency";

- "the Census Bureau";

- "Office of Management and Budget";

- "Tennessee Valley Authority";

- syn. agency, authority, bureau, federal agency, office;

government agent
n1
a representative or official of a government or administrative department of a government;

government bond
n1
a bond that is an IOU of the United States Treasury;

- considered the safest security in the investment world;

government building
n1
a building that houses a branch of government;

government department
n1
a department of government;

government income
n1
income available to the government;

- syn. government revenue;

government issue
n1
supplies (as food or clothing or ammunition) issued by the government;

- syn. issue, military issue;

government man
n1
a special law-enforcement agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation;

- syn. FBI agent, G-man;

government minister
n1
a person appointed to a high office in the government;

- "Minister of Finance";

- syn. minister;

government note
n1
a piece of paper money (especially one issued by a central bank);

- "he peeled off five one-thousand-zloty notes";

- syn. Federal Reserve note, bank bill, bank note, banker's bill, banknote, bill, greenback, note;

government office
n1
an office where government employees work;

government officials
n1
people elected or appointed to administer a government;

- syn. officialdom;

Government Printing Office
n1
an agency of the legislative branch that provides printing and binding services for Congress and the departments and establishments of the federal government;

- syn. GPO, US Government Printing Office, United States Government Printing Office;

government revenue
n1
income available to the government;

- syn. government income;

government security
n1
a security issued by United States government agencies or the Farm Credit System;

- syn. agency security;

governmental / ɡ ʌ v n m ɛ n t ɫ /
a1
relating to or dealing with the affairs or structure of government or politics or the state;

- "governmental policy";

- "public confidence and governmental morale";

- sim. political;

governmentally / ɡ ʌ v n m ɛ n t ə ɫ i /
r1
by government;

- "governmentally determined policy";

governor / ɡ ʌ v ə n ə , ɡ ʌ v ə n ə ɹ /
n1
the head of a state government;

n2
a control that maintains a steady speed in a machine (as by controlling the supply of fuel);

- syn. regulator;

governor's plum
n1
small shrubby tree of Madagascar cultivated in tropical regions as a hedge plant and for its deep red acid fruits resembling small plums;

- syn. Flacourtia indica, Madagascar plum, batoko palm, governor plum, ramontchi;

governor's race
n1
a race for election to the governorship;

- syn. campaign for governor;

governor general
n1
a governor of high rank;

governor plum
n1
small shrubby tree of Madagascar cultivated in tropical regions as a hedge plant and for its deep red acid fruits resembling small plums;

- syn. Flacourtia indica, Madagascar plum, batoko palm, governor's plum, ramontchi;

governorship / ɡ ʌ v ə n ə ʃ ɪ p /
n1
the office of governor;

gowen cypress
n1
small sometimes shrubby tree native to California;

- often used as an ornamental;

- in some classification systems includes the pygmy cypress and the Santa Cruz cypress;

- syn. Cupressus goveniana;

gown / ɡ aʊ n /
n1
a woman's dress, usually with a close-fitting bodice and a long flared skirt, often worn on formal occasions;

n2
the members of a university as distinguished from the other residents of the town in which the university is located;

- "the relations between town and gown are always sensitive";

n3
lingerie consisting of a loose dress designed to be worn in bed by women;

- syn. night-robe, nightdress, nightgown, nightie;

n4
protective garment worn by surgeons during operations;

- syn. scrubs, surgical gown;

n5
outerwear consisting of a long flowing garment used for official or ceremonial occasions;

- syn. robe;

v1
dress in a gown;

gowned / ɡ aʊ n d /
a1
wearing a gown;

- "beautifully gowned women";

- sim. clothed;

goy
n1
a Christian as contrasted with a Jew;

- syn. gentile, non-Jew;

Goya
n1
Spanish painter well known for his portraits and for his satires (1746-1828);

- syn. Francisco Goya, Francisco Jose de Goya, Francisco Jose de Goya y Lucientes, Francisco de Goya, Goya y Lucientes;

Goya y Lucientes
n1
Spanish painter well known for his portraits and for his satires (1746-1828);

- syn. Francisco Goya, Francisco Jose de Goya, Francisco Jose de Goya y Lucientes, Francisco de Goya, Goya;

GP / dʒ i p i /
n1
a physician who is not a specialist but treats all illnesses;

- syn. general practitioner;

GP bomb
n1
a large bomb (500 to 2,000 pounds that is 50% explosive) whose explosion creates a blast and whose metal casing creates some fragmentation effect;

- syn. general-purpose bomb;

GPA
n1
a measure of a student's academic achievement at a college or university;

- calculated by dividing the total number of grade points received by the total number attempted;

- syn. grade point average;

GPO
n1
an agency of the legislative branch that provides printing and binding services for Congress and the departments and establishments of the federal government;

- syn. Government Printing Office, US Government Printing Office, United States Government Printing Office;

GPS / dʒ i p i z /
n1
a navigational system involving satellites and computers that can determine the latitude and longitude of a receiver on Earth by computing the time difference for signals from different satellites to reach the receiver;

- syn. Global Positioning System;

Graafian follicle
n1
a vascular body in a mammalian ovary enclosing a developing egg;

grab / ɡ ɹ æ b /
n1
a mechanical device for gripping an object;

n2
the act of catching an object with the hands;

- "Mays made the catch with his back to the plate";

- "he made a grab for the ball before it landed";

- "Martin's snatch at the bridle failed and the horse raced away";

- "the infielder's snap and throw was a single motion";

- syn. catch, snap, snatch;

v1
take hold of so as to seize or restrain or stop the motion of;

- "Catch the ball!";

- "Grab the elevator door!";

- syn. catch, take hold of;

v2
get hold of or seize quickly and easily;

- "I snapped up all the good buys during the garage sale";

- syn. snaffle, snap up;

v3
make a grasping or snatching motion with the hand;

- "The passenger grabbed for the oxygen mask";

v4
obtain illegally or unscrupulously;

- "Grab power";

v5
take or grasp suddenly;

- "She grabbed the child's hand and ran out of the room";

v6
capture the attention or imagination of;

- "This story will grab you";

- "The movie seized my imagination";

- syn. seize;

grab bag
n1
an assortment of miscellaneous items;

n2
a container from which a person draws a wrapped item at random without knowing the contents;

grab bar
n1
a bar attached parallel to a wall to provide a handgrip for steadying yourself;

grab sample
n1
a single sample or measurement taken at a specific time or over as short a period as feasible;

grabber / ɡ ɹ æ b ə , ɡ ɹ æ b ə ɹ /
n1
an unpleasant person who grabs inconsiderately;

grabby
a1
immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth;

- "they are avaricious and will do anything for money";

- "casting covetous eyes on his neighbor's fields";

- "a grasping old miser";

- "grasping commercialism";

- "greedy for money and power";

- "grew richer and greedier";

- "prehensile employers stingy with raises for their employees";

- syn. avaricious, covetous, grasping, greedy, prehensile;

- sim. acquisitive;

grace / ɡ ɹ ɑ s , ɡ ɹ eɪ s /
n1
(Christian theology) a state of sanctification by God;

- the state of one who is under such divine influence;

- "the conception of grace developed alongside the conception of sin";

- "it was debated whether saving grace could be obtained outside the membership of the church";

- "the Virgin lived in a state of grace";

- syn. saving grace, state of grace;

n2
elegance and beauty of movement or expression;

- "a beautiful figure which she used in subtle movements of unparalleled grace";

- syn. gracility;

n3
a sense of propriety and consideration for others;

- "a place where the company of others must be accepted with good grace";

- syn. seemliness;

n4
a disposition to kindness and compassion;

- "the victor's grace in treating the vanquished";

- syn. good will, goodwill;

n5
a period of time past the deadline for fulfilling an obligation during which a penalty that would be imposed for being late is waived, especially an extended period granted as a special favor;

- "The payment had originally been due on April 1 but we had a grace period which expired in June.";

- syn. grace period;

n6
(Greek mythology) one of three sisters who were the givers of beauty and charm;

- a favorite subject for sculptors;

n7
a short prayer of thanks before a meal;

- "their youngest son said grace";

- syn. blessing, thanksgiving;

n8
(Christian theology) the free and unmerited favor or beneficence of God;

- "God's grace is manifested in the salvation of sinners";

- "there but for the grace of God go I";

- syn. free grace, grace of God;

v1
make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.;

- "Decorate the room for the party";

- "beautify yourself for the special day";

- syn. adorn, beautify, decorate, embellish, ornament;

v2
be beautiful to look at;

- "Flowers adorned the tables everywhere";

- syn. adorn, beautify, deck, decorate, embellish;

grace cup
n1
cup to be passed around for the final toast after a meal;

Grace Ethel Cecile Rosalie Allen
n1
United States comedienne remembered as the confused but imperturbable partner of her husband, George Burns (1906-1964);

- syn. Allen, Gracie, Gracie Allen;

Grace Kelly
n1
United States film actress who retired when she married into the royal family of Monaco (1928-1982);

- syn. Grace Patricia Kelly, Kelly, Princess Grace of Monaco;

grace note
n1
an embellishing note usually written in smaller size;

- syn. acciaccatura, appoggiatura;

grace of God
n1
(Christian theology) the free and unmerited favor or beneficence of God;

- "God's grace is manifested in the salvation of sinners";

- "there but for the grace of God go I";

- syn. free grace, grace;

Grace Patricia Kelly
n1
United States film actress who retired when she married into the royal family of Monaco (1928-1982);

- syn. Grace Kelly, Kelly, Princess Grace of Monaco;

grace period
n1
a period of time past the deadline for fulfilling an obligation during which a penalty that would be imposed for being late is waived, especially an extended period granted as a special favor;

- "The payment had originally been due on April 1 but we had a grace period which expired in June.";

- syn. grace;

graceful / ɡ ɹ eɪ s f ə ɫ /
a1
characterized by beauty of movement, style, form, or execution;

- also beautiful, elegant;

- sim. elegant, fluent, gainly, gracile, lissome;

a2
suggesting taste, ease, and wealth;

- syn. elegant, refined;

- sim. gracious;

gracefully / ɡ ɹ eɪ s f ə ɫ i /
r1
in a graceful manner;

- "she swooped gracefully";

r2
in a gracious or graceful manner;

- "he did not have a chance to grow up graciously";

- syn. graciously;

gracefulness / ɡ ɹ eɪ s f ə ɫ n ɛ s /
n1
beautiful carriage;

graceless / ɡ ɹ eɪ s ɫ ɪ s /
a1
lacking graciousness;

- "a totally graceless hostess";

- sim. ungracious;

a2
lacking grace;

- clumsy;

- "a graceless production of the play";

- "his stature low...his bearing ungraceful"- Sir Walter Scott;

- syn. ungraceful;

- sim. awkward;

a3
lacking social polish;

- "too gauche to leave the room when the conversation became intimate";

- "their excellent manners always made me feel gauche";

- syn. gauche, unpolished;

- sim. inelegant;

gracelessly / ɡ ɹ eɪ s ɫ ɪ s ɫ i /
r1
without grace;

- rigidly;

- "they moved woodenly";

- syn. ungracefully, ungraciously, woodenly;

r2
in a graceless manner;

- "she moves rather gracelessly";

gracelessness / ɡ ɹ eɪ s ɫ ɪ s n ɛ s /
n1
an unpleasant lack of grace in carriage or form or movement or expression;

- syn. ungracefulness;

n2
the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment);

- syn. awkwardness, clumsiness, stiffness;

Gracie
n1
United States comedienne remembered as the confused but imperturbable partner of her husband, George Burns (1906-1964);

- syn. Allen, Grace Ethel Cecile Rosalie Allen, Gracie Allen;

Gracie Allen
n1
United States comedienne remembered as the confused but imperturbable partner of her husband, George Burns (1906-1964);

- syn. Allen, Grace Ethel Cecile Rosalie Allen, Gracie;

gracilariid
n1
small dull or metallic-colored tineoid moths whose larvae mine in plant leaves;

- syn. gracilariid moth;

gracilariid moth
n1
small dull or metallic-colored tineoid moths whose larvae mine in plant leaves;

- syn. gracilariid;

Gracilariidae
n1
leaf miners;

- syn. Gracillariidae, family Gracilariidae;

gracile
a1
slender and graceful;

- syn. willowy;

- sim. graceful;

gracility
n1
elegance and beauty of movement or expression;

- "a beautiful figure which she used in subtle movements of unparalleled grace";

- syn. grace;

Gracillariidae
n1
leaf miners;

- syn. Gracilariidae, family Gracilariidae;

gracious / ɡ ɹ eɪ ʃ ə s /
a1
characterized by charm, good taste, and generosity of spirit;

- "gracious even to unexpected visitors";

- "gracious living";

- "he bears insult with gracious good humor";

- also friendly, refined;

- sim. elegant, merciful;

a2
characterized by kindness and warm courtesy especially of a king to his subjects;

- "our benignant king";

- syn. benignant;

- sim. kind;

a3
exhibiting courtesy and politeness;

- "a nice gesture";

- syn. courteous, nice;

- sim. polite;

a4
disposed to bestow favors;

- "thanks to the gracious gods";

- sim. propitious;

graciously / ɡ ɹ eɪ ʃ ə s ɫ i /
r1
in a gracious or graceful manner;

- "he did not have a chance to grow up graciously";

- syn. gracefully;

graciousness / ɡ ɹ eɪ ʃ ə s n ə s /
n1
excellence of manners or social conduct;

n2
the quality of being kind and gentle;

- syn. benignancy, benignity;

grackle / ɡ ɹ æ k ɫ /
n1
glossy black Asiatic starling often taught to mimic speech;

- syn. Gracula religiosa, Indian grackle, hill myna;

n2
long-tailed American blackbird having iridescent black plumage;

- syn. crow blackbird;

Gracula
n1
mynas;

- syn. genus Gracula;

Gracula religiosa
n1
glossy black Asiatic starling often taught to mimic speech;

- syn. Indian grackle, grackle, hill myna;

grad
n1
one-hundredth of a right angle;

- syn. grade;

n2
a person who has received a degree from a school (high school or college or university);

- syn. alum, alumna, alumnus, graduate;

grad school
n1
a school in a university offering study leading to degrees beyond the bachelor's degree;

- syn. graduate school;

grad student
n1
a student who continues studies after graduation;

- syn. graduate student, postgraduate;

gradable
a1
capable of being graded (for quality or rank or size etc.);

- sim. hierarchical;

gradable opposition
n1
an opposition that is capable of being graded;

gradate / ɡ ɹ ə d eɪ t /
v1
arrange according to grades;

- "These lines are gradated";

v2
pass imperceptibly from one degree, shade, or tone into another;

- "The paint on these walls gradates but you don't see it";

gradation / ɡ ɹ ə d eɪ ʃ n /
n1
relative position in a graded series;

- "always a step behind";

- "subtle gradations in color";

- "keep in step with the fashions";

- syn. step;

n2
a degree of ablaut;

- syn. grade;

n3
the act of arranging in grades;

- syn. graduation;

gradational / ɡ ɹ ə d eɪ ʃ ə n ə ɫ /
a1
taking place by degrees;

- syn. gradatory, graduated;

- sim. gradual;

gradatory
a1
taking place by degrees;

- syn. gradational, graduated;

- sim. gradual;

grade / ɡ ɹ eɪ d /
n1
a body of students who are taught together;

- "early morning classes are always sleepy";

- syn. class, course, form;

n2
a relative position or degree of value in a graded group;

- "lumber of the highest grade";

- syn. level, tier;

n3
the gradient of a slope or road or other surface;

- "the road had a steep grade";

n4
one-hundredth of a right angle;

- syn. grad;

n5
a degree of ablaut;

- syn. gradation;

n6
a number or letter indicating quality (especially of a student's performance);

- "she made good marks in algebra";

- "grade A milk";

- "what was your score on your homework?";

- syn. mark, score;

n7
the height of the ground on which something stands;

- "the base of the tower was below grade";

- syn. ground level;

n8
a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality;

- "a moderate grade of intelligence";

- "a high level of care is required";

- "it is all a matter of degree";

- syn. degree, level;

n9
a variety of cattle produced by crossbreeding with a superior breed;

v1
assign a rank or rating to;

- "how would you rank these students?";

- "The restaurant is rated highly in the food guide";

- syn. order, place, range, rank, rate;

v2
level to the right gradient;

v3
assign a grade or rank to, according to one's evaluation;

- "grade tests";

- "score the SAT essays";

- "mark homework";

- syn. mark, score;

v4
determine the grade of or assign a grade to;

grade-appropriate
a1
the quality of ability and work that is appropriate for students in a specified grade;

- sim. appropriate;

grade-constructed
a1
constructed at ground level;

- "grade-constructed accesses to the freeway";

- sim. surface;

grade crossing
n1
intersection of a railway and a road on the same level;

- barriers close road when trains pass;

- syn. level crossing;

grade insignia
n1
V-shaped sleeve badge indicating military rank and service;

- "they earned their stripes in Kuwait";

- syn. chevron, stripe, stripes;

grade point
n1
a numerical value assigned to a letter grade received in a course taken at a college or university multiplied by the number of credit hours awarded for the course;

grade point average
n1
a measure of a student's academic achievement at a college or university;

- calculated by dividing the total number of grade points received by the total number attempted;

- syn. GPA;

grade school
n1
a school for young children;

- usually the first 6 or 8 grades;

- syn. elementary school, grammar school, primary school;

grade separation
n1
a crossing that uses an underpass or overpass;

graded / ɡ ɹ eɪ d ɪ d /
a1
arranged in a sequence of grades or ranks;

- "stratified areas of the distribution";

- syn. ranked, stratified;

- sim. hierarchical;

grader / ɡ ɹ eɪ d ə , ɡ ɹ eɪ d ə ɹ /
n1
a judge who assigns grades to something;

gradient / ɡ ɹ eɪ d ɪə n t /
n1
a graded change in the magnitude of some physical quantity or dimension;

n2
the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the horizontal;

- "a five-degree gradient";

- syn. slope;

grading / ɡ ɹ eɪ d ɪ ŋ /
n1
the act of arranging in a graduated series;

- syn. scaling;

n2
changing the ground level to a smooth horizontal or gently sloping surface;

- syn. leveling;

n3
evaluation of performance by assigning a grade or score;

- "what he disliked about teaching was all the grading he had to do";

- syn. marking, scoring;

gradual / ɡ ɹ æ dʒ ʊə ɫ /
n1
(Roman Catholic Church) an antiphon (usually from the Book of Psalms) immediately after the epistle at Mass;

a1
proceeding in small stages;

- "a gradual increase in prices";

- also slow;

- sim. bit-by-bit, gradational;

a2
(of a topographical gradient) not steep or abrupt;

- "a gradual slope";

- also inclined;

- sim. easy, sloping;

graduality
n1
the quality of being gradual or of coming about by gradual stages;

- syn. gradualness;

gradually / ɡ ɹ æ dʒ ʊə ɫ i /
r1
in a gradual manner;

- "the snake moved gradually toward its victim";

- syn. bit by bit, step by step;

gradualness / ɡ ɹ æ dʒ ʊə ɫ n ə s /
n1
the property possessed by a slope that is very gradual;

- syn. gentleness;

n2
the quality of being gradual or of coming about by gradual stages;

- syn. graduality;

graduate / ɡ ɹ æ dʒ ʊə t , ɡ ɹ æ dʒ ʊ eɪ t /
n1
a person who has received a degree from a school (high school or college or university);

- syn. alum, alumna, alumnus, grad;

n2
a measuring instrument for measuring fluid volume;

- a glass container (cup or cylinder or flask) whose sides are marked with or divided into amounts;

v1
receive an academic degree upon completion of one's studies;

- "She graduated in 1990";

v2
confer an academic degree upon;

- "This school graduates 2,000 students each year";

v3
make fine adjustments or divide into marked intervals for optimal measuring;

- "calibrate an instrument";

- "graduate a cylinder";

- syn. calibrate, fine-tune;

a1
of or relating to studies beyond a bachelor's degree;

- "graduate courses";

- syn. postgraduate;

- sim. high;

graduate nurse
n1
someone who has completed the course of study (including hospital practice) at a nurses training school;

- syn. trained nurse;

graduate school
n1
a school in a university offering study leading to degrees beyond the bachelor's degree;

- syn. grad school;

graduate student
n1
a student who continues studies after graduation;

- syn. grad student, postgraduate;

graduated / ɡ ɹ æ dʒ ʊ eɪ t ɪ d /
a1
marked with or divided into degrees;

- "a calibrated thermometer";

- syn. calibrated;

a2
taking place by degrees;

- syn. gradational, gradatory;

- sim. gradual;

graduated cylinder
n1
a cylindrical graduate;

graduated table
n1
an ordered reference standard;

- "judging on a scale of 1 to 10";

- syn. ordered series, scale, scale of measurement;

graduated tax
n1
any tax in which the rate increases as the amount subject to taxation increases;

- syn. progressive tax;

graduating class
n1
the body of students who graduate together this year;

graduation / ɡ ɹ æ dʒ ʊ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the successful completion of a program of study;

n2
an academic exercise in which diplomas are conferred;

- syn. commencement, commencement ceremony, commencement exercise, graduation exercise;

n3
a line (as on a vessel or ruler) that marks a measurement;

- "the ruler had 16 graduations per inch";

n4
the act of arranging in grades;

- syn. gradation;

graduation exercise
n1
an academic exercise in which diplomas are conferred;

- syn. commencement, commencement ceremony, commencement exercise, graduation;

Graeco-Roman
a1
of or pertaining to or characteristic of the ancient Greeks and Romans, especially their art, literature, or culture;

- "classical mythology";

- "the classical world";

- syn. Greco-Roman, classical;

- sim. classical;

Graeco-Roman deity
n1
a deity of classical mythology;

- syn. Greco-Roman deity;

Graecophile
n1
an admirer of Greece and everything Greek;

- syn. philhellene, philhellenist;

a1
characterized by a love of Greece and Grecian things;

- "the Philhellenic Society";

- syn. Graecophilic, philhellene, philhellenic;

Graecophilic
a1
characterized by a love of Greece and Grecian things;

- "the Philhellenic Society";

- syn. Graecophile, philhellene, philhellenic;

Graf
n1
German tennis player who won seven women's singles titles at Wimbledon (born in 1969);

- syn. Steffi Graf, Stephanie Graf;

Graf Zeppelin
n1
a large rigid dirigible designed to carry passengers or bombs;

- syn. zeppelin;

graffiti / ɡ ɹ ə f i t i /
n1
a rude decoration inscribed on rocks or walls;

- syn. graffito;

graffito / ɡ ɹ ə f i t oʊ /
n1
a rude decoration inscribed on rocks or walls;

- syn. graffiti;

graft / ɡ ɹ ɑ f t /
n1
(surgery) tissue or organ transplanted from a donor to a recipient;

- in some cases the patient can be both donor and recipient;

- syn. transplant;

n2
the practice of offering something (usually money) in order to gain an illicit advantage;

- syn. bribery;

n3
the act of grafting something onto something else;

- syn. grafting;

v1
cause to grow together parts from different plants;

- "graft the cherry tree branch onto the plum tree";

- syn. engraft, ingraft;

v2
place the organ of a donor into the body of a recipient;

- syn. transplant;

grafting / ɡ ɹ ɑ f t ɪ ŋ /
n1
the act of grafting something onto something else;

- syn. graft;

Graham
n1
United States evangelical preacher famous as a mass evangelist (born in 1918);

- syn. Billy Graham, William Franklin Graham;

n2
United States dancer and choreographer whose work was noted for its austerity and technical rigor (1893-1991);

- syn. Martha Graham;

n3
flour made by grinding the entire wheat berry including the bran;

- (`whole meal flour' is British usage);

- syn. graham flour, whole meal flour, whole wheat flour;

graham bread
n1
bread made of graham (whole wheat) flour;

graham cracker
n1
semisweet whole-wheat cracker;

graham flour
n1
flour made by grinding the entire wheat berry including the bran;

- (`whole meal flour' is British usage);

- syn. graham, whole meal flour, whole wheat flour;

Graham Greene
n1
English novelist and Catholic (1904-1991);

- syn. Greene, Henry Graham Greene;

Grahame
n1
English writer (born in Scotland) of children's stories (1859-1932);

- syn. Kenneth Grahame;

grail / ɡ ɹ eɪ ɫ /
n1
the object of any prolonged endeavor;

n2
(legend) chalice used by Christ at the Last Supper;

- syn. Holy Grail, Sangraal;

grain / ɡ ɹ eɪ n /
n1
a relatively small granular particle of a substance;

- "a grain of sand";

- "a grain of sugar";

n2
foodstuff prepared from the starchy grains of cereal grasses;

- syn. cereal, food grain;

n3
the side of leather from which the hair has been removed;

n4
a weight unit used for pearls or diamonds: 50 mg or 1/4 carat;

- syn. metric grain;

n5
1/60 dram;

- equals an avoirdupois grain or 64.799 milligrams;

n6
1/7000 pound;

- equals a troy grain or 64.799 milligrams;

n7
dry seed-like fruit produced by the cereal grasses: e.g. wheat, barley, Indian corn;

- syn. caryopsis;

n8
a cereal grass;

- "wheat is a grain that is grown in Kansas";

n9
the smallest possible unit of anything;

- "there was a grain of truth in what he said";

- "he does not have a grain of sense";

n10
the direction, texture, or pattern of fibers found in wood or leather or stone or in a woven fabric;

- "saw the board across the grain";

n11
the physical composition of something (especially with respect to the size and shape of the small constituents of a substance);

- "breadfruit has the same texture as bread";

- "sand of a fine grain";

- "fish with a delicate flavor and texture";

- "a stone of coarse grain";

- syn. texture;

v1
thoroughly work in;

- "His hands were grained with dirt";

- syn. ingrain;

v2
paint (a surface) to make it look like stone or wood;

v3
form into grains;

- syn. granulate;

v4
become granular;

- syn. granulate;

grain alcohol
n1
the intoxicating agent in fermented and distilled liquors;

- used pure or denatured as a solvent or in medicines and colognes and cleaning solutions and rocket fuel;

- proposed as a renewable clean-burning additive to gasoline;

- syn. ethanol, ethyl alcohol, fermentation alcohol;

grain field
n1
a field where grain is grown;

- syn. grainfield;

grain merchant
n1
a merchant who deals in food grains;

grain moth
n1
moth whose larvae feed on grain;

grain sorghum
n1
any of several sorghums cultivated primarily for grain;

grainfield / ɡ ɹ eɪ n f i ɫ d /
n1
a field where grain is grown;

- syn. grain field;

Grainger
n1
United States composer (born in Australia) who lived in London and collected English folk songs (1882-1961);

- syn. George Percy Aldridge Grainger, Percy Aldridge Grainger, Percy Grainger;

graininess
n1
the quality of being composed of relatively large particles;

- syn. coarseness, granularity;

graining / ɡ ɹ eɪ n ɪ ŋ /
n1
a texture like that of wood;

- syn. woodgraining;

grains of paradise
n1
West African plant bearing pungent peppery seeds;

- syn. Aframomum melegueta, Guinea grains, Guinea pepper, melagueta pepper;

grainy / ɡ ɹ eɪ n i /
a1
composed of or covered with particles resembling meal in texture or consistency;

- "granular sugar";

- "the photographs were grainy and indistinct";

- "it left a mealy residue";

- syn. coarse-grained, farinaceous, granular, granulose, gritty, mealy;

- sim. coarse;

grainy club
n1
a variety of grainy club mushrooms;

grainy club mushrooms
n1
any of various mushrooms of the class Ascomycetes;

- syn. Clavicipitaceae;

gram / ɡ ɹ æ m /
n1
a metric unit of weight equal to one thousandth of a kilogram;

- syn. g, gm, gramme;

n2
Danish physician and bacteriologist who developed a method of staining bacteria to distinguish among them (1853-1938);

- syn. Hans C. J. Gram;

Gram's method
n1
a staining technique used to classify bacteria;

- bacteria are stained with gentian violet and then treated with Gram's solution;

- after being decolorized with alcohol and treated with safranine and washed in water, those that retain the gentian violet are Gram-positive and those that do not retain it are Gram-negative;

- syn. Gram's procedure, Gram's stain, Gram method, Gram stain;

Gram's procedure
n1
a staining technique used to classify bacteria;

- bacteria are stained with gentian violet and then treated with Gram's solution;

- after being decolorized with alcohol and treated with safranine and washed in water, those that retain the gentian violet are Gram-positive and those that do not retain it are Gram-negative;

- syn. Gram's method, Gram's stain, Gram method, Gram stain;

Gram's solution
n1
a solution used in staining bacteria by Gram's method;

- consists of one part iodine and two parts potassium iodide and 300 parts water;

Gram's stain
n1
a staining technique used to classify bacteria;

- bacteria are stained with gentian violet and then treated with Gram's solution;

- after being decolorized with alcohol and treated with safranine and washed in water, those that retain the gentian violet are Gram-positive and those that do not retain it are Gram-negative;

- syn. Gram's method, Gram's procedure, Gram method, Gram stain;

gram-atomic weight
n1
the quantity of an element whose weight in grams is numerically equal to the atomic weight of the element;

- syn. gram atom;

Gram-negative
a1
(of bacteria) being of or relating to a bacterium that does not retain the violet stain used in Gram's method;

- sim. negative;

Gram-positive
a1
(of bacteria) being or relating to a bacterium that retains the violet stain used in Gram's method;

- sim. positive;

gram atom
n1
the quantity of an element whose weight in grams is numerically equal to the atomic weight of the element;

- syn. gram-atomic weight;

gram calorie
n1
unit of heat defined as the quantity of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water by 1 degree centigrade at atmospheric pressure;

- syn. calorie, small calorie;

Gram method
n1
a staining technique used to classify bacteria;

- bacteria are stained with gentian violet and then treated with Gram's solution;

- after being decolorized with alcohol and treated with safranine and washed in water, those that retain the gentian violet are Gram-positive and those that do not retain it are Gram-negative;

- syn. Gram's method, Gram's procedure, Gram's stain, Gram stain;

gram molecule
n1
the molecular weight of a substance expressed in grams;

- the basic unit of amount of substance adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites;

- syn. mol, mole;

Gram stain
n1
a staining technique used to classify bacteria;

- bacteria are stained with gentian violet and then treated with Gram's solution;

- after being decolorized with alcohol and treated with safranine and washed in water, those that retain the gentian violet are Gram-positive and those that do not retain it are Gram-negative;

- syn. Gram's method, Gram's procedure, Gram's stain, Gram method;

grama
n1
pasture grass of plains of South America and western North America;

- syn. grama grass, gramma, gramma grass;

grama grass
n1
pasture grass of plains of South America and western North America;

- syn. grama, gramma, gramma grass;

gramicidin
n1
an antibiotic produced by a soil bacterium;

- used chiefly as an antiseptic in treating local infections produced by Gram-positive bacteria;

Graminaceae
n1
the grasses: chiefly herbaceous but some woody plants including cereals;

- bamboo;

- reeds;

- sugar cane;

- syn. Gramineae, Poaceae, family Graminaceae, family Gramineae, family Poaceae, grass family;

graminaceous plant
n1
cosmopolitan herbaceous or woody plants with hollow jointed stems and long narrow leaves;

- syn. gramineous plant;

Graminales
n1
grasses;

- sedges;

- rushes;

- syn. order Graminales;

Gramineae
n1
the grasses: chiefly herbaceous but some woody plants including cereals;

- bamboo;

- reeds;

- sugar cane;

- syn. Graminaceae, Poaceae, family Graminaceae, family Gramineae, family Poaceae, grass family;

gramineous plant
n1
cosmopolitan herbaceous or woody plants with hollow jointed stems and long narrow leaves;

- syn. graminaceous plant;

gramma
n1
pasture grass of plains of South America and western North America;

- syn. grama, grama grass, gramma grass;

gramma grass
n1
pasture grass of plains of South America and western North America;

- syn. grama, grama grass, gramma;

grammar / ɡ ɹ æ m ə , ɡ ɹ æ m ə ɹ /
n1
the branch of linguistics that deals with syntax and morphology (and sometimes also deals with semantics);

grammar school
n1
a secondary school emphasizing Latin and Greek in preparation for college;

n2
a school for young children;

- usually the first 6 or 8 grades;

- syn. elementary school, grade school, primary school;

grammarian / ɡ ɹ ə m eə ɹ ɪə n /
n1
a linguist who specializes in the study of grammar and syntax;

- syn. syntactician;

grammatic / ɡ ɹ ə m æ t ɪ k /
a1
of or pertaining to grammar;

- "the grammatic structure of a sentence";

- "grammatical rules";

- "grammatical gender";

- syn. grammatical;

grammatical / ɡ ɹ ə m æ t ɪ k ɫ /
a1
of or pertaining to grammar;

- "the grammatic structure of a sentence";

- "grammatical rules";

- "grammatical gender";

- syn. grammatic;

a2
conforming to the rules of grammar or usage accepted by native speakers;

- "spoke in grammatical sentences";

- syn. well-formed;

grammatical case
n1
nouns or pronouns or adjectives (often marked by inflection) related in some way to other words in a sentence;

- syn. case;

grammatical category
n1
(grammar) a category of words having the same grammatical properties;

- syn. syntactic category;

grammatical constituent
n1
(grammar) a word or phrase or clause forming part of a larger grammatical construction;

- syn. constituent;

grammatical construction
n1
a group of words that form a constituent of a sentence and are considered as a single unit;

- "I concluded from his awkward constructions that he was a foreigner";

- syn. construction, expression;

grammatical gender
n1
a grammatical category in inflected languages governing the agreement between nouns and pronouns and adjectives;

- in some languages it is quite arbitrary but in Indo-European languages it is usually based on sex or animateness;

- syn. gender;

grammatical meaning
n1
the meaning of a word that depends on its role in a sentence;

- varies with inflectional form;

grammatical relation
n1
a linguistic relation established by grammar;

grammatical rule
n1
a linguistic rule for the syntax of grammatical utterances;

- syn. rule of grammar;

grammatically / ɡ ɹ ə m æ t ɪ k ɫ i /
r1
in a grammatical manner;

- "this child already speaks grammatically";

grammatolatry
n1
the worship of words;

- syn. verbolatry, word-worship;

Grammatophyllum
n1
small genus of large epiphytic or terrestrial orchids of southeastern Asia to Polynesia;

- the giants of the Orchidaceae having long narrow leaves and drooping flower clusters often 6 feet long;

- syn. genus Grammatophyllum;

gramme / ɡ ɹ æ m /
n1
a metric unit of weight equal to one thousandth of a kilogram;

- syn. g, gm, gram;

gramophone / ɡ ɹ æ m ə f oʊ n /
n1
an antique record player;

- the sound of the vibrating needle is amplified acoustically;

- syn. acoustic gramophone;

gramps / ɡ ɹ æ m p s /
n1
the father of your father or mother;

- syn. grandad, granddad, granddaddy, grandfather, grandpa;

grampus / ɡ ɹ æ m p ə s /
n1
predatory black-and-white toothed whale with large dorsal fin;

- common in cold seas;

- syn. Orcinus orca, killer, killer whale, orca, sea wolf;

n2
slaty-grey blunt-nosed dolphin common in northern seas;

- syn. Grampus griseus;

Grampus griseus
n1
slaty-grey blunt-nosed dolphin common in northern seas;

- syn. grampus;

gran
n1
the mother of your father or mother;

- syn. grandma, grandmother, grannie, granny, nan, nanna;

gran casa
n1
a large drum with two heads;

- makes a sound of indefinite but very low pitch;

- syn. bass drum;

Gran Santiago
n1
the capital and largest city of Chile;

- located in central Chile;

- one of the largest cities in South America;

- syn. Santiago, Santiago de Chile, capital of Chile;

Granada / ɡ ɹ ə n ɑ d ə /
n1
a city in southeastern Spain that was the capital of the Moorish kingdom until it was captured by Ferdinand and Isabella in 1492;

- site of the Alhambra (a palace and fortress built by Moors in the Middle Ages) which is now a major tourist attraction;

granadilla
n1
tropical American passionflower yielding the large granadilla fruit;

- syn. Passiflora quadrangularis, giant granadilla;

n2
considered best for fruit;

- syn. Passiflora ligularis, sweet granadilla;

n3
Brazilian passionflower cultivated for its deep purple fruit;

- syn. Passiflora edulis, purple granadillo;

n4
the egg-shaped edible fruit of tropical American vines related to passionflowers;

granadilla tree
n1
West Indian tree yielding a fine grade of green ebony;

- syn. Brya ebenus, granadillo;

granadilla wood
n1
dark red hardwood derived from the cocobolo and used in making musical instruments e.g. clarinets;

n2
wood of the granadilla tree used for making musical instruments especially clarinets;

- syn. cocoswood, cocuswood;

granadillo
n1
West Indian tree yielding a fine grade of green ebony;

- syn. Brya ebenus, granadilla tree;

granary / ɡ ɹ æ n ə ɹ i /
n1
a storehouse for threshed grain or animal feed;

- syn. garner;

grand / ɡ ɹ ɑ n , ɡ ɹ æ n d /
n1
the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100;

- syn. 1000, G, K, M, chiliad, one thousand, thou, thousand, yard;

n2
a piano with the strings on a horizontal harp-shaped frame;

- usually supported by three legs;

- syn. grand piano;

a1
of behavior that is impressive and ambitious in scale or scope;

- "an expansive lifestyle";

- "in the grand manner";

- "collecting on a grand scale";

- "heroic undertakings";

- syn. expansive, heroic;

- sim. impressive;

a2
of or befitting a lord;

- "heir to a lordly fortune";

- "of august lineage";

- syn. august, lordly;

- sim. noble;

a3
ostentatiously rich and superior in quality;

- "a princely sum";

- "gilded dining rooms";

- "these architecture magazines are full of the lush interiors of the rich and famous";

- syn. deluxe, gilded, lush, luxurious, opulent, princely, sumptuous;

- sim. rich;

a4
extraordinarily good or great;

- used especially as intensifiers;

- "a fantastic trip to the Orient";

- "the film was fantastic!";

- "a howling success";

- "a marvelous collection of rare books";

- "had a rattling conversation about politics";

- "a tremendous achievement";

- syn. fantastic, howling, marvellous, marvelous, rattling, terrific, tremendous, wonderful, wondrous;

- sim. extraordinary;

a5
of high moral or intellectual value;

- elevated in nature or style;

- "an exalted ideal";

- "argue in terms of high-flown ideals"- Oliver Franks;

- "a noble and lofty concept";

- "a grand purpose";

- syn. elevated, exalted, high-flown, high-minded, idealistic, lofty, noble-minded, rarefied, rarified, sublime;

- sim. noble;

a6
large and impressive in physical size or extent;

- "the bridge is a grand structure";

- sim. large;

a7
the most important and magnificent in adornment;

- "grand ballroom";

- "grand staircase";

- sim. important;

a8
used of a person's appearance or behavior;

- befitting an eminent person;

- "his distinguished bearing";

- "the monarch's imposing presence";

- "she reigned in magisterial beauty";

- syn. distinguished, imposing, magisterial;

- sim. dignified;

Grand Canal
n1
the major waterway in Venice, Italy;

n2
an inland waterway 1000 miles long in eastern China;

- extends from Tianjin in the north to Hangzhou in the south;

Grand Canyon
n1
the enormous gorge of the Colorado River in northern Arizona;

Grand Canyon National Park
n1
a national park in Arizona including the mile deep canyon of the Colorado River which shows geologic features and fossil plants and animals;

Grand Canyon State
n1
a state in southwestern United States;

- site of the Grand Canyon;

- syn. AZ, Arizona;

grand circle
n1
a gymnastic exercise performed on the horizontal bar by swinging around it with the body fully extended;

grand dragon
n1
a high ranking person in the Ku Klux Klan;

grand duchess
n1
the wife of a grand duke or a woman holding that rank in her own right;

grand duchy
n1
the domain controlled by a grand duke or grand duchess;

Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
n1
a grand duchy (a constitutional monarchy) landlocked in northwestern Europe between France and Belgium and Germany;

- an international financial center;

- syn. Luxembourg, Luxemburg;

grand duke
n1
a prince who rules a territory;

grand fir
n1
lofty fir of the Pacific coast of northwestern America having long curving branches and deep green leaves;

- syn. Abies grandis, giant fir, lowland fir, lowland white fir;

Grand Guignol
n1
a play of a macabre or horrific nature;

Grand Inquisitor
n1
director of the court of Inquisition (especially in Spain and Portugal);

Grand Island
n1
a town in south central Nebraska;

grand jury
n1
a jury to inquire into accusations of crime and to evaluate the grounds for indictments;

Grand Lama
n1
chief lama and once ruler of Tibet;

- syn. Dalai Lama;

grand larceny
n1
larceny of property having a value greater than some amount (the amount varies by locale);

- syn. grand theft;

grand mal
n1
epilepsy in which the attacks involve loss of consciousness and tonic spasms of the musculature followed by generalized jerking;

- syn. epilepsia major, generalized epilepsy, grand mal epilepsy;

n2
a seizure during which the patient becomes unconscious and has convulsions over the entire body;

- syn. epilepsia major, generalized seizure;

grand mal epilepsy
n1
epilepsy in which the attacks involve loss of consciousness and tonic spasms of the musculature followed by generalized jerking;

- syn. epilepsia major, generalized epilepsy, grand mal;

Grand Marnier
n1
an orange-flavored French liqueur;

grand mufti
n1
the chief mufti of a district;

Grand National
n1
an annual steeplechase run in Liverpool, England;

grand opera
n1
opera in which all the text is sung;

grand piano
n1
a piano with the strings on a horizontal harp-shaped frame;

- usually supported by three legs;

- syn. grand;

Grand Prix / ɡ ɹ ɑ n p ɹ i /
n1
one of several international races;

Grand Rapids
n1
a city in west central Michigan;

- noted for manufacturing furniture;

Grand River
n1
a river in southern Michigan that flows northwest to empty into Lake Michigan;

grand slam
n1
winning all of the tricks in a hand of bridge;

Grand Teton
n1
a mountain peak in northwestern Wyoming;

- the highest peak in the Teton Range (13,766 feet high);

Grand Teton National Park
n1
a national park in Wyoming featuring mountains;

grand theft
n1
larceny of property having a value greater than some amount (the amount varies by locale);

- syn. grand larceny;

grand total
n1
the sum of the sums of several groups of numbers;

grand tour
n1
an extended cultural tour of Europe taken by wealthy young Englishmen (especially in the 18th century) as part of their education;

n2
a sightseeing tour of a building or institution;

grand Turk
n1
the ruler of a Muslim country (especially of the former Ottoman Empire);

- syn. sultan;

grandad / ɡ ɹ æ n d æ d /
n1
the father of your father or mother;

- syn. gramps, granddad, granddaddy, grandfather, grandpa;

grandaunt / ɡ ɹ æ n d ɑ n t /
n1
an aunt of your father or mother;

- syn. great-aunt;

grandchild / ɡ ɹ æ n tʃ aɪ ɫ d /
n1
a child of your son or daughter;

granddad / ɡ ɹ æ n d æ d /
n1
the father of your father or mother;

- syn. gramps, grandad, granddaddy, grandfather, grandpa;

granddaddy / ɡ ɹ æ n d d æ d i /
n1
the father of your father or mother;

- syn. gramps, grandad, granddad, grandfather, grandpa;

granddaughter / ɡ ɹ æ n d ɔ t ə , ɡ ɹ æ n d ɔ t ə ɹ /
n1
a female grandchild;

grande dame
n1
a middle-aged or elderly woman who is stylish and highly respected;

grandee / ɡ ɹ æ n d i /
n1
a nobleman of highest rank in Spain or Portugal;

grandeur / ɡ ɹ æ n dʒ ə , ɡ ɹ æ n dʒ ə ɹ /
n1
the quality of being magnificent or splendid or grand;

- "for magnificence and personal service there is the Queen's hotel";

- "his `Hamlet' lacks the brilliance that one expects";

- "it is the university that gives the scene its stately splendor";

- "an imaginative mix of old-fashioned grandeur and colorful art";

- "advertisers capitalize on the grandness and elegance it brings to their products";

- syn. brilliance, grandness, magnificence, splendor, splendour;

n2
the quality of elevation of mind and exaltation of character or ideals or conduct;

- syn. magnanimousness, nobility, nobleness;

grandfather / ɡ ɹ æ n f ɑ ð ə , ɡ ɹ æ n f ɑ ð ə ɹ /
n1
the father of your father or mother;

- syn. gramps, grandad, granddad, granddaddy, grandpa;

grandfather clause
n1
an exemption based on circumstances existing prior to the adoption of some policy;

- used to enfranchise illiterate whites in south after the American Civil War;

grandfather clock
n1
a pendulum clock enclosed in a tall narrow case;

- syn. longcase clock;

grandiloquence / ɡ ɹ æ n d ɪ ɫ ə k w ə n s /
n1
high-flown style;

- excessive use of verbal ornamentation;

- "the grandiosity of his prose";

- "an excessive ornateness of language";

- syn. grandiosity, magniloquence, ornateness, rhetoric;

grandiloquent / ɡ ɹ æ n d ɪ ɫ ə k w ə n t /
a1
lofty in style;

- "he engages in so much tall talk, one never really realizes what he is saying";

- syn. magniloquent, tall;

- sim. rhetorical;

a2
puffed up with vanity;

- "a grandiloquent and boastful manner";

- "overblown oratory";

- "a pompous speech";

- "pseudo-scientific gobbledygook and pontifical hooey"- Newsweek;

- syn. overblown, pompous, pontifical, portentous;

- sim. pretentious;

grandiloquently / ɡ ɹ æ n d ɪ ɫ ə k w ə n t ɫ i /
r1
in a rhetorically grandiloquent manner;

- "the orator spoke magniloquently";

- syn. magniloquently;

grandiose / ɡ ɹ æ n d i oʊ s /
a1
impressive because of unnecessary largeness or grandeur;

- used to show disapproval;

- sim. impressive;

a2
affectedly genteel;

- syn. hifalutin, highfalutin, highfaluting, hoity-toity, la-di-da;

- sim. pretentious;

grandiosely
r1
in a grandiose manner;

- "the building was bombastically spacious";

- syn. bombastically;

grandiosity / ɡ ɹ æ n d ɪ ɒ s ɪ t i /
n1
high-flown style;

- excessive use of verbal ornamentation;

- "the grandiosity of his prose";

- "an excessive ornateness of language";

- syn. grandiloquence, magniloquence, ornateness, rhetoric;

grandly / ɡ ɹ æ n d ɫ i /
r1
in a grand manner;

- "the mansion seemed grandly large by today's standards";

grandma / ɡ ɹ æ n m ɑ /
n1
the mother of your father or mother;

- syn. gran, grandmother, grannie, granny, nan, nanna;

Grandma Moses
n1
United States painter of colorful and primitive rural scenes (1860-1961);

- syn. Anna Mary Robertson Moses, Moses;

grandmaster / ɡ ɹ æ n d m ɑ s t ə /
n1
a player of exceptional or world class skill in chess or bridge;

grandmother / ɡ ɹ æ n m ʌ ð ə , ɡ ɹ æ n m ʌ ð ə ɹ /
n1
the mother of your father or mother;

- syn. gran, grandma, grannie, granny, nan, nanna;

grandnephew / ɡ ɹ æ n n ɛ f j u /
n1
a son of your niece or nephew;

- syn. great-nephew;

grandness / ɡ ɹ æ n d n ɛ s /
n1
a prominent status;

- "a person of importance";

- syn. importance;

n2
unusual largeness in size or extent or number;

- syn. enormousness, greatness, immenseness, immensity, sizeableness, vastness, wideness;

n3
the quality of being magnificent or splendid or grand;

- "for magnificence and personal service there is the Queen's hotel";

- "his `Hamlet' lacks the brilliance that one expects";

- "it is the university that gives the scene its stately splendor";

- "an imaginative mix of old-fashioned grandeur and colorful art";

- "advertisers capitalize on the grandness and elegance it brings to their products";

- syn. brilliance, grandeur, magnificence, splendor, splendour;

n4
splendid or imposing in size or appearance;

- "the grandness of the architecture";

- "impressed by the richness of the flora";

- syn. impressiveness, magnificence, richness;

grandniece / ɡ ɹ æ n n i s /
n1
a daughter of your niece or nephew;

- syn. great-niece;

grandpa / ɡ ɹ æ n p ɑ /
n1
the father of your father or mother;

- syn. gramps, grandad, granddad, granddaddy, grandfather;

grandparent / ɡ ɹ æ n p eə ɹ ə n t /
n1
a parent of your father or mother;

grandson / ɡ ɹ æ n s ʌ n /
n1
a male grandchild;

grandstand / ɡ ɹ æ n s t æ n d /
n1
the audience at a stadium or racetrack;

n2
a stand at a racecourse or stadium consisting of tiers with rows of individual seats that are under a protective roof;

- syn. covered stand;

v1
perform ostentatiously in order to impress the audience and with an eye to the applause;

- "She never misses a chance to grandstand";

grandstander / ɡ ɹ æ n s t æ n d ə , ɡ ɹ æ n s t æ n d ə ɹ /
n1
someone who performs with an eye to the applause from spectators in the grandstand;

granduncle / ɡ ɹ æ n d ʌ ŋ k ɫ /
n1
an uncle of your father or mother;

- syn. great-uncle;

grange / ɡ ɹ eɪ n dʒ /
n1
an outlying farm;

granger / ɡ ɹ eɪ n dʒ ə /
n1
a person who operates a farm;

- syn. farmer, husbandman, sodbuster;

Granicus
n1
the battle in which Alexander won his first major victory against the Persians (334 BC);

- syn. Battle of Granicus River;

granite / ɡ ɹ æ n ɪ t , ɡ ɹ æ n i /
n1
plutonic igneous rock having visibly crystalline texture;

- generally composed of feldspar and mica and quartz;

n2
something having the quality of granite (unyielding firmness);

- "a man of granite";

Granite State
n1
a state in New England;

- one of the original 13 colonies;

- syn. N.H., NH, New Hampshire;

Granite Stater
n1
a native or resident of New Hampshire;

- syn. New Hampshirite;

granitelike
a1
hard as granite;

- "a granitic fist";

- syn. granitic, rocklike, stony;

- sim. hard;

graniteware / ɡ ɹ æ n ɪ t w eə /
n1
a kind of stone-grey enamelware;

granitic / ɡ ɹ æ n ɪ t ɪ k /
a1
showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings;

- "his flinty gaze";

- "the child's misery would move even the most obdurate heart";

- syn. flint, flinty, obdurate, stony;

- sim. hardhearted;

a2
hard as granite;

- "a granitic fist";

- syn. granitelike, rocklike, stony;

- sim. hard;

grannie / ɡ ɹ æ n i /
n1
the mother of your father or mother;

- syn. gran, grandma, grandmother, granny, nan, nanna;

granny / ɡ ɹ æ n i /
n1
the mother of your father or mother;

- syn. gran, grandma, grandmother, grannie, nan, nanna;

n2
an old woman;

n3
a reef knot crossed the wrong way and therefore insecure;

- syn. granny knot;

granny's bonnets
n1
common European columbine having variously colored (white or blue to purple or red) short-spurred flowers;

- naturalized in United States;

- syn. Aquilegia vulgaris;

granny knot
n1
a reef knot crossed the wrong way and therefore insecure;

- syn. granny;

Granny Smith
n1
apple with a green skin and hard tart flesh;

granola / ɡ ɹ æ n oʊ ɫ ə /
n1
cereal made of especially rolled oats with dried fruits and nuts and honey or brown sugar;

granola bar
n1
cookie bar made of granola;

grant / ɡ ɹ ɑ n t /
n1
any monetary aid;

n2
the act of providing a subsidy;

- syn. subsidisation, subsidization;

n3
(law) a transfer of property by deed of conveyance;

- syn. assignment;

n4
Scottish painter;

- cousin of Lytton Strachey and member of the Bloomsbury Group (1885-1978);

- syn. Duncan Grant, Duncan James Corrow Grant;

n5
United States actor (born in England) who was the elegant leading man in many films (1904-1986);

- syn. Cary Grant;

n6
18th President of the United States;

- commander of the Union armies in the American Civil War (1822-1885);

- syn. Hiram Ulysses Grant, President Grant, Ulysses Grant, Ulysses S. Grant, Ulysses Simpson Grant;

n7
a contract granting the right to operate a subsidiary business;

- "he got the beer concession at the ball park";

- syn. concession;

n8
a right or privilege that has been granted;

v1
let have;

- "grant permission";

- "Mandela was allowed few visitors in prison";

- syn. allow;

v2
give as judged due or on the basis of merit;

- "the referee awarded a free kick to the team";

- "the jury awarded a million dollars to the plaintiff";

- "Funds are granted to qualified researchers";

- syn. award;

v3
be willing to concede;

- "I grant you this much";

- syn. concede, yield;

v4
allow to have;

- "grant a privilege";

- syn. accord, allot;

v5
bestow, especially officially;

- "grant a degree";

- "give a divorce";

- "This bill grants us new rights";

- syn. give;

v6
give over;

- surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another;

- syn. cede, concede, yield;

v7
transfer by deed;

- "grant land";

- syn. deed over;

grant-in-aid
n1
a grant from a central government to a local government;

n2
a grant to a person or school for some educational project;

Grant Wood
n1
United States painter noted for works based on life in the Midwest (1892-1942);

- syn. Wood;

granted / ɡ ɹ ɑ n t ɪ d /
a1
acknowledged as a supposition;

- "given the engine's condition, it is a wonder that it started";

- syn. given;

- sim. acknowledged;

grantee / ɡ ɹ ɑ n t i /
n1
a recipient of a grant;

n2
someone to whom the title of property is transferred;

- syn. alienee;

granter / ɡ ɹ ɑ n t ə , ɡ ɹ ɑ n t ə ɹ /
n1
a person who grants or gives something;

Granth / ɡ ɹ æ n θ /
n1
the principal sacred text of Sikhism contains hymns and poetry as well as the teachings of the first five gurus;

- syn. Adi Granth, Granth Sahib;

Granth Sahib
n1
the principal sacred text of Sikhism contains hymns and poetry as well as the teachings of the first five gurus;

- syn. Adi Granth, Granth;

granting immunity
n1
an act exempting someone;

- "he was granted immunity from prosecution";

- syn. exemption, immunity;

grantor / ɡ ɹ ɑ n t ɔ /
n1
a person who makes a grant in legal form;

- "conveyed from grantor to grantee";

grantor trust
n1
a trust established to shift the income to someone who is taxed at a lower rate than the grantor for a period of 10 years or more;

- syn. Clifford trust;

granular / ɡ ɹ æ n j ʊ ɫ ə , ɡ ɹ æ n j ʊ ɫ ə ɹ /
a1
composed of or covered with particles resembling meal in texture or consistency;

- "granular sugar";

- "the photographs were grainy and indistinct";

- "it left a mealy residue";

- syn. coarse-grained, farinaceous, grainy, granulose, gritty, mealy;

- sim. coarse;

a2
having a granular structure like that of chondrites;

- syn. chondritic;

granular pearlite
n1
if steel or iron cool very slowly the cementite may occur in globules instead of in layers;

- syn. globular pearlite;

granularity / ɡ ɹ æ n j ʊ ɫ æ ɹ ɪ t i /
n1
the quality of being composed of relatively large particles;

- syn. coarseness, graininess;

granulate / ɡ ɹ æ n j ʊ ɫ eɪ t /
v1
form into grains;

- syn. grain;

v2
become granular;

- syn. grain;

v3
form granulating tissue;

- "wounds and ulcers can granulate";

granulated / ɡ ɹ æ n j ʊ ɫ eɪ t ɪ d /
a1
made grainy or formed into granules;

- "granulated sugar";

- sim. coarse;

granulated sugar
n1
sugar in the form of small grains;

granulation / ɡ ɹ æ n j ʊ ɫ eɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
new connective tissue and tiny blood vessels that form on the surfaces of a wound during the healing process;

- syn. granulation tissue;

n2
the act of forming something into granules or grains;

- "the granulation of medicines";

granulation tissue
n1
new connective tissue and tiny blood vessels that form on the surfaces of a wound during the healing process;

- syn. granulation;

granule / ɡ ɹ æ n j u ɫ /
n1
a tiny grain;

granuliferous
a1
producing or full of granules;

granulocyte
n1
a leukocyte that has granules in its cytoplasm;

granulocytic
a1
of or relating to granulocytes;

granulocytic leukemia
n1
a malignant neoplasm of blood-forming tissues;

- marked by proliferation of myelocytes and their presence in the blood;

- syn. myelocytic leukemia;

granulocytopenia
n1
an acute blood disorder (often caused by radiation or drug therapy) characterized by severe reduction in granulocytes;

- syn. agranulocytosis, agranulosis;

granuloma
n1
a tumor composed of granulation tissue resulting from injury or inflammation or infection;

granuloma inguinale
n1
a venereal disease caused by a bacterium of the genus Calymmatobacterium;

- characterized by a pimply rash of the skin in the genital and groin region;

- syn. granuloma venereum;

granuloma venereum
n1
a venereal disease caused by a bacterium of the genus Calymmatobacterium;

- characterized by a pimply rash of the skin in the genital and groin region;

- syn. granuloma inguinale;

granulomatous
a1
relating to or characterized by granulomas;

granulose / ɡ ɹ æ n j ʊ ɫ oʊ s /
a1
composed of or covered with particles resembling meal in texture or consistency;

- "granular sugar";

- "the photographs were grainy and indistinct";

- "it left a mealy residue";

- syn. coarse-grained, farinaceous, grainy, granular, gritty, mealy;

- sim. coarse;

Granville-Barker
n1
English actor and dramatist and critic and director noted for his productions of Shakespearean plays (1877-1946);

- syn. Harley Granville-Barker;

Granville Stanley Hall
n1
United States child psychologist whose theories of child psychology strongly influenced educational psychology (1844-1924);

- syn. G. Stanley Hall, Hall;

granville wilt
n1
a bacterial wilt of tobacco plants;

grape / ɡ ɹ eɪ p /
n1
any of various juicy fruit of the genus Vitis with green or purple skins;

- grow in clusters;

n2
any of numerous woody vines of genus Vitis bearing clusters of edible berries;

- syn. grape vine, grapevine;

n3
a cluster of small projectiles fired together from a cannon to produce a hail of shot;

- syn. grapeshot;

grape-leaf begonia
n1
tuberous or semi-tuberous South African begonia having shallowly lobed ovate leaves and small white flowers;

- syn. Begonia dregei, maple-leaf begonia;

grape-sized
a1
having the approximate size of a grape;

- sim. sized;

grape arbor
n1
an arbor where grapes are grown;

- syn. grape arbour;

grape arbour
n1
an arbor where grapes are grown;

- syn. grape arbor;

grape fern
n1
a fern of the genus Botrychium having a fertile frond bearing small grapelike clusters of spore cases;

grape hyacinth
n1
any of various early flowering spring hyacinths native to Eurasia having dense spikes of rounded blue flowers resembling bunches of small grapes;

grape jelly
n1
jelly made from grape juice;

grape juice
n1
the juice of grapes;

grape louse
n1
destructive to various grape plants;

- syn. Phylloxera vitifoleae, grape phylloxera;

grape phylloxera
n1
destructive to various grape plants;

- syn. Phylloxera vitifoleae, grape louse;

grape sugar
n1
an isomer of glucose that is found in honey and sweet fruits;

- syn. dextroglucose, dextrose;

grape vine
n1
any of numerous woody vines of genus Vitis bearing clusters of edible berries;

- syn. grape, grapevine;

grapefruit / ɡ ɹ eɪ p f ɹ u t /
n1
citrus tree bearing large round edible fruit having a thick yellow rind and juicy somewhat acid pulp;

- syn. Citrus paradisi;

n2
large yellow fruit with somewhat acid juicy pulp;

- usual serving consists of a half;

grapefruit juice
n1
the juice of grapefruits;

grapefruit peel
n1
strips of grapefruit peel cooked in sugar syrup and coated with sugar;

grapelike
a1
resembling the fruit of a grape vine;

grapeshot / ɡ ɹ eɪ p ʃ ɒ t /
n1
a cluster of small projectiles fired together from a cannon to produce a hail of shot;

- syn. grape;

grapevine / ɡ ɹ eɪ p v aɪ n /
n1
gossip spread by spoken communication;

- "the news of their affair was spread by word of mouth";

- syn. pipeline, word of mouth;

n2
any of numerous woody vines of genus Vitis bearing clusters of edible berries;

- syn. grape, grape vine;

grapevine family
n1
a family of vines belonging to order Rhamnales;

- syn. Vitaceae, Vitidaceae, family Vitaceae;

grapey
a1
having a taste like that of grapes;

- "a grapey wine";

- syn. grapy;

- sim. tasty;

graph / ɡ ɹ ɑ f /
n1
a visual representation of the relations between certain quantities, represented as points, plotted with reference to a set of axes;

- syn. graphical record, graphical recording;

n2
a visual display of information;

- syn. chart;

n3
a written symbol that is used to represent speech;

- "the Greek alphabet has 24 characters";

- syn. character, grapheme, graphic symbol;

v1
represent by means of a graph;

- "chart the data";

- syn. chart;

v2
plot upon a graph;

graph paper
n1
paper that has lines to permit drawing graphs;

grapheme
n1
a written symbol that is used to represent speech;

- "the Greek alphabet has 24 characters";

- syn. character, graph, graphic symbol;

graphic / ɡ ɹ æ f ɪ k /
n1
an image that is generated by a computer;

- syn. computer graphic;

a1
written or drawn or engraved;

- "graphic symbols";

- syn. graphical, in writing;

- sim. written;

a2
describing nudity or sexual activity in graphic detail;

- "graphic sexual scenes";

- sim. explicit;

a3
of or relating to the graphic arts;

- "the etchings, drypoints, lithographs, and engravings which together form his graphic work"- British Book News;

a4
relating to or presented by a graph;

- "a graphic presentation of the data";

- syn. graphical;

a5
evoking lifelike images within the mind;

- "pictorial poetry and prose";

- "graphic accounts of battle";

- "a lifelike portrait";

- "a vivid description";

- syn. lifelike, pictorial, vivid;

- sim. realistic;

graphic art
n1
the arts of drawing or painting or printmaking;

graphic artist
n1
an artist who designs and makes prints;

- syn. printmaker;

graphic design
n1
visual communication by a skillful combination of text and pictures in advertisements, magazines, books, etc.;

graphic designer
n1
someone who specializes in graphic design;

- syn. designer;

graphic symbol
n1
a written symbol that is used to represent speech;

- "the Greek alphabet has 24 characters";

- syn. character, graph, grapheme;

graphic tellurium
n1
a silver-white mineral consisting of silver gold telluride;

- a source of gold in Australia and America;

- syn. sylvanite;

graphical / ɡ ɹ æ f ɪ k ə ɫ , ɡ ɹ æ f ɪ k ɫ /
a1
relating to or presented by a graph;

- "a graphic presentation of the data";

- syn. graphic;

a2
written or drawn or engraved;

- "graphic symbols";

- syn. graphic, in writing;

- sim. written;

graphical record
n1
a visual representation of the relations between certain quantities, represented as points, plotted with reference to a set of axes;

- syn. graph, graphical recording;

graphical recording
n1
a visual representation of the relations between certain quantities, represented as points, plotted with reference to a set of axes;

- syn. graph, graphical record;

graphical user interface
n1
a user interface based on graphics (icons and pictures and menus) instead of text;

- uses a mouse as well as a keyboard as an input device;

- syn. GUI;

graphically / ɡ ɹ æ f ɪ k ɫ i /
r1
in a diagrammatic manner;

- "the landscape unit drawn diagrammatically illustrates the gentle rolling relief, with a peat-filled basin";

- syn. diagrammatically;

r2
with respect to graphic aspects;

- "graphically interesting designs";

r3
in a graphic way;

- "he described the event graphically";

graphics / ɡ ɹ æ f ɪ k s /
n1
photographs or other visual representations in a printed publication;

- "the publisher was responsible for all the artwork in the book";

- syn. art, artwork, nontextual matter;

n2
the drawings and photographs in the layout of a book;

graphite / ɡ ɹ æ f aɪ t /
n1
used as a lubricant and as a moderator in nuclear reactors;

- syn. black lead, plumbago;

graphologist / ɡ ɹ æ f ɒ ɫ ə dʒ ɪ s t /
n1
a specialist in inferring character from handwriting;

- syn. handwriting expert;

graphology / ɡ ɹ æ f ɒ ɫ ə dʒ i /
n1
the study of handwriting (especially as an indicator of the writer's character or disposition);

graphospasm
n1
muscular spasms of thumb and forefinger while writing with a pen or pencil;

- syn. writer's cramp;

grapnel / ɡ ɹ æ p n ɫ /
n1
a tool consisting of several hooks for grasping and holding;

- often thrown with a rope;

- syn. grapple, grappler, grappling hook, grappling iron;

n2
a light anchor for small boats;

- syn. grapnel anchor;

grapnel anchor
n1
a light anchor for small boats;

- syn. grapnel;

GRAPO
n1
an armed wing of the (illegal) Communist Party of Spain;

- seeks to overthrow the Spanish government and replace it with a Marxist-Leninist regime;

- "GRAPO is vehemently opposed to the United States";

- syn. First of October Antifascist Resistance Group;

grappa
n1
Italian brandy made from residue of grapes after pressing;

Grappelli
n1
French jazz violinist (1908-1997);

- syn. Stephane Grappelli;

grapple / ɡ ɹ æ p ɫ /
n1
a tool consisting of several hooks for grasping and holding;

- often thrown with a rope;

- syn. grapnel, grappler, grappling hook, grappling iron;

n2
a dredging bucket with hinges like the shell of a clam;

- syn. clamshell;

n3
the act of engaging in close hand-to-hand combat;

- "they had a fierce wrestle";

- "we watched his grappling and wrestling with the bully";

- syn. grappling, hand-to-hand struggle, wrestle, wrestling;

v1
succeed in doing, achieving, or producing (something) with the limited or inadequate means available;

- "We got by on just a gallon of gas";

- "They made do on half a loaf of bread every day";

- syn. contend, cope, deal, get by, make do, make out, manage;

v2
to grip or seize, as in a wrestling match;

- "the two men grappled with each other for several minutes";

- syn. grip;

grappler / ɡ ɹ æ p ə ɫ ə /
n1
combatant who tries to throw opponent to the ground;

- syn. matman, wrestler;

n2
a tool consisting of several hooks for grasping and holding;

- often thrown with a rope;

- syn. grapnel, grapple, grappling hook, grappling iron;

grappling / ɡ ɹ æ p ɫ ɪ ŋ /
n1
the act of engaging in close hand-to-hand combat;

- "they had a fierce wrestle";

- "we watched his grappling and wrestling with the bully";

- syn. grapple, hand-to-hand struggle, wrestle, wrestling;

n2
the sport of hand-to-hand struggle between unarmed contestants who try to throw each other down;

- syn. rassling, wrestling;

grappling hook
n1
a tool consisting of several hooks for grasping and holding;

- often thrown with a rope;

- syn. grapnel, grapple, grappler, grappling iron;

grappling iron
n1
a tool consisting of several hooks for grasping and holding;

- often thrown with a rope;

- syn. grapnel, grapple, grappler, grappling hook;

Graptophyllum
n1
caricature plant;

- syn. genus Graptophyllum;

Graptophyllum pictum
n1
tropical Old World shrub having purple or red tubular flowers and leaf markings resembling the profile of a human face;

- syn. caricature plant;

grapy / ɡ ɹ eɪ p i /
a1
having a taste like that of grapes;

- "a grapey wine";

- syn. grapey;

- sim. tasty;

grasp / ɡ ɹ ɑ s p /
n1
understanding of the nature or meaning or quality or magnitude of something;

- "he has a good grasp of accounting practices";

- syn. appreciation, hold;

n2
the limit of capability;

- "within the compass of education";

- syn. compass, range, reach;

n3
an intellectual hold or understanding;

- "a good grip on French history";

- "they kept a firm grip on the two top priorities";

- "he was in the grip of a powerful emotion";

- "a terrible power had her in its grasp";

- syn. grip;

n4
the act of grasping;

- "he released his clasp on my arm";

- "he has a strong grip for an old man";

- "she kept a firm hold on the railing";

- syn. clasp, clench, clutch, clutches, grip, hold;

v1
hold firmly;

- syn. hold on;

v2
get the meaning of something;

- "Do you comprehend the meaning of this letter?";

- syn. apprehend, compass, comprehend, dig, get the picture, grok, savvy;

graspable / ɡ ɹ ɑ s p eɪ b ɫ /
a1
capable of being apprehended or understood;

- syn. apprehensible, intelligible, perceivable, understandable;

- sim. comprehensible;

grasping / ɡ ɹ ɑ s p ɪ ŋ /
n1
understanding with difficulty;

- "the lecture was beyond his most strenuous graspings";

n2
the act of gripping something firmly with the hands (or the tentacles);

- syn. prehension, seizing, taking hold;

a1
immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth;

- "they are avaricious and will do anything for money";

- "casting covetous eyes on his neighbor's fields";

- "a grasping old miser";

- "grasping commercialism";

- "greedy for money and power";

- "grew richer and greedier";

- "prehensile employers stingy with raises for their employees";

- syn. avaricious, covetous, grabby, greedy, prehensile;

- sim. acquisitive;

grass / ɡ ɹ ɑ s /
n1
narrow-leaved green herbage: grown as lawns;

- used as pasture for grazing animals;

- cut and dried as hay;

n2
German writer of novels and poetry and plays (born 1927);

- syn. Gunter Grass, Gunter Wilhelm Grass;

n3
a police informer who implicates many people;

- syn. supergrass;

n4
bulky food like grass or hay for browsing or grazing horses or cattle;

- syn. eatage, forage, pasturage, pasture;

n5
street names for marijuana;

- syn. Mary Jane, dope, gage, green goddess, locoweed, pot, sens, sess, skunk, smoke, weed;

v1
shoot down, of birds;

v2
cover with grass;

- "The owners decided to grass their property";

v3
spread out clothes on the grass to let it dry and bleach;

v4
cover with grass;

- syn. grass over;

v5
feed with grass;

v6
give away information about somebody;

- "He told on his classmate who had cheated on the exam";

- syn. betray, denounce, give away, rat, shit, shop, snitch, stag, tell on;

grass-covered
a1
covered with grass;

- "wide grass-covered plains as far as the eye could see";

- sim. grassy;

grass-eating
a1
feeding on grasses;

- sim. herbivorous;

grass-leaved golden aster
n1
a variety of golden aster;

grass-of-Parnassus
n1
any of various usually evergreen bog plants of the genus Parnassia having broad smooth basal leaves and a single pale flower resembling a buttercup;

- syn. parnassia;

grass bacillus
n1
a species of bacillus found in soil and decomposing organic matter;

- some strains produce antibiotics;

- syn. Bacillus globigii, Bacillus subtilis, hay bacillus;

grass family
n1
the grasses: chiefly herbaceous but some woody plants including cereals;

- bamboo;

- reeds;

- sugar cane;

- syn. Graminaceae, Gramineae, Poaceae, family Graminaceae, family Gramineae, family Poaceae;

grass fern
n1
epiphytic fern found in lowland forests of tropical America;

- syn. Vittaria lineata, ribbon fern;

grass finch
n1
usually brightly-colored Australian weaverbirds;

- often kept as cage birds;

- syn. grassfinch;

n2
common North American finch noted for its evening song;

- syn. Pooecetes gramineus, vesper sparrow;

grass frog
n1
a common semiterrestrial European frog;

- syn. Rana temporaria;

grass over
v1
cover with grass;

- syn. grass;

grass parakeet
n1
small Australian parakeet usually light green with black and yellow markings in the wild but bred in many colors;

- syn. Melopsittacus undulatus, budgereegah, budgerigar, budgerygah, budgie, lovebird, shell parakeet;

grass pea
n1
European annual grown for forage;

- seeds used for food in India and for stock elsewhere;

- syn. Indian pea, Lathyrus sativus, khesari;

grass pink
n1
an orchid;

- syn. Calopogon pulchellum, Calopogon tuberosum;

n2
European pink cultivated for its very fragrant pink or rosy flowers;

- syn. Dianthus plumarius, cottage pink;

grass poly
n1
annual with small solitary pink flowers;

- originally of Europe but widely naturalized in moist areas;

- syn. Lythrum hyssopifolia, hyssop loosestrife;

grass roots
n1
the essential foundation or source;

- "the problem was attacked at the grass roots";

n2
the common people at a local level (as distinguished from the centers of political activity);

grass skirt
n1
a skirt made of long blades of grass;

grass snake
n1
harmless European snake with a bright yellow collar;

- common in England;

- syn. Natrix natrix, ring snake, ringed snake;

n2
any of numerous nonvenomous longitudinally-striped viviparous North American and Central American snakes;

- syn. garter snake;

n3
either of two North American chiefly insectivorous snakes that are green in color;

- syn. green snake;

grass tree
n1
elegant tree having either a single trunk or a branching trunk each with terminal clusters of long narrow leaves and large panicles of fragrant white, yellow or red flowers;

- New Zealand;

- syn. Cordyline australis, cabbage tree;

n2
any of several Australian evergreen perennials having short thick woody stems crowned by a tuft of grasslike foliage and yielding acaroid resins;

- syn. Australian grass tree;

n3
gaunt Tasmanian evergreen shrubby tree with slender tapering leaves 3 to 5 feet long;

- syn. Richea pandanifolia, tree heath;

grass tree family
n1
one of many subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted;

- syn. Xanthorrhoeaceae, family Xanthorrhoeaceae;

grass vetch
n1
annual European vetch with red flowers;

- syn. Lathyrus nissolia, grass vetchling;

grass vetchling
n1
annual European vetch with red flowers;

- syn. Lathyrus nissolia, grass vetch;

grass widow
n1
a divorced woman or a woman who is separated from her husband;

- syn. divorcee;

grass widower
n1
a man who is divorced from (or separated from) his wife;

- syn. divorced man;

grass wrack
n1
submerged marine plant with very long narrow leaves found in abundance along North Atlantic coasts;

- syn. Zostera marina, eelgrass, sea wrack;

grassfinch
n1
usually brightly-colored Australian weaverbirds;

- often kept as cage birds;

- syn. grass finch;

grassfire / ɡ ɹ ɑ s f aɪ ə ɹ /
n1
an uncontrolled fire in a grassy area;

- syn. prairie fire;

grasshopper / ɡ ɹ ɑ s h ɒ p ə , ɡ ɹ ɑ s h ɒ p ə ɹ /
n1
terrestrial plant-eating insect with hind legs adapted for leaping;

- syn. hopper;

n2
a cocktail made of creme de menthe and cream (sometimes with creme de cacao);

grasshopper mouse
n1
insectivorous mouse of western North America;

grassland / ɡ ɹ ɑ s ɫ æ n d /
n1
land where grass or grasslike vegetation grows and is the dominant form of plant life;

grassless / ɡ ɹ ɑ s ɫ ə s /
a1
lacking grass;

grasslike / ɡ ɹ ɑ s ɫ aɪ k /
a1
resembling grass;

- sim. grassy;

grassroots / ɡ ɹ ɑ s ɹ u t s /
a1
fundamental;

- "the grassroots factor in making the decision";

- sim. basic;

a2
of or involving the common people as constituting a fundamental political and economic group;

- "a grassroots movement for nuclear disarmament";

- sim. common;

grassy / ɡ ɹ ɑ s i /
a1
abounding in grass;

- sim. grass-covered, grasslike, rushlike, sedgy;

grassy-leafed
a1
having leaves that resemble grass;

- syn. grassy-leaved;

- sim. leafy;

grassy-leaved
a1
having leaves that resemble grass;

- syn. grassy-leafed;

- sim. leafy;

grassy death camas
n1
plant of western North America to Mexico;

- poisonous especially to grazing animals;

- syn. Zigadenus venenosus, Zigadenus venenosus gramineus;

grate / ɡ ɹ eɪ t /
n1
a frame of iron bars to hold a fire;

- syn. grating;

n2
a harsh rasping sound made by scraping something;

n3
a barrier that has parallel or crossed bars blocking a passage but admitting air;

- syn. grating;

v1
furnish with a grate;

- "a grated fireplace";

v2
gnaw into;

- make resentful or angry;

- "The injustice rankled her";

- "his resentment festered";

- syn. eat into, fret, rankle;

v3
reduce to small shreds or pulverize by rubbing against a rough or sharp perforated surface;

- "grate carrots and onions";

- "grate nutmeg";

v4
make a grating or grinding sound by rubbing together;

- "grate one's teeth in anger";

- syn. grind;

v5
scratch repeatedly;

- "The cat scraped at the armchair";

- syn. scrape;

grated cheese
n1
hard or semihard cheese grated;

grateful / ɡ ɹ eɪ t f ə ɫ /
a1
feeling or showing gratitude;

- "a grateful heart";

- "grateful for the tree's shade";

- "a thankful smile";

- syn. thankful;

- sim. appreciative, glad;

a2
affording comfort or pleasure;

- "the grateful warmth of the fire";

- sim. pleasant;

gratefully / ɡ ɹ eɪ t f ə ɫ i /
r1
with appreciation;

- in a grateful manner;

- "he accepted my offer appreciatively";

- syn. appreciatively;

r2
in a thankful manner;

- with thanks;

- "he accepted thankfully my apologies";

- syn. thankfully;

gratefulness / ɡ ɹ eɪ t f ə ɫ n ə s /
n1
warm friendly feelings of gratitude;

- syn. appreciativeness, thankfulness;

grater / ɡ ɹ eɪ t ə , ɡ ɹ eɪ t ə ɹ /
n1
utensil with sharp perforations for shredding foods (as vegetables or cheese);

graticule
n1
a network of fine lines, dots, cross hairs, or wires in the focal plane of the eyepiece of an optical instrument;

- syn. reticle, reticule;

gratification / ɡ ɹ æ t ɪ f ɪ k eɪ ʃ n /
n1
state of being gratified or satisfied;

- "dull repetitious work gives no gratification";

- "to my immense gratification he arrived on time";

- syn. satisfaction;

n2
the act or an instance of satisfying;

gratified / ɡ ɹ æ t ɪ f aɪ d /
a1
having received what was desired;

- sim. pleased;

gratify / ɡ ɹ æ t ɪ f aɪ /
v1
make happy or satisfied;

- syn. satisfy;

v2
yield (to);

- give satisfaction to;

- syn. indulge, pander;

gratifying / ɡ ɹ æ t ɪ f aɪ ɪ ŋ /
a1
pleasing to the mind or feeling;

- "sweet revenge";

- syn. sweet;

- sim. pleasing;

a2
affording satisfaction or pleasure;

- "the company was enjoyable";

- "found her praise gratifying";

- "full of happiness and pleasurable excitement";

- "good printing makes a book more pleasurable to read";

- syn. enjoyable, pleasurable;

- sim. pleasant;

gratifyingly / ɡ ɹ æ t ɪ f aɪ ɪ ŋ ɫ i /
r1
in a gratifying manner;

- "the performance was at a gratifyingly high level";

- syn. satisfyingly;

grating / ɡ ɹ eɪ t ɪ ŋ /
n1
a barrier that has parallel or crossed bars blocking a passage but admitting air;

- syn. grate;

n2
a frame of iron bars to hold a fire;

- syn. grate;

n3
optical device consisting of a surface with many parallel grooves in it;

- disperses a beam of light (or other electromagnetic radiation) into its wavelengths to produce its spectrum;

- syn. diffraction grating;

a1
unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound;

- "a gravelly voice";

- syn. gravelly, rasping, raspy, rough, scratchy;

- sim. cacophonous;

gratingly / ɡ ɹ eɪ t ɪ ŋ ɫ i /
r1
in a harsh and grating manner;

- "her voice fell gratingly on our ears";

- syn. harshly, raspingly;

gratis / ɡ ɹ æ t ɪ s /
a1
costing nothing;

- "complimentary tickets";

- "free admission";

- syn. complimentary, costless, free, gratuitous;

- sim. unpaid;

r1
without payment;

- "I'll give you this gratis";

- syn. for free, free of charge;

gratitude / ɡ ɹ æ t ɪ t j u d /
n1
a feeling of thankfulness and appreciation;

- "he was overwhelmed with gratitude for their help";

gratuitous / ɡ ɹ ə t j u ɪ t ə s /
a1
without cause;

- "a gratuitous insult";

- sim. unmerited;

a2
costing nothing;

- "complimentary tickets";

- "free admission";

- syn. complimentary, costless, free, gratis;

- sim. unpaid;

a3
unnecessary and unwarranted;

- "a strikers' tent camp...was burned with needless loss of life";

- syn. needless, uncalled-for;

- sim. unnecessary;

gratuitously / ɡ ɹ ə t j u ɪ t ə s ɫ i /
r1
in an uncalled-for manner;

- "he insulted us gratuitously";

gratuity / ɡ ɹ ə t j u ɪ t i /
n1
a relatively small amount of money given for services rendered (as by a waiter);

- syn. backsheesh, baksheesh, bakshis, bakshish, pourboire, tip;

n2
an award (as for meritorious service) given without claim or obligation;

gratulatory
a1
expressive of sympathetic pleasure or joy on account of someone's success or good fortune;

- "a congratulatory telegram";

- "the usual congratulatory crowd was conspicuously absent";

- "a gratulatory address";

- syn. congratulatory;

- sim. felicitous;

grave / ɡ ɹ ɑ v , ɡ ɹ eɪ v /
n1
death of a person;

- "he went to his grave without forgiving me";

- "from cradle to grave";

n2
a place for the burial of a corpse (especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone);

- "he put flowers on his mother's grave";

- syn. tomb;

n3
a mark (`) placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation;

- syn. grave accent;

v1
shape (a material like stone or wood) by whittling away at it;

- "She is sculpting the block of marble into an image of her husband";

- syn. sculpt, sculpture;

v2
carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface;

- "engrave a pen";

- "engraved the trophy cup with the winner's name";

- "the lovers scratched their names into the bark of the tree";

- syn. engrave, inscribe, scratch;

a1
dignified and somber in manner or character and committed to keeping promises;

- "a grave God-fearing man";

- "a quiet sedate nature";

- "as sober as a judge";

- "a solemn promise";

- "the judge was solemn as he pronounced sentence";

- syn. sedate, sober, solemn;

- sim. serious;

a2
causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm;

- "a dangerous operation";

- "a grave situation";

- "a grave illness";

- "grievous bodily harm";

- "a serious wound";

- "a serious turn of events";

- "a severe case of pneumonia";

- "a life-threatening disease";

- syn. dangerous, grievous, life-threatening, serious, severe;

- sim. critical;

a3
of great gravity or crucial import;

- requiring serious thought;

- "grave responsibilities";

- "faced a grave decision in a time of crisis";

- "a grievous fault";

- "heavy matters of state";

- "the weighty matters to be discussed at the peace conference";

- syn. grievous, heavy, weighty;

- sim. important;

grave accent
n1
a mark (`) placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation;

- syn. grave;

grave mound
n1
(archeology) a heap of earth placed over prehistoric tombs;

- syn. barrow, burial mound, tumulus;

gravedigger
n1
a person who earns a living by digging graves;

gravel / ɡ ɹ æ v ɫ /
n1
rock fragments and pebbles;

- syn. crushed rock;

v1
cause annoyance in;

- disturb, especially by minor irritations;

- "Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me";

- "It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves";

- syn. annoy, bother, chafe, devil, get at, get to, irritate, nark, nettle, rag, rile, vex;

v2
cover with gravel;

- "We gravelled the driveway";

v3
be a mystery or bewildering to;

- "This beats me!";

- "Got me--I don't know the answer!";

- "a vexing problem";

- "This question really stuck me";

- syn. amaze, baffle, beat, bewilder, dumbfound, flummox, get, mystify, nonplus, perplex, pose, puzzle, stick, stupefy, vex;

gravel pit
n1
a quarry for gravel;

gravelly / ɡ ɹ æ v ə ɫ i /
a1
abounding in small stones;

- "landed at a shingly little beach";

- syn. pebbly, shingly;

- sim. rough;

a2
unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound;

- "a gravelly voice";

- syn. grating, rasping, raspy, rough, scratchy;

- sim. cacophonous;

gravelweed
n1
perennial herb with yellow flowers;

- southern and south central United States;

- syn. Verbesina helianthoides;

gravely / ɡ ɹ eɪ v ɫ i /
r1
in a grave and sober manner;

- "he walked soberly toward the altar";

- syn. soberly, staidly;

r2
to a severe or serious degree;

- "fingers so badly frozen they had to be amputated";

- "badly injured";

- "a severely impaired heart";

- "is gravely ill";

- "was seriously ill";

- syn. badly, seriously, severely;

graven / ɡ ɹ eɪ v ə n /
a1
cut into a desired shape;

- "graven images";

- "sculptured representations";

- syn. sculpted, sculptured;

- sim. carved;

a2
cut or impressed into a surface;

- "an incised design";

- "engraved invitations";

- syn. engraved, etched, incised, inscribed;

- sim. carved;

graven image
n1
a material effigy that is worshipped;

- "thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image";

- "money was his god";

- syn. god, idol;

graveness / ɡ ɹ eɪ v n ɛ s /
n1
a manner that is serious and solemn;

- syn. gravity, soberness, sobriety, somberness, sombreness;

graver / ɡ ɹ eɪ v ə , ɡ ɹ eɪ v ə ɹ /
n1
a tool used by an engraver;

- syn. graving tool, pointel, pointrel;

graverobber
n1
someone who steals valuables from graves or crypts;

n2
someone who takes bodies from graves and sells them for anatomical dissection;

- syn. body snatcher, ghoul;

Graves / ɡ ɹ ɑ v z , ɡ ɹ eɪ v z /
n1
English writer known for his interest in mythology and in the classics (1895-1985);

- syn. Robert Graves, Robert Ranke Graves;

Graves' disease
n1
exophthalmos occurring in association with goiter;

- hyperthyroidism with protrusion of the eyeballs;

- syn. exophthalmic goiter;

gravestone / ɡ ɹ eɪ v s t oʊ n /
n1
a stone that is used to mark a grave;

- syn. headstone, tombstone;

graveyard / ɡ ɹ eɪ v j ɑ d /
n1
a tract of land used for burials;

- syn. burial ground, burial site, burying ground, cemetery, memorial park, necropolis;

graveyard shift
n1
the work shift during the night (as midnight to 8 a.m.);

- syn. night shift;

n2
workers who work during the night (as midnight to 8 a.m.);

- syn. night shift;

graveyard watch
n1
a watch during the night (as from midnight to 8 a.m.);

- syn. middle watch, midwatch, night watch;

gravid
a1
in an advanced stage of pregnancy;

- "was big with child";

- "was great with child";

- syn. big, enceinte, expectant, great, heavy, large, with child;

- sim. pregnant;

gravida
n1
the number of the pregnancy that a woman is in;

- "in her third pregnancy a woman is said to be gravida three";

n2
a pregnant woman;

gravida I
n1
(obstetrics) a woman who is pregnant for the first time;

- syn. primigravida;

gravida II
n1
a woman who is pregnant for the second time;

- syn. secundigravida;

gravida III
n1
a woman who is pregnant for the third time;

- syn. tertigravida;

gravidation
n1
technical terms for pregnancy;

- syn. gravidity, gravidness;

gravidity
n1
technical terms for pregnancy;

- syn. gravidation, gravidness;

gravidness
n1
technical terms for pregnancy;

- syn. gravidation, gravidity;

gravimeter
n1
a measuring instrument for determining the specific gravity of a liquid or solid;

- syn. hydrometer;

n2
a measuring instrument for measuring variations in the gravitational field of the earth;

- syn. gravity meter;

gravimetric
a1
of or relating to hydrometry;

- syn. hydrometric;

gravimetric analysis
n1
quantitative analysis by weight;

gravimetry
n1
the measurement of specific gravity;

- syn. hydrometry;

graving dock / ɡ ɹ eɪ v ɪ ŋ d ɒ k /
n1
a large dock from which water can be pumped out;

- used for building ships or for repairing a ship below its waterline;

- syn. dry dock, drydock;

graving tool
n1
a tool used by an engraver;

- syn. graver, pointel, pointrel;

gravitas
n1
formality in bearing and appearance;

- "he behaved with great dignity";

- syn. dignity, lordliness;

gravitate / ɡ ɹ æ v ɪ t eɪ t /
v1
move toward;

- "The conversation gravitated towards politics";

v2
be attracted to;

- "Boys gravitate towards girls at that age";

v3
move due to the pull of gravitation;

- "The stars gravitate towards each other";

gravitation / ɡ ɹ æ v ɪ t eɪ ʃ n /
n1
(physics) the force of attraction between all masses in the universe;

- especially the attraction of the earth's mass for bodies near its surface;

- "the more remote the body the less the gravity";

- "the gravitation between two bodies is proportional to the product of their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them";

- "gravitation cannot be held responsible for people falling in love"--Albert Einstein;

- syn. gravitational attraction, gravitational force, gravity;

n2
movement downward resulting from gravitational attraction;

- "irrigation by gravitation rather than by pumps";

n3
a figurative movement toward some attraction;

- "the gravitation of the middle class to the suburbs";

gravitation wave
n1
(physics) a wave that is hypothesized to propagate gravity and to travel at the speed of light;

- syn. gravity wave;

gravitational / ɡ ɹ æ v ɪ t eɪ ʃ ə n ɫ /
a1
of or relating to or caused by gravitation;

- syn. gravitative;

gravitational attraction
n1
(physics) the force of attraction between all masses in the universe;

- especially the attraction of the earth's mass for bodies near its surface;

- "the more remote the body the less the gravity";

- "the gravitation between two bodies is proportional to the product of their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them";

- "gravitation cannot be held responsible for people falling in love"--Albert Einstein;

- syn. gravitation, gravitational force, gravity;

gravitational collapse
n1
the implosion of a star resulting from its own gravity;

- the result is a smaller and denser celestial object;

gravitational constant
n1
(physics) the universal constant relating force to mass and distance in Newton's law of gravitation;

- syn. G, constant of gravitation, universal gravitational constant;

gravitational field
n1
a field of force surrounding a body of finite mass;

gravitational force
n1
(physics) the force of attraction between all masses in the universe;

- especially the attraction of the earth's mass for bodies near its surface;

- "the more remote the body the less the gravity";

- "the gravitation between two bodies is proportional to the product of their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them";

- "gravitation cannot be held responsible for people falling in love"--Albert Einstein;

- syn. gravitation, gravitational attraction, gravity;

gravitational interaction
n1
a weak interaction between particles that results from their mass;

- mediated by gravitons;

gravitational mass
n1
(physics) the mass of a body as measured by its gravitational attraction for other bodies;

gravitational theory
n1
(physics) the theory that any two particles of matter attract one another with a force directly proportional to the product of their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them;

- syn. Newton's theory of gravitation, theory of gravitation, theory of gravity;

gravitationally / ɡ ɹ æ v ɪ t eɪ ʃ n ə i /
r1
with respect to gravitation;

- "gravitationally strong forces";

gravitative
a1
of or relating to or caused by gravitation;

- syn. gravitational;

graviton
n1
a gauge boson that mediates the (extremely weak) gravitational interactions between particles;

gravity / ɡ ɹ æ v ɪ t i /
n1
(physics) the force of attraction between all masses in the universe;

- especially the attraction of the earth's mass for bodies near its surface;

- "the more remote the body the less the gravity";

- "the gravitation between two bodies is proportional to the product of their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them";

- "gravitation cannot be held responsible for people falling in love"--Albert Einstein;

- syn. gravitation, gravitational attraction, gravitational force;

n2
a manner that is serious and solemn;

- syn. graveness, soberness, sobriety, somberness, sombreness;

n3
a solemn and dignified feeling;

- syn. solemnity;

gravity-assist
n1
(spaceflight) a trajectory that passes close to a planetary body in order to gain energy from its gravitational field;

gravity bomb
n1
a bomb that falls because of gravity and is not guided to a target;

- syn. dumb bomb;

gravity fault
n1
an inclined fault in which the hanging wall appears to have slipped downward relative to the footwall;

- syn. common fault, normal fault;

gravity gradient
n1
a gradient in the gravitational forces acting on different parts of a nonspherical object;

- "the gravity gradient of the moon causes the ocean tides on Earth";

gravity meter
n1
a measuring instrument for measuring variations in the gravitational field of the earth;

- syn. gravimeter;

gravity wave
n1
(physics) a wave that is hypothesized to propagate gravity and to travel at the speed of light;

- syn. gravitation wave;

gravure / ɡ ɹ ə v j ʊə , ɡ ɹ ə v j ʊə ɹ /
n1
a printing process that uses an etched or engraved plate;

- the plate is smeared with ink and wiped clean, then the ink left in the recesses makes the print;

- syn. intaglio, intaglio printing;

n2
a printing plate used in the process of gravure;

n3
an intaglio print produced by gravure;

- syn. heliogravure, photogravure;

n4
the act of intaglio printing;

gravy / ɡ ɹ eɪ v i /
n1
a sauce made by adding stock, flour, or other ingredients to the juice and fat that drips from cooking meats;

n2
the seasoned but not thickened juices that drip from cooking meats;

- often a little water is added;

- syn. pan gravy;

n3
a sudden happening that brings good fortune (as a sudden opportunity to make money);

- "the demand for testing has created a boom for those unregulated laboratories where boxes of specimen jars are processed like an assembly line";

- syn. bonanza, boom, bunce, godsend, gold rush, manna from heaven, windfall;

gravy boat
n1
a dish (often boat-shaped) for serving gravy or sauce;

- syn. boat, gravy holder, sauceboat;

gravy holder
n1
a dish (often boat-shaped) for serving gravy or sauce;

- syn. boat, gravy boat, sauceboat;

gravy train
n1
income obtained with a minimum of effort;

- syn. easy money;

gray / ɡ ɹ eɪ /
n1
a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black;

- syn. grayness, grey, greyness;

n2
clothing that is a grey color;

- "he was dressed in grey";

- syn. grey;

n3
any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are grey;

- "the Confederate army was a vast grey";

- syn. grey;

n4
horse of a light gray or whitish color;

- syn. grey;

n5
the SI unit of energy absorbed from ionizing radiation;

- equal to the absorption of one joule of radiation energy by one kilogram of matter;

- one gray equals 100 rad;

- syn. Gy;

n6
English radiobiologist in whose honor the gray (the SI unit of energy for the absorbed dose of radiation) was named (1905-1965);

- syn. Louis Harold Gray;

n7
English poet best known for his elegy written in a country churchyard (1716-1771);

- syn. Thomas Gray;

n8
American navigator who twice circumnavigated the globe and who discovered the Columbia River (1755-1806);

- syn. Robert Gray;

n9
United States botanist who specialized in North American flora and who was an early supporter of Darwin's theories of evolution (1810-1888);

- syn. Asa Gray;

v1
make grey;

- "The painter decided to grey the sky";

- syn. grey;

v2
turn grey;

- "Her hair began to grey";

- syn. grey;

a1
of an achromatic color of any lightness intermediate between the extremes of white and black;

- "the little grey cells";

- "gray flannel suit";

- "a man with greyish hair";

- syn. grayish, grey, greyish;

- sim. achromatic;

a2
showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair;

- "whose beard with age is hoar"-Coleridge;

- "nodded his hoary head";

- syn. gray-haired, gray-headed, grey, grey-haired, grey-headed, grizzly, hoar, hoary, white-haired;

- sim. old;

a3
used to signify the Confederate forces in the American Civil War (who wore grey uniforms);

- "a stalwart grey figure";

- syn. grey;

- sim. southern;

a4
intermediate in character or position;

- "a grey area between clearly legal and strictly illegal";

- syn. grey;

- sim. intermediate;

gray-black
a1
of black tinged with grey;

- syn. grayish-black, grey-black, greyish-black;

- sim. achromatic;

gray-blue
a1
of blue tinged with grey;

- syn. grayish-blue, grey-blue, greyish-blue;

- sim. chromatic;

gray-brown
a1
of brown tinged with grey;

- syn. grayish-brown, grey-brown, greyish-brown;

- sim. chromatic;

gray-green
a1
of green tinged with grey;

- syn. grayish-green, grey-green, greyish-green;

- sim. chromatic;

gray-haired
a1
showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair;

- "whose beard with age is hoar"-Coleridge;

- "nodded his hoary head";

- syn. gray, gray-headed, grey, grey-haired, grey-headed, grizzly, hoar, hoary, white-haired;

- sim. old;

gray-headed
a1
showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair;

- "whose beard with age is hoar"-Coleridge;

- "nodded his hoary head";

- syn. gray, gray-haired, grey, grey-haired, grey-headed, grizzly, hoar, hoary, white-haired;

- sim. old;

gray-pink
a1
of pink tinged with grey;

- syn. grayish-pink, grey-pink, greyish-pink;

- sim. chromatic;

gray-white
a1
of white tinged with grey;

- syn. grayish-white, grey-white, greyish-white;

- sim. achromatic;

gray alder
n1
native to Europe but introduced in America;

- syn. Alnus incana, grey alder;

gray area
n1
an intermediate area;

- a topic that is not clearly one thing or the other;

- syn. grey area;

gray birch
n1
medium-sized birch of eastern North America having white or pale grey bark and valueless wood;

- occurs often as a second-growth forest tree;

- syn. American gray birch, American grey birch, Betula populifolia, grey birch;

gray catbird
n1
North American songbird whose call resembles a cat's mewing;

- syn. Dumetella carolinensis, catbird, grey catbird;

gray flounder
n1
flounder found from North Carolina to Florida and the eastern Gulf of Mexico;

- syn. Etropus rimosus, grey flounder;

gray fox
n1
dark grey American fox;

- from Central America through southern United States;

- syn. Urocyon cinereoargenteus, grey fox;

gray goldenrod
n1
a dyer's weed of Canada and the eastern United States having yellow flowers sometimes used in dyeing;

- syn. Solidago nemoralis, grey goldenrod;

gray hen
n1
female black grouse;

- syn. grayhen, grey hen, greyhen, heath hen;

gray jay
n1
a jay of northern North America with black-capped head and no crest;

- noted for boldness in thievery;

- syn. Canada jay, Perisoreus canadensis, camp robber, grey jay, whisker jack;

gray kingbird
n1
a kingbird that breeds in the southeastern United States and winters in tropical America;

- similar to but larger than the eastern kingbird;

- syn. Tyrannus domenicensis domenicensis, grey kingbird, petchary;

gray lemming
n1
Old World lemming;

- syn. grey lemming, red-backed lemming;

gray market
n1
an unofficial market in which goods are bought and sold at prices lower than the official price set by a regulatory agency;

- syn. grey market;

gray matter
n1
greyish nervous tissue containing cell bodies as well as fibers;

- forms the cerebral cortex consisting of unmyelinated neurons;

- syn. gray substance, grey matter, grey substance, substantia grisea;

gray mullet
n1
highly valued lean flesh of marine or freshwater mullet;

- syn. grey mullet, mullet;

n2
freshwater or coastal food fishes a spindle-shaped body;

- found worldwide;

- syn. grey mullet, mullet;

gray partridge
n1
common European partridge;

- syn. Hungarian partridge, Perdix perdix, grey partridge;

gray polypody
n1
fern growing on rocks or tree trunks and having fronds greyish and scurfy below;

- Americas and South Africa;

- syn. Polypodium polypodioides, grey polypody, resurrection fern;

gray poplar
n1
large rapidly growing poplar with faintly lobed dentate leaves grey on the lower surface;

- native to Europe but introduced and naturalized elsewhere;

- syn. Populus canescens, grey poplar;

gray sage
n1
low much-branched perennial of western United States having silvery leaves;

- an important browse and shelter plant;

- syn. Artemisia cana, Seriphidium canum, grey sage, silver sage, silver sagebrush;

gray sea eagle
n1
bulky greyish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail;

- of Europe and Greenland;

- syn. European sea eagle, Haliatus albicilla, ern, erne, grey sea eagle, white-tailed sea eagle;

gray skate
n1
common European skate used as food;

- syn. Raja batis, grey skate;

gray snapper
n1
found in shallow waters off the coast of Florida;

- syn. Lutjanus griseus, grey snapper, mangrove snapper;

gray sole
n1
greyish-white flesh of a flatfish;

- syn. grey sole;

gray substance
n1
greyish nervous tissue containing cell bodies as well as fibers;

- forms the cerebral cortex consisting of unmyelinated neurons;

- syn. gray matter, grey matter, grey substance, substantia grisea;

gray whale
n1
medium-sized greyish-black whale of the northern Pacific;

- syn. Eschrichtius gibbosus, Eschrichtius robustus, devilfish, grey whale;

gray willow
n1
Eurasian shrubby willow with whitish tomentose twigs;

- syn. Salix cinerea, grey willow;

gray wolf
n1
a wolf with a brindled grey coat living in forested northern regions of North America;

- syn. Canis lupus, grey wolf, timber wolf;

grayback
n1
a dowitcher with a grey back;

- syn. Limnodromus griseus, greyback;

n2
a sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and winters in the southern hemisphere;

- syn. Calidris canutus, greyback, knot;

graybeard / ɡ ɹ eɪ b ɪə d /
n1
a man who is very old;

- syn. Methuselah, greybeard, old man;

grayhen
n1
female black grouse;

- syn. gray hen, grey hen, greyhen, heath hen;

grayish / ɡ ɹ eɪ ɪ ʃ /
a1
of an achromatic color of any lightness intermediate between the extremes of white and black;

- "the little grey cells";

- "gray flannel suit";

- "a man with greyish hair";

- syn. gray, grey, greyish;

- sim. achromatic;

grayish-black
a1
of black tinged with grey;

- syn. gray-black, grey-black, greyish-black;

- sim. achromatic;

grayish-blue
a1
of blue tinged with grey;

- syn. gray-blue, grey-blue, greyish-blue;

- sim. chromatic;

grayish-brown
a1
of brown tinged with grey;

- syn. gray-brown, grey-brown, greyish-brown;

- sim. chromatic;

grayish-green
a1
of green tinged with grey;

- syn. gray-green, grey-green, greyish-green;

- sim. chromatic;

grayish-pink
a1
of pink tinged with grey;

- syn. gray-pink, grey-pink, greyish-pink;

- sim. chromatic;

grayish-white
a1
of white tinged with grey;

- syn. gray-white, grey-white, greyish-white;

- sim. achromatic;

grayish brown
n1
a color or pigment varying around a light grey-brown color;

- "she wore dun";

- syn. dun, fawn, greyish brown;

graylag
n1
common grey wild goose of Europe;

- ancestor of many domestic breeds;

- syn. Anser anser, graylag goose, greylag, greylag goose;

graylag goose
n1
common grey wild goose of Europe;

- ancestor of many domestic breeds;

- syn. Anser anser, graylag, greylag, greylag goose;

grayly
r1
having a grey appearance;

- "lonely creeks are opal in the dawn, sword-blue in the sun, greyly silver under misty moons";

- syn. greyly;

grayness / ɡ ɹ eɪ n ɛ s /
n1
a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black;

- syn. gray, grey, greyness;

Graz / ɡ ɹ ɑ t s /
n1
an industrial city is southeastern Austria;

graze / ɡ ɹ eɪ z /
n1
a superficial abrasion;

n2
the act of grazing;

- syn. grazing;

v1
feed as in a meadow or pasture;

- "the herd was grazing";

- syn. browse, crop, pasture, range;

v2
break the skin (of a body part) by scraping;

- "She was grazed by the stray bullet";

v3
let feed in a field or pasture or meadow;

- syn. crop, pasture;

v4
scrape gently;

- "graze the skin";

- syn. crease, rake;

v5
eat lightly, try different dishes;

- "There was so much food at the party that we quickly got sated just by browsing";

- syn. browse;

grazed / ɡ ɹ eɪ z d /
a1
scraped or touched lightly in passing;

- "his grazed and bleeding arm proved he had been in the line of fire";

- sim. touched;

grazier / ɡ ɹ eɪ z ɪə , ɡ ɹ eɪ z ɪə ɹ /
n1
a rancher who grazes cattle or sheep for market;

grazing / ɡ ɹ eɪ z ɪ ŋ /
n1
the act of grazing;

- syn. graze;

n2
the act of brushing against while passing;

- syn. shaving, skimming;

grazing fire
n1
fire approximately parallel to the ground;

- the center of the cone of fire does rise above 1 meter from the ground;

grazing land
n1
a field covered with grass or herbage and suitable for grazing by livestock;

- syn. lea, ley, pasture, pastureland;

grease / ɡ ɹ i s /
n1
a thick fatty oil (especially one used to lubricate machinery);

- syn. lubricating oil;

n2
the state of being covered with unclean things;

- syn. dirt, filth, grime, grunge, soil, stain;

v1
lubricate with grease;

- "grease the wheels";

grease gun
n1
a hand-operated pump that resembles a pistol;

- forces grease into parts of a machine;

- syn. gun;

grease monkey
n1
someone whose occupation is repairing and maintaining automobiles;

- syn. auto-mechanic, automobile mechanic, car-mechanic, mechanic;

grease one's palms
v1
make illegal payments to in exchange for favors or influence;

- "This judge can be bought";

- syn. bribe, buy, corrupt;

greaseball
n1
(ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Italian descent;

- syn. Guinea, dago, ginzo, wop;

greased / ɡ ɹ i s t /
a1
smeared with oil or grease to reduce friction;

- syn. lubricated;

greasepaint / ɡ ɹ i s p eɪ n t /
n1
a greasy substance used as makeup by actors;

greaseproof / ɡ ɹ i s p ɹ u f /
a1
resistant to penetration by grease or oil or wax;

- "greaseproof wrapping paper";

- sim. impervious;

greaseproof paper
n1
paper that is impermeable to oil or grease;

- used in cooking;

greaser / ɡ ɹ i s ə , ɡ ɹ i s ə ɹ /
n1
(ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Mexican descent;

- syn. taco, wetback;

greasewood / ɡ ɹ i s w ʊ d /
n1
low hardy much-branched spiny shrub common in alkaline soils of western America;

- syn. Sarcobatus vermiculatus, black greasewood;

greasily / ɡ ɹ i s ɪ ɫ i /
r1
in a greasy manner;

- "the food was greasily unappetizing";

greasiness / ɡ ɹ i s ɪ n ə s /
n1
consisting of or covered with oil;

- syn. oiliness, oleaginousness;

greasy / ɡ ɹ i s i /
a1
containing an unusual amount of grease or oil;

- "greasy hamburgers";

- "oily fried potatoes";

- "oleaginous seeds";

- syn. oily, oleaginous, sebaceous;

- sim. fatty;

a2
smeared or soiled with grease or oil;

- "greasy coveralls";

- "get rid of rubbish and oily rags";

- syn. oily;

- sim. dirty;

greasy spoon
n1
a small restaurant specializing in short-order fried foods;

great / ɡ ɹ eɪ t /
n1
a person who has achieved distinction and honor in some field;

- "he is one of the greats of American music";

a1
relatively large in size or number or extent;

- larger than others of its kind;

- "a great juicy steak";

- "a great multitude";

- "the great auk";

- "a great old oak";

- "a great ocean liner";

- "a great delay";

- sim. large;

a2
of major significance or importance;

- "a great work of art";

- "Einstein was one of the outstanding figures of the 20th centurey";

- syn. outstanding;

- sim. important;

a3
remarkable or out of the ordinary in degree or magnitude or effect;

- "a great crisis";

- "had a great stake in the outcome";

- sim. extraordinary;

a4
very good;

- "he did a bully job";

- "a neat sports car";

- "had a great time at the party";

- "you look simply smashing";

- "we had a grand old time";

- syn. bang-up, bully, corking, cracking, dandy, groovy, keen, neat, nifty, not bad, old, peachy, slap-up, smashing, swell;

- sim. good;

a5
uppercase;

- "capital A";

- "great A";

- "many medieval manuscripts are in majuscule script";

- syn. capital, majuscule;

- sim. uppercase;

a6
in an advanced stage of pregnancy;

- "was big with child";

- "was great with child";

- syn. big, enceinte, expectant, gravid, heavy, large, with child;

- sim. pregnant;

great-aunt
n1
an aunt of your father or mother;

- syn. grandaunt;

great-leaved macrophylla
n1
large deciduous shrub or tree of southeastern United States having huge leaves in dense false whorls and large creamy flowers tinged purple toward the base;

- syn. Magnolia macrophylla, large-leaved cucumber tree, large-leaved magnolia;

great-nephew
n1
a son of your niece or nephew;

- syn. grandnephew;

great-niece
n1
a daughter of your niece or nephew;

- syn. grandniece;

great-uncle
n1
an uncle of your father or mother;

- syn. granduncle;

great adductor muscle
n1
the muscle that adducts and extends the thigh;

- syn. musculus adductor magnus;

great anteater
n1
large shaggy-haired toothless anteater with long tongue and powerful claws;

- of South America;

- syn. Myrmecophaga jubata, ant bear, giant anteater, tamanoir;

great ape
n1
any of the large anthropoid apes of the family Pongidae;

- syn. pongid;

Great Arabian Desert
n1
a desert on the Arabian Peninsula in southwestern Asia;

- syn. Arabian Desert;

Great Attractor
n1
a massive grouping of galaxies in the direction of Centaurus and Hydra whose gravitational attraction is believed to cause deviations in the paths of other galaxies;

great auk
n1
large flightless auk of rocky islands off northern Atlantic coasts;

- extinct;

- syn. Pinguinus impennis;

Great Australian Bight
n1
a wide bay of the Indian Ocean in southern Australia;

- notorious for storms;

Great Australian Desert
n1
general name given to all desert areas in Australia;

- syn. Australian Desert;

great barracuda
n1
large (up to 6 ft) greyish-brown barracuda highly regarded as a food and sport fish;

- may be dangerous to swimmers;

- syn. Sphyraena barracuda;

Great Barrier Reef
n1
the largest coral reef in the world;

- in the Coral Sea off the northeastern coast of Australia;

Great Bear
n1
a constellation outside the zodiac that rotates around the North Star;

- syn. Ursa Major;

great bellied
a1
having a prominent belly;

- syn. big-bellied;

- sim. bellied;

great black-backed gull
n1
white gull having a black back and wings;

- syn. Larus marinus, black-backed gull, cob;

great blue heron
n1
large American heron having bluish-grey plumage;

- syn. Ardea herodius;

great blue shark
n1
slender cosmopolitan, pelagic shark;

- blue body shades to white belly;

- dangerous especially during maritime disasters;

- syn. Prionace glauca, blue shark;

great bowerbird
n1
large bowerbird of northern Australia;

- syn. Chlamydera nuchalis;

Great Britain
n1
a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles;

- divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland;

- `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom;

- syn. Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland;

n2
an island comprising England and Scotland and Wales;

- syn. GB;

great burdock
n1
burdock having heart-shaped leaves found in open woodland, hedgerows and rough grassland of Europe (except extreme N) and Asia Minor;

- sometimes cultivated for medicinal and culinary use;

- syn. Arctium lappa, cocklebur, greater burdock;

great bustard
n1
largest European land bird;

- syn. Otis tarda;

great care
n1
more attention and consideration than is normally bestowed by prudent persons;

- "the pilot exercised great care in landing";

great cerebral vein
n1
a cerebral vein formed by the two internal cerebral veins and continuing into the sinus rectus;

- syn. vena cerebri magna;

great circle
n1
a circular line on the surface of a sphere formed by intersecting it with a plane passing through the center;

Great Commoner
n1
United States lawyer and politician who advocated free silver and prosecuted John Scopes (1925) for teaching evolution in a Tennessee high school (1860-1925);

- syn. Boy Orator of the Platte, Bryan, William Jennings Bryan;

great crested grebe
n1
large Old World grebe with black ear tufts;

- syn. Podiceps cristatus;

Great Dane
n1
very large powerful smooth-coated breed of dog;

great deal
n1
(often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent;

- "a batch of letters";

- "a deal of trouble";

- "a lot of money";

- "he made a mint on the stock market";

- "see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos";

- "it must have cost plenty";

- "a slew of journalists";

- "a wad of money";

- syn. batch, deal, flock, good deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad;

Great Depression
n1
the economic crisis beginning with the stock market crash in 1929 and continuing through the 1930s;

n2
a period during the 1930s when there was a worldwide economic depression and mass unemployment;

- syn. Depression;

Great Divide
n1
that part of the continental divide formed by the Rocky Mountains in the United States;

Great Dividing Range
n1
a mountain range running along the eastern coast of Australia;

- syn. Eastern Highlands;

Great Dog
n1
a constellation to the southeast of Orion;

- contains Sirius;

- syn. Canis Major;

great duckweed
n1
cosmopolitan except South America and New Zealand and some oceanic islands;

- syn. Spirodela polyrrhiza, water flaxseed;

Great Elector
n1
the Elector of Brandenburg who rebuilt his domain after its destruction during the Thirty Years' War (1620-1688);

- syn. Frederick William;

Great Falls
n1
a town in central Montana on the Missouri river;

- a center of extensive hydroelectric power;

great grandchild
n1
a child of your grandson or granddaughter;

great granddaughter
n1
a daughter of your grandson or granddaughter;

great grandfather
n1
a father of your grandparent;

great grandmother
n1
a mother of your grandparent;

great grandparent
n1
a parent of your grandparent;

great grandson
n1
a son of your grandson or granddaughter;

great gray owl
n1
large dish-faced owl of northern North America and western Eurasia;

- syn. Strix nebulosa, great grey owl;

great grey kangaroo
n1
very large greyish-brown Australian kangaroo formerly abundant in open wooded areas;

- syn. Macropus giganteus, giant kangaroo;

great grey owl
n1
large dish-faced owl of northern North America and western Eurasia;

- syn. Strix nebulosa, great gray owl;

great gross
n1
a cardinal number equal to one dozen gross;

- syn. 1728;

great hall
n1
the principal hall in a castle or mansion;

- can be used for dining or entertainment;

great horned owl
n1
brown North American horned owl;

- syn. Bubo virginianus;

great hundred
n1
the cardinal number that is the product of ten and twelve;

- syn. 120, long hundred;

Great Indian Desert
n1
a desert to the east of the Indus River in northwestern India and southeastern Pakistan;

- syn. Thar Desert;

great knapweed
n1
tall European perennial having purple flower heads;

- syn. Centaurea scabiosa, greater knapweed;

Great Lakes
n1
a group of five large, interconnected lakes in central North America;

Great Lakes State
n1
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region;

- syn. MI, Mich., Michigan, Wolverine State;

great lobelia
n1
tall erect and very leafy perennial herb of eastern North America having dense spikes of blue flowers;

- syn. Lobelia siphilitica, blue cardinal flower;

great maple
n1
Eurasian maple tree with pale grey bark that peels in flakes like that of a sycamore tree;

- leaves with five ovate lobes yellow in autumn;

- syn. Acer pseudoplatanus, scottish maple, sycamore;

Great Mendenhall Glacier
n1
a glacier of the Piedmont type near Juneau in Alaska;

- syn. Mendenhall Glacier;

great millet
n1
important for human and animal food;

- growth habit and stem form similar to Indian corn but having sawtooth-edged leaves;

- syn. Sorghum bicolor, kaffir, kaffir corn, kafir corn;

Great Mother
n1
great nature goddess of ancient Phrygia in Asia Minor;

- counterpart of Greek Rhea and Roman Ops;

- syn. Cybele, Dindymene, Magna Mater, Mater Turrita;

great mullein
n1
tall-stalked very woolly mullein with densely packed yellow flowers;

- ancient Greeks and Romans dipped the stalks in tallow for funeral torches;

- syn. Aaron's rod, Verbascum thapsus, common mullein, flannel mullein, torch, woolly mullein;

Great Plains
n1
a vast prairie region extending from Alberta and Saskatchewan and Manitoba in Canada south through the west central United States into Texas;

- formerly inhabited by Native Americans;

- syn. Great Plains of North America;

Great Plains of North America
n1
a vast prairie region extending from Alberta and Saskatchewan and Manitoba in Canada south through the west central United States into Texas;

- formerly inhabited by Native Americans;

- syn. Great Plains;

great plains paintbrush
n1
hairy plant with pinkish flowers;

- Great Plains to northern Mexico;

- syn. Castilleja sessiliflora;

great power
n1
a state powerful enough to influence events throughout the world;

- syn. major power, power, superpower, world power;

Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution
n1
a radical reform in China initiated by Mao Zedong in 1965 and carried out largely by the Red Guard;

- intended to eliminate counterrevolutionary elements in the government it resulted in purges of the intellectuals and socioeconomic chaos;

- syn. Cultural Revolution;

Great Pyramid
n1
a massive monument with a square base and four triangular sides;

- begun by Cheops around 2700 BC as royal tombs in ancient Egypt;

- syn. Pyramid, Pyramids of Egypt;

Great Pyrenees
n1
bred of large heavy-coated white dogs resembling the Newfoundland;

great ragweed
n1
a coarse annual with some leaves deeply and palmately three-cleft or five-cleft;

- syn. Ambrosia trifida;

Great Revolt
n1
a widespread rebellion in 1381 against poll taxes and other inequities that oppressed the poorer people of England;

- suppressed by Richard II;

- syn. Peasant's Revolt;

Great Rift Valley
n1
( geology) a depression in southwestern Asia and eastern Africa;

- extends from the valley of the Jordan River to Mozambique;

- marked by geological faults;

Great Russian
n1
a member of the chief stock of Russian people living in European Russia;

- used to distinguish ethnic Russians from other peoples incorporated into Russia;

Great Salt Desert
n1
a salt desert in north central Iran;

- syn. Dasht-e-Kavir, Kavir Desert;

Great Salt Lake
n1
a shallow body of salt water in northwestern Utah;

Great Sandy Desert
n1
a desert in southern Saudi Arabia;

- syn. Ar Rimsal, Dahna, Rub al-Khali;

n2
a desert region in northwestern Australia to the north of the Gibson Desert;

great saphenous vein
n1
the longest vein in the body;

- runs from foot to the groin where it joins the femoral vein;

- syn. long saphenous vein;

Great Schism
n1
the period from 1378 to 1417 during which there were two papacies in the Roman Catholic Church, one in Rome and one in Avignon;

great seal
n1
the principal seal of a government, symbolizing authority or sovereignty;

Great Seal of the United States
n1
the seal of the United States government;

great skua
n1
large brown skua of the northern Atlantic;

- syn. Catharacta skua;

Great Slave Lake
n1
a lake in the Northwest Territories in northwestern Canada;

- drained by the Mackenzie River;

Great Smoky Mountains
n1
part of the Appalachians between North Carolina and Tennessee;

Great Smoky Mountains National Park
n1
a national park in Tennessee and North Carolina that includes the highest mountain in the eastern United States;

great snipe
n1
Old World snipe larger and darker than the whole snipe;

- syn. Gallinago media, woodcock snipe;

great Solomon's-seal
n1
North American perennial herb with smooth foliage and drooping tubular greenish flowers;

- syn. Polygonatum biflorum, Polygonatum commutatum;

great St John's wort
n1
perennial shrub having large star-shaped yellow flowers in narrowly pyramidal cymes;

- syn. Hypericum ascyron, Hypericum pyramidatum;

great toe
n1
the first largest innermost toe;

- syn. big toe, hallux;

Great Victoria Desert
n1
a desert region in south central Australia to the north of the Nullarbor Plain;

Great Wall
n1
a fortification 1,500 miles long built across northern China in the 3rd century BC;

- it averages 6 meters in width;

- syn. Chinese Wall, Great Wall of China;

Great Wall of China
n1
a fortification 1,500 miles long built across northern China in the 3rd century BC;

- it averages 6 meters in width;

- syn. Chinese Wall, Great Wall;

Great War
n1
a war between the allies (Russia, France, British Empire, Italy, United States, Japan, Rumania, Serbia, Belgium, Greece, Portugal, Montenegro) and the Central Powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary, Turkey, Bulgaria) from 1914 to 1918;

- syn. First World War, War to End War, World War 1, World War I;

great white heron
n1
a common egret of the genus Egretta found in America;

- it is a variety of the Old World white egret Casmerodius albus;

- syn. American egret, Egretta albus;

n2
widely distributed Old World white egret;

- syn. Casmerodius albus;

n3
large white heron of Florida and the Florida Keys;

- syn. Ardea occidentalis;

great white hope
n1
someone (or something) expected to achieve great success in a given field;

- "this company is the great white hope of the nuclear industry's waste management policy";

- syn. white hope;

great white shark
n1
large aggressive shark widespread in warm seas;

- known to attack humans;

- syn. Carcharodon carcharias, man-eater, man-eating shark, white shark;

Great White Way
n1
a street in Manhattan that passes through Times Square;

- famous for its theaters;

- syn. Broadway;

great year
n1
time required for one complete cycle of the precession of the equinoxes, about 25,800 years;

- syn. Platonic year;

great yellow gentian
n1
robust European perennial having clusters of yellow flowers;

- syn. Gentiana lutea;

great yellowcress
n1
perennial herb found on streams and riversides throughout Europe except extreme north and Mediterranean;

- sometimes placed in genus Nasturtium;

- syn. Nasturtium amphibium, Rorippa amphibia;

greatcoat / ɡ ɹ eɪ t k oʊ t /
n1
a heavy coat worn over clothes in winter;

- syn. overcoat, topcoat;

greater / ɡ ɹ eɪ t ə , ɡ ɹ eɪ t ə ɹ /
a1
greater in size or importance or degree;

- "for the greater good of the community";

- "the greater Antilles";

Greater Antilles
n1
a group of islands in the western West Indies;

greater burdock
n1
burdock having heart-shaped leaves found in open woodland, hedgerows and rough grassland of Europe (except extreme N) and Asia Minor;

- sometimes cultivated for medicinal and culinary use;

- syn. Arctium lappa, cocklebur, great burdock;

greater butterfly orchid
n1
south European orchid with dark green flowers that are larger and less fragrant than Platanthera bifolia;

- sometimes placed in genus Habenaria;

- syn. Habenaria chlorantha, Platanthera chlorantha;

greater celandine
n1
perennial herb with branched woody stock and bright yellow flowers;

- syn. Chelidonium majus, celandine, swallow wort, swallowwort;

greater knapweed
n1
tall European perennial having purple flower heads;

- syn. Centaurea scabiosa, great knapweed;

greater kudu
n1
a variety of kudu;

- syn. Tragelaphus strepsiceros;

Greater London
n1
the capital and largest city of England;

- located on the Thames in southeastern England;

- financial and industrial and cultural center;

- syn. British capital, London, capital of the United Kingdom;

greater masterwort
n1
European herb with aromatic roots and leaves in a basal tuft and showy compound umbels of white to rosy flowers;

- syn. Astrantia major;

Greater New Orleans Bridge
n1
twin cantilever bridges across the Mississippi at New Orleans;

Greater New York
n1
the largest city in New York State and in the United States;

- located in southeastern New York at the mouth of the Hudson river;

- a major financial and cultural center;

- syn. New York, New York City;

greater omentum
n1
part of the peritoneum attached to the stomach and to the colon and covering the intestines;

- syn. caul, gastrocolic omentum;

greater pectoral muscle
n1
a skeletal muscle that adducts and rotates the arm;

- syn. musculus pectoralis major, pectoralis major;

greater peritoneal sac
n1
the interior of the peritoneum;

- a potential space between layers of the peritoneum;

- syn. peritoneal cavity;

greater pichiciego
n1
of southern South America;

- syn. Burmeisteria retusa;

greater prairie chicken
n1
the most common variety of prairie chicken;

- syn. Tympanuchus cupido;

greater rhomboid muscle
n1
rhomboid muscle that draws the scapula toward the spinal column;

- syn. musculus rhomboideus major, rhomboideus major muscle;

greater scaup
n1
large scaup of North America having a greenish iridescence on the head of the male;

- syn. Aythya marila;

greater spearwort
n1
semiaquatic European crowfoot with leaves shaped like spears;

- syn. Ranunculus lingua;

greater stitchwort
n1
low-growing north temperate herb having small white star-shaped flowers;

- named for its alleged ability to ease sharp pains in the side;

- syn. Stellaria holostea, starwort, stitchwort;

Greater Sunda Islands
n1
a chain of islands including Borneo and Celebes and Java and Sumatra;

Greater Swiss Mountain dog
n1
the largest of the four Swiss breeds;

greater water parsnip
n1
large stout white-flowered perennial found wild in shallow fresh water;

- Europe;

- syn. Sium latifolium;

greater whitethroat
n1
greyish-brown Old World warbler with a white throat and underparts;

- syn. Sylvia communis, whitethroat;

greater yellowlegs
n1
a variety of yellowlegs;

- syn. Tringa melanoleuca;

greatest / ɡ ɹ eɪ t ɪ s t /
a1
highest in quality;

- syn. sterling, superlative;

- sim. superior;

greatest common divisor
n1
the largest integer that divides without remainder into a set of integers;

- syn. greatest common factor, highest common factor;

greatest common factor
n1
the largest integer that divides without remainder into a set of integers;

- syn. greatest common divisor, highest common factor;

greathearted / ɡ ɹ eɪ t h ɑ t ɪ d /
a1
noble and generous in spirit;

- "a greathearted general";

- "a magnanimous conqueror";

- syn. magnanimous;

- sim. noble;

greatly / ɡ ɹ eɪ t ɫ i /
r1
to an extraordinary extent or degree;

- "he improved greatly";

greatness / ɡ ɹ eɪ t n ə s /
n1
the property possessed by something or someone of outstanding importance or eminence;

- syn. illustriousness;

n2
unusual largeness in size or extent or number;

- syn. enormousness, grandness, immenseness, immensity, sizeableness, vastness, wideness;

greave / ɡ ɹ i v /
n1
armor plate that protects legs below the knee;

- syn. jambeau;

greaves / ɡ ɹ i v z /
n1
the residue that remains after animal fat has been rendered;

- syn. crackling;

grebe / ɡ ɹ i b /
n1
small compact-bodied almost completely aquatic bird that builds floating nests;

- similar to loons but smaller and with lobate rather than webbed feet;

Grecian / ɡ ɹ i ʃ n /
n1
a native or resident of Greece;

a1
of or relating to or characteristic of Greece or the Greeks or the Greek language;

- "Greek mythology";

- "a Grecian robe";

- syn. Greek, Hellenic;

Greco
n1
Spanish painter (born in Greece) remembered for his religious works characterized by elongated human forms and dramatic use of color (1541-1614);

- syn. Domenikos Theotocopoulos, El Greco;

Greco-Roman
a1
of or pertaining to or characteristic of the ancient Greeks and Romans, especially their art, literature, or culture;

- "classical mythology";

- "the classical world";

- syn. Graeco-Roman, classical;

- sim. classical;

Greco-Roman architecture
n1
architecture influenced by the ancient Greeks or Romans;

- syn. classical architecture;

Greco-Roman deity
n1
a deity of classical mythology;

- syn. Graeco-Roman deity;

Greco-Roman wrestling
n1
a style of wrestling where the wrestlers are forbidden to tackle or trip or use holds below the waist;

Greece / ɡ ɹ ɪ s /
n1
a republic in southeastern Europe on the southern part of the Balkan peninsula;

- known for grapes and olives and olive oil;

- syn. Ellas, Hellenic Republic;

n2
ancient Greece;

- a country of city-states (especially Athens and Sparta) that reached its peak in the fifth century BCE;

greed / ɡ ɹ i d /
n1
excessive desire to acquire or possess more (especially more material wealth) than one needs or deserves;

n2
reprehensible acquisitiveness;

- insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins);

- syn. avarice, avaritia, covetousness, rapacity;

greedily / ɡ ɹ i d ɪ ɫ i /
r1
in a greedy manner;

- syn. avariciously, covetously;

greediness / ɡ ɹ i d ɪ n ə s /
n1
an excessive desire for food;

- syn. hoggishness, piggishness;

n2
an excessive desire for wealth (usually in large amounts);

- "the greediness of lawyers";

- syn. rapaciousness, voraciousness;

greedy / ɡ ɹ i d i /
a1
immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth;

- "they are avaricious and will do anything for money";

- "casting covetous eyes on his neighbor's fields";

- "a grasping old miser";

- "grasping commercialism";

- "greedy for money and power";

- "grew richer and greedier";

- "prehensile employers stingy with raises for their employees";

- syn. avaricious, covetous, grabby, grasping, prehensile;

- sim. acquisitive;

a2
(often followed by `for') ardently or excessively desirous;

- "avid for adventure";

- "an avid ambition to succeed";

- "fierce devouring affection";

- "the esurient eyes of an avid curiosity";

- "greedy for fame";

- syn. avid, devouring, esurient;

- sim. desirous;

a3
wanting to eat or drink more than one can reasonably consume;

- "don't be greedy with the cookies";

- sim. gluttonous;

greegree
n1
an African amulet;

- syn. gres-gris, grigri;

Greek / ɡ ɹ i k /
n1
the Hellenic branch of the Indo-European family of languages;

- syn. Hellenic, Hellenic language;

n2
a native or inhabitant of Greece;

- syn. Hellene;

a1
of or relating to or characteristic of Greece or the Greeks or the Greek language;

- "Greek mythology";

- "a Grecian robe";

- syn. Grecian, Hellenic;

Greek alphabet
n1
the alphabet used by ancient Greeks;

Greek architecture
n1
the architecture of ancient Greece;

Greek capital
n1
the capital and largest city of Greece;

- named after Athena (its patron goddess);

- "in the 5th century BC ancient Athens was the world's most powerful and civilized city";

- syn. Athens, Athinai, capital of Greece;

Greek Catholic
n1
a member of the Greek Orthodox Church;

Greek chorus
n1
a company of actors who comment (by speaking or singing in unison) on the action in a classical Greek play;

- syn. chorus;

Greek Church
n1
state church of Greece;

- an autonomous part of the Eastern Orthodox Church;

- syn. Greek Orthodox Church;

Greek clover
n1
annual herb or southern Europe and eastern Asia having off-white flowers and aromatic seeds used medicinally and in curry;

- syn. Trigonella foenumgraecum, fenugreek;

Greek cross
n1
a cross with each of the four arms the same length;

Greek deity
n1
a deity worshipped by the ancient Greeks;

Greek drachma
n1
formerly the basic unit of money in Greece;

- syn. drachma;

Greek fire
n1
a mixture used by Byzantine Greeks that was often shot at adversaries;

- catches fire when wetted;

Greek fret
n1
an ornamental pattern consisting of repeated vertical and horizontal lines (often in relief);

- "there was a simple fret at the top of the walls";

- syn. Greek key, fret, key pattern;

Greek key
n1
an ornamental pattern consisting of repeated vertical and horizontal lines (often in relief);

- "there was a simple fret at the top of the walls";

- syn. Greek fret, fret, key pattern;

Greek mode
n1
any of the descending diatonic scales in the music of classical Greece;

Greek monetary unit
n1
monetary unit in Greece;

Greek mythology
n1
the mythology of the ancient Greeks;

Greek Orthodox
a1
of or relating to or characteristic of the Eastern Orthodox Church;

- syn. Eastern Orthodox, Orthodox, Russian Orthodox;

Greek Orthodox Church
n1
state church of Greece;

- an autonomous part of the Eastern Orthodox Church;

- syn. Greek Church;

Greek partridge
n1
of mountainous areas of southern Europe;

- syn. Alectoris graeca, rock partridge;

Greek valerian
n1
erect or spreading perennial of the eastern United States;

- syn. Polemonium reptans;

n2
pinnate-leaved European perennial having bright blue or white flowers;

- syn. Jacob's ladder, Polemonium caeruleum, Polemonium van-bruntiae, Polymonium caeruleum van-bruntiae, charity;

Greeley
n1
United States journalist with political ambitions (1811-1872);

- syn. Horace Greeley;

green / ɡ ɹ i n /
n1
green color or pigment;

- resembling the color of growing grass;

- syn. greenness, viridity;

n2
a piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area;

- "they went for a walk in the park";

- syn. common, commons, park;

n3
United States labor leader who was president of the American Federation of Labor from 1924 to 1952 and who led the struggle with the Congress of Industrial Organizations (1873-1952);

- syn. William Green;

n4
an environmentalist who belongs to the Green Party;

n5
a river that rises in western Wyoming and flows southward through Utah to become a tributary of the Colorado River;

- syn. Green River;

n6
an area of closely cropped grass surrounding the hole on a golf course;

- "the ball rolled across the green and into the bunker";

- syn. putting green, putting surface;

n7
any of various leafy plants or their leaves and stems eaten as vegetables;

- syn. greens, leafy vegetable;

n8
street names for ketamine;

- syn. K, cat valium, honey oil, jet, special K, super C, super acid;

v1
turn or become green;

- "The trees are greening";

a1
of the color between blue and yellow in the color spectrum;

- similar to the color of fresh grass;

- "a green tree";

- "green fields";

- "green paint";

- syn. dark-green, greenish, light-green;

- sim. chromatic;

a2
concerned with or supporting or in conformity with the political principles of the Green Party;

a3
not fully developed or mature;

- not ripe;

- "unripe fruit";

- "fried green tomatoes";

- "green wood";

- syn. immature, unripe, unripened;

- sim. unaged;

a4
looking pale and unhealthy;

- "you're looking green";

- "green around the gills";

- sim. ill;

a5
naive and easily deceived or tricked;

- "at that early age she had been gullible and in love";

- syn. fleeceable, gullible;

- sim. naive;

green-blind
a1
inability to see the color green or to distinguish green and purplish-red;

- syn. deuteranopic;

- sim. blind;

green-blindness
n1
dichromacy characterized by a lowered sensitivity to green light resulting in an inability to distinguish green and purplish-red;

- syn. Daltonism, deuteranopia;

green-eyed / ɡ ɹ i n aɪ d /
a1
suspicious or unduly suspicious or fearful of being displaced by a rival;

- "a jealous lover";

- syn. jealous, overjealous;

- sim. distrustful;

green-eyed monster
n1
a feeling of jealous envy (especially of a rival);

- syn. jealousy;

green-tailed towhee
n1
towhee of the Rocky Mountains;

- syn. Chlorura chlorura;

green-white
a1
of white flowers tinged with green;

- syn. greenish-white;

- sim. achromatic;

green-winged teal
n1
common teal of Eurasia and North America;

- syn. Anas crecca, greenwing;

green adder's mouth
n1
North American orchid having a solitary leaf and flowers with threadlike petals;

- syn. Malaxis-unifolia, Malaxis ophioglossoides;

green alder
n1
North American shrub with light green leaves and winged nuts;

- syn. Alnus crispa, Alnus veridis crispa;

n2
shrub of mountainous areas of Europe;

- syn. Alnus veridis;

green algae
n1
algae that are clear green in color;

- often growing on wet ricks or damp wood or the surface of stagnant water;

- syn. chlorophyte;

green apple aphid
n1
bright green aphid;

- feeds on and causes curling of apple leaves;

- syn. Aphis pomi, apple aphid;

green arrow arum
n1
perennial herb of the eastern United States having arrowhead-shaped leaves and an elongate pointed spathe and green berries;

- syn. Peltandra virginica, tuckahoe;

green ash
n1
a variety of red ash having glossy branchlets and lower leaf surfaces;

- syn. Fraxinus pennsylvanica subintegerrima;

Green Bay
n1
a city of eastern Wisconsin on an arm of Lake Michigan;

green bean
n1
immature bean pod eaten as a vegetable;

n2
seed of the mung bean plant;

- used for food;

- syn. golden gram, green gram, green soy, mash bean, monggo, moong, mung, mung bean, munggo;

n3
a common bean plant cultivated for its slender green edible pods;

n4
seed of the mung bean plant used for food;

- syn. golden gram, green gram, green soy, mash bean, monggo, moong, mung, mung bean, munggo;

Green Beret
n1
a soldier who is a member of the United States Army Special Forces;

green bristlegrass
n1
European foxtail naturalized in North America;

- often a troublesome weed;

- syn. Setaria viridis, bottle-grass, bottle grass, green foxtail, rough bristlegrass;

green broom
n1
deciduous erect spreading broom native to western Europe;

- widely cultivated for its rich yellow flowers;

- syn. Cytisus scoparius, Scotch broom, common broom;

green card
n1
a card that identifies the bearer as an alien with permanent resident status in the United States;

- "he was surprised to discover that green cards are no longer green";

green corn
n1
a corn plant developed in order to have young ears that are sweet and suitable for eating;

- syn. Zea mays rugosa, Zea saccharata, sugar corn, sweet corn, sweet corn plant;

n2
corn that can be eaten as a vegetable while still young and soft;

- syn. sweet corn;

green dinosaur
n1
a living fossil or so-called `green dinosaur';

- genus or subfamily of primitive nut-bearing trees thought to have died out 50 million years ago;

- a single specimen found in 1994 on Mount Bartle Frere in eastern Australia;

- not yet officially named;

- syn. Bartle Frere, genus Bartle-Frere;

green douglas fir
n1
lofty douglas fir of northwestern North America having short needles and egg-shaped cones;

- syn. Oregon fir, Oregon pine, Pseudotsuga menziesii, douglas hemlock, douglas pine, douglas spruce;

green dragon
n1
European arum resembling the cuckoopint;

- syn. Dracunculus vulgaris, dragon arum;

n2
early spring-flowering plant of eastern North America resembling the related jack-in-the-pulpit but having digitate leaves, slender greenish yellow spathe and elongated spadix;

- syn. Arisaema dracontium;

green fingers
n1
a special ability to make plants grow;

- syn. green thumb;

green foxtail
n1
European foxtail naturalized in North America;

- often a troublesome weed;

- syn. Setaria viridis, bottle-grass, bottle grass, green bristlegrass, rough bristlegrass;

green fringed orchis
n1
fringed orchid of the eastern United States having a greenish flower with the lip deeply lacerated;

- syn. Habenaria lacera, ragged-fringed orchid, ragged orchid, ragged orchis;

green frog
n1
similar to bullfrog;

- found in or near marshes and ponds;

- of United States and Canada;

- syn. Rana clamitans, spring frog;

green gentian
n1
tall herb with panicles of white flowers flushed with green;

- northwestern United States;

- sometimes placed in genus Swertia;

- syn. Frasera speciosa, Swertia speciosa;

green gland
n1
one of a pair of glands (believed to have excretory functions) in some crustaceans near the base of the large antennae;

green goddess
n1
street names for marijuana;

- syn. Mary Jane, dope, gage, grass, locoweed, pot, sens, sess, skunk, smoke, weed;

green gold
n1
a gold alloy (at least 14 karat gold with silver or silver and cadmium) that has a green appearance;

green goods
n1
fresh fruits and vegetable grown for the market;

- syn. garden truck, green groceries, produce;

green gram
n1
seed of the mung bean plant;

- used for food;

- syn. golden gram, green bean, green soy, mash bean, monggo, moong, mung, mung bean, munggo;

n2
seed of the mung bean plant used for food;

- syn. golden gram, green bean, green soy, mash bean, monggo, moong, mung, mung bean, munggo;

green groceries
n1
fresh fruits and vegetable grown for the market;

- syn. garden truck, green goods, produce;

green hellebore
n1
deciduous plant with large deep green pedate leaves and nodding saucer-shaped green flowers;

- syn. Helleborus viridis;

green June beetle
n1
large greenish June beetle of southern United States;

- syn. figeater;

green lacewing
n1
pale green unpleasant-smelling lacewing fly having carnivorous larvae;

- syn. chrysopid, stink fly;

green lead ore
n1
a mineral consisting of lead chloride and phosphate;

- a minor source of lead;

- syn. pyromorphite;

green light
n1
a signal to proceed;

- syn. go-ahead;

n2
permission to proceed with a project or to take action;

- "the gave the green light for construction to begin";

Green Line
n1
the border marking the boundaries of the land that Israel won in its 1948 war of independence;

green lizard
n1
a common Eurasian lizard about a foot long;

- syn. Lacerta viridis;

green mamba
n1
green phase of the black mamba;

green manure
n1
a growing crop that is plowed under to enrich soil;

green market
n1
an open-air marketplace for farm products;

- syn. farmer's market, greenmarket;

green mayonnaise
n1
mayonnaise with tarragon or dill and chopped watercress and spinach or cucumber;

- syn. sauce verte;

green monkey
n1
common savannah monkey with greenish-grey back and yellow tail;

- syn. African green monkey, Cercopithecus aethiops sabaeus;

green monkey disease
n1
a viral disease of green monkeys caused by the Marburg virus;

- when transmitted to humans it causes serious or fatal illness;

- syn. Marburg disease, Marburg hemorrhagic fever;

Green Mountain State
n1
a state in New England;

- syn. VT, Vermont, Vt.;

Green Mountains
n1
a range of the Appalachian Mountains that extends from south to north through Vermont;

green mushroom pimple
n1
a variety of mushroom pimple;

green olive
n1
olives picked green and pickled in brine;

- infrequently stuffed with e.g. pimento;

green onion
n1
a young onion before the bulb has enlarged;

- eaten in salads;

- syn. scallion, spring onion;

green paper
n1
a preliminary report of government proposals that is published in order to stimulate discussion;

Green Party
n1
an environmentalist political party;

green pea
n1
fresh pea;

- syn. garden pea;

green pea soup
n1
made of fresh green peas and stock with shredded lettuce onion and celery;

- syn. potage St. Germain;

green peach aphid
n1
yellowish green aphid that is especially destructive to peaches;

green peafowl
n1
peafowl of southeast Asia;

- syn. Pavo muticus;

green pepper
n1
a sweet pepper that becomes red when ripe;

green plover
n1
large crested Old World plover having wattles and spurs;

- syn. lapwing, peewit, pewit;

green revolution
n1
the introduction of pesticides and high-yield grains and better management during the 1960s and 1970s which greatly increased agricultural productivity;

Green River
n1
a river that rises in western Wyoming and flows southward through Utah to become a tributary of the Colorado River;

- syn. Green;

green salad
n1
tossed salad composed primarily of salad greens;

green smut
n1
disease of rice;

- grains covered by a green powder consisting of conidia;

- syn. false smut;

green smut fungus
n1
fungus causing green smut in rice;

- syn. Ustilaginoidea virens;

green snake
n1
any of numerous African colubrid snakes;

n2
either of two North American chiefly insectivorous snakes that are green in color;

- syn. grass snake;

green soap
n1
a soft (or liquid) soap made from vegetable oils;

- used in certain skin diseases;

- syn. soft soap;

green soy
n1
seed of the mung bean plant;

- used for food;

- syn. golden gram, green bean, green gram, mash bean, monggo, moong, mung, mung bean, munggo;

n2
seed of the mung bean plant used for food;

- syn. golden gram, green bean, green gram, mash bean, monggo, moong, mung, mung bean, munggo;

green soybean
n1
seeds shelled and cooked as lima beans;

green spleenwort
n1
a small fern with slim green fronds;

- widely distributed in cool parts of northern hemisphere;

- syn. Asplenium viride;

green tea
n1
tea leaves that have been steamed and dried without fermenting;

green thumb
n1
a special ability to make plants grow;

- syn. green fingers;

green turtle
n1
large tropical turtle with greenish flesh used for turtle soup;

- syn. Chelonia mydas;

green turtle soup
n1
soup usually made of the flesh of green turtles;

- syn. turtle soup;

green woodpecker
n1
woodpecker of Europe and western Asia;

- syn. Picus viridis;

greenback / ɡ ɹ i n b æ k /
n1
a piece of paper money (especially one issued by a central bank);

- "he peeled off five one-thousand-zloty notes";

- syn. Federal Reserve note, bank bill, bank note, banker's bill, banknote, bill, government note, note;

Greenback Party
n1
a former political party in the United States;

- organized in 1874;

- opposed any reduction in the amount of paper money in circulation;

greenbelt / ɡ ɹ i n b ɛ ɫ t /
n1
a belt of parks or rural land surrounding a town or city;

- syn. greenway;

Greenberg / ɡ ɹ i n b ɝ ɡ /
n1
United States linguist who studied the historical relations among 5,000 languages (1916-2001);

- syn. Joseph Greenberg;

greenbottle
n1
blowfly with brilliant coppery green body;

- syn. greenbottle fly;

greenbottle fly
n1
blowfly with brilliant coppery green body;

- syn. greenbottle;

greenbrier
n1
a very prickly woody vine of the eastern United States growing in tangled masses having tough round stems with shiny leathery leaves and small greenish flowers followed by clusters of inedible shiny black berries;

- syn. Smilax rotundifolia, briar, brier, bullbrier, catbrier, horse-brier, horse brier;

Greene
n1
English novelist and Catholic (1904-1991);

- syn. Graham Greene, Henry Graham Greene;

greenery / ɡ ɹ i n ə ɹ i /
n1
green foliage;

- syn. verdure;

greeneye
n1
bottom-dwellers having large eyes with metallic green luster;

greenfly / ɡ ɹ i n f ɫ aɪ /
n1
greenish aphid;

- pest on garden and crop plants;

greengage / ɡ ɹ i n ɡ eɪ dʒ /
n1
sweet green or greenish-yellow variety of plum;

- syn. greengage plum;

greengage plum
n1
sweet green or greenish-yellow variety of plum;

- syn. greengage;

greengrocer / ɡ ɹ i n ɡ ɹ oʊ s ə , ɡ ɹ i n ɡ ɹ oʊ s ə ɹ /
n1
a grocer who sells fresh fruits and vegetables;

greengrocery / ɡ ɹ i n ɡ ɹ oʊ s ə ɹ i /
n1
groceries sold by a greengrocer;

n2
a greengrocer's grocery store;

greenhood
n1
any of numerous orchids of the genus Pterostylis having leaves in a basal rosette and green flowers often striped purple or brown or red with the dorsal sepal incurved to form a hood;

- syn. helmet orchid;

greenhorn / ɡ ɹ i n h ɔ n /
n1
an awkward and inexperienced youth;

- syn. cub, rookie;

greenhouse / ɡ ɹ i n h aʊ s /
n1
a building with glass walls and roof;

- for the cultivation and exhibition of plants under controlled conditions;

- syn. glasshouse;

a1
of or relating to or caused by the greenhouse effect;

- "greenhouse gases";

greenhouse effect
n1
warming that results when solar radiation is trapped by the atmosphere;

- caused by atmospheric gases that allow sunshine to pass through but absorb heat that is radiated back from the warmed surface of the earth;

- syn. greenhouse warming;

greenhouse emission
n1
a gas that contributes to the greenhouse effect by absorbing infrared radiation;

- syn. greenhouse gas;

greenhouse gas
n1
a gas that contributes to the greenhouse effect by absorbing infrared radiation;

- syn. greenhouse emission;

greenhouse warming
n1
warming that results when solar radiation is trapped by the atmosphere;

- caused by atmospheric gases that allow sunshine to pass through but absorb heat that is radiated back from the warmed surface of the earth;

- syn. greenhouse effect;

greenhouse whitefly
n1
whitefly that inhabits greenhouses;

- syn. Trialeurodes vaporariorum;

greening / ɡ ɹ i n ɪ ŋ /
n1
the phenomenon of vitality and freshness being restored;

- "the annual rejuvenation of the landscape";

- syn. rejuvenation;

greenish / ɡ ɹ i n ɪ ʃ /
a1
of the color between blue and yellow in the color spectrum;

- similar to the color of fresh grass;

- "a green tree";

- "green fields";

- "green paint";

- syn. dark-green, green, light-green;

- sim. chromatic;

greenish-brown
a1
of brown tinged with green;

- sim. chromatic;

greenish-gray
a1
of grey tinged with green;

- syn. greenish-grey;

- sim. achromatic;

greenish-grey
a1
of grey tinged with green;

- syn. greenish-gray;

- sim. achromatic;

greenish-white
a1
of white flowers tinged with green;

- syn. green-white;

- sim. achromatic;

greenish blue
n1
a shade of blue tinged with green;

- syn. aqua, aquamarine, cobalt blue, peacock blue, turquoise;

greenish yellow
n1
a shade of yellow tinged with green;

greenishness / ɡ ɹ i n ɪ ʃ n ə s /
n1
the property of being somewhat green;

Greenland / ɡ ɹ i n ɫ æ n d /
n1
the largest island in the world;

- lies between the North Atlantic and the Arctic Ocean;

- a self-governing province of Denmark;

- syn. Gronland, Kalaallit Nunaat;

Greenland caribou
n1
Arctic deer with large antlers in both sexes;

- called `reindeer' in Eurasia and `caribou' in North America;

- syn. Rangifer tarandus, caribou, reindeer;

Greenland Sea
n1
part of the Arctic Ocean to the north of Iceland;

Greenland spar
n1
a white mineral consisting of fluorides of aluminum and sodium;

- a source of fluorine;

- syn. cryolite;

Greenland whale
n1
large-mouthed Arctic whale;

- syn. Balaena mysticetus, bowhead, bowhead whale;

greenling
n1
food fish of the northern Pacific;

greenly / ɡ ɹ i n ɫ i /
r1
with green color;

- "the countryside rolled greenly down into the valley";

greenmail / ɡ ɹ i n m eɪ ɫ /
n1
(corporation) the practice of purchasing enough shares in a firm to threaten a takeover and thereby forcing the owners to buy those shares back at a premium in order to stay in business;

greenmarket
n1
an open-air marketplace for farm products;

- syn. farmer's market, green market;

greenness / ɡ ɹ i n n ɛ s /
n1
the lush appearance of flourishing vegetation;

- syn. verdancy, verdure;

n2
the state of not being ripe;

n3
green color or pigment;

- resembling the color of growing grass;

- syn. green, viridity;

greenockite
n1
ore of cadmium;

- a rare yellowish mineral consisting of cadmium sulphide in crystalline form;

- syn. cadmium sulphide;

Greenpeace / ɡ ɹ i n p i s /
n1
an international organization that works for environmental conservation and the preservation of endangered species;

greenroom / ɡ ɹ i n ɹ u m /
n1
a backstage room in a theater where performers rest or have visitors;

greens / ɡ ɹ i n z /
n1
any of various leafy plants or their leaves and stems eaten as vegetables;

- syn. green, leafy vegetable;

greensand / ɡ ɹ i n s æ n d /
n1
an olive-green sandstone containing glauconite;

Greensboro
n1
a city of north central North Carolina;

greenshank
n1
large European sandpiper with greenish legs;

- syn. Tringa nebularia;

greensick
a1
of or pertaining to or suffering from chlorosis;

- syn. chlorotic;

greensickness
n1
iron deficiency anemia in young women;

- characterized by weakness and menstrual disturbances and a green color to the skin;

- syn. chlorosis;

greenside
a1
adjacent to a putting green;

- "greenside bunker";

greenskeeper
n1
someone responsible for the maintenance of a golf course;

greenstick fracture
n1
a partial fracture of a bone (usually in children);

- the bone is bent but broken on only one side;

greensward / ɡ ɹ i n s w ɔ d /
n1
surface layer of ground containing a mat of grass and grass roots;

- syn. sod, sward, turf;

Greenville / ɡ ɹ i n v ɪ ɫ /
n1
a town in northwest South Carolina in the Piedmont;

n2
a city in eastern North Carolina;

- tobacco market;

n3
a town in western Mississippi on the Mississippi River to the north of Vicksburg;

greenway / ɡ ɹ i n w eɪ /
n1
a belt of parks or rural land surrounding a town or city;

- syn. greenbelt;

greenweed
n1
small Eurasian shrub having clusters of yellow flowers that yield a dye;

- common as a weed in Britain and the United States;

- sometimes grown as an ornamental;

- syn. Genista tinctoria, dyer's-broom, dyer's greenweed, dyeweed, whin, woadwaxen, woodwaxen;

Greenwich / ɡ ɹ ɛ n ɪ tʃ /
n1
a borough of Greater London on the Thames;

- zero degrees of longitude runs through Greenwich;

- time is measured relative to Greenwich Mean Time;

Greenwich Mean Time
n1
the local time at the 0 meridian passing through Greenwich, England;

- it is the same everywhere;

- syn. GMT, Greenwich Time, UT, UT1, universal time;

Greenwich Meridian
n1
the meridian passing through Greenwich;

- was internationally adopted as the earth's zero of longitude in 1884;

Greenwich Time
n1
the local time at the 0 meridian passing through Greenwich, England;

- it is the same everywhere;

- syn. GMT, Greenwich Mean Time, UT, UT1, universal time;

Greenwich Village
n1
a mainly residential district of Manhattan;

- `the Village' became a home for many writers and artists in the 20th century;

- syn. Village;

greenwing
n1
common teal of Eurasia and North America;

- syn. Anas crecca, green-winged teal;

greenwood / ɡ ɹ i n w ʊ d /
n1
woodlands in full leaf;

- "the greenwood was Robin Hood's home";

greet / ɡ ɹ i t /
v1
express greetings upon meeting someone;

- syn. recognise, recognize;

v2
send greetings to;

v3
react to in a certain way;

- "The President was greeted with catcalls";

v4
be perceived by;

- "Loud music greeted him when he entered the apartment";

greeter / ɡ ɹ i t ə , ɡ ɹ i t ə ɹ /
n1
a person who greets;

- "the newcomers were met by smiling greeters";

- syn. saluter, welcomer;

greeting / ɡ ɹ i t ɪ ŋ /
n1
(usually plural) an acknowledgment or expression of good will (especially on meeting);

- syn. salutation;

greeting card
n1
a card sent to express personal greetings;

Greg Norman
n1
Australian golfer (born in 1955);

- syn. Gregory John Norman, Norman;

gregarine
n1
vermiform protozoans parasitic in insects and other invertebrates;

Gregarinida
n1
an order in the subclass Telosporidia;

- syn. order Gregarinida;

gregarious / ɡ ɹ ɪ ɡ eə ɹ ɪə s /
a1
(of animals) tending to form a group with others of the same species;

- "gregarious bird species";

- also social;

- sim. social;

a2
instinctively or temperamentally seeking and enjoying the company of others;

- "he is a gregarious person who avoids solitude";

- sim. social;

a3
(of plants) growing in groups that are close together;

- sim. clustered;

gregariously / ɡ ɹ ɪ ɡ eə ɹ ɪə s ɫ i /
r1
in a gregarious manner;

- syn. sociably;

gregariousness / ɡ ɹ ɪ ɡ eə ɹ ɪə s n ə s /
n1
the quality of being gregarious--having a dislike of being alone;

Gregor Mendel
n1
Augustinian monk and botanist whose experiments in breeding garden peas led to his eventual recognition as founder of the science of genetics (1822-1884);

- syn. Johann Mendel, Mendel;

Gregorian / ɡ ɹ ɛ ɡ ɔ ɹ ɪə n , ɡ ɹ ɪ ɡ ɔ ɹ ɪə n /
a1
of or relating to Pope Gregory I or to the plainsong chants of the Roman Catholic Church;

a2
of or relating to Pope Gregory XIII or the calendar he introduced in 1582;

Gregorian calendar
n1
the solar calendar now in general use, introduced by Gregory XIII in 1582 to correct an error in the Julian calendar by suppressing 10 days, making Oct 5 be called Oct 15, and providing that only centenary years divisible by 400 should be leap years;

- it was adopted by Great Britain and the American colonies in 1752;

- syn. New Style calendar;

Gregorian calendar month
n1
a month in the Gregorian calendar;

Gregorian chant
n1
a variety of plainsong named after Pope Gregory I;

Gregorian mode
n1
any of a system of modes used in Gregorian chants up until 1600;

- derived historically from the Greek mode;

- syn. church mode, ecclesiastical mode, medieval mode;

Gregorian telescope
n1
a reflecting telescope that has a paraboloidal primary mirror and a hyperboloidal secondary mirror;

- light is brought to a focus through an aperture in the center of the primary mirror;

- syn. Cassegrainian telescope;

Gregory / ɡ ɹ ɛ ɡ ə ɹ i /
n1
(Roman Catholic Church) a church father known for his constant fight against perceived heresies;

- a saint and Doctor of the Church (329-391);

- syn. Gregory Nazianzen, Gregory of Nazianzen, St. Gregory of Nazianzen;

n2
Italian pope from 1831 to 1846;

- conservative in politics and theology;

- worked to propagate Catholicism in England and the United States (1765-1846);

- syn. Bartolomeo Alberto Capillari, Gregory XVI;

n3
the pope who sponsored the introduction of the modern calendar (1572-1585);

- syn. Gregory XIII, Ugo Buoncompagni;

n4
the Italian pope from 1406 to 1415 who worked to end the Great Schism and who retired to make it possible (1327-1417);

- syn. Angelo Correr, Gregory XII;

n5
the Italian pope who fought to establish the supremacy of the pope over the Roman Catholic Church and the supremacy of the church over the state (1020-1085);

- syn. Gregory VII, Hildebrand;

n6
(Roman Catholic Church) an Italian pope distinguished for his spiritual and temporal leadership;

- a saint and Doctor of the Church (540?-604);

- syn. Gregory I, Gregory the Great, Saint Gregory I, St. Gregory I;

Gregory Goodwin Pincus
n1
United States sexual physiologist whose hunch that progesterone could block ovulation led to the development of the oral contraceptive pill (1903-1967);

- syn. Gregory Pincus, Pincus;

Gregory I
n1
(Roman Catholic Church) an Italian pope distinguished for his spiritual and temporal leadership;

- a saint and Doctor of the Church (540?-604);

- syn. Gregory, Gregory the Great, Saint Gregory I, St. Gregory I;

Gregory John Norman
n1
Australian golfer (born in 1955);

- syn. Greg Norman, Norman;

Gregory Nazianzen
n1
(Roman Catholic Church) a church father known for his constant fight against perceived heresies;

- a saint and Doctor of the Church (329-391);

- syn. Gregory, Gregory of Nazianzen, St. Gregory of Nazianzen;

Gregory of Nazianzen
n1
(Roman Catholic Church) a church father known for his constant fight against perceived heresies;

- a saint and Doctor of the Church (329-391);

- syn. Gregory, Gregory Nazianzen, St. Gregory of Nazianzen;

Gregory Pincus
n1
United States sexual physiologist whose hunch that progesterone could block ovulation led to the development of the oral contraceptive pill (1903-1967);

- syn. Gregory Goodwin Pincus, Pincus;

Gregory the Great
n1
(Roman Catholic Church) an Italian pope distinguished for his spiritual and temporal leadership;

- a saint and Doctor of the Church (540?-604);

- syn. Gregory, Gregory I, Saint Gregory I, St. Gregory I;

Gregory VII
n1
the Italian pope who fought to establish the supremacy of the pope over the Roman Catholic Church and the supremacy of the church over the state (1020-1085);

- syn. Gregory, Hildebrand;

Gregory XII
n1
the Italian pope from 1406 to 1415 who worked to end the Great Schism and who retired to make it possible (1327-1417);

- syn. Angelo Correr, Gregory;

Gregory XIII
n1
the pope who sponsored the introduction of the modern calendar (1572-1585);

- syn. Gregory, Ugo Buoncompagni;

Gregory XVI
n1
Italian pope from 1831 to 1846;

- conservative in politics and theology;

- worked to propagate Catholicism in England and the United States (1765-1846);

- syn. Bartolomeo Alberto Capillari, Gregory;

greisen
n1
a granitic rock composed of quartz and mica;

gremlin / ɡ ɹ ɛ m ɫ ɪ n /
n1
(folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous;

- syn. brownie, elf, hob, imp, pixie, pixy;

Grenada / ɡ ɹ ɪ n eɪ d ə /
n1
an island state in the West Indies in the southeastern Caribbean Sea;

- an independent state within the British Commonwealth;

Grenada dollar
n1
the basic unit of money in Grenada;

grenade / ɡ ɹ ɪ n eɪ d /
n1
a small explosive bomb thrown by hand or fired from a missile;

grenade thrower
n1
an infantryman equipped with grenades;

- syn. grenadier;

Grenadian / ɡ ɹ ɪ n eɪ d ɪə n /
n1
a native or inhabitant of Grenada;

a1
of or relating to or characteristic of Grenada or its inhabitants;

- "the Grenadian capital";

grenadier / ɡ ɹ ɛ n ə d ɪə , ɡ ɹ ɛ n ə d ɪə ɹ /
n1
an infantryman equipped with grenades;

- syn. grenade thrower;

n2
deep-sea fish with a large head and body and long tapering tail;

- syn. rattail, rattail fish;

grenadine / ɡ ɹ ɛ n ə d i n /
n1
thin syrup made from pomegranate juice;

- used in mixed drinks;

Grenoble
n1
a city in southeastern France on the Isere River;

gres-gris
n1
an African amulet;

- syn. greegree, grigri;

Gresham
n1
English financier (1519-1579);

- syn. Sir Thomas Gresham;

Gresham's Law
n1
(economics) the principle that when two kinds of money having the same denominational value are in circulation the intrinsically more valuable money will be hoarded and the money of lower intrinsic value will circulate more freely until the intrinsically more valuable money is driven out of circulation;

- bad money drives out good;

- credited to Sir Thomas Gresham;

Greta Garbo
n1
United States film actress (born in Sweden) known for her reclusiveness (1905-1990);

- syn. Garbo, Greta Louisa Gustafsson;

Greta Louisa Gustafsson
n1
United States film actress (born in Sweden) known for her reclusiveness (1905-1990);

- syn. Garbo, Greta Garbo;

Gretzky
n1
high-scoring Canadian ice-hockey player (born in 1961);

- syn. Wayne Gretzky;

grevillea
n1
any shrub or tree of the genus Grevillea;

Grevillea banksii
n1
tall shrub with cylindrical racemes of red flowers and pinnatifid leaves silky and grey beneath;

- eastern Australia;

- syn. red-flowered silky oak;

Grevillea robusta
n1
medium to tall fast-growing tree with orange flowers and feathery bipinnate leaves silky-hairy beneath;

- eastern Australia;

- syn. silky oak;

Grevillea striata
n1
tree yielding hard heavy reddish wood;

- syn. beefwood;

Grevillela parallela
n1
small slender tree with usually entire grey-green pendulous leaves and white or cream-colored flowers;

- northern Australia;

- syn. silver oak;

grevy's zebra
n1
zebra with less continuous stripes;

- syn. Equus grevyi;

Grewia
n1
a genus of tropical and subtropical Old World climbers or shrubs or trees;

- syn. genus Grewia;

Grewia asiatica
n1
drought-resistant Asiatic treelike shrub bearing pleasantly acid small red edible fruits commonly used in sherbets;

- syn. phalsa;

Grey / ɡ ɹ eɪ /
n1
United States writer of western adventure novels (1875-1939);

- syn. Zane Grey;

n2
Queen of England for nine days in 1553;

- she was quickly replaced by Mary Tudor and beheaded for treason (1537-1554);

- syn. Lady Jane Grey;

n3
Englishman who as Prime Minister implemented social reforms including the abolition of slavery throughout the British Empire (1764-1845);

- syn. Charles Grey, Second Earl Grey;

n4
any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are grey;

- "the Confederate army was a vast grey";

- syn. gray;

n5
a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black;

- syn. gray, grayness, greyness;

n6
clothing that is a grey color;

- "he was dressed in grey";

- syn. gray;

n7
horse of a light gray or whitish color;

- syn. gray;

v1
make grey;

- "The painter decided to grey the sky";

- syn. gray;

v2
turn grey;

- "Her hair began to grey";

- syn. gray;

a1
of an achromatic color of any lightness intermediate between the extremes of white and black;

- "the little grey cells";

- "gray flannel suit";

- "a man with greyish hair";

- syn. gray, grayish, greyish;

- sim. achromatic;

a2
showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair;

- "whose beard with age is hoar"-Coleridge;

- "nodded his hoary head";

- syn. gray, gray-haired, gray-headed, grey-haired, grey-headed, grizzly, hoar, hoary, white-haired;

- sim. old;

a3
used to signify the Confederate forces in the American Civil War (who wore grey uniforms);

- "a stalwart grey figure";

- syn. gray;

- sim. southern;

a4
intermediate in character or position;

- "a grey area between clearly legal and strictly illegal";

- syn. gray;

- sim. intermediate;

grey-black
a1
of black tinged with grey;

- syn. gray-black, grayish-black, greyish-black;

- sim. achromatic;

grey-blue
a1
of blue tinged with grey;

- syn. gray-blue, grayish-blue, greyish-blue;

- sim. chromatic;

grey-brown
a1
of brown tinged with grey;

- syn. gray-brown, grayish-brown, greyish-brown;

- sim. chromatic;

grey-green
a1
of green tinged with grey;

- syn. gray-green, grayish-green, greyish-green;

- sim. chromatic;

grey-haired
a1
showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair;

- "whose beard with age is hoar"-Coleridge;

- "nodded his hoary head";

- syn. gray, gray-haired, gray-headed, grey, grey-headed, grizzly, hoar, hoary, white-haired;

- sim. old;

grey-headed / ɡ ɹ eɪ h ɛ d ɪ d /
a1
showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair;

- "whose beard with age is hoar"-Coleridge;

- "nodded his hoary head";

- syn. gray, gray-haired, gray-headed, grey, grey-haired, grizzly, hoar, hoary, white-haired;

- sim. old;

grey-leaf pine
n1
medium-sized five-needled pine of southwestern California having long cylindrical cones;

- syn. Pinus torreyana, Torrey's pine, Torrey pine, sabine pine, soledad pine;

grey-pink
a1
of pink tinged with grey;

- syn. gray-pink, grayish-pink, greyish-pink;

- sim. chromatic;

grey-white
a1
of white tinged with grey;

- syn. gray-white, grayish-white, greyish-white;

- sim. achromatic;

grey alder
n1
native to Europe but introduced in America;

- syn. Alnus incana, gray alder;

grey area
n1
an intermediate area;

- a topic that is not clearly one thing or the other;

- syn. gray area;

grey birch
n1
medium-sized birch of eastern North America having white or pale grey bark and valueless wood;

- occurs often as a second-growth forest tree;

- syn. American gray birch, American grey birch, Betula populifolia, gray birch;

grey catbird
n1
North American songbird whose call resembles a cat's mewing;

- syn. Dumetella carolinensis, catbird, gray catbird;

grey flounder
n1
flounder found from North Carolina to Florida and the eastern Gulf of Mexico;

- syn. Etropus rimosus, gray flounder;

grey fox
n1
dark grey American fox;

- from Central America through southern United States;

- syn. Urocyon cinereoargenteus, gray fox;

Grey Friar
n1
a Roman Catholic friar wearing the grey habit of the Franciscan order;

- syn. Franciscan;

grey goldenrod
n1
a dyer's weed of Canada and the eastern United States having yellow flowers sometimes used in dyeing;

- syn. Solidago nemoralis, gray goldenrod;

grey hen
n1
female black grouse;

- syn. gray hen, grayhen, greyhen, heath hen;

grey jay
n1
a jay of northern North America with black-capped head and no crest;

- noted for boldness in thievery;

- syn. Canada jay, Perisoreus canadensis, camp robber, gray jay, whisker jack;

grey kingbird
n1
a kingbird that breeds in the southeastern United States and winters in tropical America;

- similar to but larger than the eastern kingbird;

- syn. Tyrannus domenicensis domenicensis, gray kingbird, petchary;

grey lemming
n1
Old World lemming;

- syn. gray lemming, red-backed lemming;

grey market
n1
an unofficial market in which goods are bought and sold at prices lower than the official price set by a regulatory agency;

- syn. gray market;

grey matter
n1
greyish nervous tissue containing cell bodies as well as fibers;

- forms the cerebral cortex consisting of unmyelinated neurons;

- syn. gray matter, gray substance, grey substance, substantia grisea;

grey mullet
n1
highly valued lean flesh of marine or freshwater mullet;

- syn. gray mullet, mullet;

n2
freshwater or coastal food fishes a spindle-shaped body;

- found worldwide;

- syn. gray mullet, mullet;

grey partridge
n1
common European partridge;

- syn. Hungarian partridge, Perdix perdix, gray partridge;

grey polypody
n1
fern growing on rocks or tree trunks and having fronds greyish and scurfy below;

- Americas and South Africa;

- syn. Polypodium polypodioides, gray polypody, resurrection fern;

grey poplar
n1
large rapidly growing poplar with faintly lobed dentate leaves grey on the lower surface;

- native to Europe but introduced and naturalized elsewhere;

- syn. Populus canescens, gray poplar;

grey sage
n1
low much-branched perennial of western United States having silvery leaves;

- an important browse and shelter plant;

- syn. Artemisia cana, Seriphidium canum, gray sage, silver sage, silver sagebrush;

grey sea eagle
n1
bulky greyish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail;

- of Europe and Greenland;

- syn. European sea eagle, Haliatus albicilla, ern, erne, gray sea eagle, white-tailed sea eagle;

grey skate
n1
common European skate used as food;

- syn. Raja batis, gray skate;

grey snapper
n1
found in shallow waters off the coast of Florida;

- syn. Lutjanus griseus, gray snapper, mangrove snapper;

grey sole
n1
greyish-white flesh of a flatfish;

- syn. gray sole;

grey substance
n1
greyish nervous tissue containing cell bodies as well as fibers;

- forms the cerebral cortex consisting of unmyelinated neurons;

- syn. gray matter, gray substance, grey matter, substantia grisea;

grey whale
n1
medium-sized greyish-black whale of the northern Pacific;

- syn. Eschrichtius gibbosus, Eschrichtius robustus, devilfish, gray whale;

grey willow
n1
Eurasian shrubby willow with whitish tomentose twigs;

- syn. Salix cinerea, gray willow;

grey wolf
n1
a wolf with a brindled grey coat living in forested northern regions of North America;

- syn. Canis lupus, gray wolf, timber wolf;

greyback
n1
`Johnny' was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War;

- `greyback' derived from their grey Confederate uniforms;

- syn. Johnny, Johnny Reb, Reb, Rebel;

n2
a dowitcher with a grey back;

- syn. Limnodromus griseus, grayback;

n3
a sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and winters in the southern hemisphere;

- syn. Calidris canutus, grayback, knot;

greybeard / ɡ ɹ eɪ b ɪə d /
n1
a man who is very old;

- syn. Methuselah, graybeard, old man;

n2
a stoneware drinking jug with a long neck;

- decorated with a caricature of Cardinal Bellarmine (17th century);

- syn. bellarmine, long-beard, longbeard;

greyed / ɡ ɹ eɪ d /
a1
deprived of color;

- "colors dulled by too much sun";

- "greyed with the dust of the road";

- syn. dulled;

- sim. colorless;

greyhen
n1
female black grouse;

- syn. gray hen, grayhen, grey hen, heath hen;

greyhound / ɡ ɹ eɪ h aʊ n d /
n1
a tall slender dog of an ancient breed noted for swiftness and keen sight;

- used as a racing dog;

greyhound racing
n1
the sport of racing greyhounds;

greyish / ɡ ɹ eɪ ɪ ʃ /
a1
of an achromatic color of any lightness intermediate between the extremes of white and black;

- "the little grey cells";

- "gray flannel suit";

- "a man with greyish hair";

- syn. gray, grayish, grey;

- sim. achromatic;

greyish-black
a1
of black tinged with grey;

- syn. gray-black, grayish-black, grey-black;

- sim. achromatic;

greyish-blue
a1
of blue tinged with grey;

- syn. gray-blue, grayish-blue, grey-blue;

- sim. chromatic;

greyish-brown
a1
of brown tinged with grey;

- syn. gray-brown, grayish-brown, grey-brown;

- sim. chromatic;

greyish-green
a1
of green tinged with grey;

- syn. gray-green, grayish-green, grey-green;

- sim. chromatic;

greyish-pink
a1
of pink tinged with grey;

- syn. gray-pink, grayish-pink, grey-pink;

- sim. chromatic;

greyish-white
a1
of white tinged with grey;

- syn. gray-white, grayish-white, grey-white;

- sim. achromatic;

greyish brown
n1
a color or pigment varying around a light grey-brown color;

- "she wore dun";

- syn. dun, fawn, grayish brown;

greylag / ɡ ɹ eɪ ɫ æ ɡ /
n1
common grey wild goose of Europe;

- ancestor of many domestic breeds;

- syn. Anser anser, graylag, graylag goose, greylag goose;

greylag goose
n1
common grey wild goose of Europe;

- ancestor of many domestic breeds;

- syn. Anser anser, graylag, graylag goose, greylag;

greyly / ɡ ɹ eɪ ɫ i /
r1
having a grey appearance;

- "lonely creeks are opal in the dawn, sword-blue in the sun, greyly silver under misty moons";

- syn. grayly;

greyness / ɡ ɹ eɪ n ɛ s /
n1
a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black;

- syn. gray, grayness, grey;

gri-gri
n1
tropical American feather palm having a swollen spiny trunk and edible nuts;

- syn. Acrocomia aculeata, grugru, grugru palm, macamba;

Grias
n1
anchovy pear tree;

- syn. genus Grias;

Grias cauliflora
n1
West Indian tree bearing edible fruit resembling mango;

- syn. anchovy pear, anchovy pear tree;

grid / ɡ ɹ ɪ d /
n1
a pattern of regularly spaced horizontal and vertical lines;

n2
a system of high tension cables by which electrical power is distributed throughout a region;

- syn. power grid, power system;

n3
a perforated or corrugated metal plate used in a storage battery as a conductor and support for the active material;

- syn. storage-battery grid;

n4
an electrode placed between the cathode and anode of a vacuum tube to control the flow of electrons through the tube;

- syn. control grid;

n5
a cooking utensil of parallel metal bars;

- used to grill fish or meat;

- syn. gridiron;

grid metal
n1
a kind of hard lead that is used for grids in storage batteries;

griddle / ɡ ɹ ɪ d ɫ /
n1
cooking utensil consisting of a flat heated surface (as on top of a stove) on which food is cooked;

v1
cook on a griddle;

- "griddle pancakes";

griddlecake / ɡ ɹ ɪ d ɫ k eɪ k /
n1
a scone made by dropping a spoonful of batter on a griddle;

- syn. Scotch pancake, drop scone;

n2
a flat cake of thin batter fried on both sides on a griddle;

- syn. battercake, flannel-cake, flannel cake, flapcake, flapjack, hot cake, hotcake, pancake;

gridiron / ɡ ɹ ɪ d aɪ ə n /
n1
a cooking utensil of parallel metal bars;

- used to grill fish or meat;

- syn. grid;

n2
the playing field on which football is played;

- syn. football field;

gridiron-tailed lizard
n1
swift lizard with long black-banded tail and long legs;

- of deserts of United States and Mexico;

- syn. Callisaurus draconoides, zebra-tailed lizard;

gridlock / ɡ ɹ ɪ d ɫ ɒ k /
n1
a traffic jam so bad that no movement is possible;

grief / ɡ ɹ i f /
n1
intense sorrow caused by loss of a loved one (especially by death);

- syn. brokenheartedness, heartache, heartbreak;

n2
something that causes great unhappiness;

- "her death was a great grief to John";

- syn. sorrow;

grief-stricken
a1
sorrowful through loss or deprivation;

- "bereft of hope";

- syn. bereaved, bereft, grieving, mourning, sorrowing;

- sim. sorrowful;

Grieg
n1
Norwegian composer whose work was often inspired by Norwegian folk music (1843-1907);

- syn. Edvard Grieg, Edvard Hagerup Grieg;

grievance / ɡ ɹ i v n s /
n1
a resentment strong enough to justify retaliation;

- "holding a grudge";

- "settling a score";

- syn. grudge, score;

n2
an allegation that something imposes an illegal obligation or denies some legal right or causes injustice;

n3
a complaint about a (real or imaginary) wrong that causes resentment and is grounds for action;

grieve / ɡ ɹ i v /
v1
feel grief;

- syn. sorrow;

v2
cause to feel sorrow;

- "his behavior grieves his mother";

- syn. aggrieve;

griever / ɡ ɹ i v ə /
n1
a person who is feeling grief (as grieving over someone who has died);

- syn. lamenter, mourner, sorrower;

grieving / ɡ ɹ i v ɪ ŋ /
a1
sorrowful through loss or deprivation;

- "bereft of hope";

- syn. bereaved, bereft, grief-stricken, mourning, sorrowing;

- sim. sorrowful;

grievous / ɡ ɹ i v ə s /
a1
causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm;

- "a dangerous operation";

- "a grave situation";

- "a grave illness";

- "grievous bodily harm";

- "a serious wound";

- "a serious turn of events";

- "a severe case of pneumonia";

- "a life-threatening disease";

- syn. dangerous, grave, life-threatening, serious, severe;

- sim. critical;

a2
causing or marked by grief or anguish;

- "a grievous loss";

- "a grievous cry";

- "her sigh was heartbreaking";

- "the heartrending words of Rabin's granddaughter";

- syn. heartbreaking, heartrending;

- sim. sorrowful;

a3
of great gravity or crucial import;

- requiring serious thought;

- "grave responsibilities";

- "faced a grave decision in a time of crisis";

- "a grievous fault";

- "heavy matters of state";

- "the weighty matters to be discussed at the peace conference";

- syn. grave, heavy, weighty;

- sim. important;

a4
shockingly brutal or cruel;

- "murder is an atrocious crime";

- "a grievous offense against morality";

- "a grievous crime";

- "no excess was too monstrous for them to commit";

- syn. atrocious, flagitious, monstrous;

- sim. evil;

grievous bodily harm
n1
street names for gamma hydroxybutyrate;

- syn. Georgia home boy, easy lay, goop, liquid ecstasy, max, scoop, soap;

grievously / ɡ ɹ i v ə s ɫ i /
r1
in a grievous manner;

- "the resolute but unbroken Germany, grievously wounded but far from destruction, was able to lay the firm foundations for military revival";

griffin / ɡ ɹ ɪ f ɪ n /
n1
winged monster with the head of an eagle and the body of a lion;

- syn. griffon, gryphon;

Griffith
n1
United States film maker who was the first to use flashbacks and fade-outs (1875-1948);

- syn. D. W. Griffith, David Lewelyn Wark Griffith;

griffon / ɡ ɹ ɪ f ə n /
n1
winged monster with the head of an eagle and the body of a lion;

- syn. griffin, gryphon;

n2
breed of various very small compact wiry-coated dogs of Belgian origin having a short bearded muzzle;

- syn. Belgian griffon, Brussels griffon;

n3
breed of medium-sized long-headed dogs with downy undercoat and harsh wiry outer coat;

- originated in Holland but largely developed in France;

- syn. wire-haired pointing griffon;

n4
large vulture of southern Europe and northern Africa having pale plumage with black wings;

- syn. Gyps fulvus, griffon vulture;

griffon vulture
n1
large vulture of southern Europe and northern Africa having pale plumage with black wings;

- syn. Gyps fulvus, griffon;

Grifola frondosa
n1
large greyish-brown edible fungus forming a mass of overlapping caps that somewhat resembles a hen at the base of trees;

- syn. Polyporus frondosus, hen-of-the-woods, hen of the woods;

grifter / ɡ ɹ ɪ f t ə ɹ /
n1
a person who swindles you by means of deception or fraud;

- syn. chiseler, chiseller, defrauder, gouger, scammer, swindler;

Grigori Aleksandrovich Potemkin
n1
a Russian officer and politician who was a favorite of Catherine II and in 1762 helped her to seize power;

- when she visited the Crimea in 1787 he gave the order for sham villages to be built (1739-1791);

- syn. Grigori Potemkin, Grigori Potyokin, Potemkin, Potyokin;

Grigori Efimovich Rasputin
n1
Siberian peasant monk who was religious advisor in the court of Nicholas II;

- was assassinated by Russian noblemen who feared that his debauchery would weaken the monarchy (1872-1916);

- syn. Rasputin;

Grigori Potemkin
n1
a Russian officer and politician who was a favorite of Catherine II and in 1762 helped her to seize power;

- when she visited the Crimea in 1787 he gave the order for sham villages to be built (1739-1791);

- syn. Grigori Aleksandrovich Potemkin, Grigori Potyokin, Potemkin, Potyokin;

Grigori Potyokin
n1
a Russian officer and politician who was a favorite of Catherine II and in 1762 helped her to seize power;

- when she visited the Crimea in 1787 he gave the order for sham villages to be built (1739-1791);

- syn. Grigori Aleksandrovich Potemkin, Grigori Potemkin, Potemkin, Potyokin;

grigri
n1
an African amulet;

- syn. greegree, gres-gris;

grill / ɡ ɹ ɪ ɫ /
n1
a restaurant where food is cooked on a grill;

- syn. grillroom;

n2
a framework of metal bars used as a partition or a grate;

- "he cooked hamburgers on the grill";

- syn. grille, grillwork;

v1
cook over or under a grill;

- "grill the sausages";

v2
examine thoroughly;

- "the student was grilled for two hours on the subject of phonology";

grille / ɡ ɹ ɪ ɫ /
n1
small opening (like a window in a door) through which business can be transacted;

- syn. lattice, wicket;

n2
grating that admits cooling air to car's radiator;

- syn. radiator grille;

n3
a framework of metal bars used as a partition or a grate;

- "he cooked hamburgers on the grill";

- syn. grill, grillwork;

grilled / ɡ ɹ ɪ ɫ d /
a1
cooked by radiant heat (as over a grill);

- syn. broiled;

- sim. cooked;

a2
cooked over an outdoor grill;

- syn. barbecued;

- sim. cooked;

grilling / ɡ ɹ ɪ ɫ ɪ ŋ /
n1
cooking by direct exposure to radiant heat (as over a fire or under a grill);

- syn. broil, broiling;

grillroom / ɡ ɹ ɪ ɫ ɹ u m /
n1
a restaurant where food is cooked on a grill;

- syn. grill;

grillwork / ɡ ɹ ɪ ɫ w ɝ k /
n1
mesh netting made of wires;

- syn. wirework;

n2
a framework of metal bars used as a partition or a grate;

- "he cooked hamburgers on the grill";

- syn. grill, grille;

grim / ɡ ɹ ɪ m /
a1
not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty;

- "grim determination";

- "grim necessity";

- "Russia's final hour, it seemed, approached with inexorable certainty";

- "relentless persecution";

- "the stern demands of parenthood";

- syn. inexorable, relentless, stern, unappeasable, unforgiving, unrelenting;

- sim. implacable;

a2
shockingly repellent;

- inspiring horror;

- "ghastly wounds";

- "the grim aftermath of the bombing";

- "the grim task of burying the victims";

- "a grisly murder";

- "gruesome evidence of human sacrifice";

- "macabre tales of war and plague in the Middle ages";

- "macabre tortures conceived by madmen";

- syn. ghastly, grisly, gruesome, macabre, sick;

- sim. alarming;

a3
harshly ironic or sinister;

- "black humor";

- "a grim joke";

- "grim laughter";

- "fun ranging from slapstick clowning ... to savage mordant wit";

- syn. black, mordant;

- sim. sarcastic;

a4
harshly uninviting or formidable in manner or appearance;

- "a dour, self-sacrificing life";

- "a forbidding scowl";

- "a grim man loving duty more than humanity";

- "undoubtedly the grimmest part of him was his iron claw"- J.M.Barrie;

- syn. dour, forbidding;

- sim. unpleasant;

a5
filled with melancholy and despondency;

- "gloomy at the thought of what he had to face";

- "gloomy predictions";

- "a gloomy silence";

- "took a grim view of the economy";

- "the darkening mood";

- "lonely and blue in a strange city";

- "depressed by the loss of his job";

- "a dispirited and resigned expression on her face";

- "downcast after his defeat";

- "feeling discouraged and downhearted";

- syn. blue, depressed, dispirited, down, down in the mouth, downcast, downhearted, gloomy, low, low-spirited;

- sim. dejected;

a6
causing dejection;

- "a blue day";

- "the dark days of the war";

- "a week of rainy depressing weather";

- "a disconsolate winter landscape";

- "the first dismal dispiriting days of November";

- "a dark gloomy day";

- "grim rainy weather";

- syn. blue, dark, dingy, disconsolate, dismal, drab, drear, dreary, gloomy, sorry;

- sim. depressing;

Grim Reaper
n1
Death personified as an old man or a skeleton with a scythe;

- syn. Reaper;

grimace / ɡ ɹ ɪ m eɪ s /
n1
a contorted facial expression;

- "she made a grimace at the prospect";

- syn. face;

v1
contort the face to indicate a certain mental or emotional state;

- "He grimaced when he saw the amount of homework he had to do";

- syn. make a face, pull a face;

grime / ɡ ɹ aɪ m /
n1
the state of being covered with unclean things;

- syn. dirt, filth, grease, grunge, soil, stain;

v1
make soiled, filthy, or dirty;

- "don't soil your clothes when you play outside!";

- syn. begrime, bemire, colly, dirty, soil;

Grimes' golden
n1
yellow apple that ripens in late autumn;

- eaten raw;

griminess / ɡ ɹ aɪ m ɪ n ɪ s /
n1
the state of being grimy;

- syn. grubbiness;

grimly / ɡ ɹ ɪ m ɫ i /
r1
in a grim implacable manner;

- "he was grimly satisfied";

Grimm
n1
the younger of the two Grimm brothers remembered best for their fairy stories (1786-1859);

- syn. Wilhelm Grimm, Wilhelm Karl Grimm;

n2
the older of the two Grimm brothers remembered best for their fairy stories;

- also author of Grimm's law describing consonant changes in Germanic languages (1785-1863);

- syn. Jakob Grimm, Jakob Ludwig Karl Grimm;

Grimm's law
n1
a sound law relating German consonants and consonants in other Indo-European languages;

grimness / ɡ ɹ ɪ m n ə s /
n1
the quality of being ghastly;

- syn. ghastliness, gruesomeness, luridness;

n2
something hard to endure;

- "the asperity of northern winters";

- syn. asperity, hardship, rigor, rigorousness, rigour, rigourousness, severeness, severity;

grimoire
n1
a manual of black magic (for invoking spirits and demons);

grimy / ɡ ɹ aɪ m i /
a1
thickly covered with ingrained dirt or soot;

- "a miner's begrimed face";

- "dingy linen";

- "grimy hands";

- "grubby little fingers";

- "a grungy kitchen";

- syn. begrimed, dingy, grubby, grungy, raunchy;

- sim. dirty;

grin / ɡ ɹ ɪ n /
n1
a facial expression characterized by turning up the corners of the mouth;

- usually shows pleasure or amusement;

- syn. grinning, smile, smiling;

v1
to draw back the lips and reveal the teeth, in a smile, grimace, or snarl;

grind / ɡ ɹ aɪ n d /
n1
an insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or boringly studious;

- syn. dweeb, nerd, swot, wonk;

n2
the grade of particle fineness to which a substance is ground;

- "a coarse grind of coffee";

n3
hard monotonous routine work;

- syn. donkeywork, drudgery, plodding;

n4
the act of grinding to a powder or dust;

- syn. mill, pulverisation, pulverization;

v1
press or grind with a crushing noise;

- syn. cranch, craunch, crunch;

- also grind down;

v2
make a grating or grinding sound by rubbing together;

- "grate one's teeth in anger";

- syn. grate;

v3
work hard;

- "She was digging away at her math homework";

- "Lexicographers drudge all day long";

- syn. dig, drudge, fag, labor, labour, moil, toil, travail;

v4
dance by rotating the pelvis in an erotically suggestive way, often while in contact with one's partner such that the dancers' legs are interlaced;

v5
reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading;

- "grind the spices in a mortar";

- "mash the garlic";

- syn. bray, comminute, crunch, mash;

v6
created by grinding;

- "grind designs into the glass bowl";

v7
shape or form by grinding;

- "grind lenses for glasses and cameras";

grind away
v1
study intensively, as before an exam;

- "I had to bone up on my Latin verbs before the final exam";

- syn. bone, bone up, cram, drum, get up, mug up, swot, swot up;

grind down
v1
rule a country as a tyrant;

- syn. tyrannise, tyrannize;

grind organ
n1
a musical instrument that makes music by rotation of a cylinder studded with pegs;

- syn. barrel organ, hand organ;

grind out
v1
produce in a routine or monotonous manner;

- "We have to crank out publications in order to receive funding";

- syn. crank out;

grind to a halt
v1
be unable to move further;

- "The car bogged down in the sand";

- syn. bog down, get stuck, mire;

Grindelia
n1
large genus of coarse gummy herbs of western North and Central America;

- syn. genus Grindelia;

Grindelia robusta
n1
perennial gumweed of California and Baja California;

Grindelia squarrosa
n1
perennial gumweed of western and central North America;

- syn. curlycup gumweed;

grinder / ɡ ɹ aɪ n d ə , ɡ ɹ aɪ n d ə ɹ /
n1
a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments);

- different names are used in different sections of the United States;

- syn. Cuban sandwich, Italian sandwich, bomber, hero, hero sandwich, hoagie, hoagy, poor boy, sub, submarine, submarine sandwich, torpedo, wedge, zep;

n2
grinding tooth with a broad crown;

- located behind the premolars;

- syn. molar;

n3
machinery that processes materials by grinding or crushing;

- syn. mill, milling machinery;

n4
a machine tool that polishes metal;

grinding / ɡ ɹ aɪ n d ɪ ŋ /
n1
material resulting from the process of grinding;

- "vegetable grindings clogged the drain";

n2
a harsh and strident sound (as of the grinding of gears);

n3
the wearing down of rock particles by friction due to water or wind or ice;

- syn. abrasion, attrition, detrition;

grinding wheel
n1
a wheel composed of abrasive material;

- used for grinding;

- syn. emery wheel;

grindle / ɡ ɹ aɪ n d ɫ /
n1
primitive long-bodied carnivorous freshwater fish with a very long dorsal fin;

- found in sluggish waters of North America;

- syn. Amia calva, bowfin, dogfish;

grindstone / ɡ ɹ aɪ n d s t oʊ n /
n1
a revolving stone shaped like a disk;

- used to grind or sharpen or polish edge tools;

gringo
n1
a Latin American (disparaging) term for foreigners (especially Americans and Englishmen);

grinner / ɡ ɹ ɪ n ə /
n1
a person who grins;

grinning / ɡ ɹ ɪ n ɪ ŋ /
n1
a facial expression characterized by turning up the corners of the mouth;

- usually shows pleasure or amusement;

- syn. grin, smile, smiling;

griot
n1
a storyteller in West Africa;

- perpetuates the oral traditions of a family or village;

grip / ɡ ɹ ɪ p /
n1
the act of grasping;

- "he released his clasp on my arm";

- "he has a strong grip for an old man";

- "she kept a firm hold on the railing";

- syn. clasp, clench, clutch, clutches, grasp, hold;

n2
the appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it;

- "he grabbed the hammer by the handle";

- "it was an old briefcase but it still had a good grip";

- syn. handgrip, handle, hold;

n3
a portable rectangular container for carrying clothes;

- "he carried his small bag onto the plane with him";

- syn. bag, suitcase, traveling bag, travelling bag;

n4
the friction between a body and the surface on which it moves (as between an automobile tire and the road);

- syn. adhesive friction, traction;

n5
worker who moves the camera around while a film or television show is being made;

n6
an intellectual hold or understanding;

- "a good grip on French history";

- "they kept a firm grip on the two top priorities";

- "he was in the grip of a powerful emotion";

- "a terrible power had her in its grasp";

- syn. grasp;

n7
a flat wire hairpin whose prongs press tightly together;

- used to hold bobbed hair in place;

- "in Britain they call a bobby pin a grip";

- syn. bobby pin, hairgrip;

v1
hold fast or firmly;

- "He gripped the steering wheel";

v2
to grip or seize, as in a wrestling match;

- "the two men grappled with each other for several minutes";

- syn. grapple;

v3
to render motionless, as with a fixed stare or by arousing terror or awe;

- "The snake charmer fascinates the cobra";

- syn. fascinate, spellbind, transfix;

gripe / ɡ ɹ aɪ p /
n1
informal terms for objecting;

- "I have a gripe about the service here";

- syn. beef, bitch, kick, squawk;

v1
complain;

- "What was he hollering about?";

- syn. beef, bellyache, bitch, crab, grouse, holler, squawk;

gripes / ɡ ɹ aɪ p s /
n1
acute abdominal pain (especially in infants);

- syn. colic, griping, intestinal colic;

griping / ɡ ɹ ɪ p ɪ ŋ /
n1
acute abdominal pain (especially in infants);

- syn. colic, gripes, intestinal colic;

grippe / ɡ ɹ i p /
n1
an acute febrile highly contagious viral disease;

- syn. flu, influenza;

gripping / ɡ ɹ ɪ p ɪ ŋ /
a1
capable of arousing and holding the attention;

- "a fascinating story";

- syn. absorbing, engrossing, fascinating, riveting;

- sim. interesting;

gripsack / ɡ ɹ ɪ p s æ k /
n1
a small suitcase;

Gris
n1
Spanish cubist painter (1887-1927);

- syn. Jaun Gris;

grisaille / ɡ ɹ ɪ z eɪ ɫ /
n1
chiaroscuro painting or stained glass etc., in shades of grey imitating the effect of relief;

Griselinia
n1
evergreen shrubs of New Zealand and South America;

- syn. genus Griselinia;

Griselinia littoralis
n1
small New Zealand broadleaf evergreen tree often cultivated in warm regions as an ornamental;

- syn. kapuka;

Griselinia lucida
n1
South American shrub or small tree having long shining evergreen leaves and panicles of green or yellow flowers;

- syn. puka;

griseofulvin
n1
a kind of penicillin (a fungicidal antibiotic with the trade name Fulvicin) produced by molds of the genus Penicillium;

- syn. Fulvicin;

grisly / ɡ ɹ ɪ z ɫ i /
a1
shockingly repellent;

- inspiring horror;

- "ghastly wounds";

- "the grim aftermath of the bombing";

- "the grim task of burying the victims";

- "a grisly murder";

- "gruesome evidence of human sacrifice";

- "macabre tales of war and plague in the Middle ages";

- "macabre tortures conceived by madmen";

- syn. ghastly, grim, gruesome, macabre, sick;

- sim. alarming;

grison
n1
carnivore of Central America and South America resembling a weasel with a greyish-white back and dark underparts;

- syn. Galictis vittatus, Grison vittatus;

Grison vittatus
n1
carnivore of Central America and South America resembling a weasel with a greyish-white back and dark underparts;

- syn. Galictis vittatus, grison;

grissino
n1
a long slender crusty breadstick;

grist / ɡ ɹ ɪ s t /
n1
grain intended to be or that has been ground;

gristle / ɡ ɹ ɪ s ɫ /
n1
tough elastic tissue;

- mostly converted to bone in adults;

- syn. cartilage;

gristly / ɡ ɹ ɪ s ə ɫ i /
a1
difficult to chew;

- syn. cartilaginous, rubbery;

- sim. tough;

gristmill / ɡ ɹ ɪ s t m ɪ ɫ /
n1
a mill for grinding grain (especially the customer's own grain);

grit / ɡ ɹ ɪ t /
n1
a hard coarse-grained siliceous sandstone;

- syn. gritrock, gritstone;

n2
fortitude and determination;

- "he didn't have the guts to try it";

- syn. backbone, gumption, guts, moxie, sand;

v1
cover with a grit;

- "grit roads";

v2
clench together;

- "grit one's teeth";

gritrock
n1
a hard coarse-grained siliceous sandstone;

- syn. grit, gritstone;

grits / ɡ ɹ ɪ t s /
n1
coarsely ground hulled corn boiled as a breakfast dish in the southern United States;

- syn. hominy grits;

gritstone
n1
a hard coarse-grained siliceous sandstone;

- syn. grit, gritrock;

gritty / ɡ ɹ ɪ t i /
a1
composed of or covered with particles resembling meal in texture or consistency;

- "granular sugar";

- "the photographs were grainy and indistinct";

- "it left a mealy residue";

- syn. coarse-grained, farinaceous, grainy, granular, granulose, mealy;

- sim. coarse;

a2
willing to face danger;

- syn. game, gamey, gamy, mettlesome, spirited, spunky;

- sim. brave;

grivet
n1
white and olive green East African monkey with long white tufts of hair beside the face;

- syn. Cercopithecus aethiops;

grizzle / ɡ ɹ ɪ z ɫ /
n1
a grey wig;

v1
be in a huff;

- be silent or sullen;

- syn. brood, stew;

v2
complain whiningly;

- syn. whine, yammer, yawp;

grizzled / ɡ ɹ ɪ z ɫ d /
a1
having dark hairs mixed with grey or white;

- sim. brunet;

grizzly / ɡ ɹ ɪ z ɫ i /
n1
powerful brownish-yellow bear of the uplands of western North America;

- syn. Ursus arctos horribilis, Ursus horribilis, grizzly bear, silver-tip, silvertip;

a1
showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair;

- "whose beard with age is hoar"-Coleridge;

- "nodded his hoary head";

- syn. gray, gray-haired, gray-headed, grey, grey-haired, grey-headed, hoar, hoary, white-haired;

- sim. old;

grizzly bear
n1
powerful brownish-yellow bear of the uplands of western North America;

- syn. Ursus arctos horribilis, Ursus horribilis, grizzly, silver-tip, silvertip;

groak
v1
look or stare at longingly;

- "The dog was groaking his master who was eating a sausage";

groan / ɡ ɹ oʊ n /
n1
an utterance expressing pain or disapproval;

- syn. moan;

v1
indicate pain, discomfort, or displeasure;

- "The students groaned when the professor got out the exam booklets";

- "The ancient door soughed when opened";

- syn. moan;

groaner / ɡ ɹ oʊ n ə , ɡ ɹ oʊ n ə ɹ /
n1
a person who groans;

groat / ɡ ɹ oʊ t /
n1
a former English silver coin worth four pennies;

- syn. fourpence;

groats / ɡ ɹ oʊ t s /
n1
the hulled and crushed grain of various cereals;

grocer / ɡ ɹ oʊ s ə , ɡ ɹ oʊ s ə ɹ /
n1
a retail merchant who sells foodstuffs (and some household supplies);

grocery / ɡ ɹ oʊ s ə ɹ i /
n1
a marketplace where groceries are sold;

- "the grocery store included a meat market";

- syn. food market, grocery store, market;

n2
(usually plural) consumer goods sold by a grocer;

- syn. foodstuff;

grocery bag
n1
a sack for holding customer's groceries;

grocery boy
n1
a delivery boy for groceries;

grocery list
n1
a list of heterogenous items that someone wants;

- "the union came to the table with a whole grocery list of demands";

- syn. shopping list;

n2
a list of groceries to be purchased;

grocery store
n1
a marketplace where groceries are sold;

- "the grocery store included a meat market";

- syn. food market, grocery, market;

groenendael
n1
black-coated sheepdog with a heavily plumed tail;

Groenlandia
n1
a monocotyledonous genus of the family Potamogetonaceae;

- syn. genus Groenlandia;

grog / ɡ ɹ ɒ ɡ /
n1
rum cut with water;

grogginess / ɡ ɹ ɒ ɡ ɪ n ə s /
n1
a dazed and staggering state caused by alcohol;

n2
a groggy state resulting from weariness;

n3
marginal consciousness;

- "his grogginess was caused as much by exhaustion as by the blows";

- "someone stole his wallet while he was in a drunken stupor";

- syn. semiconsciousness, stupefaction, stupor;

groggy / ɡ ɹ ɒ ɡ i /
a1
stunned or confused and slow to react (as from blows or drunkenness or exhaustion);

- syn. dazed, foggy, logy, stuporous;

- sim. lethargic;

grogram / ɡ ɹ ɒ ɡ ɹ ə m /
n1
a coarse fabric of silk mixed with wool or mohair and often stiffened with gum;

groin / ɡ ɹ ɔɪ n /
n1
the crease at the junction of the inner part of the thigh with the trunk together with the adjacent region and often including the external genitals;

- syn. inguen;

n2
a curved edge formed by two intersecting vaults;

n3
a protective structure of stone or concrete;

- extends from shore into the water to prevent a beach from washing away;

- syn. breakwater, bulwark, groyne, jetty, mole, seawall;

v1
build with groins;

- "The ceiling was groined";

groined vault
n1
two barrel vaults intersecting at right angles;

grok
v1
get the meaning of something;

- "Do you comprehend the meaning of this letter?";

- syn. apprehend, compass, comprehend, dig, get the picture, grasp, savvy;

grommet
n1
fastener consisting of a metal ring for lining a small hole to permit the attachment of cords or lines;

- syn. cringle, eyelet, grummet, loop;

gromwell / ɡ ɹ ɒ m w ə ɫ /
n1
European perennial branching plant;

- occurs in hedgerows and at the edge of woodlands;

- syn. Lithospermum officinale;

Gromyko
n1
Soviet ambassador to the United States and to the United Nations (1909-1989);

- syn. Andrei Andreyevich Gromyko, Andrei Gromyko;

Gronland
n1
the largest island in the world;

- lies between the North Atlantic and the Arctic Ocean;

- a self-governing province of Denmark;

- syn. Greenland, Kalaallit Nunaat;

groom / ɡ ɹ u m /
n1
a man participant in his own marriage ceremony;

- syn. bridegroom;

n2
someone employed in a stable to take care of the horses;

- syn. hostler, ostler, stableboy, stableman;

n3
a man who has recently been married;

- syn. bridegroom;

v1
educate for a future role or function;

- "He is grooming his son to become his successor";

- "The prince was prepared to become King one day";

- "They trained him to be a warrior";

- syn. prepare, train;

v2
give a neat appearance to;

- "groom the dogs";

- "dress the horses";

- syn. curry, dress;

v3
care for one's external appearance;

- "He is always well-groomed";

- syn. neaten;

groom-to-be
n1
a man who is engaged to be married;

- syn. fiance;

groomed / ɡ ɹ u m d /
a1
neat and smart in appearance;

- well cared for;

- "the manager was a beautifully groomed young man";

- "his horse was always groomed";

- also tidy;

- sim. brushed, kempt, plastered, pomaded, sleek, well-groomed, well-groomed;

grooming / ɡ ɹ u m ɪ ŋ /
n1
activity leading to skilled behavior;

- syn. preparation, training;

n2
the activity of getting dressed;

- putting on clothes;

- syn. dressing;

groomsman / ɡ ɹ ʊ m z m ə n /
n1
a male attendant of the bridegroom at a wedding;

groove / ɡ ɹ u v /
n1
a long narrow furrow cut either by a natural process (such as erosion) or by a tool (as e.g. a groove in a phonograph record);

- syn. channel;

n2
a settled and monotonous routine that is hard to escape;

- "they fell into a conversational rut";

- syn. rut;

n3
(anatomy) any furrow or channel on a bodily structure or part;

- syn. vallecula;

v1
make a groove in, or provide with a groove;

- "groove a vinyl record";

v2
hollow out in the form of a furrow or groove;

- "furrow soil";

- syn. furrow, rut;

grooved / ɡ ɹ u v d /
a1
established as if settled into a groove or rut;

- syn. well-grooved;

- sim. established;

groover / ɡ ɹ u v ə , ɡ ɹ u v ə ɹ /
n1
a device that makes grooves by cutting or punching;

grooving / ɡ ɹ u v ɪ ŋ /
n1
the cutting of spiral grooves on the inside of the barrel of a firearm;

- syn. rifling;

groovy / ɡ ɹ u v i /
a1
very good;

- "he did a bully job";

- "a neat sports car";

- "had a great time at the party";

- "you look simply smashing";

- "we had a grand old time";

- syn. bang-up, bully, corking, cracking, dandy, great, keen, neat, nifty, not bad, old, peachy, slap-up, smashing, swell;

- sim. good;

a2
(British informal) very chic;

- "groovy clothes";

- syn. swagger;

- sim. fashionable;

grope / ɡ ɹ oʊ p /
n1
the act of groping;

- and instance of groping;

v1
feel about uncertainly or blindly;

- "She groped for her glasses in the darkness of the bedroom";

- syn. fumble;

- also grope for;

v2
search blindly or uncertainly;

- "His mind groped to make the connection";

v3
fondle for sexual pleasure;

- "He made some sexual advances at the woman in his office and groped her repeatedly";

grope for
v1
feel searchingly;

- "She groped for his keys in the dark";

- syn. scrabble;

groping / ɡ ɹ oʊ p ɪ ŋ /
a1
acting with uncertainty or hesitance or lack of confidence;

- "a groping effort to understand";

- sim. uncertain;

gropingly / ɡ ɹ oʊ p ɪ ŋ ɫ i /
r1
in an uncertain groping manner;

Gropius
n1
United States architect (born in Germany) and founder of the Bauhaus school (1883-1969);

- syn. Walter Gropius;

gros point
n1
a needlepoint stitch covering two horizontal and two vertical threads;

n2
needlepoint embroidery done with large stitches;

Gros Ventre
n1
a member of the Sioux people formerly inhabiting an area along the Missouri river in western North Dakota;

- syn. Hidatsa;

n2
a Siouan language spoken by the Hidatsa;

- syn. Hidatsa;

grosbeak / ɡ ɹ oʊ s b i k /
n1
any of various finches of Europe or America having a massive and powerful bill;

- syn. grossbeak;

groschen / ɡ ɹ oʊ ʃ ə n /
n1
100 groschen equal 1 schilling in Austria;

grosgrain
n1
a silk or silklike fabric with crosswise ribs;

gross / ɡ ɹ oʊ s /
n1
twelve dozen;

- syn. 144;

n2
the entire amount of income before any deductions are made;

- syn. receipts, revenue;

v1
earn before taxes, expenses, etc.;

a1
before any deductions;

- "gross income";

- sim. overall;

a2
lacking fine distinctions or detail;

- "the gross details of the structure appear reasonable";

- sim. general;

a3
repellently fat;

- "a bald porcine old man";

- syn. porcine;

- sim. fat;

a4
visible to the naked eye (especially of rocks and anatomical features);

- syn. megascopic;

- sim. visible;

a5
without qualification;

- used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers;

- "an arrant fool";

- "a complete coward";

- "a consummate fool";

- "a double-dyed villain";

- "gross negligence";

- "a perfect idiot";

- "pure folly";

- "what a sodding mess";

- "stark staring mad";

- "a thorough nuisance";

- "a thoroughgoing villain";

- "utter nonsense";

- "the unadulterated truth";

- syn. arrant, complete, consummate, double-dyed, everlasting, perfect, pure, sodding, staring, stark, thorough, thoroughgoing, unadulterated, utter;

- sim. unmitigated;

a6
conspicuously and tastelessly indecent;

- "coarse language";

- "a crude joke";

- "crude behavior";

- "an earthy sense of humor";

- "a revoltingly gross expletive";

- "a vulgar gesture";

- "full of language so vulgar it should have been edited";

- syn. crude, earthy, vulgar;

- sim. indecent;

a7
conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible;

- "a crying shame";

- "an egregious lie";

- "flagrant violation of human rights";

- "a glaring error";

- "gross ineptitude";

- "gross injustice";

- "rank treachery";

- syn. crying, egregious, flagrant, glaring, rank;

- sim. conspicuous;

gross anatomy
n1
the study of the structure of the body and its parts without the use of a microscope;

- syn. macroscopic anatomy;

gross domestic product
n1
the measure of an economy adopted by the United States in 1991;

- the total market values of goods and services produced by workers and capital within a nation's borders during a given period (usually 1 year);

- syn. GDP;

gross estate
n1
the total valuation of the estate's assets at the time of the person's death;

gross margin
n1
the ratio gross profits divided by net sales;

- syn. margin of profit, profit margin;

gross national product
n1
former measure of the United States economy;

- the total market value of goods and services produced by all citizens and capital during a given period (usually 1 yr);

- syn. GNP;

gross out
v1
fill with distaste;

- "This spoilt food disgusts me";

- syn. disgust, repel, revolt;

v2
lose one's nerve;

- "When he saw the accident, he freaked out";

- syn. freak, freak out;

gross profit
n1
(finance) the net sales minus the cost of goods and services sold;

- syn. gross profit margin, margin;

gross profit margin
n1
(finance) the net sales minus the cost of goods and services sold;

- syn. gross profit, margin;

gross revenue
n1
income (at invoice values) received for goods and services over some given period of time;

- syn. gross sales, sales;

gross sales
n1
income (at invoice values) received for goods and services over some given period of time;

- syn. gross revenue, sales;

gross ton
n1
a British unit of weight equivalent to 2240 pounds;

- syn. long ton, ton;

grossbeak
n1
any of various finches of Europe or America having a massive and powerful bill;

- syn. grosbeak;

grossly / ɡ ɹ oʊ s ɫ i /
r1
in a gross manner;

grossness / ɡ ɹ oʊ s n ə s /
n1
the quality of lacking taste and refinement;

- syn. coarseness, commonness, raunch, vulgarism, vulgarity;

Grossulariaceae
n1
in some classifications considered a part of the family Saxifragaceae: plants whose fruit is a berry;

- syn. family Grossulariaceae, gooseberry family;

grosz
n1
100 groszy equal 1 zloty in Poland;

grot / ɡ ɹ ɒ t /
n1
a small cave (usually with attractive features);

- syn. grotto;

grotesque / ɡ ɹ oʊ t ɛ s k /
n1
art characterized by an incongruous mixture of parts of humans and animals interwoven with plants;

a1
distorted and unnatural in shape or size;

- abnormal and hideous;

- "tales of grotesque serpents eight fathoms long that churned the seas";

- "twisted into monstrous shapes";

- syn. monstrous;

- sim. ugly;

a2
ludicrously odd;

- "Hamlet's assumed antic disposition";

- "fantastic Halloween costumes";

- "a grotesque reflection in the mirror";

- syn. antic, fantastic, fantastical;

- sim. strange;

grotesquely / ɡ ɹ oʊ t ɛ s k ɫ i /
r1
in a grotesque manner;

- "behind the house lay two nude figures grotesquely bald, with deliberate knife-slashes marking their bodies";

- syn. monstrously;

grotesqueness / ɡ ɹ oʊ t ɛ s k n ə s /
n1
ludicrous or incongruous unnaturalness or distortion;

- syn. grotesquerie, grotesquery;

grotesquerie
n1
ludicrous or incongruous unnaturalness or distortion;

- syn. grotesqueness, grotesquery;

grotesquery
n1
ludicrous or incongruous unnaturalness or distortion;

- syn. grotesqueness, grotesquerie;

Grotius
n1
Dutch jurist and diplomat whose writings established the basis of modern international law (1583-1645);

- syn. Hugo Grotius, Huig de Groot;

grotto / ɡ ɹ ɒ t oʊ /
n1
a small cave (usually with attractive features);

- syn. grot;

grotty / ɡ ɹ ɒ t i /
a1
very unpleasant or offensive;

- "a grotty little play";

- sim. nasty;

grouch / ɡ ɹ aʊ tʃ /
n1
a bad-tempered person;

- syn. churl, crank, crosspatch, grump;

v1
show one's unhappiness or critical attitude;

- "He scolded about anything that he thought was wrong";

- "We grumbled about the increased work load";

- syn. grumble, scold;

grouchily
r1
in an ill-natured manner;

- "she looked at her husband crossly";

- syn. crossly, grumpily;

Groucho / ɡ ɹ aʊ tʃ oʊ /
n1
United States comedian;

- one of four brothers who made motion pictures together (1890-1977);

- syn. Julius Marx, Marx;

grouchy / ɡ ɹ aʊ tʃ i /
a1
annoyed and irritable;

- syn. bad-tempered, crabbed, crabby, cross, fussy, grumpy, ill-tempered;

- sim. ill-natured;

ground / ɡ ɹ aʊ n d /
n1
the solid part of the earth's surface;

- "the plane turned away from the sea and moved back over land";

- "the earth shook for several minutes";

- "he dropped the logs on the ground";

- syn. dry land, earth, land, solid ground, terra firma;

n2
a rational motive for a belief or action;

- "the reason that war was declared";

- "the grounds for their declaration";

- syn. reason;

n3
the loose soft material that makes up a large part of the land surface;

- "they dug into the earth outside the church";

- syn. earth;

n4
a relation that provides the foundation for something;

- "they were on a friendly footing";

- "he worked on an interim basis";

- syn. basis, footing;

n5
a position to be won or defended in battle (or as if in battle);

- "they gained ground step by step";

- "they fought to regain the lost ground";

n6
the part of a scene (or picture) that lies behind objects in the foreground;

- "he posed her against a background of rolling hills";

- syn. background;

n7
material in the top layer of the surface of the earth in which plants can grow (especially with reference to its quality or use);

- "the land had never been plowed";

- "good agricultural soil";

- syn. land, soil;

n8
a relatively homogeneous percept extending back of the figure on which attention is focused;

n9
a connection between an electrical device and a large conducting body, such as the earth (which is taken to be at zero voltage);

- syn. earth;

n10
(art) the surface (as a wall or canvas) prepared to take the paint for a painting;

n11
the first or preliminary coat of paint or size applied to a surface;

- syn. flat coat, primer, primer coat, priming, priming coat, undercoat;

v1
fix firmly and stably;

- "anchor the lamppost in concrete";

- syn. anchor;

v2
confine or restrict to the ground;

- "After the accident, they grounded the plane and the pilot";

v3
place or put on the ground;

v4
instruct someone in the fundamentals of a subject;

v5
bring to the ground;

- "the storm grounded the ship";

- syn. run aground, strand;

v6
hit or reach the ground;

- syn. run aground;

v7
throw to the ground in order to stop play and avoid being tackled behind the line of scrimmage;

v8
hit a groundball;

- "he grounded to the second baseman";

v9
hit onto the ground;

v10
cover with a primer;

- apply a primer to;

- syn. prime, undercoat;

v11
connect to a ground;

- "ground the electrical connections for safety reasons";

v12
use as a basis for;

- found on;

- "base a claim on some observation";

- syn. base, establish, found;

ground-berry
n1
small prostrate or ascending shrub having scarlet flowers and succulent fruit resembling cranberries;

- sometimes placed in genus Styphelia;

- syn. Astroloma humifusum, Styphelia humifusum, cranberry heath, groundberry, native cranberry;

n2
creeping shrub of eastern North America having white bell-shaped flowers followed by spicy red berrylike fruit and shiny aromatic leaves that yield wintergreen oil;

- syn. Gaultheria procumbens, checkerberry, creeping wintergreen, groundberry, mountain tea, teaberry, wintergreen;

ground-controlled approach
n1
aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar;

- syn. GCA;

ground-effect machine
n1
a craft capable of moving over water or land on a cushion of air created by jet engines;

- syn. hovercraft;

ground-emplaced mine
n1
an explosive mine hidden underground;

- explodes when stepped on or driven over;

- syn. booby trap, land mine;

ground-floor
a1
on the floor closest to level with the ground;

- "the ground-floor entrance is kept locked";

- sim. downstairs;

ground-hugging
a1
of plants that grow relatively low to the ground;

- syn. flat-growing, low-growing;

- sim. low;

ground-service crew
n1
the crew of technicians and mechanics who service aircraft on the ground;

- syn. ground crew;

ground-shaker
n1
huge herbivorous dinosaur of the Cretaceous found in western North America;

- syn. seismosaur;

ground almond
n1
European sedge having small edible nutlike tubers;

- syn. Cyperus esculentus, chufa, earth almond, rush nut, yellow nutgrass;

ground attack
n1
an attack by ground troops;

ground bait
n1
bait scattered on the water to attract fish;

ground ball
n1
(baseball) a hit that travels along the ground;

- syn. groundball, grounder, hopper;

ground bass
n1
a short melody in the bass that is constantly repeated;

ground beef
n1
beef that has been ground;

- syn. hamburger;

ground beetle
n1
predacious shining black or metallic terrestrial beetle that destroys many injurious insects;

- syn. carabid beetle;

ground cable
n1
a mooring cable;

- runs from a buoy to a mooring anchor;

ground cedar
n1
a variety of club moss;

- syn. Lycopodium complanatum, staghorn moss;

n2
a procumbent variety of the common juniper;

- syn. Juniperus communis depressa, dwarf juniper;

ground cherry
n1
any of numerous cosmopolitan annual or perennial herbs of the genus Physalis bearing edible fleshy berries enclosed in a bladderlike husk;

- some cultivated for their flowers;

- syn. husk tomato;

ground cloth
n1
a waterproofed piece of cloth spread on the ground (as under a tent) to protect from moisture;

- syn. groundsheet;

ground control
n1
a communication system for sending continuous radio messages to an airplane pilot who is making a ground-controlled approach to landing;

ground cover
n1
low-growing plants planted in deep shade or on a steep slope where turf is difficult to grow;

- syn. groundcover;

n2
small plants other than saplings growing on a forest floor;

- syn. groundcover;

ground crew
n1
the crew of technicians and mechanics who service aircraft on the ground;

- syn. ground-service crew;

ground effect
n1
apparent increase in aerodynamic lift experienced by an aircraft flying close to the ground;

ground fir
n1
a variety of club moss;

- syn. Lycopodium obscurum, princess pine, tree clubmoss;

ground fire
n1
a forest fire that burns the humus;

- may not appear on the surface;

ground floor
n1
the floor of a building that is at or nearest to the level of the ground around the building;

- syn. first floor, ground level;

n2
becoming part of a venture at the beginning (regarded as position of advantage);

- "he got in on the ground floor";

ground forces
n1
a permanent organization of the military land forces of a nation or state;

- syn. army, regular army;

ground glass
n1
glass that diffuses light due to a rough surface produced by abrasion or etching;

n2
particulate glass made by grinding and used as an abrasive;

ground ivy
n1
trailing European aromatic plant of the mint family having rounded leaves and small purplish flowers often grown in hanging baskets;

- naturalized in North America;

- sometimes placed in genus Nepeta;

- syn. Glechoma hederaceae, Nepeta hederaceae, alehoof, field balm, gill-over-the-ground, runaway robin;

ground level
n1
the height of the ground on which something stands;

- "the base of the tower was below grade";

- syn. grade;

n2
the floor of a building that is at or nearest to the level of the ground around the building;

- syn. first floor, ground floor;

ground loop
n1
a sharp uncontrollable turn made by an airplane while moving along the ground;

ground noise
n1
extraneous noise contaminating sound measurements that cannot be separated from the desired signal;

- syn. background noise;

ground out
v1
make an out by hitting the ball on the ground;

ground pine
n1
any of several club mosses having long creeping stems and erect branches;

- syn. Christmas green;

n2
low-growing annual with yellow flowers dotted red;

- faintly aromatic of pine resin;

- Europe, British Isles and North Africa;

- syn. Ajuga chamaepitys, yellow bugle;

ground pink
n1
low wiry-stemmed branching herb or southern California having fringed pink flowers;

- syn. Linanthus dianthiflorus, fringed pink, moss pink;

ground plan
n1
a floor plan for the ground level of a building;

ground rattler
n1
small pygmy rattlesnake;

- syn. Sistrurus miliaris, massasauga;

ground rent
n1
payment for the right to occupy and improve a piece of land;

ground roller
n1
Madagascan roller with terrestrial and crepuscular habits that feeds on e.g. insects and worms;

ground rose
n1
low-growing bristly shrub of southern Oregon and California with creeping rootstocks and usually corymbose flowers;

- syn. Rosa spithamaea;

ground rule
n1
(baseball) a special rule (as in baseball) dealing with situations that arise due to the nature of the playing grounds;

ground sloth
n1
gigantic extinct terrestrial sloth-like mammal of the Pliocene and Pleistocene in America;

- syn. megathere;

ground snake
n1
small shy brightly-ringed terrestrial snake of arid or semiarid areas of western North America;

- syn. Sonora semiannulata;

ground squirrel
n1
small striped semiterrestrial eastern American squirrel with cheek pouches;

- syn. Tamias striatus, eastern chipmunk, hackee, striped squirrel;

n2
any of various terrestrial burrowing rodents of Old and New Worlds;

- often destroy crops;

- syn. gopher, spermophile;

ground state
n1
(physics) the lowest energy state of an atom or other particle;

ground stroke
n1
a tennis return made by hitting the ball after it has bounced once;

ground substance
n1
the body substance in which tissue cells are embedded;

- syn. intercellular substance, matrix;

n2
the clear nongranular portion of the cytoplasm of a cell;

- syn. hyaloplasm;

ground swell
n1
an obvious change of public opinion or political sentiment that occurs without leadership or overt expression;

- "there was a ground swell of antiwar sentiment";

n2
a broad and deep undulation of the ocean;

- syn. heavy swell;

ground tackle
n1
a mechanical device that prevents a vessel from moving;

- syn. anchor;

ground water
n1
underground water that is held in the soil and in pervious rocks;

- syn. spring water, well water;

ground wave
n1
a radio wave propagated on or near the earth's surface;

ground zero
n1
the target of a projectile (as a bomb or missile);

n2
the site of the World Trade Center before it was destroyed;

n3
the point of detonation (or above or below) of a nuclear weapon;

groundball / ɡ ɹ aʊ n d b ɔ ɫ /
n1
(baseball) a hit that travels along the ground;

- syn. ground ball, grounder, hopper;

groundberry / ɡ ɹ aʊ n d b ɛr i /
n1
small prostrate or ascending shrub having scarlet flowers and succulent fruit resembling cranberries;

- sometimes placed in genus Styphelia;

- syn. Astroloma humifusum, Styphelia humifusum, cranberry heath, ground-berry, native cranberry;

n2
creeping shrub of eastern North America having white bell-shaped flowers followed by spicy red berrylike fruit and shiny aromatic leaves that yield wintergreen oil;

- syn. Gaultheria procumbens, checkerberry, creeping wintergreen, ground-berry, mountain tea, teaberry, wintergreen;

groundbreaker / ɡ ɹ aʊ n d b ɹ eɪ k ə ɹ /
n1
someone who helps to open up a new line of research or technology or art;

- syn. innovator, pioneer, trailblazer;

groundbreaking / ɡ ɹ aʊ n d b ɹ eɪ k ɪ ŋ /
n1
the ceremonial breaking of the ground to formally begin a construction project;

- syn. groundbreaking ceremony;

a1
being or producing something like nothing done or experienced or created before;

- "stylistically innovative works";

- "innovative members of the artistic community";

- "a mind so innovational, so original";

- syn. innovational, innovative;

- sim. original;

groundbreaking ceremony
n1
the ceremonial breaking of the ground to formally begin a construction project;

- syn. groundbreaking;

groundcover
n1
low-growing plants planted in deep shade or on a steep slope where turf is difficult to grow;

- syn. ground cover;

n2
small plants other than saplings growing on a forest floor;

- syn. ground cover;

grounder / ɡ ɹ aʊ n d ə , ɡ ɹ aʊ n d ə ɹ /
n1
(baseball) a hit that travels along the ground;

- syn. ground ball, groundball, hopper;

groundfish
n1
fish that live on the sea bottom (particularly the commercially important gadoid fish like cod and haddock, or flatfish like flounder);

- syn. bottom fish;

groundhog / ɡ ɹ aʊ n d h ɒ ɡ /
n1
reddish brown North American marmot;

- syn. Marmota monax, woodchuck;

Groundhog Day
n1
if the ground hog emerges and sees his shadow on this day, there will be 6 more weeks of winter;

- syn. February 2;

grounding / ɡ ɹ aʊ n d ɪ ŋ /
n1
education or instruction in the fundamentals of a field of knowledge;

- "he lacks the foundation necessary for advanced study";

- "a good grounding in mathematics";

- syn. foundation;

n2
fastening electrical equipment to earth;

- syn. earthing;

groundkeeper
n1
someone who maintains the grounds (of an estate or park or athletic field);

- syn. groundskeeper, groundsman;

groundless / ɡ ɹ aʊ n d ɫ ɪ s /
a1
without a basis in reason or fact;

- "baseless gossip";

- "the allegations proved groundless";

- "idle fears";

- "unfounded suspicions";

- "unwarranted jealousy";

- syn. baseless, idle, unfounded, unwarranted, wild;

- sim. unsupported;

groundlessness / ɡ ɹ aʊ n d ɫ ə s n ə s /
n1
the quality of lacking substance or value;

- "the groundlessness of their report was quickly recognized";

- syn. idleness;

groundling / ɡ ɹ aʊ n d ɫ ɪ ŋ /
n1
in Elizabethan theater: a playgoer in the cheap standing section;

groundmass / ɡ ɹ aʊ n d m æ s /
n1
(geology) the matrix of fine-grained crystalline material in which larger crystals are embedded;

groundnut / ɡ ɹ aʊ n d n ʌ t /
n1
a North American vine with fragrant blossoms and edible tubers;

- important food crop of Native Americans;

- syn. Apios americana, Apios tuberosa, Indian potato, groundnut vine, potato bean, wild bean;

n2
nutlike tuber;

- important food of Native Americans;

- syn. potato bean, wild bean;

n3
pod of the peanut vine containing usually 2 nuts or seeds;

- `groundnut' and `monkey nut' are British terms;

- syn. earthnut, goober, goober pea, monkey nut, peanut;

groundnut oil
n1
an oil from peanuts;

- used in cooking and making soap;

- syn. peanut oil;

groundnut vine
n1
a North American vine with fragrant blossoms and edible tubers;

- important food crop of Native Americans;

- syn. Apios americana, Apios tuberosa, Indian potato, groundnut, potato bean, wild bean;

grounds / ɡ ɹ aʊ n d z /
n1
your basis for belief or disbelief;

- knowledge on which to base belief;

- "the evidence that smoking causes lung cancer is very compelling";

- syn. evidence;

n2
the enclosed land around a house or other building;

- "it was a small house with almost no yard";

- syn. curtilage, yard;

n3
a tract of land cleared for some special purposes (recreation or burial etc.);

n4
a justification for something existing or happening;

- "he had no cause to complain";

- "they had good reason to rejoice";

- syn. cause, reason;

n5
dregs consisting of solid particles (especially of coffee) that form a residue;

- "it is a Middle Eastern custom to read your future in your coffee grounds";

groundsel / ɡ ɹ aʊ n s ɫ /
n1
Eurasian weed with heads of small yellow flowers;

- syn. Senecio vulgaris;

groundsel bush
n1
a shrub of salt marshes of eastern and south central North America and West Indies;

- fruit is surrounded with white plumelike hairy tufts;

- syn. Baccharis halimifolia, consumption weed, cotton-seed tree, groundsel tree;

groundsel tree
n1
a shrub of salt marshes of eastern and south central North America and West Indies;

- fruit is surrounded with white plumelike hairy tufts;

- syn. Baccharis halimifolia, consumption weed, cotton-seed tree, groundsel bush;

groundsheet / ɡ ɹ aʊ n d ʃ i t /
n1
a waterproofed piece of cloth spread on the ground (as under a tent) to protect from moisture;

- syn. ground cloth;

groundskeeper
n1
someone who maintains the grounds (of an estate or park or athletic field);

- syn. groundkeeper, groundsman;

groundsman / ɡ ɹ aʊ n d z m ə n /
n1
someone who maintains the grounds (of an estate or park or athletic field);

- syn. groundkeeper, groundskeeper;

groundspeed / ɡ ɹ aʊ n d s p i d /
n1
the speed of an aircraft relative to the ground;

groundwater level
n1
underground surface below which the ground is wholly saturated with water;

- "spring rains had raised the water table";

- syn. water level, water table;

groundwork / ɡ ɹ aʊ n d w ɝ k /
n1
the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained;

- "the whole argument rested on a basis of conjecture";

- syn. base, basis, cornerstone, foundation, fundament;

n2
lowest support of a structure;

- "it was built on a base of solid rock";

- "he stood at the foot of the tower";

- syn. base, foot, foundation, fundament, substructure, understructure;

n3
preliminary preparation as a basis or foundation;

- "we are prepared today because of groundwork that was done ten years ago";

group / ɡ ɹ u p /
n1
any number of entities (members) considered as a unit;

- syn. grouping;

n2
(chemistry) two or more atoms bound together as a single unit and forming part of a molecule;

- syn. chemical group, radical;

n3
a set that is closed, associative, has an identity element and every element has an inverse;

- syn. mathematical group;

v1
arrange into a group or groups;

- "Can you group these shapes together?";

v2
form a group or group together;

- syn. aggroup;

group A
n1
the blood group whose red cells carry the A antigen;

- syn. A, type A;

group AB
n1
the blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens;

- syn. AB, type AB;

group action
n1
action taken by a group of people;

group Amentiferae
n1
used in some classification systems for plants that bear catkins;

- syn. Amentiferae;

group B
n1
the blood group whose red cells carry the B antigen;

- syn. B, type B;

group captain
n1
a commissioned officer (especially one in the Royal Air Force) equivalent in rank to a colonel in the army;

group Centrospermae
n1
used in former classification systems;

- approximately synonymous with order Caryophyllales;

- syn. Centrospermae;

group discussion
n1
a discussion among participants who have an agreed (serious) topic;

- syn. conference;

group dynamics
n1
the branch of social psychology that studies the psychodynamics of interaction in social groups;

group insurance
n1
insurance that is purchased by a group (such as the employees of a company) usually at a reduced rate to individual members of the group;

group meeting
n1
a formally arranged gathering;

- "next year the meeting will be in Chicago";

- "the meeting elected a chairperson";

- syn. meeting;

group O
n1
the blood group whose red cells carry neither the A nor B antigens;

- "people with type O blood are universal donors";

- syn. O, type O;

group participation
n1
participation by all members of a group;

group practice
n1
(medicine) the practice of medicine by a group of physicians who share their premises and other resources;

group psychotherapy
n1
psychotherapy in which a small group of individuals meet with a therapist;

- interactions among the members are considered to be therapeutic;

- syn. group therapy;

group Pteridospermae
n1
used in some classification systems: a group of extinct fossil gymnosperms coextensive with the order Cycadofilicales;

- syn. Pteridospermae, Pteridospermaphyta, group Pteridospermaphyta;

group Pteridospermaphyta
n1
used in some classification systems: a group of extinct fossil gymnosperms coextensive with the order Cycadofilicales;

- syn. Pteridospermae, Pteridospermaphyta, group Pteridospermae;

group theory
n1
the branch of mathematics dealing with groups;

group therapy
n1
psychotherapy in which a small group of individuals meet with a therapist;

- interactions among the members are considered to be therapeutic;

- syn. group psychotherapy;

grouped / ɡ ɹ u p t /
a1
arranged into groups;

- syn. sorted;

- sim. classified;

grouper / ɡ ɹ u p ə , ɡ ɹ u p ə ɹ /
n1
flesh of a saltwater fish similar to sea bass;

n2
usually solitary bottom sea basses of warm seas;

groupie
n1
an enthusiastic young fan (especially a young woman who follows rock groups around);

grouping / ɡ ɹ u p ɪ ŋ /
n1
any number of entities (members) considered as a unit;

- syn. group;

n2
the activity of putting things together in groups;

n3
a system for classifying things into groups;

- syn. pigeonholing;

groupthink
n1
decision making by a group (especially in a manner that discourages creativity or individual responsibility);

groupware / ɡ ɹ u p w eə /
n1
software that can be used by a group of people who are working on the same information but may be distributed in space;

grouse / ɡ ɹ aʊ s /
n1
flesh of any of various grouse of the family Tetraonidae;

- usually roasted;

- flesh too dry to broil;

n2
popular game bird having a plump body and feathered legs and feet;

v1
hunt grouse;

v2
complain;

- "What was he hollering about?";

- syn. beef, bellyache, bitch, crab, gripe, holler, squawk;

grouse-berry
n1
shrub of northwestern North America bearing red berries;

- syn. Vaccinium scoparium, grouse whortleberry, grouseberry;

grouse whortleberry
n1
shrub of northwestern North America bearing red berries;

- syn. Vaccinium scoparium, grouse-berry, grouseberry;

grouseberry
n1
shrub of northwestern North America bearing red berries;

- syn. Vaccinium scoparium, grouse-berry, grouse whortleberry;

grout
n1
a thin mortar that can be poured and used to fill cracks in masonry or brickwork;

v1
bind with grout;

- "grout the bathtub";

grove / ɡ ɹ oʊ v /
n1
a small growth of trees without underbrush;

n2
garden consisting of a small cultivated wood without undergrowth;

- syn. orchard, plantation, woodlet;

grovel / ɡ ɹ ɒ v ɫ /
v1
show submission or fear;

- syn. cower, crawl, creep, cringe, fawn;

groveler / ɡ ɹ ɒ v ɫ ə , ɡ ɹ ɒ v ɫ ə ɹ /
n1
someone who humbles himself as a sign of respect;

- who behaves as if he had no self-respect;

- syn. apple polisher, bootlicker, fawner, groveller, truckler;

groveling / ɡ ɹ ɒ v ɫ ɪ ŋ /
a1
totally submissive;

- syn. cringing, grovelling, wormlike, wormy;

- sim. submissive;

groveller / ɡ ɹ ɒ v ɫ ə , ɡ ɹ ɒ v ɫ ə ɹ /
n1
someone who humbles himself as a sign of respect;

- who behaves as if he had no self-respect;

- syn. apple polisher, bootlicker, fawner, groveler, truckler;

grovelling / ɡ ɹ ɒ v ə ɫ ɪ ŋ , ɡ ɹ ɒ v ɫ ɪ ŋ /
a1
totally submissive;

- syn. cringing, groveling, wormlike, wormy;

- sim. submissive;

Grover Cleveland
n1
22nd and 24th President of the United States (1837-1908);

- syn. Cleveland, President Cleveland, Stephen Grover Cleveland;

Groves / ɡ ɹ oʊ v z /
n1
United States general who served as military director of the atomic bomb project (1896-1970);

- syn. Leslie Richard Groves;

grow / ɡ ɹ oʊ /
v1
pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute;

- become;

- "The weather turned nasty";

- "She grew angry";

- syn. turn;

v2
become larger, greater, or bigger;

- expand or gain;

- "The problem grew too large for me";

- "Her business grew fast";

- also grow up;

v3
increase in size by natural process;

- "Corn doesn't grow here";

- "In these forests, mushrooms grow under the trees";

- "her hair doesn't grow much anymore";

v4
cause to grow or develop;

- "He grows vegetables in his backyard";

v5
develop and reach maturity;

- undergo maturation;

- "He matured fast";

- "The child grew fast";

- syn. maturate, mature;

v6
come into existence;

- take on form or shape;

- "A new religious movement originated in that country";

- "a love that sprang up from friendship";

- "the idea for the book grew out of a short story";

- "An interesting phenomenon uprose";

- syn. arise, develop, originate, rise, spring up, uprise;

v7
cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniques;

- "The Bordeaux region produces great red wines";

- "They produce good ham in Parma";

- "We grow wheat here";

- "We raise hogs here";

- syn. farm, produce, raise;

v8
come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes);

- "He grew a beard";

- "The patient developed abdominal pains";

- "I got funny spots all over my body";

- "Well-developed breasts";

- syn. acquire, develop, get, produce;

v9
grow emotionally or mature;

- "The child developed beautifully in her new kindergarten";

- "When he spent a summer at camp, the boy grew noticeably and no longer showed some of his old adolescent behavior";

- syn. develop;

v10
become attached by or as if by the process of growth;

- "The tree trunks had grown together";

grow over
v1
grow beyond or across;

- "The ivy overgrew the patio";

- syn. overgrow;

grow up
v1
become an adult;

grower / ɡ ɹ oʊ ə , ɡ ɹ oʊ ə ɹ /
n1
someone concerned with the science or art or business of cultivating the soil;

- syn. agriculturalist, agriculturist, cultivator, raiser;

growing / ɡ ɹ oʊ ɪ ŋ /
n1
(biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically;

- a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level;

- "he proposed an indicator of osseous development in children";

- syn. development, growth, maturation, ontogenesis, ontogeny;

n2
(electronics) the production of (semiconductor) crystals by slow crystallization from the molten state;

a1
relating to or suitable for growth;

- "the growing season for corn";

- "good growing weather";

growing pains
n1
pain in muscles or joints sometimes experienced by children and often attributed to rapid growth;

n2
emotional distress arising during adolescence;

n3
problems that arise in enlarging an enterprise (especially in the early stages);

growing season
n1
the season during which a crop grows best;

growl / ɡ ɹ aʊ ɫ /
n1
the sound of growling (as made by animals);

- syn. growling;

v1
to utter or emit low dull rumbling sounds;

- "he grumbled a rude response";

- "Stones grumbled down the cliff";

- syn. grumble, rumble;

growler / ɡ ɹ aʊ ɫ ə , ɡ ɹ aʊ ɫ ə ɹ /
n1
a speaker whose voice sounds like a growl;

n2
a small iceberg or ice floe just large enough to be hazardous for shipping;

growling / ɡ ɹ aʊ ɫ ɪ ŋ /
n1
a gruff or angry utterance (suggestive of the growling of an animal);

n2
the sound of growling (as made by animals);

- syn. growl;

grown / ɡ ɹ oʊ n /
a1
(of animals) fully developed;

- "an adult animal";

- "a grown woman";

- syn. adult, big, full-grown, fully grown, grownup;

- sim. mature;

grownup
n1
a fully developed person from maturity onward;

- syn. adult;

a1
(of animals) fully developed;

- "an adult animal";

- "a grown woman";

- syn. adult, big, full-grown, fully grown, grown;

- sim. mature;

growth / ɡ ɹ oʊ θ /
n1
(biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically;

- a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level;

- "he proposed an indicator of osseous development in children";

- syn. development, growing, maturation, ontogenesis, ontogeny;

n2
a progression from simpler to more complex forms;

- "the growth of culture";

n3
a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important;

- "the increase in unemployment";

- "the growth of population";

- syn. increase, increment;

n4
vegetation that has grown;

- "a growth of trees";

- "the only growth was some salt grass";

n5
the gradual beginning or coming forth;

- "figurines presage the emergence of sculpture in Greece";

- syn. emergence, outgrowth;

n6
(pathology) an abnormal proliferation of tissue (as in a tumor);

n7
something grown or growing;

- "a growth of hair";

growth-onset diabetes
n1
severe diabetes mellitus with an early onset;

- characterized by polyuria and excessive thirst and increased appetite and weight loss and episodic ketoacidosis;

- diet and insulin injections are required to control the disease;

- syn. IDDM, autoimmune diabetes, insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, juvenile-onset diabetes, juvenile diabetes, ketoacidosis-prone diabetes, ketosis-prone diabetes, type I diabetes;

growth factor
n1
a protein that is involved in cell differentiation and growth;

growth hormone
n1
a hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland;

- promotes growth in humans;

- syn. STH, human growth hormone, somatotrophic hormone, somatotrophin, somatotropic hormone, somatotropin;

growth hormone-releasing factor
n1
a releasing factor that accelerates the secretion of growth hormone by the anterior pituitary body;

- syn. GHRF;

growth industry
n1
an industry that is growing rapidly;

growth rate
n1
the rate of increase in size per unit time;

- syn. rate of growth;

growth regulator
n1
(botany) a plant product that acts like a hormone;

- syn. phytohormone, plant hormone;

growth ring
n1
an annual formation of wood in plants as they grow;

- syn. annual ring;

growth stock
n1
stock of a corporation that has had faster than average gains in earnings and is expected to continue to;

groyne / ɡ ɹ ɔɪ n /
n1
a protective structure of stone or concrete;

- extends from shore into the water to prevent a beach from washing away;

- syn. breakwater, bulwark, groin, jetty, mole, seawall;

Grozny
n1
the capital of Chechnya in southwestern Russia;

- center of extensive oil fields;

- syn. Groznyy;

Groznyy
n1
the capital of Chechnya in southwestern Russia;

- center of extensive oil fields;

- syn. Grozny;

grub / ɡ ɹ ʌ b /
n1
informal terms for a meal;

- syn. chow, chuck, eats;

n2
a soft thick wormlike larva of certain beetles and other insects;

v1
ask for and get free;

- be a parasite;

- syn. bum, cadge, mooch, sponge;

v2
search about busily;

grub out
v1
dig up;

- "grub up roots and tree stumps";

- syn. grub up;

Grub Street
n1
the world of literary hacks;

grub up
v1
dig up;

- "grub up roots and tree stumps";

- syn. grub out;

grubbily
r1
in a dingy manner;

- syn. dingily, grungily;

grubbiness / ɡ ɹ ʌ b ɪ n ɪ s /
n1
the state of being grimy;

- syn. griminess;

grubby / ɡ ɹ ʌ b i /
n1
small sculpin of the coast of New England;

- syn. Myxocephalus aenaeus;

a1
infested with grubs;

a2
thickly covered with ingrained dirt or soot;

- "a miner's begrimed face";

- "dingy linen";

- "grimy hands";

- "grubby little fingers";

- "a grungy kitchen";

- syn. begrimed, dingy, grimy, grungy, raunchy;

- sim. dirty;

grubstake / ɡ ɹ ʌ b s t eɪ k /
n1
funds advanced to a prospector or to someone starting a business in return for a share of the profits;

v1
supply with funds in return for a promised share of profits;

grudge / ɡ ɹ ʌ dʒ /
n1
a resentment strong enough to justify retaliation;

- "holding a grudge";

- "settling a score";

- syn. grievance, score;

v1
bear a grudge;

- harbor ill feelings;

- syn. stew;

v2
accept or admit unwillingly;

grudging / ɡ ɹ ʌ dʒ ɪ ŋ /
a1
of especially an attitude;

- "gave grudging consent";

- "grudging acceptance of his opponent's victory";

- sim. unwilling;

a2
petty or reluctant in giving or spending;

- "a niggardly tip";

- syn. niggardly, scrimy;

- sim. stingy;

grudgingly / ɡ ɹ ʌ dʒ ɪ ŋ ɫ i /
r1
in a grudging manner;

- "he grudgingly agreed to have a drink in a hotel close by";

gruel / ɡ ɹ u ə ɫ /
n1
a thin porridge (usually oatmeal or cornmeal);

grueling / ɡ ɹ u ə ɫ ɪ ŋ /
a1
characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion;

- especially physical effort;

- "worked their arduous way up the mining valley";

- "a grueling campaign";

- "hard labor";

- "heavy work";

- "heavy going";

- "spent many laborious hours on the project";

- "set a punishing pace";

- syn. arduous, backbreaking, gruelling, hard, heavy, laborious, operose, punishing, toilsome;

- sim. effortful;

gruelling / ɡ ɹ ʊə ɫ ɪ ŋ , ɡ ɹ u ə ɫ ɪ ŋ /
a1
characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion;

- especially physical effort;

- "worked their arduous way up the mining valley";

- "a grueling campaign";

- "hard labor";

- "heavy work";

- "heavy going";

- "spent many laborious hours on the project";

- "set a punishing pace";

- syn. arduous, backbreaking, grueling, hard, heavy, laborious, operose, punishing, toilsome;

- sim. effortful;

gruesome / ɡ ɹ u s ə m /
a1
shockingly repellent;

- inspiring horror;

- "ghastly wounds";

- "the grim aftermath of the bombing";

- "the grim task of burying the victims";

- "a grisly murder";

- "gruesome evidence of human sacrifice";

- "macabre tales of war and plague in the Middle ages";

- "macabre tortures conceived by madmen";

- syn. ghastly, grim, grisly, macabre, sick;

- sim. alarming;

gruesomely / ɡ ɹ u s ə m ɫ i /
r1
in a gruesome manner;

- "he was gruesomely wounded";

gruesomeness / ɡ ɹ u s ə m n ə s /
n1
the quality of being ghastly;

- syn. ghastliness, grimness, luridness;

gruff / ɡ ɹ ʌ f /
a1
brusque and surly and forbidding;

- "crusty remarks";

- "a crusty old man";

- "his curmudgeonly temper";

- "gruff manner";

- "a gruff reply";

- syn. crusty, curmudgeonly, ill-humored, ill-humoured;

- sim. ill-natured;

a2
deep and harsh sounding as if from shouting or illness or emotion;

- "gruff voices";

- "the dog's gruff barking";

- "hoarse cries";

- "makes all the instruments sound powerful but husky"- Virgil Thomson;

- syn. hoarse, husky;

- sim. cacophonous;

gruffly / ɡ ɹ ʌ f ɫ i /
r1
in a gruff manner;

- "`No,' he replied gruffly";

gruffness / ɡ ɹ ʌ f n ə s /
n1
a throaty harshness;

- syn. hoarseness, huskiness;

n2
an abrupt discourteous manner;

- syn. abruptness, brusqueness, curtness, shortness;

grugru
n1
tropical American feather palm having a swollen spiny trunk and edible nuts;

- syn. Acrocomia aculeata, gri-gri, grugru palm, macamba;

grugru nut
n1
nut of Brazilian or West Indian palms;

grugru palm
n1
tropical American feather palm having a swollen spiny trunk and edible nuts;

- syn. Acrocomia aculeata, gri-gri, grugru, macamba;

Gruidae
n1
cranes;

- syn. family Gruidae;

Gruiformes
n1
inland marsh-dwelling birds with long legs and necks and bills that wade in water in search of food: cranes;

- rails;

- bustards;

- syn. order Gruiformes;

grumble / ɡ ɹ ʌ m b ɫ /
n1
a loud low dull continuous noise;

- "they heard the rumbling of thunder";

- syn. grumbling, rumble, rumbling;

n2
a complaint uttered in a low and indistinct tone;

- syn. grumbling, murmur, murmuring, mutter, muttering;

v1
show one's unhappiness or critical attitude;

- "He scolded about anything that he thought was wrong";

- "We grumbled about the increased work load";

- syn. grouch, scold;

v2
make complaining remarks or noises under one's breath;

- "she grumbles when she feels overworked";

- syn. croak, gnarl, murmur, mutter;

v3
to utter or emit low dull rumbling sounds;

- "he grumbled a rude response";

- "Stones grumbled down the cliff";

- syn. growl, rumble;

v4
make a low noise;

- "rumbling thunder";

- syn. rumble;

grumbler / ɡ ɹ ʌ m b ɫ ə , ɡ ɹ ʌ m b ɫ ə ɹ /
n1
a person given to excessive complaints and crying and whining;

- syn. bellyacher, complainer, crybaby, moaner, sniveller, squawker, whiner;

grumbling / ɡ ɹ ʌ m b ɫ ɪ ŋ /
n1
a loud low dull continuous noise;

- "they heard the rumbling of thunder";

- syn. grumble, rumble, rumbling;

n2
a complaint uttered in a low and indistinct tone;

- syn. grumble, murmur, murmuring, mutter, muttering;

a1
continuous full and low-pitched throbbing sound;

- "the rumbling rolling sound of thunder";

- syn. rumbling;

- sim. full;

grume
n1
a thick viscous liquid;

n2
a semisolid mass of coagulated red and white blood cells;

- syn. blood clot;

grummet
n1
fastener consisting of a metal ring for lining a small hole to permit the attachment of cords or lines;

- syn. cringle, eyelet, grommet, loop;

grumose
a1
transformed from a liquid into a soft semisolid or solid mass;

- "coagulated blood";

- "curdled milk";

- "grumous blood";

- syn. coagulate, coagulated, curdled, grumous;

- sim. thick;

grumous
a1
transformed from a liquid into a soft semisolid or solid mass;

- "coagulated blood";

- "curdled milk";

- "grumous blood";

- syn. coagulate, coagulated, curdled, grumose;

- sim. thick;

grump / ɡ ɹ ʌ m p /
n1
a bad-tempered person;

- syn. churl, crank, crosspatch, grouch;

grumpily / ɡ ɹ ʌ m p ɪ ɫ i /
r1
in an ill-natured manner;

- "she looked at her husband crossly";

- syn. crossly, grouchily;

grumpiness / ɡ ɹ ʌ m p ɪ n ə s /
n1
a fussy and eccentric disposition;

- syn. contrariness, crankiness, crotchetiness;

grumpy / ɡ ɹ ʌ m p i /
a1
annoyed and irritable;

- syn. bad-tempered, crabbed, crabby, cross, fussy, grouchy, ill-tempered;

- sim. ill-natured;

Grundyism / ɡ ɹ ʌ n d ɪ ih z ə m /
n1
excessive or affected modesty;

- syn. primness, prudery, prudishness;

grunge
n1
the state of being covered with unclean things;

- syn. dirt, filth, grease, grime, soil, stain;

grungily
r1
in a dingy manner;

- syn. dingily, grubbily;

grungy
a1
thickly covered with ingrained dirt or soot;

- "a miner's begrimed face";

- "dingy linen";

- "grimy hands";

- "grubby little fingers";

- "a grungy kitchen";

- syn. begrimed, dingy, grimy, grubby, raunchy;

- sim. dirty;

grunt / ɡ ɹ ʌ n t /
n1
the short low gruff noise of the kind made by hogs;

- syn. oink;

n2
an unskilled or low-ranking soldier or other worker;

- "infantrymen in Vietnam were called grunts";

- "he went from grunt to chairman in six years";

n3
medium-sized tropical marine food fishes that utter grunting sounds when caught;

v1
issue a grunting, low, animal-like noise;

- "He grunted his reluctant approval";

grunt-hoot
v1
communicate by hooting and grunting, as of primates;

grunter / ɡ ɹ ʌ n t ə /
n1
a person who grunts;

n2
domestic swine;

- syn. Sus scrofa, hog, pig, squealer;

gruntle / ɡ ɹ ʌ n t ɫ /
v1
cause to be more favorably inclined;

- gain the good will of;

- "She managed to mollify the angry customer";

- syn. appease, assuage, conciliate, gentle, lenify, mollify, pacify, placate;

Grus
n1
a small constellation in the southern hemisphere near Phoenix;

- syn. Crane;

n2
type genus of the Gruidae: typical cranes;

- syn. genus Grus;

Grus americana
n1
rare North American crane having black-and-white plumage and a trumpeting call;

- syn. whooper, whooping crane;

Gruyere
n1
Swiss cheese with small holes;

Gryllidae
n1
crickets;

- syn. family Gryllidae;

gryphon / ɡ ɹ ɪ f ə n /
n1
winged monster with the head of an eagle and the body of a lion;

- syn. griffin, griffon;

GSA
n1
a central management agency that sets Federal policy for Federal procurement and real property management and information resources management;

- syn. General Services Administration;

GSPC
n1
an Algerian extremist Islamic offshoot of the Armed Islamic Group;

- now the largest and most active armed terrorist group in Algeria that seeks to overthrow the government;

- a major source of support and recruitment for al-Qaeda operations in Europe and northern Africa;

- syn. Salafast Group for Call and Combat, Salafist Group;

GSR
n1
a change in the electrical properties of the skin in response to stress or anxiety;

- can be measured either by recording the electrical resistance of the skin or by recording weak currents generated by the body;

- syn. Fere phenomenon, Tarchanoff phenomenon, electrical skin response, electrodermal response, galvanic skin response, psychogalvanic response;

GU
n1
the largest and southernmost island in the Marianas which is administered as a territory of the United States;

- it was ceded by Spain to the United States in 1898;

- syn. Guam;

a1
of or related to the genital and urinary organs or their functions;

- "genitourinary infections";

- syn. genitourinary;

guacamole
n1
a dip made of mashed avocado mixed with chopped onions and other seasonings;

guacharo
n1
nocturnal fruit-eating bird of South America that has fatty young yielding an oil that is used instead of butter;

- syn. Steatornis caripensis, oilbird;

Guadalajara / ɡ w ɑ d ɫ ə h ɑr ə /
n1
a city in southwestern Mexico;

- a popular health resort and site of architecture from the Spanish colonial era;

Guadalcanal
n1
a mountainous island;

- the largest of the Solomon Islands in the independent state that is a member of the British Commonwealth;

n2
a battle in World War II in the Pacific (1942-1943);

- the island was occupied by the Japanese and later recaptured by American forces;

- syn. Battle of Guadalcanal;

Guadalupe cypress
n1
relatively low wide-spreading endemic on Guadalupe Island;

- cultivated for its bluish foliage;

- syn. Cupressus guadalupensis;

guadalupe fur seal
n1
a fur seal of the Pacific coast of California and southward;

- syn. Arctocephalus philippi;

Guadalupe Island
n1
a Mexican island in the Pacific to the west of Baja California;

Guadalupe Mountains
n1
a mountain range in southern New Mexico and western Texas;

- the southern extension of the Sacramento Mountains;

Guadalupe Mountains National Park
n1
a national park in Texas that has the highest point in Texas;

- includes desert wilderness and the ancient Apache hunting grounds;

Guadeloupe
n1
an island territory of France located in the eastern West Indies;

- tourism is the major industry;

guaiac
n1
hard greenish-brown wood of the lignum vitae tree and other trees of the genus Guaiacum;

- syn. guaiacum, lignum vitae;

guaiac wood
n1
heartwood of a palo santo;

- yields an aromatic oil used in perfumes;

- syn. guaiacum wood;

guaiacum
n1
medicinal resin from the lignum vitae tree;

n2
hard greenish-brown wood of the lignum vitae tree and other trees of the genus Guaiacum;

- syn. guaiac, lignum vitae;

n3
small genus of evergreen resinous trees or shrubs of warm and tropical America;

- syn. genus Guaiacum;

Guaiacum officinale
n1
small evergreen tree of Caribbean and southern Central America to northern South America;

- a source of lignum vitae wood, hardest of commercial timbers, and a medicinal resin;

- syn. lignum vitae;

Guaiacum sanctum
n1
small evergreen tree of the southern United States and West Indies a source of lignum vitae wood;

- syn. bastard lignum vitae;

guaiacum wood
n1
heartwood of a palo santo;

- yields an aromatic oil used in perfumes;

- syn. guaiac wood;

Guaira
n1
a great waterfall on the border between Brazil and Paraguay;

- syn. Guaira Falls, Sete Quedas;

Guaira Falls
n1
a great waterfall on the border between Brazil and Paraguay;

- syn. Guaira, Sete Quedas;

Guallatiri
n1
the world's highest volcano;

- in the Andes in northern Chile;

- last erupted in 1959;

Guam
n1
the largest and southernmost island in the Marianas which is administered as a territory of the United States;

- it was ceded by Spain to the United States in 1898;

- syn. GU;

guama
n1
tropical tree of Central America and West Indies and Puerto Rico having spikes of white flowers;

- used as shade for coffee plantations;

- syn. Inga laurina;

guan
n1
any of several large turkey-like game birds of the family Cracidae;

- native to jungles of tropical America;

- resembling the curassows and valued as food;

guanabana
n1
large spiny tropical fruit with tart pulp related to custard apples;

- syn. soursop;

guanabenz
n1
antihypertensive drug (trade name Wytensin) that reduces blood pressure by its effect on the central nervous system;

- syn. Wytensin;

guanaco
n1
wild llama;

- syn. Lama guanicoe;

Guangdong
n1
a province in southern China;

- syn. Guangdong province, Kwangtung;

Guangdong province
n1
a province in southern China;

- syn. Guangdong, Kwangtung;

Guangzhou
n1
a city on the Zhu Jiang delta in southern China;

- the capital of Guangdong province and a major deep-water port;

- syn. Canton, Kuangchou, Kwangchow;

guanine
n1
a purine base found in DNA and RNA;

- pairs with cytosine;

- syn. G;

guano / ɡ w ɑ n oʊ /
n1
the excrement of sea birds;

- used as fertilizer;

guano bat
n1
the common freetail bat of southern United States having short velvety fur;

- migrates southward for winter;

- syn. Mexican freetail bat, Tadarida brasiliensis;

guanosine
n1
a nucleoside component of DNA;

- composed of guanine and deoxyribose;

- syn. deoxyguanosine;

Guantanamo
n1
a city in southeastern Cuba;

- site of a United States naval base;

Guantanamo Bay
n1
an inlet of the Caribbean Sea;

- a United States naval station was established on the bay in 1903;

guar
n1
drought-tolerant herb grown for forage and for its seed which yield a gum used as a thickening agent or sizing material;

- syn. Cyamopsis psoraloides, Cyamopsis tetragonolobus, cluster bean;

guar gum
n1
a gum from seeds of the guar plant;

- used to thicken foods and as sizing for paper and cloth;

guarani
n1
the basic unit of money in Paraguay;

- equal to 100 centimos;

n2
a member of the South American people living in Paraguay and Bolivia;

n3
the language spoken by the Guarani of Paraguay and Bolivia;

guarantee / ɡ æ ɹ ə n t i /
n1
a written assurance that some product or service will be provided or will meet certain specifications;

- syn. warrant, warrantee, warranty;

n2
an unconditional commitment that something will happen or that something is true;

- "there is no guarantee that they are not lying";

n3
a collateral agreement to answer for the debt of another in case that person defaults;

- syn. guaranty;

v1
give surety or assume responsibility;

- "I vouch for the quality of my products";

- syn. vouch;

v2
make certain of;

- "This nest egg will ensure a nice retirement for us";

- "Preparation will guarantee success!";

- syn. assure, ensure, insure, secure;

v3
promise to do or accomplish;

- "guarantee to free the prisoners";

- syn. undertake;

v4
stand behind and guarantee the quality, accuracy, or condition of;

- "The dealer warrants all the cars he sells";

- "I warrant this information";

- syn. warrant;

guarantor / ɡ æ ɹ ə n t ɔ , ɡ æ ɹ ə n t ɔ ɹ /
n1
one who provides a warrant or guarantee to another;

- syn. surety, warranter, warrantor;

guaranty / ɡ æ ɹ ə n t i /
n1
a collateral agreement to answer for the debt of another in case that person defaults;

- syn. guarantee;

guard / ɡ ɑ d /
n1
a person who keeps watch over something or someone;

n2
the person who plays that position on a football team;

- "the left guard was injured on the play";

n3
a device designed to prevent injury or accidents;

- syn. safety, safety device;

n4
a posture of defence in boxing or fencing;

- "keep your guard up";

n5
the person who plays the position of guard on a basketball team;

n6
a military unit serving to protect some place or person;

n7
a precautionary measure warding off impending danger or damage or injury etc.;

- "he put an ice pack on the injury as a precaution";

- "an insurance policy is a good safeguard";

- "we let our guard down";

- syn. precaution, safeguard;

n8
the duty of serving as a sentry;

- "he was on guard that night";

- syn. guard duty, sentry duty, sentry go;

n9
(American football) a position on the line of scrimmage;

- "guards must be good blockers";

n10
a position on a basketball team;

v1
to keep watch over;

- "there would be men guarding the horses";

v2
watch over or shield from danger or harm;

- protect;

- "guard my possessions while I'm away";

- syn. ward;

v3
protect against a challenge or attack;

- "Hold that position behind the trees!";

- "Hold the bridge against the enemy's attacks";

- syn. defend, hold;

v4
take precautions in order to avoid some unwanted consequence;

- "guard against becoming too friendly with the staff";

- "guard against infection";

guard's van
n1
the car on a train that is occupied by the guard;

guard boat
n1
a boat that is on guard duty (as in a harbor) around a fleet of warships;

guard dog
n1
a dog trained to guard property;

- syn. watchdog;

guard duty
n1
the duty of serving as a sentry;

- "he was on guard that night";

- syn. guard, sentry duty, sentry go;

guard hair
n1
coarse hairs that form the outer fur and protect the underfur of certain mammals;

guard of honor
n1
an escort for a distinguished guest or for the casket at a military funeral;

- syn. honor guard;

guard ship
n1
a warship (at anchor or under way) required to maintain a higher degree of readiness than others in its squadron;

guardant / ɡ ɑ d æ n t /
a1
looking forward;

- syn. full-face, gardant;

- sim. forward;

guarded / ɡ ɑ d ɪ d /
a1
prudent;

- "guarded optimism";

- syn. restrained;

- sim. cautious;

guardedly / ɡ ɑ d ɪ d ɫ i /
r1
in a conservative manner;

- "we estimated the number of demonstrators conservatively at 200,000.";

- syn. cautiously, conservatively;

guardhouse / ɡ ɑ d h aʊ s /
n1
a military facility that serves as the headquarters for military police and in which military prisoners can be detained;

guardian / ɡ ɑ d ɪə n /
n1
a person who cares for persons or property;

- syn. defender, protector, shielder;

guardian angel
n1
an angel believed to have special affection for a particular individual;

- syn. guardian spirit;

guardian spirit
n1
an angel believed to have special affection for a particular individual;

- syn. guardian angel;

guardianship / ɡ ɑ d ɪə n ʃ ɪ p /
n1
attention and management implying responsibility for safety;

- "he is in the care of a bodyguard";

- syn. care, charge, tutelage;

n2
the responsibility of a guardian or keeper;

- "he left his car in my keeping";

- syn. keeping, safekeeping;

guardrail / ɡ ɑ d ɹ eɪ ɫ /
n1
a railing placed alongside a stairway or road for safety;

- syn. safety rail;

guardroom / ɡ ɑ d ɹ u m /
n1
a cell in which soldiers who are prisoners are confined;

n2
a room used by soldiers on guard;

guardsman / ɡ ɑ d z m ə n /
n1
a soldier who is a member of a unit called `the guard' or `guards';

Guarneri
n1
Italian violin maker and grandson of Andrea Guarneri (1687?-1745);

- syn. Guarnerius, Guarnieri, Guiseppe Guarneri;

n2
founder of a family of Italian violin makers (1626?-1698);

- syn. Andrea Guarneri, Guarnerius, Guarnieri;

Guarnerius
n1
Italian violin maker and grandson of Andrea Guarneri (1687?-1745);

- syn. Guarneri, Guarnieri, Guiseppe Guarneri;

n2
founder of a family of Italian violin makers (1626?-1698);

- syn. Andrea Guarneri, Guarneri, Guarnieri;

n3
a violin made by a member of the Guarneri family;

Guarnieri
n1
Italian violin maker and grandson of Andrea Guarneri (1687?-1745);

- syn. Guarneri, Guarnerius, Guiseppe Guarneri;

n2
founder of a family of Italian violin makers (1626?-1698);

- syn. Andrea Guarneri, Guarneri, Guarnerius;

Guatemala / ɡ w ɑ t ə m ɑ ɫ ə , ɡ w æ t ɪ m ɑ ɫ ə /
n1
a republic in Central America;

- achieved independence from Spain in 1821;

- noted for low per capita income and illiteracy;

- politically unstable;

- syn. Republic of Guatemala;

Guatemala City / ɡ w æ t ɪ m ɑ ɫ ə s ɪ t i /
n1
the capital and largest city of Guatemala;

- syn. capital of Guatemala;

Guatemalan / ɡ w ɑ t ə m ɑ ɫ ə n /
n1
a native or inhabitant of Guatemala;

a1
of or relating to or characteristic of Guatemala or its residents;

- "Guatemalan coffee";

Guatemalan monetary unit
n1
monetary unit in Guatemala;

guava / ɡ w ɑ v ə /
n1
small tropical shrubby tree bearing small yellowish fruit;

- syn. Psidium littorale, strawberry guava, yellow cattley guava;

n2
small tropical American shrubby tree;

- widely cultivated in warm regions for its sweet globular yellow fruit;

- syn. Psidium guajava, guava bush, true guava;

n3
tropical fruit having yellow skin and pink pulp;

- eaten fresh or used for e.g. jellies;

guava bush
n1
small tropical American shrubby tree;

- widely cultivated in warm regions for its sweet globular yellow fruit;

- syn. Psidium guajava, guava, true guava;

Guayaquil / ɡ w aɪ ə k i ɫ /
n1
the largest city of Ecuador;

guayule
n1
much-branched subshrub with silvery leaves and small white flowers of Texas and northern Mexico;

- cultivated as a source of rubber;

- syn. Parthenium argentatum;

gubbins
n1
something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known;

- "she eased the ball-shaped doodad back into its socket";

- "there may be some great new gizmo around the corner that you will want to use";

- syn. doodad, doohickey, doojigger, gimmick, gismo, gizmo, thingamabob, thingamajig, thingmabob, thingmajig, thingumabob, thingumajig, thingummy, whatchamacallit, whatchamacallum, whatsis, widget;

gubernatorial
a1
relating to a governor;

- "gubernatorial election";

guck
n1
any thick, viscous matter;

- syn. goo, gook, goop, gunk, muck, ooze, slime, sludge;

gudgeon / ɡ ʌ dʒ ə n /
n1
small spiny-finned fish of coastal or brackish waters having a large head and elongated tapering body having the ventral fins modified as a sucker;

- syn. goby;

n2
small slender European freshwater fish often used as bait by anglers;

- syn. Gobio gobio;

gudgeon pin
n1
pin joining a piston to a connecting rod;

- syn. wrist pin;

guelder rose / ɡ ɛ ɫ d ə ɹ oʊ z /
n1
deciduous thicket-forming Old World shrub with clusters of white flowers and small bright red berries;

- syn. European cranberry bush, European cranberrybush, Viburnum opulus, crampbark, cranberry tree;

Guenevere
n1
(Arthurian legend) wife of King Arthur;

- in some versions of the legend she became Lancelot's lover and that led to the end of the Knights of the Round Table;

- syn. Guinevere;

guenon
n1
small slender African monkey having long hind limbs and tail and long hair around the face;

- syn. guenon monkey;

guenon monkey
n1
small slender African monkey having long hind limbs and tail and long hair around the face;

- syn. guenon;

guerdon / ɡ ɝ d ə n /
n1
a reward or payment;

guereza
n1
a colobus monkey with a reddish brown coat and white silky fringes down both sides of the body;

- syn. Colobus guereza;

gueridon
n1
a small round table;

guerilla / ɡ ə ɹ ɪ ɫ ə /
n1
a member of an irregular armed force that fights a stronger force by sabotage and harassment;

- syn. guerrilla, insurgent, irregular;

guerilla force
n1
an irregular armed force that fights by sabotage and harassment;

- often rural and organized in large groups;

- syn. guerrilla force;

Guernsey / ɡ ɝ n z i /
n1
a Channel Island to the northwest of Jersey;

- syn. island of Guernsey;

n2
breed of dairy cattle from the island of Guernsey;

guernsey elm
n1
a variety of the English elm with erect branches and broader leaves;

- syn. Jersey elm, Ulmus campestris sarniensis, Ulmus campestris wheatleyi, Ulmus sarniensis, wheately elm;

guerrilla / ɡ ə ɹ ɪ ɫ ə /
n1
a member of an irregular armed force that fights a stronger force by sabotage and harassment;

- syn. guerilla, insurgent, irregular;

guerrilla force
n1
an irregular armed force that fights by sabotage and harassment;

- often rural and organized in large groups;

- syn. guerilla force;

guerrilla theater
n1
dramatization of a social issue;

- enacted outside in a park or on the street;

- syn. street theater;

guess / ɡ ɛ s /
n1
a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence;

- syn. conjecture, hypothesis, speculation, supposition, surmisal, surmise;

n2
an estimate based on little or no information;

- syn. dead reckoning, guessing, guesswork, shot;

v1
expect, believe, or suppose;

- "I imagine she earned a lot of money with her new novel";

- "I thought to find her in a bad state";

- "he didn't think to find her in the kitchen";

- "I guess she is angry at me for standing her up";

- syn. imagine, opine, reckon, suppose, think;

v2
put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation;

- "I am guessing that the price of real estate will rise again";

- "I cannot pretend to say that you are wrong";

- syn. hazard, pretend, venture;

v3
judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time);

- "I estimate this chicken to weigh three pounds";

- syn. approximate, estimate, gauge, judge;

v4
guess correctly;

- solve by guessing;

- "He guessed the right number of beans in the jar and won the prize";

- syn. infer;

guesser / ɡ ɛ s ə /
n1
a person who guesses;

guessing / ɡ ɛ s ɪ ŋ /
n1
an estimate based on little or no information;

- syn. dead reckoning, guess, guesswork, shot;

guessing game
n1
a game in which participants compete to identify some obscurely indicated thing;

guesstimate / ɡ ɛ s t ɪ m ə t /
n1
an estimate that combines reasoning with guessing;

- syn. guestimate;

v1
estimate based on a calculation;

guesswork / ɡ ɛ s w ɝ k /
n1
an estimate based on little or no information;

- syn. dead reckoning, guess, guessing, shot;

guest / ɡ ɛ s t /
n1
a visitor to whom hospitality is extended;

- syn. invitee;

n2
United States journalist (born in England) noted for his syndicated homey verse (1881-1959);

- syn. Edgar Albert Guest, Edgar Guest;

n3
a customer of a hotel or restaurant etc.;

n4
(computer science) any computer that is hooked up to a computer network;

- syn. client, node;

guest night
n1
an evening when members of a club or college can bring their friends as guests;

guest of honor
n1
the person in whose honor a gathering is held;

guest worker
n1
a person with temporary permission to work in another country;

- "a Moroccan guestworker in Canada was accused of aiding terrorists";

- syn. guestworker;

guesthouse / ɡ ɛ s t h aʊ s /
n1
a house separate from the main house;

- for housing guests;

guestimate / ɡ ɛ s t ɪ m ə t /
n1
an estimate that combines reasoning with guessing;

- syn. guesstimate;

guestroom / ɡ ɛ s t ɹ u m /
n1
a bedroom that is kept for the use of guests;

guestworker
n1
a person with temporary permission to work in another country;

- "a Moroccan guestworker in Canada was accused of aiding terrorists";

- syn. guest worker;

Guevara
n1
an Argentine revolutionary leader who was Fidel Castro's chief lieutenant in the Cuban revolution;

- active in other Latin American countries;

- was captured and executed by the Bolivian army (1928-1967);

- syn. Che Guevara, Ernesto Guevara;

Guevina
n1
one species: Chilean nut;

- syn. genus Guevina;

Guevina avellana
n1
Chilean shrub bearing coral-red fruit with an edible seed resembling a hazelnut;

- syn. Chile hazel, Chile nut, Chilean hazelnut, Chilean nut, Guevina heterophylla;

Guevina heterophylla
n1
Chilean shrub bearing coral-red fruit with an edible seed resembling a hazelnut;

- syn. Chile hazel, Chile nut, Chilean hazelnut, Chilean nut, Guevina avellana;

guff
n1
unacceptable behavior (especially ludicrously false statements);

- syn. buncombe, bunk, bunkum, hogwash, rot;

guffaw / ɡ ə f ɔ /
n1
a burst of deep loud hearty laughter;

- syn. belly laugh;

v1
laugh boisterously;

- syn. laugh loudly;

Guggenheim
n1
United States philanthropist;

- son of Meyer Guggenheim who created several foundations to support the arts (1861-1949);

- syn. Solomon Guggenheim;

n2
United States industrialist (born in Switzerland) who with his sons established vast mining and metal processing companies (1828-1905);

- syn. Meyer Guggenheim;

guggle
v1
flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise;

- "babbling brooks";

- syn. babble, bubble, burble, gurgle, ripple;

v2
make a sound like a liquid that is being poured from a bottle;

v3
drink from a flask with a gurgling sound;

- syn. gurgle;

Guglielmo Marconi
n1
Italian electrical engineer who invented wireless telegraphy and in 1901 transmitted radio signals across the Atlantic Ocean (1874-1937);

- syn. Marconi;

GUI
n1
a user interface based on graphics (icons and pictures and menus) instead of text;

- uses a mouse as well as a keyboard as an input device;

- syn. graphical user interface;

Guiana
n1
a geographical region of northeastern South America including Guyana and Surinam;

Guiana Highlands
n1
a mountainous tableland in northern South America;

- extends from Venezuela into Guyana and northern Brazil;

guib
n1
antelope with white markings like a harness and twisted horns;

- syn. Tragelaphus scriptus, bushbuck;

Guibert of Ravenna
n1
Italian antipope from 1080 to 1100 who was installed as pope by the Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV who consistently opposed efforts at papal reform (died in 1100);

- syn. Clement III;

guidance / ɡ aɪ d n s /
n1
something that provides direction or advice as to a decision or course of action;

- syn. counsel, counseling, counselling, direction;

n2
the act of guiding or showing the way;

- syn. steering;

n3
the act of setting and holding a course;

- "a new council was installed under the direction of the king";

- syn. direction, steering;

guidance device
n1
a system of equipment for automatically guiding the path of a vehicle (especially a missile);

- syn. guidance system;

guidance system
n1
a system of equipment for automatically guiding the path of a vehicle (especially a missile);

- syn. guidance device;

guide / ɡ aɪ d /
n1
someone employed to conduct others;

- syn. usher;

n2
someone who shows the way by leading or advising;

n3
something that offers basic information or instruction;

- syn. guidebook;

n4
a model or standard for making comparisons;

- syn. template, templet;

n5
someone who can find paths through unexplored territory;

- syn. pathfinder, scout;

n6
a structure or marking that serves to direct the motion or positioning of something;

v1
direct the course;

- determine the direction of travelling;

- syn. channelise, channelize, direct, head, maneuver, manoeuver, manoeuvre, point, steer;

v2
take somebody somewhere;

- "We lead him to our chief";

- "can you take me to the main entrance?";

- "He conducted us to the palace";

- syn. conduct, direct, lead, take;

v3
be a guiding or motivating force or drive;

- "The teacher steered the gifted students towards the more challenging courses";

- syn. steer;

v4
use as a guide;

- "They had the lights to guide on";

- syn. guide on;

v5
pass over, across, or through;

- "He ran his eyes over her body";

- "She ran her fingers along the carved figurine";

- "He drew her hair through his fingers";

- syn. draw, pass, run;

guide dog
n1
a dog trained to guide the blind;

guide fossil
n1
a fossil known to have lived in a particular geologic age that can be used to date the rock layer in which it is found;

- syn. index fossil;

guide on
v1
use as a guide;

- "They had the lights to guide on";

- syn. guide;

guide rope
n1
a rope used to guide the movement of the load of a crane;

guide word
n1
a word printed at the top of the page of a dictionary or other reference book to indicate the first or last item on that page;

- syn. catchword, guideword;

guidebook / ɡ aɪ d b ʊ k /
n1
something that offers basic information or instruction;

- syn. guide;

guided / ɡ aɪ d ɪ d /
a1
subject to guidance or control especially after launching;

- "a guided missile";

- sim. radio-controlled, target-hunting;

Guided Bomb Unit-28
n1
a 5,000 pound laser-guided bomb that can be programmed to penetrate to a given depth before exploding;

- used to penetrate hardened underground facilities;

- syn. Bunker Buster, GBU-28;

guided missile
n1
a rocket-propelled missile whose path can be controlled during flight either by radio signals or by internal homing devices;

guided missile cruiser
n1
a cruiser that carries guided missiles;

guided missile destroyer
n1
a small fast lightly armored but heavily armed warship;

- syn. destroyer;

guided missile frigate
n1
a frigate that carries guided missiles;

guideline / ɡ aɪ d ɫ aɪ n /
n1
a light line that is used in lettering to help align the letters;

n2
a detailed plan or explanation to guide you in setting standards or determining a course of action;

- "the president said he had a road map for normalizing relations with Vietnam";

- syn. road map;

n3
a rule or principle that provides guidance to appropriate behavior;

- syn. guidepost, rule of thumb;

guidepost / ɡ aɪ d p oʊ s t /
n1
a rule or principle that provides guidance to appropriate behavior;

- syn. guideline, rule of thumb;

n2
a post bearing a sign that gives directions or shows the way;

- syn. signpost;

guideword
n1
a word printed at the top of the page of a dictionary or other reference book to indicate the first or last item on that page;

- syn. catchword, guide word;

guiding / ɡ aɪ d ɪ ŋ /
a1
exerting control or influence;

- "a guiding principle";

- sim. leading;

a2
showing the way by conducting or leading;

- imposing direction on;

- "felt his mother's directing arm around him";

- "the directional role of science on industrial progress";

- syn. directing, directional, directive;

- sim. leading;

guiding light
n1
a celebrity who is an inspiration to others;

- "he was host to a large gathering of luminaries";

- syn. leading light, luminary, notability, notable;

guild / ɡ ɪ ɫ d /
n1
a formal association of people with similar interests;

- "he joined a golf club";

- "they formed a small lunch society";

- "men from the fraternal order will staff the soup kitchen today";

- syn. club, gild, lodge, order, social club, society;

guild socialism
n1
a form of socialist theory advocating state ownership of industry but managements by guilds of workers;

guilder / ɡ ɪ ɫ d ə , ɡ ɪ ɫ d ə ɹ /
n1
the basic unit of money in Suriname;

- equal to 100 cents;

- syn. florin, gulden;

n2
formerly the basic unit of money in the Netherlands;

- equal to 100 cents;

- syn. Dutch florin, florin, gulden;

guildhall / ɡ ɪ ɫ d h ɔ ɫ /
n1
the hall of a guild or corporation;

guile / ɡ aɪ ɫ /
n1
shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception;

- syn. craft, craftiness, cunning, foxiness, slyness, wiliness;

n2
the quality of being crafty;

- syn. craftiness, deceitfulness;

n3
the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them);

- syn. chicane, chicanery, shenanigan, trickery, wile;

guileful / ɡ aɪ ɫ f ə ɫ /
a1
marked by skill in deception;

- "cunning men often pass for wise";

- "deep political machinations";

- "a foxy scheme";

- "a slick evasive answer";

- "sly as a fox";

- "tricky Dick";

- "a wily old attorney";

- syn. crafty, cunning, dodgy, foxy, knavish, slick, sly, tricksy, tricky, wily;

- sim. artful;

guileless / ɡ aɪ ɫ l ə s /
a1
free of deceit;

- syn. transparent;

- sim. straight;

Guillain-Barre syndrome
n1
a form of peripheral polyneuritis characterized by pain and weakness and sometimes paralysis of the limbs;

- cause is unknown;

- syn. Landry's paralysis, infectious polyneuritis;

Guillaume Apollinaire
n1
French poet;

- precursor of surrealism (1880-1918);

- syn. Apollinaire, Wilhelm Apollinaris de Kostrowitzki;

Guillaume de Grimoard
n1
French pope from 1362 to 1370 who tried to reestablish the papacy in Rome but in 1367 returned to Avignon hoping to end the war between France and England;

- canonized in 1870 (1310-1370);

- syn. Urban V;

guillemot / ɡ ɪ ɫ ɪ m ɒ t /
n1
small black or brown speckled auks of northern seas;

guilloche
n1
an architectural decoration formed by two intersecting wavy bands;

guillotine / ɡ ɪ ɫ ə t i n /
n1
closure imposed on the debate of specific sections of a bill;

- syn. closure by compartment;

n2
instrument of execution that consists of a weighted blade between two vertical poles;

- used for beheading people;

v1
kill by cutting the head off with a guillotine;

- "The French guillotined many Vietnamese while they occupied the country";

guilt / ɡ ɪ ɫ t /
n1
the state of having committed an offense;

- syn. guiltiness;

n2
remorse caused by feeling responsible for some offense;

- syn. guilt feelings, guilt trip, guilty conscience;

guilt-ridden
a1
feeling or revealing a sense of guilt;

- "so guilt-ridden he could not face his father";

- sim. guilty;

guilt by association
n1
the attribution of guilt (without proof) to individuals because the people they associate with are guilty;

guilt feelings
n1
remorse caused by feeling responsible for some offense;

- syn. guilt, guilt trip, guilty conscience;

guilt pang
n1
pangs of feeling guilty;

guilt trip
n1
remorse caused by feeling responsible for some offense;

- syn. guilt, guilt feelings, guilty conscience;

guiltily / ɡ ɪ ɫ t ɪ ɫ i /
r1
in the manner of someone who has committed an offense;

- "she blushed guiltily as she spoke";

guiltiness / ɡ ɪ ɫ t ɪ n ə s /
n1
the state of having committed an offense;

- syn. guilt;

guiltless / ɡ ɪ ɫ t ɫ ə s /
a1
free from evil or guilt;

- "an innocent child";

- "the principle that one is innocent until proved guilty";

- syn. clean-handed, innocent;

- also exculpatory, righteous;

- sim. absolved, acquitted, blameless;

guiltlessness / ɡ ɪ ɫ t ɫ ə s n ə s /
n1
a state of innocence;

- syn. blamelessness, inculpability, inculpableness;

guilty / ɡ ɪ ɫ t i /
a1
responsible for or chargeable with a reprehensible act;

- "guilty of murder";

- "the guilty person";

- "secret guilty deeds";

- also inculpative, inculpatory, unrighteous;

- sim. at fault, blameworthy, bloodguilty, chargeable, conscience-smitten, criminal, delinquent, finable, guilt-ridden, punishable, red-handed;

a2
showing a sense of guilt;

- "a guilty look";

- "the hangdog and shamefaced air of the retreating enemy"- Eric Linklater;

- syn. hangdog, shamed, shamefaced;

- sim. ashamed;

guilty conscience
n1
remorse caused by feeling responsible for some offense;

- syn. guilt, guilt feelings, guilt trip;

guimpe
n1
a piece of starched cloth covering the shoulders of a nun's habit;

n2
a short blouse with sleeves that is worn under a jumper or pinafore dress;

Guine-Bissau
n1
a republic on the northwestern coast of Africa;

- recognized as independent by Portugal in 1974;

- syn. Guinea-Bissau, Portuguese Guinea, Republic of Guinea-Bissau;

guinea / ɡ ɪ n i /
n1
a former British gold coin worth 21 shillings;

n2
(ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Italian descent;

- syn. dago, ginzo, greaseball, wop;

n3
a republic in western Africa on the Atlantic;

- formerly a French colony;

- achieved independence from France in 1958;

- syn. French Guinea, Republic of Guinea;

n4
a west African bird having dark plumage mottled with white;

- native to Africa but raised for food in many parts of the world;

- syn. Numida meleagris, guinea fowl;

Guinea-Bissau
n1
a republic on the northwestern coast of Africa;

- recognized as independent by Portugal in 1974;

- syn. Guine-Bissau, Portuguese Guinea, Republic of Guinea-Bissau;

Guinea-Bissau monetary unit
n1
monetary unit in Guinea-Bissau;

Guinea-Bissau peso
n1
the basic unit of money in Guinea-Bissau;

- equal to 100 centavos;

- syn. peso;

guinea-hen flower
n1
Eurasian checkered lily with pendant flowers usually veined and checkered with purple or maroon on a pale ground and shaped like the bells carried by lepers in medieval times;

- widely grown as an ornamental;

- syn. Fritillaria meleagris, checkered daffodil, leper lily, snake's head fritillary;

Guinea corn
n1
sorghums of dry regions of Asia and North Africa;

- syn. Egyptian corn, Indian millet, doura, dourah, durra;

guinea flower
n1
any of several Australasian evergreen vines widely cultivated in warm regions for their large bright yellow single flowers;

- syn. guinea gold vine;

guinea fowl
n1
a west African bird having dark plumage mottled with white;

- native to Africa but raised for food in many parts of the world;

- syn. Numida meleagris, guinea;

guinea gold
n1
brass with enough copper to give it a reddish tint;

- used for plumbing pipe and other brass hardware and in cheap jewelry;

- syn. red brass;

n2
22-karat gold from which guinea coins were made;

guinea gold vine
n1
any of several Australasian evergreen vines widely cultivated in warm regions for their large bright yellow single flowers;

- syn. guinea flower;

Guinea grains
n1
West African plant bearing pungent peppery seeds;

- syn. Aframomum melegueta, Guinea pepper, grains of paradise, melagueta pepper;

guinea hen
n1
flesh of a guinea fowl (especially of hens);

n2
female guinea fowl;

Guinea pepper
n1
West African plant bearing pungent peppery seeds;

- syn. Aframomum melegueta, Guinea grains, grains of paradise, melagueta pepper;

n2
tropical west African evergreen tree bearing pungent aromatic seeds used as a condiment and in folk medicine;

- syn. Xylopia aethiopica, negro pepper;

guinea pig
n1
a person who is subjected to experimental or other observational procedures;

- someone who is an object of investigation;

- "the subjects for this investigation were selected randomly";

- "the cases that we studied were drawn from two different communities";

- syn. case, subject;

n2
stout-bodied nearly tailless domesticated cavy;

- often kept as a pet and widely used in research;

- syn. Cavia cobaya;

Guinea worm
n1
a painful and debilitating infestation contracted by drinking stagnant water contaminated with Guinea worm larvae that can mature inside a human's abdomen until the worm emerges through a painful blister in the person's skin;

- syn. Guinea worm disease, dracunculiasis;

n2
parasitic roundworm of India and Africa that lives in the abdomen or beneath the skin of humans and other vertebrates;

- syn. Dracunculus medinensis;

Guinea worm disease
n1
a painful and debilitating infestation contracted by drinking stagnant water contaminated with Guinea worm larvae that can mature inside a human's abdomen until the worm emerges through a painful blister in the person's skin;

- syn. Guinea worm, dracunculiasis;

Guinean / ɡ ɪ n ɪə n /
n1
a native or inhabitant of Guinea;

a1
of or relating to or characteristic of Guinea or its inhabitants;

- "Guinean borders";

Guinean franc
n1
the basic unit of money in Guinea;

Guinean monetary unit
n1
monetary unit in Guinea;

Guinevere
n1
(Arthurian legend) wife of King Arthur;

- in some versions of the legend she became Lancelot's lover and that led to the end of the Knights of the Round Table;

- syn. Guenevere;

Guinness / ɡ ɪ n ɪ s /
n1
English stage and screen actor noted for versatility (1914-2000);

- syn. Alec Guinness, Sir Alec Guinness;

n2
a kind of bitter stout;

guise / ɡ aɪ z /
n1
an artful or simulated semblance;

- "under the guise of friendship he betrayed them";

- syn. pretence, pretense, pretext;

Guiseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi
n1
Italian operatic composer (1813-1901);

- syn. Giuseppe Verdi, Verdi;

Guiseppe Guarneri
n1
Italian violin maker and grandson of Andrea Guarneri (1687?-1745);

- syn. Guarneri, Guarnerius, Guarnieri;

guitar / ɡ ɪ t ɑ , ɡ ɪ t ɑr /
n1
a stringed instrument usually having six strings;

- played by strumming or plucking;

guitar-shaped
a1
shaped in the form of a guitar;

- sim. formed;

guitar pick
n1
a plectrum used to pluck a guitar;

guitar player
n1
a musician who plays the guitar;

- syn. guitarist;

guitarfish / ɡ ɪ t ɑ f ɪ ʃ /
n1
primitive tropical bottom-dwelling ray with a guitar-shaped body;

guitarist / ɡ ɪ t ɑr ɪ s t /
n1
a musician who plays the guitar;

- syn. guitar player;

Gujarat
n1
an industrialized state in western India that includes parts of Bombay;

- syn. Gujerat;

Gujarati
n1
a member of the people of Gujarat;

- syn. Gujerati;

n2
the Indic language spoken by the people of India who live in Gujarat in western India;

- syn. Gujerati;

Gujerat
n1
an industrialized state in western India that includes parts of Bombay;

- syn. Gujarat;

Gujerati
n1
a member of the people of Gujarat;

- syn. Gujarati;

n2
the Indic language spoken by the people of India who live in Gujarat in western India;

- syn. Gujarati;

Gula
n1
the Babylonian goddess of healing and consort of Ninurta;

n2
eating to excess (personified as one of the deadly sins);

- syn. gluttony, overeating;

gulag
n1
a Russian prison camp for political prisoners;

gulch / ɡ ʌ ɫ tʃ , ɡ ʌ ɫ ʃ /
n1
a narrow gorge with a stream running through it;

- syn. flume;

gulden / ɡ ʊ ɫ d ə n /
n1
the basic unit of money in Suriname;

- equal to 100 cents;

- syn. florin, guilder;

n2
formerly the basic unit of money in the Netherlands;

- equal to 100 cents;

- syn. Dutch florin, florin, guilder;

gulf / ɡ ʌ ɫ f /
n1
an arm of a sea or ocean partly enclosed by land;

- larger than a bay;

n2
an unbridgeable disparity (as from a failure of understanding);

- "he felt a gulf between himself and his former friends";

- "there is a vast disconnect between public opinion and federal policy";

- syn. disconnect, disconnection;

n3
a deep wide chasm;

Gulf Coast
n1
a seashore of the Gulf of Mexico;

Gulf of Aden
n1
arm of the Indian Ocean at the entrance to the Red Sea;

Gulf of Aegina
n1
a gulf of the Aegean on the southeastern coast of Greece;

- syn. Saronic Gulf;

Gulf of Akaba
n1
a northeastern arm of the Red Sea;

- between the Sinai Peninsula (Egypt) and Saudi Arabia;

- syn. Gulf of Aqaba;

Gulf of Alaska
n1
a gulf of the Pacific Ocean between the Alaska Peninsula and the Alexander Archipelago;

Gulf of Antalya
n1
a gulf of the Mediterranean Sea in southwestern Turkey;

Gulf of Aqaba
n1
a northeastern arm of the Red Sea;

- between the Sinai Peninsula (Egypt) and Saudi Arabia;

- syn. Gulf of Akaba;

Gulf of Bothnia
n1
a northern arm of the Baltic Sea;

- between Sweden and Finland;

Gulf of California
n1
a gulf to the west of the mainland of Mexico;

- syn. Sea of Cortes;

Gulf of Campeche
n1
a part of the Gulf of Mexico to the west of Yucatan;

- syn. Bay of Campeche, Golfo de Campeche;

Gulf of Carpentaria
n1
a wide shallow inlet of the Arafura Sea in northern Australia;

- syn. Carpentaria;

Gulf of Corinth
n1
inlet of the Ionian Sea between central Greece and the Peloponnesus;

- syn. Gulf of Lepanto;

Gulf of Finland
n1
an eastern arm of the Baltic Sea;

- between Finland and Estonia;

Gulf of Guinea
n1
a gulf off the southwest coast of Africa;

Gulf of Lepanto
n1
inlet of the Ionian Sea between central Greece and the Peloponnesus;

- syn. Gulf of Corinth;

Gulf of Martaban
n1
an arm of the Andaman Sea off southern Myanmar;

Gulf of Mexico
n1
an arm of the Atlantic to the south of the United States and to the east of Mexico;

- syn. Golfo de Mexico;

Gulf of Ob
n1
an inlet of the Kara Sea in western Siberia;

- syn. Bay of Ob;

Gulf of Oman
n1
an arm of the Arabian Sea connecting it with the Persian Gulf;

Gulf of Riga
n1
an inlet of the Baltic Sea between Latvia and Estonia;

Gulf of Saint Lawrence
n1
an arm of the northwest Atlantic Ocean off the southeastern coast of Canada;

- syn. Gulf of St. Lawrence;

Gulf of Siam
n1
an arm of the South China Sea between Indochina and the Malay Peninsula;

- syn. Gulf of Thailand;

Gulf of Sidra
n1
wide inlet of the Mediterranean Sea on the north coast of Libya;

Gulf of St. Lawrence
n1
an arm of the northwest Atlantic Ocean off the southeastern coast of Canada;

- syn. Gulf of Saint Lawrence;

Gulf of Suez
n1
a northwestern arm of the Red Sea linked to the Mediterranean by the Suez Canal;

Gulf of Tehuantepec
n1
an arm of the Pacific in southern Mexico;

Gulf of Thailand
n1
an arm of the South China Sea between Indochina and the Malay Peninsula;

- syn. Gulf of Siam;

Gulf of Venice
n1
an arm of the Adriatic Sea;

Gulf States
n1
a region of the United States comprising states bordering the Gulf of Mexico;

- Alabama and Florida and Louisiana and Mississippi and Texas;

n2
the countries in southwestern Asia that border the Persian Gulf;

Gulf stream
n1
a warm ocean current that flows from the Gulf of Mexico northward through the Atlantic Ocean;

Gulf War
n1
a war fought between Iraq and a coalition led by the United States that freed Kuwait from Iraqi invaders;

- 1990-1991;

- syn. Persian Gulf War;

n2
a dispute over control of the waterway between Iraq and Iran broke out into open fighting in 1980 and continued until 1988, when they accepted a UN cease-fire resolution;

- syn. Iran-Iraq War;

Gulf War syndrome
n1
a medical condition of uncertain origin that affected many veterans of the 1991 Gulf War;

- characterized by fatigue and headache and dizziness and nausea and rashes and joint pain and respiratory disorders;

- syn. Persian Gulf illness;

gulfweed / ɡ ʌ ɫ f w i d /
n1
brown algae with rounded bladders forming dense floating masses in tropical Atlantic waters as in the Sargasso Sea;

- syn. Sargassum bacciferum, sargasso, sargassum;

gull / ɡ ʌ ɫ /
n1
a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of;

- syn. chump, fall guy, fool, mark, mug, patsy, soft touch, sucker;

n2
mostly white aquatic bird having long pointed wings and short legs;

- syn. sea gull, seagull;

v1
make a fool or dupe of;

- syn. befool, fool;

v2
fool or hoax;

- "The immigrant was duped because he trusted everyone";

- "You can't fool me!";

- syn. befool, cod, dupe, fool, put on, put one across, put one over, slang, take in;

gullet / ɡ ʌ ɫ ɪ t /
n1
the passage between the pharynx and the stomach;

- syn. esophagus, gorge, oesophagus;

gullibility / ɡ ʌ ɫ ə b ɪ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
tendency to believe too readily and therefore to be easily deceived;

- syn. credulousness;

gullible / ɡ ʌ ɫ ɪ b ɫ /
a1
naive and easily deceived or tricked;

- "at that early age she had been gullible and in love";

- syn. fleeceable, green;

- sim. naive;

a2
easily tricked because of being too trusting;

- "gullible tourists taken in by the shell game";

- sim. unwary;

Gulliver / ɡ ʌ ɫ aɪ v ə /
n1
a fictional Englishman who travels to the imaginary land of Lilliput in a satirical novel by Jonathan Swift;

gully / ɡ ʌ ɫ i /
n1
deep ditch cut by running water (especially after a prolonged downpour);

Gulo
n1
a genus of Mustelidae;

- syn. genus Gulo;

Gulo gulo
n1
musteline mammal of northern Eurasia;

- syn. glutton, wolverine;

Gulo luscus
n1
stocky shaggy-coated North American carnivorous mammal;

- syn. carcajou, skunk bear, wolverine;

gulp / ɡ ʌ ɫ p /
n1
a large and hurried swallow;

- "he finished it at a single gulp";

- syn. draft, draught, swig;

n2
a spasmodic reflex of the throat made as if in swallowing;

- syn. gulping;

v1
to swallow hurriedly or greedily or in one draught;

- "The men gulped down their beers";

- syn. quaff, swig;

v2
utter or make a noise, as when swallowing too quickly;

- "He gulped for help after choking on a big piece of meat";

gulper / ɡ ʌ ɫ p ə , ɡ ʌ ɫ p ə ɹ /
n1
a drinker who swallows large amounts greedily;

- syn. guzzler;

gulping / ɡ ʌ ɫ p ɪ ŋ /
n1
a spasmodic reflex of the throat made as if in swallowing;

- syn. gulp;

n2
the drinking of large mouthfuls rapidly;

- syn. guzzling, swilling;

Gulu
n1
a city in northern Uganda;

gulyas
n1
a rich meat stew highly seasoned with paprika;

- syn. Hungarian goulash, goulash;

gum / ɡ ʌ m /
n1
a preparation (usually made of sweetened chicle) for chewing;

- syn. chewing gum;

n2
the tissue (covered by mucous membrane) of the jaws that surrounds the bases of the teeth;

- syn. gingiva;

n3
any of various substances (soluble in water) that exude from certain plants;

- they are gelatinous when moist but harden on drying;

n4
cement consisting of a sticky substance that is used as an adhesive;

- syn. glue, mucilage;

n5
wood or lumber from any of various gum trees especially the sweet gum;

- syn. gumwood;

n6
any of various trees of the genera Eucalyptus or Liquidambar or Nyssa that are sources of gum;

- syn. gum tree;

v1
cover, fill, fix or smear with or as if with gum;

- "if you gum the tape it is stronger";

v2
grind with the gums;

- chew without teeth and with great difficulty;

- "the old man had no teeth left and mumbled his food";

- syn. mumble;

v3
become sticky;

v4
exude or form gum;

- "these trees gum in the Spring";

gum-lac
n1
an inferior lac produced by lac insects in Madagascar;

gum-like
a1
resembling chewing gum;

- sim. adhesive;

gum acacia
n1
gum from an acacia tree;

- used as a thickener (especially in candies and pharmaceuticals);

- syn. gum arabic;

gum accroides
n1
an alcohol-soluble resin from Australian trees;

- used in varnishes and in manufacturing paper;

- syn. acaroid resin, accaroid resin, accroides, accroides gum, accroides resin;

gum albanum
n1
a bitter aromatic gum resin that resembles asafetida;

- syn. galbanum;

gum ammoniac
n1
the aromatic gum of the ammoniac plant;

- syn. ammoniac;

gum anime
n1
any of various resins or oleoresins;

- syn. anime;

gum arabic
n1
gum from an acacia tree;

- used as a thickener (especially in candies and pharmaceuticals);

- syn. gum acacia;

gum ball
n1
a ball of chewing gum with a coating of colored sugar;

gum benjamin
n1
gum resin used especially in treating skin irritation;

- syn. asa dulcis, benjamin, benzoin, gum benzoin;

gum benzoin
n1
gum resin used especially in treating skin irritation;

- syn. asa dulcis, benjamin, benzoin, gum benjamin;

gum boot
n1
a high boot made of rubber;

- syn. rubber boot;

gum butea
n1
dried juice of the dhak tree;

- used as an astringent;

- syn. Bengal kino, butea gum, butea kino;

gum dammar
n1
any of various hard resins from trees of the family Dipterocarpaceae and of the genus Agathis;

- especially the amboyna pine;

- syn. damar, dammar, dammar resin;

gum elastic
n1
an elastic material obtained from the latex sap of trees (especially trees of the genera Hevea and Ficus) that can be vulcanized and finished into a variety of products;

- syn. India rubber, caoutchouc, natural rubber, rubber;

gum elemi
n1
fragrant resin obtain from trees of the family Burseraceae and used as incense;

- syn. elemi;

gum eurphorbium
n1
an acrid brown gum resin now used mainly in veterinary medicine;

- syn. euphorbium;

gum kino
n1
a gum obtained from various tropical plants;

- used as an astringent and in tanning;

- syn. kino, kino gum;

gum labdanum
n1
a dark brown to greenish oleoresin that has a fragrant odor and is used as a fixative in perfumes;

- obtained as a juice from certain rockroses;

- syn. labdanum;

gum myrrh
n1
aromatic resin that is burned as incense and used in perfume;

- syn. myrrh, sweet cicely;

gum olibanum
n1
an aromatic gum resin obtained from various Arabian or East African trees;

- formerly valued for worship and for embalming and fumigation;

- syn. frankincense, olibanum, thus;

gum plant
n1
any of various western American plants of the genus Grindelia having resinous leaves and stems formerly used medicinally;

- often poisonous to livestock;

- syn. gumweed, rosinweed, tarweed;

gum resin
n1
a mixture of resin and gum;

gum ridge
n1
a ridge that forms the borders of the upper and lower jaws and contains the sockets of the teeth;

- syn. alveolar process, alveolar ridge;

gum sangapenum
n1
a variety of gum;

- syn. sangapenum;

gum terpentine
n1
obtained from conifers (especially pines);

- syn. turpentine;

gum tree
n1
any of various trees of the genera Eucalyptus or Liquidambar or Nyssa that are sources of gum;

- syn. gum;

gum up
v1
stick together as if with gum;

- "the inside of the pipe has gummed up";

gumbo / ɡ ʌ m b oʊ /
n1
any of various fine-grained silty soils that become waxy and very sticky mud when saturated with water;

- syn. gumbo soil;

n2
tall coarse annual of Old World tropics widely cultivated in southern United States and West Indies for its long mucilaginous green pods used as basis for soups and stews;

- sometimes placed in genus Hibiscus;

- syn. Abelmoschus esculentus, Hibiscus esculentus, lady's-finger, okra, okra plant;

n3
long mucilaginous green pods;

- may be simmered or sauteed but used especially in soups and stews;

- syn. okra;

n4
a soup or stew thickened with okra pods;

gumbo-limbo
n1
tropical American tree yielding a reddish resin used in cements and varnishes;

- syn. Bursera simaruba;

gumbo soil
n1
any of various fine-grained silty soils that become waxy and very sticky mud when saturated with water;

- syn. gumbo;

gumboil / ɡ ʌ m b ɔɪ ɫ /
n1
a boil or abscess on the gums;

gumdrop / ɡ ʌ m d ɹ ɒ p /
n1
a jellied candy coated with sugar crystals;

gumma
n1
a small rubbery granuloma that is characteristic of an advanced stage of syphilis;

gummed / ɡ ʌ m d /
a1
covered with adhesive gum;

- syn. gummy;

- sim. adhesive;

gummed label
n1
an adhesive label;

- syn. paster, sticker;

gumminess
n1
the property of being cohesive and sticky;

- syn. cohesiveness, glueyness, gluiness, ropiness, tackiness, viscidity, viscidness;

gumming / ɡ ʌ m ɪ ŋ /
n1
ineffectual chewing (as if without teeth);

- syn. mumbling;

gummite
n1
a gummy orange mixture of uranium oxides and silicates occurring naturally in the hydration and oxidation of pitchblende;

gummosis
n1
pathological production of gummy exudates in citrus and various stone-fruit trees;

n2
disease of citrus trees caused by the fungus Phytophthora citrophthora;

- syn. brown rot gummosis;

gummy / ɡ ʌ m i /
a1
having the sticky properties of an adhesive;

- syn. gluey, glutinous, mucilaginous, pasty, sticky, viscid, viscous;

- sim. adhesive;

a2
covered with adhesive gum;

- syn. gummed;

- sim. adhesive;

gumption / ɡ ʌ m p ʃ n /
n1
sound practical judgment;

- "Common sense is not so common";

- "he hasn't got the sense God gave little green apples";

- "fortunately she had the good sense to run away";

- syn. common sense, good sense, horse sense, mother wit, sense;

n2
fortitude and determination;

- "he didn't have the guts to try it";

- syn. backbone, grit, guts, moxie, sand;

gumptious / ɡ ʌ m p ʃ ə s /
a1
working hard to promote an enterprise;

- syn. energetic, industrious, up-and-coming;

- sim. enterprising;

gumshield
n1
(especially boxing) equipment that protects an athlete's mouth;

- syn. mouthpiece;

gumshoe / ɡ ʌ m ʃ u /
n1
someone who is a detective;

- syn. dick, hawkshaw;

n2
a waterproof overshoe that protects shoes from water or snow;

- syn. arctic, galosh, golosh, rubber;

gumweed / ɡ ʌ m w i d /
n1
any of various western American plants of the genus Grindelia having resinous leaves and stems formerly used medicinally;

- often poisonous to livestock;

- syn. gum plant, rosinweed, tarweed;

gumwood / ɡ ʌ m w ʊ d /
n1
wood or lumber from any of various gum trees especially the sweet gum;

- syn. gum;

gun / ɡ ʌ n /
n1
a weapon that discharges a missile at high velocity (especially from a metal tube or barrel);

n2
large but transportable armament;

- syn. artillery, heavy weapon, ordnance;

n3
a person who shoots a gun (as regards their ability);

- syn. gunman;

n4
a professional killer who uses a gun;

- syn. gun for hire, gunman, gunslinger, hired gun, hit man, hitman, shooter, torpedo, triggerman;

n5
a hand-operated pump that resembles a pistol;

- forces grease into parts of a machine;

- syn. grease gun;

n6
a pedal that controls the throttle valve;

- "he stepped on the gas";

- syn. accelerator, accelerator pedal, gas, gas pedal, throttle;

n7
the discharge of a firearm as signal or as a salute in military ceremonies;

- "two runners started before the gun";

- "a twenty gun salute";

v1
shoot with a gun;

- also gun down;

gun-sight
n1
a sight used for aiming a gun;

- syn. gunsight;

gun barrel
n1
a tube through which a bullet travels when a gun is fired;

- syn. barrel;

gun carriage
n1
a framework on which a gun is mounted for firing;

gun case
n1
a case for storing a gun;

gun chamber
n1
chamber that is the part of a gun that receives the charge;

- syn. firing chamber;

gun control
n1
efforts to regulate or control sales of guns;

gun deck
n1
formerly any deck other than the weather deck having cannons from end to end;

gun dog
n1
a dog trained to work with sportsmen when they hunt with guns;

- syn. sporting dog;

gun down
v1
strike down or shoot down;

gun emplacement
n1
an emplacement for a gun;

- syn. weapons emplacement;

gun enclosure
n1
a self-contained weapons platform housing guns and capable of rotation;

- syn. gun turret, turret;

gun for hire
n1
a professional killer who uses a gun;

- syn. gun, gunman, gunslinger, hired gun, hit man, hitman, shooter, torpedo, triggerman;

gun microphone
n1
a highly directional microphone with a long barrel;

- can be directed from a distance;

- syn. gun mike, shotgun microphone, shotgun mike;

gun mike
n1
a highly directional microphone with a long barrel;

- can be directed from a distance;

- syn. gun microphone, shotgun microphone, shotgun mike;

gun moll
n1
the girlfriend of a gangster;

- syn. gangster's moll, moll;

gun muzzle
n1
the open circular discharging end of a gun;

- syn. muzzle;

gun pendulum
n1
a ballistic pendulum consisting of a suspended gun;

- the velocity of a projectile in the bore of a gun can be measured by the recoil when the gun is discharged;

gun rest
n1
wale at the top of the side of boat;

- topmost planking of a wooden vessel;

- syn. gunnel, gunwale;

gun room
n1
military quarters of midshipmen and junior officers on a British warship;

gun smoke
n1
smoke created by the firing of guns;

gun trigger
n1
lever that activates the firing mechanism of a gun;

- syn. trigger;

gun turret
n1
a self-contained weapons platform housing guns and capable of rotation;

- syn. gun enclosure, turret;

gunboat / ɡ ʌ n b oʊ t /
n1
a small shallow-draft boat carrying mounted guns;

- used by costal patrols;

gunboat diplomacy
n1
diplomacy in which the nations threaten to use force in order to obtain their objectives;

- syn. power politics;

guncotton / ɡ ʌ n k ɒ t n /
n1
a nitric acid ester;

- used in lacquers and explosives;

- syn. cellulose nitrate, nitrocellulose, nitrocotton;

gunfight / ɡ ʌ n f aɪ t /
n1
a fight involving shooting small arms with the intent to kill or frighten;

- syn. gunplay, shootout;

gunfire / ɡ ʌ n f aɪ ə , ɡ ʌ n f aɪ ə ɹ /
n1
the act of shooting a gun;

- "the gunfire endangered innocent bystanders";

- "they retreated in the face of withering enemy fire";

- syn. gunshot;

gunflint / ɡ ʌ n f ɫ ɪ n t /
n1
the piece of flint that provides the igniting spark in a flintlock weapon;

gung ho
a1
very enthusiastic and dedicated;

- sim. enthusiastic;

gunite
n1
a mixture of cement and sand and water that is sprayed on a surface under pneumatic pressure;

gunk
n1
any thick, viscous matter;

- syn. goo, gook, goop, guck, muck, ooze, slime, sludge;

gunlock / ɡ ʌ n ɫ ɒ k /
n1
the action that ignites the charge in a firearm;

- syn. firing mechanism;

gunman / ɡ ʌ n m ə n /
n1
a professional killer who uses a gun;

- syn. gun, gun for hire, gunslinger, hired gun, hit man, hitman, shooter, torpedo, triggerman;

n2
a person who shoots a gun (as regards their ability);

- syn. gun;

gunmetal / ɡ ʌ n m ɛ t ɫ /
n1
a type of bronze used for parts subject to wear or corrosion (especially corrosion by sea water);

Gunnar Myrdal
n1
Swedish economist (1898-1987);

- syn. Karl Gunnar Myrdal, Myrdal;

gunnel / ɡ ʌ n ə ɫ /
n1
wale at the top of the side of boat;

- topmost planking of a wooden vessel;

- syn. gun rest, gunwale;

n2
small eellike fishes common in shallow waters of the northern Atlantic;

- syn. bracketed blenny;

gunner / ɡ ʌ n ə , ɡ ʌ n ə ɹ /
n1
a serviceman in the artillery;

- syn. artilleryman, cannoneer, machine gunner;

gunnery / ɡ ʌ n ə ɹ i /
n1
guns collectively;

gunnery sergeant
n1
a noncommissioned officer ranking above a staff sergeant in the marines;

gunny / ɡ ʌ n i /
n1
coarse jute fabric;

- syn. burlap;

gunny sack
n1
a bag made of burlap;

- syn. burlap bag, gunnysack;

gunnysack / ɡ ʌ n i s æ k /
n1
a bag made of burlap;

- syn. burlap bag, gunny sack;

gunplay / ɡ ʌ n p ɫ eɪ /
n1
a fight involving shooting small arms with the intent to kill or frighten;

- syn. gunfight, shootout;

gunpoint / ɡ ʌ n p ɔɪ n t /
n1
the gun muzzle's direction;

- "he held me up at the point of a gun";

- syn. point;

gunpowder / ɡ ʌ n p aʊ d ə , ɡ ʌ n p aʊ d ə ɹ /
n1
a mixture of potassium nitrate, charcoal, and sulfur in a 75:15:10 ratio which is used in gunnery, time fuses, and fireworks;

- syn. powder;

Gunpowder Plot
n1
a conspiracy in 1605 in England to blow up James I and the Houses of Parliament to avenge the persecution of Catholics in England;

- led by Guy Fawkes;

gunrunner / ɡ ʌ n ɹ ʌ n ə , ɡ ʌ n ɹ ʌ n ə ɹ /
n1
a smuggler of guns;

- syn. arms-runner;

gunrunning / ɡ ʌ n ɹ ʌ n ɪ ŋ /
n1
the smuggling of guns and ammunition into a country secretly and illegally;

gunshot / ɡ ʌ n ʃ ɒ t /
n1
the act of shooting a gun;

- "the gunfire endangered innocent bystanders";

- "they retreated in the face of withering enemy fire";

- syn. gunfire;

gunsight / ɡ ʌ n s aɪ t /
n1
a sight used for aiming a gun;

- syn. gun-sight;

gunslinger / ɡ ʌ n s ɫ ɪ ŋ ə ɹ /
n1
a professional killer who uses a gun;

- syn. gun, gun for hire, gunman, hired gun, hit man, hitman, shooter, torpedo, triggerman;

gunsmith / ɡ ʌ n s m ɪ θ /
n1
someone who makes or repairs guns;

gunstock / ɡ ʌ n s t ɒ k /
n1
the handle of a handgun or the butt end of a rifle or shotgun or part of the support of a machine gun or artillery gun;

- "the rifle had been fitted with a special stock";

- syn. stock;

Gunter's chain
n1
a unit of length (22 yards);

Gunter Grass
n1
German writer of novels and poetry and plays (born 1927);

- syn. Grass, Gunter Wilhelm Grass;

Gunter Wilhelm Grass
n1
German writer of novels and poetry and plays (born 1927);

- syn. Grass, Gunter Grass;

gunwale / ɡ ʌ n ɫ /
n1
wale at the top of the side of boat;

- topmost planking of a wooden vessel;

- syn. gun rest, gunnel;

Guomindang
n1
the political party founded in 1911 by Sun Yat-sen;

- it governed China under Chiang Kai-shek from 1928 until 1949 when the Communists took power and subsequently was the official ruling party of Taiwan;

- syn. Kuomintang;

guppy
n1
small freshwater fish of South America and the West Indies;

- often kept in aquariums;

- syn. Lebistes reticulatus, rainbow fish;

Gur
n1
a group of Niger-Congo languages spoken primarily in southeastern Mali and northern Ghana;

- syn. Voltaic;

gurgle / ɡ ɝ ɡ ɫ /
n1
the bubbling sound of water flowing from a bottle with a narrow neck;

v1
flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise;

- "babbling brooks";

- syn. babble, bubble, burble, guggle, ripple;

v2
make sounds similar to gurgling water;

- "The baby gurgled with satisfaction when the mother tickled it";

v3
drink from a flask with a gurgling sound;

- syn. guggle;

v4
utter with a gurgling sound;

- "`Help,' the stabbing victim gurgled";

Gurkha / ɡ ɝ k ə /
n1
a member of the Nepalese force that has been part of the British army for 200 years;

- known for fierceness in combat;

n2
a member of Hindu people descended from brahmins and Rajputs who live in Nepal;

gurnard / ɡ ɝ n ə d /
n1
bottom-dwelling coastal fishes with spiny armored heads and fingerlike pectoral fins used for crawling along the sea bottom;

gurney
n1
a metal stretcher with wheels;

guru / ɡ ʊr u /
n1
a Hindu or Buddhist religious leader and spiritual teacher;

n2
each of the first ten leaders of the Sikh religion;

n3
a recognized leader in some field or of some movement;

- "a guru of genomics";

Guru Nanak
n1
Indian religious leader who founded Sikhism in dissent from the caste system of Hinduism;

- he taught that all men had a right to search for knowledge of God and that spiritual liberation could be attained by meditating on the name of God (1469-1538);

- syn. Nanak;

gush / ɡ ʌ ʃ /
n1
a sudden rapid flow (as of water);

- "he heard the flush of a toilet";

- "there was a little gush of blood";

- "she attacked him with an outpouring of words";

- syn. flush, outpouring;

n2
an unrestrained expression of emotion;

- syn. blowup, ebullition, effusion, outburst;

v1
gush forth in a sudden stream or jet;

- "water gushed forth";

- syn. spirt, spout, spurt;

v2
praise enthusiastically;

- "She raved about that new restaurant";

- syn. rave;

v3
issue in a jet;

- come out in a jet;

- stream or spring forth;

- "Water jetted forth";

- "flames were jetting out of the building";

- syn. jet;

gusher / ɡ ʌ ʃ ə , ɡ ʌ ʃ ə ɹ /
n1
an oil well with a strong natural flow so that pumping is not necessary;

gushing / ɡ ʌ ʃ ɪ ŋ /
a1
flowing profusely;

- "a gushing hydrant";

- "pouring flood waters";

- syn. pouring;

- sim. running;

a2
uttered with unrestrained enthusiasm;

- "a novel told in burbly panting tones";

- syn. burbling, burbly, effusive;

- sim. lively;

a3
extravagantly demonstrative;

- "insincere and effusive demonstrations of sentimental friendship";

- "a large gushing female";

- "write unrestrained and gushy poetry";

- syn. effusive, gushy;

- sim. demonstrative;

gushingly / ɡ ʌ ʃ ɪ ŋ ɫ i /
r1
in a gushing manner;

- "a gushingly prolific writer";

gushy
a1
extravagantly demonstrative;

- "insincere and effusive demonstrations of sentimental friendship";

- "a large gushing female";

- "write unrestrained and gushy poetry";

- syn. effusive, gushing;

- sim. demonstrative;

gusset / ɡ ʌ s ɪ t /
n1
a piece of chain mail covering a place unprotected by armor plate;

- syn. voider;

n2
a metal plate used to strengthen a joist;

- syn. gusset plate;

n3
a piece of material used to strengthen or enlarge a garment;

- syn. inset;

gusset plate
n1
a metal plate used to strengthen a joist;

- syn. gusset;

gusseted / ɡ ʌ s ɪ t ɪ d /
a1
provided or reinforced with gussets;

gussy up
v1
put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive;

- "She never dresses up, even when she goes to the opera";

- "The young girls were all fancied up for the party";

- syn. attire, deck out, deck up, dress up, fancy up, fig out, fig up, get up, overdress, prink, rig out, tog out, tog up, trick out, trick up;

gust / ɡ ʌ s t /
n1
a strong current of air;

- "the tree was bent almost double by the gust";

- syn. blast, blow;

gustation / ɡ ʌ s t eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the faculty of distinguishing sweet, sour, bitter, and salty properties in the mouth;

- "his cold deprived him of his sense of taste";

- syn. gustatory modality, sense of taste, taste;

gustative
a1
of or relating to gustation;

- syn. gustatorial, gustatory;

gustatorial / ɡ ʌ s t ə t ɔ ɹ ɪə ɫ /
a1
of or relating to gustation;

- syn. gustative, gustatory;

gustatory / ɡ ʌ s t ə t ə ɹ i /
a1
of or relating to gustation;

- syn. gustative, gustatorial;

gustatory cell
n1
an epithelial cell in a taste bud that activates sensory fibers of the facial nerve or the glossopharyngeal nerve or the vagus nerve;

- syn. taste cell;

gustatory modality
n1
the faculty of distinguishing sweet, sour, bitter, and salty properties in the mouth;

- "his cold deprived him of his sense of taste";

- syn. gustation, sense of taste, taste;

gustatory organ
n1
an oval sensory end organ on the surface of the tongue;

- syn. taste bud, tastebud;

gustatory perception
n1
the sensation that results when taste buds in the tongue and throat convey information about the chemical composition of a soluble stimulus;

- "the candy left him with a bad taste";

- "the melon had a delicious taste";

- syn. gustatory sensation, taste, taste perception, taste sensation;

gustatory sensation
n1
the sensation that results when taste buds in the tongue and throat convey information about the chemical composition of a soluble stimulus;

- "the candy left him with a bad taste";

- "the melon had a delicious taste";

- syn. gustatory perception, taste, taste perception, taste sensation;

Gustav Hertz
n1
German physicist who with James Franck proved the existence of the stationary energy states postulated by Bohr (1887-1975);

- syn. Gustav Ludwig Hertz, Hertz;

Gustav Klimt
n1
Austrian painter influenced by art nouveau (1862-1918);

- syn. Klimt;

Gustav Ludwig Hertz
n1
German physicist who with James Franck proved the existence of the stationary energy states postulated by Bohr (1887-1975);

- syn. Gustav Hertz, Hertz;

Gustav Mahler
n1
Austrian composer and conductor (1860-1911);

- syn. Mahler;

Gustav Robert Kirchhoff
n1
German physicist who with Bunsen pioneered spectrum analysis and formulated two laws governing electric networks (1824-1887);

- syn. G. R. Kirchhoff, Kirchhoff;

Gustav Theodor Fechner
n1
German physicist who founded psychophysics;

- derived Fechner's law on the basis of early work by E. H. Weber (1801-1887);

- syn. Fechner;

Gustave Courbet
n1
French painter noted for his realistic depiction of everyday scenes (1819-1877);

- syn. Courbet;

Gustave Flaubert
n1
French writer of novels and short stories (1821-1880);

- syn. Flaubert;

Gustavus
n1
the last king of Sweden to have any real political power (1882-1973);

- syn. Gustavus VI;

n2
king of Sweden who kept Sweden neutral during both World War I and II (1858-1950);

- syn. Gustavus V;

n3
king of Sweden whose losses to Napoleon I led to his being deposed in 1809 (1778-1837);

- syn. Gustavus IV;

n4
king of Sweden who increased the royal power and waged an unpopular war against Russia (1746-1792);

- syn. Gustavus III;

n5
king of Sweden whose victories in battle made Sweden a European power;

- his domestic reforms made Sweden a modern state;

- in 1630 he intervened on the Protestant side of the Thirty Years' War and was killed in the battle of Lutzen (1594-1632);

- syn. Gustavus Adolphus, Gustavus II;

n6
king of Sweden who established Lutheranism as the state religion (1496-1560);

- syn. Gustavus I;

Gustavus Adolphus
n1
king of Sweden whose victories in battle made Sweden a European power;

- his domestic reforms made Sweden a modern state;

- in 1630 he intervened on the Protestant side of the Thirty Years' War and was killed in the battle of Lutzen (1594-1632);

- syn. Gustavus, Gustavus II;

Gustavus Franklin Swift
n1
United States meat-packer who began the use of refrigerated railroad cars (1839-1903);

- syn. Swift;

Gustavus I
n1
king of Sweden who established Lutheranism as the state religion (1496-1560);

- syn. Gustavus;

Gustavus II
n1
king of Sweden whose victories in battle made Sweden a European power;

- his domestic reforms made Sweden a modern state;

- in 1630 he intervened on the Protestant side of the Thirty Years' War and was killed in the battle of Lutzen (1594-1632);

- syn. Gustavus, Gustavus Adolphus;

Gustavus III
n1
king of Sweden who increased the royal power and waged an unpopular war against Russia (1746-1792);

- syn. Gustavus;

Gustavus IV
n1
king of Sweden whose losses to Napoleon I led to his being deposed in 1809 (1778-1837);

- syn. Gustavus;

Gustavus V
n1
king of Sweden who kept Sweden neutral during both World War I and II (1858-1950);

- syn. Gustavus;

Gustavus VI
n1
the last king of Sweden to have any real political power (1882-1973);

- syn. Gustavus;

gusto / ɡ ʌ s t oʊ /
n1
vigorous and enthusiastic enjoyment;

- syn. relish, zest, zestfulness;

gusty / ɡ ʌ s t i /
a1
blowing in puffs or short intermittent blasts;

- "puffy off-shore winds";

- "gusty winds";

- syn. puffy;

- sim. stormy;

gut / ɡ ʌ t /
n1
the part of the alimentary canal between the stomach and the anus;

- syn. bowel, intestine;

n2
a narrow channel or strait;

n3
a strong cord made from the intestines of sheep and used in surgery;

- syn. catgut;

v1
empty completely;

- destroy the inside of;

- "Gut the building";

v2
remove the guts of;

- "gut the sheep";

gut issue
n1
an issue that elicits strong emotional reactions;

- syn. hot-button issue;

Gutenberg
n1
German printer who was the first in Europe to print using movable type and the first to use a press (1400-1468);

- syn. Johann Gutenberg, Johannes Gutenberg;

Guthrie
n1
United States folk singer and songwriter (1912-1967);

- syn. Woodrow Wilson Guthrie, Woody Guthrie;

Gutierrezia
n1
sticky perennial herbs and subshrubs of western North America and warm South America;

- syn. genus Gutierrezia;

Gutierrezia microcephala
n1
similar to Gutierrezia sarothrae but with flower heads having fewer rays and disk flowers;

- syn. little-head snakeweed;

Gutierrezia sarothrae
n1
low-growing sticky subshrub of southwestern United States having narrow linear leaves on many slender branches and hundreds of tiny yellow flower heads;

- syn. broom snakeroot, broom snakeweed, rabbit-weed, rabbitweed, snakeweed, turpentine weed;

Gutierrezia texana
n1
annual of southwestern United States having rigid woody branches with sticky foliage and yellow flowers;

- syn. broom-weed, broomweed;

gutless / ɡ ʌ t ɫ ə s /
a1
lacking courage or vitality;

- "he was a yellow gutless worm";

- "a spineless craven fellow";

a2
weak in willpower, courage or vitality;

- syn. namby-pamby, spineless, wishy-washy;

- sim. weak;

gutlessness / ɡ ʌ t ɫ ə s n ə s /
n1
the trait of lacking courage and determination;

- fearful of loss or injury;

guts / ɡ ʌ t s /
n1
fortitude and determination;

- "he didn't have the guts to try it";

- syn. backbone, grit, gumption, moxie, sand;

gutsiness
n1
the trait of showing courage and determination in spite of possible loss or injury;

- syn. pluck, pluckiness;

gutsy
a1
marked by courage and determination in the face of difficulties or danger;

- robust and uninhibited;

- "you have to admire her;

- it was a gutsy thing to do";

- "the gutsy...intensity of her musical involvement"-Judith Crist;

- "a gutsy red wine";

- syn. plucky;

gutta-percha / ɡ ʌ t ə p ɝ tʃ ə /
n1
a whitish rubber derived from the coagulated milky latex of gutta-percha trees;

- used for insulation of electrical cables;

gutta-percha tree
n1
one of several East Indian trees yielding gutta-percha;

n2
one of several East Indian trees yielding gutta-percha;

- syn. Palaquium gutta;

gutta balata
n1
when dried yields a hard substance used e.g. in golf balls;

- syn. balata;

gutter / ɡ ʌ t ə , ɡ ʌ t ə ɹ /
n1
a channel along the eaves or on the roof;

- collects and carries away rainwater;

- syn. trough;

n2
misfortune resulting in lost effort or money;

- "his career was in the gutter";

- "all that work went down the sewer";

- "pensions are in the toilet";

- syn. sewer, toilet;

n3
a worker who guts things (fish or buildings or cars etc.);

n4
a tool for gutting fish;

v1
burn unsteadily, feebly, or low;

- flicker;

- "The cooling lava continued to gutter toward lower ground";

v2
flow in small streams;

- "Tears guttered down her face";

v3
wear or cut gutters into;

- "The heavy rain guttered the soil";

v4
provide with gutters;

- "gutter the buildings";

gutter press
n1
press that engages in sensational journalism (especially concerning the private lives of public figures);

guttersnipe / ɡ ʌ t ə s n aɪ p /
n1
a child who spends most of his time in the streets especially in slum areas;

- syn. street urchin;

Guttiferae
n1
widely distributed family of chiefly tropical trees and shrubs and vines that produce oils and resins and some usable timber;

- syn. Clusiaceae, St John's wort family, family Clusiaceae, family Guttiferae;

Guttiferales
n1
used in some classifications;

- coextensive with Parietales;

- syn. order Guttiferales;

guttle
v1
eat greedily;

- "he devoured three sandwiches";

- syn. devour, pig, raven;

guttural / ɡ ʌ t ə ɹ ə ɫ /
n1
a consonant articulated in the back of the mouth or throat;

- syn. guttural consonant, pharyngeal, pharyngeal consonant;

a1
like the sounds of frogs and crows;

- "a guttural voice";

- "acres of guttural frogs";

- syn. croaky;

- sim. cacophonous;

a2
relating to or articulated in the throat;

- "the glottal stop and uvular `r' and `ch' in German `Bach' are guttural sounds";

guttural consonant
n1
a consonant articulated in the back of the mouth or throat;

- syn. guttural, pharyngeal, pharyngeal consonant;

gutturally / ɡ ʌ t ə ɹ ə ɫ i /
r1
in a guttural manner;

- "gutturally articulated";

guvnor / ɡ ʌ v n ə , ɡ ʌ v n ə ɹ /
n1
(British slang) boss;

guy / ɡ aɪ /
n1
an informal term for a youth or man;

- "a nice guy";

- "the guy's only doing it for some doll";

- "the poor sod couldn't even buy a drink";

- syn. bozo, cat, hombre, sod;

n2
an effigy of Guy Fawkes that is burned on a bonfire on Guy Fawkes Day;

n3
a cable, wire, or rope that is used to brace something (especially a tent);

- syn. guy cable, guy rope, guy wire;

v1
subject to laughter or ridicule;

- "The satirists ridiculed the plans for a new opera house";

- "The students poked fun at the inexperienced teacher";

- "His former students roasted the professor at his 60th birthday";

- syn. blackguard, jest at, laugh at, make fun, poke fun, rib, ridicule, roast;

v2
steady or support with a guy wire or cable;

- "The Italians guyed the Tower of Pisa to prevent it from collapsing";

guy cable
n1
a cable, wire, or rope that is used to brace something (especially a tent);

- syn. guy, guy rope, guy wire;

Guy de Maupassant
n1
French writer noted especially for his short stories (1850-1893);

- syn. Henri Rene Albert Guy de Maupassant, Maupassant;

Guy Fawkes
n1
English conspirator who was executed for his role in a plot to blow up James I and the Houses of Parliament (1570-1606);

- syn. Fawkes;

Guy Fawkes Day
n1
day for the celebration of the discovery of the Gunpowder Plot;

Guy Fawkes Night
n1
effigies of Guy Fawkes are burned on this night;

- syn. Bonfire Night;

Guy of Burgundy
n1
pope who in 1122 forced the Holy Roman Emperor Henry V to sign a concordat that recognized the right of the church to choose its own leadership (died in 1124);

- syn. Calixtus II;

guy rope
n1
a cable, wire, or rope that is used to brace something (especially a tent);

- syn. guy, guy cable, guy wire;

guy wire
n1
a cable, wire, or rope that is used to brace something (especially a tent);

- syn. guy, guy cable, guy rope;

Guyana / ɡ aɪ æ n ə /
n1
a republic in northeastern South America;

- formerly part of the British Empire, but it achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1966;

- syn. British Guiana, Co-operative Republic of Guyana;

Guyana dollar
n1
the basic unit of money in Guyana;

Guyanese / ɡ aɪ ə n i z /
n1
a native or inhabitant of Guyana;

a1
of or relating to or characteristic of Guyana or its inhabitants;

- "the Guyanese capital";

guyot
n1
a seamount of volcanic origin (especially in the Pacific Ocean);

guzzle / ɡ ʌ z ɫ /
v1
drink greedily or as if with great thirst;

- "The boys guzzled the cheap vodka";

guzzler / ɡ ʌ z ɫ ə , ɡ ʌ z ɫ ə ɹ /
n1
someone who drinks heavily (especially alcoholic beverages);

- "he's a beer guzzler every night";

n2
a drinker who swallows large amounts greedily;

- syn. gulper;

guzzling / ɡ ʌ z ɫ ɪ ŋ /
n1
the drinking of large mouthfuls rapidly;

- syn. gulping, swilling;

Gwydion
n1
Celtic sky god;

- a magician;

- giver of arts and civilization;

Gwyn
n1
Celtic underworld god;

Gwynn
n1
English comedienne and mistress of Charles II (1650-1687);

- syn. Eleanor Gwyn, Eleanor Gwynn, Eleanor Gwynne, Gynne, Gywn, Nell Gwynn, Nell Gwynne, Nell Gywn;

Gy
n1
the SI unit of energy absorbed from ionizing radiation;

- equal to the absorption of one joule of radiation energy by one kilogram of matter;

- one gray equals 100 rad;

- syn. gray;

gybe / dʒ aɪ b /
v1
shift from one side of the ship to the other;

- "The sail jibbed wildly";

- syn. change course, jib, jibe;

gym / dʒ ɪ m /
n1
athletic facility equipped for sports or physical training;

- syn. gymnasium;

gym mat
n1
sports equipment consisting of a piece of thick padding on the floor for gymnastic sports;

- syn. mat;

gym rat
n1
someone who spends all leisure time playing sports or working out in a gymnasium or health spa;

gym shoe
n1
a canvas shoe with a pliable rubber sole;

- syn. sneaker, tennis shoe;

gym suit
n1
clothes prescribed for wear while participating in gymnastic exercise;

gymkhana / dʒ ɪ m k ɑ n ə /
n1
a meet at which riders and horses display a range of skills and aptitudes;

Gymnadenia
n1
small genus of terrestrial orchids of North America and temperate Eurasia;

- syn. genus Gymnadenia;

Gymnadenia conopsea
n1
European orchid having dense spikes of fragrant pink or lilac or red flowers with conspicuous spurs;

- syn. fragrant orchid;

Gymnadenia odoratissima
n1
similar to Gymnadenia conopsea but with smaller flowers on shorter stems and having much shorter spurs;

- syn. short-spurred fragrant orchid;

Gymnadeniopsis
n1
genus of North American terrestrial orchids usually included in genus Habenaria;

- syn. genus Gymnadeniopsis;

Gymnasium / dʒ ɪ m n eɪ z ɪə m /
n1
a school for students intermediate between elementary school and college;

- usually grades 9 to 12;

- syn. lycee, lyceum, middle school, secondary school;

n2
athletic facility equipped for sports or physical training;

- syn. gym;

gymnast / dʒ ɪ m n æ s t /
n1
an athlete who is skilled in gymnastics;

gymnastic / dʒ ɪ m n æ s t ɪ k /
a1
vigorously active;

- "an acrobatic dance";

- "an athletic child";

- "athletic playing";

- "gymnastic exercises";

- syn. acrobatic, athletic;

- sim. active;

a2
of or relating to or used in exercises intended to develop strength and agility;

- "gymnastic horse";

gymnastic apparatus
n1
sports equipment used in gymnastic exercises;

- syn. exerciser;

gymnastic exercise
n1
(gymnastics) an exercise designed to develop and display strength and agility and balance (usually performed with or on some gymnastic apparatus);

n2
a sport that involves exercises intended to display strength and balance and agility;

- syn. gymnastics;

gymnastic horse
n1
a padded gymnastic apparatus on legs;

- syn. horse;

gymnastics / dʒ ɪ m n æ s t ɪ k s /
n1
a sport that involves exercises intended to display strength and balance and agility;

- syn. gymnastic exercise;

Gymnelis
n1
a genus of Zoarcidae;

- syn. genus Gymnelis;

Gymnelis viridis
n1
brightly colored scaleless Arctic eelpout;

- syn. fish doctor;

Gymnocalycium
n1
large genus of low-growing globular South American cacti with spiny ribs covered with many tubercles;

- syn. genus Gymnocalycium;

Gymnocarpium
n1
oak ferns: in some classification systems included in genus Thelypteris;

- syn. genus Gymnocarpium;

Gymnocarpium dryopteris
n1
bright blue-green fern widely distributed especially in damp acid woodlands of temperate northern hemisphere;

- syn. Thelypteris dryopteris, oak fern;

Gymnocarpium robertianum
n1
yellow-green fern of rocky areas of northern hemisphere;

- syn. limestone fern, northern oak fern;

Gymnocladus
n1
small genus of deciduous trees of China and United States having paniculate flowers and thick pulpy pods;

- syn. genus Gymnocladus;

Gymnocladus dioica
n1
handsome tree of central and eastern North America having large bipinnate leaves and green-white flowers followed by large woody brown pods whose seeds are used as a coffee substitute;

- syn. Kentucky coffee tree, bonduc, chicot;

Gymnogyps
n1
containing solely the California condor;

- syn. genus Gymnogyps;

Gymnogyps californianus
n1
North American condor;

- chiefly dull black;

- almost extinct;

- syn. California condor;

Gymnomycota
n1
slime molds;

- organisms having a noncellular and multinucleate creeping vegetative phase and a propagative spore-producing stage: comprises Myxomycetes and Acrasiomycetes;

- in some classifications placed in the kingdom Protoctista;

- syn. Myxomycota, division Gymnomycota, division Myxomycota;

Gymnophiona
n1
an order of amphibians including caecilians;

- syn. order Gymnophiona;

Gymnopilus
n1
a genus of fungus characterized by the orange color of the spore deposit;

- syn. genus Gymnopilus;

Gymnopilus spectabilis
n1
a fungus with a brownish orange fruiting body and a ring near the top of the stalk;

- the taste is bitter and the flesh contains psilocybin and psilocin;

Gymnopilus validipes
n1
a poisonous fungus with a dry cap and a cortina that does not leave much of a ring on the robust stalk;

Gymnopilus ventricosus
n1
a giant fungus of the Pacific Northwest;

- has a very thick stalk and the cortina leaves a ring high up on the stalk;

Gymnorhina
n1
in some classifications placed in the family Laniidae: Australian piping crows;

- syn. genus Gymnorhina;

Gymnorhina tibicen
n1
crow-sized black-and-white bird;

- a good mimic often caged;

- syn. piping crow, piping crow-shrike;

gymnosophical
a1
of or relating to gymnosophy;

gymnosophist / dʒ ɪ m n ɒ s ə f ɪ s t /
n1
member of a Hindu sect practicing gymnosophy (especially nudism);

gymnosophy / dʒ ɪ m n ɒ s ə f i /
n1
the doctrine of a sect of Hindu philosophers who practiced nudity and asceticism and meditation;

gymnosperm
n1
plants of the class Gymnospermae having seeds not enclosed in an ovary;

gymnosperm family
n1
a family of gymnosperms;

gymnosperm genus
n1
a genus of gymnosperms;

Gymnospermae
n1
plants having naked seeds not enclosed in an ovary;

- in some systems considered a class (Gymnospermae) and in others a division (Gymnospermophyta);

- comprises three subdivisions (or classes): Cycadophytina (class Cycadopsida) and Gnetophytina (class Gnetopsida) and Coniferophytina (class Coniferopsida);

- in some classifications the Coniferophytina are divided into three groups: Pinophytina (class Pinopsida) and Ginkgophytina (class Ginkgopsida) and Taxophytina (class Taxopsida);

- syn. Gymnospermophyta, class Gymnospermae, division Gymnospermophyta;

Gymnospermophyta
n1
plants having naked seeds not enclosed in an ovary;

- in some systems considered a class (Gymnospermae) and in others a division (Gymnospermophyta);

- comprises three subdivisions (or classes): Cycadophytina (class Cycadopsida) and Gnetophytina (class Gnetopsida) and Coniferophytina (class Coniferopsida);

- in some classifications the Coniferophytina are divided into three groups: Pinophytina (class Pinopsida) and Ginkgophytina (class Ginkgopsida) and Taxophytina (class Taxopsida);

- syn. Gymnospermae, class Gymnospermae, division Gymnospermophyta;

gymnospermous
a1
relating to or characteristic of plants of the class Gymnospermae;

gymnospermous tree
n1
any tree of the division Gymnospermophyta;

gymnospermous yellowwood
n1
any of various gymnospermous trees having yellow wood;

Gymnosporangium
n1
genus of fungi that produce galls on cedars and other conifers of genera Juniperus and Libocedrus and causes rust spots on apples and pears and other plants of family Rosaceae;

- syn. genus Gymnosporangium;

Gymnosporangium juniperi-virginianae
n1
rust fungus causing rust spots on apples and pears etc;

- syn. apple rust, cedar-apple rust;

Gymnura
n1
butterfly rays;

- syn. genus Gymnura;

gymslip / dʒ ɪ m s ɫ ɪ p /
n1
a sleeveless tunic worn by English girls as part of a school uniform;

gynaecological / ɡ aɪ n ɪ k ə ɫ ɒ dʒ ɪ k ɫ /
a1
of or relating to or practicing gynecology;

- "gynecological examination";

- syn. gynecologic, gynecological;

gynaecologist / ɡ aɪ n ɪ k ɒ ɫ ə dʒ ɪ s t /
n1
a specialist in gynecology;

- syn. gynecologist, woman's doctor;

gynaecology / ɡ aɪ n ɪ k ɒ ɫ ə dʒ i /
n1
the branch of medicine that deals with the diseases and hygiene of women;

- syn. gynecology;

gynaeolatry
n1
the worship of women;

- syn. gyneolatry, woman-worship;

gynandromorph
n1
one having both male and female sexual characteristics and organs;

- at birth an unambiguous assignment of male or female cannot be made;

- syn. androgyne, epicene, epicene person, hermaphrodite, intersex;

gynandromorphic
a1
having both male and female morphological characteristics;

- syn. gynandromorphous;

- sim. androgynous;

gynandromorphous
a1
having both male and female morphological characteristics;

- syn. gynandromorphic;

- sim. androgynous;

gynarchy
n1
a political system governed by a woman;

- syn. gynecocracy;

gynecocracy
n1
a political system governed by a woman;

- syn. gynarchy;

gynecologic / ɡ aɪ n ɪ k ə ɫ ɒ dʒ ɪ k /
a1
of or relating to or practicing gynecology;

- "gynecological examination";

- syn. gynaecological, gynecological;

gynecological / ɡ aɪ n ɪ k ə ɫ ɒ dʒ ɪ k ɫ /
a1
of or relating to or practicing gynecology;

- "gynecological examination";

- syn. gynaecological, gynecologic;

gynecologist / ɡ aɪ n ɪ k ɒ ɫ ə dʒ ɪ s t /
n1
a specialist in gynecology;

- syn. gynaecologist, woman's doctor;

gynecology
n1
the branch of medicine that deals with the diseases and hygiene of women;

- syn. gynaecology;

gynecomastia
n1
excessive development of the breasts in males;

- usually the result of hormonal imbalance or treatment with certain drugs (including some antihypertensives);

gyneolatry
n1
the worship of women;

- syn. gynaeolatry, woman-worship;

Gynne
n1
English comedienne and mistress of Charles II (1650-1687);

- syn. Eleanor Gwyn, Eleanor Gwynn, Eleanor Gwynne, Gwynn, Gywn, Nell Gwynn, Nell Gwynne, Nell Gywn;

gynobase
n1
the enlarged receptacle in which the pistil is borne;

gynoecium
n1
a female gametoecium;

gynogenesis
n1
female parthenogenesis in which the embryo contains only maternal chromosomes due to the failure of the sperm to fuse with the egg nucleus;

gynophobia
n1
a morbid fear of women;

gynophore
n1
the stalk of a pistil that raises it above the receptacle;

gynostegium
n1
the crown of the stamen in plants of the genus Asclepias;

Gynura
n1
genus of Old World tropical herbs: velvet plants;

- syn. genus Gynura;

Gynura aurantiaca
n1
Javanese foliage plant grown for their handsome velvety leaves with violet-purple hairs;

- syn. purple velvet plant, royal velvet plant, velvet plant;

gyp / dʒ ɪ p /
n1
(sometimes offensive) an act of swindling or cheating;

- syn. gip;

v1
(sometimes offensive) to cheat or swindle;

- "the cashier gypped me when he gave me too little change";

- syn. gip;

Gypaetus
n1
in some classifications the type genus of the family Aegypiidae;

- syn. genus Gypaetus;

Gypaetus barbatus
n1
the largest Eurasian bird of prey;

- having black feathers hanging around the bill;

- syn. bearded vulture, lammergeier, lammergeyer;

Gyps / dʒ ɪ p s /
n1
a genus of Accipitridae;

- syn. genus Gyps;

Gyps fulvus
n1
large vulture of southern Europe and northern Africa having pale plumage with black wings;

- syn. griffon, griffon vulture;

Gypsophila / dʒ ɪ p s ɒ f ɪ ɫ ə /
n1
Mediterranean herbs having small white or pink flowers;

- syn. genus Gypsophila;

Gypsophila paniculata
n1
tall plant with small lance-shaped leaves and numerous tiny white or pink flowers;

- syn. babies'-breath, baby's breath;

gypsum / dʒ ɪ p s ə m /
n1
a common white or colorless mineral (hydrated calcium sulphate) used to make cements and plasters (especially plaster of Paris);

gypsum board
n1
wallboard with a gypsum plaster core bonded to layers of paper or fiberboard;

- used instead of plaster or wallboard to make interior walls;

- syn. plasterboard;

gypsy / dʒ ɪ p s i /
n1
a laborer who moves from place to place as demanded by employment;

- "itinerant traders";

- syn. gipsy, itinerant;

n2
a member of a people with dark skin and hair who speak Romany and who traditionally live by seasonal work and fortunetelling;

- they are believed to have originated in northern India but now are living on all continents (but mostly in Europe, North Africa, and North America);

- syn. Bohemian, Gipsy, Roma, Romani, Romany, Rommany;

n3
a person who resembles a Gypsy in leading an unconventional, nomadic way of life;

- syn. gipsy;

n4
the Indic language of the Gypsies;

- syn. Romany;

gypsy cab
n1
a taxicab that cruises for customers although it is licensed only to respond to calls;

gypsy dancing
n1
a style of dancing characteristic of the Andalusian Gypsies;

- vigorous and rhythmic with clapping and stamping of feet;

- syn. flamenco;

gypsy moth
n1
European moth introduced into North America;

- a serious pest of shade trees;

- syn. Lymantria dispar, gipsy moth;

Gypsy Rose Lee
n1
United States striptease artist who became famous on Broadway in the 1930s (1914-1970);

- syn. Lee, Rose Louise Hovick;

gypsyweed
n1
common hairy European perennial with pale blue or lilac flowers in axillary racemes;

- syn. Veronica officinalis, common speedwell;

gypsywort
n1
hairy Eurasian herb with two-lipped white flowers;

- syn. Lycopus europaeus, gipsywort;

gyral
a1
relating to or associated with or comprising a convolution of the brain;

- "the gyral sulcus";

gyrate / dʒ aɪ ə ɹ ɪ t , dʒ aɪ ɹ eɪ t /
v1
to wind or move in a spiral course;

- "the muscles and nerves of his fine drawn body were coiling for action";

- "black smoke coiling up into the sky";

- "the young people gyrated on the dance floor";

- syn. coil, spiral;

v2
revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis;

- "The dervishes whirl around and around without getting dizzy";

- syn. reel, spin, spin around, whirl;

gyration / dʒ aɪ ɹ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
a single complete turn (axial or orbital);

- "the plane made three rotations before it crashed";

- "the revolution of the earth about the sun takes one year";

- syn. revolution, rotation;

n2
the act of rotating in a circle or spiral;

- syn. whirling;

gyre / dʒ aɪ ə /
n1
a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals);

- syn. coil, curl, curlicue, ringlet, roll, scroll, whorl;

gyrfalcon
n1
large and rare Arctic falcon having white and dark color phases;

- syn. Falco rusticolus, gerfalcon;

Gyrinidae
n1
whirligig beetles;

- syn. family Gyrinidae;

gyro / dʒ aɪ ə ɹ oʊ /
n1
a Greek sandwich: sliced roast lamb with onion and tomato stuffed into pita bread;

n2
rotating mechanism in the form of a universally mounted spinning wheel that offers resistance to turns in any direction;

- syn. gyroscope;

gyro horizon
n1
a navigational instrument based on a gyroscope;

- it artificially provides a simulated horizon for the pilot;

- syn. artificial horizon, flight indicator;

gyrocompass / dʒ aɪ ə ɹ oʊ k ʌ m p ə s /
n1
a compass that does not depend on magnetism but uses a gyroscope instead;

gyromitra
n1
any fungus of the genus Gyromitra;

Gyromitra brunnea
n1
a lorchel with deep brownish red fertile part and white stalk;

- syn. Gyromitra fastigiata;

Gyromitra californica
n1
a gyromitra with a brown puffed up fertile part and a thick fluted stalk;

- found under conifers in California;

- syn. California false morel;

Gyromitra esculenta
n1
a poisonous gyromitra;

- the surface of the fertile body is smooth at first and becomes progressively undulating and wrinkled (but never truly pitted);

- color varies from dull yellow to brown;

- syn. beefsteak morel, brain mushroom;

Gyromitra fastigiata
n1
a lorchel with deep brownish red fertile part and white stalk;

- syn. Gyromitra brunnea;

Gyromitra gigas
n1
a gyromitra with a large irregular stalk and fertile part that is yellow to brown and wrinkled;

- has early fruiting time;

Gyromitra infula
n1
a poisonous fungus;

- saddle-shaped and dull yellow to brown fertile part is relatively even;

- syn. saddled-shaped false morel;

Gyromitra sphaerospora
n1
a gyromitra with a brown puffed up fertile part and a rosy pink fluted stalk and smooth round spores;

- found on hardwood slash east of the Great Plains;

- syn. round-spored gyromitra;

gyroplane
n1
an aircraft that is supported in flight by unpowered rotating horizontal wings (or blades);

- forward propulsion is provided by a conventional propeller;

- syn. autogiro, autogyro;

gyroscope / dʒ aɪ ɹ ə s k oʊ p /
n1
rotating mechanism in the form of a universally mounted spinning wheel that offers resistance to turns in any direction;

- syn. gyro;

gyroscopic / dʒ aɪ ɹ ə s k ɒ p ɪ k /
a1
having the characteristics of a gyroscope;

gyrostabiliser
n1
a stabilizer consisting of a heavy gyroscope that spins on a vertical axis;

- reduces side-to-side rolling of a ship or plane;

- syn. gyrostabilizer;

gyrostabilizer
n1
a stabilizer consisting of a heavy gyroscope that spins on a vertical axis;

- reduces side-to-side rolling of a ship or plane;

- syn. gyrostabiliser;

gyrus
n1
a convex fold or elevation in the surface of the brain;

- syn. convolution;

gyrus cinguli
n1
a long curved structure on the medial surface of the cerebral hemispheres;

- the cortical part of the limbic system;

- syn. cingulate gyrus;

Gywn
n1
English comedienne and mistress of Charles II (1650-1687);

- syn. Eleanor Gwyn, Eleanor Gwynn, Eleanor Gwynne, Gwynn, Gynne, Nell Gwynn, Nell Gwynne, Nell Gywn;

H / eɪ tʃ /
n1
a nonmetallic univalent element that is normally a colorless and odorless highly flammable diatomic gas;

- the simplest and lightest and most abundant element in the universe;

- syn. atomic number 1, hydrogen;

n2
a unit of inductance in which an induced electromotive force of one volt is produced when the current is varied at the rate of one ampere per second;

- syn. henry;

n3
the constant of proportionality relating the energy of a photon to its frequency;

- approximately 6.626 x 10^-34 joule-second;

- syn. Planck's constant;

n4
the 8th letter of the Roman alphabet;

n5
(thermodynamics) a thermodynamic quantity equal to the internal energy of a system plus the product of its volume and pressure;

- "enthalpy is the amount of energy in a system capable of doing mechanical work";

- syn. enthalpy, heat content, total heat;

H-bomb / eɪ tʃ b ɒ m /
n1
a nuclear weapon that releases atomic energy by union of light (hydrogen) nuclei at high temperatures to form helium;

- syn. fusion bomb, hydrogen bomb, thermonuclear bomb;

H-shaped
a1
shaped in the form of the letter H;

- sim. formed;

H. G. Wells
n1
prolific English writer best known for his science-fiction novels;

- he also wrote on contemporary social problems and wrote popular accounts of history and science (1866-1946);

- syn. Herbert George Wells, Wells;

H. H. Munro
n1
British writer of short stories (1870-1916);

- syn. Hector Hugh Munro, Munro, Saki;

H. J. Eysenck
n1
a British psychologist (born in Germany) noted for his theories of intelligence and personality and for his strong criticism of Freudian psychoanalysis;

- syn. Eysenck, Hans Eysenck, Hans Jurgen Eysenck;

H. L. Mencken
n1
United States journalist and literary critic (1880-1956);

- syn. Henry Louis Mencken, Mencken;

H. pylori
n1
the type species of genus Heliobacter;

- produces urease and is associated with several gastroduodenal diseases (including gastritis and gastric ulcers and duodenal ulcers and other peptic ulcers);

- syn. Heliobacter pylori;

H.I.
n1
a group of volcanic and coral islands in the central Pacific;

- syn. Hawaiian Islands, Sandwich Islands;

H.M.S. Bounty
n1
a ship of the British navy;

- in 1789 part of the crew mutinied against their commander William Bligh and set him afloat in an open boat;

- syn. Bounty;

H.P.
n1
a unit of power equal to 746 watts;

- syn. HP, horsepower;

H2O
n1
binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid;

- freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade;

- widely used as a solvent;

- syn. water;

HA / h ɑ /
n1
(astronomy) the angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing;

- the right ascension for an observer at a particular location and time of day;

- syn. hour angle;

ha'p'orth / h eɪ p ə θ /
n1
the amount that can be bought for a halfpenny;

- syn. halfpennyworth;

ha'penny / h eɪ p n i /
n1
an English coin worth half a penny;

- syn. halfpenny;

ha-ha
n1
a loud laugh that sounds like a horse neighing;

- syn. haw-haw, hee-haw, horselaugh;

n2
a ditch with one side being a retaining wall;

- used to divide lands without defacing the landscape;

- syn. haw-haw, sunk fence;

HAART
n1
a combination of protease inhibitors taken with reverse transcriptase inhibitors;

- used in treating AIDS and HIV;

- syn. drug cocktail, highly active antiretroviral therapy;

Haastia
n1
genus of New Zealand mat-forming herbs or subshrubs: vegetable sheep;

- syn. genus Haastia;

Haastia pulvinaris
n1
cushion-forming New Zealand herb having leaves densely covered with tawny hairs;

- syn. sheep plant, vegetable sheep;

Habacuc
n1
an Old Testament book telling Habakkuk's prophecies;

- syn. Book of Habakkuk, Habakkuk;

Habakkuk
n1
a Hebrew minor prophet;

n2
an Old Testament book telling Habakkuk's prophecies;

- syn. Book of Habakkuk, Habacuc;

habanera
n1
music composed in duple time for dancing the habanera;

n2
a Cuban dance in duple time;

habeas corpus / h eɪ b ɪə s k ɔ p ə s /
n1
a writ ordering a prisoner to be brought before a judge;

- syn. writ of habeas corpus;

n2
the civil right to obtain a writ of habeas corpus as protection against illegal imprisonment;

Habenaria
n1
chiefly terrestrial orchids with tubers or fleshy roots often having long slender spurs and petals and lip lobes;

- includes species formerly placed in genus Gymnadeniopsis;

- syn. genus Habenaria;

Habenaria albiflora
n1
bog orchid of eastern North America with a spike of pure white fringed flowers;

- syn. white fringed orchid, white fringed orchis;

Habenaria bifolia
n1
south European orchid having fragrant greenish-white flowers;

- sometimes placed in genus Habenaria;

- syn. Platanthera bifolia, lesser butterfly orchid;

Habenaria chlorantha
n1
south European orchid with dark green flowers that are larger and less fragrant than Platanthera bifolia;

- sometimes placed in genus Habenaria;

- syn. Platanthera chlorantha, greater butterfly orchid;

Habenaria dilatata
n1
orchid with spikes of many fragrant white flowers on erect leafy stems;

- of wet or boggy ground through most of the West and northern North America;

- syn. bog candles, bog rein orchid;

Habenaria elegans
n1
slender inland rein orchid similar to coastal rein orchid but with pale greenish-yellow flowers;

- syn. elegant Habenaria;

Habenaria fimbriata
n1
North American orchid similar to Habenaria psycodes with larger paler flowers;

- syn. purple-fringed orchid, purple-fringed orchis;

Habenaria greenei
n1
stout orchid of central California to northern Washington having racemes of white fragrant bilaterally symmetrical flowers;

- syn. coastal rein orchid;

Habenaria hookeri
n1
a long-spurred orchid with base leaves and petals converging under the upper sepal;

- syn. Hooker's orchid;

Habenaria lacera
n1
fringed orchid of the eastern United States having a greenish flower with the lip deeply lacerated;

- syn. green fringed orchis, ragged-fringed orchid, ragged orchid, ragged orchis;

Habenaria leucophaea
n1
orchid of boggy or wet lands of north central United States having racemes of very fragrant creamy or greenish white flowers;

- syn. prairie orchid, prairie white-fringed orchis;

Habenaria nivea
n1
slender fringed orchid of eastern North America having white flowers;

- syn. snowy orchid;

Habenaria orbiculata
n1
orchid having a raceme of large greenish-white flowers on a single flower stalk growing between two elliptic or round basal leaves lying on the ground;

- from northern Oregon and Montana across Canada to the eastern United States;

- syn. round-leaved rein orchid;

Habenaria peramoena
n1
orchid of northeastern and alpine eastern North America closely related to the purple fringed orchids but having rosy-purple or violet flowers with denticulate leaf divisions;

- syn. purple fringeless orchid, purple fringeless orchis;

Habenaria psycodes
n1
North American orchid with clusters of fragrant purple fringed flowers;

- syn. purple-fringed orchid, purple-fringed orchis;

Habenaria unalascensis
n1
similar to coastal rein orchid but with smaller flowers;

- Alaska to Baja California and east to the Dakotas and Colorado;

- syn. Alaska rein orchid;

Haber
n1
German chemist noted for the synthetic production of ammonia from the nitrogen in air (1868-1934);

- syn. Fritz Haber;

Haber-Bosch process
n1
an industrial process for producing ammonia from nitrogen and hydrogen by combining them under high pressure in the presence of an iron catalyst;

- syn. Haber process;

Haber process
n1
an industrial process for producing ammonia from nitrogen and hydrogen by combining them under high pressure in the presence of an iron catalyst;

- syn. Haber-Bosch process;

haberdasher / h æ b ə d æ ʃ ə , h æ b ə d æ ʃ ə ɹ /
n1
a merchant who sells men's clothing;

- syn. clothier;

haberdashery / h æ b ə d æ ʃ ə ɹ i /
n1
a store where men's clothes are sold;

- syn. clothing store, haberdashery store, mens store;

n2
the drygoods sold by a haberdasher;

- syn. men's furnishings;

haberdashery store
n1
a store where men's clothes are sold;

- syn. clothing store, haberdashery, mens store;

habergeon
n1
(Middle Ages) a light sleeveless coat of chain mail worn under the hauberk;

habiliment / h ə b ɪ ɫ ɪ m ə n t /
n1
a covering designed to be worn on a person's body;

- syn. article of clothing, clothing, vesture, wear, wearable;

habilimented / h ə b ɪ ɫ ɪ m ɛ n t ɪ d /
a1
dressed or clothed especially in fine attire;

- often used in combination;

- "the elegantly attired gentleman";

- "neatly dressed workers";

- "monks garbed in hooded robes";

- "went about oddly garmented";

- "professors robed in crimson";

- "tuxedo-attired gentlemen";

- "crimson-robed Harvard professors";

- syn. appareled, attired, dressed, garbed, garmented, robed;

- sim. clothed;

habilitate / h ə b ɪ ɫ ɪ t eɪ t /
v1
qualify for teaching at a university in Europe;

- "He habilitated after his sabbatical at a prestigious American university";

v2
provide with clothes or put clothes on;

- "Parents must feed and dress their child";

- syn. apparel, clothe, dress, enclothe, fit out, garb, garment, raiment, tog;

habit / h æ b ɪ t /
n1
an established custom;

- "it was their habit to dine at 7 every evening";

- syn. wont;

n2
(psychology) an automatic pattern of behavior in reaction to a specific situation;

- may be inherited or acquired through frequent repetition;

- "owls have nocturnal habits";

- "she had a habit twirling the ends of her hair";

- "long use had hardened him to it";

- syn. use;

n3
a distinctive attire worn by a member of a religious order;

n4
the general form or mode of growth (especially of a plant or crystal);

- "a shrub of spreading habit";

n5
attire that is typically worn by a horseback rider (especially a woman's attire);

- syn. riding habit;

n6
excessive use of drugs;

- syn. drug abuse, substance abuse;

v1
put a habit on;

habit-forming
a1
causing or characterized by addiction;

- "addictive drugs";

- "addictive behavior";

- syn. addictive;

habitability / h æ b ɪ t ə b ɪ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
suitability for living in or on;

- syn. habitableness;

habitable / h æ b ɪ t ə b ɫ /
a1
fit for habitation;

- "the habitable world";

- syn. inhabitable;

- sim. livable;

habitableness / h æ b ɪ t ə b ɫ n ə s /
n1
suitability for living in or on;

- syn. habitability;

habitant / h æ b ɪ t ə n t /
n1
a person who inhabits a particular place;

- syn. denizen, dweller, indweller, inhabitant;

habitat / h æ b ɪ t æ t /
n1
the type of environment in which an organism or group normally lives or occurs;

- "a marine habitat";

- "he felt safe on his home grounds";

- syn. home ground;

habitation / h æ b ɪ t eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the native habitat or home of an animal or plant;

n2
housing that someone is living in;

- "he built a modest dwelling near the pond";

- "they raise money to provide homes for the homeless";

- syn. abode, domicile, dwelling, dwelling house, home;

n3
the act of dwelling in or living permanently in a place (said of both animals and men);

- "he studied the creation and inhabitation and demise of the colony";

- syn. inhabitancy, inhabitation;

habited / h æ b ɪ t ɪ d /
a1
dressed in a habit;

- "the habited men of the monastery";

- sim. clothed;

habitual / h ə b ɪ tʃ ʊə ɫ /
a1
commonly used or practiced;

- usual;

- "his accustomed thoroughness";

- "took his customary morning walk";

- "his habitual comment";

- "with her wonted candor";

- syn. accustomed, customary, wonted;

- sim. usual;

habitual abortion
n1
repeated spontaneous abortion (often for no known reason);

habitual criminal
n1
someone who is repeatedly arrested for criminal behavior (especially for the same criminal behavior);

- syn. recidivist, repeater;

habitually / h ə b ɪ tʃ ʊə ɫ i /
r1
according to habit or custom;

- "her habitually severe expression";

- "he habitually keeps his office door closed";

habituate / h ə b ɪ tʃ ʊ eɪ t /
v1
take or consume (regularly or habitually);

- "She uses drugs rarely";

- syn. use;

v2
make psychologically or physically used (to something);

- "She became habituated to the background music";

- syn. accustom;

habituation / h ə b ɪ tʃ ʊ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic drugs);

- syn. addiction, dependance, dependence, dependency;

n2
a general accommodation to unchanging environmental conditions;

habitude / h æ b ɪ t j u d , h ə b ɪ tʃ ʊ eɪ /
n1
habitual mode of behavior;

habitue
n1
a regular patron;

- "an habitue of the racetrack";

- "a bum who is a Central Park fixture";

- syn. fixture, regular;

habitus
n1
person's predisposition to be affected by something (as a disease);

- "the consumptive habitus";

n2
constitution of the human body;

- syn. body-build, build, physique;

Hablot Knight Browne
n1
English illustrator of several of Dickens' novels (1815-1882);

- syn. Browne, Phiz;

Habsburg
n1
a royal German family that provided rulers for several European states and wore the crown of the Holy Roman Empire from 1440 to 1806;

- syn. Hapsburg;

hacek
n1
a diacritical mark (an inverted circumflex) placed above certain letters (such as the letter c) to indicate pronunciation;

- syn. wedge;

Hachiman
n1
a Shinto god of war;

hachure
n1
shading consisting of multiple crossing lines;

- syn. crosshatch, hatch, hatching;

hacienda / h æ s ɪ ɛ n d ə /
n1
a large estate in Spanish-speaking countries;

n2
the main house on a ranch or large estate;

hack / h æ k /
n1
one who works hard at boring tasks;

- syn. drudge, hacker;

n2
a politician who belongs to a small clique that controls a political party for private rather than public ends;

- syn. machine politician, political hack, ward-heeler;

n3
a mediocre and disdained writer;

- syn. hack writer, literary hack;

n4
a tool (as a hoe or pick or mattock) used for breaking up the surface of the soil;

n5
a car driven by a person whose job is to take passengers where they want to go in exchange for money;

- syn. cab, taxi, taxicab;

n6
an old or over-worked horse;

- syn. jade, nag, plug;

n7
a horse kept for hire;

n8
a saddle horse used for transportation rather than sport etc.;

v1
cut with a hacking tool;

- syn. chop;

v2
be able to manage or manage successfully;

- "I can't hack it anymore";

- "she could not cut the long days in the office";

- syn. cut;

v3
cut away;

- "he hacked his way through the forest";

v4
kick on the arms;

v5
kick on the shins;

v6
fix a computer program piecemeal until it works;

- "I'm not very good at hacking but I'll give it my best";

- syn. hack on;

v7
significantly cut up a manuscript;

- syn. cut up;

v8
cough spasmodically;

- "The patient with emphysema is hacking all day";

- syn. whoop;

hack-driver
n1
someone who drives a taxi for a living;

- syn. cabby, cabdriver, cabman, hack driver, livery driver, taxidriver, taximan;

hack driver
n1
someone who drives a taxi for a living;

- syn. cabby, cabdriver, cabman, hack-driver, livery driver, taxidriver, taximan;

hack on
v1
fix a computer program piecemeal until it works;

- "I'm not very good at hacking but I'll give it my best";

- syn. hack;

hack saw
n1
saw used with one hand for cutting metal;

- syn. hacksaw, metal saw;

hack writer
n1
a mediocre and disdained writer;

- syn. hack, literary hack;

hackamore
n1
rope or canvas headgear for a horse, with a rope for leading;

- syn. halter;

hackberry / h æ k b ɛr i /
n1
any of various trees of the genus Celtis having inconspicuous flowers and small berrylike fruits;

- syn. nettle tree;

n2
small edible dark purple to black berry with large pits;

- southern United States;

- syn. sugarberry;

hackbut / h æ k b ʌ t /
n1
an obsolete firearm with a long barrel;

- syn. arquebus, hagbut, harquebus;

hackee
n1
small striped semiterrestrial eastern American squirrel with cheek pouches;

- syn. Tamias striatus, eastern chipmunk, ground squirrel, striped squirrel;

Hackelia
n1
stickweed;

- beggar's lice;

- syn. Lappula, genus Hackelia, genus Lappula;

hacker / h æ k ə , h æ k ə ɹ /
n1
someone who plays golf poorly;

n2
a programmer for whom computing is its own reward;

- may enjoy the challenge of breaking into other computers but does no harm;

- "true hackers subscribe to a code of ethics and look down upon crackers";

n3
one who works hard at boring tasks;

- syn. drudge, hack;

hackle / h æ k ɫ /
n1
long slender feather on the necks of e.g. turkeys and pheasants;

v1
comb with a heckle;

- "heckle hemp or flax";

- syn. hatchel, heckle;

hackles / h æ k ɫ z /
n1
a feeling of anger and animosity;

- "having one's hackles or dander up";

- syn. dander;

hackmatack
n1
poplar of northeastern North America with broad heart-shaped leaves;

- syn. Populus balsamifera, balsam poplar, tacamahac;

hackney / h æ k n i /
n1
a carriage for hire;

- syn. hackney carriage, hackney coach;

n2
a compact breed of harness horse;

hackney carriage
n1
a carriage for hire;

- syn. hackney, hackney coach;

hackney coach
n1
a carriage for hire;

- syn. hackney, hackney carriage;

hackneyed / h æ k n ɪ d /
a1
repeated too often;

- overfamiliar through overuse;

- "bromidic sermons";

- "his remarks were trite and commonplace";

- "hackneyed phrases";

- "a stock answer";

- "repeating threadbare jokes";

- "parroting some timeworn axiom";

- "the trite metaphor `hard as nails'";

- syn. banal, commonplace, old-hat, shopworn, stock, threadbare, timeworn, tired, trite, well-worn;

- sim. unoriginal;

hacksaw / h æ k s ɔ /
n1
saw used with one hand for cutting metal;

- syn. hack saw, metal saw;

hackwork / h æ k w ɝ k /
n1
professional work done according to formula;

had best
v1
act in one's own or everybody's best interest;

- "You will do well to arrive on time tomorrow!";

- syn. do well;

Had crime
n1
(Islam) serious crimes committed by Muslims and punishable by punishments established in the Koran;

- "Had crimes include apostasy from Islam and murder and theft and adultery";

hadal
a1
relating to the deepest parts of the ocean (below 6000 meters);

haddock / h æ d ə k /
n1
lean white flesh of fish similar to but smaller than cod;

- usually baked or poached or as fillets sauteed or fried;

n2
important food fish on both sides of the Atlantic;

- related to cod but usually smaller;

- syn. Melanogrammus aeglefinus;

Hadean
n1
the earliest eon in the history of the Earth from the first accretion of planetary material (around 4,600 million years ago) until the date of the oldest known rocks (about 3,800 million years ago);

- no evidence of life;

- syn. Hadean aeon, Hadean eon, Hadean time, Priscoan, Priscoan aeon, Priscoan eon;

a1
of or relating to or characteristic of Hades or Tartarus;

- syn. Plutonian, Tartarean;

- sim. infernal;

Hadean aeon
n1
the earliest eon in the history of the Earth from the first accretion of planetary material (around 4,600 million years ago) until the date of the oldest known rocks (about 3,800 million years ago);

- no evidence of life;

- syn. Hadean, Hadean eon, Hadean time, Priscoan, Priscoan aeon, Priscoan eon;

Hadean eon
n1
the earliest eon in the history of the Earth from the first accretion of planetary material (around 4,600 million years ago) until the date of the oldest known rocks (about 3,800 million years ago);

- no evidence of life;

- syn. Hadean, Hadean aeon, Hadean time, Priscoan, Priscoan aeon, Priscoan eon;

Hadean time
n1
the earliest eon in the history of the Earth from the first accretion of planetary material (around 4,600 million years ago) until the date of the oldest known rocks (about 3,800 million years ago);

- no evidence of life;

- syn. Hadean, Hadean aeon, Hadean eon, Priscoan, Priscoan aeon, Priscoan eon;

Hades / h eɪ d i z /
n1
(Greek mythology) the god of the underworld in ancient mythology;

- brother of Zeus and husband of Persephone;

- syn. Aides, Aidoneus;

n2
(religion) the world of the dead;

- "No one goes to Hades with all his immense wealth"-Theognis;

- syn. Hell, Scheol, infernal region, netherworld, underworld;

Hadith
n1
(Islam) a tradition based on reports of the sayings and activities of Muhammad and his companions;

n2
(Islam) the way of life prescribed as normative for Muslims on the basis of the teachings and practices of Muhammad and interpretations of the Koran;

- syn. Sunna, Sunnah;

hadj
n1
the fifth pillar of Islam is a pilgrimage to Mecca during the month of Dhu al-Hijja;

- at least once in a lifetime a Muslim is expected to make a religious journey to Mecca and the Kaaba;

- "for a Muslim the hajj is the ultimate act of worship";

- syn. haj, hajj;

hadji / h æ dʒ i /
n1
an Arabic term of respect for someone who has made the pilgrimage to Mecca;

- syn. haji, hajji;

Hadrian
n1
Roman Emperor who was the adoptive son of Trajan;

- travelled throughout his empire to strengthen its frontiers and encourage learning and architecture;

- on a visit to Britain in 122 he ordered the construction of Hadrian's Wall (76-138);

- syn. Adrian, Publius Aelius Hadrianus;

Hadrian's Wall
n1
an ancient Roman wall built by Hadrian in the 2nd century;

- marked the northern boundary of the Roman Empire in Britain;

hadron / h æ d ɹ ɒ n /
n1
any elementary particle that interacts strongly with other particles;

hadrosaur
n1
any of numerous large bipedal ornithischian dinosaurs having a horny duck-like bill and webbed feet;

- may have been partly aquatic;

- syn. duck-billed dinosaur, hadrosaurus;

Hadrosauridae
n1
duck-billed dinosaurs;

- upper Cretaceous;

- syn. family Hadrosauridae;

hadrosaurus
n1
any of numerous large bipedal ornithischian dinosaurs having a horny duck-like bill and webbed feet;

- may have been partly aquatic;

- syn. duck-billed dinosaur, hadrosaur;

haecceity
n1
the essence that makes something the kind of thing it is and makes it different from any other;

- syn. quiddity;

Haeckel
n1
German biologist and philosopher;

- advocated Darwinism and formulated the theory of recapitulation;

- was an exponent of materialistic monism (1834-1919);

- syn. Ernst Heinrich Haeckel;

haem
n1
a complex red organic pigment containing iron and other atoms to which oxygen binds;

- syn. haemitin, hematin, heme, protoheme;

haemagglutinate
v1
cause the clumping together (of red blood cells);

- syn. hemagglutinate;

haemagglutination
n1
agglutination of red blood cells;

- syn. hemagglutination;

haemal / h i m ə ɫ /
a1
relating to the blood vessels or blood;

- syn. haematal, hemal, hematal;

haemal arch
n1
a structure arising ventrally from a vertebral centrum and enclosing the caudal blood vessels;

- syn. hemal arch;

haemangioma
n1
benign angioma consisting of a mass of blood vessels;

- some appear as birthmarks;

- syn. hemangioma;

Haemanthus
n1
genus of African deciduous or evergreen bulbous herbs: blood lilies;

- syn. genus Haemanthus;

Haemanthus coccineus
n1
spectacular plant having large prostrate leaves barred in reddish-purple and flowers with a clump of long yellow stamens in a coral-red cup of fleshy bracts;

- South Africa;

- syn. Cape tulip;

haematal
a1
relating to the blood vessels or blood;

- syn. haemal, hemal, hematal;

haematemesis
n1
vomiting blood;

- syn. hematemesis;

haematic
a1
relating to or containing or affecting blood;

- "a hematic cyst";

- "a hematic crisis";

- syn. haemic, hematic, hemic;

haematinic
n1
a medicine that increases the hemoglobin content of the blood;

- used to treat iron-deficiency anemia;

- syn. hematinic;

haematite / h ɛ m ə t aɪ t /
n1
the principal form of iron ore;

- consists of ferric oxide in crystalline form;

- occurs in a red earthy form;

- syn. hematite;

Haematobia
n1
European genus of bloodsucking flies;

- syn. genus Haematobia;

Haematobia irritans
n1
small black European fly introduced into North America;

- sucks blood from cattle especially at the base of the horn;

- syn. horn fly;

haematocele
n1
swelling caused by blood collecting in a body cavity (especially a swelling of the membrane covering the testis);

- syn. haematocoele, hematocele, hematocoele;

haematochezia
n1
passage of stools containing blood (as from diverticulosis or colon cancer or peptic ulcer);

- syn. hematochezia;

haematocoele
n1
swelling caused by blood collecting in a body cavity (especially a swelling of the membrane covering the testis);

- syn. haematocele, hematocele, hematocoele;

haematocolpometra
n1
accumulation of blood in the vagina and uterus;

- syn. hematocolpometra;

haematocolpos
n1
accumulation of menstrual blood in the vagina (usually due to an imperforate hymen);

- syn. hematocolpos;

haematocrit
n1
the ratio of the volume occupied by packed red blood cells to the volume of the whole blood as measured by a hematocrit;

- syn. hematocrit, packed cell volume;

n2
a measuring instrument to determine (usually by centrifugation) the relative amounts of corpuscles and plasma in the blood;

- syn. hematocrit;

haematocytopenia
n1
an abnormally low number of red blood cells in the blood;

- syn. hematocytopenia;

haematocyturia
n1
the presence of red blood cells in the urine;

- syn. hematocyturia;

haematogenesis
n1
the formation of blood cells in the living body (especially in the bone marrow);

- syn. haematopoiesis, haemogenesis, haemopoiesis, hematogenesis, hematopoiesis, hemogenesis, hemopoiesis, sanguification;

haematogenic
a1
pertaining to the formation of blood or blood cells;

- "hemopoietic stem cells in bone marrow";

- syn. haematopoietic, haemopoietic, hematogenic, hematopoietic, hemopoietic;

haematohiston
n1
a colorless protein obtained by removing heme from hemoglobin;

- the oxygen carrying compound in red blood cells;

- syn. globin, hematohiston;

haematoidin
n1
an orange-yellow pigment in the bile that forms as a product of hemoglobin;

- excess amounts in the blood produce the yellow appearance observed in jaundice;

- syn. bilirubin, hematoidin;

haematological
a1
of or relating to or involved in hematology;

- syn. hematologic, hematological;

haematologist / h ɛ m ə t ɒ ɫ ə dʒ ɪ s t /
n1
a doctor who specializes in diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs;

- syn. hematologist;

haematology / h ɛ m ə t ɒ ɫ ə dʒ i /
n1
the branch of medicine that deals with diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs;

- syn. hematology;

haematolysis
n1
lysis of erythrocytes with the release of hemoglobin;

- syn. haemolysis, hematolysis, hemolysis;

haematoma
n1
a localized swelling filled with blood;

- syn. hematoma;

Haematopodidae
n1
oystercatchers;

- syn. family Haematopodidae;

haematopoiesis
n1
the formation of blood cells in the living body (especially in the bone marrow);

- syn. haematogenesis, haemogenesis, haemopoiesis, hematogenesis, hematopoiesis, hemogenesis, hemopoiesis, sanguification;

haematopoietic
a1
pertaining to the formation of blood or blood cells;

- "hemopoietic stem cells in bone marrow";

- syn. haematogenic, haemopoietic, hematogenic, hematopoietic, hemopoietic;

Haematopus
n1
oystercatchers;

- syn. genus Haematopus;

Haematoxylon
n1
small genus of tropical American spiny bushy shrubs or trees;

- syn. Haematoxylum, genus Haematoxylon, genus Haematoxylum;

Haematoxylum
n1
small genus of tropical American spiny bushy shrubs or trees;

- syn. Haematoxylon, genus Haematoxylon, genus Haematoxylum;

Haematoxylum campechianum
n1
spiny shrub or small tree of Central America and West Indies having bipinnate leaves and racemes of small bright yellow flowers and yielding a hard brown or brownish-red heartwood used in preparing a black dye;

- syn. bloodwood tree, campeachy, logwood, logwood tree;

haematuria
n1
the presence of blood in the urine;

- often a symptom of urinary tract disease;

- syn. hematuria;

haemic
a1
relating to or containing or affecting blood;

- "a hematic cyst";

- "a hematic crisis";

- syn. haematic, hematic, hemic;

haemitin
n1
a complex red organic pigment containing iron and other atoms to which oxygen binds;

- syn. haem, hematin, heme, protoheme;

haemodialysis
n1
dialysis of the blood to remove toxic substances or metabolic wastes from the bloodstream;

- used in the case of kidney failure;

- syn. hemodialysis;

Haemodoraceae
n1
some genera placed in family Liliaceae;

- syn. bloodwort family, family Haemodoraceae;

Haemodorum
n1
type genus of family Haemodoraceae;

- syn. genus Haemodorum;

haemogenesis
n1
the formation of blood cells in the living body (especially in the bone marrow);

- syn. haematogenesis, haematopoiesis, haemopoiesis, hematogenesis, hematopoiesis, hemogenesis, hemopoiesis, sanguification;

haemoglobin / h i m ə ɡ ɫ oʊ b ɪ n /
n1
a hemoprotein composed of globin and heme that gives red blood cells their characteristic color;

- function primarily to transport oxygen from the lungs to the body tissues;

- "fish have simpler hemoglobin than mammals";

- syn. Hb, hemoglobin;

haemoglobinemia
n1
presence of excessive hemoglobin in the blood plasma;

- syn. hemoglobinemia;

haemoglobinopathy
n1
a blood disease characterized by the presence of abnormal hemoglobins in the blood;

- syn. hemoglobinopathy;

haemoglobinuria
n1
presence of hemoglobin in the urine;

- syn. hemoglobinuria;

haemolysin
n1
any substance that can cause lysis (destruction) of erythrocytes (red blood cells) and the release of their hemoglobin;

- syn. erythrocytolysin, erythrolysin, hemolysin;

haemolysis
n1
lysis of erythrocytes with the release of hemoglobin;

- syn. haematolysis, hematolysis, hemolysis;

haemolytic
a1
relating to or involving or causing hemolysis;

- "hemolytic anemia";

- syn. hemolytic;

haemolytic anaemia
n1
anemia resulting from destruction of erythrocytes;

- syn. hemolytic anemia;

haemophile
n1
someone who has hemophilia and is subject to uncontrollable bleeding;

- syn. bleeder, haemophiliac, hemophile, hemophiliac;

haemophilia / h i m ə f ɪ ɫ ɪə /
n1
congenital tendency to uncontrolled bleeding;

- usually affects males and is transmitted from mother to son;

- syn. bleeder's disease, hemophilia;

haemophilia A
n1
hemophilia caused by a congenital deficiency of factor VIII;

- occurs almost exclusively in men;

- syn. classical haemophilia, classical hemophilia, hemophilia A;

haemophilia B
n1
a clotting disorder similar to hemophilia A but caused by a congenital deficiency of factor IX;

- syn. Christmas disease, hemophilia B;

haemophiliac / h i m ə f ɪ ɫ ɪ æ k /
n1
someone who has hemophilia and is subject to uncontrollable bleeding;

- syn. bleeder, haemophile, hemophile, hemophiliac;

haemophilic / h i m ə f ɪ ɫ ɪ k /
a1
relating to or having hemophilia;

- syn. hemophilic;

Haemopis
n1
leeches;

- syn. genus Haemopis;

haemopoiesis
n1
the formation of blood cells in the living body (especially in the bone marrow);

- syn. haematogenesis, haematopoiesis, haemogenesis, hematogenesis, hematopoiesis, hemogenesis, hemopoiesis, sanguification;

haemopoietic
a1
pertaining to the formation of blood or blood cells;

- "hemopoietic stem cells in bone marrow";

- syn. haematogenic, haematopoietic, hematogenic, hematopoietic, hemopoietic;

haemoproteid
n1
related to malaria parasite and having a phase in the viscera of various birds;

Haemoproteidae
n1
bird parasites;

- syn. family Haemoproteidae;

haemoprotein
n1
a conjugated protein linked to a compound of iron and porphyrin;

- syn. hemoprotein;

Haemoproteus
n1
type genus of the family Haemoproteidae;

- syn. genus Haemoproteus;

haemoptysis
n1
coughing up blood from the respiratory tract;

- usually indicates a severe infection of the bronchi or lungs;

- syn. hemoptysis;

haemorrhage / h ɛ m ə ɹ ɪ dʒ /
n1
the flow of blood from a ruptured blood vessel;

- syn. bleeding, hemorrhage;

haemorrhagic
a1
of or relating to a hemorrhage;

- syn. hemorrhagic;

haemorrhagic fever
n1
a group of illnesses caused by a viral infection (usually restricted to a specific geographic area);

- fever and gastrointestinal symptoms are followed by capillary hemorrhage;

- syn. VHF, hemorrhagic fever, viral haemorrhagic fever, viral hemorrhagic fever;

haemorrhagic stroke
n1
stroke caused by the rupture of a blood vessel in the brain;

- syn. hemorrhagic stroke;

haemorrhoid / h ɛ m ə ɹ ɔɪ d /
n1
venous swelling external or internal to the anal sphincter;

- syn. hemorrhoid, piles;

haemorrhoidectomy
n1
surgical procedure for tying hemorrhoids and excising them;

- syn. hemorrhoidectomy;

haemosiderin
n1
a granular brown substance composed of ferric oxide;

- left from the breakdown of hemoglobin;

- can be a sign of disturbed iron metabolism;

- syn. hemosiderin;

haemosiderosis
n1
abnormal deposit of hemosiderin;

- often a symptom of thalassemia or hemochromatosis;

- syn. hemosiderosis;

Haemosporidia
n1
an order in the subclass Telosporidia;

- syn. order Haemosporidia;

haemosporidian
n1
minute protozoans parasitic at some stage of the life cycle in blood cells of vertebrates including many pathogens;

haemostasia
n1
surgical procedure of stopping the flow of blood (as with a hemostat);

- syn. haemostasis, hemostasia, hemostasis;

haemostasis
n1
surgical procedure of stopping the flow of blood (as with a hemostat);

- syn. haemostasia, hemostasia, hemostasis;

haemostat
n1
a surgical instrument that stops bleeding by clamping the blood vessel;

- syn. hemostat;

haemothorax
n1
accumulation of blood in the pleural cavity (the space between the lungs and the walls of the chest);

- syn. hemothorax;

Haemulidae
n1
grunts;

- syn. family Haemulidae;

Haemulon
n1
type genus of the Haemulidae;

- syn. genus Haemulon;

Haemulon album
n1
a grunt with a red mouth that is found from Florida to Brazil;

- syn. margate;

Haemulon aurolineatum
n1
found off the West Indies and Florida;

- syn. tomtate;

Haemulon macrostomum
n1
a kind of grunt;

- syn. Spanish grunt;

Haemulon malanurum
n1
of warm Atlantic waters;

- syn. cottonwick;

Haemulon parra
n1
a grunt found from Florida to Brazil and Gulf of Mexico;

- syn. sailor's-choice, sailors choice;

hafnium
n1
a grey tetravalent metallic element that resembles zirconium chemically and is found in zirconium minerals;

- used in filaments for its ready emission of electrons;

- syn. Hf, atomic number 72;

haft / h ɑ f t /
n1
the handle of a weapon or tool;

- syn. helve;

Haftarah
n1
a short selection from the Prophets read on every Sabbath in a Jewish synagogue following a reading from the Torah;

- syn. Haftorah, Haphtarah, Haphtorah;

Haftorah
n1
a short selection from the Prophets read on every Sabbath in a Jewish synagogue following a reading from the Torah;

- syn. Haftarah, Haphtarah, Haphtorah;

hag / h æ ɡ /
n1
an ugly evil-looking old woman;

- syn. beldam, beldame, crone, witch;

n2
eellike cyclostome having a tongue with horny teeth in a round mouth surrounded by eight tentacles;

- feeds on dead or trapped fishes by boring into their bodies;

- syn. hagfish, slime eels;

hag-ridden / h æ ɡ ɹ ɪ d n /
a1
tormented or harassed by nightmares or unreasonable fears;

- "hagridden...by visions of an imminent heaven or hell upon earth"- C.S.Lewis;

- syn. hagridden, tormented;

- sim. troubled;

Hagada
n1
Talmudic literature that does not deal with law but is still part of Jewish tradition;

- syn. Haggada, Haggadah;

Haganah
n1
the clandestine military wing of the Jewish leadership during the British rule over the mandate of Palestine from 1920 to 1948;

- became the basis for the Israeli defense force;

hagberry / h æ ɡ b ɛr i /
n1
small cherry much liked by birds;

hagberry tree
n1
small European cherry tree closely resembling the American chokecherry;

- syn. European bird cherry, Prunus padus, common bird cherry;

hagbut
n1
an obsolete firearm with a long barrel;

- syn. arquebus, hackbut, harquebus;

Hageman factor
n1
coagulation factor whose deficiency results in prolongation of clotting time of venous blood;

- syn. factor XII;

Hagerstown / h ɑ ɡ ə z t aʊ n /
n1
a town in northern Maryland;

hagfish / h æ ɡ f ɪ ʃ /
n1
eellike cyclostome having a tongue with horny teeth in a round mouth surrounded by eight tentacles;

- feeds on dead or trapped fishes by boring into their bodies;

- syn. hag, slime eels;

Haggada
n1
Talmudic literature that does not deal with law but is still part of Jewish tradition;

- syn. Hagada, Haggadah;

Haggadah
n1
Talmudic literature that does not deal with law but is still part of Jewish tradition;

- syn. Hagada, Haggada;

Haggai
n1
a Hebrew minor prophet;

- syn. Aggeus;

n2
an Old Testament book telling the prophecies of Haggai which are concerned mainly with rebuilding the temples after the Babylonian Captivity;

- syn. Aggeus, Book of Haggai;

Haggard / h æ ɡ ə d /
n1
British writer noted for romantic adventure novels (1856-1925);

- syn. Rider Haggard, Sir Henry Rider Haggard;

a1
showing the wearing effects of overwork or care or suffering;

- "looking careworn as she bent over her mending";

- "her face was drawn and haggard from sleeplessness";

- "that raddled but still noble face";

- "shocked to see the worn look of his handsome young face"- Charles Dickens;

- syn. careworn, drawn, raddled, worn;

- sim. tired;

a2
very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold;

- "a nightmare population of gaunt men and skeletal boys";

- "eyes were haggard and cavernous";

- "small pinched faces";

- "kept life in his wasted frame only by grim concentration";

- syn. cadaverous, emaciated, gaunt, pinched, skeletal, wasted;

- sim. thin;

haggardly / h æ ɡ ə d ɫ i /
r1
in a haggard manner;

- "she looked haggardly out of her tent";

haggis / h æ ɡ ɪ s /
n1
made of sheep's or calf's viscera minced with oatmeal and suet and onions and boiled in the animal's stomach;

haggle / h æ ɡ ɫ /
n1
an instance of intense argument (as in bargaining);

- syn. haggling, wrangle, wrangling;

v1
wrangle (over a price, terms of an agreement, etc.);

- "Let's not haggle over a few dollars";

- syn. chaffer, higgle, huckster;

haggler / h æ ɡ ə ɫ ə /
n1
an intense bargainer;

haggling / h æ ɡ ɫ ɪ ŋ /
n1
an instance of intense argument (as in bargaining);

- syn. haggle, wrangle, wrangling;

Hagia Sofia
n1
a 6th century masterpiece of Byzantine architecture in Istanbul;

- built as a Christian church, converted to a mosque in 1453, and made into a museum in the middle of the 20th century;

- syn. Hagia Sophia, Santa Sofia, Santa Sophia;

Hagia Sophia
n1
a 6th century masterpiece of Byzantine architecture in Istanbul;

- built as a Christian church, converted to a mosque in 1453, and made into a museum in the middle of the 20th century;

- syn. Hagia Sofia, Santa Sofia, Santa Sophia;

Hagiographa
n1
the third of three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures;

- syn. Ketubim, Writings;

hagiographer
n1
the author of a worshipful or idealizing biography;

- syn. hagiographist, hagiologist;

hagiographist
n1
the author of a worshipful or idealizing biography;

- syn. hagiographer, hagiologist;

hagiography
n1
a biography that idealizes or idolizes the person (especially a person who is a saint);

hagiolatry / h æ ɡ ɪ ɒ ɫ ə t ɹ i /
n1
the worship of saints;

- syn. hierolatry;

hagiologist / h æ ɡ ɪ ɒ ɫ ə dʒ ɪ s t /
n1
the author of a worshipful or idealizing biography;

- syn. hagiographer, hagiographist;

hagiology / h æ ɡ ɪ ɒ ɫ ə dʒ i /
n1
literature narrating the lives (and legends) of the saints;

hagridden / h æ ɡ ɹ ɪ d n /
a1
tormented or harassed by nightmares or unreasonable fears;

- "hagridden...by visions of an imminent heaven or hell upon earth"- C.S.Lewis;

- syn. hag-ridden, tormented;

- sim. troubled;

Hahn
n1
German chemist who was co-discoverer with Lise Meitner of nuclear fission (1879-1968);

- syn. Otto Hahn;

hahnium
n1
a transuranic element;

- syn. Db, atomic number 105, dubnium, element 105;

haick
n1
an outer garment consisting of a large piece of white cloth;

- worn by men and women in northern Africa;

- syn. haik;

Haida
n1
a member of a seafaring group of North American Indians who lived on the Pacific coast of British Columbia and southwestern Alaska;

n2
the Na-Dene language of the Haida;

Haifa
n1
a major port in northwestern Israel;

- syn. Hefa;

haik
n1
an outer garment consisting of a large piece of white cloth;

- worn by men and women in northern Africa;

- syn. haick;

haiku
n1
an epigrammatic Japanese verse form of three short lines;

hail / h eɪ ɫ /
n1
precipitation of ice pellets when there are strong rising air currents;

n2
many objects thrown forcefully through the air;

- "a hail of pebbles";

- "a hail of bullets";

n3
enthusiastic greeting;

v1
praise vociferously;

- "The critics hailed the young pianist as a new Rubinstein";

- syn. acclaim, herald;

v2
be a native of;

- "She hails from Kalamazoo";

- syn. come;

v3
call for;

- "hail a cab";

v4
greet enthusiastically or joyfully;

- syn. herald;

v5
precipitate as small ice particles;

- "It hailed for an hour";

hail-fellow
a1
heartily friendly and congenial;

- syn. comradely, hail-fellow-well-met;

- sim. friendly;

hail-fellow-well-met
a1
heartily friendly and congenial;

- syn. comradely, hail-fellow;

- sim. friendly;

Hail Mary
n1
a salutation to the Virgin Mary now used in prayers to her;

- syn. Ave Maria;

Haile Selassie
n1
emperor of Ethiopia;

- worshipped by Rastafarians (1892-1975);

- syn. Ras Tafari, Ras Tafari Makonnen;

hailstone / h eɪ ɫ s t oʊ n /
n1
small pellet of ice that falls during a hailstorm;

hailstorm / h eɪ ɫ s t ɔ m /
n1
a storm during which hail falls;

Haiphong / h aɪ f ɒ ŋ /
n1
a port city in northern Vietnam;

- industrial center;

hair / h eə , h eə ɹ /
n1
a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head);

- helps to prevent heat loss;

- "he combed his hair";

- "each hair consists of layers of dead keratinized cells";

n2
a very small distance or space;

- "they escaped by a hair's-breadth";

- "they lost the election by a whisker";

- syn. hair's-breadth, hairsbreadth, whisker;

n3
filamentous hairlike growth on a plant;

- "peach fuzz";

- syn. fuzz, tomentum;

n4
any of the cylindrical filaments characteristically growing from the epidermis of a mammal;

- "there is a hair in my soup";

- syn. pilus;

n5
cloth woven from horsehair or camelhair;

- used for upholstery or stiffening in garments;

- syn. haircloth;

n6
a filamentous projection or process on an organism;

hair's-breadth / h eə z b ɹ ɛ t θ /
n1
a very small distance or space;

- "they escaped by a hair's-breadth";

- "they lost the election by a whisker";

- syn. hair, hairsbreadth, whisker;

hair-raiser
n1
excitation that makes your hair stand up or that chills your bones;

- "the movie was an old-fashioned hair-raiser";

- syn. chiller;

hair-raising / h eə ɹ eɪ z ɪ ŋ /
a1
extremely alarming;

- syn. bloodcurdling, nightmarish;

- sim. alarming;

hair-shirt / h eə ʃ ɝ t /
a1
self-sacrificing or austere;

- syn. hair-shirted;

hair-shirted
a1
self-sacrificing or austere;

- syn. hair-shirt;

hair-tailed mole
n1
mole of eastern North America;

- syn. Parascalops breweri, brewer's mole;

hair ball
n1
a compact mass of hair that forms in the alimentary canal (especially in the stomach of animals as a result of licking fur);

- syn. hairball, trichobezoar;

hair care
n1
care for the hair: the activity of washing or cutting or curling or arranging the hair;

- syn. haircare, hairdressing;

hair cell
n1
a sensory epithelial cell present in the organ of Corti;

hair coloring
n1
a dye for coloring the hair;

- syn. hair dye, tint;

n2
coloring of the hair;

- "her hair-coloring was unusual: a very pale gold";

n3
the act of dyeing or tinting one's hair;

hair curler
n1
a mechanical device consisting of a cylindrical tube around which the hair is wound to curl it;

- "a woman with her head full of curlers is not a pretty sight";

- syn. crimper, curler, roller;

hair drier
n1
a hand-held electric blower that can blow warm air onto the hair;

- used for styling hair;

- syn. blow drier, blow dryer, hair dryer, hand blower;

hair dryer
n1
a hand-held electric blower that can blow warm air onto the hair;

- used for styling hair;

- syn. blow drier, blow dryer, hair drier, hand blower;

hair dye
n1
a dye for coloring the hair;

- syn. hair coloring, tint;

hair follicle
n1
a small tubular cavity containing the root of a hair;

- small muscles and sebaceous glands are associated with them;

hair gel
n1
jellylike substance used in hair styling;

- syn. gel;

hair grass
n1
fine-leaved aquatic spike rush;

- popular as aerator for aquariums;

- syn. Eleocharis acicularis, needle rush, needle spike rush, slender spike rush;

hair grease
n1
a toiletry for the hair;

- syn. hair oil, hair tonic, hairdressing;

hair mousse
n1
toiletry consisting of an aerosol foam used in hair styling;

- syn. mousse;

hair of the dog
n1
an alcoholic drink supposed to cure a hangover;

hair oil
n1
a toiletry for the hair;

- syn. hair grease, hair tonic, hairdressing;

hair seal
n1
any of several seals lacking external ear flaps and having a stiff hairlike coat with hind limbs reduced to swimming flippers;

- syn. earless seal, true seal;

hair shirt
n1
an uncomfortable shirt made of coarse animal hair;

- worn next to the skin as a penance;

hair slide
n1
a decorative hinged clip that girls and women put in their hair to hold it in place;

hair space
n1
(printing) the narrowest of the spaces used to separate words or letters;

hair spray
n1
toiletry consisting of a commercial preparation that is sprayed on the hair to hold it in place;

hair stroke
n1
a very fine line in writing or printing;

hair style
n1
the arrangement of the hair (especially a woman's hair);

- syn. coif, coiffure, hairdo, hairstyle;

hair tonic
n1
a toiletry for the hair;

- syn. hair grease, hair oil, hairdressing;

hair trigger
n1
a gun trigger that responds with little pressure;

hairball / h eə b ɔ ɫ /
n1
a compact mass of hair that forms in the alimentary canal (especially in the stomach of animals as a result of licking fur);

- syn. hair ball, trichobezoar;

hairbrush / h eə b ɹ ʌ ʃ /
n1
a brush used to groom a person's hair;

haircare
n1
care for the hair: the activity of washing or cutting or curling or arranging the hair;

- syn. hair care, hairdressing;

haircloth / h eə k ɫ ɒ θ /
n1
cloth woven from horsehair or camelhair;

- used for upholstery or stiffening in garments;

- syn. hair;

haircut / h eə k ʌ t /
n1
the style in which hair has been cut;

n2
the act of cutting the hair;

hairdo / h eə d u /
n1
the arrangement of the hair (especially a woman's hair);

- syn. coif, coiffure, hair style, hairstyle;

hairdresser / h eə d ɹ ɛ s ə , h eə d ɹ ɛ s ə ɹ /
n1
someone who cuts or beautifies hair;

- syn. hairstylist, styler, stylist;

hairdressing / h eə d ɹ ɛ s ɪ ŋ /
n1
a toiletry for the hair;

- syn. hair grease, hair oil, hair tonic;

n2
care for the hair: the activity of washing or cutting or curling or arranging the hair;

- syn. hair care, haircare;

haired / h eə d , h eə ɹ d /
a1
having or covered with hair;

- "Jacob was a hairy man";

- "a hairy caterpillar";

- syn. hairy, hirsute;

- sim. canescent, coarse-haired, comate, curly-haired, dark-haired, downy, floccose, furlike, furred, fuzzed, glossy-haired, hispid, lanate, long-haired, pappose, pilous, rough-haired, shock-headed, short-haired, silky-haired, silver-haired, smooth-haired, snake-haired, soft-haired, stiff-haired, thick-haired, tomentose, velvety-furred, wire-haired, wiry, wooly;

hairgrip
n1
a flat wire hairpin whose prongs press tightly together;

- used to hold bobbed hair in place;

- "in Britain they call a bobby pin a grip";

- syn. bobby pin, grip;

hairiness / h eə ɹ ɪ n ə s /
n1
the quality of having hair;

- syn. pilosity;

hairless / h eə ɫ ə s /
a1
having no hair or fur;

- "a Mexican Hairless is about the size of a fox terrier and hairless except for a tufts on the head and tail";

- sim. bald, balding, beardless, depilatory, depilous, glabrescent, glabrous, naked-muzzled, naked-tailed, nonhairy, tonsured;

hairlessness / h eə ɫ ə s n ə s /
n1
the condition of being void of hair;

- syn. depilation;

n2
the quality of not having hair;

hairlike / h eə ɫ aɪ k /
a1
long and slender with a very small internal diameter;

- "a capillary tube";

- syn. capillary;

- sim. thin;

hairline / h eə ɫ aɪ n /
n1
a very thin line;

n2
the natural margin formed by hair on the head;

hairline fracture
n1
a fracture without separation of the fragments and the line of the break being very thin;

- syn. capillary fracture;

hairnet / h eə n ɛ t /
n1
a small net that some women wear over their hair to keep it in place;

hairpiece / h eə p i s /
n1
a covering or bunch of human or artificial hair used for disguise or adornment;

- syn. false hair, postiche;

hairpin / h eə p ɪ n /
n1
a double pronged pin used to hold women's hair in place;

hairpin bend
n1
a U-shaped bend in a road;

hairsbreadth / h eə z b ɹ ɛ d θ /
n1
a very small distance or space;

- "they escaped by a hair's-breadth";

- "they lost the election by a whisker";

- syn. hair, hair's-breadth, whisker;

hairsplitter / h eə s p ɫ ɪ t ə ɹ /
n1
a disputant who makes unreasonably fine distinctions;

hairsplitting / h eə s p ɫ ɪ t ɪ ŋ /
n1
making too fine distinctions of little importance;

- "they didn't take his hairsplitting seriously";

- syn. word-splitting;

a1
developed in excessively fine detail;

- "finespun distinctions";

- syn. finespun;

- sim. precise;

hairspring / h eə s p ɹ ɪ ŋ /
n1
a fine spiral spring that regulates the movement of the balance wheel in a timepiece;

hairstreak / h eə s t ɹ i k /
n1
small butterflies having striped markings under the wings;

- syn. hairstreak butterfly;

hairstreak butterfly
n1
small butterflies having striped markings under the wings;

- syn. hairstreak;

hairstyle / h eə s t aɪ ɫ /
n1
the arrangement of the hair (especially a woman's hair);

- syn. coif, coiffure, hair style, hairdo;

hairstylist / h eə s t aɪ ɫ ɪ s t /
n1
someone who cuts or beautifies hair;

- syn. hairdresser, styler, stylist;

hairtail
n1
long-bodied marine fishes having a long whiplike scaleless body and sharp teeth;

- closely related to snake mackerel;

- syn. cutlassfish, frost fish;

hairweaving / h eə w i v ɪ ŋ /
n1
the act of interweaving a hairpiece with your own hair;

hairy / h eə ɹ i /
a1
having or covered with hair;

- "Jacob was a hairy man";

- "a hairy caterpillar";

- syn. haired, hirsute;

- sim. canescent, coarse-haired, comate, curly-haired, dark-haired, downy, floccose, furlike, furred, fuzzed, glossy-haired, hispid, lanate, long-haired, pappose, pilous, rough-haired, shock-headed, short-haired, silky-haired, silver-haired, smooth-haired, snake-haired, soft-haired, stiff-haired, thick-haired, tomentose, velvety-furred, wire-haired, wiry, wooly;

a2
hazardous and frightening;

- "hairy moments in the mountains";

- sim. alarming;

hairy-legged vampire bat
n1
similar in size and habits to Desmodus rotundus;

- of tropical America including southern California and Texas;

- syn. Diphylla ecaudata;

hairy darling pea
n1
shrubby perennial of southern Australia having downy or woolly stems and undersides of leaves and racemes of red to pink flowers;

- syn. Swainsona grandiflora, Swainsona greyana;

hairy finger grass
n1
a European forage grass grown for hay;

- a naturalized weed in United States;

- syn. Digitaria sanguinalis, large crabgrass;

hairy golden aster
n1
hairy perennial with yellow flower heads in branched clusters;

- found almost everywhere in dry places from Canada to west central and western United States;

- sometimes placed in genus Chrysopsis;

- syn. Chrysopsis villosa, Heterotheca villosa, prairie golden aster;

hairy honeysuckle
n1
twining deciduous shrub with hairy leaves and spikes of yellow-orange flowers;

- northeastern America;

- syn. Lonicera hirsuta;

hairy lip fern
n1
small North American evergreen fern whose stipes and lower frond surfaces are densely wooly;

- syn. Cheilanthes lanosa, wooly lip fern;

hairy root
n1
a phase of crown gall (especially in apples) during which there is abnormal development of fine fibrous roots;

hairy spurge
n1
much-branched hirsute weed native to northeastern North America;

- syn. Euphorbia hirsuta;

hairy tare
n1
European vetch much cultivated as forage and cover crops;

- syn. Vicia villosa, hairy vetch;

hairy tongue
n1
a benign side effect of some antibiotics;

- dark overgrowth of the papillae of the tongue;

- syn. black tongue, furry tongue;

hairy vetch
n1
European vetch much cultivated as forage and cover crops;

- syn. Vicia villosa, hairy tare;

hairy willowherb
n1
plant of Europe and Asia having purplish-red flowers and hairy stems and leaves;

- introduced into North America;

- syn. Epilobium hirsutum, codlins-and-cream;

hairy wood mint
n1
a variety of wood mint;

- syn. Blephilia hirsuta;

Haiti / h eɪ t i /
n1
a republic in the West Indies on the western part of the island of Hispaniola;

- achieved independence from France in 1804;

- the poorest and most illiterate nation in the western hemisphere;

- syn. Republic of Haiti;

n2
an island in the West Indies;

- syn. Hayti, Hispaniola;

Haitian / h eɪ ʃ n /
n1
a native or inhabitant of Haiti;

a1
of or relating to or characteristic of the republic of Haiti or its people;

- "Haitian shantytowns";

Haitian capital
n1
the capital and largest city of Haiti;

- syn. Port-au-Prince;

Haitian centime
n1
100 centimes equal 1 gourde in Haiti;

Haitian Creole
n1
a creole language spoken by most Haitians;

- based on French and various African languages;

Haitian monetary unit
n1
the monetary unit in Haiti;

haj
n1
the fifth pillar of Islam is a pilgrimage to Mecca during the month of Dhu al-Hijja;

- at least once in a lifetime a Muslim is expected to make a religious journey to Mecca and the Kaaba;

- "for a Muslim the hajj is the ultimate act of worship";

- syn. hadj, hajj;

haji
n1
an Arabic term of respect for someone who has made the pilgrimage to Mecca;

- syn. hadji, hajji;

hajj
n1
the fifth pillar of Islam is a pilgrimage to Mecca during the month of Dhu al-Hijja;

- at least once in a lifetime a Muslim is expected to make a religious journey to Mecca and the Kaaba;

- "for a Muslim the hajj is the ultimate act of worship";

- syn. hadj, haj;

hajji
n1
a general term used by foreign soldiers to refer to the Iraqi people;

- "to American soldiers, the hajji are the alien people from whom the enemy emerges";

n2
an Arabic term of respect for someone who has made the pilgrimage to Mecca;

- syn. hadji, haji;

hake / h eɪ k /
n1
the lean flesh of a fish similar to cod;

n2
any of several marine food fishes related to cod;

Hakea
n1
Australian shrubs and small trees with evergreen usually spiny leaves and dense clusters of showy flowers;

- syn. genus Hakea;

Hakea laurina
n1
tall straggling shrub with large globose crimson-yellow flowers;

- western Australia;

- syn. cushion flower, pincushion hakea;

Hakea leucoptera
n1
large bushy shrub with pungent pointed leaves and creamy white flowers;

- central and eastern Australia;

- syn. needle-wood, needle wood, needlewood;

Hakea lissosperma
n1
shrub with pungent rigid needle-shaped leaves and white flowers;

- eastern Australia;

- syn. needle-bush, needle bush, needlebush;

hakeem / h æ k i m /
n1
a Muslim physician;

- syn. hakim;

Hakenkreuz
n1
the official emblem of the Nazi Party and the Third Reich;

- a cross with the arms bent at right angles in a clockwise direction;

- syn. swastika;

Hakham
n1
a Hebrew title of respect for a wise and highly educated man;

hakim
n1
a Muslim ruler or governor or judge;

n2
a Muslim physician;

- syn. hakeem;

Hakka
n1
a member of a people of southeastern China (especially Hong Kong, Canton, and Taiwan) who migrated from the north in the 12th century;

n2
a dialect of Chinese spoken in southeastern China by the Hakka;

- syn. Hakka dialect;

Hakka dialect
n1
a dialect of Chinese spoken in southeastern China by the Hakka;

- syn. Hakka;

Halab
n1
a city in northwestern Syria;

- syn. Alep, Aleppo;

Halacha
n1
Talmudic literature that deals with law and with the interpretation of the laws on the Hebrew Scriptures;

- syn. Halaka, Halakah;

Halaka
n1
Talmudic literature that deals with law and with the interpretation of the laws on the Hebrew Scriptures;

- syn. Halacha, Halakah;

Halakah
n1
Talmudic literature that deals with law and with the interpretation of the laws on the Hebrew Scriptures;

- syn. Halacha, Halaka;

halal
n1
(Islam) meat from animals that have been slaughtered in the prescribed way according to the shariah;

a1
proper or legitimate;

- "the fund earns halal profits in full compliance with the Shari'a";

- sim. proper;

a2
conforming to dietary laws;

- "halal meat";

- "a halal kitchen";

- sim. clean;

halberd / h æ ɫ b ə d /
n1
a pike fitted with an ax head;

halberdier / h æ ɫ b ə d ɪə , h æ ɫ b ə d ɪə ɹ /
n1
a guard who carries a halberd (as a symbol of his duty);

Halchidhoma
n1
a member of a North American Indian people of the Colorado river valley near the mouth of the Gila river;

- allied to the Maricopa;

Halcion
n1
a form of benzodiazepine (trade name Halcion) frequently prescribed as a sleeping pill;

- usually given to people who have trouble falling asleep;

- syn. triazolam;

Halcyon / h æ ɫ s ɪə n /
n1
(Greek mythology) a woman who was turned into a kingfisher;

- syn. Alcyone;

n2
a large kingfisher widely distributed in warmer parts of the Old World;

- syn. genus Halcyon;

n3
a mythical bird said to breed at the time of the winter solstice in a nest floating on the sea and to have the power of calming the winds and waves;

a1
idyllically calm and peaceful;

- suggesting happy tranquillity;

- "a halcyon atmosphere";

- sim. peaceful;

a2
marked by peace and prosperity;

- "a golden era";

- "the halcyon days of the clipper trade";

- syn. golden, prosperous;

- sim. happy;

Haldane
n1
Scottish geneticist (son of John Haldane) who contributed to the development of population genetics;

- a popularizer of science and a Marxist (1892-1964);

- syn. J. B. S. Haldane, John Burdon Sanderson Haldane;

n2
Scottish physiologist and brother of Richard Haldane and Elizabeth Haldane;

- noted for research into industrial diseases (1860-1936);

- syn. John Haldane, John Scott Haldane;

n3
Scottish writer and sister of Richard Haldane and John Haldane (1862-1937);

- syn. Elizabeth Haldane, Elizabeth Sanderson Haldane;

n4
Scottish statesman and brother of Elizabeth and John Haldane (1856-1928);

- syn. First Viscount Haldane of Cloan, Richard Burdon Haldane, Richard Haldane;

Haldea
n1
ground snakes;

- syn. genus Haldea;

Haldea striatula
n1
in some classifications placed in genus Haldea;

- small reddish-grey snake of eastern North America;

- syn. Potamophis striatula, eastern ground snake;

Haldol
n1
tranquilizer (trade name Haldol) used to treat some psychotic disorders and Tourette's syndrome;

- syn. haloperidol;

Hale / h eɪ ɫ /
n1
a soldier of the American Revolution who was hanged as a spy by the British;

- his last words were supposed to have been `I only regret that I have but one life to give for my country' (1755-1776);

- syn. Nathan Hale;

n2
United States astronomer who discovered that sunspots are associated with strong magnetic fields (1868-1938);

- syn. George Ellery Hale;

n3
prolific United States writer (1822-1909);

- syn. Edward Everett Hale;

v1
to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means;

- "She forced him to take a job in the city";

- "He squeezed her for information";

- syn. coerce, force, pressure, squeeze;

v2
draw slowly or heavily;

- "haul stones";

- "haul nets";

- syn. cart, drag, haul;

a1
exhibiting or restored to vigorous good health;

- "hale and hearty";

- "whole in mind and body";

- "a whole person again";

- syn. whole;

- sim. healthy;

Haleakala National Park
n1
a national park in Hawaii including a dormant volcano;

haleness / h eɪ ɫ n ɛ s /
n1
a state of robust good health;

- syn. wholeness;

Halenia
n1
genus of herbs of Eurasia and the Americas: spurred gentians;

- syn. genus Halenia;

haler / h æ ɫ ə , h æ ɫ ə ɹ , h eɪ ɫ ə , h eɪ ɫ ə ɹ /
n1
100 halers equal 1 koruna Slovakia;

- syn. heller;

n2
100 halers equal 1 koruna in Czech Republic;

- syn. heller;

Halesia
n1
deciduous small trees or shrubs of China and eastern North America;

- syn. genus Halesia;

Halesia carolina
n1
medium-sized tree of West Virginia to Florida and Texas;

- syn. Halesia tetraptera, opossum wood, silver-bell tree, silverbell tree, snowdrop tree;

Halesia tetraptera
n1
medium-sized tree of West Virginia to Florida and Texas;

- syn. Halesia carolina, opossum wood, silver-bell tree, silverbell tree, snowdrop tree;

Halevy
n1
French operatic composer (1799-1862);

- syn. Fromental Halevy, Jacques Francois Fromental Elie Halevy;

Haley
n1
United States rock singer who was one of the first to popularize rock'n'roll music (1925-1981);

- syn. Bill Haley, William John Clifton Haley Jr.;

n2
United States writer and Afro-American who wrote a fictionalized account of tracing his family roots back to Africa (1921-1992);

- syn. Alex Haley;

half / h ɑ f /
n1
one of two equal parts of a divisible whole;

- "half a loaf";

- "half an hour";

- "a century and one half";

- syn. one-half;

n2
one of two divisions into which some games or performances are divided: the two divisions are separated by an interval;

a1
consisting of one of two equivalent parts in value or quantity;

- "a half chicken";

- "lasted a half hour";

- sim. fractional;

a2
partial;

- "gave me a half smile";

- "he did only a half job";

- sim. incomplete;

a3
(of siblings) related through one parent only;

- "a half brother";

- "half sister";

r1
partially or to the extent of a half;

- "he was half hidden by the bushes";

half-and-half
n1
half milk and half light cream;

- contains 10% to 18% butterfat;

a1
in equal parts;

- "a half-and-half mixture";

- sim. equal;

r1
in equal parts;

- "it was divided half-and-half";

half-and-half dressing
n1
half mayonnaise and half vinaigrette seasoned with minced garlic and mashed anchovies and grated Parmesan cheese;

- especially good for combination salads;

half-baked / h ɑ f b eɪ k t /
a1
foolish;

- totally unsound;

- "a crazy scheme";

- "half-baked ideas";

- "a screwball proposal without a prayer of working";

- syn. crazy, screwball, softheaded;

- sim. impractical;

a2
insufficiently cooked;

- syn. underdone;

- sim. raw;

half-blooded
a1
(of animals) having only one purebred parent;

- syn. half-bred, half-breed;

- sim. crossbred;

half-bound
a1
(of books) having the back bound in one material and the sides in another;

- sim. bound;

half-bred
a1
(of animals) having only one purebred parent;

- syn. half-blooded, half-breed;

- sim. crossbred;

half-breed / h ɑ f b ɹ i d /
n1
an offensive term for an offspring of parents of different racial group (especially of Caucasian and American Indian ancestry);

a1
(of animals) having only one purebred parent;

- syn. half-blooded, half-bred;

- sim. crossbred;

half-brother / h ɑ f b ɹ ʌ ð ə , h ɑ f b ɹ ʌ ð ə ɹ /
n1
a brother who has only one parent in common with you;

- syn. half brother, stepbrother;

half-caste / h ɑ f k ɑ s t /
n1
an offensive term for the offspring of parents of different racial groups or cultures;

half-century
n1
a period of 50 years;

half-clothed
a1
inadequately clothed;

- syn. scantily clad, underclothed;

- sim. unclothed;

half-cock
n1
confusion resulting from lack of preparation;

half-crazed / h ɑ f k ɹ eɪ z d /
a1
driven insane;

- syn. crazed, deranged;

- sim. insane;

half-dozen
a1
denoting a quantity consisting of six items or units;

- syn. 6, half dozen, six, vi;

- sim. cardinal;

half-evergreen
a1
of a plant that is incompletely evergreen;

- "it was evergreen where the weather was mild but deciduous in the rigorous parts of the range";

- syn. semi-evergreen;

- sim. evergreen;

half-free morel
n1
a morel with the ridged and pitted fertile portion attached to the stipe for about half its length;

- syn. Morchella semilibera, cow's head;

half-hardy / h ɑ f h ɑ d i /
a1
(of plants) requiring protection from frost;

- "half-hardy annuals";

- sim. robust;

half-hearted / h ɑ f h ɑ t ɪ d /
a1
feeling or showing little interest or enthusiasm;

- "a halfhearted effort";

- "gave only lukewarm support to the candidate";

- syn. halfhearted, lukewarm, tepid;

- sim. unenthusiastic;

half-heartedly / h ɑ f h ɑ t ɪ d ɫ i /
r1
without enthusiasm;

- in a half-hearted manner;

- "she tried half-heartedly";

half-holiday / h ɑ f h ɒ ɫ ə d eɪ /
n1
a day on which half is free from work or duty;

half-hour / h ɑ f aʊ ə , h ɑ f aʊ ə ɹ /
n1
a half of an hour;

- syn. 30 minutes;

half-hourly / h ɑ f aʊ ə ɫ i /
a1
occurring ever half hour;

- sim. periodic;

r1
every thirty minutes, every half hour;

half-intensity
n1
half the maximum intensity;

half-length / h ɑ f ɫ ɛ ŋ θ /
n1
a portrait showing the body from only the waist up;

a1
representing only the upper half of the body;

- "a half-length portrait";

- sim. short;

a2
abridged to half its original length;

- sim. abridged;

half-life
n1
the time required for something to fall to half its initial value (in particular, the time for half the atoms in a radioactive substance to disintegrate);

- syn. half life;

half-light
n1
a greyish light (as at dawn or dusk or in dim interiors);

half-mast
n1
a position some distance below the top of a mast to which a flag is lowered in mourning or to signal distress;

- syn. half-staff;

half-moon
n1
the crescent-shaped area at the base of the human fingernail;

- syn. lunula, lunule;

n2
the time at which the Moon is at first or last quarter when half its face is illuminated;

half-pay / h ɑ f p eɪ /
n1
reduced wage paid to someone who is not working full time;

half-pint
n1
disparaging terms for small people;

- syn. peewee, runt, shrimp;

half-price / h ɑ f p ɹ aɪ s /
r1
for half the price;

- "she bought it half-price during the sale";

half-relief
n1
a sculptural relief between low relief and high relief;

- syn. mezzo-relievo, mezzo-rilievo;

half-seas-over / h ɑ f s i z oʊ v ə , h ɑ f s i z oʊ v ə ɹ /
a1
British informal for `intoxicated';

- sim. intoxicated;

half-sister / h ɑ f s ɪ s t ə , h ɑ f s ɪ s t ə ɹ /
n1
a sister who has only one parent in common with you;

- syn. half sister, stepsister;

half-size / h ɑ f s aɪ z /
a1
half the usual or regular size;

- sim. small;

half-slip
n1
undergarment worn under a skirt;

- syn. petticoat, underskirt;

half-staff
n1
a position some distance below the top of a mast to which a flag is lowered in mourning or to signal distress;

- syn. half-mast;

half-term
n1
a short vacation about halfway through a school term;

- "he came to visit at half-term";

half-timber
a1
having exposed wood framing with spaces filled with masonry, as in Tudor architecture;

- syn. half-timbered;

- sim. timbered;

half-timbered / h ɑ f t ɪ m b ə d /
a1
having exposed wood framing with spaces filled with masonry, as in Tudor architecture;

- syn. half-timber;

- sim. timbered;

half-time / h ɑ f t aɪ m , h ɑ f t oʊ n /
a1
involving half the standard or customary time for an activity;

- "he had two years of half-time training";

- sim. part-time;

r1
for less than the standard number of hours;

- "he works part-time";

- syn. part-time, parttime;

half-track / h ɑ f t ɹ æ k /
a1
having caterpillar treads on the rear and wheels in front;

- "half-track armored vehicles";

- syn. half-tracked;

- sim. tracked;

half-tracked / h ɑ f t ɹ æ k t /
a1
having caterpillar treads on the rear and wheels in front;

- "half-track armored vehicles";

- syn. half-track;

- sim. tracked;

half-truth / h ɑ f t ɹ u θ /
n1
a partially true statement intended to deceive or mislead;

half-wit / h ɑ f w ɪ t /
n1
a person of subnormal intelligence;

- syn. changeling, cretin, idiot, imbecile, moron, retard;

n2
a stupid incompetent person;

- syn. dimwit, doofus, nitwit;

half-witted / h ɑ f w ɪ t ɪ d /
a1
retarded in intellectual development;

- syn. backward, feebleminded, slow-witted;

- sim. retarded;

half-yearly / h ɑ f j ɝ ɫ i /
a1
occurring or payable twice each year;

- syn. biannual, biyearly, semiannual;

- sim. periodic;

r1
every half year, every six months;

half a dozen
n1
the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one;

- syn. 6, Captain Hicks, VI, hexad, sestet, sextet, sextuplet, sise, six, sixer;

half binding
n1
book binding in which the spine and part of the sides are bound in one material and the rest in another;

half blood
n1
one of siblings who have only one parent in common;

half boot
n1
a boot reaching halfway up to the knee;

- syn. buskin, combat boot, desert boot, top boot;

half brother
n1
a brother who has only one parent in common with you;

- syn. half-brother, stepbrother;

half cross stitch
n1
a single cross stitch at a diagonal;

half crown
n1
an English coin worth half a crown;

half dollar
n1
a United States coin worth half of a dollar;

- syn. fifty-cent piece;

half door
n1
an exterior door divided in two horizontally;

- either half can be closed or open independently;

- syn. Dutch door;

half dozen
a1
denoting a quantity consisting of six items or units;

- syn. 6, half-dozen, six, vi;

- sim. cardinal;

half eagle
n1
a former gold coin in United States worth 5 dollars;

half gainer
n1
a dive in which the diver throws the feet forward and up to complete a half backward somersault and enters the water facing the diving board;

half hatchet
n1
a hatchet with a half axe head;

half hitch
n1
a knot used to fasten a rope temporarily to an object;

- usually tied double;

half life
n1
the time required for something to fall to half its initial value (in particular, the time for half the atoms in a radioactive substance to disintegrate);

- syn. half-life;

half mask
n1
a mask covering the upper part of the face but with holes for the eyes;

- syn. domino, eye mask;

half mile
n1
a unit of length equal to half of 1 mile;

- syn. 880 yards;

half nelson
n1
a wrestling hold in which the holder puts an arm under the opponent's arm and exerts pressure on the back of the neck;

half note
n1
a musical note having the time value of half a whole note;

- syn. minim;

half page
n1
something that covers (the top or bottom) half of a page;

half pound
n1
8 ounces avoirdupois;

half rest
n1
a musical rest having the time value of half a whole rest or equal in duration to two beats in common time;

half sister
n1
a sister who has only one parent in common with you;

- syn. half-sister, stepsister;

half snipe
n1
a small short-billed Old World snipe;

- syn. Limnocryptes minima, jacksnipe;

half sole
n1
shoe sole extending from the shank to the toe;

half step
n1
the musical interval between adjacent keys on a keyboard instrument;

- syn. semitone;

half title
n1
a first page of some books displaying only the title of the book;

- syn. bastard title;

half track
n1
a motor vehicle propelled by half tracks;

- frequently used by the military;

n2
a track that goes around only rear wheels;

half volley
n1
a tennis return made by hitting the ball immediately after it bounces;

halfback / h ɑ f b æ k /
n1
(football) the running back who plays the offensive halfback position;

n2
(American football) an offensive back usually positioned behind the quarterback and to the side of the fullback;

halfbeak / h ɑ f b i k /
n1
tropical and subtropical marine and freshwater fishes having an elongated body and long protruding lower jaw;

halfhearted / h ɑ f h ɑ t ɪ d /
a1
feeling or showing little interest or enthusiasm;

- "a halfhearted effort";

- "gave only lukewarm support to the candidate";

- syn. half-hearted, lukewarm, tepid;

- sim. unenthusiastic;

halfpenny / h eɪ p n i /
n1
an English coin worth half a penny;

- syn. ha'penny;

halfpennyworth / h eɪ p n ɪ w ɝ θ /
n1
the amount that can be bought for a halfpenny;

- syn. ha'p'orth;

halftime / h ɑ f t aɪ m /
n1
an intermission between the first and second half of a game;

halftone / h ɑ f t oʊ n /
n1
a print obtained from photoengraving;

n2
an engraving used to reproduce an illustration;

- syn. halftone engraving, photoengraving;

halftone engraving
n1
an engraving used to reproduce an illustration;

- syn. halftone, photoengraving;

halfway / h ɑ f w eɪ /
a1
equally distant from the extremes;

- syn. center, middle, midway;

- sim. central;

a2
at a point midway between two extremes;

- "at the halfway mark";

- sim. intermediate;

a3
including only half or a portion;

- "halfway measures";

- sim. fractional;

r1
at half the distance;

- at the middle;

- "he was halfway down the ladder when he fell";

- syn. midway;

Haliaeetus
n1
a genus of Accipitridae;

- syn. genus Haliaeetus;

Haliaeetus leucocephalus
n1
a large eagle of North America that has a white head and dark wings and body;

- syn. American eagle, bald eagle;

Haliaeetus leucorhyphus
n1
of southeast Europe and central Asia;

- syn. fishing eagle;

Haliaeetus pelagicus
n1
found on coasts of the northwestern Pacific;

- syn. Kamchatkan sea eagle, Stellar's sea eagle;

Haliatus albicilla
n1
bulky greyish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail;

- of Europe and Greenland;

- syn. European sea eagle, ern, erne, gray sea eagle, grey sea eagle, white-tailed sea eagle;

halibut / h æ ɫ ɪ b ə t /
n1
lean flesh of very large flatfish of Atlantic or Pacific;

n2
marine food fish of the northern Atlantic or northern Pacific;

- the largest flatfish and one of the largest teleost fishes;

- syn. holibut;

halibut-liver oil
n1
a fatty oil from halibut livers that is used as a source of vitamin A;

Halicarnassus
n1
an ancient Greek city on the southwestern coast of Asia Minor in what is now Turkey;

- site of the mausoleum at Halicarnassus;

Halicoeres
n1
a genus of Labridae;

- syn. genus Halicoeres;

Halicoeres bivittatus
n1
small wrasse of tropical Atlantic;

- syn. slippery dick;

Halicoeres radiatus
n1
bluish and bronze wrasse;

- found from Florida keys to Brazil;

- syn. pudding-wife, puddingwife;

Halictidae
n1
a family of small solitary bees;

- many are valuable pollinators for agriculture;

- syn. family Halictidae;

halide
n1
a salt of any halogen acid;

Halifax / h æ ɫ ɪ f æ k s /
n1
provincial capital and largest city of Nova Scotia;

Halimodendron
n1
one species: salt tree;

- syn. genus Halimodendron;

Halimodendron argenteum
n1
spiny shrub of the Caspian salt plains and Siberia having elegant silvery, downy young foliage and mildly fragrant pink-purple blooms;

- syn. Halimodendron halodendron, salt tree;

Halimodendron halodendron
n1
spiny shrub of the Caspian salt plains and Siberia having elegant silvery, downy young foliage and mildly fragrant pink-purple blooms;

- syn. Halimodendron argenteum, salt tree;

Haliotidae
n1
abalones;

- syn. family Haliotidae;

Haliotis
n1
type genus of the family Haliotidae;

- syn. genus Haliotis;

Haliotis tuberculata
n1
an abalone found near the Channel Islands;

- syn. ormer, sea-ear;

halite
n1
naturally occurring crystalline sodium chloride;

- syn. rock salt;

halitosis / h æ ɫ ɪ t oʊ s ɪ s /
n1
offensive breath;

halitus
n1
exhaled breath;

- syn. exhalation;

hall / h ɔ ɫ /
n1
an interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open;

- "the elevators were at the end of the hall";

- syn. hallway;

n2
a large entrance or reception room or area;

- syn. antechamber, anteroom, entrance hall, foyer, lobby, vestibule;

n3
a large room for gatherings or entertainment;

- "lecture hall";

- "pool hall";

n4
a college or university building containing living quarters for students;

- syn. dorm, dormitory, residence hall, student residence;

n5
the large room of a manor or castle;

- syn. manor hall;

n6
English writer whose novel about a lesbian relationship was banned in Britain for many years (1883-1943);

- syn. Marguerite Radclyffe Hall, Radclyffe Hall;

n7
United States child psychologist whose theories of child psychology strongly influenced educational psychology (1844-1924);

- syn. G. Stanley Hall, Granville Stanley Hall;

n8
United States chemist who developed an economical method of producing aluminum from bauxite (1863-1914);

- syn. Charles Martin Hall;

n9
United States explorer who led three expeditions to the Arctic (1821-1871);

- syn. Charles Francis Hall;

n10
United States astronomer who discovered Phobos and Deimos (the two satellites of Mars) (1829-1907);

- syn. Asaph Hall;

n11
a large and imposing house;

- syn. manse, mansion, mansion house, residence;

n12
a large building used by a college or university for teaching or research;

- "halls of learning";

n13
a large building for meetings or entertainment;

Hall's honeysuckle
n1
a variety of Japanese honeysuckle that grows like a vine;

- established as an aggressive escape in southeastern United States;

- syn. Lonicera japonica halliana;

Hall of Fame
n1
a building containing trophies honoring famous people;

hall of residence
n1
a university dormitory;

hall pass
n1
written permission from a teacher for a student to be out the classroom and in the halls of the school;

hall porter
n1
someone who guards an entrance;

- syn. door guard, doorkeeper, doorman, gatekeeper, ostiary, porter;

hallah / h æ ɫ l ɑ /
n1
(Judaism) a loaf of white bread containing eggs and leavened with yeast;

- often formed into braided loaves and glazed with eggs before baking;

- syn. challah;

Halle / h æ ɫ i /
n1
a city in the Saxony region of Germany on the Saale River;

- a member of the Hanseatic League during the 13th and 14th centuries;

- syn. Halle-an-der-Saale;

Halle-an-der-Saale
n1
a city in the Saxony region of Germany on the Saale River;

- a member of the Hanseatic League during the 13th and 14th centuries;

- syn. Halle;

Hallel
n1
(Judaism) a chant of praise (Psalms 113 through 118) used at Passover and Shabuoth and Sukkoth and Hanukkah and Rosh Hodesh;

hallelujah / h æ ɫ ɪ ɫ u j ə /
n1
a shout or song of praise to God;

Halley / h æ ɫ i /
n1
English astronomer who used Newton's laws of motion to predict the period of a comet (1656-1742);

- syn. Edmond Halley, Edmund Halley;

halliard / h æ ɫ j ə d /
n1
a rope for raising or lowering a sail or flag;

- syn. halyard;

hallmark / h ɔ ɫ m ɑ k /
n1
a distinctive characteristic or attribute;

- syn. earmark, stylemark, trademark;

n2
a mark on an article of trade to indicate its origin and authenticity;

- syn. assay-mark, authentication;

halloo / h ə ɫ u /
n1
a shout to attract attention;

- "he gave a great halloo but no one heard him";

v1
urge on with shouts;

- "halloo the dogs in a hunt";

v2
shout `halloo', as when greeting someone or attracting attention;

hallow / h æ ɫ oʊ /
v1
render holy by means of religious rites;

- syn. bless, consecrate, sanctify;

Hallowe'en / h æ ɫ oʊ i n /
n1
the evening before All Saints' Day;

- often devoted to pranks played by young people;

- syn. Allhallows Eve, Halloween;

hallowed / h æ ɫ oʊ d /
a1
worthy of religious veneration;

- "the sacred name of Jesus";

- "Jerusalem's hallowed soil";

- syn. sacred;

- sim. holy;

Halloween / h ə ɫ oʊ w i n /
n1
the evening before All Saints' Day;

- often devoted to pranks played by young people;

- syn. Allhallows Eve, Hallowe'en;

Hallowmas / h æ ɫ oʊ m æ s /
n1
a Christian feast day honoring all the saints;

- first observed in 835;

- syn. All Saints' Day, Allhallows, Hallowmass, November 1;

Hallowmass
n1
a Christian feast day honoring all the saints;

- first observed in 835;

- syn. All Saints' Day, Allhallows, Hallowmas, November 1;

hallstand
n1
a piece of furniture where coats and hats and umbrellas can be hung;

- usually has a mirror;

hallucinate / h ə ɫ u s ɪ n eɪ t /
v1
perceive what is not there;

- have illusions;

hallucinating / h ə ɫ u s ɪ n eɪ t ɪ ŋ /
a1
experiencing delirium;

- syn. delirious;

- sim. ill;

hallucination / h ə ɫ u s ɪ n eɪ ʃ n /
n1
illusory perception;

- a common symptom of severe mental disorder;

n2
a mistaken or unfounded opinion or idea;

- "he has delusions of competence";

- "his dreams of vast wealth are a hallucination";

- syn. delusion;

n3
an object perceived during a hallucinatory episode;

- "he refused to believe that the angel was a hallucination";

hallucinatory / h ə ɫ u s ɪ n ə t ɹ i /
a1
characterized by or characteristic of hallucination;

- "the bizarre hallucinatory dreams of fever"- Jean Stafford;

- sim. unreal;

hallucinogen / h ə ɫ u s ɪ n ə dʒ ɪ n /
n1
a psychoactive drug that induces hallucinations or altered sensory experiences;

- syn. hallucinogenic drug, psychedelic drug, psychodelic drug;

hallucinogenic / h ə ɫ u s ɪ n ə dʒ ɛ n ɪ k /
a1
capable of producing hallucinations;

- "LSD is a powerful hallucinogenic drug";

- sim. psychoactive;

hallucinogenic drug
n1
a psychoactive drug that induces hallucinations or altered sensory experiences;

- syn. hallucinogen, psychedelic drug, psychodelic drug;

hallucinosis / h ə ɫ u s ɪ n oʊ s ɪ s /
n1
a mental state in which the person has continual hallucinations;

hallux
n1
the first largest innermost toe;

- syn. big toe, great toe;

hallway / h ɔ ɫ w eɪ /
n1
an interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open;

- "the elevators were at the end of the hall";

- syn. hall;

halm / h ɑ m /
n1
stems of beans and peas and potatoes and grasses collectively as used for thatching and bedding;

- syn. haulm;

halma / h æ ɫ m ə /
n1
a board game in which players try to move their pieces into their opponent's bases;

halo / h eɪ ɫ oʊ /
n1
an indication of radiant light drawn around the head of a saint;

- syn. aura, aureole, gloriole, glory, nimbus;

n2
a toroidal shape;

- "a ring of ships in the harbor";

- "a halo of smoke";

- syn. anchor ring, annulus, doughnut, ring;

n3
a circle of light around the sun or moon;

halo blight
n1
a blight affecting the leaves of oats and other grasses;

n2
a blight of bean plants;

- syn. bean blight, halo spot;

halo spot
n1
a blight of bean plants;

- syn. bean blight, halo blight;

haloalkane
n1
organic compound in which halogen atoms have been substituted for hydrogen atoms in an alkane;

- syn. alkyl halide;

halobacter
n1
halophiles in saline environments such as the Dead Sea or salt flats;

- syn. halobacteria, halobacterium;

halobacteria
n1
halophiles in saline environments such as the Dead Sea or salt flats;

- syn. halobacter, halobacterium;

halobacterium
n1
halophiles in saline environments such as the Dead Sea or salt flats;

- syn. halobacter, halobacteria;

halocarbon
n1
one of various compounds of carbon and any of the halogens;

Halocarpus
n1
dioecious trees or shrubs of New Zealand;

- similar in habit to Dacrydium;

- syn. genus Halocarpus;

Halocarpus bidwilli
n1
New Zealand shrub;

- syn. Dacrydium bidwilli, New Zealand mountain pine, tar-wood, tarwood;

haloform
n1
compounds with the formula CHX3, where X is a halogen atom;

halogen / h eɪ ɫ oʊ dʒ ɛ n /
n1
any of five related nonmetallic elements (fluorine or chlorine or bromine or iodine or astatine) that are all monovalent and readily form negative ions;

halogeton
n1
a coarse annual herb introduced into North America from Siberia;

- dangerous to sheep and cattle on western rangelands because of its high oxalate content;

- syn. Halogeton glomeratus;

Halogeton glomeratus
n1
a coarse annual herb introduced into North America from Siberia;

- dangerous to sheep and cattle on western rangelands because of its high oxalate content;

- syn. halogeton;

Halogeton souda
n1
Algerian plant formerly burned to obtain calcium carbonate;

- syn. barilla;

halon
n1
a compound in which the hydrogen atoms of a hydrocarbon have been replaced by bromine and other halogen atoms;

- very stable;

- used in fire extinguishers although it is thought to release bromine that depletes the ozone layer;

haloperidol
n1
tranquilizer (trade name Haldol) used to treat some psychotic disorders and Tourette's syndrome;

- syn. Haldol;

halophil
n1
archaebacteria requiring a salt-rich environment for growth and survival;

- syn. halophile;

halophile
n1
archaebacteria requiring a salt-rich environment for growth and survival;

- syn. halophil;

halophyte
n1
plant growing naturally in very salty soil;

Haloragaceae
n1
a family of dicotyledonous plants of the order Myrtales;

- syn. Haloragidaceae, family Haloragaceae, family Haloragidaceae, water-milfoil family;

Haloragidaceae
n1
a family of dicotyledonous plants of the order Myrtales;

- syn. Haloragaceae, family Haloragaceae, family Haloragidaceae, water-milfoil family;

halothane
n1
a nonflammable inhalation anesthetic that produces general anesthesia;

- used along with analgesics and muscle relaxants for many types of surgical procedures;

Hals
n1
Dutch portrait and genre painter who endowed his portraits with vitality and humor (1580?-1666);

- syn. Frans Hals;

halt / h ɔ ɫ t /
n1
the state of inactivity following an interruption;

- "the negotiations were in arrest";

- "held them in check";

- "during the halt he got some lunch";

- "the momentary stay enabled him to escape the blow";

- "he spent the entire stop in his seat";

- syn. arrest, check, hitch, stay, stop, stoppage;

n2
the event of something ending;

- "it came to a stop at the bottom of the hill";

- syn. stop;

n3
an interruption or temporary suspension of progress or movement;

- "a halt in the arms race";

- "a nuclear freeze";

- syn. freeze;

v1
cause to stop;

- "Halt the engines";

- "Arrest the progress";

- "halt the presses";

- syn. arrest, hold;

v2
come to a halt, stop moving;

- "the car stopped";

- "She stopped in front of a store window";

- syn. stop;

v3
stop from happening or developing;

- "Block his election";

- "Halt the process";

- syn. block, kibosh, stop;

v4
stop the flow of a liquid;

- "staunch the blood flow";

- "stem the tide";

- syn. stanch, staunch, stem;

a1
disabled in the feet or legs;

- "a crippled soldier";

- "a game leg";

- syn. crippled, game, gimpy, halting, lame;

- sim. unfit;

halter / h ɔ ɫ t ə , h ɔ ɫ t ə ɹ /
n1
rope or canvas headgear for a horse, with a rope for leading;

- syn. hackamore;

n2
a rope that is used by a hangman to execute persons who have been condemned to death by hanging;

- syn. hangman's halter, hangman's rope, hemp, hempen necktie;

n3
a woman's top that fastens behind the back and neck leaving the back and arms uncovered;

n4
either of the rudimentary hind wings of dipterous insects;

- used for maintaining equilibrium during flight;

- syn. balancer, haltere;

v1
hang with a halter;

v2
prevent the progress or free movement of;

- "He was hampered in his efforts by the bad weather";

- "the imperialist nation wanted to strangle the free trade between the two small countries";

- syn. cramp, hamper, strangle;

haltere
n1
either of the rudimentary hind wings of dipterous insects;

- used for maintaining equilibrium during flight;

- syn. balancer, halter;

halting / h ɔ ɫ t ɪ ŋ /
a1
disabled in the feet or legs;

- "a crippled soldier";

- "a game leg";

- syn. crippled, game, gimpy, halt, lame;

- sim. unfit;

a2
fragmentary or halting from emotional strain;

- "uttered a few halting words of sorrow";

- sim. broken;

haltingly / h ɔ ɫ t ɪ ŋ ɫ i /
r1
in a halting manner;

- "he spoke haltingly";

halve / h ɑ v /
v1
divide by two;

- divide into halves;

- "Halve the cake";

halyard / h æ ɫ j ə d /
n1
a rope for raising or lowering a sail or flag;

- syn. halliard;

ham / h æ m /
n1
meat cut from the thigh of a hog (usually smoked);

- syn. gammon, jambon;

n2
(Old Testament) son of Noah;

n3
a licensed amateur radio operator;

n4
an unskilled actor who overacts;

- syn. ham actor;

v1
exaggerate one's acting;

- syn. ham it up, overact, overplay;

ham-fisted / h æ m f ɪ s t ɪ d /
a1
lacking physical movement skills, especially with the hands;

- "a bumbling mechanic";

- "a bungling performance";

- "ham-handed governmental interference";

- "could scarcely empty a scuttle of ashes, so handless was the poor creature"- Mary H. Vorse;

- syn. bumbling, bungling, butterfingered, ham-handed, handless, heavy-handed, left-handed;

- sim. maladroit;

ham-handed / h æ m h æ n d ɪ d /
a1
lacking physical movement skills, especially with the hands;

- "a bumbling mechanic";

- "a bungling performance";

- "ham-handed governmental interference";

- "could scarcely empty a scuttle of ashes, so handless was the poor creature"- Mary H. Vorse;

- syn. bumbling, bungling, butterfingered, ham-fisted, handless, heavy-handed, left-handed;

- sim. maladroit;

ham actor
n1
an unskilled actor who overacts;

- syn. ham;

ham and eggs
n1
eggs (scrambled or fried) served with ham;

ham hock
n1
a small cut of meat from the leg just above the foot;

ham it up
v1
exaggerate one's acting;

- syn. ham, overact, overplay;

ham sandwich
n1
a sandwich made with a filling of sliced ham;

hamadryad / h æ m ə d ɹ aɪ ə d /
n1
the nymph or spirit of a particular tree;

n2
large cobra of southeastern Asia and the East Indies;

- the largest venomous snake;

- sometimes placed in genus Naja;

- syn. Naja hannah, Ophiophagus hannah, king cobra;

hamamelid dicot family
n1
family of mostly woody dicotyledonous flowering plants with flowers often unisexual and often borne in catkins;

hamamelid dicot genus
n1
genus of mostly woody relatively primitive dicotyledonous flowering plants with flowers often unisexual and often borne in catkins;

Hamamelidaceae
n1
comprises genera Hamamelis, Corylopsis, Fothergilla, Liquidambar, Parrotia, and other small genera;

- syn. family Hamamelidaceae, witch-hazel family;

Hamamelidae
n1
a group of chiefly woody plants considered among the most primitive of angiosperms;

- perianth poorly developed or lacking;

- flowers often unisexual and often in catkins and often wind pollinated;

- contains 23 families including the Betulaceae and Fagaceae (includes the Amentiferae);

- sometimes classified as a superorder;

- syn. subclass Hamamelidae;

Hamamelidanthum
n1
genus of fossil plants of the Oligocene having flowers resembling those of the witch hazel;

- found in Baltic region;

- syn. genus Hamamelidanthum;

Hamamelidoxylon
n1
genus of fossil plants having wood identical with or similar to that of the witch hazel;

- syn. genus Hamamelidoxylon;

Hamamelis
n1
deciduous shrubs or small trees: witch hazel;

- syn. genus Hamamelis;

Hamamelis vernalis
n1
fragrant shrub of lower Mississippi valley having very small flowers from midwinter to spring;

- syn. vernal witch hazel;

Hamamelis virginiana
n1
common shrub of eastern North America having small yellow flowers after the leaves have fallen;

- syn. Virginian witch hazel;

Hamamelites
n1
genus of fossil plants having leaves similar to those of the witch hazel;

- syn. genus Hamamelites;

Haman / h æ m ə n /
n1
(Old Testament) the minister of the Persian emperor who hated the Jews and was hanged for plotting to massacre them;

hamartia
n1
the character flaw or error of a tragic hero that leads to his downfall;

- syn. tragic flaw;

hamartoma
n1
a focal growth that resembles a neoplasm but results from faulty development in an organ;

Hamas
n1
a militant Islamic fundamentalist political movement that opposes peace with Israel and uses terrorism as a weapon;

- seeks to create an Islamic state in place of Israel;

- is opposed to the PLO and has become a leading perpetrator of terrorist activity in Israel;

- pioneered suicide bombing;

- syn. Islamic Resistance Movement;

hamate
n1
the wrist bone in line with the 4th and 5th fingers;

- syn. hamate bone, os hamatum, unciform bone;

hamate bone
n1
the wrist bone in line with the 4th and 5th fingers;

- syn. hamate, os hamatum, unciform bone;

Hamburg / h æ m b ɝ ɡ /
n1
a port city in northern Germany on the Elbe River that was founded by Charlemagne in the 9th century and is today the largest port in Germany;

- in 1241 it formed an alliance with Lubeck that became the basis for the Hanseatic League;

Hamburg parsley
n1
parsley with smooth leaves and enlarged edible taproot resembling a savory parsnip;

- syn. Petroselinum crispum tuberosum, turnip-rooted parsley;

hamburger / h æ m b ɝ ɡ ə , h æ m b ɝ ɡ ə ɹ /
n1
a sandwich consisting of a fried cake of minced beef served on a bun, often with other ingredients;

- syn. beefburger, burger;

n2
beef that has been ground;

- syn. ground beef;

hamburger bun
n1
a round bun shaped to hold a hamburger patty;

- syn. hamburger roll;

hamburger roll
n1
a round bun shaped to hold a hamburger patty;

- syn. hamburger bun;

hamburger steak
n1
a patty of ground cooked beef;

- syn. beef patty, chop steak, chopped steak, chopsteak;

hame
n1
stable gear consisting of either of two curved supports that are attached to the collar of a draft horse and that hold the traces;

hamelia
n1
any of several flowering tropical or subtropical shrubs of the genus Hamelia;

Hamelia erecta
n1
handsome shrub with showy orange to scarlet or crimson flowers;

- Florida and West Indies to Mexico and Brazil;

- syn. Hamelia patens, coloradillo, scarlet bush, scarlet hamelia;

Hamelia patens
n1
handsome shrub with showy orange to scarlet or crimson flowers;

- Florida and West Indies to Mexico and Brazil;

- syn. Hamelia erecta, coloradillo, scarlet bush, scarlet hamelia;

Hamelin
n1
a town in northern Germany (near Hanover) that is famous as the setting for the legend of the Pied Piper;

- syn. Hameln;

Hameln
n1
a town in northern Germany (near Hanover) that is famous as the setting for the legend of the Pied Piper;

- syn. Hamelin;

Hamilton / h æ m ɪ ɫ t n /
n1
Irish mathematician (1806-1865);

- syn. Sir William Rowan Hamilton, William Rowan Hamilton;

n2
English beauty who was the mistress of Admiral Nelson (1765-1815);

- syn. Amy Lyon, Lady Emma Hamilton;

n3
United States toxicologist known for her work on industrial poisons (1869-1970);

- syn. Alice Hamilton;

n4
United States statesman and leader of the Federalists;

- as the first Secretary of the Treasury he establish a federal bank;

- was mortally wounded in a duel with Aaron Burr (1755-1804);

- syn. Alexander Hamilton;

n5
a port city in southeastern Ontario at the western end of Lake Ontario;

n6
the capital of Bermuda;

Haminoea
n1
common genus of marine bubble shells of the Pacific coast of North America;

- syn. genus Haminoea;

Hamitic
n1
a group of languages in northern Africa related to Semitic;

- syn. Hamitic language;

Hamitic language
n1
a group of languages in northern Africa related to Semitic;

- syn. Hamitic;

Hamito-Semitic
n1
a large family of related languages spoken both in Asia and Africa;

- syn. Afrasian, Afrasian language, Afro-Asiatic, Afroasiatic, Afroasiatic language;

hamlet / h æ m ɫ ɪ t /
n1
a community of people smaller than a village;

- syn. crossroads;

n2
the hero of William Shakespeare's tragedy who hoped to avenge the murder of his father;

n3
a settlement smaller than a town;

- syn. village;

Hammarskjold
n1
Swedish diplomat who greatly extended the influence of the United Nations in peacekeeping matters (1905-1961);

- syn. Dag Hammarskjold, Dag Hjalmar Agne Carl Hammarskjold;

hammer / h æ m ə , h æ m ə ɹ /
n1
the part of a gunlock that strikes the percussion cap when the trigger is pulled;

- syn. cock;

n2
a hand tool with a heavy rigid head and a handle;

- used to deliver an impulsive force by striking;

n3
the ossicle attached to the eardrum;

- syn. malleus;

n4
a light drumstick with a rounded head that is used to strike such percussion instruments as chimes, kettledrums, marimbas, glockenspiels, etc.;

- syn. mallet;

n5
a heavy metal sphere attached to a flexible wire;

- used in the hammer throw;

n6
a striker that is covered in felt and that causes the piano strings to vibrate;

n7
a power tool for drilling rocks;

- syn. power hammer;

n8
the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows);

- "the sudden hammer of fists caught him off guard";

- "the pounding of feet on the hallway";

- syn. hammering, pound, pounding;

v1
beat with or as if with a hammer;

- "hammer the metal flat";

v2
create by hammering;

- "hammer the silver into a bowl";

- "forge a pair of tongues";

- syn. forge;

hammer-shaped
a1
shaped in the form of a hammer;

- sim. formed;

hammer and sickle
n1
the emblem on the flag of the Soviet Union;

hammer in
v1
teach by drills and repetition;

- syn. beat in, drill in, ram down;

hammer nose
n1
enlargement of the nose with dilation of follicles and redness and prominent vascularity of the skin;

- often associated with excessive consumption of alcohol;

- syn. brandy nose, copper nose, hypertrophic rosacea, potato nose, rhinophyma, rum-blossom, rum nose, toper's nose;

hammer out
v1
discuss vehemently in order to reach a solution or an agreement;

- "The leaders of the various Middle Eastern countries are trying to hammer out a peace agreement";

- syn. thrash out;

hammer throw
n1
an athletic competition in which a heavy metal ball that is attached to a flexible wire is hurled as far as possible;

hammered / h æ m ə d /
a1
shaped or worked with a hammer and often showing hammer marks;

- "a bowl of hammered brass";

hammerhead / h æ m ə ɹ h ɛ d /
n1
a stupid person;

- these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence;

- syn. blockhead, bonehead, dumbass, dunce, dunderhead, fuckhead, knucklehead, loggerhead, lunkhead, muttonhead, numskull, shithead;

n2
the striking part of a hammer;

n3
medium-sized live-bearing shark with eyes at either end of a flattened hammer-shaped head;

- worldwide in warm waters;

- can be dangerous;

- syn. hammerhead shark;

hammerhead shark
n1
medium-sized live-bearing shark with eyes at either end of a flattened hammer-shaped head;

- worldwide in warm waters;

- can be dangerous;

- syn. hammerhead;

hammering / h æ m ə ɹ ɪ ŋ /
n1
the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows);

- "the sudden hammer of fists caught him off guard";

- "the pounding of feet on the hallway";

- syn. hammer, pound, pounding;

hammerlock / h æ m ə ɹ ɫ ɒ k /
n1
a wrestling hold in which the opponent's arm is twisted up behind his back;

Hammerstein / h æ m ə s t aɪ n /
n1
United States lyricist who collaborated on many musical comedies (most successfully with Richard Rodgers) (1895-1960);

- syn. Oscar Hammerstein, Oscar Hammerstein II;

hammertoe / h æ m ə ɹ t oʊ /
n1
a deformed toe which is bent in a clawlike arch;

Hammett / h æ m m ɛ t /
n1
United States writer of hard-boiled detective fiction (1894-1961);

- syn. Dashiell Hammett, Samuel Dashiell Hammett;

hamming / h æ m ɪ ŋ /
n1
poor acting by a ham actor;

- syn. overacting;

hammock / h æ m ə k /
n1
a small natural hill;

- syn. hillock, hummock, knoll, mound;

n2
a hanging bed of canvas or rope netting (usually suspended between two trees);

- swings easily;

- syn. sack;

Hammond organ
n1
(music) an electronic simulation of a pipe organ;

- syn. electric organ, electronic organ, organ;

Hammurabi
n1
Babylonian king who codified the laws of Sumer and Mesopotamia (died 1750 BC);

- syn. Hammurapi;

Hammurapi
n1
Babylonian king who codified the laws of Sumer and Mesopotamia (died 1750 BC);

- syn. Hammurabi;

hammy
a1
affectedly dramatic;

- overacted;

- sim. dramatic;

hamper / h æ m p ə , h æ m p ə ɹ /
n1
a restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner);

- syn. bond, shackle, trammel;

n2
a basket usually with a cover;

v1
prevent the progress or free movement of;

- "He was hampered in his efforts by the bad weather";

- "the imperialist nation wanted to strangle the free trade between the two small countries";

- syn. cramp, halter, strangle;

v2
put at a disadvantage;

- "The brace I have to wear is hindering my movements";

- syn. handicap, hinder;

Hampshire / h æ m p ʃ ə , h æ m p ʃ ə ɹ /
n1
a county of southern England on the English Channel;

n2
British breed of hornless dark-faced domestic sheep;

- syn. Hampshire down;

Hampshire down
n1
British breed of hornless dark-faced domestic sheep;

- syn. Hampshire;

Hampton / h æ m t ə n /
n1
United States musician who was the first to use the vibraphone as a jazz instrument (1913-2002);

- syn. Lionel Hampton;

Hampton Roads
n1
a channel in southeastern Virginia through which the Elizabeth River and the James River flow into Chesapeake Bay;

n2
a naval battle of the American Civil War (1862);

- the indecisive battle between the Monitor and the Merrimac;

hamster / h æ m s t ə , h æ m s t ə ɹ /
n1
short-tailed Old World burrowing rodent with large cheek pouches;

hamstring / h æ m s t ɹ ɪ ŋ /
n1
one of the tendons at the back of the knee;

- syn. hamstring tendon;

v1
make ineffective or powerless;

- "The teachers were hamstrung by the overly rigid schedules";

v2
cripple by cutting the hamstring;

hamstring tendon
n1
one of the tendons at the back of the knee;

- syn. hamstring;

Hamsun
n1
Norwegian writer of novels (1859-1952);

- syn. Knut Hamsun, Knut Pedersen;

Han
n1
imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time from 206 BC to AD 220) and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy;

- remembered as one of the great eras of Chinese civilization;

- syn. Han dynasty;

Han-Gook
n1
an Asian peninsula (off Manchuria) separating the Yellow Sea and the Sea of Japan;

- the Korean name is Dae-Han-Min-Gook or Han-Gook;

- syn. Dae-Han-Min-Gook, Korea, Korean Peninsula;

Han dynasty
n1
imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time from 206 BC to AD 220) and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy;

- remembered as one of the great eras of Chinese civilization;

- syn. Han;

Hancock
n1
American revolutionary patriot who was president of the Continental Congress;

- was the first signer of the Declaration of Independence (1737-1793);

- syn. John Hancock;

hand / h æ n d /
n1
the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb;

- "he had the hands of a surgeon";

- "he extended his mitt";

- syn. manus, mitt, paw;

n2
a hired laborer on a farm or ranch;

- "the hired hand fixed the railing";

- "a ranch hand";

- syn. hired hand, hired man;

n3
something written by hand;

- "she recognized his handwriting";

- "his hand was illegible";

- syn. handwriting, script;

n4
ability;

- "he wanted to try his hand at singing";

n5
a position given by its location to the side of an object;

- "objections were voiced on every hand";

n6
the cards held in a card game by a given player at any given time;

- "I didn't hold a good hand all evening";

- "he kept trying to see my hand";

- syn. deal;

n7
one of two sides of an issue;

- "on the one hand..., but on the other hand...";

n8
a rotating pointer on the face of a timepiece;

- "the big hand counts the minutes";

n9
a unit of length equal to 4 inches;

- used in measuring horses;

- "the horse stood 20 hands";

n10
a member of the crew of a ship;

- "all hands on deck";

n11
a card player in a game of bridge;

- "we need a 4th hand for bridge";

- syn. bridge player;

n12
a round of applause to signify approval;

- "give the little lady a great big hand";

n13
terminal part of the forelimb in certain vertebrates (e.g. apes or kangaroos);

- "the kangaroo's forearms seem undeveloped but the powerful five-fingered hands are skilled at feinting and clouting"- Springfield (Mass.) Union;

n14
physical assistance;

- "give me a hand with the chores";

- syn. helping hand;

v1
place into the hands or custody of;

- "hand me the spoon, please";

- "Turn the files over to me, please";

- "He turned over the prisoner to his lawyers";

- syn. give, pass, pass on, reach, turn over;

- also hand down, hand out, hand over;

v2
guide or conduct or usher somewhere;

- "hand the elderly lady into the taxi";

hand-build
v1
make without a potter's wheel;

- "This famous potter hand-builds all of her vessels";

- syn. coil, handbuild;

hand-crafted
a1
made by hand or a hand process;

- "delicate handmade baby dresses";

- syn. handmade;

- sim. camp-made, hand-loomed, handsewn, overhand;

hand-down
a1
passed on from one person to another;

- "not too proud to wear hand-me-down clothes";

- syn. hand-me-down;

- sim. old;

hand-dye
v1
dye by hand;

- "This fabric is hand-dyed";

hand-held
a1
small and light enough to be operated while you hold it in your hands;

- "a hand-held computer";

- syn. handheld;

hand-held computer
n1
a portable battery-powered computer small enough to be carried in your pocket;

- syn. hand-held microcomputer;

hand-held microcomputer
n1
a portable battery-powered computer small enough to be carried in your pocket;

- syn. hand-held computer;

hand-hewn
a1
cut or shaped with hard blows of a heavy cutting instrument like an ax or chisel;

- "a house built of hewn logs";

- "rough-hewn stone";

- "a path hewn through the underbrush";

- syn. hewn;

- sim. cut;

hand-loomed
a1
made on a handloom;

- "handwoven tablecloth";

- syn. handwoven;

- sim. handmade;

hand-me-down / h æ n d m ɪ d aʊ n /
n1
outgrown garment passed down from one person to another;

a1
passed on from one person to another;

- "not too proud to wear hand-me-down clothes";

- syn. hand-down;

- sim. old;

hand-operated
a1
operated by hand;

- syn. non-automatic;

- sim. manual;

hand-pick
v1
pick personally and very carefully;

- "the director hand-picked his new team";

Hand-Schuller-Christian disease
n1
inflammatory histiocytosis associated with disturbance of cholesterol metabolism;

- occurs chiefly in young children and is characterized by cystic defects of the skull and diabetes insipidus;

- syn. Schuller-Christian disease;

hand-to-hand
a1
being at close quarters;

- "hand-to-hand fighting";

- sim. close;

hand-to-hand struggle
n1
the act of engaging in close hand-to-hand combat;

- "they had a fierce wrestle";

- "we watched his grappling and wrestling with the bully";

- syn. grapple, grappling, wrestle, wrestling;

hand-to-mouth
a1
providing only bare essentials;

- "a hand-to-mouth existence";

- sim. meager;

hand-wash
v1
wash or launder by hand instead of with a machine;

- "This delicate sweater must be handwashed";

- syn. handwash;

hand and foot
r1
in all ways possible;

- "they served him hand and foot";

hand and glove
r1
in close cooperation;

- "they work hand in glove";

- syn. cooperatively, hand in glove;

hand ax
n1
a stone tool with a cutting edge;

- the stone is held in the hand and used for chopping;

- syn. hand axe;

hand axe
n1
a stone tool with a cutting edge;

- the stone is held in the hand and used for chopping;

- syn. hand ax;

hand blower
n1
a hand-held electric blower that can blow warm air onto the hair;

- used for styling hair;

- syn. blow drier, blow dryer, hair drier, hair dryer;

hand brake
n1
a brake operated by hand;

- usually operates by mechanical linkage;

- syn. emergency, emergency brake, parking brake;

hand calculator
n1
a calculator small enough to hold in the hand or carry in a pocket;

- syn. pocket calculator;

hand cheese
n1
any cheese originally molded by hand;

hand clapping
n1
a demonstration of approval by clapping the hands together;

- syn. applause, clapping;

hand cream
n1
moisturizing cream for the hands;

hand down
v1
passed on, as by inheritance;

- "This ring was handed down through many generations";

hand drill
n1
a small portable drill held and operated by hand;

- syn. handheld drill;

hand fern
n1
tropical American fern with coarsely lobed to palmatifid fronds;

- syn. Doryopteris pedata;

hand glass
n1
a mirror intended to be held in the hand;

- syn. hand mirror;

n2
light microscope consisting of a single convex lens that is used to produce an enlarged image;

- "the magnifying glass was invented by Roger Bacon in 1250";

- syn. magnifying glass, simple microscope;

hand grenade
n1
a grenade designed to be thrown by hand;

hand in glove
r1
in close cooperation;

- "they work hand in glove";

- syn. cooperatively, hand and glove;

hand in hand
r1
together;

- "hand in hand with hope went fear";

- "doctors and nurses work hand in hand to save lives";

r2
clasping each other's hands;

- "they walked hand in hand";

hand job
n1
slang for masturbation;

- syn. jacking off, jerking off, wank;

hand line
n1
a fishing line managed principally by hand;

- syn. handline;

hand lotion
n1
lotion used to soften the hands;

hand luggage
n1
luggage that is light enough to be carried by hand;

hand mirror
n1
a mirror intended to be held in the hand;

- syn. hand glass;

hand mower
n1
a lawn mower that is operated by hand;

hand organ
n1
a musical instrument that makes music by rotation of a cylinder studded with pegs;

- syn. barrel organ, grind organ;

hand out
v1
give to several people;

- "The teacher handed out the exams";

- syn. distribute, give out, pass out;

hand over
v1
to surrender someone or something to another;

- "the guard delivered the criminal to the police";

- "render up the prisoners";

- "render the town to the enemy";

- "fork over the money";

- syn. deliver, fork out, fork over, fork up, render, turn in;

hand over fist
r1
at a tremendous rate;

- "made money hand over fist";

hand pump
n1
a pump worked by hand;

hand puppet
n1
a puppet with a cloth body and hollow head;

- fits over the hand;

- syn. glove doll, glove puppet;

hand saw
n1
a saw used with one hand for cutting wood;

- syn. carpenter's saw, handsaw;

hand shovel
n1
a shovel that is operated by hand;

hand throttle
n1
a hand-operated lever that controls the throttle valve;

hand to hand
r1
at close quarters;

- "fought hand to hand";

hand to mouth
r1
with barely enough money for immediate needs;

- "they lived form hand to mouth";

hand tool
n1
a tool used with workers' hands;

hand towel
n1
a small towel used to dry the hands or face;

- syn. face towel;

hand truck
n1
a handcart that has a frame with two low wheels and a ledge at the bottom and handles at the top;

- used to move crates or other heavy objects;

- syn. truck;

hand wear
n1
clothing for the hands;

- syn. handwear;

handbag / h æ n d b æ ɡ /
n1
a container used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women);

- "she reached into her bag and found a comb";

- syn. bag, pocketbook, purse;

handball / h æ n d b ɔ ɫ /
n1
a small rubber ball used in playing the game of handball;

n2
a game played in a walled court or against a single wall by two or four players who strike a rubber ball with their hands;

handball court
n1
the court on which handball is played;

handbarrow / h æ n d b æ ɹ oʊ /
n1
a rectangular frame with handles at both ends;

- carried by two people;

handbasin
n1
a basin for washing the hands (`wash-hand basin' is a British expression);

- syn. lavabo, wash-hand basin, washbasin, washbowl;

handbasket / h æ n d b ɑ s k ɪ t /
n1
a container that is usually woven and has handles;

- syn. basket;

handbell
n1
a bell that is held in the hand;

handbill / h æ n d b ɪ ɫ /
n1
an advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet) intended for wide distribution;

- "he mailed the circular to all subscribers";

- syn. bill, broadsheet, broadside, circular, flier, flyer, throwaway;

handbook / h æ n d b ʊ k /
n1
a concise reference book providing specific information about a subject or location;

- syn. enchiridion, vade mecum;

handbow
n1
a bow drawn by hand as distinguished from a crossbow;

handbreadth / h æ n d b ɹ ɛ d θ /
n1
any unit of length based on the breadth of the human hand;

- syn. handsbreadth;

handbuild
v1
make without a potter's wheel;

- "This famous potter hand-builds all of her vessels";

- syn. coil, hand-build;

handcar / h æ n d k ɑ /
n1
a small railroad car propelled by hand or by a small motor;

handcart / h æ n d k ɑ t /
n1
wheeled vehicle that can be pushed by a person;

- may have one or two or four wheels;

- "he used a handcart to carry the rocks away";

- "their pushcart was piled high with groceries";

- syn. cart, go-cart, pushcart;

handclap / h æ n d k ɫ æ p /
n1
a clap of the hands to indicate approval;

handclasp / h æ n d k ɫ ɑ s p /
n1
grasping and shaking a person's hand (as to acknowledge an introduction or to agree on a contract);

- syn. handshake, handshaking, shake;

handcolor
v1
color by hand;

- "Some old photographs are handcolored";

- syn. handcolour;

handcolour
v1
color by hand;

- "Some old photographs are handcolored";

- syn. handcolor;

handcraft / h æ n d k ɹ ɑ f t /
n1
a work produced by hand labor;

- syn. handicraft, handiwork, handwork;

v1
make something by hand;

- "We handcraft all our paper";

handcuff / h æ n d k ʌ f /
n1
shackle that consists of a metal loop that can be locked around the wrist;

- usually used in pairs;

- syn. cuff, handlock, manacle;

v1
confine or restrain with or as if with manacles or handcuffs;

- "The police handcuffed the suspect at the scene of the crime";

- syn. cuff, manacle;

handed / h æ n d ɪ d /
a1
having or involving the use of hands;

- "a handed, tree-living animal";

- "a four-handed card game";

- sim. one-handed, two-handed;

handed-down
a1
having been passed along from generation to generation;

- "among Biblical critics a tralatitious interpretation is one received by expositor from expositor";

- syn. tralatitious;

- sim. traditional;

handedness / h æ n d ɪ d n ɪ s /
n1
the property of using one hand more than the other;

- syn. laterality;

Handel / h æ n d ɫ /
n1
a prolific British baroque composer (born in Germany) remembered best for his oratorio Messiah (1685-1759);

- syn. Georg Friedrich Handel, George Frederick Handel, George Frideric Handel;

n2
the music of Handel;

Handelian / h æ n d i ɫ j ə n /
a1
of or relating to or in the manner of George Frederick Handel;

handful / h æ n d f ʊ ɫ /
n1
a small number or amount;

- "only a handful of responses were received";

- syn. smattering;

n2
the quantity that can be held in the hand;

- syn. fistful;

handgrip / h æ n d ɡ ɹ ɪ p /
n1
the appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it;

- "he grabbed the hammer by the handle";

- "it was an old briefcase but it still had a good grip";

- syn. grip, handle, hold;

handgun / h æ n d ɡ ʌ n /
n1
a firearm that is held and fired with one hand;

- syn. pistol, shooting iron, side arm;

handheld / h æ n d h ɛ ɫ d /
a1
small and light enough to be operated while you hold it in your hands;

- "a hand-held computer";

- syn. hand-held;

handheld drill
n1
a small portable drill held and operated by hand;

- syn. hand drill;

handhold / h æ n d h oʊ ɫ d /
n1
an appendage to hold onto;

handicap / h æ n d ɪ k æ p /
n1
the condition of being unable to perform as a consequence of physical or mental unfitness;

- "reading disability";

- "hearing impairment";

- syn. disability, disablement, impairment;

n2
advantage given to a competitor to equalize chances of winning;

n3
something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress;

- syn. balk, baulk, check, deterrent, hinderance, hindrance, impediment;

v1
injure permanently;

- "He was disabled in a car accident";

- syn. disable, incapacitate, invalid;

v2
attempt to forecast the winner (especially in a horse race) and assign odds for or against a contestant;

v3
put at a disadvantage;

- "The brace I have to wear is hindering my movements";

- syn. hamper, hinder;

handicapped / h æ n d ɪ k æ p t /
n1
people collectively who are crippled or otherwise physically handicapped;

- "technology to help the elderly and the disabled";

- syn. disabled;

a1
having restricted mental or physical functioning as a consequence of injury or illness;

- syn. disabled;

- sim. unfit;

handicapped person
n1
a person who has some condition that markedly restricts their ability to function physically or mentally or socially;

handicapper / h æ n d ɪ k æ p ə /
n1
someone who sets the betting odds based on calculations of the outcome of a contest (especially a horse race);

- syn. odds-maker;

handicraft / h æ n d ɪ k ɹ ɑ f t /
n1
a work produced by hand labor;

- syn. handcraft, handiwork, handwork;

n2
a craft that requires skillful hands;

Handies Peak
n1
a mountain peak in the San Juan Mountains in southwestern Colorado (14,048 feet high);

handily / h æ n d ɪ ɫ i /
r1
in a convenient manner;

- "the switch was conveniently located";

- syn. conveniently;

r2
with no difficulty;

- "she beat him handily";

- syn. hands down;

handiness / h æ n d ɪ n ə s /
n1
skillfulness with the hands;

- "he can do any sort of work requiring handiness and dexterity";

n2
the quality of being at hand when needed;

- syn. accessibility, availability, availableness;

handing over
n1
the act of passing something to another person;

- syn. passage;

handiwork / h æ n d ɪ w ɝ k /
n1
a work produced by hand labor;

- syn. handcraft, handicraft, handwork;

handkerchief / h æ ŋ k ə tʃ ɪ f /
n1
a square piece of cloth used for wiping the eyes or nose or as a costume accessory;

- syn. hankey, hankie, hanky;

handle / h æ n d ɫ /
n1
the appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it;

- "he grabbed the hammer by the handle";

- "it was an old briefcase but it still had a good grip";

- syn. grip, handgrip, hold;

v1
be in charge of, act on, or dispose of;

- "I can deal with this crew of workers";

- "This blender can't handle nuts";

- "She managed her parents' affairs after they got too old";

- syn. care, deal, manage;

v2
interact in a certain way;

- "Do right by her";

- "Treat him with caution, please";

- "Handle the press reporters gently";

- syn. do by, treat;

v3
act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression;

- "This book deals with incest";

- "The course covered all of Western Civilization";

- "The new book treats the history of China";

- syn. address, cover, deal, plow, treat;

v4
touch, lift, or hold with the hands;

- "Don't handle the merchandise";

- syn. palm;

v5
handle effectively;

- "The burglar wielded an axe";

- "The young violinist didn't manage her bow very well";

- syn. manage, wield;

v6
show and train;

- "The prize-winning poodle was handled by Mrs. Priscilla Prescott";

handle-bars
n1
a large bushy moustache (with hair growing sometimes down the sides of the mouth);

- syn. moustachio, mustachio;

handle with kid gloves
v1
handle with great care and sensitivity;

- "You have to handle the students with kid gloves";

handlebar / h æ n d ɫ b ɑ , h æ n d ɫ b ɑr /
n1
the shaped bar used to steer a bicycle;

handled / h æ n d ɫ d /
a1
having a usually specified type of handle;

- "pearl-handled revolver";

handleless
a1
having no handle;

- "sleek cabinets with apparently handleless doors";

handler / h æ n d ɫ ə , h æ n d ɫ ə ɹ /
n1
one who trains or exhibits animals;

- syn. animal trainer;

n2
an agent who handles something or someone;

- "the senator's campaign handlers";

n3
(sports) someone in charge of training an athlete or a team;

- syn. coach, manager;

handless / h æ n d ɫ ə s /
a1
without a hand or hands;

- "a handless war veteran";

a2
lacking physical movement skills, especially with the hands;

- "a bumbling mechanic";

- "a bungling performance";

- "ham-handed governmental interference";

- "could scarcely empty a scuttle of ashes, so handless was the poor creature"- Mary H. Vorse;

- syn. bumbling, bungling, butterfingered, ham-fisted, ham-handed, heavy-handed, left-handed;

- sim. maladroit;

handline / h æ n d ɫ aɪ n /
n1
a fishing line managed principally by hand;

- syn. hand line;

handling / h æ n d ɫ ɪ ŋ /
n1
manual (or mechanical) carrying or moving or delivering or working with something;

n2
the action of touching with the hands (or the skillful use of the hands) or by the use of mechanical means;

- syn. manipulation;

n3
the management of someone or something;

- "the handling of prisoners";

- "the treatment of water sewage";

- "the right to equal treatment in the criminal justice system";

- syn. treatment;

handling charge
n1
the cost of handling (especially the cost of packaging and mailing an order);

- syn. handling cost;

handling cost
n1
the cost of handling (especially the cost of packaging and mailing an order);

- syn. handling charge;

handlock
n1
shackle that consists of a metal loop that can be locked around the wrist;

- usually used in pairs;

- syn. cuff, handcuff, manacle;

handloom / h æ n d ɫ u m /
n1
a loom powered by hand;

handmade / h æ n d m eɪ d /
a1
made by hand or a hand process;

- "delicate handmade baby dresses";

- syn. hand-crafted;

- sim. camp-made, hand-loomed, handsewn, overhand;

handmaid / h æ n d m eɪ d /
n1
in a subordinate position;

- "theology should be the handmaiden of ethics";

- "the state cannot be a servant of the church";

- syn. handmaiden, servant;

n2
a personal maid or female attendant;

- syn. handmaiden;

handmaiden / h æ n d m eɪ d n /
n1
in a subordinate position;

- "theology should be the handmaiden of ethics";

- "the state cannot be a servant of the church";

- syn. handmaid, servant;

n2
a personal maid or female attendant;

- syn. handmaid;

handoff / h æ n d ɔ f /
n1
(American football) a play in which one player hands the ball to a teammate;

handout / h æ n d aʊ t /
n1
an announcement distributed to members of the press in order to supplement or replace an oral presentation;

- syn. press release, release;

n2
giving money or food or clothing to a needy person;

handover / h æ n d oʊ v ə , h æ n d oʊ v ə ɹ /
n1
act of relinquishing property or authority etc;

- "the handover of occupied territory";

handrail / h æ n d ɹ eɪ ɫ /
n1
a railing at the side of a staircase or balcony to prevent people from falling;

- syn. balusters, balustrade, banister, bannister;

handrest
n1
a support for the hand;

hands / h æ n d z /
n1
(with `in') guardianship over;

- in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child;

- "my fate is in your hands";

- "too much power in the president's hands";

- "your guests are now in my custody";

- "the mother was awarded custody of the children";

- syn. custody;

n2
the force of workers available;

- syn. manpower, men, work force, workforce;

hands-down
a1
achieved without great effort;

- "a hands-down victory";

- sim. easy;

hands-off
a1
not involving participation or intervention;

- "a hands-off foreign policy";

- sim. passive;

hands-on
a1
involving active participation;

- "he's a hands-on manager";

- "hands-on operations";

- sim. active;

hands down
r1
with no difficulty;

- "she beat him handily";

- syn. handily;

handsaw / h æ n d s ɔ /
n1
a saw used with one hand for cutting wood;

- syn. carpenter's saw, hand saw;

handsaw fish
n1
a soft-finned fish of the genus Alepisaurus;

handsbreadth / h æ n d z b ɹ ɛ d θ /
n1
any unit of length based on the breadth of the human hand;

- syn. handbreadth;

handset / h æ n d s ɛ t /
n1
telephone set with the mouthpiece and earpiece mounted on a single handle;

- syn. French telephone;

handsewn / h æ n d s oʊ n /
a1
sewn by hand rather than machine;

- syn. handstitched;

- sim. handmade;

handshake / h æ n d ʃ eɪ k /
n1
grasping and shaking a person's hand (as to acknowledge an introduction or to agree on a contract);

- syn. handclasp, handshaking, shake;

handshaking / h æ n d ʃ eɪ k ɪ ŋ /
n1
grasping and shaking a person's hand (as to acknowledge an introduction or to agree on a contract);

- syn. handclasp, handshake, shake;

handsome / h æ n s ə m /
a1
pleasing in appearance especially by reason of conformity to ideals of form and proportion;

- "a fine-looking woman";

- "a good-looking man";

- "better-looking than her sister";

- "very pretty but not so extraordinarily handsome"- Thackeray;

- "our southern women are well-favored"- Lillian Hellman;

- syn. better-looking, fine-looking, good-looking, well-favored, well-favoured;

- sim. beautiful;

a2
given or giving freely;

- "was a big tipper";

- "the bounteous goodness of God";

- "bountiful compliments";

- "a freehanded host";

- "a handsome allowance";

- "Saturday's child is loving and giving";

- "a liberal backer of the arts";

- "a munificent gift";

- "her fond and openhanded grandfather";

- syn. big, bighearted, bounteous, bountiful, freehanded, giving, liberal, openhanded;

- sim. generous;

handsomely / h æ n s ə m ɫ i /
r1
in an attractively handsome manner;

- "the volume was handsomely bound";

r2
in a generously handsome manner;

- "India has responded handsomely by providing 3,000 men";

handsomeness / h æ n s ə m n ə s /
n1
the quality of having regular well-defined features (especially of a man);

- syn. good looks;

handspike
n1
a metal bar (or length of pipe) used as a lever;

handspring / h æ n d s p ɹ ɪ ŋ /
n1
an acrobatic feat in which a person goes from a standing position to a handstand and back again;

handstamp / h æ n d s t æ m p /
n1
a stamp (usually made of rubber) for imprinting a mark or design by hand;

- syn. rubber stamp;

v1
stamp with a rubber stamp, usually an indication of official approval on a document;

- syn. rubberstamp;

handstand / h æ n d s t æ n d /
n1
the act of supporting yourself by your hands alone in an upside down position;

handstitched
a1
sewn by hand rather than machine;

- syn. handsewn;

- sim. handmade;

handwash
v1
wash or launder by hand instead of with a machine;

- "This delicate sweater must be handwashed";

- syn. hand-wash;

handwear
n1
clothing for the hands;

- syn. hand wear;

handwheel / h æ n d w i ɫ /
n1
a wheel worked by hand;

n2
control consisting of a wheel whose rim serves as the handle by which a part is operated;

handwork / h æ n d w ɝ k /
n1
a work produced by hand labor;

- syn. handcraft, handicraft, handiwork;

handwoven / h æ n d w oʊ v ə n /
a1
made on a handloom;

- "handwoven tablecloth";

- syn. hand-loomed;

- sim. handmade;

handwrite / h æ n d ɹ aɪ t /
v1
write by hand;

- "You should handwrite the note to your guests";

handwriting / h æ n d ɹ aɪ t ɪ ŋ /
n1
something written by hand;

- "she recognized his handwriting";

- "his hand was illegible";

- syn. hand, script;

n2
the activity of writing by hand;

- "handwriting can be slow and painful for one with arthritis";

handwriting expert
n1
a specialist in inferring character from handwriting;

- syn. graphologist;

handwritten / h æ n d ɹ ɪ t n /
a1
written by hand;

- sim. written;

Handy / h æ n d i /
n1
United States blues musician who transcribed and published traditional blues music (1873-1958);

- syn. W. C. Handy, William Christopher Handy;

a1
easy to reach;

- "found a handy spot for the can opener";

- syn. ready to hand;

- sim. accessible;

a2
useful and convenient;

- "a handy gadget";

- sim. useful;

a3
skillful with the hands;

- "handy with an axe";

- sim. adroit;

handyman / h æ n d ɪ m æ n /
n1
a man skilled in various odd jobs and other small tasks;

- syn. jack of all trades, odd-job man;

hang / h æ ŋ /
n1
a special way of doing something;

- "he had a bent for it";

- "he had a special knack for getting into trouble";

- "he couldn't get the hang of it";

- syn. bent, knack;

n2
the way a garment hangs;

- "he adjusted the hang of his coat";

n3
a gymnastic exercise performed on the rings or horizontal bar or parallel bars when the gymnast's weight is supported by the arms;

v1
be suspended or hanging;

- "The flag hung on the wall";

v2
cause to be hanging or suspended;

- "Hang that picture on the wall";

- syn. hang up;

v3
kill by hanging;

- "The murderer was hanged on Friday";

- syn. string up;

v4
let drop or droop;

- "Hang one's head in shame";

v5
fall or flow in a certain way;

- "This dress hangs well";

- "Her long black hair flowed down her back";

- syn. fall, flow;

v6
be menacing, burdensome, or oppressive;

- "This worry hangs on my mind";

- "The cloud of suspicion hangs over her";

v7
give heed (to);

- "The children in the audience attended the recital quietly";

- "She hung on his every word";

- "They attended to everything he said";

- syn. advert, attend, give ear, pay heed;

v8
be suspended or poised;

- "Heavy fog hung over the valley";

v9
hold on tightly or tenaciously;

- "hang on to your father's hands";

- "The child clung to his mother's apron";

- syn. cling;

v10
be exhibited;

- "Picasso hangs in this new wing of the museum";

v11
prevent from reaching a verdict, of a jury;

v12
decorate or furnish with something suspended;

- "Hang wallpaper";

v13
be placed in position as by a hinge;

- "This cabinet door doesn't hang right!";

v14
place in position as by a hinge so as to allow free movement in one direction;

- "hang a door";

v15
suspend (meat) in order to get a gamey taste;

- "hang the venison for a few days";

hang-up / h æ ŋ ʌ p /
n1
an emotional preoccupation;

n2
an unforeseen obstacle;

- syn. hitch, rub, snag;

hang around
v1
be about;

- "The high school students like to loiter in the Central Square";

- "Who is this man that is hanging around the department?";

- syn. footle, lallygag, linger, loaf, loiter, lollygag, lounge, lurk, mess about, mill about, mill around, tarry;

hang back
v1
to lag or linger behind;

- "But in so many other areas we still are dragging";

- syn. drag, drop back, drop behind, get behind, trail;

hang by a hair
v1
depend on a small thing or be at risk;

- "His life now hangs by a thread";

- syn. hang by a thread;

hang by a thread
v1
depend on a small thing or be at risk;

- "His life now hangs by a thread";

- syn. hang by a hair;

hang glide
v1
fly by means of a hang glider;

- syn. soar;

hang glider
n1
a rider of a hang glider;

n2
a glider resembling a large kite;

- the rider hangs from it while descending from a height;

hang gliding
n1
gliding in a hang glider;

hang in
v1
be persistent, refuse to stop;

- "he persisted to call me every night";

- "The child persisted and kept asking questions";

- syn. hang on, hold on, persevere, persist;

hang on
v1
fix to;

- attach;

- "append a charm to the necklace";

- syn. append, tack, tack on, tag on;

v2
be persistent, refuse to stop;

- "he persisted to call me every night";

- "The child persisted and kept asking questions";

- syn. hang in, hold on, persevere, persist;

v3
hold the phone line open;

- "Please hang on while I get your folder";

- syn. hold on, hold the line;

hang out
v1
spend time in a certain location or with certain people;

- "She hangs out at the corner cafe";

hang together
v1
be connected;

- "In my heart I can make the world hang together";

- syn. interdepend;

hang up
v1
put a telephone receiver back in its cradle;

v2
cause to be hanging or suspended;

- "Hang that picture on the wall";

- syn. hang;

v3
interrupt a telephone conversation;

hangar / h æ ŋ ə , h æ ŋ ə ɹ /
n1
a large structure at an airport where aircraft can be stored and maintained;

- syn. airdock, repair shed;

hangar queen
n1
an airplane with a bad maintenance record;

hangbird
n1
eastern subspecies of northern oriole;

- syn. Baltimore bird, Baltimore oriole, Icterus galbula galbula, firebird;

Hangchow
n1
a city of eastern China on Hangzhou Bay;

- regarded by Marco Polo as the finest city in the world;

- syn. Hangzhou;

hangdog / h æ ŋ d ɒ ɡ /
a1
showing a sense of guilt;

- "a guilty look";

- "the hangdog and shamefaced air of the retreating enemy"- Eric Linklater;

- syn. guilty, shamed, shamefaced;

- sim. ashamed;

a2
frightened into submission or compliance;

- sim. afraid;

hanger / h æ ŋ ə , h æ ŋ ə ɹ /
n1
a worker who hangs something;

n2
anything from which something can be hung;

hanger-on / h æ ŋ ə ɹ ɒ n /
n1
someone who persistently (and annoyingly) follows along;

- syn. tagalong;

hanging / h æ ŋ ɪ ŋ /
n1
decoration that is hung (as a tapestry) on a wall or over a window;

- "the cold castle walls were covered with hangings";

- syn. wall hanging;

n2
a form of capital punishment;

- victim is suspended by the neck from a gallows or gibbet until dead;

- "in those days the hanging of criminals was a public entertainment";

n3
the act of suspending something (hanging it from above so it moves freely);

- "there was a small ceremony for the hanging of the portrait";

- syn. dangling, suspension;

hanging chad
n1
a chad that is incompletely removed and hanging by one corner;

hanging fly
n1
any of various mecopterous insects of the family Bittacidae;

Hanging Gardens of Babylon
n1
a terraced garden at Babylon watered by pumps from the Euphrates;

- construction attributed to Nebuchadnezzar around 600 BC;

hanging geranium
n1
a commonly cultivated trailing South American plant with peltate leaves and rosy flowers;

- syn. Pelargonium peltatum, ivy-leaved geranium, ivy geranium;

hanging wall
n1
the upper wall of an inclined fault;

hangman / h æ ŋ m ə n /
n1
an executioner who hangs the condemned person;

hangman's halter
n1
a rope that is used by a hangman to execute persons who have been condemned to death by hanging;

- syn. halter, hangman's rope, hemp, hempen necktie;

hangman's rope
n1
a rope that is used by a hangman to execute persons who have been condemned to death by hanging;

- syn. halter, hangman's halter, hemp, hempen necktie;

hangnail / h æ ŋ n eɪ ɫ /
n1
a loose narrow strip of skin near the base of a fingernail;

- tearing it produces a painful sore that is easily infected;

- syn. agnail;

hangout / h æ ŋ aʊ t /
n1
a frequently visited place;

- syn. haunt, repair, resort, stamping ground;

hangover / h æ ŋ oʊ v ə , h æ ŋ oʊ v ə ɹ /
n1
disagreeable aftereffects from the use of drugs (especially alcohol);

- syn. katzenjammer;

n2
an official who remains in office after his term;

- syn. holdover;

n3
something that has survived from the past;

- "a holdover from the sixties";

- "hangovers from the 19th century";

- syn. holdover;

Hangzhou
n1
a city of eastern China on Hangzhou Bay;

- regarded by Marco Polo as the finest city in the world;

- syn. Hangchow;

Hangzhou Bay
n1
a bay formed by an inlet of the East China Sea;

Hani
n1
a Loloish language;

- syn. Akha;

hank / h æ ŋ k /
n1
a coil of rope or wool or yarn;

Hank Aaron
n1
United States professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934);

- syn. Aaron, Henry Louis Aaron;

hank panky
n1
illicit sexual intercourse;

Hank Williams
n1
United States country singer and songwriter (1923-1953);

- syn. Hiram King Williams, Hiram Williams, Williams;

hanker / h æ ŋ k ə , h æ ŋ k ə ɹ /
v1
desire strongly or persistently;

- syn. long, yearn;

hankering / h æ ŋ k ə ɹ ɪ ŋ /
n1
a yearning for something or to do something;

- syn. yen;

hankey
n1
a square piece of cloth used for wiping the eyes or nose or as a costume accessory;

- syn. handkerchief, hankie, hanky;

hankie
n1
a square piece of cloth used for wiping the eyes or nose or as a costume accessory;

- syn. handkerchief, hankey, hanky;

Hanks / h æ ŋ k s /
n1
United States film actor (born in 1956);

- syn. Thomas J. Hanks, Tom Hanks;

hanky / h æ ŋ k i /
n1
a square piece of cloth used for wiping the eyes or nose or as a costume accessory;

- syn. handkerchief, hankey, hankie;

hanky panky
n1
verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you in some way;

- syn. hocus-pocus, jiggery-pokery, skulduggery, skullduggery, slickness, trickery;

Hannah Arendt
n1
United States historian and political philosopher (born in Germany) (1906-1975);

- syn. Arendt;

Hannibal
n1
general who commanded the Carthaginian army in the second Punic War;

- crossed the Alps and defeated the Romans but was recalled to defend Carthage and was defeated (247-182 BC);

n2
a town in northeast Missouri on the Mississippi River;

- boyhood home of Mark Twain;

Hannover
n1
a port city in northwestern Germany;

- formerly a member of the Hanseatic League;

- syn. Hanover;

Hannukah
n1
(Judaism) an eight-day Jewish holiday commemorating the rededication of the Temple of Jerusalem in 165 BC;

- syn. Channukah, Channukkah, Chanukah, Chanukkah, Feast of Dedication, Feast of Lights, Feast of the Dedication, Festival of Lights, Hanukah, Hanukkah;

Hanoi / h æ n ɔɪ /
n1
the capital city of Vietnam;

- located in North Vietnam;

- syn. capital of Vietnam;

Hanover / h æ n oʊ v ə , h æ n oʊ v ə ɹ /
n1
a port city in northwestern Germany;

- formerly a member of the Hanseatic League;

- syn. Hannover;

n2
the English royal house that reigned from 1714 to 1901 (from George I to Victoria);

- syn. Hanoverian line, House of Hanover;

Hanoverian / h æ n oʊ v ɪə ɹ ɪə n /
n1
any of the British rulers who were members of the House of Hanover;

n2
a member (or supporter) of the house of Hanover;

a1
of or relating to the former English royal House of Hanover or their supporters;

Hanoverian line
n1
the English royal house that reigned from 1714 to 1901 (from George I to Victoria);

- syn. Hanover, House of Hanover;

Hans Adolf Krebs
n1
English biochemist (born in Germany) who discovered the Krebs cycle (1900-1981);

- syn. Krebs, Sir Hans Adolf Krebs;

Hans Albrecht Bethe
n1
United States physicist (born in Germany) noted for research in astrophysics and nuclear physics (1906-2005);

- syn. Bethe, Hans Bethe;

Hans Arp
n1
Alsatian artist and poet who was cofounder of dadaism in Zurich;

- noted for abstract organic sculptures (1887-1966);

- syn. Arp, Jean Arp;

Hans Bethe
n1
United States physicist (born in Germany) noted for research in astrophysics and nuclear physics (1906-2005);

- syn. Bethe, Hans Albrecht Bethe;

Hans C. J. Gram
n1
Danish physician and bacteriologist who developed a method of staining bacteria to distinguish among them (1853-1938);

- syn. Gram;

Hans Christian Andersen
n1
a Danish author remembered for his fairy stories (1805-1875);

- syn. Andersen;

Hans Christian Oersted
n1
Danish physicist (1777-1851);

- syn. Oersted;

Hans Conrad Julius Reiter
n1
German bacteriologist who described a disease now known as Reiter's syndrome and who identified the spirochete that causes syphilis in humans (1881-1969);

- syn. Reiter;

Hans Eysenck
n1
a British psychologist (born in Germany) noted for his theories of intelligence and personality and for his strong criticism of Freudian psychoanalysis;

- syn. Eysenck, H. J. Eysenck, Hans Jurgen Eysenck;

Hans Fischer
n1
German chemist noted for his synthesis of hemin (1881-1945);

- syn. Fischer;

Hans Geiger
n1
German physicist who developed the Geiger counter (1882-1945);

- syn. Geiger;

Hans Holbein
n1
German painter and engraver noted for his portraits;

- he was commissioned by Henry VIII to provide portraits of the English king's prospective brides (1497-1543);

- syn. Holbein, Holbein the Younger;

n2
German painter of religious works (1465-1524);

- syn. Holbein, Holbein the Elder;

Hans Jurgen Eysenck
n1
a British psychologist (born in Germany) noted for his theories of intelligence and personality and for his strong criticism of Freudian psychoanalysis;

- syn. Eysenck, H. J. Eysenck, Hans Eysenck;

Hans Zinsser
n1
United States bacteriologist who helped develop immunization against typhus fever (1878-1940);

- syn. Zinsser;

Hansard / h æ n s ɑ d /
n1
the official published verbatim report of the proceedings of a parliamentary body;

- originally of the British Parliament;

- "the Canadian Hansard is published in both English and French";

Hanseatic League
n1
a commercial and defensive confederation of free cities in northern Germany and surrounding areas;

- formed in 1241 and most influential in the 14th century when it included over 100 towns and functioned as an independent political power;

- the last official assembly was held in 1669;

Hansen's disease
n1
chronic granulomatous communicable disease occurring in tropical and subtropical regions;

- characterized by inflamed nodules beneath the skin and wasting of body parts;

- caused by the bacillus Mycobacterium leprae;

- syn. leprosy;

hansom / h æ n s ə m /
n1
a two-wheeled horse-drawn covered carriage with the driver's seat above and behind the passengers;

- syn. hansom cab;

hansom cab
n1
a two-wheeled horse-drawn covered carriage with the driver's seat above and behind the passengers;

- syn. hansom;

Hanukah
n1
(Judaism) an eight-day Jewish holiday commemorating the rededication of the Temple of Jerusalem in 165 BC;

- syn. Channukah, Channukkah, Chanukah, Chanukkah, Feast of Dedication, Feast of Lights, Feast of the Dedication, Festival of Lights, Hannukah, Hanukkah;

Hanukkah
n1
(Judaism) an eight-day Jewish holiday commemorating the rededication of the Temple of Jerusalem in 165 BC;

- syn. Channukah, Channukkah, Chanukah, Chanukkah, Feast of Dedication, Feast of Lights, Feast of the Dedication, Festival of Lights, Hannukah, Hanukah;

Hanuman
n1
in Hinduism, the monkey god and helper of Rama;

- god of devotion and courage;

n2
langur of southern Asia;

- regarded as sacred in India;

- syn. Presbytes entellus, Semnopithecus entellus, entellus;

hao
n1
10 hao equal 1 dong in Vietnam;

haoma
n1
leafless East Indian vine;

- its sour milky juice formerly used to make an intoxicating drink;

- syn. Sarcostemma acidum, soma;

hap / h æ p /
n1
an accidental happening;

- "he recorded all the little haps and mishaps of his life";

v1
come to pass;

- "What is happening?";

- "The meeting took place off without an incidence";

- "Nothing occurred that seemed important";

- syn. come about, fall out, go on, happen, occur, pass, pass off, take place;

hapax legomenon
n1
a word with a special meaning used for a special occasion;

- syn. nonce word;

haphazard / h æ p h æ z ə d /
a1
dependent upon or characterized by chance;

- "a haphazard plan of action";

- "his judgment is rather hit-or-miss";

- syn. hit-or-miss;

- sim. random;

a2
marked by great carelessness;

- "a most haphazard system of record keeping";

- "slapdash work";

- "slipshod spelling";

- "sloppy workmanship";

- syn. slapdash, slipshod, sloppy;

- sim. careless;

r1
without care;

- in a slapdash manner;

- "the Prime Minister was wearing a grey suit and a white shirt with a soft collar, but his neck had become thinner and the collar stood away from it as if it had been bought haphazard";

- syn. haphazardly;

haphazardly / h æ p h æ z ə d ɫ i /
r1
in a random manner;

- "the houses were randomly scattered";

- "bullets were fired into the crowd at random";

- syn. arbitrarily, at random, every which way, indiscriminately, randomly, willy-nilly;

r2
without care;

- in a slapdash manner;

- "the Prime Minister was wearing a grey suit and a white shirt with a soft collar, but his neck had become thinner and the collar stood away from it as if it had been bought haphazard";

- syn. haphazard;

haphazardness / h æ p h æ z ə d n ɛ s /
n1
the quality of lacking any predictable order or plan;

- syn. noise, randomness, stochasticity;

Haphtarah
n1
a short selection from the Prophets read on every Sabbath in a Jewish synagogue following a reading from the Torah;

- syn. Haftarah, Haftorah, Haphtorah;

Haphtorah
n1
a short selection from the Prophets read on every Sabbath in a Jewish synagogue following a reading from the Torah;

- syn. Haftarah, Haftorah, Haphtarah;

hapless / h æ p ɫ ɪ s /
a1
deserving or inciting pity;

- "a hapless victim";

- "miserable victims of war";

- "the shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic"- Galsworthy;

- "piteous appeals for help";

- "pitiable homeless children";

- "a pitiful fate";

- "Oh, you poor thing";

- "his poor distorted limbs";

- "a wretched life";

- syn. miserable, misfortunate, pathetic, piteous, pitiable, pitiful, poor, wretched;

- sim. unfortunate;

haploid
n1
(genetics) an organism or cell having only one complete set of chromosomes;

a1
of a cell or organism having a single set of chromosomes;

- syn. haploidic, monoploid;

haploidic
a1
of a cell or organism having a single set of chromosomes;

- syn. haploid, monoploid;

haploidy
n1
the condition of being haploid;

Haplopappus
n1
genus of North and South American perennial herbs or shrubs with yellow flowers;

- in some classifications include species placed in other genera especially Hazardia;

- syn. genus Haplopappus;

Haplopappus acaulis
n1
dark green erect herb of northwestern United States and southwestern Canada having stiff leaves in dense tufts and yellow flower heads;

- sometimes placed in genus Haplopappus;

- syn. Stenotus acaulis, stemless golden weed;

Haplopappus phyllocephalus
n1
annual of southern United States and Mexico having bristly leaves and pale yellow flowers;

- syn. camphor daisy;

Haplopappus spinulosus
n1
slender perennial of western North America having weakly bristly leaves and yellow flower heads;

- syn. yellow spiny daisy;

Haplosporidia
n1
an order in the subclass Acnidosporidia;

- syn. order Haplosporidia;

haplosporidian
n1
parasite in invertebrates and lower vertebrates of no known economic importance;

haplotype
n1
(genetics) a combination of alleles (for different genes) that are located closely together on the same chromosome and that tend to be inherited together;

haply / h æ p ɫ i /
r1
by accident;

- "betrayed by a word haply overheard";

- syn. by chance, by luck;

happen / h æ p ə n /
v1
come to pass;

- "What is happening?";

- "The meeting took place off without an incidence";

- "Nothing occurred that seemed important";

- syn. come about, fall out, go on, hap, occur, pass, pass off, take place;

v2
happen, occur, or be the case in the course of events or by chance;

- "It happens that today is my birthday";

- "These things befell" (Santayana);

- syn. bechance, befall;

v3
chance to be or do something, without intention or causation;

- "I happen to have just what you need!";

v4
come into being;

- become reality;

- "Her dream really materialized";

- syn. materialise, materialize;

v5
come upon, as if by accident;

- meet with;

- "We find this idea in Plato";

- "I happened upon the most wonderful bakery not very far from here";

- "She chanced upon an interesting book in the bookstore the other day";

- syn. bump, chance, encounter, find;

happen upon
v1
find unexpectedly;

- "the archeologists chanced upon an old tomb";

- "she struck a goldmine";

- "The hikers finally struck the main path to the lake";

- syn. attain, chance on, chance upon, come across, come upon, discover, fall upon, light upon, strike;

happening / h æ p ə n ɪ ŋ /
n1
an event that happens;

- syn. natural event, occurrence, occurrent;

happenstance / h æ p ə n s t æ n s /
n1
an event that might have been arranged although it was really accidental;

- syn. coincidence;

happily / h æ p ɪ ɫ i /
r1
in a joyous manner;

- "they shouted happily";

- syn. blithely, gayly, jubilantly, merrily, mirthfully;

r2
in an unexpectedly lucky way;

- "happily he was not injured";

happiness / h æ p ɪ n ə s /
n1
state of well-being characterized by emotions ranging from contentment to intense joy;

- syn. felicity;

n2
emotions experienced when in a state of well-being;

happy / h æ p i /
a1
enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure;

- "a happy smile";

- "spent many happy days on the beach";

- "a happy marriage";

- also cheerful, content, contented, elated, euphoric, felicitous, glad, joyful, joyous;

- sim. blessed, blissful, bright, golden, laughing;

a2
marked by good fortune;

- "a felicitous life";

- "a happy outcome";

- syn. felicitous;

- sim. fortunate;

a3
eagerly disposed to act or to be of service;

- "glad to help";

- syn. glad;

- sim. willing;

a4
well expressed and to the point;

- "a happy turn of phrase";

- "a few well-chosen words";

- syn. well-chosen;

- sim. felicitous;

happy-go-lucky / h æ p ɪ ɡ oʊ ɫ ʌ k i /
a1
cheerfully irresponsible;

- "carefree with his money";

- "freewheeling urban youths";

- "had a harum-scarum youth";

- syn. carefree, devil-may-care, freewheeling, harum-scarum, slaphappy;

- sim. irresponsible;

happy chance
n1
an unexpected piece of good luck;

- "he finally got his big break";

- syn. break, good luck;

happy event
n1
the live birth of a child;

- syn. blessed event;

happy hour
n1
the time of day when a bar sells alcoholic drinks at a reduced price;

Hapsburg / h æ p s b ɝ ɡ /
n1
a royal German family that provided rulers for several European states and wore the crown of the Holy Roman Empire from 1440 to 1806;

- syn. Habsburg;

haptic
a1
of or relating to or proceeding from the sense of touch;

- "haptic data";

- "a tactile reflex";

- syn. tactile, tactual;

haptic sensation
n1
a sensation localized on the skin;

- syn. cutaneous sensation, skin sensation;

haptically
r1
by touch;

- "he perceives shapes tactually";

- syn. tactually;

haptoglobin
n1
a protein in plasma that binds free hemoglobin and removes it (as from wounds);

hara-kiri / h æ ɹ ə k ɪr i /
n1
ritual suicide by self-disembowelment on a sword;

- practiced by samurai in the traditional Japanese society;

- syn. harakiri, harikari, seppuku;

Harakat al-Jihad al-Islami al-Filastini
n1
a militant Palestinian terrorist group created in 1979 and committed to the creation of an Islamic state in Palestine and to the destruction of Israel;

- smaller and more exclusively militant that Hamas;

- syn. PIJ, Palestine Islamic Jihad, Palestinian Islamic Jihad;

Harakat ul-Jihad-I-Islami
n1
an extremist militant group in Pakistan occupied Kashmir that seeks an Islamic government and that has had close links and fought with the Taliban in Afghanistan;

- syn. HUJI, Harkat-ul-Jihad-e-Islami;

harakiri
n1
ritual suicide by self-disembowelment on a sword;

- practiced by samurai in the traditional Japanese society;

- syn. hara-kiri, harikari, seppuku;

harangue / h ə ɹ æ ŋ /
n1
a loud bombastic declamation expressed with strong emotion;

- syn. rant, ranting;

v1
deliver a harangue to;

- address forcefully;

haranguer / h ə ɹ æ ŋ ə /
n1
a public speaker who delivers a loud or forceful or angry speech;

Harare
n1
the capital and largest city of Zimbabwe;

- syn. Salisbury, capital of Zimbabwe;

harass / h æ ɹ ə s /
v1
annoy continually or chronically;

- "He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked";

- "This man harasses his female co-workers";

- syn. beset, chevvy, chevy, chivvy, chivy, harry, hassle, molest, plague, provoke;

v2
exhaust by attacking repeatedly;

- "harass the enemy";

harassed / h æ ɹ ə s t /
a1
troubled persistently especially with petty annoyances;

- "harassed working mothers";

- "a harried expression";

- "her poor pestered father had to endure her constant interruptions";

- "the vexed parents of an unruly teenager";

- syn. annoyed, harried, pestered, vexed;

- sim. troubled;

harasser / h æ ɹ ə s ə /
n1
a persistent tormentor;

n2
a persistent attacker;

- "the harassers were not members of the regular army";

- syn. harrier;

harassing fire
n1
fire designed to disturb the rest of enemy troops and to curtail movement and to lower enemy morale;

harassment / h æ ɹ ə s m ə n t /
n1
a feeling of intense annoyance caused by being tormented;

- "so great was his harassment that he wanted to destroy his tormentors";

- syn. torment;

n2
the act of tormenting by continued persistent attacks and criticism;

- syn. molestation;

harbinger / h ɑ b ɪ n dʒ ə , h ɑ b ɪ n dʒ ə ɹ /
n1
something that precedes and indicates the approach of something or someone;

- syn. forerunner, herald, precursor, predecessor;

v1
foreshadow or presage;

- syn. announce, annunciate, foretell, herald;

harbor
n1
a sheltered port where ships can take on or discharge cargo;

- syn. harbour, haven, seaport;

n2
a place of refuge and comfort and security;

- syn. harbour;

v1
maintain (a theory, thoughts, or feelings);

- "bear a grudge";

- "entertain interesting notions";

- "harbor a resentment";

- syn. entertain, harbour, hold, nurse;

v2
secretly shelter (as of fugitives or criminals);

- syn. harbour;

v3
keep in one's possession;

- of animals;

- syn. harbour;

v4
hold back a thought or feeling about;

- "She is harboring a grudge against him";

- syn. harbour, shield;

harbor patrol
n1
patrol of officers who police a harbor area;

harbor porpoise
n1
the common porpoise of the northern Atlantic and Pacific;

- syn. Phocoena phocoena, herring hog;

harbor seal
n1
small spotted seal of coastal waters of the northern hemisphere;

- syn. Phoca vitulina, common seal;

harborage
n1
(nautical) a place of refuge (as for a ship);

- syn. harbourage;

harbour / h ɑ b ə , h ɑ b ə ɹ /
n1
a sheltered port where ships can take on or discharge cargo;

- syn. harbor, haven, seaport;

n2
a place of refuge and comfort and security;

- syn. harbor;

v1
secretly shelter (as of fugitives or criminals);

- syn. harbor;

v2
keep in one's possession;

- of animals;

- syn. harbor;

v3
hold back a thought or feeling about;

- "She is harboring a grudge against him";

- syn. harbor, shield;

v4
maintain (a theory, thoughts, or feelings);

- "bear a grudge";

- "entertain interesting notions";

- "harbor a resentment";

- syn. entertain, harbor, hold, nurse;

harbourage / h ɑ b ə ɹ ɪ dʒ /
n1
(nautical) a place of refuge (as for a ship);

- syn. harborage;

hard / h ɑ d /
a1
not easy;

- requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure;

- "a difficult task";

- "nesting places on the cliffs are difficult of access";

- "difficult times";

- "why is it so hard for you to keep a secret?";

- syn. difficult;

- also demanding, effortful, hard;

- sim. ambitious, arduous, awkward, baffling, catchy, delicate, fractious, hard-fought, herculean, nasty, rocky, rugged, serious, tall, thorny, troublesome, trying, vexed;

a2
dispassionate;

- "took a hard look";

- "a hard bargainer";

- also difficult, hard, insensitive, merciless, tough, unmerciful;

- sim. calculating, case-hardened, steely;

a3
resisting weight or pressure;

- sim. adamantine, al dente, corneous, firm, granitic, hardened, petrous, semihard, steely, tumid, unyielding, woody;

a4
very strong or vigorous;

- "strong winds";

- "a hard left to the chin";

- "a knockout punch";

- "a severe blow";

- syn. knockout, severe;

- sim. strong;

a5
characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion;

- especially physical effort;

- "worked their arduous way up the mining valley";

- "a grueling campaign";

- "hard labor";

- "heavy work";

- "heavy going";

- "spent many laborious hours on the project";

- "set a punishing pace";

- syn. arduous, backbreaking, grueling, gruelling, heavy, laborious, operose, punishing, toilsome;

- sim. effortful;

a6
produced without vibration of the vocal cords;

- "unvoiced consonants such as `p' and `k' and `s'";

- syn. surd, unvoiced, voiceless;

- sim. whispered;

a7
(of light) transmitted directly from a pointed light source;

- syn. concentrated;

a8
(of speech sounds);

- produced with the back of the tongue raised toward or touching the velum;

- "Russian distinguished between hard consonants and palatalized or soft consonants";

- sim. velar;

a9
given to excessive indulgence of bodily appetites especially for intoxicating liquors;

- "a hard drinker";

- syn. heavy, intemperate;

- sim. indulgent;

a10
being distilled rather than fermented;

- having a high alcoholic content;

- "hard liquor";

- syn. strong;

- sim. alcoholic;

a11
unfortunate or hard to bear;

- "had hard luck";

- "a tough break";

- syn. tough;

- sim. bad;

a12
dried out;

- "hard dry rolls left over from the day before";

- sim. stale;

r1
with effort or force or vigor;

- "the team played hard";

- "worked hard all day";

- "pressed hard on the lever";

- "hit the ball hard";

- "slammed the door hard";

r2
with firmness;

- "held hard to the railing";

- syn. firmly;

r3
earnestly or intently;

- "thought hard about it";

- "stared hard at the accused";

r4
causing great damage or hardship;

- "industries hit hard by the depression";

- "she was severely affected by the bank's failure";

- syn. severely;

r5
slowly and with difficulty;

- "prejudices die hard";

- "he was so dizzy he could hardly stand up straight";

- syn. hardly;

r6
indulging excessively;

- "he drank heavily";

- syn. heavily, intemperately;

r7
into a solid condition;

- "concrete that sets hard within a few hours";

r8
very near or close in space or time;

- "it stands hard by the railroad tracks";

- "they were hard on his heels";

- "a strike followed hard upon the plant's opening";

r9
with pain or distress or bitterness;

- "he took the rejection very hard";

r10
to the full extent possible;

- all the way;

- "hard alee";

- "the ship went hard astern";

- "swung the wheel hard left";

hard-and-fast
a1
(of rules) stringently enforced;

- "hard-and-fast rules";

- syn. strict;

- sim. invariable;

hard-baked / h ɑ d b eɪ k t /
a1
baked until hard;

- sim. cooked;

hard-bitten / h ɑ d b ɪ t n /
a1
tough and callous by virtue of experience;

- syn. hard-boiled, pugnacious;

- sim. tough;

hard-boiled / h ɑ d b ɔɪ ɫ d /
a1
tough and callous by virtue of experience;

- syn. hard-bitten, pugnacious;

- sim. tough;

a2
used of persons;

- emotionally hardened;

- "faced a case-hardened judge";

- syn. case-hardened, hardened;

- sim. hard;

a3
(eggs) cooked until the yolk is solid;

- sim. cooked;

hard-boiled egg
n1
an egg boiled gently until both the white and the yolk solidify;

- syn. hard-cooked egg;

hard-cooked egg
n1
an egg boiled gently until both the white and the yolk solidify;

- syn. hard-boiled egg;

hard-core
a1
stubbornly resistant to change or improvement;

- "hard-core addicts";

- sim. inflexible;

a2
intensely loyal;

- "his hard-core supporters";

- syn. hardcore;

- sim. loyal;

a3
extremely explicit;

- "hard-core pornography";

- syn. hardcore;

- sim. explicit;

hard-fought
a1
requiring great effort;

- "a hard-fought primary";

- sim. difficult;

hard-hitting
a1
characterized by or full of force and vigor;

- "a hard-hitting expose";

- "a trenchant argument";

- syn. trenchant;

- sim. effective;

a2
aggressively and persistently persuasive;

- "a hard-hitting advertising campaign";

- "a high-pressure salesman";

- syn. high-pressure;

- sim. aggressive;

hard-line
a1
firm and uncompromising;

- "a hard-line policy";

- syn. hardline;

- sim. uncompromising;

hard-nosed
a1
guided by practical experience and observation rather than theory;

- "a hardheaded appraisal of our position";

- "a hard-nosed labor leader";

- "completely practical in his approach to business";

- "not ideology but pragmatic politics";

- syn. hardheaded, practical, pragmatic;

- sim. realistic;

hard-of-hearing
a1
having a hearing loss;

- syn. hearing-impaired;

- sim. deaf;

hard-on
n1
an erect penis;

- syn. erection;

hard-pressed
a1
facing or experiencing financial trouble or difficulty;

- "distressed companies need loans and technical advice";

- "financially hard-pressed Mexican hotels are lowering their prices";

- "we were hard put to meet the mortgage payment";

- "found themselves in a bad way financially";

- syn. distressed, hard put, in a bad way;

- sim. troubled;

hard-shell clam
n1
Atlantic coast round clams with hard shells;

- large clams usually used for chowders or other clam dishes;

- syn. quahaug, quahog, round clam;

n2
an edible American clam;

- the heavy shells were used as money by some American Indians;

- syn. Mercenaria mercenaria, Venus mercenaria, hard clam, quahaug, quahog, round clam;

hard-shell crab
n1
edible crab that has not recently molted and so has a hard shell;

hard-shelled
a1
of animals or plants that have a hard shell;

- sim. shelled;

hard-skinned puffball
n1
any of various fungi of the genus Scleroderma having hard-skinned subterranean fruiting bodies resembling truffles;

- syn. earthball, false truffle, puffball;

hard-to-please
a1
(of persons) fussy and demanding;

- "his father was a hard-to-please taskmaster";

- "was very hard to please";

- syn. hard to please;

- sim. demanding;

hard beech
n1
tall New Zealand tree yielding very hard wood;

- syn. Nothofagus truncata;

hard candy
n1
candy that is brittle;

- "you can break a tooth on that hard candy";

hard cash
n1
money in the form of bills or coins;

- "there is a desperate shortage of hard cash";

- syn. cash, hard currency;

hard cheese
n1
bad luck;

hard cider
n1
alcoholic drink from fermented cider;

- `cider' and `cyder' are European (especially British) usages for the fermented beverage;

hard clam
n1
an edible American clam;

- the heavy shells were used as money by some American Indians;

- syn. Mercenaria mercenaria, Venus mercenaria, hard-shell clam, quahaug, quahog, round clam;

hard coal
n1
a hard natural coal that burns slowly and gives intense heat;

- syn. anthracite, anthracite coal;

hard copy
n1
(computer science) matter that is held in a computer and is typed or printed on paper;

- "he ran off a hard copy of the report";

hard core
n1
the most dedicated and intensely loyal nucleus of a group or movement;

hard currency
n1
a currency that is not likely to depreciate suddenly in value;

- "the countries agreed to conduct their bilateral trade in hard currency, replacing previous barter arrangements";

- "Germany once had a solid economy, good fiscal and monetary policies, and a hard currency";

n2
money in the form of bills or coins;

- "there is a desperate shortage of hard cash";

- syn. cash, hard cash;

hard disc
n1
a rigid magnetic disk mounted permanently in a drive unit;

- syn. fixed disk, hard disk;

hard disk
n1
a rigid magnetic disk mounted permanently in a drive unit;

- syn. fixed disk, hard disc;

hard drink
n1
an alcoholic beverage that is distilled rather than fermented;

- syn. John Barleycorn, booze, hard liquor, liquor, spirits, strong drink;

hard drive
n1
computer hardware that holds and spins a magnetic or optical disk and reads and writes information on it;

- syn. Winchester drive, disc drive, disk drive;

hard drug
n1
a narcotic that is considered relatively strong and likely to cause addiction;

hard fern
n1
any of several ferns of the genus Blechnum;

hard hat
n1
a worker skilled in building offices or dwellings etc.;

- syn. construction worker;

n2
a lightweight protective helmet (plastic or metal) worn by construction workers;

- syn. safety hat, tin hat;

hard knocks
n1
a state of misfortune or affliction;

- "debt-ridden farmers struggling with adversity";

- "a life of hardship";

- syn. adversity, hardship;

hard lead
n1
a lead alloy that contains about 5% antimony;

- syn. antimonial lead;

n2
unrefined lead that is hard because of the impurities it contains;

hard line
n1
a firm and uncompromising stance or position;

- "the governor took a hard line on drugs";

hard liquor
n1
an alcoholic beverage that is distilled rather than fermented;

- syn. John Barleycorn, booze, hard drink, liquor, spirits, strong drink;

hard news
n1
news that deals with serious topics or events;

hard palate
n1
the bony part of the roof of the mouth;

hard put
a1
facing or experiencing financial trouble or difficulty;

- "distressed companies need loans and technical advice";

- "financially hard-pressed Mexican hotels are lowering their prices";

- "we were hard put to meet the mortgage payment";

- "found themselves in a bad way financially";

- syn. distressed, hard-pressed, in a bad way;

- sim. troubled;

hard right
n1
the extreme right wing;

hard roe
n1
fish eggs or egg-filled ovary;

- having a grainy texture;

- syn. roe;

hard roll
n1
yeast-raised roll with a hard crust;

- syn. Vienna roll;

hard rubber
n1
a hard nonresilient rubber formed by vulcanizing natural rubber;

- syn. ebonite, vulcanite;

hard rush
n1
tall rush of temperate regions;

- syn. Juncus inflexus;

hard sauce
n1
butter and sugar creamed together with brandy or other flavoring and served with rich puddings;

hard sell
n1
forceful and insistent advertising;

hard shoulder
n1
a paved strip beside a motorway (for stopping in emergencies);

hard solder
n1
solder that contains copper;

- melts at a relatively high temperature;

- used for brazing;

hard steel
n1
steel with more than 0.3% carbon;

hard surface
v1
cover with asphalt or a similar surface;

- "hard-surface roads";

hard tick
n1
ticks having a hard shield on the back and mouth parts that project from the head;

- syn. ixodid;

hard time
n1
a difficulty that can be overcome with effort;

- "we had a hard time getting here";

- "analysts predicted rough sledding for handset makers";

- syn. rough sledding;

n2
a term served in a maximum security prison;

hard times
n1
a time of difficulty;

hard to please
a1
(of persons) fussy and demanding;

- "his father was a hard-to-please taskmaster";

- "was very hard to please";

- syn. hard-to-please;

- sim. demanding;

hard up
a1
not having enough money to pay for necessities;

- syn. impecunious, in straitened circumstances, penniless, penurious, pinched;

- sim. poor;

hard water
n1
water that contains mineral salts (as calcium and magnesium ions) that limit the formation of lather with soap;

hard wheat
n1
wheat with hard dark-colored kernels high in gluten and used for bread and pasta;

- grown especially in southern Russia, North Africa, and northern central North America;

- syn. Triticum durum, Triticum turgidum, durum, durum wheat, macaroni wheat;

hard worker
n1
someone who works as hard as a slave;

- syn. slave, striver;

hardback / h ɑ d b æ k /
n1
a book with cardboard or cloth or leather covers;

- syn. hardcover;

a1
having a hard back or cover;

- "hardback books";

- syn. hardbacked, hardbound, hardcover;

- sim. backed;

hardbacked / h ɑ d b æ k t /
a1
having a hard back or cover;

- "hardback books";

- syn. hardback, hardbound, hardcover;

- sim. backed;

hardbake / h ɑ d b eɪ k /
n1
a British sweet made with molasses and butter and almonds;

hardball / h ɑ d b ɔ ɫ /
n1
a no-nonsense attitude in business or politics;

- "they play hardball in the Senate";

n2
baseball as distinguished from softball;

hardboard / h ɑ d b ɔ d /
n1
a cheap hard material made from wood chips that are pressed together and bound with synthetic resin;

- syn. chipboard;

hardbound / h ɑ d b aʊ n d /
a1
having a hard back or cover;

- "hardback books";

- syn. hardback, hardbacked, hardcover;

- sim. backed;

hardcore / h ɑ d k ɔ /
a1
intensely loyal;

- "his hard-core supporters";

- syn. hard-core;

- sim. loyal;

a2
extremely explicit;

- "hard-core pornography";

- syn. hard-core;

- sim. explicit;

hardcover / h ɑ d k ʌ v ə , h ɑ d k ʌ v ə ɹ /
n1
a book with cardboard or cloth or leather covers;

- syn. hardback;

a1
having a hard back or cover;

- "hardback books";

- syn. hardback, hardbacked, hardbound;

- sim. backed;

harden / h ɑ d n /
v1
become hard or harder;

- "The wax hardened";

- syn. indurate;

v2
make hard or harder;

- "The cold hardened the butter";

- syn. indurate;

v3
harden by reheating and cooling in oil;

- "temper steel";

- syn. temper;

v4
make fit;

- "This trip will season even the hardiest traveller";

- syn. season;

v5
cause to accept or become hardened to;

- habituate;

- "He was inured to the cold";

- syn. indurate, inure;

Hardenbergia
n1
small genus of Australian woody vines with small violet flowers;

- closely related to genus Kennedia;

- syn. genus Hardenbergia;

Hardenbergia comnptoniana
n1
vigorous climber of the forests of western Australia;

- grown for their dense racemes of attractive bright rose-purple flowers;

- syn. Western Australia coral pea;

hardened / h ɑ d n d /
a1
used of persons;

- emotionally hardened;

- "faced a case-hardened judge";

- syn. case-hardened, hard-boiled;

- sim. hard;

a2
made hard or flexible or resilient especially by heat treatment;

- "a sword of tempered steel";

- "tempered glass";

- syn. tempered, toughened, treated;

- sim. curable, sunbaked;

a3
protected against attack (especially by nuclear weapons);

- "hardened missile silos";

a4
made tough by habitual exposure;

- "hardened fishermen";

- "a peasant, dark, lean-faced, wind-inured"- Robert Lynd;

- "our successors...may be graver, more inured and equable men"- V.S.Pritchett;

- syn. enured, inured;

- sim. tough;

a5
converted to solid form (as concrete);

- syn. set;

- sim. hard;

hardening / h ɑ d n ɪ ŋ /
n1
abnormal hardening or thickening of tissue;

n2
the process of becoming hard or solid by cooling or drying or crystallization;

- "the hardening of concrete";

- "he tested the set of the glue";

- syn. curing, set, solidification, solidifying;

n3
the act of making something harder (firmer or tighter or more compact);

hardening of the arteries
n1
sclerosis of the arterial walls;

- syn. arterial sclerosis, arteriosclerosis, coronary-artery disease, induration of the arteries;

hardfisted
a1
unwilling to part with money;

- syn. closefisted, tightfisted;

- sim. stingy;

hardheaded / h ɑ d h ɛ d ɪ d /
a1
unreasonably rigid in the face of argument or entreaty or attack;

- syn. mulish;

- sim. stubborn;

a2
guided by practical experience and observation rather than theory;

- "a hardheaded appraisal of our position";

- "a hard-nosed labor leader";

- "completely practical in his approach to business";

- "not ideology but pragmatic politics";

- syn. hard-nosed, practical, pragmatic;

- sim. realistic;

hardheads / h ɑ d h ɛ d z /
n1
a weedy perennial with tough wiry stems and purple flowers;

- native to Europe but widely naturalized;

- syn. Centaurea nigra, black knapweed, lesser knapweed;

hardhearted / h ɑ d h ɑ t ɪ d /
a1
lacking in feeling or pity or warmth;

- syn. heartless;

- sim. flinty;

a2
devoid of feeling for others;

- "an unfeeling wretch";

- syn. stonyhearted, unfeeling;

- sim. uncompassionate;

hardheartedness / h ɑ d h ɑ t ɪ d n ə s /
n1
an absence of concern for the welfare of others;

- syn. coldheartedness, heartlessness;

hardihood / h ɑ d ɪ h ʊ d /
n1
the trait of being willing to undertake things that involve risk or danger;

- "the proposal required great boldness";

- "the plan required great hardiness of heart";

- syn. boldness, daring, hardiness;

hardiness / h ɑ d ɪ n ə s /
n1
the property of being strong and healthy in constitution;

- syn. lustiness, robustness;

n2
the trait of being willing to undertake things that involve risk or danger;

- "the proposal required great boldness";

- "the plan required great hardiness of heart";

- syn. boldness, daring, hardihood;

Harding / h ɑ d ɪ ŋ /
n1
29th President of the United States;

- two of his appointees were involved in the Teapot Dome scandal (1865-1823);

- syn. President Harding, Warren Gamaliel Harding, Warren Harding;

Harding grass
n1
perennial grass of Australia and South Africa;

- introduced in North America as forage grass;

- syn. Phalaris aquatica, Phalaris tuberosa, hardinggrass, toowomba canary grass;

hardinggrass
n1
perennial grass of Australia and South Africa;

- introduced in North America as forage grass;

- syn. Harding grass, Phalaris aquatica, Phalaris tuberosa, toowomba canary grass;

hardline / h ɑ d ɫ aɪ n /
a1
firm and uncompromising;

- "a hard-line policy";

- syn. hard-line;

- sim. uncompromising;

hardliner / h ɑ d ɫ aɪ n ə , h ɑ d ɫ aɪ n ə ɹ /
n1
a conservative who is uncompromising;

hardly / h ɑ d ɫ i /
r1
only a very short time before;

- "we hardly knew them";

- "had scarcely rung the bell when the door flew open";

- "would have scarce arrived before she would have found some excuse to leave"- W.B.Yeats;

- syn. barely, just, scarce, scarcely;

r2
almost not;

- "he hardly ever goes fishing";

- "he was scarce sixteen years old";

- "they scarcely ever used the emergency generator";

- "I can hardly hear what she is saying";

- "she barely seemed to notice him";

- "we were so far back in the theater, we could barely read the subtitles";

- syn. barely, scarce, scarcely;

r3
slowly and with difficulty;

- "prejudices die hard";

- "he was so dizzy he could hardly stand up straight";

- syn. hard;

hardly a
a1
very few;

- "hardly a man is now alive who remembers that famous date and year";

- sim. few;

hardness / h ɑ d n ə s /
n1
the property of being rigid and resistant to pressure;

- not easily scratched;

- measured on Mohs scale;

n2
a quality of water that contains dissolved mineral salts that prevent soap from lathering;

- "the costs of reducing hardness depend on the relative amounts of calcium and magnesium compounds that are present";

n3
devoid of passion or feeling;

- hardheartedness;

- syn. callosity, callousness, insensibility, unfeelingness;

n4
the quality of being difficult to do;

- "he assigned a series of problems of increasing hardness";

- "the ruggedness of his exams caused half the class to fail";

- syn. ruggedness;

n5
excessive sternness;

- "severity of character";

- "the harshness of his punishment was inhuman";

- "the rigors of boot camp";

- syn. harshness, inclemency, rigor, rigorousness, rigour, rigourousness, severeness, severity, stiffness;

hardpan / h ɑ d p æ n /
n1
crust or layer of hard subsoil encrusted with calcium-carbonate occurring in arid or semiarid regions;

- syn. caliche;

hardscrabble / h ɑ d s k ɹ æ b ɫ /
a1
barely satisfying a lower standard;

- "the sharecropper's hardscrabble life";

- sim. meager;

hardship / h ɑ d ʃ ɪ p /
n1
a state of misfortune or affliction;

- "debt-ridden farmers struggling with adversity";

- "a life of hardship";

- syn. adversity, hard knocks;

n2
something hard to endure;

- "the asperity of northern winters";

- syn. asperity, grimness, rigor, rigorousness, rigour, rigourousness, severeness, severity;

n3
something that causes or entails suffering;

- "I cannot think it a hardship that more indulgence is allowed to men than to women"- James Boswell;

- "the many hardships of frontier life";

hardstem bulrush
n1
widely distributed North American sedge having rigid olive green stems;

- syn. Scirpus acutus, hardstemmed bulrush;

hardstemmed bulrush
n1
widely distributed North American sedge having rigid olive green stems;

- syn. Scirpus acutus, hardstem bulrush;

hardtack / h ɑ d t æ k /
n1
very hard unsalted biscuit or bread;

- a former ship's staple;

- syn. pilot biscuit, pilot bread, sea biscuit, ship biscuit;

n2
a mountain mahogany;

hardtop / h ɑ d t ɒ p /
n1
a car that resembles a convertible but has a fixed rigid top;

hardware / h ɑ d w eə , h ɑ d w eə ɹ /
n1
major items of military weaponry (as tanks or missile);

n2
instrumentalities (tools or implements) made of metal;

- syn. ironware;

n3
(computer science) the mechanical, magnetic, electronic, and electrical components making up a computer system;

- syn. computer hardware;

hardware error
n1
error resulting from a malfunction of some physical component of the computer;

hardware store
n1
a store selling hardware;

- "in Great Britain they used to call a hardware store an ironmonger's shop";

- syn. ironmonger, ironmonger's shop;

hardwareman
n1
someone who sells hardware;

- "in England they call a hardwareman an ironmonger";

- syn. ironmonger;

hardwood / h ɑ d w ʊ d /
n1
the wood of broad-leaved dicotyledonous trees (as distinguished from the wood of conifers);

hardworking / h ɑ d w ɝ k ɪ ŋ /
a1
characterized by hard work and perseverance;

- syn. industrious, tireless, untiring;

- sim. diligent;

Hardy / h ɑ d i /
n1
United States slapstick comedian who played the pompous and overbearing member of the Laurel and Hardy duo who made many films (1892-1957);

- syn. Oliver Hardy;

n2
English novelist and poet (1840-1928);

- syn. Thomas Hardy;

a1
having rugged physical strength;

- inured to fatigue or hardships;

- "hardy explorers of northern Canada";

- "proud of her tall stalwart son";

- "stout seamen";

- "sturdy young athletes";

- syn. stalwart, stout, sturdy;

- sim. robust;

a2
able to survive under unfavorable weather conditions;

- "strawberries are hardy and easy to grow";

- "camels are tough and hardy creatures";

- sim. robust;

a3
invulnerable to fear or intimidation;

- "audacious explorers";

- "fearless reporters and photographers";

- "intrepid pioneers";

- syn. audacious, brave, dauntless, fearless, intrepid, unfearing;

- sim. bold;

hare / h eə , h eə ɹ /
n1
swift timid long-eared mammal larger than a rabbit having a divided upper lip and long hind legs;

- young born furred and with open eyes;

n2
flesh of any of various rabbits or hares (wild or domesticated) eaten as food;

- syn. rabbit;

v1
run quickly, like a hare;

- "He hared down the hill";

hare's-foot bristle fern
n1
a variety of bristle fern;

- syn. Trichomanes boschianum;

hare's-foot fern
n1
either of two ferns of the genus Davallia having a soft grey hairy rootstock;

hare and hounds
n1
an outdoor game;

- one group of players (the hares) start off on a long run scattering bits of paper (the scent) and pursuers (the hounds) try to catch them before they reach a designated spot;

- syn. paper chase;

Hare Krishna
n1
worshipper of Krishna and member of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness;

n2
a religious sect founded in the United States in 1966;

- based on Vedic scriptures;

- groups engage in joyful chanting of `Hare Krishna' and other mantras based on the name of the Hindu god Krishna;

- devotees usually wear saffron robes and practice vegetarianism and celibacy;

- syn. ISKCON, International Society for Krishna Consciousness;

n3
a chant to the Hindu god Krishna;

hare wallaby
n1
small Australian wallaby that resembles a hare and has persistent teeth;

- syn. kangaroo hare;

harebell / h eə b ɛ ɫ /
n1
sometimes placed in genus Scilla;

- syn. Hyacinthoides nonscripta, Scilla nonscripta, bluebell, wild hyacinth, wood hyacinth;

n2
perennial of northern hemisphere with slender stems and bell-shaped blue flowers;

- syn. Campanula rotundifolia, bluebell;

harebrained / h eə b ɹ eɪ n d /
a1
very foolish;

- "harebrained ideas";

- "took insane risks behind the wheel";

- "a completely mad scheme to build a bridge between two mountains";

- syn. insane, mad;

- sim. foolish;

Haredi
n1
any of several sects of Orthodox Judaism that reject modern secular culture and many of whom do not recognize the spiritual authority of the modern state of Israel;

hareem
n1
living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household;

- syn. harem, seraglio, serail;

Harefoot
n1
illegitimate son of Canute who seized the throne of England in 1037 (died in 1040);

- syn. Harold Harefoot, Harold I, King Harold I;

harelip / h eə ɫ ɪ p /
n1
a congenital cleft in the middle of the upper lip;

- syn. cheiloschisis, cleft lip;

harem / h ɑr i m /
n1
living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household;

- syn. hareem, seraglio, serail;

Hargeisa
n1
a city in northwestern Somalia;

Hargreaves
n1
English inventor of the spinning jenny (1720-1778);

- syn. James Hargreaves;

haricot / h æ ɹ ɪ k oʊ /
n1
a French variety of green bean plant bearing light-colored beans;

n2
a French bean variety with light-colored seeds;

- usually dried;

- syn. flageolet;

haricot vert
n1
very small and slender green bean;

- syn. French bean, haricots verts;

haricots verts
n1
very small and slender green bean;

- syn. French bean, haricot vert;

Harijan
n1
belongs to lowest social and ritual class in India;

- syn. untouchable;

harikari
n1
ritual suicide by self-disembowelment on a sword;

- practiced by samurai in the traditional Japanese society;

- syn. hara-kiri, harakiri, seppuku;

hark / h ɑ k /
v1
listen;

- used mostly in the imperative;

- syn. harken, hearken;

hark back
v1
go back to something earlier;

- "This harks back to a previous remark of his";

- syn. come back, recall, return;

Harkat-ul-Jihad-e-Islami
n1
an extremist militant group in Pakistan occupied Kashmir that seeks an Islamic government and that has had close links and fought with the Taliban in Afghanistan;

- syn. HUJI, Harakat ul-Jihad-I-Islami;

Harkat-ul-Mujahidin
n1
an Islamic fundamentalist group in Pakistan that fought the Soviet Union in Afghanistan in the 1980s;

- now operates as a terrorist organization primarily in Kashmir and seeks Kashmir's accession by Pakistan;

- syn. Al Faran, HUA, HUM, Harkat ul-Ansar, Harkat ul-Mujahedeen, Movement of Holy Warriors;

Harkat ul-Ansar
n1
an Islamic fundamentalist group in Pakistan that fought the Soviet Union in Afghanistan in the 1980s;

- now operates as a terrorist organization primarily in Kashmir and seeks Kashmir's accession by Pakistan;

- syn. Al Faran, HUA, HUM, Harkat-ul-Mujahidin, Harkat ul-Mujahedeen, Movement of Holy Warriors;

Harkat ul-Mujahedeen
n1
an Islamic fundamentalist group in Pakistan that fought the Soviet Union in Afghanistan in the 1980s;

- now operates as a terrorist organization primarily in Kashmir and seeks Kashmir's accession by Pakistan;

- syn. Al Faran, HUA, HUM, Harkat-ul-Mujahidin, Harkat ul-Ansar, Movement of Holy Warriors;

harken
v1
listen;

- used mostly in the imperative;

- syn. hark, hearken;

Harlan F. Stone
n1
United States jurist who was named chief justice of the United States Supreme Court in 1941 by Franklin D. Roosevelt (1872-1946);

- syn. Harlan Fisk Stone, Harlan Stone, Stone;

Harlan Fisk Stone
n1
United States jurist who was named chief justice of the United States Supreme Court in 1941 by Franklin D. Roosevelt (1872-1946);

- syn. Harlan F. Stone, Harlan Stone, Stone;

Harlan Fiske Stone
n1
United States jurist who served on the United States Supreme Court as chief justice (1872-1946);

- syn. Stone;

Harlan Stone
n1
United States jurist who was named chief justice of the United States Supreme Court in 1941 by Franklin D. Roosevelt (1872-1946);

- syn. Harlan F. Stone, Harlan Fisk Stone, Stone;

Harlean Carpenter
n1
United States film actress who made several films with Clark Gable (1911-1937);

- syn. Harlow, Jean Harlow;

Harlem / h ɑ ɫ ə m /
n1
a district of Manhattan;

- now largely a Black ghetto;

Harlem Renaissance
n1
a period in the 1920s when African-American achievements in art and music and literature flourished;

Harlem River
n1
a channel separating Manhattan from the Bronx;

harlequin / h ɑ ɫ ɪ k w ɪ n /
n1
a clown or buffoon (after the Harlequin character in the commedia dell'arte);

v1
variegate with spots or marks;

- "His face was harlequined with patches";

harlequin-snake
n1
any of several venomous New World snakes brilliantly banded in red and black and either yellow or white;

- widely distributed in South America and Central America;

- syn. New World coral snake, coral snake;

harlequin opal
n1
a reddish opal with small patches of brilliant color;

harlequinade / h ɑ ɫ ɪ k w ɪ n eɪ d /
n1
acting like a clown or buffoon;

- syn. buffoonery, clowning, frivolity, japery, prank;

Harley Granville-Barker
n1
English actor and dramatist and critic and director noted for his productions of Shakespearean plays (1877-1946);

- syn. Granville-Barker;

Harley Street / h ɑ ɫ ɪ s t ɹ i t /
n1
a street in central London where the consulting rooms of many physicians and surgeons are located;

harlot / h ɑ ɫ ə t /
n1
a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money;

- syn. bawd, cocotte, cyprian, fancy woman, lady of pleasure, prostitute, sporting lady, tart, whore, woman of the street, working girl;

harlotry / h ɑ ɫ ə t ɹ i /
n1
offering sexual intercourse for pay;

- syn. prostitution, whoredom;

Harlow / h ɑ ɫ oʊ /
n1
United States film actress who made several films with Clark Gable (1911-1937);

- syn. Harlean Carpenter, Jean Harlow;

Harlow Shapley
n1
United States astronomer (1885-1972);

- syn. Shapley;

harm / h ɑ m /
n1
any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.;

- syn. hurt, injury, trauma;

n2
the occurrence of a change for the worse;

- syn. damage, impairment;

n3
the act of damaging something or someone;

- syn. damage, hurt, scathe;

v1
cause or do harm to;

- "These pills won't harm your system";

harmattan / h ɑ m ə t æ n /
n1
a dusty wind from the Sahara that blows toward the western coast of Africa during the winter;

harmful / h ɑ m f ə ɫ /
a1
causing or capable of causing harm;

- "too much sun is harmful to the skin";

- "harmful effects of smoking";

- also destructive, disadvantageous, malign, noxious, offensive, painful, toxic, unfavourable, unwholesome;

- sim. abusive, bad, bruising, calumniatory, catastrophic, counterproductive, damaging, deleterious, ill, insidious, mischievous, nocent, stabbing;

harmfully / h ɑ m f ə ɫ i /
r1
in a detrimental manner;

- syn. detrimentally, noxiously;

harmfulness / h ɑ m f ə ɫ n ə s /
n1
destructiveness that causes harm or injury;

- syn. injuriousness;

n2
the quality of being noxious;

- syn. noisomeness, noxiousness;

harmless / h ɑ m ɫ ə s /
a1
not causing or capable of causing harm;

- "harmless bacteria";

- "rendered the bomb harmless";

- also atoxic, benign, benignant, innocuous, nontoxic, painless, safe;

- sim. innocent;

harmlessly / h ɑ m ɫ ə s ɫ i /
r1
in a harmless manner;

- "this is a harmlessly childish game";

harmonic / h ɑ m ɒ n ɪ k /
n1
a tone that is a component of a complex sound;

n2
any of a series of musical tones whose frequencies are integral multiples of the frequency of a fundamental;

a1
of or relating to harmony as distinct from melody and rhythm;

- "subtleties of harmonic change and tonality"- Ralph Hill;

a2
of or relating to harmonics;

a3
of or relating to the branch of acoustics that studies the composition of musical sounds;

- "the sound of the resonating cavity cannot be the only determinant of the harmonic response";

a4
relating to vibrations that occur as a result of vibrations in a nearby body;

- "sympathetic vibration";

- syn. sympathetic;

- sim. harmonious;

a5
involving or characterized by harmony;

- syn. consonant, harmonical, harmonised, harmonized;

- sim. harmonious;

harmonic analysis
n1
analysis of a periodic function into a sum of simple sinusoidal components;

- syn. Fourier analysis;

harmonic law
n1
a law stating that the ratio of the square of the revolutionary period (in years) to the cube of the orbital axis (in astronomical units) is the same for all planets;

- syn. Kepler's third law;

harmonic mean
n1
the mean of n numbers expressed as the reciprocal of the arithmetic mean of the reciprocals of the numbers;

harmonic motion
n1
a periodic motion in which the displacement is either symmetrical about a point or is the sum of such motions;

harmonic progression
n1
(mathematics) a progression of terms whose reciprocals form an arithmetic progression;

harmonica / h ɑ m ɒ n ɪ k ə /
n1
a small rectangular free-reed instrument having a row of free reeds set back in air holes and played by blowing into the desired hole;

- syn. harp, mouth harp, mouth organ;

harmonical / h ɑ m ɒ n ɪ k ə ɫ /
a1
involving or characterized by harmony;

- syn. consonant, harmonic, harmonised, harmonized;

- sim. harmonious;

harmonically / h ɑ m ɒ n ɪ k ɫ i /
r1
with respect to harmony;

- "harmonically interesting piece";

harmonics / h ɑ m ɒ n ɪ k s /
n1
the study of musical sound;

harmonious / h ɑ m oʊ n ɪə s /
a1
musically pleasing;

- also compatible;

- sim. consonant, harmonic, on-key, pure, symphonic;

a2
exhibiting equivalence or correspondence among constituents of an entity or between different entities;

- syn. proportionate, symmetrical;

- sim. balanced;

a3
suitable and fitting;

- "the tailored clothes were harmonious with her military bearing";

- sim. congruous;

a4
existing together in harmony;

- "harmonious family relationships";

- sim. compatible;

harmoniously / h ɑ m oʊ n ɪə s ɫ i /
r1
in a harmonious manner;

- "the problem of absorbing immigrants harmoniously into British society is as important to the immigrants as to the British";

harmoniousness / h ɑ m oʊ n ɪə s n ə s /
n1
the property of sounding harmonious;

- syn. consonance;

n2
compatibility in opinion and action;

- syn. harmony;

harmonisation / h ɑ m ə n aɪ z eɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
a piece of harmonized music;

- syn. harmonization;

n2
singing in harmony;

- syn. harmonization;

harmonise / h ɑ m ə n ɪ s /
v1
go together;

- "The colors don't harmonize";

- "Their ideas concorded";

- syn. accord, agree, concord, consort, fit in, harmonize;

v2
write a harmony for;

- syn. harmonize;

v3
sing or play in harmony;

- syn. harmonize;

v4
bring (several things) into consonance or relate harmoniously;

- "harmonize the different interests";

- syn. harmonize;

v5
bring into consonance or accord;

- "harmonize one's goals with one's abilities";

- syn. harmonize, reconcile;

v6
bring into consonance, harmony, or accord while making music or singing;

- syn. chord, harmonize;

harmonised / h ɑ m ə n aɪ z d /
a1
involving or characterized by harmony;

- syn. consonant, harmonic, harmonical, harmonized;

- sim. harmonious;

harmoniser / h ɑ m ə n aɪ z ə /
n1
a musician who sings or plays in harmony;

- syn. harmonizer;

n2
a mediator who brings one thing into harmonious agreement with another;

- syn. harmonizer;

harmonium / h ɑ m oʊ n ɪə m /
n1
a free-reeded instrument with a piano keyboard in which air is forced through the reeds by bellows;

- syn. organ, reed organ;

harmonizable / h ɑ m ə n aɪ z ə b ɫ /
a1
capable of being made harmonious or consistent;

- sim. reconcilable;

harmonization / h ɑ m ə n aɪ z eɪ ʃ n /
n1
a piece of harmonized music;

- syn. harmonisation;

n2
singing in harmony;

- syn. harmonisation;

harmonize / h ɑ m ə n aɪ z /
v1
go together;

- "The colors don't harmonize";

- "Their ideas concorded";

- syn. accord, agree, concord, consort, fit in, harmonise;

v2
write a harmony for;

- syn. harmonise;

v3
sing or play in harmony;

- syn. harmonise;

v4
bring (several things) into consonance or relate harmoniously;

- "harmonize the different interests";

- syn. harmonise;

v5
bring into consonance or accord;

- "harmonize one's goals with one's abilities";

- syn. harmonise, reconcile;

v6
bring into consonance, harmony, or accord while making music or singing;

- syn. chord, harmonise;

harmonized / h ɑ m ə n aɪ z d /
a1
involving or characterized by harmony;

- syn. consonant, harmonic, harmonical, harmonised;

- sim. harmonious;

harmonizer / h ɑ m ə n aɪ z ə /
n1
a musician who sings or plays in harmony;

- syn. harmoniser;

n2
a mediator who brings one thing into harmonious agreement with another;

- syn. harmoniser;

harmony / h ɑ m ə n i /
n1
compatibility in opinion and action;

- syn. harmoniousness;

n2
the structure of music with respect to the composition and progression of chords;

- syn. musical harmony;

n3
a harmonious state of things in general and of their properties (as of colors and sounds);

- congruity of parts with one another and with the whole;

- syn. concord, concordance;

n4
agreement of opinions;

- syn. concord, concordance;

n5
an agreeable sound property;

Harmsworth
n1
British newspaper publisher (1865-1922);

- syn. Alfred Charles William Harmsworth, Viscount Northcliffe;

harness / h ɑ n ə s /
n1
a support consisting of an arrangement of straps for holding something to the body (especially one supporting a person suspended from a parachute);

n2
stable gear consisting of an arrangement of leather straps fitted to a draft animal so that it can be attached to and pull a cart;

v1
put a harness;

- "harness the horse";

- syn. tackle;

v2
exploit the power of;

- "harness natural forces and resources";

v3
control and direct with or as if by reins;

- "rein a horse";

- syn. draw rein, rein, rein in;

v4
keep in check;

- "rule one's temper";

- syn. rein, rule;

harness horse
n1
horse used for pulling vehicles;

harness race
n1
a horse race between people riding in sulkies behind horses that are trotting or pacing;

- syn. harness racing;

harness racing
n1
a horse race between people riding in sulkies behind horses that are trotting or pacing;

- syn. harness race;

harnessed / h ɑ n ə s t /
a1
brought under control and put to use;

- "electricity from the harnessed Colorado River";

- "the harnessed power of the atom";

- sim. controlled;

harnessed antelope
n1
any of several antelopes of the genus Tragelaphus having striped markings resembling a harness;

Harold Clayton Lloyd
n1
United States comic actor in silent films;

- he used physical danger as a source of comedy (1893-1971);

- syn. Harold Lloyd, Lloyd;

Harold Clayton Urey
n1
United States chemist who discovered deuterium (1893-1981);

- syn. Harold Urey, Urey;

Harold Harefoot
n1
illegitimate son of Canute who seized the throne of England in 1037 (died in 1040);

- syn. Harefoot, Harold I, King Harold I;

Harold Hart Crane
n1
United States poet (1899-1932);

- syn. Crane, Hart Crane;

Harold Hirschsprung
n1
Danish pediatrician (1830-1916);

- syn. Hirschsprung;

Harold I
n1
illegitimate son of Canute who seized the throne of England in 1037 (died in 1040);

- syn. Harefoot, Harold Harefoot, King Harold I;

Harold II
n1
King of England who succeeded Edward the Confessor in 1066 and was the last of the Anglo-Saxon monarchs;

- he was killed fighting the invasion by William the Conqueror (1045-1066);

- syn. King Harold II;

Harold Kroto
n1
British chemist who with Robert Curl and Richard Smalley discovered fullerenes and opened a new branch of chemistry (born in 1939);

- syn. Harold W. Kroto, Kroto, Sir Harold Walter Kroto;

Harold Lloyd
n1
United States comic actor in silent films;

- he used physical danger as a source of comedy (1893-1971);

- syn. Harold Clayton Lloyd, Lloyd;

Harold Nicolson
n1
English diplomat and author (1886-1968);

- syn. Nicolson, Sir Harold George Nicolson;

Harold Pinter
n1
English dramatist whose plays are characterized by silences and the use of inaction (born in 1930);

- syn. Pinter;

Harold Urey
n1
United States chemist who discovered deuterium (1893-1981);

- syn. Harold Clayton Urey, Urey;

Harold W. Kroto
n1
British chemist who with Robert Curl and Richard Smalley discovered fullerenes and opened a new branch of chemistry (born in 1939);

- syn. Harold Kroto, Kroto, Sir Harold Walter Kroto;

harp / h ɑ p /
n1
a chordophone that has a triangular frame consisting of a sounding board and a pillar and a curved neck;

- the strings stretched between the neck and the soundbox are plucked with the fingers;

n2
a pair of curved vertical supports for a lampshade;

n3
a small rectangular free-reed instrument having a row of free reeds set back in air holes and played by blowing into the desired hole;

- syn. harmonica, mouth harp, mouth organ;

v1
come back to;

- "Don't dwell on the past";

- "She is always harping on the same old things";

- syn. dwell;

v2
play the harp;

- "She harped the Saint-Saens beautifully";

harp-shaped
a1
shaped in the form of a harp;

- sim. formed;

harp seal
n1
common Arctic seal;

- the young are all white;

- syn. Pagophilus groenlandicus;

harper / h ɑ p ə , h ɑ p ə ɹ /
n1
someone who plays the harp;

- syn. harpist;

Harper's Ferry
n1
a small town in northeastern West Virginia that was the site of a raid in 1859 by the abolitionist John Brown and his followers who captured an arsenal that was located there;

- syn. Harpers Ferry;

Harpers Ferry
n1
a small town in northeastern West Virginia that was the site of a raid in 1859 by the abolitionist John Brown and his followers who captured an arsenal that was located there;

- syn. Harper's Ferry;

Harpia
n1
a genus of Accipitridae;

- syn. genus Harpia;

Harpia harpyja
n1
large black-and-white crested eagle of tropical America;

- syn. harpy, harpy eagle;

harpist / h ɑ p ɪ s t /
n1
someone who plays the harp;

- syn. harper;

Harpo
n1
United States comedian;

- one of four brothers who made motion pictures together (1893-1964);

- syn. Arthur Marx, Marx;

harpoon / h ɑ p u n /
n1
a spear with a shaft and barbed point for throwing;

- used for catching large fish or whales;

- a strong line is attached to it;

v1
spear with a harpoon;

- "harpoon whales";

harpoon gun
n1
a cannon or similar gun that fires harpoons;

harpoon line
n1
a strong rope for making the catch fast to the harpooner's boat;

harpoon log
n1
a cylindrical log with a device that registers distance;

harpooneer
n1
someone who launches harpoons;

- syn. harpooner;

harpooner / h ɑ p u n ə /
n1
someone who launches harpoons;

- syn. harpooneer;

harpsichord / h ɑ p s ɪ k ɔ d /
n1
a clavier with strings that are plucked by plectra mounted on pivots;

- syn. cembalo;

harpsichordist / h ɑ p s ɪ k ɔ d ɪ s t /
n1
someone who plays the harpsichord;

harpulla
n1
fast-growing tree of India and East Indies yielding a wood used especially for building;

- syn. Harpullia cupanioides;

harpullia
n1
any of various tree of the genus Harpullia;

Harpullia cupanioides
n1
fast-growing tree of India and East Indies yielding a wood used especially for building;

- syn. harpulla;

Harpullia pendula
n1
Australian tree yielding a variegated tulipwood;

- syn. Moreton Bay tulipwood;

harpy / h ɑ p i /
n1
a malicious woman with a fierce temper;

- syn. hellcat, vixen;

n2
(Greek mythology) vicious winged monster;

- often depicted as a bird with the head of a woman;

n3
any of various fruit bats of the genus Nyctimene distinguished by nostrils drawn out into diverging tubes;

- syn. harpy bat, tube-nosed bat, tube-nosed fruit bat;

n4
large black-and-white crested eagle of tropical America;

- syn. Harpia harpyja, harpy eagle;

harpy bat
n1
any of various fruit bats of the genus Nyctimene distinguished by nostrils drawn out into diverging tubes;

- syn. harpy, tube-nosed bat, tube-nosed fruit bat;

harpy eagle
n1
large black-and-white crested eagle of tropical America;

- syn. Harpia harpyja, harpy;

harquebus / h ɑ k w ɪ b ə s /
n1
an obsolete firearm with a long barrel;

- syn. arquebus, hackbut, hagbut;

harridan / h æ ɹ ɪ d ə n /
n1
a scolding (even vicious) old woman;

harried / h æ ɹ ɪ d /
a1
troubled persistently especially with petty annoyances;

- "harassed working mothers";

- "a harried expression";

- "her poor pestered father had to endure her constant interruptions";

- "the vexed parents of an unruly teenager";

- syn. annoyed, harassed, pestered, vexed;

- sim. troubled;

harrier / h æ ɹ ɪə , h æ ɹ ɪə ɹ /
n1
a persistent attacker;

- "the harassers were not members of the regular army";

- syn. harasser;

n2
a hound that resembles a foxhound but is smaller;

- used to hunt rabbits;

n3
hawks that hunt over meadows and marshes and prey on small terrestrial animals;

harrier eagle
n1
any of numerous large Old World hawks intermediate in some respects between typical hawks and typical eagles;

- syn. short-toed eagle;

Harriet Beecher Stowe
n1
United States writer of a novel about slavery that advanced the abolitionists' cause (1811-1896);

- syn. Harriet Elizabeth Beecher Stowe, Stowe;

Harriet Elizabeth Beecher Stowe
n1
United States writer of a novel about slavery that advanced the abolitionists' cause (1811-1896);

- syn. Harriet Beecher Stowe, Stowe;

Harriet Tubman
n1
United States abolitionist born a slave on a plantation in Maryland and became a famous conductor on the Underground Railroad leading other slaves to freedom in the North (1820-1913);

- syn. Tubman;

Harriet Wilson
n1
author of the first novel by an African American that was published in the United States (1808-1870);

- syn. Wilson;

Harriman
n1
United States financier who negotiated a treaty with the Soviet Union banning tests of nuclear weapons (1891-1986);

- syn. Averell Harriman, William Averell Harriman;

n2
United States railway tycoon (1848-1909);

- syn. E. H. Harriman, Edward Henry Harriman;

Harris / h æ ɹ ɪ s /
n1
United States author who wrote the stories about Uncle Remus (1848-1908);

- syn. Joel Chandler Harris, Joel Harris;

n2
United States linguist (born in Ukraine) who developed mathematical linguistics and interpreted speech and writing in a social context (1909-1992);

- syn. Zellig Harris, Zellig Sabbatai Harris;

n3
United States diplomat who was instrumental in opening Japan to foreign trade (1804-1878);

- syn. Townsend Harris;

n4
Irish writer noted for his sexually explicit but unreliable autobiography (1856-1931);

- syn. Frank Harris, James Thomas Harris;

n5
British marshal of the Royal Air Force;

- during World War II he directed mass bombing raids against German cities that resulted in heavy civilian casualties (1892-1984);

- syn. Bomber Harris, Sir Arthur Travers Harris;

n6
publisher of the first newspaper printed in America (1673-1713);

- syn. Benjamin Harris;

Harris Tweed
n1
a loosely woven tweed made in the Outer Hebrides;

Harrisburg / h æ ɹ ɪ s b ɝ ɡ /
n1
capital of Pennsylvania;

- located in southern part of state;

- syn. capital of Pennsylvania;

Harrisia
n1
genus of slender often treelike spiny cacti with solitary showy nocturnal white or pink flowers;

- Florida and Caribbean to South America;

- syn. genus Harrisia;

Harrison / h æ ɹ ɪ s n /
n1
English actor on stage and in films (1908-1990);

- syn. Reginald Carey Harrison, Rex Harrison, Sir Rex Harrison;

n2
English rock star;

- lead guitarist of the Beatles (1943-2001);

- syn. George Harrison;

n3
23rd President of the United States (1833-1901);

- syn. Benjamin Harrison, President Benjamin Harrison, President Harrison;

n4
9th President of the United States;

- caught pneumonia during his inauguration and died shortly after (1773-1841);

- syn. President Harrison, President William Henry Harrison, William Henry Harrison;

Harrod
n1
English merchant who expanded his father's shop in London into a prestigious department store (1841-1905);

- syn. Charles Digby Harrod;

n2
English merchant who took over a shop in London that was expanded by his son into a prestigious department store (1800-1885);

- syn. Charles Henry Harrod;

harrow / h æ ɹ oʊ /
n1
a cultivator that pulverizes or smooths the soil;

v1
draw a harrow over (land);

- syn. disk;

harrowing / h æ ɹ oʊ ɪ ŋ /
a1
extremely painful;

- syn. agonising, agonizing, excruciating, torturesome, torturing, torturous;

- sim. painful;

harry / h æ ɹ i /
v1
annoy continually or chronically;

- "He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked";

- "This man harasses his female co-workers";

- syn. beset, chevvy, chevy, chivvy, chivy, harass, hassle, molest, plague, provoke;

v2
make a pillaging or destructive raid on (a place), as in wartimes;

- syn. ravage;

Harry Bridges
n1
United States labor leader who organized the longshoremen (1901-1990);

- syn. Bridges;

Harry F. Klinefelter
n1
United States physician who first described the XXY-syndrome (born in 1912);

- syn. Harry Fitch Kleinfelter, Klinefelter;

Harry Fitch Kleinfelter
n1
United States physician who first described the XXY-syndrome (born in 1912);

- syn. Harry F. Klinefelter, Klinefelter;

Harry Hotspur
n1
English soldier killed in a rebellion against Henry IV (1364-1403);

- syn. Hotspur, Percy, Sir Henry Percy;

Harry Houdini
n1
United States magician (born in Hungary) famous for his ability to escape from chains or handcuffs or straitjackets or padlocked containers (1874-1926);

- syn. Erik Weisz, Houdini;

Harry Lauder
n1
Scottish ballad singer and music hall comedian (1870-1950);

- syn. Lauder, Sir Harry MacLennan Lauder;

Harry Lillis Crosby
n1
United States singer and film actor (1903-1977);

- syn. Bing Crosby, Crosby;

Harry S Truman
n1
elected vice president in Roosevelt's 4th term;

- became 33rd President of the United States on Roosevelt's death in 1945 and was elected President in 1948;

- authorized the use of atomic bombs against Japan (1884-1972);

- syn. Harry Truman, President Truman, Truman;

Harry Sinclair Lewis
n1
United States novelist who satirized middle-class America in his novel Main Street (1885-1951);

- syn. Lewis, Sinclair Lewis;

Harry Stack Sullivan
n1
United States psychiatrist (1892-1949);

- syn. Sullivan;

Harry Truman
n1
elected vice president in Roosevelt's 4th term;

- became 33rd President of the United States on Roosevelt's death in 1945 and was elected President in 1948;

- authorized the use of atomic bombs against Japan (1884-1972);

- syn. Harry S Truman, President Truman, Truman;

harsh / h ɑ ʃ /
a1
unpleasantly stern;

- "wild and harsh country full of hot sand and cactus";

- "the nomad life is rough and hazardous";

- syn. rough;

- sim. unpleasant;

a2
unpleasantly rough or jarring to the senses;

- "the harsh cry of a blue jay";

- "harsh cognac";

- "the harsh white light makes you screw up your eyes";

- "harsh irritating smoke filled the hallway";

- sim. unpleasant;

a3
of textures that are rough to the touch or substances consisting of relatively large particles;

- "coarse meal";

- "coarse sand";

- "a coarse weave";

- syn. coarse;

- also rough, unsmooth;

- sim. coarse-grained, farinaceous, granulated, loose, plushy;

a4
unkind or cruel or uncivil;

- "had harsh words";

- "a harsh and unlovable old tyrant";

- "a rough answer";

- syn. rough;

- sim. unkind;

a5
severe;

- "a harsh penalty";

- sim. heavy;

a6
sharply disagreeable;

- rigorous;

- "the harsh facts of court delays";

- "an abrasive character";

- syn. abrasive;

- sim. disagreeable;

harsh-voiced
a1
having an unusually harsh sound;

- sim. loud;

harsh on
v1
criticize harshly;

- "the teacher keeps harshing on the same kid";

harshen
v1
make harsh or harsher;

- "Winter harshened the look of the city";

harshly / h ɑ ʃ ɫ i /
r1
in a harsh or unkind manner;

- "`That's enough!,' he cut in harshly";

r2
in a harsh and grating manner;

- "her voice fell gratingly on our ears";

- syn. gratingly, raspingly;

harshness / h ɑ ʃ n ə s /
n1
the roughness of a substance that causes abrasions;

- syn. abrasiveness, scratchiness;

n2
the quality of being harsh or rough or grating to the senses;

- syn. roughness;

n3
the quality of being cruel and causing tension or annoyance;

- syn. cruelness, cruelty;

n4
excessive sternness;

- "severity of character";

- "the harshness of his punishment was inhuman";

- "the rigors of boot camp";

- syn. hardness, inclemency, rigor, rigorousness, rigour, rigourousness, severeness, severity, stiffness;

Hart / h ɑ t /
n1
United States playwright who collaborated with George S. Kaufman (1904-1961);

- syn. Moss Hart;

n2
United States lyricist who collaborated with Richard Rodgers (1895-1943);

- syn. Lorenz Hart, Lorenz Milton Hart;

n3
a male deer, especially an adult male red deer;

- syn. stag;

hart's-tongue
n1
tropical American terrestrial fern with leathery lanceolate fronds;

- sometimes placed in genus Polybotrya;

- syn. Olfersia cervina, Polybotria cervina, Polybotrya cervina, hart's-tongue fern;

n2
Eurasian fern with simple lanceolate fronds;

- syn. Asplenium scolopendrium, Phyllitis scolopendrium, hart's-tongue fern;

hart's-tongue fern
n1
tropical American terrestrial fern with leathery lanceolate fronds;

- sometimes placed in genus Polybotrya;

- syn. Olfersia cervina, Polybotria cervina, Polybotrya cervina, hart's-tongue;

n2
Eurasian fern with simple lanceolate fronds;

- syn. Asplenium scolopendrium, Phyllitis scolopendrium, hart's-tongue;

n3
common epiphytic or sometimes terrestrial fern having pale yellow-green strap-shaped leaves;

- Florida to West Indies and Mexico and south to Uruguay;

- syn. Florida strap fern, cow-tongue fern;

Hart Crane
n1
United States poet (1899-1932);

- syn. Crane, Harold Hart Crane;

Harte
n1
United States writer noted for his stories about life during the California gold rush (1836-1902);

- syn. Bret Harte;

hartebeest / h ɑ t ɪ b i s t /
n1
a large African antelope with lyre-shaped horns that curve backward;

Hartford / h ɑ t f ɔ d /
n1
the state capital of Connecticut;

- located in central Connecticut on the Connecticut river;

- a center of the insurance business;

- syn. capital of Connecticut;

Hartford fern
n1
delicate fern of the eastern United States having a twining stem and palmately-lobed sterile fronds and forked fertile fronds;

- syn. Lygodium palmatum, creeping fern;

Hartley / h ɑ t ɫ i /
n1
English philosopher who introduced the theory of the association of ideas (1705-1757);

- syn. David Hartley;

harum-scarum / h eə ɹ ə m s k eə ɹ ə m /
n1
a reckless impetuous irresponsible person;

- syn. daredevil, hothead, lunatic, madcap, swashbuckler;

a1
cheerfully irresponsible;

- "carefree with his money";

- "freewheeling urban youths";

- "had a harum-scarum youth";

- syn. carefree, devil-may-care, freewheeling, happy-go-lucky, slaphappy;

- sim. irresponsible;

r1
in a wild or reckless manner;

- "dashing harum-scarum all over the place";

- "running pell-mell up the stairs";

- syn. pell-mell;

Harvard
n1
a university in Massachusetts;

- syn. Harvard University;

n2
American philanthropist who left his library and half his estate to the Massachusetts college that now bears his name (1607-1638);

- syn. John Harvard;

Harvard University
n1
a university in Massachusetts;

- syn. Harvard;

Harvery Williams Cushing
n1
United States neurologist noted for his study of the brain and pituitary gland and who identified Cushing's syndrome (1869-1939);

- syn. Cushing, Harvey Cushing;

harvest / h ɑ v ɪ s t /
n1
the yield from plants in a single growing season;

- syn. crop;

n2
the consequence of an effort or activity;

- "they gathered a harvest of examples";

- "a harvest of love";

n3
the gathering of a ripened crop;

- syn. harvest home, harvesting;

n4
the season for gathering crops;

- syn. harvest time;

v1
gather, as of natural products;

- "harvest the grapes";

- syn. glean, reap;

v2
remove from a culture or a living or dead body, as for the purposes of transplantation;

- "Should one harvest organs from dead people for transplants?";

harvest-lice
n1
erect perennial Old World herb of dry grassy habitats;

- syn. Agrimonia eupatoria;

harvest fly
n1
its distinctive song is heard during July and August;

- syn. dog-day cicada;

harvest home
n1
the gathering of a ripened crop;

- syn. harvest, harvesting;

harvest mite
n1
larval mite that sucks the blood of vertebrates including human beings causing intense irritation;

- syn. chigger, jigger, redbug;

harvest moon
n1
the full moon nearest the September equinox;

harvest mouse
n1
any of several small greyish New World mice inhabiting e.g. grain fields;

- syn. American harvest mouse;

n2
small reddish-brown Eurasian mouse inhabiting e.g. cornfields;

- syn. Micromyx minutus;

harvest time
n1
the season for gathering crops;

- syn. harvest;

harvester / h ɑ v ɪ s t ə , h ɑ v ɪ s t ə ɹ /
n1
someone who helps to gather the harvest;

- syn. reaper;

n2
farm machine that gathers a food crop from the fields;

- syn. reaper;

harvestfish
n1
butterfish up to a foot long of Atlantic waters from Chesapeake Bay to Argentina;

- syn. Paprilus alepidotus;

harvesting / h ɑ v ɪ s t ɪ ŋ /
n1
the gathering of a ripened crop;

- syn. harvest, harvest home;

harvestman / h ɑ v ɪ s t m æ n /
n1
spiderlike arachnid with a small rounded body and very long thin legs;

- syn. Phalangium opilio, daddy longlegs;

Harvey / h ɑ v i /
n1
English physician and scientist who described the circulation of the blood;

- he later proposed that all animals originate from an ovum produced by the female of the species (1578-1657);

- syn. William Harvey;

Harvey Cushing
n1
United States neurologist noted for his study of the brain and pituitary gland and who identified Cushing's syndrome (1869-1939);

- syn. Cushing, Harvery Williams Cushing;

Harvey Wallbanger
n1
a cocktail made of vodka or gin and orange juice and Galliano;

has-been / h æ z b i n /
n1
someone who is no longer popular;

- syn. back-number;

haschisch
n1
purified resinous extract of the hemp plant;

- used as a hallucinogen;

- syn. hash, hasheesh, hashish;

Hasdrubal
n1
general who commanded a Carthaginian army in Spain;

- joined his brother Hannibal in Italy and was killed by the Romans at the battle of Metaurus River (died 207 BC);

Hasek
n1
Czech author of novels and short stories (1883-1923);

- syn. Jaroslav Hasek;

hash / h æ ʃ /
n1
chopped meat mixed with potatoes and browned;

n2
purified resinous extract of the hemp plant;

- used as a hallucinogen;

- syn. haschisch, hasheesh, hashish;

v1
chop up;

- "hash the potatoes";

hash head
n1
a user of hashish;

hash house
n1
an inexpensive restaurant;

hash mark
n1
an insignia worn to indicate years of service;

- syn. hashmark, service stripe;

hash out
v1
speak with others about (something);

- talk (something) over in detail;

- have a discussion;

- "We discussed our household budget";

- syn. discuss, talk over;

hash over
v1
go back over;

- "retrograde arguments";

- syn. rehash, retrograde;

hasheesh
n1
purified resinous extract of the hemp plant;

- used as a hallucinogen;

- syn. haschisch, hash, hashish;

Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
n1
an Arab kingdom in southwestern Asia on the Red Sea;

- syn. Jordan;

Hashimoto's disease
n1
autoimmune disorder of the thyroid gland;

- most common in middle-aged women;

hashish / h æ ʃ i ʃ /
n1
purified resinous extract of the hemp plant;

- used as a hallucinogen;

- syn. haschisch, hash, hasheesh;

hashmark
n1
an insignia worn to indicate years of service;

- syn. hash mark, service stripe;

Hasid
n1
a member of a Jewish sect that observes a form of strict Orthodox Judaism;

- syn. Chasid, Chassid, Hassid;

Hasidic
a1
of or relating to the Jewish Hasidim or its members or their beliefs and practices;

- syn. Chasidic, Chassidic, Hassidic;

Hasidim
n1
a sect of Orthodox Jews that arose out of a pietistic movement originating in eastern Europe in the second half of the 18th century;

- a sect that follows the Mosaic law strictly;

- syn. Chasidim, Chassidim, Hasidism, Hassidim;

Hasidism
n1
a sect of Orthodox Jews that arose out of a pietistic movement originating in eastern Europe in the second half of the 18th century;

- a sect that follows the Mosaic law strictly;

- syn. Chasidim, Chassidim, Hasidim, Hassidim;

n2
beliefs and practices of a sect of Orthodox Jews;

- syn. Chasidism, Chassidism, Hassidism;

haslet / h eɪ z ɫ ɪ t /
n1
heart and liver and other edible viscera especially of hogs;

- usually chopped and formed into a loaf and braised;

hasp / h ɑ s p /
n1
a fastener for a door or lid;

- a hinged metal plate is fitted over a staple and is locked with a pin or padlock;

v1
secure or lock with a hasp;

Hassam
n1
United States painter noted for brilliant colors and bold brushwork (1859-1935);

- syn. Childe Hassam, Frederick Childe Hassam;

Hassel
n1
Norwegian chemist noted for his research on organic molecules (1897-1981);

- syn. Odd Hassel;

Hassid
n1
a member of a Jewish sect that observes a form of strict Orthodox Judaism;

- syn. Chasid, Chassid, Hasid;

Hassidic
a1
of or relating to the Jewish Hasidim or its members or their beliefs and practices;

- syn. Chasidic, Chassidic, Hasidic;

Hassidim
n1
a sect of Orthodox Jews that arose out of a pietistic movement originating in eastern Europe in the second half of the 18th century;

- a sect that follows the Mosaic law strictly;

- syn. Chasidim, Chassidim, Hasidim, Hasidism;

Hassidism
n1
beliefs and practices of a sect of Orthodox Jews;

- syn. Chasidism, Chassidism, Hasidism;

hassium
n1
a radioactive transuranic element;

- syn. Hs, atomic number 108, element 108;

hassle / h æ s ɫ /
n1
an angry disturbance;

- "he didn't want to make a fuss";

- "they had labor trouble";

- "a spot of bother";

- syn. bother, fuss, trouble;

n2
disorderly fighting;

- syn. dogfight, rough-and-tumble, scuffle, tussle;

v1
annoy continually or chronically;

- "He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked";

- "This man harasses his female co-workers";

- syn. beset, chevvy, chevy, chivvy, chivy, harass, harry, molest, plague, provoke;

hassock / h æ s ə k /
n1
thick cushion used as a seat;

- syn. ottoman, pouf, pouffe, puff;

n2
a cushion for kneeling on (as when praying in church);

hastate
a1
(of a leaf shape) like a spear point, with flaring pointed lobes at the base;

- syn. spearhead-shaped;

- sim. simple;

hastate leaf
n1
a leaf shaped like a spearhead with flaring pointed lobes at the base;

haste / h eɪ s t /
n1
overly eager speed (and possible carelessness);

- "he soon regretted his haste";

- syn. hastiness, hurriedness, hurry, precipitation;

n2
the act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner;

- "in his haste to leave he forgot his book";

- syn. hurry, rush, rushing;

n3
a condition of urgency making it necessary to hurry;

- "in a hurry to lock the door";

- syn. hurry;

hasten / h eɪ s n /
v1
act or move at high speed;

- "We have to rush!";

- "hurry--it's late!";

- syn. festinate, hurry, look sharp, rush;

v2
move hurridly;

- "He rushed down the hall to receive his guests";

- "The cars raced down the street";

- syn. belt along, bucket along, cannonball along, hie, hotfoot, pelt along, race, rush, rush along, speed, step on it;

v3
speed up the progress of;

- facilitate;

- "This should expedite the process";

- syn. expedite;

v4
cause to occur rapidly;

- "the infection precipitated a high fever and allergic reactions";

- syn. induce, rush, stimulate;

hastily / h eɪ s t ɪ ɫ i /
r1
in a hurried or hasty manner;

- "the way they buried him so hurriedly was disgraceful";

- "hastily, he scanned the headlines";

- "sold in haste and at a sacrifice";

- syn. hurriedly, in haste;

Hastinapura
n1
one of two classical Hindu epics;

- a great collection of poetry worked into and around a central heroic narrative (eight times as large as the Iliad and Odyssey combined);

hastiness / h eɪ s t ɪ n ə s /
n1
overly eager speed (and possible carelessness);

- "he soon regretted his haste";

- syn. haste, hurriedness, hurry, precipitation;

n2
hasty impulsiveness;

Hastings / h eɪ s t ɪ ŋ z /
n1
United States architect who formed and important architectural firm with John Merven Carrere (1860-1929);

- syn. Thomas Hastings;

n2
a town in East Sussex just to the south of the place where the battle of Hastings took place;

n3
the decisive battle in which William the Conqueror (duke of Normandy) defeated the Saxons under Harold II (1066) and thus left England open for the Norman Conquest;

- syn. battle of Hastings;

hasty / h eɪ s t i /
a1
excessively quick;

- "made a hasty exit";

- "a headlong rush to sell";

- syn. headlong;

- sim. hurried;

a2
done with very great haste and without due deliberation;

- "hasty marriage seldom proveth well"- Shakespeare;

- "hasty makeshifts take the place of planning"- Arthur Geddes;

- "rejected what was regarded as an overhasty plan for reconversion";

- "wondered whether they had been rather precipitate in deposing the king";

- syn. overhasty, precipitant, precipitate, precipitous;

- sim. hurried;

hasty defence
n1
a defense organized while in contact with the enemy or when time is limited;

- syn. hasty defense;

hasty defense
n1
a defense organized while in contact with the enemy or when time is limited;

- syn. hasty defence;

hasty pudding
n1
sweetened porridge made of tapioca or flour or oatmeal cooked quickly in milk or water;

n2
cornmeal mush served with sweetening (maple syrup or brown sugar);

hat / h æ t /
n1
headdress that protects the head from bad weather;

- has shaped crown and usually a brim;

- syn. chapeau, lid;

n2
an informal term for a person's role;

- "he took off his politician's hat and talked frankly";

v1
put on or wear a hat;

- "He was unsuitably hatted";

v2
furnish with a hat;

hat shop
n1
shop selling women's hats;

- syn. millinery;

hat trick
n1
(sports) three consecutive scores by one player or three scores in one game (as in cricket or ice hockey etc.);

hatband / h æ t b æ n d /
n1
a band around the crown of a hat just above the brim;

hatbox / h æ t b ɒ k s /
n1
a round piece of luggage for carrying hats;

hatch / h æ tʃ /
n1
the production of young from an egg;

- syn. hatching;

n2
shading consisting of multiple crossing lines;

- syn. crosshatch, hachure, hatching;

n3
a sloping rear car door that is lifted to open;

- syn. hatchback, hatchback door, liftgate;

n4
a movable barrier covering a hatchway;

v1
emerge from the eggs;

- "young birds, fish, and reptiles hatch";

v2
devise or invent;

- "He thought up a plan to get rich quickly";

- "no-one had ever thought of such a clever piece of software";

- syn. concoct, dream up, think of, think up;

v3
inlay with narrow strips or lines of a different substance such as gold or silver, for the purpose of decorating;

v4
draw, cut, or engrave lines, usually parallel, on metal, wood, or paper;

- "hatch the sheet";

v5
sit on (eggs);

- "Birds brood";

- "The female covers the eggs";

- syn. brood, cover, incubate;

hatchback / h æ tʃ b æ k /
n1
a car having a hatchback door;

n2
a sloping rear car door that is lifted to open;

- syn. hatch, hatchback door, liftgate;

hatchback door
n1
a sloping rear car door that is lifted to open;

- syn. hatch, hatchback, liftgate;

hatcheck girl
n1
a female checker;

- syn. check girl;

hatched / h æ tʃ t /
a1
emerged from an egg;

- sim. born;

a2
shaded by means of fine parallel or crossed lines;

- syn. crosshatched;

- sim. shaded;

hatchel
n1
a comb for separating flax fibers;

- syn. heckle;

v1
comb with a heckle;

- "heckle hemp or flax";

- syn. hackle, heckle;

hatchery / h æ tʃ ə ɹ i /
n1
a place where eggs are hatched under artificial conditions (especially fish eggs);

- "the park authorities operated a trout hatchery";

hatchet / h æ tʃ ɪ t /
n1
weapon consisting of a fighting ax;

- used by North American Indians;

- syn. tomahawk;

n2
a small ax with a short handle used with one hand (usually to chop wood);

hatchet job
n1
a false accusation of an offense or a malicious misrepresentation of someone's words or actions;

- syn. calumniation, calumny, defamation, obloquy, traducement;

hatchet man
n1
a professional killer;

- syn. iceman;

n2
one whose job it is to execute unpleasant tasks for a superior;

- syn. enforcer;

hatching / h æ tʃ ɪ ŋ /
n1
the production of young from an egg;

- syn. hatch;

n2
shading consisting of multiple crossing lines;

- syn. crosshatch, hachure, hatch;

hatchling
n1
any recently hatched animal (especially birds);

hatchway / h æ tʃ w eɪ /
n1
an entrance equipped with a hatch;

- especially a passageway between decks of a ship;

- syn. opening, scuttle;

hate / h eɪ t /
n1
the emotion of intense dislike;

- a feeling of dislike so strong that it demands action;

- syn. hatred;

v1
dislike intensely;

- feel antipathy or aversion towards;

- "I hate Mexican food";

- "She detests politicians";

- syn. detest;

hate mail
n1
mail that expresses the writer's dislike or hatred (usually in offensive language);

hated / h eɪ t ɪ d /
a1
treated with dislike or contempt;

- syn. despised, detested, scorned;

- sim. unloved;

hateful / h eɪ t f ə ɫ /
a1
evoking or deserving hatred;

- "no vice is universally as hateful as ingratitude"- Joseph Priestly;

- also hostile, offensive, undesirable, unwanted;

- sim. abominable, unlovable;

a2
characterized by malice;

- "a hateful thing to do";

- "in a mean mood";

- syn. mean;

- sim. nasty;

hatefully / h eɪ t f ə ɫ i /
r1
in a hateful manner;

hatefulness / h eɪ t f ə ɫ n ə s /
n1
the quality of being hateful;

- syn. objectionableness, obnoxiousness;

hatemonger / h eɪ t m ʌ ŋ ɡ ə /
n1
one who arouses hatred for others;

hater / h eɪ t ə /
n1
a person who hates;

hatful / h æ t f ʊ ɫ /
n1
(often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent;

- "a batch of letters";

- "a deal of trouble";

- "a lot of money";

- "he made a mint on the stock market";

- "see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos";

- "it must have cost plenty";

- "a slew of journalists";

- "a wad of money";

- syn. batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad;

n2
as many or as much as a hat will hold;

hatha yoga
n1
yogic exercises (popular in the West) that combine difficult postures (which force the mind to withdraw from the outside world) with controlled breathing;

Hathaway / h æ θ ə w eɪ /
n1
wife of William Shakespeare (1556-1623);

- syn. Anne Hathaway;

Hatiora
n1
small genus of South American epiphytic or lithophytic cacti;

- syn. genus Hatiora;

Hatiora gaertneri
n1
spring-blooming South American cactus with oblong joints and coral-red flowers;

- sometimes placed in genus Schlumbergera;

- syn. Easter cactus, Schlumbergera gaertneri;

hatless / h æ t ɫ ə s /
a1
not wearing a hat;

- "stood hatless in the rain with water dripping down his neck";

hatmaker / h æ t m eɪ k ə /
n1
someone who makes and sells hats;

- syn. hatter, milliner, modiste;

hatpin / h æ t p ɪ n /
n1
a long sturdy pin used by women to secure a hat to their hair;

hatrack / h æ t ɹ æ k /
n1
a rack with hooks for temporarily holding coats and hats;

- syn. coat rack, coatrack;

hatred / h eɪ t ɹ ɪ d /
n1
the emotion of intense dislike;

- a feeling of dislike so strong that it demands action;

- syn. hate;

hatted / h æ t t ɛ d /
a1
wearing a hat or a hat of a particular kind;

- "two old ladies, neatly hatted and gloved";

- "a bearskin-hatted sentry";

- sim. turbaned;

hatter / h æ t ə , h æ t ə ɹ /
n1
someone who makes and sells hats;

- syn. hatmaker, milliner, modiste;

Hatteras Island
n1
a barrier island running parallel to the North Carolina shore;

Hattiesburg
n1
a town in southeast Mississippi;

hauberk / h ɔ b ɝ k /
n1
a long (usually sleeveless) tunic of chain mail formerly worn as defensive armor;

- syn. byrnie;

haughtily / h ɔ t ɪ ɫ i /
r1
in a haughty manner;

- "he peered haughtily down his nose";

haughtiness / h ɔ t ɪ n ə s /
n1
overbearing pride evidenced by a superior manner toward inferiors;

- syn. arrogance, hauteur, high-handedness, lordliness;

haughty / h ɔ t i /
a1
having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy;

- "some economists are disdainful of their colleagues in other social disciplines";

- "haughty aristocrats";

- "his lordly manners were offensive";

- "walked with a prideful swagger";

- "very sniffy about breaches of etiquette";

- "his mother eyed my clothes with a supercilious air";

- "a more swaggering mood than usual"- W.L.Shirer;

- syn. disdainful, imperious, lordly, overbearing, prideful, sniffy, supercilious, swaggering;

- sim. proud;

haul / h ɔ ɫ /
n1
the act of drawing or hauling something;

- "the haul up the hill went very slowly";

- syn. draw, haulage;

n2
the quantity that was caught;

- "the catch was only 10 fish";

- syn. catch;

v1
draw slowly or heavily;

- "haul stones";

- "haul nets";

- syn. cart, drag, hale;

v2
transport in a vehicle;

- "haul stones from the quarry in a truck";

- "haul vegetables to the market";

haul away
v1
take away by means of a vehicle;

- "They carted off the old furniture";

- syn. cart away, cart off, haul off;

haul off
v1
take away by means of a vehicle;

- "They carted off the old furniture";

- syn. cart away, cart off, haul away;

haul up
v1
come to a halt after driving somewhere;

- "The Rolls pulled up on pour front lawn";

- "The chauffeur hauled up in front of us";

- syn. draw up, pull up;

haulage / h ɔ ɫ ɪ dʒ /
n1
the act of drawing or hauling something;

- "the haul up the hill went very slowly";

- syn. draw, haul;

hauler / h ɔ ɫ ə , h ɔ ɫ ə ɹ /
n1
a haulage contractor;

- syn. haulier;

haulier / h ɔ ɫ ɪə , h ɔ ɫ ɪə ɹ /
n1
a haulage contractor;

- syn. hauler;

hauling / h ɔ ɫ ɪ ŋ /
n1
the activity of transporting goods by truck;

- syn. truckage, trucking;

haulm / h ɔ m /
n1
stems of beans and peas and potatoes and grasses collectively as used for thatching and bedding;

- syn. halm;

haunch / h ɔ n tʃ /
n1
the hip and buttock and upper thigh in human beings;

n2
the loin and leg of a quadruped;

haunt / h ɔ n t /
n1
a frequently visited place;

- syn. hangout, repair, resort, stamping ground;

v1
follow stealthily or recur constantly and spontaneously to;

- "her ex-boyfriend stalked her";

- "the ghost of her mother haunted her";

- syn. stalk;

v2
haunt like a ghost;

- pursue;

- "Fear of illness haunts her";

- syn. ghost, obsess;

v3
be a regular or frequent visitor to a certain place;

- "She haunts the ballet";

- syn. frequent;

haunted / h ɔ n t ɪ d /
a1
having or showing excessive or compulsive concern with something;

- "became more and more haunted by the stupid riddle";

- "was absolutely obsessed with the girl";

- "got no help from his wife who was preoccupied with the children";

- "he was taken up in worry for the old woman";

- syn. obsessed, preoccupied, taken up;

- sim. concerned;

a2
showing emotional affliction or disquiet;

- "her expression became progressively more haunted";

- sim. troubled;

a3
inhabited by or as if by apparitions;

- "a haunted house";

- sim. inhabited;

haunting / h ɔ n t ɪ ŋ /
a1
continually recurring to the mind;

- "haunting memories";

- "the cathedral organ and the distant voices have a haunting beauty"- Claudia Cassidy;

- syn. persistent;

- sim. unforgettable;

a2
having a deeply disquieting or disturbing effect;

- "from two handsome and talented young men to two haunting horrors of disintegration"-Charles Lee;

- sim. moving;

Hausa
n1
a member of a Negroid people living chiefly in northern Nigeria;

- syn. Haussa;

n2
the chief member of the Chadic family of Afroasiatic languages;

- widely used as a trading language;

- syn. Haussa;

hausen
n1
valuable source of caviar and isinglass;

- found in Black and Caspian seas;

- syn. Acipenser huso, beluga, white sturgeon;

hausmannite
n1
a mineral consisting of manganese tetroxide;

- a source of manganese;

Haussa
n1
a member of a Negroid people living chiefly in northern Nigeria;

- syn. Hausa;

n2
the chief member of the Chadic family of Afroasiatic languages;

- widely used as a trading language;

- syn. Hausa;

haustorium
n1
a root-like attachment in parasitic plants that penetrates and obtains food from the host;

hautbois
n1
a slender double-reed instrument;

- a woodwind with a conical bore and a double-reed mouthpiece;

- syn. hautboy, oboe;

hautboy / h oʊ b ɔɪ /
n1
a slender double-reed instrument;

- a woodwind with a conical bore and a double-reed mouthpiece;

- syn. hautbois, oboe;

Haute-Normandie
n1
a division of Normandy;

- syn. Upper-Normandy;

haute couture
n1
trend-setting fashions;

- syn. high fashion, high style;

haute cuisine
n1
(French) an elaborate and skillful manner of preparing food;

hauteur / oʊ t ɝ , oʊ t ɝ ɹ /
n1
overbearing pride evidenced by a superior manner toward inferiors;

- syn. arrogance, haughtiness, high-handedness, lordliness;

Havana / h ə v æ n ə /
n1
the capital and largest city of Cuba;

- located in western Cuba;

- one of the oldest cities in the Americas;

- syn. Cuban capital, capital of Cuba;

Havasupai
n1
a member of a North American Indian people of Cataract Canyon in Arizona;

n2
the Yuman language spoken by the Havasupai;

have / æ v , h æ v /
n1
a person who possesses great material wealth;

- syn. rich person, wealthy person;

v1
have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense;

- "She has $1,000 in the bank";

- "He has got two beautiful daughters";

- "She holds a Master's degree from Harvard";

- syn. have got, hold;

v2
have as a feature;

- "This restaurant features the most famous chefs in France";

- syn. feature;

v3
go through (mental or physical states or experiences);

- "get an idea";

- "experience vertigo";

- "get nauseous";

- "receive injuries";

- "have a feeling";

- syn. experience, get, receive;

v4
have ownership or possession of;

- "He owns three houses in Florida";

- "How many cars does she have?";

- syn. own, possess;

v5
cause to move;

- cause to be in a certain position or condition;

- "He got his squad on the ball";

- "This let me in for a big surprise";

- "He got a girl into trouble";

- syn. get, let;

v6
serve oneself to, or consume regularly;

- "Have another bowl of chicken soup!";

- "I don't take sugar in my coffee";

- syn. consume, ingest, take, take in;

v7
have a personal or business relationship with someone;

- "have a postdoc";

- "have an assistant";

- "have a lover";

v8
organize or be responsible for;

- "hold a reception";

- "have, throw, or make a party";

- "give a course";

- syn. give, hold, make, throw;

v9
have left;

- "I have two years left";

- "I don't have any money left";

- "They have two more years before they retire";

v10
be confronted with;

- "What do we have here?";

- "Now we have a fine mess";

v11
undergo;

- "The stocks had a fast run-up";

- syn. experience;

v12
suffer from;

- be ill with;

- "She has arthritis";

v13
cause to do;

- cause to act in a specified manner;

- "The ads induced me to buy a VCR";

- "My children finally got me to buy a computer";

- "My wife made me buy a new sofa";

- syn. cause, get, induce, make, stimulate;

v14
receive willingly something given or offered;

- "The only girl who would have him was the miller's daughter";

- "I won't have this dog in my house!";

- "Please accept my present";

- syn. accept, take;

v15
get something;

- come into possession of;

- "receive payment";

- "receive a gift";

- "receive letters from the front";

- syn. receive;

v16
undergo (as of injuries and illnesses);

- "She suffered a fracture in the accident";

- "He had an insulin shock after eating three candy bars";

- "She got a bruise on her leg";

- "He got his arm broken in the scuffle";

- syn. get, suffer, sustain;

v17
achieve a point or goal;

- "Nicklaus had a 70";

- "The Brazilian team got 4 goals";

- "She made 29 points that day";

- syn. get, make;

v18
cause to be born;

- "My wife had twins yesterday!";

- syn. bear, birth, deliver, give birth;

v19
have sex with;

- archaic use;

- "He had taken this woman when she was most vulnerable";

- syn. take;

have-not
n1
a person with few or no possessions;

- syn. poor person;

have a ball
v1
enjoy oneself greatly;

- "We had a ball at the party and didn't come home until 2 AM";

- syn. have a good time;

have a bun in the oven
v1
be pregnant with;

- "She is bearing his child";

- "The are expecting another child in January";

- "I am carrying his child";

- syn. bear, carry, expect, gestate;

have a fit
v1
get very angry and fly into a rage;

- "The professor combusted when the student didn't know the answer to a very elementary question";

- "Spam makes me go ballistic";

- syn. blow a fuse, blow one's stack, blow up, combust, flip one's lid, flip one's wig, fly off the handle, go ballistic, have kittens, hit the ceiling, hit the roof, lose one's temper, throw a fit;

have a go
v1
make an attempt at something;

- "I never sat on a horse before but I'll give it a go";

- syn. give it a try;

have a go at it
v1
have sexual intercourse with;

- "This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm";

- "Adam knew Eve";

- "Were you ever intimate with this man?";

- syn. bang, be intimate, bed, bonk, do it, eff, fuck, get it on, get laid, have intercourse, have it away, have it off, have sex, hump, jazz, know, lie with, love, make love, make out, roll in the hay, screw, sleep together, sleep with;

have a good time
v1
enjoy oneself greatly;

- "We had a ball at the party and didn't come home until 2 AM";

- syn. have a ball;

have a look
v1
look at with attention;

- "Have a look at this!";

- "Get a load of this pretty woman!";

- syn. get a load, take a look;

have down
v1
have (something) mastered;

- "She has the names of the fifty states down pat";

have got
v1
have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense;

- "She has $1,000 in the bank";

- "He has got two beautiful daughters";

- "She holds a Master's degree from Harvard";

- syn. have, hold;

have in mind
v1
intend to refer to;

- "I'm thinking of good food when I talk about France";

- "Yes, I meant you when I complained about people who gossip!";

- syn. mean, think of;

have intercourse
v1
have sexual intercourse with;

- "This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm";

- "Adam knew Eve";

- "Were you ever intimate with this man?";

- syn. bang, be intimate, bed, bonk, do it, eff, fuck, get it on, get laid, have a go at it, have it away, have it off, have sex, hump, jazz, know, lie with, love, make love, make out, roll in the hay, screw, sleep together, sleep with;

have it away
v1
have sexual intercourse with;

- "This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm";

- "Adam knew Eve";

- "Were you ever intimate with this man?";

- syn. bang, be intimate, bed, bonk, do it, eff, fuck, get it on, get laid, have a go at it, have intercourse, have it off, have sex, hump, jazz, know, lie with, love, make love, make out, roll in the hay, screw, sleep together, sleep with;

have it coming
v1
deserve (either good or bad);

- "It's too bad he got fired, but he sure had it coming";

have it off
v1
have sexual intercourse with;

- "This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm";

- "Adam knew Eve";

- "Were you ever intimate with this man?";

- syn. bang, be intimate, bed, bonk, do it, eff, fuck, get it on, get laid, have a go at it, have intercourse, have it away, have sex, hump, jazz, know, lie with, love, make love, make out, roll in the hay, screw, sleep together, sleep with;

have kittens
v1
get very angry and fly into a rage;

- "The professor combusted when the student didn't know the answer to a very elementary question";

- "Spam makes me go ballistic";

- syn. blow a fuse, blow one's stack, blow up, combust, flip one's lid, flip one's wig, fly off the handle, go ballistic, have a fit, hit the ceiling, hit the roof, lose one's temper, throw a fit;

have on
v1
be dressed in;

- "She was wearing yellow that day";

- syn. wear;

have sex
v1
have sexual intercourse with;

- "This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm";

- "Adam knew Eve";

- "Were you ever intimate with this man?";

- syn. bang, be intimate, bed, bonk, do it, eff, fuck, get it on, get laid, have a go at it, have intercourse, have it away, have it off, hump, jazz, know, lie with, love, make love, make out, roll in the hay, screw, sleep together, sleep with;

have the best
v1
overcome, usually through no fault or weakness of the person that is overcome;

- "Heart disease can get the best of us";

- syn. get the best, overcome;

have the distinction
v1
be distinguished from others of a similar type by virtue of a notable characteristic;

- "it has the distinction of being the cheapest restaurant in town";

have to do with
v1
be relevant to;

- "There were lots of questions referring to her talk";

- "My remark pertained to your earlier comments";

- syn. bear on, come to, concern, pertain, refer, relate, touch, touch on;

have words
v1
censure severely or angrily;

- "The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car";

- "The deputy ragged the Prime Minister";

- "The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup";

- syn. bawl out, berate, call down, call on the carpet, chew out, chew up, chide, dress down, jaw, lambast, lambaste, lecture, rag, rebuke, remonstrate, reprimand, scold, take to task, trounce;

have young
v1
give birth to (a calf);

- "the whales calve at this time of year";

- syn. calve;

Havel
n1
Czech dramatist and statesman whose plays opposed totalitarianism and who served as president of Czechoslovakia from 1989 to 1992 and president of the Czech Republic since 1993 (born in 1936);

- syn. Vaclav Havel;

havelock / h æ v ɫ ɒ k /
n1
a cloth covering for a service cap with a flap extending over the back of the neck to protect the neck from direct rays of the sun;

haven / h eɪ v n /
n1
a shelter serving as a place of safety or sanctuary;

- syn. oasis;

n2
a sheltered port where ships can take on or discharge cargo;

- syn. harbor, harbour, seaport;

Haverhill fever
n1
the form of ratbite fever occurring in the United States;

haversack / h æ v ə s æ k /
n1
a bag carried by a strap on your back or shoulder;

- syn. back pack, backpack, knapsack, packsack, rucksack;

Haversian canal
n1
any of the many tiny canals that contain blood vessels and connective tissue and that form a network in bone;

havoc / h æ v ə k /
n1
violent and needless disturbance;

- syn. mayhem;

haw / h ɔ /
n1
a spring-flowering shrub or small tree of the genus Crataegus;

- syn. hawthorn;

n2
the nictitating membrane of a horse;

v1
utter `haw';

- "he hemmed and hawed";

haw-haw / h ɔ h ɔ /
n1
a loud laugh that sounds like a horse neighing;

- syn. ha-ha, hee-haw, horselaugh;

n2
a ditch with one side being a retaining wall;

- used to divide lands without defacing the landscape;

- syn. ha-ha, sunk fence;

Haw.
n1
a state in the United States in the central Pacific on the Hawaiian Islands;

- syn. Aloha State, HI, Hawai'i, Hawaii;

Hawai'i
n1
a state in the United States in the central Pacific on the Hawaiian Islands;

- syn. Aloha State, HI, Haw., Hawaii;

Hawaii / h ə w aɪ i /
n1
a state in the United States in the central Pacific on the Hawaiian Islands;

- syn. Aloha State, HI, Haw., Hawai'i;

n2
the largest and southernmost of the Hawaii islands;

- has several volcanic peaks;

- syn. Hawaii Island;

Hawaii Island
n1
the largest and southernmost of the Hawaii islands;

- has several volcanic peaks;

- syn. Hawaii;

Hawaii Standard Time
n1
standard time in the 10th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 150th meridian west;

- used in Hawaii and the western Aleutian Islands;

- syn. Hawaii Time;

Hawaii Time
n1
standard time in the 10th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 150th meridian west;

- used in Hawaii and the western Aleutian Islands;

- syn. Hawaii Standard Time;

Hawaii Volcanoes National Park
n1
a national park in Hawaii featuring active volcanoes;

Hawaiian / h ɑ w aɪ ɪə n /
n1
the Oceanic languages spoken on Hawaii;

n2
a native or resident of Hawaii;

a1
of or relating to or characteristic of the state or island of Hawaii or to the people or culture or language;

Hawaiian capital
n1
the capital and largest city of Hawaii;

- located on a large bay on the island of Oahu;

- syn. Honolulu, capital of Hawaii;

Hawaiian dancing
n1
a Polynesian rain dance performed by a woman;

- syn. hula, hula-hula;

Hawaiian guitar
n1
guitar whose steel strings are twanged while being pressed with a movable steel bar for a glissando effect;

- syn. steel guitar;

Hawaiian honeycreeper
n1
small to medium-sized finches of the Hawaiian islands;

- syn. honeycreeper;

Hawaiian Islands
n1
a group of volcanic and coral islands in the central Pacific;

- syn. H.I., Sandwich Islands;

hawala
n1
an underground banking system based on trust whereby money can be made available internationally without actually moving it or leaving a record of the transaction;

- "terrorists make extensive use of hawala";

hawfinch / h ɔ f ɪ n tʃ /
n1
a common large finch of Eurasia;

- syn. Coccothraustes coccothraustes;

hawk / h ɔ k /
n1
diurnal bird of prey typically having short rounded wings and a long tail;

n2
an advocate of an aggressive policy on foreign relations;

- syn. war hawk;

n3
a square board with a handle underneath;

- used by masons to hold or carry mortar;

- syn. mortarboard;

v1
sell or offer for sale from place to place;

- syn. huckster, monger, peddle, pitch, vend;

v2
hunt with hawks;

- "the tribes like to hawk in the desert";

v3
clear mucus or food from one's throat;

- "he cleared his throat before he started to speak";

- syn. clear the throat;

hawk's-beard
n1
any of various plants of the genus Crepis having loose heads of yellow flowers on top of a long branched leafy stem;

- northern hemisphere;

- syn. hawk's-beards;

hawk's-beards
n1
any of various plants of the genus Crepis having loose heads of yellow flowers on top of a long branched leafy stem;

- northern hemisphere;

- syn. hawk's-beard;

hawk-eyed / h ɔ k aɪ d /
a1
having very keen vision;

- "quick-sighted as a cat";

- syn. argus-eyed, keen-sighted, lynx-eyed, quick-sighted, sharp-eyed, sharp-sighted;

- sim. sighted;

hawk moth
n1
any of various moths with long narrow forewings capable of powerful flight and hovering over flowers to feed;

- syn. hawkmoth, hummingbird moth, sphingid, sphinx moth;

hawk nose
n1
a nose curved downward like the beak of a hawk;

hawk owl
n1
grey-and-white diurnal hawk-like owl of northern parts of the northern hemisphere;

- syn. Surnia ulula;

hawkbill / h ɔ k b ɪ ɫ /
n1
pugnacious tropical sea turtle with a hawk-like beak;

- source of food and the best tortoiseshell;

- syn. Eretmochelys imbricata, hawksbill, hawksbill turtle, tortoiseshell turtle;

hawkbit / h ɔ k b ɪ t /
n1
any of various common wildflowers of the genus Leontodon;

- of temperate Eurasia to Mediterranean regions;

hawker / h ɔ k ə , h ɔ k ə ɹ /
n1
someone who travels about selling his wares (as on the streets or at carnivals);

- syn. packman, peddler, pedlar, pitchman;

n2
a person who breeds and trains hawks and who follows the sport of falconry;

- syn. falconer;

Hawkeye State
n1
a state in midwestern United States;

- syn. IA, Ia., Iowa;

Hawking / h ɔ k ɪ ŋ /
n1
English theoretical physicist (born in 1942);

- syn. Stephen Hawking, Stephen William Hawking;

n2
the act of selling goods for a living;

- syn. peddling, vending, vendition;

Hawkins / h ɔ k ɪ n z /
n1
English privateer involved in the slave trade;

- later helped build the fleet that in 1588 defeated the Spanish Armada (1532-1595);

- syn. Hawkyns, Sir John Hawkins, Sir John Hawkyns;

n2
United States jazz saxophonist (1904-1969);

- syn. Coleman Hawkins;

hawkish / h ɔ k ɪ ʃ /
a1
disposed to warfare or hard-line policies;

- "militant nations";

- "hawkish congressman";

- "warlike policies";

- syn. militant, warlike;

- sim. unpeaceful;

hawkishness / h ɔ k ɪ ʃ n ə s /
n1
any political orientation favoring aggressive policies;

hawkmoth / h ɔ k m ɒ θ /
n1
any of various moths with long narrow forewings capable of powerful flight and hovering over flowers to feed;

- syn. hawk moth, hummingbird moth, sphingid, sphinx moth;

hawksbill
n1
pugnacious tropical sea turtle with a hawk-like beak;

- source of food and the best tortoiseshell;

- syn. Eretmochelys imbricata, hawkbill, hawksbill turtle, tortoiseshell turtle;

hawksbill turtle
n1
pugnacious tropical sea turtle with a hawk-like beak;

- source of food and the best tortoiseshell;

- syn. Eretmochelys imbricata, hawkbill, hawksbill, tortoiseshell turtle;

hawkshaw / h ɔ k ʃ ɔ /
n1
someone who is a detective;

- syn. dick, gumshoe;

hawkweed / h ɔ k w i d /
n1
any of various plants of the genus Pilosella;

n2
any of numerous often hairy plants of the genus Hieracium having yellow or orange flowers that resemble the dandelion;

Hawkyns
n1
English privateer involved in the slave trade;

- later helped build the fleet that in 1588 defeated the Spanish Armada (1532-1595);

- syn. Hawkins, Sir John Hawkins, Sir John Hawkyns;

Haworth
n1
English biochemist who was a pioneer in research on carbohydrates;

- when he synthesized vitamin C he became the first person to synthesize a vitamin artificially (1883-1950);

- syn. Sir Walter Norman Haworth;

hawse
n1
the hole that an anchor rope passes through;

- syn. hawsehole, hawsepipe;

hawsehole
n1
the hole that an anchor rope passes through;

- syn. hawse, hawsepipe;

hawsepipe
n1
the hole that an anchor rope passes through;

- syn. hawse, hawsehole;

hawser / h ɔ z ə , h ɔ z ə ɹ /
n1
large heavy rope for nautical use;

hawser bend
n1
a knot uniting the ends of two lines;

hawthorn / h ɔ θ ɔ n /
n1
a spring-flowering shrub or small tree of the genus Crataegus;

- syn. haw;

Hawthorne / h ɔ θ ɔ n /
n1
United States writer of novels and short stories mostly on moral themes (1804-1864);

- syn. Nathaniel Hawthorne;

hay / h eɪ /
n1
grass mowed and cured for use as fodder;

v1
convert (plant material) into hay;

hay-scented
n1
fern of eastern North America with pale green fronds and an aroma like hay;

- syn. Dennstaedtia punctilobula, boulder fern, hay-scented fern, scented fern;

hay-scented fern
n1
fern of eastern North America with pale green fronds and an aroma like hay;

- syn. Dennstaedtia punctilobula, boulder fern, hay-scented, scented fern;

hay bacillus
n1
a species of bacillus found in soil and decomposing organic matter;

- some strains produce antibiotics;

- syn. Bacillus globigii, Bacillus subtilis, grass bacillus;

hay bale
n1
a bale of hay;

hay conditioner
n1
a farm machine that treats hay to cause more rapid and even drying;

- syn. haymaker;

hay fever
n1
a seasonal rhinitis resulting from an allergic reaction to pollen;

- syn. pollinosis;

Hayastan
n1
a landlocked republic in southwestern Asia;

- formerly an Asian soviet;

- modern Armenia is but a fragment of ancient Armenia which was one of the world's oldest civilizations;

- throughout 2500 years the Armenian people have been invaded and oppressed by their neighbors;

- syn. Armenia, Republic of Armenia;

haycock / h eɪ k ɒ k /
n1
a small cone-shaped pile of hay that has been left in the field until it is dry enough to carry to the hayrick;

Haydn
n1
prolific Austrian composer who influenced the classical form of the symphony (1732-1809);

- syn. Franz Joseph Haydn, Joseph Haydn;

n2
the music of Haydn;

Hayek
n1
English economist (born in Austria) noted for work on the optimum allocation of resources (1899-1992);

- syn. Friedrich August von Hayek;

Hayes / h eɪ z /
n1
acclaimed actress of stage and screen (1900-1993);

- syn. Helen Hayes;

n2
19th President of the United States;

- his administration removed federal troops from the South and so ended the Reconstruction Period (1822-1893);

- syn. President Hayes, Rutherford B. Hayes, Rutherford Birchard Hayes;

hayfield / h eɪ f i ɫ d /
n1
a field where grass or alfalfa are grown to be made into hay;

- syn. meadow;

hayfork / h eɪ f ɔ k /
n1
a long-handled fork for turning or lifting hay;

haying / h eɪ ɪ ŋ /
n1
the harvesting of hay;

n2
the season for cutting and drying and storing grass as fodder;

- syn. haying time;

haying time
n1
the season for cutting and drying and storing grass as fodder;

- syn. haying;

hayloft / h eɪ ɫ ɒ f t /
n1
a loft in a barn where hay is stored;

- syn. haymow, mow;

Haym Salomon
n1
American financier and American Revolutionary War patriot who helped fund the army during the American Revolution (1740?-1785);

- syn. Salomon;

haymaker / h eɪ m eɪ k ə , h eɪ m eɪ k ə ɹ /
n1
a farm machine that treats hay to cause more rapid and even drying;

- syn. hay conditioner;

n2
a hard punch that renders the opponent unable to continue boxing;

- syn. KO punch, Sunday punch, knockout punch;

haymaking / h eɪ m eɪ k ɪ ŋ /
n1
taking full advantage of an opportunity while it lasts;

n2
cutting grass and curing it to make hay;

haymow / h eɪ m aʊ /
n1
a mass of hay piled up in a barn for preservation;

n2
a loft in a barn where hay is stored;

- syn. hayloft, mow;

hayrack / h eɪ ɹ æ k /
n1
a rack that holds hay for feeding livestock;

n2
a frame attached to a wagon to increase the amount of hay it can carry;

- syn. hayrig;

hayrick / h eɪ ɹ ɪ k /
n1
a stack of hay;

- syn. haystack, rick;

hayrig
n1
a frame attached to a wagon to increase the amount of hay it can carry;

- syn. hayrack;

Hays
n1
United States lawyer and politician who formulated a production code that prescribed the moral content of United States films from 1930 to 1966 (1879-1954);

- syn. Will Hays, William Harrison Hays;

n2
United States lawyer involved in several famous court trials (1881-1954);

- syn. Arthur Garfield Hays;

n3
a town in central Kansas;

hayseed / h eɪ s i d /
n1
a person who is not very intelligent or interested in culture;

- syn. bumpkin, chawbacon, hick, rube, yahoo, yokel;

haystack / h eɪ s t æ k /
n1
a stack of hay;

- syn. hayrick, rick;

Hayti
n1
an island in the West Indies;

- syn. Haiti, Hispaniola;

haywire / h eɪ w aɪ ə , h eɪ w aɪ ə ɹ /
n1
wire for tying up bales of hay;

a1
informal or slang terms for mentally irregular;

- "it used to drive my husband balmy";

- syn. around the bend, balmy, barmy, bats, batty, bonkers, buggy, cracked, crackers, daft, dotty, fruity, kookie, kooky, loco, loony, loopy, nuts, nutty, round the bend, wacky, whacky;

- sim. insane;

a2
not functioning properly;

- "something is amiss";

- "has gone completely haywire";

- "something is wrong with the engine";

- syn. amiss, awry, wrong;

- sim. malfunctioning;

Haywood / h eɪ w ʊ d /
n1
United States labor leader and militant socialist who was one of the founders of the Industrial Workers of the World (1869-1928);

- syn. Big Bill Haywood, William Dudley Haywood;

hazan
n1
the official of a synagogue who conducts the liturgical part of the service and sings or chants the prayers intended to be performed as solos;

- syn. cantor;

hazard / h æ z ə d /
n1
a source of danger;

- a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune;

- "drinking alcohol is a health hazard";

- syn. endangerment, jeopardy, peril, risk;

n2
an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another;

- "bad luck caused his downfall";

- "we ran into each other by pure chance";

- syn. chance, fortune, luck;

n3
an obstacle on a golf course;

v1
put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation;

- "I am guessing that the price of real estate will rise again";

- "I cannot pretend to say that you are wrong";

- syn. guess, pretend, venture;

v2
put at risk;

- "I will stake my good reputation for this";

- syn. adventure, jeopardize, stake, venture;

v3
take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome;

- "When you buy these stocks you are gambling";

- syn. adventure, chance, gamble, risk, run a risk, take a chance, take chances;

hazard insurance
n1
insurance that provides protection against certain risks such as storms or fires;

Hazardia
n1
small genus of shrubs and subshrubs of western United States having flowers that change color as they mature;

- syn. genus Hazardia;

Hazardia cana
n1
western American shrubs having white felted foliage and yellow flowers that become red-purple;

- syn. hoary golden bush;

hazardous / h æ z ə d ə s /
a1
involving risk or danger;

- "skydiving is a hazardous sport";

- "extremely risky going out in the tide and fog";

- "a wild financial scheme";

- syn. risky, wild;

- sim. dangerous;

hazardously / h æ z ə d ə s ɫ i /
r1
in a dangerous manner;

- "he came dangerously close to falling off the ledge";

- syn. dangerously, perilously;

hazardousness / h æ z ə d ə s n ɛ s /
n1
the state of being dangerous;

- syn. perilousness;

haze / h eɪ z /
n1
atmospheric moisture or dust or smoke that causes reduced visibility;

n2
confusion characterized by lack of clarity;

- syn. daze, fog;

v1
become hazy, dull, or cloudy;

v2
harass by imposing humiliating or painful tasks, as in military institutions;

haze over
v1
make less visible or unclear;

- "The stars are obscured by the clouds";

- "the big elm tree obscures our view of the valley";

- syn. becloud, befog, cloud, fog, mist, obnubilate, obscure;

hazel / h eɪ z ɫ /
n1
Australian tree grown especially for ornament and its fine-grained wood and bearing edible nuts;

- syn. Pomaderris apetala, hazel tree;

n2
the fine-grained wood of a hazelnut tree (genus Corylus) and the hazel tree (Australian genus Pomaderris);

n3
any of several shrubs or small trees of the genus Corylus bearing edible nuts enclosed in a leafy husk;

- syn. hazelnut, hazelnut tree;

n4
a shade of brown that is yellowish or reddish;

- it is a greenish shade of brown when used to describe the color of someone's eyes;

a1
of a light brown or yellowish brown color;

- sim. chromatic;

hazel-brown
a1
of brown tinged with hazel;

- sim. chromatic;

hazel alder
n1
common shrub of the eastern United States with smooth bark;

- syn. Alnus serrulata, smooth alder;

hazel mouse
n1
a variety of dormouse;

- syn. Muscardinus avellanarius;

hazel tree
n1
Australian tree grown especially for ornament and its fine-grained wood and bearing edible nuts;

- syn. Pomaderris apetala, hazel;

hazelnut / h eɪ z ɫ n ʌ t /
n1
any of several shrubs or small trees of the genus Corylus bearing edible nuts enclosed in a leafy husk;

- syn. hazel, hazelnut tree;

n2
nut of any of several trees of the genus Corylus;

- syn. cob, cobnut, filbert;

hazelnut tree
n1
any of several shrubs or small trees of the genus Corylus bearing edible nuts enclosed in a leafy husk;

- syn. hazel, hazelnut;

hazelwood / h eɪ z ɫ w ʊ d /
n1
reddish-brown wood and lumber from heartwood of the sweet gum tree used to make furniture;

- syn. red gum, satin walnut, sweet gum;

hazily / h eɪ z ɪ ɫ i /
r1
through a haze;

- "we saw the distant hills hazily";

r2
in an indistinct way;

- "he remembered her only hazily";

haziness / h eɪ z ɪ n ə s /
n1
vagueness attributable to being not clearly defined;

n2
cloudiness resulting from haze or mist or vapor;

- syn. mistiness, steaminess, vaporousness, vapourousness;

Hazlitt
n1
English essayist and literary critic (1778-1830);

- syn. William Hazlitt;

HAZMAT
n1
an abbreviation for `hazardous material' used on warning signs;

- "NO HAZMATS IN TUNNEL";

hazy / h eɪ z i /
a1
filled or abounding with fog or mist;

- "a brumous October morning";

- syn. brumous, foggy, misty;

- sim. cloudy;

a2
indistinct or hazy in outline;

- "a landscape of blurred outlines";

- "the trees were just blurry shapes";

- syn. bleary, blurred, blurry, foggy, fuzzy, muzzy;

- sim. indistinct;

Hb
n1
a hemoprotein composed of globin and heme that gives red blood cells their characteristic color;

- function primarily to transport oxygen from the lungs to the body tissues;

- "fish have simpler hemoglobin than mammals";

- syn. haemoglobin, hemoglobin;

HCFC
n1
a fluorocarbon that is replacing chlorofluorocarbon as a refrigerant and propellant in aerosol cans;

- considered to be somewhat less destructive to the atmosphere;

- syn. hydrochlorofluorocarbon;

HCG
n1
hormone produced early in pregnancy by the placenta;

- detection in the urine and serum is the basis for one kind of pregnancy test;

- syn. human chorionic gonadotrophin, human chorionic gonadotropin;

HDL
n1
a lipoprotein that transports cholesterol in the blood;

- composed of a high proportion of protein and relatively little cholesterol;

- high levels are thought to be associated with decreased risk of coronary heart disease and atherosclerosis;

- syn. alpha-lipoprotein, high-density lipoprotein;

HDL cholesterol
n1
the cholesterol in high-density lipoproteins;

- the `good' cholesterol;

- a high level in the blood is thought to lower the risk of coronary artery disease;

HDTV
n1
a television system that has more than the usual number of lines per frame so its pictures show more detail;

- syn. high-definition television;

He / h i /
n1
a very light colorless element that is one of the six inert gasses;

- the most difficult gas to liquefy;

- occurs in economically extractable amounts in certain natural gases (as those found in Texas and Kansas);

- syn. atomic number 2, helium;

n2
the 5th letter of the Hebrew alphabet;

he-goat / h i ɡ oʊ t /
n1
male goat;

- syn. billy, billy goat;

he-huckleberry
n1
deciduous much-branched shrub with dense downy panicles of small bell-shaped white flowers;

- syn. Lyonia ligustrina, male berry, maleberry, privet andromeda;

he-man / h i m æ n /
n1
a man who is virile and sexually active;

- syn. macho-man, stud;

head / h ɛ d /
n1
the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals;

- contains the face and brains;

- "he stuck his head out the window";

- syn. caput;

n2
a single domestic animal;

- "200 head of cattle";

n3
that which is responsible for one's thoughts, feelings, and conscious brain functions;

- the seat of the faculty of reason;

- "his mind wandered";

- "I couldn't get his words out of my head";

- syn. brain, mind, nous, psyche;

n4
a person who is in charge;

- "the head of the whole operation";

- syn. chief, top dog;

n5
the front of a military formation or procession;

- "the head of the column advanced boldly";

- "they were at the head of the attack";

n6
the pressure exerted by a fluid;

- "a head of steam";

n7
the top of something;

- "the head of the stairs";

- "the head of the page";

- "the head of the list";

n8
the source of water from which a stream arises;

- "they tracked him back toward the head of the stream";

- syn. fountainhead, headspring;

n9
(grammar) the word in a grammatical constituent that plays the same grammatical role as the whole constituent;

- syn. head word;

n10
the tip of an abscess (where the pus accumulates);

n11
the length or height based on the size of a human or animal head;

- "he is two heads taller than his little sister";

- "his horse won by a head";

n12
a dense cluster of flowers or foliage;

- "a head of cauliflower";

- "a head of lettuce";

- syn. capitulum;

n13
the educator who has executive authority for a school;

- "she sent unruly pupils to see the principal";

- syn. head teacher, principal, school principal;

n14
an individual person;

- "tickets are $5 per head";

n15
a user of (usually soft) drugs;

- "the office was full of secret heads";

n16
a natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea);

- syn. foreland, headland, promontory;

n17
a rounded compact mass;

- "the head of a comet";

n18
the foam or froth that accumulates at the top when you pour an effervescent liquid into a container;

- "the beer had a large head of foam";

n19
the part in the front or nearest the viewer;

- "he was in the forefront";

- "he was at the head of the column";

- syn. forefront;

n20
a difficult juncture;

- "a pretty pass";

- "matters came to a head yesterday";

- syn. pass, straits;

n21
forward movement;

- "the ship made little headway against the gale";

- syn. headway;

n22
a V-shaped mark at one end of an arrow pointer;

- "the point of the arrow was due north";

- syn. point;

n23
the subject matter at issue;

- "the question of disease merits serious discussion";

- "under the head of minor Roman poets";

- syn. question;

n24
a line of text serving to indicate what the passage below it is about;

- "the heading seemed to have little to do with the text";

- syn. header, heading;

n25
the rounded end of a bone that fits into a rounded cavity in another bone to form a joint;

- "the head of the humerus";

n26
that part of a skeletal muscle that is away from the bone that it moves;

n27
(computer science) a tiny electromagnetic coil and metal pole used to write and read magnetic patterns on a disk;

- syn. read/write head;

n28
(usually plural) the obverse side of a coin that usually bears the representation of a person's head;

- "call heads or tails!";

n29
the striking part of a tool;

- "the head of the hammer";

n30
(nautical) a toilet on board a boat or ship;

n31
a projection out from one end;

- "the head of the nail";

- "a pinhead is the head of a pin";

n32
a membrane that is stretched taut over a drum;

- syn. drumhead;

n33
oral stimulation of the genitals;

- "they say he gives good head";

- syn. oral sex;

v1
to go or travel towards;

- "where is she heading";

- "We were headed for the mountains";

v2
be in charge of;

- "Who is heading this project?";

- syn. lead;

v3
travel in front of;

- go in advance of others;

- "The procession was headed by John";

- syn. lead;

v4
be the first or leading member of (a group) and excel;

- "This student heads the class";

- syn. head up;

v5
direct the course;

- determine the direction of travelling;

- syn. channelise, channelize, direct, guide, maneuver, manoeuver, manoeuvre, point, steer;

v6
take its rise;

- "These rivers head from a mountain range in the Himalayas";

v7
be in the front of or on top of;

- "The list was headed by the name of the president";

v8
form a head or come or grow to a head;

- "The wheat headed early this year";

v9
remove the head of;

- "head the fish";

head-in-the-clouds
a1
guided by whim and fancy;

- "flighty young girls";

- syn. flighty, flyaway, scatterbrained;

- sim. frivolous;

head-on / h ɛ d ɒ n /
a1
characterized by direct opposition;

- "a head-on confrontation";

- sim. hostile;

a2
meeting front to front;

- "a frontal attack";

- "a head-on collision";

- syn. frontal;

- sim. front;

r1
in direct opposition;

- directly;

- "we must meet the problem head-on";

r2
with the front foremost;

- "the cars collided head-on";

head-shrinker
n1
a physician who specializes in psychiatry;

- syn. psychiatrist, shrink;

n2
a savage who cuts off and preserves the heads of enemies as trophies;

- syn. headhunter;

head-to-head
a1
involving two persons;

- intimately private;

- "a tete-a-tete supper";

- "a head-to-head conversation";

- syn. tete-a-tete;

- sim. private;

a2
inconclusive as to outcome;

- close or just even in a race or comparison or competition;

- "as they approached the finish line they were neck and neck";

- "the election was a nip and tuck affair";

- syn. neck and neck, nip and tuck;

- sim. inconclusive;

r1
even or close in a race or competition or comparison;

- "the horses ran neck and neck";

- "he won nip and tuck";

- syn. neck and neck, nip and tuck;

head ache
n1
pain in the head caused by dilation of cerebral arteries or muscle contractions or a reaction to drugs;

- syn. cephalalgia, headache;

head and shoulders above
r1
outstandingly superior to;

- "in intelligence he was head and shoulders above the others in his class";

head blight
n1
a blight of the heads of cereals;

head cabbage
n1
any of various cultivated cabbage plants having a short thick stalk and large compact head of edible usually green leaves;

- syn. Brassica oleracea capitata, head cabbage plant;

n2
any of several varieties of cabbage having a large compact globular head;

- may be steamed or boiled or stir-fried or used raw in coleslaw;

head cabbage plant
n1
any of various cultivated cabbage plants having a short thick stalk and large compact head of edible usually green leaves;

- syn. Brassica oleracea capitata, head cabbage;

head cold
n1
a common cold affecting the nasal passages and resulting in congestion and sneezing and headache;

head count
n1
number of people in a particular group;

- syn. headcount;

head covering
n1
a garment that covers the head and face;

- syn. veil;

head crash
n1
(computer science) a crash of a read/write head in a hard disk drive (usually caused by contact of the head with the surface of the magnetic disk);

head for the hills
v1
flee;

- take to one's heels;

- cut and run;

- "If you see this man, run!";

- "The burglars escaped before the police showed up";

- syn. break away, bunk, escape, fly the coop, hightail it, lam, run, run away, scarper, scat, take to the woods, turn tail;

head game
n1
the act of deluding;

- deception by creating illusory ideas;

- syn. delusion, illusion;

head gasket
n1
a gasket to seal a cylinder head;

head gate
n1
regulator consisting of a valve or gate that controls the rate of water flow through a sluice;

- syn. floodgate, penstock, sluice valve, sluicegate, water gate;

n2
a gate upstream from a lock or canal that is used to control the flow of water at the upper end;

head home
v1
return home;

- "After the movie, we went home";

- syn. go home;

head honcho
n1
an important influential person;

- "he thinks he's a big shot";

- "she's a big deal in local politics";

- "the Qaeda commander is a very big fish";

- syn. big cheese, big deal, big enchilada, big fish, big gun, big shot, big wheel;

head lettuce
n1
distinguished by leaves arranged in a dense rosette that develop into a compact ball;

- syn. Lactuca sativa capitata;

head lice
n1
infestation of the scalp with lice;

- syn. pediculosis capitis;

head linesman
n1
a football official in charge of recording yardage gained or lost;

head louse
n1
infests the head and body of humans;

- syn. Pediculus capitis;

head nurse
n1
the person in charge of nursing in a medical institution;

head of hair
n1
growth of hair covering the scalp of a human being;

- syn. mane;

head of household
n1
the head of a household or family or tribe;

head of state
n1
the chief public representative of a country who may also be the head of government;

- syn. chief of state;

head off
v1
prevent the occurrence of;

- prevent from happening;

- "Let's avoid a confrontation";

- "head off a confrontation";

- "avert a strike";

- syn. avert, avoid, debar, deflect, fend off, forefend, forfend, obviate, stave off, ward off;

head over heels
r1
in disorderly haste;

- "we ran head over heels toward the shelter";

- syn. heels over head, in great confusion, topsy-turvily, topsy-turvy;

head register
n1
the higher ranges of the voice in speaking or singing;

- the vibrations of sung notes are felt in the head;

- syn. head tone, head voice;

head restraint
n1
a cushion attached to the top of the back of an automobile's seat to prevent whiplash;

- syn. headrest;

head rhyme
n1
use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse;

- "around the rock the ragged rascal ran";

- syn. alliteration, beginning rhyme, initial rhyme;

head sea
n1
a sea in which the waves are running directly against the course of the ship;

head shop
n1
a shop specializing in articles of interest to drug users;

- "he bought some roach clips and hashish pipes at the head shop";

head smut
n1
smut fungus attacking heads of corn or sorghum and causing a covered smut;

- syn. Sphacelotheca reiliana;

head start
n1
the advantage gained by beginning early (as in a race);

- "with an hour's start he will be hard to catch";

- syn. start;

head teacher
n1
the educator who has executive authority for a school;

- "she sent unruly pupils to see the principal";

- syn. head, principal, school principal;

head tone
n1
the higher ranges of the voice in speaking or singing;

- the vibrations of sung notes are felt in the head;

- syn. head register, head voice;

head trip
n1
an exciting or stimulating experience;

- syn. trip;

n2
the act of satisfying your own desires and giving yourself pleasure;

- syn. self-gratification;

head up
v1
be the first or leading member of (a group) and excel;

- "This student heads the class";

- syn. head;

head voice
n1
the higher ranges of the voice in speaking or singing;

- the vibrations of sung notes are felt in the head;

- syn. head register, head tone;

head word
n1
a content word that can be qualified by a modifier;

- syn. headword;

n2
(grammar) the word in a grammatical constituent that plays the same grammatical role as the whole constituent;

- syn. head;

headache / h ɛ d eɪ k /
n1
something or someone that causes anxiety;

- a source of unhappiness;

- "New York traffic is a constant concern";

- "it's a major worry";

- syn. concern, vexation, worry;

n2
pain in the head caused by dilation of cerebral arteries or muscle contractions or a reaction to drugs;

- syn. cephalalgia, head ache;

headache powder
n1
a powdered form of aspirin;

- syn. aspirin powder;

headband / h ɛ d b æ n d /
n1
a band worn around or over the head;

- "the earphones were held in place by a headband";

headboard / h ɛ d b ɔ d /
n1
a vertical board or panel forming the head of a bedstead;

headbutt
v1
butt with the head;

- "The soccer player headbutted his oponent and was sent off the field";

headcheese / h ɛ d tʃ i z /
n1
sausage or jellied loaf made of chopped parts of the head meat and sometimes feet and tongue of a calf or pig;

headcount / h ɛ d k aʊ n t /
n1
number of people in a particular group;

- syn. head count;

headcounter
n1
someone who conducts surveys of public opinion;

- "a pollster conducts public opinion polls";

- "a headcounter counts heads";

- syn. canvasser, poll taker, pollster;

headdress / h ɛ d d ɹ ɛ s /
n1
clothing for the head;

- syn. headgear;

headed / h ɛ d ɪ d /
a1
having a heading or course in a certain direction;

- "westward headed wagons";

- sim. oriented;

a2
having a heading or caption;

- "a headed column";

- "headed notepaper";

a3
having a head of a specified kind or anything that serves as a head;

- often used in combination;

- "headed bolts";

- "three-headed Cerberus";

- "a cool-headed fighter pilot";

- sim. bicephalous, burr-headed, headlike, large-headed;

a4
of leafy vegetables;

- having formed into a head;

- "headed cabbages";

- sim. mature;

header / h ɛ d ə , h ɛ d ə ɹ /
n1
a line of text serving to indicate what the passage below it is about;

- "the heading seemed to have little to do with the text";

- syn. head, heading;

n2
horizontal beam used as a finishing piece over a door or window;

- syn. lintel;

n3
brick that is laid sideways at the top of a wall;

- syn. cope, coping;

n4
a framing member crossing and supporting the ends of joists, studs, or rafters so as to transfer their weight to parallel joists, studs, or rafters;

n5
a machine that cuts the heads off grain and moves them into a wagon;

n6
(soccer) the act of hitting the ball with your head;

n7
a headlong jump (or fall);

- "he took a header into the shrubbery";

headfast / h ɛ d f ɑ s t /
n1
a mooring line that secures the bow of a boat or ship to a wharf;

headfirst / h ɛ d f ɝ s t /
a1
with the head foremost;

- "a headfirst plunge down the stairs";

- "a headlong dive into the pool";

- syn. headlong;

- sim. forward;

r1
with the head foremost;

- "the runner slid headlong into third base";

- syn. headlong;

headfish
n1
among the largest bony fish;

- pelagic fish having an oval compressed body with high dorsal and anal fins and caudal fin reduced to a rudder-like lobe;

- worldwide in warm waters;

- syn. mola, ocean sunfish, sunfish;

headful / h ɛ d f ə ɫ /
n1
the quantity of information that a head will hold;

- "he has a headful of baseball statistics";

n2
a covering over the surface of your head;

- "a headful of tight curls";

- "a headful of lice";

headgear / h ɛ d ɡ ɪə , h ɛ d ɡ ɪə ɹ /
n1
clothing for the head;

- syn. headdress;

n2
the hoist at the pithead of a mine;

n3
stable gear consisting of any part of a harness that fits about the horse's head;

headhunter / h ɛ d h ʌ n t ə /
n1
a recruiter of personnel (especially for corporations);

n2
a savage who cuts off and preserves the heads of enemies as trophies;

- syn. head-shrinker;

heading / h ɛ d ɪ ŋ /
n1
a line of text serving to indicate what the passage below it is about;

- "the heading seemed to have little to do with the text";

- syn. head, header;

n2
the direction or path along which something moves or along which it lies;

- syn. aim, bearing;

n3
a horizontal (or nearly horizontal) passageway in a mine;

- "they dug a drift parallel with the vein";

- syn. drift, gallery;

headlamp / h ɛ d ɫ æ m p /
n1
a powerful light with reflector;

- attached to the front of an automobile or locomotive;

- syn. headlight;

headland / h ɛ d ɫ æ n d /
n1
a natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea);

- syn. foreland, head, promontory;

headless / h ɛ d ɫ ə s /
a1
not having a head or formed without a head;

- "the headless horseman";

- "brads are headless nails";

- sim. acephalous, beheaded;

a2
not using intelligence;

- syn. brainless;

- sim. unintelligent;

headlight / h ɛ d ɫ aɪ t /
n1
a powerful light with reflector;

- attached to the front of an automobile or locomotive;

- syn. headlamp;

headlike / h ɛ d ɫ aɪ k /
a1
having a protuberance that resembles a head;

- sim. headed;

headline / h ɛ d ɫ aɪ n /
n1
the heading or caption of a newspaper article;

- syn. newspaper headline;

v1
publicize widely or highly, as if with a headline;

v2
provide (a newspaper page or a story) with a headline;

headliner / h ɛ d ɫ aɪ n ə , h ɛ d ɫ aɪ n ə ɹ /
n1
a performer who receives prominent billing;

- syn. star;

headlinese
n1
using the abbreviated style of headline writers;

headlock / h ɛ d ɫ ɒ k /
n1
a wrestling hold in which the opponent's head is locked between the crook of your elbow and the side of your body;

headlong / h ɛ d ɫ ɒ ŋ /
a1
excessively quick;

- "made a hasty exit";

- "a headlong rush to sell";

- syn. hasty;

- sim. hurried;

a2
with the head foremost;

- "a headfirst plunge down the stairs";

- "a headlong dive into the pool";

- syn. headfirst;

- sim. forward;

r1
with the head foremost;

- "the runner slid headlong into third base";

- syn. headfirst;

r2
at breakneck speed;

- "burst headlong through the gate";

- syn. precipitately;

r3
in a hasty and foolhardy manner;

- "he fell headlong in love with his cousin";

- syn. rashly;

headman / h ɛ d m æ n /
n1
an executioner who beheads the condemned person;

- syn. headsman;

n2
the head of a tribe or clan;

- syn. chief, chieftain, tribal chief;

headmaster / h ɛ d m ɑ s t ə , h ɛ d m ɑ s t ə ɹ /
n1
presiding officer of a school;

- syn. master, schoolmaster;

headmastership / h ɛ d m ɑ s t ə ʃ ɪ p /
n1
the position of headmaster;

headmistress / h ɛ d m ɪ s t ɹ ɪ s /
n1
a woman headmaster;

headmistressship
n1
the position of headmistress;

headphone / h ɛ d f oʊ n /
n1
electro-acoustic transducer for converting electric signals into sounds;

- it is held over or inserted into the ear;

- "it was not the typing but the earphones that she disliked";

- syn. earphone, earpiece, phone;

headpiece / h ɛ d p i s /
n1
the band that is the part of a bridle that fits around a horse's head;

- syn. headstall;

n2
a protective helmet for the head;

headpin / h ɛ d p ɪ n /
n1
the front bowling pin in the triangular arrangement of ten pins;

- syn. kingpin;

headquarter / h ɛ d k w ɔ t ə /
v1
provide with headquarters;

- "the compnay is headquartered in New Jersey";

headquarters / h ɛ d k w ɔ t ə z /
n1
(usually plural) the office that serves as the administrative center of an enterprise;

- "many companies have their headquarters in New York";

- syn. central office, home base, home office, main office;

n2
the military installation from which a commander performs the functions of command;

- "the general's headquarters were a couple of large tents";

- syn. HQ, military headquarters;

n3
(plural) a military unit consisting of a commander and the headquarters staff;

headquarters staff
n1
military staff stationed at headquarters;

headrace
n1
a waterway that feeds water to a mill or water wheel or turbine;

headrest / h ɛ d ɹ ɛ s t /
n1
a cushion attached to the top of the back of an automobile's seat to prevent whiplash;

- syn. head restraint;

n2
a rest for the head;

headroom / h ɛ d ɹ u m /
n1
vertical space available to allow easy passage under something;

- syn. clearance, headway;

n2
the capacity of a system to reproduce loud sounds without distortion;

- syn. dynamic headroom;

heads-up
n1
a warning message;

- "he sent a heads-up to the District Attorney";

a1
fully alert and watchful;

- "played heads-up ball";

- syn. wide-awake;

- sim. alert;

headsail
n1
any sail set forward of the foremast of a vessel;

headscarf
n1
a kerchief worn over the head and tied under the chin;

headset / h ɛ d s ɛ t /
n1
receiver consisting of a pair of headphones;

headshake
n1
the act of turning your head left and right to signify denial or disbelief or bemusement;

- "I could tell from their headshakes that they didn't believe me";

- syn. headshaking;

headshaking
n1
the act of turning your head left and right to signify denial or disbelief or bemusement;

- "I could tell from their headshakes that they didn't believe me";

- syn. headshake;

headship / h ɛ d ʃ ɪ p /
n1
the position of headmaster or headmistress;

n2
the position of head;

headshot
n1
a photograph of a person's head;

n2
an attempt to put the soccer ball into the net by using the head;

n3
a shot aimed at a person's head;

headsman / h ɛ d z m ə n /
n1
an executioner who beheads the condemned person;

- syn. headman;

headspace
n1
the volume left at the top of a filled container (bottle or jar or tin) before sealing;

headspring / h ɛ d s p ɹ ɪ ŋ /
n1
the source of water from which a stream arises;

- "they tracked him back toward the head of the stream";

- syn. fountainhead, head;

headstall / h ɛ d s t ɔ ɫ /
n1
the band that is the part of a bridle that fits around a horse's head;

- syn. headpiece;

headstand / h ɛ d s t æ n d /
n1
an acrobatic feat in which a person balances on the head (usually with the help of the hands);

headstock / h ɛ d s t ɒ k /
n1
the stationary support in a machine or power tool that supports and drives a revolving part (as a chuck or the spindle on a lathe);

headstone / h ɛ d s t oʊ n /
n1
the central building block at the top of an arch or vault;

- syn. key, keystone;

n2
a stone that is used to mark a grave;

- syn. gravestone, tombstone;

headstream / h ɛ d s t ɹ i m /
n1
a stream that forms the source of a river;

headstrong / h ɛ d s t ɹ ɒ ŋ /
a1
habitually disposed to disobedience and opposition;

- syn. froward, self-willed, wilful, willful;

- sim. disobedient;

headwaiter / h ɛ d w eɪ t ə /
n1
a dining-room attendant who is in charge of the waiters and the seating of customers;

- syn. captain, maitre d', maitre d'hotel;

headwater / h ɛ d w ɔ t ə ɹ /
n1
the source of a river;

- "the headwaters of the Nile";

headway / h ɛ d w eɪ /
n1
vertical space available to allow easy passage under something;

- syn. clearance, headroom;

n2
forward movement;

- "the ship made little headway against the gale";

- syn. head;

headwind / h ɛ d w ɪ n d /
n1
wind blowing opposite to the path of a ship or aircraft;

headword / h ɛ d w ɝ d /
n1
a content word that can be qualified by a modifier;

- syn. head word;

n2
a word placed at the beginning of a line or paragraph (as in a dictionary entry);

heady / h ɛ d i /
a1
marked by the exercise of good judgment or common sense in practical matters;

- "judicious use of one's money";

- "a wise decision";

- syn. judicious, wise;

- sim. prudent;

a2
extremely exciting as if by alcohol or a narcotic;

- syn. intoxicating;

- sim. exciting;

a3
marked by defiant disregard for danger or consequences;

- "foolhardy enough to try to seize the gun from the hijacker";

- "became the fiercest and most reckless of partisans"-Macaulay;

- "a reckless driver";

- "a rash attempt to climb Mount Everest";

- syn. foolhardy, rash, reckless;

- sim. bold;

heal / h i ɫ /
v1
heal or recover;

- "My broken leg is mending";

- syn. mend;

v2
get healthy again;

- "The wound is healing slowly";

v3
provide a cure for, make healthy again;

- "The treatment cured the boy's acne";

- "The quack pretended to heal patients but never managed to";

- syn. bring around, cure;

heal all
n1
decumbent blue-flowered European perennial thought to possess healing properties;

- naturalized throughout North America;

- syn. Prunella vulgaris, self-heal;

n2
common woodland herb of temperate North America having yellow nodding flowers and small round blue fruits;

- syn. Clintonia borealis, yellow clintonia;

healed / h i ɫ d /
a1
freed from illness or injury;

- "the patient appears cured";

- "the incision is healed";

- "appears to be entirely recovered";

- "when the recovered patient tries to remember what occurred during his delirium"- Normon Cameron;

- syn. cured, recovered;

- sim. well;

healer / h i ɫ ə , h i ɫ ə ɹ /
n1
a person skilled in a particular type of therapy;

- syn. therapist;

healing / h i ɫ ɪ ŋ /
n1
the natural process by which the body repairs itself;

a1
tending to cure or restore to health;

- "curative powers of herbal remedies";

- "her gentle healing hand";

- "remedial surgery";

- "a sanative environment of mountains and fresh air";

- "a therapeutic agent";

- "therapeutic diets";

- syn. alterative, curative, remedial, sanative, therapeutic;

- sim. healthful;

healing herb
n1
leaves make a popular tisane;

- young leaves used in salads or cooked;

- syn. comfrey;

health / h ɛ ɫ θ /
n1
a healthy state of wellbeing free from disease;

- "physicians should be held responsible for the health of their patients";

- syn. wellness;

n2
the general condition of body and mind;

- "his delicate health";

- "in poor health";

Health and Human Services
n1
the United States federal department that administers all federal programs dealing with health and welfare;

- created in 1979;

- syn. Department of Health and Human Services, HHS;

health care
n1
social insurance for the ill and injured;

n2
the preservation of mental and physical health by preventing or treating illness through services offered by the health profession;

- syn. healthcare;

health care delivery
n1
the provision of health care;

- syn. care delivery, healthcare delivery;

health care provider
n1
a person who helps in identifying or preventing or treating illness or disability;

- syn. PCP, caregiver, health professional, primary care provider;

health check
n1
a thorough physical examination;

- includes a variety of tests depending on the age and sex and health of the person;

- syn. checkup, medical, medical checkup, medical exam, medical examination;

health club
n1
a place of business with equipment and facilities for exercising and improving physical fitness;

- syn. health spa, spa;

health code
n1
set of standards established and enforced by government for health requirements as in plumbing etc;

- syn. sanitary code;

health facility
n1
building where medicine is practiced;

- syn. healthcare facility, medical building;

health food
n1
any natural or prepared food popularly believed to promote good health;

health hazard
n1
hazard to the health of those exposed to it;

health insurance
n1
insurance against loss due to ill health;

health maintenance organization
n1
group insurance that entitles members to services of participating hospitals and clinics and physicians;

- syn. HMO;

health problem
n1
a state in which you are unable to function normally and without pain;

- syn. ill health, unhealthiness;

health profession
n1
the body of individuals whose work helps to maintain the health of their clients;

health professional
n1
a person who helps in identifying or preventing or treating illness or disability;

- syn. PCP, caregiver, health care provider, primary care provider;

health spa
n1
a place of business with equipment and facilities for exercising and improving physical fitness;

- syn. health club, spa;

healthcare / h ɛ ɫ θ k eə /
n1
the preservation of mental and physical health by preventing or treating illness through services offered by the health profession;

- syn. health care;

healthcare delivery
n1
the provision of health care;

- syn. care delivery, health care delivery;

healthcare facility
n1
building where medicine is practiced;

- syn. health facility, medical building;

healthful / h ɛ ɫ θ f ə ɫ /
a1
conducive to good health of body or mind;

- "a healthful climate";

- "a healthful environment";

- "healthful nutrition";

- "healthful sleep";

- "Dickens's relatively healthful exuberance";

- also antiseptic, wholesome;

- sim. anthelmintic, antimicrobial, carminative, cathartic, curative, drugless, good, medicative, organic, orthomolecular, preventive, recuperative;

a2
free from filth and pathogens;

- "sanitary conditions for preparing food";

- "a sanitary washroom";

- syn. sanitary;

- sim. hygienic;

healthfulness / h ɛ ɫ θ f ə ɫ n ɛ s /
n1
the quality of promoting good health;

healthier / h ɛ ɫ θ ɪə , h ɛ ɫ θ ɪə ɹ /
a1
improved in health or physical condition;

- syn. fitter;

- sim. better;

healthily / h ɛ ɫ θ ɪ ɫ i /
r1
in a levelheaded manner;

- "the answers were healthily individual";

healthiness / h ɛ ɫ θ ɪ n ə s /
n1
the state of being vigorous and free from bodily or mental disease;

- syn. good health;

healthy / h ɛ ɫ θ i /
a1
having or indicating good health in body or mind;

- free from infirmity or disease;

- "a rosy healthy baby";

- "staying fit and healthy";

- also fit, robust, well, wholesome;

- sim. anicteric, bouncing, firm, flushed, good, hale, hearty, hearty, rock-loving, rubicund, sun-loving, water-loving, well-preserved, wholesome;

a2
financially secure and functioning well;

- "a healthy economy";

- sim. sound;

a3
promoting health;

- healthful;

- "a healthy diet";

- "clean healthy air";

- "plenty of healthy sleep";

- "healthy and normal outlets for youthful energy";

- "the salubrious mountain air and water"- C.B.Davis;

- "carrots are good for you";

- syn. good for you, salubrious;

- sim. wholesome;

a4
exercising or showing good judgment;

- "healthy scepticism";

- "a healthy fear of rattlesnakes";

- "the healthy attitude of French laws";

- "healthy relations between labor and management";

- "an intelligent solution";

- "a sound approach to the problem";

- "sound advice";

- "no sound explanation for his decision";

- syn. intelligent, level-headed, levelheaded, sound;

- sim. reasonable;

a5
large in amount or extent or degree;

- "it cost a considerable amount";

- "a goodly amount";

- "received a hefty bonus";

- "a respectable sum";

- "a tidy sum of money";

- "a sizable fortune";

- syn. goodish, goodly, hefty, respectable, sizable, sizeable, tidy;

- sim. considerable;

heap / h i p /
n1
a collection of objects laid on top of each other;

- syn. agglomerate, cumulation, cumulus, mound, pile;

n2
(often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent;

- "a batch of letters";

- "a deal of trouble";

- "a lot of money";

- "he made a mint on the stock market";

- "see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos";

- "it must have cost plenty";

- "a slew of journalists";

- "a wad of money";

- syn. batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad;

n3
a car that is old and unreliable;

- "the fenders had fallen off that old bus";

- syn. bus, jalopy;

v1
bestow in large quantities;

- "He heaped him with work";

- "She heaped scorn upon him";

v2
arrange in stacks;

- "heap firewood around the fireplace";

- "stack your books up on the shelves";

- syn. pile, stack;

- also heap up;

v3
fill to overflow;

- "heap the platter with potatoes";

heap up
v1
arrange into piles or stacks;

- "She piled up her books in my living room";

- syn. pile up, stack up;

heaps / h i p s /
n1
a large number or amount;

- "made lots of new friends";

- "she amassed stacks of newspapers";

- syn. dozens, gobs, lashings, loads, lots, oodles, piles, rafts, scads, scores, slews, stacks, tons, wads;

r1
very much;

- "thanks heaps";

hear / h ɪə , h ɪə ɹ /
v1
perceive (sound) via the auditory sense;

v2
get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally;

- "I learned that she has two grown-up children";

- "I see that you have been promoted";

- syn. discover, find out, get a line, get wind, get word, learn, pick up, see;

v3
examine or hear (evidence or a case) by judicial process;

- "The jury had heard all the evidence";

- "The case will be tried in California";

- syn. try;

v4
receive a communication from someone;

- "We heard nothing from our son for five years";

v5
listen and pay attention;

- "Listen to your father";

- "We must hear the expert before we make a decision";

- syn. listen, take heed;

hear out
v1
listen to every detail and give a full hearing to;

hearable / h ɪə eɪ b ɫ /
a1
heard or perceptible by the ear;

- "he spoke in an audible whisper";

- syn. audible;

- also loud, perceptible;

- sim. clunky, sonic, sounding;

heard / h ɝ d /
a1
detected or perceived by the sense of hearing;

- "a conversation heard through the wall";

- sim. detected;

hearer / h ɪə ɹ ə , h ɪə ɹ ə ɹ /
n1
someone who listens attentively;

- syn. attender, auditor, listener;

hearing / h ɪə ɹ ɪ ŋ /
n1
(law) a proceeding (usually by a court) where evidence is taken for the purpose of determining an issue of fact and reaching a decision based on that evidence;

n2
an opportunity to state your case and be heard;

- "they condemned him without a hearing";

- "he saw that he had lost his audience";

- syn. audience;

n3
the range within which a voice can be heard;

- "the children were told to stay within earshot";

- syn. earreach, earshot;

n4
the act of hearing attentively;

- "you can learn a lot by just listening";

- "they make good music--you should give them a hearing";

- syn. listening;

n5
a session (of a committee or grand jury) in which witnesses are called and testimony is taken;

- "the investigative committee will hold hearings in Chicago";

n6
the ability to hear;

- the auditory faculty;

- "his hearing was impaired";

- syn. audition, auditory modality, auditory sense, sense of hearing;

a1
able to perceive sound;

- sim. sharp-eared;

hearing-impaired
a1
having a hearing loss;

- syn. hard-of-hearing;

- sim. deaf;

hearing aid
n1
an electronic device that amplifies sound and is worn to compensate for poor hearing;

- syn. deaf-aid;

n2
a conical acoustic device formerly used to direct sound to the ear of a hearing-impaired person;

- syn. ear trumpet;

hearing disorder
n1
impairment of the sense of hearing;

- syn. hearing impairment;

hearing dog
n1
dog trained to assist the deaf by signaling the occurrence of certain sounds;

hearing examiner
n1
an official appointed by a government agency to conduct an investigation or administrative hearing so that the agency can exercise its statutory powers;

- syn. hearing officer;

hearing impairment
n1
impairment of the sense of hearing;

- syn. hearing disorder;

hearing loss
n1
partial or complete loss of hearing;

- syn. deafness;

hearing officer
n1
an official appointed by a government agency to conduct an investigation or administrative hearing so that the agency can exercise its statutory powers;

- syn. hearing examiner;

hearken / h ɑ k ə n /
v1
listen;

- used mostly in the imperative;

- syn. hark, harken;

hearsay / h ɪə s eɪ /
n1
gossip (usually a mixture of truth and untruth) passed around by word of mouth;

- syn. rumor, rumour;

a1
heard through another rather than directly;

- "hearsay information";

- sim. indirect;

hearsay evidence
n1
evidence based on what someone has told the witness and not of direct knowledge;

hearsay rule
n1
a rule that declares not admissible as evidence any statement other than that by a witness;

hearse / h ɝ s /
n1
a vehicle for carrying a coffin to a church or a cemetery;

- formerly drawn by horses but now usually a motor vehicle;

Hearst
n1
United States newspaper publisher whose introduction of large headlines and sensational reporting changed American journalism (1863-1951);

- syn. William Randolph Hearst;

heart / h ɑ t /
n1
the locus of feelings and intuitions;

- "in your heart you know it is true";

- "her story would melt your bosom";

- syn. bosom;

n2
the hollow muscular organ located behind the sternum and between the lungs;

- its rhythmic contractions move the blood through the body;

- "he stood still, his heart thumping wildly";

- syn. pump, ticker;

n3
the courage to carry on;

- "he kept fighting on pure spunk";

- "you haven't got the heart for baseball";

- syn. mettle, nerve, spunk;

n4
an area that is approximately central within some larger region;

- "it is in the center of town";

- "they ran forward into the heart of the struggle";

- "they were in the eye of the storm";

- syn. center, centre, eye, middle;

n5
the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience;

- "the gist of the prosecutor's argument";

- "the heart and soul of the Republican Party";

- "the nub of the story";

- syn. center, centre, core, essence, gist, heart and soul, inwardness, kernel, marrow, meat, nitty-gritty, nub, pith, substance, sum;

n6
an inclination or tendency of a certain kind;

- "he had a change of heart";

- syn. spirit;

n7
a plane figure with rounded sides curving inward at the top and intersecting at the bottom;

- conventionally used on playing cards and valentines;

- "he drew a heart and called it a valentine";

n8
a firm rather dry variety meat (usually beef or veal);

- "a five-pound beef heart will serve six";

n9
a positive feeling of liking;

- "he had trouble expressing the affection he felt";

- "the child won everyone's heart";

- "the warmness of his welcome made us feel right at home";

- syn. affection, affectionateness, fondness, philia, tenderness, warmheartedness, warmness;

n10
a playing card in the major suit that has one or more red hearts on it;

- "he led the queen of hearts";

- "hearts were trumps";

heart-healthy
a1
of foods that are low in fats and sodium and other ingredients that may foster heart disease;

- sim. wholesome;

heart-leaf
n1
wild ginger having persistent heart-shaped pungent leaves;

- West Virginia to Alabama;

- syn. Asarum shuttleworthii, heartleaf;

n2
evergreen low-growing perennial having mottled green and silvery-grey heart-shaped pungent leaves;

- Virginia to South Carolina;

- syn. Asarum virginicum, heartleaf;

heart-leaved aster
n1
perennial wood aster of eastern North America;

- syn. Aster cordifolius;

heart-lung machine
n1
a pump to maintain circulation during heart surgery;

- diverts blood from the heart and oxygenates it and then pumps it through the body;

heart-shaped
a1
(of a leaf) shaped like a heart;

- syn. cordate, cordiform;

- sim. simple;

heart-to-heart
n1
an intimate talk in private;

- "he took me aside for a little heart-to-heart";

a1
openly straightforward and direct without reserve or secretiveness;

- "his candid eyes";

- "an open and trusting nature";

- "a heart-to-heart talk";

- syn. candid, open;

- sim. ingenuous;

heart-whole
a1
with unconditional and enthusiastic devotion;

- "heart-whole friendship";

- "gave wholehearted support to her candidacy";

- "wholehearted commitment";

- "demonstrated his whole-souled allegiance";

- syn. whole-souled, wholehearted;

- sim. sincere;

heart and soul
n1
the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience;

- "the gist of the prosecutor's argument";

- "the heart and soul of the Republican Party";

- "the nub of the story";

- syn. center, centre, core, essence, gist, heart, inwardness, kernel, marrow, meat, nitty-gritty, nub, pith, substance, sum;

r1
with complete faith;

- "she was with him heart and soul";

- syn. body and soul;

heart attack
n1
a sudden severe instance of abnormal heart function;

heart block
n1
recurrent sudden attacks of unconsciousness caused by impaired conduction of the impulse that regulates the heartbeat;

- syn. Adams-Stokes syndrome, Stokes-Adams syndrome, atrioventricular block;

heart cherry
n1
any of several cultivated sweet cherries having sweet juicy heart-shaped fruits;

- syn. oxheart, oxheart cherry;

n2
large heart-shaped sweet cherry with soft flesh;

- syn. oxheart, oxheart cherry;

heart disease
n1
a disease of the heart;

- syn. cardiopathy;

heart failure
n1
inability of the heart to pump enough blood to sustain normal bodily functions;

- syn. coronary failure;

heart line
n1
a crease on the palm;

- palmists say it indicates your emotional nature;

- syn. line of heart, love line, mensal line;

heart massage
n1
an emergency procedure that employs rhythmic compression of the heart (either through the chest wall or, during surgery, directly to the heart) in an attempt to maintain circulation during cardiac arrest;

- syn. cardiac massage;

heart monitor
n1
a piece of electronic equipment for continual observation of the function of the heart;

- syn. cardiac monitor;

heart murmur
n1
an abnormal sound of the heart;

- sometimes a sign of abnormal function of the heart valves;

- syn. cardiac murmur, murmur;

heart muscle
n1
the muscle tissue of the heart;

- adapted to continued rhythmic contraction;

- syn. cardiac muscle;

Heart of Dixie
n1
a state in the southeastern United States on the Gulf of Mexico;

- one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War;

- syn. AL, Ala., Alabama, Camellia State;

heart pea
n1
woody perennial climbing plant with large ornamental seed pods that resemble balloons;

- tropical India and Africa and America;

- syn. Cardiospermum halicacabum, balloon vine;

heart rate
n1
the rate at which the heart beats;

- usually measured to obtain a quick evaluation of a person's health;

- syn. pulse, pulse rate;

heart rhythm
n1
the rhythm of a beating heart;

- syn. cardiac rhythm;

heart specialist
n1
a specialist in cardiology;

- a specialist in the structure and function and disorders of the heart;

- syn. cardiologist, heart surgeon;

heart surgeon
n1
a specialist in cardiology;

- a specialist in the structure and function and disorders of the heart;

- syn. cardiologist, heart specialist;

heart surgery
n1
any surgical procedure involving the heart;

heart urchin
n1
sea urchin having a heart-shaped body in a rigid spiny shell;

heart valve
n1
a valve to control one-way flow of blood;

- syn. cardiac valve;

n2
an implant that replaces a natural cardiac valve;

heart ventricle
n1
a chamber of the heart that receives blood from an atrium and pumps it to the arteries;

- syn. ventricle;

heartache / h ɑ t eɪ k /
n1
intense sorrow caused by loss of a loved one (especially by death);

- syn. brokenheartedness, grief, heartbreak;

heartbeat / h ɑ t b i t /
n1
the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart;

- "he could feel the beat of her heart";

- syn. beat, pulsation, pulse;

n2
a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat);

- "if I had the chance I'd do it in a flash";

- syn. New York minute, blink of an eye, flash, instant, jiffy, split second, trice, twinkling, wink;

n3
an animating or vital unifying force;

- "New York is the commercial heartbeat of America";

heartbreak / h ɑ t b ɹ eɪ k /
n1
intense sorrow caused by loss of a loved one (especially by death);

- syn. brokenheartedness, grief, heartache;

heartbreaker / h ɑ t b ɹ eɪ k ə , h ɑ t b ɹ eɪ k ə ɹ /
n1
a charming person who is irresponsible in emotional relationships;

n2
a narrow defeat or a defeat at the last minute;

heartbreaking / h ɑ t b ɹ eɪ k ɪ ŋ /
a1
causing or marked by grief or anguish;

- "a grievous loss";

- "a grievous cry";

- "her sigh was heartbreaking";

- "the heartrending words of Rabin's granddaughter";

- syn. grievous, heartrending;

- sim. sorrowful;

heartbroken / h ɑ t b ɹ oʊ k ə n /
a1
full of sorrow;

- syn. brokenhearted, heartsick;

- sim. sorrowful;

heartburn / h ɑ t b ɝ n /
n1
a painful burning sensation in the chest caused by gastroesophageal reflux (backflow from the stomach irritating the esophagus);

- symptomatic of an ulcer or a diaphragmatic hernia or other disorder;

- syn. pyrosis;

heartburning / h ɑ t b ɝ n ɪ ŋ /
n1
intense resentment;

- "his promotion caused much heartburning among his rivals";

hearten / h ɑ t n /
v1
give encouragement to;

- syn. cheer, embolden, recreate;

heartening / h ɑ t n ɪ ŋ /
a1
cheerfully encouraging;

- syn. inspiriting;

- sim. encouraging;

heartfelt / h ɑ t f ɛ ɫ t /
a1
sincerely earnest;

- "one's dearest wish";

- "devout wishes for their success";

- "heartfelt condolences";

- syn. dear, devout, earnest;

- sim. sincere;

hearth / h ɑ θ /
n1
an open recess in a wall at the base of a chimney where a fire can be built;

- "the fireplace was so large you could walk inside it";

- "he laid a fire in the hearth and lit it";

- "the hearth was black with the charcoal of many fires";

- syn. fireplace, open fireplace;

n2
home symbolized as a part of the fireplace;

- "driven from hearth and home";

- "fighting in defense of their firesides";

- syn. fireside;

n3
an area near a fireplace (usually paved and extending out into a room);

- "they sat on the hearth and warmed themselves before the fire";

- syn. fireside;

hearth money
n1
an annual contribution made by Roman Catholics to support the papal see;

- syn. Peter's pence;

hearthrug / h ɑ θ ɹ ʌ ɡ /
n1
a rug spread out in front of a fireplace;

hearthstone / h ɑ θ s t oʊ n /
n1
a stone that forms a hearth;

heartily / h ɑ t ɪ ɫ i /
r1
with gusto and without reservation;

- "the boy threw himself heartily into his work";

r2
in a hearty manner;

- "`Yes,' the children chorused heartily";

- "We welcomed her warmly";

- syn. cordially, warmly;

heartiness
n1
active strength of body or mind;

- syn. dynamism, vigor, vigour;

n2
the quality of hearty sincerity;

- syn. wholeheartedness;

heartland / h ɑ t ɫ ə n d /
n1
the central region of a country or continent;

- especially a region that is important to a country or to a culture;

heartleaf
n1
wild ginger having persistent heart-shaped pungent leaves;

- West Virginia to Alabama;

- syn. Asarum shuttleworthii, heart-leaf;

n2
evergreen low-growing perennial having mottled green and silvery-grey heart-shaped pungent leaves;

- Virginia to South Carolina;

- syn. Asarum virginicum, heart-leaf;

heartleaf arnica
n1
wildflower with heart-shaped leaves and broad yellow flower heads;

- of alpine areas west of the Rockies from Alaska to southern California;

- syn. Arnica cordifolia;

heartleaf manzanita
n1
erect California shrub having leaves with heart-shaped lobes at the base;

- syn. Arctostaphylos andersonii;

heartless / h ɑ t ɫ ə s /
a1
lacking in feeling or pity or warmth;

- syn. hardhearted;

- sim. flinty;

a2
devoid of courage or enthusiasm;

- sim. spiritless;

heartlessly / h ɑ t ɫ ə s ɫ i /
r1
in a heartless manner;

- "she behaves rather heartlessly toward her admirers";

heartlessness / h ɑ t ɫ ə s n ə s /
n1
an absence of concern for the welfare of others;

- syn. coldheartedness, hardheartedness;

heartrending / h ɪə t ɹ ɛ n d ɪ ŋ /
a1
causing or marked by grief or anguish;

- "a grievous loss";

- "a grievous cry";

- "her sigh was heartbreaking";

- "the heartrending words of Rabin's granddaughter";

- syn. grievous, heartbreaking;

- sim. sorrowful;

heartrot
n1
any plant disease in which the central part of a plant rots (especially in trees);

hearts / h ɑ t s /
n1
a form of whist in which players avoid winning tricks containing hearts or the queen of spades;

- syn. Black Maria;

heartsease
n1
a common and long cultivated European herb from which most common garden pansies are derived;

- syn. Johnny-jump-up, Viola tricolor, love-in-idleness, pink of my John, wild pansy;

n2
violet of Pacific coast of North America having white petals tinged with yellow and deep violet;

- syn. Viola ocellata, two-eyed violet;

n3
common Old World viola with creamy often violet-tinged flowers;

- syn. Viola arvensis, field pansy;

n4
the absence of mental stress or anxiety;

- syn. ataraxis, peace, peace of mind, peacefulness, repose, serenity;

heartseed
n1
herbaceous vine of tropical America and Africa;

- syn. Cardiospermum grandiflorum;

heartsick / h ɑ t s ɪ k /
a1
full of sorrow;

- syn. brokenhearted, heartbroken;

- sim. sorrowful;

a2
without or almost without hope;

- "despondent about his failure";

- "too heartsick to fight back";

- syn. despondent;

- sim. hopeless;

heartsickness / h ɑ t s ɪ k n ə s /
n1
feeling downcast and disheartened and hopeless;

- syn. despondence, despondency, disconsolateness;

heartstrings / h ɑ t s t ɹ ɪ ŋ z /
n1
your deepest feelings of love and compassion;

- "many adoption cases tug at the heartstrings";

heartthrob / h ɑ t θ ɹ ɒ b /
n1
an object of infatuation;

heartwarming / h ɑ t w ɔ m ɪ ŋ /
a1
causing gladness and pleasure;

- "Is there a sight more heartwarming than a family reunion?";

- sim. moving;

heartwood / h ɑ t w ʊ d /
n1
the older inactive central wood of a tree or woody plant;

- usually darker and denser than the surrounding sapwood;

- syn. duramen;

hearty / h ɑ t i /
a1
showing warm and heartfelt friendliness;

- "gave us a cordial reception";

- "a hearty welcome";

- sim. warm;

a2
providing abundant nourishment;

- "a hearty meal";

- "good solid food";

- "ate a substantial breakfast";

- "four square meals a day";

- syn. satisfying, solid, square, substantial;

- sim. wholesome;

a3
endowed with or exhibiting great bodily or mental health;

- "a hearty glow of health";

- syn. full-blooded, lusty, red-blooded;

- sim. healthy;

a4
consuming abundantly and with gusto;

- "a hearty (or healthy) appetite";

- sim. healthy;

a5
without reservation;

- "hearty support";

- sim. complete;

heat / h i t /
n1
a form of energy that is transferred by a difference in temperature;

- syn. heat energy;

n2
the presence of heat;

- syn. high temperature, hotness;

n3
the sensation caused by heat energy;

- syn. warmth;

n4
the trait of being intensely emotional;

- syn. passion, warmth;

n5
applies to nonhuman mammals: a state or period of heightened sexual arousal and activity;

- syn. estrus, oestrus, rut;

n6
a preliminary race in which the winner advances to a more important race;

n7
utility to warm a building;

- "the heating system wasn't working";

- "they have radiant heating";

- syn. heating, heating plant, heating system;

v1
make hot or hotter;

- "the sun heats the oceans";

- "heat the water on the stove";

- syn. heat up;

v2
provide with heat;

- "heat the house";

v3
arouse or excite feelings and passions;

- "The ostentatious way of living of the rich ignites the hatred of the poor";

- "The refugees' fate stirred up compassion around the world";

- "Wake old feelings of hatred";

- syn. fire up, ignite, inflame, stir up, wake;

v4
gain heat or get hot;

- "The room heated up quickly";

- syn. heat up, hot up;

heat-absorbing
a1
(of a chemical reaction or compound) occurring or formed with absorption of heat;

- syn. endothermal, endothermic;

- also endoergic, energy-absorbing;

- sim. decalescent;

heat-releasing
a1
(of a chemical reaction or compound) occurring or formed with the liberation of heat;

- syn. exothermal, exothermic;

- also energy-releasing, exoergic;

heat-seeking missile
n1
a missile with a guidance system that directs it toward targets emitting infrared radiation (as the emissions of a jet engine);

heat barrier
n1
a limit to high speed flight imposed by aerodynamic heating;

- syn. thermal barrier;

heat content
n1
(thermodynamics) a thermodynamic quantity equal to the internal energy of a system plus the product of its volume and pressure;

- "enthalpy is the amount of energy in a system capable of doing mechanical work";

- syn. H, enthalpy, total heat;

heat dissipation
n1
dissipation of heat;

heat energy
n1
a form of energy that is transferred by a difference in temperature;

- syn. heat;

heat engine
n1
any engine that makes use of heat to do work;

heat exchanger
n1
device that transfers heat from one liquid to another without allowing them to mix;

heat exhaustion
n1
a condition marked by dizziness and nausea and weakness caused by depletion of body fluids and electrolytes;

- syn. heat prostration;

heat flash
n1
a flash of intense heat (as released by an atomic explosion);

heat hyperpyrexia
n1
collapse caused by exposure to excessive heat;

- syn. heatstroke;

heat lamp
n1
electric heater consisting of a high-power incandescent lamp that emits infrared radiation;

- "the bathroom could be warmed by an infrared lamp";

- syn. infrared lamp;

heat lightning
n1
bright flashes of light near the horizon without thunder (especially on hot evenings);

- usually attributed to distant lightning that is reflected by clouds;

heat of condensation
n1
heat liberated by a unit mass of gas at its boiling point as it condenses into a liquid;

- "the heat of condensation is equal to the heat of vaporization";

heat of dissociation
n1
the heat required for a fluid substance to break up into simpler constituents;

heat of formation
n1
the heat evolved or absorbed during the formation of one mole of a substance from its component elements;

heat of fusion
n1
heat absorbed by a unit mass of a solid at its melting point in order to convert the solid into a liquid at the same temperature;

- "the heat of fusion is equal to the heat of solidification";

heat of solidification
n1
heat liberated by a unit mass of liquid at its freezing point when it solidifies;

heat of solution
n1
the heat evolved or absorbed when one mole of a substance is dissolved in a large volume of a solvent;

heat of sublimation
n1
heat absorbed by a unit mass of material when it changes from a solid to a gaseous state;

heat of transformation
n1
heat absorbed or radiated during a change of phase at a constant temperature and pressure;

- syn. latent heat;

heat of vaporisation
n1
heat absorbed by a unit mass of a material at its boiling point in order to convert the material into a gas at the same temperature;

- syn. heat of vaporization;

heat of vaporization
n1
heat absorbed by a unit mass of a material at its boiling point in order to convert the material into a gas at the same temperature;

- syn. heat of vaporisation;

heat prostration
n1
a condition marked by dizziness and nausea and weakness caused by depletion of body fluids and electrolytes;

- syn. heat exhaustion;

heat pump
n1
apparatus that extracts heat from a liquid that is at a higher temperature than its surroundings;

- can be used to transfer heat from a reservoir outside in order to heat a building;

heat rash
n1
obstruction of the sweat ducts during high heat and humidity;

- syn. miliaria, prickly heat;

heat ray
n1
a ray that produces a thermal effect;

heat shield
n1
a protective covering that protects a spacecraft from overheating on reentry;

heat sink
n1
a metal conductor specially designed to conduct (and radiate) heat;

heat unit
n1
a unit of measurement for work;

- syn. energy unit, work unit;

heat up
v1
gain heat or get hot;

- "The room heated up quickly";

- syn. heat, hot up;

v2
make hot or hotter;

- "the sun heats the oceans";

- "heat the water on the stove";

- syn. heat;

v3
make more intense;

- "Emotions were screwed up";

- syn. hot up, screw up;

heat wave
n1
a wave of unusually hot weather;

heatable / h i t eɪ b ɫ /
a1
capable of becoming hot;

- "the heatable tip of a soldering iron";

- sim. hot;

heated / h i t ɪ d /
a1
made warm or hot (`het' is a dialectal variant of `heated');

- "a heated swimming pool";

- "wiped his heated-up face with a large bandana";

- "he was all het up and sweaty";

- syn. heated up, het, het up;

- sim. hot;

a2
marked by emotional heat;

- vehement;

- "a heated argument";

- sim. hot;

heated up
a1
made warm or hot (`het' is a dialectal variant of `heated');

- "a heated swimming pool";

- "wiped his heated-up face with a large bandana";

- "he was all het up and sweaty";

- syn. heated, het, het up;

- sim. hot;

heatedly / h i t ɪ d ɫ i /
r1
in a heated manner;

- "`To say I am behind the strike is so much nonsense,' declared Mr Harvey heatedly";

- "the children were arguing hotly";

- syn. hotly;

heater / h i t ə , h i t ə ɹ /
n1
device that heats water or supplies warmth to a room;

- syn. warmer;

n2
(baseball) a pitch thrown with maximum velocity;

- "he swung late on the fastball";

- "he showed batters nothing but smoke";

- syn. bullet, fastball, hummer, smoke;

heath / h i θ /
n1
a low evergreen shrub of the family Ericaceae;

- has small bell-shaped pink or purple flowers;

n2
a tract of level wasteland;

- uncultivated land with sandy soil and scrubby vegetation;

- syn. heathland;

heath aster
n1
common much-branched North American perennial with heathlike foliage and small starry white flowers;

- syn. Aster ericoides;

n2
common North American perennial with heathlike foliage and small white flower heads;

- syn. Aster arenosus;

heath family
n1
heathers;

- syn. Ericaceae, family Ericaceae;

heath hen
n1
extinct prairie chicken;

- syn. Tympanuchus cupido cupido;

n2
female black grouse;

- syn. gray hen, grayhen, grey hen, greyhen;

heath pea
n1
European herb bearing small tubers used for food and in Scotland to flavor whiskey;

- syn. Lathyrus tuberosus, earth-nut pea, earthnut pea, tuberous vetch;

heath violet
n1
Old World leafy-stemmed blue-flowered violet;

- syn. Viola canina, dog violet;

heathen / h i ð ə n , h i ð n /
n1
a person who does not acknowledge your god;

- syn. gentile, infidel, pagan;

a1
not acknowledging the God of Christianity and Judaism and Islam;

- syn. ethnic, heathenish, pagan;

- sim. irreligious;

heathenish / h i ð n ɪ ʃ /
a1
not acknowledging the God of Christianity and Judaism and Islam;

- syn. ethnic, heathen, pagan;

- sim. irreligious;

heathenism / h i ð ə n ɪ z ə m /
n1
any of various religions other than Christianity or Judaism or Islamism;

- syn. pagan religion, paganism;

heather / h ɛ ð ə , h ɛ ð ə ɹ /
n1
common Old World heath represented by many varieties;

- low evergreen grown widely in the northern hemisphere;

- syn. Calluna vulgaris, Scots heather, broom, ling;

n2
interwoven yarns of mixed colors producing muted greyish shades with flecks of color;

- syn. heather mixture;

heather bell
n1
common low European shrub with purple-red flowers;

- syn. Erica cinerea, bell heather, fine-leaved heath;

heather mixture
n1
interwoven yarns of mixed colors producing muted greyish shades with flecks of color;

- syn. heather;

heathfowl
n1
large northern European grouse that is black with a lyre-shaped tail;

- syn. European black grouse, Lyrurus tetrix;

heathland
n1
a tract of level wasteland;

- uncultivated land with sandy soil and scrubby vegetation;

- syn. heath;

heathlike
a1
resembling heath;

heating / h i t ɪ ŋ /
n1
the process of becoming warmer;

- a rising temperature;

- syn. warming;

n2
utility to warm a building;

- "the heating system wasn't working";

- "they have radiant heating";

- syn. heat, heating plant, heating system;

heating element
n1
the component of a heater or range that transforms fuel or electricity into heat;

heating oil
n1
a petroleum product used for fuel;

- syn. fuel oil;

heating pad
n1
heater consisting of electrical heating elements contained in a flexible pad;

- syn. hot pad;

heating plant
n1
utility to warm a building;

- "the heating system wasn't working";

- "they have radiant heating";

- syn. heat, heating, heating system;

heating system
n1
utility to warm a building;

- "the heating system wasn't working";

- "they have radiant heating";

- syn. heat, heating, heating plant;

heatless / h i t ɫ ɛ s /
a1
without generating heat;

- "luminescent organisms emit heatless light";

- sim. cold;

heatstroke / h i t s t ɹ oʊ k /
n1
collapse caused by exposure to excessive heat;

- syn. heat hyperpyrexia;

heaume
n1
a large medieval helmet supported on the shoulders;

heave / h i v /
n1
an upward movement (especially a rhythmical rising and falling);

- "the heaving of waves on a rough sea";

- syn. heaving;

n2
(geology) a horizontal dislocation;

n3
the act of lifting something with great effort;

- syn. heaving;

n4
an involuntary spasm of ineffectual vomiting;

- "a bad case of the heaves";

- syn. retch;

n5
the act of raising something;

- "he responded with a lift of his eyebrow";

- "fireman learn several different raises for getting ladders up";

- syn. lift, raise;

n6
throwing something heavy (with great effort);

- "he gave it a mighty heave";

- "he was not good at heaving passes";

- syn. heaving;

v1
utter a sound, as with obvious effort;

- "She heaved a deep sigh when she saw the list of things to do";

v2
throw with great effort;

v3
rise and move, as in waves or billows;

- "The army surged forward";

- syn. billow, surge;

v4
lift or elevate;

- syn. heave up, heft, heft up;

v5
move or cause to move in a specified way, direction, or position;

- "The vessel hove into sight";

v6
breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted;

- "The runners reached the finish line, panting heavily";

- syn. gasp, pant, puff;

v7
bend out of shape, as under pressure or from heat;

- "The highway buckled during the heat wave";

- syn. buckle, warp;

v8
make an unsuccessful effort to vomit;

- strain to vomit;

- syn. gag, retch;

heave up
v1
lift or elevate;

- syn. heave, heft, heft up;

heaven / h ɛ v n /
n1
any place of complete bliss and delight and peace;

- syn. Eden, Shangri-la, nirvana, paradise, promised land;

n2
the abode of God and the angels;

heaven-sent
a1
peculiarly fortunate or appropriate;

- as if by divine intervention;

- "a heaven-sent rain saved the crops";

- "a providential recovery";

- syn. miraculous, providential;

- sim. fortunate;

heavenly / h ɛ v n ɫ i /
a1
relating to or inhabiting a divine heaven;

- "celestial beings";

- "heavenly hosts";

- syn. celestial;

a2
of or relating to the sky;

- "celestial map";

- "a heavenly body";

- syn. celestial;

a3
of or belonging to heaven or god;

- also immortal, sacred, supernal;

- sim. ambrosial, celestial, divine, divine, paradisiacal, providential, translunar;

heavenly body
n1
natural objects visible in the sky;

- syn. celestial body;

Heavenly City
n1
phrases used to refer to Heaven;

- "the Celestial City was Christian's goal in Bunyan's `Pilgrim's Progress'";

- syn. Celestial City, City of God, Holy City;

Heavenly Jewel
n1
a member of the Taoist Trinity;

- syn. Tien-pao;

heavens / h ɛ v n z /
n1
the apparent surface of the imaginary sphere on which celestial bodies appear to be projected;

- syn. celestial sphere, empyrean, firmament, sphere, vault of heaven, welkin;

heavenward / h ɛ v n w ə d /
a1
directed toward heaven or the sky;

- "the soul in its heavenward flight";

- syn. skyward;

- sim. up;

r1
toward heaven;

- "he pointed heavenward";

- syn. heavenwardly, heavenwards;

heavenwardly / h ɛ v n w ə d ɫ i /
r1
toward heaven;

- "he pointed heavenward";

- syn. heavenward, heavenwards;

heavenwards / h ɛ v n w ə d z /
r1
toward heaven;

- "he pointed heavenward";

- syn. heavenward, heavenwardly;

heaver / h i v ə /
n1
a bar used as a lever (as in twisting rope);

n2
a workman who heaves freight or bulk goods (especially at a dockyard);

heaves / h i v z /
n1
a chronic emphysema of the horse that causes difficult expiration and heaving of the flanks;

- syn. broken wind;

heavier-than-air
a1
relating to an aircraft heavier than the air it displaces;

- sim. heavy;

heavier-than-air craft
n1
a non-buoyant aircraft that requires a source of power to hold it aloft and to propel it;

heavily / h ɛ v ɪ ɫ i /
r1
to a considerable degree;

- "he relied heavily on others' data";

- syn. to a great extent;

r2
in a heavy-footed manner;

- "he walked heavily up the three flights to his room";

r3
with great force;

- "she hit her arm heavily against the wall";

r4
in a manner designed for heavy duty;

- "a heavily constructed car";

- "heavily armed";

r5
slowly as if burdened by much weight;

- "time hung heavy on their hands";

- syn. heavy;

r6
in a labored manner;

- "he breathed heavily";

r7
indulging excessively;

- "he drank heavily";

- syn. hard, intemperately;

heavily traveled
a1
subject to much traffic or travel;

- "the region's most heavily traveled highways";

- sim. traveled;

heaviness / h ɛ v ɪ n ə s /
n1
the property of being comparatively great in weight;

- "the heaviness of lead";

- syn. weightiness;

n2
persisting sadness;

- "nothing lifted the heaviness of her heart after her loss";

n3
an oppressive quality that is laborious and solemn and lacks grace or fluency;

- "a book so serious that it sometimes subsided into ponderousness";

- "his lectures tend to heaviness and repetition";

- syn. ponderousness;

n4
used of a line or mark;

- syn. thickness;

n5
unwelcome burdensome difficulty;

- syn. burdensomeness, onerousness, oppressiveness;

heaving / h i v ɪ ŋ /
n1
an upward movement (especially a rhythmical rising and falling);

- "the heaving of waves on a rough sea";

- syn. heave;

n2
breathing heavily (as after exertion);

- syn. panting;

n3
the act of lifting something with great effort;

- syn. heave;

n4
throwing something heavy (with great effort);

- "he gave it a mighty heave";

- "he was not good at heaving passes";

- syn. heave;

Heaviside / h ɛ v ɪ s aɪ d /
n1
English physicist and electrical engineer who helped develop telegraphic and telephonic communications;

- in 1902 (independent of A. E. Kennelly) he suggested the existence of an atmospheric layer that reflects radio waves back to earth (1850-1925);

- syn. Oliver Heaviside;

Heaviside layer
n1
a region of the ionosphere (from 50 to 90 miles up) that reflects radio waves of medium length;

- syn. E layer, E region, Kennelly-Heaviside layer;

heavy / h ɛ v i /
n1
an actor who plays villainous roles;

n2
a serious (or tragic) role in a play;

a1
of comparatively great physical weight or density;

- "a heavy load";

- "lead is a heavy metal";

- "heavy mahogany furniture";

- sim. dense, doughy, heavier-than-air, hefty, massive, non-buoyant, ponderous;

a2
unusually great in degree or quantity or number;

- "heavy taxes";

- "a heavy fine";

- "heavy casualties";

- "heavy losses";

- "heavy rain";

- "heavy traffic";

- sim. harsh;

a3
of the military or industry;

- using (or being) the heaviest and most powerful armaments or weapons or equipment;

- "heavy artillery";

- "heavy infantry";

- "a heavy cruiser";

- "heavy guns";

- "heavy industry involves large-scale production of basic products (such as steel) used by other industries";

a4
marked by great psychological weight;

- weighted down especially with sadness or troubles or weariness;

- "a heavy heart";

- "a heavy schedule";

- "heavy news";

- "a heavy silence";

- "heavy eyelids";

- sim. burdensome, distressing, leaden, oppressive, weighty;

a5
usually describes a large person who is fat but has a large frame to carry it;

- syn. fleshy, overweight;

- sim. fat;

a6
(used of soil) compact and fine-grained;

- "the clayey soil was heavy and easily saturated";

- syn. clayey, cloggy;

- sim. compact;

a7
darkened by clouds;

- "a heavy sky";

- syn. lowering, sullen, threatening;

- sim. cloudy;

a8
of great intensity or power or force;

- "a heavy blow";

- "the fighting was heavy";

- "heavy seas";

- sim. big;

a9
(physics, chemistry) being or containing an isotope with greater than average atomic mass or weight;

- "heavy hydrogen";

- "heavy water";

a10
(of an actor or role) being or playing the villain;

- "Iago is the heavy role in `Othello'";

- sim. wicked;

a11
permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter;

- "dense smoke";

- "heavy fog";

- "impenetrable gloom";

- syn. dense, impenetrable;

- sim. thick;

a12
of relatively large extent and density;

- "a heavy line";

- sim. thick;

a13
made of fabric having considerable thickness;

- "a heavy coat";

- sim. thick;

a14
prodigious;

- "big spender";

- "big eater";

- "heavy investor";

- syn. big;

- sim. intemperate;

a15
full and loud and deep;

- "heavy sounds";

- "a herald chosen for his sonorous voice";

- syn. sonorous;

- sim. full;

a16
given to excessive indulgence of bodily appetites especially for intoxicating liquors;

- "a hard drinker";

- syn. hard, intemperate;

- sim. indulgent;

a17
of great gravity or crucial import;

- requiring serious thought;

- "grave responsibilities";

- "faced a grave decision in a time of crisis";

- "a grievous fault";

- "heavy matters of state";

- "the weighty matters to be discussed at the peace conference";

- syn. grave, grievous, weighty;

- sim. important;

a18
slow and laborious because of weight;

- "the heavy tread of tired troops";

- "moved with a lumbering sag-bellied trot";

- "ponderous prehistoric beasts";

- "a ponderous yawn";

- syn. lumbering, ponderous;

- sim. heavy-footed;

a19
large and powerful;

- especially designed for heavy loads or rough work;

- "a heavy truck";

- "heavy machinery";

- sim. heavy-duty;

a20
dense or inadequately leavened and hence likely to cause distress in the alimentary canal;

- "a heavy pudding";

- sim. indigestible;

a21
sharply inclined;

- "a heavy grade";

- sim. steep;

a22
full of;

- bearing great weight;

- "trees heavy with fruit";

- "vines weighed down with grapes";

- syn. weighed down;

- sim. full;

a23
requiring or showing effort;

- "heavy breathing";

- "the subject made for labored reading";

- syn. labored, laboured;

- sim. effortful;

a24
characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion;

- especially physical effort;

- "worked their arduous way up the mining valley";

- "a grueling campaign";

- "hard labor";

- "heavy work";

- "heavy going";

- "spent many laborious hours on the project";

- "set a punishing pace";

- syn. arduous, backbreaking, grueling, gruelling, hard, laborious, operose, punishing, toilsome;

- sim. effortful;

a25
lacking lightness or liveliness;

- "heavy humor";

- "a leaden conversation";

- syn. leaden;

- sim. dull;

a26
(of sleep) deep and complete;

- "a heavy sleep";

- "fell into a profound sleep";

- "a sound sleeper";

- "deep wakeless sleep";

- syn. profound, sound, wakeless;

- sim. deep;

a27
in an advanced stage of pregnancy;

- "was big with child";

- "was great with child";

- syn. big, enceinte, expectant, gravid, great, large, with child;

- sim. pregnant;

r1
slowly as if burdened by much weight;

- "time hung heavy on their hands";

- syn. heavily;

heavy-armed
a1
having massive arms;

- "he was big-chested, big-shouldered and heavy-armed";

- sim. robust;

heavy-coated
a1
wearing a heavy coat;

- "heavy-coated policemen astride noble horses";

- sim. clothed;

heavy-duty
a1
designed for heavy work;

- "a heavy-duty detergent";

- "heavy-duty gloves";

- sim. heavy, industrial;

heavy-footed
a1
(of movement) lacking ease or lightness;

- "his tired heavy-footed walk";

- sim. heavy;

heavy-handed / h ɛ v ɪ h æ n d ɪ d /
a1
lacking physical movement skills, especially with the hands;

- "a bumbling mechanic";

- "a bungling performance";

- "ham-handed governmental interference";

- "could scarcely empty a scuttle of ashes, so handless was the poor creature"- Mary H. Vorse;

- syn. bumbling, bungling, butterfingered, ham-fisted, ham-handed, handless, left-handed;

- sim. maladroit;

a2
unjustly domineering;

- "incensed at the government's heavy-handed economic policies";

- "a manager who rode roughshod over all opposition";

- syn. roughshod;

- sim. domineering;

heavy-laden / h ɛ v ɪ ɫ eɪ d n /
a1
burdened by cares;

- "all ye that labor and are heavy-laden"-Matt.11:28;

- syn. care-laden;

- sim. troubled;

a2
bearing a physically heavy weight or load;

- "tree limbs burdened with ice";

- "a heavy-laden cart";

- "loaded down with packages";

- syn. burdened, loaded down;

- sim. encumbered;

heavy-limbed
a1
having heavy limbs;

- sim. limbed;

heavy cream
n1
contains more than 36% butterfat;

heavy hitter
n1
an influential person who works hard to promote the causes they are interested in;

heavy hydrogen
n1
an isotope of hydrogen which has one neutron (as opposed to zero neutrons in hydrogen);

- syn. deuterium;

heavy lifting
n1
difficult work;

- "the boss hoped the plan would succeed but he wasn't willing to do the heavy lifting";

heavy metal
n1
a metal of relatively high density (specific gravity greater than about 5) or of high relative atomic weight (especially one that is poisonous like mercury or lead);

n2
loud and harsh sounding rock music with a strong beat;

- lyrics usually involve violent or fantastic imagery;

- syn. heavy metal music;

heavy metal music
n1
loud and harsh sounding rock music with a strong beat;

- lyrics usually involve violent or fantastic imagery;

- syn. heavy metal;

heavy particle
n1
any of the elementary particles having a mass equal to or greater than that of a proton and that participate in strong interactions;

- a hadron with a baryon number of +1;

- syn. baryon;

heavy spar
n1
a white or colorless mineral (BaSO4);

- the main source of barium;

- syn. barite, barium sulphate, barytes;

heavy swell
n1
a broad and deep undulation of the ocean;

- syn. ground swell;

heavy water
n1
water containing a substantial proportion of deuterium atoms, used in nuclear reactors;

- syn. deuterium oxide;

heavy weapon
n1
large but transportable armament;

- syn. artillery, gun, ordnance;

heavy whipping cream
n1
cream with a fat content of 48% or more;

- syn. double creme;

heavyhearted / h ɛ v i h ɑ t ɪ d /
a1
depressed;

- sim. sad;

heavyheartedness / h ɛ v i h ɑ t ɪ d n ə s /
n1
a feeling of dispirited melancholy;

heavyset / h ɛ v i s ɛ t /
a1
having a short and solid form or stature;

- "a wrestler of compact build";

- "he was tall and heavyset";

- "stocky legs";

- "a thickset young man";

- syn. compact, stocky, thick, thickset;

- sim. short;

heavyweight / h ɛ v ɪ w eɪ t /
n1
an amateur boxer who weighs no more than 201 pounds;

n2
a wrestler who weighs more than 214 pounds;

n3
a professional boxer who weighs more than 190 pounds;

n4
a very large person;

- impressive in size or qualities;

- syn. giant, hulk, whale;

n5
a person of exceptional importance and reputation;

- syn. behemoth, colossus, giant, titan;

Hebbel
n1
German dramatist (1813-1863);

- syn. Christian Friedrich Hebbel, Friedrich Hebbel;

hebdomad
n1
any period of seven consecutive days;

- "it rained for a week";

- syn. week;

hebdomadal / h ɛ b d ɒ m ə d ɫ /
a1
of or occurring every seven days;

- "a weekly visit";

- "weekly paper";

- syn. hebdomadary, weekly;

- sim. periodic;

hebdomadally
r1
without missing a week;

- "she visited her aunt weekly";

- syn. each week, every week, weekly;

hebdomadary / h ɛ b d ɒ m ə d ə ɹ i /
a1
of or occurring every seven days;

- "a weekly visit";

- "weekly paper";

- syn. hebdomadal, weekly;

- sim. periodic;

Hebe
n1
(Greek mythology) the goddess of youth and spring;

- wife of Hercules;

- daughter of Zeus and Hera;

- cupbearer to the Olympian gods;

Hebei
n1
a populous province in northeastern China;

- syn. Hebei province, Hopeh, Hopei;

Hebei province
n1
a populous province in northeastern China;

- syn. Hebei, Hopeh, Hopei;

hebephrenia
n1
a form of schizophrenia characterized by severe disintegration of personality including erratic speech and childish mannerisms and bizarre behavior;

- usually becomes evident during puberty;

- the most common diagnostic category in mental institutions;

- syn. disorganized schizophrenia, disorganized type schizophrenia, hebephrenic schizophrenia;

hebephrenic
a1
suffering from a form of schizophrenia characterized by foolish mannerisms and senseless laughter along with delusions and regressive behavior;

- sim. insane;

hebephrenic schizophrenia
n1
a form of schizophrenia characterized by severe disintegration of personality including erratic speech and childish mannerisms and bizarre behavior;

- usually becomes evident during puberty;

- the most common diagnostic category in mental institutions;

- syn. disorganized schizophrenia, disorganized type schizophrenia, hebephrenia;

hebetude
n1
mental lethargy or dullness;

Hebraic / h i b ɹ eɪ ɪ k /
a1
of or relating to the language of the Hebrews;

- "Hebrew vowels";

- syn. Hebraical, Hebrew;

a2
of or relating to or characteristic of the Hebrews;

- "the old Hebrew prophets";

- syn. Hebraical, Hebrew;

Hebraic alphabet
n1
a Semitic alphabet used since the 5th century BC for writing the Hebrew language (and later for writing Yiddish and Ladino);

- syn. Hebrew alphabet, Hebrew script;

Hebraical / h i b ɹ eɪ ɪ k ə ɫ /
a1
of or relating to or characteristic of the Hebrews;

- "the old Hebrew prophets";

- syn. Hebraic, Hebrew;

a2
of or relating to the language of the Hebrews;

- "Hebrew vowels";

- syn. Hebraic, Hebrew;

Hebraism / h i b ɹ eɪ ɪ z ə m /
n1
Jews collectively who practice a religion based on the Torah and the Talmud;

- syn. Jewish religion, Judaism;

Hebraist / h i b ɹ eɪ ɪ s t /
n1
linguist specializing in the Hebrew language;

Hebrew / h i b ɹ u /
n1
the ancient Canaanitic language of the Hebrews that has been revived as the official language of Israel;

n2
a person belonging to the worldwide group claiming descent from Jacob (or converted to it) and connected by cultural or religious ties;

- syn. Israelite, Jew;

a1
of or relating to or characteristic of the Hebrews;

- "the old Hebrew prophets";

- syn. Hebraic, Hebraical;

a2
of or relating to the language of the Hebrews;

- "Hebrew vowels";

- syn. Hebraic, Hebraical;

Hebrew alphabet
n1
a Semitic alphabet used since the 5th century BC for writing the Hebrew language (and later for writing Yiddish and Ladino);

- syn. Hebraic alphabet, Hebrew script;

Hebrew calendar
n1
(Judaism) the calendar used by the Jews;

- dates from 3761 BC (the assumed date of the Creation of the world);

- a lunar year of 354 days is adjusted to the solar year by periodic leap years;

- syn. Jewish calendar;

Hebrew lesson
n1
instruction in the Hebrew language;

Hebrew script
n1
a Semitic alphabet used since the 5th century BC for writing the Hebrew language (and later for writing Yiddish and Ladino);

- syn. Hebraic alphabet, Hebrew alphabet;

Hebrew Scripture
n1
the Jewish scriptures which consist of three divisions--the Torah and the Prophets and the Writings;

- syn. Tanach, Tanakh;

Hebrews / h i b ɹ u z /
n1
the ethnic group claiming descent from Abraham and Isaac (especially from Isaac's son Jacob);

- the nation whom God chose to receive his revelation and with whom God chose to make a covenant (Exodus 19);

- syn. Israelites;

n2
a New Testament book traditionally included among the epistle of Saint Paul but now generally considered not to have been written by him;

- syn. Epistle to the Hebrews;

Hebridean
a1
of or relating to the Hebrides;

Hebridean Islands
n1
a group of more than 500 islands off the western coast of Scotland;

- syn. Hebridean Isles, Hebrides, Western Islands, Western Isles;

Hebridean Isles
n1
a group of more than 500 islands off the western coast of Scotland;

- syn. Hebridean Islands, Hebrides, Western Islands, Western Isles;

Hebrides
n1
a group of more than 500 islands off the western coast of Scotland;

- syn. Hebridean Islands, Hebridean Isles, Western Islands, Western Isles;

Hecate
n1
(Greek mythology) Greek goddess of fertility who later became associated with Persephone as goddess of the underworld and protector of witches;

hecatomb / h ɛ k ə t u m /
n1
a great sacrifice;

- an ancient Greek or Roman sacrifice of 100 oxen;

Hecht
n1
United States writer of stories and plays (1894-1946);

- syn. Ben Hecht;

heckelphone
n1
an oboe pitched an octave below the ordinary oboe;

- syn. basset oboe;

heckle / h ɛ k ɫ /
n1
a comb for separating flax fibers;

- syn. hatchel;

v1
comb with a heckle;

- "heckle hemp or flax";

- syn. hackle, hatchel;

v2
challenge aggressively;

heckler / h ɛ k ɫ ə , h ɛ k ɫ ə ɹ /
n1
someone who tries to embarrass you with gibes and questions and objections;

- syn. badgerer;

heckling / h ɛ k ɫ ɪ ŋ /
n1
shouting to interrupt a speech with which you disagree;

- syn. barracking;

hectare / h ɛ k t eə , h ɛ k t eə ɹ /
n1
(abbreviated `ha') a unit of surface area equal to 100 ares (or 10,000 square meters);

hectic / h ɛ k t ɪ k /
a1
marked by intense agitation or emotion;

- "worked at a feverish pace";

- syn. feverish;

- sim. agitated;

hectically / h ɛ k t ɪ k ɫ i /
r1
in a frenzied manner;

- "we rehearsed frenziedly the last few days before the premiere";

- syn. frenziedly;

hectogram / h ɛ k t ɹ oʊ ɡ ɹ æ m /
n1
100 grams;

- syn. hg;

hectograph / h ɛ k t oʊ ɡ ɹ ɑ f /
n1
duplicator consisting of a gelatin plate from which ink can be taken to make a copy;

- syn. heliotype;

v1
copy on a duplicator;

- "hectograph the hand-outs";

hectoliter
n1
a metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 100 liters;

- syn. hectolitre, hl;

hectolitre / h ɛ k t oʊ ɫ i t ə /
n1
a metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 100 liters;

- syn. hectoliter, hl;

hectometer
n1
a metric unit of length equal to 100 meters;

- syn. hectometre, hm;

hectometre / h ɛ ɒ t oʊ m i t ə /
n1
a metric unit of length equal to 100 meters;

- syn. hectometer, hm;

Hector / h ɛ k t ə , h ɛ k t ə ɹ /
n1
(Greek mythology) a mythical Trojan who was killed by Achilles during the Trojan War;

v1
be bossy towards;

- "Her big brother always bullied her when she was young";

- syn. ballyrag, boss around, browbeat, bully, bullyrag, push around, strong-arm;

Hector Berlioz
n1
French composer of romantic works (1803-1869);

- syn. Berlioz, Louis-Hector Berlioz;

Hector Hevodidbon
n1
Venezuelan master terrorist raised by a Marxist-Leninist father;

- trained and worked with many terrorist groups (born in 1949);

- syn. Andres Martinez, Carlos, Carlos the Jackal, Glen Gebhard, Ilich Ramirez Sanchez, Ilich Sanchez, Michael Assat, Salim, Sanchez, Taurus;

Hector Hugh Munro
n1
British writer of short stories (1870-1916);

- syn. H. H. Munro, Munro, Saki;

Hedeoma
n1
small genus of American herbs (American pennyroyal);

- syn. genus Hedeoma;

hedeoma oil
n1
aromatic oil from American pennyroyal;

- syn. pennyroyal oil;

Hedeoma pulegioides
n1
erect hairy branching American herb having purple-blue flowers;

- yields an essential oil used as an insect repellent and sometimes in folk medicine;

- syn. American pennyroyal, pennyroyal;

Hedera / h ɛ d ə ɹ ə /
n1
Old World woody vines;

- syn. genus Hedera;

Hedera helix
n1
Old World vine with lobed evergreen leaves and black berrylike fruits;

- syn. English ivy, common ivy, ivy;

hedge / h ɛ dʒ /
n1
a fence formed by a row of closely planted shrubs or bushes;

- syn. hedgerow;

n2
any technique designed to reduce or eliminate financial risk;

- for example, taking two positions that will offset each other if prices change;

- syn. hedging;

n3
an intentionally noncommittal or ambiguous statement;

- "when you say `maybe' you are just hedging";

- syn. hedging;

v1
avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues);

- "He dodged the issue";

- "she skirted the problem";

- "They tend to evade their responsibilities";

- "he evaded the questions skillfully";

- syn. circumvent, dodge, duck, elude, evade, fudge, parry, put off, sidestep, skirt;

v2
hinder or restrict with or as if with a hedge;

- "The animals were hedged in";

v3
enclose or bound in with or as it with a hedge or hedges;

- "hedge the property";

- syn. hedge in;

v4
minimize loss or risk;

- "diversify your financial portfolio to hedge price risks";

- "hedge your bets";

hedge bindweed
n1
common Eurasian and American wild climber with pink flowers;

- sometimes placed in genus Convolvulus;

- syn. Calystegia sepium, Convolvulus sepium, wild morning-glory;

hedge fund
n1
a flexible investment company for a small number of large investors (usually the minimum investment is $1 million);

- can use high-risk techniques (not allowed for mutual funds) such as short-selling and heavy leveraging;

- syn. hedgefund;

hedge garlic
n1
European herb that smells like garlic;

- syn. Alliaria officinalis, garlic mustard, jack-by-the-hedge, sauce-alone;

hedge in
v1
enclose or bound in with or as it with a hedge or hedges;

- "hedge the property";

- syn. hedge;

hedge maple
n1
shrubby Eurasian maple often used as a hedge;

- syn. Acer campestre, field maple;

hedge mustard
n1
stiffly branching Old World annual with pale yellow flowers;

- widely naturalized in North America;

- formerly used medicinally;

- syn. Sisymbrium officinale;

hedge nettle
n1
perennial herb with an odorless rhizome widespread in moist places in northern hemisphere;

- syn. Stachys palustris;

n2
foul-smelling perennial Eurasiatic herb with a green creeping rhizome;

- syn. Stachys sylvatica, dead nettle;

hedge pink
n1
plant of European origin having pink or white flowers and leaves yielding a detergent when bruised;

- syn. Saponaria officinalis, bouncing Bess, bouncing Bet, soapwort;

hedge sparrow
n1
small brownish European songbird;

- syn. Prunella modularis, dunnock, sparrow;

hedge thorn
n1
South African shrub having forked spines and plumlike fruit;

- frequently used as hedging;

- syn. Carissa bispinosa, natal plum;

hedge trimmer
n1
a garden tool for trimming hedges;

hedge violet
n1
common European violet that grows in woods and hedgerows;

- syn. Viola reichenbachiana, Viola sylvatica, wood violet;

hedged / h ɛ dʒ d /
a1
evasively worded in order to avoid an unqualified statement;

- syn. weasel-worded;

- sim. qualified;

hedgefund
n1
a flexible investment company for a small number of large investors (usually the minimum investment is $1 million);

- can use high-risk techniques (not allowed for mutual funds) such as short-selling and heavy leveraging;

- syn. hedge fund;

hedgehog / h ɛ dʒ h ɒ ɡ /
n1
relatively large rodents with sharp erectile bristles mingled with the fur;

- syn. porcupine;

n2
small nocturnal Old World mammal covered with both hair and protective spines;

- syn. Erinaceus europaeus, Erinaceus europeaeus;

hedgehog cactus
n1
cactus of the genus Echinocactus having stout sharp spines;

hedgehog cereus
n1
cactus of the genus Echinocereus;

hedgehop / h ɛ dʒ h ɒ p /
v1
fly very close to the ground;

- syn. flat-hat;

hedger / h ɛ dʒ ə /
n1
a respondent who avoids giving a clear direct answer;

- syn. equivocator, tergiversator;

n2
someone who counterbalances one transaction (as a bet) against another in order to protect against loss;

n3
a gardener who takes care of and trims hedges;

hedgerow / h ɛ dʒ ɹ oʊ /
n1
a fence formed by a row of closely planted shrubs or bushes;

- syn. hedge;

hedging / h ɛ dʒ ɪ ŋ /
n1
any technique designed to reduce or eliminate financial risk;

- for example, taking two positions that will offset each other if prices change;

- syn. hedge;

n2
an intentionally noncommittal or ambiguous statement;

- "when you say `maybe' you are just hedging";

- syn. hedge;

hediondilla
n1
desert shrub of southwestern United States and New Mexico having persistent resinous aromatic foliage and small yellow flowers;

- syn. Larrea tridentata, coville, creosote bush;

Hedjaz
n1
a coastal region of the western Arabian Peninsula bordering on the Red Sea;

- includes both Mecca and Medina;

- formerly an independent kingdom until it united with Nejd to form the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia;

- syn. Hejaz, Hijaz;

hedonic
a1
devoted to pleasure;

- "a hedonic thrill";

- "lives of unending hedonistic delight";

- "epicurean pleasures";

- syn. epicurean, hedonistic;

- sim. indulgent;

hedonism / h i d ə n ɪ z ə m /
n1
the pursuit of pleasure as a matter of ethical principle;

n2
an ethical system that evaluates the pursuit of pleasure as the highest good;

hedonist / h i d ə n ɪ s t /
n1
someone motivated by desires for sensual pleasures;

- syn. pagan, pleasure seeker;

hedonistic / h i d ə n ɪ s t ɪ k /
a1
devoted to pleasure;

- "a hedonic thrill";

- "lives of unending hedonistic delight";

- "epicurean pleasures";

- syn. epicurean, hedonic;

- sim. indulgent;

Hedysarum
n1
genus of herbs of north temperate regions;

- syn. genus Hedysarum;

Hedysarum boreale
n1
perennial of western United States having racemes of pink to purple flowers followed by flat pods that separate into nearly orbicular joints;

- syn. sweet vetch;

Hedysarum coronarium
n1
perennial of southern Europe cultivated for forage and for its nectar-rich pink flowers that make it an important honey crop;

- syn. French honeysuckle, sulla;

hee-haw
n1
a loud laugh that sounds like a horse neighing;

- syn. ha-ha, haw-haw, horselaugh;

v1
braying characteristic of donkeys;

- syn. bray;

heebie-jeebies
n1
extreme nervousness;

- syn. jitters, screaming meemies;

heed / h i d /
n1
paying particular notice (as to children or helpless people);

- "his attentiveness to her wishes";

- "he spends without heed to the consequences";

- syn. attentiveness, paying attention, regard;

v1
pay close attention to;

- give heed to;

- "Heed the advice of the old men";

- syn. listen, mind;

heedful / h i d f ə ɫ /
a1
taking heed;

- giving close and thoughtful attention;

- "heedful of the warnings";

- "so heedful a writer";

- "heedful of what they were doing";

- syn. attentive, paying attention, thoughtful;

a2
cautiously attentive;

- "careful of her feelings";

- "heedful of his father's advice";

- syn. careful;

- sim. mindful;

a3
giving attention;

- syn. advertent;

- sim. attentive;

heedfully / h i d f ə ɫ i /
r1
in a careful deliberate manner;

- syn. advertently, mindfully;

heedfulness / h i d f ə ɫ n ə s /
n1
the trait of staying aware of (paying close attention to) your responsibilities;

- syn. mindfulness;

heedless / h i d ɫ ə s /
a1
marked by or paying little heed or attention;

- "We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals;

- we know now that it is bad economics"--Franklin D. Roosevelt;

- "heedless of danger";

- "heedless of the child's crying";

- syn. unheeding;

- sim. careless, deaf;

a2
characterized by careless unconcern;

- "the heedless generosity and the spasmodic extravagance of persons used to large fortunes"- Edith Wharton;

- "reckless squandering of public funds";

- syn. reckless;

- sim. careless;

heedlessly / h i d ɫ ə s ɫ i /
r1
without care or concern;

- "carelessly raised the children's hopes without thinking of their possible disappointment";

- syn. carelessly;

heedlessness / h i d ɫ ə s n ə s /
n1
a lack of attentiveness (as to children or helpless people);

- syn. inattentiveness;

n2
the trait of acting rashly and without prudence;

- syn. mindlessness, rashness;

n3
the trait of forgetting or ignoring your responsibilities;

- syn. inadvertence, inadvertency, unmindfulness;

heel / h i ɫ /
n1
the bottom of a shoe or boot;

- the back part of a shoe or boot that touches the ground and provides elevation;

n2
the back part of the human foot;

n3
someone who is morally reprehensible;

- "you dirty dog";

- syn. blackguard, bounder, cad, dog, hound;

n4
one of the crusty ends of a loaf of bread;

n5
the lower end of a ship's mast;

n6
(golf) the part of the clubhead where it joins the shaft;

v1
tilt to one side;

- "The balloon heeled over";

- "the wind made the vessel heel";

- "The ship listed to starboard";

- syn. list;

v2
follow at the heels of a person;

v3
perform with the heels;

- "heel that dance";

v4
strike with the heel of the club;

- "heel a golf ball";

v5
put a new heel on;

- "heel shoes";

- syn. reheel;

heel counter
n1
a piece of leather forming the back of a shoe or boot;

- "a counter may be used to stiffen the material around the heel and to give support to the foot";

- syn. counter;

heelbone
n1
the largest tarsal bone;

- forms the human heel;

- syn. calcaneus, os tarsi fibulare;

heels over head
r1
in disorderly haste;

- "we ran head over heels toward the shelter";

- syn. head over heels, in great confusion, topsy-turvily, topsy-turvy;

Hefa
n1
a major port in northwestern Israel;

- syn. Haifa;

heft
n1
the property of being large in mass;

- syn. heftiness, massiveness, ponderosity, ponderousness;

v1
lift or elevate;

- syn. heave, heave up, heft up;

v2
test the weight of something by lifting it;

heft up
v1
lift or elevate;

- syn. heave, heave up, heft;

heftiness
n1
possessing muscular strength;

- syn. brawn, brawniness, muscle, muscularity, sinew;

n2
the property of being large in mass;

- syn. heft, massiveness, ponderosity, ponderousness;

hefty / h ɛ f t i /
a1
(of a person) possessing physical strength and weight;

- rugged and powerful;

- "a hefty athlete";

- "a muscular boxer";

- "powerful arms";

- syn. brawny, muscular, powerful, sinewy;

- sim. strong;

a2
of considerable weight and size;

- "a hefty dictionary";

- sim. heavy;

a3
large in amount or extent or degree;

- "it cost a considerable amount";

- "a goodly amount";

- "received a hefty bonus";

- "a respectable sum";

- "a tidy sum of money";

- "a sizable fortune";

- syn. goodish, goodly, healthy, respectable, sizable, sizeable, tidy;

- sim. considerable;

hegari
n1
Sudanese sorghums having white seeds;

- one variety grown in southwestern United States;

Hegel
n1
German philosopher whose three stage process of dialectical reasoning was adopted by Karl Marx (1770-1831);

- syn. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel;

Hegelian / h eɪ ɡ i ɫ j ə n /
n1
a follower of the thought of Hegel;

a1
of or relating to Hegel or his dialectic philosophy;

hegemon / h ɪ ɡ ɛ m ə n /
n1
a leading or paramount power;

hegemony / h ɪ ɡ ɛ m ə n i /
n1
the dominance or leadership of one social group or nation over others;

- "the hegemony of a single member state is not incompatible with a genuine confederation";

- "to say they have priority is not to say they have complete hegemony";

- "the consolidation of the United States' hegemony over a new international economic system";

Hegira / h ɛ dʒ ɪr ə /
n1
the flight of Muhammad from Mecca to Medina in 622 which marked the beginning of the Muslim era;

- the Muslim calendar begins in that year;

- syn. Hejira;

n2
a journey by a large group to escape from a hostile environment;

- syn. exodus, hejira;

Heidegger
n1
German philosopher whose views on human existence in a world of objects and on Angst influenced the existential philosophers (1889-1976);

- syn. Martin Heidegger;

Heidelberg man
n1
a type of primitive man who lived in Europe;

- syn. Homo heidelbergensis;

heifer / h ɛ f ə , h ɛ f ə ɹ /
n1
young cow;

height / h aɪ t /
n1
the vertical dimension of extension;

- distance from the base of something to the top;

- syn. tallness;

n2
the highest level or degree attainable;

- the highest stage of development;

- "his landscapes were deemed the acme of beauty";

- "the artist's gifts are at their acme";

- "at the height of her career";

- "the peak of perfection";

- "summer was at its peak";

- "...catapulted Einstein to the pinnacle of fame";

- "the summit of his ambition";

- "so many highest superlatives achieved by man";

- "at the top of his profession";

- syn. acme, elevation, meridian, peak, pinnacle, summit, superlative, tiptop, top;

n3
(of a standing person) the distance from head to foot;

- syn. stature;

n4
elevation especially above sea level or above the earth's surface;

- "the altitude gave her a headache";

- syn. altitude;

heighten / h aɪ t n /
v1
become more extreme;

- "The tension heightened";

- syn. rise;

v2
make more extreme;

- raise in quantity, degree, or intensity;

- "heightened interest";

v3
increase;

- "This will enhance your enjoyment";

- "heighten the tension";

- syn. enhance, raise;

v4
increase the height of;

- "The athletes kept jumping over the steadily heightened bars";

v5
make (one's senses) more acute;

- "This drug will sharpen your vision";

- syn. sharpen;

v6
make more intense, stronger, or more marked;

- "The efforts were intensified";

- "Her rudeness intensified his dislike for her";

- "Pot smokers claim it heightens their awareness";

- "This event only deepened my convictions";

- syn. compound, deepen, intensify;

heightening / h aɪ t n ɪ ŋ /
a1
reaching a higher intensity;

- "their heightening fears";

- sim. intensifying;

heights / h aɪ t s /
n1
a high place;

- "they stood on high and observed the countryside";

- "he doesn't like heights";

- syn. high;

Heilong
n1
an Asian river between China and Russia;

- flows into the Sea of Okhotsk;

- syn. Amur, Amur River, Heilong Jiang;

Heilong Jiang
n1
an Asian river between China and Russia;

- flows into the Sea of Okhotsk;

- syn. Amur, Amur River, Heilong;

Heimdal
n1
(Norse mythology) god of dawn and light;

- guardian of Asgard;

- syn. Heimdall, Heimdallr;

Heimdall
n1
(Norse mythology) god of dawn and light;

- guardian of Asgard;

- syn. Heimdal, Heimdallr;

Heimdallr
n1
(Norse mythology) god of dawn and light;

- guardian of Asgard;

- syn. Heimdal, Heimdall;

Heimlich maneuver
n1
an emergency procedure to help someone who is choking because food is lodged in the trachea;

- syn. Heimlich manoeuvere;

Heimlich manoeuvere
n1
an emergency procedure to help someone who is choking because food is lodged in the trachea;

- syn. Heimlich maneuver;

Heinlein
n1
United States writer of science fiction (1907-1988);

- syn. Robert A. Heinlein, Robert Anson Heinlein;

heinous / h eɪ n ə s /
a1
extremely wicked, deeply criminal;

- "a flagitious crime";

- "heinous accusations";

- syn. flagitious;

- sim. wicked;

heinously / h eɪ n ə s ɫ i /
r1
in a terribly evil manner;

- "the child was heinously murdered";

- syn. monstrously;

heinousness / h eɪ n ə s n ə s /
n1
the quality of being shockingly cruel and inhumane;

- syn. atrociousness, atrocity, barbarity, barbarousness;

Heinrich Boell
n1
German novelist and writer of short stories (1917-1985);

- syn. Boell, Heinrich Theodor Boell;

Heinrich Engelhard Steinway
n1
United States piano maker (born in Germany) who founded a famous piano manufacturing firm in New York (1797-1871);

- syn. Henry Engelhard Steinway, Henry Steinway, Steinway;

Heinrich Hertz
n1
German physicist who was the first to produce electromagnetic waves artificially (1857-1894);

- syn. Heinrich Rudolph Hertz, Hertz;

Heinrich Himmler
n1
German Nazi who was chief of the SS and the Gestapo and who oversaw the genocide of six million Jews (1900-1945);

- syn. Himmler;

Heinrich Rudolph Hertz
n1
German physicist who was the first to produce electromagnetic waves artificially (1857-1894);

- syn. Heinrich Hertz, Hertz;

Heinrich Schliemann
n1
German archaeologist who discovered nine superimposed city sites of Troy;

- he also excavated Mycenae (1822-1890);

- syn. Schliemann;

Heinrich Theodor Boell
n1
German novelist and writer of short stories (1917-1985);

- syn. Boell, Heinrich Boell;

Heinrich von Kleist
n1
German dramatist whose works concern people torn between reason and emotion (1777-1811);

- syn. Bernd Heinrich Wilhelm von Kleist, Kleist;

Heinz
n1
United States industrialist who manufactured and sold processed foods (1844-1919);

- syn. Henry John Heinz;

heir / eə , eə ɹ /
n1
a person who is entitled by law or by the terms of a will to inherit the estate of another;

- syn. heritor, inheritor;

n2
a person who inherits some title or office;

- syn. successor;

heir-at-law
n1
the person legally entitled to inherit the property of someone who dies intestate;

heir apparent
n1
an heir whose right to an inheritance cannot be defeated if that person outlives the ancestor;

heir presumptive
n1
a person who expects to inherit but whose right can be defeated by the birth of a nearer relative;

heiress / eə ɹ ɪ s /
n1
a female heir;

- syn. inheritress, inheritrix;

heirloom / eə ɫ u m /
n1
(law) any property that is considered by law or custom as inseparable from an inheritance is inherited with that inheritance;

n2
something that has been in a family for generations;

Heisenberg
n1
German mathematical physicist noted for stating the uncertainty principle (1901-1976);

- syn. Werner Karl Heisenberg;

heist
n1
the act of stealing;

- syn. rip-off;

n2
robbery at gunpoint;

- syn. armed robbery, holdup, stickup;

v1
commit a burglary;

- enter and rob a dwelling;

- syn. burglarise, burglarize, burgle;

Heitor Villa-Lobos
n1
Brazilian composer (1887-1959);

- syn. Villa-Lobos;

Hejaz
n1
a coastal region of the western Arabian Peninsula bordering on the Red Sea;

- includes both Mecca and Medina;

- formerly an independent kingdom until it united with Nejd to form the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia;

- syn. Hedjaz, Hijaz;

Hejira / h ɛ dʒ ɪr ə /
n1
the flight of Muhammad from Mecca to Medina in 622 which marked the beginning of the Muslim era;

- the Muslim calendar begins in that year;

- syn. Hegira;

n2
a journey by a large group to escape from a hostile environment;

- syn. exodus, hegira;

Hel
n1
(Norse mythology) goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld;

- syn. Hela;

Hela
n1
(Norse mythology) goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld;

- syn. Hel;

held / h ɛ ɫ d /
a1
occupied or in the control of;

- often used in combination;

- "enemy-held territory";

Helen / h ɛ ɫ ə n /
n1
(Greek mythology) the beautiful daughter of Zeus and Leda who was abducted by Paris;

- the Greek army sailed to Troy to get her back which resulted in the Trojan War;

- syn. Helen of Troy;

Helen Adams Keller
n1
United States lecturer and writer who was blind and deaf from the age of 19 months;

- Anne Sullivan taught her to read and write and speak;

- Helen Keller graduated from college and went on to champion the cause of blind and deaf people (1880-1968);

- syn. Helen Keller, Keller;

Helen Hayes
n1
acclaimed actress of stage and screen (1900-1993);

- syn. Hayes;

Helen Hunt Jackson
n1
United States writer of romantic novels about the unjust treatment of Native Americans (1830-1885);

- syn. Helen Maria Fiske Hunt Jackson, Jackson;

Helen Keller
n1
United States lecturer and writer who was blind and deaf from the age of 19 months;

- Anne Sullivan taught her to read and write and speak;

- Helen Keller graduated from college and went on to champion the cause of blind and deaf people (1880-1968);

- syn. Helen Adams Keller, Keller;

Helen Laura Sumner Woodbury
n1
United States social economist (1876-1933);

- syn. Woodbury;

Helen Maria Fiske Hunt Jackson
n1
United States writer of romantic novels about the unjust treatment of Native Americans (1830-1885);

- syn. Helen Hunt Jackson, Jackson;

Helen Newington Wills
n1
United States tennis player who dominated women's tennis in the 1920s and 1930s (1905-1998);

- syn. Helen Wills, Helen Wills Moody, Moody;

Helen of Troy
n1
(Greek mythology) the beautiful daughter of Zeus and Leda who was abducted by Paris;

- the Greek army sailed to Troy to get her back which resulted in the Trojan War;

- syn. Helen;

Helen Porter Mitchell
n1
Australian operatic soprano (1861-1931);

- syn. Dame Nellie Melba, Melba;

Helen Traubel
n1
United States operatic soprano (1903-1972);

- syn. Traubel;

Helen Wills
n1
United States tennis player who dominated women's tennis in the 1920s and 1930s (1905-1998);

- syn. Helen Newington Wills, Helen Wills Moody, Moody;

Helen Wills Moody
n1
United States tennis player who dominated women's tennis in the 1920s and 1930s (1905-1998);

- syn. Helen Newington Wills, Helen Wills, Moody;

Helena
n1
capital of the state of Montana;

- located in western Montana;

- syn. capital of Montana;

Helenium
n1
genus of American herbs with flowers having yellow rays: sneezeweeds;

- syn. genus Helenium;

Helenium autumnale
n1
North American perennial with bright yellow late summer flowers;

- syn. autumn sneezeweed;

Helenium hoopesii
n1
stout perennial herb of western United States having flower heads with drooping orange-yellow rays;

- causes spewing sickness in sheep;

- syn. orange sneezeweed, owlclaws;

Helenium puberulum
n1
a sneezeweed of southwestern United States especially southern California;

- syn. rosilla;

Heleodytes
n1
alternative classifications for the cactus wrens;

- syn. Campylorhynchus, genus Campylorhynchus, genus Heleodytes;

heliac / h i ɫ ɪ æ k /
a1
pertaining to or near the sun;

- especially the first rising of a star after and last setting before its invisibility owing to its conjunction with the sun;

- "the heliacal rising of the Dog Star";

- "the heliacal or Sothic year is determined by the heliacal rising of Sothis (the Egyptian name for the Dog Star)";

- syn. heliacal;

heliacal / h i ɫ aɪ ə k ə ɫ /
a1
pertaining to or near the sun;

- especially the first rising of a star after and last setting before its invisibility owing to its conjunction with the sun;

- "the heliacal rising of the Dog Star";

- "the heliacal or Sothic year is determined by the heliacal rising of Sothis (the Egyptian name for the Dog Star)";

- syn. heliac;

Heliamphora
n1
genus of pitcher plants of the Guiana Highlands in South America;

- syn. genus Heliamphora;

helianthemum / h i ɫ ɪ æ n θ ə m ə m /
n1
any plant of the genus Helianthemum;

- vigorous plants of stony alpine meadows and dry scrub regions;

- syn. sun rose, sunrose;

Helianthemum canadense
n1
perennial of the eastern United States having early solitary yellow flowers followed by late petalless flowers;

- so-called because ice crystals form on it during first frosts;

- syn. Crocanthemum canadense, frost-weed, frostweed, frostwort;

Helianthemum scoparium
n1
woody yellow-flowered perennial of southeastern United States;

- syn. rush rose;

helianthus / h i ɫ ɪ æ n θ ə s /
n1
any plant of the genus Helianthus having large flower heads with dark disk florets and showy yellow rays;

- syn. sunflower;

Helianthus angustifolius
n1
sunflower of eastern North America having narrow leaves and found in bogs;

- syn. swamp sunflower;

Helianthus annuus
n1
annual sunflower grown for silage and for its seeds which are a source of oil;

- common throughout United States and much of North America;

- syn. common sunflower, mirasol;

Helianthus giganteus
n1
very tall American perennial of central and the eastern United States to Canada having edible tuberous roots;

- syn. Indian potato, giant sunflower, tall sunflower;

Helianthus laetiflorus
n1
tall rough-leaved perennial with a few large flower heads;

- central United States;

- syn. showy sunflower;

Helianthus maximilianii
n1
tall perennial of central United States to Canada having golden-yellow flowers;

- syn. Maximilian's sunflower;

Helianthus petiolaris
n1
similar to the common sunflower with slender usually branching stems common in central United States;

- syn. prairie sunflower;

Helianthus tuberosus
n1
tall perennial with hairy stems and leaves;

- widely cultivated for its large irregular edible tubers;

- syn. Jerusalem artichoke, Jerusalem artichoke sunflower, girasol;

helical / h ɛ ɫ ɪ k ə ɫ /
a1
in the shape of a coil;

- syn. coiling, spiral, spiraling, turbinate, volute, voluted, whorled;

- sim. coiled;

Helichrysum
n1
large genus of mostly African and Australian herbs and shrubs: everlasting flowers;

- in some classifications includes genus Ozothamnus;

- syn. genus Helichrysum;

Helichrysum bracteatum
n1
Australian plant naturalized in Spain having flowers of lemon yellow to deep gold;

- the frequent choice of those who love dried flowers;

- syn. golden everlasting, strawflower, yellow paper daisy;

Helichrysum secundiflorum
n1
shrub with white woolly branches and woolly leaves having fragrant flowers forming long sprays;

- flowers suitable for drying;

- sometimes placed in genus Helichrysum;

- syn. Ozothamnus secundiflorus, cascade everlasting;

Helicidae
n1
land snails including the common edible snail and some pests;

- syn. family Helicidae;

helicon / h ɛ ɫ ɪ k ə n /
n1
a tuba that coils over the shoulder of the musician;

- syn. bombardon;

helicopter / h ɛ ɫ ɪ k ɒ p t ə , h ɛ ɫ ɪ k ɒ p t ə ɹ /
n1
an aircraft without wings that obtains its lift from the rotation of overhead blades;

- syn. chopper, eggbeater, whirlybird;

Helicteres
n1
genus of shrubs and small trees of tropical America and Asia having cylindrical fruits spirally twisted around one another;

- syn. genus Helicteres;

Helicteres isora
n1
East Indian shrub often cultivated for its hairy leaves and orange-red flowers;

- syn. nut-leaved screw tree;

Heliobacter
n1
a genus of helical or curved or straight aerobic bacteria with rounded ends and multiple flagella;

- found in the gastric mucosa of primates (including humans);

- syn. genus Heliobacter;

Heliobacter pylori
n1
the type species of genus Heliobacter;

- produces urease and is associated with several gastroduodenal diseases (including gastritis and gastric ulcers and duodenal ulcers and other peptic ulcers);

- syn. H. pylori;

heliocentric / h i ɫ i oʊ s ɛ n t ɹ ɪ k /
a1
having the sun as the center;

- sim. Copernican;

heliocentric parallax
n1
the parallax of a celestial body using two points in the earth's orbit around the sun as the baseline;

- syn. annual parallax;

heliogram / h i ɫ i oʊ ɡ ɹ æ m /
n1
a message transmitted by means of the sun's rays;

heliograph / h i ɫ ɪə ɡ ɹ ɑ f /
n1
an apparatus for sending telegraphic messages by using a mirror to turn the sun's rays off and on;

v1
signal by means of a mirror and the using the sun's rays;

heliogravure / h i ɫ i oʊ ɡ ɹ ə v j ʊə /
n1
an intaglio print produced by gravure;

- syn. gravure, photogravure;

heliolatry
n1
the worship of the sun;

- syn. sun-worship;

heliometer / h i ɫ ɪ ɒ m ɪ t ə /
n1
an instrument used to measure the angular separation of two stars that are too far apart to be included in the field of view of an ordinary telescope;

heliopause
n1
the boundary marking the edge of the sun's influence;

- the boundary (roughly 100 AU from the sun) between the interplanetary medium and the interstellar medium;

- where the solar wind from the sun and the radiation from other stars meet;

heliophila
n1
any of various South African herbs and subshrubs cultivated for long showy racemes of bright blue flowers with white eyes;

heliopsis
n1
any North American shrubby perennial herb of the genus Heliopsis having large yellow daisylike flowers;

- syn. oxeye;

Helios / h i ɫ i oʊ z /
n1
(Greek mythology) ancient god of the sun;

- drove his chariot across the sky each day;

- identified with Roman Sol;

heliosphere
n1
the region inside the heliopause containing the sun and solar system;

heliotherapy / h i ɫ i oʊ θ ɛr ə p i /
n1
therapeutic exposure to sunlight;

- syn. insolation;

Heliothis
n1
a genus of Noctuidae;

- syn. genus Heliothis;

heliothis moth
n1
medium-sized moth whose larvae are corn earworms;

- syn. Heliothis zia;

Heliothis zia
n1
larva of a noctuid moth;

- highly destructive to especially corn and cotton and tomato crops;

- syn. corn earworm, cotton bollworm, tobacco budworm, tomato fruitworm, vetchworm;

n2
medium-sized moth whose larvae are corn earworms;

- syn. heliothis moth;

heliotrope / h i ɫ ɪə t ɹ oʊ p /
n1
green chalcedony with red spots that resemble blood;

- syn. bloodstone;

heliotropism / h i ɫ i oʊ t ɹ oʊ ɪ z ə m /
n1
an orienting response to the sun;

heliotype
n1
duplicator consisting of a gelatin plate from which ink can be taken to make a copy;

- syn. hectograph;

Heliozoa
n1
mostly freshwater protozoa;

- syn. order Heliozoa;

heliozoan
n1
protozoa with spherical bodies and stiff radiating pseudopods;

heliport / h ɛ ɫ ɪ p ɔ t /
n1
an airport for helicopters;

Helipterum
n1
genus of South African and Australian herbs or shrubs grown as everlastings;

- the various Helipterum species are currently in process of being assigned to other genera especially genera Pteropogon and Hyalosperma;

- syn. genus Helipterum;

Helipterum manglesii
n1
Australian annual everlasting having light pink nodding flower heads;

- sometimes placed in genus Helipterum;

- syn. Rhodanthe manglesii, Swan River everlasting, rhodanthe;

helium / h i ɫ ɪə m /
n1
a very light colorless element that is one of the six inert gasses;

- the most difficult gas to liquefy;

- occurs in economically extractable amounts in certain natural gases (as those found in Texas and Kansas);

- syn. He, atomic number 2;

helium group
n1
the series of inert gases;

helix / h i ɫ ɪ k s /
n1
a curve that lies on the surface of a cylinder or cone and cuts the element at a constant angle;

- syn. spiral;

n2
a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops;

- "a coil of rope";

- syn. coil, spiral, volute, whorl;

n3
type genus of the family Helicidae;

- syn. genus Helix;

helix angle
n1
the constant angle at which a helix cuts the elements of a cylinder or cone;

Helix aspersa
n1
serious garden pest having a brown shell with paler zigzag markings;

- nearly cosmopolitan in distribution;

- syn. brown snail;

Helix hortensis
n1
a kind of garden snail;

Helix pomatia
n1
one of the chief edible snails;

- syn. edible snail;

hell / h ɛ ɫ /
n1
any place of pain and turmoil;

- "the hell of battle";

- "the inferno of the engine room";

- "when you're alone Christmas is the pits";

- syn. hell on earth, hellhole, inferno, snake pit, the pits;

n2
a cause of difficulty and suffering;

- "war is hell";

- "go to blazes";

- syn. blaze;

n3
(Christianity) the abode of Satan and the forces of evil;

- where sinners suffer eternal punishment;

- "Hurl'd headlong...To bottomless perdition, there to dwell"- John Milton;

- "a demon from the depths of the pit";

- "Hell is paved with good intentions"-Dr. Johnson;

- syn. Inferno, infernal region, nether region, perdition, pit;

n4
(religion) the world of the dead;

- "No one goes to Hades with all his immense wealth"-Theognis;

- syn. Hades, Scheol, infernal region, netherworld, underworld;

n5
noisy and unrestrained mischief;

- "raising blazes";

- syn. blaze;

Hell's Half Acre
n1
a district in Manhattan formerly noted for its slums and vice;

- syn. Hell's Kitchen;

Hell's Kitchen
n1
a district in Manhattan formerly noted for its slums and vice;

- syn. Hell's Half Acre;

hell-bent
a1
recklessly determined;

- "hell-bent on winning";

- sim. resolute;

hell-for-leather
r1
at breakneck speed;

- "they were travelling hell-for-leather";

hell-kite
n1
someone who is a very fierce fighter;

- syn. gamecock, hell-rooster;

hell-rooster
n1
someone who is a very fierce fighter;

- syn. gamecock, hell-kite;

hell dust
n1
street names for heroin;

- syn. big H, nose drops, scag, skag, smack, thunder;

hell on earth
n1
any place of pain and turmoil;

- "the hell of battle";

- "the inferno of the engine room";

- "when you're alone Christmas is the pits";

- syn. hell, hellhole, inferno, snake pit, the pits;

hell raising
n1
making trouble just for the fun of it;

- syn. raising hell;

hell to pay
n1
dire consequences;

- "when the pig ran away there was hell to pay";

Helladic civilisation
n1
the bronze-age culture of mainland Greece that flourished 2500-1100 BC;

- syn. Helladic civilization, Helladic culture;

Helladic civilization
n1
the bronze-age culture of mainland Greece that flourished 2500-1100 BC;

- syn. Helladic civilisation, Helladic culture;

Helladic culture
n1
the bronze-age culture of mainland Greece that flourished 2500-1100 BC;

- syn. Helladic civilisation, Helladic civilization;

hellbender
n1
large salamander of North American rivers and streams;

- syn. Cryptobranchus alleganiensis, mud puppy;

hellcat / h ɛ ɫ k æ t /
n1
a malicious woman with a fierce temper;

- syn. harpy, vixen;

hellebore / h ɛ ɫ ɪ b ɔ /
n1
perennial herbs of the lily family having thick toxic rhizomes;

- syn. false hellebore;

n2
any plant of the Eurasian genus Helleborus;

helleborine
n1
any of several small temperate and tropical orchids having mottled or striped leaves and spikes of small yellowish-white flowers in a twisted raceme;

- syn. rattlesnake plantain;

n2
any of various orchids of the genus Epipactis;

n3
any of several orchids of the genus Cephalanthera;

Helleborus
n1
a genus of Helleborus;

- syn. genus Helleborus;

Helleborus foetidus
n1
digitate-leaved hellebore with an offensive odor and irritant qualities when taken internally;

- syn. bear's foot, setterwort, stinking hellebore;

Helleborus niger
n1
European evergreen plant with white or purplish rose-like winter-blooming flowers;

- syn. Christmas rose, black hellebore, winter rose;

Helleborus orientalis
n1
slightly hairy perennial having deep green leathery leaves and flowers that are ultimately purplish-green;

- syn. black hellebore, lenten rose;

Helleborus viridis
n1
deciduous plant with large deep green pedate leaves and nodding saucer-shaped green flowers;

- syn. green hellebore;

Hellene / h ɛ ɫ i n /
n1
a native or inhabitant of Greece;

- syn. Greek;

Hellenic / h ɛ ɫ i n ɪ k /
n1
the Hellenic branch of the Indo-European family of languages;

- syn. Greek, Hellenic language;

a1
relating to or characteristic of the classical Greek civilization;

- syn. Hellenistic, Hellenistical;

a2
of or relating to or characteristic of Greece or the Greeks or the Greek language;

- "Greek mythology";

- "a Grecian robe";

- syn. Grecian, Greek;

Hellenic language
n1
the Hellenic branch of the Indo-European family of languages;

- syn. Greek, Hellenic;

Hellenic Republic
n1
a republic in southeastern Europe on the southern part of the Balkan peninsula;

- known for grapes and olives and olive oil;

- syn. Ellas, Greece;

Hellenism / h ɛ ɫ ɪ n ɪ z ə m /
n1
the principles and ideals associated with classical Greek civilization;

Hellenistic / h ɛ ɫ ɪ n ɪ s t ɪ k /
a1
relating to or characteristic of the classical Greek civilization;

- syn. Hellenic, Hellenistical;

Hellenistical / h ɛ ɫ ɪ n ɪ s t ɪ k ə ɫ /
a1
relating to or characteristic of the classical Greek civilization;

- syn. Hellenic, Hellenistic;

heller / h ɛ ɫ ə , h ɛ ɫ ə ɹ /
n1
100 halers equal 1 koruna Slovakia;

- syn. haler;

n2
100 halers equal 1 koruna in Czech Republic;

- syn. haler;

n3
United States novelist whose best known work was a black comedy inspired by his experiences in the Air Force during World War II (1923-1999);

- syn. Joseph Heller;

n4
a rowdy or mischievous person (usually a young man);

- "he chased the young hellions out of his yard";

- syn. devil, hellion;

helleri
n1
freshwater fish of Central America having a long swordlike tail;

- popular aquarium fish;

- syn. Xyphophorus helleri, swordtail, topminnow;

Hellespont
n1
the strait between the Aegean and the Sea of Marmara that separates European Turkey from Asian Turkey;

- syn. Canakkale Bogazi, Dardanelles;

hellfire / h ɛ ɫ f aɪ ə ɹ /
n1
a place of eternal fire envisaged as punishment for the damned;

- syn. red region;

hellgrammiate
n1
large brown aquatic larva of the dobsonfly;

- used as fishing bait;

- syn. dobson;

hellhole / h ɛ ɫ h oʊ ɫ /
n1
any place of pain and turmoil;

- "the hell of battle";

- "the inferno of the engine room";

- "when you're alone Christmas is the pits";

- syn. hell, hell on earth, inferno, snake pit, the pits;

hellhound
n1
a very evil man;

n2
(Greek mythology) the three-headed dog guarding the entrance to Hades;

- son of Typhon;

- syn. Cerberus;

hellion / h ɛ ɫ aɪ ə n /
n1
a rowdy or mischievous person (usually a young man);

- "he chased the young hellions out of his yard";

- syn. devil, heller;

hellish / h ɛ ɫ ɪ ʃ /
a1
(informal) very unpleasant;

- "hellish weather";

- "stop that god-awful racket";

- syn. beastly, god-awful;

- sim. unpleasant;

a2
extremely evil or cruel;

- expressive of cruelty or befitting hell;

- "something demonic in him--something that could be cruel";

- "fires lit up a diabolic scene";

- "diabolical sorcerers under the influence of devils";

- "a fiendish despot";

- "hellish torture";

- "infernal instruments of war";

- "satanic cruelty";

- "unholy grimaces";

- syn. demonic, diabolic, diabolical, fiendish, infernal, satanic, unholy;

- sim. evil;

hellishly / h ɛ ɫ ɪ ʃ ɫ i /
r1
extremely;

- "infernally clever";

- "hellishly dangerous";

- syn. infernally;

Hellman / h ɛ ɫ m æ n /
n1
United States playwright;

- her plays were often indictments of injustice (1905-1984);

- syn. Lillian Hellman;

hello / h ə ɫ oʊ /
n1
an expression of greeting;

- "every morning they exchanged polite hellos";

- syn. hi, how-do-you-do, howdy, hullo;

helm / h ɛ ɫ m /
n1
steering mechanism for a vessel;

- a mechanical device by which a vessel is steered;

n2
(figurative) a position of leadership;

- "the President is at the helm of the Ship of State";

v1
be at or take the helm of;

- "helm the ship";

helmet / h ɛ ɫ m ɪ t /
n1
armor plate that protects the head;

n2
a protective headgear made of hard material to resist blows;

helmet-shaped
a1
having the convex shape of a helmet;

- sim. convex;

helmet flower
n1
a poisonous herb native to northern Europe having hooded blue-purple flowers;

- the dried leaves and roots yield aconite;

- syn. Aconitum napellus, helmetflower, monkshood;

helmet orchid
n1
any of numerous orchids of the genus Pterostylis having leaves in a basal rosette and green flowers often striped purple or brown or red with the dorsal sepal incurved to form a hood;

- syn. greenhood;

n2
any of several orchids of the genus Coryanthes having racemes of a few musky-scented waxy flowers with a helmet-shaped lip process;

- syn. helmetflower;

helmeted / h ɛ ɫ m ɪ t ɪ d /
a1
equipped with or wearing a helmet;

- sim. equipped;

helmetflower
n1
a herbaceous plant of the genus Scutellaria which has a calyx that, when inverted, resembles a helmet with its visor raised;

- syn. skullcap;

n2
any of several orchids of the genus Coryanthes having racemes of a few musky-scented waxy flowers with a helmet-shaped lip process;

- syn. helmet orchid;

n3
a poisonous herb native to northern Europe having hooded blue-purple flowers;

- the dried leaves and roots yield aconite;

- syn. Aconitum napellus, helmet flower, monkshood;

Helmholtz
n1
German physiologist and physicist (1821-1894);

- syn. Baron Hermann Ludwig Ferdinand von Helmholtz, Hermann Ludwig Ferdinand von Helmholtz, Hermann von Helmholtz;

helminth / h ɛ ɫ m ɪ n θ /
n1
worm that is parasitic on the intestines of vertebrates especially roundworms and tapeworms and flukes;

- syn. parasitic worm;

helminthiasis
n1
infestation of the body with parasitic worms;

helminthic
n1
a medication capable of causing the evacuation of parasitic intestinal worms;

- syn. anthelminthic, anthelmintic, vermifuge;

a1
capable of expelling or destroying parasitic worms;

- syn. anthelminthic, anthelmintic, parasiticidal;

- sim. healthful;

Helminthostachys
n1
one species: terrestrial fern of southeastern Asia and Australia;

- syn. genus Helminthostachys;

Helminthostachys zeylanica
n1
Australasian fern with clusters of sporangia on stems of fertile fronds;

- syn. flowering fern;

helmsman / h ɛ ɫ m z m ə n /
n1
the person who steers a ship;

- syn. steerer, steersman;

Helmut Heinrich Waldemar Schmidt
n1
German statesman who served as chancellor of Germany (born in 1918);

- syn. Helmut Schmidt, Schmidt;

Helmut Schmidt
n1
German statesman who served as chancellor of Germany (born in 1918);

- syn. Helmut Heinrich Waldemar Schmidt, Schmidt;

Heloderma
n1
type genus of the Helodermatidae;

- American venomous lizards;

- syn. genus Heloderma;

Heloderma horridum
n1
lizard with black and yellowish beadlike scales;

- of western Mexico;

- syn. Mexican beaded lizard, beaded lizard;

Heloderma suspectum
n1
large orange and black lizard of southwestern United States;

- not dangerous unless molested;

- syn. Gila monster;

Helodermatidae
n1
only known venomous lizards;

- syn. family Helodermatidae;

Heloise
n1
student and mistress and wife of Abelard (circa 1098-1164);

helot / h ɛ ɫ ə t /
n1
(Middle Ages) a person who is bound to the land and owned by the feudal lord;

- syn. serf, villein;

Helotiaceae
n1
a fungus family of order Helotiales;

- syn. family Helotiaceae;

Helotiales
n1
order of fungi having asci in a disk-shaped to goblet-shaped apothecium;

- syn. order Helotiales;

Helotium
n1
type genus of the Helotiaceae;

- syn. genus Helotium;

help / h ɛ ɫ p /
n1
the activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose;

- "he gave me an assist with the housework";

- "could not walk without assistance";

- "rescue party went to their aid";

- "offered his help in unloading";

- syn. aid, assist, assistance;

n2
a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose;

- "my invaluable assistant";

- "they hired additional help to finish the work";

- syn. assistant, helper, supporter;

n3
a person or thing that is a resource that helps make something easier or possible to do;

- "visual aids in teaching";

- "his job was to give technical assistance over the phone";

- syn. aid, assistance;

n4
a means of serving;

- "of no avail";

- "there's no help for it";

- syn. avail, service;

v1
give help or assistance;

- be of service;

- "Everyone helped out during the earthquake";

- "Can you help me carry this table?";

- "She never helps around the house";

- syn. aid, assist;

v2
improve the condition of;

- "These pills will help the patient";

- syn. aid;

v3
be of use;

- "This will help to prevent accidents";

- syn. facilitate;

v4
abstain from doing;

- always used with a negative;

- "I can't help myself--I have to smoke";

- "She could not help watching the sad spectacle";

- syn. help oneself;

v5
help to some food;

- help with food or drink;

- "I served him three times, and after that he helped himself";

- syn. serve;

v6
contribute to the furtherance of;

- "This money will help the development of literacy in developing countries";

v7
take or use;

- "She helped herself to some of the office supplies";

- syn. avail;

v8
improve;

- change for the better;

- "New slipcovers will help the old living room furniture";

help desk
n1
a service that provides information and assistance to the users of a computer network;

- syn. helpdesk;

help oneself
v1
abstain from doing;

- always used with a negative;

- "I can't help myself--I have to smoke";

- "She could not help watching the sad spectacle";

- syn. help;

help out
v1
be of help, as in a particular situation of need;

- "Can you help out tonight with the dinner guests?";

helpdesk
n1
a service that provides information and assistance to the users of a computer network;

- syn. help desk;

helper / h ɛ ɫ p ə , h ɛ ɫ p ə ɹ /
n1
a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose;

- "my invaluable assistant";

- "they hired additional help to finish the work";

- syn. assistant, help, supporter;

n2
a person who helps people or institutions (especially with financial help);

- syn. benefactor;

helper cell
n1
T cell with CD4 receptor that recognizes antigens on the surface of a virus-infected cell and secretes lymphokines that stimulate B cells and killer T cells;

- helper T cells are infected and killed by the AIDS virus;

- syn. CD4 T cell, CD4 cell, helper T cell;

helper T cell
n1
T cell with CD4 receptor that recognizes antigens on the surface of a virus-infected cell and secretes lymphokines that stimulate B cells and killer T cells;

- helper T cells are infected and killed by the AIDS virus;

- syn. CD4 T cell, CD4 cell, helper cell;

helpful / h ɛ ɫ p f ə ɫ /
a1
providing assistance or serving a useful function;

- also accommodating, accommodative, cooperative, encouraging, useful, utile;

- sim. accommodating, adjuvant, assistive, face-saving, facilitative, facilitatory, implemental, laborsaving, ministrant, reformative, right-hand, stabilizing, steadying;

helpfully / h ɛ ɫ p f ə ɫ i /
r1
in a helpful manner;

- "the subtitles are helpfully conveyed";

helpfulness / h ɛ ɫ p f ə ɫ n ə s /
n1
the property of providing useful assistance;

n2
friendliness evidence by a kindly and helpful disposition;

- syn. kindliness;

helping / h ɛ ɫ p ɪ ŋ /
n1
an individual quantity of food or drink taken as part of a meal;

- "the helpings were all small";

- "his portion was larger than hers";

- "there's enough for two servings each";

- syn. portion, serving;

helping hand
n1
physical assistance;

- "give me a hand with the chores";

- syn. hand;

helpless / h ɛ ɫ p ɫ ə s /
a1
lacking in or deprived of strength or power;

- "lying ill and helpless";

- "helpless with laughter";

- syn. incapacitated;

- sim. powerless;

a2
unable to function;

- without help;

- syn. lost;

- sim. hopeless;

a3
unable to manage independently;

- "as helpless as a baby";

- sim. dependent;

helplessly / h ɛ ɫ p ɫ ə s ɫ i /
r1
in a helpless manner;

- "the crowd watched him helplessly";

- syn. impotently;

helplessness / h ɛ ɫ p ɫ ə s n ə s /
n1
powerlessness revealed by an inability to act;

- "in spite of their weakness the group remains active";

- syn. impuissance, weakness;

n2
the state of needing help from something;

n3
a feeling of being unable to manage;

helpmate / h ɛ ɫ p m eɪ t /
n1
a helpful partner;

- syn. helpmeet;

helpmeet / h ɛ ɫ p m i t /
n1
a helpful partner;

- syn. helpmate;

Helsingfors
n1
the capital and largest city of Finland;

- located in southern Finland;

- a major port and commercial and cultural center;

- syn. Finnish capital, Helsinki, capital of Finland;

Helsinki / h ɛ ɫ s ɪ ŋ k i /
n1
the capital and largest city of Finland;

- located in southern Finland;

- a major port and commercial and cultural center;

- syn. Finnish capital, Helsingfors, capital of Finland;

helter-skelter / h ɛ ɫ t ə s k ɛ ɫ t ə , h ɛ ɫ t ə s k ɛ ɫ t ə ɹ /
a1
lacking a visible order or organization;

- syn. chaotic;

- sim. disorganized;

a2
with undue hurry and confusion;

- "a helter-skelter kind of existence with never a pause";

- "a pell-mell dash for the train";

- syn. pell-mell;

- sim. hurried;

r1
haphazardly;

- "the books were piled up helter-skelter";

- syn. every which way;

helve / h ɛ ɫ v /
n1
the handle of a weapon or tool;

- syn. haft;

helvella
n1
any fungus of the genus Helvella having the ascocarps stalked or pleated or often in folds;

Helvella acetabulum
n1
a helvella with a cup-shaped fertile body having a brown interior;

- the stalk is creamy white and heavily ribbed;

Helvella crispa
n1
a helvella with a saddle-shaped fertile part and creamy color;

- the stalk is fluted and pitted;

- syn. miter mushroom;

Helvella sulcata
n1
a helvella with an irregularly convoluted cap that is dark brown when young and becomes dull grey with age;

- the lower surface of the cap is smooth and pale grey;

- the stalk is thick and deeply fluted;

Helvellaceae
n1
family of false morels or lorchels;

- some are edible and some are poisonous;

- syn. family Helvellaceae;

Helvetia
n1
the Latin name for Switzerland;

Helvetian / h ɛ ɫ v i ʃ j ə n /
n1
a native of Switzerland;

Helvetica / h ɛ ɫ v ɛ t ɪ k ə /
n1
a typeface in which characters have no serifs;

- syn. sans serif;

Helwingia
n1
deciduous dioecious shrubs native to woodland thickets in low mountains in Japan;

- syn. genus Helwingia;

Helxine
n1
one species;

- a dwarf creeping mat-forming evergreen herb;

- syn. Soleirolia, genus Helxine, genus Soleirolia;

Helxine soleirolia
n1
prostrate or creeping Corsican herb with moss-like small round short-stemmed leaves;

- syn. Soleirolia soleirolii, baby's tears, baby tears;

hem / h ɛ m , m m /
n1
the edge of a piece of cloth;

- especially the finished edge that has been doubled under and stitched down;

- "the hem of her dress was stained";

- "let down the hem";

- "he stitched weights into the curtain's hem";

- "it seeped along the hem of his jacket";

n2
the utterance of a sound similar to clearing the throat;

- intended to get attention, express hesitancy, fill a pause, hide embarrassment, warn a friend, etc.;

- syn. ahem;

v1
fold over and sew together to provide with a hem;

- "hem my skirt";

v2
utter `hem' or `ahem';

hem and haw
v1
utter `hems' and `haws';

- indicated hesitation;

- "He hemmed and hawed when asked to address the crowd";

hem in
v1
surround in a restrictive manner;

- "The building was hemmed in by flowers";

v2
surround so as to force to give up;

- "The Turks besieged Vienna";

- syn. beleaguer, besiege, circumvent, surround;

Hemachatus
n1
ringhals;

- syn. genus Hemachatus;

Hemachatus haemachatus
n1
highly venomous snake of southern Africa able to spit venom up to seven feet;

- syn. ringhals, rinkhals, spitting snake;

hemagglutinate
v1
cause the clumping together (of red blood cells);

- syn. haemagglutinate;

hemagglutination
n1
agglutination of red blood cells;

- syn. haemagglutination;

hemal / h i m ə ɫ /
a1
relating to the blood vessels or blood;

- syn. haemal, haematal, hematal;

hemal arch
n1
a structure arising ventrally from a vertebral centrum and enclosing the caudal blood vessels;

- syn. haemal arch;

hemangioma
n1
benign angioma consisting of a mass of blood vessels;

- some appear as birthmarks;

- syn. haemangioma;

hemangioma simplex
n1
a soft red birthmark;

- syn. strawberry, strawberry mark;

hematal
a1
relating to the blood vessels or blood;

- syn. haemal, haematal, hemal;

hematemesis
n1
vomiting blood;

- syn. haematemesis;

hematic
a1
relating to or containing or affecting blood;

- "a hematic cyst";

- "a hematic crisis";

- syn. haematic, haemic, hemic;

hematin
n1
a complex red organic pigment containing iron and other atoms to which oxygen binds;

- syn. haem, haemitin, heme, protoheme;

hematinic
n1
a medicine that increases the hemoglobin content of the blood;

- used to treat iron-deficiency anemia;

- syn. haematinic;

hematite / h ɛ m ə t aɪ t /
n1
the principal form of iron ore;

- consists of ferric oxide in crystalline form;

- occurs in a red earthy form;

- syn. haematite;

hematocele
n1
swelling caused by blood collecting in a body cavity (especially a swelling of the membrane covering the testis);

- syn. haematocele, haematocoele, hematocoele;

hematochezia
n1
passage of stools containing blood (as from diverticulosis or colon cancer or peptic ulcer);

- syn. haematochezia;

hematochrome
n1
a reddish coloring material found in some algae;

hematocoele
n1
swelling caused by blood collecting in a body cavity (especially a swelling of the membrane covering the testis);

- syn. haematocele, haematocoele, hematocele;

hematocolpometra
n1
accumulation of blood in the vagina and uterus;

- syn. haematocolpometra;

hematocolpos
n1
accumulation of menstrual blood in the vagina (usually due to an imperforate hymen);

- syn. haematocolpos;

hematocrit
n1
the ratio of the volume occupied by packed red blood cells to the volume of the whole blood as measured by a hematocrit;

- syn. haematocrit, packed cell volume;

n2
a measuring instrument to determine (usually by centrifugation) the relative amounts of corpuscles and plasma in the blood;

- syn. haematocrit;

hematocyst
n1
a cyst containing blood;

- syn. blood cyst, hemorrhagic cyst;

hematocytopenia
n1
an abnormally low number of red blood cells in the blood;

- syn. haematocytopenia;

hematocyturia
n1
the presence of red blood cells in the urine;

- syn. haematocyturia;

hematogenesis
n1
the formation of blood cells in the living body (especially in the bone marrow);

- syn. haematogenesis, haematopoiesis, haemogenesis, haemopoiesis, hematopoiesis, hemogenesis, hemopoiesis, sanguification;

hematogenic
a1
pertaining to the formation of blood or blood cells;

- "hemopoietic stem cells in bone marrow";

- syn. haematogenic, haematopoietic, haemopoietic, hematopoietic, hemopoietic;

hematohiston
n1
a colorless protein obtained by removing heme from hemoglobin;

- the oxygen carrying compound in red blood cells;

- syn. globin, haematohiston;

hematoidin
n1
an orange-yellow pigment in the bile that forms as a product of hemoglobin;

- excess amounts in the blood produce the yellow appearance observed in jaundice;

- syn. bilirubin, haematoidin;

hematologic
a1
of or relating to or involved in hematology;

- syn. haematological, hematological;

hematological
a1
of or relating to or involved in hematology;

- syn. haematological, hematologic;

hematologist / h ɛ m ə t ɒ ɫ ə dʒ ɪ s t /
n1
a doctor who specializes in diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs;

- syn. haematologist;

hematology / h ɛ m ə t ɒ ɫ ə dʒ i /
n1
the branch of medicine that deals with diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs;

- syn. haematology;

hematolysis
n1
lysis of erythrocytes with the release of hemoglobin;

- syn. haematolysis, haemolysis, hemolysis;

hematoma
n1
a localized swelling filled with blood;

- syn. haematoma;

hematopoeitic stem cell
n1
blood forming stem cells in the bone marrow;

- T cells and B cells arise from these stem cells;

hematopoiesis
n1
the formation of blood cells in the living body (especially in the bone marrow);

- syn. haematogenesis, haematopoiesis, haemogenesis, haemopoiesis, hematogenesis, hemogenesis, hemopoiesis, sanguification;

hematopoietic
a1
pertaining to the formation of blood or blood cells;

- "hemopoietic stem cells in bone marrow";

- syn. haematogenic, haematopoietic, haemopoietic, hematogenic, hemopoietic;

hematuria
n1
the presence of blood in the urine;

- often a symptom of urinary tract disease;

- syn. haematuria;

heme
n1
a complex red organic pigment containing iron and other atoms to which oxygen binds;

- syn. haem, haemitin, hematin, protoheme;

hemeralopia
n1
inability to see clearly in bright light;

- syn. day blindness;

hemerobiid
n1
small dark-colored lacewing fly;

- syn. brown lacewing, hemerobiid fly;

hemerobiid fly
n1
small dark-colored lacewing fly;

- syn. brown lacewing, hemerobiid;

Hemerobiidae
n1
brown lacewings;

- syn. family Hemerobiidae;

Hemerocallidaceae
n1
one of many subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted;

- includes genus Hemerocallis;

- syn. family Hemerocallidaceae;

Hemerocallis
n1
east Asian rhizomatous clump-forming perennial herbs having flowers on long leafless stalks;

- cosmopolitan in cultivation: day lilies;

- sometimes placed in subfamily Hemerocallidaceae;

- syn. genus Hemerocallis;

Hemerocallis flava
n1
a day lily with yellow flowers;

- syn. Hemerocallis lilio-asphodelus, lemon lily;

Hemerocallis lilio-asphodelus
n1
a day lily with yellow flowers;

- syn. Hemerocallis flava, lemon lily;

hemiacetal
n1
an organic compound usually formed as an intermediate product in the preparation of acetals from aldehydes or ketones;

hemianopia
n1
blindness in one half of the visual field of one or both eyes;

- syn. hemianopsia;

hemianopic scotoma
n1
a scotoma involving half of the visual field;

hemianopsia
n1
blindness in one half of the visual field of one or both eyes;

- syn. hemianopia;

Hemiascomycetes
n1
class of fungi in which no ascocarps are formed: yeasts and some plant parasites;

- syn. class Hemiascomycetes;

hemic
a1
relating to or containing or affecting blood;

- "a hematic cyst";

- "a hematic crisis";

- syn. haematic, haemic, hematic;

hemicrania
n1
a severe recurring vascular headache;

- occurs more frequently in women than men;

- syn. megrim, migraine, sick headache;

hemicycle / h ɛ m ɪ s aɪ k ɫ /
n1
a plane figure with the shape of half a circle;

- syn. semicircle;

hemidemisemiquaver
n1
a musical note having the time value of a sixty-fourth of a whole note;

- syn. sixty-fourth note;

hemiepiphyte
n1
a plant that is an epiphyte for part of its life;

- syn. semiepiphyte;

Hemigalus
n1
banded palm civets;

- syn. genus Hemigalus;

Hemigalus hardwickii
n1
an East Indian civet;

- syn. banded palm civet;

Hemigrammus
n1
tetras;

- syn. genus Hemigrammus;

Hemimetabola
n1
subclass of insects characterized by gradual and usually incomplete metamorphosis;

- syn. Exopterygota, subclass Exopterygota;

hemimetabolic
a1
(of an insect with aquatic young) undergoing incomplete metamorphosis in which the young does not resemble the adult;

- syn. hemimetabolous, hemimetamorphic, hemimetamorphous;

- sim. metamorphic;

hemimetabolism
n1
incomplete or partial metamorphosis in insects;

- syn. hemimetaboly, hemimetamorphosis;

hemimetabolous
a1
(of an insect with aquatic young) undergoing incomplete metamorphosis in which the young does not resemble the adult;

- syn. hemimetabolic, hemimetamorphic, hemimetamorphous;

- sim. metamorphic;

hemimetaboly
n1
incomplete or partial metamorphosis in insects;

- syn. hemimetabolism, hemimetamorphosis;

hemimetamorphic
a1
(of an insect with aquatic young) undergoing incomplete metamorphosis in which the young does not resemble the adult;

- syn. hemimetabolic, hemimetabolous, hemimetamorphous;

- sim. metamorphic;

hemimetamorphosis
n1
incomplete or partial metamorphosis in insects;

- syn. hemimetabolism, hemimetaboly;

hemimetamorphous
a1
(of an insect with aquatic young) undergoing incomplete metamorphosis in which the young does not resemble the adult;

- syn. hemimetabolic, hemimetabolous, hemimetamorphic;

- sim. metamorphic;

hemimorphite
n1
a white mineral;

- a common ore of zinc;

- syn. calamine;

hemin
n1
a reddish-brown chloride of heme;

- produced from hemoglobin in laboratory tests for the presence of blood;

- syn. protohemin;

Heming / h ɛ m ɪ ŋ , m m ɪ ŋ /
n1
English actor who edited the first folio of Shakespeare's plays (1556-1630);

- syn. Hemminge, John Heming, John Hemminge;

Hemingway / h ɛ m ɪ ŋ w eɪ /
n1
an American writer of fiction who won the Nobel prize for literature in 1954 (1899-1961);

- syn. Ernest Hemingway;

Hemingwayesque
a1
in the manner of Ernest Hemingway;

hemiparasite
n1
a parasitic plant that contains some chlorophyll and therefore is capable of photosynthesis;

- syn. semiparasite;

hemiparasitic
a1
of or relating to plants that are hemiparasites;

hemiplegia
n1
paralysis of one side of the body;

- syn. unilateral paralysis;

hemiplegic
n1
a person who has hemiplegia (is paralyzed on one side of the body);

hemipode
n1
small quail-like terrestrial bird of southern Eurasia and northern Africa that lacks a hind toe;

- classified with wading birds but inhabits grassy plains;

- syn. bustard quail, button-quail, button quail;

Hemiprocnidae
n1
tree swifts;

- syn. family Hemiprocnidae;

Hemiptera
n1
plant bugs;

- bedbugs;

- some true bugs;

- also includes suborders Heteroptera (true bugs) and Homoptera (e.g., aphids, plant lice and cicadas);

- syn. order Hemiptera;

hemipteran
n1
insects with sucking mouthparts and forewings thickened and leathery at the base;

- usually show incomplete metamorphosis;

- syn. bug, hemipteron, hemipterous insect;

hemipteron
n1
insects with sucking mouthparts and forewings thickened and leathery at the base;

- usually show incomplete metamorphosis;

- syn. bug, hemipteran, hemipterous insect;

Hemipteronatus
n1
razor fish;

- syn. genus Hemipteronatus;

Hemipteronatus novacula
n1
a kind of razor fish;

- syn. pearly razorfish;

hemipterous insect
n1
insects with sucking mouthparts and forewings thickened and leathery at the base;

- usually show incomplete metamorphosis;

- syn. bug, hemipteran, hemipteron;

Hemiramphidae
n1
halfbeaks;

- marine and freshwater fishes closely related to the flying fishes but not able to glide;

- syn. family Hemiramphidae;

hemisphere / h ɛ m ɪ s f ɪə , h ɛ m ɪ s f ɪə ɹ /
n1
half of the terrestrial globe;

n2
half of a sphere;

n3
either half of the cerebrum;

- syn. cerebral hemisphere;

hemispheric / h ɛ m ɪ s f ɛr ɪ k /
a1
of or relating to the cerebral hemispheres;

hemispherical / h ɛ m ɪ s f ɛr ɪ k ə ɫ /
a1
of or relating to or being a hemisphere;

Hemitripterus
n1
sea ravens;

- syn. genus Hemitripterus;

Hemitripterus americanus
n1
large sculpin of western Atlantic;

- inflates itself when caught;

- syn. sea raven;

hemizygos vein
n1
a continuation of the left ascending lumbar vein;

- crosses the midline at the 8th vertebra and empties into the azygos vein;

- syn. hemizygous vein, vena hemizygos;

hemizygous vein
n1
a continuation of the left ascending lumbar vein;

- crosses the midline at the 8th vertebra and empties into the azygos vein;

- syn. hemizygos vein, vena hemizygos;

hemline / h ɛ m ɫ aɪ n /
n1
the line formed by the lower edge of a skirt or coat;

hemlock / h ɛ m ɫ ɒ k /
n1
poisonous drug derived from an Eurasian plant of the genus Conium;

- "Socrates refused to flee and died by drinking hemlock";

n2
large branching biennial herb native to Eurasia and Africa and adventive in North America having large fernlike leaves and white flowers;

- usually found in damp habitats;

- all parts extremely poisonous;

- syn. California fern, Conium maculatum, Nebraska fern, poison hemlock, poison parsley, winter fern;

n3
soft coarse splintery wood of a hemlock tree especially the western hemlock;

n4
an evergreen tree;

- syn. hemlock tree;

hemlock tree
n1
an evergreen tree;

- syn. hemlock;

hemlock water dropwort
n1
European poisonous herb having tuberous roots, yellow juice that stains the skin, yellow flowers and foliage resembling celery;

- all parts extremely poisonous;

- syn. Oenanthe crocata, water dropwort;

hemming-stitch / h ɛ m ɪ ŋ s t ɪ tʃ /
n1
a stitch used in sewing hems on skirts and dresses;

Hemminge
n1
English actor who edited the first folio of Shakespeare's plays (1556-1630);

- syn. Heming, John Heming, John Hemminge;

hemochromatosis
n1
pathology in which iron accumulates in the tissues;

- characterized by bronzed skin and enlarged liver and diabetes mellitus and abnormalities of the pancreas and the joints;

- syn. bronzed diabetes, iron-storage disease, iron overload;

hemodialysis
n1
dialysis of the blood to remove toxic substances or metabolic wastes from the bloodstream;

- used in the case of kidney failure;

- syn. haemodialysis;

hemodialyzer
n1
a machine that uses dialysis to remove impurities and waste products from the bloodstream before returning the blood to the patient's body;

- syn. artificial kidney;

hemodynamic
a1
or of relating to or involved in hemodynamics;

hemodynamics
n1
the branch of physiology that studies the circulation of the blood and the forces involved;

Hemofil
n1
a coagulation factor (trade name Hemofil) whose absence is associated with hemophilia A;

- syn. antihaemophilic factor, antihaemophilic globulin, antihemophilic factor, antihemophilic globulin, factor VIII;

hemogenesis
n1
the formation of blood cells in the living body (especially in the bone marrow);

- syn. haematogenesis, haematopoiesis, haemogenesis, haemopoiesis, hematogenesis, hematopoiesis, hemopoiesis, sanguification;

hemoglobin / h i m ə ɡ ɫ oʊ b ɪ n /
n1
a hemoprotein composed of globin and heme that gives red blood cells their characteristic color;

- function primarily to transport oxygen from the lungs to the body tissues;

- "fish have simpler hemoglobin than mammals";

- syn. Hb, haemoglobin;

hemoglobinemia
n1
presence of excessive hemoglobin in the blood plasma;

- syn. haemoglobinemia;

hemoglobinopathy
n1
a blood disease characterized by the presence of abnormal hemoglobins in the blood;

- syn. haemoglobinopathy;

hemoglobinuria
n1
presence of hemoglobin in the urine;

- syn. haemoglobinuria;

hemolysin
n1
any substance that can cause lysis (destruction) of erythrocytes (red blood cells) and the release of their hemoglobin;

- syn. erythrocytolysin, erythrolysin, haemolysin;

hemolysis
n1
lysis of erythrocytes with the release of hemoglobin;

- syn. haematolysis, haemolysis, hematolysis;

hemolytic
a1
relating to or involving or causing hemolysis;

- "hemolytic anemia";

- syn. haemolytic;

hemolytic anemia
n1
anemia resulting from destruction of erythrocytes;

- syn. haemolytic anaemia;

hemophile
n1
someone who has hemophilia and is subject to uncontrollable bleeding;

- syn. bleeder, haemophile, haemophiliac, hemophiliac;

hemophilia / h i m ə f ɪ ɫ ɪə /
n1
congenital tendency to uncontrolled bleeding;

- usually affects males and is transmitted from mother to son;

- syn. bleeder's disease, haemophilia;

hemophilia A
n1
hemophilia caused by a congenital deficiency of factor VIII;

- occurs almost exclusively in men;

- syn. classical haemophilia, classical hemophilia, haemophilia A;

hemophilia B
n1
a clotting disorder similar to hemophilia A but caused by a congenital deficiency of factor IX;

- syn. Christmas disease, haemophilia B;

hemophiliac / h i m ə f ɪ ɫ ɪ æ k /
n1
someone who has hemophilia and is subject to uncontrollable bleeding;

- syn. bleeder, haemophile, haemophiliac, hemophile;

hemophilic / h i m ə f ɪ ɫ ɪ k /
a1
relating to or having hemophilia;

- syn. haemophilic;

hemopoiesis
n1
the formation of blood cells in the living body (especially in the bone marrow);

- syn. haematogenesis, haematopoiesis, haemogenesis, haemopoiesis, hematogenesis, hematopoiesis, hemogenesis, sanguification;

hemopoietic
a1
pertaining to the formation of blood or blood cells;

- "hemopoietic stem cells in bone marrow";

- syn. haematogenic, haematopoietic, haemopoietic, hematogenic, hematopoietic;

hemoprotein
n1
a conjugated protein linked to a compound of iron and porphyrin;

- syn. haemoprotein;

hemoptysis
n1
coughing up blood from the respiratory tract;

- usually indicates a severe infection of the bronchi or lungs;

- syn. haemoptysis;

hemorrhage / h ɛ m ə ɹ ɪ dʒ /
n1
the flow of blood from a ruptured blood vessel;

- syn. bleeding, haemorrhage;

v1
lose blood from one's body;

- syn. bleed, shed blood;

hemorrhagic
a1
of or relating to a hemorrhage;

- syn. haemorrhagic;

hemorrhagic cyst
n1
a cyst containing blood;

- syn. blood cyst, hematocyst;

hemorrhagic fever
n1
a group of illnesses caused by a viral infection (usually restricted to a specific geographic area);

- fever and gastrointestinal symptoms are followed by capillary hemorrhage;

- syn. VHF, haemorrhagic fever, viral haemorrhagic fever, viral hemorrhagic fever;

hemorrhagic septicemia
n1
an acute infectious disease characterized by pneumonia and blood infection;

- syn. pasteurellosis;

hemorrhagic stroke
n1
stroke caused by the rupture of a blood vessel in the brain;

- syn. haemorrhagic stroke;

hemorrhoid / h ɛ m ə ɹ ɔɪ d /
n1
venous swelling external or internal to the anal sphincter;

- syn. haemorrhoid, piles;

hemorrhoidal vein
n1
any of several veins draining the walls of the anal canal and rectum;

- syn. rectal vein, vena rectalis;

hemorrhoidectomy / h ɛ m ə ɹ ɔɪ d ɛ k t ə m i /
n1
surgical procedure for tying hemorrhoids and excising them;

- syn. haemorrhoidectomy;

hemosiderin
n1
a granular brown substance composed of ferric oxide;

- left from the breakdown of hemoglobin;

- can be a sign of disturbed iron metabolism;

- syn. haemosiderin;

hemosiderosis
n1
abnormal deposit of hemosiderin;

- often a symptom of thalassemia or hemochromatosis;

- syn. haemosiderosis;

hemostasia
n1
surgical procedure of stopping the flow of blood (as with a hemostat);

- syn. haemostasia, haemostasis, hemostasis;

hemostasis
n1
surgical procedure of stopping the flow of blood (as with a hemostat);

- syn. haemostasia, haemostasis, hemostasia;

hemostat
n1
a surgical instrument that stops bleeding by clamping the blood vessel;

- syn. haemostat;

hemostatic
a1
tending to check bleeding by contracting the tissues or blood vessels;

- syn. styptic;

- sim. astringent;

hemothorax
n1
accumulation of blood in the pleural cavity (the space between the lungs and the walls of the chest);

- syn. haemothorax;

hemp / h ɛ m p /
n1
a plant fiber;

n2
any plant of the genus Cannabis;

- a coarse bushy annual with palmate leaves and clusters of small green flowers;

- yields tough fibers and narcotic drugs;

- syn. cannabis;

n3
a rope that is used by a hangman to execute persons who have been condemned to death by hanging;

- syn. halter, hangman's halter, hangman's rope, hempen necktie;

hemp agrimony
n1
coarse European herb with palmately divided leaves and clusters of small reddish-purple flower heads;

- syn. Eupatorium cannabinum;

hemp family
n1
two genera of erect or twining herbs that are pollinated by the wind, including the genera Cannabis and Humulus;

- term not used in all classifications;

- in some the genus Cannabis is placed in the family Moraceae and the genus Humulus in the family Urticaceae;

- syn. Cannabidaceae, family Cannabidaceae;

hemp nettle
n1
coarse bristly Eurasian plant with white or reddish flowers and foliage resembling that of a nettle;

- common as a weed in United States;

- syn. Galeopsis tetrahit, dead nettle;

hemp willow
n1
willow with long flexible twigs used in basketry;

- syn. Salix viminalis, common osier, velvet osier;

hempen / h ɛ m p ə n /
a1
having or resembling fibers especially fibers used in making cordage such as those of jute;

- syn. fibrous;

- sim. tough;

hempen necktie
n1
a rope that is used by a hangman to execute persons who have been condemned to death by hanging;

- syn. halter, hangman's halter, hangman's rope, hemp;

hemstitch / h ɛ m s t ɪ tʃ /
n1
a stitch in which parallel threads are drawn and exposed threads are caught together in groups;

- syn. hemstitching;

n2
embroidery similar to drawnwork;

v1
sew with hemstitches;

- "hemstitch a sleeve";

hemstitching / h ɛ m s t ɪ tʃ ɪ ŋ /
n1
a stitch in which parallel threads are drawn and exposed threads are caught together in groups;

- syn. hemstitch;

hen / h ɛ n /
n1
adult female chicken;

- syn. biddy;

n2
adult female bird;

n3
flesh of an older chicken suitable for stewing;

n4
female of certain aquatic animals e.g. octopus or lobster;

hen-of-the-woods
n1
large greyish-brown edible fungus forming a mass of overlapping caps that somewhat resembles a hen at the base of trees;

- syn. Grifola frondosa, Polyporus frondosus, hen of the woods;

hen-peck
v1
bother persistently with trivial complaints;

- "She nags her husband all day long";

- syn. nag, peck;

hen harrier
n1
common harrier of North America and Europe;

- nests in marshes and open land;

- syn. Circus cyaneus, marsh hawk, northern harrier;

hen hawk
n1
nontechnical term for any hawks said to prey on poultry;

- syn. chicken hawk;

hen of the woods
n1
large greyish-brown edible fungus forming a mass of overlapping caps that somewhat resembles a hen at the base of trees;

- syn. Grifola frondosa, Polyporus frondosus, hen-of-the-woods;

hen party
n1
a party for women only;

hen yard
n1
an enclosed yard for keeping poultry;

- syn. chicken run, chicken yard, fowl run;

henbane / h ɛ n b eɪ n /
n1
poisonous fetid Old World herb having sticky hairy leaves and yellow-brown flowers;

- yields hyoscyamine and scopolamine;

- syn. Hyoscyamus niger, black henbane, stinking nightshade;

henbit / h ɛ n b ɪ t /
n1
Eurasian plant having toothed leaves and small two-lipped white or purplish-red flowers;

- syn. Lamium amplexicaule;

hence / h ɛ n s /
r1
(used to introduce a logical conclusion) from that fact or reason or as a result;

- "therefore X must be true";

- "the eggs were fresh and hence satisfactory";

- "we were young and thence optimistic";

- "it is late and thus we must go";

- "the witness is biased and so cannot be trusted";

- syn. so, thence, therefore, thus;

r2
from this place;

- "get thee hence!";

r3
from this time;

- "a year hence it will be forgotten";

henceforth / h ɛ n s f ɔ θ /
r1
from this time forth;

- from now on;

- "henceforth she will be known as Mrs. Smith";

- syn. henceforward;

henceforward / h ɛ n s f ɔ w ə d /
r1
from this time forth;

- from now on;

- "henceforth she will be known as Mrs. Smith";

- syn. henceforth;

henchman / h ɛ n tʃ m ə n /
n1
someone who assists in a plot;

- syn. collaborator, confederate, partner in crime;

hencoop / h ɛ n k u p /
n1
a farm building for housing poultry;

- syn. chicken coop, coop, henhouse;

hendiadys / h ɛ n d aɪ ə d ɪ s /
n1
use of two conjoined nouns instead of a noun and modifier;

Hendrik Antoon Lorentz
n1
Dutch physicist noted for work on electromagnetic theory (1853-1928);

- syn. Lorentz;

Hendrik Frensch Verwoerd
n1
South African statesman who instituted the policy of apartheid (1901-1966);

- syn. Hendrik Verwoerd, Verwoerd;

Hendrik Petrus Berlage
n1
Dutch architect and town planner (1856-1934);

- syn. Berlage;

Hendrik Verwoerd
n1
South African statesman who instituted the policy of apartheid (1901-1966);

- syn. Hendrik Frensch Verwoerd, Verwoerd;

Hendrix
n1
United States guitarist whose innovative style with electric guitars influenced the development of rock music (1942-1970);

- syn. James Marshall Hendrix, Jimi Hendrix;

henhouse / h ɛ n h aʊ s /
n1
a farm building for housing poultry;

- syn. chicken coop, coop, hencoop;

henna / h ɛ n ə /
n1
a reddish brown dye used especially on hair;

v1
apply henna to one's hair;

- "She hennas her hair every month";

henpecked / h ɛ n p ɛ k t /
a1
harassed by persistent nagging;

- syn. dominated;

- sim. submissive;

Henri Becquerel
n1
French physicist who discovered that rays emitted by uranium salts affect photographic plates (1852-1908);

- syn. Antoine Henri Becquerel, Becquerel;

Henri Bergson
n1
French philosopher who proposed elan vital as the cause of evolution and development (1859-1941);

- syn. Bergson, Henri Louis Bergson;

Henri Clemens van de Velde
n1
Belgian architect (1863-1957);

- syn. Henri van de Velde, van de Velde;

Henri Emile Benoit Matisse
n1
French painter and sculptor;

- leading figure of fauvism (1869-1954);

- syn. Henri Matisse, Matisse;

Henri Labrouste
n1
French architect who was among the first to use metal construction successfully (1801-1875);

- syn. Labrouste;

Henri Louis Bergson
n1
French philosopher who proposed elan vital as the cause of evolution and development (1859-1941);

- syn. Bergson, Henri Bergson;

Henri Matisse
n1
French painter and sculptor;

- leading figure of fauvism (1869-1954);

- syn. Henri Emile Benoit Matisse, Matisse;

Henri Pitot
n1
French physicist for whom the Pitot tube was named (1695-1771);

- syn. Pitot;

Henri Rene Albert Guy de Maupassant
n1
French writer noted especially for his short stories (1850-1893);

- syn. Guy de Maupassant, Maupassant;

Henri Rousseau
n1
French primitive painter (1844-1910);

- syn. Le Douanier Rousseau, Rousseau;

Henri Toulouse-Lautrec
n1
French painter who portrayed life in the cafes and music halls of Montmartre (1864-1901);

- syn. Toulouse-Lautrec;

Henri van de Velde
n1
Belgian architect (1863-1957);

- syn. Henri Clemens van de Velde, van de Velde;

Henriette Rosine Bernard
n1
French actress (1844-1923);

- syn. Bernhardt, Sarah Bernhardt;

Henrik Ibsen
n1
realistic Norwegian author who wrote plays on social and political themes (1828-1906);

- syn. Henrik Johan Ibsen, Ibsen;

Henrik Johan Ibsen
n1
realistic Norwegian author who wrote plays on social and political themes (1828-1906);

- syn. Henrik Ibsen, Ibsen;

henroost / h ɛ n ɹ u s t /
n1
a roost for hens at night;

henry / h ɛ n ɹ i /
n1
a unit of inductance in which an induced electromotive force of one volt is produced when the current is varied at the rate of one ampere per second;

- syn. H;

n2
English chemist who studied the quantities of gas absorbed by water at different temperatures and under different pressures (1775-1836);

- syn. William Henry;

n3
a leader of the American Revolution and a famous orator who spoke out against British rule of the American colonies (1736-1799);

- syn. Patrick Henry;

n4
United States physicist who studied electromagnetic phenomena (1791-1878);

- syn. Joseph Henry;

Henry's law
n1
(chemistry) law formulated by the English chemist William Henry;

- the amount of a gas that will be absorbed by water increases as the gas pressure increases;

Henry Alfred Kissinger
n1
United States diplomat who served under President Nixon and President Ford (born in 1923);

- syn. Henry Kissinger, Kissinger;

Henry Beauclerc
n1
King of England from 1100 to 1135;

- youngest son of William the Conqueror;

- conquered Normandy in 1106 (1068-1135);

- syn. Henry I;

Henry Bolingbroke
n1
the first Lancastrian king of England from 1399 to 1413;

- deposed Richard II and suppressed rebellions (1367-1413);

- syn. Bolingbroke, Henry IV;

Henry Cavendish
n1
British chemist and physicist who established that water is a compound of hydrogen and oxygen and who calculated the density of the earth (1731-1810);

- syn. Cavendish;

Henry Clay
n1
United States politician responsible for the Missouri Compromise between free and slave states (1777-1852);

- syn. Clay, the Great Compromiser;

Henry Clay Frick
n1
United States industrialist who amassed a fortune in the steel industry (1849-1919);

- syn. Frick;

Henry David Thoreau
n1
United States writer and social critic (1817-1862);

- syn. Thoreau;

Henry Engelhard Steinway
n1
United States piano maker (born in Germany) who founded a famous piano manufacturing firm in New York (1797-1871);

- syn. Heinrich Engelhard Steinway, Henry Steinway, Steinway;

Henry Fielding
n1
English novelist and dramatist (1707-1754);

- syn. Fielding;

Henry Fonda
n1
United States film actor (1905-1982);

- syn. Fonda;

Henry Ford
n1
United States manufacturer of automobiles who pioneered mass production (1863-1947);

- syn. Ford;

Henry Ford II
n1
grandson of Henry Ford (1917-1987);

- syn. Ford;

Henry Graham Greene
n1
English novelist and Catholic (1904-1991);

- syn. Graham Greene, Greene;

Henry Hobson Richardson
n1
United States architect (1838-1886);

- syn. Richardson;

Henry Hubert Turner
n1
United States endocrinologist (1892-1970);

- syn. Turner;

Henry Hudson
n1
English navigator who discovered the Hudson River;

- in 1610 he attempted to winter in Hudson Bay but his crew mutinied and set him adrift to die (1565-1611);

- syn. Hudson;

Henry I
n1
King of England from 1100 to 1135;

- youngest son of William the Conqueror;

- conquered Normandy in 1106 (1068-1135);

- syn. Henry Beauclerc;

Henry II
n1
king of France from 1547 to 1559;

- regained Calais from the English;

- husband of Catherine de Medicis and father of Charles IX (1519-1559);

n2
first Plantagenet King of England;

- instituted judicial and financial reforms;

- quarreled with archbishop Becket concerning the authority of the Crown over the church (1133-1189);

Henry III
n1
son of Henry II of France and the last Valois to be king of France (1551-1589);

n2
son of King John and king of England from 1216 to 1272;

- his incompetence aroused baronial opposition led by Simon de Montfort (1207-1272);

Henry IV
n1
king of France from 1589 to 1610;

- although he was leader of the Huguenot armies, when he succeeded the Catholic Henry III and founded the Bourbon dynasty in 1589 he established religious freedom in France;

- syn. Henry of Navarre, Henry the Great;

n2
King of the Germans and Holy Roman Emperor (1050-1106);

n3
the first Lancastrian king of England from 1399 to 1413;

- deposed Richard II and suppressed rebellions (1367-1413);

- syn. Bolingbroke, Henry Bolingbroke;

Henry James
n1
writer who was born in the United States but lived in England (1843-1916);

- syn. James;

Henry John Heinz
n1
United States industrialist who manufactured and sold processed foods (1844-1919);

- syn. Heinz;

Henry Kenneth Alfred Russell
n1
English film director (born in 1927);

- syn. Ken Russell, Russell;

Henry Kissinger
n1
United States diplomat who served under President Nixon and President Ford (born in 1923);

- syn. Henry Alfred Kissinger, Kissinger;

Henry Laurens
n1
leader of the American Revolution and president of the Continental Congress (1724-1792);

- syn. Laurens;

Henry le Chatelier
n1
French chemist who formulated Le Chatelier's principle (1850-1936);

- syn. le Chatelier;

Henry Lee
n1
soldier of the American Revolution (1756-1818);

- syn. Lee, Lighthorse Harry Lee;

Henry Louis Aaron
n1
United States professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934);

- syn. Aaron, Hank Aaron;

Henry Louis Gehrig
n1
baseball player who died of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (1903-1941);

- syn. Gehrig, Lou Gehrig;

Henry Louis Mencken
n1
United States journalist and literary critic (1880-1956);

- syn. H. L. Mencken, Mencken;

Henry Luce
n1
United States publisher of magazines (1898-1967);

- syn. Henry Robinson Luce, Luce;

Henry M. Robert
n1
United States parliamentary authority and author (in 1876) of Robert's Rules of Order (1837-1923);

- syn. Henry Martyn Robert, Robert;

Henry M. Stanley
n1
Welsh journalist and explorer who led an expedition to Africa in search of David Livingstone and found him in Tanzania in 1871;

- he and Livingstone together tried to find the source of the Nile River (1841-1904);

- syn. John Rowlands, Sir Henry Morton Stanley, Stanley;

Henry Martyn Robert
n1
United States parliamentary authority and author (in 1876) of Robert's Rules of Order (1837-1923);

- syn. Henry M. Robert, Robert;

Henry Miller
n1
United States novelist whose novels were originally banned as pornographic (1891-1980);

- syn. Henry Valentine Miller, Miller;

Henry Moore
n1
British sculptor whose works are monumental organic forms (1898-1986);

- syn. Henry Spencer Moore, Moore;

Henry Morgan
n1
a Welsh buccaneer who raided Spanish colonies in the West Indies for the English (1635-1688);

- syn. Morgan, Sir Henry Morgan;

Henry Norris Russell
n1
United States astronomer who developed a theory of stellar evolution (1877-1957);

- syn. Henry Russell, Russell;

Henry of Navarre
n1
king of France from 1589 to 1610;

- although he was leader of the Huguenot armies, when he succeeded the Catholic Henry III and founded the Bourbon dynasty in 1589 he established religious freedom in France;

- syn. Henry IV, Henry the Great;

Henry Oscar Houghton
n1
United States publisher who founded a printing shop that became an important book publisher (1823-1895);

- syn. Houghton;

Henry Purcell
n1
English organist at Westminster Abbey and composer of many theatrical pieces (1659-1695);

- syn. Purcell;

Henry Robinson Luce
n1
United States publisher of magazines (1898-1967);

- syn. Henry Luce, Luce;

Henry Rowe Schoolcraft
n1
United States geologist and ethnologist and explorer who discovered the source of the Mississippi River (1793-1864);

- syn. Schoolcraft;

Henry Russell
n1
United States astronomer who developed a theory of stellar evolution (1877-1957);

- syn. Henry Norris Russell, Russell;

Henry Spencer Moore
n1
British sculptor whose works are monumental organic forms (1898-1986);

- syn. Henry Moore, Moore;

Henry Steinway
n1
United States piano maker (born in Germany) who founded a famous piano manufacturing firm in New York (1797-1871);

- syn. Heinrich Engelhard Steinway, Henry Engelhard Steinway, Steinway;

Henry Sweet
n1
English phonetician;

- one of the founders of modern phonetics (1845-1912);

- syn. Sweet;

Henry the Great
n1
king of France from 1589 to 1610;

- although he was leader of the Huguenot armies, when he succeeded the Catholic Henry III and founded the Bourbon dynasty in 1589 he established religious freedom in France;

- syn. Henry IV, Henry of Navarre;

Henry Tudor
n1
first Tudor king of England from 1485 to 1509;

- head of the house of Lancaster in the War of the Roses;

- defeated Richard III at Bosworth Field and was proclaimed king;

- married the daughter of Edward IV and so united the houses of York and Lancaster (1457-1509);

- syn. Henry VII;

Henry V
n1
son of Henry IV and King of England from 1413 to 1422;

- reopened the Hundred Years' War and defeated the French at Agincourt (1387-1422);

Henry Valentine Miller
n1
United States novelist whose novels were originally banned as pornographic (1891-1980);

- syn. Henry Miller, Miller;

Henry VI
n1
son of Henry V who as an infant succeeded his father and was King of England from 1422 to 1461;

- he was taken prisoner in 1460 and Edward IV was proclaimed king;

- he was rescued and regained the throne in 1470 but was recaptured and murdered in the Tower of London (1421-1471);

Henry VII
n1
King of the Germans and Holy Roman Emperor (1275-1313);

n2
first Tudor king of England from 1485 to 1509;

- head of the house of Lancaster in the War of the Roses;

- defeated Richard III at Bosworth Field and was proclaimed king;

- married the daughter of Edward IV and so united the houses of York and Lancaster (1457-1509);

- syn. Henry Tudor;

Henry VIII
n1
son of Henry VII and King of England from 1509 to 1547;

- his divorce from Catherine of Aragon resulted in his break with the Catholic Church in 1534 and his excommunication 1538, leading to the start of the Reformation in England (1491-1547);

Henry Villard
n1
United States railroad magnate and businessman (1835-1900);

- syn. Villard;

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
n1
United States poet remembered for his long narrative poems (1807-1882);

- syn. Longfellow;

Henry Ward Beecher
n1
United States clergyman who was a leader for the abolition of slavery (1813-1887);

- syn. Beecher;

Henry Watson Fowler
n1
English lexicographer who wrote a well-known book on English usage (1858-1933);

- syn. Fowler;

Henry Wheeler Shaw
n1
United States humorist who wrote about rural life (1818-1885);

- syn. Josh Billings, Shaw;

Henson / h ɛ n s ʌ n /
n1
United States puppeteer who created a troupe of puppet characters (1936-1990);

- syn. Jim Henson;

hep / h ɛ p /
a1
informed about the latest trends;

- syn. hip, hip to;

- sim. informed;

hepadnavirus
n1
a group of animal DNA viruses including viruses of ducks and woodchucks and squirrels and others as well as the virus causing hepatitis B in humans;

heparin
n1
a polysaccharide produced in basophils (especially in the lung and liver) and that inhibits the activity of thrombin in coagulation of the blood;

- it (trade names Lipo-Hepin and Liquaemin) is used as an anticoagulant in the treatment of thrombosis and in heart surgery;

- syn. Lipo-Hepin, Liquaemin;

hepatic / h ɪ p æ t ɪ k /
n1
any of numerous small green nonvascular plants of the class Hepaticopsida growing in wet places and resembling green seaweeds or leafy mosses;

- syn. liverwort;

a1
pertaining to or affecting the liver;

- "hepatic ducts";

- "hepatic cirrhosis";

hepatic artery
n1
arteries that supply the liver;

- syn. arteria hepatica;

hepatic coma
n1
coma that can occur in severe cases of liver disease;

hepatic duct
n1
the duct that drains bile from the liver;

hepatic lobe
n1
any of the five lobes forming the liver;

hepatic portal vein
n1
a short vein that carries blood into the liver;

- syn. portal, portal vein, vena portae;

hepatic tanager
n1
common tanager of southwestern United States and Mexico;

- syn. Piranga flava hepatica;

hepatic vein
n1
a vein that drains the liver;

- empties into the vena cava;

- syn. vena hepatica;

hepatica / h ɪ p æ t ɪ k ə /
n1
any of several plants of the genus Hepatica having three-lobed leaves and white or pinkish flowers in early spring;

- of moist and mossy subalpine woodland areas of north temperate regions;

- syn. liverleaf;

n2
a common liverwort;

- syn. Marchantia polymorpha;

Hepaticae
n1
liverworts: comprises orders Anthocerotales;

- Jungermanniales;

- Marchantiales;

- Sphaerocarpales;

- syn. Hepaticopsida, class Hepaticae, class Hepaticopsida;

Hepaticopsida
n1
liverworts: comprises orders Anthocerotales;

- Jungermanniales;

- Marchantiales;

- Sphaerocarpales;

- syn. Hepaticae, class Hepaticae, class Hepaticopsida;

hepatitis / h ɛ p ə t aɪ t ɪ s /
n1
inflammation of the liver caused by a virus or a toxin;

hepatitis A
n1
an acute but benign form of viral hepatitis caused by an RNA virus that does not persist in the blood serum and is usually transmitted by ingesting food or drink that is contaminated with fecal matter;

- syn. infectious hepatitis;

hepatitis A virus
n1
the virus causing hepatitis A;

hepatitis B
n1
an acute (sometimes fatal) form of viral hepatitis caused by a DNA virus that tends to persist in the blood serum and is transmitted by sexual contact or by transfusion or by ingestion of contaminated blood or other bodily fluids;

- syn. serum hepatitis;

hepatitis C
n1
a viral hepatitis clinically indistinguishable from hepatitis B but caused by a single-stranded RNA virus;

- usually transmitted by parenteral means (as injection of an illicit drug or blood transfusion or exposure to blood or blood products);

hepatitis delta
n1
a severe form of hepatitis;

- syn. delta hepatitis;

hepatocarcinoma
n1
carcinoma of the liver;

- syn. hepatocellular carcinoma, hepatoma, malignant hepatoma;

hepatocellular carcinoma
n1
carcinoma of the liver;

- syn. hepatocarcinoma, hepatoma, malignant hepatoma;

hepatoflavin
n1
a B vitamin that prevents skin lesions and weight loss;

- syn. lactoflavin, ovoflavin, riboflavin, vitamin B2, vitamin G;

hepatojugular reflux
n1
a venous reflux occurring in congestive heart failure;

hepatolenticular degeneration
n1
a rare inherited disorder of copper metabolism;

- copper accumulates in the liver and then in the red blood cells and brain;

- syn. Wilson's disease;

hepatoma
n1
carcinoma of the liver;

- syn. hepatocarcinoma, hepatocellular carcinoma, malignant hepatoma;

hepatomegaly
n1
abnormal enlargement of the liver;

- syn. megalohepatia;

hepatotoxic
a1
toxic to the liver;

- sim. toxic;

hepatotoxin
n1
any toxin that affects the liver;

Hepburn / h ɛ p b ɝ n /
n1
United States film actress who appeared in many films with Spencer Tracy (1907-2003);

- syn. Katharine Hepburn, Katharine Houghton Hepburn;

Hephaestus
n1
(Greek mythology) the lame god of fire and metalworking in ancient mythology;

- identified with Roman Vulcan;

- syn. Hephaistos;

Hephaistos
n1
(Greek mythology) the lame god of fire and metalworking in ancient mythology;

- identified with Roman Vulcan;

- syn. Hephaestus;

heptad / h ɛ p t æ d /
n1
the cardinal number that is the sum of six and one;

- syn. 7, VII, septenary, septet, seven, sevener;

heptadecanoic acid
n1
a colorless crystalline synthetic fatty acid;

- syn. margaric acid;

heptagon / h ɛ p t ə ɡ ə n /
n1
a seven-sided polygon;

heptane
n1
a colorless volatile highly flammable liquid obtained from petroleum and used as an anesthetic or a solvent or in determining octane ratings;

Hepworth / h ɛ p w ɝ θ /
n1
British sculptor (1902-1975);

- syn. Barbara Hepworth, Dame Barbara Hepworth;

Hera
n1
queen of the Olympian gods in ancient Greek mythology;

- sister and wife of Zeus remembered for her jealously of the many mortal women Zeus fell in love with;

- identified with Roman Juno;

- syn. Here;

Heracles / h ɛr ə k ɫ z /
n1
(classical mythology) a hero noted for his strength;

- performed 12 immense labors to gain immortality;

- syn. Alcides, Herakles, Hercules;

Heracleum
n1
widely distributed genus of plants with usually thick rootstocks and large umbels of white flowers;

- syn. genus Heracleum;

Heracleum sphondylium
n1
tall coarse plant having thick stems and cluster of white to purple flowers;

- syn. cow parsnip, hogweed;

Heraclitus
n1
a presocratic Greek philosopher who said that fire is the origin of all things and that permanence is an illusion as all things are in perpetual flux (circa 500 BC);

Herakles
n1
(classical mythology) a hero noted for his strength;

- performed 12 immense labors to gain immortality;

- syn. Alcides, Heracles, Hercules;

herald / h ɛr ə ɫ d /
n1
(formal) a person who announces important news;

- "the chieftain had a herald who announced his arrival with a trumpet";

- syn. trumpeter;

n2
something that precedes and indicates the approach of something or someone;

- syn. forerunner, harbinger, precursor, predecessor;

v1
foreshadow or presage;

- syn. announce, annunciate, foretell, harbinger;

v2
praise vociferously;

- "The critics hailed the young pianist as a new Rubinstein";

- syn. acclaim, hail;

v3
greet enthusiastically or joyfully;

- syn. hail;

heralded / h ɛr ə ɫ d ɪ d /
a1
publicly announced;

- "the royal couple's much heralded world tour";

- sim. publicized;

heraldic / h ɛr æ ɫ d ɪ k /
a1
indicative of or announcing something to come;

- "the Beatles were heraldic of a new style of music";

- sim. communicative;

a2
of or relating to heraldry;

- syn. heraldist;

heraldic bearing
n1
heraldry consisting of a design or image depicted on a shield;

- syn. armorial bearing, bearing, charge;

heraldist
a1
of or relating to heraldry;

- syn. heraldic;

heraldry / h ɛr ə ɫ d ɹ i /
n1
the study and classification of armorial bearings and the tracing of genealogies;

n2
emblem indicating the right of a person to bear arms;

Herat
n1
a city in northwestern Afghanistan on the site of several ancient cities;

herb / h ɝ b /
n1
a plant lacking a permanent woody stem;

- many are flowering garden plants or potherbs;

- some having medicinal properties;

- some are pests;

- syn. herbaceous plant;

n2
aromatic potherb used in cookery for its savory qualities;

herb bennet
n1
hairy Eurasian plant with small yellow flowers and an astringent root formerly used medicinally;

- syn. Geum urbanum, clover-root, cloveroot, wood avens;

herb Christopher
n1
a plant of the genus Actaea having acrid poisonous berries;

- syn. baneberry, cohosh;

herb doctor
n1
a therapist who heals by the use of herbs;

- syn. herbalist;

herb garden
n1
a garden for growing herbs;

herb mercury
n1
Eurafrican annual naturalized in America as a weed;

- formerly dried for use as a purgative, diuretic or antisyphilitic;

- syn. Mercurialis annua, boys-and-girls, herbs mercury;

herb of grace
n1
European strong-scented perennial herb with grey-green bitter-tasting leaves;

- an irritant similar to poison ivy;

- syn. Ruta graveolens, rue;

herb Paris
n1
European herb with yellow-green flowers resembling and closely related to the trilliums;

- reputed to be poisonous;

- syn. Paris quadrifolia;

herb robert
n1
a sticky low herb with small reddish-purple flowers;

- widespread in the northern hemisphere;

- syn. Geranium robertianum, herb roberts, herbs robert;

herb roberts
n1
a sticky low herb with small reddish-purple flowers;

- widespread in the northern hemisphere;

- syn. Geranium robertianum, herb robert, herbs robert;

Herb Simon
n1
United States economist and psychologist who pioneered in the development of cognitive science (1916-2001);

- syn. Herbert A. Simon, Herbert Alexander Simon, Simon;

herb tea
n1
tea-like drink made of leaves of various herbs;

- syn. herbal, herbal tea;

herba impia
n1
(literally an undutiful herb) a variety of cotton rose;

- syn. Filago germanica;

herbaceous / h ɝ b eɪ ʃ ə s /
a1
characteristic of a nonwoody herb or plant part;

- sim. nonwoody;

herbaceous plant
n1
a plant lacking a permanent woody stem;

- many are flowering garden plants or potherbs;

- some having medicinal properties;

- some are pests;

- syn. herb;

herbage / h ɝ b ɪ dʒ /
n1
succulent herbaceous vegetation of pasture land;

- syn. pasturage;

herbal / h ɝ b ɫ /
n1
tea-like drink made of leaves of various herbs;

- syn. herb tea, herbal tea;

a1
of or relating to herbs;

- "herbal tea, herbal medicine";

herbal medicine
n1
a medicine made from plants and used to prevent or treat disease or promote health;

n2
the use of medicinal herbs to prevent or treat disease or promote health;

herbal tea
n1
tea-like drink made of leaves of various herbs;

- syn. herb tea, herbal;

herbal therapy
n1
the use of plants or plant extracts for medicinal purposes (especially plants that are not part of the normal diet);

- syn. botanical medicine, phytotherapy;

herbalist / h ɝ b ə ɫ ɪ s t /
n1
a therapist who heals by the use of herbs;

- syn. herb doctor;

herbarium / h ɝ b eə ɹ ɪə m /
n1
a collection of dried plants that are mounted and systematically classified for study;

Herbart
n1
German philosopher (1776-1841);

- syn. Johann Friedrich Herbart;

Herbert / h ɝ b ə t /
n1
United States musician and composer and conductor noted for his comic operas (1859-1924);

- syn. Victor Herbert;

Herbert A. Simon
n1
United States economist and psychologist who pioneered in the development of cognitive science (1916-2001);

- syn. Herb Simon, Herbert Alexander Simon, Simon;

Herbert Alexander Simon
n1
United States economist and psychologist who pioneered in the development of cognitive science (1916-2001);

- syn. Herb Simon, Herbert A. Simon, Simon;

Herbert Blythe
n1
United States actor;

- husband of Georgiana Emma Barrymore and father of Ethel Barrymore and John Barrymore and Lionel Barrymore (1847-1905);

- syn. Barrymore, Maurice Barrymore;

Herbert Clark Hoover
n1
31st President of the United States;

- in 1929 the stock market crashed and the economy collapsed and Hoover was defeated for reelection by Franklin Roosevelt (1874-1964);

- syn. Herbert Hoover, Hoover, President Hoover;

Herbert George Wells
n1
prolific English writer best known for his science-fiction novels;

- he also wrote on contemporary social problems and wrote popular accounts of history and science (1866-1946);

- syn. H. G. Wells, Wells;

Herbert Hoover
n1
31st President of the United States;

- in 1929 the stock market crashed and the economy collapsed and Hoover was defeated for reelection by Franklin Roosevelt (1874-1964);

- syn. Herbert Clark Hoover, Hoover, President Hoover;

Herbert Kitchener
n1
British field marshal (1850-1916);

- syn. First Earl Kitchener of Khartoum, Horatio Herbert Kitchener, Kitchener;

Herbert Marcuse
n1
United States political philosopher (born in Germany) concerned about the dehumanizing effects of capitalism and modern technology (1898-1979);

- syn. Marcuse;

Herbert Marshall McLuhan
n1
Canadian writer noted for his analyses of the mass media (1911-1980);

- syn. Marshall McLuhan, McLuhan;

Herbert Marx
n1
United States comedian;

- one of four brothers who made motion pictures together (1901-1979);

- syn. Marx, Zeppo;

Herbert McLean Evans
n1
United States anatomist who identified four pituitary hormones and discovered vitamin E (1882-1971);

- syn. Evans;

Herbert Spencer
n1
English philosopher and sociologist who applied the theory of natural selection to human societies (1820-1903);

- syn. Spencer;

herbicide
n1
a chemical agent that destroys plants or inhibits their growth;

- syn. weed killer, weedkiller;

herbivore
n1
any animal that feeds chiefly on grass and other plants;

- "horses are herbivores";

- "the sauropod dinosaurs were apparently herbivores";

herbivorous / h ɝ b ɪ v ə ɹ ə s /
a1
feeding only on plants;

- sim. anthophagous, baccivorous, carpophagous, grass-eating, plant-eating, saprophagous, saprophytic;

herbs mercury
n1
Eurafrican annual naturalized in America as a weed;

- formerly dried for use as a purgative, diuretic or antisyphilitic;

- syn. Mercurialis annua, boys-and-girls, herb mercury;

herbs robert
n1
a sticky low herb with small reddish-purple flowers;

- widespread in the northern hemisphere;

- syn. Geranium robertianum, herb robert, herb roberts;

Herculaneum
n1
ancient city;

- now destroyed;

herculean / h ɝ k j ʊ ɫ i ə n /
a1
displaying superhuman strength or power;

- "herculean exertions";

- syn. powerful;

- sim. superhuman;

a2
extremely difficult;

- requiring the strength of a Hercules;

- "a herculean task";

- sim. difficult;

Hercules
n1
(classical mythology) a hero noted for his strength;

- performed 12 immense labors to gain immortality;

- syn. Alcides, Heracles, Herakles;

n2
a large constellation in the northern hemisphere between Lyra and Corona Borealis;

Hercules'-club
n1
densely spiny ornamental of southeastern United States and West Indies;

- syn. Hercules'-clubs, Hercules-club, Zanthoxylum clava-herculis;

n2
small deciduous clump-forming tree or shrub of eastern United States;

- syn. American angelica tree, Aralia spinosa, devil's walking stick;

Hercules'-clubs
n1
densely spiny ornamental of southeastern United States and West Indies;

- syn. Hercules'-club, Hercules-club, Zanthoxylum clava-herculis;

Hercules-club
n1
densely spiny ornamental of southeastern United States and West Indies;

- syn. Hercules'-club, Hercules'-clubs, Zanthoxylum clava-herculis;

Herculius
n1
Roman Emperor from 286 until he abdicated in 305;

- when Diocletian divided the Roman Empire in 286 Maximian became emperor in the west (died in 311);

- syn. Marcus Aurelius Valerius Maximianus, Maximian;

herd / h ɝ d /
n1
a group of cattle or sheep or other domestic mammals all of the same kind that are herded by humans;

n2
a group of wild mammals of one species that remain together: antelope or elephants or seals or whales or zebra;

n3
a crowd especially of ordinary or undistinguished persons or things;

- "his brilliance raised him above the ruck";

- "the children resembled a fairy herd";

- syn. ruck;

v1
cause to herd, drive, or crowd together;

- "We herded the children into a spare classroom";

- syn. crowd;

v2
move together, like a herd;

v3
keep, move, or drive animals;

- "Who will be herding the cattle when the cowboy dies?";

herd's grass
n1
grass with long cylindrical spikes grown in northern United States and Europe for hay;

- syn. Phleum pratense, timothy;

Herder / h ɝ d ə , h ɝ d ə ɹ /
n1
German philosopher who advocated intuition over reason (1744-1803);

- syn. Johann Gottfried von Herder;

n2
someone who drives a herd;

- syn. drover, herdsman;

herdsman / h ɝ d z m ə n /
n1
someone who drives a herd;

- syn. drover, herder;

here / h ɪə , h ɪə ɹ /
n1
the present location;

- this place;

- "where do we go from here?";

n2
queen of the Olympian gods in ancient Greek mythology;

- sister and wife of Zeus remembered for her jealously of the many mortal women Zeus fell in love with;

- identified with Roman Juno;

- syn. Hera;

a1
being here now;

- "is everyone here?";

- sim. present;

r1
in or at this place;

- where the speaker or writer is;

- "I work here";

- "turn here";

- "radio waves received here on Earth";

r2
in this circumstance or respect or on this point or detail;

- "what do we have here?";

- "here I must disagree";

r3
to this place (especially toward the speaker);

- "come here, please";

- syn. hither;

r4
at this time;

- now;

- "we'll adjourn here for lunch and discuss the remaining issues this afternoon";

here and now
n1
at this time;

- "the disappointments of the here and now";

- "she is studying at the moment";

- syn. moment, present moment;

here and there
r1
in or to various places;

- first this place and then that;

- "he worked here and there but never for long in one town";

- "we drove here and there in the darkness";

hereabout / h ɪə ɹ ə b aʊ t /
r1
in this general vicinity;

- "the people are friendly hereabouts";

- syn. hereabouts;

hereabouts / h ɪə ɹ ə b aʊ t s /
r1
in this general vicinity;

- "the people are friendly hereabouts";

- syn. hereabout;

hereafter / h ɪə ɹ ɑ f t ə , h ɪə ɹ ɑ f t ə ɹ /
n1
life after death;

- syn. afterlife;

n2
the time yet to come;

- syn. future, futurity, time to come;

r1
in a subsequent part of this document or statement or matter etc.;

- "the landlord demises unto the tenant the premises hereinafter called the demised premises";

- "the terms specified hereunder";

- syn. hereinafter, hereunder;

r2
in a future life or state;

- "hope to win salvation hereafter";

r3
following this in time or order or place;

- after this;

- "hereafter you will no longer receive an allowance";

hereby / h ɪə b aɪ /
r1
(formal) by means of this;

- "I hereby declare you man and wife";

- syn. herewith;

herediatry spinal ataxia
n1
sclerosis of the posterior and lateral columns of the spinal cord;

- characterized by muscular weakness and abnormal gait;

- occurs in children;

- syn. Friedreich's ataxia;

hereditament / h ɛr ɪ d ɪ t ə m ə n t /
n1
any property (real or personal or mixed) that can be inherited;

hereditarianism
n1
the philosophical doctrine that heredity is more important than environment in determining intellectual growth;

hereditary / h ɪr ɛ d ɪ t ɹ i /
a1
occurring among members of a family usually by heredity;

- "an inherited disease";

- "familial traits";

- "genetically transmitted features";

- syn. familial, genetic, inherited, transmissible, transmitted;

- sim. inheritable;

a2
inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent;

- "ancestral home";

- "ancestral lore";

- "hereditary monarchy";

- "patrimonial estate";

- "transmissible tradition";

- syn. ancestral, patrimonial, transmissible;

- sim. inheritable;

hereditary cerebellar ataxia
n1
nervous disorder of late childhood and early adulthood;

- characterized by ataxic gait and hesitating or explosive speech and nystagmus;

hereditary condition
n1
a disease or disorder that is inherited genetically;

- syn. congenital disease, genetic abnormality, genetic defect, genetic disease, genetic disorder, hereditary disease, inherited disease, inherited disorder;

hereditary disease
n1
a disease or disorder that is inherited genetically;

- syn. congenital disease, genetic abnormality, genetic defect, genetic disease, genetic disorder, hereditary condition, inherited disease, inherited disorder;

hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy
n1
a form of neuropathy that can begin between childhood and young adulthood;

- characterized by weakness and atrophy of the muscles of the hands and lower legs;

- progression is slow and individuals affected can have a normal life span;

- inheritance is X-linked recessive or X-linked dominant;

- syn. Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease;

hereditary pattern
n1
(genetics) attributes acquired via biological heredity from the parents;

- syn. inheritance;

heredity / h ɪr ɛ d ɪ t i /
n1
the biological process whereby genetic factors are transmitted from one generation to the next;

n2
the total of inherited attributes;

- syn. genetic endowment;

Hereford / h ɛr ɪ f ə d /
n1
hardy English breed of cattle raised extensively in United States;

- syn. whiteface;

herein / h ɪə ɹ ɪ n /
r1
in this place or thing or document;

- "I shall discuss the question herein";

hereinafter / h ɪə ɹ ɪ n ɑ f t ə , h ɪə ɹ ɪ n ɑ f t ə ɹ /
r1
in a subsequent part of this document or statement or matter etc.;

- "the landlord demises unto the tenant the premises hereinafter called the demised premises";

- "the terms specified hereunder";

- syn. hereafter, hereunder;

hereinbefore / h ɪə ɹ ɪ n b ɪ f ɔ , h ɪə ɹ ɪ n b ɪ f ɔ ɹ /
r1
in the preceding part of the current text;

hereness
n1
the state of being here in this place;

hereof / h ɪə ɹ ɒ v /
r1
of or concerning this;

- "the twigs hereof are physic";

Herero
n1
a member of a pastoral Bantu people living in Namibia, Botswana, and Angola;

n2
a Banto language spoken by the Herero in Namibia, Botswana, and Angola;

heresy / h ɛr ə s i /
n1
any opinions or doctrines at variance with the official or orthodox position;

- syn. heterodoxy, unorthodoxy;

n2
a belief that rejects the orthodox tenets of a religion;

- syn. unorthodoxy;

heretic / h ɛr ə t ɪ k /
n1
a person who holds religious beliefs in conflict with the dogma of the Roman Catholic Church;

- syn. misbeliever, religious outcast;

n2
a person who holds unorthodox opinions in any field (not merely religion);

heretical / h ɪr ɛ t ɪ k ɫ /
a1
characterized by departure from accepted beliefs or standards;

- syn. dissident, heterodox;

- sim. unorthodox;

hereto / h ɪə t u /
r1
to this writing or document;

- "the charts hereto attached";

heretofore / h ɪə t u f ɔ , h ɪə t u f ɔ ɹ /
r1
used in negative statement to describe a situation that has existed up to this point or up to the present time;

- "So far he hasn't called";

- "the sun isn't up yet";

- syn. as yet, hitherto, so far, thus far, til now, until now, up to now, yet;

hereunder / h ɪə ɹ ʌ n d ə /
r1
in a subsequent part of this document or statement or matter etc.;

- "the landlord demises unto the tenant the premises hereinafter called the demised premises";

- "the terms specified hereunder";

- syn. hereafter, hereinafter;

r2
under the terms of this agreement;

hereupon / h ɪə ɹ ə p ɒ n /
r1
immediately after this;

- "hereupon, the passengers stumbled aboard";

herewith / h ɪə w ɪ ð /
r1
(formal) by means of this;

- "I hereby declare you man and wife";

- syn. hereby;

heritable / h ɛr ɪ t ə b ɫ /
a1
capable of being inherited;

- "inheritable traits such as eye color";

- "an inheritable title";

- syn. inheritable;

- sim. ancestral, familial, inheriting, monogenic, nee, polygenic;

heritage / h ɛr ɪ t ɪ dʒ /
n1
practices that are handed down from the past by tradition;

- "a heritage of freedom";

n2
any attribute or immaterial possession that is inherited from ancestors;

- "my only inheritance was my mother's blessing";

- "the world's heritage of knowledge";

- syn. inheritance;

n3
that which is inherited;

- a title or property or estate that passes by law to the heir on the death of the owner;

- syn. inheritance;

n4
hereditary succession to a title or an office or property;

- syn. inheritance;

Heritiera
n1
small genus of timber trees of eastern Asia, Australasia and tropical Africa that form large buttresses;

- syn. Terrietia, genus Heritiera, genus Terrietia;

Heritiera littoralis
n1
small tree of coastal regions of Old World tropics whose leaves are silvery beneath;

- syn. looking-glass plant;

Heritiera macrophylla
n1
large evergreen tree of India and Burma whose leaves are silvery beneath;

- syn. looking glass tree;

Heritiera trifoliolata
n1
large tree of Australasia;

- syn. Terrietia trifoliolata, booyong, brown oak, crow's foot, red beech, silky elm, stave wood;

heritor / h ɛr ɪ t ə /
n1
a person who is entitled by law or by the terms of a will to inherit the estate of another;

- syn. heir, inheritor;

herm
n1
a statue consisting of a squared stone pillar with a carved head (usually a bearded Hermes) on top;

- used in ancient Greece as a boundary marker or signpost;

Herman / h ɝ m æ n /
n1
United States jazz musician and bandleader (1913-1987);

- syn. Woodrow Charles Herman, Woody Herman;

Herman Hollerith
n1
United States inventor who invented a system for recording alphanumeric information on punched cards (1860-1929);

- syn. Hollerith;

Herman Melville
n1
United States writer of novels and short stories (1819-1891);

- syn. Melville;

Herman Northrop Frye
n1
Canadian literary critic interested in the use of myth and symbolism (1912-1991);

- syn. Frye, Northrop Frye;

Herman Wouk
n1
United States writer (born in 1915);

- syn. Wouk;

Hermann / h ɝ m æ n /
n1
German hero;

- leader at the battle of Teutoburger Wald in AD 9 (circa 18 BC - AD 19);

- syn. Armin, Arminius;

Hermann Goering
n1
German politician in Nazi Germany who founded the Gestapo and mobilized Germany for war (1893-1946);

- syn. Goering, Goring, Hermann Goring, Hermann Wilhelm Goring;

Hermann Goring
n1
German politician in Nazi Germany who founded the Gestapo and mobilized Germany for war (1893-1946);

- syn. Goering, Goring, Hermann Goering, Hermann Wilhelm Goring;

Hermann Hesse
n1
Swiss writer (born in Germany) whose novels and poems express his interests in eastern spiritual values (1877-1962);

- syn. Hesse;

Hermann Joseph Muller
n1
United States geneticist who studied the effects of X-rays on genes (1890-1967);

- syn. Muller;

Hermann Ludwig Ferdinand von Helmholtz
n1
German physiologist and physicist (1821-1894);

- syn. Baron Hermann Ludwig Ferdinand von Helmholtz, Helmholtz, Hermann von Helmholtz;

Hermann Maurice Saxe
n1
a French marshal who distinguished himself in the War of the Austrian Succession (1696-1750);

- syn. Marshal Saxe, Saxe, comte de Saxe;

Hermann Minkowski
n1
German mathematician (born in Russia) who suggested the concept of four-dimensional space-time (1864-1909);

- syn. Minkowski;

Hermann Snellen
n1
Dutch ophthalmologist who introduced the Snellen chart to study visual acuity (1834-1908);

- syn. Snellen;

Hermann von Helmholtz
n1
German physiologist and physicist (1821-1894);

- syn. Baron Hermann Ludwig Ferdinand von Helmholtz, Helmholtz, Hermann Ludwig Ferdinand von Helmholtz;

Hermann Wilhelm Goring
n1
German politician in Nazi Germany who founded the Gestapo and mobilized Germany for war (1893-1946);

- syn. Goering, Goring, Hermann Goering, Hermann Goring;

Hermannia
n1
genus of African herbs and subshrubs having honey-scented bell-shaped flowers;

- syn. genus Hermannia;

Hermannia verticillata
n1
African shrub having decumbent stems and slender yellow honey-scented flowers either solitary or in pairs;

- syn. Mahernia verticillata, honey bell, honeybells;

hermaphrodism
n1
congenital condition in which external genitalia and internal sex organs have both male and female characteristics;

- syn. hermaphroditism;

hermaphrodite / h ɝ m æ f ɹ ə d aɪ t /
n1
one having both male and female sexual characteristics and organs;

- at birth an unambiguous assignment of male or female cannot be made;

- syn. androgyne, epicene, epicene person, gynandromorph, intersex;

a1
of animal or plant;

- having both male female reproductive organs;

- syn. hermaphroditic;

- sim. androgynous;

hermaphrodite brig
n1
two-masted sailing vessel square-rigged on the foremast and fore-and-aft rigged on the mainmast;

- syn. brigantine;

hermaphroditic
a1
of or relating to monoclinous plants;

- sim. monoclinous;

a2
of animal or plant;

- having both male female reproductive organs;

- syn. hermaphrodite;

- sim. androgynous;

hermaphroditism
n1
congenital condition in which external genitalia and internal sex organs have both male and female characteristics;

- syn. hermaphrodism;

n2
showing characteristics of both sexes;

- syn. androgyny, bisexuality;

Hermaphroditus
n1
(Greek mythology) son of Hermes and Aphrodite who merged with the nymph Salmacis to form one body;

hermeneutic
a1
interpretive or explanatory;

hermeneutics
n1
the branch of theology that deals with principles of exegesis;

Hermes
n1
(Greek mythology) messenger and herald of the gods;

- god of commerce and cunning and invention and theft;

- identified with Roman Mercury;

hermetic / h ɝ m ɛ t ɪ k /
a1
completely sealed;

- completely airtight;

- sim. tight;

hermetically / h ɝ m ɛ t ɪ k ɫ i /
r1
in an airtight manner;

- "this bag is hermetically sealed";

Hermissenda
n1
genus of marine sea slugs;

- syn. genus Hermissenda;

Hermissenda crassicornis
n1
a kind of sea slug;

hermit / h ɝ m ɪ t /
n1
one retired from society for religious reasons;

- syn. anchorite;

n2
one who lives in solitude;

- syn. recluse, solitary, solitudinarian, troglodyte;

hermit crab
n1
small soft-bodied marine crustaceans living in cast-off shells of gastropods;

hermit thrush
n1
North American thrush noted for its complex and appealing song;

- syn. Hylocichla guttata;

hermitage / h ɝ m ɪ t ɪ dʒ /
n1
the abode of a hermit;

hermitic / h ɝ m ɪ t ɪ k /
a1
characterized by ascetic solitude;

- "the eremitic element in the life of a religious colony";

- "his hermitic existence";

- syn. anchoritic, eremitic, eremitical, hermitical;

- sim. unworldly;

hermitical / h ɝ m ɪ t ɪ k ə ɫ /
a1
characterized by ascetic solitude;

- "the eremitic element in the life of a religious colony";

- "his hermitic existence";

- syn. anchoritic, eremitic, eremitical, hermitic;

- sim. unworldly;

Hermosillo
n1
a city in northwestern Mexico near the Gulf of California;

Hernan Cortes
n1
Spanish conquistador who defeated the Aztecs and conquered Mexico (1485-1547);

- syn. Cortes, Cortez, Hernan Cortez, Hernando Cortes, Hernando Cortez;

Hernan Cortez
n1
Spanish conquistador who defeated the Aztecs and conquered Mexico (1485-1547);

- syn. Cortes, Cortez, Hernan Cortes, Hernando Cortes, Hernando Cortez;

Hernando Cortes
n1
Spanish conquistador who defeated the Aztecs and conquered Mexico (1485-1547);

- syn. Cortes, Cortez, Hernan Cortes, Hernan Cortez, Hernando Cortez;

Hernando Cortez
n1
Spanish conquistador who defeated the Aztecs and conquered Mexico (1485-1547);

- syn. Cortes, Cortez, Hernan Cortes, Hernan Cortez, Hernando Cortes;

Hernaria
n1
low-growing Old World herbs with minute bright green leaves;

- syn. genus Hernaria;

Hernaria glabra
n1
common prostrate Old World herb often used as a ground cover;

- formerly reputed to cure ruptures;

- syn. rupturewort;

hernia / h ɝ n ɪə /
n1
rupture in smooth muscle tissue through which a bodily structure protrudes;

- syn. herniation;

herniated disc
n1
a painful rupture of the fibrocartilage of the disc between spinal vertebrae;

- occurs most often in the lumbar region;

- syn. ruptured intervertebral disc, slipped disc;

herniation
n1
rupture in smooth muscle tissue through which a bodily structure protrudes;

- syn. hernia;

hero / h ɪə ɹ oʊ /
n1
a man distinguished by exceptional courage and nobility and strength;

- "RAF pilots were the heroes of the Battle of Britain";

n2
the principal character in a play or movie or novel or poem;

n3
someone who fights for a cause;

- syn. champion, fighter, paladin;

n4
Greek mathematician and inventor who devised a way to determine the area of a triangle and who described various mechanical devices (first century);

- syn. Hero of Alexandria, Heron;

n5
(classical mythology) a being of great strength and courage celebrated for bold exploits;

- often the offspring of a mortal and a god;

n6
(Greek mythology) priestess of Aphrodite who killed herself when her lover Leander drowned while trying to swim the Hellespont to see her;

n7
a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments);

- different names are used in different sections of the United States;

- syn. Cuban sandwich, Italian sandwich, bomber, grinder, hero sandwich, hoagie, hoagy, poor boy, sub, submarine, submarine sandwich, torpedo, wedge, zep;

hero-worship
v1
love unquestioningly and uncritically or to excess;

- venerate as an idol;

- "Many teenagers idolized the Beatles";

- syn. idolise, idolize, revere, worship;

Hero of Alexandria
n1
Greek mathematician and inventor who devised a way to determine the area of a triangle and who described various mechanical devices (first century);

- syn. Hero, Heron;

hero sandwich
n1
a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments);

- different names are used in different sections of the United States;

- syn. Cuban sandwich, Italian sandwich, bomber, grinder, hero, hoagie, hoagy, poor boy, sub, submarine, submarine sandwich, torpedo, wedge, zep;

hero worship
n1
admiration for great men (or their memory);

hero worshiper
n1
someone who worships heroes;

- syn. hero worshipper;

hero worshipper
n1
someone who worships heroes;

- syn. hero worshiper;

Herod / h ɪə ɹ oʊ d /
n1
king of Judea who (according to the New Testament) tried to kill Jesus by ordering the death of all children under age two in Bethlehem (73-4 BC);

- syn. Herod the Great;

Herod the Great
n1
king of Judea who (according to the New Testament) tried to kill Jesus by ordering the death of all children under age two in Bethlehem (73-4 BC);

- syn. Herod;

Herodotus
n1
the ancient Greek known as the father of history;

- his accounts of the wars between the Greeks and Persians are the first known examples of historical writing (485-425 BC);

heroic / h ɪr oʊ ɪ k /
n1
a verse form suited to the treatment of heroic or elevated themes;

- dactylic hexameter or iambic pentameter;

- syn. heroic meter, heroic verse;

a1
very imposing or impressive;

- surpassing the ordinary (especially in size or scale);

- "an epic voyage";

- "of heroic proportions";

- "heroic sculpture";

- syn. epic, larger-than-life;

- sim. large;

a2
relating to or characteristic of heroes of antiquity;

- "heroic legends";

- "the heroic age";

a3
having or displaying qualities appropriate for heroes;

- "the heroic attack on the beaches of Normandy";

- "heroic explorers";

- syn. heroical;

- sim. bold;

a4
of behavior that is impressive and ambitious in scale or scope;

- "an expansive lifestyle";

- "in the grand manner";

- "collecting on a grand scale";

- "heroic undertakings";

- syn. expansive, grand;

- sim. impressive;

a5
showing extreme courage;

- especially of actions courageously undertaken in desperation as a last resort;

- "made a last desperate attempt to reach the climber";

- "the desperate gallantry of our naval task forces marked the turning point in the Pacific war"- G.C.Marshall;

- "they took heroic measures to save his life";

- syn. desperate;

- sim. brave;

heroic couplet
n1
a couplet consisting of two rhymed lines of iambic pentameter and written in an elevated style;

heroic meter
n1
a verse form suited to the treatment of heroic or elevated themes;

- dactylic hexameter or iambic pentameter;

- syn. heroic, heroic verse;

heroic poem
n1
a long narrative poem telling of a hero's deeds;

- syn. epic, epic poem, epos;

heroic poetry
n1
poetry celebrating the deeds of some hero;

- syn. epic poetry;

heroic stanza
n1
a quatrain consisting of two heroic couplets written in an elevated style;

- the rhyme scheme is abab;

heroic tale
n1
a story of an adventure;

- syn. adventure story;

heroic verse
n1
a verse form suited to the treatment of heroic or elevated themes;

- dactylic hexameter or iambic pentameter;

- syn. heroic, heroic meter;

Heroica Puebla de Zaragoza
n1
a city in south central Mexico (southeast of Mexico City) on the edge of central Mexican plateau;

- syn. Puebla, Puebla de Zaragoza;

heroical / h ɪr oʊ ɪ k ə ɫ /
a1
having or displaying qualities appropriate for heroes;

- "the heroic attack on the beaches of Normandy";

- "heroic explorers";

- syn. heroic;

- sim. bold;

heroically / h ɪr oʊ ɪ k ɫ i /
r1
in a heroic manner;

- "he become reconciled to not dying heroically in her arms";

heroics / h ɪr oʊ ɪ k s /
n1
ostentatious or vainglorious or extravagant or melodramatic conduct;

- "heroics are for those epic films they make in Hollywood";

heroin / h ɛr oʊ ɪ n /
n1
a narcotic that is considered a hard drug;

- a highly addictive morphine derivative;

- intravenous injection provides the fastest and most intense rush;

- syn. diacetylmorphine;

heroin addict
n1
someone addicted to heroin;

heroin addiction
n1
an addiction to heroin;

heroine / h ɛr oʊ ɪ n /
n1
the main good female character in a work of fiction;

n2
a woman possessing heroic qualities or a woman who has performed heroic deeds;

heroism / h ɛr oʊ ɪ z ə m /
n1
the qualities of a hero or heroine;

- exceptional or heroic courage when facing danger (especially in battle);

- "he showed great heroism in battle";

- "he received a medal for valor";

- syn. gallantry, valiance, valiancy, valor, valorousness, valour;

Heron / h ɛr ə n /
n1
Greek mathematician and inventor who devised a way to determine the area of a triangle and who described various mechanical devices (first century);

- syn. Hero, Hero of Alexandria;

n2
grey or white wading bird with long neck and long legs and (usually) long bill;

heron's bill
n1
any of various plants of the genus Erodium;

- syn. storksbill;

heronry / h ɛr ə n ɹ i /
n1
a breeding ground for herons;

- a heron rookery;

herpangia
n1
a viral infection (usually in children) marked by sore throat and fever and papules in the mouth and throat and headache and abdominal pain;

- usually subsides in a short time;

herpes / h ɝ p i z /
n1
viral diseases causing eruptions of the skin or mucous membrane;

n2
any of the animal viruses that cause painful blisters on the skin;

- syn. herpes virus;

herpes encephalitis
n1
common form of acute encephalitis caused by herpes simplex 1;

- usually affects the temporal and frontal lobes;

- syn. acute inclusion body encephalitis, herpes simplex encephalitis;

herpes genitalis
n1
an infection caused by herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2) that is usually transmitted by sexual contact;

- marked by recurrent attacks of painful eruptions on the skin and mucous membranes of the genital area;

- syn. genital herpes;

herpes labialis
n1
caused by herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1);

- syn. cold sore, fever blister, oral herpes;

herpes simplex
n1
an infection caused by the herpes simplex virus;

- affects the skin and nervous system;

- produces small temporary (but sometimes painful) blisters on the skin and mucous membranes;

n2
a herpes virus that affects the skin and nervous system;

- syn. herpes simplex virus;

herpes simplex 1
n1
a herpes virus that causes oral herpes;

- syn. HS1, HSV-1, HSV-I;

herpes simplex 2
n1
a herpes virus that can cause genital herpes;

- syn. HS2, HSV-2, HSV-II;

herpes simplex encephalitis
n1
common form of acute encephalitis caused by herpes simplex 1;

- usually affects the temporal and frontal lobes;

- syn. acute inclusion body encephalitis, herpes encephalitis;

herpes simplex virus
n1
a herpes virus that affects the skin and nervous system;

- syn. herpes simplex;

herpes varicella zoster
n1
a herpes virus that causes chickenpox and shingles;

- syn. herpes varicella zoster virus;

herpes varicella zoster virus
n1
a herpes virus that causes chickenpox and shingles;

- syn. herpes varicella zoster;

herpes virus
n1
any of the animal viruses that cause painful blisters on the skin;

- syn. herpes;

herpes zoster
n1
eruptions along a nerve path often accompanied by severe neuralgia;

- syn. shingles, zoster;

n2
a herpes virus that causes shingles;

- syn. herpes zoster virus;

herpes zoster virus
n1
a herpes virus that causes shingles;

- syn. herpes zoster;

Herpestes
n1
mongooses;

- syn. genus Herpestes;

Herpestes ichneumon
n1
northern African mongoose;

- in ancient times thought to devour crocodile eggs;

- syn. ichneumon;

Herpestes nyula
n1
keen-sighted viverrine of southern Asia about the size of a ferret;

- often domesticated;

- syn. Indian mongoose;

herpetologist
n1
a zoologist who studies reptiles and amphibians;

herpetology
n1
the branch of zoology concerned with reptiles and amphibians;

Herr / h eə , h eə ɹ /
n1
a German man;

- used before the name as a title equivalent to Mr in English;

n2
a German courtesy title or form of address for a man;

Herrenvolk
n1
a race that considers itself superior to all others and fitted to rule the others;

- syn. master race;

herrerasaur
n1
a kind of theropod dinosaur found in Argentina;

- syn. herrerasaurus;

herrerasaurus
n1
a kind of theropod dinosaur found in Argentina;

- syn. herrerasaur;

Herrick / h ɛr ɪ k /
n1
English lyric poet (1591-1674);

- syn. Robert Herrick;

herring / h ɛr ɪ ŋ /
n1
valuable flesh of fatty fish from shallow waters of northern Atlantic or Pacific;

- usually salted or pickled;

n2
commercially important food fish of northern waters of both Atlantic and Pacific;

- syn. Clupea harangus;

herring gull
n1
large gull of the northern hemisphere;

- syn. Larus argentatus;

herring hog
n1
the common porpoise of the northern Atlantic and Pacific;

- syn. Phocoena phocoena, harbor porpoise;

herring salad
n1
based on pickled herring;

herringbone / h ɛr ɪ ŋ b oʊ n /
n1
a twilled fabric with a herringbone pattern;

n2
a pattern of columns of short parallel lines with all the lines in one column sloping one way and lines in adjacent columns sloping the other way;

- it is used in weaving, masonry, parquetry, embroidery;

- syn. herringbone pattern;

herringbone pattern
n1
a pattern of columns of short parallel lines with all the lines in one column sloping one way and lines in adjacent columns sloping the other way;

- it is used in weaving, masonry, parquetry, embroidery;

- syn. herringbone;

Herschel
n1
English astronomer (son of William Herschel) who extended the catalogue of stars to the southern hemisphere and did pioneering work in photography (1792-1871);

- syn. John Herschel, Sir John Frederick William Herschel, Sir John Herschel;

n2
English astronomer (born in Germany) who discovered infrared light and who catalogued the stars and discovered the planet Uranus (1738-1822);

- syn. Sir Frederick William Herschel, Sir William Herschel, William Herschel;

Herschelian telescope
n1
a reflecting telescope with the mirror slightly tilted to throw the image to the side where it can be viewed;

- syn. off-axis reflector;

Hershey / h ɝ z h eɪ /
n1
United States confectioner and philanthropist who created the model industrial town of Hershey, Pennsylvania;

- founded an industrial school for orphan boys (1857-1945);

- syn. Milton Snavely Hershey;

n2
an industrial town to the east of Harrisburg;

Hershey bar
n1
a bar of milk chocolate made by the Hershey company;

Hertfordshire / h ɑ t f ə d ʃ ə , h ɑ t f ə d ʃ ə ɹ /
n1
a county in southern England;

Hertha
n1
the Teutonic goddess of fertility;

- later identified with Norse Njord;

- syn. Nerthus;

hertz / h ɝ t s /
n1
the unit of frequency;

- one hertz has a periodic interval of one second (named for Heinrich Rudolph Hertz);

- syn. Hz, cps, cycle, cycle per second, cycles/second;

n2
German physicist who was the first to produce electromagnetic waves artificially (1857-1894);

- syn. Heinrich Hertz, Heinrich Rudolph Hertz;

n3
German physicist who with James Franck proved the existence of the stationary energy states postulated by Bohr (1887-1975);

- syn. Gustav Hertz, Gustav Ludwig Hertz;

Hertzian / h ɝ t s ɪə n /
a1
of or relating to the physicist Heinrich Hertz or his work;

- "Hertzian discoveries";

Hertzian wave
n1
a former name for a radio wave;

- an electromagnetic wave of radio frequency generated by oscillations in an electric circuit;

Herzberg
n1
Canadian physicist (born in Germany) noted for contributions to understanding the structure of molecules (born in 1904);

- syn. Gerhard Herzberg;

Heshvan
n1
the second month of the civil year;

- the eighth month of the ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar (in October and November);

Hesiod
n1
Greek poet whose existing works describe rural life and the genealogies of the gods and the beginning of the world (eighth century BC);

hesitance / h ɛ z ɪ t ə n s /
n1
a feeling of diffidence and indecision about doing something;

- syn. hesitancy;

hesitancy / h ɛ z ɪ t ə n s i /
n1
a feeling of diffidence and indecision about doing something;

- syn. hesitance;

n2
a certain degree of unwillingness;

- "a reluctance to commit himself";

- "his hesitancy revealed his basic indisposition";

- "after some hesitation he agreed";

- syn. disinclination, hesitation, indisposition, reluctance;

hesitant / h ɛ z ɪ t ə n t /
a1
lacking decisiveness of character;

- unable to act or decide quickly or firmly;

- syn. hesitating;

- sim. indecisive;

hesitantly / h ɛ z ɪ t ə n t ɫ i /
r1
with hesitation;

- in a hesitant manner;

- "he finally accepted hesitantly";

- syn. hesitatingly;

hesitate / h ɛ z ɪ t eɪ t /
v1
pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness;

- "Authorities hesitate to quote exact figures";

- syn. waffle, waver;

v2
interrupt temporarily an activity before continuing;

- "The speaker paused";

- syn. pause;

hesitater / h ɛ z ɪ t eɪ t ə , h ɛ z ɪ t eɪ t ə ɹ /
n1
one who hesitates (usually out of fear);

- syn. hesitator, vacillator, waverer;

hesitating / h ɛ z ɪ t eɪ t ɪ ŋ /
a1
lacking decisiveness of character;

- unable to act or decide quickly or firmly;

- syn. hesitant;

- sim. indecisive;

hesitatingly / h ɛ s ɪ t eɪ t ɪ ŋ ɫ i /
r1
with hesitation;

- in a hesitant manner;

- "he finally accepted hesitantly";

- syn. hesitantly;

hesitation / h ɛ z ɪ t eɪ ʃ n /
n1
indecision in speech or action;

- syn. vacillation, wavering;

n2
a certain degree of unwillingness;

- "a reluctance to commit himself";

- "his hesitancy revealed his basic indisposition";

- "after some hesitation he agreed";

- syn. disinclination, hesitancy, indisposition, reluctance;

n3
the act of pausing uncertainly;

- "there was a hesitation in his speech";

- syn. falter, faltering, waver;

hesitator / h ɛ z ɪ t eɪ t ə /
n1
one who hesitates (usually out of fear);

- syn. hesitater, vacillator, waverer;

Hesperian / h ɛ s p ɪə ɹ ɪə n /
a1
denoting or characteristic of countries of Europe and the western hemisphere;

- "occidental civilization";

- "Hesperian culture";

- syn. occidental;

- sim. western;

Hesperides
n1
(Greek mythology) group of 3 to 7 nymphs who guarded the golden apples that Gaea gave as a wedding gift to Hera;

- syn. Atlantides;

Hesperiphona
n1
evening grosbeak;

- syn. genus Hesperiphona;

Hesperiphona vespertina
n1
North American grosbeak;

- syn. evening grosbeak;

Hesperis
n1
biennial or perennial erect herbs having nocturnally fragrant flowers;

- syn. genus Hesperis;

Hesperis matronalis
n1
long cultivated herb having flowers whose scent is more pronounced in the evening;

- naturalized throughout Europe to Siberia and into North America;

- syn. Dame's violet, damask violet, sweet rocket;

Hesperus / h ɛ s p ə ɹ ə s /
n1
a planet (usually Venus) seen at sunset in the western sky;

- syn. Vesper, evening star;

Hess
n1
English pianist (1890-1965);

- syn. Dame Myra Hess;

n2
Swiss physiologist noted for studies of the brain (1881-1973);

- syn. Walter Hess, Walter Rudolf Hess;

n3
Nazi leader who in 1941 flew a solo flight to Scotland in an apparent attempt to negotiate a peace treaty with Great Britain but was imprisoned for life (1894-1987);

- syn. Rudolf Hess, Walther Richard Rudolf Hess;

n4
United States physicist (born in Austria) who was a discoverer of cosmic radiation (1883-1964);

- syn. Victor Franz Hess, Victor Hess;

Hesse
n1
Swiss writer (born in Germany) whose novels and poems express his interests in eastern spiritual values (1877-1962);

- syn. Hermann Hesse;

hessian / h ɛ s ɪə n /
n1
(19th century) a man's high tasseled boot;

- syn. Hessian boot, Wellington, Wellington boot, jackboot;

Hessian boot
n1
(19th century) a man's high tasseled boot;

- syn. Wellington, Wellington boot, hessian, jackboot;

Hessian fly
n1
small fly whose larvae damage wheat and other grains;

- syn. Mayetiola destructor;

hessonite
n1
a garnet ranging in color from yellow to brown;

- syn. cinnamon stone, essonite;

Hestia
n1
(Greek mythology) the goddess of the hearth and its fire in ancient mythology;

- identified with Roman Vesta;

het
a1
made warm or hot (`het' is a dialectal variant of `heated');

- "a heated swimming pool";

- "wiped his heated-up face with a large bandana";

- "he was all het up and sweaty";

- syn. heated, heated up, het up;

- sim. hot;

het up
a1
made warm or hot (`het' is a dialectal variant of `heated');

- "a heated swimming pool";

- "wiped his heated-up face with a large bandana";

- "he was all het up and sweaty";

- syn. heated, heated up, het;

- sim. hot;

a2
worked up emotionally by anger or excitement;

- "was terribly het up over the killing of the eagle";

- "got really het up over the new taxes";

- "he was suddenly het up about racing cars";

- sim. emotional;

Heteranthera
n1
mud plantains;

- syn. genus Heteranthera;

Heteranthera dubia
n1
grassy-leaved North American aquatic plant with yellow star-shaped blossoms;

- syn. mud plantain, water star grass;

Heterobasidiomycetes
n1
category used in some classification systems for various basidiomycetous fungi including rusts and smuts;

- syn. subclass Heterobasidiomycetes;

Heterocephalus
n1
sand rats;

- syn. genus Heterocephalus;

heterocercal
a1
possessing a tail with the upper lobe larger than the lower and with the vertebral column prolonged into the upper lobe;

heterocercal fin
n1
a tail fin with unequal lobes in which the vertebral column turns upward into the larger lobe as in sharks;

heterocycle
n1
a compound containing a heterocyclic ring;

- syn. heterocyclic, heterocyclic compound;

n2
a ring of atoms of more than one kind;

- especially a ring of carbon atoms containing at least one atom that is not carbon;

- syn. heterocyclic ring;

heterocyclic
n1
a compound containing a heterocyclic ring;

- syn. heterocycle, heterocyclic compound;

a1
containing a closed ring of atoms of which at least one is not a carbon atom;

- sim. cyclic;

heterocyclic compound
n1
a compound containing a heterocyclic ring;

- syn. heterocycle, heterocyclic;

heterocyclic ring
n1
a ring of atoms of more than one kind;

- especially a ring of carbon atoms containing at least one atom that is not carbon;

- syn. heterocycle;

heterodactyl / h ɛ t ə ɹ ə d æ k t ɪ ɫ /
a1
(of bird feet) having the first and second toes directed backward the third and fourth forward;

heterodactyl foot
n1
a bird's foot having the first and second toes of each foot directed backward and the third and fourth forward;

Heterodon / h ɛ t ə ɹ ə d ɒ n /
n1
a genus of small colubrid snakes containing the North American hognose snakes;

- syn. genus Heterodon;

heterodox / h ɛ t ə ɹ ə d ɒ k s /
a1
characterized by departure from accepted beliefs or standards;

- syn. dissident, heretical;

- sim. unorthodox;

heterodoxy / h ɛ t ə ɹ ə d ɒ k s i /
n1
any opinions or doctrines at variance with the official or orthodox position;

- syn. heresy, unorthodoxy;

n2
the quality of being unorthodox;

- syn. unorthodoxy;

heterodyne / h ɛ t ə ɹ ə d aɪ n /
v1
combine (a radio frequency wave) with a locally generated wave of a different frequency so as to produce a new frequency equal to the sum or the difference between the two;

a1
of or relating to the beat produced by heterodyning two oscillations;

heterodyne oscillator
n1
an oscillator whose output heterodynes with the incoming radio signal to produce sum and difference tones;

- syn. local oscillator;

heterodyne receiver
n1
a radio receiver that combines a locally generated frequency with the carrier frequency to produce a supersonic signal that is demodulated and amplified;

- syn. superhet, superheterodyne receiver;

heteroecious
a1
of parasites;

- passing through different stages of the life cycle on different host species;

- "heteroecious fungi";

- "heteroecious insects";

heterogeneity / h ɛ t ə ɹ oʊ dʒ ɪ n i ɪ t i /
n1
the quality of being diverse and not comparable in kind;

- syn. heterogeneousness;

heterogeneous / h ɛ t ə ɹ ə dʒ i n ɪə s /
a1
consisting of elements that are not of the same kind or nature;

- "the population of the United States is vast and heterogeneous";

- syn. heterogenous;

- also different, diversified, varied;

- sim. assorted, disparate, inhomogeneous;

a2
originating outside the body;

- syn. heterogenous;

heterogeneousness / h ɛ t ə ɹ ə dʒ i n ɪə s n ə s /
n1
the quality of being diverse and not comparable in kind;

- syn. heterogeneity;

heterogenesis / h ɛ t ə ɹ oʊ dʒ ɛ n ɪ s ɪ s /
n1
the alternation of two or more different forms in the life cycle of a plant or animal;

- syn. alternation of generations, xenogenesis;

heterogenous
a1
consisting of elements that are not of the same kind or nature;

- "the population of the United States is vast and heterogeneous";

- syn. heterogeneous;

- also different, diversified, varied;

- sim. assorted, disparate, inhomogeneous;

a2
originating outside the body;

- syn. heterogeneous;

heterograft
n1
tissue from an animal of one species used as a temporary graft (as in cases of severe burns) on an individual of another species;

- syn. xenograft;

heteroicous
a1
having several forms of gametoecia on the same plant;

- syn. polygamous, polyoicous;

- sim. monoecious;

Heterokontae
n1
all the yellow-green algae having flagella of unequal length;

- syn. Chrysophyceae, class Chrysophyceae, class Heterokontae;

Heterokontophyta
n1
algae having chlorophyll a and usually c, and flagella of unequal lengths;

- terminology supersedes Chrysophyta in some classifications;

- syn. division Heterokontophyta;

heterologic
a1
not corresponding in structure or evolutionary origin;

- syn. heterological, heterologous;

heterological
a1
not corresponding in structure or evolutionary origin;

- syn. heterologic, heterologous;

heterologous / h ɛ t ə ɹ ɒ ɫ ə ɡ ə s /
a1
not corresponding in structure or evolutionary origin;

- syn. heterologic, heterological;

a2
derived from organisms of a different but related species;

- "a heterologous graft";

heterology / h ɛ t ə ɹ ɒ ɫ ə dʒ i /
n1
(biology) the lack of correspondence of apparently similar body parts;

Heteromeles
n1
one species: toyon;

- in some classifications included in genus Photinia;

- syn. genus Heteromeles;

Heteromeles arbutifolia
n1
ornamental evergreen treelike shrub of the Pacific coast of the United States having large white flowers and red berrylike fruits;

- often placed in genus Photinia;

- syn. Christmas berry, Christmasberry, Photinia arbutifolia, tollon, toyon;

heterometabolic
a1
(of an insect) undergoing incomplete metamorphosis in which the nymph is essentially like the adult and there is no pupal stage;

- syn. heterometabolous;

- sim. metamorphic;

heterometabolism
n1
development of insects with incomplete metamorphosis in which no pupal stage precedes maturity;

- syn. heterometaboly;

heterometabolous
a1
(of an insect) undergoing incomplete metamorphosis in which the nymph is essentially like the adult and there is no pupal stage;

- syn. heterometabolic;

- sim. metamorphic;

heterometaboly
n1
development of insects with incomplete metamorphosis in which no pupal stage precedes maturity;

- syn. heterometabolism;

Heteromyidae
n1
small New World burrowing mouselike rodents with fur-lined cheek pouches and hind limbs and tail adapted to leaping;

- adapted to desert conditions: pocket mice;

- kangaroo mice;

- kangaroo rats;

- syn. family Heteromyidae;

heteronym / h ɛ t ə ɹ ɒ n ɪ m /
n1
two words are heteronyms if they are spelled the same way but differ in pronunciation;

- "the word `bow' is an example of a heteronym";

heterophil antibody
n1
an antibody found in the blood of someone suffering from infectious mononucleosis;

- syn. Forssman antibody, heterophile antibody;

heterophil test
n1
a blood test to detect heterophil antibodies that agglutinate sheep red blood cells;

- positive result indicates infectious mononucleosis;

heterophile antibody
n1
an antibody found in the blood of someone suffering from infectious mononucleosis;

- syn. Forssman antibody, heterophil antibody;

heteroploid
n1
(genetics) an organism or cell having a chromosome number that is not an even multiple of the haploid chromosome number for that species;

heteroploidy
n1
the condition of being heteroploid;

Heteroptera
n1
true bugs;

- syn. suborder Heteroptera;

heteropterous insect
n1
true bugs: insects whose forewings are membranous but have leathery tips;

Heteroscelus
n1
tattlers;

- syn. genus Heteroscelus;

Heteroscelus incanus
n1
tattler of Pacific coastal regions;

- syn. Polynesian tattler;

heterosexism / h ɛ t ə ɹ ə s ɛ k s ɪ z ə m /
n1
discrimination in favor of heterosexual and against homosexual people;

heterosexual / h ɛ t ə ɹ ə s ɛ k ʃ ʊə ɫ /
n1
a person having a sexual orientation to persons of the opposite sex;

- syn. heterosexual person, straight, straight person;

a1
sexually attracted to members of the opposite sex;

- sim. straight;

heterosexual person
n1
a person having a sexual orientation to persons of the opposite sex;

- syn. heterosexual, straight, straight person;

heterosexualism / h ɛ t ə ɹ ə s ɛ k ʃ ʊə ɫ ɪ z ə m /
n1
a sexual attraction to (or sexual relations with) persons of the opposite sex;

- syn. heterosexuality, straightness;

heterosexuality / h ɛ t ə ɹ ə s ɛ k ʃ ʊ æ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
a sexual attraction to (or sexual relations with) persons of the opposite sex;

- syn. heterosexualism, straightness;

heterosis
n1
(genetics) the tendency of a crossbred organism to have qualities superior to those of either parent;

- syn. hybrid vigor;

Heterosomata
n1
flatfishes: halibut;

- sole;

- flounder;

- plaice;

- turbot;

- tonguefishes;

- syn. order Heterosomata, order Pleuronectiformes;

heterosporous / h ɛ t ə ɹ ə s p ɔ ɹ ə s /
a1
characterized by heterospory;

heterospory
n1
the development of both microspores and megaspores;

heterostracan
n1
extinct jawless fish with the anterior part of the body covered with bony plates;

- of the Silurian and Devonian;

Heterostraci
n1
extinct group of armored jawless fishes or fish-like vertebrate;

- taxonomy is not clear;

- syn. suborder Heterostraci;

heterotaxy
n1
any abnormal position of the organs of the body;

- syn. transposition;

Heterotheca
n1
genus of yellow-flowered North American herbs;

- syn. genus Heterotheca;

Heterotheca villosa
n1
hairy perennial with yellow flower heads in branched clusters;

- found almost everywhere in dry places from Canada to west central and western United States;

- sometimes placed in genus Chrysopsis;

- syn. Chrysopsis villosa, hairy golden aster, prairie golden aster;

heterothermic
a1
of animals except birds and mammals;

- having body temperature that varies with the environment;

- syn. ectothermic, poikilothermic, poikilothermous;

- sim. cold-blooded;

Heterotrichales
n1
yellow-green algae with simple or branching filaments;

- comprising the single family Tribonemaceae;

- syn. order Heterotrichales;

heterotroph
n1
an organism that depends on complex organic substances for nutrition;

heterotrophic
a1
requiring organic compounds of carbon and nitrogen for nourishment;

- "most animals are heterotrophic";

heterozygosity
n1
the state of being heterozygous;

- having two different alleles of the same gene;

heterozygote
n1
(genetics) an organism having two different alleles of a particular gene and so giving rise to varying offspring;

heterozygous
a1
having dissimilar alleles at corresponding chromosomal loci;

- "heterozygous for eye color";

heth
n1
the 8th letter of the Hebrew alphabet;

Heuchera
n1
genus of North American herbs with basal cordate or orbicular leaves and small panicled flowers;

- syn. genus Heuchera;

Heuchera americana
n1
plant with basal leaves mottled with white and flowers in lax panicles on erect stems;

- syn. rock geranium;

Heuchera cylindrica
n1
plant with leathery heart-shaped leaf blades clustered at base of long stalks with greenish-white flowers clustered along the upper part;

- western North America;

- syn. poker alumroot, poker heuchera;

Heuchera sanguinea
n1
perennial plant of the western United States having bright red flowers in feathery spikes;

- used as an ornamental;

- syn. coralbells;

heulandite
n1
a group of minerals of the zeolite family consisting of a hydrous aluminum silicate of sodium and calcium;

heuristic / h j ʊə ɹ ɪ s t ɪ k /
n1
a commonsense rule (or set of rules) intended to increase the probability of solving some problem;

- syn. heuristic program, heuristic rule;

a1
of or relating to or using a general formulation that serves to guide investigation;

- sim. trial-and-error;

heuristic program
n1
a commonsense rule (or set of rules) intended to increase the probability of solving some problem;

- syn. heuristic, heuristic rule;

heuristic rule
n1
a commonsense rule (or set of rules) intended to increase the probability of solving some problem;

- syn. heuristic, heuristic program;

Hevea
n1
small genus of South American trees yielding latex;

- "rubber trees are usually cultivated in plantations";

- syn. genus Hevea, rubber tree;

Hevea brasiliensis
n1
deciduous tree of the Amazon and Orinoco Rivers having leathery leaves and fragrant yellow-white flowers;

- it yields a milky juice that is the chief source of commercial rubber;

- syn. Para rubber tree, caoutchouc tree;

Hevesy
n1
Hungarian chemist who studied radioisotopes and was one of the discoverers of the element hafnium (1885-1966);

- syn. George Charles Hevesy de Hevesy;

hew / h j u /
v1
make or shape as with an axe;

- "hew out a path in the rock";

- syn. hew out;

v2
strike with an axe;

- cut down, strike;

- "hew an oak";

- also hew out;

hew out
v1
make or shape as with an axe;

- "hew out a path in the rock";

- syn. hew;

hewer / h j u ə , h j u ə ɹ /
n1
a person who hews;

hewn / h j u n /
a1
cut or shaped with hard blows of a heavy cutting instrument like an ax or chisel;

- "a house built of hewn logs";

- "rough-hewn stone";

- "a path hewn through the underbrush";

- syn. hand-hewn;

- sim. cut;

hex
n1
an evil spell;

- "a witch put a curse on his whole family";

- "he put the whammy on me";

- syn. curse, jinx, whammy;

v1
cast a spell over someone or something;

- put a hex on someone or something;

- syn. bewitch, enchant, glamour, jinx, witch;

a1
of or pertaining to a number system having 16 as its base;

- syn. hexadecimal;

hex nut
n1
a nut with a hexagonal shape;

hexachlorophene
n1
antibacterial substance that is a water-soluble powder used in antiseptic soaps and toothpaste;

hexacosanoic acid
n1
a white solid fatty acid found in waxes (such as beeswax);

- syn. cerotic acid;

hexad
n1
the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one;

- syn. 6, Captain Hicks, VI, half a dozen, sestet, sextet, sextuplet, sise, six, sixer;

hexadecanoic acid
n1
a saturated fatty acid that is the major fat in meat and dairy products;

- syn. palmitic acid;

hexadecimal
a1
of or pertaining to a number system having 16 as its base;

- syn. hex;

hexadecimal digit
n1
a digit from 0 to 15 in hexadecimal notation;

hexadecimal notation
n1
any notation that uses 16 different characters;

- syn. sexadecimal notation;

hexadecimal number system
n1
a positional system of numeration that uses hexadecimal digits and a radix of sixteen;

- syn. hexadecimal system, sexadecimal number system;

hexadecimal system
n1
a positional system of numeration that uses hexadecimal digits and a radix of sixteen;

- syn. hexadecimal number system, sexadecimal number system;

Hexadrol
n1
a corticosteroid drug (trade names Decadron or Dexamethasone Intensol or Dexone or Hexadrol or Oradexon) used to treat allergies or inflammation;

- syn. Decadron, Dexamethasone Intensol, Dexone, Oradexon, dexamethasone;

hexagon / h ɛ k s ə ɡ ə n /
n1
a six-sided polygon;

hexagonal / h ɛ k s æ ɡ ə n ɫ /
a1
having six sides or divided into hexagons;

- syn. hexangular;

hexagram
n1
a regular polygon formed by extending each of the sides of a regular hexagon to form two equilateral triangles;

Hexagrammidae
n1
greenlings;

- syn. family Hexagrammidae;

Hexagrammos
n1
type genus of the Hexagrammidae;

- syn. genus Hexagrammos;

Hexagrammos decagrammus
n1
common food and sport fish of western coast of North America;

- syn. kelp greenling;

hexahedron / h ɛ k s ə h ɛ d ɹ ə n /
n1
any polyhedron having six plane faces;

Hexalectris
n1
a monocotyledonous genus of the family Orchidaceae;

- syn. genus Hexalectris;

Hexalectris spicata
n1
orchid with yellowish-brown flowers with dark veins;

- southeastern Arizona to the eastern United States;

- syn. crested coral root;

Hexalectris warnockii
n1
orchid with slender nearly leafless reddish-brown stems with loose racemes of reddish-brown flowers;

- of open brushy woods of southeastern Arizona and central Texas;

- syn. Texas purple spike;

hexameter / h ɛ k s æ m ɪ t ə , h ɛ k s æ m ɪ t ə ɹ /
n1
a verse line having six metrical feet;

Hexamita
n1
flagellates free-living or parasitic in intestines of birds;

- syn. genus Hexamita;

Hexanchidae
n1
primitive sharks;

- syn. family Hexanchidae;

Hexanchus
n1
a genus of Hexanchidae;

- syn. genus Hexanchus;

Hexanchus griseus
n1
large primitive shark widely distributed in warm seas;

- syn. cow shark, six-gilled shark;

hexane
n1
a colorless flammable liquid alkane derived from petroleum and used as a solvent;

hexanedioic acid
n1
a carboxylic acid used in the manufacture of nylon;

- syn. adipic acid;

hexangular
a1
having six sides or divided into hexagons;

- syn. hexagonal;

hexanoic acid
n1
a fatty acid found in animal oils and fats or made synthetically;

- smells like goats;

- syn. caproic acid;

hexapod
n1
an animal having six feet;

Hexapoda
n1
insects;

- about five-sixths of all known animal species;

- syn. Insecta, class Hexapoda, class Insecta;

hexed / h ɛ k s t /
a1
(usually used colloquially) causing or accompanied by misfortune;

- syn. jinxed;

- sim. unlucky;

hexenbesen
n1
an abnormal tufted growth of small branches on a tree or shrub caused by fungi or insects or other physiological disturbance;

- syn. staghead, witch broom, witches' broom;

hexestrol
n1
estrogen compound used to treat menstrual irregularities and menopausal symptoms and to prevent pregnancy;

hexose
n1
a monosaccharide that contains six carbon atoms per molecule;

heyday / h eɪ d eɪ /
n1
the period of greatest prosperity or productivity;

- syn. bloom, blossom, efflorescence, flower, flush, peak, prime;

Heyerdahl
n1
Norwegian anthropologist noted for his studies of cultural diffusion (1914-2002);

- syn. Thor Hyerdahl;

Heyrovsky
n1
Czechoslovakian chemist who developed polarography (1890-1967);

- syn. Joroslav Heyrovsky;

Heyse
n1
German writer (1830-1914);

- syn. Paul Heyse, Paul Johann Ludwig von Heyse;

Heyward / h eɪ w ɔ d /
n1
United States writer (1885-1940);

- syn. DuBois Heyward, Edwin DuBois Hayward;

Hezbollah
n1
a Shiite terrorist organization with strong ties to Iran;

- seeks to create an Iranian fundamentalist Islamic state in Lebanon;

- car bombs are the signature weapon;

- syn. Hizballah, Hizbollah, Hizbullah, Islamic Jihad, Islamic Jihad for the Liberation of Palestine, Lebanese Hizballah, Organization of the Oppressed on Earth, Party of God, Revolutionary Justice Organization;

Hezekiah
n1
(Old Testament) king of Judah who abolished idolatry (715-687 BC);

- syn. Ezekias;

Hf
n1
a grey tetravalent metallic element that resembles zirconium chemically and is found in zirconium minerals;

- used in filaments for its ready emission of electrons;

- syn. atomic number 72, hafnium;

n2
3 to 30 megahertz;

- syn. high frequency;

HFC
n1
a fluorocarbon emitted as a by-product of industrial manufacturing;

- syn. hydrofluorocarbon;

Hg
n1
a heavy silvery toxic univalent and bivalent metallic element;

- the only metal that is liquid at ordinary temperatures;

- syn. atomic number 80, hydrargyrum, mercury, quicksilver;

n2
100 grams;

- syn. hectogram;

HHS
n1
the United States federal department that administers all federal programs dealing with health and welfare;

- created in 1979;

- syn. Department of Health and Human Services, Health and Human Services;

hi / h aɪ /
n1
an expression of greeting;

- "every morning they exchanged polite hellos";

- syn. hello, how-do-you-do, howdy, hullo;

n2
a state in the United States in the central Pacific on the Hawaiian Islands;

- syn. Aloha State, Haw., Hawai'i, Hawaii;

hi-fi / h aɪ f aɪ /
n1
equipment for the reproduction of sound with high fidelity;

- syn. high fidelity sound system;

n2
the reproduction of sound with little or no distortion;

- syn. high fidelity;

a1
characterized by minimal distortion in sound reproduction;

- "a high-fidelity recording";

- "a hi-fi system";

- syn. high-fidelity;

- sim. accurate;

hi-tech
a1
resembling or making use of highly advanced technology or devices;

- syn. high-tech;

- sim. advanced;

hiatal hernia
n1
hernia resulting from the protrusion of part of the stomach through the diaphragm;

- syn. diaphragmatic hernia, hiatus hernia;

hiatus / h aɪ eɪ t ə s /
n1
an interruption in the intensity or amount of something;

- syn. abatement, reprieve, respite, suspension;

n2
a missing piece (as a gap in a manuscript);

n3
a natural opening or perforation through a bone or a membranous structure;

- syn. foramen;

hiatus hernia
n1
hernia resulting from the protrusion of part of the stomach through the diaphragm;

- syn. diaphragmatic hernia, hiatal hernia;

Hiawatha
n1
a Native American chieftain who argued for peace with the European settlers (16th century);

hiba arborvitae
n1
slow-growing medium-large Japanese evergreen used as an ornamental;

- syn. Thujopsis dolobrata;

hibachi
n1
a portable brazier that burns charcoal and has a grill for cooking;

v1
cook over a hibachi grill;

Hibbertia
n1
evergreen heathlike or scandent shrubs of Madagascar;

- Australasia;

- Polynesia;

- syn. genus Hibbertia;

Hibbing
n1
a town in northeastern Minnesota in the Mesabi Range;

hibernal / h aɪ b ɝ n ə ɫ /
a1
characteristic of or relating to winter;

- "bears in brumal sleep";

- syn. brumal, hiemal;

- sim. wintry;

hibernate / h aɪ b ə n eɪ t /
v1
sleep during winter;

- "Bears must eat a lot of food before they hibernate in their caves";

- syn. hole up;

v2
be in an inactive or dormant state;

hibernating / h aɪ b ə n eɪ t ɪ ŋ /
a1
in a condition of biological rest or suspended animation;

- "dormant buds";

- "a hibernating bear";

- "torpid frogs";

- syn. dormant, torpid;

- sim. asleep;

hibernation / h aɪ b ə n eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the torpid or resting state in which some animals pass the winter;

n2
cessation from or slowing of activity during the winter;

- especially slowing of metabolism in some animals;

n3
the act of retiring into inactivity;

- "he emerged from his hibernation to make his first appearance in several years";

Hibernia
n1
an island comprising the republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland;

- syn. Emerald Isle, Ireland;

hibiscus / h ɪ b ɪ s k ə s /
n1
any plant of the genus Hibiscus;

Hibiscus cannabinus
n1
valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation;

- syn. Bombay hemp, Indian hemp, bimli, bimli hemp, deccan hemp, kanaf, kenaf;

Hibiscus elatus
n1
erect forest tree of Cuba and Jamaica having variably hairy leaves and orange-yellow or orange-red flowers;

- yields a moderately dense timber for cabinetwork and gunstocks;

- syn. Cuban bast, blue mahoe, mahagua, mahoe, majagua;

Hibiscus esculentus
n1
tall coarse annual of Old World tropics widely cultivated in southern United States and West Indies for its long mucilaginous green pods used as basis for soups and stews;

- sometimes placed in genus Hibiscus;

- syn. Abelmoschus esculentus, gumbo, lady's-finger, okra, okra plant;

Hibiscus farragei
n1
southern and western Australian shrub with unlobed or shallowly lobed toothed leaves and purple flowers;

- sometimes placed in genus Hibiscus;

- syn. Radyera farragei, bush hibiscus;

Hibiscus heterophyllus
n1
Australian tree with acid foliage;

- syn. sorrel tree;

Hibiscus moschatus
n1
bushy herb of tropical Asia grown for its yellow or pink to scarlet blooms that resemble the hibiscus;

- syn. Abelmoschus moschatus, abelmosk, musk mallow;

Hibiscus moscheutos
n1
showy shrub of salt marshes of the eastern United States having large rose-colored flowers;

- syn. common rose mallow, rose mallow, swamp mallow, swamp rose mallow;

Hibiscus mutabilis
n1
Chinese shrub or small tree having white or pink flowers becoming deep red at night;

- widely cultivated;

- naturalized in southeastern United States;

- syn. Confederate rose, Confederate rose mallow, cotton rose;

Hibiscus rosa-sinensis
n1
large showy Asiatic shrub or small tree having large single or double red to deep-red flowers;

- syn. China rose, Chinese hibiscus, Rose of China, shoe black, shoeblack plant;

Hibiscus sabdariffa
n1
East Indian sparsely prickly annual herb or perennial subshrub widely cultivated for its fleshy calyxes used in tarts and jelly and for its bast fiber;

- syn. Jamaica sorrel, red sorrel, roselle, rozelle, sorrel;

Hibiscus syriacus
n1
Asiatic shrub or small shrubby tree having showy bell-shaped rose or purple or white flowers and usually three-lobed leaves;

- widely cultivated in temperate North America and Europe;

- syn. rose of Sharon;

Hibiscus tiliaceus
n1
shrubby tree widely distributed along tropical shores;

- yields a light tough wood used for canoe outriggers and a fiber used for cordage and caulk;

- often cultivated for ornament;

- syn. balibago, mahagua, mahoe, majagua, purau;

Hibiscus trionum
n1
annual weedy herb with ephemeral yellow purple-eyed flowers;

- Old World tropics;

- naturalized as a weed in North America;

- syn. black-eyed Susan, bladder ketmia, flower-of-an-hour, flowers-of-an-hour;

hiccough / h ɪ k ʌ p /
n1
(usually plural) the state of having reflex spasms of the diaphragm accompanied by a rapid closure of the glottis producing an audible sound;

- sometimes a symptom of indigestion;

- "how do you cure the hiccups?";

- syn. hiccup, singultus;

v1
breathe spasmodically, and make a sound;

- "When you have to hiccup, drink a glass of cold water";

- syn. hiccup;

hiccough nut
n1
ornamental African shrub or climber with red flowers;

- syn. Combretum bracteosum, hiccup nut;

hiccup / h ɪ k ʌ p /
n1
(usually plural) the state of having reflex spasms of the diaphragm accompanied by a rapid closure of the glottis producing an audible sound;

- sometimes a symptom of indigestion;

- "how do you cure the hiccups?";

- syn. hiccough, singultus;

v1
breathe spasmodically, and make a sound;

- "When you have to hiccup, drink a glass of cold water";

- syn. hiccough;

hiccup nut
n1
ornamental African shrub or climber with red flowers;

- syn. Combretum bracteosum, hiccough nut;

hick / h ɪ k /
n1
a person who is not very intelligent or interested in culture;

- syn. bumpkin, chawbacon, hayseed, rube, yahoo, yokel;

a1
awkwardly simple and provincial;

- "bumpkinly country boys";

- "rustic farmers";

- "a hick town";

- "the nightlife of Montmartre awed the unsophisticated tourists";

- syn. bumpkinly, rustic, unsophisticated;

- sim. provincial;

hickey / h ɪ k i /
n1
a small inflamed elevation of the skin;

- a pustule or papule;

- common symptom in acne;

- syn. pimple, zit;

n2
a temporary red mark on a person's skin resulting from kissing or sucking by their lover;

- syn. love bite;

Hickock
n1
frontier marshal whose adventures have become legendary (1837-1876);

- syn. James Butler Hickock, Wild Bill Hickock;

hickory / h ɪ k ə ɹ i /
n1
valuable tough heavy hardwood from various hickory trees;

n2
American hardwood tree bearing edible nuts;

- syn. hickory tree;

hickory nut
n1
small hard-shelled nut of North American hickory trees especially the shagbark hickories;

hickory pine
n1
a small two-needled upland pine of the eastern United States (Appalachians) having dark brown flaking bark and thorn-tipped cone scales;

- syn. Pinus pungens, prickly pine, table-mountain pine;

hickory tree
n1
American hardwood tree bearing edible nuts;

- syn. hickory;

Hidatsa
n1
a member of the Sioux people formerly inhabiting an area along the Missouri river in western North Dakota;

- syn. Gros Ventre;

n2
a Siouan language spoken by the Hidatsa;

- syn. Gros Ventre;

hidden / h ɪ d n /
a1
not accessible to view;

- "concealed (or hidden) damage";

- "in stormy weather the stars are out of sight";

- syn. concealed, out of sight;

- sim. invisible;

a2
designed to elude detection;

- "a hidden room or place of concealment such as a priest hole";

- "a secret passage";

- "the secret compartment in the desk";

- syn. secret;

- sim. concealed;

a3
difficult to find;

- "hidden valleys";

- "a hidden cave";

- "an obscure retreat";

- syn. obscure;

- sim. concealed;

hidden reserve
n1
reserves that do not show up on the balance sheet (as by understating values);

hidden tax
n1
a tax paid unwittingly by the consumer (such as ad valorem taxes);

hiddenite
n1
a green transparent form of the mineral spodumene used as a gemstone;

hiddenness / h ɪ d n n ɛ s /
n1
the state of being covert and hidden;

- syn. covertness;

hide / h aɪ d /
n1
the dressed skin of an animal (especially a large animal);

- syn. fell;

n2
body covering of a living animal;

- syn. pelt, skin;

v1
prevent from being seen or discovered;

- "hide the money";

- syn. conceal;

v2
be or go into hiding;

- keep out of sight, as for protection and safety;

- "Probably his horse would be close to where he was hiding";

- "She is hiding out in a cabin in Montana";

- syn. hide out;

v3
cover as if with a shroud;

- "The origins of this civilization are shrouded in mystery";

- syn. cover, enshroud, shroud;

v4
make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing;

- "a hidden message";

- "a veiled threat";

- syn. blot out, obliterate, obscure, veil;

hide-and-seek / h aɪ d n s i k /
n1
a game in which a child covers his eyes while the other players hide then tries to find them;

- syn. hide and go seek;

hide and go seek
n1
a game in which a child covers his eyes while the other players hide then tries to find them;

- syn. hide-and-seek;

hide out
v1
be or go into hiding;

- keep out of sight, as for protection and safety;

- "Probably his horse would be close to where he was hiding";

- "She is hiding out in a cabin in Montana";

- syn. hide;

hideaway / h aɪ d ə w eɪ /
n1
a hiding place;

- usually a remote place used by outlaws;

- syn. den, hideout;

n2
an area where you can be alone;

- syn. retreat;

hidebound / h aɪ d b aʊ n d /
a1
stubbornly conservative and narrow-minded;

- syn. traditionalist;

- sim. conservative;

Hideki Yukawa
n1
Japanese mathematical physicist who proposed that nuclear forces are mediated by massive particles called mesons which are analogous to the photon in mediating electromagnetic forces (1907-1981);

- syn. Yukawa;

hideous / h ɪ d ɪə s /
a1
grossly offensive to decency or morality;

- causing horror;

- "subjected to outrageous cruelty";

- "a hideous pattern of injustice";

- "horrific conditions in the mining industry";

- syn. horrid, horrific, outrageous;

- sim. offensive;

a2
so extremely ugly as to be terrifying;

- "a hideous scar";

- "a repulsive mask";

- syn. repulsive;

- sim. ugly;

hideously / h ɪ d ɪə s ɫ i /
r1
in a hideous manner;

- "her face was hideously disfigured after the accident";

- syn. horridly, monstrously;

hideousness / h ɪ d ɪə s n ɛ s /
n1
dreadful ugliness;

- horrible repulsiveness;

hideout / h aɪ d aʊ t /
n1
a hiding place;

- usually a remote place used by outlaws;

- syn. den, hideaway;

Hideyo Noguchi
n1
United States bacteriologist (born in Japan) who discovered the cause of yellow fever and syphilis (1876-1928);

- syn. Noguchi;

hiding / h aɪ d ɪ ŋ /
n1
the activity of keeping something secret;

- syn. concealing, concealment;

n2
the state of being hidden;

- "he went into hiding";

hiding place
n1
a place suitable for hiding something (such as yourself);

hidrosis
n1
the process of the sweat glands of the skin secreting a salty fluid;

- "perspiration is a homeostatic process";

- syn. diaphoresis, perspiration, sudation, sweating;

hidrotic
a1
of or relating to sweat;

hie / h aɪ /
v1
move hurridly;

- "He rushed down the hall to receive his guests";

- "The cars raced down the street";

- syn. belt along, bucket along, cannonball along, hasten, hotfoot, pelt along, race, rush, rush along, speed, step on it;

hiemal
a1
characteristic of or relating to winter;

- "bears in brumal sleep";

- syn. brumal, hibernal;

- sim. wintry;

Hieracium
n1
large genus of perennial hairy herbs of Europe to western Asia to northwestern Africa and North America;

- few are ornamental;

- often considered congeneric with Pilosella;

- syn. genus Hieracium;

Hieracium aurantiacum
n1
European hawkweed having flower heads with bright orange-red rays;

- a troublesome weed especially as naturalized in northeastern North America;

- sometimes placed in genus Hieracium;

- syn. Pilosella aurantiaca, orange hawkweed;

Hieracium pilocella
n1
European hawkweed having soft hairy leaves;

- sometimes placed in genus Hieracium;

- syn. Pilosella officinarum, mouse-ear hawkweed;

Hieracium praealtum
n1
European hawkweed introduced into northeastern United States;

- locally troublesome weeds;

- syn. king devil, yellow hawkweed;

Hieracium venosum
n1
a hawkweed with a rosette of purple-veined basal leaves;

- Canada to northern Georgia and Kentucky;

- syn. rattlesnake weed;

hierarch / h aɪ ə ɹ ɑ k /
n1
a person who holds a high position in a hierarchy;

n2
a senior clergyman and dignitary;

- syn. archpriest, high priest, prelate, primate;

hierarchal / h aɪ ə ɹ ɑ k ə ɫ /
a1
classified according to various criteria into successive levels or layers;

- "it has been said that only a hierarchical society with a leisure class at the top can produce works of art";

- "in her hierarchical set of values honesty comes first";

- syn. hierarchic, hierarchical;

- sim. class-conscious, gradable, graded, vertical;

hierarchic / h aɪ ə ɹ ɑ k ɪ k /
a1
classified according to various criteria into successive levels or layers;

- "it has been said that only a hierarchical society with a leisure class at the top can produce works of art";

- "in her hierarchical set of values honesty comes first";

- syn. hierarchal, hierarchical;

- sim. class-conscious, gradable, graded, vertical;

hierarchical / h aɪ ə ɹ ɑ k ɪ k ɫ /
a1
classified according to various criteria into successive levels or layers;

- "it has been said that only a hierarchical society with a leisure class at the top can produce works of art";

- "in her hierarchical set of values honesty comes first";

- syn. hierarchal, hierarchic;

- sim. class-conscious, gradable, graded, vertical;

hierarchical classification system
n1
a classification system where entries are arranged based on some hierarchical structure;

hierarchical data structure
n1
a structure of data having several levels arranged in a treelike structure;

- syn. hierarchical structure;

hierarchical menu
n1
a secondary menu that appears while you are holding the cursor over an item on the primary menu;

- syn. cascading menu, submenu;

hierarchical structure
n1
a structure of data having several levels arranged in a treelike structure;

- syn. hierarchical data structure;

hierarchically / h aɪ ə ɹ ɑ k ɪ k ɫ i /
r1
in a hierarchical manner;

- "hierarchically organized";

hierarchy / h aɪ ə ɹ ɑ k i /
n1
a series of ordered groupings of people or things within a system;

- "put honesty first in her hierarchy of values";

n2
the organization of people at different ranks in an administrative body;

- syn. pecking order, power structure;

hieratic / h aɪ ə ɹ æ t ɪ k /
n1
a cursive form of Egyptian hieroglyphics;

- used especially by the priests;

- syn. hieratic script;

a1
associated with the priesthood or priests;

- "priestly (or sacerdotal) vestments";

- "hieratic gestures";

- syn. hieratical, priestly, sacerdotal;

a2
written or belonging to a cursive form of ancient Egyptian writing;

- "hieratic Egyptian script";

a3
adhering to fixed types or methods;

- highly restrained and formal;

- "the more hieratic sculptures leave the viewer curiously unmoved";

- sim. nonrepresentational;

hieratic script
n1
a cursive form of Egyptian hieroglyphics;

- used especially by the priests;

- syn. hieratic;

hieratical / h aɪ ə ɹ æ t ɪ k ə ɫ /
a1
associated with the priesthood or priests;

- "priestly (or sacerdotal) vestments";

- "hieratic gestures";

- syn. hieratic, priestly, sacerdotal;

hierocracy
n1
a ruling body composed of clergy;

hieroglyph / h aɪ ə ɹ ə ɡ ɫ ɪ f /
n1
writing that resembles hieroglyphics (usually by being illegible);

- syn. hieroglyphic;

n2
a writing system using picture symbols;

- used in ancient Egypt;

- syn. hieroglyphic;

hieroglyphic / h aɪ ə ɹ ə ɡ ɫ ɪ f ɪ k /
n1
writing that resembles hieroglyphics (usually by being illegible);

- syn. hieroglyph;

n2
a writing system using picture symbols;

- used in ancient Egypt;

- syn. hieroglyph;

a1
resembling hieroglyphic writing;

- syn. hieroglyphical;

a2
written in or belonging to a writing system using pictorial symbols;

- syn. hieroglyphical;

hieroglyphical / h aɪ ə ɹ ə ɡ ɫ ɪ f ɪ k ə ɫ /
a1
resembling hieroglyphic writing;

- syn. hieroglyphic;

a2
written in or belonging to a writing system using pictorial symbols;

- syn. hieroglyphic;

hieroglyphically / h aɪ ə ɹ ə ɡ ɫ ɪ f ɪ k ɫ i /
r1
by means of hieroglyphs;

- "hieroglyphically written";

hierolatry
n1
the worship of saints;

- syn. hagiolatry;

Hieronymus
n1
(Roman Catholic Church) one of the great Fathers of the early Christian Church whose major work was his translation of the Scriptures from Hebrew and Greek into Latin (which became the Vulgate);

- a saint and Doctor of the Church (347-420);

- syn. Eusebius Hieronymus, Eusebius Sophronius Hieronymus, Jerome, Saint Jerome, St. Jerome;

Hieronymus Bosch
n1
Dutch painter (1450-1516);

- syn. Bosch, Jerom Bos;

hifalutin
a1
affectedly genteel;

- syn. grandiose, highfalutin, highfaluting, hoity-toity, la-di-da;

- sim. pretentious;

Higginson
n1
United States writer and soldier who led the first Black regiment in the Union Army (1823-1911);

- syn. Thomas Higginson, Thomas Wentworth Storrow Higginson;

higgle / h ɪ ɡ ɫ /
v1
wrangle (over a price, terms of an agreement, etc.);

- "Let's not haggle over a few dollars";

- syn. chaffer, haggle, huckster;

higgledy-piggledy / h ɪ ɡ ɫ d ɪ p ɪ ɡ ɫ d i /
a1
in utter disorder;

- "a disorderly pile of clothes";

- syn. disorderly, hugger-mugger, jumbled, topsy-turvy;

- sim. untidy;

r1
in a disordered manner;

- "they were piled up higgledy-piggledy";

- syn. topsy-turvy;

high / h aɪ /
n1
a lofty level or position or degree;

- "summer temperatures reached an all-time high";

n2
an air mass of higher than normal pressure;

- "the east coast benefits from a Bermuda high";

n3
a state of sustained elation;

- "I'm on a permanent high these days";

n4
a state of altered consciousness induced by alcohol or narcotics;

- "they took drugs to get a high on";

n5
a high place;

- "they stood on high and observed the countryside";

- "he doesn't like heights";

- syn. heights;

n6
a public secondary school usually including grades 9 through 12;

- "he goes to the neighborhood highschool";

- syn. high school, highschool, senior high, senior high school;

n7
a forward gear with a gear ratio that gives the greatest vehicle velocity for a given engine speed;

- syn. high gear;

a1
greater than normal in degree or intensity or amount;

- "a high temperature";

- "a high price";

- "the high point of his career";

- "high risks";

- "has high hopes";

- "the river is high";

- "he has a high opinion of himself";

- also superior;

- sim. advanced, broad, graduate, higher, higher, last, soaring;

a2
(literal meaning) being at or having a relatively great or specific elevation or upward extension (sometimes used in combinations like `knee-high');

- "a high mountain";

- "high ceilings";

- "high buildings";

- "a high forehead";

- "a high incline";

- "a foot high";

- also tall, top, up;

- sim. altitudinous, commanding, eminent, high-level, high-stepped, high-top, steep, upper;

a3
standing above others in quality or position;

- "people in high places";

- "the high priest";

- "eminent members of the community";

- syn. eminent;

- sim. superior;

a4
used of sounds and voices;

- high in pitch or frequency;

- syn. high-pitched;

- sim. adenoidal, altissimo, alto, countertenor, falsetto, peaky, screaky, shrill, sopranino, soprano, tenor, tenor;

a5
happy and excited and energetic;

- syn. in high spirits;

- sim. elated;

a6
(used of the smell of meat) smelling spoiled or tainted;

- syn. gamey, gamy;

- sim. malodorous;

a7
slightly and pleasantly intoxicated from alcohol or a drug (especially marijuana);

- syn. mellow;

- sim. intoxicated;

r1
at a great altitude;

- "he climbed high on the ladder";

- syn. high up;

r2
in or to a high position, amount, or degree;

- "prices have gone up far too high";

r3
in a rich manner;

- "he lives high";

- syn. luxuriously, richly;

r4
far up toward the source;

- "he lives high up the river";

high-altitude
a1
occurring at or from a relative high altitude;

- "high-level bombing";

- syn. high-level;

- sim. high;

high-and-mighty
a1
offensively self-assured or given to exercising usually unwarranted power;

- "an autocratic person";

- "autocratic behavior";

- "a bossy way of ordering others around";

- "a rather aggressive and dominating character";

- "managed the employees in an aloof magisterial way";

- "a swaggering peremptory manner";

- syn. autocratic, bossy, dominating, magisterial, peremptory;

- sim. domineering;

high-angle fire
n1
fire from a cannon that is fired at an elevation greater than that for the maximum range;

high-angle gun
n1
a cannon that can be fired at a high elevation for relatively short ranges;

high-backed
a1
having a high back;

- "a high-backed sofa";

- sim. backed;

high-bush blueberry
n1
high-growing deciduous shrub of eastern North America bearing edible blueish to blackish berries with a distinct bloom;

- source of most cultivated blueberries;

- syn. Vaccinium corymbosum, swamp blueberry, tall bilberry;

high-ceilinged
a1
having a higher than normal ceiling;

- sim. ceilinged;

high-class / h aɪ k ɫ ɑ s /
a1
pretentiously elegant;

- "a high-toned restaurant";

- syn. high-toned;

- sim. elegant;

high-crowned
a1
(of a hat) having a high crown;

- sim. crowned;

high-definition television
n1
a television system that has more than the usual number of lines per frame so its pictures show more detail;

- syn. HDTV;

high-density lipoprotein
n1
a lipoprotein that transports cholesterol in the blood;

- composed of a high proportion of protein and relatively little cholesterol;

- high levels are thought to be associated with decreased risk of coronary heart disease and atherosclerosis;

- syn. HDL, alpha-lipoprotein;

high-energy
a1
of or relating to elementary particles having energies of hundreds of thousands of electron volts;

a2
providing a relatively large amount of energy upon undergoing a chemical reaction;

- sim. energetic;

a3
vigorously energetic or forceful;

- "a high-octane sales manager";

- "a high-octane marketing plan";

- "high-powered executives";

- "a high-voltage theatrical entrepreneur";

- syn. high-octane, high-power, high-powered, high-voltage;

- sim. dynamic;

high-energy physics
n1
the branch of physics that studies subatomic particles and their interactions;

- syn. high energy physics, particle physics;

high-fidelity / h aɪ f ɪ d ɛ ɫ ɪ t i /
a1
characterized by minimal distortion in sound reproduction;

- "a high-fidelity recording";

- "a hi-fi system";

- syn. hi-fi;

- sim. accurate;

high-five
n1
a gesture of greeting or elation;

- one person's upraised palm slaps the upraised palm of another person;

high-flown
a1
pretentious (especially with regard to language or ideals);

- "high-flown talk of preserving the moral tone of the school";

- "a high-sounding dissertation on the means to attain social revolution";

- syn. high-sounding, inflated;

- sim. pretentious;

a2
of high moral or intellectual value;

- elevated in nature or style;

- "an exalted ideal";

- "argue in terms of high-flown ideals"- Oliver Franks;

- "a noble and lofty concept";

- "a grand purpose";

- syn. elevated, exalted, grand, high-minded, idealistic, lofty, noble-minded, rarefied, rarified, sublime;

- sim. noble;

high-grade / h aɪ ɡ ɹ eɪ d /
a1
surpassing in quality;

- "top-grade ore";

- syn. top-grade, top-quality;

- sim. best;

high-handed / h aɪ h æ n d ɪ d /
a1
given to haughty disregard of others;

- syn. cavalier;

- sim. domineering;

high-handedly / h aɪ h æ n d ɪ d ɫ i /
r1
in a domineering high-handed manner;

- "he behaved high-handedly toward his employees";

high-handedness
n1
overbearing pride evidenced by a superior manner toward inferiors;

- syn. arrogance, haughtiness, hauteur, lordliness;

high-hat cymbal
n1
cymbals that are operated by a foot pedal;

- syn. high hat;

high-interest
a1
(used of loans) charging a relatively large percentage of the amount borrowed;

high-keyed / h aɪ k i d /
a1
(of persons) excitable;

- sim. excitable;

high-level / h aɪ ɫ ɛ v ɫ /
a1
at an elevated level in rank or importance;

- "a high-level official";

- "a high-level corporate briefing";

- "upper-level management";

- syn. high-ranking, upper-level;

- sim. superior;

a2
occurring at or from a relative high altitude;

- "high-level bombing";

- syn. high-altitude;

- sim. high;

high-level formatting
n1
(computer science) the format for the root directory and the file allocation tables and other basic configurations;

high-level language
n1
a problem-oriented language requiring little knowledge of the computer on which it will be run;

high-level radioactive waste
n1
radioactive waste that left in a nuclear reactor after the nuclear fuel has been consumed;

high-low
n1
poker in which the high and low hands split the pot;

high-low-jack
n1
card games in which points are won for taking the high or low or jack or game;

- syn. all fours;

high-minded / h aɪ m aɪ n d ɪ d /
a1
of high moral or intellectual value;

- elevated in nature or style;

- "an exalted ideal";

- "argue in terms of high-flown ideals"- Oliver Franks;

- "a noble and lofty concept";

- "a grand purpose";

- syn. elevated, exalted, grand, high-flown, idealistic, lofty, noble-minded, rarefied, rarified, sublime;

- sim. noble;

high-mindedly / h aɪ m aɪ n d ɪ d ɫ i /
r1
in a high-minded manner;

- "he talks high-mindedly, but we don't know whether he acts according to his principles";

high-mindedness / h aɪ m aɪ n d ɪ d n ə s /
n1
elevated ideals or conduct;

- the quality of believing that ideals should be pursued;

- syn. idealism, noble-mindedness;

high-muck-a-muck
n1
an arrogant or conceited person of importance;

- syn. pooh-bah;

high-necked / h aɪ n ɛ k t /
a1
(of a garment) having a high neckline;

- "a high-necked blouse";

- sim. necked;

high-octane / h aɪ ɒ k t eɪ n /
a1
used of gasoline;

- having a high octane number;

- sim. efficient;

a2
vigorously energetic or forceful;

- "a high-octane sales manager";

- "a high-octane marketing plan";

- "high-powered executives";

- "a high-voltage theatrical entrepreneur";

- syn. high-energy, high-power, high-powered, high-voltage;

- sim. dynamic;

high-pass filter
n1
a filter that passes frequencies above a certain value and attenuates frequencies below that value;

high-performance
a1
modified to give superior performance;

- "a high-performance car";

- sim. superior;

high-pitched / h aɪ p aʊ ə d , h aɪ p ɪ tʃ t /
a1
used of sounds and voices;

- high in pitch or frequency;

- syn. high;

- sim. adenoidal, altissimo, alto, countertenor, falsetto, peaky, screaky, shrill, sopranino, soprano, tenor, tenor;

a2
set at a sharp or high angle or slant;

- "a high-pitched roof";

- sim. inclined;

high-potential
a1
operating on or powered by a high voltage;

- "a high-voltage generator";

- syn. high-voltage;

- sim. high-tension;

high-power
a1
vigorously energetic or forceful;

- "a high-octane sales manager";

- "a high-octane marketing plan";

- "high-powered executives";

- "a high-voltage theatrical entrepreneur";

- syn. high-energy, high-octane, high-powered, high-voltage;

- sim. dynamic;

high-powered / h aɪ p aʊ ə d /
a1
vigorously energetic or forceful;

- "a high-octane sales manager";

- "a high-octane marketing plan";

- "high-powered executives";

- "a high-voltage theatrical entrepreneur";

- syn. high-energy, high-octane, high-power, high-voltage;

- sim. dynamic;

a2
(used of microscopes) capable of a high degree of magnification;

- "a high-powered microscope";

- sim. powered;

high-pressure / h aɪ p ɹ ɛ ʃ ə , h aɪ p ɹ ɛ ʃ ə ɹ /
a1
aggressively and persistently persuasive;

- "a hard-hitting advertising campaign";

- "a high-pressure salesman";

- syn. hard-hitting;

- sim. aggressive;

high-priced / h aɪ p ɹ aɪ s t /
a1
having a high price;

- "costly jewelry";

- "high-priced merchandise";

- "much too dear for my pocketbook";

- "a pricey restaurant";

- syn. costly, dear, pricey, pricy;

- sim. expensive;

high-principled / h aɪ p ɹ ɪ n s ə p ɫ d /
a1
having high principles;

- sim. principled;

high-protein diet
n1
a diet high in plant and animal proteins;

- used to treat malnutrition or to increase muscle mass;

high-ranking / h aɪ ɹ æ n k ɪ ŋ /
a1
at an elevated level in rank or importance;

- "a high-level official";

- "a high-level corporate briefing";

- "upper-level management";

- syn. high-level, upper-level;

- sim. superior;

high-resolution
a1
producing images that are sharp and finely detailed;

- "high-resolution photography";

- "a high-resolution lens";

- "high-resolution television";

high-rise / h aɪ ɹ aɪ z /
n1
tower consisting of a multistoried building of offices or apartments;

- "`tower block' is the British term for `high-rise'";

- syn. tower block;

a1
used of buildings of many stories equipped with elevators;

- tall;

- "avenues lined with high-rise apartment buildings";

- sim. multistory, storied;

high-risk
a1
not financially safe or secure;

- "a bad investment";

- "high risk investments";

- "anything that promises to pay too much can't help being risky";

- "speculative business enterprises";

- syn. bad, risky, speculative;

- sim. unsound;

high-sounding / h aɪ s aʊ n d ɪ ŋ /
a1
pretentious (especially with regard to language or ideals);

- "high-flown talk of preserving the moral tone of the school";

- "a high-sounding dissertation on the means to attain social revolution";

- syn. high-flown, inflated;

- sim. pretentious;

high-speed / h aɪ s p i d /
a1
operating at high speed;

- "a high-speed food processor";

- "a high-velocity shell";

- syn. high-velocity;

- sim. fast;

high-speed steel
n1
an alloy steel that remains hard at a red heat;

- used to make metal-cutting tools;

- syn. hot-work steel;

high-spirited / h aɪ s p ɪr ɪ t ɪ d /
a1
joyously unrestrained;

- syn. ebullient, exuberant;

- sim. spirited;

high-spiritedness / h aɪ s p ɪr ɪ t ɪ d n ə s /
n1
exuberant liveliness;

high-stepped
a1
having or moving with a high step;

- "his high-stepped stride";

- "a high-stepping horse";

- syn. high-stepping;

- sim. high;

high-stepping
a1
having or moving with a high step;

- "his high-stepped stride";

- "a high-stepping horse";

- syn. high-stepped;

- sim. high;

high-strength brass
n1
a brass with from 1-4% manganese to harden it;

- syn. manganese bronze;

high-strung
a1
being in a tense state;

- syn. edgy, highly strung, jittery, jumpy, nervy, overstrung, restive, uptight;

- sim. tense;

high-sudsing
a1
(used of e.g. detergents) producing many suds;

high-tail
v1
retreat at full speed;

- "The actress high-tailed to her villa when reporters began to follow her to the restaurant";

- syn. hightail;

high-tech
a1
resembling or making use of highly advanced technology or devices;

- syn. hi-tech;

- sim. advanced;

high-tension / h aɪ t ɛ n ʃ n /
a1
subjected to or capable of operating under relatively high voltage;

- "high-tension wire";

- sim. high-voltage;

high-ticket
a1
very expensive;

- "big-ticket items like cars and furs";

- "a big-ticket government program";

- syn. big-ticket;

- sim. expensive;

high-toned / h aɪ t oʊ n d /
a1
pretentiously elegant;

- "a high-toned restaurant";

- syn. high-class;

- sim. elegant;

high-top
a1
(of shoes or boots) having relatively high uppers;

- syn. high-topped;

- sim. high;

high-topped
a1
(of shoes or boots) having relatively high uppers;

- syn. high-top;

- sim. high;

high-up / h aɪ ʌ p /
n1
an important or influential (and often overbearing) person;

- syn. VIP, dignitary, high muckamuck, panjandrum, very important person;

high-velocity
a1
operating at high speed;

- "a high-speed food processor";

- "a high-velocity shell";

- syn. high-speed;

- sim. fast;

high-vitamin diet
n1
a diet designed to patients with vitamin deficiencies;

- syn. vitamin-deficiency diet;

high-voltage
a1
operating on or powered by a high voltage;

- "a high-voltage generator";

- syn. high-potential;

- sim. high-tension;

a2
vigorously energetic or forceful;

- "a high-octane sales manager";

- "a high-octane marketing plan";

- "high-powered executives";

- "a high-voltage theatrical entrepreneur";

- syn. high-energy, high-octane, high-power, high-powered;

- sim. dynamic;

high-warp loom
n1
a handloom in which the warp is carried vertically;

- for weaving tapestry;

high-water mark
n1
a line marking the highest level reached;

high-yield
a1
yielding a large amount of agricultural or industrial production;

- sim. fruitful;

high-yield bond
n1
a (speculative) bond with a credit rating of BB or lower;

- issued for leveraged buyouts and other takeovers by companies with questionable credit;

- syn. junk bond;

high altar
n1
the main altar in a church;

high and low
r1
everywhere;

- "searched high and low";

High Anglican Church
n1
a group in the Anglican Church that emphasizes the Catholic tradition (especially in sacraments and rituals and obedience to church authority);

- syn. High Church;

High Anglicanism
n1
a doctrine and practice within the Church of England emphasizing the Catholic tradition;

- syn. Anglo-Catholicism;

high bar
n1
gymnastic apparatus consisting of a bar supported in a horizontal position by uprights at both ends;

- syn. horizontal bar;

high beam
n1
the beam of a car's headlights that provides distant illumination;

high blood pressure
n1
a common disorder in which blood pressure remains abnormally high (a reading of 140/90 mm Hg or greater);

- syn. hypertension;

high brass
n1
brass with 35% zinc;

High Church
n1
a group in the Anglican Church that emphasizes the Catholic tradition (especially in sacraments and rituals and obedience to church authority);

- syn. High Anglican Church;

high colonic
n1
an enema that injects large amounts of fluid high into the colon for cleansing purposes;

high comedy
n1
a sophisticated comedy;

- often satirizing genteel society;

high command
n1
the highest leaders in an organization (e.g. the commander-in-chief and senior officers of the military);

- syn. supreme headquarters;

High Commission
n1
an embassy of one British Commonwealth country to another;

high commissioner
n1
a senior diplomat from one country to another who is assigned ambassadorial rank;

high country
n1
an area lying above the piedmont but below the timberline;

high court
n1
the highest court in most states of the United States;

- syn. state supreme court, supreme court;

High Dam
n1
one of the world's largest dams on the Nile River in southern Egypt;

- syn. Aswan High Dam;

high dudgeon
n1
a feeling of intense indignation (now used only in the phrase `in high dudgeon');

- syn. dudgeon;

high energy physics
n1
the branch of physics that studies subatomic particles and their interactions;

- syn. high-energy physics, particle physics;

high explosive
n1
a powerful chemical explosive that produces gas at a very high rate;

high fashion
n1
trend-setting fashions;

- syn. haute couture, high style;

high fidelity
n1
the reproduction of sound with little or no distortion;

- syn. hi-fi;

high fidelity sound system
n1
equipment for the reproduction of sound with high fidelity;

- syn. hi-fi;

high finance
n1
large and complex financial transactions (often used with the implication that those individuals or institutions who engage in them are unethical);

high frequency
n1
3 to 30 megahertz;

- syn. HF;

n2
a pitch that is perceived as above other pitches;

- syn. high pitch;

high gear
n1
a forward gear with a gear ratio that gives the greatest vehicle velocity for a given engine speed;

- syn. high;

High German
n1
the standard German language;

- developed historically from West Germanic;

- syn. German, German language;

high ground
n1
a position of superiority over opponents or competitors;

high hat
n1
cymbals that are operated by a foot pedal;

- syn. high-hat cymbal;

n2
a man's hat with a tall crown;

- usually covered with silk or with beaver fur;

- syn. beaver, dress hat, opera hat, silk hat, stovepipe, top hat, topper;

High Holiday
n1
Jewish holy days observed with particular solemnity;

- syn. High Holy Day;

High Holy Day
n1
Jewish holy days observed with particular solemnity;

- syn. High Holiday;

high horse
n1
an attitude of arrogant superiority;

- "get off your high horse and admit you are wrong";

high jinks
n1
noisy and mischievous merrymaking;

- syn. high jinx, hijinks, jinks;

high jinx
n1
noisy and mischievous merrymaking;

- syn. high jinks, hijinks, jinks;

high jump
n1
a competition that involves jumping as high as possible over a horizontal bar;

n2
the act of jumping as high as possible over a horizontal bar;

high life
n1
excessive spending;

- syn. extravagance, highlife, lavishness, prodigality;

high mallow
n1
erect or decumbent Old World perennial with axillary clusters of rosy-purple flowers;

- introduced in United States;

- syn. Malva sylvestris, cheese, cheeseflower, tall mallow;

High Mass
n1
a solemn and elaborate Mass with music;

high muckamuck
n1
an important or influential (and often overbearing) person;

- syn. VIP, dignitary, high-up, panjandrum, very important person;

high noon
n1
the middle of the day;

- syn. midday, noon, noonday, noontide, twelve noon;

high pitch
n1
a pitch that is perceived as above other pitches;

- syn. high frequency;

high point
n1
the most enjoyable part of a given experience;

- "the trumpet solo was the high point of the concert";

high priest
n1
a preeminent authority or major proponent of a movement or doctrine;

- "he's the high priest of contemporary jazz";

n2
a senior clergyman and dignitary;

- syn. archpriest, hierarch, prelate, primate;

high profile
n1
a position attracting much attention and publicity;

high quality
n1
the quality of being superior;

- syn. superiority;

high relief
n1
a sculptural relief in which forms extend out from the background to at least half their depth;

- syn. alto relievo, alto rilievo;

High Renaissance
n1
the artistic style of early 16th century painting in Florence and Rome;

- characterized by technical mastery and heroic composition and humanistic content;

high roller
n1
one who spends lavishly and ostentatiously on entertainment;

- "the last of the big spenders";

- syn. big spender;

n2
a gambler who wagers large sums;

high school
n1
a public secondary school usually including grades 9 through 12;

- "he goes to the neighborhood highschool";

- syn. high, highschool, senior high, senior high school;

high sea
n1
the open seas of the world outside the territorial waters of any nation;

- syn. international waters;

high season
n1
the season when travel is most active and rates are highest;

- "they traveled to Europe in high season";

- syn. peak season;

High Sierra
n1
a mountain range in eastern California;

- contains Mount Whitney;

- syn. Sierra Nevada, Sierra Nevada Mountains;

high sign
n1
a silent signal of warning or recognition;

- "she started to speak but he gave her the high sign";

high society
n1
the fashionable elite;

- syn. beau monde, bon ton, smart set, society;

high spirits
n1
a feeling of joy and pride;

- syn. elation, lightness;

high spot
n1
the most interesting or memorable part;

- "the highlight of the tour was our visit to the Vatican";

- syn. highlight;

high status
n1
a position of superior status;

high stepper
n1
a horse trained to lift its feet high off the ground while walking or trotting;

- syn. stepper;

high street
n1
street that serves as a principal thoroughfare for traffic in a town;

- syn. main street;

high style
n1
trend-setting fashions;

- syn. haute couture, high fashion;

high table
n1
a dining table in a dining-hall raised on a platform;

- seats are reserved for distinguished persons;

high tea
n1
substantial early evening meal including tea;

high tech
n1
highly advanced technological development (especially in electronics);

- syn. high technology;

high technology
n1
highly advanced technological development (especially in electronics);

- syn. high tech;

high temperature
n1
the presence of heat;

- syn. heat, hotness;

high tide
n1
the tide when the water is highest;

- syn. high water, highwater;

high time
n1
the latest possible moment;

- "it is high time you went to work";

high treason
n1
a crime that undermines the offender's government;

- syn. lese majesty, treason;

high up
r1
at a great altitude;

- "he climbed high on the ladder";

- syn. high;

high water
n1
the tide when the water is highest;

- syn. high tide, highwater;

high wind
n1
a very strong wind;

- "rain and high winds covered the region";

high wire
n1
a tightrope very high above the ground;

highball / h aɪ b ɔ ɫ /
n1
a mixed drink made of alcoholic liquor mixed with water or a carbonated beverage and served in a tall glass;

highball glass
n1
a tall glass for serving highballs;

highbinder / h aɪ b aɪ n d ə ɹ /
n1
a corrupt politician;

highboard / h aɪ b ɔ d /
n1
a high diving board;

highborn / h aɪ b ɔ n /
a1
belonging to the peerage;

- "the princess and her coroneted companions";

- "the titled classes";

- syn. coroneted, titled;

- sim. noble;

highboy / h aɪ b ɔɪ /
n1
a tall chest of drawers divided into two sections and supported on four legs;

- syn. tallboy;

highbrow / h aɪ b ɹ aʊ /
n1
a person of intellectual or erudite tastes;

a1
highly cultured or educated;

- "highbrow events such as the ballet or opera";

- "a highbrowed literary critic";

- syn. highbrowed;

- sim. intellectual;

highbrowed / h aɪ b ɹ aʊ d /
a1
highly cultured or educated;

- "highbrow events such as the ballet or opera";

- "a highbrowed literary critic";

- syn. highbrow;

- sim. intellectual;

highbush cranberry
n1
deciduous North American shrub or small tree having three-lobed leaves and red berries;

- syn. American cranberry bush, Viburnum trilobum, cranberry bush, cranberry tree;

highchair
n1
a chair for feeding a very young child;

- has four long legs and a footrest and a detachable tray;

- syn. feeding chair;

higher / h aɪ ə , h aɪ ə ɹ /
a1
advanced in complexity or elaboration;

- "higher finance";

- "higher mathematics";

- sim. high;

a2
of education beyond the secondary level;

- "higher education";

- "higher learning";

- sim. high;

higher-ranking
a1
having a higher rank;

- "superior officer";

- syn. ranking, superior;

- sim. senior;

higher-up
n1
one of greater rank or station or quality;

- syn. superior, superordinate;

higher cognitive process
n1
cognitive processes that presuppose the availability of knowledge and put it to use;

higher criticism
n1
the scientific study of biblical writings to determine their origin and meaning;

higher education
n1
education provided by a college or university;

higher law
n1
a principle that takes precedent over the laws of society;

Higher National Diploma
n1
a diploma given for vocational training that prepares the student for a career in a particular area;

- good students may progress to a course leading to a degree;

- syn. HND;

higher rank
n1
higher rank than that of others especially by reason of longer service;

- syn. higher status, senior status, seniority;

higher status
n1
higher rank than that of others especially by reason of longer service;

- syn. higher rank, senior status, seniority;

higher up
r1
in or to a place that is higher;

- syn. above, in a higher place, to a higher place;

highest common factor
n1
the largest integer that divides without remainder into a set of integers;

- syn. greatest common divisor, greatest common factor;

highfalutin
a1
affectedly genteel;

- syn. grandiose, hifalutin, highfaluting, hoity-toity, la-di-da;

- sim. pretentious;

highfaluting
a1
affectedly genteel;

- syn. grandiose, hifalutin, highfalutin, hoity-toity, la-di-da;

- sim. pretentious;

highflier / h aɪ f ɫ aɪ ə , h aɪ f ɫ aɪ ə ɹ /
n1
a person of great ability and ambition;

- syn. highflyer;

highflyer / h aɪ f ɫ aɪ ə , h aɪ f ɫ aɪ ə ɹ /
n1
a person of great ability and ambition;

- syn. highflier;

highflying / h aɪ f ɫ aɪ ɪ ŋ /
a1
moving upward or along at a considerable height;

- "some highflying fighter pilot fired a cannon shell into it";

- sim. ascending;

a2
extravagant or ambitious or extreme in aims or opinions;

- "they did not understand what had happend at the once highflying company";

- sim. unrestrained;

highjack / h aɪ dʒ æ k /
n1
seizure of a vehicle in transit either to rob it or divert it to an alternate destination;

- syn. hijack;

v1
take arbitrarily or by force;

- "The Cubans commandeered the plane and flew it to Miami";

- syn. commandeer, hijack, pirate;

highjacker / h aɪ dʒ æ k ə , h aɪ dʒ æ k ə ɹ /
n1
someone who uses force to take over a vehicle (especially an airplane) in order to reach an alternative destination;

- syn. hijacker;

n2
a holdup man who stops a vehicle and steals from it;

- syn. highwayman, hijacker, road agent;

highjacking / h aɪ dʒ æ k ɪ ŋ /
n1
robbery of a traveller or vehicle in transit or seizing control of a vehicle by the use of force;

- syn. hijacking;

highland / h aɪ ɫ æ n d , h aɪ ɫ ə n d /
n1
elevated (e.g., mountainous) land;

- syn. upland;

a1
used of high or hilly country;

- syn. upland;

- sim. alpestrine, alpine, mountainous;

highland fling
n1
a vigorous Scottish reel;

Highland Scot
n1
a native of the Highlands of Scotland;

- syn. Highlander, Scottish Highlander;

Highlander / h aɪ ɫ ə n d ə , h aɪ ɫ ə n d ə ɹ /
n1
a soldier in a Scottish regiment from the Highlands;

n2
a native of the Highlands of Scotland;

- syn. Highland Scot, Scottish Highlander;

Highlands / h aɪ ɫ æ n d z /
n1
a mountainous region of northern Scotland famous for its rugged beauty;

- known for the style of dress (the kilt and tartan) and the clan system (now in disuse);

- syn. Highlands of Scotland;

Highlands of Scotland
n1
a mountainous region of northern Scotland famous for its rugged beauty;

- known for the style of dress (the kilt and tartan) and the clan system (now in disuse);

- syn. Highlands;

highlife
n1
excessive spending;

- syn. extravagance, high life, lavishness, prodigality;

highlight / h aɪ ɫ aɪ t /
n1
the most interesting or memorable part;

- "the highlight of the tour was our visit to the Vatican";

- syn. high spot;

n2
an area of lightness in a picture;

- syn. highlighting;

v1
move into the foreground to make more visible or prominent;

- "The introduction highlighted the speaker's distinguished career in linguistics";

- syn. foreground, play up, spotlight;

v2
apply a highlighter to one's cheeks or eyebrows in order to make them more prominent;

- "highlight the area above your eyebrows";

highlighter / h aɪ ɫ aɪ t ə , h aɪ ɫ aɪ t ə ɹ /
n1
a cosmetic used to highlight the eyes or cheekbones;

n2
a fluorescent marker used to mark important passages in a text;

highlighting / h aɪ ɫ aɪ t ɪ ŋ /
n1
an area of lightness in a picture;

- syn. highlight;

highly / h aɪ ɫ i /
r1
to a high degree or extent;

- favorably or with much respect;

- "highly successful";

- "He spoke highly of her";

- "does not think highly of his writing";

- "extremely interesting";

- syn. extremely;

r2
at a high rate or wage;

- "highly paid workers";

r3
in a high position or level or rank;

- "details known by only a few highly placed persons";

highly-developed
a1
(used of societies) having high industrial development;

- "developed countries";

- syn. developed;

- sim. industrial;

highly-sexed
a1
having excessive sexual desire or appeal;

- syn. oversexed;

- sim. sexy;

highly active antiretroviral therapy
n1
a combination of protease inhibitors taken with reverse transcriptase inhibitors;

- used in treating AIDS and HIV;

- syn. HAART, drug cocktail;

highly infective
a1
(of a microorganism) extremely infective;

- "a highly infective organism";

- sim. virulent;

highly sensitive
a1
readily affected by various agents;

- "a highly sensitive explosive is easily exploded by a shock";

- "a sensitive colloid is readily coagulated";

- sim. sensitive;

highly strung
a1
being in a tense state;

- syn. edgy, high-strung, jittery, jumpy, nervy, overstrung, restive, uptight;

- sim. tense;

Highness / h aɪ n ə s /
n1
(Your Highness or His Highness or Her Highness) title used to address a royal person;

n2
the quality of being high or lofty;

- syn. loftiness;

n3
a high degree (of amount or force etc.);

- "responsible for the highness of the rates";

highroad / h aɪ ɹ oʊ d /
n1
a highway;

- syn. trunk road;

highschool / h aɪ s k u ɫ /
n1
a public secondary school usually including grades 9 through 12;

- "he goes to the neighborhood highschool";

- syn. high, high school, senior high, senior high school;

hightail / h aɪ t eɪ ɫ /
v1
retreat at full speed;

- "The actress high-tailed to her villa when reporters began to follow her to the restaurant";

- syn. high-tail;

hightail it
v1
flee;

- take to one's heels;

- cut and run;

- "If you see this man, run!";

- "The burglars escaped before the police showed up";

- syn. break away, bunk, escape, fly the coop, head for the hills, lam, run, run away, scarper, scat, take to the woods, turn tail;

highwater
n1
the tide when the water is highest;

- syn. high tide, high water;

highway / h aɪ w eɪ /
n1
a major road for any form of motor transport;

- syn. main road;

Highway Code
n1
the code of rules governing the use of public roads;

highway engineer
n1
a civil engineer who specializes in the design and construction of roads and highways;

highway robbery
n1
an exorbitant price;

- "what they are asking for gas these days is highway robbery";

n2
robbery of travellers on or near a public road;

highway system
n1
a transportation system consisting of roads for motor transport;

highwayman / h aɪ w eɪ m ə n /
n1
a holdup man who stops a vehicle and steals from it;

- syn. highjacker, hijacker, road agent;

Higi
n1
a Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad;

- syn. Kapsiki;

hijab
n1
a headscarf worn by Muslim women;

- conceals the hair and neck and usually has a face veil that covers the face;

n2
the custom in some Islamic societies of women dressing modestly outside the home;

- "she observes the hijab and does not wear tight clothing";

hijack / h aɪ dʒ æ k /
n1
seizure of a vehicle in transit either to rob it or divert it to an alternate destination;

- syn. highjack;

v1
take arbitrarily or by force;

- "The Cubans commandeered the plane and flew it to Miami";

- syn. commandeer, highjack, pirate;

v2
seize control of;

- "they hijacked the judicial process";

hijacker / h aɪ dʒ æ k ə , h aɪ dʒ æ k ə ɹ /
n1
a holdup man who stops a vehicle and steals from it;

- syn. highjacker, highwayman, road agent;

n2
someone who uses force to take over a vehicle (especially an airplane) in order to reach an alternative destination;

- syn. highjacker;

hijacking / h aɪ dʒ æ k ɪ ŋ /
n1
robbery of a traveller or vehicle in transit or seizing control of a vehicle by the use of force;

- syn. highjacking;

Hijaz
n1
a coastal region of the western Arabian Peninsula bordering on the Red Sea;

- includes both Mecca and Medina;

- formerly an independent kingdom until it united with Nejd to form the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia;

- syn. Hedjaz, Hejaz;

hijinks
n1
noisy and mischievous merrymaking;

- syn. high jinks, high jinx, jinks;

hike / h aɪ k /
n1
a long walk usually for exercise or pleasure;

- "she enjoys a hike in her spare time";

- syn. hiking, tramp;

n2
an increase in cost;

- "they asked for a 10% rise in rates";

- syn. boost, cost increase, rise;

n3
the amount a salary is increased;

- "he got a 3% raise";

- "he got a wage hike";

- syn. raise, rise, salary increase, wage hike, wage increase;

v1
increase;

- "The landlord hiked up the rents";

- syn. boost, hike up;

v2
walk a long way, as for pleasure or physical exercise;

- "We were hiking in Colorado";

- "hike the Rockies";

hike up
v1
pull up;

- "He hitched up his socks and pants";

- syn. hitch up;

v2
increase;

- "The landlord hiked up the rents";

- syn. boost, hike;

hiker / h aɪ k ə , h aɪ k ə ɹ /
n1
a foot traveler;

- someone who goes on an extended walk (for pleasure);

- syn. tramp, tramper;

hiking / h aɪ k ɪ ŋ /
n1
a long walk usually for exercise or pleasure;

- "she enjoys a hike in her spare time";

- syn. hike, tramp;

Hilaire Belloc
n1
English author (born in France) remembered especially for his verse for children (1870-1953);

- syn. Belloc, Joseph Hilaire Peter Belloc;

Hilaire Germain Edgar Degas
n1
French impressionist painter (1834-1917);

- syn. Degas, Edgar Degas;

hilar
a1
of or relating to or located near a hilum;

hilarious / h ɪ ɫ eə ɹ ɪə s /
a1
marked by or causing boisterous merriment or convulsive laughter;

- "hilarious broad comedy";

- "a screaming farce";

- "uproarious stories";

- syn. screaming, uproarious;

- sim. humorous;

hilariously / h ɪ ɫ eə ɹ ɪə s ɫ i /
r1
in a hilarious manner;

- "hilariously funny";

- syn. uproariously;

hilarity / h ɪ ɫ æ ɹ ɪ t i /
n1
great merriment;

- syn. glee, gleefulness, mirth, mirthfulness;

Hilary Clinton
n1
wife of President Clinton and later a woman member of the United States Senate (1947-);

- syn. Clinton, Hilary Rodham Clinton;

Hilary Rodham Clinton
n1
wife of President Clinton and later a woman member of the United States Senate (1947-);

- syn. Clinton, Hilary Clinton;

Hilbert
n1
German mathematician (1862-1943);

- syn. David Hilbert;

Hilbert space
n1
a metric space that is linear and complete and (usually) infinite-dimensional;

Hildebrand / h ɪ ɫ d ə b ɹ æ n d /
n1
the Italian pope who fought to establish the supremacy of the pope over the Roman Catholic Church and the supremacy of the church over the state (1020-1085);

- syn. Gregory, Gregory VII;

hill / h ɪ ɫ /
n1
a local and well-defined elevation of the land;

- "they loved to roam the hills of West Virginia";

n2
structure consisting of an artificial heap or bank usually of earth or stones;

- "they built small mounds to hide behind";

- syn. mound;

n3
United States railroad tycoon (1838-1916);

- syn. J. J. Hill, James Jerome Hill;

n4
risque English comedian (1925-1992);

- syn. Alfred Hawthorne, Benny Hill;

n5
(baseball) the slight elevation on which the pitcher stands;

- syn. mound, pitcher's mound;

v1
form into a hill;

hill myna
n1
glossy black Asiatic starling often taught to mimic speech;

- syn. Gracula religiosa, Indian grackle, grackle;

Hillary
n1
New Zealand mountaineer who in 1953 first attained the summit of Mount Everest with his Sherpa guide Tenzing Norgay (born in 1919);

- syn. Edmund Hillary, Sir Edmund Hillary, Sir Edmund Percival Hillary;

hillbilly / h ɪ ɫ b ɪ ɫ i /
n1
a disparaging term for an unsophisticated person;

- syn. bushwhacker;

hillbilly music
n1
country music originating in mountainous regions of southern United States;

Hillel
n1
Palestinian rabbi and interpreter of Judaic law;

hilliness / h ɪ ɫ ɪ n ə s /
n1
the quality of being hilly;

- "the hilliness of West Virginia";

hillock / h ɪ ɫ ə k /
n1
a small natural hill;

- syn. hammock, hummock, knoll, mound;

hillside / h ɪ ɫ s aɪ d /
n1
the side or slope of a hill;

hilltop / h ɪ ɫ t ɒ p /
n1
the peak of a hill;

- "the sun set behind the brow of distant hills";

- syn. brow;

hilly / h ɪ ɫ i /
a1
having hills and crags;

- "hilly terrain";

- syn. cragged, craggy, mountainous;

- sim. rough;

Hilo
n1
a town in Hawaii on the island of Hawaii;

hilt / h ɪ ɫ t /
n1
the handle of a sword or dagger;

hilum / h aɪ ɫ ə m /
n1
(anatomy) a depression or fissure where vessels or nerves or ducts enter a bodily organ;

- "the hilus of the kidney";

- syn. hilus;

n2
the scar on certain seeds marking its point of attachment to the funicle;

hilus
n1
(anatomy) a depression or fissure where vessels or nerves or ducts enter a bodily organ;

- "the hilus of the kidney";

- syn. hilum;

Himalaya
n1
a mountain range extending 1500 miles on the border between India and Tibet;

- this range contains the world's highest mountain;

- syn. Himalaya Mountains, Himalayas;

Himalaya honeysuckle
n1
shrub honeysuckle with drooping spikes of purplish flowers;

- syn. Leycesteria formosa;

Himalaya Mountains
n1
a mountain range extending 1500 miles on the border between India and Tibet;

- this range contains the world's highest mountain;

- syn. Himalaya, Himalayas;

Himalayan
a1
of or relating to the Himalayas;

- "Himalayan peaks";

Himalayan cedar
n1
tall East Indian cedar having spreading branches with nodding tips;

- highly valued for its appearance as well as its timber;

- syn. Cedrus deodara, deodar, deodar cedar;

Himalayan lilac
n1
robust upright shrub of mountains of northern India having oblong-elliptic leaves and pale lilac or white malodorous flowers;

- syn. Syringa emodi;

Himalayan rhubarb
n1
Asian herb (Himalayas);

- syn. Indian rhubarb, Rheum australe, Rheum emodi, red-veined pie plant;

Himalayas
n1
a mountain range extending 1500 miles on the border between India and Tibet;

- this range contains the world's highest mountain;

- syn. Himalaya, Himalaya Mountains;

Himalayish
n1
the Tibeto-Burman language spoken in Tibet and Nepal and Bhutan and Sikkim;

Himantoglossum
n1
small genus of terrestrial orchids of Europe and Mediterranean region;

- syn. genus Himantoglossum;

Himantoglossum hircinum
n1
an orchid of the genus Himantoglossum;

- syn. lizard orchid;

Himantopus
n1
major one of two genera of stilts;

- similar to avocets but with straight bills;

- syn. genus Himantopus;

Himantopus himantopus
n1
stilt of Europe and Africa and Asia having mostly white plumage but with black wings;

- syn. black-winged stilt;

Himantopus himantopus leucocephalus
n1
stilt of the southwest Pacific including Australia and New Zealand having mostly white plumage but with black wings and nape of neck;

- syn. white-headed stilt;

Himantopus mexicanus
n1
stilt of southwestern United States to northern South America having black plumage extending from the head down the back of the neck;

- syn. black-necked stilt;

Himantopus novae-zelandiae
n1
blackish stilt of New Zealand sometimes considered a color phase of the white-headed stilt;

- syn. kaki;

Himantopus stilt
n1
long-legged three-toed black-and-white wading bird of inland ponds and marshes or brackish lagoons;

- syn. long-legs, longlegs, stilt, stilt plover, stiltbird;

Himmler
n1
German Nazi who was chief of the SS and the Gestapo and who oversaw the genocide of six million Jews (1900-1945);

- syn. Heinrich Himmler;

hin
n1
ancient Hebrew unit of liquid measure = 1.5 gallons;

Hinault
n1
French racing cyclist who won the Tour de France five times (born in 1954);

- syn. Bernard Hinault;

Hinayana
n1
a major school of Buddhism teaching personal salvation through one's own efforts;

n2
an offensive name for the early conservative Theravada Buddhism;

- it died out in India but survived in Sri Lanka and was taken from there to other regions of southwestern Asia;

- syn. Hinayana Buddhism;

Hinayana Buddhism
n1
an offensive name for the early conservative Theravada Buddhism;

- it died out in India but survived in Sri Lanka and was taken from there to other regions of southwestern Asia;

- syn. Hinayana;

Hinayanism
n1
the religious doctrine of Hinayana Buddhism;

Hinayanist
n1
an adherent of Hinayana Buddhism;

hind / h aɪ n d /
n1
any of several mostly spotted fishes that resemble groupers;

n2
a female deer, especially an adult female red deer;

a1
located at or near the back of an animal;

- "back (or hind) legs";

- "the hinder part of a carcass";

- syn. back, hinder;

- sim. posterior;

hind end
n1
the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on;

- "he deserves a good kick in the butt";

- "are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?";

- syn. arse, ass, backside, behind, bottom, bum, buns, butt, buttocks, can, derriere, fanny, fundament, hindquarters, keister, nates, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, seat, stern, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush;

hind leg
n1
the back limb of a quadruped;

hind limb
n1
a posterior appendage such as a leg or the homologous structure in other animals;

- syn. hindlimb;

hindbrain / h aɪ n d b ɹ eɪ n /
n1
the posterior portion of the brain including cerebellum and brainstem;

- syn. rhombencephalon;

Hindemith
n1
German neoclassical composer and conductor who believed that music should have a social purpose (1895-1963);

- syn. Paul Hindemith;

Hindenburg / h aɪ n d ə n b ɝ ɡ /
n1
German field marshal and statesman;

- as president of the Weimar Republic he reluctantly appointed Hitler as chancellor in 1933 (1847-1934);

- syn. Paul Ludwig von Beneckendorff und von Hindenburg, Paul von Hindenburg;

hinder / h aɪ n d ə , h ɪ n d ə , h ɪ n d ə ɹ /
v1
be a hindrance or obstacle to;

- "She is impeding the progress of our project";

- syn. impede;

v2
hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of;

- "His brother blocked him at every turn";

- syn. block, blockade, embarrass, obstruct, stymie, stymy;

v3
put at a disadvantage;

- "The brace I have to wear is hindering my movements";

- syn. hamper, handicap;

a1
located at or near the back of an animal;

- "back (or hind) legs";

- "the hinder part of a carcass";

- syn. back, hind;

- sim. posterior;

hinderance / h aɪ n d ə ɹ ə n s /
n1
something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress;

- syn. balk, baulk, check, deterrent, handicap, hindrance, impediment;

n2
any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome;

- syn. encumbrance, hindrance, hitch, incumbrance, interference, preventative, preventive;

n3
the act of hindering or obstructing or impeding;

- syn. hindrance, interference;

hindering / h ɪ n d ə ɹ ɪ ŋ /
a1
preventing movement;

- "the clogging crowds of revelers overflowing into the street";

- syn. clogging, impeding, obstructive;

- sim. preventive;

hinderingly / h ɪ n d ə ɹ ɪ ŋ ɫ i /
r1
in an obstructive manner;

- "he acted very obstructively when we tried to carry out our project";

- syn. obstructively;

hindermost / h aɪ n d ə m oʊ s t /
a1
located farthest to the rear;

- syn. backmost, hindmost, rearmost;

- sim. back;

hindfoot
n1
a rear foot of a quadruped;

hindgut / h aɪ n d ɡ ʌ t /
n1
the caudal part of the alimentary canal in vertebrate embryos;

Hindi / h ɪ n d i /
n1
the most widely spoken of modern Indic vernaculars;

- spoken mostly in the north of India;

- along with English it is the official language of India;

- usually written in Devanagari script;

a1
of or relating to or supporting Hinduism;

- "the Hindu faith";

- syn. Hindoo, Hindu;

hindlimb
n1
a posterior appendage such as a leg or the homologous structure in other animals;

- syn. hind limb;

hindmost / h aɪ n d m oʊ s t /
a1
located farthest to the rear;

- syn. backmost, hindermost, rearmost;

- sim. back;

Hindoo / h ɪ n d u /
n1
a native or inhabitant of Hindustan or India;

- syn. Hindu, Hindustani;

n2
a person who adheres to Hinduism;

- syn. Hindu;

a1
of or relating to or supporting Hinduism;

- "the Hindu faith";

- syn. Hindi, Hindu;

Hindooism
n1
the religion of most people in India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Nepal;

- syn. Hinduism;

n2
a body of religious and philosophical beliefs and cultural practices native to India and based on a caste system;

- it is characterized by a belief in reincarnation, by a belief in a supreme being of many forms and natures, by the view that opposing theories are aspects of one eternal truth, and by a desire for liberation from earthly evils;

- syn. Hinduism;

Hindoostani
n1
a form of Hindi spoken around Delhi;

- syn. Hindostani, Hindustani;

Hindostani
n1
a form of Hindi spoken around Delhi;

- syn. Hindoostani, Hindustani;

hindquarter / h aɪ n d k w ɔ t ə /
n1
the back half of a side of meat;

hindquarters / h aɪ n d k w ɔ t ə z /
n1
the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on;

- "he deserves a good kick in the butt";

- "are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?";

- syn. arse, ass, backside, behind, bottom, bum, buns, butt, buttocks, can, derriere, fanny, fundament, hind end, keister, nates, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, seat, stern, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush;

n2
the part of an animal that corresponds to the human buttocks;

- syn. croup, croupe, rump;

hindrance / h ɪ n d ɹ ə n s /
n1
something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress;

- syn. balk, baulk, check, deterrent, handicap, hinderance, impediment;

n2
any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome;

- syn. encumbrance, hinderance, hitch, incumbrance, interference, preventative, preventive;

n3
the act of hindering or obstructing or impeding;

- syn. hinderance, interference;

hindshank
n1
a cut of meat from the upper part of a rear leg;

hindsight / h aɪ n d s aɪ t /
n1
understanding the nature of an event after it has happened;

- "hindsight is always better than foresight";

Hindu / h ɪ n d u /
n1
a native or inhabitant of Hindustan or India;

- syn. Hindoo, Hindustani;

n2
a person who adheres to Hinduism;

- syn. Hindoo;

a1
of or relating to or supporting Hinduism;

- "the Hindu faith";

- syn. Hindi, Hindoo;

Hindu-Arabic numeral
n1
one of the symbols 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,0;

- syn. Arabic numeral, Hindu numeral;

Hindu calendar
n1
the lunisolar calendar governing the religious life of Hindus;

- an extra month is inserted after every month in which there are two new moons (once every three years);

Hindu calendar month
n1
any lunisolar month in the Hindu calendar;

Hindu deity
n1
a deity worshipped by the Hindus;

Hindu Kush
n1
a mountain range extending to the west of the Himalayas;

- syn. Hindu Kush Mountains;

Hindu Kush Mountains
n1
a mountain range extending to the west of the Himalayas;

- syn. Hindu Kush;

Hindu numeral
n1
one of the symbols 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,0;

- syn. Arabic numeral, Hindu-Arabic numeral;

Hinduism / h ɪ n d u ɪ z ə m /
n1
the religion of most people in India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Nepal;

- syn. Hindooism;

n2
a body of religious and philosophical beliefs and cultural practices native to India and based on a caste system;

- it is characterized by a belief in reincarnation, by a belief in a supreme being of many forms and natures, by the view that opposing theories are aspects of one eternal truth, and by a desire for liberation from earthly evils;

- syn. Hindooism;

Hindustan / h ɪ n d u s t æ n /
n1
northern region of India where Hinduism predominates;

Hindustani / h ɪ n d ʊ s t ɑ n i /
n1
a native or inhabitant of Hindustan or India;

- syn. Hindoo, Hindu;

n2
a form of Hindi spoken around Delhi;

- syn. Hindoostani, Hindostani;

a1
of or relating to or characteristic of Hindustan or its people or language;

hinge / h ɪ n dʒ /
n1
a joint that holds two parts together so that one can swing relative to the other;

- syn. flexible joint;

n2
a circumstance upon which subsequent events depend;

- "his absence is the hinge of our plan";

v1
attach with a hinge;

hinge joint
n1
a freely moving joint in which the bones are so articulated as to allow extensive movement in one plane;

- syn. ginglymoid joint, ginglymus;

n2
a joint allowing movement in one plane only;

- syn. knuckle joint;

hinge on
v1
be contingent on;

- "The outcomes rides on the results of the election";

- "Your grade will depends on your homework";

- syn. depend on, depend upon, devolve on, hinge upon, ride, turn on;

hinge upon
v1
be contingent on;

- "The outcomes rides on the results of the election";

- "Your grade will depends on your homework";

- syn. depend on, depend upon, devolve on, hinge on, ride, turn on;

hinging post
n1
the gatepost on which the gate is hung;

- syn. swinging post;

hinny
n1
hybrid offspring of a male horse and a female donkey or ass;

- usually sterile;

- "a hinny has a gentler disposition than a mule";

hint / h ɪ n t /
n1
an indirect suggestion;

- "not a breath of scandal ever touched her";

- syn. breath, intimation;

n2
a slight indication;

- syn. clue;

n3
a slight but appreciable amount;

- "this dish could use a touch of garlic";

- syn. jot, mite, pinch, soupcon, speck, tinge, touch;

n4
a just detectable amount;

- "he speaks French with a trace of an accent";

- "a hint mockery in her manner";

- "a tint of glamour";

- syn. suggestion, tint, trace;

n5
an indication of potential opportunity;

- "he got a tip on the stock market";

- "a good lead for a job";

- syn. confidential information, lead, steer, tip, wind;

v1
drop a hint;

- intimate by a hint;

- syn. suggest;

hinterland / h ɪ n t ə ɫ æ n d /
n1
a remote and undeveloped area;

- syn. back country, backwoods, boondocks;

hip / h ɪ p /
n1
either side of the body below the waist and above the thigh;

n2
the structure of the vertebrate skeleton supporting the lower limbs in humans and the hind limbs or corresponding parts in other vertebrates;

- syn. pelvic arch, pelvic girdle, pelvis;

n3
the ball-and-socket joint between the head of the femur and the acetabulum;

- syn. articulatio coxae, coxa, hip joint;

n4
(architecture) the exterior angle formed by the junction of a sloping side and a sloping end of a roof;

n5
the fruit of a rose plant;

- syn. rose hip, rosehip;

a1
informed about the latest trends;

- syn. hep, hip to;

- sim. informed;

hip-hop
n1
an urban youth culture associated with rap music and the fashions of African-American residents of the inner city;

n2
genre of African-American music of the 1980s and 1990s in which rhyming lyrics are chanted to a musical accompaniment;

- several forms of rap have emerged;

- syn. rap, rap music;

hip-length
a1
extending to or just over the hips;

- "a hiplength jacket";

- syn. hiplength;

hip bath
n1
a bathtub in which your buttocks and hips are immersed as if you were sitting in a chair and you bathe in a sitting position;

- syn. sitz bath;

hip boot
n1
a very high boot;

- used especially for fishing;

- syn. thigh boot;

hip joint
n1
the ball-and-socket joint between the head of the femur and the acetabulum;

- syn. articulatio coxae, coxa, hip;

hip pad
n1
protective garment consisting of a pad worn by football and hockey players;

hip pocket
n1
a pocket in rear of trousers;

hip roof
n1
a roof having sloping ends as well as sloping sides;

- syn. hipped roof;

hip socket
n1
the socket part of the ball-and-socket joint between the head of the femur and the innominate bone;

hip tile
n1
a tile shaped so as to cover the hip of a hip roof;

- syn. hipped tile;

hip to
a1
informed about the latest trends;

- syn. hep, hip;

- sim. informed;

hipbone / h ɪ p b oʊ n /
n1
large flaring bone forming one half of the pelvis;

- made up of the ilium and ischium and pubis;

- syn. innominate bone;

hipflask
n1
a flask that holds spirits;

- syn. pocket flask;

hiplength
a1
extending to or just over the hips;

- "a hiplength jacket";

- syn. hip-length;

hipless / h ɪ p ɫ ɛ s /
a1
having or seeming to have no hips;

- "slim and hipless";

hipline / h ɪ p ɫ aɪ n /
n1
the line formed by measuring the hip at its greatest part;

n2
the line formed by the lower edge of hip-length garment;

Hipparchus
n1
Greek astronomer and mathematician who discovered the precession of the equinoxes and made the first known star chart and is said to have invented trigonometry (second century BC);

hippeastrum
n1
amaryllis of tropical America often cultivated as a houseplant for its showy white to red flowers;

- syn. Hippeastrum puniceum;

Hippeastrum puniceum
n1
amaryllis of tropical America often cultivated as a houseplant for its showy white to red flowers;

- syn. hippeastrum;

hipped
a1
having hips;

- or having hips as specified (usually in combination);

- "broad-hipped";

a2
(of a roof) sloping on all sides;

- "a hipped roof has sloping ends rather than gables";

- sim. mansard;

hipped roof
n1
a roof having sloping ends as well as sloping sides;

- syn. hip roof;

hipped tile
n1
a tile shaped so as to cover the hip of a hip roof;

- syn. hip tile;

hippie / h ɪ p i /
n1
someone who rejects the established culture;

- advocates extreme liberalism in politics and lifestyle;

- syn. flower child, hippy, hipster;

hippies / h ɪ p ɪ z /
n1
a youth subculture (mostly from the middle class) originating in San Francisco in the 1960s;

- advocated universal love and peace and communes and long hair and soft drugs;

- favored acid rock and progressive rock music;

- syn. flower people, hipsters;

Hippo / h ɪ p oʊ /
n1
an ancient Numidian town in northwestern Africa adjoining present-day Annaba in northeastern Algeria;

- syn. Hippo Regius;

n2
massive thick-skinned herbivorous animal living in or around rivers of tropical Africa;

- syn. Hippopotamus amphibius, hippopotamus, river horse;

Hippo Regius
n1
an ancient Numidian town in northwestern Africa adjoining present-day Annaba in northeastern Algeria;

- syn. Hippo;

Hippobosca
n1
type genus of the Hippoboscidae;

- syn. genus Hippobosca;

Hippobosca equina
n1
winged fly parasitic on horses;

- syn. horse tick, horsefly;

hippoboscid
n1
bloodsucking dipterous fly parasitic on birds and mammals;

- syn. louse fly;

Hippoboscidae
n1
winged or wingless dipterans: louse flies;

- syn. family Hippoboscidae;

hippocampus / h ɪ p oʊ k æ m p ə s /
n1
a complex neural structure (shaped like a sea horse) consisting of grey matter and located on the floor of each lateral ventricle;

- intimately involved in motivation and emotion as part of the limbic system;

- has a central role in the formation of memories;

n2
seahorses;

- syn. genus Hippocampus;

Hippocastanaceae
n1
trees having showy flowers and inedible nutlike seeds in a leathery capsule;

- syn. family Hippocastanaceae, horse-chestnut family;

Hippocrates / h ɪ p oʊ k ɹ eɪ t s /
n1
medical practitioner who is regarded as the father of medicine;

- author of the Hippocratic oath (circa 460-377 BC);

Hippocratic / h ɪ p ə k ɹ æ t ɪ k /
a1
of or relating to Hippocrates or the school of medicine that took his name;

Hippocratic oath
n1
an oath taken by physicians to observe medical ethics deriving from Hippocrates;

Hippocrepis
n1
species of Old World herbs or subshrubs: horseshoe vetch;

- syn. genus Hippocrepis;

Hippocrepis comosa
n1
European woody perennial with yellow umbellate flowers followed by flattened pods that separate into horseshoe-shaped joints;

- syn. horseshoe vetch;

Hippodamia
n1
genus of ladybugs;

- syn. genus Hippodamia;

Hippodamia convergens
n1
a variety of ladybug;

hippodrome / h ɪ p ə d ɹ oʊ m /
n1
a stadium for horse shows or horse races;

Hippoglossoides
n1
a genus of Pleuronectidae;

- syn. genus Hippoglossoides;

Hippoglossoides platessoides
n1
large American food fish;

- syn. American plaice;

Hippoglossus
n1
halibuts;

- syn. genus Hippoglossus;

Hippoglossus hippoglossus
n1
largest United States flatfish;

- syn. Atlantic halibut;

Hippoglossus stenolepsis
n1
a righteye flounder found in the Pacific;

- syn. Pacific halibut;

Hippolyte Jean Giraudoux
n1
French novelist and dramatist whose plays were reinterpretations of Greek myths (1882-1944);

- syn. Giraudoux, Jean Giraudoux;

Hippopotamidae
n1
hippopotami;

- syn. family Hippopotamidae;

hippopotamus / h ɪ p ə p ɒ t ə m ə s /
n1
massive thick-skinned herbivorous animal living in or around rivers of tropical Africa;

- syn. Hippopotamus amphibius, hippo, river horse;

Hippopotamus amphibius
n1
massive thick-skinned herbivorous animal living in or around rivers of tropical Africa;

- syn. hippo, hippopotamus, river horse;

Hipposideridae
n1
Old World leafnose bats;

- syn. family Hipposideridae;

Hipposideros
n1
horseshoe bats;

- syn. genus Hipposideros;

Hippotragus
n1
sable antelopes;

- syn. genus Hippotragus;

Hippotragus niger
n1
large black East African antelope with sharp backward-curving horns;

- syn. sable antelope;

hippy / h ɪ p i /
n1
someone who rejects the established culture;

- advocates extreme liberalism in politics and lifestyle;

- syn. flower child, hippie, hipster;

hipster / h ɪ p s t ɝ /
n1
someone who rejects the established culture;

- advocates extreme liberalism in politics and lifestyle;

- syn. flower child, hippie, hippy;

hipsters / h ɪ p s t ɝ z /
n1
a youth subculture (mostly from the middle class) originating in San Francisco in the 1960s;

- advocated universal love and peace and communes and long hair and soft drugs;

- favored acid rock and progressive rock music;

- syn. flower people, hippies;

Hipsurus
n1
a genus of Embiotocidae;

- syn. genus Hipsurus;

Hipsurus caryi
n1
Pacific coast fish;

- syn. rainbow perch, rainbow seaperch;

Hiram King Williams
n1
United States country singer and songwriter (1923-1953);

- syn. Hank Williams, Hiram Williams, Williams;

Hiram Ulysses Grant
n1
18th President of the United States;

- commander of the Union armies in the American Civil War (1822-1885);

- syn. Grant, President Grant, Ulysses Grant, Ulysses S. Grant, Ulysses Simpson Grant;

Hiram Williams
n1
United States country singer and songwriter (1923-1953);

- syn. Hank Williams, Hiram King Williams, Williams;

hircine / h ɝ s aɪ n /
a1
of or pertaining to or suggestive of a goat (especially in strong odor);

hire / h aɪ ə , h aɪ ə ɹ /
n1
a newly hired employee;

- "the new hires need special training";

n2
the act of hiring something or someone;

- "he signed up for a week's car hire";

v1
engage or hire for work;

- "They hired two new secretaries in the department";

- "How many people has she employed?";

- syn. employ, engage;

v2
hold under a lease or rental agreement;

- of goods and services;

- syn. charter, lease, rent;

v3
engage for service under a term of contract;

- "We took an apartment on a quiet street";

- "Let's rent a car";

- "Shall we take a guide in Rome?";

- syn. charter, engage, lease, rent, take;

hire-purchase
n1
installment plan;

- "we bought a car on the never-never";

- syn. never-never;

hire car
n1
a rented car;

- "she picked up a hire car at the airport and drove to her hotel";

- syn. car rental, rent-a-car, self-drive, u-drive, you-drive;

hire out
v1
grant the services of or the temporary use of, for a fee;

- "We rent out our apartment to tourists every year";

- "He hired himself out as a cook";

- syn. farm out, rent out;

hired / h aɪ ə d /
a1
having services engaged for a fee;

- "hired hands";

- "a hired gun";

- sim. employed;

a2
hired for the exclusive temporary use of a group of travelers;

- "a chartered plane";

- "the chartered buses arrived on time";

- syn. chartered, leased;

hired gun
n1
a professional killer who uses a gun;

- syn. gun, gun for hire, gunman, gunslinger, hit man, hitman, shooter, torpedo, triggerman;

hired hand
n1
a hired laborer on a farm or ranch;

- "the hired hand fixed the railing";

- "a ranch hand";

- syn. hand, hired man;

hired help
n1
employee hired for domestic or farm work (often used in the singular to refer to several employees collectively);

hired man
n1
a hired laborer on a farm or ranch;

- "the hired hand fixed the railing";

- "a ranch hand";

- syn. hand, hired hand;

hireling / h aɪ ə ɫ ɪ ŋ /
n1
a person who works only for money;

- syn. pensionary;

hirer / h aɪ ə ɹ ə /
n1
a person responsible for hiring workers;

- "the boss hired three more men for the new job";

- syn. boss;

hiring freeze
n1
a freeze on hiring;

hiring hall
n1
a union-operated placement office where jobs are allotted to applicants according to seniority or rotation;

Hirohito
n1
emperor of Japan who renounced his divinity and became a constitutional monarch after Japan surrendered at the end of World War II (1901-1989);

- syn. Michinomiya Hirohito;

Hiroshima / h ɪr ɒ ʃ ɪ m ə /
n1
a port city on the southwestern coast of Honshu in Japan;

- on August 6, 1945 Hiroshima was almost completely destroyed by the first atomic bomb dropped on a populated area;

Hirschfeld
n1
United States artist noted for his line-drawn caricatures (1904-2003);

- syn. Al Hirschfeld;

Hirschsprung
n1
Danish pediatrician (1830-1916);

- syn. Harold Hirschsprung;

Hirschsprung's disease
n1
congenital condition in which the colon does not have the normal network of nerves;

- there is little urge to defecate so the feces accumulate and cause megacolon;

- syn. congenital megacolon;

hirsute / h ɝ s j u t /
a1
having or covered with hair;

- "Jacob was a hairy man";

- "a hairy caterpillar";

- syn. haired, hairy;

- sim. canescent, coarse-haired, comate, curly-haired, dark-haired, downy, floccose, furlike, furred, fuzzed, glossy-haired, hispid, lanate, long-haired, pappose, pilous, rough-haired, shock-headed, short-haired, silky-haired, silver-haired, smooth-haired, snake-haired, soft-haired, stiff-haired, thick-haired, tomentose, velvety-furred, wire-haired, wiry, wooly;

hirsuteness / h ɝ s j u t n ɛ s /
n1
excessive hairiness;

- syn. hirsutism;

hirsutism
n1
excessive hairiness;

- syn. hirsuteness;

Hirudinea
n1
hermaphroditic aquatic or terrestrial or parasitic annelids;

- syn. class Hirudinea;

hirudinean
n1
carnivorous or bloodsucking aquatic or terrestrial worms typically having a sucker at each end;

- syn. bloodsucker, leech;

Hirudinidae
n1
a family of Hirudinea;

- syn. family Hirudinidae;

Hirudo
n1
type genus of the family Hirudinidae;

- syn. genus Hirudo;

Hirudo medicinalis
n1
large European freshwater leech formerly used for bloodletting;

- syn. medicinal leech;

Hirundinidae
n1
swallows and martins;

- syn. family Hirundinidae;

Hirundo
n1
type genus of the Hirundinidae;

- syn. genus Hirundo;

Hirundo nigricans
n1
of Australia and Polynesia;

- nests in tree cavities;

- syn. tree martin, tree swallow;

Hirundo pyrrhonota
n1
North American swallow that lives in colonies and builds bottle-shaped mud nests on cliffs and walls;

- syn. cliff swallow;

Hirundo rustica
n1
common swallow of North America and Europe that nests in barns etc.;

- syn. barn swallow, chimney swallow;

Hispanic / h ɪ s p æ n ɪ k /
n1
an American whose first language is Spanish;

- syn. Hispanic American, Spanish American;

a1
related to a Spanish-speaking people or culture;

- "the Hispanic population of California is growing rapidly";

- syn. Latino;

Hispanic American
n1
an American whose first language is Spanish;

- syn. Hispanic, Spanish American;

Hispaniola
n1
an island in the West Indies;

- syn. Haiti, Hayti;

Hispaniolan
a1
of or relating to the West Indian island of Hispaniola;

hispid
a1
(of animals or plants) having stiff coarse hairs or bristles;

- "plants with hispid stems";

- sim. hairy;

hispid pocket mouse
n1
large stiff-haired rodent of shortgrass prairies of United States;

- syn. Perognathus hispidus;

hiss / h ɪ s /
n1
a fricative sound (especially as an expression of disapproval);

- "the performers could not be heard over the hissing of the audience";

- syn. fizzle, hissing, hushing, sibilation;

n2
a cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt;

- syn. Bronx cheer, bird, boo, hoot, raspberry, razz, razzing, snort;

v1
make a sharp hissing sound, as if to show disapproval;

- syn. sibilate, siss, sizz;

v2
move with a whooshing sound;

- syn. whoosh;

v3
express or utter with a hiss;

- syn. sibilate, siss, sizz;

v4
show displeasure, as after a performance or speech;

- syn. boo;

hisser / h ɪ s ə /
n1
someone who communicates disapproval by hissing;

hissing / h ɪ s ɪ ŋ /
n1
a fricative sound (especially as an expression of disapproval);

- "the performers could not be heard over the hissing of the audience";

- syn. fizzle, hiss, hushing, sibilation;

histaminase
n1
enzyme that acts as a catalyst in converting histidine to histamine;

histamine
n1
amine formed from histidine that stimulates gastric secretions and dilates blood vessels;

- released by the human immune system during allergic reactions;

histamine blocker
n1
a medicine used to treat the gastric effects of histamine in cases of peptic ulcers and gastritis and gastroesophageal reflux;

- works by blocking the effects of histamine on the receptor site known as H2;

histamine headache
n1
a painful recurring headache associated with the release of histamine from cells;

- syn. cluster headache;

histidine
n1
an essential amino acid found in proteins that is important for the growth and repair of tissue;

histiocyte
n1
a macrophage that is found in connective tissue;

histiocytic leukaemia
n1
leukemia characterized by the proliferation of monocytes and monoblasts in the blood;

- syn. histiocytic leukemia, monoblastic leukaemia, monoblastic leukemia, monocytic leukaemia, monocytic leukemia;

histiocytic leukemia
n1
leukemia characterized by the proliferation of monocytes and monoblasts in the blood;

- syn. histiocytic leukaemia, monoblastic leukaemia, monoblastic leukemia, monocytic leukaemia, monocytic leukemia;

histiocytosis
n1
a blood disease characterized by an abnormal multiplication of macrophages;

histocompatibility
n1
condition in which the cells of one tissue can survive in the presence of cells of another tissue;

- "a successful graft or transplant requires a high degree of histocompatibility";

histocompatibility complex
n1
a family of fifty or more genes on the sixth human chromosome that code for proteins on the surfaces of cells and that play a role in the immune response;

histogram / h ɪ s t ə ɡ ɹ æ m /
n1
a bar chart representing a frequency distribution;

- heights of the bars represent observed frequencies;

histoincompatibility
n1
incompatibility in which one person's tissue cannot be transplanted to another person;

histologic / h ɪ s t ə ɫ ɒ dʒ ɪ k /
a1
of or relating to histology;

- syn. histological;

histological / h ɪ s t ə ɫ ɒ dʒ ɪ k ə ɫ /
a1
of or relating to histology;

- syn. histologic;

histologically / h ɪ s t ə ɫ ɒ dʒ ɪ k ɫ i /
r1
involving the use of histology or histological techniques;

- "histologically identifiable structures";

histologist / h ɪ s t ɒ ɫ ə dʒ ɪ s t /
n1
anatomist who specializes in the microscopic study of animal tissues;

histology / h ɪ s t ɒ ɫ ə dʒ i /
n1
the branch of biology that studies the microscopic structure of animal or plant tissues;

histone
n1
a simple protein containing mainly basic amino acids;

- present in cell nuclei in association with nucleic acids;

historian / h ɪ s t ɔ ɹ ɪə n /
n1
a person who is an authority on history and who studies it and writes about it;

- syn. historiographer;

historic / h ɪ s t ɒ ɹ ɪ k /
a1
belonging to the past;

- of what is important or famous in the past;

- "historic victories";

- "historical (or historic) times";

- "a historical character";

- syn. historical;

- sim. past;

a2
important in history;

- "the historic first voyage to outer space";

- sim. important;

historic period
n1
an era of history having some distinctive feature;

- "we live in a litigious age";

- syn. age;

historical / h ɪ s t ɒ ɹ ɪ k ɫ /
a1
of or relating to the study of history;

- "historical scholars";

- "a historical perspective";

a2
having once lived or existed or taken place in the real world as distinct from being legendary;

- "the historical Jesus";

- "doubt that a historical Camelot every existed";

- "actual historical events";

- sim. real;

a3
belonging to the past;

- of what is important or famous in the past;

- "historic victories";

- "historical (or historic) times";

- "a historical character";

- syn. historic;

- sim. past;

a4
used of the study of a phenomenon (especially language) as it changes through time;

- "diachronic linguistics";

- syn. diachronic;

historical document
n1
writing having historical value (as opposed to fiction or myth etc.);

- syn. historical paper, historical record;

historical linguistics
n1
the study of linguistic change;

- "the synchrony and diachrony of language";

- syn. diachronic linguistics, diachrony;

historical paper
n1
writing having historical value (as opposed to fiction or myth etc.);

- syn. historical document, historical record;

historical present
n1
the use of the present tense to describe past actions or states;

historical record
n1
writing having historical value (as opposed to fiction or myth etc.);

- syn. historical document, historical paper;

historical school
n1
a school of 19th century German economists and legal philosophers who tried to explain modern economic systems in evolutionary or historical terms;

historically / h ɪ s t ɒ ɹ ɪ k ɫ i /
r1
throughout history;

- "historically they have never coexisted peacefully";

r2
with respect to history;

- "this is historically interesting";

historicalness / h ɪ s t ɒ ɹ ɪ k ɫ n ə s /
n1
the state of having in fact existed in the past;

n2
significance owing to its history;

historicism / h ɪ s t ɒ ɹ ɪ k ɪ z ə m /
n1
a theory that social and cultural events are determined by history;

historied
a1
having an illustrious past;

- syn. celebrated, storied;

- sim. glorious;

historiographer / h ɪ s t ɔ ɹ ɪ ɒ ɡ ɹ ə f ə /
n1
a person who is an authority on history and who studies it and writes about it;

- syn. historian;

historiography / h ɪ s t ɔ ɹ ɪ ɒ ɡ ɹ ə f i /
n1
a body of historical literature;

n2
the writing of history;

history / h ɪ s t ɹ i /
n1
the aggregate of past events;

- "a critical time in the school's history";

n2
a record or narrative description of past events;

- "a history of France";

- "he gave an inaccurate account of the plot to kill the president";

- "the story of exposure to lead";

- syn. account, chronicle, story;

n3
the discipline that records and interprets past events involving human beings;

- "he teaches Medieval history";

- "history takes the long view";

n4
the continuum of events occurring in succession leading from the past to the present and even into the future;

- "all of human history";

n5
all that is remembered of the past as preserved in writing;

- a body of knowledge;

- "the dawn of recorded history";

- "from the beginning of history";

history department
n1
the academic department responsible for teaching history;

- syn. department of history;

history lesson
n1
a lesson in the facts of history;

histrion / h ɪ s t ɹ ɪə n /
n1
a theatrical performer;

- syn. actor, player, role player, thespian;

histrionic / h ɪ s t ɹ ɪ ɒ n ɪ k /
a1
characteristic of acting or a stage performance;

- often affected;

- "histrionic gestures";

- "an attitude of melodramatic despair";

- "a theatrical pose";

- syn. melodramatic;

- sim. theatrical;

histrionics / h ɪ s t ɹ ɪ ɒ n ɪ k s /
n1
a performance of a play;

- syn. representation, theatrical, theatrical performance;

n2
a deliberate display of emotion for effect;

hit / h ɪ t /
n1
(baseball) a successful stroke in an athletic contest (especially in baseball);

- "he came all the way around on Williams' hit";

n2
the act of contacting one thing with another;

- "repeated hitting raised a large bruise";

- "after three misses she finally got a hit";

- syn. hitting, striking;

n3
a conspicuous success;

- "that song was his first hit and marked the beginning of his career";

- "that new Broadway show is a real smasher";

- "the party went with a bang";

- syn. bang, smash, smasher, strike;

n4
(physics) a brief event in which two or more bodies come together;

- "the collision of the particles resulted in an exchange of energy and a change of direction";

- syn. collision;

n5
a dose of a narcotic drug;

n6
a murder carried out by an underworld syndicate;

- "it has all the earmarks of a Mafia hit";

n7
a connection made via the internet to another website;

- "WordNet gets many hits from users worldwide";

v1
cause to move by striking;

- "hit a ball";

v2
hit against;

- come into sudden contact with;

- "The car hit a tree";

- "He struck the table with his elbow";

- syn. collide with, impinge on, run into, strike;

v3
deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument;

- "He hit her hard in the face";

v4
reach a destination, either real or abstract;

- "We hit Detroit by noon";

- "The water reached the doorstep";

- "We barely made it to the finish line";

- "I have to hit the MAC machine before the weekend starts";

- syn. arrive at, attain, gain, make, reach;

v5
affect or afflict suddenly, usually adversely;

- "We were hit by really bad weather";

- "He was stricken with cancer when he was still a teenager";

- "The earthquake struck at midnight";

- syn. strike;

v6
hit with a missile from a weapon;

- syn. pip, shoot;

v7
encounter by chance;

- "I stumbled across a long-lost cousin last night in a restaurant";

- syn. stumble;

v8
gain points in a game;

- "The home team scored many times";

- "He hit a home run";

- "He hit .300 in the past season";

- syn. rack up, score, tally;

v9
cause to experience suddenly;

- "Panic struck me";

- "An interesting idea hit her";

- "A thought came to me";

- "The thought struck terror in our minds";

- "They were struck with fear";

- syn. come to, strike;

v10
make a strategic, offensive, assault against an enemy, opponent, or a target;

- "The Germans struck Poland on Sept. 1, 1939";

- "We must strike the enemy's oil fields";

- "in the fifth inning, the Giants struck, sending three runners home to win the game 5 to 2";

- syn. strike;

v11
kill intentionally and with premeditation;

- "The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered";

- syn. bump off, dispatch, murder, off, polish off, remove, slay;

v12
drive something violently into a location;

- "he hit his fist on the table";

- "she struck her head on the low ceiling";

- syn. strike;

v13
reach a point in time, or a certain state or level;

- "The thermometer hit 100 degrees";

- "This car can reach a speed of 140 miles per hour";

- syn. attain, reach;

v14
produce by manipulating keys or strings of musical instruments;

- "The pianist strikes a middle C";

- "strike `z' on the keyboard";

- syn. strike;

v15
hit the intended target or goal;

v16
pay unsolicited and usually unwanted sexual attention to;

- "He tries to hit on women in bars";

hit-and-run / h ɪ t n ɹ ʌ n /
a1
designed for or consisting of a brief attack followed by a quick escape;

- "hit-and-run units";

- "tip-and-run assaults";

- syn. tip-and-run;

- sim. offensive;

a2
involving a driver of a motor vehicle who leaves the scene of an accident;

- sim. negligent;

hit-or-miss
a1
dependent upon or characterized by chance;

- "a haphazard plan of action";

- "his judgment is rather hit-or-miss";

- syn. haphazard;

- sim. random;

hit home
v1
refer to or be relevant or familiar to;

- "I hope this message hits home!";

- syn. strike a chord, strike a note, strike home;

hit it up
v1
become drunk or drink excessively;

- syn. inebriate, soak, souse;

hit list
n1
a list of victims to be eliminated (as by murder);

hit man
n1
a professional killer who uses a gun;

- syn. gun, gun for hire, gunman, gunslinger, hired gun, hitman, shooter, torpedo, triggerman;

hit parade
n1
a collection of the best or most popular people or items of a given kind;

n2
a ranked list of the songs that are most popular at a given time;

hit squad
n1
a team of assassins;

hit the books
v1
learn by reading books;

- "He is studying geology in his room";

- "I have an exam next week;

- I must hit the books now";

- syn. study;

hit the bottle
v1
consume alcohol;

- "We were up drinking all night";

- syn. booze, drink, fuddle;

hit the ceiling
v1
get very angry and fly into a rage;

- "The professor combusted when the student didn't know the answer to a very elementary question";

- "Spam makes me go ballistic";

- syn. blow a fuse, blow one's stack, blow up, combust, flip one's lid, flip one's wig, fly off the handle, go ballistic, have a fit, have kittens, hit the roof, lose one's temper, throw a fit;

hit the deck
v1
fall or drop suddenly, usually to evade some danger;

- "The soldiers hit the dirt when they heard gunfire";

- syn. hit the dirt;

hit the dirt
v1
fall or drop suddenly, usually to evade some danger;

- "The soldiers hit the dirt when they heard gunfire";

- syn. hit the deck;

hit the hay
v1
prepare for sleep;

- "I usually turn in at midnight";

- "He goes to bed at the crack of dawn";

- syn. bed, crawl in, go to bed, go to sleep, hit the sack, kip down, retire, sack out, turn in;

hit the jackpot
v1
succeed by luck;

- "I lucked out and found the last parking spot in the lot";

- syn. luck out;

hit the roof
v1
get very angry and fly into a rage;

- "The professor combusted when the student didn't know the answer to a very elementary question";

- "Spam makes me go ballistic";

- syn. blow a fuse, blow one's stack, blow up, combust, flip one's lid, flip one's wig, fly off the handle, go ballistic, have a fit, have kittens, hit the ceiling, lose one's temper, throw a fit;

hit the sack
v1
prepare for sleep;

- "I usually turn in at midnight";

- "He goes to bed at the crack of dawn";

- syn. bed, crawl in, go to bed, go to sleep, hit the hay, kip down, retire, sack out, turn in;

hitch / h ɪ tʃ /
n1
a period of time spent in military service;

- syn. duty tour, enlistment, term of enlistment, tour, tour of duty;

n2
the state of inactivity following an interruption;

- "the negotiations were in arrest";

- "held them in check";

- "during the halt he got some lunch";

- "the momentary stay enabled him to escape the blow";

- "he spent the entire stop in his seat";

- syn. arrest, check, halt, stay, stop, stoppage;

n3
an unforeseen obstacle;

- syn. hang-up, rub, snag;

n4
a connection between a vehicle and the load that it pulls;

n5
a knot that can be undone by pulling against the strain that holds it;

- a temporary knot;

n6
any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome;

- syn. encumbrance, hinderance, hindrance, incumbrance, interference, preventative, preventive;

n7
the uneven manner of walking that results from an injured leg;

- syn. hobble, limp;

v1
to hook or entangle;

- "One foot caught in the stirrup";

- syn. catch;

v2
walk impeded by some physical limitation or injury;

- "The old woman hobbles down to the store every day";

- syn. gimp, hobble, limp;

v3
jump vertically, with legs stiff and back arched;

- "the yung filly bucked";

- syn. buck, jerk;

v4
travel by getting free rides from motorists;

- syn. hitchhike, thumb;

v5
connect to a vehicle: "hitch the trailer to the car";

hitch up
v1
pull up;

- "He hitched up his socks and pants";

- syn. hike up;

Hitchcock / h ɪ tʃ k ɒ k /
n1
English film director noted for his skill in creating suspense (1899-1980);

- syn. Alfred Hitchcock, Alfred Joseph Hitchcock, Sir Alfred Hitchcock;

hitchhike / h ɪ tʃ h aɪ k /
v1
travel by getting free rides from motorists;

- syn. hitch, thumb;

hitchhiker / h ɪ tʃ h aɪ k ə , h ɪ tʃ h aɪ k ə ɹ /
n1
a person who travels by getting free rides from passing vehicles;

hitching bar
n1
a fixed horizontal rail to which a horse can be hitched to prevent it from straying;

- syn. hitchrack;

hitching post
n1
a fixed post with a ring to which a horse can be hitched to prevent it from straying;

Hitchings / h ɪ tʃ ɪ ŋ z /
n1
United States biochemist noted for developing drugs to treat leukemia and gout (1905-1998);

- syn. George Herbert Hitchings;

Hitchiti
n1
a member of the Muskhogean people formerly living in Georgia;

- a member of the Creek Confederacy;

n2
the Muskhogean language spoken by the Hitchiti;

hitchrack
n1
a fixed horizontal rail to which a horse can be hitched to prevent it from straying;

- syn. hitching bar;

hither / h ɪ ð ə , h ɪ ð ə ɹ /
r1
to this place (especially toward the speaker);

- "come here, please";

- syn. here;

hither and thither
r1
from one place or situation to another;

- "we were driven from pillar to post";

- syn. from pillar to post;

hitherto / h ɪ ð ə t u /
r1
used in negative statement to describe a situation that has existed up to this point or up to the present time;

- "So far he hasn't called";

- "the sun isn't up yet";

- syn. as yet, heretofore, so far, thus far, til now, until now, up to now, yet;

Hitler
n1
German Nazi dictator during World War II (1889-1945);

- syn. Adolf Hitler, Der Fuhrer;

Hitlerian / h ɪ t ɫ ɪə ɹ ɪə n /
a1
of or relating to or suggestive of Adolf Hitler or his Nazi regime in Germany;

hitless / h ɪ t ɫ ə s /
a1
(of a batter) without a hit;

- "he went hitless for three innings";

- sim. unsuccessful;

a2
having no points scores;

- "a scoreless inning";

- syn. goalless, pointless, scoreless;

- sim. unsuccessful;

hitman
n1
a professional killer who uses a gun;

- syn. gun, gun for hire, gunman, gunslinger, hired gun, hit man, shooter, torpedo, triggerman;

hitter / h ɪ t ə /
n1
(baseball) a ballplayer who is batting;

- syn. batsman, batter, slugger;

n2
someone who hits;

- "a hard hitter";

- "a fine striker of the ball";

- "blacksmiths are good hitters";

- syn. striker;

hitting / h ɪ t ɪ ŋ /
n1
the act of contacting one thing with another;

- "repeated hitting raised a large bruise";

- "after three misses she finally got a hit";

- syn. hit, striking;

hitting average
n1
(baseball) a measure of a batter's performance;

- the number of base hits divided by the number of official times at bat;

- "Ted Williams once had a batting average above .400";

- syn. batting average;

Hittite / h ɪ t aɪ t /
n1
a member of an ancient people who inhabited Anatolia and northern Syria about 2000 to 1200 BC;

n2
the language of the Hittites and the principal language of the Anatolian group of languages;

- deciphered from cuneiform inscriptions;

a1
of or relating to the Hittite people or their language or culture;

HIV
n1
infection by the human immunodeficiency virus;

n2
the virus that causes acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS);

- it replicates in and kills the helper T cells;

- syn. human immunodeficiency virus;

hive / h aɪ v /
n1
a teeming multitude;

n2
a man-made receptacle that houses a swarm of bees;

- syn. beehive;

n3
a structure that provides a natural habitation for bees;

- as in a hollow tree;

- syn. beehive;

v1
store, like bees;

- "bees hive honey and pollen";

- "He hived lots of information";

- also hive away, hive up;

v2
move together in a hive or as if in a hive;

- "The bee swarms are hiving";

v3
gather into a hive;

- "The beekeeper hived the swarm";

hive away
v1
keep or lay aside for future use;

- "store grain for the winter";

- "The bear stores fat for the period of hibernation when he doesn't eat";

- syn. lay in, put in, salt away, stack away, stash away, store;

hive off
v1
remove from a group and make separate;

- "The unit was hived off from its parent company";

v2
withdraw (money) and move into a different location, often secretly and with dishonest intentions;

- syn. divert;

hive up
v1
save up as for future use;

- syn. cache, hoard, lay away, squirrel away, stash;

hives / h aɪ v z /
n1
an itchy skin eruption characterized by weals with pale interiors and well-defined red margins;

- usually the result of an allergic response to insect bites or food or drugs;

- syn. nettle rash, urticaria, urtication;

Hizb ut-Tahrir
n1
the most popular and feared Islamic extremist group in central Asia;

- advocates `pure' Islam and the creation of a worldwide Islamic state;

- syn. Freedom Party;

Hizballah
n1
a Shiite terrorist organization with strong ties to Iran;

- seeks to create an Iranian fundamentalist Islamic state in Lebanon;

- car bombs are the signature weapon;

- syn. Hezbollah, Hizbollah, Hizbullah, Islamic Jihad, Islamic Jihad for the Liberation of Palestine, Lebanese Hizballah, Organization of the Oppressed on Earth, Party of God, Revolutionary Justice Organization;

Hizbollah / h ɪ z b æ ɫ ə /
n1
a Shiite terrorist organization with strong ties to Iran;

- seeks to create an Iranian fundamentalist Islamic state in Lebanon;

- car bombs are the signature weapon;

- syn. Hezbollah, Hizballah, Hizbullah, Islamic Jihad, Islamic Jihad for the Liberation of Palestine, Lebanese Hizballah, Organization of the Oppressed on Earth, Party of God, Revolutionary Justice Organization;

Hizbullah
n1
a Shiite terrorist organization with strong ties to Iran;

- seeks to create an Iranian fundamentalist Islamic state in Lebanon;

- car bombs are the signature weapon;

- syn. Hezbollah, Hizballah, Hizbollah, Islamic Jihad, Islamic Jihad for the Liberation of Palestine, Lebanese Hizballah, Organization of the Oppressed on Earth, Party of God, Revolutionary Justice Organization;

hl
n1
a metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 100 liters;

- syn. hectoliter, hectolitre;

hm / eɪ tʃ ɛ m /
n1
a metric unit of length equal to 100 meters;

- syn. hectometer, hectometre;

HMG-CoA reductase
n1
a liver enzyme that is responsible for producing cholesterol;

- syn. 5-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme A reductase;

HMO
n1
group insurance that entitles members to services of participating hospitals and clinics and physicians;

- syn. health maintenance organization;

Hmong
n1
a people living traditionally in mountain villages in southern China and adjacent areas of Vietnam and Laos and Thailand;

- many have emigrated to the United States;

- syn. Miao;

n2
a language of uncertain affiliation spoken by the Hmong;

- syn. Hmong language, Miao;

a1
of or related to the Hmong people or their language or their culture;

Hmong language
n1
a language of uncertain affiliation spoken by the Hmong;

- syn. Hmong, Miao;

HN
n1
a colorless explosive liquid that is volatile and poisonous and foul-smelling;

- syn. azoimide, hydrazoic acid, hydrogen azide;

HND
n1
a diploma given for vocational training that prepares the student for a career in a particular area;

- good students may progress to a course leading to a degree;

- syn. Higher National Diploma;

Ho / h oʊ /
n1
a trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group;

- occurs together with yttrium;

- forms highly magnetic compounds;

- syn. atomic number 67, holmium;

ho-hum
a1
so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness;

- "a boring evening with uninteresting people";

- "the deadening effect of some routine tasks";

- "a dull play";

- "his competent but dull performance";

- "a ho-hum speaker who couldn't capture their attention";

- "what an irksome task the writing of long letters is"- Edmund Burke;

- "tedious days on the train";

- "the tiresome chirping of a cricket"- Mark Twain;

- "other people's dreams are dreadfully wearisome";

- syn. boring, deadening, dull, irksome, slow, tedious, tiresome, wearisome;

- sim. uninteresting;

Ho Chi Minh
n1
Vietnamese communist statesman who fought the Japanese in World War II and the French until 1954 and South Vietnam until 1975 (1890-1969);

- syn. Nguyen Tat Thanh;

Ho Chi Minh City
n1
a city in South Vietnam;

- formerly (as Saigon) it was the capital of French Indochina;

- syn. Saigon;

hoactzin
n1
crested ill-smelling South American bird whose young have claws on the first and second digits of the wings;

- syn. Opisthocomus hoazin, hoatzin, stinkbird;

hoagie
n1
a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments);

- different names are used in different sections of the United States;

- syn. Cuban sandwich, Italian sandwich, bomber, grinder, hero, hero sandwich, hoagy, poor boy, sub, submarine, submarine sandwich, torpedo, wedge, zep;

Hoagland
n1
United States physiologist (1899-1982);

- syn. Hudson Hoagland;

Hoagland Howard Carmichael
n1
United States songwriter (1899-1981);

- syn. Carmichael, Hoagy Carmichael;

hoagy
n1
a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments);

- different names are used in different sections of the United States;

- syn. Cuban sandwich, Italian sandwich, bomber, grinder, hero, hero sandwich, hoagie, poor boy, sub, submarine, submarine sandwich, torpedo, wedge, zep;

Hoagy Carmichael
n1
United States songwriter (1899-1981);

- syn. Carmichael, Hoagland Howard Carmichael;

hoar / h ɔ , h ɔ ɹ /
n1
ice crystals forming a white deposit (especially on objects outside);

- syn. frost, hoarfrost, rime;

a1
showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair;

- "whose beard with age is hoar"-Coleridge;

- "nodded his hoary head";

- syn. gray, gray-haired, gray-headed, grey, grey-haired, grey-headed, grizzly, hoary, white-haired;

- sim. old;

hoard / h ɔ d /
n1
a secret store of valuables or money;

- syn. cache, stash;

v1
save up as for future use;

- syn. cache, hive up, lay away, squirrel away, stash;

v2
get or gather together;

- "I am accumulating evidence for the man's unfaithfulness to his wife";

- "She is amassing a lot of data for her thesis";

- "She rolled up a small fortune";

- syn. accumulate, amass, collect, compile, pile up, roll up;

hoarded wealth
n1
accumulated wealth in the form of money or jewels etc.;

- "the pirates hid their treasure on a small island in the West Indies";

- syn. treasure;

hoarder / h ɔ d ə , h ɔ d ə ɹ /
n1
a person who accumulates things and hides them away for future use;

hoarding / h ɔ d ɪ ŋ /
n1
large outdoor signboard;

- syn. billboard;

hoarfrost / h ɔ f ɹ ɒ s t /
n1
ice crystals forming a white deposit (especially on objects outside);

- syn. frost, hoar, rime;

hoariness / h ɔ ɹ ɪ n ə s /
n1
a silvery-white color;

- syn. frostiness;

n2
great age (especially grey or white with age);

hoarse / h ɔ s /
a1
deep and harsh sounding as if from shouting or illness or emotion;

- "gruff voices";

- "the dog's gruff barking";

- "hoarse cries";

- "makes all the instruments sound powerful but husky"- Virgil Thomson;

- syn. gruff, husky;

- sim. cacophonous;

hoarsely / h ɔ s ɫ i /
r1
in a hoarse or husky voice;

- "`Excuse me,' he said hoarsely";

- syn. huskily;

hoarseness / h ɔ s n ə s /
n1
a throaty harshness;

- syn. gruffness, huskiness;

hoary / h ɔ ɹ i /
a1
showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair;

- "whose beard with age is hoar"-Coleridge;

- "nodded his hoary head";

- syn. gray, gray-haired, gray-headed, grey, grey-haired, grey-headed, grizzly, hoar, white-haired;

- sim. old;

a2
ancient;

- "hoary jokes";

- syn. rusty;

- sim. old;

a3
covered with fine whitish hairs or down;

- syn. canescent;

- sim. hairy;

hoary alison
n1
tall European annual with downy grey-green foliage and dense heads of small white flowers followed by hairy pods;

- naturalized in North America;

- sometimes a troublesome weed;

- syn. Berteroa incana, hoary alyssum;

hoary alyssum
n1
tall European annual with downy grey-green foliage and dense heads of small white flowers followed by hairy pods;

- naturalized in North America;

- sometimes a troublesome weed;

- syn. Berteroa incana, hoary alison;

hoary golden bush
n1
western American shrubs having white felted foliage and yellow flowers that become red-purple;

- syn. Hazardia cana;

hoary marmot
n1
large North American mountain marmot;

- syn. Marmota caligata, whistler, whistling marmot;

hoary pea
n1
a plant of the genus Tephrosia having pinnate leaves and white or purplish flowers and flat hairy pods;

hoary plantain
n1
North American annual or biennial with long soft hairs on the leaves;

- syn. Plantago virginica;

n2
widely distributed Old World perennial naturalized in North America having finely hairy leaves and inconspicuous white fragrant flowers;

- syn. Plantago media;

hoary puccoon
n1
perennial North American plant with greyish hairy foliage yielding a red or yellow pigment;

- syn. Indian paint, Lithospermum canescens;

hoary willow
n1
North American shrub with whitish canescent leaves;

- syn. Salix candida, sage willow;

hoatzin
n1
crested ill-smelling South American bird whose young have claws on the first and second digits of the wings;

- syn. Opisthocomus hoazin, hoactzin, stinkbird;

hoax / h oʊ k s /
n1
something intended to deceive;

- deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage;

- syn. dupery, fraud, fraudulence, humbug, put-on;

v1
subject to a playful hoax or joke;

- syn. play a joke on, pull someone's leg;

hoaxer / h oʊ k s ə , h oʊ k s ə ɹ /
n1
someone who plays practical jokes on others;

- syn. cut-up, practical joker, prankster, tricker, trickster;

hob / h ɒ b /
n1
(folklore) a small grotesque supernatural creature that makes trouble for human beings;

- syn. goblin, hobgoblin;

n2
(folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous;

- syn. brownie, elf, gremlin, imp, pixie, pixy;

n3
a hard steel edge tool used to cut gears;

n4
a shelf beside an open fire where something can be kept warm;

v1
cut with a hob;

Hobart / h ɒ b ɑ t /
n1
a port and state capital of Tasmania;

Hobbes
n1
English materialist and political philosopher who advocated absolute sovereignty as the only kind of government that could resolve problems caused by the selfishness of human beings (1588-1679);

- syn. Thomas Hobbes;

hobbit / h ɒ b b ɪ t /
n1
an imaginary being similar to a person but smaller and with hairy feet;

- invented by J.R.R. Tolkien;

hobble / h ɒ b ɫ /
n1
a shackle for the ankles or feet;

- syn. fetter;

n2
the uneven manner of walking that results from an injured leg;

- syn. hitch, limp;

v1
walk impeded by some physical limitation or injury;

- "The old woman hobbles down to the store every day";

- syn. gimp, hitch, limp;

v2
hamper the action or progress of;

- "The chairman was hobbled by the all-powerful dean";

v3
strap the foreleg and hind leg together on each side (of a horse) in order to keep the legs on the same side moving in unison;

- "hobble race horses";

- syn. hopple;

hobble skirt
n1
a long skirt very narrow below the knees, worn between 1910 and 1914;

hobbledehoy / h ɒ b ɫ d ɪ h ɔɪ /
n1
an awkward bad-mannered adolescent boy;

hobbler / h ɒ b ə ɫ ə /
n1
someone who has a limp and walks with a hobbling gait;

- syn. limper;

Hobbs
n1
notable English cricketer (1882-1963);

- syn. John Berry Hobbs, Sir Jack Hobbs;

hobby / h ɒ b i /
n1
an auxiliary activity;

- syn. avocation, by-line, pursuit, sideline, spare-time activity;

n2
a child's plaything consisting of an imitation horse mounted on rockers;

- the child straddles it and pretends to ride;

- syn. hobbyhorse, rocking horse;

n3
small Old World falcon formerly trained and flown at small birds;

- syn. Falco subbuteo;

hobbyhorse / h ɒ b ɪ h ɔ s /
n1
a topic to which one constantly reverts;

- "don't get him started on his hobbyhorse";

n2
a child's plaything consisting of an imitation horse mounted on rockers;

- the child straddles it and pretends to ride;

- syn. hobby, rocking horse;

hobbyism
n1
a devotion to hobbies;

hobbyist
n1
a person who pursues an activity in their spare time for pleasure;

hobgoblin / h ɒ b ɡ ɒ b ɫ ɪ n /
n1
(folklore) a small grotesque supernatural creature that makes trouble for human beings;

- syn. goblin, hob;

n2
an object of dread or apprehension;

- "Germany was always a bugbear for France";

- "A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds"--Ralph Waldo Emerson;

- syn. bugbear;

hobnail / h ɒ b n eɪ ɫ /
n1
a short nail with a thick head;

- used to protect the soles of boots;

v1
supply with hobnails;

hobnailed / h ɒ b n eɪ ɫ d /
a1
marked by the wearing of heavy boots studded with hobnails;

- "hobnailed laborers";

- sim. rural;

hobnob / h ɒ b n ɒ b /
v1
rub elbows with;

- "He hobnobs with the best of society";

hobo / h oʊ b oʊ /
n1
a vagrant;

- "a homeless tramp";

- "he tried to help the really down-and-out bums";

- syn. bum, tramp;

n2
a worker who moves around and works temporarily in different places;

- syn. migrant worker;

hobo camp
n1
a place where hoboes camp;

- syn. jungle;

Hobson's choice
n1
the choice of taking what is offered or nothing at all;

hock / h ɒ k /
n1
any of several white wines from the Rhine River valley in Germany (`hock' is British usage);

- syn. Rhenish, Rhine wine;

n2
tarsal joint of the hind leg of hoofed mammals;

- corresponds to the human ankle;

- syn. hock-joint;

v1
leave as a guarantee in return for money;

- "pawn your grandfather's gold watch";

- syn. pawn, soak;

v2
disable by cutting the hock;

hock-joint
n1
tarsal joint of the hind leg of hoofed mammals;

- corresponds to the human ankle;

- syn. hock;

hockey / h ɒ k i /
n1
a game resembling ice hockey that is played on an open field;

- two opposing teams use curved hockey sticks try to drive a ball into the opponents' net;

- syn. field hockey;

n2
a game played on an ice rink by two opposing teams of six skaters each who try to knock a flat round puck into the opponents' goal with angled hockey sticks;

- syn. hockey game, ice hockey;

hockey clinic
n1
a meeting at which hockey players receive special evaluation and instruction;

hockey coach
n1
a coach of hockey players;

hockey game
n1
a game played on an ice rink by two opposing teams of six skaters each who try to knock a flat round puck into the opponents' goal with angled hockey sticks;

- syn. hockey, ice hockey;

hockey league
n1
a league of hockey teams;

hockey player
n1
an athlete who plays hockey;

- syn. ice-hockey player;

hockey puck
n1
a vulcanized rubber disk 3 inches in diameter that is used instead of a ball in ice hockey;

- syn. puck;

hockey season
n1
the season when hockey is played;

hockey skate
n1
an ice skate worn for playing hockey;

- has a short blade and a strong boot to protect the feet and ankles;

hockey stick
n1
sports implement consisting of a curved or angled stick used by hockey players to move the puck;

hockey team
n1
a team that plays ice hockey;

hocus-pocus / h oʊ k ə s p oʊ k ə s /
n1
verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you in some way;

- syn. hanky panky, jiggery-pokery, skulduggery, skullduggery, slickness, trickery;

hod / h ɒ d /
n1
an open box attached to a long pole handle;

- bricks or mortar are carried on the shoulder;

hod carrier
n1
a laborer who carries supplies to masons or bricklayers;

- syn. hodman;

Hodeida
n1
an important port in Yemen on the Red Sea;

- syn. Al-Hudaydah;

Hoder
n1
(Norse mythology) a blind god;

- misled by Loki, he kills his brother Balder by throwing a shaft of mistletoe;

- syn. Hodr, Hodur, Hoth, Hothr;

hodgepodge / h ɒ dʒ p ɒ dʒ /
n1
a motley assortment of things;

- syn. farrago, gallimaufry, hotchpotch, melange, mingle-mangle, mishmash, oddments, odds and ends, omnium-gatherum, ragbag;

n2
a theory or argument made up of miscellaneous or incongruous ideas;

- syn. jumble, patchwork;

Hodgkin
n1
English physician who first described Hodgkin's disease (1798-1866);

- syn. Thomas Hodgkin;

n2
English chemist (born in Egypt) who used crystallography to study the structure of organic compounds (1910-1994);

- syn. Dorothy Hodgkin, Dorothy Mary Crowfoot Hodgkin;

n3
English physiologist who, with Andrew Huxley, discovered the role of potassium and sodium atoms in the transmission of the nerve impulse (1914-1998);

- syn. Alan Hodgkin, Alan Lloyd Hodgkin, Sir Alan Hodgkin;

Hodgkin's disease
n1
a malignant disorder in which there is progressive (but painless) enlargement of lymph tissue followed by enlargement of the spleen and liver;

hodman / h ɒ d m ə n /
n1
a laborer who carries supplies to masons or bricklayers;

- syn. hod carrier;

hodometer / h ɒ d ɒ m ɪ t ə /
n1
a meter that shows mileage traversed;

- syn. mileometer, milometer, odometer;

hodoscope
n1
(physics) scientific instrument that traces the path of a charged particle;

Hodr
n1
(Norse mythology) a blind god;

- misled by Loki, he kills his brother Balder by throwing a shaft of mistletoe;

- syn. Hoder, Hodur, Hoth, Hothr;

Hodur
n1
(Norse mythology) a blind god;

- misled by Loki, he kills his brother Balder by throwing a shaft of mistletoe;

- syn. Hoder, Hodr, Hoth, Hothr;

hoe / h oʊ /
n1
a tool with a flat blade attached at right angles to a long handle;

v1
dig with a hoe;

- "He is hoeing the flower beds";

hoe handle
n1
the handle of a hoe;

hoecake / h oʊ k eɪ k /
n1
thin usually unleavened johnnycake made of cornmeal;

- originally baked on the blade of a hoe over an open fire (southern);

Hoek van Holland
n1
a cape on the southwestern coast of the Netherlands near Rotterdam;

- syn. Hook of Holland;

Hoenir
n1
(Norse mythology) one of the Aesir having a strong and beautiful body but a dull mind;

Hoffa
n1
United States labor leader who was president of the Teamsters Union;

- he was jailed for trying to bribe a judge and later disappeared and is assumed to have been murdered (1913-1975);

- syn. James Riddle Hoffa, Jimmy Hoffa;

Hoffman
n1
United States sculptor (1887-1966);

- syn. Malvina Hoffman;

n2
versatile United States film actor (born in 1937);

- syn. Dustin Hoffman;

Hoffmann
n1
Austrian architect known for his use of rectilinear units (1870-1956);

- syn. Josef Hoffmann;

n2
German chemist (1818-1892);

- syn. August Wilhelm von Hoffmann;

n3
United States chemist (born in Poland) who used quantum mechanics to understand chemical reactions (born in 1937);

- syn. Roald Hoffmann;

n4
German writer of fantastic tales (1776-1822);

- syn. E. T. A. Hoffmann, Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann, Ernst Theodor Wilhelm Hoffmann;

Hoffmannsthal
n1
German poet who wrote libretti for operas by Richard Strauss (1874-1929);

- syn. Hugo von Hoffmannsthal;

hog / h ɒ ɡ /
n1
a person regarded as greedy and pig-like;

- syn. pig;

n2
a sheep up to the age of one year;

- one yet to be sheared;

- syn. hogg, hogget;

n3
domestic swine;

- syn. Sus scrofa, grunter, pig, squealer;

v1
take greedily;

- take more than one's share;

hog-nosed badger
n1
southeast Asian badger with a snout like a pig;

- syn. Arctonyx collaris, hog badger, sand badger;

hog-nosed skunk
n1
large naked-muzzled skunk with white back and tail;

- of southwestern North America and Mexico;

- syn. Conepatus leuconotus, badger skunk, hognosed skunk, rooter skunk;

hog-tie
v1
tie together somebody's limbs;

- "The prisoner was hog-tied";

hog badger
n1
southeast Asian badger with a snout like a pig;

- syn. Arctonyx collaris, hog-nosed badger, sand badger;

hog cholera
n1
highly infectious virus disease of swine;

hog cranberry
n1
evergreen mat-forming shrub of North America and northern Eurasia having small white flowers and red berries;

- leaves turn red in autumn;

- syn. Arctostaphylos uva-ursi, bear's grape, common bearberry, creashak, mealberry, mountain box, red bearberry, sand berry, sandberry, wild cranberry;

hog millet
n1
extensively cultivated in Europe and Asia for its grain and in United States sometimes for forage;

- syn. Panicum miliaceum, broomcorn millet;

hog molly
n1
widely distributed in warm clear shallow streams;

- syn. Hypentelium nigricans, hog sucker;

hog peanut
n1
vine widely distributed in eastern North America producing racemes of purple to maroon flowers and abundant (usually subterranean) edible one-seeded pods resembling peanuts;

- syn. Amphicarpa bracteata, Amphicarpaea bracteata, wild peanut;

hog plum
n1
tropical American tree having edible yellow fruit;

- syn. Spondias mombin, yellow mombin, yellow mombin tree;

n2
small native American shrubby tree bearing small edible yellow to reddish fruit;

- syn. Prunus angustifolia, chickasaw plum, hog plum bush;

n3
fruit of the wild plum of southern United States;

- syn. wild plum;

n4
yellow oval tropical fruit;

- syn. yellow mombin;

hog plum bush
n1
small native American shrubby tree bearing small edible yellow to reddish fruit;

- syn. Prunus angustifolia, chickasaw plum, hog plum;

hog snapper
n1
large wrasse of western Atlantic;

- head of male resembles a pig's snout;

- syn. Lachnolaimus maximus, hogfish;

hog sucker
n1
widely distributed in warm clear shallow streams;

- syn. Hypentelium nigricans, hog molly;

Hogan / h ɒ ɡ ə n /
n1
United States golfer who won many major golf tournaments (1912-1997);

- syn. Ben Hogan, William Benjamin Hogan;

n2
a Navajo lodge covered with earth;

- traditionally built with the entrance facing east;

Hogarth / h oʊ ɡ ɑ θ /
n1
English artist noted for a series of engravings that satirized the affectations of his time (1697-1764);

- syn. William Hogarth;

hogback / h ɒ ɡ b æ k /
n1
a narrow ridge of hills;

- syn. horseback;

hogchoker
n1
useless as food;

- in coastal streams from Maine to Texas and Panama;

- syn. Trinectes maculatus;

hogfish / h ɒ ɡ f ɪ ʃ /
n1
large wrasse of western Atlantic;

- head of male resembles a pig's snout;

- syn. Lachnolaimus maximus, hog snapper;

n2
found from Long Island southward;

- syn. Orthopristis chrysopterus, pigfish;

Hogg
n1
Scottish writer of rustic verse (1770-1835);

- syn. James Hogg;

n2
a sheep up to the age of one year;

- one yet to be sheared;

- syn. hog, hogget;

hogged / h ɒ ɡ d /
a1
(of a ship) so weakened as to sag at each end;

- syn. broken-backed;

- sim. convex;

hogget / h ɒ ɡ ɪ t /
n1
a sheep up to the age of one year;

- one yet to be sheared;

- syn. hog, hogg;

hoggish / h ɒ ɡ ɪ ʃ /
a1
resembling swine;

- coarsely gluttonous or greedy;

- "piggish table manners";

- "the piggy fat-cheeked little boy and his porcine pot-bellied father";

- "swinish slavering over food";

- syn. piggish, piggy, porcine, swinish;

- sim. gluttonous;

hoggishness / h ɒ ɡ ɪ ʃ n ə s /
n1
an excessive desire for food;

- syn. greediness, piggishness;

Hogmanay / h ɒ ɡ m ə n eɪ /
n1
New Year's Eve in Scotland;

hognose bat
n1
small-eared Mexican bat with a long slender nose;

- syn. Choeronycteris mexicana;

hognose snake
n1
harmless North American snake with upturned nose;

- may spread its head and neck or play dead when disturbed;

- syn. puff adder, sand viper;

hognosed skunk
n1
large naked-muzzled skunk with white back and tail;

- of southwestern North America and Mexico;

- syn. Conepatus leuconotus, badger skunk, hog-nosed skunk, rooter skunk;

hogshead / h ɒ ɡ z h ɛ d /
n1
a British unit of capacity for alcoholic beverages;

n2
a large cask especially one holding 63 gals;

hogwash / h ɒ ɡ w ɒ ʃ /
n1
unacceptable behavior (especially ludicrously false statements);

- syn. buncombe, bunk, bunkum, guff, rot;

hogweed / h ɒ ɡ w i d /
n1
tall coarse plant having thick stems and cluster of white to purple flowers;

- syn. Heracleum sphondylium, cow parsnip;

Hohenlinden
n1
a town in Bavaria (near Munich);

n2
a battle during the Napoleonic Wars (1800);

- the French defeated the Austrians;

- syn. battle of Hohenlinden;

Hohenzollern
n1
a German noble family that ruled Brandenburg and Prussia;

Hohenzollern empire
n1
the Reich when Hohenzollern monarchs ruled Germany (from 1871 to 1919);

- syn. Second Reich;

Hoheria
n1
small genus of shrubs and small trees of New Zealand: lacebarks;

- syn. genus Hoheria;

Hoheria populnea
n1
small tree or shrub of New Zealand having a profusion of axillary clusters of honey-scented paper-white flowers and whose bark is used for cordage;

- syn. houhere, lacebark, ribbonwood;

Hohhot
n1
a northern industrial city of China to the northwest of Beijing;

hoi polloi / h ɔɪ p ə ɫ ɔɪ /
n1
the common people generally;

- "separate the warriors from the mass";

- "power to the people";

- syn. mass, masses, multitude, people, the great unwashed;

hoisin sauce
n1
a thick sweet and pungent Chinese condiment;

- syn. duck sauce;

hoist / h ɔɪ s t /
n1
lifting device for raising heavy or cumbersome objects;

v1
raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help;

- "hoist the bicycle onto the roof of the car";

- syn. lift, wind;

v2
move from one place to another by lifting;

- "They hoisted the patient onto the operating table";

v3
raise;

- "hoist the flags";

- "hoist a sail";

- syn. run up;

hoister / h ɔɪ s t ə , h ɔɪ s t ə ɹ /
n1
an operator of a hoist;

hoity-toity / h ɔɪ t ɪ t ɔɪ t i /
a1
affectedly genteel;

- syn. grandiose, hifalutin, highfalutin, highfaluting, la-di-da;

- sim. pretentious;

Hoka
n1
a member of a North American Indian people speaking one of the Hokan languages;

- syn. Hokan;

n2
a family of Amerindian languages spoken in California;

- syn. Hokan;

Hokan
n1
a family of Amerindian languages spoken in California;

- syn. Hoka;

n2
a member of a North American Indian people speaking one of the Hokan languages;

- syn. Hoka;

hokey
a1
effusively or insincerely emotional;

- "a bathetic novel";

- "maudlin expressions of sympathy";

- "mushy effusiveness";

- "a schmaltzy song";

- "sentimental soap operas";

- "slushy poetry";

- syn. bathetic, drippy, kitschy, maudlin, mawkish, mushy, sappy, schmaltzy, schmalzy, sentimental, slushy, soppy, soupy;

- sim. emotional;

a2
artificially formal;

- "that artificial humility that her husband hated";

- "contrived coyness";

- "a stilted letter of acknowledgment";

- "when people try to correct their speech they develop a stilted pronunciation";

- syn. artificial, contrived, stilted;

- sim. affected;

Hokkaido
n1
the second largest of the four main islands of Japan;

- to the north of Honshu;

- syn. Ezo, Yezo;

Hokkianese
n1
any of the forms of Chinese spoken in Fukien province;

- syn. Amoy, Fukien, Fukkianese, Min, Min dialect, Taiwanese;

hokum / h oʊ k ə m /
n1
a message that seems to convey no meaning;

- syn. bunk, meaninglessness, nonsense, nonsensicality;

Hokusai
n1
Japanese painter whose work influenced the impressionists (1760-1849);

- syn. Katsushika Hokusai;

holandric gene
n1
a gene located on a Y chromosome;

- syn. Y-linked gene;

Holarrhena
n1
genus of deciduous trees and shrubs of tropical Africa and Asia;

- syn. genus Holarrhena;

Holarrhena antidysenterica
n1
tropical Asian tree with hard white wood and bark formerly used as a remedy for dysentery and diarrhea;

- syn. Holarrhena pubescens, conessi, ivory tree, kurchee, kurchi;

Holarrhena pubescens
n1
tropical Asian tree with hard white wood and bark formerly used as a remedy for dysentery and diarrhea;

- syn. Holarrhena antidysenterica, conessi, ivory tree, kurchee, kurchi;

Holbein
n1
German painter and engraver noted for his portraits;

- he was commissioned by Henry VIII to provide portraits of the English king's prospective brides (1497-1543);

- syn. Hans Holbein, Holbein the Younger;

n2
German painter of religious works (1465-1524);

- syn. Hans Holbein, Holbein the Elder;

Holbein the Elder
n1
German painter of religious works (1465-1524);

- syn. Hans Holbein, Holbein;

Holbein the Younger
n1
German painter and engraver noted for his portraits;

- he was commissioned by Henry VIII to provide portraits of the English king's prospective brides (1497-1543);

- syn. Hans Holbein, Holbein;

Holbrookia
n1
earless lizards;

- syn. genus Holbrookia;

Holcus
n1
a genus of Old World grasses widely cultivated in America;

- syn. genus Holcus;

Holcus lanatus
n1
tall European perennial grass having a velvety stem;

- naturalized in United States and used for forage;

- syn. Yorkshire fog, velvet grass;

Holcus mollis
n1
European perennial grass with soft velvety foliage;

- syn. creeping soft grass;

hold / h oʊ ɫ d /
n1
the act of grasping;

- "he released his clasp on my arm";

- "he has a strong grip for an old man";

- "she kept a firm hold on the railing";

- syn. clasp, clench, clutch, clutches, grasp, grip;

n2
understanding of the nature or meaning or quality or magnitude of something;

- "he has a good grasp of accounting practices";

- syn. appreciation, grasp;

n3
power by which something or someone is affected or dominated;

- "he has a hold over them";

n4
time during which some action is awaited;

- "instant replay caused too long a delay";

- "he ordered a hold in the action";

- syn. delay, postponement, time lag, wait;

n5
a state of being confined (usually for a short time);

- "his detention was politically motivated";

- "the prisoner is on hold";

- "he is in the custody of police";

- syn. custody, detainment, detention;

n6
a stronghold;

n7
a cell in a jail or prison;

- syn. keep;

n8
the appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it;

- "he grabbed the hammer by the handle";

- "it was an old briefcase but it still had a good grip";

- syn. grip, handgrip, handle;

n9
the space in a ship or aircraft for storing cargo;

- syn. cargo area, cargo deck, cargo hold, storage area;

v1
cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity;

- e.g., `keep clean';

- "hold in place";

- "She always held herself as a lady";

- "The students keep me on my toes";

- syn. keep, maintain;

- also hold back, hold out, hold out, hold over, hold up;

v2
have or hold in one's hands or grip;

- "Hold this bowl for a moment, please";

- "A crazy idea took hold of him";

- syn. take hold;

v3
organize or be responsible for;

- "hold a reception";

- "have, throw, or make a party";

- "give a course";

- syn. give, have, make, throw;

v4
have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense;

- "She has $1,000 in the bank";

- "He has got two beautiful daughters";

- "She holds a Master's degree from Harvard";

- syn. have, have got;

v5
keep in mind or convey as a conviction or view;

- "take for granted";

- "view as important";

- "hold these truths to be self-evident";

- "I hold him personally responsible";

- syn. deem, take for, view as;

v6
maintain (a theory, thoughts, or feelings);

- "bear a grudge";

- "entertain interesting notions";

- "harbor a resentment";

- syn. entertain, harbor, harbour, nurse;

v7
to close within bounds, or otherwise limit or deprive of free movement;

- "This holds the local until the express passengers change trains";

- "About a dozen animals were held inside the stockade";

- "The illegal immigrants were held at a detention center";

- "The terrorists held the journalists for ransom";

- syn. confine, constrain, restrain;

v8
secure and keep for possible future use or application;

- "The landlord retained the security deposit";

- "I reserve the right to disagree";

- syn. hold back, keep back, retain;

v9
have rightfully;

- of rights, titles, and offices;

- "She bears the title of Duchess";

- "He held the governorship for almost a decade";

- syn. bear;

v10
be the physical support of;

- carry the weight of;

- "The beam holds up the roof";

- "He supported me with one hand while I balanced on the beam";

- "What's holding that mirror?";

- syn. hold up, support, sustain;

v11
contain or hold;

- have within;

- "The jar carries wine";

- "The canteen holds fresh water";

- "This can contains water";

- syn. bear, carry, contain;

v12
have room for;

- hold without crowding;

- "This hotel can accommodate 250 guests";

- "The theater admits 300 people";

- "The auditorium can't hold more than 500 people";

- syn. accommodate, admit;

v13
remain in a certain state, position, or condition;

- "The weather held";

- "They held on the road and kept marching";

v14
support or hold in a certain manner;

- "She holds her head high";

- "He carried himself upright";

- syn. bear, carry;

v15
be valid, applicable, or true;

- "This theory still holds";

- syn. obtain, prevail;

v16
assert or affirm;

- "Rousseau's philosophy holds that people are inherently good";

v17
have as a major characteristic;

- "The novel holds many surprises";

- "The book holds in store much valuable advise";

v18
be capable of holding or containing;

- "This box won't take all the items";

- "The flask holds one gallon";

- syn. contain, take;

v19
arrange for and reserve (something for someone else) in advance;

- "reserve me a seat on a flight";

- "The agent booked tickets to the show for the whole family";

- "please hold a table at Maxim's";

- syn. book, reserve;

v20
protect against a challenge or attack;

- "Hold that position behind the trees!";

- "Hold the bridge against the enemy's attacks";

- syn. defend, guard;

v21
bind by an obligation;

- cause to be indebted;

- "He's held by a contract";

- "I'll hold you by your promise";

- syn. bind, obligate, oblige;

v22
hold the attention of;

- "The soprano held the audience";

- "This story held our interest";

- "She can hold an audience spellbound";

v23
remain committed to;

- "I hold to these ideas";

v24
resist or confront with resistance;

- "The politician defied public opinion";

- "The new material withstands even the greatest wear and tear";

- "The bridge held";

- syn. defy, hold up, withstand;

v25
be pertinent or relevant or applicable;

- "The same laws apply to you!";

- "This theory holds for all irrational numbers";

- "The same rules go for everyone";

- syn. apply, go for;

v26
stop dealing with;

- "hold all calls to the President's office while he is in a meeting";

v27
lessen the intensity of;

- temper;

- hold in restraint;

- hold or keep within limits;

- "moderate your alcohol intake";

- "hold your tongue";

- "hold your temper";

- "control your anger";

- syn. check, contain, control, curb, hold in, moderate;

v28
keep from departing;

- "Hold the taxi";

- "Hold the horse";

v29
take and maintain control over, often by violent means;

- "The dissatisfied students held the President's office for almost a week";

v30
cause to stop;

- "Halt the engines";

- "Arrest the progress";

- "halt the presses";

- syn. arrest, halt;

v31
cover as for protection against noise or smell;

- "She held her ears when the jackhammer started to operate";

- "hold one's nose";

v32
drink alcohol without showing ill effects;

- "He can hold his liquor";

- "he had drunk more than he could carry";

- syn. carry;

v33
aim, point, or direct;

- "Hold the fire extinguisher directly on the flames";

v34
declare to be;

- "She was declared incompetent";

- "judge held that the defendant was innocent";

- syn. adjudge, declare;

v35
be in accord;

- be in agreement;

- "We agreed on the terms of the settlement";

- "I can't agree with you!";

- "I hold with those who say life is sacred";

- "Both philosophers concord on this point";

- syn. agree, concord, concur;

v36
keep from exhaling or expelling;

- "hold your breath";

hold-down
n1
a limitation or constraint;

- "taxpayers want a hold-down on government spending";

hold back
v1
hold back, as of a danger or an enemy;

- check the expansion or influence of;

- "Arrest the downward trend";

- "Check the growth of communism in South East Asia";

- "Contain the rebel movement";

- "Turn back the tide of communism";

- syn. arrest, check, contain, stop, turn back;

v2
refrain from doing;

- "she forbore a snicker";

- syn. forbear;

v3
wait before acting;

- "the scientists held off announcing their results until they repeated the experiment";

- syn. hold off, wait;

v4
secure and keep for possible future use or application;

- "The landlord retained the security deposit";

- "I reserve the right to disagree";

- syn. hold, keep back, retain;

v5
hold back;

- keep from being perceived by others;

- "She conceals her anger well";

- syn. conceal, hold in;

v6
prevent the action or expression of;

- "hold back your anger";

- "keep your cool";

- "she struggled to restrain her impatience at the delays";

- syn. keep, keep back, restrain;

hold close
v1
hold firmly, usually with one's hands;

- "She clutched my arm when she got scared";

- syn. cling to, clutch, hold tight;

hold dear
v1
be fond of;

- be attached to;

- syn. care for, cherish, treasure;

hold down
v1
keep;

- "She manages to hold down two jobs";

v2
restrain;

- "please hold down the noise so that the neighbors can sleep";

hold fast
v1
stick to firmly;

- "Will this wallpaper adhere to the wall?";

- syn. adhere, bind, bond, stick, stick to;

hold firm
v1
refuse to abandon one's opinion or belief;

- syn. stand fast, stand firm, stand pat;

hold forth
v1
talk at length and formally about a topic;

- "The speaker dissertated about the social politics in 18th century England";

- syn. discourse, dissertate;

hold in
v1
close in;

- "darkness enclosed him";

- syn. confine, enclose;

v2
lessen the intensity of;

- temper;

- hold in restraint;

- hold or keep within limits;

- "moderate your alcohol intake";

- "hold your tongue";

- "hold your temper";

- "control your anger";

- syn. check, contain, control, curb, hold, moderate;

v3
hold back;

- keep from being perceived by others;

- "She conceals her anger well";

- syn. conceal, hold back;

hold off
v1
resist and fight to a standoff;

- "Dallas had enough of a lead to hold the Broncos off";

v2
wait before acting;

- "the scientists held off announcing their results until they repeated the experiment";

- syn. hold back, wait;

hold on
v1
hold firmly;

- syn. grasp;

v2
stop and wait, as if awaiting further instructions or developments;

- "Hold on a moment!";

- syn. stop;

v3
be persistent, refuse to stop;

- "he persisted to call me every night";

- "The child persisted and kept asking questions";

- syn. hang in, hang on, persevere, persist;

v4
hold the phone line open;

- "Please hang on while I get your folder";

- syn. hang on, hold the line;

v5
retain possession of;

- "Can I keep my old stuffed animals?";

- "She kept her maiden name after she married";

- syn. keep;

hold one's own
v1
be sufficiently competent in a certain situation;

- "He can hold his own in graduate school";

v2
maintain one's position and be in control of a situation;

hold open
v1
retain rights to;

- "keep my job for me while I give birth";

- "keep my seat, please";

- "keep open the possibility of a merger";

- syn. keep, keep open, save;

hold out
v1
thrust or extend out;

- "He held out his hand";

- "point a finger";

- "extend a hand";

- "the bee exserted its sting";

- syn. exsert, extend, put out, stretch forth, stretch out;

v2
stand up or offer resistance to somebody or something;

- syn. resist, stand firm, withstand;

v3
last and be usable;

- "This dress wore well for almost ten years";

- syn. endure, wear;

v4
wait uncompromisingly for something desirable;

- "He held out for the dessert and did not touch the cheeses";

v5
continue to live and avoid dying;

- "We went without water and food for 3 days";

- "These superstitions survive in the backwaters of America";

- "The race car driver lived through several very serious accidents";

- "how long can a person last without food and water?" "One crash victim died, the other lived";

- syn. endure, go, hold up, last, live, live on, survive;

hold over
v1
intimidate somebody (with a threat);

- "She was holding it over him";

v2
hold over goods to be sold for the next season;

- syn. carry over;

v3
keep in a position or state from an earlier period of time;

v4
continue a term of office past the normal period of time;

v5
hold back to a later time;

- "let's postpone the exam";

- syn. defer, postpone, prorogue, put off, put over, remit, set back, shelve, table;

hold still for
v1
tolerate or bear;

- "I won't stand for this kind of behavior!";

- syn. stand for;

hold sway
v1
be master;

- reign or rule;

hold the line
v1
hold the line on prices;

- keep the price of something constant;

v2
hold the phone line open;

- "Please hang on while I get your folder";

- syn. hang on, hold on;

hold tight
v1
hold firmly, usually with one's hands;

- "She clutched my arm when she got scared";

- syn. cling to, clutch, hold close;

hold up
v1
be the physical support of;

- carry the weight of;

- "The beam holds up the roof";

- "He supported me with one hand while I balanced on the beam";

- "What's holding that mirror?";

- syn. hold, support, sustain;

v2
hold up something as an example;

- hold up one's achievements for admiration;

v3
cause to be slowed down or delayed;

- "Traffic was delayed by the bad weather";

- "she delayed the work that she didn't want to perform";

- syn. delay, detain;

v4
rob at gunpoint or by means of some other threat;

- syn. stick up;

v5
continue to live and avoid dying;

- "We went without water and food for 3 days";

- "These superstitions survive in the backwaters of America";

- "The race car driver lived through several very serious accidents";

- "how long can a person last without food and water?" "One crash victim died, the other lived";

- syn. endure, go, hold out, last, live, live on, survive;

v6
resist or confront with resistance;

- "The politician defied public opinion";

- "The new material withstands even the greatest wear and tear";

- "The bridge held";

- syn. defy, hold, withstand;

v7
resist or withstand wear, criticism, etc.;

- "Her shoes won't hold up";

- "This theory won't hold water";

- syn. hold water, stand up;

hold water
v1
resist or withstand wear, criticism, etc.;

- "Her shoes won't hold up";

- "This theory won't hold water";

- syn. hold up, stand up;

holdall / h oʊ ɫ d ɔ ɫ /
n1
a capacious bag or basket;

- syn. carryall, tote, tote bag;

holder / h oʊ ɫ d ə , h oʊ ɫ d ə ɹ /
n1
a holding device;

- "a towel holder";

- "a cigarette holder";

- "an umbrella holder";

n2
a person who holds something;

- "they held two hostages";

- "he holds the trophy";

- "she holds a United States passport";

n3
the person who is in possession of a check or note or bond or document of title that is endorsed to him or to whoever holds it;

- "the bond was marked `payable to bearer'";

- syn. bearer;

holdfast / h oʊ ɫ d f ɑ s t /
n1
restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place;

- syn. fastener, fastening, fixing;

holding / h oʊ ɫ d ɪ ŋ /
n1
the act of retaining something;

- syn. keeping, retention;

n2
something owned;

- any tangible or intangible possession that is owned by someone;

- "that hat is my property";

- "he is a man of property";

- syn. belongings, property;

holding cell
n1
a jail in a courthouse where accused persons can be confined during a trial;

holding company
n1
a company with controlling shares in other companies;

holding device
n1
a device for holding something;

holding paddock
n1
a pen where livestock is temporarily confined;

- syn. holding pen, holding yard;

holding pattern
n1
a state of inaction with no progress and no change;

- "you should go into a holding pattern until he gets over his disappointment";

n2
the flight path (usually circular) maintained by an aircraft that is awaiting permission to land;

holding pen
n1
a pen where livestock is temporarily confined;

- syn. holding paddock, holding yard;

holding yard
n1
a pen where livestock is temporarily confined;

- syn. holding paddock, holding pen;

holdout / h oʊ ɫ d aʊ t /
n1
a negotiator who hopes to gain concessions by refusing to come to terms;

- "their star pitcher was a holdout for six weeks";

n2
a refusal by a negotiator to come to terms in the hope of obtaining a better deal;

n3
the act of hiding playing cards in a gambling game so they are available for personal use later;

holdover / h oʊ ɫ d oʊ v ə /
n1
an official who remains in office after his term;

- syn. hangover;

n2
something that has survived from the past;

- "a holdover from the sixties";

- "hangovers from the 19th century";

- syn. hangover;

holdup / h oʊ ɫ d ʌ p /
n1
robbery at gunpoint;

- syn. armed robbery, heist, stickup;

n2
the act of delaying;

- inactivity resulting in something being put off until a later time;

- syn. delay;

holdup man
n1
an armed thief;

- syn. stickup man;

hole / h oʊ ɫ /
n1
an opening into or through something;

n2
an opening deliberately made in or through something;

n3
one playing period (from tee to green) on a golf course;

- "he played 18 holes";

- syn. golf hole;

n4
an unoccupied space;

n5
a depression hollowed out of solid matter;

- syn. hollow;

n6
a fault;

- "he shot holes in my argument";

n7
informal terms for a difficult situation;

- "he got into a terrible fix";

- "he made a muddle of his marriage";

- syn. fix, jam, kettle of fish, mess, muddle, pickle;

n8
informal terms for the mouth;

- syn. cakehole, gob, maw, trap, yap;

v1
hit the ball into the hole;

- syn. hole out;

v2
make holes in;

hole-and-corner / h oʊ ɫ n k ɔ n ə , h oʊ ɫ n k ɔ n ə ɹ /
a1
relating to the peripheral and unimportant aspects of life;

- "a hole-and-corner life in some obscure community"- H.G.Wells;

- syn. hole-in-corner;

- sim. insignificant;

a2
conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods;

- "clandestine intelligence operations";

- "cloak-and-dagger activities behind enemy lines";

- "hole-and-corner intrigue";

- "secret missions";

- "a secret agent";

- "secret sales of arms";

- "surreptitious mobilization of troops";

- "an undercover investigation";

- "underground resistance";

- syn. clandestine, cloak-and-dagger, hugger-mugger, hush-hush, secret, surreptitious, undercover, underground;

- sim. covert;

hole-in-corner
a1
relating to the peripheral and unimportant aspects of life;

- "a hole-and-corner life in some obscure community"- H.G.Wells;

- syn. hole-and-corner;

- sim. insignificant;

hole-in-the-wall
n1
a small unpretentious out-of-the-way place;

- "his office was a hole-in-the-wall";

hole card
n1
any assets that are concealed until they can be used advantageously;

n2
(poker) a playing card dealt face down and not revealed until the showdown;

hole out
v1
hit the ball into the hole;

- syn. hole;

hole up
v1
remain secluded or in hiding;

- "He is writing his book and is holing up in his study";

v2
score a hole in one;

v3
sleep during winter;

- "Bears must eat a lot of food before they hibernate in their caves";

- syn. hibernate;

holey
a1
allowing passage in and out;

- "our unfenced and largely unpoliced border inevitably has been very porous";

- syn. porous;

- sim. leaky;

holibut
n1
marine food fish of the northern Atlantic or northern Pacific;

- the largest flatfish and one of the largest teleost fishes;

- syn. halibut;

holiday / h ɒ ɫ ə d eɪ /
n1
leisure time away from work devoted to rest or pleasure;

- "we get two weeks of vacation every summer";

- "we took a short holiday in Puerto Rico";

- syn. vacation;

n2
a day on which work is suspended by law or custom;

- "no mail is delivered on federal holidays";

- "it's a good thing that New Year's was a holiday because everyone had a hangover";

v1
spend or take a vacation;

- syn. vacation;

holiday resort
n1
a hotel located in a resort area;

- syn. resort, resort hotel;

holiday season
n1
a time when many people take holidays;

holidaymaker
n1
someone who travels for pleasure;

- syn. tourer, tourist;

holier-than-thou
a1
excessively or hypocritically pious;

- "a sickening sanctimonious smile";

- syn. pharisaic, pharisaical, pietistic, pietistical, sanctimonious, self-righteous;

- sim. pious;

holiness / h oʊ ɫ ɪ n ə s /
n1
the quality of being holy;

- syn. sanctitude, sanctity;

holism / h ɒ ɫ ɪ z ə m /
n1
the theory that the parts of any whole cannot exist and cannot be understood except in their relation to the whole;

- "holism holds that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts";

- "holistic theory has been applied to ecology and language and mental states";

- syn. holistic theory;

holistic
a1
emphasizing the organic or functional relation between parts and the whole;

holistic medicine
n1
medical care of the whole person considered as subject to personal and social as well as organic factors;

- "holistic medicine treats the mind as well as the body";

holistic theory
n1
the theory that the parts of any whole cannot exist and cannot be understood except in their relation to the whole;

- "holism holds that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts";

- "holistic theory has been applied to ecology and language and mental states";

- syn. holism;

holla
n1
a very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal);

- "his bellow filled the hallway";

- syn. bellow, bellowing, holler, hollering, hollo, holloa, roar, roaring, yowl;

Holland / h ɒ ɫ ə n d /
n1
a constitutional monarchy in western Europe on the North Sea;

- half the country lies below sea level;

- syn. Kingdom of The Netherlands, Nederland, Netherlands, The Netherlands;

Holland gin
n1
gin made in the Netherlands;

- syn. Hollands, geneva;

hollandaise / h ɒ ɫ ə n d eɪ z /
n1
eggs and butter with lemon juice;

Hollander / h ɒ ɫ ə n d ə , h ɒ ɫ ə n d ə ɹ /
n1
a native or inhabitant of Holland;

- syn. Dutchman, Netherlander;

Hollands / h ɒ ɫ ə n d z /
n1
gin made in the Netherlands;

- syn. Holland gin, geneva;

holler / h ɒ ɫ ə , h ɒ ɫ ə ɹ /
n1
a very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal);

- "his bellow filled the hallway";

- syn. bellow, bellowing, holla, hollering, hollo, holloa, roar, roaring, yowl;

n2
a small valley between mountains;

- "he built himself a cabin in a hollow high up in the Appalachians";

- syn. hollow;

v1
shout out;

- "He hollered out to surrender our weapons";

- syn. holler out;

v2
utter a sudden loud cry;

- "she cried with pain when the doctor inserted the needle";

- "I yelled to her from the window but she couldn't hear me";

- syn. call, cry, hollo, scream, shout, shout out, squall, yell;

v3
complain;

- "What was he hollering about?";

- syn. beef, bellyache, bitch, crab, gripe, grouse, squawk;

holler out
v1
shout out;

- "He hollered out to surrender our weapons";

- syn. holler;

hollering / h ɒ ɫ ə ɹ ɪ ŋ /
n1
a very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal);

- "his bellow filled the hallway";

- syn. bellow, bellowing, holla, holler, hollo, holloa, roar, roaring, yowl;

Hollerith
n1
United States inventor who invented a system for recording alphanumeric information on punched cards (1860-1929);

- syn. Herman Hollerith;

Hollerith card
n1
a card on which data can be recorded in the form of punched holes;

- syn. punch card, punched card;

hollo / h ɒ ɫ oʊ /
n1
a very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal);

- "his bellow filled the hallway";

- syn. bellow, bellowing, holla, holler, hollering, holloa, roar, roaring, yowl;

v1
encourage somebody by crying hollo;

v2
cry hollo;

v3
utter a sudden loud cry;

- "she cried with pain when the doctor inserted the needle";

- "I yelled to her from the window but she couldn't hear me";

- syn. call, cry, holler, scream, shout, shout out, squall, yell;

holloa / h ɒ ɫ oʊ /
n1
a very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal);

- "his bellow filled the hallway";

- syn. bellow, bellowing, holla, holler, hollering, hollo, roar, roaring, yowl;

hollow / h ɒ ɫ oʊ /
n1
a cavity or space in something;

- "hunger had caused the hollows in their cheeks";

n2
a small valley between mountains;

- "he built himself a cabin in a hollow high up in the Appalachians";

- syn. holler;

n3
a depression hollowed out of solid matter;

- syn. hole;

v1
remove the inner part or the core of;

- "the mining company wants to excavate the hillside";

- syn. dig, excavate;

v2
remove the interior of;

- "hollow out a tree trunk";

- syn. core out, hollow out;

a1
not solid;

- having a space or gap or cavity;

- "a hollow wall";

- "a hollow tree";

- "hollow cheeks";

- "his face became gaunter and more hollow with each year";

- also empty;

- sim. cavernous, deep-set, fistular, tubular;

a2
as if echoing in a hollow space;

- "the hollow sound of footsteps in the empty ballroom";

- sim. reverberant;

a3
devoid of significance or force;

- "empty promises";

- "a hollow victory";

- "vacuous comments";

- syn. empty, vacuous;

- sim. meaningless;

a4
lacking in substance or character;

- "a hollow person";

- sim. insubstantial;

hollow-back
n1
an abnormal inward (forward) curvature of the vertebral column;

- syn. lordosis;

hollow-eyed
a1
characteristic of the bony face of a cadaver;

- syn. deep-eyed, sunken-eyed;

- sim. thin;

hollow-horned
a1
having horns that are hollow;

- sim. horned;

hollow out
v1
remove the interior of;

- "hollow out a tree trunk";

- syn. core out, hollow;

holloware
n1
silverware serving dishes;

- syn. hollowware;

hollowly
r1
in a hollow manner;

- "her footsteps echoed hollowly in the empty hall";

- "his insincere words hung hollowly between them";

hollowness / h ɒ ɫ oʊ n ɛ s /
n1
the state of being hollow: having an empty space within;

n2
the property of having a sunken area;

n3
the quality of not being open or truthful;

- deceitful or hypocritical;

- syn. falseness, insincerity;

hollowware / h ɒ ɫ oʊ w eə /
n1
silverware serving dishes;

- syn. holloware;

holly / h ɒ ɫ i /
n1
any tree or shrub of the genus Ilex having red berries and shiny evergreen leaves with prickly edges;

n2
United States rock star (1936-1959);

- syn. Buddy Holly, Charles Hardin Holley;

holly-leaf cherry
n1
California evergreen wild plum with spiny leathery leaves and white flowers;

- syn. Prunus ilicifolia, evergreen cherry, holly-leaved cherry, islay;

holly-leaved cherry
n1
California evergreen wild plum with spiny leathery leaves and white flowers;

- syn. Prunus ilicifolia, evergreen cherry, holly-leaf cherry, islay;

holly-leaved oak
n1
evergreen oak of southern Europe having leaves somewhat resembling those of holly;

- yields a hard wood;

- syn. Quercus ilex, evergreen oak, holm oak, holm tree;

holly-leaves barberry
n1
ornamental evergreen shrub of Pacific coast of North America having dark green pinnate leaves and racemes of yellow flowers followed by blue-black berries;

- syn. Mahonia aquifolium, Oregon grape, Oregon holly grape, hollygrape, mountain grape;

holly family
n1
widely distributed shrubs and trees;

- syn. Aquifoliaceae, family Aquifoliaceae;

holly fern
n1
any of various ferns of the genus Polystichum having fronds with texture and gloss like holly;

n2
tropical Old World fern having glossy fronds suggestive of holly;

- sometimes placed in genus Polystichum;

- syn. Cyrtomium aculeatum, Polystichum aculeatum;

hollygrape
n1
ornamental evergreen shrub of Pacific coast of North America having dark green pinnate leaves and racemes of yellow flowers followed by blue-black berries;

- syn. Mahonia aquifolium, Oregon grape, Oregon holly grape, holly-leaves barberry, mountain grape;

hollyhock / h ɒ ɫ ɪ h ɒ k /
n1
any of various plants of the genus Althaea;

- similar to but having smaller flowers than genus Alcea;

- syn. althaea, althea;

n2
any of various tall plants of the genus Alcea;

- native to the Middle East but widely naturalized and cultivated for its very large variously colored flowers;

Hollywood / h ɒ ɫ ɪ w ʊ d /
n1
the film industry of the United States;

n2
a flashy vulgar tone or atmosphere believed to be characteristic of the American film industry;

- "some people in publishing think of theirs as a glamorous medium so they copy the glitter of Hollywood";

n3
a district of Los Angeles long associated with the American film industry;

a1
of or relating to the film industry in the United States;

- "a Hollywood actor";

a2
flashy and vulgar;

- "young white women dressed Hollywood style";

- "Hollywood philandering";

- sim. indecent;

holm oak
n1
hard wood of the holm oak tree;

n2
evergreen oak of southern Europe having leaves somewhat resembling those of holly;

- yields a hard wood;

- syn. Quercus ilex, evergreen oak, holly-leaved oak, holm tree;

holm tree
n1
evergreen oak of southern Europe having leaves somewhat resembling those of holly;

- yields a hard wood;

- syn. Quercus ilex, evergreen oak, holly-leaved oak, holm oak;

Holman Hunt
n1
Englishman and Pre-Raphaelite painter (1827-1910);

- syn. Hunt, William Holman Hunt;

Holmes / h oʊ m z /
n1
a fictitious detective in stories by A. Conan Doyle;

- syn. Sherlock Holmes;

n2
United States jurist noted for his liberal opinions (1841-1935);

- syn. Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.;

n3
United States writer of humorous essays (1809-1894);

- syn. Oliver Wendell Holmes;

n4
English geologist and supporter of the theory of continental drift (1890-1965);

- syn. Arthur Holmes;

holmium
n1
a trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group;

- occurs together with yttrium;

- forms highly magnetic compounds;

- syn. Ho, atomic number 67;

Holocanthus tricolor
n1
gold and black butterflyfish found from West Indies to Brazil;

- syn. rock beauty;

holocaust / h ɒ ɫ ə k ɔ s t /
n1
an act of mass destruction and loss of life (especially in war or by fire);

- "a nuclear holocaust";

n2
the mass murder of Jews under the German Nazi regime from 1941 until 1945;

- syn. final solution;

Holocene
n1
approximately the last 10,000 years;

- syn. Holocene epoch, Recent, Recent epoch;

Holocene epoch
n1
approximately the last 10,000 years;

- syn. Holocene, Recent, Recent epoch;

Holocentridae
n1
squirrelfishes and soldierfishes;

- syn. family Holocentridae;

Holocentrus
n1
type genus of the family Holocentridae;

- squirrelfishes;

- syn. genus Holocentrus;

Holocentrus ascensionis
n1
bright red fish of West Indies and Bermuda;

Holocentrus bullisi
n1
a squirrelfish found from South Carolina to Bermuda and Gulf of Mexico;

- syn. deepwater squirrelfish;

Holocentrus coruscus
n1
on reefs from Bermuda and Florida to northern South America;

- syn. reef squirrelfish;

holocephalan
n1
fish with high compressed head and a body tapering off into a long tail;

- syn. holocephalian;

Holocephali
n1
chimaeras and extinct forms;

- syn. subclass Holocephali;

holocephalian
n1
fish with high compressed head and a body tapering off into a long tail;

- syn. holocephalan;

Holofernes
n1
(Apocrypha) the Assyrian general who was decapitated by the biblical heroine Judith;

hologram / h ɒ ɫ ə ɡ ɹ æ m /
n1
the intermediate photograph (or photographic record) that contains information for reproducing a three-dimensional image by holography;

- syn. holograph;

holograph / h ɒ ɫ ə ɡ ɹ ɑ f /
n1
handwritten book or document;

- syn. manuscript;

n2
the intermediate photograph (or photographic record) that contains information for reproducing a three-dimensional image by holography;

- syn. hologram;

holographic / h ɒ ɫ ə ɡ ɹ æ f ɪ k /
a1
of or relating to holography or holograms;

a2
written entirely in one's own hand;

- "holographic document";

- syn. holographical;

a3
written wholly in the handwriting of the signer;

- "a holographic will";

- sim. written;

holographical / h ɒ ɫ ə ɡ ɹ æ f ɪ k ə ɫ /
a1
written entirely in one's own hand;

- "holographic document";

- syn. holographic;

holography
n1
the branch of optics that deals with the use of coherent light from a laser in order to make a hologram that can then be used to create a three-dimensional image;

holometabola
n1
insects that undergo complete metamorphosis;

- syn. metabola;

holometabolic
a1
(of an insect) undergoing complete metamorphosis;

- syn. holometabolous;

- sim. metamorphic;

holometabolism
n1
complete metamorphosis in insects;

- syn. holometaboly;

holometabolous
a1
(of an insect) undergoing complete metamorphosis;

- syn. holometabolic;

- sim. metamorphic;

holometaboly
n1
complete metamorphosis in insects;

- syn. holometabolism;

holonym
n1
a word that names the whole of which a given word is a part;

- "`hat' is a holonym for `brim' and `crown'";

- syn. whole name;

holonymy
n1
the semantic relation that holds between a whole and its parts;

- syn. whole to part relation;

holophyte
n1
an organism that produces its own food by photosynthesis;

holophytic
a1
obtaining nourishment as green plants do;

Holothuria
n1
type genus of the Holothuridae;

- syn. genus Holothuria;

Holothuria edulis
n1
of warm coasts from Australia to Asia;

- used as food especially by Chinese;

- syn. trepang;

holothurian
n1
echinoderm having a flexible sausage-shaped body, tentacles surrounding the mouth and tube feet;

- free-living mud feeders;

- syn. sea cucumber;

Holothuridae
n1
a family of Holothuroidea;

- syn. family Holothuridae;

Holothuroidea
n1
class of echinoderms including the sea cucumbers;

- syn. class Holothuroidea;

holotype
n1
the original specimen from which the description of a new species is made;

- syn. type specimen;

holozoic
a1
obtaining nourishment as animals do by ingesting complex organic matter;

Holstein / h oʊ ɫ s t aɪ n /
n1
a breed of dairy cattle from northern Holland;

- syn. Friesian, Holstein-Friesian;

Holstein-Friesian
n1
a breed of dairy cattle from northern Holland;

- syn. Friesian, Holstein;

holster / h oʊ ɫ s t ə , h oʊ ɫ s t ə ɹ /
n1
a sheath (usually leather) for carrying a handgun;

n2
a belt with loops or slots for carrying small hand tools;

holy / h oʊ ɫ i /
n1
a sacred place of pilgrimage;

- syn. holy place, sanctum;

a1
belonging to or derived from or associated with a divine power;

- also consecrated, dedicated, sacred;

- sim. Blessed, beatified, consecrated, hallowed;

Holy City
n1
phrases used to refer to Heaven;

- "the Celestial City was Christian's goal in Bunyan's `Pilgrim's Progress'";

- syn. Celestial City, City of God, Heavenly City;

holy clover
n1
Eurasian perennial herb having pale pink flowers and curved pods;

- naturalized in Britain and North America grasslands on calcareous soils;

- important forage crop and source of honey in Britain;

- syn. Onobrychis viciaefolia, Onobrychis viciifolia, esparcet, sainfoin, sanfoin;

Holy Communion
n1
the act of participating in the celebration of the Eucharist;

- "the governor took Communion with the rest of the congregation";

- syn. Communion, manduction, sacramental manduction;

holy day
n1
a day specified for religious observance;

- syn. religious holiday;

holy day of obligation
n1
a day when Catholics must attend Mass and refrain from servile work, and Episcopalians must take Communion;

Holy Eucharist
n1
a Christian sacrament commemorating the Last Supper by consecrating bread and wine;

- syn. Eucharist, Eucharistic liturgy, Holy Sacrament, Liturgy, Lord's Supper, sacrament of the Eucharist;

Holy Father
n1
the head of the Roman Catholic Church;

- syn. Bishop of Rome, Catholic Pope, Roman Catholic Pope, Vicar of Christ, pontiff, pope;

Holy Ghost
n1
the third person in the Trinity;

- Jesus promised the Apostles that he would send the Holy Spirit after his Crucifixion and Resurrection;

- it came on Pentecost;

- syn. Holy Spirit, Paraclete;

Holy Grail
n1
(legend) chalice used by Christ at the Last Supper;

- syn. Sangraal, grail;

Holy Innocents' Day
n1
December 28, commemorating Herod's slaughter of the children of Bethlehem;

- syn. Innocents' Day;

Holy Joe
n1
a chaplain in one of the military services;

- syn. military chaplain, padre, sky pilot;

Holy Land
n1
an ancient country in southwestern Asia on the east coast of the Mediterranean Sea;

- a place of pilgrimage for Christianity and Islam and Judaism;

- syn. Canaan, Palestine, Promised Land;

holy man
n1
person of exceptional holiness;

- syn. angel, holy person, saint;

holy of holies
n1
(figurative) something regarded as sacred or inviolable;

- "every politician fears to touch that holy of holies, the Social Security System";

n2
(Judaism) sanctuary comprised of the innermost chamber of the Tabernacle in the temple of Solomon where the Ark of the Covenant was kept;

- syn. sanctum sanctorum;

holy oil
n1
a consecrated ointment consisting of a mixture of oil and balsam;

- syn. chrism, chrisom, sacramental oil;

Holy Order
n1
(usually plural) the status or rank or office of a Christian clergyman in an ecclesiastical hierarchy;

- "theologians still disagree over whether `bishop' should or should not be a separate Order";

- syn. Order;

n2
the sacrament of ordination;

holy person
n1
person of exceptional holiness;

- syn. angel, holy man, saint;

holy place
n1
a sacred place of pilgrimage;

- syn. holy, sanctum;

Holy Roller
n1
a member of a religion that expresses ecstatic fervor;

Holy Roman Emperor
n1
sovereign of the Holy Roman Empire;

Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II
n1
the Holy Roman Emperor who led the Sixth Crusade and crowned himself king of Jerusalem (1194-1250);

- syn. Frederick II;

Holy Roman Empire
n1
a political entity in Europe that began with the papal coronation of Otto I as the first emperor in 962 and lasted until 1806 when it was dissolved by Napoleon;

Holy Sacrament
n1
a Christian sacrament commemorating the Last Supper by consecrating bread and wine;

- syn. Eucharist, Eucharistic liturgy, Holy Eucharist, Liturgy, Lord's Supper, sacrament of the Eucharist;

Holy Saturday
n1
the Saturday before Easter;

- the last day of Lent;

Holy Scripture
n1
the sacred writings of the Christian religions;

- "he went to carry the Word to the heathen";

- syn. Bible, Book, Christian Bible, Good Book, Holy Writ, Scripture, Word, Word of God;

Holy See
n1
the smallest sovereign state in the world;

- the see of the Pope (as the Bishop of Rome);

- home of the Pope and the central administration of the Roman Catholic Church;

- achieved independence from Italy in 1929;

- syn. State of the Vatican City, The Holy See;

Holy Sepulcher
n1
the sepulcher in which Christ's body lay between burial and resurrection;

- syn. Holy Sepulchre;

Holy Sepulchre
n1
the sepulcher in which Christ's body lay between burial and resurrection;

- syn. Holy Sepulcher;

Holy Spirit
n1
the third person in the Trinity;

- Jesus promised the Apostles that he would send the Holy Spirit after his Crucifixion and Resurrection;

- it came on Pentecost;

- syn. Holy Ghost, Paraclete;

holy terror
n1
a very troublesome child;

- syn. brat, little terror, terror;

holy thistle
n1
tall Old World biennial thistle with large clasping white-blotched leaves and purple flower heads;

- naturalized in California and South America;

- syn. Our Lady's mild thistle, Silybum marianum, blessed thistle, lady's thistle, milk thistle;

Holy Thursday
n1
the Thursday before Easter;

- commemorates the Last Supper;

- syn. Maundy Thursday;

Holy Trinity
n1
the union of the Father and Son and Holy Ghost in one Godhead;

- syn. Blessed Trinity, Sacred Trinity, Trinity;

Holy War Warriors
n1
a paramilitary terrorist organization of militant Muslims in Indonesia;

- wages a jihad against Christians in Indonesia;

- subscribes to the Wahhabi creed of Islam;

- syn. Laskar Jihad;

holy water
n1
water that has been blessed by a priest for use in symbolic purification;

Holy Week
n1
the week before Easter;

- syn. Passion Week;

Holy Writ
n1
the sacred writings of the Christian religions;

- "he went to carry the Word to the heathen";

- syn. Bible, Book, Christian Bible, Good Book, Holy Scripture, Scripture, Word, Word of God;

Holy Year
n1
(Roman Catholic Church) a period of remission from sin (usually granted every 25 years);

holystone / h oʊ ɫ ɪ s t oʊ n /
n1
a soft sandstone used for scrubbing the decks of a ship;

v1
scrub with a holystone;

- "holystone the ship's deck";

homage / h ɒ m ɪ dʒ /
n1
respectful deference;

- "pay court to the emperor";

- syn. court;

Homaridae
n1
large-clawed lobsters;

- syn. family Homaridae;

Homarus
n1
type genus of the family Homaridae: common edible lobsters;

- syn. genus Homarus;

Homarus americanus
n1
lobster of Atlantic coast of America;

- syn. American lobster, Maine lobster, Northern lobster;

Homarus capensis
n1
small lobster of southern Africa;

- syn. Cape lobster;

Homarus vulgaris
n1
lobster of Atlantic coast of Europe;

- syn. European lobster;

hombre / h ɒ m b ə /
n1
an informal term for a youth or man;

- "a nice guy";

- "the guy's only doing it for some doll";

- "the poor sod couldn't even buy a drink";

- syn. bozo, cat, guy, sod;

homburg / h ɒ m b ɝ ɡ /
n1
a hat made of felt with a creased crown;

- syn. Stetson, fedora, felt hat, trilby;

home / h oʊ m /
n1
where you live at a particular time;

- "deliver the package to my home";

- "he doesn't have a home to go to";

- "your place or mine?";

- syn. place;

n2
housing that someone is living in;

- "he built a modest dwelling near the pond";

- "they raise money to provide homes for the homeless";

- syn. abode, domicile, dwelling, dwelling house, habitation;

n3
the country or state or city where you live;

- "Canadian tariffs enabled United States lumber companies to raise prices at home";

- "his home is New Jersey";

n4
(baseball) base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands;

- it must be touched by a base runner in order to score;

- "he ruled that the runner failed to touch home";

- syn. home base, home plate, plate;

n5
the place where you are stationed and from which missions start and end;

- syn. base;

n6
place where something began and flourished;

- "the United States is the home of basketball";

n7
an environment offering affection and security;

- "home is where the heart is";

- "he grew up in a good Christian home";

- "there's no place like home";

n8
a social unit living together;

- "he moved his family to Virginia";

- "It was a good Christian household";

- "I waited until the whole house was asleep";

- "the teacher asked how many people made up his home";

- "the family refused to accept his will";

- syn. family, house, household, menage;

n9
an institution where people are cared for;

- "a home for the elderly";

- syn. nursing home, rest home;

v1
provide with, or send to, a home;

v2
return home accurately from a long distance;

- "homing pigeons";

a1
used of your own ground;

- "a home game";

a2
relating to or being where one lives or where one's roots are;

- "my home town";

a3
inside the country;

- "the British Home Office has broader responsibilities than the United States Department of the Interior";

- "the nation's internal politics";

- syn. interior, internal, national;

- sim. domestic;

r1
at or to or in the direction of one's home or family;

- "He stays home on weekends";

- "after the game the children brought friends home for supper";

- "I'll be home tomorrow";

- "came riding home in style";

- "I hope you will come home for Christmas";

- "I'll take her home";

- "don't forget to write home";

r2
on or to the point aimed at;

- "the arrow struck home";

r3
to the fullest extent;

- to the heart;

- "drove the nail home";

- "drove his point home";

- "his comments hit home";

home-baked / h oʊ m b eɪ k t /
a1
baked at home;

- "home-baked cakes and pies";

- sim. homemade;

home-brewed / h oʊ m b ɹ u d /
a1
brewed at home;

- "home-brewed beer";

- sim. homemade;

home-builder
n1
someone who builds houses as a business;

- syn. homebuilder, house-builder, housebuilder;

home-cured / h oʊ m k j u ə d /
a1
cured at home;

- "home-cured hams";

- sim. homemade;

home-farm / h oʊ m f ɑ m /
n1
a farm that supplies the needs of a large estate of establishment;

home-fried potatoes
n1
sliced pieces of potato fried in a pan until brown and crisp;

- syn. home fries;

home-loving
a1
devoted to home duties and pleasures;

- sim. domestic;

home-school
v1
educate (one's children) at home instead of sending (them) to a school;

- "The parents are home-schooling their daughter";

home-style
a1
as if in the home;

- "home-style cooking";

- sim. domestic;

home appliance
n1
an appliance that does a particular job in the home;

- syn. household appliance;

home away from home
n1
a place where you are just as comfortable and content as if you were home;

- syn. home from home;

home banking
n1
banking in which transactions are conducted by means of electronic communication (via telephone or computer);

home base
n1
(baseball) base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands;

- it must be touched by a base runner in order to score;

- "he ruled that the runner failed to touch home";

- syn. home, home plate, plate;

n2
(usually plural) the office that serves as the administrative center of an enterprise;

- "many companies have their headquarters in New York";

- syn. central office, headquarters, home office, main office;

home brew
n1
an alcoholic beverage (especially beer) made at home;

- syn. homebrew;

home buyer
n1
someone buying a house;

home computer
n1
a computer intended for use in the home;

Home Counties
n1
the English counties surrounding London into which Greater London has expanded;

home court
n1
(basketball) the court where the host team plays its home games;

home ec
n1
theory and practice of homemaking;

- syn. domestic science, home economics, household arts;

home economics
n1
theory and practice of homemaking;

- syn. domestic science, home ec, household arts;

home equity credit
n1
a loan secured by equity value in the borrower's home;

- syn. equity credit line, home equity loan, home loan;

home equity loan
n1
a loan secured by equity value in the borrower's home;

- syn. equity credit line, home equity credit, home loan;

home folk
n1
folks from your own home town;

home fries
n1
sliced pieces of potato fried in a pan until brown and crisp;

- syn. home-fried potatoes;

home from home
n1
a place where you are just as comfortable and content as if you were home;

- syn. home away from home;

home front
n1
the civilian population (and their activities) of a country at war;

home game
n1
a game played at home;

home ground
n1
the type of environment in which an organism or group normally lives or occurs;

- "a marine habitat";

- "he felt safe on his home grounds";

- syn. habitat;

home guard
n1
a volunteer unit formed to defend the homeland while the regular army is fighting elsewhere;

home help
n1
a person hired to help in another's home (especially one employed by a local authority to help the infirm with domestic work);

home in
v1
direct onto a point or target, especially by automatic navigational aids;

- syn. range in, zero in;

home invasion
n1
burglary of a dwelling while the residents are at home;

home key
n1
the basic key in which a piece of music is written;

- syn. tonic key;

home loan
n1
a loan secured by equity value in the borrower's home;

- syn. equity credit line, home equity credit, home equity loan;

Home Loan Bank
n1
one of 11 regional banks that monitor and make short-term credit advances to thrift institutions in their region;

home movie
n1
a film made at home by an amateur photographer;

Home Office
n1
the government department in charge of domestic affairs;

n2
(usually plural) the office that serves as the administrative center of an enterprise;

- "many companies have their headquarters in New York";

- syn. central office, headquarters, home base, main office;

home page
n1
the opening page of a web site;

- syn. homepage;

home plate
n1
(baseball) base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands;

- it must be touched by a base runner in order to score;

- "he ruled that the runner failed to touch home";

- syn. home, home base, plate;

home port
n1
the port from which a ship originates of where it is registered;

home range
n1
the area in which an animal normally ranges;

- syn. home territory;

home reserve
n1
United States military reserves recruited by the states and equipped by the federal government;

- subject to call by either;

- syn. National Guard;

home room
n1
a classroom in which all students in a particular grade (or in a division of a grade) meet at certain times under the supervision of a teacher who takes attendance and does other administrative business;

- syn. homeroom;

home rule
n1
self-government in local matters by a city or county that is part of a national government;

home run
n1
a base hit on which the batter scores a run;

- syn. homer;

n2
something that exactly succeeds in achieving its goal;

- "the new advertising campaign was a bell ringer";

- "scored a bull's eye";

- "hit the mark";

- "the president's speech was a home run";

- syn. bell ringer, bull's eye, mark;

Home Secretary
n1
the British cabinet minister who is head of the Home Office;

- syn. Secretary of State for the Home Department;

home stand
n1
a series of successive games played at a team's home field or court;

home study
n1
a course of study carried out at home rather than in a classroom;

home territory
n1
the area in which an animal normally ranges;

- syn. home range;

home theater
n1
television and video equipment designed to reproduce in the home the experience of being in a movie theater;

- syn. home theatre;

home theatre
n1
television and video equipment designed to reproduce in the home the experience of being in a movie theater;

- syn. home theater;

home truth
n1
an important truth that is unpleasant to acknowledge (as about yourself);

homebody / h oʊ m b ɒ d i /
n1
a person who seldom goes anywhere;

- one not given to wandering or travel;

- syn. stay-at-home;

homebound / h oʊ m b aʊ n d /
n1
people who are confined to their homes;

a1
confined usually by illness;

- syn. housebound, shut-in;

- sim. confined;

homeboy
n1
a fellow male member of a youth gang;

n2
a male friend from your neighborhood or hometown;

homebrew
n1
an alcoholic beverage (especially beer) made at home;

- syn. home brew;

homebuilder / h oʊ m b ɪ ɫ d ə /
n1
someone who builds houses as a business;

- syn. home-builder, house-builder, housebuilder;

homecoming / h oʊ m k ʌ m ɪ ŋ /
n1
an annual school or university reunion for graduates;

n2
a coming to or returning home;

- "on his return from Australia we gave him a welcoming party";

- syn. return;

homecourt advantage
n1
the advantage of playing on your home court in front of fans who are rooting for you;

homefolk / h oʊ m f oʊ k /
n1
the people of your home locality (especially your own family);

- "he wrote his homefolk every day";

homegirl
n1
a fellow female member of a youth gang;

homegrown / h oʊ m ɡ ɹ oʊ n /
a1
grown or originating in a particular place;

- "stands selling homegrown fruits and vegetables";

- sim. native;

Homel
n1
industrial city of Belarus to the southeast of Minsk;

- syn. Gomel, Homyel;

homeland / h oʊ m ɫ æ n d /
n1
the country where you were born;

- syn. country of origin, fatherland, mother country, motherland, native land;

Homeland Security
n1
the federal department that administers all matters relating to homeland security;

- syn. Department of Homeland Security;

homeless / h oʊ m ɫ ə s /
n1
someone unfortunate without housing;

- "a homeless was found murdered in Central Park";

- syn. homeless person;

n2
poor people who unfortunately do not have a home to live in;

- "the homeless became a problem in the large cities";

a1
without nationality or citizenship;

- "stateless persons";

- syn. stateless;

- sim. unsettled;

a2
physically or spiritually homeless or deprived of security;

- "made a living out of shepherding dispossed people from one country to another"- James Stern;

- syn. dispossessed, roofless;

- sim. unfortunate;

homeless person
n1
someone unfortunate without housing;

- "a homeless was found murdered in Central Park";

- syn. homeless;

homelessness / h oʊ m ɫ ə s n ə s /
n1
the state or condition of having no home (especially the state of living in the streets);

homelike / h oʊ m ɫ aɪ k /
a1
having a feeling of home;

- cozy and comfortable;

- "the homely everyday atmosphere";

- "a homey little inn";

- syn. homely, homey, homy;

- sim. comfortable;

homeliness / h oʊ m ɫ ɪ n ə s /
n1
having a drab or dowdy quality;

- lacking stylishness or elegance;

- syn. dowdiness, drabness;

n2
an appearance that is not attractive or beautiful;

- "fine clothes could not conceal the girl's homeliness";

- syn. plainness;

homely / h oʊ m ɫ i /
a1
lacking in physical beauty or proportion;

- "a homely child";

- "several of the buildings were downright homely";

- "a plain girl with a freckled face";

- syn. plain;

- sim. unattractive;

a2
having a feeling of home;

- cozy and comfortable;

- "the homely everyday atmosphere";

- "a homey little inn";

- syn. homelike, homey, homy;

- sim. comfortable;

a3
plain and unpretentious;

- "homely truths";

- "letters to his son full of homely advice";

- "homely fare";

- sim. plain;

a4
without artificial refinement or elegance;

- "plain homely furniture";

- "homely manners";

- sim. inelegant;

homemade / h oʊ m m eɪ d /
a1
made or produced in the home or by yourself;

- "homemade bread";

- sim. do-it-yourself, home-baked, home-brewed, home-cured, homespun;

homemaker / h oʊ m m eɪ k ə /
n1
a wife who manages a household while her husband earns the family income;

- syn. housewife, lady of the house, woman of the house;

homemaking / h oʊ m m eɪ k ɪ ŋ /
n1
the management of a household;

homeobox
n1
one of various similar homeotic genes that are involved in bodily segmentation during embryonic development;

- syn. homeobox gene;

homeobox gene
n1
one of various similar homeotic genes that are involved in bodily segmentation during embryonic development;

- syn. homeobox;

homeopath / h oʊ m ɪə p æ θ , h oʊ m i oʊ p æ θ /
n1
a practitioner of homeopathy;

- syn. homoeopath;

homeopathic / h oʊ m ɪə p æ θ ɪ k , h oʊ m j ə p æ θ ɪ k /
a1
of or relating to the practice of homeopathy;

- "homeopathic medicine";

homeopathy / h oʊ m ə dʒ ɪ n ɪə t i /
n1
a method of treating disease with small amounts of remedies that, in large amounts in healthy people, produce symptoms similar to those being treated;

- syn. homoeopathy;

homeostasis
n1
(physiology) metabolic equilibrium actively maintained by several complex biological mechanisms that operate via the autonomic nervous system to offset disrupting changes;

homeostatic
a1
related to or characterized by homeostasis;

homeostatically
r1
in a homeostatic manner;

- "blood pressure is homeostatically regulated";

homeotherm
n1
an animal that has a body temperature that is relatively constant and independent of the environmental temperature;

- syn. homoiotherm, homotherm;

homeothermic
a1
of birds and mammals;

- having constant and relatively high body temperature;

- syn. homoiothermic, homothermic;

- sim. warm-blooded;

homeotic gene
n1
one the genes that are involved in embryologic development;

homeowner / h oʊ m oʊ n ə ɹ /
n1
someone who owns a home;

- syn. householder;

homepage
n1
the opening page of a web site;

- syn. home page;

homer / h oʊ m ə , h oʊ m ə ɹ /
n1
a base hit on which the batter scores a run;

- syn. home run;

n2
ancient Greek epic poet who is believed to have written the Iliad and the Odyssey (circa 850 BC);

n3
an ancient Hebrew unit of capacity equal to 10 baths or 10 ephahs;

- syn. kor;

n4
United States painter best known for his seascapes (1836-1910);

- syn. Winslow Homer;

n5
pigeon trained to return home;

- syn. homing pigeon;

v1
hit a home run;

Homer A. Thompson
n1
United States classical archaeologist (born in Canada) noted for leading the excavation of the Athenian agora (1906-2000);

- syn. Homer Armstrong Thompson, Homer Thompson, Thompson;

Homer Armstrong Thompson
n1
United States classical archaeologist (born in Canada) noted for leading the excavation of the Athenian agora (1906-2000);

- syn. Homer A. Thompson, Homer Thompson, Thompson;

Homer Thompson
n1
United States classical archaeologist (born in Canada) noted for leading the excavation of the Athenian agora (1906-2000);

- syn. Homer A. Thompson, Homer Armstrong Thompson, Thompson;

Homeric / h oʊ m ə ɹ ɪ k , h oʊ m ɛr ɪ k /
a1
relating to or characteristic of Homer or his age or the works attributed to him;

- "Homeric Greek";

homeroom / h oʊ m ɹ u m /
n1
a classroom in which all students in a particular grade (or in a division of a grade) meet at certain times under the supervision of a teacher who takes attendance and does other administrative business;

- syn. home room;

homesick / h oʊ m s ɪ k /
a1
longing to return home;

- sim. desirous;

homesickness / h oʊ m s ɪ k n ə s /
n1
a longing to return home;

homespun / h oʊ m s p ʌ n /
n1
a rough loosely woven fabric originally made with yarn that was spun at home;

a1
of textiles;

- having a rough surface;

- "a sweater knitted of nubbly homespun yarns";

- syn. nubbly, nubby, slubbed, tweedy;

- sim. rough;

a2
characteristic of country life;

- "cracker-barrel philosophy";

- "the air of homespun country boys";

- syn. cracker-barrel;

- sim. rural;

a3
made of cloth spun or woven in the home;

- "homespun linen";

- "homespun garments";

- sim. homemade;

homestead / h oʊ m s t ɛ d /
n1
the home and adjacent grounds occupied by a family;

n2
land acquired from the United States public lands by filing a record and living on and cultivating it under the homestead law;

n3
dwelling that is usually a farmhouse and adjoining land;

v1
settle land given by the government and occupy it as a homestead;

homestead law
n1
a law conferring privileges on owners of homesteads;

homesteader / h oʊ m s t ɛ d ə , h oʊ m s t ɛ d ə ɹ /
n1
someone who settles lawfully on government land with the intent to acquire title to it;

- syn. nester, squatter;

homestretch / h oʊ m s t ɹ ɛ tʃ /
n1
the end of an enterprise;

- "they were on the homestretch when the computer crashed";

n2
the straight stretch of a racetrack leading to the finish line;

hometown / h oʊ m t aʊ n /
n1
the town (or city) where you grew up or where you have your principal residence;

- "he never went back to his hometown again";

homeward / h oʊ m w ə d /
a1
oriented toward home;

- "in a homeward direction";

- "homeward-bound commuters";

- syn. homeward-bound;

- sim. oriented;

r1
toward home;

- "fought his way homeward through the deep snow";

- syn. homewards;

homeward-bound
a1
oriented toward home;

- "in a homeward direction";

- "homeward-bound commuters";

- syn. homeward;

- sim. oriented;

homewards / h oʊ m w ə d z /
r1
toward home;

- "fought his way homeward through the deep snow";

- syn. homeward;

homework / h oʊ m w ɝ k /
n1
preparatory school work done outside school (especially at home);

- syn. prep, preparation;

homework problem
n1
a problem that students are assigned to do outside of class;

homey / h oʊ m i /
a1
having a feeling of home;

- cozy and comfortable;

- "the homely everyday atmosphere";

- "a homey little inn";

- syn. homelike, homely, homy;

- sim. comfortable;

homicidal / h ɒ m ɪ s aɪ d ɫ /
a1
characteristic of or capable of or having a tendency toward killing another human being;

- "a homicidal rage";

- "murderous thugs";

- syn. murderous;

- sim. bloody;

homicide / h ɒ m ɪ s aɪ d /
n1
the killing of a human being by another human being;

homiletic / h ɒ m ɪ ɫ ɛ t ɪ k /
a1
of the nature of a homily or sermon;

- syn. homiletical;

a2
of or relating to homiletics;

- "homiletic speech";

- syn. homiletical;

homiletical / h ɒ m ɪ ɫ ɛ t ɪ k ə ɫ /
a1
of the nature of a homily or sermon;

- syn. homiletic;

a2
of or relating to homiletics;

- "homiletic speech";

- syn. homiletic;

homiletics / h ɒ m ɪ ɫ ɛ t ɪ k s /
n1
the branch of theology that deals with sermons and homilies;

n2
the art of preaching;

homily / h ɒ m ɪ ɫ i /
n1
a sermon on a moral or religious topic;

- syn. preachment;

hominal
a1
of humankind as a species;

- "the hominal kingdom";

- sim. human;

homing / h oʊ m ɪ ŋ /
a1
orienting or directing homeward or to a destination;

- "the homing instinct";

- "a homing beacon";

- sim. orienting;

homing device
n1
the mechanism in a guided missile that guides it toward its objective;

homing pigeon
n1
pigeon trained to return home;

- syn. homer;

homing torpedo
n1
a torpedo that is guided to its target (as by the sound of a ship's engines);

hominian
a1
characterizing the family Hominidae, which includes Homo sapiens as well as extinct species of manlike creatures;

- syn. hominid;

- sim. human;

hominid
n1
a primate of the family Hominidae;

a1
characterizing the family Hominidae, which includes Homo sapiens as well as extinct species of manlike creatures;

- syn. hominian;

- sim. human;

Hominidae
n1
modern man and extinct immediate ancestors of man;

- syn. family Hominidae;

hominine
a1
characteristic of humankind;

- sim. human;

hominoid
n1
a primate of the superfamily Hominoidea;

Hominoidea
n1
anthropoid apes and human beings;

- syn. superfamily Hominoidea;

hominy / h ɒ m ɪ n i /
n1
hulled corn with the bran and germ removed;

hominy grits
n1
coarsely ground hulled corn boiled as a breakfast dish in the southern United States;

- syn. grits;

hommos
n1
a thick spread made from mashed chickpeas, tahini, lemon juice and garlic;

- used especially as a dip for pita;

- originated in the Middle East;

- syn. hoummos, hummus, humous, humus;

homo / h oʊ m oʊ /
n1
someone who is sexually attracted to persons of the same sex;

- syn. gay, homophile, homosexual;

n2
any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae characterized by superior intelligence, articulate speech, and erect carriage;

- syn. human, human being, man;

Homo erectus
n1
extinct species of primitive hominid with upright stature but small brain;

- "Homo erectus was formerly called Pithecanthropus erectus";

Homo habilis
n1
extinct species of upright East African hominid having some advanced humanlike characteristics;

Homo heidelbergensis
n1
a type of primitive man who lived in Europe;

- syn. Heidelberg man;

Homo rhodesiensis
n1
a primitive hominid resembling Neanderthal man but living in Africa;

- syn. Rhodesian man;

Homo sapiens / h oʊ m oʊ s æ p ɪ ɛ n z /
n1
the only surviving hominid;

- species to which modern man belongs;

- bipedal primate having language and ability to make and use complex tools;

- brain volume at least 1400 cc;

Homo sapiens neanderthalensis
n1
extinct robust human of Middle Paleolithic in Europe and western Asia;

- syn. Neandertal, Neandertal man, Neanderthal, Neanderthal man;

Homo sapiens sapiens
n1
subspecies of Homo sapiens;

- includes all modern races;

- syn. modern man;

Homo soloensis
n1
extinct primitive hominid of late Pleistocene;

- Java;

- formerly Javanthropus;

Homobasidiomycetes
n1
category used in some classification systems for various basidiomycetous fungi including e.g. mushrooms and puffballs which are usually placed in the classes Gasteromycetes and Hymenomycetes;

- syn. subclass Homobasidiomycetes;

homocentric / h oʊ m oʊ s ɛ n t ɹ ɪ k /
a1
having a common center;

- "concentric rings";

- syn. concentric, concentrical;

- sim. coaxial;

homocercal
a1
possessing a symmetrical tail that extends beyond the end of the vertebral column (as in most bony fishes);

homocercal fin
n1
symmetrical tail fin extending beyond the end of the vertebral column as in most bony fishes;

homochromatic
a1
(of light or other electromagnetic radiation) having only one wavelength;

- "monochromatic light";

- syn. monochromatic;

homocyclic
a1
containing a closed ring of atoms of the same kind especially carbon atoms;

- syn. isocyclic;

- sim. cyclic;

homoecious
a1
of parasites especially rust fungi;

- completing the entire life cycle on a single host;

- "autoecious rust fungi";

- syn. autoecious;

homoeopath / h oʊ m i oʊ p æ θ /
n1
a practitioner of homeopathy;

- syn. homeopath;

homoeopathy / h oʊ m ə dʒ ɪ n ɪə t i , h oʊ m ɪ ɒ p ə θ i /
n1
a method of treating disease with small amounts of remedies that, in large amounts in healthy people, produce symptoms similar to those being treated;

- syn. homeopathy;

homoerotic / h oʊ m oʊ ɪr ɒ t ɪ k /
a1
of or concerning homosexual love;

- sim. homosexual;

homoeroticism / h oʊ m oʊ ɪr ɒ t ɪ s ɪ z ə m /
n1
a sexual attraction to (or sexual relations with) persons of the same sex;

- syn. gayness, homosexualism, homosexuality, queerness;

homogenate
n1
material that has been homogenized (especially tissue that has been ground and mixed);

- "liver homogenate";

homogeneity / h ɒ m oʊ dʒ ɛ n i ɪ t i , h oʊ m ə dʒ ɪ n ɪə t i /
n1
the quality of being similar or comparable in kind or nature;

- "there is a remarkable homogeneity between the two companies";

- syn. homogeneousness;

n2
the quality of being of uniform throughout in composition or structure;

homogeneous / h ɒ m ə dʒ i n ɪə s /
a1
all of the same or similar kind or nature;

- "a close-knit homogeneous group";

- syn. homogenous;

- also same, undiversified, uniform;

- sim. consistent, homogenized, solid, solid;

homogeneous polynomial
n1
a polynomial consisting of terms all of the same degree;

homogeneously / h ɒ m ə dʒ i n ɪə s ɫ i /
r1
all similarly;

- "the students at this college are homogeneously middle-class";

homogeneousness / h ɒ m ə dʒ i n ɪə s n ə s /
n1
the quality of being similar or comparable in kind or nature;

- "there is a remarkable homogeneity between the two companies";

- syn. homogeneity;

homogenisation
n1
the act of making something homogeneous or uniform in composition;

- "the homogenization of cream";

- "the network's homogenization of political news";

- syn. homogenization;

homogenise
v1
break up the fat globules of;

- "homogenized milk";

- syn. homogenize;

v2
become homogeneous or similar, as by mixing;

- "The two liquids homogenized in the blender";

- syn. homogenize;

v3
cause to become equal or homogeneous as by mixing;

- "homogenize the main ingredients";

- syn. homogenize;

homogenised
a1
formed by blending unlike elements especially by reducing one element to particles and dispersing them throughout another substance;

- syn. homogenized;

- sim. blended;

a2
made homogeneous;

- syn. homogenized;

- sim. homogeneous;

homogenization / h ə m ɒ dʒ ɪ n aɪ z eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the act of making something homogeneous or uniform in composition;

- "the homogenization of cream";

- "the network's homogenization of political news";

- syn. homogenisation;

homogenize / h ə m ɒ dʒ ɪ n aɪ z /
v1
cause to become equal or homogeneous as by mixing;

- "homogenize the main ingredients";

- syn. homogenise;

v2
break up the fat globules of;

- "homogenized milk";

- syn. homogenise;

v3
become homogeneous or similar, as by mixing;

- "The two liquids homogenized in the blender";

- syn. homogenise;

homogenized / h ə m ɒ dʒ ɪ n aɪ z d /
a1
formed by blending unlike elements especially by reducing one element to particles and dispersing them throughout another substance;

- syn. homogenised;

- sim. blended;

a2
made homogeneous;

- syn. homogenised;

- sim. homogeneous;

homogenized milk
n1
milk with the fat particles broken up and dispersed uniformly so the cream will not rise;

homogenous
a1
all of the same or similar kind or nature;

- "a close-knit homogeneous group";

- syn. homogeneous;

- also same, undiversified, uniform, unvarying;

- sim. consistent, homogenized, solid, solid;

homogentisic acid
n1
an acid formed as an intermediate product of the metabolism of tyrosine and phenylalanine;

- syn. alcapton, alkapton;

homogeny
n1
(biology) similarity because of common evolution;

homograft
n1
tissue or organ transplanted from a donor of the same species but different genetic makeup;

- recipient's immune system must be suppressed to prevent rejection of the graft;

- syn. allograft;

homograph / h ɒ m ə ɡ ɹ ɑ f /
n1
two words are homographs if they are spelled the same way but differ in meaning (e.g. fair);

Homogyne
n1
small genus of low perennial herbs of montane Europe;

- in some classifications included in genus Tussilago;

- syn. genus Homogyne;

Homogyne alpina
n1
rhizomatous herb with purple-red flowers suitable for groundcover;

- sometimes placed in genus Tussilago;

- syn. Tussilago alpina, alpine coltsfoot;

homoiotherm
n1
an animal that has a body temperature that is relatively constant and independent of the environmental temperature;

- syn. homeotherm, homotherm;

homoiothermic
a1
of birds and mammals;

- having constant and relatively high body temperature;

- syn. homeothermic, homothermic;

- sim. warm-blooded;

homologic
a1
similar in evolutionary origin but not in function;

- syn. homological;

- sim. homologous;

homological
a1
similar in evolutionary origin but not in function;

- syn. homologic;

- sim. homologous;

homologise / h ɒ m ɒ ɫ ə n d eɪ z /
v1
make homologous;

- syn. homologize;

homologize / h ɒ m ɒ ɫ ə dʒ aɪ z /
v1
be homologous;

- "A person's arms homologize with a quadruped's forelimbs";

v2
make homologous;

- syn. homologise;

homologous / h ɒ m ɒ ɫ ə ɡ ə s /
a1
having the same evolutionary origin but not necessarily the same function;

- "the wing of a bat and the arm of a man are homologous";

- sim. homologic;

a2
corresponding or similar in position or structure or function or characteristics;

- especially derived from an organism of the same species;

- "a homologous tissue graft";

homology / h ɒ m ɒ ɫ ə dʒ i /
n1
the quality of being similar or corresponding in position or value or structure or function;

homolosine projection
n1
an equal-area projection map of the globe;

- oceans are distorted in order to minimize the distortion of the continents;

homomorphism
n1
similarity of form;

- syn. homomorphy;

homomorphy
n1
similarity of form;

- syn. homomorphism;

Homona
n1
tea tortrix;

- syn. genus Homona;

Homona coffearia
n1
small Indian moth infesting e.g. tea and coffee plants;

- syn. tea tortrix, tortrix;

homonym / h ɒ m ə n ɪ m /
n1
two words are homonyms if they are pronounced and spelled the same way but have different meanings;

homonymic / h ɒ m ə n ɪ m ɪ k /
a1
of or related to or being homonyms;

- syn. homonymous;

homonymous / h ɒ m ɒ n ɪ m ə s /
a1
of or related to or being homonyms;

- syn. homonymic;

homonymy / h ɒ m ɒ n ɪ m i /
n1
the relation between two words that are spelled the same way but differ in meaning or the relation between two words that are pronounced the same way but differ in meaning;

homophile
n1
someone who is sexually attracted to persons of the same sex;

- syn. gay, homo, homosexual;

a1
homosexual or arousing homosexual desires;

- syn. gay, queer;

- sim. homosexual;

homophobe / h oʊ m oʊ f oʊ b /
n1
a person who hates or fears homosexual people;

homophobia / h oʊ m oʊ f oʊ b ɪə /
n1
prejudice against (fear or dislike of) homosexual people and homosexuality;

homophobic / h ɒ m ə f oʊ b ɪ k /
a1
prejudiced against homosexual people;

- sim. prejudiced;

homophone / h ɒ m ə f oʊ n /
n1
two words are homophones if they are pronounced the same way but differ in meaning or spelling or both (e.g. bare and bear);

homophonic
a1
having the same sound;

- sim. same;

a2
having a single melodic line with accompaniment;

- sim. monophonic;

homophonous / h ɒ m ɒ f ə n ə s /
a1
characteristic of the phenomenon of words of different origins that are pronounced the same way;

- "`horse' and `hoarse' are homophonous words";

homophony / h oʊ m oʊ f oʊ n i /
n1
the same pronunciation for words of different origins;

n2
part music with one dominant voice (in a homophonic style);

Homoptera
n1
plant lice (aphids);

- whiteflies;

- cicadas;

- leafhoppers;

- plant hoppers;

- scale insects and mealybugs;

- spittle insects;

- syn. suborder Homoptera;

homopteran
n1
insects having membranous forewings and hind wings;

- syn. homopterous insect;

homopterous insect
n1
insects having membranous forewings and hind wings;

- syn. homopteran;

homosexual / h ɒ m ə s ɛ k ʃ ʊə ɫ /
n1
someone who is sexually attracted to persons of the same sex;

- syn. gay, homo, homophile;

a1
sexually attracted to members of your own sex;

- sim. butch, gay, homoerotic, lesbian;

homosexualism / h ɒ m ə s ɛ k ʃ ʊə ɫ ɪ z ə m /
n1
a sexual attraction to (or sexual relations with) persons of the same sex;

- syn. gayness, homoeroticism, homosexuality, queerness;

homosexuality / h oʊ m ə s ɛ k ʃ ʊ æ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
a sexual attraction to (or sexual relations with) persons of the same sex;

- syn. gayness, homoeroticism, homosexualism, queerness;

homosporous / h oʊ m oʊ z p ɔ ɹ ə s /
a1
characterized by homospory;

homospory
n1
the development of a single kind of asexual spores;

homostyled
a1
(botany) having styles all of the same length;

- syn. homostylic, homostylous;

homostylic
a1
(botany) having styles all of the same length;

- syn. homostyled, homostylous;

homostylous
a1
(botany) having styles all of the same length;

- syn. homostyled, homostylic;

homotherm
n1
an animal that has a body temperature that is relatively constant and independent of the environmental temperature;

- syn. homeotherm, homoiotherm;

homothermic
a1
of birds and mammals;

- having constant and relatively high body temperature;

- syn. homeothermic, homoiothermic;

- sim. warm-blooded;

homozygosity
n1
the state of being homozygous;

- having two identical alleles of the same gene;

homozygote
n1
(genetics) an organism having two identical alleles of a particular gene and so breeding true for the particular characteristic;

homozygous
a1
having identical alleles at corresponding chromosomal loci;

- "these two fruit flies are homozygous for red eye color";

homunculus
n1
a person who is very small but who is not otherwise deformed or abnormal;

- syn. manikin, mannikin;

n2
a tiny fully formed individual that (according to the discredited theory of preformation) is supposed to be present in the sperm cell;

homy
a1
having a feeling of home;

- cozy and comfortable;

- "the homely everyday atmosphere";

- "a homey little inn";

- syn. homelike, homely, homey;

- sim. comfortable;

Homyel
n1
industrial city of Belarus to the southeast of Minsk;

- syn. Gomel, Homel;

honcho
n1
a person who exercises control over workers;

- "if you want to leave early you have to ask the foreman";

- syn. boss, chief, foreman, gaffer;

Hondo / h ɒ n d oʊ /
n1
the central and largest of the four main islands of Japan;

- between the Sea of Japan and the Pacific Ocean;

- regarded as the Japanese mainland;

- syn. Honshu;

Honduran / h ɒ n d j ʊə ɹ ə n /
n1
a native or inhabitant of Honduras;

a1
of or relating to or characteristic of Honduras or its people;

Honduran capital
n1
the capital and largest city of Honduras;

- syn. Tegucigalpa;

Honduran monetary unit
n1
monetary unit in Honduras;

Honduras / h ɒ n d j ʊə ɹ ə s /
n1
a republic in Central America;

- achieved independence from Spain in 1821;

- an early center of Mayan culture;

- syn. Republic of Honduras;

Honduras mahogany
n1
an important Central American mahogany tree;

- syn. Swietinia macrophylla;

Honduras rosewood
n1
Central American tree yielding a valuable dark streaked rosewood;

- syn. Dalbergia stevensonii;

hone / h oʊ n /
n1
a whetstone made of fine gritstone;

- used for sharpening razors;

v1
sharpen with a hone;

- "hone a knife";

v2
make perfect or complete;

- "perfect your French in Paris!";

- syn. perfect;

Honegger
n1
Swiss composer (born in France) who was the founding member of a group in Paris that included Erik Satie and Darius Milhaud and Francis Poulenc and Jean Cocteau (1892-1955);

- syn. Arthur Honegger;

honest / ɒ n ɪ s t /
a1
not disposed to cheat or defraud;

- not deceptive or fraudulent;

- "honest lawyers";

- "honest reporting";

- syn. honorable;

- also direct, genuine, honorable, ingenuous, sincere, straight, true, trustworthy;

- sim. downright;

a2
without dissimulation;

- frank;

- "my honest opinion";

- sim. sincere;

a3
worthy of being depended on;

- "a dependable worker";

- "an honest working stiff";

- "a reliable source of information";

- "he was true to his word";

- "I would be true for there are those who trust me";

- syn. dependable, reliable, true;

- sim. trustworthy;

a4
without pretensions;

- "worked at an honest trade";

- "good honest food";

- sim. unpretentious;

a5
marked by truth;

- "gave honest answers";

- "honest reporting";

- sim. truthful;

a6
not forged;

- "a good dollar bill";

- syn. good;

- sim. genuine;

a7
gained or earned without cheating or stealing;

- "an honest wage";

- "an fair penny";

- syn. fair;

- sim. equitable;

honest-to-god
a1
(used informally especially for emphasis) real or genuine;

- "a real honest-to-god live cowboy";

- "went upriver to look at a sure-enough fish wheel";

- syn. honest-to-goodness, sure-enough;

- sim. genuine;

honest-to-goodness
a1
(used informally especially for emphasis) real or genuine;

- "a real honest-to-god live cowboy";

- "went upriver to look at a sure-enough fish wheel";

- syn. honest-to-god, sure-enough;

- sim. genuine;

honest woman
n1
a wife who has married a man with whom she has been living for some time (especially if she is pregnant at the time);

- "he made an honest woman of her";

honestly / ɒ n ɪ s t ɫ i /
r1
(used as intensives reflecting the speaker's attitude) it is sincerely the case that;

- "honestly, I don't believe it";

- "candidly, I think she doesn't have a conscience";

- "frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn";

- syn. candidly, frankly;

r2
in an honest manner;

- "in he can't get it honestly, he is willing to steal it";

- "was known for dealing aboveboard in everything";

- syn. aboveboard;

honestness / ɒ n ɪ s t n ə s /
n1
the quality of being honest;

- syn. honesty;

honesty / ɒ n ɪ s t i /
n1
the quality of being honest;

- syn. honestness;

n2
southeastern European plant cultivated for its fragrant purplish flowers and round flat papery silver-white seedpods that are used for indoor decoration;

- syn. Lunaria annua, money plant, satin flower, satinpod, silver dollar;

honey / h ʌ n i /
n1
a sweet yellow liquid produced by bees;

n2
a beloved person;

- used as terms of endearment;

- syn. beloved, dear, dearest, love;

v1
sweeten with honey;

a1
of something having the color of honey;

- sim. chromatic;

honey-colored
a1
having the color of honey;

- syn. honey-coloured;

- sim. colored;

honey-coloured
a1
having the color of honey;

- syn. honey-colored;

- sim. colored;

honey-flower
n1
erect bushy shrub of eastern Australia having terminal clusters of red flowers yielding much nectar;

- syn. Lambertia formosa, honeyflower, mountain devil;

n2
Australian shrub whose flowers yield honey copiously;

- syn. Protea mellifera, honeyflower;

honey-scented
a1
smelling of honey;

- sim. odorous;

honey badger
n1
nocturnal badger-like carnivore of wooded regions of Africa and southern Asia;

- syn. Mellivora capensis, ratel;

honey bear
n1
arboreal fruit-eating mammal of tropical America with a long prehensile tail;

- syn. Potos caudivolvulus, Potos flavus, kinkajou, potto;

honey bell
n1
African shrub having decumbent stems and slender yellow honey-scented flowers either solitary or in pairs;

- syn. Hermannia verticillata, Mahernia verticillata, honeybells;

honey berry
n1
tropical American tree bearing a small edible fruit with green leathery skin and sweet juicy translucent pulp;

- syn. Melicocca bijuga, Melicocca bijugatus, Spanish lime, Spanish lime tree, genip, ginep, mamoncillo;

honey bun
n1
rolled dough spread with sugar and nuts then sliced and baked in muffin tins with honey or sugar and butter in the bottom;

- syn. caramel bun, schnecken, sticky bun;

honey buzzard
n1
Old World hawk that feeds on bee larvae and small rodents and reptiles;

- syn. Pernis apivorus;

honey cake
n1
a spicy cake partially sweetened with honey;

honey crisp
n1
a crisp candy made with honey;

honey eater
n1
Australasian bird with tongue and bill adapted for extracting nectar;

- syn. honeysucker;

honey fungus
n1
a honey-colored edible mushroom commonly associated with the roots of trees in late summer and fall;

- do not eat raw;

- syn. Armillariella mellea, honey mushroom;

honey gland
n1
a gland (often a protuberance or depression) that secretes nectar;

- syn. nectary;

honey guide
n1
small bird of tropical Africa and Asia;

- feeds on beeswax and honey and larvae;

honey locust
n1
tall usually spiny North American tree having small greenish-white flowers in drooping racemes followed by long twisting seed pods;

- yields very hard durable reddish-brown wood;

- introduced to temperate Old World;

- syn. Gleditsia triacanthos;

honey mesquite
n1
thorny deep-rooted drought-resistant shrub native to southwestern United States and Mexico bearing pods rich in sugar and important as livestock feed;

- tends to form extensive thickets;

- syn. Prosopis glandulosa, Western honey mesquite;

honey mushroom
n1
a honey-colored edible mushroom commonly associated with the roots of trees in late summer and fall;

- do not eat raw;

- syn. Armillariella mellea, honey fungus;

honey oil
n1
street names for ketamine;

- syn. K, cat valium, green, jet, special K, super C, super acid;

honey plant
n1
a plant that furnishes nectar suitable for making honey;

honeybee / h ʌ n ɪ b i /
n1
social bee often domesticated for the honey it produces;

- syn. Apis mellifera;

honeybells
n1
African shrub having decumbent stems and slender yellow honey-scented flowers either solitary or in pairs;

- syn. Hermannia verticillata, Mahernia verticillata, honey bell;

honeycomb / h ʌ n ɪ k oʊ m /
n1
a structure of small hexagonal cells constructed from beeswax by bees and used to store honey and larvae;

n2
a framework of hexagonal cells resembling the honeycomb built by bees;

v1
carve a honeycomb pattern into;

- "The cliffs were honeycombed";

v2
penetrate thoroughly and into every part;

- "the revolutionaries honeycombed the organization";

v3
make full of cavities, like a honeycomb;

honeycomb tripe
n1
lining of the reticulum (or second stomach) of a ruminant used as food;

honeycombed / h ʌ n ɪ k oʊ m d /
a1
pitted with cell-like cavities (as a honeycomb);

- syn. alveolate, cavitied, faveolate, pitted;

- sim. cellular;

honeycreeper
n1
small to medium-sized finches of the Hawaiian islands;

- syn. Hawaiian honeycreeper;

n2
small bright-colored tropical American songbird with a curved bill for sucking nectar;

honeydew / h ʌ n ɪ d j u /
n1
the fruit of a variety of winter melon vine;

- a large smooth greenish-white melon with pale green flesh;

- syn. honeydew melon;

honeydew melon
n1
any of a variety of muskmelon vines having fruit with a smooth white rind and white or greenish flesh that does not have a musky smell;

- syn. Cucumis melo inodorus, Persian melon, winter melon, winter melon vine;

n2
the fruit of a variety of winter melon vine;

- a large smooth greenish-white melon with pale green flesh;

- syn. honeydew;

honeyed / h ʌ n ɪ d /
a1
with honey added;

- syn. honied, syrupy;

- sim. sugary;

a2
pleasing to the ear;

- "the dulcet tones of the cello";

- syn. dulcet, mellifluous, mellisonant, sweet;

- sim. melodious;

honeyed words
n1
inconsequential expressions of affection;

- "he whispered sweet nothings into her ear";

- syn. sweet nothings;

honeyflower
n1
erect bushy shrub of eastern Australia having terminal clusters of red flowers yielding much nectar;

- syn. Lambertia formosa, honey-flower, mountain devil;

n2
Australian shrub whose flowers yield honey copiously;

- syn. Protea mellifera, honey-flower;

honeylike
a1
resembling honey;

- sim. sugary;

honeymoon / h ʌ n ɪ m u n /
n1
a holiday taken by a newly married couple;

n2
the early (usually calm and harmonious) period of a relationship;

- business or political;

v1
spend a holiday after one's marriage;

- "they plan to honeymoon in Hawai'i";

honeymoon resort
n1
a resort that caters to newlyweds;

- "Niagra Falls is a well-known honeymoon resort";

honeymooner / h ʌ n ɪ m u n ə , h ʌ n ɪ m u n ə ɹ /
n1
someone recently married;

- syn. newlywed;

honeypot
n1
South African shrub whose flowers when open are cup-shaped resembling artichokes;

- syn. Protea cynaroides, king protea;

honeysucker / h ʌ n ɪ s ʌ k ə /
n1
Australasian bird with tongue and bill adapted for extracting nectar;

- syn. honey eater;

honeysuckle / h ʌ n ɪ s ʌ k ɫ /
n1
shrub or vine of the genus Lonicera;

n2
shrubby tree with silky foliage and spikes of cylindrical yellow nectarous flowers;

- syn. Australian honeysuckle, Banksia integrifolia, coast banksia;

n3
columbine of eastern North America having long-spurred red flowers;

- syn. Aquilegia canadensis, meeting house;

honeysuckle family
n1
shrubs and small trees and woody vines;

- syn. Caprifoliaceae, family Caprifoliaceae;

Hong Kong / h ɒ ŋ k ɒ ŋ /
n1
formerly a Crown Colony on the coast of southern China in Guangdong province;

- leased by China to Britain in 1842 and returned in 1997;

- one of the world's leading commercial centers;

Hong Kong dollar
n1
the basic unit of money in Hong Kong;

Honiara
n1
national capital of Solomon Islands;

honied
a1
with honey added;

- syn. honeyed, syrupy;

- sim. sugary;

honk / h ɒ ŋ k /
n1
the cry of a goose (or any sound resembling this);

v1
make a loud noise;

- "The horns of the taxis blared";

- syn. beep, blare, claxon, toot;

v2
use the horn of a car;

- syn. claxon;

v3
cry like a goose;

- "The geese were honking";

- syn. cronk;

v4
eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth;

- "After drinking too much, the students vomited";

- "He purged continuously";

- "The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night";

- syn. barf, be sick, cast, cat, chuck, disgorge, puke, purge, regorge, regurgitate, retch, sick, spew, spue, throw up, upchuck, vomit, vomit up;

honker / h ɒ ŋ k ə , h ɒ ŋ k ə ɹ /
n1
a driver who causes his car's horn to make a loud honking sound;

- "the honker was fined for disturbing the peace";

n2
informal terms for the nose;

- syn. beak, hooter, nozzle, schnoz, schnozzle, snoot, snout;

n3
common greyish-brown wild goose of North America with a loud, trumpeting call;

- syn. Branta canadensis, Canada goose, Canadian goose;

honkey / h ɒ n k i /
n1
(slang) offensive names for a White man;

- syn. honkie, honky, whitey;

honkie
n1
(slang) offensive names for a White man;

- syn. honkey, honky, whitey;

honky / h ɒ ŋ k i /
n1
(slang) offensive names for a White man;

- syn. honkey, honkie, whitey;

honky-tonk
n1
a cheap drinking and dancing establishment;

- syn. barrelhouse;

honkytonk
n1
a cheap disreputable nightclub or dance hall;

- syn. dive;

Honolulu
n1
the capital and largest city of Hawaii;

- located on a large bay on the island of Oahu;

- syn. Hawaiian capital, capital of Hawaii;

honor / ɒ n ə ɹ /
n1
a tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction;

- "an award for bravery";

- syn. accolade, award, honour, laurels;

n2
the state of being honored;

- syn. honour, laurels;

n3
the quality of being honorable and having a good name;

- "a man of honor";

- syn. honour;

n4
a woman's virtue or chastity;

- syn. honour, pureness, purity;

v1
bestow honor or rewards upon;

- "Today we honor our soldiers";

- "The scout was rewarded for courageous action";

- syn. honour, reward;

v2
show respect towards;

- "honor your parents!";

- syn. abide by, honour, observe, respect;

v3
accept as pay;

- "we honor checks and drafts";

- syn. honour;

honor guard
n1
an escort for a distinguished guest or for the casket at a military funeral;

- syn. guard of honor;

honor killing
n1
an ancient tradition still sometimes observed;

- a male member of the family kills a female relative for tarnishing the family image;

honor system
n1
a system of conduct in which participants are trusted not to take unfair advantage of others;

- "the students are on the honor system";

honorable / ɒ n ə ɹ ə b ɫ /
a1
not disposed to cheat or defraud;

- not deceptive or fraudulent;

- "honest lawyers";

- "honest reporting";

- syn. honest;

- also artless, direct, echt, genuine, honorable, honourable, ingenuous, sincere, square, straight, true, trustworthy, trusty;

- sim. downright;

a2
worthy of being honored;

- entitled to honor and respect;

- "an honorable man";

- "led an honorable life";

- "honorable service to his country";

- syn. honourable;

- also honest, just, moral, noble, reputable, worthy;

- sim. august, laureate, time-honored;

a3
adhering to ethical and moral principles;

- "it seems ethical and right";

- "followed the only honorable course of action";

- syn. ethical, honourable;

- sim. right;

a4
deserving of esteem and respect;

- "all respectable companies give guarantees";

- "ruined the family's good name";

- syn. estimable, good, respectable;

- sim. reputable;

honorable discharge
n1
a discharge from the armed forces with a commendable record;

honorable mention
n1
an official recognition of merit;

- "although he didn't win the prize he did get special mention";

- syn. mention;

honorableness / ɒ n ə ɹ ə b ɫ n ɪ s /
n1
the quality of deserving honor or respect;

- characterized by honor;

- syn. honourableness;

honorably / ɒ n ə ɹ ə b ɫ i /
r1
in an honorable manner;

- "he acted honorably";

- syn. uprightly;

r2
with honor;

- "he was honorably discharged after many years of service";

- syn. honourably;

honorarium / ɒ n ə ɹ eə ɹ ɪə m /
n1
a fee paid for a nominally free service;

honorary / ɒ n ə ɹ ə ɹ i /
a1
given as an honor without the normal duties;

- "an honorary degree";

- sim. unearned;

honorary degree
n1
a degree conferred to honor the recipient;

- syn. honoris causa;

honorary society
n1
an institution for the advancement of art or science or literature;

- syn. academy;

Honore-Gabriel Victor Riqueti
n1
French revolutionary who was prominent in the early days of the French Revolution (1749-1791);

- syn. Comte de Mirabeau, Mirabeau;

Honore Balzac
n1
French novelist;

- he portrays the complexity of 19th century French society (1799-1850);

- syn. Balzac, Honore de Balzac;

Honore Daumier
n1
French painter best known for his satirical lithographs of bourgeois society (1808-1879);

- syn. Daumier;

Honore de Balzac
n1
French novelist;

- he portrays the complexity of 19th century French society (1799-1850);

- syn. Balzac, Honore Balzac;

honored / h ɒ n ɔ d /
a1
having an illustrious reputation;

- respected;

- "our esteemed leader";

- "a prestigious author";

- syn. esteemed, prestigious;

- sim. reputable;

honoree
n1
a recipient of honors in recognition of noteworthy accomplishments;

honorific / ɒ n ə ɹ ɪ f ɪ k /
n1
an expression of respect;

- "the Japanese use many honorifics";

a1
conferring or showing honor or respect;

- "honorific social status commonly attaches to membership in a recognized profession";

- sim. respectful;

honoring / ɒ n ə ɹ ɪ ŋ /
n1
conformity with law or custom or practice etc.;

- syn. observance;

honoris causa
n1
a degree conferred to honor the recipient;

- syn. honorary degree;

honour / ɒ n ə , ɒ n ə ɹ /
n1
the state of being honored;

- syn. honor, laurels;

n2
a tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction;

- "an award for bravery";

- syn. accolade, award, honor, laurels;

n3
the quality of being honorable and having a good name;

- "a man of honor";

- syn. honor;

n4
a woman's virtue or chastity;

- syn. honor, pureness, purity;

v1
bestow honor or rewards upon;

- "Today we honor our soldiers";

- "The scout was rewarded for courageous action";

- syn. honor, reward;

v2
show respect towards;

- "honor your parents!";

- syn. abide by, honor, observe, respect;

v3
accept as pay;

- "we honor checks and drafts";

- syn. honor;

honourable / ɒ n ə ɹ ə b ɫ /
a1
worthy of being honored;

- entitled to honor and respect;

- "an honorable man";

- "led an honorable life";

- "honorable service to his country";

- syn. honorable;

- also honest, honorable, just, moral, noble, reputable, worthy;

- sim. august, laureate, time-honored;

a2
adhering to ethical and moral principles;

- "it seems ethical and right";

- "followed the only honorable course of action";

- syn. ethical, honorable;

- sim. right;

honourableness / ɒ n ə ɹ ə b ɫ n ɪ s /
n1
the quality of deserving honor or respect;

- characterized by honor;

- syn. honorableness;

honourably / ɒ n ə ɹ ə b ɫ i /
r1
with honor;

- "he was honorably discharged after many years of service";

- syn. honorably;

honours / ɒ n ə z /
n1
a university degree with honors;

- syn. honours degree;

honours degree
n1
a university degree with honors;

- syn. honours;

honours list
n1
a list issued by examiners that categorizes students according to the class of honours they achieved in their degree examinations;

- syn. class list;

Honshu
n1
the central and largest of the four main islands of Japan;

- between the Sea of Japan and the Pacific Ocean;

- regarded as the Japanese mainland;

- syn. Hondo;

hoo-ha
n1
a disorderly outburst or tumult;

- "they were amazed by the furious disturbance they had caused";

- syn. commotion, disruption, disturbance, flutter, hoo-hah, hurly burly, kerfuffle, to-do;

hoo-hah
n1
a disorderly outburst or tumult;

- "they were amazed by the furious disturbance they had caused";

- syn. commotion, disruption, disturbance, flutter, hoo-ha, hurly burly, kerfuffle, to-do;

hooch / h u tʃ /
n1
an illicitly distilled (and usually inferior) alcoholic liquor;

- syn. hootch;

hood / h ʊ d /
n1
an aggressive and violent young criminal;

- syn. goon, hoodlum, punk, strong-armer, thug, tough, toughie;

n2
a protective covering that is part of a plant;

- syn. cap;

n3
(slang) a neighborhood;

n4
a tubular attachment used to keep stray light out of the lens of a camera;

- syn. lens hood;

n5
(falconry) a leather covering for a hawk's head;

n6
metal covering leading to a vent that exhausts smoke or fumes;

- syn. exhaust hood;

n7
the folding roof of a carriage;

n8
a headdress that protects the head and face;

n9
protective covering consisting of a metal part that covers the engine;

- "there are powerful engines under the hoods of new cars";

- "the mechanic removed the cowling in order to repair the plane's engine";

- syn. bonnet, cowl, cowling;

n10
(zoology) an expandable part or marking that resembles a hood on the head or neck of an animal;

v1
cover with a hood;

- "The bandits were hooded";

hood latch
n1
a catch that holds the hood of a car shut;

hood ornament
n1
an ornament on the front of the hood of a car emblematic of the manufacturer;

hooded cloak
n1
a long cloak with a hood that can be pulled over the head;

- syn. capote;

hooded coat
n1
a long overcoat with a hood that can be pulled over the head;

- syn. capote;

hooded ladies' tresses
n1
orchid having dense clusters of gently spiraling creamy white flowers with 2 upper petals forming a hood;

- western North America;

- syn. Spiranthes romanzoffiana;

hooded merganser
n1
small North American duck with a high circular crest on the male's head;

- syn. Lophodytes cucullatus, hooded sheldrake;

hooded pitcher plant
n1
yellow-flowered pitcher plant of southeastern United States having trumpet-shaped leaves with the orifice covered with an arched hood;

- syn. Sarracenia minor;

hooded seal
n1
medium-sized blackish-grey seal with large inflatable sac on the head;

- of Arctic and northern Atlantic waters;

- syn. Cystophora cristata, bladdernose;

hooded sheldrake
n1
small North American duck with a high circular crest on the male's head;

- syn. Lophodytes cucullatus, hooded merganser;

hooded skunk
n1
of Mexico and southernmost parts of southwestern United States;

- syn. Mephitis macroura;

hoodlum / h u d ɫ ə m /
n1
an aggressive and violent young criminal;

- syn. goon, hood, punk, strong-armer, thug, tough, toughie;

hoodmold
n1
a protective drip that is made of stone;

- syn. dripstone, hoodmould;

hoodmould
n1
a protective drip that is made of stone;

- syn. dripstone, hoodmold;

hoodoo / h u d u /
n1
(geology) a column of weathered and unusually shaped rock;

- "a tall sandstone hoodoo";

n2
a practitioner of voodoo;

n3
a charm superstitiously believed to embody magical powers;

- syn. fetich, fetish, juju, voodoo;

n4
something believed to bring bad luck;

v1
bring bad luck;

- be a source of misfortune;

hoodooism / h u d u ɪ z ə m /
n1
a religious cult practiced chiefly in Caribbean countries (especially Haiti);

- involves witchcraft and animistic deities;

- syn. vodoun, voodoo, voodooism;

hoodwink / h ʊ d w ɪ ŋ k /
v1
influence by slyness;

- syn. beguile, juggle;

v2
conceal one's true motives from especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end;

- "He bamboozled his professors into thinking that he knew the subject well";

- syn. bamboozle, lead by the nose, play false, pull the wool over someone's eyes, snow;

hooey / h u i /
n1
senseless talk;

- "don't give me that stuff";

- syn. poppycock, stuff, stuff and nonsense;

hoof / h u f /
n1
the foot of an ungulate mammal;

n2
the horny covering of the end of the foot in ungulate mammals;

v1
walk;

- "let's hoof it to the disco";

- syn. foot, hoof it, leg it;

v2
dance in a professional capacity;

hoof-and-mouth disease
n1
acute contagious disease of cloven-footed animals marked by ulcers in the mouth and around the hoofs;

- syn. foot-and-mouth disease;

hoof-mark
n1
a visible impression on a surface made by the hoof of an animal;

- syn. hoof mark, hoofprint;

hoof it
v1
walk;

- "let's hoof it to the disco";

- syn. foot, hoof, leg it;

hoof mark
n1
a visible impression on a surface made by the hoof of an animal;

- syn. hoof-mark, hoofprint;

hoofed / h u f t /
a1
having or resembling hoofs;

- "horses and other hoofed animals";

- syn. hooved, ungulate, ungulated;

- sim. solid-hoofed;

hoofed mammal
n1
any of a number of mammals with hooves that are superficially similar but not necessarily closely related taxonomically;

- syn. ungulate;

hoofer / h u f ə , h u f ə ɹ /
n1
a professional dancer;

- syn. stepper;

hoofing / h u f ɪ ŋ /
n1
dancing in which the steps are more important than gestures or postures;

- syn. step dancing;

hooflike
a1
resembling a hoof;

- especially having the horny texture of a hoof;

- "hooflike calluses";

hoofprint
n1
a visible impression on a surface made by the hoof of an animal;

- syn. hoof-mark, hoof mark;

hook / h ʊ k /
n1
a catch for locking a door;

n2
a sharp curve or crook;

- a shape resembling a hook;

- syn. crotchet;

n3
anything that serves as an enticement;

- syn. bait, come-on, lure, sweetener;

n4
a mechanical device that is curved or bent to suspend or hold or pull something;

- syn. claw;

n5
a curved or bent implement for suspending or pulling something;

n6
a golf shot that curves to the left for a right-handed golfer;

- "he took lessons to cure his hooking";

- syn. draw, hooking;

n7
a short swinging punch delivered from the side with the elbow bent;

n8
a basketball shot made over the head with the hand that is farther from the basket;

- syn. hook shot;

v1
fasten with a hook;

- also hook up;

v2
rip off;

- ask an unreasonable price;

- syn. fleece, gazump, overcharge, pluck, plume, rob, soak, surcharge;

v3
make a piece of needlework by interlocking and looping thread with a hooked needle;

- "She sat there crocheting all day";

- syn. crochet;

v4
hit a ball and put a spin on it so that it travels to the left;

v5
take by theft;

- "Someone snitched my wallet!";

- syn. cop, glom, knock off, snitch, thieve;

v6
make off with belongings of others;

- syn. abstract, cabbage, filch, lift, nobble, pilfer, pinch, purloin, snarf, sneak, swipe;

v7
hit with a hook;

- "His opponent hooked him badly";

v8
catch with a hook;

- "hook a fish";

v9
to cause (someone or oneself) to become dependent (on something, especially a narcotic drug);

- syn. addict;

v10
secure with the foot;

- "hook the ball";

v11
entice and trap;

- "The car salesman had snared three potential customers";

- syn. snare;

v12
approach with an offer of sexual favors;

- "he was solicited by a prostitute";

- "The young man was caught soliciting in the park";

- syn. accost, solicit;

hook-nosed / h ʊ k n oʊ z d /
a1
having an aquiline nose;

- sim. nosed;

hook-shaped
a1
shaped in the form of a hook;

- sim. formed;

hook and eye
n1
a kind of fastener used on clothing;

hook line and sinker
r1
in every detail;

- "he believed her story hook, line, and sinker";

Hook of Holland
n1
a cape on the southwestern coast of the Netherlands near Rotterdam;

- syn. Hoek van Holland;

hook on
v1
adopt;

- "take up new ideas";

- syn. fasten on, latch on, seize on, take up;

hook shot
n1
a basketball shot made over the head with the hand that is farther from the basket;

- syn. hook;

hook spanner
n1
a wrench with a hook that fits over a nut or bolt head;

- syn. hook wrench;

hook up
v1
connect or link;

- "hook up the houses to the gas supply line";

- "Hook up the components of the new sound system";

hook up with
v1
take in marriage;

- syn. conjoin, espouse, get hitched with, get married, marry, wed;

hook wrench
n1
a wrench with a hook that fits over a nut or bolt head;

- syn. hook spanner;

hookah / h ʊ k ə /
n1
an oriental tobacco pipe with a long flexible tube connected to a container where the smoke is cooled by passing through water;

- "a bipolar world with the hookah and Turkish coffee versus hamburgers and Coca Cola";

- syn. calean, chicha, hubble-bubble, hubbly-bubbly, kalian, narghile, nargileh, sheesha, shisha, water pipe;

Hooke
n1
English scientist who formulated the law of elasticity and proposed a wave theory of light and formulated a theory of planetary motion and proposed the inverse square law of gravitational attraction and discovered the cellular structure of cork and introduced the term `cell' into biology and invented a balance spring for watches (1635-1703);

- syn. Robert Hooke;

Hooke's law
n1
(physics) the principle that (within the elastic limit) the stress applied to a solid is proportional to the strain produced;

hooked / h ʊ k t /
a1
curved down like an eagle's beak;

- syn. aquiline;

- sim. crooked;

a2
addicted to a drug;

- syn. dependant, dependent, drug-addicted, strung-out;

- sim. addicted;

a3
having or resembling a hook (especially in the ability to grasp and hold);

- "hooklike thorns";

- syn. hooklike;

- sim. curved;

Hooker / h ʊ k ə , h ʊ k ə ɹ /
n1
United States general in the Union Army who was defeated at Chancellorsville by Robert E. Lee (1814-1879);

- syn. Fighting Joe Hooker, Joseph Hooker;

n2
English theologian (1554-1600);

- syn. Richard Hooker;

n3
a prostitute who attracts customers by walking the streets;

- syn. floozie, floozy, hustler, slattern, street girl, streetwalker;

n4
a golfer whose shots typically curve left (for right-handed golfers);

n5
(rugby) the player in the middle of the front row of the scrum who tries to capture the ball with the foot;

Hooker's green
n1
green pigment consisting of Prussian blue mixed with gamboge;

Hooker's onion
n1
a common North American wild onion with a strong onion odor and an umbel of pink flowers atop a leafless stalk;

- British Columbia to California and Arizona and east to Wyoming and Colorado;

- syn. Allium acuminatum;

Hooker's orchid
n1
a long-spurred orchid with base leaves and petals converging under the upper sepal;

- syn. Habenaria hookeri;

hooking / h ʊ k ɪ ŋ /
n1
a golf shot that curves to the left for a right-handed golfer;

- "he took lessons to cure his hooking";

- syn. draw, hook;

hooklike
a1
having or resembling a hook (especially in the ability to grasp and hold);

- "hooklike thorns";

- syn. hooked;

- sim. curved;

hooknose / h ʊ k n oʊ z /
n1
a nose with a prominent slightly aquiline bridge;

- syn. Roman nose;

hooks / h ʊ k s /
n1
large strong hand (as of a fighter);

- "wait till I get my hooks on him";

- syn. maulers, meat hooks;

hookup / h ʊ k ʌ p /
n1
a device providing a connection between a power source and a user;

- "some campsites have electrical hookups for trailers";

n2
a system of components assembled together for a particular purpose;

- syn. assemblage;

hookworm / h ʊ k w ɝ m /
n1
parasitic bloodsucking roundworms having hooked mouth parts to fasten to the intestinal wall of human and other hosts;

n2
infestation of the intestines by hookworms which enter the body (usually) through the skin;

- syn. hookworm disease;

hookworm disease
n1
infestation of the intestines by hookworms which enter the body (usually) through the skin;

- syn. hookworm;

hooky / h ʊ k i /
n1
failure to attend (especially school);

- syn. truancy;

hooky player
n1
one who is absent from school without permission;

- syn. truant;

hooligan / h u ɫ ɪ ɡ ə n /
n1
a cruel and brutal fellow;

- syn. bully, roughneck, rowdy, ruffian, tough, yob, yobbo, yobo;

hooliganism / h u ɫ ɪ ɡ ə n ɪ z ə m /
n1
willful wanton and malicious destruction of the property of others;

- syn. malicious mischief, vandalism;

hoop / h u p /
n1
a light curved skeleton to spread out a skirt;

n2
a rigid circular band of metal or wood or other material used for holding or fastening or hanging or pulling;

- "there was still a rusty iron hoop for tying a horse";

- syn. ring;

n3
a small arch used as croquet equipment;

- syn. wicket;

n4
horizontal circular metal hoop supporting a net through which players try to throw the basketball;

- syn. basket, basketball hoop;

v1
bind or fasten with a hoop;

- "hoop vats";

hoop ash
n1
vigorous spreading North American tree having dark brown heavy wood;

- leaves turn gold in autumn;

- syn. Fraxinus nigra, basket ash, black ash, brown ash;

hoop pine
n1
pine of Australia and New Guinea;

- yields a valuable light even-textured wood;

- syn. Araucaria cunninghamii, Moreton Bay pine;

hoop snake
n1
any of various harmless North American snakes that were formerly believed to take tail in mouth and roll along like a hoop;

hoopla
n1
blatant or sensational promotion;

- syn. ballyhoo, hype, plug;

hoopoe / h u p u /
n1
any of several crested Old World birds with a slender downward-curved bill;

- syn. hoopoo;

hoopoo
n1
any of several crested Old World birds with a slender downward-curved bill;

- syn. hoopoe;

hoops / h u p s /
n1
a game played on a court by two opposing teams of 5 players;

- points are scored by throwing the ball through an elevated horizontal hoop;

- syn. basketball, basketball game;

hoopskirt
n1
a skirt stiffened with hoops;

- syn. crinoline;

hooray / h ʊr eɪ , h u ɹ eɪ /
n1
a victory cheer;

- "let's give the team a big hurrah";

- syn. hurrah;

Hooray Henry
n1
a lively and ineffectual upper-class young man;

hoosegow
n1
slang for a jail;

- syn. hoosgow;

hoosgow
n1
slang for a jail;

- syn. hoosegow;

Hoosier
n1
a native or resident of Indiana;

- syn. Indianan;

Hoosier State
n1
a state in midwestern United States;

- syn. IN, Ind., Indiana;

hoot / h u t /
n1
a loud raucous cry (as of an owl);

n2
a cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt;

- syn. Bronx cheer, bird, boo, hiss, raspberry, razz, razzing, snort;

n3
something of little value;

- "his promise is not worth a damn";

- "not worth one red cent";

- "not worth shucks";

- syn. damn, darn, red cent, shit, shucks, tinker's dam, tinker's damn;

v1
to utter a loud clamorous shout;

- "the toughs and blades of the city hoot and bang their drums, drink arak, play dice, and dance";

v2
utter the characteristic sound of owls;

hoot owl
n1
any owl that hoots as distinct from screeching;

hootch
n1
an illicitly distilled (and usually inferior) alcoholic liquor;

- syn. hooch;

hooter / h u t ə , h u t ə ɹ /
n1
informal terms for the nose;

- syn. beak, honker, nozzle, schnoz, schnozzle, snoot, snout;

n2
a device on an automobile for making a warning noise;

- syn. automobile horn, car horn, horn, motor horn;

n3
nocturnal bird of prey with hawk-like beak and claws and large head with front-facing eyes;

- syn. bird of Minerva, bird of night, owl;

hooved
a1
having or resembling hoofs;

- "horses and other hoofed animals";

- syn. hoofed, ungulate, ungulated;

- sim. solid-hoofed;

Hoover / h u v ə , h u v ə ɹ /
n1
United States industrialist who manufactured vacuum cleaners (1849-1932);

- syn. William Henry Hoover, William Hoover;

n2
United States lawyer who was director of the FBI for 48 years (1895-1972);

- syn. J. Edgar Hoover, John Edgar Hoover;

n3
31st President of the United States;

- in 1929 the stock market crashed and the economy collapsed and Hoover was defeated for reelection by Franklin Roosevelt (1874-1964);

- syn. Herbert Clark Hoover, Herbert Hoover, President Hoover;

n4
a kind of vacuum cleaner;

v1
clean with a vacuum cleaner;

- "vacuum the carpets";

- syn. vacuum, vacuum-clean;

Hoover Dam
n1
a large dam built in 1933 on the Colorado River in Nevada;

hop / h ɒ p /
n1
the act of hopping;

- jumping upward or forward (especially on one foot);

n2
twining perennials having cordate leaves and flowers arranged in conelike spikes;

- the dried flowers of this plant are used in brewing to add the characteristic bitter taste to beer;

- syn. hops;

n3
an informal dance where popular music is played;

- syn. record hop;

v1
jump lightly;

- syn. hop-skip, skip;

- also hop on;

v2
move quickly from one place to another;

v3
travel by means of an aircraft, bus, etc.;

- "She hopped a train to Chicago";

- "He hopped rides all over the country";

v4
traverse as if by a short airplane trip;

- "Hop the Pacific Ocean";

v5
jump across;

- "He hopped the bush";

v6
make a jump forward or upward;

hop-picker / h ɒ p p ɪ k ə , h ɒ p p ɪ k ə ɹ /
n1
a machine used for picking hops;

- syn. hopper;

hop-skip
v1
jump lightly;

- syn. hop, skip;

hop-step-and-jump
n1
an athletic contest in which a competitor must perform successively a hop and a step and a jump in continuous movement;

- syn. triple jump;

hop clover
n1
prostrate European herb with small yellow flowers and curved black pods;

- naturalized in North America;

- syn. Medicago lupulina, black medick, nonesuch clover, yellow trefoil;

n2
clover native to Ireland with yellowish flowers;

- often considered the true or original shamrock;

- syn. Trifolium dubium, lesser yellow trefoil, shamrock;

hop field
n1
a garden where hops are grown;

- syn. hop garden;

hop garden
n1
a garden where hops are grown;

- syn. hop field;

hop hornbeam
n1
any of several trees resembling hornbeams with fruiting clusters resembling hops;

hop marjoram
n1
dwarf aromatic shrub of Crete;

- syn. Origanum dictamnus, cretan dittany, crete dittany, dittany of crete, winter sweet;

hop on
v1
get up on the back of;

- "mount a horse";

- syn. bestride, climb on, get on, jump on, mount, mount up;

hop out
v1
get out of quickly;

- "The officer hopped out when he spotted an illegally parked car";

- syn. get off;

hop pole
n1
a tall pole to support the wires on which the hop plant is trained;

hop up
v1
make more powerful;

- "he souped up the old cars";

- syn. hot up, soup up;

hope / h oʊ p /
n1
a specific instance of feeling hopeful;

- "it revived their hope of winning the pennant";

n2
the general feeling that some desire will be fulfilled;

- "in spite of his troubles he never gave up hope";

n3
grounds for feeling hopeful about the future;

- "there is little or no promise that he will recover";

- syn. promise;

n4
someone (or something) on which expectations are centered;

- "he was their best hope for a victory";

n5
United States comedian (born in England) who appeared in films with Bing Crosby (1903-2003);

- syn. Bob Hope, Leslie Townes Hope;

n6
one of the three Christian virtues;

v1
expect and wish;

- "I trust you will behave better from now on";

- "I hope she understands that she cannot expect a raise";

- syn. desire, trust;

v2
be optimistic;

- be full of hope;

- have hopes;

- "I am still hoping that all will turn out well";

v3
intend with some possibility of fulfilment;

- "I hope to have finished this work by tomorrow evening";

- syn. go for;

hope chest
n1
chest for storage of clothing (trousseau) and household goods in anticipation of marriage;

- syn. wedding chest;

hoped-for
a1
expected hopefully;

- syn. anticipated, awaited;

- sim. expected;

hopeful / h oʊ p f ə ɫ /
n1
an ambitious and aspiring young person;

- "a lofty aspirant";

- "two executive hopefuls joined the firm";

- "the audience was full of Madonna wannabes";

- syn. aspirant, aspirer, wannabe, wannabee;

a1
having or manifesting hope;

- "a line of people hopeful of obtaining tickets";

- "found a hopeful way of attacking the problem";

- also encouraging, optimistic;

- sim. anticipant;

a2
likely to turn out well in the future;

- "had a bright future in publishing";

- "the scandal threatened an abrupt end to a promising political career";

- "a hopeful new singer on Broadway";

- syn. bright, promising;

- sim. auspicious;

hopefully / h oʊ p f ə ɫ i /
r1
with hope;

- in a hopeful manner;

- "we searched hopefully for a good position";

r2
it is hoped;

- "hopefully the weather will be fine on Sunday";

hopefulness / h oʊ p f ɫ n ə s /
n1
full of hope;

n2
the feeling you have when you have hope;

Hopeh
n1
a populous province in northeastern China;

- syn. Hebei, Hebei province, Hopei;

Hopei
n1
a populous province in northeastern China;

- syn. Hebei, Hebei province, Hopeh;

hopeless / h oʊ p ɫ ɪ s /
a1
without hope because there seems to be no possibility of comfort or success;

- "in an agony of hopeless grief";

- "with a hopeless sigh he sat down";

- also discouraging, impossible, pessimistic;

- sim. abject, black, despairing, despondent, forlorn, futureless, helpless, insoluble;

a2
of a person unable to do something skillfully;

- "I'm hopeless at mathematics";

- sim. unskilled;

a3
certain to fail;

- "the situation is hopeless";

- sim. impossible;

a4
(informal to emphasize how bad it is) beyond hope of management or reform;

- "she handed me a hopeless jumble of papers";

- "he is a hopeless romantic";

- sim. bad;

hopelessly / h oʊ p ɫ ɪ s ɫ i /
r1
in a hopeless manner;

- "the papers were hopelessly jumbled";

- "he is hopelessly romantic";

r2
in a dispirited manner without hope;

- "the first Mozartian opera to be subjected to this curious treatment ran dispiritedly for five performances";

- syn. dispiritedly;

r3
without hope;

- desperate because there seems no possibility of comfort or success;

- "he hung his head hopelessly";

- "`I must die,' he said hopelessly";

hopelessness / h oʊ p ɫ ɪ s n ə s /
n1
the despair you feel when you have abandoned hope of comfort or success;

hoper / h ɒ p ə , h ɒ p ə ɹ , h oʊ p ə , h oʊ p ə ɹ /
n1
a person who hopes;

- "only an avid hoper could expect the team to win now";

Hopi
n1
a member of the Shoshonean people of northeastern Arizona;

n2
the Shoshonean language spoken by the Hopi;

Hopkins / h ɒ p k ɪ n z /
n1
United States educator and theologian (1802-1887);

- syn. Mark Hopkins;

n2
United States financier and philanthropist who left money to found the university and hospital that bear his name in Baltimore (1795-1873);

- syn. Johns Hopkins;

n3
English poet (1844-1889);

- syn. Gerard Manley Hopkins;

n4
English biochemist who did pioneering work that led to the discovery of vitamins (1861-1947);

- syn. Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins;

n5
Welsh film actor (born in 1937);

- syn. Anthony Hopkins, Sir Anthony Hopkins, Sir Anthony Philip Hopkins;

Hopkinson / h ɒ p k ɪ n s ʌ n /
n1
American Revolutionary leader and patriot;

- a signer of the Declaration of Independence (1737-1791);

- syn. Francis Hopkinson;

hopped-up / h ɒ p t ʌ p /
a1
(of an automobile) having the engine modified to give extra power;

- "a hopped-up jalopy";

- sim. powered;

a2
under the influence of narcotics;

- syn. stoned;

- sim. intoxicated;

hopper / h ɒ p ə , h ɒ p ə ɹ /
n1
funnel-shaped receptacle;

- contents pass by gravity into a receptacle below;

n2
someone who hops;

- "at hopscotch, the best hoppers are the children";

n3
a machine used for picking hops;

- syn. hop-picker;

n4
terrestrial plant-eating insect with hind legs adapted for leaping;

- syn. grasshopper;

n5
(baseball) a hit that travels along the ground;

- syn. ground ball, groundball, grounder;

hopple
v1
strap the foreleg and hind leg together on each side (of a horse) in order to keep the legs on the same side moving in unison;

- "hobble race horses";

- syn. hobble;

hops / h ɒ p s /
n1
twining perennials having cordate leaves and flowers arranged in conelike spikes;

- the dried flowers of this plant are used in brewing to add the characteristic bitter taste to beer;

- syn. hop;

hopsack / h ɒ p s æ k /
n1
a loosely woven coarse fabric of cotton or linen;

- used in clothing;

- syn. hopsacking;

hopsacking / h ɒ p s æ k ɪ ŋ /
n1
a loosely woven coarse fabric of cotton or linen;

- used in clothing;

- syn. hopsack;

hopscotch / h ɒ p s k ɒ tʃ /
n1
a game in which a child tosses a stone into an area drawn on the ground and then hops through it and back to regain the stone;

Horace / h ɒ ɹ ɪ s /
n1
Roman lyric poet said to have influenced English poetry (65-8 BC);

Horace Greeley
n1
United States journalist with political ambitions (1811-1872);

- syn. Greeley;

Horace Mann
n1
United States educator who introduced reforms that significantly altered the system of public education (1796-1859);

- syn. Mann;

Horace Walpole
n1
English writer and historian;

- son of Sir Robert Walpole (1717-1797);

- syn. Fourth Earl of Orford, Horatio Walpole, Walpole;

horary
a1
relating to the hours;

- "the horary cycle";

Horatian ode
n1
an ode with several stanzas;

- syn. Sapphic ode;

Horatio Alger
n1
United States author of inspirational adventure stories for boys;

- virtue and hard work overcome poverty (1832-1899);

- syn. Alger;

Horatio Herbert Kitchener
n1
British field marshal (1850-1916);

- syn. First Earl Kitchener of Khartoum, Herbert Kitchener, Kitchener;

Horatio Hornblower
n1
a fictional English admiral during the Napoleonic Wars in novels written by C. S. Forester;

- syn. Captain Horatio Hornblower;

Horatio Nelson
n1
English admiral who defeated the French fleets of Napoleon but was mortally wounded at Trafalgar (1758-1805);

- syn. Admiral Nelson, Lord Nelson, Nelson, Viscount Nelson;

Horatio Walpole
n1
English writer and historian;

- son of Sir Robert Walpole (1717-1797);

- syn. Fourth Earl of Orford, Horace Walpole, Walpole;

horde / h ɔ d /
n1
a vast multitude;

- syn. host, legion;

n2
a nomadic community;

n3
a moving crowd;

- syn. drove, swarm;

hordeolum
n1
an infection of the sebaceous gland of the eyelid;

- syn. eye infection, sty, stye;

Hordeum
n1
annual to perennial grasses of temperate northern hemisphere and South America: barley;

- syn. genus Hordeum;

Hordeum jubatum
n1
barley grown for its highly ornamental flower heads with delicate long silky awns;

- North America and northeastern Asia;

- syn. foxtail barley, squirreltail barley, squirreltail grass;

Hordeum murinum
n1
European annual grass often found as a weed in waste ground especially along roadsides and hedgerows;

- syn. barley grass, wall barley;

Hordeum pusillum
n1
annual barley native to western North America and widespread in southern United States and tropical America;

- syn. little barley;

Hordeum vulgare
n1
grass yielding grain used for breakfast food and animal feed and in malt beverages;

- syn. common barley;

horehound / h ɔ h aʊ n d /
n1
any of various aromatic herbs of the genus Marrubium;

n2
a candy that is flavored with an extract of the horehound plant;

horizon / h ə ɹ aɪ z n /
n1
the line at which the sky and Earth appear to meet;

- syn. apparent horizon, sensible horizon, skyline, visible horizon;

n2
the range of interest or activity that can be anticipated;

- "It is beyond the horizon of present knowledge";

- syn. purview, view;

n3
a specific layer or stratum of soil or subsoil in a vertical cross section of land;

n4
the great circle on the celestial sphere whose plane passes through the sensible horizon and the center of the Earth;

- syn. celestial horizon;

horizontal / h ɒ ɹ ɪ z ɒ n t ɫ /
n1
something that is oriented horizontally;

a1
parallel to or in the plane of the horizon or a base line;

- "a horizontal surface";

- sim. crosswise, flat, level, naiant;

horizontal bar
n1
gymnastic apparatus consisting of a bar supported in a horizontal position by uprights at both ends;

- syn. high bar;

horizontal combination
n1
absorption into a single firm of several firms involved in the same level of production and sharing resources at that level;

- syn. horizontal integration;

horizontal integration
n1
absorption into a single firm of several firms involved in the same level of production and sharing resources at that level;

- syn. horizontal combination;

horizontal parallax
n1
the maximum parallax observed when the celestial body is at the horizon;

horizontal section
n1
a mechanical drawing of an object as if made by a plane cutting through it horizontally;

horizontal stabiliser
n1
the horizontal airfoil of an aircraft's tail assembly that is fixed and to which the elevator is hinged;

- syn. horizontal stabilizer, tailplane;

horizontal stabilizer
n1
the horizontal airfoil of an aircraft's tail assembly that is fixed and to which the elevator is hinged;

- syn. horizontal stabiliser, tailplane;

horizontal surface
n1
a flat surface at right angles to a plumb line;

- "park the car on the level";

- syn. level;

horizontal tail
n1
the horizontal stabilizer and elevator in the tail assembly of an aircraft;

horizontality
n1
the quality of being parallel to the horizon;

- "houses with a pronounced horizontality";

horizontally / h ɒ ɹ ɪ z ɒ n t ə ɫ i /
r1
in a horizontal direction;

- "a gallery quite often is added to make use of space vertically as well as horizontally";

hormonal
a1
of or relating to or caused by hormones;

- "hormonal changes";

hormone / h ɔ m oʊ n /
n1
the secretion of an endocrine gland that is transmitted by the blood to the tissue on which it has a specific effect;

- syn. endocrine, internal secretion;

hormone-replacement therapy
n1
hormones (estrogen and progestin) are given to postmenopausal women;

- believed to protect them from heart disease and osteoporosis;

- syn. HRT, hormone replacement therapy;

hormone replacement therapy
n1
hormones (estrogen and progestin) are given to postmenopausal women;

- believed to protect them from heart disease and osteoporosis;

- syn. HRT, hormone-replacement therapy;

horn / h ɔ n /
n1
a noisemaker (as at parties or games) that makes a loud noise when you blow through it;

n2
one of the bony outgrowths on the heads of certain ungulates;

n3
a noise made by the driver of an automobile to give warning;

n4
a high pommel of a Western saddle (usually metal covered with leather);

- syn. saddle horn;

n5
a brass musical instrument with a brilliant tone;

- has a narrow tube and a flared bell and is played by means of valves;

- syn. cornet, trump, trumpet;

n6
any hard protuberance from the head of an organism that is similar to or suggestive of a horn;

n7
the material (mostly keratin) that covers the horns of ungulates and forms hooves and claws and nails;

n8
a device having the shape of a horn;

- "horns at the ends of a new moon";

- "the horn of an anvil";

- "the cleat had two horns";

n9
an alarm device that makes a loud warning sound;

n10
a brass musical instrument consisting of a conical tube that is coiled into a spiral and played by means of valves;

- syn. French horn;

n11
a device on an automobile for making a warning noise;

- syn. automobile horn, car horn, hooter, motor horn;

v1
stab or pierce with a horn or tusk;

- "the rhino horned the explorer";

- syn. tusk;

horn-rimmed / h ɔ n ɹ ɪ m d /
a1
having the frame made of horn or tortoise shell or plastic that simulates either;

- "horn-rimmed glasses";

- sim. rimmed;

horn-shaped
a1
shaped in the form of a horn;

- sim. formed;

horn button
n1
a button that you press to activate the horn of an automobile;

horn fly
n1
small black European fly introduced into North America;

- sucks blood from cattle especially at the base of the horn;

- syn. Haematobia irritans;

horn in
v1
search or inquire in a meddlesome way;

- "This guy is always nosing around the office";

- syn. intrude, nose, poke, pry;

Horn of Africa
n1
a peninsula of northeastern Africa (the easternmost part of Africa) comprising Somalia and Djibouti and Eritrea and parts of Ethiopia;

- syn. Somali peninsula;

horn of plenty
n1
a goat's horn filled with grain and flowers and fruit symbolizing prosperity;

- syn. cornucopia;

horn poppy
n1
yellow-flowered Eurasian glaucous herb naturalized in along sandy shores in eastern North America;

- syn. Glaucium flavum, horned poppy, sea poppy, yellow horned poppy;

hornbeam / h ɔ n b i m /
n1
any of several trees or shrubs of the genus Carpinus;

hornbill / h ɔ n b ɪ ɫ /
n1
bird of tropical Africa and Asia having a very large bill surmounted by a bony protuberance;

- related to kingfishers;

hornblende / h ɔ n b ɫ ɛ n d /
n1
a green to black mineral of the amphibole group;

- consists of silicates of calcium and sodium and magnesium and iron;

hornbook / h ɔ n b ʊ k /
n1
a primer that provides instruction in the rudiments or basic skills of a branch of knowledge;

Horne
n1
United States operatic mezzo-soprano (born 1934);

- syn. Marilyn Horne;

n2
United States singer and actress (born in 1917);

- syn. Lena Calhoun Horne, Lena Horne;

horned / h ɔ n d /
a1
having a horn or horns or hornlike parts or horns of a particular kind;

- "horned viper";

- "great horned owl";

- "the unicorn--a mythical horned beast";

- "long-horned cattle";

- sim. antler-like, antlered, bicorn, hollow-horned, horny;

horned asp
n1
highly venomous viper of northern Africa and southwestern Asia having a horny spine above each eye;

- syn. Cerastes cornutus, cerastes, horned viper, sand viper;

horned chameleon
n1
a kind of chameleon;

- syn. Chamaeleo oweni;

horned dinosaur
n1
any of several four-footed herbivorous dinosaurs with enormous beaked skulls;

- of the late Cretaceous in North America and Mongolia;

- syn. ceratopsian;

horned lizard
n1
insectivorous lizard with hornlike spines on the head and spiny scales on the body;

- of western North America;

- syn. horned toad, horny frog;

horned owl
n1
large owls having prominent ear tufts;

horned pondweed
n1
found in still or slow-moving fresh or brackish water;

- useful to oxygenate cool water ponds and aquaria;

- syn. Zannichellia palustris;

horned poppy
n1
yellow-flowered Eurasian glaucous herb naturalized in along sandy shores in eastern North America;

- syn. Glaucium flavum, horn poppy, sea poppy, yellow horned poppy;

horned pout
n1
catfish common in eastern United States;

- syn. Ameiurus Melas, hornpout, pout;

horned puffin
n1
northern Pacific puffin;

- syn. Fratercula corniculata;

horned rattlesnake
n1
small pale-colored desert rattlesnake of southwestern United States;

- body moves in an s-shaped curve;

- syn. Crotalus cerastes, sidewinder;

horned screamer
n1
screamer having a hornlike process projecting from the forehead;

- syn. Anhima cornuta;

horned toad
n1
insectivorous lizard with hornlike spines on the head and spiny scales on the body;

- of western North America;

- syn. horned lizard, horny frog;

horned violet
n1
European viola with an unusually long corolla spur;

- syn. Viola cornuta, tufted pansy;

horned viper
n1
highly venomous viper of northern Africa and southwestern Asia having a horny spine above each eye;

- syn. Cerastes cornutus, cerastes, horned asp, sand viper;

horned whiff
n1
a whiff found in waters from the Bahamas and northern Gulf of Mexico to Brazil;

- syn. Citharichthys cornutus;

Horneophyton
n1
Devonian fossil plant considered one of the earliest forms of vascular land plants;

- similar to genus Rhynia but smaller;

- syn. genus Horneophyton;

Horner's syndrome
n1
a pattern of symptoms occurring as a result of damage to nerves in the cervical region of the spine (drooping eyelids and constricted pupils and absence of facial sweating);

hornet / h ɔ n ɪ t /
n1
large stinging paper wasp;

hornet's nest
n1
a highly contentious or hazardous situation;

- "talk of invading Iraq stirred up a political hornets' nest";

- syn. hornets' nest;

n2
habitation for wasps or hornets;

- syn. hornets' nest, wasp's nest, wasps' nest;

hornets' nest
n1
a highly contentious or hazardous situation;

- "talk of invading Iraq stirred up a political hornets' nest";

- syn. hornet's nest;

n2
habitation for wasps or hornets;

- syn. hornet's nest, wasp's nest, wasps' nest;

Horney
n1
United States psychiatrist (1885-1952);

- syn. Karen Danielsen Horney, Karen Horney;

hornfels
n1
a fine-grained metamorphic rock formed by the action of heat on clay rocks;

- syn. hornstone;

horniness
n1
a state of sexual arousal;

- syn. hot pants, hotness;

hornist
n1
a musician who plays a horn (especially a French horn);

hornless / h ɔ n ɫ ə s /
a1
having no horns;

- "hornless cattle";

hornlike / h ɔ n ɫ aɪ k /
a1
made of horn (or of a substance resembling horn);

- syn. corneous, horny;

- sim. hard;

hornpipe / h ɔ n p aɪ p /
n1
a British solo dance performed by sailors;

n2
music for dancing the hornpipe;

n3
an ancient (now obsolete) single-reed woodwind;

- usually made of bone;

- syn. pibgorn, stockhorn;

hornpout
n1
catfish common in eastern United States;

- syn. Ameiurus Melas, horned pout, pout;

hornstone / h ɔ n s t oʊ n /
n1
a fine-grained metamorphic rock formed by the action of heat on clay rocks;

- syn. hornfels;

hornswoggle
v1
deprive of by deceit;

- "He swindled me out of my inheritance";

- "She defrauded the customers who trusted her";

- syn. bunco, con, defraud, diddle, goldbrick, mulct, nobble, rook, scam, short-change, swindle, victimize;

hornwort / h ɔ n w ɝ t /
n1
any aquatic plant of the genus Ceratophyllum;

- forms submerged masses in ponds and slow-flowing streams;

n2
liverworts with slender hornlike capsules;

horny / h ɔ n i /
a1
feeling great sexual desire;

- "feeling horny";

- syn. aroused, randy, ruttish, steamy, turned on;

- sim. sexy;

a2
having horns or hornlike projections;

- "horny coral";

- "horny (or horned) frog";

- sim. horned;

a3
made of horn (or of a substance resembling horn);

- syn. corneous, hornlike;

- sim. hard;

horny frog
n1
insectivorous lizard with hornlike spines on the head and spiny scales on the body;

- of western North America;

- syn. horned lizard, horned toad;

horny layer
n1
the outermost layer of the epidermis consisting of dead cells that slough off;

- syn. corneum, stratum corneum;

horny structure
n1
any rigid body structure composed primarily of keratin;

- syn. unguis;

horologe / h ɒ ɹ ə ɫ ɒ dʒ /
n1
a measuring instrument or device for keeping time;

- syn. timekeeper, timepiece;

horologer / h ɒ ɹ ɒ ɫ ə dʒ ə /
n1
someone who makes or repairs watches;

- syn. horologist, watchmaker;

horologist / h ɒ ɹ ɒ ɫ ə dʒ ɪ s t /
n1
someone who makes or repairs watches;

- syn. horologer, watchmaker;

horology / h ɒ ɹ ɒ ɫ ə dʒ i /
n1
the art of designing and making clocks;

horoscope / h ɒ ɹ ə s k oʊ p /
n1
a prediction of someone's future based on the relative positions of the planets;

n2
a diagram of the positions of the planets and signs of the zodiac at a particular time and place;

horoscopy
n1
the drawing up and interpretation of horoscopes;

Horowitz
n1
Russian concert pianist who was a leading international virtuoso (1904-1989);

- syn. Vladimir Horowitz;

horrendous
a1
causing fear or dread or terror;

- "the awful war";

- "an awful risk";

- "dire news";

- "a career or vengeance so direful that London was shocked";

- "the dread presence of the headmaster";

- "polio is no longer the dreaded disease it once was";

- "a dreadful storm";

- "a fearful howling";

- "horrendous explosions shook the city";

- "a terrible curse";

- syn. awful, dire, direful, dread, dreaded, dreadful, fearful, fearsome, frightening, horrific, terrible;

- sim. alarming;

horrible / h ɒ ɹ ə b ɫ /
a1
provoking horror;

- "an atrocious automobile accident";

- "a frightful crime of decapitation";

- "an alarming, even horrifying, picture";

- "war is beyond all words horrible"- Winston Churchill;

- "an ugly wound";

- syn. atrocious, frightful, horrifying, ugly;

- sim. alarming;

horribly / h ɒ ɹ ə b ɫ i /
r1
of a dreadful kind;

- "there was a dreadfully bloody accident on the road this morning";

- syn. awfully, dreadfully;

horrid / h ɒ ɹ ɪ d /
a1
exceedingly bad;

- "when she was bad she was horrid";

- sim. bad;

a2
grossly offensive to decency or morality;

- causing horror;

- "subjected to outrageous cruelty";

- "a hideous pattern of injustice";

- "horrific conditions in the mining industry";

- syn. hideous, horrific, outrageous;

- sim. offensive;

horridly / h ɒ ɹ ɪ d ɫ i /
r1
in a hideous manner;

- "her face was hideously disfigured after the accident";

- syn. hideously, monstrously;

horridness / h ɒ ɹ ɪ d n ə s /
n1
a quality of extreme unpleasantness;

- syn. awfulness, dreadfulness, terribleness;

horrific / h ə ɹ ɪ f ɪ k /
a1
grossly offensive to decency or morality;

- causing horror;

- "subjected to outrageous cruelty";

- "a hideous pattern of injustice";

- "horrific conditions in the mining industry";

- syn. hideous, horrid, outrageous;

- sim. offensive;

a2
causing fear or dread or terror;

- "the awful war";

- "an awful risk";

- "dire news";

- "a career or vengeance so direful that London was shocked";

- "the dread presence of the headmaster";

- "polio is no longer the dreaded disease it once was";

- "a dreadful storm";

- "a fearful howling";

- "horrendous explosions shook the city";

- "a terrible curse";

- syn. awful, dire, direful, dread, dreaded, dreadful, fearful, fearsome, frightening, horrendous, terrible;

- sim. alarming;

horrified / h ɒ ɹ ɪ f aɪ d /
a1
stricken with horror;

- syn. horror-stricken, horror-struck;

- sim. afraid;

horrify / h ɒ ɹ ɪ f aɪ /
v1
fill with apprehension or alarm;

- cause to be unpleasantly surprised;

- "I was horrified at the thought of being late for my interview";

- "The news of the executions horrified us";

- syn. alarm, appal, appall, dismay;

horrifying / h ɒ ɹ ɪ f aɪ ɪ ŋ /
a1
provoking horror;

- "an atrocious automobile accident";

- "a frightful crime of decapitation";

- "an alarming, even horrifying, picture";

- "war is beyond all words horrible"- Winston Churchill;

- "an ugly wound";

- syn. atrocious, frightful, horrible, ugly;

- sim. alarming;

horrifyingly / h ɒ ɹ ɪ f aɪ ɪ ŋ ɫ i /
r1
in a horrifying manner;

- "he laughed horrifyingly";

horripilate
v1
have one's hair stand on end and get goosebumps;

- "I horripilate when I see violence on television";

v2
cause (someone's) hair to stand on end and to have goosebumps;

- "Hitchcock movies horripilate me";

horripilation
n1
reflex erection of hairs of the skin in response to cold or emotional stress or skin irritation;

- syn. goose bump, goose pimple, goose skin, goosebump, gooseflesh, pilomotor reflex;

horror / h ɒ ɹ ə , h ɒ ɹ ə ɹ /
n1
intense and profound fear;

n2
something that inspires horror;

- something horrible;

- "the painting that others found so beautiful was a horror to him";

n3
intense aversion;

- syn. repugnance, repulsion, revulsion;

horror-stricken / h ɒ ɹ ə s t ɹ ɪ k ə n /
a1
stricken with horror;

- syn. horrified, horror-struck;

- sim. afraid;

horror-struck / h ɒ ɹ ə s t ɹ ʌ k /
a1
stricken with horror;

- syn. horrified, horror-stricken;

- sim. afraid;

hors d'oeuvre
n1
a dish served as an appetizer before the main meal;

horse / h ɔ s /
n1
solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times;

- syn. Equus caballus;

n2
a padded gymnastic apparatus on legs;

- syn. gymnastic horse;

n3
troops trained to fight on horseback;

- "500 horse led the attack";

- syn. cavalry, horse cavalry;

n4
a framework for holding wood that is being sawed;

- syn. buck, sawbuck, sawhorse;

n5
a chessman shaped to resemble the head of a horse;

- can move two squares horizontally and one vertically (or vice versa);

- syn. knight;

v1
provide with a horse or horses;

horse's foot
n1
the hoof of a horse;

horse-and-buggy
a1
relating to the time before automobiles (and other inventions) changed the way people lived in industrialized nations;

- sim. nonmodern;

horse-brier
n1
a very prickly woody vine of the eastern United States growing in tangled masses having tough round stems with shiny leathery leaves and small greenish flowers followed by clusters of inedible shiny black berries;

- syn. Smilax rotundifolia, briar, brier, bullbrier, catbrier, greenbrier, horse brier;

horse-cart
n1
heavy cart;

- drawn by a horse;

- used for farm work;

- syn. horse cart;

horse-chestnut family
n1
trees having showy flowers and inedible nutlike seeds in a leathery capsule;

- syn. Hippocastanaceae, family Hippocastanaceae;

horse-drawn
a1
pulled by a horse;

- "a horse-drawn carriage";

horse-drawn vehicle
n1
a wheeled vehicle drawn by one or more horses;

horse-head
n1
any of several silvery marine fishes with very flat bodies;

- syn. Atlantic moonfish, Selene setapinnis, dollarfish, horsefish, horsehead, moonfish;

horse-pistol
n1
a large pistol (usually in a holster) formerly carried by horsemen;

- syn. horse pistol;

horse-race / h ɔ s ɹ eɪ s /
v1
compete in a horse race;

horse-trade
v1
negotiate with much give and take;

horse-trail
n1
a trail for horses;

horse around
v1
indulge in horseplay;

- "Enough horsing around--let's get back to work!";

- "The bored children were fooling about";

- syn. arse around, fool, fool around;

horse balm
n1
erect perennial strong-scented with serrate pointed leaves and a loose panicle of yellowish flowers;

- the eastern United States;

- syn. Collinsonia canadensis, horseweed, richweed, stone-root, stone root, stoneroot;

horse barn
n1
a farm building for housing horses or other livestock;

- syn. stable, stalls;

horse bean
n1
a bean plant cultivated for use animal fodder;

- syn. broad bean;

horse blanket
n1
stable gear consisting of a blanket placed under the saddle;

- syn. saddle blanket, saddlecloth;

horse botfly
n1
parasitic chiefly on horses;

- syn. Gasterophilus intestinalis;

horse breeding
n1
breeding horses;

horse brier
n1
a very prickly woody vine of the eastern United States growing in tangled masses having tough round stems with shiny leathery leaves and small greenish flowers followed by clusters of inedible shiny black berries;

- syn. Smilax rotundifolia, briar, brier, bullbrier, catbrier, greenbrier, horse-brier;

horse cart
n1
heavy cart;

- drawn by a horse;

- used for farm work;

- syn. horse-cart;

horse cassia
n1
East Indian tree having long pods containing a black cathartic pulp used as a horse medicine;

- syn. Cassia marginata, Cassia roxburghii;

n2
tropical American semi-evergreen tree having erect racemes of pink or rose-colored flowers;

- used as an ornamental;

- syn. Cassia grandis, pink shower, pink shower tree;

horse cavalry
n1
troops trained to fight on horseback;

- "500 horse led the attack";

- syn. cavalry, horse;

n2
an army unit mounted on horseback;

horse chestnut
n1
tree having palmate leaves and large clusters of white to red flowers followed by brown shiny inedible seeds;

- syn. Aesculus hippocastanum, buckeye;

n2
the inedible nutlike seed of the horse chestnut;

- syn. buckeye, conker;

horse doctor
n1
a veterinarian who treats horses;

horse fancier
n1
a person who breeds and cares for horses;

- syn. horseman;

horse fly
n1
large swift fly the female of which sucks blood of various animals;

- syn. cleg, clegg, horsefly;

horse gentian
n1
coarse weedy American perennial herb with large usually perfoliate leaves and purple or dull red flowers;

- syn. Triostium perfoliatum, feverroot, tinker's root, wild coffee;

horse grain
n1
twining herb of Old World tropics cultivated in India for food and fodder;

- sometimes placed in genus Dolichos;

- syn. Dolichos biflorus, Macrotyloma uniflorum, horse gram, poor man's pulse;

horse gram
n1
twining herb of Old World tropics cultivated in India for food and fodder;

- sometimes placed in genus Dolichos;

- syn. Dolichos biflorus, Macrotyloma uniflorum, horse grain, poor man's pulse;

horse latitude
n1
either of two belts or regions near 30 degrees north or 30 degrees south;

- characterized by calms and light-baffling winds;

horse mackerel
n1
largest tuna;

- to 1500 pounds;

- of mostly temperate seas: feed in polar regions but breed in tropics;

- syn. Thunnus thynnus, bluefin, bluefin tuna;

n2
large elongated compressed food fish of the Atlantic waters of Europe;

- syn. Trachurus trachurus, saurel;

n3
a California food fish;

- syn. Spanish mackerel, Trachurus symmetricus, jack mackerel, saurel;

horse manure
n1
horse excreta used as fertilizer;

horse mushroom
n1
coarse edible mushroom with a hollow stem and a broad white cap;

- syn. Agaricus arvensis;

horse nettle
n1
coarse prickly weed having pale yellow flowers and yellow berrylike fruit;

- common throughout southern and eastern United States;

- syn. Solanum carolinense, ball nettle, ball nightshade, bull nettle;

horse of the wood
n1
large black Old World grouse;

- syn. Tetrao urogallus, capercaillie, capercailzie;

horse opera
n1
a film about life in the western United States during the period of exploration and development;

- syn. Western;

horse parsley
n1
European herb somewhat resembling celery widely naturalized in Britain coastal regions and often cultivated as a potherb;

- syn. Alexander, Alexanders, Smyrnium olusatrum, black lovage;

horse pistol
n1
a large pistol (usually in a holster) formerly carried by horsemen;

- syn. horse-pistol;

horse race
n1
a contest of speed between horses;

- usually held for the purpose of betting;

horse racing
n1
the sport of racing horses;

horse radish
n1
coarse Eurasian plant cultivated for its thick white pungent root;

- syn. Armoracia rusticana, horseradish, red cole;

horse sense
n1
sound practical judgment;

- "Common sense is not so common";

- "he hasn't got the sense God gave little green apples";

- "fortunately she had the good sense to run away";

- syn. common sense, good sense, gumption, mother wit, sense;

horse thistle
n1
European annual wild lettuce having prickly stems;

- a troublesome weed in parts of United States;

- syn. Lactuca scariola, Lactuca serriola, prickly lettuce;

horse tick
n1
winged fly parasitic on horses;

- syn. Hippobosca equina, horsefly;

horse trade
n1
the swapping of horses (accompanied by much bargaining);

- syn. horse trading;

horse trader
n1
a hard bargainer;

horse trading
n1
the swapping of horses (accompanied by much bargaining);

- syn. horse trade;

n2
negotiation accompanied by mutual concessions and shrewd bargaining;

horse wrangler
n1
a cowboy who takes care of the saddle horses;

- syn. wrangler;

horseback / h ɔ s b æ k /
n1
the back of a horse;

n2
a narrow ridge of hills;

- syn. hogback;

r1
on the back of a horse;

- "he rode horseback to town";

- "managed to escape ahorse";

- "policeman patrolled the streets ahorseback";

- syn. ahorse, ahorseback;

horseback rider
n1
a man skilled in equitation;

- syn. equestrian, horseman;

horseback riding
n1
the sport of sitting on the back of a horse while controlling its movements;

- syn. equitation, riding;

n2
travel by being carried on horseback;

- syn. riding;

horsebean
n1
seed of the broad-bean plant;

- syn. broad bean, fava bean;

n2
large shrub or shrubby tree having sharp spines and pinnate leaves with small deciduous leaflets and sweet-scented racemose yellow-orange flowers;

- grown as ornamentals or hedging or emergency food for livestock;

- tropical America but naturalized in southern United States;

- syn. Jerusalem thorn, Parkinsonia aculeata;

horsebox / h ɔ s b ɒ k s /
n1
a conveyance (railroad car or trailer) for transporting racehorses;

horsecar / h ɔ s k ɑr /
n1
an early form of streetcar that was drawn by horses;

horsecloth
n1
a cloth for the trapping of a horse;

horsefish
n1
any of several silvery marine fishes with very flat bodies;

- syn. Atlantic moonfish, Selene setapinnis, dollarfish, horse-head, horsehead, moonfish;

horseflesh / h ɔ s f ɫ ɛ ʃ /
n1
the flesh of horses as food;

- syn. horsemeat;

horsefly / h ɔ s f ɫ aɪ /
n1
winged fly parasitic on horses;

- syn. Hippobosca equina, horse tick;

n2
large swift fly the female of which sucks blood of various animals;

- syn. cleg, clegg, horse fly;

horsefly weed
n1
much-branched erect herb with bright yellow flowers;

- distributed from Massachusetts to Florida;

- syn. Baptisia tinctoria, indigo broom, rattle weed;

horsehair / h ɔ s h eə , h ɔ s h eə ɹ /
n1
hair taken from the mane or tail of a horse;

n2
a fabric made from fibers taken from the mane or tail of horses;

- used for upholstery;

horsehair lichen
n1
any of several lichens of the genus Alectoria having a thallus consisting of filaments resembling hair;

- syn. horsetail lichen;

horsehair wig
n1
a wig made of horsehair;

- "the English judiciary wear their traditional horsehair wigs";

horsehead / h ɔ s h ɛ d /
n1
any of several silvery marine fishes with very flat bodies;

- syn. Atlantic moonfish, Selene setapinnis, dollarfish, horse-head, horsefish, moonfish;

horsehide / h ɔ s h aɪ d /
n1
leather from the hide of a horse;

horselaugh / h ɔ s ɫ ɑ f /
n1
a loud laugh that sounds like a horse neighing;

- syn. ha-ha, haw-haw, hee-haw;

horseleech
n1
any of several large freshwater leeches;

horseless carriage
n1
an early term for an automobile;

- "when automobiles first replaced horse-drawn carriages they were called horseless carriages";

horseman / h ɔ s m ə n /
n1
a man skilled in equitation;

- syn. equestrian, horseback rider;

n2
a person who breeds and cares for horses;

- syn. horse fancier;

horsemanship / h ɔ s m ə n ʃ ɪ p /
n1
skill in handling and riding horses;

horsemeat / h ɔ s m i t /
n1
the flesh of horses as food;

- syn. horseflesh;

horsemint
n1
an annual horsemint of central and western United States and northern Mexico;

- syn. Monarda citriodora, lemon mint;

n2
tall erect perennial or annual having lanceolate leaves and heads of purple-spotted creamy flowers;

- many subspecies grown from eastern to southwestern United States and in Mexico;

- syn. Monarda punctata;

n3
a coarse Old World wild water mint having long leaves and spikelike clusters of flowers;

- naturalized in the eastern United States;

- syn. Mentha longifolia;

horseplay / h ɔ s p ɫ eɪ /
n1
rowdy or boisterous play;

horsepond
n1
a pond for watering horses;

horsepower / h ɔ s p aʊ ə , h ɔ s p aʊ ə ɹ /
n1
a unit of power equal to 746 watts;

- syn. H.P., HP;

horsepower-hour
n1
a unit of work equal to the work done by one horsepower in one hour;

horseradish / h ɔ s ɹ æ d ɪ ʃ /
n1
the root of the horseradish plant;

- it is grated or ground and used for seasoning;

- syn. horseradish root;

n2
coarse Eurasian plant cultivated for its thick white pungent root;

- syn. Armoracia rusticana, horse radish, red cole;

n3
grated horseradish root;

horseradish peroxidase
n1
an enzyme used in immunohistochemistry to label antigens and their antibodies;

horseradish root
n1
the root of the horseradish plant;

- it is grated or ground and used for seasoning;

- syn. horseradish;

horseradish sauce
n1
creamy white sauce with horseradish and mustard;

- syn. sauce Albert;

horseshit
n1
obscene words for unacceptable behavior;

- "I put up with a lot of bullshit from that jerk";

- "what he said was mostly bull";

- syn. Irish bull, bull, bullshit, crap, dogshit, shit;

horseshoe / h ɔ s ʃ u , h ɔ ʃ sh u /
n1
game equipment consisting of an open ring of iron used in playing horseshoes;

n2
U-shaped plate nailed to underside of horse's hoof;

- syn. shoe;

v1
equip (a horse) with a horseshoe or horseshoes;

horseshoe arch
n1
a round arch that widens before rounding off;

- syn. Moorish arch;

horseshoe bat
n1
any of numerous bats of the family Hipposideridae of northwest Africa or Philippines or Australia having a horseshoe-shaped leaf on the nose;

n2
a bat of the family Rhinolophidae having a horseshoe-shaped leaf on the nose;

horseshoe crab
n1
large marine arthropod of the Atlantic coast of North America having a domed carapace that is shaped like a horseshoe and a stiff pointed tail;

- a living fossil related to the wood louse;

- syn. Limulus polyphemus, Xiphosurus polyphemus, king crab;

Horseshoe Falls
n1
a part of Niagara Falls in Ontario;

- syn. Canadian Falls;

horseshoe vetch
n1
European woody perennial with yellow umbellate flowers followed by flattened pods that separate into horseshoe-shaped joints;

- syn. Hippocrepis comosa;

horseshoe whipsnake
n1
slender fast-moving Eurasian snake;

- syn. Coluber hippocrepis;

horseshoer / h ɔ s ʃ u ə , h ɔ s ʃ u ə ɹ , h ɔ ʃ sh u ə , h ɔ ʃ sh u ə ɹ /
n1
a person who shoes horses;

- syn. farrier;

horseshoes / h ɔ s ʃ u z , h ɔ ʃ sh u z /
n1
a game in which iron rings (or open iron rings) are thrown at a stake in the ground in the hope of encircling it;

- syn. quoits;

horseshow
n1
a competitive exhibition of horses;

horsetail / h ɔ s t eɪ ɫ /
n1
perennial rushlike flowerless herbs with jointed hollow stems and narrow toothlike leaves that spread by creeping rhizomes;

- tend to become weedy;

- common in northern hemisphere;

- some in Africa and South America;

horsetail family
n1
sole surviving family of the Equisetales: fern allies;

- syn. Equisetaceae, family Equisetaceae;

horsetail lichen
n1
any of several lichens of the genus Alectoria having a thallus consisting of filaments resembling hair;

- syn. horsehair lichen;

horsetail milkweed
n1
milkweed of southwestern United States and Mexico;

- poisonous to livestock;

- syn. Asclepias subverticillata, poison milkweed;

horseweed
n1
erect perennial strong-scented with serrate pointed leaves and a loose panicle of yellowish flowers;

- the eastern United States;

- syn. Collinsonia canadensis, horse balm, richweed, stone-root, stone root, stoneroot;

n2
common North American weed with linear leaves and small discoid heads of yellowish flowers;

- widely naturalized throughout temperate regions;

- sometimes placed in genus Erigeron;

- syn. Canadian fleabane, Conyza canadensis, Erigeron canadensis, fleabane;

horsewhip / h ɔ s w ɪ p /
n1
a whip for controlling horses;

v1
whip with a whip intended for horses;

horsewhipping / h ɔ s w ɪ p ɪ ŋ /
n1
the act of whipping with a horsewhip;

- "that villain needs a good horsewhipping";

horsewoman / h ɔ s w ɪ m ɪ n , h ɔ s w ʊ m ə n /
n1
a woman horseman;

horsey set
n1
a set of people sharing a devotion to horses and horseback riding and horse racing;

- syn. horsy set;

horst
n1
a ridge of the earth's crust that has been forced upward between two faults and so is higher than the surrounding land;

horsy set
n1
a set of people sharing a devotion to horses and horseback riding and horse racing;

- syn. horsey set;

Horta / h ɔ t ə /
n1
Belgian architect and leader in art nouveau architecture (1861-1947);

- syn. Victor Horta;

hortative / h ɔ t ə t ɪ v /
a1
giving strong encouragement;

- syn. exhortative, exhortatory, hortatory;

- sim. encouraging;

hortatory / h ɔ t ə t ə ɹ i /
a1
giving strong encouragement;

- syn. exhortative, exhortatory, hortative;

- sim. encouraging;

hortensia
n1
deciduous shrub bearing roundheaded flower clusters opening green and aging to pink or blue;

- syn. Hydrangea macrophylla hortensis;

n2
very tall branching herb with showy much-doubled yellow flower heads;

- syn. Rudbeckia laciniata hortensia, double gold, golden glow;

horticultural / h ɔ t ɪ k ʌ ɫ tʃ ə ɹ ə ɫ /
a1
of or relating to the cultivation of plants;

horticulturally / h ɔ t ɪ k ʌ ɫ tʃ ə ɹ ə ɫ i /
r1
by means of horticulture;

horticulture / h ɔ t ɪ k ʌ ɫ tʃ ə , h ɔ t ɪ k ʌ ɫ tʃ ə ɹ /
n1
the cultivation of plants;

- syn. gardening;

horticulturist / h ɔ t ɪ k ʌ ɫ tʃ ə ɹ ɪ s t /
n1
an expert in the science of cultivating plants (fruit or flowers or vegetables or ornamental plants);

- syn. plantsman;

Horus
n1
Egyptian solar god with the head of a falcon;

- the son of Osiris and Isis;

hosanna / h oʊ z æ n ə /
n1
a cry of praise or adoration (to God);

hose / h oʊ z /
n1
socks and stockings and tights collectively (the British include underwear);

- syn. hosiery;

n2
man's close-fitting garment of the 16th and 17th centuries covering the legs and reaching up to the waist;

- worn with a doublet;

n3
a flexible pipe for conveying a liquid or gas;

- syn. hosepipe;

v1
water with a hose;

- "hose the lawn";

- syn. hose down;

hose down
v1
water with a hose;

- "hose the lawn";

- syn. hose;

Hosea
n1
a minor Hebrew prophet (8th century BC);

n2
an Old Testament book telling Hosea's prophecies;

- syn. Book of Hosea;

hosepipe / h oʊ z p aɪ p /
n1
a flexible pipe for conveying a liquid or gas;

- syn. hose;

hosier / h oʊ z ɪə , h oʊ z ɪə ɹ /
n1
a tradesman who sells hosiery and (in England) knitwear;

hosiery / h oʊ z ɪə ɹ i /
n1
socks and stockings and tights collectively (the British include underwear);

- syn. hose;

Hosni Mubarak
n1
Egyptian statesman who became president in 1981 after Sadat was assassinated (born in 1929);

- syn. Mubarak;

hospice / h ɒ s p ɪ s /
n1
a lodging for travelers (especially one kept by a monastic order);

n2
a program of medical and emotional care for the terminally ill;

hospitable / h ɒ s p ɪ t ə b ɫ /
a1
favorable to life and growth;

- "soil sufficiently hospitable for forest growth";

- "a hospitable environment";

- sim. kind;

a2
disposed to treat guests and strangers with cordiality and generosity;

- "a good-natured and hospitable man";

- "a hospitable act";

- "hospitable invitations";

- also friendly;

- sim. welcoming;

a3
having an open mind;

- "hospitable to new ideas";

- "open to suggestions";

- sim. receptive;

hospitableness / h ɒ s p ɪ t ə b ɫ n ə s /
n1
having a disposition that welcomes guests and is fond of entertaining;

hospitably / h ɒ s p ɪ t ə b ɫ i /
r1
in a hospitable manner;

- "she was received hospitably by her new family";

hospital / h ɒ s p ɪ t ɫ /
n1
a health facility where patients receive treatment;

- syn. infirmary;

n2
a medical institution where sick or injured people are given medical or surgical care;

hospital attendant
n1
a male hospital attendant who has general duties that do not involve the medical treatment of patients;

- syn. orderly;

hospital bed
n1
a single bed with a frame in three sections so the head or middle or foot can be raised as required;

hospital care
n1
placing in medical care in a hospital;

- syn. hospitalisation, hospitalization;

hospital chaplain
n1
a chaplain in a hospital;

hospital occupancy
n1
occupancy rate for hospitals;

hospital room
n1
a room in a hospital for the care of patients;

hospital ship
n1
a ship built to serve as a hospital;

- used for wounded in wartime;

hospital train
n1
a military train built to transport wounded troops to a hospital;

hospital ward
n1
block forming a division of a hospital (or a suite of rooms) shared by patients who need a similar kind of care;

- "they put her in a 4-bed ward";

- syn. ward;

hospitalisation / h ɒ s p ɪ t ə ɫ aɪ z eɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
placing in medical care in a hospital;

- syn. hospital care, hospitalization;

hospitalise
v1
admit into a hospital;

- "Mother had to be hospitalized because her blood pressure was too high";

- syn. hospitalize;

hospitality / h ɒ s p ɪ t æ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
kindness in welcoming guests or strangers;

- syn. cordial reception;

hospitalization / h ɒ s p ɪ t ə ɫ aɪ z eɪ ʃ n /
n1
a period of time when you are confined to a hospital;

- "now they try to shorten the patient's hospitalization";

n2
the condition of being treated as a patient in a hospital;

- "he hoped to avoid the expense of hospitalization";

n3
insurance that pays all or part of a patient's hospital expense;

- syn. hospitalization insurance;

n4
placing in medical care in a hospital;

- syn. hospital care, hospitalisation;

hospitalization insurance
n1
insurance that pays all or part of a patient's hospital expense;

- syn. hospitalization;

hospitalize / h ɒ s p ɪ t ə ɫ aɪ z /
v1
admit into a hospital;

- "Mother had to be hospitalized because her blood pressure was too high";

- syn. hospitalise;

host / h oʊ s t /
n1
a person who invites guests to a social event (such as a party in his or her own home) and who is responsible for them while they are there;

n2
a vast multitude;

- syn. horde, legion;

n3
an animal or plant that nourishes and supports a parasite;

- it does not benefit and is often harmed by the association;

n4
a person who acts as host at formal occasions (makes an introductory speech and introduces other speakers);

- syn. emcee, master of ceremonies;

n5
archaic terms for army;

- syn. legion;

n6
any organization that provides resources and facilities for a function or event;

- "Atlanta was chosen to be host for the Olympic Games";

n7
(medicine) recipient of transplanted tissue or organ from a donor;

n8
the owner or manager of an inn;

- syn. boniface, innkeeper;

n9
a technical name for the bread used in the service of Mass or Holy Communion;

n10
(computer science) a computer that provides client stations with access to files and printers as shared resources to a computer network;

- syn. server;

v1
be the host of or for;

- "We hosted 4 couples last night";

Hosta
n1
robust east Asian clump-forming perennial herbs having racemose flowers: plantain lilies;

- sometimes placed in family Hostaceae;

- syn. Funka, genus Funka, genus Hosta;

Hostaceae
n1
one of many families or subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted;

- includes genus Hosta;

- syn. Funkaceae, family Funkaceae, family Hostaceae;

hostage / h ɒ s t ɪ dʒ /
n1
a prisoner who is held by one party to insure that another party will meet specified terms;

- syn. surety;

hostel / h ɒ s t ɫ /
n1
a hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers;

- syn. auberge, hostelry, inn, lodge;

n2
inexpensive supervised lodging (especially for youths on bicycling trips);

- syn. student lodging, youth hostel;

hosteller / h ɒ s t ə ɫ ə , h ɒ s t ə ɫ ə ɹ /
n1
an owner or manager of hotels;

- syn. hotel manager, hotelier, hotelkeeper, hotelman;

n2
a traveler who lodges in hostels;

- "a youth hosteller";

hostelry / h ɒ s t ɫ ɹ i /
n1
a hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers;

- syn. auberge, hostel, inn, lodge;

hostess / h oʊ s t ɪ s /
n1
a woman host;

n2
a woman innkeeper;

n3
a woman steward on an airplane;

- syn. air hostess, stewardess;

hostile / h ɒ s t aɪ ɫ /
n1
troops belonging to the enemy's military forces;

- "the platoon ran into a pack of hostiles";

a1
characterized by enmity or ill will;

- "a hostile nation";

- "a hostile remark";

- "hostile actions";

- also aggressive, hateful, offensive, unfriendly, unpeaceful, violent;

- sim. aggressive, antagonistic, at loggerheads, bitter, dirty, head-on, ill, opponent, unfriendly;

a2
not belonging to your own country's forces or those of an ally;

- "hostile naval and air forces";

a3
impossible to bring into friendly accord;

- "hostile factions";

- sim. irreconcilable;

a4
very unfavorable to life or growth;

- "a hostile climate";

- "an uncongenial atmosphere";

- "an uncongenial soil";

- "the unfriendly environment at high altitudes";

- syn. uncongenial, unfriendly;

- sim. inhospitable;

a5
unsolicited and resisted by the management of the target company (used of attempts to buy or take control of a business);

- "hostile takeover";

- "hostile tender offer";

- "hostile bid";

- sim. aggressive;

hostile expedition
n1
a military campaign designed to achieve a specific objective in a foreign country;

- syn. expedition, military expedition;

hostile fire
n1
fire that injures or kills an enemy;

hostile takeover
n1
a takeover that is resisted by the management of the target company;

hostile witness
n1
a witness whose relationship to the opposing party is such that his or her testimony may be prejudiced against the opposing party;

- "a hostile witness can be asked leading questions and cross-examined";

- syn. adverse witness;

hostilely / h ɒ s t aɪ ɫ i /
r1
with hostility;

- in a belligerent hostile manner;

- "he pushed her against the wall belligerently";

- syn. belligerently;

hostilities / h ɒ s t ɪ ɫ ɪ t ɪ z /
n1
fighting;

- acts of overt warfare;

- "the outbreak of hostilities";

- syn. belligerency;

hostility / h ɒ s t ɪ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
a hostile (very unfriendly) disposition;

- "he could not conceal his hostility";

- syn. ill will;

n2
a state of deep-seated ill-will;

- syn. antagonism, enmity;

n3
the feeling of a hostile person;

- "he could no longer contain his hostility";

- syn. enmity, ill will;

n4
violent action that is hostile and usually unprovoked;

- syn. aggression;

hostler / ɒ s ɫ ə /
n1
someone employed in a stable to take care of the horses;

- syn. groom, ostler, stableboy, stableman;

hot / h ɒ t /
a1
used of physical heat;

- having a high or higher than desirable temperature or giving off heat or feeling or causing a sensation of heat or burning;

- "hot stove";

- "hot water";

- "a hot August day";

- "a hot stuffy room";

- "she's hot and tired";

- "a hot forehead";

- also warm;

- sim. baking, blistering, calefacient, calefactory, calorifacient, calorific, fervent, fiery, heatable, heated, hottish, overheated, red-hot, scorching, sizzling, sultry, sweltering, thermal, torrid, tropical, white;

a2
characterized by violent and forceful activity or movement;

- very intense;

- "the fighting became hot and heavy";

- "a hot engagement";

- "a raging battle";

- "the river became a raging torrent";

- syn. raging;

- sim. violent;

a3
extended meanings;

- especially of psychological heat;

- marked by intensity or vehemence especially of passion or enthusiasm;

- "a hot temper";

- "a hot topic";

- "a hot new book";

- "a hot love affair";

- "a hot argument";

- also passionate;

- sim. fiery, heated, red-hot, sensual, torrid, white-hot;

a4
(color) bold and intense;

- "hot pink";

- sim. warm;

a5
sexually excited or exciting;

- "was hot for her";

- "hot pants";

- sim. sexy;

a6
recently stolen or smuggled;

- "hot merchandise";

- "a hot car";

- sim. illegal;

a7
very fast;

- capable of quick response and great speed;

- "a hot sports car";

- "a blistering pace";

- "got off to a hot start";

- "in hot pursuit";

- "a red-hot line drive";

- syn. blistering, red-hot;

- sim. fast;

a8
wanted by the police;

- "a hot suspect";

- sim. wanted;

a9
producing a burning sensation on the taste nerves;

- "hot salsa";

- "jalapeno peppers are very hot";

- "a spicy sauce";

- "I like my chili extra spicy";

- syn. spicy;

- sim. tasty;

a10
performed or performing with unusually great skill and daring and energy;

- "a hot drummer";

- "he's hot tonight";

- sim. skilled;

a11
very popular or successful;

- "one of the hot young talents";

- "cabbage patch dolls were hot last season";

- sim. popular;

a12
very unpleasant or even dangerous;

- "make it hot for him";

- "in the hot seat";

- "in hot water";

- sim. unpleasant;

a13
newest or most recent;

- "news hot off the press";

- "red-hot information";

- syn. red-hot;

- sim. new;

a14
having or bringing unusually good luck;

- "hot at craps";

- "the dice are hot tonight";

- sim. lucky;

a15
very good;

- often used in the negative;

- "he's hot at math but not so hot at history";

- sim. good;

a16
newly made;

- "a hot scent";

- sim. fresh;

a17
having or showing great eagerness or enthusiasm;

- "hot for travel";

- sim. eager;

a18
of a seeker;

- very near to the object sought;

- "you are hot";

- sim. near;

a19
having or dealing with dangerously high levels of radioactivity;

- "hot fuel rods";

- "a hot laboratory";

- sim. radioactive;

a20
charged or energized with electricity;

- "a hot wire";

- "a live wire";

- syn. live;

- sim. charged;

a21
marked by excited activity;

- "a hot week on the stock market";

- sim. active;

hot-air balloon
n1
balloon for travel through the air in a basket suspended below a large bag of heated air;

hot-blooded / h ɒ t b ɫ ʌ d ɪ d /
a1
prone to emotion;

- "hot-blooded Latin-Americans";

- sim. emotional;

hot-button issue
n1
an issue that elicits strong emotional reactions;

- syn. gut issue;

hot-dog
v1
perform intricate maneuvers while skiing;

hot-fudge sauce
n1
thick chocolate sauce served hot;

- syn. fudge sauce;

hot-rock penstemon
n1
stems in clumps with cream-colored flowers;

- found from Washington to Wyoming and southward to California and Utah;

- syn. Penstemon deustus;

hot-rod
n1
a car modified to increase its speed and acceleration;

- syn. hot rod;

hot-tempered / h ɒ t t ɛ m p ə d /
a1
quickly aroused to anger;

- "a hotheaded commander";

- syn. choleric, hotheaded, irascible, quick-tempered, short-tempered;

- sim. ill-natured;

hot-water bag
n1
a stoppered receptacle (usually made of rubber) that is to be filled with hot water and used for warming a bed or parts of the body;

- syn. hot-water bottle;

hot-water bottle
n1
a stoppered receptacle (usually made of rubber) that is to be filled with hot water and used for warming a bed or parts of the body;

- syn. hot-water bag;

hot-water heater
n1
a heater and storage tank to supply heated water;

- syn. hot-water tank, water heater;

hot-water tank
n1
a heater and storage tank to supply heated water;

- syn. hot-water heater, water heater;

hot-wire
v1
start (a car engine) without a key by bypassing the ignition interlock;

- "The woman who lost the car keys had to hot-wire her van";

hot-work
v1
roll, press, forge, or shape (metal) while hot;

hot-work steel
n1
an alloy steel that remains hard at a red heat;

- used to make metal-cutting tools;

- syn. high-speed steel;

hot air
n1
air that has been heated and tends to rise;

n2
loud and confused and empty talk;

- "mere rhetoric";

- syn. empty talk, empty words, palaver, rhetoric;

hot and bothered
a1
thrown into a state of agitated confusion;

- (`rattled' is an informal term);

- syn. flustered, perturbed, rattled;

- sim. discomposed;

hot cake
n1
a flat cake of thin batter fried on both sides on a griddle;

- syn. battercake, flannel-cake, flannel cake, flapcake, flapjack, griddlecake, hotcake, pancake;

hot cereal
n1
a cereal that is served hot;

hot chocolate
n1
a beverage made from cocoa powder and milk and sugar;

- usually drunk hot;

- syn. chocolate, cocoa, drinking chocolate;

hot cross bun
n1
moderately sweet raised roll containing spices and raisins and citron and decorated with a cross-shaped sugar glaze;

- syn. cross bun;

hot dog
n1
someone who performs dangerous stunts to attract attention to himself;

- syn. hotdog;

n2
a frankfurter served hot on a bun;

- syn. hotdog, red hot;

n3
a smooth-textured sausage of minced beef or pork usually smoked;

- often served on a bread roll;

- syn. dog, frank, frankfurter, hotdog, weenie, wiener, wienerwurst;

hot flash
n1
sudden brief sensation of heat (associated with menopause and some mental disorders);

- syn. flush;

hot issue
n1
newly issued stock that is in great public demand;

- syn. hot stock;

hot jazz
n1
jazz that is emotionally charged and intense and marked by strong rhythms and improvisation;

hot line
n1
a direct telephone line between two officials;

hot medium
n1
a medium that usually, but not always, provides complete involvement together without considerable stimulus;

- includes radio, film, photography;

hot pad
n1
a pad for use under a hot dish to protect a table;

- syn. table mat;

n2
heater consisting of electrical heating elements contained in a flexible pad;

- syn. heating pad;

hot pants
n1
a state of sexual arousal;

- syn. horniness, hotness;

n2
skin-tight very short pants worn by young women as an outer garment;

hot pepper
n1
plant bearing very hot medium-sized oblong red peppers;

- grown principally in the Gulf Coast states for production of hot sauce;

- syn. Capsicum frutescens, tabasco pepper, tabasco plant;

n2
any of various pungent capsicum fruits;

hot plate
n1
a portable electric appliance for heating or cooking or keeping food warm;

- syn. hotplate;

hot pot
n1
a stew of meat and potatoes cooked in a tightly covered pot;

- syn. hotpot;

hot potato
n1
a difficult situation;

- "he dropped the topic like a hot potato";

hot rod
n1
a car modified to increase its speed and acceleration;

- syn. hot-rod;

hot sauce
n1
a pungent peppery sauce;

hot seat
n1
an instrument of execution by electrocution;

- resembles an ordinary seat for one person;

- "the murderer was sentenced to die in the chair";

- syn. chair, death chair, electric chair;

n2
a difficult position where you are subjected to stress and criticism;

hot spell
n1
a spell of hot weather;

hot spot
n1
a place of political unrest and potential violence;

- "the United States cannot police all of the world's hot spots";

- syn. flashpoint, hotspot, trouble spot;

n2
a point of relatively intense heat or radiation;

- syn. hotspot;

n3
a lively entertainment spot;

- syn. hotspot;

hot spring
n1
a natural spring of water at a temperature of 70 F or above;

- syn. thermal spring;

Hot Springs
n1
a town in west central Arkansas;

- a health resort noted for thermal springs;

Hot Springs National Park
n1
a national park in Arkansas featuring ancient hot springs;

- bathing is said to have therapeutic effects;

hot stock
n1
newly issued stock that is in great public demand;

- syn. hot issue;

hot stuff
n1
the quality of being attractive and exciting (especially sexually exciting);

- "he thought she was really hot stuff";

- syn. voluptuousness;

n2
the quality of being popular;

- "skiing is hot stuff in New Hampshire";

hot stuffed tomato
n1
tomato cases filled with various mixtures and baked briefly;

- syn. stuffed tomato;

hot toddy
n1
a mixed drink made of liquor and water with sugar and spices and served hot;

- syn. toddy;

hot tub
n1
a very large tub (large enough for more than one bather) filled with hot water;

hot under the collar
a1
very angry;

- sim. angry;

hot up
v1
gain heat or get hot;

- "The room heated up quickly";

- syn. heat, heat up;

v2
make more intense;

- "Emotions were screwed up";

- syn. heat up, screw up;

v3
make more powerful;

- "he souped up the old cars";

- syn. hop up, soup up;

hot war
n1
actual fighting between the warring parties;

hot water
n1
a dangerous or distressing predicament;

- "his views on race got him into political hot water";

hot water plant
n1
any plant of the genus Achimenes having showy bell-shaped flowers that resemble gloxinias;

- syn. achimenes;

hot weather
n1
a period of unusually high temperatures;

hotbed / h ɒ t b ɛ d /
n1
a situation that is ideal for rapid development (especially of something bad);

- "it was a hotbed of vice";

n2
a bed of earth covered with glass and heated by rotting manure to promote the growth of plants;

hotbox / h ɒ t b ɒ k s /
n1
a journal bearing (as of a railroad car) that has overheated;

hotcake / h ɒ t k eɪ k /
n1
a flat cake of thin batter fried on both sides on a griddle;

- syn. battercake, flannel-cake, flannel cake, flapcake, flapjack, griddlecake, hot cake, pancake;

hotchpotch / h ɒ tʃ p ɒ tʃ /
n1
a motley assortment of things;

- syn. farrago, gallimaufry, hodgepodge, melange, mingle-mangle, mishmash, oddments, odds and ends, omnium-gatherum, ragbag;

n2
a stew (or thick soup) made with meat and vegetables;

hotdog / h ɒ t d ɒ ɡ /
n1
someone who performs dangerous stunts to attract attention to himself;

- syn. hot dog;

n2
a frankfurter served hot on a bun;

- syn. hot dog, red hot;

n3
a smooth-textured sausage of minced beef or pork usually smoked;

- often served on a bread roll;

- syn. dog, frank, frankfurter, hot dog, weenie, wiener, wienerwurst;

hotdog bun
n1
a long bun shaped to hold a frankfurter;

- syn. frankfurter bun;

Hotei
n1
one of the 7 gods of happiness;

hotei-chiku
n1
small bamboo of southeastern China having slender culms flexuous when young;

- syn. Phyllostachys aurea, fishpole bamboo, gosan-chiku;

hotel / h oʊ t ɛ ɫ /
n1
a building where travelers can pay for lodging and meals and other services;

hotel-casino
n1
a business establishment that combines a casino and a hotel;

- syn. casino-hotel;

n2
a building that houses both a hotel and a casino;

- syn. casino-hotel;

hotel bill
n1
statement of charges for staying in a hotel;

hotel clerk
n1
a hotel receptionist;

- syn. desk clerk, hotel desk clerk;

hotel desk clerk
n1
a hotel receptionist;

- syn. desk clerk, hotel clerk;

hotel detective
n1
a private detective employed by a hotel or retail store;

- syn. house detective, house dick;

hotel manager
n1
an owner or manager of hotels;

- syn. hosteller, hotelier, hotelkeeper, hotelman;

hotel occupancy
n1
occupancy rate for hotels;

hotel plan
n1
a plan and a room rate for providing a room and meals to guests at a hotel;

- syn. meal plan;

hotel room
n1
a bedroom (usually with bath) in a hotel;

hotelier / h oʊ t ɛ ɫ ɪə , h oʊ t ɛ ɫ ɪə ɹ /
n1
an owner or manager of hotels;

- syn. hosteller, hotel manager, hotelkeeper, hotelman;

hotelkeeper / h oʊ t ɛ ɫ k i p ə /
n1
an owner or manager of hotels;

- syn. hosteller, hotel manager, hotelier, hotelman;

hotelman / h oʊ t ɛ ɫ m æ n /
n1
an owner or manager of hotels;

- syn. hosteller, hotel manager, hotelier, hotelkeeper;

hotfoot / h ɒ t f ʊ t /
n1
a practical joke that involves inserting a match surreptitiously between the sole and upper of the victim's shoe and then lighting it;

v1
move hurridly;

- "He rushed down the hall to receive his guests";

- "The cars raced down the street";

- syn. belt along, bucket along, cannonball along, hasten, hie, pelt along, race, rush, rush along, speed, step on it;

r1
without delay;

- speedily;

- "sent ambassadors hotfoot to the Turks"- Francis Hackett;

- "drove hotfoot for Boston";

Hoth
n1
(Norse mythology) a blind god;

- misled by Loki, he kills his brother Balder by throwing a shaft of mistletoe;

- syn. Hoder, Hodr, Hodur, Hothr;

hothead / h ɒ t h ɛ d /
n1
a belligerent grouch;

- syn. fire-eater;

n2
a reckless impetuous irresponsible person;

- syn. daredevil, harum-scarum, lunatic, madcap, swashbuckler;

hotheaded / h ɒ t h ɛ d ɪ d /
a1
quickly aroused to anger;

- "a hotheaded commander";

- syn. choleric, hot-tempered, irascible, quick-tempered, short-tempered;

- sim. ill-natured;

a2
characterized by undue haste and lack of thought or deliberation;

- "a hotheaded decision";

- "liable to such impulsive acts as hugging strangers";

- "an impetuous display of spending and gambling";

- "madcap escapades";

- (`brainish' is archaic);

- syn. brainish, impetuous, impulsive, madcap, tearaway;

- sim. incautious;

hothouse / h ɒ t h aʊ s /
n1
a greenhouse in which plants are arranged in a pleasing manner;

- syn. conservatory, indoor garden;

Hothr
n1
(Norse mythology) a blind god;

- misled by Loki, he kills his brother Balder by throwing a shaft of mistletoe;

- syn. Hoder, Hodr, Hodur, Hoth;

hotly / h ɒ t ɫ i /
r1
in a heated manner;

- "`To say I am behind the strike is so much nonsense,' declared Mr Harvey heatedly";

- "the children were arguing hotly";

- syn. heatedly;

hotness / h ɒ t n ɛ s /
n1
the presence of heat;

- syn. heat, high temperature;

n2
a state of sexual arousal;

- syn. horniness, hot pants;

n3
a hot spiciness;

- syn. pepperiness;

hotplate / h ɒ t p ɫ eɪ t /
n1
a portable electric appliance for heating or cooking or keeping food warm;

- syn. hot plate;

hotpot / h ɒ t p ɒ t /
n1
a stew of meat and potatoes cooked in a tightly covered pot;

- syn. hot pot;

hotshot / h ɒ t ʃ ɒ t /
n1
someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field;

- syn. ace, adept, champion, genius, maven, mavin, sensation, star, superstar, virtuoso, whiz, whizz, wiz, wizard;

hotspot / h ɒ t s p ɒ t /
n1
a place of political unrest and potential violence;

- "the United States cannot police all of the world's hot spots";

- syn. flashpoint, hot spot, trouble spot;

n2
a point of relatively intense heat or radiation;

- syn. hot spot;

n3
a lively entertainment spot;

- syn. hot spot;

Hotspur / h ɒ t s p ɝ /
n1
English soldier killed in a rebellion against Henry IV (1364-1403);

- syn. Harry Hotspur, Percy, Sir Henry Percy;

n2
a rash or impetuous person;

Hottentot
n1
any of the Khoisan languages spoken by the pastoral people of Namibia and South Africa;

- syn. Khoikhoi, Khoikhoin;

Hottentot's bread
n1
thick edible rootstock of elephant's-foot;

- syn. Hottentot bread;

Hottentot's bread vine
n1
South African vine having a massive rootstock covered with deeply fissured bark;

- syn. Dioscorea elephantipes, Hottentot bread vine, elephant's-foot, tortoise plant;

Hottentot's fig
n1
low-growing South African succulent plant having a capsular fruit containing edible pulp;

- syn. Carpobrotus edulis, Hottentot fig, Mesembryanthemum edule, sour fig;

Hottentot bread
n1
thick edible rootstock of elephant's-foot;

- syn. Hottentot's bread;

Hottentot bread vine
n1
South African vine having a massive rootstock covered with deeply fissured bark;

- syn. Dioscorea elephantipes, Hottentot's bread vine, elephant's-foot, tortoise plant;

Hottentot fig
n1
low-growing South African succulent plant having a capsular fruit containing edible pulp;

- syn. Carpobrotus edulis, Hottentot's fig, Mesembryanthemum edule, sour fig;

hottish / h ɒ t ɪ ʃ /
a1
somewhat hot;

- sim. hot;

Hottonia
n1
aquatic herbs;

- syn. genus Hottonia;

Hottonia inflata
n1
a featherfoil of the eastern United States with submerged spongy inflated flower stalks and white flowers;

- syn. American featherfoil, water gillyflower;

Hottonia palustris
n1
featherfoil of Europe and western Asia having submerged and floating leaves and violet flowers;

- syn. water violet;

houdah
n1
a (usually canopied) seat for riding on the back of a camel or elephant;

- syn. howdah;

Houdini
n1
United States magician (born in Hungary) famous for his ability to escape from chains or handcuffs or straitjackets or padlocked containers (1874-1926);

- syn. Erik Weisz, Harry Houdini;

Houghton / h ɔ t n /
n1
United States publisher who founded a printing shop that became an important book publisher (1823-1895);

- syn. Henry Oscar Houghton;

n2
a town in northwest Michigan on the Upper Peninsula;

houhere
n1
small tree or shrub of New Zealand having a profusion of axillary clusters of honey-scented paper-white flowers and whose bark is used for cordage;

- syn. Hoheria populnea, lacebark, ribbonwood;

hoummos
n1
a thick spread made from mashed chickpeas, tahini, lemon juice and garlic;

- used especially as a dip for pita;

- originated in the Middle East;

- syn. hommos, hummus, humous, humus;

hound / h aʊ n d /
n1
any of several breeds of dog used for hunting typically having large drooping ears;

- syn. hound dog;

n2
someone who is morally reprehensible;

- "you dirty dog";

- syn. blackguard, bounder, cad, dog, heel;

v1
pursue or chase relentlessly;

- "The hunters traced the deer into the woods";

- "the detectives hounded the suspect until they found him";

- syn. hunt, trace;

hound's-tongue
n1
perennial shrub of North America having coarse tongue-shaped leaves and pale-blue to purple flowers;

- syn. Cynoglossum virginaticum;

n2
biennial shrub of Europe and western Asia having coarse tongue-shaped leaves and dark reddish-purple flowers;

- syn. Cynoglossum officinale;

hound's-tooth check
n1
textile with a pattern of small broken or jagged checks;

- syn. dog's-tooth check, dogs-tooth check, dogstooth check, houndstooth check;

hound dog
n1
any of several breeds of dog used for hunting typically having large drooping ears;

- syn. hound;

houndstooth check
n1
textile with a pattern of small broken or jagged checks;

- syn. dog's-tooth check, dogs-tooth check, dogstooth check, hound's-tooth check;

hour / aʊ ə , aʊ ə ɹ /
n1
a period of time equal to 1/24th of a day;

- "the job will take more than an hour";

- syn. 60 minutes, hr;

n2
clock time;

- "the hour is getting late";

- syn. time of day;

n3
a special and memorable period;

- "it was their finest hour";

n4
distance measured by the time taken to cover it;

- "we live an hour from the airport";

- "its just 10 minutes away";

- syn. minute;

hour angle
n1
the angular distance along the celestial equator from the observer's meridian to the hour circle of a given celestial body;

n2
(astronomy) the angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing;

- the right ascension for an observer at a particular location and time of day;

- syn. HA;

hour circle
n1
a great circle on the celestial sphere that passes through both celestial poles;

hour hand
n1
the shorter hand of a clock that points to the hours;

- syn. little hand;

hourglass / aʊ ə ɡ ɫ ɑ s /
n1
a sandglass that runs for sixty minutes;

hourglass-shaped
a1
shaped in the form of an hourglass;

- sim. formed;

houri / h ʊə ɹ i /
n1
a voluptuously beautiful young woman;

- syn. nymph;

n2
(Islam) one of the dark-eyed virgins of perfect beauty believed to live with the blessed in Paradise;

hourlong / aʊ ə ɹ ɫ ɒ ŋ /
a1
lasting for an hour;

- "an hourlong examination";

- sim. long;

hourly / aʊ ə ɫ i /
a1
occurring every hour or payable by the hour;

- "hourly chimes";

- "hourly pay";

- sim. periodic;

r1
every hour;

- by the hour;

- "daily, hourly, I grew stronger";

hours / aʊ ə z /
n1
a period of time assigned for work;

- "they work long hours";

n2
an indefinite period of time;

- "they talked for hours";

Housatonic
n1
a river that rises in western Massachusetts and flows south through Connecticut to empty into Long Island Sound;

- syn. Housatonic River;

Housatonic River
n1
a river that rises in western Massachusetts and flows south through Connecticut to empty into Long Island Sound;

- syn. Housatonic;

house / h aʊ s , h aʊ z /
n1
a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families;

- "he has a house on Cape Cod";

- "she felt she had to get out of the house";

n2
the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments;

- "he worked for a brokerage house";

- syn. business firm, firm;

n3
the members of a religious community living together;

n4
the audience gathered together in a theatre or cinema;

- "the house applauded";

- "he counted the house";

n5
an official assembly having legislative powers;

- "a bicameral legislature has two houses";

n6
aristocratic family line;

- "the House of York";

n7
play in which children take the roles of father or mother or children and pretend to interact like adults;

- "the children were playing house";

n8
(astrology) one of 12 equal areas into which the zodiac is divided;

- syn. mansion, planetary house, sign, sign of the zodiac, star sign;

n9
the management of a gambling house or casino;

- "the house gets a percentage of every bet";

n10
a social unit living together;

- "he moved his family to Virginia";

- "It was a good Christian household";

- "I waited until the whole house was asleep";

- "the teacher asked how many people made up his home";

- "the family refused to accept his will";

- syn. family, home, household, menage;

n11
a building where theatrical performances or motion-picture shows can be presented;

- "the house was full";

- syn. theater, theatre;

n12
a building in which something is sheltered or located;

- "they had a large carriage house";

v1
contain or cover;

- "This box houses the gears";

v2
provide housing for;

- "The immigrants were housed in a new development outside the town";

- syn. domiciliate, put up;

house-builder
n1
someone who builds houses as a business;

- syn. home-builder, homebuilder, housebuilder;

house-proud
a1
proud of your house or its furnishings or upkeep;

- sim. proud;

house-raising
n1
construction by a group of neighbors;

house-to-house
a1
omitting no one;

- from the door of one house to that of the next;

- "a door-to-door campaign";

- "house-to-house coverage";

- syn. door-to-door;

- sim. comprehensive;

house-train
v1
train (a pet) to live cleanly in a house;

- syn. housebreak;

house-trained
a1
(of pets) trained to urinate and defecate outside or in a special place;

- "housebroken pets";

- "`house-trained' is chiefly British";

- syn. housebroken;

- sim. trained;

house agent
n1
a person who is authorized to act as an agent for the sale of land;

- "in England they call a real estate agent a land agent";

- syn. estate agent, land agent, real estate agent, real estate broker;

house arrest
n1
confinement to your own home;

house cat
n1
any domesticated member of the genus Felis;

- syn. Felis catus, Felis domesticus, domestic cat;

house centipede
n1
long-legged centipede common in damp places as e.g. cellars;

- syn. Scutigera coleoptrata;

house decorator
n1
a person who specializes in interior decoration;

- syn. decorator, interior decorator, room decorator;

house detective
n1
a private detective employed by a hotel or retail store;

- syn. hotel detective, house dick;

house dick
n1
a private detective employed by a hotel or retail store;

- syn. hotel detective, house detective;

house finch
n1
small finch originally of the western United States and Mexico;

- syn. Carpodacus mexicanus, linnet;

house fly
n1
common fly that frequents human habitations and spreads many diseases;

- syn. Musca domestica, housefly;

house guest
n1
a guest entertained in your house;

- syn. houseguest;

house husband
n1
a husband who keeps house while his wife earns the family income;

- syn. househusband;

house martin
n1
common small European martin that builds nests under the eaves of houses;

- syn. Delichon urbica;

house mouse
n1
brownish-grey Old World mouse now a common household pest worldwide;

- syn. Mus musculus;

House of Burgesses
n1
the lower house of legislature in colonial Virginia;

house of cards
n1
a speculative scheme that depends on unstable factors that the planner cannot control;

- "his proposal was nothing but a house of cards";

- "a real estate bubble";

- syn. bubble;

n2
an unstable construction with playing cards;

- "he built three levels of his cardcastle before it collapsed";

- syn. card-house, cardcastle, cardhouse;

House of Commons
n1
the lower house of the British parliament;

- syn. British House of Commons;

house of correction
n1
(formerly) a jail or other place of detention for persons convicted of minor offences;

house of detention
n1
an institution where juvenile offenders can be held temporarily (usually under the supervision of a juvenile court);

- syn. detention camp, detention home, detention house;

house of God
n1
any building where congregations gather for prayer;

- syn. house of prayer, house of worship, place of worship;

House of Hanover
n1
the English royal house that reigned from 1714 to 1901 (from George I to Victoria);

- syn. Hanover, Hanoverian line;

house of ill repute
n1
a building where prostitutes are available;

- syn. bagnio, bawdyhouse, bordello, brothel, cathouse, house of prostitution, sporting house, whorehouse;

House of Islam
n1
areas where Muslims are in the majority;

- syn. Dar al-Islam;

House of Lancaster
n1
the English royal house that reigned from 1399 to 1461;

- its emblem was a red rose;

- syn. Lancaster, Lancastrian line;

House of Lords
n1
the upper house of the British parliament;

- syn. British House of Lords;

house of prayer
n1
any building where congregations gather for prayer;

- syn. house of God, house of worship, place of worship;

house of prostitution
n1
a building where prostitutes are available;

- syn. bagnio, bawdyhouse, bordello, brothel, cathouse, house of ill repute, sporting house, whorehouse;

House of Representatives
n1
the lower legislative house of the United States Congress;

- syn. U.S. House, U.S. House of Representatives, US House, US House of Representatives, United States House of Representatives;

House of Tudor
n1
an English dynasty descended from Henry Tudor;

- Tudor monarchs ruled from Henry VII to Elizabeth I (from 1485 to 1603);

- syn. Tudor;

House of War
n1
areas where Muslims are in the minority and are persecuted;

- syn. Dar al-harb;

House of Windsor
n1
the British royal family since 1917;

- syn. Windsor;

house of worship
n1
any building where congregations gather for prayer;

- syn. house of God, house of prayer, place of worship;

House of York
n1
the English royal house (a branch of the Plantagenet line) that reigned from 1461 to 1485;

- its emblem was a white rose;

- syn. York;

house organ
n1
a periodical published by a business firm for its employees and customers;

house paint
n1
paint used to cover the exterior woodwork of a house;

- syn. housepaint;

house painter
n1
a painter of houses a similar buildings;

house painting
n1
the occupation of a house painter;

- "house painting was the only craft he knew";

- syn. painting;

house party
n1
a party lasting over one or more nights at a large house;

house physician
n1
a physician (especially an intern) who lives in a hospital and cares for hospitalized patients under the supervision of the medical staff of the hospital;

- "the resident was receiving special clinical training at the hospital";

- syn. resident, resident physician;

house servant
n1
a servant who is paid to perform menial tasks around the household;

- syn. domestic, domestic help;

house sitter
n1
a custodian who lives in and cares for a house while the regular occupant is away (usually without an exchange of money);

house snake
n1
nonvenomous tan and brown king snake with an arrow-shaped occipital spot;

- southeastern ones have red stripes like coral snakes;

- syn. Lampropeltis triangulum, checkered adder, milk adder, milk snake;

house sparrow
n1
small hardy brown-and-grey bird native to Europe;

- syn. English sparrow, Passer domesticus;

house trailer
n1
a wheeled vehicle that can be pulled by a car or truck and is equipped for occupancy;

- syn. trailer;

house wren
n1
common American wren that nests around houses;

- syn. Troglodytes aedon;

houseboat / h aʊ s b oʊ t /
n1
a barge that is designed and equipped for use as a dwelling;

housebound / h aʊ s b aʊ n d /
a1
confined usually by illness;

- syn. homebound, shut-in;

- sim. confined;

housebreak / h aʊ s b ɹ eɪ k /
v1
train (a pet) to live cleanly in a house;

- syn. house-train;

housebreaker / h aʊ s b ɹ eɪ k ə , h aʊ s b ɹ eɪ k ə ɹ /
n1
a burglar who unlawfully breaks into and enters another person's house;

- syn. cat burglar;

n2
a wrecker of houses;

- "in England a housewrecker is called a housebreaker";

- syn. housewrecker;

housebreaking / h aʊ z b ɹ eɪ k ɪ ŋ /
n1
trespassing for an unlawful purpose;

- illegal entrance into premises with criminal intent;

- syn. break-in, breaking and entering;

housebroken / h aʊ z b ɹ oʊ k ə n /
a1
(of pets) trained to urinate and defecate outside or in a special place;

- "housebroken pets";

- "`house-trained' is chiefly British";

- syn. house-trained;

- sim. trained;

housebuilder
n1
someone who builds houses as a business;

- syn. home-builder, homebuilder, house-builder;

houseclean / h aʊ z k ɫ i n /
v1
clean and tidy up the house;

- "She housecleans every week";

- syn. clean, clean house;

housecleaning / h aʊ z k ɫ i n ɪ ŋ /
n1
(figurative) the act of reforming by the removal of unwanted personnel or practices or conditions;

- "more housecleaning is in store at other accounting firms";

- "many employees were discharged in a general housecleaning by the new owners";

n2
the act of cleaning the rooms and furnishings of a house;

- "efficient housecleaning should proceed one room at a time";

housecoat / h aʊ s k oʊ t /
n1
a loose dressing gown for women;

- syn. neglige, negligee, peignoir, wrapper;

housecraft / h aʊ s k ɹ ɑ f t /
n1
skill in domestic management;

housedog / h aʊ s d ɒ ɡ /
n1
a dog trained to guard a house;

housefather / h aʊ s f ɑ ð ə , h aʊ s f ɑ ð ə ɹ /
n1
a man in charge of children in an institution;

housefly / h aʊ s f ɫ aɪ /
n1
common fly that frequents human habitations and spreads many diseases;

- syn. Musca domestica, house fly;

houseful / h aʊ s f ʊ ɫ /
n1
as many as a house will accommodate;

- "they entertained a houseful of guests";

houseguest
n1
a guest entertained in your house;

- syn. house guest;

household / h aʊ s h oʊ ɫ d /
n1
a social unit living together;

- "he moved his family to Virginia";

- "It was a good Christian household";

- "I waited until the whole house was asleep";

- "the teacher asked how many people made up his home";

- "the family refused to accept his will";

- syn. family, home, house, menage;

household appliance
n1
an appliance that does a particular job in the home;

- syn. home appliance;

household arts
n1
theory and practice of homemaking;

- syn. domestic science, home ec, home economics;

household linen
n1
drygoods for household use that are typically made of white cloth;

- syn. white goods;

householder / h aʊ s h oʊ ɫ d ə , h aʊ s h oʊ ɫ d ə ɹ /
n1
someone who owns a home;

- syn. homeowner;

househusband / h aʊ z h ʌ z b ə n d /
n1
a husband who keeps house while his wife earns the family income;

- syn. house husband;

housekeep / h aʊ s k i p /
v1
maintain a household;

- take care of all business related to a household;

housekeeper / h aʊ s k i p ə , h aʊ s k i p ə ɹ /
n1
a servant who is employed to perform domestic task in a household;

housekeeping / h aʊ s k i p ɪ ŋ /
n1
the work of cleaning and running a house;

- syn. housework;

houselights / h aʊ s ɫ aɪ t s /
n1
lights that illuminate the audience's part of a theater or other auditorium;

housemaid / h aʊ s m eɪ d /
n1
a female domestic;

- syn. amah, maid, maidservant;

housemaid's knee
n1
swelling of the bursa in the knee (due to trauma or excessive kneeling);

houseman / h aʊ s m ə n /
n1
an advanced student or graduate in medicine gaining supervised practical experience (`houseman' is a British term);

- syn. intern, interne, medical intern;

housemaster / h aʊ s m ɑ s t ə , h aʊ s m ɑ s t ə ɹ /
n1
teacher in charge of a school boardinghouse;

housemate
n1
someone who resides in the same house with you;

housemother / h aʊ s m ʌ ð ə , h aʊ s m ʌ ð ə ɹ /
n1
a woman employed as a chaperon in a residence for young people;

housepaint / h aʊ z p eɪ n t /
n1
paint used to cover the exterior woodwork of a house;

- syn. house paint;

houseplant
n1
any of a variety of plants grown indoors for decorative purposes;

houseroom / h aʊ s ɹ u m /
n1
space for accommodation in a house;

- "I wouldn't give that table houseroom";

Houses of Parliament
n1
the building in which the House of Commons and the House of Lords meet;

housetop / h aʊ s t ɒ p /
n1
the roof of a house;

- "shout it from the housetops";

housewarming / h aʊ z w ɔ m ɪ ŋ /
n1
a party of people assembled to celebrate moving into a new home;

housewife / h aʊ s w aɪ f /
n1
a wife who manages a household while her husband earns the family income;

- syn. homemaker, lady of the house, woman of the house;

housewifely / h aʊ s w aɪ f ɫ i /
a1
related or suited to a housewife;

- "housewifely virtues";

- sim. domestic;

housewifery / h aʊ s w ɪ f ɹ i /
n1
the work of a housewife;

housework / h aʊ s w ɝ k /
n1
the work of cleaning and running a house;

- syn. housekeeping;

housewrecker / h aʊ s ɹ ɛ k ə , h aʊ s ɹ ɛ k ə ɹ /
n1
a wrecker of houses;

- "in England a housewrecker is called a housebreaker";

- syn. housebreaker;

housing / h aʊ z ɪ ŋ /
n1
structures collectively in which people are housed;

- syn. living accommodations, lodging;

n2
a protective cover designed to contain or support a mechanical component;

n3
stable gear consisting of a decorated covering for a horse, especially (formerly) for a warhorse;

- syn. caparison, trapping;

Housing and Urban Development
n1
the United States federal department that administers federal programs dealing with better housing and urban renewal;

- created in 1965;

- syn. Department of Housing and Urban Development, HUD;

housing commissioner
n1
a commissioner in charge of public housing;

housing development
n1
a residential area of similar dwellings built by property developers and usually under a single management;

- "they live in the new housing development";

housing estate
n1
a residential area where the houses were all planned and built at the same time;

housing industry
n1
an industry that builds housing;

- syn. construction industry;

housing project
n1
a housing development that is publicly funded and administered for low-income families;

- syn. public housing;

housing start
n1
the act of starting to construct a house;

Housman
n1
English poet (1859-1936);

- syn. A. E. Housman, Alfred Edward Housman;

Houston / h j u s t n /
n1
the largest city in Texas;

- located in southeastern Texas near the Gulf of Mexico;

- site of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration;

n2
United States politician and military leader who fought to gain independence for Texas from Mexico and to make it a part of the United States (1793-1863);

- syn. Sam Houston, Samuel Houston;

Houttuynia
n1
one species;

- east Asian low-growing plant of wet places;

- syn. genus Houttuynia;

Houyhnhnm
n1
one of a race of intelligent horses who ruled the Yahoos in a novel by Jonathan Swift;

Houyhnhnms
n1
a land imagined by Jonathan Swift where intelligent horses ruled the Yahoos;

hovea
n1
any of several attractive evergreen shrubs of Australia grown for their glossy deep green foliage and flowers in rich blues and intense violets;

- syn. purple pea;

hovel / h ɒ v ə ɫ , h ɒ v ɫ /
n1
small crude shelter used as a dwelling;

- syn. hut, hutch, shack, shanty;

hover / h ɒ v ə , h ɒ v ə ɹ /
v1
be undecided about something;

- waver between conflicting positions or courses of action;

- "He oscillates between accepting the new position and retirement";

- syn. oscillate, vacillate, vibrate;

v2
move to and fro;

- "The shy student lingered in the corner";

- syn. linger;

v3
hang in the air;

- fly or be suspended above;

v4
be suspended in the air, as if in defiance of gravity;

- "The guru claimed that he could levitate";

- syn. levitate;

v5
hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacing;

- "The terrible vision brooded over her all day long";

- syn. brood, bulk large, loom;

hovercraft / h ɒ v ə k ɹ ɑ f t /
n1
a craft capable of moving over water or land on a cushion of air created by jet engines;

- syn. ground-effect machine;

how-d'ye-do / h aʊ d j ʊ d u /
n1
an awkward situation;

- "that's a fine how-d'ye-do";

- syn. how-do-you-do;

how-do-you-do
n1
an awkward situation;

- "that's a fine how-d'ye-do";

- syn. how-d'ye-do;

n2
an expression of greeting;

- "every morning they exchanged polite hellos";

- syn. hello, hi, howdy, hullo;

Howard / h aʊ ə d /
n1
English actor of stage and screen (1893-1943);

- syn. Leslie Howard, Leslie Howard Stainer;

n2
Queen of England as the fifth wife of Henry VIII who was accused of adultery and executed (1520-1542);

- syn. Catherine Howard;

Howard Carter
n1
Englishman and Egyptologist who in 1922 discovered and excavated the tomb of Tutankhamen (1873-1939);

- syn. Carter;

Howard Florey
n1
British pathologist who isolated and purified penicillin, which had been discovered in 1928 by Sir Alexander Fleming (1898-1968);

- syn. Florey, Sir Howard Walter Florey;

Howard Hughes
n1
United States industrialist who was an aviator and a film producer;

- during the last years of his life he was a total recluse (1905-1976);

- syn. Howard Robard Hughes, Hughes;

Howard Lindsay
n1
United States playwright who collaborated with Russel Crouse on several musicals (1889-1931);

- syn. Lindsay;

Howard Pyle
n1
United States writer and illustrator of children's books (1853-1911);

- syn. Pyle;

Howard Robard Hughes
n1
United States industrialist who was an aviator and a film producer;

- during the last years of his life he was a total recluse (1905-1976);

- syn. Howard Hughes, Hughes;

howdah / h aʊ d ə /
n1
a (usually canopied) seat for riding on the back of a camel or elephant;

- syn. houdah;

howdy
n1
an expression of greeting;

- "every morning they exchanged polite hellos";

- syn. hello, hi, how-do-you-do, hullo;

Howe
n1
United States editor (1920-1993);

- syn. Irving Howe;

n2
Canadian hockey player who holds the record for playing the most games (born 1928);

- syn. Gordie Howe, Gordon Howe;

n3
United States feminist who was active in the women's suffrage movement (1819-1910);

- syn. Julia Ward Howe;

n4
United States inventor who built early sewing machines and won suits for patent infringement against other manufacturers (including Isaac M. Singer) (1819-1867);

- syn. Elias Howe;

Howells / h aʊ ɛ ɫ z /
n1
United States writer and editor (1837-1920);

- syn. William Dean Howells;

however / h aʊ ɛ v ə , h aʊ ɛ v ə ɹ /
r1
despite anything to the contrary (usually preceding a concession);

- "although I'm a little afraid, however I'd like to try it";

- "while we disliked each other, nevertheless we agreed";

- "he was a stern yet fair master";

- "granted that it is dangerous, all the same I still want to go";

- syn. all the same, at the same time, even so, nevertheless, nonetheless, notwithstanding, still, withal, yet;

r2
by contrast;

- on the other hand;

- "the first part was easy;

- the second, however, took hours";

r3
to whatever degree or extent;

- "The results, however general, are important";

- "they have begun, however reluctantly, to acknowledge the legitimacy of some of the opposition's concerns";

r4
in whatever way or manner;

- "Victory, however it was brought about, was sweet";

- "however he did it, it was very clever";

howitzer / h aʊ ɪ t s ə , h aʊ ɪ t s ə ɹ /
n1
a muzzle-loading high-angle gun with a short barrel that fires shells at high elevations for a short range;

- syn. mortar, trench mortar;

howl / h aʊ ɫ /
n1
a long loud emotional utterance;

- "he gave a howl of pain";

- "howls of laughter";

- "their howling had no effect";

- syn. howling, ululation;

n2
the long plaintive cry of a hound or a wolf;

n3
a loud sustained noise resembling the cry of a hound;

- "the howl of the wind made him restless";

v1
emit long loud cries;

- "wail in self-pity";

- "howl with sorrow";

- syn. roar, ululate, wail, yaup, yawl;

v2
cry loudly, as of animals;

- "The coyotes were howling in the desert";

- syn. wrawl, yammer, yowl;

v3
make a loud noise, as of wind, water, or vehicles;

- "The wind was howling in the trees";

- "The water roared down the chute";

- syn. roar;

v4
laugh unrestrainedly and heartily;

- syn. roar;

howler / h aʊ ɫ ə , h aʊ ɫ ə ɹ /
n1
a joke that seems extremely funny;

- syn. belly laugh, riot, scream, sidesplitter, thigh-slapper, wow;

n2
monkey of tropical South American forests having a loud howling cry;

- syn. howler monkey;

n3
a glaring blunder;

howler monkey
n1
monkey of tropical South American forests having a loud howling cry;

- syn. howler;

howling / h aʊ ɫ ɪ ŋ /
n1
a long loud emotional utterance;

- "he gave a howl of pain";

- "howls of laughter";

- "their howling had no effect";

- syn. howl, ululation;

a1
extraordinarily good or great;

- used especially as intensifiers;

- "a fantastic trip to the Orient";

- "the film was fantastic!";

- "a howling success";

- "a marvelous collection of rare books";

- "had a rattling conversation about politics";

- "a tremendous achievement";

- syn. fantastic, grand, marvellous, marvelous, rattling, terrific, tremendous, wonderful, wondrous;

- sim. extraordinary;

hoy / h ɔɪ /
n1
a flatbottom boat for carrying heavy loads (especially on canals);

- syn. barge, flatboat, lighter;

hoya
n1
any plant of the genus Hoya having fleshy leaves and usually nectariferous flowers;

Hoya carnosa
n1
succulent climber of southern Asia with umbels of pink and white star-shaped flowers;

- syn. wax plant;

hoyden / h ɔɪ d n /
n1
a girl who behaves in a boyish manner;

- syn. romp, tomboy;

hoydenish / h ɔɪ d n ɪ ʃ /
a1
used of girls;

- wild and boisterous;

- syn. tomboyish;

- sim. unwomanly;

hoydenism
n1
masculinity in women (especially in girls and young women);

- syn. tomboyishness;

Hoyle
n1
an English astrophysicist and advocate of the steady state theory of cosmology;

- described processes of nucleosynthesis inside stars (1915-2001);

- syn. Fred Hoyle, Sir Fred Hoyle;

n2
English writer on card games (1672-1769);

- syn. Edmond Hoyle;

HP / eɪ tʃ p i /
n1
a unit of power equal to 746 watts;

- syn. H.P., horsepower;

HQ / eɪ tʃ k j u /
n1
the military installation from which a commander performs the functions of command;

- "the general's headquarters were a couple of large tents";

- syn. headquarters, military headquarters;

hr
n1
a period of time equal to 1/24th of a day;

- "the job will take more than an hour";

- syn. 60 minutes, hour;

Hrolf
n1
Norse chieftain who became the first duke of Normandy (860-931);

- syn. Rolf, Rollo;

HRT
n1
hormones (estrogen and progestin) are given to postmenopausal women;

- believed to protect them from heart disease and osteoporosis;

- syn. hormone-replacement therapy, hormone replacement therapy;

Hrvatska
n1
a republic in the western Balkans in south-central Europe in the eastern Adriatic coastal area;

- formerly part of the Habsburg monarchy and Yugoslavia;

- became independent in 1991;

- syn. Croatia, Republic of Croatia;

hryvnia
n1
the basic unit of money in Ukraine;

Hs
n1
a radioactive transuranic element;

- syn. atomic number 108, element 108, hassium;

HS1
n1
a herpes virus that causes oral herpes;

- syn. HSV-1, HSV-I, herpes simplex 1;

HS2
n1
a herpes virus that can cause genital herpes;

- syn. HSV-2, HSV-II, herpes simplex 2;

Hsian
n1
a city of central China;

- capital of ancient Chinese empire 221-206 BC;

- syn. Changan, Sian, Singan, Xian;

Hsuan Chiao
n1
popular Chinese philosophical system based in teachings of Lao-tzu but characterized by a pantheism of many gods and the practices of alchemy and divination and magic;

- syn. Taoism;

HSV-1
n1
a herpes virus that causes oral herpes;

- syn. HS1, HSV-I, herpes simplex 1;

HSV-2
n1
a herpes virus that can cause genital herpes;

- syn. HS2, HSV-II, herpes simplex 2;

HSV-I
n1
a herpes virus that causes oral herpes;

- syn. HS1, HSV-1, herpes simplex 1;

HSV-II
n1
a herpes virus that can cause genital herpes;

- syn. HS2, HSV-2, herpes simplex 2;

HTLV-1
n1
retrovirus causing T-cell leukemia;

- syn. human T-cell leukemia virus-1;

HTML
n1
a set of tags and rules (conforming to SGML) for using them in developing hypertext documents;

- syn. hypertext mark-up language, hypertext markup language;

HTTP
n1
a protocol (utilizing TCP) to transfer hypertext requests and information between servers and browsers;

- syn. hypertext transfer protocol;

HUA
n1
an Islamic fundamentalist group in Pakistan that fought the Soviet Union in Afghanistan in the 1980s;

- now operates as a terrorist organization primarily in Kashmir and seeks Kashmir's accession by Pakistan;

- syn. Al Faran, HUM, Harkat-ul-Mujahidin, Harkat ul-Ansar, Harkat ul-Mujahedeen, Movement of Holy Warriors;

Huainaputina
n1
an inactive volcano in the Andes in southern Peru;

- last erupted in 1783;

Hualapai
n1
a member of a North American people formerly living in the Colorado river valley in Arizona;

- syn. Hualpai, Walapai;

n2
the Yuman language spoken by the Walapai;

- syn. Hualpai, Walapai;

Hualpai
n1
a member of a North American people formerly living in the Colorado river valley in Arizona;

- syn. Hualapai, Walapai;

n2
the Yuman language spoken by the Walapai;

- syn. Hualapai, Walapai;

huamachil
n1
common thorny tropical American tree having terminal racemes of yellow flowers followed by sickle-shaped or circinate edible pods and yielding good timber and a yellow dye and mucilaginous gum;

- syn. Pithecellobium dulce, camachile, manila tamarind, wild tamarind;

Huambo
n1
a city in the mountains in western Angola;

- syn. Nova Lisboa;

Huang Hai
n1
part of the Pacific off the east coast of Asia;

- syn. Yellow Sea;

Huang He
n1
a major river of Asia in northern China;

- flows generally eastward into the Yellow Sea;

- carries large quantities of yellow silt to its delta;

- syn. Hwang Ho, Yellow River;

huarache
n1
a sandal with flat heels and an upper of woven leather straps;

- syn. huaraches;

huaraches
n1
a sandal with flat heels and an upper of woven leather straps;

- syn. huarache;

Huascaran
n1
a mountain in the Andes in Peru (22,205 feet high);

Huayna Capac
n1
the Incan ruler under whom the Incan empire reached its widest extent (died in 1525);

hub / h ʌ b /
n1
the central part of a car wheel (or fan or propeller etc) through which the shaft or axle passes;

n2
a center of activity or interest or commerce or transportation;

- a focal point around which events revolve;

- "the playground is the hub of parental supervision";

- "the airport is the economic hub of the area";

hub-and-spoke
n1
a system of air transportation in which local airports offer air transportation to a central airport where long-distance flights are available;

- syn. hub-and-spoke system;

hub-and-spoke system
n1
a system of air transportation in which local airports offer air transportation to a central airport where long-distance flights are available;

- syn. hub-and-spoke;

Hub of the Universe
n1
state capital and largest city of Massachusetts;

- a major center for banking and financial services;

- syn. Bean Town, Beantown, Boston, capital of Massachusetts;

Hubbard / h ʌ b b ɑ d /
n1
a United States writer of science fiction and founder of Scientology (1911-1986);

- syn. L. Ron Hubbard;

n2
a mountain peak in southeastern Alaska that is part of the Coast Range (14,950 feet high);

- syn. Mount Hubbard;

hubbard squash
n1
any of several winter squash plants producing large greyish-green football-shaped fruit with a rough warty rind;

- syn. Cucurbita maxima;

n2
large football-shaped winter squash with a warty grey-green rind;

Hubble / h ʌ b ɫ /
n1
United States astronomer who discovered that (as the universe expands) the speed with which nebulae recede increases with their distance from the observer (1889-1953);

- syn. Edwin Hubble, Edwin Powell Hubble;

Hubble's constant
n1
(cosmology) the ratio of the speed of recession of a galaxy (due to the expansion of the universe) to its distance from the observer;

- the Hubble constant is not actually a constant, but is regarded as measuring the expansion rate today;

- syn. Hubble's parameter, Hubble constant, Hubble parameter;

Hubble's law
n1
(astronomy) the generalization that the speed of recession of distant galaxies (the red shift) is proportional to their distance from the observer;

- syn. Hubble law;

Hubble's parameter
n1
(cosmology) the ratio of the speed of recession of a galaxy (due to the expansion of the universe) to its distance from the observer;

- the Hubble constant is not actually a constant, but is regarded as measuring the expansion rate today;

- syn. Hubble's constant, Hubble constant, Hubble parameter;

hubble-bubble / h ʌ b ɫ b ʌ b ɫ /
n1
an oriental tobacco pipe with a long flexible tube connected to a container where the smoke is cooled by passing through water;

- "a bipolar world with the hookah and Turkish coffee versus hamburgers and Coca Cola";

- syn. calean, chicha, hookah, hubbly-bubbly, kalian, narghile, nargileh, sheesha, shisha, water pipe;

Hubble constant
n1
(cosmology) the ratio of the speed of recession of a galaxy (due to the expansion of the universe) to its distance from the observer;

- the Hubble constant is not actually a constant, but is regarded as measuring the expansion rate today;

- syn. Hubble's constant, Hubble's parameter, Hubble parameter;

Hubble law
n1
(astronomy) the generalization that the speed of recession of distant galaxies (the red shift) is proportional to their distance from the observer;

- syn. Hubble's law;

Hubble parameter
n1
(cosmology) the ratio of the speed of recession of a galaxy (due to the expansion of the universe) to its distance from the observer;

- the Hubble constant is not actually a constant, but is regarded as measuring the expansion rate today;

- syn. Hubble's constant, Hubble's parameter, Hubble constant;

hubbly-bubbly
n1
an oriental tobacco pipe with a long flexible tube connected to a container where the smoke is cooled by passing through water;

- "a bipolar world with the hookah and Turkish coffee versus hamburgers and Coca Cola";

- syn. calean, chicha, hookah, hubble-bubble, kalian, narghile, nargileh, sheesha, shisha, water pipe;

hubbub / h ʌ b ʌ b /
n1
loud confused noise from many sources;

- syn. brouhaha, katzenjammer, uproar;

hubby / h ʌ b i /
n1
a married man;

- a woman's partner in marriage;

- syn. husband, married man;

hubcap / h ʌ b k æ p /
n1
cap that fits over the hub of a wheel;

Hubel
n1
United States neuroscientist noted for his studies of the neural basis of vision (born in 1926);

- syn. David Hubel;

hubris / h j u b ɹ ɪ s /
n1
overbearing pride or presumption;

huck
n1
toweling consisting of coarse absorbent cotton or linen fabric;

- syn. huckaback;

Huck Finn
n1
a mischievous boy in a novel by Mark Twain;

- syn. Huckleberry Finn;

huckaback / h ʌ k ə b æ k /
n1
toweling consisting of coarse absorbent cotton or linen fabric;

- syn. huck;

huckleberry / h ʌ k ɫ b ə ɹ i /
n1
any of various dark-fruited as distinguished from blue-fruited blueberries;

n2
any of several shrubs of the genus Gaylussacia bearing small berries resembling blueberries;

n3
blue-black berry similar to blueberries and bilberries of the eastern United States;

Huckleberry Finn
n1
a mischievous boy in a novel by Mark Twain;

- syn. Huck Finn;

huckleberry oak
n1
a low spreading or prostrate shrub of southwestern United States with small acorns and leaves resembling those of the huckleberry;

- syn. Quercus vaccinifolia;

huckster / h ʌ k s t ə , h ʌ k s t ə ɹ /
n1
a seller of shoddy goods;

- syn. cheap-jack;

n2
a person who writes radio or tv advertisements;

v1
sell or offer for sale from place to place;

- syn. hawk, monger, peddle, pitch, vend;

v2
wrangle (over a price, terms of an agreement, etc.);

- "Let's not haggle over a few dollars";

- syn. chaffer, haggle, higgle;

HUD
n1
the United States federal department that administers federal programs dealing with better housing and urban renewal;

- created in 1965;

- syn. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Housing and Urban Development;

Huddie Leadbetter
n1
United States folk singer and composer (1885-1949);

- syn. Leadbelly, Ledbetter;

huddle / h ʌ d ɫ /
n1
(informal) a quick private conference;

- syn. powwow;

n2
a disorganized and densely packed crowd;

- "a huddle of frightened women";

v1
crowd or draw together;

- "let's huddle together--it's cold!";

- syn. huddle together;

v2
crouch or curl up;

- "They huddled outside in the rain";

- syn. cower;

huddle together
v1
crowd or draw together;

- "let's huddle together--it's cold!";

- syn. huddle;

huddled / h ʌ d ɫ d /
a1
crowded or massed together;

- "give me...your huddled masses";

- "the huddled sheep turned their backs against the wind";

- sim. crowded;

huddler / h ʌ d ɫ ə , h ʌ d ɫ ə ɹ /
n1
a member of a huddle;

n2
a person who crouches;

- "low huddlers against the wind";

hudood
n1
Islamic laws stating the limits ordained by Allah and including the deterrent punishments for serious crimes;

- syn. hudud;

Hudson
n1
a New York river;

- flows southward into New York Bay;

- explored by Henry Hudson early in the 17th century;

- syn. Hudson River;

n2
English naturalist (born in Argentina) (1841-1922);

- syn. W. H. Hudson, William Henry Hudson;

n3
English navigator who discovered the Hudson River;

- in 1610 he attempted to winter in Hudson Bay but his crew mutinied and set him adrift to die (1565-1611);

- syn. Henry Hudson;

Hudson Bay
n1
an inland sea in northern Canada;

Hudson bay collared lemming
n1
of northern Canada;

- syn. Dicrostonyx hudsonius;

Hudson Hoagland
n1
United States physiologist (1899-1982);

- syn. Hoagland;

Hudson River
n1
a New York river;

- flows southward into New York Bay;

- explored by Henry Hudson early in the 17th century;

- syn. Hudson;

Hudson River school
n1
the first coherent school of American art;

- active from 1825 to 1870;

- painted wilderness landscapes of the Hudson River valley and surrounding New England;

- syn. romantic realism;

hudson seal
n1
muskrat fur dressed to simulate sealskin;

Hudsonia
n1
small evergreen subshrubs of North America;

- syn. genus Hudsonia;

Hudsonia ericoides
n1
North American decumbent evergreen heathlike plant with yellow flowers;

- syn. false heather, golden heather;

Hudsonia tomentosa
n1
small heathlike plant covered with white down growing on beaches in northeastern North America;

- syn. beach heather, poverty grass;

Hudsonian godwit
n1
New World godwit;

- syn. Limosa haemastica;

hudud
n1
Islamic laws stating the limits ordained by Allah and including the deterrent punishments for serious crimes;

- syn. hudood;

hue / h j u /
n1
the quality of a color as determined by its dominant wavelength;

- syn. chromaticity;

v1
take on color or become colored;

- "In highlights it hued to a dull silver-grey";

v2
suffuse with color;

- syn. imbue;

hue and cry
n1
loud and persistent outcry from many people;

- "he ignored the clamor of the crowd";

- syn. clamor, clamoring, clamour, clamouring;

hueless / h j u ɫ ɛ s /
a1
of something totally lacking in saturation and therefore having no hue;

- sim. achromatic;

huff / h ʌ f /
n1
a state of irritation or annoyance;

- syn. miff, seeing red;

v1
inhale recreational drugs;

- "The addict was snorting cocaine almost every day";

- "the kids were huffing glue";

- syn. snort;

v2
blow hard and loudly;

- "he huffed and puffed as he made his way up the mountain";

- syn. chuff, puff;

huffily / h ʌ f ɪ ɫ i /
r1
in a huffy manner;

- "`Don't bother to call me back,' he said huffily";

huffiness / h ʌ f ɪ n ə s /
n1
a passing state of anger and resentment;

huffing / h ʌ f ɪ ŋ /
n1
an act of forcible exhalation;

- syn. puffing, snorting;

huffish / h ʌ f ɪ ʃ /
a1
sullen or moody;

- syn. sulky;

- sim. ill-natured;

huffishness / h ʌ f ɪ ʃ n ə s /
n1
a feeling of sulky resentment;

- syn. sulkiness;

huffy / h ʌ f i /
a1
quick to take offense;

- syn. feisty, thin-skinned, touchy;

- sim. sensitive;

a2
roused to anger;

- "stayed huffy a good while"- Mark Twain;

- "she gets mad when you wake her up so early";

- "mad at his friend";

- "sore over a remark";

- syn. mad, sore;

- sim. angry;

hug / h ʌ ɡ /
n1
a tight or amorous embrace;

- "come here and give me a big hug";

- syn. clinch, squeeze;

v1
hold (someone) tightly in your arms, usually with fondness;

- "Hug me, please";

- "They embraced";

- "He hugged her close to him";

- syn. bosom, embrace, squeeze;

v2
fit closely or tightly;

- "The dress hugged her hips";

hug-me-tight
n1
a woman's fitted jacket;

hug drug
n1
street names for methylenedioxymethamphetamine;

- syn. Adam, X, XTC, cristal, disco biscuit, ecstasy, go;

huge / h j u dʒ /
a1
unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope;

- "huge government spending";

- "huge country estates";

- "huge popular demand for higher education";

- "a huge wave";

- "the Los Angeles aqueduct winds like an immense snake along the base of the mountains";

- "immense numbers of birds";

- "at vast (or immense) expense";

- "the vast reaches of outer space";

- "the vast accumulation of knowledge...which we call civilization"- W.R.Inge;

- syn. Brobdingnagian, immense, vast;

- sim. large;

hugely / h j u dʒ ɫ i /
r1
extremely;

- "he was enormously popular";

- syn. enormously, staggeringly, tremendously;

hugger / h ʌ ɡ ə ɹ /
n1
a person who hugs;

hugger-mugger / h ʌ ɡ ə m ʌ ɡ ə , h ʌ ɡ ə m ʌ ɡ ə ɹ /
n1
a state of confusion;

- "he engaged in the hugger-mugger of international finance";

a1
in utter disorder;

- "a disorderly pile of clothes";

- syn. disorderly, higgledy-piggledy, jumbled, topsy-turvy;

- sim. untidy;

a2
conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods;

- "clandestine intelligence operations";

- "cloak-and-dagger activities behind enemy lines";

- "hole-and-corner intrigue";

- "secret missions";

- "a secret agent";

- "secret sales of arms";

- "surreptitious mobilization of troops";

- "an undercover investigation";

- "underground resistance";

- syn. clandestine, cloak-and-dagger, hole-and-corner, hush-hush, secret, surreptitious, undercover, underground;

- sim. covert;

r1
in secrecy;

- "they did it all hugger-mugger";

hugger mugger
v1
act stealthily or secretively;

hugging / h ʌ ɡ ɪ ŋ /
n1
affectionate play (or foreplay without contact with the genital organs);

- syn. caressing, cuddling, fondling, kissing, necking, petting, smooching, snuggling;

Huggins / h ʌ ɡ dʒ ɪ n z /
n1
English astronomer who pioneered spectroscopic analysis in astronomy and who discovered the red shift (1824-1910);

- syn. Sir William Huggins;

Hugh Capet
n1
King of France elected in 987 and founding the Capetian dynasty (940-996);

- syn. Capet;

Hugh Dowding
n1
British marshal of the RAF who commanded the British air defense forces that defeated the Luftwaffe during the Battle of Britain (1882-1970);

- syn. Baron Hugh Caswall Tremenheere Dowding, Dowding, Dowdy;

Hughes / h j u z /
n1
English poet (born in 1930);

- syn. Edward James Hughes, Ted Hughes;

n2
United States writer (1902-1967);

- syn. James Langston Hughes, Langston Hughes;

n3
United States industrialist who was an aviator and a film producer;

- during the last years of his life he was a total recluse (1905-1976);

- syn. Howard Hughes, Howard Robard Hughes;

n4
United States jurist who served as chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1862-1948);

- syn. Charles Evans Hughes;

Hugo
n1
French poet and novelist and dramatist;

- leader of the romantic movement in France (1802-1885);

- syn. Victor-Marie Hugo, Victor Hugo;

Hugo Alvar Henrik Aalto
n1
Finnish architect and designer of furniture (1898-1976);

- syn. Aalto, Alvar Aalto;

Hugo De Vries
n1
Dutch botanist who rediscovered Mendel's laws and developed the mutation theory of evolution (1848-1935);

- syn. De Vries, Hugo deVries, deVries;

Hugo deVries
n1
Dutch botanist who rediscovered Mendel's laws and developed the mutation theory of evolution (1848-1935);

- syn. De Vries, Hugo De Vries, deVries;

Hugo Grotius
n1
Dutch jurist and diplomat whose writings established the basis of modern international law (1583-1645);

- syn. Grotius, Huig de Groot;

Hugo Junkers
n1
German aircraft engineer who designed the first all-metal airplane (1859-1935);

- syn. Junkers;

Hugo von Hoffmannsthal
n1
German poet who wrote libretti for operas by Richard Strauss (1874-1929);

- syn. Hoffmannsthal;

Hugo Wolf
n1
Austrian composer (1860-1903);

- syn. Wolf;

Hugoesque
a1
in the manner of Victor Hugo;

Hugueninia
n1
one species: tansy-leaved rocket;

- syn. genus Hugueninia;

Hugueninia tanacetifolia
n1
perennial stellate and hairy herb with small yellow flowers of mountains of southern Europe;

- sometimes placed in genus Sisymbrium;

- syn. Sisymbrium tanacetifolia, tansy-leaved rocket;

Huguenot / h j u ɡ ə n oʊ /
n1
a French Calvinist of the 16th or 17th centuries;

Huig de Groot
n1
Dutch jurist and diplomat whose writings established the basis of modern international law (1583-1645);

- syn. Grotius, Hugo Grotius;

huisache
n1
tropical American thorny shrub or small tree;

- fragrant yellow flowers used in making perfumery;

- syn. Acacia farnesiana, cassie, flame tree, mimosa bush, scented wattle, sweet acacia, sweet wattle;

huitre
n1
edible body of any of numerous oysters;

- syn. oyster;

HUJI
n1
an extremist militant group in Pakistan occupied Kashmir that seeks an Islamic government and that has had close links and fought with the Taliban in Afghanistan;

- syn. Harakat ul-Jihad-I-Islami, Harkat-ul-Jihad-e-Islami;

hula / h u ɫ ə /
n1
a Polynesian rain dance performed by a woman;

- syn. Hawaiian dancing, hula-hula;

hula-hoop
n1
plaything consisting of a tubular plastic hoop for swinging around the hips;

hula-hula
n1
a Polynesian rain dance performed by a woman;

- syn. Hawaiian dancing, hula;

Huldreich Zwingli
n1
Swiss theologian whose sermons began the Reformation in Switzerland (1484-1531);

- syn. Ulrich Zwingli, Zwingli;

hulk / h ʌ ɫ k /
n1
a very large person;

- impressive in size or qualities;

- syn. giant, heavyweight, whale;

n2
a ship that has been wrecked and abandoned;

v1
appear very large or occupy a commanding position;

- "The huge sculpture predominates over the fountain";

- "Large shadows loomed on the canyon wall";

- syn. loom, predominate, tower;

hulking / h ʌ ɫ k ɪ ŋ /
a1
of great size and bulk;

- "a hulking figure of a man";

- "three hulking battleships";

- syn. hulky;

- sim. large;

hulky / h ʌ ɫ k i /
a1
of great size and bulk;

- "a hulking figure of a man";

- "three hulking battleships";

- syn. hulking;

- sim. large;

hull / h ʌ ɫ /
n1
dry outer covering of a fruit or seed or nut;

n2
persistent enlarged calyx at base of e.g. a strawberry or raspberry;

n3
United States naval officer who commanded the `Constitution' during the War of 1812 and won a series of brilliant victories against the British (1773-1843);

- syn. Isaac Hull;

n4
United States diplomat who did the groundwork for creating the United Nations (1871-1955);

- syn. Cordell Hull;

n5
a large fishing port in northeastern England;

- syn. Kingston-upon Hull;

n6
the frame or body of ship;

v1
remove the hulls from;

- "hull the berries";

hullabaloo / h ʌ ɫ ə b ə ɫ u /
n1
disturbance usually in protest;

- syn. agitation, excitement, turmoil, upheaval;

hullo / h ə ɫ oʊ /
n1
an expression of greeting;

- "every morning they exchanged polite hellos";

- syn. hello, hi, how-do-you-do, howdy;

Hulsea
n1
small genus of erect balsam-scented herbs;

- Pacific coast of the northwestern United States;

- syn. genus Hulsea;

Hulsea algida
n1
low tufted plant having hairy stems each topped by a flower head with short narrow yellow rays;

- northwestern United States;

- syn. alpine gold, alpine hulsea;

Hulsea nana
n1
similar to but smaller than alpine hulsea;

- syn. dwarf hulsea;

hum / h ʌ m /
n1
the state of being or appearing to be actively engaged in an activity;

- "they manifested all the busyness of a pack of beavers";

- "there is a constant hum of military preparation";

- syn. busyness;

n2
an Islamic fundamentalist group in Pakistan that fought the Soviet Union in Afghanistan in the 1980s;

- now operates as a terrorist organization primarily in Kashmir and seeks Kashmir's accession by Pakistan;

- syn. Al Faran, HUA, Harkat-ul-Mujahidin, Harkat ul-Ansar, Harkat ul-Mujahedeen, Movement of Holy Warriors;

n3
a humming noise;

- "the hum of distant traffic";

- syn. humming;

v1
sing with closed lips;

- "She hummed a melody";

v2
be noisy with activity;

- "This office is buzzing with activity";

- syn. buzz, seethe;

v3
sound with a monotonous hum;

- syn. thrum;

v4
make a low continuous sound;

- "The refrigerator is humming";

Hum-Vee
n1
a high mobility, multipurpose, military vehicle with four-wheel drive;

- syn. Humvee;

human / h j u m ə n /
n1
any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae characterized by superior intelligence, articulate speech, and erect carriage;

- syn. homo, human being, man;

a1
characteristic of humanity;

- "human nature";

a2
relating to a person;

- "the experiment was conducted on 6 monkeys and 2 human subjects";

a3
having human form or attributes as opposed to those of animals or divine beings;

- "human beings";

- "the human body";

- "human kindness";

- "human frailty";

- sim. anthropoid, anthropomorphic, earthborn, fallible, hominal, hominian, hominine;

human-centered
a1
marked by humanistic values and devotion to human welfare;

- "a humane physician";

- "released the prisoner for humanitarian reasons";

- "respect and humanistic regard for all members of our species";

- syn. human-centred, humanist, humanistic, humanitarian;

- sim. humane;

human-centred
a1
marked by humanistic values and devotion to human welfare;

- "a humane physician";

- "released the prisoner for humanitarian reasons";

- "respect and humanistic regard for all members of our species";

- syn. human-centered, humanist, humanistic, humanitarian;

- sim. humane;

human-sized
a1
having the approximate size of a human being;

- sim. sized;

human action
n1
something that people do or cause to happen;

- syn. act, deed, human activity;

human activity
n1
something that people do or cause to happen;

- syn. act, deed, human action;

human being
n1
any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae characterized by superior intelligence, articulate speech, and erect carriage;

- syn. homo, human, man;

human beings
n1
all of the living human inhabitants of the earth;

- "all the world loves a lover";

- "she always used `humankind' because `mankind' seemed to slight the women";

- syn. human race, humanity, humankind, humans, man, mankind, world;

human body
n1
alternative names for the body of a human being;

- "Leonardo studied the human body";

- "he has a strong physique";

- "the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak";

- syn. anatomy, bod, build, chassis, figure, flesh, form, frame, material body, physical body, physique, shape, soma;

human botfly
n1
large tropical American fly;

- parasitic on humans and other mammals;

- syn. Dermatobia hominis;

human chorionic gonadotrophin
n1
hormone produced early in pregnancy by the placenta;

- detection in the urine and serum is the basis for one kind of pregnancy test;

- syn. HCG, human chorionic gonadotropin;

human chorionic gonadotropin
n1
hormone produced early in pregnancy by the placenta;

- detection in the urine and serum is the basis for one kind of pregnancy test;

- syn. HCG, human chorionic gonadotrophin;

human death
n1
a death resulting from an accident or a disaster;

- "a decrease in the number of automobile fatalities";

- syn. fatality;

human dynamo
n1
a highly energetic and indefatigable person;

- syn. ball of fire, fireball, powerhouse;

human ecology
n1
the branch of sociology that studies the characteristics of human populations;

- syn. demography;

human elbow
n1
hinge joint between the forearm and upper arm and the corresponding joint in the forelimb of a quadruped;

- syn. articulatio cubiti, cubital joint, cubitus, elbow, elbow joint;

human face
n1
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear;

- "he washed his face";

- "I wish I had seen the look on his face when he got the news";

- syn. face;

human foot
n1
the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint;

- "his bare feet projected from his trousers";

- "armored from head to foot";

- syn. foot, pes;

human gamma globulin
n1
a plasma protein containing the immunoglobulins that are responsible for immune responses;

- syn. gamma globulin;

Human Genome Project
n1
an international study of the entire human genetic material;

human growth hormone
n1
a hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland;

- promotes growth in humans;

- syn. STH, growth hormone, somatotrophic hormone, somatotrophin, somatotropic hormone, somatotropin;

human head
n1
the head of a human being;

human immunodeficiency virus
n1
the virus that causes acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS);

- it replicates in and kills the helper T cells;

- syn. HIV;

human knee
n1
hinge joint in the human leg connecting the tibia and fibula with the femur and protected in front by the patella;

- syn. articulatio genus, genu, knee, knee joint;

human language technology
n1
the branch of information science that deals with natural language information;

- syn. NLP, natural language processing;

human nature
n1
the shared psychological attributes of humankind that are assumed to be shared by all human beings;

- "a great observer of human nature";

human palaeontology
n1
the scientific study of human fossils;

- syn. human paleontology, palaeoanthropology, paleoanthropology;

human paleontology
n1
the scientific study of human fossils;

- syn. human palaeontology, palaeoanthropology, paleoanthropology;

human papilloma virus
n1
any of a group of papovaviruses associated with genital or oral carcinomas or a group associated with benign genital tumors;

human process
n1
a process in which human beings are involved;

human race
n1
all of the living human inhabitants of the earth;

- "all the world loves a lover";

- "she always used `humankind' because `mankind' seemed to slight the women";

- syn. human beings, humanity, humankind, humans, man, mankind, world;

human relationship
n1
a relation between people;

- (`relationship' is often used where `relation' would serve, as in `the relationship between inflation and unemployment', but the preferred usage of `relationship' is for human relations or states of relatedness);

- "the relationship between mothers and their children";

- syn. relationship;

human remains pouch
n1
a bag in which the body of a dead soldier is placed;

- syn. body bag, personnel pouch;

human reproductive cloning
n1
the reproductive cloning of a sentient human being;

- generally considered ethically unacceptable;

human right
n1
(law) any basic right or freedom to which all human beings are entitled and in whose exercise a government may not interfere (including rights to life and liberty as well as freedom of thought and expression and equality before the law);

human T-cell leukemia virus-1
n1
retrovirus causing T-cell leukemia;

- syn. HTLV-1;

human waste
n1
the body wastes of human beings;

humane / h j u m eɪ n /
a1
pertaining to or concerned with the humanities;

- "humanistic studies";

- "a humane education";

- syn. humanist, humanistic;

a2
marked or motivated by concern with the alleviation of suffering;

- also civilised, civilized, compassionate, human, merciful;

- sim. child-centered, human-centered;

a3
showing evidence of moral and intellectual advancement;

- sim. civilized;

humanely / h j u m eɪ n ɫ i /
r1
in a humane manner;

- "let's treat the prisoners of war humanely";

humaneness / h j u m eɪ n n ɛ s /
n1
the quality of compassion or consideration for others (people or animals);

humanisation / h j u m ə n aɪ z eɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
the act of making more human;

- syn. humanization;

humanise / h ʌ m æ n ɪ s /
v1
make more humane;

- "The mayor tried to humanize life in the big city";

- syn. humanize;

humanism / h j u m ə n ɪ z ə m /
n1
the doctrine that people's duty is to promote human welfare;

- syn. humanitarianism;

n2
the doctrine emphasizing a person's capacity for self-realization through reason;

- rejects religion and the supernatural;

- syn. secular humanism;

n3
the cultural movement of the Renaissance;

- based on classical studies;

humanist / h j u m ə n ɪ s t /
n1
a classical scholar or student of the liberal arts;

n2
an advocate of the principles of humanism;

- someone concerned with the interests and welfare of humans;

- syn. humanitarian;

a1
of or pertaining to Renaissance humanism;

- "the humanistic revival of learning";

- syn. humanistic;

a2
of or pertaining to a philosophy asserting human dignity and man's capacity for fulfillment through reason and scientific method and often rejecting religion;

- "the humanist belief in continuous emergent evolution"- Wendell Thomas;

- syn. humanistic;

a3
pertaining to or concerned with the humanities;

- "humanistic studies";

- "a humane education";

- syn. humane, humanistic;

a4
marked by humanistic values and devotion to human welfare;

- "a humane physician";

- "released the prisoner for humanitarian reasons";

- "respect and humanistic regard for all members of our species";

- syn. human-centered, human-centred, humanistic, humanitarian;

- sim. humane;

humanistic / h j u m ə n ɪ s t ɪ k /
a1
of or pertaining to a philosophy asserting human dignity and man's capacity for fulfillment through reason and scientific method and often rejecting religion;

- "the humanist belief in continuous emergent evolution"- Wendell Thomas;

- syn. humanist;

a2
of or pertaining to Renaissance humanism;

- "the humanistic revival of learning";

- syn. humanist;

a3
pertaining to or concerned with the humanities;

- "humanistic studies";

- "a humane education";

- syn. humane, humanist;

a4
marked by humanistic values and devotion to human welfare;

- "a humane physician";

- "released the prisoner for humanitarian reasons";

- "respect and humanistic regard for all members of our species";

- syn. human-centered, human-centred, humanist, humanitarian;

- sim. humane;

humanistic discipline
n1
studies intended to provide general knowledge and intellectual skills (rather than occupational or professional skills);

- "the college of arts and sciences";

- syn. arts, humanities, liberal arts;

humanitarian / h j u m æ n ɪ t eə ɹ ɪə n /
n1
someone devoted to the promotion of human welfare and to social reforms;

- syn. do-gooder, improver;

n2
an advocate of the principles of humanism;

- someone concerned with the interests and welfare of humans;

- syn. humanist;

a1
marked by humanistic values and devotion to human welfare;

- "a humane physician";

- "released the prisoner for humanitarian reasons";

- "respect and humanistic regard for all members of our species";

- syn. human-centered, human-centred, humanist, humanistic;

- sim. humane;

a2
of or relating to or characteristic of humanitarianism;

- "humanitarian aid";

humanitarianism / h j u m æ n ɪ t eə ɹ ɪə n ɪ z ə m /
n1
the doctrine that people's duty is to promote human welfare;

- syn. humanism;

humanities / h j u m æ n ɪ t ɪ z /
n1
studies intended to provide general knowledge and intellectual skills (rather than occupational or professional skills);

- "the college of arts and sciences";

- syn. arts, humanistic discipline, liberal arts;

humanity / h j u m æ n ɪ t i /
n1
the quality of being humane;

n2
the quality of being human;

- "he feared the speedy decline of all manhood";

- syn. humanness, manhood;

n3
all of the living human inhabitants of the earth;

- "all the world loves a lover";

- "she always used `humankind' because `mankind' seemed to slight the women";

- syn. human beings, human race, humankind, humans, man, mankind, world;

humanization / h j u m ə n aɪ z eɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
the act of making more human;

- syn. humanisation;

humanize / h j u m ə n aɪ z /
v1
make more humane;

- "The mayor tried to humanize life in the big city";

- syn. humanise;

humankind / h j u m ə n k aɪ n d /
n1
all of the living human inhabitants of the earth;

- "all the world loves a lover";

- "she always used `humankind' because `mankind' seemed to slight the women";

- syn. human beings, human race, humanity, humans, man, mankind, world;

humanlike / h j u m ə n ɫ aɪ k /
a1
suggesting human characteristics for animals or inanimate things;

- syn. anthropomorphic, anthropomorphous;

- sim. human;

humanly / h j u m ə n ɫ i /
r1
in the manner of human beings;

- "humanly possible";

humanness / h j u m ə n n ɛ s /
n1
the quality of being human;

- "he feared the speedy decline of all manhood";

- syn. humanity, manhood;

humanoid
n1
an automaton that resembles a human being;

- syn. android, mechanical man;

humans / h j u m ə n z /
n1
all of the living human inhabitants of the earth;

- "all the world loves a lover";

- "she always used `humankind' because `mankind' seemed to slight the women";

- syn. human beings, human race, humanity, humankind, man, mankind, world;

humate
n1
material that is high in humic acids;

Humber / h ʌ m b ə /
n1
an estuary in central northeastern England formed by the Ouse River and the Trent River;

Humber Bridge
n1
a suspension bridge at Hull, England;

- 4,626 feet long;

humble / h ʌ m b ɫ /
v1
cause to be unpretentious;

- "This experience will humble him";

v2
cause to feel shame;

- hurt the pride of;

- "He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss";

- syn. abase, chagrin, humiliate, mortify;

a1
low or inferior in station or quality;

- "a humble cottage";

- "a lowly parish priest";

- "a modest man of the people";

- "small beginnings";

- syn. low, lowly, modest, small;

- sim. inferior;

a2
marked by meekness or modesty;

- not arrogant or prideful;

- "a humble apology";

- "essentially humble...and self-effacing, he achieved the highest formal honors and distinctions"- B.K.Malinowski;

- also modest;

- sim. broken, meek;

a3
used of unskilled work (especially domestic work);

- syn. lowly, menial;

- sim. unskilled;

a4
of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense);

- "baseborn wretches with dirty faces";

- "of humble (or lowly) birth";

- syn. base, baseborn, lowly;

- sim. lowborn;

humble plant
n1
prostrate or semi-erect subshrub of tropical America, and Australia;

- heavily armed with recurved thorns and having sensitive soft grey-green leaflets that fold and droop at night or when touched or cooled;

- syn. Mimosa pudica, action plant, live-and-die, sensitive plant, shame plant, touch-me-not;

humblebee / h ʌ m b ɫ b i /
n1
robust hairy social bee of temperate regions;

- syn. bumblebee;

humbled / h ʌ m b ɫ d /
a1
subdued or brought low in condition or status;

- "brought low";

- "a broken man";

- "his broken spirit";

- syn. broken, crushed, humiliated, low;

- sim. humble;

humbleness / h ʌ m b ɫ n ə s /
n1
the state of being humble and unimportant;

- syn. lowliness, obscureness, unimportance;

n2
a humble feeling;

- "he was filled with humility at the sight of the Pope";

- syn. humility;

n3
a disposition to be humble;

- a lack of false pride;

- "not everyone regards humility as a virtue";

- syn. humility;

humbling / h ʌ m b ɫ ɪ ŋ /
a1
causing awareness of your shortcomings;

- "golf is a humbling game";

- syn. demeaning, humiliating, mortifying;

- sim. undignified;

humbly / h ʌ m b ɫ i /
r1
in a humble manner;

- "he humbly lowered his head";

- syn. meekly;

r2
in a miserly manner;

- "they lived meanly and without ostentation";

- syn. meanly;

Humboldt
n1
German philologist noted for his studies of the relation between language and culture (1767-1835);

- syn. Baron Karl Wilhelm von Humboldt, Baron Wilhelm von Humboldt;

n2
German naturalist who explored Central and South America and provided a comprehensive description of the physical universe (1769-1859);

- syn. Baron Alexander von Humboldt, Baron Friedrich Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt;

Humboldt current
n1
a cold ocean current that flows north along the Pacific Coast of South America before turning west;

- syn. Peruvian current;

humbug / h ʌ m b ʌ ɡ /
n1
pretentious or silly talk or writing;

- syn. baloney, bilgewater, boloney, bosh, drool, taradiddle, tarradiddle, tommyrot, tosh, twaddle;

n2
communication (written or spoken) intended to deceive;

- syn. snake oil;

n3
something intended to deceive;

- deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage;

- syn. dupery, fraud, fraudulence, hoax, put-on;

v1
trick or deceive;

humdinger / h ʌ m d ɪ ŋ ə , h ʌ m d ɪ ŋ ə ɹ /
n1
someone of remarkable excellence;

- "a humdinger of a secretary";

humdrum / h ʌ m d ɹ ʌ m /
n1
the quality of wearisome constancy, routine, and lack of variety;

- "he had never grown accustomed to the monotony of his work";

- "he was sick of the humdrum of his fellow prisoners";

- "he hated the sameness of the food the college served";

- syn. monotony, sameness;

a1
not challenging;

- dull and lacking excitement;

- "an unglamorous job greasing engines";

- syn. commonplace, prosaic, unglamorous, unglamourous;

- sim. unexciting;

a2
tediously repetitious or lacking in variety;

- "a humdrum existence;

- all work and no play";

- "nothing is so monotonous as the sea";

- syn. monotonous;

- sim. dull;

Hume
n1
Scottish philosopher skeptical philosophy restricted human knowledge to that which can be perceived by the senses (1711-1776);

- syn. David Hume;

Hume Blake Cronyn
n1
Canadian actor who frequently played character parts with his wife Jessica Tandy (1911-2003);

- syn. Cronyn, Hume Cronyn;

Hume Cronyn
n1
Canadian actor who frequently played character parts with his wife Jessica Tandy (1911-2003);

- syn. Cronyn, Hume Blake Cronyn;

humectant
n1
any substance that is added to another substance to keep it moist;

humeral veil
n1
a vestment worn by a priest at High Mass in the Roman Catholic Church;

- a silk shawl;

- syn. veil;

humerus / h j u m ə ɹ ə s /
n1
bone extending from the shoulder to the elbow;

humic
a1
of or relating to or derived from humus;

- "humic acid";

humic acid
n1
a dark brown humic substance that is soluble in water only at pH values greater than 2;

- "the half-life of humic acid is measured in centuries";

humic shale
n1
shale that is rich in humic acids;

humic substance
n1
an organic residue of decaying organic matter;

humid / h j u m ɪ d /
a1
containing or characterized by a great deal of water vapor;

- "humid air";

- "humid weather";

- sim. wet;

humidifier / h j u m ɪ d ɪ f aɪ ə /
n1
an appliance designed to add moisture to the air in a building;

- "The humidifier assures the appropriate moisture level for our paintings";

humidify / h j u m ɪ d ɪ f aɪ /
v1
make (more) humid;

- "We have a machine that humidifies the air in the house";

- syn. moisturise, moisturize;

humidity / h j u m ɪ d ɪ t i /
n1
wetness in the atmosphere;

- syn. humidness;

humidness / h j u m ɪ d n ə s /
n1
wetness in the atmosphere;

- syn. humidity;

humification
n1
the process of the formation of humus from plant remains;

humified
a1
converted to humus;

- "humified soil";

humify
v1
convert (plant remains) into humus;

humiliate / h j u m ɪ ɫ ɪ eɪ t /
v1
cause to feel shame;

- hurt the pride of;

- "He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss";

- syn. abase, chagrin, humble, mortify;

humiliated / h j u m ɪ ɫ ɪ eɪ t ɪ d /
a1
subdued or brought low in condition or status;

- "brought low";

- "a broken man";

- "his broken spirit";

- syn. broken, crushed, humbled, low;

- sim. humble;

a2
made to feel uncomfortable because of shame or wounded pride;

- "too embarrassed to say hello to his drunken father on the street";

- "humiliated that his wife had to go out to work";

- "felt mortified by the comparison with her sister";

- syn. embarrassed, mortified;

- sim. ashamed;

humiliating / h j u m ɪ ɫ ɪ eɪ t ɪ ŋ /
a1
causing awareness of your shortcomings;

- "golf is a humbling game";

- syn. demeaning, humbling, mortifying;

- sim. undignified;

humiliatingly / h j u m ɪ ɫ ɪ eɪ t ɪ ŋ ɫ i /
r1
in a humiliating manner;

- "the painting was reproduced humiliatingly small";

- syn. demeaningly;

humiliation / h j u m ɪ ɫ ɪ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
state of disgrace or loss of self-respect;

n2
strong feelings of embarrassment;

- syn. chagrin, mortification;

n3
an instance in which you are caused to lose your prestige or self-respect;

- "he had to undergo one humiliation after another";

- syn. mortification;

n4
depriving one of self-esteem;

- syn. abasement;

humility / h j u m ɪ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
a disposition to be humble;

- a lack of false pride;

- "not everyone regards humility as a virtue";

- syn. humbleness;

n2
a humble feeling;

- "he was filled with humility at the sight of the Pope";

- syn. humbleness;

humin
n1
a black humic substance that is not soluble in water;

hummer
n1
a singer who produces a tune without opening the lips or forming words;

n2
(baseball) a pitch thrown with maximum velocity;

- "he swung late on the fastball";

- "he showed batters nothing but smoke";

- syn. bullet, fastball, heater, smoke;

humming / h ʌ m ɪ ŋ /
n1
a humming noise;

- "the hum of distant traffic";

- syn. hum;

n2
the act of singing with closed lips;

humming bird's trumpet
n1
shrublet of southwestern United States to Mexico having brilliant scarlet flowers;

- syn. California fuchsia, Epilobium canum canum, Zauschneria californica;

humming top
n1
a top that makes a humming noise as it spins;

hummingbird / h ʌ m ɪ ŋ b ɝ d /
n1
tiny American bird having brilliant iridescent plumage and long slender bills;

- wings are specialized for vibrating flight;

hummingbird moth
n1
any of various moths with long narrow forewings capable of powerful flight and hovering over flowers to feed;

- syn. hawk moth, hawkmoth, sphingid, sphinx moth;

hummock / h ʌ m ə k /
n1
a small natural hill;

- syn. hammock, hillock, knoll, mound;

hummus
n1
a thick spread made from mashed chickpeas, tahini, lemon juice and garlic;

- used especially as a dip for pita;

- originated in the Middle East;

- syn. hommos, hoummos, humous, humus;

humongous
a1
(used informally) very large;

- "a thumping loss";

- syn. banging, thumping, walloping, whopping;

- sim. large;

humor / h j u m ə ɹ /
n1
a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter;

- syn. humour, wit, witticism, wittiness;

n2
the trait of appreciating (and being able to express) the humorous;

- "she didn't appreciate my humor";

- "you can't survive in the army without a sense of humor";

- syn. humour, sense of humor, sense of humour;

n3
a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling;

- "whether he praised or cursed me depended on his temper at the time";

- "he was in a bad humor";

- syn. humour, mood, temper;

n4
the quality of being funny;

- "I fail to see the humor in it";

- syn. humour;

n5
(Middle Ages) one of the four fluids in the body whose balance was believed to determine your emotional and physical state;

- "the humors are blood and phlegm and yellow and black bile";

- syn. humour;

n6
the liquid parts of the body;

- syn. bodily fluid, body fluid, humour, liquid body substance;

v1
put into a good mood;

- syn. humour;

humoral / h j u m ə ɹ ə ɫ /
a1
of or relating to bodily fluids;

humoral immune response
n1
an immune response (chiefly against bacterial invasion) that is mediated by B cells;

humoring / h j u m ə ɹ ɪ ŋ /
n1
the act of indulging or gratifying a desire;

- syn. indulgence, indulging, pampering;

humorist / h j u m ə ɹ ɪ s t /
n1
someone who acts speaks or writes in an amusing way;

- syn. humourist;

humorless / h j u m ə ɹ ɫ ɛ s /
a1
lacking humor;

- "it was a humorless wink;

- a wink of warning"- Truman Capote;

- syn. humourless, unhumorous;

- sim. po-faced, sobersided, unfunny;

humorlessly / h j u m ə ɹ ɫ ɛ z s ɫ aɪ /
r1
in a humorless manner;

- "he reacted rather humorlessly to these rumors";

- syn. humourlessly;

humorous / h j u m ə ɹ ə s /
a1
full of or characterized by humor;

- "humorous stories";

- "humorous cartoons";

- "in a humorous vein";

- syn. humourous;

- also pleasing;

- sim. Gilbertian, amusing, bantering, buffoonish, droll, dry, farcical, hilarious, jesting, killing, seriocomic, slapstick, tragicomic, waggish, witty;

humorously / h j u m ə ɹ ə s ɫ i /
r1
in a humorous manner;

- "Dickens had humorously suggested a special service of intercession at St. Paul's Cathedral";

humorousness / h j u m ə ɹ ə s n ə s /
n1
the trait of merry joking;

- syn. jocoseness, jocosity, merriness;

humour / h j u m ə , h j u m ə ɹ /
n1
a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling;

- "whether he praised or cursed me depended on his temper at the time";

- "he was in a bad humor";

- syn. humor, mood, temper;

n2
a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter;

- syn. humor, wit, witticism, wittiness;

n3
(Middle Ages) one of the four fluids in the body whose balance was believed to determine your emotional and physical state;

- "the humors are blood and phlegm and yellow and black bile";

- syn. humor;

n4
the liquid parts of the body;

- syn. bodily fluid, body fluid, humor, liquid body substance;

n5
the quality of being funny;

- "I fail to see the humor in it";

- syn. humor;

n6
the trait of appreciating (and being able to express) the humorous;

- "she didn't appreciate my humor";

- "you can't survive in the army without a sense of humor";

- syn. humor, sense of humor, sense of humour;

v1
put into a good mood;

- syn. humor;

humourist / h j u m ə ɹ ɪ s t /
n1
someone who acts speaks or writes in an amusing way;

- syn. humorist;

humourless / h j u m ə ɫ ɪ s /
a1
lacking humor;

- "it was a humorless wink;

- a wink of warning"- Truman Capote;

- syn. humorless, unhumorous;

- sim. po-faced, sobersided, unfunny;

humourlessly / h j u m ə ɫ ɛ z s ɫ aɪ /
r1
in a humorless manner;

- "he reacted rather humorlessly to these rumors";

- syn. humorlessly;

humourous
a1
full of or characterized by humor;

- "humorous stories";

- "humorous cartoons";

- "in a humorous vein";

- syn. humorous;

- also pleasing;

- sim. Gilbertian, amusing, bantering, buffoonish, droll, dry, farcical, hilarious, jesting, killing, seriocomic, slapstick, tragicomic, waggish, witty;

humous
n1
a thick spread made from mashed chickpeas, tahini, lemon juice and garlic;

- used especially as a dip for pita;

- originated in the Middle East;

- syn. hommos, hoummos, hummus, humus;

hump / h ʌ m p /
n1
something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings;

- "the gun in his pocket made an obvious bulge";

- "the hump of a camel";

- "he stood on the rocky prominence";

- "the occipital protuberance was well developed";

- "the bony excrescence between its horns";

- syn. bulge, bump, excrescence, extrusion, gibbosity, gibbousness, jut, prominence, protrusion, protuberance, swelling;

v1
round one's back by bending forward and drawing the shoulders forward;

- syn. hunch, hunch forward, hunch over;

v2
have sexual intercourse with;

- "This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm";

- "Adam knew Eve";

- "Were you ever intimate with this man?";

- syn. bang, be intimate, bed, bonk, do it, eff, fuck, get it on, get laid, have a go at it, have intercourse, have it away, have it off, have sex, jazz, know, lie with, love, make love, make out, roll in the hay, screw, sleep together, sleep with;

humpback / h ʌ m p b æ k /
n1
an abnormal backward curve to the vertebral column;

- syn. hunchback, kyphosis;

n2
a person whose back is hunched because of abnormal curvature of the upper spine;

- syn. crookback, hunchback;

n3
large whalebone whale with long flippers noted for arching or humping its back as it dives;

- syn. Megaptera novaeangliae, humpback whale;

humpback whale
n1
large whalebone whale with long flippers noted for arching or humping its back as it dives;

- syn. Megaptera novaeangliae, humpback;

humpbacked / h ʌ m p b æ k t /
a1
characteristic of or suffering from kyphosis, an abnormality of the vertebral column;

- syn. crookback, crookbacked, gibbous, humped, hunchbacked, kyphotic;

- sim. unfit;

humped / h ʌ m p t /
a1
characteristic of or suffering from kyphosis, an abnormality of the vertebral column;

- syn. crookback, crookbacked, gibbous, humpbacked, hunchbacked, kyphotic;

- sim. unfit;

Humperdinck
n1
German composer of six operas and other incidental music (1854-1921);

- syn. Engelbert Humperdinck;

Humphrey Bogart
n1
United States film actor (1899-1957);

- syn. Bogart, Humphrey DeForest Bogart;

Humphrey Davy
n1
English chemist who was a pioneer in electrochemistry and who used it to isolate elements sodium and potassium and barium and boron and calcium and magnesium and chlorine (1778-1829);

- syn. Davy, Sir Humphrey Davy;

Humphrey DeForest Bogart
n1
United States film actor (1899-1957);

- syn. Bogart, Humphrey Bogart;

Humphrey Gilbert
n1
English navigator who in 1583 established in Newfoundland the first English colony in North America (1539-1583);

- syn. Gilbert, Sir Humphrey Gilbert;

Humpty Dumpty
n1
an egg-shaped character in a nursery rhyme who fell off a wall and could not be put back together again (late 17th century);

Humulin
n1
a form of insulin (trade name Humulin) made from recombinant DNA that is identical to human insulin;

- used to treat diabetics who are allergic to preparations made from beef or pork insulin;

- syn. recombinant human insulin;

Humulus
n1
hops: hardy perennial vines of Europe, North America and central and eastern Asia producing a latex sap;

- in some classifications included in the family Urticaceae;

- syn. genus Humulus;

Humulus americanus
n1
native American plant sometimes confused with the European hop;

- syn. American hop;

Humulus japonicus
n1
ornamental vine native to eastern Asia;

- cultivated for its variegated foliage;

- syn. Japanese hop;

Humulus lupulus
n1
European twining plant whose flowers are used chiefly to flavor malt liquors;

- cultivated in America;

- syn. European hop, bine, common hop, common hops;

humus / h j u m ə s /
n1
partially decomposed organic matter;

- the organic component of soil;

n2
a thick spread made from mashed chickpeas, tahini, lemon juice and garlic;

- used especially as a dip for pita;

- originated in the Middle East;

- syn. hommos, hoummos, hummus, humous;

Humvee
n1
a high mobility, multipurpose, military vehicle with four-wheel drive;

- syn. Hum-Vee;

Hun / h ʌ n /
n1
a member of a nomadic people who invaded Europe in the 4th century;

n2
offensive term for a person of German descent;

- syn. Boche, Jerry, Kraut, Krauthead;

Hunan
n1
a province in southeastern central China between the Nan Ling mountains and the Chang Jiang;

- noted for its timber and valuable mineral resources;

- syn. Hunan province;

Hunan province
n1
a province in southeastern central China between the Nan Ling mountains and the Chang Jiang;

- noted for its timber and valuable mineral resources;

- syn. Hunan;

hunch / h ʌ n tʃ /
n1
an impression that something might be the case;

- "he had an intuition that something had gone wrong";

- syn. intuition, suspicion;

n2
the act of bending yourself into a humped position;

v1
round one's back by bending forward and drawing the shoulders forward;

- syn. hump, hunch forward, hunch over;

hunch forward
v1
round one's back by bending forward and drawing the shoulders forward;

- syn. hump, hunch, hunch over;

hunch over
v1
round one's back by bending forward and drawing the shoulders forward;

- syn. hump, hunch, hunch forward;

hunchback / h ʌ n tʃ b æ k /
n1
an abnormal backward curve to the vertebral column;

- syn. humpback, kyphosis;

n2
a person whose back is hunched because of abnormal curvature of the upper spine;

- syn. crookback, humpback;

hunchbacked / h ʌ n tʃ b æ k t /
a1
characteristic of or suffering from kyphosis, an abnormality of the vertebral column;

- syn. crookback, crookbacked, gibbous, humpbacked, humped, kyphotic;

- sim. unfit;

hunched / h ʌ n tʃ t /
a1
having the back and shoulders rounded;

- not erect;

- "a little oldish misshapen stooping woman";

- syn. crooked, round-backed, round-shouldered, stooped, stooping;

- sim. unerect;

hundred / h ʌ n d ɹ ə d /
n1
ten 10s;

- syn. 100, C, century, one C;

a1
being ten more than ninety;

- syn. 100, c, one hundred;

- sim. cardinal;

hundred-and-eightieth
a1
the ordinal number of one hundred eighty in counting order;

- syn. 180th;

- sim. ordinal;

hundred-and-fifteenth
a1
the ordinal number of one hundred fifteen in counting order;

- syn. 115th;

- sim. ordinal;

hundred-and-fifth
a1
the ordinal number of one hundred five in counting order;

- syn. 105th;

- sim. ordinal;

hundred-and-fiftieth
a1
the ordinal number of one hundred fifty in counting order;

- syn. 150th;

- sim. ordinal;

hundred-and-fifty-fifth
a1
the ordinal number of one hundred fifty-five in counting order;

- syn. 155th;

- sim. ordinal;

hundred-and-first
a1
the ordinal number of one hundred one in counting order;

- syn. 101st;

- sim. ordinal;

hundred-and-fortieth
a1
the ordinal number of one hundred forty in counting order;

- syn. 140th;

- sim. ordinal;

hundred-and-forty-fifth
a1
the ordinal number of one hundred forty-five in counting order;

- syn. 145th;

- sim. ordinal;

hundred-and-ninetieth
a1
the ordinal number of one hundred eighty-five in counting order;

- syn. 190th;

- sim. ordinal;

hundred-and-seventieth
a1
the ordinal number of one hundred seventy in counting order;

- syn. 170th;

- sim. ordinal;

hundred-and-seventy-fifth
a1
the ordinal number of one hundred seventy-five in counting order;

- syn. 175th;

- sim. ordinal;

hundred-and-sixtieth
a1
the ordinal number of one hundred sixty in counting order;

- syn. 160th;

- sim. ordinal;

hundred-and-sixty-fifth
a1
the ordinal number of one hundred sixty-five in counting order;

- syn. 165th;

- sim. ordinal;

hundred-and-tenth
a1
the ordinal number of one hundred ten in counting order;

- syn. 110th;

- sim. ordinal;

hundred-and-thirtieth
a1
the ordinal number of one hundred thirty in counting order;

- syn. 130th;

- sim. ordinal;

hundred-and-thirty-fifth
a1
the ordinal number of one hundred thirty-five in counting order;

- syn. 135th;

- sim. ordinal;

hundred-and-twentieth
a1
the ordinal number of one hundred twenty in counting order;

- syn. 120th;

- sim. ordinal;

hundred-and-twenty-fifth
a1
the ordinal number of one hundred twenty-five in counting order;

- syn. 125th;

- sim. ordinal;

hundred-percenter
n1
an extreme bellicose nationalist;

- syn. chauvinist, flag-waver, jingo, jingoist, patrioteer;

hundred and one
a1
being one more than one hundred;

- syn. 101, ci, one hundred one;

- sim. cardinal;

hundred dollar bill
n1
a United States bill worth 100 dollars;

- syn. c-note;

hundred thousand
n1
the cardinal number that is the fifth power of ten;

- syn. 100000, lakh;

a1
(in Roman numerals, C written with a macron over it) denoting a quantity consisting of 100,000 items or units;

- sim. cardinal;

Hundred Years' War
n1
the series of wars fought intermittently between France and England;

- 1337-1453;

hundredfold / h ʌ n d ɹ ə d f oʊ ɫ d /
r1
by a factor of one hundred;

- "they money increased a hundredfold";

- syn. a hundred times;

hundredth / h ʌ n d ɹ ə d θ /
n1
position 100 in a countable series of things;

n2
one part in a hundred equal parts;

- syn. one-hundredth, one percent;

a1
the ordinal number of one hundred in counting order;

- syn. 100th, centesimal;

- sim. ordinal;

hundredweight / h ʌ n d ɹ ə d w eɪ t /
n1
a unit of weight equal to 100 kilograms;

- syn. centner, doppelzentner, metric hundredweight;

n2
a United States unit of weight equivalent to 100 pounds;

- syn. cental, centner, cwt, quintal, short hundredweight;

n3
a British unit of weight equivalent to 112 pounds;

- syn. cwt, long hundredweight;

hung jury
n1
a jury that is unable to agree on a verdict (the result is a mistrial);

Hungarian / h ʌ ŋ ɡ eə ɹ ɪə n /
n1
a native or inhabitant of Hungary;

- syn. Magyar;

n2
the official language of Hungary (also spoken in Rumania);

- belongs to the Ugric family of languages;

- syn. Magyar;

a1
relating to or characteristic of Hungary;

- "Hungarian folk music";

- syn. Magyar;

Hungarian capital
n1
capital and largest city of Hungary;

- located on the Danube River in north-central Hungary;

- syn. Budapest, capital of Hungary;

Hungarian goulash
n1
a rich meat stew highly seasoned with paprika;

- syn. goulash, gulyas;

Hungarian grass
n1
coarse drought-resistant annual grass grown for grain, hay, and forage in Europe and Asia and chiefly for forage and hay in United States;

- syn. Italian millet, Setaria italica, foxtail millet;

Hungarian lilac
n1
central European upright shrub having elliptic leaves and upright clusters of lilac or deep violet flowers;

- syn. Syringa josikaea, Syringa josikea;

Hungarian monetary unit
n1
monetary unit in Hungary;

Hungarian partridge
n1
common European partridge;

- syn. Perdix perdix, gray partridge, grey partridge;

Hungarian pointer
n1
Hungarian hunting dog resembling the Weimaraner but having a rich deep red coat;

- syn. vizsla;

Hungarian sauce
n1
veloute sauce with sauteed chopped onion and paprika and cream;

- syn. paprika sauce;

Hungary / h ʌ ŋ ɡ ə ɹ i /
n1
a republic in central Europe;

- syn. Magyarorszag, Republic of Hungary;

hunger / h ʌ ŋ ɡ ə , h ʌ ŋ ɡ ə ɹ /
n1
a physiological need for food;

- the consequence of food deprivation;

- syn. hungriness;

n2
strong desire for something (not food or drink);

- "a thirst for knowledge";

- "hunger for affection";

- syn. hungriness, thirst, thirstiness;

v1
feel the need to eat;

v2
have a craving, appetite, or great desire for;

- syn. crave, lust, starve, thirst;

v3
be hungry;

- go without food;

- "Let's eat--I'm starving!";

- syn. famish, starve;

hunger march
n1
a march of protest or demonstration by the unemployed;

hunger marcher
n1
an unemployed person who participates in a hunger march;

hunger strike
n1
a voluntary fast undertaken as a means of protest;

hungrily / h ʌ ŋ ɡ ɹ ə ɫ i /
r1
in the manner of someone who is very hungry;

- "he pounced on the food hungrily";

- syn. ravenously;

hungriness
n1
a physiological need for food;

- the consequence of food deprivation;

- syn. hunger;

n2
prolonged unfulfilled desire or need;

- syn. longing, yearning;

n3
strong desire for something (not food or drink);

- "a thirst for knowledge";

- "hunger for affection";

- syn. hunger, thirst, thirstiness;

hungry / h ʌ ŋ ɡ ɹ i /
a1
feeling hunger;

- feeling a need or desire to eat food;

- "a world full of hungry people";

- sim. empty, famished, peckish, supperless;

a2
(usually followed by `for') extremely desirous;

- "athirst for knowledge";

- "hungry for recognition";

- "thirsty for information";

- syn. athirst, thirsty;

- sim. desirous;

hunk / h ʌ ŋ k /
n1
a well-built sexually attractive man;

n2
a large piece of something without definite shape;

- "a hunk of bread";

- "a lump of coal";

- syn. lump;

hunker / h ʌ ŋ k ə , h ʌ ŋ k ə ɹ /
v1
sit on one's heels;

- "In some cultures, the women give birth while squatting";

- "The children hunkered down to protect themselves from the sandstorm";

- syn. crouch, hunker down, scrunch, scrunch up, squat;

hunker down
v1
sit on one's heels;

- "In some cultures, the women give birth while squatting";

- "The children hunkered down to protect themselves from the sandstorm";

- syn. crouch, hunker, scrunch, scrunch up, squat;

v2
take shelter;

- "During the sandstorm, they hunkered down in a small hut";

v3
hold stubbornly to a position;

- "The wife hunkered down and the husband's resistance began to break down";

Hunkpapa
n1
a member of the Siouan people who constituted a division of the Teton Sioux and who formerly lived in the western Dakotas;

- they were prominent in resisting the white encroachment into the northern Great Plains;

n2
a Siouan language spoken by the Hunkpapa;

hunky-dory
a1
being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition;

- "an all-right movie";

- "the passengers were shaken up but are all right";

- "is everything all right?";

- "everything's fine";

- "things are okay";

- "dinner and the movies had been fine";

- "another minute I'd have been fine";

- syn. all right, cool, fine, o.k., ok, okay;

- sim. satisfactory;

Hunnemania fumariifolia
n1
native of Mexican highlands grown for its glossy clear yellow flowers and blue-grey finely dissected foliage;

- syn. Mexican tulip poppy, golden cup;

Hunnemannia
n1
one species: golden cup;

- syn. genus Hunnemania;

Hunt / h ʌ n t /
n1
Englishman and Pre-Raphaelite painter (1827-1910);

- syn. Holman Hunt, William Holman Hunt;

n2
United States architect (1827-1895);

- syn. Richard Morris Hunt;

n3
British writer who defended the Romanticism of Keats and Shelley (1784-1859);

- syn. James Henry Leigh Hunt, Leigh Hunt;

n4
an association of huntsmen who hunt for sport;

- syn. hunt club;

n5
an instance of searching for something;

- "the hunt for submarines";

n6
the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone;

- syn. hunting, search;

n7
the work of finding and killing or capturing animals for food or pelts;

- syn. hunting;

n8
the pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport;

- syn. hunting;

v1
pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals);

- "Goering often hunted wild boars in Poland";

- "The dogs are running deer";

- "The Duke hunted in these woods";

- syn. hunt down, run, track down;

v2
pursue or chase relentlessly;

- "The hunters traced the deer into the woods";

- "the detectives hounded the suspect until they found him";

- syn. hound, trace;

v3
chase away, with as with force;

- "They hunted the unwanted immigrants out of the neighborhood";

v4
yaw back and forth about a flight path;

- "the plane's nose yawed";

v5
oscillate about a desired speed, position, or state to an undesirable extent;

- "The oscillator hunts about the correct frequency";

v6
seek, search for;

- "She hunted for her reading glasses but was unable to locate them";

v7
search (an area) for prey;

- "The King used to hunt these forests";

hunt club
n1
an association of huntsmen who hunt for sport;

- syn. hunt;

hunt down
v1
pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals);

- "Goering often hunted wild boars in Poland";

- "The dogs are running deer";

- "The Duke hunted in these woods";

- syn. hunt, run, track down;

hunted / h ʌ n t ɪ d /
a1
reflecting the fear or terror of one who is hunted;

- "the hopeless hunted look on the prisoner's face";

- "a glitter of apprehension in her hunted eyes";

- sim. afraid;

hunted person
n1
a person who is hunted;

hunter / h ʌ n t ə , h ʌ n t ə ɹ /
n1
someone who hunts game;

- syn. huntsman;

n2
a person who searches for something;

- "a treasure hunter";

n3
a constellation on the equator to the east of Taurus;

- contains Betelgeuse and Rigel;

- syn. Orion;

n4
a watch with a hinged metal lid to protect the crystal;

- syn. hunting watch;

hunter's chicken
n1
chicken casserole prepared with tomatoes and mushrooms and herbs in the Italian style;

- syn. chicken cacciatora, chicken cacciatore;

hunter's sauce
n1
brown sauce and tomato puree with onions and mushrooms and dry white wine;

- syn. sauce chausseur;

hunter-gatherer
n1
a member of a hunting and gathering society;

hunting / h ʌ n t ɪ ŋ /
n1
the pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport;

- syn. hunt;

n2
the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone;

- syn. hunt, search;

n3
the work of finding and killing or capturing animals for food or pelts;

- syn. hunt;

hunting and gathering society
n1
group that supports itself by hunting and fishing and by gathering wild fruits and vegetables;

- usually nomadic;

- syn. hunting and gathering tribe;

hunting and gathering tribe
n1
group that supports itself by hunting and fishing and by gathering wild fruits and vegetables;

- usually nomadic;

- syn. hunting and gathering society;

hunting crop
n1
a short whip with a thong at the end and a handle for opening gates;

- syn. riding crop;

hunting dog
n1
a dog used in hunting game;

hunting expedition
n1
an overland journey by hunters (especially in Africa);

- syn. campaign, safari;

hunting ground
n1
a place where opportunities abound;

n2
an area in which game is hunted;

hunting guide
n1
guide to people hunting in unfamiliar territory;

hunting knife
n1
a large sharp knife with a handle shaped to fit the grip;

hunting licence
n1
a license authorizing the bearer to kill a certain type of animal during a specified period of time;

- syn. game license, hunting license, hunting permit;

hunting license
n1
a license authorizing the bearer to kill a certain type of animal during a specified period of time;

- syn. game license, hunting licence, hunting permit;

hunting lodge
n1
a small (rustic) house used as a temporary shelter;

- syn. lodge;

hunting permit
n1
a license authorizing the bearer to kill a certain type of animal during a specified period of time;

- syn. game license, hunting licence, hunting license;

hunting season
n1
the season during which it is legal to kill a particular species;

hunting spider
n1
ground spider that hunts its prey instead of using a web;

- syn. wolf spider;

hunting watch
n1
a watch with a hinged metal lid to protect the crystal;

- syn. hunter;

Huntingdon elm
n1
erect vigorous hybrid ornamental elm tree;

- syn. Ulmus hollandica vegetata;

Huntingdon willow
n1
large willow tree of Eurasia and North Africa having greyish canescent leaves and grey bark;

- syn. Salix alba, white willow;

Huntington / h ʌ n t ɪ ŋ t ʌ n /
n1
United States physician who first described Huntington's chorea;

- syn. George Huntington;

n2
American revolutionary leader who signed the Declaration of Independence and was president of the Continental Congress (1731-1796);

- syn. Samuel Huntington;

n3
United States railroad executive who built the western section of the first United States transcontinental railroad (1821-1900);

- syn. Collis Potter Huntington;

n4
a city of western West Virginia on the Ohio river at the mouth of the Kanawha;

Huntington's chorea
n1
hereditary disease;

- develops in adulthood and ends in dementia;

- syn. Huntington's disease;

Huntington's disease
n1
hereditary disease;

- develops in adulthood and ends in dementia;

- syn. Huntington's chorea;

huntress / h ʌ n t ɹ ɪ s /
n1
a woman hunter;

huntsman / h ʌ n t s m ə n /
n1
someone who hunts game;

- syn. hunter;

huntsman's cup
n1
perennial bog herb having dark red flowers and decumbent broadly winged pitchers forming a rosette;

- of northeastern North America and naturalized in Europe especially Ireland;

- syn. Sarracenia purpurea, common pitcher plant, huntsman's cups;

huntsman's cups
n1
perennial bog herb having dark red flowers and decumbent broadly winged pitchers forming a rosette;

- of northeastern North America and naturalized in Europe especially Ireland;

- syn. Sarracenia purpurea, common pitcher plant, huntsman's cup;

huntsman's horn
n1
pitcher plant of southeastern United States having erect yellow trumpet-shaped pitchers with wide mouths and erect lids;

- syn. Sarracenia flava, huntsman's horns, trumpets, yellow pitcher plant, yellow trumpet;

huntsman's horns
n1
pitcher plant of southeastern United States having erect yellow trumpet-shaped pitchers with wide mouths and erect lids;

- syn. Sarracenia flava, huntsman's horn, trumpets, yellow pitcher plant, yellow trumpet;

Huntsville / h ʌ n t s v ɪ ɫ /
n1
a city in northern Alabama;

- center for space research;

huon pine
n1
Tasmanian timber tree with yellow aromatic wavy-grained wood used for carving and ship building;

- sometimes placed in genus Dacrydium;

- syn. Dacrydium franklinii, Lagarostrobus franklinii;

Hupa
n1
a member of the Athapaskan people of the Trinity River valley in California;

n2
the Athapaskan language spoken by the Hupa;

hurdle / h ɝ d ɫ /
n1
a light movable barrier that competitors must leap over in certain races;

n2
an obstacle that you are expected to overcome;

- "the last hurdle before graduation";

n3
the act of jumping over an obstacle;

- syn. vault;

v1
jump a hurdle;

hurdle race
n1
a footrace in which contestants must negotiate a series of hurdles;

- syn. hurdles, hurdling;

hurdler / h ɝ d ɫ ə , h ɝ d ɫ ə ɹ /
n1
an athlete who runs the hurdles;

hurdles / h ɝ d ɫ z /
n1
a footrace in which contestants must negotiate a series of hurdles;

- syn. hurdle race, hurdling;

hurdling / h ɝ d ɫ ɪ ŋ /
n1
a footrace in which contestants must negotiate a series of hurdles;

- syn. hurdle race, hurdles;

hurdy-gurdy / h ɝ d ɪ ɡ ɝ d i /
n1
a stringed instrument that produces sounds by means of a wheel that rubs against the strings;

- syn. hurdy gurdy, wheel fiddle;

hurdy gurdy
n1
a stringed instrument that produces sounds by means of a wheel that rubs against the strings;

- syn. hurdy-gurdy, wheel fiddle;

hurl / h ɝ ɫ /
n1
a violent throw;

- syn. cast;

v1
throw forcefully;

- syn. cast, hurtle;

v2
make a thrusting forward movement;

- syn. hurtle, lunge, thrust;

v3
utter with force;

- utter vehemently;

- "hurl insults";

- "throw accusations at someone";

- syn. throw;

hurler / h ɝ ɫ ə /
n1
(baseball) the person who does the pitching;

- "our pitcher has a sore arm";

- syn. pitcher, twirler;

Hurler's disease
n1
hereditary disease (autosomal recessive) consisting of an error is mucopolysaccharide metabolism;

- characterized by severe abnormalities in development of skeletal cartilage and bone and mental retardation;

- syn. Hurler's syndrome, dysostosis multiplex, gargoylism, lipochondrodystrophy;

Hurler's syndrome
n1
hereditary disease (autosomal recessive) consisting of an error is mucopolysaccharide metabolism;

- characterized by severe abnormalities in development of skeletal cartilage and bone and mental retardation;

- syn. Hurler's disease, dysostosis multiplex, gargoylism, lipochondrodystrophy;

hurling / h ɝ ɫ ɪ ŋ /
n1
a traditional Irish game resembling hockey;

- played by two teams of 15 players each;

hurly burly
n1
a disorderly outburst or tumult;

- "they were amazed by the furious disturbance they had caused";

- syn. commotion, disruption, disturbance, flutter, hoo-ha, hoo-hah, kerfuffle, to-do;

Hurok
n1
United States impresario who was born in Russia (1888-1974);

- syn. Sol Hurok, Solomon Hurok;

Huron
n1
the 2nd largest of the Great Lakes;

- syn. Lake Huron;

hurrah / h ʊr ɑ /
n1
a victory cheer;

- "let's give the team a big hurrah";

- syn. hooray;

v1
shout `hurrah!';

hurricane / h ʌ ɹ ɪ k ə n /
n1
a severe tropical cyclone usually with heavy rains and winds moving at 63-136 knots (12 on the Beaufort scale);

hurricane deck
n1
a deck at the top of a passenger ship;

- syn. awning deck, hurricane roof, promenade deck;

hurricane lamp
n1
an oil lamp with a glass chimney and perforated metal lid to protect the flame from high winds;

- candlestick with a glass chimney;

- syn. hurricane lantern, storm lamp, storm lantern, tornado lantern;

hurricane lantern
n1
an oil lamp with a glass chimney and perforated metal lid to protect the flame from high winds;

- candlestick with a glass chimney;

- syn. hurricane lamp, storm lamp, storm lantern, tornado lantern;

hurricane roof
n1
a deck at the top of a passenger ship;

- syn. awning deck, hurricane deck, promenade deck;

hurridly
r1
on the run or in a hurry;

- "she wrote those letters on the fly";

- syn. on the fly;

hurried / h ʌ ɹ ɪ d /
a1
moving rapidly or performed quickly or in great haste;

- "a hurried trip to the store";

- "the hurried life of a city";

- "a hurried job";

- also fast;

- sim. flying, hasty, hasty, helter-skelter, rush;

hurriedly / h ʌ ɹ ɪ d ɫ i /
r1
in a hurried or hasty manner;

- "the way they buried him so hurriedly was disgraceful";

- "hastily, he scanned the headlines";

- "sold in haste and at a sacrifice";

- syn. hastily, in haste;

hurriedness / h ʌ ɹ ɪ d n ɛ s /
n1
overly eager speed (and possible carelessness);

- "he soon regretted his haste";

- syn. haste, hastiness, hurry, precipitation;

hurry / h ʌ ɹ i /
n1
a condition of urgency making it necessary to hurry;

- "in a hurry to lock the door";

- syn. haste;

n2
overly eager speed (and possible carelessness);

- "he soon regretted his haste";

- syn. haste, hastiness, hurriedness, precipitation;

n3
the act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner;

- "in his haste to leave he forgot his book";

- syn. haste, rush, rushing;

v1
move very fast;

- "The runner zipped past us at breakneck speed";

- syn. speed, travel rapidly, zip;

v2
act or move at high speed;

- "We have to rush!";

- "hurry--it's late!";

- syn. festinate, hasten, look sharp, rush;

v3
urge to an unnatural speed;

- "Don't rush me, please!";

- syn. rush;

hurrying / h ʌ ɹ ɪ ih ŋ /
n1
changing location rapidly;

- syn. speed, speeding;

a1
moving with great haste;

- "affection for this hurrying driving...little man";

- "lashed the scurrying horses";

- syn. scurrying;

- sim. fast;

hurt / h ɝ t /
n1
any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.;

- syn. harm, injury, trauma;

n2
psychological suffering;

- "the death of his wife caused him great distress";

- syn. distress, suffering;

n3
feelings of mental or physical pain;

- syn. suffering;

n4
a damage or loss;

- syn. detriment;

n5
the act of damaging something or someone;

- syn. damage, harm, scathe;

v1
be the source of pain;

- syn. ache, smart;

v2
give trouble or pain to;

- "This exercise will hurt your back";

v3
cause emotional anguish or make miserable;

- "It pains me to see my children not being taught well in school";

- syn. anguish, pain;

v4
cause damage or affect negatively;

- "Our business was hurt by the new competition";

- syn. injure;

v5
hurt the feelings of;

- "She hurt me when she did not include me among her guests";

- "This remark really bruised my ego";

- syn. bruise, injure, offend, spite, wound;

v6
feel physical pain;

- "Were you hurting after the accident?";

- syn. ache, suffer;

v7
feel pain or be in pain;

- syn. suffer;

a1
suffering from physical injury especially that suffered in battle;

- "nursing his wounded arm";

- "ambulances...for the hurt men and women";

- syn. wounded;

- sim. injured;

a2
damaged;

- used of inanimate objects or their value;

- syn. weakened;

- sim. damaged;

hurtful / h ɝ t f ə ɫ /
a1
causing hurt;

- "her hurtful unconsidered words";

- sim. unkind;

a2
harmful to living things;

- "deleterious chemical additives";

- syn. deleterious, injurious;

- sim. harmful;

hurting / h ɝ t ɪ ŋ /
n1
a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder;

- "the patient developed severe pain and distension";

- syn. pain;

hurtle / h ɝ t ɫ /
v1
move with or as if with a rushing sound;

- "The cars hurtled by";

v2
make a thrusting forward movement;

- syn. hurl, lunge, thrust;

v3
throw forcefully;

- syn. cast, hurl;

Hus
n1
Czechoslovakian religious reformer who anticipated the Reformation;

- he questioned the infallibility of the Catholic Church was excommunicated (1409) for attacking the corruption of the clergy;

- he was burned at the stake (1372-1415);

- syn. Huss, Jan Hus, John Huss;

Husain
n1
Iraqi leader who waged war against Iran;

- his invasion of Kuwait led to the Gulf War (born in 1937);

- syn. Husayn, Hussein, Saddam, Saddam Hussein, Saddam bin Hussein at-Takriti;

n2
king of Jordan credited with creating stability at home and seeking peace with Israel (1935-1999);

- syn. Husayn, Hussein, King Hussein, ibn Talal Hussein;

Husayn
n1
Iraqi leader who waged war against Iran;

- his invasion of Kuwait led to the Gulf War (born in 1937);

- syn. Husain, Hussein, Saddam, Saddam Hussein, Saddam bin Hussein at-Takriti;

n2
king of Jordan credited with creating stability at home and seeking peace with Israel (1935-1999);

- syn. Husain, Hussein, King Hussein, ibn Talal Hussein;

husband / h ʌ z b ə n d /
n1
a married man;

- a woman's partner in marriage;

- syn. hubby, married man;

v1
use cautiously and frugally;

- "I try to economize my spare time";

- "conserve your energy for the ascent to the summit";

- syn. conserve, economise, economize;

husband-wife privilege
n1
neither spouse can divulge confidential communications from the other while they were married;

- syn. marital communications privilege;

husbandly / h ʌ z b ə n d ɫ i /
a1
befitting or characteristic of a husband;

a2
related to or suited to a husband;

- "assumed husbandly duties like mowing the lawn";

- sim. domestic;

husbandman / h ʌ z b ə n d m ə n /
n1
a person who operates a farm;

- syn. farmer, granger, sodbuster;

husbandry / h ʌ z b ə n d ɹ i /
n1
the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock;

- syn. agriculture, farming;

hush / h ʌ ʃ /
n1
(poetic) tranquil silence;

- "the still of the night";

- syn. still, stillness;

v1
become quiet or still;

- fall silent;

- "hush my baby!";

v2
cause to be quiet or not talk;

- "Please silence the children in the church!";

- syn. hush up, quieten, shut up, silence, still;

- also hush up;

v3
become quiet or quieter;

- "The audience fell silent when the speaker entered";

- syn. pipe down, quiesce, quiet, quiet down, quieten;

v4
wash by removing particles;

- "Wash ores";

v5
run water over the ground to erode (soil), revealing the underlying strata and valuable minerals;

hush-hush / h ʌ ʃ h ʌ ʃ /
a1
conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods;

- "clandestine intelligence operations";

- "cloak-and-dagger activities behind enemy lines";

- "hole-and-corner intrigue";

- "secret missions";

- "a secret agent";

- "secret sales of arms";

- "surreptitious mobilization of troops";

- "an undercover investigation";

- "underground resistance";

- syn. clandestine, cloak-and-dagger, hole-and-corner, hugger-mugger, secret, surreptitious, undercover, underground;

- sim. covert;

hush money
n1
a bribe paid to someone to insure that something is kept secret;

hush puppy
n1
deep-fried cornbread ball (southern);

- syn. hushpuppy;

hush up
v1
cover up a misdemeanor, fault, or error;

- "Let's not whitewash the crimes of Stalin";

- "She tried to gloss over her mistakes";

- syn. gloss over, sleek over, whitewash;

v2
cause to be quiet or not talk;

- "Please silence the children in the church!";

- syn. hush, quieten, shut up, silence, still;

hushed / h ʌ ʃ t /
a1
in a softened tone;

- "hushed voices";

- "muted trumpets";

- "a subdued whisper";

- "a quiet reprimand";

- syn. muted, quiet, subdued;

- sim. soft;

hushed-up
a1
(used of information or news) kept secret by using influence;

- "hushed-up stories sometimes leak out";

- sim. suppressed;

hushing / h ʌ ʃ ɪ ŋ /
n1
a fricative sound (especially as an expression of disapproval);

- "the performers could not be heard over the hissing of the audience";

- syn. fizzle, hiss, hissing, sibilation;

hushpuppy
n1
deep-fried cornbread ball (southern);

- syn. hush puppy;

husk / h ʌ s k /
n1
material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds;

- syn. chaff, shuck, stalk, straw, stubble;

n2
outer membranous covering of some fruits or seeds;

v1
remove the husks from;

- "husk corn";

- syn. shell;

husk tomato
n1
any of numerous cosmopolitan annual or perennial herbs of the genus Physalis bearing edible fleshy berries enclosed in a bladderlike husk;

- some cultivated for their flowers;

- syn. ground cherry;

n2
small edible yellow to purple tomato-like fruit enclosed in a bladderlike husk;

- syn. Mexican husk tomato, tomatillo;

huskily / h ʌ s k ɪ ɫ i /
r1
in a hoarse or husky voice;

- "`Excuse me,' he said hoarsely";

- syn. hoarsely;

huskiness / h ʌ s k ɪ n ə s /
n1
the property of being big and strong;

- syn. ruggedness, toughness;

n2
a throaty harshness;

- syn. gruffness, hoarseness;

husking / h ʌ s k ɪ ŋ /
n1
the removal of covering;

- syn. baring, denudation, stripping, uncovering;

husking bee
n1
a social gathering for the purpose of husking corn;

- syn. cornhusking;

husky / h ʌ s k i /
n1
breed of heavy-coated Arctic sled dog;

- syn. Eskimo dog;

a1
muscular and heavily built;

- "a beefy wrestler";

- "had a tall burly frame";

- "clothing sizes for husky boys";

- "a strapping boy of eighteen";

- "`buirdly' is a Scottish term";

- syn. beefy, buirdly, burly, strapping;

- sim. robust;

a2
deep and harsh sounding as if from shouting or illness or emotion;

- "gruff voices";

- "the dog's gruff barking";

- "hoarse cries";

- "makes all the instruments sound powerful but husky"- Virgil Thomson;

- syn. gruff, hoarse;

- sim. cacophonous;

Huss
n1
Czechoslovakian religious reformer who anticipated the Reformation;

- he questioned the infallibility of the Catholic Church was excommunicated (1409) for attacking the corruption of the clergy;

- he was burned at the stake (1372-1415);

- syn. Hus, Jan Hus, John Huss;

hussar / h ʊ z ɑ , h ʊ z ɑr /
n1
a member of a European light cavalry unit;

- renowned for elegant dress;

hussar monkey
n1
reddish long-tailed monkey of west Africa;

- syn. Erythrocebus patas, patas;

Hussein
n1
Iraqi leader who waged war against Iran;

- his invasion of Kuwait led to the Gulf War (born in 1937);

- syn. Husain, Husayn, Saddam, Saddam Hussein, Saddam bin Hussein at-Takriti;

n2
king of Jordan credited with creating stability at home and seeking peace with Israel (1935-1999);

- syn. Husain, Husayn, King Hussein, ibn Talal Hussein;

Husserl
n1
German philosopher who developed phenomenology (1859-1938);

- syn. Edmund Husserl;

Hussite / h ʌ s aɪ t /
n1
an adherent of the religious reforms of John Huss;

hussy / h ʌ s i /
n1
a woman adulterer;

- syn. adulteress, fornicatress, jade, loose woman, slut, strumpet, trollop;

hustings / h ʌ s t ɪ ŋ z /
n1
the activities involved in political campaigning (especially speech making);

hustle / h ʌ s ɫ /
n1
a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property;

- syn. bunco, bunco game, bunko, bunko game, con, con game, confidence game, confidence trick, flimflam, sting;

n2
a rapid active commotion;

- syn. ado, bustle, flurry, fuss, stir;

v1
cause to move furtively and hurriedly;

- "The secret service agents hustled the speaker out of the amphitheater";

v2
move or cause to move energetically or busily;

- "The cheerleaders bustled about excitingly before their performance";

- syn. bustle, bustle about;

v3
sell something to or obtain something from by energetic and especially underhanded activity;

- syn. pluck, roll;

v4
get by trying hard;

- "she hustled a free lunch from the waiter";

v5
pressure or urge someone into an action;

hustler / h ʌ s ɫ ə , h ʌ s ɫ ə ɹ /
n1
a prostitute who attracts customers by walking the streets;

- syn. floozie, floozy, hooker, slattern, street girl, streetwalker;

n2
a shrewd or unscrupulous person who knows how to circumvent difficulties;

- syn. operator, wheeler dealer;

Huston / h ʌ s t ʌ n /
n1
United States film maker born in the United States but an Irish citizen after 1964 (1906-1987);

- syn. John Huston;

hut / h ʌ t /
n1
temporary military shelter;

- syn. army hut, field hut;

n2
small crude shelter used as a dwelling;

- syn. hovel, hutch, shack, shanty;

hutch / h ʌ tʃ /
n1
a cage (usually made of wood and wire mesh) for small animals;

n2
small crude shelter used as a dwelling;

- syn. hovel, hut, shack, shanty;

Hutchins / h ʌ tʃ ɪ n z /
n1
United States educator who was president of the University of Chicago (1899-1977);

- syn. Robert Maynard Hutchins;

Hutchinson / h ʌ tʃ ɪ n s ʌ n /
n1
American colonist (born in England) who was banished from Boston for her religious views (1591-1643);

- syn. Anne Hutchinson;

hutment / h ʌ t m ə n t /
n1
an encampment of huts (chiefly military);

Hutton / h ʌ t t ʌ n /
n1
English cricketer (1916-1990);

- syn. Sir Leonard Hutton;

n2
Scottish geologist who described the processes that have shaped the surface of the earth (1726-1797);

- syn. James Hutton;

Hutu
n1
a member of a Bantu people living in Rwanda and Burundi;

hutzpah
n1
(Yiddish) unbelievable gall;

- insolence;

- audacity;

- syn. chutzpa, chutzpah;

Huxleian
a1
of or relating to Thomas Huxley;

- syn. Huxleyan;

Huxley
n1
English physiologist who, with Alan Hodgkin, discovered the role of potassium and sodium ions in the transmission of the nerve impulse (born in 1917);

- syn. Andrew Fielding Huxley, Andrew Huxley;

n2
English writer;

- grandson of Thomas Huxley who is remembered mainly for his depiction of a scientifically controlled utopia (1894-1963);

- syn. Aldous Huxley, Aldous Leonard Huxley;

n3
English biologist and a leading exponent of Darwin's theory of evolution (1825-1895);

- syn. Thomas Henry Huxley, Thomas Huxley;

Huxleyan
a1
of or relating to Thomas Huxley;

- syn. Huxleian;

Huygens
n1
Dutch physicist who first formulated the wave theory of light (1629-1695);

- syn. Christiaan Huygens, Christian Huygens;

Huygens' principle of superposition
n1
the displacement of any point due to the superposition of wave systems is equal to the sum of the displacements of the individual waves at that point;

- "the principle of superposition is the basis of the wave theory of light";

- syn. principle of superposition;

Hwang Ho
n1
a major river of Asia in northern China;

- flows generally eastward into the Yellow Sea;

- carries large quantities of yellow silt to its delta;

- syn. Huang He, Yellow River;

hyacinth / h aɪ ə s ɪ n θ /
n1
a red transparent variety of zircon used as a gemstone;

- syn. jacinth;

n2
any of numerous bulbous perennial herbs;

hyacinth bean
n1
perennial twining vine of Old World tropics having trifoliate leaves and racemes of fragrant purple pea-like flowers followed by maroon pods of edible seeds;

- grown as an ornamental and as a vegetable on the Indian subcontinent;

- sometimes placed in genus Dolichos;

- syn. Dolichos lablab, Egyptian bean, Indian bean, Lablab purpureus, bonavist;

Hyacinthaceae
n1
one of many families or subfamilies in which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted;

- syn. family Hyacinthaceae;

Hyacinthoides
n1
small genus of perennial bulbs of western Europe and North Africa;

- sometimes placed in family Hyacinthaceae;

- syn. genus Hyacinthoides;

Hyacinthoides nonscripta
n1
sometimes placed in genus Scilla;

- syn. Scilla nonscripta, bluebell, harebell, wild hyacinth, wood hyacinth;

Hyacinthus candicans
n1
southern African herb with white bell-shaped flowers;

- syn. Galtonia candicans, cape hyacinth, summer hyacinth;

Hyacinthus orientalis
n1
widely grown for its fragrance and its white, pink, blue, or purplish flowers;

- syn. common hyacinth;

Hyacinthus orientalis albulus
n1
hyacinth with loosely flowered spikes, several growing from one bulb;

- syn. Roman hyacinth;

Hyades
n1
(Greek mythology) 7 daughters of Atlas and half-sisters of the Pleiades;

- they nurtured the infant Dionysus and Zeus placed them among the stars as a reward;

hyaena / h aɪ i n ə /
n1
doglike nocturnal mammal of Africa and southern Asia that feeds chiefly on carrion;

- syn. hyena;

Hyaena brunnea
n1
of southern Africa;

- syn. brown hyena, strand wolf;

Hyaena hyaena
n1
of northern Africa and Arabia and India;

- syn. striped hyena;

Hyaenidae
n1
hyenas;

- syn. family Hyaenidae;

hyalin / h aɪ ə ɫ ɪ n /
n1
a glassy translucent substance that occurs in hyaline cartilage or in certain skin conditions;

- syn. hyaline;

hyaline / h aɪ ə ɫ ɪ n /
n1
a glassy translucent substance that occurs in hyaline cartilage or in certain skin conditions;

- syn. hyalin;

a1
resembling glass in transparency or translucency;

- "the morning is as clear as diamond or as hyaline"-Sacheverell Sitwell;

- syn. hyaloid;

- sim. clear;

hyaline cartilage
n1
translucent cartilage that is common in joints and the respiratory passages;

- forms most of the fetal skeleton;

hyaline membrane disease
n1
an acute lung disease of the newborn (especially the premature newborn);

- lungs cannot expand because of a wetting agent is lacking;

- characterized by rapid shallow breathing and cyanosis and the formation of a glassy hyaline membrane over the alveoli;

- syn. respiratory distress syndrome, respiratory distress syndrome of the newborn;

hyalinisation
n1
the state of being hyaline or having become hyaline;

- "the patient's arterioles showed marked hyalinization";

- syn. hyalinization;

hyalinization / h aɪ ə ɫ ɪ n aɪ z eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the state of being hyaline or having become hyaline;

- "the patient's arterioles showed marked hyalinization";

- syn. hyalinisation;

hyaloid / h aɪ ə ɫ ɔɪ d /
n1
the transparent membrane enveloping the vitreous humor of the eye and separating it from the retina;

- syn. hyaloid membrane;

a1
resembling glass in transparency or translucency;

- "the morning is as clear as diamond or as hyaline"-Sacheverell Sitwell;

- syn. hyaline;

- sim. clear;

hyaloid membrane
n1
the transparent membrane enveloping the vitreous humor of the eye and separating it from the retina;

- syn. hyaloid;

Hyalophora
n1
American silkworm moth;

- syn. genus Hyalophora;

Hyalophora cecropia
n1
North American silkworm moth;

- larvae feed on the leaves of forest trees;

- syn. cecropia, cecropia moth;

hyaloplasm
n1
the clear nongranular portion of the cytoplasm of a cell;

- syn. ground substance;

hyaloplasmic
a1
of or relating to hyaloplasm;

Hyalosperma
n1
genus of herbs of temperate Australia including some from genus Helipterum;

- syn. genus Hyalosperma;

Hyalospongiae
n1
sponges with siliceous spicules that have six rays;

- choanocytes are restricted to finger-shaped chambers;

- syn. class Hyalospongiae;

hyaluronic acid
n1
a viscous mucopolysaccharide found in the connective tissue space and the synovial fluid of movable joints and the humors of the eye;

- a cementing and protective substance;

hyaluronidase
n1
an enzyme (trade name Hyazyme) that splits hyaluronic acid and so lowers its viscosity and increases the permeability of connective tissue and the absorption of fluids;

- syn. Hyazyme, spreading factor;

Hyazyme
n1
an enzyme (trade name Hyazyme) that splits hyaluronic acid and so lowers its viscosity and increases the permeability of connective tissue and the absorption of fluids;

- syn. hyaluronidase, spreading factor;

Hybanthus
n1
a genus of herbs and small shrubs with white or purple flowers;

- grows in tropical or subtropical regions;

- syn. genus Hybanthus;

hybrid / h aɪ b ɹ ɪ d /
n1
a word that is composed of parts from different languages (e.g., `monolingual' has a Greek prefix and a Latin root);

- syn. loan-blend, loanblend;

n2
a composite of mixed origin;

- "the vice-presidency is a hybrid of administrative and legislative offices";

n3
(genetics) an organism that is the offspring of genetically dissimilar parents or stock;

- especially offspring produced by breeding plants or animals of different varieties or breeds or species;

- "a mule is a cross between a horse and a donkey";

- syn. cross, crossbreed;

a1
produced by crossbreeding;

- syn. intercrossed;

- sim. crossbred;

hybrid petunia
n1
hybrids of Petunia axillaris and Petunia integrifolia: a complex group of petunias having single or double flowers in colors from white to purple;

- syn. Petunia hybrida;

hybrid tuberous begonia
n1
any of numerous hybrid begonias having tuberous roots and variously colored flowers;

- syn. Begonia tuberhybrida;

hybrid vigor
n1
(genetics) the tendency of a crossbred organism to have qualities superior to those of either parent;

- syn. heterosis;

hybridisation / h aɪ b ɹ ɪ d aɪ z eɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
(genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids;

- syn. cross, crossbreeding, crossing, hybridization, hybridizing, interbreeding;

hybridise
v1
breed animals or plants using parents of different races and varieties;

- "cross a horse and a donkey";

- "Mendel tried crossbreeding";

- "these species do not interbreed";

- syn. cross, crossbreed, hybridize, interbreed;

hybridization / h aɪ b ɹ ɪ d aɪ z eɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
(genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids;

- syn. cross, crossbreeding, crossing, hybridisation, hybridizing, interbreeding;

hybridize / h aɪ b ɹ ɪ d aɪ z /
v1
breed animals or plants using parents of different races and varieties;

- "cross a horse and a donkey";

- "Mendel tried crossbreeding";

- "these species do not interbreed";

- syn. cross, crossbreed, hybridise, interbreed;

hybridizing / h aɪ b ɹ ɪ d aɪ z ɪ ŋ /
n1
(genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids;

- syn. cross, crossbreeding, crossing, hybridisation, hybridization, interbreeding;

hybridoma
n1
a hybrid cell resulting from the fusion of a lymphocyte and a tumor cell;

- used to culture a specific monoclonal antibody;

hydantoin
n1
any of a group of anticonvulsant drugs used in treating epilepsy;

hydathode
n1
a pore that exudes water on the surface or margin of a leaf of higher plants;

- syn. water pore, water stoma;

hydatid
n1
cyst filled with liquid;

- forms as a result of infestation by tapeworm larvae (as in echinococcosis);

hydatid disease
n1
infestation with larval echinococci (tapeworms);

- syn. echinococcosis, hydatidosis;

hydatid mole
n1
an abnormality during pregnancy;

- chorionic villi around the fetus degenerate and form clusters of fluid-filled sacs;

- usually associated with the death of the fetus;

- syn. hydatidiform mole, molar pregnancy;

hydatidiform mole
n1
an abnormality during pregnancy;

- chorionic villi around the fetus degenerate and form clusters of fluid-filled sacs;

- usually associated with the death of the fetus;

- syn. hydatid mole, molar pregnancy;

hydatidosis
n1
infestation with larval echinococci (tapeworms);

- syn. echinococcosis, hydatid disease;

Hyderabad / h aɪ d ɹ ə b æ d /
n1
a city in southern Pakistan on the Indus River;

n2
a city in south central India in Andhra Pradesh;

Hydnaceae
n1
tooth fungi;

- syn. family Hydnaceae;

Hydnocarpus
n1
medium to large Indonesian and Malaysian trees;

- syn. Taraktagenos, Taraktogenos, genus Hydnocarpus, genus Taraktagenos, genus Taraktogenos;

Hydnocarpus kurzii
n1
East Indian tree with oily seeds yield chaulmoogra oil used to treat leprosy;

- syn. Taraktagenos kurzii, Taraktogenos kurzii, chaulmoogra, chaulmoogra tree, chaulmugra;

Hydnocarpus laurifolia
n1
leathery-leaved tree of western India bearing round fruits with brown densely hairy rind enclosing oily pulp that yields hydnocarpus oil;

- syn. Hydnocarpus wightiana;

hydnocarpus oil
n1
oil from seeds of trees of the genus Hydnocarpus especially Hydnocarpus wightiana (Hydnocarpus laurifolia);

Hydnocarpus wightiana
n1
leathery-leaved tree of western India bearing round fruits with brown densely hairy rind enclosing oily pulp that yields hydnocarpus oil;

- syn. Hydnocarpus laurifolia;

Hydnoraceae
n1
a family of flowering plants in Africa and Argentina that are parasitic on the roots of other plants;

- syn. family Hydnoraceae;

Hydnum
n1
type genus of Hydnaceae;

- syn. genus Hydnum;

Hydra / h aɪ d ɹ ə /
n1
(Greek mythology) monster with nine heads;

- when struck off each head was replaced by two new ones;

- "Hydra was slain by Hercules";

n2
a long faint constellation in the southern hemisphere near the equator stretching between Virgo and Cancer;

- syn. Snake;

n3
trouble that cannot be overcome by a single effort because of its many aspects or its persistent and pervasive quality;

- "we may be facing a hydra that defies any easy solution";

n4
small tubular solitary freshwater hydrozoan polyp;

hydralazine
n1
an antihypertensive drug (trade name Apresoline) that dilates blood vessels;

- used (often with a diuretic) to treat hypertension and congestive heart failure;

- syn. Apresoline;

hydramnios
n1
an abnormality of pregnancy;

- accumulation of excess amniotic fluid;

hydrangea / h aɪ d ɹ eɪ n dʒ ə /
n1
any of various deciduous or evergreen shrubs of the genus Hydrangea;

Hydrangea anomala
n1
deciduous climber with aerial roots having white to creamy flowers in fairly flat heads;

- syn. climbing hydrangea;

Hydrangea arborescens
n1
deciduous shrub with creamy white flower clusters;

- eastern United States;

- syn. wild hydrangea;

hydrangea family
n1
sometimes included in the family Saxifragaceae;

- syn. Hydrangeaceae, family Hydrangeaceae;

Hydrangea macrophylla hortensis
n1
deciduous shrub bearing roundheaded flower clusters opening green and aging to pink or blue;

- syn. hortensia;

Hydrangea paniculata
n1
deciduous shrub or small tree with pyramidal flower clusters;

- syn. fall-blooming hydrangea;

Hydrangea petiolaris
n1
deciduous climber with aerial roots having large flat flower heads;

- syn. climbing hydrangea;

Hydrangeaceae
n1
sometimes included in the family Saxifragaceae;

- syn. family Hydrangeaceae, hydrangea family;

hydrant / h aɪ d ɹ ə n t /
n1
a faucet for drawing water from a pipe or cask;

- syn. tap, water faucet, water tap;

n2
a discharge pipe with a valve and spout at which water may be drawn from the mains of waterworks;

hydrargyrum / h aɪ d ɹ ɑ dʒ ɪr ə m /
n1
a heavy silvery toxic univalent and bivalent metallic element;

- the only metal that is liquid at ordinary temperatures;

- syn. Hg, atomic number 80, mercury, quicksilver;

hydrarthrosis
n1
inflammation and swelling of a movable joint because of excess synovial fluid;

Hydrastis
n1
small genus of perennial herbs having rhizomes and palmate leaves and small solitary flowers;

- of northeastern United States and Japan;

- syn. genus Hydrastis;

Hydrastis Canadensis
n1
perennial herb of northeastern United States having a thick knotted yellow rootstock and large rounded leaves;

- syn. golden seal, goldenseal, turmeric root, yellow root;

hydrate / h aɪ d ɹ eɪ t /
n1
any compound that contains water of crystallization;

v1
supply water or liquid to in order to maintain a healthy balance;

- "the bicyclists must be hydrated frequently";

v2
become hydrated and combine with water;

v3
cause to be hydrated;

- add water or moisture to;

- "hydrate your skin";

hydrated / h aɪ d ɹ eɪ t ɪ d /
a1
containing combined water (especially water of crystallization as in a hydrate);

- syn. hydrous;

hydrated aluminium oxide
n1
white crystalline compound that occurs naturally as the mineral gibbsite;

- syn. aluminium hydroxide, aluminum hydroxide, hydrated aluminum oxide;

hydrated aluminum oxide
n1
white crystalline compound that occurs naturally as the mineral gibbsite;

- syn. aluminium hydroxide, aluminum hydroxide, hydrated aluminium oxide;

hydrated lime
n1
a caustic substance produced by heating limestone;

- syn. calcium hydrate, calcium hydroxide, caustic lime, lime, lime hydrate, slaked lime;

hydrated oxide
n1
a compound of an oxide with water;

- syn. hydroxide;

hydration / h aɪ d ɹ eɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
the process of combining with water;

- usually reversible;

hydraulic / h aɪ d ɹ ɔ ɫ ɪ k /
a1
moved or operated or effected by liquid (water or oil);

- "hydraulic erosion";

- "hydraulic brakes";

a2
of or relating to the study of hydraulics;

- "hydraulic engineer";

hydraulic brake
n1
brake system in which a brake pedal moves a piston in the master cylinder;

- brake fluid then applies great force to the brake pads or shoes;

- syn. hydraulic brakes;

hydraulic brake cylinder
n1
a cylinder that contains brake fluid that is compressed by a piston;

- syn. brake cylinder, master cylinder;

hydraulic brakes
n1
brake system in which a brake pedal moves a piston in the master cylinder;

- brake fluid then applies great force to the brake pads or shoes;

- syn. hydraulic brake;

hydraulic cement
n1
a cement that hardens under water;

- made by heating limestone and clay in a kiln and pulverizing the result;

- syn. Portland cement;

hydraulic engineering
n1
the branch of civil engineering dealing with the use and control of water in motion;

hydraulic press
n1
press in which a force applied by a piston to a small area is transmitted through water to another piston having a large area;

hydraulic pump
n1
a water pump that uses the kinetic energy of flowing water to force a small fraction of that water to a reservoir at a higher level;

- syn. hydraulic ram;

hydraulic ram
n1
a water pump that uses the kinetic energy of flowing water to force a small fraction of that water to a reservoir at a higher level;

- syn. hydraulic pump;

hydraulic system
n1
a mechanism operated by the resistance offered or the pressure transmitted when a liquid is forced through a small opening or tube;

hydraulic transmission
n1
a transmission that depends on a hydraulic system;

- syn. hydraulic transmission system;

hydraulic transmission system
n1
a transmission that depends on a hydraulic system;

- syn. hydraulic transmission;

hydraulically / h aɪ d ɹ ɔ ɫ ɪ k ɫ i /
r1
in a hydraulic manner;

- "the block is then tested hydraulically to its full design test pressure on each stream separately";

- syn. hydraulicly;

hydraulicly / h aɪ d ɹ ɔ ɫ ɪ k ɫ i /
r1
in a hydraulic manner;

- "the block is then tested hydraulically to its full design test pressure on each stream separately";

- syn. hydraulically;

hydraulics / h aɪ d ɹ ɔ ɫ ɪ k s /
n1
study of the mechanics of fluids;

- syn. fluid mechanics;

hydrazine
n1
a colorless fuming corrosive liquid;

- a powerful reducing agent;

- used chiefly in rocket fuels;

hydrazo group
n1
the bivalent group -HNNH- derived from hydrazine;

- syn. hydrazo radical;

hydrazo radical
n1
the bivalent group -HNNH- derived from hydrazine;

- syn. hydrazo group;

hydrazoic acid
n1
a colorless explosive liquid that is volatile and poisonous and foul-smelling;

- syn. HN, azoimide, hydrogen azide;

hydrazoite
n1
a salt of hydrazoic acid;

hydremia
n1
blood disorder in which there is excess fluid volume compared with the cell volume of the blood;

hydric
a1
having or characterized by excessive moisture;

- "a hydric habitat";

- sim. hydrophytic, hygrophytic;

hydride / h aɪ d ɹ aɪ d /
n1
any binary compound formed by the union of hydrogen and other elements;

hydrilla
n1
submersed plant with whorled lanceolate leaves and solitary axillary flowers;

- Old World plant naturalized in southern United States and clogging Florida's waterways;

- syn. Hydrilla verticillata;

Hydrilla verticillata
n1
submersed plant with whorled lanceolate leaves and solitary axillary flowers;

- Old World plant naturalized in southern United States and clogging Florida's waterways;

- syn. hydrilla;

hydriodic acid
n1
(HI) a colorless or yellow aqueous solution of hydrogen iodide;

- "hydriodic acid is a strong acid";

Hydrobates
n1
type genus of the Hydrobatidae;

- syn. genus Hydrobates;

Hydrobates pelagicus
n1
sooty black petrel with white markings;

- of the northern Atlantic and Mediterranean;

- syn. northern storm petrel, stormy petrel;

Hydrobatidae
n1
storm petrels;

- syn. family Hydrobatidae;

hydrobromic acid
n1
an aqueous solution of hydrogen bromide that is a strong liquid acid;

hydrocarbon / h aɪ d ɹ ə k ɑ b ə n /
n1
an organic compound containing only carbon and hydrogen;

hydrocele
n1
disorder in which serous fluid accumulates in a body sac (especially in the scrotum);

hydrocephalic / h aɪ d ɹ oʊ k ɛ f æ ɫ ɪ k /
a1
relating to or characterized by or evidencing hydrocephalus;

hydrocephalus / h aɪ d ɹ oʊ s ɛ f ə ɫ ə s /
n1
an abnormal condition in which cerebrospinal fluid collects in the ventricles of the brain;

- in infants it can cause abnormally rapid growth of the head and bulging fontanelles and a small face;

- in adults the symptoms are primarily neurological;

- syn. hydrocephaly;

hydrocephaly
n1
an abnormal condition in which cerebrospinal fluid collects in the ventricles of the brain;

- in infants it can cause abnormally rapid growth of the head and bulging fontanelles and a small face;

- in adults the symptoms are primarily neurological;

- syn. hydrocephalus;

Hydrocharidaceae
n1
simple nearly stemless freshwater aquatic plants;

- widely distributed;

- syn. Hydrocharitaceae, family Hydrocharidaceae, family Hydrocharitaceae, frog's-bit family, frogbit family;

Hydrocharis
n1
frogbit;

- syn. genus Hydrocharis;

Hydrocharis morsus-ranae
n1
European floating plant with roundish heart-shaped leaves and white flowers;

- syn. frog's-bit, frogbit;

Hydrocharitaceae
n1
simple nearly stemless freshwater aquatic plants;

- widely distributed;

- syn. Hydrocharidaceae, family Hydrocharidaceae, family Hydrocharitaceae, frog's-bit family, frogbit family;

hydrochloric acid
n1
an aqueous solution of hydrogen chloride;

- a strongly corrosive acid;

- syn. chlorohydric acid;

hydrochloride / h aɪ d ɹ oʊ k ɫ ɔ ɹ aɪ d /
n1
a complex consisting of an organic base in association with hydrogen chloride;

hydrochlorofluorocarbon
n1
a fluorocarbon that is replacing chlorofluorocarbon as a refrigerant and propellant in aerosol cans;

- considered to be somewhat less destructive to the atmosphere;

- syn. HCFC;

hydrochlorothiazide
n1
a diuretic drug (trade name Microzide, Esidrix, and HydroDIURIL) used in the treatment of hypertension;

- syn. Esidrix, HydroDIURIL, Microzide;

Hydrochoeridae
n1
capybara;

- syn. family Hydrochoeridae;

Hydrochoerus
n1
a genus of Hydrochoeridae;

- syn. genus Hydrochoerus;

Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris
n1
pig-sized tailless South American amphibious rodent with partly webbed feet;

- largest living rodent;

- syn. capibara, capybara;

hydrocolloid
n1
a substance that forms a gel with water;

hydrocortisone
n1
an adrenal-cortex hormone (trade names Hydrocortone or Cortef) that is active in carbohydrate and protein metabolism;

- syn. Cortef, Hydrocortone, cortisol;

Hydrocortone
n1
an adrenal-cortex hormone (trade names Hydrocortone or Cortef) that is active in carbohydrate and protein metabolism;

- syn. Cortef, cortisol, hydrocortisone;

hydrocracking
n1
the process whereby hydrocarbon molecules of petroleum are broken down into kerosene and gasolene by the addition of hydrogen under high pressure in the presence of a catalyst;

hydrocyanic acid
n1
a solution of hydrogen cyanide in water;

- weak solutions are used in fumigating and in the synthesis of organic compounds;

- syn. prussic acid;

Hydrodamalis
n1
a genus of the family Dugongidae comprising only Steller's sea cow;

- syn. genus Hydrodamalis;

Hydrodamalis gigas
n1
extinct large sirenian mammal formerly found near the Asiatic coast of the Bering Sea;

- syn. Steller's sea cow;

HydroDIURIL
n1
a diuretic drug (trade name Microzide, Esidrix, and HydroDIURIL) used in the treatment of hypertension;

- syn. Esidrix, Microzide, hydrochlorothiazide;

hydrodynamic / h aɪ d ɹ oʊ d aɪ n æ m ɪ k /
a1
of or relating to hydrodynamics;

hydrodynamics / h aɪ d ɹ oʊ d aɪ n æ m ɪ k s /
n1
study of fluids in motion;

- syn. hydrokinetics;

hydroelectric / h aɪ d ɹ oʊ ɪ ɫ ɛ k t ɹ ɪ k /
a1
of or relating to or used in the production of electricity by waterpower;

- "hydroelectric power";

hydroelectric turbine
n1
turbine consisting of a large and efficient version of a water wheel used to drive an electric generator;

hydroelectricity / h aɪ d ɹ oʊ ɪ ɫ ɛ k t ɹ ɪ s ɪ t ɪ /
n1
electricity produced by water power;

hydroflumethiazide
n1
diuretic used to treat hypertension and edema;

hydrofluoric acid
n1
a weak poisonous liquid acid;

- formed by solution of hydrogen fluoride in water;

hydrofluorocarbon
n1
a fluorocarbon emitted as a by-product of industrial manufacturing;

- syn. HFC;

hydrofluosilicic acid
n1
an unstable poisonous corrosive acid known primarily in the form of its salts;

- syn. fluosilicic acid;

hydrofoil / h aɪ d ɹ ə f ɔɪ ɫ /
n1
a device consisting of a flat or curved piece (as a metal plate) so that its surface reacts to the water it is passing through;

- "the fins of a fish act as hydrofoils";

- syn. foil;

n2
a speedboat that is equipped with winglike structures that lift it so that it skims the water at high speeds;

- "the museum houses a replica of the jet hydroplane that broke the record";

- syn. hydroplane;

hydrogel
n1
a colloidal gel in which water is the dispersion medium;

hydrogen / h aɪ d ɹ ə dʒ ə n /
n1
a nonmetallic univalent element that is normally a colorless and odorless highly flammable diatomic gas;

- the simplest and lightest and most abundant element in the universe;

- syn. H, atomic number 1;

hydrogen-bomb
v1
attack with a hydrogen bomb;

hydrogen atom
n1
an atom of hydrogen;

hydrogen azide
n1
a colorless explosive liquid that is volatile and poisonous and foul-smelling;

- syn. HN, azoimide, hydrazoic acid;

hydrogen bomb
n1
a nuclear weapon that releases atomic energy by union of light (hydrogen) nuclei at high temperatures to form helium;

- syn. H-bomb, fusion bomb, thermonuclear bomb;

hydrogen bond
n1
a chemical bond consisting of a hydrogen atom between two electronegative atoms (e.g., oxygen or nitrogen) with one side be a covalent bond and the other being an ionic bond;

hydrogen bromide
n1
a colorless gas that yields hydrobromic acid in solution with water;

hydrogen carbonate
n1
a salt of carbonic acid (containing the anion HCO3) in which one hydrogen atom has been replaced;

- an acid carbonate;

- syn. bicarbonate;

hydrogen chloride
n1
a colorless corrosive gas (HCl);

hydrogen cyanide
n1
a highly poisonous gas or volatile liquid that smells like bitter almonds;

- becomes a gas at around 90 degree Fahrenheit and is most dangerous when inhaled;

- the anhydride of hydrocyanic acid;

- used in manufacturing;

hydrogen fluoride
n1
a colorless poisonous corrosive liquid made by the action of sulphuric acid on calcium fluoride;

- solutions in water are hydrofluoric acid;

hydrogen iodide
n1
a colorless gas that yields hydroiodic acid in aqueous solution;

hydrogen ion
n1
a positively charged atom of hydrogen;

- that is to say, a normal hydrogen atomic nucleus;

hydrogen ion concentration
n1
the number of moles of hydrogen ions per cubic decimeter;

hydrogen peroxide
n1
a viscous liquid with strong oxidizing properties;

- a powerful bleaching agent;

- also used (in aqueous solutions) as a mild disinfectant and (in strong concentrations) as an oxidant in rocket fuels;

- syn. peroxide;

hydrogen sulfide
n1
a sulfide having the unpleasant smell of rotten eggs;

hydrogenate / h aɪ d ɹ ə dʒ ə n eɪ t /
v1
combine or treat with or expose to hydrogen;

- add hydrogen to the molecule of (an unsaturated organic compound);

hydrogenation
n1
a chemical process that adds hydrogen atoms to an unsaturated oil;

- "food producers use hydrogenation to keep fat from becoming rancid";

hydrographic / h aɪ d ɹ oʊ ɡ ɹ æ f ɪ k /
a1
of or relating to the science of hydrography;

- syn. hydrographical;

hydrographical / h aɪ d ɹ oʊ ɡ ɹ æ f ɪ k ə ɫ /
a1
of or relating to the science of hydrography;

- syn. hydrographic;

hydrography / h aɪ d ɹ ɒ ɡ ɹ ə f i /
n1
the science of the measurement and description and mapping of the surface waters of the earth with special reference to navigation;

hydroid
n1
colonial coelenterates having the polyp phase dominant;

- syn. hydrozoan;

hydroiodic acid
n1
an acid formed by aqueous solution of hydrogen iodide;

hydrokinetic
a1
relating to fluids in motion or the forces that produce or affect such motion;

hydrokinetics
n1
study of fluids in motion;

- syn. hydrodynamics;

hydrolise
v1
make a compound react with water and undergo hydrolysis;

- syn. hydrolize;

hydrolith
n1
a saltlike binary compound (CaH2) used as a reducing agent and source of hydrogen;

- syn. calcium hydride;

hydrolize
v1
make a compound react with water and undergo hydrolysis;

- syn. hydrolise;

hydrologist / h aɪ d ɹ ɒ ɫ ə dʒ ɪ s t /
n1
a geologist skilled in hydrology;

hydrology / h aɪ d ɹ ɒ ɫ ə dʒ i /
n1
the branch of geology that studies water on the earth and in the atmosphere: its distribution and uses and conservation;

hydrolysate
n1
a product of hydrolysis;

hydrolyse
v1
undergo hydrolysis;

- decompose by reacting with water;

- syn. hydrolyze;

hydrolysis / h aɪ d ɹ ɒ ɫ ɪ s ɪ s /
n1
a chemical reaction in which water reacts with a compound to produce other compounds;

- involves the splitting of a bond and the addition of the hydrogen cation and the hydroxide anion from the water;

hydrolyzable
a1
capable of undergoing hydrolysis;

hydrolyze
v1
undergo hydrolysis;

- decompose by reacting with water;

- syn. hydrolyse;

hydromancer / h aɪ d ɹ oʊ m æ n s ə /
n1
one who practices hydromancy;

hydromancy / h aɪ d ɹ oʊ m æ n s i /
n1
divination by water (as by patterns seen in the ebb and flow of the tides);

Hydromantes
n1
web-toed salamanders;

- syn. genus Hydromantes;

Hydromantes brunus
n1
similar to Shasta salamander;

- lives in cliff crevices and taluses;

- syn. limestone salamander;

Hydromantes shastae
n1
primarily a cave dweller in the Mount Shasta area;

- syn. Shasta salamander;

hydromel
n1
honey diluted in water;

- becomes mead when fermented;

hydrometer / h aɪ d ɹ ɒ m ɪ t ə , h aɪ ɡ ɹ ɒ m ɪ t ə /
n1
a measuring instrument for determining the specific gravity of a liquid or solid;

- syn. gravimeter;

hydrometric / h aɪ d ɹ oʊ m ɛ t ɹ ɪ k /
a1
of or relating to hydrometry;

- syn. gravimetric;

hydrometry / h aɪ d ɹ ɒ m ɪ t ɹ i /
n1
the measurement of specific gravity;

- syn. gravimetry;

hydromorphone
n1
a narcotic analgesic (trade name Dilaudid) used to treat moderate to severe pain;

- syn. Dilaudid, hydromorphone hydrochloride;

hydromorphone hydrochloride
n1
a narcotic analgesic (trade name Dilaudid) used to treat moderate to severe pain;

- syn. Dilaudid, hydromorphone;

Hydromyinae
n1
water rats of Australia and New Guinea;

- syn. subfamily Hydromyinae;

Hydromys
n1
water rats;

- syn. genus Hydromys;

hydronephrosis
n1
accumulation of urine in the kidney because of an obstruction in the ureter;

hydropathic / h aɪ d ɹ ə p æ θ ɪ k /
a1
of or relating to hydropathy or its administration;

- "hydropathic treatments";

hydropathy / h aɪ d ɹ ɒ p ə θ i /
n1
the internal and external use of water in the treatment of disease;

- syn. hydrotherapy;

Hydrophidae
n1
sea snakes;

- syn. family Hydrophidae;

hydrophilic / h aɪ d ɹ oʊ f ɪ ɫ ɪ k /
a1
having a strong affinity for water;

- tending to dissolve in, mix with, or be wetted by water;

- sim. deliquescent;

hydrophobia / h aɪ d ɹ ə f oʊ b ɪə /
n1
a symptom of rabies in humans consisting of an aversion to swallowing liquids;

n2
a morbid fear of water;

n3
an acute viral disease of the nervous system of warm-blooded animals (usually transmitted by the bite of a rabid animal);

- rabies is fatal if the virus reaches the brain;

- syn. lyssa, madness, rabies;

hydrophobic / h aɪ d ɹ ə f oʊ b ɪ k /
a1
lacking affinity for water;

- tending to repel and not absorb water;

- tending not to dissolve in or mix with or be wetted by water;

a2
abnormally afraid of water;

- syn. aquaphobic;

- sim. afraid;

hydrophobicity
n1
the property of being water-repellent;

- tending to repel and not absorb water;

Hydrophyllaceae
n1
perennial woodland herbs;

- syn. family Hydrophyllaceae, waterleaf family;

Hydrophyllum
n1
waterleaf;

- syn. genus Hydrophyllum;

Hydrophyllum virginianum
n1
showy perennial herb with white flowers;

- leaves sometimes used as edible greens in southeastern United States;

- syn. Indian salad, John's cabbage, Shawnee salad, Virginia waterleaf, shawny;

hydrophyte
n1
a plant that grows partly or wholly in water whether rooted in the mud, as a lotus, or floating without anchorage, as the water hyacinth;

- syn. aquatic plant, hydrophytic plant, water plant;

hydrophytic
a1
growing wholly or partially in water;

- "water lilies are hydrophytic";

- sim. hydric;

hydrophytic plant
n1
a plant that grows partly or wholly in water whether rooted in the mud, as a lotus, or floating without anchorage, as the water hyacinth;

- syn. aquatic plant, hydrophyte, water plant;

hydroplane / h aɪ d ɹ ə p ɫ eɪ n /
n1
an airplane that can land on or take off from water;

- "the designer of marine aircraft demonstrated his newest hydroplane";

- syn. seaplane;

n2
a speedboat that is equipped with winglike structures that lift it so that it skims the water at high speeds;

- "the museum houses a replica of the jet hydroplane that broke the record";

- syn. hydrofoil;

v1
glide on the water in a hydroplane;

- syn. seaplane;

hydroplane racing
n1
racing in high-speed motor boats;

hydroponic / h aɪ d ɹ ə p ɒ n ɪ k /
a1
of or relating to aquiculture;

- "aquacultural methods";

- "hydroponic lettuce";

- syn. aquacultural, aquicultural;

hydroponics / h aɪ d ɹ ə p ɒ n ɪ k s /
n1
a technique of growing plants (without soil) in water containing dissolved nutrients;

- syn. aquiculture, tank farming;

hydrops / h aɪ d ɹ ɒ p s /
n1
swelling from excessive accumulation of watery fluid in cells, tissues, or serous cavities;

- syn. dropsy, edema, oedema;

hydrosphere / h aɪ d ɹ oʊ s f ɪə /
n1
the watery layer of the earth's surface;

- includes water vapor;

hydrostatic / h aɪ d ɹ oʊ s t æ t ɪ k /
a1
relating to fluids at rest or to the pressures they exert or transmit;

- "hydrostatic pressure";

hydrostatic head
n1
the pressure at a given point in a liquid measured in terms of the vertical height of a column of the liquid needed to produce the same pressure;

hydrostatics / h aɪ d ɹ oʊ s t æ t ɪ k s /
n1
study of the mechanical properties of fluids that are not in motion;

hydrotherapy / h aɪ d ɹ oʊ θ ɛr ə p i /
n1
the internal and external use of water in the treatment of disease;

- syn. hydropathy;

hydrothorax / h aɪ d ɹ oʊ θ ɔ ɹ æ k s /
n1
accumulation of fluid in the pleural cavity (the space between the lungs and the walls of the chest) often resulting from disease of the heart or kidneys;

hydrous / h aɪ d ɹ ə s /
a1
containing combined water (especially water of crystallization as in a hydrate);

- syn. hydrated;

hydroxide / h aɪ d ɹ ɒ k s aɪ d /
n1
a compound of an oxide with water;

- syn. hydrated oxide;

n2
a chemical compound containing the hydroxyl group;

hydroxide ion
n1
the anion OH having one oxygen and one hydrogen atom;

- syn. hydroxyl ion;

hydroxy / h aɪ d ɹ ɒ k s i /
a1
being or containing a hydroxyl group;

hydroxy acid
n1
any acid that has hydroxyl groups in addition to the hydroxyl group in the acid itself;

hydroxyacetic acid
n1
a translucent crystalline compound found in sugar cane and sugar beets and unripe grapes;

- syn. glycolic acid, glycollic acid;

hydroxybenzene
n1
a toxic white soluble crystalline acidic derivative of benzene;

- used in manufacturing and as a disinfectant and antiseptic;

- poisonous if taken internally;

- syn. carbolic acid, oxybenzene, phenol, phenylic acid;

hydroxybenzoic acid
n1
a crystalline derivative of benzoic acid;

hydroxybutyric acid
n1
hydroxy derivative of butyric acid;

- syn. oxybutyric acid;

hydroxychloroquine
n1
anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Plaquenil) used in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis and malaria and lupus erythematosus;

- syn. Plaquenil;

hydroxyl / h aɪ d ɹ ɒ k s ɪ ɫ /
n1
the monovalent group -OH in such compounds as bases and some acids and alcohols;

- syn. hydroxyl group, hydroxyl radical;

hydroxyl group
n1
the monovalent group -OH in such compounds as bases and some acids and alcohols;

- syn. hydroxyl, hydroxyl radical;

hydroxyl ion
n1
the anion OH having one oxygen and one hydrogen atom;

- syn. hydroxide ion;

hydroxyl radical
n1
the monovalent group -OH in such compounds as bases and some acids and alcohols;

- syn. hydroxyl, hydroxyl group;

hydroxymethyl
n1
a methyl with hydroxide replacing the hydrogen atoms;

hydroxyproline
n1
a crystalline amino acid obtained from gelatin or collagen;

hydroxytetracycline
n1
a yellow crystalline antibiotic (trademark Terramycin) obtained from a soil actinomycete;

- used to treat various bacterial and rickettsial infections;

- syn. Terramycin, oxytetracycline, oxytetracycline hydrochloride;

hydroxyzine
n1
a drug (trade names Atarax and Vistaril) used as a tranquilizer to treat anxiety and motion sickness;

- syn. Atarax, Vistaril, hydroxyzine hydrochloride;

hydroxyzine hydrochloride
n1
a drug (trade names Atarax and Vistaril) used as a tranquilizer to treat anxiety and motion sickness;

- syn. Atarax, Vistaril, hydroxyzine;

Hydrozoa
n1
coelenterates typically having alternation of generations;

- hydroid phase is usually colonial giving rise to the medusoid phase by budding: hydras and jellyfishes;

- syn. class Hydrozoa;

hydrozoan
n1
colonial coelenterates having the polyp phase dominant;

- syn. hydroid;

Hydrus
n1
a constellation in the southern hemisphere near the south celestial pole;

Hyemoschus
n1
water chevrotains;

- syn. genus Hyemoschus;

Hyemoschus aquaticus
n1
largest chevrotain;

- of marshy areas of west Africa;

- syn. water chevrotain, water deer;

hyena / h aɪ i n ə /
n1
doglike nocturnal mammal of Africa and southern Asia that feeds chiefly on carrion;

- syn. hyaena;

hyena dog
n1
a powerful doglike mammal of southern and eastern Africa that hunts in large packs;

- now rare in settled area;

- syn. African hunting dog, Cape hunting dog, Lycaon pictus;

Hygeia
n1
(Greek mythology) the goddess of health;

- daughter of Aesculapius and sister of Panacea;

hygiene / h aɪ dʒ i n /
n1
a condition promoting sanitary practices;

- "personal hygiene";

n2
the science concerned with the prevention of illness and maintenance of health;

- syn. hygienics;

hygienic / h aɪ dʒ i n ɪ k /
a1
tending to promote or preserve health;

- "hygienic habits like using disposable tissues";

- "hygienic surroundings with plenty of fresh air";

- syn. hygienical;

- sim. sanitary;

hygienical / h aɪ dʒ i n ɪ k ə ɫ /
a1
tending to promote or preserve health;

- "hygienic habits like using disposable tissues";

- "hygienic surroundings with plenty of fresh air";

- syn. hygienic;

- sim. sanitary;

hygienically / h aɪ dʒ i n ɪ k ɫ i /
r1
in a hygienic manner;

- "the body must cared for hygienically";

hygienics / h aɪ dʒ i n ɪ k s /
n1
the science concerned with the prevention of illness and maintenance of health;

- syn. hygiene;

hygienise
v1
make sanitary by cleaning or sterilizing;

- syn. hygienize, sanitise, sanitize;

hygienist / h aɪ dʒ i n ɪ s t /
n1
a medical specialist in hygiene;

hygienize
v1
make sanitary by cleaning or sterilizing;

- syn. hygienise, sanitise, sanitize;

Hygrocybe
n1
a genus of fungi belonging to the family Hygrophoraceae;

- syn. genus Hygrocybe;

Hygrocybe acutoconica
n1
a fungus having an acutely conic cap and dry stalks;

- syn. conic waxycap;

hygrodeik
n1
a wet and dry bulb hygrometer;

hygrometer
n1
measuring instrument for measuring the relative humidity of the atmosphere;

Hygrophoraceae
n1
a family of fungi belonging to the order Agaricales;

- the gills of these fungi have a clean waxy appearance;

- syn. family Hygrophoraceae;

Hygrophorus
n1
a genus of fungi belonging to the family Hygrophoraceae;

- syn. genus Hygrophorus;

Hygrophorus borealis
n1
a fungus with a white convex cap and arcuate white gills and a stalk that tapers toward the base;

Hygrophorus caeruleus
n1
a fungus with a broadly convex cap that is cream color with a tint of blue over the margin;

- waxy gills are bluish green to blue-grey;

- a short stalk tapers abruptly at the base;

Hygrophorus inocybiformis
n1
a fungus with a drab squamulose cap and grey-brown squamules over the white background of the stalk and waxy grey-white gills;

Hygrophorus kauffmanii
n1
a fungus with a slightly viscid cap;

- cap and gills are reddish brown and the stalk is grey;

Hygrophorus marzuolus
n1
a grey fungus frequently found near melting snow banks;

Hygrophorus purpurascens
n1
a fungus with a viscid purplish red cap and stalk;

- found under spruce and other conifers;

Hygrophorus russula
n1
an edible fungus with a reddish cap and close pale gills and dry stalk;

- found under hardwoods;

Hygrophorus sordidus
n1
an edible fungus with a large white cap and a dry stalk and white gills;

Hygrophorus tennesseensis
n1
a fungus having a brownish sticky cap with a white margin and white gills and an odor of raw potatoes;

Hygrophorus turundus
n1
a small fungus with orange cap and yellow gills found in sphagnum bogs;

hygrophyte
n1
a plant that grows in a moist habitat;

hygrophytic
a1
requiring an abundance of moisture;

- "some tropical ferns are hygrophytic";

- sim. hydric;

hygroscope / h aɪ ɡ ɹ ə s k oʊ p /
n1
hygrometer that shows variations in the relative humidity of the atmosphere;

hygroscopic / h aɪ ɡ ɹ ə s k ɒ p ɪ k /
a1
absorbing moisture (as from the air);

- sim. absorbent;

Hygroton
n1
a diuretic (trade names Hygroton and Thalidone) used to control hypertension and conditions that cause edema;

- effective in lowering blood pressure to prevent heart attacks;

- syn. Thalidone, chlorthalidone;

Hygrotrama
n1
a genus of fungi belonging to the family Hygrophoraceae;

- syn. genus Hygrotrama;

Hygrotrama foetens
n1
a small grey-brown fungus with an unpleasant odor of mothballs;

Hyla
n1
the type genus of the Hylidae;

- tree toads;

- syn. genus Hyla;

Hyla arenicolor
n1
a small chiefly ground dweller that stays within easy jumping distance of water;

- of United States southwest and northern Mexico;

- syn. canyon treefrog;

Hyla crucifer
n1
a small brown tree toad having a shrill call heard near wetlands of eastern United States and Canada in early spring;

- syn. spring peeper;

Hyla regilla
n1
the most commonly heard frog on the Pacific coast of America;

- syn. Pacific tree toad;

Hylactophryne
n1
barking frogs;

- syn. genus Hylactophryne;

Hylactophryne augusti
n1
of southwest United States and Mexico;

- call is like a dog's bark;

- syn. barking frog, robber frog;

Hylidae
n1
the amphibian family of tree frogs;

- syn. family Hylidae;

Hylobates
n1
gibbons;

- syn. genus Hylobates;

Hylobates lar
n1
smallest and most perfectly anthropoid arboreal ape having long arms and no tail;

- of southern Asia and East Indies;

- syn. gibbon;

Hylobates syndactylus
n1
large black gibbon of Sumatra having the 2nd and 3rd toes partially united by a web;

- syn. Symphalangus syndactylus, siamang;

Hylobatidae
n1
used in some classifications for the lesser apes (gibbons and siamangs);

- sometimes considered a subfamily of Pongidae;

- syn. family Hylobatidae;

Hylocereus
n1
genus of climbing or epiphytic tropical American cacti with angular stems and mostly white very fragrant flowers;

- syn. genus Hylocereus;

Hylocichla
n1
American thrush: wood thrush;

- hermit thrush;

- veery;

- syn. genus Hylocichla;

Hylocichla fuscescens
n1
tawny brown North American thrush noted for its song;

- syn. Wilson's thrush, veery;

Hylocichla guttata
n1
North American thrush noted for its complex and appealing song;

- syn. hermit thrush;

Hylocichla mustelina
n1
large thrush common in eastern American woodlands;

- noted for its melodious song;

- syn. wood thrush;

Hylophylax
n1
a genus of Formicariidae;

- syn. genus Hylophylax;

Hylophylax naevioides
n1
a kind of antbird;

- syn. spotted antbird;

Hyman George Rickover
n1
United States admiral who advocated the development of nuclear submarines (1900-1986);

- syn. Hyman Rickover, Rickover;

Hyman Rickover
n1
United States admiral who advocated the development of nuclear submarines (1900-1986);

- syn. Hyman George Rickover, Rickover;

Hymen / h aɪ m ə n /
n1
(Greek mythology) the god of marriage;

n2
a fold of tissue that partly covers the entrance to the vagina of a virgin;

- syn. maidenhead, virginal membrane;

Hymenaea
n1
genus of tropical American timber trees;

- syn. genus Hymenaea;

Hymenaea courbaril
n1
West Indian locust tree having pinnate leaves and panicles of large white or purplish flowers;

- yields very hard tough wood;

- syn. courbaril;

hymenal
a1
of or relating to the hymen;

Hymenanthera
n1
a genus of slender evergreen shrubs;

- grow in Australia and New Zealand;

- syn. genus Hymenanthera;

hymeneal / h aɪ m ɛ n i ə ɫ /
n1
a wedding hymn;

a1
of or relating to a wedding or marriage;

- "hymeneal rites";

hymeneals / h aɪ m ɛ n i ə ɫ z /
n1
the social event at which the ceremony of marriage is performed;

- syn. nuptials, wedding, wedding ceremony;

hymenium
n1
spore-bearing layer of cells in certain fungi containing asci or basidia;

Hymenogastrales
n1
an order of fungi belonging to the class Gasteromycetes;

- has a distinct basidiocarp with a fleshy or waxy gleba (sometimes placed in subclass Homobasidiomycetes);

- syn. order Hymenogastrales;

Hymenomycetes
n1
used in some classifications;

- usually coextensive with order Agaricales: mushrooms;

- toadstools;

- agarics;

- bracket fungi;

- syn. class Hymenomycetes;

Hymenophyllaceae
n1
terrestrial (hygrophytic) or epiphytic ferns: filmy ferns;

- syn. family Hymenophyllaceae;

Hymenophyllum
n1
type genus of the Hymenophyllaceae: filmy ferns;

- syn. genus Hymenophyllum;

hymenopter
n1
insects having two pairs of membranous wings and an ovipositor specialized for stinging or piercing;

- syn. hymenopteran, hymenopteron, hymenopterous insect;

Hymenoptera
n1
an order of insects including: bees;

- wasps;

- ants;

- ichneumons;

- sawflies;

- gall wasps;

- etc.;

- syn. order Hymenoptera;

hymenopteran
n1
insects having two pairs of membranous wings and an ovipositor specialized for stinging or piercing;

- syn. hymenopter, hymenopteron, hymenopterous insect;

hymenopteron
n1
insects having two pairs of membranous wings and an ovipositor specialized for stinging or piercing;

- syn. hymenopter, hymenopteran, hymenopterous insect;

hymenopterous
a1
of or relating to insects of the order Hymenoptera;

hymenopterous insect
n1
insects having two pairs of membranous wings and an ovipositor specialized for stinging or piercing;

- syn. hymenopter, hymenopteran, hymenopteron;

Hymenoxys acaulis
n1
perennial having tufted basal leaves and short leafless stalks each bearing a solitary yellow flower head;

- dry hillsides and plains of west central North America;

- syn. Tetraneuris acaulis, stemless hymenoxys;

Hymenoxys grandiflora
n1
whitish hairy plant with featherlike leaves and a few stout stems each bearing an especially handsome solitary large yellow flower head;

- mountainous regions north central United States;

- syn. Tetraneuris grandiflora, alpine sunflower, old man of the mountain;

hymie
n1
(ethnic slur) offensive term for a Jew;

- syn. kike, sheeny, yid;

hymn / h ɪ m /
n1
a song of praise (to God or to a saint or to a nation);

- syn. anthem;

v1
sing a hymn;

v2
praise by singing a hymn;

- "They hymned their love of God";

hymnal / h ɪ m n ə ɫ /
n1
a songbook containing a collection of hymns;

- syn. hymnary, hymnbook;

hymnary / h ɪ m n ə ɹ i /
n1
a songbook containing a collection of hymns;

- syn. hymnal, hymnbook;

hymnbook / h ɪ m b ʊ k /
n1
a songbook containing a collection of hymns;

- syn. hymnal, hymnary;

hymnody / h ɪ m n ə d i /
n1
the act of singing psalms or hymns;

- syn. psalmody;

Hynerpeton
n1
earliest fossil amphibian ever found;

- of the Devonian;

- found in Pennsylvania;

- syn. genus Hynerpeton;

Hynerpeton bassetti
n1
fossil amphibian of the Devonian having well-developed forelimbs;

- found in Pennsylvania;

hyoid / h aɪ ɔɪ d /
n1
a U-shaped bone at the base of the tongue that supports the tongue muscles;

- syn. hyoid bone, os hyoideum;

a1
of or relating to the hyoid bone;

hyoid bone
n1
a U-shaped bone at the base of the tongue that supports the tongue muscles;

- syn. hyoid, os hyoideum;

hyoscine
n1
an alkaloid with anticholinergic effects that is used as a sedative and to treat nausea and to dilate the pupils in ophthalmic procedures;

- "transdermal scopolamine is used to treat motion sickness";

- "someone sedated with scopolamine has difficulty lying";

- syn. scopolamine;

hyoscyamine
n1
a poisonous crystalline alkaloid (isometric with atropine but more potent);

- used to treat excess motility of the gastrointestinal tract;

Hyoscyamus
n1
genus of poisonous herbs: henbane;

- syn. genus Hyoscyamus;

Hyoscyamus muticus
n1
poisonous herb whose leaves are a source of hyoscyamine;

- syn. Egyptian henbane;

Hyoscyamus niger
n1
poisonous fetid Old World herb having sticky hairy leaves and yellow-brown flowers;

- yields hyoscyamine and scopolamine;

- syn. black henbane, henbane, stinking nightshade;

hypaethral
a1
partly or entirely open to the sky;

- syn. hypethral;

- sim. unenclosed;

hypallage / h aɪ p æ ɫ ə ɡ i /
n1
reversal of the syntactic relation of two words (as in `her beauty's face');

hypanthium
n1
the cuplike or ringlike or tubular structure of a flower which bears the sepals and stamens and calyx (as in Rosaceae);

- syn. calyx tube, floral cup;

Hypatia
n1
Greek philosopher and astronomer;

- she invented the astrolabe (370-415);

hype
n1
blatant or sensational promotion;

- syn. ballyhoo, hoopla, plug;

v1
publicize in an exaggerated and often misleading manner;

hype up
v1
get excited or stimulated;

- "The children were all psyched up after the movie";

- syn. psych up;

Hypentelium
n1
a genus of fish in the family Catostomidae;

- syn. genus Hypentelium;

Hypentelium nigricans
n1
widely distributed in warm clear shallow streams;

- syn. hog molly, hog sucker;

hyper-eutectoid steel
n1
a steel that contains more than 0.9% carbon;

hyperacidity / h aɪ p ə ax s ɪ d ɪ t i /
n1
excessive acidity;

hyperactive / h aɪ p ə ɹ æ k t ɪ v /
a1
more active than normal;

- "a hyperactive child";

- syn. overactive;

- sim. active;

hyperactivity / h aɪ p ə ɹ æ k t ɪ v ɪ t i /
n1
a condition characterized by excessive restlessness and movement;

hyperacusia
n1
abnormal acuteness of hearing due to increased irritability of the sensory neural mechanism;

- characterized by intolerance for ordinary sound levels;

- syn. auditory hyperesthesia, hyperacusis;

hyperacusis
n1
abnormal acuteness of hearing due to increased irritability of the sensory neural mechanism;

- characterized by intolerance for ordinary sound levels;

- syn. auditory hyperesthesia, hyperacusia;

hyperadrenalism
n1
a glandular disorder caused by excessive ACTH resulting in greater than normal functioning of the adrenal gland;

- characterized by obesity;

- syn. Cushing's disease;

hyperadrenocorticism
n1
a glandular disorder caused by excessive cortisol;

- syn. Cushing's syndrome;

hyperaemia
n1
increased blood in an organ or other body part;

- syn. hyperemia;

hyperaldosteronism
n1
a condition caused by overproduction of aldosterone;

- syn. aldosteronism;

hyperalimentation
n1
administration of a nutritionally adequate solution through a catheter into the vena cava;

- used in cases of long-term coma or severe burns or severe gastrointestinal syndromes;

- syn. TPN, total parenteral nutrition;

hyperbaric chamber
n1
a large chamber in which the oxygen pressure is above normal for the atmosphere;

- used in treating breathing disorders or carbon monoxide poisoning;

hyperbaton
n1
reversal of normal word order (as in `cheese I love');

hyperbetalipoproteinemia
n1
a genetic disorder characterized by high levels of beta-lipoproteins and cholesterol;

- can lead to atherosclerosis at an early age;

hyperbilirubinemia
n1
abnormally high amounts of bile pigment (bilirubin) in the blood;

hyperbilirubinemia of the newborn
n1
a common disorder that is usually due to immaturity of the liver;

- usually subsides spontaneously;

- syn. neonatal hyperbilirubinemia;

hyperbola / h aɪ p ɝ b ə ɫ ə /
n1
an open curve formed by a plane that cuts the base of a right circular cone;

hyperbole / h aɪ p ɝ b ə ɫ i /
n1
extravagant exaggeration;

- syn. exaggeration;

hyperbolic / h aɪ p ə b ɒ ɫ ɪ k , h aɪ p ɝ b ɒ ɫ ɪ k /
a1
enlarged beyond truth or reasonableness;

- "a hyperbolic style";

- syn. inflated;

- sim. increased;

a2
of or relating to a hyperbola;

- "hyperbolic functions";

hyperbolic geometry
n1
(mathematics) a non-Euclidean geometry in which the parallel axiom is replaced by the assumption that through any point in a plane there are two or more lines that do not intersect a given line in the plane;

- "Karl Gauss pioneered hyperbolic geometry";

hyperbolically / h aɪ p ɝ b ɒ ɫ ɪ k ɫ i /
r1
in an exaggerated manner;

- syn. exaggeratedly;

hyperbolise
v1
to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth;

- "tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery";

- syn. amplify, exaggerate, hyperbolize, magnify, overdraw, overstate;

hyperbolize / h aɪ p ɝ b ə ɫ aɪ z /
v1
to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth;

- "tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery";

- syn. amplify, exaggerate, hyperbolise, magnify, overdraw, overstate;

hyperboloid / h aɪ p ɝ b ə ɫ ɔɪ d /
n1
a quadric surface generated by rotating a hyperbola around its main axis;

hyperboloidal / h aɪ p ɝ b ə ɫ ɔɪ d ɫ /
a1
having the shape of a hyperboloid;

- sim. rounded;

Hyperborean / h aɪ p ɝ b ɔ ɹ i ə n /
n1
(Greek mythology) one of a people that the ancient Greeks believed lived in a warm and sunny land north of the source of the north wind;

hypercalcaemia
n1
the presence of abnormally high levels of calcium in the blood;

- usually the result of excessive bone resorption in hyperparathyroidism or Paget's disease;

- syn. hypercalcemia;

hypercalcemia
n1
the presence of abnormally high levels of calcium in the blood;

- usually the result of excessive bone resorption in hyperparathyroidism or Paget's disease;

- syn. hypercalcaemia;

hypercalcinuria
n1
the presence of abnormally high levels of calcium in the urine;

- usually the result of excessive bone resorption in hyperparathyroidism or osteoporosis;

- syn. hypercalciuria;

hypercalciuria
n1
the presence of abnormally high levels of calcium in the urine;

- usually the result of excessive bone resorption in hyperparathyroidism or osteoporosis;

- syn. hypercalcinuria;

hypercapnia
n1
the physical condition of having the presence of an abnormally high level of carbon dioxide in the circulating blood;

- syn. hypercarbia;

hypercarbia
n1
the physical condition of having the presence of an abnormally high level of carbon dioxide in the circulating blood;

- syn. hypercapnia;

hypercatalectic
n1
(prosody) a line of poetry having an extra syllable or syllables at the end of the last metrical foot;

a1
(verse) having an extra syllable or syllables at the end of a metrically complete verse or in a metrical foot;

hypercellularity
n1
the state of having abnormally many cells;

hypercholesteremia
n1
the presence of an abnormal amount of cholesterol in the cells and plasma of the blood;

- associated with the risk of atherosclerosis;

- syn. hypercholesterolemia;

hypercholesterolemia
n1
the presence of an abnormal amount of cholesterol in the cells and plasma of the blood;

- associated with the risk of atherosclerosis;

- syn. hypercholesteremia;

hyperchromic anaemia
n1
anemia characterized by an increase in the concentration of corpuscular hemoglobin;

- syn. hyperchromic anemia;

hyperchromic anemia
n1
anemia characterized by an increase in the concentration of corpuscular hemoglobin;

- syn. hyperchromic anaemia;

hypercoaster
n1
a roller coaster that goes up 200 feet or higher and can catapult riders from 0 to 70 mph in 4 seconds by motors originally designed to launch rockets;

hypercritical / h aɪ p ə k ɹ ɪ t ɪ k ɫ /
a1
inclined to judge too severely;

- "hypercritical of colloquial speech";

- "the overcritical teacher can discourage originality";

- syn. overcritical;

- sim. critical;

hyperdactyly
n1
birth defect characterized by the presence of more than the normal number of fingers or toes;

- syn. polydactyly;

hyperemesis
n1
severe and excessive vomiting;

hyperemesis gravidarum
n1
hyperemesis during pregnancy;

- if severe it can result in damage to the brain and liver and kidney;

hyperemia
n1
increased blood in an organ or other body part;

- syn. hyperaemia;

hyperemic
a1
relating to or caused by hyperemia;

hyperextend
v1
extend a joint beyond its normal range;

- "Don't hyperextend your elbow";

hyperextension / h aɪ p ə ɪ k s t ɛ n ʃ n /
n1
greater than normal extension;

hyperfine
a1
extremely fine or thin, as in a spectral line split into two or more components;

- "hyperfine structure";

- sim. thin;

hyperfocal distance
n1
the distance in front of a lens that is focused at infinity beyond which all objects are well defined and clear;

hyperglycaemia
n1
abnormally high blood sugar usually associated with diabetes;

- syn. hyperglycemia;

hyperglycemia
n1
abnormally high blood sugar usually associated with diabetes;

- syn. hyperglycaemia;

Hyperglyphe perciformis
n1
blackish fish of New England waters;

- syn. barrelfish, black rudderfish;

hyperhidrosis
n1
excessive and profuse perspiration;

- syn. hyperidrosis, polyhidrosis;

Hypericaceae
n1
used in some classification systems for plants usually included among the Guttiferae;

- syn. family Hypericaceae;

Hypericales
n1
a large order of dicotyledonous plants of subclass Dilleniidae;

- syn. Parietales, order Hypericales, order Parietales;

hypericism
n1
a severe dermatitis of herbivorous domestic animals attributable to photosensitivity from eating Saint John's wort;

Hypericum
n1
large almost cosmopolitan genus of evergreen or deciduous shrubs and herbs with often showy yellow flowers;

- cosmopolitan except tropical lowlands and Arctic or high altitudes and desert regions;

- syn. genus Hypericum;

Hypericum androsaemum
n1
deciduous bushy Eurasian shrub with golden yellow flowers and reddish-purple fruits from which a soothing salve is made in Spain;

- syn. common St John's wort, tutsan;

Hypericum ascyron
n1
perennial shrub having large star-shaped yellow flowers in narrowly pyramidal cymes;

- syn. Hypericum pyramidatum, great St John's wort;

Hypericum calycinum
n1
creeping evergreen shrub with bright yellow star-shaped summer flowers;

- useful as ground cover;

- syn. creeping St John's wort;

Hypericum crux andrae
n1
shrubby plant having yellow to apricot flowers with four petals arranged in a cross;

- southeastern United States: New York to Texas;

- syn. St Andrews's cross;

Hypericum gentianoides
n1
annual wiry-stemmed North American weed with minute scalelike leaves and small yellow flowers;

- syn. nitweed, orange grass, pine-weed, pineweed;

Hypericum hypericoides
n1
low shrubby plant having yellow flowers with four petals arranged in a cross;

- Bermuda and southeastern United States to West Indies and eastern Mexico;

- syn. low St Andrew's cross;

Hypericum maculatum
n1
European perennial St John's wort;

- Ireland and France to western Siberia;

- syn. Hypericum tetrapterum, St Peter's wort;

Hypericum perforatum
n1
yellow-flowered perennial common in fields and waste places but a weed in rangelands;

- syn. klammath weed;

Hypericum prolificum
n1
stiff shrub having oblong entire leaves and dense cymes of yellow flowers;

- syn. Hypericum spathulatum, shrubby St John's wort;

Hypericum pyramidatum
n1
perennial shrub having large star-shaped yellow flowers in narrowly pyramidal cymes;

- syn. Hypericum ascyron, great St John's wort;

Hypericum spathulatum
n1
stiff shrub having oblong entire leaves and dense cymes of yellow flowers;

- syn. Hypericum prolificum, shrubby St John's wort;

Hypericum tetrapterum
n1
European perennial St John's wort;

- Ireland and France to western Siberia;

- syn. Hypericum maculatum, St Peter's wort;

Hypericum virginianum
n1
perennial marsh herb with pink to mauve flowers;

- southeastern United States;

- syn. marsh St-John's wort;

hyperidrosis
n1
excessive and profuse perspiration;

- syn. hyperhidrosis, polyhidrosis;

Hyperion / h aɪ p ə aɪ ə n /
n1
(Greek mythology) a Titan who was the son of Gaea and Uranus and the father of Helios and Selene and Eos in ancient mythology;

hyperkalemia
n1
higher than normal levels of potassium in the circulating blood;

- associated with kidney failure or sometimes with the use of diuretic drugs;

hyperkinetic syndrome
n1
a condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders;

- syn. ADD, ADHD, MBD, attention deficit disorder, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, minimal brain damage, minimal brain dysfunction;

hyperlink
n1
a link from a hypertext file to another location or file;

- typically activated by clicking on a highlighted word or icon at a particular location on the screen;

hyperlipaemia
n1
presence of excess lipids in the blood;

- syn. hyperlipemia, hyperlipidaemia, hyperlipidemia, hyperlipoidaemia, hyperlipoidemia, lipaemia, lipemia, lipidaemia, lipidemia, lipoidaemia, lipoidemia;

hyperlipemia
n1
presence of excess lipids in the blood;

- syn. hyperlipaemia, hyperlipidaemia, hyperlipidemia, hyperlipoidaemia, hyperlipoidemia, lipaemia, lipemia, lipidaemia, lipidemia, lipoidaemia, lipoidemia;

hyperlipidaemia
n1
presence of excess lipids in the blood;

- syn. hyperlipaemia, hyperlipemia, hyperlipidemia, hyperlipoidaemia, hyperlipoidemia, lipaemia, lipemia, lipidaemia, lipidemia, lipoidaemia, lipoidemia;

hyperlipidemia
n1
presence of excess lipids in the blood;

- syn. hyperlipaemia, hyperlipemia, hyperlipidaemia, hyperlipoidaemia, hyperlipoidemia, lipaemia, lipemia, lipidaemia, lipidemia, lipoidaemia, lipoidemia;

hyperlipoidaemia
n1
presence of excess lipids in the blood;

- syn. hyperlipaemia, hyperlipemia, hyperlipidaemia, hyperlipidemia, hyperlipoidemia, lipaemia, lipemia, lipidaemia, lipidemia, lipoidaemia, lipoidemia;

hyperlipoidemia
n1
presence of excess lipids in the blood;

- syn. hyperlipaemia, hyperlipemia, hyperlipidaemia, hyperlipidemia, hyperlipoidaemia, lipaemia, lipemia, lipidaemia, lipidemia, lipoidaemia, lipoidemia;

hyperlipoproteinemia
n1
any of various disorders of lipoprotein and cholesterol metabolism that result in high levels of lipoprotein and cholesterol in the circulating blood;

hypermarket / h aɪ p ə m ɑ k ɪ t /
n1
a huge supermarket (usually built on the outskirts of a town);

Hypermastigina
n1
cellulose-producing flagellates;

- syn. order Hypermastigina;

hypermastigote
n1
flagellate symbiotic in the intestines of e.g. termites;

hypermedia
n1
a multimedia system in which related items of information are connected and can be presented together;

- syn. hypermedia system, interactive multimedia, interactive multimedia system;

hypermedia system
n1
a multimedia system in which related items of information are connected and can be presented together;

- syn. hypermedia, interactive multimedia, interactive multimedia system;

hypermenorrhea
n1
abnormally heavy or prolonged menstruation;

- can be a symptom of uterine tumors and can lead to anemia if prolonged;

- syn. menorrhagia;

hypermetropia
n1
abnormal condition in which vision for distant objects is better than for near objects;

- syn. farsightedness, hypermetropy, hyperopia, longsightedness;

hypermetropic
a1
abnormal ability to focus of distant objects;

- syn. hyperopic;

- sim. farsighted;

hypermetropy
n1
abnormal condition in which vision for distant objects is better than for near objects;

- syn. farsightedness, hypermetropia, hyperopia, longsightedness;

hypermotility
n1
excessive movement;

- especially excessive motility of the gastrointestinal tract;

hypernatremia
n1
excessive amounts of sodium in the blood;

- possibly indicating diabetes insipidus;

hypernym
n1
a word that is more generic than a given word;

- syn. superordinate, superordinate word;

hypernymy
n1
the semantic relation of being superordinate or belonging to a higher rank or class;

- syn. superordination;

Hyperoartia
n1
lampreys as distinguished from hagfishes;

- syn. Petromyzoniformes, suborder Hyperoartia, suborder Petromyzoniformes;

Hyperodontidae
n1
beaked whales;

- in some especially former classifications included in the family Physeteridae;

- syn. Ziphiidae, family Hyperodontidae, family Ziphiidae;

Hyperoglyphe
n1
a genus of Stromateidae;

- syn. genus Hyperoglyphe;

hyperon
n1
any baryon that is not a nucleon;

- unstable particle with mass greater than a neutron;

Hyperoodon
n1
bottle-nosed whales;

- syn. genus Hyperoodon;

Hyperoodon ampullatus
n1
northern Atlantic beaked whale with a bulbous forehead;

- syn. bottle-nosed whale, bottlenose, bottlenose whale;

hyperope
n1
a person with hyperopia;

- a farsighted person;

hyperopia
n1
abnormal condition in which vision for distant objects is better than for near objects;

- syn. farsightedness, hypermetropia, hypermetropy, longsightedness;

hyperopic
a1
abnormal ability to focus of distant objects;

- syn. hypermetropic;

- sim. farsighted;

Hyperotreta
n1
hagfishes as distinguished from lampreys;

- syn. Myxiniformes, Myxinoidea, Myxinoidei, suborder Hyperotreta, suborder Myxiniformes, suborder Myxinoidei;

hyperparathyroidism
n1
excessive secretion of parathyroid hormone resulting in abnormally high levels of calcium in the blood;

- can affect many systems of the body (especially causing bone resorption and osteoporosis);

hyperpiesia
n1
persistent and pathological high blood pressure for which no specific cause can be found;

- syn. essential hypertension, hyperpiesis;

hyperpiesis
n1
persistent and pathological high blood pressure for which no specific cause can be found;

- syn. essential hypertension, hyperpiesia;

hyperpigmentation
n1
unusual darkening of the skin;

hyperpituitarism
n1
excessive activity of the pituitary gland (especially overactivity of the anterior lobe which leads to excess secretion of growth hormone);

hyperplasia
n1
abnormal increase in number of cells;

hyperpnea
n1
energetic (deep and rapid) respiration that occurs normally after exercise or abnormally with fever or various disorders;

hyperpyrexia
n1
extremely high fever (especially in children);

hypersecretion
n1
excessive secretion;

hypersensitised
a1
having an allergy or peculiar or excessive susceptibility (especially to a specific factor);

- "allergic children";

- "hypersensitive to pollen";

- syn. allergic, hypersensitive, hypersensitized, sensitised, sensitized, supersensitised, supersensitive, supersensitized;

- sim. susceptible;

hypersensitive / h aɪ p ə s ɛ n s ɪ t ɪ v , h aɪ p ɝ s ɛ n s ɪ t ɪ v /
a1
having an allergy or peculiar or excessive susceptibility (especially to a specific factor);

- "allergic children";

- "hypersensitive to pollen";

- syn. allergic, hypersensitised, hypersensitized, sensitised, sensitized, supersensitised, supersensitive, supersensitized;

- sim. susceptible;

hypersensitivity / h aɪ p ɝ s ɛ n s ə t ɪ v ɪ t i /
n1
pathological sensitivity;

n2
extreme sensitivity;

hypersensitivity reaction
n1
an inappropriate and excessive reaction to an allergen (as pollen or dust or animal hair or certain foods);

- severity ranges from mild allergy to severe systemic reactions leading to anaphylactic shock;

hypersensitized / h aɪ p ɝ s ɛ n s ɪ t aɪ z d /
a1
having an allergy or peculiar or excessive susceptibility (especially to a specific factor);

- "allergic children";

- "hypersensitive to pollen";

- syn. allergic, hypersensitised, hypersensitive, sensitised, sensitized, supersensitised, supersensitive, supersensitized;

- sim. susceptible;

hypersomnia
n1
an inability to stay awake;

hypersplenism
n1
enlarged spleen and a decrease in one or more types of blood cells;

- associated with many disorders;

Hyperstat
n1
vasodilator (trade name Hyperstat) used to treat severe hypertension;

- syn. diazoxide;

Hypertensin
n1
any of several vasoconstrictor substances (trade name Hypertensin) that cause narrowing of blood vessels;

- syn. angiotensin, angiotonin;

hypertension / h aɪ p ə t ɛ n ʃ n /
n1
a common disorder in which blood pressure remains abnormally high (a reading of 140/90 mm Hg or greater);

- syn. high blood pressure;

hypertensive / h aɪ p ə t ɛ n s ɪ v /
n1
a person who has abnormally high blood pressure;

a1
having abnormally high blood pressure;

hypertext / h aɪ p ə t ɛ k s t /
n1
machine-readable text that is not sequential but is organized so that related items of information are connected;

- "Let me introduce the word hypertext to mean a body of written or pictorial material interconnected in such a complex way that it could not conveniently be presented or represented on paper"--Ted Nelson;

hypertext mark-up language
n1
a set of tags and rules (conforming to SGML) for using them in developing hypertext documents;

- syn. HTML, hypertext markup language;

hypertext markup language
n1
a set of tags and rules (conforming to SGML) for using them in developing hypertext documents;

- syn. HTML, hypertext mark-up language;

hypertext system
n1
a database management system that allows strings of text (`objects') to be processed as a complex network of nodes that are linked together in an arbitrary way;

hypertext transfer protocol
n1
a protocol (utilizing TCP) to transfer hypertext requests and information between servers and browsers;

- syn. HTTP;

hyperthermal
a1
of or relating to or affected by hyperthermia;

hyperthermia
n1
abnormally high body temperature;

- sometimes induced (as in treating some forms of cancer);

- syn. hyperthermy;

hyperthermy
n1
abnormally high body temperature;

- sometimes induced (as in treating some forms of cancer);

- syn. hyperthermia;

hyperthyroidism / h aɪ p oʊ θ aɪ ɹ ɔɪ d ɪ z ə m /
n1
an overactive thyroid gland;

- pathologically excessive production of thyroid hormones or the condition resulting from excessive production of thyroid hormones;

- syn. thyrotoxicosis;

hypertonia
n1
(of muscular tissue) the state of being hypertonic;

- syn. hypertonicity, hypertonus;

hypertonic / h aɪ p ə t ɒ n ɪ k /
a1
(of living tissue) in a state of abnormally high tension;

- "hypertonic muscle tissue";

a2
(of a solution) having a higher osmotic pressure than a comparison solution;

hypertonicity / h aɪ p ə t ɒ n ɪ s ɪ t i /
n1
(of a solution) the extent to which a solution has a higher osmotic pressure than some other;

n2
(of muscular tissue) the state of being hypertonic;

- syn. hypertonia, hypertonus;

hypertonus
n1
(of muscular tissue) the state of being hypertonic;

- syn. hypertonia, hypertonicity;

hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
n1
a disorder in which the heart muscle is so strong that it does not relax enough to fill with the heart with blood and so has reduced pumping ability;

hypertrophic rosacea
n1
enlargement of the nose with dilation of follicles and redness and prominent vascularity of the skin;

- often associated with excessive consumption of alcohol;

- syn. brandy nose, copper nose, hammer nose, potato nose, rhinophyma, rum-blossom, rum nose, toper's nose;

hypertrophied / h aɪ p ɝ t ɹ ə f ɪ d /
a1
(of an organ or body part) excessively enlarged as a result of increased size in the constituent cells;

- "hypertrophied myocardial fibers";

- syn. enlarged;

hypertrophy / h aɪ p ɝ t ɹ ə f i /
n1
abnormal enlargement of a body part or organ;

v1
undergo hypertrophy;

- "muscles can hypertrophy when people take steroids";

hypervelocity
n1
excessive velocity;

- "the meteorites struck the earth with hypervelocity impacts";

hyperventilate
v1
produce hyperventilation in;

- "The nurses had to hyperventilate the patient";

v2
breathe excessively hard and fast;

- "The mountain climber started to hyperventilate";

hyperventilation / h aɪ p ə v ɛ n t ɪ ɫ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
an increased depth and rate of breathing greater than demanded by the body needs;

- can cause dizziness and tingling of the fingers and toes and chest pain if continued;

hypervitaminosis
n1
an abnormal condition resulting from taking vitamins excessively;

- can be serious for vitamins A or D or K;

hypervolaemia
n1
a blood disorder consisting of an increase in the volume of circulating blood;

- syn. hypervolemia;

hypervolemia
n1
a blood disorder consisting of an increase in the volume of circulating blood;

- syn. hypervolaemia;

hypesthesia
n1
impairment of tactile sensitivity;

- decrease of sensitivity;

- syn. hypoesthesia;

hypethral
a1
partly or entirely open to the sky;

- syn. hypaethral;

- sim. unenclosed;

hypha
n1
any of the threadlike filaments forming the mycelium of a fungus;

Hyphantria
n1
fall webworms;

- syn. genus Hyphantria;

Hyphantria cunea
n1
a variety of webworm;

- syn. fall webworm;

n2
moth whose larvae are fall webworms;

hyphema
n1
bleeding into the interior chamber of the eye;

hyphen / h aɪ f n /
n1
a punctuation mark (-) used between parts of a compound word or between the syllables of a word when the word is divided at the end of a line of text;

- syn. dash;

v1
divide or connect with a hyphen;

- "hyphenate these words and names";

- syn. hyphenate;

hyphenate / h aɪ f ə n eɪ t /
v1
divide or connect with a hyphen;

- "hyphenate these words and names";

- syn. hyphen;

hyphenation
n1
division of a word especially at the end of a line on a page;

- syn. word division;

n2
connecting syllables and words by hyphens;

hypnagogic
a1
sleep inducing;

- syn. hypnogogic, somniferous, somnific, soporiferous, soporific;

- sim. depressant;

hypnagogue
n1
an agent that induces drowsiness or sleep;

hypnoanalysis
n1
the use of hypnosis in conjunction with psychoanalysis;

hypnogenesis
n1
the induction of sleep or hypnosis;

hypnogogic
a1
sleep inducing;

- syn. hypnagogic, somniferous, somnific, soporiferous, soporific;

- sim. depressant;

hypnoid
a1
of or relating to a state of sleep or hypnosis;

- sim. asleep;

hypnopedia
n1
teaching during sleep (as by using recordings to teach a foreign language to someone who is asleep);

- syn. sleep-learning;

hypnophobia
n1
a morbid fear of falling asleep;

Hypnos
n1
(Greek mythology) the Greek god of sleep;

- the son of Nyx;

hypnosis / h ɪ p n oʊ s ɪ s /
n1
a state that resembles sleep but that is induced by suggestion;

hypnotherapy
n1
the use of hypnosis in psychotherapy;

hypnotic / h ɪ p n ɒ t ɪ k /
n1
a drug that induces sleep;

- syn. soporific;

a1
of or relating to hypnosis;

a2
attracting and holding interest as if by a spell;

- "read the bedtime story in a hypnotic voice";

- "she had a warm mesmeric charm";

- "the sheer force of his presence was mesmerizing";

- "a spellbinding description of life in ancient Rome";

- syn. mesmeric, mesmerizing, spellbinding;

- sim. attractive;

hypnotic trance
n1
a trance induced by the use of hypnosis;

- the person accepts the suggestions of the hypnotist;

hypnotically / h ɪ p n ɒ t ɪ k ɫ i /
r1
by means of hypnotism;

hypnotise
v1
induce hypnosis in;

- syn. hypnotize, mesmerise, mesmerize;

hypnotised
a1
having your attention fixated as though by a spell;

- syn. fascinated, hypnotized, mesmerised, mesmerized, spell-bound, spellbound, transfixed;

- sim. enchanted;

hypnotiser / h ɪ p n ə t aɪ z ə /
n1
a person who induces hypnosis;

- syn. hypnotist, hypnotizer, mesmerist, mesmerizer;

hypnotism / h ɪ p n ə t ɪ z ə m /
n1
the act of inducing hypnosis;

- syn. mesmerism, suggestion;

hypnotist / h ɪ p n ə t ɪ s t /
n1
a person who induces hypnosis;

- syn. hypnotiser, hypnotizer, mesmerist, mesmerizer;

hypnotize / h ɪ p n ə t aɪ z /
v1
induce hypnosis in;

- syn. hypnotise, mesmerise, mesmerize;

hypnotized / h ɪ p n ə t aɪ z d /
a1
having your attention fixated as though by a spell;

- syn. fascinated, hypnotised, mesmerised, mesmerized, spell-bound, spellbound, transfixed;

- sim. enchanted;

hypnotizer / h ɪ p n ə t aɪ z ə /
n1
a person who induces hypnosis;

- syn. hypnotiser, hypnotist, mesmerist, mesmerizer;

hypo / h aɪ p oʊ /
n1
a compound used as a fixing agent in photographic developing;

- syn. sodium thiosulfate, sodium thiosulphate;

n2
a piston syringe that is fitted with a hypodermic needle for giving injections;

- syn. hypodermic, hypodermic syringe;

hypo-eutectoid steel
n1
a steel that contains less that 0.9% carbon;

hypoactive
a1
abnormally inactive;

- syn. underactive;

- sim. inactive;

hypoadrenalism
n1
a glandular disorder caused by failure of function of the cortex of the adrenal gland and marked by anemia and prostration with brownish skin;

- syn. Addison's disease, Addison's syndrome, hypoadrenocorticism;

hypoadrenocorticism
n1
a glandular disorder caused by failure of function of the cortex of the adrenal gland and marked by anemia and prostration with brownish skin;

- syn. Addison's disease, Addison's syndrome, hypoadrenalism;

hypobasidium
n1
special cell constituting the base of the basidium in various fungi especially of the order Tremellales;

hypobetalipoproteinemia
n1
a hereditary disorder characterized by low levels of beta-lipoproteins and lipids and cholesterol;

hypoblast
n1
the inner germ layer that develops into the lining of the digestive and respiratory systems;

- syn. endoblast, endoderm, entoblast, entoderm;

hypocalcaemia
n1
abnormally low level of calcium in the blood;

- associated with hypoparathyroidism or kidney malfunction or vitamin D deficiency;

- syn. hypocalcemia;

hypocalcemia
n1
abnormally low level of calcium in the blood;

- associated with hypoparathyroidism or kidney malfunction or vitamin D deficiency;

- syn. hypocalcaemia;

hypocapnia
n1
a state in which the level of carbon dioxide in the blood is lower than normal;

- can result from deep or rapid breathing;

- syn. acapnia;

hypocellularity
n1
the state of having abnormally few cells;

Hypochaeris
n1
widely distributed genus of herbs with milky juice;

- includes some cosmopolitan weeds;

- syn. Hypochoeris, genus Hypochaeris, genus Hypochoeris;

Hypochaeris radicata
n1
European weed widely naturalized in North America having yellow flower heads and leaves resembling a cat's ears;

- syn. California dandelion, capeweed, cat's-ear, gosmore;

hypochlorite
n1
any salt or ester of hypochlorous acid;

hypochlorous acid
n1
a weak unstable acid known only in solution and in its salts;

- used as a bleaching agent and as an oxidizing agent;

Hypochoeris
n1
widely distributed genus of herbs with milky juice;

- includes some cosmopolitan weeds;

- syn. Hypochaeris, genus Hypochaeris, genus Hypochoeris;

hypochondria / h aɪ p ə k ɒ n d ɹ ɪə /
n1
chronic and abnormal anxiety about imaginary symptoms and ailments;

- syn. hypochondriasis;

hypochondriac / h aɪ p ə k ɒ n d ɹ ɪ æ k /
n1
a patient with imaginary symptoms and ailments;

a1
suffering from hypochondria;

- syn. hypochondriacal;

- sim. neurotic;

hypochondriacal / h aɪ p ə k ə n d ɹ aɪ ə k ɫ , h aɪ p oʊ k ɒ n d ɹ aɪ ə k ə ɫ /
a1
suffering from hypochondria;

- syn. hypochondriac;

- sim. neurotic;

hypochondriasis / h aɪ p oʊ k ɒ n d ɹ aɪ ə s ɪ s /
n1
chronic and abnormal anxiety about imaginary symptoms and ailments;

- syn. hypochondria;

hypochondrium
n1
the upper region of the abdomen just below the lowest ribs on either side of the epigastrium;

hypochromic anaemia
n1
anemia characterized by a decrease in the concentration of corpuscular hemoglobin;

- syn. hypochromic anemia;

hypochromic anemia
n1
anemia characterized by a decrease in the concentration of corpuscular hemoglobin;

- syn. hypochromic anaemia;

hypocorism
n1
a name of endearment (especially one using a diminutive suffix);

- "`Billy' is a hypocorism for `William'";

- syn. pet name;

Hypocreaceae
n1
family of fungi having brightly colored fleshy or membranous ascocarps;

- sometimes placed in its own order Hypocreales;

- syn. family Hypocreaceae;

Hypocreales
n1
used in some classifications for the family Hypocreaceae;

- syn. order Hypocreales;

hypocrisy / h ɪ p ɒ k ɹ ə s i /
n1
an expression of agreement that is not supported by real conviction;

- syn. lip service;

n2
insincerity by virtue of pretending to have qualities or beliefs that you do not really have;

hypocrite / h ɪ p ə k ɹ ɪ t /
n1
a person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings or motives;

- syn. dissembler, dissimulator, phoney, phony, pretender;

hypocritical / h ɪ p ə k ɹ ɪ t ɪ k ɫ /
a1
professing feelings or virtues one does not have;

- "hypocritical praise";

- sim. insincere;

hypocritically / h ɪ p ə k ɹ ɪ t ɪ k ɫ i /
r1
in a hypocritical manner;

- "he behaved hypocritically by praying piously when people were watching";

hypocycloid / h aɪ p oʊ s aɪ k ɫ ɔɪ d /
n1
a line generated by a point on a circle that rolls around inside another circle;

Hypoderma / h aɪ p ə d ɝ m ə /
n1
in some classifications considered the type genus of the family Hypodermatidae: warble flies;

- syn. genus Hypoderma;

hypodermal / h aɪ p ə d ɝ m ə ɫ /
a1
of or relating to the hypodermis;

Hypodermatidae
n1
warble flies;

- syn. Oestridae, family Hypodermatidae, family Oestridae;

hypodermic / h aɪ p ə d ɝ m ɪ k /
n1
a piston syringe that is fitted with a hypodermic needle for giving injections;

- syn. hypo, hypodermic syringe;

a1
relating to or located below the epidermis;

- "hypodermic needle";

- "subcutaneous implant";

- syn. subcutaneous;

hypodermic needle
n1
a hollow needle;

hypodermic syringe
n1
a piston syringe that is fitted with a hypodermic needle for giving injections;

- syn. hypo, hypodermic;

hypodermis / h aɪ p ə d ɝ m ɪ s /
n1
layer of cells that secretes the chitinous cuticle in e.g. arthropods;

hypoesthesia
n1
impairment of tactile sensitivity;

- decrease of sensitivity;

- syn. hypesthesia;

hypogammaglobulinemia
n1
an abnormally low concentration of gamma globulin in the blood and increased risk of infection;

hypogastric artery
n1
the inner branch of the common iliac artery on either side of the body;

- divides into several branches that supply blood to the pelvic and gluteal areas;

- syn. internal iliac artery;

hypogastric plexus
n1
a plexus of nerves serving the pelvic viscera;

- syn. plexus hypogastricus;

hypogastric vein
n1
a vein that unites with the external iliac vein to form the common iliac vein;

- syn. internal iliac vein;

hypoglossal / h aɪ p oʊ ɡ ɫ ɒ s ɫ /
n1
supplies intrinsic muscles of the tongue and other tongue muscles;

- syn. hypoglossal nerve, nervus hypoglosus, twelfth cranial nerve;

hypoglossal nerve
n1
supplies intrinsic muscles of the tongue and other tongue muscles;

- syn. hypoglossal, nervus hypoglosus, twelfth cranial nerve;

hypoglycaemia
n1
abnormally low blood sugar usually resulting from excessive insulin or a poor diet;

- syn. hypoglycemia;

hypoglycaemic
a1
of or relating to hypoglycemia;

- "hypoglycemic agents";

- syn. hypoglycemic;

hypoglycaemic agent
n1
any of various agents that decrease the level of glucose in the blood and are used in the treatment of diabetes mellitus;

- syn. hypoglycemic agent;

hypoglycemia
n1
abnormally low blood sugar usually resulting from excessive insulin or a poor diet;

- syn. hypoglycaemia;

hypoglycemic
a1
of or relating to hypoglycemia;

- "hypoglycemic agents";

- syn. hypoglycaemic;

hypoglycemic agent
n1
any of various agents that decrease the level of glucose in the blood and are used in the treatment of diabetes mellitus;

- syn. hypoglycaemic agent;

hypognathous
a1
having a projecting lower jaw;

- syn. prognathic, prognathous;

- sim. lantern-jawed;

hypogonadism
n1
incompetence of the gonads (especially in the male with low testosterone);

- results in deficient development of secondary sex characteristics and (in prepubertal males) a body with long legs and a short trunk;

hypokalemia
n1
abnormally low level of potassium in the circulating blood leading to weakness and heart abnormalities;

- associated with adrenal tumors or starvation or taking diuretics;

hypolipoproteinemia
n1
any of various disorders of lipoprotein and cholesterol metabolism that result in low levels of lipoprotein and cholesterol in the circulating blood;

hyponatremia
n1
abnormally low level of sodium in the blood;

- associated with dehydration;

hyponitrous acid
n1
an explosive white crystalline weak acid (H2N2O2);

hyponym
n1
a word that is more specific than a given word;

- syn. subordinate, subordinate word;

hyponymy
n1
the semantic relation of being subordinate or belonging to a lower rank or class;

- syn. subordination;

Hypopachus
n1
sheep frogs;

- syn. genus Hypopachus;

hypoparathyroidism
n1
inadequate secretion of parathyroid hormone resulting in abnormally low levels of calcium in the blood;

hypophosphoric acid
n1
a crystalline tetrabasic acid (H4P2O6);

hypophosphorous acid
n1
a clear or yellow monobasic acid (H3PO2);

- syn. orthophosphorous acid, phosphorous acid;

hypophyseal
a1
of or relating to the hypophysis;

- syn. hypophysial;

hypophyseal stalk
n1
the funnel-shaped stalk connecting the pituitary gland to the hypothalamus;

hypophysectomise
v1
remove the pituitary glands;

- syn. hypophysectomize;

hypophysectomised
a1
having the pituitary gland removed by surgery;

- "hypophysectomized tadpoles";

- syn. hypophysectomized;

hypophysectomize
v1
remove the pituitary glands;

- syn. hypophysectomise;

hypophysectomized
a1
having the pituitary gland removed by surgery;

- "hypophysectomized tadpoles";

- syn. hypophysectomised;

hypophysectomy
n1
surgical removal of the pituitary gland;

hypophysial
a1
of or relating to the hypophysis;

- syn. hypophyseal;

hypophysial dwarf
n1
a dwarf whose condition is caused by a deficiency of growth hormones, rather than by genetic factors (as in the case of the achondroplastic dwarf);

- syn. Levi-Lorrain dwarf, pituitary dwarf;

hypophysis
n1
the master gland of the endocrine system;

- located at the base of the brain;

- syn. pituitary, pituitary body, pituitary gland;

hypopigmentation
n1
unusual lack of skin color;

Hypopitys
n1
term used in some classifications for the pinesaps, which are usually included in the genus Monotropa;

- syn. genus Hypopitys;

hypoplasia
n1
underdevelopment of an organ because of a decrease in the number of cells;

hypoplastic anaemia
n1
anemia resulting from inadequately functioning bone marrow;

- can develop into aplastic anemia;

- syn. hypoplastic anemia;

hypoplastic anemia
n1
anemia resulting from inadequately functioning bone marrow;

- can develop into aplastic anemia;

- syn. hypoplastic anaemia;

hypoplastic dwarf
n1
an achondroplastic dwarf whose small size is the result of a genetic defect;

- body parts and mental and sexual development are normal;

- syn. normal dwarf, primordial dwarf, true dwarf;

hypopnea
n1
slow or shallow breathing;

hypoproteinemia
n1
abnormally low level of protein in the blood;

- can indicate inadequate diet or intestinal or renal disorders;

hyposmia
n1
lessened sensitivity to odors;

hypospadias
n1
an abnormal condition in males in which the urethra opens on the under surface of the penis;

hypostasis / h aɪ p ɒ s t ə s ɪ s /
n1
the suppression of a gene by the effect of an unrelated gene;

- syn. epistasis;

n2
the accumulation of blood in an organ;

n3
any of the three persons of the Godhead constituting the Trinity especially the person of Christ in which divine and human natures are united;

- syn. hypostasis of Christ;

n4
(metaphysics) essential nature or underlying reality;

hypostasis of Christ
n1
any of the three persons of the Godhead constituting the Trinity especially the person of Christ in which divine and human natures are united;

- syn. hypostasis;

hypostatisation / h aɪ p ɒ s t ə t aɪ z eɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
regarding something abstract as a material thing;

- syn. hypostatization, reification;

hypostatise
v1
construe as a real existence, of a conceptual entity;

- syn. hypostatize;

hypostatization / h aɪ p ɒ s t ə t aɪ z eɪ ʃ n /
n1
regarding something abstract as a material thing;

- syn. hypostatisation, reification;

hypostatize / h aɪ p ɒ s t ə t aɪ z /
v1
construe as a real existence, of a conceptual entity;

- syn. hypostatise;

hypotension / h aɪ p oʊ t ɛ n ʃ n /
n1
abnormally low blood pressure;

hypotensive / h aɪ p oʊ t ɛ n s ɪ v /
n1
a person who has abnormally low blood pressure;

a1
having abnormally low blood pressure;

hypotenuse / h aɪ p ɒ t ə n j u z /
n1
the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle;

hypothalamic
a1
of or relating to the hypothalamus;

hypothalamic releasing factor
n1
any of several hormones produced in the hypothalamus and carried by a vein to the anterior pituitary gland where they stimulate the release of anterior pituitary hormones;

- each of these hormones causes the anterior pituitary to secrete a specific hormone;

- syn. RH, hypothalamic releasing hormone, releasing factor, releasing hormone;

hypothalamic releasing hormone
n1
any of several hormones produced in the hypothalamus and carried by a vein to the anterior pituitary gland where they stimulate the release of anterior pituitary hormones;

- each of these hormones causes the anterior pituitary to secrete a specific hormone;

- syn. RH, hypothalamic releasing factor, releasing factor, releasing hormone;

hypothalamically
r1
with respect to the hypothalamus;

- "hypothalamically controlled secretions";

hypothalamus
n1
a basal part of the diencephalon governing autonomic nervous system;

hypothecate / h aɪ p ɒ θ ɪ k eɪ t /
v1
pledge without delivery or title of possession;

v2
to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds;

- "Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps";

- syn. conjecture, hypothesise, hypothesize, speculate, suppose, theorise, theorize;

hypothermia
n1
subnormal body temperature;

hypothermic / h aɪ p oʊ θ ɝ m ɪ k /
a1
of or relating to or affected by hypothermia;

hypothesis / h aɪ p ɒ θ ə s ɪ s , h aɪ p ɒ θ ɪ s ɪ s /
n1
a proposal intended to explain certain facts or observations;

n2
a tentative insight into the natural world;

- a concept that is not yet verified but that if true would explain certain facts or phenomena;

- "a scientific hypothesis that survives experimental testing becomes a scientific theory";

- "he proposed a fresh theory of alkalis that later was accepted in chemical practices";

- syn. possibility, theory;

n3
a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence;

- syn. conjecture, guess, speculation, supposition, surmisal, surmise;

hypothesise / h aɪ p ɒ θ ə s aɪ z /
v1
to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds;

- "Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps";

- syn. conjecture, hypothecate, hypothesize, speculate, suppose, theorise, theorize;

hypothesize / h aɪ p ɒ θ ə s aɪ z /
v1
to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds;

- "Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps";

- syn. conjecture, hypothecate, hypothesise, speculate, suppose, theorise, theorize;

hypothetic / h aɪ p oʊ θ ɛ t ɪ k /
a1
based primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence;

- "theories about the extinction of dinosaurs are still highly conjectural";

- "the supposed reason for his absence";

- "suppositious reconstructions of dead languages";

- "hypothetical situation";

- syn. conjectural, divinatory, hypothetical, supposed, suppositional, suppositious, supposititious;

- sim. theoretical;

hypothetical / h aɪ p ə θ ɛ t ɪ k ɫ /
n1
a hypothetical possibility, circumstance, statement, proposal, situation, etc.;

- "consider the following, just as a hypothetical";

a1
based primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence;

- "theories about the extinction of dinosaurs are still highly conjectural";

- "the supposed reason for his absence";

- "suppositious reconstructions of dead languages";

- "hypothetical situation";

- syn. conjectural, divinatory, hypothetic, supposed, suppositional, suppositious, supposititious;

- sim. theoretical;

hypothetical creature
n1
a creature that has not been observed but is hypothesized to exist;

hypothetical imperative
n1
a principle stating the action required to attain a desired goal;

hypothetically / h aɪ p ə θ ɛ t ɪ k ɫ i /
r1
by hypothesis;

hypothrombinemia
n1
a low level of prothrombin (factor II) in the circulating blood;

- results in long clotting time and poor clot formation and sometimes excessive bleeding;

- can result from vitamin K deficiency;

hypothyroidism / h aɪ p oʊ θ aɪ ɹ ɔɪ d ɪ z ə m /
n1
an underactive thyroid gland;

- a glandular disorder resulting from insufficient production of thyroid hormones;

hypotonia
n1
(of muscular tissue) the state of being hypotonic;

- syn. hypotonicity, hypotonus;

hypotonic / h aɪ p oʊ t ɒ n ɪ k /
a1
(of living tissue) lacking normal tone or tension;

a2
(of a solution) having a lower osmotic pressure than a comparison solution;

hypotonicity
n1
(of a solution) the extent to which a solution has a lower osmotic pressure than some other;

n2
(of muscular tissue) the state of being hypotonic;

- syn. hypotonia, hypotonus;

hypotonus
n1
(of muscular tissue) the state of being hypotonic;

- syn. hypotonia, hypotonicity;

hypovitaminosis
n1
any of several diseases caused by deficiency of one or more vitamins;

- syn. avitaminosis;

hypovolaemia
n1
a blood disorder consisting of a decrease in the volume of circulating blood;

- syn. hypovolemia;

hypovolaemic
a1
of or relating to a decrease in the volume of circulating blood;

- syn. hypovolemic;

hypovolemia
n1
a blood disorder consisting of a decrease in the volume of circulating blood;

- syn. hypovolaemia;

hypovolemic
a1
of or relating to a decrease in the volume of circulating blood;

- syn. hypovolaemic;

hypovolemic shock
n1
shock caused by severe blood or fluid loss;

hypoxia
n1
oxygen deficiency causing a very strong drive to correct the deficiency;

hypoxic hypoxia
n1
hypoxia resulting from defective oxygenation of the blood in the lungs;

Hypoxidaceae
n1
in some classification systems included in the Amaryllidaceae;

- syn. family Hypoxidaceae;

Hypoxis
n1
small plants that resemble amaryllis and that grow from a corm and bear flowers on a leafless stalk;

- sometimes classified as member of the family Amaryllidaceae: star grass;

- syn. genus Hypoxis;

Hypoxis hirsuta
n1
perennial star grass of North America;

- syn. American star grass;

hypozeugma
n1
use of a series of subjects with a single predicate;

hypozeuxis
n1
use of a series of parallel clauses (as in `I came, I saw, I conquered');

Hypsiglena
n1
night snakes;

- syn. genus Hypsiglena;

Hypsiglena torquata
n1
nocturnal prowler of western United States and Mexico;

- syn. night snake;

Hypsiprymnodon
n1
musk kangaroos;

- syn. genus Hypsiprymnodon;

Hypsiprymnodon moschatus
n1
small kangaroo of northeastern Australia;

- syn. musk kangaroo;

hypsography
n1
the scientific study of the earth's configuration above sea level (emphasizing the measurement of land altitudes relative to sea level);

n2
measurement of the elevation of land above sea level;

- syn. hypsometry;

hypsometer / h ɪ p s ɒ m ɪ t ə /
n1
an altimeter that uses the boiling point of water to determine land elevation;

hypsometry / h ɪ p s ɒ m ɪ t ɹ i /
n1
measurement of the elevation of land above sea level;

- syn. hypsography;

Hyracoidea
n1
hyraxes and some extinct animals;

- syn. order Hyracoidea;

Hyracotherium
n1
extinct horse genus;

- formerly called eohippus;

- syn. genus Hyracotherium;

hyrax / h aɪ ə ɹ æ k s /
n1
any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes;

- syn. coney, cony, das, dassie;

hyson / h aɪ s n /
n1
a Chinese green tea with twisted leaves;

hyssop / h ɪ s ə p /
n1
a European mint with aromatic and pungent leaves used in perfumery and as a seasoning in cookery;

- often cultivated as a remedy for bruises;

- yields hyssop oil;

- syn. Hyssopus officinalis;

n2
bitter leaves used sparingly in salads;

- dried flowers used in soups and tisanes;

hyssop loosestrife
n1
annual with small solitary pink flowers;

- originally of Europe but widely naturalized in moist areas;

- syn. Lythrum hyssopifolia, grass poly;

hyssop oil
n1
used chiefly in liqueurs;

Hyssopus
n1
Eurasian genus of perennial herbs or subshrubs;

- syn. genus Hyssopus;

Hyssopus officinalis
n1
a European mint with aromatic and pungent leaves used in perfumery and as a seasoning in cookery;

- often cultivated as a remedy for bruises;

- yields hyssop oil;

- syn. hyssop;

hysterectomy
n1
surgical removal of the uterus;

hysteresis
n1
the lagging of an effect behind its cause;

- especially the phenomenon in which the magnetic induction of a ferromagnetic material lags behind the changing magnetic field;

hysteria / h ɪ s t ɪə ɹ ɪə /
n1
state of violent mental agitation;

- syn. craze, delirium, frenzy, fury;

n2
excessive or uncontrollable fear;

n3
neurotic disorder characterized by violent emotional outbreaks and disturbances of sensory and motor functions;

- syn. hysterical neurosis;

hysteric / h ɪ s t ɛr ɪ k /
n1
a person suffering from hysteria;

a1
characterized by or arising from psychoneurotic hysteria;

- "during hysterical conditions various functions of the human body are disordered"- Morris Fishbein;

- "hysterical amnesia";

- syn. hysterical;

- sim. neurotic;

hysterical / h ɪ s t ɛr ɪ k ɫ /
a1
characterized by or arising from psychoneurotic hysteria;

- "during hysterical conditions various functions of the human body are disordered"- Morris Fishbein;

- "hysterical amnesia";

- syn. hysteric;

- sim. neurotic;

a2
marked by excessive or uncontrollable emotion;

- "hysterical laughter";

- "a mob of hysterical vigilantes";

- sim. agitated;

hysterical neurosis
n1
neurotic disorder characterized by violent emotional outbreaks and disturbances of sensory and motor functions;

- syn. hysteria;

hysterically / h ɪ s t ɛr ɪ k ɫ i /
r1
in a hysterical manner;

- "she screamed hysterically when she heard the news";

hysterics / h ɪ s t ɛr ɪ k s /
n1
an attack of hysteria;

hysterocatalepsy
n1
hysteria with cataleptic symptoms;

hysteron proteron
n1
reversal of normal order of two words or sentences etc. (as in `bred and born');

n2
the logical fallacy of using as a true premise a proposition that is yet to be proved;

hysterosalpingogram
n1
X ray of the uterus and Fallopian tubes;

- usually done in diagnosing infertility (to see if there any blockages);

hysteroscopy
n1
visual examination of the uterus and uterine lining using an endoscope inserted through the vagina;

hysterotomy
n1
surgical incision into the uterus (as in cesarean section);

Hystricidae
n1
Old World porcupines;

- syn. family Hystricidae;

Hystricomorpha
n1
an order of rodents including: porcupines;

- guinea pigs;

- chinchillas;

- etc.;

- syn. suborder Hystricomorpha;

Hytrin
n1
antihypertensive drug (trade name Hytrin) used to treat high blood pressure;

- syn. terazosin;

Hz
n1
the unit of frequency;

- one hertz has a periodic interval of one second (named for Heinrich Rudolph Hertz);

- syn. cps, cycle, cycle per second, cycles/second, hertz;

I / aɪ /
n1
a nonmetallic element belonging to the halogens;

- used especially in medicine and photography and in dyes;

- occurs naturally only in combination in small quantities (as in sea water or rocks);

- syn. atomic number 53, iodin, iodine;

n2
the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number;

- "he has the one but will need a two and three to go with it";

- "they had lunch at one";

- syn. 1, ace, one, single, unity;

n3
the 9th letter of the Roman alphabet;

a1
used of a single unit or thing;

- not two or more;

- "`ane' is Scottish";

- syn. 1, ane, one;

- sim. cardinal;

I-beam
n1
girder having a cross section resembling the letter `I';

I. A. Richards
n1
English literary critic who collaborated with C. K. Ogden and contributed to the development of Basic English (1893-1979);

- syn. Ivor Armstrong Richards, Richards;

I. F. Stone
n1
United States journalist who advocated liberal causes (1907-1989);

- syn. Isidor Feinstein Stone, Stone;

I. M. Pei
n1
United States architect (born in China in 1917);

- syn. Ieoh Ming Pei, Pei;

I.D.
n1
a card or badge used to identify the bearer;

- "you had to show your ID in order to get in";

- syn. ID;

i.e.
r1
that is to say;

- in other words;

- syn. id est, ie;

I.E.D.
n1
an explosive device that is improvised;

- syn. IED, improvised explosive device;

I.O.C.
n1
organization responsible for organizing the modern Olympic Games;

- syn. IOC, International Olympic Committee;

I.Q.
n1
a measure of a person's intelligence as indicated by an intelligence test;

- the ratio of a person's mental age to their chronological age (multiplied by 100);

- syn. IQ, intelligence quotient;

I.W.W.
n1
a former international labor union and radical labor movement in the United States;

- founded in Chicago in 1905 and dedicated to the overthrow of capitalism;

- its membership declined after World War I;

- syn. IWW, Industrial Workers of the World;

I Chronicles
n1
the first of two Old Testament books telling the history of Judah and Israel until the return from the Babylonian Captivity in 536 BC;

- syn. 1 Chronicles;

I Corinthians
n1
a New Testament book containing the first epistle from Saint Paul to the church at Corinth;

- syn. First Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Corinthians, First Epistle to the Corinthians;

I Esdra
n1
an Apocryphal book consisting of a compilation from I Chronicles and II Chronicles and Ezra and Nehemiah;

- syn. 1 Esdras;

I John
n1
the first New Testament epistle traditionally attributed to Saint John the Apostle;

- syn. First Epistle of John;

I Kings
n1
the first of two Old Testament books telling the histories of the kings of Judah and Israel;

- syn. 1 Kings;

I Maccabees
n1
an Apocryphal book describing the life of Judas Maccabaeus;

- syn. 1 Maccabees;

I Peter
n1
the first New Testament book traditionally attributed to Saint Peter the Apostle;

- syn. First Epistle of Peter;

I Samuel
n1
the first of two books in the Old Testament that tell of Saul and David;

- syn. 1 Samuel;

I Thessalonians
n1
a New Testament book containing Saint Paul's first epistle to the Thessalonians;

- syn. First Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Thessalonians, First Epistle to the Thessalonians;

I Timothy
n1
a New Testament book containing Saint Paul's first epistle to Timothy;

- contains advice on pastoral matters;

- syn. First Epistle of Paul the Apostle to Timothy, First Epistle to Timothy;

IA
n1
a state in midwestern United States;

- syn. Hawkeye State, Ia., Iowa;

Ia.
n1
a state in midwestern United States;

- syn. Hawkeye State, IA, Iowa;

IAA
n1
a plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots;

- syn. indoleacetic acid;

n2
Yemen-based terrorist group that supports al-Qaeda's goals;

- seeks to overthrow the Yemeni government and eliminate United States interests;

- responsible for bombings and kidnappings and killing western tourists in Yemen;

- syn. Aden-Abyan Islamic Army, Islamic Army of Aden, Islamic Army of Aden-Abyan;

IAEA
n1
the United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy;

- syn. International Atomic Energy Agency;

Iago
n1
the villain in William Shakespeare's tragedy who tricked Othello into murdering his wife;

iamb / aɪ æ m /
n1
a metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables;

- syn. iambus;

iambic / aɪ æ m b ɪ k /
n1
a verse line consisting of iambs;

a1
of or consisting of iambs;

- "iambic pentameter";

iambus / aɪ æ m b ə s /
n1
a metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables;

- syn. iamb;

Ian Douglas Smith
n1
Rhodesian statesman who declared independence of Zimbabwe from Great Britain (born in 1919);

- syn. Ian Smith, Smith;

Ian Fleming
n1
British writer famous for writing spy novels about secret agent James Bond (1908-1964);

- syn. Fleming, Ian Lancaster Fleming;

Ian Lancaster Fleming
n1
British writer famous for writing spy novels about secret agent James Bond (1908-1964);

- syn. Fleming, Ian Fleming;

Ian Smith
n1
Rhodesian statesman who declared independence of Zimbabwe from Great Britain (born in 1919);

- syn. Ian Douglas Smith, Smith;

Ian Wilmut
n1
English geneticist who succeeded in cloning a sheep from a cell from an adult ewe (born in 1944);

- syn. Wilmut;

ianfu
n1
a woman forced into prostitution for Japanese servicemen during World War II;

- "she wrote a book about her harsh experiences as a comfort woman";

- syn. comfort woman;

Iapetus
n1
(Greek mythology) the Titan who was father of Atlas and Epimetheus and Prometheus in ancient mythology;

iatrogenic
a1
induced by a physician's words or therapy (used especially of a complication resulting from treatment);

- sim. induced;

ib.
r1
in the same place (used when citing a reference);

- syn. ibid., ibidem;

Ibadan / ɪ b æ d n /
n1
a large Yoruba city in southwestern Nigeria;

- site of a university;

IBDA-C
n1
a Turkish terrorist organization that claimed responsibility for bombing a British consulate and bank in Istanbul;

- a violent opponent of Turkey's secular government and its ties to the European Union and NATO;

- syn. Islamic Great Eastern Raiders-Front;

Iberia / aɪ b ɪə ɹ ɪə /
n1
an ancient geographical region to the south of the Caucasus Mountains that corresponded approximately to the present-day Georgia;

n2
a peninsula in southwestern Europe;

- syn. Iberian Peninsula;

Iberian / aɪ b ɪə ɹ ɪə n /
n1
a native or inhabitant of Iberia in the Caucasus;

n2
a native or inhabitant of the Iberian Peninsula (especially in ancient times);

a1
of or relating to the Iberian Peninsula or its inhabitants;

Iberian Peninsula
n1
a peninsula in southwestern Europe;

- syn. Iberia;

Iberis
n1
Old World herbs and subshrubs: candytuft;

- syn. genus Iberis;

Ibero-mesornis
n1
sparrow-sized fossil bird of the Cretaceous period having a vestigial tail;

- found in Spain;

- considered possibly the third most primitive of all birds;

Ibert
n1
French composer (1890-1962);

- syn. Jacques Francois Antoine Ibert;

ibex / aɪ b ɛ k s /
n1
wild goat of mountain areas of Eurasia and northern Africa having large recurved horns;

- syn. Capra ibex;

ibid.
r1
in the same place (used when citing a reference);

- syn. ib., ibidem;

ibidem / ɪ b aɪ d ɛ m , ɪ b ɪ d ɛ m /
r1
in the same place (used when citing a reference);

- syn. ib., ibid.;

ibis / aɪ b ɪ s /
n1
wading birds of warm regions having long slender down-curved bills;

Ibis ibis
n1
any of several Old World birds of the genus Ibis;

- syn. wood ibis, wood stork;

Ibizan hound
n1
breed of slender agile medium-sized hound found chiefly in the Balearic Islands;

- said to have been bred originally by the Pharaohs of ancient Egypt;

- syn. Ibizan Podenco;

Ibizan Podenco
n1
breed of slender agile medium-sized hound found chiefly in the Balearic Islands;

- said to have been bred originally by the Pharaohs of ancient Egypt;

- syn. Ibizan hound;

ibn-Roshd
n1
Arabian philosopher born in Spain;

- wrote detailed commentaries on Aristotle that were admired by the Schoolmen (1126-1198);

- syn. Abul-Walid Mohammed ibn-Ahmad Ibn-Mohammed ibn-Roshd, Averroes;

ibn-Sina
n1
Persian physician and influential philosopher;

- his interpretation of Aristotle influenced St. Thomas Aquinas;

- writings on medicine were important for almost 500 years (980-1037);

- syn. Abu Ali al-Husain ibn Abdallah ibn Sina, Avicenna;

Ibn al-Haytham
n1
an Egyptian polymath (born in Iraq) whose research in geometry and optics was influential into the 17th century;

- established experiments as the norm of proof in physics (died in 1040);

- syn. Al-Hasan ibn al-Haytham, Alhacen, Alhazen, al-Haytham;

ibn Talal Hussein
n1
king of Jordan credited with creating stability at home and seeking peace with Israel (1935-1999);

- syn. Husain, Husayn, Hussein, King Hussein;

ibolium privet
n1
fast-growing and tightly branched hybrid of Ligustrum ovalifolium and Ligustrum obtusifolium;

- syn. Ligustrum ibolium, ibota privet;

ibota privet
n1
fast-growing and tightly branched hybrid of Ligustrum ovalifolium and Ligustrum obtusifolium;

- syn. Ligustrum ibolium, ibolium privet;

Ibrahim
n1
the first of the Old Testament patriarchs and the father of Isaac;

- according to Genesis, God promised to give Abraham's family (the Hebrews) the land of Canaan (the Promised Land);

- God tested Abraham by asking him to sacrifice his son;

- "Judaism, Christianity, and Islam each has a special claim on Abraham";

- syn. Abraham;

IBRD
n1
a United Nations agency created to assist developing nations by loans guaranteed by member governments;

- syn. International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, World Bank;

Ibsen
n1
realistic Norwegian author who wrote plays on social and political themes (1828-1906);

- syn. Henrik Ibsen, Henrik Johan Ibsen;

Ibsenian
a1
of or relating to or in the manner of the playwright Henrik Ibsen;

ibuprofen
n1
a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory and analgesic medicine (trade names Advil and Motrin and Nuprin) used to relieve the pain of arthritis and as an antipyretic;

- "daily use of ibuprofen can irritate the stomach";

- syn. Advil, Motrin, Nuprin, isobutylphenyl propionic acid;

IC
n1
a group of government agencies and organizations that carry out intelligence activities for the United States government;

- headed by the Director of Central Intelligence;

- syn. Intelligence Community, National Intelligence Community, United States Intelligence Community;

a1
being one less than one hundred and nine more than ninety;

- syn. 99, ninety-nine;

- sim. cardinal;

icaco
n1
small tropical American tree bearing edible plumlike fruit;

- syn. Chrysobalanus icaco, coco plum, coco plum tree, cocoa plum;

n2
plum-shaped whitish to almost black fruit used for preserves;

- tropical American;

- syn. coco plum, cocoa plum;

ICAO
n1
the United Nations agency concerned with civil aviation;

- syn. International Civil Aviation Organization;

Icarus
n1
(Greek mythology) son of Daedalus;

- while escaping from Crete with his father (using the wings Daedalus had made) he flew too close to the sun and the wax melted and he fell into the Aegean and drowned;

ICBM / aɪ s i b i ɛ m /
n1
a ballistic missile that is capable of traveling from one continent to another;

- syn. intercontinental ballistic missile;

ICC
n1
a former independent federal agency that supervised and set rates for carriers that transported goods and people between states;

- was terminated in 1995;

- "the ICC was established in 1887 as the first federal agency";

- syn. Interstate Commerce Commission;

ice / aɪ s /
n1
water frozen in the solid state;

- "Americans like ice in their drinks";

- syn. water ice;

n2
the frozen part of a body of water;

n3
diamonds;

- "look at the ice on that dame!";

- syn. sparkler;

n4
a flavored sugar topping used to coat and decorate cakes;

- syn. frosting, icing;

n5
a frozen dessert with fruit flavoring (especially one containing no milk);

- syn. frappe;

n6
an amphetamine derivative (trade name Methedrine) used in the form of a crystalline hydrochloride;

- used as a stimulant to the nervous system and as an appetite suppressant;

- syn. Methedrine, chalk, chicken feed, crank, deoxyephedrine, glass, meth, methamphetamine, methamphetamine hydrochloride, shabu, trash;

n7
a heat engine in which combustion occurs inside the engine rather than in a separate furnace;

- heat expands a gas that either moves a piston or turns a gas turbine;

- syn. internal-combustion engine;

n8
a rink with a floor of ice for ice hockey or ice skating;

- "the crowd applauded when she skated out onto the ice";

- syn. ice-skating rink, ice rink;

v1
decorate with frosting;

- "frost a cake";

- syn. frost;

v2
cause to become ice or icy;

- "an iced summer drink";

v3
put ice on or put on ice;

- "Ice your sprained limbs";

ice-clogged
a1
obstructed by ice;

- "ice-clogged rivers";

- sim. frozen;

ice-cold
a1
as cold as ice;

- sim. cold;

ice-cream bean
n1
ornamental evergreen tree with masses of white flowers;

- tropical and subtropical America;

- syn. Inga edulis;

ice-cream cake
n1
ice cream molded to look like a cake;

- syn. icebox cake;

ice-cream cone
n1
ice cream in a crisp conical wafer;

ice-cream float
n1
a drink with ice cream floating in it;

- syn. float, ice-cream soda;

ice-cream soda
n1
a drink with ice cream floating in it;

- syn. float, ice-cream float;

ice-cream sundae
n1
ice cream served with a topping;

- syn. sundae;

ice-free
a1
free of ice and open to travel;

- "an ice-free channel in the river";

- sim. unfrozen;

ice-hockey player
n1
an athlete who plays hockey;

- syn. hockey player;

ice-hockey rink
n1
an ice rink for playing ice hockey;

- syn. ice hockey rink;

ice-skater
n1
someone who engages in ice skating;

ice-skating rink
n1
a rink with a floor of ice for ice hockey or ice skating;

- "the crowd applauded when she skated out onto the ice";

- syn. ice, ice rink;

ice-wagon
n1
(formerly) a horse-drawn wagon that delivered ice door to door;

- syn. ice wagon;

ice age
n1
any period of time during which glaciers covered a large part of the earth's surface;

- "the most recent ice age was during the Pleistocene";

- syn. glacial epoch, glacial period;

ice ax
n1
an ax used by mountain climbers for cutting footholds in ice;

- syn. ice axe, piolet;

ice axe
n1
an ax used by mountain climbers for cutting footholds in ice;

- syn. ice ax, piolet;

ice bag
n1
a waterproof bag filled with ice: applied to the body (especially the head) to cool or reduce swelling;

- syn. ice pack;

ice bear
n1
white bear of Arctic regions;

- syn. Thalarctos maritimus, Ursus Maritimus, polar bear;

ice cap
n1
a mass of ice and snow that permanently covers a large area of land (e.g., the polar regions or a mountain peak);

- syn. icecap;

ice chest
n1
a refrigerator for cooling liquids;

- syn. cooler;

ice coffee
n1
a strong sweetened coffee served over ice with cream;

- syn. iced coffee;

ice cream
n1
frozen dessert containing cream and sugar and flavoring;

- syn. icecream;

ice crystal
n1
small crystals of ice;

- syn. diamond dust, frost mist, frost snow, ice needle, poudrin, snow mist;

ice cube
n1
a small cube of artificial ice;

- used for cooling drinks;

ice field
n1
a large flat mass of ice (larger than an ice floe) floating at sea;

ice floe
n1
a flat mass of ice (smaller than an ice field) floating at sea;

- syn. floe;

ice fog
n1
a dense winter fog containing ice particles;

- syn. pogonip;

ice hockey
n1
a game played on an ice rink by two opposing teams of six skaters each who try to knock a flat round puck into the opponents' goal with angled hockey sticks;

- syn. hockey, hockey game;

ice hockey rink
n1
an ice rink for playing ice hockey;

- syn. ice-hockey rink;

ice lolly
n1
ice cream or water ice on a small wooden stick;

- "in England a popsicle is called an ice lolly";

- syn. lollipop, lolly, popsicle;

ice machine
n1
an electric refrigerator to supply ice cubes;

ice maker
n1
an appliance included in some electric refrigerators for making ice cubes;

ice mass
n1
a large mass of ice;

ice milk
n1
similar to ice cream but made of milk;

ice needle
n1
small crystals of ice;

- syn. diamond dust, frost mist, frost snow, ice crystal, poudrin, snow mist;

ice over
v1
become covered with a layer of ice;

- of a surface such as a window;

- "When the wings iced up, the pilot was forced to land his plane";

- syn. frost over, ice up;

ice pack
n1
a waterproof bag filled with ice: applied to the body (especially the head) to cool or reduce swelling;

- syn. ice bag;

n2
a large expanse of floating ice;

- syn. pack ice;

ice pick
n1
pick consisting of a steel rod with a sharp point;

- used for breaking up blocks of ice;

- syn. icepick;

ice plant
n1
Old World annual widely naturalized in warm regions having white flowers and fleshy foliage covered with hairs that resemble ice;

- syn. Mesembryanthemum crystallinum, icicle plant;

ice rink
n1
a rink with a floor of ice for ice hockey or ice skating;

- "the crowd applauded when she skated out onto the ice";

- syn. ice, ice-skating rink;

ice shelf
n1
ice that is attached to land but projects out to sea;

- syn. shelf ice;

ice show
n1
any entertainment performed by ice skaters;

ice skate
n1
skate consisting of a boot with a steel blade fitted to the sole;

v1
move along on ice skates;

ice skating
n1
skating on ice;

ice storm
n1
a storm with freezing rain that leaves everything glazed with ice;

- syn. silver storm;

ice tea
n1
strong tea served over ice;

- syn. iced tea;

ice tongs
n1
tongs for lifting blocks of ice;

ice up
v1
become covered with a layer of ice;

- of a surface such as a window;

- "When the wings iced up, the pilot was forced to land his plane";

- syn. frost over, ice over;

ice wagon
n1
(formerly) a horse-drawn wagon that delivered ice door to door;

- syn. ice-wagon;

ice water
n1
water served ice-cold or with ice;

ice yacht
n1
a sailing vessel with runners and a cross-shaped frame;

- suitable for traveling over ice;

- syn. iceboat, scooter;

iceberg / aɪ s b ɝ ɡ /
n1
a large mass of ice floating at sea;

- usually broken off of a polar glacier;

- syn. berg;

n2
lettuce with crisp tightly packed light-green leaves in a firm head;

- "iceberg is still the most popular lettuce";

- syn. crisphead lettuce, iceberg lettuce;

iceberg lettuce
n1
lettuce with crisp tightly packed light-green leaves in a firm head;

- "iceberg is still the most popular lettuce";

- syn. crisphead lettuce, iceberg;

iceboat / aɪ s b oʊ t /
n1
a ship with a reinforced bow to break up ice and keep channels open for navigation;

- syn. icebreaker;

n2
a sailing vessel with runners and a cross-shaped frame;

- suitable for traveling over ice;

- syn. ice yacht, scooter;

icebound / aɪ s b aʊ n d /
a1
locked in by ice;

- "icebound harbors";

- sim. frozen;

icebox / aɪ s b ɒ k s /
n1
white goods in which food can be stored at low temperatures;

- syn. refrigerator;

icebox cake
n1
ice cream molded to look like a cake;

- syn. ice-cream cake;

icebreaker / aɪ s b ɹ eɪ k ə , aɪ s b ɹ eɪ k ə ɹ /
n1
a ship with a reinforced bow to break up ice and keep channels open for navigation;

- syn. iceboat;

n2
a beginning that relaxes a tense or formal atmosphere;

- "he told jokes as an icebreaker";

icecap / aɪ s k æ p /
n1
a mass of ice and snow that permanently covers a large area of land (e.g., the polar regions or a mountain peak);

- syn. ice cap;

icecream
n1
frozen dessert containing cream and sugar and flavoring;

- syn. ice cream;

iced-tea spoon
n1
a teaspoon with a long handle;

iced coffee
n1
a strong sweetened coffee served over ice with cream;

- syn. ice coffee;

iced tea
n1
strong tea served over ice;

- syn. ice tea;

icefall / aɪ s f ɔ ɫ /
n1
a steep part of a glacier resembling a frozen waterfall;

icehouse / aɪ s h aʊ s /
n1
a house for storing ice;

Iceland / aɪ s ɫ ə n d /
n1
an island republic on the island of Iceland;

- became independent of Denmark in 1944;

- syn. Republic of Iceland;

n2
a volcanic island in the North Atlantic near the Arctic Circle;

Iceland lichen
n1
lichen with branched flattened partly erect thallus that grows in mountainous and Arctic regions;

- used as a medicine or food for humans and livestock;

- a source of glycerol;

- syn. Cetraria islandica, Iceland moss;

Iceland moss
n1
lichen with branched flattened partly erect thallus that grows in mountainous and Arctic regions;

- used as a medicine or food for humans and livestock;

- a source of glycerol;

- syn. Cetraria islandica, Iceland lichen;

Iceland poppy
n1
subarctic perennial poppy of both hemispheres having fragrant white or yellow to orange or peach flowers;

- syn. Papaver nudicaule, arctic poppy;

n2
Old World alpine poppy with white or yellow to orange flowers;

- syn. Papaver alpinum;

Iceland spar
n1
a transparent calcite found in Iceland and used in polarizing microscopes;

Icelander / aɪ s ɫ ə n d ə , aɪ s ɫ ə n d ə ɹ /
n1
a native or inhabitant of Iceland;

Icelandic / aɪ s ɫ ə n d ɪ k /
n1
a Scandinavian language that is the official language of Iceland;

a1
of or relating to Iceland or its people or culture and language;

- "Icelandic ports";

- "the Icelandic president is a woman";

- "Icelandic sagas";

Icelandic-speaking
a1
able to communicate in Icelandic;

- sim. communicative;

Icelandic krona
n1
the basic unit of money in Iceland;

- syn. krona;

Icelandic monetary unit
n1
monetary unit in Iceland;

iceman / aɪ s m æ n /
n1
someone who cuts and delivers ice;

n2
a professional killer;

- syn. hatchet man;

icepick / aɪ s p ɪ k /
n1
pick consisting of a steel rod with a sharp point;

- used for breaking up blocks of ice;

- syn. ice pick;

icetray
n1
a tray for making cubes of ice in a refrigerator;

ichneumon / ɪ k n j u m ə n /
n1
northern African mongoose;

- in ancient times thought to devour crocodile eggs;

- syn. Herpestes ichneumon;

ichneumon fly
n1
hymenopterous insect that resembles a wasp and whose larvae are parasitic on caterpillars and other insect larvae;

Ichneumonidae
n1
ichneumon flies;

- syn. family Ichneumonidae;

ichor / aɪ k ɔ /
n1
(Greek mythology) the rarified fluid said to flow in the veins of the Gods;

n2
a fluid product of inflammation;

- syn. festering, purulence, pus, sanies, suppuration;

ichorous
a1
of or resembling or characterized by ichor or sanies;

- "an ichorous discharge";

- "the sanious discharge from an ulcer";

- syn. sanious;

ichthyolatry
n1
the worship of fish;

- syn. fish-worship;

ichthyologist / ɪ k θ ɪ ɒ ɫ ə dʒ ɪ s t /
n1
a zoologist who studies fishes;

ichthyology / ɪ k θ ɪ ɒ ɫ ə dʒ i /
n1
the branch of zoology that studies fishes;

ichthyosaur
n1
any of several marine reptiles of the Mesozoic having a body like a porpoise with dorsal and tail fins and paddle-shaped limbs;

Ichthyosauria
n1
extinct marine reptiles: ichthyosaurs;

- syn. order Ichthyosauria;

Ichthyosauridae
n1
later ichthyosaurs of the Jurassic and Cretaceous;

- widely distributed in both hemispheres;

- syn. family Ichthyosauridae;

ichthyosaurus / ɪ k θ ɪə s ɔ ɹ ə s /
n1
ichthyosaurs of the Jurassic;

ichthyosis
n1
any of several congenital diseases in which the skin is dry and scaly like a fish;

Ichyostega
n1
early tetrapod amphibian found in Greenland;

icicle / aɪ s ɪ k ɫ /
n1
ice resembling a pendent spear, formed by the freezing of dripping water;

icicle plant
n1
Old World annual widely naturalized in warm regions having white flowers and fleshy foliage covered with hairs that resemble ice;

- syn. Mesembryanthemum crystallinum, ice plant;

icily / aɪ s ɪ ɫ i /
r1
in a cold and icy manner;

- "`Mr. Powell finds it easier to take it out of mothers, children and sick people than to take on this vast industry,' Mr Brown commented icily";

iciness / aɪ s ɪ n ə s /
n1
coldness due to a cold environment;

- syn. chill, gelidity;

n2
a lack of affection or enthusiasm;

- "a distressing coldness of tone and manner";

- syn. chilliness, coldness, coolness, frigidity, frigidness;

icing / aɪ s ɪ ŋ /
n1
the formation of frost or ice on a surface;

- syn. frost;

n2
a flavored sugar topping used to coat and decorate cakes;

- syn. frosting, ice;

n3
(ice hockey) the act of shooting the puck from within your own defensive area the length of the rink beyond the opponent's goal;

- syn. icing the puck;

icing sugar
n1
finely powdered sugar used to make icing;

icing the puck
n1
(ice hockey) the act of shooting the puck from within your own defensive area the length of the rink beyond the opponent's goal;

- syn. icing;

icky
a1
very bad;

- "a lousy play";

- "it's a stinking world";

- syn. crappy, lousy, rotten, shitty, stinking, stinky;

- sim. bad;

a2
soft and sticky;

- syn. gooey;

- sim. adhesive;

icon / aɪ k ɒ n /
n1
(computer science) a graphic symbol (usually a simple picture) that denotes a program or a command or a data file or a concept in a graphical user interface;

n2
a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface;

- "they showed us the pictures of their wedding";

- "a movie is a series of images projected so rapidly that the eye integrates them";

- syn. ikon, image, picture;

n3
a conventional religious painting in oil on a small wooden panel;

- venerated in the Eastern Church;

- syn. ikon;

iconic / aɪ k ɒ n ɪ k /
a1
relating to or having the characteristics on an icon;

iconoclasm / aɪ k ɒ n ə k ɫ æ z ə m /
n1
the orientation of an iconoclast;

iconoclast / aɪ k ɒ n ə k ɫ æ s t /
n1
a destroyer of images used in religious worship;

- syn. image breaker;

n2
someone who attacks cherished ideas or traditional institutions;

iconoclastic / aɪ k ɒ n ə k ɫ æ s t ɪ k /
a1
characterized by attack on established beliefs or institutions;

- sim. unorthodox;

a2
destructive of images used in religious worship;

- said of religions, such as Islam, in which the representation of living things is prohibited;

- sim. destructive;

iconography / aɪ k ɒ n ɒ ɡ ɹ ə f i /
n1
the images and symbolic representations that are traditionally associated with a person or a subject;

- "religious iconography";

- "the propagandistic iconography of a despot";

iconolatry
n1
the worship of sacred images;

iconology / aɪ k ɒ n ɒ ɫ ə dʒ i /
n1
the branch of art history that studies visual images and their symbolic meaning (especially in social or political terms);

iconoscope / aɪ k ɒ n ə s k oʊ p /
n1
the first practical television-camera for picture pickup;

- invented in 1923 by Vladimir Kosma Zworykin;

icosahedral / aɪ k ə s ə h ɛ d ɹ ə ɫ /
a1
of or relating to an icosahedron;

icosahedron / aɪ k ə s ə h ɛ d ɹ ə n /
n1
any polyhedron having twenty plane faces;

ICSH
n1
a gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary;

- stimulates ovulation in female mammals and stimulates androgen release in male mammals;

- syn. LH, interstitial cell-stimulating hormone, luteinizing hormone;

ictal
a1
of or relating to a seizure or convulsion;

- syn. ictic;

Ictalurus
n1
channel catfishes;

- syn. genus Ictalurus;

Ictalurus punctatus
n1
freshwater food fish common throughout central United States;

- syn. channel cat, channel catfish;

Icteria
n1
New World chats;

- syn. genus Icteria;

Icteria virens
n1
American warbler noted for imitating songs of other birds;

- syn. yellow-breasted chat;

icteric
a1
affected by jaundice which causes yellowing of skin etc;

- syn. jaundiced, yellow;

- sim. unhealthy;

Icteridae
n1
American orioles;

- American blackbirds;

- bobolinks;

- meadowlarks;

- syn. family Icteridae;

icterogenic
a1
producing jaundice;

icterus
n1
yellowing of the skin and the whites of the eyes caused by an accumulation of bile pigment (bilirubin) in the blood;

- can be a symptom of gallstones or liver infection or anemia;

- syn. jaundice;

n2
type genus of the Icteridae;

- syn. genus Icterus;

Icterus galbula
n1
a kind of New World oriole;

- syn. northern oriole;

Icterus galbula bullockii
n1
western subspecies of northern oriole;

- syn. Bullock's oriole;

Icterus galbula galbula
n1
eastern subspecies of northern oriole;

- syn. Baltimore bird, Baltimore oriole, firebird, hangbird;

icterus neonatorum
n1
yellowish appearance in newborn infants;

- usually subsides spontaneously;

- syn. jaundice of the newborn, physiological jaundice of the newborn;

Icterus spurius
n1
the male is chestnut-and-black;

- syn. orchard oriole;

ictic
a1
of or relating to a seizure or convulsion;

- syn. ictal;

Ictiobus
n1
buffalo fishes;

- syn. genus Ictiobus;

Ictiobus niger
n1
fish of the lower Mississippi;

- syn. black buffalo;

ictodosaur
n1
intermediate in form between the therapsids and most primitive true mammals;

Ictodosauria
n1
extinct reptiles of the later Triassic period;

- syn. order Ictodosauria;

Ictonyx
n1
a genus of Mustelidae;

- syn. genus Ictonyx;

Ictonyx frenata
n1
muishond of northern Africa;

- syn. zoril;

Ictonyx striata
n1
ferret-sized muishond often tamed;

- syn. striped muishond;

ictus / ɪ k t ə s /
n1
a sudden occurrence (or recurrence) of a disease;

- "he suffered an epileptic seizure";

- syn. raptus, seizure;

ICU
n1
a hospital unit staffed and equipped to provide intensive care;

- syn. intensive care unit;

icy / aɪ s i /
a1
devoid of warmth and cordiality;

- expressive of unfriendliness or disdain;

- "a frigid greeting";

- "got a frosty reception";

- "a frozen look on their faces";

- "a glacial handshake";

- "icy stare";

- "wintry smile";

- syn. frigid, frosty, frozen, glacial, wintry;

- sim. cold;

a2
extremely cold;

- "an arctic climate";

- "a frigid day";

- "gelid waters of the North Atlantic";

- "glacial winds";

- "icy hands";

- "polar weather";

- syn. arctic, frigid, gelid, glacial, polar;

- sim. cold;

a3
covered with or containing or consisting of ice;

- "icy northern waters";

- sim. frozen;

a4
shiny and slick as with a thin coating of ice;

- "roads and trees glazed with an icy film";

- sim. glazed;

ID / ɪ d /
n1
a state in the Rocky Mountains;

- syn. Gem State, Id., Idaho;

n2
a card or badge used to identify the bearer;

- "you had to show your ID in order to get in";

- syn. I.D.;

n3
(psychoanalysis) primitive instincts and energies underlying all psychic activity;

Id.
n1
a state in the Rocky Mountains;

- syn. Gem State, ID, Idaho;

Id al-Adha
n1
the 10th day of Dhu'l-Hijja;

- all Muslims attend a service in the mosques and those who are not pilgrims perform a ritual slaughter of a sheep (commemorating God's ransom of Abraham's son from sacrifice) and give at least a third of the meat to charity;

- syn. Feast of Sacrifice;

Id al-Fitr
n1
a Muslim day of feasting at the end of Ramadan;

id est / ɪ d ɛ s t /
r1
that is to say;

- in other words;

- syn. i.e., ie;

IDA / aɪ d ə /
n1
an agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank;

- syn. International Development Association;

Ida M. Tarbell
n1
United States writer remembered for her muckraking investigations into industries in the early 20th century (1857-1944);

- syn. Ida Minerva Tarbell, Ida Tarbell, Tarbell;

Ida Minerva Tarbell
n1
United States writer remembered for her muckraking investigations into industries in the early 20th century (1857-1944);

- syn. Ida M. Tarbell, Ida Tarbell, Tarbell;

Ida Tarbell
n1
United States writer remembered for her muckraking investigations into industries in the early 20th century (1857-1944);

- syn. Ida M. Tarbell, Ida Minerva Tarbell, Tarbell;

Idaho / aɪ d ə h oʊ /
n1
a state in the Rocky Mountains;

- syn. Gem State, ID, Id.;

Idaho Falls
n1
a town in southeastern Idaho on the Snake River;

Idahoan
n1
a native or resident of Idaho;

IDDM
n1
severe diabetes mellitus with an early onset;

- characterized by polyuria and excessive thirst and increased appetite and weight loss and episodic ketoacidosis;

- diet and insulin injections are required to control the disease;

- syn. autoimmune diabetes, growth-onset diabetes, insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, juvenile-onset diabetes, juvenile diabetes, ketoacidosis-prone diabetes, ketosis-prone diabetes, type I diabetes;

idea / aɪ d ɪə /
n1
the content of cognition;

- the main thing you are thinking about;

- "it was not a good idea";

- "the thought never entered my mind";

- syn. thought;

n2
your intention;

- what you intend to do;

- "he had in mind to see his old teacher";

- "the idea of the game is to capture all the pieces";

- syn. mind;

n3
a personal view;

- "he has an idea that we don't like him";

n4
an approximate calculation of quantity or degree or worth;

- "an estimate of what it would cost";

- "a rough idea how long it would take";

- syn. approximation, estimate, estimation;

n5
(music) melodic subject of a musical composition;

- "the theme is announced in the first measures";

- "the accompanist picked up the idea and elaborated it";

- syn. melodic theme, musical theme, theme;

ideal / aɪ d ɪə ɫ /
n1
the idea of something that is perfect;

- something that one hopes to attain;

n2
model of excellence or perfection of a kind;

- one having no equal;

- syn. apotheosis, nonesuch, nonpareil, nonsuch, paragon, saint;

a1
conforming to an ultimate standard of perfection or excellence;

- embodying an ideal;

- sim. perfect;

a2
constituting or existing only in the form of an idea or mental image or conception;

- "a poem or essay may be typical of its period in idea or ideal content";

- sim. abstract;

a3
of or relating to the philosophical doctrine of the reality of ideas;

- syn. idealistic;

ideal gas
n1
a hypothetical gas with molecules of negligible size that exert no intermolecular forces;

- syn. perfect gas;

ideal solid
n1
any one of five solids whose faces are congruent regular polygons and whose polyhedral angles are all congruent;

- syn. Platonic body, Platonic solid, regular convex polyhedron, regular convex solid, regular polyhedron;

idealisation / aɪ d ɪə ɫ aɪ z eɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
(psychiatry) a defense mechanism that splits something you are ambivalent about into two representations--one good and one bad;

- syn. idealization;

n2
something that exists only as an idea;

- syn. idealization;

n3
a portrayal of something as ideal;

- "the idealization of rural life was very misleading";

- syn. glorification, idealization;

idealise
v1
consider or render as ideal;

- "She idealized her husband after his death";

- syn. idealize;

v2
form ideals;

- "Man has always idealized";

- syn. idealize;

idealised / aɪ d ɪə ɫ aɪ z d /
a1
exalted to an ideal perfection or excellence;

- syn. idealized;

- sim. perfect;

idealism / aɪ d ɪə ɫ ɪ z ə m /
n1
(philosophy) the philosophical theory that ideas are the only reality;

n2
impracticality by virtue of thinking of things in their ideal form rather than as they really are;

n3
elevated ideals or conduct;

- the quality of believing that ideals should be pursued;

- syn. high-mindedness, noble-mindedness;

idealist / aɪ d ɪə ɫ ɪ s t /
n1
someone guided more by ideals than by practical considerations;

- syn. dreamer;

idealistic / aɪ d ɪə ɫ ɪ s t ɪ k /
a1
of or relating to the philosophical doctrine of the reality of ideas;

- syn. ideal;

a2
of high moral or intellectual value;

- elevated in nature or style;

- "an exalted ideal";

- "argue in terms of high-flown ideals"- Oliver Franks;

- "a noble and lofty concept";

- "a grand purpose";

- syn. elevated, exalted, grand, high-flown, high-minded, lofty, noble-minded, rarefied, rarified, sublime;

- sim. noble;

ideality / aɪ d ɪ æ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
the quality of being ideal;

idealization / aɪ d ɪə ɫ aɪ z eɪ ʃ n /
n1
a portrayal of something as ideal;

- "the idealization of rural life was very misleading";

- syn. glorification, idealisation;

n2
(psychiatry) a defense mechanism that splits something you are ambivalent about into two representations--one good and one bad;

- syn. idealisation;

n3
something that exists only as an idea;

- syn. idealisation;

idealize / aɪ d ɪə ɫ aɪ z /
v1
consider or render as ideal;

- "She idealized her husband after his death";

- syn. idealise;

v2
form ideals;

- "Man has always idealized";

- syn. idealise;

idealized / aɪ d ɪə ɫ aɪ z d /
a1
exalted to an ideal perfection or excellence;

- syn. idealised;

- sim. perfect;

ideally / aɪ d ɪə ɫ i /
r1
in an ideal manner;

- "ideally, this will remove all problems";

idealogue / aɪ d ɪə ɫ ɒ ɡ /
n1
someone who theorizes (especially in science or art);

- syn. theoretician, theoriser, theorist, theorizer;

ideate
v1
form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case;

- "Can you conceive of him as the president?";

- syn. conceive of, envisage, imagine;

ideation
n1
the process of forming and relating ideas;

ideational
a1
being of the nature of a notion or concept;

- "a plan abstract and conceptional";

- "to improve notional comprehension";

- "a notional response to the question";

- syn. conceptional, notional;

- sim. abstract;

idempotent
a1
unchanged in value following multiplication by itself;

- "this matrix is idempotent";

- sim. unchanged;

identical / aɪ d ɛ n t ɪ k ɫ /
a1
exactly alike;

- incapable of being perceived as different;

- "rows of identical houses";

- "cars identical except for their license plates";

- "they wore indistinguishable hats";

- syn. indistinguishable;

- sim. same;

a2
being the exact same one;

- not any other:;

- "this is the identical room we stayed in before";

- "the themes of his stories are one and the same";

- "saw the selfsame quotation in two newspapers";

- "on this very spot";

- "the very thing he said yesterday";

- "the very man I want to see";

- syn. selfsame, very;

- sim. same;

a3
(of twins) derived from a single egg or ovum;

- "identical twins are monovular";

- syn. monovular;

a4
having properties with uniform values along all axes;

- sim. isotropic;

a5
coinciding exactly when superimposed;

- "identical triangles";

- syn. superposable;

- sim. congruent;

identical twin
n1
either of two twins developed from the same fertilized ovum (having the same genetic material);

- syn. monozygotic twin, monozygous twin;

identically / aɪ d ɛ n t ɪ k ɫ i /
r1
with complete identity;

- in an identical manner;

- "he is fitted with an identically similar one";

identicalness / aɪ d ɛ n t ɪ k ɫ n ə s /
n1
exact sameness;

- "they shared an identity of interests";

- syn. identity, indistinguishability;

identifiable / aɪ d ɛ n t ɪ f aɪ ə b ɫ /
a1
capable of being identified;

- sim. acknowledgeable, classifiable, diagnosable, recognizable, specifiable;

identifiably / aɪ d ɛ n t ɪ f aɪ ə b ɫ i /
r1
in an identifiable manner;

- "they were identifiably different";

identification / aɪ d ɛ n t ɪ f ɪ k eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the act of designating or identifying something;

- syn. designation;

n2
evidence of identity;

- something that identifies a person or thing;

n3
the condition of having the identity (of a person or object) established;

- "the thief's identification was followed quickly by his arrest";

- "identification of the gun was an important clue";

n4
the process of recognizing something or someone by remembering;

- "a politician whose recall of names was as remarkable as his recognition of faces";

- "experimental psychologists measure the elapsed time from the onset of the stimulus to its recognition by the observer";

- syn. recognition;

n5
the attribution to yourself (consciously or unconsciously) of the characteristics of another person (or group of persons);

identification particle
n1
a tiny particle of material that can be added to a product to indicate the source of manufacture;

identified / aɪ d ɛ n t ɪ f aɪ d /
a1
having the identity known or established;

- "the identified bodies were released for burial";

- sim. known;

identifier / aɪ d ɛ n t ɪ f aɪ ə /
n1
a symbol that establishes the identity of the one bearing it;

identify / aɪ d ɛ n t ɪ f aɪ /
v1
recognize as being;

- establish the identity of someone or something;

- "She identified the man on the `wanted' poster";

- syn. place;

v2
give the name or identifying characteristics of;

- refer to by name or some other identifying characteristic property;

- "Many senators were named in connection with the scandal";

- "The almanac identifies the auspicious months";

- syn. name;

v3
consider (oneself) as similar to somebody else;

- "He identified with the refugees";

v4
conceive of as united or associated;

- "Sex activity is closely identified with the hypothalamus";

v5
identify as in botany or biology, for example;

- syn. describe, discover, distinguish, key, key out, name;

v6
consider to be equal or the same;

- "He identified his brother as one of the fugitives";

Identikit / aɪ d ɛ n t ɪ k ɪ t /
n1
a likeness of a person's face constructed from descriptions given to police;

- uses a set of transparencies of various facial features that can be combined to build up a picture of the person sought;

- syn. Identikit picture;

Identikit picture
n1
a likeness of a person's face constructed from descriptions given to police;

- uses a set of transparencies of various facial features that can be combined to build up a picture of the person sought;

- syn. Identikit;

identity / aɪ d ɛ n t ɪ t i /
n1
the distinct personality of an individual regarded as a persisting entity;

- "you can lose your identity when you join the army";

- syn. individuality, personal identity;

n2
the individual characteristics by which a thing or person is recognized or known;

- "geneticists only recently discovered the identity of the gene that causes it";

- "it was too dark to determine his identity";

- "she guessed the identity of his lover";

n3
an operator that leaves unchanged the element on which it operates;

- "the identity under numerical multiplication is 1";

- syn. identity element, identity operator;

n4
exact sameness;

- "they shared an identity of interests";

- syn. identicalness, indistinguishability;

identity card
n1
a card certifying the identity of the bearer;

- "he had to show his card to get in";

- syn. card;

identity crisis
n1
distress and disorientation (especially in adolescence) resulting from conflicting pressures and uncertainty about one's self and one's role in society;

identity element
n1
an operator that leaves unchanged the element on which it operates;

- "the identity under numerical multiplication is 1";

- syn. identity, identity operator;

identity matrix
n1
a scalar matrix in which all of the diagonal elements are unity;

- syn. unit matrix;

identity operator
n1
an operator that leaves unchanged the element on which it operates;

- "the identity under numerical multiplication is 1";

- syn. identity, identity element;

identity parade
n1
a line of persons arranged by police for inspection or identification;

- syn. lineup, police lineup;

identity theft
n1
the co-option of another person's personal information (e.g., name, Social Security number, credit card number, passport) without that person's knowledge and the fraudulent use of such knowledge;

identity verification
n1
the automatic identification of living individuals by using their physiological and behavioral characteristics;

- "negative identification can only be accomplished through biometric identification";

- "if a pin or password is lost or forgotten it can be changed and reissued but a biometric identification cannot";

- syn. biometric authentication, biometric identification;

ideogram / ɪ d ɪə ɡ ɹ æ m /
n1
a graphic character that indicates the meaning of a thing without indicating the sounds used to say it;

- "Chinese characters are ideograms";

- syn. ideograph;

ideograph / ɪ d ɪə ɡ ɹ ɑ f /
n1
a graphic character that indicates the meaning of a thing without indicating the sounds used to say it;

- "Chinese characters are ideograms";

- syn. ideogram;

ideographic / ɪ d ɪə ɡ ɹ æ f ɪ k /
a1
of or relating to or consisting of ideograms;

ideographically / ɪ d i oʊ ɡ ɹ æ f ɪ k ɫ i /
r1
in an idiographic manner;

- "it's written ideographically";

ideography / ɪ d ɪ ɒ ɡ ɹ ə f i /
n1
the use of ideograms in writing;

ideologic / aɪ d ɪə ɫ ɒ dʒ ɪ k /
a1
concerned with or suggestive of ideas;

- "ideological application of a theory";

- "the drama's symbolism was very ideological";

- syn. ideological;

- sim. abstract;

ideological / aɪ d ɪə ɫ ɒ dʒ ɪ k ɫ /
a1
of or pertaining to or characteristic of an orientation that characterizes the thinking of a group or nation;

a2
concerned with or suggestive of ideas;

- "ideological application of a theory";

- "the drama's symbolism was very ideological";

- syn. ideologic;

- sim. abstract;

ideological barrier
n1
a barrier to cooperation or interaction resulting from conflicting ideologies;

ideologically / aɪ d ɪə ɫ ɒ dʒ ɪ k ɫ i /
r1
with respect to ideology;

- "ideologically, we do not see eye to eye";

ideologist / aɪ d ɪ ɒ ɫ ə dʒ ɪ s t /
n1
an advocate of some ideology;

- syn. ideologue;

ideologue
n1
an advocate of some ideology;

- syn. ideologist;

ideology / aɪ d ɪ ɒ ɫ ə dʒ i /
n1
an orientation that characterizes the thinking of a group or nation;

- syn. political orientation, political theory;

n2
imaginary or visionary theorization;

ides / aɪ d z /
n1
in the Roman calendar: the 15th of March or May or July or October or the 13th of any other month;

idesia
n1
deciduous roundheaded Asiatic tree widely grown in mild climates as an ornamental for its heart-shaped leaves and fragrant yellow-green flowers followed by hanging clusters of fleshy orange-red berries;

- syn. Idesia polycarpa;

Idesia polycarpa
n1
deciduous roundheaded Asiatic tree widely grown in mild climates as an ornamental for its heart-shaped leaves and fragrant yellow-green flowers followed by hanging clusters of fleshy orange-red berries;

- syn. idesia;

IDF
n1
the ground and air and naval forces of Israel;

- syn. Israeli Defense Force;

idiocy / ɪ d ɪə s i /
n1
extreme mental retardation;

- syn. amentia;

idiographic
a1
relating to or involving the study of individuals;

idiolatry
n1
the worship of yourself;

- syn. autolatry, self-worship;

idiolect / ɪ d ɪə ɫ ɛ k t /
n1
the language or speech of one individual at a particular period in life;

idiom / ɪ d ɪə m /
n1
a manner of speaking that is natural to native speakers of a language;

- syn. parlance;

n2
the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people;

- "the immigrants spoke an odd dialect of English";

- "he has a strong German accent";

- "it has been said that a language is a dialect with an army and navy";

- syn. accent, dialect;

n3
the style of a particular artist or school or movement;

- "an imaginative orchestral idiom";

- syn. artistic style;

n4
an expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up;

- syn. idiomatic expression, phrasal idiom, phrase, set phrase;

Idiom Neutral
n1
an artificial language proposed for use as an auxiliary international language;

- based on Volapuk but with a vocabulary selected on the basis of the maximum internationality of the roots;

idiomatic / ɪ d ɪə m æ t ɪ k /
a1
of or relating to or conforming to idiom;

- "idiomatic English";

- syn. idiomatical;

idiomatic expression
n1
an expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up;

- syn. idiom, phrasal idiom, phrase, set phrase;

idiomatical / ɪ d ɪə m æ t ɪ k ə ɫ /
a1
of or relating to or conforming to idiom;

- "idiomatic English";

- syn. idiomatic;

idiomatically / ɪ d ɪə m æ t ɪ k ɫ i /
r1
in an idiomatic manner;

- "he expressed himself idiomatically";

idiopathic
a1
(of diseases) arising from an unknown cause;

- "idiopathic epilepsy";

idiopathic disease
n1
any disease arising from internal dysfunctions of unknown cause;

- syn. idiopathic disorder, idiopathy;

idiopathic disorder
n1
any disease arising from internal dysfunctions of unknown cause;

- syn. idiopathic disease, idiopathy;

idiopathic hemochromatosis
n1
inherited form of hemochromatosis;

- syn. classic hemochromatosis;

idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura
n1
purpura associated with a reduction in circulating blood platelets which can result from a variety of factors;

- syn. Werlhof's disease, purpura hemorrhagica, thrombocytopenic purpura;

idiopathy
n1
any disease arising from internal dysfunctions of unknown cause;

- syn. idiopathic disease, idiopathic disorder;

idiosyncrasy / ɪ d ɪə s ɪ ŋ k ɹ ə s i /
n1
a behavioral attribute that is distinctive and peculiar to an individual;

- syn. foible, mannerism;

idiosyncratic / ɪ d ɪə s ɪ ŋ k ɹ æ t ɪ k /
a1
peculiar to the individual;

- "we all have our own idiosyncratic gestures";

- "Michelangelo's highly idiosyncratic style of painting";

- sim. individual;

idiot / ɪ d ɪə t /
n1
a person of subnormal intelligence;

- syn. changeling, cretin, half-wit, imbecile, moron, retard;

idiot box
n1
an electronic device that receives television signals and displays them on a screen;

- "the British call a tv set a telly";

- syn. boob tube, goggle box, television, television receiver, television set, telly, tv, tv set;

idiot light
n1
a colored warning light on an instrument panel (as for low oil pressure);

idiot savant
n1
person who is mentally retarded in general but who displays remarkable aptitude in some limited field (usually involving memory);

idiotic / ɪ d ɪ ɒ t ɪ k /
a1
insanely irresponsible;

- "an idiotic idea";

- syn. crackbrained;

- sim. insane;

a2
so unreasonable as to invite derision;

- "the absurd excuse that the dog ate his homework";

- "that's a cockeyed idea";

- "ask a nonsensical question and get a nonsensical answer";

- "a contribution so small as to be laughable";

- "it is ludicrous to call a cottage a mansion";

- "a preposterous attempt to turn back the pages of history";

- "her conceited assumption of universal interest in her rather dull children was ridiculous";

- syn. absurd, cockeyed, derisory, laughable, ludicrous, nonsensical, preposterous, ridiculous;

- sim. foolish;

a3
having a mental age of three to seven years;

- syn. imbecile, imbecilic;

- sim. retarded;

idiotically / ɪ d ɪ ɒ t ɪ k ɫ i /
r1
in an idiotic manner;

- "what arouses the indignation of the honest satirist is not the fact that people in positions of power or influence behave idiotically";

Iditarod
n1
an important dogsled race run annually on the Iditarod Trail;

- syn. Iditarod Trail Dog Sled Race;

Iditarod Trail
n1
a trail that extends 1,100 miles from Anchorage over the Alaska Range to Nome;

Iditarod Trail Dog Sled Race
n1
an important dogsled race run annually on the Iditarod Trail;

- syn. Iditarod;

idle / aɪ d ɫ /
n1
the state of an engine or other mechanism that is idling;

- "the car engine was running at idle";

v1
run disconnected or idle;

- "the engine is idling";

- syn. tick over;

v2
be idle;

- exist in a changeless situation;

- "The old man sat and stagnated on his porch";

- "He slugged in bed all morning";

- syn. laze, slug, stagnate;

a1
not in action or at work;

- "an idle laborer";

- "idle drifters";

- "the idle rich";

- "an idle mind";

- also ineffective, ineffectual, unemployed;

- sim. bone-idle, faineant, lackadaisical, leisured, unengaged;

a2
without a basis in reason or fact;

- "baseless gossip";

- "the allegations proved groundless";

- "idle fears";

- "unfounded suspicions";

- "unwarranted jealousy";

- syn. baseless, groundless, unfounded, unwarranted, wild;

- sim. unsupported;

a3
not in active use;

- "the machinery sat idle during the strike";

- "idle hands";

- syn. unused;

- sim. inactive;

a4
silly or trivial;

- "idle pleasure";

- "light banter";

- "light idle chatter";

- syn. light;

- sim. frivolous;

a5
lacking a sense of restraint or responsibility;

- "idle talk";

- "a loose tongue";

- syn. loose;

- sim. irresponsible;

a6
not yielding a return;

- "dead capital";

- "idle funds";

- syn. dead;

- sim. unprofitable;

a7
not having a job;

- "idle carpenters";

- "jobless transients";

- "many people in the area were out of work";

- syn. jobless, out of work;

- sim. unemployed;

idle pulley
n1
a pulley on a shaft that presses against a guide belt to guide or tighten it;

- syn. idle wheel, idler pulley;

idle talk
n1
idle or foolish and irrelevant talk;

- syn. blether, chin music, prate, prattle;

idle wheel
n1
a pulley on a shaft that presses against a guide belt to guide or tighten it;

- syn. idle pulley, idler pulley;

idle words
n1
empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk;

- "that's a lot of wind";

- "don't give me any of that jazz";

- syn. jazz, malarkey, malarky, nothingness, wind;

idleness / aɪ d ɫ n ə s /
n1
having no employment;

- syn. idling, loafing;

n2
the quality of lacking substance or value;

- "the groundlessness of their report was quickly recognized";

- syn. groundlessness;

n3
the trait of being idle out of a reluctance to work;

- syn. faineance;

idler / aɪ d ɫ ə , aɪ d ɫ ə ɹ /
n1
person who does no work;

- "a lazy bum";

- syn. bum, do-nothing, layabout, loafer;

idler pulley
n1
a pulley on a shaft that presses against a guide belt to guide or tighten it;

- syn. idle pulley, idle wheel;

idling / aɪ d ɫ ɪ ŋ /
n1
having no employment;

- syn. idleness, loafing;

idly / aɪ d ɫ i /
r1
in an idle manner;

- "this is what I always imagined myself doing in the south of France, sitting idly, drinking coffee, watching the people";

- syn. lazily;

Ido
n1
an artificial language that is a revision and simplification of Esperanto;

idocrase
n1
a green or yellow or brown mineral consisting of a hydrated silicate;

- it occurs as crystals in limestone and is used a gemstone;

- syn. vesuvian, vesuvianite;

idol / aɪ d ɫ /
n1
a material effigy that is worshipped;

- "thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image";

- "money was his god";

- syn. god, graven image;

n2
someone who is adored blindly and excessively;

- syn. matinee idol;

n3
an ideal instance;

- a perfect embodiment of a concept;

- syn. beau ideal, paragon, perfection;

idol worship
n1
the worship of idols;

- the worship of physical objects or images as gods;

- syn. idolatry;

idol worshiper
n1
a person who worships idols;

- syn. idolater, idoliser, idolizer;

idolater / aɪ d ɒ ɫ ə t ə , aɪ d ɒ ɫ ə t ə ɹ /
n1
a person who worships idols;

- syn. idol worshiper, idoliser, idolizer;

idolatress / aɪ d ɒ ɫ ə t ɹ ɪ s /
n1
a woman idolater;

idolatrous / aɪ d ɒ ɫ ə t ɹ ə s /
a1
relating to or practicing idolatry;

- "idolatrous worship";

a2
blindly or excessively devoted or adoring;

- sim. loving;

idolatrously / aɪ d ɒ ɫ ə t ɹ ə s ɫ i /
r1
in an idolatrous manner;

- "the people idolatrously worshipped the Golden Calf";

idolatry / aɪ d ɒ ɫ ə t ɹ i /
n1
the worship of idols;

- the worship of physical objects or images as gods;

- syn. idol worship;

idolisation / aɪ d ə ɫ aɪ z eɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
the act of admiring strongly;

- syn. adoration, idolization;

n2
the act of worshiping blindly and to excess;

- syn. idolization;

idolise
v1
love unquestioningly and uncritically or to excess;

- venerate as an idol;

- "Many teenagers idolized the Beatles";

- syn. hero-worship, idolize, revere, worship;

idolised / aɪ d ə ɫ aɪ z d /
a1
regarded with deep or rapturous love (especially as if for a god);

- "adored grandchildren";

- "an idolized wife";

- syn. adored, idolized, worshipped;

- sim. loved;

idoliser / aɪ d ə ɫ aɪ z ə /
n1
a lover blind with admiration and devotion;

- syn. idolizer;

n2
a person who worships idols;

- syn. idol worshiper, idolater, idolizer;

idolization / aɪ d ə ɫ aɪ z eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the act of admiring strongly;

- syn. adoration, idolisation;

n2
the act of worshiping blindly and to excess;

- syn. idolisation;

idolize / aɪ d ə ɫ aɪ z /
v1
love unquestioningly and uncritically or to excess;

- venerate as an idol;

- "Many teenagers idolized the Beatles";

- syn. hero-worship, idolise, revere, worship;

idolized / aɪ d ə ɫ aɪ z d /
a1
regarded with deep or rapturous love (especially as if for a god);

- "adored grandchildren";

- "an idolized wife";

- syn. adored, idolised, worshipped;

- sim. loved;

idolizer / aɪ d ə ɫ aɪ z ə /
n1
a lover blind with admiration and devotion;

- syn. idoliser;

n2
a person who worships idols;

- syn. idol worshiper, idolater, idoliser;

IDP
n1
automatic data processing in which data acquisition and other stages or processing are integrated into a coherent system;

- syn. integrated data processing;

Idria columnaris
n1
candlewood of Mexico and southwestern California having tall columnar stems and bearing honey-scented creamy yellow flowers;

- syn. Fouquieria columnaris, boojum tree, cirio;

Idun
n1
(Norse mythology) goddess of spring and wife of Bragi;

- guarded the apples that kept the gods eternally young;

- syn. Ithunn;

idyl
n1
a musical composition that evokes rural life;

- syn. idyll, pastoral, pastorale;

n2
a short poem descriptive of rural or pastoral life;

- syn. bucolic, eclogue, idyll;

idyll / ɪ d ɪ ɫ /
n1
an episode of such pastoral or romantic charm as to qualify as the subject of a poetic idyll;

n2
a musical composition that evokes rural life;

- syn. idyl, pastoral, pastorale;

n3
a short poem descriptive of rural or pastoral life;

- syn. bucolic, eclogue, idyl;

idyllic / ɪ d ɪ ɫ ɪ k /
a1
excellent and delightful in all respects;

- "an idyllic spot for a picnic";

- sim. perfect;

a2
suggestive of an idyll;

- charmingly simple and serene;

- "his idyllic life in Tahiti";

- sim. pleasant;

idyllically / ɪ d ɪ ɫ ɪ k ɫ i /
r1
in an idyllic manner;

IE / aɪ i /
n1
a commercial browser;

- syn. Explorer, Internet Explorer;

r1
that is to say;

- in other words;

- syn. i.e., id est;

IED
n1
an explosive device that is improvised;

- syn. I.E.D., improvised explosive device;

Ieoh Ming Pei
n1
United States architect (born in China in 1917);

- syn. I. M. Pei, Pei;

if not
r1
perhaps;

- indicating possibility of being more remarkable (greater or better or sooner) than;

- "will yield 10% if not more";

- "pretty if not actually beautiful";

- "let's meet tonight if not sooner";

IFC
n1
a United Nations agency that invests directly in companies and guarantees loans to private investors;

- affiliated with the World Bank;

- syn. International Finance Corporation;

iffy
a1
subject to accident or chance or change;

- "a chancy appeal at best";

- "getting that job was definitely fluky";

- "a fluky wind";

- "an iffy proposition";

- syn. chancy, flukey, fluky;

- sim. uncertain;

Ig
n1
a class of proteins produced in lymph tissue in vertebrates and that function as antibodies in the immune response;

- syn. immune gamma globulin, immune globulin, immune serum globulin, immunoglobulin;

IgA
n1
one of the most common of the five major classes of immunoglobulins;

- the chief antibody in the membranes of the gastrointestinal and respiratory tracts;

- syn. immunoglobulin A;

Igbo
n1
a member of the largest ethnic group in southeastern Nigeria;

- "most Igbo are farmers";

IgD
n1
one of the five major classes of immunoglobulins;

- present in blood serum in small amounts;

- syn. immunoglobulin D;

IgE
n1
one of the five major classes of immunoglobulins;

- present primarily in the skin and mucous membranes;

- syn. immunoglobulin E;

IgG
n1
one of the five major classes of immunoglobulins;

- the main antibody defense against bacteria;

- syn. immunoglobulin G;

Igigi
n1
any of a group of heavenly spirits under the god Anu;

Iglesias
n1
Spanish singer noted for his ballads and love songs (born in 1943);

- syn. Julio Iglesias;

igloo / ɪ ɡ ɫ u /
n1
an Eskimo hut;

- usually built of blocks (of sod or snow) in the shape of a dome;

- syn. iglu;

iglu
n1
an Eskimo hut;

- usually built of blocks (of sod or snow) in the shape of a dome;

- syn. igloo;

IgM
n1
one of the five major classes of immunoglobulins;

- involved in fighting blood infections and in triggering production of immunoglobulin G;

- syn. immunoglobulin M;

Ignace Jan Paderewski
n1
Polish pianist who in 1919 served as the first Prime Minister of independent Poland (1860-1941);

- syn. Ignace Paderewski, Paderewski;

Ignace Paderewski
n1
Polish pianist who in 1919 served as the first Prime Minister of independent Poland (1860-1941);

- syn. Ignace Jan Paderewski, Paderewski;

Ignatius
n1
bishop of Antioch who was martyred under the Roman Emperor Trajan (died 110);

- syn. Saint Ignatius, St. Ignatius;

Ignatius of Loyola
n1
Spaniard and Roman Catholic theologian and founder of the Society of Jesus;

- a leading opponent of the Reformation (1491-1556);

- syn. Loyola, Saint Ignatius of Loyola, St. Ignatius of Loyola;

igneous / ɪ ɡ n ɪə s /
a1
produced under conditions involving intense heat;

- "igneous rock is rock formed by solidification from a molten state;

- especially from molten magma";

- "igneous fusion is fusion by heat alone";

- "pyrogenic strata";

- syn. pyrogenic, pyrogenous;

a2
produced by the action of fire or intense heat;

- "rocks formed by igneous agents";

- syn. eruptive;

a3
like or suggestive of fire;

- "a fiery desert wind";

- "an igneous desert atmosphere";

- syn. fiery;

- sim. hot;

igneous rock
n1
rock formed by the solidification of molten magma;

ignescent
a1
can emit sparks or burst into flame;

- sim. combustible;

ignis fatuus / ɪ ɡ n ɪ s f æ t j ʊə s /
n1
a pale light sometimes seen at night over marshy ground;

- syn. friar's lantern, jack-o'-lantern, will-o'-the-wisp;

n2
an illusion that misleads;

- syn. will-o'-the-wisp;

ignitable / ɪ ɡ n aɪ t ə b ɫ /
a1
capable of burning;

- syn. burnable, ignitible;

- sim. combustible;

ignite / ɪ ɡ n aɪ t /
v1
cause to start burning;

- subject to fire or great heat;

- "Great heat can ignite almost any dry matter";

- "Light a cigarette";

- syn. light;

v2
start to burn or burst into flames;

- "Marsh gases ignited suddenly";

- "The oily rags combusted spontaneously";

- syn. catch fire, combust, conflagrate, erupt, take fire;

v3
arouse or excite feelings and passions;

- "The ostentatious way of living of the rich ignites the hatred of the poor";

- "The refugees' fate stirred up compassion around the world";

- "Wake old feelings of hatred";

- syn. fire up, heat, inflame, stir up, wake;

v4
start or maintain a fire in;

- "fire the furnace";

- syn. fire, light;

ignited / ɪ ɡ n aɪ t ɪ d /
a1
set afire;

- "the ignited paper";

- "a kindled fire";

- syn. enkindled, kindled;

- sim. lighted;

igniter / ɪ ɡ n aɪ t ə , ɪ ɡ n aɪ t ə ɹ /
n1
a substance used to ignite or kindle a fire;

- syn. ignitor, lighter;

n2
a device for lighting or igniting fuel or charges or fires;

- "do you have a light?";

- syn. ignitor, light, lighter;

ignitible
a1
capable of burning;

- syn. burnable, ignitable;

- sim. combustible;

ignition / ɪ ɡ n ɪ ʃ n /
n1
the process of initiating combustion or catching fire;

n2
the mechanism that ignites the fuel in an internal-combustion engine;

- syn. ignition system;

n3
the act of setting something on fire;

- syn. firing, inflammation, kindling, lighting;

ignition coil
n1
an induction coil that converts current from a battery into the high-voltage current required by spark plugs;

ignition interlock
n1
a device that prevents an automotive engine from starting;

- "car theives know how to bypass the ignition interlock";

- syn. interlock;

ignition key
n1
a key that operates the ignition switch of an automotive engine;

ignition lock
n1
a restraint incorporated into the ignition switch to prevent the use of a vehicle by persons who do not have the key;

- syn. lock;

ignition switch
n1
switch that operates a solenoid that closes a circuit to operate the starter;

ignition system
n1
the mechanism that ignites the fuel in an internal-combustion engine;

- syn. ignition;

ignitor
n1
a substance used to ignite or kindle a fire;

- syn. igniter, lighter;

n2
a device for lighting or igniting fuel or charges or fires;

- "do you have a light?";

- syn. igniter, light, lighter;

ignobility / ɪ ɡ n oʊ b ɪ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
the quality of being ignoble;

- syn. ignobleness;

ignoble / ɪ ɡ n oʊ b ɫ /
a1
completely lacking nobility in character or quality or purpose;

- "something cowardly and ignoble in his attitude";

- "I think it a less evil that some criminals should escape than that the government should play an ignoble part"- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.;

- also contemptible, cowardly, dishonorable, dishonourable, fearful;

- sim. base, currish;

a2
not of the nobility;

- "of ignoble (or ungentle) birth";

- "untitled civilians";

- syn. ungentle, untitled;

- sim. lowborn;

ignobleness / ɪ ɡ n oʊ b ɫ n ɛ s /
n1
the quality of being ignoble;

- syn. ignobility;

ignobly / ɪ ɡ n oʊ b ɫ i /
r1
in a currish manner;

- meanspiritedly;

- "he behaved ignobly";

- syn. currishly;

ignominious / ɪ ɡ n ə m ɪ n ɪə s /
a1
(used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame;

- "Man...has written one of his blackest records as a destroyer on the oceanic islands"- Rachel Carson;

- "an ignominious retreat";

- "inglorious defeat";

- "an opprobrious monument to human greed";

- "a shameful display of cowardice";

- syn. black, disgraceful, inglorious, opprobrious, shameful;

- sim. dishonorable;

ignominiously / ɪ ɡ n ə m ɪ n ɪə s ɫ i /
r1
in a dishonorable manner or to a dishonorable degree;

- "his grades were disgracefully low";

- syn. discreditably, disgracefully, dishonorably, dishonourably, ingloriously, shamefully;

ignominiousness / ɪ ɡ n ə m ɪ n ɪə s n ə s /
n1
unworthiness meriting public disgrace and dishonor;

- syn. disgracefulness, shamefulness;

ignominy / ɪ ɡ n ə m ɪ n i /
n1
a state of dishonor;

- "one mistake brought shame to all his family";

- "suffered the ignominy of being sent to prison";

- syn. disgrace, shame;

ignoramus / ɪ ɡ n ə ɹ eɪ m ə s /
n1
an ignorant person;

- syn. know nothing, uneducated person;

ignorance / ɪ ɡ n ə ɹ ə n s /
n1
the lack of knowledge or education;

ignorant / ɪ ɡ n ə ɹ ə n t /
a1
uneducated in general;

- lacking knowledge or sophistication;

- "an ignorant man";

- "nescient of contemporary literature";

- "an unlearned group incapable of understanding complex issues";

- "exhibiting contempt for his unlettered companions";

- syn. nescient, unlearned, unlettered;

- sim. uneducated;

a2
uneducated in the fundamentals of a given art or branch of learning;

- lacking knowledge of a specific field;

- "she is ignorant of quantum mechanics";

- "he is musically illiterate";

- syn. illiterate;

- sim. uneducated;

a3
unaware because of a lack of relevant information or knowledge;

- "he was completely ignorant of the circumstances";

- "an unknowledgeable assistant";

- "his rudeness was unwitting";

- syn. unknowing, unknowledgeable, unwitting;

- sim. uninformed;

ignorantly / ɪ ɡ n ə ɹ ə n t ɫ i /
r1
in ignorance;

- in an ignorant manner;

- "they lived ignorantly in their own small world";

ignorantness / ɪ ɡ n ə ɹ ə n t n ɛ s /
n1
ignorance (especially of orthodox beliefs);

- syn. nescience, unknowing, unknowingness;

ignoratio elenchi
n1
the logical fallacy of supposing that an argument proving an irrelevant point has proved the point at issue;

ignore / ɪ ɡ n ɔ , ɪ ɡ n ɔ ɹ /
v1
refuse to acknowledge;

- "She cut him dead at the meeting";

- syn. cut, disregard, snub;

v2
bar from attention or consideration;

- "She dismissed his advances";

- syn. brush aside, brush off, discount, dismiss, disregard, push aside;

v3
fail to notice;

v4
give little or no attention to;

- "Disregard the errors";

- syn. disregard, neglect;

v5
be ignorant of or in the dark about;

ignored / ɪ ɡ n ɔ d /
a1
disregarded;

- "his cries were unheeded";

- "Shaw's neglected one-act comedy, `A Village Wooing'";

- "her ignored advice";

- syn. neglected, unheeded;

- sim. unnoticed;

Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky
n1
composer who was born in Russia but lived in the United States after 1939 (1882-1971);

- syn. Igor Stravinsky, Stravinsky;

Igor Ivanovich Sikorsky
n1
United States industrialist (born in Russia) who designed the first four-engine airplane and the first mass-produced helicopter (1889-1972);

- syn. Igor Sikorsky, Sikorsky;

Igor Sikorsky
n1
United States industrialist (born in Russia) who designed the first four-engine airplane and the first mass-produced helicopter (1889-1972);

- syn. Igor Ivanovich Sikorsky, Sikorsky;

Igor Stravinsky
n1
composer who was born in Russia but lived in the United States after 1939 (1882-1971);

- syn. Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky, Stravinsky;

Igor Tamm
n1
Russian physicist (1895-1971);

- syn. Igor Yevgeneevich Tamm, Tamm;

Igor Yevgeneevich Tamm
n1
Russian physicist (1895-1971);

- syn. Igor Tamm, Tamm;

iguana / ɪ ɡ w ɑ n ə /
n1
large herbivorous tropical American arboreal lizards with a spiny crest along the back;

- used as human food in Central America and South America;

- syn. Iguana iguana, common iguana;

Iguana iguana
n1
large herbivorous tropical American arboreal lizards with a spiny crest along the back;

- used as human food in Central America and South America;

- syn. common iguana, iguana;

Iguania
n1
New World lizards;

- syn. Iguanidae, family Iguania, family Iguanidae;

iguanid
n1
lizards of the New World and Madagascar and some Pacific islands;

- typically having a long tail and bright throat patch in males;

- syn. iguanid lizard;

iguanid lizard
n1
lizards of the New World and Madagascar and some Pacific islands;

- typically having a long tail and bright throat patch in males;

- syn. iguanid;

Iguanidae
n1
New World lizards;

- syn. Iguania, family Iguania, family Iguanidae;

iguanodon / ɪ ɡ w ɑ n ə d ɒ n /
n1
massive herbivorous bipedal dinosaur with a long heavy tail;

- common in Europe and northern Africa;

- early Cretaceous period;

Iguanodontidae
n1
iguanodons;

- syn. family Iguanodontidae;

Iguassu
n1
a large waterfall on the border between Argentina and Brazil;

- syn. Iguassu Falls, Iguazu, Iguazu Falls, Victoria Falls;

Iguassu Falls
n1
a large waterfall on the border between Argentina and Brazil;

- syn. Iguassu, Iguazu, Iguazu Falls, Victoria Falls;

Iguazu
n1
a large waterfall on the border between Argentina and Brazil;

- syn. Iguassu, Iguassu Falls, Iguazu Falls, Victoria Falls;

Iguazu Falls
n1
a large waterfall on the border between Argentina and Brazil;

- syn. Iguassu, Iguassu Falls, Iguazu, Victoria Falls;

II
n1
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number;

- syn. 2, deuce, two;

a1
being one more than one;

- "he received two messages";

- syn. 2, two;

- sim. cardinal;

II Chronicles
n1
the second of two Old Testament books telling the history of Judah and Israel until the return from the Babylonian Captivity in 536 BC;

- syn. 2 Chronicles;

II Corinthians
n1
a New Testament book containing the second epistle from Saint Paul to the church at Corinth;

- syn. Second Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Corinthians, Second Epistle to the Corinthians;

II Esdras
n1
an Apocryphal book of angelic revelations;

- syn. 2 Esdras;

II John
n1
the second New Testament epistle traditionally attributed to Saint John the Apostle;

- syn. Second Epistel of John;

II Kings
n1
the second of two Old Testament books telling the histories of the kings of Judah and Israel;

- syn. 2 Kings;

II Maccabees
n1
an Apocryphal book describing the life of Judas Maccabaeus;

- syn. 2 Maccabees;

II Peter
n1
the second New Testament book traditionally attributed to Saint Peter the Apostle;

- syn. Second Epistle of Peter;

II Samuel
n1
the second of two books of the Old Testament that tell of Saul and David;

- syn. 2 Samuel;

II Thessalonians
n1
a New Testament book containing Saint Paul's second epistle to the Thessalonians;

- syn. Second Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Thessalonians, Second Epistle to the Thessalonians;

II Timothy
n1
a New Testament book containing Saint Paul's second epistle to Timothy;

- contains advice on pastoral matters;

- syn. Second Epistle of Paul the Apostle to Timothy, Second Epistle to Timothy;

III
n1
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one;

- syn. 3, deuce-ace, leash, tercet, ternary, ternion, terzetto, three, threesome, tierce, trey, triad, trine, trinity, trio, triplet, troika;

a1
being one more than two;

- syn. 3, three;

- sim. cardinal;

III John
n1
the third New Testament epistle traditionally attributed to Saint John the Apostle;

- syn. Third Epistel of John;

IIS
n1
the most notorious and possibly the most important arm of Iraq's security system;

- "the Iraqi Mukhabarat has been involved in numerous terrorist activities";

- syn. Iraqi Intelligence Service, Iraqi Mukhabarat;

IJssel
n1
a river in the central Netherlands flowing north to the IJsselmeer;

- syn. IJssel river;

IJssel river
n1
a river in the central Netherlands flowing north to the IJsselmeer;

- syn. IJssel;

IJsselmeer
n1
a shallow lake in northwestern Netherlands created in 1932 by building a dam across the entrance to the Zuider Zee;

ijtihad
n1
the endeavor of a Moslem scholar to derive a rule of divine law from the Koran and Hadith without relying on the views of other scholars;

- by the end of the 10th century theologians decided that debate on such matters would be closed and Muslim theology and law were frozen;

- "some reform-minded Islamic scholars believe that reopening ijtihad is a prerequisite for the survival of Islam";

Ike / aɪ k /
n1
United States general who supervised the invasion of Normandy and the defeat of Nazi Germany;

- 34th President of the United States (1890-1961);

- syn. Dwight D. Eisenhower, Dwight David Eisenhower, Dwight Eisenhower, Eisenhower, President Eisenhower;

Ikhanaton
n1
early ruler of Egypt who rejected the old gods and replaced them with sun worship (died in 1358 BC);

- syn. Akhenaten, Akhenaton, Amenhotep IV;

ikon / aɪ k ɒ n /
n1
a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface;

- "they showed us the pictures of their wedding";

- "a movie is a series of images projected so rapidly that the eye integrates them";

- syn. icon, image, picture;

n2
a conventional religious painting in oil on a small wooden panel;

- venerated in the Eastern Church;

- syn. icon;

IL
n1
a midwestern state in north-central United States;

- syn. Ill., Illinois, Land of Lincoln, Prairie State;

a1
being nine more than forty;

- syn. 49, forty-nine;

- sim. cardinal;

Il Duce
n1
Italian fascist dictator (1883-1945);

- syn. Benito Mussolini, Mussolini;

ilama
n1
tropical American tree grown in southern United States having a whitish pink-tinged fruit;

- syn. Annona diversifolia, ilama tree;

n2
whitish tropical fruit with a pinkish tinge related to custard apples;

- grown in the southern United States;

ilama tree
n1
tropical American tree grown in southern United States having a whitish pink-tinged fruit;

- syn. Annona diversifolia, ilama;

ilang-ilang
n1
oil distilled from flowers of the ilang-ilang tree;

- used in perfumery;

n2
evergreen Asian tree with aromatic greenish-yellow flowers yielding a volatile oil;

- widely grown in the tropics as an ornamental;

- syn. Cananga odorata, ylang-ylang;

Ile-de-France
n1
a region of north central France including Paris and the area around it;

Ile-St-Louis
n1
island in Paris on the Seine;

ileal artery
n1
branch of the superior mesenteric artery that supplies the ileum;

- syn. arteria ileum, intestinal artery;

ileitis
n1
inflammation of the ileum;

ileocecal valve
n1
valve between the ileum of the small intestine and the cecum of the large intestine;

- prevents material from flowing back from the large to the small intestine;

ileocolic artery
n1
an artery that originates from the superior mesenteric artery and supplies the terminal part of the ileum and the cecum and the vermiform appendix and the ascending colon;

- syn. arteria ileocolica;

ileocolic vein
n1
a vein that drains the end of the ileum and the appendix and the cecum and the lower part of the ascending colon;

- syn. vena ileocolica;

ileostomy
n1
surgical procedure that creates an opening from the ileum through the abdominal wall to function as an anus;

- performed in cases of cancer of the colon or ulcerative colitis;

Iles Comores
n1
three main islands and numerous islets in the Indian Ocean between Mozambique and Madagascar;

- syn. Comoro Islands;

Iles Marquises
n1
a group of volcanic islands in the south central Pacific;

- part of French Polynesia;

- syn. Marquesas Islands;

ileum
n1
the part of the small intestine between the jejunum and the cecum;

ileus
n1
blockage of the intestine (especially the ileum) that prevents the contents of the intestine from passing to the lower bowel;

- syn. intestinal obstruction;

Ilex / aɪ ɫ ɛ k s /
n1
a large genus of dicotyledonous trees and shrubs of the family Aquifoliaceae that have small flowers and berries (including hollies);

- syn. genus Ilex;

Ilex cornuta
n1
dense rounded evergreen shrub of China having spiny leaves;

- widely cultivated as an ornamental;

- syn. Chinese holly;

Ilex decidua
n1
deciduous shrub of southeastern and central United States;

- syn. bearberry, possum haw, winterberry;

Ilex glabra
n1
evergreen holly of eastern North America with oblong leathery leaves and small black berries;

- syn. evergreen winterberry, gall-berry, gallberry, inkberry;

Ilex paraguariensis
n1
South American holly;

- leaves used in making a drink like tea;

- syn. Paraguay tea, mate;

iliac / ɪ ɫ ɪ æ k /
a1
of or relating to the ilium;

iliac artery
n1
one of the large arteries supplying blood to the pelvis and legs;

- syn. arteria iliaca;

iliac vein
n1
one of three veins draining the pelvic area;

- syn. vena iliaca;

Iliad / ɪ ɫ ɪə d /
n1
a Greek epic poem (attributed to Homer) describing the siege of Troy;

Iliamna
n1
small genus of perennial herbs or subshrubs;

- some often placed in other genera;

- syn. genus Iliamna;

Iliamna acerifolia
n1
perennial of northwestern United States and western Canada resembling a hollyhock and having white or pink flowers;

- syn. Iliamna ruvularis, mountain hollyhock;

Iliamna remota
n1
a rare mallow found only in Illinois resembling the common hollyhock and having pale rose-mauve flowers;

- sometimes placed in genus Sphaeralcea;

- syn. Sphaeralcea remota, wild hollyhock;

Iliamna ruvularis
n1
perennial of northwestern United States and western Canada resembling a hollyhock and having white or pink flowers;

- syn. Iliamna acerifolia, mountain hollyhock;

Ilich Ramirez Sanchez
n1
Venezuelan master terrorist raised by a Marxist-Leninist father;

- trained and worked with many terrorist groups (born in 1949);

- syn. Andres Martinez, Carlos, Carlos the Jackal, Glen Gebhard, Hector Hevodidbon, Ilich Sanchez, Michael Assat, Salim, Sanchez, Taurus;

Ilich Sanchez
n1
Venezuelan master terrorist raised by a Marxist-Leninist father;

- trained and worked with many terrorist groups (born in 1949);

- syn. Andres Martinez, Carlos, Carlos the Jackal, Glen Gebhard, Hector Hevodidbon, Ilich Ramirez Sanchez, Michael Assat, Salim, Sanchez, Taurus;

iliolumbar artery
n1
an artery that originates in the internal iliac artery and supplies the pelvic muscles and bones;

- syn. arteria iliolumbalis;

iliolumbar vein
n1
a branch of the internal iliac vein;

- syn. vena iliolumbalis;

Ilion
n1
an ancient city in Asia Minor that was the site of the Trojan War;

- syn. Ilium, Troy;

Ilium / ɪ ɫ ɪə m , ɪ ɫ j ə m /
n1
an ancient city in Asia Minor that was the site of the Trojan War;

- syn. Ilion, Troy;

n2
the upper and widest of the three bones making up the hipbone;

ilk / ɪ ɫ k /
n1
a kind of person;

- "We'll not see his like again";

- "I can't tolerate people of his ilk";

- syn. like;

ill / ɪ ɫ /
n1
an often persistent bodily disorder or disease;

- a cause for complaining;

- syn. ailment, complaint;

a1
affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function;

- "ill from the monotony of his suffering";

- syn. sick;

- also unfit, unhealthy;

- sim. afflicted, aguish, ailing, airsick, autistic, bedfast, bilious, bronchitic, consumptive, convalescent, delirious, diabetic, dizzy, dyspeptic, faint, feverish, funny, gouty, green, laid low, laid up, milk-sick, nauseated, palsied, paralytic, paraplegic, rickety, scrofulous, sneezy, spastic, tubercular, unhealed, upset;

a2
resulting in suffering or adversity;

- "ill effects";

- "it's an ill wind that blows no good";

- sim. harmful;

a3
distressing;

- "ill manners";

- "of ill repute";

- sim. bad;

a4
indicating hostility or enmity;

- "you certainly did me an ill turn";

- "ill feelings";

- "ill will";

- sim. hostile;

a5
presaging ill fortune;

- "ill omens";

- "ill predictions";

- "my words with inauspicious thunderings shook heaven"- P.B.Shelley;

- "a dead and ominous silence prevailed";

- "a by-election at a time highly unpropitious for the Government";

- syn. inauspicious, ominous;

- sim. unpropitious;

r1
(`ill' is often used as a combining form) in a poor or improper or unsatisfactory manner;

- not well;

- "he was ill prepared";

- "it ill befits a man to betray old friends";

- "the car runs badly";

- "he performed badly on the exam";

- "the team played poorly";

- "ill-fitting clothes";

- "an ill-conceived plan";

- syn. badly, poorly;

r2
unfavorably or with disapproval;

- "tried not to speak ill of the dead";

- "thought badly of him for his lack of concern";

- syn. badly;

r3
with difficulty or inconvenience;

- scarcely or hardly;

- "we can ill afford to buy a new car just now";

ill-advised / ɪ ɫ ə d v aɪ z d /
a1
without careful prior deliberation or counsel;

- "ill-advised efforts";

- "it would be ill-advised to accept the offer";

- "took the unadvised measure of going public with the accusations";

- syn. unadvised;

- also foolish, imprudent;

ill-affected / ɪ ɫ ə f ɛ k t ɪ d /
a1
discontented as toward authority;

- syn. disaffected, malcontent, rebellious;

- sim. discontented;

ill-being
n1
lack of prosperity or happiness or health;

ill-bred / ɪ ɫ b ɹ ɛ d /
a1
(of persons) lacking in refinement or grace;

- syn. bounderish, lowbred, rude, underbred, yokelish;

- sim. unrefined;

ill-breeding / ɪ ɫ b ɹ i d ɪ ŋ /
n1
impoliteness resulting from ignorance;

- syn. bad manners;

ill-chosen
a1
not elegant or graceful in expression;

- "an awkward prose style";

- "a clumsy apology";

- "his cumbersome writing style";

- "if the rumor is true, can anything be more inept than to repeat it now?";

- syn. awkward, clumsy, cumbersome, inapt, inept;

- sim. infelicitous;

ill-conceived
a1
poorly conceived or thought out;

- "an ill-conceived plan to take over the company";

- syn. misguided;

- sim. foolish;

ill-considered
a1
not given careful consideration;

- "ill-considered actions often result in disaster";

- "an ill-judged attempt";

- syn. ill-judged, improvident, shortsighted;

- sim. imprudent;

ill-defined
a1
poorly stated or described;

- "he confuses the reader with ill-defined terms and concepts";

- syn. unclear;

ill-dressed
a1
not well dressed;

- sim. ungroomed;

ill-equipped
a1
poorly supplied with physical equipment;

- "the school was ill-equipped";

- sim. unequipped;

ill-famed
a1
known widely and usually unfavorably;

- "a notorious gangster";

- "the tenderloin district was notorious for vice";

- "the infamous Benedict Arnold";

- syn. infamous, notorious;

- sim. disreputable;

ill-fated / ɪ ɫ f eɪ t ɪ d /
a1
marked by or promising bad fortune;

- "their business venture was doomed from the start";

- "an ill-fated business venture";

- "an ill-starred romance";

- "the unlucky prisoner was again put in irons"- W.H.Prescott;

- syn. doomed, ill-omened, ill-starred, unlucky;

- sim. unfortunate;

ill-favored
a1
usually used of a face;

- "an ill-favored countenance";

- syn. ill-favoured;

- sim. ugly;

ill-favoured / ɪ ɫ f eɪ v ə d /
a1
usually used of a face;

- "an ill-favored countenance";

- syn. ill-favored;

- sim. ugly;

ill-fed
a1
not getting adequate food;

- "gaunt underfed children";

- "badly undernourished";

- syn. underfed, undernourished;

- sim. malnourished;

ill-fitting
a1
not the right size or shape;

- sim. uncomfortable;

ill-formed
a1
not grammatical;

- not conforming to the rules of grammar or accepted usage;

- syn. ungrammatical;

- sim. incorrect;

ill-gotten / ɪ ɫ ɡ ɒ t ə n /
a1
obtained illegally or by improper means;

- "dirty money";

- "ill-gotten gains";

- syn. dirty;

- sim. illegal;

ill-humored
a1
brusque and surly and forbidding;

- "crusty remarks";

- "a crusty old man";

- "his curmudgeonly temper";

- "gruff manner";

- "a gruff reply";

- syn. crusty, curmudgeonly, gruff, ill-humoured;

- sim. ill-natured;

ill-humoured
a1
brusque and surly and forbidding;

- "crusty remarks";

- "a crusty old man";

- "his curmudgeonly temper";

- "gruff manner";

- "a gruff reply";

- syn. crusty, curmudgeonly, gruff, ill-humored;

- sim. ill-natured;

ill-judged / ɪ ɫ dʒ ʌ dʒ d /
a1
not given careful consideration;

- "ill-considered actions often result in disaster";

- "an ill-judged attempt";

- syn. ill-considered, improvident, shortsighted;

- sim. imprudent;

ill-mannered / ɪ ɫ m æ n ə d /
a1
socially incorrect in behavior;

- "resentment flared at such an unmannered intrusion";

- syn. bad-mannered, rude, unmannered, unmannerly;

- sim. impolite;

ill-natured / ɪ ɫ n eɪ tʃ ə d /
a1
having an irritable and unpleasant disposition;

- also unpleasant;

- sim. atrabilious, bristly, cantankerous, choleric, churlish, crabbed, cranky, crusty, currish, dark, disagreeable, huffish, misanthropic, misogynous, shirty, shrewish, snappish, spoiled, surly, vinegary;

ill-omened / ɪ ɫ oʊ m n d /
a1
marked by or promising bad fortune;

- "their business venture was doomed from the start";

- "an ill-fated business venture";

- "an ill-starred romance";

- "the unlucky prisoner was again put in irons"- W.H.Prescott;

- syn. doomed, ill-fated, ill-starred, unlucky;

- sim. unfortunate;

ill-proportioned
a1
lacking pleasing proportions;

- sim. unshapely;

ill-scented
a1
offensively malodorous;

- "a foul odor";

- "the kitchen smelled really funky";

- syn. fetid, foetid, foul, foul-smelling, funky, noisome, smelly, stinking;

- sim. malodorous;

ill-shapen
a1
so badly formed or out of shape as to be ugly;

- "deformed thalidomide babies";

- "his poor distorted limbs";

- "an ill-shapen vase";

- "a limp caused by a malformed foot";

- "misshapen old fingers";

- syn. deformed, distorted, malformed, misshapen;

- sim. unshapely;

ill-smelling
a1
having an unpleasant smell;

- syn. malodorous, malodourous, stinky, unpleasant-smelling;

- sim. bilgy, fetid, fusty, gamey, miasmic, niffy, odoriferous, putrid-smelling, rank-smelling, reeking, sour;

ill-sorted
a1
not easy to combine harmoniously;

- syn. incompatible, mismated, unsuited;

- sim. mismatched;

ill-starred / ɪ ɫ s t ɑ d /
a1
marked by or promising bad fortune;

- "their business venture was doomed from the start";

- "an ill-fated business venture";

- "an ill-starred romance";

- "the unlucky prisoner was again put in irons"- W.H.Prescott;

- syn. doomed, ill-fated, ill-omened, unlucky;

- sim. unfortunate;

ill-tempered
a1
annoyed and irritable;

- syn. bad-tempered, crabbed, crabby, cross, fussy, grouchy, grumpy;

- sim. ill-natured;

ill-timed / ɪ ɫ t aɪ m d /
a1
badly timed;

- "an ill-timed intervention";

- "you think my intrusion unseasonable";

- "an untimely remark";

- "it was the wrong moment for a joke";

- syn. unseasonable, untimely, wrong;

- sim. inopportune;

ill-treat / ɪ ɫ t ɹ i t /
v1
treat badly;

- "This boss abuses his workers";

- "She is always stepping on others to get ahead";

- syn. abuse, ill-use, maltreat, mistreat, step;

ill-treated / ɪ ɫ t ɹ i t ɪ d /
a1
subjected to cruel treatment;

- "an abused wife";

- syn. abused, maltreated, mistreated;

- sim. battered;

ill-treatment / ɪ ɫ t ɹ i t m ə n t /
n1
cruel or inhumane treatment;

- "the child showed signs of physical abuse";

- syn. abuse, ill-usage, maltreatment;

ill-usage / ɪ ɫ j u z ɪ dʒ /
n1
cruel or inhumane treatment;

- "the child showed signs of physical abuse";

- syn. abuse, ill-treatment, maltreatment;

ill-use / ɪ ɫ j u z /
v1
treat badly;

- "This boss abuses his workers";

- "She is always stepping on others to get ahead";

- syn. abuse, ill-treat, maltreat, mistreat, step;

ill-used / ɪ ɫ j u z d /
a1
(of persons) taken advantage of;

- "after going out of his way to help his friend get the job he felt not appreciated but used";

- syn. exploited, put-upon, used, victimised, victimized;

- sim. misused;

Ill.
n1
a midwestern state in north-central United States;

- syn. IL, Illinois, Land of Lincoln, Prairie State;

ill at ease
a1
socially uncomfortable;

- unsure and constrained in manner;

- "awkward and reserved at parties";

- "ill at ease among eddies of people he didn't know";

- "was always uneasy with strangers";

- syn. awkward, uneasy;

- sim. uncomfortable;

ill fame
n1
the state of being known for some unfavorable act or quality;

- syn. notoriety;

ill health
n1
a state in which you are unable to function normally and without pain;

- syn. health problem, unhealthiness;

ill humor
n1
an angry and disagreeable mood;

- syn. distemper, ill humour;

ill humour
n1
an angry and disagreeable mood;

- syn. distemper, ill humor;

ill luck
n1
an unfortunate state resulting from unfavorable outcomes;

- syn. bad luck, misfortune, tough luck;

ill nature
n1
a disagreeable, irritable, or malevolent disposition;

ill service
n1
an act intended to help that turns out badly;

- "he did them a disservice";

- syn. disservice, ill turn;

ill temper
n1
a persisting angry mood;

- syn. bad temper;

ill turn
n1
an act intended to help that turns out badly;

- "he did them a disservice";

- syn. disservice, ill service;

ill will
n1
the feeling of a hostile person;

- "he could no longer contain his hostility";

- syn. enmity, hostility;

n2
a hostile (very unfriendly) disposition;

- "he could not conceal his hostility";

- syn. hostility;

Illampu
n1
a mountain peak in the Andes in Bolivia (20,870 feet high);

illation / ɪ ɫ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the reasoning involved in drawing a conclusion or making a logical judgment on the basis of circumstantial evidence and prior conclusions rather than on the basis of direct observation;

- syn. inference;

illative / ɪ ɫ eɪ t ɪ v /
a1
relating to or having the nature of illation or inference;

- "the illative faculty of the mind";

- syn. inferential;

a2
resembling or dependent on or arrived at by inference;

- "an illative conclusion";

- "inferential reasoning";

- syn. inferential;

- sim. deductive;

a3
expressing or preceding an inference;

- "`therefore' is an illative word";

- sim. deductive;

Illecebrum
n1
one species: coral necklace;

- syn. genus Illecebrum;

Illecebrum verticullatum
n1
glabrous annual with slender taproot and clusters of white flowers;

- western Europe especially western Mediterranean and Atlantic coastal areas;

- syn. coral necklace;

illegal / ɪ ɫ i ɡ ɫ /
a1
prohibited by law or by official or accepted rules;

- "an illegal chess move";

- also illegitimate, irregular, unlawful;

- sim. amerciable, banned, bootleg, criminal, dirty, embezzled, extrajudicial, extralegal, hot, illegitimate, ineligible, misbranded, penal, under-the-counter, unratified;

illegal possession
n1
possession of controlled substances;

illegalise
v1
declare illegal;

- outlaw;

- "Marijuana is criminalized in the U.S.";

- syn. criminalise, criminalize, illegalize, outlaw;

illegality / ɪ ɫ ɪ ɡ æ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
unlawfulness by virtue of violating some legal statute;

illegalize
v1
declare illegal;

- outlaw;

- "Marijuana is criminalized in the U.S.";

- syn. criminalise, criminalize, illegalise, outlaw;

illegally / ɪ ɫ i ɡ ə ɫ i /
r1
in an illegal manner;

- "they dumped the waste illegally";

- syn. illicitly, lawlessly;

illegibility / ɪ ɫ ɛ dʒ ə b ɪ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
the quality of writing (print or handwriting) that cannot be deciphered;

illegible / ɪ ɫ ɛ dʒ ə b ɫ /
a1
(of handwriting, print, etc.) not legible;

- "illegible handwriting";

- sim. dirty, indecipherable;

illegibly / ɪ ɫ ɛ dʒ ə b ɫ i /
r1
in an illegible manner;

- "this student writes illegibly";

- syn. undecipherably, unreadably;

illegitimacy / ɪ ɫ ɪ dʒ ɪ t ɪ m ə s i /
n1
the status of being born to parents who were not married;

- syn. bar sinister, bastardy;

n2
unlawfulness by virtue of not being authorized by or in accordance with law;

illegitimate / ɪ ɫ ɪ dʒ ɪ t ɪ m ə t /
n1
the illegitimate offspring of unmarried parents;

- syn. bastard, by-blow, illegitimate child, love child, whoreson;

a1
contrary to or forbidden by law;

- "an illegitimate seizure of power";

- "illicit trade";

- "an outlaw strike";

- "unlawful measures";

- syn. illicit, outlaw, outlawed, unlawful;

- sim. illegal;

a2
of marriages and offspring;

- not recognized as lawful;

- also illegal, invalid, unauthorised, unauthorized;

- sim. adulterine, base, bastardly, fatherless, left-handed, unlawful;

illegitimate child
n1
the illegitimate offspring of unmarried parents;

- syn. bastard, by-blow, illegitimate, love child, whoreson;

illegitimate enterprise
n1
an illegal enterprise (such as extortion or fraud or drug peddling or prostitution) carried on for profit;

- syn. fraudulent scheme, racket;

illegitimately / ɪ ɫ ɪ dʒ ɪ t ɪ m ə t ɫ i /
r1
in a manner disapproved or not allowed by custom;

- "He acted illegitimately when he increased the rent fourfold";

- syn. illicitly;

r2
of biological parents not married to each other;

- "this child was born illegitimately";

- syn. out of wedlock;

illiberal / ɪ ɫ ɪ b ə ɹ ə ɫ /
a1
narrow-minded about cherished opinions;

- syn. intolerant;

- sim. narrow-minded;

illiberality / ɪ ɫ ɪ b ə ɹ æ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
a disposition not to be liberal (generous) with money;

illiberally / ɪ ɫ ɪ b ə ɹ ə ɫ i /
r1
in a narrow-minded manner;

- "his illiberally biased way of thinking";

- syn. intolerantly;

illicit / ɪ ɫ ɪ s ɪ t /
a1
contrary to accepted morality (especially sexual morality) or convention;

- "an illicit association with his secretary";

- sim. adulterous, unlawful;

a2
contrary to or forbidden by law;

- "an illegitimate seizure of power";

- "illicit trade";

- "an outlaw strike";

- "unlawful measures";

- syn. illegitimate, outlaw, outlawed, unlawful;

- sim. illegal;

illicitly / ɪ ɫ ɪ s ɪ t ɫ i /
r1
in a manner disapproved or not allowed by custom;

- "He acted illegitimately when he increased the rent fourfold";

- syn. illegitimately;

r2
in an illegal manner;

- "they dumped the waste illegally";

- syn. illegally, lawlessly;

illicitness / ɪ ɫ ɪ s ɪ t n ə s /
n1
the quality of not conforming strictly to law;

Illicium
n1
anise trees: evergreen trees with aromatic leaves;

- syn. genus Illicium;

Illicium anisatum
n1
small shrubby tree of Japan and Taiwan;

- flowers are not fragrant;

- syn. star anise;

Illicium floridanum
n1
small shrubby tree with purple flowers;

- found in wet soils of southeastern United States;

- syn. purple anise;

Illicium verum
n1
small tree of China and Vietnam bearing anise-scented star-shaped fruit used in food and medicinally as a carminative;

- syn. Chinese anise, star anise;

Illimani
n1
a mountain peak in the Andes in Bolivia (21,201 feet high);

illimitable / ɪ ɫ ɪ m ɪ t ə b ɫ /
a1
without limits in extent or size or quantity;

- "limitless vastness of our solar system";

- "The long unmeasured pulse of time moves everything. There is nothing hidden that it cannot bring to light, nothing once known that may not become unknown."--Sophocles;

- syn. limitless, measureless, unmeasured;

- sim. immeasurable;

Illinois / ɪ ɫ ə n ɔɪ /
n1
a midwestern state in north-central United States;

- syn. IL, Ill., Land of Lincoln, Prairie State;

n2
a member of the Algonquian people formerly of Illinois and regions to the west;

n3
the Algonquian language of the Illinois and Miami;

Illinois River
n1
a river in Illinois that flows southwest to the Mississippi River;

Illinoisan
n1
a native or resident of Illinois;

illiteracy / ɪ ɫ ɪ t ə ɹ ə s i /
n1
ignorance resulting from not reading;

n2
an inability to read;

- syn. analphabetism;

illiterate / ɪ ɫ ɪ t ə ɹ ə t /
n1
a person unable to read;

- syn. illiterate person, nonreader;

a1
not able to read or write;

- also uneducated;

- sim. analphabetic, functionally illiterate, preliterate, semiliterate, semiliterate;

a2
uneducated in the fundamentals of a given art or branch of learning;

- lacking knowledge of a specific field;

- "she is ignorant of quantum mechanics";

- "he is musically illiterate";

- syn. ignorant;

- sim. uneducated;

a3
lacking culture, especially in language and literature;

illiterate person
n1
a person unable to read;

- syn. illiterate, nonreader;

illness / ɪ ɫ n ə s /
n1
impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism;

- syn. malady, sickness, unwellness;

illogic / ɪ ɫ ɒ dʒ ɪ k /
n1
invalid or incorrect reasoning;

- syn. illogicality, illogicalness, inconsequence;

illogical / ɪ ɫ ɒ dʒ ɪ k ɫ /
a1
lacking in correct logical relation;

- syn. unlogical;

- also incoherent, irrational, unreasonable;

- sim. absurd, inconsequential, intuitive;

a2
lacking orderly continuity;

- "a confused set of instructions";

- "a confused dream about the end of the world";

- "disconnected fragments of a story";

- "scattered thoughts";

- syn. confused, disconnected, disjointed, disordered, garbled, scattered, unconnected;

- sim. incoherent;

illogicality / ɪ ɫ ɒ dʒ ɪ k æ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
invalid or incorrect reasoning;

- syn. illogic, illogicalness, inconsequence;

illogically / ɪ ɫ ɒ dʒ ɪ k ɫ i /
r1
in an illogical manner;

- "she acted illogically under the pressure";

illogicalness / ɪ ɫ ɒ dʒ ɪ k ɫ n ə s /
n1
invalid or incorrect reasoning;

- syn. illogic, illogicality, inconsequence;

illume / ɪ ɫ u m /
v1
make lighter or brighter;

- "This lamp lightens the room a bit";

- syn. illuminate, illumine, light, light up;

illuminance / ɪ ɫ u m ɪ n ə n s /
n1
the luminous flux incident on a unit area;

- syn. illumination;

illuminant / ɪ ɫ u m ɪ n ə n t /
n1
something that can serve as a source of light;

illuminate / ɪ ɫ u m ɪ n eɪ t /
v1
make lighter or brighter;

- "This lamp lightens the room a bit";

- syn. illume, illumine, light, light up;

v2
make free from confusion or ambiguity;

- make clear;

- "Could you clarify these remarks?";

- "Clear up the question of who is at fault";

- syn. clear, clear up, crystalise, crystalize, crystallise, crystallize, elucidate, enlighten, shed light on, sort out, straighten out;

v3
add embellishments and paintings to (medieval manuscripts);

illuminated / ɪ ɫ u m ɪ n eɪ t ɪ d /
a1
provided with artificial light;

- "illuminated advertising";

- "looked up at the lighted windows";

- "a brightly lit room";

- "a well-lighted stairwell";

- syn. lighted, lit, well-lighted;

- sim. light;

illuminating / ɪ ɫ u m ɪ n eɪ t ɪ ŋ /
a1
tending to increase knowledge or dissipate ignorance;

- "an enlightening glimpse of government in action";

- "an illuminating lecture";

- syn. enlightening, informative;

illumination / ɪ ɫ u m ɪ n eɪ ʃ n /
n1
a condition of spiritual awareness;

- divine illumination;

- "follow God's light";

- syn. light;

n2
the degree of visibility of your environment;

n3
an interpretation that removes obstacles to understanding;

- "the professor's clarification helped her to understand the textbook";

- syn. clarification, elucidation;

n4
the luminous flux incident on a unit area;

- syn. illuminance;

n5
painting or drawing included in a book (especially in illuminated medieval manuscripts);

- syn. miniature;

illumination unit
n1
a measure of illumination;

illumine / ɪ ɫ u m ɪ n /
v1
make lighter or brighter;

- "This lamp lightens the room a bit";

- syn. illume, illuminate, light, light up;

illusion / ɪ ɫ u ʒ n /
n1
an erroneous mental representation;

- syn. semblance;

n2
something many people believe that is false;

- "they have the illusion that I am very wealthy";

- syn. fancy, fantasy, phantasy;

n3
the act of deluding;

- deception by creating illusory ideas;

- syn. delusion, head game;

n4
an illusory feat;

- considered magical by naive observers;

- syn. conjuration, conjuring trick, deception, legerdemain, magic, magic trick, thaumaturgy, trick;

illusional
a1
marked by or producing illusion;

- "illusionary stage effects";

- syn. illusionary;

- sim. unreal;

illusionary
a1
marked by or producing illusion;

- "illusionary stage effects";

- syn. illusional;

- sim. unreal;

illusionist / ɪ ɫ u ʒ ə n ɪ s t /
n1
a person with unusual powers of foresight;

- syn. seer, visionary;

n2
someone who performs magic tricks to amuse an audience;

- syn. conjurer, conjuror, magician, prestidigitator;

illusive / ɪ ɫ u s ɪ v /
a1
based on or having the nature of an illusion;

- "illusive hopes of finding a better job";

- "Secret activities offer presidents the alluring but often illusory promise that they can achieve foreign policy goals without the bothersome debate and open decision that are staples of democracy";

- syn. illusory;

- sim. unreal;

illusory / ɪ ɫ u s ə ɹ i /
a1
based on or having the nature of an illusion;

- "illusive hopes of finding a better job";

- "Secret activities offer presidents the alluring but often illusory promise that they can achieve foreign policy goals without the bothersome debate and open decision that are staples of democracy";

- syn. illusive;

- sim. unreal;

illustrate / ɪ ɫ ə s t ɹ eɪ t /
v1
clarify by giving an example of;

- syn. exemplify, instance;

v2
depict with an illustration;

v3
supply with illustrations;

- "illustrate a book with drawings";

illustration / ɪ ɫ ə s t ɹ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
artwork that helps make something clear or attractive;

n2
showing by example;

- syn. exemplification;

n3
an item of information that is typical of a class or group;

- "this patient provides a typical example of the syndrome";

- "there is an example on page 10";

- syn. example, instance, representative;

n4
a visual representation (a picture or diagram) that is used make some subject more pleasing or easier to understand;

illustrative / ɪ ɫ ə s t ɹ ə t ɪ v /
a1
clarifying by use of examples;

- syn. exemplifying;

- sim. informative;

a2
serving to demonstrate;

- syn. demonstrative;

- sim. instructive;

illustrator / ɪ ɫ ə s t ɹ eɪ t ə , ɪ ɫ ə s t ɹ eɪ t ə ɹ /
n1
an artist who makes illustrations (for books or magazines or advertisements etc.);

illustrious / ɪ ɫ ʌ s t ɹ ɪə s /
a1
widely known and esteemed;

- "a famous actor";

- "a celebrated musician";

- "a famed scientist";

- "an illustrious judge";

- "a notable historian";

- "a renowned painter";

- syn. celebrated, famed, famous, far-famed, notable, noted, renowned;

- sim. known;

a2
having or conferring glory;

- "an illustrious achievement";

- sim. glorious;

illustriously / ɪ ɫ ʌ s t ɹ ɪə s ɫ i /
r1
in an illustrious manner;

- "Einstein, the illustriously famous physicist of the 20th century";

illustriousness / ɪ ɫ ʌ s t ɹ ɪə s n ɪ s /
n1
the property possessed by something or someone of outstanding importance or eminence;

- syn. greatness;

Illyria
n1
an uncertain region on the east shore of the Adriatic where an ancient Indo-European people once lived;

Illyrian
n1
a minor and almost extinct branch of the Indo-European languages;

- spoken along the Dalmatian coast;

Ilmen
n1
a lake in northwestern Russia;

- drains through the Volkhov River into Lake Ladoga;

- syn. Lake Ilmen;

ilmenite
n1
a weakly magnetic black mineral found in metamorphic and plutonic rocks;

- an iron titanium oxide in crystalline form;

- a source of titanium;

ILO / aɪ ɛ ɫ oʊ /
n1
the United Nations agency concerned with the interests of labor;

- syn. International Labor Organization, International Labour Organization;

Ilosone
n1
an antibiotic (trade name Erythrocin or E-Mycin or Ethril or Ilosone or Pediamycin) obtained from the actinomycete Streptomyces erythreus;

- effective against many Gram-positive bacteria and some Gram-negative;

- syn. E-Mycin, Erythrocin, Ethril, Pediamycin, erythromycin;

ilx
a1
being nine more than fifty;

- syn. 59, fifty-nine;

- sim. cardinal;

ilxx
a1
being nine more than sixty;

- syn. 69, sixty-nine;

- sim. cardinal;

ilxxx
a1
being nine more than seventy;

- syn. 79, seventy-nine;

- sim. cardinal;

Ilya Ehrenberg
n1
Russian novelist (1891-1967);

- syn. Ehrenberg, Ilya Grigorievich Ehrenberg;

Ilya Grigorievich Ehrenberg
n1
Russian novelist (1891-1967);

- syn. Ehrenberg, Ilya Ehrenberg;

Ilya Ilich Metchnikov
n1
Russian bacteriologist in France who formulated the theory of phagocytosis (1845-1916);

- syn. Elie Metchnikoff, Elie Metchnikov, Metchnikoff, Metchnikov;

image / ɪ m ɪ dʒ /
n1
an iconic mental representation;

- "her imagination forced images upon her too awful to contemplate";

- syn. mental image;

n2
(Jungian psychology) a personal facade that one presents to the world;

- "a public image is as fragile as Humpty Dumpty";

- syn. persona;

n3
a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface;

- "they showed us the pictures of their wedding";

- "a movie is a series of images projected so rapidly that the eye integrates them";

- syn. icon, ikon, picture;

n4
a standard or typical example;

- "he is the prototype of good breeding";

- "he provided America with an image of the good father";

- syn. epitome, paradigm, prototype;

n5
language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense;

- syn. figure, figure of speech, trope;

n6
someone who closely resembles a famous person (especially an actor);

- "he could be Gingrich's double";

- "she's the very image of her mother";

- syn. double, look-alike;

n7
(mathematics) the set of values of the dependent variable for which a function is defined;

- "the image of f(x) = x^2 is the set of all non-negative real numbers if the domain of the function is the set of all real numbers";

- syn. range, range of a function;

n8
the general impression that something (a person or organization or product) presents to the public;

- "although her popular image was contrived it served to inspire music and pageantry";

- "the company tried to project an altruistic image";

n9
a representation of a person (especially in the form of sculpture);

- "the coin bears an effigy of Lincoln";

- "the emperor's tomb had his image carved in stone";

- syn. effigy, simulacrum;

v1
render visible, as by means of MRI;

v2
imagine;

- conceive of;

- see in one's mind;

- "I can't see him on horseback!";

- "I can see what will happen";

- "I can see a risk in this strategy";

- syn. envision, fancy, figure, picture, project, see, visualise, visualize;

image breaker
n1
a destroyer of images used in religious worship;

- syn. iconoclast;

image compression
n1
the compression of graphics for storage or transmission;

image orthicon
n1
a now obsolete picture pickup tube in a television camera;

- electrons emitted from a photoemissive surface in proportion to the intensity of the incident light are focused onto the target causing secondary emission of electrons;

- syn. orthicon;

image scanner
n1
an electronic device that generates a digital representation of an image for data input to a computer;

- syn. digital scanner, scanner;

imagery / ɪ m ɪ dʒ ə ɹ i /
n1
the ability to form mental images of things or events;

- "he could still hear her in his imagination";

- syn. imagination, imaging, mental imagery;

imaginable / ɪ m æ dʒ ɪ n ə b ɫ /
a1
capable of being imagined;

- "that is one possible answer";

- syn. conceivable;

- sim. thinkable;

imaginary / ɪ m æ dʒ ɪ n ə ɹ i /
n1
(mathematics) a number of the form a+bi where a and b are real numbers and i is the square root of -1;

- syn. complex number, complex quantity, imaginary number;

a1
not based on fact;

- existing only in the imagination;

- "the falsehood about some fanciful secret treaties"- F.D.Roosevelt;

- "a small child's imaginary friends";

- "to create a notional world for oneself";

- syn. fanciful, notional;

- sim. unreal;

imaginary being
n1
a creature of the imagination;

- a person that exists only in legends or myths or fiction;

- syn. imaginary creature;

imaginary creature
n1
a creature of the imagination;

- a person that exists only in legends or myths or fiction;

- syn. imaginary being;

imaginary number
n1
(mathematics) a number of the form a+bi where a and b are real numbers and i is the square root of -1;

- syn. complex number, complex quantity, imaginary;

imaginary part
n1
the part of a complex number that has the square root of -1 as a factor;

- syn. imaginary part of a complex number;

imaginary part of a complex number
n1
the part of a complex number that has the square root of -1 as a factor;

- syn. imaginary part;

imaginary place
n1
a place that exists only in imagination;

- a place said to exist in fictional or religious writings;

- syn. fictitious place, mythical place;

imagination / ɪ m æ dʒ ɪ n eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the formation of a mental image of something that is not perceived as real and is not present to the senses;

- "popular imagination created a world of demons";

- "imagination reveals what the world could be";

- syn. imaginativeness, vision;

n2
the ability to form mental images of things or events;

- "he could still hear her in his imagination";

- syn. imagery, imaging, mental imagery;

n3
the ability to deal resourcefully with unusual problems;

- "a man of resource";

- syn. resource, resourcefulness;

imagination image
n1
a mental image produced by the imagination;

- syn. thought-image;

imaginative / ɪ m æ dʒ ɪ n ə t ɪ v /
a1
(used of persons or artifacts) marked by independence and creativity in thought or action;

- "an imaginative use of material";

- "the invention of the knitting frame by another ingenious English clergyman"- Lewis Mumford;

- "an ingenious device";

- "had an inventive turn of mind";

- "inventive ceramics";

- syn. inventive;

- sim. creative;

imaginative comparison
n1
the kind of mental comparison that is expressed in similes or metaphors or allegories;

imaginatively / ɪ m æ dʒ ɪ n ə t ɪ v ɫ i /
r1
with imagination;

- "the room was decorated very imaginatively";

imaginativeness / ɪ m æ dʒ ɪ n ə t ɪ v n ə s /
n1
the formation of a mental image of something that is not perceived as real and is not present to the senses;

- "popular imagination created a world of demons";

- "imagination reveals what the world could be";

- syn. imagination, vision;

imagine / ɪ m æ dʒ ɪ n /
v1
form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case;

- "Can you conceive of him as the president?";

- syn. conceive of, envisage, ideate;

v2
expect, believe, or suppose;

- "I imagine she earned a lot of money with her new novel";

- "I thought to find her in a bad state";

- "he didn't think to find her in the kitchen";

- "I guess she is angry at me for standing her up";

- syn. guess, opine, reckon, suppose, think;

imaging / ɪ m ɪ dʒ ɪ ŋ /
n1
the ability to form mental images of things or events;

- "he could still hear her in his imagination";

- syn. imagery, imagination, mental imagery;

n2
(medicine) obtaining pictures of the interior of the body;

- syn. tomography;

imagism
n1
a movement by American and English poets early in the 20th century in reaction to Victorian sentimentality;

- used common speech in free verse with clear concrete imagery;

imago / ɪ m eɪ ɡ oʊ /
n1
(psychoanalysis) an idealized image of someone (usually a parent) formed in childhood;

n2
an adult insect produced after metamorphosis;

imam / ɪ m ɑ m /
n1
(Islam) the man who leads prayers in a mosque;

- for Shiites an imam is a recognized authority on Islamic theology and law and a spiritual guide;

- syn. imaum;

Imamu Amiri Baraka
n1
United States writer of poems and plays about racial conflict (born in 1934);

- syn. Baraka, LeRoi Jones;

imaret
n1
a hostel for pilgrims in Turkey;

imaum
n1
(Islam) the man who leads prayers in a mosque;

- for Shiites an imam is a recognized authority on Islamic theology and law and a spiritual guide;

- syn. imam;

Imavate
n1
a tricyclic antidepressant (trade names Imavate and Tofranil) used to treat clinical depression;

- syn. Tofranil, imipramine, impramine hydrochloride;

imbalance / ɪ m b æ ɫ ə n s /
n1
a lack of balance or state of disequilibrium;

- "a hormonal imbalance";

- syn. instability, unbalance;

n2
(mathematics) a lack of symmetry;

- syn. asymmetry, dissymmetry;

imbalanced / ɪ m b æ ɫ ə n s t /
a1
being or thrown out of equilibrium;

- syn. unbalanced;

- sim. labile;

imbauba
n1
tropical American tree with large peltate leaves and hollow stems;

- syn. Cecropia peltata, snake wood, trumpet-wood, trumpet tree, trumpetwood;

imbecile / ɪ m b ə s i ɫ /
n1
a person of subnormal intelligence;

- syn. changeling, cretin, half-wit, idiot, moron, retard;

a1
having a mental age of three to seven years;

- syn. idiotic, imbecilic;

- sim. retarded;

imbecilic / ɪ m b ə s ɪ ɫ ɪ k /
a1
having a mental age of three to seven years;

- syn. idiotic, imbecile;

- sim. retarded;

imbecility / ɪ m b ə s ɪ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
retardation more severe than a moron but not as severe as an idiot;

n2
a stupid mistake;

- syn. betise, folly, foolishness, stupidity;

imbed / ɪ m b ɛ d /
v1
fix or set securely or deeply;

- "He planted a knee in the back of his opponent";

- "The dentist implanted a tooth in the gum";

- syn. embed, engraft, implant, plant;

imbibe / ɪ m b aɪ b /
v1
take in, also metaphorically;

- "The sponge absorbs water well";

- "She drew strength from the minister's words";

- syn. absorb, draw, soak up, sop up, suck, suck up, take in, take up;

v2
take (gas, light or heat) into a solution;

- syn. assimilate;

v3
take in liquids;

- "The patient must drink several liters each day";

- "The children like to drink soda";

- syn. drink;

v4
receive into the mind and retain;

- "Imbibe ethical principles";

imbiber / ɪ m b aɪ b ə /
n1
a person who drinks alcoholic beverages (especially to excess);

- syn. drinker, juicer, toper;

imbibing / ɪ m b aɪ b ɪ ŋ /
n1
the act of consuming liquids;

- syn. drinking, imbibition;

imbibition
n1
(chemistry) the absorption of a liquid by a solid or gel;

n2
the act of consuming liquids;

- syn. drinking, imbibing;

imbricate
v1
place so as to overlap;

- "imbricate the roof tiles";

v2
overlap;

- "The roof tiles imbricate";

a1
used especially of leaves or bracts;

- overlapping or layered as scales or shingles;

- syn. imbricated;

- sim. rough;

imbricated
a1
used especially of leaves or bracts;

- overlapping or layered as scales or shingles;

- syn. imbricate;

- sim. rough;

imbrication
n1
covering with a design in which one element covers a part of another (as with tiles or shingles);

- syn. lapping, overlapping;

imbroglio / ɪ m b ɹ oʊ ɫ i oʊ /
n1
an intricate and confusing interpersonal or political situation;

- syn. embroilment;

n2
a very embarrassing misunderstanding;

imbrue / ɪ m b ɹ u /
v1
permeate or impregnate;

- "The war drenched the country in blood";

- syn. drench;

imbue / ɪ m b j u /
v1
spread or diffuse through;

- "An atmosphere of distrust has permeated this administration";

- "music penetrated the entire building";

- "His campaign was riddled with accusations and personal attacks";

- syn. diffuse, interpenetrate, penetrate, permeate, pervade, riddle;

v2
fill, soak, or imbue totally;

- "soak the bandage with disinfectant";

- syn. soak;

v3
suffuse with color;

- syn. hue;

IMF / aɪ ɛ m ɛ f /
n1
a United Nations agency to promote trade by increasing the exchange stability of the major currencies;

- syn. International Monetary Fund;

imidazole
n1
an organic base C3H4N2;

- a histamine inhibitor;

- syn. glyoxaline, iminazole;

imide
n1
any of a class of organic compounds that contain the divalent radical -CONHCO-;

iminazole
n1
an organic base C3H4N2;

- a histamine inhibitor;

- syn. glyoxaline, imidazole;

imipramine
n1
a tricyclic antidepressant (trade names Imavate and Tofranil) used to treat clinical depression;

- syn. Imavate, Tofranil, impramine hydrochloride;

imitate / ɪ m ɪ t ə ɪ t , ɪ m ɪ t eɪ t /
v1
reproduce someone's behavior or looks;

- "The mime imitated the passers-by";

- "Children often copy their parents or older siblings";

- syn. copy, simulate;

v2
appear like, as in behavior or appearance;

- "Life imitate art";

v3
make a reproduction or copy of;

imitation / ɪ m ɪ t eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the doctrine that representations of nature or human behavior should be accurate imitations;

n2
something copied or derived from an original;

n3
copying (or trying to copy) the actions of someone else;

n4
a representation of a person that is exaggerated for comic effect;

- syn. caricature, impersonation;

a1
not genuine or real;

- being an imitation of the genuine article;

- "it isn't fake anything;

- it's real synthetic fur";

- "faux pearls";

- "false teeth";

- "decorated with imitation palm leaves";

- "a purse of simulated alligator hide";

- syn. fake, false, faux, simulated;

- sim. artificial;

imitation leather
n1
fabric made to look like leather;

- syn. leatherette;

imitative / ɪ m ɪ t ə t ɪ v /
a1
marked by or given to imitation;

- "acting is an imitative art";

- "man is an imitative being";

- sim. apish, mimetic, mimic, parrotlike, simulated;

a2
(of words) formed in imitation of a natural sound;

- "onomatopoeic words are imitative of noises";

- "it was independently developed in more than one place as an onomatopoetic term"- Harry Hoijer;

- syn. echoic, onomatopoeic, onomatopoeical, onomatopoetic;

a3
not genuine;

- imitating something superior;

- "counterfeit emotion";

- "counterfeit money";

- "counterfeit works of art";

- "a counterfeit prince";

- syn. counterfeit;

- also artificial, false, insincere, unreal, unreal;

- sim. assumed, bad, base, bogus, inauthentic, mock, ostensible, pinchbeck, pseudo, synthetic;

imitative electronic deception
n1
the introduction of electromagnetic energy into enemy systems that imitates enemy emissions;

- syn. electronic imitative deception;

imitator / ɪ m ɪ t ə ɪ t ə , ɪ m ɪ t eɪ t ə , ɪ m ɪ t eɪ t ə ɹ /
n1
someone who (fraudulently) assumes the appearance of another;

- syn. impersonator;

n2
someone who copies the words or behavior of another;

- syn. ape, aper, copycat, emulator;

immaculate / ɪ m æ k j ʊ ɫ ə t /
a1
completely neat and clean;

- "the apartment was immaculate";

- "in her immaculate white uniform";

- "a spick-and-span kitchen";

- "their spic red-visored caps";

- syn. speckless, spic, spic-and-span, spick, spick-and-span, spotless;

- sim. clean;

a2
free from stain or blemish;

- syn. undefiled;

- sim. pure;

a3
without fault or error;

- "faultless logic";

- "speaks impeccable French";

- "timing and technique were immaculate";

- "an immaculate record";

- syn. faultless, impeccable, incorrupted;

- sim. perfect;

Immaculate Conception
n1
Roman Catholic holy day first celebrated in 1854;

- syn. December 8;

n2
(Christianity) the Roman Catholic dogma that God preserved the Virgin Mary from any stain of original sin from the moment she was conceived;

- syn. Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary;

Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary
n1
(Christianity) the Roman Catholic dogma that God preserved the Virgin Mary from any stain of original sin from the moment she was conceived;

- syn. Immaculate Conception;

immaculately / ɪ m æ k j ʊ ɫ ə t ɫ i /
r1
in an immaculate manner;

- "gone was the casually dressed Canadian she had thought a backwoodsman--this man was immaculately tailored";

immaculateness / ɪ m æ k j ʊ ɫ ə t n ɛ s /
n1
the state of being spotlessly clean;

- syn. spotlessness;

immanence / ɪ m ə n ə n s /
n1
the state of being within or not going beyond a given domain;

- syn. immanency;

immanency / ɪ m ə n ə n s i /
n1
the state of being within or not going beyond a given domain;

- syn. immanence;

immanent / ɪ m ə n ə n t /
a1
of a mental act performed entirely within the mind;

- "a cognition is an immanent act of mind";

- syn. subjective;

a2
of qualities that are spread throughout something;

- "ambition is immanent in human nature";

- "we think of God as immanent in nature";

- sim. distributive;

Immanuel Kant
n1
influential German idealist philosopher (1724-1804);

- syn. Kant;

immaterial / ɪ m ə t ɪə ɹ ɪə ɫ /
a1
of no importance or relevance especially to a law case;

- "an objection that is immaterial after the fact";

a2
without material form or substance;

- "an incorporeal spirit";

- syn. incorporeal;

- also unbodied;

- sim. discorporate, spiritual;

a3
not consisting of matter;

- "immaterial apparitions";

- "ghosts and other immaterial entities";

- syn. nonmaterial;

- also insubstantial;

- sim. intangible;

a4
not pertinent to the matter under consideration;

- "an issue extraneous to the debate";

- "the price was immaterial";

- "mentioned several impertinent facts before finally coming to the point";

- syn. extraneous, impertinent, orthogonal;

- sim. irrelevant;

a5
(often followed by `to') lacking importance;

- not mattering one way or the other;

- "whether you choose to do it or not is a matter that is quite immaterial (or indifferent)";

- "what others think is altogether indifferent to him";

- syn. indifferent;

- sim. unimportant;

immaterialise
v1
render immaterial or incorporeal;

- syn. immaterialize, unsubstantialise, unsubstantialize;

immateriality / ɪ m ə t ɪə ɹ ɪ æ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
complete irrelevance requiring no further consideration;

n2
the quality of not being physical;

- not consisting of matter;

- syn. incorporeality;

immaterialize / ɪ m ə t ɪə ɹ ɪə ɫ aɪ z /
v1
render immaterial or incorporeal;

- syn. immaterialise, unsubstantialise, unsubstantialize;

immature / ɪ m ə t j ʊə , ɪ m ə t j ʊə ɹ /
a1
characteristic of a lack of maturity;

- "immature behavior";

- sim. adolescent, babyish, childish;

a2
(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth;

- "young people";

- syn. young;

- also immature, junior, new;

- sim. adolescent, boyish, childlike, early, five-year-old, four-year-old, girlish, infantile, junior, little, newborn, one-year-old, preteen, puppyish, tender, three-year-old, two-year-old, youngish, youthful;

a3
not fully developed or mature;

- not ripe;

- "unripe fruit";

- "fried green tomatoes";

- "green wood";

- syn. green, unripe, unripened;

- sim. unaged;

a4
not yet mature;

- also immature, premature, young;

- sim. adolescent, embryonic, inchoative, larval, prepubescent, prepupal, pubescent, pupal, underdeveloped;

a5
(of birds) not yet having developed feathers;

- "a small unfledged sparrow on the window sill";

- syn. unfledged;

- sim. unfeathered;

immaturely / ɪ m ə t j ʊə ɫ i /
r1
in an immature manner;

- "his teenage son still behaves very immaturely";

- syn. jejunely;

immatureness
n1
not having reached maturity;

- syn. immaturity;

immaturity / ɪ m ə t j ʊə ɹ ɪ t i /
n1
not having reached maturity;

- syn. immatureness;

immeasurable / ɪ m ɛ ʒ ə ɹ ə b ɫ /
a1
impossible to measure;

- "unmeasurable reaches of outer space";

- "immeasurable suffering";

- syn. immensurable, unmeasurable;

- sim. abysmal, illimitable;

a2
beyond calculation or measure;

- "an incomputable amount";

- "jewels of inestimable value";

- "immeasurable wealth";

- syn. incomputable, inestimable;

- sim. incalculable;

immeasurably / ɪ m ɛ ʒ ə ɹ ə b ɫ i /
r1
to an immeasurable degree;

- beyond measurement;

- "the war left him immeasurably fearful of what man can do to man";

r2
without bounds;

- "he is infinitely wealthy";

- syn. boundlessly, infinitely;

immediacy / ɪ m i d ɪə s i /
n1
lack of an intervening or mediating agency;

- "the immediacy of television coverage";

- syn. immediateness;

n2
immediate intuitive awareness;

- syn. immediate apprehension;

n3
the quickness of action or occurrence;

- "the immediacy of their response";

- "the instancy of modern communication";

- syn. immediateness, instancy, instantaneousness;

immediate / ɪ m i d ɪə t /
a1
of the present time and place;

- "the immediate revisions";

- sim. present;

a2
very close or connected in space or time;

- "contiguous events";

- "immediate contact";

- "the immediate vicinity";

- "the immediate past";

- syn. contiguous;

- sim. close;

a3
having no intervening medium;

- "an immediate influence";

- sim. direct;

a4
immediately before or after as in a chain of cause and effect;

- "the immediate result";

- "the immediate cause of the trouble";

- sim. proximate;

a5
performed with little or no delay;

- "an immediate reply to my letter";

- "a prompt reply";

- "was quick to respond";

- "a straightaway denial";

- syn. prompt, quick, straightaway;

- sim. fast;

immediate allergy
n1
an allergic reaction that becomes apparent in a sensitized person only minutes after contact;

- syn. atopic allergy, atopy, type I allergic reaction;

immediate apprehension
n1
immediate intuitive awareness;

- syn. immediacy;

immediate constituent
n1
a constituent of a sentence at the first step in an analysis: e.g., subject and predicate;

immediate memory
n1
what you can repeat immediately after perceiving it;

- syn. STM, short-term memory;

immediate payment
n1
prompt payment for goods or services in currency or by check;

- syn. cash;

immediately / ɪ m i d ɪə t ɫ i /
r1
without delay or hesitation;

- with no time intervening;

- "he answered immediately";

- "found an answer straightaway";

- "an official accused of dishonesty should be suspended forthwith";

- "Come here now!";

- syn. at once, directly, forthwith, instantly, like a shot, now, right away, straight off, straightaway;

r2
near or close by;

- "he passed immediately behind her";

r3
bearing an immediate relation;

- "this immediately concerns your future";

immediateness / ɪ m i d ɪə t n ɛ s /
n1
the quickness of action or occurrence;

- "the immediacy of their response";

- "the instancy of modern communication";

- syn. immediacy, instancy, instantaneousness;

n2
lack of an intervening or mediating agency;

- "the immediacy of television coverage";

- syn. immediacy;

immemorial / ɪ m ə m ɔ ɹ ɪə ɫ /
a1
long past;

- beyond the limits of memory or tradition or recorded history;

- "time immemorial";

- sim. old;

immense / ɪ m ɛ n s /
a1
unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope;

- "huge government spending";

- "huge country estates";

- "huge popular demand for higher education";

- "a huge wave";

- "the Los Angeles aqueduct winds like an immense snake along the base of the mountains";

- "immense numbers of birds";

- "at vast (or immense) expense";

- "the vast reaches of outer space";

- "the vast accumulation of knowledge...which we call civilization"- W.R.Inge;

- syn. Brobdingnagian, huge, vast;

- sim. large;

immensely / ɪ m ɛ n s ɫ i /
r1
to an exceedingly great extent or degree;

- "He had vastly overestimated his resources";

- "was immensely more important to the project as a scientist than as an administrator";

- syn. vastly;

immenseness / ɪ m ɛ n s n ə s /
n1
unusual largeness in size or extent or number;

- syn. enormousness, grandness, greatness, immensity, sizeableness, vastness, wideness;

immensity / ɪ m ɛ n s ɪ t i /
n1
unusual largeness in size or extent or number;

- syn. enormousness, grandness, greatness, immenseness, sizeableness, vastness, wideness;

immensurable / ɪ m ɛ n ʃ ə ɹ ə b ɫ /
a1
impossible to measure;

- "unmeasurable reaches of outer space";

- "immeasurable suffering";

- syn. immeasurable, unmeasurable;

- sim. abysmal, illimitable;

immerse / ɪ m ɝ s /
v1
thrust or throw into;

- "Immerse yourself in hot water";

- syn. plunge;

v2
devote (oneself) fully to;

- "He immersed himself into his studies";

- syn. absorb, engross, engulf, plunge, soak up, steep;

v3
enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing;

- "The huge waves swallowed the small boat and it sank shortly thereafter";

- syn. bury, eat up, swallow, swallow up;

v4
cause to be immersed;

- "The professor plunged his students into the study of the Italian text";

- syn. plunge;

immersion / ɪ m ɝ ʃ n /
n1
sinking until covered completely with water;

- syn. submergence, submerging, submersion;

n2
(astronomy) the disappearance of a celestial body prior to an eclipse;

- syn. ingress;

n3
complete attention;

- intense mental effort;

- syn. absorption, concentration, engrossment;

n4
a form of baptism in which part or all of a person's body is submerged;

n5
the act of wetting something by submerging it;

- syn. dousing, ducking, submersion;

immersion foot
n1
resembling frostbite but without freezing;

- resulting from exposure to cold and wet;

- syn. trench foot;

immersion heater
n1
a heating element that is immersed in the liquid that is to be heated (as in a hot-water tank);

immigrant / ɪ m ɪ ɡ ɹ ə n t /
n1
a person who comes to a country where they were not born in order to settle there;

immigrant class
n1
recent immigrants who are lumped together as a class by their low socioeconomic status in spite of different cultural backgrounds;

immigrate / ɪ m ɪ ɡ ɹ eɪ t /
v1
migrate to a new environment;

- "only few plants can immigrate to the island";

v2
introduce or send as immigrants;

- "Britain immigrated many colonists to America";

v3
come into a new country and change residency;

- "Many people immigrated at the beginning of the 20th century";

immigration / ɪ m ɪ ɡ ɹ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
migration into a place (especially migration to a country of which you are not a native in order to settle there);

- syn. in-migration;

n2
the body of immigrants arriving during a specified interval;

- "the increased immigration strengthened the colony";

Immigration and Naturalization Service
n1
an agency in the Department of Justice that enforces laws and regulations for the admission of foreign-born persons to the United States;

- syn. INS;

imminence / ɪ m ɪ n ə n s /
n1
the state of being imminent and liable to happen soon;

- syn. forthcomingness, imminency, imminentness, impendence, impendency;

imminency / ɪ m ɪ n ə n s i /
n1
the state of being imminent and liable to happen soon;

- syn. forthcomingness, imminence, imminentness, impendence, impendency;

imminent / ɪ m ɪ n ə n t /
a1
close in time;

- about to occur;

- "retribution is at hand";

- "some people believe the day of judgment is close at hand";

- "in imminent danger";

- "his impending retirement";

- syn. at hand, close at hand, impendent, impending;

- sim. close;

imminent abortion
n1
the appearance of symptoms that signal the impending loss of the products of conception;

- syn. threatened abortion;

imminently / ɪ m ɪ n ə n t ɫ i /
r1
in an imminent manner;

imminentness
n1
the state of being imminent and liable to happen soon;

- syn. forthcomingness, imminence, imminency, impendence, impendency;

immingle / ɪ m ɪ ŋ ɡ ɫ /
v1
combine into one;

- "blend the nuts and raisins together";

- "he blends in with the crowd";

- "We don't intermingle much";

- syn. blend, intermingle, intermix;

immiscible
a1
(chemistry, physics) incapable of mixing;

- syn. non-miscible, unmixable;

- sim. incompatible;

immix
v1
mix together different elements;

- "The colors blend well";

- syn. blend, coalesce, combine, commingle, conflate, flux, fuse, meld, merge, mix;

immobile / ɪ m oʊ b aɪ ɫ /
a1
not capable of movement or of being moved;

- also nonmoving, unmoving;

- sim. immovable, nonmotile, stiff;

a2
securely fixed in place;

- "the post was still firm after being hit by the car";

- syn. fast, firm;

- sim. fixed;

immobilisation / ɪ m ə b ɪ ɫ aɪ z eɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
fixation (as by a plaster cast) of a body part in order to promote proper healing;

- "immobilization of the injured knee was necessary";

- syn. immobilization;

n2
the act of limiting movement or making incapable of movement;

- "the storm caused complete immobilization of the rescue team";

- syn. immobilization, immobilizing;

immobilise / ɪ m ə b ɪ ɫ aɪ z /
v1
hold as reserve or withdraw from circulation;

- of capital;

- syn. immobilize;

v2
to hold fast or prevent from moving;

- "The child was pinned under the fallen tree";

- syn. immobilize, pin, trap;

v3
make defenseless;

- syn. immobilize;

v4
convert (assets) into fixed capital;

- syn. immobilize;

v5
prohibit the conversion or use of (assets);

- "Blocked funds";

- "Freeze the assets of this hostile government";

- syn. block, freeze, immobilize;

v6
cause to be unable to move;

- "The sudden storm immobilized the traffic";

- syn. immobilize;

immobility / ɪ m ə b ɪ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
remaining in place;

- syn. fixedness, stationariness;

n2
the quality of not moving;

immobilization / ɪ m oʊ b ɪ ɫ aɪ z eɪ ʃ n , ɪ m oʊ b ɫ aɪ z eɪ ʃ n /
n1
fixation (as by a plaster cast) of a body part in order to promote proper healing;

- "immobilization of the injured knee was necessary";

- syn. immobilisation;

n2
the act of limiting movement or making incapable of movement;

- "the storm caused complete immobilization of the rescue team";

- syn. immobilisation, immobilizing;

immobilize / ɪ m oʊ b ɪ ɫ aɪ z , ɪ m oʊ b ɫ aɪ z /
v1
hold as reserve or withdraw from circulation;

- of capital;

- syn. immobilise;

v2
to hold fast or prevent from moving;

- "The child was pinned under the fallen tree";

- syn. immobilise, pin, trap;

v3
make defenseless;

- syn. immobilise;

v4
convert (assets) into fixed capital;

- syn. immobilise;

v5
prohibit the conversion or use of (assets);

- "Blocked funds";

- "Freeze the assets of this hostile government";

- syn. block, freeze, immobilise;

v6
cause to be unable to move;

- "The sudden storm immobilized the traffic";

- syn. immobilise;

immobilizing / ɪ m oʊ b ɪ ɫ aɪ z ɪ ŋ , ɪ m oʊ b ɫ aɪ z ɪ ŋ /
n1
the act of limiting movement or making incapable of movement;

- "the storm caused complete immobilization of the rescue team";

- syn. immobilisation, immobilization;

immoderate / ɪ m ɒ d ə ɹ ə t /
a1
beyond reasonable limits;

- "immoderate laughter";

- "immoderate spending";

- also intemperate, intense, unreasonable;

- sim. abnormal, all-fired, exaggerated, excessive, exorbitant, extraordinary, extreme, extreme, extremist, far, stark;

immoderately / ɪ m ɒ d ə ɹ ə t ɫ i /
r1
without moderation;

- in an immoderate manner;

- "he eats immoderately";

r2
to a degree that exceeds the bounds or reason or moderation;

- "his prices are unreasonably high";

- syn. unreasonably;

immoderateness / ɪ m ɒ d ə ɹ ə t n ə s /
n1
the quality of being excessive and lacking in moderation;

- syn. immoderation;

immoderation / ɪ m ɒ d ə ɹ eɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
the quality of being excessive and lacking in moderation;

- syn. immoderateness;

immodest / ɪ m ɒ d ɪ s t /
a1
having or showing an exaggerated opinion of your importance, ability, etc;

- "brash immodest boasting";

- also disrespectful, domineering, proud;

- sim. important, overweening;

a2
offending against sexual mores in conduct or appearance;

- also indecent;

- sim. indecent;

immodestly / ɪ m ɒ d ɪ s t ɫ i /
r1
without modesty;

- in an immodest manner;

- "the book was entitled, immodestly, `All about Wisdom'";

immodesty / ɪ m ɒ d ɪ s t i /
n1
the trait of being vain and conceited;

n2
the perverse act of exposing and attracting attention to your own genitals;

- syn. exhibitionism;

immolate / ɪ m ə ɫ eɪ t /
v1
offer as a sacrifice by killing or by giving up to destruction;

- "The Aztecs immolated human victims";

- "immolate the valuables at the temple";

immolation / ɪ m ə ɫ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
killing or offering as a sacrifice;

immoral / ɪ m ɒ ɹ ə ɫ /
a1
deliberately violating accepted principles of right and wrong;

- also evil, unchaste, unrighteous, wicked;

- sim. debauched, decadent, disgraceful, scrofulous;

a2
not adhering to ethical or moral principles;

- "base and unpatriotic motives";

- "a base, degrading way of life";

- "cheating is dishonorable";

- "they considered colonialism immoral";

- "unethical practices in handling public funds";

- syn. base;

- sim. wrong;

immorality / ɪ m ə ɹ æ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
the quality of not being in accord with standards of right or good conduct;

- "the immorality of basing the defense of the West on the threat of mutual assured destruction";

n2
morally objectionable behavior;

- syn. evil, iniquity, wickedness;

immorally / ɪ m ɒ ɹ ə ɫ i /
r1
without regard for morality;

- "he acted immorally when his own interests were at stake";

- syn. amorally;

immortal / ɪ m ɔ t ɫ /
n1
a person (such as an author) of enduring fame;

- "Shakespeare is one of the immortals";

n2
any supernatural being worshipped as controlling some part of the world or some aspect of life or who is the personification of a force;

- syn. deity, divinity, god;

a1
not subject to death;

- also heavenly, infinite;

- sim. amaranthine, deathless, deific;

immortalise
v1
be or provide a memorial to a person or an event;

- "This sculpture commemorates the victims of the concentration camps";

- "We memorialized the Dead";

- syn. commemorate, immortalize, memorialise, memorialize;

v2
make famous forever;

- "This melody immortalized its composer";

- syn. eternalise, eternalize, eternise, eternize, immortalize;

immortality / ɪ m ɔ t æ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
the quality or state of being immortal;

n2
perpetual life after death;

immortalize / ɪ m ɔ t ə ɫ aɪ z /
v1
be or provide a memorial to a person or an event;

- "This sculpture commemorates the victims of the concentration camps";

- "We memorialized the Dead";

- syn. commemorate, immortalise, memorialise, memorialize;

v2
make famous forever;

- "This melody immortalized its composer";

- syn. eternalise, eternalize, eternise, eternize, immortalise;

immortelle / ɪ m ɔ t ɛ ɫ /
n1
mostly widely cultivated species of everlasting flowers having usually purple flowers;

- southern Europe to Iran;

- naturalized elsewhere;

- syn. Xeranthemum annuum;

immotile
a1
(of spores or microorganisms) not capable of movement;

- syn. nonmotile;

- sim. immobile;

immotility
n1
lacking an ability to move;

immovability / ɪ m u v ə b ɪ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
not capable of being moved or rearranged;

- syn. immovableness;

immovable / ɪ m u v ə b ɫ /
n1
property consisting of houses and land;

- syn. real estate, real property, realty;

a1
not able or intended to be moved;

- "the immovable hills";

- syn. immoveable, stabile, unmovable;

- sim. immobile;

immovable bandage
n1
a bandage of cloth impregnated with a substance (e.g., plaster of Paris) that hardens soon after it is applied;

immovableness / ɪ m u v ə b ɫ n ə s /
n1
not capable of being moved or rearranged;

- syn. immovability;

immovably / ɪ m u v ə b ɫ i /
r1
so as to be incapable of moving;

- "the mountains brooded immovably above the river";

immoveable / ɪ m u v ə b ɫ /
a1
not able or intended to be moved;

- "the immovable hills";

- syn. immovable, stabile, unmovable;

- sim. immobile;

immune / ɪ m j u n /
n1
a person who is immune to a particular infection;

a1
relating to the condition of immunity;

- "the immune system";

a2
secure against;

- "immune from taxation as long as he resided in Bermuda";

- "immune from criminal prosecution";

- sim. exempt;

a3
relating to or conferring immunity (to disease or infection);

- syn. resistant;

- sim. unsusceptible;

a4
(usually followed by `to') not affected by a given influence;

- "immune to persuasion";

- sim. unaffected;

immune carrier
n1
(medicine) a person (or animal) who has some pathogen to which he is immune but who can pass it on to others;

- syn. carrier;

immune gamma globulin
n1
a class of proteins produced in lymph tissue in vertebrates and that function as antibodies in the immune response;

- syn. Ig, immune globulin, immune serum globulin, immunoglobulin;

immune globulin
n1
a class of proteins produced in lymph tissue in vertebrates and that function as antibodies in the immune response;

- syn. Ig, immune gamma globulin, immune serum globulin, immunoglobulin;

immune reaction
n1
a bodily defense reaction that recognizes an invading substance (an antigen: such as a virus or fungus or bacteria or transplanted organ) and produces antibodies specific against that antigen;

- syn. immune response, immunologic response;

immune response
n1
a bodily defense reaction that recognizes an invading substance (an antigen: such as a virus or fungus or bacteria or transplanted organ) and produces antibodies specific against that antigen;

- syn. immune reaction, immunologic response;

immune serum globulin
n1
a class of proteins produced in lymph tissue in vertebrates and that function as antibodies in the immune response;

- syn. Ig, immune gamma globulin, immune globulin, immunoglobulin;

immune suppressant drug
n1
a drug that lowers the body's normal immune response;

- syn. immunosuppressant, immunosuppressive, immunosuppressive drug, immunosuppressor;

immune system
n1
a system (including the thymus and bone marrow and lymphoid tissues) that protects the body from foreign substances and pathogenic organisms by producing the immune response;

immunisation
n1
the act of making immune (especially by inoculation);

- syn. immunization;

immunise
v1
law: grant immunity from prosecution;

- syn. immunize;

v2
perform vaccinations or produce immunity in by inoculation;

- "We vaccinate against scarlet fever";

- "The nurse vaccinated the children in the school";

- syn. immunize, inoculate, vaccinate;

immunised / ɪ m j u n ɪ s t /
a1
having been rendered unsusceptible to a disease;

- syn. immunized, vaccinated;

- sim. unsusceptible;

immunity / ɪ m j u n ɪ t i /
n1
the state of not being susceptible;

- "unsusceptibility to rust";

- syn. unsusceptibility;

n2
(medicine) the condition in which an organism can resist disease;

- syn. resistance;

n3
the quality of being unaffected by something;

- "immunity to criticism";

n4
an act exempting someone;

- "he was granted immunity from prosecution";

- syn. exemption, granting immunity;

immunization / ɪ m j ʊ n aɪ z eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the act of making immune (especially by inoculation);

- syn. immunisation;

immunize / ɪ m j ʊ n aɪ z /
v1
law: grant immunity from prosecution;

- syn. immunise;

v2
perform vaccinations or produce immunity in by inoculation;

- "We vaccinate against scarlet fever";

- "The nurse vaccinated the children in the school";

- syn. immunise, inoculate, vaccinate;

immunized / ɪ m j ʊ n aɪ z d /
a1
having been rendered unsusceptible to a disease;

- syn. immunised, vaccinated;

- sim. unsusceptible;

immunizing agent
n1
any substance or organism that provokes an immune response (produces immunity) when introduced into the body;

- syn. immunogen;

immunoassay
n1
identification of a substance (especially a protein) by its action as an antigen;

- "PSA in the blood can be measured with an immunochemical assay";

- syn. immunochemical assay;

immunochemical
a1
of or relating to immunochemistry;

immunochemical assay
n1
identification of a substance (especially a protein) by its action as an antigen;

- "PSA in the blood can be measured with an immunochemical assay";

- syn. immunoassay;

immunochemistry
n1
the field of chemistry concerned with chemical processes in immunology (such as chemical studies of antigens and antibodies);

- syn. chemoimmunology;

immunocompetence
n1
the ability to develop an immune response following exposure to an antigen;

immunocompetent
a1
capable of developing an immune response following exposure to an antigen;

- "immunocompetent cells";

immunocompromised
a1
unable to develop a normal immune response usually because of malnutrition or immunodeficiency or immunosuppressive therapy;

immunodeficiency
n1
immunological disorder in which some part of the body's immune system is inadequate and resistance to infectious diseases is reduced;

immunodeficient
a1
incapable of developing an immune response following exposure to an antigen;

- "immunodeficient rodents";

immunoelectrophoresis
n1
electrophoresis to separate antigens and antibodies;

immunofluorescence
n1
(immunology) a technique that uses antibodies linked to a fluorescent dye in order to study antigens in a sample of tissue;

immunogen
n1
any substance or organism that provokes an immune response (produces immunity) when introduced into the body;

- syn. immunizing agent;

immunogenic
a1
possessing the ability to elicit an immune response;

- sim. unsusceptible;

immunogenicity
n1
the property of eliciting an immune response;

immunoglobulin
n1
a class of proteins produced in lymph tissue in vertebrates and that function as antibodies in the immune response;

- syn. Ig, immune gamma globulin, immune globulin, immune serum globulin;

immunoglobulin A
n1
one of the most common of the five major classes of immunoglobulins;

- the chief antibody in the membranes of the gastrointestinal and respiratory tracts;

- syn. IgA;

immunoglobulin D
n1
one of the five major classes of immunoglobulins;

- present in blood serum in small amounts;

- syn. IgD;

immunoglobulin E
n1
one of the five major classes of immunoglobulins;

- present primarily in the skin and mucous membranes;

- syn. IgE;

immunoglobulin G
n1
one of the five major classes of immunoglobulins;

- the main antibody defense against bacteria;

- syn. IgG;

immunoglobulin M
n1
one of the five major classes of immunoglobulins;

- involved in fighting blood infections and in triggering production of immunoglobulin G;

- syn. IgM;

immunohistochemistry
n1
an assay that shows specific antigens in tissues by the use of markers that are either fluorescent dyes or enzymes (such as horseradish peroxidase);

immunologic
a1
of or relating to immunology;

- syn. immunological;

immunologic response
n1
a bodily defense reaction that recognizes an invading substance (an antigen: such as a virus or fungus or bacteria or transplanted organ) and produces antibodies specific against that antigen;

- syn. immune reaction, immune response;

immunological
a1
of or relating to immunology;

- syn. immunologic;

immunological disorder
n1
a disorder of the immune system;

immunologically
r1
from the point of view of immunology;

immunologist / ɪ m j ʊ n ɒ ɫ ə dʒ ɪ s t /
n1
a medical scientist who specializes in immunology;

immunology / ɪ m j ʊ n ɒ ɫ ə dʒ i /
n1
the branch of medical science that studies the body's immune system;

immunopathology
n1
the branch of immunology that deals with pathologies of the immune system;

immunosuppressant
n1
a drug that lowers the body's normal immune response;

- syn. immune suppressant drug, immunosuppressive, immunosuppressive drug, immunosuppressor;

immunosuppressed
a1
of persons whose immune response is inadequate;

immunosuppression
n1
lowering the body's normal immune response to invasion by foreign substances;

- can be deliberate (as in lowering the immune response to prevent rejection of a transplanted organ) or incidental (as a side effect of radiotherapy or chemotherapy for cancer);

immunosuppressive
n1
a drug that lowers the body's normal immune response;

- syn. immune suppressant drug, immunosuppressant, immunosuppressive drug, immunosuppressor;

a1
of or relating to a substance that lowers the body's normal immune response and induces immunosuppression;

immunosuppressive drug
n1
a drug that lowers the body's normal immune response;

- syn. immune suppressant drug, immunosuppressant, immunosuppressive, immunosuppressor;

immunosuppressor
n1
a drug that lowers the body's normal immune response;

- syn. immune suppressant drug, immunosuppressant, immunosuppressive, immunosuppressive drug;

immunotherapeutic
a1
of or relating to immunotherapy;

- "various immunotherapeutic techniques have been employed with AIDS patients";

immunotherapy
n1
therapy designed to produce immunity to a disease or to enhance resistance by the immune system;

immure / ɪ m j ʊə , ɪ m j ʊə ɹ /
v1
lock up or confine, in or as in a jail;

- "The suspects were imprisoned without trial";

- "the murderer was incarcerated for the rest of his life";

- syn. gaol, imprison, incarcerate, jail, jug, lag, put away, put behind bars, remand;

immurement / ɪ m j ʊə m ə n t /
n1
the state of being imprisoned;

- "he was held in captivity until he died";

- "the imprisonment of captured soldiers";

- "his ignominious incarceration in the local jail";

- "he practiced the immurement of his enemies in the castle dungeon";

- syn. captivity, imprisonment, incarceration;

immutability / ɪ m j u t ə b ɪ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
the quality of being incapable of mutation;

- "Darwin challenged the fixity of species";

- syn. fixity, immutableness;

immutable / ɪ m j u t ə b ɫ /
a1
not subject or susceptible to change or variation in form or quality or nature;

- "the view of that time was that all species were immutable, created by God";

- syn. changeless;

a2
constant and unchanging;

- "the immutable laws of nature";

- sim. constant;

immutableness / ɪ m j u t ə b ɫ n ɪ s /
n1
the quality of being incapable of mutation;

- "Darwin challenged the fixity of species";

- syn. fixity, immutability;

immutably / ɪ m j u t ə b ɫ i /
r1
in an unalterable and unchangeable manner;

- "his views were unchangeably fixed";

- syn. unalterably, unassailably, unchangeably;

IMO
n1
the United Nations agency concerned with international maritime activities;

- syn. International Maritime Organization;

Imogene Coca
n1
United States comedienne who starred in early television shows with Sid Caesar (1908-2001);

- syn. Coca;

imou pine
n1
tall New Zealand timber tree;

- syn. Dacrydium cupressinum, red pine, rimu;

imp / ɪ m p /
n1
(folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous;

- syn. brownie, elf, gremlin, hob, pixie, pixy;

n2
one who is playfully mischievous;

- syn. monkey, rapscallion, rascal, scalawag, scallywag, scamp;

impact / ɪ m p æ k t /
n1
the striking of one body against another;

n2
a forceful consequence;

- a strong effect;

- "the book had an important impact on my thinking";

- "the book packs a wallop";

- syn. wallop;

n3
influencing strongly;

- "they resented the impingement of American values on European culture";

- syn. encroachment, impingement;

n4
the violent interaction of individuals or groups entering into combat;

- "the armies met in the shock of battle";

- syn. shock;

v1
press or wedge together;

- pack together;

v2
have an effect upon;

- "Will the new rules affect me?";

- syn. affect, bear on, bear upon, touch, touch on;

impact printer
n1
a printer that prints by mechanical impacts;

impacted / ɪ m p æ k t ɪ d /
a1
wedged or packed in together;

- "an impacted tooth";

- syn. wedged;

- sim. compact;

impacted fracture
n1
fracture in which one broken end is wedged into the other broken end;

impacted tooth
n1
a disorder in which a tooth is so crowded in its socket that it cannot erupt normally;

- syn. impaction;

impaction / ɪ m p æ k ʃ n /
n1
the condition of being pressed closely together and firmly fixed;

n2
a disorder in which feces are impacted in the lower colon;

n3
a disorder in which a tooth is so crowded in its socket that it cannot erupt normally;

- syn. impacted tooth;

n4
a sharp collision produced by striking or dashing against something;

- syn. impingement;

impair / ɪ m p eə , ɪ m p eə ɹ /
v1
make worse or less effective;

- "His vision was impaired";

v2
make imperfect;

- "nothing marred her beauty";

- syn. deflower, mar, spoil, vitiate;

impaired / ɪ m p eə d /
a1
diminished in strength, quality, or utility;

- "impaired eyesight";

- also damaged, injured;

- sim. anosmic, broken, dicky, diminished, dysfunctional, dyslectic;

a2
mentally or physically unfit;

- syn. afflicted;

- sim. unfit;

impairer / ɪ m p eə ə , ɪ m p eə ə ɹ , ɪ m p eə ɹ ə , ɪ m p eə ɹ ə ɹ /
n1
an agent that impairs;

- "crops can be great impairers of the soil";

impairment / ɪ m p eə m ə n t /
n1
the occurrence of a change for the worse;

- syn. damage, harm;

n2
a symptom of reduced quality or strength;

- syn. deterioration;

n3
the condition of being unable to perform as a consequence of physical or mental unfitness;

- "reading disability";

- "hearing impairment";

- syn. disability, disablement, handicap;

n4
damage that results in a reduction of strength or quality;

n5
the act of making something futile and useless (as by routine);

- syn. constipation, deadening, stultification;

impala / ɪ m p ɑ ɫ ə /
n1
African antelope with ridged curved horns;

- moves with enormous leaps;

- syn. Aepyceros melampus;

impala lily
n1
South African shrub having a swollen succulent stem and bearing showy pink and white flowers after the leaves fall;

- popular as an ornamental in tropics;

- syn. Adenium multiflorum, Adenium obesum, desert rose, kudu lily, mock azalia;

impale / ɪ m p eɪ ɫ /
v1
pierce with a sharp stake or point;

- "impale a shrimp on a skewer";

- syn. empale, spike, transfix;

v2
kill by piercing with a spear or sharp pole;

- "the enemies were impaled and left to die";

- syn. stake;

impalement / ɪ m p eɪ ɫ m ə n t /
n1
the act of piercing with a sharpened stake as a form of punishment or torture;

impalpability / ɪ m p æ ɫ p ə b ɪ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
the quality of being intangible and not perceptible by touch;

- syn. intangibility, intangibleness;

impalpable / ɪ m p æ ɫ p ə b ɫ /
a1
incapable of being perceived by the senses especially the sense of touch;

- "the intangible constituent of energy"- James Jeans;

- syn. intangible;

- also abstract;

a2
imperceptible to the senses or the mind;

- "an impalpable cloud";

- "impalpable shadows";

- "impalpable distinctions";

- "as impalpable as a dream";

- also imperceptible, unperceivable;

- sim. elusive;

a3
not perceptible to the touch;

- "an impalpable pulse";

- sim. imperceptible;

impalpably / ɪ m p æ ɫ p ə b ɫ i /
r1
not substantially;

- lacking substantial expression or fullness;

- syn. insubstantially;

impanel / ɪ m p æ n ɫ /
v1
enter into a list of prospective jurors;

- syn. empanel;

v2
select from a list;

- "empanel prospective jurors";

- syn. empanel, panel;

imparipinnate
a1
(a leaf shape) pinnate with a single leaflet at the apex;

- syn. odd-pinnate;

- sim. compound;

impart / ɪ m p ɑ t /
v1
transmit (knowledge or skills);

- "give a secret to the Russians";

- "leave your name and address here";

- "impart a new skill to the students";

- syn. give, leave, pass on;

v2
bestow a quality on;

- "Her presence lends a certain cachet to the company";

- "The music added a lot to the play";

- "She brings a special atmosphere to our meetings";

- "This adds a light note to the program";

- syn. add, bestow, bring, contribute, lend;

v3
transmit or serve as the medium for transmission;

- "Sound carries well over water";

- "The airwaves carry the sound";

- "Many metals conduct heat";

- syn. carry, channel, conduct, convey, transmit;

impartation / ɪ m p ɑ t eɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
the transmission of information;

- syn. conveyance, imparting;

impartial / ɪ m p ɑ ʃ ɫ /
a1
showing lack of favoritism;

- "the cold neutrality of an impartial judge";

- also fair, just;

- sim. disinterested, dispassionate, indifferent, indifferent;

a2
free from undue bias or preconceived opinions;

- "an unprejudiced appraisal of the pros and cons";

- "the impartial eye of a scientist";

- syn. unprejudiced;

- also open, receptive;

- sim. color-blind;

impartiality / ɪ m p ɑ ʃ ɪ æ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
an inclination to weigh both views or opinions equally;

- syn. nonpartisanship;

impartially / ɪ m p ɑ ʃ ə ɫ i /
r1
in an impartial manner;

- "he smiled at them both impartially";

imparting / ɪ m p ɑ t ɪ ŋ /
n1
the transmission of information;

- syn. conveyance, impartation;

impassable / ɪ m p ɑ s ə b ɫ /
a1
incapable of being passed;

- syn. unpassable;

- sim. unnavigable, unsurmountable, untraversable;

impasse / æ m p ɑ s /
n1
a situation in which no progress can be made or no advancement is possible;

- "reached an impasse on the negotiations";

- syn. dead end, deadlock, stalemate, standstill;

n2
a street with only one way in or out;

- syn. blind alley, cul de sac, dead-end street;

impassioned / ɪ m p æ ʃ n d /
a1
characterized by intense emotion;

- "ardent love";

- "an ardent lover";

- "a fervent desire to change society";

- "a fervent admirer";

- "fiery oratory";

- "an impassioned appeal";

- "a torrid love affair";

- syn. ardent, fervent, fervid, fiery, perfervid, torrid;

- sim. passionate;

impassive / ɪ m p æ s ɪ v /
a1
having or revealing little emotion or sensibility;

- not easily aroused or excited;

- "her impassive remoteness";

- "he remained impassive, showing neither interest in nor concern for our plight"- Nordhoff & Hall;

- "a silent stolid creature who took it all as a matter of course"-Virginia Woolf;

- "her face showed nothing but stolid indifference";

- syn. stolid;

- sim. unemotional;

a2
deliberately impassive in manner;

- "deadpan humor";

- "his face remained expressionless as the verdict was read";

- syn. deadpan, expressionless, poker-faced, unexpressive;

- sim. uncommunicative;

impassively / ɪ m p æ s ɪ v ɫ i /
r1
in an impassive manner;

- "he submitted impassively to his arrest";

impassiveness / ɪ m p æ s ɪ v n ə s /
n1
apathy demonstrated by an absence of emotional reactions;

- syn. emotionlessness, impassivity, indifference, phlegm, stolidity, unemotionality;

impassivity / ɪ m p æ s ɪ v ɪ t i /
n1
apathy demonstrated by an absence of emotional reactions;

- syn. emotionlessness, impassiveness, indifference, phlegm, stolidity, unemotionality;

impasto
n1
painting that applies the pigment thickly so that brush or palette knife marks are visible;

impatience / ɪ m p eɪ ʃ n s /
n1
a lack of patience;

- irritation with anything that causes delay;

- syn. restlessness;

n2
a restless desire for change and excitement;

n3
a dislike of anything that causes delay;

Impatiens capensis
n1
North American annual plant with usually yellow or orange flowers;

- grows chiefly on wet rather acid soil;

- syn. celandine, jewelweed, lady's earrings, orange balsam, touch-me-not;

impatient / ɪ m p eɪ ʃ n t /
a1
restless or short-tempered under delay or opposition;

- "impatient with the slower students";

- "impatient of criticism";

- also agitated;

- sim. restive, unforbearing;

a2
(usually followed by `to') full of eagerness;

- "impatient to begin";

- "raring to go";

- syn. raring;

- sim. eager;

impatiently / ɪ m p eɪ ʃ n t ɫ i /
r1
with impatience;

- in an impatient manner;

- "he answered her impatiently";

impeach / ɪ m p i tʃ /
v1
challenge the honesty or veracity of;

- "the lawyers tried to impeach the credibility of the witnesses";

v2
charge (a public official) with an offense or misdemeanor committed while in office;

- "The President was impeached";

v3
bring an accusation against;

- level a charge against;

- "The neighbors accused the man of spousal abuse";

- syn. accuse, criminate, incriminate;

impeachability / ɪ m p i tʃ ə b ɪ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
the state of being liable to impeachment;

- syn. indictability;

impeachment / ɪ m p i tʃ m ə n t /
n1
a formal document charging a public official with misconduct in office;

impeccability / ɪ m p ɛ k ə b ɪ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
the quality of being without an error or fault;

- syn. faultlessness;

n2
the quality of being exempt from sin or incapable of sinning;

impeccable / ɪ m p ɛ k ə b ɫ /
a1
without fault or error;

- "faultless logic";

- "speaks impeccable French";

- "timing and technique were immaculate";

- "an immaculate record";

- syn. faultless, immaculate, incorrupted;

- sim. perfect;

a2
not capable of sin;

- sim. virtuous;

impeccably / ɪ m p ɛ k ə b ɫ i /
r1
flawlessly;

- "the film was impeccably authentic";

impeccant / ɪ m p ɛ k ə n t /
a1
free from sin;

- syn. innocent, sinless;

- sim. virtuous;

impecunious / ɪ m p ɪ k j u n ɪə s /
a1
not having enough money to pay for necessities;

- syn. hard up, in straitened circumstances, penniless, penurious, pinched;

- sim. poor;

impecuniousness / ɪ m p ɪ k j u n ɪə s n ə s /
n1
a state of lacking money;

- syn. pennilessness, penuriousness;

impedance / ɪ m p i d ə n s /
n1
a material's opposition to the flow of electric current;

- measured in ohms;

- syn. electric resistance, electrical resistance, ohmic resistance, resistance, resistivity;

impede / ɪ m p i d /
v1
be a hindrance or obstacle to;

- "She is impeding the progress of our project";

- syn. hinder;

v2
block passage through;

- "obstruct the path";

- syn. block, close up, jam, obstruct, obturate, occlude;

impeded / ɪ m p i d ɪ d /
a1
made difficult or slow;

- "we blamed our impeded progress on lack of money";

- sim. obstructed;

impediment / ɪ m p ɛ d ɪ m ə n t /
n1
something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress;

- syn. balk, baulk, check, deterrent, handicap, hinderance, hindrance;

n2
any structure that makes progress difficult;

- syn. impedimenta, obstructer, obstruction, obstructor;

impedimenta / ɪ m p ɛ d ɪ m ɛ n t ə /
n1
any structure that makes progress difficult;

- syn. impediment, obstructer, obstruction, obstructor;

n2
the baggage and equipment carried by an army;

impeding / ɪ m p i d ɪ ŋ /
a1
preventing movement;

- "the clogging crowds of revelers overflowing into the street";

- syn. clogging, hindering, obstructive;

- sim. preventive;

impel / ɪ m p ɛ ɫ /
v1
urge or force (a person) to an action;

- constrain or motivate;

- syn. force;

v2
cause to move forward with force;

- "Steam propels this ship";

- syn. propel;

impelled / ɪ m p ɛ ɫ d /
a1
urged or forced to action through moral pressure;

- "felt impelled to take a stand against the issue";

- syn. driven;

- sim. motivated;

impellent / ɪ m p ɛ ɫ ə n t /
a1
forcing forward or onward;

- impelling;

- "an impellent power";

- "an impellent cause";

- sim. forceful;

impeller / ɪ m p ɛ ɫ ə , ɪ m p ɛ ɫ ə ɹ /
n1
the blade of a rotor (as in the compressor of a jet engine);

impelling / ɪ m p ɛ ɫ ɪ ŋ /
a1
markedly effective as if by emotional pressure;

- "impelling skill as a teller of tales";

- "an impelling personality";

- sim. effective;

impend / ɪ m p ɛ n d /
v1
be imminent or about to happen;

- "Changes are impending";

impendence / ɪ m p ɛ n d ə n s /
n1
the state of being imminent and liable to happen soon;

- syn. forthcomingness, imminence, imminency, imminentness, impendency;

impendency / ɪ m p ɛ n d ə n s i /
n1
the state of being imminent and liable to happen soon;

- syn. forthcomingness, imminence, imminency, imminentness, impendence;

impendent / ɪ m p ɛ n d ə n t /
a1
close in time;

- about to occur;

- "retribution is at hand";

- "some people believe the day of judgment is close at hand";

- "in imminent danger";

- "his impending retirement";

- syn. at hand, close at hand, imminent, impending;

- sim. close;

impending / ɪ m p ɛ n d ɪ ŋ /
a1
close in time;

- about to occur;

- "retribution is at hand";

- "some people believe the day of judgment is close at hand";

- "in imminent danger";

- "his impending retirement";

- syn. at hand, close at hand, imminent, impendent;

- sim. close;

impenetrability / ɪ m p ɛ n ɪ t ɹ ə b ɪ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
the quality of being impenetrable (by people or light or missiles etc.);

- syn. imperviousness;

n2
incomprehensibility by virtue of being too dense to understand;

- syn. impenetrableness;

impenetrable / ɪ m p ɛ n ɪ t ɹ ə b ɫ /
a1
not admitting of penetration or passage into or through;

- "an impenetrable fortress";

- "impenetrable rain forests";

- sim. dense;

a2
permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter;

- "dense smoke";

- "heavy fog";

- "impenetrable gloom";

- syn. dense, heavy;

- sim. thick;

a3
impossible to understand;

- "impenetrable jargon";

- sim. incomprehensible;

impenetrableness / ɪ m p ɛ n ɪ t ɹ ə b ɫ n ɪ s /
n1
incomprehensibility by virtue of being too dense to understand;

- syn. impenetrability;

impenitence / ɪ m p ɛ n ɪ t ə n s /
n1
the trait of refusing to repent;

- syn. impenitency;

impenitency
n1
the trait of refusing to repent;

- syn. impenitence;

impenitent / ɪ m p ɛ n ɪ t ə n t /
a1
not penitent or remorseful;

- syn. unremorseful, unrepentant;

- also unashamed, unregenerate;

a2
impervious to moral persuasion;

- sim. unregenerate;

impenitently / ɪ m p ɛ n ɪ t ə n t ɫ i /
r1
in an impenitent manner;

- "he repeated his position unrepentantly";

- syn. unrepentantly;

imperative / ɪ m p ɛr ə t ɪ v /
n1
a mood that expresses an intention to influence the listener's behavior;

- syn. imperative form, imperative mood, jussive mood;

n2
some duty that is essential and urgent;

a1
requiring attention or action;

- "as nuclear weapons proliferate, preventing war becomes imperative";

- "requests that grew more and more imperative";

- also assertive, self-assertive;

- sim. adjuratory, clamant, desperate, peremptory, pressing, strident;

a2
relating to verbs in the imperative mood;

imperative form
n1
a mood that expresses an intention to influence the listener's behavior;

- syn. imperative, imperative mood, jussive mood;

imperative mood
n1
a mood that expresses an intention to influence the listener's behavior;

- syn. imperative, imperative form, jussive mood;

imperatively / ɪ m p ɛr ə t ɪ v ɫ i /
r1
in an imperative and commanding manner;

- syn. peremptorily;

imperativeness / ɪ m p ɛr ə t ɪ v n ə s /
n1
the state of demanding notice or attention;

- "the insistence of their hunger";

- "the press of business matters";

- syn. insistence, insistency, press, pressure;

n2
the quality of being insistent;

- "he pressed his demand with considerable instancy";

- syn. instancy;

imperceptibility / ɪ m p ə s ɛ p t ə b ɪ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
the property of being imperceptible by the mind or the senses;

imperceptible / ɪ m p ə s ɛ p t ə b ɫ /
a1
impossible or difficult to perceive by the mind or senses;

- "an imperceptible drop in temperature";

- "an imperceptible nod";

- "color is unperceivable to the touch";

- syn. unperceivable;

- also impalpable, inaudible, invisible;

- sim. impalpable, incognizable, indiscernible, subliminal, unobservable;

imperceptibly / ɪ m p ə s ɛ p t ə b ɫ i /
r1
in an imperceptible manner or to an imperceptible degree;

- "the power of the Secretary of State in London increased gradually but imperceptibly";

- syn. unnoticeably;

imperfect / ɪ m p ɝ f ɪ k t /
n1
a tense of verbs used in describing action that is on-going;

- syn. continuous tense, imperfect tense, progressive, progressive tense;

a1
not perfect;

- defective or inadequate;

- "had only an imperfect understanding of his responsibilities";

- "imperfect mortals";

- "drainage here is imperfect";

- also blemished, broken;

- sim. blemished, broken, corrupt, defective, imperfectible, irregular;

a2
wanting in moral strength, courage, or will;

- having the attributes of man as opposed to e.g. divine beings;

- "I'm only a fallible human";

- "frail humanity";

- syn. fallible, frail, weak;

- sim. human;

imperfect tense
n1
a tense of verbs used in describing action that is on-going;

- syn. continuous tense, imperfect, progressive, progressive tense;

imperfectibility / ɪ m p ə f ɛ k t ə b ɪ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
the capability of becoming imperfect;

imperfectible / ɪ m p ə f ɛ k t ə b ɫ /
a1
capable of being made imperfect;

- sim. imperfect;

imperfection / ɪ m p ə f ɛ k ʃ n /
n1
the state or an instance of being imperfect;

- syn. imperfectness;

imperfective / ɪ m p ə f ɛ k t ɪ v /
n1
aspect without regard to the beginning or completion of the action of the verb;

- syn. imperfective aspect;

imperfective aspect
n1
aspect without regard to the beginning or completion of the action of the verb;

- syn. imperfective;

imperfectly / ɪ m p ɝ f ɪ k t ɫ i /
r1
in an imperfect or faulty way;

- "The lobe was imperfectly developed";

- "Miss Bennet would not play at all amiss if she practiced more"- Jane Austen;

- syn. amiss;

imperfectness / ɪ m p ɝ f ɪ k t n ɛ s /
n1
the state or an instance of being imperfect;

- syn. imperfection;

imperforate / ɪ m p ɝ f ə ɹ ɪ t /
a1
not perforated;

- having no opening;

- sim. uncut;

imperforate anus
n1
a congenital defect of the anus;

- there is partial or complete obstruction of the anal opening;

imperforate hymen
n1
hymen that is completely closed so that menstrual blood cannot flow out;

imperial / ɪ m p ɪə ɹ ɪə ɫ /
n1
a small tufted beard worn by Emperor Napoleon III;

- syn. imperial beard;

n2
a piece of luggage carried on top of a coach;

a1
relating to or associated with an empire;

- "imperial colony";

- "the imperial gallon was standardized legally throughout the British Empire";

a2
of or belonging to the British Imperial System of weights and measures;

a3
befitting or belonging to an emperor or empress;

- "imperial palace";

a4
belonging to or befitting a supreme ruler;

- "golden age of imperial splendor";

- "purple tyrant";

- "regal attire";

- "treated with royal acclaim";

- "the royal carriage of a stag's head";

- syn. majestic, purple, regal, royal;

- sim. noble;

imperial beard
n1
a small tufted beard worn by Emperor Napoleon III;

- syn. imperial;

Imperial capacity unit
n1
a unit of measure for capacity officially adopted in the British Imperial System;

- British units are both dry and wet;

- syn. British capacity unit;

imperial decree
n1
a decree issued by a sovereign ruler;

imperial elephant
n1
largest known mammoth;

- of America;

- syn. Archidiskidon imperator, imperial mammoth;

Imperial gallon
n1
a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 4 quarts or 4.545 liters;

- syn. congius, gallon;

imperial Japanese morning glory
n1
hybrid from Ipomoea nil;

- syn. Ipomoea imperialis;

imperial mammoth
n1
largest known mammoth;

- of America;

- syn. Archidiskidon imperator, imperial elephant;

imperial moth
n1
large American moth having yellow wings with purplish or brownish markings;

- larvae feed on e.g. maple and pine trees;

- syn. Eacles imperialis;

imperialism / ɪ m p ɪə ɹ ɪə ɫ ɪ z ə m /
n1
a policy of extending your rule over foreign countries;

n2
a political orientation that advocates imperial interests;

n3
any instance of aggressive extension of authority;

imperialist / ɪ m p ɪə ɹ ɪə ɫ ɪ s t /
n1
a believer in imperialism;

a1
of or relating to imperialism;

- "imperialistic wars";

- syn. imperialistic;

imperialistic / ɪ m p ɪə ɹ ɪə ɫ ɪ s t ɪ k /
a1
of or relating to imperialism;

- "imperialistic wars";

- syn. imperialist;

imperially / ɪ m p ɪə ɹ ɪə ɫ i /
r1
in an imperial manner;

- "imperially decreed";

imperil / ɪ m p ɛr ə ɫ /
v1
pose a threat to;

- present a danger to;

- "The pollution is endangering the crops";

- syn. endanger, jeopardise, jeopardize, menace, peril, threaten;

imperious / ɪ m p ɪə ɹ ɪə s /
a1
having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy;

- "some economists are disdainful of their colleagues in other social disciplines";

- "haughty aristocrats";

- "his lordly manners were offensive";

- "walked with a prideful swagger";

- "very sniffy about breaches of etiquette";

- "his mother eyed my clothes with a supercilious air";

- "a more swaggering mood than usual"- W.L.Shirer;

- syn. disdainful, haughty, lordly, overbearing, prideful, sniffy, supercilious, swaggering;

- sim. proud;

imperiously / ɪ m p ɪə ɹ ɪə s ɫ i /
r1
in an imperious manner;

- "imperiously he cut her short";

imperiousness / ɪ m p ɪə ɹ ɪə s n ə s /
n1
the trait of being imperious and overbearing;

- syn. domineeringness, overbearingness;

imperishability / ɪ m p ɛr ɪ ʃ ə b ɪ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
the property of being resistant to decay;

- "he advertised the imperishability of the product";

- syn. imperishableness, imperishingness;

imperishable / ɪ m p ɛr ɪ ʃ ə b ɫ /
a1
not perishable;

- sim. durable, imputrescible;

a2
lasting a long time;

- "an abiding belief";

- "imperishable truths";

- syn. abiding, enduring;

- sim. permanent;

imperishableness / ɪ m p ɹ æ k t ɪ k ə b ɫ n ə s /
n1
the property of being resistant to decay;

- "he advertised the imperishability of the product";

- syn. imperishability, imperishingness;

imperishingness
n1
the property of being resistant to decay;

- "he advertised the imperishability of the product";

- syn. imperishability, imperishableness;

imperium
n1
the domain ruled by an emperor or empress;

- the region over which imperial dominion is exercised;

- syn. empire;

n2
supreme authority;

- absolute dominion;

impermanence / ɪ m p ɝ m ə n ə n s /
n1
the property of not existing for indefinitely long durations;

- syn. impermanency;

impermanency / ɪ m p ɝ m ə n ə n s i /
n1
the property of not existing for indefinitely long durations;

- syn. impermanence;

impermanent / ɪ m p ɝ m ə n ə n t /
a1
not permanent;

- not lasting;

- "politics is an impermanent factor of life"- James Thurber;

- "impermanent palm cottages";

- "a temperary arrangement";

- "temporary housing";

- syn. temporary;

- also unstable;

- sim. acting, ephemeral, episodic, evanescent, fly-by-night, improvised, interim, pro tem, shipboard, temporal, terminable, working;

a2
existing or enduring for a limited time only;

- sim. finite;

impermeability / ɪ m p ɝ m j ə b ɪ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
the property of something that cannot be pervaded by a liquid;

- syn. impermeableness;

impermeable / ɪ m p ɝ m ɪə b ɫ /
a1
preventing especially liquids to pass or diffuse through;

- "impermeable stone";

- "an impermeable layer of scum";

- "a coat impermeable to rain";

- also imperviable, impervious, tight;

- sim. retentive, water-repellent;

impermeableness
n1
the property of something that cannot be pervaded by a liquid;

- syn. impermeability;

impermissibility / ɪ m p ə ɹ m ɪ s ə b ɪ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
inadmissibility as a consequence of not being permitted;

impermissible / ɪ m p ə ɹ m ɪ s ə b ɫ /
a1
not permitted;

- "impermissible behavior";

- also intolerable, unendurable;

- sim. forbidden, unmentionable, untouchable;

a2
not allowable;

- sim. inadmissible;

impermissibly / ɪ m p ə ɹ m ɪ s ə b ɫ i /
r1
not permissibly;

- "the radon level in the basement was impermissibly high";

impersonal / ɪ m p ɝ s ə n ɫ /
a1
not relating to or responsive to individual persons;

- "an impersonal corporation";

- "an impersonal remark";

- sim. nonpersonal;

a2
having no personal preference;

- "impersonal criticism";

- "a neutral observer";

- syn. neutral;

- sim. objective;

impersonally / ɪ m p ɝ s ə n ə ɫ i /
r1
without warmth;

- "he treated his patients impersonally";

r2
in an impersonal manner;

- "when I told him about Russ I found it difficult to speak impersonally";

impersonate / ɪ m p ɝ s ə n eɪ t /
v1
assume or act the character of;

- "She impersonates Madonna";

- "The actor portrays an elderly, lonely man";

- syn. portray;

v2
represent another person with comic intentions;

v3
pretend to be someone you are not;

- sometimes with fraudulent intentions;

- "She posed as the Czar's daughter";

- syn. personate, pose;

impersonation / ɪ m p ɝ s ə n eɪ ʃ n /
n1
a representation of a person that is exaggerated for comic effect;

- syn. caricature, imitation;

n2
pretending to be another person;

- syn. imposture;

n3
imitating the mannerisms of another person;

- syn. personation;

impersonator / ɪ m p ɝ s ə n eɪ t ə , ɪ m p ɝ s ə n eɪ t ə ɹ /
n1
someone who (fraudulently) assumes the appearance of another;

- syn. imitator;

impertinence / ɪ m p ɝ t ɪ n ə n s /
n1
an impudent statement;

- syn. cheek, impudence;

n2
the trait of being rude and impertinent;

- inclined to take liberties;

- syn. cheekiness, crust, freshness, gall, impudence, insolence;

n3
inappropriate playfulness;

- syn. archness, perkiness, pertness, sauciness;

impertinent / ɪ m p ɝ t ɪ n ə n t /
a1
characterized by a lightly pert and exuberant quality;

- "a certain irreverent gaiety and ease of manner";

- syn. irreverent, pert, saucy;

- sim. spirited;

a2
not pertinent to the matter under consideration;

- "an issue extraneous to the debate";

- "the price was immaterial";

- "mentioned several impertinent facts before finally coming to the point";

- syn. extraneous, immaterial, orthogonal;

- sim. irrelevant;

a3
improperly forward or bold;

- "don't be fresh with me";

- "impertinent of a child to lecture a grownup";

- "an impudent boy given to insulting strangers";

- "Don't get wise with me!";

- syn. fresh, impudent, overbold, sassy, saucy, smart, wise;

- sim. forward;

impertinently / ɪ m p ɝ t ɪ n ə n t ɫ i /
r1
in an impudent or impertinent manner;

- "a lean, swarthy fellow was peering through the window, grinning impudently";

- syn. freshly, impudently, pertly, saucily;

imperturbability / ɪ m p ə t ɝ b ə b ɪ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
calm and unruffled self-assurance;

- "he performed with all the coolness of a veteran";

- syn. coolness, imperturbableness;

imperturbable / ɪ m p ə t ɝ b ə b ɫ /
a1
not easily perturbed or excited or upset;

- marked by extreme calm and composure;

- "hitherto imperturbable, he now showed signs of alarm";

- "an imperturbable self-possession";

- "unflappable in a crisis";

- syn. unflappable;

- sim. composed;

imperturbableness / ɪ m p ə t ɝ b ə b ɫ n ə s /
n1
calm and unruffled self-assurance;

- "he performed with all the coolness of a veteran";

- syn. coolness, imperturbability;

imperviable
a1
not admitting of passage or capable of being affected;

- "a material impervious to water";

- "someone impervious to argument";

- syn. impervious;

- also impermeable;

- sim. acid-fast, colorfast, corrosion-resistant, fast, greaseproof, mothproof, proof, resistant, rot-resistant, runproof, soundproof;

impervious / ɪ m p ɝ v ɪə s /
a1
not admitting of passage or capable of being affected;

- "a material impervious to water";

- "someone impervious to argument";

- syn. imperviable;

- also impermeable;

- sim. acid-fast, colorfast, corrosion-resistant, fast, greaseproof, mothproof, proof, resistant, rot-resistant, runproof, soundproof;

imperviousness / ɪ m p ɝ v ɪə s n ə s /
n1
the quality of being impenetrable (by people or light or missiles etc.);

- syn. impenetrability;

impetiginous
a1
of or relating to or having impetigo;

impetigo / ɪ m p ɪ t aɪ ɡ oʊ /
n1
a very contagious infection of the skin;

- common in children;

- localized redness develops into small blisters that gradually crust and erode;

impetuosity / ɪ m p ɛ tʃ ʊ ɒ s ɪ t i /
n1
rash impulsiveness;

- syn. impetuousness;

impetuous / ɪ m p ɛ tʃ ʊə s /
a1
characterized by undue haste and lack of thought or deliberation;

- "a hotheaded decision";

- "liable to such impulsive acts as hugging strangers";

- "an impetuous display of spending and gambling";

- "madcap escapades";

- (`brainish' is archaic);

- syn. brainish, hotheaded, impulsive, madcap, tearaway;

- sim. incautious;

a2
marked by violent force;

- "impetuous heaving waves";

- sim. forceful;

impetuously / ɪ m p ɛ tʃ ʊə s ɫ i /
r1
in an impulsive or impetuous way;

- without taking cautions;

- "he often acts impulsively and later regrets it";

- syn. impulsively;

impetuousness / ɪ m p ɛ tʃ ʊə s n ə s /
n1
rash impulsiveness;

- syn. impetuosity;

impetus / ɪ m p ɪ t ə s /
n1
a force that moves something along;

- syn. drift, impulsion;

n2
the act of applying force suddenly;

- "the impulse knocked him over";

- syn. impulse, impulsion;

impiety / ɪ m p aɪ ə t i /
n1
unrighteousness by virtue of lacking respect for a god;

- syn. impiousness;

impinge / ɪ m p ɪ n dʒ /
v1
impinge or infringe upon;

- "This impinges on my rights as an individual";

- "This matter entrenches on other domains";

- syn. encroach, entrench, trench;

v2
advance beyond the usual limit;

- syn. encroach, infringe;

impinge on
v1
hit against;

- come into sudden contact with;

- "The car hit a tree";

- "He struck the table with his elbow";

- syn. collide with, hit, run into, strike;

impingement / ɪ m p ɪ n dʒ m ə n t /
n1
influencing strongly;

- "they resented the impingement of American values on European culture";

- syn. encroachment, impact;

n2
a sharp collision produced by striking or dashing against something;

- syn. impaction;

impinging / ɪ m p ɪ n dʒ ɪ ŋ /
n1
the physical coming together of two or more things;

- "contact with the pier scraped paint from the hull";

- syn. contact, striking;

impious / ɪ m p ɪə s /
a1
lacking piety or reverence for a god;

- also irreligious, profane, secular, wicked;

- sim. godless;

a2
lacking due respect or dutifulness;

- "impious toward one's parents";

- "an undutiful son";

- syn. undutiful;

- sim. disrespectful;

impiously / ɪ m p ɪə s ɫ i /
r1
in an impious manner;

- "the young members challenged their leader impiously";

impiousness / ɪ m p ɪə s n ɛ s /
n1
unrighteousness by virtue of lacking respect for a god;

- syn. impiety;

impish / ɪ m p ɪ ʃ /
a1
naughtily or annoyingly playful;

- "teasing and worrying with impish laughter";

- "a wicked prank";

- syn. arch, implike, mischievous, pixilated, prankish, puckish, wicked;

- sim. playful;

impishly / ɪ m p ɪ ʃ ɫ i /
r1
in an appealing but bold manner;

- "she asked him impishly to come in";

- syn. puckishly;

impishness / ɪ m p ɪ ʃ n ə s /
n1
the trait of behaving like an imp;

- syn. mischievousness, puckishness, whimsicality;

implacable / ɪ m p ɫ æ k ə b ɫ /
a1
incapable of being placated;

- "an implacable enemy";

- also merciless, unmerciful;

- sim. grim, unmitigable;

implant / ɪ m p ɫ ɑ n t /
n1
a prosthesis placed permanently in tissue;

v1
fix or set securely or deeply;

- "He planted a knee in the back of his opponent";

- "The dentist implanted a tooth in the gum";

- syn. embed, engraft, imbed, plant;

v2
become attached to and embedded in the uterus;

- "The egg fertilized in vitro implanted in the uterus of the birth mother with no further complications";

v3
put firmly in the mind;

- "Plant a thought in the students' minds";

- syn. plant;

implantation / ɪ m p ɫ ɑ n t eɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
(embryology) the organic process whereby a fertilized egg becomes implanted in the lining of the uterus of placental mammals;

- syn. nidation;

n2
the act of planting or setting in the ground;

n3
a surgical procedure that places something in the human body;

- "the implantation of radioactive pellets in the prostate gland";

implanted / ɪ m p ɫ ɑ n t ɪ d /
a1
(used especially of ideas or principles) deeply rooted;

- firmly fixed or held;

- "deep-rooted prejudice";

- "deep-seated differences of opinion";

- "implanted convictions";

- "ingrained habits of a lifetime";

- "a deeply planted need";

- syn. deep-rooted, deep-seated, ingrained, planted;

- sim. established;

implausibility / ɪ m p ɫ ɔ z ɪ b ɪ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
the quality of provoking disbelief;

- syn. implausibleness;

implausible / ɪ m p ɫ ɔ z ɪ b ɫ /
a1
having a quality that provokes disbelief;

- "gave the teacher an implausible excuse";

- also incredible, unbelievable;

- sim. cockamamie, farfetched, improbable;

implausibleness / ɪ m p ɹ æ k t ɪ k ə b ɫ n ə s /
n1
the quality of provoking disbelief;

- syn. implausibility;

implausibly / ɪ m p ɫ ɔ z ɪ b ɫ i /
r1
not easy to believe;

- "incredibly, she survived the crash";

- syn. improbably, incredibly, unbelievably;

implement / ɪ m p ɫ ɪ m ə n t , ɪ m p ɫ ɪ m ɛ n t /
n1
instrumentation (a piece of equipment or tool) used to effect an end;

v1
apply in a manner consistent with its purpose or design;

- "implement a procedure";

v2
ensure observance of laws and rules;

- "Apply the rules to everyone";

- syn. apply, enforce;

v3
pursue to a conclusion or bring to a successful issue;

- "Did he go through with the treatment?";

- "He implemented a new economic plan";

- "She followed up his recommendations with a written proposal";

- syn. carry out, follow out, follow through, follow up, go through with, put through;

implemental / ɪ m p ɫ ɪ m ɛ n t ɫ /
a1
serving or acting as a means or aid;

- "instrumental in solving the crime";

- syn. instrumental, subservient;

- sim. helpful;

implementation / ɪ m p ɫ ɪ m ɛ n t eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the act of accomplishing some aim or executing some order;

- "the agency was created for the implementation of the policy";

- syn. carrying out, execution;

n2
the act of implementing (providing a practical means for accomplishing something);

- carrying into effect;

- syn. effectuation;

implemented / ɪ m p ɫ ɪ m ɛ n t ɪ d /
a1
forced or compelled or put in force;

- "a life of enforced inactivity";

- "enforced obedience";

- syn. enforced;

implements of war
n1
weapons considered collectively;

- syn. arms, munition, weaponry, weapons system;

implicate / ɪ m p ɫ ɪ k eɪ t , ɪ m p ɫ ɪ k ɪ t /
v1
bring into intimate and incriminating connection;

- "He is implicated in the scheme to defraud the government";

v2
impose, involve, or imply as a necessary accompaniment or result;

- "What does this move entail?";

- syn. entail;

implicated / ɪ m p ɫ ɪ k eɪ t ɪ d /
a1
culpably involved;

- "all those concerned in the bribery case have been identified";

- "named three officials implicated in the plot";

- "an innocent person implicated by circumstances in a crime";

- syn. concerned;

- sim. involved;

implication / ɪ m p ɫ ɪ k eɪ ʃ n /
n1
something that is inferred (deduced or entailed or implied);

- "his resignation had political implications";

- syn. deduction, entailment;

n2
a meaning that is not expressly stated but can be inferred;

- "the significance of his remark became clear only later";

- "the expectation was spread both by word and by implication";

- syn. import, significance;

n3
an accusation that brings into intimate and usually incriminating connection;

n4
a logical relation between propositions p and q of the form `if p then q';

- if p is true then q cannot be false;

- syn. conditional relation, logical implication;

n5
a relation implicated by virtue of involvement or close connection (especially an incriminating involvement);

- "he was suspected of implication in several robberies";

implicational / ɪ m p ɫ ɪ k eɪ ʃ n ə ɫ /
a1
relating to or concerned with logical implication;

- "implicational language universals";

implicative / ɪ m p ɫ ɪ k ə t ɪ v /
a1
tending to suggest or imply;

- "artifacts suggestive of an ancient society";

- "an implicative statement";

- syn. suggestive;

- sim. connotative;

implicit / ɪ m p ɫ ɪ s ɪ t /
a1
implied though not directly expressed;

- inherent in the nature of something;

- "an implicit agreement not to raise the subject";

- "there was implicit criticism in his voice";

- "anger was implicit in the argument";

- "the oak is implicit in the acorn";

- syn. inexplicit;

- also connotative, covert;

- sim. implicit in, silent, unexpressed;

a2
being without doubt or reserve;

- "implicit trust";

- syn. unquestioning;

- sim. absolute;

implicit in
a1
in the nature of something though not readily apparent;

- "shortcomings inherent in our approach";

- "an underlying meaning";

- syn. inherent, underlying;

- sim. implicit;

implicitly / ɪ m p ɫ ɪ s ɪ t ɫ i /
r1
without doubting or questioning;

- "I implicitly trust him";

r2
without ever expressing so clearly;

- "he implicitly assumes that you know the answer";

implicitness / ɪ m p ɫ ɪ s ɪ t n ə s /
n1
inexplicitness as a consequence of being implied or indirect;

implied trust
n1
a trust inferred by operation of law;

implike
a1
naughtily or annoyingly playful;

- "teasing and worrying with impish laughter";

- "a wicked prank";

- syn. arch, impish, mischievous, pixilated, prankish, puckish, wicked;

- sim. playful;

implode / ɪ m p ɫ oʊ d /
v1
burst inward;

- "The bottle imploded";

- syn. go off;

implore / ɪ m p ɫ ɔ , ɪ m p ɫ ɔ ɹ /
v1
call upon in supplication;

- entreat;

- "I beg you to stop!";

- syn. beg, pray;

imploring / ɪ m p ɫ ɔ ɹ ɪ ŋ /
a1
begging;

- syn. beseeching, pleading;

- sim. adjuratory, importunate, mendicant, petitionary, precatory, suppliant;

imploringly / ɪ m p ɫ ɔ ɹ ɪ ŋ ɫ i /
r1
in a beseeching manner;

- "`You must help me,' she said imploringly";

- syn. beseechingly, entreatingly, importunately, pleadingly;

implosion / ɪ m p ɫ oʊ ʒ n /
n1
a sudden inward collapse;

- "the implosion of a light bulb";

n2
the initial occluded phase of a stop consonant;

implosion therapy
n1
a technique used in behavior therapy;

- client is flooded with experiences of a particular kind until becoming either averse to them or numbed to them;

- syn. flooding;

imply / ɪ m p ɫ aɪ /
v1
express or state indirectly;

- syn. connote;

v2
suggest as a logically necessary consequence;

- in logic;

v3
have as a logical consequence;

- "The water shortage means that we have to stop taking long showers";

- syn. entail, mean;

v4
suggest that someone is guilty;

- syn. incriminate, inculpate;

v5
have as a necessary feature;

- "This decision involves many changes";

- syn. involve;

impolite / ɪ m p ə ɫ aɪ t /
a1
not polite;

- sim. bratty, discourteous, ill-mannered, unparliamentary;

impolitely / ɪ m p ə ɫ aɪ t ɫ i /
r1
in an impolite manner;

- "he treated her impolitely";

- syn. discourteously, rudely;

impoliteness / ɪ m p ə ɫ aɪ t n ə s /
n1
a discourteous manner that ignores accepted social usage;

impolitic / ɪ m p ɒ ɫ ə t ɪ k /
a1
not politic;

- "an impolitic approach to a sensitive issue";

- also foolish, inexpedient;

- sim. inexpedient;

imponderable / ɪ m p ɒ n d ə ɹ ə b ɫ /
n1
a factor whose effects cannot be accurately assessed;

- "human behavior depends on many imponderables";

a1
difficult or impossible to evaluate with precision;

- "such imponderable human factors as aesthetic sensibility";

import / ɪ m p ɔ t /
n1
commodities (goods or services) bought from a foreign country;

- syn. importation;

n2
an imported person brought from a foreign country;

- "the lead role was played by an import from Sweden";

- "they are descendants of indentured importees";

- syn. importee;

n3
the message that is intended or expressed or signified;

- "what is the meaning of this sentence";

- "the significance of a red traffic light";

- "the signification of Chinese characters";

- "the import of his announcement was ambiguous";

- syn. meaning, significance, signification;

n4
a meaning that is not expressly stated but can be inferred;

- "the significance of his remark became clear only later";

- "the expectation was spread both by word and by implication";

- syn. implication, significance;

n5
having important effects or influence;

- "decisions of great consequence are made by the president himself";

- "virtue is of more moment than security";

- "that result is of no consequence";

- syn. consequence, moment;

v1
bring in from abroad;

v2
transfer (electronic data) into a database or document;

v3
indicate or signify;

- "I'm afraid this spells trouble!";

- syn. spell;

import barrier
n1
any regulation or policy that restricts international trade;

- syn. trade barrier;

import credit
n1
credit opened by an importer at a bank in his own country upon which an exporter may draw;

import duty
n1
a duty imposed on imports;

importance / ɪ m p ɔ t n s /
n1
the quality of being important and worthy of note;

- "the importance of a well-balanced diet";

n2
a prominent status;

- "a person of importance";

- syn. grandness;

important / ɪ m p ɔ t n t /
a1
of great significance or value;

- "important people";

- "the important questions of the day";

- syn. of import;

- also essential, significant, valuable;

- sim. Copernican, all-important, alpha, beta, big, burning, cardinal, chief, consequential, distinguished, grand, grave, great, historic, in-chief, measurable, most-valuable, serious, strategic;

a2
important in effect or meaning;

- "a significant change in tax laws";

- "a significant change in the Constitution";

- "a significant contribution";

- "significant details";

- "statistically significant";

- syn. significant;

- also important, meaningful, of import;

- sim. earthshaking, epochal, evidential, fundamental, large, momentous, monumental, noteworthy, operative, portentous, probative;

a3
of extreme importance;

- vital to the resolution of a crisis;

- "a crucial moment in his career";

- "a crucial election";

- "a crucial issue for women";

- syn. crucial;

- also critical, decisive, essential;

- sim. critical, life-and-death, pivotal;

a4
having authority or ascendancy or influence;

- "an important official";

- "the captain's authoritative manner";

- syn. authoritative;

- sim. influential;

a5
having or suggesting a consciousness of high position;

- "recited the decree with an important air";

- "took long important strides in the direction of his office";

- sim. immodest;

important person
n1
a person whose actions and opinions strongly influence the course of events;

- syn. influential person, personage;

importantly / ɪ m p ɔ t n t ɫ i /
r1
in an important way or to an important degree;

- "more importantly, Weber held that the manifold meaning attached to the event by the social scientist could alter his definition of the concrete event itself";

- syn. significantly;

r2
in an important way;

- "for centuries jellies have figured importantly among English desserts, particularly upon festive occasion";

importation / ɪ m p ɔ t eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the commercial activity of buying and bringing in goods from a foreign country;

- syn. importing;

n2
commodities (goods or services) bought from a foreign country;

- syn. import;

imported / ɪ m p ɔ t ɪ d /
a1
used of especially merchandise brought from a foreign source;

- "imported wines";

- sim. foreign;

importee
n1
an imported person brought from a foreign country;

- "the lead role was played by an import from Sweden";

- "they are descendants of indentured importees";

- syn. import;

importer / ɪ m p ɔ t ə , ɪ m p ɔ t ə ɹ /
n1
someone whose business involves importing goods from outside (especially from a foreign country);

importing / ɪ m p ɔ t ɪ ŋ /
n1
the commercial activity of buying and bringing in goods from a foreign country;

- syn. importation;

importunate / ɪ m p ɔ tʃ ʊ n ə t /
a1
expressing persistant and earnest entreaty;

- "an importunate job applicant";

- sim. beseeching;

importunately / ɪ m p ɔ tʃ ʊ n ə t ɫ i /
r1
in a beseeching manner;

- "`You must help me,' she said imploringly";

- syn. beseechingly, entreatingly, imploringly, pleadingly;

importune / ɪ m p ə t j u n /
v1
beg persistently and urgently;

- "I importune you to help them";

- syn. insist;

importunity / ɪ m p ə t j u n ɪ t i /
n1
insistent solicitation and entreaty;

- "his importunity left me no alternative but to agree";

- syn. urgency, urging;

impose / ɪ m p oʊ z /
v1
compel to behave in a certain way;

- "Social relations impose courtesy";

- "duty constrains one to act often contrary to one's desires or inclinations";

- syn. constrain, enforce;

v2
impose something unpleasant;

- "The principal visited his rage on the students";

- syn. bring down, inflict, visit;

v3
impose and collect;

- "levy a fine";

- syn. levy;

imposed / ɪ m p oʊ z d /
a1
set forth authoritatively as obligatory;

- "the imposed taxation";

- "rules imposed by society";

- sim. obligatory;

imposing / ɪ m p oʊ z ɪ ŋ /
a1
impressive in appearance;

- "a baronial mansion";

- "an imposing residence";

- "a noble tree";

- "severe-looking policemen sat astride noble horses";

- "stately columns";

- syn. baronial, noble, stately;

- sim. impressive;

a2
used of a person's appearance or behavior;

- befitting an eminent person;

- "his distinguished bearing";

- "the monarch's imposing presence";

- "she reigned in magisterial beauty";

- syn. distinguished, grand, magisterial;

- sim. dignified;

imposingly / ɪ m p oʊ z ɪ ŋ ɫ i /
r1
in an impressive manner;

- "the students progressed impressively fast";

- syn. impressively;

imposition / ɪ m p ə z ɪ ʃ n /
n1
the act of imposing something (as a tax or an embargo);

- syn. infliction;

n2
an uncalled-for burden;

- "he listened but resented the imposition";

impossibility / ɪ m p ɒ s ə b ɪ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
incapability of existing or occurring;

- syn. impossibleness;

n2
an alternative that is not available;

- syn. impossible action;

impossible / ɪ m p ɒ s ə b ɫ /
n1
something that cannot be done;

- "his assignment verged on the impossible";

a1
not capable of occurring or being accomplished or dealt with;

- "an impossible dream";

- "an impossible situation";

- also hopeless, impractical, insurmountable, unrealistic, unsurmountable, unthinkable;

- sim. hopeless, impracticable, out, unachievable;

a2
totally unlikely;

- syn. inconceivable, out of the question, unimaginable;

- sim. unthinkable;

a3
(used of persons or their behavior) not acceptable or reasonable;

- "impossible behavior";

- syn. unacceptable;

- sim. intolerable;

impossible action
n1
an alternative that is not available;

- syn. impossibility;

impossibleness / ɪ m p ɹ æ k t ɪ k ə b ɫ n ə s /
n1
incapability of existing or occurring;

- syn. impossibility;

impossibly / ɪ m p ɒ s ə b ɫ i /
r1
to a degree impossible of achievement;

- "long thought to be an impossibly difficult operation";

- "impossibly far from sources of supply";

impost / ɪ m p oʊ s t /
n1
money collected under a tariff;

- syn. custom, customs, customs duty;

n2
the lowest stone in an arch -- from which it springs;

- syn. springer;

imposter / ɪ m p oʊ s t ə , ɪ m p oʊ s t ə ɹ /
n1
a person who makes deceitful pretenses;

- syn. fake, faker, fraud, impostor, pretender, pseud, pseudo, role player, sham, shammer;

impostor / ɪ m p ɒ s t ə , ɪ m p ɒ s t ə ɹ /
n1
a person who makes deceitful pretenses;

- syn. fake, faker, fraud, imposter, pretender, pseud, pseudo, role player, sham, shammer;

imposture / ɪ m p ɒ s tʃ ə , ɪ m p ɒ s tʃ ə ɹ /
n1
pretending to be another person;

- syn. impersonation;

impotence / ɪ m p ə t ə n s /
n1
the quality of lacking strength or power;

- being weak and feeble;

- syn. impotency, powerlessness;

n2
an inability (usually of the male animal) to copulate;

- syn. impotency;

impotency / ɪ m p ə t ə n s i /
n1
the quality of lacking strength or power;

- being weak and feeble;

- syn. impotence, powerlessness;

n2
an inability (usually of the male animal) to copulate;

- syn. impotence;

impotent / ɪ m p ə t ə n t /
a1
lacking power or ability;

- "Technology without morality is barbarous;

- morality without technology is impotent"- Freeman J.Dyson;

- "felt impotent rage";

- also infertile, powerless, sterile;

- sim. effete, impuissant, ineffective;

a2
(of a male) unable to copulate;

impotently / ɪ m p ə t ə n t ɫ i /
r1
in a helpless manner;

- "the crowd watched him helplessly";

- syn. helplessly;

impound / ɪ m p aʊ n d /
v1
take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority;

- "The FBI seized the drugs";

- "The customs agents impounded the illegal shipment";

- "The police confiscated the stolen artwork";

- syn. attach, confiscate, seize, sequester;

v2
place or shut up in a pound;

- "pound the cows so they don't stray";

- syn. pound;

impounding / ɪ m p aʊ n d ɪ ŋ /
n1
placing private property in the custody of an officer of the law;

- syn. impoundment, internment, poundage;

impoundment
n1
placing private property in the custody of an officer of the law;

- syn. impounding, internment, poundage;

impoverish / ɪ m p ɒ v ə ɹ ɪ ʃ /
v1
make poor;

v2
take away;

- syn. deprive;

impoverished / ɪ m p ɒ v ə ɹ ɪ ʃ t /
a1
poor enough to need help from others;

- syn. destitute, indigent, necessitous, needy, poverty-stricken;

- sim. poor;

a2
destroyed financially;

- "the broken fortunes of the family";

- syn. broken, wiped out;

- sim. destroyed;

impoverishment / ɪ m p ɒ v ə ɹ ɪ ʃ m ə n t /
n1
the state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions;

- syn. poorness, poverty;

n2
the act of making someone poor;

- syn. pauperisation, pauperization;

impracticability / ɪ m p ɹ æ k t ɪ k ə b ɪ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
the quality of not being usable;

- syn. impracticableness;

impracticable / ɪ m p ɹ æ k t ɪ k ə b ɫ /
a1
not capable of being carried out or put into practice;

- "refloating the sunken ship proved impracticable because of its fragility";

- "a suggested reform that was unfeasible in the prevailing circumstances";

- syn. infeasible, unfeasible, unworkable;

- sim. impossible;

impracticableness / ɪ m p ɹ æ k t ɪ k ə b ɫ n ə s /
n1
the quality of not being usable;

- syn. impracticability;

impracticably / ɪ m p ɹ æ k t ɪ k ə b ɫ i /
r1
to an impracticable degree;

- "this is still impracticably high";

impractical / ɪ m p ɹ æ k t ɪ k ɫ /
a1
not practical;

- not workable or not given to practical matters;

- "refloating the ship proved impractical because of the expense";

- "he is intelligent but too impractical for commercial work";

- "an impractical solution";

- also impossible, unrealistic;

- sim. crazy, meshugge, quixotic, unfunctional, unwieldy;

a2
not practical or realizable;

- speculative;

- "airy theories about socioeconomic improvement";

- "visionary schemes for getting rich";

- syn. Laputan, airy, visionary, windy;

- sim. utopian;

impracticality / ɪ m p ɹ æ k t ɪ k æ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
concerned with theoretical possibilities rather than actual use;

impramine hydrochloride
n1
a tricyclic antidepressant (trade names Imavate and Tofranil) used to treat clinical depression;

- syn. Imavate, Tofranil, imipramine;

imprecate / ɪ m p ɹ ɪ k eɪ t /
v1
wish harm upon;

- invoke evil upon;

- "The bad witch cursed the child";

- syn. anathemise, anathemize, bedamn, beshrew, curse, damn, maledict;

v2
utter obscenities or profanities;

- "The drunken men were cursing loudly in the street";

- syn. blaspheme, curse, cuss, swear;

imprecation / ɪ m p ɹ ɪ k eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the act of calling down a curse that invokes evil (and usually serves as an insult);

- "he suffered the imprecations of the mob";

- syn. malediction;

n2
a slanderous accusation;

imprecise / ɪ m p ɹ ɪ s aɪ s /
a1
not precise;

- "imprecise astronomical observations";

- "the terms he used were imprecise and emotional";

- also general, inaccurate, inexact;

- sim. general;

imprecisely / ɪ m p ɹ ɪ s aɪ s ɫ i /
r1
in an imprecise manner;

- "he expressed himself imprecisely";

- syn. inexactly;

impreciseness / ɪ m p ɹ ɪ s aɪ s n ə s /
n1
the quality of lacking precision;

- syn. imprecision;

imprecision / ɪ m p ɹ ɪ s ɪ ʒ n /
n1
the quality of lacking precision;

- syn. impreciseness;

impregnability / ɪ m p ɹ ɛ ɡ n ə b ɪ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
having the strength to withstand attack;

- syn. invulnerability;

impregnable / ɪ m p ɹ ɛ ɡ n ə b ɫ /
a1
immune to attack;

- incapable of being tampered with;

- "an impregnable fortress";

- "fortifications that made the frontier inviolable";

- "a secure telephone connection";

- syn. inviolable, secure, strong, unassailable, unattackable;

- sim. invulnerable;

a2
capable of conceiving;

- syn. conceptive;

- sim. fertile;

a3
incapable of being overcome, challenged or refuted;

- "an impregnable argument";

- "impregnable self-confidence";

- syn. inexpugnable;

- sim. unconquerable;

impregnably / ɪ m p ɹ ɛ ɡ n ə b ɫ i /
r1
in an impregnable manner;

- "the sight of that bland, impregnably righteous face has been enough to make their blood run cold";

impregnate / ɪ m p ɹ ɛ ɡ n eɪ t , ɪ m p ɹ ɛ ɡ n ɪ t /
v1
fill, as with a certain quality;

- "The heavy traffic tinctures the air with carbon monoxide";

- syn. infuse, instill, tincture;

v2
infuse or fill completely;

- "Impregnate the cloth with alcohol";

- syn. saturate;

v3
fertilize and cause to grow;

- "the egg was impregnated";

v4
make pregnant;

- "He impregnated his wife again";

- syn. bang up, knock up, prang up;

impregnation / ɪ m p ɹ ɛ ɡ n eɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
material with which something is impregnated;

- "the impregnation, whatever it was, had turned the rock blue";

n2
the process of totally saturating something with a substance;

- "the impregnation of wood with preservative";

- "the saturation of cotton with ether";

- syn. saturation;

n3
creation by the physical union of male and female gametes;

- of sperm and ova in an animal or pollen and ovule in a plant;

- syn. fecundation, fertilisation, fertilization;

impresario / ɪ m p ɹ ɪ s ɑr i oʊ /
n1
a sponsor who books and stages public entertainments;

- syn. promoter, showman;

impress / ɪ m p ɹ ɛ s /
n1
the act of coercing someone into government service;

- syn. impressment;

v1
have an emotional or cognitive impact upon;

- "This child impressed me as unusually mature";

- "This behavior struck me as odd";

- "he was dumb-struck by the news";

- "her comments struck a sour note";

- syn. affect, move, strike;

v2
impress positively;

- "The young chess player impressed her audience";

v3
produce or try to produce a vivid impression of;

- "Mother tried to ingrain respect for our elders in us";

- syn. ingrain, instill;

v4
mark or stamp with or as if with pressure;

- "To make a batik, you impress a design with wax";

- syn. imprint;

v5
reproduce by printing;

- syn. print;

v6
take (someone) against his will for compulsory service, especially on board a ship;

- "The men were shanghaied after being drugged";

- syn. shanghai;

v7
dye (fabric) before it is spun;

- syn. yarn-dye;

impressed / ɪ m p ɹ ɛ s t /
a1
deeply or markedly affected or influenced;

- sim. affected;

impressible / ɪ m p ɹ ɛ s ə b ɫ /
a1
easily impressed or influenced;

- "an impressionable youngster";

- "an impressionable age";

- "a waxy mind";

- syn. impressionable, waxy;

- sim. easy, plastic, spinnable, susceptible;

impression / ɪ m p ɹ ɛ ʃ n /
n1
a vague idea in which some confidence is placed;

- "his impression of her was favorable";

- "what are your feelings about the crisis?";

- "it strengthened my belief in his sincerity";

- "I had a feeling that she was lying";

- syn. belief, feeling, notion, opinion;

n2
an outward appearance;

- "he made a good impression";

- "I wanted to create an impression of success";

- "she retained that bold effect in her reproductions of the original painting";

- syn. effect;

n3
a clear and telling mental image;

- "he described his mental picture of his assailant";

- "he had no clear picture of himself or his world";

- "the events left a permanent impression in his mind";

- syn. mental picture, picture;

n4
a concavity in a surface produced by pressing;

- "he left the impression of his fingers in the soft mud";

- syn. depression, imprint;

n5
a symbol that is the result of printing or engraving;

- "he put his stamp on the envelope";

- syn. stamp;

n6
all the copies of a work printed at one time;

- "they ran off an initial printing of 2000 copies";

- syn. printing;

n7
(dentistry) an imprint of the teeth and gums in wax or plaster;

- "the dentist took an impression for use in preparing an inlay";

n8
an impressionistic portrayal of a person;

- "he did a funny impression of a politician";

n9
the act of pressing one thing on or into the surface of another;

- "he watched the impression of the seal on the hot wax";

impressionable / ɪ m p ɹ ɛ ʃ ə n ə b ɫ /
a1
easily impressed or influenced;

- "an impressionable youngster";

- "an impressionable age";

- "a waxy mind";

- syn. impressible, waxy;

- sim. easy, plastic, spinnable, susceptible;

Impressionism / ɪ m p ɹ ɛ ʃ ə n ɪ z ə m /
n1
a school of late 19th century French painters who pictured appearances by strokes of unmixed colors to give the impression of reflected light;

impressionist / ɪ m p ɹ ɛ ʃ ə n ɪ s t /
n1
a painter who follows the theories of Impressionism;

a1
relating to or characteristic of Impressionism;

- "impressionist music";

- syn. impressionistic;

impressionistic / ɪ m p ɹ ɛ ʃ ə n ɪ s t ɪ k /
a1
of or relating to or based on an impression rather than on facts or reasoning;

- "a surprisingly impressionistic review bearing marks of hasty composition";

- "she had impressionistic memories of her childhood";

a2
relating to or characteristic of Impressionism;

- "impressionist music";

- syn. impressionist;

impressive / ɪ m p ɹ ɛ s ɪ v /
a1
making a strong or vivid impression;

- "an impressive ceremony";

- also moving;

- sim. amazing, arresting, astonishing, baronial, brilliant, dazzling, dramatic, expansive, formidable, gallant, grandiose, mind-boggling, palatial, signal, thundering;

a2
producing a strong effect;

- "gave an impressive performance as Othello";

- "a telling gesture";

- syn. telling;

- sim. effective;

impressive aphasia
n1
aphasia characterized by fluent but meaningless speech and severe impairment of the ability understand spoken or written words;

- syn. Wernicke's aphasia, fluent aphasia, receptive aphasia, sensory aphasia;

impressively / ɪ m p ɹ ɛ s ɪ v ɫ i /
r1
in an impressive manner;

- "the students progressed impressively fast";

- syn. imposingly;

impressiveness / ɪ m p ɹ ɛ s ɪ v n ə s /
n1
splendid or imposing in size or appearance;

- "the grandness of the architecture";

- "impressed by the richness of the flora";

- syn. grandness, magnificence, richness;

n2
the quality of making a strong or vivid impression on the mind;

impressment / ɪ m p ɹ ɛ s m ə n t /
n1
the act of coercing someone into government service;

- syn. impress;

imprimatur / ɪ m p ɹ ɪ m eɪ t ə , ɪ m p ɹ ɪ m eɪ t ə ɹ /
n1
formal and explicit approval;

- "a Democrat usually gets the union's endorsement";

- syn. countenance, endorsement, indorsement, sanction, warrant;

imprint / ɪ m p ɹ ɪ n t /
n1
a distinctive influence;

- "English stills bears the imprint of the Norman invasion";

n2
a concavity in a surface produced by pressing;

- "he left the impression of his fingers in the soft mud";

- syn. depression, impression;

n3
an identification of a publisher;

- a publisher's name along with the date and address and edition that is printed at the bottom of the title page;

- "the book was published under a distinguished imprint";

n4
an impression produced by pressure or printing;

- syn. embossment;

n5
a device produced by pressure on a surface;

v1
establish or impress firmly in the mind;

- "We imprint our ideas onto our children";

- syn. form;

v2
mark or stamp with or as if with pressure;

- "To make a batik, you impress a design with wax";

- syn. impress;

imprinting / ɪ m p ɹ ɪ n t ɪ ŋ /
n1
a learning process in early life whereby species specific patterns of behavior are established;

imprison / ɪ m p ɹ ɪ z n /
v1
lock up or confine, in or as in a jail;

- "The suspects were imprisoned without trial";

- "the murderer was incarcerated for the rest of his life";

- syn. gaol, immure, incarcerate, jail, jug, lag, put away, put behind bars, remand;

v2
confine as if in a prison;

- "His daughters are virtually imprisoned in their own house;

- he does not let them go out without a chaperone";

imprisoned / ɪ m p ɹ ɪ z n d /
a1
being in captivity;

- syn. captive, confined, jailed;

- sim. unfree;

imprisonment / ɪ m p ɹ ɪ z n m ə n t /
n1
putting someone in prison or in jail as lawful punishment;

n2
the state of being imprisoned;

- "he was held in captivity until he died";

- "the imprisonment of captured soldiers";

- "his ignominious incarceration in the local jail";

- "he practiced the immurement of his enemies in the castle dungeon";

- syn. captivity, immurement, incarceration;

n3
the act of confining someone in a prison (or as if in a prison);

- syn. internment;

improbability / ɪ m p ɹ ɒ b ə b ɪ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
the quality of being improbable;

- "impossibility should never be confused with improbability";

- "the improbability of such rare coincidences";

- syn. improbableness;

improbable / ɪ m p ɹ ɒ b ə b ɫ /
a1
not likely to be true or to occur or to have occurred;

- "legislation on the question is highly unlikely";

- "an improbable event";

- syn. unlikely;

- sim. supposed;

a2
having a probability too low to inspire belief;

- syn. unbelievable, unconvincing, unlikely;

- sim. implausible;

a3
too improbable to admit of belief;

- "a tall story";

- syn. marvellous, marvelous, tall;

- sim. incredible;

improbableness / ɪ m p ɹ æ k t ɪ k ə b ɫ n ə s /
n1
the quality of being improbable;

- "impossibility should never be confused with improbability";

- "the improbability of such rare coincidences";

- syn. improbability;

improbably / ɪ m p ɹ ɒ b ə b ɫ i /
r1
not easy to believe;

- "incredibly, she survived the crash";

- syn. implausibly, incredibly, unbelievably;

impromptu / ɪ m p ɹ ɒ m p t j u /
n1
an extemporaneous speech or remark;

- "a witty impromptu must not sound premeditated";

n2
a short musical passage that seems to have been made spontaneously without advance preparation;

a1
with little or no preparation or forethought;

- "his ad-lib comments showed poor judgment";

- "an extemporaneous piano recital";

- "an extemporary lecture";

- "an extempore skit";

- "an impromptu speech";

- "offhand excuses";

- "trying to sound offhanded and reassuring";

- "an off-the-cuff toast";

- "a few unrehearsed comments";

- syn. ad-lib, extemporaneous, extemporary, extempore, off-the-cuff, offhand, offhanded, unrehearsed;

- sim. unprepared;

r1
without advance preparation;

- "he spoke ad lib";

- syn. ad lib, ad libitum, spontaneously;

improper / ɪ m p ɹ ɒ p ə , ɪ m p ɹ ɒ p ə ɹ /
a1
not suitable or right or appropriate;

- "slightly improper to dine alone with a married man";

- "improper medication";

- "improper attire for the golf course";

- also inappropriate, indecent, indecorous, indelicate, unfit, wrong;

- sim. indecent, out-of-the-way, wrong;

a2
not conforming to legality, moral law, or social convention;

- "an unconventional marriage";

- "improper banking practices";

- syn. unconventional, unlawful;

- sim. irregular;

a3
not appropriate for a purpose or occasion;

- "said all the wrong things";

- syn. wrong;

- sim. inappropriate;

improper fraction
n1
a fraction whose numerator is larger than the denominator;

improperly / ɪ m p ɹ ɒ p ə ɫ i /
r1
in an improper way;

- "he checked whether the wound had healed improperly";

improperness / ɪ m p ɹ ɒ p ə n ɛ s /
n1
an improper demeanor;

- syn. impropriety;

impropriety / ɪ m p ɹ ə p ɹ aɪ ə t i /
n1
an improper demeanor;

- syn. improperness;

n2
the condition of being improper;

n3
an indecent or improper act;

- syn. indecency;

n4
an act of undue intimacy;

- syn. familiarity, indecorum, liberty;

improvable / ɪ m p ɹ u v ə b ɫ /
a1
susceptible of improvement;

- sim. corrigible;

improve / ɪ m p ɹ u v /
v1
to make better;

- "The editor improved the manuscript with his changes";

- syn. ameliorate, amend, better, meliorate;

v2
get better;

- "The weather improved toward evening";

- syn. ameliorate, better, meliorate;

improved / ɪ m p ɹ u v d /
a1
made more desirable or valuable or profitable;

- especially made ready for use or marketing;

- "new houses are springing up on an improved tract of land near the river";

- "an improved breed";

- sim. built, developed, landscaped;

a2
become or made better in quality;

- "was proud of his improved grades";

- "an improved viewfinder";

- sim. better;

a3
(of land) made ready for development or agriculture by clearing of trees and brush;

- "improved farmlands";

- sim. cleared;

improvement / ɪ m p ɹ u v m ə n t /
n1
a change for the better;

- progress in development;

- syn. advance, betterment;

n2
the act of improving something;

- "their improvements increased the value of the property";

n3
a condition superior to an earlier condition;

- "the new school represents a great improvement";

- syn. melioration;

improver / ɪ m p ɹ u v ə , ɪ m p ɹ u v ə ɹ /
n1
someone devoted to the promotion of human welfare and to social reforms;

- syn. do-gooder, humanitarian;

n2
a component that is added to something to improve it;

- "the addition of a bathroom was a major improvement";

- "the addition of cinnamon improved the flavor";

- syn. add-on, addition;

improvidence / ɪ m p ɹ ɒ v ɪ d ə n s /
n1
a lack of prudence and care by someone in the management of resources;

- syn. shortsightedness;

improvident / ɪ m p ɹ ɒ v ɪ d ə n t /
a1
not provident;

- not providing for the future;

- also imprudent, wasteful;

- sim. short, thriftless, unforethoughtful;

a2
not given careful consideration;

- "ill-considered actions often result in disaster";

- "an ill-judged attempt";

- syn. ill-considered, ill-judged, shortsighted;

- sim. imprudent;

improvidently / ɪ m p ɹ ɒ v ɪ d ə n t ɫ i /
r1
in an improvident manner;

- "he lived improvidently for the moment";

improving / ɪ m p ɹ u v ɪ ŋ /
a1
getting higher or more vigorous;

- "its an up market";

- "an improving economy";

- syn. up;

- sim. rising;

improvisation / ɪ m p ɹ ə v aɪ z eɪ ʃ n /
n1
a creation spoken or written or composed extemporaneously (without prior preparation);

n2
an unplanned expedient;

- syn. temporary expedient;

n3
a performance given extempore without planning or preparation;

- syn. extemporisation, extemporization;

improvise / ɪ m p ɹ ə v aɪ z /
v1
perform without preparation;

- "he extemporized a speech at the wedding";

- syn. ad-lib, extemporise, extemporize, improvize;

v2
manage in a makeshift way;

- do with whatever is at hand;

- "after the hurricane destroyed our house, we had to improvise for weeks";

- syn. extemporize;

improvised / ɪ m p ɹ ə v aɪ z d /
a1
done or made using whatever is available;

- "crossed the river on improvised bridges";

- "the survivors used jury-rigged fishing gear";

- "the rock served as a makeshift hammer";

- syn. jury-rigged, makeshift;

- sim. impermanent;

improvised explosive device
n1
an explosive device that is improvised;

- syn. I.E.D., IED;

improvize
v1
perform without preparation;

- "he extemporized a speech at the wedding";

- syn. ad-lib, extemporise, extemporize, improvise;

imprudence / ɪ m p ɹ u d n s /
n1
a lack of caution in practical affairs;

imprudent / ɪ m p ɹ u d n t /
a1
not prudent or wise;

- "very imprudent of her mother to encourage her in such silly romantic ideas";

- "would be imprudent for a noneconomist to talk about the details of economic policy"- A.M.Schlesinger;

- also careless, foolish, improvident;

- sim. ill-considered, injudicious, rash;

a2
lacking wise self-restraint;

- "an imprudent remark";

- sim. indiscreet;

imprudently / ɪ m p ɹ u d n t ɫ i /
r1
in an imprudent manner;

- "imprudently, he downed tools and ran home to make his wife happy";

impudence / ɪ m p j ʊ d ə n s /
n1
an impudent statement;

- syn. cheek, impertinence;

n2
the trait of being rude and impertinent;

- inclined to take liberties;

- syn. cheekiness, crust, freshness, gall, impertinence, insolence;

impudent / ɪ m p j ʊ d ə n t /
a1
marked by casual disrespect;

- "a flip answer to serious question";

- "the student was kept in for impudent behavior";

- syn. flip, insolent, snotty-nosed;

- sim. disrespectful;

a2
improperly forward or bold;

- "don't be fresh with me";

- "impertinent of a child to lecture a grownup";

- "an impudent boy given to insulting strangers";

- "Don't get wise with me!";

- syn. fresh, impertinent, overbold, sassy, saucy, smart, wise;

- sim. forward;

impudently / ɪ m p j ʊ d ə n t ɫ i /
r1
in an impudent or impertinent manner;

- "a lean, swarthy fellow was peering through the window, grinning impudently";

- syn. freshly, impertinently, pertly, saucily;

impugn / ɪ m p j u n /
v1
attack as false or wrong;

impugnable / ɪ m p j u n eɪ b ɫ /
a1
subject to being discredited;

- sim. questionable;

impuissance / ɪ m p j u ɪ s n s /
n1
powerlessness revealed by an inability to act;

- "in spite of their weakness the group remains active";

- syn. helplessness, weakness;

impuissant / ɪ m p j u ɪ s n t /
a1
lacking physical strength or vigor;

- sim. impotent;

impulse / ɪ m p ʌ ɫ s /
n1
an instinctive motive;

- "profound religious impulses";

- syn. urge;

n2
a sudden desire;

- "he bought it on an impulse";

- syn. caprice, whim;

n3
the electrical discharge that travels along a nerve fiber;

- "they demonstrated the transmission of impulses from the cortex to the hypothalamus";

- syn. nerve impulse, nervous impulse, neural impulse;

n4
(electronics) a sharp transient wave in the normal electrical state (or a series of such transients);

- "the pulsations seemed to be coming from a star";

- syn. pulsation, pulse, pulsing;

n5
the act of applying force suddenly;

- "the impulse knocked him over";

- syn. impetus, impulsion;

n6
an impelling force or strength;

- "the car's momentum carried it off the road";

- syn. momentum;

impulse-buy / ɪ m p ə ɫ s b aɪ /
v1
buy on impulse without proper reflection;

impulse explosive
n1
an explosive that is used to propel projectiles from guns or to propel rockets and missiles or to launch torpedos and depth charges;

- syn. propellant explosive;

impulse turbine
n1
a turbine that is driven by jets direct against the blades;

impulsion / ɪ m p ʌ ɫ ʃ n /
n1
a force that moves something along;

- syn. drift, impetus;

n2
the act of applying force suddenly;

- "the impulse knocked him over";

- syn. impetus, impulse;

impulsive / ɪ m p ʌ ɫ s ɪ v /
a1
proceeding from natural feeling or impulse without external stimulus;

- "an impulsive gesture of affection";

- syn. unprompted;

- sim. spontaneous;

a2
without forethought;

- "letting him borrow her car was an impulsive act that she immediately regretted";

- sim. unpremeditated;

a3
having the power of driving or impelling;

- "a driving personal ambition";

- "the driving force was his innate enthusiasm";

- "an impulsive force";

- syn. driving;

- sim. dynamic;

a4
determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason;

- "a capricious refusal";

- "authoritarian rulers are frequently capricious";

- "the victim of whimsical persecutions";

- syn. capricious, whimsical;

- sim. arbitrary;

a5
characterized by undue haste and lack of thought or deliberation;

- "a hotheaded decision";

- "liable to such impulsive acts as hugging strangers";

- "an impetuous display of spending and gambling";

- "madcap escapades";

- (`brainish' is archaic);

- syn. brainish, hotheaded, impetuous, madcap, tearaway;

- sim. incautious;

impulsively / ɪ m p ʌ ɫ s ɪ v ɫ i /
r1
in an impulsive or impetuous way;

- without taking cautions;

- "he often acts impulsively and later regrets it";

- syn. impetuously;

impulsiveness / ɪ m p ʌ ɫ s ɪ v n ə s /
n1
the trait of acting suddenly on impulse without reflection;

impunity / ɪ m p j u n ɪ t i /
n1
exemption from punishment or loss;

impure / ɪ m p j ʊə , ɪ m p j ʊə ɹ /
a1
combined with extraneous elements;

- also impure, unclean, unprocessed;

- sim. adulterate, alloyed, bastardized, contaminated, dirty, technical-grade, unpurified;

a2
(used of persons or behaviors) immoral or obscene;

- "impure thoughts";

- also unchaste;

- sim. defiled;

a3
having a physical or moral blemish so as to make impure according to dietary or ceremonial laws;

- "unclean meat";

- "and the swine...is unclean to you"-Leviticus 11:3;

- syn. unclean;

- also impure;

- sim. nonkosher, untouchable;

impureness / ɪ m p j ʊə n ə s /
n1
the condition of being impure;

- syn. impurity;

impurity / ɪ m p j u ɹ ɪ t i /
n1
worthless or dangerous material that should be removed;

- "there were impurities in the water";

- syn. dross;

n2
the condition of being impure;

- syn. impureness;

imputable / ɪ m p j u t ə b ɫ /
a1
capable of being assigned or credited to;

- "punctuation errors ascribable to careless proofreading";

- "the cancellation of the concert was due to the rain";

- "the oversight was not imputable to him";

- syn. ascribable, due, referable;

- sim. attributable;

imputation / ɪ m p j ʊ t eɪ ʃ n /
n1
a statement attributing something dishonest (especially a criminal offense);

- "he denied the imputation";

n2
the attribution to a source or cause;

- "the imputation that my success was due to nepotism meant that I was not taken seriously";

impute / ɪ m p j u t /
v1
attribute or credit to;

- "We attributed this quotation to Shakespeare";

- "People impute great cleverness to cats";

- syn. ascribe, assign, attribute;

v2
attribute (responsibility or fault) to a cause or source;

- "The teacher imputed the student's failure to his nervousness";

imputrescible
a1
not subject to decay;

- sim. imperishable;

IMU
n1
a terrorist group of Islamic militants formed in 1996;

- opposes Uzbekistan's secular regime and wants to establish an Islamic state in central Asia;

- is a conduit for drugs from Afghanistan to central Asian countries;

- syn. Islamic Group of Uzbekistan, Islamic Party of Turkestan;

Imuran
n1
an immunosuppressive drug (trade name Imuran) used to prevent rejection of a transplanted organ;

- syn. azathioprine;

in / ɪ n /
n1
a unit of length equal to one twelfth of a foot;

- syn. inch;

n2
a rare soft silvery metallic element;

- occurs in small quantities in sphalerite;

- syn. atomic number 49, indium;

n3
a state in midwestern United States;

- syn. Hoosier State, Ind., Indiana;

a1
holding office;

- "the in party";

- sim. successful;

a2
directed or bound inward;

- "took the in bus";

- "the in basket";

- sim. incoming;

a3
currently fashionable;

- "the in thing to do";

- "large shoulder pads are in";

- sim. fashionable;

r1
to or toward the inside of;

- "come in";

- "smash in the door";

- syn. inward, inwards;

in-basket
n1
a wood or metal receptacle placed on your desk to hold your incoming material;

- syn. in-tray;

in-between
a1
being neither at the beginning nor at the end in a series;

- "adolescence is an awkward in-between age";

- "in a mediate position";

- "the middle point on a line";

- syn. mediate, middle;

- sim. intermediate;

in-bounds
a1
between the first and third base lines;

- sim. fair;

in-chief / ɪ n tʃ i f /
a1
indicating the head of a staff;

- "editor-in-chief";

- sim. important;

in-fighting / ɪ n f aɪ t ɪ ŋ /
n1
conflict between members of the same organization (usually concealed from outsiders);

n2
boxing at close quarters;

in-joke
n1
a joke that is appreciated only by members of some particular group of people;

in-law
n1
a relative by marriage;

- syn. relative-in-law;

in-line skate
n1
a shoe with a line of rollers fixed to the sole;

in-migration
n1
migration into a place (especially migration to a country of which you are not a native in order to settle there);

- syn. immigration;

in-person
a1
an appearance carried out personally in someone else's physical presence;

- "he carried out the negotiations in person";

- "a personal appearance is an appearance by a person in the flesh";

- syn. in the flesh;

- sim. personal;

in-situ
a1
being in the original position;

- not having been moved;

- "the archeologists could date the vase because it was in situ";

- "an in-situ investigator";

- syn. in situ, unmoved;

- sim. unaltered;

in-tray / ɪ n t ɹ eɪ /
n1
a wood or metal receptacle placed on your desk to hold your incoming material;

- syn. in-basket;

in-your-face
a1
blatantly aggressive;

- "on-line hard-boiled in-your-face pornography";

- sim. aggressive;

in a bad way
a1
facing or experiencing financial trouble or difficulty;

- "distressed companies need loans and technical advice";

- "financially hard-pressed Mexican hotels are lowering their prices";

- "we were hard put to meet the mortgage payment";

- "found themselves in a bad way financially";

- syn. distressed, hard-pressed, hard put;

- sim. troubled;

in a beastly manner
r1
in an inhumane manner;

- "she treated her husband bestially";

- syn. bestially, brutishly;

in a broad way
r1
in a general fashion;

- "he talked at large about his plans";

- syn. at large;

in a flash
r1
without any delay;

- "he was killed outright";

- syn. instantaneously, instantly, outright;

in a heartfelt way
r1
in a sincere and heartfelt manner;

- "I would dearly love to know";

- syn. dearly;

in a higher place
r1
in or to a place that is higher;

- syn. above, higher up, to a higher place;

in a nutshell
r1
summed up briefly;

- "gave the facts in a nutshell";

- "just tell me the story in a nutshell";

- "explained the situation in a nutshell";

in a pig's eye
r1
absolutely not;

- never;

in a similar way
r1
with something of the same kind;

- "she pays him back in kind";

- syn. in kind;

in a way
r1
from some points of view;

- "she was right in a way";

in absentia
r1
while absent;

- although absent;

- "he was sentenced in absentia";

in advance
a1
situated ahead or going before;

- "an advance party";

- "at that time the most advanced outpost was still east of the Rockies";

- syn. advance, advanced;

- sim. front;

r1
ahead of time;

- in anticipation;

- "when you pay ahead (or in advance) you receive a discount";

- "We like to plan ahead";

- "should have made reservations beforehand";

- syn. ahead, beforehand;

in agreement
a1
united by being of the same opinion;

- "agreed in their distrust of authority";

- syn. agreed;

- sim. united;

in all
r1
with everything included or counted;

- "altogether he earns close to a million dollars";

- syn. all told, altogether;

in all likelihood
r1
with considerable certainty;

- without much doubt;

- "He is probably out of the country";

- "in all likelihood we are headed for war";

- syn. belike, in all probability, likely, probably;

in all probability
r1
with considerable certainty;

- without much doubt;

- "He is probably out of the country";

- "in all likelihood we are headed for war";

- syn. belike, in all likelihood, likely, probably;

in an elaborate way
r1
with elaboration;

- "it was elaborately spelled out";

- syn. elaborately, intricately;

in and of itself
r1
with respect to its inherent nature;

- "this statement is interesting per se";

- syn. intrinsically, per se;

in any case
r1
used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement;

- "Anyhow, he is dead now";

- "I think they're asleep;

- anyhow, they're quiet";

- "I don't know what happened to it;

- anyway, it's gone";

- "anyway, there is another factor to consider";

- "I don't know how it started;

- in any case, there was a brief scuffle";

- "in any event, the government faced a serious protest";

- "but at any rate he got a knighthood for it";

- syn. anyhow, anyway, anyways, at any rate, in any event;

r2
making an additional point;

- anyway;

- "I don't want to go to a restaurant;

- besides, we can't afford it";

- "she couldn't shelter behind him all the time and in any case he wasn't always with her";

- syn. besides;

in any event
r1
used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement;

- "Anyhow, he is dead now";

- "I think they're asleep;

- anyhow, they're quiet";

- "I don't know what happened to it;

- anyway, it's gone";

- "anyway, there is another factor to consider";

- "I don't know how it started;

- in any case, there was a brief scuffle";

- "in any event, the government faced a serious protest";

- "but at any rate he got a knighthood for it";

- syn. anyhow, anyway, anyways, at any rate, in any case;

in apposition
r1
in an appositive manner;

- "this adjective is used appositively";

- syn. appositively;

in arrears
r1
in debt;

- "he fell behind with his mortgage payments";

- "a month behind in the rent";

- "a company that has been run behindhand for years";

- "in arrears with their utility bills";

- syn. behind, behindhand;

in both ears
r1
in a binaural manner;

- "the stimulus was presented binaurally";

- syn. binaurally, to both ears;

in brief
r1
in a concise manner;

- in a few words;

- "the history is summed up concisely in this book";

- "she replied briefly";

- "briefly, we have a problem";

- "to put it shortly";

- syn. briefly, concisely, in short, shortly;

in camera
r1
kept private or confined to those intimately concerned;

- "it was discussed privately between the two men";

- "privately, she thought differently";

- "some member of his own party hoped privately for his defeat";

- "he was questioned in private";

- syn. in private, privately;

in case
r1
if there happens to be need;

- "in case of trouble call 911";

- "I have money, just in case";

- syn. just in case;

in circles
r1
without making progress;

- "the candidates talked in circles";

in cold blood
r1
emotionlessly and heartlessly;

- with deliberate cruelty or callousness;

- "he cold-bloodedly planned the murder of his boss";

- syn. cold-bloodedly;

in common
r1
of joint or shared interest;

- "we have several things in common";

- "when an audience is responding to a play they are identifying what they have in common with the human beings on stage";

r2
in joint use or possession;

- "mites are arachnids, but they have a lot in common with insects";

- "property held in common";

in common with
r1
in the same way as;

- like;

- "in common with families in general, one parent families have been getting smaller";

in concert
r1
with a common plan;

- "act in concert";

- syn. together;

in conclusion
r1
the item at the end;

- "last, I'll discuss family values";

- syn. finally, last, lastly;

in condition
a1
physically fit;

- "exercised daily to keep herself in condition";

- syn. conditioned;

- sim. fit;

in darkness
r1
without light;

- "the river was sliding darkly under the mist";

- syn. darkly;

in demand
a1
greatly desired;

- syn. coveted, sought-after, sought after;

- sim. desirable;

in detail
r1
thoroughly (including all important particulars);

- "he studied the snake in detail";

in dishabille
a1
partly dressed in a loose or careless manner;

- syn. en deshabille;

- sim. unclothed;

in due course
r1
at the appropriate time;

- "we'll get to this question in due course";

- syn. in due season, in due time, in good time, when the time comes;

in due season
r1
at the appropriate time;

- "we'll get to this question in due course";

- syn. in due course, in due time, in good time, when the time comes;

in due time
r1
at the appropriate time;

- "we'll get to this question in due course";

- syn. in due course, in due season, in good time, when the time comes;

in earnest
r1
in a serious manner;

- "talking earnestly with his son";

- "she started studying snakes in earnest";

- "a play dealing seriously with the question of divorce";

- syn. earnestly, seriously;

in effect
a1
exerting force or influence;

- "the law is effective immediately";

- "a warranty good for two years";

- "the law is already in effect (or in force)";

- syn. effective, good, in force;

- sim. operative;

r1
in actuality or reality or fact;

- "she is effectively his wife";

- "in effect, they had no choice";

- syn. effectively;

in essence
r1
with regard to fundamentals although not concerning details;

- "in principle, we agree";

- syn. in principle, in theory;

in everyone's thoughts
r1
on everybody's mind;

- "Christmas was in the air";

- syn. in the air;

in evidence
a1
clearly to be seen;

- "they were much in evidence during the fighting";

- "she made certain that her engagement ring was in evidence";

- sim. conspicuous;

in extremis
r1
at the point of death;

in fact
r1
in reality or actuality;

- "in fact, it was a wonder anyone survived";

- "painters who are in fact anything but unsophisticated";

- "as a matter of fact, he is several inches taller than his father";

- syn. as a matter of fact, in point of fact;

in fashion
a1
popular and considered appealing or fashionable at the time;

- syn. fashionable;

- sim. popular;

in fiscal matters
r1
in financial matters;

- "fiscally irresponsible";

- syn. fiscally;

in flight
r1
flying through the air;

- "we saw the ducks in flight";

- syn. on the wing;

in for
a1
certain to get or have;

- "he knew he was in for a licking";

- sim. certain;

in force
a1
exerting force or influence;

- "the law is effective immediately";

- "a warranty good for two years";

- "the law is already in effect (or in force)";

- syn. effective, good, in effect;

- sim. operative;

in front
r1
at or in the front;

- "I see the lights of a town ahead";

- "the road ahead is foggy";

- "staring straight ahead";

- "we couldn't see over the heads of the people in front";

- "with the cross of Jesus marching on before";

- syn. ahead, before;

in full
r1
referring to a quantity;

- "the amount was paid in full";

- syn. fully;

in full action
r1
proceeding with full vigor;

- "the party was in full swing";

- syn. in full swing;

in full swing
r1
proceeding with full vigor;

- "the party was in full swing";

- syn. in full action;

in fun
r1
not intended seriously;

- meant as a joke;

- "some of the girls did go to extremes, but it was all in fun";

- "let's pretend we don't like Mary, just for fun";

- syn. for fun;

in gear
a1
having gears engaged;

- "the car is in gear";

- sim. geared;

in general
r1
without distinction of one from others;

- "he is interested in snakes in general";

- syn. generally, in the main;

in good spirits
r1
without losing equilibrium;

- "she took all his criticism in stride";

- syn. in stride;

in good taste
a1
satisfying generally accepted social or esthetic standards;

- sim. decorous;

in good time
r1
at the appropriate time;

- "we'll get to this question in due course";

- syn. in due course, in due season, in due time, when the time comes;

in great confusion
r1
in disorderly haste;

- "we ran head over heels toward the shelter";

- syn. head over heels, heels over head, topsy-turvily, topsy-turvy;

in hand
r1
under control;

- "the riots were in hand";

in haste
r1
in a hurried or hasty manner;

- "the way they buried him so hurriedly was disgraceful";

- "hastily, he scanned the headlines";

- "sold in haste and at a sacrifice";

- syn. hastily, hurriedly;

in height
a1
having a specified height;

- "five feet tall";

- "five feet in height";

- sim. tall;

in her own right
r1
by title vested in yourself or by virtue of qualifications that you have achieved;

- "a peer in his own right";

- "a leading sports figure in his own right";

- "a fine opera in its own right";

- "she's a rich woman in her own right rather than by inheritance";

- "an excellent novel in its own right";

- syn. in his own right, in its own right, in one's own right;

in her right mind
a1
behaving responsibly;

- syn. in his right mind, in their right minds;

- sim. sane;

in hiding
r1
quietly in concealment;

- "he lay doggo";

- syn. doggo, out of sight;

in high spirits
a1
happy and excited and energetic;

- syn. high;

- sim. elated;

in his own right
r1
by title vested in yourself or by virtue of qualifications that you have achieved;

- "a peer in his own right";

- "a leading sports figure in his own right";

- "a fine opera in its own right";

- "she's a rich woman in her own right rather than by inheritance";

- "an excellent novel in its own right";

- syn. in her own right, in its own right, in one's own right;

in his right mind
a1
behaving responsibly;

- syn. in her right mind, in their right minds;

- sim. sane;

in its own right
r1
by title vested in yourself or by virtue of qualifications that you have achieved;

- "a peer in his own right";

- "a leading sports figure in his own right";

- "a fine opera in its own right";

- "she's a rich woman in her own right rather than by inheritance";

- "an excellent novel in its own right";

- syn. in her own right, in his own right, in one's own right;

in kind
r1
with something of the same kind;

- "she pays him back in kind";

- syn. in a similar way;

in large quantities
r1
on a large scale without careful discrimination;

- "I buy food wholesale";

- syn. wholesale;

in league
a1
(usually followed by `with') united in effort as if in a league;

- "they found out that some policemen were in league with the criminals";

- sim. united;

in line
a1
being next in a line of succession;

- "he was in line for the presidency";

- sim. succeeding;

a2
awaiting something;

- especially something due;

- "people were in line at the checkout counter";

- "she was in line for promotion";

- sim. eligible;

r1
one behind another in a line or queue;

- "they waited in line for the tickets";

in loco parentis / ɪ n ɫ oʊ k oʊ p ə ɹ ɛ n t ɪ s /
r1
in place of the parents;

- "we had to punish this child in loco parentis";

in love
a1
marked by foolish or unreasoning fondness;

- "he was infatuated with her";

- "Narcissus was a beautiful Greek youth who became enamored of his own reflection";

- syn. enamored, infatuated, potty, smitten, soft on, taken with;

- sim. loving;

in low spirits
r1
in a dejected manner;

- "when she came back Sophie and Esther were sitting dejectedly in the kitchen";

- syn. dejectedly;

in name
r1
by title or repute though not in fact;

- "he's a doctor in name only";

- syn. in name only;

in name only
r1
by title or repute though not in fact;

- "he's a doctor in name only";

- syn. in name;

in no time
r1
in a relatively short time;

- "she finished the assignment in no time";

- syn. very fast;

in on
r1
participating in or knowledgeable out;

- "was in on the scheme";

in one's birthday suit
a1
as naked as at birth;

- syn. in your birthday suit, mother-naked, naked as the day one was born, naked as the day you were born;

- sim. unclothed;

in one's own right
r1
by title vested in yourself or by virtue of qualifications that you have achieved;

- "a peer in his own right";

- "a leading sports figure in his own right";

- "a fine opera in its own right";

- "she's a rich woman in her own right rather than by inheritance";

- "an excellent novel in its own right";

- syn. in her own right, in his own right, in its own right;

in one case
r1
on one occasion;

- "once I ran into her";

- syn. once, one time;

in one ear
r1
in a monaural manner;

- "the stimuli were presented monaurally";

- syn. monaurally, to one ear;

in operation
a1
being in effect or operation;

- "de facto apartheid is still operational even in the `new' African nations"- Leslie Marmon Silko;

- "bus service is in operation during the emergency";

- "the company had several operating divisions";

- syn. operating, operational;

- sim. operative;

in order
a1
in a state of proper readiness or preparation or arrangement;

- "everything is in order for their arrival";

- sim. ready;

in other words
r1
otherwise stated;

- "in other words, we are broke";

- syn. put differently;

in part
r1
to some extent;

- in some degree;

- not wholly;

- "I felt partly to blame";

- "He was partially paralyzed";

- syn. part, partially, partly;

in particular
r1
specifically or especially distinguished from others;

- "loves Bach, particularly his partitas";

- "recommended one book in particular";

- "trace major population movements for the Pueblo groups in particular";

- syn. particularly;

in passing
r1
incidentally;

- in the course of doing something else;

- "he made this remark in passing";

- syn. en passant;

in perpetuity
r1
for life;

- "desire happiness in perpetuity";

- "an annuity paid in perpetuity";

r2
for an indefinitely long time;

- "bequeathed to the nation in perpetuity";

in person
r1
in the flesh;

- without involving anyone else;

- "I went there personally";

- "he appeared in person";

- syn. personally;

in place
r1
in the original or natural place or site;

- "carcinoma in situ";

- "the archeologists left the pottery in place";

- syn. in situ;

in point of fact
r1
in reality or actuality;

- "in fact, it was a wonder anyone survived";

- "painters who are in fact anything but unsophisticated";

- "as a matter of fact, he is several inches taller than his father";

- syn. as a matter of fact, in fact;

in principle
r1
with regard to fundamentals although not concerning details;

- "in principle, we agree";

- syn. in essence, in theory;

in private
r1
kept private or confined to those intimately concerned;

- "it was discussed privately between the two men";

- "privately, she thought differently";

- "some member of his own party hoped privately for his defeat";

- "he was questioned in private";

- syn. in camera, privately;

in public
r1
in a manner accessible to or observable by the public;

- openly;

- "she admitted publicly to being a communist";

- syn. publically, publicly;

in question
a1
open to doubt or suspicion;

- "the candidate's doubtful past";

- "he has a dubious record indeed";

- "what one found uncertain the other found dubious or downright false";

- "it was more than dubitable whether the friend was as influential as she thought"- Karen Horney;

- syn. doubtful, dubious, dubitable;

- sim. questionable;

in reality
r1
used to imply that one would expect the fact to be the opposite of that stated;

- surprisingly;

- "you may actually be doing the right thing by walking out";

- "she actually spoke Latin";

- "they thought they made the rules but in reality they were only puppets";

- "people who seem stand-offish are in reality often simply nervous";

- syn. actually;

in return
r1
(often followed by `for') in exchange or in reciprocation;

- "gave up our seats on the plane and in return received several hundred dollars and seats on the next plane out";

- "we get many benefits in return for our taxes";

- syn. reciprocally;

in secret
r1
in secrecy;

- not openly;

- "met secretly to discuss the invasion plans";

- "the children secretly went to the movies when they were supposed to be at the library";

- "they arranged to meet in secret";

- syn. on the Q.T., on the QT, secretly;

in series
a1
of or relating to the sequential performance of multiple operations;

- "serial processing";

- syn. nonparallel, serial;

- sim. asynchronous;

in short
r1
in a concise manner;

- in a few words;

- "the history is summed up concisely in this book";

- "she replied briefly";

- "briefly, we have a problem";

- "to put it shortly";

- syn. briefly, concisely, in brief, shortly;

in short order
r1
with speed;

- "he works quickly";

- "John got ready in short order";

- syn. apace, chop-chop, quickly, rapidly, speedily;

in sight
a1
at or within a reasonable distance for seeing;

- "not a policeman in sight";

- "kept the monkey in view";

- sim. visible;

in situ / ɪ n s ɪ t j u /
a1
being in the original position;

- not having been moved;

- "the archeologists could date the vase because it was in situ";

- "an in-situ investigator";

- syn. in-situ, unmoved;

- sim. unaltered;

r1
in position;

r2
in the original or natural place or site;

- "carcinoma in situ";

- "the archeologists left the pottery in place";

- syn. in place;

in small stages
a1
one thing at a time;

- syn. bit-by-bit, piecemeal, step-by-step, stepwise;

- sim. gradual;

in so far
r1
to the degree or extent that;

- "insofar as it can be ascertained, the horse lung is comparable to that of man";

- "so far as it is reasonably practical he should practice restraint";

- syn. insofar, so far, to that degree, to that extent;

in someone's way
r1
forming a hindrance, impediment, or obstruction;

- "she might have succeeded in her ambition, had not circumstances been in her way";

- syn. in the way;

in spades
r1
without question and beyond doubt;

- "it was decidedly too expensive";

- "she told him off in spades";

- "by all odds they should win";

- syn. by all odds, decidedly, definitely, emphatically, unquestionably;

in spite of appearance
r1
in reality;

- "she is very kind at heart";

- syn. at bottom, at heart, deep down, inside;

in stages
r1
a little bit at a time;

- "the research structure has developed piecemeal";

- syn. bit by bit, little by little, piecemeal;

in stock
a1
available for use or sale;

- "they have plenty of stonewashed jeans in stock";

- sim. available;

in store
a1
in readiness;

- awaiting;

- "gave us a hint of the excitement that was in store for us";

- sim. future;

in straitened circumstances
a1
not having enough money to pay for necessities;

- syn. hard up, impecunious, penniless, penurious, pinched;

- sim. poor;

in stride
r1
without losing equilibrium;

- "she took all his criticism in stride";

- syn. in good spirits;

in style
a1
in the current fashion or style;

- syn. a la mode, in vogue, latest, modish;

- sim. fashionable;

in tandem
r1
one behind the other;

- "ride tandem on a bicycle built for two";

- "riding horses down the path in tandem";

- syn. tandem;

in that
r1
(formal) in or into that thing or place;

- "they can read therein what our plans are";

- syn. in this, therein;

in the adjacent apartment
r1
at or in or to the adjacent residence;

- "the criminal had been living next door all this time";

- syn. in the adjacent house, next door;

in the adjacent house
r1
at or in or to the adjacent residence;

- "the criminal had been living next door all this time";

- syn. in the adjacent apartment, next door;

in the air
r1
on everybody's mind;

- "Christmas was in the air";

- syn. in everyone's thoughts;

in the altogether
a1
(used informally) completely unclothed;

- syn. bare-ass, bare-assed, in the buff, in the raw, naked as a jaybird, peeled, raw, stark naked;

- sim. unclothed;

in the bargain
r1
in addition;

- over and above what is expected;

- "He lost his wife in the bargain";

- syn. into the bargain;

in the beginning
r1
with reference to the origin or beginning;

- syn. originally, primitively;

r2
before now;

- "why didn't you tell me in the first place?";

- syn. earlier, in the first place, originally, to begin with;

in the buff
a1
(used informally) completely unclothed;

- syn. bare-ass, bare-assed, in the altogether, in the raw, naked as a jaybird, peeled, raw, stark naked;

- sim. unclothed;

in the end
r1
eventually or after a lengthy period of time;

- "she will succeed in the end";

r2
as the end result of a succession or process;

- "ultimately he had to give in";

- "at long last the winter was over";

- syn. at last, at long last, finally, ultimately;

in the first place
r1
before now;

- "why didn't you tell me in the first place?";

- syn. earlier, in the beginning, originally, to begin with;

r2
of primary import;

- "this is primarily a question of economics";

- "it was in the first place a local matter";

- syn. primarily;

in the flesh
a1
an appearance carried out personally in someone else's physical presence;

- "he carried out the negotiations in person";

- "a personal appearance is an appearance by a person in the flesh";

- syn. in-person;

- sim. personal;

in the lead
a1
having the leading position or higher score in a contest;

- "he is ahead by a pawn";

- "the leading team in the pennant race";

- syn. ahead, leading;

- sim. up;

r1
leading or ahead in a competition;

- "the horse was three lengths ahead going into the home stretch";

- "ahead by two pawns";

- "our candidate is in the lead in the polls";

- "way out front in the race";

- "the advertising campaign put them out front in sales";

- syn. ahead, out front;

in the least
r1
to any extent at all;

- "are you in the least interested?";

- syn. even a little;

r2
in the slightest degree or in any respect;

- "Are you at all interested? No, not at all";

- "was not in the least unfriendly";

- syn. at all, the least bit;

in the lurch
r1
in a difficult or vulnerable position;

- "he resigned and left me in the lurch";

in the main
r1
for the most part;

- "he is mainly interested in butterflies";

- syn. chiefly, mainly, primarily, principally;

r2
without distinction of one from others;

- "he is interested in snakes in general";

- syn. generally, in general;

in the meantime
r1
during the intervening time;

- "meanwhile I will not think about the problem";

- "meantime he was attentive to his other interests";

- "in the meantime the police were notified";

- syn. meantime, meanwhile;

in the midst
r1
the middle or central part or point;

- "in the midst of the forest";

- "could he walk out in the midst of his piece?";

- syn. midmost;

in the nick of time
r1
at the last possible moment;

- "she was saved in the nick of time";

- syn. just in time;

in the public eye
a1
of great interest to the public;

- "a person in the public eye";

- sim. public;

in the raw
a1
(used informally) completely unclothed;

- syn. bare-ass, bare-assed, in the altogether, in the buff, naked as a jaybird, peeled, raw, stark naked;

- sim. unclothed;

in the same breath
r1
almost simultaneously;

- "she praised and criticized him in the same breath";

in the south
r1
in a southern direction;

- "we moved south";

- syn. south, to the south;

in the way
r1
forming a hindrance, impediment, or obstruction;

- "she might have succeeded in her ambition, had not circumstances been in her way";

- syn. in someone's way;

in their right minds
a1
behaving responsibly;

- syn. in her right mind, in his right mind;

- sim. sane;

in theory
r1
with regard to fundamentals although not concerning details;

- "in principle, we agree";

- syn. in essence, in principle;

in this
r1
(formal) in or into that thing or place;

- "they can read therein what our plans are";

- syn. in that, therein;

in time
n1
in the correct rhythm;

- "the dancers moved in time with the music";

r1
within an indefinite time or at an unspecified future time;

- "he longed for the flowers that were yet to show themselves";

- "sooner or later you will have to face the facts";

- "in time they came to accept the harsh reality";

- syn. yet;

r2
without being tardy;

- "we made it to the party in time";

- syn. soon enough;

in toto / ɪ n t oʊ t oʊ /
r1
in entirety;

- "they bought the business in toto";

- "in recommendations were adopted in toto";

in truth
r1
in fact (used as intensifiers or sentence modifiers);

- "in truth, moral decay hastened the decline of the Roman Empire";

- "really, you shouldn't have done it";

- "a truly awful book";

- syn. really, truly;

in turn
r1
in proper order or sequence;

- "talked to each child in turn";

- "the stable became in turn a chapel and then a movie theater";

- syn. successively;

in two ways
r1
in a twofold manner;

- "he was doubly wrong";

- syn. doubly;

in use
a1
(of facilities such as telephones or lavatories) unavailable for use by anyone else or indicating unavailability;

- (`engaged' is a British term for a busy telephone line);

- "her line is busy";

- "receptionists' telephones are always engaged";

- "the lavatory is in use";

- "kept getting a busy signal";

- syn. busy, engaged;

- sim. occupied;

a2
currently being used;

- "robots are in use throughout industry";

- sim. used;

in utero
r1
in the uterus;

- "the child was infected in utero from the mother";

in vacuo
r1
in isolation and without reference to anything else;

r2
in a vacuum;

in vain
r1
to no avail;

- "he looked for her in vain";

- "the city fathers tried vainly to find a solution";

- syn. vainly;

in vitro
a1
of a biological process occurring in an artificial environment outside the living organism;

- "in vitro fertilization";

- syn. ex vivo;

r1
in an artificial environment outside the living organism;

- "an egg fertilized in vitro";

- syn. ex vivo;

in vivo
a1
of a biological process occurring within a living organism;

- "in vivo techniques";

r1
in the living organism;

- "studies conducted in vivo";

in vogue
a1
in the current fashion or style;

- syn. a la mode, in style, latest, modish;

- sim. fashionable;

in writing
a1
written or drawn or engraved;

- "graphic symbols";

- syn. graphic, graphical;

- sim. written;

r1
as written or printed;

- "this is exactly what the composer had set down on paper";

- syn. on paper;

in your birthday suit
a1
as naked as at birth;

- syn. in one's birthday suit, mother-naked, naked as the day one was born, naked as the day you were born;

- sim. unclothed;

inability / ɪ n ə b ɪ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
lack of ability (especially mental ability) to do something;

n2
lacking the power to perform;

- syn. unfitness;

inaccessibility / ɪ n æ k s ɛ s ə b ɪ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
the quality of not being available when needed;

- syn. unavailability;

inaccessible / ɪ n æ k s ɛ s ə b ɫ /
a1
capable of being reached only with great difficulty or not at all;

- syn. unaccessible;

- sim. outback, pathless, un-come-at-able, unapproachable;

a2
not capable of being obtained;

- "a rare work, today almost inaccessible";

- "timber is virtually unobtainable in the islands";

- "untouchable resources buried deep within the earth";

- syn. unobtainable, unprocurable, untouchable;

- sim. unavailable;

inaccessibly / ɪ n æ k s ɛ s ə b ɫ i /
r1
in an inaccessible manner;

- "located inaccessibly on the top of a mountain";

inaccuracy / ɪ n æ k j ə ɹ ə s i /
n1
the quality of being inaccurate and having errors;

inaccurate / ɪ n æ k j ʊr ə t /
a1
not accurate;

- "an inaccurate translation";

- "the thermometer is inaccurate";

- also imprecise, incorrect, inexact, wrong;

- sim. away, faulty, unfaithful, wide;

inaccurately / ɪ n æ k j ʊr ə t ɫ i /
r1
in an inaccurate manner;

- "this student works rather inaccurately and sloppily";

Inachis
n1
a genus of Nymphalidae;

- syn. genus Inachis;

Inachis io
n1
European butterfly having reddish-brown wings each marked with a purple eyespot;

- syn. peacock, peacock butterfly;

inaction / ɪ n æ k ʃ n /
n1
the state of being inactive;

- syn. inactiveness, inactivity;

inactivate / ɪ n æ k t ɪ v eɪ t /
v1
release from military service or remove from the active list of military service;

- syn. demobilise, demobilize;

v2
make inactive;

- "they deactivated the file";

- syn. deactivate;

inactivation / ɪ n æ k t ɪ v eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the process of rendering inactive;

- "the gene inactivation system";

- "thermal inactivation of serum samples";

n2
breaking up a military unit (by transfers or discharges);

- syn. deactivation;

inactive / ɪ n æ k t ɪ v /
a1
(chemistry) not participating in a chemical reaction;

- chemically inert;

- "desired amounts of inactive chlorine";

- sim. unreactive;

a2
(pathology) not progressing or increasing;

- or progressing slowly;

- sim. dead-end, flat, indolent, latent, quiescent;

a3
(military) not involved in military operations;

- syn. nonoperational;

a4
not exerting influence or change;

- sim. quiescent;

a5
(of e.g. volcanos) not erupting and not extinct;

- "a dormant volcano";

- syn. dormant;

- sim. quiescent;

a6
lacking in energy or will;

- "Much benevolence of the passive order may be traced to a disinclination to inflict pain upon oneself"- George Meredith;

- syn. passive;

- sim. hands-off, resistless, supine;

a7
lacking activity;

- lying idle or unused;

- "an inactive mine";

- "inactive accounts";

- "inactive machinery";

- sim. dark, dead, dull, idle, strikebound;

a8
not engaged in full-time work;

- "inactive reserve";

- "an inactive member";

- sim. off, retired;

a9
not active physically or mentally;

- "illness forced him to live an inactive life";

- "dreamy and inactive by nature";

- also lethargic, unenergetic;

- sim. abeyant, desk-bound, hypoactive, inert, sedentary;

a10
not in physical motion;

- "the inertia of an object at rest";

- syn. motionless, static, still;

- sim. nonmoving;

inactiveness / ɪ n æ k t ɪ v n ə s /
n1
the state of being inactive;

- syn. inaction, inactivity;

n2
a disposition to remain inactive or inert;

- "he had to overcome his inertia and get back to work";

- syn. inactivity, inertia;

inactivity / ɪ n æ k t ɪ v ɪ t i /
n1
the state of being inactive;

- syn. inaction, inactiveness;

n2
a disposition to remain inactive or inert;

- "he had to overcome his inertia and get back to work";

- syn. inactiveness, inertia;

n3
being inactive;

- being less active;

inadequacy / ɪ n æ d ɪ k w ə s i /
n1
lack of an adequate quantity or number;

- "the inadequacy of unemployment benefits";

- syn. deficiency, insufficiency;

n2
a lack of competence;

- "pointed out the insufficiencies in my report";

- "juvenile offenses often reflect an inadequacy in the parents";

- syn. insufficiency;

n3
unsatisfactoriness by virtue of being inadequate;

- syn. inadequateness;

inadequate / ɪ n æ d ɪ k w ə t /
a1
lacking the requisite qualities or resources to meet a task;

- "inadequate training";

- "the staff was inadequate";

- "she was unequal to the task";

- syn. unequal;

- also unsatisfactory;

- sim. deficient, incapable, short-handed;

a2
of insufficient quantity to meet a need;

- "an inadequate income";

- "a poor salary";

- "money is short";

- "on short rations";

- "food is in short supply";

- "short on experience";

- "the jejune diets of the very poor";

- syn. jejune, poor, short;

- sim. insufficient;

inadequately / ɪ n æ d ɪ k w ə t ɫ i /
r1
in an inadequate manner or to an inadequate degree;

- "the temporary camps were inadequately equipped";

inadequateness / ɪ n æ d ɪ k w ə t n ɛ s /
n1
unsatisfactoriness by virtue of being inadequate;

- syn. inadequacy;

inadmissibility / ɪ n ə d m ɪ s ə b ɪ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
unacceptability as a consequence of not being admissible;

inadmissible / ɪ n ə d m ɪ s ə b ɫ /
a1
not deserving to be admitted;

- "inadmissible evidence";

- sim. impermissible;

inadvertence / ɪ n ə d v ɝ t ə n s /
n1
an unintentional omission resulting from failure to notice something;

- syn. oversight;

n2
the trait of forgetting or ignoring your responsibilities;

- syn. heedlessness, inadvertency, unmindfulness;

inadvertency / ɪ n ə d v ɝ t ə n s i /
n1
the trait of forgetting or ignoring your responsibilities;

- syn. heedlessness, inadvertence, unmindfulness;

inadvertent / ɪ n ə d v ɝ t ə n t /
a1
happening by chance or unexpectedly or unintentionally;

- "with an inadvertent gesture she swept the vase off the table";

- "accidental poisoning";

- "an accidental shooting";

- syn. accidental;

- sim. unintended;

inadvertently / ɪ n ə d v ɝ t ə n t ɫ i /
r1
without knowledge or intention;

- "he unwittingly deleted the references";

- syn. unknowingly, unwittingly;

inadvisability / ɪ n ə d v aɪ z ə b ɪ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
the quality of being ill-advised;

inadvisable / ɪ n ə d v aɪ z ə b ɫ /
a1
not prudent or wise;

- not recommended;

- "running on the ice is inadvisable";

- syn. unadvisable;

- also foolish, imprudent;

a2
not advisable;

- "an unnecessary and inadvisable action";

- sim. inexpedient;

inadvisably / ɪ n ə d v aɪ z ə b ɫ i /
r1
in an expedient manner;

- syn. expediently;

inaesthetic
a1
violating aesthetic canons or requirements;

- deficient in tastefulness or beauty;

- "inaesthetic and quite unintellectual";

- "peered through those inaesthetic spectacles";

- syn. unaesthetic;

- sim. inartistic;

inalienable / ɪ n eɪ ɫ ɪə n ə b ɫ /
a1
incapable of being repudiated or transferred to another;

- "endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights";

- syn. unalienable;

- also intrinsic;

- sim. absolute, non-negotiable, nontransferable;

a2
not subject to forfeiture;

- "an unforfeitable right";

- syn. unforfeitable;

- sim. indefeasible;

inalienably / ɪ n eɪ ɫ ɪə n ə b ɫ i /
r1
in an inalienable manner;

- "this property is held inalienably";

inalterable
a1
not capable of being changed or altered;

- "unalterable resolve";

- "an unalterable ground rule";

- syn. unalterable;

- sim. final, incurable;

inamorata / ɪ n æ m ə ɹ ɑ t ə /
n1
a woman with whom you are in love or have an intimate relationship;

inamorato
n1
a man with whom you are in love or have an intimate relationship;

inane / ɪ n eɪ n /
a1
extremely silly or stupid;

- syn. asinine, fatuous;

- sim. stupid;

inanely / ɪ n eɪ n ɫ i /
r1
vacuously or complacently and unconsciously foolish;

- syn. fatuously;

inanimate / ɪ n æ n ɪ m ə t /
a1
belonging to the class of nouns denoting nonliving things;

- "the word `car' is inanimate";

a2
not endowed with life;

- "the inorganic world is inanimate";

- "inanimate objects";

- syn. non-living, nonliving;

- sim. nonconscious;

a3
appearing dead;

- not breathing or having no perceptible pulse;

- "an inanimate body";

- "pulseless and dead";

- syn. breathless, pulseless;

- sim. dead;

inanimateness / ɪ n æ n ɪ m ə t n ɛ s /
n1
not having life;

- syn. lifelessness;

inanition / ɪ n ə n ɪ ʃ n /
n1
weakness characterized by a lack of vitality or energy;

- syn. lassitude, lethargy, slackness;

n2
exhaustion resulting from lack of food;

inanity / ɪ n æ n ɪ t i /
n1
total lack of meaning or ideas;

- syn. mindlessness, pointlessness, senselessness, vacuity;

Inanna
n1
consort of Dumuzi (Tammuz);

inapplicability / ɪ n æ p ɫ ɪ k ə b ɪ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
irrelevance by virtue of being inapplicable to the matter at hand;

inapplicable / ɪ n æ p ɫ ɪ k ə b ɫ /
a1
not capable of being applied;

- "rules inapplicable to day students";

- syn. unsuitable;

- sim. irrelevant;

inapposite / ɪ n æ p ə z ɪ t /
a1
of an inappropriate or misapplied nature;

- syn. out of place;

- sim. malapropos;

inappositeness / ɪ n æ p ə z ɪ t n ə s /
n1
inappropriateness;

- "greater inaptness of expression would be hard to imagine";

- syn. inaptness;

inappreciable / ɪ n ə p ɹ i ʃ ə b ɫ , ɪ n ə p ɹ oʊ p ɹ ɪə t /
a1
too small to make a significant difference;

- "inappreciable fluctuations in temperature";

- sim. insignificant;

inappropriate / ɪ n ə p ɹ oʊ p ɹ ɪə t , ɪ n ə p ɹ oʊ p ɹ ɪ ih t /
a1
not suitable for a particular occasion etc;

- "noise seems inappropriate at a time of sadness";

- "inappropriate shoes for a walk on the beach";

- "put inappropriate pressure on them";

- also improper, malapropos;

- sim. improper, unbefitting;

a2
not in keeping with what is correct or proper;

- "completely inappropriate behavior";

- syn. incompatible, out or keeping, unfitting;

- sim. incongruous;

inappropriately / ɪ n ə p ɹ oʊ p ɹ ɪə t ɫ i /
r1
in an inappropriate manner;

- "he was inappropriately dressed";

- syn. unsuitably;

inappropriateness / ɪ n ə p ɹ oʊ p ɹ ɪə t n ɪ s /
n1
inappropriate conduct;

- syn. wrongness;

n2
the quality of being not particularly suitable or befitting;

- "he retracted nothing that he had said about the inappropriateness of either a corporeal God or a God who is a person";

- "his praise released from her loud protestations of her unworthiness";

- syn. unworthiness;

inapt / ɪ n æ p t /
a1
not elegant or graceful in expression;

- "an awkward prose style";

- "a clumsy apology";

- "his cumbersome writing style";

- "if the rumor is true, can anything be more inept than to repeat it now?";

- syn. awkward, clumsy, cumbersome, ill-chosen, inept;

- sim. infelicitous;

inaptitude / ɪ n æ p t ɪ t j u d /
n1
a lack of aptitude;

inaptness / ɪ n æ p t n ə s /
n1
inappropriateness;

- "greater inaptness of expression would be hard to imagine";

- syn. inappositeness;

inarguable
a1
against which no argument can be made;

- syn. unarguable;

- sim. incontestable;

inarguably
r1
in an unarguable and undisputed manner;

- "you write as if this fact whilst inarguably forever condemning me to the ranks of Bohemianism nevertheless earned for me the right of entry into any company";

- syn. unarguably, undisputedly;

inarticulate / ɪ n ɑ t ɪ k j ʊ ɫ ə t /
a1
without or deprived of the use of speech or words;

- "inarticulate beasts";

- "remained stupidly inarticulate and saying something noncommittal";

- "inarticulate with rage";

- "an inarticulate cry";

- syn. unarticulate;

- also uncommunicative;

- sim. aphasic, aphonic, dumb, dumb, incoherent, mute, speechless, unarticulated;

inarticulately / ɪ n ɑ t ɪ k j ʊ ɫ ə t ɫ i /
r1
without eloquence;

- in an inarticulate manner;

- "the freshman expresses his thoughts inarticulately";

- syn. ineloquently;

r2
in an inarticulate manner;

- "he talked inarticulately about the accident that had just taken his wife's life";

inartistic / ɪ n ɑ t ɪ s t ɪ k /
a1
lacking aesthetic sensibility;

- syn. unartistic;

- sim. inaesthetic;

inattention / ɪ n ə t ɛ n ʃ n /
n1
lack of attention;

inattentive / ɪ n ə t ɛ n t ɪ v /
a1
showing a lack of attention or care;

- "inattentive students";

- "an inattentive babysitter";

- also careless, mindless, negligent, unmindful;

- sim. absent, distracted, dreamy, drowsy, forgetful;

a2
not showing due care or attention;

- "inattentive students";

- "an inattentive babysitter";

- "neglectful parents";

- syn. neglectful;

- sim. negligent;

inattentively / ɪ n ə t ɛ n t ɪ v ɫ i /
r1
in an absentminded or preoccupied manner;

- "he read the letter absently";

- syn. absently, absentmindedly, abstractedly;

inattentiveness / ɪ n ə t ɛ n t ɪ v n ɪ s /
n1
a lack of attentiveness (as to children or helpless people);

- syn. heedlessness;

n2
the trait of not being considerate and thoughtful of others;

inaudibility / ɪ n ɔ d ə b ɪ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
the quality of not being perceptible by the ear;

- syn. inaudibleness;

inaudible / ɪ n ɔ d ə b ɫ /
a1
impossible to hear;

- imperceptible by the ear;

- "an inaudible conversation";

- syn. unhearable;

- also imperceptible, quiet;

- sim. breathed, infrasonic, silent, silent, supersonic, unheard;

inaudibleness / ɪ n ɔ d ə b ɫ n ə s /
n1
the quality of not being perceptible by the ear;

- syn. inaudibility;

inaudibly / ɪ n ɔ d ə b ɫ i /
r1
in an inaudible manner;

- "she spoke inaudibly low";

inaugural / ɪ n ɔ ɡ j ʊr ə ɫ /
n1
an address delivered at an inaugural ceremony (especially by a United States president);

- syn. inaugural address;

n2
the ceremonial induction into a position;

- "the new president obviously enjoyed his inauguration";

- syn. inauguration;

a1
occurring at or characteristic of a formal investiture or induction;

- "the President's inaugural address";

- "an inaugural ball";

a2
serving to set in motion;

- "the magazine's inaugural issue";

- "the initiative phase in the negotiations";

- "an initiatory step toward a treaty";

- "his first (or maiden) speech in Congress";

- "the liner's maiden voyage";

- syn. first, initiative, initiatory, maiden;

- sim. opening;

inaugural address
n1
an address delivered at an inaugural ceremony (especially by a United States president);

- syn. inaugural;

inaugurally
r1
so as to inaugurate;

- "the mayor inaugurally drove the spade into the ground";

inaugurate / ɪ n ɔ ɡ j ʊr eɪ t /
v1
commence officially;

- syn. kick off;

v2
open ceremoniously or dedicate formally;

v3
be a precursor of;

- "The fall of the Berlin Wall ushered in the post-Cold War period";

- syn. introduce, usher in;

inauguration / ɪ n ɔ ɡ j ʊr eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the act of starting a new operation or practice;

- "he opposed the inauguration of fluoridation";

- "the startup of the new factory was delayed by strikes";

- syn. startup;

n2
the ceremonial induction into a position;

- "the new president obviously enjoyed his inauguration";

- syn. inaugural;

Inauguration Day
n1
the day designated for inauguration of the United States President;

- syn. January 20;

inauspicious / ɪ n ɔ s p ɪ ʃ ə s /
a1
not auspicious;

- boding ill;

- syn. unfortunate;

- sim. unpromising;

a2
contrary to your interests or welfare;

- "adverse circumstances";

- "made a place for themselves under the most untoward conditions";

- syn. adverse, untoward;

- sim. unfavorable;

a3
presaging ill fortune;

- "ill omens";

- "ill predictions";

- "my words with inauspicious thunderings shook heaven"- P.B.Shelley;

- "a dead and ominous silence prevailed";

- "a by-election at a time highly unpropitious for the Government";

- syn. ill, ominous;

- sim. unpropitious;

inauspiciously / ɪ n ɔ s p ɪ ʃ ə s ɫ i /
r1
in an inauspicious manner;

- "he started his new job inauspiciously on Friday the 13th";

- syn. unpropitiously;

inauspiciousness / ɪ n ɔ s p ɪ ʃ ə s n ə s /
n1
the quality of suggesting an unsuccessful result;

- syn. unpropitiousness;

inauthentic
a1
false or fake;

- not what it appears to be;

- "a spurious work of art";

- syn. spurious, unauthentic;

- sim. counterfeit;

inboard / ɪ n b ɔ d /
a1
located within the hull or nearest the midline of a vessel or aircraft;

- "the inboard flaps on the wing";

inborn / ɪ n b ɔ n /
a1
present at birth but not necessarily hereditary;

- acquired during fetal development;

- syn. congenital, innate;

- sim. noninheritable;

a2
normally existing at birth;

- "mankind's connatural sense of the good";

- syn. connatural, inbred;

- sim. native;

inborn error of metabolism
n1
any of a number of diseases in which an inherited defect (usually a missing or inadequate enzyme) results in an abnormality of metabolism;

inborn reflex
n1
an automatic instinctive unlearned reaction to a stimulus;

- syn. innate reflex, instinctive reflex, physiological reaction, reflex, reflex action, reflex response, unconditioned reflex;

inbound / ɪ n b aʊ n d /
a1
directed or moving inward or toward a center;

- "the inbound train";

- "inward flood of capital";

- syn. inward;

- sim. incoming;

inbred / ɪ n b ɹ ɛ d /
a1
produced by inbreeding;

- sim. interbred;

a2
normally existing at birth;

- "mankind's connatural sense of the good";

- syn. connatural, inborn;

- sim. native;

inbreeding / ɪ n b ɹ i d ɪ ŋ /
n1
the act of mating closely related individuals;

inbuilt / ɪ n b ɪ ɫ t /
a1
existing as an essential constituent or characteristic;

- "the Ptolemaic system with its built-in concept of periodicity";

- "a constitutional inability to tell the truth";

- syn. built-in, constitutional, inherent, integral;

- sim. intrinsic;

INC / ɪ ŋ k /
n1
a heterogeneous collection of groups united in their opposition to Saddam Hussein's government of Iraq;

- formed in 1992 it is comprised of Sunni and Shiite Arabs and Kurds who hope to build a new government;

- syn. Iraqi National Congress;

Inca
n1
a ruler of the Incas (or a member of his family);

n2
a member of the Quechuan people living in the Cuzco valley in Peru;

- syn. Incan, Inka;

n3
the small group of Quechua living in the Cuzco Valley in Peru who established hegemony over their neighbors in order to create an empire that lasted from about 1100 until the Spanish conquest in the early 1530s;

- syn. Inka;

incalculable / ɪ n k æ ɫ k j ʊ ɫ ə b ɫ /
a1
not able to be computed or enumerated;

- also indeterminable, undeterminable;

- sim. countless, incomputable, indeterminable;

a2
too much to be measured;

- "untold suffering";

- "incalculable riches";

- syn. untold;

- sim. much;

incalescence
n1
the property of being warming;

- syn. calefaction;

Incan
n1
a member of the Quechuan people living in the Cuzco valley in Peru;

- syn. Inca, Inka;

a1
of or pertaining to the Incas or their culture or empire;

incandesce / ɪ n k æ n d ɛ s /
v1
cause to become incandescent or glow;

- "the lamp was incandesced";

v2
become incandescent or glow with heat;

- "an incandescing body";

incandescence / ɪ n k æ n d ɛ s n s /
n1
the phenomenon of light emission by a body as its temperature is raised;

- syn. glow;

n2
light from heat;

incandescent / ɪ n k æ n d ɛ s n t /
a1
emitting light as a result of being heated;

- "an incandescent bulb";

- syn. candent;

- sim. light;

a2
characterized by ardent emotion or intensity or brilliance;

- "an incandescent performance";

- sim. glorious;

incandescent lamp
n1
electric lamp consisting of a transparent or translucent glass housing containing a wire filament (usually tungsten) that emits light when heated by electricity;

- syn. bulb, electric-light bulb, electric light, light bulb, lightbulb;

incantation / ɪ n k æ n t eɪ ʃ n /
n1
a ritual recitation of words or sounds believed to have a magical effect;

- syn. conjuration;

incapability / ɪ n k eɪ p ə b ɪ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
lack of potential for development;

- syn. incapableness;

n2
the quality of not being capable -- physically or intellectually or legally;

- syn. incapableness;

incapable / ɪ n k eɪ p ə b ɫ /
a1
(followed by `of') lacking capacity or ability;

- "incapable of carrying a tune";

- "he is incapable of understanding the matter";

- "incapable of doing the work";

- also incompetent;

- sim. unable;

a2
not being susceptible to or admitting of something (usually followed by `of');

- "incapable of solution";

- sim. unsusceptible;

a3
(followed by `of') not having the temperament or inclination for;

- "simply incapable of lying";

a4
not meeting requirements;

- "unequal to the demands put upon him";

- syn. incompetent, unequal to;

- sim. inadequate;

incapableness / ɪ n k eɪ p ə b ɫ n ə s /
n1
lack of potential for development;

- syn. incapability;

n2
the quality of not being capable -- physically or intellectually or legally;

- syn. incapability;

incapacitate / ɪ n k ə p æ s ɪ t eɪ t /
v1
make unable to perform a certain action;

- "disable this command on your computer";

- syn. disable, disenable;

v2
injure permanently;

- "He was disabled in a car accident";

- syn. disable, handicap, invalid;

incapacitated / ɪ n k ə p æ s ɪ t eɪ t ɪ d /
a1
lacking in or deprived of strength or power;

- "lying ill and helpless";

- "helpless with laughter";

- syn. helpless;

- sim. powerless;

incapacitating / ɪ n k ə p æ s ɪ t eɪ t ɪ ŋ /
a1
that cripples or disables or incapacitates;

- "a crippling injury";

- syn. crippling, disabling;

- sim. unhealthful;

incapacity / ɪ n k ə p æ s ɪ t i /
n1
lack of intellectual power;

n2
lack of physical or natural qualifications;

incarcerate / ɪ n k ɑ s ə ɹ eɪ t /
v1
lock up or confine, in or as in a jail;

- "The suspects were imprisoned without trial";

- "the murderer was incarcerated for the rest of his life";

- syn. gaol, immure, imprison, jail, jug, lag, put away, put behind bars, remand;

incarceration / ɪ n k ɑ s ə ɹ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the state of being imprisoned;

- "he was held in captivity until he died";

- "the imprisonment of captured soldiers";

- "his ignominious incarceration in the local jail";

- "he practiced the immurement of his enemies in the castle dungeon";

- syn. captivity, immurement, imprisonment;

incarnadine / ɪ n k ɑ n ə d aɪ n /
v1
make flesh-colored;

incarnate / ɪ n k ɑ n ə t , ɪ n k ɑ n eɪ t /
v1
make concrete and real;

v2
represent in bodily form;

- "He embodies all that is evil wrong with the system";

- "The painting substantiates the feelings of the artist";

- syn. body forth, embody, substantiate;

a1
possessing or existing in bodily form;

- "what seemed corporal melted as breath into the wind"- Shakespeare;

- "an incarnate spirit";

- "`corporate' is an archaic term";

- syn. bodied, corporal, corporate, embodied;

- sim. corporeal;

a2
invested with a bodily form especially of a human body;

- "a monarch...regarded as a god incarnate";

- sim. bodied;

incarnation / ɪ n k ɑ n eɪ ʃ n /
n1
a new personification of a familiar idea;

- "the embodiment of hope";

- "the incarnation of evil";

- "the very avatar of cunning";

- syn. avatar, embodiment;

n2
(Christianity) the Christian doctrine of the union of God and man in the person of Jesus Christ;

n3
time passed in a particular bodily form;

- "he believes that his life will be better in his next incarnation";

n4
the act of attributing human characteristics to abstract ideas etc.;

- syn. personification;

incase / ɪ n k eɪ s /
v1
enclose in, or as if in, a case;

- "my feet were encased in mud";

- syn. case, encase;

incased / ɪ n k eɪ s t /
a1
covered or protected with or as if with a case;

- "knights cased in steel";

- "products encased in leatherette";

- syn. cased, encased;

- sim. sheathed;

incasement / ɪ n k eɪ s m ə n t /
n1
the act of enclosing something in a case;

- syn. encasement;

incaution / ɪ n k ɔ ʃ n /
n1
the trait of forgetting or ignoring possible danger;

- syn. incautiousness;

incautious / ɪ n k ɔ ʃ ə s /
a1
lacking in caution;

- "an incautious remark";

- "incautious talk";

- also adventuresome, adventurous, careless;

- sim. hotheaded;

a2
carelessly failing to exercise proper caution;

- "an incautious step sent her headlong down the stairs";

- sim. careless;

incautiously / ɪ n k ɔ ʃ ə s ɫ i /
r1
without caution or prudence;

- "one unfortunately sees historic features carelessly lost when estates fall into unsympathetic hands";

- syn. carelessly;

incautiousness / ɪ n k ɔ ʃ ə s n ə s /
n1
the trait of forgetting or ignoring possible danger;

- syn. incaution;

incendiarism / ɪ n s ɛ n d ɪə ɹ ɪ z ə m /
n1
malicious burning to destroy property;

- "the British term for arson is fire-raising";

- syn. arson, fire-raising;

incendiary / ɪ n s ɛ n d ɪə ɹ i , ɪ n s ɛ n d j ə ɹ i /
n1
a criminal who illegally sets fire to property;

- syn. arsonist, firebug;

n2
a bomb that is designed to start fires;

- is most effective against flammable targets (such as fuel);

- syn. firebomb, incendiary bomb;

a1
involving deliberate burning of property;

- "an incendiary fire";

a2
arousing to action or rebellion;

- syn. incitive, inflammatory, instigative, rabble-rousing, seditious;

- sim. provocative;

a3
capable of catching fire spontaneously or causing fires or burning readily;

- "an incendiary agent";

- "incendiary bombs";

- sim. combustible;

incendiary bomb
n1
a bomb that is designed to start fires;

- is most effective against flammable targets (such as fuel);

- syn. firebomb, incendiary;

incense / ɪ n s ɛ n s /
n1
a substance that produces a fragrant odor when burned;

n2
the pleasing scent produced when incense is burned;

- "incense filled the room";

v1
perfume especially with a censer;

- syn. cense, thurify;

v2
make furious;

- syn. exasperate, infuriate;

incense cedar
n1
any of several attractive trees of southwestern South America and New Zealand and New Caledonia having glossy evergreen leaves and scented wood;

n2
tall tree of the Pacific coast of North America having foliage like cypress and cinnamon-red bark;

- syn. Calocedrus decurrens, Libocedrus decurrens, red cedar;

incense tree
n1
any of various tropical trees of the family Burseraceae yielding fragrant gums or resins that are burned as incense;

incense wood
n1
fragrant wood of two incense trees of the genus Protium;

incensed / ɪ n s ɛ n s t /
a1
angered at something unjust or wrong;

- "an indignant denial";

- "incensed at the judges' unfairness";

- "a look of outraged disbelief";

- "umbrageous at the loss of their territory";

- syn. indignant, outraged, umbrageous;

- sim. angry;

incentive / ɪ n s ɛ n t ɪ v /
n1
a positive motivational influence;

- syn. inducement, motivator;

n2
an additional payment (or other remuneration) to employees as a means of increasing output;

- syn. bonus;

incentive option
n1
an option granted to corporate executives if the company achieves certain financial goals;

- syn. incentive stock option;

incentive program
n1
a formal scheme for inducing someone (as employees) to do something;

- syn. incentive scheme;

incentive scheme
n1
a formal scheme for inducing someone (as employees) to do something;

- syn. incentive program;

incentive stock option
n1
an option granted to corporate executives if the company achieves certain financial goals;

- syn. incentive option;

inception / ɪ n s ɛ p ʃ n /
n1
an event that is a beginning;

- a first part or stage of subsequent events;

- syn. origin, origination;

inceptive / ɪ n s ɛ p t ɪ v /
a1
initial;

- "inchoative stages";

- syn. inchoative;

- sim. immature;

incertain
a1
lacking or indicating lack of confidence or assurance;

- "uncertain of his convictions";

- "unsure of himself and his future";

- "moving with uncertain (or unsure) steps";

- "an uncertain smile";

- "touched the ornaments with uncertain fingers";

- syn. uncertain, unsure;

- sim. ambivalent, doubtful, groping;

incertitude / ɪ n s ɝ t ɪ t j u d /
n1
the state of being unsure of something;

- syn. doubt, doubtfulness, dubiety, dubiousness, uncertainty;

incessancy
n1
the quality of something that continues without end or interruption;

- syn. ceaselessness, continuousness, incessantness;

incessant / ɪ n s ɛ s n t /
a1
uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing;

- "the ceaseless thunder of surf";

- "in constant pain";

- "night and day we live with the incessant noise of the city";

- "the never-ending search for happiness";

- "the perpetual struggle to maintain standards in a democracy";

- "man's unceasing warfare with drought and isolation";

- "unremitting demands of hunger";

- syn. ceaseless, constant, never-ending, perpetual, unceasing, unremitting;

- sim. continuous;

incessantly / ɪ n s ɛ s n t ɫ i /
r1
with unflagging resolve;

- "dance inspires him ceaselessly to strive higher and higher toward the shining pinnacle of perfection that is the goal of every artiste";

- syn. ceaselessly, continuously, endlessly, unceasingly, unendingly;

r2
without interruption;

- "the world is constantly changing";

- syn. always, constantly, forever, perpetually;

incessantness / ɪ n s ɛ s n t n ɛ s /
n1
the quality of something that continues without end or interruption;

- syn. ceaselessness, continuousness, incessancy;

incest / ɪ n s ɛ s t /
n1
sexual intercourse between persons too closely related to marry (as between a parent and a child);

incestuous / ɪ n s ɛ s t j ʊə s /
a1
resembling incest as by excessive intimacy;

a2
relating to or involving incest;

incestuously
r1
by incest;

- "incestuously conceived";

inch / ɪ n tʃ /
n1
a unit of length equal to one twelfth of a foot;

- syn. in;

n2
a unit of measurement for advertising space;

- syn. column inch;

v1
advance slowly, as if by inches;

- "He edged towards the car";

- syn. edge;

Incheon
n1
a port city in western South Korea on the Yellow Sea;

- syn. Chemulpo, Inchon;

inchoate / ɪ n k oʊ eɪ t , ɪ n k oʊ ɪ t /
a1
only partly in existence;

- imperfectly formed;

- "incipient civil disorder";

- "an incipient tumor";

- "a vague inchoate idea";

- syn. incipient;

- sim. early;

inchoative / ɪ n k oʊ ə t ɪ v /
n1
aspect with regard to the beginning of the action of the verb;

- syn. inchoative aspect;

a1
initial;

- "inchoative stages";

- syn. inceptive;

- sim. immature;

inchoative aspect
n1
aspect with regard to the beginning of the action of the verb;

- syn. inchoative;

Inchon / ɪ n tʃ ɒ n /
n1
a port city in western South Korea on the Yellow Sea;

- syn. Chemulpo, Incheon;

n2
a battle in the Korean War (1950);

- United States forces landed at Inchon;

inchworm / ɪ n tʃ w ɝ m /
n1
small hairless caterpillar having legs on only its front and rear segments;

- mostly larvae of moths of the family Geometridae;

- syn. looper, measuring worm;

incidence / ɪ n s ɪ d ə n s /
n1
the relative frequency of occurrence of something;

- syn. relative incidence;

n2
the striking of a light beam on a surface;

- "he measured the angle of incidence of the reflected light";

incidence angle
n1
the angle that a line makes with a line perpendicular to the surface at the point of incidence;

- syn. angle of incidence;

incident / ɪ n s ɪ d ə n t /
n1
a single distinct event;

n2
a public disturbance;

- "the police investigated an incident at the bus station";

a1
falling or striking of light rays on something;

- "incident light";

a2
(sometimes followed by `to') minor or casual or subordinate in significance or nature or occurring as a chance concomitant or consequence;

- "incidental expenses";

- "the road will bring other incidental advantages";

- "extra duties incidental to the job";

- "labor problems incidental to a rapid expansion";

- "confusion incidental to a quick change";

- syn. incidental;

- sim. omissible, parenthetic, peripheral, secondary;

incidental / ɪ n s ɪ d ɛ n t ɫ /
n1
(frequently plural) an expense not budgeted or not specified;

- "he requested reimbursement of $7 for incidental expenses";

- syn. incidental expense, minor expense;

n2
an item that is incidental;

a1
(sometimes followed by `to') minor or casual or subordinate in significance or nature or occurring as a chance concomitant or consequence;

- "incidental expenses";

- "the road will bring other incidental advantages";

- "extra duties incidental to the job";

- "labor problems incidental to a rapid expansion";

- "confusion incidental to a quick change";

- syn. incident;

- sim. omissible, parenthetic, peripheral, secondary;

a2
not of prime or central importance;

- "nonessential to the integral meanings of poetry"- Pubs.MLA;

- "the character's motives remain accidental to the plot";

- syn. accidental, nonessential;

- sim. inessential;

a3
occurring with or following as a consequence;

- "an excessive growth of bureaucracy, with attendant problems";

- "snags incidental to the changeover in management";

- "attendant circumstances";

- "the period of tension and consequent need for military preparedness";

- "the ensuant response to his appeal";

- "the resultant savings were considerable";

- "collateral target damage from a bombing run";

- syn. accompanying, attendant, collateral, concomitant, consequent, ensuant, resultant, sequent;

- sim. subsequent;

incidental expense
n1
(frequently plural) an expense not budgeted or not specified;

- "he requested reimbursement of $7 for incidental expenses";

- syn. incidental, minor expense;

incidental music
n1
music composed to accompany the action of a drama or to fill intervals between scenes;

incidentally / ɪ n s ɪ d ɛ n t ə ɫ i /
r1
introducing a different topic;

- "incidentally, I won't go to the party";

- syn. apropos, by the bye, by the way;

r2
of a minor or subordinate nature;

- "these magnificent achievements were only incidentally influenced by Oriental models";

- syn. accidentally;

incienso
n1
fragrant rounded shrub of southwestern United States and adjacent Mexico having brittle stems and small crowded blue-green leaves and yellow flowers;

- produces a resin used in incense and varnish and in folk medicine;

- syn. Encelia farinosa, brittle bush, brittlebush;

incinerate / ɪ n s ɪ n ə ɹ eɪ t /
v1
become reduced to ashes;

- "The paper incinerated quickly";

v2
cause to undergo combustion;

- "burn garbage";

- "The car burns only Diesel oil";

- syn. burn;

incineration / ɪ n s ɪ n ə ɹ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the act of burning something completely;

- reducing it to ashes;

incinerator / ɪ n s ɪ n ə ɹ eɪ t ə , ɪ n s ɪ n ə ɹ eɪ t ə ɹ /
n1
a furnace for incinerating (especially to dispose of refuse);

incipience / ɪ n s ɪ p ɪə n s /
n1
beginning to exist or to be apparent;

- "he placed the incipience of democratic faith at around 1850";

- "it is designed to arrest monopolies in their incipiency";

- syn. incipiency;

incipiency / ɪ n s ɪ p ɪə n s i /
n1
beginning to exist or to be apparent;

- "he placed the incipience of democratic faith at around 1850";

- "it is designed to arrest monopolies in their incipiency";

- syn. incipience;

incipient / ɪ n s ɪ p ɪə n t /
a1
only partly in existence;

- imperfectly formed;

- "incipient civil disorder";

- "an incipient tumor";

- "a vague inchoate idea";

- syn. inchoate;

- sim. early;

incise / ɪ n s aɪ z /
v1
make an incision into by carving or cutting;

incised / ɪ n s aɪ z d /
a1
sharply and deeply indented;

- sim. compound;

a2
cut into with a sharp instrument;

- sim. cut;

a3
cut or impressed into a surface;

- "an incised design";

- "engraved invitations";

- syn. engraved, etched, graven, inscribed;

- sim. carved;

incision / ɪ n s ɪ ʒ n /
n1
a depression scratched or carved into a surface;

- syn. dent, prick, scratch, slit;

n2
the cutting of or into body tissues or organs (especially by a surgeon as part of an operation);

- syn. section, surgical incision;

incisive / ɪ n s aɪ s ɪ v /
a1
having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions;

- "an acute observer of politics and politicians";

- "incisive comments";

- "icy knifelike reasoning";

- "as sharp and incisive as the stroke of a fang";

- "penetrating insight";

- "frequent penetrative observations";

- syn. acute, discriminating, keen, knifelike, penetrating, penetrative, piercing, sharp;

- sim. perceptive;

a2
suitable for cutting or piercing;

- "incisive teeth";

- sim. sharp;

incisively / ɪ n s aɪ s ɪ v ɫ i /
r1
in an incisive manner;

- "he was incisively critical";

r2
in a precise manner;

- "she always expressed herself precisely";

- syn. exactly, precisely;

incisiveness / ɪ n s aɪ s ɪ v n ə s /
n1
keenness and forcefulness of thought or expression or intellect;

- syn. trenchancy;

incisor / ɪ n s aɪ z ə , ɪ n s aɪ z ə ɹ /
n1
a tooth for cutting or gnawing;

- located in the front of the mouth in both jaws;

incisura
n1
(anatomy) a notch or small hollow;

- syn. incisure;

incisure
n1
(anatomy) a notch or small hollow;

- syn. incisura;

incitation / ɪ n s aɪ t eɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
something that incites or provokes;

- a means of arousing or stirring to action;

- syn. incitement, provocation;

n2
an act of urging on or spurring on or rousing to action or instigating;

- "the incitement of mutiny";

- syn. incitement;

incite / ɪ n s aɪ t /
v1
give an incentive for action;

- "This moved me to sacrifice my career";

- syn. actuate, motivate, move, prompt, propel;

v2
provoke or stir up;

- "incite a riot";

- "set off great unrest among the people";

- syn. instigate, set off, stir up;

v3
urge on;

- cause to act;

- "The other children egged the boy on, but he did not want to throw the stone through the window";

- syn. egg on, prod;

incitement / ɪ n s aɪ t m ə n t /
n1
an act of urging on or spurring on or rousing to action or instigating;

- "the incitement of mutiny";

- syn. incitation;

n2
needed encouragement;

- "the result was a provocation of vigorous investigation";

- syn. provocation;

n3
something that incites or provokes;

- a means of arousing or stirring to action;

- syn. incitation, provocation;

n4
the act of exhorting;

- an earnest attempt at persuasion;

- syn. exhortation;

inciter / ɪ n s aɪ t ə /
n1
someone who deliberately foments trouble;

- "she was the instigator of their quarrel";

- syn. firebrand, instigant, instigator, provoker;

incitive
a1
arousing to action or rebellion;

- syn. incendiary, inflammatory, instigative, rabble-rousing, seditious;

- sim. provocative;

incivility / ɪ n k ɫ ɛ m ə n s i , ɪ n s ɪ v ɪ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
deliberate discourtesy;

inclemency / ɪ n k ɫ ɛ m ə n s i /
n1
weather unsuitable for outdoor activities;

- syn. bad weather, inclementness;

n2
excessive sternness;

- "severity of character";

- "the harshness of his punishment was inhuman";

- "the rigors of boot camp";

- syn. hardness, harshness, rigor, rigorousness, rigour, rigourousness, severeness, severity, stiffness;

inclement / ɪ n k ɫ ɛ m ə n t /
a1
(of weather or climate) severe;

- also intemperate;

a2
used of persons or behavior;

- showing no clemency or mercy;

- "the harsh sentence of an inclement judge";

- also merciless, unmerciful;

- sim. unsparing;

inclementness
n1
weather unsuitable for outdoor activities;

- syn. bad weather, inclemency;

inclination / ɪ n k ɫ ɪ n eɪ ʃ n /
n1
an attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others;

- "he had an inclination to give up too easily";

- "a tendency to be too strict";

- syn. disposition, tendency;

n2
(astronomy) the angle between the plane of the orbit and the plane of the ecliptic stated in degrees;

- syn. inclination of an orbit;

n3
(geometry) the angle formed by the x-axis and a given line (measured counterclockwise from the positive half of the x-axis);

- syn. angle of inclination;

n4
(physics) the angle that a magnetic needle makes with the plane of the horizon;

- syn. angle of dip, dip, magnetic dip, magnetic inclination;

n5
that toward which you are inclined to feel a liking;

- "her inclination is for classical music";

n6
the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical;

- "the tower had a pronounced tilt";

- "the ship developed a list to starboard";

- "he walked with a heavy inclination to the right";

- syn. lean, leaning, list, tilt;

n7
a characteristic likelihood of or natural disposition toward a certain condition or character or effect;

- "the alkaline inclination of the local waters";

- "fabric with a tendency to shrink";

- syn. tendency;

n8
the act of inclining;

- bending forward;

- "an inclination of his head indicated his agreement";

- syn. inclining;

inclination of an orbit
n1
(astronomy) the angle between the plane of the orbit and the plane of the ecliptic stated in degrees;

- syn. inclination;

incline / ɪ n k ɫ aɪ n /
n1
an elevated geological formation;

- "he climbed the steep slope";

- "the house was built on the side of a mountain";

- syn. side, slope;

n2
an inclined surface connecting two levels;

- syn. ramp;

v1
have a tendency or disposition to do or be something;

- be inclined;

- "She tends to be nervous before her lectures";

- "These dresses run small";

- "He inclined to corpulence";

- syn. be given, lean, run, tend;

v2
bend or turn (one's ear) towards a speaker in order to listen well;

- "He inclined his ear to the wise old man";

v3
lower or bend (the head or upper body), as in a nod or bow;

- "She inclined her head to the student";

v4
be at an angle;

- "The terrain sloped down";

- syn. pitch, slope;

v5
feel favorably disposed or willing;

- "She inclines to the view that people should be allowed to expres their religious beliefs";

v6
make receptive or willing towards an action or attitude or belief;

- "Their language inclines us to believe them";

- syn. dispose;

incline bench press
n1
a bench press performed on an inclined bench;

inclined / ɪ n k ɫ aɪ n d /
a1
(often followed by `to') having a preference, disposition, or tendency;

- "wasn't inclined to believe the excuse";

- "inclined to be moody";

- also willing;

- sim. accident-prone, apt, fond, prone;

a2
at an angle to the horizontal or vertical position;

- "an inclined plane";

- also gradual, oblique;

- sim. aslant, atilt, high-pitched, low-pitched, monoclinal, pitched, salient, sidelong, skew;

a3
having made preparations;

- "prepared to take risks";

- syn. disposed, fain, prepared;

- sim. willing;

inclined fault
n1
a geological fault in which one side is above the other;

inclined plane
n1
a simple machine for elevating objects;

- consists of plane surface that makes an acute angle with the horizontal;

inclining / ɪ n k ɫ aɪ n ɪ ŋ /
n1
the act of inclining;

- bending forward;

- "an inclination of his head indicated his agreement";

- syn. inclination;

inclinometer / ɪ n k ɫ aɪ n ɒ m ɪ t ə /
n1
an instrument showing the angle that an aircraft makes with the horizon;

n2
a measuring instrument for measuring the angle of magnetic dip (as from an airplane);

- syn. dip circle;

n3
an instrument used by surveyors in order to measure an angle of inclination or elevation;

- syn. clinometer;

inclose / ɪ n k ɫ oʊ z /
v1
surround completely;

- "Darkness enclosed him";

- "They closed in the porch with a fence";

- syn. close in, enclose, shut in;

v2
place, fit, or thrust (something) into another thing;

- "Insert your ticket here";

- syn. enclose, insert, introduce, put in, stick in;

inclosure / ɪ n k ɫ oʊ ʒ ə , ɪ n k ɫ oʊ ʒ ə ɹ /
n1
something (usually a supporting document) that is enclosed in an envelope with a covering letter;

- syn. enclosure;

n2
the act of enclosing something inside something else;

- syn. enclosing, enclosure, envelopment;

include / ɪ n k ɫ u d /
v1
have as a part, be made up out of;

- "The list includes the names of many famous writers";

v2
consider as part of something;

- "I include you in the list of culprits";

v3
add as part of something else;

- put in as part of a set, group, or category;

- "We must include this chemical element in the group";

v4
allow participation in or the right to be part of;

- permit to exercise the rights, functions, and responsibilities of;

- "admit someone to the profession";

- "She was admitted to the New Jersey Bar";

- syn. admit, let in;

included / ɪ n k ɫ u d ɪ d /
a1
enclosed in the same envelope or package;

- "the included check";

- sim. enclosed;

inclusion / ɪ n k ɫ u ʒ n /
n1
the state of being included;

n2
the relation of comprising something;

- "he admired the inclusion of so many ideas in such a short work";

- syn. comprehension;

n3
any small intracellular body found within another (characteristic of certain diseases);

- "an inclusion in the cytoplasm of the cell";

- syn. cellular inclusion, inclusion body;

n4
the act of including;

inclusion body
n1
any small intracellular body found within another (characteristic of certain diseases);

- "an inclusion in the cytoplasm of the cell";

- syn. cellular inclusion, inclusion;

inclusion body encephalitis
n1
a rare chronic progressive encephalitis caused by the measles virus and occurring primarily in children and young adults;

- death usually occurs within three years;

- characterized by primary measles infection before the age of two years;

- syn. Bosin's disease, Dawson's encephalitis, SSPE, Van Bogaert encephalitis, sclerosing leukoencephalitis, subacute inclusion body encephalitis, subacute sclerosing leukoencephalitis, subacute sclerosing panencephalitis;

inclusion body myositis
n1
myositis characterized by weakness of limb muscles (especially the thighs and wrists and fingers);

- sometimes involves swallowing muscles;

- onset after 50 and slowly progressive;

- seen more often in men than in women;

inclusive / ɪ n k ɫ u s ɪ v /
a1
including much or everything;

- and especially including stated limits;

- "an inclusive art form";

- "an inclusive fee";

- "his concept of history is modern and inclusive";

- "from Monday to Friday inclusive";

- sim. comprehensive;

incognito / ɪ n k ɒ ɡ n ɪ t oʊ , ɪ n k ɒ ɡ n i t oʊ /
a1
with your identity concealed;

- sim. concealed;

r1
without revealing one's identity;

- "in Holland he lived incognito as a carpenter in the shipyards of the East India company";

incognizable
a1
incapable of being perceived or known;

- syn. incognoscible;

- sim. imperceptible;

incognizance / i n k ɒ ɡ n ɪ z ə n s /
n1
a lack of knowledge or recognition;

incognizant / i n k ɒ ɡ n ɪ z ə n t /
a1
(often followed by `of') not aware;

- "seemed unaware of the scrutiny";

- "unaware of the danger they were in";

- "unaware of the newborn hope";

- "the most unaware person I've known";

- syn. unaware;

- also asleep, insensible, unconscious, unwitting;

- sim. oblivious, out of it, unconscious, unsuspecting;

incognoscible
a1
incapable of being perceived or known;

- syn. incognizable;

- sim. imperceptible;

incoherence / ɪ n k oʊ h ɪə ɹ ə n s /
n1
lack of cohesion or clarity or organization;

- syn. incoherency;

n2
nonsense that is simply incoherent and unintelligible;

- syn. incoherency, unintelligibility;

incoherency / ɪ n k oʊ h ɪə ɹ ə n s i /
n1
lack of cohesion or clarity or organization;

- syn. incoherence;

n2
nonsense that is simply incoherent and unintelligible;

- syn. incoherence, unintelligibility;

incoherent / ɪ n k oʊ h ɪə ɹ ə n t /
a1
without logical or meaningful connection;

- "a turgid incoherent presentation";

- also illogical, irrational, unlogical;

- sim. confused, fuzzy;

a2
(physics) of waves having no stable definite or stable phase relation;

a3
unable to express yourself clearly or fluently;

- "felt tongue-tied with embarrassment";

- "incoherent with grief";

- syn. tongue-tied;

- sim. inarticulate;

incoherently / ɪ n k oʊ h ɪə ɹ ə n t ɫ i /
r1
in an incoherent manner;

- "he talked incoherently when he drank too much";

incombustible / ɪ n k ə m b ʌ s t ə b ɫ /
a1
not capable of igniting and burning;

- syn. noncombustible;

- sim. fire-retardant, fireproof, flameproof, nonflammable;

income / ɪ ŋ k ʌ m /
n1
the financial gain (earned or unearned) accruing over a given period of time;

income bracket
n1
a category of taxpayers based on the amount of their income;

- syn. income tax bracket, tax bracket;

income statement
n1
a financial statement that gives operating results for a specific period;

- syn. earnings report, operating statement, profit-and-loss statement;

income tax
n1
a personal tax levied on annual income;

income tax bracket
n1
a category of taxpayers based on the amount of their income;

- syn. income bracket, tax bracket;

income tax return
n1
document giving the tax collector information about the taxpayer's tax liability;

- "his gross income was enough that he had to file a tax return";

- syn. return, tax return;

incoming / ɪ n k ʌ m ɪ ŋ /
n1
the act of entering;

- "she made a grand entrance";

- syn. entering, entrance, entry, ingress;

a1
arriving at a place or position;

- "incoming class";

- "incoming mail";

- also future;

- sim. designate, elect, future, in, inbound, inflowing, inpouring;

a2
entering upon a position of office vacated by another;

- "the incoming president";

incommensurable / ɪ n k ə m ɛ n ʃ ə ɹ ə b ɫ /
a1
impossible to measure or compare in value or size or excellence;

- sim. incomparable;

a2
not having a common factor;

- sim. incommensurate;

incommensurate / ɪ n k ə m ɛ n ʃ ə ɹ ə t /
a1
not corresponding in size or degree or extent;

- "a reward incommensurate with his effort";

- also unequal;

- sim. disproportionate, incommensurable;

incommode / ɪ n k ə m oʊ d /
v1
to cause inconvenience or discomfort to;

- "Sorry to trouble you, but...";

- syn. bother, discommode, disoblige, inconvenience, put out, trouble;

incommodious / ɪ n k ə m oʊ d j ə s /
a1
uncomfortably or inconveniently small;

- "incommodious hotel accommodations";

- sim. cramped;

incommodiousness / ɪ n k ə m oʊ d j ə s n ɛ s /
n1
an inconvenient discomfort;

- syn. inconvenience;

incommunicado / ɪ n k ə m j u n ɪ k ɑ d oʊ /
a1
without the means or right to communicate;

- "a prisoner held incommunicado";

- "incommunicado political detainees";

- sim. uncommunicative;

incommunicative / ɪ n k ə m j u n ɪ k ə t ɪ v /
a1
not inclined to talk or give information or express opinions;

- syn. uncommunicative;

- also inarticulate, taciturn, unarticulate;

- sim. close, deadpan, incommunicado, inexpressive, mum, unpronounceable;

incommutability / ɪ n k ə m j u t ə b ɪ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
the quality of being not interchangeable;

incommutable / ɪ n k ə m j u t ə b ɫ /
a1
not subject to alteration or change;

- sim. inconvertible, unalterable;

a2
not interchangeable or able to substitute one for another;

- "a rare incommutable skill";

- sim. unexchangeable;

incomparable / ɪ n k ɒ m p ɹ ə b ɫ /
a1
such that comparison is impossible;

- unsuitable for comparison or lacking features that can be compared;

- "an incomparable week of rest and pleasure";

- "the computer proceeds with its incomparable logic and efficiency";

- "this report is incomparable with the earlier ones because of different breakdowns of the data";

- syn. uncomparable;

- also best, extraordinary;

- sim. all-time, alone, incommensurable, matchless;

incomparably / ɪ n k ɒ m p ɹ ə b ɫ i /
r1
in an incomparable manner or to an incomparable degree;

- "she is incomparably gifted";

- syn. uncomparably;

incompatibility / ɪ n k ə m p æ t ə b ɪ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
the relation between propositions that cannot both be true at the same time;

- syn. inconsistency, mutual exclusiveness, repugnance;

n2
(immunology) the degree to which the body's immune system will try to reject foreign material (as transfused blood or transplanted tissue);

n3
the quality of being unable to exist or work in congenial combination;

incompatible / ɪ n k ə m p æ t ə b ɫ , ɪ n k ɒ m p ɪ t ə n s /
a1
not compatible;

- "incompatible personalities";

- "incompatible colors";

- also different, incompatible, inharmonious, mismatched, uncongenial, unharmonious;

- sim. antagonistic, clashing, contradictory, uncongenial;

a2
used especially of drugs or muscles that counteract or neutralize each other's effect;

- syn. antagonistic;

- sim. antacid, antiphlogistic;

a3
not suitable to your tastes or needs;

- "the uncongenial roommates were always fighting";

- "the task was uncongenial to one sensitive to rebuffs";

- syn. uncongenial;

- also incompatible, unfriendly, unsympathetic;

- sim. disagreeable;

a4
incapable of being used with or connected to other devices or components without modification;

a5
of words so related that one contrasts with the other;

- "`rich' and `hard-up' are contrastive terms";

- syn. contrastive;

- sim. antonymous;

a6
not easy to combine harmoniously;

- syn. ill-sorted, mismated, unsuited;

- sim. mismatched;

a7
not compatible with other facts;

- syn. discrepant;

- sim. inconsistent;

a8
not in keeping with what is correct or proper;

- "completely inappropriate behavior";

- syn. inappropriate, out or keeping, unfitting;

- sim. incongruous;

a9
used especially of solids or solutions;

- incapable of blending into a stable homogeneous mixture;

- sim. immiscible;

incompatibly / ɪ n k ə m p æ t ə b ɫ i /
r1
without compatibility;

incompetence / ɪ n k ɒ m p ɪ t ə n s /
n1
lack of physical or intellectual ability or qualifications;

- syn. incompetency;

n2
inability of a part or organ to function properly;

incompetency / ɪ n k ɒ m p ɪ t ə n s i /
n1
lack of physical or intellectual ability or qualifications;

- syn. incompetence;

incompetent / ɪ n k ɒ m p ɪ t ə n t /
n1
someone who is not competent to take effective action;

- syn. incompetent person;

a1
legally not qualified or sufficient;

- "a wife is usually considered unqualified to testify against her husband";

- "incompetent witnesses";

- syn. unqualified;

a2
not qualified or suited for a purpose;

- "an incompetent secret service";

- "the filming was hopeless incompetent";

- also inefficient, unqualified, unskilled;

- sim. feckless, ineffective, unworkmanlike;

a3
showing lack of skill or aptitude;

- "a bungling workman";

- "did a clumsy job";

- "his fumbling attempt to put up a shelf";

- syn. bungling, clumsy, fumbling;

- sim. unskilled;

a4
not doing a good job;

- "incompetent at chess";

- syn. unskilled;

- sim. bad;

a5
not meeting requirements;

- "unequal to the demands put upon him";

- syn. incapable, unequal to;

- sim. inadequate;

incompetent cervix
n1
(obstetrics) uterine cervix that becomes dilated before term and without labor often resulting in miscarriage or premature birth;

incompetent person
n1
someone who is not competent to take effective action;

- syn. incompetent;

incompetently / ɪ n k ɒ m p ɪ t ə n t ɫ i /
r1
in an incompetent manner;

- "he did the job rather incompetently";

- syn. displaying incompetence;

incomplete / ɪ n k ə m p ɫ i t /
a1
not complete or total;

- not completed;

- "an incomplete account of his life";

- "political consequences of incomplete military success";

- "an incomplete forward pass";

- syn. uncomplete;

- also fractional;

- sim. broken, half, neither, partial, rudimentary, sketchy, uncompleted;

a2
not yet finished;

- "his thesis is still incomplete";

- "an uncompleted play";

- syn. uncompleted;

- sim. unfinished;

incomplete abortion
n1
termination of pregnancy without expulsion of all of the products of conception;

- syn. partial abortion;

incomplete fracture
n1
fracture that does not go across the entire width of the bone;

incompletely / ɪ n k ə m p ɫ i t ɫ i /
r1
not to a full degree or extent;

- "words incompletely understood";

- "a form filled out incompletely";

incompleteness / ɪ n k ə m p ɫ i t n ə s /
n1
the state of being crude and incomplete and imperfect;

- "the study was criticized for incompleteness of data but it stimulated further research";

- "the rawness of his diary made it unpublishable";

- syn. rawness;

incomprehensibility / ɪ n k ɒ m p ɹ ɪ h ɛ n s ə b ɪ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
the quality of being incomprehensible;

incomprehensible / ɪ n k ɒ m p ɹ ɪ h ɛ n s ə b ɫ /
a1
incapable of being explained or accounted for;

- "inexplicable errors";

- "left the house at three in the morning for inexplicable reasons";

- syn. inexplicable;

- also incomprehensible, insoluble, uncomprehensible;

- sim. cryptic, paradoxical, unaccountable, unexplained;

a2
difficult to understand;

- "the most incomprehensible thing about the universe is that it is comprehensible"- A. Einstein;

- syn. uncomprehensible;

- also inexplicable, unclear, unintelligible;

- sim. dark, enigmatic, impenetrable, indecipherable, lost, opaque, unfathomable;

incomprehension / ɪ n k ɒ m p ɹ ɪ h ɛ n ʃ n /
n1
an inability to understand;

- "his incomprehension of the consequences";

incomprehensive / ɪ n k ɒ m p ɹ ɪ h ɛ n s ɪ v /
a1
not comprehensive;

- syn. noncomprehensive;

- sim. limited;

incompressibility / ɪ n k ə m p ɹ ɛ s ə b ɪ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
the property of being incompressible;

incompressible / ɪ n k ə m p ɹ ɛ s ə b ɫ /
a1
incapable of being compressed;

- resisting compression;

- "mounds of incompressible garbage";

incomputable / ɪ n k ə m p j u t ə b ɫ /
a1
beyond calculation or measure;

- "an incomputable amount";

- "jewels of inestimable value";

- "immeasurable wealth";

- syn. immeasurable, inestimable;

- sim. incalculable;

inconceivability / ɪ n k ə n s i v ə b ɪ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
the state of being impossible to conceive;

- syn. inconceivableness;

inconceivable / ɪ n k ə n s i v ə b ɫ /
a1
totally unlikely;

- syn. impossible, out of the question, unimaginable;

- sim. unthinkable;

inconceivableness / ɪ n k ə n s i v ə b ɫ n ə s /
n1
the state of being impossible to conceive;

- syn. inconceivability;

inconceivably / ɪ n k ə n s i v ə b ɫ i /
r1
to an inconceivable degree;

- "inconceivably small";

inconclusive / ɪ n k ə n k ɫ u s ɪ v /
a1
not conclusive;

- not putting an end to doubt or question;

- "an inconclusive reply";

- "inconclusive evidence";

- "the inconclusive committee vote";

- also indecisive, indeterminate, undetermined;

- sim. equivocal, indeterminate, neck and neck, nisi;

inconclusively / ɪ n k ə n k ɫ u s ɪ v ɫ i /
r1
not conclusively;

- "the meeting ended inconclusively";

inconclusiveness / ɪ n k ə n k ɫ u s ɪ v n ə s /
n1
the quality of being inconclusive;

Inconel
n1
a nickel-base alloy with chromium and iron;

- used in gas-turbine blades;

incongruent / ɪ n k ɒ ŋ ɡ ɹ ʊə n t /
a1
not congruent;

incongruity / ɪ n k ɒ ŋ ɡ ɹ u ɪ t i /
n1
the quality of disagreeing;

- being unsuitable and inappropriate;

- syn. incongruousness;

incongruous / ɪ n k ɒ ŋ ɡ ɹ ʊə s /
a1
lacking in harmony or compatibility or appropriateness;

- "a plan incongruous with reason";

- "incongruous behavior";

- "a joke that was incongruous with polite conversation";

- sim. discrepant, inappropriate, inharmonious, ironic;

incongruously / ɪ n k ɒ ŋ ɡ ɹ ʊə s ɫ i /
r1
in an incongruous manner;

- "his shirttails stuck out from his tuxedo pants somewhat incongruously";

incongruousness / ɪ n k ɒ ŋ ɡ ɹ ʊə s n ɛ s /
n1
the quality of disagreeing;

- being unsuitable and inappropriate;

- syn. incongruity;

inconsequence / ɪ n k ɒ n s ɪ k w ə n s /
n1
having no important effects or influence;

n2
invalid or incorrect reasoning;

- syn. illogic, illogicality, illogicalness;

inconsequent / ɪ n k ɒ n s ɪ k w ə n t /
a1
lacking worth or importance;

- "his work seems trivial and inconsequential";

- "the quite inconsequent fellow was managed like a puppet";

- syn. inconsequential;

- sim. unimportant;

inconsequential / ɪ n k ɒ n s ɪ k w ɛ n ʃ ɫ /
a1
lacking worth or importance;

- "his work seems trivial and inconsequential";

- "the quite inconsequent fellow was managed like a puppet";

- syn. inconsequent;

- sim. unimportant;

a2
not following logically as a consequence;

- sim. illogical;

inconsequentially / ɪ n k ɒ n s ɪ k w ɛ n ʃ ə ɫ i /
r1
lacking consequence;

- "`You're so beautifully dressed,' she said and added quite inconsequentially, `Can you stay the night?'";

- syn. inconsequently;

inconsequently / ɪ n k ɒ n s ɪ k w ə n t ɫ i /
r1
lacking consequence;

- "`You're so beautifully dressed,' she said and added quite inconsequentially, `Can you stay the night?'";

- syn. inconsequentially;

inconsiderable / ɪ n k ə n s ɪ d ɹ ə b ɫ /
a1
too small or unimportant to merit attention;

- "passed his life in an inconsiderable village";

- "their duties were inconsiderable";

- "had no inconsiderable influence";

inconsiderate / ɪ n k ə n s ɪ d ə ɹ ə t /
a1
lacking regard for the rights or feelings of others;

- "shockingly inconsiderate behavior";

- also selfish, tactless, thoughtless, untactful;

- sim. thoughtless;

a2
without proper consideration or reflection;

- "slovenly inconsiderate reasoning";

- "unconsidered words";

- "prejudice is the holding of unconsidered opinions";

- syn. unconsidered;

- sim. thoughtless;

inconsiderately / ɪ n k ə n s ɪ d ə ɹ ə t ɫ i /
r1
without consideration;

- in an inconsiderate manner;

- "inconsiderately, he asked to be invited for dinner";

inconsiderateness / ɪ n k ə n s ɪ d ə ɹ ə t n ə s /
n1
the quality of failing to be considerate of others;

- syn. inconsideration, thoughtlessness;

inconsideration / ɪ n k ə n s ɪ d ə ɹ eɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
the quality of failing to be considerate of others;

- syn. inconsiderateness, thoughtlessness;

inconsistency / ɪ n k ə n s ɪ s t ə n s i /
n1
the relation between propositions that cannot both be true at the same time;

- syn. incompatibility, mutual exclusiveness, repugnance;

n2
the quality of being inconsistent and lacking a harmonious uniformity among things or parts;

inconsistent / ɪ n k ə n s ɪ s t ə n t /
a1
displaying a lack of consistency;

- "inconsistent statements cannot both be true at the same time";

- "inconsistent with the roadmap";

- also variable;

- sim. at odds, discrepant, spotty, unconformable, unreconciled;

a2
not capable of being made consistent or harmonious;

- "inconsistent accounts";

- sim. irreconcilable;

a3
not in agreement;

- syn. discrepant;

- sim. incongruous;

inconsistently / ɪ n k ə n s ɪ s t ə n t ɫ i /
r1
without showing consistency;

- "he acted inconsistently when he bought these stocks";

inconsolable / ɪ n k ə n s oʊ ɫ ə b ɫ /
a1
sad beyond comforting;

- incapable of being consoled;

- "inconsolable when her son died";

- syn. disconsolate, unconsolable;

- sim. desolate;

inconspicuous / ɪ n k ə n s p ɪ k j ʊə s /
a1
not prominent or readily noticeable;

- "he pushed the string through an inconspicuous hole";

- "the invisible man";

- syn. invisible;

- sim. obscure;

inconspicuously / ɪ n k ə n s p ɪ k j ʊə s ɫ i /
r1
in a manner intended to avoid attracting attention;

- "he had entered the room inconspicuously";

inconspicuousness / ɪ n k ə n s p ɪ k j ʊə s n ə s /
n1
the quality of being not easily seen;

inconstancy / ɪ n k ɒ n s t ə n s i /
n1
unfaithfulness by virtue of being unreliable or treacherous;

- syn. faithlessness, falseness, fickleness;

n2
the quality of being changeable and variable;

- syn. changefulness;

inconstant / ɪ n k ɒ n s t ə n t /
a1
likely to change frequently often without apparent or cogent reason;

- variable;

- "inconstant affections";

- "an inconstant lover";

- "swear not by...the inconstant moon"- Shakespeare;

- also changeable, changeful, unfaithful, unstable, variable, volatile;

- sim. false, fickle, mutable;

incontestable / ɪ n k ə n t ɛ s t ə b ɫ /
a1
incapable of being contested or disputed;

- syn. incontestible;

- also unquestionable;

- sim. demonstrable, demonstrated, inarguable, unanswerable, unassailable;

a2
not open to question;

- obviously true;

- "undeniable guilt";

- "indisputable evidence of a witness";

- syn. indisputable, undisputable;

- sim. undeniable;

incontestible
a1
incapable of being contested or disputed;

- syn. incontestable;

- also unquestionable;

- sim. demonstrable, demonstrated, inarguable, unanswerable, unassailable;

incontinence / ɪ n k ɒ n t ɪ n ə n s /
n1
involuntary urination or defecation;

- syn. incontinency;

n2
indiscipline with regard to sensuous pleasures;

- syn. dissoluteness, self-gratification;

incontinency / ɪ n k ɒ n t ɪ n ə n s i /
n1
involuntary urination or defecation;

- syn. incontinence;

incontinent / ɪ n k ɒ n t ɪ n ə n t /
a1
not having control over urination and defecation;

- sim. leaky;

incontrovertibility / ɪ n k ɒ n t ɹ ə v ɝ t ə b ɪ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
the quality of being undeniable and not worth arguing about;

- syn. incontrovertibleness, positiveness, positivity;

incontrovertible / ɪ n k ɒ n t ɹ ə v ɝ t ə b ɫ /
a1
impossible to deny or disprove;

- "incontrovertible proof of the defendant's innocence";

- "proof positive";

- "an irrefutable argument";

- syn. irrefutable, positive;

- sim. undeniable;

a2
necessarily or demonstrably true;

- "demonstrable truths";

- syn. demonstrable;

- sim. incontestable;

incontrovertibleness / ɪ n k ɒ n t ɹ ə v ɝ t ə b ɫ n ə s /
n1
the quality of being undeniable and not worth arguing about;

- syn. incontrovertibility, positiveness, positivity;

incontrovertibly / ɪ n k ɒ n t ɹ ə v ɝ t ə b ɫ i /
r1
in an obvious and provable manner;

- "his documentary sources are demonstrably wrong";

- syn. demonstrably, provably;

inconvenience / ɪ n k ə n v i n ɪə n s /
n1
an inconvenient discomfort;

- syn. incommodiousness;

n2
a difficulty that causes anxiety;

- syn. troublesomeness, worriment;

n3
the quality of not being useful or convenient;

v1
to cause inconvenience or discomfort to;

- "Sorry to trouble you, but...";

- syn. bother, discommode, disoblige, incommode, put out, trouble;

inconvenience oneself
v1
take the trouble to do something;

- concern oneself;

- "He did not trouble to call his mother on her birthday";

- "Don't bother, please";

- syn. bother, trouble, trouble oneself;

inconvenient / ɪ n k ə n v i n ɪə n t /
a1
not suited to your comfort, purpose or needs;

- "it is inconvenient not to have a telephone in the kitchen";

- "the back hall is an inconvenient place for the telephone";

- sim. awkward;

a2
not conveniently timed;

- "an early departure is inconvenient for us";

- sim. inopportune;

inconveniently / ɪ n k ə n v i n ɪə n t ɫ i /
r1
in an inconvenient manner;

- "he arrived at an inconveniently late hour";

inconvertibility / ɪ n k ə n v ɝ t ə b ɪ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
the quality of not being exchangeable;

- "the inconvertibility of their currency made international trade impossible";

inconvertible / ɪ n k ə n v ɝ t ə b ɫ /
a1
used especially of currencies;

- incapable of being exchanged for or replaced by another currency of equal value;

- syn. unconvertible, unexchangeable;

- sim. irredeemable;

a2
not capable of being changed into something else;

- "the alchemists were unable to accept the inconvertible nature of elemental metals";

- syn. untransmutable;

- sim. incommutable;

incoordination / ɪ ŋ k oʊ ɔ d ɪ n eɪ ʃ n /
n1
a lack of coordination of movements;

incorporate / ɪ n k ɔ p ə ɹ ə t , ɪ n k ɔ p ə ɹ eɪ t /
v1
make into a whole or make part of a whole;

- "She incorporated his suggestions into her proposal";

- syn. integrate;

v2
include or contain;

- have as a component;

- "A totally new idea is comprised in this paper";

- "The record contains many old songs from the 1930's";

- syn. comprise, contain;

v3
form a corporation;

v4
unite or merge with something already in existence;

- "incorporate this document with those pertaining to the same case";

a1
formed or united into a whole;

- syn. incorporated, integrated, merged, unified;

- sim. united;

incorporated / ɪ n k ɔ p ə ɹ eɪ t ɪ d /
a1
formed or united into a whole;

- syn. incorporate, integrated, merged, unified;

- sim. united;

a2
organized and maintained as a legal corporation;

- "a special agency set up in corporate form";

- "an incorporated town";

- syn. corporate;

- sim. organized;

a3
introduced into as a part of the whole;

- "the ideas incorporated in his revised manuscript";

- sim. integrated;

incorporation / ɪ n k ɔ p ə ɹ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
consolidating two or more things;

- union in (or into) one body;

n2
learning (of values or attitudes etc.) that is incorporated within yourself;

- syn. internalisation, internalization;

n3
including by incorporating;

incorporative / ɪ n k ɔ p ə ɹ ə t ɪ v /
a1
growing by taking over and incorporating adjacent territories;

- "the Russian Empire was a typical incorporative state";

- sim. increasing;

incorporeal / ɪ n k ɔ p ɔ ɹ ɪə ɫ /
a1
without material form or substance;

- "an incorporeal spirit";

- syn. immaterial;

- also unbodied;

- sim. discorporate, spiritual;

incorporeality
n1
the quality of not being physical;

- not consisting of matter;

- syn. immateriality;

incorrect / ɪ n k ə ɹ ɛ k t /
a1
not correct;

- not in conformity with fact or truth;

- "an incorrect calculation";

- "the report in the paper is wrong";

- "your information is wrong";

- "the clock showed the wrong time";

- "found themselves on the wrong road";

- "based on the wrong assumptions";

- syn. wrong;

- also false, improper, inaccurate;

- sim. erroneous, fallacious, false;

a2
not in accord with established usage or procedure;

- "the wrong medicine";

- "the wrong way to shuck clams";

- "it is incorrect for a policeman to accept gifts";

- syn. wrong;

- sim. improper;

a3
(of a word or expression) not agreeing with grammatical principles;

- sim. ungrammatical;

a4
characterized by errors;

- not agreeing with a model or not following established rules;

- "he submitted a faulty report";

- "an incorrect transcription";

- "the wrong side of the road";

- syn. faulty, wrong;

- sim. inaccurate;

incorrectly / ɪ n k ə ɹ ɛ k t ɫ i /
r1
in an incorrect manner;

- "to credit Lister with the first formulation of the basic principle of stratigraphy would be to bestow credit falsely";

- syn. falsely;

r2
in an inaccurate manner;

- "he decided to reveal the details only after other sources had reported them incorrectly";

- "she guessed wrong";

- syn. wrong, wrongly;

incorrectness / ɪ n k ə ɹ ɛ k t n ə s /
n1
lack of conformity to social expectations;

n2
the quality of not conforming to fact or truth;

- syn. wrongness;

incorrigible / ɪ n k ɒ ɹ ɪ dʒ ə b ɫ /
a1
impervious to correction by punishment;

- also disobedient;

- sim. uncontrollable, unreformable;

a2
difficult or impossible to manage or control;

- "an incorrigible mess";

- sim. unmanageable;

incorrigibly / ɪ n k ɒ ɹ ɪ dʒ ə b ɫ i /
r1
in an incorrigible manner;

incorrupt / ɪ n k ə ɹ ʌ p t /
a1
free of corruption or immorality;

- "a policeman who was incorrupt and incorruptible";

- also moral;

- sim. antiseptic, incorruptible, uncorrupted, uncorrupted;

a2
not decayed;

- syn. undecomposed;

- sim. fresh;

incorrupted / ɪ n k ə ɹ ʌ p t ɪ d /
a1
without fault or error;

- "faultless logic";

- "speaks impeccable French";

- "timing and technique were immaculate";

- "an immaculate record";

- syn. faultless, immaculate, impeccable;

- sim. perfect;

incorruptibility / ɪ n k ə ɹ ʌ p t ə b ɪ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
the incapability of being corrupted;

incorruptible / ɪ n k ə ɹ ʌ p t ə b ɫ /
a1
incapable of being morally corrupted;

- "incorruptible judges are the backbone of the society";

- sim. incorrupt;

incorruption / ɪ n k ə ɹ ʌ p ʃ ə n /
n1
characterized by integrity or probity;

- syn. incorruptness;

incorruptness / ɪ n k ə ɹ ʌ p t n ə s /
n1
characterized by integrity or probity;

- syn. incorruption;

increase / ɪ n k ɹ i s , ɪ ŋ k ɹ i s /
n1
a quantity that is added;

- "there was an addition to property taxes this year";

- "they recorded the cattle's gain in weight over a period of weeks";

- syn. addition, gain;

n2
a change resulting in an increase;

- "the increase is scheduled for next month";

n3
a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important;

- "the increase in unemployment";

- "the growth of population";

- syn. growth, increment;

n4
the amount by which something increases;

- "they proposed an increase of 15 percent in the fare";

- syn. increment;

n5
the act of increasing something;

- "he gave me an increase in salary";

- syn. step-up;

v1
become bigger or greater in amount;

- "The amount of work increased";

v2
make bigger or more;

- "The boss finally increased her salary";

- "The university increased the number of students it admitted";

increased / ɪ n k ɹ i s t /
a1
made greater in size or amount or degree;

- sim. accrued, augmented, enhanced, exaggerated, hyperbolic, multiplied, raised, redoubled;

increasing / ɪ n k ɹ i s ɪ ŋ /
a1
becoming greater or larger;

- "increasing prices";

- sim. accelerative, accretionary, accretive, augmentative, incorporative, maximizing, multiplicative, profit-maximizing, progressive, raising;

a2
(music) increasing in tempo and/or volume;

- sim. accelerando, crescendo;

increasing monotonic
a1
consistently increasing;

- "an increasing monotonic function";

- sim. monotonic;

increasingly / ɪ n k ɹ i s ɪ ŋ ɫ i /
r1
advancing in amount or intensity;

- "she became increasingly depressed";

- syn. more and more, progressively;

incredibility / ɪ n k ɹ ɛ d ə b ɪ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
the quality of being incredible;

- syn. incredibleness;

incredible / ɪ n k ɹ ɛ d ə b ɫ /
a1
beyond belief or understanding;

- "at incredible speed";

- "the book's plot is simply incredible";

- syn. unbelievable;

- also implausible, incredulous, unconvincing, unthinkable;

- sim. astounding, fabulous, improbable, undreamed;

incredibleness / ɪ n k ɹ ɛ d ə b ɫ n ə s /
n1
the quality of being incredible;

- syn. incredibility;

incredibly / ɪ n k ɹ ɛ d ə b ɫ i /
r1
not easy to believe;

- "incredibly, she survived the crash";

- syn. implausibly, improbably, unbelievably;

r2
exceedingly;

- extremely;

- "she plays fabulously well";

- "behind you the coastal hills plunge to the incredibly blue sea backed by the Turkish mountains";

- syn. fabulously, fantastically;

incredulity / ɪ n k ɹ ɪ d j u ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
doubt about the truth of something;

- syn. disbelief, mental rejection, skepticism;

incredulous / ɪ n k ɹ ɛ d j ʊ ɫ ə s /
a1
not disposed or willing to believe;

- unbelieving;

- also distrustful, incredible, unbelievable;

- sim. disbelieving;

incredulously / ɪ n k ɹ ɛ d j ʊ ɫ ə s ɫ i /
r1
in an incredulous manner;

- "the woman looked up at her incredulously";

- syn. disbelievingly, unbelievingly;

increment / ɪ n k ɹ ə m ə n t /
n1
a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important;

- "the increase in unemployment";

- "the growth of population";

- syn. growth, increase;

n2
the amount by which something increases;

- "they proposed an increase of 15 percent in the fare";

- syn. increase;

incremental / ɪ n k ɹ ə m ɛ n t ɫ /
a1
increasing gradually by regular degrees or additions;

- "lecturers enjoy...steady incremental growth in salary";

- sim. additive;

incremental cost
n1
the increase or decrease in costs as a result of one more or one less unit of output;

- syn. differential cost, marginal cost;

incriminate / ɪ n k ɹ ɪ m ɪ n eɪ t /
v1
suggest that someone is guilty;

- syn. imply, inculpate;

v2
bring an accusation against;

- level a charge against;

- "The neighbors accused the man of spousal abuse";

- syn. accuse, criminate, impeach;

incriminating / ɪ n k ɹ ɪ m ɪ n eɪ t ɪ ŋ /
a1
charging or suggestive of guilt or blame;

- "incriminatory testimony";

- syn. criminative, criminatory, incriminatory;

- sim. inculpatory;

incriminatingly / ɪ n k ɹ ɪ m ɪ n eɪ t ɪ ŋ ɫ i /
r1
in an incriminating manner;

incrimination / ɪ n k ɹ ɪ m ɪ n eɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
an accusation that you are responsible for some lapse or misdeed;

- "his incrimination was based on my testimony";

- "the police laid the blame on the driver";

- syn. blame, inculpation;

incriminatory / ɪ n k ɹ ɪ m ɪ n ə t ə ɹ i /
a1
charging or suggestive of guilt or blame;

- "incriminatory testimony";

- syn. criminative, criminatory, incriminating;

- sim. inculpatory;

incrust / ɪ n k ɹ ʌ s t /
v1
decorate or cover lavishly (as with gems);

- syn. beset, encrust;

v2
cover or coat with a crust;

- syn. encrust;

v3
form a crust or a hard layer;

- syn. encrust;

incrustation / ɪ n k ɹ ʌ s t eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the formation of a crust;

- syn. encrustation;

n2
a hard outer layer that covers something;

- syn. crust, encrustation;

n3
a decorative coating of contrasting material that is applied to a surface as an inlay or overlay;

- syn. encrustation;

incubate / ɪ n k j ʊ b eɪ t /
v1
grow under conditions that promote development;

v2
sit on (eggs);

- "Birds brood";

- "The female covers the eggs";

- syn. brood, cover, hatch;

incubation / ɪ n k j ʊ b eɪ ʃ n /
n1
maintaining something at the most favorable temperature for its development;

n2
(pathology) the phase in the development of an infection between the time a pathogen enters the body and the time the first symptoms appear;

n3
sitting on eggs so as to hatch them by the warmth of the body;

- syn. brooding;

incubation period
n1
the period between infection and the appearance of symptoms of the disease;

incubator / ɪ n k j ʊ b eɪ t ə , ɪ n k j ʊ b eɪ t ə ɹ /
n1
apparatus consisting of a box designed to maintain a constant temperature by the use of a thermostat;

- used for chicks or premature infants;

- syn. brooder;

incubus / ɪ ŋ k j ʊ b ə s /
n1
a male demon believed to lie on sleeping persons and to have sexual intercourse with sleeping women;

n2
a situation resembling a terrifying dream;

- syn. nightmare;

n3
someone who depresses or worries others;

inculcate / ɪ n k ʌ ɫ k eɪ t /
v1
teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions;

- "inculcate values into the young generation";

- syn. infuse, instill;

inculcation / ɪ n k ʌ ɫ k eɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
teaching or impressing upon the mind by frequent instruction or repetition;

- syn. ingraining, instilling;

inculpability / ɪ n k ʌ ɫ p ə b ɪ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
a state of innocence;

- syn. blamelessness, guiltlessness, inculpableness;

inculpable / ɪ n k ʌ ɫ p ə b ɫ /
a1
free of guilt;

- not subject to blame;

- "has lived a blameless life";

- "of irreproachable character";

- "an unimpeachable reputation";

- syn. blameless, irreproachable, unimpeachable;

- sim. innocent;

inculpableness / ɪ n k ʌ ɫ p ə b ɫ n ə s /
n1
a state of innocence;

- syn. blamelessness, guiltlessness, inculpability;

inculpate / ɪ n k ʌ ɫ p eɪ t /
v1
suggest that someone is guilty;

- syn. imply, incriminate;

inculpation / ɪ n k ʌ ɫ p eɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
an accusation that you are responsible for some lapse or misdeed;

- "his incrimination was based on my testimony";

- "the police laid the blame on the driver";

- syn. blame, incrimination;

inculpative
a1
causing blame to be imputed to;

- syn. inculpatory;

- also guilty;

- sim. accusative, comminatory, condemnatory, criminative, damnatory, recriminative;

inculpatory / ɪ n k ʌ ɫ p ə t ə ɹ i /
a1
causing blame to be imputed to;

- syn. inculpative;

- also guilty;

- sim. accusative, comminatory, condemnatory, criminative, damnatory, recriminative;

incumbency / ɪ n k ʌ m b ə n s i /
n1
the term during which some position is held;

- syn. tenure, term of office;

n2
a duty that is incumbent upon you;

n3
the office of an incumbent;

incumbent / ɪ n k ʌ m b ə n t /
n1
the official who holds an office;

- syn. officeholder;

a1
lying or leaning on something else;

- "an incumbent geological formation";

- sim. superjacent;

a2
necessary (for someone) as a duty or responsibility;

- morally binding;

- "it is incumbent on them to pay their own debts";

- sim. necessary;

a3
currently holding an office;

- "the incumbent governor";

- sim. current;

incumbent on
a1
morally binding or necessary;

- "it is incumbent on me to attend";

- sim. obligatory;

incumbrance / ɪ n k ʌ m b ɹ ə n s /
n1
a charge against property (as a lien or mortgage);

- syn. encumbrance;

n2
an onerous or difficult concern;

- "the burden of responsibility";

- "that's a load off my mind";

- syn. burden, encumbrance, load, onus;

n3
any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome;

- syn. encumbrance, hinderance, hindrance, hitch, interference, preventative, preventive;

incur / ɪ n k ɝ , ɪ n k ɝ ɹ /
v1
make oneself subject to;

- bring upon oneself;

- become liable to;

- "People who smoke incur a great danger to their health";

v2
receive a specified treatment (abstract);

- "These aspects of civilization do not find expression or receive an interpretation";

- "His movie received a good review";

- "I got nothing but trouble for my good intentions";

- syn. find, get, obtain, receive;

incurability / ɪ n k j ʊə ɹ ə b ɪ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
incapability of being cured or healed;

- syn. incurableness;

n2
incapability of being altered in disposition or habits;

- "the incurability of his optimism";

incurable / ɪ n k j ʊə ɹ ə b ɫ /
n1
a person whose disease is incurable;

a1
incapable of being cured;

- "an incurable disease";

- "an incurable addiction to smoking";

a2
unalterable in disposition or habits;

- "an incurable optimist";

- sim. unalterable;

incurableness / ɪ n k j ʊə ɹ ə b ɫ n ɪ s /
n1
incapability of being cured or healed;

- syn. incurability;

incurably / ɪ n k j ʊə ɹ ə b ɫ i /
r1
to an incurable degree;

- "she was incurably optimistic";

r2
in a manner impossible to cure;

- "he is incurably ill";

incurious / ɪ n k j ʊə ɹ ɪə s /
a1
showing absence of intellectual inquisitiveness or natural curiosity;

- "strangely incurious about the cause of the political upheaval surrounding them";

- also uninterested;

- sim. uninquiring, uninterested;

incurrence
n1
the act of incurring (making yourself subject to something undesirable);

incurring / ɪ n k ɝ ɹ ɪ ŋ /
n1
acquiring or coming into something (usually undesirable);

- "incurring debts is easier than paying them";

incursion / ɪ n k ɝ ʃ n /
n1
the act of entering some territory or domain (often in large numbers);

- "the incursion of television into the American living room";

n2
an attack that penetrates into enemy territory;

- syn. penetration;

n3
the mistake of incurring liability or blame;

incursive / ɪ n k ɝ s ɪ v /
a1
involving invasion or aggressive attack;

- "invasive war";

- syn. invading, invasive;

- sim. offensive;

incurvate / ɪ n k ɝ v eɪ t /
v1
bend inwards;

- "The body incurvates a little at the back";

v2
cause to curve inward;

- "gravity incurvates the rays";

a1
bent into or having an inward curve;

- syn. incurved;

- sim. curved;

incurvation / ɪ n k ɝ v eɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
a shape that curves or bends inward;

- syn. concave shape, concavity, incurvature;

n2
the action of creating a curved shape;

incurvature / ɪ n k ɝ v ə tʃ ə /
n1
a shape that curves or bends inward;

- syn. concave shape, concavity, incurvation;

incurved / ɪ n k ɝ v d /
a1
bent into or having an inward curve;

- syn. incurvate;

- sim. curved;

incus
n1
the ossicle between the malleus and the stapes;

- syn. anvil;

Ind.
n1
a state in midwestern United States;

- syn. Hoosier State, IN, Indiana;

indaba
n1
a council at which indigenous peoples of southern Africa meet to discuss some important question;

indapamide
n1
diuretic (trade name Lozal) used in the treatment of hypertension;

- syn. Lozal;

indebted / ɪ n d ɛ t ɪ d /
a1
owing gratitude or recognition to another for help or favors etc;

- sim. obligated;

a2
under a legal obligation to someone;

- sim. obligated;

indebtedness / ɪ n d ɛ t ɪ d n ə s /
n1
an obligation to pay money to another party;

- syn. financial obligation, liability;

n2
a personal relation in which one is indebted for a service or favor;

- syn. obligation;

indecency / ɪ n d i s ə n s i /
n1
the quality of being indecent;

n2
an indecent or improper act;

- syn. impropriety;

indecent / ɪ n d i s n t /
a1
not in keeping with accepted standards of what is right or proper in polite society;

- "was buried with indecent haste";

- "indecorous behavior";

- "language unbecoming to a lady";

- "unseemly to use profanity";

- "moved to curb their untoward ribaldry";

- syn. indecorous, unbecoming, uncomely, unseemly, untoward;

- sim. improper;

a2
offensive to good taste especially in sexual matters;

- "an earthy but not indecent story";

- "an indecent gesture";

- also dirty, improper, indecorous, indelicate;

- sim. Hollywood, crude, indelicate, obscene, suggestive;

a3
offending against sexual mores in conduct or appearance;

- "a bathing suit considered indecent by local standards";

- sim. immodest;

indecent exposure
n1
vulgar and offensive nakedness in a public place;

- syn. public nudity;

indecently / ɪ n d i s n t ɫ i /
r1
in an indecent manner;

- "she was rather indecently dressed";

indecipherable / ɪ n d ɪ s aɪ f ɹ ə b ɫ /
a1
not easily deciphered;

- "indecipherable handwriting";

- syn. unclear, undecipherable, unreadable;

- sim. illegible;

a2
impossible to determine the meaning of;

- "an indecipherable message";

- sim. incomprehensible;

indecision / ɪ n d ɪ s ɪ ʒ n /
n1
doubt concerning two or more possible alternatives or courses of action;

- "his indecision was only momentary but the opportunity was lost";

- syn. indecisiveness, irresolution;

n2
the trait of irresolution;

- a lack of firmness of character or purpose;

- "the king's incurable indecisiveness caused turmoil in his court";

- syn. indecisiveness;

indecisive / ɪ n d ɪ s aɪ s ɪ v /
a1
characterized by lack of decision and firmness;

- "an indecisive manager brought the enterprise to a standstill";

- also irresolute;

- sim. hesitant, on the fence, suspensive;

a2
not definitely settling something;

- "a long and indecisive war";

- also inconclusive, irresolute;

a3
not clearly defined;

- "indecisive boundaries running through mountains";

- sim. indefinite;

indecisively / ɪ n d ɪ s aɪ s ɪ v ɫ i /
r1
lacking firmness or resoluteness;

- "`I don't know,' he said indecisively";

r2
without finality;

- inconclusively;

- "the battle ended indecisively;

- neither side had clearly won but neither side admitted defeat";

indecisiveness / ɪ n d ɪ s aɪ s ɪ v n ə s /
n1
doubt concerning two or more possible alternatives or courses of action;

- "his indecision was only momentary but the opportunity was lost";

- syn. indecision, irresolution;

n2
the trait of irresolution;

- a lack of firmness of character or purpose;

- "the king's incurable indecisiveness caused turmoil in his court";

- syn. indecision;

indecorous / ɪ n d ɛ k ə ɹ ə s /
a1
lacking propriety and good taste in manners and conduct;

- "indecorous behavior";

- syn. indelicate;

- also improper, indecent;

a2
not in keeping with accepted standards of what is right or proper in polite society;

- "was buried with indecent haste";

- "indecorous behavior";

- "language unbecoming to a lady";

- "unseemly to use profanity";

- "moved to curb their untoward ribaldry";

- syn. indecent, unbecoming, uncomely, unseemly, untoward;

- sim. improper;

indecorously / ɪ n d ɛ k ə ɹ ə s ɫ i /
r1
without decorousness;

- syn. unbecomingly;

indecorousness / ɪ n d ɛ k ə ɹ ə s n ə s /
n1
a lack of decorum;

- syn. indecorum;

indecorum / ɪ n d ɪ k ɔ ɹ ə m /
n1
a lack of decorum;

- syn. indecorousness;

n2
an act of undue intimacy;

- syn. familiarity, impropriety, liberty;

indeed / ɪ n d i d /
r1
in truth (often tends to intensify);

- "they said the car would break down and indeed it did";

- "it is very cold indeed";

- "was indeed grateful";

- "indeed, the rain may still come";

- "he did so do it!";

- syn. so;

r2
(used as an interjection) an expression of surprise or skepticism or irony etc.;

- "Wants to marry the butler? Indeed!";

indefatigability / ɪ n d ɪ f æ t ɪ ɡ ə b ɪ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
tireless determination;

- syn. indefatigableness, tirelessness;

indefatigable / ɪ n d ɪ f æ t ɪ ɡ ə b ɫ /
a1
showing sustained enthusiastic action with unflagging vitality;

- "an indefatigable advocate of equal rights";

- "a tireless worker";

- "unflagging pursuit of excellence";

- syn. tireless, unflagging, unwearying;

- sim. energetic;

indefatigableness / ɪ n d ɪ f æ t ɪ ɡ ə b ɫ n ə s /
n1
tireless determination;

- syn. indefatigability, tirelessness;

indefatigably
r1
with indefatigable energy;

- "she watched the show indefatigably";

- syn. inexhaustibly, tirelessly;

indefeasible / ɪ n d ɪ f ɛ n s ə b ɫ , ɪ n d ɪ f i z ə b ɫ /
a1
not liable to being annulled or voided or undone;

- "an indefeasible right to freedom";

- "an indefeasible claim to the title";

- sim. unforfeitable;

indefensible / ɪ n d ɪ f ɛ n s ə b ɫ /
a1
(of theories etc) incapable of being defended or justified;

- syn. untenable;

- sim. unreasonable;

a2
not able to be protected against attack;

- sim. vulnerable;

a3
incapable of being justified or explained;

- syn. insupportable, unjustifiable, unwarrantable, unwarranted;

- sim. inexcusable;

indefinable / ɪ n d ɪ f aɪ n ə b ɫ /
a1
not capable of being precisely or readily described;

- not easily put into words;

- "an indefinable feeling of terror";

- "an abstract concept that seems indefinable";

- syn. undefinable;

- sim. undefined;

a2
defying expression or description;

- "indefinable yearnings";

- "indescribable beauty";

- "ineffable ecstasy";

- "inexpressible anguish";

- "unspeakable happiness";

- "unutterable contempt";

- "a thing of untellable splendor";

- syn. indescribable, ineffable, unspeakable, untellable, unutterable;

- sim. inexpressible;

indefinite / ɪ n d ɛ f ɪ n ə t /
a1
vague or not clearly defined or stated;

- "must you be so indefinite?";

- "amorphous blots of color having vague and indefinite edges";

- "he would not answer so indefinite a proposal";

- also indistinct, unclear, undefined, vague;

- sim. coy, indecisive, nebulous, noncommittal, one;

a2
not decided or not known;

- "were indefinite about their plans";

- "plans are indefinite";

- sim. uncertain;

indefinite article
n1
a determiner (as `a' or `some' in English) that indicates nonspecific reference;

indefinite integral
n1
the set of functions F(x) + C, where C is any real number, such that F(x) is the integral of f(x);

indefinite quantity
n1
an estimated quantity;

indefinitely / ɪ n d ɛ f ɪ n ə t ɫ i /
r1
to an indefinite extent;

- for an indefinite time;

- "this could go on indefinitely";

indefiniteness / ɪ n d ɛ f ɪ n ə t n ɛ s /
n1
the quality of being vague and poorly defined;

- syn. indefinity, indeterminacy, indeterminateness, indetermination;

indefinity / ɪ n d ɛ f ɪ n ɪ t i /
n1
the quality of being vague and poorly defined;

- syn. indefiniteness, indeterminacy, indeterminateness, indetermination;

indehiscent
a1
(of e.g. fruits) not opening spontaneously at maturity to release seeds;

indelible / ɪ n d ɛ ɫ ə b ɫ /
a1
cannot be removed or erased;

- "an indelible stain";

- "indelible memories";

- syn. unerasable;

- sim. ineradicable;

indelible ink
n1
ink that cannot be erased or washed away;

indelibly / ɪ n d ɛ ɫ ə b ɫ i , ɪ n d ɛ ɫ ɪ b ɫ i /
r1
in an indelible manner;

- "this tradition has left its mark indelibly upon the social, political, educational and industrial fabric of this country";

indelicacy / ɪ n d ɛ ɫ ɪ k ə s i /
n1
the trait of being indelicate and offensive;

n2
an impolite act or expression;

indelicate / ɪ n d ɛ ɫ ɪ k ə t /
a1
in violation of good taste even verging on the indecent;

- "an indelicate remark";

- "an off-color joke";

- syn. off-color, off-colour;

- sim. tasteless;

a2
lacking propriety and good taste in manners and conduct;

- "indecorous behavior";

- syn. indecorous;

- also improper, indecent;

a3
verging on the indecent;

- "an indelicate proposition";

- sim. indecent;

indemnification / ɪ n d ɛ m n ɪ f ɪ k eɪ ʃ n /
n1
a sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury;

- syn. amends, damages, indemnity, redress, restitution;

n2
an act of compensation for actual loss or damage or for trouble and annoyance;

indemnify / ɪ n d ɛ m n ɪ f aɪ /
v1
secure against future loss, damage, or liability;

- give security for;

- "This plan indemnifies workers against wages lost through illness";

v2
make amends for;

- pay compensation for;

- "One can never fully repair the suffering and losses of the Jews in the Third Reich";

- "She was compensated for the loss of her arm in the accident";

- syn. compensate, recompense, repair;

indemnity / ɪ n d ɛ m n ɪ t i /
n1
protection against future loss;

- syn. insurance;

n2
legal exemption from liability for damages;

n3
a sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury;

- syn. amends, damages, indemnification, redress, restitution;

indene
n1
a colorless liquid hydrocarbon extracted from petroleum or coal tar and used in making synthetic resins;

indent / ɪ n d ɛ n t /
n1
an order for goods to be exported or imported;

n2
the space left between the margin and the start of an indented line;

- syn. indentation, indention, indenture;

v1
set in from the margin;

- "Indent the paragraphs of a letter";

v2
cut or tear along an irregular line so that the parts can later be matched for authentication;

- "indent the documents";

v3
make a depression into;

- "The bicycle dented my car";

- syn. dent;

v4
notch the edge of or make jagged;

v5
bind by or as if by indentures, as of an apprentice or servant;

- "an indentured servant";

- syn. indenture;

indentation / ɪ n d ɛ n t eɪ ʃ n /
n1
a concave cut into a surface or edge (as in a coastline);

- syn. indenture;

n2
the formation of small pits in a surface as a consequence of corrosion;

- syn. pitting, roughness;

n3
the space left between the margin and the start of an indented line;

- syn. indent, indention, indenture;

n4
the act of cutting into an edge with toothlike notches or angular incisions;

indention / ɪ n d ɛ n t aɪ ə n /
n1
the space left between the margin and the start of an indented line;

- syn. indent, indentation, indenture;

indenture / ɪ n d ɛ n tʃ ə , ɪ n d ɛ n tʃ ə ɹ /
n1
a concave cut into a surface or edge (as in a coastline);

- syn. indentation;

n2
formal agreement between the issuer of bonds and the bondholders as to terms of the debt;

n3
a contract binding one party into the service of another for a specified term;

n4
the space left between the margin and the start of an indented line;

- syn. indent, indentation, indention;

v1
bind by or as if by indentures, as of an apprentice or servant;

- "an indentured servant";

- syn. indent;

indentured / ɪ n d ɛ n tʃ ə d /
a1
bound by contract;

- syn. apprenticed, articled, bound;

- sim. unfree;

independence / ɪ n d ɪ p ɛ n d ə n s /
n1
freedom from control or influence of another or others;

- syn. independency;

n2
the successful ending of the American Revolution;

- "they maintained close relations with England even after independence";

n3
a city in western Missouri;

- the beginning of the Santa Fe Trail;

Independence Day
n1
a legal holiday in the United States;

- syn. Fourth of July, July 4;

Independence Hall
n1
the building in Philadelphia where the Declaration of Independence was signed;

independency / ɪ n d ɪ p ɛ n d ə n s i /
n1
freedom from control or influence of another or others;

- syn. independence;

independent / ɪ n d ɪ p ɛ n d ə n t /
n1
a neutral or uncommitted person (especially in politics);

- syn. fencesitter, mugwump;

n2
a writer or artist who sells services to different employers without a long-term contract with any of them;

- syn. free-lance, free lance, freelance, freelancer, self-employed person;

a1
free from external control and constraint;

- "an independent mind";

- "a series of independent judgments";

- "fiercely independent individualism";

- also free, separate;

- sim. autarkic, autonomous, autonomous, breakaway, commutative, free-living, indie, individual, self-sufficient, self-supporting, single-handed, strong-minded, unaffiliated, unconditional;

a2
(of political bodies) not controlled by outside forces;

- "an autonomous judiciary";

- "a sovereign state";

- syn. autonomous, self-governing, sovereign;

- sim. free;

a3
(of a clause) capable of standing syntactically alone as a complete sentence;

- "the main (or independent) clause in a complex sentence has at least a subject and a verb";

- syn. main;

a4
not controlled by a party or interest group;

- sim. nonpartisan;

independent agency
n1
an agency of the United States government that is created by an act of Congress and is independent of the executive departments;

independent clause
n1
a clause in a complex sentence that can stand alone as a complete sentence;

- syn. main clause;

Independent State of Papua New Guinea
n1
a parliamentary democracy on the eastern half of the island of New Guinea;

- in 1975 it became an independent state within the Commonwealth of Nations;

- syn. Papua New Guinea;

Independent State of Samoa
n1
a constitutional monarchy on the western part of the islands of Samoa in the South Pacific;

- syn. Samoa, Samoa i Sisifo, Western Samoa;

independent variable
n1
(statistics) a variable whose values are independent of changes in the values of other variables;

- syn. experimental variable;

independently / ɪ n d ɪ p ɛ n d ə n t ɫ i /
r1
on your own;

- without outside help;

- "the children worked on the project independently";

r2
apart from others;

- "the clothes were hung severally";

- syn. severally;

Inderal / ɪ n d ə ɹ ə ɫ /
n1
the first beta blocker (trade name Inderal) used in treating hypertension and angina pectoris and essential tremor;

- syn. propanolol;

indescribable / ɪ n d ɪ s k ɹ aɪ b ə b ɫ /
a1
defying expression or description;

- "indefinable yearnings";

- "indescribable beauty";

- "ineffable ecstasy";

- "inexpressible anguish";

- "unspeakable happiness";

- "unutterable contempt";

- "a thing of untellable splendor";

- syn. indefinable, ineffable, unspeakable, untellable, unutterable;

- sim. inexpressible;

indescribably / ɪ n d ɪ s k ɹ aɪ b ə b ɫ i /
r1
to an inexpressible degree;

- "she was looking very young tonight, and, as usual, indescribably beautiful, in a simple strapless dress of a green and white silky cotton";

- syn. ineffably, inexpressibly, unspeakably, unutterably;

indestructibility / ɪ n d ɪ s t ɹ ʌ k t ə b ɪ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
the strength to resist destruction;

indestructible / ɪ n d ɪ s t ɹ ʌ k t ə b ɫ , ɪ n d ɪ t ɝ m ɪ n ə b ɫ /
a1
not easily destroyed;

- sim. undestroyable;

a2
very long lasting;

- "less durable rocks were gradually worn away to form valleys";

- "the perdurable granite of the ancient Appalachian spine of the continent";

- syn. durable, perdurable, undestroyable;

- sim. imperishable;

indeterminable / ɪ n d ɪ t ɝ m ɪ n ə b ɫ /
a1
not capable of being definitely decided or ascertained;

- syn. undeterminable;

- also incalculable, indeterminate;

- sim. indeterminate, unascertainable, unpredictable;

a2
incapable of being definitely ascertained or calculated;

- sim. incalculable;

indeterminably / ɪ n d ɪ t ɝ m ɪ n ə b ɫ i /
r1
in an indeterminable manner;

- "their relationship was of an indeterminably vague nature";

indeterminacy / ɪ n d ɪ t ɝ m ɪ n ə s i /
n1
the quality of being vague and poorly defined;

- syn. indefiniteness, indefinity, indeterminateness, indetermination;

indeterminacy principle
n1
(quantum theory) the theory that it is impossible to measure both energy and time (or position and momentum) completely accurately at the same time;

- syn. uncertainty principle;

indeterminate / ɪ n d ɪ t ɝ m ɪ n ə t /
a1
not precisely determined or established;

- not fixed or known in advance;

- "of indeterminate age";

- "a zillion is a large indeterminate number";

- "an indeterminate point of law";

- "the influence of environment is indeterminate";

- "an indeterminate future";

- syn. undetermined;

- also inconclusive, indeterminable, uncertain;

- sim. cost-plus, open-ended;

a2
having a capacity for continuing to grow at the apex;

- "an indeterminate stem";

- sim. racemose;

a3
of uncertain or ambiguous nature;

- "the equivocal (or indeterminate) objects painted by surrealists";

- sim. equivocal;

a4
(of a quantity) having no definite value, as an equation that cannot be solved;

- "0/0 is an indeterminate form";

- sim. indeterminable;

a5
not leading to a definite ending or result;

- "an indeterminate campaign";

- sim. inconclusive;

indeterminateness / ɪ n d ɪ t ɝ m ɪ n ə t n ə s /
n1
the quality of being vague and poorly defined;

- syn. indefiniteness, indefinity, indeterminacy, indetermination;

indetermination / ɪ n d ɪ t ɝ m ɪ n eɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
the quality of being vague and poorly defined;

- syn. indefiniteness, indefinity, indeterminacy, indeterminateness;

index / ɪ n d ɛ k s /
n1
a numerical scale used to compare variables with one another or with some reference number;

n2
a number or ratio (a value on a scale of measurement) derived from a series of observed facts;

- can reveal relative changes as a function of time;

- syn. index number, indicant, indicator;

n3
a mathematical notation indicating the number of times a quantity is multiplied by itself;

- syn. exponent, power;

n4
an alphabetical listing of names and topics along with page numbers where they are discussed;

n5
the finger next to the thumb;

- syn. forefinger, index finger;

v1
list in an index;

v2
provide with an index;

- "index the book";

v3
adjust through indexation;

- "The government indexes wages and prices";

index case
n1
the earliest documented case of a disease that is included in an epidemiological study;

index finger
n1
the finger next to the thumb;

- syn. forefinger, index;

index fossil
n1
a fossil known to have lived in a particular geologic age that can be used to date the rock layer in which it is found;

- syn. guide fossil;

index fund
n1
a mutual fund whose assets are stocks on a given list;

n2
a mutual fund that invests in the stocks that are the basis of a well-known stock or bond index;

index number
n1
a number or ratio (a value on a scale of measurement) derived from a series of observed facts;

- can reveal relative changes as a function of time;

- syn. index, indicant, indicator;

index of refraction
n1
the ratio of the velocity of light in a vacuum to that in a medium;

- syn. refractive index;

index register
n1
(computer science) a register used to determine the address of an operand;

indexation / ɪ n d ɛ k s eɪ ʃ n /
n1
a system of economic regulation: wages and interest are tied to the cost-of-living index in order to reduce the effects of inflation;

indexer / ɪ n d ɛ k s ə , ɪ n d ɛ k s ə ɹ /
n1
someone who provides an index;

indexical / ɪ n d ɛ k s ɪ k ɫ /
a1
of or relating to or serving as an index;

indexing / ɪ n d ɛ k s ɪ ŋ /
n1
the act of classifying and providing an index in order to make items easier to retrieve;

indexless
a1
lacking an index;

India / ɪ n d ɪə /
n1
a republic in the Asian subcontinent in southern Asia;

- second most populous country in the world;

- achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1947;

- syn. Bharat, Republic of India;

India-rubber fig
n1
large tropical Asian tree frequently dwarfed as a houseplant;

- source of Assam rubber;

- syn. Assam rubber, Ficus elastica, India-rubber plant, India-rubber tree, rubber plant;

India-rubber plant
n1
large tropical Asian tree frequently dwarfed as a houseplant;

- source of Assam rubber;

- syn. Assam rubber, Ficus elastica, India-rubber fig, India-rubber tree, rubber plant;

India-rubber tree
n1
large tropical Asian tree frequently dwarfed as a houseplant;

- source of Assam rubber;

- syn. Assam rubber, Ficus elastica, India-rubber fig, India-rubber plant, rubber plant;

India ink
n1
a black liquid ink used for printing or writing or drawing;

- syn. drawing ink;

india paper
n1
a thin tough opaque paper used in fine books;

India rubber
n1
an elastic material obtained from the latex sap of trees (especially trees of the genera Hevea and Ficus) that can be vulcanized and finished into a variety of products;

- syn. caoutchouc, gum elastic, natural rubber, rubber;

Indiaman / ɪ n d ɪə m ə n /
n1
a large sailing ship that was engaged in the British trade with India;

Indian / ɪ n d ɪə n /
n1
a native or inhabitant of India;

n2
any of the languages spoken by Amerindians;

- syn. American-Indian language, American Indian, Amerind, Amerindian language;

a1
of or relating to or characteristic of India or the East Indies or their peoples or languages or cultures;

- "the Indian subcontinent";

- "Indian saris";

a2
of or pertaining to Native Americans or their culture or languages;

- "Native American religions";

- "Indian arrowheads";

- syn. Amerind, Amerindic, Native American;

Indian agent
n1
a representative of the federal government to American Indian tribes (especially on Indian reservations);

Indian arrowroot
n1
perennial herb of East Indies to Polynesia and Australia;

- cultivated for its large edible root yielding Otaheite arrowroot starch;

- syn. Tacca leontopetaloides, Tacca pinnatifida, pia;

Indian banyan
n1
East Indian tree that puts out aerial shoots that grow down into the soil forming additional trunks;

- syn. East Indian fig tree, Ficus bengalensis, banian, banian tree, banyan, banyan tree;

Indian bean
n1
tree of the genus Catalpa with large leaves and white flowers followed by long slender pods;

- syn. catalpa;

n2
perennial twining vine of Old World tropics having trifoliate leaves and racemes of fragrant purple pea-like flowers followed by maroon pods of edible seeds;

- grown as an ornamental and as a vegetable on the Indian subcontinent;

- sometimes placed in genus Dolichos;

- syn. Dolichos lablab, Egyptian bean, Lablab purpureus, bonavist, hyacinth bean;

Indian beech
n1
evergreen Asiatic tree having glossy pinnate leaves and racemose creamy-white scented flowers;

- used as a shade tree;

- syn. Pongamia glabra;

Indian beet
n1
stout perennial of eastern and central North America having palmate leaves and showy racemose blue flowers;

- syn. Lupinus perennis, old-maid's bonnet, sundial lupine, wild lupine;

Indian blackwood
n1
East Indian tree having a useful dark purple wood;

- syn. Dalbergia latifolia, East India rosewood, East Indian rosewood, Indian rosewood;

Indian blanket
n1
annual of central United States having showy long-stalked yellow flower heads marked with scarlet or purple in the center;

- syn. Gaillardia pulchella, blanket flower, fire-wheel, fire wheel;

Indian breadroot
n1
densely hairy perennial of central North America having edible tuberous roots;

- syn. Psoralea esculenta, breadroot, pomme blanche, pomme de prairie;

Indian buffalo
n1
upland buffalo of eastern Asia where true water buffaloes do not thrive;

- used for draft and milk;

Indian button fern
n1
fern of tropical Asia having round buttonlike bulbils;

- syn. Tectaria macrodonta;

indian cherry
n1
deciduous shrub of eastern and central United States having black berrylike fruit;

- golden-yellow in autumn;

- syn. Carolina buckthorn, Rhamnus carolinianus;

Indian chickweed
n1
annual prostrate mat-forming weed having whorled leaves and small greenish-white flowers;

- widespread throughout North America;

- syn. Molluga verticillata, carpetweed;

Indian chief
n1
the leader of a group of Native Americans;

- syn. Indian chieftain;

Indian chieftain
n1
the leader of a group of Native Americans;

- syn. Indian chief;

Indian chocolate
n1
erect perennial of north temperate zone having pinnate leaves and a few nodding flowers with a brown-purple calyx and orange and pink petals;

- syn. Geum rivale, chocolate root, purple avens, water avens;

Indian cholera
n1
an acute intestinal infection caused by ingestion of contaminated water or food;

- syn. Asiatic cholera, cholera, epidemic cholera;

Indian club
n1
a bottle-shaped club used in exercises;

Indian cobra
n1
a cobra of tropical Africa and Asia;

- syn. Naja naja;

Indian coral tree
n1
small to medium-sized thorny tree of tropical Asia and northern Australia having dense clusters of scarlet or crimson flowers and black seeds;

- syn. Erythrina Indica, Erythrina variegata;

Indian corn
n1
tall annual cereal grass bearing kernels on large ears: widely cultivated in America in many varieties;

- the principal cereal in Mexico and Central and South America since pre-Columbian times;

- syn. Zea mays, corn, maize;

Indian cress
n1
strong-growing annual climber having large flowers of all shades of orange from orange-red to yellowish orange and seeds that are pickled and used like capers;

- syn. Tropaeolum majus, garden nasturtium;

Indian crocus
n1
any of several dwarf orchids of the genus Pleione bearing one or two solitary white or pink to magenta or occasionally yellow flowers with slender stalks;

Indian currant
n1
North American deciduous shrub cultivated for it abundant clusters of coral-red berrylike fruits;

- syn. Symphoricarpos orbiculatus, coralberry;

Indian elephant
n1
Asian elephant having smaller ears and tusks primarily in the male;

- syn. Elephas maximus;

Indian file
n1
a line of persons or things ranged one behind the other;

- syn. file, single file;

Indian giver
n1
an offensive term for someone who asks you to return a present he has given you;

Indian grackle
n1
glossy black Asiatic starling often taught to mimic speech;

- syn. Gracula religiosa, grackle, hill myna;

Indian hemp
n1
source of e.g. bhang and hashish as well as fiber;

- syn. Cannabis indica;

n2
valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation;

- syn. Bombay hemp, Hibiscus cannabinus, bimli, bimli hemp, deccan hemp, kanaf, kenaf;

n3
Canadian dogbane yielding a tough fiber used as cordage by Native Americans;

- used in folk medicine for pain or inflammation in joints;

- syn. Apocynum cannabinum, rheumatism weed;

Indian lettuce
n1
a plant of the genus Montia having edible pleasant-tasting leaves;

indian lodge
n1
any of various Native American dwellings;

- syn. lodge;

Indian lotus
n1
native to eastern Asia;

- widely cultivated for its large pink or white flowers;

- syn. Nelumbo nucifera, lotus, sacred lotus;

Indian madder
n1
perennial East Indian creeping or climbing herb used for dye in the orient;

- syn. Rubia cordifolia, munjeet;

Indian mallow
n1
tropical American weed having pale yellow or orange flowers naturalized in southern United States;

- syn. Sida spinosa;

n2
tall annual herb or subshrub of tropical Asia having velvety leaves and yellow flowers and yielding a strong fiber;

- naturalized in southeastern Europe and United States;

- syn. Abutilon theophrasti, China jute, butter-print, velvet-leaf, velvetleaf, velvetweed;

Indian meal
n1
coarsely ground corn;

- syn. cornmeal;

Indian millet
n1
sorghums of dry regions of Asia and North Africa;

- syn. Egyptian corn, Guinea corn, doura, dourah, durra;

n2
valuable forage grass of dry upland areas and plains of western North America to northern Mexico;

- syn. Oryzopsis hymenoides, mountain rice, silk grass, silkgrass;

Indian monetary unit
n1
monetary unit in India;

Indian mongoose
n1
keen-sighted viverrine of southern Asia about the size of a ferret;

- often domesticated;

- syn. Herpestes nyula;

indian mustard
n1
Asiatic mustard used as a potherb;

- syn. Brassica juncea, chinese mustard, gai choi, leaf mustard;

n2
leaves eaten as cooked greens;

- syn. leaf mustard, mustard, mustard greens;

Indian Mutiny
n1
discontent with British administration in India led to numerous mutinies in 1857 and 1858;

- the revolt was put down after several battles and sieges (notably the siege at Lucknow);

- syn. Sepoy Mutiny;

Indian Ocean
n1
the 3rd largest ocean;

- bounded by Africa on the west, Asia on the north, Australia on the east and merging with the Antarctic Ocean to the south;

Indian paint
n1
perennial North American plant with greyish hairy foliage yielding a red or yellow pigment;

- syn. Lithospermum canescens, hoary puccoon;

n2
European annual with clusters of greenish flowers followed by red pulpy berrylike fruit;

- naturalized North America;

- syn. Chenopodium capitatum, strawberry blite, strawberry pigweed;

Indian paintbrush
n1
erect perennial of eastern and southern United States having showy orange flowers;

- syn. Asclepias tuberosa, butterfly weed, chigger flower, chiggerflower, orange milkweed, pleurisy root, tuber root;

n2
any of various plants of the genus Castilleja having dense spikes of hooded flowers with brightly colored bracts;

- syn. painted cup;

Indian pea
n1
European annual grown for forage;

- seeds used for food in India and for stock elsewhere;

- syn. Lathyrus sativus, grass pea, khesari;

Indian pink
n1
tropical American annual climber having red (sometimes white) flowers and finely dissected leaves;

- naturalized in United States and elsewhere;

- syn. Ipomoea quamoclit, Quamoclit pennata, cypress vine, star-glory;

n2
North American lobelia having brilliant red flowers;

- syn. Lobelia cardinalis, cardinal flower;

Indian pipe
n1
small waxy white or pinkish-white saprophytic woodland plant having scalelike leaves and a nodding flower;

- turns black with age;

- syn. Monotropa uniflora, waxflower;

Indian plantain
n1
any of various plants of the genus Cacalia having leaves resembling those of plantain;

Indian poke
n1
North American plant having large leaves and yellowish green flowers growing in racemes;

- yields a toxic alkaloid used medicinally;

- syn. American hellebore, Veratrum viride, bugbane, white hellebore;

n2
pokeweed of southeastern Asia and China;

- syn. Phytolacca acinosa;

Indian pony
n1
a small native range horse;

- syn. cayuse;

Indian potato
n1
a North American vine with fragrant blossoms and edible tubers;

- important food crop of Native Americans;

- syn. Apios americana, Apios tuberosa, groundnut, groundnut vine, potato bean, wild bean;

n2
very tall American perennial of central and the eastern United States to Canada having edible tuberous roots;

- syn. Helianthus giganteus, giant sunflower, tall sunflower;

Indian python
n1
very large python of southeast Asia;

- syn. Python molurus;

Indian rat snake
n1
enter buildings in pursuit of prey;

- syn. Ptyas mucosus;

Indian rattlebox
n1
erect subshrub having purple-tinted flowers and an inflated pod in which the ripe seeds rattle;

- India;

- syn. Crotalaria spectabilis;

Indian red
n1
a red pigment composed in part from ferric oxide which is often used in paints and cosmetics;

n2
a red soil containing ferric oxide;

- often used as a pigment;

n3
a reddish-brown color resembling the red soil used as body paint by American Indians;

Indian relish
n1
a spicy condiment made of chopped fruits or vegetables cooked in vinegar and sugar with ginger and spices;

- syn. chutney;

Indian reservation
n1
a reservation set aside for the use of Indians;

Indian rhinoceros
n1
having one horn;

- syn. Rhinoceros unicornis;

Indian rhododendron
n1
evergreen spreading shrub of India and southeastern Asia having large purple flowers;

- syn. Melastoma malabathricum;

Indian rhubarb
n1
rhizomatous perennial herb with large dramatic peltate leaves and white to bright pink flowers in round heads on leafless stems;

- colonizes stream banks in the Sierra Nevada in California;

- syn. Darmera peltata, Peltiphyllum peltatum, umbrella plant;

n2
Asian herb (Himalayas);

- syn. Himalayan rhubarb, Rheum australe, Rheum emodi, red-veined pie plant;

Indian rice
n1
grains of aquatic grass of North America;

- syn. wild rice;

Indian rosewood
n1
East Indian tree having a useful dark purple wood;

- syn. Dalbergia latifolia, East India rosewood, East Indian rosewood, Indian blackwood;

Indian rupee
n1
the basic unit of money in India;

- equal to 100 paise;

- syn. rupee;

Indian salad
n1
showy perennial herb with white flowers;

- leaves sometimes used as edible greens in southeastern United States;

- syn. Hydrophyllum virginianum, John's cabbage, Shawnee salad, Virginia waterleaf, shawny;

Indian senna
n1
erect shrub having racemes of tawny yellow flowers;

- the dried leaves are used medicinally as a cathartic;

- sometimes placed in genus Cassia;

- syn. Alexandria senna, Alexandrian senna, Cassia acutifolia, Cassia augustifolia, Senna alexandrina, tinnevelly senna, true senna;

indian shot
n1
canna grown especially for its edible rootstock from which arrowroot starch is obtained;

- syn. Canna edulis, Canna indica, achira, arrowroot;

Indian summer
n1
a period of unusually warm weather in the autumn;

- syn. Saint Martin's summer;

Indian tapir
n1
a tapir found in Malaya and Sumatra;

- syn. Malayan tapir, Tapirus indicus;

Indian tick fever
n1
a disease (common in India and around the Mediterranean area) caused by a rickettsia that is transmitted to humans by a reddish brown tick (ixodid) that lives on dogs and other mammals;

- syn. Kenya fever, Marseilles fever, boutonneuse fever;

Indian tobacco
n1
tobacco plant of South America and Mexico;

- syn. Nicotiana rustica, wild tobacco;

n2
North American wild lobelia having small blue flowers and inflated capsules formerly used as an antispasmodic;

- syn. Lobelia inflata, bladderpod;

Indian trail
n1
a trail through the wilderness worn by Amerindians;

Indian turnip
n1
common American spring-flowering woodland herb having sheathing leaves and an upright club-shaped spadix with overarching green and purple spathe producing scarlet berries;

- syn. Arisaema atrorubens, Arisaema triphyllum, jack-in-the-pulpit, wake-robin;

Indiana / ɪ n d ɪ æ n ə /
n1
a state in midwestern United States;

- syn. Hoosier State, IN, Ind.;

n2
United States pop artist (born 1928);

- syn. Robert Indiana;

Indianan
n1
a native or resident of Indiana;

- syn. Hoosier;

Indianapolis / ɪ n d i ə n æ p ə ɫ ɪ s /
n1
the capital and largest city of Indiana;

- a major commercial center in the country's heartland;

- site of an annual 500-mile automobile race;

- syn. capital of Indiana;

Indic / ɪ n d ɪ k /
n1
a branch of the Indo-Iranian family of languages;

- syn. Indo-Aryan;

indicant / ɪ n d ɪ k ə n t /
n1
something that serves to indicate or suggest;

- "an indication of foul play";

- "indications of strain";

- "symptoms are the prime indicants of disease";

- syn. indication;

n2
a number or ratio (a value on a scale of measurement) derived from a series of observed facts;

- can reveal relative changes as a function of time;

- syn. index, index number, indicator;

indicate / ɪ n d ɪ k eɪ t /
v1
be a signal for or a symptom of;

- "These symptoms indicate a serious illness";

- "Her behavior points to a severe neurosis";

- "The economic indicators signal that the euro is undervalued";

- syn. bespeak, betoken, point, signal;

v2
indicate a place, direction, person, or thing;

- either spatially or figuratively;

- "I showed the customer the glove section";

- "He pointed to the empty parking space";

- "he indicated his opponents";

- syn. designate, point, show;

v3
to state or express briefly;

- "indicated his wishes in a letter";

v4
give evidence of;

- "The evidence argues for your claim";

- "The results indicate the need for more work";

- syn. argue;

v5
suggest the necessity of an intervention;

- in medicine;

- "Tetracycline is indicated in such cases";

indication / ɪ n d ɪ k eɪ ʃ n /
n1
something that serves to indicate or suggest;

- "an indication of foul play";

- "indications of strain";

- "symptoms are the prime indicants of disease";

- syn. indicant;

n2
the act of indicating or pointing out by name;

- syn. denotation;

n3
(medicine) a reason to prescribe a drug or perform a procedure;

- "the presence of bacterial infection was an indication for the use of antibiotics";

n4
something (as a course of action) that is indicated as expedient or necessary;

- "there were indications that it was time to leave";

n5
a datum about some physical state that is presented to a user by a meter or similar instrument;

- "he could not believe the meter reading";

- "the barometer gave clear indications of an approaching storm";

- syn. meter reading, reading;

indicative / ɪ n d ɪ k ə t ɪ v /
n1
a mood (grammatically unmarked) that represents the act or state as an objective fact;

- syn. common mood, declarative, declarative mood, fact mood, indicative mood;

a1
relating to the mood of verbs that is used simple in declarative statements;

- "indicative mood";

- syn. declarative;

a2
(usually followed by `of') pointing out or revealing clearly;

- "actions indicative of fear";

- syn. indicatory, revelatory, significative, suggestive;

- sim. revealing;

indicative mood
n1
a mood (grammatically unmarked) that represents the act or state as an objective fact;

- syn. common mood, declarative, declarative mood, fact mood, indicative;

indicator / ɪ n d ɪ k eɪ t ə , ɪ n d ɪ k eɪ t ə ɹ /
n1
a number or ratio (a value on a scale of measurement) derived from a series of observed facts;

- can reveal relative changes as a function of time;

- syn. index, index number, indicant;

n2
a signal for attracting attention;

n3
a device for showing the operating condition of some system;

n4
(chemistry) a substance that changes color to indicate the presence of some ion or substance;

- can be used to indicate the completion of a chemical reaction or (in medicine) to test for a particular reaction;

indicator lamp
n1
indicator consisting of a light to indicate whether power is on or a motor is in operation;

- syn. pilot lamp, pilot light;

Indicatoridae
n1
honey guides;

- syn. family Indicatoridae;

indicatory / ɪ n d ɪ k ə t ə ɹ i /
a1
(usually followed by `of') pointing out or revealing clearly;

- "actions indicative of fear";

- syn. indicative, revelatory, significative, suggestive;

- sim. revealing;

indict / ɪ n d aɪ t /
v1
accuse formally of a crime;

indictability / ɪ n d aɪ t ə b ɪ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
the state of being liable to impeachment;

- syn. impeachability;

indictable / ɪ n d aɪ t ə b ɫ /
a1
liable to be accused, or cause for such liability;

- "the suspect was chargeable";

- "an indictable offense";

- syn. chargeable;

- sim. guilty;

indiction / ɪ n d ɪ k ʃ ə n /
n1
a 15-year cycle used as a chronological unit in ancient Rome and adopted in some medieval kingdoms;

indictment / ɪ n d aɪ t m ə n t /
n1
a formal document written for a prosecuting attorney charging a person with some offense;

- syn. bill of indictment;

n2
an accusation of wrongdoing;

- "the book is an indictment of modern philosophy";

indie
n1
a pop group not affiliated with a major record company;

n2
an independent film company not associated with an established studio;

a1
(of pop groups) not affiliated with a major recording company;

- sim. independent;

indifference / ɪ n d ɪ f ɹ ə n s /
n1
unbiased impartial unconcern;

n2
apathy demonstrated by an absence of emotional reactions;

- syn. emotionlessness, impassiveness, impassivity, phlegm, stolidity, unemotionality;

n3
the trait of lacking enthusiasm for or interest in things generally;

- syn. apathy, numbness, spiritlessness;

n4
the trait of remaining calm and seeming not to care;

- a casual lack of concern;

- syn. nonchalance, unconcern;

indifferent / ɪ n d ɪ f ɹ ə n t /
a1
marked by a lack of interest;

- "an apathetic audience";

- "the universe is neither hostile nor friendly;

- it is simply indifferent";

- syn. apathetic;

- sim. uninterested;

a2
showing no care or concern in attitude or action;

- "indifferent to the sufferings of others";

- "indifferent to her plea";

- sim. unconcerned;

a3
(usually followed by `to') unwilling or refusing to pay heed;

- "deaf to her warnings";

- syn. deaf;

- sim. heedless;

a4
(often followed by `to') lacking importance;

- not mattering one way or the other;

- "whether you choose to do it or not is a matter that is quite immaterial (or indifferent)";

- "what others think is altogether indifferent to him";

- syn. immaterial;

- sim. unimportant;

a5
fairly poor to not very good;

- "has an indifferent singing voice";

- "has indifferent qualifications for the job";

- sim. inferior;

a6
having only a limited ability to react chemically;

- chemically inactive;

- "inert matter";

- "an indifferent chemical in a reaction";

- syn. inert, neutral;

- sim. unreactive;

a7
marked by no especial liking or dislike or preference for one thing over another;

- "indifferent about which book you would give them";

- "was indifferent to their acceptance or rejection of her invitation";

- sim. impartial;

a8
characterized by a lack of partiality;

- "a properly indifferent jury";

- "an unbiased account of her family problems";

- syn. unbiased, unbiassed;

- sim. impartial;

a9
being neither good nor bad;

- "an indifferent performance";

- "a gifted painter but an indifferent actor";

- "her work at the office is passable";

- "a so-so golfer";

- "feeling only so-so";

- "prepared a tolerable dinner";

- "a tolerable working knowledge of French";

- syn. so-so;

- sim. ordinary;

a10
neither too great nor too little;

- "a couple of indifferent hills to climb";

- sim. moderate;

indifferently / ɪ n d ɪ f ɹ ə n t ɫ i /
r1
with indifference;

- in an indifferent manner;

- "she shrugged indifferently";

indigen
n1
an indigenous person who was born in a particular place;

- "the art of the natives of the northwest coast";

- "the Canadian government scrapped plans to tax the grants to aboriginal college students";

- syn. aboriginal, aborigine, indigene, native;

indigence / ɪ n d ɪ dʒ ə n s /
n1
a state of extreme poverty or destitution;

- "their indigence appalled him";

- "a general state of need exists among the homeless";

- syn. need, pauperism, pauperization, penury;

indigene / ɪ n d ɪ dʒ i n /
n1
an indigenous person who was born in a particular place;

- "the art of the natives of the northwest coast";

- "the Canadian government scrapped plans to tax the grants to aboriginal college students";

- syn. aboriginal, aborigine, indigen, native;

indigenous / ɪ n d ɪ dʒ ɪ n ə s /
a1
originating where it is found;

- "the autochthonal fauna of Australia includes the kangaroo";

- "autochthonous rocks and people and folktales";

- "endemic folkways";

- "the Ainu are indigenous to the northernmost islands of Japan";

- syn. autochthonal, autochthonic, autochthonous, endemic;

- sim. native;

indigenous language
n1
a language that originated in a specified place and was not brought to that place from elsewhere;

indigenously / ɪ n d ɪ dʒ ɪ n ə s ɫ i /
r1
in an indigenous manner;

indigenousness / ɪ n d ɪ dʒ ɪ n ə s n ə s /
n1
nativeness by virtue of originating or occurring naturally (as in a particular place);

- syn. autochthony, endemism;

indigent / ɪ n d ɪ dʒ ə n t /
a1
poor enough to need help from others;

- syn. destitute, impoverished, necessitous, needy, poverty-stricken;

- sim. poor;

indigestibility / ɪ n d ɪ dʒ ɛ s t ə b ɪ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
the property of being difficult to digest;

- syn. indigestibleness;

indigestible / ɪ n d ɪ dʒ ə s t ə b ɫ /
a1
digested with difficulty;

- also inedible, uneatable;

- sim. flatulent, heavy, nondigestible, stodgy, undigested;

indigestibleness
n1
the property of being difficult to digest;

- syn. indigestibility;

indigestion / ɪ n d ɪ dʒ ɛ s tʃ ə n /
n1
a disorder of digestive function characterized by discomfort or heartburn or nausea;

- syn. dyspepsia, stomach upset, upset stomach;

Indigirka
n1
a river in far eastern Siberia that flows generally northward to the Arctic Ocean;

- syn. Indigirka River;

Indigirka River
n1
a river in far eastern Siberia that flows generally northward to the Arctic Ocean;

- syn. Indigirka;

indignant / ɪ n d ɪ ɡ n ə n t /
a1
angered at something unjust or wrong;

- "an indignant denial";

- "incensed at the judges' unfairness";

- "a look of outraged disbelief";

- "umbrageous at the loss of their territory";

- syn. incensed, outraged, umbrageous;

- sim. angry;

indignantly / ɪ n d ɪ ɡ n ə n t ɫ i /
r1
in an indignant manner;

- "Miss Burney protested indignantly, her long thin nose turning pink with mortification at this irreverent piece of mimicry";

indignation / ɪ n d ɪ ɡ n eɪ ʃ n /
n1
a feeling of righteous anger;

- syn. outrage;

indignity / ɪ n d ɪ ɡ n ɪ t i /
n1
an affront to one's dignity or self-esteem;

indigo / ɪ n d ɪ ɡ oʊ /
n1
a blue dye obtained from plants or made synthetically;

- syn. anil, indigotin;

n2
deciduous subshrub of southeastern Asia having pinnate leaves and clusters of red or purple flowers;

- a source of indigo dye;

- syn. Indigofera tinctoria, indigo plant;

n3
a blue-violet color;

a1
having a color between blue and violet;

- "indigo flowers";

- sim. colored;

indigo bird
n1
small deep blue North American bunting;

- syn. Passerina cyanea, indigo bunting, indigo finch;

indigo broom
n1
much-branched erect herb with bright yellow flowers;

- distributed from Massachusetts to Florida;

- syn. Baptisia tinctoria, horsefly weed, rattle weed;

indigo bunting
n1
small deep blue North American bunting;

- syn. Passerina cyanea, indigo bird, indigo finch;

indigo finch
n1
small deep blue North American bunting;

- syn. Passerina cyanea, indigo bird, indigo bunting;

indigo plant
n1
deciduous subshrub of southeastern Asia having pinnate leaves and clusters of red or purple flowers;

- a source of indigo dye;

- syn. Indigofera tinctoria, indigo;

indigo snake
n1
large dark-blue nonvenomous snake that invades burrows;

- found in southern North America and Mexico;

- syn. Drymarchon corais, gopher snake;

indigo squill
n1
eastern camas;

- eastern and central North America;

- syn. Camassia scilloides, wild hyacinth;

Indigofera
n1
genus of tropical herbs and shrubs having odd-pinnate leaves and spurred flowers in long racemes or spikes;

- syn. genus Indigofera;

Indigofera anil
n1
shrub of West Indies and South America that is a source of indigo dye;

- syn. Indigofera suffruticosa, anil;

Indigofera suffruticosa
n1
shrub of West Indies and South America that is a source of indigo dye;

- syn. Indigofera anil, anil;

Indigofera tinctoria
n1
deciduous subshrub of southeastern Asia having pinnate leaves and clusters of red or purple flowers;

- a source of indigo dye;

- syn. indigo, indigo plant;

indigotin
n1
a blue dye obtained from plants or made synthetically;

- syn. anil, indigo;

indinavir
n1
a protease inhibitor (trade name Crixivan) used for treating HIV;

- syn. Crixivan;

Indira Gandhi
n1
daughter of Nehru who served as prime minister of India from 1966 to 1977 (1917-1984);

- syn. Gandhi, Indira Nehru Gandhi, Mrs. Gandhi;

Indira Nehru Gandhi
n1
daughter of Nehru who served as prime minister of India from 1966 to 1977 (1917-1984);

- syn. Gandhi, Indira Gandhi, Mrs. Gandhi;

indirect / ɪ n d ɪr ɛ k t /
a1
having intervening factors or persons or influences;

- "reflection from the ceiling provided a soft indirect light";

- "indirect evidence";

- "an indirect cause";

- sim. mediate;

a2
not direct in spatial dimension;

- not leading by a straight line or course to a destination;

- "sometimes taking an indirect path saves time";

- "you must take an indirect course in sailing";

- also crooked;

- sim. askance, devious, diversionary, meandering;

a3
descended from a common ancestor but through different lines;

- "cousins are collateral relatives";

- "an indirect descendant of the Stuarts";

- syn. collateral;

- also related;

a4
extended senses;

- not direct in manner or language or behavior or action;

- "making indirect but legitimate inquiries";

- "an indirect insult";

- "doubtless they had some indirect purpose in mind";

- "though his methods are indirect they are not dishonest";

- "known as a shady indirect fellow";

- sim. allusive, backhanded, circuitous, circumlocutious, devious, digressive, hearsay, mealymouthed, tortuous;

a5
not as a direct effect or consequence;

- "indirect benefits";

- "an indirect advantage";

- sim. secondary;

indirect antonym
n1
antonyms whose opposition is mediated (e.g., the antonymy of `wet' and `parched' is mediated by the similarity of `parched' to `dry');

indirect correlation
n1
a correlation in which large values of one variable are associated with small values of the other;

- the correlation coefficient is between 0 and -1;

- syn. negative correlation;

indirect discourse
n1
a report of a discourse in which deictic terms are modified appropriately (e.g., "he said `I am a fool'" would be modified to "he said he is a fool");

indirect evidence
n1
evidence providing only a basis for inference about the fact in dispute;

- syn. circumstantial evidence;

indirect expression
n1
an indirect way of expressing something;

- syn. circumlocution;

indirect fire
n1
fire delivered on a target that is not itself used as the point of aim for the weapons;

indirect immunofluorescence
n1
a method of using fluorescence microscopy to detect the presence of an antigen indirectly;

indirect lighting
n1
a concealed lighting fixture;

indirect object
n1
the object that is the recipient or beneficiary of the action of the verb;

indirect request
n1
an expression of some desire or inclination;

- "I could tell that it was his wish that the guests leave";

- "his crying was an indirect request for attention";

- syn. wish;

indirect tax
n1
a tax levied on goods or services rather than on persons or organizations;

indirect transmission
n1
a transmission mechanism in which the infectious agent is transferred to the person by a fomite of vector;

indirection / ɪ n d ɪr ɛ k ʃ n /
n1
indirect procedure or action;

- "he tried to find out by indirection";

n2
deceitful action that is not straightforward;

- "he could see through the indirections of diplomats";

indirectly / ɪ n d ɪr ɛ k t ɫ i /
r1
not in a forthright manner;

- "he answered very indirectly";

indirectness / ɪ n d ɪr ɛ k t n ə s /
n1
having the characteristic of lacking a true course toward a goal;

indiscernible / ɪ n d ɪ s ɝ n ə b ɫ /
a1
difficult or impossible to perceive or discern;

- "an indiscernible increase in temperature";

a2
barely able to be perceived;

- "the transition was almost indiscernible";

- "an almost insensible change";

- syn. insensible, undetectable;

- sim. imperceptible;

indiscipline / ɪ n d ɪ s ɪ p ɫ ɪ n /
n1
the trait of lacking discipline;

- syn. undiscipline;

indiscreet / ɪ n d ɪ s k ɹ i t /
a1
lacking discretion;

- injudicious;

- "her behavior was indiscreet at the very best";

- sim. bigmouthed, imprudent;

indiscreetly / ɪ n d ɪ s k ɹ i t ɫ i /
r1
without discretion or wisdom or self-restraint;

- "she inquired indiscreetly after the state of his health";

indiscreetness / ɪ n d ɪ s k ɹ i t n ɛ s /
n1
lacking good judgment;

- syn. injudiciousness;

indiscrete / ɪ n d ɪ s k ɹ i t /
a1
not divided or divisible into parts;

- "layers that were fused into an indiscrete mass";

- sim. indivisible;

indiscretion / ɪ n d ɪ s k ɹ ɛ ʃ n /
n1
the trait of being injudicious;

- syn. injudiciousness;

n2
a petty misdeed;

- syn. peccadillo;

indiscriminate / ɪ n d ɪ s k ɹ ɪ m ɪ n ə t /
a1
failing to make or recognize distinctions;

- sim. undiscriminating;

a2
not marked by fine distinctions;

- "indiscriminate reading habits";

- "an indiscriminate mixture of colors and styles";

- also general, indiscriminating, undiscriminating;

- sim. promiscuous, sweeping;

indiscriminately / ɪ n d ɪ s k ɹ ɪ m ɪ n ə t ɫ i /
r1
in a random manner;

- "the houses were randomly scattered";

- "bullets were fired into the crowd at random";

- syn. arbitrarily, at random, every which way, haphazardly, randomly, willy-nilly;

r2
in an indiscriminate manner;

- "she reads promiscuously";

- syn. promiscuously;

indiscriminating / ɪ n d ɪ s k ɹ ɪ m ɪ n eɪ t ɪ ŋ /
a1
not discriminating;

- syn. undiscriminating;

- also indiscriminate;

- sim. indiscriminate, scattershot, unperceptive, unselective;

indispensability / ɪ n d ɪ s p ɛ n s ə b ɪ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
the quality possessed by something that you cannot possibly do without;

- syn. indispensableness, vitalness;

indispensable / ɪ n d ɪ s p ɛ n s ə b ɫ /
a1
not to be dispensed with;

- essential;

- "foods indispensable to good nutrition";

- also necessary;

- sim. critical;

a2
absolutely necessary;

- vitally necessary;

- "essential tools and materials";

- "funds essential to the completion of the project";

- "an indispensable worker";

- syn. essential;

- sim. necessary;

a3
unavoidable;

- "the routine but indispensable ceremonies of state";

- sim. obligatory;

indispensableness / ɪ n d ɪ s p ɛ n s ə b ɫ n ɪ s /
n1
the quality possessed by something that you cannot possibly do without;

- syn. indispensability, vitalness;

indispose / ɪ n d ɪ s p oʊ z /
v1
make unwilling;

- syn. disincline;

v2
make unfit or unsuitable;

- "Your income disqualifies you";

- syn. disqualify, unfit;

v3
cause to feel unwell;

- "She was indisposed";

indisposed / ɪ n d ɪ s p oʊ z d /
a1
somewhat ill or prone to illness;

- "my poor ailing grandmother";

- "feeling a bit indisposed today";

- "you look a little peaked";

- "feeling poorly";

- "a sickly child";

- "is unwell and can't come to work";

- syn. ailing, peaked, poorly, seedy, sickly, under the weather, unwell;

- sim. ill;

a2
(usually followed by `to') strongly opposed;

- "antipathetic to new ideas";

- "averse to taking risks";

- "loath to go on such short notice";

- "clearly indisposed to grant their request";

- syn. antipathetic, antipathetical, averse, loath, loth;

- sim. disinclined;

indisposition / ɪ n d ɪ s p ə z ɪ ʃ n /
n1
a slight illness;

n2
a certain degree of unwillingness;

- "a reluctance to commit himself";

- "his hesitancy revealed his basic indisposition";

- "after some hesitation he agreed";

- syn. disinclination, hesitancy, hesitation, reluctance;

indisputability / ɪ n d ɪ s p j u t ə b ɪ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
the quality of being beyond question or dispute or doubt;

- syn. indubitability, unquestionability, unquestionableness;

indisputable / ɪ n d ɪ s ɒ ɫ j ʊ b ɫ , ɪ n d ɪ s p j u t ə b ɫ /
a1
not open to question;

- obviously true;

- "undeniable guilt";

- "indisputable evidence of a witness";

- syn. incontestable, undisputable;

- sim. undeniable;

a2
impossible to doubt or dispute;

- "indisputable (or sure) proof";

- syn. sure;

- sim. certain;

indissoluble / ɪ n d ɪ s ɒ ɫ j ʊ b ɫ /
a1
(of a substance) incapable of being dissolved;

- syn. insoluble;

- sim. water-insoluble;

a2
used of decisions and contracts;

- sim. permanent;

indistinct / ɪ n d ɪ s t ɪ ŋ k t /
a1
not clearly defined or easy to perceive or understand;

- "indistinct shapes in the gloom";

- "an indistinct memory";

- "only indistinct notions of what to do";

- also indefinite, unclear;

- sim. bedimmed, bleary, cloudy, dim, faint, veiled;

indistinctly / ɪ n d ɪ s t ɪ ŋ k t ɫ i /
r1
in a dim indistinct manner;

- "we perceived the change only dimly";

- syn. dimly;

indistinctness / ɪ n d ɪ s t ɪ ŋ k t n ə s /
n1
the quality of being indistinct and without sharp outlines;

- syn. blurriness, fogginess, fuzziness, softness;

indistinguishability / ɪ n d ɪ s t ɪ ŋ ɡ w ɪ ʃ ə b ɪ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
exact sameness;

- "they shared an identity of interests";

- syn. identicalness, identity;

indistinguishable / ɪ n d ɪ s t ɪ ŋ ɡ w ɪ ʃ ə b ɫ /
a1
exactly alike;

- incapable of being perceived as different;

- "rows of identical houses";

- "cars identical except for their license plates";

- "they wore indistinguishable hats";

- syn. identical;

- sim. same;

a2
not capable of being distinguished or differentiated;

- "the two specimens are actually different from each other but the differences are almost indistinguishable";

- "the twins were indistinguishable";

- "a colorless person quite indistinguishable from the colorless mass of humanity";

- syn. undistinguishable;

indite / ɪ n d aɪ t /
v1
produce a literary work;

- "She composed a poem";

- "He wrote four novels";

- syn. compose, pen, write;

indium / ɪ n d ɪə m /
n1
a rare soft silvery metallic element;

- occurs in small quantities in sphalerite;

- syn. In, atomic number 49;

individual / ɪ n d ɪ v ɪ dʒ ʊə ɫ /
n1
a human being;

- "there was too much for one person to do";

- syn. mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul;

n2
a single organism;

a1
being or characteristic of a single thing or person;

- "individual drops of rain";

- "please mark the individual pages";

- "they went their individual ways";

- syn. single;

- also separate;

- sim. idiosyncratic, individualist, one-on-one, respective, singular;

a2
separate and distinct from others of the same kind;

- "mark the individual pages";

- "on a case-by-case basis";

- syn. case-by-case, item-by-item;

- sim. independent;

a3
characteristic of or meant for a single person or thing;

- "an individual serving";

- "single occupancy";

- "a single bed";

- syn. single;

- sim. unshared;

a4
concerning one person exclusively;

- "we all have individual cars";

- "each room has a private bath";

- syn. private;

- sim. personal;

individual retirement account
n1
a retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement;

- taxes on the interest earned in the account are deferred;

- syn. IRA;

individualisation
n1
discriminating the individual from the generic group or species;

- syn. individualization, individuation;

individualise
v1
make or mark or treat as individual;

- "The sounds were individualized by sharpness and tone";

- syn. individualize;

v2
make personal or more personal;

- "personalized service";

- syn. individualize, personalise, personalize;

individualised / ɪ n d ɪ v ɪ dʒ ʊə ɫ ɪ s t /
a1
made for or directed or adjusted to a particular individual;

- "personalized luggage";

- "personalized advice";

- syn. individualized, personalised, personalized;

- sim. personal;

individualism / ɪ n d ɪ v ɪ dʒ ʊə ɫ ɪ z ə m /
n1
the quality of being individual;

- "so absorbed by the movement that she lost all sense of individuality";

- syn. individuality, individuation;

n2
a belief in the importance of the individual and the virtue of self-reliance and personal independence;

n3
the doctrine that government should not interfere in commercial affairs;

- syn. laissez faire;

individualist / ɪ n d ɪ v ɪ dʒ ʊə ɫ ɪ s t /
n1
a person who pursues independent thought or action;

a1
marked by or expressing individuality;

- "an individualistic way of dressing";

- syn. individualistic;

- sim. individual;

individualistic / ɪ n d ɪ v ɪ dʒ ʊə ɫ ɪ s t ɪ k /
a1
marked by or expressing individuality;

- "an individualistic way of dressing";

- syn. individualist;

- sim. individual;

a2
with minimally restricted freedom in commerce;

- syn. laissez-faire;

- sim. capitalistic;

individualistically / ɪ n d ɪ v ɪ dʒ ʊə ɫ ɪ s t ɪ k ɫ i /
r1
in an individualistic manner;

individuality / ɪ n d ɪ v ɪ dʒ ʊ æ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
the quality of being individual;

- "so absorbed by the movement that she lost all sense of individuality";

- syn. individualism, individuation;

n2
the distinct personality of an individual regarded as a persisting entity;

- "you can lose your identity when you join the army";

- syn. identity, personal identity;

individualization / ɪ n d ɪ v ɪ dʒ ʊə ɫ aɪ z eɪ ʃ n /
n1
discriminating the individual from the generic group or species;

- syn. individualisation, individuation;

individualize / ɪ n d ɪ v ɪ dʒ ʊə ɫ aɪ z /
v1
make or mark or treat as individual;

- "The sounds were individualized by sharpness and tone";

- syn. individualise;

v2
make personal or more personal;

- "personalized service";

- syn. individualise, personalise, personalize;

individualized / ɪ n d ɪ v ɪ dʒ ʊə ɫ aɪ z d /
a1
made for or directed or adjusted to a particular individual;

- "personalized luggage";

- "personalized advice";

- syn. individualised, personalised, personalized;

- sim. personal;

individually / ɪ n d ɪ v ɪ dʒ ʊə ɫ i /
r1
apart from others;

- "taken individually, the rooms were, in fact, square";

- "the fine points are treated singly";

- syn. on an individual basis, one by one, separately, severally, singly;

individuate
v1
give individual character to;

v2
give individual shape or form to;

- "Language that individuates his memories";

individuation
n1
discriminating the individual from the generic group or species;

- syn. individualisation, individualization;

n2
the quality of being individual;

- "so absorbed by the movement that she lost all sense of individuality";

- syn. individualism, individuality;

indivisible / ɪ n d ɪ v ɪ z ə b ɫ /
a1
impossible of undergoing division;

- "an indivisible union of states";

- "one nation indivisible";

- sim. indiscrete, inseparable, undividable;

indivisible by
a1
cannot be divided without leaving a remainder;

- syn. undividable;

- sim. indivisible;

Indo-Aryan
n1
a branch of the Indo-Iranian family of languages;

- syn. Indic;

a1
of or relating to the former Indo-European people;

- "Indo-European migrations";

- syn. Aryan, Indo-European;

Indo-European / ɪ n d oʊ j ʊə ɹ ə p i ə n /
n1
a member of the prehistoric people who spoke Proto-Indo European;

- syn. Aryan;

n2
the family of languages that by 1000 BC were spoken throughout Europe and in parts of southwestern and southern Asia;

- syn. Indo-European language, Indo-Hittite;

a1
of or relating to the Indo-European language family;

- syn. Indo-Germanic;

a2
of or relating to the former Indo-European people;

- "Indo-European migrations";

- syn. Aryan, Indo-Aryan;

Indo-European language
n1
the family of languages that by 1000 BC were spoken throughout Europe and in parts of southwestern and southern Asia;

- syn. Indo-European, Indo-Hittite;

Indo-Germanic / ɪ n d oʊ dʒ ɝ m æ n ɪ k /
a1
of or relating to the Indo-European language family;

- syn. Indo-European;

Indo-Hittite
n1
the family of languages that by 1000 BC were spoken throughout Europe and in parts of southwestern and southern Asia;

- syn. Indo-European, Indo-European language;

Indo-Iranian
n1
the branch of the Indo-European family of languages including the Indic and Iranian language groups;

- syn. Indo-Iranian language;

Indo-Iranian language
n1
the branch of the Indo-European family of languages including the Indic and Iranian language groups;

- syn. Indo-Iranian;

Indochina
n1
a peninsula of southeastern Asia that includes Myanmar and Cambodia and Laos and Malaysia and Thailand and Vietnam;

- syn. Indochinese peninsula;

Indochinese peninsula
n1
a peninsula of southeastern Asia that includes Myanmar and Cambodia and Laos and Malaysia and Thailand and Vietnam;

- syn. Indochina;

indocile / ɪ n d oʊ s aɪ ɫ /
a1
incapable of being controlled;

- "the little boy's parents think he is spirited, but his teacher finds him unruly";

- syn. uncontrollable, ungovernable, unruly;

- sim. unmanageable;

Indocin
n1
a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Indocin);

- syn. indomethacin;

indoctrinate / ɪ n d ɒ k t ɹ ɪ n eɪ t /
v1
teach doctrines to;

- teach uncritically;

- "The Moonies indoctrinate their disciples";

indoctrination / ɪ n d ɒ k t ɹ ɪ n eɪ ʃ n /
n1
teaching someone to accept doctrines uncritically;

indoleacetic acid
n1
a plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots;

- syn. IAA;

indolebutyric acid
n1
a synthetic plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots;

indolence / ɪ n d ə ɫ ə n s /
n1
inactivity resulting from a dislike of work;

- syn. laziness;

indolent / ɪ n d ə ɫ ə n t /
a1
disinclined to work or exertion;

- "faineant kings under whose rule the country languished";

- "an indolent hanger-on";

- "too lazy to wash the dishes";

- "shiftless idle youth";

- "slothful employees";

- "the unemployed are not necessarily work-shy";

- syn. faineant, lazy, otiose, slothful, work-shy;

- sim. idle;

a2
(of tumors, e.g.) slow to heal or develop and usually painless;

- "an indolent ulcer";

- "leprosy is an indolent infectious disease";

- sim. inactive;

indolently / ɪ n d ə ɫ ə n t ɫ i /
r1
in an indolent manner;

- "he lives indolently with his relatives";

indomethacin
n1
a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Indocin);

- syn. Indocin;

indomitability / ɪ n d ɒ m ɪ t ə b ɪ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
the property being difficult or impossible to defeat;

- syn. invincibility;

indomitable / ɪ n d ɒ m ɪ t ə b ɫ /
a1
impossible to subdue;

- syn. never-say-die, unsubduable;

- sim. unconquerable;

Indonesia / ɪ n d ə n i z ɪə /
n1
a republic in southeastern Asia on an archipelago including more than 13,000 islands;

- achieved independence from the Netherlands in 1945;

- the principal oil producer in the Far East and Pacific regions;

- syn. Dutch East Indies, Republic of Indonesia;

Indonesian / ɪ n d ə n i z ɪə n /
n1
a native or inhabitant of Indonesia;

n2
the dialect of Malay used as the national language of the Republic of Indonesia or of Malaysia;

- syn. Bahasa, Bahasa Indonesia;

a1
of or relating to or characteristic of Indonesia or its people or languages;

Indonesian Borneo
n1
the part of Indonesia on the southern side of the island of Borneo;

- syn. Kalimantan;

Indonesian monetary unit
n1
monetary unit in Indonesia;

indoor / ɪ n d ɔ , ɪ n d ɔ ɹ /
a1
located, suited for, or taking place within a building;

- "indoor activities for a rainy day";

- "an indoor pool";

- also interior;

a2
within doors;

- "an indoor setting";

- sim. interior;

indoor garden
n1
a greenhouse in which plants are arranged in a pleasing manner;

- syn. conservatory, hothouse;

indoors / ɪ n d ɔ z /
r1
within a building;

- "in winter we play inside";

- syn. inside;

indorse / ɪ n d ɔ s /
v1
be behind;

- approve of;

- "He plumped for the Labor Party";

- "I backed Kennedy in 1960";

- syn. back, endorse, plump for, plunk for, support;

v2
give support or one's approval to;

- "I'll second that motion";

- "I can't back this plan";

- "endorse a new project";

- syn. back, endorse, second;

v3
guarantee as meeting a certain standard;

- "certified grade AAA meat";

- syn. certify, endorse;

v4
sign as evidence of legal transfer;

- "endorse cheques";

- syn. endorse;

indorsement / ɪ n d ɔ s m ə n t /
n1
a promotional statement (as found on the dust jackets of books);

- "the author got all his friends to write blurbs for his book";

- syn. blurb, endorsement;

n2
a speech seconding a motion;

- "do I hear a second?";

- syn. endorsement, second, secondment;

n3
formal and explicit approval;

- "a Democrat usually gets the union's endorsement";

- syn. countenance, endorsement, imprimatur, sanction, warrant;

n4
a signature that validates something;

- "the cashier would not cash the check without an endorsement";

- syn. endorsement;

n5
the act of endorsing;

- "a star athlete can make a lot of money from endorsements";

- syn. endorsement;

indorser / ɪ n d ɔ s ə , ɪ n d ɔ s ə ɹ /
n1
someone who expresses strong approval;

- syn. endorser, ratifier, subscriber;

n2
a person who transfers his ownership interest in something by signing a check or negotiable security;

- syn. endorser;

Indra
n1
chief Hindu god of the Rig-Veda;

- god of rain and thunder;

indrawn / ɪ n d ɹ ɔ n /
a1
tending to reserve or introspection;

- "a quiet indrawn man";

- syn. withdrawn;

- sim. reserved;

indri
n1
large short-tailed lemur of Madagascar having thick silky fur in black and white and fawn;

- syn. Indri brevicaudatus, Indri indri, indris;

Indri brevicaudatus
n1
large short-tailed lemur of Madagascar having thick silky fur in black and white and fawn;

- syn. Indri indri, indri, indris;

Indri indri
n1
large short-tailed lemur of Madagascar having thick silky fur in black and white and fawn;

- syn. Indri brevicaudatus, indri, indris;

Indriidae
n1
a family of Lemuroidea;

- syn. family Indriidae;

indris
n1
large short-tailed lemur of Madagascar having thick silky fur in black and white and fawn;

- syn. Indri brevicaudatus, Indri indri, indri;

indubitability / ɪ n d j u b ɪ t ə b ɪ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
the quality of being beyond question or dispute or doubt;

- syn. indisputability, unquestionability, unquestionableness;

indubitable / ɪ n d j u b ɪ t ə b ɫ /
a1
too obvious to be doubted;

- syn. beyond doubt;

- sim. unquestionable;

indubitably / ɪ n d j u b ɪ t ə b ɫ i /
r1
in a manner or to a degree that could not be doubted;

- "it was immediately and indubitably apparent that I had interrupted a scene of lovers";

- "his guilt was established beyond a shadow of a doubt";

- syn. beyond a doubt, beyond a shadow of a doubt, beyond doubt;

induce / ɪ n d j u s /
v1
cause to arise;

- "induce a crisis";

- syn. bring on;

v2
cause to do;

- cause to act in a specified manner;

- "The ads induced me to buy a VCR";

- "My children finally got me to buy a computer";

- "My wife made me buy a new sofa";

- syn. cause, get, have, make, stimulate;

v3
cause to occur rapidly;

- "the infection precipitated a high fever and allergic reactions";

- syn. hasten, rush, stimulate;

v4
reason or establish by induction;

v5
produce electric current by electrostatic or magnetic processes;

- syn. induct;

induced / ɪ n d j u s t /
a1
brought about or caused;

- not spontaneous;

- "a case of steroid-induced weakness";

- sim. elicited, iatrogenic;

induced abortion
n1
a deliberate termination of pregnancy;

inducement / ɪ n d j u s m ə n t /
n1
a positive motivational influence;

- syn. incentive, motivator;

n2
act of bringing about a desired result;

- "inducement of sleep";

- syn. inducing;

inducer / ɪ n d j u s ə /
n1
an agent capable of activating specific genes;

n2
someone who tries to persuade or induce or lead on;

- syn. persuader;

inducing / ɪ n d j u s ɪ ŋ /
n1
act of bringing about a desired result;

- "inducement of sleep";

- syn. inducement;

inducive / ɪ n d j u s ɪ v /
a1
inducing or influencing;

- leading on;

- "inductive to the sin of Eve"- John Milton;

- syn. inductive;

- sim. causative;

induct / ɪ n d ʌ k t /
v1
place ceremoniously or formally in an office or position;

- "there was a ceremony to induct the president of the Academy";

- syn. invest, seat;

v2
accept people into an exclusive society or group, usually with some rite;

- "African men are initiated when they reach puberty";

- syn. initiate;

v3
admit as a member;

- "We were inducted into the honor society";

v4
produce electric current by electrostatic or magnetic processes;

- syn. induce;

v5
introduce or initiate;

- "The young geisha was inducted into the ways of her profession";

inductance / ɪ n d ʌ k t ə n s /
n1
an electrical phenomenon whereby an electromotive force (EMF) is generated in a closed circuit by a change in the flow of current;

- syn. induction;

n2
an electrical device (typically a conducting coil) that introduces inductance into a circuit;

- syn. inductor;

inductance unit
n1
a measure of the property of an electric circuit by which an electromotive force is induced in it;

inductee
n1
a person inducted into an organization or social group;

- "Ty Cobb and Babe Ruth were 1936 inductees in the National Baseball Hall of Fame";

n2
someone who is drafted into military service;

- syn. conscript, draftee;

induction / ɪ n d ʌ k ʃ n /
n1
a formal entry into an organization or position or office;

- "his initiation into the club";

- "he was ordered to report for induction into the army";

- "he gave a speech as part of his installation into the hall of fame";

- syn. initiation, installation;

n2
an electrical phenomenon whereby an electromotive force (EMF) is generated in a closed circuit by a change in the flow of current;

- syn. inductance;

n3
reasoning from detailed facts to general principles;

- syn. generalisation, generalization, inductive reasoning;

n4
stimulation that calls up (draws forth) a particular class of behaviors;

- "the elicitation of his testimony was not easy";

- syn. elicitation, evocation;

n5
the act of bringing about something (especially at an early time);

- "the induction of an anesthetic state";

n6
an act that sets in motion some course of events;

- syn. initiation, trigger;

induction accelerator
n1
accelerates a continuous beam of electrons to high speeds by means of the electric field produced by changing magnetic flux;

- syn. betatron;

induction coil
n1
a coil for producing a high voltage from a low-voltage source;

induction heating
n1
the heating of a conducting material caused by an electric current induced in it;

induction of labor
n1
(obstetrics) inducing the childbirth process artificially by administering oxytocin or by puncturing the amniotic sac;

inductive / ɪ n d ʌ k t ɪ v /
a1
arising from inductance;

- "inductive reactance";

a2
of reasoning;

- proceeding from particular facts to a general conclusion;

- "inductive reasoning";

- also a posteriori, synthetic, synthetical;

a3
inducing or influencing;

- leading on;

- "inductive to the sin of Eve"- John Milton;

- syn. inducive;

- sim. causative;

inductive reasoning
n1
reasoning from detailed facts to general principles;

- syn. generalisation, generalization, induction;

inductor / ɪ n d ʌ k t ə /
n1
an electrical device (typically a conducting coil) that introduces inductance into a circuit;

- syn. inductance;

indue / ɪ n d j u /
v1
give qualities or abilities to;

- syn. empower, endow, endue, gift, invest;

indulge / ɪ n d ʌ ɫ dʒ /
v1
give free rein to;

- "The writer indulged in metaphorical language";

v2
yield (to);

- give satisfaction to;

- syn. gratify, pander;

v3
enjoy to excess;

- "She indulges in ice cream";

- syn. luxuriate;

v4
treat with excessive indulgence;

- "grandparents often pamper the children";

- "Let's not mollycoddle our students!";

- syn. baby, cocker, coddle, cosset, featherbed, mollycoddle, pamper, spoil;

indulgence / ɪ n d ʌ ɫ dʒ ə n s /
n1
an inability to resist the gratification of whims and desires;

- syn. self-indulgence;

n2
a disposition to yield to the wishes of someone;

- "too much indulgence spoils a child";

- syn. lenience, leniency;

n3
the act of indulging or gratifying a desire;

- syn. humoring, indulging, pampering;

n4
foolish or senseless behavior;

- syn. craziness, folly, foolery, lunacy, tomfoolery;

n5
the remission by the pope of the temporal punishment in purgatory that is still due for sins even after absolution;

- "in the Middle Ages the unrestricted sale of indulgences by pardoners became a widespread abuse";

indulgent / ɪ n d ʌ ɫ dʒ ə n t /
a1
characterized by or given to yielding to the wishes of someone;

- "indulgent grandparents";

- also gluttonous;

- sim. decadent, dissipated, epicurean, gay, hedonic, intemperate, overindulgent, pampering, self-indulgent;

a2
tolerant or lenient;

- "indulgent parents risk spoiling their children";

- "too soft on the children";

- "they are soft on crime";

- syn. lenient, soft;

- sim. permissive;

a3
being favorably inclined;

- "an indulgent attitude";

- sim. favorable;

indulgently / ɪ n d ʌ ɫ dʒ ə n t ɫ i /
r1
in an indulgent manner;

- "I was indulgently advised to give the kids what they wanted unless I wished my son to be socially ostracised";

indulging / ɪ n d ʌ ɫ dʒ ɪ ŋ /
n1
the act of indulging or gratifying a desire;

- syn. humoring, indulgence, pampering;

indument
n1
a covering of fine hairs (or sometimes scales) as on a leaf or insect;

- syn. indumentum;

indumentum
n1
a covering of fine hairs (or sometimes scales) as on a leaf or insect;

- syn. indument;

indurate / ɪ n d j ʊə ɹ eɪ t /
v1
become fixed or established;

- "indurated customs";

v2
make hard or harder;

- "The cold hardened the butter";

- syn. harden;

v3
become hard or harder;

- "The wax hardened";

- syn. harden;

v4
cause to accept or become hardened to;

- habituate;

- "He was inured to the cold";

- syn. harden, inure;

a1
emotionally hardened;

- "a callous indifference to suffering";

- "cold-blooded and indurate to public opinion";

- syn. callous, pachydermatous;

- sim. insensitive;

indurated clay
n1
hardened clay;

induration
n1
any pathological hardening or thickening of tissue;

- syn. sclerosis;

induration of the arteries
n1
sclerosis of the arterial walls;

- syn. arterial sclerosis, arteriosclerosis, coronary-artery disease, hardening of the arteries;

Indus / ɪ n d u z /
n1
a faint constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Tucana;

n2
an Asian river that rises in Tibet and flows through northern India and then southwest through Kashmir and Pakistan to the Arabian Sea;

- "the valley of the Indus was the site of an early civilization";

- syn. Indus River;

Indus civilization
n1
the bronze-age culture of the Indus valley that flourished from about 2600-1750 BC;

Indus River
n1
an Asian river that rises in Tibet and flows through northern India and then southwest through Kashmir and Pakistan to the Arabian Sea;

- "the valley of the Indus was the site of an early civilization";

- syn. Indus;

indusial
a1
of or relating to or being an indusium;

indusium
n1
a membrane enclosing and protecting the developing spores especially that covering the sori of a fern;

industrial / ɪ n d ʌ s t ɹ ɪə ɫ /
a1
of or relating to or resulting from industry;

- "industrial output";

a2
having highly developed industries;

- "the industrial revolution";

- "an industrial nation";

- also progressive;

- sim. developed, industrialized, postindustrial;

a3
employed in industry;

- "the industrial classes";

- "industrial work";

- sim. blue-collar;

a4
suitable to stand up to hard wear;

- "industrial carpeting";

- sim. heavy-duty;

industrial-strength
a1
extremely strong or concentrated or durable;

- "industrial-strength detergent";

- "weapons-grade salsa";

- syn. weapons-grade;

- sim. strong;

industrial air pollution
n1
pollution resulting from an industrial plant discharging pollutants into the atmosphere;

industrial arts
n1
a course in the methods of using tools and machinery as taught in secondary schools and technical schools;

industrial bank
n1
a finance company that makes small loans to industrial workers;

- syn. industrial loan company;

industrial disease
n1
disease or disability resulting from conditions of employment (usually from long exposure to a noxious substance or from continuous repetition of certain acts);

- syn. occupational disease;

industrial engineering
n1
the branch of engineering that deals with the creation and management of systems that integrate people and materials and energy in productive ways;

- syn. industrial management;

industrial enterprise
n1
the development of industry on an extensive scale;

- syn. industrialisation, industrialization;

industrial loan company
n1
a finance company that makes small loans to industrial workers;

- syn. industrial bank;

industrial management
n1
the branch of engineering that deals with the creation and management of systems that integrate people and materials and energy in productive ways;

- syn. industrial engineering;

industrial park
n1
a tract of land at a distance from city center that is designed for a cluster of businesses and factories;

industrial plant
n1
buildings for carrying on industrial labor;

- "they built a large plant to manufacture automobiles";

- syn. plant, works;

industrial process
n1
a systematic series of mechanical or chemical operations that produce or manufacture something;

industrial psychology
n1
any of several branches of psychology that seek to apply psychological principles to practical problems of education or industry or marketing etc.;

- syn. applied psychology;

Industrial Revolution
n1
the transformation from an agricultural to an industrial nation;

- syn. technological revolution;

industrial union
n1
a labor union that admits all workers in a given industry irrespective of their craft;

- syn. vertical union;

industrial watercourse
n1
a canal that is operated by one or more industries;

Industrial Workers of the World
n1
a former international labor union and radical labor movement in the United States;

- founded in Chicago in 1905 and dedicated to the overthrow of capitalism;

- its membership declined after World War I;

- syn. I.W.W., IWW;

industrialisation / ɪ n d ʌ s t ɹ ɪə ɫ aɪ z eɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
the development of industry on an extensive scale;

- syn. industrial enterprise, industrialization;

industrialise
v1
organize (the production of something) into an industry;

- "The Chinese industrialized textile production";

- syn. industrialize;

v2
develop industry;

- become industrial;

- "The nations of South East Asia will quickly industrialize and catch up with the West";

- syn. industrialize;

industrialised / ɪ n d ʌ s t ɹ ɪə ɫ aɪ z d /
a1
made industrial;

- converted to industrialism;

- "industrialized areas";

- syn. industrialized;

- sim. industrial;

industrialism / ɪ n d ʌ s t ɹ ɪə ɫ ɪ z ə m /
n1
an economic system built on large industries rather than on agriculture or craftsmanship;

industrialist / ɪ n d ʌ s t ɹ ɪə ɫ ɪ s t /
n1
someone who manages or has significant financial interest in an industrial enterprise;

industrialization / ɪ n d ʌ s t ɹ ɪə ɫ aɪ z eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the development of industry on an extensive scale;

- syn. industrial enterprise, industrialisation;

industrialize / ɪ n d ʌ s t ɹ ɪə ɫ aɪ z /
v1
organize (the production of something) into an industry;

- "The Chinese industrialized textile production";

- syn. industrialise;

v2
develop industry;

- become industrial;

- "The nations of South East Asia will quickly industrialize and catch up with the West";

- syn. industrialise;

industrialized / ɪ n d ʌ s t ɹ ɪə ɫ aɪ z d /
a1
made industrial;

- converted to industrialism;

- "industrialized areas";

- syn. industrialised;

- sim. industrial;

industrially / ɪ n d ʌ s t ɹ ɪə ɫ i /
r1
by industrial means;

- "industrially produced";

industrious / ɪ n d ʌ s t ɹ ɪə s /
a1
characterized by hard work and perseverance;

- syn. hardworking, tireless, untiring;

- sim. diligent;

a2
working hard to promote an enterprise;

- syn. energetic, gumptious, up-and-coming;

- sim. enterprising;

industriously / ɪ n d ʌ s t ɹ ɪə s ɫ i /
r1
in an industrious manner;

- "they hoed up weeds industriously all morning";

industriousness / ɪ n d ʌ s t ɹ ɪə s n ɪ s /
n1
persevering determination to perform a task;

- "his diligence won him quick promotions";

- "frugality and industry are still regarded as virtues";

- syn. diligence, industry;

industry / ɪ n d ə s t ɹ i /
n1
the people or companies engaged in a particular kind of commercial enterprise;

- "each industry has its own trade publications";

n2
the organized action of making of goods and services for sale;

- "American industry is making increased use of computers to control production";

- syn. manufacture;

n3
persevering determination to perform a task;

- "his diligence won him quick promotions";

- "frugality and industry are still regarded as virtues";

- syn. diligence, industriousness;

industry analyst
n1
an analyst of conditions affecting a particular industry;

indwell / ɪ n d w ɛ ɫ /
v1
to exist as an inner activating spirit, force, or principle;

indweller / ɪ n d w ɛ ɫ ə /
n1
activation by an inner spirit or force or principle;

- "the Holy Spirit is the indweller of the church and its members";

n2
a person who inhabits a particular place;

- syn. denizen, dweller, habitant, inhabitant;

indwelling / ɪ n d w ɛ ɫ ɪ ŋ /
a1
existing or residing as an inner activating spirit or force or principle;

- "an indwelling divinity";

- "an indwelling goodness";

- sim. inward;

inebriant
n1
a liquor or brew containing alcohol as the active agent;

- "alcohol (or drink) ruined him";

- syn. alcohol, alcoholic beverage, alcoholic drink, intoxicant;

inebriate / ɪ n i b ɹ ɪə t , ɪ n i b ɹ ɪ eɪ t /
n1
a chronic drinker;

- syn. drunk, drunkard, rummy, sot, wino;

v1
fill with sublime emotion;

- "The children were thrilled at the prospect of going to the movies";

- "He was inebriated by his phenomenal success";

- syn. beatify, exalt, exhilarate, thrill, tickle pink;

v2
make drunk (with alcoholic drinks);

- syn. intoxicate, soak;

v3
become drunk or drink excessively;

- syn. hit it up, soak, souse;

inebriated / ɪ n i b ɹ ɪ eɪ t ɪ d /
a1
stupefied or excited by a chemical substance (especially alcohol);

- "a noisy crowd of intoxicated sailors";

- "helplessly inebriated";

- syn. drunk, gone, intoxicated, ripped;

- sim. bacchanalian, beery, besotted, bibulous, doped, half-seas-over, high, hopped-up, potty;

inebriation / ɪ n i b ɹ ɪ eɪ ʃ n , ɪ n i b ɹ i ɪ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
habitual intoxication;

- prolonged and excessive intake of alcoholic drinks leading to a breakdown in health and an addiction to alcohol such that abrupt deprivation leads to severe withdrawal symptoms;

- syn. alcohol addiction, alcoholism, drunkenness;

n2
a temporary state resulting from excessive consumption of alcohol;

- syn. drunkenness, inebriety, insobriety, intoxication, tipsiness;

inebriety / ɪ n ɪ b ɹ aɪ ə t i /
n1
a temporary state resulting from excessive consumption of alcohol;

- syn. drunkenness, inebriation, insobriety, intoxication, tipsiness;

inedible / ɪ n ɛ d ə b ɫ /
a1
not suitable for food;

- syn. uneatable;

- also indigestible, tough, unpalatable;

- sim. poisonous;

ineffable / ɪ n ɛ f ə b ɫ /
a1
defying expression or description;

- "indefinable yearnings";

- "indescribable beauty";

- "ineffable ecstasy";

- "inexpressible anguish";

- "unspeakable happiness";

- "unutterable contempt";

- "a thing of untellable splendor";

- syn. indefinable, indescribable, unspeakable, untellable, unutterable;

- sim. inexpressible;

a2
too sacred to be uttered;

- "the ineffable name of the Deity";

- syn. unnameable, unspeakable, unutterable;

- sim. sacred;

ineffably / ɪ n ɛ f ə b ɫ i /
r1
to an inexpressible degree;

- "she was looking very young tonight, and, as usual, indescribably beautiful, in a simple strapless dress of a green and white silky cotton";

- syn. indescribably, inexpressibly, unspeakably, unutterably;

ineffective / ɪ n ɪ f ɛ k t ɪ v /
a1
not producing an intended effect;

- "an ineffective teacher";

- "ineffective legislation";

- syn. ineffectual, uneffective;

- also idle, inefficacious, inefficient, powerless, useless;

- sim. toothless, unproductive;

a2
lacking in power or forcefulness;

- "an ineffectual ruler";

- "like an unable phoenix in hot ashes";

- syn. ineffectual, unable;

- sim. impotent;

a3
lacking the ability or skill to perform effectively;

- inadequate;

- "an ineffective administration";

- "inefficient workers";

- syn. inefficient;

- sim. incompetent;

ineffectively / ɪ n ɪ f ɛ k t ɪ v ɫ i /
r1
in an ineffective manner;

- "he dealt with the problem rather ineffectively";

- syn. inefficaciously;

ineffectiveness / ɪ n ɪ f ɛ k t ɪ v n ə s /
n1
lacking the power to be effective;

- syn. ineffectuality, ineffectualness;

ineffectual / ɪ n ɪ f ɛ k tʃ ʊə ɫ /
a1
not producing an intended effect;

- "an ineffective teacher";

- "ineffective legislation";

- syn. ineffective, uneffective;

- also idle, inefficacious, inefficient, powerless, useless;

- sim. toothless, unproductive;

a2
producing no result or effect;

- "a futile effort";

- "the therapy was ineffectual";

- "an otiose undertaking";

- "an unavailing attempt";

- syn. futile, meaningless, otiose, unavailing;

- sim. useless;

a3
lacking in power or forcefulness;

- "an ineffectual ruler";

- "like an unable phoenix in hot ashes";

- syn. ineffective, unable;

- sim. impotent;

ineffectuality / ɪ n ɪ f ɛ k tʃ ʊ æ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
lacking the power to be effective;

- syn. ineffectiveness, ineffectualness;

ineffectually / ɪ n ɪ f ɛ k tʃ ʊə ɫ i /
r1
in an ineffectual manner;

- "she tried ineffectually to light the primus, and Thomas came to help her";

ineffectualness / ɪ n ɪ f ɛ k tʃ ʊə ɫ n ə s /
n1
lacking the power to be effective;

- syn. ineffectiveness, ineffectuality;

inefficacious / ɪ n ɛ f ɪ k eɪ ʃ ə s /
a1
lacking the power to produce a desired effect;

- "laws that are inefficacious in stopping crime";

- also ineffective, ineffectual;

inefficaciously / ɪ n ɛ f ɪ k eɪ ʃ ə s ɫ i /
r1
in an ineffective manner;

- "he dealt with the problem rather ineffectively";

- syn. ineffectively;

inefficaciousness / ɪ n ɛ f ɪ k eɪ ʃ ə s n ə s /
n1
a lack of efficacy;

- syn. inefficacy;

inefficacy / ɪ n ɛ f ɪ k ə s i /
n1
a lack of efficacy;

- syn. inefficaciousness;

inefficiency / ɪ n ɪ f ɪ ʃ ə n s i /
n1
unskillfulness resulting from a lack of efficiency;

inefficient / ɪ n ɪ f ɪ ʃ n t /
a1
not producing desired results;

- wasteful;

- "an inefficient campaign against drugs";

- "outdated and inefficient design and methods";

- also incompetent, ineffective, ineffectual;

- sim. uneconomical;

a2
lacking the ability or skill to perform effectively;

- inadequate;

- "an ineffective administration";

- "inefficient workers";

- syn. ineffective;

- sim. incompetent;

inefficiently / ɪ n ɪ f ɪ ʃ n t ɫ i /
r1
in an inefficient manner;

- "he dealt inefficiently with the crisis";

inelaborate / ɪ n ɪ ɫ æ b ə ɹ ə t /
a1
not elaborate;

- lacking rich or complex detail;

- syn. unelaborate;

- sim. plain;

inelastic / ɪ n ɪ ɫ æ s t ɪ k /
a1
not elastic;

- "economists speak of an inelastic price structure";

- also inflexible;

- sim. dead, nonresilient, springless;

inelasticity / ɪ n ɪ ɫ æ s t ɪ s ɪ t i /
n1
the lack of elasticity;

inelegance / ɪ n ɛ ɫ ɪ ɡ ə n s /
n1
the quality of lacking refinement and good taste;

inelegant / ɪ n ɛ ɫ ɪ ɡ ə n t /
a1
lacking in refinement or grace or good taste;

- also tactless, tasteless, undignified, unrefined, untactful;

- sim. gauche, homely;

inelegantly / ɪ n ɛ ɫ ɪ ɡ ə n t ɫ i /
r1
without elegance;

ineligibility / ɪ n ɛ ɫ ɪ dʒ ə b ɪ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
the quality or state of being ineligible;

ineligible / ɪ n ɛ ɫ ɪ dʒ ə b ɫ /
a1
not eligible;

- "ineligible to vote";

- "ineligible for retirement benefits";

- also unqualified;

- sim. disqualified, disqualified, undesirable, unentitled;

a2
prohibited by official rules;

- "an ineligible pass receiver";

- sim. illegal;

ineloquently
r1
without eloquence;

- in an inarticulate manner;

- "the freshman expresses his thoughts inarticulately";

- syn. inarticulately;

ineluctability / ɪ n ɪ ɫ ʌ k t ə b ɪ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
the quality of being impossible to avoid or evade;

- syn. unavoidability;

ineluctable / ɪ n ɪ ɫ ʌ k t ə b ɫ /
a1
impossible to avoid or evade;

- "inescapable conclusion";

- "an ineluctable destiny";

- "an unavoidable accident";

- syn. inescapable, unavoidable;

- sim. inevitable;

ineluctably / ɪ n ɪ ɫ ʌ k t ə b ɫ i /
r1
by necessity;

- "the situation slid inescapably toward disaster";

- syn. inescapably, inevitably, unavoidably;

inept / ɪ n ɛ p t /
a1
not elegant or graceful in expression;

- "an awkward prose style";

- "a clumsy apology";

- "his cumbersome writing style";

- "if the rumor is true, can anything be more inept than to repeat it now?";

- syn. awkward, clumsy, cumbersome, ill-chosen, inapt;

- sim. infelicitous;

a2
generally incompetent and ineffectual;

- "feckless attempts to repair the plumbing";

- "inept handling of the account";

- syn. feckless;

- sim. incompetent;

a3
revealing lack of perceptiveness or judgment or finesse;

- "an inept remark";

- "it was tactless to bring up those disagreeable";

- syn. tactless;

- sim. maladroit;

ineptitude / ɪ n ɛ p t ɪ t j u d /
n1
unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training;

- syn. awkwardness, clumsiness, ineptness, maladroitness, slowness;

n2
having no qualities that would render it valuable or useful;

- "the drill sergeant's intent was to convince all the recruits of their worthlessness";

- syn. worthlessness;

ineptly / ɪ n ɛ p t ɫ i /
r1
with ineptitude;

- in an incompetent manner;

- "he performed his functions ineptly";

- syn. fecklessly;

r2
in an infelicitous manner;

- "this function is ineptly left to a small voice";

ineptness / ɪ n ɛ p t n ɛ s /
n1
unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training;

- syn. awkwardness, clumsiness, ineptitude, maladroitness, slowness;

n2
the quality of having the wrong properties for a specific purpose;

- syn. unsuitability, unsuitableness;

inequality / ɪ n ɪ k w ɒ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
lack of equality;

- "the growing inequality between rich and poor";

inequitable / ɪ n ɛ k w ɪ t ə b ɫ /
a1
not equitable or fair;

- "the inequitable division of wealth";

- "inequitable taxation";

- syn. unjust;

inequitably / ɪ n ɛ k w ɪ t ə b ɫ i /
r1
in an inequitable manner;

- "their father's possessions were inequitably divided among the sons";

inequity / ɪ n ɛ k w ɪ t i /
n1
injustice by virtue of not conforming with rules or standards;

- syn. unfairness;

ineradicable / ɪ n ɪr æ d ɪ k ə b ɫ /
a1
not able to be destroyed or rooted out;

- "ineradicable superstitions";

- also lasting, permanent;

- sim. indelible, inexpungible, inexterminable;

inerrable
a1
not liable to error;

- "the Church was...theoretically inerrant and omnicompetent"-G.G.Coulton;

- "lack an inerrant literary sense";

- "an unerring marksman";

- syn. inerrant, unerring;

- sim. infallible;

inerrancy
n1
(Christianity) exemption from error;

- "biblical inerrancy";

inerrant
a1
not liable to error;

- "the Church was...theoretically inerrant and omnicompetent"-G.G.Coulton;

- "lack an inerrant literary sense";

- "an unerring marksman";

- syn. inerrable, unerring;

- sim. infallible;

inert / ɪ n ɝ t /
a1
unable to move or resist motion;

- sim. nonmoving;

a2
having only a limited ability to react chemically;

- chemically inactive;

- "inert matter";

- "an indifferent chemical in a reaction";

- syn. indifferent, neutral;

- sim. unreactive;

a3
slow and apathetic;

- "she was fat and inert";

- "a sluggish worker";

- "a mind grown torpid in old age";

- syn. sluggish, soggy, torpid;

- sim. inactive;

inert gas
n1
any of the chemically inert gaseous elements of the helium group in the periodic table;

- syn. argonon, noble gas;

inertia / ɪ n ɝ ʃ ə /
n1
a disposition to remain inactive or inert;

- "he had to overcome his inertia and get back to work";

- syn. inactiveness, inactivity;

n2
(physics) the tendency of a body to maintain its state of rest or uniform motion unless acted upon by an external force;

inertial
a1
of or relating to inertia;

inertial frame
n1
a coordinate system in which Newton's first law of motion is valid;

- syn. inertial reference frame;

inertial guidance
n1
a method of controlling the flight of a missile by devices that respond to inertial forces;

- syn. inertial navigation;

inertial guidance system
n1
a system to control a plane or spacecraft;

- uses inertial forces;

- syn. inertial navigation system;

inertial mass
n1
(physics) the mass of a body as determined by the second law of motion from the acceleration of the body when it is subjected to a force that is not due to gravity;

inertial navigation
n1
a method of controlling the flight of a missile by devices that respond to inertial forces;

- syn. inertial guidance;

inertial navigation system
n1
a system to control a plane or spacecraft;

- uses inertial forces;

- syn. inertial guidance system;

inertial reference frame
n1
a coordinate system in which Newton's first law of motion is valid;

- syn. inertial frame;

inertness / ɪ n ɝ t n ɛ s /
n1
immobility by virtue of being inert;

inescapable / ɪ n ɛ s t ɪ m ə b ɫ , ɪ n ɪ s k eɪ p ə b ɫ /
a1
impossible to avoid or evade;

- "inescapable conclusion";

- "an ineluctable destiny";

- "an unavoidable accident";

- syn. ineluctable, unavoidable;

- sim. inevitable;

inescapably / ɪ n ɪ s k eɪ p ə b ɫ i /
r1
by necessity;

- "the situation slid inescapably toward disaster";

- syn. ineluctably, inevitably, unavoidably;

inessential / ɪ n ɪ s ɛ n ʃ ə ɫ , ɪ n ɪ s ɛ n ʃ ɫ /
n1
anything that is not essential;

- "they discarded all their inessentials";

- syn. nonessential;

a1
not basic or fundamental;

- syn. unessential;

- also dispensable, expendable, extrinsic, secondary, unimportant, unnecessary;

- sim. accessorial, adscititious, incidental;

a2
not absolutely necessary;

- sim. unnecessary;

inessentiality / ɪ n ɪ s ɛ n ʃ ɪ æ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
not of basic importance;

inestimable / ɪ n ɛ s t ɪ m ə b ɫ /
a1
beyond calculation or measure;

- "an incomputable amount";

- "jewels of inestimable value";

- "immeasurable wealth";

- syn. immeasurable, incomputable;

- sim. incalculable;

inevitability / ɪ n ɛ v ɪ t ə b ɪ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
the quality of being unavoidable;

- syn. inevitableness;

inevitable / ɪ n ɛ v ɪ t ə b ɫ /
n1
an unavoidable event;

- "don't argue with the inevitable";

a1
incapable of being avoided or prevented;

- "the inevitable result";

- sim. fatal, ineluctable, necessary;

a2
invariably occurring or appearing;

- "the inevitable changes of the seasons";

- sim. predictable;

inevitable accident
n1
a natural and unavoidable catastrophe that interrupts the expected course of events;

- "he discovered that his house was not insured against acts of God";

- syn. act of God, force majeure, unavoidable casualty, vis major;

inevitableness / ɪ n ɛ v ɪ t ə b ɫ n ə s /
n1
the quality of being unavoidable;

- syn. inevitability;

inevitably / ɪ n ɛ v ɪ t ə b ɫ i /
r1
in such a manner as could not be otherwise;

- "it is necessarily so";

- "we must needs by objective";

- syn. necessarily, needs, of necessity;

r2
by necessity;

- "the situation slid inescapably toward disaster";

- syn. ineluctably, inescapably, unavoidably;

inexact / ɪ n ɪ ɡ z æ k t /
a1
not exact;

- also imprecise, inaccurate;

- sim. approximate, free, odd, round;

inexactitude / ɪ n ɪ ɡ z æ k t ɪ t j u d /
n1
the quality of being inexact;

- syn. inexactness;

inexactly / ɪ n ɪ ɡ z æ k t ɫ i /
r1
in an imprecise manner;

- "he expressed himself imprecisely";

- syn. imprecisely;

inexactness / ɪ n ɪ ɡ z æ k t n ə s /
n1
the quality of being inexact;

- syn. inexactitude;

inexcusable / ɪ n ɪ k s k j u z ə b ɫ /
a1
without excuse or justification;

- sim. indefensible;

a2
not excusable;

- syn. unforgivable;

- sim. unpardonable;

inexcusably / ɪ n ɪ k s k j u z ə b ɫ i /
r1
in an unpardonable manner or to an unpardonable degree;

- "he was inexcusably cruel to his wife";

- syn. unforgivably, unpardonably;

r2
without any excuse;

- "he is unjustifiably harsh on her";

- syn. unjustifiably;

inexhaustible / ɪ n ɪ ɡ z ɔ s t ə b ɫ /
a1
that cannot be entirely consumed or used up;

- "an inexhaustible supply of coal";

- syn. unlimited;

- sim. infinite;

a2
incapable of being entirely consumed or used up;

- "an inexhaustible supply of coal";

- sim. renewable, unfailing;

inexhaustibly / ɪ n ɪ ɡ z ɔ s t ə b ɫ i /
r1
with indefatigable energy;

- "she watched the show indefatigably";

- syn. indefatigably, tirelessly;

inexorability / ɪ n ɛ k s ə ɹ ə b ɪ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
mercilessness characterized by an unwillingness to relent or let up;

- "the relentlessness or their pursuit";

- syn. inexorableness, relentlessness;

inexorable / ɪ n ɛ k s ə ɹ ə b ɫ /
a1
not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty;

- "grim determination";

- "grim necessity";

- "Russia's final hour, it seemed, approached with inexorable certainty";

- "relentless persecution";

- "the stern demands of parenthood";

- syn. grim, relentless, stern, unappeasable, unforgiving, unrelenting;

- sim. implacable;

a2
impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, reason;

- "he is adamant in his refusal to change his mind";

- "Cynthia was inexorable;

- she would have none of him"- W.Churchill;

- "an intransigent conservative opposed to every liberal tendency";

- syn. adamant, adamantine, intransigent;

- sim. inflexible;

inexorableness / ɪ n ɛ k s ə ɹ ə b ɫ n ɪ s /
n1
mercilessness characterized by an unwillingness to relent or let up;

- "the relentlessness or their pursuit";

- syn. inexorability, relentlessness;

inexorably / ɪ n ɛ k s ə ɹ ə b ɫ i /
r1
in an inexorable manner;

- "time marches on inexorably";

inexpedience / ɪ n ɪ k s p i d ɪə n s /
n1
the quality of being unsuited to the end in view;

- syn. inexpediency;

inexpediency / ɪ n ɪ k s p i d ɪə n s i /
n1
the quality of being unsuited to the end in view;

- syn. inexpedience;

inexpedient / ɪ n ɪ k s p i d ɪə n t /
a1
not suitable or advisable;

- "an inexpedient tactic";

- also disadvantageous, impolitic, unfavourable;

- sim. inadvisable;

a2
not appropriate to the purpose;

- syn. unwise;

- sim. impolitic;

inexpediently / ɪ n ɪ k s p i d ɪə n t ɫ i /
r1
in an inexpedient manner;

inexpensive / ɪ n ɪ k s p ɛ n s ɪ v /
a1
relatively low in price or charging low prices;

- "it would have been cheap at twice the price";

- "inexpensive family restaurants";

- syn. cheap;

- sim. bargain-priced, catchpenny, dirt cheap, low-budget, low-cost, nickel-and-dime, sixpenny;

inexpensively / ɪ n ɪ k s p ɛ n s ɪ v ɫ i /
r1
in a cheap manner;

- "a cheaply dressed woman approached him in the bar";

- syn. cheaply, tattily;

r2
with little expenditure of money;

- "I bought this car very cheaply";

- syn. cheaply;

inexpensiveness / ɪ n ɪ k s p ɛ n s ɪ v n ə s /
n1
the quality of being affordable;

inexperience / ɪ n ɪ k s p ɪə ɹ ɪə n s /
n1
lack of experience and the knowledge and understanding derived from experience;

- "procedural inexperience created difficulties";

- "their poor behavior was due to the rawness of the troops";

- syn. rawness;

inexperienced / ɪ n ɪ k s p ɪə ɹ ɪə n s t /
a1
lacking practical experience or training;

- syn. inexperient;

- also naive, unskilled;

- sim. fledgling, raw, uninitiate, unpracticed, unseasoned;

inexperienced person
n1
a person who lacks knowledge of evil;

- syn. innocent;

inexperient
a1
lacking practical experience or training;

- syn. inexperienced;

- also naif, naive, unskilled;

- sim. fledgling, raw, uninitiate, unpracticed, unseasoned;

inexpert / ɪ n ɛ k s p ɝ t /
a1
lacking professional skill or expertise;

- "a very amateurish job";

- "inexpert but conscientious efforts";

- "an unskilled painting";

- syn. amateur, amateurish, unskilled;

- sim. unprofessional;

inexpertly / ɪ n ɛ k s p ɝ t ɫ i /
r1
in a crude and unskilled manner;

- "an inexpertly constructed lean-to";

- syn. artlessly, crudely;

inexpiable / ɪ n ɛ k s p ɪə b ɫ /
a1
incapable of being atoned for;

- sim. unpardonable;

inexplicable / ɪ n ɪ k s p ɫ ɪ k ə b ɫ /
a1
incapable of being explained or accounted for;

- "inexplicable errors";

- "left the house at three in the morning for inexplicable reasons";

- syn. incomprehensible;

- also incomprehensible, insoluble;

- sim. cryptic, paradoxical, unaccountable, unexplained;

inexplicably / ɪ n ɛ k s p ɫ ɪ k ə b ɫ i /
r1
in a manner differing from the usual or expected;

- "had a curiously husky voice";

- "he's behaving rather peculiarly";

- syn. curiously, oddly, peculiarly;

inexplicit / ɪ n ɪ k s p ɫ ɪ s ɪ t /
a1
implied though not directly expressed;

- inherent in the nature of something;

- "an implicit agreement not to raise the subject";

- "there was implicit criticism in his voice";

- "anger was implicit in the argument";

- "the oak is implicit in the acorn";

- syn. implicit;

- also connotative, covert;

- sim. implicit in, silent, unexpressed;

inexplicitness / ɪ n ɪ k s p ɫ ɪ s ɪ t n ə s /
n1
unclearness by virtue of not being explicit;

inexpressible / ɪ n ɪ k s p ɹ ɛ s ə b ɫ /
a1
defying expression;

- syn. unexpressible;

- sim. indefinable;

inexpressibly / ɪ n ɪ k s p ɹ ɛ s ə b ɫ i /
r1
to an inexpressible degree;

- "she was looking very young tonight, and, as usual, indescribably beautiful, in a simple strapless dress of a green and white silky cotton";

- syn. indescribably, ineffably, unspeakably, unutterably;

inexpressive / ɪ n ɪ k s p ɹ ɛ s ɪ v /
a1
not expressive;

- "an inexpressive face";

- sim. uncommunicative;

inexpressively / ɪ n ɪ k s p ɹ ɛ s ɪ v ɫ i /
r1
without expression;

- in an inexpressive manner;

- "she looked at him inexpressively";

inexpugnable / ɪ n ɪ k s p ʌ ɡ n ə b ɫ /
a1
incapable of being overcome, challenged or refuted;

- "an impregnable argument";

- "impregnable self-confidence";

- syn. impregnable;

- sim. unconquerable;

inexpungeable / ɪ n ɪ k s p ʌ n dʒ eɪ b ɫ /
a1
not capable of being expunged;

- "the inexpungible scent of a bottle of perfume he had broken"- Louis Auchincloss;

- syn. inexpungible;

- sim. ineradicable;

inexpungible / ɪ n ɪ k s p ʌ n dʒ ɪ b ɫ /
a1
not capable of being expunged;

- "the inexpungible scent of a bottle of perfume he had broken"- Louis Auchincloss;

- syn. inexpungeable;

- sim. ineradicable;

inextensible / ɪ n ɪ k s t ɛ n s ə b ɫ /
a1
not extensile;

- syn. nonextensile, nonprotractile;

inexterminable / ɪ n ɪ k s t ɝ m ɪ n ə b ɫ /
a1
incapable of extermination or extirpation;

- "some weeds seem inextirpable";

- syn. inextirpable;

- sim. ineradicable;

inextinguishable / ɪ n ɪ k s t ɪ ŋ ɡ w ɪ ʃ ə b ɫ /
a1
difficult or impossible to extinguish;

- "an inextinguishable flame";

- "an inextinguishable faith";

inextirpable
a1
incapable of extermination or extirpation;

- "some weeds seem inextirpable";

- syn. inexterminable;

- sim. ineradicable;

inextricable / ɪ n ɪ k s t ɹ ɪ k ə b ɫ /
a1
not permitting extrication;

- incapable of being disentangled or untied;

- "an inextricable knot";

- "inextricable unity";

- sim. unresolvable;

inextricably / ɪ n ɛ k s t ɹ ɪ k ə b ɫ i , ɪ n ɪ k s t ɹ ɪ k ə b ɫ i /
r1
in an inextricable manner;

- "motives inspired by Mammon were often inextricably blended with things pertaining to Caesar and to God";

infallibility / ɪ n f æ ɫ ə b ɪ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
the quality of never making an error;

infallible / ɪ n f æ ɫ ə b ɫ /
a1
incapable of failure or error;

- "an infallible antidote";

- "an infallible memory";

- "the Catholic Church considers the Pope infallible";

- "no doctor is infallible";

- sim. foolproof, inerrable;

infamous / ɪ n f ə m ə s /
a1
known widely and usually unfavorably;

- "a notorious gangster";

- "the tenderloin district was notorious for vice";

- "the infamous Benedict Arnold";

- syn. ill-famed, notorious;

- sim. disreputable;

infamy / ɪ n f ə m i /
n1
a state of extreme dishonor;

- "a date which will live in infamy"- F.D.Roosevelt;

- "the name was a by-word of scorn and opprobrium throughout the city";

- syn. opprobrium;

n2
evil fame or public reputation;

infancy / ɪ n f ə n s i /
n1
the early stage of growth or development;

- syn. babyhood, early childhood;

n2
the earliest state of immaturity;

- syn. babyhood;

infant / ɪ n f ə n t /
n1
a very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk;

- "the baby began to cry again";

- "she held the baby in her arms";

- "it sounds simple, but when you have your own baby it is all so different";

- syn. babe, baby;

infant's-breath
n1
Eurasian herb with ample panicles of small white flowers;

- naturalized in North America;

- syn. Galium mollugo, false baby's breath, white bedstraw, white madder, wild madder;

infant death
n1
sudden and unexpected death of an apparently healthy infant during sleep;

- syn. SIDS, cot death, crib death, sudden infant death syndrome;

infant deathrate
n1
the death rate during the first year of life;

- syn. infant mortality, infant mortality rate;

infant feeding
n1
feeding an infant;

infant mortality
n1
the death rate during the first year of life;

- syn. infant deathrate, infant mortality rate;

infant mortality rate
n1
the death rate during the first year of life;

- syn. infant deathrate, infant mortality;

infant prodigy
n1
a prodigy whose talents are recognized at an early age;

- "Mozart was a child prodigy";

- syn. child prodigy, wonder child;

infant school
n1
British school for children aged 5-7;

infanticide / ɪ n f æ n t ɪ s aɪ d /
n1
a person who murders an infant;

n2
murdering an infant;

infantile / ɪ n f ə n t aɪ ɫ /
a1
indicating a lack of maturity;

- "childish tantrums";

- "infantile behavior";

- syn. childish;

- sim. immature;

a2
of or relating to infants or infancy;

- "infantile paralysis";

a3
being or befitting or characteristic of an infant;

- "infantile games";

- sim. young;

infantile amaurotic idiocy
n1
a hereditary disorder of lipid metabolism occurring most frequently in individuals of Jewish descent in eastern Europe;

- accumulation of lipids in nervous tissue results in death in early childhood;

- syn. Sachs disease, Tay-Sachs, Tay-Sachs disease;

infantile autism
n1
a rare but serious syndrome of childhood characterized by withdrawal and lack of social responsiveness or interest in others and serious linguistic deficits;

- "there is considerable dispute among specialists concerning infantile autism";

infantile fixation
n1
an abnormal state in which development has stopped prematurely;

- syn. arrested development, fixation, regression;

infantile paralysis
n1
an acute viral disease marked by inflammation of nerve cells of the brain stem and spinal cord;

- syn. acute anterior poliomyelitis, polio, poliomyelitis;

infantilism / ɪ n f æ n t ɪ ɫ ɪ z ə m /
n1
an abnormal condition in which an older child or adult retains infantile characteristics;

n2
infantile behavior in mature persons;

infantry / ɪ n f ə n t ɹ i /
n1
an army unit consisting of soldiers who fight on foot;

- "there came ten thousand horsemen and as many fully-armed foot";

- syn. foot;

infantryman / ɪ n f ə n t ɹ ɪ m ə n /
n1
fights on foot with small arms;

- syn. foot soldier, footslogger, marcher;

infarct
n1
localized necrosis resulting from obstruction of the blood supply;

- syn. infarction;

infarction
n1
localized necrosis resulting from obstruction of the blood supply;

- syn. infarct;

infatuate / ɪ n f æ tʃ ʊ eɪ t /
v1
arouse unreasoning love or passion in and cause to behave in an irrational way;

- "His new car has infatuated him";

- "love has infatuated her";

infatuated / ɪ n f æ tʃ ʊ eɪ t ɪ d /
a1
marked by foolish or unreasoning fondness;

- "he was infatuated with her";

- "Narcissus was a beautiful Greek youth who became enamored of his own reflection";

- syn. enamored, in love, potty, smitten, soft on, taken with;

- sim. loving;

infatuation / ɪ n f æ tʃ ʊ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
a foolish and usually extravagant passion or love or admiration;

n2
temporary love of an adolescent;

- syn. calf love, crush, puppy love;

n3
an object of extravagant short-lived passion;

infeasibility
n1
the quality of not being doable;

- syn. unfeasibility;

infeasible
a1
not capable of being carried out or put into practice;

- "refloating the sunken ship proved impracticable because of its fragility";

- "a suggested reform that was unfeasible in the prevailing circumstances";

- syn. impracticable, unfeasible, unworkable;

- sim. impossible;

infect / ɪ n f ɛ k t /
v1
communicate a disease to;

- "Your children have infected you with this head cold";

v2
contaminate with a disease or microorganism;

- syn. taint;

v3
corrupt with ideas or an ideology;

- "society was infected by racism";

v4
affect in a contagious way;

- "His laughter infects everyone who is in the same room";

infected / ɪ n f ɛ k t ɪ d /
a1
containing or resulting from disease-causing organisms;

- "a septic sore throat";

- "a septic environment";

- "septic sewage";

- syn. septic;

- also germy, unhealthful;

- sim. abscessed, contaminative, dirty, infectious, purulent, putrefactive, septicemic;

infection / ɪ n f ɛ k ʃ n /
n1
the pathological state resulting from the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms;

n2
(phonetics) the alteration of a speech sound under the influence of a neighboring sound;

n3
(medicine) the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms and their multiplication which can lead to tissue damage and disease;

n4
an incident in which an infectious disease is transmitted;

- syn. contagion, transmission;

n5
the communication of an attitude or emotional state among a number of people;

- "a contagion of mirth";

- "the infection of his enthusiasm for poetry";

- syn. contagion;

n6
moral corruption or contamination;

- "ambitious men are led astray by an infection that is almost unavoidable";

n7
(international law) illegality that taints or contaminates a ship or cargo rendering it liable to seizure;

infectious / ɪ n f ɛ k ʃ ə s /
a1
caused by infection or capable of causing infection;

- "viruses and other infective agents";

- "a carrier remains infective without himself showing signs of the disease";

- syn. infective;

- sim. septic;

a2
easily spread;

- "fear is exceedingly infectious;

- children catch it from their elders"- Bertrand Russell;

- sim. catching, contagious, corrupting;

a3
of or relating to infection;

- "infectious hospital";

- "infectious disease";

infectious agent
n1
an agent capable of producing infection;

- syn. infective agent;

infectious disease
n1
a disease transmitted only by a specific kind of contact;

infectious hepatitis
n1
an acute but benign form of viral hepatitis caused by an RNA virus that does not persist in the blood serum and is usually transmitted by ingesting food or drink that is contaminated with fecal matter;

- syn. hepatitis A;

infectious mononucleosis
n1
an acute disease characterized by fever and swollen lymph nodes and an abnormal increase of mononuclear leucocytes or monocytes in the bloodstream;

- not highly contagious;

- some believe it can be transmitted by kissing;

- syn. glandular fever, kissing disease, mono, mononucleosis;

infectious polyneuritis
n1
a form of peripheral polyneuritis characterized by pain and weakness and sometimes paralysis of the limbs;

- cause is unknown;

- syn. Guillain-Barre syndrome, Landry's paralysis;

infectiously / ɪ n f ɛ k ʃ ə s ɫ i /
r1
in a contagious manner;

- "she was contagiously bubbly";

- syn. contagiously;

infective / ɪ n f ɛ k t ɪ v /
a1
able to cause disease;

- "infective agents";

- "pathogenic bacteria";

- syn. morbific, pathogenic;

- sim. unhealthful;

a2
caused by infection or capable of causing infection;

- "viruses and other infective agents";

- "a carrier remains infective without himself showing signs of the disease";

- syn. infectious;

- sim. septic;

infective agent
n1
an agent capable of producing infection;

- syn. infectious agent;

infelicitous / ɪ n f ɪ ɫ ɪ s ɪ t ə s /
a1
not appropriate in application;

- defective;

- "an infelicitous remark";

- "infelicitous phrasing";

- "the infelicitous typesetting was due to illegible copy";

- also unhappy;

- sim. awkward, unfortunate;

a2
marked by or producing unhappiness;

- "infelicitous circumstances";

- "unhappy caravans, straggling afoot through swamps and canebrakes"- American Guide Series;

- syn. unhappy;

- sim. unfortunate;

infelicitously / ɪ n f ɪ ɫ ɪ s ɪ t ə s ɫ i /
r1
in an infelicitous manner;

- "he chose his words rather infelicitously";

infelicity / ɪ n f ɪ ɫ ɪ s ɪ t i /
n1
inappropriate and unpleasing manner or style (especially manner or style of expression);

infer / ɪ n f ɝ , ɪ n f ɝ ɹ /
v1
reason by deduction;

- establish by deduction;

- syn. deduce, deduct, derive;

v2
draw from specific cases for more general cases;

- syn. extrapolate, generalise, generalize;

v3
conclude by reasoning;

- in logic;

- syn. deduce;

v4
guess correctly;

- solve by guessing;

- "He guessed the right number of beans in the jar and won the prize";

- syn. guess;

v5
believe to be the case;

- "I understand you have no previous experience?";

- syn. understand;

inference / ɪ n f ə ɹ ə n s /
n1
the reasoning involved in drawing a conclusion or making a logical judgment on the basis of circumstantial evidence and prior conclusions rather than on the basis of direct observation;

- syn. illation;

inferential / ɪ n f ə ɹ ɛ n ʃ ɫ /
a1
relating to or having the nature of illation or inference;

- "the illative faculty of the mind";

- syn. illative;

a2
of reasoning;

- proceeding from general premisses to a necessary and specific conclusion;

- sim. deductive;

a3
resembling or dependent on or arrived at by inference;

- "an illative conclusion";

- "inferential reasoning";

- syn. illative;

- sim. deductive;

a4
derived or capable of being derived by inference;

- sim. connotative;

a5
based on interpretation;

- not directly expressed;

- sim. constructive;

inferior / ɪ n f ɪə ɹ ɪə , ɪ n f ɪə ɹ ɪə ɹ /
n1
one of lesser rank or station or quality;

n2
a character or symbol set or printed or written beneath or slightly below and to the side of another character;

- syn. subscript;

a1
of or characteristic of low rank or importance;

- also low, low, low-level, subordinate;

- sim. humble, indifferent, low-level, middle-level, outclassed;

a2
of low or inferior quality;

- also worst;

- sim. bad, base, bum, bush-league, cheapjack, coarse, coarsened, commercial, deplorable, less, low-grade, mediocre, ropey, scrawny, second-class, third-rate, utility;

a3
written or printed below and to one side of another character;

- syn. subscript;

a4
having an orbit between the sun and the Earth's orbit;

- "Mercury and Venus are inferior planets";

a5
lower than a given reference point;

- "inferior alveolar artery";

- sim. bottom;

a6
falling short of some prescribed norm;

- "substandard housing";

- syn. deficient, substandard;

- sim. nonstandard;

inferior alveolar artery
n1
the alveolar artery that goes through the mandibular canal to supply the lower teeth;

- syn. arteria alveolaris inferior;

inferior cerebellar artery
n1
the inferior branch of the cerebellar artery;

inferior cerebral vein
n1
veins that drain the undersurface of the cerebral hemispheres and empty into the cavernous and transverse sinuses;

- syn. venae cerebrum inferior;

inferior colliculus
n1
an essential auditory center in the midbrain;

inferior conjunction
n1
(astronomy) the alignment of the Earth and a planet on the same side of the sun;

inferior court
n1
any court whose decisions can be appealed to a higher court;

- syn. lower court;

inferior epigastric vein
n1
empties into the external iliac vein;

- syn. vena epigastrica inferior;

inferior labial artery
n1
an artery that is a branch of the facial artery that supplies the lower lip;

- syn. arteria labialis inferior;

inferior labial vein
n1
a tributary of the facial vein that drains the lower lip;

- syn. vena labialis inferior;

inferior mesenteric artery
n1
arises near the lower end of the aorta and supplies the large intestine;

inferior ophthalmic vein
n1
a vein that drains a venous network in the floor and medial wall of the eye socket;

inferior planet
n1
any of the planets whose orbit lies inside the earth's orbit;

inferior pulmonary vein
n1
either of two pulmonary veins (left and right) returning blood from the inferior lobes of the lungs;

- syn. vena pulmanalis inferior;

inferior rectus
n1
the ocular muscle whose contraction turns the eyeball down and medially;

- syn. inferior rectus muscle, rectus inferior;

inferior rectus muscle
n1
the ocular muscle whose contraction turns the eyeball down and medially;

- syn. inferior rectus, rectus inferior;

inferior thalamostriate vein
n1
tributaries to the basal vein;

- syn. striate vein;

inferior thyroid vein
n1
any of several veins on each side that drain the thyroid gland and empty into the innominate vein;

inferior vena cava
n1
receives blood from lower limbs and abdominal organs and empties into the posterior part of the right atrium of the heart;

- formed from the union of the two iliac veins;

- syn. postcava;

inferior vocal cord
n1
either of the two lower vocal folds that come together to form the glottis;

- produce a vocal tone when they are approximated and air from the lungs passes between them;

- syn. inferior vocal fold, true vocal cord, true vocal fold;

inferior vocal fold
n1
either of the two lower vocal folds that come together to form the glottis;

- produce a vocal tone when they are approximated and air from the lungs passes between them;

- syn. inferior vocal cord, true vocal cord, true vocal fold;

inferiority / ɪ n f ɪə ɹ ɪ ɒ ɹ ɪ t i /
n1
the state of being inferior;

- syn. lower rank, lower status;

n2
an inferior quality;

- syn. low quality;

n3
the quality of being a competitive disadvantage;

- syn. unfavorable position;

inferiority complex
n1
a sense of personal inferiority arising from conflict between the desire to be noticed and the fear of being humiliated;

infernal / ɪ n f ɝ n ə ɫ , ɪ n f ɝ n ɫ /
n1
an inhabitant of Hell;

- "his roar made the infernals quake";

a1
characteristic of or resembling Hell;

- "infernal noise";

- "infernal punishment";

a2
extremely evil or cruel;

- expressive of cruelty or befitting hell;

- "something demonic in him--something that could be cruel";

- "fires lit up a diabolic scene";

- "diabolical sorcerers under the influence of devils";

- "a fiendish despot";

- "hellish torture";

- "infernal instruments of war";

- "satanic cruelty";

- "unholy grimaces";

- syn. demonic, diabolic, diabolical, fiendish, hellish, satanic, unholy;

- sim. evil;

a3
expletives used informally as intensifiers;

- "he's a blasted idiot";

- "it's a blamed shame";

- "a blame cold winter";

- "not a blessed dime";

- "I'll be damned (or blessed or darned or goddamned) if I'll do any such thing";

- "he's a damn (or goddam or goddamned) fool";

- "a deuced idiot";

- "an infernal nuisance";

- syn. blame, blamed, blasted, blessed, damn, damned, darned, deuced, goddam, goddamn, goddamned;

- sim. cursed;

a4
of or pertaining to or characteristic of a very uncontrolled and intense fire;

- "infernal heat";

a5
being of the underworld;

- "infernal regions";

- also evil;

- sim. Hadean, Stygian, chthonian;

infernal machine
n1
a bomb that has a detonating mechanism that can be set to go off at a particular time;

- syn. time bomb;

infernal region
n1
(Christianity) the abode of Satan and the forces of evil;

- where sinners suffer eternal punishment;

- "Hurl'd headlong...To bottomless perdition, there to dwell"- John Milton;

- "a demon from the depths of the pit";

- "Hell is paved with good intentions"-Dr. Johnson;

- syn. Hell, Inferno, nether region, perdition, pit;

n2
(religion) the world of the dead;

- "No one goes to Hades with all his immense wealth"-Theognis;

- syn. Hades, Hell, Scheol, netherworld, underworld;

infernally / ɪ n f ɝ n ə ɫ i /
r1
extremely;

- "infernally clever";

- "hellishly dangerous";

- syn. hellishly;

inferno / ɪ n f ɝ n oʊ /
n1
any place of pain and turmoil;

- "the hell of battle";

- "the inferno of the engine room";

- "when you're alone Christmas is the pits";

- syn. hell, hell on earth, hellhole, snake pit, the pits;

n2
a very intense and uncontrolled fire;

- syn. conflagration;

n3
(Christianity) the abode of Satan and the forces of evil;

- where sinners suffer eternal punishment;

- "Hurl'd headlong...To bottomless perdition, there to dwell"- John Milton;

- "a demon from the depths of the pit";

- "Hell is paved with good intentions"-Dr. Johnson;

- syn. Hell, infernal region, nether region, perdition, pit;

infertile / ɪ n f ɝ t aɪ ɫ /
a1
incapable of reproducing;

- "an infertile couple";

- syn. sterile, unfertile;

- also impotent, unfruitful, unproductive;

- sim. barren, sterilized, unfertilized;

infertility / ɪ n f ə t ɪ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
the state of being unable to produce offspring;

- in a woman it is an inability to conceive;

- in a man it is an inability to impregnate;

- syn. sterility;

infest / ɪ n f ɛ s t /
v1
invade in great numbers;

- "the roaches infested our kitchen";

- syn. overrun;

v2
occupy in large numbers or live on a host;

- "the Kudzu plant infests much of the South and is spreading to the North";

- syn. invade, overrun;

v3
live on or in a host, as of parasites;

infestation / ɪ n f ɛ s t eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the state of being invaded or overrun by parasites;

n2
a swarm of insects that attack plants;

- "a plague of grasshoppers";

- syn. plague;

infidel / ɪ n f ɪ d ə ɫ /
n1
a person who does not acknowledge your god;

- syn. gentile, heathen, pagan;

infidelity / ɪ n f ɪ d ɛ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
the quality of being unfaithful;

- syn. unfaithfulness;

infield / ɪ n f i ɫ d /
n1
the area of a baseball field that is enclosed by 3 bases and home plate;

- syn. baseball diamond, diamond;

infielder / ɪ n f i ɫ d ə , ɪ n f i ɫ d ə ɹ /
n1
(baseball) a person who plays a position in the infield;

infiltrate / ɪ n f ɪ ɫ t ɹ eɪ t /
v1
cause (a liquid) to enter by penetrating the interstices;

v2
enter a group or organization in order to spy on the members;

- "The student organization was infiltrated by a traitor";

- syn. penetrate;

v3
pass into or through by filtering or permeating;

- "the substance infiltrated the material";

v4
pass through an enemy line;

- in a military conflict;

- syn. pass through;

infiltration / ɪ n f ɪ ɫ t ɹ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
a process in which individuals (or small groups) penetrate an area (especially the military penetration of enemy positions without detection);

n2
the slow passage of a liquid through a filtering medium;

- "the percolation of rainwater through the soil";

- "the infiltration of seawater through the lava";

- syn. percolation;

infiltrator / ɪ n f ɪ ɫ t ɹ eɪ t ə /
n1
someone who takes up a position surreptitiously for the purpose of espionage;

n2
an intruder (as troops) with hostile intent;

infinite / ɪ n f ɪ n ə t /
n1
the unlimited expanse in which everything is located;

- "they tested his ability to locate objects in space";

- "the boundless regions of the infinite";

- syn. space;

a1
having no limits or boundaries in time or space or extent or magnitude;

- "the infinite ingenuity of man";

- "infinite wealth";

- also immortal;

- sim. boundless, dateless, endless, inexhaustible;

a2
(of verbs) not having tense, person, or number (as a participle or gerund or infinitive);

- "infinite verb form";

- syn. non-finite, nonfinite;

a3
too numerous to be counted;

- "countless hours";

- "an infinite number of reasons";

- "innumerable difficulties";

- "the multitudinous seas";

- "myriad stars";

- syn. countless, innumerable, innumerous, multitudinous, myriad, numberless, uncounted, unnumberable, unnumbered, unnumerable;

- sim. incalculable;

a4
total and all-embracing;

- "God's infinite wisdom";

- sim. absolute;

infinitely / ɪ n f ɪ n ə t ɫ i /
r1
without bounds;

- "he is infinitely wealthy";

- syn. boundlessly, immeasurably;

r2
continuing forever without end;

- "there are infinitely many possibilities";

- syn. endlessly;

infiniteness / ɪ n f ɪ n ə t n ɛ s /
n1
the quality of being infinite;

- without bound or limit;

- syn. boundlessness, infinitude, limitlessness, unboundedness;

infinitesimal / ɪ n f ɪ n ɪ t ɛ s ɪ m ɫ /
n1
(mathematics) a variable that has zero as its limit;

a1
infinitely or immeasurably small;

- "two minute whiplike threads of protoplasm";

- "reduced to a microscopic scale";

- syn. minute;

- sim. small;

infinitesimal calculus
n1
the branch of mathematics that is concerned with limits and with the differentiation and integration of functions;

- syn. calculus;

infinitival / ɪ n f ɪ n ɪ t aɪ v ə ɫ /
a1
relating to or formed with the infinitive;

- "infinitival clause";

infinitive / ɪ n f ɪ n ə t ɪ v /
n1
the uninflected form of the verb;

infinitude / ɪ n f ɪ n ɪ t j u d /
n1
an infinite quantity;

n2
the quality of being infinite;

- without bound or limit;

- syn. boundlessness, infiniteness, limitlessness, unboundedness;

infinity / ɪ n f ɪ n ɪ t i /
n1
time without end;

- syn. eternity;

infirm / ɪ n f ɝ m /
a1
lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality;

- "a feeble old woman";

- "her body looked sapless";

- syn. debile, decrepit, feeble, rickety, sapless, weak, weakly;

- sim. frail;

a2
lacking firmness of will or character or purpose;

- "infirm of purpose;

- give me the daggers" - Shakespeare;

- sim. irresolute;

infirmary / ɪ n f ɝ m ə ɹ i /
n1
a health facility where patients receive treatment;

- syn. hospital;

infirmity / ɪ n f ɝ m ɪ t i /
n1
the state of being weak in health or body (especially from old age);

- syn. debility, feebleness, frailness, frailty, valetudinarianism;

infix / ɪ n f ɪ k s /
n1
an affix that is inserted inside the word;

v1
put or introduce into something;

- "insert a picture into the text";

- syn. enter, insert, introduce;

v2
attach a morpheme into a stem word;

infix notation
n1
a notation for forming mathematical expressions using parentheses and governed by rules of operator precedence;

- operators are dispersed among the operands;

inflame / ɪ n f ɫ eɪ m /
v1
cause inflammation in;

- "The repetitive motion inflamed her joint";

v2
catch fire;

- "The dried grass of the prairie kindled, spreading the flames for miles";

- syn. kindle;

v3
cause to start burning;

- "The setting sun kindled the sky with oranges and reds";

- syn. conflagrate, enkindle, kindle;

v4
arouse or excite feelings and passions;

- "The ostentatious way of living of the rich ignites the hatred of the poor";

- "The refugees' fate stirred up compassion around the world";

- "Wake old feelings of hatred";

- syn. fire up, heat, ignite, stir up, wake;

v5
become inflamed;

- get sore;

- "His throat inflamed";

inflamed / ɪ n f ɫ eɪ m d /
a1
resulting from inflammation;

- hot and swollen and reddened;

- "eyes inflamed with crying";

- sim. unhealthy;

a2
lighted with red light as if with flames;

- "streets ablaze with lighted Christmas trees";

- "the inflamed clouds at sunset";

- "reddened faces around the campfire";

- syn. ablaze, reddened;

- sim. light;

a3
adorned with tongues of flame;

- sim. adorned;

inflaming / ɪ n f ɫ eɪ m ɪ ŋ /
n1
arousal to violent emotion;

- syn. inflammation;

inflammability / ɪ n f ɫ æ m ə b ɪ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
the quality of being easily ignited and burning rapidly;

- syn. flammability;

inflammable / ɪ n f ɫ æ m ə b ɫ /
a1
easily ignited;

- syn. flammable;

- sim. combustible;

inflammation / ɪ n f ɫ ə m eɪ ʃ n /
n1
a response of body tissues to injury or irritation;

- characterized by pain and swelling and redness and heat;

- syn. redness, rubor;

n2
the state of being emotionally aroused and worked up;

- "his face was flushed with excitement and his hands trembled";

- "he tried to calm those who were in a state of extreme inflammation";

- syn. excitation, excitement, fervor, fervour;

n3
arousal to violent emotion;

- syn. inflaming;

n4
the act of setting something on fire;

- syn. firing, ignition, kindling, lighting;

inflammatory / ɪ n f ɫ æ m ə t ɹ i /
a1
characterized or caused by inflammation;

- "an inflammatory process";

- "an inflammatory response";

- sim. unhealthy;

a2
arousing to action or rebellion;

- syn. incendiary, incitive, instigative, rabble-rousing, seditious;

- sim. provocative;

inflammatory bowel disease
n1
inflammation of the colon;

- syn. colitis;

inflammatory disease
n1
a disease characterized by inflammation;

inflatable / ɪ n f ɫ eɪ t ə b ɫ /
a1
designed to be filled with air or gas;

- "an inflatable mattress";

- "an inflatable boat";

- sim. expansive;

inflatable cushion
n1
a cushion usually made of rubber or plastic that can be inflated;

- syn. air cushion;

inflate / ɪ n f ɫ eɪ t /
v1
exaggerate or make bigger;

- "The charges were inflated";

- syn. amplify, blow up, expand;

v2
fill with gas or air;

- "inflate a balloons";

- syn. blow up;

v3
cause prices to rise by increasing the available currency or credit;

- "The war inflated the economy";

v4
increase the amount or availability of, creating a rise in value;

- "inflate the currency";

v5
become inflated;

- "The sails ballooned";

- syn. balloon, billow;

inflated / ɪ n f ɫ eɪ t ɪ d /
a1
enlarged beyond truth or reasonableness;

- "a hyperbolic style";

- syn. hyperbolic;

- sim. increased;

a2
pretentious (especially with regard to language or ideals);

- "high-flown talk of preserving the moral tone of the school";

- "a high-sounding dissertation on the means to attain social revolution";

- syn. high-flown, high-sounding;

- sim. pretentious;

inflater / ɪ n f ɫ eɪ t ə , ɪ n f ɫ eɪ t ə ɹ /
n1
an air pump operated by hand to inflate something (as a tire);

- syn. inflator;

inflation / ɪ n f ɫ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
a general and progressive increase in prices;

- "in inflation everything gets more valuable except money";

- syn. rising prices;

n2
(cosmology) a brief exponential expansion of the universe (faster than the speed of light) postulated to have occurred shortly after the big bang;

n3
lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity;

- syn. ostentation, ostentatiousness, pomposity, pompousness, pretentiousness, puffiness, splashiness;

n4
the act of filling something with air;

inflation rate
n1
the rate of change of prices (as indicated by a price index) calculated on a monthly or annual basis;

- syn. rate of inflation;

inflation therapy
n1
therapy in which water or oxygen or a drug is introduced into the respiratory tract with inhaled air;

inflationary / ɪ n f ɫ eɪ ʃ n ɹ i /
a1
associated with or tending to cause increases in inflation;

- "inflationary prices";

inflationary spiral
n1
an episode of inflation in which prices and wages increase at an increasing rate and currency rapidly loses value;

inflator / ɪ n f ɫ eɪ t ə /
n1
an air pump operated by hand to inflate something (as a tire);

- syn. inflater;

inflect / ɪ n f ɫ ɛ k t /
v1
change the form of a word in accordance as required by the grammatical rules of the language;

v2
vary the pitch of one's speech;

- syn. modulate, tone;

inflected / ɪ n f ɫ ɛ k t ɪ d /
a1
(of the voice) altered in tone or pitch;

- "his southern Yorkshire voice was less inflected and singing than her northern one";

- sim. modulated;

a2
showing alteration in form (especially by the addition of affixes);

- "`boys' and `swam' are inflected English words";

- "German is an inflected language";

inflection / ɪ n f ɫ ɛ k ʃ n /
n1
a change in the form of a word (usually by adding a suffix) to indicate a change in its grammatical function;

- syn. inflexion;

n2
the patterns of stress and intonation in a language;

- syn. prosody;

n3
deviation from a straight or normal course;

- syn. flection, flexion;

n4
a manner of speaking in which the loudness or pitch or tone of the voice is modified;

- syn. modulation;

inflectional / ɪ n f ɫ ɛ k ʃ n ə ɫ /
a1
characterized by inflections indicating grammatical distinctions;

- "inflectional morphology is used to indicate number and case and tense and person etc.";

inflectional ending
n1
an inflection that is added at the end of a root word;

- syn. inflectional suffix;

inflectional morphology
n1
the part of grammar that deals with the inflections of words;

- syn. accidence;

inflectional suffix
n1
an inflection that is added at the end of a root word;

- syn. inflectional ending;

inflexibility / ɪ n f ɫ ɛ k s ə b ɪ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
a lack of physical flexibility;

- syn. inflexibleness;

n2
the quality of being rigid and rigorously severe;

- syn. rigidity, rigidness;

inflexible / ɪ n f ɫ ɛ k s ə b ɫ /
a1
incapable of change;

- "a man of inflexible purpose";

- sim. adamant, die-hard, fossilized, hard-core, ironclad;

a2
not making concessions;

- "took an uncompromising stance in the peace talks";

- "uncompromising honesty";

- syn. sturdy, uncompromising;

- sim. hard-line;

a3
resistant to being bent;

- "an inflexible iron bar";

- "an inflexible knife blade";

- also inelastic;

- sim. muscle-bound, rigid, semirigid;

a4
incapable of adapting or changing to meet circumstances;

- "a rigid disciplinarian";

- "an inflexible law";

- "an unbending will to dominate";

- syn. rigid, unbending;

- sim. unadaptable;

inflexibleness / ɪ n f ɫ ɛ k s ə b ɫ n ə s /
n1
a lack of physical flexibility;

- syn. inflexibility;

inflexibly / ɪ n f ɫ ɛ k s ə b ɫ i /
r1
in an inflexible manner;

- "`You will--because you must!,' Madam told her inflexibly";

inflexion / ɪ n f ɫ ɛ k ʃ n /
n1
a change in the form of a word (usually by adding a suffix) to indicate a change in its grammatical function;

- syn. inflection;

inflict / ɪ n f ɫ ɪ k t /
v1
impose something unpleasant;

- "The principal visited his rage on the students";

- syn. bring down, impose, visit;

infliction / ɪ n f ɫ ɪ k ʃ n /
n1
the act of imposing something (as a tax or an embargo);

- syn. imposition;

n2
an act causing pain or damage;

n3
something or someone that causes trouble;

- a source of unhappiness;

- "washing dishes was a nuisance before we got a dish washer";

- "a bit of a bother";

- "he's not a friend, he's an infliction";

- syn. annoyance, bother, botheration, pain, pain in the ass, pain in the neck;

infliximab
n1
a monoclonal antibody (trade name Remicade) used to treat Crohn's disease and rheumatoid arthritis;

- administered by infusion;

- use and dosage must be determined by a physician;

- syn. Remicade;

n2
an anti-TNF compound (trade name Remicade) consisting of an antibody directed against TNF;

- it is given intravenously at one-month to three-month intervals;

- used in treatment of regional enteritis and rheumatoid arthritis;

- syn. Remicade;

inflorescence / ɪ n f ɫ ɔ ɹ ɛ s n s /
n1
the time and process of budding and unfolding of blossoms;

- syn. anthesis, blossoming, efflorescence, florescence, flowering;

n2
the flowering part of a plant or arrangement of flowers on a stalk;

inflow / ɪ n f ɫ oʊ /
n1
the process of flowing in;

- syn. influx;

inflowing / ɪ n f ɫ oʊ ɪ ŋ /
a1
flowing inward;

- syn. influent;

- sim. incoming;

influence / ɪ n f ɫ ʊə n s /
n1
a power to affect persons or events especially power based on prestige etc;

- "used her parents' influence to get the job";

n2
causing something without any direct or apparent effort;

n3
a cognitive factor that tends to have an effect on what you do;

- "her wishes had a great influence on his thinking";

n4
the effect of one thing (or person) on another;

- "the influence of mechanical action";

n5
one having power to influence another;

- "she was the most important influence in my life";

- "he was a bad influence on the children";

v1
have and exert influence or effect;

- "The artist's work influenced the young painter";

- "She worked on her friends to support the political candidate";

- syn. act upon, work;

v2
shape or influence;

- give direction to;

- "experience often determines ability";

- "mold public opinion";

- syn. determine, mold, regulate, shape;

v3
induce into action by using one's charm;

- "She charmed him into giving her all his money";

- syn. charm, tempt;

influence peddler
n1
someone who intervenes with authorities for a person in trouble (usually using underhand or illegal methods for a fee);

- syn. fixer;

influent / ɪ n f ɫ ʊə n t /
a1
flowing inward;

- syn. inflowing;

- sim. incoming;

influential / ɪ n f ɫ ʊ ɛ n ʃ ɫ /
a1
having or exercising influence or power;

- "an influential newspaper";

- "influential leadership for peace";

- sim. authoritative, potent, prestigious;

influential person
n1
a person whose actions and opinions strongly influence the course of events;

- syn. important person, personage;

influentially / ɪ n f ɫ ʊ ɛ n ʃ ə ɫ i /
r1
exerting influence;

influenza / ɪ n f ɫ ʊ ɛ n z ə /
n1
an acute febrile highly contagious viral disease;

- syn. flu, grippe;

influx / ɪ n f ɫ ʌ k s /
n1
the process of flowing in;

- syn. inflow;

info / ɪ n f oʊ /
n1
a message received and understood;

- syn. information;

infolding / ɪ n f oʊ ɫ d ɪ ŋ /
n1
the folding in of an outer layer so as to form a pocket in the surface;

- "the invagination of the blastula";

- syn. introversion, intussusception, invagination;

infomercial / ɪ n f oʊ m ɝ ʃ ɫ /
n1
a television commercial presented in the form of a short documentary;

- syn. informercial;

inform / ɪ n f ɔ m /
v1
impart knowledge of some fact, state of affairs, or event to;

- "I informed him of his rights";

v2
give character or essence to;

- "The principles that inform modern teaching";

v3
act as an informer;

- "She had informed on her own parents for years";

informal / ɪ n f ɔ m ɫ /
a1
not formal;

- "conservative people unaccustomed to informal dress";

- "an informal free-and-easy manner";

- "an informal gathering of friends";

- also informal;

- sim. casual, folksy, free-and-easy, unceremonious;

a2
not officially recognized or controlled;

- "an informal agreement";

- "a loose organization of the local farmers";

- syn. loose;

- sim. unofficial;

a3
used of spoken and written language;

- also informal, unrhetorical;

- sim. colloquial, common, epistolary, slangy, subliterary, unliterary;

a4
having or fostering a warm or friendly and informal atmosphere;

- "had a cozy chat";

- "a relaxed informal manner";

- "an intimate cocktail lounge";

- "the small room was cozy and intimate";

- syn. cozy, intimate;

- sim. friendly;

informality / ɪ n f ɔ m æ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
a manner that does not take forms and ceremonies seriously;

n2
freedom from constraint or embarrassment;

- "I am never at ease with strangers";

- syn. ease;

informally / ɪ n f ɔ m ə ɫ i /
r1
without formality;

- "he visited us informally";

r2
with the use of colloquial expressions;

- "this building is colloquially referred to as The Barn";

- syn. colloquially, conversationally;

informant / ɪ n f ɔ m ə n t /
n1
a person who supplies information;

- syn. source;

n2
someone who sees an event and reports what happened;

- syn. witness, witnesser;

informatics / ɪ n f ɔ m ə t ɪ k s /
n1
the sciences concerned with gathering, manipulating, storing, retrieving, and classifying recorded information;

- syn. IP, information processing, information science;

information / ɪ n f ə m eɪ ʃ n /
n1
a message received and understood;

- syn. info;

n2
knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction;

n3
formal accusation of a crime;

n4
a collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn;

- "statistical data";

- syn. data;

n5
(communication theory) a numerical measure of the uncertainty of an outcome;

- "the signal contained thousands of bits of information";

- syn. entropy, selective information;

information age
n1
a period beginning in the last quarter of the 20th century when information became easily accessible through publications and through the manipulation of information by computers and computer networks;

information bulletin
n1
a bulletin containing the latest information;

information gathering
n1
the act of collecting information;

information measure
n1
a system of measurement of information based on the probabilities of the events that convey information;

information processing
n1
the sciences concerned with gathering, manipulating, storing, retrieving, and classifying recorded information;

- syn. IP, informatics, information science;

information processing system
n1
a machine for performing calculations automatically;

- syn. computer, computing device, computing machine, data processor, electronic computer;

information return
n1
a return that provides information to the tax collector but does not compute the tax liability;

information science
n1
the sciences concerned with gathering, manipulating, storing, retrieving, and classifying recorded information;

- syn. IP, informatics, information processing;

information superhighway
n1
an extensive electronic network (such as the internet) used for the rapid transfer of sound and video and graphics in digital form;

- syn. superhighway;

information system
n1
system consisting of the network of all communication channels used within an organization;

- syn. data system;

information technology
n1
the branch of engineering that deals with the use of computers and telecommunications to retrieve and store and transmit information;

- syn. IT;

information theory
n1
(computer science) a statistical theory dealing with the limits and efficiency of information processing;

information warfare
n1
the use of information or information technology during a time of crisis or conflict to achieve or promote specific objectives over a specific adversary or adversaries;

- "not everyone agrees that information warfare is limited to the realm of traditional warfare";

- syn. IW;

informational / ɪ n f ə m eɪ ʃ n ə ɫ /
a1
relating to or having the nature of information;

informational RNA
n1
the template for protein synthesis;

- the form of RNA that carries information from DNA in the nucleus to the ribosome sites of protein synthesis in the cell;

- syn. mRNA, messenger RNA, template RNA;

informative / ɪ n f ɔ m ə t ɪ v /
a1
tending to increase knowledge or dissipate ignorance;

- "an enlightening glimpse of government in action";

- "an illuminating lecture";

- syn. enlightening, illuminating;

a2
serving to instruct or enlighten or inform;

- syn. instructive;

- also informative, informatory;

- sim. clarifying, demonstrative, didactic, doctrinaire, educational, educative, explanatory, expository, interpretative, ostensive, preachy;

a3
providing or conveying information;

- syn. informatory;

- also instructive;

- sim. advisory, exemplifying, newsy, revealing;

informatively / ɪ n f ɔ m ə t ɪ v ɫ i /
r1
in an informative manner;

- syn. instructively;

informatory / ɪ n f ɔ m ə t ə ɹ i /
a1
providing or conveying information;

- syn. informative;

- also informative, instructive;

- sim. advisory, exemplifying, newsy, revealing;

informed / ɪ n f ɔ m d /
a1
having much knowledge or education;

- "an informed public";

- "informed opinion";

- "the informed customer";

- also educated, enlightened, sophisticated;

- sim. abreast, advised, conversant, educated, hep, knowing, knowledgeable, privy, well-read;

informed consent
n1
consent by a patient to undergo a medical or surgical treatment or to participate in an experiment after the patient understands the risks involved;

informer / ɪ n f ɔ m ə , ɪ n f ɔ m ə ɹ /
n1
one who reveals confidential information in return for money;

- syn. betrayer, blabber, rat, squealer;

informer's privilege
n1
the right of the government to refuse to reveal the identity of an informer;

informercial
n1
a television commercial presented in the form of a short documentary;

- syn. infomercial;

informing / ɪ n f ɔ m ɪ ŋ /
n1
to furnish incriminating evidence to an officer of the law (usually in return for favors);

- syn. ratting;

n2
a speech act that conveys information;

- syn. making known;

infotainment
n1
a film or TV program presenting the facts about a person or event;

- syn. docudrama, documentary, documentary film;

infra / ɪ n f ɹ ə /
r1
(in writing) at a later place;

- "see below";

- "vide infra";

- syn. below;

infra dig / ɪ n f ɹ ə d ɪ ɡ /
a1
beneath your dignity;

- "considered helping with the dishes to be infra dig";

- sim. undignified;

infract / ɪ n f ɹ æ k t /
v1
act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises;

- "offend all laws of humanity";

- "violate the basic laws or human civilization";

- "break a law";

- "break a promise";

- syn. breach, break, go against, offend, transgress, violate;

infraction / ɪ n f ɹ æ k ʃ n /
n1
a crime less serious than a felony;

- syn. infringement, misdemeanor, misdemeanour, violation;

infrahuman
a1
belonging to a group below humans in evolutionary development;

- "infrahuman animals";

- sim. subhuman;

inframaxillary
a1
relating to the lower jaw;

- syn. mandibular;

infrangible / ɪ n f ɹ æ n dʒ ɪ b ɫ /
a1
difficult or impossible to break or separate into parts;

- "an infrangible series";

- sim. unbreakable;

a2
not capable of being violated or infringed;

- "infrangible human rights";

- syn. absolute, inviolable;

- sim. inalienable;

infraorbital artery
n1
an artery that originates from the maxillary artery and supplies structures below the orbit (from lower eyelid to upper lip);

- syn. arteria infraorbitalis;

infrared / ɪ n f ɹ ə ɹ ɛ d /
n1
the infrared region of the electromagnetic spectrum;

- electromagnetic wave frequencies below the visible range;

- "they could sense radiation in the infrared";

- syn. infrared frequency;

n2
electromagnetic radiation with wavelengths longer than visible light but shorter than radio waves;

- syn. infrared emission, infrared light, infrared radiation;

a1
having or employing wavelengths longer than light but shorter than radio waves;

- lying outside the visible spectrum at its red end;

- "infrared radiation";

- "infrared photography";

- sim. invisible;

infrared emission
n1
electromagnetic radiation with wavelengths longer than visible light but shorter than radio waves;

- syn. infrared, infrared light, infrared radiation;

infrared frequency
n1
the infrared region of the electromagnetic spectrum;

- electromagnetic wave frequencies below the visible range;

- "they could sense radiation in the infrared";

- syn. infrared;

infrared lamp
n1
electric heater consisting of a high-power incandescent lamp that emits infrared radiation;

- "the bathroom could be warmed by an infrared lamp";

- syn. heat lamp;

infrared light
n1
electromagnetic radiation with wavelengths longer than visible light but shorter than radio waves;

- syn. infrared, infrared emission, infrared radiation;

infrared radiation
n1
electromagnetic radiation with wavelengths longer than visible light but shorter than radio waves;

- syn. infrared, infrared emission, infrared light;

infrared ray
n1
a ray of infrared radiation;

- produces a thermal effect (as from an infrared lamp);

infrared spectrum
n1
the spectrum of infrared radiation;

infrared therapy
n1
the use of infrared radiation (as by infrared lamps or heating pads or hot water bottles) to relieve pain and increase circulation to a particular area of the body;

infrasonic / ɪ n f ɹ ə s ɒ n ɪ k /
a1
having frequencies below those of audible sound;

- sim. inaudible;

infrastructure / ɪ n f ɹ ə s t ɹ ʌ k tʃ ə , ɪ n f ɹ ə s t ɹ ʌ k tʃ ə ɹ /
n1
the basic structure or features of a system or organization;

- syn. substructure;

n2
the stock of basic facilities and capital equipment needed for the functioning of a country or area;

- "the industrial base of Japan";

- syn. base;

infrequency / ɪ n f ɹ i k w ə n s i /
n1
noteworthy scarcity;

- syn. rareness, rarity;

infrequent / ɪ n f ɹ i k w ə n t /
a1
not frequent;

- not occurring regularly or at short intervals;

- "infrequent outbursts of temper";

- also sporadic;

- sim. occasional, rare;

infrequently / ɪ n f ɹ i k w ə n t ɫ i /
r1
not many times;

- "in your 1850 church you not infrequently find a dramatic contrast between the sumptuous appointments of the building itself and the inhuman barrack-like living conditions in the church room";

infrigidation
n1
the process of cooling or freezing (e.g., food) for preservative purposes;

- syn. refrigeration;

infringe / ɪ n f ɹ ɪ n dʒ /
v1
go against, as of rules and laws;

- "He ran afoul of the law";

- "This behavior conflicts with our rules";

- syn. conflict, contravene, run afoul;

v2
advance beyond the usual limit;

- syn. encroach, impinge;

infringement / ɪ n f ɹ ɪ n dʒ m ə n t /
n1
an act that disregards an agreement or a right;

- "he claimed a violation of his rights under the Fifth Amendment";

- syn. violation;

n2
a crime less serious than a felony;

- syn. infraction, misdemeanor, misdemeanour, violation;

infringement of copyright
n1
a violation of the rights secured by a copyright;

- syn. copyright infringement;

infructescence
n1
the fruiting stage of the inflorescence;

infundibulum
n1
any of various funnel-shaped parts of the body (but especially the hypophyseal stalk);

infuriate / ɪ n f j ʊə ɹ ɪ eɪ t /
v1
make furious;

- syn. exasperate, incense;

infuriated / ɪ n f j ʊə ɹ ɪ eɪ t ɪ d /
a1
marked by extreme anger;

- "the enraged bull attached";

- "furious about the accident";

- "a furious scowl";

- "infuriated onlookers charged the police who were beating the boy";

- "could not control the maddened crowd";

- syn. angered, enraged, furious, maddened;

- sim. angry;

infuriating / ɪ n f j ʊə ɹ ɪ eɪ t ɪ ŋ /
a1
extremely annoying or displeasing;

- "his cavelier curtness of manner was exasperating";

- "I've had an exasperating day";

- "her infuriating indifference";

- "the ceaseless tumult of the jukebox was maddening";

- syn. exasperating, maddening, vexing;

- sim. displeasing;

infuriation / ɪ n f j ʊə ɹ ɪ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
a feeling of intense anger;

- syn. enragement;

infuscate
v1
darken with a brownish tinge, as of insect wings;

infuse / ɪ n f j u z /
v1
teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions;

- "inculcate values into the young generation";

- syn. inculcate, instill;

v2
fill, as with a certain quality;

- "The heavy traffic tinctures the air with carbon monoxide";

- syn. impregnate, instill, tincture;

v3
undergo the process of infusion;

- "the mint tea is infusing";

v4
let sit in a liquid to extract a flavor or to cleanse;

- "steep the blossoms in oil";

- "steep the fruit in alcohol";

- syn. steep;

v5
introduce into the body through a vein, for therapeutic purposes;

- "Some physiologists infuses sugar solutions into the veins of animals";

infusion / ɪ n f j u ʒ n /
n1
a solution obtained by steeping or soaking a substance (usually in water);

- syn. extract;

n2
the process of extracting certain active properties (as a drug from a plant) by steeping or soaking (usually in water);

n3
(medicine) the passive introduction of a substance (a fluid or drug or electrolyte) into a vein or between tissues (as by gravitational force);

n4
the act of infusing or introducing a certain modifying element or quality;

- "the team's continued success is attributable to a steady infusion of new talent";

Infusoria / ɪ n f j u z ɔ ɹ ɪə /
n1
in some recent classifications, coextensive with the Ciliata: minute organisms found in decomposing infusions of organic matter;

- syn. subclass Infusoria;

infusorian / ɪ n f j u z ɔ ɹ ɪə n /
n1
any member of the subclass Infusoria;

inga
n1
any tree or shrub of the genus Inga having pinnate leaves and showy usually white flowers;

- cultivated as ornamentals;

Inga edulis
n1
ornamental evergreen tree with masses of white flowers;

- tropical and subtropical America;

- syn. ice-cream bean;

Inga laurina
n1
tropical tree of Central America and West Indies and Puerto Rico having spikes of white flowers;

- used as shade for coffee plantations;

- syn. guama;

ingathering / ɪ n ɡ æ ð ə ɹ ɪ ŋ /
n1
request for a sum of money;

- "an appeal to raise money for starving children";

- syn. appeal, collection, solicitation;

Inge
n1
English prelate noted for his pessimistic sermons and articles (1860-1954);

- syn. Gloomy Dean, William Ralph Inge;

n2
United States playwright (1913-1973);

- syn. William Inge;

ingeminate
v1
to say, state, or perform again;

- "She kept reiterating her request";

- syn. iterate, reiterate, repeat, restate, retell;

ingenious / ɪ n dʒ i n ɪə s /
a1
showing inventiveness and skill;

- "a clever gadget";

- "the cunning maneuvers leading to his success";

- "an ingenious solution to the problem";

- syn. clever, cunning;

- sim. adroit;

ingeniously / ɪ n dʒ i n ɪə s ɫ i /
r1
in an ingenious manner;

- "a Hampshire farmer had fowls of different breeds, including Dorkings, and he discriminated ingeniously between the `dark ones' and the `white ones'";

ingeniousness / ɪ n dʒ i n ɪə s n ə s /
n1
the power of creative imagination;

- syn. cleverness, ingenuity, inventiveness;

n2
the property of being ingenious;

- "a plot of great ingenuity";

- "the cleverness of its design";

- syn. cleverness, ingenuity;

ingenue
n1
an actress who specializes in playing the role of an artless innocent young girl;

n2
an artless innocent young girl (especially as portrayed on the stage);

n3
the role of an innocent artless young woman in a play;

ingenuity / ɪ n dʒ ɪ n j u ɪ t i /
n1
the power of creative imagination;

- syn. cleverness, ingeniousness, inventiveness;

n2
the property of being ingenious;

- "a plot of great ingenuity";

- "the cleverness of its design";

- syn. cleverness, ingeniousness;

ingenuous / ɪ n dʒ ɛ n j ʊə s /
a1
characterized by an inability to mask your feelings;

- not devious;

- "an ingenuous admission of responsibility";

- syn. artless;

- also naive, sincere;

- sim. candid, undistorted;

a2
lacking in sophistication or worldliness;

- "a child's innocent stare";

- "his ingenuous explanation that he would not have burned the church if he had not thought the bishop was in it";

- syn. innocent;

- sim. naive;

ingenuously / ɪ n dʒ ɛ n j ʊə s ɫ i /
r1
in an ingenuous manner;

- "she answered the judge's questions artlessly";

- syn. artlessly;

ingenuousness / ɪ n dʒ ɛ n j ʊə s n ə s /
n1
the quality of innocent naivete;

- syn. artlessness, innocence, naturalness;

n2
openly straightforward or frank;

Inger / ɪ n dʒ ə /
n1
a member of western Finnish people formerly living in the Baltic province where Saint Petersburg was built;

- syn. Ingerman, Ingrian;

Ingerman
n1
a member of western Finnish people formerly living in the Baltic province where Saint Petersburg was built;

- syn. Inger, Ingrian;

ingest / ɪ n dʒ ɛ s t /
v1
serve oneself to, or consume regularly;

- "Have another bowl of chicken soup!";

- "I don't take sugar in my coffee";

- syn. consume, have, take, take in;

v2
take up mentally;

- "he absorbed the knowledge or beliefs of his tribe";

- syn. absorb, assimilate, take in;

ingesta / ɪ n dʒ ɛ s t ə /
n1
solid and liquid nourishment taken into the body through the mouth;

ingestion / ɪ n dʒ ɛ s tʃ ə n /
n1
the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating);

- syn. consumption, intake, uptake;

inglenook / ɪ ŋ ɡ ɫ n ʊ k /
n1
a corner by a fireplace;

- syn. chimney corner;

inglorious / ɪ n ɡ ɫ ɔ ɹ ɪə s /
a1
(used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame;

- "Man...has written one of his blackest records as a destroyer on the oceanic islands"- Rachel Carson;

- "an ignominious retreat";

- "inglorious defeat";

- "an opprobrious monument to human greed";

- "a shameful display of cowardice";

- syn. black, disgraceful, ignominious, opprobrious, shameful;

- sim. dishonorable;

a2
not bringing honor and glory;

- "some mute inglorious Milton here may rest";

- also dishonorable, dishonourable, unknown;

- sim. obscure;

ingloriously / ɪ n ɡ ɫ ɔ ɹ ɪə s ɫ i /
r1
in a dishonorable manner or to a dishonorable degree;

- "his grades were disgracefully low";

- syn. discreditably, disgracefully, dishonorably, dishonourably, ignominiously, shamefully;

Ingmar Bergman
n1
Swedish film director who used heavy symbolism and explored the psychology of the characters (born 1918);

- syn. Bergman;

ingot / ɪ ŋ ɡ ə t /
n1
metal that is cast in the shape of a block for convenient handling;

ingot iron
n1
iron of high purity;

ingraft / ɪ n ɡ ɹ ɑ f t /
v1
cause to grow together parts from different plants;

- "graft the cherry tree branch onto the plum tree";

- syn. engraft, graft;

ingrain / ɪ n ɡ ɹ eɪ n /
v1
thoroughly work in;

- "His hands were grained with dirt";

- syn. grain;

v2
produce or try to produce a vivid impression of;

- "Mother tried to ingrain respect for our elders in us";

- syn. impress, instill;

ingrained / ɪ n ɡ ɹ eɪ n d /
a1
(used especially of ideas or principles) deeply rooted;

- firmly fixed or held;

- "deep-rooted prejudice";

- "deep-seated differences of opinion";

- "implanted convictions";

- "ingrained habits of a lifetime";

- "a deeply planted need";

- syn. deep-rooted, deep-seated, implanted, planted;

- sim. established;

ingraining / ɪ n ɡ ɹ eɪ n ɪ ŋ /
n1
teaching or impressing upon the mind by frequent instruction or repetition;

- syn. inculcation, instilling;

ingrate / ɪ n ɡ ɹ eɪ t /
n1
a person who shows no gratitude;

- syn. thankless wretch, ungrateful person;

ingratiate / ɪ n ɡ ɹ eɪ ʃ ɪ eɪ t /
v1
gain favor with somebody by deliberate efforts;

ingratiating / ɪ n ɡ ɹ eɪ ʃ ɪ eɪ t ɪ ŋ /
a1
capable of winning favor;

- "with open arms and an ingratiating smile";

- sim. pleasing;

a2
calculated to please or gain favor;

- "a smooth ingratiating manner";

- syn. ingratiatory, insinuating;

- sim. flattering;

ingratiatingly / ɪ n ɡ ɹ eɪ ʃ ɪ eɪ t ɪ ŋ ɫ i , ɪ n ɡ ɹ eɪ ʃ i eɪ t ɪ ŋ ɫ i /
r1
in a flattering and ingratiating manner;

- "she behaves ingratiatingly toward her boss";

ingratiation / ɪ n ɡ ɹ eɪ ʃ ɪ eɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
the act of gaining acceptance or affection for yourself by persuasive and subtle blandishments;

- "she refused to use insinuation in order to gain favor";

- syn. insinuation;

ingratiatory
a1
pleasingly persuasive or intended to persuade;

- "a coaxing and obsequious voice";

- "her manner is quiet and ingratiatory and a little too agreeable";

- syn. coaxing;

- sim. persuasive;

a2
calculated to please or gain favor;

- "a smooth ingratiating manner";

- syn. ingratiating, insinuating;

- sim. flattering;

ingratitude / ɪ n ɡ ɹ æ t ɪ t j u d /
n1
a lack of gratitude;

- syn. ungratefulness;

ingredient / ɪ n ɡ ɹ i d ɪə n t /
n1
a component of a mixture or compound;

n2
an abstract part of something;

- "jealousy was a component of his character";

- "two constituents of a musical composition are melody and harmony";

- "the grammatical elements of a sentence";

- "a key factor in her success";

- "humor: an effective ingredient of a speech";

- syn. component, constituent, element, factor;

n3
food that is a component of a mixture in cooking;

- "the recipe lists all the fixings for a salad";

- syn. fixings;

Ingres
n1
French classical painter (1780-1867);

- syn. Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres;

ingress / ɪ n ɡ ɹ ɛ s /
n1
(astronomy) the disappearance of a celestial body prior to an eclipse;

- syn. immersion;

n2
the act of entering;

- "she made a grand entrance";

- syn. entering, entrance, entry, incoming;

Ingrian / ɪ ŋ ɡ ɹ ɪə n /
n1
a member of western Finnish people formerly living in the Baltic province where Saint Petersburg was built;

- syn. Inger, Ingerman;

n2
a Finnic language spoken by the Ingrian;

Ingrid Bergman
n1
Swedish film actress (1915-1982);

- syn. Bergman;

ingroup / ɪ n ɡ ɹ u p /
n1
an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose;

- syn. camp, clique, coterie, inner circle, pack;

ingrowing / ɪ n ɡ ɹ oʊ ɪ ŋ /
a1
growing abnormally into the flesh;

- "an ingrown toenail";

- syn. ingrown;

- sim. unhealthy;

ingrown / ɪ n ɡ ɹ oʊ n /
a1
growing abnormally into the flesh;

- "an ingrown toenail";

- syn. ingrowing;

- sim. unhealthy;

ingrown hair
n1
a hair that does not emerge from the follicle but remains embedded in the skin (usually causing inflammation);

ingrown toenail
n1
toenail having its free tip or edges embedded in the surrounding flesh;

- syn. onyxis;

ingrowth / ɪ n ɡ ɹ oʊ θ /
n1
something that grows inward;

inguen
n1
the crease at the junction of the inner part of the thigh with the trunk together with the adjacent region and often including the external genitals;

- syn. groin;

inguinal / ɪ ŋ ɡ w ɪ n ə ɫ /
a1
of or relating to or near the groin;

inguinal canal
n1
oblique passage through the lower abdominal wall;

- in males it is the passage through which the testes descend into the scrotum and it contains the spermatic cord;

- in females it transmits the round ligament of the uterus;

- syn. canalis inguinalis;

inguinal hernia
n1
hernia in which a loop of intestine enters the inguinal canal;

- the most common type of hernia in males;

ingurgitate
v1
overeat or eat immodestly;

- make a pig of oneself;

- "She stuffed herself at the dinner";

- "The kids binged on ice cream";

- syn. binge, englut, engorge, glut, gorge, gormandise, gormandize, gourmandize, overeat, overgorge, overindulge, pig out, satiate, scarf out, stuff;

INH
n1
antibacterial drug (trade name Nydrazid) used to treat tuberculosis;

- syn. Nydrazid, isoniazid;

inhabit / ɪ n h æ b ɪ t /
v1
be an inhabitant of or reside in;

- "People lived in Africa millions of years ago";

- "The people inhabited the islands that are now deserted";

- "this kind of fish dwells near the bottom of the ocean";

- "deer are populating the woods";

- syn. dwell, live, populate;

v2
be present in;

- "sweet memories inhabit this house";

v3
exist or be situated within;

- "Strange notions inhabited her mind";

- syn. dwell;

inhabitable / ɪ n h æ b ɪ t ə b ɫ /
a1
fit for habitation;

- "the habitable world";

- syn. habitable;

- sim. livable;

inhabitancy / ɪ n h æ b ɪ t ə n s i /
n1
the act of dwelling in or living permanently in a place (said of both animals and men);

- "he studied the creation and inhabitation and demise of the colony";

- syn. habitation, inhabitation;

inhabitant / ɪ n h æ b ɪ t ə n t /
n1
a person who inhabits a particular place;

- syn. denizen, dweller, habitant, indweller;

inhabitation / ɪ n h æ b ɪ t eɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
the act of dwelling in or living permanently in a place (said of both animals and men);

- "he studied the creation and inhabitation and demise of the colony";

- syn. habitation, inhabitancy;

inhabited / ɪ n h æ b ɪ t ɪ d /
a1
having inhabitants;

- lived in;

- "the inhabited regions of the earth";

- sim. colonized, haunted, occupied, owner-occupied, peopled, populated, populous, rock-inhabiting, underpopulated;

inhalant
n1
something that is inhaled;

n2
a medication to be taken by inhaling it;

- syn. inhalation;

a1
inhaling or serving for inhalation;

- "an inhalant pore";

inhalation / ɪ n h ə ɫ eɪ ʃ ə n , ɪ n h ə ɫ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the act of inhaling;

- the drawing in of air (or other gases) as in breathing;

- syn. aspiration, breathing in, inspiration, intake;

n2
a medication to be taken by inhaling it;

- syn. inhalant;

inhalation anaesthetic
n1
a gas that produces general anesthesia when inhaled;

- syn. inhalation anesthetic, inhalation general anaesthetic, inhalation general anesthetic;

inhalation anesthesia
n1
general anesthesia achieved by administration of an inhalation anesthetic;

inhalation anesthetic
n1
a gas that produces general anesthesia when inhaled;

- syn. inhalation anaesthetic, inhalation general anaesthetic, inhalation general anesthetic;

inhalation anthrax
n1
a form of anthrax infection acquired by inhalation of dust containing Bacillus anthracis;

- initial symptoms (chill and cough and dyspnea and rapid pulse) are followed by extreme cardiovascular collapse;

- syn. anthrax pneumonia, pulmonary anthrax, ragpicker's disease, ragsorter's disease, woolsorter's disease, woolsorter's pneumonia;

inhalation general anaesthetic
n1
a gas that produces general anesthesia when inhaled;

- syn. inhalation anaesthetic, inhalation anesthetic, inhalation general anesthetic;

inhalation general anesthetic
n1
a gas that produces general anesthesia when inhaled;

- syn. inhalation anaesthetic, inhalation anesthetic, inhalation general anaesthetic;

inhalator / ɪ n h ə ɫ eɪ t ə ɹ /
n1
a breathing device for administering long-term artificial respiration;

- syn. respirator;

n2
a dispenser that produces a chemical vapor to be inhaled in order to relieve nasal congestion;

- syn. inhaler;

inhale / ɪ n h eɪ ɫ /
v1
draw deep into the lungs in by breathing;

- "Clinton smoked marijuana but never inhaled";

v2
draw in (air);

- "Inhale deeply";

- "inhale the fresh mountain air";

- "The patient has trouble inspiring";

- "The lung cancer patient cannot inspire air very well";

- syn. breathe in, inspire;

inhaler / ɪ n h eɪ ɫ ə , ɪ n h eɪ ɫ ə ɹ /
n1
a dispenser that produces a chemical vapor to be inhaled in order to relieve nasal congestion;

- syn. inhalator;

inharmonic / ɪ n h ɑ m ɒ n ɪ k /
a1
lacking in harmony;

- syn. discordant, disharmonious, dissonant;

- sim. inharmonious;

inharmonious / ɪ n h ɑ m oʊ n ɪə s /
a1
not in harmony;

- syn. unharmonious;

- also incompatible;

- sim. discordant, false, unresolved;

a2
lacking in harmony of parts;

- "an inharmonious (or incongruous) mixture of architectural styles";

- sim. incongruous;

inharmoniousness / ɪ n h ɑ m oʊ n ɪə s n ə s /
n1
a lack of harmony;

- syn. disharmony;

inhere / ɪ n h ɪə /
v1
be inherent in something;

inhere in
v1
be part of;

- "This problem inheres in the design";

- syn. attach to;

inherence / ɪ n h ɪə ɹ ə n s /
n1
the state of inhering;

- the state of being a fixed characteristic;

- "the inherence of polysemy in human language";

- syn. inherency;

inherency / ɪ n h ɪə ɹ ə n s i /
n1
the state of inhering;

- the state of being a fixed characteristic;

- "the inherence of polysemy in human language";

- syn. inherence;

inherent / ɪ n h ɪə ɹ ə n t /
a1
existing as an essential constituent or characteristic;

- "the Ptolemaic system with its built-in concept of periodicity";

- "a constitutional inability to tell the truth";

- syn. built-in, constitutional, inbuilt, integral;

- sim. intrinsic;

a2
in the nature of something though not readily apparent;

- "shortcomings inherent in our approach";

- "an underlying meaning";

- syn. implicit in, underlying;

- sim. implicit;

inherent aptitude
n1
inborn pattern of behavior often responsive to specific stimuli;

- "the spawning instinct in salmon";

- "altruistic instincts in social animals";

- syn. instinct;

inherently / ɪ n h ɪə ɹ ə n t ɫ i /
r1
in an inherent manner;

- "the subject matter is sexual activity of any overt kind, which is depicted as inherently desirable and exciting";

inherit / ɪ n h ɛr ɪ t /
v1
obtain from someone after their death;

- "I inherited a castle from my French grandparents";

v2
receive from a predecessor;

- "The new chairman inherited many problems from the previous chair";

v3
receive by genetic transmission;

- "I inherited my good eyesight from my mother";

inheritable / ɪ n h ɛr ɪ t ə b ɫ /
a1
capable of being inherited;

- "inheritable traits such as eye color";

- "an inheritable title";

- syn. heritable;

- sim. ancestral, familial, inheriting, monogenic, nee, polygenic;

inheritance / ɪ n h ɛr ɪ t ə n s /
n1
hereditary succession to a title or an office or property;

- syn. heritage;

n2
that which is inherited;

- a title or property or estate that passes by law to the heir on the death of the owner;

- syn. heritage;

n3
(genetics) attributes acquired via biological heredity from the parents;

- syn. hereditary pattern;

n4
any attribute or immaterial possession that is inherited from ancestors;

- "my only inheritance was my mother's blessing";

- "the world's heritage of knowledge";

- syn. heritage;

inheritance tax
n1
a tax on the estate of the deceased person;

- syn. death duty, death tax, estate tax;

inherited / ɪ n h ɛr ɪ t ɪ d /
a1
occurring among members of a family usually by heredity;

- "an inherited disease";

- "familial traits";

- "genetically transmitted features";

- syn. familial, genetic, hereditary, transmissible, transmitted;

- sim. inheritable;

inherited disease
n1
a disease or disorder that is inherited genetically;

- syn. congenital disease, genetic abnormality, genetic defect, genetic disease, genetic disorder, hereditary condition, hereditary disease, inherited disorder;

inherited disorder
n1
a disease or disorder that is inherited genetically;

- syn. congenital disease, genetic abnormality, genetic defect, genetic disease, genetic disorder, hereditary condition, hereditary disease, inherited disease;

inherited wealth
n1
wealth that is inherited rather than earned;

inheriting / ɪ n h ɛr ɪ t ɪ ŋ /
a1
having the legal right to inherit;

- sim. inheritable;

inheritor / ɪ n h ɛr ɪ t ə , ɪ n h ɛr ɪ t ə ɹ /
n1
a person who is entitled by law or by the terms of a will to inherit the estate of another;

- syn. heir, heritor;

inheritress / ɪ n h ɛr ɪ t ɹ ɪ s /
n1
a female heir;

- syn. heiress, inheritrix;

inheritrix / ɪ n h ɛr ɪ t ɹ ɪ k s /
n1
a female heir;

- syn. heiress, inheritress;

inhibit / ɪ n h ɪ b ɪ t /
v1
prohibit, forbid, or prevent from doing something;

- "Contact between the young was inhibited by strict social customs";

v2
limit, block, or decrease the action or function of;

- "inhibit the action of the enzyme";

- "inhibit the rate of a chemical reaction";

v3
consciously restrain from showing;

- of emotions, desires, impulses, or behavior;

- "suppress a smile";

- "he let his anger bottle up until he exploded";

- syn. bottle up, suppress;

v4
make (someone) self-conscious and as a result unable to act naturally;

- "his father's cold and distant demeanor inhibited him emotionally";

inhibited / ɪ n h ɪ b ɪ t ɪ d /
a1
held back or restrained or prevented;

- "in certain conditions previously inhibited conditioned reactions can reappear";

- also reserved, restrained;

- sim. pent-up, smothered;

inhibition / ɪ n ɪ b ɪ ʃ n /
n1
(psychology) the conscious exclusion of unacceptable thoughts or desires;

- syn. suppression;

n2
the quality of being inhibited;

n3
(physiology) the process whereby nerves can retard or prevent the functioning of an organ or part;

- "the inhibition of the heart by the vagus nerve";

n4
the action of prohibiting or inhibiting or forbidding (or an instance thereof);

- "they were restrained by a prohibition in their charter";

- "a medical inhibition of alcoholic beverages";

- "he ignored his parents' forbiddance";

- syn. forbiddance, prohibition;

inhibitor / ɪ n h ɪ b ɪ t ə , ɪ n h ɪ b ɪ t ə ɹ /
n1
a substance that retards or stops an activity;

inhibitory / ɪ n h ɪ b ɪ t ɹ i /
a1
restrictive of action;

- "a repressive regime";

- "an overly strict and inhibitory discipline";

- syn. repressing, repressive;

- sim. restrictive;

inhomogeneity
n1
the quality of being inhomogeneous;

inhomogeneous
a1
not homogeneous;

- syn. nonuniform;

- sim. heterogeneous;

inhospitable / ɪ n h ɒ s p ɪ t ə b ɫ /
a1
unfavorable to life or growth;

- "the barren inhospitable desert";

- "inhospitable mountain areas";

- sim. bare, godforsaken, hostile, water-washed, windswept;

a2
not hospitable;

- "they are extremely inhospitable these days";

- "her greeting was cold and inhospitable";

- also unfriendly;

inhospitableness / ɪ n h ɒ s p ɪ t ə b ɫ n ə s /
n1
the environmental condition in a region that lacks a favorable climate or terrain for life or growth;

n2
having an unfriendly and inhospitable disposition;

inhospitably / ɪ n h ɒ s p ɪ t ə b ɫ i /
r1
in an inhospitable manner;

- "she was received inhospitably by her new family";

inhospitality / ɪ n h ɒ s p ɪ t æ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
unkind and inconsiderate welcome;

- "he was taken aback by such inhospitality";

inhuman / ɪ n h j u m ə n /
a1
without compunction or human feeling;

- "in cold blood";

- "cold-blooded killing";

- "insensate destruction";

- syn. cold, cold-blooded, insensate;

- sim. inhumane;

a2
belonging to or resembling something nonhuman;

- "something dark and inhuman in form";

- "a babel of inhuman noises";

- sim. nonhuman;

inhuman treatment
n1
a cruel act;

- a deliberate infliction of pain and suffering;

- syn. cruelty;

inhumane / ɪ n h j u m eɪ n /
a1
lacking and reflecting lack of pity or compassion;

- "humans are innately inhumane;

- this explains much of the misery and suffering in the world";

- "biological weapons are considered too inhumane to be used";

- also painful;

- sim. barbarous, beastly, cannibalic, cold, pitiless;

inhumanely / ɪ n h j u m eɪ n ɫ i /
r1
in an inhumane manner;

- "the prisoners of war were treated inhumanely";

inhumaneness
n1
the quality of lacking compassion or consideration for others;

- syn. inhumanity;

inhumanity / ɪ n h j u m æ n ɪ t i /
n1
the quality of lacking compassion or consideration for others;

- syn. inhumaneness;

n2
an act of atrocious cruelty;

- syn. atrocity;

inhumation / ɪ n h j u m eɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
the ritual placing of a corpse in a grave;

- syn. burial, entombment, interment, sepulture;

inhume / ɪ n h j u m /
v1
place in a grave or tomb;

- "Stalin was buried behind the Kremlin wall on Red Square";

- "The pharaohs were entombed in the pyramids";

- "My grandfather was laid to rest last Sunday";

- syn. bury, entomb, inter, lay to rest;

inhumed / ɪ n h j u m d /
a1
placed in a grave;

- "the hastily buried corpses";

- syn. buried, interred;

- sim. belowground;

Inigo Jones
n1
one of the first great English architects and a theater designer (1573-1652);

- syn. Jones;

inimical / ɪ n ɪ m ɪ k ɫ /
a1
not friendly;

- "an unfriendly act of aggression";

- "an inimical critic";

- syn. unfriendly;

- sim. hostile;

inimitable / ɪ n ɪ m ɪ t ə b ɫ /
a1
defying imitation;

- matchless;

- "an inimitable style";

- sim. unreproducible;

inimitably / ɪ n ɪ m ɪ t ə b ɫ i /
r1
in an unreproducible manner;

- "he has an inimitably verbose style";

- syn. unreproducibly;

inion
n1
the craniometric point that is the most prominent point at the back of the head (at the occipital protuberance);

iniquitous / ɪ n ɪ k w ɪ t ə s /
a1
characterized by iniquity;

- wicked because it is believed to be a sin;

- "iniquitous deeds";

- "he said it was sinful to wear lipstick";

- "ungodly acts";

- syn. sinful, ungodly;

- sim. wicked;

iniquitously / ɪ n ɪ k w ɪ t ə s ɫ i /
r1
in an iniquitous manner;

- "they really believed that the treaty of Versailles was iniquitously injust";

iniquity / ɪ n ɪ k w ɪ t i /
n1
morally objectionable behavior;

- syn. evil, immorality, wickedness;

n2
an unjust act;

- syn. injustice, shabbiness, unfairness;

initial / ɪ n ɪ ʃ ɫ /
n1
the first letter of a word (especially a person's name);

- "he refused to put the initials FRS after his name";

v1
mark with one's initials;

a1
occurring at the beginning;

- "took the initial step toward reconciliation";

- sim. first;

initial offering
n1
a corporation's first offer to sell stock to the public;

- syn. IPO, initial public offering;

initial public offering
n1
a corporation's first offer to sell stock to the public;

- syn. IPO, initial offering;

initial rhyme
n1
use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse;

- "around the rock the ragged rascal ran";

- syn. alliteration, beginning rhyme, head rhyme;

initialisation
n1
(computer science) the format of sectors on the surface of a hard disk drive so that the operating system can access them and setting a starting position;

- syn. initialization, low-level formatting;

initialise
v1
assign an initial value to a computer program;

- syn. initialize;

v2
divide (a disk) into marked sectors so that it may store data;

- "Please format this disk before entering data!";

- syn. format, initialize;

initialism / ɪ n ɪ ʃ ɫ ɪ z ə m /
n1
a word formed from the initial letters of the several words in the name and pronounced as one word;

- "`NATO' is an initialism for North Atlantic Treaty Organization";

- "the word `scuba' is an acronym for s(elf)-c(ontained) u(nderwater) b(reathing) a(pparatus)";

- syn. acronym;

n2
an abbreviation formed from the initial letters of the several words in the name and pronounced separately;

- "HTML is an initialism for HyperText Markup Language";

initialization
n1
(computer science) the format of sectors on the surface of a hard disk drive so that the operating system can access them and setting a starting position;

- syn. initialisation, low-level formatting;

initialize
v1
assign an initial value to a computer program;

- syn. initialise;

v2
divide (a disk) into marked sectors so that it may store data;

- "Please format this disk before entering data!";

- syn. format, initialise;

initially / ɪ n ɪ ʃ ə ɫ i /
r1
at the beginning;

- "at first he didn't notice anything strange";

- syn. ab initio;

initiate / ɪ n ɪ ʃ ɪə t , ɪ n ɪ ʃ ɪ eɪ t /
n1
someone new to a field or activity;

- syn. beginner, novice, tiro, tyro;

n2
someone who has been admitted to membership in a scholarly field;

- syn. learned person, pundit, savant;

n3
people who have been introduced to the mysteries of some field or activity;

- "it is very familiar to the initiate";

- syn. enlightened;

v1
bring into being;

- "He initiated a new program";

- "Start a foundation";

- syn. originate, start;

v2
take the lead or initiative in;

- participate in the development of;

- "This South African surgeon pioneered heart transplants";

- syn. pioneer;

v3
accept people into an exclusive society or group, usually with some rite;

- "African men are initiated when they reach puberty";

- syn. induct;

v4
bring up a topic for discussion;

- syn. broach;

v5
set in motion, start an event or prepare the way for;

- "Hitler's attack on Poland led up to World War II";

- syn. lead up;

initiation / ɪ n ɪ ʃ ɪ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
a formal entry into an organization or position or office;

- "his initiation into the club";

- "he was ordered to report for induction into the army";

- "he gave a speech as part of his installation into the hall of fame";

- syn. induction, installation;

n2
the act of starting something for the first time;

- introducing something new;

- "she looked forward to her initiation as an adult";

- "the foundation of a new scientific society";

- syn. creation, foundation, founding, innovation, instauration, institution, introduction, origination;

n3
wisdom as evidenced by the possession of knowledge;

- "his knowledgeability impressed me";

- "his dullness was due to lack of initiation";

- syn. knowledgeability, knowledgeableness;

n4
an act that sets in motion some course of events;

- syn. induction, trigger;

initiative / ɪ n ɪ ʃ ə t ɪ v , ɪ n ɪ ʃ ɪə t ɪ v /
n1
readiness to embark on bold new ventures;

- syn. enterprise, enterprisingness, go-ahead;

n2
the first of a series of actions;

- syn. first step, opening, opening move;

a1
serving to set in motion;

- "the magazine's inaugural issue";

- "the initiative phase in the negotiations";

- "an initiatory step toward a treaty";

- "his first (or maiden) speech in Congress";

- "the liner's maiden voyage";

- syn. first, inaugural, initiatory, maiden;

- sim. opening;

initiator / ɪ n ɪ ʃ ɪ eɪ t ə /
n1
a person who initiates a course of action;

- syn. instigator;

initiatory / ɪ n ɪ ʃ ɪə t ə ɹ i /
a1
serving to set in motion;

- "the magazine's inaugural issue";

- "the initiative phase in the negotiations";

- "an initiatory step toward a treaty";

- "his first (or maiden) speech in Congress";

- "the liner's maiden voyage";

- syn. first, inaugural, initiative, maiden;

- sim. opening;

inject / ɪ n dʒ ɛ k t /
v1
give an injection to;

- "We injected the glucose into the patient's vein";

- syn. shoot;

v2
to introduce (a new aspect or element);

- "He injected new life into the performance";

v3
force or drive (a fluid or gas) into by piercing;

- "inject hydrogen into the balloon";

- syn. shoot;

v4
take by injection;

- "inject heroin";

v5
feed intravenously;

v6
to insert between other elements;

- "She interjected clever remarks";

- syn. come in, interject, interpose, put in, throw in;

injectable / ɪ n dʒ ɛ k t ə b ɫ /
a1
(used of drugs) capable of being injected;

injectant / ɪ n dʒ ɛ k t ə n t /
n1
any solution that is injected (as into the skin);

- syn. injection;

injection / ɪ n dʒ ɛ k ʃ n /
n1
the forceful insertion of a substance under pressure;

n2
any solution that is injected (as into the skin);

- syn. injectant;

n3
the act of putting a liquid into the body by means of a syringe;

- "the nurse gave him a flu shot";

- syn. shot;

injector / ɪ n dʒ ɛ k t ə /
n1
a contrivance for injecting (e.g., water into the boiler of a steam engine or particles into an accelerator etc.);

injudicious / ɪ n dʒ u d ɪ ʃ ə s /
a1
lacking or showing lack of judgment or discretion;

- unwise;

- "an injudicious measure";

- "the result of an injudicious decision";

- sim. imprudent;

injudiciously / ɪ n dʒ u d ɪ ʃ ə s ɫ i /
r1
in an injudicious manner;

- "these intelligence tests were used injudiciously for many years";

injudiciousness / ɪ n dʒ u d ɪ ʃ ə s n ə s /
n1
lacking good judgment;

- syn. indiscreetness;

n2
the trait of being injudicious;

- syn. indiscretion;

Injun
n1
(slang) offensive term for Native Americans;

- syn. Redskin, red man;

injunction / ɪ n dʒ ʌ ŋ k ʃ n /
n1
a formal command or admonition;

n2
(law) a judicial remedy issued in order to prohibit a party from doing or continuing to do a certain activity;

- "injunction were formerly obtained by writ but now by a judicial order";

- syn. cease and desist order, enjoining, enjoinment;

injure / ɪ n dʒ ə , ɪ n dʒ ə ɹ /
v1
cause injuries or bodily harm to;

- syn. wound;

v2
hurt the feelings of;

- "She hurt me when she did not include me among her guests";

- "This remark really bruised my ego";

- syn. bruise, hurt, offend, spite, wound;

v3
cause damage or affect negatively;

- "Our business was hurt by the new competition";

- syn. hurt;

injured / ɪ n dʒ ə d /
a1
harmed;

- "injured soldiers";

- also broken, damaged, impaired, unsound;

- sim. battle-scarred, black-and-blue, disjointed, eviscerate, hurt, lacerate, raw;

a2
emotionally hurt or upset or annoyed;

- "she looked offended";

- "face had a pained and puzzled expression";

- "injured feelings";

- syn. offended, pained;

- sim. displeased;

injured party
n1
someone injured or killed in an accident;

- syn. casualty;

injurious / ɪ n dʒ ʊə ɹ ɪə s /
a1
harmful to living things;

- "deleterious chemical additives";

- syn. deleterious, hurtful;

- sim. harmful;

injuriously / ɪ n dʒ ʊə ɹ ɪə s ɫ i /
r1
in an injurious manner;

injuriousness / ɪ n dʒ ʊə ɹ ɪə s n ə s /
n1
destructiveness that causes harm or injury;

- syn. harmfulness;

injury / ɪ n dʒ ə ɹ i /
n1
any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.;

- syn. harm, hurt, trauma;

n2
an accident that results in physical damage or hurt;

- syn. accidental injury;

n3
a casualty to military personnel resulting from combat;

- syn. combat injury, wound;

n4
an act that causes someone or something to receive physical damage;

n5
wrongdoing that violates another's rights and is unjustly inflicted;

injustice / ɪ n dʒ ʌ s t ɪ s /
n1
an unjust act;

- syn. iniquity, shabbiness, unfairness;

n2
the practice of being unjust or unfair;

- syn. unjustness;

ink / ɪ ŋ k /
n1
a liquid used for printing or writing or drawing;

n2
dark protective fluid ejected into the water by cuttlefish and other cephalopods;

v1
append one's signature to;

- "They inked the contract";

v2
mark, coat, cover, or stain with ink;

- "he inked his finger";

v3
fill with ink;

- "ink a pen";

ink-black
a1
of the color of black ink;

- syn. inky, inky-black;

- sim. achromatic;

ink-jet
a1
of or relating to an ink-jet printer;

ink-jet printer
n1
a printer that produces characters by projecting electrically charged droplets of ink;

ink bottle
n1
a bottle of ink;

- syn. inkpot;

ink cartridge
n1
a cartridge that contains ink and can be replaced;

ink eraser
n1
an eraser that removes ink marks;

Inka
n1
a member of the Quechuan people living in the Cuzco valley in Peru;

- syn. Inca, Incan;

n2
the small group of Quechua living in the Cuzco Valley in Peru who established hegemony over their neighbors in order to create an empire that lasted from about 1100 until the Spanish conquest in the early 1530s;

- syn. Inca;

inkberry
n1
evergreen holly of eastern North America with oblong leathery leaves and small black berries;

- syn. Ilex glabra, evergreen winterberry, gall-berry, gallberry;

inkblot / ɪ ŋ k b ɫ ɒ t /
n1
a blot made with ink;

inkblot test
n1
a projective tests using bilaterally symmetrical inkblots;

- subjects state what they see in the inkblot;

- syn. Rorschach, Rorschach test;

inkiness
n1
the quality or state of the achromatic color of least lightness (bearing the least resemblance to white);

- syn. black, blackness;

inking pad
n1
a block of absorbent material saturated with ink;

- used to transfer ink evenly to a rubber stamp;

- syn. inkpad, pad, stamp pad;

inkle / ɪ ŋ k ɫ /
n1
a linen tape used for trimming as a decoration;

inkling / ɪ ŋ k ɫ ɪ ŋ /
n1
a slight suggestion or vague understanding;

- "he had no inkling what was about to happen";

- syn. glimmer, glimmering, intimation;

inkpad
n1
a block of absorbent material saturated with ink;

- used to transfer ink evenly to a rubber stamp;

- syn. inking pad, pad, stamp pad;

inkpot / ɪ ŋ k p ɒ t /
n1
a bottle of ink;

- syn. ink bottle;

inkstand / ɪ n k s t æ n d /
n1
a small well holding writing ink into which a pen can be dipped;

- syn. inkwell;

n2
a tray or stand for writing implements and containers for ink;

inkwell / ɪ ŋ k w ɛ ɫ /
n1
a small well holding writing ink into which a pen can be dipped;

- syn. inkstand;

inky / ɪ ŋ k i /
a1
of the color of black ink;

- syn. ink-black, inky-black;

- sim. achromatic;

inky-black
a1
of the color of black ink;

- syn. ink-black, inky;

- sim. achromatic;

inky-cap mushroom
n1
having a cap that melts into an inky fluid after spores have matured;

- syn. Coprinus atramentarius, inky cap;

inky cap
n1
having a cap that melts into an inky fluid after spores have matured;

- syn. Coprinus atramentarius, inky-cap mushroom;

INLA
n1
a radical terrorist group dedicated to the removal of British forces from Northern Ireland and the unification of Ireland;

- syn. Catholic Reaction Force, Irish National Liberation Army, People's Liberation Army, People's Republican Army;

inlaid / ɪ n ɫ ə n d , ɪ n ɫ eɪ d /
a1
adorned by inlays;

- sim. adorned;

inland / ɪ n ɫ æ n d , ɪ n ɫ ə n d /
a1
situated away from an area's coast or border;

- sim. interior, landlocked;

r1
towards or into the interior of a region;

- "the town is five miles inland";

inland bill
n1
a bill of exchange that is both drawn and made payable in the same country;

Inland Passage
n1
a naturally protected waterway from Seattle to Skagway in southeastern Alaska;

- syn. Inside Passage;

Inland Revenue
n1
a board of the British government that administers and collects major direct taxes;

- syn. IR;

Inland Sea
n1
an arm of the Pacific Ocean in southern Japan;

- surrounded by the islands of Honshu and Shikoku and Kyushu and linked to the Sea of Japan by a narrow channel;

- the chief port is Hiroshima;

inlay / ɪ n ɫ eɪ /
n1
(dentistry) a filling consisting of a solid substance (as gold or porcelain) fitted to a cavity in a tooth and cemented into place;

n2
a decoration made by fitting pieces of wood into prepared slots in a surface;

v1
decorate the surface of by inserting wood, stone, and metal;

inlet / ɪ n ɫ ɛ t /
n1
an arm off of a larger body of water (often between rocky headlands);

- syn. recess;

n2
an opening through which fluid is admitted to a tube or container;

- syn. intake;

inlet manifold
n1
manifold that carries vaporized fuel from the carburetor to the inlet valves of the cylinders;

inmarriage
n1
marriage within one's own tribe or group as required by custom or law;

- syn. endogamy, intermarriage;

inmarry
v1
marry within one's own tribe or group;

- "The inhabitants of this isolated village tend to inmarry";

inmate / ɪ n m eɪ t /
n1
one of several resident of a dwelling (especially someone confined to a prison or hospital);

n2
a patient who is residing in the hospital where he is being treated;

- syn. inpatient;

n3
a person serving a sentence in a jail or prison;

- syn. con, convict, yard bird, yardbird;

inmost / ɪ n m oʊ s t /
a1
being deepest within the self;

- "one's innermost feelings";

- syn. innermost;

- sim. inward;

a2
situated or occurring farthest within;

- "the innermost chamber";

- syn. innermost;

- sim. inner;

inn / ɪ n /
n1
a hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers;

- syn. auberge, hostel, hostelry, lodge;

innards / ɪ n ə dʒ /
n1
internal organs collectively (especially those in the abdominal cavity);

- "`viscera' is the plural form of `viscus'";

- syn. entrails, viscera;

innate / ɪ n eɪ t /
a1
not established by conditioning or learning;

- "an unconditioned reflex";

- syn. unconditioned, unlearned;

- sim. naive;

a2
being talented through inherited qualities;

- "a natural leader";

- "a born musician";

- "an innate talent";

- syn. born, natural;

- sim. intelligent;

a3
present at birth but not necessarily hereditary;

- acquired during fetal development;

- syn. congenital, inborn;

- sim. noninheritable;

innate immunity
n1
immunity to disease that occurs as part of an individual's natural biologic makeup;

- syn. natural immunity;

innate reflex
n1
an automatic instinctive unlearned reaction to a stimulus;

- syn. inborn reflex, instinctive reflex, physiological reaction, reflex, reflex action, reflex response, unconditioned reflex;

innately / ɪ n eɪ t ɫ i /
r1
in an innate manner;

- "the child is said to be innately disposed to learn language";

innateness / ɪ n eɪ t n ɛ s /
n1
the quality of being innate;

inner / ɪ n ə , ɪ n ə ɹ /
a1
located inward;

- "Beethoven's manuscript looks like a bloody record of a tremendous inner battle"- Leonard Bernstein;

- "she thinks she has no soul, no interior life, but the truth is that she has no access to it"- David Denby;

- "an internal sense of rightousness"- A.R.Gurney,Jr.;

- syn. interior, internal;

- sim. inward;

a2
located or occurring within or closer to a center;

- "an inner room";

- also central;

- sim. inmost, inside;

a3
innermost or essential;

- "the inner logic of Cubism";

- "the internal contradictions of the theory";

- "the intimate structure of matter";

- syn. internal, intimate;

- sim. intrinsic;

a4
confined to an exclusive group;

- "privy to inner knowledge";

- "inside information";

- "privileged information";

- syn. inside, privileged;

- sim. exclusive;

a5
exclusive to a center;

- especially a center of influence;

- "inner regions of the organization";

- "inner circles of government";

- sim. exclusive;

a6
inside or closer to the inside of the body;

- "the inner ear";

- sim. internal;

inner circle
n1
an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose;

- syn. camp, clique, coterie, ingroup, pack;

inner city
n1
the older and more populated and (usually) poorer central section of a city;

inner ear
n1
a complex system of interconnecting cavities;

- concerned with hearing and equilibrium;

- syn. internal ear, labyrinth;

Inner Hebrides
n1
islands between the Outer Hebrides and the western coast of Scotland;

Inner Light
n1
a divine presence believed by Quakers to enlighten and guide the soul;

- syn. Christ Within, Light, Light Within;

Inner Mongolia
n1
an autonomous region of northeastern China that was annexed by the Manchu rulers in 1635 and became an integral part of China in 1911;

- syn. Nei Monggol;

inner product
n1
a real number (a scalar) that is the product of two vectors;

- syn. dot product, scalar product;

inner resource
n1
a resource provided by the mind or one's personal capabilities;

- "to have an inner resource against loneliness";

inner tube
n1
an inflatable rubber tube that fits inside the casing of a pneumatic tire;

innermost / ɪ n ə m oʊ s t /
a1
being deepest within the self;

- "one's innermost feelings";

- syn. inmost;

- sim. inward;

a2
situated or occurring farthest within;

- "the innermost chamber";

- syn. inmost;

- sim. inner;

innersole / ɪ n ə ɹ s oʊ ɫ /
n1
the inner sole of a shoe or boot where the foot rests;

- syn. insole;

innervate / ɪ n ɝ v eɪ t /
v1
supply nerves to (some organ or body part);

v2
stimulate to action;

- "innervate a muscle or a nerve";

innervation / ɪ n ɝ v eɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
the neural or electrical arousal of an organ or muscle or gland;

- syn. excitation, irritation;

n2
the distribution of nerve fibers to an organ or body region;

inning / ɪ n ɪ ŋ /
n1
(baseball) one of nine divisions of play during which each team has a turn at bat;

- syn. frame;

innings / ɪ n ɪ ŋ z /
n1
the batting turn of a cricket player or team;

innkeeper / ɪ n k i p ə , ɪ n k i p ə ɹ /
n1
the owner or manager of an inn;

- syn. boniface, host;

innocence / ɪ n ə s n s /
n1
the quality of innocent naivete;

- syn. artlessness, ingenuousness, naturalness;

n2
the state of being unsullied by sin or moral wrong;

- lacking a knowledge of evil;

- syn. pureness, purity, sinlessness, whiteness;

n3
a state or condition of being innocent of a specific crime or offense;

- "the trial established his innocence";

innocency / ɪ n ə s n s i /
n1
an innocent quality or thing or act;

- "the innocencies of childhood";

innocense
n1
white and lavender to pale-blue flowers grow in perfect rings of widely spaced bands around the stems forming a kind of pagoda;

- California;

- syn. Collinsia bicolor, Collinsia heterophylla, purple chinese houses;

innocent / ɪ n ə s n t /
n1
a person who lacks knowledge of evil;

- syn. inexperienced person;

a1
free from evil or guilt;

- "an innocent child";

- "the principle that one is innocent until proved guilty";

- syn. clean-handed, guiltless;

- also exculpatory, righteous;

- sim. absolved, acquitted, blameless;

a2
lacking intent or capacity to injure;

- "an innocent prank";

- syn. innocuous;

- sim. harmless;

a3
free from sin;

- syn. impeccant, sinless;

- sim. virtuous;

a4
lacking in sophistication or worldliness;

- "a child's innocent stare";

- "his ingenuous explanation that he would not have burned the church if he had not thought the bishop was in it";

- syn. ingenuous;

- sim. naive;

a5
not knowledgeable about something specified;

- "American tourists wholly innocent of French";

- "a person unacquainted with our customs";

- syn. unacquainted;

- sim. uninformed;

a6
completely wanting or lacking;

- "writing barren of insight";

- "young recruits destitute of experience";

- "innocent of literary merit";

- "the sentence was devoid of meaning";

- syn. barren, destitute, devoid, free;

- sim. nonexistent;

a7
(used of things) lacking sense or awareness;

- "fine innocent weather";

- sim. unconscious;

Innocent III
n1
Italian pope from 1198 to 1216 who instituted the Fourth Crusade and under whom papal intervention in European politics reached its height (1161-1216);

- syn. Lotario di Segni;

Innocent VIII
n1
Italian pope from 1484 to 1492 who was known as a nepotist and was attacked by Savonarola for his worldliness (1432-1492);

- syn. Giovanni Battista Cibo;

Innocent XI
n1
Italian pope from 1676 to 1689 whose papacy was marked by the struggle with Louis XIV of France over papal authority over French Catholics;

- known for saintliness and canonized in 1956 (1611-1689);

- syn. Benedetto Odescalchi;

Innocent XII
n1
Italian pope from 1691 to 1700 who abolished nepotism within the church hierarchy and was universally loved for his charity and piety;

- syn. Antonio Pignatelli;

innocently / ɪ n ə s n t ɫ i /
r1
in a not unlawful manner;

- "he claimed to have purchased the contraband innocently";

r2
in a naively innocent manner;

- "she smiled at him innocently";

Innocents' Day
n1
December 28, commemorating Herod's slaughter of the children of Bethlehem;

- syn. Holy Innocents' Day;

innocuous / ɪ n ɒ k j ʊə s /
a1
not injurious to physical or mental health;

- also harmless;

- sim. innoxious;

a2
not causing disapproval;

- "it was an innocuous remark";

- "confined himself to innocuous generalities";

- "unobjectionable behavior";

- syn. unobjectionable;

- sim. inoffensive;

a3
lacking intent or capacity to injure;

- "an innocent prank";

- syn. innocent;

- sim. harmless;

innominate artery
n1
a large artery arising from the arch of the aorta and divides into the right subclavian artery and the right common carotid artery;

- supplies the right side of the neck and head and the right shoulder and arm;

innominate bone
n1
large flaring bone forming one half of the pelvis;

- made up of the ilium and ischium and pubis;

- syn. hipbone;

innominate vein
n1
veins formed by the union of the internal jugular and subclavian veins;

- syn. brachiocephalic vein, vena brachiocephalica;

innovate / ɪ n ə v eɪ t /
v1
bring something new to an environment;

- "A new word processor was introduced";

- syn. introduce;

innovation / ɪ n ə v eɪ ʃ n /
n1
a creation (a new device or process) resulting from study and experimentation;

- syn. invention;

n2
the creation of something in the mind;

- syn. conception, design, excogitation, invention;

n3
the act of starting something for the first time;

- introducing something new;

- "she looked forward to her initiation as an adult";

- "the foundation of a new scientific society";

- syn. creation, foundation, founding, initiation, instauration, institution, introduction, origination;

innovational / ɪ n ə v eɪ ʃ ə n ə ɫ /
a1
being or producing something like nothing done or experienced or created before;

- "stylistically innovative works";

- "innovative members of the artistic community";

- "a mind so innovational, so original";

- syn. groundbreaking, innovative;

- sim. original;

innovative / ɪ n oʊ v ə t ɪ v /
a1
ahead of the times;

- "the advanced teaching methods";

- "had advanced views on the subject";

- "a forward-looking corporation";

- "is British industry innovative enough?";

- syn. advanced, forward-looking, modern;

- sim. progressive;

a2
being or producing something like nothing done or experienced or created before;

- "stylistically innovative works";

- "innovative members of the artistic community";

- "a mind so innovational, so original";

- syn. groundbreaking, innovational;

- sim. original;

innovativeness / ɪ n oʊ v ə t ɪ v n ə s /
n1
originality by virtue of introducing new ideas;

innovator / ɪ n ə v eɪ t ə , ɪ n ə v eɪ t ə ɹ /
n1
someone who helps to open up a new line of research or technology or art;

- syn. groundbreaker, pioneer, trailblazer;

innoxious / ɪ n ɒ k ʃ ə s /
a1
having no adverse effect;

- sim. innocuous;

Innsbruck / ɪ n z b ɹ ʊ k /
n1
city in southwestern Austria;

- known as a summer and winter resort;

innuendo / ɪ n j u ɛ n d oʊ /
n1
an indirect (and usually malicious) implication;

- syn. insinuation;

innumerable / ɪ n j u m ə ɹ ə b ɫ /
a1
too numerous to be counted;

- "countless hours";

- "an infinite number of reasons";

- "innumerable difficulties";

- "the multitudinous seas";

- "myriad stars";

- syn. countless, infinite, innumerous, multitudinous, myriad, numberless, uncounted, unnumberable, unnumbered, unnumerable;

- sim. incalculable;

innumerableness / ɪ n j u m ə ɹ ə b ɫ n ɪ s /
n1
a number beyond counting;

- syn. countlessness;

innumerate / ɪ n j u m ə ɹ ə t /
a1
lacking knowledge and understanding of mathematical concepts and methods;

innumerous / ɪ n j u m ə ɹ ə s /
a1
too numerous to be counted;

- "countless hours";

- "an infinite number of reasons";

- "innumerable difficulties";

- "the multitudinous seas";

- "myriad stars";

- syn. countless, infinite, innumerable, multitudinous, myriad, numberless, uncounted, unnumberable, unnumbered, unnumerable;

- sim. incalculable;

Inocor
n1
a drug (trade name Inocor) used intravenously in heart failure;

- increases strength of contraction of myocardium;

- syn. amrinone;

inoculant / ɪ n ɒ k j ʊ ɫ ə n t /
n1
a substance (a virus or toxin or immune serum) that is introduced into the body to produce or increase immunity to a particular disease;

- syn. inoculum;

inoculate / ɪ n ɒ k j ʊ ɫ eɪ t /
v1
introduce an idea or attitude into the mind of;

- "My teachers inoculated me with their beliefs";

v2
introduce a microorganism into;

v3
perform vaccinations or produce immunity in by inoculation;

- "We vaccinate against scarlet fever";

- "The nurse vaccinated the children in the school";

- syn. immunise, immunize, vaccinate;

v4
insert a bud for propagation;

v5
impregnate with the virus or germ of a disease in order to render immune;

inoculating / ɪ n ɒ k j ʊ ɫ eɪ t ɪ ŋ /
n1
the act of protecting against disease by introducing a vaccine into the body to induce immunity;

- "doctors examined the recruits but nurses did the inoculating";

- syn. vaccinating;

inoculation / ɪ n ɒ k j ʊ ɫ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
taking a vaccine as a precaution against contracting a disease;

- syn. vaccination;

inoculator / ɪ n ɒ k j ʊ ɫ eɪ t ə /
n1
a medical practitioner who inoculates people against diseases;

- syn. vaccinator;

inoculum / ɪ n ɒ k j ʊ ɫ ə m /
n1
a substance (a virus or toxin or immune serum) that is introduced into the body to produce or increase immunity to a particular disease;

- syn. inoculant;

inodorous / ɪ n oʊ d ə ɹ ə s /
a1
having no odor;

- "odorless gas";

- "odorless flowers";

- syn. odorless, odourless;

- sim. non-aromatic, scentless;

inoffensive / ɪ n ə f ɛ n s ɪ v /
a1
not causing anger or annoyance;

- "inoffensive behavior";

- syn. unoffending;

- sim. offenseless;

a2
giving no offense;

- "a quiet inoffensive man";

- "a refreshing inoffensive stimulant";

- sim. innocuous;

inoffensively / ɪ n ə f ɛ n s ɪ v ɫ i /
r1
in a not unpleasantly offensive manner;

- "that wretched beast, the elephant, breathing inoffensively not a pace behind me";

inoperable / ɪ n ɒ p ə ɹ ə b ɫ /
a1
not able to perform its normal function;

- sim. unserviceable;

a2
not suitable for surgery;

- "metastasis has rendered the tumor inoperable";

inoperative / ɪ n ɒ p ə ɹ ə t ɪ v , ɪ n ɒ p ə t j u n /
a1
not working or taking effect;

- "an inoperative law";

- sim. dead, defunct, down;

inopportune / ɪ n ɒ p ə t j u n /
a1
not opportune;

- "arrived at a most inopportune hour";

- "an inopportune visit";

- also disadvantageous, unfavourable;

- sim. ill-timed, inconvenient;

inopportunely / ɪ n ɒ p ə t j u n ɫ i /
r1
at an inconvenient time;

- "he arrived inopportunely just as we sat down for dinner";

- "she answered malapropos";

- syn. malapropos;

inopportuneness
n1
the quality of occurring at an inconvenient time;

- syn. untimeliness;

inordinate / ɪ n ɔ d ɪ n ə t /
a1
beyond normal limits;

- "excessive charges";

- "a book of inordinate length";

- "his dress stops just short of undue elegance";

- "unreasonable demands";

- syn. excessive, undue, unreasonable;

- sim. immoderate;

inordinately / ɪ n ɔ d ɪ n ə t ɫ i /
r1
extremely;

- "she was inordinately smart";

- "it will be an extraordinarily painful step to negotiate";

- syn. extraordinarily;

inordinateness / ɪ n ɔ d ɪ n ə t n ə s /
n1
immoderation as a consequence of going beyond sufficient or permitted limits;

- syn. excess, excessiveness;

inorganic / ɪ n ɔ ɡ æ n ɪ k /
a1
relating or belonging to the class of compounds not having a carbon basis;

- "hydrochloric and sulfuric acids are called inorganic substances";

a2
lacking the properties characteristic of living organisms;

- sim. amorphous, artificial, mineral;

inorganic chemistry
n1
the chemistry of compounds that do not contain hydrocarbon radicals;

inorganic compound
n1
any compound that does not contain carbon;

inorganic phosphate
n1
a salt of phosphoric acid;

- syn. orthophosphate, phosphate;

inorganically / ɪ n ɔ ɡ æ n ɪ k ɫ i /
r1
not involving carbon compounds;

- "inorganically bound molecules";

inosculate / ɪ n ɒ s k j ʊ ɫ eɪ t /
v1
come together or open into each other;

- "the blood vessels anastomose";

- syn. anastomose;

v2
cause to join or open into each other by anastomosis;

- "anastomose blood vessels";

- syn. anastomose;

inosculation / ɪ n ɒ s k j ʊ ɫ eɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
a natural or surgical joining of parts or branches of tubular structures so as to make or become continuous;

- syn. anastomosis;

inosine
n1
a nucleoside that is formed by the deamination of adenosine;

- used in kidney transplantation to provide a temporary source of sugar;

inositol
n1
an optically inactive alcohol that is a component of the vitamin B complex;

inpatient
n1
a patient who is residing in the hospital where he is being treated;

- syn. inmate;

inpour / ɪ n p ɔ /
n1
an inflow;

- "an inpouring of spiritual comfort";

- syn. inpouring, inrush;

inpouring / ɪ n p ɔ ɹ ɪ ŋ /
n1
an inflow;

- "an inpouring of spiritual comfort";

- syn. inpour, inrush;

a1
pouring inward;

- "inpouring throngs of immigrants";

- sim. incoming;

input / ɪ n p ʊ t /
n1
signal going into an electronic system;

- syn. input signal;

n2
a statement that expresses a personal opinion or belief or adds information;

- "from time to time she contributed a personal comment on his account";

- "we would appreciate input from our users on how we can improve our software";

- syn. comment, remark;

n3
any stimulating information or event;

- acts to arouse action;

- syn. stimulant, stimulation, stimulus;

n4
a component of production;

- something that goes into the production of output;

v1
enter (data or a program) into a computer;

input data
n1
(computer science) a computer file that contains data that serve as input to a device or program;

- syn. input file;

input device
n1
a device that can be used to insert data into a computer or other computational device;

- syn. data input device;

input file
n1
(computer science) a computer file that contains data that serve as input to a device or program;

- syn. input data;

input program
n1
a utility program that organizes the input to a computer;

input routine
n1
a routine that writes from an external source to an internal store;

input signal
n1
signal going into an electronic system;

- syn. input;

inquest / ɪ n k w ɛ s t /
n1
an inquiry into the cause of an unexpected death;

inquietude / ɪ n k w aɪ ə t j u d /
n1
feelings of anxiety that make you tense and irritable;

- syn. disquietude, edginess, uneasiness;

inquire / ɪ n k w aɪ ə , ɪ n k w aɪ ə ɹ /
v1
address a question to and expect an answer from;

- "Ask your teacher about trigonometry";

- "The children asked me about their dead grandmother";

- "I inquired about their special today";

- "He had to ask directions several times";

- syn. ask, enquire;

v2
have a wish or desire to know something;

- "He wondered who had built this beautiful church";

- syn. enquire, wonder;

v3
conduct an inquiry or investigation of;

- "The district attorney's office investigated reports of possible irregularities";

- "inquire into the disappearance of the rich old lady";

- syn. enquire, investigate;

inquirer / ɪ n k w aɪ ə ɹ ə , ɪ n k w aɪ ə ɹ ə ɹ /
n1
someone who asks a question;

- syn. asker, enquirer, querier, questioner;

inquiring / ɪ n k w aɪ ə ɹ ɪ ŋ /
n1
a request for information;

- syn. questioning;

a1
given to inquiry;

- "an inquiring mind";

- also curious;

- sim. fact-finding, inquisitive, inquisitorial, inquisitorial, inquisitory;

inquiringly / ɪ n k w aɪ ə ɹ ɪ ŋ ɫ i /
r1
in an inquiring manner;

- "Tom Swift looked at his cabin mates inquiringly";

- syn. enquiringly;

inquiry / ɪ n k w aɪ ə ɹ i /
n1
a search for knowledge;

- "their pottery deserves more research than it has received";

- syn. enquiry, research;

n2
an instance of questioning;

- "there was a question about my training";

- "we made inquiries of all those who were present";

- syn. enquiry, interrogation, query, question;

n3
a systematic investigation of a matter of public interest;

- syn. enquiry;

inquiry agent
n1
a private detective;

Inquisition / ɪ n k w ɪ z ɪ ʃ n /
n1
a former tribunal of the Roman Catholic Church (1232-1820) created to discover and suppress heresy;

n2
a severe interrogation (often violating the rights or privacy of individuals);

inquisitive / ɪ n k w ɪ z ə t ɪ v /
a1
showing curiosity;

- "if someone saw a man climbing a light post they might get inquisitive";

- "raised a speculative eyebrow";

- syn. questioning, speculative, wondering;

- sim. curious;

a2
inquiring or appearing to inquire;

- "an inquiring look";

- "the police are proverbially inquisitive";

- sim. inquiring;

inquisitively / ɪ n k w ɪ z ə t ɪ v ɫ i /
r1
with curiosity;

- "the baby looked around curiously";

- syn. curiously, interrogatively;

inquisitiveness / ɪ n k w ɪ z ə t ɪ v n ə s /
n1
a state of active curiosity;

- syn. curiousness;

inquisitor / ɪ n k w ɪ z ɪ t ə , ɪ n k w ɪ z ɪ t ə ɹ /
n1
a questioner who is excessively harsh;

- syn. interrogator;

n2
an official of the ecclesiastical court of the Inquisition;

inquisitorial / ɪ n k w ɪ z ɪ t ɔ ɹ ɪə ɫ /
a1
especially indicating a form of prosecution in which proceedings are secret and the accused is questioned by a prosecutor who acts also as the judge;

a2
marked by inquisitive interest;

- especially suggestive of an ecclesiastical inquisitor;

- "the press was inquisitorial to the point of antagonism";

- "a practical police force with true inquisitorial talents"- Waldo Frank;

- sim. inquiring;

a3
having the authority to conduct official investigations;

- "the inquisitorial power of the Senate";

- sim. inquiring;

inquisitory
a1
diligent and thorough in inquiry or investigation;

- "a probing inquiry";

- "a searching investigation of their past dealings";

- syn. probing, searching;

- sim. inquiring;

INR
n1
an agency that is the primary source in the State Department for interpretive analyses of global developments and focal point for policy issues and activities of the Intelligence Community;

- syn. Bureau of Intelligence and Research;

inroad / ɪ n ɹ oʊ d /
n1
an encroachment or intrusion;

- "they made inroads in the United States market";

n2
an invasion or hostile attack;

inrush / ɪ n ɹ ʌ ʃ /
n1
an inflow;

- "an inpouring of spiritual comfort";

- syn. inpour, inpouring;

INS / ɪ n z /
n1
an agency in the Department of Justice that enforces laws and regulations for the admission of foreign-born persons to the United States;

- syn. Immigration and Naturalization Service;

insalubrious / ɪ n s ə ɫ u b ɹ ɪə s /
a1
detrimental to health;

- syn. unhealthful, unhealthy;

- sim. unwholesome;

insalubriousness
n1
the quality of being insalubrious and debilitating;

- syn. insalubrity;

insalubrity / ɪ n s ə ɫ u b ɹ ɪ t i /
n1
the quality of being insalubrious and debilitating;

- syn. insalubriousness;

insane / ɪ n s eɪ n /
a1
afflicted with or characteristic of mental derangement;

- "was declared insane";

- "insane laughter";

- also irrational, unreasonable;

- sim. balmy, brainsick, certifiable, crackbrained, crazed, fey, hebephrenic, lunatic, maniacal, manic-depressive, maniclike, mentally ill, non compos mentis, paranoid, psychopathic, psychotic, raving mad, schizophrenic, screw-loose;

a2
very foolish;

- "harebrained ideas";

- "took insane risks behind the wheel";

- "a completely mad scheme to build a bridge between two mountains";

- syn. harebrained, mad;

- sim. foolish;

insane asylum
n1
a hospital for mentally incompetent or unbalanced person;

- syn. asylum, institution, mental home, mental hospital, mental institution, psychiatric hospital;

insanely / ɪ n s eɪ n ɫ i /
r1
in an insane manner;

- "she behaved insanely";

- "he behaves crazily when he is off his medication";

- "the witch cackled madly";

- "screaming dementedly";

- syn. crazily, dementedly, madly;

r2
(used as intensives) extremely;

- "she was madly in love";

- "deadly dull";

- "deadly earnest";

- "deucedly clever";

- "insanely jealous";

- syn. deadly, deucedly, devilishly, madly;

insaneness
n1
obsolete terms for legal insanity;

- syn. lunacy, madness;

insanitary / ɪ n s æ n ɪ t ɹ i /
a1
not sanitary or healthful;

- "unsanitary open sewers";

- "grim and unsanitary conditions";

- syn. unhealthful, unsanitary;

- sim. unhygienic;

insanity / ɪ n s æ n ɪ t i /
n1
relatively permanent disorder of the mind;

insanity plea
n1
(criminal law) a plea in which the defendant claims innocence due to mental incompetence at the time;

- syn. plea of insanity;

insatiable / ɪ n s eɪ ʃ ə b ɫ /
a1
impossible to satisfy;

- "an insatiate appetite";

- "an insatiable demand for old buildings to restore";

- "his passion for work was unsatiable";

- syn. insatiate, unsatiable;

- sim. quenchless, unsated, unsatisfiable;

insatiably / ɪ n s eɪ ʃ ə b ɫ i /
r1
to an insatiable degree;

- "she was insatiably hungry";

- syn. unsatiably;

r2
in an insatiable manner;

- with persistence but without satisfaction;

- "he clawed insatiably at the traditional precepts";

- syn. unsatiably;

insatiate / ɪ n s eɪ ʃ ɪə t /
a1
impossible to satisfy;

- "an insatiate appetite";

- "an insatiable demand for old buildings to restore";

- "his passion for work was unsatiable";

- syn. insatiable, unsatiable;

- sim. quenchless, unsated, unsatisfiable;

inscribe / ɪ n s k ɹ aɪ b /
v1
carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface;

- "engrave a pen";

- "engraved the trophy cup with the winner's name";

- "the lovers scratched their names into the bark of the tree";

- syn. engrave, grave, scratch;

v2
register formally as a participant or member;

- "The party recruited many new members";

- syn. enrol, enroll, enter, recruit;

v3
draw within a figure so as to touch in as many places as possible;

v4
write, engrave, or print as a lasting record;

v5
mark with one's signature;

- "The author autographed his book";

- syn. autograph;

v6
convert ordinary language into code;

- "We should encode the message for security reasons";

- syn. cipher, code, cypher, encipher, encrypt, write in code;

v7
address, (a work of literature) in a style less formal than a dedication;

inscribed / ɪ n s k ɹ aɪ b d /
a1
written (by handwriting, printing, engraving, or carving) on or in a surface;

- sim. written;

a2
cut or impressed into a surface;

- "an incised design";

- "engraved invitations";

- syn. engraved, etched, graven, incised;

- sim. carved;

inscription / ɪ n s k ɹ ɪ p ʃ n /
n1
letters inscribed (especially words engraved or carved) on something;

- syn. lettering;

n2
a short message (as in a book or musical work or on a photograph) dedicating it to someone or something;

- syn. dedication;

n3
the activity of inscribing (especially carving or engraving) letters or words;

inscriptive / ɪ n s k ɹ ɪ p t ɪ v /
a1
of or relating to an inscription;

inscriptively / ɪ n s k ɹ ɪ p t ɪ v ɫ i /
r1
by means of an inscription;

inscrutability / ɪ n s k ɹ u t ə b ɪ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
the quality of being impossible to investigate;

- "the inscrutability of the future";

inscrutable / ɪ n s k ɹ u t ə b ɫ /
a1
of an obscure nature;

- "the new insurance policy is written without cryptic or mysterious terms";

- "a deep dark secret";

- "the inscrutable workings of Providence";

- "in its mysterious past it encompasses all the dim origins of life"- Rachel Carson;

- "rituals totally mystifying to visitors from other lands";

- syn. cryptic, cryptical, deep, mysterious, mystifying;

- sim. inexplicable;

inscrutably / ɪ n s k ɹ u t ə b ɫ i /
r1
in an inscrutable manner;

insect / ɪ n s ɛ k t /
n1
small air-breathing arthropod;

n2
a person who has a nasty or unethical character undeserving of respect;

- syn. dirt ball, louse, worm;

insect bite
n1
a painful wound caused by the thrust of an insect's stinger into skin;

- syn. bite, sting;

insect powder
n1
a chemical used to kill insects;

- syn. insecticide;

insect repellant
n1
a chemical substance that repels insects;

- syn. insect repellent, insectifuge;

insect repellent
n1
a chemical substance that repels insects;

- syn. insect repellant, insectifuge;

Insecta / ɪ n s ɛ k t ə /
n1
insects;

- about five-sixths of all known animal species;

- syn. Hexapoda, class Hexapoda, class Insecta;

insectan
a1
of or relating to the class Insecta;

insecticidal / ɪ n s ɛ k t ɪ s aɪ d ɫ /
a1
of or relating to insecticide;

insecticidally
r1
by means of an insecticide;

insecticide / ɪ n s ɛ k t ɪ s aɪ d /
n1
a chemical used to kill insects;

- syn. insect powder;

insectifuge
n1
a chemical substance that repels insects;

- syn. insect repellant, insect repellent;

Insectivora
n1
shrews;

- moles;

- hedgehogs;

- tenrecs;

- syn. order Insectivora;

insectivore
n1
small insect-eating mainly nocturnal terrestrial or fossorial mammals;

n2
any organism that feeds mainly on insects;

insectivorous / ɪ n s ɛ k t ɪ v ə ɹ ə s /
a1
(of animals and plants) feeding on insects;

- sim. apivorous, myrmecophagous;

insecure / ɪ n s ɪ k j ʊə , ɪ n s ɪ k j ʊə ɹ /
a1
not firm or firmly fixed;

- likely to fail or give way;

- "the hinge is insecure";

- also unfixed;

a2
lacking in security or safety;

- "his fortune was increasingly insecure";

- "an insecure future";

- syn. unsafe;

- also dangerous, unprotected, vulnerable;

- sim. precarious, unguaranteed;

a3
lacking self-confidence or assurance;

- "an insecure person lacking mental stability";

- sim. overanxious, unassured;

a4
not safe from attack;

- syn. unsafe;

- sim. vulnerable;

insecurely / ɪ n s ɪ k j ʊə ɫ i /
r1
in a tentative and self-conscious manner;

- "she always acts very insecurely in the presence of her father";

r2
in a manner involving risk;

- "our positions here at the university are rather insecurely supported by grant money";

insecureness / ɪ n s ɪ k j ʊə n ɛ s /
n1
the state of being exposed to risk or anxiety;

insecurity / ɪ n s ɪ k j ʊə ɹ ɪ t i /
n1
the state of being subject to danger or injury;

n2
the anxiety you experience when you feel vulnerable and insecure;

inseminate / ɪ n s ɛ m ɪ n eɪ t /
v1
place seeds in or on (the ground);

- "sow the ground with sunflower seeds";

- syn. sow, sow in;

v2
introduce semen into (a female);

- syn. fecundate, fertilise, fertilize;

insemination / ɪ n s ɛ m ɪ n eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the act of sowing (of seeds in the ground or, figuratively, of germs in the body or ideas in the mind, etc.);

n2
the introduction of semen into the genital tract of a female;

insensate / ɪ n s ɛ n s eɪ t /
a1
devoid of feeling and consciousness and animation;

- "insentient (or insensate) stone";

- syn. insentient;

- sim. unfeeling;

a2
without compunction or human feeling;

- "in cold blood";

- "cold-blooded killing";

- "insensate destruction";

- syn. cold, cold-blooded, inhuman;

- sim. inhumane;

insensately
r1
in an insensate manner;

insensibility / ɪ n s ɛ n s ə b ɪ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
a lack of sensibility;

n2
devoid of passion or feeling;

- hardheartedness;

- syn. callosity, callousness, hardness, unfeelingness;

insensible / ɪ n s ɛ n s ə b ɫ /
a1
incapable of physical sensation;

- "insensible to pain";

- "insensible earth";

- also incognizant, insensitive, insensitive, unaware, unconscious;

- sim. anesthetic, asleep;

a2
unaware of or indifferent to;

- "insensible to the suffering around him";

- syn. unaffected;

- sim. insensitive;

a3
barely able to be perceived;

- "the transition was almost indiscernible";

- "an almost insensible change";

- syn. indiscernible, undetectable;

- sim. imperceptible;

a4
unresponsive to stimulation;

- "he lay insensible where he had fallen";

- "drugged and senseless";

- syn. out of it, senseless;

- sim. unconscious;

insensibly / ɪ n s ɛ n s ə b ɫ i /
r1
in a numb manner;

- without feeling;

- "I stared at him numbly";

- syn. numbly;

insensitive / ɪ n s ɛ n s ə t ɪ v /
a1
not responsive to physical stimuli;

- "insensitive to radiation";

- also insensible, insusceptible, unresponsive, unsusceptible;

- sim. dead, unreactive;

a2
deficient in human sensibility;

- not mentally or morally sensitive;

- "insensitive to the needs of the patients";

- also hard, insensible, tough, unresponsive;

- sim. callous, dead, dull, insensible, soulless, thick-skinned;

insensitively / ɪ n s ɛ n s ə t ɪ v ɫ i /
r1
in an insensitive manner;

- "the police officer questioned the woman rather insensitively about the attack";

insensitiveness / ɪ n s ɛ n s ə t ɪ v n ə s /
n1
the inability to respond to affective changes in your interpersonal environment;

- syn. insensitivity;

insensitivity / ɪ n s ɛ n s ə t ɪ v ɪ t i /
n1
the inability to respond to affective changes in your interpersonal environment;

- syn. insensitiveness;

insentience / ɪ n s ɛ n ʃ ə n s /
n1
lacking consciousness or ability to perceive sensations;

insentient / ɪ n s ɛ n ʃ n t /
a1
devoid of feeling and consciousness and animation;

- "insentient (or insensate) stone";

- syn. insensate;

- sim. unfeeling;

inseparable / ɪ n s ɛ p ɹ ə b ɫ /
a1
not capable of being separated;

- "inseparable pieces of rock";

- sim. indivisible;

inseparably / ɪ n s ɛ p ə ɹ ə b ɫ i /
r1
without possibility of separation;

- "these two are inseparably linked";

insert / ɪ n s ɝ t /
n1
a folded section placed between the leaves of another publication;

n2
an artifact that is inserted or is to be inserted;

- syn. inset;

n3
(broadcasting) a local announcement inserted into a network program;

- syn. cut-in;

n4
(film) a still picture that is introduced and that interrupts the action of a film;

- syn. cut-in;

v1
put or introduce into something;

- "insert a picture into the text";

- syn. enter, infix, introduce;

v2
place, fit, or thrust (something) into another thing;

- "Insert your ticket here";

- syn. enclose, inclose, introduce, put in, stick in;

v3
fit snugly into;

- "insert your ticket into the slot";

- "tuck your shirttail in";

- syn. tuck;

v4
insert casually;

- "She slipped in a reference to her own work";

- syn. slip in, sneak in, stick in;

insertion / ɪ n s ɝ ʃ n /
n1
a message (spoken or written) that is introduced or inserted;

- "with the help of his friend's interpolations his story was eventually told";

- "with many insertions in the margins";

- syn. interpolation;

n2
the act of putting one thing into another;

- syn. introduction, intromission;

insertional mutagenesis
n1
(genetics) a mutation caused by the insertion of exogenous DNA into a genome;

Insessores
n1
a bird with feet adapted for perching (as on tree branches);

- this order is now generally abandoned by taxonomists;

- syn. order Insessores, percher, perching bird;

inset / ɪ n s ɛ t /
n1
a small picture inserted within the bounds or a larger one;

n2
an artifact that is inserted or is to be inserted;

- syn. insert;

n3
a piece of material used to strengthen or enlarge a garment;

- syn. gusset;

v1
set or place in;

inshore / ɪ n ʃ ɔ , ɪ n ʃ ɔ ɹ /
a1
(of winds) coming from the sea toward the land;

- "an inshore breeze";

- "an onshore gale";

- syn. onshore, shoreward;

a2
close to a shore;

- "inshore fisheries";

- sim. coastal;

r1
toward the shore;

- "we swam two miles inshore";

inside / ɪ n s aɪ d /
n1
the region that is inside of something;

- syn. interior;

n2
the inner or enclosed surface of something;

- syn. interior;

a1
relating to or being on the side closer to the center or within a defined space;

- "he reached into his inside jacket pocket";

- "inside out";

- "an inside pitch is between home plate and the batter";

- also internal;

- sim. wrong;

a2
being or applying to the inside of a building;

- "an inside wall";

- sim. interior;

a3
confined to an exclusive group;

- "privy to inner knowledge";

- "inside information";

- "privileged information";

- syn. inner, privileged;

- sim. exclusive;

a4
away from the outer edge;

- "the inside lane";

- sim. inner;

r1
within a building;

- "in winter we play inside";

- syn. indoors;

r2
on the inside;

- "inside, the car is a mess";

- syn. within;

r3
with respect to private feelings;

- "inwardly, she was raging";

- syn. inwardly;

r4
in reality;

- "she is very kind at heart";

- syn. at bottom, at heart, deep down, in spite of appearance;

inside-out
a1
with the inside surface on the outside;

- syn. wrong-side-out;

- sim. turned;

inside caliper
n1
caliper for measuring inside dimensions (the size of a cavity or hole);

- points on its legs curve outward;

inside clinch
n1
a clinch with the end of the line inside the loop;

inside information
n1
true confidential information;

- "after the trial he gave us the real details";

- syn. details;

inside job
n1
some transgression committed with the assistance of someone trusted by the victim;

- "the police decided that the crime was an inside job";

inside loop
n1
a loop consisting of a climb followed by inverted flight followed by a dive that returns to horizontal flight;

inside out
r1
with the inside facing outward;

- "she turned the shirt inside out";

r2
thoroughly;

- from every perspective;

- "she knows this town inside out";

Inside Passage
n1
a naturally protected waterway from Seattle to Skagway in southeastern Alaska;

- syn. Inland Passage;

inside track
n1
a favorable position in a competition;

- "the boss's son had the inside track for that job";

n2
the inner side of a curved racecourse;

insider / ɪ n s aɪ d ə , ɪ n s aɪ d ə ɹ /
n1
an officer of a corporation or others who have access to private information about the corporation's operations;

insider information
n1
important information about the plans or condition of a corporation that has not been released to the public;

- use for personal profit is illegal;

insider trading
n1
buying or selling corporate stock by a corporate officer or other insider on the basis of information that has not been made public and is supposed to remain confidential;

insidious / ɪ n s ɪ d ɪə s /
a1
beguiling but harmful;

- "insidious pleasures";

- sim. seductive;

a2
intended to entrap;

- sim. dangerous;

a3
working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way;

- "glaucoma is an insidious disease";

- "a subtle poison";

- syn. pernicious, subtle;

- sim. harmful;

insidiously / ɪ n s ɪ d ɪə s ɫ i /
r1
in a harmfully insidious manner;

- "these drugs act insidiously";

- syn. perniciously;

insidiousness / ɪ n s ɪ d ɪə s n ə s /
n1
subtle and cumulative harmfulness (especially of a disease);

n2
the quality of being designed to entrap;

insight / ɪ n s aɪ t /
n1
clear or deep perception of a situation;

- syn. penetration;

n2
a feeling of understanding;

- syn. perceptiveness, perceptivity;

n3
the clear (and often sudden) understanding of a complex situation;

- syn. brainstorm, brainwave;

n4
grasping the inner nature of things intuitively;

- syn. sixth sense;

insightful / ɪ n s aɪ t f ə ɫ /
a1
exhibiting insight or clear and deep perception;

- "an insightful parent";

- "the chapter is insightful and suggestive of new perspectives"-R.C.Angell;

- sim. perceptive;

insightfulness / ɪ n s aɪ t f ɫ n ə s /
n1
shrewdness shown by keen insight;

- syn. acumen;

insignia / ɪ n s ɪ ɡ n ɪə /
n1
a badge worn to show official position;

insignia of rank
n1
an insignia worn on a military uniform;

insignificance / ɪ n s ɪ ɡ n ɪ f ɪ k ə n s /
n1
the quality of having little or no significance;

insignificant / ɪ n s ɪ ɡ n ɪ f ɪ k ə n t /
a1
signifying nothing;

- "insignificant sounds";

- sim. meaningless;

a2
of little importance or influence or power;

- of minor status;

- "a minor, insignificant bureaucrat";

- "peanut politicians";

- syn. peanut;

- sim. minor;

a3
devoid of importance, meaning, or force;

- syn. unimportant;

- also meaningless, unimportant;

- sim. flimsy, hole-and-corner, inappreciable, light, superficial;

a4
small and unimpressive;

- "we stayed in a dinky old hotel";

- "an insignificant sum of money";

- syn. dinky;

- sim. small;

insignificantly / ɪ n s ɪ ɡ n ɪ f ɪ k ə n t ɫ i /
r1
in an insignificant manner;

- "some people living insignificantly among us";

r2
not to a significant degree or amount;

- "our budget will only be insignificantly affected by these new cuts";

insincere / ɪ n s ɪ n s ɪə , ɪ n s ɪ n s ɪə ɹ /
a1
lacking sincerity;

- "a charming but thoroughly insincere woman";

- "their praise was extravagant and insincere";

- also artful, counterfeit, dishonest, dishonorable, disingenuous, false, imitative, unreal;

- sim. bootlicking, buttery, dissimulative, false, feigned, gilded, hypocritical, plausible;

insincerely / ɪ n s ɪ n s ɪə ɫ i /
r1
without sincerity;

- "she congratulated him somewhat insincerely";

insincerity / ɪ n s ɪ n s ɛr ɪ t i /
n1
the quality of not being open or truthful;

- deceitful or hypocritical;

- syn. falseness, hollowness;

insinuate / ɪ n s ɪ n j ʊ eɪ t /
v1
introduce or insert (oneself) in a subtle manner;

- "He insinuated himself into the conversation of the people at the nearby table";

v2
give to understand;

- "I insinuated that I did not like his wife";

- syn. adumbrate, intimate;

insinuating / ɪ n s ɪ n j ʊ eɪ t ɪ ŋ /
a1
calculated to please or gain favor;

- "a smooth ingratiating manner";

- syn. ingratiating, ingratiatory;

- sim. flattering;

insinuatingly / ɪ n s ɪ n j ʊ eɪ t ɪ ŋ ɫ i /
r1
in an insinuating manner;

- "the art book has art to sell, insinuatingly, and for a purpose, like the American muse, which has in fact a tradition to sell, and one which doesn't exist, in painting";

insinuation / ɪ n s ɪ n j ʊ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
an indirect (and usually malicious) implication;

- syn. innuendo;

n2
the act of gaining acceptance or affection for yourself by persuasive and subtle blandishments;

- "she refused to use insinuation in order to gain favor";

- syn. ingratiation;

insipid / ɪ n s ɪ p ɪ d /
a1
lacking taste or flavor or tang;

- "a bland diet";

- "insipid hospital food";

- "flavorless supermarket tomatoes";

- "vapid beer";

- "vapid tea";

- syn. bland, flat, flavorless, flavourless, savorless, savourless, vapid;

- sim. tasteless;

a2
lacking interest or significance or impact;

- "an insipid personality";

- "jejune novel";

- syn. jejune;

- sim. uninteresting;

insipidity / ɪ n s ɪ p ɪ d ɪ t i /
n1
extreme dullness;

- lacking spirit or interest;

- syn. boringness, dreariness, insipidness;

n2
lacking any distinctive or interesting taste property;

- syn. blandness, insipidness;

insipidly / ɪ n s ɪ p ɪ d ɫ i /
r1
in an insipid manner;

- "insipidly expressed thoughts";

insipidness / ɪ n s ɪ p ɪ d n ə s /
n1
extreme dullness;

- lacking spirit or interest;

- syn. boringness, dreariness, insipidity;

n2
lacking any distinctive or interesting taste property;

- syn. blandness, insipidity;

insist / ɪ n s ɪ s t /
v1
be emphatic or resolute and refuse to budge;

- "I must insist!";

- syn. take a firm stand;

v2
beg persistently and urgently;

- "I importune you to help them";

- syn. importune;

v3
postulate positively and assertively;

- "The letter asserts a free society";

- syn. assert;

insistence / ɪ n s ɪ s t ə n s /
n1
continual and persistent demands;

- syn. insisting;

n2
the state of demanding notice or attention;

- "the insistence of their hunger";

- "the press of business matters";

- syn. imperativeness, insistency, press, pressure;

n3
the act of insisting on something;

- "insistence on grammatical correctness is a conservative position";

- syn. insistency;

insistency / ɪ n s ɪ s t ə n s i /
n1
the state of demanding notice or attention;

- "the insistence of their hunger";

- "the press of business matters";

- syn. imperativeness, insistence, press, pressure;

n2
the act of insisting on something;

- "insistence on grammatical correctness is a conservative position";

- syn. insistence;

insistent / ɪ n s ɪ s t ə n t /
a1
repetitive and persistent;

- "the bluejay's insistent cry";

- syn. repetitive;

- sim. continual;

a2
demanding attention;

- "clamant needs";

- "a crying need";

- "regarded literary questions as exigent and momentous"- H.L.Mencken;

- "insistent hunger";

- "an instant need";

- syn. clamant, crying, exigent, instant;

- sim. imperative;

insistently / ɪ n s ɪ s t ə n t ɫ i /
r1
in an insistent manner;

insisting / ɪ n s ɪ s t ɪ ŋ /
n1
continual and persistent demands;

- syn. insistence;

insobriety / ɪ n s oʊ b ɹ aɪ ə t i /
n1
a temporary state resulting from excessive consumption of alcohol;

- syn. drunkenness, inebriation, inebriety, intoxication, tipsiness;

insofar / ɪ n s ə f ɑ , ɪ n s ə f ɑr /
r1
to the degree or extent that;

- "insofar as it can be ascertained, the horse lung is comparable to that of man";

- "so far as it is reasonably practical he should practice restraint";

- syn. in so far, so far, to that degree, to that extent;

insolate
v1
expose to the rays of the sun or affect by exposure to the sun;

- "insolated paper may turn yellow and crumble";

- "These herbs suffer when sunned";

- syn. solarise, solarize, sun;

insolation / ɪ n s oʊ ɫ eɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
sudden prostration due to exposure to the sun or excessive heat;

- syn. siriasis, sunstroke, thermic fever;

n2
incident solar radiation;

n3
therapeutic exposure to sunlight;

- syn. heliotherapy;

insole / ɪ n s oʊ ɫ /
n1
the inner sole of a shoe or boot where the foot rests;

- syn. innersole;

insolence / ɪ n s ə ɫ ə n s /
n1
the trait of being rude and impertinent;

- inclined to take liberties;

- syn. cheekiness, crust, freshness, gall, impertinence, impudence;

n2
an offensive disrespectful impudent act;

insolent / ɪ n s ə ɫ ə n t /
a1
marked by casual disrespect;

- "a flip answer to serious question";

- "the student was kept in for impudent behavior";

- syn. flip, impudent, snotty-nosed;

- sim. disrespectful;

a2
unrestrained by convention or propriety;

- "an audacious trick to pull";

- "a barefaced hypocrite";

- "the most bodacious display of tourism this side of Anaheim"- Los Angeles Times;

- "bald-faced lies";

- "brazen arrogance";

- "the modern world with its quick material successes and insolent belief in the boundless possibilities of progress"- Bertrand Russell;

- syn. audacious, bald-faced, barefaced, bodacious, brassy, brazen, brazen-faced;

- sim. unashamed;

insolently / ɪ n s ə ɫ ə n t ɫ i /
r1
in an insolent manner;

- "he had replied insolently to his superiors";

insolubility / ɪ n s ɒ ɫ j ʊ b ɪ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
the property (of a problem or difficulty) that makes it impossible to solve;

- syn. unsolvability;

n2
the quality of being insoluble and difficult to dissolve in liquid;

insoluble / ɪ n s ɒ ɫ j ʊ b ɫ /
a1
(of a substance) incapable of being dissolved;

- syn. indissoluble;

- sim. water-insoluble;

a2
admitting of no solution or explanation;

- "an insoluble doubt";

- also incomprehensible, inexplicable;

- sim. insolvable;

a3
without hope of solution;

- "an insoluble problem";

- sim. hopeless;

insolvable / ɪ n s ɒ ɫ v ə b ɫ /
a1
not easily solved;

- "an apparantly insolvable problem";

- "public finance...had long presented problems unsolvable or at least unsolved"- C.L.Jones;

- syn. unresolvable, unsoluble, unsolvable;

- sim. insoluble;

insolvency / ɪ n s ɒ ɫ v ə n s i /
n1
the lack of financial resources;

insolvent / ɪ n s ɒ ɫ v ə n t /
n1
someone who has insufficient assets to cover their debts;

- syn. bankrupt;

a1
unable to meet or discharge financial obligations;

- "an insolvent person";

- "an insolvent estate";

- sim. bankrupt;

insomnia / ɪ n s ɒ m n ɪə /
n1
an inability to sleep;

- chronic sleeplessness;

insomniac / ɪ n s ɒ m n ɪ æ k /
n1
someone who cannot sleep;

- syn. sleepless person;

a1
experiencing or accompanied by sleeplessness;

- "insomniac old people";

- "insomniac nights";

- "lay sleepless all night";

- "twenty watchful, weary, tedious nights"- Shakespeare;

- syn. sleepless, watchful;

- sim. awake;

insomuch / ɪ n s oʊ m ʌ tʃ /
r1
to such an extent or degree;

- so;

insouciance / ɪ n s u s ɪə n s /
n1
the cheerful feeling you have when nothing is troubling you;

- syn. carefreeness, lightheartedness, lightsomeness;

insouciant / ɪ n s u s ɪə n t /
a1
marked by blithe unconcern;

- "an ability to interest casual students";

- "showed a casual disregard for cold weather";

- "an utterly insouciant financial policy";

- "an elegantly insouciant manner";

- "drove his car with nonchalant abandon";

- "was polite in a teasing nonchalant manner";

- syn. casual, nonchalant;

- sim. unconcerned;

inspan / ɪ n s p æ n /
v1
attach a yoke or harness to;

- "inspan the draft animals";

inspect / ɪ n s p ɛ k t /
v1
look over carefully;

- "Please inspect your father's will carefully";

v2
come to see in an official or professional capacity;

- "The governor visited the prison";

- "The grant administrator visited the laboratory";

- syn. visit;

v3
examine carefully for accuracy with the intent of verification;

- "audit accounts and tax returns";

- syn. audit, scrutinise, scrutinize;

inspection / ɪ n s p ɛ k ʃ n /
n1
a formal or official examination;

- "the platoon stood ready for review";

- "we had to wait for the inspection before we could use the elevator";

- syn. review;

inspection and repair
n1
periodic maintenance on a car or machine;

- "it was time for an overhaul on the tractor";

- syn. overhaul, service;

inspector / ɪ n s p ɛ k t ə , ɪ n s p ɛ k t ə ɹ /
n1
a high ranking police officer;

n2
an investigator who observes carefully;

- "the examiner searched for clues";

- syn. examiner;

inspector general
n1
a military officer responsible for investigations;

Inspector Maigret
n1
a fictional detective in novels by Georges Simenon;

- syn. Commissaire Maigret;

inspectorate / ɪ n s p ɛ k t ə ɹ ə t /
n1
a body of inspectors;

inspectorship / ɪ n s p ɛ k t ə ʃ ɪ p /
n1
the office of inspector;

inspiration / ɪ n s p ə ɹ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
arousal of the mind to special unusual activity or creativity;

n2
a product of your creative thinking and work;

- "he had little respect for the inspirations of other artists";

- "after years of work his brainchild was a tangible reality";

- syn. brainchild;

n3
a sudden intuition as part of solving a problem;

n4
(theology) a special influence of a divinity on the minds of human beings;

- "they believe that the books of Scripture were written under divine guidance";

- syn. divine guidance;

n5
arousing to a particular emotion or action;

- syn. stirring;

n6
the act of inhaling;

- the drawing in of air (or other gases) as in breathing;

- syn. aspiration, breathing in, inhalation, intake;

inspirational / ɪ n s p ə ɹ eɪ ʃ ə n ə ɫ , ɪ n s p ə ɹ eɪ ʃ ə n ɫ /
a1
imparting a divine influence on the mind and soul;

- sim. sacred;

inspirationally / ɪ n s p ə ɹ eɪ ʃ n ə ɫ i /
r1
with inspiration;

- in an inspiring manner;

- "he talked inspirationally";

inspiratory / ɪ n s p aɪ ə ɹ ə t ə ɹ i /
a1
pertaining to the drawing in phase of respiration;

inspire / ɪ n s p aɪ ə , ɪ n s p aɪ ə ɹ /
v1
heighten or intensify;

- "These paintings exalt the imagination";

- syn. animate, enliven, exalt, invigorate;

v2
supply the inspiration for;

- "The article about the artist inspired the exhibition of his recent work";

v3
serve as the inciting cause of;

- "She prompted me to call my relatives";

- syn. instigate, prompt;

v4
spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts;

- "The crowd cheered the demonstrating strikers";

- syn. barrack, cheer, exhort, pep up, root on, urge, urge on;

v5
fill with revolutionary ideas;

- syn. revolutionise, revolutionize;

v6
draw in (air);

- "Inhale deeply";

- "inhale the fresh mountain air";

- "The patient has trouble inspiring";

- "The lung cancer patient cannot inspire air very well";

- syn. breathe in, inhale;

inspired / ɪ n s p aɪ ə d /
a1
being of such surpassing excellence as to suggest inspiration by the gods;

- "her pies were simply divine";

- "the divine Shakespeare";

- "an elysian meal";

- "an inspired performance";

- syn. divine, elysian;

- sim. glorious;

inspirer / ɪ n s p aɪ ə ɹ ə /
n1
a leader who stimulates and excites people to action;

- syn. galvaniser, galvanizer;

inspiring / ɪ n s p aɪ ə ɹ ɪ ŋ /
a1
stimulating or exalting to the spirit;

- sim. ennobling;

inspirit / ɪ n s p ɪr ɪ t /
v1
infuse with spirit;

- "The company spirited him up";

- syn. spirit, spirit up;

inspiriting / ɪ n s p ɪr ɪ t ɪ ŋ /
a1
cheerfully encouraging;

- syn. heartening;

- sim. encouraging;

inspissate
v1
make viscous or dense;

- "thicken the sauce by adding flour";

- syn. thicken;

v2
make thick or thicker;

- "Thicken the sauce";

- "inspissate the tar so that it becomes pitch";

- syn. thicken;

v3
become thick or thicker;

- "The sauce thickened";

- "The egg yolk will inspissate";

- syn. thicken;

inspissation
n1
the process of thickening by dehydration;

n2
the act of thickening;

- syn. thickening;

inst / ɪ n s t , ɪ n s t ə n t /
a1
in or of the present month;

- "your letter of the 10th inst";

- syn. instant;

- sim. present;

instability / ɪ n s t ə b ɪ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
an unstable order;

n2
unreliability attributable to being unstable;

n3
a lack of balance or state of disequilibrium;

- "a hormonal imbalance";

- syn. imbalance, unbalance;

n4
the quality or attribute of being unstable and irresolute;

- syn. unstableness;

instal
v1
set up for use;

- "install the washer and dryer";

- "We put in a new sink";

- syn. install, put in, set up;

v2
put into an office or a position;

- "the new president was installed immediately after the election";

- syn. install;

v3
place;

- "Her manager had set her up at the Ritz";

- syn. establish, install, set up;

install / ɪ n s t ɔ ɫ /
v1
set up for use;

- "install the washer and dryer";

- "We put in a new sink";

- syn. instal, put in, set up;

v2
put into an office or a position;

- "the new president was installed immediately after the election";

- syn. instal;

v3
place;

- "Her manager had set her up at the Ritz";

- syn. establish, instal, set up;

installation / ɪ n s t ə ɫ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the act of installing something (as equipment);

- "the telephone installation took only a few minutes";

- syn. installing, installment, instalment;

n2
a building or place that provides a particular service or is used for a particular industry;

- "the assembly plant is an enormous facility";

- syn. facility;

n3
a formal entry into an organization or position or office;

- "his initiation into the club";

- "he was ordered to report for induction into the army";

- "he gave a speech as part of his installation into the hall of fame";

- syn. induction, initiation;

installation charge
n1
the charge for installing something;

installing / ɪ n s t ɔ ɫ ɪ ŋ /
n1
the act of installing something (as equipment);

- "the telephone installation took only a few minutes";

- syn. installation, installment, instalment;

installment
n1
a payment of part of a debt;

- usually paid at regular intervals;

n2
a part of a broadcast serial;

- syn. episode, instalment;

n3
a part of a published serial;

- syn. instalment;

n4
the act of installing something (as equipment);

- "the telephone installation took only a few minutes";

- syn. installation, installing, instalment;

installment buying
n1
a system for paying for goods by installments;

- syn. installment plan, time plan;

installment credit
n1
a loan repaid with interest in equal periodic payments;

- syn. installment loan;

installment debt
n1
debt to be paid by installments;

installment loan
n1
a loan repaid with interest in equal periodic payments;

- syn. installment credit;

installment plan
n1
a system for paying for goods by installments;

- syn. installment buying, time plan;

installment rate
n1
the amount of money paid out per unit time;

- syn. payment rate, rate of payment, repayment rate;

instalment / ɪ n s t ɔ ɫ m ə n t /
n1
a part of a broadcast serial;

- syn. episode, installment;

n2
a part of a published serial;

- syn. installment;

n3
the act of installing something (as equipment);

- "the telephone installation took only a few minutes";

- syn. installation, installing, installment;

instance / ɪ n s t ə n s /
n1
an occurrence of something;

- "it was a case of bad judgment";

- "another instance occurred yesterday";

- "but there is always the famous example of the Smiths";

- syn. case, example;

n2
an item of information that is typical of a class or group;

- "this patient provides a typical example of the syndrome";

- "there is an example on page 10";

- syn. example, illustration, representative;

v1
clarify by giving an example of;

- syn. exemplify, illustrate;

instancy / ɪ n s t ə n s i /
n1
the quickness of action or occurrence;

- "the immediacy of their response";

- "the instancy of modern communication";

- syn. immediacy, immediateness, instantaneousness;

n2
the quality of being insistent;

- "he pressed his demand with considerable instancy";

- syn. imperativeness;

instant / ɪ n s t ə n t /
n1
a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat);

- "if I had the chance I'd do it in a flash";

- syn. New York minute, blink of an eye, flash, heartbeat, jiffy, split second, trice, twinkling, wink;

n2
a particular point in time;

- "the moment he arrived the party began";

- syn. minute, moment, second;

a1
occurring with no delay;

- "relief was instantaneous";

- "instant gratification";

- syn. instantaneous;

- sim. fast;

a2
in or of the present month;

- "your letter of the 10th inst";

- syn. inst;

- sim. present;

a3
demanding attention;

- "clamant needs";

- "a crying need";

- "regarded literary questions as exigent and momentous"- H.L.Mencken;

- "insistent hunger";

- "an instant need";

- syn. clamant, crying, exigent, insistent;

- sim. imperative;

instant coffee
n1
dehydrated coffee that can be made into a drink by adding hot water;

- "the advantages of instant coffee are speed of preparation and long shelf life";

instant replay
n1
the immediate rebroadcast of some action (especially sports action) that has been recorded on videotape;

- syn. action replay, replay;

instantaneous / ɪ n s t ə n t eɪ n ɪə s /
a1
occurring with no delay;

- "relief was instantaneous";

- "instant gratification";

- syn. instant;

- sim. fast;

instantaneous sound pressure
n1
the difference between the instantaneous pressure at a point in a sound field and the average pressure at that point;

- syn. sound pressure;

instantaneously / ɪ n s t ə n t eɪ n ɪə s ɫ i /
r1
without any delay;

- "he was killed outright";

- syn. in a flash, instantly, outright;

instantaneousness / ɪ n s t ə n t eɪ n ɪə s n ə s /
n1
the quickness of action or occurrence;

- "the immediacy of their response";

- "the instancy of modern communication";

- syn. immediacy, immediateness, instancy;

instantiate
v1
represent by an instance;

- "This word instantiates the usage that the linguists claimed to be typical for a certain dialect";

v2
find an instance of (a word or particular usage of a word);

- "The linguists could not instantiate this sense of the noun that he claimed existed in a certain dialect";

instantiation
n1
a representation of an idea in the form of an instance of it;

- "how many instantiations were found?";

instantly / ɪ n s t ə n t ɫ i /
r1
without delay or hesitation;

- with no time intervening;

- "he answered immediately";

- "found an answer straightaway";

- "an official accused of dishonesty should be suspended forthwith";

- "Come here now!";

- syn. at once, directly, forthwith, immediately, like a shot, now, right away, straight off, straightaway;

r2
without any delay;

- "he was killed outright";

- syn. in a flash, instantaneously, outright;

instar / ɪ n z t ɑ /
n1
an insect or other arthropod between molts;

instauration
n1
the act of starting something for the first time;

- introducing something new;

- "she looked forward to her initiation as an adult";

- "the foundation of a new scientific society";

- syn. creation, foundation, founding, initiation, innovation, institution, introduction, origination;

instead / ɪ n s t ɛ d /
r1
in place of, or as an alternative to;

- "Felix became a herpetologist instead";

- "alternatively we could buy a used car";

- syn. alternatively, or else;

r2
on the contrary;

- "rather than disappoint the children, he did two quick tricks before he left";

- "he didn't call;

- rather (or instead), he wrote her a letter";

- "used English terms instead of Latin ones";

- syn. rather;

instep / ɪ n s t ɛ p /
n1
the arch of the foot;

n2
the part of a shoe or stocking that covers the arch of the foot;

instigant / ɪ n s t ɪ ɡ ə n t /
n1
someone who deliberately foments trouble;

- "she was the instigator of their quarrel";

- syn. firebrand, inciter, instigator, provoker;

instigate / ɪ n s t ɪ ɡ eɪ t /
v1
provoke or stir up;

- "incite a riot";

- "set off great unrest among the people";

- syn. incite, set off, stir up;

v2
serve as the inciting cause of;

- "She prompted me to call my relatives";

- syn. inspire, prompt;

instigation / ɪ n s t ɪ ɡ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the verbal act of urging on;

- syn. abetment, abettal;

n2
deliberate and intentional triggering (of trouble or discord);

- syn. fomentation;

instigative / ɪ n s t ɪ ɡ eɪ t ɪ v /
a1
arousing to action or rebellion;

- syn. incendiary, incitive, inflammatory, rabble-rousing, seditious;

- sim. provocative;

instigator / ɪ n s t ɪ ɡ eɪ t ə , ɪ n s t ɪ ɡ eɪ t ə ɹ /
n1
someone who deliberately foments trouble;

- "she was the instigator of their quarrel";

- syn. firebrand, inciter, instigant, provoker;

n2
a person who initiates a course of action;

- syn. initiator;

instil / ɪ n s t ɪ ɫ /
v1
enter drop by drop;

- "instill medication into my eye";

- syn. instill;

instill / ɪ n s t ɪ ɫ /
v1
impart gradually;

- "Her presence instilled faith into the children";

- "transfuse love of music into the students";

- syn. transfuse;

v2
enter drop by drop;

- "instill medication into my eye";

- syn. instil;

v3
produce or try to produce a vivid impression of;

- "Mother tried to ingrain respect for our elders in us";

- syn. impress, ingrain;

v4
teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions;

- "inculcate values into the young generation";

- syn. inculcate, infuse;

v5
fill, as with a certain quality;

- "The heavy traffic tinctures the air with carbon monoxide";

- syn. impregnate, infuse, tincture;

instillation / ɪ n s t ɪ ɫ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the introduction of a liquid (by pouring or injection) drop by drop;

- syn. instillment, instilment;

n2
a liquid that is instilled drop by drop;

instillator / ɪ n s t ɪ ɫ eɪ t ə /
n1
medical apparatus that puts a liquid into a cavity drop by drop;

instilling / ɪ n s t ɪ ɫ ɪ ŋ /
n1
teaching or impressing upon the mind by frequent instruction or repetition;

- syn. inculcation, ingraining;

instillment
n1
the introduction of a liquid (by pouring or injection) drop by drop;

- syn. instillation, instilment;

instilment / ɪ n s t ɪ ɫ m ə n t /
n1
the introduction of a liquid (by pouring or injection) drop by drop;

- syn. instillation, instillment;

instinct / ɪ n s t ɪ ŋ k t /
n1
inborn pattern of behavior often responsive to specific stimuli;

- "the spawning instinct in salmon";

- "altruistic instincts in social animals";

- syn. inherent aptitude;

a1
(followed by `with') deeply filled or permeated;

- "imbued with the spirit of the Reformation";

- "words instinct with love";

- "it is replete with misery";

- syn. replete;

- sim. full;

instinctive / ɪ n s t ɪ ŋ k t ɪ v /
a1
unthinking;

- prompted by (or as if by) instinct;

- "a cat's natural aversion to water";

- "offering to help was as instinctive as breathing";

- syn. natural;

- sim. spontaneous;

instinctive reflex
n1
an automatic instinctive unlearned reaction to a stimulus;

- syn. inborn reflex, innate reflex, physiological reaction, reflex, reflex action, reflex response, unconditioned reflex;

instinctively / ɪ n s t ɪ ŋ k t ɪ v ɫ i /
r1
as a matter of instinct;

- "he instinctively grabbed the knife";

institute / ɪ n s t ɪ t j u t /
n1
an association organized to promote art or science or education;

v1
set up or lay the groundwork for;

- "establish a new department";

- syn. constitute, establish, found, plant;

v2
advance or set forth in court;

- "bring charges";

- "institute proceedings";

- syn. bring;

institution / ɪ n s t ɪ t j u ʃ n /
n1
an organization founded and united for a specific purpose;

- syn. establishment;

n2
an establishment consisting of a building or complex of buildings where an organization for the promotion of some cause is situated;

n3
a custom that for a long time has been an important feature of some group or society;

- "the institution of marriage";

- "the institution of slavery";

- "he had become an institution in the theater";

n4
the act of starting something for the first time;

- introducing something new;

- "she looked forward to her initiation as an adult";

- "the foundation of a new scientific society";

- syn. creation, foundation, founding, initiation, innovation, instauration, introduction, origination;

n5
a hospital for mentally incompetent or unbalanced person;

- syn. asylum, insane asylum, mental home, mental hospital, mental institution, psychiatric hospital;

institutional / ɪ n s t ɪ t j u ʃ n ə ɫ /
a1
relating to or constituting or involving an institution;

- "institutional policy";

a2
organized as or forming an institution;

- "institutional religion";

- sim. institutionalized, uninteresting;

institutionalise
v1
cause to be admitted;

- of persons to an institution;

- "After the second episode, she had to be committed";

- "he was committed to prison";

- syn. charge, commit, institutionalize, send;

institutionalised
a1
officially placed in or committed to a specialized institution;

- "had hopes of rehabilitating the institutionalized juvenile delinquents";

- syn. institutionalized;

a2
given the character of an institution or incorporated into a structured and usually well-established system;

- "institutionalized graft";

- "institutionalized suicide as practiced in Japan";

- syn. institutionalized;

- sim. institutional;

institutionalize / ɪ n s t ɪ t j u ʃ ə n ə ɫ aɪ z /
v1
cause to be admitted;

- of persons to an institution;

- "After the second episode, she had to be committed";

- "he was committed to prison";

- syn. charge, commit, institutionalise, send;

institutionalized / ɪ n s t ɪ t j u ʃ ə n ə ɫ aɪ z d /
a1
officially placed in or committed to a specialized institution;

- "had hopes of rehabilitating the institutionalized juvenile delinquents";

- syn. institutionalised;

a2
given the character of an institution or incorporated into a structured and usually well-established system;

- "institutionalized graft";

- "institutionalized suicide as practiced in Japan";

- syn. institutionalised;

- sim. institutional;

institutionally / ɪ n s t ɪ t j u ʃ n ə ɫ i /
r1
by an institution;

- "institutionally controlled";

instroke / ɪ n s t ɹ oʊ k /
n1
the stroke of an engine piston moving away from the crankshaft;

instruct / ɪ n s t ɹ ʌ k t /
v1
impart skills or knowledge to;

- "I taught them French";

- "He instructed me in building a boat";

- syn. learn, teach;

v2
give instructions or directions for some task;

- "She instructed the students to work on their pronunciation";

v3
make aware of;

- "Have the students been apprised of the tuition hike?";

- syn. apprise, apprize;

instruction / ɪ n s t ɹ ʌ k ʃ n /
n1
a message describing how something is to be done;

- "he gave directions faster than she could follow them";

- syn. direction;

n2
the activities of educating or instructing;

- activities that impart knowledge or skill;

- "he received no formal education";

- "our instruction was carefully programmed";

- "good classroom teaching is seldom rewarded";

- syn. didactics, education, educational activity, pedagogy, teaching;

n3
the profession of a teacher;

- "he prepared for teaching while still in college";

- "pedagogy is recognized as an important profession";

- syn. pedagogy, teaching;

n4
(computer science) a line of code written as part of a computer program;

- syn. command, program line, statement;

instruction book
n1
a book of directions for using or operating some piece of equipment;

instruction execution
n1
(computer science) the process of carrying out an instruction by a computer;

- syn. execution;

instruction manual
n1
a manual usually accompanying a technical device and explaining how to install or operate it;

- syn. book of instructions, instructions, operating instructions;

instructional / ɪ n s t ɹ ʌ k ʃ n ə ɫ /
a1
of or relating to or used in instruction;

- "instructional aids";

instructions / ɪ n s t ɹ ʌ k ʃ n z /
n1
a manual usually accompanying a technical device and explaining how to install or operate it;

- syn. book of instructions, instruction manual, operating instructions;

instructive / ɪ n s t ɹ ʌ k t ɪ v /
a1
serving to instruct or enlighten or inform;

- syn. informative;

- also informative;

- sim. clarifying, demonstrative, didactic, doctrinaire, educational, educative, explanatory, expository, interpretative, ostensive, preachy;

instructively / ɪ n s t ɹ ʌ k t ɪ v ɫ i /
r1
in an informative manner;

- syn. informatively;

instructor / ɪ n s t ɹ ʌ k t ə , ɪ n s t ɹ ʌ k t ə ɹ /
n1
a person whose occupation is teaching;

- syn. teacher;

instructorship / ɪ n s t ɹ ʌ k t ə ʃ ɪ p /
n1
the position of instructor;

instructress / ɪ n s t ɹ ʌ k t ɹ ɪ s /
n1
a woman instructor;

instrument / ɪ n s t ɹ ʊ m ə n t /
n1
a device that requires skill for proper use;

n2
the means whereby some act is accomplished;

- "my greed was the instrument of my destruction";

- "science has given us new tools to fight disease";

- syn. tool;

n3
a person used by another to gain an end;

- syn. cat's-paw, pawn;

n4
(law) a document that states some contractual relationship or grants some right;

- syn. legal document, legal instrument, official document;

n5
the semantic role of the entity (usually inanimate) that the agent uses to perform an action or start a process;

- syn. instrumental role;

n6
any of various devices or contrivances that can be used to produce musical tones or sounds;

- syn. musical instrument;

v1
equip with instruments for measuring, recording, or controlling;

v2
write an instrumental score for;

- syn. instrumentate;

v3
address a legal document to;

instrument flying
n1
navigation of an airplane solely by instruments;

instrument landing
n1
an aircraft landing made entirely by means of instruments;

instrument of execution
n1
an instrument designed and used to take the life of a condemned person;

instrument of punishment
n1
an instrument designed and used to punish a condemned person;

instrument of torture
n1
an instrument of punishment designed and used to inflict torture on the condemned person;

instrument panel
n1
electrical device consisting of a flat insulated surface that contains switches and dials and meters for controlling other electrical devices;

- "he checked the instrument panel";

- "suddenly the board lit up like a Christmas tree";

- syn. board, control board, control panel, panel;

instrumental / ɪ n s t ɹ ʊ m ɛ n t ɫ /
a1
relating to or designed for or performed on musical instruments;

- "instrumental compositions";

- "an instrumental ensemble";

a2
serving or acting as a means or aid;

- "instrumental in solving the crime";

- syn. implemental, subservient;

- sim. helpful;

instrumental conditioning
n1
operant conditioning that pairs a response with a reinforcement in discrete trials;

- reinforcement occurs only after the response is given;

instrumental music
n1
music intended to be performed by a musical instrument or group of instruments;

n2
music produced by playing a musical instrument;

instrumental role
n1
the semantic role of the entity (usually inanimate) that the agent uses to perform an action or start a process;

- syn. instrument;

instrumentalism / ɪ n s t ɹ ʊ m ɛ n t ə ɫ ɪ z ə m /
n1
a system of pragmatic philosophy that considers idea to be instruments that should guide our actions and their value is measured by their success;

instrumentalist / ɪ n s t ɹ ʊ m ɛ n t ə ɫ ɪ s t /
n1
someone who plays a musical instrument (as a profession);

- syn. musician, player;

instrumentality / ɪ n s t ɹ ʊ m ɛ n t æ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
a subsidiary organ of government created for a special purpose;

- "are the judicial instrumentalities of local governments adequate?";

- "he studied the French instrumentalities for law enforcement";

n2
the quality of being instrumental for some purpose;

n3
an artifact (or system of artifacts) that is instrumental in accomplishing some end;

- syn. instrumentation;

instrumentate / ɪ n s t ɹ ʊ m ə n t ɛ t /
v1
write an instrumental score for;

- syn. instrument;

instrumentation / ɪ n s t ɹ ʊ m ɛ n t eɪ ʃ n /
n1
an artifact (or system of artifacts) that is instrumental in accomplishing some end;

- syn. instrumentality;

n2
the act of providing or using the instruments needed for some implementation;

n3
the instruments called for in a musical score or arrangement for a band or orchestra;

n4
the act of arranging a piece of music for an orchestra and assigning parts to the different musical instruments;

- syn. orchestration;

insubordinate / ɪ n s ə b ɔ d ɪ n ə t /
a1
not submissive to authority;

- "a history of insubordinate behavior";

- "insubordinate boys";

- also defiant, noncompliant;

- sim. contumacious, disobedient, mutinous, rebellious;

a2
disposed to or engaged in defiance of established authority;

- syn. resistant, resistive;

- sim. defiant;

insubordination / ɪ n s ə b ɔ d ɪ n eɪ ʃ n /
n1
defiance of authority;

n2
an insubordinate act;

- syn. rebelliousness;

insubstantial / ɪ n s ə b s t æ n ʃ ɫ /
a1
lacking material form or substance;

- unreal;

- "as insubstantial as a dream";

- "an insubstantial mirage on the horizon";

- syn. unreal, unsubstantial;

- also immaterial;

- sim. aeriform, hollow, shadowy, stringy;

a2
lacking in nutritive value;

- "an insubstantial and unsatisfying meal";

- sim. unwholesome;

a3
lacking solidity or strength;

- "a flimsy table";

- "flimsy construction";

- "vinyl siding has become the standard-bearer for cheap, insubstantial construction";

- syn. flimsy;

- sim. weak;

insubstantiality / ɪ n s ə b s t æ n ʃ ɪ æ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
lack of solid substance and strength;

n2
lacking substance or reality;

insubstantially / ɪ n s ə b s t æ n ʃ ə ɫ i /
r1
not substantially;

- lacking substantial expression or fullness;

- syn. impalpably;

insufferable / ɪ n s ʌ f ɹ ə b ɫ /
a1
unbearably arrogant or conceited;

- "insufferable insolence";

- sim. intolerable;

a2
too extreme to bear;

- "the insufferable heat of August in a New York apartment with no air conditioning";

- syn. unsufferable;

- sim. intolerable;

insufferably / ɪ n s ʌ f ɹ ə b ɫ i /
r1
to an insufferable degree;

- "it was insufferably hot in the room";

- syn. unsufferably;

r2
in an extremely arrogant or conceited manner;

insufficiency / ɪ n s ə f ɪ ʃ n s i /
n1
a lack of competence;

- "pointed out the insufficiencies in my report";

- "juvenile offenses often reflect an inadequacy in the parents";

- syn. inadequacy;

n2
(pathology) inability of a bodily part or organ to function normally;

n3
lack of an adequate quantity or number;

- "the inadequacy of unemployment benefits";

- syn. deficiency, inadequacy;

insufficient / ɪ n s ə f ɪ ʃ n t /
a1
of a quantity not able to fulfill a need or requirement;

- "insufficient funds";

- syn. deficient;

- also meager;

- sim. depleted, inadequate, lean, light, shy;

insufficiently / ɪ n s ə f ɪ ʃ n t ɫ i /
r1
to an insufficient degree;

- "he was insufficiently prepared";

insufflate
v1
breathe or blow onto as a ritual or sacramental act, especially so as to symbolize the action of the Holy Spirit;

v2
treat by blowing a powder or vapor into a bodily cavity;

v3
blow or breathe hard on or into;

insufflation
n1
(medicine) blowing air or medicated powder into the lungs (or into some other body cavity);

n2
an act of blowing or breathing on or into something;

insulant / ɪ n s j ʊ ɫ ə n t /
n1
insulating material that reduces or prevents the transmission of heat or sound or electricity;

- syn. insulation;

insular / ɪ n s j ʊ ɫ ə , ɪ n s j ʊ ɫ ə ɹ /
a1
relating to or characteristic of or situated on an island;

- "insular territories";

- "Hawaii's insular culture";

a2
suggestive of the isolated life of an island;

- "an exceedingly insular man;

- so deeply private as to seem inaccessible to the scrutiny of a novelist"- Leonard Michaels;

- sim. private;

a3
narrowly restricted in outlook or scope;

- "little sympathy with parochial mentality";

- "insular attitudes toward foreigners";

- syn. parochial;

- sim. provincial;

insularism / ɪ n s j ʊ ɫ ə ɹ ɪ z ə m /
n1
the state of being isolated or detached;

- "the insulation of England was preserved by the English Channel";

- syn. detachment, insularity, insulation;

insularity / ɪ n s j ʊ ɫ æ ɹ ɪ t i /
n1
the state of being isolated or detached;

- "the insulation of England was preserved by the English Channel";

- syn. detachment, insularism, insulation;

insulate / ɪ n s j ʊ ɫ eɪ t /
v1
protect from heat, cold, or noise by surrounding with insulating material;

- "We had his bedroom insulated before winter came";

v2
place or set apart;

- "They isolated the political prisoners from the other inmates";

- syn. isolate;

insulating tape
n1
a water-resistant adhesive tape used to insulate exposed electrical conductors;

- syn. friction tape;

insulation / ɪ n s j ʊ ɫ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the state of being isolated or detached;

- "the insulation of England was preserved by the English Channel";

- syn. detachment, insularism, insularity;

n2
insulating material that reduces or prevents the transmission of heat or sound or electricity;

- syn. insulant;

n3
the act of protecting something by surrounding it with material that reduces or prevents the transmission of sound or heat or electricity;

insulator / ɪ n s j ʊ ɫ eɪ t ə , ɪ n s j ʊ ɫ eɪ t ə ɹ /
n1
a material such as glass or porcelain with negligible electrical or thermal conductivity;

- syn. dielectric, nonconductor;

insulin / ɪ n s j ʊ ɫ ɪ n /
n1
hormone secreted by the isles of Langerhans in the pancreas;

- regulates storage of glycogen in the liver and accelerates oxidation of sugar in cells;

insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus
n1
severe diabetes mellitus with an early onset;

- characterized by polyuria and excessive thirst and increased appetite and weight loss and episodic ketoacidosis;

- diet and insulin injections are required to control the disease;

- syn. IDDM, autoimmune diabetes, growth-onset diabetes, juvenile-onset diabetes, juvenile diabetes, ketoacidosis-prone diabetes, ketosis-prone diabetes, type I diabetes;

insulin reaction
n1
hypoglycemia produced by excessive insulin in the system causing coma;

- syn. insulin shock;

insulin shock
n1
hypoglycemia produced by excessive insulin in the system causing coma;

- syn. insulin reaction;

n2
the administration of sufficient insulin to induce convulsions and coma;

- syn. insulin shock therapy, insulin shock treatment;

insulin shock therapy
n1
the administration of sufficient insulin to induce convulsions and coma;

- syn. insulin shock, insulin shock treatment;

insulin shock treatment
n1
the administration of sufficient insulin to induce convulsions and coma;

- syn. insulin shock, insulin shock therapy;

insult / ɪ n s ʌ ɫ t /
n1
a rude expression intended to offend or hurt;

- "when a student made a stupid mistake he spared them no abuse";

- "they yelled insults at the visiting team";

- syn. abuse, contumely, revilement, vilification;

n2
a deliberately offensive act or something producing the effect of deliberate disrespect;

- "turning his back on me was a deliberate insult";

- syn. affront;

v1
treat, mention, or speak to rudely;

- "He insulted her with his rude remarks";

- "the student who had betrayed his classmate was dissed by everyone";

- syn. affront, diss;

insulting / ɪ n s ʌ ɫ t ɪ ŋ /
a1
expressing extreme contempt;

- syn. contemptuous, disdainful, scornful;

- sim. disrespectful;

insultingly / ɪ n s ʌ ɫ t ɪ ŋ ɫ i /
r1
in a disrespectful and insulting manner;

- "he behaves insultingly toward his parents";

r2
in an unfair and insulting manner;

- "this internationally known writer was foully condemned by the Muslim fundamentalists";

- syn. foully;

insuperable / ɪ n s j u p ɹ ə b ɫ /
a1
impossible to surmount;

- syn. insurmountable;

- sim. unconquerable;

a2
incapable of being surmounted or excelled;

- "insuperable odds";

- "insuperable heroes";

- syn. unconquerable;

- sim. insurmountable;

insuperably / ɪ n s j u p ə ɹ ə b ɫ i , ɪ n s j u p ɹ ə b ɫ i /
r1
to an insuperable degree;

- "these various courses all seemed insuperably difficult to the student";

insupportable / ɪ n s ə p ɔ t ə b ɫ /
a1
incapable of being justified or explained;

- syn. indefensible, unjustifiable, unwarrantable, unwarranted;

- sim. inexcusable;

insurability / ɪ n ʃ ʊə ɹ ə b ɪ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
the quality of being insurable;

- the conditions under which an insurance company will issue insurance to an applicant (based on standards set by the insurance company);

insurable / ɪ n ʃ ʊə ɹ ə b ɫ /
a1
capable of being insured or eligible to be insured;

- sim. insured;

insurable interest
n1
an interest in a person or thing that will support the issuance of an insurance policy;

- an interest in the survival of the insured or in the preservation of the thing that is insured;

insurance / ɪ n ʃ ʊə ɹ ə n s /
n1
promise of reimbursement in the case of loss;

- paid to people or companies so concerned about hazards that they have made prepayments to an insurance company;

n2
written contract or certificate of insurance;

- "you should have read the small print on your policy";

- syn. insurance policy, policy;

n3
protection against future loss;

- syn. indemnity;

insurance agent
n1
an agent who sells insurance;

- syn. general agent, insurance broker, underwriter;

insurance broker
n1
an agent who sells insurance;

- syn. general agent, insurance agent, underwriter;

insurance claim
n1
demand for payment in accordance with an insurance policy;

insurance company
n1
a financial institution that sells insurance;

- syn. insurance firm, insurance underwriter, insurer, underwriter;

insurance coverage
n1
the total amount and type of insurance carried;

- syn. coverage;

insurance firm
n1
a financial institution that sells insurance;

- syn. insurance company, insurance underwriter, insurer, underwriter;

insurance policy
n1
written contract or certificate of insurance;

- "you should have read the small print on your policy";

- syn. insurance, policy;

insurance premium
n1
payment for insurance;

- syn. premium;

insurance underwriter
n1
a financial institution that sells insurance;

- syn. insurance company, insurance firm, insurer, underwriter;

insure / ɪ n ʃ ʊə , ɪ n ʃ ʊə ɹ /
v1
be careful or certain to do something;

- make certain of something;

- "He verified that the valves were closed";

- "See that the curtains are closed";

- "control the quality of the product";

- syn. ascertain, assure, check, control, ensure, see, see to it;

v2
make certain of;

- "This nest egg will ensure a nice retirement for us";

- "Preparation will guarantee success!";

- syn. assure, ensure, guarantee, secure;

v3
protect by insurance;

- "The insurance won't cover this";

- syn. cover, underwrite;

v4
take out insurance for;

insured / ɪ n ʃ ʊə d /
n1
a person whose interests are protected by an insurance policy;

- a person who contracts for an insurance policy that indemnifies him against loss of property or life or health etc.;

- syn. insured person;

a1
covered by insurance;

- "an insured risk";

- "all members of the film cast and crew are insured";

- sim. insurable;

insured person
n1
a person whose interests are protected by an insurance policy;

- a person who contracts for an insurance policy that indemnifies him against loss of property or life or health etc.;

- syn. insured;

insurer / ɪ n ʃ ʊə ɹ ə /
n1
a financial institution that sells insurance;

- syn. insurance company, insurance firm, insurance underwriter, underwriter;

insurgence / ɪ n s ɝ dʒ ə n s /
n1
an organized rebellion aimed at overthrowing a constituted government through the use of subversion and armed conflict;

- syn. insurgency;

insurgency / ɪ n s ɝ dʒ ə n s i /
n1
an organized rebellion aimed at overthrowing a constituted government through the use of subversion and armed conflict;

- syn. insurgence;

insurgent / ɪ n s ɝ dʒ ə n t /
n1
a person who takes part in an armed rebellion against the constituted authority (especially in the hope of improving conditions);

- syn. freedom fighter, insurrectionist, rebel;

n2
a member of an irregular armed force that fights a stronger force by sabotage and harassment;

- syn. guerilla, guerrilla, irregular;

a1
in opposition to a civil authority or government;

- syn. seditious, subversive;

- sim. disloyal;

insurmountable / ɪ n s ə m aʊ n t ə b ɫ /
a1
not capable of being surmounted or overcome;

- "insurmountable disadvantages";

- syn. unsurmountable;

- also impossible, unconquerable;

- sim. insuperable;

a2
impossible to surmount;

- syn. insuperable;

- sim. unconquerable;

insurrection / ɪ n s ə ɹ ɛ k ʃ n /
n1
organized opposition to authority;

- a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another;

- syn. rebellion, revolt, rising, uprising;

insurrectional / ɪ n s ə ɹ ɛ k ʃ ə n ə ɫ /
a1
of or relating to or given to insurrection;

- syn. insurrectionary;

insurrectionary / ɪ n s ə ɹ ɛ k ʃ ŋ ə ɹ i /
a1
of or relating to or given to insurrection;

- syn. insurrectional;

insurrectionism / ɪ n s ə ɹ ɛ k ʃ ŋ ɪ z ə m /
n1
the principle of revolt against constituted authority;

insurrectionist / ɪ n s ə ɹ ɛ k ʃ ə n ɪ s t /
n1
a person who takes part in an armed rebellion against the constituted authority (especially in the hope of improving conditions);

- syn. freedom fighter, insurgent, rebel;

insusceptible / ɪ n s ə s ɛ p t ə b ɫ /
a1
not susceptible to;

- syn. unsusceptible;

- also insensitive;

- sim. immune, immunized, immunogenic, incapable, unpersuadable, unresponsive;

intact / ɪ n t æ k t /
a1
constituting the undiminished entirety;

- lacking nothing essential especially not damaged;

- "a local motion keepeth bodies integral"- Bacon;

- "was able to keep the collection entire during his lifetime";

- "fought to keep the union intact";

- syn. entire, integral;

- sim. whole;

a2
(of a woman) having the hymen unbroken;

- "she was intact, virginal";

- syn. inviolate;

- sim. uninjured;

a3
(used of domestic animals) sexually competent;

- "an entire horse";

- syn. entire;

- sim. uncastrated;

a4
undamaged in any way;

- "the vase remained intact despite rough handling";

- sim. undamaged;

intactness / ɪ n t æ k t n ə s /
n1
the state of being unimpaired;

intaglio / ɪ n t ɑ ɫ i oʊ /
n1
a printing process that uses an etched or engraved plate;

- the plate is smeared with ink and wiped clean, then the ink left in the recesses makes the print;

- syn. gravure, intaglio printing;

n2
glyptic art consisting of a sunken or depressed engraving or carving on a stone or gem (as opposed to cameo);

- syn. diaglyph;

intaglio printing
n1
a printing process that uses an etched or engraved plate;

- the plate is smeared with ink and wiped clean, then the ink left in the recesses makes the print;

- syn. gravure, intaglio;

intake / ɪ n t eɪ k /
n1
the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating);

- syn. consumption, ingestion, uptake;

n2
an opening through which fluid is admitted to a tube or container;

- syn. inlet;

n3
the act of inhaling;

- the drawing in of air (or other gases) as in breathing;

- syn. aspiration, breathing in, inhalation, inspiration;

intake manifold
n1
a manifold consisting of a pipe to carry fuel to each cylinder in an internal-combustion engine;

intake valve
n1
a valve that controls the flow of fluid through an intake;

intangibility / ɪ n t æ n dʒ ə b ɪ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
the quality of being intangible and not perceptible by touch;

- syn. impalpability, intangibleness;

intangible / ɪ n t æ n dʒ ə b ɫ /
n1
assets that are saleable though not material or physical;

- syn. intangible asset;

a1
(of especially business assets) not having physical substance or intrinsic productive value;

- "intangible assets such as good will";

a2
incapable of being perceived by the senses especially the sense of touch;

- "the intangible constituent of energy"- James Jeans;

- syn. impalpable;

- also abstract;

a3
hard to pin down or identify;

- "an intangible feeling of impending disaster";

- sim. unidentifiable;

a4
lacking substance or reality;

- incapable of being touched or seen;

- "that intangible thing--the soul";

- syn. nonphysical;

- sim. immaterial;

intangible asset
n1
assets that are saleable though not material or physical;

- syn. intangible;

intangibleness / ɪ n t æ n dʒ ə b ɫ n ə s /
n1
the quality of being intangible and not perceptible by touch;

- syn. impalpability, intangibility;

integer / ɪ n t ɪ dʒ ə , ɪ n t ɪ dʒ ə ɹ /
n1
any of the natural numbers (positive or negative) or zero;

- "an integer is a number that is not a fraction";

- syn. whole number;

integral / ɪ n t ɪ ɡ ɹ ə ɫ /
n1
the result of a mathematical integration;

- F(x) is the integral of f(x) if dF/dx = f(x);

a1
existing as an essential constituent or characteristic;

- "the Ptolemaic system with its built-in concept of periodicity";

- "a constitutional inability to tell the truth";

- syn. built-in, constitutional, inbuilt, inherent;

- sim. intrinsic;

a2
constituting the undiminished entirety;

- lacking nothing essential especially not damaged;

- "a local motion keepeth bodies integral"- Bacon;

- "was able to keep the collection entire during his lifetime";

- "fought to keep the union intact";

- syn. entire, intact;

- sim. whole;

a3
of or denoted by an integer;

integral calculus
n1
the part of calculus that deals with integration and its application in the solution of differential equations and in determining areas or volumes etc.;

integrality
n1
the state of being total and complete;

- "he read the article in its entirety";

- "appalled by the totality of the destruction";

- syn. entireness, entirety, totality;

integrally / ɪ n t ɪ ɡ ɹ ə ɫ i /
r1
in an integral manner;

integrate / ɪ n t ɪ ɡ ɹ eɪ t /
v1
make into a whole or make part of a whole;

- "She incorporated his suggestions into her proposal";

- syn. incorporate;

v2
open (a place) to members of all races and ethnic groups;

- "This school is completely desegregated";

- syn. desegregate, mix;

v3
become one;

- become integrated;

- "The students at this school integrate immediately, despite their different backgrounds";

v4
calculate the integral of;

- calculate by integration;

integrated / ɪ n t ɪ ɡ ɹ eɪ t ɪ d /
a1
formed or united into a whole;

- syn. incorporate, incorporated, merged, unified;

- sim. united;

a2
formed into a whole or introduced into another entity;

- "a more closely integrated economic and political system"- Dwight D.Eisenhower;

- "an integrated Europe";

- sim. coordinated, embedded, incorporated, introjected, tight-knit;

a3
not segregated;

- designated as available to all races or groups;

- "integrated schools";

- also integrative, joint, united;

- sim. co-ed, desegrated, interracial, mainstreamed;

a4
resembling a living organism in organization or development;

- "society as an integrated whole";

- syn. structured;

- sim. organic;

integrated circuit
n1
a microelectronic computer circuit incorporated into a chip or semiconductor;

- a whole system rather than a single component;

- syn. microcircuit;

integrated data processing
n1
automatic data processing in which data acquisition and other stages or processing are integrated into a coherent system;

- syn. IDP;

integrated logistic support
n1
the pooling of specific resources by subscribing nations for the support of some joint operation;

integrating / ɪ n t ɪ ɡ ɹ eɪ t ɪ ŋ /
n1
the action of incorporating a racial or religious group into a community;

- syn. desegregation, integration;

integration / ɪ n t ɪ ɡ ɹ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the action of incorporating a racial or religious group into a community;

- syn. desegregation, integrating;

n2
the act of combining into an integral whole;

- "a consolidation of two corporations";

- "after their consolidation the two bills were passed unanimously";

- "the defendants asked for a consolidation of the actions against them";

- syn. consolidation;

n3
an operation used in the calculus whereby the integral of a function is determined;

integrative
a1
combining and coordinating diverse elements into a whole;

- also collective, combinative, combinatory, integrated;

- sim. combinative, compositional, consolidative, endogenic;

a2
tending to consolidate;

- syn. consolidative;

- sim. centralizing;

integrator / ɪ n t ɪ ɡ ɹ eɪ t ə /
n1
a measuring instrument for measuring the area of an irregular plane figure;

- syn. planimeter;

integrity / ɪ n t ɛ ɡ ɹ ɪ t i /
n1
an undivided or unbroken completeness or totality with nothing wanting;

- "the integrity of the nervous system is required for normal development";

- "he took measures to insure the territorial unity of Croatia";

- syn. unity, wholeness;

n2
moral soundness;

- "he expects to find in us the common honesty and integrity of men of business";

- "they admired his scrupulous professional integrity";

integument / ɪ n t ɛ ɡ j ʊ m ə n t /
n1
an outer protective covering such as the skin of an animal or a cuticle or seed coat or rind or shell;

integumental / ɪ n t ɛ ɡ j ʊ m ɛ n t ɫ /
a1
of or relating to the integument;

- syn. integumentary;

integumentary / ɪ n t ɛ ɡ j ʊ m ɛ n t ə ɹ i /
a1
of or relating to the integument;

- syn. integumental;

integumentary system
n1
the skin and its appendages;

intellect / ɪ n t ə ɫ ɛ k t /
n1
knowledge and intellectual ability;

- "he reads to improve his mind";

- "he has a keen intellect";

- syn. mind;

n2
the capacity for rational thought or inference or discrimination;

- "we are told that man is endowed with reason and capable of distinguishing good from evil";

- syn. reason, understanding;

n3
a person who uses the mind creatively;

- syn. intellectual;

intellection / ɪ n t ɪ ɫ ɛ k ʃ ə n /
n1
the process of using your mind to consider something carefully;

- "thinking always made him frown";

- "she paused for thought";

- syn. cerebration, mentation, thinking, thought, thought process;

intellectual / ɪ n t ə ɫ ɛ k tʃ ʊə ɫ /
n1
a person who uses the mind creatively;

- syn. intellect;

a1
of or associated with or requiring the use of the mind;

- "intellectual problems";

- "the triumph of the rational over the animal side of man";

- syn. noetic, rational;

- sim. mental;

a2
appealing to or using the intellect;

- "satire is an intellectual weapon";

- "intellectual workers engaged in creative literary or artistic or scientific labor";

- "has tremendous intellectual sympathy for oppressed people";

- "coldly intellectual";

- "sort of the intellectual type";

- "intellectual literature";

- also educated, mental, scholarly;

- sim. good, highbrow, rational, reflective, sophisticated;

a3
involving intelligence rather than emotions or instinct;

- "a cerebral approach to the problem";

- "cerebral drama";

- syn. cerebral;

intellectual nourishment
n1
anything that provides mental stimulus for thinking;

- syn. food, food for thought;

intellectual property
n1
intangible property that is the result of creativity (such as patents or trademarks or copyrights);

intellectualisation / ɪ n t ɪ ɫ ɛ k t j ʊə ɫ aɪ z eɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
(psychiatry) a defense mechanism that uses reasoning to block out emotional stress and conflict;

- syn. intellectualization;

intellectualization / ɪ n t ɪ ɫ ɛ k t j ʊə ɫ aɪ z eɪ ʃ n /
n1
(psychiatry) a defense mechanism that uses reasoning to block out emotional stress and conflict;

- syn. intellectualisation;

intellectually / ɪ n t ə ɫ ɛ k tʃ ʊə ɫ i /
r1
in an intellectual manner;

- "intellectually gifted children";

- "intellectually influenced";

intelligence / ɪ n t ɛ ɫ ɪ dʒ ə n s /
n1
the ability to comprehend;

- to understand and profit from experience;

n2
a unit responsible for gathering and interpreting information about an enemy;

- syn. intelligence agency, intelligence service;

n3
secret information about an enemy (or potential enemy);

- "we sent out planes to gather intelligence on their radar coverage";

- syn. intelligence information;

n4
information about recent and important events;

- "they awaited news of the outcome";

- syn. news, tidings, word;

n5
the operation of gathering information about an enemy;

- syn. intelligence activity, intelligence operation;

intelligence activity
n1
the operation of gathering information about an enemy;

- syn. intelligence, intelligence operation;

intelligence agency
n1
a unit responsible for gathering and interpreting information about an enemy;

- syn. intelligence, intelligence service;

intelligence agent
n1
a person secretly employed in espionage for a government;

- syn. intelligence officer, operative, secret agent;

intelligence analyst
n1
a government analyst of information about an enemy or potential enemy;

intelligence cell
n1
a terrorist cell whose members are trained to perform reconnaissance and surveillance;

Intelligence Community
n1
a group of government agencies and organizations that carry out intelligence activities for the United States government;

- headed by the Director of Central Intelligence;

- syn. IC, National Intelligence Community, United States Intelligence Community;

intelligence information
n1
secret information about an enemy (or potential enemy);

- "we sent out planes to gather intelligence on their radar coverage";

- syn. intelligence;

intelligence officer
n1
a person secretly employed in espionage for a government;

- syn. intelligence agent, operative, secret agent;

intelligence operation
n1
the operation of gathering information about an enemy;

- syn. intelligence, intelligence activity;

intelligence quotient
n1
a measure of a person's intelligence as indicated by an intelligence test;

- the ratio of a person's mental age to their chronological age (multiplied by 100);

- syn. I.Q., IQ;

intelligence service
n1
a unit responsible for gathering and interpreting information about an enemy;

- syn. intelligence, intelligence agency;

intelligence test
n1
a psychometric test of intelligence;

- "they used to think that intelligence is what an intelligence test tests";

- syn. IQ test;

intelligent / ɪ n t ɛ ɫ ɪ dʒ ə n t /
a1
having the capacity for thought and reason especially to a high degree;

- "is there intelligent life in the universe?";

- "an intelligent question";

- also precocious, smart;

- sim. agile, apt, brainy, bright, natural, prehensile, quick, scintillating, searching;

a2
possessing sound knowledge;

- "well-informed readers";

- syn. well-informed;

- sim. sophisticated;

a3
exercising or showing good judgment;

- "healthy scepticism";

- "a healthy fear of rattlesnakes";

- "the healthy attitude of French laws";

- "healthy relations between labor and management";

- "an intelligent solution";

- "a sound approach to the problem";

- "sound advice";

- "no sound explanation for his decision";

- syn. healthy, level-headed, levelheaded, sound;

- sim. reasonable;

a4
endowed with the capacity to reason;

- syn. reasoning, thinking;

- sim. rational;

intelligently / ɪ n t ɛ ɫ ɪ dʒ ə n t ɫ i /
r1
in an intelligent manner;

- "she acted intelligently in this difficult situation";

intelligentsia / ɪ n t ɛ ɫ ɪ dʒ ɛ n t s ɪə /
n1
an educated and intellectual elite;

- syn. clerisy;

intelligibility / ɪ n t ɛ ɫ ɪ dʒ ə b ɪ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
the quality of language that is comprehensible;

intelligible / ɪ n t ɛ ɫ ɪ dʒ ə b ɫ /
a1
capable of being apprehended or understood;

- syn. apprehensible, graspable, perceivable, understandable;

- sim. comprehensible;

a2
well articulated or enunciated, and loud enough to be heard distinctly;

- "intelligible pronunciation";

- also comprehendible, comprehensible;

intelligibly / ɪ n t ɛ ɫ ɪ dʒ ə b ɫ i /
r1
in an intelligible manner;

- "the foreigner spoke to us quite intelligibly";

- syn. clearly, understandably;

Intelnet
n1
a computer network similar to but separate from the internet;

- devoted to the dissemination of information to and for the Intelligence Community;

intemperance / ɪ n t ɛ m p ə ɹ ə n s /
n1
the quality of being intemperate;

n2
consumption of alcoholic drinks;

- syn. intemperateness;

n3
excess in action and immoderate indulgence of bodily appetites, especially in passion or indulgence;

- "the intemperance of their language";

- syn. intemperateness, self-indulgence;

intemperate / ɪ n t ɛ m p ə ɹ ə t /
a1
(of weather or climate) not mild;

- subject to extremes;

- "an intemperate climate";

- "intemperate zones";

- also inclement;

a2
excessive in behavior;

- "intemperate rage";

- also immoderate, intense;

- sim. big;

a3
given to excessive indulgence of bodily appetites especially for intoxicating liquors;

- "a hard drinker";

- syn. hard, heavy;

- sim. indulgent;

intemperately / ɪ n t ɛ m p ə ɹ ə t ɫ i /
r1
indulging excessively;

- "he drank heavily";

- syn. hard, heavily;

intemperateness / ɪ n t ɛ m p ə ɹ ə t n ə s /
n1
consumption of alcoholic drinks;

- syn. intemperance;

n2
excess in action and immoderate indulgence of bodily appetites, especially in passion or indulgence;

- "the intemperance of their language";

- syn. intemperance, self-indulgence;

intend / ɪ n t ɛ n d /
v1
have in mind as a purpose;

- "I mean no harm";

- "I only meant to help you";

- "She didn't think to harm me";

- "We thought to return early that night";

- syn. mean, think;

v2
design or destine;

- "She was intended to become the director";

- syn. designate, destine, specify;

v3
mean or intend to express or convey;

- "You never understand what I mean!";

- "what do his words intend?";

- syn. mean;

v4
denote or connote;

- "`maison' means `house' in French";

- "An example sentence would show what this word means";

- syn. mean, signify, stand for;

intended / ɪ n t ɛ n d ɪ d /
a1
resulting from one's intentions;

- "your intended trip abroad";

- "an intended insult";

- also motivated, planned, premeditated;

- sim. conscious, deliberate, intentional, well-intentioned;

a2
future;

- betrothed;

- "his intended bride";

- sim. attached;

intense / ɪ n t ɛ n s /
a1
possessing or displaying a distinctive feature to a heightened degree;

- "intense heat";

- "intense anxiety";

- "intense desire";

- "intense emotion";

- "the skunk's intense acrid odor";

- "intense pain";

- "enemy fire was intense";

- also immoderate, intemperate, profound;

- sim. aggravated, bad, blood-and-guts, brutal, cold, concentrated, consuming, deep, exquisite, extreme, fierce, intensified, intensive, main, palpable, profound, raging, screaming, severe, shitless, smart, strong, terrific, thick, unabated, violent;

a2
extremely sharp or severe;

- "acute pain";

- "felt acute annoyance";

- "intense itching and burning";

- syn. acute;

- sim. sharp;

a3
(of color) having the highest saturation;

- "vivid green";

- "intense blue";

- syn. vivid;

- sim. saturated;

intensely / ɪ n t ɛ n s ɫ i /
r1
to a high degree;

- extremely;

- in high concentration or density;

- "he worked intensely";

- "it was intensely hot";

- "the sky was intensely blue";

r2
to a great depth psychologically or emotionally;

- "They felt the loss deeply";

- "she loved him intensely";

- syn. deeply, profoundly;

intensification / ɪ n t ɛ n s ɪ f ɪ k eɪ ʃ n /
n1
action that makes something stronger or more extreme;

n2
the act of increasing the contrast of (a photographic film);

intensified / ɪ n t ɛ n s ɪ f aɪ d /
a1
made more intense;

- "the intensified scrutiny of the candidate's background";

- sim. intense;

intensifier / ɪ n t ɛ n s ɪ f aɪ ə /
n1
a modifier that has little meaning except to intensify the meaning it modifies;

- "`up' in `finished up' is an intensifier";

- "`honestly' in `I honestly don't know' is an intensifier";

- syn. intensive;

intensify / ɪ n t ɛ n s ɪ f aɪ /
v1
increase in extent or intensity;

- "The Allies escalated the bombing";

- syn. escalate, step up;

v2
make more intense, stronger, or more marked;

- "The efforts were intensified";

- "Her rudeness intensified his dislike for her";

- "Pot smokers claim it heightens their awareness";

- "This event only deepened my convictions";

- syn. compound, deepen, heighten;

v3
become more intense;

- "The debate intensified";

- "His dislike for raw fish only deepened in Japan";

- syn. deepen;

v4
make the chemically affected part of (a negative) denser or more opaque in order produce a stronger contrast between light and dark;

intensifying / ɪ n t ɛ n s ɪ f aɪ ɪ ŋ /
a1
increasing in strength or intensity;

- sim. aggravating, augmentative, deepening, heightening;

intension / ɪ n t ɛ n ʃ ə n /
n1
what you must know in order to determine the reference of an expression;

- syn. connotation;

intensional / ɪ n t ɛ n ʃ ə n ə ɫ /
a1
used of the set of attributes that distinguish the referents of a given word;

- sim. connotative;

intensity / ɪ n t ɛ n s ɪ t i /
n1
the amount of energy transmitted (as by acoustic or electromagnetic radiation);

- "he adjusted the intensity of the sound";

- "they measured the station's signal strength";

- syn. intensity level, strength;

n2
high level or degree;

- the property of being intense;

- syn. intensiveness;

n3
the magnitude of sound (usually in a specified direction);

- "the kids played their music at full volume";

- syn. loudness, volume;

n4
chromatic purity: freedom from dilution with white and hence vivid in hue;

- syn. chroma, saturation, vividness;

intensity level
n1
the amount of energy transmitted (as by acoustic or electromagnetic radiation);

- "he adjusted the intensity of the sound";

- "they measured the station's signal strength";

- syn. intensity, strength;

intensive / ɪ n t ɛ n s ɪ v /
n1
a modifier that has little meaning except to intensify the meaning it modifies;

- "`up' in `finished up' is an intensifier";

- "`honestly' in `I honestly don't know' is an intensifier";

- syn. intensifier;

a1
characterized by a high degree or intensity;

- often used as a combining form;

- "the questioning was intensive";

- "intensive care";

- "research-intensive";

- "a labor-intensive industry";

- sim. intense;

a2
tending to give force or emphasis;

- "an intensive adverb";

a3
of agriculture;

- intended to increase productivity of a fixed area by expending more capital and labor;

- "intensive agriculture";

- "intensive conditions";

intensive care
n1
close monitoring and constant medical care of patients with life-threatening conditions;

intensive care unit
n1
a hospital unit staffed and equipped to provide intensive care;

- syn. ICU;

intensively / ɪ n t ɛ n s ɪ v ɫ i /
r1
in an intensive manner;

- "he studied the snake intensively";

intensiveness / ɪ n t ɛ n s ɪ v n ə s /
n1
high level or degree;

- the property of being intense;

- syn. intensity;

intent / ɪ n t ɛ n t /
n1
an anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions;

- "his intent was to provide a new translation";

- "good intentions are not enough";

- "it was created with the conscious aim of answering immediate needs";

- "he made no secret of his designs";

- syn. aim, design, intention, purpose;

n2
the intended meaning of a communication;

- syn. purport, spirit;

a1
giving or marked by complete attention to;

- "that engrossed look or rapt delight";

- "enwrapped in dreams";

- "so intent on this fantastic...narrative that she hardly stirred"- Walter de la Mare;

- "rapt with wonder";

- "wrapped in thought";

- syn. absorbed, captive, engrossed, enwrapped, wrapped;

- sim. attentive;

intention / ɪ n t ɛ n ʃ n /
n1
an anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions;

- "his intent was to provide a new translation";

- "good intentions are not enough";

- "it was created with the conscious aim of answering immediate needs";

- "he made no secret of his designs";

- syn. aim, design, intent, purpose;

n2
(usually plural) the goal with respect to a marriage proposal;

- "his intentions are entirely honorable";

n3
an act of intending;

- a volition that you intend to carry out;

- "my intention changed once I saw her";

intentional / ɪ n t ɛ n ʃ n ə ɫ /
a1
characterized by conscious design or purpose;

- "intentional damage";

- "a knowing act of fraud";

- "a deliberate attempt to provoke a response";

- syn. deliberate, knowing;

- sim. intended;

a2
done or made or performed with purpose and intent;

- "style...is more than the deliberate and designed creation"- Havelock Ellis;

- "games designed for all ages";

- "well-designed houses";

- syn. designed, unintentional;

- sim. fashioned;

intentionality / ɪ n t ɛ n ʃ ə n æ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
expressive of intentions;

intentionally / ɪ n t ɛ n ʃ n ə ɫ i /
r1
with intention;

- in an intentional manner;

- "he used that word intentionally";

- "I did this by choice";

- syn. advisedly, by choice, by design, deliberately, designedly, on purpose, purposely;

intently / ɪ n t ɛ n t ɫ i /
r1
with strained or eager attention;

- "listened intently";

- "stood watching intently";

intentness / ɪ n t ɛ n t n ə s /
n1
the quality of being intent and concentrated;

- "the intentness of his gaze";

- syn. engrossment;

inter / ɪ n t ə ɹ , ɪ n t ɝ , ɪ n t ɝ ɹ /
v1
place in a grave or tomb;

- "Stalin was buried behind the Kremlin wall on Red Square";

- "The pharaohs were entombed in the pyramids";

- "My grandfather was laid to rest last Sunday";

- syn. bury, entomb, inhume, lay to rest;

inter-group communication
n1
a channel for communication between groups;

- "he provided a liaison with the guerrillas";

- syn. contact, liaison, link;

inter-service support
n1
action by one military service to provide logistic (or administrative) support to another military service;

Inter-Services Intelligence
n1
the Pakistan intelligence agency;

- a powerful and almost autonomous political and military force;

- has procured nuclear technology and delivery capabilities;

- has had strong ties with the Taliban and other militant Islamic groups;

- syn. Directorate for Inter-Services Intelligence, ISI;

inter alia / ɪ n t ə ɹ eɪ ɫ ɪə /
r1
among other things;

- "the committee recommended, inter alia, that he be promoted";

inter vivos trust
n1
a trust created and operating during the grantor's lifetime;

- syn. living trust;

interact / ɪ n t ə ɹ æ k t /
v1
act together or towards others or with others;

- "He should interact more with his colleagues";

interaction / ɪ n t ə ɹ æ k ʃ n /
n1
a mutual or reciprocal action;

- interacting;

n2
(physics) the transfer of energy between elementary particles or between an elementary particle and a field or between fields;

- mediated by gauge bosons;

- syn. fundamental interaction;

interactional / ɪ n t ə ɹ æ k ʃ n ə ɫ /
a1
capable of acting on or influencing each other;

- syn. interactive;

- sim. reciprocal;

interactive / ɪ n t ə ɹ æ k t ɪ v /
a1
used especially of drugs or muscles that work together so the total effect is greater than the sum of the two (or more);

- syn. synergistic;

a2
capable of acting on or influencing each other;

- syn. interactional;

- sim. reciprocal;

interactive multimedia
n1
a multimedia system in which related items of information are connected and can be presented together;

- syn. hypermedia, hypermedia system, interactive multimedia system;

interactive multimedia system
n1
a multimedia system in which related items of information are connected and can be presented together;

- syn. hypermedia, hypermedia system, interactive multimedia;

interagency support
n1
provision of logistic (or administrative) support by one or more of the military services to one or more departments or agencies of the United States government;

- syn. interdepartmental support;

Interahamwe
n1
a terrorist organization that seeks to overthrow the government dominated by Tutsi and to institute Hutu control again;

- "in 1999 ALIR guerrillas kidnapped and killed eight foreign tourists";

- syn. ALIR, Army for the Liberation of Rwanda, FAR, Former Armed Forces;

interbank loan
n1
a loan from one bank to another;

interbrain / ɪ n t ə b ɹ eɪ n /
n1
the posterior division of the forebrain;

- connects the cerebral hemispheres with the mesencephalon;

- syn. betweenbrain, diencephalon, thalmencephalon;

interbred / ɪ n t ə b ɹ ɛ d /
a1
bred of closely related parents;

- sim. inbred;

interbreed / ɪ n t ə b ɹ i d /
v1
breed animals or plants using parents of different races and varieties;

- "cross a horse and a donkey";

- "Mendel tried crossbreeding";

- "these species do not interbreed";

- syn. cross, crossbreed, hybridise, hybridize;

interbreeding / ɪ n t ə b ɹ i d ɪ ŋ /
n1
(genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids;

- syn. cross, crossbreeding, crossing, hybridisation, hybridization, hybridizing;

n2
reproduction by parents of different races (especially by white and non-white persons);

- syn. crossbreeding, miscegenation;

intercalary / ɪ n t ɝ k ə ɫ ə ɹ i /
a1
having a day or month inserted to make the calendar year correspond to the solar year: "Feb. 29 is an intercalary day";

- "a leap year is an intercalary year";

- sim. additive;

intercalary year
n1
a calendar year with an extra day added in February;

- syn. 366 days, bissextile year, leap year;

intercalate / ɪ n t ɝ k ə ɫ eɪ t /
v1
insert (days) in a calendar;

intercalation / ɪ n t ɝ k ə ɫ eɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
an insertion into a calendar;

- syn. embolism;

intercapitular vein
n1
veins connecting the dorsal and palmar veins of the hand or the dorsal and plantar veins of the foot;

- syn. vena intercapitalis;

intercede / ɪ n t ə s i d /
v1
act between parties with a view to reconciling differences;

- "He interceded in the family dispute";

- "He mediated a settlement";

- syn. arbitrate, intermediate, liaise, mediate;

intercellular / ɪ n t ɝ ɹ s ɛ ɫ j ʊ ɫ ə /
a1
located between cells;

intercellular substance
n1
the body substance in which tissue cells are embedded;

- syn. ground substance, matrix;

intercept / ɪ n t ə s ɛ p t , ɪ n t ɝ s ɛ p t /
n1
the point at which a line intersects a coordinate axis;

v1
seize on its way;

- "The fighter plane was ordered to intercept an aircraft that had entered the country's airspace";

- syn. stop;

v2
tap a telephone or telegraph wire to get information;

- "The FBI was tapping the phone line of the suspected spy";

- "Is this hotel room bugged?";

- syn. bug, tap, wiretap;

interception / ɪ n t ə s ɛ p ʃ n /
n1
the act of intercepting;

- preventing something from proceeding or arriving;

- "he resorted to the interception of his daughter's letters";

- "he claimed that the interception of one missile by another would be impossible";

n2
(American football) the act of catching a football by a player on the opposing team;

interceptor / ɪ n t ə s ɛ p t ə , ɪ n t ə s ɛ p t ə ɹ /
n1
a fast maneuverable fighter plane designed to intercept enemy aircraft;

intercession / ɪ n t ə s ɛ ʃ n /
n1
a prayer to God on behalf of another person;

n2
the act of intervening (as to mediate a dispute, etc.);

- "it occurs without human intervention";

- syn. intervention;

intercessor / ɪ n t ə s ɛ s ə /
n1
a negotiator who acts as a link between parties;

- syn. go-between, intermediary, intermediator, mediator;

interchange / ɪ n t ə tʃ eɪ n dʒ /
n1
a junction of highways on different levels that permits traffic to move from one to another without crossing traffic streams;

n2
mutual interaction;

- the activity of reciprocating or exchanging (especially information);

- syn. give-and-take, reciprocation;

n3
the act of changing one thing for another thing;

- "Adam was promised immortality in exchange for his disobedience";

- "there was an interchange of prisoners";

- syn. exchange;

n4
reciprocal transfer of equivalent sums of money (especially the currencies of different countries);

- "he earns his living from the interchange of currency";

- syn. exchange;

v1
put in the place of another;

- switch seemingly equivalent items;

- "the con artist replaced the original with a fake Rembrandt";

- "substitute regular milk for fat-free milk";

- "synonyms can be interchanged without a changing the context's meaning";

- syn. exchange, replace, substitute;

v2
give to, and receive from, one another;

- "Would you change places with me?";

- "We have been exchanging letters for a year";

- syn. change, exchange;

v3
cause to change places;

- "interchange this screw for one of a smaller size";

- syn. counterchange, transpose;

v4
reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action);

- syn. alternate, flip, flip-flop, switch, tack;

interchangeability / ɪ n t ɝ tʃ eɪ n dʒ ə b ɪ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
the quality of being capable of exchange or interchange;

- syn. exchangeability, fungibility, interchangeableness;

interchangeable / ɪ n t ə tʃ eɪ n dʒ ə b ɫ /
a1
(mathematics, logic) such that the arguments or roles can be interchanged;

- "the arguments of the symmetric relation, `is a sister of,' are interchangeable";

- sim. symmetrical;

a2
capable of replacing or changing places with something else;

- permitting mutual substitution without loss of function or suitability;

- "interchangeable electric outlets";

- "interchangeable parts";

- syn. exchangeable, similar, standardised, standardized;

- sim. replaceable;

interchangeableness / ɪ n t ə tʃ eɪ n dʒ ə b ə ɫ n ə s /
n1
the quality of being capable of exchange or interchange;

- syn. exchangeability, fungibility, interchangeability;

interchangeably / ɪ n t ə tʃ eɪ n dʒ ə b ɫ i , ɪ n t ɝ tʃ eɪ n dʒ ə b ɫ i /
r1
in an interchangeable manner;

- "these terms can be used interchangeably";

interchurch
a1
occurring between or among or common to different churches or denominations;

- "interchurch aid";

- "interdenominational cooperation between Methodists and Presbyterians";

- syn. interdenominational;

- sim. nonsectarian;

intercollegiate / ɪ n t ə k ə ɫ i dʒ ɪə t /
a1
used of competition between colleges or universities;

- "intercollegiate basketball";

- sim. extramural;

intercom / ɪ n t ə k ɒ m /
n1
a communication system linking different rooms within a building or ship etc;

- syn. intercommunication system;

intercom speaker
n1
the loudspeaker on an intercom or public address system;

- syn. squawk box, squawker;

intercommunicate / ɪ n t ə k ə m j u n ɪ k eɪ t /
v1
be interconnected, afford passage;

- "These rooms intercommunicate";

v2
transmit thoughts or feelings;

- "He communicated his anxieties to the psychiatrist";

- syn. communicate;

intercommunication / ɪ n t ə k ə m j u n ɪ k eɪ ʃ n /
n1
mutual communication;

- communication with each other;

- "they intercepted intercommunication between enemy ships";

intercommunication system
n1
a communication system linking different rooms within a building or ship etc;

- syn. intercom;

intercommunion / ɪ n t ə k ə m j u n ɪə n /
n1
participation in Holy Communion by members of more than one church (eg Catholic and Orthodox);

interconnect / ɪ n t ə k ə n ɛ k t , ɪ n t ɝ k ə n ɛ k t /
v1
be interwoven or interconnected;

- "The bones are interconnected via the muscle";

- syn. complect, interlink;

v2
cause to be interconnected or interwoven;

- syn. interlink;

interconnected / ɪ n t ə k ə n ɛ k t ɪ d /
a1
reciprocally connected;

- syn. interrelated;

- sim. reticulate;

a2
operating as a unit;

- "a unified utility system";

- "a coordinated program";

- syn. co-ordinated, coordinated, unified;

- sim. integrated;

interconnectedness / ɪ n t ə k ə n ɛ k t ɪ d n ɪ s /
n1
a state of being connected reciprocally;

- "an interconnection between the two buildings";

- syn. interconnection;

interconnection / ɪ n t ə k ə n ɛ k ʃ n /
n1
a state of being connected reciprocally;

- "an interconnection between the two buildings";

- syn. interconnectedness;

n2
(computer science) the act of interconnecting (wires or computers or theories etc.);

intercontinental / ɪ n t ə k ɒ n t ɪ n ɛ n t ɫ /
a1
extending or taking place between or among continents;

- "intercontinental exploration";

- "intercontinental flights";

- sim. worldwide;

intercontinental ballistic missile
n1
a ballistic missile that is capable of traveling from one continent to another;

- syn. ICBM;

intercostal / ɪ n t ɝ k ɒ s t ɫ /
n1
muscles between the ribs;

- they contract during inspiration;

- syn. intercostal muscle, musculus intercostalis;

a1
located or occurring between the ribs;

- "intercostal muscles";

intercostal artery
n1
several arteries and supplying the intercostal spaces of the rib cage;

- syn. arteria intercostalis;

intercostal muscle
n1
muscles between the ribs;

- they contract during inspiration;

- syn. intercostal, musculus intercostalis;

intercostal vein
n1
several veins draining the intercostal spaces of the rib cage;

- syn. vena intercostalis;

intercourse / ɪ n t ə k ɔ s /
n1
communication between individuals;

- syn. social intercourse;

n2
sexual activity between individuals, especially the insertion of a man's penis into a woman's vagina until orgasm and ejaculation occur;

- syn. carnal knowledge, coition, coitus, copulation, relation, sex act, sexual congress, sexual intercourse, sexual relation;

intercrossed
a1
produced by crossbreeding;

- syn. hybrid;

- sim. crossbred;

interdenominational / ɪ n t ə d ɪ n ɒ m ɪ n eɪ ʃ ə n ɫ /
a1
occurring between or among or common to different churches or denominations;

- "interchurch aid";

- "interdenominational cooperation between Methodists and Presbyterians";

- syn. interchurch;

- sim. nonsectarian;

interdepartmental / ɪ n t ə d i p ɑ t m ɛ n t ɫ /
a1
between or among departments;

- "interdepartmental competition";

r1
between departments;

- "this memo was circulated interdepartmentally";

interdepartmental support
n1
provision of logistic (or administrative) support by one or more of the military services to one or more departments or agencies of the United States government;

- syn. interagency support;

interdepend / ɪ n t ə d ɪ p ɛ n d /
v1
be connected;

- "In my heart I can make the world hang together";

- syn. hang together;

interdependence / ɪ n t ə d ɪ p ɛ n d ə n s /
n1
a reciprocal relation between interdependent entities (objects or individuals or groups);

- syn. interdependency, mutuality;

interdependency / ɪ n t ə d ɪ p ɛ n d ə n s i /
n1
a reciprocal relation between interdependent entities (objects or individuals or groups);

- syn. interdependence, mutuality;

interdependent / ɪ n t ə d ɪ p ɛ n d ə n t /
a1
mutually dependent;

- syn. mutualist, mutually beneficial;

- sim. dependent;

interdict / ɪ n t ə d ɪ k t /
n1
an ecclesiastical censure by the Roman Catholic Church withdrawing certain sacraments and Christian burial from a person or all persons in a particular district;

n2
a court order prohibiting a party from doing a certain activity;

- syn. interdiction;

v1
destroy by firepower, such as an enemy's line of communication;

v2
command against;

- "I forbid you to call me late at night";

- "Mother vetoed the trip to the chocolate store";

- "Dad nixed our plans";

- syn. disallow, forbid, nix, prohibit, proscribe, veto;

interdiction / ɪ n t ə d ɪ k ʃ n /
n1
authoritative prohibition;

n2
a court order prohibiting a party from doing a certain activity;

- syn. interdict;

interdiction fire
n1
fire directed to an area to prevent the enemy from using that area;

interdisciplinary / ɪ n t ə d ɪ s ɪ p ɫ ɪ n ə ɹ i /
a1
drawing from or characterized by participation of two or more fields of study;

- "interdisciplinary studies";

- "an interdisciplinary conference";

interest / ɪ n t ɹ ə s t /
n1
a sense of concern with and curiosity about someone or something;

- "an interest in music";

- syn. involvement;

n2
a reason for wanting something done;

- "for your sake";

- "died for the sake of his country";

- "in the interest of safety";

- "in the common interest";

- syn. sake;

n3
the power of attracting or holding one's attention (because it is unusual or exciting etc.);

- "they said nothing of great interest";

- "primary colors can add interest to a room";

- syn. interestingness;

n4
a fixed charge for borrowing money;

- usually a percentage of the amount borrowed;

- "how much interest do you pay on your mortgage?";

n5
(law) a right or legal share of something;

- a financial involvement with something;

- "they have interests all over the world";

- "a stake in the company's future";

- syn. stake;

n6
(usually plural) a social group whose members control some field of activity and who have common aims;

- "the iron interests stepped up production";

- syn. interest group;

n7
a diversion that occupies one's time and thoughts (usually pleasantly);

- "sailing is her favorite pastime";

- "his main pastime is gambling";

- "he counts reading among his interests";

- "they criticized the boy for his limited pursuits";

- syn. pastime, pursuit;

v1
excite the curiosity of;

- engage the interest of;

v2
be on the mind of;

- "I worry about the second Germanic consonant shift";

- syn. concern, occupy, worry;

v3
be of importance or consequence;

- "This matters to me!";

- syn. matter to;

interest-bearing
a1
of financial obligations on which interest is paid;

interest expense
n1
interest paid on loans;

interest group
n1
(usually plural) a social group whose members control some field of activity and who have common aims;

- "the iron interests stepped up production";

- syn. interest;

interest rate
n1
the percentage of a sum of money charged for its use;

- syn. rate of interest;

interested / ɪ n t ɹ ə s t ɪ d /
a1
having or showing interest;

- especially curiosity or fascination or concern;

- "an interested audience";

- "interested in sports";

- "was interested to hear about her family";

- "interested in knowing who was on the telephone";

- "interested spectators";

a2
involved in or affected by or having a claim to or share in;

- "a memorandum to those concerned";

- "an enterprise in which three men are concerned";

- "factors concerned in the rise and fall of epidemics";

- "the interested parties met to discuss the business";

- syn. concerned;

- sim. involved;

interestedness / ɪ n t ɹ ə s t ɪ d n ə s /
n1
the state of being interested;

interesting / ɪ n t ɹ ə s t ɪ ŋ /
a1
arousing or holding the attention;

- also exciting, stimulating;

- sim. absorbing, amusing, entertaining, intriguing, newsworthy;

interestingly / ɪ n t ɹ ə s t ɪ ŋ ɫ i /
r1
in an interesting manner;

- "when he ceases to be just interestingly neurotic and...gets locked up"- Time;

interestingness
n1
the power of attracting or holding one's attention (because it is unusual or exciting etc.);

- "they said nothing of great interest";

- "primary colors can add interest to a room";

- syn. interest;

interface / ɪ n t ə f eɪ s /
n1
(chemistry) a surface forming a common boundary between two things (two objects or liquids or chemical phases);

n2
(computer science) a program that controls a display for the user (usually on a computer monitor) and that allows the user to interact with the system;

- syn. user interface;

n3
the overlap where two theories or phenomena affect each other or have links with each other;

- "the interface between chemistry and biology";

n4
(computer science) computer circuit consisting of the hardware and associated circuitry that links one device with another (especially a computer and a hard disk drive or other peripherals);

- syn. port;

interfacial / ɪ n t ɝ ɹ f eɪ ʃ ɫ /
a1
relating to or situated at an interface;

- "an interfacial layer";

- "interfacial tension is the surface tension at the interface between two liquids";

interfacial surface tension
n1
surface tension at the surface separating two non-miscible liquids;

- syn. interfacial tension;

interfacial tension
n1
surface tension at the surface separating two non-miscible liquids;

- syn. interfacial surface tension;

interfaith / ɪ n t ɝ ɹ f eɪ θ /
a1
involving persons of different religious faiths;

- "an interfaith marriage";

- "interfaith good will";

- sim. religious;

interfere / ɪ n t ə f ɪə , ɪ n t ə f ɪə ɹ /
v1
come between so as to be hindrance or obstacle;

- "Your talking interferes with my work!";

v2
get involved, so as to alter or hinder an action, or through force or threat of force;

- "Why did the U.S. not intervene earlier in WW II?";

- syn. interpose, intervene, step in;

interference / ɪ n t ə f ɪə ɹ ə n s /
n1
a policy of intervening in the affairs of other countries;

- syn. intervention;

n2
the act of hindering or obstructing or impeding;

- syn. hinderance, hindrance;

n3
electrical or acoustic activity that can disturb communication;

- syn. disturbance, noise;

n4
(American football) blocking a player's path with your body;

- "he ran interference for the quarterback";

n5
any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome;

- syn. encumbrance, hinderance, hindrance, hitch, incumbrance, preventative, preventive;

interference fringe
n1
one of the light or dark bands produced by the interference and diffraction of light;

- syn. fringe;

interfering / ɪ n t ə f ɪə ɹ ɪ ŋ /
a1
intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner;

- "an interfering old woman";

- "bustling about self-importantly making an officious nuisance of himself";

- "busy about other people's business";

- syn. busy, busybodied, meddlesome, meddling, officious;

- sim. intrusive;

interferometer
n1
any measuring instrument that uses interference patterns to make accurate measurements of waves;

interferon
n1
an antiviral protein produced by cells that have been invaded by a virus;

- inhibits replication of the virus;

intergalactic / ɪ n t ɝ ɹ ɡ ə ɫ æ k t ɪ k /
a1
between or among galaxies;

- "intergalactic space";

intergalactic space
n1
the space between galaxies;

- "the Milky Way travels through intergalactic space";

interim / ɪ n t ə ɹ ɪ m /
n1
the time between one event, process, or period and another;

- "meanwhile the socialists are running the government";

- syn. lag, meantime, meanwhile;

a1
serving during an intermediate interval of time;

- "an interim agreement";

- sim. impermanent;

interim overhaul
n1
an overhaul between the regular times for overhauling;

interior / ɪ n t ɪə ɹ ɪə , ɪ n t ɪə ɹ ɪə ɹ /
n1
the region that is inside of something;

- syn. inside;

n2
the inner or enclosed surface of something;

- syn. inside;

n3
the United States federal department charged with conservation and the development of natural resources;

- created in 1849;

- syn. Department of the Interior, DoI, Interior Department;

a1
situated within or suitable for inside a building;

- "an interior scene";

- "interior decoration";

- "an interior bathroom without windows";

- also indoor;

- sim. indoor, inside;

a2
inside the country;

- "the British Home Office has broader responsibilities than the United States Department of the Interior";

- "the nation's internal politics";

- syn. home, internal, national;

- sim. domestic;

a3
located inward;

- "Beethoven's manuscript looks like a bloody record of a tremendous inner battle"- Leonard Bernstein;

- "she thinks she has no soul, no interior life, but the truth is that she has no access to it"- David Denby;

- "an internal sense of rightousness"- A.R.Gurney,Jr.;

- syn. inner, internal;

- sim. inward;

a4
inside and toward a center;

- "interior regions of the earth";

- sim. internal;

a5
of or coming from the middle of a region or country;

- "upcountry districts";

- syn. midland, upcountry;

- sim. inland;

interior angle
n1
the angle inside two adjacent sides of a polygon;

- syn. internal angle;

interior decorating
n1
the trade or act of decorating the interior of a building or room, especially with regard to color combination, paint, fabrics, carpeting, etc.;

- syn. interior decoration;

interior decoration
n1
decoration consisting of the layout and furnishings of a livable interior;

- syn. decor;

n2
the trade or act of decorating the interior of a building or room, especially with regard to color combination, paint, fabrics, carpeting, etc.;

- syn. interior decorating;

interior decorator
n1
a person who specializes in interior decoration;

- syn. decorator, house decorator, room decorator;

Interior Department
n1
the United States federal department charged with conservation and the development of natural resources;

- created in 1849;

- syn. Department of the Interior, DoI, Interior;

interior design
n1
the art of designing the interior decoration for a house, office, or other architectural space;

interior designer
n1
a person who specializes in interior design;

- syn. designer;

interior door
n1
a door that closes off rooms within a building;

interior live oak
n1
a small shrubby evergreen tree of western North America similar to the coast live oak but occurring chiefly in foothills of mountain ranges removed from the coast;

- an important part of the chaparral;

- syn. Quercus wislizenii, Quercus wizlizenii;

interior monologue
n1
a literary genre that presents a fictional character's sequence of thoughts in the form of a monologue;

Interior Secretary
n1
the person who holds the secretaryship of the Interior Department;

- "President Taylor appointed Thomas Ewing as the first Secretary of the Interior";

- syn. Secretary of the Interior;

n2
the position of the head of the Department of the Interior;

- "the position of Interior Secretary was created in 1849";

- syn. Secretary of the Interior;

interiorise / ɪ n t ɪə ɹ ɪə ɹ aɪ z /
v1
incorporate within oneself;

- make subjective or personal;

- "internalize a belief";

- syn. interiorize, internalise, internalize;

interiorize / ɪ n t ɪə ɹ ɪə ɹ aɪ z /
v1
incorporate within oneself;

- make subjective or personal;

- "internalize a belief";

- syn. interiorise, internalise, internalize;

interject / ɪ n t ə dʒ ɛ k t /
v1
to insert between other elements;

- "She interjected clever remarks";

- syn. come in, inject, interpose, put in, throw in;

interjection / ɪ n t ə dʒ ɛ k ʃ n /
n1
an abrupt emphatic exclamation expressing emotion;

- syn. ejaculation;

n2
the action of interjecting or interposing an action or remark that interrupts;

- syn. interpellation, interpolation, interposition;

interlace / ɪ n t ə ɫ eɪ s /
v1
spin, wind, or twist together;

- "intertwine the ribbons";

- "Twine the threads into a rope";

- "intertwined hearts";

- syn. enlace, entwine, intertwine, lace, twine;

v2
hold in a locking position;

- "He locked his hands around her neck";

- syn. interlock, lock;

interlaced / ɪ n t ə ɫ eɪ s t /
a1
having a pattern of fretwork or latticework;

- syn. fretted, latticed, latticelike;

- sim. reticulate;

interlacing / ɪ n t ə ɫ eɪ s ɪ ŋ /
a1
linked or locked closely together as by dovetailing;

- syn. interlinking, interlocking, interwoven;

- sim. complex;

Interlaken
n1
a popular resort town in the Alps in west central Switzerland;

interlanguage
n1
a common language used by speakers of different languages;

- "Koine is a dialect of ancient Greek that was the lingua franca of the empire of Alexander the Great and was widely spoken throughout the eastern Mediterranean area in Roman times";

- syn. koine, lingua franca;

interlard / ɪ n t ə ɫ ɑ d /
v1
introduce one's writing or speech with certain expressions;

- syn. intersperse;

interlayer / ɪ n t ɝ ɹ ɫ eɪ ə /
n1
a layer placed between other layers;

interleaf / ɪ n t ɝ ɫ i f /
n1
a blank leaf inserted between the leaves of a book;

interleave / ɪ n t ə ɫ i v /
v1
provide (books) with blank leaves;

v2
intersperse the sectors on the concentric magnetic circular patterns written on a computer disk surface to guide the storing and recording of data;

v3
intersperse alternately, as of protective covers for book illustrations;

interleukin
n1
any of several lymphokines that promote macrophages and killer T cells and B cells and other components of the immune system;

interlineal / ɪ n t ɝ ɹ ɫ ɪ n ɪə ɫ /
a1
written between lines of text;

- syn. interlinear;

interlinear / ɪ n t ɝ ɫ ɪ n ɪə /
a1
written between lines of text;

- syn. interlineal;

Interlingua / ɪ n t ɝ ɹ ɫ ɪ ŋ ɡ w ə /
n1
an artificial language proposed for use as an auxiliary international language;

- based on words common to English and the Romance languages;

interlingual rendition
n1
a written communication in a second language having the same meaning as the written communication in a first language;

- syn. rendering, translation, version;

interlink / ɪ n t ə ɫ ɪ ŋ k /
v1
be interwoven or interconnected;

- "The bones are interconnected via the muscle";

- syn. complect, interconnect;

v2
cause to be interconnected or interwoven;

- syn. interconnect;

interlinking / ɪ n t ə ɫ ɪ ŋ k ɪ ŋ /
a1
linked or locked closely together as by dovetailing;

- syn. interlacing, interlocking, interwoven;

- sim. complex;

interlobular
a1
between lobes or lobules;

interlock / ɪ n t ə ɫ ɒ k /
n1
a device that prevents an automotive engine from starting;

- "car theives know how to bypass the ignition interlock";

- syn. ignition interlock;

n2
the act of interlocking or meshing;

- "an interlocking of arms by the police held the crowd in check";

- syn. interlocking, mesh, meshing;

v1
coordinate in such a way that all parts work together effectively;

- syn. mesh;

v2
hold in a locking position;

- "He locked his hands around her neck";

- syn. interlace, lock;

v3
become engaged or intermeshed with one another;

- "They were locked in embrace";

- syn. lock;

interlocking / ɪ n t ə ɫ ɒ k ɪ ŋ /
n1
contact by fitting together;

- "the engagement of the clutch";

- "the meshing of gears";

- syn. engagement, mesh, meshing;

n2
the act of interlocking or meshing;

- "an interlocking of arms by the police held the crowd in check";

- syn. interlock, mesh, meshing;

a1
linked or locked closely together as by dovetailing;

- syn. interlacing, interlinking, interwoven;

- sim. complex;

interlocutor / ɪ n t ə ɫ ɒ k j ʊ t ə , ɪ n t ə ɫ ɒ k j ʊ t ə ɹ /
n1
the performer in the middle of a minstrel line who engages the others in talk;

- syn. middleman;

n2
a person who takes part in a conversation;

- syn. conversational partner;

interlocutory / ɪ n t ɝ ɫ ɒ k j ʊ t ə ɹ i /
a1
consisting of dialogue;

interlocutory injunction
n1
injunction issued during a trial to maintain the status quo or preserve the subject matter of the litigation until the trial is over;

- syn. temporary injunction;

interlope / ɪ n t ɝ ɫ oʊ p /
v1
encroach on the rights of others, as in trading without a proper license;

interloper / ɪ n t ə ɫ oʊ p ə , ɪ n t ə ɫ oʊ p ə ɹ /
n1
someone who intrudes on the privacy or property of another without permission;

- syn. intruder, trespasser;

interlude / ɪ n t ə ɫ u d /
n1
an intervening period or episode;

n2
a brief show (music or dance etc) inserted between the sections of a longer performance;

- syn. entr'acte, intermezzo;

v1
perform an interlude;

- "The guitar player interluded with a beautiful improvisation";

intermarriage / ɪ n t ə m æ ɹ ɪ dʒ /
n1
marriage to a person belonging to a tribe or group other than your own as required by custom or law;

- syn. exogamy;

n2
marriage within one's own tribe or group as required by custom or law;

- syn. endogamy, inmarriage;

intermarry / ɪ n t ə m æ ɹ i , ɪ n t ɝ m æ ɹ i /
v1
marry within the same ethnic, social, or family group;

intermaxillary suture
n1
the suture between the two maxillae of the upper jawbone;

- syn. sutura intermaxillaris;

intermediary / ɪ n t ə m i d ɪə ɹ i , ɪ n t ɝ m i d j ə ɹ i /
n1
a negotiator who acts as a link between parties;

- syn. go-between, intercessor, intermediator, mediator;

intermediate / ɪ n t ə m i d ɪə t /
n1
a substance formed during a chemical process before the desired product is obtained;

v1
act between parties with a view to reconciling differences;

- "He interceded in the family dispute";

- "He mediated a settlement";

- syn. arbitrate, intercede, liaise, mediate;

a1
lying between two extremes in time or space or state;

- "going from sitting to standing without intermediate pushes with the hands";

- "intermediate stages in a process";

- "intermediate stops on the route";

- "an intermediate range plane";

- sim. antepenultimate, grey, halfway, in-between, junior, penultimate, sophomore, subterminal;

a2
around the middle of a scale of evaluation;

- "an orange of average size";

- "intermediate capacity";

- "medium bombers";

- syn. average, medium;

- sim. moderate;

intermediate host
n1
a host that is used by a parasite in the course of its life cycle;

intermediate temporal artery
n1
temporal artery that goes to the middle part of the cerebral cortex of the temporal lobe;

- syn. arteria temporalis intermedia;

intermediate vector boson
n1
a gauge boson that mediates weak interactions between particles;

intermediate wheatgrass
n1
Asiatic grass introduced into United States rangelands for pasture and fodder;

- syn. Agropyron intermedium, Elymus hispidus;

intermediately / ɪ n t ə m i d ɪə t ɫ i /
r1
to an intermediate degree;

- "intermediately hot";

intermediation / ɪ n t ɝ ɹ m i d ɪ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the act of intervening for the purpose of bringing about a settlement;

- syn. mediation;

intermediator / ɪ n t ə m i d ɪ eɪ t ə ɹ /
n1
a negotiator who acts as a link between parties;

- syn. go-between, intercessor, intermediary, mediator;

interment / ɪ n t ɝ m ə n t /
n1
the ritual placing of a corpse in a grave;

- syn. burial, entombment, inhumation, sepulture;

intermeshed / ɪ n t ɝ ɹ m ɛ ʃ t /
a1
caught as if in a mesh;

- "enmeshed in financial difficulties";

- syn. enmeshed;

- sim. tangled;

a2
(used of toothed parts or gears) interlocked and interacting;

- "the gears are engaged";

- "meshed gears";

- "intermeshed twin rotors";

- syn. engaged, meshed;

- sim. geared;

intermezzo / ɪ n t ə m ɛ t s oʊ /
n1
a short movement coming between the major sections of a symphony;

n2
a short piece of instrumental music composed for performance between acts of a drama or opera;

n3
a brief show (music or dance etc) inserted between the sections of a longer performance;

- syn. entr'acte, interlude;

interminable / ɪ n t ɝ m ɪ n ə b ɫ /
a1
tiresomely long;

- seemingly without end;

- "endless debates";

- "an endless conversation";

- "the wait seemed eternal";

- "eternal quarreling";

- "an interminable sermon";

- syn. endless, eternal;

- sim. long;

interminably / ɪ n t ɝ m ɪ n ə b ɫ i /
r1
all the time;

- seemingly without stopping;

- "a theological student with whom I argued interminably";

- "her nagging went on endlessly";

- syn. endlessly;

intermingle / ɪ n t ə m ɪ ŋ ɡ ɫ /
v1
combine into one;

- "blend the nuts and raisins together";

- "he blends in with the crowd";

- "We don't intermingle much";

- syn. blend, immingle, intermix;

intermission / ɪ n t ə m ɪ ʃ n /
n1
the act of suspending activity temporarily;

n2
a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something;

- syn. break, interruption, pause, suspension;

intermit / ɪ n t ɝ m ɪ t /
v1
cease an action temporarily;

- "We pause for station identification";

- "let's break for lunch";

- syn. break, pause;

intermittence
n1
the quality of being intermittent;

- subject to interruption or periodic stopping;

- syn. intermittency;

intermittency
n1
the quality of being intermittent;

- subject to interruption or periodic stopping;

- syn. intermittence;

intermittent / ɪ n t ə m ɪ t n t /
a1
stopping and starting at irregular intervals;

- "intermittent rain showers";

- sim. sporadic;

intermittent claudication
n1
lameness due to pain in leg muscles because the blood supply is inadequate;

- pain subsides with rest;

intermittent cramp
n1
clinical neurological syndrome characterized by muscular twitching and cramps and (when severe) seizures;

- associated with calcium deficiency (hypoparathyroidism) or vitamin D deficiency or alkalosis;

- syn. apyretic tetanus, intermittent tetanus, tetanilla, tetany;

intermittent tetanus
n1
clinical neurological syndrome characterized by muscular twitching and cramps and (when severe) seizures;

- associated with calcium deficiency (hypoparathyroidism) or vitamin D deficiency or alkalosis;

- syn. apyretic tetanus, intermittent cramp, tetanilla, tetany;

intermittently / ɪ n t ə m ɪ t n t ɫ i /
r1
in an intermittent manner;

- "intermittently we questioned the barometer";

intermix / ɪ n t ə m ɪ k s /
v1
combine into one;

- "blend the nuts and raisins together";

- "he blends in with the crowd";

- "We don't intermingle much";

- syn. blend, immingle, intermingle;

intermixture / ɪ n t ə m ɪ k s tʃ ə , ɪ n t ə m ɪ k s tʃ ə ɹ /
n1
any foodstuff made by combining different ingredients;

- "he volunteered to taste her latest concoction";

- "he drank a mixture of beer and lemonade";

- syn. concoction, mixture;

n2
an additional ingredient that is added by mixing with the base;

- "the growing medium should be equal parts of sand and loam with an admixture of peat moss and cow manure";

- "a large intermixture of sand";

- syn. admixture;

n3
the act of mixing together;

- "paste made by a mix of flour and water";

- "the mixing of sound channels in the recording studio";

- syn. admixture, commixture, mix, mixing, mixture;

intermolecular / ɪ n t ɝ ɹ m ə ɫ ɛ k j ʊ ɫ ə /
a1
existing or acting between molecules;

- "intermolecular forces";

- "intermolecular condensation";

intermural
a1
between two or more institutions etc;

- "an intermural track meet";

- sim. extramural;

intern / ɪ n t ɝ n /
n1
an advanced student or graduate in medicine gaining supervised practical experience (`houseman' is a British term);

- syn. houseman, interne, medical intern;

v1
deprive of freedom;

- "During WW II, Japanese were interned in camps in the West";

v2
work as an intern;

- "The young doctor is interning at the Medical Center this year";

internal / ɪ n t ɝ n ɫ /
a1
happening or arising or located within some limits or especially surface;

- "internal organs";

- "internal mechanism of a toy";

- "internal party maneuvering";

- also inside;

- sim. inner, interior, internecine, intrinsic;

a2
occurring within an institution or community;

- "intragroup squabbling within the corporation";

- syn. intragroup;

- sim. intramural;

a3
inside the country;

- "the British Home Office has broader responsibilities than the United States Department of the Interior";

- "the nation's internal politics";

- syn. home, interior, national;

- sim. domestic;

a4
located inward;

- "Beethoven's manuscript looks like a bloody record of a tremendous inner battle"- Leonard Bernstein;

- "she thinks she has no soul, no interior life, but the truth is that she has no access to it"- David Denby;

- "an internal sense of rightousness"- A.R.Gurney,Jr.;

- syn. inner, interior;

- sim. inward;

a5
innermost or essential;

- "the inner logic of Cubism";

- "the internal contradictions of the theory";

- "the intimate structure of matter";

- syn. inner, intimate;

- sim. intrinsic;

internal-combustion engine
n1
a heat engine in which combustion occurs inside the engine rather than in a separate furnace;

- heat expands a gas that either moves a piston or turns a gas turbine;

- syn. ICE;

internal angle
n1
the angle inside two adjacent sides of a polygon;

- syn. interior angle;

internal auditor
n1
an auditor who is an employee of the company whose records are audited and who provides information to the management and board of directors;

internal auditory artery
n1
an artery that is a branch of the basilar artery that supplies the labyrinth;

- syn. artery of the labyrinth, labyrinthine artery;

internal auditory vein
n1
veins that drain the inner ear;

- syn. labyrinthine vein;

internal carotid artery
n1
the branch of the carotid artery that supplies blood to the brain and eyes and internal parts of the head;

internal cerebral vein
n1
two paired veins passing caudally near the midline and uniting to form the great cerebral vein;

- syn. vena cerebrum internus;

internal combustion
n1
the combustion of fuel inside a cylinder (as in an internal-combustion engine);

internal control
n1
an accounting procedure or system designed to promote efficiency or assure the implementation of a policy or safeguard assets or avoid fraud and error etc.;

internal drive
n1
a drive mounted inside of a computer;

internal ear
n1
a complex system of interconnecting cavities;

- concerned with hearing and equilibrium;

- syn. inner ear, labyrinth;

internal iliac artery
n1
the inner branch of the common iliac artery on either side of the body;

- divides into several branches that supply blood to the pelvic and gluteal areas;

- syn. hypogastric artery;

internal iliac vein
n1
a vein that unites with the external iliac vein to form the common iliac vein;

- syn. hypogastric vein;

internal jugular vein
n1
a continuation of the sigmoid sinus of the dura mater;

- joins the subclavian vein to form the brachiocephalic vein;

internal maxillary artery
n1
the maxillary artery that supplies deep structure of the face and some of the meninges;

internal medicine
n1
the branch of medicine that deals with the diagnosis and (nonsurgical) treatment of diseases of the internal organs (especially in adults);

- syn. general medicine;

internal organ
n1
a main organ that is situated inside the body;

- syn. viscus;

internal representation
n1
a presentation to the mind in the form of an idea or image;

- syn. mental representation, representation;

internal respiration
n1
the metabolic processes whereby certain organisms obtain energy from organic molecules;

- processes that take place in the cells and tissues during which energy is released and carbon dioxide is produced and absorbed by the blood to be transported to the lungs;

- syn. cellular respiration, respiration;

internal revenue
n1
government revenue from domestic sources (excluding customs);

internal revenue agent
n1
someone who collects taxes for the government;

- syn. collector of internal revenue, exciseman, tax collector, taxman;

Internal Revenue Service
n1
the bureau of the Treasury Department responsible for tax collections;

- syn. IRS;

internal rhyme
n1
a rhyme between words in the same line;

internal secretion
n1
the secretion of an endocrine gland that is transmitted by the blood to the tissue on which it has a specific effect;

- syn. endocrine, hormone;

internal spermatic artery
n1
a branch of the aorta supplying the testicles;

- syn. arteria testicularis, testicular artery;

internalisation / ɪ n t ɝ n ə ɫ aɪ z eɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
learning (of values or attitudes etc.) that is incorporated within yourself;

- syn. incorporation, internalization;

internalise
v1
incorporate within oneself;

- make subjective or personal;

- "internalize a belief";

- syn. interiorise, interiorize, internalize;

internality / ɪ n t ɝ n æ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
preoccupation with what concerns human inner nature (especially ethical or ideological values);

- "Socrates' inwardness, integrity, and inquisitiveness"- H.R.Finch;

- syn. inwardness;

internalization / ɪ n t ɝ n ə ɫ aɪ z eɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
learning (of values or attitudes etc.) that is incorporated within yourself;

- syn. incorporation, internalisation;

internalize / ɪ n t ɝ n ə ɫ aɪ z /
v1
incorporate within oneself;

- make subjective or personal;

- "internalize a belief";

- syn. interiorise, interiorize, internalise;

internally / ɪ n t ɝ n ə ɫ i /
r1
on or from the inside;

- "an internally controlled environment";

internasal suture
n1
the suture between the two nasal bones;

- syn. sutura internasalis;

International / ɪ n t ə n æ ʃ ə n ɫ /
n1
any of several international socialist organizations;

a1
concerning or belonging to all or at least two or more nations;

- "international affairs";

- "an international agreement";

- "international waters";

- also foreign;

- sim. global, internationalist, multinational, supranational;

a2
from or between other countries;

- "external commerce";

- "international trade";

- "developing nations need outside help";

- syn. external, outside;

- sim. foreign;

international affairs
n1
affairs between nations;

- "you can't really keep up with world affairs by watching television";

- syn. world affairs;

international ampere
n1
a former unit of electric current (slightly smaller than the SI ampere);

- syn. ampere;

International Association of Lions clubs
n1
club dedicated to promoting responsible citizenship and good government and community and national and international welfare;

- syn. Lions Club;

International Atomic Energy Agency
n1
the United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy;

- syn. IAEA;

International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
n1
a United Nations agency created to assist developing nations by loans guaranteed by member governments;

- syn. IBRD, World Bank;

international candle
n1
a former international unit of luminous intensity;

- now replaced by the candela;

International Civil Aviation Organization
n1
the United Nations agency concerned with civil aviation;

- syn. ICAO;

International Court of Justice
n1
a court established to settle disputes between members of the United Nations;

- syn. World Court;

International Date Line
n1
an imaginary line on the surface of the earth following (approximately) the 180th meridian;

- syn. date line, dateline;

International Development Association
n1
an agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank;

- syn. IDA;

International Finance Corporation
n1
a United Nations agency that invests directly in companies and guarantees loans to private investors;

- affiliated with the World Bank;

- syn. IFC;

international flight
n1
a flight that takes off in one country and lands in another;

International Grandmaster
n1
a chess player who has been awarded the highest title by an international chess organization;

international intelligence agency
n1
an intelligence agency outside the United States;

International Islamic Front for Jihad against Jews and Crusaders
n1
a terrorist group organized by Osama bin Laden in 1998 that provided an umbrella organization for al-Qaeda and other militant groups in Egypt and Algeria and Pakistan and Bangladesh;

International Labor Organization
n1
the United Nations agency concerned with the interests of labor;

- syn. ILO, International Labour Organization;

International Labour Organization
n1
the United Nations agency concerned with the interests of labor;

- syn. ILO, International Labor Organization;

international law
n1
the body of laws governing relations between nations;

- syn. law of nations;

international law enforcement agency
n1
an international administrative unit responsible for law enforcement;

international logistic support
n1
arrangements made between nations to assist each other;

- syn. mutual aid;

International Maritime Organization
n1
the United Nations agency concerned with international maritime activities;

- syn. IMO;

international mile
n1
a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet;

- exactly 1609.344 meters;

- syn. land mile, mi, mile, stat mi, statute mile;

International Monetary Fund
n1
a United Nations agency to promote trade by increasing the exchange stability of the major currencies;

- syn. IMF;

international Morse code
n1
a telegraph code in which letters and numbers are represented by strings of dots and dashes (short and long signals);

- syn. Morse, Morse code;

international nautical mile
n1
a unit of length used in navigation;

- exactly 1,852 meters;

- historically based on the distance spanned by one minute of arc in latitude;

- syn. air mile, mi, mile, naut mi, nautical mile;

International Olympic Committee
n1
organization responsible for organizing the modern Olympic Games;

- syn. I.O.C., IOC;

international organisation
n1
an international alliance involving many different countries;

- syn. global organization, international organization, world organisation, world organization;

international organization
n1
an international alliance involving many different countries;

- syn. global organization, international organisation, world organisation, world organization;

international pitch
n1
the pitch used to tune instruments for concert performances;

- usually assigns 440 Hz to the A above middle C;

- syn. concert pitch, philharmonic pitch;

International Relations and Security Network
n1
Switzerland's information network for security and defense studies and for peace and conflict research and for international relations;

- syn. ISN;

international scale
n1
a temperature scale that defines the freezing point of water as 0 degrees and the boiling point of water as 100 degrees;

- syn. Celsius scale, centigrade scale;

International Society for Krishna Consciousness
n1
a religious sect founded in the United States in 1966;

- based on Vedic scriptures;

- groups engage in joyful chanting of `Hare Krishna' and other mantras based on the name of the Hindu god Krishna;

- devotees usually wear saffron robes and practice vegetarianism and celibacy;

- syn. Hare Krishna, ISKCON;

International System
n1
a complete metric system of units of measurement for scientists;

- fundamental quantities are length (meter) and mass (kilogram) and time (second) and electric current (ampere) and temperature (kelvin) and amount of matter (mole) and luminous intensity (candela);

- "Today the United States is the only country in the world not totally committed to the Systeme International d'Unites";

- syn. International System of Units, SI, SI system, SI unit, Systeme International, Systeme International d'Unites;

International System of Units
n1
a complete metric system of units of measurement for scientists;

- fundamental quantities are length (meter) and mass (kilogram) and time (second) and electric current (ampere) and temperature (kelvin) and amount of matter (mole) and luminous intensity (candela);

- "Today the United States is the only country in the world not totally committed to the Systeme International d'Unites";

- syn. International System, SI, SI system, SI unit, Systeme International, Systeme International d'Unites;

international terrorism
n1
terrorism practiced in a foreign country by terrorists who are not native to that country;

International Wanted Notice
n1
an Interpol notice describing a wanted person and asking that he or she be arrested with a view to extradition;

- a wanted notice that is issued by Interpol at the request of an Interpol member country and distributed to all member countries;

- "an Interpol Red Notice is the closest instrument to an international arrest warrant in use today";

- syn. Red Notice;

international waters
n1
the open seas of the world outside the territorial waters of any nation;

- syn. high sea;

Internationale / ɪ n t ə n æ ʃ ə n ɑ ɫ /
n1
a revolutionary socialist anthem;

internationalisation / ɪ n t ɝ n æ ʃ ŋ ə ɫ aɪ z eɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
the act of bringing something under international control;

- syn. internationalization;

internationalise
v1
put under international control;

- "internationalize trade of certain drugs";

- syn. internationalize;

v2
make international in character;

- "We internationalized the committee";

- syn. internationalize;

internationalism / ɪ n t ə n æ ʃ n ə ɫ ɪ z ə m /
n1
the doctrine that nations should cooperate because their common interests are more important than their differences;

n2
quality of being international in scope;

- "he applauded the internationality of scientific terminology";

- syn. internationality;

internationalist / ɪ n t ə n æ ʃ n ə ɫ ɪ s t /
n1
an advocate of internationalism;

n2
a member of a socialist or communist international;

a1
influenced by or advocating internationalism;

- syn. internationalistic;

- sim. international;

internationalistic / ɪ n t ə n æ ʃ n ə ɫ ɪ s t ɪ k /
a1
influenced by or advocating internationalism;

- syn. internationalist;

- sim. international;

internationality / ɪ n t ɝ ɹ n æ ʃ ə n æ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
quality of being international in scope;

- "he applauded the internationality of scientific terminology";

- syn. internationalism;

internationalization / ɪ n t ə n æ ʃ ə n ə ɫ aɪ z eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the act of bringing something under international control;

- syn. internationalisation;

internationalize / ɪ n t ə n æ ʃ ə n ə ɫ aɪ z /
v1
put under international control;

- "internationalize trade of certain drugs";

- syn. internationalise;

v2
make international in character;

- "We internationalized the committee";

- syn. internationalise;

internationally / ɪ n t ə n æ ʃ n ə ɫ i /
r1
throughout the world;

- "She is internationally known";

- "this is globally significant";

- syn. globally;

interne / ɪ n t ɝ n /
n1
an advanced student or graduate in medicine gaining supervised practical experience (`houseman' is a British term);

- syn. houseman, intern, medical intern;

internecine / ɪ n t ə n i s aɪ n /
a1
(of conflict) within a group or organization;

- "an internecine feud among proxy holders";

- sim. internal;

a2
characterized by bloodshed and carnage for both sides;

- "internecine war";

- sim. bloody;

internee / ɪ n t ɝ n i /
n1
a person who is interned;

- "the internees were enemy aliens and suspected terrorists";

internet / ɪ n t ɝ ɹ n ɛ t /
n1
a computer network consisting of a worldwide network of computer networks that use the TCP/IP network protocols to facilitate data transmission and exchange;

- syn. cyberspace, net;

Internet Explorer
n1
a commercial browser;

- syn. Explorer, IE;

internet site
n1
a computer connected to the internet that maintains a series of web pages on the World Wide Web;

- "the Israeli web site was damaged by hostile hackers";

- syn. site, web site, website;

internist
n1
a specialist in internal medicine;

internment / ɪ n t ɝ n m ə n t /
n1
confinement during wartime;

n2
the act of confining someone in a prison (or as if in a prison);

- syn. imprisonment;

n3
placing private property in the custody of an officer of the law;

- syn. impounding, impoundment, poundage;

internment camp
n1
a camp for prisoners of war;

- syn. POW camp, prison camp, prisoner of war camp;

internode / ɪ n t ɝ ɹ n oʊ d /
n1
a segment of a stem between two nodes;

internship / ɪ n t ɝ n ʃ ɪ p /
n1
the position of a medical intern;

internuncio / ɪ n t ɝ ɹ n ʌ n s i oʊ /
n1
(Roman Catholic Church) a diplomatic representative of the Pope ranking below a nuncio;

interoception
n1
sensitivity to stimuli originating inside of the body;

interoceptive
a1
of or relating to interoception;

interoceptor
n1
any receptor that responds to stimuli inside the body;

- syn. enteroceptor;

interocular lens implant
n1
a clear plastic lens that is implanted in the eye;

- usually done when the natural lens has been removed in a cataract operation;

- syn. IOL, lens implant;

interoperability
n1
(computer science) the ability to exchange and use information (usually in a large heterogeneous network made up of several local area networks);

interoperable
a1
able to exchange and use information;

- sim. practical;

interparietal suture
n1
the suture uniting the two parietal bones;

- syn. sagittal suture, sutura sagittalis;

interpellate / ɪ n t ɝ p ə ɫ eɪ t /
v1
question formally about policy or government business;

interpellation / ɪ n t ɝ p ə ɫ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
(parliament) a parliamentary procedure of demanding that a government official explain some act or policy;

n2
the action of interjecting or interposing an action or remark that interrupts;

- syn. interjection, interpolation, interposition;

interpenetrate / ɪ n t ɝ p ɛ n ɪ t ɹ eɪ t /
v1
penetrate mutually or be interlocked;

- "The territories of two married people interpenetrate a lot";

- syn. permeate;

v2
spread or diffuse through;

- "An atmosphere of distrust has permeated this administration";

- "music penetrated the entire building";

- "His campaign was riddled with accusations and personal attacks";

- syn. diffuse, imbue, penetrate, permeate, pervade, riddle;

interpenetration / ɪ n t ɝ p ɛ n ɪ t ɹ eɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
the action of penetrating between or among;

n2
mutual penetration;

- diffusion of each through the other;

- syn. permeation;

interpersonal / ɪ n t ɝ ɹ p ɝ s ə n ɫ /
a1
occurring among or involving several people;

- "interpersonal situations in which speech occurs";

- sim. social;

interpersonal chemistry
n1
the way two individuals relate to each other;

- "their chemistry was wrong from the beginning -- they hated each other";

- "a mysterious alchemy brought them together";

- syn. alchemy, chemistry;

interphalangeal joint
n1
any of the joints between the phalanges of the fingers or toes;

interphone / ɪ n t ə f oʊ n /
n1
a telephonic intercommunication system linking different rooms in a building or ship etc;

interplanetary / ɪ n t ə p ɫ æ n ɪ t ɹ i /
a1
between or among planets;

- "interplanetary travel";

interplanetary dust
n1
microscopic particles in the interplanetary medium;

interplanetary gas
n1
a rarefied flow of gas and charged particles (plasma) that stream from the sun and form the solar wind;

interplanetary medium
n1
interplanetary space including forms of energy and gas and dust;

interplanetary space
n1
the part of outer space within the solar system;

interplay / ɪ n t ə p ɫ eɪ /
n1
reciprocal action and reaction;

Interpol / ɪ n t ə p ɒ ɫ /
n1
an international intelligence agency permitting collaboration among intelligence agencies around the world;

interpolate / ɪ n t ɝ p ə ɫ eɪ t /
v1
estimate the value of;

- syn. extrapolate;

v2
insert words into texts, often falsifying it thereby;

- syn. alter, falsify;

interpolation / ɪ n t ɝ p ə ɫ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
a message (spoken or written) that is introduced or inserted;

- "with the help of his friend's interpolations his story was eventually told";

- "with many insertions in the margins";

- syn. insertion;

n2
(mathematics) calculation of the value of a function between the values already known;

n3
the action of interjecting or interposing an action or remark that interrupts;

- syn. interjection, interpellation, interposition;

interpose / ɪ n t ə p oʊ z /
v1
be or come between;

- "An interposing thicket blocked their way";

v2
introduce;

- "God interposed death";

v3
to insert between other elements;

- "She interjected clever remarks";

- syn. come in, inject, interject, put in, throw in;

v4
get involved, so as to alter or hinder an action, or through force or threat of force;

- "Why did the U.S. not intervene earlier in WW II?";

- syn. interfere, intervene, step in;

interposition / ɪ n t ə p ə z ɪ ʃ n /
n1
the action of interjecting or interposing an action or remark that interrupts;

- syn. interjection, interpellation, interpolation;

n2
the act or fact of interposing one thing between or among others;

- syn. intervention;

interpret / ɪ n t ɝ p ɹ ɪ t /
v1
make sense of;

- assign a meaning to;

- "What message do you see in this letter?";

- "How do you interpret his behavior?";

- syn. construe, see;

v2
give an interpretation or explanation to;

- syn. rede;

v3
give an interpretation or rendition of;

- "The pianist rendered the Beethoven sonata beautifully";

- syn. render;

v4
create an image or likeness of;

- "The painter represented his wife as a young girl";

- syn. represent;

v5
restate (words) from one language into another language;

- "I have to translate when my in-laws from Austria visit the U.S.";

- "Can you interpret the speech of the visiting dignitaries?";

- "She rendered the French poem into English";

- "He translates for the U.N.";

- syn. render, translate;

v6
make sense of a language;

- "She understands French";

- "Can you read Greek?";

- syn. read, translate, understand;

interpretable / ɪ n t ɝ p ɹ ɪ t ə b ɫ /
a1
capable of being understood;

- "explainable phenomena";

- syn. explainable;

- sim. explicable;

interpretation / ɪ n t ɝ p ɹ ɪ t eɪ ʃ n /
n1
a mental representation of the meaning or significance of something;

- syn. reading, version;

n2
the act of interpreting something as expressed in an artistic performance;

- "her rendition of Milton's verse was extraordinarily moving";

- syn. rendering, rendition;

n3
an explanation that results from interpreting something;

- "the report included his interpretation of the forensic evidence";

n4
an explanation of something that is not immediately obvious;

- "the edict was subject to many interpretations";

- "he annoyed us with his interpreting of parables";

- "often imitations are extended to provide a more accurate rendition of the child's intended meaning";

- syn. interpreting, rendering, rendition;

interpretative / ɪ n t ɝ p ɹ ɪ t ə t ɪ v /
a1
that provides interpretation;

- syn. interpretive;

- sim. instructive;

interpretative dance
n1
a form of modern dance in which the dancer's movements depict an emotion or tell a story;

- syn. interpretative dancing, interpretive dance, interpretive dancing;

interpretative dancing
n1
a form of modern dance in which the dancer's movements depict an emotion or tell a story;

- syn. interpretative dance, interpretive dance, interpretive dancing;

interpreted / ɪ n t ɝ p ɹ ɪ t ɪ d /
a1
understood in a certain way;

- made sense of;

- "a word taken literally";

- "a smile taken as consent";

- "an open door interpreted as an invitation";

- syn. taken;

- sim. understood;

interpreter / ɪ n t ɝ p ɹ ɪ t ə , ɪ n t ɝ p ɹ ɪ t ə ɹ /
n1
someone who mediates between speakers of different languages;

- syn. translator;

n2
someone who uses art to represent something;

- "his paintings reveal a sensitive interpreter of nature";

- "she was famous as an interpreter of Shakespearean roles";

n3
an advocate who represents someone else's policy or purpose;

- "the meeting was attended by spokespersons for all the major organs of government";

- syn. representative, spokesperson, voice;

n4
(computer science) a program that translates and executes source language statements one line at a time;

- syn. interpretive program;

interpreting / ɪ n t ɝ p ɹ ɪ t ɪ ŋ /
n1
an explanation of something that is not immediately obvious;

- "the edict was subject to many interpretations";

- "he annoyed us with his interpreting of parables";

- "often imitations are extended to provide a more accurate rendition of the child's intended meaning";

- syn. interpretation, rendering, rendition;

interpretive
a1
that provides interpretation;

- syn. interpretative;

- sim. instructive;

interpretive dance
n1
a form of modern dance in which the dancer's movements depict an emotion or tell a story;

- syn. interpretative dance, interpretative dancing, interpretive dancing;

interpretive dancing
n1
a form of modern dance in which the dancer's movements depict an emotion or tell a story;

- syn. interpretative dance, interpretative dancing, interpretive dance;

interpretive program
n1
(computer science) a program that translates and executes source language statements one line at a time;

- syn. interpreter;

interracial / ɪ n t ə ɹ eɪ ʃ ɫ /
a1
between races;

- "interracial conflict";

- sim. racial;

a2
involving or composed of different races;

- "interracial schools";

- "a mixed neighborhood";

- syn. mixed;

- sim. integrated;

interracially / ɪ n t ə ɹ eɪ ʃ ə ɫ i /
r1
by race;

- "interracially restrictive";

interred / ɪ n t ɝ d /
a1
placed in a grave;

- "the hastily buried corpses";

- syn. buried, inhumed;

- sim. belowground;

interreflection
n1
reciprocal reflection between two reflecting surfaces;

- "there was interreflection between the two surfaces of the lens";

interregnum / ɪ n t ə ɹ ɛ ɡ n ə m /
n1
the time between two reigns, governments, etc.;

interrelate / ɪ n t ə ɹ ɪ ɫ eɪ t /
v1
be in a relationship with;

- "How are these two observations related?";

- syn. relate;

v2
place into a mutual relationship;

- "I cannot interrelate these two events";

interrelated / ɪ n t ə ɹ ɪ ɫ eɪ t ɪ d /
a1
reciprocally connected;

- syn. interconnected;

- sim. reticulate;

interrelatedness / ɪ n t ə ɹ ɪ ɫ eɪ t ɪ d n ə s /
n1
mutual or reciprocal relation or relatedness;

- "interrelationships of animal structure and function";

- syn. interrelation, interrelationship;

interrelation / ɪ n t ə ɹ ɪ ɫ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
mutual or reciprocal relation or relatedness;

- "interrelationships of animal structure and function";

- syn. interrelatedness, interrelationship;

interrelationship / ɪ n t ə ɹ ɪ ɫ eɪ ʃ ə n ʃ ɪ p /
n1
mutual or reciprocal relation or relatedness;

- "interrelationships of animal structure and function";

- syn. interrelatedness, interrelation;

interrogate / ɪ n t ɛr ə ɡ eɪ t /
v1
transmit (a signal) for setting off an appropriate response, as in telecommunication;

v2
pose a series of questions to;

- "The suspect was questioned by the police";

- "We questioned the survivor about the details of the explosion";

- syn. question;

interrogation / ɪ n t ɛr ə ɡ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
a sentence of inquiry that asks for a reply;

- "he asked a direct question";

- "he had trouble phrasing his interrogations";

- syn. interrogative, interrogative sentence, question;

n2
a transmission that will trigger an answering transmission from a transponder;

n3
formal systematic questioning;

- syn. examination, interrogatory;

n4
an instance of questioning;

- "there was a question about my training";

- "we made inquiries of all those who were present";

- syn. enquiry, inquiry, query, question;

interrogation point
n1
a punctuation mark (?) placed at the end of a sentence to indicate a question;

- syn. question mark;

interrogative / ɪ n t ə ɹ ɒ ɡ ə t ɪ v /
n1
a sentence of inquiry that asks for a reply;

- "he asked a direct question";

- "he had trouble phrasing his interrogations";

- syn. interrogation, interrogative sentence, question;

n2
some linguists consider interrogative sentences to constitute a mood;

- syn. interrogative mood;

a1
relating to verbs in the so-called interrogative mood;

- "not all questions have an interrogative construction";

a2
relating to the use of or having the nature of an interrogation;

- syn. interrogatory;

interrogative mood
n1
some linguists consider interrogative sentences to constitute a mood;

- syn. interrogative;

interrogative sentence
n1
a sentence of inquiry that asks for a reply;

- "he asked a direct question";

- "he had trouble phrasing his interrogations";

- syn. interrogation, interrogative, question;

interrogatively / ɪ n t ə ɹ ɒ ɡ ə t ɪ v ɫ i /
r1
in a questioning format;

r2
with curiosity;

- "the baby looked around curiously";

- syn. curiously, inquisitively;

interrogator / ɪ n t ɛr ə ɡ eɪ t ə , ɪ n t ɛr ə ɡ eɪ t ə ɹ /
n1
a questioner who is excessively harsh;

- syn. inquisitor;

interrogatory / ɪ n t ə ɹ ɒ ɡ ə t ə ɹ i , ɪ n t ə ɹ ɒ ɡ ə t ɹ i /
n1
formal systematic questioning;

- syn. examination, interrogation;

a1
relating to the use of or having the nature of an interrogation;

- syn. interrogative;

interrupt / ɪ n t ə ɹ ʌ p t /
n1
a signal that temporarily stops the execution of a program so that another procedure can be carried out;

v1
make a break in;

- "We interrupt the program for the following messages";

- syn. break up, cut off, disrupt;

v2
destroy the peace or tranquility of;

- "Don't interrupt me when I'm reading";

- syn. disturb;

v3
interfere in someone else's activity;

- "Please don't interrupt me while I'm on the phone";

- syn. disrupt;

v4
terminate;

- "She interrupted her pregnancy";

- "break a lucky streak";

- "break the cycle of poverty";

- syn. break;

interrupted / ɪ n t ə ɹ ʌ p t ɪ d /
a1
discontinued temporarily;

- "we resumed the interrupted discussion";

- sim. discontinued;

a2
intermittently stopping and starting;

- "fitful (or interrupted) sleep";

- "off-and-on static";

- syn. fitful, off-and-on;

- sim. broken;

interrupted fern
n1
North American fern having tall erect pinnate fronds and a few sporogenous pinnae at or near the center of the fertile fronds;

- syn. Osmunda clatonia;

interrupter / ɪ n t ə ɹ ʌ p t ə , ɪ n t ə ɹ ʌ p t ə ɹ /
n1
a device for automatically interrupting an electric current;

interruption / ɪ n t ə ɹ ʌ p ʃ n /
n1
an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity;

- "it was presented without commercial breaks";

- "there was a gap in his account";

- syn. break, disruption, gap;

n2
some abrupt occurrence that interrupts an ongoing activity;

- "the telephone is an annoying interruption";

- "there was a break in the action when a player was hurt";

- syn. break;

n3
a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something;

- syn. break, intermission, pause, suspension;

interscholastic / ɪ n t ɝ ɹ s k ə ɫ æ s t ɪ k /
a1
used of competition or cooperation between secondary schools;

- syn. interschool;

- sim. extramural;

interschool / ɪ n t ɝ ɹ s k u ɫ /
a1
used of competition or cooperation between secondary schools;

- syn. interscholastic;

- sim. extramural;

intersect / ɪ n t ə s ɛ k t /
v1
meet at a point;

- syn. cross;

intersectant / ɪ n t ə s ɛ k t ə n t /
a1
crossed or intersected in the form of an X;

- syn. decussate, intersecting;

- sim. crossed;

intersecting / ɪ n t ə s ɛ k t ɪ ŋ /
a1
crossed or intersected in the form of an X;

- syn. decussate, intersectant;

- sim. crossed;

intersection / ɪ n t ə s ɛ k ʃ n /
n1
a point where lines intersect;

- syn. intersection point, point of intersection;

n2
a junction where one street or road crosses another;

- syn. carrefour, crossing, crossroad, crossway;

n3
a point or set of points common to two or more geometric configurations;

n4
the set of elements common to two or more sets;

- "the set of red hats is the intersection of the set of hats and the set of red things";

- syn. Cartesian product, product;

n5
a representation of common ground between theories or phenomena;

- "there was no overlap between their proposals";

- syn. convergence, overlap;

n6
the act of intersecting (as joining by causing your path to intersect your target's path);

intersection point
n1
a point where lines intersect;

- syn. intersection, point of intersection;

intersex / ɪ n t ɝ ɹ s ɛ k s /
n1
one having both male and female sexual characteristics and organs;

- at birth an unambiguous assignment of male or female cannot be made;

- syn. androgyne, epicene, epicene person, gynandromorph, hermaphrodite;

intersexual / ɪ n t ɝ ɹ s ɛ k ʃ ʊə ɫ /
a1
existing or occurring between the sexes;

- sim. sexual;

a2
having sexual characteristics intermediate between those of male and female;

- sim. androgynous;

interspecies
a1
arising or occurring between species;

- "an interspecific hybrid";

- syn. interspecific;

interspecific
a1
arising or occurring between species;

- "an interspecific hybrid";

- syn. interspecies;

interspersal / ɪ n t ə s p ɝ s ɫ /
n1
the act of combining one thing at intervals among other things;

- "the interspersion of illustrations in the text";

- syn. interspersion;

intersperse / ɪ n t ə s p ɝ s /
v1
place at intervals in or among;

- "intersperse exclamation marks in the text";

v2
introduce one's writing or speech with certain expressions;

- syn. interlard;

interspersion / ɪ n t ɝ s p ɝ ʃ ə n /
n1
the act of combining one thing at intervals among other things;

- "the interspersion of illustrations in the text";

- syn. interspersal;

interstate / ɪ n t ə s t eɪ t /
n1
one of the system of highways linking major cities in the 48 contiguous states of the United States;

- syn. interstate highway;

a1
involving and relating to the mutual relations of states especially of the United States;

- "Interstate Highway Commission";

- "interstate highways";

- "Interstate Commerce Commission";

- "interstate commerce";

Interstate Commerce Commission
n1
a former independent federal agency that supervised and set rates for carriers that transported goods and people between states;

- was terminated in 1995;

- "the ICC was established in 1887 as the first federal agency";

- syn. ICC;

interstate highway
n1
one of the system of highways linking major cities in the 48 contiguous states of the United States;

- syn. interstate;

interstellar / ɪ n t ə s t ɛ ɫ ə , ɪ n t ə s t ɛ ɫ ə ɹ /
a1
between or among stars;

- "the density of hydrogen in interplanetary and interstellar space";

interstellar medium
n1
interstellar space including streams of protons moving from the stars;

interstellar space
n1
the space between stars;

interstice / ɪ n t ɝ s t ɪ s /
n1
a small structural space between tissues or parts of an organ;

- "the interstices of a network";

n2
small opening between things;

interstitial
a1
of or relating to interstices;

interstitial cell-stimulating hormone
n1
a gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary;

- stimulates ovulation in female mammals and stimulates androgen release in male mammals;

- syn. ICSH, LH, luteinizing hormone;

interstitial fluid
n1
liquid found between the cells of the body that provides much of the liquid environment of the body;

interstitial plasma cell pneumonia
n1
pneumonia occurring in infants or in persons with impaired immune systems (as AIDS victims);

- syn. pneumocystis carinii pneumonia, pneumocystis pneumonia, pneumocytosis;

interstitial pneumonia
n1
chronic lung disease affecting the interstitial tissue of the lungs;

interstitial tissue
n1
tissue between the cells of a structure or part in plant or animal;

interstratify / ɪ n t ɝ ɹ s t ɹ æ t ɪ f aɪ /
v1
arrange rocks in alternating strata;

intertidal / ɪ n t ɝ ɹ t aɪ d ɫ /
a1
of or relating to the littoral area above the low-tide mark;

intertribal / ɪ n t ə t ɹ aɪ b ɫ /
a1
between or among tribes;

- "intertribal warfare";

intertrigo
n1
chafing between two skin surfaces that are in contact (as in the armpit or under the breasts or between the thighs);

intertwine / ɪ n t ə t w aɪ n /
v1
spin, wind, or twist together;

- "intertwine the ribbons";

- "Twine the threads into a rope";

- "intertwined hearts";

- syn. enlace, entwine, interlace, lace, twine;

v2
make lacework by knotting or looping;

- syn. tat;

v3
make a loop in;

- "loop a rope";

- syn. loop;

interval / ɪ n t ə v ɫ /
n1
a definite length of time marked off by two instants;

- syn. time interval;

n2
a set containing all points (or all real numbers) between two given endpoints;

n3
the distance between things;

- "fragile items require separation and cushioning";

- syn. separation;

n4
the difference in pitch between two notes;

- syn. musical interval;

intervene / ɪ n t ə v i n /
v1
get involved, so as to alter or hinder an action, or through force or threat of force;

- "Why did the U.S. not intervene earlier in WW II?";

- syn. interfere, interpose, step in;

v2
be placed or located between other things or extend between spaces and events;

- "This interludes intervenes between the two movements";

- "Eight days intervened";

v3
occur between other event or between certain points of time;

- "the war intervened between the birth of her two children";

intervening / ɪ n t ə v i n ɪ ŋ /
a1
occurring or falling between events or points in time;

- "so much had happened during the intervening years";

- sim. middle;

intervenor
n1
(law) a party who interposes in a pending proceeding;

intervention / ɪ n t ə v ɛ n ʃ n /
n1
the act of intervening (as to mediate a dispute, etc.);

- "it occurs without human intervention";

- syn. intercession;

n2
a policy of intervening in the affairs of other countries;

- syn. interference;

n3
the act or fact of interposing one thing between or among others;

- syn. interposition;

n4
(law) a proceeding that permits a person to enter into a lawsuit already in progress;

- admission of person not an original party to the suit so that person can protect some right or interest that is allegedly affected by the proceedings;

- "the purpose of intervention is to prevent unnecessary duplication of lawsuits";

n5
care provided to improve a situation (especially medical procedures or applications that are intended to relieve illness or injury);

- syn. treatment;

interventricular foramen
n1
the small opening (on both the right and left sides) that connects the third ventricle in the diencephalon with the lateral ventricle in the cerebral hemisphere;

- syn. Monro's foramen, foramen of Monro;

intervertebral / ɪ n t ɝ ɹ v ɝ t ɪ b ɹ ə ɫ /
a1
pertaining to the space between two vertebrae;

intervertebral disc
n1
a fibrocartilaginous disc serving as a cushion between all of the vertebrae of the spinal column (except between the first two);

- syn. intervertebral disk;

intervertebral disk
n1
a fibrocartilaginous disc serving as a cushion between all of the vertebrae of the spinal column (except between the first two);

- syn. intervertebral disc;

intervertebral vein
n1
one of several veins accompanying spinal nerves;

- syn. vena intervertebralis;

interview / ɪ n t ə v j u /
n1
the questioning of a person (or a conversation in which information is elicited);

- often conducted by journalists;

- "my interviews with teenagers revealed a weakening of religious bonds";

n2
a conference (usually with someone important);

- "he had a consultation with the judge";

- "he requested an audience with the king";

- syn. audience, consultation;

v1
conduct an interview in television, newspaper, and radio reporting;

- syn. question;

v2
discuss formally with (somebody) for the purpose of an evaluation;

- "We interviewed the job candidates";

v3
go for an interview in the hope of being hired;

- "The job candidate interviewed everywhere";

interviewee
n1
a person who is interviewed;

interviewer / ɪ n t ə v j u ə , ɪ n t ə v j u ə ɹ /
n1
a person who conducts an interview;

interweave / ɪ n t ə w i v /
v1
interlace by or as if by weaving;

- syn. weave;

interwoven / ɪ n t ə w oʊ v ə n , ɪ n t ə w oʊ v n /
a1
linked or locked closely together as by dovetailing;

- syn. interlacing, interlinking, interlocking;

- sim. complex;

intestacy / ɪ n t ɛ s t ə s i /
n1
the situation of being or dying without a legally valid will;

intestate / ɪ n t ɛ s t eɪ t , ɪ n t ɛ s t ɪ t /
a1
having made no legally valid will before death or not disposed of by a legal will;

- "he died intestate";

- "intestate property";

intestinal / ɪ n t ɛ s t ɪ n ɫ /
a1
of or relating to or inside the intestines;

- "intestinal disease";

- syn. enteral, enteric;

intestinal artery
n1
an artery that is a branch of the superior mesenteric artery that supplies the jejunum;

- syn. jejunal artery;

n2
branch of the superior mesenteric artery that supplies the ileum;

- syn. arteria ileum, ileal artery;

intestinal bypass
n1
surgical operation that shortens the small intestine;

- used in treating obesity;

intestinal colic
n1
acute abdominal pain (especially in infants);

- syn. colic, gripes, griping;

intestinal flora
n1
harmless microorganisms (as Escherichia coli) that inhabit the intestinal tract and are essential for its normal functioning;

intestinal flu
n1
inflammation of the stomach and intestines;

- can be caused by Salmonella enteritidis;

- syn. gastroenteritis, stomach flu;

intestinal juice
n1
secretions by glands lining the walls of the intestines;

intestinal obstruction
n1
blockage of the intestine (especially the ileum) that prevents the contents of the intestine from passing to the lower bowel;

- syn. ileus;

intestine / ɪ n t ɛ s t ɪ n /
n1
the part of the alimentary canal between the stomach and the anus;

- syn. bowel, gut;

inti
n1
the basic unit of money in Peru;

intifada
n1
an uprising by Palestinian Arabs (in both the Gaza Strip and the West Bank) against Israel in the late 1980s and again in 2000;

- "the first intifada ended when Israel granted limited autonomy to the Palestine National Authority in 1993";

- syn. intifadah;

intifadah
n1
an uprising by Palestinian Arabs (in both the Gaza Strip and the West Bank) against Israel in the late 1980s and again in 2000;

- "the first intifada ended when Israel granted limited autonomy to the Palestine National Authority in 1993";

- syn. intifada;

intima / ɪ n t ɪ m ə /
n1
the innermost membrane of an organ (especially the inner lining of an artery or vein or lymphatic vessel);

intimacy / ɪ n t ɪ m ə s i /
n1
close or warm friendship;

- "the absence of fences created a mysterious intimacy in which no one knew privacy";

- syn. closeness, familiarity;

n2
a usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship;

- syn. affair, affaire, amour, involvement, liaison;

n3
a feeling of being intimate and belonging together;

- "their closeness grew as the night wore on";

- syn. closeness;

intimal / ɪ n t ɪ m ɫ /
a1
of or relating to the intima;

intimate / ɪ n t ɪ m ə t , ɪ n t ɪ m eɪ t /
n1
someone to whom private matters are confided;

- syn. confidant;

v1
give to understand;

- "I insinuated that I did not like his wife";

- syn. adumbrate, insinuate;

v2
imply as a possibility;

- "The evidence suggests a need for more clarification";

- syn. suggest;

a1
marked by close acquaintance, association, or familiarity;

- "intimate friend";

- "intimate relations between economics, politics, and legal principles" - V.L. Parrington;

- sim. close;

a2
concerning things deeply private and personal;

- "intimate correspondence";

- "private family matters";

- syn. private;

- sim. personal;

a3
having or fostering a warm or friendly and informal atmosphere;

- "had a cozy chat";

- "a relaxed informal manner";

- "an intimate cocktail lounge";

- "the small room was cozy and intimate";

- syn. cozy, informal;

- sim. friendly;

a4
having mutual interests or affections;

- of established friendship;

- "on familiar terms";

- "pretending she is on an intimate footing with those she slanders";

- syn. familiar;

- sim. close;

a5
used euphemistically to refer to the genitals;

- "he touched her intimate parts";

- sim. sexual;

a6
involved in a sexual relationship;

- "the intimate (or sexual) relations between husband and wife";

- "she had been intimate with many men";

- syn. sexual;

- sim. sexy;

a7
innermost or essential;

- "the inner logic of Cubism";

- "the internal contradictions of the theory";

- "the intimate structure of matter";

- syn. inner, internal;

- sim. intrinsic;

a8
thoroughly acquainted through study or experience;

- "this girl, so intimate with nature"-W.H.Hudson;

- "knowledgeable about the technique of painting"- Herbert Read;

- syn. knowledgeable, versed;

- sim. experienced;

intimate apparel
n1
women's underwear and nightclothes;

- syn. lingerie;

intimately / ɪ n t ɪ m ə t ɫ i /
r1
in a close manner;

- "the two phenomena are intimately connected";

- "the person most nearly concerned";

- syn. closely, nearly;

r2
with great or especially intimate knowledge;

- "we knew them well";

- syn. well;

intimation / ɪ n t ɪ m eɪ ʃ n /
n1
an indirect suggestion;

- "not a breath of scandal ever touched her";

- syn. breath, hint;

n2
a slight suggestion or vague understanding;

- "he had no inkling what was about to happen";

- syn. glimmer, glimmering, inkling;

intimidate / ɪ n t ɪ m ɪ d eɪ t /
v1
make timid or fearful;

- "Her boss intimidates her";

v2
to compel or deter by or as if by threats;

intimidated / ɪ n t ɪ m ɪ d eɪ t ɪ d /
a1
made timid or fearful as by threats;

- sim. timid;

intimidating / ɪ n t ɪ m ɪ d eɪ t ɪ ŋ /
a1
discouraging through fear;

- syn. daunting;

- sim. discouraging;

intimidation / ɪ n t ɪ m ɪ d eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the act of intimidating a weaker person to make them do something;

- syn. bullying;

n2
the feeling of discouragement in the face of someone's superior fame or wealth or status etc.;

n3
the feeling of being intimidated;

- being made to feel afraid or timid;

n4
a communication that makes you afraid to try something;

- syn. determent, deterrence;

into the bargain
r1
in addition;

- over and above what is expected;

- "He lost his wife in the bargain";

- syn. in the bargain;

into the wind
r1
in the direction opposite to the direction the wind is blowing;

- "they flew upwind";

- syn. against the wind, upwind;

intolerable / ɪ n t ɒ ɫ ə ɹ ə b ɫ /
a1
incapable of being tolerated or endured;

- "an intolerable degree of sentimentality";

- syn. unbearable, unendurable;

- also impermissible;

- sim. bitter, impossible, insufferable, insufferable, unsupportable;

intolerably / ɪ n t ɒ ɫ ə ɹ ə b ɫ i /
r1
to an unacceptable degree;

- "The percentage of lead in our drinking water is unacceptably high";

- syn. unacceptably;

intolerance / ɪ n t ɒ ɫ ə ɹ ə n s /
n1
impatience with annoyances;

- "his intolerance of interruptions";

n2
unwillingness to recognize and respect differences in opinions or beliefs;

intolerant / ɪ n t ɒ ɫ ə ɹ ə n t /
a1
unwilling to tolerate difference of opinion;

- also uncharitable;

- sim. bigoted, rigid;

a2
narrow-minded about cherished opinions;

- syn. illiberal;

- sim. narrow-minded;

intolerantly / ɪ n t ɒ ɫ ə ɹ ə n t ɫ i /
r1
in an intolerant manner;

r2
in a narrow-minded manner;

- "his illiberally biased way of thinking";

- syn. illiberally;

intonate / ɪ n t oʊ n eɪ t /
v1
speak carefully, as with rising and falling pitch or in a particular tone;

- "please intonate with sadness";

- syn. intone;

v2
recite with musical intonation;

- recite as a chant or a psalm;

- "The rabbi chanted a prayer";

- syn. cantillate, chant, intone;

intonation / ɪ n t ə n eɪ ʃ n /
n1
rise and fall of the voice pitch;

- syn. modulation, pitch contour;

n2
singing by a soloist of the opening piece of plainsong;

n3
the act of singing in a monotonous tone;

- syn. chanting;

n4
the production of musical tones (by voice or instrument);

- especially the exactitude of the pitch relations;

intonation pattern
n1
intonations characteristic of questions and requests and statements;

intone / ɪ n t oʊ n /
v1
utter monotonously and repetitively and rhythmically;

- "The students chanted the same slogan over and over again";

- syn. chant, tone;

v2
recite with musical intonation;

- recite as a chant or a psalm;

- "The rabbi chanted a prayer";

- syn. cantillate, chant, intonate;

v3
speak carefully, as with rising and falling pitch or in a particular tone;

- "please intonate with sadness";

- syn. intonate;

intoned / ɪ n t oʊ n d /
a1
uttered in a monotonous cadence or rhythm as in chanting;

- "their chantlike intoned prayers";

- "a singsong manner of speaking";

- syn. chantlike, singsong;

- sim. rhythmical;

intoxicant / ɪ n t ɒ k s ɪ k ə n t /
n1
a liquor or brew containing alcohol as the active agent;

- "alcohol (or drink) ruined him";

- syn. alcohol, alcoholic beverage, alcoholic drink, inebriant;

n2
a drug that can produce a state of intoxication;

a1
causing intoxication;

- "an intoxicating drink";

- syn. intoxicating;

- sim. alcoholic;

intoxicate / ɪ n t ɒ k s ɪ k eɪ t /
v1
fill with high spirits;

- fill with optimism;

- "Music can uplift your spirits";

- syn. elate, lift up, pick up, uplift;

v2
make drunk (with alcoholic drinks);

- syn. inebriate, soak;

v3
have an intoxicating effect on, of a drug;

intoxicated / ɪ n t ɒ k s ɪ k eɪ t ɪ d /
a1
stupefied or excited by a chemical substance (especially alcohol);

- "a noisy crowd of intoxicated sailors";

- "helplessly inebriated";

- syn. drunk, gone, inebriated, ripped;

- sim. bacchanalian, beery, besotted, bibulous, doped, half-seas-over, high, hopped-up, potty;

a2
as if under the influence of alcohol;

- "felt intoxicated by her success";

- "drunk with excitement";

- syn. drunk;

- sim. excited;

intoxicating / ɪ n t ɒ k s ɪ k eɪ t ɪ ŋ /
a1
causing intoxication;

- "an intoxicating drink";

- syn. intoxicant;

- sim. alcoholic;

a2
extremely exciting as if by alcohol or a narcotic;

- syn. heady;

- sim. exciting;

intoxication / ɪ n t ɒ k s ɪ k eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the physiological state produced by a poison or other toxic substance;

- syn. poisoning, toxic condition;

n2
a temporary state resulting from excessive consumption of alcohol;

- syn. drunkenness, inebriation, inebriety, insobriety, tipsiness;

n3
excitement and elation beyond the bounds of sobriety;

- "the intoxication of wealth and power";

intra vires
a1
within the legal power or authority or a person or official or body etc;

intracapsular surgery
n1
cataract surgery in which the entire lens is removed;

intracellular / ɪ n t ɹ ə s ɛ ɫ j ʊ ɫ ə ɹ /
a1
located or occurring within a cell or cells;

- "intracellular fluid";

intracellular fluid
n1
liquid contained inside the cell membranes (usually containing dissolved solutes);

intracerebral
a1
within the brain;

intracranial / ɪ n t ɹ ə k ɹ eɪ n ɪə ɫ /
a1
within the skull;

intracranial aneurysm
n1
an aneurysm of a cranial artery;

intracranial cavity
n1
the cavity enclosed by the cranium;

- syn. cranial cavity;

intractability / ɪ n t ɹ æ k t ə b ɪ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
the trait of being hard to influence or control;

- syn. intractableness;

intractable / ɪ n t ɹ æ k t ə b ɫ /
a1
not tractable;

- difficult to manage or mold;

- "an intractable disposition";

- "intractable pain";

- "the most intractable issue of our era";

- "intractable metal";

- also defiant, difficult, disobedient, noncompliant, stubborn, unmanageable, unregenerate, untamed, wild;

- sim. balking, refractory, uncontrollable, unmalleable;

intractableness / ɪ n t ɹ æ k t ə b ɫ n ɪ s /
n1
the trait of being hard to influence or control;

- syn. intractability;

intractably / ɪ n t ɹ æ k t ə b ɫ i /
r1
in an intractable manner;

intracutaneous
a1
relating to areas between the layers of the skin;

- "an intradermal injection";

- syn. intradermal, intradermic;

intradepartmental
a1
within a department;

- "intradepartmental memos";

intradermal / ɪ n t ɹ ə d ɝ m ə ɫ /
a1
relating to areas between the layers of the skin;

- "an intradermal injection";

- syn. intracutaneous, intradermic;

intradermal injection
n1
an injection into the skin;

intradermal test
n1
a form of skin test in which the suspected allergen is injected into the skin;

- syn. subcutaneous test;

intradermally
r1
into the skin;

intradermic
a1
relating to areas between the layers of the skin;

- "an intradermal injection";

- syn. intracutaneous, intradermal;

intrados / ɪ n t ɹ eɪ d ɒ s /
n1
the interior curve of an arch;

intragroup
a1
occurring within an institution or community;

- "intragroup squabbling within the corporation";

- syn. internal;

- sim. intramural;

intralinguistic
a1
within a particular language;

- "intralinguistic variation";

intralobular
a1
inside lobes or lobules;

intramolecular / ɪ n t ɹ ə m ə ɫ ɛ k j ʊ ɫ ə ɹ /
a1
within the molecule;

- occurring by a reaction between different parts of the same molecule;

intramural / ɪ n t ɹ ə m j ʊə ɹ ə ɫ /
a1
carried on within the bounds of an institution or community;

- "most of the students participated actively in the college's intramural sports program";

- sim. internal;

intramuscular
a1
within a muscle;

- "an intramuscular injection";

intramuscular injection
n1
an injection into a muscle;

intramuscularly
r1
in an intramuscular way;

- "administer the drug intramuscularly";

intranet
n1
a restricted computer network;

- a private network created using World Wide Web software;

intransigence / ɪ n t ɹ æ n s ɪ dʒ ə n s /
n1
the trait of being intransigent;

- stubbornly refusing to compromise;

- syn. intransigency;

intransigency / ɪ n t ɹ æ n s ɪ dʒ ə n s i /
n1
the trait of being intransigent;

- stubbornly refusing to compromise;

- syn. intransigence;

intransigent / ɪ n t ɹ æ n s ɪ dʒ ə n t /
a1
impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, reason;

- "he is adamant in his refusal to change his mind";

- "Cynthia was inexorable;

- she would have none of him"- W.Churchill;

- "an intransigent conservative opposed to every liberal tendency";

- syn. adamant, adamantine, inexorable;

- sim. inflexible;

intransitive / ɪ n t ɹ æ n s ə t ɪ v /
n1
a verb (or verb construction) that does not take an object;

- syn. intransitive verb, intransitive verb form;

a1
designating a verb that does not require or cannot take a direct object;

intransitive verb
n1
a verb (or verb construction) that does not take an object;

- syn. intransitive, intransitive verb form;

intransitive verb form
n1
a verb (or verb construction) that does not take an object;

- syn. intransitive, intransitive verb;

intransitively / ɪ n t ɹ æ n s ə t ɪ v ɫ i /
r1
in an intransitive manner;

- "you can use the verb `drink' intransitively, without a direct object";

intransitiveness / ɪ n t ɹ æ n s ə t ɪ v n ə s /
n1
the grammatical relation created by an intransitive verb;

- syn. intransitivity;

intransitivise
v1
intransitivize;

- "removing the object will intransitivize the verbs";

- syn. detransitivise, detransitivize, intransitivize;

intransitivity / ɪ n t ɹ æ n s ə t ɪ v ɪ t i /
n1
the grammatical relation created by an intransitive verb;

- syn. intransitiveness;

intransitivize
v1
intransitivize;

- "removing the object will intransitivize the verbs";

- syn. detransitivise, detransitivize, intransitivise;

intraocular lens
n1
an artificial lens that is implanted into the eye of someone to replace a damaged natural lens or someone who has had a cataract removed;

intraocular pressure
n1
pressure exerted by the fluids inside the eyeball;

- regulated by resistance to the outward flow of aqueous humor;

- "glaucoma can result from increased intraocular pressure";

- syn. IOP;

intrapulmonary
a1
being or occurring within a lung;

intrasentential
a1
of or relating to constituents within a sentence;

- "intrasentential co-occurrence";

intraspecies
a1
arising or occurring within a species;

- involving the members of one species;

- "intraspecific competition";

- syn. intraspecific;

intraspecific
a1
arising or occurring within a species;

- involving the members of one species;

- "intraspecific competition";

- syn. intraspecies;

intrastate / ɪ n t ɹ ə s t eɪ t /
a1
relating to or existing within the boundaries of a state;

- "intrastate as well as interstate commerce";

intrauterine / ɪ n t ɹ ə j u t ə ɹ aɪ n /
a1
within the womb;

intrauterine device
n1
contraceptive device consisting of a piece of bent plastic or metal that is inserted through the vagina into the uterus;

- syn. IUD;

intravasation
n1
entry of foreign matter into a blood vessel;

intravenous / ɪ n t ɹ ə v i n ə s /
a1
within or by means of a vein;

- "an intravenous inflammation";

- "intravenous feeding";

- syn. endovenous;

intravenous anesthetic
n1
an anesthetic that produces anesthesia when injected into the circulatory system;

intravenous drip
n1
slow continuous drip introducing solutions intravenously (a drop at a time);

intravenous feeding
n1
administration of nutrients through a vein;

- syn. IV;

intravenous injection
n1
an injection into a vein;

intravenous pyelogram
n1
X-ray picture of the kidneys and ureters after injection of a radiopaque dye;

- syn. IVP;

intravenous pyelography
n1
performing pyelography with intravenous injection of a contrast medium;

- syn. IVP;

intravenously / ɪ n t ɹ ə v i n ə s ɫ i /
r1
in an intravenous manner;

- "the patient had to be fed intravenously";

intraventricular / ɪ n t ɹ ɪ k j ʊ ɫ ə /
a1
within the system of ventricles in the brain;

- "intraventricular pressure";

intrench / ɪ n t ɹ ɛ n tʃ /
v1
fix firmly or securely;

- syn. entrench;

intrenchment / ɪ n t ɹ ɛ n tʃ m ə n t /
n1
an entrenched fortification;

- a position protected by trenches;

- syn. entrenchment;

intrepid / ɪ n t ɹ ɛ p ɪ d /
a1
invulnerable to fear or intimidation;

- "audacious explorers";

- "fearless reporters and photographers";

- "intrepid pioneers";

- syn. audacious, brave, dauntless, fearless, hardy, unfearing;

- sim. bold;

intrepidity / ɪ n t ɹ ɪ p ɪ d ɪ t i /
n1
resolute courageousness;

- syn. dauntlessness;

intrepidly / ɪ n t ɹ ɛ p ɪ d ɫ i /
r1
without fear;

- "fearlessly, he led the troops into combat";

- syn. dauntlessly, fearlessly;

intricacy / ɪ n t ɹ ɪ k ə s i /
n1
marked by elaborately complex detail;

- syn. elaborateness, elaboration, involution;

intricate / ɪ n t ɹ ɪ k ə t /
a1
having many complexly arranged elements;

- elaborate;

- "intricate lacework";

- sim. complex;

intricately / ɪ n t ɹ ɪ k ə t ɫ i /
r1
with elaboration;

- "it was elaborately spelled out";

- syn. elaborately, in an elaborate way;

intrigue / ɪ n t ɹ i ɡ /
n1
a crafty and involved plot to achieve your (usually sinister) ends;

- syn. machination;

n2
a clandestine love affair;

v1
cause to be interested or curious;

- syn. fascinate;

v2
form intrigues (for) in an underhand manner;

- syn. connive, scheme;

intriguer / ɪ n t ɹ i ɡ ə /
n1
a person who devises plots or intrigues;

- "he is believed to be the principal designer of the terrorist bombing attack";

- syn. designer;

intriguing / ɪ n t ɹ i ɡ ɪ ŋ /
a1
disturbingly provocative;

- "an intriguing smile";

- syn. challenging;

- sim. provocative;

a2
capable of arousing interest or curiosity;

- "our team came up with some most intriguing finds";

- sim. interesting;

intrinsic / ɪ n t ɹ ɪ n s ɪ k /
a1
belonging to a thing by its very nature;

- "form was treated as something intrinsic, as the very essence of the thing"- John Dewey;

- syn. intrinsical;

- also essential, inalienable, unalienable;

- sim. built-in, inner;

a2
situated within or belonging solely to the organ or body part on which it acts;

- "intrinsic muscles";

- sim. internal;

intrinsic factor
n1
a substance produced by the mucosa of the stomach and intestines that is essential for the absorption of vitamin B12;

- "lack of intrinsic factor can result in pernicious anemia";

intrinsic fraud
n1
fraud (as by use of forged documents or false claims or perjury) that misleads a court or jury and induces a finding for the one perpetrating the fraud;

intrinsical / ɪ n t ɹ ɪ n s ɪ k ɫ /
a1
belonging to a thing by its very nature;

- "form was treated as something intrinsic, as the very essence of the thing"- John Dewey;

- syn. intrinsic;

- also essential, inalienable, unalienable;

- sim. built-in, inner;

intrinsically / ɪ n t ɹ ɪ n s ɪ k ɫ i /
r1
with respect to its inherent nature;

- "this statement is interesting per se";

- syn. in and of itself, per se;

intro / ɪ n t ɹ oʊ /
n1
formally making a person known to another or to the public;

- syn. introduction, presentation;

n2
a brief introductory passage to a piece of popular music;

introduce / ɪ n t ɹ ə d j u s /
v1
cause to come to know personally;

- "permit me to acquaint you with my son";

- "introduce the new neighbors to the community";

- syn. acquaint, present;

v2
bring something new to an environment;

- "A new word processor was introduced";

- syn. innovate;

v3
place, fit, or thrust (something) into another thing;

- "Insert your ticket here";

- syn. enclose, inclose, insert, put in, stick in;

v4
bring in a new person or object into a familiar environment;

- "He brought in a new judge";

- "The new secretary introduced a nasty rumor";

- syn. bring in;

v5
bring in or establish in a new place or environment;

- "introduce a rule";

- "introduce exotic fruits";

v6
put or introduce into something;

- "insert a picture into the text";

- syn. enter, infix, insert;

v7
bring before the public for the first time, as of an actor, song, etc.;

- syn. bring out;

v8
put before (a body);

- "introduce legislation";

v9
furnish with a preface or introduction;

- "She always precedes her lectures with a joke";

- "He prefaced his lecture with a critical remark about the institution";

- syn. precede, preface, premise;

v10
be a precursor of;

- "The fall of the Berlin Wall ushered in the post-Cold War period";

- syn. inaugurate, usher in;

introduction / ɪ n t ɹ ə d ʌ k ʃ n /
n1
the act of beginning something new;

- "they looked forward to the debut of their new product line";

- syn. debut, entry, first appearance, launching, unveiling;

n2
the first section of a communication;

n3
formally making a person known to another or to the public;

- syn. intro, presentation;

n4
a basic or elementary instructional text;

n5
a new proposal;

- "they resisted the introduction of impractical alternatives";

n6
the act of putting one thing into another;

- syn. insertion, intromission;

n7
the act of starting something for the first time;

- introducing something new;

- "she looked forward to her initiation as an adult";

- "the foundation of a new scientific society";

- syn. creation, foundation, founding, initiation, innovation, instauration, institution, origination;

introductory / ɪ n t ɹ ə d ʌ k t ə ɹ i /
a1
serving to open or begin;

- "began the slide show with some introductory remarks";

- sim. opening;

a2
serving as a base or starting point;

- "a basic course in Russian";

- "basic training for raw recruits";

- "a set of basic tools";

- "an introductory art course";

- syn. basic;

- sim. first;

a3
serving as an introduction or preface;

- syn. prefatorial, prefatory;

- sim. preceding;

introit / ɪ n t ɹ ɔɪ t /
n1
a composition of vocal music that is appropriate for opening church services;

introitus
n1
entrance or opening to a hollow organ or tube (especially the vaginal opening);

- "the introitus of the vagina";

introject
n1
(psychoanalysis) parental figures (and their values) that you introjected as a child;

- the voice of conscience is usually a parent's voice internalized;

v1
incorporate (attitudes or ideas) into one's personality unconsciously;

introjected
a1
incorporated unconsciously into your own psyche;

- sim. integrated;

introjection
n1
(psychoanalysis) the internalization of the parent figures and their values;

- leads to the formation of the superego;

n2
(psychology) unconscious internalization of aspects of the world (especially aspects of persons) within the self in such a way that the internalized representation takes over the psychological functions of the external objects;

intromission / ɪ n t ɹ oʊ m ɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
the act of putting one thing into another;

- syn. insertion, introduction;

intromit / ɪ n t ɹ oʊ m ɪ t /
v1
allow to enter;

- grant entry to;

- "We cannot admit non-members into our club building";

- "This pipe admits air";

- syn. admit, allow in, let in;

intron / ɪ n t ɹ ɒ n /
n1
sequence of a eukaryotic gene's DNA that is not translated into a protein;

- syn. noncoding DNA;

Intropin
n1
a monoamine neurotransmitter found in the brain and essential for the normal functioning of the central nervous system;

- as a drug (trade names Dopastat and Intropin) it is used to treat shock and hypotension;

- syn. Dopastat, dopamine;

introspect / ɪ n t ɹ ə s p ɛ k t /
v1
reflect on one's own thoughts and feelings;

introspection / ɪ n t ɹ ə s p ɛ k ʃ n /
n1
the contemplation of your own thoughts and desires and conduct;

- syn. self-contemplation, self-examination;

introspective / ɪ n t ɹ ə s p ɛ k t ɪ v /
a1
given to examining own sensory and perceptual experiences;

- syn. introverted, self-examining;

introspectiveness / ɪ n t ɹ ə s p ɛ k t ɪ v n ə s /
n1
thoughtfulness about your own situation and feelings;

introuvable
a1
impossible to find;

- "the book is practically introuvable";

- sim. absent;

introversion / ɪ n t ɹ ə v ɝ ʃ n /
n1
the condition of being folded inward or sheathed;

- syn. invagination;

n2
the folding in of an outer layer so as to form a pocket in the surface;

- "the invagination of the blastula";

- syn. infolding, intussusception, invagination;

n3
(psychology) an introverted disposition;

- concern with one's own thoughts and feelings;

introversive
a1
directed inward;

- marked by interest in yourself or concerned with inner feelings;

- syn. introvertive;

- also unsociable;

- sim. introvertish;

introvert / ɪ n t ɹ ə v ɝ t /
n1
(psychology) a person who tends to shrink from social contacts and to become preoccupied with their own thoughts;

v1
fold inwards;

- "some organs can invaginate";

- syn. invaginate;

v2
turn inside;

- "He introverted his feelings";

introverted / ɪ n t ɹ ə v ɝ t ɪ d /
a1
given to examining own sensory and perceptual experiences;

- syn. introspective, self-examining;

introvertish
a1
somewhat introverted;

- syn. shut-in;

- sim. introversive;

introvertive / ɪ n t ɹ ə v ɝ t ɪ v /
a1
directed inward;

- marked by interest in yourself or concerned with inner feelings;

- syn. introversive;

- also unsociable;

- sim. introvertish;

intrude / ɪ n t ɹ u d /
v1
enter uninvited;

- "They intruded on our dinner party";

- "She irrupted into our sitting room";

- syn. irrupt;

- also intrude on;

v2
enter unlawfully on someone's property;

- "Don't trespass on my land!";

- syn. trespass;

v3
search or inquire in a meddlesome way;

- "This guy is always nosing around the office";

- syn. horn in, nose, poke, pry;

v4
thrust oneself in as if by force;

- "The colors don't intrude on the viewer";

- syn. obtrude;

intrude on
v1
to intrude upon, infringe, encroach on, violate;

- "This new colleague invades my territory";

- "The neighbors intrude on your privacy";

- syn. encroach upon, invade, obtrude upon;

intruder / ɪ n t ɹ u d ə , ɪ n t ɹ u d ə ɹ /
n1
someone who intrudes on the privacy or property of another without permission;

- syn. interloper, trespasser;

intruding / ɪ n t ɹ u d ɪ ŋ /
a1
projecting inward;

- sim. intrusive;

intrusion / ɪ n t ɹ u ʒ n /
n1
any entry into an area not previously occupied;

- "an invasion of tourists";

- "an invasion of locusts";

- syn. encroachment, invasion;

n2
entrance by force or without permission or welcome;

n3
the forcing of molten rock into fissures or between strata of an earlier rock formation;

n4
rock produced by an intrusive process;

n5
entry to another's property without right or permission;

- syn. encroachment, trespass, usurpation, violation;

intrusive / ɪ n t ɹ u s ɪ v /
a1
tending to intrude (especially upon privacy);

- "she felt her presence there was intrusive";

- sim. encroaching, interfering;

a2
of rock material;

- forced while molten into cracks between layers of other rock;

- sim. irruptive;

a3
thrusting inward;

- "an intrusive arm of the sea";

- also concave;

- sim. intruding;

intrusiveness / ɪ n t ɹ u s ɪ v n ə s /
n1
aggressiveness as evidenced by intruding;

- by advancing yourself or your ideas without invitation;

- syn. meddlesomeness, officiousness;

intrust / ɪ n t ɹ ʌ s t /
v1
confer a trust upon;

- "The messenger was entrusted with the general's secret";

- "I commit my soul to God";

- syn. commit, confide, entrust, trust;

intubate
v1
introduce a cannula or tube into;

- "Cannulate the blood vessel in the neck";

- syn. cannulate, cannulise, cannulize, canulate;

intubation
n1
the insertion of a cannula or tube into a hollow body organ;

- syn. cannulation, cannulisation, cannulization, canulation, canulisation, canulization;

intuit / ɪ n t j u ɪ t /
v1
know or grasp by intuition or feeling;

intuition / ɪ n t j u ɪ ʃ n /
n1
instinctive knowing (without the use of rational processes);

n2
an impression that something might be the case;

- "he had an intuition that something had gone wrong";

- syn. hunch, suspicion;

intuitionism / ɪ n t j u ɪ ʃ n ɪ z ə m /
n1
(philosophy) the doctrine that knowledge is acquired primarily by intuition;

intuitionist
a1
of or relating to intuitionism;

intuitive / ɪ n t j u ɪ t ɪ v /
a1
spontaneously derived from or prompted by a natural tendency;

- "an intuitive revulsion";

- sim. spontaneous;

a2
obtained through intuition rather than from reasoning or observation;

- syn. nonrational, visceral;

- sim. illogical;

intuitive feeling
n1
an intuitive understanding of something;

- "he had a great feeling for music";

- syn. feeling;

intuitively / ɪ n t j u ɪ t ɪ v ɫ i /
r1
in an intuitive manner;

- "inventors seem to have chosen intuitively a combination of explosive and aggressive sounds as warning signals to be used on automobiles";

intumesce
v1
move upwards in bubbles, as from the effect of heating;

- also used metaphorically;

- "Gases bubbled up from the earth";

- "Marx's ideas have bubbled up in many places in Latin America";

- syn. bubble up;

v2
expand abnormally;

- "The bellies of the starving children are swelling";

- syn. swell, swell up, tumefy, tumesce;

intumescence / ɪ n t j u m ɛ s n s /
n1
swelling up with blood or other fluids (as with congestion);

- syn. intumescency;

n2
the increase in volume of certain substances when they are heated (often accompanied by release of water);

- syn. intumescency, swelling;

intumescency
n1
swelling up with blood or other fluids (as with congestion);

- syn. intumescence;

n2
the increase in volume of certain substances when they are heated (often accompanied by release of water);

- syn. intumescence, swelling;

intumescent / ɪ n t j u m ɛ s n t /
a1
abnormally distended especially by fluids or gas;

- "hungry children with bloated stomachs";

- "he had a grossly distended stomach";

- "eyes with puffed (or puffy) lids";

- "swollen hands";

- "tumescent tissue";

- "puffy tumid flesh";

- syn. puffy, tumescent, tumid, turgid;

- sim. unhealthy;

intussuscept
v1
introvert or invaginate;

- "the intussuscepted gut";

intussusception
n1
the folding in of an outer layer so as to form a pocket in the surface;

- "the invagination of the blastula";

- syn. infolding, introversion, invagination;

n2
(biology) growth in the surface area of a cell by the deposit of new particles between existing particles in the cell wall;

Inuit
n1
a member of a people inhabiting the Arctic (northern Canada or Greenland or Alaska or eastern Siberia);

- the Algonquians called them Eskimo (`eaters of raw flesh') but they call themselves the Inuit (`the people');

- syn. Eskimo, Esquimau;

inula
n1
any plant of the genus Inula;

Inula helenium
n1
tall coarse Eurasian herb having daisylike yellow flowers with narrow petals whose rhizomatous roots are used medicinally;

- syn. elecampane;

inulin
n1
used to manufacture fructose and in assessing kidney function;

inunct
v1
administer an oil or ointment to;

- often in a religious ceremony of blessing;

- syn. anele, anoint, embrocate, oil;

inunction
n1
anointing as part of a religious ceremony or healing ritual;

- syn. unction;

inundate / ɪ n ʌ n d eɪ t /
v1
fill quickly beyond capacity;

- as with a liquid;

- "the basement was inundated after the storm";

- "The images flooded his mind";

- syn. deluge, flood, swamp;

v2
fill or cover completely, usually with water;

- syn. deluge, submerge;

inundated / ɪ n ʌ n d eɪ t ɪ d /
a1
covered with water;

- "the main deck was afloat (or awash)";

- "the monsoon left the whole place awash";

- "a flooded bathroom";

- "inundated farmlands";

- "an overflowing tub";

- syn. afloat, awash, flooded, overflowing;

- sim. full;

inundation / ɪ n ʌ n d eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land;

- "plains fertilized by annual inundations";

- syn. alluvion, deluge, flood;

n2
an overwhelming number or amount;

- "a flood of requests";

- "a torrent of abuse";

- syn. deluge, flood, torrent;

inure / ɪ n j ʊə , ɪ n j ʊə ɹ /
v1
cause to accept or become hardened to;

- habituate;

- "He was inured to the cold";

- syn. harden, indurate;

inured / ɪ n j ʊə d /
a1
made tough by habitual exposure;

- "hardened fishermen";

- "a peasant, dark, lean-faced, wind-inured"- Robert Lynd;

- "our successors...may be graver, more inured and equable men"- V.S.Pritchett;

- syn. enured, hardened;

- sim. tough;

inutile / ɪ n j u t aɪ ɫ /
a1
not worth using;

- sim. useless;

inutility / ɪ n j u t ɪ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
the quality of having no practical use;

- syn. unusefulness, uselessness;

invade / ɪ n v eɪ d /
v1
march aggressively into another's territory by military force for the purposes of conquest and occupation;

- "Hitler invaded Poland on September 1, 1939";

- syn. occupy;

v2
to intrude upon, infringe, encroach on, violate;

- "This new colleague invades my territory";

- "The neighbors intrude on your privacy";

- syn. encroach upon, intrude on, obtrude upon;

v3
occupy in large numbers or live on a host;

- "the Kudzu plant infests much of the South and is spreading to the North";

- syn. infest, overrun;

v4
penetrate or assault, in a harmful or injurious way;

- "The cancer had invaded her lungs";

invader / ɪ n v eɪ d ə , ɪ n v eɪ d ə ɹ /
n1
someone who enters by force in order to conquer;

- syn. encroacher;

invading / ɪ n v eɪ d ɪ ŋ /
a1
involving invasion or aggressive attack;

- "invasive war";

- syn. incursive, invasive;

- sim. offensive;

invaginate
v1
sheathe;

- "The chrysalis is invaginated";

v2
fold inwards;

- "some organs can invaginate";

- syn. introvert;

invagination
n1
the condition of being folded inward or sheathed;

- syn. introversion;

n2
the folding in of an outer layer so as to form a pocket in the surface;

- "the invagination of the blastula";

- syn. infolding, introversion, intussusception;

invalid / ɪ n v æ ɫ ɪ d , ɪ n v ə ɫ ɪ d /
n1
someone who is incapacitated by a chronic illness or injury;

- syn. shut-in;

v1
force to retire, remove from active duty, as of firemen;

v2
injure permanently;

- "He was disabled in a car accident";

- syn. disable, handicap, incapacitate;

a1
having no cogency or legal force;

- "invalid reasoning";

- "an invalid driver's license";

- also illegitimate;

- sim. bad, fallacious, false, invalidated, null, sophistic, spurious;

a2
no longer valid;

- "the license is invalid";

- sim. expired;

invalidate / ɪ n v æ ɫ ɪ d eɪ t /
v1
declare invalid;

- "The contract was annulled";

- "void a plea";

- syn. annul, avoid, nullify, quash, void;

v2
make invalid for use;

- "cancel cheques or tickets";

- syn. cancel;

v3
show to be invalid;

- syn. nullify;

v4
take away the legal force of or render ineffective;

- "invalidate a contract";

- syn. vitiate, void;

invalidated / ɪ n v æ ɫ ɪ d eɪ t ɪ d /
a1
deprived of legal force;

- syn. nullified;

- sim. invalid;

invalidating / ɪ n v æ ɫ ɪ d eɪ t ɪ ŋ /
a1
establishing as invalid or untrue;

- syn. disconfirming;

- sim. unsupportive;

invalidation / ɪ n v æ ɫ ɪ d eɪ ʃ n /
n1
(law) a formal termination (of a relationship or a judicial proceeding etc);

- syn. annulment;

invalidator / ɪ n v æ ɫ ɪ d eɪ t ə /
n1
an official who can invalidate or nullify;

- "my bank check was voided and I wanted to know who the invalidator was";

- syn. nullifier, voider;

invalidism / ɪ n v ə ɫ ɪ d ɪ z ə m /
n1
chronic ill health;

invalidity / ɪ n v ə ɫ ɪ d ɪ t i /
n1
illogicality as a consequence of having a conclusion that does not follow from the premisses;

- syn. invalidness;

invalidness / ɪ n v æ ɫ ɪ d n ə s /
n1
illogicality as a consequence of having a conclusion that does not follow from the premisses;

- syn. invalidity;

invaluable / ɪ n v æ ɫ j ʊə b ɫ , ɪ n v eə ɹ ɪə b ɫ /
a1
having incalculable monetary, intellectual, or spiritual worth;

- syn. priceless;

- sim. valuable;

invaluableness / ɪ n v eə ɹ ɪə b ɫ n ɛ s /
n1
the positive quality of being precious and beyond value;

- syn. preciousness, pricelessness, valuableness;

Invar / ɪ n v ɑ /
n1
an alloy of iron and nickel having a low coefficient of thermal expansion;

- used in tuning forks and measuring tapes and other instruments;

invariability / ɪ n v eə ɹ ɪə b ɪ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
a quality of uniformity and lack of variation;

- syn. evenness;

n2
the quality of being resistant to variation;

- syn. invariableness, invariance;

invariable / ɪ n v eə ɹ ɪə b ɫ /
n1
a quantity that does not vary;

- syn. constant, constant quantity;

a1
not liable to or capable of change;

- "an invariable temperature";

- "an invariable rule";

- "his invariable courtesy";

- also consistent, constant;

- sim. changeless, hard-and-fast, invariant;

invariableness / ɪ n v eə ɹ ɪə b ɫ n ɪ s /
n1
the quality of being resistant to variation;

- syn. invariability, invariance;

invariably / ɪ n v eə ɹ ɪə b ɫ i /
r1
without variation or change, in every case;

- "constantly kind and gracious";

- "he always arrives on time";

- syn. always, constantly;

invariance / ɪ n v eə ɹ ɪə n s /
n1
the quality of being resistant to variation;

- syn. invariability, invariableness;

n2
the nature of a quantity or property or function that remains unchanged when a given transformation is applied to it;

- "the invariance of the configuration under translation";

invariant / ɪ n v eə ɹ ɪə n t /
n1
a feature (quantity or property or function) that remains unchanged when a particular transformation is applied to it;

a1
unaffected by a designated operation or transformation;

- sim. invariable;

a2
unvarying in nature;

- "maintained a constant temperature";

- "principles of unvarying validity";

- syn. changeless, constant, unvarying;

- sim. invariable;

invasion / ɪ n v eɪ ʒ n /
n1
the act of invading;

- the act of an army that invades for conquest or plunder;

n2
any entry into an area not previously occupied;

- "an invasion of tourists";

- "an invasion of locusts";

- syn. encroachment, intrusion;

n3
(pathology) the spread of pathogenic microorganisms or malignant cells to new sites in the body;

- "the tumor's invasion of surrounding structures";

invasion of Iwo
n1
a bloody and prolonged operation on the island of Iwo Jima in which American marines landed and defeated Japanese defenders (February and March 1945);

- syn. Iwo, Iwo Jima;

invasion of privacy
n1
the wrongful intrusion by individuals or the government into private affairs with which the public has no concern;

invasive / ɪ n v eɪ s ɪ v /
a1
relating to a technique in which the body is entered by puncture or incision;

a2
marked by a tendency to spread especially into healthy tissue;

- "invasive cancer cells";

- sim. aggressive;

a3
involving invasion or aggressive attack;

- "invasive war";

- syn. incursive, invading;

- sim. offensive;

a4
gradually intrusive without right or permission;

- "we moved back from the encroaching tide";

- "invasive tourists";

- "trespassing hunters";

- syn. encroaching, trespassing;

- sim. intrusive;

invective / ɪ n v ɛ k t ɪ v /
n1
abusive or venomous language used to express blame or censure or bitter deep-seated ill will;

- syn. vitriol, vituperation;

inveigh / ɪ n v eɪ /
v1
complain bitterly;

- syn. rail;

v2
speak against in an impassioned manner;

- "he declaimed against the wasteful ways of modern society";

- syn. declaim;

inveigle / ɪ n v eɪ ɡ ɫ /
v1
influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering;

- "He palavered her into going along";

- syn. blarney, cajole, coax, palaver, sweet-talk, wheedle;

invent / ɪ n v ɛ n t /
v1
come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort;

- "excogitate a way to measure the speed of light";

- syn. contrive, devise, excogitate, forge, formulate;

v2
concoct something artificial or untrue;

- syn. cook up, fabricate, make up, manufacture;

invention / ɪ n v ɛ n ʃ n /
n1
the creation of something in the mind;

- syn. conception, design, excogitation, innovation;

n2
a creation (a new device or process) resulting from study and experimentation;

- syn. innovation;

n3
the act of inventing;

inventive / ɪ n v ɛ n t ɪ v /
a1
(used of persons or artifacts) marked by independence and creativity in thought or action;

- "an imaginative use of material";

- "the invention of the knitting frame by another ingenious English clergyman"- Lewis Mumford;

- "an ingenious device";

- "had an inventive turn of mind";

- "inventive ceramics";

- syn. imaginative;

- sim. creative;

inventively / ɪ n v ɛ n t ɪ v ɫ i /
r1
in an inventive manner;

- "Picasso's liberated shapes and excitingly applied and inventively combined colours";

inventiveness / ɪ n v ɛ n t ɪ v n ə s /
n1
the power of creative imagination;

- syn. cleverness, ingeniousness, ingenuity;

inventor / ɪ n v ɛ n t ə , ɪ n v ɛ n t ə ɹ /
n1
someone who is the first to think of or make something;

- syn. artificer, discoverer;

inventory / ɪ n v ə n t ɹ i /
n1
a detailed list of all the items in stock;

- syn. stock list;

n2
the merchandise that a shop has on hand;

- "they carried a vast inventory of hardware";

- "they stopped selling in exact sizes in order to reduce inventory";

- syn. stock;

n3
(accounting) the value of a firm's current assets including raw materials and work in progress and finished goods;

n4
a collection of resources;

- "he dipped into his intellectual armory to find an answer";

- syn. armory, armoury;

n5
making an itemized list of merchandise or supplies on hand;

- "an inventory may be necessary to see if anything is missing";

- "they held an inventory every month";

- syn. inventorying, stock-taking, stocktaking;

v1
make or include in an itemized record or report;

- "Inventory all books before the end of the year";

- syn. stock-take, take stock;

inventory-clearance sale
n1
a sale to reduce inventory;

- syn. clearance sale;

inventory accounting
n1
accounting that controls and evaluates inventory;

inventory control
n1
supervision of the supply and storage and accessibility of items in order to insure an adequate supply without excessive oversupply;

inventory item
n1
an item listed in an inventory;

inventorying / ɪ n v ə n t ɹ i ɪ ŋ /
n1
making an itemized list of merchandise or supplies on hand;

- "an inventory may be necessary to see if anything is missing";

- "they held an inventory every month";

- syn. inventory, stock-taking, stocktaking;

inverse / ɪ n v ɝ s /
n1
something inverted in sequence or character or effect;

- "when the direct approach failed he tried the inverse";

- syn. opposite;

a1
reversed (turned backward) in order or nature or effect;

- syn. reverse;

- sim. backward;

a2
opposite in nature or effect or relation to another quantity;

- "a term is in inverse proportion to another term if it increases (or decreases) as the other decreases (or increases)";

- sim. reciprocal;

inverse cosecant
n1
the angle that has a cosecant equal to a given number;

- syn. arc cosecant, arccosecant;

inverse cosine
n1
the inverse function of the cosine;

- the angle that has a cosine equal to a given number;

- syn. arc cosine, arccos, arccosine;

inverse cotangent
n1
the inverse function of the cotangent;

- the angle that has a cotangent equal to a given number;

- syn. arc cotangent, arccotangent;

inverse function
n1
a function obtained by expressing the dependent variable of one function as the independent variable of another;

- f and g are inverse functions if f(x)=y and g(y)=x;

inverse secant
n1
the inverse function of the secant;

- the angle that has a secant equal to a given number;

- syn. arc secant, arcsec, arcsecant;

inverse sine
n1
the inverse function of the sine;

- the angle that has a sine equal to a given number;

- syn. arc sine, arcsin, arcsine;

inverse tangent
n1
the inverse function of the tangent;

- the angle that has a tangent equal to a given number;

- syn. arc tangent, arctan, arctangent;

inversely / ɪ n v ɝ s ɫ i /
r1
in an inverse or contrary manner;

- "inversely related";

- "wavelength and frequency are, of course, related reciprocally"- F.A.Geldard;

- syn. reciprocally;

inversion / ɪ n v ɝ ʃ n /
n1
the layer of air near the earth is cooler than an overlying layer;

n2
abnormal condition in which an organ is turned inward or inside out (as when the upper part of the uterus is pulled into the cervical canal after childbirth);

n3
a chemical process in which the direction of optical rotation of a substance is reversed from dextrorotatory to levorotary or vice versa;

n4
(genetics) a kind of mutation in which the order of the genes in a section of a chromosome is reversed;

n5
the reversal of the normal order of words;

- syn. anastrophe;

n6
(counterpoint) a variation of a melody or part in which ascending intervals are replaced by descending intervals and vice versa;

n7
a term formerly used to mean taking on the gender role of the opposite sex;

- syn. sexual inversion;

n8
turning upside down;

- setting on end;

- syn. upending;

n9
the act of turning inside out;

- syn. eversion, everting;

invert / ɪ n v ɝ t /
v1
make an inversion (in a musical composition);

- "here the theme is inverted";

v2
reverse the position, order, relation, or condition of;

- "when forming a question, invert the subject and the verb";

- syn. reverse;

v3
turn inside out or upside down;

- syn. reverse, turn back;

invert soap
n1
a class of synthetic detergents in which the surface-active part of the molecule is the cation;

- syn. cationic detergent;

invert sugar
n1
a mixture of equal parts of glucose and fructose resulting from the hydrolysis of sucrose;

- found naturally in fruits;

- sweeter than glucose;

invertase
n1
an enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of sucrose into glucose and fructose;

- syn. saccharase, sucrase;

invertebrate / ɪ n v ɝ t ɪ b ɹ eɪ t /
n1
any animal lacking a backbone or notochord;

- the term is not used as a scientific classification;

a1
lacking a backbone or spinal column;

- "worms are an example of invertebrate animals";

- syn. spineless;

invertebrate foot
n1
any of various organs of locomotion or attachment in invertebrates;

- syn. foot;

inverted / ɪ n v ɝ t ɪ d /
a1
being in such a position that top and bottom are reversed;

- "a quotation mark is sometimes called an inverted comma";

- "an upside-down cake";

- syn. upside-down;

- sim. turned;

a2
(of a plant ovule) completely inverted;

- turned back 180 degrees on its stalk;

- syn. anatropous;

inverted comma
n1
a punctuation mark used to attribute the enclosed text to someone else;

- syn. quotation mark, quote;

inverted hang
n1
a hang performed on the rings with the body upside down;

inverted pleat
n1
a box pleat reversed so that the fullness is turned inward;

inverter / ɪ n v ɝ t ə , ɪ n v ɝ t ə ɹ /
n1
an electrical converter that converts direct current into alternating current;

invertible / ɪ n v ɝ t ə b ɫ /
a1
having an additive or multiplicative inverse;

invest / ɪ n v ɛ s t /
v1
make an investment;

- "Put money into bonds";

- syn. commit, place, put;

v2
give qualities or abilities to;

- syn. empower, endow, endue, gift, indue;

v3
furnish with power or authority;

- of kings or emperors;

- syn. adorn, clothe;

v4
provide with power and authority;

- "They vested the council with special rights";

- syn. enthrone, vest;

v5
place ceremoniously or formally in an office or position;

- "there was a ceremony to induct the president of the Academy";

- syn. induct, seat;

investigate / ɪ n v ɛ s t ɪ ɡ eɪ t /
v1
investigate scientifically;

- "Let's investigate the syntax of Chinese";

- syn. look into;

v2
conduct an inquiry or investigation of;

- "The district attorney's office investigated reports of possible irregularities";

- "inquire into the disappearance of the rich old lady";

- syn. enquire, inquire;

investigating / ɪ n v ɛ s t ɪ ɡ eɪ t ɪ ŋ /
n1
the work of inquiring into something thoroughly and systematically;

- syn. investigation;

investigation / ɪ n v ɛ s t ɪ ɡ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
an inquiry into unfamiliar or questionable activities;

- "there was a congressional probe into the scandal";

- syn. probe;

n2
the work of inquiring into something thoroughly and systematically;

- syn. investigating;

investigative / ɪ n v ɛ s t ɪ ɡ eɪ t ɪ v /
a1
designed to find information or ascertain facts;

- "a fact-finding committee";

- "investigative reporting";

- syn. fact-finding, investigatory;

- sim. inquiring;

investigator / ɪ n v ɛ s t ɪ ɡ eɪ t ə , ɪ n v ɛ s t ɪ ɡ eɪ t ə ɹ /
n1
a scientist who devotes himself to doing research;

- syn. research worker, researcher;

n2
someone who investigates;

n3
a police officer who investigates crimes;

- syn. detective, police detective, tec;

investigatory / ɪ n v ɛ s t ɪ ɡ eɪ t ə ɹ i /
a1
designed to find information or ascertain facts;

- "a fact-finding committee";

- "investigative reporting";

- syn. fact-finding, investigative;

- sim. inquiring;

investing / ɪ n v ɛ s t ɪ ŋ /
n1
the act of investing;

- laying out money or capital in an enterprise with the expectation of profit;

- syn. investment;

investiture / ɪ n v ɛ s t ɪ tʃ ə , ɪ n v ɛ s t ɪ tʃ ə ɹ /
n1
the ceremony of installing a new monarch;

- syn. coronation, enthronement, enthronisation, enthronization;

n2
the ceremonial act of clothing someone in the insignia of an office;

- the formal promotion of a person to an office or rank;

- syn. investment;

investment / ɪ n v ɛ s t m ə n t /
n1
the act of investing;

- laying out money or capital in an enterprise with the expectation of profit;

- syn. investing;

n2
money that is invested with an expectation of profit;

- syn. investment funds;

n3
the commitment of something other than money (time, energy, or effort) to a project with the expectation of some worthwhile result;

- "this job calls for the investment of some hard thinking";

- "he made an emotional investment in the work";

n4
outer layer or covering of an organ or part or organism;

n5
the act of putting on robes or vestments;

n6
the ceremonial act of clothing someone in the insignia of an office;

- the formal promotion of a person to an office or rank;

- syn. investiture;

investment adviser
n1
someone who advises others how to invest their money;

- syn. investment advisor;

investment advisor
n1
someone who advises others how to invest their money;

- syn. investment adviser;

investment banker
n1
a banker who deals chiefly in underwriting new securities;

- syn. underwriter;

investment company
n1
a financial institution that sells shares to individuals and invests in securities issued by other companies;

- syn. fund, investment firm, investment trust;

investment firm
n1
a financial institution that sells shares to individuals and invests in securities issued by other companies;

- syn. fund, investment company, investment trust;

investment funds
n1
money that is invested with an expectation of profit;

- syn. investment;

investment letter
n1
a letter of intent saying that a letter security is being bought for investment and not for resale;

- avoids need for SEC registration;

investment trust
n1
a financial institution that sells shares to individuals and invests in securities issued by other companies;

- syn. fund, investment company, investment firm;

investor / ɪ n v ɛ s t ə , ɪ n v ɛ s t ə ɹ /
n1
someone who commits capital in order to gain financial returns;

investors club
n1
a club of small investors who buy and sell securities jointly;

inveterate / ɪ n v ɛ t ə ɹ ə t /
a1
habitual;

- "a chronic smoker";

- syn. chronic;

- sim. usual;

r1
in a habitual and longstanding manner;

- "smoking chronically";

- syn. chronically;

invidia
n1
spite and resentment at seeing the success of another (personified as one of the deadly sins);

- syn. envy;

invidious / ɪ n v ɪ d ɪə s /
a1
containing or implying a slight or showing prejudice;

- "discriminatory attitudes and practices";

- "invidious comparisons";

- syn. discriminatory;

- sim. unfavorable;

invidiously / ɪ n v ɪ d ɪə s ɫ i /
r1
in a manner arousing resentment;

invigilate / ɪ n v ɪ dʒ ɪ ɫ eɪ t /
v1
watch over (students taking an exam, to prevent cheating);

- syn. proctor;

invigilation / ɪ n v ɪ dʒ ɪ ɫ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
keeping watch over examination candidates to prevent cheating;

invigilator / ɪ n v ɪ dʒ ɪ ɫ eɪ t ə , ɪ n v ɪ dʒ ɪ ɫ eɪ t ə ɹ /
n1
someone who watches examination candidates to prevent cheating;

invigorate / ɪ n v ɪ ɡ ə ɹ eɪ t /
v1
heighten or intensify;

- "These paintings exalt the imagination";

- syn. animate, enliven, exalt, inspire;

v2
give life or energy to;

- "The cold water invigorated him";

- syn. quicken;

v3
make lively;

- "let's liven up this room a bit";

- syn. animate, enliven, liven, liven up;

v4
impart vigor, strength, or vitality to;

- "Exercise is invigorating";

- syn. reinvigorate;

invigorated / ɪ n v ɪ ɡ ə ɹ eɪ t ɪ d /
a1
with restored energy;

- syn. fresh, refreshed, reinvigorated;

- sim. rested;

invigorating / ɪ n v ɪ ɡ ə ɹ eɪ t ɪ ŋ /
a1
imparting strength and vitality;

- "the invigorating mountain air";

- also stimulating;

- sim. animating, bracing, corroborant, exhilarating, life-giving, renewing;

invigoration / ɪ n v ɪ ɡ ə ɹ eɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
quality of being active or spirited or alive and vigorous;

- syn. animation, brio, spiritedness, vivification;

n2
the activity of giving vitality and vigour to something;

- syn. animation, vivification;

invigorator / ɪ n v ɪ ɡ ə ɹ eɪ t ə /
n1
an agent that gives or restores life or vigor;

- "the soul is the quickener of the body";

- syn. enlivener, quickener;

invincibility / ɪ n v ɪ n s ə b ɪ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
the property being difficult or impossible to defeat;

- syn. indomitability;

invincible / ɪ n v ɪ n s ə b ɫ /
a1
incapable of being overcome or subdued;

- "an invincible army";

- "her invincible spirit";

- syn. unbeatable, unvanquishable;

- sim. unconquerable;

Invincible Armada
n1
the great fleet sent from Spain against England by Philip II in 1588;

- syn. Spanish Armada;

invincibly / ɪ n v ɪ n s ə b ɫ i /
r1
in an invincible manner;

- "invincibly, the troops moved forward";

inviolable / ɪ n v aɪ ə ɫ ə b ɫ /
a1
incapable of being transgressed or dishonored;

- "the person of the king is inviolable";

- "an inviolable oath";

- sim. unassailable;

a2
immune to attack;

- incapable of being tampered with;

- "an impregnable fortress";

- "fortifications that made the frontier inviolable";

- "a secure telephone connection";

- syn. impregnable, secure, strong, unassailable, unattackable;

- sim. invulnerable;

a3
must be kept sacred;

- syn. inviolate, sacrosanct;

- sim. sacred;

a4
not capable of being violated or infringed;

- "infrangible human rights";

- syn. absolute, infrangible;

- sim. inalienable;

inviolate / ɪ n v aɪ ə ɫ ə t /
a1
(of a woman) having the hymen unbroken;

- "she was intact, virginal";

- syn. intact;

- sim. uninjured;

a2
must be kept sacred;

- syn. inviolable, sacrosanct;

- sim. sacred;

Invirase
n1
a weak protease inhibitor (trade name Invirase) used in treating HIV;

- syn. saquinavir;

invisibility / ɪ n v ɪ z ə b ɪ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
the quality of not being perceivable by the eye;

- syn. invisibleness;

invisible / ɪ n v ɪ z ə b ɫ /
a1
impossible or nearly impossible to see;

- imperceptible by the eye;

- "the invisible man";

- "invisible rays";

- "an invisible hinge";

- "invisible mending";

- syn. unseeable;

- also covert, imperceptible;

- sim. camouflaged, concealed, infrared, lightless, nonvisual, occult, ultraviolet, undetectable, unseen;

a2
not prominent or readily noticeable;

- "he pushed the string through an inconspicuous hole";

- "the invisible man";

- syn. inconspicuous;

- sim. obscure;

invisible balance
n1
the difference in value over a period of time of a country's imports and exports of services and payments of property incomes;

invisibleness / ɪ n v ɪ z ə b ɫ n ə s /
n1
the quality of not being perceivable by the eye;

- syn. invisibility;

invisibly / ɪ n v ɪ z ə b ɫ i /
r1
without being seen;

- "these organisms enter the body invisibly";

invitation / ɪ n v ɪ t eɪ ʃ n /
n1
a request (spoken or written) to participate or be present or take part in something;

- "an invitation to lunch";

- "she threw the invitation away";

n2
a tempting allurement;

- "she was an invitation to trouble";

invitational / ɪ n v ɪ t eɪ ʃ ə n ɫ /
a1
pertaining to or characteristic of an invitation;

invitatory
a1
conveying an invitation;

- "a brief invitatory note";

- sim. inviting;

invite / ɪ n v aɪ t /
n1
a colloquial expression for invitation;

- "he didn't get no invite to the party";

v1
increase the likelihood of;

- "ask for trouble";

- "invite criticism";

- syn. ask for;

v2
invite someone to one's house;

- "Can I invite you for dinner on Sunday night?";

- syn. ask over, ask round;

v3
give rise to a desire by being attractive or inviting;

- "the window displays tempted the shoppers";

- syn. tempt;

v4
ask someone in a friendly way to do something;

- syn. bid;

v5
have as a guest;

- "I invited them to a restaurant";

- syn. pay for;

- also invite out;

v6
ask to enter;

- "We invited the neighbors in for a cup of coffee";

- syn. ask in;

v7
request the participation or presence of;

- "The organizers invite submissions of papers for the conference";

- syn. call for;

v8
express willingness to have in one's home or environs;

- "The community warmly received the refugees";

- syn. receive, take in;

invite out
v1
make a date;

- "Has he asked you out yet?" "He asekd me to a dance";

- syn. ask, ask out, take out;

invitee
n1
a visitor to whom hospitality is extended;

- syn. guest;

inviting / ɪ n v aɪ t ɪ ŋ /
a1
attractive and tempting;

- "an inviting offer";

- also attractive;

- sim. invitatory, tantalizing, tantalizing;

invitingly / ɪ n v aɪ t ɪ ŋ ɫ i /
r1
in a tantalizing manner;

- "she smiled at him tantalizingly";

- syn. tantalizingly;

invocation / ɪ n v ə k eɪ ʃ n /
n1
a prayer asking God's help as part of a religious service;

- syn. supplication;

n2
an incantation used in conjuring or summoning a devil;

n3
calling up a spirit or devil;

- syn. conjuration, conjuring, conjury;

n4
the act of appealing for help;

invoice / ɪ n v ɔɪ s /
n1
an itemized statement of money owed for goods shipped or services rendered;

- "he paid his bill and left";

- "send me an account of what I owe";

- syn. account, bill;

v1
send an bill to;

- "She invoiced the company for her expenses";

invoke / ɪ n v oʊ k /
v1
summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic;

- "raise the specter of unemployment";

- "he conjured wild birds in the air";

- "call down the spirits from the mountain";

- syn. arouse, bring up, call down, call forth, conjure, conjure up, evoke, put forward, raise, stir;

v2
cite as an authority;

- resort to;

- "He invoked the law that would save him";

- "I appealed to the law of 1900";

- "She invoked an ancient law";

- syn. appeal;

v3
request earnestly (something from somebody);

- ask for aid or protection;

- "appeal to somebody for help";

- "Invoke God in times of trouble";

- syn. appeal;

involucrate
a1
having an involucre;

involucre / ɪ n v ə ɫ u k ə /
n1
a highly conspicuous bract or bract pair or ring of bracts at the base of an inflorescence;

involuntarily / ɪ n v ɒ ɫ ə n t ɹ ə ɫ i /
r1
against your will;

- "he was involuntarily held against his will";

involuntariness
n1
the trait of being unwilling;

- "his unwillingness to cooperate vetoed every proposal I made";

- "in spite of our warnings he plowed ahead with the involuntariness of an automaton";

- syn. unwillingness;

involuntary / ɪ n v ɒ ɫ ə n t ɹ i /
a1
not subject to the control of the will;

- "involuntary manslaughter";

- "involuntary servitude";

- "an involuntary shudder";

- "It (becoming a hero) was involuntary. They sank my boat"- John F.Kennedy;

- syn. nonvoluntary, unvoluntary;

- also unconscious, unwilling;

- sim. driven, forced, unconscious, unwilled, unwilling;

a2
controlled by the autonomic nervous system;

- without conscious control;

- "involuntary muscles";

- "gave an involuntary start";

- sim. automatic, autonomic, vegetative;

involuntary muscle
n1
a muscle that contracts without conscious control and found in walls of internal organs such as stomach and intestine and bladder and blood vessels (excluding the heart);

- syn. smooth muscle;

involuntary trust
n1
a trust created by a court (regardless of the intent of the parties) to benefit a party that has been wrongfully deprived of its rights;

- syn. constructive trust;

involute / ɪ n v ə ɫ u t /
a1
especially of petals or leaves in bud;

- having margins rolled inward;

- syn. rolled;

- sim. coiled;

a2
(of some shells) closely coiled so that the axis is obscured;

- sim. coiled;

involution / ɪ n v ə ɫ u ʃ n /
n1
reduction in size of an organ or part (as in the return of the uterus to normal size after childbirth);

n2
a long and intricate and complicated grammatical construction;

n3
marked by elaborately complex detail;

- syn. elaborateness, elaboration, intricacy;

n4
the act of sharing in the activities of a group;

- "the teacher tried to increase his students' engagement in class activities";

- syn. engagement, involvement, participation;

n5
the process of raising a quantity to some assigned power;

- syn. exponentiation;

n6
the action of enfolding something;

- syn. enfolding;

involutional depression
n1
a major depressive episode associated with the climacteric;

involve / ɪ n v ɒ ɫ v /
v1
connect closely and often incriminatingly;

- "This new ruling affects your business";

- syn. affect, regard;

v2
engage as a participant;

- "Don't involve me in your family affairs!";

v3
have as a necessary feature;

- "This decision involves many changes";

- syn. imply;

v4
require as useful, just, or proper;

- "It takes nerve to do what she did";

- "success usually requires hard work";

- "This job asks a lot of patience and skill";

- "This position demands a lot of personal sacrifice";

- "This dinner calls for a spectacular dessert";

- "This intervention does not postulate a patient's consent";

- syn. ask, call for, demand, necessitate, need, postulate, require, take;

v5
contain as a part;

- "Dinner at Joe's always involves at least six courses";

v6
occupy or engage the interest of;

- "His story completely involved me during the entire afternoon";

v7
make complex or intricate or complicated;

- "The situation was rather involved";

involved / ɪ n v ɒ ɫ v d /
a1
connected by participation or association or use;

- "we accomplished nothing, simply because of the large number of people involved";

- "the problems involved";

- "the involved muscles";

- "I don't want to get involved";

- "everyone involved in the bribery case has been identified";

- sim. active, caught up, concerned, embroiled, engaged, implicated, neck-deep;

a2
entangled or hindered as if e.g. in mire;

- "the difficulties in which the question is involved";

- "brilliant leadership mired in details and confusion";

- syn. mired;

- sim. encumbered;

a3
emotionally involved;

- sim. attached;

a4
highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious;

- "the Byzantine tax structure";

- "Byzantine methods for holding on to his chairmanship";

- "convoluted legal language";

- "convoluted reasoning";

- "the plot was too involved";

- "a knotty problem";

- "got his way by labyrinthine maneuvering";

- "Oh, what a tangled web we weave"- Sir Walter Scott;

- "tortuous legal procedures";

- "tortuous negotiations lasting for months";

- syn. Byzantine, convoluted, knotty, tangled, tortuous;

- sim. complex;

a5
enveloped;

- "a castle involved in mist";

- "the difficulties in which the question is involved";

- sim. enclosed;

involvement / ɪ n v ɒ ɫ v m ə n t /
n1
the act of sharing in the activities of a group;

- "the teacher tried to increase his students' engagement in class activities";

- syn. engagement, involution, participation;

n2
a connection of inclusion or containment;

- "he escaped involvement in the accident";

- "there was additional involvement of the liver and spleen";

n3
a sense of concern with and curiosity about someone or something;

- "an interest in music";

- syn. interest;

n4
a usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship;

- syn. affair, affaire, amour, intimacy, liaison;

n5
the condition of sharing in common with others (as fellows or partners etc.);

- syn. participation;

invulnerability / ɪ n v ʌ ɫ n ə ɹ ə b ɪ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
having the strength to withstand attack;

- syn. impregnability;

n2
the property of being invulnerable;

- the property of being incapable of being hurt (physically or emotionally);

invulnerable / ɪ n v ʌ ɫ n ə ɹ ə b ɫ /
a1
immune to attack;

- impregnable;

- "gunners raked the beach from invulnerable positions on the cliffs";

- also protected, safe, secure, unconquerable;

- sim. airtight, bombproof, defendable, entrenched, impregnable, sheltered, tight, untouchable;

inward / ɪ n w ə d /
a1
relating to or existing in the mind or thoughts;

- "a concern with inward reflections";

- sim. indwelling, inmost, inner, secret, self-whispered;

a2
directed or moving inward or toward a center;

- "the inbound train";

- "inward flood of capital";

- syn. inbound;

- sim. incoming;

r1
toward the center or interior;

- "move the needle further inwards!";

- syn. inwards;

r2
to or toward the inside of;

- "come in";

- "smash in the door";

- syn. in, inwards;

inward-developing
a1
toward an axis, as in a sunflower;

- the oldest flowers are near the edge, the youngest in the center;

- sim. centripetal;

inward-moving
a1
moving or directed toward the center or axis, especially when spinning or traveling in a curve;

- sim. centripetal;

inwardly / ɪ n w ə d ɫ i /
r1
with respect to private feelings;

- "inwardly, she was raging";

- syn. inside;

inwardness / ɪ n w ə d n ə s /
n1
the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience;

- "the gist of the prosecutor's argument";

- "the heart and soul of the Republican Party";

- "the nub of the story";

- syn. center, centre, core, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, kernel, marrow, meat, nitty-gritty, nub, pith, substance, sum;

n2
preoccupation especially with one's attitudes and ethical or ideological values;

- "the sensitiveness of James's characters, their seeming inwardness";

- "inwardness is what an Englishman quite simply has, painlessly, as a birthright";

n3
the quality or state of being inward or internal;

- "the inwardness of the body's organs";

n4
preoccupation with what concerns human inner nature (especially ethical or ideological values);

- "Socrates' inwardness, integrity, and inquisitiveness"- H.R.Finch;

- syn. internality;

inwards / ɪ n w ə d z /
r1
to or toward the inside of;

- "come in";

- "smash in the door";

- syn. in, inward;

r2
toward the center or interior;

- "move the needle further inwards!";

- syn. inward;

inweave / ɪ n w i v /
v1
weave together into a fabric or design;

inwrought / ɪ n ɹ ɔ t /
a1
having a decorative pattern worked or woven in;

- "an inwrought design";

- sim. adorned;

Io / aɪ oʊ /
n1
(Greek mythology) a maiden seduced by Zeus;

- when Hera was about to discover them together Zeus turned her into a white heifer;

n2
the closest of Jupiter's moons;

- has active volcanoes;

io moth
n1
large yellow American moth having a large eyelike spot on each hind wing;

- the larvae have stinging spines;

- syn. Automeris io;

IOC / aɪ j oʊ s i /
n1
organization responsible for organizing the modern Olympic Games;

- syn. I.O.C., International Olympic Committee;

iodic acid
n1
a soluble crystalline acid;

- used as a reagent and disinfectant;

iodide / aɪ ə d aɪ d /
n1
a salt or ester of hydriodic acid;

iodin
n1
a nonmetallic element belonging to the halogens;

- used especially in medicine and photography and in dyes;

- occurs naturally only in combination in small quantities (as in sea water or rocks);

- syn. I, atomic number 53, iodine;

iodinate
v1
cause to combine with iodine;

- "iodinate thyroxine";

iodinated
a1
treated with iodine;

- "iodized salt";

- syn. iodised, iodized;

iodinated protein
n1
a protein that contains iodine;

- syn. iodoprotein;

iodinating
a1
combining or causing to combine with iodine;

- "the active iodinating species";

- "the in vivo iodinating mechanism";

iodination
n1
the substitution or addition of iodine atoms in organic compounds;

iodine / aɪ ə d i n /
n1
a nonmetallic element belonging to the halogens;

- used especially in medicine and photography and in dyes;

- occurs naturally only in combination in small quantities (as in sea water or rocks);

- syn. I, atomic number 53, iodin;

n2
a tincture consisting of a solution of iodine in ethyl alcohol;

- applied topically to wounds as an antiseptic;

- syn. tincture of iodine;

iodine-125
n1
light radioactive isotope of iodine with a half-life of 60 days;

- used as a tracer in thyroid studies and as a treatment for hyperthyroidism;

iodine-131
n1
heavy radioactive isotope of iodine with a half-life of 8 days;

- used in a sodium salt to diagnose thyroid disease and to treat goiter;

iodise
v1
treat with iodine;

- "iodize salt";

- syn. iodize;

v2
treat with iodine so as to prevent infection;

- "iodize a wound";

- syn. iodize;

iodised
a1
treated with iodine;

- "iodized salt";

- syn. iodinated, iodized;

iodize / aɪ ə d aɪ z /
v1
treat with iodine;

- "iodize salt";

- syn. iodise;

v2
treat with iodine so as to prevent infection;

- "iodize a wound";

- syn. iodise;

iodized / aɪ ə d aɪ z d /
a1
treated with iodine;

- "iodized salt";

- syn. iodinated, iodised;

iodoamino acid
n1
an amino acid with iodine added;

iodochlorhydroxyquin
n1
drug used to treat certain fungal infection (as athlete's foot);

- syn. Clioquinol;

iodocompound
n1
a compound containing the covalent iodine radical;

iodoform / aɪ ɒ d ə f ɔ m /
n1
sweet smelling yellow solid haloform CHI3;

- syn. tri-iodomethane;

n2
a yellowish crystalline solid with a penetrating odor;

- sometimes used as an antiseptic dressing;

- syn. triiodomethane;

iodoprotein
n1
a protein that contains iodine;

- syn. iodinated protein;

iodopsin
n1
a violet photopigment in the retinal cones of the eyes of most vertebrates;

- plays a role in daylight vision;

iodothyronine
n1
thyronine with iodine added;

iodotyrosine
n1
tyrosine with iodine added;

IOL
n1
a clear plastic lens that is implanted in the eye;

- usually done when the natural lens has been removed in a cataract operation;

- syn. interocular lens implant, lens implant;

ion / aɪ ə n /
n1
a particle that is electrically charged (positive or negative);

- an atom or molecule or group that has lost or gained one or more electrons;

ion beam
n1
a beam of ions moving in the same direction at the same speed;

- syn. ionic beam;

ion engine
n1
a type of reaction-propulsion engine to propel rockets in space;

- a stream of positive ions is accelerated to a high velocity by an electric field;

ion exchange
n1
a process in which ions are exchanged between a solution and an insoluble (usually resinous) solid;

- widely used in industrial processing;

ion pump
n1
a vacuum pump that removes gas by ionizing the atoms or molecules and adsorbing them on a metal surface;

ionate
v1
add ions to;

Ionesco
n1
French dramatist (born in Romania) who was a leading exponent of the theater of the absurd (1912-1994);

- syn. Eugene Ionesco;

Ionia
n1
region of western Asia Minor colonized by ancient Greeks;

Ionian / aɪ oʊ n j ə n /
n1
a member of one of four linguistic divisions of the prehistoric Greeks;

n2
the ancient Greek inhabitants of Attica and related regions in Ionia;

a1
of or pertaining to the ancient Ionians who lived in Attica and related territories, to their Ionic dialect of Greek, or to their culture;

Ionian order
n1
the second Greek order;

- the capital is decorated with spiral scrolls;

- syn. Ionic order;

Ionian Sea
n1
an arm of the Mediterranean Sea between western Greece and southern Italy;

Ionic / aɪ ɒ n ɪ k /
n1
the dialect of Ancient Greek spoken and written in Attica and Athens and Ionia;

- syn. Attic, Classical Greek, Ionic dialect;

a1
containing or involving or occurring in the form of ions;

- "ionic charge";

- "ionic crystals";

- "ionic hydrogen";

a2
of or pertaining to the Ionic order of classical Greek architecture;

a3
of or relating to Ionia or its inhabitants or its language;

ionic beam
n1
a beam of ions moving in the same direction at the same speed;

- syn. ion beam;

ionic bond
n1
a chemical bond in which one atom loses an electron to form a positive ion and the other atom gains an electron to form a negative ion;

- syn. electrostatic bond, electrovalent bond;

ionic charge
n1
the charge on an ion is equal to a constant charge e multiplied by an integer from 1 to 15;

Ionic dialect
n1
the dialect of Ancient Greek spoken and written in Attica and Athens and Ionia;

- syn. Attic, Classical Greek, Ionic;

ionic medication
n1
therapy that uses a local electric current to introduce the ions of a medicine into the tissues;

- syn. EMDA, electromotive drug administration, iontophoresis, iontotherapy;

Ionic order
n1
the second Greek order;

- the capital is decorated with spiral scrolls;

- syn. Ionian order;

ionisation / aɪ ə n aɪ z eɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
the condition of being dissociated into ions (as by heat or radiation or chemical reaction or electrical discharge);

- "the ionization of a gas";

- syn. ionization;

n2
the process of ionizing;

- the formation of ions by separating atoms or molecules or radicals or by adding or subtracting electrons from atoms by strong electric fields in a gas;

- syn. ionization;

ionise
v1
become converted into ions;

- syn. ionize;

v2
convert into ions;

- syn. ionize;

ionised / aɪ ə n aɪ z d /
a1
converted totally or partly into ions;

- syn. ionized;

ionization / aɪ ə n aɪ z eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the condition of being dissociated into ions (as by heat or radiation or chemical reaction or electrical discharge);

- "the ionization of a gas";

- syn. ionisation;

n2
the process of ionizing;

- the formation of ions by separating atoms or molecules or radicals or by adding or subtracting electrons from atoms by strong electric fields in a gas;

- syn. ionisation;

ionization chamber
n1
a measuring instrument that measures the amount of ionizing radiation;

- syn. ionization tube;

ionization tube
n1
a measuring instrument that measures the amount of ionizing radiation;

- syn. ionization chamber;

ionize / aɪ ə n aɪ z /
v1
become converted into ions;

- syn. ionise;

v2
convert into ions;

- syn. ionise;

ionized / aɪ ə n aɪ z d /
a1
converted totally or partly into ions;

- syn. ionised;

ionizing radiation
n1
high-energy radiation capable of producing ionization in substances through which it passes;

ionophoresis
n1
the motion of charged particles in a colloid under the influence of an electric field;

- particles with a positive charge go to the cathode and negative to the anode;

- syn. cataphoresis, dielectrolysis, electrophoresis;

ionosphere / aɪ ɒ n ə s f ɪə , aɪ ɒ n ə s f ɪə ɹ /
n1
the outer region of the Earth's atmosphere;

- contains a high concentration of free electrons;

ionospheric wave
n1
a sky wave that is reflected by the ionosphere;

iontophoresis
n1
therapy that uses a local electric current to introduce the ions of a medicine into the tissues;

- syn. EMDA, electromotive drug administration, ionic medication, iontotherapy;

iontotherapy
n1
therapy that uses a local electric current to introduce the ions of a medicine into the tissues;

- syn. EMDA, electromotive drug administration, ionic medication, iontophoresis;

IOP
n1
pressure exerted by the fluids inside the eyeball;

- regulated by resistance to the outward flow of aqueous humor;

- "glaucoma can result from increased intraocular pressure";

- syn. intraocular pressure;

Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili
n1
Russian leader who succeeded Lenin as head of the Communist Party and created a totalitarian state by purging all opposition (1879-1953);

- syn. Joseph Stalin, Stalin;

iota / aɪ oʊ t ə /
n1
a tiny or scarcely detectable amount;

- syn. scintilla, shred, smidge, smidgen, smidgeon, smidgin, tittle, whit;

n2
the 9th letter of the Greek alphabet;

IOU / aɪ oʊ j u /
n1
an informal debt instrument;

- representing `I owe you';

Iowa / aɪ ə w ə /
n1
a member of the Siouan people formerly living in Iowa and Minnesota and Missouri;

- syn. Ioway;

n2
a state in midwestern United States;

- syn. Hawkeye State, IA, Ia.;

n3
a dialect of the Chiwere language spoken by the Iowa;

- syn. Ioway;

Iowa crab
n1
wild crab apple of western United States with fragrant pink flowers;

- syn. Iowa crab apple, Malus ioensis, prairie crab, western crab apple;

Iowa crab apple
n1
wild crab apple of western United States with fragrant pink flowers;

- syn. Iowa crab, Malus ioensis, prairie crab, western crab apple;

Iowan
n1
a native or resident of Iowa;

Ioway
n1
a member of the Siouan people formerly living in Iowa and Minnesota and Missouri;

- syn. Iowa;

n2
a dialect of the Chiwere language spoken by the Iowa;

- syn. Iowa;

IP
n1
the sciences concerned with gathering, manipulating, storing, retrieving, and classifying recorded information;

- syn. informatics, information processing, information science;

ipecac
n1
a medicinal drug used to evoke vomiting (especially in cases of drug overdose or poisoning);

Iphigenia
n1
(Greek mythology) the daughter of Clytemnestra and Agamemnon;

- Agamemnon was obliged to offer her as a sacrifice to Artemis when the Greek fleet was becalmed on its way to Troy;

- Artemis rescued her and she later became a priestess;

Ipidae
n1
large family of bark-boring or wood-boring short-beaked beetles;

- very destructive to forest and fruit trees;

- syn. Scolytidae, family Ipidae, family Scolytidae;

IPO
n1
a corporation's first offer to sell stock to the public;

- syn. initial offering, initial public offering;

iPod
n1
(trademark) a pocket-sized device used to play music files;

Ipomoea
n1
morning glory;

- syn. genus Ipomoea;

Ipomoea alba
n1
pantropical climber having white fragrant nocturnal flowers;

- syn. belle de nuit, moonflower;

Ipomoea batatas
n1
pantropical vine widely cultivated in several varieties for its large sweet tuberous root with orange flesh;

- syn. sweet potato, sweet potato vine;

Ipomoea coccinea
n1
annual herb having scarlet flowers;

- the eastern United States;

- syn. red morning-glory, star ipomoea;

Ipomoea fastigiata
n1
tropical American prostrate or climbing herbaceous perennial having an enormous starchy root;

- sometimes held to be source of the sweet potato;

- syn. Ipomoea panurata, man-of-the-earth, manroot, scammonyroot, wild potato vine, wild sweet potato vine;

Ipomoea imperialis
n1
hybrid from Ipomoea nil;

- syn. imperial Japanese morning glory;

Ipomoea leptophylla
n1
a morning glory with long roots of western United States;

- syn. man-of-the-earth;

Ipomoea nil
n1
annual Old World tropical climbing herb distinguished by wide color range and frilled or double flowers;

- syn. Japanese morning glory;

Ipomoea orizabensis
n1
tropical American morning glory;

- syn. scammony;

Ipomoea panurata
n1
tropical American prostrate or climbing herbaceous perennial having an enormous starchy root;

- sometimes held to be source of the sweet potato;

- syn. Ipomoea fastigiata, man-of-the-earth, manroot, scammonyroot, wild potato vine, wild sweet potato vine;

Ipomoea pes-caprae
n1
a prostrate perennial of coastal sand dunes Florida to Texas;

- syn. beach morning glory, railroad vine;

Ipomoea purpurea
n1
pantropical annual climbing herb with funnel-shaped blue, purple, pink or white flowers;

- syn. common morning glory;

Ipomoea quamoclit
n1
tropical American annual climber having red (sometimes white) flowers and finely dissected leaves;

- naturalized in United States and elsewhere;

- syn. Indian pink, Quamoclit pennata, cypress vine, star-glory;

Ipomoea tricolor
n1
annual or perennial climbing herb of Central America having sky-blue flowers;

- most commonly cultivated morning glory;

- syn. common morning glory;

ipratropium bromide
n1
an inhaled bronchodilator (trade name Atrovent);

- syn. Atrovent;

iproclozide
n1
an antidepressant drug that acts as a monoamine oxidase inhibitor;

ipse dixit / ɪ p s ɪ d ɪ k s ɪ t /
n1
an unsupported dogmatic assertion;

- syn. ipsedixitism;

ipsedixitism
n1
an unsupported dogmatic assertion;

- syn. ipse dixit;

ipsilateral
a1
on or relating to the same side (of the body);

ipso facto / ɪ p s oʊ f æ k t oʊ /
r1
by the fact itself;

- "ipso facto, her innocence was established";

Ipsus
n1
a battle between the successors of Alexander the Great (301 BC);

- Lysimachus and Seleucus defeated Antigonus and Demetrius;

- syn. battle of Ipsus;

IPV
n1
a poliovirus vaccine consisting of inactivated polio virus that is injected subcutaneously to provide immunity to poliomyelitis;

- syn. Salk vaccine;

IQ / aɪ k j u /
n1
a measure of a person's intelligence as indicated by an intelligence test;

- the ratio of a person's mental age to their chronological age (multiplied by 100);

- syn. I.Q., intelligence quotient;

IQ test
n1
a psychometric test of intelligence;

- "they used to think that intelligence is what an intelligence test tests";

- syn. intelligence test;

Ir
n1
a heavy brittle metallic element of the platinum group;

- used in alloys;

- occurs in natural alloys with platinum or osmium;

- syn. atomic number 77, iridium;

n2
a board of the British government that administers and collects major direct taxes;

- syn. Inland Revenue;

IRA / aɪ ɑr eɪ , ɪə ɹ ə /
n1
a militant organization of Irish nationalists who used terrorism and guerilla warfare in an effort to drive British forces from Northern Ireland and achieve a united independent Ireland;

- syn. Irish Republican Army, Provisional IRA, Provisional Irish Republican Army, Provos;

n2
a retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement;

- taxes on the interest earned in the account are deferred;

- syn. individual retirement account;

n3
belligerence aroused by a real or supposed wrong (personified as one of the deadly sins);

- syn. anger, ire, wrath;

Ira Gershwin
n1
United States lyricist who frequently collaborated with his brother George Gershwin (1896-1983);

- syn. Gershwin;

Irak
n1
a republic in the Middle East in western Asia;

- the ancient civilization of Mesopotamia was in the area now known as Iraq;

- syn. Al-Iraq, Iraq, Republic of Iraq;

Iraki
n1
a native or inhabitant of Iraq;

- "the majority of Iraqi are Arab Shiite Muslims although Sunni Muslims control the government";

- syn. Iraqi;

a1
of or relating to Iraq or its people or culture;

- "Iraqi oil";

- "Iraqi refugees";

- syn. Iraqi;

Iran / ɪr ɑ n /
n1
a theocratic Islamic republic in the Middle East in western Asia;

- Iran was the core of the ancient empire that was known as Persia until 1935;

- rich in oil;

- syn. Islamic Republic of Iran, Persia;

Iran-Iraq War
n1
a dispute over control of the waterway between Iraq and Iran broke out into open fighting in 1980 and continued until 1988, when they accepted a UN cease-fire resolution;

- syn. Gulf War;

Irani / ɪr ɑ n i /
n1
a native or inhabitant of Iran;

- "the majority of Irani are Persian Shiite Muslims";

- syn. Iranian, Persian;

Iranian / ɪr eɪ n ɪə n /
n1
a native or inhabitant of Iran;

- "the majority of Irani are Persian Shiite Muslims";

- syn. Irani, Persian;

n2
the modern Persian language spoken in Iran;

- syn. Iranian language;

a1
of or relating to Iran or its people or language or culture;

- "Iranian mountains";

- "Iranian security police";

- syn. Persian;

Iranian capital
n1
the capital and largest city of Iran;

- located in northern Iran;

- syn. Teheran, Tehran, capital of Iran;

Iranian dinar
n1
100 dinars equal 1 rial in Iran;

- syn. dinar;

Iranian language
n1
the modern Persian language spoken in Iran;

- syn. Iranian;

Iranian monetary unit
n1
monetary unit in Iran;

Iranian rial
n1
the basic unit of money in Iran;

- syn. rial;

Iraq / ɪr ɑ k /
n1
a republic in the Middle East in western Asia;

- the ancient civilization of Mesopotamia was in the area now known as Iraq;

- syn. Al-Iraq, Irak, Republic of Iraq;

Iraqi / ɪr ɑ k i /
n1
a native or inhabitant of Iraq;

- "the majority of Iraqi are Arab Shiite Muslims although Sunni Muslims control the government";

- syn. Iraki;

a1
of or relating to Iraq or its people or culture;

- "Iraqi oil";

- "Iraqi refugees";

- syn. Iraki;

Iraqi dinar
n1
the basic unit of money in Iraq;

- equal to 1,000 fils;

- syn. dinar;

Iraqi Intelligence Service
n1
the most notorious and possibly the most important arm of Iraq's security system;

- "the Iraqi Mukhabarat has been involved in numerous terrorist activities";

- syn. IIS, Iraqi Mukhabarat;

Iraqi Kurdistan
n1
the part of Kurdistan that is in northwestern Iraq;

Iraqi monetary unit
n1
monetary unit in Iraq;

Iraqi Mukhabarat
n1
the most notorious and possibly the most important arm of Iraq's security system;

- "the Iraqi Mukhabarat has been involved in numerous terrorist activities";

- syn. IIS, Iraqi Intelligence Service;

Iraqi National Congress
n1
a heterogeneous collection of groups united in their opposition to Saddam Hussein's government of Iraq;

- formed in 1992 it is comprised of Sunni and Shiite Arabs and Kurds who hope to build a new government;

- syn. INC;

irascibility / ɪr æ s ə b ɪ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
a feeling of resentful anger;

- syn. quick temper, short temper, spleen;

irascible / ɪr æ s ə b ɫ /
a1
quickly aroused to anger;

- "a hotheaded commander";

- syn. choleric, hot-tempered, hotheaded, quick-tempered, short-tempered;

- sim. ill-natured;

a2
characterized by anger;

- "a choleric outburst";

- "an irascible response";

- syn. choleric;

- sim. angry;

irate / aɪ ɹ eɪ t /
a1
feeling or showing extreme anger;

- "irate protesters";

- "ireful words";

- syn. ireful;

- sim. angry;

irately / aɪ ɹ eɪ t ɫ i /
r1
in an irate manner;

- "`Get out,' he shouted irately";

ire / aɪ ə , aɪ ə ɹ /
n1
a strong emotion;

- a feeling that is oriented toward some real or supposed grievance;

- syn. anger, choler;

n2
belligerence aroused by a real or supposed wrong (personified as one of the deadly sins);

- syn. anger, ira, wrath;

ireful / aɪ ə f ə ɫ /
a1
feeling or showing extreme anger;

- "irate protesters";

- "ireful words";

- syn. irate;

- sim. angry;

Ireland / aɪ ə ɫ ə n d /
n1
a republic consisting of 26 of 32 counties comprising the island of Ireland;

- achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1921;

- syn. Eire, Irish Republic, Republic of Ireland;

n2
an island comprising the republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland;

- syn. Emerald Isle, Hibernia;

Irelander / aɪ ə ɫ ə n d ə , aɪ ə ɫ ə n d ə ɹ /
n1
a native or inhabitant of Ireland;

- syn. Irish person;

Irena / aɪ ɹ i n ə /
n1
type genus of the Irenidae: fairy bluebirds;

- syn. genus Irena;

Irenaeus
n1
Greek theologian who was bishop of Lyons and an antiheretical writer;

- a saint and Doctor of the Church (circa 130-200);

- syn. Saint Irenaeus, St. Irenaeus;

Irene Joliot-Curie
n1
French physicist who (with her husband) synthesized new chemical elements (1897-1956);

- syn. Joliot-Curie;

irenic / aɪ ɹ i n ɪ k /
a1
conducive to peace;

- "irenic without being namby-pamby";

- "an irenic attitude toward former antagonists";

- sim. peaceful;

Irenidae
n1
a family of birds of the suborder Oscines;

- syn. family Irenidae;

Iresine
n1
genus of tropical American herbs or subshrubs;

- syn. genus Iresine;

Iresine herbstii
n1
South American plant having green to purple or red branches with green to purple ornamental foliage and spikes of insignificant woolly flowers with dry membranous bracts;

- syn. Iresine reticulata, beef plant, beefsteak plant;

Iresine reticulata
n1
South American plant having green to purple or red branches with green to purple ornamental foliage and spikes of insignificant woolly flowers with dry membranous bracts;

- syn. Iresine herbstii, beef plant, beefsteak plant;

Iridaceae
n1
large family of usually perennial geophytic herbs with rhizomes or corms or bulbs;

- syn. family Iridaceae, iris family;

iridaceous / ɪr ɪ d eɪ ʃ ə s /
a1
of or pertaining to or characteristic of plants of the family Iridaceae;

iridaceous plant
n1
any bulbous plant of the family Iridaceae;

iridectomy
n1
an eye operation that treats closed-angle glaucoma by surgical removal of part of the iris of the eye;

iridesce / ɪr ɪ d ɛ s /
v1
be iridescent;

- "The corals iridesced under the surface of the clear water";

iridescence / ɪr ɪ d ɛ s n s /
n1
the visual property of something having a milky brightness and a play of colors from the surface;

- syn. opalescence;

iridescent / ɪr ɪ d ɛ s n t /
a1
varying in color when seen in different lights or from different angles;

- "changeable taffeta";

- "chatoyant (or shot) silk";

- "a dragonfly hovered, vibrating and iridescent";

- syn. changeable, chatoyant, shot;

- sim. colorful;

a2
having a play of lustrous rainbow colors;

- "an iridescent oil slick";

- "nacreous (or pearlescent) clouds looking like mother-of-pearl";

- "a milky opalescent (or opaline) luster";

- syn. nacreous, opalescent, opaline, pearlescent;

- sim. bright;

iridic / ɪr ɪ d ɪ k /
a1
of or containing iridium;

a2
of or relating to the iris of the eye;

iridium / ɪr ɪ d ɪə m /
n1
a heavy brittle metallic element of the platinum group;

- used in alloys;

- occurs in natural alloys with platinum or osmium;

- syn. Ir, atomic number 77;

iridocyclitis
n1
inflammation of the iris and ciliary body of the eye;

iridokeratitis
n1
inflammation of the iris and cornea of the eye;

iridoncus
n1
swelling of the iris of the eye;

Iridoprocne
n1
a genus of Hirundinidae;

- syn. genus Iridoprocne;

Iridoprocne bicolor
n1
bluish-green-and-white North American swallow;

- nests in tree cavities;

- syn. tree swallow, white-bellied swallow;

iridosmine
n1
a hard and corrosion resistant mineral that is a natural alloy of osmium and iridium (usually containing small amounts of rhodium and platinum);

- used in needles and pen nibs etc.;

- syn. osmiridium;

iridotomy
n1
a surgical procedure that makes an incision in the iris of the eye in order to enlarge the pupil or to treat closed-angle glaucoma;

iris / aɪ ə ɹ ɪ s , aɪ ɹ ɪ s /
n1
plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing bright-colored flowers composed of three petals and three drooping sepals;

- syn. flag, fleur-de-lis, sword lily;

n2
muscular diaphragm that controls the size of the pupil which in turn controls the amount of light that enters the eye;

- it forms the colored portion of the eye;

n3
diaphragm consisting of thin overlapping plates that can be adjusted to change the diameter of a central opening;

- syn. iris diaphragm;

Iris cristata
n1
low-growing summer-flowering iris of northeastern United States;

- syn. dwarf iris;

iris diaphragm
n1
diaphragm consisting of thin overlapping plates that can be adjusted to change the diameter of a central opening;

- syn. iris;

iris family
n1
large family of usually perennial geophytic herbs with rhizomes or corms or bulbs;

- syn. Iridaceae, family Iridaceae;

Iris filifolia
n1
bulbous Spanish iris with red-violet flowers;

- syn. Dutch iris;

Iris florentina
n1
German iris having large white flowers with lavender-tinged falls and a fragrant rhizome;

- syn. Florentine iris, Iris germanica florentina, orris;

Iris foetidissima
n1
iris with purple flowers and foul-smelling leaves;

- southern and western Europe and North Africa;

- syn. gladdon, gladdon iris, roast beef plant, stinking gladwyn, stinking iris;

Iris germanica
n1
a large iris with purple or white flowers, native to central and southern Europe;

- syn. German iris;

Iris germanica florentina
n1
German iris having large white flowers with lavender-tinged falls and a fragrant rhizome;

- syn. Florentine iris, Iris florentina, orris;

Iris kaempferi
n1
iris native to Japan having large showy flowers;

- syn. Japanese iris;

Iris kochii
n1
iris of northern Italy having deep blue-purple flowers;

- similar to but smaller than Iris germanica;

- syn. German iris;

Iris Murdoch
n1
British writer (born in Ireland) known primarily for her novels (1919-1999);

- syn. Dame Jean Iris Murdoch, Murdoch;

Iris pallida
n1
European iris having soft lilac-blue flowers;

- syn. Dalmatian iris;

Iris persica
n1
bulbous iris native to Asia Minor cultivated for its pale lilac-colored flowers;

- syn. Persian iris;

Iris pseudacorus
n1
common yellow-flowered iris of Europe and North Africa, naturalized in United States and often cultivated;

- syn. yellow flag, yellow iris, yellow water flag;

iris scanning
n1
biometric identification by scanning the iris of the eye;

- "the structure of the iris is very distinctive";

Iris tingitana
n1
bulbous Spanish iris having blue flowers;

- syn. Dutch iris;

Iris verna
n1
low-growing spring-flowering American iris with bright blue-lilac flowers;

- syn. dwarf iris, vernal iris;

Iris versicolor
n1
a common iris of the eastern United States having blue or blue-violet flowers;

- root formerly used medicinally;

- syn. blue flag;

Iris virginica
n1
similar to blue flag;

- the eastern United States;

- syn. southern blue flag;

Iris xiphioides
n1
bulbous iris native to the Pyrenees;

- widely cultivated for its large delicate flowers in various colors except yellow;

- syn. English iris;

Iris xiphium
n1
bulbous iris of western Mediterranean region having usually violet-purple flowers;

- syn. Spanish iris, xiphium iris;

Irish / aɪ ɹ ɪ ʃ /
n1
people of Ireland or of Irish extraction;

- syn. Irish people;

n2
whiskey made in Ireland chiefly from barley;

- syn. Irish whiskey, Irish whisky;

n3
the Celtic language of Ireland;

- syn. Irish Gaelic;

a1
of or relating to or characteristic of Ireland or its people;

Irish bull
n1
obscene words for unacceptable behavior;

- "I put up with a lot of bullshit from that jerk";

- "what he said was mostly bull";

- syn. bull, bullshit, crap, dogshit, horseshit, shit;

Irish burgoo
n1
Irish version of burgoo;

- syn. mulligan, mulligan stew;

Irish capital
n1
capital and largest city and major port of the Irish Republic;

- syn. Dublin, capital of Ireland;

Irish coffee
n1
sweetened coffee with Irish whiskey and whipped cream;

Irish Gaelic
n1
the Celtic language of Ireland;

- syn. Irish;

Irish gorse
n1
very spiny and dense evergreen shrub with fragrant golden-yellow flowers;

- common throughout western Europe;

- syn. Ulex europaeus, furze, gorse, whin;

Irish monetary unit
n1
monetary unit in Eire;

Irish moss
n1
dark purple edible seaweed of the Atlantic coasts of Europe and North America;

- syn. Chondrus crispus, carageen, carrageen, carragheen;

Irish National Liberation Army
n1
a radical terrorist group dedicated to the removal of British forces from Northern Ireland and the unification of Ireland;

- syn. Catholic Reaction Force, INLA, People's Liberation Army, People's Republican Army;

Irish people
n1
people of Ireland or of Irish extraction;

- syn. Irish;

Irish person
n1
a native or inhabitant of Ireland;

- syn. Irelander;

Irish potato
n1
an edible tuber native to South America;

- a staple food of Ireland;

- syn. murphy, potato, spud, tater, white potato;

Irish pound
n1
formerly the basic unit of money in Ireland;

- equal to 100 pence;

- syn. Irish punt, pound, punt;

Irish punt
n1
formerly the basic unit of money in Ireland;

- equal to 100 pence;

- syn. Irish pound, pound, punt;

Irish Republic
n1
a republic consisting of 26 of 32 counties comprising the island of Ireland;

- achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1921;

- syn. Eire, Ireland, Republic of Ireland;

Irish Republican Army
n1
a militant organization of Irish nationalists who used terrorism and guerilla warfare in an effort to drive British forces from Northern Ireland and achieve a united independent Ireland;

- syn. IRA, Provisional IRA, Provisional Irish Republican Army, Provos;

Irish Sea
n1
an arm of the North Atlantic between Great Britain and Ireland;

Irish setter
n1
an Irish breed with a chestnut-brown or mahogany-red coat;

- syn. red setter;

Irish soda bread
n1
round loaf made with soda and buttermilk;

- often containing caraway seeds and raisins;

Irish stew
n1
meat (especially mutton) stewed with potatoes and onions;

Irish strawberry
n1
small evergreen European shrubby tree bearing many-seeded scarlet berries that are edible but bland;

- of Ireland, southern Europe, Asia Minor;

- syn. Arbutus unedo, strawberry tree;

Irish terrier
n1
medium-sized breed with a wiry brown coat;

- developed in Ireland;

Irish water spaniel
n1
breed of large spaniels developed in Ireland having a heavy coat of liver-colored curls and a topknot of long curls and a nearly hairless tail;

Irish whiskey
n1
whiskey made in Ireland chiefly from barley;

- syn. Irish, Irish whisky;

Irish whisky
n1
whiskey made in Ireland chiefly from barley;

- syn. Irish, Irish whiskey;

Irish wolfhound
n1
large breed of hound with a rough thick coat;

Irishman / aɪ ɹ ɪ ʃ m ə n /
n1
a man who is a native or inhabitant of Ireland;

Irishwoman / aɪ ɹ ɪ ʃ w ɪ m ɪ n , aɪ ɹ ɪ ʃ w ʊ m ə n /
n1
a woman who is a native or inhabitant of Ireland;

iritic
a1
of or relating to located near the iris of the eye;

iritis
n1
inflammation of the iris;

irk / ɝ k /
v1
irritate or vex;

- "It galls me that we lost the suit";

- syn. gall;

irksome / ɝ k s ə m /
a1
so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness;

- "a boring evening with uninteresting people";

- "the deadening effect of some routine tasks";

- "a dull play";

- "his competent but dull performance";

- "a ho-hum speaker who couldn't capture their attention";

- "what an irksome task the writing of long letters is"- Edmund Burke;

- "tedious days on the train";

- "the tiresome chirping of a cricket"- Mark Twain;

- "other people's dreams are dreadfully wearisome";

- syn. boring, deadening, dull, ho-hum, slow, tedious, tiresome, wearisome;

- sim. uninteresting;

iron / aɪ ə n /
n1
a heavy ductile magnetic metallic element;

- is silver-white in pure form but readily rusts;

- used in construction and tools and armament;

- plays a role in the transport of oxygen by the blood;

- syn. Fe, atomic number 26;

n2
a golf club that has a relatively narrow metal head;

n3
implement used to brand live stock;

- syn. branding iron;

n4
home appliance consisting of a flat metal base that is heated and used to smooth cloth;

- syn. smoothing iron;

v1
press and smooth with a heated iron;

- "press your shirts";

- "she stood there ironing";

- syn. iron out, press;

a1
extremely robust;

- "an iron constitution";

- syn. cast-iron;

- sim. robust;

iron-gray
n1
the color of freshly broken cast iron;

- syn. iron-grey;

a1
of the grey color of iron;

- syn. iron-grey;

- sim. achromatic;

iron-grey / aɪ ə n ɡ ɹ eɪ /
n1
the color of freshly broken cast iron;

- syn. iron-gray;

a1
of the grey color of iron;

- syn. iron-gray;

- sim. achromatic;

iron-storage disease
n1
pathology in which iron accumulates in the tissues;

- characterized by bronzed skin and enlarged liver and diabetes mellitus and abnormalities of the pancreas and the joints;

- syn. bronzed diabetes, hemochromatosis, iron overload;

iron-tree
n1
a small slow-growing deciduous tree of northern Iran having a low domed shape;

- syn. iron tree, ironwood, ironwood tree;

Iron Age
n1
(archeology) the period following the Bronze Age;

- characterized by rapid spread of iron tools and weapons;

n2
(classical mythology) the last and worst age of the world;

iron blue
n1
slightly purplish or bluish dark grey;

- syn. Davy's gray, Davy's grey, steel gray, steel grey;

n2
any of various blue pigments;

- syn. Prussian blue;

iron boot
n1
an instrument of torture that is used to heat or crush the foot and leg;

- syn. boot, iron heel, the boot;

iron cage
n1
a cage from which there is no escape;

iron carbide
n1
a chemical compound that is a constituent of steel and cast iron;

- very hard and brittle;

- syn. cementite;

Iron Chancellor
n1
German statesman under whose leadership Germany was united (1815-1898);

- syn. Bismarck, Otto von Bismarck, Prince Otto Eduard Leopold von Bismarck, Prince Otto von Bismarck, von Bismarck;

iron collar
n1
an instrument of execution for execution by strangulation;

- syn. garotte, garrote, garrotte;

iron curtain
n1
an impenetrable barrier to communication or information especially as imposed by rigid censorship and secrecy;

- used by Winston Churchill in 1946 to describe the demarcation between democratic and communist countries;

iron deficiency anaemia
n1
a form of anemia due to lack of iron in the diet or to iron loss as a result of chronic bleeding;

- syn. iron deficiency anemia;

iron deficiency anemia
n1
a form of anemia due to lack of iron in the diet or to iron loss as a result of chronic bleeding;

- syn. iron deficiency anaemia;

iron disulfide
n1
a compound containing two atoms of sulfur combined with iron;

Iron Duke
n1
British general and statesman;

- he defeated Napoleon at Waterloo;

- subsequently served as Prime Minister (1769-1852);

- syn. Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington, First Duke of Wellington, Wellington;

iron filing
n1
a fragment of iron rubbed off by the use of a file;

iron fist
n1
rigorous or ruthless control;

- "she rules the office with an iron fist";

- "it takes an iron fist to contain the dissenting factions";

iron foundry
n1
a foundry where cast iron is produced;

iron heel
n1
an instrument of torture that is used to heat or crush the foot and leg;

- syn. boot, iron boot, the boot;

iron horse
n1
(c. 1840) an early term for a locomotive;

Iron Lady
n1
British stateswoman;

- first woman to serve as Prime Minister (born in 1925);

- syn. Baroness Thatcher of Kesteven, Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Margaret Thatcher, Thatcher;

iron lung
n1
respirator that produces alternations in air pressure in a chamber surrounding a patient's chest to force air into and out of the lungs thus providing artificial respiration;

iron maiden
n1
instrument of torture consisting of a hollow iron frame shaped like the human body and lined with spikes to impale the victim;

iron man
n1
a strong man of exceptional physical endurance;

- syn. ironman;

iron manganese tungsten
n1
a mineral consisting of iron and manganese tungstate in crystalline form;

- the principal ore of tungsten;

- found in quartz veins associated with granitic rocks;

- syn. wolframite;

iron mold
n1
a spot caused the staining with rust or ink;

- syn. iron mould;

iron mould
n1
a spot caused the staining with rust or ink;

- syn. iron mold;

iron oak
n1
small deciduous tree of eastern and central United States having dark green lyrate pinnatifid leaves and tough moisture-resistant wood used especially for fence posts;

- syn. Quercus stellata, box white oak, brash oak, post oak;

n2
medium-sized evergreen of southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico with oblong leathery often spiny-edged leaves;

- syn. Quercus chrysolepis, canyon live oak, canyon oak, maul oak;

iron ore
n1
an ore from which iron can be extracted;

iron out
v1
settle or put right;

- "we need to iron out our disagreements";

- syn. put right, straighten out;

v2
press and smooth with a heated iron;

- "press your shirts";

- "she stood there ironing";

- syn. iron, press;

iron overload
n1
pathology in which iron accumulates in the tissues;

- characterized by bronzed skin and enlarged liver and diabetes mellitus and abnormalities of the pancreas and the joints;

- syn. bronzed diabetes, hemochromatosis, iron-storage disease;

iron perchloride
n1
a highly toxic chemical used to engrave metal plates and electronic circuits;

iron putty
n1
a cement resembling putty;

- made by mixing ferric oxide and boiled linseed oil;

- is acid resistant;

iron pyrite
n1
a common mineral (iron disulfide) that has a pale yellow color;

- syn. fool's gold, pyrite;

iron trap
n1
a trap from which there is no escape;

iron tree
n1
a small slow-growing deciduous tree of northern Iran having a low domed shape;

- syn. iron-tree, ironwood, ironwood tree;

ironclad / aɪ ə n k ɫ æ d /
n1
a wooden warship of the 19th century that is plated with iron or steel armor;

a1
sheathed in iron plates for protection;

- sim. sheathed;

a2
inflexibly entrenched and unchangeable;

- "brassbound traditions";

- "brassbound party loyalists";

- "an ironclad rule";

- syn. brassbound;

- sim. inflexible;

ironed / aɪ ə n d /
a1
(of linens or clothes) smoothed with a hot iron;

- also smooth;

- sim. pressed, smoothed;

ironic / aɪ ɹ ɒ n ɪ k /
a1
humorously sarcastic or mocking;

- "dry humor";

- "an ironic remark often conveys an intended meaning obliquely";

- "an ironic novel";

- "an ironical smile";

- "with a wry Scottish wit";

- syn. dry, ironical, wry;

- sim. humorous;

a2
characterized by often poignant difference or incongruity between what is expected and what actually is;

- "madness, an ironic fate for such a clear thinker";

- "it was ironical that the well-planned scheme failed so completely";

- syn. ironical;

- sim. incongruous;

ironical / aɪ ɹ ɒ n ɪ k ɫ /
a1
characterized by often poignant difference or incongruity between what is expected and what actually is;

- "madness, an ironic fate for such a clear thinker";

- "it was ironical that the well-planned scheme failed so completely";

- syn. ironic;

- sim. incongruous;

a2
humorously sarcastic or mocking;

- "dry humor";

- "an ironic remark often conveys an intended meaning obliquely";

- "an ironic novel";

- "an ironical smile";

- "with a wry Scottish wit";

- syn. dry, ironic, wry;

- sim. humorous;

ironically / aɪ ɹ ɒ n ɪ k ɫ i /
r1
contrary to plan or expectation;

- "ironically, he ended up losing money under his own plan";

r2
in an ironic manner;

- "she began to mimic him ironically";

ironing / aɪ ə n ɪ ŋ /
n1
garments (clothes or linens) that are to be (or have been) ironed;

- "there was a basketful of ironing to do";

n2
the work of using heat to smooth washed clothes in order to remove any wrinkles;

ironing board
n1
narrow padded board on collapsible supports;

- used for ironing clothes;

ironist / aɪ ə n ɪ s t /
n1
a humorist who uses ridicule and irony and sarcasm;

- syn. ridiculer, satirist;

ironlike
a1
exhibiting strength or hardness like that of iron;

- "ironlike determination";

- "ironlike nerves";

- "ironlike discipline of the Marines";

- sim. strong;

ironman
n1
a strong man of exceptional physical endurance;

- syn. iron man;

ironmonger / aɪ ə n m ʌ ŋ ɡ ə , aɪ ə n m ʌ ŋ ɡ ə ɹ /
n1
someone who sells hardware;

- "in England they call a hardwareman an ironmonger";

- syn. hardwareman;

n2
a store selling hardware;

- "in Great Britain they used to call a hardware store an ironmonger's shop";

- syn. hardware store, ironmonger's shop;

ironmonger's shop
n1
a store selling hardware;

- "in Great Britain they used to call a hardware store an ironmonger's shop";

- syn. hardware store, ironmonger;

ironmongery / aɪ ə n m ʌ ŋ ɡ ə ɹ i /
n1
the merchandise that is sold in an ironmonger's shop;

irons / aɪ ə n z /
n1
metal shackles;

- for hands or legs;

- syn. chains;

ironshod
a1
shod or cased with iron;

- "ironshod hooves";

- "ironshod wheels";

- sim. shod;

ironside / aɪ ə n s aɪ d /
n1
a man of great strength or bravery;

Ironsides / aɪ ə n s aɪ d z /
n1
English general and statesman who led the parliamentary army in the English Civil War (1599-1658);

- syn. Cromwell, Oliver Cromwell;

ironware / aɪ ə n w eə , aɪ ə n w eə ɹ /
n1
instrumentalities (tools or implements) made of metal;

- syn. hardware;

ironweed / aɪ ə n w i d /
n1
any of various plants of the genus Vernonia of tropical and warm regions of especially North America that take their name from their loose heads of purple to rose flowers that quickly take on a rusty hue;

- syn. vernonia;

ironwood / aɪ ə n w ʊ d /
n1
handsome East Indian evergreen tree often planted as an ornamental for its fragrant white flowers that yield a perfume;

- source of very heavy hardwood used for railroad ties;

- syn. Mesua ferrea, ironwood tree, rose chestnut;

n2
exceptionally tough or hard wood of any of a number of ironwood trees;

n3
a small slow-growing deciduous tree of northern Iran having a low domed shape;

- syn. iron-tree, iron tree, ironwood tree;

n4
medium-sized hop hornbeam of eastern North America;

- syn. Eastern hop hornbeam, Ostrya virginiana, ironwood tree;

ironwood tree
n1
handsome East Indian evergreen tree often planted as an ornamental for its fragrant white flowers that yield a perfume;

- source of very heavy hardwood used for railroad ties;

- syn. Mesua ferrea, ironwood, rose chestnut;

n2
a small slow-growing deciduous tree of northern Iran having a low domed shape;

- syn. iron-tree, iron tree, ironwood;

n3
medium-sized hop hornbeam of eastern North America;

- syn. Eastern hop hornbeam, Ostrya virginiana, ironwood;

ironwork / aɪ ə n w ɝ k /
n1
work made of iron (gratings or rails or railings etc);

- "the houses had much ornamental ironwork";

ironworker / aɪ ə n w ɝ k ə , aɪ ə n w ɝ k ə ɹ /
n1
a person who makes articles of iron;

ironworks / aɪ ə n w ɝ k s /
n1
the workplace where iron is smelted or where iron goods are made;

irony / aɪ ə n i , aɪ ə ɹ ə n i /
n1
witty language used to convey insults or scorn;

- "he used sarcasm to upset his opponent";

- "irony is wasted on the stupid";

- "Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally discover everybody's face but their own"--Jonathan Swift;

- syn. caustic remark, sarcasm, satire;

n2
incongruity between what might be expected and what actually occurs;

- "the irony of Ireland's copying the nation she most hated";

n3
a trope that involves incongruity between what is expected and what occurs;

Iroquoian
n1
a family of North American Indian languages spoken by the Iroquois;

- syn. Iroquoian language, Iroquois;

Iroquoian language
n1
a family of North American Indian languages spoken by the Iroquois;

- syn. Iroquoian, Iroquois;

Iroquois
n1
any member of the warlike North American Indian peoples formerly living in New York State;

- the Iroquois League were allies of the British during the American Revolution;

n2
a family of North American Indian languages spoken by the Iroquois;

- syn. Iroquoian, Iroquoian language;

Iroquois League
n1
a league of Iroquois tribes including originally the Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga and Seneca (the Five Nations);

- after 1722 they were joined by the Tuscarora (the Six Nations);

- syn. Five Nations, League of Iroquois, Six Nations;

irradiate / ɪr eɪ d ɪ eɪ t /
v1
give spiritual insight to;

- in religion;

- syn. enlighten;

v2
cast rays of light upon;

v3
expose to radiation;

- "irradiate food";

- syn. ray;

irradiation / ɪr eɪ d ɪ eɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
the condition of being exposed to radiation;

n2
a column of light (as from a beacon);

- syn. beam, beam of light, light beam, ray, ray of light, shaft, shaft of light;

n3
(physiology) the spread of sensory neural impulses in the cortex;

n4
the apparent enlargement of a bright object when viewed against a dark background;

n5
(Pavolvian conditioning) the elicitation of a conditioned response by stimulation similar but not identical to the original stimulus;

n6
(medicine) the treatment of disease (especially cancer) by exposure to a radioactive substance;

- syn. actinotherapy, radiation, radiation therapy, radiotherapy;

irrational / ɪr æ ʃ ə n ɫ /
n1
a real number that cannot be expressed as a rational number;

- syn. irrational number;

a1
not consistent with or using reason;

- "irrational fears";

- "irrational animals";

- also illogical, incoherent, unlogical, unreasonable;

- sim. blind, nonrational, reasonless, superstitious;

a2
real but not expressible as the quotient of two integers;

- "irrational numbers";

irrational hostility
n1
extreme prejudice;

irrational impulse
n1
a strong spontaneous and irrational motivation;

- "his first impulse was to denounce them";

- "the urge to find out got him into trouble";

irrational motive
n1
a motivation that is inconsistent with reason or logic;

irrational number
n1
a real number that cannot be expressed as a rational number;

- syn. irrational;

irrationality / ɪr æ ʃ ə n æ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
the state of being irrational;

- lacking powers of understanding;

- syn. unreason;

irrationally / ɪr æ ʃ ə n ə ɫ i /
r1
in an irrational manner;

- "they acted irrationally";

Irrawaddy
n1
the main river of Myanmar rising in the north and flowing south through the length of Burma to empty into the Andaman Sea;

- syn. Irrawaddy River;

Irrawaddy River
n1
the main river of Myanmar rising in the north and flowing south through the length of Burma to empty into the Andaman Sea;

- syn. Irrawaddy;

irreality
n1
the state of being insubstantial or imaginary;

- not existing objectively or in fact;

- syn. unreality;

irreclaimable / ɪr ɪ k ɫ eɪ m ə b ɫ /
a1
insusceptible of reform;

- "vicious irreclaimable boys";

- "irredeemable sinners";

- syn. irredeemable, unredeemable, unreformable;

- sim. wicked;

irreconcilable / ɪr ɛ k ə n s aɪ ɫ ə b ɫ /
a1
impossible to reconcile;

- "irreconcilable differences";

- syn. unreconcilable;

- sim. hostile, inconsistent;

irrecoverable / ɪr ɪ k ʌ v ə ɹ ə b ɫ /
a1
incapable of being recovered or regained;

- syn. unrecoverable;

- sim. irretrievable, lost;

irredeemable / ɪr ɪ d i m ə b ɫ /
a1
insusceptible of reform;

- "vicious irreclaimable boys";

- "irredeemable sinners";

- syn. irreclaimable, unredeemable, unreformable;

- sim. wicked;

a2
(of paper money) not convertible into coin at the pleasure of the holder;

- sim. inconvertible;

irredenta / ɪr ɪ d ɛ n t ə /
n1
a region that is related ethnically or historically to one country but is controlled politically by another;

- syn. irridenta;

irredentism / ɪr ɪ d ɛ n t ɪ z ə m /
n1
the doctrine that irredenta should be controlled by the country to which they are ethnically or historically related;

- syn. irridentism;

irredentist / ɪr ɪ d ɛ n t ɪ s t /
n1
an advocate of irredentism;

- syn. irridentist;

irreducible / ɪr ɪ d j u s ə b ɫ , ɪr ɪ f j u t ə b ɫ /
a1
incapable of being made smaller or simpler;

- "an irreducible minimum";

- "an irreducible formula";

- "an irreducible hernia";

irrefutable / ɪr ɛ f j ʊ t ə b ɫ , ɪr ɪ f j u t ə b ɫ /
a1
impossible to deny or disprove;

- "incontrovertible proof of the defendant's innocence";

- "proof positive";

- "an irrefutable argument";

- syn. incontrovertible, positive;

- sim. undeniable;

irregardless
r1
regardless;

- a combination of irrespective and regardless sometimes used humorously;

irregular / ɪr ɛ ɡ j ʊ ɫ ə , ɪr ɛ ɡ j ʊ ɫ ə ɹ /
n1
a member of an irregular armed force that fights a stronger force by sabotage and harassment;

- syn. guerilla, guerrilla, insurgent;

n2
merchandise that has imperfections;

- usually sold at a reduced price without the brand name;

- syn. second;

a1
contrary to rule or accepted order or general practice;

- "irregular hiring practices";

- also asymmetric, asymmetrical, illegal, rough, unrhythmic, unrhythmical, unsmooth, unsteady, unsystematic;

- sim. asymmetrical, casual, improper, randomized, strong;

a2
not occurring at a regular rate or fixed intervals;

- "an irregular heartbeat";

- syn. unpredictable;

- sim. sporadic;

a3
(used of the military) not belonging to or engaged in by regular army forces;

- "irregular troops";

- "irregular warfare";

- also partisan, partizan;

a4
(of solids) not having clear dimensions that can be measured;

- volume must be determined with the principle of liquid displacement;

a5
failing to meet a standard of manufacture due to an imperfection;

- "an irregular pair of jeans";

- sim. imperfect;

a6
deviating from normal expectations;

- somewhat odd, strange, or abnormal;

- "these days large families are atypical";

- "atypical clinical findings";

- "atypical pneumonia";

- "highly irregular behavior";

- syn. atypical;

- sim. abnormal;

a7
lacking continuity or regularity;

- "an irregular worker";

- "employed on a temporary basis";

- syn. temporary;

- sim. part-time;

a8
(of a surface or shape);

- not level or flat or symmetrical;

- "walking was difficult on the irregular cobblestoned surface";

- sim. uneven;

a9
independent in behavior or thought;

- "she led a somewhat irregular private life";

- "maverick politicians";

- syn. maverick, unorthodox;

- sim. unconventional;

irregularity / ɪr ɛ ɡ j ʊ ɫ æ ɹ ɪ t i /
n1
behavior that breaches the rule or etiquette or custom or morality;

- syn. abnormality;

n2
not characterized by a fixed principle or rate;

- at irregular intervals;

- syn. unregularity;

n3
an irregular asymmetry in shape;

- an irregular spatial pattern;

- syn. geometrical irregularity;

n4
irregular and infrequent or difficult evacuation of the bowels;

- can be a symptom of intestinal obstruction or diverticulitis;

- syn. constipation;

irregularly / ɪr ɛ ɡ j ʊ ɫ ə ɫ i /
r1
at an uneven rate;

- "the patient is breathing irregularly";

r2
having an irregular form;

- "irregularly shaped solids";

r3
in an irregular manner;

- "her letters arrived irregularly";

- syn. on an irregular basis;

r4
in an irregular manner;

- "the stomach mucosa was irregularly blackened";

irrelevance / ɪr ɛ ɫ ə v ə n s /
n1
the lack of a relation of something to the matter at hand;

- syn. irrelevancy;

irrelevancy / ɪr ɛ ɫ ə v ə n s i /
n1
the lack of a relation of something to the matter at hand;

- syn. irrelevance;

irrelevant / ɪr ɛ ɫ ə v ə n t /
a1
having no bearing on or connection with the subject at issue;

- "an irrelevant comment";

- "irrelevant allegations";

- sim. digressive, extraneous, inapplicable, moot;

irrelevantly / ɪr ɛ ɫ ə v ə n t ɫ i /
r1
in an irrelevant manner;

- "suddenly and irrelevantly, she asked him for money";

irreligion / ɪr ɪ ɫ ɪ dʒ ə n /
n1
the quality of not being devout;

- syn. irreligiousness;

irreligionist / ɪr ɪ ɫ ɪ dʒ ə n ɪ s t /
n1
someone who is indifferent or hostile to religion;

irreligious / ɪr ɪ ɫ ɪ dʒ ə s /
a1
hostile or indifferent to religion;

- also impious;

- sim. atheistic, heathen, lapsed, nonobservant;

irreligiousness / ɪr ɪ ɫ ɪ dʒ ə s n ɛ s /
n1
the quality of not being devout;

- syn. irreligion;

irremediable / ɪr ɪ m i d ɪə b ɫ /
a1
impossible to remedy or correct or redress;

- "an irremediable error";

- "irremediable defects of character";

irremovable / ɪr ɛ p ə ɹ ə b ɫ , ɪr ɪ m u v ə b ɫ /
a1
incapable of being removed or away or dismiss;

- "irremovable boulders";

- "irremovable obstacles";

- sim. tenured;

irreparable / ɪr ɛ p ə ɹ ə b ɫ /
a1
impossible to repair, rectify, or amend;

- "irreparable harm";

- "an irreparable mistake";

- "irreparable damages";

irreparably / ɪr ɛ p ə ɹ ə b ɫ i /
r1
in an irreparable manner or to an irreparable degree;

irreplaceable / ɪr ɪ p ɫ eɪ s ə b ɫ , ɪr ɪ p ɹ ɛ s ə b ɫ /
a1
impossible to replace;

- "irreplaceable antiques";

- syn. unreplaceable;

- also unexpendable;

irreplaceableness / ɪr ɪ p ɫ eɪ s ə b ɫ n ə s /
n1
the quality of being irreplaceable;

irrepressibility / ɪr ɪ p ɹ ɛ s ɪ b ɪ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
irrepressible liveliness and good spirit;

- "I admired his buoyancy and persistent good humor";

- syn. buoyancy;

irrepressible / ɪr ɪ p ɹ ɛ s ə b ɫ /
a1
impossible to repress or control;

- "an irrepressible chatterbox";

- "uncontrollable laughter";

- syn. uncontrollable;

- sim. uncontrolled;

irreproachable / ɪr ɪ p ɹ oʊ tʃ ə b ɫ /
a1
free of guilt;

- not subject to blame;

- "has lived a blameless life";

- "of irreproachable character";

- "an unimpeachable reputation";

- syn. blameless, inculpable, unimpeachable;

- sim. innocent;

irreproachably / ɪr ɪ p ɹ oʊ tʃ ə b ɫ i /
r1
in an irreproachable and blameless manner;

- "she had lived blamelessly until she met this man";

- syn. blamelessly;

irreproducibility
n1
the quality of being unreproducible;

- "he could not explain the irreproducibility of the results of his experiment";

irreproducible
a1
impossible to reproduce or duplicate;

- syn. unreproducible;

- sim. inimitable, unrepeatable;

irresistibility / ɪr ɪ z ɪ s t ə b ɪ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
the quality of being overpowering and impossible to resist;

- syn. irresistibleness;

irresistible / ɪr ɪ z ɪ s t ə b ɫ /
a1
impossible to resist;

- overpowering;

- "irresistible (or resistless) impulses";

- "what happens when an irresistible force meets an immovable object?";

- syn. resistless;

- sim. overpowering;

a2
overpoweringly attractive;

- "irresistible beauty";

- sim. attractive;

irresistible impulse
n1
an urge to do or say something that might be better left undone or unsaid;

- "he felt a compulsion to babble on about the accident";

- syn. compulsion;

irresistibleness / ɪr ɪ z ɪ s t ə b ɫ n ə s /
n1
the quality of being overpowering and impossible to resist;

- syn. irresistibility;

irresistibly / ɪr ɪ z ɪ s t ə b ɫ i /
r1
incapable of being resisted;

- "the candy looked overwhelmingly desirable to the dieting man";

- syn. overpoweringly, overwhelmingly;

irresolute / ɪr ɛ z ə ɫ u t /
a1
uncertain how to act or proceed;

- "the committee was timid and mediocre and irresolute";

- also indecisive;

- sim. discouraged, infirm, unstable, vacillant, weak-kneed;

irresolutely / ɪr ɛ z ə ɫ u t ɫ i /
r1
lacking determination or decisiveness;

irresoluteness / ɪr ɛ z ə ɫ u t n ə s /
n1
the trait of being irresolute;

- lacking firmness of purpose;

- syn. irresolution;

irresolution / ɪr ɛ z ə ɫ u ʃ n /
n1
doubt concerning two or more possible alternatives or courses of action;

- "his indecision was only momentary but the opportunity was lost";

- syn. indecision, indecisiveness;

n2
the trait of being irresolute;

- lacking firmness of purpose;

- syn. irresoluteness;

irrespective / ɪr ɪ s p ɛ k t ɪ v /
r1
in spite of everything;

- without regard to drawbacks;

- "he carried on regardless of the difficulties";

- syn. disregarding, disregardless, no matter, regardless;

irresponsibility / ɪr ɪ s p ɒ n s ə b ɪ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
a form of untrustworthiness;

- the trait of lacking a sense of responsibility and not feeling accountable for your actions;

- syn. irresponsibleness;

irresponsible / ɪr ɪ s p ɒ n s ə b ɫ , ɪr ɪ t ɹ i v ə b ɫ /
a1
showing lack of care for consequences;

- "behaved like an irresponsible idiot";

- "hasty and irresponsible action";

- sim. carefree, do-nothing, feckless, idle, trigger-happy, unaccountable, unreliable;

irresponsibleness / ɪr ɪ s p ɒ n s ə b ɫ n ə s /
n1
a form of untrustworthiness;

- the trait of lacking a sense of responsibility and not feeling accountable for your actions;

- syn. irresponsibility;

irresponsibly / ɪr ɪ s p ɒ n s ə b ɫ i /
r1
in an irresponsible manner;

- "he acted irresponsibly";

irretrievable / ɪr ɪ t ɹ i v ə b ɫ /
a1
impossible to recover or recoup or overcome;

- "an irretrievable loss";

- "irretrievable errors in judgment";

- syn. unretrievable;

- sim. unrecoverable;

irretrievably / ɪr ɪ t ɹ i v ə b ɫ i /
r1
in an irretrievable manner;

- "it is irretrievably lost";

irreverence / ɪr ɛ v ə ɹ ə n s /
n1
an irreverent mental attitude;

n2
a disrespectful act;

- syn. violation;

irreverent / ɪr ɛ v ə ɹ ə n t /
a1
showing lack of due respect or veneration;

- "irreverent scholars mocking sacred things";

- "noisy irreverent tourists";

- also disrespectful;

- sim. aweless, blasphemous;

a2
characterized by a lightly pert and exuberant quality;

- "a certain irreverent gaiety and ease of manner";

- syn. impertinent, pert, saucy;

- sim. spirited;

a3
not revering god;

- syn. godless;

- sim. impious;

irreverently / ɪr ɛ v ə ɹ ə n t ɫ i /
r1
without respect;

- "the student irreverently mimicked the teacher in his presence";

r2
in an irreverent manner;

- "in the seventeenth century England had known fifty years of doctrinal quarrels and civil war;

- clergymen had been turned from their cures, and churches irreverently used";

irreversibility / ɪr ɪ v ɝ s ə b ɪ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
the quality of being irreversible (once done it cannot be changed);

irreversible / ɪr ɪ v ɝ s ə b ɫ /
a1
incapable of being reversed;

- "irreversible momentum toward revolution";

- sim. permanent;

irreversible process
n1
any process that is not reversible;

irreversibly / ɪr ɪ v ɝ s ə b ɫ i /
r1
in an irreversible manner;

- "this old tradition is irreversibly disappearing";

irrevocable / ɪr ɛ v ə k ə b ɫ /
a1
incapable of being retracted or revoked;

- "firm and irrevocable is my doom"- Shakespeare;

- syn. irrevokable;

- sim. sealed;

irrevocably / ɪr ɛ v ə k ə b ɫ i /
r1
in an irrevocable manner;

irrevokable
a1
incapable of being retracted or revoked;

- "firm and irrevocable is my doom"- Shakespeare;

- syn. irrevocable;

- sim. sealed;

irridenta / ɪr ɪ d ɛ n t ə /
n1
a region that is related ethnically or historically to one country but is controlled politically by another;

- syn. irredenta;

irridentism / ɪr ɪ d ɛ n t ɪ z ə m /
n1
the doctrine that irredenta should be controlled by the country to which they are ethnically or historically related;

- syn. irredentism;

irridentist / ɪr ɪ d ɛ n t ɪ s t /
n1
an advocate of irredentism;

- syn. irredentist;

irrigate / ɪr ɪ ɡ eɪ t /
v1
supply with water, as with channels or ditches or streams;

- "Water the fields";

- syn. water;

v2
supply with a constant flow or sprinkling of some liquid, for the purpose of cooling, cleansing, or disinfecting;

- "irrigate the wound";

irrigation / ɪr ɪ ɡ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
supplying dry land with water by means of ditches etc;

n2
(medicine) cleaning a wound or body organ by flushing or washing out with water or a medicated solution;

irrigation ditch
n1
a ditch to supply dry land with water artificially;

irritability / ɪr ɪ t ə b ɪ ɫ ɪ t i /
n1
an irritable petulant feeling;

- syn. choler, crossness, fretfulness, fussiness, peevishness, petulance;

n2
excessive sensitivity of an organ or body part;

- syn. excitability;

n3
a disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger;

- "his temper was well known to all his employees";

- syn. biliousness, peevishness, pettishness, snappishness, surliness, temper;

irritable / ɪr ɪ t ə b ɫ /
a1
easily irritated or annoyed;

- "an incorrigibly fractious young man";

- "not the least nettlesome of his countrymen";

- syn. cranky, fractious, nettlesome, peckish, peevish, pettish, petulant, scratchy, techy, testy, tetchy;

- sim. ill-natured;

a2
abnormally sensitive to a stimulus;

- sim. sensitive;

a3
capable of responding to stimuli;

- syn. excitable;

- sim. sensitive;

irritable bowel syndrome
n1
recurrent abdominal pain and diarrhea (often alternating with periods of constipation);

- often associated with emotional stress;

- syn. mucous colitis, spastic colon;

irritably / ɪr ɪ t ə b ɫ i /
r1
in a petulant manner;

- "he said testily: `Go away!'";

- syn. pettishly, petulantly, testily;

r2
in an irritable manner;

- "she had become irritably exact";

irritant / ɪr ɪ t ə n t /
n1
something that causes irritation and annoyance;

- "he's a thorn in my flesh";

- syn. thorn;

irritate / ɪr ɪ t eɪ t /
v1
cause annoyance in;

- disturb, especially by minor irritations;

- "Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me";

- "It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves";

- syn. annoy, bother, chafe, devil, get at, get to, gravel, nark, nettle, rag, rile, vex;

v2
excite to an abnormal condition, or chafe or inflame;

- "Aspirin irritates my stomach";

v3
excite to some characteristic action or condition, such as motion, contraction, or nervous impulse, by the application of a stimulus;

- "irritate the glands of a leaf";

irritated / ɪr ɪ t eɪ t ɪ d /
a1
aroused to impatience or anger;

- "made an irritated gesture";

- "feeling nettled from the constant teasing";

- "peeved about being left out";

- "felt really pissed at her snootiness";

- "riled no end by his lies";

- "roiled by the delay";

- syn. annoyed, miffed, nettled, peeved, pissed, pissed off, riled, roiled, steamed, stung;

- sim. displeased;

irritating / ɪr ɪ t eɪ t ɪ ŋ /
a1
causing irritation or annoyance;

- "tapping an annoying rhythm on his glass with his fork";

- "aircraft noise is particularly bothersome near the airport";

- "found it galling to have to ask permission";

- "an irritating delay";

- "nettlesome paperwork";

- "a pesky mosquito";

- "swarms of pestering gnats";

- "a plaguey newfangled safety catch";

- "a teasing and persistent thought annoyed him";

- "a vexatious child";

- "it is vexing to have to admit you are wrong";

- syn. annoying, bothersome, galling, nettlesome, pesky, pestering, pestiferous, plaguey, plaguy, teasing, vexatious, vexing;

- sim. disagreeable;

a2
(used of physical stimuli) serving to stimulate or excite;

- "an irritative agent";

- syn. irritative;

- sim. stimulative;

a3
causing physical discomfort;

- "bites of black flies are more than irritating;

- they can be very painful";

- syn. painful;

- sim. uncomfortable;

irritatingly / ɪr ɪ t eɪ t ɪ ŋ ɫ i /
r1
in an irritating manner;

irritation / ɪr ɪ t eɪ ʃ n /
n1
the psychological state of being irritated or annoyed;

- syn. annoyance, botheration, vexation;

n2
a sudden outburst of anger;

- "his temper sparked like damp firewood";

- syn. pique, temper;

n3
(pathology) abnormal sensitivity to stimulation;

- "any food produced irritation of the stomach";

n4
the neural or electrical arousal of an organ or muscle or gland;

- syn. excitation, innervation;

n5
an uncomfortable feeling of mental painfulness or distress;

- syn. discomfort, soreness;

n6
unfriendly behavior that causes anger or resentment;

- syn. aggravation, provocation;

n7
the act of troubling or annoying someone;

- syn. annoyance, annoying, vexation;

irritative / ɪr ɪ t eɪ t ɪ v /
a1
(used of physical stimuli) serving to stimulate or excite;

- "an irritative agent";

- syn. irritating;

- sim. stimulative;

irrupt / ɪr ʌ p t /
v1
enter uninvited;

- "They intruded on our dinner party";

- "She irrupted into our sitting room";

- syn. intrude;

v2
erupt or intensify suddenly;

- "Unrest erupted in the country";

- "Tempers flared at the meeting";

- "The crowd irrupted into a burst of patriotism";

- syn. break open, burst out, erupt, flare, flare up;

v3
increase rapidly and in an uncontrolled manner;

- "The population of India is exploding";

- "The island's rodent population irrupted";

- syn. explode;

irruption / ɪr ʌ p ʃ n /
n1
a sudden violent entrance;

- a bursting in;

- "the recent irruption of bad manners";

n2
a sudden sharp increase in the relative numbers of a population;

n3
a sudden violent spontaneous occurrence (usually of some undesirable condition);

- "the outbreak of hostilities";

- syn. eruption, outbreak;

irruptive / ɪr ʌ p t ɪ v /
a1
of igneous rock that has solidified beneath the earth's surface;

- granite or diorite or gabbro;

- syn. plutonic;

- sim. intrusive;

IRS
n1
the bureau of the Treasury Department responsible for tax collections;

- syn. Internal Revenue Service;

Irtish
n1
an Asian river that rises in the Altai Mountains in northern China and flows generally northwest to become a tributary of the Ob River;

- syn. Irtish River, Irtysh, Irtysh River;

Irtish River
n1
an Asian river that rises in the Altai Mountains in northern China and flows generally northwest to become a tributary of the Ob River;

- syn. Irtish, Irtysh, Irtysh River;

Irtysh
n1
an Asian river that rises in the Altai Mountains in northern China and flows generally northwest to become a tributary of the Ob River;

- syn. Irtish, Irtish River, Irtysh River;

Irtysh River
n1
an Asian river that rises in the Altai Mountains in northern China and flows generally northwest to become a tributary of the Ob River;

- syn. Irtish, Irtish River, Irtysh;

Irula
n1
a Dravidian language closely related to Tamil that is spoken in a hilly section of southwestern India;

Irving / ɝ v ɪ ŋ /
n1
United States writer remembered for his stories (1783-1859);

- syn. Washington Irving;

n2
United States writer of darkly humorous novels (born in 1942);

- syn. John Irving;

Irving Berlin
n1
United States songwriter (born in Russia) who wrote more than 1500 songs and several musical comedies (1888-1989);

- syn. Berlin, Israel Baline;

Irving Howe
n1
United States editor (1920-1993);

- syn. Howe;

Irving Langmuir
n1
United States chemist who studied surface chemistry and developed the gas-filled tungsten lamp and worked on high temperature electrical discharges (1881-1957);

- syn. Langmuir;

Irvingia
n1
wild mango;

- syn. genus Irvingia;

Irvingia gabonensis
n1
African tree with edible yellow fruit resembling mangos;

- valued for its oil-rich seed and hardy green wood that resists termites;

- syn. dika, wild mango, wild mango tree;

Isaac / aɪ z ə k /
n1
(Old Testament) the second patriarch;

- son of Abraham and Sarah who was offered by Abraham as a sacrifice to God;

- father of Jacob and Esau;

Isaac Asimov
n1
United States writer (born in Russia) noted for his science fiction (1920-1992);

- syn. Asimov;

Isaac Bashevis Singer
n1
United States writer (born in Poland) of Yiddish stories and novels (1904-1991);

- syn. Singer;

Isaac Hull
n1
United States naval officer who commanded the `Constitution' during the War of 1812 and won a series of brilliant victories against the British (1773-1843);

- syn. Hull;

Isaac M. Singer
n1
United States inventor of an improved chain-stitch sewing machine (1811-1875);

- syn. Isaac Merrit Singer, Singer;

Isaac Mayer Wise
n1
United States religious leader (born in Bohemia) who united reform Jewish organizations in the United States (1819-1900);

- syn. Wise;

Isaac Merrit Singer
n1
United States inventor of an improved chain-stitch sewing machine (1811-1875);

- syn. Isaac M. Singer, Singer;

Isaac Newton
n1
English mathematician and physicist;

- remembered for developing the calculus and for his law of gravitation and his three laws of motion (1642-1727);

- syn. Newton, Sir Isaac Newton;

Isaac Stern
n1
United States concert violinist (born in Russia in 1920);

- syn. Stern;

Isaac Watts
n1
English poet and theologian (1674-1748);

- syn. Watts;

Isabella / ɪ z ə b ɛ ɫ ə /
n1
the queen of Castile whose marriage to Ferdinand of Aragon in 1469 marked the beginning of the modern state of Spain;

- they instituted the Spanish Inquisition in 1478 and sponsored the voyages of Christopher Columbus in 1492 (1451-1504);

- syn. Isabella I, Isabella the Catholic, Queen Isabella;

Isabella I
n1
the queen of Castile whose marriage to Ferdinand of Aragon in 1469 marked the beginning of the modern state of Spain;

- they instituted the Spanish Inquisition in 1478 and sponsored the voyages of Christopher Columbus in 1492 (1451-1504);

- syn. Isabella, Isabella the Catholic, Queen Isabella;

Isabella Stewart Gardner
n1
United States collector and patron of art who built a museum in Boston to house her collection and opened it to the public in 1903 (1840-1924);

- syn. Gardner;

Isabella the Catholic
n1
the queen of Castile whose marriage to Ferdinand of Aragon in 1469 marked the beginning of the modern state of Spain;

- they instituted the Spanish Inquisition in 1478 and sponsored the voyages of Christopher Columbus in 1492 (1451-1504);

- syn. Isabella, Isabella I, Queen Isabella;

Isadora Duncan
n1
United States dancer and pioneer of modern dance (1878-1927);

- syn. Duncan;

Isaiah
n1
(Old Testament) the first of the major Hebrew prophets (8th century BC);

n2
an Old Testament book consisting of Isaiah's prophecies;

- syn. Book of Isaiah;

Isak Dinesen
n1
Danish writer who lived in Kenya for 19 years and is remembered for her writings about Africa (1885-1962);

- syn. Baroness Karen Blixen, Blixen, Dinesen, Karen Blixen;

Isamu Noguchi
n1
United States sculptor (1904-1988);

- syn. Noguchi;

isarithm
n1
a line drawn on a map connecting points having the same numerical value of some variable;

- syn. isogram, isopleth;

Isatis
n1
Old World genus of annual to perennial herbs: woad;

- syn. genus Isatis;

Isatis tinctoria
n1
European biennial formerly grown for the blue coloring matter yielded by its leaves;

- syn. dyer's woad;

ischaemia
n1
local anemia in a given body part sometimes resulting from vasoconstriction or thrombosis or embolism;

- syn. ischemia;

ischaemic
a1
relating to or affected by ischemia;

- syn. ischemic;

ischaemic stroke
n1
the most common kind of stroke;

- caused by an interruption in the flow of blood to the brain (as from a clot blocking a blood vessel);

- syn. ischemic stroke;

ischemia
n1
local anemia in a given body part sometimes resulting from vasoconstriction or thrombosis or embolism;

- syn. ischaemia;

ischemic
a1
relating to or affected by ischemia;

- syn. ischaemic;

ischemic anoxia
n1
anoxia resulting from slow peripheral circulation (such as follows congestive cardiac failure);

- syn. stagnant anoxia;

ischemic hypoxia
n1
hypoxia resulting from slow peripheral circulation (such as follows congestive cardiac failure);

- syn. stagnant hypoxia;

ischemic stroke
n1
the most common kind of stroke;

- caused by an interruption in the flow of blood to the brain (as from a clot blocking a blood vessel);

- syn. ischaemic stroke;

Ischia
n1
a volcanic island (part of Campania) in the Tyrrhenian Sea at the north end of the Bay of Naples;

ischial bone
n1
one of the three sections of the hipbone;

- situated below the ilium;

- syn. ischium, os ischii;

Ischigualastia
n1
early reptile found in Argentina;

- syn. genus Ischigualastia;

ischium
n1
one of the three sections of the hipbone;

- situated below the ilium;

- syn. ischial bone, os ischii;

isentropic
a1
with unchanging entropy;

- at constant entropy;

Isere
n1
a river in southeastern France;

- a tributary of the Rhone;

- syn. Isere River;

Isere River
n1
a river in southeastern France;

- a tributary of the Rhone;

- syn. Isere;

Iseult
n1
(Middle Ages) the bride of the king of Cornwall who (according to legend) fell in love with the king's nephew (Tristan) after they mistakenly drank a love potion that left them eternally in love with each other;

- syn. Isolde;

Isfahan
n1
city in central Iran;

- former capital of Persia;

- syn. Aspadana, Esfahan;

Isherwood
n1
United States writer (born in England) whose best known novels portray Berlin in the 1930's and who collaborated with W. H. Auden in writing plays in verse (1904-1986);

- syn. Christopher Isherwood, Christopher William Bradshaw Isherwood;

Ishmael
n1
(Old Testament) the son of Abraham who was cast out after the birth of Isaac;

- considered the forebear of 12 Arabian tribes;

n2
a person who is rejected (from society or home);

- syn. castaway, outcast, pariah;

Ishtar
n1
Babylonian and Assyrian goddess of love and fertility and war;

- counterpart to the Phoenician Astarte;

- syn. Mylitta;

ISI
n1
the Pakistan intelligence agency;

- a powerful and almost autonomous political and military force;

- has procured nuclear technology and delivery capabilities;

- has had strong ties with the Taliban and other militant Islamic groups;

- syn. Directorate for Inter-Services Intelligence, Inter-Services Intelligence;

Isidor Feinstein Stone
n1
United States journalist who advocated liberal causes (1907-1989);

- syn. I. F. Stone, Stone;

Isidore Auguste Marie Francois Comte
n1
French philosopher remembered as the founder of positivism;

- he also established sociology as a systematic field of study;

- syn. Auguste Comte, Comte;

isinglass / aɪ z ɪ ŋ ɡ ɫ ɑ s /
n1
any of various minerals consisting of hydrous silicates of aluminum or potassium etc. that crystallize in forms that allow perfect cleavage into very thin leaves;

- used as dielectrics because of their resistance to electricity;

- syn. mica;

Isis
n1
Egyptian goddess of fertility;

- daughter of Geb;

- sister and wife of Osiris;

ISKCON
n1
a religious sect founded in the United States in 1966;

- based on Vedic scriptures;

- groups engage in joyful chanting of `Hare Krishna' and other mantras based on the name of the Hindu god Krishna;

- devotees usually wear saffron robes and practice vegetarianism and celibacy;

- syn. Hare Krishna, International Society for Krishna Consciousness;

Islam / ɪ z ɫ ɑ m /
n1
the civilization of Muslims collectively which is governed by the Muslim religion;

- "Islam is predominant in northern Africa, the Middle East, Pakistan, and Indonesia";

- syn. Muslimism;

n2
the monotheistic religious system of Muslims founded in Arabia in the 7th century and based on the teachings of Muhammad as laid down in the Koran;

- "Islam is a complete way of life, not a Sunday religion";

- "the term Muhammadanism is offensive to Muslims who believe that Allah, not Muhammad, founded their religion";

- syn. Islamism, Mohammedanism, Muhammadanism, Muslimism;

Islam Nation
n1
the Muslim community or people, considered to extend from Mauritania to Pakistan;

- "moderate Muslims urge the Ummah to reject the terrorism of radical Muslims";

- syn. Islamic Ummah, Muslim Ummah, Umma, Ummah;

Islamabad
n1
the capital of Pakistan in the north on a plateau;

- the site was chosen in 1959;

- syn. capital of Pakistan;

Islamic / ɪ z ɫ æ m ɪ k /
a1
of or relating to or supporting Islamism;

- "Islamic art";

- syn. Moslem, Muslim;

Islamic Army of Aden
n1
Yemen-based terrorist group that supports al-Qaeda's goals;

- seeks to overthrow the Yemeni government and eliminate United States interests;

- responsible for bombings and kidnappings and killing western tourists in Yemen;

- syn. Aden-Abyan Islamic Army, IAA, Islamic Army of Aden-Abyan;

Islamic Army of Aden-Abyan
n1
Yemen-based terrorist group that supports al-Qaeda's goals;

- seeks to overthrow the Yemeni government and eliminate United States interests;

- responsible for bombings and kidnappings and killing western tourists in Yemen;

- syn. Aden-Abyan Islamic Army, IAA, Islamic Army of Aden;

Islamic calendar
n1
the lunar calendar used by Muslims;

- dates from 622 AD (the year of the Hegira);

- the beginning of the Muslim year retrogresses through the solar year completing the cycle every 32 years;

- syn. Mohammedan calendar, Moslem calendar, Muhammadan calendar, Muslim calendar;

Islamic calendar month
n1
any lunar month in the Muslim calendar;

Islamic Community
n1
a clandestine group of southeast Asian terrorists organized in 1993 and trained by al-Qaeda;

- supports militant Muslims in Indonesia and the Philippines and has cells in Singapore and Malaysia and Indonesia;

- syn. Islamic Group, JI, Jemaah Islamiyah, Malaysia Militant Group, Malaysian Mujahidin Group;

Islamic Great Eastern Raiders-Front
n1
a Turkish terrorist organization that claimed responsibility for bombing a British consulate and bank in Istanbul;

- a violent opponent of Turkey's secular government and its ties to the European Union and NATO;

- syn. IBDA-C;

Islamic Group
n1
a clandestine group of southeast Asian terrorists organized in 1993 and trained by al-Qaeda;

- supports militant Muslims in Indonesia and the Philippines and has cells in Singapore and Malaysia and Indonesia;

- syn. Islamic Community, JI, Jemaah Islamiyah, Malaysia Militant Group, Malaysian Mujahidin Group;

n2
a terrorist organization of militant Islamists organized into tiny cells of extreme fundamentalists;

- emerged during the 1970s mainly in Egyptian jails;

- "al-Gama'a al-Islamiyya uses force to push Egyptian society toward Islamic rule";

- syn. al-Gama'a al-Islamiyya;

Islamic Group of Uzbekistan
n1
a terrorist group of Islamic militants formed in 1996;

- opposes Uzbekistan's secular regime and wants to establish an Islamic state in central Asia;

- is a conduit for drugs from Afghanistan to central Asian countries;

- syn. IMU, Islamic Party of Turkestan;

Islamic Jihad
n1
a Shiite terrorist organization with strong ties to Iran;

- seeks to create an Iranian fundamentalist Islamic state in Lebanon;

- car bombs are the signature weapon;

- syn. Hezbollah, Hizballah, Hizbollah, Hizbullah, Islamic Jihad for the Liberation of Palestine, Lebanese Hizballah, Organization of the Oppressed on Earth, Party of God, Revolutionary Justice Organization;

n2
an Islamic extremist group active since the late 1970s;

- seeks to overthrow the Egyptian government and replace it with an Islamic state;

- works in small underground cells;

- "the original Jihad was responsible for the assassination of Anwar Sadat in 1981";

- syn. Egyptian Islamic Jihad, Vanguards of Conquest, al-Jihad;

Islamic Jihad for the Liberation of Palestine
n1
a Shiite terrorist organization with strong ties to Iran;

- seeks to create an Iranian fundamentalist Islamic state in Lebanon;

- car bombs are the signature weapon;

- syn. Hezbollah, Hizballah, Hizbollah, Hizbullah, Islamic Jihad, Lebanese Hizballah, Organization of the Oppressed on Earth, Party of God, Revolutionary Justice Organization;

Islamic law
n1
the code of law derived from the Koran and from the teachings and example of Mohammed;

- "sharia is only applicable to Muslims";

- "under Islamic law there is no separation of church and state";

- syn. sharia, sharia law, shariah, shariah law;

Islamic Party of Turkestan
n1
a terrorist group of Islamic militants formed in 1996;

- opposes Uzbekistan's secular regime and wants to establish an Islamic state in central Asia;

- is a conduit for drugs from Afghanistan to central Asian countries;

- syn. IMU, Islamic Group of Uzbekistan;

Islamic Republic of Iran
n1
a theocratic Islamic republic in the Middle East in western Asia;

- Iran was the core of the ancient empire that was known as Persia until 1935;

- rich in oil;

- syn. Iran, Persia;

Islamic Republic of Mauritania
n1
a country in northwestern Africa with a provisional military government;

- achieved independence from France in 1960;

- largely western Sahara Desert;

- syn. Mauritania, Mauritanie, Muritaniya;

Islamic Republic of Pakistan
n1
a Muslim republic that occupies the heartland of ancient south Asian civilization in the Indus River valley;

- formerly part of India;

- achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1947;

- syn. Pakistan, West Pakistan;

Islamic Resistance Movement
n1
a militant Islamic fundamentalist political movement that opposes peace with Israel and uses terrorism as a weapon;

- seeks to create an Islamic state in place of Israel;

- is opposed to the PLO and has become a leading perpetrator of terrorist activity in Israel;

- pioneered suicide bombing;

- syn. Hamas;

Islamic State of Afghanistan
n1
a mountainous landlocked country in central Asia;

- bordered by Iran to the west and Russia to the north and Pakistan to the east and south;

- "Soviet troops invaded Afghanistan in 1979";

- syn. Afghanistan;

Islamic Ummah
n1
the Muslim community or people, considered to extend from Mauritania to Pakistan;

- "moderate Muslims urge the Ummah to reject the terrorism of radical Muslims";

- syn. Islam Nation, Muslim Ummah, Umma, Ummah;

Islamic Unity
n1
a fundamentalist Islamic group in Somalia who initially did fundraising for al-Qaeda;

- responsible for ambushing United States Army Rangers and for terrorist bombings in Ethiopia;

- believed to have branches in several countries;

- syn. AIAI, al-Itihaad al-Islamiya, al Itihaad al Islamiya;

Islamise
v1
cause to conform to Islamic law;

- "Islamize the dietary laws";

- syn. Islamize;

v2
convert to Islam;

- "The Mughals Islamized much of Northern India in the 16th century";

- syn. Islamize;

Islamism / ɪ z ɫ ə m ɪ z ə m /
n1
a fundamentalist Islamic revivalist movement generally characterized by moral conservatism and the literal interpretation of the Koran and the attempt to implement Islamic values in all aspects of life;

n2
the monotheistic religious system of Muslims founded in Arabia in the 7th century and based on the teachings of Muhammad as laid down in the Koran;

- "Islam is a complete way of life, not a Sunday religion";

- "the term Muhammadanism is offensive to Muslims who believe that Allah, not Muhammad, founded their religion";

- syn. Islam, Mohammedanism, Muhammadanism, Muslimism;

Islamist / ɪ z ɫ ə m ɪ s t /
n1
a scholar who knowledgeable in Islamic studies;

n2
an orthodox Muslim;

Islamize / ɪ z ɫ ɑ m aɪ z /
v1
cause to conform to Islamic law;

- "Islamize the dietary laws";

- syn. Islamise;

v2
convert to Islam;

- "The Mughals Islamized much of Northern India in the 16th century";

- syn. Islamise;

Islamophobia
n1
prejudice against Muslims;

- "Muslim intellectuals are afraid of growing Islamophobia in the West";

island / aɪ ɫ ə n d /
n1
a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water;

n2
a zone or area resembling an island;

island-dweller
n1
an inhabitant of an island;

- syn. islander;

island dispenser
n1
a pump in a service station that draws gasoline from underground storage tanks;

- syn. gas pump, gasoline pump, petrol pump;

island hop
v1
travel from one island to the next;

- "on the cruise, we did some island-hopping";

island of Guernsey
n1
a Channel Island to the northwest of Jersey;

- syn. Guernsey;

island of Jersey
n1
the largest of the Channel Islands;

- syn. Jersey;

islander / aɪ ɫ ə n d ə , aɪ ɫ ə n d ə ɹ /
n1
an inhabitant of an island;

- syn. island-dweller;

islands of Langerhans
n1
cell clusters in the pancreas that form the endocrine part of that organ;

- secrete insulin and other hormones;

- syn. isles of Langerhans, islets of Langerhans;

islay / aɪ ɫ eɪ /
n1
California evergreen wild plum with spiny leathery leaves and white flowers;

- syn. Prunus ilicifolia, evergreen cherry, holly-leaf cherry, holly-leaved cherry;

n2
an island of western Scotland at the southern end of the Inner Hebrides;

isle / aɪ ɫ /
n1
a small island;

- syn. islet;

Isle of Man
n1
one of the British Isles in the Irish Sea;

- syn. Man;

Isle of Skye
n1
an island of northwestern Scotland noted for its rugged mountain scenery;

Isle of Wight
n1
an isle and county of southern England in the English Channel;

- syn. Wight;

Isle Royal National Park
n1
a national park on an island in Michigan;

- includes prehistoric iron mines;

isles of Langerhans
n1
cell clusters in the pancreas that form the endocrine part of that organ;

- secrete insulin and other hormones;

- syn. islands of Langerhans, islets of Langerhans;

Isles of Scilly
n1
an archipelago of small islands off the southwestern coast of England near the entrance to the English Channel;

- formerly a haven for smugglers and pirates;

- syn. Scilly Islands;

islet / aɪ ɫ ɪ t /
n1
a small island;

- syn. isle;

islets of Langerhans
n1
cell clusters in the pancreas that form the endocrine part of that organ;

- secrete insulin and other hormones;

- syn. islands of Langerhans, isles of Langerhans;

ism / ɪ z ə m /
n1
a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school;

- syn. doctrine, philosophical system, philosophy, school of thought;

Ismaili
n1
an adherent of Ismailism;

- a member of the Ismaili branch of Shiism;

- syn. Ismailian;

a1
of or relating to a branch of Shiism that is noted for its esoteric philosophy;

Ismailian
n1
an adherent of Ismailism;

- a member of the Ismaili branch of Shiism;

- syn. Ismaili;

Ismailism
n1
the branch of Shiism noted for its esoteric philosophy;

ISN
n1
Switzerland's information network for security and defense studies and for peace and conflict research and for international relations;

- syn. International Relations and Security Network;

isoagglutination
n1
agglutination of an agglutinogen of one individual by a serum from another individual of the same species;

isoagglutinin
n1
an antibody produced by one individual that causes agglutination of red blood cells in other individuals of the same species;

isoagglutinogen
n1
an antigen capable of causing the production of (or reacting with) an isoagglutinin;

isoantibody
n1
an antibody that occurs naturally against foreign tissues from a person of the same species;

- syn. alloantibody;

isobar / aɪ s ə b ɑ , aɪ s ə b ɑr /
n1
(meteorology)an isogram connecting points having equal barometric pressure at a given time;

isobilateral
a1
having identical parts on each side of an axis;

- syn. bilateral, bilaterally symmetric, bilaterally symmetrical;

- sim. symmetrical;

isobutyl nitrite
n1
a colorless pungent liquid sometimes used as a stimulant drug by drug abusers;

- syn. butyl nitrite;

isobutylene
n1
used also in making gasoline components;

isobutylphenyl propionic acid
n1
a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory and analgesic medicine (trade names Advil and Motrin and Nuprin) used to relieve the pain of arthritis and as an antipyretic;

- "daily use of ibuprofen can irritate the stomach";

- syn. Advil, Motrin, Nuprin, ibuprofen;

isocarboxazid
n1
a monoamine oxidase inhibitor (trade name Marplan) that is used to treat clinical depression;

- syn. Marplan;

isochronal / aɪ s ɒ k ɹ ə n ə ɫ /
a1
equal in duration or interval;

- "the oscillations were isochronal";

- syn. isochronous;

- sim. equal;

isochrone
n1
an isogram connecting points at which something occurs or arrives at the same time;

isochronous / aɪ s ɒ k ɹ ə n ə s /
a1
equal in duration or interval;

- "the oscillations were isochronal";

- syn. isochronal;

- sim. equal;

isoclinal
n1
an isogram connecting points of equal magnetic inclination;

- syn. isoclinic line;

a1
having equal magnetic inclinations;

- syn. isoclinic;

- sim. equal;

isoclinic
a1
having equal magnetic inclinations;

- syn. isoclinal;

- sim. equal;

isoclinic line
n1
an isogram connecting points of equal magnetic inclination;

- syn. isoclinal;

Isocrates
n1
Athenian rhetorician and orator (436-338 BC);

isocyanate
n1
a salt or ester of isocyanic acid;

isocyanic acid
n1
an acid known only in the form of its esters;

isocyclic
a1
containing a closed ring of atoms of the same kind especially carbon atoms;

- syn. homocyclic;

- sim. cyclic;

Isoetaceae
n1
quillworts;

- coextensive with the genus Isoetes;

- syn. family Isoetaceae, quillwort family;

Isoetales
n1
aquatic or marsh-growing fern allies;

- known to have existed since the Cenozoic;

- sometimes included in Lycopodiales;

- syn. order Isoetales;

Isoetes
n1
type and genus of the Isoetaceae and sole extant genus of the order Isoetales;

- syn. genus Isoetes;

isoflurane
n1
a widely used inhalation anesthetic;

isogamete
n1
either of a pair of conjugating gametes of the same size and structure;

isogamy
n1
(biology) reproduction by the union or fusion of gametes of the same size and structure;

isogon
n1
an equiangular polygon;

isogonal line
n1
an imaginary line connecting points on the Earth's surface where the magnetic declination is the same;

- syn. isogone, isogonic line;

isogone
n1
an imaginary line connecting points on the Earth's surface where the magnetic declination is the same;

- syn. isogonal line, isogonic line;

isogonic
a1
having or making equal angles;

- sim. angular;

isogonic line
n1
an imaginary line connecting points on the Earth's surface where the magnetic declination is the same;

- syn. isogonal line, isogone;

isogram
n1
a line drawn on a map connecting points having the same numerical value of some variable;

- syn. isarithm, isopleth;

isohel
n1
an isogram connecting points receiving equal amounts of sunshine;

isolable / aɪ s oʊ ɫ ə b ɫ /
a1
capable of being isolated or disjoined;

- sim. separate;

isolate / aɪ s ə ɫ eɪ t , aɪ s oʊ ɫ eɪ t /
v1
place or set apart;

- "They isolated the political prisoners from the other inmates";

- syn. insulate;

v2
obtain in pure form;

- "The chemist managed to isolate the compound";

v3
set apart from others;

- "The dentist sequesters the tooth he is working on";

- syn. keep apart, sequester, sequestrate, set apart;

v4
separate (experiences) from the emotions relating to them;

isolated / aɪ s ə ɫ eɪ t ɪ d /
a1
not close together in time;

- "isolated instances of rebellion";

- "a few stray crumbs";

- syn. stray;

- sim. sporadic;

a2
being or feeling set or kept apart from others;

- "she felt detached from the group";

- "could not remain the isolated figure he had been"- Sherwood Anderson;

- "thought of herself as alone and separated from the others";

- "had a set-apart feeling";

- syn. detached, separated, set-apart;

- sim. separate;

a3
marked by separation of or from usually contiguous elements;

- "little isolated worlds, as abruptly disjunct and unexpected as a palm-shaded well in the Sahara"- Scientific Monthly;

- syn. disjunct;

- sim. separate;

a4
cut off or left behind;

- "an isolated pawn";

- "several stranded fish in a tide pool";

- "travelers marooned by the blizzard";

- syn. marooned, stranded;

- sim. unaccompanied;

a5
under forced isolation especially for health reasons;

- "a quarantined animal";

- "isolated patients";

- syn. quarantined;

- sim. segregated;

a6
remote and separate physically or socially;

- "existed over the centuries as a world apart";

- "preserved because they inhabited a place apart"- W.H.Hudson;

- "tiny isolated villages remote from centers of civilization";

- "an obscure village";

- syn. apart, obscure;

- sim. unconnected;

isolating / aɪ s ə ɫ eɪ t ɪ ŋ /
a1
relating to or being a language in which each word typically expresses a distinct idea and part of speech and syntactical relations are determined almost exclusively by word order and particles;

- sim. analytic;

isolation / aɪ s ə ɫ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
a state of separation between persons or groups;

n2
a feeling of being disliked and alone;

n3
the act of isolating something;

- setting something apart from others;

- syn. closing off;

n4
(psychiatry) a defense mechanism in which memory of an unacceptable act or impulse is separated from the emotion originally associated with it;

n5
a country's withdrawal from international politics;

- "he opposed a policy of American isolation";

isolationism / aɪ s ə ɫ eɪ ʃ ə n ɪ z ə m /
n1
a policy of nonparticipation in international economic and political relations;

isolationist / aɪ s ə ɫ eɪ ʃ ə n ɪ s t /
n1
an advocate of isolationism in international affairs;

a1
of or relating to isolationism;

- syn. isolationistic;

isolationistic / aɪ s ə ɫ eɪ ʃ ə n ɪ s t ɪ k /
a1
of or relating to isolationism;

- syn. isolationist;

Isolde
n1
(Middle Ages) the bride of the king of Cornwall who (according to legend) fell in love with the king's nephew (Tristan) after they mistakenly drank a love potion that left them eternally in love with each other;

- syn. Iseult;

Isole Egadi
n1
a group of islands off the west coast of Sicily in the Mediterranean;

- syn. Aegadean Islands, Aegadean Isles, Aegates, Egadi Islands;

isoleucine
n1
an essential amino acid found in proteins;

- isomeric with leucine;

isomer
n1
a compound that exists in forms having different arrangements of atoms but the same molecular weight;

isomerase
n1
an enzyme that catalyzes its substrate to an isomeric form;

isomeric / aɪ s oʊ m ɛr ɪ k /
a1
of or relating to or exhibiting isomerism;

isomerisation / aɪ s ɒ m ə ɹ aɪ z eɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
the conversion of a compound into an isomer of itself;

- syn. isomerization;

isomerise
v1
cause to change into an isomer;

- syn. isomerize;

v2
change into an isomer;

- syn. isomerize;

isomerism / aɪ s ɒ m ə ɹ ɪ z ə m /
n1
the state of being an isomer;

- the complex of chemical and physical phenomena characteristic of isomers;

isomerization
n1
the conversion of a compound into an isomer of itself;

- syn. isomerisation;

isomerize
v1
cause to change into an isomer;

- syn. isomerise;

v2
change into an isomer;

- syn. isomerise;

isometric / aɪ s oʊ m ɛ t ɹ ɪ k /
n1
a line connecting isometric points;

- syn. isometric line;

a1
related by an isometry;

a2
of or involving muscular contraction in which tension increases while length remains constant;

a3
having equal dimensions or measurements;

- syn. isometrical;

- sim. equal;

a4
of a crystal system characterized by three equal axes at right angles;

- sim. cubic;

isometric exercise
n1
muscle-building exercises (or a system of musclebuilding exercises) involving muscular contractions against resistance without movement (the muscles contracts but the length of the muscle does not change);

- syn. isometrics;

isometric line
n1
a line connecting isometric points;

- syn. isometric;

isometrical / aɪ s oʊ m ɛ t ɹ ɪ k ə ɫ /
a1
having equal dimensions or measurements;

- syn. isometric;

- sim. equal;

isometrics / aɪ s oʊ m ɛ t ɹ ɪ k s /
n1
muscle-building exercises (or a system of musclebuilding exercises) involving muscular contractions against resistance without movement (the muscles contracts but the length of the muscle does not change);

- syn. isometric exercise;

isometropia
n1
equality of refractive power in the two eyes;

isometry
n1
the growth rates in different parts of a growing organism are the same;

n2
a one-to-one mapping of one metric space into another metric space that preserves the distances between each pair of points;

- "the isometries of the cube";

n3
equality of elevation above sea level;

n4
equality of measure (e.g., equality of height above sea level or equality of loudness etc.);

isomorphic / aɪ s oʊ m ɔ f ɪ k /
a1
having similar appearance but genetically different;

- syn. isomorphous;

isomorphism / aɪ s oʊ m ɔ f ɪ z ə m /
n1
(biology) similarity or identity of form or shape or structure;

- syn. isomorphy;

isomorphous / aɪ s oʊ m ɔ f ə s /
a1
having similar appearance but genetically different;

- syn. isomorphic;

isomorphy
n1
(biology) similarity or identity of form or shape or structure;

- syn. isomorphism;

isoniazid
n1
antibacterial drug (trade name Nydrazid) used to treat tuberculosis;

- syn. INH, Nydrazid;

isopleth
n1
a line drawn on a map connecting points having the same numerical value of some variable;

- syn. isarithm, isogram;

isopod
n1
any of various small terrestrial or aquatic crustaceans with seven pairs of legs adapted for crawling;

Isopoda
n1
woodlice;

- syn. order Isopoda;

isopropanol
n1
alcohol used as antifreeze or a solvent;

- syn. isopropyl alcohol;

isopropyl alcohol
n1
alcohol used as antifreeze or a solvent;

- syn. isopropanol;

isoproterenol
n1
drug (trade name Isuprel) used to treat bronchial asthma and to stimulate the heart;

- syn. Isuprel;

Isoptera
n1
order of social insects that live in colonies, including: termites;

- often placed in subclass Exopterygota;

- syn. order Isoptera;

isopteran
a1
relating to or characteristic of insects of the order Isoptera;

Isoptin
n1
a drug (trade names Calan and Isoptin) used as an oral or parenteral calcium blocker in cases of hypertension or congestive heart failure or angina or migraine;

- syn. Calan, verapamil;

Isopyrum
n1
tufted perennial herbs of northern hemisphere;

- syn. genus Isopyrum;

Isopyrum biternatum
n1
slender erect perennial of eastern North America having tuberous roots and pink-tinged white flowers;

- resembles meadow rue;

- syn. false rue, false rue anemone;

Isordil
n1
drug (trade name Isordil) used to treat angina pectoris and congestive heart failure;

- syn. isosorbide;

Isoroku Yamamoto
n1
Japanese admiral who planned the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 (1884-1943);

- syn. Yamamoto;

isosceles / aɪ s ɒ s ə ɫ i z /
a1
(of a triangle) having two sides of equal length;

- sim. symmetrical;

isosceles triangle
n1
a triangle with two equal sides;

isosmotic
a1
(used of solutions) having the same or equal osmotic pressure;

- syn. isotonic;

isosmotic solution
n1
a solution having the same osmotic pressure as blood;

- syn. isotonic solution;

isosorbide
n1
drug (trade name Isordil) used to treat angina pectoris and congestive heart failure;

- syn. Isordil;

Isospondyli
n1
most primitive teleost fishes;

- all are soft-finned: salmon;

- trout;

- herring;

- shad;

- sardines;

- anchovies;

- whitefish;

- smelts;

- tarpon;

- syn. order Isospondyli;

isostasy
n1
(geology) a general equilibrium of the forces tending to elevate or depress the earth's crust;

isotherm / aɪ s ə θ ɝ m /
n1
(meteorology) an isogram connecting points having the same temperature at a given time;

isothermal / aɪ s oʊ θ ɝ m ə ɫ /
a1
of a process or change taking place at constant temperature;

- sim. equal;

isothermic / aɪ s ə θ ɝ m ɪ k /
a1
of or relating to an isotherm;

isothiocyanate
n1
a family of compounds derived from horseradish and radishes and onions and mustards;

- source of the hotness of those plants and preparations;

isotonic
a1
(used of solutions) having the same or equal osmotic pressure;

- syn. isosmotic;

a2
relating to or characterized by the equal intervals of a musical scale;

- "isotonic tuning";

a3
of or involving muscular contraction in which tension is constant while length changes;

a4
of two or more muscles;

- having equal tension;

- sim. tense;

isotonic exercise
n1
exercise in which opposing muscles contract and there is controlled movement (tension is constant while the lengths of the muscles change);

- "the classic isotonic exercise is lifting free weights";

isotonic solution
n1
a solution having the same osmotic pressure as blood;

- syn. isosmotic solution;

isotope / aɪ s ə t oʊ p /
n1
one of two or more atoms with the same atomic number but with different numbers of neutrons;

isotopic / aɪ s oʊ t ɒ p ɪ k /
a1
of or relating to or having the relation of an isotope;

isotropic
a1
invariant with respect to direction;

- syn. isotropous;

- sim. identical;

isotropically
r1
in an isotropic manner;

isotropous
a1
invariant with respect to direction;

- syn. isotropic;

- sim. identical;

isotropy
n1
(physics) the property of being isotropic;

- having the same value when measured in different directions;

- syn. symmetry;

Israel / ɪ z ɹ eɪ ɫ /
n1
Jewish republic in southwestern Asia at eastern end of Mediterranean;

- formerly part of Palestine;

- syn. Sion, State of Israel, Yisrael, Zion;

n2
an ancient kingdom of the Hebrew tribes at the southeastern end of the Mediterranean Sea;

- founded by Saul around 1025 BC and destroyed by the Assyrians in 721 BC;

Israel Baline
n1
United States songwriter (born in Russia) who wrote more than 1500 songs and several musical comedies (1888-1989);

- syn. Berlin, Irving Berlin;

Israel Strassberg
n1
United States actor and film director (born in Austria) who was a leader in developing method acting in the United States (1901-1982);

- syn. Lee Strasberg, Strasberg;

Israel Zangwill
n1
English writer (1864-1926);

- syn. Zangwill;

Israeli / ɪ z ɹ eɪ ɫ i /
n1
a native or inhabitant of Israel;

a1
of or relating to or characteristic of Israel or its people;

Israeli Defense Force
n1
the ground and air and naval forces of Israel;

- syn. IDF;

Israeli monetary unit
n1
monetary unit in Israel;

Israelite
n1
a native or inhabitant of the ancient kingdom of Israel;

n2
a person belonging to the worldwide group claiming descent from Jacob (or converted to it) and connected by cultural or religious ties;

- syn. Hebrew, Jew;

Israelites
n1
the ethnic group claiming descent from Abraham and Isaac (especially from Isaac's son Jacob);

- the nation whom God chose to receive his revelation and with whom God chose to make a covenant (Exodus 19);

- syn. Hebrews;

Issachar
n1
(Old Testament) a son of Jacob and a forebear of one of the tribes of Israel;

issuance / ɪ s j u ə n s /
n1
the act of providing an item for general use or for official purposes (usually in quantity);

- "a new issue of stamps";

- "the last issue of penicillin was over a month ago";

- syn. issue, issuing;

issue / ɪ s u , ɪ ʃ u /
n1
an important question that is in dispute and must be settled;

- "the issue could be settled by requiring public education for everyone";

- "politicians never discuss the real issues";

n2
one of a series published periodically;

- "she found an old issue of the magazine in her dentist's waiting room";

- syn. number;

n3
some situation or event that is thought about;

- "he kept drifting off the topic";

- "he had been thinking about the subject for several years";

- "it is a matter for the police";

- syn. matter, subject, topic;

n4
the act of providing an item for general use or for official purposes (usually in quantity);

- "a new issue of stamps";

- "the last issue of penicillin was over a month ago";

- syn. issuance, issuing;

n5
supplies (as food or clothing or ammunition) issued by the government;

- syn. government issue, military issue;

n6
the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property;

- "the average return was about 5%";

- syn. payoff, proceeds, return, take, takings, yield;

n7
a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon;

- "the magnetic effect was greater when the rod was lengthwise";

- "his decision had depressing consequences for business";

- "he acted very wise after the event";

- syn. consequence, effect, event, outcome, result, upshot;

n8
the immediate descendants of a person;

- "she was the mother of many offspring";

- "he died without issue";

- syn. offspring, progeny;

n9
the becoming visible;

- "not a day's difference between the emergence of the andrenas and the opening of the willow catkins";

- syn. egress, emergence;

n10
an opening that permits escape or release;

- "he blocked the way out";

- "the canyon had only one issue";

- syn. exit, outlet, way out;

n11
the act of issuing printed materials;

- syn. publication;

v1
prepare and issue for public distribution or sale;

- "publish a magazine or newspaper";

- syn. bring out, publish, put out, release;

v2
circulate or distribute or equip with;

- "issue a new uniform to the children";

- "supply blankets for the beds";

- syn. supply;

v3
bring out an official document (such as a warrant);

v4
come out of;

- "Water issued from the hole in the wall";

- "The words seemed to come out by themselves";

- syn. come forth, come out, egress, emerge, go forth;

v5
make out and issue;

- "write out a check";

- "cut a ticket";

- "Please make the check out to me";

- syn. cut, make out, write out;

issue forth
v1
come forth;

- "A scream came from the woman's mouth";

- "His breath came hard";

- syn. come;

issuer / ɪ s j u , ɪ s j u ə /
n1
an institution that issues something (securities or publications or currency etc.);

issuing / ɪ ʃ u ɪ ŋ /
n1
the act of providing an item for general use or for official purposes (usually in quantity);

- "a new issue of stamps";

- "the last issue of penicillin was over a month ago";

- syn. issuance, issue;

Issus
n1
a battle (333 BC) in which Alexander the Great defeated the Persians under Darius III;

- syn. battle of Issus;

Istanbul / ɪ s t æ n b ʊ ɫ /
n1
the largest city and former capital of Turkey;

- rebuilt on the site of ancient Byzantium by Constantine I in the fourth century;

- renamed Constantinople by Constantine who made it the capital of the Byzantine Empire;

- now the seat of the Eastern Orthodox Church;

- syn. Constantinople, Stamboul, Stambul;

isthmian / ɪ s θ m ɪə n /
a1
of or relating to or forming an isthmus;

Isthmian Games
n1
the ancient Panhellenic games held biennially on the Isthmus of Corinth in the first and third years of each Olympiad;

isthmus / ɪ s m ə s /
n1
a relatively narrow strip of land (with water on both sides) connecting two larger land areas;

n2
a cord-like tissue connecting two larger parts of an anatomical structure;

- syn. band;

Isthmus of Corinth
n1
a narrow isthmus between the Gulf of Corinth and the Saronic Gulf;

- a canal crosses the isthmus so that navigation is possible between the gulfs;

Isthmus of Darien
n1
the isthmus that connects Central America and South America;

- was formerly called the Isthmus of Darien;

- "Balboa crossed the Isthmus of Darien";

- syn. Isthmus of Panama;

Isthmus of Kra
n1
a narrow isthmus linking the Malay Peninsula to the Asian mainland;

Isthmus of Panama
n1
the isthmus that connects Central America and South America;

- was formerly called the Isthmus of Darien;

- "Balboa crossed the Isthmus of Darien";

- syn. Isthmus of Darien;

Isthmus of Suez
n1
the isthmus in northeastern Egypt that connects Africa and Asia;

Isthmus of Tehuantepec
n1
the narrowest part of southern Mexico is an isthmus between the Bay of Campeche on the north coast and the Gulf of Tehuantepec on the south coast;

Istiophoridae
n1
sailfishes;

- spearfishes;

- marlins;

- syn. family Istiophoridae;

Istiophorus
n1
type genus of the Istiophoridae;

- syn. genus Istiophorus;

Istiophorus albicans
n1
a kind of sailfish;

- syn. Atlantic sailfish;

Isuprel
n1
drug (trade name Isuprel) used to treat bronchial asthma and to stimulate the heart;

- syn. isoproterenol;

Isuridae
n1
in some classifications another name for the family Lamnidae;

- syn. family Isuridae;

Isurus
n1
mako sharks;

- syn. genus Isurus;

Isurus glaucus
n1
common blue-grey shark of southwest Pacific;

- sport and food fish;

- syn. blue pointed, bonito shark;

Isurus oxyrhincus
n1
very swift active bluish shark found worldwide in warm waters;

- important game fish;

- syn. shortfin mako;

Isurus paucus
n1
similar to shortfin mako but darker blue;

- syn. longfin mako;

IT / ɪ t /
n1
the branch of engineering that deals with the use of computers and telecommunications to retrieve and store and transmit information;

- syn. information technology;

itaconic acid
n1
a crystalline carboxylic acid;

- occurs in some fermentations of sugars;

Italia
n1
a republic in southern Europe on the Italian Peninsula;

- was the core of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire between the 4th century BC and the 5th century AD;

- syn. Italian Republic, Italy;

Italian / ɪ t æ ɫ ɪə n /
n1
a native or inhabitant of Italy;

n2
the Romance language spoken in Italy;

a1
of or pertaining to or characteristic of Italy or its people or culture or language;

- "Italian cooking";

Italian-speaking
a1
able to communicate in Italian;

- sim. communicative;

Italian bee
n1
yellowish honeybee resembling the Carniolan bee in its habits;

Italian bread
n1
unsweetened yeast-raised bread made without shortening and baked in long thick loaves with tapered ends;

Italian capital
n1
capital and largest city of Italy;

- on the Tiber;

- seat of the Roman Catholic Church;

- formerly the capital of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire;

- syn. Eternal City, Roma, Rome, capital of Italy;

Italian clover
n1
southern European annual with spiky heads of crimson flower;

- extensively cultivated in United States for forage;

- syn. Trifolium incarnatum, crimson clover;

Italian cypress
n1
tall Eurasian cypress with thin grey bark and ascending branches;

- syn. Cupressus sempervirens, Mediterranean cypress;

Italian dressing
n1
a vinaigrette with garlic and herbs: oregano and basil and dill;

Italian greyhound
n1
a toy dog developed from the greyhound;

Italian honeysuckle
n1
deciduous climbing shrub with fragrant yellow-white flowers in axillary whorls;

- syn. Italian woodbine, Lonicera caprifolium;

Italian lira
n1
formerly the basic unit of money in Italy;

- equal to 100 centesimi;

- syn. lira;

Italian millet
n1
coarse drought-resistant annual grass grown for grain, hay, and forage in Europe and Asia and chiefly for forage and hay in United States;

- syn. Hungarian grass, Setaria italica, foxtail millet;

Italian monetary unit
n1
monetary unit in Italy;

Italian parsley
n1
a variety of parsley having flat leaves;

- syn. Petroselinum crispum neapolitanum, flat-leaf parsley;

Italian Peninsula
n1
a boot-shaped peninsula in southern Europe extending into the Mediterranean Sea;

Italian region
n1
Italy is divided into 20 regions for administrative purposes;

Italian Renaissance
n1
the early period when Italy was the center of the Renaissance;

Italian Republic
n1
a republic in southern Europe on the Italian Peninsula;

- was the core of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire between the 4th century BC and the 5th century AD;

- syn. Italia, Italy;

Italian rice
n1
rice cooked with broth and sprinkled with grated cheese;

- syn. risotto;

Italian rye
n1
European grass much used for hay and in United States also for turf and green manure;

- syn. Italian ryegrass, Lolium multiflorum;

Italian ryegrass
n1
European grass much used for hay and in United States also for turf and green manure;

- syn. Italian rye, Lolium multiflorum;

Italian sandwich
n1
a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments);

- different names are used in different sections of the United States;

- syn. Cuban sandwich, bomber, grinder, hero, hero sandwich, hoagie, hoagy, poor boy, sub, submarine, submarine sandwich, torpedo, wedge, zep;

Italian sonnet
n1
a sonnet consisting of an octave with the rhyme pattern abbaabba, followed by a sestet with the rhyme pattern cdecde or cdcdcd;

- syn. Petrarchan sonnet;

Italian vegetable marrow
n1
squash plant having dark green fruit with skin mottled with light green or yellow;

- syn. cocozelle;

Italian vermouth
n1
sweet dark amber variety;

- syn. sweet vermouth;

Italian woodbine
n1
deciduous climbing shrub with fragrant yellow-white flowers in axillary whorls;

- syn. Italian honeysuckle, Lonicera caprifolium;

italic / ɪ t æ ɫ ɪ k /
n1
a style of handwriting with the letters slanting to the right;

n2
a branch of the Indo-European languages of which Latin is the chief representative;

- syn. Italic language;

n3
a typeface with letters slanting upward to the right;

a1
characterized by slanting characters;

- "italic characters";

a2
of or relating to the Italic languages;

- "ancient Italic dialects";

Italic language
n1
a branch of the Indo-European languages of which Latin is the chief representative;

- syn. Italic;

italicise / ɪ t æ ɫ ɪ s aɪ s /
v1
print in italics;

- syn. italicize;

italicize / ɪ t æ ɫ ɪ s aɪ z /
v1
print in italics;

- syn. italicise;

Italo Calvino
n1
Italian writer of novels and short stories (born in Cuba) (1923-1987);

- syn. Calvino;

Italy / ɪ t ə ɫ i /
n1
a republic in southern Europe on the Italian Peninsula;

- was the core of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire between the 4th century BC and the 5th century AD;

- syn. Italia, Italian Republic;

itch / ɪ tʃ /
n1
a contagious skin infection caused by the itch mite;

- characterized by persistent itching and skin irritation;

- "he has a bad case of the itch";

- syn. scabies;

n2
a strong restless desire;

- "why this urge to travel?";

- syn. urge;

n3
an irritating cutaneous sensation that produces a desire to scratch;

- syn. itchiness, itching;

v1
scrape or rub as if to relieve itching;

- "Don't scratch your insect bites!";

- syn. rub, scratch;

v2
have or perceive an itch;

- "I'm itching--the air is so dry!";

v3
cause to perceive an itch;

- "his skin itched";

v4
have a strong desire or urge to do something;

- "She is itching to start the project";

- "He is spoiling for a fight";

- syn. spoil;

itch mite
n1
whitish mites that attack the skin of humans and other animals;

- "itch mites cause scabies";

- syn. sarcoptid;

itchiness
n1
an irritating cutaneous sensation that produces a desire to scratch;

- syn. itch, itching;

itching / ɪ tʃ ɪ ŋ /
n1
an irritating cutaneous sensation that produces a desire to scratch;

- syn. itch, itchiness;

itchy / ɪ tʃ i /
a1
nervous and unable to relax;

- "a constant fretful stamping of hooves";

- "a restless child";

- syn. antsy, fidgety, fretful;

- sim. tense;

a2
causing an irritating cutaneous sensation;

- being affect with an itch;

- "he had an itchy toe from the mosquito bite";

- sim. painful;

itchy feet
n1
very strong or irresistible impulse to travel;

- syn. wanderlust;

item / aɪ t ə m /
n1
a distinct part that can be specified separately in a group of things that could be enumerated on a list;

- "he noticed an item in the New York Times";

- "she had several items on her shopping list";

- "the main point on the agenda was taken up first";

- syn. point;

n2
a small part that can be considered separately from the whole;

- "it was perfect in all details";

- syn. detail, particular;

n3
a whole individual unit;

- especially when included in a list or collection;

- "they reduced the price on many items";

n4
an isolated fact that is considered separately from the whole;

- "several of the details are similar";

- "a point of information";

- syn. detail, point;

n5
an individual instance of a type of symbol;

- "the word `error' contains three tokens of `r'";

- syn. token;

r1
(used when listing or enumerating items) also;

- "a length of chain, item a hook"-Philip Guedalla;

item-by-item
a1
separate and distinct from others of the same kind;

- "mark the individual pages";

- "on a case-by-case basis";

- syn. case-by-case, individual;

- sim. independent;

itemisation
n1
the act of making a list of items;

- syn. itemization, listing;

itemise
v1
place on a list of items;

- "itemize one's tax deductions";

- syn. itemize;

v2
specify individually;

- "She enumerated the many obstacles she had encountered";

- "The doctor recited the list of possible side effects of the drug";

- syn. enumerate, itemize, recite;

itemization / aɪ t ə m aɪ z eɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
the act of making a list of items;

- syn. itemisation, listing;

itemize / aɪ t ə m aɪ z /
v1
specify individually;

- "She enumerated the many obstacles she had encountered";

- "The doctor recited the list of possible side effects of the drug";

- syn. enumerate, itemise, recite;

v2
place on a list of items;

- "itemize one's tax deductions";

- syn. itemise;

iterate / ɪ t ə ɹ eɪ t /
v1
to say, state, or perform again;

- "She kept reiterating her request";

- syn. ingeminate, reiterate, repeat, restate, retell;

v2
run or be performed again;

- "the function iterates";

iteration / ɪ t ə ɹ eɪ ʃ n /
n1
(computer science) a single execution of a set of instructions that are to be repeated;

- "the solution took hundreds of iterations";

- syn. loop;

n2
(computer science) executing the same set of instructions a given number of times or until a specified result is obtained;

- "the solution is obtained by iteration";

- syn. looping;

n3
doing or saying again;

- a repeated performance;

iterative / ɪ t ə ɹ ə t ɪ v /
n1
the aspect of the verb that expresses the repetition of an action;

- syn. iterative aspect;

a1
marked by iteration;

- syn. reiterative;

- sim. repetitive;

iterative aspect
n1
the aspect of the verb that expresses the repetition of an action;

- syn. iterative;

Ithaca
n1
a college town in central New York on Lake Cayuga;

n2
a Greek island to the west of Greece;

- in Homeric legend Odysseus was its king;

- syn. Ithaki;

Ithaki
n1
a Greek island to the west of Greece;

- in Homeric legend Odysseus was its king;

- syn. Ithaca;

Ithiel Town
n1
United States architect who was noted for his design and construction of truss bridges (1784-1844);

- syn. Town;

Ithunn
n1
(Norse mythology) goddess of spring and wife of Bragi;

- guarded the apples that kept the gods eternally young;

- syn. Idun;

itinerant / aɪ t ɪ n ə ɹ ə n t /
n1
a laborer who moves from place to place as demanded by employment;

- "itinerant traders";

- syn. gipsy, gypsy;

a1
traveling from place to place to work;

- "itinerant labor";

- "an itinerant judge";

- sim. unsettled;

itinerary / aɪ t ɪ n ə ɹ ə ɹ i /
n1
an established line of travel or access;

- syn. path, route;

n2
a guidebook for travelers;

- syn. travel guidebook;

n3
a proposed route of travel;

- syn. travel plan;

itinerate / ɪ t ɪ n ə ɹ eɪ t /
v1
travel from place to place, as for work;

- "an itinerating merchant";

itineration / ɪ t ɪ n ə ɹ eɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
journeying from place to place preaching or lecturing;

- a preaching tour or lecturing tour;

itraconazole
n1
an oral antifungal drug (trade name Sporanox) taken for cases of fungal nail disease;

- syn. Sporanox;

itsy-bitsy
a1
(used informally) very small;

- "a wee tot";

- syn. bittie, bitty, itty-bitty, teensy, teensy-weensy, teentsy, teeny, teeny-weeny, wee, weensy, weeny;

- sim. small;

itty-bitty
a1
(used informally) very small;

- "a wee tot";

- syn. bittie, bitty, itsy-bitsy, teensy, teensy-weensy, teentsy, teeny, teeny-weeny, wee, weensy, weeny;

- sim. small;

IUD / aɪ j u d i /
n1
contraceptive device consisting of a piece of bent plastic or metal that is inserted through the vagina into the uterus;

- syn. intrauterine device;

IV
n1
the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one;

- syn. 4, Little Joe, four, foursome, quadruplet, quartet, quatern, quaternary, quaternion, quaternity, tetrad;

n2
administration of nutrients through a vein;

- syn. intravenous feeding;

a1
being one more than three;

- syn. 4, four;

- sim. cardinal;

iva
n1
any of various coarse shrubby plants of the genus Iva with small greenish flowers;

- common in moist areas (as coastal salt marshes) of eastern and central North America;

- syn. marsh elder;

Iva xanthifolia
n1
tall annual marsh elder common in moist rich soil in central North America that can cause contact dermatitis;

- produces much pollen that is a major cause of hay fever;

- syn. burweed marsh elder, false ragweed;

Ivan III
n1
grand duke of Muscovy whose victories against the Tartars laid the basis for Russian unity (1440-1505);

- syn. Ivan III Vasilievich, Ivan the Great;

Ivan III Vasilievich
n1
grand duke of Muscovy whose victories against the Tartars laid the basis for Russian unity (1440-1505);

- syn. Ivan III, Ivan the Great;

Ivan IV
n1
the first czar of Russia (1530-1584);

- syn. Ivan Iv Vasilievich, Ivan the Terrible;

Ivan Iv Vasilievich
n1
the first czar of Russia (1530-1584);

- syn. Ivan IV, Ivan the Terrible;

Ivan Lendl
n1
United States tennis player (born in Czechoslovakia) who won several singles championships;

- in 1992 he became a United States citizen (born in 1960);

- syn. Lendl;

Ivan Pavlov
n1
Russian physiologist who observed conditioned salivary responses in dogs (1849-1936);

- syn. Ivan Petrovich Pavlov, Pavlov;

Ivan Petrovich Pavlov
n1
Russian physiologist who observed conditioned salivary responses in dogs (1849-1936);

- syn. Ivan Pavlov, Pavlov;

Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev
n1
Russian writer of stories and novels and plays (1818-1883);

- syn. Ivan Turgenev, Turgenev;

Ivan the Great
n1
grand duke of Muscovy whose victories against the Tartars laid the basis for Russian unity (1440-1505);

- syn. Ivan III, Ivan III Vasilievich;

Ivan the Terrible
n1
the first czar of Russia (1530-1584);

- syn. Ivan IV, Ivan Iv Vasilievich;

Ivan Turgenev
n1
Russian writer of stories and novels and plays (1818-1883);

- syn. Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev, Turgenev;

Ivanov
n1
Russian choreographer (1834-1905);

- syn. Lev Ivanov;

Ives / aɪ v z /
n1
United States composer noted for his innovative use of polytonality (1874-1954);

- syn. Charles Edward Ives;

n2
United States lithographer who (with his partner Nathaniel Currier) produced thousands of prints signed `Currier & Ives' (1824-1895);

- syn. James Ives, James Merritt Ives;

ivied / aɪ v ɪ d /
a1
overgrown with ivy;

- "Harvard's ivied buildings";

- syn. ivy-covered;

- sim. leafy;

Ivor Armstrong Richards
n1
English literary critic who collaborated with C. K. Ogden and contributed to the development of Basic English (1893-1979);

- syn. I. A. Richards, Richards;

ivory / aɪ v ə ɹ i /
n1
a hard smooth ivory colored dentine that makes up most of the tusks of elephants and walruses;

- syn. tusk;

n2
a shade of white the color of bleached bones;

- syn. bone, off-white, pearl;

ivory-billed woodpecker
n1
large black-and-white woodpecker of southern United States and Cuba having an ivory bill;

- nearly extinct;

- syn. Campephilus principalis, ivorybill;

ivory-nut palm
n1
a stemless palm tree of Brazil and Peru bearing ivory nuts;

- syn. Phytelephas macrocarpa, ivory palm, ivory plant;

ivory black
n1
a black pigment made from grinding burnt ivory in oil;

Ivory Coast
n1
a republic in western Africa on the Gulf of Guinea;

- one of the most prosperous and politically stable countries in Africa;

- syn. Cote d'Ivoire, Republic of Cote d'Ivoire;

Ivory Coast franc
n1
the basic unit of money in the Ivory Coast;

- syn. Cote d'Ivoire franc;

ivory gull
n1
white Arctic gull;

- migrates as far south as England and New Brunswick;

- syn. Pagophila eburnea;

ivory nut
n1
nutlike seed of a South American palm;

- the hard white shell takes a high polish and is used for e.g. buttons;

- syn. apple nut, vegetable ivory;

ivory palm
n1
a stemless palm tree of Brazil and Peru bearing ivory nuts;

- syn. Phytelephas macrocarpa, ivory-nut palm, ivory plant;

ivory plant
n1
a stemless palm tree of Brazil and Peru bearing ivory nuts;

- syn. Phytelephas macrocarpa, ivory-nut palm, ivory palm;

ivory tower
n1
a state of mind that is discussed as if it were a place;

- "he lived in the ivory tower of speculation";

- "they viewed universities as ivory towers";

ivory tree
n1
tropical Asian tree with hard white wood and bark formerly used as a remedy for dysentery and diarrhea;

- syn. Holarrhena antidysenterica, Holarrhena pubescens, conessi, kurchee, kurchi;

ivorybill
n1
large black-and-white woodpecker of southern United States and Cuba having an ivory bill;

- nearly extinct;

- syn. Campephilus principalis, ivory-billed woodpecker;

IVP
n1
X-ray picture of the kidneys and ureters after injection of a radiopaque dye;

- syn. intravenous pyelogram;

n2
performing pyelography with intravenous injection of a contrast medium;

- syn. intravenous pyelography;

Ivry
n1
a battle (1590) in which the Huguenots under Henry IV defeated the Catholics under the duke of Mayenne;

- syn. Ivry la Bataille, battle of Ivry;

Ivry la Bataille
n1
a battle (1590) in which the Huguenots under Henry IV defeated the Catholics under the duke of Mayenne;

- syn. Ivry, battle of Ivry;

ivy / aɪ v i /
n1
Old World vine with lobed evergreen leaves and black berrylike fruits;

- syn. English ivy, Hedera helix, common ivy;

ivy-covered
a1
overgrown with ivy;

- "Harvard's ivied buildings";

- syn. ivied;

- sim. leafy;

ivy-leaved geranium
n1
a commonly cultivated trailing South American plant with peltate leaves and rosy flowers;

- syn. Pelargonium peltatum, hanging geranium, ivy geranium;

ivy arum
n1
evergreen liana widely cultivated for its variegated foliage;

- syn. Epipremnum aureum, Scindapsus aureus, golden pothos, pothos;

ivy family
n1
mostly tropical trees and shrubs and lianas: genera Panax and Hedera;

- syn. Araliaceae, family Araliaceae;

ivy geranium
n1
a commonly cultivated trailing South American plant with peltate leaves and rosy flowers;

- syn. Pelargonium peltatum, hanging geranium, ivy-leaved geranium;

Ivy League
n1
a league of universities and colleges in the northeastern United States that have a reputation for scholastic achievement and social prestige;

Ivy Leaguer
n1
a student or graduate at an Ivy League school;

IW
n1
the use of information or information technology during a time of crisis or conflict to achieve or promote specific objectives over a specific adversary or adversaries;

- "not everyone agrees that information warfare is limited to the realm of traditional warfare";

- syn. information warfare;

Iwo
n1
a bloody and prolonged operation on the island of Iwo Jima in which American marines landed and defeated Japanese defenders (February and March 1945);

- syn. Iwo Jima, invasion of Iwo;

Iwo Jima
n1
the largest of the Volcano Islands of Japan;

n2
a bloody and prolonged operation on the island of Iwo Jima in which American marines landed and defeated Japanese defenders (February and March 1945);

- syn. Iwo, invasion of Iwo;

IWW
n1
a former international labor union and radical labor movement in the United States;

- founded in Chicago in 1905 and dedicated to the overthrow of capitalism;

- its membership declined after World War I;

- syn. I.W.W., Industrial Workers of the World;

IX
n1
the cardinal number that is the sum of eight and one;

- syn. 9, Nina from Carolina, ennead, nine, niner;

a1
denoting a quantity consisting of one more than eight and one less than ten;

- syn. 9, nine;

- sim. cardinal;

ixc
a1
being nine more than eighty;

- syn. 89, eighty-nine;

- sim. cardinal;

Ixia / ɪ k s ɪə /
n1
a monocotyledonous genus of the family Iridaceae;

- syn. genus Ixia;

ixl
a1
being nine more than thirty;

- syn. 39, thirty-nine;

- sim. cardinal;

Ixobrychus
n1
bitterns;

- syn. genus Ixobrychus;

Ixobrychus exilis
n1
small American bittern;

- syn. least bittern;

Ixodes
n1
type genus of the family Ixodidae;

- syn. genus Ixodes;

Ixodes dammini
n1
a northeastern tick now recognized as same species as Ixodes scapularis;

- syn. deer tick;

Ixodes dentatus
n1
usually does not bite humans;

- transmits Lyme disease spirochete to cottontail rabbits and wood rats;

Ixodes neotomae
n1
a tick that usually does not bite humans;

- transmits Lyme disease spirochete to dusky-footed wood rats;

Ixodes pacificus
n1
a tick that feeds on dusky-footed wood rat and bites humans;

- principal vector for Lyme disease in western United States especially northern California;

- syn. western black-legged tick;

Ixodes persulcatus
n1
bites humans;

- a vector for Lyme disease spirochete;

Ixodes ricinus
n1
parasitic on sheep and cattle as well as humans;

- can transmit looping ill in sheep (acute viral disease of the nervous system);

- a vector for Lyme disease spirochete;

- syn. sheep-tick, sheep tick;

Ixodes scapularis
n1
parasitic on mice of genus Peromyscus and bites humans;

- principal vector for Lyme disease in eastern United States (especially New England);

- northern form was for a time known as Ixodes dammini (deer tick);

- syn. black-legged tick;

Ixodes spinipalpis
n1
usually does not bite humans;

- transmits Lyme disease spirochete to cottontail rabbits and wood rats;

ixodid
n1
ticks having a hard shield on the back and mouth parts that project from the head;

- syn. hard tick;

Ixodidae
n1
hard ticks;

- syn. family Ixodidae;

Iyar
n1
the eighth month of the civil year;

- the second month of the ecclesiastical year (in April and May);

- syn. Iyyar;

Iyyar
n1
the eighth month of the civil year;

- the second month of the ecclesiastical year (in April and May);

- syn. Iyar;

Iz Al-Din Al-Qassam Battalions
n1
the military arm of Hamas responsible for suicide bombings and other attacks on Israel;

- syn. Qassam Brigades, Salah al-Din Battalions;

Izaak Walton
n1
English writer remember for his treatise on fishing (1593-1683);

- syn. Walton;

Izanagi
n1
the god who fathered the islands and gods of Japan with his sister Izanami;

Izanami
n1
sister and consort of Izanami;

- mother of the islands and gods of Japan;

izar
n1
a voluminous cotton outer garment (usually white) traditionally worn by Muslim women of northern Africa and the Middle East;

- covers the entire body;

Izmir / ɪ z m ɪə , ɪ z m ɪə ɹ /
n1
a port city in western Turkey;

- syn. Smyrna;

izzard
n1
the 26th letter of the Roman alphabet;

- "the British call Z zed and the Scots call it ezed but Americans call it zee";

- "he doesn't know A from izzard";

- syn. Z, ezed, z, zed, zee;

J / dʒ ə i , dʒ eɪ /
n1
a unit of electrical energy equal to the work done when a current of one ampere passes through a resistance of one ohm for one second;

- syn. joule, watt second;

n2
the 10th letter of the Roman alphabet;

J. B. Rhine
n1
United States parapsychologist (1895-1980);

- syn. Joseph Banks Rhine, Rhine;

J. B. S. Haldane
n1
Scottish geneticist (son of John Haldane) who contributed to the development of population genetics;

- a popularizer of science and a Marxist (1892-1964);

- syn. Haldane, John Burdon Sanderson Haldane;

J. C. Maxwell
n1
Scottish physicist whose equations unified electricity and magnetism and who recognized the electromagnetic nature of light (1831-1879);

- syn. James Clerk Maxwell, Maxwell;

J. Craig Ventner
n1
United States geneticist who published the complete base sequences for all the genes of a free-living organism, the influenza bacterium;

- later led team that developed a first draft of the entire human genome (born in 1946);

- syn. Craig Ventner, Ventner;

J. D. Salinger
n1
United States writer (born 1919);

- syn. Jerome David Salinger, Salinger;

J. E. Johnston
n1
Confederate general in the American Civil War;

- led the Confederate troops in the West (1807-1891);

- syn. Johnston, Joseph Eggleston Johnston;

J. Edgar Hoover
n1
United States lawyer who was director of the FBI for 48 years (1895-1972);

- syn. Hoover, John Edgar Hoover;

J. J. Hill
n1
United States railroad tycoon (1838-1916);

- syn. Hill, James Jerome Hill;

J. M. Barrie
n1
Scottish dramatist and novelist;

- created Peter Pan (1860-1937);

- syn. Barrie, James Barrie, James Matthew Barrie, Sir James Matthew Barrie;

J. M. Synge
n1
Irish poet and playwright whose plays are based on rural Irish life (1871-1909);

- syn. Edmund John Millington Synge, John Millington Synge, Synge;

J. P. Morgan
n1
United States financier and philanthropist (1837-1913);

- syn. John Pierpont Morgan, Morgan;

J. R. Firth
n1
English linguist who contributed to linguistic semantics and to prosodic phonology and who was noted for his insistence on studying both sound and meaning in context (1890-1960);

- syn. Firth, John Rupert Firth;

J.R.R. Tolkien
n1
British philologist and writer of fantasies (born in South Africa) (1892-1973);

- syn. John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, Tolkien;

J particle
n1
a neutral meson with a large mass;

- syn. psi particle;

jab / dʒ æ b /
n1
a sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow);

- "he warned me with a jab with his finger";

- "he made a thrusting motion with his fist";

- syn. jabbing, poke, poking, thrust, thrusting;

n2
a quick short straight punch;

n3
the act of touching someone suddenly with your finger or elbow;

- "she gave me a sharp dig in the ribs";

- syn. dig;

v1
poke or thrust abruptly;

- "he jabbed his finger into her ribs";

- syn. dig, poke, prod, stab;

v2
strike or punch with quick and short blows;

v3
stab or pierce;

- "he jabbed the piece of meat with his pocket knife";

- syn. stab;

Jabalpur / dʒ ɑ b ɫ p ʊə , dʒ ɑ b ɫ p ʊə ɹ /
n1
an industrial city of central India to the southeast of Delhi;

- syn. Jubbulpore;

Jabat al-Tahrir al-Filistiniyyah
n1
a terrorist group formed in 1977 as the result of a split with the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine;

- became a satellite of al-Fatah;

- made terrorist attacks on Israel across the Lebanese border;

- syn. PLF, Palestine Liberation Front;

jabber / dʒ æ b ə , dʒ æ b ə ɹ /
n1
rapid and indistinct speech;

- syn. gabble, jabbering;

v1
talk in a noisy, excited, or declamatory manner;

- syn. mouth off, rabbit on, rant, rave, spout;

jabberer / dʒ æ b ə ɹ ə , dʒ æ b ə ɹ ə ɹ /
n1
someone whose talk is trivial drivel;

- syn. driveller;

jabbering / dʒ æ b ə ɹ ɪ ŋ /
n1
rapid and indistinct speech;

- syn. gabble, jabber;

jabberwocky
n1
nonsensical language (according to Lewis Carroll);

jabbing / dʒ æ b ɪ ŋ /
n1
a sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow);

- "he warned me with a jab with his finger";

- "he made a thrusting motion with his fist";

- syn. jab, poke, poking, thrust, thrusting;

jabiru / dʒ æ b ɪr u /
n1
large mostly white Australian stork;

- syn. Xenorhyncus asiaticus, black-necked stork, policeman bird;

n2
large black-and-white stork of tropical Africa;

- its red bill has a black band around the middle;

- syn. Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis, saddlebill;

n3
large white stork of warm regions of the world especially America;

- syn. Jabiru mycteria;

Jabiru mycteria
n1
large white stork of warm regions of the world especially America;

- syn. jabiru;

jaboncillo
n1
evergreen of tropical America having pulpy fruit containing saponin which was used as soap by Native Americans;

- syn. China tree, Sapindus saponaria, chinaberry, false dogwood;

jabot / ʒ æ b oʊ /
n1
a ruffle on the front of a woman's blouse or a man's shirt;

jaboticaba
n1
small evergreen tropical tree native to Brazil and West Indies but introduced into southern United States;

- grown in Brazil for its edible tough-skinned purple grapelike fruit that grows all along the branches;

- syn. Myrciaria cauliflora, jaboticaba tree;

n2
tough-skinned purple grapelike tropical fruit grown in Brazil;

jaboticaba tree
n1
small evergreen tropical tree native to Brazil and West Indies but introduced into southern United States;

- grown in Brazil for its edible tough-skinned purple grapelike fruit that grows all along the branches;

- syn. Myrciaria cauliflora, jaboticaba;

jacamar
n1
tropical American insectivorous bird having a long sharp bill and iridescent green or bronze plumage;

jacaranda
n1
an important Brazilian timber tree yielding a heavy hard dark-colored wood streaked with black;

- syn. Brazilian rosewood, Dalbergia nigra, caviuna wood;

jacinth / dʒ æ s ɪ n θ /
n1
a red transparent variety of zircon used as a gemstone;

- syn. hyacinth;

jack / dʒ æ k /
n1
a small worthless amount;

- "you don't know jack";

- syn. diddley, diddly, diddly-shit, diddly-squat, diddlyshit, diddlysquat, doodly-squat, shit, squat;

n2
a man who serves as a sailor;

- syn. Jack-tar, gob, mariner, old salt, sea dog, seafarer, seaman, tar;

n3
someone who works with their hands;

- someone engaged in manual labor;

- syn. laborer, labourer, manual laborer;

n4
immense East Indian fruit resembling breadfruit;

- it contains an edible pulp and nutritious seeds that are commonly roasted;

- syn. jackfruit, jak;

n5
a small ball at which players aim in lawn bowling;

n6
an electrical device consisting of a connector socket designed for the insertion of a plug;

n7
game equipment consisting of one of several small six-pointed metal pieces that are picked up while bouncing a ball in the game of jacks;

- syn. jackstones;

n8
small flag indicating a ship's nationality;

n9
one of four face cards in a deck bearing a picture of a young prince;

- syn. knave;

n10
tool for exerting pressure or lifting;

n11
any of several fast-swimming predacious fishes of tropical to warm temperate seas;

n12
male donkey;

- syn. jackass;

v1
lift with a special device;

- "jack up the car so you can change the tire";

- syn. jack up;

v2
hunt with a jacklight;

- syn. jacklight;

jack-a-lantern
n1
a large poisonous agaric with orange caps and narrow clustered stalks;

- the gills are luminescent;

- syn. Omphalotus illudens, jack-o-lantern, jack-o-lantern fungus;

jack-by-the-hedge
n1
European herb that smells like garlic;

- syn. Alliaria officinalis, garlic mustard, hedge garlic, sauce-alone;

jack-in-the-box / dʒ æ k ɪ n ð ə b ɒ k s /
n1
plaything consisting of a toy clown that jumps out of a box when the lid is opened;

jack-in-the-pulpit
n1
common American spring-flowering woodland herb having sheathing leaves and an upright club-shaped spadix with overarching green and purple spathe producing scarlet berries;

- syn. Arisaema atrorubens, Arisaema triphyllum, Indian turnip, wake-robin;

n2
common European arum with lanceolate spathe and short purple spadix;

- emerges in early spring;

- source of a starch called arum;

- syn. Arum maculatum, cuckoopint, lords-and-ladies;

jack-o'-lantern / dʒ æ k ə ɫ æ n t ə n /
n1
a pale light sometimes seen at night over marshy ground;

- syn. friar's lantern, ignis fatuus, will-o'-the-wisp;

n2
lantern carved from a pumpkin;

jack-o-lantern
n1
a large poisonous agaric with orange caps and narrow clustered stalks;

- the gills are luminescent;

- syn. Omphalotus illudens, jack-a-lantern, jack-o-lantern fungus;

jack-o-lantern fungus
n1
a large poisonous agaric with orange caps and narrow clustered stalks;

- the gills are luminescent;

- syn. Omphalotus illudens, jack-a-lantern, jack-o-lantern;

Jack-tar
n1
a man who serves as a sailor;

- syn. Jack, gob, mariner, old salt, sea dog, seafarer, seaman, tar;

jack bean
n1
annual semi-erect bushy plant of tropical South America bearing long pods with white seeds grown especially for forage;

- syn. Canavalia ensiformis, giant stock bean, wonder bean;

Jack Benny
n1
United States comedian known for his timeing and delivery and self-effacing humor (1894-1974);

- syn. Benjamin Kubelsky, Benny;

jack crevalle
n1
fish of western Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico;

- syn. Caranx hippos, crevalle jack;

Jack Dempsey
n1
United States prizefighter who was world heavyweight champion (1895-1983);

- syn. Dempsey, Manassa Mauler, William Harrison Dempsey;

Jack Frost
n1
a personification of frost or winter weather;

Jack Kennedy
n1
35th President of the United States;

- established the Peace Corps;

- assassinated in Dallas (1917-1963);

- syn. JFK, John Fitzgerald Kennedy, Kennedy, President John F. Kennedy, President Kennedy;

Jack Kerouac
n1
United States writer who was a leading figure of the beat generation (1922-1969);

- syn. Jean-Louis Lebris de Kerouac, Kerouac;

jack ladder
n1
(nautical) a hanging ladder of ropes or chains supporting wooden or metal rungs or steps;

- syn. Jacob's ladder, pilot ladder;

Jack Lemmon
n1
United States film actor (1925-2001);

- syn. John Uhler, Lemmon;

Jack London
n1
United States writer of novels based on experiences in the Klondike gold rush (1876-1916);

- syn. John Griffith Chaney, London;

jack mackerel
n1
a California food fish;

- syn. Spanish mackerel, Trachurus symmetricus, horse mackerel, saurel;

Jack Nicklaus
n1
United States golfer considered by many to be the greatest golfer of all time (born in 1940);

- syn. Jack William Nicklaus, Nicklaus;

jack oak
n1
a common scrubby deciduous tree of central and southeastern United States having dark bark and broad three-lobed (club-shaped) leaves;

- tends to form dense thickets;

- syn. Quercus marilandica, blackjack, blackjack oak;

n2
small to medium deciduous oak of east central North America;

- leaves have sharply pointed lobes;

- syn. Quercus ellipsoidalis, northern pin oak;

Jack of all trades
n1
a person able to do a variety of different jobs acceptably well;

n2
a man skilled in various odd jobs and other small tasks;

- syn. handyman, odd-job man;

jack off
v1
get sexual gratification through self-stimulation;

- syn. fuck off, jerk off, masturbate, she-bop, wank;

jack pine
n1
slender medium-sized two-needled pine of eastern North America;

- with yellow-green needles and scaly grey to red-brown fissured bark;

- syn. Pinus banksiana;

jack plane
n1
a carpenter's plane for rough finishing;

Jack Roosevelt Robinson
n1
United States baseball player;

- first Black to play in the major leagues (1919-1972);

- syn. Jackie Robinson, Robinson;

jack salmon
n1
pike-like freshwater perches;

- syn. Stizostedion vitreum, dory, walleye, walleyed pike;

Jack the Ripper
n1
an unidentified English murderer in the 19th century;

jack up
v1
lift with a special device;

- "jack up the car so you can change the tire";

- syn. jack;

Jack William Nicklaus
n1
United States golfer considered by many to be the greatest golfer of all time (born in 1940);

- syn. Jack Nicklaus, Nicklaus;

jackal / dʒ æ k ɔ ɫ /
n1
Old World nocturnal canine mammal closely related to the dog;

- smaller than a wolf;

- sometimes hunts in a pack but usually singly or as a member of a pair;

- syn. Canis aureus;

jackanapes / dʒ æ k ə n eɪ p s /
n1
someone who is unimportant but cheeky and presumptuous;

- syn. lightweight, whippersnapper;

jackass / dʒ æ k æ s /
n1
a man who is a stupid incompetent fool;

- syn. bozo, cuckoo, fathead, goof, goofball, goose, twat, zany;

n2
male donkey;

- syn. jack;

jackass bat
n1
a large bat of the southwestern United States having spots and enormous ears;

- syn. Euderma maculata, spotted bat;

jackass penguin
n1
small penguin of South America and southern Africa with a braying call;

- syn. Spheniscus demersus;

jackboot / dʒ æ k b u t /
n1
(19th century) a man's high tasseled boot;

- syn. Hessian boot, Wellington, Wellington boot, hessian;

jackdaw / dʒ æ k d ɔ /
n1
common black-and-grey Eurasian bird noted for thievery;

- syn. Corvus monedula, daw;

jacket / dʒ æ k ɪ t /
n1
a short coat;

n2
an outer wrapping or casing;

- "phonograph records were sold in cardboard jackets";

n3
(dentistry) dental appliance consisting of an artificial crown for a broken or decayed tooth;

- "tomorrow my dentist will fit me for a crown";

- syn. cap, crown, crownwork, jacket crown;

n4
the outer skin of a potato;

n5
the tough metal shell casing for certain kinds of ammunition;

v1
provide with a thermally non-conducting cover;

- "The tubing needs to be jacketed";

v2
put a jacket on;

- "The men were jacketed";

jacket crown
n1
(dentistry) dental appliance consisting of an artificial crown for a broken or decayed tooth;

- "tomorrow my dentist will fit me for a crown";

- syn. cap, crown, crownwork, jacket;

jacket potato
n1
a baked potato served with the jacket on;

jackfruit
n1
East Indian tree cultivated for its immense edible fruit and seeds;

- syn. Artocarpus heterophyllus, jackfruit tree;

n2
immense East Indian fruit resembling breadfruit;

- it contains an edible pulp and nutritious seeds that are commonly roasted;

- syn. jack, jak;

jackfruit tree
n1
East Indian tree cultivated for its immense edible fruit and seeds;

- syn. Artocarpus heterophyllus, jackfruit;

jackhammer / dʒ æ k h æ m ə ɹ /
n1
a hammer driven by compressed air;

- syn. air hammer, pneumatic hammer;

Jackie Robinson
n1
United States baseball player;

- first Black to play in the major leagues (1919-1972);

- syn. Jack Roosevelt Robinson, Robinson;

jacking off
n1
slang for masturbation;

- syn. hand job, jerking off, wank;

jackknife / dʒ æ k n aɪ f /
n1
a large knife with one or more folding blades;

- syn. clasp knife;

n2
a dive in which the diver bends to touch the ankles before straightening out;

v1
dive into the water bending the body at the waist at a right angle, like a jackknife;

jackknife-fish
n1
black-and-white drumfish with an erect elongated dorsal fin;

- syn. Equetus lanceolatus;

jackknife clam
n1
marine clam having a long narrow curved thin shell;

- syn. knife-handle, razor clam;

jacklight
n1
a light used as a lure in hunting or fishing at night;

v1
hunt with a jacklight;

- syn. jack;

jackpot / dʒ æ k p ɒ t /
n1
the cumulative amount involved in a game (such as poker);

- syn. kitty, pot;

n2
any outstanding award;

jackrabbit / dʒ æ k ɹ æ b ɪ t /
n1
large hare of western North America;

v1
go forward or start with a fast, sudden movement;

jacks / dʒ æ k s /
n1
a game in which jackstones are thrown and picked up in various groups between bounces of a small rubber ball;

- syn. jackstones, knucklebones;

jackscrew / dʒ æ k s k ɹ u /
n1
screw-operated jack;

- syn. screw jack;

jacksmelt
n1
a relatively large silversides of the Pacific coast of North America (known to reach 18 inches in length);

- syn. Atherinopsis californiensis;

jacksnipe
n1
a small short-billed Old World snipe;

- syn. Limnocryptes minima, half snipe;

n2
American sandpiper that inflates its chest when courting;

- syn. Calidris melanotos, pectoral sandpiper;

Jackson / dʒ æ k s ʌ n /
n1
English film actress who later became a member of British Parliament (born in 1936);

- syn. Glenda Jackson;

n2
United States singer who began singing with his four brothers and later became a highly successful star during the 1980s (born in 1958);

- syn. Michael Jackson, Michael Joe Jackson;

n3
United States singer who did much to popularize gospel music (1911-1972);

- syn. Mahalia Jackson;

n4
United States civil rights leader who led a national campaign against racial discrimination and ran for presidential nomination (born in 1941);

- syn. Jesse Jackson, Jesse Louis Jackson;

n5
United States writer of romantic novels about the unjust treatment of Native Americans (1830-1885);

- syn. Helen Hunt Jackson, Helen Maria Fiske Hunt Jackson;

n6
general in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War whose troops at the first Battle of Bull Run stood like a stone wall (1824-1863);

- syn. Stonewall Jackson, Thomas J. Jackson, Thomas Jackson, Thomas Jonathan Jackson;

n7
7th president of the US;

- successfully defended New Orleans from the British in 1815;

- expanded the power of the presidency (1767-1845);

- syn. Andrew Jackson, Old Hickory;

n8
a town in western Wyoming;

n9
a town in western Tennessee;

n10
capital of the state of Mississippi on the Pearl River;

- syn. capital of Mississippi;

n11
a town in south central Michigan;

Jackson Pollock
n1
United States artist famous for painting with a drip technique;

- a leader of abstract expressionism in America (1912-1956);

- syn. Pollock;

Jacksonia / dʒ æ k s ɒ n ɪə /
n1
genus of yellow-flowered Australian unarmed or spiny shrubs without true leaves but having leaflike stems or branches;

- syn. genus Jacksonia;

Jacksonian / dʒ æ k s ʌ n ɪə n /
n1
a follower of Andrew Jackson or his ideas;

a1
of or pertaining to Andrew Jackson or his presidency or his concepts of popular democracy;

Jacksonian epilepsy
n1
focal epilepsy in which the attack usually moves from distal to proximal limb muscles on the same side of the body;

Jacksonville / dʒ æ k s ə n v ɪ ɫ /
n1
Florida's largest city;

- a port and important commercial center in northeastern Florida;

jackstones / dʒ æ k s t oʊ n z /
n1
game equipment consisting of one of several small six-pointed metal pieces that are picked up while bouncing a ball in the game of jacks;

- syn. jack;

n2
a game in which jackstones are thrown and picked up in various groups between bounces of a small rubber ball;

- syn. jacks, knucklebones;

jackstraw / dʒ æ k s t ɹ ɔ /
n1
a thin strip of wood used in playing the game of jackstraws;

- syn. spillikin;

jackstraws / dʒ æ k s t ɹ ɔ z /
n1
a game in which players try to pick each jackstraw (or spillikin) off of a pile without moving any of the others;

- syn. spillikins;

Jacob / dʒ eɪ k ə b /
n1
French biochemist who (with Jacques Monod) studied regulatory processes in cells (born in 1920);

- syn. Francois Jacob;

n2
(Old Testament) son of Isaac;

- brother of Esau;

- father of the twelve patriarchs of Israel;

- Jacob wrestled with God and forced God to bless him, so God gave Jacob the new name of Israel (meaning `one who has been strong against God');

Jacob's ladder
n1
pinnate-leaved European perennial having bright blue or white flowers;

- syn. Greek valerian, Polemonium caeruleum, Polemonium van-bruntiae, Polymonium caeruleum van-bruntiae, charity;

n2
(nautical) a hanging ladder of ropes or chains supporting wooden or metal rungs or steps;

- syn. jack ladder, pilot ladder;

Jacob's rod
n1
asphodel having erect smooth unbranched stem either flexuous or straight;

Jacob's staff
n1
desert shrub of southwestern United States and Mexico having slender naked spiny branches that after the rainy season put forth foliage and clusters of red flowers;

- syn. Fouquieria splendens, coachwhip, ocotillo, vine cactus;

Jacob Epstein
n1
British sculptor (born in the United States) noted for busts and large controversial works (1880-1959);

- syn. Epstein, Sir Jacob Epstein;

Jacob Harmensen
n1
Dutch Protestant theologian who founded Arminianism which opposed the absolute predestinarianism of John Calvin (1559-1609);

- syn. Arminius, Jacobus Arminius, Jakob Hermandszoon;

Jacobean / dʒ æ k ə b ɪə n /
n1
any distinguished personage during the reign of James I;

a1
of or relating to James I or his reign or times;

- "Jacobean writers";

Jacobean lily
n1
Mexican bulbous herb cultivated for its handsome bright red solitary flower;

- syn. Aztec lily, Strekelia formosissima;

Jacobi
n1
German mathematician (1804-1851);

- syn. Karl Gustav Jacob Jacobi;

Jacobin / dʒ æ k ə b ɪ n /
n1
a member of the radical movement that instituted the Reign of Terror during the French Revolution;

Jacobinic / dʒ æ k ə b ɪ n ɪ k /
a1
of or relating to the Jacobins of the French Revolution;

- "Jacobinic terrorism";

- syn. Jacobinical;

Jacobinical / dʒ æ k ə b ɪ n ɪ k ɫ /
a1
of or relating to the Jacobins of the French Revolution;

- "Jacobinic terrorism";

- syn. Jacobinic;

Jacobinism / dʒ æ k ə b ɪ n ɪ z ə m /
n1
the ideology of the most radical element of the French Revolution that instituted the Reign of Terror;

Jacobite / dʒ æ k ə b aɪ t /
n1
a supporter of James II after he was overthrown or a supporter of the Stuarts;

Jacobs / dʒ eɪ k ə b z /
n1
English writer of macabre short stories (1863-1943);

- syn. W. W. Jacobs, William Wymark Jacobs;

n2
United States writer and critic of urban planning (born in 1916);

- syn. Jane Jacobs;

n3
Dutch physician who opened the first birth control clinic in the world in Amsterdam (1854-1929);

- syn. Aletta Jacobs;

Jacobus Arminius
n1
Dutch Protestant theologian who founded Arminianism which opposed the absolute predestinarianism of John Calvin (1559-1609);

- syn. Arminius, Jacob Harmensen, Jakob Hermandszoon;

jaconet
n1
a lightweight cotton cloth with a smooth and slightly stiff finish;

- used for clothing and bandages;

Jacopo Robusti
n1
Italian painter of the Venetian school (1518-1594);

- syn. Tintoretto;

Jacquard
n1
French inventor of the Jacquard loom that could automatically weave complicated patterns (1752-1834);

- syn. Joseph M. Jacquard, Joseph Marie Jacquard;

n2
a highly figured fabric woven on a Jacquard loom;

n3
a loom with an attachment for forming openings for the passage of the shuttle between the warp threads;

- used in weaving figured fabrics;

- syn. Jacquard loom;

Jacquard loom
n1
a loom with an attachment for forming openings for the passage of the shuttle between the warp threads;

- used in weaving figured fabrics;

- syn. Jacquard;

Jacqueline Cochran
n1
United States aviator who held several speed records and headed the women's Air Force pilots in World War II (1910-1980);

- syn. Cochran;

Jacquemier's sign
n1
a purplish discoloration of the mucous membrane of the vagina that occurs early in pregnancy;

Jacques Alexandre Cesar Charles
n1
French physicist and author of Charles's law which anticipated Gay-Lussac's law (1746-1823);

- syn. Charles, Jacques Charles;

Jacques Anatole Francois Thibault
n1
French writer of sophisticated novels and short stories (1844-1924);

- syn. Anatole France, France;

Jacques Bernoulli
n1
Swiss mathematician (1654-1705);

- syn. Bernoulli, Jakob Bernoulli, James Bernoulli;

Jacques Cartier
n1
French explorer who explored the St. Lawrence river and laid claim to the region for France (1491-1557);

- syn. Cartier;

Jacques Charles
n1
French physicist and author of Charles's law which anticipated Gay-Lussac's law (1746-1823);

- syn. Charles, Jacques Alexandre Cesar Charles;

Jacques Costeau
n1
French underwater explorer (born in 1910);

- syn. Cousteau, Jacques Yves Costeau;

Jacques Derrida
n1
French philosopher and critic (born in Algeria);

- exponent of deconstructionism (1930-2004);

- syn. Derrida;

Jacques Etienne Montgolfier
n1
French inventor who (with his brother Josef Michel Montgolfier) pioneered hot-air ballooning (1745-1799);

- syn. Montgolfier;

Jacques Francois Antoine Ibert
n1
French composer (1890-1962);

- syn. Ibert;

Jacques Francois Fromental Elie Halevy
n1
French operatic composer (1799-1862);

- syn. Fromental Halevy, Halevy;

Jacques Germain Soufflot
n1
French architect (1713-1780);

- syn. Soufflot;

Jacques Lipchitz
n1
United States sculptor (born in Lithuania) who pioneered cubist sculpture (1891-1973);

- syn. Lipchitz;

Jacques Loeb
n1
United States physiologist (born in Germany) who did research on parthenogenesis (1859-1924);

- syn. Loeb;

Jacques Louis David
n1
French neoclassical painter who actively supported the French Revolution (1748-1825);

- syn. David;

Jacques Lucien Monod
n1
French biochemist who (with Francois Jacob) explained how genes are activated and suggested the existence of messenger RNA (1910-1976);

- syn. Jacques Monod, Monod;

Jacques Marquette
n1
French missionary who accompanied Louis Joliet in exploring the upper Mississippi River valley (1637-1675);

- syn. Marquette, Pere Jacques Marquette;

Jacques Monod
n1
French biochemist who (with Francois Jacob) explained how genes are activated and suggested the existence of messenger RNA (1910-1976);

- syn. Jacques Lucien Monod, Monod;

Jacques Offenbach
n1
French composer of many operettas and an opera (1819-1880);

- syn. Offenbach;

Jacques Tati
n1
French filmmaker (1908-1982);

- syn. Jacques Tatischeff, Tati;

Jacques Tatischeff
n1
French filmmaker (1908-1982);

- syn. Jacques Tati, Tati;

Jacques Yves Costeau
n1
French underwater explorer (born in 1910);

- syn. Cousteau, Jacques Costeau;

Jacquinia
n1
sometimes placed in family Myrsinaceae;

- syn. genus Jacquinia;

Jacquinia armillaris
n1
small West Indian shrub or tree with hard glossy seeds patterned yellow and brown that are used to make bracelets;

- syn. bracelet wood;

Jacquinia keyensis
n1
West Indian shrub or small tree having leathery saponaceous leaves and extremely hard wood;

- syn. barbasco, joewood;

jactation / dʒ æ k t eɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
(pathology) extremely restless tossing and twitching usually by a person with a severe illness;

- syn. jactitation;

jactitate / dʒ æ k t ɪ t eɪ t /
v1
move or stir about violently;

- "The feverish patient thrashed around in his bed";

- syn. convulse, slash, thrash, thrash about, thresh, thresh about, toss;

jactitation / dʒ æ k t ɪ t eɪ ʃ ə n /
n1
speaking of yourself in superlatives;

- syn. boast, boasting, self-praise;

n2
(law) a false boast that can harm others;

- especially a false claim to be married to someone (formerly actionable at law);

n3
(pathology) extremely restless tossing and twitching usually by a person with a severe illness;

- syn. jactation;

Jaculus
n1
jerboas;

- syn. genus Jaculus;

Jaculus jaculus
n1
a variety of jerboa;

jade / dʒ eɪ d /
n1
a semiprecious gemstone that takes a high polish;

- is usually green but sometimes whitish;

- consists of jadeite or nephrite;

- syn. jadestone;

n2
a woman adulterer;

- syn. adulteress, fornicatress, hussy, loose woman, slut, strumpet, trollop;

n3
a light green color varying from bluish green to yellowish green;

- syn. jade green;

n4
an old or over-worked horse;

- syn. hack, nag, plug;

v1
lose interest or become bored with something or somebody;

- "I'm so tired of your mother and her complaints about my food";

- syn. fatigue, pall, tire, weary;

v2
exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress;

- "We wore ourselves out on this hike";

- syn. fag, fag out, fatigue, outwear, tire, tire out, wear, wear down, wear out, wear upon, weary;

a1
of something having the color of jade;

- especially varying from bluish green to yellowish green;

- syn. jade-green;

- sim. chromatic;

jade-green
a1
of something having the color of jade;

- especially varying from bluish green to yellowish green;

- syn. jade;

- sim. chromatic;

jade green
n1
a light green color varying from bluish green to yellowish green;

- syn. jade;

jade vine
n1
vigorous Philippine evergreen twining liana;

- grown for spectacular festoons of green flowers that resemble lobster claws;

- syn. Strongylodon macrobotrys, emerald creeper;

jaded / dʒ eɪ d ɪ d /
a1
exhausted;

- "my father's words had left me jaded and depressed"- William Styron;

- syn. wearied;

- sim. tired;

a2
dulled by surfeit;

- "the amoral, jaded, bored upper classes";

- sim. satiate;

jadeite
n1
a hard green mineral consisting of sodium aluminum silicate in monoclinic crystalline form;

- a source of jade;

- found principally in Burma;

jadestone
n1
a semiprecious gemstone that takes a high polish;

- is usually green but sometimes whitish;

- consists of jadeite or nephrite;

- syn. jade;

jaeger / j eɪ ɡ ə /
n1
rapacious seabird that pursues weaker birds to make them drop their prey;

Jafar
n1
Indonesian terrorist and Islamic militant who commands the Laskar Jihad;

- uses violence to achieve political ends (1965-2000);

- syn. Jafar Umar Thalib, Jaffar, Jaffar Umar Thalib;

Jafar Umar Thalib
n1
Indonesian terrorist and Islamic militant who commands the Laskar Jihad;

- uses violence to achieve political ends (1965-2000);

- syn. Jafar, Jaffar, Jaffar Umar Thalib;

Jaffa
n1
a port in western Israel on the Mediterranean;

- incorporated into Tel Aviv in 1950;

- syn. Joppa, Yafo;

Jaffa orange
n1
sweet almost seedless orange of Israel;

Jaffar
n1
Indonesian terrorist and Islamic militant who commands the Laskar Jihad;

- uses violence to achieve political ends (1965-2000);

- syn. Jafar, Jafar Umar Thalib, Jaffar Umar Thalib;

Jaffar Umar Thalib
n1
Indonesian terrorist and Islamic militant who commands the Laskar Jihad;

- uses violence to achieve political ends (1965-2000);

- syn. Jafar, Jafar Umar Thalib, Jaffar;

Jafnea semitosta
n1
the fruiting bodies of this discomycete have a firm texture and long retain their cup shape;

- the pale brown interior blends with the color of dead leaves;

jag / dʒ æ ɡ /
n1
a sharp projection on an edge or surface;

- "he clutched a jag of the rock";

n2
a slit in a garment that exposes material of a different color underneath;

- used in Renaissance clothing;

n3
a flap along the edge of a garment;

- used in medieval clothing;

- syn. dag;

n4
a bout of drinking or drug taking;

v1
cut teeth into;

- make a jagged cutting edge;

Jagannath
n1
an avatar of Vishnu;

- syn. Jagannatha, Jagganath, Juggernaut;

Jagannatha
n1
an avatar of Vishnu;

- syn. Jagannath, Jagganath, Juggernaut;

Jagatai
n1
a Turkic literary language of medieval central Asia (named for one of the sons of Genghis Khan);

- syn. Chagatai, Eastern Turki, Jaghatai;

Jagganath
n1
an avatar of Vishnu;

- syn. Jagannath, Jagannatha, Juggernaut;

jaggary
n1
unrefined brown sugar made from palm sap;

- syn. jaggery, jagghery;

jagged / dʒ æ ɡ d , dʒ æ ɡ ɪ d /
a1
having a sharply uneven surface or outline;

- "the jagged outline of the crags";

- "scraggy cliffs";

- syn. jaggy, scraggy;

- sim. uneven;

a2
having an irregularly notched or toothed margin as though gnawed;

- syn. erose, jaggy, notched, toothed;

- sim. rough;

jaggedly
r1
with a ragged and uneven appearance;

- "a long beard, raggedly cut";

- syn. raggedly;

jaggedness / dʒ æ ɡ d n ɛ s /
n1
something irregular like a bump or crack in a smooth surface;

Jagger / dʒ æ ɡ ə /
n1
English rock star (born in 1943);

- syn. Michael Philip Jagger, Mick Jagger;

jaggery / dʒ æ ɡ ə ɹ i /
n1
unrefined brown sugar made from palm sap;

- syn. jaggary, jagghery;

jaggery palm
n1
fishtail palm of India to Malay Peninsula;

- sap yields a brown sugar (jaggery) and trunk pith yields sago;

- syn. Caryota urens, kittul, kitul, kitul tree, toddy palm, wine palm;

jagghery
n1
unrefined brown sugar made from palm sap;

- syn. jaggary, jaggery;

jaggy / dʒ æ ɡ i /
a1
having an irregularly notched or toothed margin as though gnawed;

- syn. erose, jagged, notched, toothed;

- sim. rough;

a2
having a sharply uneven surface or outline;

- "the jagged outline of the crags";

- "scraggy cliffs";

- syn. jagged, scraggy;

- sim. uneven;

Jaghatai
n1
a Turkic literary language of medieval central Asia (named for one of the sons of Genghis Khan);

- syn. Chagatai, Eastern Turki, Jagatai;

jagua
n1
tree of the West Indies and northern South America bearing succulent edible orange-sized fruit;

- syn. Genipa Americana, genipap fruit, marmalade box;

jaguar / dʒ æ ɡ j ʊə , dʒ æ ɡ j ʊə ɹ /
n1
a large spotted feline of tropical America similar to the leopard;

- in some classifications considered a member of the genus Felis;

- syn. Felis onca, Panthera onca, panther;

jaguarondi
n1
long-bodied long-tailed tropical American wildcat;

- syn. Felis yagouaroundi, eyra, jaguarundi, jaguarundi cat;

jaguarundi
n1
long-bodied long-tailed tropical American wildcat;

- syn. Felis yagouaroundi, eyra, jaguarondi, jaguarundi cat;

jaguarundi cat
n1
long-bodied long-tailed tropical American wildcat;

- syn. Felis yagouaroundi, eyra, jaguarondi, jaguarundi;

Jahvey
n1
a name for the God of the Old Testament as transliterated from the Hebrew consonants YHVH;

- syn. JHVH, Jahweh, Jehovah, Wahvey, YHVH, YHWH, Yahve, Yahveh, Yahwe, Yahweh;

Jahweh
n1
a name for the God of the Old Testament as transliterated from the Hebrew consonants YHVH;

- syn. JHVH, Jahvey, Jehovah, Wahvey, YHVH, YHWH, Yahve, Yahveh, Yahwe, Yahweh;

jai alai
n1
a Basque or Spanish game played in a court with a ball and a wickerwork racket;

- syn. pelota;

jail / dʒ eɪ ɫ /
n1
a correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence);

- syn. clink, gaol, jailhouse, pokey, poky, slammer;

v1
lock up or confine, in or as in a jail;

- "The suspects were imprisoned without trial";

- "the murderer was incarcerated for the rest of his life";

- syn. gaol, immure, imprison, incarcerate, jug, lag, put away, put behind bars, remand;

jail bird
n1
a criminal who has been jailed repeatedly;

- syn. gaolbird, jailbird;

jail cell
n1
a room where a prisoner is kept;

- syn. cell, prison cell;

jail delivery
n1
the use of force to liberate prisoners;

jailbird / dʒ eɪ ɫ b ɝ d /
n1
a criminal who has been jailed repeatedly;

- syn. gaolbird, jail bird;

jailbreak / dʒ eɪ ɫ b ɹ eɪ k /
n1
an escape from jail;

- "the breakout was carefully planned";

- syn. break, breakout, gaolbreak, prison-breaking, prisonbreak;

jailed / dʒ eɪ ɫ d /
a1
being in captivity;

- syn. captive, confined, imprisoned;

- sim. unfree;

jailer / dʒ eɪ ɫ ə , dʒ eɪ ɫ ə ɹ /
n1
someone who guards prisoners;

- syn. gaoler, jailor, prison guard, screw, turnkey;

jailhouse / dʒ eɪ ɫ h aʊ z /
n1
a correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence);

- syn. clink, gaol, jail, pokey, poky, slammer;

jailor / dʒ eɪ ɫ ə , dʒ eɪ ɫ ə ɹ /
n1
someone who guards prisoners;

- syn. gaoler, jailer, prison guard, screw, turnkey;

Jain
a1
relating to or characteristic of Jainism;

- "Jain gods";

- syn. Jainist;

Jainism
n1
sect founded in the 6th century BC as a revolt against Hinduism;

n2
religion founded in the 6th century BC as a revolt against Hinduism;

- emphasizes asceticism and immortality and transmigration of the soul;

- denies existence of a perfect or supreme being;

Jainist
n1
a believer in Jainism;

a1
relating to or characteristic of Jainism;

- "Jain gods";

- syn. Jain;

Jaish-e-Muhammad
n1
a terrorist organization founded in 2000;

- a militant Islamic group active in Kashmir and closely aligned with al-Rashid Trust;

- seeks to secure release of imprisoned fellow militants by kidnappings;

- syn. Army of Muhammad, JEM, Jaish-i-Mohammed;

Jaish-i-Mohammed
n1
a terrorist organization founded in 2000;

- a militant Islamic group active in Kashmir and closely aligned with al-Rashid Trust;

- seeks to secure release of imprisoned fellow militants by kidnappings;

- syn. Army of Muhammad, JEM, Jaish-e-Muhammad;

jak
n1
immense East Indian fruit resembling breadfruit;

- it contains an edible pulp and nutritious seeds that are commonly roasted;

- syn. jack, jackfruit;

Jakarta / dʒ ə k ɑ t ə /
n1
capital and largest city of Indonesia;

- located on the island of Java;

- founded by the Dutch in 17th century;

- syn. Djakarta, capital of Indonesia;

jakes / dʒ eɪ k s /
n1
a small outbuilding with a bench having holes through which a user can defecate;

- syn. earth-closet, outhouse, privy;

Jakob-Creutzfeldt disease
n1
rare (usually fatal) brain disease (usually in middle age) caused by an unidentified slow virus;

- characterized by progressive dementia and gradual loss of muscle control;

- syn. CJD, Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease;

Jakob Behmen
n1
German mystic and theosophist who founded modern theosophy;

- influenced George Fox (1575-1624);

- syn. Behmen, Boehm, Boehme, Bohme, Jakob Boehm, Jakob Boehme, Jakob Bohme;

Jakob Bernoulli
n1
Swiss mathematician (1654-1705);

- syn. Bernoulli, Jacques Bernoulli, James Bernoulli;

Jakob Boehm
n1
German mystic and theosophist who founded modern theosophy;

- influenced George Fox (1575-1624);

- syn. Behmen, Boehm, Boehme, Bohme, Jakob Behmen, Jakob Boehme, Jakob Bohme;

Jakob Boehme
n1
German mystic and theosophist who founded modern theosophy;

- influenced George Fox (1575-1624);

- syn. Behmen, Boehm, Boehme, Bohme, Jakob Behmen, Jakob Boehm, Jakob Bohme;

Jakob Bohme
n1
German mystic and theosophist who founded modern theosophy;

- influenced George Fox (1575-1624);

- syn. Behmen, Boehm, Boehme, Bohme, Jakob Behmen, Jakob Boehm, Jakob Boehme;

Jakob Grimm
n1
the older of the two Grimm brothers remembered best for their fairy stories;

- also author of Grimm's law describing consonant changes in Germanic languages (1785-1863);

- syn. Grimm, Jakob Ludwig Karl Grimm;

Jakob Hermandszoon
n1
Dutch Protestant theologian who founded Arminianism which opposed the absolute predestinarianism of John Calvin (1559-1609);

- syn. Arminius, Jacob Harmensen, Jacobus Arminius;

Jakob Liebmann Beer
n1
German composer of operas in a style that influenced Richard Wagner (1791-1864);

- syn. Giacomo Meyerbeer, Meyerbeer;

Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
n1
German musician and romantic composer of orchestral and choral works (1809-1847);

- syn. Felix Mendelssohn, Mendelssohn;

Jakob Ludwig Karl Grimm
n1
the older of the two Grimm brothers remembered best for their fairy stories;

- also author of Grimm's law describing consonant changes in Germanic languages (1785-1863);

- syn. Grimm, Jakob Grimm;

Jakobson
n1
United States linguist (born in Russia) noted for his description of the universals of phonology (1896-1982);

- syn. Roman Jakobson, Roman Osipovich Jakobson;

Jalalabad
n1
a town in eastern Afghanistan (east of Kabul);

jalapeno / h ʌ ɫ ɪ p i n oʊ /
n1
plant bearing very hot and finely tapering long peppers;

- usually red;

- syn. Capsicum annuum longum, cayenne, cayenne pepper, chili pepper, chilli pepper, long pepper;

n2
hot green or red pepper of southwestern United States and Mexico;

- syn. jalapeno pepper;

jalapeno pepper
n1
hot green or red pepper of southwestern United States and Mexico;

- syn. jalapeno;

jalopy / dʒ ə ɫ ɒ p i /
n1
a car that is old and unreliable;

- "the fenders had fallen off that old bus";

- syn. bus, heap;

jalousie / ʒ æ ɫ u z i /
n1
a window with glass louvers;

- syn. louvered window;

n2
a shutter made of angled slats;

jam / dʒ æ m /
n1
preserve of crushed fruit;

n2
informal terms for a difficult situation;

- "he got into a terrible fix";

- "he made a muddle of his marriage";

- syn. fix, hole, kettle of fish, mess, muddle, pickle;

n3
a dense crowd of people;

- syn. crush, press;

n4
deliberate radiation or reflection of electromagnetic energy for the purpose of disrupting enemy use of electronic devices or systems;

- syn. electronic jamming, jamming;

v1
press tightly together or cram;

- "The crowd packed the auditorium";

- syn. mob, pack, pile, throng;

v2
push down forcibly;

- "The driver jammed the brake pedal to the floor";

v3
crush or bruise;

- "jam a toe";

- syn. crush;

v4
interfere with or prevent the reception of signals;

- "Jam the Voice of America";

- "block the signals emitted by this station";

- syn. block;

v5
get stuck and immobilized;

- "the mechanism jammed";

v6
crowd or pack to capacity;

- "the theater was jampacked";

- syn. chock up, cram, jampack, ram, wad;

v7
block passage through;

- "obstruct the path";

- syn. block, close up, impede, obstruct, obturate, occlude;

jam-packed
a1
extremely crowed or filled to capacity;

- "a suitcase jammed with dirty clothes";

- "stands jam-packed with fans";

- "a packed theater";

- syn. jammed, packed;

- sim. crowded;

jam session
n1
an impromptu jazz concert;

Jamaat ul-Fuqra
n1
an Islamic terrorist group organized in the 1980s;

- seeks to purify Islam through violence;

- the cells in North America and the Caribbean insulate themselves from Western culture and will even attack other Muslims who they regard as heretics;

- syn. Fuqra, Tanzimul Fuqra;

Jamaica / dʒ ə m eɪ k ə /
n1
a country on the island of Jamaica;

- became independent of England in 1962;

- much poverty;

- the major industry is tourism;

n2
an island in the West Indies to the south of Cuba and to the west of Haiti;

Jamaica apple
n1
large heart-shaped tropical fruit with soft acid pulp;

- syn. bullock's heart;

Jamaica bayberry
n1
West Indian tree;

- source of bay rum;

- syn. Pimenta acris, bay-rum tree, bayberry, wild cinnamon;

Jamaica caper tree
n1
shrub of southern Florida to West Indies;

- syn. Capparis cynophallophora, caper tree;

Jamaica dogwood
n1
small tree of West Indies and Florida having large odd-pinnate leaves and panicles of red-striped purple to white flowers followed by decorative curly winged seedpods;

- yields fish poisons;

- syn. Piscidia erythrina, Piscidia piscipula, fish fuddle;

Jamaica honeysuckle
n1
West Indian passionflower;

- cultivated for its yellow edible fruit;

- syn. Passiflora laurifolia, yellow granadilla;

Jamaica quassia
n1
similar to the extract from Quassia amara;

n2
West Indian tree yielding the drug Jamaica quassia;

- syn. Picrasma excelsa, Picrasma excelsum, bitterwood;

Jamaica rum
n1
heavy pungent rum from Jamaica;

Jamaica shorts
n1
(used in the plural) short pants that end at the knee;

- syn. Bermuda shorts;

Jamaica sorrel
n1
East Indian sparsely prickly annual herb or perennial subshrub widely cultivated for its fleshy calyxes used in tarts and jelly and for its bast fiber;

- syn. Hibiscus sabdariffa, red sorrel, roselle, rozelle, sorrel;

Jamaican / dʒ ə m eɪ k ə n /
n1
a native or inhabitant of Jamaica;

a1
of or relating to Jamaica (the island or the country) or to its inhabitants;

- "Jamaican rum";

- "the Jamaican Prime Minister";

Jamaican capital
n1
capital and largest city of Jamaica;

- syn. Kingston, capital of Jamaica;

Jamaican cherry
n1
a fast-growing tropical American evergreen having white flowers and white fleshy edible fruit;

- bark yields a silky fiber used in cordage and wood is valuable for staves;

- syn. Muntingia calabura, calabur tree, calabura, silk wood, silkwood;

Jamaican dollar
n1
the basic unit of money in Jamaica;

jamais vu
n1
the experience of being unfamiliar with a person or situation that is actually very familiar;

- associated with certain types of epilepsy;

jamb / dʒ æ m /
n1
upright consisting of a vertical side member of a door or window frame;

jambalaya
n1
spicy Creole dish of rice and ham, sausage, chicken, or shellfish with tomatoes, peppers, onions, and celery;

jambeau
n1
armor plate that protects legs below the knee;

- syn. greave;

jamberry
n1
Mexican annual naturalized in eastern North America having yellow to purple edible fruit resembling small tomatoes;

- syn. Physalis philadelphica, miltomate, purple ground cherry, tomatillo;

n2
annual of Mexico and southern United States having edible purplish viscid fruit resembling small tomatoes;

- syn. Mexican husk tomato, Physalis ixocarpa, tomatillo;

jambon / dʒ æ m b ɒ n /
n1
meat cut from the thigh of a hog (usually smoked);

- syn. gammon, ham;

jamboree / dʒ æ m b ə ɹ i /
n1
a gay festivity;

- syn. blowout, gala, gala affair;

Jambos / dʒ æ m b oʊ z /
n1
used in some classifications for rose apples (Eugenia jambos);

- syn. genus Jambos;

jambosa
n1
tropical tree of the East Indies cultivated for its edible fruit;

- syn. Eugenia jambos, rose-apple tree, rose apple;

James / dʒ eɪ m z /
n1
a Stuart king of Scotland who married a daughter of Henry VII;

- when England and France went to war in 1513 he invaded England and died in defeat at Flodden (1473-1513);

- syn. James IV;

n2
the last Stuart to be king of England and Ireland and Scotland;

- overthrown in 1688 (1633-1701);

- syn. James II;

n3
the first Stuart to be king of England and Ireland from 1603 to 1625 and king of Scotland from 1567 to 1625;

- he was the son of Mary Queen of Scots and he succeeded Elizabeth I;

- he alienated the British Parliament by claiming the divine right of kings (1566-1625);

- syn. James I, King James, King James I;

n4
United States outlaw who fought as a Confederate soldier and later led a band of outlaws that robbed trains and banks in the West until he was murdered by a member of his own gang (1847-1882);

- syn. Jesse James;

n5
United States pragmatic philosopher and psychologist (1842-1910);

- syn. William James;

n6
writer who was born in the United States but lived in England (1843-1916);

- syn. Henry James;

n7
(New Testament) disciple of Jesus;

- brother of John;

- author of the Epistle of James in the New Testament;

- syn. Saint James, Saint James the Apostle, St. James, St. James the Apostle;

n8
a river in Virginia that flows east into Chesapeake Bay at Hampton Roads;

- syn. James River;

n9
a river that rises in North Dakota and flows southward across South Dakota to the Missouri;

- syn. James River;

n10
a New Testament book attributed to Saint James the Apostle;

- syn. Epistle of James;

James A. Garfield
n1
20th President of the United States;

- assassinated by a frustrated office-seeker (1831-1881);

- syn. Garfield, James Abraham Garfield, James Garfield, President Garfield;

James Abbott McNeill Whistler
n1
United States painter (1834-1903);

- syn. Whistler;

James Abraham Garfield
n1
20th President of the United States;

- assassinated by a frustrated office-seeker (1831-1881);

- syn. Garfield, James A. Garfield, James Garfield, President Garfield;

James Agee
n1
United States novelist (1909-1955);

- syn. Agee;

James Albert Michener
n1
United States writer of historical novels (1907-1997);

- syn. James Michener, Michener;

James Alfred Van Allen
n1
United States physicist who discovered two belts of charged particles from the solar wind trapped by the Earth's magnetic field (born in 1914);

- syn. Van Allen;

James Arthur Baldwin
n1
United States author who was an outspoken critic of racism (1924-1987);

- syn. Baldwin, James Baldwin;

James Augustine Aloysius Joyce
n1
influential Irish writer noted for his many innovations (such as stream of consciousness writing) (1882-1941);

- syn. James Joyce, Joyce;

James Augustus Henry Murray
n1
Scottish philologist and the lexicographer who shaped the Oxford English Dictionary (1837-1915);

- syn. James Augustus Murray, James Murray, Murray, Sir James Augustus Henry Murray, Sir James Augustus Murray, Sir James Murray;

James Augustus Murray
n1
Scottish philologist and the lexicographer who shaped the Oxford English Dictionary (1837-1915);

- syn. James Augustus Henry Murray, James Murray, Murray, Sir James Augustus Henry Murray, Sir James Augustus Murray, Sir James Murray;

James Baldwin
n1
United States author who was an outspoken critic of racism (1924-1987);

- syn. Baldwin, James Arthur Baldwin;

James Barrie
n1
Scottish dramatist and novelist;

- created Peter Pan (1860-1937);

- syn. Barrie, J. M. Barrie, James Matthew Barrie, Sir James Matthew Barrie;

James Bay
n1
the southern extension of Hudson Bay in Canada between western Quebec and northeastern Ontario;

James Bernoulli
n1
Swiss mathematician (1654-1705);

- syn. Bernoulli, Jacques Bernoulli, Jakob Bernoulli;

James Bond
n1
British secret operative 007 in novels by Ian Fleming;

- syn. Bond;

James Boswell
n1
Scottish author noted for his biography of Samuel Johnson (1740-1795);

- syn. Boswell;

James Bowie
n1
United States pioneer and hero of the Texas revolt against Mexico;

- he shared command of the garrison that resisted the Mexican attack on the Alamo where he died (1796-1836);

- syn. Bowie, Jim Bowie;

James Branch Cabell
n1
United States writer of satirical novels (1879-1958);

- syn. Cabell;

James Buchanan
n1
15th President of the United States (1791-1868);

- syn. Buchanan, President Buchanan;

James Buchanan Brady
n1
United States financier noted for his love of diamonds and his extravagant lifestyle (1856-1917);

- syn. Brady, Diamond Jim, Diamond Jim Brady;

James Butler Hickock
n1
frontier marshal whose adventures have become legendary (1837-1876);

- syn. Hickock, Wild Bill Hickock;

James Byron Dean
n1
United States film actor whose moody rebellious roles made him a cult figure (1931-1955);

- syn. Dean, James Dean;

James Cagney
n1
United States film actor known for his portrayals of tough characters (1899-1986);

- syn. Cagney, Jimmy Cagney;

James Clark Ross
n1
British explorer of the Arctic and Antarctic;

- located the north magnetic pole in 1831;

- discovered the Ross Sea in Antarctica;

- nephew of Sir John Ross (1800-1862);

- syn. Ross, Sir James Clark Ross;

James Clerk Maxwell
n1
Scottish physicist whose equations unified electricity and magnetism and who recognized the electromagnetic nature of light (1831-1879);

- syn. J. C. Maxwell, Maxwell;

James Cleveland Owens
n1
United States athlete and Black American whose success in the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin outraged Hitler (1913-1980);

- syn. Jesse Owens, Owens;

James Cook
n1
English navigator who claimed the east coast of Australia for Britain and discovered several Pacific islands (1728-1779);

- syn. Captain Cook, Captain James Cook, Cook;

James Crichton
n1
Scottish man of letters and adventurer (1560-1582);

- syn. Crichton, The Admirable Crichton;

James Dean
n1
United States film actor whose moody rebellious roles made him a cult figure (1931-1955);

- syn. Dean, James Byron Dean;

James Dewey Watson
n1
United States geneticist who (with Crick in 1953) helped discover the helical structure of DNA (born in 1928);

- syn. James Watson, Watson;

James Douglas Morrison
n1
United States rock singer (1943-1971);

- syn. Jim Morrison, Morrison;

James Earl Carter
n1
39th President of the United States (1924-);

- syn. Carter, James Earl Carter Jr., Jimmy Carter, President Carter;

James Earl Carter Jr.
n1
39th President of the United States (1924-);

- syn. Carter, James Earl Carter, Jimmy Carter, President Carter;

James Edmund Scripps
n1
United States newspaper publisher and half-brother of Edward Wyllis Scripps (1835-1908);

- syn. Scripps;

James Edward Meade
n1
English economist noted for his studies of international trade and finance (1907-1995);

- syn. Meade;

James Fenimore Cooper
n1
United States novelist noted for his stories of American Indians and the frontier life (1789-1851);

- syn. Cooper;

James Francis Thorpe
n1
outstanding United States athlete (1888-1953);

- syn. Jim Thorpe, Thorpe;

James Franck
n1
United States physicist (born in Germany) who with Gustav Hertz performed an electron scattering experiment that proved the existence of the stationary energy states postulated by Niels Bohr (1882-1964);

- syn. Franck;

James Garfield
n1
20th President of the United States;

- assassinated by a frustrated office-seeker (1831-1881);

- syn. Garfield, James A. Garfield, James Abraham Garfield, President Garfield;

James George Frazer
n1
English social anthropologist noted for studies of primitive religion and magic (1854-1941);

- syn. Frazer, Sir James George Frazer;

James Grover Thurber
n1
United States humorist and cartoonist who published collections of essays and stories (1894-1961);

- syn. James Thurber, Thurber;

James Hargreaves
n1
English inventor of the spinning jenny (1720-1778);

- syn. Hargreaves;

James Harold Doolittle
n1
United States Air Force officer who electrified the world in 1942 by leading a squadron of 16 bombers on a daylight raid over Tokyo (1896-1993);

- syn. Doolittle, Jimmy Doolittle;

James Harvey Robinson
n1
United States historian who stressed the importance of intellectual and social events for the course of history (1863-1936);

- syn. Robinson;

James Henry Leigh Hunt
n1
British writer who defended the Romanticism of Keats and Shelley (1784-1859);

- syn. Hunt, Leigh Hunt;

James Hogg
n1
Scottish writer of rustic verse (1770-1835);

- syn. Hogg;

James Howard Meredith
n1
United States civil rights leader whose college registration caused riots in traditionally segregated Mississippi (born in 1933);

- syn. James Meredith, Meredith;

James Hutton
n1
Scottish geologist who described the processes that have shaped the surface of the earth (1726-1797);

- syn. Hutton;

James I
n1
the first Stuart to be king of England and Ireland from 1603 to 1625 and king of Scotland from 1567 to 1625;

- he was the son of Mary Queen of Scots and he succeeded Elizabeth I;

- he alienated the British Parliament by claiming the divine right of kings (1566-1625);

- syn. James, King James, King James I;

James II
n1
the last Stuart to be king of England and Ireland and Scotland;

- overthrown in 1688 (1633-1701);

- syn. James;

James IV
n1
a Stuart king of Scotland who married a daughter of Henry VII;

- when England and France went to war in 1513 he invaded England and died in defeat at Flodden (1473-1513);

- syn. James;

James Ives
n1
United States lithographer who (with his partner Nathaniel Currier) produced thousands of prints signed `Currier & Ives' (1824-1895);

- syn. Ives, James Merritt Ives;

James Jerome Hill
n1
United States railroad tycoon (1838-1916);

- syn. Hill, J. J. Hill;

James John Corbett
n1
United States heavyweight boxing champion (1866-1933);

- syn. Corbett, Gentleman Jim, Jim Corbett;

James Joseph Tunney
n1
United States prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship by defeating Jack Dempsey twice (1898-1978);

- syn. Gene Tunney, Tunney;

James Joyce
n1
influential Irish writer noted for his many innovations (such as stream of consciousness writing) (1882-1941);

- syn. James Augustine Aloysius Joyce, Joyce;

James K. Polk
n1
11th President of the United States;

- his expansionism led to the Mexican War and the annexation of California and much of the southwest (1795-1849);

- syn. James Knox Polk, James Polk, Polk, President Polk;

James Knox Polk
n1
11th President of the United States;

- his expansionism led to the Mexican War and the annexation of California and much of the southwest (1795-1849);

- syn. James K. Polk, James Polk, Polk, President Polk;

James Langston Hughes
n1
United States writer (1902-1967);

- syn. Hughes, Langston Hughes;

James Leonard Farmer
n1
United States civil rights leader who in 1942 founded the Congress of Racial Equality (born in 1920);

- syn. Farmer;

James Madison
n1
4th President of the United States;

- member of the Continental Congress and rapporteur at the Constitutional Convention in 1776;

- helped frame the Bill of Rights (1751-1836);

- syn. Madison, President Madison;

James Maitland Stewart
n1
United States film actor who portrayed incorruptible but modest heros (1908-1997);

- syn. Jimmy Stewart, Stewart;

James Marshall Hendrix
n1
United States guitarist whose innovative style with electric guitars influenced the development of rock music (1942-1970);

- syn. Hendrix, Jimi Hendrix;

James Mason
n1
English film actor (1909-1984);

- syn. James Neville Mason, Mason;

James Matthew Barrie
n1
Scottish dramatist and novelist;

- created Peter Pan (1860-1937);

- syn. Barrie, J. M. Barrie, James Barrie, Sir James Matthew Barrie;

James McKeen Cattell
n1
American psychologist and editor (1860-1944);

- syn. Cattell;

James Meredith
n1
United States civil rights leader whose college registration caused riots in traditionally segregated Mississippi (born in 1933);

- syn. James Howard Meredith, Meredith;

James Merritt Ives
n1
United States lithographer who (with his partner Nathaniel Currier) produced thousands of prints signed `Currier & Ives' (1824-1895);

- syn. Ives, James Ives;

James Michener
n1
United States writer of historical novels (1907-1997);

- syn. James Albert Michener, Michener;

James Mill
n1
Scottish philosopher who expounded Bentham's utilitarianism;

- father of John Stuart Mill (1773-1836);

- syn. Mill;

James Monroe
n1
5th President of the United States;

- author of the Monroe Doctrine (1758-1831);

- syn. Monroe, President Monroe;

James Murray
n1
Scottish philologist and the lexicographer who shaped the Oxford English Dictionary (1837-1915);

- syn. James Augustus Henry Murray, James Augustus Murray, Murray, Sir James Augustus Henry Murray, Sir James Augustus Murray, Sir James Murray;

James Naismith
n1
United States educator (born in Canada) who invented the game of basketball (1861-1939);

- syn. Naismith;

James Neville Mason
n1
English film actor (1909-1984);

- syn. James Mason, Mason;

James Parkinson
n1
English surgeon (1755-1824);

- syn. Parkinson;

James Polk
n1
11th President of the United States;

- his expansionism led to the Mexican War and the annexation of California and much of the southwest (1795-1849);

- syn. James K. Polk, James Knox Polk, Polk, President Polk;

James Prescott Joule
n1
English physicist who established the mechanical theory of heat and discovered the first law of thermodynamics (1818-1889);

- syn. Joule;

James Riddle Hoffa
n1
United States labor leader who was president of the Teamsters Union;

- he was jailed for trying to bribe a judge and later disappeared and is assumed to have been murdered (1913-1975);

- syn. Hoffa, Jimmy Hoffa;

James River
n1
a river in Virginia that flows east into Chesapeake Bay at Hampton Roads;

- syn. James;

n2
a river that rises in North Dakota and flows southward across South Dakota to the Missouri;

- syn. James;

James Scott Connors
n1
outstanding United States tennis player (born in 1952);

- syn. Connors, Jimmy Conors;

James Thomas Farrell
n1
United States writer remembered for his novels (1904-1979);

- syn. Farrell;

James Thomas Harris
n1
Irish writer noted for his sexually explicit but unreliable autobiography (1856-1931);

- syn. Frank Harris, Harris;

James Thurber
n1
United States humorist and cartoonist who published collections of essays and stories (1894-1961);

- syn. James Grover Thurber, Thurber;

James Tobin
n1
United States economist (1918-2002);

- syn. Tobin;

James Usher
n1
Irish prelate who deduced from the Bible that Creation occurred in the year 4004 BC (1581-1656);

- syn. James Ussher, Usher, Ussher;

James Ussher
n1
Irish prelate who deduced from the Bible that Creation occurred in the year 4004 BC (1581-1656);

- syn. James Usher, Usher, Ussher;

James Watson
n1
United States geneticist who (with Crick in 1953) helped discover the helical structure of DNA (born in 1928);

- syn. James Dewey Watson, Watson;

James Watt
n1
Scottish engineer and inventor whose improvements in the steam engine led to its wide use in industry (1736-1819);

- syn. Watt;

James Whitcomb Riley
n1
United States poet (1849-1916);

- syn. Riley;

James William Fulbright
n1
United States senator who is remembered for his creation of grants that fund exchange programs of teachers and students between the United States and other countries (1905-1995);

- syn. Fulbright, William Fulbright;

James Wilson
n1
American Revolutionary leader who was one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence (1742-1798);

- syn. Wilson;

James Wyatt
n1
English architect (1746-1813);

- syn. Wyatt;

Jamesian
a1
of or relating to or characteristic of William James or his philosophy or his teachings;

a2
of or relating to or characteristic of Henry James or his writing;

Jamesonia
n1
xerophytic ferns of South America;

- syn. genus Jamesonia;

Jamestown / dʒ eɪ m z t aʊ n /
n1
a former village on the James River in Virginia to the north of Norfolk;

- site of the first permanent English settlement in America in 1607;

Jamestown weed
n1
intensely poisonous tall coarse annual tropical weed having rank-smelling foliage, large white or violet trumpet-shaped flowers and prickly fruits;

- syn. Datura stramonium, apple of Peru, common thorn apple, jimson weed, jimsonweed;

Jamison
n1
United States dancer and choreographer (born in 1944);

- syn. Judith Jamison;

jamjar / dʒ æ m dʒ ɑ , dʒ æ m dʒ ɑr /
n1
a jar for holding jellies or preserves;

- syn. jampot;

jammed / dʒ æ m d /
a1
extremely crowed or filled to capacity;

- "a suitcase jammed with dirty clothes";

- "stands jam-packed with fans";

- "a packed theater";

- syn. jam-packed, packed;

- sim. crowded;

jammer / dʒ æ m ə /
n1
a transmitter used to broadcast electronic jamming;

jammies / dʒ æ m ɪ z /
n1
(usually plural) loose-fitting nightclothes worn for sleeping or lounging;

- have a jacket top and trousers;

- syn. pajama, pj's, pyjama;

jamming / dʒ æ m ɪ ŋ /
n1
deliberate radiation or reflection of electromagnetic energy for the purpose of disrupting enemy use of electronic devices or systems;

- syn. electronic jamming, jam;

Jammu and Kashmir
n1
an area in southwestern Asia whose sovereignty is disputed between Pakistan and India;

- syn. Cashmere, Kashmir;

jampack / dʒ æ m p æ k /
v1
crowd or pack to capacity;

- "the theater was jampacked";

- syn. chock up, cram, jam, ram, wad;

jampan / dʒ æ m p æ n /
n1
a kind of sedan chair used in India;

jampot / dʒ æ m p ɒ t /
n1
a jar for holding jellies or preserves;

- syn. jamjar;

Jan / dʒ æ n /
n1
the first month of the year;

- begins 10 days after the winter solstice;

- syn. January;

Jan Amos Komensky
n1
Czech educational reformer (1592-1670);

- syn. Comenius, John Amos Comenius;

Jan Christian Smuts
n1
South African statesman and soldier (1870-1950);

- syn. Smuts;

Jan Evangelista Purkinje
n1
Bohemian physiologist remembered for his discovery of Purkinje cells and the Purkinje network (1787-1869);

- syn. Johannes Evangelista Purkinje, Purkinje;

Jan Hendrix Oort
n1
Dutch astronomer who proved that the galaxy is rotating and proposed the existence of the Oort cloud (1900-1992);

- syn. Oort;

Jan Hus
n1
Czechoslovakian religious reformer who anticipated the Reformation;

- he questioned the infallibility of the Catholic Church was excommunicated (1409) for attacking the corruption of the clergy;

- he was burned at the stake (1372-1415);

- syn. Hus, Huss, John Huss;

Jan Steen
n1
Dutch genre painter (1626-1679);

- syn. Steen;

Jan Swammerdam
n1
Dutch naturalist and microscopist who proposed a classification of insects and who was among the first to recognize cells in animals and was the first to see red blood cells (1637-1680);

- syn. Swammerdam;

Jan Tinbergen
n1
Dutch economist noted for his work in econometrics (1903-1994);

- syn. Tinbergen;

Jan van der Meer
n1
Dutch painter renowned for his use of light (1632-1675);

- syn. Jan Vermeer, Vermeer;

Jan van Eyck
n1
Flemish painter who was a founder of the Flemish school of painting and who pioneered modern techniques of oil painting (1390-1441);

- syn. Eyck, van Eyck;

Jan Vermeer
n1
Dutch painter renowned for his use of light (1632-1675);

- syn. Jan van der Meer, Vermeer;

Jane Austen
n1
English novelist noted for her insightful portrayals of middle-class families (1775-1817);

- syn. Austen;

Jane Doe
n1
an unknown or fictitious woman who is a party to legal proceedings;

Jane Fonda
n1
United States film actress and daughter of Henry Fonda (born in 1937);

- syn. Fonda;

Jane Goodall
n1
English zoologist noted for her studies of chimpanzees in the wild (born in 1934);

- syn. Goodall;

Jane Jacobs
n1
United States writer and critic of urban planning (born in 1916);

- syn. Jacobs;

Jane Seymour
n1
Queen of England as the third wife of Henry VIII and mother of Edward VI (1509-1537);

- syn. Seymour;

jangle / dʒ æ ŋ ɡ ɫ /
n1
a metallic sound;

- "the jingle of coins";

- "the jangle of spurs";

- syn. jingle;

v1
make a sound typical of metallic objects;

- "The keys were jingling in his pocket";

- syn. jingle, jingle-jangle;

jangling / dʒ æ ŋ ɡ ɫ ɪ ŋ /
a1
like the discordant ringing of nonmusical metallic objects striking together;

- "cowboys with jangling spurs";

- syn. jangly;

- sim. cacophonous;

jangly / dʒ æ ŋ ɡ ɫ i /
a1
like the discordant ringing of nonmusical metallic objects striking together;

- "cowboys with jangling spurs";

- syn. jangling;

- sim. cacophonous;

Janis Joplin
n1
United States singer who died of a drug overdose at the height of her popularity (1943-1970);

- syn. Joplin;

janissary / dʒ æ n ɪ s ə ɹ i /
n1
a loyal supporter;

- "every politician has a following of janissaries";

n2
a Turkish soldier;

janitor / dʒ æ n ɪ t ə , dʒ æ n ɪ t ə ɹ /
n1
someone employed to clean and maintain a building;

Jansen / dʒ æ n s ɛ n /
n1
a Dutch Roman Catholic theologian (1585-1638);

- syn. Cornelis Jansen, Cornelius Jansenius;

Jansenism / dʒ æ n s ŋ ɪ z ə m /
n1
the Roman Catholic doctrine of Cornelis Jansen and his disciples;

- salvation is limited to those who are subject to supernatural determinism and the rest are assigned to perdition;

Jansenist / dʒ æ n s ŋ ɪ s t /
n1
an advocate of Jansenism;

January / dʒ æ n j ʊr i /
n1
the first month of the year;

- begins 10 days after the winter solstice;

- syn. Jan;

January 1
n1
(Roman Catholic Church and Anglican Church) feast day celebrating the circumcision of Jesus;

- celebrated on January 1st;

- syn. Circumcision, Feast of the Circumcision;

n2
(Roman Catholic Church) a holy day of obligation;

- syn. Solemnity of Mary;

n3
the first day of the year;

- syn. New Year's, New Year's Day;

January 19
n1
celebrated in southern United States;

- syn. Lee's Birthday, Robert E Lee's Birthday, Robert E Lee Day;

January 20
n1
a Christian holy day;

- syn. Saint Agnes's Eve;

n2
the day designated for inauguration of the United States President;

- syn. Inauguration Day;

January 6
n1
twelve days after Christmas;

- celebrates the visit of the three wise men to the infant Jesus;

- syn. Epiphany, Epiphany of Our Lord, Three Kings' Day, Twelfth day;

Janus / dʒ eɪ n ə s /
n1
(Roman mythology) the Roman god of doorways and passages;

- is depicted with two faces on opposite sides of his head;

Janus-faced
a1
having or concerned with polarities or contrasts;

- "a Janus-faced view of history";

- "a Janus-faced policy";

- sim. bipolar;

a2
marked by deliberate deceptiveness especially by pretending one set of feelings and acting under the influence of another;

- "she was a deceitful scheming little thing"- Israel Zangwill;

- "a double-dealing double agent";

- "a double-faced infernal traitor and schemer"- W.M.Thackeray;

- syn. ambidextrous, deceitful, double-dealing, double-faced, double-tongued, duplicitous, two-faced;

- sim. dishonest;

a3
having two faces--one looking to the future and one to the past;

- "Janus the two-faced god";

- syn. two-faced;

- sim. faced;

Jap
n1
(offensive slang) offensive term for a person of Japanese descent;

- syn. Nip;

jap clover
n1
an annual of tropical Asia naturalized in United States;

- syn. Lespedeza striata, japan clover, japanese clover;

Japan / dʒ ə p æ n /
n1
a string of more than 3,000 islands to the east of Asia extending 1,300 miles between the Sea of Japan and the western Pacific Ocean;

- syn. Japanese Archipelago, Japanese Islands;

n2
a constitutional monarchy occupying the Japanese Archipelago;

- a world leader in electronics and automobile manufacture and ship building;

- syn. Nihon, Nippon;

n3
lacquerware decorated and varnished in the Japanese manner with a glossy durable black lacquer;

n4
lacquer with a durable glossy black finish, originally from the orient;

v1
coat with a lacquer, as done in Japan;

Japan allspice
n1
deciduous Japanese shrub cultivated for its fragrant yellow flowers;

- syn. Chimonanthus praecox, Japanese allspice, winter sweet;

Japan bittersweet
n1
ornamental Asiatic vine with showy orange-yellow fruit with a scarlet aril;

- naturalized in North America;

- syn. Celastric articulatus, Celastrus orbiculatus, Japanese bittersweet, oriental bittersweet;

Japan cedar
n1
tall evergreen of Japan and China yielding valuable soft wood;

- syn. Cryptomeria japonica, Japanese cedar, sugi;

japan clover
n1
an annual of tropical Asia naturalized in United States;

- syn. Lespedeza striata, jap clover, japanese clover;

Japan current
n1
a warm ocean current that flows northeastwardly off the coast of Japan into the northern Pacific ocean;

- syn. Kuroshio, Kuroshio current;

Japan tallow
n1
a yellow wax obtained from sumac berries;

- used in polishes;

- syn. Japan wax;

Japan Trench
n1
a depression in the floor of the Pacific Ocean to the northeast of Japan that reaches depths of 30,000 feet;

Japan wax
n1
a yellow wax obtained from sumac berries;

- used in polishes;

- syn. Japan tallow;

Japanese / dʒ æ p ə n i z /
n1
a native or inhabitant of Japan;

- syn. Nipponese;

n2
the language (usually considered to be Altaic) spoken by the Japanese;

a1
of or relating to or characteristic of Japan or its people or their culture or language;

- "the Japanese Emperor";

- "Japanese cars";

- syn. Nipponese;

Japanese-speaking
a1
able to communicate in Japanese;

- sim. communicative;

Japanese allspice
n1
deciduous Japanese shrub cultivated for its fragrant yellow flowers;

- syn. Chimonanthus praecox, Japan allspice, winter sweet;

Japanese andromeda
n1
broad-leaved evergreen Asiatic shrub with glossy leaves and drooping clusters of white flowers;

- syn. Pieris japonica, andromeda, lily-of-the-valley tree;

Japanese angelica tree
n1
deciduous clump-forming Asian shrub or small tree;

- adventive in the eastern United States;

- syn. Aralia elata;

Japanese apricot
n1
Japanese ornamental tree with fragrant white or pink blossoms and small yellow fruits;

- syn. Prunus mume, mei;

Japanese Archipelago
n1
a string of more than 3,000 islands to the east of Asia extending 1,300 miles between the Sea of Japan and the western Pacific Ocean;

- syn. Japan, Japanese Islands;

Japanese banana
n1
Asiatic banana plant cultivated especially as a foliage plant in Japan;

- syn. Musa basjoo;

Japanese barberry
n1
compact deciduous shrub having persistent red berries;

- widespread in cultivation especially for hedges;

- syn. Berberis thunbergii;

Japanese barnyard millet
n1
coarse annual grass cultivated in Japan and southeastern Asia for its edible seeds and for forage;

- important wildlife food in United States;

- syn. Echinochloa frumentacea, Japanese millet, billion-dollar grass, sanwa millet;

Japanese beech
n1
a beech native to Japan having soft light yellowish-brown wood;

Japanese beetle
n1
small metallic green and brown beetle native to eastern Asia;

- serious plant pest in North America;

- syn. Popillia japonica;

Japanese bittersweet
n1
ornamental Asiatic vine with showy orange-yellow fruit with a scarlet aril;

- naturalized in North America;

- syn. Celastric articulatus, Celastrus orbiculatus, Japan bittersweet, oriental bittersweet;

Japanese black pine
n1
large Japanese ornamental having long needles in bunches of 2;

- widely planted in United States because of its resistance to salt and smog;

- syn. Pinus thunbergii, black pine;

Japanese brome
n1
grass of Mediterranean and temperate Asia;

- syn. Bromus japonicus, Japanese chess;

Japanese capital
n1
the capital and largest city of Japan;

- the economic and cultural center of Japan;

- syn. Edo, Tokio, Tokyo, Yeddo, Yedo, capital of Japan;

Japanese carpet grass
n1
lawn grass common in the Philippines;

- grown also in United States;

- syn. Manila grass, Zoysia matrella;

Japanese cedar
n1
tall evergreen of Japan and China yielding valuable soft wood;

- syn. Cryptomeria japonica, Japan cedar, sugi;

Japanese cherry
n1
ornamental tree with inedible fruits widely cultivated in many varieties for its white blossoms;

- syn. Japanese flowering cherry, Prunus serrulata, oriental cherry;

Japanese chess
n1
grass of Mediterranean and temperate Asia;

- syn. Bromus japonicus, Japanese brome;

Japanese chestnut
n1
a spreading tree of Japan that has a short trunk;

- syn. Castanea crenata;

japanese clover
n1
an annual of tropical Asia naturalized in United States;

- syn. Lespedeza striata, jap clover, japan clover;

Japanese crab
n1
crabmeat usually canned;

- from Japan;

Japanese deer
n1
small deer of Japan with slightly forked antlers;

- syn. Cervus nipon, Cervus sika, sika;

Japanese deity
n1
a deity worshipped by the Japanese;

Japanese flowering cherry
n1
ornamental tree with inedible fruit widely cultivated in many varieties for its pink blossoms;

- syn. Prunus sieboldii;

n2
ornamental tree with inedible fruits widely cultivated in many varieties for its white blossoms;

- syn. Japanese cherry, Prunus serrulata, oriental cherry;

Japanese honeysuckle
n1
an Asiatic trailing evergreen honeysuckle with half-evergreen leaves and fragrant white flowers turning yellow with age;

- has become a weed in some areas;

- syn. Lonicera japonica;

Japanese hop
n1
ornamental vine native to eastern Asia;

- cultivated for its variegated foliage;

- syn. Humulus japonicus;

Japanese iris
n1
iris native to Japan having large showy flowers;

- syn. Iris kaempferi;

Japanese Islands
n1
a string of more than 3,000 islands to the east of Asia extending 1,300 miles between the Sea of Japan and the western Pacific Ocean;

- syn. Japan, Japanese Archipelago;

Japanese ivy
n1
Asiatic vine with three-lobed leaves and purple berries;

- syn. Boston ivy, Parthenocissus tricuspidata;

Japanese lacquer tree
n1
small Asiatic tree yielding a toxic exudate from which lacquer is obtained;

- syn. Chinese lacquer tree, Japanese sumac, Japanese varnish tree, Rhus verniciflua, Toxicodendron vernicifluum, lacquer tree, varnish tree;

Japanese lawn grass
n1
lawn grass common in China and Japan;

- grown also in United States;

- syn. Korean lawn grass, Zoysia japonica;

Japanese leaf
n1
erect or partially climbing herb having large green or variegated leaves;

- syn. Aglaonema modestum, Chinese evergreen;

Japanese leek
n1
Asiatic onion with slender bulbs;

- used as early green onions;

- syn. Allium fistulosum, Welsh onion;

Japanese lilac
n1
lilac of northern China having ovate leaves and profuse early summer rose-lilac flowers;

- syn. Syringa villosa;

Japanese lime
n1
medium-sized tree of Japan used as an ornamental;

- syn. Japanese linden, Tilia japonica;

Japanese linden
n1
medium-sized tree of Japan used as an ornamental;

- syn. Japanese lime, Tilia japonica;

Japanese maple
n1
ornamental shrub or small tree of Japan and Korea with deeply incised leaves;

- cultivated in many varieties;

- syn. Acer palmatum;

n2
leaves deeply incised and bright red in autumn;

- Japan;

- syn. Acer japonicum, full moon maple;

Japanese medlar
n1
evergreen tree of warm regions having fuzzy yellow olive-sized fruit with a large free stone;

- native to China and Japan;

- syn. Eriobotrya japonica, Japanese plum, loquat, loquat tree;

Japanese millet
n1
coarse annual grass cultivated in Japan and southeastern Asia for its edible seeds and for forage;

- important wildlife food in United States;

- syn. Echinochloa frumentacea, Japanese barnyard millet, billion-dollar grass, sanwa millet;

Japanese monetary unit
n1
monetary unit in Japan;

Japanese morning glory
n1
annual Old World tropical climbing herb distinguished by wide color range and frilled or double flowers;

- syn. Ipomoea nil;

Japanese oak
n1
oak with moderately light fine-grained wood;

- Japan;

- syn. Quercus grosseserrata, Quercus mongolica;

n2
small evergreen tree of China and Japan;

- syn. Lithocarpus glaber, Lithocarpus glabra;

Japanese oyster
n1
a large oyster native to Japan and introduced along the Pacific coast of the United States;

- a candidate for introduction in Chesapeake Bay;

- syn. Ostrea gigas;

Japanese pagoda tree
n1
handsome roundheaded deciduous tree having compound dark green leaves and profuse panicles of fragrant creamy-white flowers;

- China and Japan;

- syn. Chinese scholar tree, Chinese scholartree, Sophora japonica, Sophora sinensis;

Japanese persimmon
n1
small deciduous Asiatic tree bearing large red or orange edible astringent fruit;

- syn. Diospyros kaki, kaki;

Japanese pink
n1
a flowering variety of China pink distinguished by jagged-edged petals;

- syn. Dianthus chinensis heddewigii;

Japanese plum
n1
small tree of China and Japan bearing large yellow to red plums usually somewhat inferior to European plums in flavor;

- syn. Prunus salicina;

n2
evergreen tree of warm regions having fuzzy yellow olive-sized fruit with a large free stone;

- native to China and Japan;

- syn. Eriobotrya japonica, Japanese medlar, loquat, loquat tree;

n3
yellow olive-sized semitropical fruit with a large free stone and relatively little flesh;

- used for jellies;

- syn. loquat;

Japanese poinsettia
n1
showy poinsettia found from the southern United States to Peru;

- syn. Euphorbia heterophylla, mole plant, paint leaf;

Japanese privet
n1
evergreen shrub of Japan and Korea having small dark leaves and flowers in loose panicles;

- related to but smaller than Chinese privet;

- syn. Ligustrum japonicum;

Japanese quince
n1
deciduous thorny shrub native to China having red or white blossoms;

- syn. Chaenomeles speciosa;

Japanese radish
n1
radish of Japan with a long hard durable root eaten raw or cooked;

- syn. Raphanus sativus longipinnatus, daikon, radish;

Japanese Red Army
n1
a terrorist group organized in 1970 to overthrow the Japanese government and monarchy and to foment world revolution;

- is said to have close ties with Palestinian terrorists;

- "in 1972 the Japanese Red Army was responsible for a massacre at an airport in Israel";

- syn. Anti-Imperialist International Brigade, JRA;

Japanese red pine
n1
pine native to Japan and Korea having a wide-spreading irregular crown when mature;

- grown as an ornamental;

- syn. Japanese table pine, Pinus densiflora;

Japanese rose
n1
vigorously growing rose having clusters of numerous small flowers;

- used for hedges and as grafting stock;

- syn. Rosa multiflora, baby rose, multiflora, multiflora rose;

Japanese snowbell
n1
shrubby tree of China and Japan;

- syn. Styrax japonicum;

Japanese spaniel
n1
breed of toy dogs originating in Japan having a silky black-and-white or red-and-white coat;

Japanese spurge
n1
slow-growing Japanese evergreen subshrub having terminal spikes of white flowers;

- grown as a ground cover;

- syn. Pachysandra terminalis;

Japanese stranglehold
n1
a wrestling hold in which the opponent's arms are crossed in front of his own neck to exert pressure on his windpipe;

Japanese sumac
n1
small Asiatic tree yielding a toxic exudate from which lacquer is obtained;

- syn. Chinese lacquer tree, Japanese lacquer tree, Japanese varnish tree, Rhus verniciflua, Toxicodendron vernicifluum, lacquer tree, varnish tree;

Japanese table pine
n1
pine native to Japan and Korea having a wide-spreading irregular crown when mature;

- grown as an ornamental;

- syn. Japanese red pine, Pinus densiflora;

Japanese tree lilac
n1
small tree of Japan having narrow pointed leaves and creamy-white flowers;

- syn. Syringa amurensis japonica, Syringa reticulata;

Japanese umbrella pine
n1
tall evergreen having a symmetrical spreading crown and needles growing in whorls that resemble umbrellas at ends of twigs;

- syn. Sciadopitys verticillata;

Japanese varnish tree
n1
small Asiatic tree yielding a toxic exudate from which lacquer is obtained;

- syn. Chinese lacquer tree, Japanese lacquer tree, Japanese sumac, Rhus verniciflua, Toxicodendron vernicifluum, lacquer tree, varnish tree;

n2
deciduous tree widely grown in southern United States as an ornamental for its handsome maplelike foliage and long racemes of yellow-green flowers followed by curious leaflike pods;

- syn. Chinese parasol, Chinese parasol tree, Firmiana simplex, phoenix tree;

Japanese wistaria
n1
having flowers of pink to mauve or violet-blue;

- syn. Wisteria floribunda;

Japanese yew
n1
shrubby hardy evergreen of China and Japan having lustrous dark green foliage;

- cultivated in the eastern United States;

- syn. Taxus cuspidata;

jape / dʒ eɪ p /
n1
a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter;

- "he told a very funny joke";

- "he knows a million gags";

- "thanks for the laugh";

- "he laughed unpleasantly at his own jest";

- "even a schoolboy's jape is supposed to have some ascertainable point";

- syn. gag, jest, joke, laugh;

japery / dʒ eɪ p ə ɹ i /
n1
acting like a clown or buffoon;

- syn. buffoonery, clowning, frivolity, harlequinade, prank;

Japheth
n1
(Old Testament) son of Noah;

japonica / dʒ ə p ɒ n ɪ k ə /
n1
greenhouse shrub with glossy green leaves and showy fragrant rose-like flowers;

- cultivated in many varieties;

- syn. Camellia japonica;

n2
deciduous thorny shrub native to Japan having red blossoms;

- syn. Chaenomeles japonica, maule's quince;

jar / dʒ ɑ , dʒ ɑr /
n1
a vessel (usually cylindrical) with a wide mouth and without handles;

n2
the quantity contained in a jar;

- "he drank a jar of beer";

- syn. jarful;

n3
a sudden jarring impact;

- "the door closed with a jolt";

- "all the jars and jolts were smoothed out by the shock absorbers";

- syn. jolt, jounce, shock;

v1
be incompatible;

- be or come into conflict;

- "These colors clash";

- syn. clash, collide;

v2
move or cause to move with a sudden jerky motion;

- syn. jolt;

v3
shock physically;

- "Georgia was shaken up in the Tech game";

- syn. bump around, shake up;

v4
affect in a disagreeable way;

- "This play jarred the audience";

v5
place in a cylindrical vessel;

- "jar the jam";

jar against
v1
collide violently with an obstacle;

- "I ran into the telephone pole";

- syn. bump into, butt against, knock against, run into;

jarful / dʒ ɑ f ʊ ɫ /
n1
the quantity contained in a jar;

- "he drank a jar of beer";

- syn. jar;

jargon / dʒ ɑ ɡ ə n /
n1
a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves);

- "they don't speak our lingo";

- syn. argot, cant, lingo, patois, slang, vernacular;

n2
a colorless (or pale yellow or smoky) variety of zircon;

- syn. jargoon;

n3
specialized technical terminology characteristic of a particular subject;

jargoon
n1
a colorless (or pale yellow or smoky) variety of zircon;

- syn. jargon;

Jaroslav Hasek
n1
Czech author of novels and short stories (1883-1923);

- syn. Hasek;

Jarrell
n1
United States poet (1914-1965);

- syn. Randall Jarrell;

jarring / dʒ ɑr ɪ ŋ /
a1
making or causing a harsh and irritating sound;

- "the jarring noise of the iron gate scraping on the sidewalk";

- sim. cacophonous;

jarringly / dʒ ɑr ɪ ŋ ɫ i /
r1
in a manner that jars and irritates;

- "the piano was jarringly out of tune";

Jarvik artificial heart
n1
a kind of artificial heart that has been used with some success;

- syn. Jarvik heart;

Jarvik heart
n1
a kind of artificial heart that has been used with some success;

- syn. Jarvik artificial heart;

jasmine / dʒ æ s m ɪ n /
n1
any of several shrubs and vines of the genus Jasminum chiefly native to Asia;

Jasmine tobacco
n1
South American ornamental perennial having nocturnally fragrant greenish-white flowers;

- syn. Nicotiana alata, flowering tobacco;

Jasminum
n1
shrubs and woody climbers mostly of tropical and temperate Old World: jasmine;

- jessamine;

- syn. genus Jasminum;

Jasminum mesnyi
n1
evergreen rambling yellow-flowered shrub of western China;

- syn. primrose jasmine;

Jasminum nudiflorum
n1
deciduous rambling shrub widely cultivated for its winter-blooming yellow flowers;

- syn. winter jasmine;

Jasminum officinale
n1
a climbing deciduous shrub with fragrant white or yellow or red flowers used in perfume and to flavor tea;

- syn. common jasmine, jessamine, true jasmine;

Jasminum sambac
n1
East Indian evergreen vine cultivated for its profuse fragrant white flowers;

- syn. Arabian jasmine;

Jason / dʒ eɪ s ə n /
n1
(Greek mythology) the husband of Medea and leader of the Argonauts who sailed in quest of the Golden Fleece;

jasper / dʒ æ s p ə , dʒ æ s p ə ɹ /
n1
an opaque form of quartz;

- red or yellow or brown or dark green in color;

- used for ornamentation or as a gemstone;

Jasper Johns
n1
United States artist and proponent of pop art (born in 1930);

- syn. Johns;

Jaspers / dʒ æ s p ə ɹ z , dʒ æ s p ə z /
n1
German psychiatrist (1883-1969);

- syn. Karl Jaspers, Karl Theodor Jaspers;

jassid
n1
a variety of leafhopper;

Jassidae
n1
family of small leafhoppers coextensive with the Cicadellidae and not distinguished from it in some classifications;

- syn. family Jassidae;

Jat
n1
a member of an Indo-European people widely scattered throughout the northwest of the Indian subcontinent and consisting of Muslims and Hindus and Sikhs;

jati
n1
(Hinduism) a Hindu caste or distinctive social group of which there are thousands throughout India;

- a special characteristic is often the exclusive occupation of its male members (such as barber or potter);

Jatropha
n1
a mainly tropical genus of American plant belonging to the family Euphorbiaceae;

- syn. genus Jatropha;

Jatropha curcus
n1
small tropical American tree yielding purple dye and a tanning extract and bearing physic nuts containing a purgative oil that is poisonous in large quantities;

- syn. physic nut;

Jatropha stimulosus
n1
a stinging herb of tropical America;

- syn. Cnidoscolus urens, Jatropha urens, devil nettle, pica-pica, spurge nettle, tread-softly;

Jatropha urens
n1
a stinging herb of tropical America;

- syn. Cnidoscolus urens, Jatropha stimulosus, devil nettle, pica-pica, spurge nettle, tread-softly;

Jaun Gris
n1
Spanish cubist painter (1887-1927);

- syn. Gris;

jaundice / dʒ ɔ n d ɪ s /
n1
yellowing of the skin and the whites of the eyes caused by an accumulation of bile pigment (bilirubin) in the blood;

- can be a symptom of gallstones or liver infection or anemia;

- syn. icterus;

n2
a rough and bitter manner;

- syn. acerbity, acrimony, bitterness, tartness, thorniness;

v1
distort adversely;

- "Jealousy had jaundiced his judgment";

v2
affect with, or as if with, jaundice;

jaundice of the newborn
n1
yellowish appearance in newborn infants;

- usually subsides spontaneously;

- syn. icterus neonatorum, physiological jaundice of the newborn;

jaundiced / dʒ ɔ n d ɪ s t /
a1
affected by jaundice which causes yellowing of skin etc;

- syn. icteric, yellow;

- sim. unhealthy;

a2
showing or affected by prejudice or envy or distaste;

- "looked with a jaundiced eye on the growth of regimentation";

- "takes a jaundiced view of societies and clubs";

- sim. prejudiced;

jaunt / dʒ ɔ n t /
n1
a journey taken for pleasure;

- "many summer excursions to the shore";

- "it was merely a pleasure trip";

- "after cautious sashays into the field";

- syn. excursion, expedition, junket, outing, pleasure trip, sashay;

v1
make a trip for pleasure;

- syn. travel, trip;

jauntily / dʒ ɔ n t ɪ ɫ i /
r1
in a jaunty fashionable manner;

- "his hat sat jauntily on his full brown hair";

jauntiness / dʒ ɔ n t ɪ n ə s /
n1
stylishness as evidenced by a smart appearance;

- syn. dapperness, nattiness, rakishness;

n2
a breezy liveliness;

- "a delightful breeziness of manner";

- syn. breeziness;

jaunting car
n1
an open two-wheeled one-horse cart formerly widely used in Ireland;

- syn. jaunty car;

jaunty / dʒ ɔ n t i /
a1
marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners;

- "a dapper young man";

- "a jaunty red hat";

- syn. dapper, dashing, natty, raffish, rakish, snappy, spiffy, spruce;

- sim. fashionable;

a2
having a cheerful, lively, and self-confident air;

- "looking chipper, like a man...diverted by his own wit"- Frances G. Patton;

- "life that is gay, brisk, and debonair"- H.M.Reynolds;

- "walked with a jaunty step";

- "a jaunty optimist";

- syn. chipper, debonair, debonaire;

- sim. cheerful;

jaunty car
n1
an open two-wheeled one-horse cart formerly widely used in Ireland;

- syn. jaunting car;

Java / dʒ ɑ v ə /
n1
an island in Indonesia to the south of Borneo;

- one of the world's most densely populated regions;

n2
a beverage consisting of an infusion of ground coffee beans;

- "he ordered a cup of coffee";

- syn. coffee;

n3
a platform-independent object-oriented programming language;

Java finch
n1
small finch-like Indonesian weaverbird that frequents rice fields;

- syn. Java sparrow, Padda oryzivora, ricebird;

Java man
n1
fossil remains found in Java;

- formerly called Pithecanthropus erectus;

- syn. Trinil man;

Java olives
n1
large tree of Old World tropics having foul-smelling orange-red blossoms followed by red pods enclosing oil-rich seeds sometimes used as food;

- syn. Sterculia foetida, kalumpang;

Java pepper
n1
tropical southeast Asian shrubby vine bearing spicy berrylike fruits;

- syn. Piper cubeba, cubeb, cubeb vine;

Java sparrow
n1
small finch-like Indonesian weaverbird that frequents rice fields;

- syn. Java finch, Padda oryzivora, ricebird;

Javan / dʒ ɑ v ə n /
n1
a native or inhabitant of Java;

- syn. Javanese;

a1
of or relating to or characteristic of Java or its inhabitants or its language;

- "Javanese temples";

- "Javanese dialects";

- syn. Javanese;

Javanese / dʒ ɑ v ə n i z /
n1
a native or inhabitant of Java;

- syn. Javan;

n2
the Indonesian language spoken on Java;

a1
of or relating to or characteristic of Java or its inhabitants or its language;

- "Javanese temples";

- "Javanese dialects";

- syn. Javan;

Javanthropus
n1
former genus of primitive man;

- now Homo soloensis: comprises Solo man;

- syn. genus Javanthropus;

Javel water
n1
an aqueous solution of sodium hypochlorite;

- syn. Javelle water, eau de Javelle;

javelin / dʒ æ v ə ɫ ɪ n , dʒ æ v ɫ ɪ n /
n1
an athletic competition in which a javelin is thrown as far as possible;

n2
a spear thrown as a weapon or in competitive field events;

javelina
n1
dark grey peccary with an indistinct white collar;

- of semi desert areas of Mexico and southwestern United States;

- syn. Peccari angulatus, Tayassu angulatus, Tayassu tajacu, collared peccary;

Javelle water
n1
an aqueous solution of sodium hypochlorite;

- syn. Javel water, eau de Javelle;

jaw / dʒ ɔ /
n1
the part of the skull of a vertebrate that frames the mouth and holds the teeth;

n2
the bones of the skull that frame the mouth and serve to open it;

- the bones that hold the teeth;

n3
holding device consisting of one or both of the opposing parts of a tool that close to hold an object;

v1
talk socially without exchanging too much information;

- "the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze";

- syn. chaffer, chat, chatter, chew the fat, chit-chat, chitchat, claver, confab, confabulate, gossip, natter, shoot the breeze, visit;

v2
talk incessantly and tiresomely;

- syn. rattle on, yack, yack away, yap away;

v3
chew (food);

- to bite and grind with the teeth;

- "He jawed his bubble gum";

- "Chew your food and don't swallow it!";

- "The cows were masticating the grass";

- syn. chew, manducate, masticate;

v4
censure severely or angrily;

- "The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car";

- "The deputy ragged the Prime Minister";

- "The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup";

- syn. bawl out, berate, call down, call on the carpet, chew out, chew up, chide, dress down, have words, lambast, lambaste, lecture, rag, rebuke, remonstrate, reprimand, scold, take to task, trounce;

Jawaharlal Nehru
n1
Indian statesman and leader with Gandhi in the struggle for home rule;

- was the first prime minister of the Republic of India from 1947 to 1964 (1889-1964);

- syn. Nehru;

jawan
n1
(India) a private soldier or male constable;

jawbone / dʒ ɔ b oʊ n /
n1
the jaw in vertebrates that is hinged to open the mouth;

- syn. jowl, lower jaw, lower jawbone, mandible, mandibula, mandibular bone, submaxilla;

v1
talk idly or casually and in a friendly way;

- syn. schmoose, schmooze, shmoose, shmooze;

jawbreaker / dʒ ɔ b ɹ eɪ k ə , dʒ ɔ b ɹ eɪ k ə ɹ /
n1
a large round hard candy;

n2
a word that is hard to pronounce;

jawed / dʒ ɔ d /
a1
of animals having jaws of a specified type;

- sim. long-jawed, square-jawed;

jawfish
n1
small large-mouthed tropical marine fishes common along sandy bottoms;

- males brood egg balls in their mouths;

- popular aquarium fishes;

jawless / dʒ ɔ ɫ ɛ s /
a1
of animals having no jaw;

jawless fish
n1
eel-shaped vertebrate without jaws or paired appendages including the cyclostomes and some extinct forms;

- syn. agnathan, jawless vertebrate;

jawless vertebrate
n1
eel-shaped vertebrate without jaws or paired appendages including the cyclostomes and some extinct forms;

- syn. agnathan, jawless fish;

Jaws of Life
n1
hydraulic tool inserted into a wrecked vehicle and used to pry the wreckage apart in order to provide access to people trapped inside;

Jay / dʒ eɪ /
n1
United States diplomat and jurist who negotiated peace treaties with Britain and served as the first chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1745-1829);

- syn. John Jay;

n2
crested largely blue bird;

Jay Cooke
n1
United States financier who marketed Union bonds to finance the American Civil War;

- the failure of his bank resulted in a financial panic in 1873 (1821-1905);

- syn. Cooke;

Jay Gould
n1
United States financier who gained control of the Erie Canal and who caused a financial panic in 1869 when he attempted to corner the gold market (1836-1892);

- syn. Gould;

jaybird / dʒ eɪ b ɝ d /
n1
common jay of eastern North America;

- bright blue with grey breast;

- syn. Cyanocitta cristata, blue jay;

Jayshullah
n1
an indigenous Islamic terrorist group in Azerbaijan that attempted to bomb the United States embassy in 1999;

jaywalk / dʒ eɪ w ɔ k /
v1
cross the road at a red light;

jaywalker / dʒ eɪ w ɔ k ə , dʒ eɪ w ɔ k ə ɹ /
n1
a reckless pedestrian who crosses a street illegally;

jazz / dʒ æ z /
n1
empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk;

- "that's a lot of wind";

- "don't give me any of that jazz";

- syn. idle words, malarkey, malarky, nothingness, wind;

n2
a genre of popular music that originated in New Orleans around 1900 and developed through increasingly complex styles;

n3
a style of dance music popular in the 1920s;

- similar to New Orleans jazz but played by large bands;

v1
play something in the style of jazz;

v2
have sexual intercourse with;

- "This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm";

- "Adam knew Eve";

- "Were you ever intimate with this man?";

- syn. bang, be intimate, bed, bonk, do it, eff, fuck, get it on, get laid, have a go at it, have intercourse, have it away, have it off, have sex, hump, know, lie with, love, make love, make out, roll in the hay, screw, sleep together, sleep with;

Jazz Age
n1
the 1920s in the United States characterized in the novels of F. Scott Fitzgerald as a period of wealth, youthful exuberance, and carefree hedonism;

jazz around
v1
wander aimlessly in search of pleasure;

- syn. gad, gallivant;

jazz band
n1
a small band of jazz musicians;

- syn. combo, jazz group;

jazz festival
n1
a festival that features performances by jazz artists;

jazz group
n1
a small band of jazz musicians;

- syn. combo, jazz band;

jazz musician
n1
a musician who plays or composes jazz music;

- syn. jazzman;

jazz up
v1
make more interesting or lively;

- "juice up a party";

- "pep up your paper";

- syn. ginger up, juice up, pep up;

jazzman / dʒ æ z m æ n /
n1
a musician who plays or composes jazz music;

- syn. jazz musician;

jazzy / dʒ æ z i /
a1
resembling jazz (especially in its rhythm);

- sim. rhythmical;

a2
(used especially of clothes) marked by conspicuous display;

- syn. flashy, gaudy, showy, sporty;

- sim. colorful;

JDAM
n1
a pinpoint bomb guidance device that can be strapped to a gravity bomb thus converting dumb bombs into smart bombs;

- syn. Joint Direct Attack Munition;

je ne sais quoi
n1
something indescribable;

jealous / dʒ ɛ ɫ ə s /
a1
showing extreme cupidity;

- painfully desirous of another's advantages;

- "he was never covetous before he met her";

- "jealous of his success and covetous of his possessions";

- "envious of their art collection";

- syn. covetous, envious;

- sim. desirous;

a2
suspicious or unduly suspicious or fearful of being displaced by a rival;

- "a jealous lover";

- syn. green-eyed, overjealous;

- sim. distrustful;

jealously / dʒ ɛ ɫ ə s ɫ i /
r1
with jealousy;

- "he guarded his privacy jealously";

r2
with jealousy;

- in an envious manner;

- "he looked at his friend's new car jealously";

- syn. covetously, enviously;

jealousy / dʒ ɛ ɫ ə s i /
n1
a feeling of jealous envy (especially of a rival);

- syn. green-eyed monster;

n2
zealous vigilance;

- "cherish their official political freedom with fierce jealousy"-Paul Blanshard;

jean / dʒ i n , ʒ ɒ n /
n1
a coarse durable twill-weave cotton fabric;

- syn. denim, dungaree;

Jean-Baptiste Poquelin
n1
French author of sophisticated comedies (1622-1673);

- syn. Moliere;

Jean-Claude Duvalier
n1
son and successor of Francois Duvalier as president of Haiti;

- he was overthrown by a mass uprising in 1986 (born in 1951);

- syn. Baby Doc, Duvalier;

Jean-Frederic Joliot
n1
French nuclear physicist who was Marie Curie's assistant and who worked with Marie Curie's daughter who he married (taking the name Joliot-Curie);

- he and his wife discovered how to synthesize new radioactive elements (1900-1958);

- syn. Jean-Frederic Joliot-Curie, Joliot, Joliot-Curie;

Jean-Frederic Joliot-Curie
n1
French nuclear physicist who was Marie Curie's assistant and who worked with Marie Curie's daughter who he married (taking the name Joliot-Curie);

- he and his wife discovered how to synthesize new radioactive elements (1900-1958);

- syn. Jean-Frederic Joliot, Joliot, Joliot-Curie;

Jean-Jacques Rousseau
n1
French philosopher and writer born in Switzerland;

- believed that the natural goodness of man was warped by society;

- ideas influenced the French Revolution (1712-1778);

- syn. Rousseau;

Jean-Louis Lebris de Kerouac
n1
United States writer who was a leading figure of the beat generation (1922-1969);

- syn. Jack Kerouac, Kerouac;

Jean-Paul Sartre
n1
French writer and existentialist philosopher (1905-1980);

- syn. Sartre;

Jean-Philippe Rameau
n1
French composer of operas whose writings laid the foundation for the modern theory of harmony (1683-1764);

- syn. Rameau;

Jean Anouilh
n1
French dramatist noted for his reinterpretations of Greek myths (1910-1987);

- syn. Anouilh;

Jean Antoine Watteau
n1
French painter (1684-1721);

- syn. Watteau;

Jean Arp
n1
Alsatian artist and poet who was cofounder of dadaism in Zurich;

- noted for abstract organic sculptures (1887-1966);

- syn. Arp, Hans Arp;

Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres
n1
French classical painter (1780-1867);

- syn. Ingres;

Jean Baptiste Camille Corot
n1
French painter of Italian landscapes (1796-1875);

- syn. Corot;

Jean Baptiste de Lamarck
n1
French naturalist who proposed that evolution resulted from the inheritance of acquired characteristics (1744-1829);

- syn. Chevalier de Lamarck, Lamarck;

Jean Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur
n1
French general who commanded French troops in the American Revolution, notably at Yorktown (1725-1807);

- syn. Comte de Rochambeau, Rochambeau;

Jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier
n1
French mathematician who developed Fourier analysis and studied the conduction of heat (1768-1830);

- syn. Baron Jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier, Fourier;

Jean Baptiste Lully
n1
French composer (born in Italy) who was the court composer to Louis XIV and founded the national French opera (1632-1687);

- syn. Giambattista Lulli, Lulli, Lully;

Jean Baptiste Racine
n1
French advocate of Jansenism;

- tragedian who based his works on Greek and Roman themes (1639-1699);

- syn. Jean Racine, Racine;

Jean Bernard Leon Foucault
n1
French physicist who determined the speed of light and showed that it travels slower in water than in air;

- invented the Foucault pendulum and the gyroscope (1819-1868);

- syn. Foucault;

Jean Bernoulli
n1
Swiss mathematician (1667-1748);

- syn. Bernoulli, Johann Bernoulli, John Bernoulli;

Jean Caulvin
n1
Swiss theologian (born in France) whose tenets (predestination and the irresistibility of grace and justification by faith) defined Presbyterianism (1509-1564);

- syn. Calvin, Jean Cauvin, Jean Chauvin, John Calvin;

Jean Cauvin
n1
Swiss theologian (born in France) whose tenets (predestination and the irresistibility of grace and justification by faith) defined Presbyterianism (1509-1564);

- syn. Calvin, Jean Caulvin, Jean Chauvin, John Calvin;

Jean Chauvin
n1
Swiss theologian (born in France) whose tenets (predestination and the irresistibility of grace and justification by faith) defined Presbyterianism (1509-1564);

- syn. Calvin, Jean Caulvin, Jean Cauvin, John Calvin;

Jean Cocteau
n1
French writer and film maker who worked in many artistic media (1889-1963);

- syn. Cocteau;

Jean de La Fontaine
n1
French writer who collected Aesop's fables and published them (1621-1695);

- syn. La Fontaine;

Jean Edouard Vuillard
n1
French painter (1868-1940);

- syn. Edouard Vuillard, Vuillard;

Jean Francois Champollion
n1
Frenchman and Egyptologist who studied the Rosetta Stone and in 1821 became the first person to decipher Egyptian hieroglyphics (1790-1832);

- syn. Champollion;

Jean Francois Millet
n1
French painter of rural scenes (1814-1875);

- syn. Millet;

Jean Genet
n1
French writer of novels and dramas for the theater of the absurd (1910-1986);

- syn. Genet;

Jean Giraudoux
n1
French novelist and dramatist whose plays were reinterpretations of Greek myths (1882-1944);

- syn. Giraudoux, Hippolyte Jean Giraudoux;

Jean Harlow
n1
United States film actress who made several films with Clark Gable (1911-1937);

- syn. Harlean Carpenter, Harlow;

Jean Honore Fragonard
n1
French artist whose rococo paintings typified the frivolity of life in the royal court of France in the 18th century (1732-1806);

- syn. Fragonard;

Jean Laffite
n1
French pirate who aided the United States in the War of 1812 and received an official pardon for his crimes (1780-1826);

- syn. Jean Lafitte, Laffite, Lafitte;

Jean Lafitte
n1
French pirate who aided the United States in the War of 1812 and received an official pardon for his crimes (1780-1826);

- syn. Jean Laffite, Laffite, Lafitte;

Jean Louis Charles Garnier
n1
French architect (1825-1898);

- syn. Garnier;

Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz
n1
United States naturalist (born in Switzerland) who studied fossil fish;

- recognized geological evidence that ice ages had occurred in North America (1807-1873);

- syn. Agassiz, Louis Agassiz;

Jean Luc Godard
n1
French film maker influenced by surrealism;

- early work explored the documentary use of film;

- noted for innovative techniques (born in 1930);

- syn. Godard;

Jean Martin Charcot
n1
French neurologist who tried to use hypnotism to cure hysteria (1825-1893);

- syn. Charcot;

Jean Monnet
n1
French economist who advocated a Common Market in Europe (1888-1979);

- syn. Monnet;

Jean Nicholas Arthur Rimbaud
n1
French poet whose work influenced the surrealists (1854-1891);

- syn. Arthur Rimbaud, Rimbaud;

Jean Paul Marat
n1
French revolutionary leader (born in Switzerland) who was a leader in overthrowing the Girondists and was stabbed to death in his bath by Charlotte Corday (1743-1793);

- syn. Marat;

Jean Piaget
n1
Swiss psychologist remembered for his studies of cognitive development in children (1896-1980);

- syn. Piaget;

Jean Racine
n1
French advocate of Jansenism;

- tragedian who based his works on Greek and Roman themes (1639-1699);

- syn. Jean Baptiste Racine, Racine;

Jean Sibelius
n1
Finnish composer (1865-1957);

- syn. Johan Julius Christian Sibelius, Sibelius;

Jeanne Antoinette Poisson
n1
French noblewoman who was the lover of Louis XV, whose policies she influenced (1721-1764);

- syn. Marquise de Pompadour, Pompadour;

Jeanne d'Arc
n1
French heroine and military leader inspired by religious visions to organize French resistance to the English and to have Charles VII crowned king;

- she was later tried for heresy and burned at the stake (1412-1431);

- syn. Joan of Arc, Saint Joan;

Jeannette Rankin
n1
leader in the women's suffrage movement in Montana;

- the first woman to serve in the United States House of Representatives (1880-1973);

- syn. Rankin;

jeans / dʒ i n z /
n1
(used in the plural) close-fitting trousers of heavy denim for manual work or casual wear;

- syn. blue jeans, denim;

Jebel Musa
n1
a promontory in northern Morocco opposite the Rock of Gibraltar;

- one of the Pillars of Hercules;

- syn. Abila, Abyla;

Jed'dah
n1
port city in western Saudi Arabia on the Red Sea;

- near Mecca;

- syn. Jeddah, Jidda, Jiddah;

Jeddah / dʒ ɛ d ɑ /
n1
port city in western Saudi Arabia on the Red Sea;

- near Mecca;

- syn. Jed'dah, Jidda, Jiddah;

jeep / dʒ i p /
n1
a car suitable for traveling over rough terrain;

- syn. landrover;

jeer / dʒ ɪə , dʒ ɪə ɹ /
n1
showing your contempt by derision;

- syn. jeering, mockery, scoff, scoffing;

v1
laugh at with contempt and derision;

- "The crowd jeered at the speaker";

- syn. barrack, flout, gibe, scoff;

jeerer / dʒ ɪə ɹ ə /
n1
someone who jeers or mocks or treats something with contempt or calls out in derision;

- syn. flouter, mocker, scoffer;

jeering / dʒ ɪə ɹ ɪ ŋ /
n1
showing your contempt by derision;

- syn. jeer, mockery, scoff, scoffing;

a1
abusing vocally;

- expressing contempt or ridicule;

- "derisive laughter";

- "a jeering crowd";

- "her mocking smile";

- "taunting shouts of `coward' and `sissy'";

- syn. derisive, gibelike, mocking, taunting;

- sim. disrespectful;

jeeringly / dʒ ɪə ɹ ɪ ŋ ɫ i /
r1
in a disrespectful jeering manner;

- syn. gibingly, mockingly;

Jeffers / dʒ ɛ f ə ɹ z , dʒ ɛ f ə z /
n1
United States poet who wrote about California (1887-1962);

- syn. John Robinson Jeffers, Robinson Jeffers;

Jefferson / dʒ ɛ f ə s ʌ n /
n1
3rd President of the United States;

- chief drafter of the Declaration of Independence;

- made the Louisiana Purchase in 1803 and sent out the Lewis and Clark Expedition to explore it (1743-1826);

- syn. President Jefferson, Thomas Jefferson;

Jefferson City
n1
capital of the state of Missouri;

- located in central Missouri on the Missouri river;

- syn. capital of Missouri;

Jefferson Davis
n1
American statesman;

- president of the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War (1808-1889);

- syn. Davis;

Jefferson Davis' Birthday
n1
celebrated in southern United States;

- syn. Davis' Birthday, June 3;

Jeffersonian / dʒ ɛ f ə s ʌ n ɪə n /
n1
a follower of Thomas Jefferson or his ideas and principles;

a1
relating to or characteristic of Thomas Jefferson or his principles or theories;

- "Jeffersonian democracy";

Jeffrey's pine
n1
tall symmetrical pine of western North America having long blue-green needles in bunches of 3 and elongated cones on spreading somewhat pendulous branches;

- sometimes classified as a variety of ponderosa pine;

- syn. Jeffrey pine, Pinus jeffreyi, black pine;

Jeffrey pine
n1
tall symmetrical pine of western North America having long blue-green needles in bunches of 3 and elongated cones on spreading somewhat pendulous branches;

- sometimes classified as a variety of ponderosa pine;

- syn. Jeffrey's pine, Pinus jeffreyi, black pine;

jehad
n1
a holy struggle or striving by a Muslim for a moral or spiritual or political goal;

- syn. jihad;

Jehovah / dʒ ɪ h oʊ v ə /
n1
a name for the God of the Old Testament as transliterated from the Hebrew consonants YHVH;

- syn. JHVH, Jahvey, Jahweh, Wahvey, YHVH, YHWH, Yahve, Yahveh, Yahwe, Yahweh;

n2
terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God;

- syn. Almighty, Creator, Divine, God Almighty, Godhead, Lord, Maker;

Jehovah's Witness
n1
believer in imminent approach of the millennium;

- practitioner of active evangelism;

Jehovah's Witnesses
n1
Protestant denomination founded in the United States by Charles Taze Russell in 1884;

jejunal artery
n1
an artery that is a branch of the superior mesenteric artery that supplies the jejunum;

- syn. intestinal artery;

jejune / dʒ ɪ dʒ u n /
a1
of insufficient quantity to meet a need;

- "an inadequate income";

- "a poor salary";

- "money is short";

- "on short rations";

- "food is in short supply";

- "short on experience";

- "the jejune diets of the very poor";

- syn. inadequate, poor, short;

- sim. insufficient;

a2
displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity;

- "adolescent insecurity";

- "jejune responses to our problems";

- "their behavior was juvenile";

- "puerile jokes";

- syn. adolescent, juvenile, puerile;

- sim. immature;

a3
lacking interest or significance or impact;

- "an insipid personality";

- "jejune novel";

- syn. insipid;

- sim. uninteresting;

jejunely / dʒ ɪ dʒ u n ɫ i /
r1
in an immature manner;

- "his teenage son still behaves very immaturely";

- syn. immaturely;

jejuneness / dʒ ɪ dʒ u n n ə s /
n1
lacking and evidencing lack of experience of life;

- syn. callowness, juvenility;

n2
the quality of being vapid and unsophisticated;

- syn. jejunity, tameness, vapidity, vapidness;

n3
quality of inadequate nutritive value;

- syn. jejunity;

jejunitis
n1
inflammation of the jejunum of the small intestine;

jejunity
n1
the quality of being vapid and unsophisticated;

- syn. jejuneness, tameness, vapidity, vapidness;

n2
quality of inadequate nutritive value;

- syn. jejuneness;

jejunoileitis
n1
inflammation of the jejunum and the ileum of the small intestine;

jejunostomy
n1
surgical creation of an opening between the jejunum and the anterior abdominal wall;

- will allow artificial feeding;

jejunum / dʒ ɪ dʒ u n ə m /
n1
the part of the small intestine between the duodenum and the ileum;

Jekyll and Hyde
n1
someone with two personalities - one good and one evil;

jell / dʒ ɛ ɫ /
v1
become gelatinous;

- "the liquid jelled after we added the enzyme";

- syn. congeal, set;

Jell-O
n1
fruit-flavored dessert (trade mark Jell-O) made from a commercially prepared gelatin powder;

- syn. jello;

jellaba / dʒ ɛ ɫ ə b ə /
n1
a loose cloak with a hood;

- worn in the Middle East and northern Africa;

jelled / dʒ ɛ ɫ d /
a1
congealed into jelly;

- solidified by cooling;

- "in Georgia they serve congealed salads";

- syn. congealed, jellied;

- sim. solid;

jellied / dʒ ɛ ɫ ɪ d /
a1
congealed into jelly;

- solidified by cooling;

- "in Georgia they serve congealed salads";

- syn. congealed, jelled;

- sim. solid;

jellify / dʒ ɛ ɫ ɪ f aɪ /
v1
become jelly;

- "The sauce jellified";

v2
make into jelly;

- "jellify a liquid";

- syn. jelly;

jello / dʒ ɛ ɫ oʊ /
n1
fruit-flavored dessert (trade mark Jell-O) made from a commercially prepared gelatin powder;

- syn. Jell-O;

jelly / dʒ ɛ ɫ i /
n1
an edible jelly (sweet or pungent) made with gelatin and used as a dessert or salad base or a coating for foods;

- syn. gelatin;

n2
a preserve made of the jelled juice of fruit;

n3
any substance having the consistency of jelly or gelatin;

v1
make into jelly;

- "jellify a liquid";

- syn. jellify;

jelly bean
n1
sugar-glazed jellied candy;

- syn. jelly egg;

jelly doughnut
n1
a raised doughnut filled with jelly or jam;

- syn. Berlin doughnut, bismark;

jelly egg
n1
sugar-glazed jellied candy;

- syn. jelly bean;

jelly fungus
n1
any fungus of the order Tremellales or Auriculariales whose fruiting body is jellylike in consistency when fresh;

Jelly Roll Morton
n1
United States jazz musician who moved from ragtime to New Orleans jazz (1885-1941);

- syn. Ferdinand Joseph La Menthe Morton, Morton;

jellyfish / dʒ ɛ ɫ ɪ f ɪ ʃ /
n1
large siphonophore having a bladderlike float and stinging tentacles;

- syn. Portuguese man-of-war, man-of-war;

n2
any of numerous usually marine and free-swimming coelenterates that constitute the sexually reproductive forms of hydrozoans and scyphozoans;

jellyleaf
n1
herb widely distributed in tropics and subtropics used for forage and medicinally as a demulcent and having a fine soft bast stronger than jute;

- sometimes an aggressive weed;

- syn. Queensland hemp, Sida rhombifolia;

jellylike / dʒ ɛ ɫ i ɫ aɪ k /
a1
thick like gelatin;

- syn. gelatinlike, gelatinous;

- sim. thick;

jellyroll
n1
thin sheet of sponge cake spread with jelly and then rolled up to make a cylindrical cake;

- syn. Swiss roll;

JEM
n1
a terrorist organization founded in 2000;

- a militant Islamic group active in Kashmir and closely aligned with al-Rashid Trust;

- seeks to secure release of imprisoned fellow militants by kidnappings;

- syn. Army of Muhammad, Jaish-e-Muhammad, Jaish-i-Mohammed;

Jemaah Islamiyah
n1
a clandestine group of southeast Asian terrorists organized in 1993 and trained by al-Qaeda;

- supports militant Muslims in Indonesia and the Philippines and has cells in Singapore and Malaysia and Indonesia;

- syn. Islamic Community, Islamic Group, JI, Malaysia Militant Group, Malaysian Mujahidin Group;

jemmy / dʒ ɛ m i /
n1
a short crowbar;

- "in Britain they call a jimmy and jemmy";

- syn. jimmy;

Jena
n1
the battle in 1806 in which Napoleon decisively defeated the Prussians;

- syn. Battle of Jena;

Jenghiz Khan
n1
Mongolian emperor whose empire stretched from the Black Sea to the Pacific Ocean (1162-1227);

- syn. Genghis Khan, Jinghis Khan, Temujin;

Jenner
n1
English physician who pioneered vaccination;

- Jenner inoculated people with small amounts of cowpox to prevent them from getting smallpox (1749-1823);

- syn. Edward Jenner;

jennet / dʒ ɛ n ɪ t /
n1
female donkey;

- syn. jenny, jenny ass;

Jenny / dʒ ɛ n i /
n1
United States architect who designed the first skyscraper in which a metal skeleton was used (1832-1907);

- syn. William Le Baron Jenny;

n2
female donkey;

- syn. jennet, jenny ass;

jenny ass
n1
female donkey;

- syn. jennet, jenny;

Jenny Lind
n1
Swedish soprano who toured the United States under the management of P. T. Barnum (1820-1887);

- syn. Lind, Swedish Nightingale;

jenny wren
n1
any of several small active brown birds of the northern hemisphere with short upright tails;

- they feed on insects;

- syn. wren;

Jens Otto Harry Jespersen
n1
Danish linguist (1860-1943);

- syn. Jespersen, Otto Jespersen;

Jensen
n1
modernistic Danish writer (1873-1950);

- syn. Johannes Vilhelm Jensen;

jeopardise / dʒ ɛ p ə d aɪ s /
v1
pose a threat to;

- present a danger to;

- "The pollution is endangering the crops";

- syn. endanger, imperil, jeopardize, menace, peril, threaten;

jeopardize / dʒ ɛ p ə d aɪ z /
v1
pose a threat to;

- present a danger to;

- "The pollution is endangering the crops";

- syn. endanger, imperil, jeopardise, menace, peril, threaten;

v2
put at risk;

- "I will stake my good reputation for this";

- syn. adventure, hazard, stake, venture;

jeopardy / dʒ ɛ p ə d i /
n1
a source of danger;

- a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune;

- "drinking alcohol is a health hazard";

- syn. endangerment, hazard, peril, risk;

jerboa / dʒ ɝ b oʊ ə /
n1
mouselike jumping rodent;

jerboa kangaroo
n1
brush-tailed rat kangaroo;

- syn. kangaroo jerboa;

jerboa rat
n1
large Australian rat with hind legs adapted for leaping;

jeremiad / dʒ ɛr ɪ m aɪ æ d /
n1
a long and mournful complaint;

- "a jeremiad against any form of government";

Jeremiah
n1
(Old Testament) an Israelite prophet who is remembered for his angry lamentations (jeremiads) about the wickedness of his people (circa 626-587 BC);

n2
a book in the Old Testament containing the oracles of the prophet Jeremiah;

- syn. Book of Jeremiah;

Jeremy Bentham
n1
English philosopher and jurist;

- founder of utilitarianism (1748-1831);

- syn. Bentham;

Jerevan
n1
capital of Armenia;

- syn. Erivan, Yerevan, capital of Armenia;

Jerez
n1
a city in southwestern Spain that is famous for making sherry;

- syn. Jerez de la Frontera;

Jerez de la Frontera
n1
a city in southwestern Spain that is famous for making sherry;

- syn. Jerez;

Jericho
n1
a village in Palestine near the north end of the Dead Sea;

- in the Old Testament it was the first place taken by the Israelites under Joshua as they entered the Promised Land;

jerk / dʒ ɝ k /
n1
a dull stupid fatuous person;

- syn. dork;

n2
an abrupt spasmodic movement;

- syn. jerking, jolt, saccade;

n3
(mechanics) the rate of change of acceleration;

n4
meat (especially beef) cut in strips and dried in the sun;

- syn. jerked meat, jerky;

n5
raising a weight from shoulder height to above the head by straightening the arms;

n6
a sudden abrupt pull;

- syn. tug;

v1
pull, or move with a sudden movement;

- "He turned the handle and jerked the door open";

- syn. yank;

v2
move with abrupt, seemingly uncontrolled motions;

- "The patient's legs were jerkings";

- syn. twitch;

v3
make an uncontrolled, short, jerky motion;

- "his face is twitching";

- syn. twitch;

v4
jump vertically, with legs stiff and back arched;

- "the yung filly bucked";

- syn. buck, hitch;

v5
throw or toss with a quick motion;

- "flick a piece of paper across the table";

- "jerk his head";

- syn. flick;

jerk-off
n1
terms of abuse for a masturbator;

- syn. tosser, wanker;

jerk off
v1
get sexual gratification through self-stimulation;

- syn. fuck off, jack off, masturbate, she-bop, wank;

jerked meat
n1
meat (especially beef) cut in strips and dried in the sun;

- syn. jerk, jerky;

jerker / dʒ ɝ k ə , dʒ ɝ k ə ɹ /
n1
someone who gives a strong sudden pull;

- syn. yanker;

jerkily / dʒ ɝ k ɪ ɫ i /
r1
with spasms;

- "the mouth was slightly open, and jerked violently and spasmodically at one corner";

- syn. spasmodically;

r2
with jerking motions;

- "She rose stiffly, jerkily from the window seat";

jerkin / dʒ ɝ k ɪ n /
n1
a tight sleeveless and collarless jacket (often made of leather) worn by men in former times;

jerkiness / dʒ ɝ k ɪ n ə s /
n1
the quality of being spasmodic and irregular;

- syn. fitfulness;

jerking / dʒ ɝ k ɪ ŋ /
n1
an abrupt spasmodic movement;

- syn. jerk, jolt, saccade;

a1
lacking a steady rhythm;

- "an arrhythmic heartbeat";

- syn. arrhythmic, jerky;

- sim. unsteady;

jerking off
n1
slang for masturbation;

- syn. hand job, jacking off, wank;

jerkwater / dʒ ɝ k w ɔ t ə ɹ /
a1
small and remote and insignificant;

- "a jerkwater college";

- "passed a series of poky little one-horse towns";

- syn. one-horse, pokey, poky;

- sim. provincial;

jerky / dʒ ɝ k i /
n1
meat (especially beef) cut in strips and dried in the sun;

- syn. jerk, jerked meat;

a1
lacking a steady rhythm;

- "an arrhythmic heartbeat";

- syn. arrhythmic, jerking;

- sim. unsteady;

a2
marked by abrupt transitions;

- "choppy prose";

- syn. choppy;

- sim. sudden;

a3
having or revealing stupidity;

- "ridiculous anserine behavior";

- "a dopey answer";

- "a dopey kid";

- "some fool idea about rewriting authors' books";

- syn. anserine, dopey, dopy, foolish, gooselike, goosey, goosy;

- sim. stupid;

Jeroboam / dʒ ɛr ə b oʊ ə m /
n1
(Old Testament) first king of the northern kingdom of Israel who led Israel into sin (10th century BC);

- syn. Jeroboam I;

n2
a large wine bottle (holds 4/5 of a gallon);

- syn. double-magnum;

Jeroboam I
n1
(Old Testament) first king of the northern kingdom of Israel who led Israel into sin (10th century BC);

- syn. Jeroboam;

Jerom Bos
n1
Dutch painter (1450-1516);

- syn. Bosch, Hieronymus Bosch;

Jerome / dʒ ɛr oʊ m /
n1
(Roman Catholic Church) one of the great Fathers of the early Christian Church whose major work was his translation of the Scriptures from Hebrew and Greek into Latin (which became the Vulgate);

- a saint and Doctor of the Church (347-420);

- syn. Eusebius Hieronymus, Eusebius Sophronius Hieronymus, Hieronymus, Saint Jerome, St. Jerome;

Jerome David Kern
n1
United States composer of musical comedies (1885-1945);

- syn. Jerome Kern, Kern;

Jerome David Salinger
n1
United States writer (born 1919);

- syn. J. D. Salinger, Salinger;

Jerome Kern
n1
United States composer of musical comedies (1885-1945);

- syn. Jerome David Kern, Kern;

Jerome Robbins
n1
United States choreographer who brought human emotion to classical ballet and spirited reality to Broadway musicals (1918-1998);

- syn. Robbins;

Jerry / dʒ ɛr i /
n1
offensive term for a person of German descent;

- syn. Boche, Hun, Kraut, Krauthead;

jerry-builder / dʒ ɛr ɪ b ɪ ɫ d ə , dʒ ɛr ɪ b ɪ ɫ d ə ɹ /
n1
someone who builds cheap buildings out of poor materials on speculation for a quick profit;

jerry-building / dʒ ɛr ɪ b ɪ ɫ d ɪ ŋ /
n1
construction of inferior buildings for a quick profit;

jerry-built / dʒ ɛr ɪ b ɪ ɫ t /
a1
badly or hastily built;

- "mean little jerry-built houses";

- sim. weak;

Jerry Lee Lewis
n1
United States rock star singer and pianist (born in 1935);

- syn. Lewis;

Jersey / dʒ ɝ z i /
n1
a Mid-Atlantic state on the Atlantic;

- one of the original 13 colonies;

- syn. Garden State, N.J., NJ, New Jersey;

n2
the largest of the Channel Islands;

- syn. island of Jersey;

n3
a close-fitting pullover shirt;

- syn. T-shirt, tee shirt;

n4
a slightly elastic machine-knit fabric;

n5
a breed of diary cattle developed on the island of Jersey;

Jersey City
n1
a city in northeastern New Jersey (opposite Manhattan);

Jersey elm
n1
a variety of the English elm with erect branches and broader leaves;

- syn. Ulmus campestris sarniensis, Ulmus campestris wheatleyi, Ulmus sarniensis, guernsey elm, wheately elm;

Jersey fern
n1
small short-lived fern of Central and South America;

- syn. Anogramma leptophylla, annual fern;

Jersey knapweed
n1
a variety of knapweed;

Jersey Lillie
n1
British actress and mistress of the prince who later became Edward VII (1853-1929);

- syn. Emilie Charlotte le Breton, Langtry, Lillie Langtry;

Jersey pine
n1
common small shrubby pine of the eastern United States having straggling often twisted or branches and short needles in bunches of 2;

- syn. Pinus virginiana, Virginia pine, scrub pine;

Jerusalem
n1
capital and largest city of the modern state of Israel (although its status as capital is disputed);

- it was captured from Jordan in 1967 in the Six Day War;

- a holy city for Jews and Christians and Muslims;

- was the capital of an ancient kingdom;

- syn. capital of Israel;

Jerusalem artichoke
n1
edible tuber of the Jerusalem artichoke;

n2
tall perennial with hairy stems and leaves;

- widely cultivated for its large irregular edible tubers;

- syn. Helianthus tuberosus, Jerusalem artichoke sunflower, girasol;

n3
sunflower tuber eaten raw or boiled or sliced thin and fried as Saratoga chips;

- syn. sunchoke;

Jerusalem artichoke sunflower
n1
tall perennial with hairy stems and leaves;

- widely cultivated for its large irregular edible tubers;

- syn. Helianthus tuberosus, Jerusalem artichoke, girasol;

Jerusalem cherry
n1
small South American shrub cultivated as a houseplant for its abundant ornamental but poisonous red or yellow cherry-sized fruit;

- syn. Madeira winter cherry, Solanum pseudocapsicum, winter cherry;

Jerusalem cricket
n1
large wingless nocturnal grasshopper that burrows in loose soil along the Pacific coast of the United States;

- syn. Stenopelmatus fuscus, sand cricket;

Jerusalem cross
n1
a cross with equal arms, each terminating in a small crossbar;

Jerusalem oak
n1
Eurasian aromatic oak-leaved goosefoot with many yellow-green flowers;

- naturalized North America;

- syn. Atriplex mexicana, Chenopodium botrys, Mexican tea, feather geranium;

Jerusalem sage
n1
a spreading subshrub of Mediterranean regions cultivated for dense axillary whorls of purple or yellow flowers;

- syn. Phlomis fruticosa;

Jerusalem thorn
n1
thorny Eurasian shrub with dry woody winged fruit;

- syn. Christ's-thorn, Paliurus spina-christi;

n2
spiny tree having dark red edible fruits;

- syn. Christ's-thorn, Ziziphus jujuba, jujube, jujube bush;

n3
large shrub or shrubby tree having sharp spines and pinnate leaves with small deciduous leaflets and sweet-scented racemose yellow-orange flowers;

- grown as ornamentals or hedging or emergency food for livestock;

- tropical America but naturalized in southern United States;

- syn. Parkinsonia aculeata, horsebean;

n4
East Indian spiny tree having twice-pinnate leaves and yellow flowers followed by flat pods;

- source of black catechu;

- syn. Acacia catechu, catechu;

Jerusalem Warriors
n1
ethnic Turkish Sunni terrorists who are linked with the Turkish Hizballah;

- killed a United States Air Force sergeant in 1991;

Jespersen
n1
Danish linguist (1860-1943);

- syn. Jens Otto Harry Jespersen, Otto Jespersen;

jessamine / dʒ ɛ s ə m ɪ n /
n1
a climbing deciduous shrub with fragrant white or yellow or red flowers used in perfume and to flavor tea;

- syn. Jasminum officinale, common jasmine, true jasmine;

Jesse Jackson
n1
United States civil rights leader who led a national campaign against racial discrimination and ran for presidential nomination (born in 1941);

- syn. Jackson, Jesse Louis Jackson;

Jesse James
n1
United States outlaw who fought as a Confederate soldier and later led a band of outlaws that robbed trains and banks in the West until he was murdered by a member of his own gang (1847-1882);

- syn. James;

Jesse Louis Jackson
n1
United States civil rights leader who led a national campaign against racial discrimination and ran for presidential nomination (born in 1941);

- syn. Jackson, Jesse Jackson;

Jesse Owens
n1
United States athlete and Black American whose success in the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin outraged Hitler (1913-1980);

- syn. James Cleveland Owens, Owens;

Jessica Lucy Mitford
n1
United States writer (born in England) who wrote on American culture (1917-1996);

- syn. Jessica Mitford, Mitford;

Jessica Mitford
n1
United States writer (born in England) who wrote on American culture (1917-1996);

- syn. Jessica Lucy Mitford, Mitford;

Jessica Tandy
n1
United States actress (born in England) who made many stage appearances, often with her husband Hume Cronyn (1909-1994);

- syn. Tandy;

Jessye Norman
n1
United States operatic soprano (born in 1945);

- syn. Norman;

jest / dʒ ɛ s t /
n1
a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter;

- "he told a very funny joke";

- "he knows a million gags";

- "thanks for the laugh";

- "he laughed unpleasantly at his own jest";

- "even a schoolboy's jape is supposed to have some ascertainable point";

- syn. gag, jape, joke, laugh;

n2
activity characterized by good humor;

- syn. jocularity, joke;

v1
tell a joke;

- speak humorously;

- "He often jokes even when he appears serious";

- syn. joke;

- also jest at;

v2
act in a funny or teasing way;

- syn. joke;

jest at
v1
subject to laughter or ridicule;

- "The satirists ridiculed the plans for a new opera house";

- "The students poked fun at the inexperienced teacher";

- "His former students roasted the professor at his 60th birthday";

- syn. blackguard, guy, laugh at, make fun, poke fun, rib, ridicule, roast;

jester / dʒ ɛ s t ə , dʒ ɛ s t ə ɹ /
n1
a professional clown employed to entertain a king or nobleman in the Middle Ages;

- syn. fool, motley fool;

jesting / dʒ ɛ s t ɪ ŋ /
a1
characterized by jokes and good humor;

- syn. jocose, jocular, joking;

- sim. humorous;

jestingly / dʒ ɛ s t ɪ ŋ ɫ i /
r1
in jest;

- "I asked him jokingly whether he thought he could drive the Calcutta-Peshawar express";

- syn. jokingly;

Jesuit / dʒ ɛ z j ʊ ɪ t /
n1
a member of the Jesuit order;

a1
having qualities characteristic of Jesuits or Jesuitism;

- "Jesuitical education";

- syn. Jesuitic, Jesuitical;

Jesuit's bark
n1
medicinal bark of cinchona trees;

- source of quinine and quinidine;

- syn. Peruvian bark, cinchona, cinchona bark;

Jesuit order
n1
a Roman Catholic order founded by Saint Ignatius of Loyola in 1534 to defend Catholicism against the Reformation and to do missionary work among the heathen;

- it is strongly committed to education and scholarship;

- syn. Society of Jesus;

Jesuitic / dʒ ɛ z j ʊ ɪ t ɪ k /
a1
having qualities characteristic of Jesuits or Jesuitism;

- "Jesuitical education";

- syn. Jesuit, Jesuitical;

Jesuitical / dʒ ɛ z j ʊ ɪ t ɪ k ɫ /
a1
having qualities characteristic of Jesuits or Jesuitism;

- "Jesuitical education";

- syn. Jesuit, Jesuitic;

Jesuitism / dʒ ɛ z j ʊ ɪ t ɪ z ə m /
n1
the theology or the practices of the Jesuits (often considered to be casuistic);

- syn. Jesuitry;

Jesuitry
n1
the theology or the practices of the Jesuits (often considered to be casuistic);

- syn. Jesuitism;

Jesuits' nut
n1
a variety of water chestnut;

- syn. Trapa natans, water caltrop;

Jesus / dʒ i z ə z /
n1
a teacher and prophet born in Bethlehem and active in Nazareth;

- his life and sermons form the basis for Christianity (circa 4 BC - AD 29);

- syn. Christ, Deliverer, Good Shepherd, Jesus Christ, Jesus of Nazareth, Redeemer, Savior, Saviour, the Nazarene;

Jesus Christ
n1
a teacher and prophet born in Bethlehem and active in Nazareth;

- his life and sermons form the basis for Christianity (circa 4 BC - AD 29);

- syn. Christ, Deliverer, Good Shepherd, Jesus, Jesus of Nazareth, Redeemer, Savior, Saviour, the Nazarene;

Jesus of Nazareth
n1
a teacher and prophet born in Bethlehem and active in Nazareth;

- his life and sermons form the basis for Christianity (circa 4 BC - AD 29);

- syn. Christ, Deliverer, Good Shepherd, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Redeemer, Savior, Saviour, the Nazarene;

jet / dʒ ɛ t /
n1
an airplane powered by one or more jet engines;

- syn. jet-propelled plane, jet plane;

n2
the occurrence of a sudden discharge (as of liquid);

- syn. spirt, spurt, squirt;

n3
a hard black form of lignite that takes a brilliant polish and is used in jewelry or ornamentation;

n4
atmospheric discharges (lasting 10 msec) bursting from the tops of giant storm clouds in blue cones that widen as they flash upward;

- syn. blue jet, reverse lightning;

n5
street names for ketamine;

- syn. K, cat valium, green, honey oil, special K, super C, super acid;

n6
an artificially produced flow of water;

- syn. fountain;

v1
issue in a jet;

- come out in a jet;

- stream or spring forth;

- "Water jetted forth";

- "flames were jetting out of the building";

- syn. gush;

v2
fly a jet plane;

a1
of the blackest black;

- similar to the color of jet or coal;

- syn. coal-black, jet-black, pitchy, sooty;

- sim. achromatic;

jet-black / dʒ ɛ t b ɫ æ k /
a1
of the blackest black;

- similar to the color of jet or coal;

- syn. coal-black, jet, pitchy, sooty;

- sim. achromatic;

jet-propelled / dʒ ɛ t p ɹ ə p ɛ ɫ d /
a1
propelled by (or as if propelled by) a jet engine;

jet-propelled plane
n1
an airplane powered by one or more jet engines;

- syn. jet, jet plane;

jet black
n1
a very dark black;

- syn. coal black, ebony, pitch black, sable, soot black;

jet bridge
n1
an extendible bridge for loading passengers onto large commercial airplanes;

- provides protected access to the plane from the gate;

jet engine
n1
a gas turbine produces a stream of hot gas that propels a jet plane by reaction propulsion;

jet lag
n1
fatigue and sleep disturbance resulting from disruption of the body's normal circadian rhythm as a result of jet travel;

jet plane
n1
an airplane powered by one or more jet engines;

- syn. jet, jet-propelled plane;

jet propulsion
n1
propulsion by means of the discharge of a jet of fluid toward the rear;

jet set
n1
a set of rich and fashionable people who travel widely for pleasure;

jet stream
n1
a high-speed high-altitude airstream blowing from west to east near the top of the troposphere;

- has important effects of the formation of weather fronts;

Jeth
n1
the third month of the Hindu calendar;

- syn. Jyaistha;

jetliner / dʒ ɛ t ɫ aɪ n ə ɹ /
n1
a large jet plane that carries passengers;

jetsam / dʒ ɛ t s ə m /
n1
the part of a ship's equipment or cargo that is thrown overboard to lighten the load in a storm;

n2
the floating wreckage of a ship;

- syn. flotsam;

jetting / dʒ ɛ t ɪ ŋ /
a1
propelled violently in a usually narrow stream;

- syn. spouting, spurting, squirting;

- sim. running;

jettison / dʒ ɛ t ɪ s n /
v1
throw away, of something encumbering;

v2
throw as from an airplane;

jetty / dʒ ɛ t i /
n1
a protective structure of stone or concrete;

- extends from shore into the water to prevent a beach from washing away;

- syn. breakwater, bulwark, groin, groyne, mole, seawall;

jeu d'esprit
n1
a witty comment or writing;

jeune fille
n1
a girl or young woman who is unmarried;

- syn. lass, lassie, young girl;

Jevons
n1
English economist and logician who contributed to the development of the theory of marginal utility (1835-1882);

- syn. William Stanley Jevons;

Jew / dʒ u /
n1
a person belonging to the worldwide group claiming descent from Jacob (or converted to it) and connected by cultural or religious ties;

- syn. Hebrew, Israelite;

Jew's-ear
n1
widely distributed edible fungus shaped like a human ear and growing on decaying wood;

- syn. Auricularia auricula, Jew's-ears, ear fungus;

Jew's-ears
n1
widely distributed edible fungus shaped like a human ear and growing on decaying wood;

- syn. Auricularia auricula, Jew's-ear, ear fungus;

jew's harp
n1
a small lyre-shaped musical instrument that is placed between the teeth and played by twanging a wire tongue while changing the shape of the mouth cavity;

- syn. jews' harp, mouth bow;

Jew-baiter
n1
someone who hates and would persecute Jews;

- syn. anti-Semite;

Jew-bush
n1
low tropical American shrub having powerful emetic properties;

- syn. Jew bush, Jewbush, Pedilanthus tithymaloides, redbird cactus, redbird flower;

Jew bush
n1
low tropical American shrub having powerful emetic properties;

- syn. Jew-bush, Jewbush, Pedilanthus tithymaloides, redbird cactus, redbird flower;

Jewbush
n1
low tropical American shrub having powerful emetic properties;

- syn. Jew-bush, Jew bush, Pedilanthus tithymaloides, redbird cactus, redbird flower;

jewel / dʒ u ə ɫ /
n1
a precious or semiprecious stone incorporated into a piece of jewelry;

- syn. gem, precious stone;

n2
a person who is as brilliant and precious as a piece of jewelry;

- syn. gem;

v1
adorn or decorate with precious stones;

- "jeweled dresses";

- syn. bejewel;

jewel casket
n1
small and often ornate box for holding jewels or other valuables;

- syn. casket;

jewel orchid
n1
any of several delicate Asiatic orchids grown especially for their velvety leaves with metallic white or gold veining;

jeweled / dʒ u ə ɫ d /
a1
covered with beads or jewels or sequins;

- syn. beady, gemmed, jewelled, sequined, spangled, spangly;

- sim. adorned;

jeweled headdress
n1
a headdress adorned with jewels;

- syn. jewelled headdress;

jeweler / dʒ u ə ɫ ə , dʒ u ə ɫ ə ɹ /
n1
someone who makes jewelry;

- syn. jeweller, jewelry maker;

n2
someone in the business of selling jewelry;

- syn. jeweller;

jeweler's glass
n1
an optical instrument used by jewelers;

- has one or more lenses and is used to view features not readily seen;

jeweler's loupe
n1
small magnifying glass (usually set in an eyepiece) used by jewelers and horologists;

- syn. loupe;

jewelled / dʒ u ə ɫ d /
a1
covered with beads or jewels or sequins;

- syn. beady, gemmed, jeweled, sequined, spangled, spangly;

- sim. adorned;

jewelled headdress
n1
a headdress adorned with jewels;

- syn. jeweled headdress;

jeweller / dʒ u ə ɫ ə , dʒ u ə ɫ ə ɹ /
n1
someone who makes jewelry;

- syn. jeweler, jewelry maker;

n2
someone in the business of selling jewelry;

- syn. jeweler;

jewellery / dʒ u ə ɫ ɹ i /
n1
an adornment (as a bracelet or ring or necklace) made of precious metals and set with gems (or imitation gems);

- syn. jewelry;

jewelry / dʒ u ə ɫ ɹ i /
n1
an adornment (as a bracelet or ring or necklace) made of precious metals and set with gems (or imitation gems);

- syn. jewellery;

jewelry dealer
n1
a firm that sells and buys jewelry;

- syn. jewelry store;

jewelry maker
n1
someone who makes jewelry;

- syn. jeweler, jeweller;

jewelry store
n1